defend in front

prae-mūnĭo ( praemoenio, Gell. 13, 27; 14, 2), īvi, ītum, 4, v. a., to fortify or defend in front (class.).

Lit.:

aditus magnis operibus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

loca necessaria,

id. ib. 3, 112:

Isthmum,

id. ib. 3, 55:

fossa,

Tac. H. 3, 21.—

Trop.

To fortify, protect, secure:

metu venenorum praemuniri medicamentis,

of securing himself, Suet. Calig. 29:

praemuniendae regalis potentiae gratiā,

Vell. 2, 6, 2:

genus (dicendi) praemunitum, et ex omni parte causae septum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 32:

praemunitus scientiā linguarum,

fortified, Aug. Doct. Chr. 3, 1.— Absol.:

ut ante praemuniat, of an orator's art,

Cic. Or. 40, 137.—

To place a thing before another for defence or strengthening:

quae praemuniuntur omnia reliquo sermoni, quo facilius, etc.,

are premised to obviate objections, said by way of premunition, Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 34: illa, quae ex accusatorum oratione praemuniri intellegebam, brought forward or adduced in defence, id. Cael. 8, 19: primum illud praefulci et praemuni, quaeso, ut simus annui, take care of or secure beforehand, id. Att. 5, 13, 3.

bellum (ante-class. and poet. duel-lum), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.

Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:

bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,

Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):

legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:

quae domi duellique male fecisti,

id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:

quique agent rem duelli,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,

id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):

puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,

Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,

quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,

id. 22, 10, 2:

victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,

id. 23, 11, 2:

si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,

id. 36, 2, 2;

and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,

id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:

hic... Pacem duello miscuit,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:

cadum Marsi memorem duelli,

id. ib. 3, 14, 18:

vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,

id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]

Form bellum.

War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).

Specifying the enemy.

By adjj. denoting the nation:

omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:

Britannicum bellum,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

Gallicum,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

Germanicum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

Sabinum,

Liv. 1, 26, 4:

Parthicum,

Vell. 2, 46, 2;

similarly: bellum piraticum,

the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:

Sertorianum bellum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

Mithridaticum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

Jugurthinum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;

similarly: bellum regium,

the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:

bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

Asiaticum,

id. ib. 22, 64:

Africum,

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

Actiacum,

Vell. 2, 86, 3:

Hispaniense,

id. 2, 55, 2.—

With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

Venetorum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 16:

Helvetiorum,

id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;

1, 30: Ambiorigis,

id. ib. 6, 29, 4:

Pyrrhi, Philippi,

Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:

Samnitium,

Liv. 7, 29, 2.—

With cum and abl. of the name.

Attributively:

cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

belli causa cum Samnitibus,

Liv. 7, 29, 3:

hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,

id. 33, 35, 12:

novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,

id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—

With cum dependent on the verb:

quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:

novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,

Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—

With adversus and acc. of the name.

Attributively:

bellum adversus Philippum,

Liv. 31, 1, 8:

bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,

id. 8, 29, 6.—

With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:

ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,

id. 45, 11, 8:

bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,

Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—

With contra and acc.:

cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,

Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

causam belli contra patriam inferendi,

id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—

With in and acc. (very rare):

Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,

Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—

With inter and acc.:

hic finis belli inter Romanos ac Persea fuit,

Liv. 45, 9, 2.—

With apud and acc.:

secutum est bellum gestum apud Mutinam,

Nep. Att. 9, 1.—

With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—

With verbs.

Referring to the beginning of the war.

Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:

summa erat observatio in bello movendo,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:

bellum commotum a Scapula,

id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:

nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,

Sall. C. 30, 2:

is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,

Liv. 1, 53, 2:

insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,

id. 4, 58, 6:

dii pium movere bellum,

id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,

concitare,

Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—

Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:

cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:

bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,

Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,

parare alicui,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:

bellum terra et mari comparat,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,

id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:

bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,

Liv. 4, 55, 7:

numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—

Bellum differre, to postpone a war:

nec jam poterat bellum differri,

Liv. 2, 30, 7:

mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,

id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—

Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):

omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,

id. ib. 20, 5:

de integro bellum sumit,

id. ib. 62, 9:

iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,

Liv. 38, 19, 3:

sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,

Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—

Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:

bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,

Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:

suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 11, 35:

judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,

join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):

cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,

undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:

senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,

id. 6, 9, 5:

bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,

Vell. 2, 3, 3.—

Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):

consensit et senatus bellum,

Liv. 8, 6, 8:

bellum erat consensum,

id. 1, 32, 12.—

Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:

sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,

id. ib.:

cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?

id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,

Liv. 5, 26, 3:

Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,

id. 6, 22, 6:

Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,

id. 7, 23, 2:

quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,

id. ib. 16, 49:

hunc toti bello praefecerunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

bellum administrandum permittere,

id. ib. 21, 61.—

Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:

ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,

Liv. 1, 32, 13:

Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?

Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,

id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:

bellum indici posse existimabat,

Liv. 1, 22, 4:

ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,

id. 1, 22, 6:

ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,

id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—

Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:

Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,

Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:

bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

bellum patriae faciet,

id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:

civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;

3, 29: constituit bellum facere,

Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:

occupant bellum facere,

they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:

ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,

id. 1, 32, 13:

populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,

id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:

urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,

Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—

Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:

subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

aliud multo propius bellum ortum,

Liv. 1, 14, 4:

Veiens bellum exortum,

id. 2, 53, 1.—

bellum

(ante-class. and poet.

duel-lum

), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.

Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:

bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,

Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):

legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:

quae domi duellique male fecisti,

id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:

quique agent rem duelli,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,

id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):

puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,

Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,

quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,

id. 22, 10, 2:

victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,

id. 23, 11, 2:

si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,

id. 36, 2, 2;

and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,

id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:

hic... Pacem duello miscuit,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:

cadum Marsi memorem duelli,

id. ib. 3, 14, 18:

vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,

id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]

Form bellum.

War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).

Specifying the enemy.

By adjj. denoting the nation:

omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:

Britannicum bellum,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

Gallicum,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

Germanicum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

Sabinum,

Liv. 1, 26, 4:

Parthicum,

Vell. 2, 46, 2;

similarly: bellum piraticum,

the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:

Sertorianum bellum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

Mithridaticum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

Jugurthinum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;

similarly: bellum regium,

the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:

bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

Asiaticum,

id. ib. 22, 64:

Africum,

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

Actiacum,

Vell. 2, 86, 3:

Hispaniense,

id. 2, 55, 2.—

With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

Venetorum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 16:

Helvetiorum,

id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;

1, 30: Ambiorigis,

id. ib. 6, 29, 4:

Pyrrhi, Philippi,

Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:

Samnitium,

Liv. 7, 29, 2.—

With cum and abl. of the name.

Attributively:

cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

belli causa cum Samnitibus,

Liv. 7, 29, 3:

hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,

id. 33, 35, 12:

novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,

id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—

With cum dependent on the verb:

quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:

novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,

Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—

With adversus and acc. of the name.

Attributively:

bellum adversus Philippum,

Liv. 31, 1, 8:

bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,

id. 8, 29, 6.—

With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:

ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,

id. 45, 11, 8:

bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,

Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—

With contra and acc.:

cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,

Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

causam belli contra patriam inferendi,

id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—

With in and acc. (very rare):

Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,

Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—

With inter and acc.:

hic finis belli inter Romanos ac Persea fuit,

Liv. 45, 9, 2.—

With apud and acc.:

secutum est bellum gestum apud Mutinam,

Nep. Att. 9, 1.—

With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—

With verbs.

Referring to the beginning of the war.

Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:

summa erat observatio in bello movendo,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:

bellum commotum a Scapula,

id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:

nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,

Sall. C. 30, 2:

is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,

Liv. 1, 53, 2:

insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,

id. 4, 58, 6:

dii pium movere bellum,

id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,

concitare,

Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—

Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:

cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:

bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,

Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,

parare alicui,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:

bellum terra et mari comparat,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,

id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:

bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,

Liv. 4, 55, 7:

numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—

Bellum differre, to postpone a war:

nec jam poterat bellum differri,

Liv. 2, 30, 7:

mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,

id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—

Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):

omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,

id. ib. 20, 5:

de integro bellum sumit,

id. ib. 62, 9:

iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,

Liv. 38, 19, 3:

sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,

Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—

Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:

bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,

Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:

suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 11, 35:

judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,

join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):

cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,

undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:

senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,

id. 6, 9, 5:

bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,

Vell. 2, 3, 3.—

Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):

consensit et senatus bellum,

Liv. 8, 6, 8:

bellum erat consensum,

id. 1, 32, 12.—

Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:

sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,

id. ib.:

cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?

id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,

Liv. 5, 26, 3:

Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,

id. 6, 22, 6:

Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,

id. 7, 23, 2:

quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,

id. ib. 16, 49:

hunc toti bello praefecerunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

bellum administrandum permittere,

id. ib. 21, 61.—

Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:

ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,

Liv. 1, 32, 13:

Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?

Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,

id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:

bellum indici posse existimabat,

Liv. 1, 22, 4:

ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,

id. 1, 22, 6:

ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,

id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—

Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:

Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,

Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:

bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

bellum patriae faciet,

id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:

civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;

3, 29: constituit bellum facere,

Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:

occupant bellum facere,

they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:

ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,

id. 1, 32, 13:

populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,

id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:

urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,

Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—

Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:

subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

aliud multo propius bellum ortum,

Liv. 1, 14, 4:

Veiens bellum exortum,

id. 2, 53, 1.—

Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:

bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,

Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,

id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,

id. Div. 1, 46, 103:

erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 10:

bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,

id. ib. 4, 6:

Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,

Sall. C. 16, 5:

bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,

Liv. 21, 1, 1:

alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,

id. 2, 62, 3:

de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,

id. 23, 25, 5:

Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,

Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):

bellum bellare,

Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);

in the same sense: bellum agere,

Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:

bello persequi aliquem,

Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—

Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:

necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:

bellum trahi non posse,

Sall. J. 23, 2:

belli trahendi causa,

Liv. 5, 11, 8:

morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,

id. 9, 27, 5:

suadere institui ut bellum duceret,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:

bellum enim ducetur,

id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;

similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?

Liv. 5, 5, 1.—

Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:

bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,

Liv. 8, 37, 5.—

Referring to the end of a war.

Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:

in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

(bellum) cum deponi victores velint,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,

Liv. 31, 1, 8:

nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,

id. 31, 31, 19:

dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,

Sall. J. 112, 1:

bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,

id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:

velut posito bello,

Liv. 1, 53, 5:

manere bellum quod positum simuletur,

id. 1, 53, 7:

posito ubique bello,

Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:

omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,

Liv. 2, 14, 5.—

Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:

timerent ne bellum componeretur,

Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:

si bellum compositum foret,

Sall. J. 97, 2:

belli componendi licentiam,

id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;

similarly: bellum sedare,

Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—

Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:

is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:

bellumque maximum conficies,

id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:

confecto Mithridatico bello,

id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:

quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,

Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;

4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:

neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,

Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;

36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:

se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),

id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:

neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,

Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—

Less usual connections:

bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

alere ac fovere bellum,

Liv. 42, 11, 5:

bellum navare alicui,

Tac. H. 5, 25:

spargere,

id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:

serere,

Liv. 21, 10, 4:

circumferre,

Tac. A. 13, 37:

exercere,

id. ib. 6, 31:

quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:

bellum ascendit in rupes,

id. 4, 12, 4:

bellum serpit in proximos,

id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:

bella narrare,

Cic. Or. 9, 30:

canere bella,

Quint. 10, 1, 91:

bella legere,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—

As object denoting place or time.

Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.

Of the commander:

consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,

Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:

ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:

ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,

Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:

in bellum,

Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—

Of persons partaking in a war:

si proficiscerer ad bellum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —

Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—

In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:

in bella sequi,

id. ib. 8, 547.—

Of time.

In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):

valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,

domi duellique,

id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):

quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:

paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,

Sall. J. 41, 7:

animus belli ingens, domi modicus,

id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:

bello domique,

id. 1, 34, 12:

domi belloque,

id. 9, 26, 21; and:

neque bello, neque domi,

id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:

simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.

Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—

In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:

ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:

in ipso bello eadem sensi,

id. Marcell. 5, 14:

in Volsco bello virtus enituit,

Liv. 2, 24, 8:

in eo bello,

id. 23, 46, 6:

in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,

id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:

ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:

qui in bello occiderunt,

Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,

Sall. C. 9, 4:

non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,

Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:

in bello parta,

Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—

Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

bello Italico,

id. Pis. 36, 87:

Veienti bello,

id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

domestico bello,

id. Planc. 29, 70:

qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,

Liv. 23, 12, 11:

victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,

id. 2, 27, 1:

nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,

id. 9, 18, 9:

bello civili,

Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:

praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:

qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,

Cic. Sest. 26, 57:

res pace belloque gestas,

Liv. 2, 1, 1:

egregieque rebus bello gestis,

id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:

ludi bello voti,

id. 4, 35. 3:

princeps pace belloque,

id. 7, 1, 9:

Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,

id. 45, 42, 7:

bello parta,

Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—

Inter bellum (rare):

cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,

Liv. 2, 14, 2:

inter haec bella consules... facti,

id. 2, 63, 1.—

Bellum in attributive connection.

Justum bellum.

A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):

justum piumque bellum,

Liv. 1, 23, 4:

non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,

id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—

A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):

in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,

Liv. 1, 15, 1.—

For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—

Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:

quicunque belli eventus fuisset,

Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:

haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,

Sall. C. 37, 9:

eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,

Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:

exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,

Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:

Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,

Liv. 5, 16, 8.—

Fortuna belli, the chances of war:

adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,

Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—

Belli artes, military skill:

cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,

Liv. 1, 35, 1:

haud ignotas belli artes,

id. 21, 1, 2:

temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,

id. 1, 21, 6.—

Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:

in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:

sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,

Liv. 5, 27, 6:

jure belli res vindicatur,

Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—

Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:

trium simul bellorum victor,

a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:

victor tot bellis,

id. 2, 27, 1). —

Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—

Transf.

Of things concr. and abstr.:

qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,

Cic. Dom. 23, 60:

bellum contra aras et focos,

id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,

id. Or. 2, 37, 155:

ventri Indico bellum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—

Of animals:

milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,

Ov. M. 6, 92.—

With individuals:

quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,

Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,

id. Sull. 9, 28:

hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,

Liv. 2, 12, 11:

falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,

id. 3, 25, 3:

tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,

id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:

equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,

Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—

In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—

Personified as god of war ( = Janus):

tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,

Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:

sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,

Verg. A. 7, 607:

mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,

id. ib. 6, 279.—

Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):

permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),

Ov. M. 12, 24:

sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,

Sil. 7, 472:

quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?

Stat. Th. 9, 490.—

Battle, = proelium:

rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,

Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:

quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,

Sall. C. 9, 4:

praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,

Liv. 8, 10, 7:

commisso statim bello,

Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:

Actia bella,

Verg. A. 8, 675:

ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,

id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —

Bellum = liber de bello:

quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!

Cic. Sen. 14, 50.

Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:

bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,

Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,

id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,

id. Div. 1, 46, 103:

erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 10:

bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,

id. ib. 4, 6:

Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,

Sall. C. 16, 5:

bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,

Liv. 21, 1, 1:

alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,

id. 2, 62, 3:

de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,

id. 23, 25, 5:

Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,

Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):

bellum bellare,

Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);

in the same sense: bellum agere,

Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:

bello persequi aliquem,

Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—

Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:

necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:

bellum trahi non posse,

Sall. J. 23, 2:

belli trahendi causa,

Liv. 5, 11, 8:

morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,

id. 9, 27, 5:

suadere institui ut bellum duceret,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:

bellum enim ducetur,

id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;

similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?

Liv. 5, 5, 1.—

Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:

bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,

Liv. 8, 37, 5.—

Referring to the end of a war.

Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:

in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

(bellum) cum deponi victores velint,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,

Liv. 31, 1, 8:

nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,

id. 31, 31, 19:

dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,

Sall. J. 112, 1:

bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,

id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:

velut posito bello,

Liv. 1, 53, 5:

manere bellum quod positum simuletur,

id. 1, 53, 7:

posito ubique bello,

Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:

omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,

Liv. 2, 14, 5.—

Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:

timerent ne bellum componeretur,

Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:

si bellum compositum foret,

Sall. J. 97, 2:

belli componendi licentiam,

id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;

similarly: bellum sedare,

Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—

Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:

is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:

bellumque maximum conficies,

id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:

confecto Mithridatico bello,

id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:

quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,

Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;

4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:

neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,

Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;

36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:

se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),

id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:

neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,

Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—

Less usual connections:

bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

alere ac fovere bellum,

Liv. 42, 11, 5:

bellum navare alicui,

Tac. H. 5, 25:

spargere,

id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:

serere,

Liv. 21, 10, 4:

circumferre,

Tac. A. 13, 37:

exercere,

id. ib. 6, 31:

quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:

bellum ascendit in rupes,

id. 4, 12, 4:

bellum serpit in proximos,

id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:

bella narrare,

Cic. Or. 9, 30:

canere bella,

Quint. 10, 1, 91:

bella legere,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—

As object denoting place or time.

Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.

Of the commander:

consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,

Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:

ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:

ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,

Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:

in bellum,

Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—

Of persons partaking in a war:

si proficiscerer ad bellum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —

Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—

In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:

in bella sequi,

id. ib. 8, 547.—

Of time.

In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):

valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,

domi duellique,

id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):

quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:

paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,

Sall. J. 41, 7:

animus belli ingens, domi modicus,

id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:

bello domique,

id. 1, 34, 12:

domi belloque,

id. 9, 26, 21; and:

neque bello, neque domi,

id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:

simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.

Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—

In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:

ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:

in ipso bello eadem sensi,

id. Marcell. 5, 14:

in Volsco bello virtus enituit,

Liv. 2, 24, 8:

in eo bello,

id. 23, 46, 6:

in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,

id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:

ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:

qui in bello occiderunt,

Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,

Sall. C. 9, 4:

non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,

Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:

in bello parta,

Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—

Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

bello Italico,

id. Pis. 36, 87:

Veienti bello,

id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

domestico bello,

id. Planc. 29, 70:

qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,

Liv. 23, 12, 11:

victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,

id. 2, 27, 1:

nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,

id. 9, 18, 9:

bello civili,

Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:

praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:

qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,

Cic. Sest. 26, 57:

res pace belloque gestas,

Liv. 2, 1, 1:

egregieque rebus bello gestis,

id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:

ludi bello voti,

id. 4, 35. 3:

princeps pace belloque,

id. 7, 1, 9:

Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,

id. 45, 42, 7:

bello parta,

Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—

Inter bellum (rare):

cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,

Liv. 2, 14, 2:

inter haec bella consules... facti,

id. 2, 63, 1.—

Bellum in attributive connection.

Justum bellum.

A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):

justum piumque bellum,

Liv. 1, 23, 4:

non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,

id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—

A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):

in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,

Liv. 1, 15, 1.—

For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—

Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:

quicunque belli eventus fuisset,

Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:

haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,

Sall. C. 37, 9:

eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,

Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:

exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,

Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:

Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,

Liv. 5, 16, 8.—

Fortuna belli, the chances of war:

adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,

Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—

Belli artes, military skill:

cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,

Liv. 1, 35, 1:

haud ignotas belli artes,

id. 21, 1, 2:

temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,

id. 1, 21, 6.—

Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:

in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:

sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,

Liv. 5, 27, 6:

jure belli res vindicatur,

Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—

Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:

trium simul bellorum victor,

a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:

victor tot bellis,

id. 2, 27, 1). —

Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—

Transf.

Of things concr. and abstr.:

qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,

Cic. Dom. 23, 60:

bellum contra aras et focos,

id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,

id. Or. 2, 37, 155:

ventri Indico bellum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—

Of animals:

milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,

Ov. M. 6, 92.—

With individuals:

quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,

Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,

id. Sull. 9, 28:

hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,

Liv. 2, 12, 11:

falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,

id. 3, 25, 3:

tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,

id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:

equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,

Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—

In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—

Personified as god of war ( = Janus):

tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,

Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:

sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,

Verg. A. 7, 607:

mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,

id. ib. 6, 279.—

Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):

permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),

Ov. M. 12, 24:

sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,

Sil. 7, 472:

quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?

Stat. Th. 9, 490.—

Battle, = proelium:

rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,

Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:

quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,

Sall. C. 9, 4:

praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,

Liv. 8, 10, 7:

commisso statim bello,

Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:

Actia bella,

Verg. A. 8, 675:

ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,

id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —

Bellum = liber de bello:

quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!

Cic. Sen. 14, 50.

tŭĕor, tuĭtus, 2 ( perf. only post-Aug., Quint. 5, 13, 35; Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 10; collat. form tūtus, in the part., rare, Sall. J. 74, 3; Front. Strat. 2, 12, 13; but constantly in the P. a.; inf. parag. tuerier, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 35; collat. form acc. to the 3d conj. tŭor, Cat. 20, 5; Stat. Th. 3, 151:

tuĕris,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

tuimur,

Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 224; 4, 449;

6, 934: tuamur,

id. 4, 361:

tuantur,

id. 4, 1004; imper. tuĕre, id. 5, 318), v. dep. a. [etym. dub.], orig., to see, to look or gaze upon, to watch, view; hence, pregn., to see or look to, to defend, protect, etc.: tueri duo significat; unum ab aspectu, unde est Ennii illud: tueor te senex? pro Juppiter! (Trag. v. 225 Vahl.);

alterum a curando ac tutela, ut cum dicimus bellum tueor et tueri villam,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. sq.—Accordingly,

To look at, gaze at, behold, watch, view, regard, consider, examine, etc. (only poet.; syn.: specto, adspicio, intueor): quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus, Pac. ap. Non. 407, 32; 414, 3:

e tenebris, quae sunt in luce, tuemur,

Lucr. 4, 312:

ubi nil aliud nisi aquam caelumque tuentur,

id. 4, 434:

caeli templa,

id. 6, 1228 al.:

tuendo Terribiles oculos, vultum, etc.,

Verg. A. 8, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 713:

talia dicentem jam dudum aversa tuetur,

id. ib. 4, 362:

transversa tuentibus hircis,

id. E. 3, 8:

acerba tuens,

looking fiercely, Lucr. 5, 33; cf. Verg. A. 9, 794:

torva,

id. ib. 6, 467.—

With object-clause:

quod multa in terris fieri caeloque tuentur (homines), etc.,

Lucr. 1, 152; 6, 50; 6, 1163.—

Pregn., to look to, care for, keep up, uphold, maintain, support, guard, preserve, defend, protect, etc. (the predom. class. signif. of the word; cf.:

curo, conservo, tutor, protego, defendo): videte, ne... vobis turpissimum sit, id, quod accepistis, tueri et conservare non posse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

ut quisque eis rebus tuendis conservandisque praefuerat,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, 140:

omnia,

id. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

mores et instituta vitae resque domesticas ac familiares,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2:

societatem conjunctionis humanae munifice et aeque,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 65:

concordiam,

id. Att. 1, 17, 10: rem et gratiam et auctoritatem suam, id. Fam. 13, 49, 1:

dignitatem,

id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

L. Paulus personam principis civis facile dicendo tuebatur,

id. Brut. 20, 80:

personam in re publicā,

id. Phil. 8, 10, 29; cf.: tuum munus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 1:

tueri et sustinere simulacrum pristinae dignitatis,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 41:

aedem Castoris P. Junius habuit tuendam,

to keep in good order, id. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 130; cf. Plin. Pan. 51, 1:

