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1 arbitrium
arbitrium ī, n [arbiter]. In law, a judgment, decision of an arbitrator: iudicium est pecuniae certae: arbitrium incertae.—Judgment, opinion, decision: vestrum, T.: de te facere arbitria, pass judgment, H.: arbitria belli pacisque agere, L.: opinionis: usus, Quem penes arbitrium est loquendi, H.—Mastery, dominion, authority, power, will, free-will, choice, pleasure: in eius arbitrium venire: ad suum arbitrium imperare, Cs.: (Iovis) nutu et arbitrio regi: rerum Romanarum, Ta.: ad arbitrium tuum testīs dabo, all the witnesses you require: quid suo fecerit arbitrio, L.: popularis aurae, dictation, H.: id arbitrium negavit sui esse consilii, for his consideration, N.: optandi Muneris, O. — An appraisement, apportionment: eius arbitrio sexagena talenta quotannis sunt conlata, N.: salis vendendi, i. e. monopoly, L.: arbitria funeris, expenses (fixed by an arbiter).* * *arbitration; choice, judgment, decision; sentence; will, mastery, authority -
2 auctoritas
auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,I.In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;II.syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),
originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,
Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—Esp.,A.A view, opinion, judgment:B.errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,
Cic. Clu. 50, 139:reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,
id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,
id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,
id. Lael. 4, 13.—Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.C.auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,
id. Off. 3, 27, 100:jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,
id. Att. 10, 1, 1:his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:2.si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,
id. ib. 18, 52:legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,
id. Phil. 3, 3:nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,
under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,Esp., in political lang., t. t.a.Senatūs auctoritas,(α).The will of the senate:(β).agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:b.Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109:Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,
id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,
Liv. 7, 31:imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,
id. 26, 2:Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,
Suet. Claud. 12:citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,
id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;the latter, one that is passed without opposition,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:c.isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,publica,
Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—D.Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:E.qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,
id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,
id. Phil. 8, 8.—Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):F.ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,
id. Off. 3, 29, 105:Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,
Vell. 2, 32:optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,
Suet. Caes. 11; so,auctoritatem habere,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:adripere,
id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:facere,
to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:imminuere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:levare,
id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:fructus capere auctoritatis,
id. Sen. 18, 62:Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?
id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5:sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,
more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,
id. Fl. 4:utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,
id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),
Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:unguentorum,
id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:auctoritas dignitasque formae,
Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,
that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—An example, pattern, model:G.omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,
id. Sest. 6, 14:valuit auctoritas,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,
id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:2.cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,
Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,
id. Fl. 22, 53:Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?
id. Div. 2, 54, 110:tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,
id. ib. 2, 59, 123:cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,
id. Lael. 25, 94.—Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.a.A record, document:b.videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,
id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—The name of a person who is security for something, authority:H.cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,
Cic. Sull. 13, 37:sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,
id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,
Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):J.lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,
Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,
id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17. -
3 authoritas
auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,I.In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;II.syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),
originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,
Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—Esp.,A.A view, opinion, judgment:B.errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,
Cic. Clu. 50, 139:reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,
id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,
id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,
id. Lael. 4, 13.—Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.C.auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,
id. Off. 3, 27, 100:jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,
id. Att. 10, 1, 1:his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:2.si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,
id. ib. 18, 52:legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,
id. Phil. 3, 3:nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,
under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,Esp., in political lang., t. t.a.Senatūs auctoritas,(α).The will of the senate:(β).agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:b.Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109:Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,
id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,
Liv. 7, 31:imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,
id. 26, 2:Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,
Suet. Claud. 12:citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,
id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;the latter, one that is passed without opposition,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:c.isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,publica,
Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—D.Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:E.qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,
id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,
id. Phil. 8, 8.—Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):F.ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,
id. Off. 3, 29, 105:Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,
Vell. 2, 32:optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,
Suet. Caes. 11; so,auctoritatem habere,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:adripere,
id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:facere,
to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:imminuere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:levare,
id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:fructus capere auctoritatis,
id. Sen. 18, 62:Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?
id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5:sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,
more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,
id. Fl. 4:utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,
id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),
Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:unguentorum,
id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:auctoritas dignitasque formae,
Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,
that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—An example, pattern, model:G.omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,
id. Sest. 6, 14:valuit auctoritas,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,
id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:2.cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,
Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,
id. Fl. 22, 53:Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?
id. Div. 2, 54, 110:tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,
id. ib. 2, 59, 123:cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,
id. Lael. 25, 94.—Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.a.A record, document:b.videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,
id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—The name of a person who is security for something, authority:H.cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,
Cic. Sull. 13, 37:sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,
id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,
Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):J.lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,
Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,
id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17. -
4 autoritas
auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,I.In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;II.syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),
originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,
Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—Esp.,A.A view, opinion, judgment:B.errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,
Cic. Clu. 50, 139:reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,
id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,
id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,
id. Lael. 4, 13.—Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.C.auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,
id. Off. 3, 27, 100:jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,
id. Att. 10, 1, 1:his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:2.si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,
id. ib. 18, 52:legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,
id. Phil. 3, 3:nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,
under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,Esp., in political lang., t. t.a.Senatūs auctoritas,(α).The will of the senate:(β).agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:b.Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109:Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,
id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,
Liv. 7, 31:imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,
id. 26, 2:Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,
Suet. Claud. 12:citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,
id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;the latter, one that is passed without opposition,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:c.isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,publica,
Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—D.Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:E.qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,
id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,
id. Phil. 8, 8.—Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):F.ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,
id. Off. 3, 29, 105:Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,
Vell. 2, 32:optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,
Suet. Caes. 11; so,auctoritatem habere,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:adripere,
id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:facere,
to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:imminuere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:levare,
id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:fructus capere auctoritatis,
id. Sen. 18, 62:Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?
id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5:sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,
more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,
id. Fl. 4:utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,
id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),
Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:unguentorum,
id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:auctoritas dignitasque formae,
Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,
that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—An example, pattern, model:G.omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,
id. Sest. 6, 14:valuit auctoritas,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,
id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:2.cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,
Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,
id. Fl. 22, 53:Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?
