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21 conmunico
commūnĭco ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ( dep. access. form, communicati sint = communicaverint, Liv. 4, 24, 2) [communis].I.To divide something with one, whether in giving or receiving.A.In giving, to divide a thing with one, to communicate, impart, to share; esp. freq. of imparting in discourse (very freq. in all periods); constr. usu. aliquid cum aliquo; also inter aliquos, alicui, aliquem aliquā re. cum aliquo de aliquā re and absol.(α).With aliquid cum aliquo:(β).ut si quam praestantiam virtutis, ingenii, fortunae consecuti sunt, impertiant ea suis communicentque cum proximis,
Cic. Lael. 19, 70; id. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 125; id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 33: auxilium [p. 384] sibi te putat adjunxisse, qui cum altero rem communicat, id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:suam causam cum Chrysogono,
id. ib. 48, 140:cum iis praemium communicat, hortaturque ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 7, 37:civitatem nostram vobiscum,
Liv. 23, 5, 9:causam civium cum servis fugitivis,
Sall. C. 56, 5:at sua Tydides mecum communicat acta (i. e. me socium sumit actorum),
Ov. M. 13, 239:consilia cum finitimis civitatibus,
to make common cause, to take common counsel, commune, consult, Caes. B. G. 6, 2:cum plebeiis magistratibus,
Liv. 6, 11, 7; 28, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 56:curam doloris cum aliquo,
Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 5.—Of discourse:homo, quocum omnia, quae me curā aliquā adficiunt, una communicem,
Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1:ea quae didicerant, cum civibus suis communicare non poterant,
id. N. D. 1, 4, 8; id. de Or. 1, 15, 66; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116; Caes. B. G. 6, 20 al.; so cum aliquo de aliquā re:Pompeius, qui mecum... de te communicare solet,
Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3:is mecum de tuā mansione communicat,
id. ib. 4, 4, 5:cum compluribus de ratione belli,
Suet. Tib. 18. —Aliquid inter aliquos:(γ).cum de societate inter se multa communicarent,
Cic. Quint. 4, 15:socii putandi sunt, quos inter res communicata est,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50:ut quibus de rebus vellemus, tu tuis, ego meis, inter nos communicaremus,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 2; 11, 27, 2:communicato inter se consilio,
Liv. 8, 25, 9 (cf. a); Suet. Dom. 7.—Alicui aliquid, or de aliquā re (in Cic. only when the other party sharing is expressed by cum and abl.; cf.* (δ).Krebs, Antibarb. p. 250): quibus communicare de maximis rebus Pompeius consuerat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 18 (Dinter, ex conj., quibuscum):hisque omnium domus patent victusque communicatur,
id. B. G. 6, 23 fin.;so with redditur,
id. ib. 6, 13:sibi communicatum cum alio, non ademptum imperium esse,
Liv. 22, 27, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.:id aut ereptum illis est, aut certe nobis cum illis communicatum,
Cic. Brut. 73, 254; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 14 Halm ad loc.; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 5; id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; Mamert. Pan. Max. 10; Cic. Pis. 39, 94 Ascon.—Aliquem aliquā re:(ε).communicabo semper te mensā meā,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 50.—Absol.: nonne prius communicatum oportuit? * Ter. And. 1, 5, 4; Cic. Sull. 3, 9:2.et secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia et adversas partiens communicansque leviores,
id. Lael. 6, 22; Quint. 9, 2, 22:ut ad se veniat rationesque belli gerendi communicet,
Caes. B. G. 7, 63:consilia communicant,
id. B. C. 2, 4 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 18, 5; Suet. Aug. 75 fin.; Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 108; Quint. 9, 2, 22.—Transf. of things: aliquid cum aliquā re, to join to an equal part, to unite:3.viri, quantas pecunias ab uxoribus dotis nomine acceperunt, tantas ex suis bonis cum dotibus communicant,
Caes. B. G. 6, 19:privabo potius illum debito testimonio, quam id cum meā laude communicem,
Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; id. Fam. 12, 2, 1.—In late Lat.: cum aliquo or alicui, to have intercourse with an inferior:B.ne cum peregrinis communicarent,
Just. 36, 2, 15:malis,
with evil-disposed persons, Aug. Ep. 162:ne communices homini indocto,
Vulg. Ecclus. 8, 5.—Also alicui rei, to take part in, Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 22.—In receiving, to share something with one, to lake or receive a part, to partake, participate in (also class.).(α).Aliquid cum aliquo:(β).ut me juves Conmunicesque hanc mecum meam provinciam,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 153; cf.:provinciam cum Antonio,
Cic. Pis. 2, 5:inimicitias mecum,
id. Fam. 15, 21, 2:qui sibi cum illo rationem communicatam putat,
believes that he has all things in common with him, id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; cf. id. ib. 48, 140; id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 14; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 2. § 5 Zumpt; Liv. 22, 27, 8:haud dubitavit (Thalestris) fateri ad communicandos cum rege liberos se venisse,
Curt. 6, 5, 30 Vogel ad loc.—Absol.:(γ).primo labores et discrimina, mox et gloriam communicabat,
Tac. Agr. 8.—Alicui (late Lat.):II.altari Christi,
to receive the sacrament, Aug. Ep. 162; id. contra Cresc. 3, 36.—In Tertull., acc. to communis, II., to make common, i. e. low, base, to contaminate, defile, Tert. Spect. 17; id. Patient. 8. -
22 certo
[st1]1 [-] certō, adv. (souv. avec scio) [certus]: d'une façon certaine, certainement, sûrement, bien sûr. - mihi certo nomen Sosia'st, Plaut. Am. 1: moi, bien évidemment, je m'appelle Sosie. - certo haec mulier aut insana aut ebria est, Plaut. Men.: en tout cas, cette femme est soit folle soit ivre. - non tu homo sanus es, certo scio, Plaut. Men.: non, tu n'as pas tout ton bon sens, je le sais bien. - veniunt in mentem mihi permulta: vobis plura, certo scio, Cic. Caecin. 19, 55: il me vient à l'esprit une foule d'exemples: à vous, un plus grand nombre, je le sais bien. [st1]2 [-] certo, āre, āvi, ātum: - intr. et qqf. tr. - - certo cum aliquo → emploi classique. - certo alicui → poét. et époque impériale. a - lutter (dans un exercice physique); prendre part à des jeux, disputer le prix de. - cursu cum aequalibus certare, Sall. J. 6: disputer le prix de la course avec les jeunes de son âge. - poét. avec acc. - hunc pius Alcides Pelopi certavit honorem, Stat.: le pieux Alcide consacra ce prix honorifique à Pélops. - Pythia et Isthmia de lucta certare, Apul.: disputer le prix de la lutte aux jeux Pythiens et aux jeux Isthmiques. b - combattre (sur un champ de bataille). - armis cum hoste certare an venenis, Cic.: combattre l'ennemi avec les armes ou avec le poison. - coactus rerum necessitudine statuit armis certare, Sall. J. 48: sous l'empire de la nécessité, il décida de s'en remettre aux armes. - dum apud Zamam sic certatur, Sall. J. 58: pendant qu'on se bat ainsi près de Zama. c - débattre en justice, plaider. - certare foro: plaider au forum. - certare jure (certare legibus): plaider en s'appuyant sur le droit. - certare de hereditate: plaider pour un héritage. - certare multam: débattre le taux de l’amende. - Arcadiā mecum judice certare, Virg. B. 4: lutter avec moi en prenant pour juge l'Arcadie. - magna minorve foro si res certabitur olim, Hor. S. 2: si, un jour, un procès, grand ou petit, se plaide au Forum. d - entrer en lutte, rivaliser, disputer, faire assaut de, s'efforcer à l'envi, travailler à. - joco certare, Hor. C. 2, 12, 18: faire assaut de plaisanteries. - cum aliquo de virtute certare: rivaliser de vertu avec qqn. - certare malitiā tecum, Plaut. Pers.: rivaliser de méchanceté avec toi. - montibus in nostris solus tibi (= tecum) certat Amyntas, Virg. B. 5: dans nos montagnes, seul Amyntas rivalise avec toi. - certare officiis inter se, Cic.: rivaliser entre eux de bons offices. - certare oratione, Liv.: lutter d'éloquence. - certant inludere capto, Virg. En. 2: ils maltraitent à qui mieux mieux le prisonnier. - certare + prop. inter. indir.: lutter pour savoir. - certabant quis eorum gubernaret, Cic. Off. 1: (les matelots) luttaient pour savoir lequel d'entre eux tiendrait le gouvernail. - avec inf. - certat quisque evadere, Curt. 9: c'est à qui se dérobera le premier au péril. - cum valentissimo quoque sodalium certat frangere fluctus, Plin. Pan.: il dispute à tous les plus robustes de ses amis l'honneur de briser les flots.* * *[st1]1 [-] certō, adv. (souv. avec scio) [certus]: d'une façon certaine, certainement, sûrement, bien sûr. - mihi certo nomen Sosia'st, Plaut. Am. 1: moi, bien évidemment, je m'appelle Sosie. - certo haec mulier aut insana aut ebria est, Plaut. Men.: en tout cas, cette femme est soit folle soit ivre. - non tu homo sanus es, certo scio, Plaut. Men.: non, tu n'as pas tout ton bon sens, je le sais bien. - veniunt in mentem mihi permulta: vobis plura, certo scio, Cic. Caecin. 19, 55: il me vient à l'esprit une foule d'exemples: à vous, un plus grand nombre, je le sais bien. [st1]2 [-] certo, āre, āvi, ātum: - intr. et qqf. tr. - - certo cum aliquo → emploi classique. - certo alicui → poét. et époque impériale. a - lutter (dans un exercice physique); prendre part à des jeux, disputer le prix de. - cursu cum aequalibus certare, Sall. J. 6: disputer le prix de la course avec les jeunes de son âge. - poét. avec acc. - hunc pius Alcides Pelopi certavit honorem, Stat.: le pieux Alcide consacra ce prix honorifique à Pélops. - Pythia et Isthmia de lucta certare, Apul.: disputer le prix de la lutte aux jeux Pythiens et aux jeux Isthmiques. b - combattre (sur un champ de bataille). - armis cum hoste certare an venenis, Cic.: combattre l'ennemi avec les armes ou avec le poison. - coactus rerum necessitudine statuit armis certare, Sall. J. 48: sous l'empire de la nécessité, il décida de s'en remettre aux armes. - dum apud Zamam sic certatur, Sall. J. 58: pendant qu'on se bat ainsi près de Zama. c - débattre en justice, plaider. - certare foro: plaider au forum. - certare jure (certare legibus): plaider en s'appuyant sur le droit. - certare de hereditate: plaider pour un héritage. - certare multam: débattre le taux de l’amende. - Arcadiā mecum judice certare, Virg. B. 4: lutter avec moi en prenant pour juge l'Arcadie. - magna minorve foro si res certabitur olim, Hor. S. 2: si, un jour, un procès, grand ou petit, se plaide au Forum. d - entrer en lutte, rivaliser, disputer, faire assaut de, s'efforcer à l'envi, travailler à. - joco certare, Hor. C. 2, 12, 18: faire assaut de plaisanteries. - cum aliquo de virtute certare: rivaliser de vertu avec qqn. - certare malitiā tecum, Plaut. Pers.: rivaliser de méchanceté avec toi. - montibus in nostris solus tibi (= tecum) certat Amyntas, Virg. B. 5: dans nos montagnes, seul Amyntas rivalise avec toi. - certare officiis inter se, Cic.: rivaliser entre eux de bons offices. - certare oratione, Liv.: lutter d'éloquence. - certant inludere capto, Virg. En. 2: ils maltraitent à qui mieux mieux le prisonnier. - certare + prop. inter. indir.: lutter pour savoir. - certabant quis eorum gubernaret, Cic. Off. 1: (les matelots) luttaient pour savoir lequel d'entre eux tiendrait le gouvernail. - avec inf. - certat quisque evadere, Curt. 9: c'est à qui se dérobera le premier au péril. - cum valentissimo quoque sodalium certat frangere fluctus, Plin. Pan.: il dispute à tous les plus robustes de ses amis l'honneur de briser les flots.* * *I.Certo, certas, certare. Debatre avec aucun, Estriver.\Acies certant. Virgil. Les armees combatent.\Ambigue certare. Tac. Aucunesfois vaincu, aucunesfois vainqueur.\Certare bello de re aliqua. Li. Debatre quelque chose par armes.\Plus vno Marte certare. Sil. Donner plus d'une bataille, Combatre plus d'une fois.\Augendae dominationi certare. Tacit. Pour augmenter et accroistre la domination.\Benedictis certare. Terent. A qui dira mieulx l'un de l'autre.\Damnis. Plaut. Tascher à destruire l'un l'autre, Endommager l'un l'autre.\Legibus suis certare domi. Cic. Plaider sur le lieu selon leurs loix.\Maledictis certare cum aliquo. Liu. A qui mesdira le plus fort l'un de l'autre, S'entredire injures, S'entrinjurier.\Minaciis certare cum aliquo. Plaut. Menasser.\Mero. Horat. A qui boira le mieulx.\Priorem officio certare. Virgil. Faire du plaisir le premier.\Pignore. Virgil. Gager.\Sagitta celeri. Virgil. A qui tirera mieulx de l'arc.\Vigiliis ac labore cum altero. Liu. Qui sera le plus vigilant et le plus travaillant, Qui veillera et travaillera le plus.\Vitiis. Cic. S'efforcer d'estre plus vitieux qu'un autre.\Secum certare. Plin. iunior. Tascher à surmonter soymesme.\Certare cum alterius improbitate. Cic. Faire à qui sera le plus meschant.\Certat AEgyptus cum feracissimis terris. Plin. iunior. Egypte est aussi fertile que les plus fertiles terres qui soyent.\Imparibus certare. Horat. Debatre contre ceulx qui ne sont point ses pareils.\Forma certare deis. Sil. Beau comme Dieu, ou comme un ange.\Melioribus certare. Hor. Combatre plus grans et plus riches que soy\Cum quibus de imperio certatur. Liu. Avec lesquels on ha debat qui sera le maistre.\Pugnaciter certare de re aliqua. Cic. Estriver opiniastrement.\In decus et famam lethi cum aliquo certare. Sil. Pour mourir de mort plus honorable et glorieuse.\In omne facinus certare. Seneca. S'efforcer et tascher d'estre le plus meschant qu'il soit possible, S'abandonner à toutes meschancetez.\Foro certare, Id est in foro. Horat. Plaider.\Iure certare inter se. Cic. Plaider ensemble, etc.\Sub lege aliqua certare. Claud. Soubz quelque condition.\Certantque illudere capto. Virgil. Ils s'efforcent, à qui s'en mocquera le plus.\Certo superare. Virg. Je tasche à surmonter.\Certo vincere. Virgil. Je tasche à vaincre.\Certare aliquid. Horat. S'efforcer de faire quelque chose.\Certare, cum datiuo. Virg. Solus tibi certet Amyntas. Il n'y a que Amyntas qui se ose paragonner à toy.\Donaria alicui certant. Valer. Flac. Quand on luy presente des dons, où on luy fait des presens à l'envie, et à qui plus en presentera et donnera.\Certatur, Impersonale. Liu. Inter ordines certabatur. Il y avoit debat et dissension entre les estas, ou entre les bandes.\Certabaturque sententiis. Liu. Ils estoyent de diverses opinions.II.Certo Aduerbium confirmantis. Plaut. Liberum ego te iussi abire? MES. certo. Ouy, Ouy vrayement, Il est ainsi.\Certo, Aduerbium similiter affirmandi, quod etiam Pro certo dicimus. Cic. Quasi certo futurum. Certainement, Pour certain, Sans doubte, Sans faulte.\Certo haec mea est. Plaut. Pour certain.\Satin'hoc certo? G. certe hisce oculis egomet vidi. Terent. Mais est ce pour certain? Est ce chose asseuree? -
23 consisto
consisto, ĕre, constĭtī - intr. - [st1]1 [-] se tenir, se placer, se mettre, se poser. - ad mensam consistere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 61: se mettre près de la table (pour servir). - simul cepere aliquid aequi loci, ubi firmo consisterent gradu, Liv. 27, 18, 14: aussitôt qu'ils eurent trouvé du terrain plat où poser solidement le pied. - in pedes consistere, Sen. Ep. 121, 8: se mettre sur ses pattes (tortue). - in muro consistendi potestas erat nulli, Caes. BG. 2, 6: personne ne pouvait rester au rempart. - cum vertice celso aeriae quercus constiterunt, Virg. En. 3, 679: avec leurs cimes élevées se dressent les chênes aériens. - spes omnis consistebat Datami in se, Nep. Dat. 8, 3: Datame plaçait tout son espoir en lui. [st1]2 [-] s'immobiliser, s’arrêter, séjourner, faire halte, se poster, se tenir droit, résister, tenir bon. - viatores etiam invitos consistere cogunt, Caes. BG. 4, 5: ils forcent les voyageurs à s'arrêter, même malgré eux. - plura ad te scribam, cum constitero, Cic.: je t'en écrirai plus long quand je me serai arrêté. - consistere cum aliquo, Plaut.: s'arrêter avec qqn (pour causer). - negabat se umquam cum Curione constitisse, Cic. Att. 2, 24: il disait qu'il ne s'était jamais arrêté pour parler à Curion. - cum aliquo de aliqua re consistere, Tert.: discuter avec qqn sur qqch. - constitit a fuga Romana acies, Liv.: l'armée romaine s'arrêta dans sa fuite. - ista ad quae consistitur, Sen.: ces objets devant lesquels on s'arrête. - Ixionis vento rota consistit, Virg.: le vent cesse de faire tourner la roue d' Ixion. - ipse ad ancoram una nocte constitit, Caes.: quant à lui, il resta à l'ancre une seule nuit. - contra Lissum in ancoris constiterunt, Caes. BC. 3: ils jetèrent l'ancre en face de Lissus. - in acie consistere, Caes.: être rangé en bataille. - in locis superioribus consistere, Caes.: prendre position sur les hauteurs. - copiae consistunt, ut... Nep. ; les troupes se postent de façon à... - contra consistere non audent, Caes.: ils n'osent pas soutenir le choc. - fert animus propius, Ov.: mon courage me porte à m'approcher davantage (à serrer la question de plus près). - quadringentis talis centum Venerios non posse casu consistere, Cic.: sur quatre cents coups de dés, le hasard ne peut amener cent fois le coup de Vénus. [st1]3 [-] se fixer, s'établir, s'affermir; s'arrêter, prendre fin; se solidifier, se figer, se coaguler. - consistere ibi negotiandi causā, Caes.: se fixer là pour y faire du commerce. - in equestri ordine consistere, Suet.: se contenter du rang de chevalier. - omnis administratio belli consistit, Caes.: toute hostilité est suspendue. - ad Trebiam terrestre constitit bellum, Liv.: la guerre prit fin sur terre à la bataille de la Trébie. - consistere usura debuit, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 7: le paiement des intérêts devait s'arrêter. - frigore constitit Ister, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1: l'Ister a gelé. - quae frigore constitit unda, Ov. M. 9, 662: **l'eau qui se solidifia à cause du froid**, l'eau qui gela. [st1]4 [-] insister sur, s'arrêter à; tenir ferme, se maintenir. - ille hic constitit paulisper, Cic.: il insista un peu sur ce point. - in singulis consistere, Cic. Part. 120: insister sur chaque point séparément. --- cf. Verr. 1, 96 ; Inv. 1, 12. - consistit consilium, Cic.: c'est une résolution bien arrêtée. - consistere in dicendo, Cic.: garder son sang-froid en parlant. [st1]5 [-] être, exister, subsister, avoir lieu. - summa studio officii inter nos certatim constiterunt, Lentul. ap. Cic.: une grande rivalité de bons offices a toujours existé entre nous. - sine agri cultoribus non consistere mortales, Col.:... que sans l'agriculture les hommes n'existeraient pas. - nonne cernimus singulis aetatibus vix binos oratores laudabiles constitisse, Cic. Brut. 97, 333: ne voyons-nous pas qu'à chaque génération il a existé à peine deux orateurs renommés. [st1]6 [-] consister en, se fonder sur, dépendre de, porter sur, reposer sur. - in interitu tuo salus optimi cujusque consistit, Cic.: le salut des meilleurs citoyens repose sur ta mort. - rhetorice in actu consistit, Quint. 2, 18, 2: la rhétorique se fonde sur la pratique. - consistere ex + abl.: résulter de, être composé de. - consistebant legiones ex fugitivis, Hirt.: les légions étaient composées d'esclaves fugitifs. - major pars victus eorum, in lacte... consistit, Caes. BG. 6, 22, 1: la plus grande partie de leur nourriture consiste en lait. [st1]7 [-] comparaître, ester en justice, être en procès. - consistere loco testis, V.-Max.: tenir lieu de témoin. - cum debitoribus consistere, Jurisc.: être en procès avec ses débiteurs. - re autem ne consistes quidem ullo judice, Cic. Caec.: mais, pour le fond, ta défense ne tiendra devant aucun juge. [st1]8 [-] tenir bon, être valable, être légal. - legatum in omnibus consistit, Dig.: le legs est valable dans tous les cas. [st1]9 [-] se tenir avec, être d'accord. - cum Aristone verbis consistere, re dissidere, Cic. Fin. 4, 26: être d'accord avec Ariston sur les termes, mais en désaccord sur le fond.* * *consisto, ĕre, constĭtī - intr. - [st1]1 [-] se tenir, se placer, se mettre, se poser. - ad mensam consistere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 61: se mettre près de la table (pour servir). - simul cepere aliquid aequi loci, ubi firmo consisterent gradu, Liv. 27, 18, 14: aussitôt qu'ils eurent trouvé du terrain plat où poser solidement le pied. - in pedes consistere, Sen. Ep. 121, 8: se mettre sur ses pattes (tortue). - in muro consistendi potestas erat nulli, Caes. BG. 2, 6: personne ne pouvait rester au rempart. - cum vertice celso aeriae quercus constiterunt, Virg. En. 3, 679: avec leurs cimes élevées se dressent les chênes aériens. - spes omnis consistebat Datami in se, Nep. Dat. 8, 3: Datame plaçait tout son espoir en lui. [st1]2 [-] s'immobiliser, s’arrêter, séjourner, faire halte, se poster, se tenir droit, résister, tenir bon. - viatores etiam invitos consistere cogunt, Caes. BG. 4, 5: ils forcent les voyageurs à s'arrêter, même malgré eux. - plura ad te scribam, cum constitero, Cic.: je t'en écrirai plus long quand je me serai arrêté. - consistere cum aliquo, Plaut.: s'arrêter avec qqn (pour causer). - negabat se umquam cum Curione constitisse, Cic. Att. 2, 24: il disait qu'il ne s'était jamais arrêté pour parler à Curion. - cum aliquo de aliqua re consistere, Tert.: discuter avec qqn sur qqch. - constitit a fuga Romana acies, Liv.: l'armée romaine s'arrêta dans sa fuite. - ista ad quae consistitur, Sen.: ces objets devant lesquels on s'arrête. - Ixionis vento rota consistit, Virg.: le vent cesse de faire tourner la roue d' Ixion. - ipse ad ancoram una nocte constitit, Caes.: quant à lui, il resta à l'ancre une seule nuit. - contra Lissum in ancoris constiterunt, Caes. BC. 3: ils jetèrent l'ancre en face de Lissus. - in acie consistere, Caes.: être rangé en bataille. - in locis superioribus consistere, Caes.: prendre position sur les hauteurs. - copiae consistunt, ut... Nep. ; les troupes se postent de façon à... - contra consistere non audent, Caes.: ils n'osent pas soutenir le choc. - fert animus propius, Ov.: mon courage me porte à m'approcher davantage (à serrer la question de plus près). - quadringentis talis centum Venerios non posse casu consistere, Cic.: sur quatre cents coups de dés, le hasard ne peut amener cent fois le coup de Vénus. [st1]3 [-] se fixer, s'établir, s'affermir; s'arrêter, prendre fin; se solidifier, se figer, se coaguler. - consistere ibi negotiandi causā, Caes.: se fixer là pour y faire du commerce. - in equestri ordine consistere, Suet.: se contenter du rang de chevalier. - omnis administratio belli consistit, Caes.: toute hostilité est suspendue. - ad Trebiam terrestre constitit bellum, Liv.: la guerre prit fin sur terre à la bataille de la Trébie. - consistere usura debuit, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 7: le paiement des intérêts devait s'arrêter. - frigore constitit Ister, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1: l'Ister a gelé. - quae frigore constitit unda, Ov. M. 9, 662: **l'eau qui se solidifia à cause du froid**, l'eau qui gela. [st1]4 [-] insister sur, s'arrêter à; tenir ferme, se maintenir. - ille hic constitit paulisper, Cic.: il insista un peu sur ce point. - in singulis consistere, Cic. Part. 120: insister sur chaque point séparément. --- cf. Verr. 1, 96 ; Inv. 1, 12. - consistit consilium, Cic.: c'est une résolution bien arrêtée. - consistere in dicendo, Cic.: garder son sang-froid en parlant. [st1]5 [-] être, exister, subsister, avoir lieu. - summa studio officii inter nos certatim constiterunt, Lentul. ap. Cic.: une grande rivalité de bons offices a toujours existé entre nous. - sine agri cultoribus non consistere mortales, Col.:... que sans l'agriculture les hommes n'existeraient pas. - nonne cernimus singulis aetatibus vix binos oratores laudabiles constitisse, Cic. Brut. 97, 333: ne voyons-nous pas qu'à chaque génération il a existé à peine deux orateurs renommés. [st1]6 [-] consister en, se fonder sur, dépendre de, porter sur, reposer sur. - in interitu tuo salus optimi cujusque consistit, Cic.: le salut des meilleurs citoyens repose sur ta mort. - rhetorice in actu consistit, Quint. 2, 18, 2: la rhétorique se fonde sur la pratique. - consistere ex + abl.: résulter de, être composé de. - consistebant legiones ex fugitivis, Hirt.: les légions étaient composées d'esclaves fugitifs. - major pars victus eorum, in lacte... consistit, Caes. BG. 6, 22, 1: la plus grande partie de leur nourriture consiste en lait. [st1]7 [-] comparaître, ester en justice, être en procès. - consistere loco testis, V.-Max.: tenir lieu de témoin. - cum debitoribus consistere, Jurisc.: être en procès avec ses débiteurs. - re autem ne consistes quidem ullo judice, Cic. Caec.: mais, pour le fond, ta défense ne tiendra devant aucun juge. [st1]8 [-] tenir bon, être valable, être légal. - legatum in omnibus consistit, Dig.: le legs est valable dans tous les cas. [st1]9 [-] se tenir avec, être d'accord. - cum Aristone verbis consistere, re dissidere, Cic. Fin. 4, 26: être d'accord avec Ariston sur les termes, mais en désaccord sur le fond.* * *Consisto, consistis, constiti, constitum, pen. cor. consistere. Terent. S'arrester hardiment, ou autrement.\Consistere et Cadere, sunt pugnantia. Cic. Se tenir debout, ou droict.\Vires prohibent consistere me. Ouid. Je suis si debile que je ne me scauroye soustenir debout.\Constitit nusquam. Brutus ad Ciceronem. Il ne s'est arresté en nul lieu.\Constitit cum altero hoc loco. Plautus. Il s'est arresté en ce lieu avec un autre.\Constitit triduum Romae. Cic. Il sejourna trois jours à Rome.\Consistere in aliquo loco. Caesar. Demourer un espace de temps en quelque lieu.\Terra aliqua consistere. Virgil. Demourer en quelque pais.\Consistere ad anchoram, vel in anchoris. Caesar. Arrester et ancrer ses navires en quelque lieu.\In suo consistere. Cic. Sur le sien.\Intra ea quae profitentium commentariolis vulgata sunt consistere. Quintil. S'arrester là, et ne point passer oultre.\Vertice celso aeriae quercus consistunt. Virgil. Sont debout et estampies.\Consistere. Brutus ad Cassium, Vbi consistamus, non habemus. Où nous nous puissions retirer et arrester seurement.\Consistere ad aliquam rem. Seneca. S'arrester aupres de quelque chose pour la regarder.\Consistere ad sonitum. Seneca. S'arrester au son.\Hodie primum videor coepisse consistere. Cic. Avoir repos.\Aluus consistit. Cato. Le ventre est reserré.\Morbus consistit, cui opponitur Increscit. Celsus. Quand la maladie ne s'augmente point.\Cursus pituitae consistit. Celsus. S'arreste.\Stomachus consistit. Celsus. Ne vomist plus.\Consistit aqua. Varro. Ne court plus, S'arreste.\Frigore consistere dicuntur fluuii. Ouid. Quand les rivieres se gelent et glacent, Se prennent.\Pontus consistit glacie. Ouid. La mer est gelee.\In hoc summa iudicii causaque tota consistit. Cic. Gist, Consiste.\Fides constitit vtrinque. Liuius. Ils tindrent promesse de costé et d'autre.\Respub. in vnius anima consistit. Cic. Gist et consiste en la vie d'un homme, et despend de là.\Consistit spes eorum in ea re. Caesar. Leur esperance est, ou gist en cela, Consiste.\Magno casu totius exercitus salus constitit. Caesar. Toute l'armee fut sauvee par un grand cas d'adventure.\Similis in Bulbo suspicio consistebat. Cic. Il estoit souspeconné de pareil souspecon.\Victoria consistit in hoc. Brutus ad Ciceronem. La victoire gist et consiste en cela.\Verbis cum aliquo consistere, et re dissidere. Cic. S'accorder à aucun quant aux parolles.\In sententia aliqua consistere. Cic. S'arrester en quelque opinion.\Ira infracta constitit. Ouid. S'est appaisee.\Mente consistere. Cic. Estre de sens rassis, Ne point estre troublé de l'entendement.\Non consistere mente, lingua, oratione. Cic. Quand l'esprit et la parolle faillent, N'estre point asseuré d'esprit et de parolle, Avoir perdu l'asseurance et la parolle, Ne scavoir que penser, ne que dire.\Consistere tranquillo animo. Cic. Estre en grand repos d'esprit.\Consistere pectore nequit consilium. Terentius. Je ne scay que je doy faire.\Consistit authoritas Ceretano vino intra Gallias. Plin. Il n'est point prisé ne estimé hors le pais des Gaules, Il n'est prisé sinon au pais, etc.\Legatum consistit. Africanus. Le laiz testamentaire vault, tient, ha lieu, Est bon et valable.\Consistere cum aliquo in iudicio. Martianus. Consister et estre en jugement, et plaider à l'encontre de quelqu'un.\Ex vtraque parte consistere. Vlpianus. Estre pour les deux parties. -
24 loquor
lŏquor, lŏqui, lŏcūtus (lŏquūtus) sum - intr. et tr. - - inf. loquier, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2. – arch. loquontur = loquuntur, Varr. LL. 6, 1; locuntur, Plaut. Bacch. 801. - cf. gr. λάσκω, ἔλακον. - intr. - [st1]1 [-] parler. - loqui: parler (comme dans la conversation, dans le privé); dicere, orare: parler en orateur, en public. - Scipio mihi sane bene et loqui videtur et dicere, Cic. Br. 58: Scipion, à mon avis, parle vraiment bien, et dans le privé, et en public. - ille familiaris meus recte loqui putabat esse inusitate loqui, Cic. Br. 260: mon bon ami continua à penser que bien parler, c'est employer des mots dont nul ne se sert. - bene Latine loqui, Cic. Br. 228: parler le latin purement. - non tam bene quam suaviter loquendo (superabit), Cic. de Or. 3, 43: (il aura le dessus) moins pour la correction que pour la douceur de son parler. - ita tum loquebantur, Cic. Br. 68: telle était la langue du temps. - de aliquo cum aliquo loqui, Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 3: parler de qqn à qqn. - loquor de tuo monumento, Cic. Verr. 4, 69: je parle de ton monument (mes paroles concernent ton monument). - secum loqui, Cic. Off. 3, 1: s'entretenir avec soi-même. - male loqui, Ter. And. 873; CIC. Amer. 140: mal parler, dire du mal. - res loquitur ipsa, Cic. Mil. 53: les faits parlent d'eux-mêmes. - muta quadam loquentia inducere, Cic. Or. 138, faire parler certaines choses inanimées. - loqui cum aliquo de aliqua re: s'entretenir avec qqn de qqch. - avec dat. male loqui alicui: dire du mal de qqn. - pergin male loqui, mulier, mihi, Plaut. Truc.: tu continues à m'insulter, femme. - vento et fluctibus loqui, Stat.: parler au vent et aux flots (former des voeux inutiles). - tr. - [st1]2 [-] dire. - pugnantia loqui, Cic. Tusc. 1, 13: dire des choses contradictoires. - quid turres loquar? Liv. 5, 5, 6: à quoi bon parler de tours? - loquere tuum mihi nomen, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 7: dis-moi ton nom. - loquuntur: on dit. - loquuntur te dare... Virg.: on dit que tu donnes... - vulgo loquebantur Antonium mansurum esse Casilini, Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1: le bruit courait qu'Antoine s'arrêterait à Casilinum. - oculi nimis arguti, quemadmodum animo adfecti simus, loquuntur, Cic. Leg. 1, 2: les yeux trop expressifs disent quels sentiments nous affectent. - cetera cum chartā dextra locuta est, Ov. H. 18, 20: le reste, ma main le confia au papier. - cum quo volucres mea fata loquentur? Stat. Th. 8, 181: à qui les oiseaux révéleront-ils mes destinées? [st1]3 [-] parler sans cesse de, avoir toujours à la bouche. - Curios, Luscinos loqui, Cic. Par. 50: ne parler que des Curius, des Luscinus. - Dolabella merum bellum loquitur, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 8: Dolabella ne parle que de guerre.* * *lŏquor, lŏqui, lŏcūtus (lŏquūtus) sum - intr. et tr. - - inf. loquier, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2. – arch. loquontur = loquuntur, Varr. LL. 6, 1; locuntur, Plaut. Bacch. 801. - cf. gr. λάσκω, ἔλακον. - intr. - [st1]1 [-] parler. - loqui: parler (comme dans la conversation, dans le privé); dicere, orare: parler en orateur, en public. - Scipio mihi sane bene et loqui videtur et dicere, Cic. Br. 58: Scipion, à mon avis, parle vraiment bien, et dans le privé, et en public. - ille familiaris meus recte loqui putabat esse inusitate loqui, Cic. Br. 260: mon bon ami continua à penser que bien parler, c'est employer des mots dont nul ne se sert. - bene Latine loqui, Cic. Br. 228: parler le latin purement. - non tam bene quam suaviter loquendo (superabit), Cic. de Or. 3, 43: (il aura le dessus) moins pour la correction que pour la douceur de son parler. - ita tum loquebantur, Cic. Br. 68: telle était la langue du temps. - de aliquo cum aliquo loqui, Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 3: parler de qqn à qqn. - loquor de tuo monumento, Cic. Verr. 4, 69: je parle de ton monument (mes paroles concernent ton monument). - secum loqui, Cic. Off. 3, 1: s'entretenir avec soi-même. - male loqui, Ter. And. 873; CIC. Amer. 140: mal parler, dire du mal. - res loquitur ipsa, Cic. Mil. 53: les faits parlent d'eux-mêmes. - muta quadam loquentia inducere, Cic. Or. 138, faire parler certaines choses inanimées. - loqui cum aliquo de aliqua re: s'entretenir avec qqn de qqch. - avec dat. male loqui alicui: dire du mal de qqn. - pergin male loqui, mulier, mihi, Plaut. Truc.: tu continues à m'insulter, femme. - vento et fluctibus loqui, Stat.: parler au vent et aux flots (former des voeux inutiles). - tr. - [st1]2 [-] dire. - pugnantia loqui, Cic. Tusc. 1, 13: dire des choses contradictoires. - quid turres loquar? Liv. 5, 5, 6: à quoi bon parler de tours? - loquere tuum mihi nomen, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 7: dis-moi ton nom. - loquuntur: on dit. - loquuntur te dare... Virg.: on dit que tu donnes... - vulgo loquebantur Antonium mansurum esse Casilini, Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1: le bruit courait qu'Antoine s'arrêterait à Casilinum. - oculi nimis arguti, quemadmodum animo adfecti simus, loquuntur, Cic. Leg. 1, 2: les yeux trop expressifs disent quels sentiments nous affectent. - cetera cum chartā dextra locuta est, Ov. H. 18, 20: le reste, ma main le confia au papier. - cum quo volucres mea fata loquentur? Stat. Th. 8, 181: à qui les oiseaux révéleront-ils mes destinées? [st1]3 [-] parler sans cesse de, avoir toujours à la bouche. - Curios, Luscinos loqui, Cic. Par. 50: ne parler que des Curius, des Luscinus. - Dolabella merum bellum loquitur, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 8: Dolabella ne parle que de guerre.* * *Loquor, loqueris, penul. corr. loqui, Deponens. Varro. Parler.\\Loqui ad voluntatem. Cic. Parler selon la volunté de l'auditeur.\Loqui ad voluptatem. Cic. Parler au plaisir de l'auditeur.\Asperrime loqui de aliquo. Cic. En mesdire grandement.\Saepius ista loquemur inter nos, agemusque communiter. Cicero. Nous traicterons ces choses entre nous, Nous en parlementerons.\Loqui cum aliquo de re aliqua. Cic. Pourparler de quelque chose avec aucun.\Loqui cum aliquo vehementer. Caelius ad Ciceronem. Parler fort et ferme à aucun.\Loqui porrectiore fronte. Plaut. Parler hardiement.\Loqui in eandem sententiam. Caesar. Dire tout un, et estre de mesme opinion.\Theatra loqueris, et gradus, et edicta. Martial. Tu ne parles que de, etc.\Laute loqui. Plaut. Parler elegamment.\Male loqui absenti. Terent. Detracter d'un absent.\Loquere mihi nomen tuum. Plaut. Di moy ton nom.\Loqui ore duarum et viginti gentium. Plin. iunior. Parler vingt et deux sortes de languages.\Quod imperabit facito, loquitor paucula. Terent. Parle peu.\Loquuntur vulgo, suppositum, etc. Cicero. Le bruit est par tout que, etc.\Vt annales Pop. Rom. et monimenta vetustatis loquuntur. Cic. Comme il est escript és, etc.\Conclusio ipsa loquitur, nihil percipi posse. Cicero. Encore que je me taise, la conclusion mesme dit que, etc. ou, Il s'ensuit que, etc.\Loquitur fama. Martialis. Le bruit est. -