Bassum ut incustoditum nimis et incautum,

id. Ep. 6, 29, 10:

libertatem,

Tac. A. 3, 27; 14, 60:

se, vitam corpusque tueri,

to keep, preserve, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

antea majores copias alere poterat, nunc exiguas vix tueri potest,

id. Deiot. 8, 22:

se ac suos tueri,

Liv. 5, 4, 5:

sex legiones (re suā),

Cic. Par. 6, 1, 45:

armentum paleis,

Col. 6, 3, 3:

se ceteris armis prudentiae tueri atque defendere,

to guard, protect, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 172; cf.:

tuemini castra et defendite diligenter,

Caes. B. C. 3, 94:

suos fines,

id. B. G. 4, 8:

portus,

id. ib. 5, 8:

oppidum unius legionis praesidio,

id. B. C. 2, 23:

oram maritimam,

id. ib. 3, 34:

impedimenta,

to cover, protect, Hirt. B. G. 8, 2.—With ab and abl.:

fines suos ab excursionibus et latrociniis,

Cic. Deiot. 8, 22:

domum a furibus,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 10: mare ab hostibus, Auct. B. Afr. 8, 2.—With contra:

quos non parsimoniā tueri potuit contra illius audaciam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 11:

liberūm nostrorum pueritiam contra inprobitatem magistratuum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153; Quint. 5, 13, 35; Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 152; Tac. A. 6, 47 (41).—With adversus:

tueri se adversus Romanos,

Liv. 25, 11, 7:

nostra adversus vim atque injuriam,

id. 7, 31, 3:

adversus Philippum tueri Athenas,

id. 31, 9, 3; 42, 46, 9; 42, 23, 6:

arcem adversus tres cohortes tueri,

Tac. H. 3, 78; Just. 17, 3, 22; 43, 3, 4.—In part. perf.:

Verres fortiter et industrie tuitus contra piratas Siciliam dicitur,

Quint. 5, 13, 35 (al. tutatus):

Numidas in omnibus proeliis magis pedes quam arma tuta sunt,

Sall. J. 74, 3.

Act. form tŭĕo, ēre:

censores vectigalia tuento,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

ROGO PER SVPEROS, QVI ESTIS, OSSA MEA TVEATIS,

Inscr. Orell. 4788.—

tŭĕor, ēri, in pass. signif.:

majores nostri in pace a rusticis Romanis alebantur et in bello ab his tuebantur,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 4; Lucr. 4, 361:

consilio et operā curatoris tueri debet non solum patrimonium, sed et corpus et salus furiosi,

Dig. 27, 10, 7:

voluntas testatoris ex bono et aequo tuebitur,

ib. 28, 3, 17.—Hence, tūtus, a, um, P. a. (prop. well seen to or guarded; hence), safe, secure, out of danger (cf. securus, free from fear).

Lit.

Absol.:

nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta... contra tuam cupiditatem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39:

cum victis nihil tutum arbitrarentur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

nec se satis tutum fore arbitratur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; cf.:

me biremis praesidio scaphae Tutum per Aegaeos tumultus Aura feret,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 63; Ov. M. 8, 368:

tutus bos rura perambulat,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 17:

quis locus tam firmum habuit praesidium, ut tutus esset?

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31:

mare tutum praestare,

id. Fl. 13, 31:

sic existimabat tutissimam fore Galliam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 54:

nemus,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 5:

via fugae,

Cic. Caecin. 15, 44; cf.:

commodior ac tutior receptus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

perfugium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 8:

tutum iter et patens,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 7:

tutissima custodia,

Liv. 31, 23, 9:

praesidio nostro pasci genus esseque tutum,

Lucr. 5, 874:

vitam consistere tutam,

id. 6, 11:

tutiorem et opulentiorem vitam hominum reddere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: est et fideli tuta silentio Merces, secure, sure (diff. from certa, definite, certain), Hor. C. 3, 2, 25:

tutior at quanto merx est in classe secundā!

id. S. 1, 2, 47:

non est tua tuta voluntas,

not without danger, Ov. M. 2, 53:

in audaces non est audacia tuta,

id. ib. 10, 544:

externā vi non tutus modo rex, sed invictus,

Curt. 6, 7, 1:

vel tutioris audentiae est,

Quint. 12, prooem. §

4: cogitatio tutior,

id. 10, 7, 19:

fuit brevitas illa tutissima,

id. 10, 1, 39:

regnum et diadema tutum Deferens uni,

i. e. that cannot be taken away, Hor. C. 2, 2, 21: male tutae mentis Orestes, i. e. unsound, = male sanae, id. S. 2, 3, 137: quicquid habes, age, Depone tutis auribus, qs. carefully guarded, i. e. safe, faithful, id. C. 1, 27, 18 (cf. the opp.: auris rimosa, id. S. 2, 6, 46).— Poet., with gen.:

(pars ratium) tuta fugae,

Luc. 9, 346.—

With ab and abl.: tutus ab insidiis inimici, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2:

ab insidiis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 117:

a periculo,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

ab hoste,

Ov. H. 11, 44:

ab hospite,

id. M. 1, 144:

a conjuge,

id. ib. 8, 316:

a ferro,

id. ib. 13, 498:

a bello, id. H. (15) 16, 344: ab omni injuriā,

Phaedr. 1, 31, 9.—

With ad and acc.:

turrim tuendam ad omnis repentinos casus tradidit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 39:

ad id, quod ne timeatur fortuna facit, minime tuti sunt homines,

Liv. 25, 38, 14:

testudinem tutam ad omnes ictus video esse,

id. 36, 32, 6.—

With adversus:

adversus venenorum pericula tutum corpus suum reddere,

Cels. 5, 23, 3:

quo tutiores essent adversus ictus sagittarum,

Curt. 7, 9, 2:

loci beneficio adversus intemperiem anni tutus est,

Sen. Ira, 2, 12, 1:

per quem tutior adversus casus steti,

Val. Max. 4, 7, ext. 2:

quorum praesidio tutus adversus hostes esse debuerat,

Just. 10, 1, 7.—

With abl.: incendio fere tuta est Alexandria, Auct. B. Alex. 1, 3.—

Tutum est, with a subj. -clause, it is prudent or safe, it is the part of a prudent man:

si dicere palam parum tutum est,

Quint. 9, 2, 66; 8, 3, 47; 10, 3, 33:

o nullis tutum credere blanditiis,

Prop. 1, 15, 42:

tutius esse arbitrabantur, obsessis viis, commeatu intercluso sine ullo vulnere victoriā potiri,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24; Quint. 7, 1, 36; 11, 2, 48:

nobis tutissimum est, auctores plurimos sequi,

id. 3, 4, 11; 3, 6, 63.—

As subst.: tūtum, i, n., a place of safety, a shelter, safety, security: Tr. Circumspice dum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum qui aucupet. Th. Tutum probe est, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 42:

tuta et parvula laudo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 42:

trepidum et tuta petentem Trux aper insequitur,

Ov. M. 10, 714:

in tuto ut collocetur,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11:

esse in tuto,

id. ib. 4, 3, 30:

ut sitis in tuto,

Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3:

in tutum eduxi manipulares meos,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 7:

in tutum receptus est,

Liv. 2, 19, 6.—

Transf., watchful, careful, cautious, prudent (rare and not ante-Aug.;

syn.: cautus, prudens): serpit humi tutus nimium timidusque procellae,

Hor. A. P. 28:

tutus et intra Spem veniae cautus,

id. ib. 266:

non nisi vicinas tutus ararit aquas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 36:

id suā sponte, apparebat, tuta celeribus consiliis praepositurum,

Liv. 22, 38, 13:

celeriora quam tutiora consilia magis placuere ducibus,

id. 9, 32, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms, tūtē and tūtō, safely, securely, in safety, without danger.

