detain

dē-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. [teneo], to hold off, keep back, detain.

Lit. (class.):

nos de nostro negotio,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 190:

aliquem ab aliquo incepto studioque,

Sall. C. 4, 2:

aliquem apud villam,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 13: so,

aliquem,

id. Men. 4, 2, 22; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 49; Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 5 (with demorari), Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 3 Oud. N. cr.; Liv. 4, 55 (opp. concire); Verg. A. 2, 788; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 5:

me grata compede Myrtale,

id. Od. 1, 33, 14; Ov. M. 13, 301 et saep.:

novissimos proelio,

Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 4; cf.:

Hannibalem quam acerrimo bello,

Liv. 27, 12:

se miserandis alimentis detinuerat,

had supported himself, Tac. A. 6, 23:

naves tempestatibus detinebantur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12 fin.; cf.:

rates voce canora,

Ov. A. A. 3, 311:

iter iratae anguis (cantus),

Tib. 1, 8, 20:

illum ne discederet,

Vulg. Luc. 4, 42.—

Trop.

In gen. ( poet.), to delay, i. e. lengthen:

euntem multa loquendo Detinuit sermone diem,

Ov. M. 1, 683; cf.

tempus,

id. Pont. 4, 10, 67.—

Esp., to occupy, engage (also class.):

in alienis negotiis detineri,

Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132; cf. Quint. 10, 5, 17:

in contumelia,

Tac. A. 13, 36 fin.:

in admiratione sui,

Suet. Ner. 52:

manus in lyricis modis,

Ov. F. 5, 386:

mentes hominum circa alia,

Plin. H. N. 14 prooem. §

4: animum studiis,

Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 39:

oculos (mea poëmata),

id. ib. 2, 520; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 63:

animos in timore,

Hirt. B. Afr. 72, 3.—

To hold in the mind, know:

veritatem Dei in injustitia,

Vulg. Rom. 1, 18.

dis-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. [teneo].

To keep asunder, to separate, divide.

Lit.:

tigna binis utrimque fibulis ab extrema parte distinebantur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 7; Vitr. 3, 3:

mare, quod late terrarum distinet oras,

Lucr. 5, 203; 5, 690:

duo freta Isthmos,

Ov. H. 8, 69 Heins.; cf. id. ib. 12, 104; Luc. 4, 675: quem Notus spatio longius annuo Dulci distinet a domo, [p. 598] Hor. C. 4, 5, 12.—

Trop., to divide mentally; to distract, perplex:

distineor et divellor dolore,

Cic. Planc. 33, 79:

duae factiones senatum distinebant,

Liv. 9, 16, 6; cf. id. 5, 20, 4; Tac. H. 1, 32:

unanimos,

Liv. 7, 21:

ancipiti bello distinere regem,

id. 44, 20. —Esp. freq.,

In gen., to hold off, keep back, keep asunder, hinder, detain, prevent; to occupy, engage, employ, divert:

legiones a praesidio interclusas maximum flumen distinebat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 59, 5:

manus hostium,

id. ib. 2, 5, 2:

manum,

id. ib. 3, 11, 4; id. B. C. 3, 52, 1:

copias Caesaris,

id. ib. 3, 44, 2:

Volscos,

Liv. 4, 59:

Parthos Hyrcano bello,

Tac. A. 14, 25:

Britannicum militem hoste et mari,

id. H. 2, 32 et saep.:

in multitudine judiciorum et novis legibus distineri,

Cic. Fam. 7, 2 fin.; cf. id. ib. 12, 30, 2; id. Att. 2, 23:

distineri litibus,

Nep. Att. 9, 4:

ad omnia tuenda multifariam distineri,

Liv. 21, 8:

quominus strueret crimina distineri,

Tac. A. 11, 12.—

Transf., of inanimate objects:

pacem,

to hinder, prevent, Cic. Phil. 12, 12, 28; Liv. 2, 15 fin.:

victoriam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 37, 3:

rem,

Liv. 37, 12.—Hence, distentus, a, um, P. a., engaged, busied, occupied:

tot tantisque negotiis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22; id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3; Plin. Ep. 6, 18, 1 al.:

te distentissimum esse qua de Buthrotiis, qua de Bruto,

Cic. Att. 15, 18:

circa summa scelera,

Tac. A. 16, 8 fin. —Of abstract subjects:

mens divina,

Cic. N. D. 3, 39 fin.:

tempus distentum impeditumque maximis officiis,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 7.— Comp. and adv. seem not to occur.

di-stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a.

To draw asunder, to stretch out (very rarely): radiis rotarum districti pendent, * Verg. A. 6, 616.— Poet.:

(canum) rabies districta,

i. e. showing the teeth, Lucr. 5, 1064; cf.:

acies dentium,

Amm. 14, 7, 13.—Far more freq., esp. since the Aug. per. (not in Caesar, and in Cicero only as P. a.),

(Like distineo, II.) To detain a person anywhere, to hinder, to occupy, engage:

Romanum a tergo,

Flor. 2, 13, 1:

urbem (i. e. Romanos) incendiis,

id. 4, 1, 2:

distringit quem multarum rerum varietas,

Phaedr. 4, 26, 3; cf. Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 239:

distringor officio,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 15, 1; Quint. 12, 1, 5:

(Jovem) votis,

to molest, importune, Plin. Pan. 94, 2.—Esp. as milit. t. t., to make a diversion against an enemy, to distract the attention of:

Hannibalem mittendum in Africam esse ad distringendos Romanos,

Liv. 35, 18 fin.:

copias regias populatione maritimae orae,

id. 44, 35; cf.:

Scipionem oppugnatione plurium oppidorum,

Front. Strat. 1, 3, 5.—

To puzzle, confound:

ut distrinxi hominem,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 65 (Spengel, destrinxi).—

Transf., of abstract objects:

ut discordiam moveret, qua consensus Romanorum distringeretur,

would be hindered, disturbed, Front. Strat. 1, 8, 1 Oud. N. cr. —Hence, districtus, a, um, P. a.

(Qs. stretched tight, i. e.) Strict, severe (post-Aug.):

districtior accusator,

Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.:

feneratrix (opp. amica obsequens),

Val. Max. 8, 2, 2:

censura,

id. 2, 9, 6:

districtissimi defensores,

Cod. Just. 1, 55, 6.—

Divided in mind, at strife with one's self; hence, hesitating, vacillating:

districtus mihi videris esse, quod et bonus civis et bonus amicus es,

Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 3.—

More freq. and class., occupied, engaged, busy:

judicio districtus atque obligatus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 9; cf.

(vinculo mortali) alii alligati sunt, alii astricti, alii districti quoque,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 16 fin.:

ancipiti contentione,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:

labore vita districta,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 7; Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; * Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; Nep. Hann. 13, 2; cf.:

imperium circa mala sua,

Flor. 4, 12, 1; and in the comp.:

numquam me a causis et judiciis districtiorem fuisse,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16.— Adv. acc. to A., strictly, severely.

districte ( des-):

minatus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 4:

deneganda,

Dig. 3, 3, 13.—

districtim:

innocens,

Sen. Contr. 7.—

Comp.:

districtius: repercutere,

Tert. Idol. 5:

vivere,

Hier. Ep. 22, no. 11.— Sup., Cassiod. Var. 9, 18.

ex-ĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3, v. a. [emo; cf. adimo and demo], to take out, take away, remove (class.; syn.: demo, adimo, eripio, furor, etc.).

Lit.

