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  • 21 discrīmen

        discrīmen inis, n    [dis- + 2 CER-], that which parts, an intervening space, interval, distance, division, separation: cum (maria) pertenui discrimine separarentur: discrimina costis spina dabat, parted, V.: finem atque initium lucis exiguo discrimine internoscas, Ta. — Poet.: Fossarumque morae, leti discrimina parva, i. e. the brink of death, V.: tenue leti, V.—Fig., a distinction, difference, discrimination: hoc inter gratiosos civīs atque fortīs: sine discrimine armatos inermīs caedunt, L.: Discrimen obscurum solutis Crinibus, i. e. of sex, H.: sui alienique, L.: divinarum humanarumque rerum, L.—Poet.: septem discrimina vocum, the seven intervals (of the scale), V.: parvi discriminis umbrae, slightly varying (of color), O.— A decisive point, turning - point, critical moment, determination, decision: res in id discrimen adducta est: in discrimine est humanum genus, utrum, etc., L.: belli, Cu.: haec haud in magno ponam discrimine, regard as of great moment, L.—Poet.: discrimine aperto, the test, O.— A decisive moment, crisis, peril, risk, danger, hazard: in ipso discrimine periculi, L.: in summo rem esse discrimine, Cs.: salus sociorum summum in discrimen vocatur: in veteris fortunae discrimen adducitur: patriae: res p. in discrimen committenda, L.: quae multa vides discrimine tali, V.: discrimine vitae Coniugium pe tere, O.: ire obviam discrimini, Ta.— A decisive battle: vehemens, Cu.
    * * *
    crisis, separating line, division; distinction, difference

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  • 22 inductiō

        inductiō ōnis, f    [1 in+DVC-], a bringing in, introducing, production, admission: aquarum inductiones: horum (iuvenum in circum), for exhibition, L.—Fig., a purpose, resolution, determination: animi.—An inclination, leaning: animi. —Inphilos., induction, reasoning from instances, generalization, C.—In rhet., in the phrase, personarum ficta inductio, personification, speaking in an assumed character: erroris inductio, a misguiding, persuasion to error.
    * * *
    leading or bringing in; application

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  • 23 obstinātiō

        obstinātiō ōnis, f    [obstino], firmness, steadfastness, stubbornness, obstinacy: sententiae, adherence to my principles: taciturna, obstinate silence, N.
    * * *
    determination, stubbornness

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  • 24 pertinācia

        pertinācia ae, f    [pertinax], perseverance, persistence, stubbornness, obstinacy, pertinacity: perseverantiae finitima: hominum nimia, Cs.: pertinaciae finem facere, Cs.: iusta, L.—Person., C.
    * * *
    determination/perseverance; persistence; obstinacy, stubbornness, defiance

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  • 25 potestās

        potestās ātis, f    [potis].—Of persons, ability, power, capacity, force: in se potestatem habere tantae astutiae, such a power of craftiness, T.: aut potestas defuit aut facultas.—Of things, efficacy, force, virtue: potestates herbarum, V.— A power of choice, control, determination: vitae necisque, S.: beneficiorum tribuendorum: quasi non ea potestas sit tua, ut facias, T.: non esse in nostrā potestate, quin illa eveniant: esse in senatūs populique R. potestate: familiam in potestate habere, keep in slavery, L.: esse in suā potestate, one's own master, N.: eā de re ius ac potestas, jurisdiction and authority, L.— Self-control, self-command: qui exisse ex potestate dicuntur... quia non sunt in potestate mentis.— Sovereignty, public authority, sway, power, dominion, rule, empire: ut imperandi ius potestatemque habeat, legal and military supremacy: Thessaliam in potestatem Thebanorum redigere, N.— Magisterial power, authority, office, magistracy: praetoria: ut bonā ratione emerit, nihil pro potestate, i. e. by official pressure: ita potestatem gerere, ut, etc., so to administer the office.—Power, ability, possibility, opportunity: liberius vivendi, T.: quotiens mihi certorum hominum potestas erit, whenever I find men on whom I can rely: si quid dicere vellet, feci potestatem, i. e. accorded permission: quae potestas si mihi saepius fiet, utar, shall present itself: ut respondendi tibi potestatem faciam: omnium mihi litterarum fieri potestatem oportere, must be allowed access to: potestatem sui facere, allow themselves to be spoken to: facere omnibus conveniendi sui potestatem, admit to an audience: decernendi potestatem Pompeio fecit, an opportunity for a decisive engagement, Cs.: sui potestatem facere, opportunity to fight, Cs.: potestas, virtutem vestram ostendere, L.: Non fugis, dum praecipitare potestas, V.— A person in office, public officer, magistrate, ruler: ab aliquā potestate legitimā evocatus, by some lawful authority: imperia et potestates, military and civil officers: mavis Fidenarum esse potestas, Iu.: hominum rerumque aeterna, i. e. Jupiter, V.
    * * *
    power, rule, force; strength, ability; chance, opportunity