Form tute (very rare):

crede huic tute,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 102:

eum tute vivere, qui honeste vivat,

Auct. Her. 3, 5, 9:

tute cauteque agere,

id. ib. 3, 7, 13.—

Form tuto (class. in prose and poetry):

pervenire,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70; Lucr. 1, 179:

dimicare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

tuto et libere decernere,

id. B. C. 1, 2:

ut tuto sim,

in security, Cic. Fam. 14, 3, 3:

ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36. —

Comp.:

ut in vadis consisterent tutius,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

tutius et facilius receptus daretur,

id. B. C. 2, 30:

tutius ac facilius id tractatur,

Quint. 5, 5, 1:

usitatis tutius utimur,

id. 1, 5, 71:

ut ubivis tutius quam in meo regno essem,

Sall. J. 14, 11.—

Form tutissime: nam te hic tutissime puto fore, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 11, A.—

Form tutissimo:

quaerere, ubi tutissimo essem,

Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2; cf. Charis. p. 173 P.:

tutissimo infunduntur oboli quattuor,

Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 14.

tŭĕor, tuĭtus, 2 ( perf. only post-Aug., Quint. 5, 13, 35; Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 10; collat. form tūtus, in the part., rare, Sall. J. 74, 3; Front. Strat. 2, 12, 13; but constantly in the P. a.; inf. parag. tuerier, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 35; collat. form acc. to the 3d conj. tŭor, Cat. 20, 5; Stat. Th. 3, 151:

tuĕris,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

tuimur,

Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 224; 4, 449;

6, 934: tuamur,

id. 4, 361:

tuantur,

id. 4, 1004; imper. tuĕre, id. 5, 318), v. dep. a. [etym. dub.], orig., to see, to look or gaze upon, to watch, view; hence, pregn., to see or look to, to defend, protect, etc.: tueri duo significat; unum ab aspectu, unde est Ennii illud: tueor te senex? pro Juppiter! (Trag. v. 225 Vahl.);

alterum a curando ac tutela, ut cum dicimus bellum tueor et tueri villam,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. sq.—Accordingly,

To look at, gaze at, behold, watch, view, regard, consider, examine, etc. (only poet.; syn.: specto, adspicio, intueor): quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus, Pac. ap. Non. 407, 32; 414, 3:

e tenebris, quae sunt in luce, tuemur,

Lucr. 4, 312:

ubi nil aliud nisi aquam caelumque tuentur,

id. 4, 434:

caeli templa,

id. 6, 1228 al.:

tuendo Terribiles oculos, vultum, etc.,

Verg. A. 8, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 713:

talia dicentem jam dudum aversa tuetur,

id. ib. 4, 362:

transversa tuentibus hircis,

id. E. 3, 8:

acerba tuens,

looking fiercely, Lucr. 5, 33; cf. Verg. A. 9, 794:

torva,

id. ib. 6, 467.—

With object-clause:

quod multa in terris fieri caeloque tuentur (homines), etc.,

Lucr. 1, 152; 6, 50; 6, 1163.—

Pregn., to look to, care for, keep up, uphold, maintain, support, guard, preserve, defend, protect, etc. (the predom. class. signif. of the word; cf.:

curo, conservo, tutor, protego, defendo): videte, ne... vobis turpissimum sit, id, quod accepistis, tueri et conservare non posse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

ut quisque eis rebus tuendis conservandisque praefuerat,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, 140:

omnia,

id. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

mores et instituta vitae resque domesticas ac familiares,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2:

societatem conjunctionis humanae munifice et aeque,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 65:

concordiam,

id. Att. 1, 17, 10: rem et gratiam et auctoritatem suam, id. Fam. 13, 49, 1:

dignitatem,

id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

L. Paulus personam principis civis facile dicendo tuebatur,

id. Brut. 20, 80:

personam in re publicā,

id. Phil. 8, 10, 29; cf.: tuum munus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 1:

tueri et sustinere simulacrum pristinae dignitatis,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 41:

aedem Castoris P. Junius habuit tuendam,

to keep in good order, id. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 130; cf. Plin. Pan. 51, 1:

Bassum ut incustoditum nimis et incautum,

id. Ep. 6, 29, 10:

libertatem,

Tac. A. 3, 27; 14, 60:

se, vitam corpusque tueri,

to keep, preserve, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11:

antea majores copias alere poterat, nunc exiguas vix tueri potest,

id. Deiot. 8, 22:

se ac suos tueri,

Liv. 5, 4, 5:

sex legiones (re suā),

Cic. Par. 6, 1, 45:

armentum paleis,

Col. 6, 3, 3:

se ceteris armis prudentiae tueri atque defendere,

to guard, protect, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 172; cf.:

tuemini castra et defendite diligenter,

Caes. B. C. 3, 94:

suos fines,

id. B. G. 4, 8:

portus,

id. ib. 5, 8:

oppidum unius legionis praesidio,

id. B. C. 2, 23:

oram maritimam,

id. ib. 3, 34:

impedimenta,

to cover, protect, Hirt. B. G. 8, 2.—With ab and abl.:

fines suos ab excursionibus et latrociniis,

Cic. Deiot. 8, 22:

domum a furibus,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 10: mare ab hostibus, Auct. B. Afr. 8, 2.—With contra:

quos non parsimoniā tueri potuit contra illius audaciam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 11:

liberūm nostrorum pueritiam contra inprobitatem magistratuum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153; Quint. 5, 13, 35; Plin. 20, 14, 54, § 152; Tac. A. 6, 47 (41).—With adversus:

tueri se adversus Romanos,

Liv. 25, 11, 7:

nostra adversus vim atque injuriam,

id. 7, 31, 3:

adversus Philippum tueri Athenas,

id. 31, 9, 3; 42, 46, 9; 42, 23, 6:

arcem adversus tres cohortes tueri,

Tac. H. 3, 78; Just. 17, 3, 22; 43, 3, 4.—In part. perf.:

Verres fortiter et industrie tuitus contra piratas Siciliam dicitur,

Quint. 5, 13, 35 (al. tutatus):

Numidas in omnibus proeliis magis pedes quam arma tuta sunt,

Sall. J. 74, 3.

Act. form tŭĕo, ēre:

censores vectigalia tuento,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

ROGO PER SVPEROS, QVI ESTIS, OSSA MEA TVEATIS,

Inscr. Orell. 4788.—

tŭĕor, ēri, in pass. signif.:

majores nostri in pace a rusticis Romanis alebantur et in bello ab his tuebantur,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 4; Lucr. 4, 361:

consilio et operā curatoris tueri debet non solum patrimonium, sed et corpus et salus furiosi,

Dig. 27, 10, 7:

voluntas testatoris ex bono et aequo tuebitur,

ib. 28, 3, 17.—Hence, tūtus, a, um, P. a. (prop. well seen to or guarded; hence), safe, secure, out of danger (cf. securus, free from fear).

Lit.