In gen. (with de, ex, or simple abl.; rare with dat.):

eximito (acina) de dolio,

Cato R. R. 112, 3:

oleas, ulmos bene cum radicibus,

id. ib. 28, 1:

medullam e caule,

Plin. 26, 11, 71, § 116:

dentem alicui,

Cels. 6, 9; Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181; cf.:

lienem cani viventi,

id. 30, 6, 17, § 51; and:

lapillos ventre crocodili,

id. 28, 8, 28, § 107:

telum,

Quint. 9, 2, 75:

gladium,

Vulg. Matt. 26, 51; cf.:

quid te exempta juvat spinis de pluribus una?

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 212:

eximi jubet non diem ex mense, sed ex anno unum mensem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 139:

ne tu ex reis eximerere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 40, § 99; for which: aliquem de reis, id. ib. 2, 4, 19, §

41: cf.: ut auctores alios omnino exemerint numero,

Quint. 1, 4, 3;

with which cf.: Phraaten numero beatorum Eximit virtus,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 19:

qui turbae quamvis bonorum auctorum eximatur,

Quint. 10, 1, 74.—

In partic., pregn., to free, release, deliver:

eum tamquam e vinculis eximamus,

Cic. Or. 23, 77:

aliquos ex obsidione,

id. Fam. 5, 6, 2;

for which: aliquos (urbem) obsidione,

Liv. 38, 15, 5:

ibi circumsessus adventu fratris obsidione eximitur,

id. 24, 41, 6; 36, 13, 1; 37, 22, 3.

Trop.

In gen., to take away, remove, banish:

quod si exemeris ex rerum natura benevolentiae conjunctionem,

Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

alicui lassitudinem,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 17; cf.:

illud, quod me angebat, non eximis,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 29:

hic dies vere mihi festus atras Eximet curas,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 14:

onus sollicitis animis,

id. Ep. 1, 5, 18:

eam religionem (augures),

Liv. 4, 31, 4:

dubitationem hujus utilitatis,

Quint. 1, 10, 28:

quamquam res adversae consilium eximerent,

Tac. A. 11, 32; 1, 32; 13, 15:

aliquid memoriae,

Suet. Claud. 11 et saep.:

exemptā fine patere,

i. e. without end, Lucr. 1, 976; 1, 1007.— Pass. impers.: plurimis mortalium non eximitur, quin primo cujusque ortu ventura destinentur, the idea is not taken from them, i. e. they cannot be convinced but that, etc., Tac. A. 6, 22.—

In partic.

To free, release, deliver from any thing; constr. with ex, the abl., since the Aug. per. freq. with dat., rarely with de:

aliquem metu,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 13:

ita me exemisti Philocratem fallaciis,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 16; cf.:

iis (rationibus) accusator ad alios ex culpa eximendos abutetur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 7, 24:

ex miseriis plurimis me,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 3:

se ex catenis,

id. Men. 1, 1, 8:

ex servitute,

Liv. 37, 56, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 16:

aliquem crimine,

Liv. 6, 24, 8: cf.:

qui servitute exempti fuerant,

id. 34, 52 fin.:

cives servitio,

id. 28, 39, 18; 27, 22, 3; 33, 23, 2; Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 3:

non noxae (al. noxa) eximitur C. Fabius, qui, etc.,

Liv. 8, 35, 5 Drak. N. cr.; cf.:

supplicio magis quam crimini exemptus est,

Curt. 7, 1, 6:

servitio,

id. 6, 3, 3:

aliquem sceleri,

Val. Fl. 2, 256:

morti,

Tac. A. 14, 48:

infamiae,

id. ib. 1, 48:

legiones adversae pugnae,

id. ib. 1, 64:

Pisonem ignominiae,

id. ib. 3, 18:

ut morte honesta contumeliis captivitatis eximeretur,

id. ib. 12, 51:

querelae,

Sen. Ben. 6, 9, 1:

notae jam destinatae,

Gell. 4, 20, 9:

poenae,

Dig. 48, 10, 22, § 4:

opinionibus vulgi,

Quint. 12, 2, 28 et saep.:

exime hunc mihi scrupulum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 2:

6, 8, 7: Romanis dubitationem,

Liv. 34, 37, 6:

de proscriptorum numero,

Nep. Att. 10, 4:

agrum de vectigalibus,

to exempt, Cic. Phil. 2, 39, 101.— Absol.:

nec sorte (opus fuisse) nisi quod se quisque eximi voluerit,

Quint. 4, 2, 74.—

Of time, to consume, waste:

Clodius rogatus diem dicendo eximere coepit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3; cf.:

Metellus calumnia dicendi tempus exemit,

id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

diem,

Liv. 1, 50, 8; so,

tempus,

Suet. Oth. 6:

diem,

Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 2:

male aetatem,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 1:

anno exempto,

Pall. 3, 17 fin.:

horam eximere ullam in tali cive liberando sine scelere non possumus,

lose, waste, Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 7 B. and K.—

To except, leave out of consideration:

leges, si majestatis quaestio eximeretur, bono in usu,

Tac. A. 4, 6.—

Law t. t., to detain, prevent from appearing in court: eum qui in jus vocatur, Gai Inst. 4, 46.

impĕdĭo ( inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:

inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc.,

Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. [in-pes; cf. compedes; lit., to entangle the feet; hence, in gen.], to entangle, ensnare, to shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast (cf.: praepedio, implico, illigo, irretio, illaqueo).

Lit. (rare):

impediunt teneros vincula nulla pedes,

Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.:

et illis crura quoque impediit,

id. M. 12, 392:

ipsus illic sese jam impedivit in plagas,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

in qua (silva) retentis impeditus (cervus) cornibus,

Phaedr. 1, 12, 10:

impedita cassibus dama,

Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—

Transf., in gen., to clasp, encircle, embrace (mostly poet.):

narrare parantem Impedit amplexu,

Ov. M. 2, 433:

nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 9:

crines (vitta),

Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

cornua sertis,

id. M. 2, 868:

remos (hederae),

id. ib. 3, 664:

medium crus pellibus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 27:

equos frenis,

to bridle, Ov. F. 2, 736:

ingentem clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt,

surround, encircle each other, Verg. A. 8, 447:

orbes orbibus,

id. ib. 5, 585:

plana novo munimenti genere (with saepire),

Curt. 6, 5; cf.:

Antiochus, castris positis, munitionibus insuper saltum impediebat,

rendered difficult of access, Liv. 36, 16, 1.—

Trop.

To entangle, embarrass (class.):

impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum meum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

sapientis est, cum stultitia sua impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit se expedire,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44:

qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2:

dum alios servat, se impedivit interim,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 37:

tot me impediunt curae,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

mentem dolore,

Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—

Transf. (causa pro effectu), to hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede (so most freq.; cf.: inhibeo, prohibeo, interdico, veto); constr. with acc., ab, in aliqua re, or the simple abl., ne, quin, quominus, the inf., or absol.; very rarely with dat.

With the simple acc.:

me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit: sed si me expediero, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2:

suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc.... discendi enim studio impediti,

id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.:

aetate et morbo impeditus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

ne forte qua re impediar atque alliger,

Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim:

or abstr. objects: sinistra impedita,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3:

mea dubitatio aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut certe tardare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

iter,

id. Lael. 20, 75:

navigationem (Corus),

Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3:

magnas utilitates amicorum,

Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

res magnas,

id. ib.; cf.:

belli rationem prope jam explicatam perturbare atque impedire,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: quod si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur;

quanto magis animi morbis impediri necesse est?

id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—

With ab or in aliqua re or the simple abl.:

sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica bene gerenda impediri,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.:

ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur,

id. Mur. 19, 39; so,

aliquem a suo munere,

id. Rep. 5, 3:

aliquem ab opere,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

aliquem a vero bonoque,

Sall. J. 30, 2:

non oportere sese a populo Romano in suo jure impediri,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2:

quem dignitas fugā impediverat,

Tac. A. 1, 39.—

With ne, quin, quominus. —With ne:

id in hac disputatione de fato casus quidam, ne facerem, impedivit,

Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With quin:

ut nulla re impedirer, quin, si vellem, mihi esset integrum,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With quominus:

nec aetas impedit, quominus agri colendi studia teneamus,

Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

quaerere, quae sit tanta formido, quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, quominus, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—

With inf.:

quid est igitur, quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare? etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:

me impedit pudor ab aliquo haec exquirere,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

ne qua mora ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat,

Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—

With dat. (in analogy to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit vetus consuetudo, is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat tibi, ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—

Absol.:

omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

ut omnia quae impediant, vincat intentio,

Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55:

de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—nihil enim impedio,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, Euporiston, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus ( inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, [p. 898] embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.

