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  • 21 cōn-stō

        cōn-stō stitī, statūrus, āre,    to agree, accord, be consistent, correspond, fit: constetne, oratio cum re: humanitati tuae: ut idem omnibus sermo constet, L.: sibi, to be consistent: mihi, H.: sibi et rei iudicatae: auri ratio constat, the account is correct.—To stand firm, be immovable: priusquam constaret acies, closed their ranks, L.—Fig., to be firm, be unmoved, abide, be unchanged, last, persevere, endure: uti numerus legionum constare videretur, Cs.: utrimque constitit fides, kept faith, L.: dum sanitas constabit, Ph.: animo constat sententia, V.: mente: auribus, L.: summā omnia constant, remain the same, O.: cuncta caelo sereno, a perfectly serene sky, V.: non in te constitit idem Exitus, with a different result in your case, O.—To be certain, be ascertained, be known, be settled, be established: quae opinio constat ex litteris, is supported by: praeceptori verborum regula constet, be familiar to, Iu.: cum hoc constet, Siculos petisse: dum haec de Oppianico constabunt: quod inter omnīs constat, as everybody knows: constare res incipit ex eo tempore, L.: momenta per cursores nuntiata constabant, Ta.: quod nihil nobis constat, we have no positive information, Cs.: ante quam plane constitit: Caesarem esse bellum gesturum constabat, there was no doubt, Cs.: mihi virtutem cuncta patravisse, became satisfied, S.: omnibus constabat oportere, etc., were convinced, Cs.: quae (maleficia) in eo constat esse, certainly are: inter Hasdrubalem et Magonem constabat, fore, etc., L.: in fontīs vitium venisse, O.: apud animum, utrum, etc., L.—To be fixed, be determined, be resolved: quae nunc animo sententia constet, V.: mihi quidem constat, ferre, etc., I am resolved: neque Bruto constabat, quid agerent, had fully decided, Cs.: probarentne parum constabat, could not decide, S.—To exist, be extant, remain: si ipsa mens constare potest: ut ad alterum R litterae constarent integrae. — To consist of, be composed of: conventus, qui ex variis generibus constaret, Cs.: Asia constat ex Phrygiā, Mysiā, etc.: (virtus) ex hominibus tuendis: (ius) e dulci olivo, H.: pecuniae reditus constabat in urbanis possessionibus, was derived from, N.: domūs amoenitas silvā constabat, N.—To depend, be dependent: victoriam in cohortium virtute, Cs.: suum periculum in alienā salute, Cs.—To stand at, cost: prope dimidio minoris: quanti subsellia constent, Iu.: navis gratis: quot virorum morte constare victoriam, Cs.: constat leviori belua sumptu, Iu.

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  • 22 dēcidō

        dēcidō cidī, —, ere    [de + cado], to fall down, fall off, fall away: anguis decidit de tegulis, T.: poma ex arboribus: e flore guttae, O.: ex equis, N.: equo, Cs.: in terras sidus, O.: in puteum auceps, H.: in turbam praedonum hic fugiens, H.: in praeceps, O. — To fall down dead, sink down, die: Decidit exanimis vitamque reliquit in astris, V.: nos ubi decidimus, Quo pater Aeneas, passed to that bourne, H. — Fig., to fall, drop, fall away, fail, sink, perish: quantā de spe decidi! T.: a spe societatis Prusiae, L.: ex astris: toto pectore, out of one's affections, Tb.: in hanc fraudem: ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt: non virtute hostium sed amicorum perfidiā decidi, N.
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    decidere, decidi, - V INTRANS
    fall/drop/hang/flow down/off/over; sink/drop; fail, fall in ruin; end up; die
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    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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  • 23 dī-iūdicō

        dī-iūdicō āvī, ātus, āre,    to distinguish, know apart, discern, perceive the difference: vera et falsa: vera a falsis: inter has sententias. — To judge, discern, decide, determine: dicam, quod mihi in mentemst, tu diiudica, T.: Aliena melius quam sua, T.: verbis controversias: litem, H.: neque diiudicari posset, uter utri anteferendus, Cs.: diiudicatā belli fortunā, Cs.

