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1 consultum

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2 decretum

decree, judgment, edict, order

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3 scisco

scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.
I.
Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—
II.
Transf.
A.
Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):
nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,
Cic. Fl. 7, 15:
illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,
id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:
rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:
rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,
Liv. 42, 21 fin.:
adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,
id. 1, 17 fin.:
ad sciscendum plebi,
id. 6, 35:
si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,
Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:
qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,
id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:
multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),
Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:
illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:
munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,
Sil. 7, 545.—
2.
Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:
qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:
quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,
id. Planc. 14, 35. —
B.
To learn, ascertain, know:
ut illi id factum sciscerent,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —
III.
Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:
confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.
A.
(Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):
hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:
mulier scita atque prudens,
Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):
sycophanta,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:
homo,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:
convivator,
a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:
scitus bellum (venereum) init,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:
ea mulieris scitae comitas,
Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:
non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:
Nessus scitus vadorum,
acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:
Thalia lyrae,
id. F. 5, 54:
Sthenelus pugnandi,
Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):
scitus accendere corda Laudibus,
Sil. 17, 293:
accendere Martem,
id. 15, 594.—
b.
Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:
pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:
scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,
Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.
interrogationes,
Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:
oratio optima et scitissima,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:
si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,
Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:
oratoris dictum,
Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:
scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,
id. Lael. 24, 90;
Scytharum legati,
Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:
scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,
a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:
hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:
scitum est causam conferre in tempus,
Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
2.
Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;
syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.
Iphis,
Petr. 63, 3:
mulierculae formae scitioris,
Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):
vox admodum scita et canora,
Gell. 18, 5, 2:
haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—
B.
(Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):
scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,
Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:
quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,
id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:
plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,
id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:
de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,
Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:
scita plebis injuncta patribus,
id. 3, 67; 22, 26;
Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,
Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:
Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,
in one word, populiscitum,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:
ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,
Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:
cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,
Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:
decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,
Liv. 1, 20:
quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,
id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:
regis,
Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—
2.
Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):
eho, nimium scite scitus es,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:
tondetur nimium scite,
id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:
satis scite et probe,
id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):
(rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,
id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:
scite et venuste facta,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:
illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §
54: non scite (dictum),
id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,
dictum,
Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:
scite loqui,
Liv. 10, 19:
parum scite convivium exornare,
Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:
scitius,
Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:
scitissime,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

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4 sciscor

scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.
I.
Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—
II.
Transf.
A.
Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):
nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,
Cic. Fl. 7, 15:
illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,
id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:
rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:
rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,
Liv. 42, 21 fin.:
adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,
id. 1, 17 fin.:
ad sciscendum plebi,
id. 6, 35:
si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,
Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:
qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,
id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:
multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),
Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:
illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,
id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:
munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,
Sil. 7, 545.—
2.
Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:
qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:
quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,
id. Planc. 14, 35. —
B.
To learn, ascertain, know:
ut illi id factum sciscerent,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —
III.
Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:
confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.
A.
(Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):
hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:
mulier scita atque prudens,
Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):
sycophanta,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:
homo,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:
convivator,
a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:
scitus bellum (venereum) init,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:
ea mulieris scitae comitas,
Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:
non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:
Nessus scitus vadorum,
acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:
Thalia lyrae,
id. F. 5, 54:
Sthenelus pugnandi,
Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):
scitus accendere corda Laudibus,
Sil. 17, 293:
accendere Martem,
id. 15, 594.—
b.
Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:
pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:
scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,
Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.
interrogationes,
Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:
oratio optima et scitissima,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:
si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,
Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:
oratoris dictum,
Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:
scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,
id. Lael. 24, 90;
Scytharum legati,
Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:
scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,
a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:
hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:
scitum est causam conferre in tempus,
Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
2.
Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;
syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.
Iphis,
Petr. 63, 3:
mulierculae formae scitioris,
Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):
vox admodum scita et canora,
Gell. 18, 5, 2:
haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—
B.
(Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):
scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,
Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:
quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,
id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:
plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,
id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:
de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,
Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:
scita plebis injuncta patribus,
id. 3, 67; 22, 26;
Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,
Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:
Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,
id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,
in one word, populiscitum,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:
ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,
Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:
cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,
Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:
decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,
Liv. 1, 20:
quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,
id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:
regis,
Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—
2.
Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):
eho, nimium scite scitus es,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:
tondetur nimium scite,
id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:
satis scite et probe,
id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):
(rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,
id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:
scite et venuste facta,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:
illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §
54: non scite (dictum),
id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,
dictum,
Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:
scite loqui,
Liv. 10, 19:
parum scite convivium exornare,
Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:
scitius,
Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:
scitissime,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sciscor
5 cēnseō

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

think/suppose, judge; recommend; decree, vote, determine; count/reckon; assess
II
censere, censui, census V TRANS

think/suppose, judge; recommend; decree, vote, determine; count/reckon; assess

Latin-English dictionary > cēnseō
6 cōnstituō

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

set up/in position, erect; place/dispose/locate; (call a) halt; plant (trees); decide/resolve; decree/ordain; appoint, post/station (troops); settle (colony); establish/create/institute; draw up, arrange/set in order; make up, form; fix

Latin-English dictionary > cōnstituō
7 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.
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consulti N N

decision/resolution/plan; decree (of senate/other authority); oracular response

Latin-English dictionary > cōnsultum
8 scītum

scītum ī, n [P. n. of scisco].—Of the Roman people, an ordinance, statute, decree, resolution, popular vote: scita ac iussa nostra comprobare. —Usu. with plebis or plebi (often as one word, plebiscitum): quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio consuli, etc.: (lex) plebei scito Canuleio abrogata: de altero aedile scitum plebi est factum, L.: populi scita, Ta.—Of popular assemblies in other nations, a decree, ordinance, resolution: cum esset lex Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut, etc.: populi scito non paruit, N.: ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret, L.—Of any public authority, a decree, ordinance: omnia sacra Pontificis scitis subiecit, L.: aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversari, L.
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sciti N N

ordinance, statute

Latin-English dictionary > scītum
9 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;
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.—
II.
Esp.,
A.
A view, opinion, judgment:
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.—
B.
Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.
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.—
C.
Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:
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,
2.
Esp., in political lang., t. t.
a.
Senatūs auctoritas,
(α).
The will of the senate:
agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
(β).
A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:
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.—
b.
Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:
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.—
c.
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:
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.—
E.
Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):
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.—
F.
An example, pattern, model:
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.—
G.
A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:
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.—
2.
Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
a.
A record, document:
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.—
b.
The name of a person who is security for something, authority:
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.—
H.
Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):
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.—
J.
In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > auctoritas
10 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;
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.—
II.
Esp.,
A.
A view, opinion, judgment:
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.—
B.
Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.
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.—
C.
Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:
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,
2.
Esp., in political lang., t. t.
a.
Senatūs auctoritas,
(α).
The will of the senate:
agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
(β).
A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:
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.—
b.
Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:
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.—
c.
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:
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.—
E.
Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):
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.—
F.
An example, pattern, model:
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.—
G.
A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:
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.—
2.
Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
a.
A record, document:
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.—
b.
The name of a person who is security for something, authority:
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.—
H.
Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):
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.—
J.
In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > authoritas
11 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;
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.—
II.
Esp.,
A.
A view, opinion, judgment:
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.—
B.
Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.
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.—
C.
Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:
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,
2.
Esp., in political lang., t. t.
a.
Senatūs auctoritas,
(α).
The will of the senate:
agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
(β).
A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:
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.—
b.
Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:
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.—
c.
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:
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.—
E.
Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):
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.—
F.
An example, pattern, model:
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.—
G.
A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:
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.—
2.
Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
a.
A record, document:
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.—
b.
The name of a person who is security for something, authority:
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.—
H.
Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):
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.—
J.
In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > autoritas
12 consulo