25 acta fori
ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;I.axit = egerit,
Paul. Diac. 3, 3;AGIER = agi,
Cic. Off. 3, 15;agentum = agentium,
Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).Lit.A.Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.a.Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:b.jumenta agebat,
Liv. 1, 48:capellas ago,
Verg. E. 1, 13:Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 323:caballum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:B. a.agere bovem Romam,
Curt. 1, 45:equum in hostem,
id. 7, 4:Germani in amnem aguntur,
Tac. H. 5, 21:acto ad vallum equo,
id. A. 2, 13:pecora per calles,
Curt. 7, 11:per devia rura capellas,
Ov. M. 1, 676:pecus pastum,
Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:capellas potum age,
Verg. E. 9, 23:pecus egit altos Visere montes,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—Absol.:b.agmen agens equitum,
Verg. A. 7, 804.—With prep., abl., or inf.:C.vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,
Nep. Dat. 3:agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,
Sil. 4, 720:(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,
Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:captivos prae se agentes,
Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,
Quint. 8, 3, 69:captivos sub curribus agere,
Mart. 8, 26:agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,
Verg. A. 3, 5;and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,
Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,
Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:raptim agmine acto,
id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:egit sol hiemem sub terras,
Verg. G. 4, 51:poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,
lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?
where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:unde agis te?
id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:quo hinc te agis?
where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,
was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:Aeneas se matutinus agebat,
id. ib. 8, 465:is enim se primus agebat,
for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:Et tu, unde agis?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:Quo agis?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:Huc age,
Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):D.Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:rapiunt feruntque,
Verg. A. 2, 374:rapere et auferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,
id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,
Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):ne pulcram praedam agat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,
Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,
id. ib. 44, 5;so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,
Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).a.Of animals:b.apros,
Verg. G. 3, 412:cervum,
id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:citos canes,
Ov. H. 5, 20:feros tauros,
Suet. Claud. 21.—Of men:E.ceteros ruerem, agerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,
Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:aliquem in exsilium,
Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,
id. 16, 2, 3.—Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:F.quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?
lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:egisse huc Alpheum vias,
made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,
carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,
to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,
pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,
Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,
Lucr. 4, 391:in litus passim naves egerunt,
drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:ratem in amnem,
Ov. F. 1, 500:naves in advorsum amnem,
Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,agere currum,
to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):G.scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,
to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:spumas ore,
Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:piceum Flumen agit,
Verg. A. 9, 814:qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,
when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:agens animam spumat,
Lucr. 3, 493:anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,
Cat. 63, 31:nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,
id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:Est tanti habere animam ut agam?
Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,
Mart. 1, 80.—Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:II.(salices) gemmas agunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 30:florem agere coeperit ficus,
Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:frondem agere,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:se ad auras palmes agit,
Verg. G. 2, 364:(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:per glebas sensim radicibus actis,
Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:robora suas radices in profundum agunt,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:vera gloria radices agit,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,
Ov. M. 2, 582.Trop.A.Spec., to guide, govern:B.Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,
Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:C.si quis ad illa deus te agat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,
Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:totis mentibus acta,
Sil. 10, 191:in furorem agere,
Quint. 6, 1, 31:si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,
Tac. Agr. 41:provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,
id. A. 14, 32.—To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):D.me amor fugat, agit,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3:perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,
Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,
i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,
Verg. A. 7, 405:non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:acerba fata Romanos agunt,
id. Epod 7, 17:diris agam vos,
id. ib. 5, 89:quam deus ultor agebat,
Ov. M. 14, 750:futurae mortis agor stimulis,
Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.1. a.With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:b.numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,
Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,Without object:c.aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:agendi tempora,
Tac. H. 3, 40:industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:d.Quid agis?
What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:vereor, quid agat,
how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:ut sciatis, quid agam,
Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:prospere agit anima tua,
fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:quid agitur?
how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:Quid intus agitur?
is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;e.collum obstringe homini,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:nihil agis,
you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;usque tenebo,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,
Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:2.hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?
what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:quid agam, habeo,
id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:sed ita quidam agebat,
was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):3.At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:observabo quam rem agat,
what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:Id quidem ago,
That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:res vera agitur,
Juv. 4, 35:Jam tempus agires,
Verg. A. 5, 638:utilis rebus agendis,
Juv. 14, 72:grassator ferro agit rem,
does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:gladiis geritur res,
Liv. 9, 41):nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,
do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:postquam id actumst,
after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,sed quid actumst?
id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,
Cic. Sull. 12:ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29:agamus quod instat,
Verg. E. 9, 66:renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:suum negotium agere,
to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,ut vestrum negotium agatis,
Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,
Sall. J. 30, 1:sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,
Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):4.nescio quid mens mea majus agit,
Ov. H. 12, 212:hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,
Val. Fl. 3, 392:agere fratri proditionem,
Tac. H. 2, 26:de intranda Britannia,
id. Agr. 13.—With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):5.rimas agere (sometimes ducere),
to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:vigilias agere,
Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:excubias alicui,
Ov. F. 3, 245:excubias,
Tac. H. 4, 58:pervigilium,
Suet. Vit. 10:stationem agere,
to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:triumphum agere,
to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:libera arbitria agere,
to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:paenitentiam agere,
to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:silentia agere,
to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:pacem agere,
Juv. 15, 163:crimen agere,
to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:laborem agere,
id. Fin. 2, 32:cursus agere,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:delectum agere,
to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:experimenta agere,
Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:mensuram,
id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:curam agere,
to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:curam ejus egit,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:oblivia agere,
to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:nugas agere,
to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:officinas agere,
to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):diis gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:Haud male agit gratias,
id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;majores etiam habemus,
id. Marcell. 11, 33:Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,
Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:Dianae laudes gratesque agam,
id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,
Liv. 26, 48:agi sibi gratias passus est,
Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,
id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:6.tempus,
Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:senectutem,
id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:dies festos,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:otia secura,
Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:ruri agere vitam,
Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:vitam in terris,
Verg. G. 2, 538:tranquillam vitam agere,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:Hunc (diem) agerem si,
Verg. A. 5, 51:ver magnus agebat Orbis,
id. G. 2, 338:aestiva agere,
to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:menses jam tibi esse actos vides,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:mensis agitur hic septimus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:melior pars acta (est) diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:acta est per lacrimas nox,
Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:tunc principium anni agebatur,
Liv. 3, 6:actis quindecim annis in regno,
Just. 41, 5, 9:Nona aetas agitur,
Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:quartum annum ago et octogesimum,
am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,
Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:civitas laeta agere,
was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:tum Marius apud primos agebat,
id. ib. 101, 6:in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,
id. ib. 89, 7:apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,
Tac. A. 3, 19:Thracia discors agebat,
id. ib. 3, 38:Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,
Tac. G. 42:ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,
id. ib. 43:Gallos trans Padum agentes,
id. H. 3, 34:quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,
id. A. 1, 4:agere inter homines desinere,
id. ib. 15, 74:Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,
was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:ante aciem agere,
id. G. 7; and:in armis agere,
id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:7.qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,
Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,
hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:Hoc age,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:Hoc agite, of poetry,
Juv. 7, 20:hoc agamus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12:haec agamus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:agere hoc possumus,
Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,
id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:nunc istuc age,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,
Cic. Lig. 4, 11:id et agunt et moliuntur,
id. Mur. 38:(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:Hoc agit, ut doleas,
Juv. 5, 157:Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?
have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?
id. ib. 4, 10:Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,
Nep. Them. 5, 1:ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,
id. Clu. 64.—In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):8.qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:aliena bella mercedibus agere,
Mel. 1, 16:Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,
Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:Martem for bellum,
Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,
Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:forum agere,
to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:conventus agere,
to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:vivorum coetus agere,
to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:censum agere,
Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:recensum agere,
id. Caes. 41:potestatem agere,
Flor. 1, 7, 2:honorem agere,
Liv. 8, 26:regnum,
Flor. 1, 6, 2:rem publicam,
Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:consulatum,
Quint. 12, 1, 16:praefecturam,
Suet. Tib. 6:centurionatum,
Tac. A. 1, 44:senatum,
Suet. Caes. 88:fiscum agere,
to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:publicum agere,
to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:inquisitionem agere,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:curam alicujus rei agere,
to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:rei publicae curationem agens,
Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:a.velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:de condicionibus pacis,
Liv. 8, 37:de summa re publica,
Suet. Caes. 28:cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,
id. Aug. 94:de poena alicujus,
Liv. 5, 36:de agro plebis,
id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,
Gell. 13, 15, 10:agere cum populo de re publica,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,
Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,
id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);b.ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?
I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,
thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,
Juv. 4, 49:haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,
thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,
Cic. Fam. 13, 75:egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,
id. ib. 5, 2:misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,
id. ib. 5, 2:Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,
Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,
Nep. Alc. 8, 2:si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,
Tac. A. 15, 14:ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,
Suet. Tib. 54.—With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:9.facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11:bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:praeclare cum aliquo agere,
Cic. Sest. 23:Male agis mecum,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,
Cic. Quinct. 84; and:tu contra me male agis,
Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:intelleget secum actum esse pessime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:praeclare mecum actum puto,
id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,
id. Off. 1, 15:bene agitur pro noxia,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—Of transactions before a court or tribunal.a.Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:b.ex jure civili et praetorio agere,
Cic. Caecin. 12:tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,
to litigate, id. Mur. 17:ex sponso egit,
id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:agere lege in hereditatem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:cum illo se lege agere dicebat,
Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:causa quam vi agere malle,
Tac. A. 13, 37:tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,
with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,
settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:ubi manu agitur,
when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:c.causam apud centumviros egit,
Cic. Caecin. 24:Caesar cum ageret apud censores,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:egi causam adversus magistratus,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:orator agere dicitur causam,
Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:agit causas liberales,
Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,
Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;tua res agitur,
is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 10:Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,
Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:tam solute agere, tam leniter,
id. Brut. 80:tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?
id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?
of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,
to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:Samnitium bella, quae agimus,
are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:d.reus agitur,
id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:agere furti,
to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:adulterii cum aliquo,
Quint. 4, 4, 8:injuriarum,
id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:(α).non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,
the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,
id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:(β).at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,
id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:non libertas solum agebatur,
Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):agitur pars tertia mundi,
is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;(γ).perii,
this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:actum hodie est de me,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:jam de Servio actum,
Liv. 1, 47:actum est de collo meo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;ilicet me infelicem,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:actumst, ilicet, peristi,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;actumst,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:10. a.rem actam agis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:acta agimus,
id. Am. 22.—Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:b.quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,
id. ib. 3, 56, 214:agere fortius et audentius volo,
Tac. Or. 18; 39.—Of an actor, to represent, play, act:11.Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,fabulam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:dum haec agitur fabula,
Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:partis,
to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:gestum agere in scaena,
id. de Or. 2, 57:dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,
Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,
id. Fam. 2, 9:amicum imperatoris,
Tac. H. 1, 30:exulem,
id. A. 1, 4:socium magis imperii quam ministrum,
id. H. 2, 83:senatorem,
Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:utrinque prora frontem agit,
serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:12.tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,
Sall. J. 56, 5:quanto ferocius ante se egerint,
Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,
Suet. Claud. 25:non principem se, sed ministrum egit,
id. ib. 29:neglegenter se et avare agere,
Eutr. 6, 9:prudenter se agebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:sapienter se agebat,
ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:seditiose,
Tac. Agr. 7:facile justeque,
id. ib. 9:superbe,
id. H. 2, 27:ex aequo,
id. ib. 4, 64:anxius et intentus agebat,
id. Agr. 5.—Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.a.In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).(α).In the sing.:(β).age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,
come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:age, perge, quaeso,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:age, da veniam filio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:age, age, nunc experiamur,
id. ib. 5, 4, 23:age sis tu... delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:Agedum vicissim dic,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:agedum humanis concede,
Lucr. 3, 962:age modo hodie sero,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:age nuncjam,
id. And. 5, 2, 25:En age, quid cessas,
Tib. 2, 2, 10:Quare age,
Verg. A. 7, 429:Verum age,
id. ib. 12, 832:Quin age,
id. G. 4, 329:en, age, Rumpe moras,
id. ib. 3, 43:eia age,
id. A. 4, 569.—In the plur.:b.agite, pugni,
up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:agite bibite,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:agite in modum dicite,
Cat. 61, 38:Quare agite... conjungite,
id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:vos agite... volvite,
Val. Fl. 3, 311:agite nunc, divites, plorate,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:agitedum,
Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):age igitur, intro abite,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:En agedum convertite,
Prop. 1, 1, 21:mittite, agedum, legatos,
Liv. 38, 47:Ite age,
Stat. Th. 10, 33:Huc age adeste,
Sil. 11, 169.—In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:c.nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,
id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;► Position.dabo,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:Age, veniam,
id. And. 4, 2, 30:age, sit ita factum,
Cic. Mil. 19:age sane,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,I.Sometimes follows such verb; as,a.In dactylic metre:b.Cede agedum,
Prop. 5, 9, 54:Dic age,
Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:Esto age,
Pers. 2, 42:Fare age,
Verg. A. 3, 362:Finge age,
Ov. H. 7, 65:Redde age,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:Surge age,
Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:Vade age,
Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,agite: Ite agite,
Prop. 4, 3, 7.—In other metres (very rarely):II.appropera age,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:dic age,
Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,
Liv. 38, 47:procedat agedum ad pugnam,
id. 7, 9.—It is often separated from such verb:1.age me huc adspice,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:Age... instiga,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:Quare agite... conjungite,
Cat. 64, 372:Huc age... veni,
Tib. 2, 5, 2:Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,
Verg. A. 2, 707:en age segnis Rumpe moras,
id. G. 3, 42:age te procellae Crede,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:Age jam... condisce,
id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,ăgens, entis, P. a.A.Adj.1.Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):► 2.utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:acre orator, incensus et agens,
id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—B.Subst.: ăgentes, ium.a.Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—b.For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—2.actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,A.actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:B.actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7:acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
id. ib. 1, 7:acta tui praeclari tribunatus,
id. Dom. 31.—acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;1.but Augustus again prohibited it,
Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,
the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:acta populi,
Suet. Caes. 20:acta publica,
Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:urbana,
id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.With the time added:2.acta eorum temporum,
Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:illius temporis,
Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:ejus anni,
Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—C.acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—D.acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,a.Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—b.Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—E.acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19. -
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ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;I.axit = egerit,
Paul. Diac. 3, 3;AGIER = agi,
Cic. Off. 3, 15;agentum = agentium,
Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).Lit.A.Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.a.Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:b.jumenta agebat,
Liv. 1, 48:capellas ago,
Verg. E. 1, 13:Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 323:caballum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:B. a.agere bovem Romam,
Curt. 1, 45:equum in hostem,
id. 7, 4:Germani in amnem aguntur,
Tac. H. 5, 21:acto ad vallum equo,
id. A. 2, 13:pecora per calles,
Curt. 7, 11:per devia rura capellas,
Ov. M. 1, 676:pecus pastum,
Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:capellas potum age,
Verg. E. 9, 23:pecus egit altos Visere montes,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—Absol.:b.agmen agens equitum,
Verg. A. 7, 804.—With prep., abl., or inf.:C.vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,
Nep. Dat. 3:agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,
Sil. 4, 720:(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,
Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:captivos prae se agentes,
Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,
Quint. 8, 3, 69:captivos sub curribus agere,
Mart. 8, 26:agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,
Verg. A. 3, 5;and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,
Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,
Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:raptim agmine acto,
id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:egit sol hiemem sub terras,
Verg. G. 4, 51:poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,
lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?
where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:unde agis te?
id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:quo hinc te agis?
where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,
was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:Aeneas se matutinus agebat,
id. ib. 8, 465:is enim se primus agebat,
for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:Et tu, unde agis?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:Quo agis?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:Huc age,
Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):D.Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:rapiunt feruntque,
Verg. A. 2, 374:rapere et auferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,
id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,
Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):ne pulcram praedam agat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,
Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,
id. ib. 44, 5;so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,
Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).a.Of animals:b.apros,
Verg. G. 3, 412:cervum,
id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:citos canes,
Ov. H. 5, 20:feros tauros,
Suet. Claud. 21.—Of men:E.ceteros ruerem, agerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,
Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:aliquem in exsilium,
Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,
id. 16, 2, 3.—Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:F.quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?
lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:egisse huc Alpheum vias,
made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,
carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,
to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,
pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,
Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,
Lucr. 4, 391:in litus passim naves egerunt,
drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:ratem in amnem,
Ov. F. 1, 500:naves in advorsum amnem,
Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,agere currum,
to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):G.scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,
to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:spumas ore,
Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:piceum Flumen agit,
Verg. A. 9, 814:qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,
when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:agens animam spumat,
Lucr. 3, 493:anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,
Cat. 63, 31:nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,
id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:Est tanti habere animam ut agam?
Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,
Mart. 1, 80.—Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:II.(salices) gemmas agunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 30:florem agere coeperit ficus,
Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:frondem agere,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:se ad auras palmes agit,
Verg. G. 2, 364:(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:per glebas sensim radicibus actis,
Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:robora suas radices in profundum agunt,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:vera gloria radices agit,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,
Ov. M. 2, 582.Trop.A.Spec., to guide, govern:B.Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,
Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:C.si quis ad illa deus te agat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,
Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:totis mentibus acta,
Sil. 10, 191:in furorem agere,
Quint. 6, 1, 31:si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,
Tac. Agr. 41:provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,
id. A. 14, 32.—To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):D.me amor fugat, agit,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3:perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,
Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,
i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,
Verg. A. 7, 405:non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:acerba fata Romanos agunt,
id. Epod 7, 17:diris agam vos,
id. ib. 5, 89:quam deus ultor agebat,
Ov. M. 14, 750:futurae mortis agor stimulis,
Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.1. a.With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:b.numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,
Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,Without object:c.aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:agendi tempora,
Tac. H. 3, 40:industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:d.Quid agis?