Absol.:

nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta... contra tuam cupiditatem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39:

cum victis nihil tutum arbitrarentur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

nec se satis tutum fore arbitratur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; cf.:

me biremis praesidio scaphae Tutum per Aegaeos tumultus Aura feret,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 63; Ov. M. 8, 368:

tutus bos rura perambulat,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 17:

quis locus tam firmum habuit praesidium, ut tutus esset?

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31:

mare tutum praestare,

id. Fl. 13, 31:

sic existimabat tutissimam fore Galliam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 54:

nemus,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 5:

via fugae,

Cic. Caecin. 15, 44; cf.:

commodior ac tutior receptus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

perfugium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 8:

tutum iter et patens,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 7:

tutissima custodia,

Liv. 31, 23, 9:

praesidio nostro pasci genus esseque tutum,

Lucr. 5, 874:

vitam consistere tutam,

id. 6, 11:

tutiorem et opulentiorem vitam hominum reddere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: est et fideli tuta silentio Merces, secure, sure (diff. from certa, definite, certain), Hor. C. 3, 2, 25:

tutior at quanto merx est in classe secundā!

id. S. 1, 2, 47:

non est tua tuta voluntas,

not without danger, Ov. M. 2, 53:

in audaces non est audacia tuta,

id. ib. 10, 544:

externā vi non tutus modo rex, sed invictus,

Curt. 6, 7, 1:

vel tutioris audentiae est,

Quint. 12, prooem. §

4: cogitatio tutior,

id. 10, 7, 19:

fuit brevitas illa tutissima,

id. 10, 1, 39:

regnum et diadema tutum Deferens uni,

i. e. that cannot be taken away, Hor. C. 2, 2, 21: male tutae mentis Orestes, i. e. unsound, = male sanae, id. S. 2, 3, 137: quicquid habes, age, Depone tutis auribus, qs. carefully guarded, i. e. safe, faithful, id. C. 1, 27, 18 (cf. the opp.: auris rimosa, id. S. 2, 6, 46).— Poet., with gen.:

(pars ratium) tuta fugae,

Luc. 9, 346.—

With ab and abl.: tutus ab insidiis inimici, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2:

ab insidiis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 117:

a periculo,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

ab hoste,

Ov. H. 11, 44:

ab hospite,

id. M. 1, 144:

a conjuge,

id. ib. 8, 316:

a ferro,

id. ib. 13, 498:

a bello, id. H. (15) 16, 344: ab omni injuriā,

Phaedr. 1, 31, 9.—

With ad and acc.:

turrim tuendam ad omnis repentinos casus tradidit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 39:

ad id, quod ne timeatur fortuna facit, minime tuti sunt homines,

Liv. 25, 38, 14:

testudinem tutam ad omnes ictus video esse,

id. 36, 32, 6.—

With adversus:

adversus venenorum pericula tutum corpus suum reddere,

Cels. 5, 23, 3:

quo tutiores essent adversus ictus sagittarum,

Curt. 7, 9, 2:

loci beneficio adversus intemperiem anni tutus est,

Sen. Ira, 2, 12, 1:

per quem tutior adversus casus steti,

Val. Max. 4, 7, ext. 2:

quorum praesidio tutus adversus hostes esse debuerat,

Just. 10, 1, 7.—

With abl.: incendio fere tuta est Alexandria, Auct. B. Alex. 1, 3.—

Tutum est, with a subj. -clause, it is prudent or safe, it is the part of a prudent man:

si dicere palam parum tutum est,

Quint. 9, 2, 66; 8, 3, 47; 10, 3, 33:

o nullis tutum credere blanditiis,

Prop. 1, 15, 42:

tutius esse arbitrabantur, obsessis viis, commeatu intercluso sine ullo vulnere victoriā potiri,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24; Quint. 7, 1, 36; 11, 2, 48:

nobis tutissimum est, auctores plurimos sequi,

id. 3, 4, 11; 3, 6, 63.—

As subst.: tūtum, i, n., a place of safety, a shelter, safety, security: Tr. Circumspice dum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum qui aucupet. Th. Tutum probe est, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 42:

tuta et parvula laudo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 42:

trepidum et tuta petentem Trux aper insequitur,

Ov. M. 10, 714:

in tuto ut collocetur,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11:

esse in tuto,

id. ib. 4, 3, 30:

ut sitis in tuto,

Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3:

in tutum eduxi manipulares meos,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 7:

in tutum receptus est,

Liv. 2, 19, 6.—

Transf., watchful, careful, cautious, prudent (rare and not ante-Aug.;

syn.: cautus, prudens): serpit humi tutus nimium timidusque procellae,

Hor. A. P. 28:

tutus et intra Spem veniae cautus,

id. ib. 266:

non nisi vicinas tutus ararit aquas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 36:

id suā sponte, apparebat, tuta celeribus consiliis praepositurum,

Liv. 22, 38, 13:

celeriora quam tutiora consilia magis placuere ducibus,

id. 9, 32, 3.—Hence, adv. in two forms, tūtē and tūtō, safely, securely, in safety, without danger.

Form tute (very rare):

crede huic tute,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 102:

eum tute vivere, qui honeste vivat,

Auct. Her. 3, 5, 9:

tute cauteque agere,

id. ib. 3, 7, 13.—

Form tuto (class. in prose and poetry):

pervenire,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70; Lucr. 1, 179:

dimicare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

tuto et libere decernere,

id. B. C. 1, 2:

ut tuto sim,

in security, Cic. Fam. 14, 3, 3:

ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36. —

Comp.:

ut in vadis consisterent tutius,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

tutius et facilius receptus daretur,

id. B. C. 2, 30:

tutius ac facilius id tractatur,

Quint. 5, 5, 1:

usitatis tutius utimur,

id. 1, 5, 71:

ut ubivis tutius quam in meo regno essem,

Sall. J. 14, 11.—

Form tutissime: nam te hic tutissime puto fore, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 11, A.—

Form tutissimo:

quaerere, ubi tutissimo essem,

Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2; cf. Charis. p. 173 P.:

tutissimo infunduntur oboli quattuor,

Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 14.

infĭtĭae ( infĭcĭae), ārum, f. [2. infateor], denial; only in the acc. in connection with ire, and very rarely without a negative, except in ante-class. Lat.: infitias ire, to deny (not in Cic. or Cæs.); constr. with acc. and inf., aliquid or absol.:

quī lubet ire infitias mihi facta quae sunt?

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 45:

ille infitias ibit,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 41:

omnia infitias ire,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 9;

so without a negative: infitias eunt mercedem se belli Romanis inferendi pactos,

Liv. 10, 10, 8. — With a negative:

ne infitias eat,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 76:

quod nemo it infitias,

Nep. Epam. 10, 4:

neque infitias eo, quasdam esse, etc.,

Quint. 3, 7, 3:

neque nego, neque infitias eo, nos enixe operam dedisse,

Liv. 6, 40, 4; id. 9, 9, 4; 31, 31, 9:

nec eo infitias, quin, etc.,

Front. Aquaed. 72; Gell. 2, 26, 7; 19, 8, 5.—

Esp., to defend an action at law:

jurare debent non calumniae causa litem intendere, et non calumniae causa ad infitias ire,

Dig. 10, 2, 44, § 4.

ŏb (old form obs, v. III.), prep. with acc. (in late Lat. also with the abl.:

OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE,

Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. with Sanscr. api; Gr. epi].

Lit.

With verbs of motion, towards, to (only ante-class.): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, let him go before his house to summon him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.:

ob Troiam duxit,

id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.).—

With verbs of rest, about, before, in front of, over (in Cic.):

follem sibi obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

lanam ob oculum habere,

id. Mil. 5, 37:

ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse,

before my eyes, id. ib. 2, 4, 51:

mors ob oculos saepe versata est,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47:

ignis qui est ob os offusus,

id. Univ. 14.—

Transf., to indicate the object or cause, on account of, for, because of, by reason of, etc.