consŭlo, lŭi, ltum, 3, v. n. and a. [from con and root sal-; cf. consul and consilium].
I.
To consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, reflect upon, consult.
A.
Neutr.
1.
In gen.
(α).
Absol.: quid nunc? etiam consulis? do you still deliberate, i. e. hesitate? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 171; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 75 Speng.: ne quid in consulendo adversi eveniat, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:
consulto opus est,
there is need of deliberation, Sall. C. 1, 6:
dum tempus consulendi est,
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 19:
satis facere consulentibus,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:
ut omnium rerum vobis ad consulendum potestas esset,
Liv. 8, 13, 18:
ut tot uno tempore motibus animi turbati trepidarent magis quam consulerent,
id. 21, 16, 2:
praesidium consulenti curiae,
Hor. C. 2, 1, 14 et saep.—
(β).
With in and acc.:
consulere in longitudinem,
to take thought for the future, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10:
in commune,
for the common good, id. And. 3, 3, 16; Liv. 32, 21, 1; Tac. A. 12, 5; id. Agr. 12; Curt. 5, 9, 14;
and in the same sense: in medium,
Verg. A. 11, 335; Liv. 24, 22, 15; Tac. H. 2, 5; Luc. 5, 46:
in unum,
Tac. H. 1, 68; 4, 70:
in publicum (opp. suscipere proprias simultates),
Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Tac. A. 1, 24.—
(γ).
With de and abl.:
bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,
Sall. C. 51, 5; so,
de communibus negotiis,
id. J. 105, 1:
de salute suorum,
Cic. Sull. 22, 63:
omnibus de rebus,
Tac. A. 4, 40.—
(δ).
With ut or ne:
consulere vivi ac prospicere debemus, ut illorum (liberorum) solitudo munita sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153:
tu ne qua manus se attollere nobis A tergo possit, custodi et consule longe,
Verg. A. 9, 322.— Impers.:
ut urbi... satis esset praesidii, consultum atque provisum est,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26:
ne deficerent, consulendum esse,
Cels. 3, 4, 31.—
2.
Esp., consulere alicui or alicui rei, to take care for some person or thing, to be mindful of, take care of, look to, have regard for, to counsel or consult for:
tuae rei bene consulere cupio,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 9:
quid me fiat, parvi pendis, dum illi consulas,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 37:
qui parti civium consulunt, partem neglegunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: consulere eorum commodis et utilitati salutique [p. 442] servire, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; so,
famae, pudicitiae tuae,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3:
dignitati meae,
id. Fam. 11, 29, 1:
suae vitae,
Caes. B. G. 7, 12:
receptui sibi,
id. B. C. 3, 69:
reipublicae juxta ac sibi,
Sall. C. 37, 8; id. J. 58, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 1:
timori magis quam religioni,
Caes. B. C. 1, 67; cf.:
magis irae quam famae,
Sall. C. 51, 7:
qui mi consultum optime velit esse,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1: mi ires consultum male? to counsel evil or badly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 36; so,
male patriae,
Nep. Epam. 10, 1; id. Phoc. 2, 2.—With si:
melius consulet (sibi), si, etc.,
Cels. 1, 3, 55.—
B.
Act.
1.
Consulere aliquem (or aliquid), to consult with one, to ask his opinion or advice, to ask counsel of, to consult, question (for the sake of advice).
a.
In gen.:
cum te consuluissem, quid mihi faciendum esse censeres,
Cic. Fam. 11, 29, 1:
te, qui philosophum audis,
id. ib. 9, 26, 1:
Apellem tragoedum, uter, etc.,
Suet. Calig. 33 al. —Of inanim. objects:
speculum suum,
Ov. A. A. 3, 136; cf.:
spectatas undas, quid se deceat,
id. M. 4, 312:
nares, an olerent aera Corinthōn,
Mart. 9, 60, 11:
diem de gemmis, etc.,
Ov. A. A. 1, 251 sq.:
animum nostrum,
Quint. 4, 2, 52:
aures meas,
id. 9, 4, 93:
suas vires,
id. 10, 2, 18 al. —With two accs.:
ibo et consulam hanc rem amicos, quid faciundum censeant,
Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 26:
nec te id consulo,
Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:
consulere prudentiorem coepi aetates tabularum,
Petr. 88.—Freq.,
b.
Esp. as t. t.
(α).
In the lang. of religion, to consult a deity, an oracle, omens, etc.:
Apollinem de re,
Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:
deum consuluit auguriis, quae suscipienda essent,
Liv. 1, 20, 7:
deos hominum fibris,
Tac. A. 14, 30 fin.:
Phoebi oracula,
Ov. M. 3, 9; Suet. Vesp. 5:
Tiresiam conjectorem,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76:
haruspicem,
Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11; Suet. Tib. 63; Cato, R. R. 5, 4:
vates nunc extis, nunc per aves,
Liv. 2, 42, 10:
Cumaeam anum,
Ov. F. 4, 158:
avem primum visam augur,
id. ib. 1, 180:
spirantia exta,
Verg. A. 4, 64; so,
trepidantia exta,
Ov. M. 15, 576:
sacras sortes,
id. ib. 11, 412:
Etrusci haruspices male consulentes,
Gell. 4, 5, 5.— Pass. impers.:
si publice consuletur... sin privatim,
Tac. G. 10. —With dependent question:
senatus pontificum collegium consuli jussit, num omne id aurum in ludos consumi necessum esset,
Liv. 39, 5, 9:
consulti per ludibrium pontifices, an concepto necdum edito partu rite nuberet,
Tac. A. 1, 10.—
(β).
In judic. lang., to ask advice of a lawyer, to consult, etc.:
quam inanes domus eorum omnium, qui de jure civili consuli solent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:
consuli quidem te a Caesare scribis: sed ego tibi ab illo consuli mallem,
id. Fam. 7, 11, 2:
si jus consuleres, peritissimus,
Liv. 39, 40, 6:
munus hoc eorum qui consuluntur,
i. e. who are skilled in the law, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14; so id. Quint. 16, 53.—
With dependent question: consulens eum, an seni jam testato suaderet ordinare suprema judicia,
Quint. 6, 3, 92.—The formula usual in asking advice was, licet consulere? Cic. Mur. 13, 28; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 192.—
(γ).
In publicists' lang., to take counsel with the competent authorities, to consult:
Quirites, utrum, etc.,
Liv. 31, 7, 2; so,
senatum,
Sall. J. 28, 2:
senatum de foedere,
id. ib. 39, 2;
62, 10: populum de ejus morte,
Cic. Mil. 7, 16:
plebem in omnia (tribuni),
Liv. 6, 39, 2 al. —
2.
Aliquid.
a.
To take counsel or deliberate upon something, to consider:
est consulere quiddam quod tecum volo,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 53; id. Pers. 5, 2, 63:
rem delatam consulere ordine non licuit,
Liv. 2, 28, 2; so,
consulere et explorare rem,
Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4:
consulis rem nulli obscuram,
Verg. A. 11, 344 al.:
bis repulsi Galli quid agant consulunt,
Caes. B. G. 7, 83.—
b.
To advise something, to give advice:
tun' consulis quicquam?
Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 22.— Absol.:
ab re consulit blandiloquentulus,
advises to his hurt, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 17.
II.
Sometimes meton. (causa pro effectu).
A.
To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine.
1.
Neutr.; constr. absol. or with de aliquo or in aliquem:
de nullis quam de vobis infestius aut inimicius consuluerunt,
Liv. 28, 29, 8; so,
de perfugis gravius quam de fugitivis,
id. 30, 43, 13:
in humiliores libidinose crudeliterque consulebatur,
id. 3, 36, 7; so,
crudeliter in deditos victosque,
id. 8, 13, 15; cf. Tac. Agr. 16. —
2.
Act.:
quid in concilio consuluistis?
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 6:
animum ego inducam tamen, ut illud, quod tuam in rem bene conducat, consulam,
id. Cist. 3, 4: ne quid gravius de salute tuā consulas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1:
pessime istuc in te atque in illum consulis,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 28:
quae reges irā inpulsi male consuluerint,
Sall. C. 51, 4:
nisi quod de uxore potuit honestius consuli,
id. J. 95, 3.— Pass. impers.:
aliter mihi de illis ac de me ipso consulendum est,
Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3.—
B.
With the access. idea of judging, in the connection boni, optimi aliquid consulere, to excuse, take in good part, interpret favorably; be contented, pleased, or satisfied with:
sit consul a consulendo vel a judicando: nam et hoc consulere veteres vocaverunt, unde adhuc remanet illud Rogat boni consulas, id est bonum judices,
Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 41, 8 Müll.: nemo hoc rex ausus est facere, eane fieri bonis, bono genere gnatis boni consulitis? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:
boni consulendum,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 40 Müll.:
tu haec quaeso consule missa boni,
Ov. P. 3, 8, 24; cf. id. Tr. 4, 1, 106; so,
nostrum laborem,
Quint. 6, prooem. § 16; Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 3:
hoc munus,
Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 8; id. Prov. 2, 4; id. Ep. 9, 20; 17, 9; 88, 17:
quaerebat argentum avaritia: boni consuluit interim invenisse minium,
Plin. 33, prooem. 2, § 4;
8, 16, 17, § 44: boni et optimi consulere,
App. M. 8, p. 205, 28.— Hence,
1.
consultus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Well considered or weighed, deliberated upon, maturely pondered:
bene consultum consilium surripitur saepissume, si minus, etc.,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 5 sq.:
ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt,
Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: neque eam usquam invenio, neque quo eam, neque quā quaeram consultum'st, I know neither, etc., Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 6:
operā consultā,
with mature reflection, Gell. 7 (6), 17, 3;
in the same sense, consulto consilio,
Paul. Sent. 1, 9, 6:
consultius est huic poenalem quoque stipulationem subjungere,
it is better. more advantageous, Dig. 2, 15, 15.—
B.
(Acc. to I. B. 1.) Knowing, skilful, experienced, practised, esp. in law; skilled or learned in the law:
non ille magis juris consultus quam justitiae fuit,
Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 10:
juris atque eloquentiae,
Liv. 10, 22, 7:
consultissimus vir omnis divini atque humani juris,
id. 1, 18, 1; cf. Gell. 1, 13, 10:
insanientis sapientiae,
Hor. C. 1, 34, 3:
universae disciplinae,
Col. 11, 1, 12.—Hence, subst.: consultus, i, m., a lawyer:
tu consultus modo rusticus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 17; id. Ep 2, 2, 87; 2, 2, 159; Ov. A. A. 1, 83.— Esp. with juris, often written as one word, jūrisconsultus, i, m., v. h. v.— Absol.:
ut natura non disciplinā consultus esse videatur,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:
consultorum alterum disertissimum, disertorum alterum consultissimum fuisse,
id. Brut. 40, 148:
consultiores sibimet videntur Deo,
Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2.—
2.
Subst.: consultum, i, n.
A.
(Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) A consultation, inquiry of a deity:
Sostratus (sacerdos) ubi laeta et congruentia exta magnisque consultis annuere deam videt, etc.,
Tac. H. 2, 4.—
B.
(Acc. to II.) A decree, decision, resolution, plan; so first, Senatus consultum, or in one word, Senatusconsul-tum, a decree of the Senate (most freq. in all periods; the senatus consulta were not, like the plebiscita, the supreme law of the republic; but under the emperors, all new laws took this form, v. esp. Sandars, Introd., Just. Inst. § 15;
1, 2, 5),
Sall. C. 42, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149:
senatus consultum est quod senatus jubet atque constituit, nam cum auctus esset populus Romanus... aequum visum est senatum vice populi consuli,
Just. Inst. 1, 2, 5;
for which, consulta Patrum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 41. —Of a decree of the Sicilian council:
ne senatus consultum Siculi homines facere possent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 146.—Also in other connections:
facta et consulta fortium et sapientium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62; cf.:
facta consultaque Alexandri,
Sall. H. 3, 7 Dietsch:
consulta et decreta,
id. J. 11, 5:
consulta sese omnia cum illo integra habere,
all objects of consultation, plans, id. ib. 108, 2; cf.:
ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,
plans, Liv. 25, 16, 4; and:
approbare collegam consulta,
id. 10, 39, 10:
dum consulta petis,
responses, oracles, divinations, Verg. A. 6, 151:
tua magna,
decisions, id. ib. 11, 410; so,
mollia,
Tac. A. 1, 40:
mala,
id. ib. 6, 6:
ex consulto factum,
purposely, voluntarily, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 49.—Hence, adv., considerately, deliberately, designedly, on purpose.
(α).
Form consultō (class. in prose and poetry):
utrum perturbatione aliquā animi an consulto et cogitata fiat injuria,
Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27; Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 43; Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 85; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 37; Sall. J. 60, 5; 64, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 19; Tac. A. 4, 16; Suet. Caes. 56; * Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 al. —
(β).
Form consultē (mostly ante- and post-class.):
qui consulte, docte atque astute cavet,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:
caute atque consulte gesta,
Liv. 22, 38, 11; Spart. Had. 2.— Comp., Liv. 22, 24, 3; Tac. H. 2, 24. — Sup., Capitol. Pert. 7.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > consulo
13 decerno