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  • 24 disceptō

        disceptō āvī, ātus, āre    [dis- + capto], to decide, determine, judge, arbitrate, sit as umpire: haec iuste: causam in foro dicere disceptante te: exercitu disceptante, L.: inter populum et regem in re praesenti, L.: eorum controversias: eos ad disceptandum ad amicos vocare, for arbitration, L. — To debate, dispute, discuss, strive: erat non disceptando decertandum: cum palaestritis aequo iure: de controversiis iure apud se potius quam inter se armis, Cs.: de foederum iure verbis, L.: de iure publico armis: si coram de condicionibus disceptetur, Cs.: ut coram imperatore disceptaretur, L.—Fig., to be at stake: in uno proelio omnis fortuna rei p. disceptat.
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    disceptare, disceptavi, disceptatus V
    dispute; debate; arbitrate

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  • 25 dominus

        dominus ī, m    [2 DOM-], a master, possessor, ruler, lord, proprietor, owner: aedium, T.: servos, Quoi dominus curaest, T.: nec imperante domino: fugitivi ab dominis: Contemptae rei, H.: bonus adsiduusque, householder.—A master, lord, ruler, commander, chief, proprietor, owner, despot, tyrant: condicio omnium gentium domini: summi domini numen: populi, quem Graeci tyrannum vocant: dominum Aenean in regna recepit, V. — Fig.: gravissimi domini, terror ac metus: rei futurus, who must decide: nec prosunt domino artes, O.: Urget non lenis, i. e. passion, H.: vitae necisque, arbiter, L.— The master of a feast, entertainer, host, C.: dominorum invitatio, L.— The master of a public show, C.—A title of the emperor, master, Ph.
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    owner, lord, master; the Lord; title for ecclesiastics/gentlemen

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  • 26 in-certus

        in-certus adj.    with comp. and sup.Of things, not fixed, unsettled, undetermined: consilia, T.: cum incerta bellum an pax essent, L.: securis, ill-aimed, V.— Abl absol.: incerto quid peterent, L.—Of persons, irresolute, hesitating, undecided, doubtful, at a loss: Incertior sum multo quam dudum, T.: plebes: varius incertusque agitabat, S.: quid dicam incertus sum, T.: animi incertus, anne, etc., T.: quid potissumum facerent, S.: summarum rerum: consili, T.—Unascertained, unproved, doubtful, uncertain: alia certa, alia incerta esse dicunt: eventus reliqui temporis: ambiguae testis Incertaeque rei, Iu.: incertus masculus an femina esset, L.: victoria, Cs.: moriendum certe est, et id incertum, an, etc.: Quis deus, incertum est, V.: cuius Ora puellares faciunt incerta capilli (i. e. make the sex doubtful), Iu.: incertum habeo, pudeat an pigeat magis, cannot decide, S.: clauserant portas, incertum vi an voluntate, L.—Of persons, uninformed, not assured, doubtful, uncertain: cum incertus sum, ubi esses: Incerti quo fata ferant, V.: sententiae, L.: rerum multitudo, L.—Vague, indefinite, unsettled, obscure, dim: spes, T.: ut incertis temporibus iretur, unexpected, Cs.: luna sub luce malignā, V.: voltus, disturbed, S.—Fig., untrustworthy, inconsistent, fickle: aetas (puerilis): nihil est incertius volgo: menses, V.: Filiam dare in incertas nuptias, hazardous, T.: arbor, the unsteady ship, Iu.

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  • 27 īnstituō

        īnstituō uī, ūtus, ere    [1 in+statuo], to put in place, plant, fix, set: vestigia nuda sinistri pedis, V.: hominem in animum, i. e. to set one's heart on, T.—Of troops, to draw up, arrange: duplici acie institutā, Cs.: quam (aciem) sex cohortium, Cs.— To set up, erect, plant, found, establish, arrange: ubi institui vineae possunt: officinam Syracusis: Amphora fumum bibere instituta, set, H.—To make, build, fabricate, construct: navīs, Cs.: turrīs, Cs.: amphora coepit Institui, H.: delectum, Cs.—To make ready, prepare, furnish, provide: pilorum numerus instituitur, Cs.: dapes, V.— Fig., to institute, found, establish, organize, set up: alii illis domi honores instituti, S.: instituta sacrificia, Cs.: magistratum: nostro more institutus exercitus, organized: Saturnalia institutus festus dies, L.: sacros ludos, O.—To constitute, appoint, designate, single out: eum testamento heredem, S.: ut ille filius instituatur, be adopted: tutorem liberis.— To ordain: Arcesilas instituit, ut ii, qui, etc.: institutum est, ut fierent (quaestores), L.: antiquitus institutum videtur, ne quis, etc., Cs.— To undertake, begin, commence: ut instituimus, pergamus: pontem instituit, biduo perfecit, Cs.: historia nec institui potest sine, etc.: iter, H.: cum populo R. amicitiam, S.: mutare res inter se instituerant, had opened commerce, S.: institui Topica conscribere: si quae mulier conviviis uti instituerit, made it a practice.—To purpose, determine, resolve upon: decernite, ut instituistis: ut instituerat, according to his custom, Cs.: ab instituto cursu, purposed: quos habere secum instituerat, Cs.—To order, govern, administer, regulate, control, direct: Sapienter vitam, T.: libri de civitatibus instituendis.—To teach, instruct, train up, educate: sic tu instituis adulescentīs?: ita Helvetios a maioribus institutos esse, uti, etc., Cs.: calamos cerā coniungere, V.: artibus hunc, Iu.: de isto genere, to give instruction: eos ad maiorum instituta: alquem sic ut, etc.: nos, ne quem coleremus, S.
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    instituere, institui, institutus V
    set up, establish, found, make, institute; build; prepare; decide