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  • 26 limitatio

    fixing; determination

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  • 27 terminatio

    termination, determination, setting of boundaries.

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  • 28 aestimatio

    aestĭmātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].
    I.
    The estimating a thing according to its extrinsic (money) value, valuation, appraisement:

    in censu habendo potestas omnis aestimationis habendae censori permittitur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53: aestimatio frumenti, the determination of the prœtor ( legate or quœstor), how much ready money one should pay, instead of the corn which he was to furnish, id. ib. 2, 3, 92:

    erat Athenis reo damnato, si fraus non capitalis esset, quasi poenae aestimatio,

    i. e. a commutation of corporal punishment for a fine, id. de Or. 1, 54, 232.—So esp. litis or litium aestimatio, in Roman civil law, an estimating, valuation of the contested matter; in criminal law also, the stating how much the convicted person had to pay, an assessment of damages, Cic. Clu. 41, 116; id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45 (cf. lis aestimata, id. ib. 1, 13):

    lex de multarum aestimatione,

    Liv. 4, 30.— After the civil war, Cæsar, in order to enable debtors to cancel the demands against them, decreed an aestimatio possessionum, i. e. an estimation or appraisement of real estate, according to the value which it had before the war, and compelled the creditors to take this in payment instead of money; they were also obliged to deduct from the sum demanded any interest that had been paid; v. Caes. B. C. 3, 1; and Suet. Caes. 42. Hence, in aestimationem accipere, to accept or agree to such a valuation, or payment by real estate at a high price:

    a Marco Laberio C. Albinius praedia in aestimationem accepit,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 8.—And meton., with an allusion to the law of Cæsar: aestimationes [p. 62] = praedia, the real estate received in payment:

    quando aestimationes tuas vendere non potes,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 18. Since the creditor was a loser by this regulation, aestimationem accipere, to suffer injury or loss, id. ib. 16.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    A valuation, i. e. an estimation of a thing according to its intrinsic worth (while existimatio denotes the consideration, regard due to an object on account of its nominal value):

    bonum hoc est quidem plurimi aestimandum, sed ea aestimatio genere valet, non magnitudine,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 10, 34; so 3, 13, 44;

    3, 6: semper aestimationem arbitriumque ejus honoris penes senatum fuisse,

    Liv. 3, 63:

    semper infra aliorum aestimationes se metiens,

    Vell. 1, 127; 97; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67:

    aestimatione rectā severus, deterius interpretantibus tristior habebatur,

    Tac. H. 1, 14 al. —
    B.
    Poet., the worth or value of a thing:

    Quod me non movet aestimatione,

    Cat. 12, 12.

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  • 29 cerno

    cerno, crēvi, crētum ( part. pass. cretus is apparently used only once:

    cineris bene creti,

    Pall. 12, 22, 3; but freq. in the compounds of cerno; for the simple part., the orig. form certus also is very rarely used:

    certā deinde sorte senatus consultum factum est,

    Liv. 36, 2, 2; v. under II. C., and cf. certus), 3, v. a. [root car- for scar-, to separate; cf. krinô; hence, skôr, stercus, screo; cf. cera].
    I.
    To separate, sift (rare):

    per cribrum, Cato. R. R. 107, 1: farinam cribro,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 115; cf. id. 33, 5, 26, § 87; Pall. Jun. 1; Veg. 3, 28, 6:

    in cribris omnia cerne cavis,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 62; cf.:

    per densa foramina,

    id. ib. 89:

    cineris bene creti,

    well sifted, Pall. Nov. 22.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To separate, distinguish by the senses, mostly by the eyes, i. e. to perceive, see, discern (syn.: video, conspicio; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. probably in Lucretius, where it is used about a hundred times); rarely by the ears; v. infra: lumen jubarve in caelo cerno? [p. 319] Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.;