dē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (the syncop. forms decreram, etc., decrerim, etc., decresse are freq. in Cicero and Liv., also Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 25; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 73; 2, 1, 15, but not in Caes., where is only decreverat, B. G. 4, 17; 5, 5 fin.; 5, 53, 2), v. a. and n.
I.
(acc. to cerno, no. II. 3.) To decide, determine any thing disputed or doubtful. For syn. cf.: scisco, jubeo, statuo, constituo, dico, sancio, consilium capio, destino, obstino, definio, determino.
A.
Prop., of a judge, magistrate, etc., to pronounce a decision respecting something; to decide, judge, determine, decree; to vote for any thing (very freq. and class.).—Const. with acc., with acc. et inf., a relat. clause, with de, or absol.:
alias (Verres praetor) revocabat eos, inter quos jam decreverat decretumque mutabat, alias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46:
si quod est admissum facinus, si caedes facta, idem (Druides) decernunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 5:
consules de consilii sententia decreverunt secundum Buthrotios,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, § 11: decernere vindicias secundum servitutem, in favor of slavery, i. e. restore the slave to his master, Liv. 3, 47, 5; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4:
cum senatus triumphum Africano decerneret,
id. Fin. 4, 9, 22; cf.
of a single senator: non decrevi solum, sed etiam ut vos decerneretis laboravi,
id. Prov. Cons. 11, 28;
so supplicationem decernere,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 11;
so also: Crassus tres legatos decernit,
id. ib. 1, 1, 3:
D. Junius silanus supplicium sumendum decreverat,
Sall. C. 50, 4:
quando id bellum senatus decrevisset, quando id bellum populus R. jussisset?
Liv. 41, 7; 42, 36; id. 5, 36; id. 26, 2:
id quod senatus me auctore decrevit,
Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 2:
qui ordo decrevit invitus,
on compulsion, Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13:
Ligures ambobus consulibus decernuntur,
id. Liv. 42, 10; cf.:
provinciam desponsam non decretam habere,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 15 (v. the whole passage in connection):
provinciae privatis decernuntur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 6, 4 et saep.:
ex annuo sumptu, qui mihi decretus esset,
Cic. Att. 7, 1, 6 et saep.:
mea virtute atque diligentia perditorum hominum patefactam esse conjurationem decrevistis,
id. Cat. 4, 3: cum pontifices decressent ita;
SI, etc.,
id. Att. 4, 2, 3:
senatus decrevit populusque jussit, ut, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 67: in jure dicundo, ita decrevit, ut, etc., Suet. Galb. 7; cf.
of individuals: Hortensii et mea et Luculli sententia... tibi decernit, ut regem reducas, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3.— Impers.:
in parricidas rei publicae decretum esse,
Sall. Cat. 51, 25.—Esp. of the emperor, to determine the law by deciding a case:
quodcumque imperator cognoscens decrevit, legem esse constat,
Dig. 1, 4, 1, § 1; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6.
2.
Transf., beyond the judicial sphere, to decide, determine, judge: qui nequeas nostrorum uter sit Amphitruo decernere, Plaut. fragm. ap. Non. 285, 26:
rem dubiam decrevit vox opportune emissa,
Liv. 5, 55; cf.:
primus clamor atque impetus rem decrevit,
id. 25, 41; Plin. 17, 27, 46, § 258:
de his Catonis praecepta decernent,
id. 17, 22, 35, § 190:
duo talenta pro re nostra ego esse decrevi satis,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 67; id. Hec. 4, 1, 27:
quam decrerim me non posse diutius habere,
id. ib. 1, 2, 73:
in quo omnia mea posita esse decrevi,
Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 3; id. Att. 3, 15, 7:
illum decrerunt dignum, suos cui liberos committerent,
Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15:
in ejus controversiis quid decernas, non a te peto,
Cic. Fam. 13, 59: aliquem decernere hostem, to proclaim one an enemy by a formal decree, id. Phil. 11, 7, 16.— Absol.:
nequeo satis decernere,
Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 5.
B.
Milit., to decide by combat; hence (like cernere and certare), in gen., to fight, combat, contend:
castra castris conferamus, et Samnis Romanusne imperio Italiam regant, decernamus,
Liv. 8, 23, 9; id. 1, 23, 9:
in ipso illo gladiatorio vitae certamine, quod ferro decernitur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:
proelium,
id. Fam. 10, 10:
pugnam,
Liv. 28, 14; cf. id. ib. 33: de bello decernere, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin. Oud. N. cr.:
ne armis decernatur,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; cf.:
ferro ancipiti decernunt,
Verg. A. 7, 525:
and armis, ferro,
id. ib. 11, 218; 12, 282; 695 (cf. et cernere ferro, id. ib. 709):
cursibus et crudo caestu,
id. G. 3, 20:
cornibus inter se,
id. ib. 218:
lapidibus et subselliorum fragminibus,
Suet. Ner. 26 et saep.:
contra magnam vim hostium, artificio magis quam viribus, Auct. B. Afr. 14: acie,
Liv. 2, 14; Nep. Milt. 4, 4:
proelio cum proditore,
Just. 13, 8, 4:
classe decreturi,
Nep. Hann. 10, 4:
integriore exercitu,
id. Eum. 9 fin.—Absol.:
decernendi potestatem Pompeio fecit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 41; cf. Liv. 21, 41.
2.
Transf., beyond the milit. sphere:
decernite criminibus, mox ferro decreturi,
Liv. 40, 8 fin. —So of a judicial contest:
uno judicio de fortunis omnibus decernit,
Cic. Quint. 2, 6; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 29;
and qui judicio decernent,
id. 12, 7, 5:
de salute reipublicae,
Cic. Att. 8, 5, 2:
pro mea omni fama fortunisque,
id. de Or. 2, 49:
utinam meo solum capite decernerem,
id. Att. 10, 9; Caes. B. C. 1, 35, 3.
II.
With reference to one's own acts, to decide, determine on doing something; to determine, resolve on something (freq. in all periods and styles).—Constr., with inf. and with acc. and inf.:
si tu fluctus e gurgite tollere decreris, Lucil. ap. Rufin. § 26 (p. 238 ed. Frotsch.): quicquid peperisset decreverunt tollere,
Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 14:
Caesar his de causis Rhenum transire decreverat,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17 et saep.:
eos me decretum est persequi mores patris,
Plaut. Asin. 1, 1, 58; id. Stich. 1, 3, 65; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56; cf.:
certum atque decretum est non dare signum,
Liv. 2, 45:
reliquam aetatem a republica procul habendam decrevi,
Sall. C. 4. With ut and subjunct.:
hic decernit ut miser sit,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 65.—With accus.:
quicquam decernere,
id. ib. —Hence, dē-crētum, i, n.
A.
(Acc. to no. I. A.) A decree, decision, ordinance of any political or judicial body (for syn. cf.:
scitum, edictum, consilium, jus): senatus Caelium ab rep. removendum censuit. Hoc decreto eum consul senatu prohibuit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 3:
si qui eorum (sc. Druidum) decreto non stetit, sacrificiis interdicunt,
id. B. G. 6, 13, 5; cf. id. ib. §
10: vestra responsa atque decreta evertuntur saepe dicendo,
Cic. Mur. 13 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48:
decurionum,
id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25 et saep.:
Caesaris,
Vulg. Act. 17, 7.—Esp. leg. t. t., a decision of the emperor as judge, a precedent (cf. rescriptum), Gai. 1, 5; Just. Inst. 2, 15, 4.—
B.
Transf., in philos. lang. as a translation of the Gr. dogma, principle, doctrine, precept, Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27; id. ib. § 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 2 sq. and 95, 9 sq. (quis philoso, phorum) decretis suis paret? Lact. 3, 15, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > decerno
14 rogatio

rŏgātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].
I.
Publicists' t. t., an inquiry of the people as to whether they will decree this or that, a proposal to the people for passing a law or decree, a proposed law or decree, a bill:
quae (rogatio) de Pompeio a Gellio et a Lentulo consulibus lata est,
was proposed, presented, introduced, Cic. Balb. 14, 33:
quibus lege aut rogatione civitas aut libertas erepta sit,
id. Caecin. 84, 100 Halm ad loc.:
rogationem ferre de aliquo,
id. Sull. 23, 65:
in aliquem,
id. Brut. 23, 89:
ad populum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 1:
ad plebem,
Liv. 33, 25:
in dissuasione rogationis ejus, quae contra coloniam Narbonensem ferebatur,
Cic. Clu. 51, 140:
Piso lator rogationis idem erat dissuasor,
id. Att. 1, 14, 5:
rogationem promulgare,
Sall. J. 40, 1; cf.:
promulgantur uno eodemque tempore rogationes ab eodem tribuno de meā pernicie et de provinciis consulum,
Cic. Sest. 10 fin.; Liv. 41, 6:
suasit rogationem,
recommended, spoke in favor of it, Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; id. Off. 3, 30, 109:
intercedere rogationi,
to oppose it, id. de Or. 2, 47, 197:
rogationem accipere,
to accept it, id. Att. 1, 14, 5;
for which: rogationes jubere (opp. antiquare),
Liv. 6, 39:
per vim rogationem perferre,
to carry through, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 3:
cum provocatione rogationem pertulit,
Liv. 3, 54, 15:
recitare rogationis carmen,
id. 3, 64, 10. — The formula made use of in such a rogation runs thus, in Gell. 5, 19, 9: velitis jubeatis uti, etc. (here follows the proposed law; at the close): haec ita uti dixi ita vos Quirites rogo.—
II.
Transf., in gen.,
A.
A question, interrogation, only as a figure of speech:
rogatio atque huic finitima quasi percontatio,
Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; Quint. 9, 1, 29. —
B.
An asking, demanding; a prayer, entreaty, request (very rare):
ego Curtium non modo rogatione sed etiam testimonio tuo diligo,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 10; id. Planc. 10, 25:
injusta amici,
Val. Max. 6, 4, 4; Vulg. Ecclus. 4, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rogatio
15 Senatusconsultum