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  • 28 iūdicium

        iūdicium ī, n    [iudex], a judgment, judicial investigation, trial, legal process, sentence: omnia iudicia reperta sunt, etc.: dignitatis meae, concerning: de meā fide: inter sicarios, for assassination: vocare in iudicium, summon into court: in Lurconis libertum iudicium ex edicto dedit, granted a trial: iudicium accipere, undertake a trial: pati, submit to: iudicium summum habere, jurisdiction, S.: damnatus inani iudicio Marius, Iu.: in iudicium venit, came into court, N.—A judgment, decision, opinion, conviction: eius iudicio permitto omnia, T.: animi, S.: omnium mortalium: de alquo optimum facere, Cs.: iudicium facere, quanti quisque sibi faciendus esset, decide: de quo homine tanta et tam praeclara iudicia fecistis, i. e. have conferred so great honors: ut iudiciis fruar īsdem, principles, H.—The power of judging, judgment, discernment: subtile, H.: si quid mei iudici est, if I can judge of it: meo iudicio, in my judgment: id iudicio facere, i. e. with discretion: copias iudicio conducere, Cs.

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  • 29 iūdicō

        iūdicō āvī, ātus, āre    [iudex], to examine judicially, judge, be a judge, pass judgment, decide: cum magistratus iudicassit: ordo alius ad res iudicandas postulatur: iudicandi potestas, jurisdiction: iudicantem vidimus Aeacum, H.: recte et ordine: causa iudicata: inclytum iudicium.— To condemn: quoad vel capitis vel pecuniae iudicasset privato, L.: iudicati pecuniae, L.: Horatio perduellionem, convict of treason, L.—To judge judge of, form an opinion upon, pronounce judgment: illos ex tuo ingenio, T.: aliquid oculorum fallacissimo sensu: ex quo iudicari posse, quantum, etc., be inferred, Cs.: sibi me non esse inimicum: eos contra rem p. fecisse, S.: Iove aequo, i. e. sanely, H.—To declare, proclaim: te fortunatam, T.: alquos hostīs, S.: iudicetur non consul Antonius: cuius rei exemplum pulcherrimum iudicarem, Cs.—To determine, resolve, conclude: de itinere, Cs.: mihi iudicatum est deponere, etc.

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  • 30 pendō

        pendō pependī, pēnsus, ere    [PAND-], to suspend, weigh, weigh out: pensas examinat herbas, O.— To weigh out in payment, pay, pay out: stipendium quotannis, Cs.: pecuniam Pisoni: populo mercedem, Iu.—Fig., to pay, suffer, undergo: mihi tergo poenas, T.: poenas temeritatis: satis pro temeritate unius hominis suppliciorum pensum esse, L.: capitis poenas, O.— To weigh, ponder, consider, deliberate upon, decide: eam (rem) penditote: in philosophiā res spectatur, non verba penduntur.— To value, esteem, regard: quem tu vidisse beatus Non magni pendis, H.: Quae dico parvi pendunt, esteem lightly, T.: nili, care nothing for, T.: non flocci pendere, T.— Intrans, to weigh, be heavy: talentum ne minus pondo octoginta Romanis ponderibus pendat, L.
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    pendere, pependi, pensus V
    weigh out; pay, pay out

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  • 31 prae-iūdicō

        prae-iūdicō āvī, ātus, āre,    to prejudge, decide beforehand: de hoc (homine): de iis censores praeiudicent, give preliminary judgment (before the case is heard by the judges).