What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:vereor, quid agat,
how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:ut sciatis, quid agam,
Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:prospere agit anima tua,
fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:quid agitur?
how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:Quid intus agitur?
is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;e.collum obstringe homini,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:nihil agis,
you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;usque tenebo,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,
Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:2.hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?
what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:quid agam, habeo,
id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:sed ita quidam agebat,
was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):3.At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:observabo quam rem agat,
what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:Id quidem ago,
That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:res vera agitur,
Juv. 4, 35:Jam tempus agires,
Verg. A. 5, 638:utilis rebus agendis,
Juv. 14, 72:grassator ferro agit rem,
does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:gladiis geritur res,
Liv. 9, 41):nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,
do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:postquam id actumst,
after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,sed quid actumst?
id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,
Cic. Sull. 12:ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29:agamus quod instat,
Verg. E. 9, 66:renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:suum negotium agere,
to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,ut vestrum negotium agatis,
Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,
Sall. J. 30, 1:sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,
Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):4.nescio quid mens mea majus agit,
Ov. H. 12, 212:hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,
Val. Fl. 3, 392:agere fratri proditionem,
Tac. H. 2, 26:de intranda Britannia,
id. Agr. 13.—With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):5.rimas agere (sometimes ducere),
to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:vigilias agere,
Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:excubias alicui,
Ov. F. 3, 245:excubias,
Tac. H. 4, 58:pervigilium,
Suet. Vit. 10:stationem agere,
to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:triumphum agere,
to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:libera arbitria agere,
to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:paenitentiam agere,
to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:silentia agere,
to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:pacem agere,
Juv. 15, 163:crimen agere,
to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:laborem agere,
id. Fin. 2, 32:cursus agere,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:delectum agere,
to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:experimenta agere,
Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:mensuram,
id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:curam agere,
to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:curam ejus egit,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:oblivia agere,
to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:nugas agere,
to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:officinas agere,
to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):diis gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:Haud male agit gratias,
id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;majores etiam habemus,
id. Marcell. 11, 33:Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,
Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:Dianae laudes gratesque agam,
id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,
Liv. 26, 48:agi sibi gratias passus est,
Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,
id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:6.tempus,
Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:senectutem,
id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:dies festos,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:otia secura,
Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:ruri agere vitam,
Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:vitam in terris,
Verg. G. 2, 538:tranquillam vitam agere,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:Hunc (diem) agerem si,
Verg. A. 5, 51:ver magnus agebat Orbis,
id. G. 2, 338:aestiva agere,
to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:menses jam tibi esse actos vides,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:mensis agitur hic septimus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:melior pars acta (est) diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:acta est per lacrimas nox,
Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:tunc principium anni agebatur,
Liv. 3, 6:actis quindecim annis in regno,
Just. 41, 5, 9:Nona aetas agitur,
Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:quartum annum ago et octogesimum,
am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,
Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:civitas laeta agere,
was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:tum Marius apud primos agebat,
id. ib. 101, 6:in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,
id. ib. 89, 7:apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,
Tac. A. 3, 19:Thracia discors agebat,
id. ib. 3, 38:Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,
Tac. G. 42:ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,
id. ib. 43:Gallos trans Padum agentes,
id. H. 3, 34:quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,
id. A. 1, 4:agere inter homines desinere,
id. ib. 15, 74:Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,
was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:ante aciem agere,
id. G. 7; and:in armis agere,
id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:7.qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,
Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,
hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:Hoc age,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:Hoc agite, of poetry,
Juv. 7, 20:hoc agamus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12:haec agamus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:agere hoc possumus,
Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,
id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:nunc istuc age,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,
Cic. Lig. 4, 11:id et agunt et moliuntur,
id. Mur. 38:(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:Hoc agit, ut doleas,
Juv. 5, 157:Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?
have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?
id. ib. 4, 10:Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,
Nep. Them. 5, 1:ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,
id. Clu. 64.—In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):8.qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:aliena bella mercedibus agere,
Mel. 1, 16:Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,
Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:Martem for bellum,
Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,
Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:forum agere,
to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:conventus agere,
to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:vivorum coetus agere,
to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:censum agere,
Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:recensum agere,
id. Caes. 41:potestatem agere,
Flor. 1, 7, 2:honorem agere,
Liv. 8, 26:regnum,
Flor. 1, 6, 2:rem publicam,
Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:consulatum,
Quint. 12, 1, 16:praefecturam,
Suet. Tib. 6:centurionatum,
Tac. A. 1, 44:senatum,
Suet. Caes. 88:fiscum agere,
to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:publicum agere,
to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:inquisitionem agere,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:curam alicujus rei agere,
to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:rei publicae curationem agens,
Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:a.velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:de condicionibus pacis,
Liv. 8, 37:de summa re publica,
Suet. Caes. 28:cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,
id. Aug. 94:de poena alicujus,
Liv. 5, 36:de agro plebis,
id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,
Gell. 13, 15, 10:agere cum populo de re publica,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,
Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,
id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);b.ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?
I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,
thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,
Juv. 4, 49:haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,
thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,
Cic. Fam. 13, 75:egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,
id. ib. 5, 2:misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,
id. ib. 5, 2:Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,
Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,
Nep. Alc. 8, 2:si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,
Tac. A. 15, 14:ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,
Suet. Tib. 54.—With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:9.facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11:bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:praeclare cum aliquo agere,
Cic. Sest. 23:Male agis mecum,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,
Cic. Quinct. 84; and:tu contra me male agis,
Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:intelleget secum actum esse pessime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:praeclare mecum actum puto,
id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,
id. Off. 1, 15:bene agitur pro noxia,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—Of transactions before a court or tribunal.a.Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:b.ex jure civili et praetorio agere,
Cic. Caecin. 12:tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,
to litigate, id. Mur. 17:ex sponso egit,
id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:agere lege in hereditatem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:cum illo se lege agere dicebat,
Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:causa quam vi agere malle,
Tac. A. 13, 37:tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,
with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,
settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:ubi manu agitur,
when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:c.causam apud centumviros egit,
Cic. Caecin. 24:Caesar cum ageret apud censores,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:egi causam adversus magistratus,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:orator agere dicitur causam,
Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:agit causas liberales,
Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,
Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;tua res agitur,
is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 10:Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,
Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:tam solute agere, tam leniter,
id. Brut. 80:tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?
id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?
of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,
to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:Samnitium bella, quae agimus,
are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:d.reus agitur,
id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:agere furti,
to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:adulterii cum aliquo,
Quint. 4, 4, 8:injuriarum,
id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:(α).non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,
the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,
id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:(β).at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,
id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:non libertas solum agebatur,
Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):agitur pars tertia mundi,
is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;(γ).perii,
this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:actum hodie est de me,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:jam de Servio actum,
Liv. 1, 47:actum est de collo meo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;ilicet me infelicem,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:actumst, ilicet, peristi,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;actumst,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:10. a.rem actam agis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:acta agimus,
id. Am. 22.—Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:b.quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,
id. ib. 3, 56, 214:agere fortius et audentius volo,
Tac. Or. 18; 39.—Of an actor, to represent, play, act:11.Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,fabulam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:dum haec agitur fabula,
Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:partis,
to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:gestum agere in scaena,
id. de Or. 2, 57:dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,
Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,
id. Fam. 2, 9:amicum imperatoris,
Tac. H. 1, 30:exulem,
id. A. 1, 4:socium magis imperii quam ministrum,
id. H. 2, 83:senatorem,
Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:utrinque prora frontem agit,
serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:12.tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,
Sall. J. 56, 5:quanto ferocius ante se egerint,
Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,
Suet. Claud. 25:non principem se, sed ministrum egit,
id. ib. 29:neglegenter se et avare agere,
Eutr. 6, 9:prudenter se agebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:sapienter se agebat,
ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:seditiose,
Tac. Agr. 7:facile justeque,
id. ib. 9:superbe,
id. H. 2, 27:ex aequo,
id. ib. 4, 64:anxius et intentus agebat,
id. Agr. 5.—Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.a.In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).(α).In the sing.:(β).age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,
come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:age, perge, quaeso,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:age, da veniam filio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:age, age, nunc experiamur,
id. ib. 5, 4, 23:age sis tu... delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:Agedum vicissim dic,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:agedum humanis concede,
Lucr. 3, 962:age modo hodie sero,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:age nuncjam,
id. And. 5, 2, 25:En age, quid cessas,
Tib. 2, 2, 10:Quare age,
Verg. A. 7, 429:Verum age,
id. ib. 12, 832:Quin age,
id. G. 4, 329:en, age, Rumpe moras,
id. ib. 3, 43:eia age,
id. A. 4, 569.—In the plur.:b.agite, pugni,
up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:agite bibite,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:agite in modum dicite,
Cat. 61, 38:Quare agite... conjungite,
id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:vos agite... volvite,
Val. Fl. 3, 311:agite nunc, divites, plorate,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:agitedum,
Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):age igitur, intro abite,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:En agedum convertite,
Prop. 1, 1, 21:mittite, agedum, legatos,
Liv. 38, 47:Ite age,
Stat. Th. 10, 33:Huc age adeste,
Sil. 11, 169.—In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:c.nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,
id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;► Position.dabo,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:Age, veniam,
id. And. 4, 2, 30:age, sit ita factum,
Cic. Mil. 19:age sane,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,I.Sometimes follows such verb; as,a.In dactylic metre:b.Cede agedum,
Prop. 5, 9, 54:Dic age,
Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:Esto age,
Pers. 2, 42:Fare age,
Verg. A. 3, 362:Finge age,
Ov. H. 7, 65:Redde age,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:Surge age,
Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:Vade age,
Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,agite: Ite agite,
Prop. 4, 3, 7.—In other metres (very rarely):II.appropera age,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:dic age,
Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,
Liv. 38, 47:procedat agedum ad pugnam,
id. 7, 9.—It is often separated from such verb:1.age me huc adspice,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:Age... instiga,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:Quare agite... conjungite,
Cat. 64, 372:Huc age... veni,
Tib. 2, 5, 2:Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,
Verg. A. 2, 707:en age segnis Rumpe moras,
id. G. 3, 42:age te procellae Crede,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:Age jam... condisce,
id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,ăgens, entis, P. a.A.Adj.1.Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):► 2.utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:acre orator, incensus et agens,
id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—B.Subst.: ăgentes, ium.a.Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—b.For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—2.actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,A.actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:B.actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7:acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
id. ib. 1, 7:acta tui praeclari tribunatus,
id. Dom. 31.—acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;1.but Augustus again prohibited it,
Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,
the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:acta populi,
Suet. Caes. 20:acta publica,
Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:urbana,
id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.With the time added:2.acta eorum temporum,
Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:illius temporis,
Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:ejus anni,
Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—C.acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—D.acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,a.Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—b.Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—E.acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19. -
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ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;I.axit = egerit,
Paul. Diac. 3, 3;AGIER = agi,
Cic. Off. 3, 15;agentum = agentium,
Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).Lit.A.Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.a.Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:b.jumenta agebat,
Liv. 1, 48:capellas ago,
Verg. E. 1, 13:Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 323:caballum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:B. a.agere bovem Romam,
Curt. 1, 45:equum in hostem,
id. 7, 4:Germani in amnem aguntur,
Tac. H. 5, 21:acto ad vallum equo,
id. A. 2, 13:pecora per calles,
Curt. 7, 11:per devia rura capellas,
Ov. M. 1, 676:pecus pastum,
Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:capellas potum age,
Verg. E. 9, 23:pecus egit altos Visere montes,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—Absol.:b.agmen agens equitum,
Verg. A. 7, 804.—With prep., abl., or inf.:C.vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,
Nep. Dat. 3:agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,
Sil. 4, 720:(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,
Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:captivos prae se agentes,
Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,
Quint. 8, 3, 69:captivos sub curribus agere,
Mart. 8, 26:agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,
Verg. A. 3, 5;and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,
Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,
Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:raptim agmine acto,
id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:egit sol hiemem sub terras,
Verg. G. 4, 51:poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,
lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?
where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:unde agis te?
id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:quo hinc te agis?
where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,
was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:Aeneas se matutinus agebat,
id. ib. 8, 465:is enim se primus agebat,
for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:Et tu, unde agis?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:Quo agis?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:Huc age,
Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):D.Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:rapiunt feruntque,
Verg. A. 2, 374:rapere et auferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,
id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,
Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):ne pulcram praedam agat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,
Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,
id. ib. 44, 5;so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,
Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).a.Of animals:b.apros,
Verg. G. 3, 412:cervum,
id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:citos canes,
Ov. H. 5, 20:feros tauros,
Suet. Claud. 21.—Of men:E.ceteros ruerem, agerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,
Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:aliquem in exsilium,
Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,
id. 16, 2, 3.—Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:F.quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?
lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:egisse huc Alpheum vias,
made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,
carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,
to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,
pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,
Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,
Lucr. 4, 391:in litus passim naves egerunt,
drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:ratem in amnem,
Ov. F. 1, 500:naves in advorsum amnem,
Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,agere currum,
to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):G.scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,
to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:spumas ore,
Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:piceum Flumen agit,
Verg. A. 9, 814:qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,
when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:agens animam spumat,
Lucr. 3, 493:anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,
Cat. 63, 31:nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,
id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:Est tanti habere animam ut agam?
Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,
Mart. 1, 80.—Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:II.(salices) gemmas agunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 30:florem agere coeperit ficus,
Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:frondem agere,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:se ad auras palmes agit,
Verg. G. 2, 364:(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:per glebas sensim radicibus actis,
Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:robora suas radices in profundum agunt,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:vera gloria radices agit,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,
Ov. M. 2, 582.Trop.A.Spec., to guide, govern:B.Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,
Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:C.si quis ad illa deus te agat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,
Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:totis mentibus acta,
Sil. 10, 191:in furorem agere,
Quint. 6, 1, 31:si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,
Tac. Agr. 41:provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,
id. A. 14, 32.—To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):D.me amor fugat, agit,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3:perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,
Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,
i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,
Verg. A. 7, 405:non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:acerba fata Romanos agunt,
id. Epod 7, 17:diris agam vos,
id. ib. 5, 89:quam deus ultor agebat,
Ov. M. 14, 750:futurae mortis agor stimulis,
Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.1. a.With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:b.numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,
Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,Without object:c.aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:agendi tempora,
Tac. H. 3, 40:industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:d.Quid agis?
What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:vereor, quid agat,
how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:ut sciatis, quid agam,
Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:prospere agit anima tua,
fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:quid agitur?
how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:Quid intus agitur?
is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;e.collum obstringe homini,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:nihil agis,
you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;usque tenebo,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,
Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:2.hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?
what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:quid agam, habeo,
id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:sed ita quidam agebat,
was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):3.At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:observabo quam rem agat,
what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:Id quidem ago,
That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:res vera agitur,
Juv. 4, 35:Jam tempus agires,
Verg. A. 5, 638:utilis rebus agendis,
Juv. 14, 72:grassator ferro agit rem,
does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:gladiis geritur res,
Liv. 9, 41):nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,
do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:postquam id actumst,
after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,sed quid actumst?
id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,
Cic. Sull. 12:ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29:agamus quod instat,
Verg. E. 9, 66:renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:suum negotium agere,
to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,ut vestrum negotium agatis,
Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,
Sall. J. 30, 1:sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,
Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):4.nescio quid mens mea majus agit,
Ov. H. 12, 212:hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,
Val. Fl. 3, 392:agere fratri proditionem,
Tac. H. 2, 26:de intranda Britannia,
id. Agr. 13.—With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):5.rimas agere (sometimes ducere),
to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:vigilias agere,
Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:excubias alicui,
Ov. F. 3, 245:excubias,
Tac. H. 4, 58:pervigilium,
Suet. Vit. 10:stationem agere,
to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:triumphum agere,
to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:libera arbitria agere,
to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:paenitentiam agere,
to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:silentia agere,
to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:pacem agere,
Juv. 15, 163:crimen agere,
to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:laborem agere,
id. Fin. 2, 32:cursus agere,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:delectum agere,
to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:experimenta agere,
Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:mensuram,
id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:curam agere,
to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:curam ejus egit,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:oblivia agere,
to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:nugas agere,
to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:officinas agere,
to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):diis gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:Haud male agit gratias,
id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;majores etiam habemus,
id. Marcell. 11, 33:Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,
Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:Dianae laudes gratesque agam,
id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,
Liv. 26, 48:agi sibi gratias passus est,
Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,
id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:6.tempus,
Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:senectutem,
id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:dies festos,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:otia secura,
Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:ruri agere vitam,
Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:vitam in terris,
Verg. G. 2, 538:tranquillam vitam agere,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:Hunc (diem) agerem si,
Verg. A. 5, 51:ver magnus agebat Orbis,
id. G. 2, 338:aestiva agere,
to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:menses jam tibi esse actos vides,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:mensis agitur hic septimus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:melior pars acta (est) diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:acta est per lacrimas nox,
Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:tunc principium anni agebatur,
Liv. 3, 6:actis quindecim annis in regno,
Just. 41, 5, 9:Nona aetas agitur,
Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:quartum annum ago et octogesimum,
am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,
Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:civitas laeta agere,
was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:tum Marius apud primos agebat,
id. ib. 101, 6:in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,
id. ib. 89, 7:apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,
Tac. A. 3, 19:Thracia discors agebat,
id. ib. 3, 38:Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,
Tac. G. 42:ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,
id. ib. 43:Gallos trans Padum agentes,
id. H. 3, 34:quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,
id. A. 1, 4:agere inter homines desinere,
id. ib. 15, 74:Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,
was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:ante aciem agere,
id. G. 7; and:in armis agere,
id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:7.qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,
Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,
hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:Hoc age,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:Hoc agite, of poetry,
Juv. 7, 20:hoc agamus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12:haec agamus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:agere hoc possumus,
Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,
id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:nunc istuc age,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,
Cic. Lig. 4, 11:id et agunt et moliuntur,
id. Mur. 38:(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:Hoc agit, ut doleas,
Juv. 5, 157:Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?
have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?
id. ib. 4, 10:Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,
Nep. Them. 5, 1:ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,
id. Clu. 64.—In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):8.qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:aliena bella mercedibus agere,
Mel. 1, 16:Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,
Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:Martem for bellum,
Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,
Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:forum agere,
to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:conventus agere,
to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:vivorum coetus agere,
to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:censum agere,
Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:recensum agere,
id. Caes. 41:potestatem agere,
Flor. 1, 7, 2:honorem agere,
Liv. 8, 26:regnum,
Flor. 1, 6, 2:rem publicam,
Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:consulatum,
Quint. 12, 1, 16:praefecturam,
Suet. Tib. 6:centurionatum,
Tac. A. 1, 44:senatum,
Suet. Caes. 88:fiscum agere,
to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:publicum agere,
to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:inquisitionem agere,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:curam alicujus rei agere,
to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:rei publicae curationem agens,
Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:a.velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:de condicionibus pacis,
Liv. 8, 37:de summa re publica,
Suet. Caes. 28:cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,
id. Aug. 94:de poena alicujus,
Liv. 5, 36:de agro plebis,
id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,
Gell. 13, 15, 10:agere cum populo de re publica,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,
Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,
id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);b.ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?
I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,
thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,
Juv. 4, 49:haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,
thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,
Cic. Fam. 13, 75:egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,
id. ib. 5, 2:misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,
id. ib. 5, 2:Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,
Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,
Nep. Alc. 8, 2:si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,
Tac. A. 15, 14:ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,
Suet. Tib. 54.—With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:9.facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11:bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:praeclare cum aliquo agere,
Cic. Sest. 23:Male agis mecum,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,
Cic. Quinct. 84; and:tu contra me male agis,
Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:intelleget secum actum esse pessime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:praeclare mecum actum puto,
id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,
id. Off. 1, 15:bene agitur pro noxia,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—Of transactions before a court or tribunal.a.Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:b.ex jure civili et praetorio agere,
Cic. Caecin. 12:tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,
to litigate, id. Mur. 17:ex sponso egit,
id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:agere lege in hereditatem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:cum illo se lege agere dicebat,
Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:causa quam vi agere malle,
Tac. A. 13, 37:tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,
with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,
settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:ubi manu agitur,
when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:c.causam apud centumviros egit,
Cic. Caecin. 24:Caesar cum ageret apud censores,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:egi causam adversus magistratus,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:orator agere dicitur causam,
Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:agit causas liberales,
Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,
Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;tua res agitur,
is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 10:Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,
Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:tam solute agere, tam leniter,
id. Brut. 80:tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?
id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?
of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,
to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:Samnitium bella, quae agimus,
are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:d.reus agitur,
id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:agere furti,
to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:adulterii cum aliquo,
Quint. 4, 4, 8:injuriarum,
id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:(α).non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,
the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,
id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:(β).at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,
id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:non libertas solum agebatur,
Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):agitur pars tertia mundi,
is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;(γ).perii,
this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:actum hodie est de me,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:jam de Servio actum,
Liv. 1, 47:actum est de collo meo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;ilicet me infelicem,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:actumst, ilicet, peristi,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;actumst,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:10. a.rem actam agis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:acta agimus,
id. Am. 22.—Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:b.quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,
id. ib. 3, 56, 214:agere fortius et audentius volo,
Tac. Or. 18; 39.—Of an actor, to represent, play, act:11.Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,fabulam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:dum haec agitur fabula,
Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:partis,
to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:gestum agere in scaena,
id. de Or. 2, 57:dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,
Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,
id. Fam. 2, 9:amicum imperatoris,
Tac. H. 1, 30:exulem,
id. A. 1, 4:socium magis imperii quam ministrum,
id. H. 2, 83:senatorem,
Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:utrinque prora frontem agit,
serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:12.tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,
Sall. J. 56, 5:quanto ferocius ante se egerint,
Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,
Suet. Claud. 25:non principem se, sed ministrum egit,
id. ib. 29:neglegenter se et avare agere,
Eutr. 6, 9:prudenter se agebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:sapienter se agebat,
ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:seditiose,
Tac. Agr. 7:facile justeque,
id. ib. 9:superbe,
id. H. 2, 27:ex aequo,
id. ib. 4, 64:anxius et intentus agebat,
id. Agr. 5.—Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.a.In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).(α).In the sing.:(β).age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,
come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:age, perge, quaeso,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:age, da veniam filio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:age, age, nunc experiamur,
id. ib. 5, 4, 23:age sis tu... delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:Agedum vicissim dic,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:agedum humanis concede,
Lucr. 3, 962:age modo hodie sero,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:age nuncjam,
id. And. 5, 2, 25:En age, quid cessas,
Tib. 2, 2, 10:Quare age,
Verg. A. 7, 429:Verum age,
id. ib. 12, 832:Quin age,
id. G. 4, 329:en, age, Rumpe moras,
id. ib. 3, 43:eia age,
id. A. 4, 569.—In the plur.:b.agite, pugni,
up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:agite bibite,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:agite in modum dicite,
Cat. 61, 38:Quare agite... conjungite,
id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:vos agite... volvite,
Val. Fl. 3, 311:agite nunc, divites, plorate,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:agitedum,
Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):age igitur, intro abite,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:En agedum convertite,
Prop. 1, 1, 21:mittite, agedum, legatos,
Liv. 38, 47:Ite age,
Stat. Th. 10, 33:Huc age adeste,
Sil. 11, 169.—In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:c.nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,
id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;► Position.dabo,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:Age, veniam,
id. And. 4, 2, 30:age, sit ita factum,
Cic. Mil. 19:age sane,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,I.Sometimes follows such verb; as,a.In dactylic metre:b.Cede agedum,
Prop. 5, 9, 54:Dic age,
Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:Esto age,
Pers. 2, 42:Fare age,
Verg. A. 3, 362:Finge age,
Ov. H. 7, 65:Redde age,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:Surge age,
Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:Vade age,
Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,agite: Ite agite,
Prop. 4, 3, 7.—In other metres (very rarely):II.appropera age,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:dic age,
Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,
Liv. 38, 47:procedat agedum ad pugnam,
id. 7, 9.—It is often separated from such verb:1.age me huc adspice,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:Age... instiga,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:Quare agite... conjungite,
Cat. 64, 372:Huc age... veni,
Tib. 2, 5, 2:Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,
Verg. A. 2, 707:en age segnis Rumpe moras,
id. G. 3, 42:age te procellae Crede,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:Age jam... condisce,
id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,ăgens, entis, P. a.A.Adj.1.Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):► 2.utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:acre orator, incensus et agens,
id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—B.Subst.: ăgentes, ium.a.Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—b.For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—2.actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,A.actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:B.actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7:acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
id. ib. 1, 7:acta tui praeclari tribunatus,
id. Dom. 31.—acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;1.but Augustus again prohibited it,
Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,
the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:acta populi,
Suet. Caes. 20:acta publica,
Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:urbana,
id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.With the time added:2.acta eorum temporum,
Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:illius temporis,
Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:ejus anni,
Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—C.acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—D.acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,a.Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—b.Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—E.acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19. -
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ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;I.axit = egerit,
Paul. Diac. 3, 3;AGIER = agi,
Cic. Off. 3, 15;agentum = agentium,
Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).Lit.A.Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.a.Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:b.jumenta agebat,
Liv. 1, 48:capellas ago,
Verg. E. 1, 13:Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 323:caballum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:B. a.agere bovem Romam,
Curt. 1, 45:equum in hostem,
id. 7, 4:Germani in amnem aguntur,
Tac. H. 5, 21:acto ad vallum equo,
id. A. 2, 13:pecora per calles,
Curt. 7, 11:per devia rura capellas,
Ov. M. 1, 676:pecus pastum,
Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:capellas potum age,
Verg. E. 9, 23:pecus egit altos Visere montes,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—Absol.:b.agmen agens equitum,
Verg. A. 7, 804.—With prep., abl., or inf.:C.vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,
Nep. Dat. 3:agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,
Sil. 4, 720:(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,
Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:captivos prae se agentes,
Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,
Quint. 8, 3, 69:captivos sub curribus agere,
Mart. 8, 26:agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,
Verg. A. 3, 5;and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,
Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,
Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:raptim agmine acto,
id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:egit sol hiemem sub terras,
Verg. G. 4, 51:poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,
lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?
where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:unde agis te?
id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:quo hinc te agis?
where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,
was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:Aeneas se matutinus agebat,
id. ib. 8, 465:is enim se primus agebat,
for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:Et tu, unde agis?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:Quo agis?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:Huc age,
Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):D.Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:rapiunt feruntque,
Verg. A. 2, 374:rapere et auferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,
id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,
Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):ne pulcram praedam agat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,
Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,
id. ib. 44, 5;so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,
Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).a.Of animals:b.apros,
Verg. G. 3, 412:cervum,
id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:citos canes,
Ov. H. 5, 20:feros tauros,
Suet. Claud. 21.—Of men:E.ceteros ruerem, agerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,
Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:aliquem in exsilium,
Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,
id. 16, 2, 3.—Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:F.quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?
lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:egisse huc Alpheum vias,
made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,
carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,
to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,
pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,
Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,
Lucr. 4, 391:in litus passim naves egerunt,
drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:ratem in amnem,
Ov. F. 1, 500:naves in advorsum amnem,
Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,agere currum,
to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):G.scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,
to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:spumas ore,
Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:piceum Flumen agit,
Verg. A. 9, 814:qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,
when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:agens animam spumat,
Lucr. 3, 493:anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,
Cat. 63, 31:nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,
id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:Est tanti habere animam ut agam?
Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,
Mart. 1, 80.—Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:II.(salices) gemmas agunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 30:florem agere coeperit ficus,
Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:frondem agere,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:se ad auras palmes agit,
Verg. G. 2, 364:(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:per glebas sensim radicibus actis,
Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:robora suas radices in profundum agunt,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:vera gloria radices agit,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,
Ov. M. 2, 582.Trop.A.Spec., to guide, govern:B.Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,
Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:C.si quis ad illa deus te agat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,
Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:totis mentibus acta,
Sil. 10, 191:in furorem agere,
Quint. 6, 1, 31:si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,
Tac. Agr. 41:provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,
id. A. 14, 32.—To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):D.me amor fugat, agit,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3:perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,
Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,
i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,
Verg. A. 7, 405:non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:acerba fata Romanos agunt,
id. Epod 7, 17:diris agam vos,
id. ib. 5, 89:quam deus ultor agebat,
Ov. M. 14, 750:futurae mortis agor stimulis,
Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.1. a.With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:b.numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,
Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,Without object:c.aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:agendi tempora,
Tac. H. 3, 40:industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:d.Quid agis?
What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:vereor, quid agat,
how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:ut sciatis, quid agam,
Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:prospere agit anima tua,
fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:quid agitur?
how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:Quid intus agitur?
is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;e.collum obstringe homini,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:nihil agis,
you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;usque tenebo,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,
Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:2.hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?
what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:quid agam, habeo,
id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:sed ita quidam agebat,
was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):3.At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:observabo quam rem agat,
what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:Id quidem ago,
That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:res vera agitur,
Juv. 4, 35:Jam tempus agires,
Verg. A. 5, 638:utilis rebus agendis,
Juv. 14, 72:grassator ferro agit rem,
does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:gladiis geritur res,
Liv. 9, 41):nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,
do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:postquam id actumst,
after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,sed quid actumst?
id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,
Cic. Sull. 12:ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29:agamus quod instat,
Verg. E. 9, 66:renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:suum negotium agere,
to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,ut vestrum negotium agatis,
Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,
Sall. J. 30, 1:sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,
Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):4.nescio quid mens mea majus agit,
Ov. H. 12, 212:hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,
Val. Fl. 3, 392:agere fratri proditionem,
Tac. H. 2, 26:de intranda Britannia,
id. Agr. 13.—With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):5.rimas agere (sometimes ducere),
to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:vigilias agere,
Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:excubias alicui,
Ov. F. 3, 245:excubias,
Tac. H. 4, 58:pervigilium,
Suet. Vit. 10:stationem agere,
to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:triumphum agere,
to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:libera arbitria agere,
to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:paenitentiam agere,
to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:silentia agere,
to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:pacem agere,
Juv. 15, 163:crimen agere,
to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:laborem agere,
id. Fin. 2, 32:cursus agere,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:delectum agere,
to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:experimenta agere,
Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:mensuram,
id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:curam agere,
to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:curam ejus egit,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:oblivia agere,
to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:nugas agere,
to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:officinas agere,
to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):diis gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:Haud male agit gratias,
id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;majores etiam habemus,
id. Marcell. 11, 33:Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,
Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:Dianae laudes gratesque agam,
id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,
Liv. 26, 48:agi sibi gratias passus est,
Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,
id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:6.tempus,
Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:senectutem,
id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:dies festos,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:otia secura,
Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:ruri agere vitam,
Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:vitam in terris,
Verg. G. 2, 538:tranquillam vitam agere,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:Hunc (diem) agerem si,
Verg. A. 5, 51:ver magnus agebat Orbis,
id. G. 2, 338:aestiva agere,
to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:menses jam tibi esse actos vides,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:mensis agitur hic septimus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:melior pars acta (est) diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:acta est per lacrimas nox,
Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:tunc principium anni agebatur,
Liv. 3, 6:actis quindecim annis in regno,
Just. 41, 5, 9:Nona aetas agitur,
Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:quartum annum ago et octogesimum,
am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,
Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:civitas laeta agere,
was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:tum Marius apud primos agebat,
id. ib. 101, 6:in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,
id. ib. 89, 7:apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,
Tac. A. 3, 19:Thracia discors agebat,
id. ib. 3, 38:Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,
Tac. G. 42:ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,
id. ib. 43:Gallos trans Padum agentes,
id. H. 3, 34:quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,
id. A. 1, 4:agere inter homines desinere,
id. ib. 15, 74:Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,
was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:ante aciem agere,
id. G. 7; and:in armis agere,
id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:7.qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,
Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,
hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:Hoc age,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:Hoc agite, of poetry,
Juv. 7, 20:hoc agamus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12:haec agamus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:agere hoc possumus,
Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,
id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:nunc istuc age,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,
Cic. Lig. 4, 11:id et agunt et moliuntur,
id. Mur. 38:(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:Hoc agit, ut doleas,
Juv. 5, 157:Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?
have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?
id. ib. 4, 10:Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,
Nep. Them. 5, 1:ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,
id. Clu. 64.—In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):8.qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:aliena bella mercedibus agere,
Mel. 1, 16:Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,
Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:Martem for bellum,
Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,
Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:forum agere,
to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:conventus agere,
to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:vivorum coetus agere,
to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:censum agere,
Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:recensum agere,
id. Caes. 41:potestatem agere,
Flor. 1, 7, 2:honorem agere,
Liv. 8, 26:regnum,
Flor. 1, 6, 2:rem publicam,
Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:consulatum,
Quint. 12, 1, 16:praefecturam,
Suet. Tib. 6:centurionatum,
Tac. A. 1, 44:senatum,
Suet. Caes. 88:fiscum agere,
to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:publicum agere,
to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:inquisitionem agere,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:curam alicujus rei agere,
to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:rei publicae curationem agens,
Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:a.velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:de condicionibus pacis,
Liv. 8, 37:de summa re publica,
Suet. Caes. 28:cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,
id. Aug. 94:de poena alicujus,
Liv. 5, 36:de agro plebis,
id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,
Gell. 13, 15, 10:agere cum populo de re publica,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,
Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,
id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);b.ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?
