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  • 1 statuō

        statuō uī, ūtus, ere    [status], to cause to stand, set up, set, station, fix upright, erect, plant: statue signum, L.: agro qui statuit meo Te, triste lignum (i. e. arborem), H.: Crateras magnos statuunt (on the table), V.: tabernacula statui passus non est, to pitch, Cs.: aeiem quam arte statuerat, latius porrigit, had drawn up, S.: statuitur Lollius in convivio, is taken to the banquet: tabernacula in foro, L.: ubi primum equus Curtium in vado statuit, L.: in nostris castris tibi tabernaculum statue, Cu.: pro rigidis calamos columnis, O.: alqm capite in terram, T.: patrem eius ante oculos: bovem ad fanum Dianae et ante aram, L.: Puer quis Ad cyathum statuetur? H.— To construct and place, set up, erect, make, build: eique statuam equestrem in rostris statui placere, in his honor: Effigiem, V.: Templa tibi, O.: aras e caespite, O.: aëneum tropaeum: carceres eo anno in Circo primum statuti, L.: incensis operibus quae statuerat, N.: Inter et Aegidas mediā statuaris in urbe, i. e. a statue of you, O.: Urbem quam statuo vestra est, found, V.— To cause to stand firm, strengthen, support: rem p. certo animo, Att. ap. C.—Of rules and precedents, to establish, constitute, ordain, fix, settle, set forth: omnīs partīs religionis: vectigal etiam novum ex salariā annonā, L.: Exemplum statuite in me ut adulescentuli Vobis placare studeant, T.: in alquo homine exemplum huius modi: si quid iniungere inferiori velis, si id prius in te ac tuos ipse iuris statueris, etc., first admit it against yourself, L.: citius Quam tibi nostrorum statuatur summa laborum, i. e. is recounted, O.— Of persons, to constitute, appoint, create: arbitrum me huius rei.—Of limits and conditions, to determine, fix, impose, set: imperi diuturnitati modum statuendum putavistis, that a limit should be assigned: statui mihi tum modum et orationi meae, imposed restraints upon: non statuendo felicitati modum, by not limiting his success, L.: modum carminis, O.: providete duriorem vobis condicionem: Finem orationi, make an end of, T.—Of a time or place, to fix, appoint, set: statutus est comitiis dies, L.: multitudini diem statuit ante quam liceret, etc., S.: fruges quoque maturitatem statuto tempore expectant, Cu.— To decide, determine, settle, fix, bring about, choose, make a decision: ut pro merito cuiusque statueretur, L.: ut ipse de eo causā cognitā statuat, to try the cause and decide, Cs.: utrum igitur hoc Graeci statuent... an nostri praetores?: ut statuatis hoc iudicio utrum, etc.: in hoc homine statuetur, possitne homo damnari, etc.: quid faciendum sit, L.: nondum statuerat, conservaret eum necne, N.: in senatu de lege: de absente eo statuere ac iudicare, L.: de P. Lentulo, i. e. decide on the punishment of, S.: (ii), quos contra statuas: Res quoque privatas statui sine crimine iudex, sat in judgment upon, O.—In the mind, to decide, make up one's mind, conclude, determine, be convinced: numquam intellegis, statuendum tibi esse, utrum, etc.: neque tamen possum statuere, utrum magis mirer, etc.: vix statuere apud animum meum possum, utrum, etc., to make up my mind, L.: quidquid nos communi sententiā statuerimus. — To decree, order, ordain, enact, prescribe: statuunt ut decem milia hominum mittantur, Cs.: eos (Siculos) statuisse, ut hoc quod dico postularetur: patres ut statuerent, ne absentium nomina reciperentur: statutum esse (inter plebem et Poenos), ut... impedimenta diriperent, agreed, L.: statuunt ut Fallere custodes tentent, O.: sic, di, statuistis, O.: (Vestalibus) stipendium de publico, decreed a salary, L.: cur his quoque statuisti, quantum ex hoc genere frumenti darent.—Of punishments, to decree, measure out, inflict, pass sentence: considerando... in utrā (lege) maior poena statuatur: obsecrare, ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret, treat harshly, Cs.: quid in illos statuamus consultare, S.: cum triste aliquid statuit, O.: legem de capite civis Romani statui vetare, i. e. sentence of death to be passed.—To resolve, determine, purpose, propose: statuit ab initio ius publicano non dicere: statuerat excusare, to decline the office: proelio decertare, Cs.: non pugnare, L.: habere statutum cum animo ac deliberatum, to have firmly and deliberately resolved: caedis initium fecisset a me, sic enim statuerat.— To judge, declare as a judgment, be of opinion, hold, be convinced, conclude, think, consider: leges statuimus per vim et contra auspicia latas: statuit senatus hoc, ne illi quidem esse licitum, cui concesserat omnia: qui id statuat esse ius quod non oporteat iudicari, who holds that to be the law: cum igitur statuisset, opus esse, etc., had become convinced: statuistis, etiam intra muros Antoni scelus versari, inferred: Hoc anno statuit temporis esse satis, O.: si id dicunt, non recte aliquid statuere eos qui consulantur, that they hold an erroneous opinion: hoc si ita statuetis: statuit nauarchos omnīs vitā esse privandos, thought it necessary to deprive, etc.: causam sibi dicendam esse statuerat, knew: Caesar statuit exspectandam classem, Cs.: si, ut Manilius statuebat, sic est iudicatum: uti statuit, as he thought, L.: omnīs statuit ille quidem non inimicos, sed hostīs, regarded not as adversaries, but as foes: Anaximenes aëra deum statuit, regarded.
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    statuere, statui, statutus V
    set up, establish, set, place, build; decide, think

    Latin-English dictionary > statuō

  • 2 decerno

    dē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (the syncop. forms decreram, etc., decrerim, etc., decresse are freq. in Cicero and Liv., also Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 25; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 73; 2, 1, 15, but not in Caes., where is only decreverat, B. G. 4, 17; 5, 5 fin.; 5, 53, 2), v. a. and n.
    I.
    (acc. to cerno, no. II. 3.) To decide, determine any thing disputed or doubtful. For syn. cf.: scisco, jubeo, statuo, constituo, dico, sancio, consilium capio, destino, obstino, definio, determino.
    A.
    Prop., of a judge, magistrate, etc., to pronounce a decision respecting something; to decide, judge, determine, decree; to vote for any thing (very freq. and class.).—Const. with acc., with acc. et inf., a relat. clause, with de, or absol.:

    alias (Verres praetor) revocabat eos, inter quos jam decreverat decretumque mutabat, alias, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46:

    si quod est admissum facinus, si caedes facta, idem (Druides) decernunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 5:

    consules de consilii sententia decreverunt secundum Buthrotios,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, § 11: decernere vindicias secundum servitutem, in favor of slavery, i. e. restore the slave to his master, Liv. 3, 47, 5; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4:

    cum senatus triumphum Africano decerneret,

    id. Fin. 4, 9, 22; cf.

    of a single senator: non decrevi solum, sed etiam ut vos decerneretis laboravi,

    id. Prov. Cons. 11, 28;

    so supplicationem decernere,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 11;

    so also: Crassus tres legatos decernit,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

    D. Junius silanus supplicium sumendum decreverat,

    Sall. C. 50, 4:

    quando id bellum senatus decrevisset, quando id bellum populus R. jussisset?

    Liv. 41, 7; 42, 36; id. 5, 36; id. 26, 2:

    id quod senatus me auctore decrevit,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 2:

    qui ordo decrevit invitus,

    on compulsion, Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13:

    Ligures ambobus consulibus decernuntur,

    id. Liv. 42, 10; cf.:

    provinciam desponsam non decretam habere,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 15 (v. the whole passage in connection):

    provinciae privatis decernuntur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 6, 4 et saep.:

    ex annuo sumptu, qui mihi decretus esset,

    Cic. Att. 7, 1, 6 et saep.:

    mea virtute atque diligentia perditorum hominum patefactam esse conjurationem decrevistis,

    id. Cat. 4, 3: cum pontifices decressent ita;

    SI, etc.,

    id. Att. 4, 2, 3:

    senatus decrevit populusque jussit, ut, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 67: in jure dicundo, ita decrevit, ut, etc., Suet. Galb. 7; cf.

    of individuals: Hortensii et mea et Luculli sententia... tibi decernit, ut regem reducas, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3.— Impers.:

    in parricidas rei publicae decretum esse,

    Sall. Cat. 51, 25.—Esp. of the emperor, to determine the law by deciding a case:

    quodcumque imperator cognoscens decrevit, legem esse constat,

    Dig. 1, 4, 1, § 1; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6.
    2.
    Transf., beyond the judicial sphere, to decide, determine, judge: qui nequeas nostrorum uter sit Amphitruo decernere, Plaut. fragm. ap. Non. 285, 26:

    rem dubiam decrevit vox opportune emissa,

    Liv. 5, 55; cf.:

    primus clamor atque impetus rem decrevit,

    id. 25, 41; Plin. 17, 27, 46, § 258:

    de his Catonis praecepta decernent,

    id. 17, 22, 35, § 190:

    duo talenta pro re nostra ego esse decrevi satis,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 67; id. Hec. 4, 1, 27:

    quam decrerim me non posse diutius habere,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 73:

    in quo omnia mea posita esse decrevi,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 3; id. Att. 3, 15, 7:

    illum decrerunt dignum, suos cui liberos committerent,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15:

    in ejus controversiis quid decernas, non a te peto,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 59: aliquem decernere hostem, to proclaim one an enemy by a formal decree, id. Phil. 11, 7, 16.— Absol.:

    nequeo satis decernere,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 5.
    B.
    Milit., to decide by combat; hence (like cernere and certare), in gen., to fight, combat, contend:

    castra castris conferamus, et Samnis Romanusne imperio Italiam regant, decernamus,

    Liv. 8, 23, 9; id. 1, 23, 9:

    in ipso illo gladiatorio vitae certamine, quod ferro decernitur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:

    proelium,

    id. Fam. 10, 10:

    pugnam,

    Liv. 28, 14; cf. id. ib. 33: de bello decernere, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin. Oud. N. cr.:

    ne armis decernatur,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; cf.:

    ferro ancipiti decernunt,

    Verg. A. 7, 525:

    and armis, ferro,

    id. ib. 11, 218; 12, 282; 695 (cf. et cernere ferro, id. ib. 709):

    cursibus et crudo caestu,

    id. G. 3, 20:

    cornibus inter se,

    id. ib. 218:

    lapidibus et subselliorum fragminibus,

    Suet. Ner. 26 et saep.:

    contra magnam vim hostium, artificio magis quam viribus, Auct. B. Afr. 14: acie,

    Liv. 2, 14; Nep. Milt. 4, 4:

    proelio cum proditore,

    Just. 13, 8, 4:

    classe decreturi,

    Nep. Hann. 10, 4:

    integriore exercitu,

    id. Eum. 9 fin.—Absol.:

    decernendi potestatem Pompeio fecit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 41; cf. Liv. 21, 41.
    2.
    Transf., beyond the milit. sphere:

    decernite criminibus, mox ferro decreturi,

    Liv. 40, 8 fin. —So of a judicial contest:

    uno judicio de fortunis omnibus decernit,

    Cic. Quint. 2, 6; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 29;

    and qui judicio decernent,

    id. 12, 7, 5:

    de salute reipublicae,

    Cic. Att. 8, 5, 2:

    pro mea omni fama fortunisque,

    id. de Or. 2, 49:

    utinam meo solum capite decernerem,

    id. Att. 10, 9; Caes. B. C. 1, 35, 3.
    II.
    With reference to one's own acts, to decide, determine on doing something; to determine, resolve on something (freq. in all periods and styles).—Constr., with inf. and with acc. and inf.:

    si tu fluctus e gurgite tollere decreris, Lucil. ap. Rufin. § 26 (p. 238 ed. Frotsch.): quicquid peperisset decreverunt tollere,

    Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 14:

    Caesar his de causis Rhenum transire decreverat,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17 et saep.:

    eos me decretum est persequi mores patris,

    Plaut. Asin. 1, 1, 58; id. Stich. 1, 3, 65; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56; cf.:

    certum atque decretum est non dare signum,

    Liv. 2, 45:

    reliquam aetatem a republica procul habendam decrevi,

    Sall. C. 4. With ut and subjunct.:

    hic decernit ut miser sit,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 65.—With accus.:

    quicquam decernere,

    id. ib. —Hence, dē-crētum, i, n.
    A.
    (Acc. to no. I. A.) A decree, decision, ordinance of any political or judicial body (for syn. cf.:

    scitum, edictum, consilium, jus): senatus Caelium ab rep. removendum censuit. Hoc decreto eum consul senatu prohibuit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 3:

    si qui eorum (sc. Druidum) decreto non stetit, sacrificiis interdicunt,

    id. B. G. 6, 13, 5; cf. id. ib. §

    10: vestra responsa atque decreta evertuntur saepe dicendo,

    Cic. Mur. 13 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48:

    decurionum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25 et saep.:

    Caesaris,

    Vulg. Act. 17, 7.—Esp. leg. t. t., a decision of the emperor as judge, a precedent (cf. rescriptum), Gai. 1, 5; Just. Inst. 2, 15, 4.—
    B.
    Transf., in philos. lang. as a translation of the Gr. dogma, principle, doctrine, precept, Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27; id. ib. § 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 2 sq. and 95, 9 sq. (quis philoso, phorum) decretis suis paret? Lact. 3, 15, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > decerno

  • 3 statuo

    stătŭo, ui, utum, 3, v. a. [statum, sup. of sto], to cause to stand (cf.: colloco, pono).
    I.
    Corporeally.
    A.
    To cause to stand, set up, set, station, fix in an upright position.
    1.
    To set up, set in the ground, erect:

    ibi arbores pedicino in lapide statuito,

    Cato, R. R. 18:

    inter parietes arbores ubi statues,

    id. ib.:

    stipites statuito,

    id. ib.:

    palis statutis crebris,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 14 init.:

    pedamenta jacentia statuenda,

    are to be raised, Col. 4, 26:

    pedamentum inter duas vitis,

    Plin. 17, 22, 21, § 194:

    hic statui volo primum aquilam,

    the standard of the troops, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:

    signifer, statue signum,

    plant the ensign, Liv. 5, 55, 1; Val. Max. 1, 5, 1.—
    2.
    To plant (rare):

    eodem modo vineam statuito, alligato, flexatoque uti fuerit,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 198:

    agro qui statuit meo Te, triste lignum (i. e. arborem),

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 10.—
    3.
    In gen., to place, set or fix, set up, set forth things or persons.
    a.
    Without specifying the place:

    ollam statuito cum aqua,

    let a jar stand with water, Cato, R. R. 156 (157):

    crateras magnos statuunt, i. e. on the table,

    Verg. A. 1, 724; so,

    crateras laeti statuunt,

    id. ib. 7, 147: haec carina satis probe fundata et bene statuta est, well placed, i. e. so that the hull stands perpendicularly (cf.:

    bene lineatam carinam collocavit, v. 42),

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 44:

    nec quidquam explicare, nec statuere potuerant, nec quod statutum esset, manebat, omnia perscindente vento,

    Liv. 21, 58, 7:

    eo die tabernacula statui passus non est,

    to pitch, Caes. B. C. 1, 81; so, aciem statuere, to draw up an army:

    aciem quam arte statuerat, latius porrigit,

    Sall. J. 52, 6.—
    b.
    With designation of the place by in and abl.; by adv. of place; by ante, apud, ad, circa, super, and acc.; by pro and abl.; by abl. alone (very rare), or by in and acc. (very rare): signa domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. 7, 19, 95 (p. 782 P.):

    statuite hic lectulos,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:

    etiamsi in caelo Capitolium statueretur,

    Cic. Or. 3, 46, 180:

    statuitur Sollius in illo gladiatorum convivio... atuitur, ut dico, eques Romanus in Apronii convivio,

    is taken to the banquet, id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 sq.:

    tabernacula in foro statuere,

    Liv. 39, 46, 3:

    in principiis statuit tabernaculum,

    Nep. Eum. 7, 1:

    in nostris castris tibi tabernaculum statue,

    Curt. 5, 11, 6; 8, 13, 20:

    statui in medium undique conspicuum tabernaculum jussit,

    id. 9, 6, 1:

    (sagittae) longae, nisi prius in terra statuerent arcum, haud satis apte imponuntur,

    id. 8, 14, 19:

    sedes curules sacerdotum Augustalium locis, superque eas querceae coronae statuerentur,

    Tac. A. 2, 83:

    donum deae apud Antium statuitur,

    id. ib. 3, 71:

    pro rigidis calamos columnis,

    Ov. F. 3, 529:

    jamque ratem Scythicis auster statuisset in oris,

    Val. Fl. 3, 653:

    statuere vas in loco frigido,

    Pall. Oct. 22.—Of living beings:

    capite in terram statuerem, Ut cerebro dispergat viam,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

    qui capite ipse sua in statuit vestigia sese (= qui sese ipse capite in sua vestigia statuit),

    i. e. stands on his head, Lucr. 4, 472:

    patrem ejus a mortuis excitasses, statuisses ante oculos,

    Cic. Or. 1, 57, 245:

    captivos vinctos in medio statuit,

    Liv. 21, 42, 1:

    ubi primum equus Curtium in vado statuit,

    id. 1, 13, 5:

    quattuor cohortes in fronte statuit,

    id. 28, 33, 12:

    ante se statuit funditores,

    id. 42, 58, 10:

    puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset,

    id. 7, 2, 9:

    procul in conspectu eum (Philopoemenem) statuerunt,

    id. 39, 49, 11:

    media porta robora legionum, duabus circa portis milites levemque armaturam statuit,

    id. 23, 16, 8:

    bovem ad fanum Dianae et ante aram statuit,

    id. 1, 45, 6:

    cum Calchanta circa aram statuisset,

    Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 6:

    marium si qui eo loci statuisset,

    id. 3, 1, 2 fin.:

    adulescentes ante Caesarem statuunt,

    Tac. A. 4, 8:

    in fronte statuerat ferratos, in cornibus cohortes,

    id. ib. 3, 45:

    puer quis Ad cyathum statuetur?

    Hor. C. 1, 29, 8:

    tu cum pro vitula statuis dulcem Aulide natam Ante aras,

    id. S. 2, 3, 199:

    et statuam ante aras aurata fronte juvencum,

    Verg. A. 9, 627:

    clara regione profundi Aetheros innumeri statuerunt agmina cygni,

    Stat. Th. 3, 525.—
    4. a.
    Of statues, temples, columns, altars, trophies, etc.; constr. with acc. alone, or acc. of the structure and dat. of the person for whom or in whose honor it is erected:

    siquidem mihi aram et statuam statuis,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 122:

    huic statuam statui decet ex auro,

    id. Bacch. 4, 4, 1:

    ne ego aurea pro statua vineam tibi statuam,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 52:

    eique statuam equestrem in rostris statui placere,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 15, 41; so id. ib. 9, 5, 10; 9, 7, 16; id. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151; 2, 2, 20, § 48; so,

    simulacrum alicui statuere,

    Val. Max. 1, 1, 8:

    effigiem,

    Verg. A. 2, 184:

    Mancinus eo habitu sibi statuit quo, etc. (effigiem),

    Plin. 34, 5, 10, § 18:

    simulacrum in curia,

    Tac. A. 14, 12:

    quanam in civitate tempium statueretur,

    id. ib. 4, 55:

    se primos templum urbis Romae statuisse,

    id. ib. 4, 56; so id. ib. 4, 15:

    nec tibi de Pario statuam, Germanice, templum,

    Ov. P. 4, 8, 31:

    templa tibi statuam, tribuam tibi turis honorem,

    id. M. 14, 128:

    super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui nisi columellam,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

    victimas atque aras diis Manibus statuentes,

    Tac. A. 3, 2:

    statuitque aras e cespite,

    Ov. M. 7, 240:

    statuantur arae,

    Sen. Med. 579:

    aeneum statuerunt tropaeum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69:

    monumentum,

    id. ib. § 70; so,

    in alio orbe tropaea statuere,

    Curt. 7, 7, 14;

    so,

    Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 18: ut illum di perdant qui primus statuit hic solarium, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 5:

    princeps Romanis solarium horologium statuisse L. Papirius Cursor proditur,

    Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 213:

    a miliario in capite Romani fori statuto,

    id. 3, 5, 9, § 66:

    carceres eo anno in Circo primum statuti,

    Liv. 8, 20, 1:

    quo molem hanc immanis equi statuere?

    Verg. A. 2, 150:

    multo altiorem statui crucem jussit,

    Suet. Galb. 9:

    obeliscam,

    Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71:

    at nunc disturba quas statuisti machinas,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 137:

    incensis operibus quae statuerat,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 4:

    si vallum statuitur procul urbis illecebris,

    Tac. A. 4, 2:

    castra in quinto lapide a Carthagine statuit,

    Just. 22, 6, 9.—
    b.
    Poet. and in post-class. prose (rare):

    aliquem statuere = alicui statuam statuere: inter et Aegidas media statuaris in urbe,

    Ov. H. 2, 67:

    statuarque tumulo hilaris et coronatus,

    my statue will be erected, Tac. Dial. 13; so with two acc.: custodem medio statuit quam vilicus horto, whose statue he placed as protectress, etc., Mart. 3, 68, 9; cf.

    in double sense: nudam te statuet, i. e. nudam faciet (= nudabit fortunis), and statuam tibi nu dam faciet,

    Mart. 4, 28, 8.—
    5.
    Of cities, etc., to establish, found, build (in class. prose usu. condo):

    Agamemnon tres ibi urbes statuit,

    Vell. 1, 1, 2:

    urbem quam statuo vestra est,

    Verg. A. 1, 573:

    urbom praeclaram,

    id. ib. 4, 655:

    Persarum statuit Babylona Semiramis urbem,

    Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 21:

    ibi civitatem statuerunt,

    Just. 23, 1; so,

    licentia et impunitas asyla statuendi (= aperiendi),

    Tac. A. 3, 60.—Hence, transf.: carmen statuere = carmen condere, to compose, devise a song:

    nunc volucrum... inexpertum carmen, quod tacita statuere bruma,

    Stat. S. 4, 5, 12.—
    B.
    To cause to stand still, to stop (rare; cf.

    sisto, III. B.): navem extemplo statuimus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57:

    et statuit fessos, fessus et ipse, boves,

    Prop. 4 (5), 9, 4:

    famuli hoc modo statuerunt aquas,

    Arn. 1, p. 30: sanguinem, Oct. Hor. 4.—
    C.
    To cause to stand firm, strengthen, support (rare; = stabilire), only transf.: qui rem publicam certo animo adjuverit, statuerit, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 56, 120 (Trag. Rel. v. 357 Rib.).
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To establish, constitute (= constituo).
    1.
    Esp.: exemplum or documentum (v. edo fin., and cf. Sen. Phoen. 320), to set forth an example or precedent for warning or imitation:

    statuite exemplum impudenti, date pudori praemium,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 6:

    exemplum statuite in me ut adulescentuli Vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:

    ut illi intellegere possint, in quo homine statueris exemplum hujus modi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 45, § 111:

    in quos aliquid exempli populus Romanus statui putat oportere,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 90, §

    210: statuam in te exemplum, ne quis posthac infelicibus miseriis patriae illudat,

    Just. 8, 7, 14:

    documentum autem statui oportere, si quis resipiscat et antiquam societatem respiciat,