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  • 32 prōficiō

        prōficiō fēcī, fectus, ere    [pro+facio], to make headway, advance, make progress, have success, profit, succeed, effect, accomplish: quid erat profectum, nisi ut, etc.: tantum profeci tum, ut, etc.: nihil in oppugnatione oppidi, Cs.: loci opportunitate, Cs.: hoc tamen: in philosophiā aliquid, to make any progress.—To be useful, be serviceable, do good, avail, help, tend, contribute, conduce: tantum ad dicendum: parvaque certamina in summam totius profecerant spei, contributed greatly, L.: nihil in melius tot rerum proficit usus? Iu.: radice vel herbā Proficiente nihil, doing no good, H.: permultum proficiet illud demonstrare: in summam belli profectum foret, it would help decide the whole war, L.
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    proficere, profeci, profectus V
    make, accomplish, effect

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  • 33 prō-nūntiō

        prō-nūntiō āvī, ātus, āre,    to make publicly known, publish, proclaim, announce: decretum: leges: in vendundo eam rem, disclose: amplius de consili sententiā: palam de sellā, sese eius nomen recepturum.—To utter, render, pronounce, decide: sententiam, deliver judgment: graviore sententiā pronuntiatā, Cs.: iudex ita pronuntiavit, decided.—To proclaim, give word, announce, fix, order: proelio in posterum diem pronuntiato, L.: iusserunt pronuntiare, ut impedimenta relinquerent, Cs.: ne quis ab loco discederet, Cs.: pronuntiatur, primā luce ituros, Cs.—In the senate, to formulate, announce, put to vote: Sententiam Calidi, Cs.—To hold out, promise, proclaim, offer: Plancium pronuntiasse, divisisse: praemia militi, L.: pecuniam.—To proclaim, choose by acclamation: eos praetores, L.—To recite, rehearse, declaim, deliver, pronounce: versūs multos uno spiritu: memoriter multa.—To tell, announce, relate, narrate, report, assert: mercatores quibus ex regionibus veniant, pronuntiare cogunt, Cs.: iam capta castra, Cs.

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  • 34 re-spondeō

        re-spondeō spondī, spōnsus, ēre,    to answer, reply, respond, make answer: in respondendo exposuit, etc.: non inhumaniter: ille appellatus respondit, Cs.: par pari ut respondeas, give tit for tat, T.: paria paribus: antiquissimae cuique (epistulae) primum respondebo: ad ea, quae quaesita erant: adversus utrosque, L.: quin respondes, vetuerimne te, etc., L.: mihi quis esset: cum dixisset, Quid agis, Grani? respondit, Immo vero, etc.: tibi pauca: Accipe, quid contra iuvenis responderit, H.: Quid nunc renunciem abs te responsum? T.: (haec) quam brevia responsu.—To give an opinion, give advice, decide, answer: falsum de iure: te ad ius respondendum dare: civica iura, H.: quae consuluntur, minimo periculo respondentur, etc.: cum ex prodigiis haruspices respondissent, S.: deliberantibus Pythia respondit, ut moenibus ligneis se munirent, advised, N.—To answer to one's name, answer, attend, appear: ad nomina, L.: vadato, H.: Verrem alterā actione responsurum non esse: nemo Epaminondam reresponsurum putabat, N.: ad tempus.—Fig., to answer, reply, re-echo, resound: saxa voci respondent: respondent flebile ripae, O.—To answer, be equal to, be a match for, suffice to meet: urbes coloniarum respondebunt Catilinae tumulis silvestribus.—To answer, correspond, accord, agree: ut omnia omnibus paribus paria respondeant: respondent extrema primis: illam artem (sc. rhetoricam) quasi ex alterā parte respondere dialecticae, i. e. is the counterpart of: Contra elata mari respondet Gnosia tellus, i. e. lies opposite, V.: ita erudiri, ut patri respondeat, resemble: ut nostra in amicos benevolentia illorum erga vos benevolentiae respondeat: seges votis, V.: arma Caesaris non responsura lacertis, H.: officio, to suffice for, H.: Non mihi respondent veteres in carmina vires, O.: amori amore respondere, i. e. return: provide, ut sit, unde par pari respondeatur, i. e. that there be enough to meet the demand: ad spem eventus respondit, L.