I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,
thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,
Juv. 4, 49:haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,
thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,
Cic. Fam. 13, 75:egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,
id. ib. 5, 2:misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,
id. ib. 5, 2:Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,
Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,
Nep. Alc. 8, 2:si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,
Tac. A. 15, 14:ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,
Suet. Tib. 54.—With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:9.facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11:bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:praeclare cum aliquo agere,
Cic. Sest. 23:Male agis mecum,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,
Cic. Quinct. 84; and:tu contra me male agis,
Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:intelleget secum actum esse pessime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:praeclare mecum actum puto,
id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,
id. Off. 1, 15:bene agitur pro noxia,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—Of transactions before a court or tribunal.a.Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:b.ex jure civili et praetorio agere,
Cic. Caecin. 12:tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,
to litigate, id. Mur. 17:ex sponso egit,
id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:agere lege in hereditatem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:cum illo se lege agere dicebat,
Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:causa quam vi agere malle,
Tac. A. 13, 37:tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,
with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,
settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:ubi manu agitur,
when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:c.causam apud centumviros egit,
Cic. Caecin. 24:Caesar cum ageret apud censores,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:egi causam adversus magistratus,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:orator agere dicitur causam,
Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:agit causas liberales,
Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,
Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;tua res agitur,
is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 10:Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,
Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:tam solute agere, tam leniter,
id. Brut. 80:tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?
id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?
of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,
to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:Samnitium bella, quae agimus,
are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:d.reus agitur,
id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:agere furti,
to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:adulterii cum aliquo,
Quint. 4, 4, 8:injuriarum,
id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:(α).non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,
the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,
id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:(β).at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,
id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:non libertas solum agebatur,
Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):agitur pars tertia mundi,
is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;(γ).perii,
this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:actum hodie est de me,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:jam de Servio actum,
Liv. 1, 47:actum est de collo meo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;ilicet me infelicem,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:actumst, ilicet, peristi,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;actumst,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:10. a.rem actam agis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:acta agimus,
id. Am. 22.—Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:b.quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,
id. ib. 3, 56, 214:agere fortius et audentius volo,
Tac. Or. 18; 39.—Of an actor, to represent, play, act:11.Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,fabulam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:dum haec agitur fabula,
Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:partis,
to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:gestum agere in scaena,
id. de Or. 2, 57:dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,
Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,
id. Fam. 2, 9:amicum imperatoris,
Tac. H. 1, 30:exulem,
id. A. 1, 4:socium magis imperii quam ministrum,
id. H. 2, 83:senatorem,
Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:utrinque prora frontem agit,
serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:12.tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,
Sall. J. 56, 5:quanto ferocius ante se egerint,
Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,
Suet. Claud. 25:non principem se, sed ministrum egit,
id. ib. 29:neglegenter se et avare agere,
Eutr. 6, 9:prudenter se agebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:sapienter se agebat,
ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:seditiose,
Tac. Agr. 7:facile justeque,
id. ib. 9:superbe,
id. H. 2, 27:ex aequo,
id. ib. 4, 64:anxius et intentus agebat,
id. Agr. 5.—Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.a.In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).(α).In the sing.:(β).age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,
come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:age, perge, quaeso,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:age, da veniam filio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:age, age, nunc experiamur,
id. ib. 5, 4, 23:age sis tu... delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:Agedum vicissim dic,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:agedum humanis concede,
Lucr. 3, 962:age modo hodie sero,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:age nuncjam,
id. And. 5, 2, 25:En age, quid cessas,
Tib. 2, 2, 10:Quare age,
Verg. A. 7, 429:Verum age,
id. ib. 12, 832:Quin age,
id. G. 4, 329:en, age, Rumpe moras,
id. ib. 3, 43:eia age,
id. A. 4, 569.—In the plur.:b.agite, pugni,
up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:agite bibite,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:agite in modum dicite,
Cat. 61, 38:Quare agite... conjungite,
id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:vos agite... volvite,
Val. Fl. 3, 311:agite nunc, divites, plorate,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:agitedum,
Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):age igitur, intro abite,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:En agedum convertite,
Prop. 1, 1, 21:mittite, agedum, legatos,
Liv. 38, 47:Ite age,
Stat. Th. 10, 33:Huc age adeste,
Sil. 11, 169.—In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:c.nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,
id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;► Position.dabo,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:Age, veniam,
id. And. 4, 2, 30:age, sit ita factum,
Cic. Mil. 19:age sane,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,I.Sometimes follows such verb; as,a.In dactylic metre:b.Cede agedum,
Prop. 5, 9, 54:Dic age,
Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:Esto age,
Pers. 2, 42:Fare age,
Verg. A. 3, 362:Finge age,
Ov. H. 7, 65:Redde age,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:Surge age,
Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:Vade age,
Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,agite: Ite agite,
Prop. 4, 3, 7.—In other metres (very rarely):II.appropera age,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:dic age,
Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,
Liv. 38, 47:procedat agedum ad pugnam,
id. 7, 9.—It is often separated from such verb:1.age me huc adspice,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:Age... instiga,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:Quare agite... conjungite,
Cat. 64, 372:Huc age... veni,
Tib. 2, 5, 2:Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,
Verg. A. 2, 707:en age segnis Rumpe moras,
id. G. 3, 42:age te procellae Crede,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:Age jam... condisce,
id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,ăgens, entis, P. a.A.Adj.1.Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):► 2.utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:acre orator, incensus et agens,
id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—B.Subst.: ăgentes, ium.a.Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—b.For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—2.actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,A.actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:B.actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7:acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
id. ib. 1, 7:acta tui praeclari tribunatus,
id. Dom. 31.—acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;1.but Augustus again prohibited it,
Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,
the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:acta populi,
Suet. Caes. 20:acta publica,
Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:urbana,
id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.With the time added:2.acta eorum temporum,
Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:illius temporis,
Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:ejus anni,
Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—C.acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—D.acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,a.Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—b.Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—E.acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19. -
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ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;I.axit = egerit,
Paul. Diac. 3, 3;AGIER = agi,
Cic. Off. 3, 15;agentum = agentium,
Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).Lit.A.Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.a.Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:b.jumenta agebat,
Liv. 1, 48:capellas ago,
Verg. E. 1, 13:Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 323:caballum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:B. a.agere bovem Romam,
Curt. 1, 45:equum in hostem,
id. 7, 4:Germani in amnem aguntur,
Tac. H. 5, 21:acto ad vallum equo,
id. A. 2, 13:pecora per calles,
Curt. 7, 11:per devia rura capellas,
Ov. M. 1, 676:pecus pastum,
Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:capellas potum age,
Verg. E. 9, 23:pecus egit altos Visere montes,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—Absol.:b.agmen agens equitum,
Verg. A. 7, 804.—With prep., abl., or inf.:C.vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,
Nep. Dat. 3:agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,
Sil. 4, 720:(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,
Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:captivos prae se agentes,
Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,
Quint. 8, 3, 69:captivos sub curribus agere,
Mart. 8, 26:agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,
Verg. A. 3, 5;and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,
Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,
Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:raptim agmine acto,
id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:egit sol hiemem sub terras,
Verg. G. 4, 51:poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,
lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?
where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:unde agis te?
id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:quo hinc te agis?
where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,
was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:Aeneas se matutinus agebat,
id. ib. 8, 465:is enim se primus agebat,
for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:Et tu, unde agis?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:Quo agis?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:Huc age,
Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):D.Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:rapiunt feruntque,
Verg. A. 2, 374:rapere et auferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,
id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,
Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):ne pulcram praedam agat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,
Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,
id. ib. 44, 5;so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,
Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).a.Of animals:b.apros,
Verg. G. 3, 412:cervum,
id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:citos canes,
Ov. H. 5, 20:feros tauros,
Suet. Claud. 21.—Of men:E.ceteros ruerem, agerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,
Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:aliquem in exsilium,
Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,
id. 16, 2, 3.—Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:F.quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?
lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:egisse huc Alpheum vias,
made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,
carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,
to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,
pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,
Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,
Lucr. 4, 391:in litus passim naves egerunt,
drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:ratem in amnem,
Ov. F. 1, 500:naves in advorsum amnem,
Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,agere currum,
to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):G.scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,
to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:spumas ore,
Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:piceum Flumen agit,
Verg. A. 9, 814:qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,
when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:agens animam spumat,
Lucr. 3, 493:anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,
Cat. 63, 31:nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,
id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:Est tanti habere animam ut agam?
Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,
Mart. 1, 80.—Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:II.(salices) gemmas agunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 30:florem agere coeperit ficus,
Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:frondem agere,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:se ad auras palmes agit,
Verg. G. 2, 364:(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:per glebas sensim radicibus actis,
Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:robora suas radices in profundum agunt,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:vera gloria radices agit,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,
Ov. M. 2, 582.Trop.A.Spec., to guide, govern:B.Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,
Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:C.si quis ad illa deus te agat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,
Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:totis mentibus acta,
Sil. 10, 191:in furorem agere,
Quint. 6, 1, 31:si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,
Tac. Agr. 41:provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,
id. A. 14, 32.—To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):D.me amor fugat, agit,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3:perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,
Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,
i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,
Verg. A. 7, 405:non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:acerba fata Romanos agunt,
id. Epod 7, 17:diris agam vos,
id. ib. 5, 89:quam deus ultor agebat,
Ov. M. 14, 750:futurae mortis agor stimulis,
Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.1. a.With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:b.numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,
Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,Without object:c.aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:agendi tempora,
Tac. H. 3, 40:industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:d.Quid agis?
What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:vereor, quid agat,
how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:ut sciatis, quid agam,
Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:prospere agit anima tua,
fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:quid agitur?
how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:Quid intus agitur?
is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;e.collum obstringe homini,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:nihil agis,
you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;usque tenebo,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,
Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:2.hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?
what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:quid agam, habeo,
id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:sed ita quidam agebat,
was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):3.At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:observabo quam rem agat,
what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:Id quidem ago,
That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:res vera agitur,
Juv. 4, 35:Jam tempus agires,
Verg. A. 5, 638:utilis rebus agendis,
Juv. 14, 72:grassator ferro agit rem,
does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:gladiis geritur res,
Liv. 9, 41):nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,
do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:postquam id actumst,
after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,sed quid actumst?
id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,
Cic. Sull. 12:ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29:agamus quod instat,
Verg. E. 9, 66:renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:suum negotium agere,
to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,ut vestrum negotium agatis,
Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,
Sall. J. 30, 1:sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,
Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):4.nescio quid mens mea majus agit,
Ov. H. 12, 212:hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,
Val. Fl. 3, 392:agere fratri proditionem,
Tac. H. 2, 26:de intranda Britannia,
id. Agr. 13.—With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):5.rimas agere (sometimes ducere),
to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:vigilias agere,
Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:excubias alicui,
Ov. F. 3, 245:excubias,
Tac. H. 4, 58:pervigilium,
Suet. Vit. 10:stationem agere,
to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:triumphum agere,
to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:libera arbitria agere,
to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:paenitentiam agere,
to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:silentia agere,
to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:pacem agere,
Juv. 15, 163:crimen agere,
to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:laborem agere,
id. Fin. 2, 32:cursus agere,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:delectum agere,
to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:experimenta agere,
Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:mensuram,
id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:curam agere,
to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:curam ejus egit,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:oblivia agere,
to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:nugas agere,
to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:officinas agere,
to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):diis gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:Haud male agit gratias,
id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;majores etiam habemus,
id. Marcell. 11, 33:Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,
Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:Dianae laudes gratesque agam,
id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,
Liv. 26, 48:agi sibi gratias passus est,
Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,
id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:6.tempus,
Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:senectutem,
id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:dies festos,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:otia secura,
Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:ruri agere vitam,
Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:vitam in terris,
Verg. G. 2, 538:tranquillam vitam agere,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:Hunc (diem) agerem si,
Verg. A. 5, 51:ver magnus agebat Orbis,
id. G. 2, 338:aestiva agere,
to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:menses jam tibi esse actos vides,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:mensis agitur hic septimus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:melior pars acta (est) diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:acta est per lacrimas nox,
Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:tunc principium anni agebatur,
Liv. 3, 6:actis quindecim annis in regno,
Just. 41, 5, 9:Nona aetas agitur,
Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:quartum annum ago et octogesimum,
am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,
Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:civitas laeta agere,
was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:tum Marius apud primos agebat,
id. ib. 101, 6:in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,
id. ib. 89, 7:apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,
Tac. A. 3, 19:Thracia discors agebat,
id. ib. 3, 38:Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,
Tac. G. 42:ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,
id. ib. 43:Gallos trans Padum agentes,
id. H. 3, 34:quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,
id. A. 1, 4:agere inter homines desinere,
id. ib. 15, 74:Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,
was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:ante aciem agere,
id. G. 7; and:in armis agere,
id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:7.qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,
Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,
hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:Hoc age,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:Hoc agite, of poetry,
Juv. 7, 20:hoc agamus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12:haec agamus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:agere hoc possumus,
Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,
id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:nunc istuc age,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,
Cic. Lig. 4, 11:id et agunt et moliuntur,
id. Mur. 38:(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:Hoc agit, ut doleas,
Juv. 5, 157:Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?
have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?
id. ib. 4, 10:Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,
Nep. Them. 5, 1:ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,
id. Clu. 64.—In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):8.qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:aliena bella mercedibus agere,
Mel. 1, 16:Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,
Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:Martem for bellum,
Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,
Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:forum agere,
to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:conventus agere,
to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:vivorum coetus agere,
to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:censum agere,
Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:recensum agere,
id. Caes. 41:potestatem agere,
Flor. 1, 7, 2:honorem agere,
Liv. 8, 26:regnum,
Flor. 1, 6, 2:rem publicam,
Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:consulatum,
Quint. 12, 1, 16:praefecturam,
Suet. Tib. 6:centurionatum,
Tac. A. 1, 44:senatum,
Suet. Caes. 88:fiscum agere,
to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:publicum agere,
to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:inquisitionem agere,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:curam alicujus rei agere,
to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:rei publicae curationem agens,
Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:a.velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:de condicionibus pacis,
Liv. 8, 37:de summa re publica,
Suet. Caes. 28:cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,
id. Aug. 94:de poena alicujus,
Liv. 5, 36:de agro plebis,
id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,
Gell. 13, 15, 10:agere cum populo de re publica,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,
Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,
id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);b.ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?
I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,
thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,
Juv. 4, 49:haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,
thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,
Cic. Fam. 13, 75:egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,
id. ib. 5, 2:misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,
id. ib. 5, 2:Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,
Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,
Nep. Alc. 8, 2:si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,
Tac. A. 15, 14:ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,
Suet. Tib. 54.—With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:9.facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11:bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:praeclare cum aliquo agere,
Cic. Sest. 23:Male agis mecum,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,
Cic. Quinct. 84; and:tu contra me male agis,
Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:intelleget secum actum esse pessime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:praeclare mecum actum puto,
id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,
id. Off. 1, 15:bene agitur pro noxia,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—Of transactions before a court or tribunal.a.Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:b.ex jure civili et praetorio agere,
Cic. Caecin. 12:tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,
to litigate, id. Mur. 17:ex sponso egit,
id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:agere lege in hereditatem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:cum illo se lege agere dicebat,
Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:causa quam vi agere malle,
Tac. A. 13, 37:tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,
with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,
settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:ubi manu agitur,
when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:c.causam apud centumviros egit,
Cic. Caecin. 24:Caesar cum ageret apud censores,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:egi causam adversus magistratus,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:orator agere dicitur causam,
Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:agit causas liberales,
Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,
Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;tua res agitur,
is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 10:Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,
Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:tam solute agere, tam leniter,
id. Brut. 80:tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?
id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?
of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,
to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:Samnitium bella, quae agimus,
are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:d.reus agitur,
id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:agere furti,
to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:adulterii cum aliquo,
Quint. 4, 4, 8:injuriarum,
id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:(α).non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,
the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,
id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:(β).at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,
id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:non libertas solum agebatur,
Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):agitur pars tertia mundi,
is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;(γ).perii,
this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:actum hodie est de me,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:jam de Servio actum,
Liv. 1, 47:actum est de collo meo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;ilicet me infelicem,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:actumst, ilicet, peristi,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;actumst,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:10. a.rem actam agis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:acta agimus,
id. Am. 22.—Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:b.quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,
id. ib. 3, 56, 214:agere fortius et audentius volo,
Tac. Or. 18; 39.—Of an actor, to represent, play, act:11.Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,fabulam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:dum haec agitur fabula,
Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:partis,
to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:gestum agere in scaena,
id. de Or. 2, 57:dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,
Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,
id. Fam. 2, 9:amicum imperatoris,
Tac. H. 1, 30:exulem,
id. A. 1, 4:socium magis imperii quam ministrum,
id. H. 2, 83:senatorem,
Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:utrinque prora frontem agit,
serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:12.tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,
Sall. J. 56, 5:quanto ferocius ante se egerint,
Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,
Suet. Claud. 25:non principem se, sed ministrum egit,
id. ib. 29:neglegenter se et avare agere,
Eutr. 6, 9:prudenter se agebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:sapienter se agebat,
ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:seditiose,
Tac. Agr. 7:facile justeque,
id. ib. 9:superbe,
id. H. 2, 27:ex aequo,
id. ib. 4, 64:anxius et intentus agebat,
id. Agr. 5.—Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.a.In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).(α).In the sing.:(β).age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,
come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:age, perge, quaeso,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:age, da veniam filio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:age, age, nunc experiamur,
id. ib. 5, 4, 23:age sis tu... delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:Agedum vicissim dic,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:agedum humanis concede,
Lucr. 3, 962:age modo hodie sero,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:age nuncjam,
id. And. 5, 2, 25:En age, quid cessas,
Tib. 2, 2, 10:Quare age,
Verg. A. 7, 429:Verum age,
id. ib. 12, 832:Quin age,
id. G. 4, 329:en, age, Rumpe moras,
id. ib. 3, 43:eia age,
id. A. 4, 569.—In the plur.:b.agite, pugni,
up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:agite bibite,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:agite in modum dicite,
Cat. 61, 38:Quare agite... conjungite,
id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:vos agite... volvite,
Val. Fl. 3, 311:agite nunc, divites, plorate,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:agitedum,
Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):age igitur, intro abite,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:En agedum convertite,
Prop. 1, 1, 21:mittite, agedum, legatos,
Liv. 38, 47:Ite age,
Stat. Th. 10, 33:Huc age adeste,
Sil. 11, 169.—In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:c.nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,
id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;► Position.dabo,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:Age, veniam,
id. And. 4, 2, 30:age, sit ita factum,
Cic. Mil. 19:age sane,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,I.Sometimes follows such verb; as,a.In dactylic metre:b.Cede agedum,
Prop. 5, 9, 54:Dic age,
Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:Esto age,
Pers. 2, 42:Fare age,
Verg. A. 3, 362:Finge age,
Ov. H. 7, 65:Redde age,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:Surge age,
Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:Vade age,
Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,agite: Ite agite,
Prop. 4, 3, 7.—In other metres (very rarely):II.appropera age,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:dic age,
Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,
Liv. 38, 47:procedat agedum ad pugnam,
id. 7, 9.—It is often separated from such verb:1.age me huc adspice,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:Age... instiga,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:Quare agite... conjungite,
Cat. 64, 372:Huc age... veni,
Tib. 2, 5, 2:Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,
Verg. A. 2, 707:en age segnis Rumpe moras,
id. G. 3, 42:age te procellae Crede,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:Age jam... condisce,
id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,ăgens, entis, P. a.A.Adj.1.Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):► 2.utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:acre orator, incensus et agens,
id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—B.Subst.: ăgentes, ium.a.Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—b.For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—2.actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,A.actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:B.actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7:acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
id. ib. 1, 7:acta tui praeclari tribunatus,
id. Dom. 31.—acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;1.but Augustus again prohibited it,
Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,
the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:acta populi,
Suet. Caes. 20:acta publica,
Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:urbana,
id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.With the time added:2.acta eorum temporum,
Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:illius temporis,
Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:ejus anni,
Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—C.acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—D.acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,a.Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—b.Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—E.acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19. -
30 ago
ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;I.axit = egerit,
Paul. Diac. 3, 3;AGIER = agi,
Cic. Off. 3, 15;agentum = agentium,
Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).Lit.A.Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.a.Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:b.jumenta agebat,
Liv. 1, 48:capellas ago,
Verg. E. 1, 13:Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 323:caballum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:B. a.agere bovem Romam,
Curt. 1, 45:equum in hostem,
id. 7, 4:Germani in amnem aguntur,
Tac. H. 5, 21:acto ad vallum equo,
id. A. 2, 13:pecora per calles,
Curt. 7, 11:per devia rura capellas,
Ov. M. 1, 676:pecus pastum,
Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:capellas potum age,
Verg. E. 9, 23:pecus egit altos Visere montes,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—Absol.:b.agmen agens equitum,
Verg. A. 7, 804.—With prep., abl., or inf.:C.vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,
Nep. Dat. 3:agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,
Sil. 4, 720:(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,
Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:captivos prae se agentes,
Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,
Quint. 8, 3, 69:captivos sub curribus agere,
Mart. 8, 26:agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,
Verg. A. 3, 5;and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,
Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,
Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:raptim agmine acto,
id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:egit sol hiemem sub terras,
Verg. G. 4, 51:poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,
lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?
where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:unde agis te?
id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:quo hinc te agis?
where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,
was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:Aeneas se matutinus agebat,
id. ib. 8, 465:is enim se primus agebat,
for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:Et tu, unde agis?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:Quo agis?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:Huc age,
Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):D.Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:rapiunt feruntque,
Verg. A. 2, 374:rapere et auferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,
id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,
Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):ne pulcram praedam agat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,
Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,
id. ib. 44, 5;so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,
Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).a.Of animals:b.apros,
Verg. G. 3, 412:cervum,
id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:citos canes,
Ov. H. 5, 20:feros tauros,
Suet. Claud. 21.—Of men:E.ceteros ruerem, agerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,
Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:aliquem in exsilium,
Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,
id. 16, 2, 3.—Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:F.quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?
lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:egisse huc Alpheum vias,
made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,
carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,
to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,
pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,
Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,
Lucr. 4, 391:in litus passim naves egerunt,
drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:ratem in amnem,
Ov. F. 1, 500:naves in advorsum amnem,
Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,agere currum,
to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):G.scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,
to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:spumas ore,
Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:piceum Flumen agit,
Verg. A. 9, 814:qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,
when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:agens animam spumat,
Lucr. 3, 493:anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,
Cat. 63, 31:nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,
id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:Est tanti habere animam ut agam?
Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,
Mart. 1, 80.—Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:II.(salices) gemmas agunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 30:florem agere coeperit ficus,
Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:frondem agere,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:se ad auras palmes agit,
Verg. G. 2, 364:(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:per glebas sensim radicibus actis,
Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:robora suas radices in profundum agunt,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:vera gloria radices agit,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,
Ov. M. 2, 582.Trop.A.Spec., to guide, govern:B.Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,
Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:C.si quis ad illa deus te agat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,
Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:totis mentibus acta,
Sil. 10, 191:in furorem agere,
Quint. 6, 1, 31:si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,
Tac. Agr. 41:provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,
id. A. 14, 32.—To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):D.me amor fugat, agit,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3:perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,
Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,
i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,
Verg. A. 7, 405:non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:acerba fata Romanos agunt,
id. Epod 7, 17:diris agam vos,
id. ib. 5, 89:quam deus ultor agebat,
Ov. M. 14, 750:futurae mortis agor stimulis,
Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.1. a.With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:b.numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,
Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,Without object:c.aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:agendi tempora,
Tac. H. 3, 40:industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:d.Quid agis?
What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:vereor, quid agat,
how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:ut sciatis, quid agam,
Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:prospere agit anima tua,
fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:quid agitur?
how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:Quid intus agitur?
is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;e.collum obstringe homini,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:nihil agis,
you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;usque tenebo,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,
Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:2.hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?
what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:quid agam, habeo,
id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:sed ita quidam agebat,
was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):3.At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:observabo quam rem agat,
what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:Id quidem ago,
That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:res vera agitur,
Juv. 4, 35:Jam tempus agires,
Verg. A. 5, 638:utilis rebus agendis,
Juv. 14, 72:grassator ferro agit rem,
does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:gladiis geritur res,
Liv. 9, 41):nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,
do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:postquam id actumst,
after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,sed quid actumst?
id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,
Cic. Sull. 12:ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29:agamus quod instat,
Verg. E. 9, 66:renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:suum negotium agere,
to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,ut vestrum negotium agatis,
Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,
Sall. J. 30, 1:sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,
Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):4.nescio quid mens mea majus agit,
Ov. H. 12, 212:hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,
Val. Fl. 3, 392:agere fratri proditionem,
Tac. H. 2, 26:de intranda Britannia,
id. Agr. 13.—With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):5.rimas agere (sometimes ducere),
to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:vigilias agere,
Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:excubias alicui,
Ov. F. 3, 245:excubias,
Tac. H. 4, 58:pervigilium,
Suet. Vit. 10:stationem agere,
to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:triumphum agere,
to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:libera arbitria agere,
to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:paenitentiam agere,
to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:silentia agere,
to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:pacem agere,
Juv. 15, 163:crimen agere,
to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:laborem agere,
id. Fin. 2, 32:cursus agere,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:delectum agere,
to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:experimenta agere,
Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:mensuram,
id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:curam agere,
to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:curam ejus egit,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:oblivia agere,
to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:nugas agere,
to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:officinas agere,
to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):diis gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:Haud male agit gratias,
id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;majores etiam habemus,
id. Marcell. 11, 33:Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,
Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:Dianae laudes gratesque agam,
id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,
Liv. 26, 48:agi sibi gratias passus est,
Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,
id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:6.tempus,
Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:senectutem,
id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:dies festos,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:otia secura,
Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:ruri agere vitam,
Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:vitam in terris,
Verg. G. 2, 538:tranquillam vitam agere,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:Hunc (diem) agerem si,
Verg. A. 5, 51:ver magnus agebat Orbis,
id. G. 2, 338:aestiva agere,
to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:menses jam tibi esse actos vides,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:mensis agitur hic septimus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:melior pars acta (est) diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:acta est per lacrimas nox,
Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:tunc principium anni agebatur,
Liv. 3, 6:actis quindecim annis in regno,
Just. 41, 5, 9:Nona aetas agitur,
Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:quartum annum ago et octogesimum,
am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,
Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:civitas laeta agere,
was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:tum Marius apud primos agebat,
id. ib. 101, 6:in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,
id. ib. 89, 7:apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,
Tac. A. 3, 19:Thracia discors agebat,
id. ib. 3, 38:Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,
Tac. G. 42:ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,
id. ib. 43:Gallos trans Padum agentes,
id. H. 3, 34:quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,
id. A. 1, 4:agere inter homines desinere,
id. ib. 15, 74:Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,
was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:ante aciem agere,
id. G. 7; and:in armis agere,
id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:7.qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,
Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,
hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:Hoc age,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:Hoc agite, of poetry,
Juv. 7, 20:hoc agamus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12:haec agamus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:agere hoc possumus,
Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,
id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:nunc istuc age,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,
Cic. Lig. 4, 11:id et agunt et moliuntur,
id. Mur. 38:(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:Hoc agit, ut doleas,
Juv. 5, 157:Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?
have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?
id. ib. 4, 10:Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,
Nep. Them. 5, 1:ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,
id. Clu. 64.—In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):8.qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:aliena bella mercedibus agere,
Mel. 1, 16:Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,
Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:Martem for bellum,
Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,
Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:forum agere,
to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:conventus agere,
to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:vivorum coetus agere,
to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:censum agere,
Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:recensum agere,
id. Caes. 41:potestatem agere,
Flor. 1, 7, 2:honorem agere,
Liv. 8, 26:regnum,
Flor. 1, 6, 2:rem publicam,
Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:consulatum,
Quint. 12, 1, 16:praefecturam,
Suet. Tib. 6:centurionatum,
Tac. A. 1, 44:senatum,
Suet. Caes. 88:fiscum agere,
to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:publicum agere,
to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:inquisitionem agere,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:curam alicujus rei agere,
to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:rei publicae curationem agens,
Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:a.velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:de condicionibus pacis,
Liv. 8, 37:de summa re publica,
Suet. Caes. 28:cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,
id. Aug. 94:de poena alicujus,
Liv. 5, 36:de agro plebis,
id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,
Gell. 13, 15, 10:agere cum populo de re publica,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,
Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,
id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);b.ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?