consŭlo, lŭi, ltum, 3, v. n. and a. [from con and root sal-; cf. consul and consilium].
I.
To consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, reflect upon, consult.
A.
Neutr.
1.
In gen.
(α).
Absol.: quid nunc? etiam consulis? do you still deliberate, i. e. hesitate? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 171; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 75 Speng.: ne quid in consulendo adversi eveniat, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:
consulto opus est,
there is need of deliberation, Sall. C. 1, 6:
dum tempus consulendi est,
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 19:
satis facere consulentibus,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:
ut omnium rerum vobis ad consulendum potestas esset,
Liv. 8, 13, 18:
ut tot uno tempore motibus animi turbati trepidarent magis quam consulerent,
id. 21, 16, 2:
praesidium consulenti curiae,
Hor. C. 2, 1, 14 et saep.—
(β).
With in and acc.:
consulere in longitudinem,
to take thought for the future, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10:
in commune,
for the common good, id. And. 3, 3, 16; Liv. 32, 21, 1; Tac. A. 12, 5; id. Agr. 12; Curt. 5, 9, 14;
and in the same sense: in medium,
Verg. A. 11, 335; Liv. 24, 22, 15; Tac. H. 2, 5; Luc. 5, 46:
in unum,
Tac. H. 1, 68; 4, 70:
in publicum (opp. suscipere proprias simultates),
Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Tac. A. 1, 24.—
(γ).
With de and abl.:
bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,
Sall. C. 51, 5; so,
de communibus negotiis,
id. J. 105, 1:
de salute suorum,
Cic. Sull. 22, 63:
omnibus de rebus,
Tac. A. 4, 40.—
(δ).
With ut or ne:
consulere vivi ac prospicere debemus, ut illorum (liberorum) solitudo munita sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153:
tu ne qua manus se attollere nobis A tergo possit, custodi et consule longe,
Verg. A. 9, 322.— Impers.:
ut urbi... satis esset praesidii, consultum atque provisum est,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26:
ne deficerent, consulendum esse,
Cels. 3, 4, 31.—
2.
Esp., consulere alicui or alicui rei, to take care for some person or thing, to be mindful of, take care of, look to, have regard for, to counsel or consult for:
tuae rei bene consulere cupio,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 9:
quid me fiat, parvi pendis, dum illi consulas,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 37:
qui parti civium consulunt, partem neglegunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: consulere eorum commodis et utilitati salutique [p. 442] servire, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; so,
famae, pudicitiae tuae,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3:
dignitati meae,
id. Fam. 11, 29, 1:
suae vitae,
Caes. B. G. 7, 12:
receptui sibi,
id. B. C. 3, 69:
reipublicae juxta ac sibi,
Sall. C. 37, 8; id. J. 58, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 1:
timori magis quam religioni,
Caes. B. C. 1, 67; cf.:
magis irae quam famae,
Sall. C. 51, 7:
qui mi consultum optime velit esse,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1: mi ires consultum male? to counsel evil or badly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 36; so,
male patriae,
Nep. Epam. 10, 1; id. Phoc. 2, 2.—With si:
melius consulet (sibi), si, etc.,
Cels. 1, 3, 55.—
B.
Act.
1.
Consulere aliquem (or aliquid), to consult with one, to ask his opinion or advice, to ask counsel of, to consult, question (for the sake of advice).
a.
In gen.:
cum te consuluissem, quid mihi faciendum esse censeres,
Cic. Fam. 11, 29, 1:
te, qui philosophum audis,
id. ib. 9, 26, 1:
Apellem tragoedum, uter, etc.,
Suet. Calig. 33 al. —Of inanim. objects:
speculum suum,
Ov. A. A. 3, 136; cf.:
spectatas undas, quid se deceat,
id. M. 4, 312:
nares, an olerent aera Corinthōn,
Mart. 9, 60, 11:
diem de gemmis, etc.,
Ov. A. A. 1, 251 sq.:
animum nostrum,
Quint. 4, 2, 52:
aures meas,
id. 9, 4, 93:
suas vires,
id. 10, 2, 18 al. —With two accs.:
ibo et consulam hanc rem amicos, quid faciundum censeant,
Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 26:
nec te id consulo,
Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:
consulere prudentiorem coepi aetates tabularum,
Petr. 88.—Freq.,
b.
Esp. as t. t.
(α).
In the lang. of religion, to consult a deity, an oracle, omens, etc.:
Apollinem de re,
Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:
deum consuluit auguriis, quae suscipienda essent,
Liv. 1, 20, 7:
deos hominum fibris,
Tac. A. 14, 30 fin.:
Phoebi oracula,
Ov. M. 3, 9; Suet. Vesp. 5:
Tiresiam conjectorem,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76:
haruspicem,
Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11; Suet. Tib. 63; Cato, R. R. 5, 4:
vates nunc extis, nunc per aves,
Liv. 2, 42, 10:
Cumaeam anum,
Ov. F. 4, 158:
avem primum visam augur,
id. ib. 1, 180:
spirantia exta,
Verg. A. 4, 64; so,
trepidantia exta,
Ov. M. 15, 576:
sacras sortes,
id. ib. 11, 412:
Etrusci haruspices male consulentes,
Gell. 4, 5, 5.— Pass. impers.:
si publice consuletur... sin privatim,
Tac. G. 10. —With dependent question:
senatus pontificum collegium consuli jussit, num omne id aurum in ludos consumi necessum esset,
Liv. 39, 5, 9:
consulti per ludibrium pontifices, an concepto necdum edito partu rite nuberet,
Tac. A. 1, 10.—
(β).
In judic. lang., to ask advice of a lawyer, to consult, etc.:
quam inanes domus eorum omnium, qui de jure civili consuli solent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:
consuli quidem te a Caesare scribis: sed ego tibi ab illo consuli mallem,
id. Fam. 7, 11, 2:
si jus consuleres, peritissimus,
Liv. 39, 40, 6:
munus hoc eorum qui consuluntur,
i. e. who are skilled in the law, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14; so id. Quint. 16, 53.—
With dependent question: consulens eum, an seni jam testato suaderet ordinare suprema judicia,
Quint. 6, 3, 92.—The formula usual in asking advice was, licet consulere? Cic. Mur. 13, 28; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 192.—
(γ).
In publicists' lang., to take counsel with the competent authorities, to consult:
Quirites, utrum, etc.,
Liv. 31, 7, 2; so,
senatum,
Sall. J. 28, 2:
senatum de foedere,
id. ib. 39, 2;
62, 10: populum de ejus morte,
Cic. Mil. 7, 16:
plebem in omnia (tribuni),
Liv. 6, 39, 2 al. —
2.
Aliquid.
a.
To take counsel or deliberate upon something, to consider:
est consulere quiddam quod tecum volo,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 53; id. Pers. 5, 2, 63:
rem delatam consulere ordine non licuit,
Liv. 2, 28, 2; so,
consulere et explorare rem,
Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4:
consulis rem nulli obscuram,
Verg. A. 11, 344 al.:
bis repulsi Galli quid agant consulunt,
Caes. B. G. 7, 83.—
b.
To advise something, to give advice:
tun' consulis quicquam?
Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 22.— Absol.:
ab re consulit blandiloquentulus,
advises to his hurt, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 17.
II.
Sometimes meton. (causa pro effectu).
A.
To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine.
1.
Neutr.; constr. absol. or with de aliquo or in aliquem:
de nullis quam de vobis infestius aut inimicius consuluerunt,
Liv. 28, 29, 8; so,
de perfugis gravius quam de fugitivis,
id. 30, 43, 13:
in humiliores libidinose crudeliterque consulebatur,
id. 3, 36, 7; so,
crudeliter in deditos victosque,
id. 8, 13, 15; cf. Tac. Agr. 16. —
2.
Act.:
quid in concilio consuluistis?
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 6:
animum ego inducam tamen, ut illud, quod tuam in rem bene conducat, consulam,
id. Cist. 3, 4: ne quid gravius de salute tuā consulas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1:
pessime istuc in te atque in illum consulis,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 28:
quae reges irā inpulsi male consuluerint,
Sall. C. 51, 4:
nisi quod de uxore potuit honestius consuli,
id. J. 95, 3.— Pass. impers.:
aliter mihi de illis ac de me ipso consulendum est,
Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3.—
B.
With the access. idea of judging, in the connection boni, optimi aliquid consulere, to excuse, take in good part, interpret favorably; be contented, pleased, or satisfied with:
sit consul a consulendo vel a judicando: nam et hoc consulere veteres vocaverunt, unde adhuc remanet illud Rogat boni consulas, id est bonum judices,
Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 41, 8 Müll.: nemo hoc rex ausus est facere, eane fieri bonis, bono genere gnatis boni consulitis? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:
boni consulendum,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 40 Müll.:
tu haec quaeso consule missa boni,
Ov. P. 3, 8, 24; cf. id. Tr. 4, 1, 106; so,
nostrum laborem,
Quint. 6, prooem. § 16; Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 3:
hoc munus,
Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 8; id. Prov. 2, 4; id. Ep. 9, 20; 17, 9; 88, 17:
quaerebat argentum avaritia: boni consuluit interim invenisse minium,
Plin. 33, prooem. 2, § 4;
8, 16, 17, § 44: boni et optimi consulere,
App. M. 8, p. 205, 28.— Hence,
1.
consultus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Well considered or weighed, deliberated upon, maturely pondered:
bene consultum consilium surripitur saepissume, si minus, etc.,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 5 sq.:
ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt,
Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: neque eam usquam invenio, neque quo eam, neque quā quaeram consultum'st, I know neither, etc., Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 6:
operā consultā,
with mature reflection, Gell. 7 (6), 17, 3;
in the same sense, consulto consilio,
Paul. Sent. 1, 9, 6:
consultius est huic poenalem quoque stipulationem subjungere,
it is better. more advantageous, Dig. 2, 15, 15.—
B.
(Acc. to I. B. 1.) Knowing, skilful, experienced, practised, esp. in law; skilled or learned in the law:
non ille magis juris consultus quam justitiae fuit,
Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 10:
juris atque eloquentiae,
Liv. 10, 22, 7:
consultissimus vir omnis divini atque humani juris,
id. 1, 18, 1; cf. Gell. 1, 13, 10:
insanientis sapientiae,
Hor. C. 1, 34, 3:
universae disciplinae,
Col. 11, 1, 12.—Hence, subst.: consultus, i, m., a lawyer:
tu consultus modo rusticus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 17; id. Ep 2, 2, 87; 2, 2, 159; Ov. A. A. 1, 83.— Esp. with juris, often written as one word, jūrisconsultus, i, m., v. h. v.— Absol.:
ut natura non disciplinā consultus esse videatur,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:
consultorum alterum disertissimum, disertorum alterum consultissimum fuisse,
id. Brut. 40, 148:
consultiores sibimet videntur Deo,
Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2.—
2.
Subst.: consultum, i, n.
A.
(Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) A consultation, inquiry of a deity:
Sostratus (sacerdos) ubi laeta et congruentia exta magnisque consultis annuere deam videt, etc.,
Tac. H. 2, 4.—
B.
(Acc. to II.) A decree, decision, resolution, plan; so first, Senatus consultum, or in one word, Senatusconsul-tum, a decree of the Senate (most freq. in all periods; the senatus consulta were not, like the plebiscita, the supreme law of the republic; but under the emperors, all new laws took this form, v. esp. Sandars, Introd., Just. Inst. § 15;
1, 2, 5),
Sall. C. 42, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149:
senatus consultum est quod senatus jubet atque constituit, nam cum auctus esset populus Romanus... aequum visum est senatum vice populi consuli,
Just. Inst. 1, 2, 5;
for which, consulta Patrum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 41. —Of a decree of the Sicilian council:
ne senatus consultum Siculi homines facere possent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 146.—Also in other connections:
facta et consulta fortium et sapientium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62; cf.:
facta consultaque Alexandri,
Sall. H. 3, 7 Dietsch:
consulta et decreta,
id. J. 11, 5:
consulta sese omnia cum illo integra habere,
all objects of consultation, plans, id. ib. 108, 2; cf.:
ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,
plans, Liv. 25, 16, 4; and:
approbare collegam consulta,
id. 10, 39, 10:
dum consulta petis,
responses, oracles, divinations, Verg. A. 6, 151:
tua magna,
decisions, id. ib. 11, 410; so,
mollia,
Tac. A. 1, 40:
mala,
id. ib. 6, 6:
ex consulto factum,
purposely, voluntarily, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 49.—Hence, adv., considerately, deliberately, designedly, on purpose.
(α).
Form consultō (class. in prose and poetry):
utrum perturbatione aliquā animi an consulto et cogitata fiat injuria,
Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27; Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 43; Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 85; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 37; Sall. J. 60, 5; 64, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 19; Tac. A. 4, 16; Suet. Caes. 56; * Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 al. —
(β).
Form consultē (mostly ante- and post-class.):
qui consulte, docte atque astute cavet,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:
caute atque consulte gesta,
Liv. 22, 38, 11; Spart. Had. 2.— Comp., Liv. 22, 24, 3; Tac. H. 2, 24. — Sup., Capitol. Pert. 7.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Senatusconsultum
16 statuo