Of persons:

neque nunc quomodo me expeditum ex impedito faciam, jam consilium placet,

Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered with baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

impeditis hostibus propter ea quae ferebant onera,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

agmen,

Liv. 43, 23, 1:

itinere impediti,

Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3:

nostri si ab illis initium transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur,

i. e. embarrassed with the difficulties of crossing, id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2;

2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti,

Cic. Sest. 45, 97:

viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse?

Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.— Comp.: quod, si durior accidisset casus, impeditiores fore videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin. —

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

hostem impedito atque iniquo loco tenetis,

difficult of passage, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

silvae,

id. ib. 5, 21, 3:

saltus impeditos gravis armis miles timere potest,

Liv. 9, 19, 16:

vineae nexu traducum,

Tac. H. 2, 25:

navigationem impeditam (esse) propter inscientiam locorum,

troublesome, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4:

impedito animo,

i. e. engaged, busy, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

omnium impeditis animis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5:

tempora rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

dies tristi omine infames et impediti,

Gell. 4, 9, 5:

disceptatio,

Liv. 37, 54, 7:

oratio fit longa et impedita,

Quint. 8, 6, 42:

bellum (with arduum),

Tac. A. 4, 46:

cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas,

intricate and hopeless, Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.— Comp.:

longius impeditioribus locis secuti,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so,

saltus artior et impeditior,

Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.— Sup.:

silvae undique impeditissimae,

i. e. exceedingly difficult to pass, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1:

itinera,

Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2:

quid horum non impeditissimum? vestitus an vehiculum an comes?

exceedingly embarrassing, a great encumbrance, Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

impĕdĭo ( inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:

inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc.,

Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. [in-pes; cf. compedes; lit., to entangle the feet; hence, in gen.], to entangle, ensnare, to shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast (cf.: praepedio, implico, illigo, irretio, illaqueo).

Lit. (rare):

impediunt teneros vincula nulla pedes,

Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.:

et illis crura quoque impediit,

id. M. 12, 392:

ipsus illic sese jam impedivit in plagas,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

in qua (silva) retentis impeditus (cervus) cornibus,

Phaedr. 1, 12, 10:

impedita cassibus dama,

Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—

Transf., in gen., to clasp, encircle, embrace (mostly poet.):

narrare parantem Impedit amplexu,

Ov. M. 2, 433:

nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 9:

crines (vitta),

Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

cornua sertis,

id. M. 2, 868:

remos (hederae),

id. ib. 3, 664:

medium crus pellibus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 27:

equos frenis,

to bridle, Ov. F. 2, 736:

ingentem clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt,

surround, encircle each other, Verg. A. 8, 447:

orbes orbibus,

id. ib. 5, 585:

plana novo munimenti genere (with saepire),

Curt. 6, 5; cf.:

Antiochus, castris positis, munitionibus insuper saltum impediebat,

rendered difficult of access, Liv. 36, 16, 1.—

Trop.

To entangle, embarrass (class.):

impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum meum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

sapientis est, cum stultitia sua impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit se expedire,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44:

qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2:

dum alios servat, se impedivit interim,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 37:

tot me impediunt curae,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

mentem dolore,

Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—

Transf. (causa pro effectu), to hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede (so most freq.; cf.: inhibeo, prohibeo, interdico, veto); constr. with acc., ab, in aliqua re, or the simple abl., ne, quin, quominus, the inf., or absol.; very rarely with dat.

With the simple acc.:

me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit: sed si me expediero, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2:

suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc.... discendi enim studio impediti,

id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.:

aetate et morbo impeditus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

ne forte qua re impediar atque alliger,

Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim:

or abstr. objects: sinistra impedita,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3:

mea dubitatio aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut certe tardare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

iter,

id. Lael. 20, 75:

navigationem (Corus),

Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3:

magnas utilitates amicorum,

Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

res magnas,

id. ib.; cf.:

belli rationem prope jam explicatam perturbare atque impedire,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: quod si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur;

quanto magis animi morbis impediri necesse est?

id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—

With ab or in aliqua re or the simple abl.:

sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica bene gerenda impediri,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.:

ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur,

id. Mur. 19, 39; so,

aliquem a suo munere,

id. Rep. 5, 3:

aliquem ab opere,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

aliquem a vero bonoque,

Sall. J. 30, 2:

non oportere sese a populo Romano in suo jure impediri,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2:

quem dignitas fugā impediverat,

Tac. A. 1, 39.—

With ne, quin, quominus. —With ne:

id in hac disputatione de fato casus quidam, ne facerem, impedivit,

Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With quin:

ut nulla re impedirer, quin, si vellem, mihi esset integrum,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With quominus:

nec aetas impedit, quominus agri colendi studia teneamus,

Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

quaerere, quae sit tanta formido, quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, quominus, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—

With inf.:

quid est igitur, quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare? etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:

me impedit pudor ab aliquo haec exquirere,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

ne qua mora ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat,

Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—

With dat. (in analogy to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit vetus consuetudo, is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat tibi, ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—

Absol.:

omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

ut omnia quae impediant, vincat intentio,

Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55:

de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—nihil enim impedio,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, Euporiston, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus ( inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, [p. 898] embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.

Of persons:

neque nunc quomodo me expeditum ex impedito faciam, jam consilium placet,

Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered with baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

impeditis hostibus propter ea quae ferebant onera,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

agmen,

Liv. 43, 23, 1:

itinere impediti,

Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3:

nostri si ab illis initium transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur,

i. e. embarrassed with the difficulties of crossing, id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2;

2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti,

Cic. Sest. 45, 97:

viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse?

Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.— Comp.: quod, si durior accidisset casus, impeditiores fore videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin. —

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

hostem impedito atque iniquo loco tenetis,

difficult of passage, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

silvae,

id. ib. 5, 21, 3:

saltus impeditos gravis armis miles timere potest,

Liv. 9, 19, 16:

vineae nexu traducum,

Tac. H. 2, 25:

navigationem impeditam (esse) propter inscientiam locorum,

troublesome, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4:

impedito animo,

i. e. engaged, busy, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

omnium impeditis animis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5:

tempora rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

dies tristi omine infames et impediti,

Gell. 4, 9, 5:

disceptatio,

Liv. 37, 54, 7:

oratio fit longa et impedita,

Quint. 8, 6, 42:

bellum (with arduum),

Tac. A. 4, 46:

cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas,

intricate and hopeless, Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.— Comp.:

longius impeditioribus locis secuti,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so,

saltus artior et impeditior,

Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.— Sup.:

silvae undique impeditissimae,

i. e. exceedingly difficult to pass, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1:

itinera,

Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2:

quid horum non impeditissimum? vestitus an vehiculum an comes?

exceedingly embarrassing, a great encumbrance, Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

impĕdĭo ( inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:

inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc.,

Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. [in-pes; cf. compedes; lit., to entangle the feet; hence, in gen.], to entangle, ensnare, to shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast (cf.: praepedio, implico, illigo, irretio, illaqueo).