    7, § 76 ib.: sed quis illic est, procul quem video? estne hic Hegio? si satis cerno, is hercle'st,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 85:

    tum porro varios rerum sentimus odores, nec tamen ad nareis venienteis cernimus umquam: nec voces cernere suemus,

    Lucr. 1, 300; 4, 598:

    quod nequeunt oculis rerum primordia cerni,

    id. 1, 269; v. also id. 2, 314 sq.; 4, 242; cf. id. 2, 837:

    acute,

    id. 4, 811; cf.:

    cerno acutum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 26:

    altaria exhalare vapore,

    Lucr. 3, 432; 2, 928 al.—Hence, sometimes opp. to hearing:

    ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur,

    Nep. Timol. 2, 2;

    or to mental perception: quem ego tam video animo, quam ea, quae oculis cernimus,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 3, 2:

    nos enim ne nunc quidem oculis cernimus ea, quae videmus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46:

    quae cernere et videre non possumus,

    id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf. id. Rep. 6, 20, 21 sq.:

    ego Catuli Cumanum ex hoc loco cerno, Pompeianum non cerno,

    id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ut ea cernimus quae videmus,

    id. Mil. 29, 79:

    omnia sic aperiam, ut ea cernere oculis videamini,

    id. Clu. 24, 66:

    coram aliquid,

    to witness, Caes. B. G. 6, 8; Verg. A. 2, 538:

    aliquem,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

    acies a nostris cernebatur,

    id. B. C. 3, 69:

    in sole sidera ipsa desinunt cerni,

    Quint. 8, 5, 29:

    simile quiddam facientes aves cernimus,

    id. 2, 6, 7:

    me miserum, turbā quod non ego cernar in illā,

    Ov. P. 4, 4, 43:

    Constitit alma Venus, nulli cernenda,

    id. M. 15, 844; Curt. 8, 13, 16; Tac. A. 1, 59.—With acc. and inf.: sensumque inesse et motum in membris cerno, Canius ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.:

    neque mutari ac misceri omnia cerneres,

    Sall. C. 2, 3: quos ad resistendum concucurrisse cernebat, * Suet. Caes. 15 fin.:

    cernis ut insultent Rutuli?

    Verg. A. 10, 20:

    cerne quam tenui vos parte contingat,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

    cerneres, quanta audacia fuisset, etc.,

    Sall. C. 61, 1.— Impers. with acc. and inf.:

    cernebatur, novissimos illorum premi vehementer,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 64 Herz. N. cr.So impers. with rel. -clause:

    ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur quem detulisset,

    Nep. Timol. 2, 2. —Ante-class., of the hearing: vox illius certe est: idem omnes cernimus, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 11, and perh. also, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.—Hence,
    b.
    Cerni aliquā re or in aliquā re, to become distinguished or known in something:

    fortis animus et magnus duabus rebus maxime cernitur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66; so id. Tusc. 5, 8, 22: amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64:

    atque hae quidem virtutes cernuntur in agendo,

    Cic. Part. Or. 23, 78; id. Top. 21, 80 (also in Quint. 3, 5, 18).—
    * c.
    Have before the mind, have respect to, regard any one:

    ubi gratus, si non eum ipsi cernunt grati, cui referunt gratiam?

    Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 49.—
    B.
    Transf. to intellectual objects, to perceive, comprehend, understand (syn.:

    intellego, cognosco, perspicio): neque tanta in rebus obscuritas, ut eas (res) non penitus acri vir ingenio cernat, si modo aspexerit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124:

    jam cernam mene an illam potiorem putes, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 20: (antiquitas) hoc melius ea fortasse, quae erant vera, cernebat,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 26; id. Fin. 1, 19, 64; id. Top. 5, 27; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

    quae cum ego non solum suspicarer, sed plane cernerem,

    id. Agr. 2, 4, 9; id. de Or. 3, 31, 124:

    ut consuetum facile amorem cerneres,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 108.—Hence,
    b.
    Rarely of future events, to foresee, discern beforehand:

    cerno animo sepultā in patriā miseros atque insepultos acervos civium,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

    cerno jam animo, quanto omnia uberiora atque ornatiora futura sint,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 2.—
    C.
    To decide something that is contested or doubtful (judicially), to decree, determine (more rare than decernere):