stătŭo, ui, utum, 3, v. a. [statum, sup. of sto], to cause to stand (cf.: colloco, pono).
I.
Corporeally.
A.
To cause to stand, set up, set, station, fix in an upright position.
1.
To set up, set in the ground, erect:
ibi arbores pedicino in lapide statuito,
Cato, R. R. 18:
inter parietes arbores ubi statues,
id. ib.:
stipites statuito,
id. ib.:
palis statutis crebris,
Varr. R. R. 1, 14 init.:
pedamenta jacentia statuenda,
are to be raised, Col. 4, 26:
pedamentum inter duas vitis,
Plin. 17, 22, 21, § 194:
hic statui volo primum aquilam,
the standard of the troops, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:
signifer, statue signum,
plant the ensign, Liv. 5, 55, 1; Val. Max. 1, 5, 1.—
2.
To plant (rare):
eodem modo vineam statuito, alligato, flexatoque uti fuerit,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 198:
agro qui statuit meo Te, triste lignum (i. e. arborem),
Hor. C. 2, 13, 10.—
3.
In gen., to place, set or fix, set up, set forth things or persons.
a.
Without specifying the place:
ollam statuito cum aqua,
let a jar stand with water, Cato, R. R. 156 (157):
crateras magnos statuunt, i. e. on the table,
Verg. A. 1, 724; so,
crateras laeti statuunt,
id. ib. 7, 147: haec carina satis probe fundata et bene statuta est, well placed, i. e. so that the hull stands perpendicularly (cf.:
bene lineatam carinam collocavit, v. 42),
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 44:
nec quidquam explicare, nec statuere potuerant, nec quod statutum esset, manebat, omnia perscindente vento,
Liv. 21, 58, 7:
eo die tabernacula statui passus non est,
to pitch, Caes. B. C. 1, 81; so, aciem statuere, to draw up an army:
aciem quam arte statuerat, latius porrigit,
Sall. J. 52, 6.—
b.
With designation of the place by in and abl.; by adv. of place; by ante, apud, ad, circa, super, and acc.; by pro and abl.; by abl. alone (very rare), or by in and acc. (very rare): signa domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. 7, 19, 95 (p. 782 P.):
statuite hic lectulos,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:
etiamsi in caelo Capitolium statueretur,
Cic. Or. 3, 46, 180:
statuitur Sollius in illo gladiatorum convivio... atuitur, ut dico, eques Romanus in Apronii convivio,
is taken to the banquet, id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 sq.:
tabernacula in foro statuere,
Liv. 39, 46, 3:
in principiis statuit tabernaculum,
Nep. Eum. 7, 1:
in nostris castris tibi tabernaculum statue,
Curt. 5, 11, 6; 8, 13, 20:
statui in medium undique conspicuum tabernaculum jussit,
id. 9, 6, 1:
(sagittae) longae, nisi prius in terra statuerent arcum, haud satis apte imponuntur,
id. 8, 14, 19:
sedes curules sacerdotum Augustalium locis, superque eas querceae coronae statuerentur,
Tac. A. 2, 83:
donum deae apud Antium statuitur,
id. ib. 3, 71:
pro rigidis calamos columnis,
Ov. F. 3, 529:
jamque ratem Scythicis auster statuisset in oris,
Val. Fl. 3, 653:
statuere vas in loco frigido,
Pall. Oct. 22.—Of living beings:
capite in terram statuerem, Ut cerebro dispergat viam,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:
qui capite ipse sua in statuit vestigia sese (= qui sese ipse capite in sua vestigia statuit),
i. e. stands on his head, Lucr. 4, 472:
patrem ejus a mortuis excitasses, statuisses ante oculos,
Cic. Or. 1, 57, 245:
captivos vinctos in medio statuit,
Liv. 21, 42, 1:
ubi primum equus Curtium in vado statuit,
id. 1, 13, 5:
quattuor cohortes in fronte statuit,
id. 28, 33, 12:
ante se statuit funditores,
id. 42, 58, 10:
puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset,
id. 7, 2, 9:
procul in conspectu eum (Philopoemenem) statuerunt,
id. 39, 49, 11:
media porta robora legionum, duabus circa portis milites levemque armaturam statuit,
id. 23, 16, 8:
bovem ad fanum Dianae et ante aram statuit,
id. 1, 45, 6:
cum Calchanta circa aram statuisset,
Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 6:
marium si qui eo loci statuisset,
id. 3, 1, 2 fin.:
adulescentes ante Caesarem statuunt,
Tac. A. 4, 8:
in fronte statuerat ferratos, in cornibus cohortes,
id. ib. 3, 45:
puer quis Ad cyathum statuetur?
Hor. C. 1, 29, 8:
tu cum pro vitula statuis dulcem Aulide natam Ante aras,
id. S. 2, 3, 199:
et statuam ante aras aurata fronte juvencum,
Verg. A. 9, 627:
clara regione profundi Aetheros innumeri statuerunt agmina cygni,
Stat. Th. 3, 525.—
4.
Pregn., to construct and place, to set up after constructing, to erect, make.
a.
Of statues, temples, columns, altars, trophies, etc.; constr. with acc. alone, or acc. of the structure and dat. of the person for whom or in whose honor it is erected:
siquidem mihi aram et statuam statuis,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 122:
huic statuam statui decet ex auro,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 1:
ne ego aurea pro statua vineam tibi statuam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 52:
eique statuam equestrem in rostris statui placere,
Cic. Phil. 5, 15, 41; so id. ib. 9, 5, 10; 9, 7, 16; id. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151; 2, 2, 20, § 48; so,
simulacrum alicui statuere,
Val. Max. 1, 1, 8:
effigiem,
Verg. A. 2, 184:
Mancinus eo habitu sibi statuit quo, etc. (effigiem),
Plin. 34, 5, 10, § 18:
simulacrum in curia,
Tac. A. 14, 12:
quanam in civitate tempium statueretur,
id. ib. 4, 55:
se primos templum urbis Romae statuisse,
id. ib. 4, 56; so id. ib. 4, 15:
nec tibi de Pario statuam, Germanice, templum,
Ov. P. 4, 8, 31:
templa tibi statuam, tribuam tibi turis honorem,
id. M. 14, 128:
super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui nisi columellam,
Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:
victimas atque aras diis Manibus statuentes,
Tac. A. 3, 2:
statuitque aras e cespite,
Ov. M. 7, 240:
statuantur arae,
Sen. Med. 579:
aeneum statuerunt tropaeum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69:
monumentum,
id. ib. § 70; so,
in alio orbe tropaea statuere,
Curt. 7, 7, 14;
so,
Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 18: ut illum di perdant qui primus statuit hic solarium, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 5:
princeps Romanis solarium horologium statuisse L. Papirius Cursor proditur,
Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 213:
a miliario in capite Romani fori statuto,
id. 3, 5, 9, § 66:
carceres eo anno in Circo primum statuti,
Liv. 8, 20, 1:
quo molem hanc immanis equi statuere?
Verg. A. 2, 150:
multo altiorem statui crucem jussit,
Suet. Galb. 9:
obeliscam,
Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71:
at nunc disturba quas statuisti machinas,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 137:
incensis operibus quae statuerat,
Nep. Milt. 7, 4:
si vallum statuitur procul urbis illecebris,
Tac. A. 4, 2:
castra in quinto lapide a Carthagine statuit,
Just. 22, 6, 9.—
b.
Poet. and in post-class. prose (rare):
aliquem statuere = alicui statuam statuere: inter et Aegidas media statuaris in urbe,
Ov. H. 2, 67:
statuarque tumulo hilaris et coronatus,
my statue will be erected, Tac. Dial. 13; so with two acc.: custodem medio statuit quam vilicus horto, whose statue he placed as protectress, etc., Mart. 3, 68, 9; cf.
in double sense: nudam te statuet, i. e. nudam faciet (= nudabit fortunis), and statuam tibi nu dam faciet,
Mart. 4, 28, 8.—
5.
Of cities, etc., to establish, found, build (in class. prose usu. condo):
Agamemnon tres ibi urbes statuit,
Vell. 1, 1, 2:
urbem quam statuo vestra est,
Verg. A. 1, 573:
urbom praeclaram,
id. ib. 4, 655:
Persarum statuit Babylona Semiramis urbem,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 21:
ibi civitatem statuerunt,
Just. 23, 1; so,
licentia et impunitas asyla statuendi (= aperiendi),
Tac. A. 3, 60.—Hence, transf.: carmen statuere = carmen condere, to compose, devise a song:
nunc volucrum... inexpertum carmen, quod tacita statuere bruma,
Stat. S. 4, 5, 12.—
B.
To cause to stand still, to stop (rare; cf.
sisto, III. B.): navem extemplo statuimus,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57:
et statuit fessos, fessus et ipse, boves,
Prop. 4 (5), 9, 4:
famuli hoc modo statuerunt aquas,
Arn. 1, p. 30: sanguinem, Oct. Hor. 4.—
C.
To cause to stand firm, strengthen, support (rare; = stabilire), only transf.: qui rem publicam certo animo adjuverit, statuerit, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 56, 120 (Trag. Rel. v. 357 Rib.).
II.
Trop.
A.
To establish, constitute (= constituo).
1.
Esp.: exemplum or documentum (v. edo fin., and cf. Sen. Phoen. 320), to set forth an example or precedent for warning or imitation:
statuite exemplum impudenti, date pudori praemium,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 6:
exemplum statuite in me ut adulescentuli Vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:
ut illi intellegere possint, in quo homine statueris exemplum hujus modi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 45, § 111:
in quos aliquid exempli populus Romanus statui putat oportere,
id. ib. 2, 3, 90, §
210: statuam in te exemplum, ne quis posthac infelicibus miseriis patriae illudat,
Just. 8, 7, 14:
documentum autem statui oportere, si quis resipiscat et antiquam societatem respiciat,
Liv. 24, 45, 5: statueretur immo [p. 1753] documentum, quo uxorem imperator acciperet, a precedent, Tac. A. 12, 6.—
2.
Jus statuere, to establish a principle or relation of law:
ut (majores nostri) omnia omnium rerum jura statuerint,
Cic. Caecin. 12, 34: qui magistratum potestatemve habebit, si quid in aliquem novi juris statuerit, ipse quoque, adversario postulante, eodem jure uti debebit, if he has established any new principle of law, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 2, 2, 1, § 1:
si quid injungere inferiori velis, id prius in te ac tuos si ipse juris statueris, facilius omnes oboedientes habeas,
if you first admit it against yourself, Liv. 26, 36, 3:
si dicemus in omnibus aequabile jus statui convenire,
equal principles of law should be applied to all, Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4. —
3.
In gen., to establish by authority (of relations, institutions, rights, duties, etc.):
(Numa) omnis partis religionis statuit sanctissime,
Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:
hoc judicium sic exspectatur ut non unae rei statui, sed omnibus constitui putetur,
id. Tull. 15, 36:
ad formandos animos statuendasque vitae leges, Quint. prooem. 14: sic hujus (virtutis) ut caelestium statuta magnitudo est,
Sen. Ep. 79, 10:
vectigal etiam novum ex salaria annona statuerunt,
Liv. 29, 37, 2:
novos statuere fines,
id. 42, 24, 8:
neque eos quos statuit terminos observat,
id. 21, 44, 5:
quibus rebus cum pax statuta esset,
Just. 5, 10, 8; so id. 25, 1, 1:
sedesque ibi statuentibus,
id. 18, 5, 11.—
4.
With double acc., to constitute, appoint, create:
Hirtius arbitrum me statuebat non modo hujus rei, sed totius consulatus sui,
Cic. Att. 14, 1, a, 2:
telluris erum natura nec illum, nec quemquam constituit,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 130:
de principatu (vinorum) se quisque judicem statuet,
Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 59:
praefectus his statuitur Andragoras,
Just. 21, 4, 5.—
B.
To determine, fix, etc. (of temporal or local relations); constr. usually with acc. and dat. or acc. and gen.
1.
Modum statuere alicui or alicujus rei, to determine the manner, mode, or measure of, assign limits, restrictions or restraints to a thing or person, to impose restraints upon.
(α).
With dat.:
diuturnitati imperii modum statuendum putavistis,
that a limit should be assigned to the duration of his power, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26:
statui mihi tum modum et orationi meae,
imposed restraints upon myself and my words, id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:
non statuendo felicitati modum, nec cohibendo fortunam,
by not assigning any limits to his success, Liv. 30, 30, 23 (Pompeium) affirmabant, libertati publicae statuturum modum, Vell. 2, 40:
cupidinibus statuat natura modum,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 111:
quem modum sibi ipsa statuit (crudelitas)?
Val. Max. 9, 2 pr.:
modum ipsae res statuunt (i. e. sibi),
Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 216:
modum nuptiarum sumptibus statuerunt,
Just. 21, 4, 5:
timori quem meo statuam modum?