id. Div. 2, 54, 110:tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,
id. ib. 2, 59, 123:cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,
id. Lael. 25, 94.—Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.a.A record, document:b.videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,
id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—The name of a person who is security for something, authority:H.cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,
Cic. Sull. 13, 37:sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,
id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,
Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):J.lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,
Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,
id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17. -
5 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.:2.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.Transf., beyond the judicial sphere, to decide, determine, judge: qui nequeas nostrorum uter sit Amphitruo decernere, Plaut. fragm. ap. Non. 285, 26:B.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.Milit., to decide by combat; hence (like cernere and certare), in gen., to fight, combat, contend:2.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.Transf., beyond the milit. sphere:II.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.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.:A.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.(Acc. to no. I. A.) A decree, decision, ordinance of any political or judicial body (for syn. cf.:B.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.—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. -
6 sententia
sententĭa, ae, f. [for sentientia, from sentio], a way of thinking, opinion, judgment, sentiment; a purpose, determination, decision, will, etc.I.Lit. (cf.: opinio, voluntas, studium).A.In gen.:2.quoniam sententiae atque opinionis meae voluistis esse participes, nihil occultabo et quoad potero, vobis exponam, quid de quāque re sentiam,
Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 172:sententia et opinio mea,
id. ib. 2, 34, 146:senis sententia de nuptiis,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 2:de aliquā re,
id. Ad. 3, 5, 5; id. Phorm. 2, 4, 4; cf.:de diis immortalibus habere non errantem et vagam, sed stabilem certamque sententiam,
Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 2:de hac sententiā Non demovebor,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 45; cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:de sententiā deducere, deicere, depellere, deterrere, decedere, desistere, etc., v. h. vv.: nisi quid tua secus sententia est,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 95; cf.:mihi sententia eadem est,
id. Trin. 2, 4, 44:adhuc in hac sum sententiā, nihil ut faciamus nisi, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 5:eā omnes stant sententiā,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 35; cf.:perstat in sententiā Saturius,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 56; so,in sententiā manere, permanere, etc., v. h. vv.: non prima sed melior vicit sententia,
Plin. Pan. 76, 2.— Plur.:variis dictis sententiis, quarum pars censebant, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 7, 77:erant sententiae, quae censerent,
id. B. C. 2, 30:sententiae numerantur, non ponderantur,
Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 5:nos quibus Cotta tantum modo locos ac sententias hujus disputationis tradidisset,
the leading thoughts, Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 16.—Prov.:quot homines, tot sententiae,
many men, many minds, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 14; Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 15. —In the phrases,(α).Sententia est, with subj.-clause, it is my purpose, will, opinion, etc., Auct. Her. 3, 24, 40:(β).si honestatem tueri ac retinere sententia est,
if one's purpose be, if one be determined, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 116; and: stat sententia, with obj.clause, Ov. M. 8, 67; cf., parenthetically: sic stat sententia,
id. ib. 1, 243.—De sententiā alicujus aliquid facere, Cic. Cael. 29, 68:(γ).neque ego haud committam, ut si quid peccatum siet, Fecisse dicas de meā sententiā,
according to my wish, to suit me, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 115:gerere,
Cic. Sull. 19 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53; id. Att. 16, 16, C, § 11; 7, 5 fin.; Liv. 38, 45, 5 et saep.—Meā quidem sententiā, in my opinion or judgment, as I think:(δ).nimis stulte faciunt, meā quidem sententiā,
Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 5:meā quidem sententiā,
id. Cas. 3, 3, 1; id. Poen. 5, 6, 1; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40; 5, 9, 2; id. Phorm. 2, 2, 21;and simply meā sententiā,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 11; id. Merc. 2, 3, 58; Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42; 1, 45, 69; id. de Or. 2, 23, 95 al.—Ex meā (tuā, etc.) sententiā, according to my ( thy, etc.) wish:(ε).quoniam haec evenerunt nostrā ex sententiā,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 89; id. Cist. 1, 2, 7; id. Men. 2, 2, 1; 5, 7, 30; id. Truc. 5, 72; id. Capt. 2, 3, 87; Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 5; Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 3; 2, 15, 1; and more freq., simply ex sententiā, to one's mind or liking, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 18; id. Capt. 2, 2, 97; id. Mil. 4, 1, 1; id. Aul. 4, 1, 3; id. Truc. 5, 69; Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 17; id. Hec. 5, 4, 32; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 26; Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 123; id. Att. 5, 21; id. Fam. 1, 7, 5; 12, 10, 2; Sall. J. 43, 5 et saep. (v. also infra, B. 2.).—Praeter animi sententiam, against one's inclination:B.quam (crapulam) potavi praeter animi mei sententiam,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 29.—In partic., publicists' and jurid. t.t., an official determination, a decision, sentence, judgment, vote (cf. suffragium):2.SENATVOS SENTENTIAM VTEI SCIENTES ESETIS, EORVM SENTENTIA ITA FVIT, S. C. de Bacch.: (L. Tarquinius) antiquos patres majorum gentium appellavit, quos priores sententiam rogabat,
Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35:non viribus... res magnae geruntur, sed consilio, auctoritate, sententiā,
id. Sen. 6, 17:(Marcellinus) sententiam dixit, ut, etc.... postea Racilius de privatis me primum sententiam rogavit, etc.,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2:accurate sententiam dixi... factum est senatusconsultum in meam sententiam,
id. Att. 4, 1, 6:DE SENATVOS SENTENTIAD... DE PR. VRBANI SENATVOSQVE SENTENTIAD, S. C. de Bacch.: ex senatus sententiā,
Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1:victos paucis sententiis,
Liv. 22, 61, 8.—Hence, sententiam dare, to vote:meae partes exquirendae magis sententiae quam dandae sunt,
Liv. 8, 20, 12:omnes in eam sententiam ierunt,
id. 23, 10, 4:cum in hanc sententiam pedibus omnes issent,
id. 22, 56, 1:aliquem sequor, aliquem jubebo sententiam dividere,
to divide the question, Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 2; cf.:quod fieri in senatu solet... cum censuit aliquis quod ex parte mihi placeat, jubeo illum dividere sententiam et sequor,
id. Ep. 21, 9.—Hence, de eventu fortuna judicat, cui de me sententiam non do, I give no vote, Sen. Ep. 14, 16.—Of the people in the comitia:de singulis magistratibus sententiam ferre,
Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 26:de quo foedere populus Romanus sententiam non tulit,
id. Balb. 15, 34.—Of the votes of judges:itur in consilium: servus ille innocens omnibus sententiis absolvitur, quo facilius vos hunc omnibus sententiis condemnare possitis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100; id. Clu. 26, 72:condemnatur enim perpaucis sententiis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75: M. Cato (judex) sententiam dixit, pronounced the decision or sentence, id. Off. 3, 16, 66:sententiis paribus reus absolvitur,
Sen. Ep. 81, 26.—Ex animi mei (tui) sententiā, in the formula of an oath, to the best of my ( your) knowledge and belief, on my ( your) conscience:II.(majores) jurare ex sui animi sententiā quemque voluerunt,
Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 146:quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, id non facere perjurium est,
id. Off. 3, 29, 108; Liv. 22, 53, 10; 43, 15 fin. —In a play on this signif. and that of ex sententiā, supra:ridicule illud L. Nasica censori Catoni, cum ille: Ex tui animi sententiā tu uxorem habes? Non hercule, inquit, ex animi mei sententiā,
Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 260; cf. Quint. 8, 5 init.; Gell. 4, 20, 2 sqq.— Transf., as a formula of assurance:me quidem, ex animi mei sententiā, nulla oratio laedere potest,
by my faith, Sall. J. 85, 27.—Transf., of words, discourse, etc., sense, meaning, signification, idea, notion, etc.:B.sonitum ut possis sentire, neque illam Internoscere, verborum sententiam quae sit,
Lucr. 4, 561:cum verbum potest in duas plurisve sententias accipi,
Auct. Her. 4, 53, 67:cum continenter verbum non in eādem sententiā ponitur,
Cic. Or. 39, 136:formantur et verba et sententiae paene innumerabiliter,
id. de Or. 3, 52, 201:cognitā sententiā verba subtiliter exquiri noluerunt,
id. Caecin. 20, 57:quod summum bonum a Stoicis dicitur convenienter naturae vivere, id habet hanc, ut opinor, sententiam: cum virtute congruere semper,
id. Off. 3, 3, 13:haec (philosophia) nos docuit, ut nosmet ipsos nosceremus: cujus praecepti tanta vis, tanta sententia est, ut ea non homini cuipiam, sed Delphico deo tribueretur,
such depth of meaning, id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:legis (with vis),
id. ib. 2, 5, 11:de Domitio dixit versum Graecum eādem sententiā, quā etiam nos habemus Latinum: Pereant amici, etc.,
id. Deiot. 9, 25:est vitium in sententiā, si quid absurdum, aut alienum est,
id. Opt. Gen. 3, 7; cf. id. de Or. 3, 52, 200.—Concr.1.In gen., a thought expressed in words; a sentence, period: dum de singulis sententiis breviter [p. 1672] disputo, Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 22:2.est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia, etc.,
Hor. S. 1, 10, 9:initia et clausulae sententiarum,
Quint. 9, 3, 45; cf. id. 9, 3, 36; 11, 3, 135; 8, 4, 26; 9, 4, 18; 9, 4, 29; 10, 1, 130 al.—In partic., a philosophical proposition, an aphorism, apophthegm, maxim, axiom (cf. praeceptum): selectae (Epicuri) brevesque sententiae, quas appellatis kurias doxas, Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 85:quid est tam jucundum cognitu atque auditu, quam sapientibus sententiis gravibusque verbis ornata oratio et perpolita,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 31:acutae,
id. ib. 2, 8, 34:concinnae acutaeque,
id. Brut. 78, 272; Quint. 8, 5, 2 sq.; 9, 3, 76; 10, 1, 60;11, 3, 120 al.: (Sophocles) sententiis densus,
id. 10, 1, 68; cf. id. 10, 1, 90; 10, 1, 102:subiti ictūs sententiarum,
Sen. Ep. 100, 8. -
7 ab-iūdicō
ab-iūdicō āvī, ātus, āre, of a judge or tribunal, to give judgment against, deprive by a judicial decision, adjudge away: ob iniuriam agri abiudicati, i. e. taking away their land by an unjust decision, L.: res ab aliquo. — Hence, formally to deny: rationem veritatis ab hoc ordine: libertatem sibi. -
8 cōnsultum