    Liv. 24, 45, 5: statueretur immo [p. 1753] documentum, quo uxorem imperator acciperet, a precedent, Tac. A. 12, 6.—
    2.
    Jus statuere, to establish a principle or relation of law:

    ut (majores nostri) omnia omnium rerum jura statuerint,

    Cic. Caecin. 12, 34: qui magistratum potestatemve habebit, si quid in aliquem novi juris statuerit, ipse quoque, adversario postulante, eodem jure uti debebit, if he has established any new principle of law, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 2, 2, 1, § 1:

    si quid injungere inferiori velis, id prius in te ac tuos si ipse juris statueris, facilius omnes oboedientes habeas,

    if you first admit it against yourself, Liv. 26, 36, 3:

    si dicemus in omnibus aequabile jus statui convenire,

    equal principles of law should be applied to all, Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4. —
    3.
    In gen., to establish by authority (of relations, institutions, rights, duties, etc.):

    (Numa) omnis partis religionis statuit sanctissime,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

    hoc judicium sic exspectatur ut non unae rei statui, sed omnibus constitui putetur,

    id. Tull. 15, 36:

    ad formandos animos statuendasque vitae leges, Quint. prooem. 14: sic hujus (virtutis) ut caelestium statuta magnitudo est,

    Sen. Ep. 79, 10:

    vectigal etiam novum ex salaria annona statuerunt,

    Liv. 29, 37, 2:

    novos statuere fines,

    id. 42, 24, 8:

    neque eos quos statuit terminos observat,

    id. 21, 44, 5:

    quibus rebus cum pax statuta esset,

    Just. 5, 10, 8; so id. 25, 1, 1:

    sedesque ibi statuentibus,

    id. 18, 5, 11.—
    4.
    With double acc., to constitute, appoint, create:

    Hirtius arbitrum me statuebat non modo hujus rei, sed totius consulatus sui,

    Cic. Att. 14, 1, a, 2:

    telluris erum natura nec illum, nec quemquam constituit,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 130:

    de principatu (vinorum) se quisque judicem statuet,

    Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 59:

    praefectus his statuitur Andragoras,

    Just. 21, 4, 5.—
    B.
    To determine, fix, etc. (of temporal or local relations); constr. usually with acc. and dat. or acc. and gen.
    1.
    Modum statuere alicui or alicujus rei, to determine the manner, mode, or measure of, assign limits, restrictions or restraints to a thing or person, to impose restraints upon.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    diuturnitati imperii modum statuendum putavistis,

    that a limit should be assigned to the duration of his power, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26:

    statui mihi tum modum et orationi meae,

    imposed restraints upon myself and my words, id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:

    non statuendo felicitati modum, nec cohibendo fortunam,

    by not assigning any limits to his success, Liv. 30, 30, 23 (Pompeium) affirmabant, libertati publicae statuturum modum, Vell. 2, 40:

    cupidinibus statuat natura modum,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 111:

    quem modum sibi ipsa statuit (crudelitas)?

    Val. Max. 9, 2 pr.:

    modum ipsae res statuunt (i. e. sibi),

    Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 216:

    modum nuptiarum sumptibus statuerunt,

    Just. 21, 4, 5:

    timori quem meo statuam modum?

    Sen. Thyest. 483;

    and with finem: jam statui aerumnis modum et finem cladi,

    id. Herc. Fur. 206. —
    (β).
    With gen.:

    honestius te inimicitiarum modum statuere potuisse quam me humanitatis,

    Cic. Sull. 17, 48:

    ipse modum statuam carminis,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 44:

    errorisque sui sic statuisse modum,

    Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 36:

    modum statuunt fellis pondere denarii,

    they limit the quantity of the gall to the weight of a denarius, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 254.—
    2.
    Condicionem or legem alicui, to impose a condition or law upon one, to dictate, assign a condition to:

    hanc tu condicionem statuis Gaditanis,

    Cic. Balb. 10, 25:

    providete ne duriorem vobis condicionem statuatis ordinique vestro quam ferre possit,

    id. Rab. Post. 6, 15:

    alter eam sibi legem statuerat ut, etc.,

    id. Phil. 10, 6, 12: pretio statuta lege ne modum excederet, etc., the law being assigned to the price that not, etc., i. e. the price being limited by the law, etc., Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118:

    pacis legem universae Graeciae statuit,

    Just. 9, 5, 2.—So with ellipsis of dat., to agree upon, stipulate:

    statutis condicionibus,

    Just. 6, 1, 3:

    omnibus consentientibus Carthago conditur, statuto annuo vectigali pro solo urbis,

    id. 18, 5, 14. —
    3.
    Finem, to assign or put an end to, make an end of:

    haud opinor commode Finem statuisse orationi militem,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 21:

    et finem statuit cuppedinis atque timoris,

    Lucr. 6, 25:

    cum Fulvius Flaccus finem poenae eorum statuere cogeretur,

    Val. Max. 3, 2, ext. 1: majores vestri omnium magnarum rerum et principia exorsi ab diis sunt, et finem statuerunt, finished, Liv. 45, 39, 10; so,

    terminum: nam templis numquam statuetur terminus aevi,

    Stat. S. 3, 1, 180:

    cum consilii tui bene fortiterque suscepti eum tibi finem statueris, quem ipsa fortuna terminum nostrarum contentionum esse voluisset,

    since you have assigned that end, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 2.—
    4.
    Pretium alicui rei, to assign a price to something; fix, determine the price of something:

    quae probast mers, pretium ei statuit,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:

    numquam avare pretium statui arti meae,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 48:

    statuit frumento pretium,

    Tac. A. 2, 87; so with dat. understood:

    ut eos (obsides) pretio quantum ipsi statuissent patres redimi paterentur,

    Liv. 45, 42, 7:

    pretium statuit (i. e. vecturae et sali),

    id. 45, 29, 13; so with in and acc.: ut in singulas amphoras (vini) centeni nummi statuantur, that the price may be set down at 100 sesterces for an amphora, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56.—
    5.
    Statuere diem, horam, tempus, locum alicui rei, or alicui, or with dat. gerund., to assign or appoint a day, time, place, etc. (for the more usual diem dicere):

    statutus est comitiis dies,

    Liv. 24, 27, 1:

    diem patrando facinori statuerat,

    id. 35, 35, 15:

    multitudini diem statuit ante quam sine fraude liceret ab armis discedere,

    Sall. C. 36, 2:

    dies insidiis statuitur,

    id. J. 70, 3:

    ad tempus locumque colloquio statuendum,

    Liv. 28, 35, 4:

    subverti leges quae sua spatia (= tempora) quaerendis aut potiundis honoribus statuerint,

    Tac. A. 2, 36.—With ellipsis of dat.:

    observans quem statuere diem,

    Mart. 4, 54, 6:

    noctem unam poscit: statuitur nox,

    Tac. A. 13, 44.—Esp. in the part. statutus, fixed, appointed (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with status; v. sisto fin.):

    institum ut quotannis... libri diebus statutis (statis) recitarentur,

    Suet. Claud. 42:

    ut die statuta omnes equos ante regiam producerent,

    Just. 1, 10, 1:

    quaedam (genera) statutum tempus anni habent,

    Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 135:

    fruges quoque maturitatem statuto tempore expectant,

    Curt. 6, 3, 7:

    sacrificium non esse redditum statuto tempore,

    id. 8, 2, 6:

    statuto tempore quo urbem Mithridati traderet,

    Just. 16, 4, 9:

    cum ad statutam horam omnes convenissent,

    id. 1, 10, 8:

    intra tempus statutum,

    fixed by the law, Dig. 4, 4, 19 and 20.—
    6.
    To recount, count up, state (very rare): statue sex et quinquaginta annos, quibus mox divus Augustus rempublicam rexit: adice Tiberii tres et viginti... centum et viginti anni colliguntur, count, fix the number at, Tac. Or. 17:

    Cinyphiae segetis citius numerabis aristas... quam tibi nostrorum statuatur summa laborum,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 29.—
    C.
    To decide, determine, with reference to a result, to settle, fix, bring about, choose, make a decision.
    1.
    Of disputes, differences, questions, etc., between others.
    (α).
    With interrog.-clause:

    ut statuatis hoc judicio utrum posthac amicitias clarorum virorum calamitati hominibus an ornamento esse malitis,

    Cic. Balb. 28, 65:

    eam potestatem habetis ut statuatis utrum nos... semper miseri lugeamus, an, etc.,

    id. Mil. 2, 4:

    in hoc homine statuatis, possitne senatoribus judicantibus homo nocentissim us pecuniosissimusque damnari,

    id. Verr. 1, 16, 47:

    vos statuite, recuperatores, utra (sententia) utilior esse videatur,

    id. Caecin. 27, 77:

    decidis tu statuisque quid iis ad denarium solveretur,

    id. Quint. 4, 17:

    magni esse judicis statuere quid quemque cuique praestare oporteret,

    id. Off. 3, 17, 70:

    mihi vero Pompeius statuisse videtur quid vos in judicando spectare oporteret,

    id. Mil. 6, 15:

    semel (senatus) statuerent quid donatum Masinissae vellent,

    Liv. 42, 23:

    nec quid faciendum modo sit statuunt, sed, etc.,

    decide, dictate, id. 44, 22:

    nondum statuerat conservaret eum necne,

    Nep. Eum. 11, 2:

    statutumque (est) quantum curules, quantum plebei pignoris caperent,

    Tac. A. 13, 28: semel nobis esse statuendum quod consilium in illo sequamur, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4. —
    (β).
    With de:

    ut consules de Caesaris actis cognoscerent, statuerent, judicarent,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:

    et collegas suos de religione statuisse, in senatu de lege statuturos,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

    ut de absente eo C. Licinius statueret ac judicaret,

    Liv. 42, 22:

    si de summa rerum liberum senatui permittat rex statuendi jus,

    id. 42, 62: qui ab exercitu ab imperatore eove cui de ea re statuendi potestas fuerit, dimissus erit, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 3, 2, 1.—Often with reference to punishment:

    cum de P. Lentulo ceterisque statuetis, pro certo habetote, vos simul de exercitu Catilinae decernere,

    Sall. C. 52, 17:

    satis visum de Vestilia statuere,

    to pass sentence against, Tac. A. 2, 85:

    jus statuendi de procuratoribus,

    id. ib. 12, 54:

    facta patribus potestate statuendi de Caeciliano,

    id. ib. 6, 7; so id. ib. 13, 28; cf. id. ib. 15, 14; 2, 85; Suet. Tib. 61 fin. —In partic.: de se statuere, to decide on, or dispose of one's self, i. e. of one's life, = to commit suicide:

    eorum qui de se statuebant humabantur corpora,

    Tac. A. 6, 29.—
    (γ).
    With de and abl. and interrog.-clause:

    si quibusdam populis permittendum esse videatur ut statuant ipsi de suis rebus quo jure uti velint,

    Cic. Balb. 8, 22.—
    (δ).
    With contra:

    consequeris tamen ut eos ipsos quos contra statuas aequos placatosque dimittas,

    Cic. Or. 10, 34. —
    (ε).
    With indef. obj., usu. a neutr. pron.:

    utrum igitur hoc Graeci statuent... an nostri praetores?

    Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    dixisti quippiam: fixum (i. e. id) et statutum est,

    id. Mur. 30, 62:

    eoque utrique quod statuit contenti sunt,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 87:

    senatus, ne quid absente rege statueret,

    Liv. 39, 24, 13:

    maturato opus est, quidquid statuere placet (senatui),

    id. 8, 13, 17:

    id ubi in P. Licinio ita statutum est,

    id. 41, 15, 10:

    interrogatus quid ipse victorem statuere debere censeret,

    Curt. 8, 14, 43:

    quid in futurum statuerim, aperiam,

    Tac. A. 4, 37:

    utque rata essent quae procuratores sui in judicando statuerent,

    Suet. Claud. 12;

    qul statuit aliquid parte inaudita altera, aequum licet statuerit, haud aequus fuit,

    Sen. Med. 2, 199:

    non ergo quod libet statuere arbiter potest,

    Dig. 4, 8, 32, § 15; cf.:

    earum rerum quas Caesar statuisset, decrevisset, egisset,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 11.—
    (ζ).
    With de or super and abl.:

    vos de crudelissimis parricidis quid statuatis cunctamini?