Sen. Thyest. 483;
and with finem: jam statui aerumnis modum et finem cladi,
id. Herc. Fur. 206. —
(β).
With gen.:
honestius te inimicitiarum modum statuere potuisse quam me humanitatis,
Cic. Sull. 17, 48:
ipse modum statuam carminis,
Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 44:
errorisque sui sic statuisse modum,
Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 36:
modum statuunt fellis pondere denarii,
they limit the quantity of the gall to the weight of a denarius, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 254.—
2.
Condicionem or legem alicui, to impose a condition or law upon one, to dictate, assign a condition to:
hanc tu condicionem statuis Gaditanis,
Cic. Balb. 10, 25:
providete ne duriorem vobis condicionem statuatis ordinique vestro quam ferre possit,
id. Rab. Post. 6, 15:
alter eam sibi legem statuerat ut, etc.,
id. Phil. 10, 6, 12: pretio statuta lege ne modum excederet, etc., the law being assigned to the price that not, etc., i. e. the price being limited by the law, etc., Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118:
pacis legem universae Graeciae statuit,
Just. 9, 5, 2.—So with ellipsis of dat., to agree upon, stipulate:
statutis condicionibus,
Just. 6, 1, 3:
omnibus consentientibus Carthago conditur, statuto annuo vectigali pro solo urbis,
id. 18, 5, 14. —
3.
Finem, to assign or put an end to, make an end of:
haud opinor commode Finem statuisse orationi militem,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 21:
et finem statuit cuppedinis atque timoris,
Lucr. 6, 25:
cum Fulvius Flaccus finem poenae eorum statuere cogeretur,
Val. Max. 3, 2, ext. 1: majores vestri omnium magnarum rerum et principia exorsi ab diis sunt, et finem statuerunt, finished, Liv. 45, 39, 10; so,
terminum: nam templis numquam statuetur terminus aevi,
Stat. S. 3, 1, 180:
cum consilii tui bene fortiterque suscepti eum tibi finem statueris, quem ipsa fortuna terminum nostrarum contentionum esse voluisset,
since you have assigned that end, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 2.—
4.
Pretium alicui rei, to assign a price to something; fix, determine the price of something:
quae probast mers, pretium ei statuit,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:
numquam avare pretium statui arti meae,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 48:
statuit frumento pretium,
Tac. A. 2, 87; so with dat. understood:
ut eos (obsides) pretio quantum ipsi statuissent patres redimi paterentur,
Liv. 45, 42, 7:
pretium statuit (i. e. vecturae et sali),
id. 45, 29, 13; so with in and acc.: ut in singulas amphoras (vini) centeni nummi statuantur, that the price may be set down at 100 sesterces for an amphora, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56.—
5.
Statuere diem, horam, tempus, locum alicui rei, or alicui, or with dat. gerund., to assign or appoint a day, time, place, etc. (for the more usual diem dicere):
statutus est comitiis dies,
Liv. 24, 27, 1:
diem patrando facinori statuerat,
id. 35, 35, 15:
multitudini diem statuit ante quam sine fraude liceret ab armis discedere,
Sall. C. 36, 2:
dies insidiis statuitur,
id. J. 70, 3:
ad tempus locumque colloquio statuendum,
Liv. 28, 35, 4:
subverti leges quae sua spatia (= tempora) quaerendis aut potiundis honoribus statuerint,
Tac. A. 2, 36.—With ellipsis of dat.:
observans quem statuere diem,
Mart. 4, 54, 6:
noctem unam poscit: statuitur nox,
Tac. A. 13, 44.—Esp. in the part. statutus, fixed, appointed (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with status; v. sisto fin.):
institum ut quotannis... libri diebus statutis (statis) recitarentur,
Suet. Claud. 42:
ut die statuta omnes equos ante regiam producerent,
Just. 1, 10, 1:
quaedam (genera) statutum tempus anni habent,
Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 135:
fruges quoque maturitatem statuto tempore expectant,
Curt. 6, 3, 7:
sacrificium non esse redditum statuto tempore,
id. 8, 2, 6:
statuto tempore quo urbem Mithridati traderet,
Just. 16, 4, 9:
cum ad statutam horam omnes convenissent,
id. 1, 10, 8:
intra tempus statutum,
fixed by the law, Dig. 4, 4, 19 and 20.—
6.
To recount, count up, state (very rare): statue sex et quinquaginta annos, quibus mox divus Augustus rempublicam rexit: adice Tiberii tres et viginti... centum et viginti anni colliguntur, count, fix the number at, Tac. Or. 17:
Cinyphiae segetis citius numerabis aristas... quam tibi nostrorum statuatur summa laborum,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 29.—
C.
To decide, determine, with reference to a result, to settle, fix, bring about, choose, make a decision.
1.
Of disputes, differences, questions, etc., between others.
(α).
With interrog.-clause:
ut statuatis hoc judicio utrum posthac amicitias clarorum virorum calamitati hominibus an ornamento esse malitis,
Cic. Balb. 28, 65:
eam potestatem habetis ut statuatis utrum nos... semper miseri lugeamus, an, etc.,
id. Mil. 2, 4:
in hoc homine statuatis, possitne senatoribus judicantibus homo nocentissim us pecuniosissimusque damnari,
id. Verr. 1, 16, 47:
vos statuite, recuperatores, utra (sententia) utilior esse videatur,
id. Caecin. 27, 77:
decidis tu statuisque quid iis ad denarium solveretur,
id. Quint. 4, 17:
magni esse judicis statuere quid quemque cuique praestare oporteret,
id. Off. 3, 17, 70:
mihi vero Pompeius statuisse videtur quid vos in judicando spectare oporteret,
id. Mil. 6, 15:
semel (senatus) statuerent quid donatum Masinissae vellent,
Liv. 42, 23:
nec quid faciendum modo sit statuunt, sed, etc.,
decide, dictate, id. 44, 22:
nondum statuerat conservaret eum necne,
Nep. Eum. 11, 2:
statutumque (est) quantum curules, quantum plebei pignoris caperent,
Tac. A. 13, 28: semel nobis esse statuendum quod consilium in illo sequamur, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4. —
(β).
With de:
ut consules de Caesaris actis cognoscerent, statuerent, judicarent,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:
et collegas suos de religione statuisse, in senatu de lege statuturos,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
ut de absente eo C. Licinius statueret ac judicaret,
Liv. 42, 22:
si de summa rerum liberum senatui permittat rex statuendi jus,
id. 42, 62: qui ab exercitu ab imperatore eove cui de ea re statuendi potestas fuerit, dimissus erit, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 3, 2, 1.—Often with reference to punishment:
cum de P. Lentulo ceterisque statuetis, pro certo habetote, vos simul de exercitu Catilinae decernere,
Sall. C. 52, 17:
satis visum de Vestilia statuere,
to pass sentence against, Tac. A. 2, 85:
jus statuendi de procuratoribus,
id. ib. 12, 54:
facta patribus potestate statuendi de Caeciliano,
id. ib. 6, 7; so id. ib. 13, 28; cf. id. ib. 15, 14; 2, 85; Suet. Tib. 61 fin. —In partic.: de se statuere, to decide on, or dispose of one's self, i. e. of one's life, = to commit suicide:
eorum qui de se statuebant humabantur corpora,
Tac. A. 6, 29.—
(γ).
With de and abl. and interrog.-clause:
si quibusdam populis permittendum esse videatur ut statuant ipsi de suis rebus quo jure uti velint,
Cic. Balb. 8, 22.—
(δ).
With contra:
consequeris tamen ut eos ipsos quos contra statuas aequos placatosque dimittas,
Cic. Or. 10, 34. —
(ε).
With indef. obj., usu. a neutr. pron.:
utrum igitur hoc Graeci statuent... an nostri praetores?
Cic. Fl. 12, 27:
dixisti quippiam: fixum (i. e. id) et statutum est,
id. Mur. 30, 62:
eoque utrique quod statuit contenti sunt,
Caes. B. C. 1, 87:
senatus, ne quid absente rege statueret,
Liv. 39, 24, 13:
maturato opus est, quidquid statuere placet (senatui),
id. 8, 13, 17:
id ubi in P. Licinio ita statutum est,
id. 41, 15, 10:
interrogatus quid ipse victorem statuere debere censeret,
Curt. 8, 14, 43:
quid in futurum statuerim, aperiam,
Tac. A. 4, 37:
utque rata essent quae procuratores sui in judicando statuerent,
Suet. Claud. 12;
qul statuit aliquid parte inaudita altera, aequum licet statuerit, haud aequus fuit,
Sen. Med. 2, 199:
non ergo quod libet statuere arbiter potest,
Dig. 4, 8, 32, § 15; cf.:
earum rerum quas Caesar statuisset, decrevisset, egisset,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 11.—
(ζ).
With de or super and abl.:
vos de crudelissimis parricidis quid statuatis cunctamini?
Sall. C. 52, 31:
nihil super ea re nisi ex voluntate filii statuere,
Suet. Tib. 13:
ne quid super tanta re absente principe statueretur,
Tac. H. 4, 9.—
(η).
Absol., mostly pass. impers.:
ita expediri posse consilium ut pro merito cujusque statueretur,
Liv. 8, 14, 1:
tunc ut quaeque causa erit statuetis,
id. 3, 53, 10:
non ex rumore statuendum,
decisions should not be founded on rumors, Tac. A. 3, 69.—
(θ).
With cognoscere, to examine ( officially) and decide:
petit ut vel ipse de eo causa cognita statuat, vel civitatem statuere jubeat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 19:
consuli ut cognosceret statueretque senatus permiserat,
Liv. 39, 3, 2:
missuros qui de eorum controversiis cognoscerent statuerentque,
id. 40, 20, 1; 45, 13, 11:
quod causa cognita erit statuendum,
Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 8.—
2.
With reference to the mind of the subject, to decide, to make up one's mind, conclude, determine, be convinced, usu. with interrog.clause:
numquam intellegis, statuendum tibi esse, utrum illi homicidae sint an vindices libertatis,
Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30:
illud mirum videri solet, tot homines... statuere non potuisse, utrum judicem an arbitrum, rem an litem dici oporteret,
id. Mur. 12, 27:
neque tamen possum statuere, utrum magis mirer, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:
ipsi statuerent, quo tempore possent suo jure arma capere,
id. Tull. 5, 12:
ut statuerem quid esset faciendum,
id. Att. 7, 26, 3:
statuere enim qui sit sapiens, vel maxime videtur esse sapientis,
id. Ac. 2, 3, 9:
si habes jam statutum quid tibi agendum putes,
id. Fam. 4, 2, 4:
tu quantum tribuendum nobis putes statuas ipse, et, ut spero, statues ex nostra dignitate,
id. ib. 5, 8, 4:
vix statui posse utrum quae pro se, an quae contra fratrem petiturus esset ab senatu magis impetrabilia forent,
Liv. 45, 19, 6:
quam satis statuerat, utram foveret partem,
id. 42, 29, 11:
posse ipsam Liviam statuere, nubendum post Drusum, an, etc.,
Tac. A. 4, 40:
statue quem poenae extrahas,
Sen. Troad. 661.—So with apud animum, to make up one's mind:
vix statuere apud animum meum possum atrum pejor ipsa res an pejore exemplo agatur,
Liv. 34, 2, 4:
proinde ipsi primum statuerent apud animos quid vellent,
id. 6, 39, 11.—Rarely with neutr, pron. as object:
quidquid nos de communi sententia statuerimus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:
sic statue, quidquid statuis, ut causam famamque tuam in arto stare scias,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1306.—
D.
To decree, order, prescribe.
1.
With ut or ne: statuunt ut decem milia hominum in oppidum submittantur, [p. 1754] Caes. B. G. 7, 21:
eos (Siculos) statuisse ut hoc quod dico postularet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 103:
statuunt illi atque decernunt ut eae litterae... removerentur,
id. ib. 2, 2, 71, §
173: statuit iste ut arator... vadimonium promitteret,
id. ib. 2, 3, 15, §
38: orare patres ut statuerent ne absentium nomina reciperentur,
id. ib. 2, 2, 42, §
103: statuitur ne post M. Brutum proconsulem sit Creta provincia,
id. Phil. 2, 38, 97:
(Tiberius) auxit patrum honorem statuendo ut qui ad senatum provocavissent, etc.,
Tac. A. 14, 28:
statuiturque (a senatu) ut... in servitute haberentur,
id. ib. 12, 53.—So of a decree, determination, or agreement by several persons or parties to be carried out by each of them:
statutum esse (inter plebem et Poenos) ut... impedimenta diriperent,
Liv. 23, 16, 6:
Athenienses cum statuerent, ut urbe relicta naves conscenderent,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:
statuunt ut fallere custodes tentent,
Ov. M. 4, 84.—
2.
With acc. (post-Aug.):
remedium statuere,
to prescribe a remedy against public abuses, Tac. A. 3, 28; 6, 4:
Caesar ducentesimam (vectigalis) in posterum statuit,
decreed that one half of one per cent. be the tax, id. ib. 2, 42.—So with sic (= hoc):
sic, di, statuistis,
Ov. M. 4, 661.—
3.
With dat. and acc. (not ante-Aug.):
eis (Vestalibus) stipendium de publico statuit,