Lit. (rare):

impediunt teneros vincula nulla pedes,

Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.:

et illis crura quoque impediit,

id. M. 12, 392:

ipsus illic sese jam impedivit in plagas,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

in qua (silva) retentis impeditus (cervus) cornibus,

Phaedr. 1, 12, 10:

impedita cassibus dama,

Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—

Transf., in gen., to clasp, encircle, embrace (mostly poet.):

narrare parantem Impedit amplexu,

Ov. M. 2, 433:

nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 9:

crines (vitta),

Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

cornua sertis,

id. M. 2, 868:

remos (hederae),

id. ib. 3, 664:

medium crus pellibus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 27:

equos frenis,

to bridle, Ov. F. 2, 736:

ingentem clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt,

surround, encircle each other, Verg. A. 8, 447:

orbes orbibus,

id. ib. 5, 585:

plana novo munimenti genere (with saepire),

Curt. 6, 5; cf.:

Antiochus, castris positis, munitionibus insuper saltum impediebat,

rendered difficult of access, Liv. 36, 16, 1.—

Trop.

To entangle, embarrass (class.):

impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum meum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

sapientis est, cum stultitia sua impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit se expedire,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44:

qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2:

dum alios servat, se impedivit interim,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 37:

tot me impediunt curae,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

mentem dolore,

Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—

Transf. (causa pro effectu), to hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede (so most freq.; cf.: inhibeo, prohibeo, interdico, veto); constr. with acc., ab, in aliqua re, or the simple abl., ne, quin, quominus, the inf., or absol.; very rarely with dat.

With the simple acc.:

me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit: sed si me expediero, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2:

suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc.... discendi enim studio impediti,

id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.:

aetate et morbo impeditus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

ne forte qua re impediar atque alliger,

Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim:

or abstr. objects: sinistra impedita,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3:

mea dubitatio aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut certe tardare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

iter,

id. Lael. 20, 75:

navigationem (Corus),

Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3:

magnas utilitates amicorum,

Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

res magnas,

id. ib.; cf.:

belli rationem prope jam explicatam perturbare atque impedire,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: quod si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur;

quanto magis animi morbis impediri necesse est?

id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—

With ab or in aliqua re or the simple abl.:

sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica bene gerenda impediri,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.:

ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur,

id. Mur. 19, 39; so,

aliquem a suo munere,

id. Rep. 5, 3:

aliquem ab opere,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

aliquem a vero bonoque,

Sall. J. 30, 2:

non oportere sese a populo Romano in suo jure impediri,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2:

quem dignitas fugā impediverat,

Tac. A. 1, 39.—

With ne, quin, quominus. —With ne:

id in hac disputatione de fato casus quidam, ne facerem, impedivit,

Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With quin:

ut nulla re impedirer, quin, si vellem, mihi esset integrum,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With quominus:

nec aetas impedit, quominus agri colendi studia teneamus,

Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

quaerere, quae sit tanta formido, quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, quominus, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—

With inf.:

quid est igitur, quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare? etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:

me impedit pudor ab aliquo haec exquirere,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

ne qua mora ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat,

Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—

With dat. (in analogy to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit vetus consuetudo, is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat tibi, ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—

Absol.:

omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

ut omnia quae impediant, vincat intentio,

Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55:

de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—nihil enim impedio,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, Euporiston, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus ( inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, [p. 898] embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.

Of persons:

neque nunc quomodo me expeditum ex impedito faciam, jam consilium placet,

Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered with baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

impeditis hostibus propter ea quae ferebant onera,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

agmen,

Liv. 43, 23, 1:

itinere impediti,

Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3:

nostri si ab illis initium transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur,

i. e. embarrassed with the difficulties of crossing, id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2;

2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti,

Cic. Sest. 45, 97:

viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse?

Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.— Comp.: quod, si durior accidisset casus, impeditiores fore videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin. —

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

hostem impedito atque iniquo loco tenetis,

difficult of passage, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

silvae,

id. ib. 5, 21, 3:

saltus impeditos gravis armis miles timere potest,

Liv. 9, 19, 16:

vineae nexu traducum,

Tac. H. 2, 25:

navigationem impeditam (esse) propter inscientiam locorum,

troublesome, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4:

impedito animo,

i. e. engaged, busy, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

omnium impeditis animis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5:

tempora rei publicae,

Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

dies tristi omine infames et impediti,

Gell. 4, 9, 5:

disceptatio,

Liv. 37, 54, 7:

oratio fit longa et impedita,

Quint. 8, 6, 42:

bellum (with arduum),

Tac. A. 4, 46:

cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas,

intricate and hopeless, Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.— Comp.:

longius impeditioribus locis secuti,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so,

saltus artior et impeditior,

Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.— Sup.:

silvae undique impeditissimae,

i. e. exceedingly difficult to pass, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1:

itinera,

Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2:

quid horum non impeditissimum? vestitus an vehiculum an comes?

exceedingly embarrassing, a great encumbrance, Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

mănus, ūs (dat. manu for manui:

alternae manu,

Prop. 1, 11, 12; 2, 1, 60), f. [root man-, ma-, to measure; Sanscr. ma, measure, moon; cf. Germ. Mond, moon, and O. H. Germ. mund, hand; Angl.-Sax. mund], a hand.

Lit.:

quam vero aptas, quamque multarum artium ministras manus natura homini dedit!

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

vas in manus sumere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

Epicurum in manus sumere, i. e. scripta Epicuri,

id. Tusc. 2, 3, 8:

pyxidem in manu tenere,

id. Cael. 26, 63:

manum porrigere ad tradendum aliquid,

id. ib.:

de manibus deponere,

to lay out of one's hands, lay down, id. Ac. 1, 1, 2. ponere, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

extorquere,

to wrest from one's hands, id. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

e manibus dimittere,

to let go out of one's hands, id. Or. 30, 105: manum ad os apponere, i. e. to lay the finger on the lips in token of secrecy, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: alicui in manu esse, to be obvious, clear:

neque mihi in manu Jugurtha qualis foret,

Sall. J. 14, 4:

(feminas) in manu esse parentium, fratrum, virorum,

subject to, Liv. 34, 2, 11; cf.:

minus filiae uxores sorores quibusdam in manu erunt,

id. 34, 7, 11: in manibus esse, to be in everybody's hands, to be well known:

est in manibus oratio,

Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

est in manibus laudatio,

id. Sen. 4, 12; id. Brut. 33, 125.—Also, to be near:

hostes sunt in manibus,

near to us, close by us, upon us, Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7; also, to be present: attendere, quae in manibus sunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 1; Verg. A. 10, 280: in manibus habere, to have in hand, to be engaged on a thing:

omnia, quae in manibus habebam, abjeci,

Cic. Att. 13, 47, 1:

habeo opus magnum in manibus,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

philosophi quamcunque rem habent in manibus, in eam, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18; id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Cael. 27, 65:

milites bellum illud, quod erat in manibus, reliquisse,

id. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf.:

dum occasio in manibus esset,

Liv. 7, 36, 10:

inimicorum in manibus mortuus est,

among, Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 108:

manu tenere,

to know for certain, id. Brut. 80, 277.— Pass.:

manibus teneri,

to be certain, evident, Cic. Sest. 32, 69: habere in manibus, to fondle, caress, make much of:

sic in manibus (inimicum meum) habebant, sic fovebant, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

in manus venire,

to come to hand, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 1:

proelium in manibus facere,

to fight at close quarters, Sall. J. 57, 4:

ad manum habere,

to have at hand, have in readiness, Quint. 12, 5, 1:

ad manum esse,

at hand, in hand, near, Liv. 9, 19: ad manum venire or accedere, to come hand to hand, come to close quarters:

nonnumquam etiam res ad manus, atque ad pugnam veniebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; Nep. Eum. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 30:

ut venere in manus,

Tac. A. 2, 80:

ut ventum in manus,

id. H. 4, 71:

adire manum alicui, v. 1. adeo: ad manum intueri aliquid,

at hand, close by, hard by, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97:

prae manu or manibus,

at hand, in readiness, in hand, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 10; App. M. 6, p. 180, 32; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 23; Gell. 19, 8:

quem servum ille habuit ad manum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225:

servus a manu,

i. e. a scribe, secretary, Suet. Caes. 74:

de manu dare,

to give with one's own hand, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 37: de manu in manum quippiam tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, i. e. with great care, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2: manum ferulae subducere, to take the hand from the rod, i. e. to be too old for the rod, Juv. 1, 15: e manu (for eminus; opp. cominus), from a distance: quae mea cominus machaera atque hasta hostibit e manu, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 212 Vahl.): plenā manu, with a full or plentiful hand, bountifully, liberally:

plenā manu dare,

abundantly, Sen. Ben. 1, 7, 2; id. Ep. 120, 10; id. ad Polyb. 9, 7;

so trop.: Hortalus, quam plenā manu nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

Cic. Att. 2, 25, 1; so,

plenis manibus pecuniam largiri,

Lact. 3, 16, 15; cf.:

quemquam vacuis a se manibus abire pati,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 14, 5: manibus pedibusque aliquid facere (Greek pux kai lax), with hands and feet, i. e. with all one's power, with might and main, Ter. And. 1, 1, 134:

per manus,

with the hands, Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

per manus servulae,

by her assistance, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 3: per manus tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, from mouth to mouth, to hand down from father to son:

traditae per manus religiones,

Liv. 5, 51: per manus, also, by force, by main force, forcibly:

per manus libertatem retinere,

Sall. J. 31, 22: inter manus, in one's hands, under one's hands:

agger inter manus proferebatur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 2:

villa crescit inter manus,

Sen. Ep. 12, 1:

nihil adhuc inter manus habui cui majorem sollicitudinem praestare deberem,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 2:

scripta quae inter manus habes,

are occupied with, id. ib. 5, 5, 7.— Trop., palpable, evident:

ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras,

Verg. A. 11, 311; cf.:

manus inter parentum,

id. ib. 2, 681: inter manus, also, in one's hands, in one's arms:

abripite hunc intro actutum inter manus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 38:

e convivio auferri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: sub manu and sub manum, at hand, near, readily, immediately, on the instant: Vocontii sub manu ut essent, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2:

quo celerius, ac sub manum annuntiari cognoscique posset, quid in provincia quāque gereretur, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 49; Sen. Ep. 71, 1: sub manus succedere, according to one's wish, [p. 1112] Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 59: alicujus manu esse, to be from or by one's hand:

epistulae quae quidem erant tua manu,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf. id. ib. 8, 13, 1 (cf. II. C. infra): manu, with the hand, by hand, i. e. artificially, opp. to naturally, by nature: manu sata, i. e. by the hand of man, opp. to what grows wild. Caes. B. C. 3, 44:

urbs manu munitissima,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

quaedam ingenia manu, quod aiunt, facienda sunt,

Sen. Ep. 52, 1:

quidam et liberos ejurent et orbitatem manu faciant,

id. ad Marc. 19, 2: morbi, quos manu fecimus, i. e. which we produce by our own fault (e. g. by intemperance), Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 3: oratio manu facta, artificial, elaborate, opp. to natural, simple, id. Ep. 115, 2: manu mederi, to be a surgeon, Cels. praef. 1: manibus aequis or manu aequā, with equal advantage:

manibus aequis abscessum est,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

aequā manu discedere,

to come off with equal advantage, Sall. C. 39, 4: manus afferre, to lay hands on; trop., to destroy or weaken:

qui diutius torqueri patitur, quem protinus potest liberare, beneficio suo manus affert,

Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 3:

manum inicere alicui,

to lay the hand on one, to detain, arrest him, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48: manum dare, to give or lend a hand, to help, assist, Quint. 2, 3, 7: manus dare or dedere, to give the hands to be bound; hence, in gen., to give up, yield, surrender:

perpende, et, si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,

Lucr. 2, 1043:

fateor, manus vobis do,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72:

donicum aut certe vicissent, aut victi manum dedissent,

Nep. Ham. 1; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2; Ov. H. 4, 14; 17, 260; Verg. A. 11, 568; Lact. 5, 1, 3:

brevi manu,

immediately, without delay, Dig. 23, 3, 43, § 1:

longā manu,

slowly, tediously, ib. 46, 3, 79: manum tollere, to raise the hand in token of an intention to yield, to yield, submit: cedo et tollo manum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 28: manus tollere, to raise the hands in token of admiration or astonishment, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 63: manus tendere ad aliquem, less freq. alicui, to stretch out the hands to one to implore assistance, Caes. B. G. 2, 13; Cic. Font. 17, 38:

quae Romanis manus tendebant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48:

dextram Italiae,

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9:

manu sternere aliquem,

with the sword, Verg. A. 9, 702: utrāque manu, with both hands, i. e. willingly, readily, Mart. 1, 16, 9:

manus manum lavat,

one hand washes the other, one helps the other, Sen. Apoc. 9 fin.; Petr. c. 45, 13; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80: manum non vertere, not to turn the hand, prov. for to take no pains, make no effort:

qui se fatentur virtutis causā ne manum quidem versuros fuisse,

Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 93; cf. App. Mag. p. 311.

Transf.

The hand as the instrument used in fight; hence, personal valor, bravery:

ne usu manuque reliquorum opinionem fallent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 86:

manu fortissimus,

Liv. 39, 40:

manu fortis,

Nep. Dat. 1, 3:

manu vincere,

Ov. M. 1, 448:

manu capere urbes,

by force of arms, Sall. J. 5, 5:

manum committere Teucris,

to fight, Verg. A. 12, 60; so,

conserere manum,

Liv. 21, 39; 25, 11; 27, 33:

conferre manum,

Liv. 10, 43; Verg. A. 12, 345:

in proelia Ferre manum,

id. ib. 5, 403; cf.:

et vice teli saevit nuda manus,

Juv. 15, 54.—

Force, violence, fighting, close combat:

res venit ad manus atque ad pugnam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

venire ad manum,

Liv. 2, 30:

accedere ad manum,

Nep. Eum. 5:

in manus venire,

to come to an engagement, come to close quarters, Sall. J. 89, 2:

pugna jam ad manus venerat,

Liv. 2, 46:

non manu, neque vi,

force, violence, Sall. J. 31, 18; so Tac. Agr. 9.—

Of the hand of an artist:

manus extrema non accessit ejus operibus,

the last hand, the finishing touch, Cic. Brut. 33, 126: aptius a summā conspiciare manu, when you have given yourself the finishing touch, i. e. have completed your toilet, Ov. A. A. 3, 225:

carmen nondum recepit ultimam manum,

has not yet received the last polish, Petr. 118.—Hence, extremam bello Imponere manum, to put the finishing hand to the war, to bring it to a close, Verg. A. 7, 573.—Prov.: manum de tabula, lit., the hand from the picture, i. e. enough, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1.—

A hand, handwriting; in gen., work, workmanship:

librarii manus,

Cic. Att. 8, 13, 1: Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae, id. ib. 7, 2, 3:

manum suam cognovit,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 12:

propter emissam ab eis manum,

Dig. 22, 3, 15:

Praxitelis manus, Scopaeque,

Mart. 4, 39, 3:

artificum,

Verg. A. 1, 455.—

For pars, a side:

est ad hanc manum sacellum,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37:

a laeva conspicienda manu,

Ov. A. A. 3, 307. —

In throwing dice, a stake: quas manus remisi, to throw up the stakes, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71.—

In fencing, a thrust, hit, blow:

rectae, aversae, tectaeque manus,

Quint. 9, 1, 20:

prima, secunda, tertia, quarta,

the prime, second, tierce, quart, id. 5, 13, 54.—

The trunk of an elephant:

manus etiam data elephantis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120; Curt. 8, 14, 27; Sil. 9, 628.—

The fore-paws of bears, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—

The branches on a tree:

(platanus) cui lnnumerae manus,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 39:

fraxineae,

Pall. Insit. 60.—

In milit. lang.: ferreae manus, iron hooks with which an enemy's ship was grappled, grappling-irons:

manus ferreas atque harpagones paraverant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57:

in advenientes hostium naves ferreas manus inicere,

Liv. 36, 44 fin.:

manus ferreas excogitare,

Front. Strat. 2, 3, 24; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; Curt. 4, 9, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 38; Luc. 3, 635.—

Also milit., an armed force, corps of soldiers:

si nova manus cum veteribus copiis se conjunxisset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 37:

magnam manum conducere,

id. ib. 5, 27:

Hasdrubalem propediem affore cum manu haudquaquam contemnenda,

Liv. 30, 7 fin.; id. 44, 27.—

Beyond the milit. sphere, in gen., a body, host, number, company, multitude:

Romam veniet cum magna manu,

Cic. Att. 16, 11, 6:

evocatorum,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 3:

manus ad Quirinalia paratur,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4; cf.:

manum facere, copias parare,

id. Caecin. 12, 33:

manus bonorum,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:

Judaeorum,

id. Fl. 28, 66:

conjuratorum,

id. Cat. 1, 5, 12:

bicorpor,

i. e. the Centaurs, id. Tusc. 2, 9, 22:

purpuratorum et satellitum,

Liv. 42, 51:

magna clientium,

Suet. Tib. 1:

comitum,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 262:

juvenum,

Verg. A. 6, 5.—

Labor, hands, i. e. workmen:

nos aera, manus, navalia demus,

Verg. A. 11, 329:

quale manus addunt ebori decus,

id. ib. 1, 592.—

Power:

haec non sunt in nostra manu,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3; cf.: in tua manu est, it rests with you, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

juxta deos in tua manu positum est,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

victoria in manu nobis est,

depends on, Sall. C. 20, 10:

in vostra manu situm,

id. J. 31; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 43:

in manu esse mihi,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 67. —

In partic., in jurid. lang., the legal power of a husband over his wife, the manus:

in potestate quidem et masculi et feminae esse solent: in manum autem feminae tantum conveniunt. Olim itaque tribus modis in manum conveniebant: usu, farreo, coëmptione, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 1, 108 sq.; Cic. Fl. 34, 84 al.—

Law t. t., manūs injectio, i. e. an arrest: per manus injectionem agebatur, Gai Inst. 4, 21: ob eam rem ego tibi sestertium X. milium judicati manus inicio, Vet. Form. ap. Gai. ib.

mānus, i. q. bonus, Varr. L. L. 6, 2, 4; Macr. S. 1, 3, 13; Isid. 5, 30, 14; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 139; 2, 286; v. ‡ cerus manus.

mŏra, ae, f. [Sanscr. smar, remember; Gr. root mer-, mar-; mermêra, merimna, care; martur, witness; cf. memor, memoria; perh. mellein], a delay.

Lit.

In gen.:

tarditas sententiarum, moraque rerum,

Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:

mora et sustentatio,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 146:

mora aut tergiversatio,

id. Mil. 20, 54:

moram rei alicui inferre,

to delay, put off, defer, hinder, id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

moram ad insequendum intulit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 75:

afferre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165:

facere delectui,

Liv. 6, 31:

facere dimicandi,

id. 21, 32:

facere creditoribus,

to put off payment, Cic. Sull. 20, 58:

moras nectere,

Sen. Ira, 3, 39, 2:

offerre,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 17:

obicere,

id. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

trahere,

to delay, Verg. A. 10, 888:

moliri,

to cause delay, id. ib. 1, 414:

producere malo alicui,

to defer, Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

tibi moram dictis creas,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 168:

rumpere,

Verg. A. 4, 569:

pellere,

Ov. M. 10, 659:

corripere,

id. ib. 9, 282:

removere,

to make haste, not to delay, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 37:

moram interponere,

to interpose delay, Cic. Phil. 10, 1, 1: habeo paululum morae, dum, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 2:

Caesar nihil in morā habuit, quominus perveniret,

delayed not, Vell. 2, 51, 2: saltus Castulonensis nequaquam tantā in morā est, does not hinder, Asin. Pall. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1:

nec mora ulla est, quin eam uxorem ducam,

I will without delay, Ter. And. 5, 6, 7;

so freq. in the poets: nec (haud) mora,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 82; Ov. M. 1, 717; 6, 53; Verg. G. 4, 548; id. A. 5, 140:

ne in morā illi sis,

hinder, keep waiting, Ter. And. 3, 1, 9:

per me nulla est mora,

there is no delay on my part, id. ib. 3, 4, 14:

in me mora non erit ulla,

Verg. E. 3, 52; Ter. And. 2, 5, 9: nulla igitur mora per Novium... quin, etc., it is no fault of Novius, etc., Juv. 12, 111:

nam si alia memorem, mora est,

it will detain us too long, Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6: inter [p. 1164] moras consul mittit senatum, in the meantime, meanwhile, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 20:

inter aliquas moras,

Suet. Aug. 78; id. Ner. 49: sine mora, without delay, at once:

quod ego, ut debui, sine mora feci,

Cic. Ep. ad Erut. 1, 18, 1, id. Fam. 10, 18, 4:

moram certaminis hosti exemit,

i. e. hastened it on, Liv. 9, 43.—

In partic., of speech, a stopping or pause:

morae, respirationesque,

Cic. Or. 16, 53:

oratio non ictu magis quam morā imprimitur,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 3. —

Transf.

Any thing that retards or delays, a hinderance:

ne morae illi sim,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 81:

ne morae meis nuptiis egomet siem (al. mora),

hinder, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 78:

hoc mihi morae est,

id. ib. 5, 7, 5:

restituendae Romanis Capuae mora atque impedimentum es,

Liv. 23, 9, 11:

Abas pugnae nodusque moraque,

Verg. A. 10, 428:

loricaeque moras et pectus perforat ingens,

id. ib. 10, 485; cf. Flor. 4, 9, 1.—

Mora temporis, a space of time, Ov. M. 9, 134:

an tibi notitiam mora temporis eripit horum?

id. P. 2, 10, 5:

moram temporis quaerere dum Hannibal in Africam traiceret,

Liv. 30, 16, 14; so,

temporaria,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114.

mŏra, ae, f., the fish echeneis, Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 6 (al. remora).

mŏra, ae, f., = mora, a division of the Spartan army, consisting of three, five, or seven hundred men:

moram Lacedaemoniorum intercepit,

the Spartan army, Nep. Iphicr. 2, 3 (but in Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37, the best reading is agmen, v. Klotz ad h. l.).

ob-lecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. lacto], to delight, please, divert, entertain, amuse (class.; most freq. with se and mid.; syn. delecto); constr. usually aliquem (aliquid, se), with abl., with cum, with in and abl.