    Sall. C. 52, 31:

    nihil super ea re nisi ex voluntate filii statuere,

    Suet. Tib. 13:

    ne quid super tanta re absente principe statueretur,

    Tac. H. 4, 9.—
    (η).
    Absol., mostly pass. impers.:

    ita expediri posse consilium ut pro merito cujusque statueretur,

    Liv. 8, 14, 1:

    tunc ut quaeque causa erit statuetis,

    id. 3, 53, 10:

    non ex rumore statuendum,

    decisions should not be founded on rumors, Tac. A. 3, 69.—
    (θ).
    With cognoscere, to examine ( officially) and decide:

    petit ut vel ipse de eo causa cognita statuat, vel civitatem statuere jubeat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 19:

    consuli ut cognosceret statueretque senatus permiserat,

    Liv. 39, 3, 2:

    missuros qui de eorum controversiis cognoscerent statuerentque,

    id. 40, 20, 1; 45, 13, 11:

    quod causa cognita erit statuendum,

    Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 8.—
    2.
    With reference to the mind of the subject, to decide, to make up one's mind, conclude, determine, be convinced, usu. with interrog.clause:

    numquam intellegis, statuendum tibi esse, utrum illi homicidae sint an vindices libertatis,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30:

    illud mirum videri solet, tot homines... statuere non potuisse, utrum judicem an arbitrum, rem an litem dici oporteret,

    id. Mur. 12, 27:

    neque tamen possum statuere, utrum magis mirer, etc.,

    id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

    ipsi statuerent, quo tempore possent suo jure arma capere,

    id. Tull. 5, 12:

    ut statuerem quid esset faciendum,

    id. Att. 7, 26, 3:

    statuere enim qui sit sapiens, vel maxime videtur esse sapientis,

    id. Ac. 2, 3, 9:

    si habes jam statutum quid tibi agendum putes,

    id. Fam. 4, 2, 4:

    tu quantum tribuendum nobis putes statuas ipse, et, ut spero, statues ex nostra dignitate,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 4:

    vix statui posse utrum quae pro se, an quae contra fratrem petiturus esset ab senatu magis impetrabilia forent,

    Liv. 45, 19, 6:

    quam satis statuerat, utram foveret partem,

    id. 42, 29, 11:

    posse ipsam Liviam statuere, nubendum post Drusum, an, etc.,

    Tac. A. 4, 40:

    statue quem poenae extrahas,

    Sen. Troad. 661.—So with apud animum, to make up one's mind:

    vix statuere apud animum meum possum atrum pejor ipsa res an pejore exemplo agatur,

    Liv. 34, 2, 4:

    proinde ipsi primum statuerent apud animos quid vellent,

    id. 6, 39, 11.—Rarely with neutr, pron. as object:

    quidquid nos de communi sententia statuerimus,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:

    sic statue, quidquid statuis, ut causam famamque tuam in arto stare scias,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 1306.—
    D.
    To decree, order, prescribe.
    1.
    With ut or ne: statuunt ut decem milia hominum in oppidum submittantur, [p. 1754] Caes. B. G. 7, 21:

    eos (Siculos) statuisse ut hoc quod dico postularet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 103:

    statuunt illi atque decernunt ut eae litterae... removerentur,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 71, §

    173: statuit iste ut arator... vadimonium promitteret,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 15, §

    38: orare patres ut statuerent ne absentium nomina reciperentur,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 42, §

    103: statuitur ne post M. Brutum proconsulem sit Creta provincia,

    id. Phil. 2, 38, 97:

    (Tiberius) auxit patrum honorem statuendo ut qui ad senatum provocavissent, etc.,

    Tac. A. 14, 28:

    statuiturque (a senatu) ut... in servitute haberentur,

    id. ib. 12, 53.—So of a decree, determination, or agreement by several persons or parties to be carried out by each of them:

    statutum esse (inter plebem et Poenos) ut... impedimenta diriperent,

    Liv. 23, 16, 6:

    Athenienses cum statuerent, ut urbe relicta naves conscenderent,

    Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:

    statuunt ut fallere custodes tentent,

    Ov. M. 4, 84.—
    2.
    With acc. (post-Aug.):

    remedium statuere,

    to prescribe a remedy against public abuses, Tac. A. 3, 28; 6, 4:

    Caesar ducentesimam (vectigalis) in posterum statuit,

    decreed that one half of one per cent. be the tax, id. ib. 2, 42.—So with sic (= hoc):

    sic, di, statuistis,

    Ov. M. 4, 661.—
    3.
    With dat. and acc. (not ante-Aug.):

    eis (Vestalibus) stipendium de publico statuit,

    decreed, allowed a salary, Liv. 1, 20, 3:

    Aurelio quoque annuam pecuniam statuit princeps,

    decreed, granted, Tac. A. 13, 34:

    biduum criminibus obiciendis statuitur,

    are allowed, id. ib. 3, 13:

    itaque et alimenta pueris statuta... et patribus praemia statuta,

    Just. 12, 4, 8:

    ceu Aeolus insanis statuat certamina ventis,

    Stat. Th. 6, 300:

    non hoc statui sub tempore rebus occasum Aeoniis,

    id. ib. 7, 219:

    statuere alicui munera,

    Val. Fl. 2, 566.—
    4.
    With dat. and interrog.-clause:

    cur his quoque statuisti quantum ex hoc genere frumenti darent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:

    ordo iis quo quisque die supplicarent, statutus,

    Liv. 7, 28, 8.—
    5.
    In partic., of punishment, etc., to decree, measure out, inflict.
    (α).
    With poenam, etc., with or without in and acc. pers. (mostly post-Aug.):

    considerando... in utra (lege) major poena statuatur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

    poenam statui par fuisse,

    Tac. A. 14, 49:

    qui non judicium, sed poenam statui videbant,

    id. ib. 11, 6:

    eadem poena in Catum Firmium statuitur,

    id. ib. 6, 31:

    senatu universo in socios facinoris ultimam statuente poenam,

    Suet. Caes. 14;

    so with mercedem (= poenam): debuisse gravissimam temeritatis mercedem statui,

    Liv. 39, 55, 3; cf.

    also: Thrasea, non quidquid nocens reus pati mereretur, id egregio sub principe statuendum disseruit,

    Tac. A. 14, 48.— Absol.:

    non debere eripi patribus vim statuendi (sc. poenas),

    Tac. A. 3, 70.—
    (β).
    With indef. obj., generally with in and acc.: aliquid gravius in aliquem, to proceed severely against:

    obsecrare coepit, ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

    fac aliquid gravius in Hejum statuisse Mamertinos,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 19:

    res monet cavere ab illis magis quam quid in illos statuamus consultare,

    Sall. C. 52, 3:

    qui cum triste aliquid statuit, fit tristis et ipse,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 119:

    si quid ob eam rem de se crudelius statuerent,

    Just. 2, 15, 10.—
    (γ).
    With a word expressing the kind of punishment (post-Aug.):

    in Pompeiam Sabinam exilium statuitur,

    Tac. A. 6, 24 (18).—
    (δ).
    De capite, to pass sentence of death:

    legem illam praeclaram quae de capite civis Romani nisi comitiis centuriatis statui vetaret,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61.—
    E.
    Referring to one's own acts, to resolve, determine, purpose, to propose, with inf. (first in Cic.;

    freq. and class.): statuit ab initio et in eo perseveravit, jus publicano non dicere,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

    P. Clodius cum statuisset omni scelere in praetura vexare rem publicam,

    id. Mil. 9, 24:

    statuerat excusare,

    to decline the office, id. Lig. 7, 21:

    cum statuissem scribere ad te aliquid,

    id. Off. 1, 2, 4:

    quod iste certe statuerat et deliberaverat non adesse,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:

    se statuisse animum advertere in omnes nauarchos,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §

    105: nam statueram in perpetuum tacere,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

    statueram... nihil de illo dicere,

    id. Fragm. Clod. 1, 1:

    statueram recta Appia Romam (i. e. venire),

    id. Att. 16, 10, 1:

    Pompeius statuerat bello decertare,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 86: si cedere hinc statuisset, Liv. 44, 39, 7:

    triumphare mense Januario statuerat,

    id. 39, 15:

    immemor sim propositi quo statui non ultra attingere externa nisi qua Romanis cohaererent rebus,

    id. 39, 48:

    rex quamquam dissimulare statuerat,

    id. 42, 21:

    opperiri ibi hostium adventum statuit,

    id. 42, 54, 9:

    ut statuisse non pugnare consules cognitum est,

    id. 2, 45, 9:

    exaugurare fana statuit,

    id. 1, 55, 2:

    Delphos mittere statuit,

    id. 1, 56, 5:

    eos deducere in agros statuerunt,

    id. 40, 38, 2:

    tradere se, ait, moenia statuisse,

    id. 8, 25, 10:

    Samnitium exercitus certamine ultimo fortunam experiri statuit,

    id. 7, 37, 4:

    statuit sic adfectos hosti non obicere,

    id. 44, 36, 2:

    sub idem tempus statuit senatus Carthaginem excidere,

    Vell. 1, 12, 2:

    statui pauca disserere,

    Tac. H. 4, 73:

    amoliri juvenem specie honoris statuit,

    id. A. 2, 42:

    statuerat urbem novam condere,

    Curt. 4, 8, 1:

    statuerat parcere urbi conditae a Cyro,

    id. 7, 6, 20:

    rex statuerat inde abire,

    id. 7, 11, 4:

    Alexander statuerat ex Syria petere Africam,

    id. 10, 1, 17; 10, 5, 24; 5, 27 (9), 13; so,

    statutum habere cum animo ac deliberatum,

    to have firmly and deliberately resolved, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.—With sic:

    caedis initium fecisset a me, sic enim statuerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 7, 29.—
    F.
    To judge, declare as a judgment, be of opinion, hold (especially of legal opinions), think, consider (always implying the establishment of a principle, or a decided conviction; cf.: existimo, puto, etc.).
    1.
    With acc. and inf.
    a.
    In gen.:

    senatus consulta falsa delata ab eo judicavimus... leges statuimus per vim et contra auspicia latas,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 12:

    statuit senatus hoc ne illi quidem esse licitum cui concesserat omnia,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 81:

    quin is tamen (judex) statuat fieri non posse ut de isto non severissime judicetur,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, §

    144: hujusce rei vos (recuperatores) statuetis nullam esse actionem qui obstiterit armatis hominibus?

    id. Caecin. 13, 39, ut quisquam juris numeretur peritus, qui id statuit esse jus quod non oporteat judicari, who holds that to be the law, id. ib. 24, 68:

    is (Pompeius) se in publico statuit esse non posse,

    id. Pis. 13, 29:

    tu unquam tantam plagam tacitus accipere potuisses, nisi hoc ita statuisses, quidquid dixisses te deterius esse facturum?