decreed, allowed a salary, Liv. 1, 20, 3:
Aurelio quoque annuam pecuniam statuit princeps,
decreed, granted, Tac. A. 13, 34:
biduum criminibus obiciendis statuitur,
are allowed, id. ib. 3, 13:
itaque et alimenta pueris statuta... et patribus praemia statuta,
Just. 12, 4, 8:
ceu Aeolus insanis statuat certamina ventis,
Stat. Th. 6, 300:
non hoc statui sub tempore rebus occasum Aeoniis,
id. ib. 7, 219:
statuere alicui munera,
Val. Fl. 2, 566.—
4.
With dat. and interrog.-clause:
cur his quoque statuisti quantum ex hoc genere frumenti darent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:
ordo iis quo quisque die supplicarent, statutus,
Liv. 7, 28, 8.—
5.
In partic., of punishment, etc., to decree, measure out, inflict.
(α).
With poenam, etc., with or without in and acc. pers. (mostly post-Aug.):
considerando... in utra (lege) major poena statuatur,
Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 145:
poenam statui par fuisse,
Tac. A. 14, 49:
qui non judicium, sed poenam statui videbant,
id. ib. 11, 6:
eadem poena in Catum Firmium statuitur,
id. ib. 6, 31:
senatu universo in socios facinoris ultimam statuente poenam,
Suet. Caes. 14;
so with mercedem (= poenam): debuisse gravissimam temeritatis mercedem statui,
Liv. 39, 55, 3; cf.
also: Thrasea, non quidquid nocens reus pati mereretur, id egregio sub principe statuendum disseruit,
Tac. A. 14, 48.— Absol.:
non debere eripi patribus vim statuendi (sc. poenas),
Tac. A. 3, 70.—
(β).
With indef. obj., generally with in and acc.: aliquid gravius in aliquem, to proceed severely against:
obsecrare coepit, ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20:
fac aliquid gravius in Hejum statuisse Mamertinos,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 19:
res monet cavere ab illis magis quam quid in illos statuamus consultare,
Sall. C. 52, 3:
qui cum triste aliquid statuit, fit tristis et ipse,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 119:
si quid ob eam rem de se crudelius statuerent,
Just. 2, 15, 10.—
(γ).
With a word expressing the kind of punishment (post-Aug.):
in Pompeiam Sabinam exilium statuitur,
Tac. A. 6, 24 (18).—
(δ).
De capite, to pass sentence of death:
legem illam praeclaram quae de capite civis Romani nisi comitiis centuriatis statui vetaret,
Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61.—
E.
Referring to one's own acts, to resolve, determine, purpose, to propose, with inf. (first in Cic.;
freq. and class.): statuit ab initio et in eo perseveravit, jus publicano non dicere,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:
P. Clodius cum statuisset omni scelere in praetura vexare rem publicam,
id. Mil. 9, 24:
statuerat excusare,
to decline the office, id. Lig. 7, 21:
cum statuissem scribere ad te aliquid,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:
quod iste certe statuerat et deliberaverat non adesse,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:
se statuisse animum advertere in omnes nauarchos,
id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §
105: nam statueram in perpetuum tacere,
id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:
statueram... nihil de illo dicere,
id. Fragm. Clod. 1, 1:
statueram recta Appia Romam (i. e. venire),
id. Att. 16, 10, 1:
Pompeius statuerat bello decertare,
Caes. B. C. 3, 86: si cedere hinc statuisset, Liv. 44, 39, 7:
triumphare mense Januario statuerat,
id. 39, 15:
immemor sim propositi quo statui non ultra attingere externa nisi qua Romanis cohaererent rebus,
id. 39, 48:
rex quamquam dissimulare statuerat,
id. 42, 21:
opperiri ibi hostium adventum statuit,
id. 42, 54, 9:
ut statuisse non pugnare consules cognitum est,
id. 2, 45, 9:
exaugurare fana statuit,
id. 1, 55, 2:
Delphos mittere statuit,
id. 1, 56, 5:
eos deducere in agros statuerunt,
id. 40, 38, 2:
tradere se, ait, moenia statuisse,
id. 8, 25, 10:
Samnitium exercitus certamine ultimo fortunam experiri statuit,
id. 7, 37, 4:
statuit sic adfectos hosti non obicere,
id. 44, 36, 2:
sub idem tempus statuit senatus Carthaginem excidere,
Vell. 1, 12, 2:
statui pauca disserere,
Tac. H. 4, 73:
amoliri juvenem specie honoris statuit,
id. A. 2, 42:
statuerat urbem novam condere,
Curt. 4, 8, 1:
statuerat parcere urbi conditae a Cyro,
id. 7, 6, 20:
rex statuerat inde abire,
id. 7, 11, 4:
Alexander statuerat ex Syria petere Africam,
id. 10, 1, 17; 10, 5, 24; 5, 27 (9), 13; so,
statutum habere cum animo ac deliberatum,
to have firmly and deliberately resolved, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.—With sic:
caedis initium fecisset a me, sic enim statuerat,
id. Phil. 3, 7, 29.—
F.
To judge, declare as a judgment, be of opinion, hold (especially of legal opinions), think, consider (always implying the establishment of a principle, or a decided conviction; cf.: existimo, puto, etc.).
1.
With acc. and inf.
a.
In gen.:
senatus consulta falsa delata ab eo judicavimus... leges statuimus per vim et contra auspicia latas,
Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 12:
statuit senatus hoc ne illi quidem esse licitum cui concesserat omnia,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 81:
quin is tamen (judex) statuat fieri non posse ut de isto non severissime judicetur,
id. ib. 2, 3, 62, §
144: hujusce rei vos (recuperatores) statuetis nullam esse actionem qui obstiterit armatis hominibus?
id. Caecin. 13, 39, ut quisquam juris numeretur peritus, qui id statuit esse jus quod non oporteat judicari, who holds that to be the law, id. ib. 24, 68:
is (Pompeius) se in publico statuit esse non posse,
id. Pis. 13, 29:
tu unquam tantam plagam tacitus accipere potuisses, nisi hoc ita statuisses, quidquid dixisses te deterius esse facturum?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 133:
si causa cum causa contenderet, nos nostram perfacile cuivis probaturos statuebamus,
we were sure, id. Quint. 30, 92:
non statuit sibi quidquam licere quod non patrem suum facere vidisset,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 211:
hi sibi nullam societatem communis utilitatis causa statuunt esse cum civibus,
assume, id. Off. 3, 6, 28:
cum igitur statuisset opus esse ad eam rem constituendam pecunia,
had become convinced, id. ib. 2, 23, 82:
quo cive neminem ego statuo in hac re publica esse fortiorem,
id. Planc. 21, 51:
quam quidem laudem sapientiae statuo esse maximam,
id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:
hoc anno statuit temporis esse satis,
Ov. F. 1, 34:
nolim statuas me mente maligna id facere,
Cat. 67, 37.— So with sic:
velim sic statuas tuas mihi litteras longissimas quasque gratissimas fore,
Cic. Fam. 7, 33 fin.:
ego sic statuo a me in hac causa pietatis potius quam defensionis partes esse susceptas,
I hold, lay down as the principle of my defence, id. Sest. 2, 3:
quod sic statuit omnino consularem legem nullam putare,
id. ib. 64, 135:
sic statuo et judico, neminem tot et tanta habuisse ornamenta dicendi,
id. Or. 2, 28, 122. —Hence, statui, I have judged, i. e. I know, and statueram, I had judged, i. e. I knew:
ut ego qui in te satis consilii statuerim esse, mallem Peducaeum tibi consilium dare quam me, ironically,
Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4:
qui saepe audissent, nihil esse pulchrius quam Syracusarum moenia, statuerant se, si ea Verre praetore non vidissent, numquam esse visuros,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95.—With neutr. pron.:
si dicam non recte aliquid statuere eos qui consulantur,
that they hold an erroneous opinion, Cic. Caecin. 24, 68; cf.:
quis hoc statuit umquam, aut cui concedi potest, ut eum jure potuerit occidere a quo, etc.,
id. Tull. 24, 56; Quint. 5, 13, 21.—
b.
Particularly of a conclusion drawn from circumstances, to judge, infer, conclude; declare (as an inference):
cum tuto senatum haberi non posse judicavistis, tum statuiistis, etiam intra muros Antonii scelus versari,
Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13: quod si aliter statuetis, videte ne hoc vos statuatis, qui vivus decesserit, ei vim non esse factam, id. Caecin. 16, 46:
quid? si tu ipse statuisti, bona P. Quinctii ex edicto possessa non esse?
id. Quint. 24, 76:
ergo ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,
id. Off. 3, 16, 67:
Juppiter esse pium statuit quodcumque juvaret,
Ov. H. 4, 133.—With neutr. pron.:
hoc (i. e. litteris Gabinii credendum non esse) statuit senatus cum frequens supplicationem Gabinio denegavit,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14:
quod si tum statuit opus esse, quid cum ille decessisset, Flacco existimatis statuendum et faciendum fuisse?
id. Fl. 12, 29; cf. id. Caecin. 16, 46, supra; so,
hoc si ita statuetis,
id. ib. 16, 47.—
c.
Esp. with gerund.-clause.
(α).
To hold, judge, think, consider, acknowledge, that something must be done, or should have been done:
tu cum tuos amicos in provinciam quasi in praedam invitabas... non statuebas tibi de illorum factis rationem esse reddendam?
did you not consider, did it not strike you? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29: statuit, si hoc crimen extenuari vellet, nauarchos omnes vita esse privandos, he thought it necessary to deprive, etc., id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §
103: ut statuas mihi non modo non cedendum, sed etiam tuo auxilio utendum fuisse,
id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:
statuebam sic, boni nihil ab illis nugis expectandum,
id. Sest. 10, 24:
Antigonus statuit aliquid sibi consilii novi esse capiendum,
Nep. Eum. 8, 4. —So with opus fuisse:
ut hoc statuatis oratione longa nihil opus fuisse,
acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56: causam sibi dicendam esse statuerat jam ante quam hoc usu venit, knew (cf. a. supra), id. ib. 2, 5, 39, § 101. —
(β).
To think that one must do something, to resolve, propose, usu. with dat. pers.:
manendum mihi statuebam quasi in vigilia quadam consulari ac senatoria,
Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1: quae vobis fit injuria si statuimus, vestro nobis judicio standum esse, if we conclude, purpose, to abide, etc., id. Fl. 27, 65:
ut ea quae statuisses tibi in senatu dicenda, reticeres,
id. Fam. 5, 2, 1:
statuit tamen nihil sibi in tantis injuriis gravius faciendum,
id. Clu. 6, 16:
Caesar statuit exspectandam classem,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:
non expectandum sibi statuit dum, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 11:
quod eo tempore statuerat non esse faciendum,
id. B. C. 3, 44:
statuit sibi nihil agitandum,
Sall. J. 39, 5:
Metellus statuit alio more bellum gerendum,
id. ib. 54, 5:
Laco statuit accuratius sibi agendum cum Pharnabazo,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 2:
sororis filios tollendos statuit,
Just. 38, 1.—
2.
With ut:
si, ut Manilius statuebat, sic est judicatum (= ut judicandum esse statuebat),
Cic. Caecin. 24, 69:
ut veteres statuerunt poetae (ut = quod ita esse),
id. Arat. 267 (33): quae majora auribus accepta sunt quam oculis noscuntur, ut statuit, as he thought, i. e. that those things were greater, etc., Liv. 45, 27:
cum esset, ut ego mihi statuo, talis qualem te esse video,
Cic. Mur. 14, 32.—
3.
With two acc. (= duco, existimo):
omnes qui libere de re publica sensimus, statuit ille quidem non inimicos, sed hostes,
regarded not as adversaries, but as foes, Cic. Phil. 11, 1, 3:
Anaximenes aera deum statuit,
id. N. D. 10, 26:
voluptatem summum bonum statuens,
id. Off. 1, 2, 5:
video Lentulum cujus ego parentem deum ac patronum statuo fortunae ac nominis mei,
id. Sest. 69, 144:
si rectum statuerimus concedere amicis quidquid velint,
id. Lael. 11, 38:
Hieronymus summum bonum statuit non dolere,
id. Fin. 2, 6, 19:
noster vero Plato Titanum e genere statuit eos qui... adversentur magistratibus,
id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
decretum postulat, quo justae inter patruos fratrumque filias nuptiae statuerentur,
Tac. A. 12, 7:
optimum in praesentia statuit reponere odium,
id. Agr. 39.— P. a.: stătūtus, a, um, i. e. baculo, propped, leaning on a stick (dub. v. I. C. supra):
vidistis senem... statutum, ventriosum?
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, subst.: stătūtum, i, n., a law, decision, determination, statute (late Lat.):
Dei,
Lact. 2, 16, 14:
Parcarum leges ac statuta,
id. 1, 11, 14:
statuta Dei et placita,
id. 7, 25, 8.