I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,
thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,
Juv. 4, 49:haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,
thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,
Cic. Fam. 13, 75:egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,
id. ib. 5, 2:misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,
id. ib. 5, 2:Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,
Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,
Nep. Alc. 8, 2:si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,
Tac. A. 15, 14:ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,
Suet. Tib. 54.—With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:9.facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11:bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:praeclare cum aliquo agere,
Cic. Sest. 23:Male agis mecum,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,
Cic. Quinct. 84; and:tu contra me male agis,
Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:intelleget secum actum esse pessime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:praeclare mecum actum puto,
id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,
id. Off. 1, 15:bene agitur pro noxia,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—Of transactions before a court or tribunal.a.Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:b.ex jure civili et praetorio agere,
Cic. Caecin. 12:tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,
to litigate, id. Mur. 17:ex sponso egit,
id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:agere lege in hereditatem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:cum illo se lege agere dicebat,
Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:causa quam vi agere malle,
Tac. A. 13, 37:tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,
with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,
settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:ubi manu agitur,
when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:c.causam apud centumviros egit,
Cic. Caecin. 24:Caesar cum ageret apud censores,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:egi causam adversus magistratus,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:orator agere dicitur causam,
Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:agit causas liberales,
Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,
Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;tua res agitur,
is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 10:Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,
Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:tam solute agere, tam leniter,
id. Brut. 80:tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?
id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?
of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,
to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:Samnitium bella, quae agimus,
are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:d.reus agitur,
id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:agere furti,
to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:adulterii cum aliquo,
Quint. 4, 4, 8:injuriarum,
id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:(α).non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,
the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,
id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:(β).at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,
id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:non libertas solum agebatur,
Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):agitur pars tertia mundi,
is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;(γ).perii,
this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:actum hodie est de me,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:jam de Servio actum,
Liv. 1, 47:actum est de collo meo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;ilicet me infelicem,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:actumst, ilicet, peristi,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;actumst,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:10. a.rem actam agis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:acta agimus,
id. Am. 22.—Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:b.quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,
id. ib. 3, 56, 214:agere fortius et audentius volo,
Tac. Or. 18; 39.—Of an actor, to represent, play, act:11.Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,fabulam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:dum haec agitur fabula,
Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:partis,
to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:gestum agere in scaena,
id. de Or. 2, 57:dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,
Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,
id. Fam. 2, 9:amicum imperatoris,
Tac. H. 1, 30:exulem,
id. A. 1, 4:socium magis imperii quam ministrum,
id. H. 2, 83:senatorem,
Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:utrinque prora frontem agit,
serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:12.tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,
Sall. J. 56, 5:quanto ferocius ante se egerint,
Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,
Suet. Claud. 25:non principem se, sed ministrum egit,
id. ib. 29:neglegenter se et avare agere,
Eutr. 6, 9:prudenter se agebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:sapienter se agebat,
ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:seditiose,
Tac. Agr. 7:facile justeque,
id. ib. 9:superbe,
id. H. 2, 27:ex aequo,
id. ib. 4, 64:anxius et intentus agebat,
id. Agr. 5.—Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.a.In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).(α).In the sing.:(β).age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,
come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:age, perge, quaeso,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:age, da veniam filio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:age, age, nunc experiamur,
id. ib. 5, 4, 23:age sis tu... delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:Agedum vicissim dic,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:agedum humanis concede,
Lucr. 3, 962:age modo hodie sero,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:age nuncjam,
id. And. 5, 2, 25:En age, quid cessas,
Tib. 2, 2, 10:Quare age,
Verg. A. 7, 429:Verum age,
id. ib. 12, 832:Quin age,
id. G. 4, 329:en, age, Rumpe moras,
id. ib. 3, 43:eia age,
id. A. 4, 569.—In the plur.:b.agite, pugni,
up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:agite bibite,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:agite in modum dicite,
Cat. 61, 38:Quare agite... conjungite,
id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:vos agite... volvite,
Val. Fl. 3, 311:agite nunc, divites, plorate,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:agitedum,
Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):age igitur, intro abite,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:En agedum convertite,
Prop. 1, 1, 21:mittite, agedum, legatos,
Liv. 38, 47:Ite age,
Stat. Th. 10, 33:Huc age adeste,
Sil. 11, 169.—In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:c.nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,
id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;► Position.dabo,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:Age, veniam,
id. And. 4, 2, 30:age, sit ita factum,
Cic. Mil. 19:age sane,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,I.Sometimes follows such verb; as,a.In dactylic metre:b.Cede agedum,
Prop. 5, 9, 54:Dic age,
Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:Esto age,
Pers. 2, 42:Fare age,
Verg. A. 3, 362:Finge age,
Ov. H. 7, 65:Redde age,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:Surge age,
Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:Vade age,
Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,agite: Ite agite,
Prop. 4, 3, 7.—In other metres (very rarely):II.appropera age,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:dic age,
Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,
Liv. 38, 47:procedat agedum ad pugnam,
id. 7, 9.—It is often separated from such verb:1.age me huc adspice,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:Age... instiga,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:Quare agite... conjungite,
Cat. 64, 372:Huc age... veni,
Tib. 2, 5, 2:Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,
Verg. A. 2, 707:en age segnis Rumpe moras,
id. G. 3, 42:age te procellae Crede,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:Age jam... condisce,
id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,ăgens, entis, P. a.A.Adj.1.Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):► 2.utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:acre orator, incensus et agens,
id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—B.Subst.: ăgentes, ium.a.Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—b.For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—2.actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,A.actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:B.actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7:acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
id. ib. 1, 7:acta tui praeclari tribunatus,
id. Dom. 31.—acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;1.but Augustus again prohibited it,
Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,
the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:acta populi,
Suet. Caes. 20:acta publica,
Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:urbana,
id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.With the time added:2.acta eorum temporum,
Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:illius temporis,
Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:ejus anni,
Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—C.acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—D.acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,a.Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—b.Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—E.acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19. -
31 decido
[st1]1 [-] dēcīdo, ĕre, cīdi, cīsum [de + caedo]: - tr. qqf. intr. - [abcl][b]a - couper, abattre. b - diminuer, abaisser, retrancher, réduire. - [abcl]c - décider (une question), régler, arranger, transiger. - [abcl]d - battre, mettre en pièces.[/b] - decidere pennas, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50: couper les ailes. - decidere vectigal ad tertiam partem, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38: réduire l'impôt au tiers. - cum aliquo decidere: s’arranger avec qqn. - cum aliquo de aliqua re decidere: conclure un arrangement avec qqn. - decidere rem cum aliquo, Cic.: régler une affaire avec qqn. - decidere cum accusatore, Cic.: composer avec l'accusateur. - in jugera decidere ternis medimnis, Cic.: transiger pour trois médimnes par arpent. - indulgenter fortuna decidit cum eo qui... Plin.: la fortune a traité avec indulgence celui qui... - istam jam aliquovorsum tragulam decidero, Plaut. Casin. 2.4.18: [j'aurai bientôt détourné ce coup vers un autre endroit] = je vais maintenant mettre fin à ce coup. - aliquem decidere verberibus, Dig. 47, 21, 2: rouer de coups qqn. [st1]2 [-] dēcĭdo, ĕre, cĭdi [de + cado]: - intr. - [abcl][b]a - tomber (d'un lieu élevé). - [abcl]b - tomber sous les coups, périr, succomber. - [abcl]c - déchoir, échouer.[/b] - equo decidere: tomber de cheval. - ex astris decidere: tomber des astres = tomber du faîte de la gloire. - poma ex arboribus decidunt, Cic. de Sen. 19: les fruits tombent des arbres. - flumina in mare Rubrum decidunt, Curt.: (ces) fleuves se jettent dans la mer Rouge. - spe (de spe, a spe) decidere: avoir son espoir trompé. - a spe societatis Prusiae decidit, Liv. 37, 26: il a perdu l'espoir d'une alliance avec Prusias. - in fraudem decidere, Cic.: en venir à commettre un crime ou tomber dans un piège. - eo decidit ut... Plin.-jn.: il a été réduit à... - toto pectore decidi, Tib.: je suis tout à fait sorti de son coeur, elle m'a entièrement oublié.* * *[st1]1 [-] dēcīdo, ĕre, cīdi, cīsum [de + caedo]: - tr. qqf. intr. - [abcl][b]a - couper, abattre. b - diminuer, abaisser, retrancher, réduire. - [abcl]c - décider (une question), régler, arranger, transiger. - [abcl]d - battre, mettre en pièces.[/b] - decidere pennas, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50: couper les ailes. - decidere vectigal ad tertiam partem, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38: réduire l'impôt au tiers. - cum aliquo decidere: s’arranger avec qqn. - cum aliquo de aliqua re decidere: conclure un arrangement avec qqn. - decidere rem cum aliquo, Cic.: régler une affaire avec qqn. - decidere cum accusatore, Cic.: composer avec l'accusateur. - in jugera decidere ternis medimnis, Cic.: transiger pour trois médimnes par arpent. - indulgenter fortuna decidit cum eo qui... Plin.: la fortune a traité avec indulgence celui qui... - istam jam aliquovorsum tragulam decidero, Plaut. Casin. 2.4.18: [j'aurai bientôt détourné ce coup vers un autre endroit] = je vais maintenant mettre fin à ce coup. - aliquem decidere verberibus, Dig. 47, 21, 2: rouer de coups qqn. [st1]2 [-] dēcĭdo, ĕre, cĭdi [de + cado]: - intr. - [abcl][b]a - tomber (d'un lieu élevé). - [abcl]b - tomber sous les coups, périr, succomber. - [abcl]c - déchoir, échouer.[/b] - equo decidere: tomber de cheval. - ex astris decidere: tomber des astres = tomber du faîte de la gloire. - poma ex arboribus decidunt, Cic. de Sen. 19: les fruits tombent des arbres. - flumina in mare Rubrum decidunt, Curt.: (ces) fleuves se jettent dans la mer Rouge. - spe (de spe, a spe) decidere: avoir son espoir trompé. - a spe societatis Prusiae decidit, Liv. 37, 26: il a perdu l'espoir d'une alliance avec Prusias. - in fraudem decidere, Cic.: en venir à commettre un crime ou tomber dans un piège. - eo decidit ut... Plin.-jn.: il a été réduit à... - toto pectore decidi, Tib.: je suis tout à fait sorti de son coeur, elle m'a entièrement oublié.* * *I.Decido, decidis, decici, penul. prod. decisum, decidere, A caedo caedis compositum. Plaut. Couper.\Decidere, per metaphoram capitur pro Determinare. Cic. Decider et mettre à fin.\Decidere. Vlpian. Appoincter, ou faire quelque accord et composition ensemble, Composer.\Transigere et decidere cum aliquo. Cic. Transiger et appoincter.\De aliquo negotio decidere. Cic. Transiger et appoincter de quelque affaire.\Quaestionem decidere. Papinianus. Decider, Determiner.\Decidere pro libertate. Senec. Composer par transaction avec aucun pour conserver sa liberté.\Decidere, pro Exprimere. Quintil. Exprimer.II.Decido, decidis, decidi, penul. corr. decidere. Cic. Cheoir en bas, Tomber.\Decidere a, vel de spe. Liu. Estre frustré de son esperance, Decheoir de son esperance.\Decidit ouibus illis fructus omnis. Plaut. Elles ne portent plus de fruict.\Decidere ab archetypo. Plin. iun. Faillir à suyvre un patron.\Decidere spe, sine praepositione. Terent. Decheoir de son espoir ou de son esperance, Estre frustré de ce qu'on espere.\In vnius imperium ne res decidat admonemur. Cic. Ne tombe soubs la puissance d'un seul. -
32 ineo
ĭnĕo, īre, ĭī (qqf. īvī), ĭtum - tr. et intr. - [st2]1 [-] entrer dans, aller dans, aller vers, aller à. [st2]2 [-] entrer (en charge). [st2]3 [-] prendre, exécuter, adopter. [st2]4 [-] commencer, entreprendre, se mettre à, s’engager dans. [st2]5 [-] pénétrer (sexuellement), avoir des relations avec, être l'amant de; en parl. des animaux - s'accoupler avec, saillir. - popinas inibat: il allait dans les cabarets. - inire (in) urbem: entrer dans la ville. - au passif - nemus nullis illud initur equis, Ov. F. 3: aucun cheval ne pénètre dans ce bois. - prima Romanis inita provinciarum, Liv. 28: la première de ces provinces où les Romains aient pénétré. - inire consilium: former un projet, prendre une résolution, prendre un parti. - inire formam vitae, Tac.: adopter un genre de vie. - inire viam: - [abcl]a - se mettre en route. - [abcl]b - trouver un moyen. - ineamus viam aliquam, qua utri utris imperent, decerni possit, Liv. 1: trouvons un moyen qui puisse décider lequel des deux doit commander à l'autre. - inire magistratum: entrer en charge. - consulatum inire: prendre possession du consulat. - ineunte aetate ou ab ineunte aetate, Cic.: dès l'âge le plus tendre. - anno ineunte, Suet.: au commencement de l'année. - tertiā initā vigiliā: au début de la troisième veille. - initā hieme: au commencement de l'hiver. - Petrus, cum aliquo societate initā: - [abcl]a - Pierre, après s'être rallié à qqn (après avoir fait alliance avec qqn). - [abcl]b - Pierre, après s'être associé à qqn. - Nabarzanes, cum Besso inauditi antea facinoris societate inita, Curt.: Nabarzanes, qui s'était associé à Bessus pour un forfait jusqu'alors inouï. - inita cum Antonio et Lepido societate, Philippense bellum, duplici proelio transegit, Suet. Aug.: après avoir fait alliance avec Antoine et Lépide, il termina en deux batailles la guerre contre Philippe. - inire proelium: entamer (engager) le combat. - rationem inire: - [abcl]a - dresser un plan, imaginer un expédient. - [abcl]b - faire un calcul, calculer, supputer. - inire rationem quemadmodum, Cic.: prendre ses mesures pour que. - consilia inibat quemadmodum ab Gergovia discederet, Caes. BG. 7: il songeait aux moyens de quitter Gergovie. - inire gratiam ab aliquo (apud aliquem): se ménager l’amitié (la faveur) de qqn, acquérir les bonnes grâces de qqn. - numerum inire: évaluer le nombre, calculer le nombre - numerus interfectorum haud facile iniri potuit, Liv. 38: on ne put facilement évaluer le nombre de tués. - inire somnum, Virg.: s'endormir. - quod reginam ineo? Suet.: est-ce parce que je suis l'amant d'une reine? - vacca aenea ab agresti tauro inita, Liv. 41: vache de bronze saillie par un taureau sauvage.* * *ĭnĕo, īre, ĭī (qqf. īvī), ĭtum - tr. et intr. - [st2]1 [-] entrer dans, aller dans, aller vers, aller à. [st2]2 [-] entrer (en charge). [st2]3 [-] prendre, exécuter, adopter. [st2]4 [-] commencer, entreprendre, se mettre à, s’engager dans. [st2]5 [-] pénétrer (sexuellement), avoir des relations avec, être l'amant de; en parl. des animaux - s'accoupler avec, saillir. - popinas inibat: il allait dans les cabarets. - inire (in) urbem: entrer dans la ville. - au passif - nemus nullis illud initur equis, Ov. F. 3: aucun cheval ne pénètre dans ce bois. - prima Romanis inita provinciarum, Liv. 28: la première de ces provinces où les Romains aient pénétré. - inire consilium: former un projet, prendre une résolution, prendre un parti. - inire formam vitae, Tac.: adopter un genre de vie. - inire viam: - [abcl]a - se mettre en route. - [abcl]b - trouver un moyen. - ineamus viam aliquam, qua utri utris imperent, decerni possit, Liv. 1: trouvons un moyen qui puisse décider lequel des deux doit commander à l'autre. - inire magistratum: entrer en charge. - consulatum inire: prendre possession du consulat. - ineunte aetate ou ab ineunte aetate, Cic.: dès l'âge le plus tendre. - anno ineunte, Suet.: au commencement de l'année. - tertiā initā vigiliā: au début de la troisième veille. - initā hieme: au commencement de l'hiver. - Petrus, cum aliquo societate initā: - [abcl]a - Pierre, après s'être rallié à qqn (après avoir fait alliance avec qqn). - [abcl]b - Pierre, après s'être associé à qqn. - Nabarzanes, cum Besso inauditi antea facinoris societate inita, Curt.: Nabarzanes, qui s'était associé à Bessus pour un forfait jusqu'alors inouï. - inita cum Antonio et Lepido societate, Philippense bellum, duplici proelio transegit, Suet. Aug.: après avoir fait alliance avec Antoine et Lépide, il termina en deux batailles la guerre contre Philippe. - inire proelium: entamer (engager) le combat. - rationem inire: - [abcl]a - dresser un plan, imaginer un expédient. - [abcl]b - faire un calcul, calculer, supputer. - inire rationem quemadmodum, Cic.: prendre ses mesures pour que. - consilia inibat quemadmodum ab Gergovia discederet, Caes. BG. 7: il songeait aux moyens de quitter Gergovie. - inire gratiam ab aliquo (apud aliquem): se ménager l’amitié (la faveur) de qqn, acquérir les bonnes grâces de qqn. - numerum inire: évaluer le nombre, calculer le nombre - numerus interfectorum haud facile iniri potuit, Liv. 38: on ne put facilement évaluer le nombre de tués. - inire somnum, Virg.: s'endormir. - quod reginam ineo? Suet.: est-ce parce que je suis l'amant d'une reine? - vacca aenea ab agresti tauro inita, Liv. 41: vache de bronze saillie par un taureau sauvage.* * *Ineo, inis, iniui, initum, pen. cor. inire. Plaut. Entrer dedens, Entrer ens.\Iniit te vnquam febris? Plaut. La fievre n'entra elle jamais en toy? N'euz tu jamais la fievre?\AEstimationem alicuius rei inire. Seneca. Faire l'estimation, Estimer et priser.\Veram hominis aestimationem inire. Seneca. L'estimer au vray, L'estimer tel qu'il est, Le priser ce qu'il vault.\Beneficium verbis initum dudum, nunc re comprobes. Terent. Commencé ja long temps y a.\Causam aut rationem alicuius rei inire. Liu. Trouver la raison pourquoy quelque chose se faict.\Certamen inire. Cic. Commencer le combat, Entrer au combat.\Connubia famulae inire. Ouid. Se marier à une servante.\Consilium inire de re aliqua. Plaut. Consulter et adviser de quelque chose.\Consilium cum aliquo inire. Cic. Consulter avec luy, Prendre conseil et advis.\Consilium multae calliditatis init. Ouid. Il s'advisa d'une grande finesse.\Consulatum inire. Caes. Liu. Commencer à exercer l'office de Consul.\Conuiuium inire. Cic. Aller au banquet.\Cubile alicuius inire. Cic. Coucher avec la femme d'aucun.\Cursum inire. Cic. Commencer sa course.\Dapes inire cum aliquo. Stat. Aller ou venir au banquet et fetin avec aucun, S'asseoir à table au banquet avec, etc.\Domos ignotas inire. Ouid. Entrer dedens.\Foedus inire. Propert. Faire alliance.\Gratiam ab aliquo inire. Cic. Acquerir la bonne grace et amitié d'aucun, Acquerir un ami pour luy avoir faict quelque plaisir.\Gratiam cum bonis omnibus inire. Cic. Acquerir l'amitié de touts les gens de bien.\Falsam gratiam inire. Terent. Acquerir des amis feincts.\Honorem inire. Sueto. Commencer à exercer quelque estat et dignité.\Imperia alicuius inire. Stat. Servir et estre subject à aucun, Obeir, Estre en subjection.\Inducias inire. Plin. iunior. Faire treves.\Limen vitae inire. Lucret. Naistre.\Magistratum inire. Cic. Commencer à exercer quelque Magistrat, estat, office, ou dignité, Entrer en un magistrat.\Mensuras agrorum inire. Columel. Mesurer combien chasque champ contient.\Munus alicuius inire. Virgil. Faire la charge et l'office d'aucun.\Nexum inire. Liu. Estre lié et emprisonné. Vide Nexus in NECTO.\Numerum inire. Liu. Nombrer.\Pastum inire. Plaut. Aller paistre.\Pericula praeliorum inire. Cic. Se mettre au dangers.\Poenam suam inire. Ouid. Aller contre son mal, Quand quelcun fait quelque chose, laquelle puis apres luy tourne à peine et ennuy.\Pugnam et praelium inire. Plaut. Aller au combat, Commencer le combat.\Rationem inire. Terent. Cercher, adviser, et regarder le moyen et la maniere de faire quelque chose.\Rationem inire. Cic. Faire compte.\Inita subductaque ratione. Cic. Apres avoir bien pensé et repensé.\Vix rationem inire posse, vtrum ab se audacius, an fugacius ab hostibus geratur bellum. Liu. A grand peine peult il penser et arrester en soymesme, etc.\Aliquid inire cum ratione. Terent. Penser à quelque chose, et y regarder devant que la commencer.\Societatem inire cum aliquo. Plancus ad Ciceronem. S'accompaigner avec luy.\Inire somnum. Virgil. S'endormir.\Inire suffragia. Liu. S'assembler pour faire les brigues, et donner sa voix en quelque election de Magistrat.\Multas inire vias. Ouid. Aller par beaucoup de chemin et de voyes.\Inite viam. Cic. Partez, Allez vous en.\Viam inire, pro Inire rationem. Liu. Cercher et regarder le moyen de faire quelque chose.\Inire. Virgil. Commencer.\Inire. Plin. Monter sur une femelle, Chaucher. -
33 communico
commūnico, āvī, ātum, āre [ communis ]1)а) делать общим (aliquid cum aliquo или inter aliquos C etc.)б) делать сообща, принимать участие, делить (pericula C; labores et discrimina T)concordiam cum aliquo c. VM — примириться с кем-л.consilia cum aliquo c. (или c. cum aliquo) de aliquā re L, C etc. — совещаться с кем-л.c. liberos cum aliquo QC — прижить детей с кем-л.2) сообщатьc. consilium cum aliquo Cs — сообщить кому-л. план (своих действий), т. е. действовать заодно с кем-л.3) беседовать (cum aliquo de aliquā re Cs, C)4) воздавать ( laudem C); оказывать, предоставлять ( honorem Cs)5) присоединять, добавлять, вносить ( pecunias Cs)6) связывать, соединять (causam civium cum servis, т. е. cum causa servorum Sl)7) (тж. se c. Vlg) общаться, иметь дело, иметь связи (cum aliquo Sen, Just и alicui Vlg, Aug) -
34 res