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 133:

    si causa cum causa contenderet, nos nostram perfacile cuivis probaturos statuebamus,

    we were sure, id. Quint. 30, 92:

    non statuit sibi quidquam licere quod non patrem suum facere vidisset,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 211:

    hi sibi nullam societatem communis utilitatis causa statuunt esse cum civibus,

    assume, id. Off. 3, 6, 28:

    cum igitur statuisset opus esse ad eam rem constituendam pecunia,

    had become convinced, id. ib. 2, 23, 82:

    quo cive neminem ego statuo in hac re publica esse fortiorem,

    id. Planc. 21, 51:

    quam quidem laudem sapientiae statuo esse maximam,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

    hoc anno statuit temporis esse satis,

    Ov. F. 1, 34:

    nolim statuas me mente maligna id facere,

    Cat. 67, 37.— So with sic:

    velim sic statuas tuas mihi litteras longissimas quasque gratissimas fore,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 33 fin.:

    ego sic statuo a me in hac causa pietatis potius quam defensionis partes esse susceptas,

    I hold, lay down as the principle of my defence, id. Sest. 2, 3:

    quod sic statuit omnino consularem legem nullam putare,

    id. ib. 64, 135:

    sic statuo et judico, neminem tot et tanta habuisse ornamenta dicendi,

    id. Or. 2, 28, 122. —Hence, statui, I have judged, i. e. I know, and statueram, I had judged, i. e. I knew:

    ut ego qui in te satis consilii statuerim esse, mallem Peducaeum tibi consilium dare quam me, ironically,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4:

    qui saepe audissent, nihil esse pulchrius quam Syracusarum moenia, statuerant se, si ea Verre praetore non vidissent, numquam esse visuros,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95.—With neutr. pron.:

    si dicam non recte aliquid statuere eos qui consulantur,

    that they hold an erroneous opinion, Cic. Caecin. 24, 68; cf.:

    quis hoc statuit umquam, aut cui concedi potest, ut eum jure potuerit occidere a quo, etc.,

    id. Tull. 24, 56; Quint. 5, 13, 21.—
    b.
    Particularly of a conclusion drawn from circumstances, to judge, infer, conclude; declare (as an inference):

    cum tuto senatum haberi non posse judicavistis, tum statuiistis, etiam intra muros Antonii scelus versari,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13: quod si aliter statuetis, videte ne hoc vos statuatis, qui vivus decesserit, ei vim non esse factam, id. Caecin. 16, 46:

    quid? si tu ipse statuisti, bona P. Quinctii ex edicto possessa non esse?

    id. Quint. 24, 76:

    ergo ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,

    id. Off. 3, 16, 67:

    Juppiter esse pium statuit quodcumque juvaret,

    Ov. H. 4, 133.—With neutr. pron.:

    hoc (i. e. litteris Gabinii credendum non esse) statuit senatus cum frequens supplicationem Gabinio denegavit,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14:

    quod si tum statuit opus esse, quid cum ille decessisset, Flacco existimatis statuendum et faciendum fuisse?

    id. Fl. 12, 29; cf. id. Caecin. 16, 46, supra; so,

    hoc si ita statuetis,

    id. ib. 16, 47.—
    c.
    Esp. with gerund.-clause.
    (α).
    To hold, judge, think, consider, acknowledge, that something must be done, or should have been done:

    tu cum tuos amicos in provinciam quasi in praedam invitabas... non statuebas tibi de illorum factis rationem esse reddendam?

    did you not consider, did it not strike you? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29: statuit, si hoc crimen extenuari vellet, nauarchos omnes vita esse privandos, he thought it necessary to deprive, etc., id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §

    103: ut statuas mihi non modo non cedendum, sed etiam tuo auxilio utendum fuisse,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

    statuebam sic, boni nihil ab illis nugis expectandum,

    id. Sest. 10, 24:

    Antigonus statuit aliquid sibi consilii novi esse capiendum,

    Nep. Eum. 8, 4. —So with opus fuisse:

    ut hoc statuatis oratione longa nihil opus fuisse,

    acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56: causam sibi dicendam esse statuerat jam ante quam hoc usu venit, knew (cf. a. supra), id. ib. 2, 5, 39, § 101. —
    (β).
    To think that one must do something, to resolve, propose, usu. with dat. pers.:

    manendum mihi statuebam quasi in vigilia quadam consulari ac senatoria,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1: quae vobis fit injuria si statuimus, vestro nobis judicio standum esse, if we conclude, purpose, to abide, etc., id. Fl. 27, 65:

    ut ea quae statuisses tibi in senatu dicenda, reticeres,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 1:

    statuit tamen nihil sibi in tantis injuriis gravius faciendum,

    id. Clu. 6, 16:

    Caesar statuit exspectandam classem,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

    non expectandum sibi statuit dum, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 11:

    quod eo tempore statuerat non esse faciendum,

    id. B. C. 3, 44:

    statuit sibi nihil agitandum,

    Sall. J. 39, 5:

    Metellus statuit alio more bellum gerendum,

    id. ib. 54, 5:

    Laco statuit accuratius sibi agendum cum Pharnabazo,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 2:

    sororis filios tollendos statuit,

    Just. 38, 1.—
    2.
    With ut:

    si, ut Manilius statuebat, sic est judicatum (= ut judicandum esse statuebat),

    Cic. Caecin. 24, 69:

    ut veteres statuerunt poetae (ut = quod ita esse),

    id. Arat. 267 (33): quae majora auribus accepta sunt quam oculis noscuntur, ut statuit, as he thought, i. e. that those things were greater, etc., Liv. 45, 27:

    cum esset, ut ego mihi statuo, talis qualem te esse video,

    Cic. Mur. 14, 32.—
    3.
    With two acc. (= duco, existimo):

    omnes qui libere de re publica sensimus, statuit ille quidem non inimicos, sed hostes,

    regarded not as adversaries, but as foes, Cic. Phil. 11, 1, 3:

    Anaximenes aera deum statuit,

    id. N. D. 10, 26:

    voluptatem summum bonum statuens,

    id. Off. 1, 2, 5:

    video Lentulum cujus ego parentem deum ac patronum statuo fortunae ac nominis mei,

    id. Sest. 69, 144:

    si rectum statuerimus concedere amicis quidquid velint,

    id. Lael. 11, 38:

    Hieronymus summum bonum statuit non dolere,

    id. Fin. 2, 6, 19:

    noster vero Plato Titanum e genere statuit eos qui... adversentur magistratibus,

    id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

    decretum postulat, quo justae inter patruos fratrumque filias nuptiae statuerentur,

    Tac. A. 12, 7:

    optimum in praesentia statuit reponere odium,

    id. Agr. 39.— P. a.: stătūtus, a, um, i. e. baculo, propped, leaning on a stick (dub. v. I. C. supra):

    vidistis senem... statutum, ventriosum?

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, subst.: stătūtum, i, n., a law, decision, determination, statute (late Lat.):

    Dei,

    Lact. 2, 16, 14:

    Parcarum leges ac statuta,

    id. 1, 11, 14:

    statuta Dei et placita,

    id. 7, 25, 8.

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  • 4 dē-cernō

        dē-cernō crēvī    (often decrēram, decrērim, etc.), crētus, ere.—Officially, to decide, determine, pronounce a decision, judge, decree, resolve, vote: inter quos iam decreverat decretumque mutabat, alias, etc.: si caedes facta, īdem (Druides) decernunt, i. e. pass judgment, Cs.: non decrevi solum, sed etiam ut vos decerneretis laboravi: qui ordo decrevit invitus, on compulsion: dierum viginti supplicationem, Cs.: vindicias secundum servitutem, in favor of slavery, i. e. restore the slave to his master, L.: triumphum Africano: praemium servo libertatem, S.: tres legatos: id quod senatus me auctore decrevit: provinciae privatis decernuntur, Cs.: meā diligentiā patefactam esse coniurationem decrevistis: supplicium sumendum decreverat, had voted, S.: senatus Romae decrevit, ut, etc., L.: mea sententia tibi decernit, ut regem reducas, etc.: senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ut, etc., S.: ita censeo decernendum: acerbissime decernitur, Cs.: in parricidas rei p. decretum esse, S.: libere decernendi potestas, of voting freely, Cs.—In gen., to decide, determine, judge, fix, settle: rem dubiam decrevit vox opportune emissa, L.: utri utris imperent, sine magnā clade, L.: Duo talenta pro re nostrā ego esse decrevi satis, T.: in quo omnia mea posita esse decrevi: mihi decretum est, with acc. and inf, I am fully convinced, Ta.: alqm hostem, to proclaim an enemy: omnibus quae postulaverat decretis, S.: pauci ferocius decernunt, insist on harsher measures, S.—Of battle, to decide by combat, fight out, fight, combat, contend: Samnis Romanusne Italiam regant, decernamus, L.: gladiatorium certamen ferro decernitur: ne armis decernatur: cornibus inter se, V.: acie, L.: classe decreturi, N.: integriore exercitu, N.: lacessere ad decernendum, L. — In gen., to contend, compete, struggle: decernite criminibus, mox ferro decreturi, L.: cursibus et crudo caestu, V.: de salute rei p.: pro meā famā.—To decide, determine, form a purpose, resolve: num quis quicquam decernit invitus?: Rhenum transire decreverat, Cs.: decretumst pati, T.: certum atque decretum est non dare signum, L.: aetatem a rei p. procul habendam, S.: praetoris imperio parendum esse: hic decernit ut miser sit: quā suis opem ferrent, L.

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  • 5 cōnstituō

        cōnstituō uī, ūtus, ere    [com-+statuo], to put, place, set, station: eo (Helvetios), fix their abode, Cs.: impedimenta, put away, L.: hominem ante pedes: vobis taurum ante aras, V.—To place, station, post, array, form, draw up: legionem passibus CC ab eo tumulo, Cs.: cohortes in fronte, S.: aperto litore navīs, Cs.: legiones contra hostem, Cs.: exercitum contra vos: exadversum Athenas apud Salamina classem, N.—To halt, cause to halt, stop: agmen paulisper, S.: novitate rei signa, L. —To form, constitute: legiones, Cs.: legio constituta ex veteranis. — To erect, set up, build, construct, fix, found: turrīs duas, Cs.: oppidum, Cs.: vineas ac testudines, N.: locis certis horrea, Cs.: moenia in terrā, O.: domicilium sibi Magnesiae, N.—Fig., to put, set, place: vobis ante oculos senectutem. — To prepare, make, establish, effect, constitute: amicitiam: accusationem: victoriam: ius nobis, civitati legem: iudicium de pecuniis repetundis: iudicium capitis in se.—To designate, select, assign, appoint: accusatorem: testīs: locus ab iudicibus Fausto non est constitutus, i. e. a trial: alqm apud eos regem, Cs.: legibus agrariis curatores: patronum causae: constitutus imperator belli gerundi.—To establish, set in order, organize, manage, administer, regulate, arrange, dispose: legiones, Cs.: civitates: maiestatis constituendae gratiā, S.: mores civitatis. L.: his constitutis rebus, after making these arrangements, Cs.: regnum ei, N. — To fix, appoint, determine, define, decide, decree: ad constitutam non venire diem, L.: tempus constitutumst, T.: finīs imperi singulis, S.: pretium frumento: conloquio diem, Cs.: tempus ei rei, Cs.: in hunc (diem) constitutae nuptiae, T.: tempus in posterum diem, L.: grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum: bona possessa non esse constitui: constituendi sunt qui sint in amicitiā fines.—To appoint, fix by agreement, settle, agree upon, concert: vadimonia constituta: tempore ac loco constituto, S.: die constitutā, on the day appointed, Cs.: venturum ad me domum, T.: (diem) cum legatis, Cs.: pactam et constitutam esse cum Manlio diem: cum quodam hospite Me esse, etc., T.: cum hominibus quo die praesto essent: amicae, make an appointment, Iu.: sic constituunt, such is their custom, Ta.: introire, S.: in diem tertium constituunt, S.: quid agi placeat inter se, Cs.—To determine, take a resolution, resolve: ut ante constituerat, Cs.: his constitutis rebus, having formed this resolution, Cs.: bellum cum Germanis gerere, Cs.: desciscere a rege, N.: Quaerere, V.: constitutum esse Pompeio me mittere: quid vectigalis Britannia penderet, Cs.: ut Aquini manerem: ut arbitri darentur, Cs.: optimum esse reverti, Cs.—To decide, arbitrate, judge, decree: de controversiis, Cs.: de hoc solus, N.: sententiis dictis, constituunt ut, etc., Cs.
    * * *
    constituere, constitui, constitutus V
    set up/in position, erect; place/dispose/locate; (call a) halt; plant (trees); decide/resolve; decree/ordain; appoint, post/station (troops); settle (colony); establish/create/institute; draw up, arrange/set in order; make up, form; fix