In gen. (freq. and class.):

etiam ob stultitiam tuam te tueris?

do you still defend yourself with regard to your folly? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

pretium ob stultitiam fero,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23:

ob eam rem iratus,

on that account, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33:

neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,

id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20:

ob rem nullam,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 2:

hanc Epicurus rationem induxit ob eam rem, quod veritus est, ne, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 10, 23:

ob eam causam, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: quam ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26:

non solum ob eam causam fieri volui, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 21, 34:

ob hanc causam, quod,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc.,

id. Lael. 20, 74:

ob meas injurias,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.:

quodnam ob facinus?

id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob peccatum hoc. id. ib. v. 37:

ob malefacta haec,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

ob illam injuriam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

ob aliquod emolumentum suum,

id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87:

nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus,

on account of, for that knowledge, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

ob eam (amicitiam) summā fide servatam,

id. Lael. 7, 25:

is igitur dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse,

id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

unius ob iram Prodimur,

Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.:

saevae memorem Junonis ob iram,

id. ib. 1, 4; cf.

also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

barbarus eum quidam palam ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat,

Liv. 21, 2, 6:

non noxā neque ob metum,

Tac. H. 2, 49:

Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse,

for the republic, id. A. 2, 83:

cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat,

id. ib. 6, 5.—

In partic.

In consideration of, in return for, instead of (mostly ante-class.):

ob asinos ferre argentum,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38:

quin arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem?

id. Rud. 3, 6, 23:

ager oppositus est pignori Ob decem minas,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: talentum magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.:

pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78:

pecuniam ob delicta dare,

Tac. A. 14, 14.—

Ob rem, like ex re (opp. frustra), to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully (very rare): An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41:

verum id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est,

Sall. J. 31, 5.—

Ob industriam, on purpose, intentionally, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14.—

Quam ob rem, also written in one word, quamobrem, on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly; a very freq. particle of transition, esp. in Cic.:

quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 11, 36:

quam ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum admodum feceris,

id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep.—

Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on that account, therefore (not ante-Aug.).

Ob id:

ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis,

Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5:

ob id ipsum,

Curt. 4, 16, 23.—

Ob hoc:

ob hoc cum omnia neglecta apud hostes essent,

Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.:

ob hoc miserior,

Sen. Ep. 98, 5. —

Ob haec:

ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset,

Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.—

Ob ea:

ob ea consul Albinus senatum de foedere consulebat,

Sall. J. 39, 2.—

Ob quae:

ob quae posterum diem reus petivit,

Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.—

In composition, the b of ob remains unchanged before vowels and most consonants; only before p, f, c, g, is assimilation more common: oppeto, offero, occido, ogganio, etc.—An ancient form obs, analogous to abs, is implied in obs-olesco and os-tendo.—In signification, that of direction towards, or of existence at or before a thing is predominant, although it likewise gives to the simple verb the accessory notion of against: obicere, opponere, obrogare.

ŏb (old form obs, v. III.), prep. with acc. (in late Lat. also with the abl.:

OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE,

Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. with Sanscr. api; Gr. epi].

Lit.

With verbs of motion, towards, to (only ante-class.): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, let him go before his house to summon him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.:

ob Troiam duxit,

id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.).—

With verbs of rest, about, before, in front of, over (in Cic.):

follem sibi obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

lanam ob oculum habere,

id. Mil. 5, 37:

ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse,

before my eyes, id. ib. 2, 4, 51:

mors ob oculos saepe versata est,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47:

ignis qui est ob os offusus,

id. Univ. 14.—

Transf., to indicate the object or cause, on account of, for, because of, by reason of, etc.

In gen. (freq. and class.):

etiam ob stultitiam tuam te tueris?

do you still defend yourself with regard to your folly? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

pretium ob stultitiam fero,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23:

ob eam rem iratus,

on that account, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33:

neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,

id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20:

ob rem nullam,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 2:

hanc Epicurus rationem induxit ob eam rem, quod veritus est, ne, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 10, 23:

ob eam causam, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: quam ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26:

non solum ob eam causam fieri volui, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 21, 34:

ob hanc causam, quod,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc.,

id. Lael. 20, 74:

ob meas injurias,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.:

quodnam ob facinus?

id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob peccatum hoc. id. ib. v. 37:

ob malefacta haec,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

ob illam injuriam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

ob aliquod emolumentum suum,

id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87:

nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus,

on account of, for that knowledge, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

ob eam (amicitiam) summā fide servatam,

id. Lael. 7, 25:

is igitur dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse,

id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

unius ob iram Prodimur,

Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.:

saevae memorem Junonis ob iram,

id. ib. 1, 4; cf.

also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

barbarus eum quidam palam ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat,

Liv. 21, 2, 6:

non noxā neque ob metum,

Tac. H. 2, 49:

Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse,

for the republic, id. A. 2, 83:

cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat,

id. ib. 6, 5.—

In partic.

In consideration of, in return for, instead of (mostly ante-class.):

ob asinos ferre argentum,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38:

quin arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem?

id. Rud. 3, 6, 23:

ager oppositus est pignori Ob decem minas,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: talentum magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.:

pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78:

pecuniam ob delicta dare,

Tac. A. 14, 14.—

Ob rem, like ex re (opp. frustra), to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully (very rare): An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41:

verum id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est,

Sall. J. 31, 5.—

Ob industriam, on purpose, intentionally, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14.—

Quam ob rem, also written in one word, quamobrem, on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly; a very freq. particle of transition, esp. in Cic.:

quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 11, 36:

quam ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum admodum feceris,

id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep.—

Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on that account, therefore (not ante-Aug.).

Ob id:

ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis,

Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5:

ob id ipsum,

Curt. 4, 16, 23.—

Ob hoc:

ob hoc cum omnia neglecta apud hostes essent,

Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.:

ob hoc miserior,

Sen. Ep. 98, 5. —

Ob haec:

ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset,

Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.—

Ob ea:

ob ea consul Albinus senatum de foedere consulebat,

Sall. J. 39, 2.—

Ob quae:

ob quae posterum diem reus petivit,

Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.—

In composition, the b of ob remains unchanged before vowels and most consonants; only before p, f, c, g, is assimilation more common: oppeto, offero, occido, ogganio, etc.—An ancient form obs, analogous to abs, is implied in obs-olesco and os-tendo.—In signification, that of direction towards, or of existence at or before a thing is predominant, although it likewise gives to the simple verb the accessory notion of against: obicere, opponere, obrogare.

prae-sĭdĕo, sēdi (praesīdi in best MSS., Tac. A. 1, 76), ēre, v. n. and a. [sedeo], to sit before or in front of.

Lit. (mostly postclass. and rare):

pro aede Capitolini Jovis praesidere,

Suet. Aug. 26.—

Transf., in time, to sit beforehand:

in cujus (Mutini) sinu nubentes praesident, ut, etc.,

Lact. 1, 20 fin. —

Trop.

To guard, watch, protect, defend.

With dat.:

ego hic tibi praesidebo,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 47:

ego hic restitrix praesidebo,

id. Truc. 4, 2, 5; id. Rud. 4, 4, 7:

urbi,

Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20; Liv. 22, 11, 9; cf. id. 10, 17; 23, 32 init.; 24, 40 init.; 36, 5, 5;

38, 51, 8: Gallia, quae semper praesidet atque praesedit huic imperio libertatique communi,

Cic. Phil. 5, 13, 37:

huic urbi, atque huic imperio,

id. Sull. 31, 86.—

With acc.:

socios,

Sall. H. 2, 28 Dietsch:

agros suos,

id. ib. 3, 66:

proximum Galliae litus,

Tac. A. 4, 5:

civium manus litora oceani praesidebat,

id. ib. 4, 72.—

To preside over, to have the care or management of, to superintend, direct, command (syn. praesum).