cōnsultum ī, n [consultus], deliberation, consideration: consulto opus est, S. — A decree, decision, resolution, plan: consulta sapientium: consulta cum illo integra habere, plans, S.: occulta, L.: dum consulta petis, responses, V.: tua magna, decrees, V.: senatūs, a decree of the senate: honorifica in eos (Aeduos), Cs.: consulta patrum, H.: ne senatūs consultum Siculi homines facere possent, of the council.* * *decision/resolution/plan; decree (of senate/other authority); oracular response -
9 dēcīsiō
dēcīsiō ōnis, f [2 decīdo], a decision, settlement, agreement: Roscii: nostra de aequitate: alcui decisione satisfacere.* * *settlement, agreement, decision; curtailment, diminishment -
10 dēcrētum
dēcrētum ī, n [decerno], a decree, decision, ordinance, vote, resolution: Hoc decreto eum consul senatu prohibuit, in pursuance of, Cs.: decreta vendere: recito decretum: decurionum: decretum fit, uti, etc., S. — A resolve, determination, plan: inter haec decreta, S.: decretum consulis subvortere, S.— A principle, doctrine, dogma.* * *dogma, principle, doctrine; idea held w/conviction; course of action, resolve; decree, ordinance; legal decision, vertict, order (judge), sentence; vote -
11 sententia
sententia ae, f [SENT-], a way of thinking, opinion, judgment, sentiment, thought, notion, purpose, determination, decision, will, desire: de hac re eius sententia, T.: sententiae atque opinionis meae volui esse participes: adhuc in hac sum sententiā, ut, etc.: variis dictis sententiis, quarum pars censebant, etc., Cs.: locos ac sententias huius disputationis tradere, extracts and leading thoughts: si honestatem tueri ac retinere sententia est, if one's purpose be: stat sententia tradere, etc., she is resolved, O.: sic stat sententia, O.: de cognatorum sententiā manu missi, according to the wish: de omnium sententiā pronuntiatum, unanimously: quod quem umquam de suā sententiā facere ausum? on his own responsibility, L.—Prov.: Quot homines, tot sententiae, many men, many minds, T.—Abl. with pron poss. or genit.: errat longe meā quidem sententiā, in my judgment, T.— With ex: Istuc tibi ex sententiā tuā obtigisse laetor, to your satisfaction, T.: ex meā sententiā rem p. gessimus, as I wished: evenisse ex sententiā? satisfactorily, T.: ex sententiā navigasse, prosperously.—Esp., in taking an oath: (maiores) iurare ex sui animi sententiā quemque voluerunt, to the best of his knowledge and belief, i. e. conscientiously: ex mei animi sententiā, inquit, ut non deseram, etc., without mental reservation, L.: Ex tui animi sententiā tu uxorem habes? Non hercule, inquit, ex mei animi sententiā, in all sincerity...? no, not to suit me.—An official determination, decision, sentence, judgment, vote: quos priores sententiam rogabat: factum est senatūs consultum in meam sententiam: decerni cunctis sententiis, unanimously: victos paucis sententiis, by a small majority, L.: meae partes exquirendae magis sententiae quam dandae sunt, i. e. my office is to put the question rather than to vote, L.: in eam sententiam ire, to support the resolution, L.: omnibus sententiis absolvi (in a conference of judges): sententiam dicere, pronounce judgment. —Sense, meaning, intent, signification, idea, notion: oratione quam sententiā lenior, in language than in meaning: quod dicitur habet hanc, ut opinor, sententiam: cuius praecepti tanta vis, tanta sententia est, ut, etc., such depth of meaning.—A thought expressed, sentence, period: dum de singulis sententiis breviter disputo: Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia, etc., H.— An aphorism, apophthegm, maxim, axiom, saying: selectae brevesque sententiae: sapientibus sententiis ornata oratio.* * *opinion, feeling, way of thinking; thought, meaning, sentence/period; purpose -
12 arbitrium
arbī̆trĭum (in good MSS. and inscrr. sometimes arbī̆tērĭum), ii, n. [from arbiter, as adulterium from adulter].I.In gen., a coming near, a being present, presence; hence meton. for persons present (only in post-Aug. poets): locus ab omni liber arbitrio. Sen. Hippol. 602, and id. Herc. Oet. 485: divina rerum cura sine arbitrio est, Auct. Aetnae, 195.—II.Esp.A.1.. The judgment, decision of an arbitrator (cf. arbiter, II.: arbitrium dicitur sententia, quae ab arbitro statuitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 13 Müll.):2.aliud est judicium, aliud arbitrium. Judicium est pecuniae certae: arbitrium incertae,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 4:Q. Scaevola summam vim dicebat esse in omnibus iis arbitriis, in quibus adderetur ex fide bonā,
id. Off. 3, 17, 70; so,arbitrium rei uxoriae,
id. ib. 3, 15; id. Top. 17, 66; cf. Dig. 24, 3, 66 fin.; 46, 3, 82 fin.; Cic. Rosc. Com. 9:arbitrium pro socio condemnari solerent,
id. Quinct. 4, 13 B. and K. (here some consider arbitrium as a gloss, others read arbitrio, ad arbitrium, ad arbitrum, and the like; v. Orell. ad h. l.).—Transf. from the sphere of judic. proceedings, judgment, opinion, decision:B.arbitrium vestrum, vestra existimatio Valebit,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 25:cum de te splendida Minos Fecerit arbitria,
Hor. C. 4, 7, 21:de aliquo arbitria agere,
Liv. 24, 45:arbitria belli pacisque agere,
id. 44, 15; cf. Tac. A. 12, 60:agere arbitria victoriae,
Curt. 6, 1 fin.; cf. Gron. Observ. 4, c. 11, p. 427, and Liv. 31, 11; 32, 37.— Trop.:res ab opinionis arbitrio sejunctae,
matters, in which nothing is decided according to mere opinion, Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 108:si volet usus, Quem penes arbitrium est et jus et norma loquendi,
Hor. A. P. 72; Sen. Clem. 2, 7:arbitrio consilioque uti auris,