With abl.:

ut quam diutissime te jucundā opinione oblectarem,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 1:

cum eorum inventis scriptisque se oblectent,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

se agri cultione,

id. Sen. 16, 56; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 115:

aliquem falso gaudio,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 102:

Musae me oblectant carmine,

Cat. 66, 8.—With an impers. object:

legentium animos fictis oblectare,

Tac. H. 2, 50; so,

ironically: paulum praesidii, qui familiarem suam vitam oblectet modo,

cheer, comfort, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 46:

vitam sordido pane,

id. As. 1, 2, 16.—Mid.:

in communibus miseriis hac tamen oblectabar speculā,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 5:

ludis oblectamur,

id. Mur. 19, 39.—

With cum:

oblecta te cum Cicerone quam bellissime,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4:

cum his me oblecto, qui res gestas scripserunt,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 61; cf.

elliptically: ego me interea cum libellis,

id. Att. 12, 3, 1.—

With in:

in eo me oblecto,

I delight in him, he is my delight, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 24:

se in hortis,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 58:

ego me in Cumano et Pompeiano satis commode oblectabam,

i. e. amused myself excellently well in Cumanum, id. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 1.—

With acc.:

minime equidem me oblectavi,

id. ib. 1, 2, 10:

hortulos emere ubi se oblectare posset,

Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58:

ut te oblectes scire cupio,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

populum,

Hor. A. P. 321.—With an impers. object:

haec studia adulescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant,

Cic. Arch. 7, 16; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 87:

animos,

Ov. R. Am. 169; Tac. H. 2, 50:

animum,

Juv. 14, 265.—

Transf., to spend or pass time agreeably:

studio lacrimabile tempus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 1:

iners otium,

Tac. A. 12, 49:

inter cenam oblectamus otium temporis,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 15.—

Hence, to delay, detain:

ego illum interea hic oblectabo,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 83:

dic mi ubi, Philotis, te oblectāsti tam diu,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 9.

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:

fauces alicui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:

quis me properantem prehendit pallio?

catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:

dexteram,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

aliquem manu,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:

pisces,

Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—

In partic.

To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:

Pharum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

quam prendimus arcem,

occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—

To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:

tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:

prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:

Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:

dextrā prehensum Continuit,

Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

prende C. Septimium,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—

To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:

in furto ubi sis prehensus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:

in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:

prensus manifesto furto,

Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—

Of trees, to take root:

quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,

Cic. Arat. 116:

ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,

Pall. 3, 25:

vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,

id. 3, 10.—

To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):

tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61.—

Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:

prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,

Lucr. 4, 1143:

vix oculo prendente modum,

taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—

Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):

cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:

fauces alicui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:

quis me properantem prehendit pallio?

catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:

dexteram,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

aliquem manu,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:

pisces,

Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—

In partic.

To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:

Pharum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

quam prendimus arcem,

occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—

To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:

tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:

prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:

Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:

dextrā prehensum Continuit,

Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

prende C. Septimium,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—

To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:

in furto ubi sis prehensus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:

in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:

prensus manifesto furto,

Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—

Of trees, to take root:

quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,

Cic. Arat. 116:

ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,

Pall. 3, 25:

vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,

id. 3, 10.—

To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):

tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61.—

Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:

prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,

Lucr. 4, 1143:

vix oculo prendente modum,

taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—

Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):

cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

prĕhendo ( prae-) and sync. pren-do ( praen-), di, sum, 3, v. a. [prae-hendo; cf. Gr. gento, chandanô], to lay hold of, to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: prehende auriculis, take by the ear-laps, a form of affectionate salutation, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78:

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92:

fauces alicui,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62:

quis me properantem prehendit pallio?

catches me by the cloak, id. Ep. 1, 1, 1:

dexteram,

id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an embrace' alter ubi alterum bilingui manufesto inter se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.:

aliquem manu,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:

perdix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40:

pisces,

Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—

In partic.

To seize, occupy suddenly, take violent possession of:

Pharum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

quam prendimus arcem,

occupy, take refuge in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—

To lay or catch hold of, to detain one in order to speak with him:

tuos pater modo me prehendit: ait, etc.,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 16:

prendo hominem solum: Cur non, inquam,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15:

Syrus est prehendendus, atque exhortandus mihi,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89:

dextrā prehensum Continuit,

Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

prende C. Septimium,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—

To seize, take by surprise, catch in the act; constr. with in and abl., the simple abl., or gen.:

in furto ubi sis prehensus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17:

in patenti Prensus Aegaeo,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 1:

prensus manifesto furto,

Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi tres, Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum modo, caught in a lie, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—

Of trees, to take root:

quarum stirpes tellus amplexa prehendit,

Cic. Arat. 116:

ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur,

Pall. 3, 25:

vites transferre, sine ambiguitate prehendendi,

id. 3, 10.—

To reach, attain, arrive at ( poet.):

tandem Italiae fugientes prendimus oras,

Verg. A. 6, 61.—

Poet., to take in with the eye, to reach with the eye:

prendere aliquid oculorum lumine,

Lucr. 4, 1143:

vix oculo prendente modum,

taking in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—

Trop., of the mind, to seize, apprehend, comprehend (very rare):

cum animus ipsum (res omnes) moderantem atque regentem paene praehenderit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

prĕhenso, and more freq. prenso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to grasp, seize, catch, lay hold of (not freq. till after the Aug. period).

In gen.:

prensare manu bracchia,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 64:

fastigia dextris,

Verg. A. 2, 444:

tenaci forcipe ferrum,

id. ib. 12, 404:

lubrica prensantes effugit umbra manus,

Ov. F. 5, 476:

prehensare hostium tela,

Tac. H. 3, 28.—

In partic., to take hold of, detain a person, in order to talk with him, thank him, entreat him, etc.:

arma, genua, vestigia prensando, flexere militum animos,

Tac. H. 1, 66:

commanipularium pectora,

id. ib. 4, 46:

itaque prenso amicos, supplico, ambio domos,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9:

prensatas exeuntium manus,

Liv. 4, 60.—

Transf., to sue or solicit for an office:

circumire et prensare patres,

Liv. 1, 47, 7.—So absol.:

prensat unus P. Galba,

solicits for the consulship, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1:

nos initium prensandi facere cogitaramus,

id. ib.

prō-trăho, xi, ctum, 3 (sync. form protraxtis for protraxistis, Sil. 16, 84.— Inf. protraxe for protraxisse, Lucr. 5, 1159), v. a., to draw or drag forth, to bring forth or out, pull out, to draw to a place (class.; cf.: promo, profero).

Lit., Cels. 7, 12, 1:

aliquem e tentorio,

Tac. H. 4, 27:

me istam capillo protracturum in viam,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 58:

aliquem hinc in convivium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24:

Calchanta in medios,

Verg. A. 2, 123:

aliquem in medium manibus suis,

Suet. Ner. 53:

ad operas mercenarias statim protrahi,

Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 22:

pedibusque informe cadaver (Caci) Protrahitur,

Verg. A. 8, 265:

multa siti protracta corpora,

Lucr. 6, 1264:

e tentorio,

Tac. H. 4, 27.—

Trop.

In gen., to drag forth, to draw or bring anywhere:

aliquid in lucem,

Lucr. 4, 1189:

ad gestum pueros,

id. 5, 1031:

quidquid paulatim protrahit aetas In medium,

id. 5, 1387 dub. (v. Lachm. II. p. 346):

indicem ad indicium,

Liv. 33, 28:

nudi in medium protrahebantur,

id. 28, 29. —

In partic.