With dat.:

ut idem ad portas urbanis praesideat rebus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 85:

Mars...praesidet armis,

Ov. F. 3, 85:

Actiacis ludis,

Suet. Tib. 6:

spectaculis,

id. Claud. 7.—

With acc.:

P. Atellio, qui Pannoniam praesidebat,

who commanded in Pannonia, Tac. A. 12, 29:

exercitum,

to command, id. ib. 3, 39.—

With in and abl.:

Metellus in agro Piceno praesidebat,

Sall. C. 57, 2.—

Absol.:

(in senatu) princeps praesidebat,

presided, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 10.—Hence, praesĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst.: a president, director, ruler (post-Aug. for praeses):

superbia praesidentium,

governors, Tac. A. 3, 40: praesidentium apparitores, Cod. Th. 8, 7, 13.

prŏ-hĭbĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2 (old forms, prohibessis, Cato, R. R. 141, 2; Enn. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31 (Trag. v. 323 Vahl.):

prohibessit,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 11:

prohibessint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3 fin.), v. a. [habeo], to hold in front, i. e.,

To hold back, keep in check, to restrain, hinder, prevent, avert, keep or ward off, debar (class.; cf.: inhibeo, arceo).

In gen.; usually constr. aliquem or aliquid, with abl.; alone or ab and abl.; with ut, ne, quominus, or an obj.-clause; also with simple acc.; less freq. with de, the dat., or gen.

With ab:

quo illum ab illā prohibeas,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 103:

prohibete a vobis vim meam,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 24:

praedones procul ab insulā Siciliā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 64, § 144:

hostem a pugnā,

Caes. B. G. 4, 34:

aliquem a familiaritate, congressione, patrio jure et potestate,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 46:

vim hostium ab oppidis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

se suosque ab injuriā,

to restrain themselves, refrain from, id. ib. 2, 28 fin.:

ita prohibendo a delictis magis quam vindicando exercitum brevi confirmavit,

Sall. J. 45, 3; 22, 4. —

With de: vim de classe, Lucil. ap. Non 528, 10.—

With abl.:

cum suis finibus eos prohibent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

itinere exercitum,

to impede its march, id. ib. 1, 10:

hostem rapinis, pabulationibus populationibusque,

id. ib. 1, 15.—With abl. without an object: non prohibere aquā profluente, Cic. Off. 1, 16, 52.—

With dat.:

aliquem alicui,

to withhold from one, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 7; cf.:

aditum alicui, Auct. B. Afr. 31: captae prohibere nequiret Cum Poenos aquilae,

could not prevent the Carthaginians from capturing the standard, Sil. 6, 27 (but the gen., Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26; Caes. B. C. 3, 44, depends on the acc. object of prohibere; v. 7 infra).—

With ut, ne, quominus; rarely with quin:

dii prohibeant, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151:

qui tu id prohibere me potes, ne suspicer,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 50 Brix ad loc.:

quod potuisti prohibere, ne fieret,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 33:

ne lustrum perficeret, mors prohibuit P. Furi,

Liv. 24, 43, 4:

hiemem credo adhuc prohibuisse, quo minus, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 1:

prohibere quominus sumerent, non poterant,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34:

si prohibere, quominus in unum coirent, non posset,

Liv. 25, 35, 6:

nec, quin erumperet, ubi vellet, prohiberi poterat,

id. 26, 40, 4.—

With obj.-clause:

qui peregrinos urbibus uti prohibent,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47:

qui Bibulum exire domo prohibuissent,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 7:

jam se ad prohibenda circumdari opera Aequi parabant,

Liv. 3, 28, 7:

prohibuit migrari, Veios,

id. 5, 49, 8:

prohibete jus de pecuniis dici,

id. 6, 18, 14; 6, 20, 6:

audeat Canuleius proloqui, se delectum haberi prohibiturum,

Liv. 4, 2, 12; 25, 4, 4; 25, 14, 7:

qui Cimbros intra fines suos ingredi prohibuerint,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4; Verg. A. 6, 606.—

With simple acc.: Mars pater, ut tu morbos visos invisosque, viduertatem vastitudinemque... prohibessis, defendas averruncesque, an old formula of prayer in Cato, R. R. 141:

neque munitiones Caesaris prohibere poterat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 44:

motus conatusque alicujus prohibere,

Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26:

prohibenda maxime est ira in puniendo,

id. Off. 1, 25, 89:

quod uti prohibitum irem, quod in me esset, meo labori non parsi, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. parsi, p. 242 Müll.: prohibere comitia dicitur vitiare diem morbo,

Fest. p. 236 ib.; Cato ap. Fest. l. l.: quod di prohibeant, which may the gods forbid or avert, Ter. And. 3, 3, 36;

and in the same sense: dii mala prohibeant,

id. Hec. 2, 1, 10; cf.: di, prohibete minas;

di, talem avertite casum,

Verg. A. 3, 265; and:

deos quaeso, ut istaec prohibeant,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 11.—

In partic., to forbid, prohibit a thing (syn.:

interdico, veto): tu modo ne me prohibeas accipere, siquid det mihi,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 89:

nemo hic prohibet nec vetat,

id. Curc. 1, 1, 33:

lex recta imperans prohibensque contraria,

Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 36:

sed dii et homines prohibuere redemptos vivere Romanos,

Liv. 5, 49, 1; Quint. 5, 10, 104; cf.:

Athenis affectus movere per praeconem prohibebatur orator,

the orator was forbidden, id. 6, 1, 7:

prohibitis abstinere,

Sen. Ep. 83, 18.—

To keep away from a thing for the sake of safety (cf. defendo, II.), to keep, preserve, defend, protect (rare but class.); with ab:

a quo periculo prohibete rem publicam,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

adultam virginem ab armatorum impetu,

id. Brut. 96, 330.—With abl.:

haec damna multa mulierum Me uxore prohibent,

keep me from a wife, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 105:

magnum civium numerum calamitate prohibere,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18:

tenuiores injuriā,

id. Off. 2, 12, 31:

ad prohibendam populationibus Campaniam,

Liv. 22, 14, 2.—With double acc.:

id te Juppiter Prohibessit,

from that may Jupiter preserve you, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 11.

prō-tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to cover before or in front, to cover over, cover, protect (class.; syn.: defendo, tutor).

Lit.:

tabernacula protecta hederā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

rates cratibus ac pluteis,

id. ib. 1, 25 fin.:

aedes,

to furnish with a projecting roof, Cic. Top. 4, 24:

hunc scutis protegunt hostes,

to cover, protect, Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

se umbone,

Just. 33, 2, 4:

caput contra solem,

Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 131:

scutis protecti corpora longis,

Verg. A. 8, 662:

protegendi corporis memor,

Liv. 2, 6.—

In partic., to put up a shed, penthouse, or projecting roof (jurid. Lat.):

hic in suo protexit,

Dig. 9, 2, 29:

jus proiciendi protegendive,

ib. 8, 2, 1.—

Trop.

To cover or shield from danger, to defend, protect (rare and class.):

jacentem et spoliatum defendo et protego,

Cic. Sull. 18, 50:

ad protegendum regem,

Liv. 42, 15:

viros optimos,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 36; Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.:

aliquem adversus criminantes,

id. H. 2, 60:

causam,

Juv. 11, 32:

Dominus exercituum proteget eos,

Vulg. Zach. 9, 15. —

Transf., to ward off, keep off:

hiemes,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 121.—

To cover up, screen, conceal (very rare):

nequitiam supercilio truci,

Vell. 2, 100, 5:

risu protectis insidiis,

Just. 38, 1, 9:

parricidii immunitatem metu majore,

Quint. Decl. 8, 1.