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com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.

In gen.:

quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?

Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

(vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,

Cels. 4, 1 fin.:

cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,

id. 7, 12, 1:

mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),

Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:

morsu guttura,

Luc. 4, 727:

nuces modio,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

naves,

to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:

oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,

Cels. 7, 4, 3:

comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.

aures,

Tib. 2, 5, 92:

nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,

let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:

naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,

assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:

ignem,

to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;

and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,

Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:

opera flammā comprehensa,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:

avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,

Ov. M. 9, 234:

loca vallo,

Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:

comprehensa aedificia,

Liv. 26, 27, 3.—

In partic.

To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:

aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:

tam capitalem hostem,

Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:

hominem,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

nefarios duces,

id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

Virginium,

Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:

praesidium Punicum,

id. 26, 14, 7:

hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:

in fugā,

id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:

comprehensus morbo,

Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:

comprehensi pestiferā lue,

id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:

aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —

Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—

To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:

fures,

Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,

Transf. to the crime:

nefandum adulterium,

to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

res ejus indicio,

id. Clu. 16, 47.—

Of plants, to take root; of a graft:

cum comprehendit (surculus),

Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,

in gen.,

Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—

Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:

si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,

Cels. 5, 21 fin. —

Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:

ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,

Curt. 6, 6, 24. —

In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:

aliquid melle,

Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—

Of the range of a missile:

quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,

Sil. 4, 102.—

Of the reach of a surgical instrument:

si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,

Cels. 8, 3 init. —

Trop.

To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):

aliquid visu,

Sil. 3, 408;

and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,

Gell. 13, 30, 10.—

To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

omnes animo virtutes,

id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:

omnia animis et cogitatione,

id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:

aliquid mente,

id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:

aliquid memoriā,

id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,

id. ib. 1, 22, 50:

aliquid certis signis,

Col. 6, 24, 3:

aliquid experimentis assiduis,

Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:

esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,

Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:

virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,

id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—

To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:

breviter paucis comprendere multa,

Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:

breviter comprehensa sententia,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:

comprehendam brevi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,

id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

(Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,

id. Att. 12, 21, 1:

ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

id. Brut. 8, 34:

in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,

Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:

emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,

Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:

ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,

Cic. Brut. 5, 19:

aliquid dictis,

Ov. M. 13, 160:

quae si comprendere coner,

id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —

Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:

neque enim numero comprendere refert,

Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:

numerum quorum comprendere non est,

id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—

To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;

mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,

to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

adulescentem humanitate tuā,

id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:

quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,

id. Planc. 19. 47.—

To shut in, include (late Lat.):

spiritum in effigiem,

Lact. 4, 8, 9:

elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,

id. 2, 6, 1.

dē-nūdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to lay bare, make naked, denude.

i. q., nudo, to uncover (rare but class.).

Lit.: denudatis ossibus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106:

ne Verres denudetur a pectore, ne cicatrices populus Romanus aspiciat,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 13:

capita cum superciliis denudanda tonsori praebuimus,

Petr. 103, 3:

matresfamilias et adultas aetate virgines,

Suet. Aug. 69:

(surculi) medullam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2:

femur virginis,

Vulg. Judith, 9, 2.—

Trop., to disclose, reveal, detect, betray, expose:

denudavit mihi suum consilium,

Liv. 44, 38; cf. id. 42, 13:

multa incidunt quae invitos denudent,

Sen. Tranq. 15:

arcana amici,

Vulg. Sir. 27, 17.—

i. q., spolio, to strip, plunder.

Lit.: civibus Romanis crudelissime denudatis ac divenditis, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15.—

Trop.:

ne dum novo et alieno ornatu velis ornare juris civilis scientiam, suo quoque eam concesso et tradito spolies atque denudes,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 235.

dē-tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to uncover, expose, lay bare (freq. in the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

ventus detexit villam,

unroofed, Plaut. Rud. 1, 1, 3:

aedem Junonis ad partem dimidiam,

Liv. 42, 3:

regiam Caci,

Verg. A. 8, 241:

juga montium detexerat nebula,

Liv. 33, 7 et saep.:

capite detecto,

Suet. Caes. 57; cf. poet. transf. and in Gr. construction:

caput puer detectus,

Verg. A. 10, 133:

faciem,

Suet. Ner. 48:

corpora,

Tac. A. 13, 38:

ossa,

Suet. Caes. 81; Ov. M. 9, 169 et saep.:

ensem strictum vagina,

Sil. 13, 168; cf.

ferrum,

Luc. 3, 128:

arma,

Suet. Tib. 37:

plagam (opp. celare),

id. Oth. 11 et saep.: patefacta et detecta corpora, *Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 122.—

In comic transf., to take off, remove:

detegetur corium de tergo meo,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 63:

haec illa est tempestas mea, mihi quae modestiam omnem Detexit, tectus qua fui (the figure being taken from buildings),

id. Most. 1, 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 60.—

Trop., to discover, disclose, reveal, betray, detect:

nimis detegendo cladem nudandoque,

Liv. 23, 5:

insidias,

id. 27, 16:

consilium,

id. 27, 45:

mentem,

Quint. 8 prooem. §

20: animi secreta (with proferre mores),

id. 11, 1, 30:

latentem culpam,

Ov. M. 2, 546 et saep.:

mores se inter ludendum,

Quint. 1, 3, 12:

formidine detegi,

Tac. H. 1, 81.

ŏdōror, ātus, 1, v. dep. [id.], to smell at, examine by smelling (cf. olfacio).

Lit.:

pallam,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 55.—

Transf., to smell out, detect by the scent; to scent:

ibo odorans, quasi canis venaticus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 113:

cibum,

Hor. Epod. 6, 10:

hominem,

Col. 6, 2:

vultures sagacius odorantur,

Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191:

bellum,

Vulg. Job, 39, 25.—

Trop.