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  • 35 sentiō

        sentiō sēnsī (2d pers. sēnstī, T.), sēnsus, īre    [SENT-], to discern by sense, feel, hear, see, perceive, be sensible of: ita, ut ne vicini quidem sentiant: suavitatem cibi: famem, L.: corporis aegri vitia, Cu.: posse prius ad angustias veniri, quam sentiretur, before they should be observed, Cs.— To perceive, feel the effects of, feel, experience, suffer, undergo, endure: iste tuus ipse sentiet Posterius, T.: quid ipse ad Avaricum sensisset, etc., Cs.: quae quisque sensisset, inquirere, L.: civitatum damna ac detrimenta: Tecum Philippos et celerem fugam Sensi, H.: rerum omnium inopiam, L.: lassitudo et sitis iam sentiebatur, L.: sentiat, Quos attemptarit, Ph.: in hac urbe esse consules vigilantes: transitum exercitūs ager senserat, had been wasted by, L.: nec pestilentem sentiet Africum Fecunda vitis, H.—Fig., to feel, perceive, discern, understand, observe, notice: mentes sapientium cum ex corpore excessissent sentire ac vigere, L.: non ut dictum est, in eo genere intellegitur, sed ut sensum est: hostes de profectione eorum senserunt, became aware of their retreat, Cs.: Primus sentio mala nostra, T.: numquam illum offendi, quod quidem senserim, as far as I have observed: praesentia numina sentit, H.: nec inania Tartara sentit, i. e. does not enter, O.: patere tua consilia non sentis?: postquam nihil esse pericli Sensimus, H.: si quid est in me ingeni, quod sentio quam sit exiguum: Sensere, quid mens rite posset, H.: sensit medios delapsus in hostis, V.—Of a state of mind, to feel, experience: quod sensum habeat, id necesse est sentiat voluptatem: victoriae tantae gaudium sentire, L.— To think, deem, judge, imagine, suppose, be of opinion, believe, mean: optime sentientes centuriones, i. e. most patriotic: sic interpretor sensisse maiores nostros: iocansne an ita sentiens, i. e. in earnest: cum illis, agree in opinion: ne iste haud mecum sensit, T.: qui aliunde stet, aliunde sentiat, i. e. acts on one side, while his convictions are with the other, L.: nec iam aliter sentire, quin viderentur, etc., and were fully convinced that, etc., Cs.: Caesarem non eadem de re p. sensisse quae me scio: de dis immortalibus vera: te esse huic rei caput, T.: voluptatem hanc esse sentiunt omnes: talem solemus sentire bonum civem<*> cum de illo genere rei p. quae sentio dixero: alquid gravius de vobis, Cs.: de re p. praeclara: postea quam ex nocturno fremitu de profectione senserunt, i. e. were aware, Cs.— To give an opinion, vote, declare, decide: in senatu libere: quae volt Hortensius omnia dicat et sentiat.
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    sentire, sensi, sensus V
    perceive, feel, experience; think, realize, see, understand

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  • 36 sortior

        sortior ītus, īrī, dep.    [sors], to cast lots, draw lots: cum praetores designati sortirentur, drew lots for their official duties: consules comparare inter se aut sortiri iussi, i. e. to assign provinces by agreement or by lot, L.— To draw lots for, assign by lot, allot, obtain by lot: tribūs: provincias: iudices, appoint by lot: Necessitas Sortitur insignīs et imos, decides the fate of, H.: sortiri, quid loquare: inter se, uter Hispaniam obtineret, cast lots to decide, L.: consules sortiti, uter dedicaret, L.— To share, divide, distribute: pariter laborem, V.: periclum, V.— To choose, select: subolem armento, V.: fortunam oculis (i. e. locum), V.— To get by chance, get as a lot, get, obtain, receive: mediterranea Asiae, L.: amicum, H.: Maeonium vatem sortita fuisses, O.
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    sortiri, sortitus sum V DEP
    cast or draw lots; obtain by lot; appoint by lot; choose

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  • 37 centumvir

    panel of (about 100) judges chosen annually to decide civil suits (pl.)

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  • 38 condecerno

    condecernere, condecrevi, condecretus V TRANS
    decide, judge, determine together; jointly settle/resolve

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  • 39 conscisco

    consciscere, conscivi, conscitus V TRANS
    ordain/decree/determine/resolve; decide/inflict on; bring on oneself (w/sibi)

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  • 40 deargumentor

    deargumentari, deargumentatus sum V DEP

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