To bring to light, discover, disclose, reveal, expose, betray:

auctorem nefandi facinoris,

Liv. 45, 5:

inimicum,

id. 44, 26:

facinus per indicium,

id. 27, 3:

publicanorum fraudes,

Vell. 2, 92, 2:

nec meus indicio latitantes versus amicus Protraheret,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 71.—

To lengthen out any thing as to time, to prolong, protract, defer (post-Aug.;

syn.: produco, propago): protrahere ac differre stipendia militum,

Suet. Ner. 32:

convivia in primam lucem,

id. Caes. 52; cf.:

epulas a medio die ad mediam noctem,

id. Ner. 27:

in serum dimicatione protractā,

id. Aug. 17:

sermones,

Vulg. Act. 20, 7.— Pass. in mid. force: quid diutius protrahor? why dwell longer on this? Vop. Tac. 6.— Absol.:

quinque horas protraxit,

i. e. he lingered for five hours, Suet. Ner. 33 fin. —

To weary, detain too long:

ne diutius te protraham,

Vulg. Act. 24, 4.—

To extend, increase (post-class.):

utrum hoc usque ad Graecum sermonem tantum protrahimus, an verum et ad alium... dubitari potest,

Dig. 45, 1, 1 fin.:

insolentiam,

Val. Max. 1, 5, 8 (al. pertraheret).—

To bring or reduce to:

ad paupertatem protractus,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 72.

rĕ-mŏror, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a.

Neutr., to stay, tarry, linger, loiter, delay (so rarely):

nam quid illaec nunc tam diu intus remorantur remeligines?

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:

ibi corpora,

Lucr. 2, 75:

res nulla foris,

id. 2, 158:

in concilio,

id. 2, 564; cf.:

in Italiā,

Liv. 27, 12, 3:

sed postquam remorata suos cognovit amores,

Ov. M. 4, 137:

perge, ne remorare. Non diu remoratus es: Jam venis,

Cat. 61, 200 sq.:

Etesiae contra fluvium flantes remorantur,

Lucr. 6, 717.—

Act., to hold back, stay, detain, obstruct, hinder, delay, defer (syn. retardare;

freq. and class.): aliquem,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 46:

haec edepol remorata med est,

id. Ep. 5, 1, 23; id. Rud. 4, 6, 4 et saep.:

di illum perdant, qui me hodie remoratus est,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 11:

eae res, quae ceteros remorari solent, non retardarunt,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 40:

nox atque praeda castrorum hostes quominus victoriā uterentur remorata sunt,

Sall. J. 38, 8; Prop. 1, 6, 5:

quamvis te longae remorentur fata senectae,

i. e. should preserve you to a good old age, id. 1, 19, 17:

num unum diem postea L. Saturninum tribunum plebis et C. Servilium praetorem mors ac poena remorata est?

i. e. was it put off, deferred? Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:

cur non remoratur ituros,

Ov. M. 13, 220.— Absol.:

ab negotiis numquam voluptas remorata,

Sall. J. 95, 3.—With inanimate and abstract objects:

alicujus commodum,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 24:

scio te me iis epistulis potius et meas spes solitum esse remorari,

Cic. Att. 3, 14, 1:

alicujus iter,

Sall. J. 50, 1; so,

iter,

Ov. M. 11, 233.— Absol.:

fugiunt, freno non remorante, dies,

Ov. F. 6, 772.

► rĕmŏrātus, a, um, in a pass. signif.:

remorandust gradus,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 28:

pomi jactu remorata (Atalanta),

Ov. M. 10, 671.

rĕ-mŏror, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a.

Neutr., to stay, tarry, linger, loiter, delay (so rarely):

nam quid illaec nunc tam diu intus remorantur remeligines?

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:

ibi corpora,

Lucr. 2, 75:

res nulla foris,

id. 2, 158:

in concilio,

id. 2, 564; cf.:

in Italiā,

Liv. 27, 12, 3:

sed postquam remorata suos cognovit amores,

Ov. M. 4, 137:

perge, ne remorare. Non diu remoratus es: Jam venis,

Cat. 61, 200 sq.:

Etesiae contra fluvium flantes remorantur,

Lucr. 6, 717.—

Act., to hold back, stay, detain, obstruct, hinder, delay, defer (syn. retardare;

freq. and class.): aliquem,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 46:

haec edepol remorata med est,

id. Ep. 5, 1, 23; id. Rud. 4, 6, 4 et saep.:

di illum perdant, qui me hodie remoratus est,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 11:

eae res, quae ceteros remorari solent, non retardarunt,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 40:

nox atque praeda castrorum hostes quominus victoriā uterentur remorata sunt,

Sall. J. 38, 8; Prop. 1, 6, 5:

quamvis te longae remorentur fata senectae,

i. e. should preserve you to a good old age, id. 1, 19, 17:

num unum diem postea L. Saturninum tribunum plebis et C. Servilium praetorem mors ac poena remorata est?

i. e. was it put off, deferred? Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:

cur non remoratur ituros,

Ov. M. 13, 220.— Absol.:

ab negotiis numquam voluptas remorata,

Sall. J. 95, 3.—With inanimate and abstract objects:

alicujus commodum,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 24:

scio te me iis epistulis potius et meas spes solitum esse remorari,

Cic. Att. 3, 14, 1:

alicujus iter,

Sall. J. 50, 1; so,

iter,

Ov. M. 11, 233.— Absol.:

fugiunt, freno non remorante, dies,

Ov. F. 6, 772.

► rĕmŏrātus, a, um, in a pass. signif.:

remorandust gradus,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 28:

pomi jactu remorata (Atalanta),

Ov. M. 10, 671.

rĕ-tardo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.

Act., to keep back, hinder, delay, detain, impede, retard (class.; a favorite word with Cic., esp. in the trop. signif.; syn. moror).

Lit.:

quarum (stellarum vagarum) motus tum incitantur, tum retardantur, saepe etiam insistunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

aliquem in viā,

id. Phil. 10, 5, 11:

itinere devio per ignorantiam locorum retardati,

Suet. Galb. 20:

flumina retardant equos,

Verg. G. 3, 253:

boves retinere ac retardare,

Col. 2, 2, 26:

instantia ora retardat Cuspide praetentā,

Ov. M. 3, 82:

te metuunt nuper Virgines nuptae, tua ne retardet Aura maritos,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 23:

inundationibus Tiberis retardatus,

Suet. Oth. 8:

mulierum mensibus retardatis,

Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 156. — Absol.:

eae res, quae ceteros remorari solent, non retardarunt,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 40; Suet. Caes. 34.—

Trop.:

impetus hostium repressos esse intellegunt ac retardatos,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

impetum, Auct. B. Afr. 68: illius animos atque impetus,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 33:

celeritatem persequendi,

id. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22:

loquacitatem,

id. Vatin. 1, 2:

animos testium,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17:

consuetudinem,

id. Sest. 31, 67:

auxilium,

id. Pis. 31, 77:

aliquem a scribendo,

id. Fam. 5, 17, 1; cf.:

aliquem ab alicujus tempore aut commodo,

id. Arch. 6. 12; Suet. Caes. 59:

Tigranem Asiae minitantem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 45:

ergo non aetas quemquam, non valetudo, non sexus retardavit, quominus, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 22, 2:

mea te fortuna retardat,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 21:

incepta,

Sil. 1, 478:

invidia retardat sceptra,

id. 11, 609.— Absol.:

ad quem (agrum) fruendum non modo non retardat, verum etiam invitat atque allectat senectus,

Cic. Sen. 16, 57.—

Neutr., to tarry, remain behind, delay:

in quo cursu (stella Saturni) multa mirabiliter efficiens, tum antecedendo, tum retardando, tum, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52.