rēs, rĕi, f. - gén. sing. rēi avec e long, Lucr. 2, 112; 548; 6, 918; dat., id. 1, 688; 2, 236 --- gén. sing. monosyl. à la fin du vers, Lucr. 3, 918; et au milieu du vers, Lucr. 4, 885, et Poët. ap. Lact. 6, 6. - voir l'article res de Gaffiot. [st1]1 [-] chose, objet, affaire (sens vague précisé par un adjectif); chose matérielle, corps, créature, être; res explétif; cela (fonction de pron. de rappel). - res futurae: l'avenir. - in forum vocas, eo vocas unde etiam bonis meis rebus fugiebam, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5: tu m'invites à fréquenter le forum, tu m'invites dans un lieu que je fuyais même à l'époque où ma maison connaissait le bonheur. - res humanae: la condition humaine, la destinée humaine. - res familiaris: patrimoine. - res frumentaria: l'approvisionnement en blé, le ravitaillement en blé. - res novae: la révolution politique. - res divinae: le sacrifice; le culte des dieux. - res uxoria: - [abcl]a - dot. - [abcl]b - Ter. mariage. - abhorrens ab re uxoria, Ter. And. 5, 1, 10: réfractaire au mariage. - in arbitrio rei uxoriae, Cic. Off. 3: lors d'un arbitrage concernant la dot. - bellicam rem administrari majores nostri nisi auspicato noluerunt, Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76: nos ancêtres ne voulurent pas qu'une action guerrière fût menée sans auspices. - res solida, Lucr.: corps solide. - causae rerum: les causes. - rerum natura: la nature, le monde. - quid agis, dulcissime rerum? Hor.: comment vas-tu, mon très cher? - cujus rei ? = de quoi? - nullius rei: de rien - nulli rei nisi sacris operam dare: ne se consacrer qu'aux cérémonies religieuses. - quid ad rem ? = qu'importe cela? - quid hoc rei est ? = qu'est-ce que cela? - se ad eam rem paratos esse arbitrati sunt: ils estimèrent qu'ils étaient préparés pour cela. [st1]2 [-] ce qui est fait: réalité, chose. - re ipsā (re verā): en réalité. - res… spes: le présent… l'avenir. - qui hos deos non re, sed opinione esse dicunt, Cic. Nat. 3: ceux qui affirment que les dieux n’existent pas dans la réalité mais dans l’imagination. - rem sectari, non verba, Cic.: s'attacher au fond, non aux mots. [st1]3 [-] ce qui concerne qqn ou qqch: art, profession, métier, carrière. - res militaris: la guerre, l'art militaire. - rei militaris laus: gloire militaire. - res navalis: la marine. - res pecuaria: l'élevage. - erat ei pecuaria res ampla, et rustica sane bene culta et fructuosa, Cic.: il avait un immense troupeau et des terres bien cultivées et d'un bon rapport. [st1]4 [-] travail, soin, occupation, peine, difficulté. - res multae operae: entreprise difficile. - quibus rebus perfectis, Caes.: ces préparatifs terminés. [st1]5 [-] fait, événement, affaire, action, entreprise; exécution; combat, opération (militaire); hauts faits, exploits. - ut ipsa res declaravit, Cic.: comme l'événement le prouva. - omina re careant! Ov.: puissent ces présages ne pas s'accomplir! - his rebus gestis, Caes. B. G. 5, 8: après cette affaire. - rem gerere, Ov.: combattre, engager l'action. - gladio comminus rem gerit Vorenus, Caes. B. G. 5: l'épée à la main, Vorénus combat corps à corps. - rem bene gerere, Liv.: avoir du succès, l'emporter, être vainqueur. - ante rem, Liv. 4, 40: avant la bataille. - res gestae: exploits, hauts faits. [st1]6 [-] faits (historiques), histoire; état, puissance, pouvoir. - res populi Romani perscribere, Liv.: écrire l'histoire du peuple romain. - rerum scriptor: l'historien. - Persicae res, Nep.: l'histoire de la Perse. - res publica → respublica. - rerum potiri: s'emparer du pouvoir, être maître du pouvoir. - summa rerum: le commandement suprême, le pouvoir. - res Romana: la puissance romaine, l'empire romain. - res mihi Romanas dederas, Fortuna, regendas, Luc. 7, 108: tu m'avais donné, Fortune, l'empire romain à diriger. [st1]7 [-] circonstance, occasion; situation, cas, condition, position, état des choses, conjoncture, circonstances, affaires. - pro (ex) tempore et pro (ex) re: selon le temps et les circonstances. - in tali re, Sall.: en pareil cas. - res adversae: le malheur, l'adversité; échec(s). - res secundae (prosperae): le bonheur, la prospérité; succès. - res bonae: situation favorable. - si res postulabit: si la situation le réclame. - bene (male) se res habet: la situation se présente bien (mal). - res ita se habet: il en est ainsi. [st1]8 [-] avoir, biens, propriété, fortune, richesses. - rem augere: augmenter sa fortune, faire fortune. - res familiaris: le patrimoine. - publicae res: les domaines de l'Etat. - res tuas tibi habe, Plaut.: reprends ce qui t'appartient (formule de divorce). - res nummaria tenet eum, Cic.: il éprouve un besoin d'argent. - rem male gerere, Hor.: se ruiner. [st1]9 [-] utilité, intérêt, avantage, profit. - in rem (ex re) esse alicui: être utile à qqn, être conforme à son intérêt. - quid (mihi) magis in rem est quam...? Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 1: qu'est-ce qui est plus conforme à mes intérêts que de...? - ad rem avidus, Ter.: âpre au gain. - ab re: contrairement à l'intérêt. - ob rem, Cic.: inutilement. - quoi (cui) rei? Plaut.: à quoi bon? - de communi re dicere: parler de l'intérêt général. - in rem suam convertere: tourner à son avantage. [st1]10 [-] affaire (d'intérêt), rapport, relation, commerce. - res est mihi cum aliquo: j'ai affaire à qqn (avec qqn). - mihi tecum nihil rei est: je n'ai nullement affaire avec toi. - mihi res est cum aliquo: j'ai affaire à qqn. - rem habeo cum aliquo: j'ai affaire à qqn. - cum Thebanis sibi rem esse existimant, Nep. Pel. 1, 3: c'était aux Thébains qu'ils comptaient avoir affaire. [st1]11 [-] ce dont on parle: sujet, débat, point de discussion, question, litige, contestation, procès. - rem agitare: traiter une question. - ad rem redeo: je reviens à mon sujet. - rem dicere: plaider une cause. - rem integram ad senatum referre: porter l'ensemble de l'affaire à l'ordre du jour du sénat. - res capitalis: procès capital. - de re aliqua sententiam dicere in senatu: donner son avis sur quelque sujet au sénat. [st1]12 [-] motif, raison, cause; but, fin. - eā (hāc) re: pour cette raison. - ob eam rem, Plaut.: pour cette raison. - eā re (ob eam rem) quod: pour cette raison que. - his rebus adducti, Caes. BG. 1: poussés par ces motifs. - legatus qui ea de re mittitur: le légat qui est envoyé à cette fin. [st1]13 [-] moyen, manière. - quibuscumque rebus possim (defendere), Cic.: (défendre) par tous les moyens qui sont en mon pouvoir. - rem reperire quo pacto, Plaut.: trouver moyen de.* * *rēs, rĕi, f. - gén. sing. rēi avec e long, Lucr. 2, 112; 548; 6, 918; dat., id. 1, 688; 2, 236 --- gén. sing. monosyl. à la fin du vers, Lucr. 3, 918; et au milieu du vers, Lucr. 4, 885, et Poët. ap. Lact. 6, 6. - voir l'article res de Gaffiot. [st1]1 [-] chose, objet, affaire (sens vague précisé par un adjectif); chose matérielle, corps, créature, être; res explétif; cela (fonction de pron. de rappel). - res futurae: l'avenir. - in forum vocas, eo vocas unde etiam bonis meis rebus fugiebam, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5: tu m'invites à fréquenter le forum, tu m'invites dans un lieu que je fuyais même à l'époque où ma maison connaissait le bonheur. - res humanae: la condition humaine, la destinée humaine. - res familiaris: patrimoine. - res frumentaria: l'approvisionnement en blé, le ravitaillement en blé. - res novae: la révolution politique. - res divinae: le sacrifice; le culte des dieux. - res uxoria: - [abcl]a - dot. - [abcl]b - Ter. mariage. - abhorrens ab re uxoria, Ter. And. 5, 1, 10: réfractaire au mariage. - in arbitrio rei uxoriae, Cic. Off. 3: lors d'un arbitrage concernant la dot. - bellicam rem administrari majores nostri nisi auspicato noluerunt, Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76: nos ancêtres ne voulurent pas qu'une action guerrière fût menée sans auspices. - res solida, Lucr.: corps solide. - causae rerum: les causes. - rerum natura: la nature, le monde. - quid agis, dulcissime rerum? Hor.: comment vas-tu, mon très cher? - cujus rei ? = de quoi? - nullius rei: de rien - nulli rei nisi sacris operam dare: ne se consacrer qu'aux cérémonies religieuses. - quid ad rem ? = qu'importe cela? - quid hoc rei est ? = qu'est-ce que cela? - se ad eam rem paratos esse arbitrati sunt: ils estimèrent qu'ils étaient préparés pour cela. [st1]2 [-] ce qui est fait: réalité, chose. - re ipsā (re verā): en réalité. - res… spes: le présent… l'avenir. - qui hos deos non re, sed opinione esse dicunt, Cic. Nat. 3: ceux qui affirment que les dieux n’existent pas dans la réalité mais dans l’imagination. - rem sectari, non verba, Cic.: s'attacher au fond, non aux mots. [st1]3 [-] ce qui concerne qqn ou qqch: art, profession, métier, carrière. - res militaris: la guerre, l'art militaire. - rei militaris laus: gloire militaire. - res navalis: la marine. - res pecuaria: l'élevage. - erat ei pecuaria res ampla, et rustica sane bene culta et fructuosa, Cic.: il avait un immense troupeau et des terres bien cultivées et d'un bon rapport. [st1]4 [-] travail, soin, occupation, peine, difficulté. - res multae operae: entreprise difficile. - quibus rebus perfectis, Caes.: ces préparatifs terminés. [st1]5 [-] fait, événement, affaire, action, entreprise; exécution; combat, opération (militaire); hauts faits, exploits. - ut ipsa res declaravit, Cic.: comme l'événement le prouva. - omina re careant! Ov.: puissent ces présages ne pas s'accomplir! - his rebus gestis, Caes. B. G. 5, 8: après cette affaire. - rem gerere, Ov.: combattre, engager l'action. - gladio comminus rem gerit Vorenus, Caes. B. G. 5: l'épée à la main, Vorénus combat corps à corps. - rem bene gerere, Liv.: avoir du succès, l'emporter, être vainqueur. - ante rem, Liv. 4, 40: avant la bataille. - res gestae: exploits, hauts faits. [st1]6 [-] faits (historiques), histoire; état, puissance, pouvoir. - res populi Romani perscribere, Liv.: écrire l'histoire du peuple romain. - rerum scriptor: l'historien. - Persicae res, Nep.: l'histoire de la Perse. - res publica → respublica. - rerum potiri: s'emparer du pouvoir, être maître du pouvoir. - summa rerum: le commandement suprême, le pouvoir. - res Romana: la puissance romaine, l'empire romain. - res mihi Romanas dederas, Fortuna, regendas, Luc. 7, 108: tu m'avais donné, Fortune, l'empire romain à diriger. [st1]7 [-] circonstance, occasion; situation, cas, condition, position, état des choses, conjoncture, circonstances, affaires. - pro (ex) tempore et pro (ex) re: selon le temps et les circonstances. - in tali re, Sall.: en pareil cas. - res adversae: le malheur, l'adversité; échec(s). - res secundae (prosperae): le bonheur, la prospérité; succès. - res bonae: situation favorable. - si res postulabit: si la situation le réclame. - bene (male) se res habet: la situation se présente bien (mal). - res ita se habet: il en est ainsi. [st1]8 [-] avoir, biens, propriété, fortune, richesses. - rem augere: augmenter sa fortune, faire fortune. - res familiaris: le patrimoine. - publicae res: les domaines de l'Etat. - res tuas tibi habe, Plaut.: reprends ce qui t'appartient (formule de divorce). - res nummaria tenet eum, Cic.: il éprouve un besoin d'argent. - rem male gerere, Hor.: se ruiner. [st1]9 [-] utilité, intérêt, avantage, profit. - in rem (ex re) esse alicui: être utile à qqn, être conforme à son intérêt. - quid (mihi) magis in rem est quam...? Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 1: qu'est-ce qui est plus conforme à mes intérêts que de...? - ad rem avidus, Ter.: âpre au gain. - ab re: contrairement à l'intérêt. - ob rem, Cic.: inutilement. - quoi (cui) rei? Plaut.: à quoi bon? - de communi re dicere: parler de l'intérêt général. - in rem suam convertere: tourner à son avantage. [st1]10 [-] affaire (d'intérêt), rapport, relation, commerce. - res est mihi cum aliquo: j'ai affaire à qqn (avec qqn). - mihi tecum nihil rei est: je n'ai nullement affaire avec toi. - mihi res est cum aliquo: j'ai affaire à qqn. - rem habeo cum aliquo: j'ai affaire à qqn. - cum Thebanis sibi rem esse existimant, Nep. Pel. 1, 3: c'était aux Thébains qu'ils comptaient avoir affaire. [st1]11 [-] ce dont on parle: sujet, débat, point de discussion, question, litige, contestation, procès. - rem agitare: traiter une question. - ad rem redeo: je reviens à mon sujet. - rem dicere: plaider une cause. - rem integram ad senatum referre: porter l'ensemble de l'affaire à l'ordre du jour du sénat. - res capitalis: procès capital. - de re aliqua sententiam dicere in senatu: donner son avis sur quelque sujet au sénat. [st1]12 [-] motif, raison, cause; but, fin. - eā (hāc) re: pour cette raison. - ob eam rem, Plaut.: pour cette raison. - eā re (ob eam rem) quod: pour cette raison que. - his rebus adducti, Caes. BG. 1: poussés par ces motifs. - legatus qui ea de re mittitur: le légat qui est envoyé à cette fin. [st1]13 [-] moyen, manière. - quibuscumque rebus possim (defendere), Cic.: (défendre) par tous les moyens qui sont en mon pouvoir. - rem reperire quo pacto, Plaut.: trouver moyen de.* * *Res, rei, foem. gen. Chose, Rien.\Abdita rerum. Horat. Choses cachees ou secrettes et incongneues.\Caput et frons rerum. Horat. Le principal poinct de tout l'affaire.\Concordia rerum discors. Horat. L'accord des quatre elements qui sont de natures discordantes.\Versus inopes rerum. Horat. Qui n'ont point de bonnes et graves sentences.\Negas tantam similitudinem in rerum natura esse. Cicero. En tout le monde.\Opifex rerum. Ouid. Le createur de toutes choses.\Angustae res. Virgil. Qui sont de petite importance.\Res animales. Vlpianus. Qui ont ame et vie.\Diuina. Cic. Sacrifice.\Insolitam rem apportare auribus. Lucret. Raconter une chose dont jamais on n'avoit ouy parler.\Facere rem diuinam alicui deo. Cic. Sacrifier.\Ad rem redi. Terent. Retourne au propos.\Omnem rem scio, vt sit gesta. Plaut. Je scay comment tout l'affaire a esté mené.\Salua res est. Terent. L'affaire va bien.\Res tua agitur. Cic. C'est à toy à faire, L'affaire te touche.\Attinet ad rem. Horat. Cela sert à l'affaire.\Male rem gerere. Horat. Estre mauvais mesnager, Mal gouverner ses biens et ses affaires.\Incipit res melius ire quam putaram. Cic. L'affaire commence à mieulx aller que je ne pensoye, à mieulx se porter.\Bellica res. Horat. Le faict et l'estat de la guerre.\Si inuenta subito, nec domo allata, sed inter dicendum e re ipsa nata videantur. Quintil. Sur le champ, Tout à l'heure.\E re nata melius fieri haud potuit, quam factum est. Terent. Veu ce qui est survenu, Selon la fortune, Veu l'occasion.\Consulere ex re. Tacit. Prendre advis selon les occasions qui se presenteront.\Antonii colloquium cum heroibus nostris pro re nata non incommodum. Cic. Selon la matiere subjecte.\Ab re interregnum appellatum. Liu. Pour raison.\Si non re ipsa tibi istuc dolet. Terent. A la verité, Si tu fains d'en estre marri.\Res ipsa indicat, Vide INDICO, indicas. Le faict le monstre.\Verba ad rem conferre. Terent. Faire ce qu'on dit.\Simulare mortem verbis, re ipsa spem vitae dare. Terent. De faict. \ Re iuuare. Terent. De faict.\Dictu quam re facilius. Liu. Il est plus aisé à dire qu'à faire.\Si in rem est vtrique vt fiant, accersi iube. Terentius. Si c'est le prouffit des deux.\Ita rem illi esse dicito. Plaut. Di que c'est pour son prouffit.\Qui alicui rei est. Terent. Qui fait son prouffit, Qui gaigne aucunement.\Res est mihi cum illo. Terent. J'ay quelque affaire avec luy.\Habere rem cum aliquo. Terentius. Le hanter, Avoir habitude avec luy.\Si talentum rem reliquisset decem. Terent. Heritage.\Illos duos pro re tollebas tua. Terentius, Selon les biens que tu avois.\Aliquantum ad rem est auidior. Terent. Il est un peu trop aspre à l'argent.\Amicos res inuenit. Plaut. Les richesses font les amis.\Res eos iampridem deficere coepit. Cic. Il y a ja long temps qu'ils ont tout despendu leurs biens.\Arctis in rebus absit pudor. Valer. Flac. Quand on est en necessité, il ne fault point estre honteux.\Curtae nescio quid semper abest rei. Horat. Il y a tousjours faulte de je ne scay quoy, L'avaritieux n'ha jamais assez.\Familiaris res. Sallust. Les biens qu'un chascun ha à soy.\Praeclara filius in re sublatus male alitur. Horat. Né parmi grandes richesses.\Quibus re salua profueram. Terent. Ce pendant qu'ils avoyent de quoy.\Augere rem. Cic. S'enrichir.\Nunquam rem facies. Terent. Tu ne gaigneras jamais rien, Jamais tu ne seras riche, Jamais tu ne cueilleras mousse, Jamais tu ne amasseras rien. \ Habere rem. Cic. Avoir bien dequoy.\Patriam rem perdere. Horat. Despendre folement les biens de son pere.\Praeclaram ingrata stringat malus ingluuie rem. Horat. Qu'il mange et despende en gourmandise, etc.\Vir haud magna cum re. Cic. Qui n'ha pas grands biens.\Res, L'estat et condition d'un chascun: vt Res publica. Cice. L'estat commun.\Inuisere res rusticas vel fructus causa, vel delectationis. Cic. Aller veoir les biens et terres qu'on ha aux champs.\Res. Virgil. Empire, Seigneurie, Domination.\Rem, vel res gerere. Liu. Mener la guerre.\Res Romana erat superior. Liu. L'armee des Romains.\Clades rei naualis. Tacit. La deffaicte de l'armee de mer.\Dare rem in casum. Tacit. Mettre à l'adventure.\Rebus suis diffidere. Liu. Se deffier de ses gents de guerre.\Aduersae res, Vide ADVERTO. Adversité, Tribulation.\Angustae res. Horat. Povreté, Necessité, Disette.\Dura res. Virgil. Adversité, Povreté.\Secundae res. Virgil. Prosperité.\Rem miseram, Aduerbium dolentis. Cic. Chose miserable.\Parumne est malae rei? Plaut. N'ont ils pas assez de mal? B.\Iam repperi rem, quo pacto nec fur, nec socius sies. Plaut. J'ay trouvé le moyen.\Res semper aliquid apportat noui. Terent. Experience.\Re vera, Duae dictiones sunt, aut vnica Reuera, vice aduerbii. Plin. iunior. A la verité.\Velut si reuera pugnent. Horat. Reaulment, ou Realement et de faict.\Respublica, reipublicae, penul. corr. ex duobus integris composita dictio, quam nonnulli disiungunt. L'estat commun, La republique, La chose publique.\Conuersiones Rerumpublicarum. Cic. Mutations.\Censere e Repub. Tacit. Au prouffit de la Repub.\Meo vnius funere elata Respublica esset? Liuius. Si j'estoye mort, la chose publique seroit elle perdue pourtant? B.\Trahere Rempublicam funditus. Tacit. Destruire, Ruiner. -
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consocĭo, āre, āvi, ātum - tr. - [st2]1 [-] unir, joindre, associer, allier, mettre en commun, partager. [st2]2 [-] comploter, s'entendre. - consociare mihi tecum licet, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 67: je peux m'entendre avec toi. - consociare furorem suum cum aliquo, Liv.: partager sa fureur avec qqn. - consociare se cum aliquo, Plaut.: se liguer avec qqn. - cum aliquo consociare consilia pestis alicujus, Cic. Red. in Sen. 7, 16: comploter la ruine de qqn. - centum Patres rem inter se consociant, Liv. 1, 17, 5: les cent sénateurs se partagent le pouvoir.* * *consocĭo, āre, āvi, ātum - tr. - [st2]1 [-] unir, joindre, associer, allier, mettre en commun, partager. [st2]2 [-] comploter, s'entendre. - consociare mihi tecum licet, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 67: je peux m'entendre avec toi. - consociare furorem suum cum aliquo, Liv.: partager sa fureur avec qqn. - consociare se cum aliquo, Plaut.: se liguer avec qqn. - cum aliquo consociare consilia pestis alicujus, Cic. Red. in Sen. 7, 16: comploter la ruine de qqn. - centum Patres rem inter se consociant, Liv. 1, 17, 5: les cent sénateurs se partagent le pouvoir.* * *Consocio, consocias, consociare. Plaut. Associer, Bailler compaignon à quelqu'un.\Consociare arma cum populo aliquo. Liu. S'accompaigner et associer d'aucun pour faire la guerre.\Consociare consilia cum aliquo. Cic. Deliberer et adviser ensembleement avec luy de quelque affaire.\Consociare imperium. Liu. Allier et conjoindre la seigneurie des uns avec les autres. -
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sum, esse, fui - voir l'article sum de Gaffiot. [ABCR]I - sum, esse, fŭi: - la conjugaison - formes arch.: esum = sum, Varr. L. 9, 199 ; essis = es, Acc. d. Non. 200, 30; escit = erit, XII T. d. Gell. 20, 1, 25; Lucr. 1, 619; escunt = erunt, Cic. Leg. 2, 60 --- parf. fuvimus, Enn. d. Cic de Or. 3, 168; fuveit, Cil 1, 1051 --- subj. prés. siem, sies, siet, sient, Plaut. Amp. 57; 924; 58 ; Lucr. 3, 101; Plaut. Amp. 209; etc. ; fuam, fuas, fuat, fuant, Plaut. Bac. 156; Andr. Tr. 21; Plaut. Amp. 985; Bac. 1033; etc. --- part. prés. ens, employé par Caes. selon Prisc. 18, 75. [st1]1 [-] être, exister (il y a); vivre, durer; qqf. au parf. avoir vécu, n'être plus; être (avec attribut). - si abest, nullus est, Plaut. Bacch. 2: séparé d'elle, il n'existe plus. - nisi fuisset Archimedes, Cic.: sans Archimède (si Archimède n'avait pas existé). - ergo Dama nusquam est! Hor.: Dama n'est donc plus! - cogito, ergo sum: je pense, donc je suis. - dum ero: tant que je vivrai. - fuit Ilium, Virg.: c'en est fait de Troie (Troie a existé, Troie n'est plus). - flumen est Arar, quod in Rhodanum influit, Caes. B. G. 1: il y a une rivière, la Saône, qui se jette dans le Rhône. - est locus, Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6: il y a un lieu que les mortels appelaient Hespérie. - homo nequissimus omnium qui sunt, qui fuerunt, qui futuri sunt! Cic. Fam. 11: l'homme le plus pervers qui soit, qui ait existé ou qui puisse jamais être. - Indus, qui est omnium fluminum maximus: l'Indus, qui est le plus grand de tous les fleuves. - turpitudo pejus est quam dolor, Cic.: la honte est pire que la douleur. [st1]2 [-] avec datif - être à, appartenir à. - est mihi liber: [un livre (quelconque) est à moi] = j'ai un livre. - sunt nobis mitia poma, Virg.: nous avons des fruits délicieux. - spes mihi erat: j'avais espoir. - mihi nomen est Marcus (Marco): [un nom est à moi, Marc]= je m'appelle Marc. - cui nomen Arethusa est, Cic.: (source) qui porte le nom d'Aréthuse. - Scipio, cui post Africano fuit cognomen, Liv. 25: Scipion, qu'on surnomma plus tard l'Africain. - paene tibi fuit Phronesium! Plaut.: Phronésion a failli être à toi ! [st1]3 [-] avec génitif - être (celui de...), être à, appartenir à; être du parti de. - haec domus patris mei est: [cette maison est (la maison) de mon père] = cette maison est celle de mon père (cette maison est la propriété de mon père). - hic liber Petri est: ce livre est à Pierre. - omnia hostium erant: tout était aux mains des ennemis. - totus Pompei erat: il était tout dévoué à Pompée. - esse suarum rerum, Liv.: s'attacher à ses intérêts. - meus, tuus, noster, vester au lieu du génitif. - hic liber meus est: ce livre est le mien, ce livre est à moi. - haec domus mea est: cette maison m'appartient. - totus tuus ego sum: je suis tout entier à toi. - divitiae meae sunt, tu es divitiarum, Sen.: les richesses m'appartiennent, et tu appartiens aux richesses. - esse Romae partis, esse Philippi, Liv.: être du parti de Rome, être du côté de Philippe. [st1]4 [-] avec génitif - être le propre de, être le rôle de, être le devoir, le droit, le privilège, le caractère de..., être du domaine de, être du ressort de. - regis est tueri cives: c'est le devoir d'un roi de protéger ses sujets. - extremae dementiae est...: c'est le comble de la folie (de). - meum, tuum... au lieu du génitif. - meum est loqui: c'est à moi de parler. [st1]5 [-] avec double datif (datif d'intérêt et datif de destination): [être à qqn qui est destiné à...]. - voir la grammaire. - hoc erit tibi dolori: **ce sera pour toi à douleur** = ce sera pour toi une cause de douleur. - esse omnibus odio: être haï de tous. - esse alicui dolori: être pour qqn une cause de chagrin. - alicui esse impedimento, Cic.: être un obstacle pour qqn. - quid tibi rei mecum est? Ter.: qu'ai-je à démêler avec toi? [st1]6 [-] avec génitif marquant la qualité ou la quantité. - egregiae indolis est: il est d'un excellent caractère (il a un excellent caractère). - nullius consilii sum: je suis un homme indécis. - Sulla gentis patriciae nobilis fuit, Sall. J. 95: Sylla était de famille noble. - somni brevissimi erat, Suet.: il dormait fort peu. - res est magni laboris: la chose demande de grands efforts. - classis erat centum navium: la flotte était de cent bateaux. [st1]7 [-] avec ablatif marquant la qualité. - esse ingenio pravo, Sall.: avoir une âme perverse. - esse bono animo, Cic.: avoir bon courage. - esse magnā gloriā, Cic.: jouir d'une haute considération. - tenuissimā valetudine esse, Caes.: être d'une santé très délicate. - esse capite raso, Cic.: avoir la tête rasée. - iracundiā summā esse: être très irrité. [st1]8 [-] être (dans un lieu), se trouver, séjourner, rester, demeurer; être (de telle ou telle manière); être (avec qqn, auprès de qqn); aller, arriver, venir. - sum Romae: je suis à Rome. - sum in foro: je suis au forum. - quid fuit in illis litteris? Cic.: qu'y avait-il dans cette lettre? - esse in publico: paraître en public. - esse in laxa toga, Tib. 2: porter une toge flottante. - esse in Tyriis, Ov.: avoir une robe de pourpre. - esse in aere alieno: être endetté. - esse in spe, Cic.: avoir de l'espoir. - esse in nummis multis, Cic.: être très riche. - esse in odio, Cic.: être haï. - fuit ad me sane diu, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 8: il resta longtemps avec moi. - esse libenter cum aliquo, Cic.: voir qqn avec plaisir. - qui ante fuerant ad Caesarem, Caes.: ceux qui d'abord étaient venus vers César. - quo die in Tusculanum essem futurus, Cic.: le jour où je devais arriver à ma maison de Tusculum. - fuisti apud Laecam illa nocte, Cic. Cat. 1: tu t'es rendu chez Léca cette nuit-là. [st1]9 [-] avec génitif de prix (qqf. avec ablatif de prix): être de (telle valeur), valoir coûter. - magni (s.