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  • 6 secō

        secō cuī, ctus, āre    [2 SAC-], to cut, cut off, cut up, reap, carve: omne animal secari ac dividi potest: pabulum secari non posse, Cs.: sectae herbae, H.: Quo gestu gallina secetur, is carved, Iu.: secto elephanto, i. e. carved ivory, V.: prave sectus unguis, H.—Esp., in surgery, to cut, operate on, cut off, cut out, amputate, excise: in corpore alqd: varices Mario: Marius cum secaretur, was operated on. — To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure: luctantis acuto ne secer ungui, lest I should be torn, H.: sectas invenit ungue genas, O.: secuerunt corpora vepres, V.— To cut apart, divide, cleave, separate: curru medium agmen, V.: caelum secant zonae, O.: sectus orbis, i. e. half the earth, H.— To cut through, run through, pass through, traverse: per maria umida nando Libycum, cleave, V.: aequor Puppe, O.: adeunt vada nota secantes, O.— To cut, make by cutting: fugā secuit sub nubibus arcum, i. e. produce by flight, V.: viam ad navīs, i. e. speeds on his way, V.—Fig., to divide: causas in plura genera.— To cut short, decide, settle: Quo multae secantur iudice lites, H.— To follow, pursue: quam quisque secat spem, V.
    * * *
    I
    secare, secavi, secatus V TRANS
    cut, sever; decide; divide in two/halve/split; slice/chop/cut up/carve; detach
    II
    secare, secui, sectus V TRANS
    cut, sever; decide; divide in two/halve/split; slice/chop/cut up/carve; detach

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  • 7 cerno

    cerno, crēvi, crētum ( part. pass. cretus is apparently used only once:

    cineris bene creti,

    Pall. 12, 22, 3; but freq. in the compounds of cerno; for the simple part., the orig. form certus also is very rarely used:

    certā deinde sorte senatus consultum factum est,

    Liv. 36, 2, 2; v. under II. C., and cf. certus), 3, v. a. [root car- for scar-, to separate; cf. krinô; hence, skôr, stercus, screo; cf. cera].
    I.
    To separate, sift (rare):

    per cribrum, Cato. R. R. 107, 1: farinam cribro,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 115; cf. id. 33, 5, 26, § 87; Pall. Jun. 1; Veg. 3, 28, 6:

    in cribris omnia cerne cavis,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 62; cf.:

    per densa foramina,

    id. ib. 89:

    cineris bene creti,

    well sifted, Pall. Nov. 22.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To separate, distinguish by the senses, mostly by the eyes, i. e. to perceive, see, discern (syn.: video, conspicio; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. probably in Lucretius, where it is used about a hundred times); rarely by the ears; v. infra: lumen jubarve in caelo cerno? [p. 319] Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.;

    7, § 76 ib.: sed quis illic est, procul quem video? estne hic Hegio? si satis cerno, is hercle'st,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 85:

    tum porro varios rerum sentimus odores, nec tamen ad nareis venienteis cernimus umquam: nec voces cernere suemus,

    Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 598:

    quod nequeunt oculis rerum primordia cerni,

    id. 1, 269; v. also id. 2, 314 sq.; 4, 242; cf. id. 2, 837:

    acute,

    id. 4, 811; cf.:

    cerno acutum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 26:

    altaria exhalare vapore,

    Lucr. 3, 432; 2, 928 al.—Hence, sometimes opp. to hearing:

    ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur,

    Nep. Timol. 2, 2;

    or to mental perception: quem ego tam video animo, quam ea, quae oculis cernimus,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 3, 2:

    nos enim ne nunc quidem oculis cernimus ea, quae videmus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46:

    quae cernere et videre non possumus,

    id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf. id. Rep. 6, 20, 21 sq.:

    ego Catuli Cumanum ex hoc loco cerno, Pompeianum non cerno,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ut ea cernimus quae videmus,

    id. Mil. 29, 79:

    omnia sic aperiam, ut ea cernere oculis videamini,

    id. Clu. 24, 66:

    coram aliquid,

    to witness, Caes. B. G. 6, 8; Verg. A. 2, 538:

    aliquem,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

    acies a nostris cernebatur,

    id. B. C. 3, 69:

    in sole sidera ipsa desinunt cerni,

    Quint. 8, 5, 29:

    simile quiddam facientes aves cernimus,

    id. 2, 6, 7:

    me miserum, turbā quod non ego cernar in illā,

    Ov. P. 4, 4, 43:

    Constitit alma Venus, nulli cernenda,

    id. M. 15, 844; Curt. 8, 13, 16; Tac. A. 1, 59.—With acc. and inf.: sensumque inesse et motum in membris cerno, Canius ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.:

    neque mutari ac misceri omnia cerneres,

    Sall. C. 2, 3: quos ad resistendum concucurrisse cernebat, * Suet. Caes. 15 fin.:

    cernis ut insultent Rutuli?

    Verg. A. 10, 20:

    cerne quam tenui vos parte contingat,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

    cerneres, quanta audacia fuisset, etc.,

    Sall. C. 61, 1.— Impers. with acc. and inf.:

    cernebatur, novissimos illorum premi vehementer,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 64 Herz. N. cr.So impers. with rel. -clause:

    ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur quem detulisset,

    Nep. Timol. 2, 2. —Ante-class., of the hearing: vox illius certe est: idem omnes cernimus, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 11, and perh. also, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.—Hence,
    b.
    Cerni aliquā re or in aliquā re, to become distinguished or known in something:

    fortis animus et magnus duabus rebus maxime cernitur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66; so id. Tusc. 5, 8, 22: amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64:

    atque hae quidem virtutes cernuntur in agendo,

    Cic. Part. Or. 23, 78; id. Top. 21, 80 (also in Quint. 3, 5, 18).—
    * c.
    Have before the mind, have respect to, regard any one:

    ubi gratus, si non eum ipsi cernunt grati, cui referunt gratiam?

    Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—
    B.
    Transf. to intellectual objects, to perceive, comprehend, understand (syn.:

    intellego, cognosco, perspicio): neque tanta in rebus obscuritas, ut eas (res) non penitus acri vir ingenio cernat, si modo aspexerit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124:

    jam cernam mene an illam potiorem putes, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 20: (antiquitas) hoc melius ea fortasse, quae erant vera, cernebat,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 26; id. Fin. 1, 19, 64; id. Top. 5, 27; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

    quae cum ego non solum suspicarer, sed plane cernerem,

    id. Agr. 2, 4, 9; id. de Or. 3, 31, 124:

    ut consuetum facile amorem cerneres,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 108.—Hence,
    b.
    Rarely of future events, to foresee, discern beforehand:

    cerno animo sepultā in patriā miseros atque insepultos acervos civium,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

    cerno jam animo, quanto omnia uberiora atque ornatiora futura sint,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 2.—
    C.
    To decide something that is contested or doubtful (judicially), to decree, determine (more rare than decernere):

    quotcumque senatus creverit populusque jusserit tot sunto,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 8:

    quodcumque senatus creverit agunto,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 8, § 6: jurati cernant. Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 13:

    illum locum tempusque consilio destinatum quid de Armeniā cernerent,

    Tac. A. 15, 14:

    priusquam id sors cerneret,

    Liv. 43, 12, 2:

    certā sorte,

    after the lot was decided, id. 36, 2, 2.—Hence,
    b.
    To decide by contending or fighting (more rare than the freq. certare, and even in Seneca's time out of use; cf. Sen. Ep. 58, 3): ferro non auro vitam ( acc. respect = de vitā) cernamus utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; id. ap. Non. p. 261, 19, and ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.; Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 21: nisi esset qui armis secum vellet cernere, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 17:

    cernere ferro,

    Verg. A. 12, 709 (also ap. Sen. Ep. 58, 3); so,

    cernere certamen,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 15; id. Cas. 3, 1, 2; Lucr. 5, 394: pro patriā, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis, * Sall. C. 59, 5 Kritz N. cr. (al. certare):

    seu libeat duplicem sejunctim cernere martem,

    Tib. 4, 1, 103.—Humorously, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 77.—
    D.
    In gen., to decide for something, to conclude upon, resolve (syn.: constituo, decerno; also rare): praesidium castris educere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 261, 5:

    acribus inter se cum armis confligere,

    id. ib. p. 261, 6:

    te mihi amicam esse crevi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 1 (crevi valet constitui, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.); Cat. 64, 150.—Hence,
    E.
    In judic. lang. t. t., of inheritances.
    1.
    To resolve to enter upon an inheritance, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.; cf. Tit. 22, 27, and cretio.—
    2.
    To make known this determination, Tit. 22, 28 and 30; Cic. Att. 11, 2, 1.—
    3.
    = adire, to enter upon an inheritance, Cic. Agr. 2, 15, 40; Liv. 24, 25, 3; 40, 8, 17; Plin. Ep. 10, 79, 2; Quint. Decl. 261; Fest. p. 41.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    debet etiam fratris Appii amorem erga me cum reliquā hereditate crevisse,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 10; so id. Fam. 9, 14, 4; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3.—P. a. v. certus.

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  • 8 cernō

        cernō crēvī, certus, ere    [2 CER-], to separate, part, sift: in cribris omnia cavis, O. — Fig., of the sight, to distinguish, discern, make out, perceive, see: si satis cerno, T.: acutum, H.: oculis cerni, N.: quae cernere et videre non possumus: haec coram, to witness, Cs.: coram letum, V.: acies a nostris cernebatur, Cs.: Venus, nulli cernenda, invisible, O.: neque misceri omnia cerneres, S.: cernis ut insultent Rutuli? V.: cernebatur novissimos illorum premi vehementer, Cs.—To see mentally, discern, perceive, comprehend, understand: eas (res) ingenio: ea quae erant vera: amorem, T.: cerno animo acervos civium: fortis animus cernitur, shows itself.—To decide, decree, determine, resolve: quotcumque senatus creverit populusque iusserit: priusquam id sors cerneret, L.: certā sorte, after the lot was decided, L.: Ferro non auro vitam cernamus utrique: cernere ferro, V.: potius germanum amittere crevi quam tibi... deessem, Ct.: pro patriā, S.—In law, with hereditatem, formally to declare oneself heir to, accept, enter upon: quam hereditatem iam crevimus: hereditatem regni, L. — Fig.: fratris amorem cum reliquā hereditate crevisse.
    * * *
    cernere, crevi, cretus V TRANS
    sift, separate, distinguish, discern, resolve, determine; see; examine; decide