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17 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.
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auctoritatis N F

title (legal), ownership; right to authorize/sanction, power; decree, order; authority, influence; responsibility; prestige, reputation; opinion, judgment

Latin-English dictionary > auctōritās
18 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.
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decreti N N

dogma, principle, doctrine; idea held w/conviction; course of action, resolve; decree, ordinance; legal decision, vertict, order (judge), sentence; vote

Latin-English dictionary > dēcrētum
19 īnstitūtum

īnstitūtum ī, n [P. of instituo], a purpose, intention, design: consulatūs tui: pauca de instituto meo dicere: huius libri.—A practice, custom, usage, habit: hi linguā, institutis differunt, Cs.: meretricium: utor instituto meo: abduci ab institutis suis, principles: aliorum instituto fecisse, precedent: contra omnium instituta, precedents: instituto suo copias eduxit, Cs.: militem ex instituto dare, according to usage, L.—An institution, ordinance, decree, regulation: praetoris: instituta maiorum domi militiaeque, S.: omnia traditis institutis acta: patriae, N.: duarum vitarum instituta, plans.—Plur., principles, elements: philosophiae.
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instituti N N

custom, principle; decree; intention; arrangement; institution; habit, plan

Latin-English dictionary > īnstitūtum
20 interdictum

interdictum ī, n [P. of interdico], a forbiden thing: si interdicta petes, H.— A prohibition: deorum.—Of the praetor, a provisional decree, interlocutory order, prohibition, interdict: praetorum interdicta tollentur: tyrannica interdicta tua: interdicto huic omne adimat ius Praetor, i. e. subject to a guardian, H.
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interdicti N N

prohibition; provisional decree of a praetor

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