-ent. pretii) esse: coûter beaucoup. - esse nihili: ne rien valoir. - magni erunt mihi tuae litterae, Cic. Fam. 15: ta lettre sera d'un grand prix pour moi. - mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo, Cic. Att. 12: ma conscience pour moi vaut plus que tous les discours. - mille sestertiis esse: coûter mille sesterces. - sextante sal et Romae et per totam Iialiam erat, Liv. 29: le sel coûtait un sextant à Rome comme dans l'Italie entière. [st1]10 [-] arriver, se produire, avoir lieu. - quid tibi est? Ter.: qu'as-tu? - (solis defectio) quae fuit regnante Romulo, Cic. Rep. 1: (éclipse) qui eut lieu sous le règne de Romulus. - ut est: comme il arrive. - est ut + subj. (est + inf.): il arrive que, il peut se faire que, on peut. - futurum rati ut...: persuadés qu'il arriverait que... - non est ut...: il n'est pas possible que...., il n'y a pas lieu de... - est ut velis, Ter.: il se trouve que tu veux. - quando fuit ut...? Cic.: quand est-il arrivé que...? quand a-t-on vu que...? - quando fuit ut quod licet non liceret? Cic. Cael.: quand a-t-on vu que ce qui est permis aujourd'hui a cessé de l'être? - in eo (res) est ut + subj.: les choses en sont au point que... (il va bientôt arriver que...). - prope est ut...: il va bientôt arriver que... - est (ita) ut dicis: c'est bien comme tu dis. - id quod erat, Liv.: ce qui était vrai (c'est ce qui se passait). - res erat eo loci, Cic.: l'affaire en était là. [st1]11 [-] avec adj. verbal au génitif - être de nature à, avoir pour but de, servir à, tendre à. - esse conservandae libertatis, Sall.: avoir pour but le maintien de la liberté. - esse dissolvendarum religionum, Liv.: être de nature à détruire le culte. - quae res evertendae rei publicae solebant esse, Cic.: ces faits tendaient ordinairement à ruiner l'Etat. [st1]12 [-] avec datif de destination ou de but; avec ad + acc. - esse solvendo aeri alieno: être en état de payer ses dettes, être solvable. - non esse solvendo: ne pas être en mesure de payer ses dettes, être insolvable. - esse vescendo: être bon à manger. - esse oneri ferendo, Liv.: être capable de porter une charge. - esse ad ornandum templum, Cic.: servir à la décoration du temple. - esse ad aliquid: être utile à qqch, servir à qqch. - esse ad alvum crudam, Cato. R. R. 125: être efficace pour les indigestions. - esui potuique esse, Dig.: être bon à manger et à boire. - esse argumento: être une preuve. - esse probro, Cic.: être déshonorant. - esse crimini, Cic.: être un grief. [st1]13 [-] avec une subordonnée (souvent avec verbe au subjonctif). - sunt qui + subj.: il y a des gens qui ([des gens tels qu'ils]), il y a des gens pour, il y a des gens capables de. - sunt qui sciant: il y a des gens qui savent. - erant sententiae quae castra Vari oppugnanda censerent, Caes. B. C. 2, 30: il y avait les avis de personnes qui pensaient qu'on devait assiéger le camp de Varus. - erat nemo in quem ea suspicio conveniret, Cic.: il n'y avait personne sur qui pût se porter un tel soupçon. - sunt qui + ind.: il y a des gens qui. - sunt qui quod sentiunt non audent dicere, Cic.: il y a des gens qui n'osent pas dire ce qu'ils pensent. - sunt quae omitti, Cic.: il y a des détails que j'ai oubliés. - sunt bestiae quaedam, in quibus inest aliquid simile virtutis, Cic. Fin. 5: il y a des bêtes qui ont en elles quelque chose de semblable à la vertu. - est ubi + subj.: il y a des cas où. - erit ubi te ulciscar, Plaut.: je trouverai l'occasion de te punir. - est quod: il y a une raison pour que, il y a lieu de. - est quod succenset tibi, Ter.: il a des raisons d'être irrité contre toi. - est quod referam ad consilium, Liv.: il faut que j'en réfère au conseil. - est quod dici possit: il y a une chose qu'on pourrait dire. - est quod differat, Cic.: il y a une différence. - est quod gaudeas, Cic.: tu as raison de te réjouir. - non est quod (non est cur, nihil est quod): il n'y a pas lieu de, il n'y a pas de raison de. - quid est quod: quelle raison y a-t-il de...? - quid erat quod querebatur? Cic.: quelle raison avait-il de se plaindre? - quid erat quod querebatur? Cic.: pourquoi se plaignait-il? quelle raison y avait-il qui expliquât ses plaintes? [st1]14 [-] esse ab aliquo: être du côté de qqn, être de son parti, être pour quelqu'un. - esse ab aliquo (esse pro aliquo): être partisan de qqn, être de l'avis de qqn. - a Phaedro esse, Cic. Att. 16: être disciple de Phèdre. - est a me hoc totum: tout cela est fait pour moi, tout cela est en ma faveur. - vide ne hoc totum sit a me, Cic.: prends bien garde que tout cela ne soit en ma faveur? - esne tu ab illo milite? Plaut.: es-tu esclave de ce soldat? - erat ab Aristotele, Cic.: c'était un Aristotélicien. [st1]15 [-] reposer sur, dépendre de, être du ressort de. - non est id in nobis: cela ne dépend pas de nous. - omnis spes est in aliquo: tout l'espoir repose sur qqn. - vivat an ille occidat, in dis est, Ov.: sa vie ou sa mort dépendent des dieux. [st1]16 [-] avec un infinitif - pouvoir. - cernere erat, Virg.: on voyait (on pouvait voir). [st1]17 [-] latinismes remarquables - bene est: cela va bien. - est recte apud matrem, Cic.: chez ma mère, tout va bien (ma mère se porte bien). - est ita (est vero): il en est ainsi, oui. - esto (sit ita sane): eh bien, soit! - id est (hoc est): à savoir, c'est-à-dire. - quid hoc rei est?: qu'est-ce à dire? - voir fore - esto. [ABCR]II - sum = eum; Enn. An. 98, cf. Fest. 298.* * *sum, esse, fui - voir l'article sum de Gaffiot. [ABCR]I - sum, esse, fŭi: - la conjugaison - formes arch.: esum = sum, Varr. L. 9, 199 ; essis = es, Acc. d. Non. 200, 30; escit = erit, XII T. d. Gell. 20, 1, 25; Lucr. 1, 619; escunt = erunt, Cic. Leg. 2, 60 --- parf. fuvimus, Enn. d. Cic de Or. 3, 168; fuveit, Cil 1, 1051 --- subj. prés. siem, sies, siet, sient, Plaut. Amp. 57; 924; 58 ; Lucr. 3, 101; Plaut. Amp. 209; etc. ; fuam, fuas, fuat, fuant, Plaut. Bac. 156; Andr. Tr. 21; Plaut. Amp. 985; Bac. 1033; etc. --- part. prés. ens, employé par Caes. selon Prisc. 18, 75. [st1]1 [-] être, exister (il y a); vivre, durer; qqf. au parf. avoir vécu, n'être plus; être (avec attribut). - si abest, nullus est, Plaut. Bacch. 2: séparé d'elle, il n'existe plus. - nisi fuisset Archimedes, Cic.: sans Archimède (si Archimède n'avait pas existé). - ergo Dama nusquam est! Hor.: Dama n'est donc plus! - cogito, ergo sum: je pense, donc je suis. - dum ero: tant que je vivrai. - fuit Ilium, Virg.: c'en est fait de Troie (Troie a existé, Troie n'est plus). - flumen est Arar, quod in Rhodanum influit, Caes. B. G. 1: il y a une rivière, la Saône, qui se jette dans le Rhône. - est locus, Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6: il y a un lieu que les mortels appelaient Hespérie. - homo nequissimus omnium qui sunt, qui fuerunt, qui futuri sunt! Cic. Fam. 11: l'homme le plus pervers qui soit, qui ait existé ou qui puisse jamais être. - Indus, qui est omnium fluminum maximus: l'Indus, qui est le plus grand de tous les fleuves. - turpitudo pejus est quam dolor, Cic.: la honte est pire que la douleur. [st1]2 [-] avec datif - être à, appartenir à. - est mihi liber: [un livre (quelconque) est à moi] = j'ai un livre. - sunt nobis mitia poma, Virg.: nous avons des fruits délicieux. - spes mihi erat: j'avais espoir. - mihi nomen est Marcus (Marco): [un nom est à moi, Marc]= je m'appelle Marc. - cui nomen Arethusa est, Cic.: (source) qui porte le nom d'Aréthuse. - Scipio, cui post Africano fuit cognomen, Liv. 25: Scipion, qu'on surnomma plus tard l'Africain. - paene tibi fuit Phronesium! Plaut.: Phronésion a failli être à toi ! [st1]3 [-] avec génitif - être (celui de...), être à, appartenir à; être du parti de. - haec domus patris mei est: [cette maison est (la maison) de mon père] = cette maison est celle de mon père (cette maison est la propriété de mon père). - hic liber Petri est: ce livre est à Pierre. - omnia hostium erant: tout était aux mains des ennemis. - totus Pompei erat: il était tout dévoué à Pompée. - esse suarum rerum, Liv.: s'attacher à ses intérêts. - meus, tuus, noster, vester au lieu du génitif. - hic liber meus est: ce livre est le mien, ce livre est à moi. - haec domus mea est: cette maison m'appartient. - totus tuus ego sum: je suis tout entier à toi. - divitiae meae sunt, tu es divitiarum, Sen.: les richesses m'appartiennent, et tu appartiens aux richesses. - esse Romae partis, esse Philippi, Liv.: être du parti de Rome, être du côté de Philippe. [st1]4 [-] avec génitif - être le propre de, être le rôle de, être le devoir, le droit, le privilège, le caractère de..., être du domaine de, être du ressort de. - regis est tueri cives: c'est le devoir d'un roi de protéger ses sujets. - extremae dementiae est...: c'est le comble de la folie (de). - meum, tuum... au lieu du génitif. - meum est loqui: c'est à moi de parler. [st1]5 [-] avec double datif (datif d'intérêt et datif de destination): [être à qqn qui est destiné à...]. - voir la grammaire. - hoc erit tibi dolori: **ce sera pour toi à douleur** = ce sera pour toi une cause de douleur. - esse omnibus odio: être haï de tous. - esse alicui dolori: être pour qqn une cause de chagrin. - alicui esse impedimento, Cic.: être un obstacle pour qqn. - quid tibi rei mecum est? Ter.: qu'ai-je à démêler avec toi? [st1]6 [-] avec génitif marquant la qualité ou la quantité. - egregiae indolis est: il est d'un excellent caractère (il a un excellent caractère). - nullius consilii sum: je suis un homme indécis. - Sulla gentis patriciae nobilis fuit, Sall. J. 95: Sylla était de famille noble. - somni brevissimi erat, Suet.: il dormait fort peu. - res est magni laboris: la chose demande de grands efforts. - classis erat centum navium: la flotte était de cent bateaux. [st1]7 [-] avec ablatif marquant la qualité. - esse ingenio pravo, Sall.: avoir une âme perverse. - esse bono animo, Cic.: avoir bon courage. - esse magnā gloriā, Cic.: jouir d'une haute considération. - tenuissimā valetudine esse, Caes.: être d'une santé très délicate. - esse capite raso, Cic.: avoir la tête rasée. - iracundiā summā esse: être très irrité. [st1]8 [-] être (dans un lieu), se trouver, séjourner, rester, demeurer; être (de telle ou telle manière); être (avec qqn, auprès de qqn); aller, arriver, venir. - sum Romae: je suis à Rome. - sum in foro: je suis au forum. - quid fuit in illis litteris? Cic.: qu'y avait-il dans cette lettre? - esse in publico: paraître en public. - esse in laxa toga, Tib. 2: porter une toge flottante. - esse in Tyriis, Ov.: avoir une robe de pourpre. - esse in aere alieno: être endetté. - esse in spe, Cic.: avoir de l'espoir. - esse in nummis multis, Cic.: être très riche. - esse in odio, Cic.: être haï. - fuit ad me sane diu, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 8: il resta longtemps avec moi. - esse libenter cum aliquo, Cic.: voir qqn avec plaisir. - qui ante fuerant ad Caesarem, Caes.: ceux qui d'abord étaient venus vers César. - quo die in Tusculanum essem futurus, Cic.: le jour où je devais arriver à ma maison de Tusculum. - fuisti apud Laecam illa nocte, Cic. Cat. 1: tu t'es rendu chez Léca cette nuit-là. [st1]9 [-] avec génitif de prix (qqf. avec ablatif de prix): être de (telle valeur), valoir coûter. - magni (s.-ent. pretii) esse: coûter beaucoup. - esse nihili: ne rien valoir. - magni erunt mihi tuae litterae, Cic. Fam. 15: ta lettre sera d'un grand prix pour moi. - mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo, Cic. Att. 12: ma conscience pour moi vaut plus que tous les discours. - mille sestertiis esse: coûter mille sesterces. - sextante sal et Romae et per totam Iialiam erat, Liv. 29: le sel coûtait un sextant à Rome comme dans l'Italie entière. [st1]10 [-] arriver, se produire, avoir lieu. - quid tibi est? Ter.: qu'as-tu? - (solis defectio) quae fuit regnante Romulo, Cic. Rep. 1: (éclipse) qui eut lieu sous le règne de Romulus. - ut est: comme il arrive. - est ut + subj. (est + inf.): il arrive que, il peut se faire que, on peut. - futurum rati ut...: persuadés qu'il arriverait que... - non est ut...: il n'est pas possible que...., il n'y a pas lieu de... - est ut velis, Ter.: il se trouve que tu veux. - quando fuit ut...? Cic.: quand est-il arrivé que...? quand a-t-on vu que...? - quando fuit ut quod licet non liceret? Cic. Cael.: quand a-t-on vu que ce qui est permis aujourd'hui a cessé de l'être? - in eo (res) est ut + subj.: les choses en sont au point que... (il va bientôt arriver que...). - prope est ut...: il va bientôt arriver que... - est (ita) ut dicis: c'est bien comme tu dis. - id quod erat, Liv.: ce qui était vrai (c'est ce qui se passait). - res erat eo loci, Cic.: l'affaire en était là. [st1]11 [-] avec adj. verbal au génitif - être de nature à, avoir pour but de, servir à, tendre à. - esse conservandae libertatis, Sall.: avoir pour but le maintien de la liberté. - esse dissolvendarum religionum, Liv.: être de nature à détruire le culte. - quae res evertendae rei publicae solebant esse, Cic.: ces faits tendaient ordinairement à ruiner l'Etat. [st1]12 [-] avec datif de destination ou de but; avec ad + acc. - esse solvendo aeri alieno: être en état de payer ses dettes, être solvable. - non esse solvendo: ne pas être en mesure de payer ses dettes, être insolvable. - esse vescendo: être bon à manger. - esse oneri ferendo, Liv.: être capable de porter une charge. - esse ad ornandum templum, Cic.: servir à la décoration du temple. - esse ad aliquid: être utile à qqch, servir à qqch. - esse ad alvum crudam, Cato. R. R. 125: être efficace pour les indigestions. - esui potuique esse, Dig.: être bon à manger et à boire. - esse argumento: être une preuve. - esse probro, Cic.: être déshonorant. - esse crimini, Cic.: être un grief. [st1]13 [-] avec une subordonnée (souvent avec verbe au subjonctif). - sunt qui + subj.: il y a des gens qui ([des gens tels qu'ils]), il y a des gens pour, il y a des gens capables de. - sunt qui sciant: il y a des gens qui savent. - erant sententiae quae castra Vari oppugnanda censerent, Caes. B. C. 2, 30: il y avait les avis de personnes qui pensaient qu'on devait assiéger le camp de Varus. - erat nemo in quem ea suspicio conveniret, Cic.: il n'y avait personne sur qui pût se porter un tel soupçon. - sunt qui + ind.: il y a des gens qui. - sunt qui quod sentiunt non audent dicere, Cic.: il y a des gens qui n'osent pas dire ce qu'ils pensent. - sunt quae omitti, Cic.: il y a des détails que j'ai oubliés. - sunt bestiae quaedam, in quibus inest aliquid simile virtutis, Cic. Fin. 5: il y a des bêtes qui ont en elles quelque chose de semblable à la vertu. - est ubi + subj.: il y a des cas où. - erit ubi te ulciscar, Plaut.: je trouverai l'occasion de te punir. - est quod: il y a une raison pour que, il y a lieu de. - est quod succenset tibi, Ter.: il a des raisons d'être irrité contre toi. - est quod referam ad consilium, Liv.: il faut que j'en réfère au conseil. - est quod dici possit: il y a une chose qu'on pourrait dire. - est quod differat, Cic.: il y a une différence. - est quod gaudeas, Cic.: tu as raison de te réjouir. - non est quod (non est cur, nihil est quod): il n'y a pas lieu de, il n'y a pas de raison de. - quid est quod: quelle raison y a-t-il de...? - quid erat quod querebatur? Cic.: quelle raison avait-il de se plaindre? - quid erat quod querebatur? Cic.: pourquoi se plaignait-il? quelle raison y avait-il qui expliquât ses plaintes? [st1]14 [-] esse ab aliquo: être du côté de qqn, être de son parti, être pour quelqu'un. - esse ab aliquo (esse pro aliquo): être partisan de qqn, être de l'avis de qqn. - a Phaedro esse, Cic. Att. 16: être disciple de Phèdre. - est a me hoc totum: tout cela est fait pour moi, tout cela est en ma faveur. - vide ne hoc totum sit a me, Cic.: prends bien garde que tout cela ne soit en ma faveur? - esne tu ab illo milite? Plaut.: es-tu esclave de ce soldat? - erat ab Aristotele, Cic.: c'était un Aristotélicien. [st1]15 [-] reposer sur, dépendre de, être du ressort de. - non est id in nobis: cela ne dépend pas de nous. - omnis spes est in aliquo: tout l'espoir repose sur qqn. - vivat an ille occidat, in dis est, Ov.: sa vie ou sa mort dépendent des dieux. [st1]16 [-] avec un infinitif - pouvoir. - cernere erat, Virg.: on voyait (on pouvait voir). [st1]17 [-] latinismes remarquables - bene est: cela va bien. - est recte apud matrem, Cic.: chez ma mère, tout va bien (ma mère se porte bien). - est ita (est vero): il en est ainsi, oui. - esto (sit ita sane): eh bien, soit! - id est (hoc est): à savoir, c'est-à-dire. - quid hoc rei est?: qu'est-ce à dire? - voir fore - esto. [ABCR]II - sum = eum; Enn. An. 98, cf. Fest. 298.* * *Sum, es, est, Verbum substantiuum. Je suis, tu es, il est.\Sum, Genitiuo iungitur. Terent. Non esse horum te arbitror. Je pense que tu n'appartiens en rien à ceulx ci.\Est adolescens escae maxumae. Plaut. Il est grand mangeur.\Magni sunt oneris: quicquid imponas, vehunt. Plaut. Ils portent grands faiz.\Erit humanitatis vestrae, magnum eorum ciuium numerum calamitate prohibere. Cic. Ce sera à faire à vostre humanité de, etc.\Est miserorum, vt maleuolentes sint, atque inuideant bonis. Plaut. Ils ont de coustume.\Non est nostrum onus. Cic. Ce n'est pas nostre charge, Nous n'avons point charge de cela, Ce n'est pas à nous à faire.\Nihil aeque dissoluendae religionis est, quam, etc. Liu. Il n'est chose qui corrompe tant la religion, que de, etc.\Tanti eius apud se gratiam esse ostendit, vti et Reipublicae iniuriam, etc. Caes. Il monstra qu'il aimoit tant, et qu'il avoit tant de credit envers luy, que, etc.\Nunc vos aestimate, facta an dicta pluris sint. Sallust. Lesquels sont plus à estimer les faicts ou les dicts.\Argentum quanti est sumito. Terent. Autant qu'il vault.\Quod mihi plurimi est. Cic. Laquelle chose je prise ou estime fort.\Magni apud aliquem esse. Cic. Estre fort estimé d'aucun.\Emere denario, quod sit mille denarium. Cic. Qui vault mille deniers.\Quum in Sicilia sestertiis duobus tritici modius esset. Cic. Vallut.\Bona Sexti Roscii quae sunt sexagies. Cic. Qui vallent.\Ego sum domi meae. Cic. Je suis en ma maison.\Sum, Datiuo etiam iungitur, et significat habeo. Virgil. Sunt mihi bis septem praestanti corpore Nymphae. J'ay.\Est enim columbis ars, inter se blandiri. Plin. Elles ont cest art de, etc.\- mihi tu iam Eras mortuus, quia non te visitaui. Plaut. Il me sembloit à veoir que tu estois desja mort.\Duobus datiuis: Plaut. Est derisui omnibus. Chascun se mocque de luy.\Desiderio esse. Seneca. Estre desiré et regretté.\Esui potuique esse. Vlpia. Estre bon et ordonné pour boire et manger.\Hae pecuniae tibi fraudi esse debent. Cic. Te doibvent tourner à dommage.\Postrema tua pagina mihi magnae molestiae fuit. Cic. M'a fort fasché.\Datiuo et ablatiuo: Plautus, Nihil me poenitet iam quanto sumptu fuerim tibi. Quelle despense je t'ay faicte.\Si mihi tecum minus esset, quam est cum tuis omnibus, allegarem ad te illos a quibus, etc. Cic. Si j'estoye moins familier et privé de toy, que de touts les tiens, etc.\Est mihi melius. Cic. Je me porte mieulx.\Bene est mihi. Terent. Je suis bien aise et sans fascherie.\Amori esse, vel odio dicitur res aliqua. Cassius ad Ciceronem. Quand on l'aime, ou on la hait.\Quibus occidi patrem Sexti Roscii bono fuit. Cic. Leur a esté prouffitable, Qui en ont amendé.\Crimini esse alicui dicitur res aliqua. Cic. Quand on charge et accuse aucun de quelque cas, et luy met on sus.\Tuam a me alienationem ad ciues impios tibi gloriae fore putauisti. Cic. Que cela te tourneroit à gloire, Qu'ils te loueroyent de ce.\Ea ignominia accepta ad Patres inuidiae Menenio fuit. Liu. Menenius fut blasmé et hay des senateurs à cause de ce.\Melli esse dicitur res aliqua. Horat. Qui plaist moult.\Miraculo esse dicitur res aliqua. Plin. Quand on s'esmerveille de quelque chose.\Odio esse. Caesar. Estre hay.\Oneri ferendo esso. Liu. Estre suffisant pour porter quelque charge et fardeau.\Praesidio esse alicui. Caesar. Luy aider et secourir.\Quae signo sunt, omnia non mediocri quodam consilio naturam mundi administrari. Cic. Donnent à entendre.\Radix et folium Indis est maximo pretio. Plin. Est fort estimé des Indes.\Testimonio alicui esse. Plancus ad Ciceronem. Luy porter tesmoignage.\Vitio esse. Ouid. Estre reputé à vice, ou pour vice.\Quae ad bellum vsui erant. Caesar. Qui servoyent à la guerre.\Ab aliquo esse. Cic. Estre de son parti, et luy faire sa cause bonne.\Est ad lateris dolorem. Cato. Guarist du mal de costé, Guarist la douleur du costé.\Ad vrbem esse. Cic. Estre en la ville.\Ad eam partem quae est ad Herperiam. Caes. Qui est vers, ou Tend vers, etc.\Apud aliquem esse. Terent. Estre chez aucun.\Apud se esse. Terent. Estre chez soy.\Apud herum recte erat. Cic. Tout le monde se portoit bien chez mon maistre.\Apud matrem recte est. Cic. Ma mere se porte bien.\In amore atque deliciis alicui esse. Cicero. Estre fort aimé d'aucun. Vide AMOR.\Mihi erat in animo ire in Epirum. Cic. J'avoye en fantasie, J'avoye deliberé de, etc.\In armis esse. Caes. Estre en armes.\In bonis est. Cic. Il est aujourdhuy possesseur.\Est in commemoratione omnibus omnium flagitiorum. Cic. Il n'est meschanceté qu'il ne face, et dequoy on ne parle.\Cuius in ditione ac potestate sunt. Cic. Soubz la puissance duquel ils sont.\In exemplis est. Plin. Il est escript és exemples anciennes.\In expectando sunt. Gel. Ils attendent.\In gratia esse cum aliquo. Cic. Estre aimé de luy, Estre en sa grace, et avoir credit envers luy.\In incerto esse. Tacit. Estre incertain.\Propter quam in summa infamia sum. Terent. J'ay mauvais bruit et diffame.\In integro esse. Tacit. Estre en son entier.\In meis intimis est. Cic. Il est de mes grands amis et familiers.\Non poterimus vlla esse in inuidia spoliati opibus. Cic. Nous ne pourrons pas estre enviez.\In legationibus esse. Liu. Aller aux embassades.\In longum esse. Tacit. Durer long temps.\Nunc vero mihi in mentem fuit. Plaut. Il m'en souvient à ceste heure.\In metu esse. Terent. Avoir peur, Estre en crainte.\In mora alicui esse. Terent. Le retarder.\In noxia esse. Terent. Avoir failli, Estre en faulte.\In aliquo numero atque honore esse. Caes. Estre aucunement estimé.\In oculis hominibus esse. Cic. Estre aimé d'eulx.\In opere esse. Caesar. Estre à la besongne.\Sum in opinione. Quintil. J'ay opinion.\In pabulo esse dicitur res aliqua. Plin. Qui est bonne à manger.\In procuratione regni esse. Caesar. Avoir la charge et administration du Royaulme.\Quomodo sine aculeo fuci nascantur, in quaestione est. Plin. On demande comment, C'est une question.\Fuit illic in re praesenti. Plaut. Sur le lieu.\In rem communem est. Plautus. C'est pour le prouffit de l'un et de l'autre.\In ridiculo sumus ambo. Plaut. On se mocque de nous.\In ea est sententia. Quintil. Il est de ceste opinion.\In spe esse. Caesar. Estre fort esperé et attendu.\In spe esse. Cic. Esperer.\Multum sunt in venationibus. Caesar. Ils chassent fort souvent.\In vsu esse. Plin. Estre en usage.\Pro aliquo esse. Cic. Faire pour aucun.\Pro meliore fuit. Tacit. Ce a esté pour le mieulx.\Qua quisque sit lege, conditione, foedere, tenere debet. Cic. Quelles alliances et conditions un chascun d'eulx ha avec nous.\Esse summo honore. Cic. Estre en grand honneur.\Incredibili sum solicitudine de tua valetudine. Cicero. Je suis en merveilleux soulci comment tu te portes.\Sum, saepe aduerbiis iungitur: Terent. Vbi illic dies est complures, accersi iubet. Apres qu'il fut là plusieurs jours.\Sit vestra benignitas ad audiendum. Plautus. Plaise vous d'ouir, Rendez vous facile à nous vouloir escouter.\Es, pro Sis. vt, Bono animo es. Plaut. Ayes bon courage.\Moris est plerisque. Quintil. Plusieurs ont de coustume.\Argentum quod daturus iam fui. Terent. Que je te vouloye bailler.\Cuius a morte hic tertius et tricesimus est annus. Ci. Voyci la trentetroisieme annee qu'il est mort.\Est iam annus vt repulsam tulit. Cic. Il y a ja un an que, etc.\Horae duae fuerunt, Quintius ad vadimonium non venit. Cic. Deux heures se passerent.\- estne ipsus, an non est? is est, Certe is est, is profecto. Plaut. Est ce luy, ou non?\Est, responsiuum. Terent. Sed est Simo intus? D. est. Il y est.\Est mihi iter in Lemnum. Terent. Mon chemin s'addresse à Lemnos.\Est, in tertia tantum persona, Pro Conuenit. Valer. Maximus, Non est inter patrem et filium, vllius rei comparationem fieri. Il ne convient pas, Il n'affiert pas.\Quem deprecari esset, quum omnes essent sordidati? Cic. Qui eust on peu prier, veu que, etc.\- fuit quaedam anus Corinthia Hic. Terent. Il fut jadis une vieille.\Est genus hominum qui, etc. Terent. Il est une maniere de gents qui, etc.\Fuit quoddam tempus, quum in agris. Cic. Il a esté un temps que, etc. Un temps fut que, etc.\Fuere qui e thuris arbore vtrunque nasci mentirentur. Plin. Il y en a eu aucuns qui, etc.\Sunt qui volunt te conuentam. Plaut. Il y a quelques uns qui veulent parler à toy.\Est quod visam domum. Plautus. J'ay un peu à faire à la maison.\Est quod gaudeas, te in ista loca venisse, vbi aliquid sapere viderere. Cic. Tu has cause de te resjouir.\Quid ego ex te audio? MEN. hoc quod res est. Plaut. Ce qui est vray.\Erit vbi te vlciscar, si viuo. Plautus. Il viendra un temps que je me vengeray de toy.\Est vbi profecto damnum praestet facere, quam lucrum. Plaut. Il advient aucunesfois qu'il, etc. ou Il y a des affaires esquels, etc.\Est vero huic credendum Chreme. Terent. C'est bien un homme de croire, Dict par moquerie.\- sin est vt velis Manere illam apud te, dos hic maneat Demipho. Terent. S'il est ainsi que, etc.\Ero vt me voles. Plaut. Je feray ce que tu vouldras.\Caetera quae eius loci esse videbuntur. Cic. Qui te sembleront estre propres pour le lieu, et y convenir.\Vt in his locis potissimum sim. Cic. Que je m'arreste, ou demeure en ces lieux là.\Nisi prius a vobis impetrabo, vt hic sitis hodie. Cic. Que vous demouriez ici.\Non tam facile iis opitulari est. Cels. Il n'est pas possible de leur aider si facilement.\Esto, istud curabo. Plaut. Prens qu'ainsi soit que tu dis, Pose le cas qu'ainsi soit.\Esto barbari externique ritus inuenerint. Plin. Soit ainsi, Je suis content, Prenez que, etc.\Verum esto, alio loco de aratorum animo et iniuriis videro. Cic. Soit ainsi.\Quod si, vt es, cessabis, lacessam. Cic. Comme tu as accoustumé, Suyvant ton naturel.\Saepe est, quibus in rebus alius ne iratus quidem est, Quum de eadem causa est iracundus factus inimicissimus. Terent. Il advient souvent. -
37 paciscor
păciscor, păcisci, pactus sum [st1]1 - intr. - faire un traité, faire un pacte, conclure un arrangement. [st1]2 - tr. - [abcl][b]a - accepter d'échanger, engager. - [abcl]b - régler par convention, convenir de, s'engager à, stipuler, conclure (la paix, la trêve).[/b] - cum aliquo pacisci paululā pecuniā, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 24: s'arranger avec qqn moyennant une petite somme d'argent. - pacisci ut: convenir que, obtenir la promesse que. - pactum est ut, Tac.: on arrêta que. - pacti inter se sunt ut: ils convinrent entre eux de. - pacisci de utilitate cum odio, Tert.: sacrifier ses intérêts à sa haine. - pacisci ne: stipuler que ne... pas. - votis pacisci ne (= votis transigere cum deis), Hor. O. 3, 29: composer avec les dieux pour que... ne... pas. - letum pro gloria pacisci, Virg.: acheter la gloire au prix de la vie. - pacisci vitam pro laude, Virg. En. 5, 230: accepter d'échanger sa vie pour l'honneur. - vitam ab aliquo pacisci, Sall. J. 26, 1: obtenir de qqn d’avoir la vie sauve. - praemium ab aliquo pacisci, Cic.: convenir d'un salaire avec qqn. - pacisci pretium pro capite, Cic.: stipuler sa rançon, convenir du prix de sa rançon. - pactum est pretium mille pondo auri: on convint du prix de mille livres d'or. - pactum est ut: on convint que, on arrêta que. - pacem pacisci, Liv.: traiter de la paix. - omnibus proscriptis reditum pactus est, Vell. 2, 77, 2: il stipula le rappel de tous les proscrits. - feminam pacisci: se fiancer. - pacisci + prop. inf.: obtenir par convention que, promettre que. - pactus: conclu ou ayant conclu.* * *păciscor, păcisci, pactus sum [st1]1 - intr. - faire un traité, faire un pacte, conclure un arrangement. [st1]2 - tr. - [abcl][b]a - accepter d'échanger, engager. - [abcl]b - régler par convention, convenir de, s'engager à, stipuler, conclure (la paix, la trêve).[/b] - cum aliquo pacisci paululā pecuniā, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 24: s'arranger avec qqn moyennant une petite somme d'argent. - pacisci ut: convenir que, obtenir la promesse que. - pactum est ut, Tac.: on arrêta que. - pacti inter se sunt ut: ils convinrent entre eux de. - pacisci de utilitate cum odio, Tert.: sacrifier ses intérêts à sa haine. - pacisci ne: stipuler que ne... pas. - votis pacisci ne (= votis transigere cum deis), Hor. O. 3, 29: composer avec les dieux pour que... ne... pas. - letum pro gloria pacisci, Virg.: acheter la gloire au prix de la vie. - pacisci vitam pro laude, Virg. En. 5, 230: accepter d'échanger sa vie pour l'honneur. - vitam ab aliquo pacisci, Sall. J. 26, 1: obtenir de qqn d’avoir la vie sauve. - praemium ab aliquo pacisci, Cic.: convenir d'un salaire avec qqn. - pacisci pretium pro capite, Cic.: stipuler sa rançon, convenir du prix de sa rançon. - pactum est pretium mille pondo auri: on convint du prix de mille livres d'or. - pactum est ut: on convint que, on arrêta que. - pacem pacisci, Liv.: traiter de la paix. - omnibus proscriptis reditum pactus est, Vell. 2, 77, 2: il stipula le rappel de tous les proscrits. - feminam pacisci: se fiancer. - pacisci + prop. inf.: obtenir par convention que, promettre que. - pactus: conclu ou ayant conclu.* * *Paciscor, pacisceris, pen. corr. pactus sum, pacisci. Cic. Faire quelque marché ou contract avec un autre, Faire quelque accord, ou paction, Pactionner, Convenir.\Cum Xerxe nuptias filiae eius paciscitur. Iustinus. Il accorde de prendre la fille de Xerxes.\Pactus est duo millia. Martialis. Il a accordé et convenu de bailler deux mille.\Pacisci vitam ab hoste. Sallust. Se rendre à son ennemi la vie sauve.\Vitam pro laude pacisci. Virgil. Vouloir mourir pour acquerir honneur et louange.\Nequis frumentum de area tolleret, antequam cum decumano pactus esset. Cic. Avant que d'avoir chevi et accordé avec le fermier des decimes.\Paciscitur magna mercede cum Celtiberorum principibus, vt copias inde abducant. Liu. Il fait convenance, ou convention avec eulx, par le moyen d'une grande somme d'argent, etc.\Filiam alicui pacisci. Cic. Promettre et accorder de bailler sa fille en mariage.\Quum pacta esset illa Caesari. Plin. Ayant promis sa foy à Cesar, Estant accordé à Cesar.\Cui pacta Lauinia ante aduentum AEneae fuerat. Liuius. Accordee. -