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  • 9 cōnsilium

        cōnsilium ī, n    [com- + 2 SAL-], a council, body of counsellors, deliberative assembly: senatum, orbis terrae consilium: senatūs: Iovis, H.: consilium viribus parat, L.: publicum, i. e. a court of justice: hac re ad consilium delatā, a council of war, Cs.: sine consiliis per se solus, without advisers, L.: Illa Numae coniunx consiliumque fuit, counsellor, O.—Deliberation, consultation, considering together, counsel: capere unā tecum, T.: summis de rebus habere, V.: quasi vero consili sit res, ac non, etc., a question for discussion, Cs.: arbitrium negavit sui esse consili, for him to decide, N.: quid efficere possis, tui consili est, for you to consider: nihil quod maioris consili esset: nocturna, S.: in consilio est aedilibus, admitted to the counsels, Iu.—A conclusion, determination, resolution, measure, plan, purpose, intention, design, policy: unum totius Galliae, Cs.: callidum, T.: arcanum, H.: saluberrima, Ta.: adeundae Syriae, Cs.: consili participes, S.: superioris temporis, former policy, Cs.: consilium expedire, resolve promptly, L.: certus consili, in purpose, Ta.: incertus consilii, T., Cu.: Consilia in melius referre, change her policy, V.: quod consilium dabatur? resource, V.: unde consilium afuerit culpam abesse, L.: eo consilio, uti, etc., their object being, Cs.: quo consilio huc imus? T.: omnes uno consilio, with one accord, Cs.: cum suo quisque consilio uteretur, pursued his own course, Cs.: publico factum consilio, by the state, Cs.: alqm interficere publico consilio, i. e. by legal process, Cs.: privato consilio exercitūs comparare, on their own account: audax, L.: fidele: sapiens, O.: plenum sceleris.—In phrases with capere or suscipere, to form a purpose, plan, resolve, decide, determine: neque, quid nunc consili capiam, scio, De virgine, T.: legionis opprimendae consilium capere, Cs.: obprimundae rei p., S.: hominis fortunas evertere: ex oppido profugere, Cs.: consilium ceperunt, ut, etc.: capit consilium, ut nocte iret, L.—With inire, to form a plan, resolve, conspire, determine: inita sunt consilia urbis delendae: iniit consilia reges tollere, N.: consilia inibat, quem ad modum discederet, Cs.: de recuperandā libertate consilium initum, Cs.—With est, it is intended, I purpose: non est consilium, pater, I don't mean to, T.: non fuit consilium otium conterere, S.: ea uti deseram, non est consilium, S.: quibus id consili fuisse cognoverint, ut, etc., who had formed the plan, etc., Cs.: quid sui consili sit, ostendit, Cs.—In war, a plan, device, stratagem: consilia cuiusque modi Gallorum, Cs.: tali consilio pro fligavit hostīs, N.: Britannorum in ipsos versum, Ta.: te consilium Praebente, H.—Counsel, advice: recta consilia aegrotis damus, T.: fidele: lene, H.: consilio uti tuo, take your advice: consilium dedimus Sullae, ut, etc., Iu. — Understanding, judgment, wisdom, sense, penetration, prudence, discretion: neque consili satis habere: a consilio principum dissidere: res forte quam consilio melius gestae, S.: Simul consilium cum re amisti? T.: pari consilio uti: vir consili magni, Cs.: plus in animo consili, L.: catervae Consiliis iuvenis revictae, H.: tam nulli consili, T.: tam expers consili: misce stultitiam consiliis brevem, H.: consilii inopes ignes, indiscreet, O.: vis consili expers, H.
    * * *
    debate/discussion/deliberation/consultation; advice/counsel/suggestion; adviser; decision/resolution; intention/purpose/policy/plan/action; diplomacy/strategy; deliberative/advisory body; state council, senate; jury; board of assessors; intelligence, sense, capacity for judgment/invention; mental ability; choice

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  • 10 cōnsulō

        cōnsulō luī, ltum, ere    [com-+2 SAL-], to meet and consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, consult, take care, have regard, look out, be mindful: tempus consulendi, T.: ad consulendum potestas, L.: ut animi trepidarent magis quam consulerent, L.: praesidium consulenti curiae, H.: inpensius, V.: in longitudinem, to take thought for the future, T.: in commune, for the common good, T.: in medium, V.: de salute suorum: ut illorum solitudo munita sit: custodi et consule longe (with ne), V.: ut urbi satis esset praesidii, consultum est: famae tuae: receptui suo, Cs.: rei p., S.: timori magis quam religioni, Cs.: mi consultum optime esse, T.: rerum summae, O.: male patriae, N. — To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine: de uxore, S.: de nullis quam vobis infestius, L.: gravius in eum, S.: in humiliores libidinose, L.: in deditos durius, Ta.—To consult, inquire of, ask for advice, counsel with, apply to, question: spectatas undas, quid se deceat, O.: pro te hos: si publice consuletur, Ta.: collegium consuli iussit, num, etc., L.: consulta, qualem Optet habere virum, asked, O.: te id, ask your opinion of it. — Supin. acc.: ut esset, quo consultum plebes veniret, L.— To consult (a god, an oracle, etc.): Apollinem de re: deum auguriis, L.: Phoebi oracula, O.: de se ter sortibus consultum, utrum, etc., Cs.: spirantia exta, V.: numen nunc extis nunc per aves, L.: consultus vates, V.— To take counsel (of a lawyer), ask advice: de iure civili consuli: qui consuluntur, i. e. skilled in the law: licet consulere? (a formula of asking advice): consulere licebit? Consule, H.— To refer to (an authority, a legislative body, etc.), consult: senatum, S.: senatum de foedere, Cs.: populum de eius morte: plebem in omnia (tribuni), L. — To deliberate upon, consider: rem ordine, L.: consulere et explorare rem: quid agant, Cs. — To advise, counsel, recommend: tun consulis quicquam? T. — To resolve upon, determine, decide: potestas consulendi quid velis, T.: pessime istuc in te, T.: suae vitae durius, i. e. commit suicide, Cs.: quae reges male consuluerint, S. —In the phrase, boni consulere, to regard favorably, take in good part: tu haec consule missa boni, O.
    * * *
    consulere, consului, consultus V
    ask information/advice of; consult, take counsel; deliberate/consider; advise; decide upon, adopt; look after/out for (DAT), pay attention to; refer to

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  • 11 dēcīdō

        dēcīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [de + caedo], to cut off, cut away: virgam arbori, Ta.: Te decisa dextera quaerit, V.—Prov.: pennas, to clip, H.—Fig., to decide, determine, settle, terminate, put an end to: sine me: pro se: rebus actis atque decisis: decisa negotia, H.: quid iis ad denarium solveretur: de rebus omnibus.— To agree, come to an agreement, adjust, compound, compromise: de totā re cum Roscio: cum accusatore: decidere iactu coepit cum ventis, by throwing overboard (the cargo), Iu.: in iugera singula ternis medimnis.
    * * *
    I
    decidere, decidi, - V INTRANS
    fall/drop/hang/flow down/off/over; sink/drop; fail, fall in ruin; end up; die
    II
    decidere, decidi, decisus V TRANS
    detach, cut off/out/down; fell; cut/notch/carve to delineate; flog thoroughly; make explicit; put an end to, bring to conclusion, settle/decide/agree (on)

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  • 12 ex-pendō

        ex-pendō endī, ēnsus, ere,    to weigh out, weigh: ut iam expendantur, non numerentur pecuniae.— To pay out, pay, lay out, expend: expensum est auri pondo centum: nummos nominibus certis, H.—P. perf., in the phrase, alqd ferre expensum or pecuniam ferre expensam, to set down, enter, charge, reckon, account as paid: minus quam Verres illi expensum tulerit: pecunia aut data aut expensa lata sit: quibus sine fenore pecunias expensas tulisset, i. e. had lent, L.—Fig., to weigh mentally, ponder, estimate, consider, judge, decide: ea (argumenta): in iudiciis testem: omnīs casūs, V.: causam meritis, to decide, O.: quid conveniat nobis, Iu.—To pay, suffer, undergo: poenas Iovi: Supplicia, V.—To expiate: scelus, V.

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  • 13 interpretor

        interpretor ātus, ārī, dep.    [interpres], to explain, expound, interpret, understand, conclude, infer, comprehend: si interpretari velis: religiones, Cs.: somnia: sententiam tuam: ad voluntatem, L.: ut plerique quaererent famam, pauci interpretarentur, understood, Ta.: liberatum se esse iure iurando, interpretabatur, inferred: consilium ex necessitate, voluntatem ex vi.— Pass: ex quo ita illud somnium esse interpretatum, ut, etc.—To decide, determine: recte an perperam, L.— To translate: recte sententiam.— Pass impers.: uti ex libris Punicis interpretatum nobis est, S.
    * * *
    interpretari, interpretatus sum V DEP
    explain/expound; interpret/prophesy from (dream/omen); understand/comprehend; decide; translate; regard/construe; take view (that); interpret to suit self

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  • 14 decerno

    to decide, determine, settle / to decide to do something

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  • 15 dijudico

    dī-jūdĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    1.
    With the idea of the verb predominating, to judge by discerning or distinguishing; to decide, determine (class.).
    A.
    Prop.:

    ego dicam, quod mihi in mentem venit: tu dijudica,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 33; so absol., Quint. 12, 7, 8 al.:

    aliena melius quam sua,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 98:

    callide verbis controversias, non aequitate,

    Cic. Caecin. 17, 49; so,

    controversiam,

    id. Fin. 3, 2, 6:

    causam,

    Liv. 40, 16:

    litem,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 54 et saep.—With acc. and inf.:

    quam (sc. uxorem) omnium Thebis vir unam esse optimam dijudicat,

    judges, accounts, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 45.—With rel. clause:

    neque dijudicari posset, uter utri virtute anteferendus videretur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin. al.—
    B.
    Transf., to decide by arms:

    dijudicatā belli fortunā,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 6:

    discordiae civium ferro,

    Vell. 2, 3, 3.—
    II.
    With the idea of the particle predominating, to discern by judging; to distinguish (between two):

    vera et falsa,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 107; cf.:

    recta ac prava,

    id. de Or. 3, 50, 195:

    jus et injuriam, honesta ac turpia (shortly before: legem bonam a mala dividere),

    id. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

    amorem verum et fictum,

    id. Fam. 9, 16, 2:

    benevolum et simulatorem,

    Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 10;

    also: vera a falsis, veri similia ab incredibilibus (with distinguere),

    Cic. Part. 40, 139:

    inter has sententias,

    id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23;

    for which simply: sententias subtilissime,

    Gell. 2, 7, 2.—With rel. clause:

    dijudicandum est, immodicum sit an grande,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 6.

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  • 16 discepto

    discepto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [dis and capio].
    I.
    Jurid. t. t. (lit., to seize hold of and separate; hence, to stop the dispute), to decide, determine, judge a controversy, = dijudicare (cf.: dissero, disputo;

    good prose, but rare): res juste sapienterque,

    Cic. Mil. 9:

    hanc causam si in foro dicerem eodem audiente et disceptante te,

    id. Deiot. 2, 6; cf.:

    ipso exercitu disceptante,

    Liv. 5, 4:

    jus dicebat disceptabatque controversias,

    id. 41, 20; cf.:

    controversias inter se jure ac judicio, aut... bello,

    id. 38, 38 fin.:

    inter populum Carthaginiensem et regem in re praesenti,

    id. 34, 62 fin.:

    inter amicos,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 15, 2. al.:

    FETIALES BELLA DISCEPTANTO,

    i. e. to decide between peace and war, Cic. Leg. 2, 9.—
    * B.
    Beyond the judic. sphere: cum Academici eorum controversias disceptarent, Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6.—Far more freq.,.
    II.
    Transf., of the parties themselves: to debate, dispute, discuss, strive.
    (α).
    With de:

    de controversiis jure apud se potius, quam inter se armis disceptare,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 107 fin.; cf.:

    de controversiis suis jure potius quam bello,

    Sall. J. 21 fin.; and see under b:

    non de aliquo crimine sed de publico jure,

    Cic. Balb. 28, 64; cf.:

    de foederum jure verbis,

    Liv. 21, 19:

    de jure vectigalium,

    id. 34, 62:

    de cunctis negotiis inter se,

    Sall. J. 11, 2 al. —Ellipt.:

    damni (i. e. de actione damni) disceptare,

    Dig. 48, 19, 28, § 12.— Pass. impers.:

    quanto periculo de jure publico disceptaretur armis,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2; 6, 1, 5:

    quorum de re,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 183:

    de omnibus condicionibus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:

    de agro cum regis legatis,

    Liv. 34, 62 al. —With ob:

    ob rem pecuniariam cum aliquo,

    Tac. A. 6, 5.—With ad:

    ad aliquem,

    Liv. 8, 23.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    erat non jure, non legibus, non disceptando decertandum,

    Cic. Planc. 36; so,

    cum palaestritis aequo jure,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 15; cf.:

    jure potius quam bellum gerere,

    Hirt. B. G. 85 fin.:

    armis,

    Tac. A. 2, 65.— Pass. impers.:

    ut coram imperatore, sicut inter Marcellum Siculosque disceptatum fuerat, disceptaretur,

    Liv. 26, 33; cf. id. 38, 35.— Abl. absol.:

    multum invicem disceptato,

    Tac. A. 15, 14.—
    * B.
    With inanimate subjects:

    in uno proelio omnis fortuna rei publicae disceptat,

    depends upon, is at stake, Cic. Fam. 10, 10.