to determine by the ear, Gell. 13, 20, 3.—Mastery, dominion, authority, power, will, free-will:C.dedunt se In ditionem atque in arbitrium cuncti Thebano poplo,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 103 (Fleck., arbitratum): esse in pectore nostro quiddam, Cujus ad arbitrium quoque copia materiaiï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus, and at whose bidding the accumulated materials must yield obedience in every joint and limb, * Lucr. 2, 281:cujus (Jovis) nutu et arbitrio caelum, terra mariaque reguntur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131:ad alicujus arbitrium et nutum totum se fingere et adcommodare,
id. Or. 8, 24; id. Verr. 1, 10, 30; 2, 5, 63 fin.; so Vulg. Lev. 13, 3; 13, 44:aliquid facere arbitrio suo,
Cic. Phil. 6, 2:Mentes ad suum arbitrium movere,
id. de Or. 2, 16, 70; so id. Par. 5, 1 fin.:quam (pecuniam) sponte et arbitrio cordis sui inferunt,
Vulg. 4 Reg. 12, 4:vixit ad aliorum arbitrium, non ad suum,
Cic. Mur. 9; so Hor. C. 3, 6, 40; 3, 2, 20; Tac. H. 1, 46; Suet. Caes. 9; 20; id. Aug. 28; id. Tit. 8; id. Galb. 14:in arbitrium vestrum diem constituistis ei,
Vulg. Judith, 8, 13:orationem tibi misi: ejus custodiendae et proferendae arbitrium tuum,
Cic. Att. 15, 13:munificentiam eorum in se ipsorum arbitrii debere esse,
Liv. 37, 52:in arbitrio viri erit, ut faciat sive non faciat,
Vulg. Num. 30, 14:tamquam congruere operationem eam serpentium humani sit arbitrī,
Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 53; Suet. Tib. 18; id. Claud. 2: mox rei Romanae arbitrium (i. e. imperium, dominion, power) tribus ferme et viginti (annis) obtinuit, Tac. A. 6, 51; so,arbitrium orbis terrarum,
Suet. Caes. 7; Nep. Con. 4, 1:huic deus optandi gratum, sed inutile fecit Muneris arbitrium,
Ov. M. 11, 101:liberum mortis arbitrium,
Suet. Dom. 8; 11; cf. Tac. A. 15, 60.—Arbitria funeris, the expenses of a funeral (fixed by an arbiter), Cic. Dom. 37; id. Pis. 9 fin.; id. Red. in Sen. 7; cf. Dig. 11, 7, 12, § 6. -
13 calculus
calcŭlus, i, m. dim. [2. calx; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46].I.In gen., a small stone, a pebble:B.conjectis in os calculis,
Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261:Demosthenes calculos linguā volvens dicere domi solebat,
Quint. 11, 3, 54; Vitr. 7, 2:argilla et dumosis calculus arvis,
gravel in the thorny fields, Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 180; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 37; 28, 9, 33, § 124.—Trop., of discourse:II.qui tenui venulā per calculos fluunt,
Quint. 12, 10, 25.—Esp.A.A stone in the bladder or kidneys, the gravel, stone, Cels. 7, 26:B.curare,
Plin. 20, 21, 86, § 234:comminuere et eicere,
id. 20, 4, 13, § 23; cf.eicere,
Suet. Aug. 80:movere,
Plin. 20, 22, 91, § 248:exturbare,
id. 20, 10, 42, § 109:frangere,
id. 22, 21, 29, § 59:rumpere,
id. 23, 8, 80, § 153. —A draughtsman, a stone or counter used in playing draughts. called duodecim scripta, in which, as in chess, by driving a piece from one square to another, the person beaten could not finally move at all (ad incitas redactus est):2.in lusu duodecim scriptorum cum prior calculum promovisset, etc.,
Quint. 11, 2, 38; cf. Ov. A. A. 2, 207; 3, 357; id. Tr. 2, 478; Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 5; Mart. 14, 20; Isid. Orig. 18, 67:calculorum ludus,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 165.—Trop.: calculum reducere, to take back a move: tibi concedo, quod in XII. scriptis solemus, ut calculum reducas, si te alicujus dati paenitet, Cic. ap. Non. p. 170, 28 (Hortens. Fragm. 51 B. and K.): quā re nunc saltem ad illos calculos revertamur, quos tum abjecimus, i. e. those principles of action, id. Att. 8, 12, 5.—C.A stone used in reckoning on the counting-board; hence meton., a reckoning, computing, calculating:2.calculi et rationes,
Quint. 11, 3, 59; 7, 4, 35; 8, 3, 14;12, 11, 18 Spald.: calculos subducere,
to compute, reckon, cast up, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 60:ponere,
Col. 3, 3, 7:ponere cum aliquo,
Plin. Pan. 20, 5:de posteris cogitanti in condicionibus deligendus ponendus est calculus,
id. ib. 1, 14, 9:amicitiam ad calculos vocare,
to subject to an accurate reckoning, hold to a strict account, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:si ad calculos eum respublica vocet,
settles accounts, reckons, Liv. 5, 4, 7:revocare aliquid ad calculos,
Val. Max. 4, 7, 1:ratio calculorum,
Col. 1, 3, 8.—Trop.:D.cum aliquā re parem calculum ponere,
i.e. to render equal for equal, Plin. Ep. 5, 2, 1:quos ego movi calculos,
considerations which I have suggested, id. ib. 2, 19, 9.—In the most ancient per., a stone used in voting; a vote, sentence, decision, suffrage; a white one for assent or acquittal, a black for denial or condemnation; cf. Ov. M. 15, 41 sq.; App. M. 10, p. 242.— Hence judicialis, Imp. Just. Cod. 3, 1, 12: deteriorem reportare, i. e. an adverse decision, Impp. Diocl. et Max. Cod. 7, 62, 10:E.calculis omnibus,
by a unanimous vote, App. M. 7, p. 191, 21.— Trop.:si modo tu fortasse errori nostro album calculum adjeceris,
i. e. approve, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5.—The Thracians were accustomed to preserve the recollection of fortunate occurrences by white stones, and of unfortunate by black, Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 131.—Hence,2.Trop.:F.o diem laetum, notandumque mihi candidissimo calculo!
i. e. a most happy day! Plin. Ep. 6, 11, 3; cf. Mart. 12, 34, 9, § 53; Pers. 2, 1 sq.—In late Lat., a small weight: calculus constat ex granis ciceris duobus, Auct. Ponder ap. Goes. Agr. p. 322 (in Isid. Orig. 16, 25, 8, called calcus). -
14 crimen
crīmen, ĭnis, n. [contr. for cernimen, from cerno, II. C.]; lit., a judicial decision, verdict, judgment; hence, transf., like the Gr. krima, of the subject of such a decision, and with partieular reference either to the accuser or to the accused.I.Subject., or with reference to the accuser, a charge, accusation, reproach; esp. when unfounded, a calumny, slander (very freq. in every period and species of composition):* B.criminin' me habuisse fidem?