38 confero
confĕro, conferre, contŭli, conlātum (collātum) - tr. - [st2]1 [-] apporter ensemble, amasser, réunir, assembler dans un même lieu, rassembler; porter, transporter. [st2]2 [-] rassembler (pour combattre), engager (un combat). [st2]3 [-] apporter (un tribut, de l'argent), payer. [st2]4 [-] fournir, donner. [st2]5 [-] être utile à, servir à. (intr.). [st2]6 [-] appliquer, employer à, consacrer (le temps) à. [st2]7 [-] attribuer, conférer (une charge). [st2]8 [-] comparer, mettre en parallèle. [st2]9 [-] conférer, discuter, échanger (des propos). [st2]10 [-] remettre, ajourner, renvoyer à, différer. [st2]11 [-] imputer à, rejeter sur, faire retomber sur, faire porter sur. [st2]12 [-] changer, transformer, métamorphoser. - conferre frumentum: rassembler du blé. - conferre vires in unum, Liv. 33, 19, 7: réunir les forces. - conferre copias: concentrer des troupes. - se conferre Romam: se retirer à Rome, se réfugier à Rome. - conferre iter versus Brundidium: se diriger vers Brundisium. - se conferre in fugam: s'enfuir. - arma (gradum, manum, pedem, signa) conferre: en venir aux mains, engager le combat. - collatis signis: en bataille rangée. - tributum conferre in aliquam rem: payer une taxe pour qqch. - sextantes in capita conferre, Liv. 2, 33, 11: verser un sixième d'as par personne. - conferre (+ ad et acc. ou dat.) = prodesse: [apporter qqch d'utile ] = être utile à, être profitable à. - multum veteres etiam Latini conferunt, Quint, 1, 8, 8: même les anciens Latins sont d'un grand profit. - omne reliquium tempus conferre ad...: consacrer tout le reste de son temps à... - conferre tempus ad comparationem belli: employer son temps à préparer la guerre. - ad historiam se conferre: se consacrer à l’histoire. - conferre officia in aliquem: obliger qqn. - in pauca conferre: dire en peu de mots, résumer, abréger. - conferre cum aliquo sermones: s'entretenir avec qqn. - conferre aliquem alicui (cum aliquo) aliqua re: comparer qqn à qqn sous le rapport de qqch. - conferre in diem: renvoyer à une date. - ad arbitrium alicujus aliquid conferre: soumettre qqch au jugement de qqn. - in aliquem culpam conferre: imputer la faute à qqn, rejeter la faute sur qqn. - aliquem in saxum conferre, Ov. M. 4, 278: métamorphoser qqn en rocher.* * *confĕro, conferre, contŭli, conlātum (collātum) - tr. - [st2]1 [-] apporter ensemble, amasser, réunir, assembler dans un même lieu, rassembler; porter, transporter. [st2]2 [-] rassembler (pour combattre), engager (un combat). [st2]3 [-] apporter (un tribut, de l'argent), payer. [st2]4 [-] fournir, donner. [st2]5 [-] être utile à, servir à. (intr.). [st2]6 [-] appliquer, employer à, consacrer (le temps) à. [st2]7 [-] attribuer, conférer (une charge). [st2]8 [-] comparer, mettre en parallèle. [st2]9 [-] conférer, discuter, échanger (des propos). [st2]10 [-] remettre, ajourner, renvoyer à, différer. [st2]11 [-] imputer à, rejeter sur, faire retomber sur, faire porter sur. [st2]12 [-] changer, transformer, métamorphoser. - conferre frumentum: rassembler du blé. - conferre vires in unum, Liv. 33, 19, 7: réunir les forces. - conferre copias: concentrer des troupes. - se conferre Romam: se retirer à Rome, se réfugier à Rome. - conferre iter versus Brundidium: se diriger vers Brundisium. - se conferre in fugam: s'enfuir. - arma (gradum, manum, pedem, signa) conferre: en venir aux mains, engager le combat. - collatis signis: en bataille rangée. - tributum conferre in aliquam rem: payer une taxe pour qqch. - sextantes in capita conferre, Liv. 2, 33, 11: verser un sixième d'as par personne. - conferre (+ ad et acc. ou dat.) = prodesse: [apporter qqch d'utile ] = être utile à, être profitable à. - multum veteres etiam Latini conferunt, Quint, 1, 8, 8: même les anciens Latins sont d'un grand profit. - omne reliquium tempus conferre ad...: consacrer tout le reste de son temps à... - conferre tempus ad comparationem belli: employer son temps à préparer la guerre. - ad historiam se conferre: se consacrer à l’histoire. - conferre officia in aliquem: obliger qqn. - in pauca conferre: dire en peu de mots, résumer, abréger. - conferre cum aliquo sermones: s'entretenir avec qqn. - conferre aliquem alicui (cum aliquo) aliqua re: comparer qqn à qqn sous le rapport de qqch. - conferre in diem: renvoyer à une date. - ad arbitrium alicujus aliquid conferre: soumettre qqch au jugement de qqn. - in aliquem culpam conferre: imputer la faute à qqn, rejeter la faute sur qqn. - aliquem in saxum conferre, Ov. M. 4, 278: métamorphoser qqn en rocher.* * *Confero, pen. corr. confers, contuli, pen. corr. collatum, pen. prod. conferre. Columel. Porter plusieurs choses en un lieu.\Conferre. Plaut. Bailler, Donner, Conferer.\Conferre. Plin. iunior. Contribuer.\AEs conferre. Ouid. Contribuer.\Dicam neminem vnquam tam impudentem fuisse, qui a diis immortalibus tot et tantas res tacitus auderet optare, quot et quantas dii immortales ad Cn. Pompeium contulerunt. Cic. Luy ont donné, ou Ont assemblé en luy.\Conferre, Colloqui. Plaut. Deviser, Conferer ensemble, Parlementer.\Conferre studia ad arbitrium alterius. Cic. Employer ses estudes, son scavoir és lettres à la volunté d'autruy.\Ad alios hanc sinistram diligentiam conferant. Plin. iunior. Qu'ils donnent et attribuent, ou portent et facent present de ceste fascheuse et trop curieuse diligence à d'autres, car je n'en veulx point, et ne veulx estre tel.\Conferre, pro Mutare. Ouid. Muer.\Amorem conferre alicui. Propert. Donner son amour à aucun, L'aimer.\Ita tuum conferto amorem semper si sapis, Ne id, etc. Plaut. Mets, ou jecte ton amour en tel lieu, etc.\Animum alio. Terent. Oster son amour d'aucun, et en aimer un autre.\Animum ad fodiendos puteos. Hirtius. Appliquer son esprit, Mettre son entente, S'addonner.\Benignitatem in aliquem. Cic. Luy faire beaucoup de plaisirs, Luy aulmosner de ses biens.\Capita. Liu. S'assembler ensemble pour consulter de quelque affaire, Quand deux ou plusieurs apportent leurs testes l'une aupres de l'autre pour parler de choses secrettes.\Castra castris. Caesar. Camper l'un devant l'autre, et vis à vis.\Causam in aliquam. Cic. Rejecter sur luy la faulte faicte, Mettre sur luy le blasme, Attribuer, S'excuser sur luy.\Certamina belli inter se. Virgil. Batailler.\Ore suo cibos conferre. Quintil. Comme font les oiseaulx qui baillent la besquee à leurs petits.\Consilia. Terent. Consulter ensemble.\Omne consilium, studium, officium, operam, laborem, diligentiam, ad amplitudinem alicuius conferre. Cic. Employer.\Consilium viuendi omne ad naturam suam. Cic. Rapporter sa facon et institution de vivre à son naturel, et suyvre sa nature.\Consolationes in rem aliquam. Cic. Assembler.\Consulatum in eundem annum. Plin. iunior. Rapporter et remettre en mesme annee.\Copiam verborum conferre. Quintil. Bailler.\Ne post conferas culpam in me. Terent. Ne t'en prens point apres à moy, Ne m'en charge point apres.\Curas suas, et quicquid nobis est a Deo datum, in Remp. conferre. Cic. Employer et appliquer toute sa cure et son soing au prouffit de la Republique.\In medium singulos denarios in singulos talos conferre. Sueton. Bailler, Coucher, Mettre sur le jeu.\Diligentiam in valetudinem alicuius conferre. Cic. Estre soigneux de sa santé, Mettre peine à le remettre en santé.\Disputationem conferre in aliquos. Cic. Leur donner et appliquer la disputation et propos, Les faire parler.\Dona conferre alicui. Plaut. Bailler ou apporter de tous costez.\Exempla aliorum conferre. Plaut. Mettre deux choses l'une contre l'autre, pour veoir qui est la plus belle, ou plus laide, pour en faire comparaison, Paragonner.\Si conferendum exemplum est, non, etc. Terent. S'il est besoing d'user d'exemple.\Faciem et mores conferre duarum. Ouid. Faire comparaison de l'une à l'autre.\Fructum alio conferre. Terent. Porter ailleurs.\Gradum. Plaut. Marcher aussi fort qu'un autre, Aller quand et quand luy.\Gradum conferre cum hoste. Liu. Assaillir, Mettre pied contre pied, Aller droict à luy, Marcher à l'encontre.\In carmen rem aliquam. Columel. Mettre en vers.\In commune. Cic. Apporter au prouffit de la communauté, Mettre en commun.\In educationem aliquid conferre. Quintil. Employer.\Nunc verba in pauca conferam, quid te velim. Plaut. Je te diray en brief ce que je te veulx dire.\In pauca. Cic. Conclure, Faire fin.\In quaestum vocem conferre. Cic. Employer sa parolle à gaigner argent.\In tempus ambulationis conferre cogitationes. Cic. Remettre toutes ses pensees au temps qu'on se pourmenera, N'y penser sinon alors.\Inter se. Cic. Conferer ensemble.\Coram inter nos conferemus. Cic. Nous parlerons et deviserons ensemble.\Ingenium ad rem aliquam. Cic. Employer ou appliquer son esprit.\Iter Brundusium versus contuli. Cic. Je prins et addonnay mon chemin vers, etc. Vide ITER.\Lites conferre. Horat. Noiser avec aucun.\Maledicta in aliquem. Cic. Dire beaucoup d'oultrages à aucun.\Manum, vel manus. Cic. S'entrebatre.\Munera conferre. Propert. Faire dons, Donner.\Officia in aliquem. Cic. Luy faire plaisir et service.\Omnem operam ad philosophiam conferre. Cic. Employer toute sa peine à la philosophie.\Orationem ad rem aliquam. Plaut. Tourner son propos à parler de quelque autre chose.\Permulta in aliquem, quae ab eo nunquam dicta sunt, conferre. Cic. Luy attribuer.\Pecuniam in opus. Plin. iunior. Bailler ou employer argent pour faire quelque chose.\Nisi forte eam pecuniam in Reipub. magnum aliquod tempus contulerit. Cic. S'il ne l'a reservé pour, etc.\Pedem. Plaut. S'approcher.\Collato pede praeliari. Liu. Combatre main à main.\Conferre pedem. Cic. Venir au poinct, Joindre.\Conferre pedem dicuntur Oratores. Quintil. Quand ils viennent cottir et respondre aux argumens de la partie.\Pestem hominibus haec conferunt. Columel. Engendrent la peste, ou apportent.\Rationem belli aliquo. Caesar. Employer toute la force de la guerre en quelque place.\Rationes conferre. Cic. Compter ensemble et venir à compte.\Rem in pauca. Plaut. Abbreger, Despescher.\Conferre se. Plin. iunior. S'assembler, et s'amasser.\Seria conferre cum aliquo. Ouid. Conferer et deviser de choses d'importance.\Seditionem in tranquillum. Plaut. Appaiser une noise.\Sermonem. Plaut. Parler ensemble.\Conferunt sermones inter se. Plaut. Ils parlent et devisent ensemble.\Signa. Liu. Combatre et venir les uns contre les autres à enseignes desployees.\Stipendium studio alterius. Colum. Aider les estudes d'aucun d'une somme d'argent.\Studia sua omnia in aliquem. Cic. Luy faire tous plaisirs et services, S'employer du tout à luy faire plaisir.\Studium in rem aliquem. Cic. Employer.\Suspicionem in aliquem. Cic. Souspeconner aucun.\Tempus ad vel in rem aliquam. Plin. iunior. Cic. Employer et addonner son temps à faire quelque chose.\Ex censu quotannis tributa conferre. Cic. Payer le tribut, le fort portant le foible selon leurs richesses.\Verba ad rem conferre. Terent. Mettre en effect ce qu'on dict, Faire ce qu'on dict.\Conferri solet a te in me verbum illud. Cic. Tu as accoustumé de dire, et user d'un tel mot à l'encontre de moy.\Vires in vnum. Liu. Assembler ensemble.\Vitam inter se vtriusque conferre. Cic. Comparer l'une à l'autre.\Vitia sua in senectutem. Cic. Attribuer ses vices à vieillesse, et dire qu'elle en est cause.\Voluntatem conferre in aliquem. Cic. Mettre son affection à aucun.\Conferre nouissima primis. Cic. Assembler les derniers aux premiers, Conferer et rapporter, etc.\Conferre se totum ad amicitiam alicuius. Cic. S'addonner du tout à aimer aucun.\Ad aliquem se conferre. Cic. Se retirer vers aucun, Le suyvre et hanter.\Ad authoritatem alicuius. Cic. Suyvre l'authorité d'aucun.\Ad curam aliquam se conferre. Cic. Prendre le soing de quelque chose.\Ad rempub. Cic. S'addonner au gouvernement et maniement de la republique.\Ad studia. Sueton. S'addonner aux lettres.\Conferre se ad vmbram arboris. Ouidius. Se mettre à l'ombre d'un arbre.\In fidem et clientelam alterius. Cic. Se donner à quelqu'un, Se mettre en sa sauvegarde et tutelle.\In societatem aliquorum. Cic. S'associer, S'accompaigner, Se faire compaignon.\Ad hostes. Cic. Se rendre aux ennemis.\In pedes se conferre. Plaut. Gaigner au pied, S'enfuir.\Conferre, Comparare. Dicimus autem, Confero te isti, et cum isto. Cic. Comparer, Paragonner, Confronter.\Hominibus magnis se conferre. Ouid. Se comparer à grans personnages.\Conferre descriptionem cum tabulis. Cic. Collationner le double ou la copie avec l'original.\Conferre, Differer. Cic. Omnia in Martium mensem sunt collata. Rejectez, Differez jusques au mois de Mars.\Conferre timorem suum, aut rem aliam in aliquid. Caesar. Dire qu'elle est cause de nostre paour, Attribuer.\Romam se contulit. Cic. Il est allé à Romme.\Retro se conferre. Claud. Reculer, Retourner.\Confert, in tertiis personis, pro Conducit, vel prodest, et vtile est. Columel. Prouffite, Sert, Aide, Est utile. -
39 contraho
contrăho, ĕre, traxi, tractum - tr. - [st2]1 [-] rassembler, réunir. [st2]2 [-] lier, contracter (une alliance); conclure, faire une transaction. [st2]3 [-] produire, causer, faire, provoquer, faire naître, engager (un combat); s'attirer, encourir, commettre. [st2]4 [-] contracter (une maladie). [st2]5 [-] resserrer, diminuer, contracter, amoindrir, réduire; figer (en parl. d'un liquide); arrêter (une diarrhée, un vomissement). [st2]6 [-] au fig. serrer, restreindre, réprimer. - contrahere vela, Hor.: carguer les voiles, replier les voiles. - contrahere negotium cum aliquo: faire des affaires avec qqn, traiter d’affaires avec qqn. - contrahere negotium alicui: causer de l'embarras à qqn. - molestias contrahere, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 5: s'attirer des désagréments. - saginam corporis contrahere, Just. 21, 2: prendre trop d'embonpoint. - contrahere perjurium: commettre un parjure. - contrahere bellum alicui cum aliquo: attirer à qqn une guerre avec qqn. - copias contrahere: réunir des troupes. - frontem contrahere: contracter le front, rider le front. - morbum contrahere: contracter une maladie. - contrahere animos: attrister les coeurs.* * *contrăho, ĕre, traxi, tractum - tr. - [st2]1 [-] rassembler, réunir. [st2]2 [-] lier, contracter (une alliance); conclure, faire une transaction. [st2]3 [-] produire, causer, faire, provoquer, faire naître, engager (un combat); s'attirer, encourir, commettre. [st2]4 [-] contracter (une maladie). [st2]5 [-] resserrer, diminuer, contracter, amoindrir, réduire; figer (en parl. d'un liquide); arrêter (une diarrhée, un vomissement). [st2]6 [-] au fig. serrer, restreindre, réprimer. - contrahere vela, Hor.: carguer les voiles, replier les voiles. - contrahere negotium cum aliquo: faire des affaires avec qqn, traiter d’affaires avec qqn. - contrahere negotium alicui: causer de l'embarras à qqn. - molestias contrahere, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 5: s'attirer des désagréments. - saginam corporis contrahere, Just. 21, 2: prendre trop d'embonpoint. - contrahere perjurium: commettre un parjure. - contrahere bellum alicui cum aliquo: attirer à qqn une guerre avec qqn. - copias contrahere: réunir des troupes. - frontem contrahere: contracter le front, rider le front. - morbum contrahere: contracter une maladie. - contrahere animos: attrister les coeurs.* * *Contraho, contrahis, pen. corr. contraxi, contractum, contrahere. Virgil. Amasser, Assembler.\Crura contrahere. Ouid. Retirer ses jambes.\Contrahere collum. Cic. Retirer, Accourcir, Serrer contre les espaules.\Contrahere se. Cic. Se serrer et retirer en un monceau, Se raccourcir.\Contrahere ad colloquium. Liu. Faire assemblee pour parlementer.\Contrahere ad colloquium gentes feras. Plin. Assembler pour parlementer ensemble et communiquer.\Ea molestissime ferre homines debent, quae ipsorum culpa contracta sunt. Cic. Qui sont advenues par leurs faultes.\Contrahere, Coagulare. Plin. Fici succus coaguli modo lac contrahit. Il fait prendre et cailler le laict, comme la tournure.\Contrahere aes alienum. Cicero. Faire beaucoup de debtes, S'endebter.\AEruginem. Plin. Accueillir la rouille, S'enrouiller.\Amicitiam virtus contrahit. Cic. Attire à amitié, ou Attraict.\Animum contrahit musica: cui opponitur Remittit. Cic. Elle rend triste et pensif.\Ne contrahas aut demittas animum. Cicero. Ayes tousjours bon courage.\Qui contraxerant eis cum Carthaginiesibus bellum. Liu. Qui leur avoyent engendré ceste guerre contre, etc.\Beneuolentiam a persona nostra contrahere. Author ad Herennium. Attraire.\Causam mortis sibi contrahere. Plin. Estre cause de sa mort.\Certamen. Liu. Combatre.\Cicatrices vulnerum. Plinius. Retirer et reserrer les cicatrices, Appetisser.\Cladem. Liu. Si sua temeritate contractae cladi superesset. S'il survivoit la perte et desconfiture, ou s'il vivoit apres la perte et desconfiture advenue par son oultrecuidance.\Culpam. Pomponius. Cic. Faire une faulte.\Damnum. Cic. Recevoir dommage.\Frontem. Cic. Fronser ou rider le front, Soy refrongner, Faire mauvaise chere.\Inimicitias. Quintil. Acquerir inimitiez.\Iram alicuius sibi contrahere. Ouid. Faire courroucer aucun contre nous, Gaigner ou acquerir l'ire et courroux d'aucun.\Iter. Propert. Accourcir, Abbreger.\Iura. Stat. Ne point user de rigueur.\Lites. Cic. Commencer proces.\Litigium inter aliquos. Plaut. Faire ou esmouvoir noise, Mettre debat et dissension.\Malum contrahitur. Celsus. On prend mal ou maladie.\Morbum. Plin. Gaigner une maladie.\Nefas. Liu. Violer la religion.\Noxam. Columel. Tomber en maladie, Gaigner un mal, Se gaster, S'empirer.\Odium. Author ad Herennium. Se faire hair.\Offensionem. Cic. Causer quelque inimitié.\Opus ingens in minores gyros. Stat. Serrer, Appetisser.\Orationem contrahere, et Dilatare, contraria. Cic. Accourcir, Abbreger. \ Periculum. Liu. Se mettre en danger.\Piaculum sibi et Reipublicae. Liu. Faire une offense, dont il fault que luy et la Republique se purge et satisface.\Pituitam. Celsus. Engendrer, Faire venir.\Poenam sibi. Caesar. Estre cause de la peine qu'on endure.\Rationem cum aliquo. Cic. Avoir à faire avec aucun.\Tempus. Plin. iunior. Abbreger.\Tristitiam contrahere dicuntur bilis atra. Cels. Engendrer, Causer.\Aduersam valetudinem ex re aliqua contrahere. Plin. iun. Prendre ou gaigner une maladie.\Vela. Cic. Caller et baisser les voiles. Et per metaphoram, Se retirer de faire quelque chose.\Ventrem. Plin. Reserrer le ventre.\Dies medius rerum contraxit vmbras. Ouid. A accourci.\Vultum contrahere. Ouid. Se refrongner.\Contrahere res. Cic. Faire contract et paction de quelque chose que ce soit, Contracter.\Contrahere cum aliquo. Cic. Avoir à faire avec aucun, Contracter avec luy, et besongner.\Quantis molestiis vacant, qui nihil omnino cum populo contrahunt! Cic. Qui n'ont que faire avec le peuple. -
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sŏcĭo, āre, āvi, ātum [socius] - tr. - [st1]1 [-] faire partager, mettre en commun. - sociare suum regnum cum aliquo, Cic. Rep. 2, 13: partager son trône avec qqn. - sociare cubilia cum aliquo, Ov. M. 10, 635: partager son lit avec qqn. - sociatus labor, Ov. M. 8, 546: travail pris en commun. [st1]2 [-] former en association, associer, mettre ensemble. - coetus utilitatis communione sociatus, Cic. Rep. 1, 39: réunion fondée sur la communauté des intérêts. --- cf. Cic. Rep. 6,13. - omne genus hominum sociatum inter se esse, Cic. Leg. 1, 32: que tout le genre humain forme une société. [st1]3 [-] joindre, unir. - sociare vim rerum cum exercitatione, Cic. de Or. 3, 131: allier la masse des connaissances à la pratique de l'homme d'état. - se sociare alicui vinclo jugali, Virg. En. 4, 16: s'unir à qqn par le lien conjugal. - verba socianda chordis, Hor. O. 4, 9, 4: paroles qui doivent être alliées à la lyre. - sociare aliquem domo, Virg.: donner l'hospitalité à qqn. - sociare parricidium, Just. 10, 1, 6: se liguer pour commettre un parricide.* * *sŏcĭo, āre, āvi, ātum [socius] - tr. - [st1]1 [-] faire partager, mettre en commun. - sociare suum regnum cum aliquo, Cic. Rep. 2, 13: partager son trône avec qqn. - sociare cubilia cum aliquo, Ov. M. 10, 635: partager son lit avec qqn. - sociatus labor, Ov. M. 8, 546: travail pris en commun. [st1]2 [-] former en association, associer, mettre ensemble. - coetus utilitatis communione sociatus, Cic. Rep. 1, 39: réunion fondée sur la communauté des intérêts. --- cf. Cic. Rep. 6,13. - omne genus hominum sociatum inter se esse, Cic. Leg. 1, 32: que tout le genre humain forme une société. [st1]3 [-] joindre, unir. - sociare vim rerum cum exercitatione, Cic. de Or. 3, 131: allier la masse des connaissances à la pratique de l'homme d'état. - se sociare alicui vinclo jugali, Virg. En. 4, 16: s'unir à qqn par le lien conjugal. - verba socianda chordis, Hor. O. 4, 9, 4: paroles qui doivent être alliées à la lyre. - sociare aliquem domo, Virg.: donner l'hospitalité à qqn. - sociare parricidium, Just. 10, 1, 6: se liguer pour commettre un parricide.* * *Socio, socias, sociare. Liu. Accompaigner, Associer, Conjoindre.\Vrbe et domo sociare aliquem. Virgil. Le faire participant de sa ville et de sa maison, Le loger.\Cubilia sociare cum aliquo. Ouid. Coucher avec luy.\Curas sociare. Valer. Flac. Communiquer de ses soulcis avec aucun, et en deviser avec luy.\Iuuencos sociare imposito aratro. Stat. Accoupler.\Gaudia sociare cum aliquo. Tibul. Se resjouir avec luy.\Vires sociarunt. Sil. Ont assemblé et mis en un leurs forces et armees.
См. также в других словарях:
Pignore cum aliquo certare. — См. Биться об заклад … Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)
oblatum furtum dicitur cum res furtiva ab aliquo tibi oblata sit, eaque apud te concepta sit — Theft is called oblatum when a thing stolen is offered to you by any one, and found upon you … Black's law dictionary
oblatum furtum dicitur cum res furtiva ab aliquo tibi oblata sit, eaque apud te concepta sit — Theft is called oblatum when a thing stolen is offered to you by any one, and found upon you … Black's law dictionary
parler — Parler: Loqui, Fari, Fabulari, Crepare, Verba facere, Mittere vocem, Voces facere, Sermocinari. {{t=g}}paralaléin,{{/t}} esse puto (ait Budaeus) quod lingua vernacula pro verbo loqui, Verba facere, dicit Parler, et {{t=g}}paralalian,{{/t}} quod… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
affaire — Affaire, n. p. Negotium, Commercium. J ay affaire avec un homme riche. Cum opulento rem habeo ac negotium. Plaut. Affaire hasté et avancé, Maturatum negotium. Affaire meslé et broüillé, Negotium turbulentum. Affaires nets, et point toüillez, ne… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
alliance — I. Alliance, voyez en Allier. II. Alliance, Necessitas. Alliance entre aucuns, Foedus. Alliance par laquelle on s associe, Sociale foedus, Pactum foedus. Une alliance qu on ne tient pas, Pax infida, Foedus infidum. Alliance que deux personnages… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
compte — Compte, m. penac. Le quayer où est la recepte et la mise, Accepti et expensi tabula, voyez Compter. Ratio. A ton compte, Vt rationem te dictare intelligo. Ce compte que nous venons de faire, est le compte de Grecin, Is calculus Grecini rationem… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
hanter — Hanter, Celebrare, Frequentare, Versari, Conuersari. Hanter quelqu un, Rem habere cum aliquo, Versari cum aliquo. Hanter quelqu un ordinairement, Dare se in consuetudinem vel familiaritatem alterius. Hanter aucun tous les jours, Congredi alicui… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
faire — Faire, act. acut. Vient de l infinitif Latin Facere, ostant la lettre c. Facere, agere. L Italien syncope, et dit Fare. Faire de l argent à son creancier, Pecunias conquirere ad nomen eradendum ex tabulis creditoris. Faire argent, Conficere… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
noise — Noise, f. penac. Tantost signifie debat, contens, querele, Altercatio, Concertatio, Contentio, Dissidium, Iurgium, Adiurgium, Lis, Litigium, Praecertatio, Rixa, Velitatio {{t=g}}néikê,{{/t}} contentio, {{t=g}}néikô, m. néikêsô,{{/t}} contendo,… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
accorder — Accorder, act. acut. Semble qu il vienne de ces deux mots Latins, Ad cor: quasi ad vnum cor, siue eandem voluntatem adducere, Amener deux personnes à un coeur et une mesme volonté, et consentement. La maniere d accorder divers sons, Harmonica… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