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  • 17 expendo

    ex-pendo, di, sum, 3, v. a., to weigh out, weigh.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    aliquem,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 34:

    ut jam expendantur, non numerentur pecuniae,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97:

    bacam, nucem,

    Cels. 5, 19, 12.—With abl. of that against which any thing is weighed:

    hunc hominem decet auro expendi,

    i. e. is worth his weight in gold, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 1.— Poet.:

    ibat et expenso planta morata gradu,

    measured, Prop. 2, 4, 6 (16).—
    B.
    In partic., to weigh out money in payment, to pay out, pay; to lay out, expend (class.;

    syn.: pendo, impendo, pondero, solvo, luo): ante pedes praetoris in foro expensum est auri pondo centum,

    Cic. Fl. 28, 68:

    nummos nominibus certis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105:

    usuras gravissimas,

    Dig. 19, 1, 47:

    viginti milia talenta in hos sumptus,

    Just. 12, 11.—With abl.:

    aurum auro expendetur, argentum argento exaequabitur,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 43. —
    2.
    In the part. perf. as a neutr. subst.: expensum, i, money paid, a payment:

    bene igitur ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos convenit,

    of debt and credit, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 146; id. Truc. 1, 1, 54:

    in codicem expensum et receptum referre,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 3:

    probari debere pecuniam datam consuetis modis, expensi latione, mensae rationibus, chirographi exhibitione, etc.,

    Gell. 14, 2, 7.—Esp. freq.: ferre alicui expensum or pecuniam expensam, to set down, enter, charge, reckon, account a sum as paid (opp. accipio):

    quod minus Dolabella Verri acceptum retulit quam Verres illi expensum tulerit... quid proderat tibi te expensum illis non tulisse?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, §§

    100 and 102: haec pecunia necesse est aut data aut expensa lata aut stipulata sit,

    id. Rosc. Com. 5, 14: pecunias ferre (opp. acceptas referre), Auct. B. Alex. 56, 3: homines prope quadringentos produxisse dicitur, quibus sine fenore pecunias expensas tulisset, had set down, i. e. lent, Liv. 5, 20, 6.—Rarely transf., of other things: legio, quam expensam tulit C. Caesari Pompeius, i. e. transferred, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 4; for which also: expenso ferre vestem supellectilis nomine, Dig. 33, 10, 19.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. A.) To weigh mentally, to ponder, estimate, consider, judge, decide (class.):

    equidem cum colligo argumenta causarum, non tam ea numerare soleo quam expendere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 76 fin.; cf.:

    in dissensione civili... expendendos cives non numerandos puto,

    id. Rep. 6, 1:

    omnia expendet ac seliget,

    id. Or. 15, 47:

    vos in privatis minimarum rerum judiciis testem diligenter expenditis,

    id. Fl. 5, 12:

    singula animo suo,

    Ov. Am. 3, 5, 34:

    haec arte aliqua,

    Cic. Brut. 50, 186; cf.:

    verba arte,

    Tac. A. 13, 3:

    omnes casus,

    Verg. A. 12, 21:

    belli consilia,

    Tac. H. 1, 87:

    causam meritis,

    to decide, Ov. M. 13, 150 et saep.:

    quae contemplantes expendere oportebit, quid quisque habeat sui,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113:

    Hannibalem,

    Juv. 10, 147:

    quid conveniat nobis,

    id. 10, 347.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) To pay a penalty, suffer a punishment ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): poenas Jovi expendisse (shortly after, in prose, poenas pendens), Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; cf.:

    infanda per orbem Supplicia et scelerum poenas expendimus omnes,

    Verg. A. 11, 258:

    dignas poenas pro talibus ausis,

    Sil. 13, 698:

    poenas capite,

    Tac. A. 12, 19:

    dura supplicia,

    Sil. 6, 588.—Hence, to pay for, expiate:

    scelus,

    Verg. A. 2, 229:

    dignum pretium Poeno,

    Sil. 7, 713.—
    C.
    (Cf. I. B. 2.) Ipsam facilitati suae expensum ferre debere, i. e. have to ascribe to, Dig. 36, 4, 3:

    creditores suae negligentiae expensum ferre debeant,

    ib. 42, 8, 24.—
    * expense, adv., largely, very much (late Lat.), Theod. Prisc. de Diaeta, 13.

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  • 18 ad-iūdicō

        ad-iūdicō āvī, ātus, āre,    to make a judicial award, grant, award, adjudge: regnum Ptolemaeo: alcui magistratum, Cs.: alqd Italis adiudicat armis, adds to the Roman Empire (poet. of Augustus), H.: causam alcui, to decide in one's favor.—Meton., to ascribe, assign, impute: mihi salutem imperi.

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  • 19 arbitror

        arbitror ātus sum, ārī, dep.    [arbiter].—In law, of witnesses, to testify on information and belief, depose to one's best knowledge: ut ‘arbitrari’ se diceret, etiam quod ipse vidisset: fratrem mortuum inde arbitrari, L.: arbitrerisne Sempronium in tempore pugnam inisse? In your judgment, did, etc., L.: in consilio arbitror me fuisse, cum, etc., L.—In gen., to be of an opinion, believe, consider, think: arbitror, certum non scimus, T.: si hunc noris satis, Non ita arbitrere, not merely, T.: ut arbitror, in my judgment: non arbitror, I think not: arbitratus id bellum celeriter confici posse, Cs.: non satis tuta eadem loca sibi arbitratus, N.
    * * *
    arbitrari, arbitratus sum V DEP
    observe, witness; testify; decide, judge, sentence; believe, think, imagine

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  • 20 cēnseō

        cēnseō cēnsuī, cēnsus, ēre,    to tax, assess, rate, estimate: censores populi aevitates: censento: ne absens censeare: milia octoginta civium censa dicuntur, L.: quid se vivere, quid in parte civium censeri, si, etc., L.: census equestrem Summam nummorum, assessed with a knight's estate, H.: milites scribere, capite censos, assessed for their persons, i. e. paying only a poll-tax, S.: frequentia convenit censendi causā, to attend the census: arbitrium formulae censendi, the scheme for taking the census, L.: sintne illa praedia censui censendo, subject to the census.—Of a province: quinto quoque anno Sicilia tota censetur.—With the person assessed as subject, to value, make a return: in quā tribu ista praedia censuisti?: Est inter comites Marcia censa suas, is assessed for, i. e. counts as one, O. — In gen., to value, estimate, weigh: si censenda nobis res sit: auxilio vos dignos censet senatus, L.—To esteem, appreciate, value: ut maneat, de quo censeris, amicus, for whose sake, O.: unā adhuc victoriā Metius censebatur, Ta. — Of senators, to be of opinion, propose, vote, move, give judgment, argue, insist, urge: Dic, inquit ei (rex), quid censes? tum ille... censeo, etc., I move, L.: ita censeo decernendum: Appius imperio consulari rem agendam censebat, L.: eas leges omnīs censeo per vim latas: qui censet eos... morte esse multandos: sententia quae censebat reddenda bona, L.: de eā re ita censeo, uti consules dent operam uti, etc.: censeo ut iis... ne sit ea res fraudi, si, etc.: qui censebat ut Pompeius proficisceretur, Cs.: Fabius censuit... occuparent patres suum munus facere, L. — Ironic.: vereamini censeo ne... nimis aliquid severe statuisse videamini, i. e. of course, you will not be afraid, etc.: misereamini censeo, I advise you to be merciful, S. — Ellipt.: dic quid censes (i. e. decernendum), L.: senati decretum fit, sicut ille censuerat, S.— Of the Senate, to resolve, decree: cuius supplicio senatus sollemnīs religiones expiandas saepe censuit: senatus Caelium ab re p. removendum censuit, Cs.: quae bona reddi antea censuerant (i. e. reddenda), L.: nuntient, velle et censere eos ab armis discedere, etc., S.: ita censuerunt uti consui rem p. defenderet: cum vero id senatus frequens censuisset (sc. faciendum): bellum Samnitibus et patres censuerunt et populus iussit, against the Samnites, L.—To resolve, be of opinion, determine, decide, vote, propose, suggest, advise: erant qui censerent in castra Cornelia recedendum, Cs.: nunc surgendum censeo, I move we adjourn: ego ita censeo, legatos Romam mittendos, L.: neque eum locum quem ceperant, dimitti censuerant oportere, Cs.: Hasdrubal ultimam Hispaniae oram ignaram esse... censebat, believed, L.: censeo ut satis diu te putes requiesse: plerique censebant ut noctu iter facerent, Cs. — Ellipt.: sententiis quarum pars deditionem, pars eruptionem censebat (i. e. faciendam), Cs.: ita uti censuerant Italici, deditionem facit, S. — Of commands: non tam imperavi quam censui sumptūs decernendos, etc., said, not as an order, but as an opinion that, etc.: ita id (foedus) ratum fore si populus censuisset, L.—Of advice: idem tibi censeo faciendum: si videbitur, ita censeo facias ut, etc.: Quam scit uterque libens censebo exerceat artem, H.: ibi quaeratis socios censeo, ubi Saguntina clades ignota est, L.: ita faciam ut frater censuit, T.: Disce, docendus adhuc, quae censet amiculus, H.—Ironic.: si qua putes... magnopere censeo desistas, I strongly advise you to give up that idea.—Of opinions and views, to be of opinion, think, believe, hold: Plato mundum esse factum censet a deo sempiternum: nemini censebat fore dubium quin, etc.: sunt qui nullum censeant fieri discessum: oportere delubra esse in urbibus censeo.—Ellipt.: si, Mimnermus uti censet, sine amore iocisque Nil est iucundum, H.—In gen., to judge, think, believe, suppose, imagine, expect: Quid te futurum censes? T.: neque vendundam censeo Quae libera est, T.: eo omnem belli molem inclinaturam censebant, L.: Caesar maturandum sibi censuit, thought he ought (i. e. resolved) to hasten, Cs.: impudens postulatio visa est, censere... ipsos id (bellum) advertere in se, to imagine, L.: Qui aequom esse censeant, nos a pueris ilico nasci senes, imagine that we ought to be, T.: civīs civibus parcere aequum censebat, N. —In questions, censes? Do you think, do you suppose? continuo dari Tibi verba censes? T.: adeone me delirare censes ut ista esse credam?: quid censes munera terrae?... Quo spectanda modo? H.: An censemus? Are we to suppose?—Ellipt.: quid illum censes? (sc. facere?) T.—Absol., as an approving answer: Ph. ego rus ibo... Pa. Censeo, T.: recte dicit, censeo, T.
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    I
    censere, censui, censitus V TRANS
    think/suppose, judge; recommend; decree, vote, determine; count/reckon; assess
    II
    censere, censui, census V TRANS
    think/suppose, judge; recommend; decree, vote, determine; count/reckon; assess

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