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 15; cf. Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 13:hae litterae fidem Persei criminibus fecerunt,
Liv. 40, 23, 9:cum respondero criminibus,
Cic. Planc. 2, 4:se falsis criminibus circumventum,
Sall. C. 34, 2; cf.:crimen falsum,
Cic. Quint. 2, 8; Hor. C. 3, 7, 14:criminibus adversariorum in invidiam venire,
Nep. Epam. 7, 3:sermones pleni criminum in Patres,
Liv. 6, 14, 11:crimina et suspiciones,
id. 40, 15, 3:tanti maleficii crimen probare te censes posse talibus viris, si, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:sceleris maximi,
id. Cael. 23, 56; cf. id. ib. 27, 65; id. Sull. 24, 8:istius conjurationis,
id. ib. 4, 12:avaritiae,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192; 2, 5, 1, § 2:veneficii,
Quint. 5, 7, 37:ubi est crimen quod reprehenditis?
i. e. the point of the accusation, Cic. Sest. 38, 80 Halm ad loc.:quo enim illi crimine peccatoque perierunt?
id. Cael. 30, 71:haec causa est omnium horum scelerum atque criminum,
id. ib. 25, 61;so (approaching the signif. II. A. infra), id C. Norbano in nefario crimine atque in fraude capitali esse ponendum,
id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 Sorof ad loc.:era in crimen veniet,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 55 (era male audiet, Don.):quid? sciebas tibi crimini datum iri?
would be made a reproach? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 74; cf. Ov. M. 1, 766:crimen adferre,
Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 27; cf.:crimen inferre, offerre,
id. Lael. 18, 65:in quos crimen intendebatur,
Liv. 9, 26, 11:esse in crimine,
to stand charged with, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100:propulsare,
id. Sull. 4, 12:defendere,
to repel, confute, id. ib.; Ov. M. 13, 303;and opp. obicere,
Quint. 6, 3, 69:repellere, transferre,
id. 4, 2, 26 et saep.— Poet.: belli, pretexts (causae), Verg. A. 7, 339.—Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), an object of reproach or invective:II.perpetuae crimen posteritatis eris,
Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 26.—Object., or with reference to the accused, the fault complained of, a crime, fault, offence (freq., but rare in ante-Aug. prose).A.Lit.1.Ingen.:b.foedati crimine turpi,
Lucr. 3, 49:cum haec (causa) non in crimine aliquo, quod ille posset infitiari... consisteret,
Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 182 Sorof ad loc.:crimen meum indicare,
Liv. 40, 12, 10; 41, 25, 6:carendum non solum crimine turpitudinis, verum etiam suspicione,
Quint. 2, 2, 14:cum quidam crimen ultro faterentur,
Suet. Claud. 36:velut crimen taedas exosa jugales,
Ov. M. 1, 483:non prodere vultu,
id. ib. 2, 447:scire,
id. ib. 2, 614:hoc si crimen erit, crimen amoris erit,
Prop. 2 (3), 30, 24; cf.:tuum crimen erit,
thy fault, id. 2 (3), 28, 2:crimina et innoxios discernere,
Tac. A. 1, 55.—Ovid in his Tristia very freq. calls the offence on account of which he was banished crimina or crimen, interchanging it with error, e. g. 1, 9, 64; 2, 3; 2, 207; 3, 5, 52; 3, 6, 26 al.—Of inanim. objects:2.crimina brassicae sunt, animae gravitatem facere, etc.,
fault, defect, Plin. 20, 9, 35, § 91.—In partic., the crime of lewdness, adultery, Ov. M. 9, 24; Sil. 6, 634.—B.Meton.1.An object representing a crime:2.et rupit pictas, caelestia crimina, vestes, i. e. deorum adulteria,
Ov. M. 6, 131; cf.:tum paries nullo crimine pictus erat,
Prop. 2, 6, 34 (2, 5, 26 Bip.):impressā signat sua crimina gemmā,
a letter containing her crime, Ov. M. 9, 566.—A cause of a crime, a criminal:se causam clamat crimenque caputque malorum,
Verg. A. 12, 600; cf.:a pereant Baiae, crimen amoris, aquae,
Prop. 1, 11, 30:Crimen et illa fuit... Myrrha,
id. 3, 19 (4, 18), 15. -
15 praejudicium
prae-jūdĭcĭum, ii, n.I.Lit., a preceding judgment, sentence, or decision, a precedent (class.):II.praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur: rebus, quae aliquando ex paribus causis sunt judicatae, quae exempla rectius dicuntur: judiciis ad ipsam causam pertinentibus: unde etiam nomen ductum est: aut cum de eādem causā pronuntiatum est, etc.,
Quint. 5, 2, 1:de quo non praejudicium, sed plane judicium jam factum putatur,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4, 12 (praejudicium dicitur res, quae cum statuta fuerit, affert judicaturis exemplum, quod sequantur:judicium autem res, quae causam litemque determinat, Ascon.): apud eosdem judices reus est factus, cum is duobus praejudiciis jam damnatus esset,
Cic. Clu. 22, 59:praejudicium a se de capite C. Verris per hoc judicium nolle fieri,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152; cf. id. Mur. 28, 60; id. Inv. 2, 20, 59 sq.:Cicero pro Milone non ante narravit, quam praejudiciis omnibus reum liberavit,
from all preceding judgments, Quint. 6, 5, 10:postulavit, ne cognitioni Caesaris praejudicium fieret,
preceding judgment, precedent, Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 6.—Transf.A.Any thing that precedes another thing in such manner that we can judge or conclude from it what is further to happen, a precedent, example: Pompeius nullo proelio pulsus, vestri facti praejudicio demotus Italiā excessit, by the example of your conduct (which he feared would be imitated), Caes. B. C. 2, 32:B.an Africi belli praejudicia sequimini?