To aspire to, aim at a thing, in a contemptuous sense; to snuff, as a dog:

quos odorari hunc decemviratum suspicamini,

Cic. Agr. 2, 24, 65.—

To search out, trace out, investigate:

odorabantur omnia et pervestigabant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 31:

quid sentiant,

id. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

quid futurum sit,

id. Att. 14, 22, 1:

soles enim tu haec festive odorari,

id. ib. 4, 14, 2:

pecuniam,

id. Clu. 30, 82:

tu velim ex Fabio odorere,

id. Att. 4, 8, 4:

sagacius,

id. ib. 6, 4, 3:

odorandi vias occultas sagax,

Amm. 14, 5, 6.—

To get an inkling or smattering of any thing:

odoratus philosophiam,

Tac. Or. 19, 3:

veritatem leviter,

Lact. 7, 1, 11.

olfăcĭo, ēci, actum, 3 (uncontracted collat. form ŏlĕfăcĭo:

olefacit, olefecit, olefactum,

Not. Tir. p. 167), v. a. [oleo-facio], to smell, scent something (class.; syn. odoror).

Lit.:

ea, quae gustemus, olfaciamus, tractemus, audiamus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111:

unguentum,

Cat. 13, 13:

laurus folia trita olfactaque,

smelled, Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157:

gith tusum, olfactum,

id. 20, 17, 71, § 183 (olefactum, Jahn).— Absol.:

delphini sagacissime olfaciunt,

have a very keen scent, Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137.—

Trop., to smell, scent, surmise, detect any thing:

non sex totis mensibus olfecissem, quam, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 43:

nummum,

Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 11:

nomen poëtae,

Petr. 93.—

To cause to smell of any thing:

si ad matris mammam (agnus) non accedet, admovere oportet et olfacere labra lacte,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 16.

olfacto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [olfacio], to smell at any thing (ante-class. and post-Aug.).

Lit.:

vestimentum,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 56:

membrana olfactata,

Plin. 28, 16, 63, § 225 (al. olefacta):

pulei ramum,

id. 20, 14, 54, § 155.—

Trop., to smell, snuff, detect, perceive:

boves caelum olfactantes,

Plin. 18, 35, 88, § 364.

pătĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3 (scanned pătēfēcit, Lucr. 4, 320; and in pass. pătēfīet, id. 6, 1001), v. a. [pateo-facio], to make or lay open, to open, throw open (freq. and class.; syn.: pando, recludo, aperio).

Lit.:

iter,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

patefacere et munire alicui aditum ad aliquid,

id. Fam. 13, 78, 2:

aures assentatoribus,

id. Off. 1, 26, 91:

portas,

Liv. 2, 15:

ordines, aciem,

id. 28, 14:

sulcum aratro,

Ov. M. 3, 104:

oculos,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150: patefacta triumphis Janua. Prop. 1, 16, 1:

iter per Alpes patefieri volebat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1; cf. Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 27.— Poet.:

postera lux radiis latum patefecerat orbem,

i. e. had exposed to view, made visible, Ov. M. 9, 794.—Esp. (= anoigein), to open the way, as a discoverer or pioneer; to be the first to find:

vias,

Caes. B G 7, 8:

tellus in longas est patefacta vias,

Tib. 1, 3, 36, cf.:

patefactumque nostris legionibus Pontum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21:

loca,

Nep. Hann. 3, 4.—

Trop., to disclose, expose, detect, bring to light: si hoc celatur, in metu;

sin patefit, in probro sum,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 6:

odium suum in aliquem,

Cic. Att. 11, 13, 2:

patefacere verum et illustrare,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

rem,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

patefacere et proferre aliquid,

id. Mil. 37, 103:

veritas patefacta,

id. Sull. 16, 45; id. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

Lentulus patefactus indiciis,

convicted, id. Cat 3, 6, 15:

qui ea proferenda et patefacienda curavit,

id. Fl. 2, 5:

se aliquid patefacturam,

id. Ac. 2, 14, 44.

per-sentisco, ĕre, v. intens. a.

To perceive clearly, to detect (ante-class.):

nunc ne legio persentiscat, clam illuc redeundum'st mihi,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 28; id. Aul. 1, 1, 24:

ubi possem persentiscere, Ni essem lapis,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 43.—

To feel deeply:

viscera persentiscunt,

Lucr. 3 (249).

prae-occŭpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (class., but not in Cic., since praecepit is the true read., Cic. Phil. 10, 1, 2).

To seize upon, to take possession of or occupy beforehand, to preoccupy.

Lit.:

hic ne intrare posset saltum, Datames praeoccupare studuit,

Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

Macedoniam,

id. Eum. 2, 4:

loca opportuna,

Liv. 44, 3; 35, 28; 42, 47:

iter,

Caes. B. C. 3, 13:

Asiam,

Vell. 2, 69, 2; cf.:

praeoccupatum sese legatione ab Cn. Pompeio,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17.—

To take, catch, detect, seize in an act:

si praeoccupatus fuerit homo in delicto,

Vulg. Gal. 6, 1.—

Trop.:

animos timor praeoccupaverat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 41, 3:

hilaritas praeoccupaverat mentes,

Petr. 113:

praeoccupati beneficio animi,

i. e. won over beforehand, Liv. 6, 20, 10:

aures,

id. 38, 10.—

To anticipate, prevent:

ne alter alterum praeoccuparet,

Nep. Dion, 4, 1.—With obj.clause (like the simpler occupare):

legem de multarum aestimatione ipsi praeoccupaverunt ferre,

hastened to bring the bill sooner before the people, Liv. 4, 30, 3.