id. ib. fin.:orabat ut se praejudicio juvarem,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 2:statim quaestor ejus in praejudicium aliquot criminibus arreptus est,
as an example of what was to happen to himself, Suet. Caes. 23.—A damage, disadvantage, prejudice (post-class.):C.praejudicium in patrem quaeri,
Sen. Ben. 4, 35, 2:absque praejudicio,
Gell. 2, 2, 7:neque enim alimentorum causa veritati facit praejudicium,
does no harm, Dig. 1, 6, 10:sine ullo litis praejudicio,
ib. 26, 2, 27; Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 21.—A judicial examination previous to a trial:D.quoties de hoc contenditur, an quis libertus sit, etc.,... redditur praejudicium,
Dig. 40, 14, 6:patronus in praejudicio possessor esse videtur,
ib. 22, 3, 18.—A decision made beforehand or before the proper time:neminem praejudicium rei tantae afferre,
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16 statuo
stătŭo, ui, utum, 3, v. a. [statum, sup. of sto], to cause to stand (cf.: colloco, pono).I.Corporeally.A. 1.To set up, set in the ground, erect:2.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.—To plant (rare):3. a.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.—Without specifying the place:b.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.—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.):4. a.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.—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:b.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.—Poet. and in post-class. prose (rare):5.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.—Of cities, etc., to establish, found, build (in class. prose usu. condo):B.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.—To cause to stand still, to stop (rare; cf.C.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.—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:2.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.—Jus statuere, to establish a principle or relation of law:3.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. —In gen., to establish by authority (of relations, institutions, rights, duties, etc.):4.(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.—With double acc., to constitute, appoint, create:B.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.—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.:(β).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. —With gen.:2.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.—Condicionem or legem alicui, to impose a condition or law upon one, to dictate, assign a condition to:3.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. —Finem, to assign or put an end to, make an end of:4.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.—Pretium alicui rei, to assign a price to something; fix, determine the price of something:5.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.—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):6.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.—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:C.Cinyphiae segetis citius numerabis aristas... quam tibi nostrorum statuatur summa laborum,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 29.—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:(β).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. —With de:(γ).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.—With de and abl. and interrog.-clause:(δ).si quibusdam populis permittendum esse videatur ut statuant ipsi de suis rebus quo jure uti velint,
Cic. Balb. 8, 22.—With contra:(ε).consequeris tamen ut eos ipsos quos contra statuas aequos placatosque dimittas,
Cic. Or. 10, 34. —With indef. obj., usu. a neutr. pron.:(ζ).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.—With de or super and abl.:(η).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.—Absol., mostly pass. impers.:(θ).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.—With cognoscere, to examine ( officially) and decide:2.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.—With reference to the mind of the subject, to decide, to make up one's mind, conclude, determine, be convinced, usu. with interrog.clause:D. 1.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.—With ut or ne: statuunt ut decem milia hominum in oppidum submittantur, [p. 1754] Caes. B. G. 7, 21:2.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.—With acc. (post-Aug.):3.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.—With dat. and acc. (not ante-Aug.):4.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.—With dat. and interrog.-clause:5. (α).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.—With poenam, etc., with or without in and acc. pers. (mostly post-Aug.):(β).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.—With indef. obj., generally with in and acc.: aliquid gravius in aliquem, to proceed severely against:(γ).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.—With a word expressing the kind of punishment (post-Aug.):(δ).in Pompeiam Sabinam exilium statuitur,
Tac. A. 6, 24 (18).—De capite, to pass sentence of death:E.legem illam praeclaram quae de capite civis Romani nisi comitiis centuriatis statui vetaret,
Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61.—Referring to one's own acts, to resolve, determine, purpose, to propose, with inf. (first in Cic.;F.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.—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.:b.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.—Particularly of a conclusion drawn from circumstances, to judge, infer, conclude; declare (as an inference):c.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.—Esp. with gerund.-clause.(α).To hold, judge, think, consider, acknowledge, that something must be done, or should have been done:(β).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. —To think that one must do something, to resolve, propose, usu. with dat. pers.:2.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.—With ut:3.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.—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. -
17 suffragium
suffrāgĭum, ii, n. [perh. kindr. with suffrago, and therefore, prop., the pasternbone; cf. Wunder, Var. Lect. p. 169; hence, transf.], publicists' and jurid. t. t., a votingtablet, a ballot (syn. tabella), and in gen., a vote, voice, suffrage (freq. and class.).I.Lit.:II.dicam et versabor in re difficili, suffragia magistratu mandando aut reo judicando clam an palam ferre melius esset... Ego in istā sum sententia, quā te fuisse semper scio, nihil ut fuerit in suffragiis voce melius,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33:comitiis aediliciis suffragium ferre,
Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1; cf.:de ejus capite, liberis, fortunis omnibus, conductos et sicarios suffragium ferre et eam legem putare,
Cic. Dom. 18, 46:ferunt suffragia,
id. Rep. 1, 31, 47:te suffragium tulisse in illā lege,
id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:dum diribentur suffragia,
Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1:suffragia aut scita multitudinis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 43:sine suffragio populi aedilitatem gerere,
Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 28:suffragiis tres ex tribus generibus creati sunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:alii suffragium ineunt,
Liv. 3, 17:centurias in suffragium mittere,
id. 31, 7:vobismet ipsis per suffragia uti praesides olim, nunc dominos destinatis,
Sall. H. 3, 61, 6 Dietsch:ut suffragia non in multitudinis, sed in locupletium potestate essent,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39; cf. Fest. p. 334 Müll.:libera,
Juv. 8, 211:tacita,
i. e. secret voting, Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 7; 4, 25, 1 et saep.—Transf.A.The right of voting right of suffrage: populi esse, non senatus, [p. 1793] suffragium, quibus velit, impartiri, Liv. 38, 36, 8:B.si suffragium detur,
id. 4, 49 fin.:ut populus Romanus suffragio privaretur,
Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 17:quod interrogem, quem nemo congressu, nemo suffragio, nemo luce dignum putet,
id. Vatin. 1, 2:suffragia populo reddere,
the elections, Suet. Calig. 16. —In gen., a decision, judgment, opinion:2.rhetor suffragio tuo et compotorum tuorum,
Cic. Phil. 2, 17, 42:(apes) concorde suffragio deterrimos (reges) necant,
Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51.—In partic., a favorable decision, assent, approbation, applause (post-Aug.):ventosae plebis suffragia,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 37; 2, 2, 103:voto et suffragio prosequor,
Plin. Ep. 10, 18, 1; Dig. 24, 1, 24 al.:Dentatus vel numerosissima suffragia habet,
i.e. very many authors who award to him the palm of bravery, Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101. -
18 ampliō
ampliō āvī, ātus, āre [amplus], to widen, extend, increase, enlarge, amplify: rem, H.: servitia, Ta.—In law, to delay a judgment, adjourn, reserve a decision (by the technical word amplius): causam: potestas ampliandi. — With acc. person, to defer one's business, put off the case of: bis ampliatus tertio absolutus est reus, L.* * *ampliare, ampliavi, ampliatus V TRANSenlarge, augment, intensify, widen; ennoble, glorify; postpone, adjourn -
19 auctōritās
auctōritās ātis, f [auctor], origination, production: eius (facti).—Power, authority, supremacy: in re p.: populi R.: legum dandarum: legatos cum auctoritate mittere, plenipotentiaries.—A deliberate judgment, conviction, opinion, decision, resolve, will: in orationibus auctoritates consignatas habere: omissis auctoritatibus, opinions aside: antiquorum: senatūs: senatūs vetus de Bacchanalibus, decree: respondit ex auctoritate senatūs consul, L.: legati ex auctoritate haec renuntiant (sc. senatūs), Cs.: ad ea patranda senatūs auctoritate adnitebatur, by decrees, S.: populi R.: censoria: collegii (pontificum), L.—Warrant, assurance, trustworthiness: in testimonio: somniorum: cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas.—Responsibility, accountability: quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei.—A voucher, security: cum publicis auctoritatibus convenire, credentials: auctoritates praescriptae, attesting signatures: auctoritates principum conligere, responsible names.— In law, a prescriptive title (to property), right by possession: usus et auctoritas fundi: adversus hostem aeterna: iure auctoritatis.—An example, model, precedent: omnium superiorum: alicuius auctoritatem sequi: totius Italiae auctoritatem sequi, Cs. — Counsel, advice, persuasion: omnium qui consulebantur: ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati adiutrix sit, T.: quorum auctoritas apud plebem plurimum valeat, Cs.: quorum auctoritas pollebat, S.: auctoritate suā alqm commovere.—Of persons, influence, weight, dignity, reputation, authority: tanta in Mario fuit, ut, etc.: auctoritatem habere apud alqm: alcui auctoritatem addere, L.: facere, to create: in re militari, prestige, Cs.: a tantā auctoritate approbata, by a person so influential.—Of things, importance, significance, force, weight, power, worth, consequence: nullius (legis) apud te: in hominum fidelitate: huius auctoritatem loci attingere, dignity.* * *title (legal), ownership; right to authorize/sanction, power; decree, order; authority, influence; responsibility; prestige, reputation; opinion, judgment -
20 causa (caussa)
causa (caussa) ae, f [1 CAV-], a cause, reason, motive, inducement, occasion, opportunity: te causae inpellebant leves, T.: obscura: accedit illa quoque causa: causa, quam ob rem, etc., T.: satis esse causa, quā re, etc., Cs.: si causa nulla est, cur, etc.: causa quod, etc.: ea est causa, ut cloacae subeant, etc., L.: quid causae est quin: nulla causa est quin: causa quo minus, S.: is, qui causa mortis fuit: morbi, V.: nos causa belli sumus, L.: rerum cognoscere causas, V.: Vera obiurgandi causa, T.—Poet.: Bacchus et ad culpam causas dedit (i. e. culparum causa fuit), V.: consurgere in arma, V.: quae rebus sit causa novandis, V.: meo subscribi causa sepulchro, i. e. of my death, O. — In phrases: cum causā, with good reason: sine causā, without good reason: sine ullā apertā causā: his de causis, Cs.: quā de causā: quā ex causa: eā causā, S.: ob eam causam, Cs.: ob eam ipsam causam: quam ob causam, N.: propter eam quam dixi causam: in causā haec sunt, are responsible: vim morbi in causā esse, quo, etc., L.: non paucitatem... causae fuisse cogitabant, to have been the cause, Cs.—Esp., abl. with gen. or possess. adj., on account of, for the sake of: alqm honoris causā nominare, with due respect: omnium nostrum causā: vitandae suspitionis causā: meā causā, T.: meāpte causā, T.: vestrā reique p. causā: vestrarum sedum templorumque causā; cf. quod illi semper sui causā fecerant: additur illius hoc iam causā, quicum agitur.—Meton., an apology, excuse: non causam dico quin ferat, etc., T.: causas nequiquam nectis inanīs, V.—Poet.: Et geminas, causam lacrimis, sacraverat aras, i. e. a place to weep, V.—A feigned cause, pretext, pretence: fingit causas ne det, T.: morae causas facere, reasons for the delay, S.: causas innecte morandi, V.: inferre causam, Cs.: bellandi, N.: per causam exercendorum remigum, under the pretext, Cs.: per causam renovati belli, L.: gratiam per hanc causam conciliare.—In law, a cause, judicial process, lawsuit: causam agere: publicam dicere: proferre: perdere: tenere, O.: causae actor accessi: causam dicere, to defend (oneself or as advocate): linguam causis acuere, for pleading, H.: extra causam esse, not to the point: plura extra causam dixisse: atque peracta est causa prior, i. e. the hearing before the decision, O.—A side, party, faction, cause: condemnare causam illam: et causam et hominem probare, Cs.: publica, the common weal, O.—A relation of friendship, connection: omnes causae et necessitudines veteres: quae mihi sit causa cum Caesare. —A condition, state, situation, relation, position: num enim aliā in causā M. Cato fuit, aliā ceteri, etc.: in eādem causā fuerunt, Cs.: in meliore causā. — A commission, business undertaken, employment: cui senatus dederat publice causam, ut mihi gratias ageret: super tali causā eodem missi, N.—In rhet., a concrete question, case for discussion.
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