    quotcumque senatus creverit populusque jusserit tot sunto,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 8:

    quodcumque senatus creverit agunto,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 8, § 6: jurati cernant. Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 13:

    illum locum tempusque consilio destinatum quid de Armeniā cernerent,

    Tac. A. 15, 14:

    priusquam id sors cerneret,

    Liv. 43, 12, 2:

    certā sorte,

    after the lot was decided, id. 36, 2, 2.—Hence,
    b.
    To decide by contending or fighting (more rare than the freq. certare, and even in Seneca's time out of use; cf. Sen. Ep. 58, 3): ferro non auro vitam ( acc. respect = de vitā) cernamus utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; id. ap. Non. p. 261, 19, and ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll.; Pac. ap. Non. p. 261, 21: nisi esset qui armis secum vellet cernere, Att. ap. Non. p. 261, 17:

    cernere ferro,

    Verg. A. 12, 709 (also ap. Sen. Ep. 58, 3); so,

    cernere certamen,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 15; id. Cas. 3, 1, 2; Lucr. 5, 394: pro patriā, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis, * Sall. C. 59, 5 Kritz N. cr. (al. certare):

    seu libeat duplicem sejunctim cernere martem,

    Tib. 4, 1, 103.—Humorously, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 77.—
    D.
    In gen., to decide for something, to conclude upon, resolve (syn.: constituo, decerno; also rare): praesidium castris educere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 261, 5:

    acribus inter se cum armis confligere,

    id. ib. p. 261, 6:

    te mihi amicam esse crevi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 1 (crevi valet constitui, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.); Cat. 64, 150.—Hence,
    E.
    In judic. lang. t. t., of inheritances.
    1.
    To resolve to enter upon an inheritance, Varr. L. L. 7, § 98 Müll.; cf. Tit. 22, 27, and cretio.—
    2.
    To make known this determination, Tit. 22, 28 and 30; Cic. Att. 11, 2, 1.—
    3.
    = adire, to enter upon an inheritance, Cic. Agr. 2, 15, 40; Liv. 24, 25, 3; 40, 8, 17; Plin. Ep. 10, 79, 2; Quint. Decl. 261; Fest. p. 41.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    debet etiam fratris Appii amorem erga me cum reliquā hereditate crevisse,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 10; so id. Fam. 9, 14, 4; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3.—P. a. v. certus.

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  • 30 consilium

    consĭlĭum, ii, n. [from con and root sal-; Sanscr. sar-; cf. consul], deliberation, consultation, a considering together, counsel (cf. concilium; very freq. in all periods and species of composition).
    I.
    Prop.:

    consulta sunt consilia,

    are finished, at an end, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 7:

    quid in consilio consuluistis?

    id. Bacch. 1, 1, 6 Ritschl:

    consilium volo capere unā tecum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66:

    neque pol consili locum habeo neque ad auxilium copiam,

    id. And. 2, 1, 20:

    cum aliquo consilia conferre,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 38 (v. confero, I. B.):

    saepe in senatu consilia versata sunt,

    Quint. 12, 2, 21; 7, 4, 2:

    quasi vero consilii sit res, et non necesse sit, etc.,

    as if the matter were yet open for deliberation, Caes. B. G. 7, 38; cf. Nep. Con. 4, 2:

    quid efficere possis, tui consilii est,

    is for you to consider, Cic. Fam. 3, 2, 2:

    vestrum jam consilium est. non solum meum, quid sit vobis faciendum,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 1: quid aetati credendum sit, quid nomini, magni consilii est, id. Att. 15, 12, 2; cf.:

    nihil mihi adhuc accidit, quod majoris consilii esset,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 3:

    in consilio habere,

    Quint. 8, 2, 23:

    fit publici consilii particeps,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2; cf. Quint. 12, 3, 1; 3, 8, 4:

    nocturna,

    Sall. C. 42, 2:

    arcanis ut interesset,

    Liv. 35, 18, 2 et saep.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    In abstr.
    1.
    A conclusion made with consideration, a determination, resolution, measure, plan, purpose, intention, Quint. 6, 5, 3; cf.:

    consilium est aliquid faciendi aut non faciendi excogitata ratio,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36; 2, 9, 31:

    certum,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 16:

    callidum,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 10:

    ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

    aliquid communi consilio agere,

    id. ib.:

    consilium communicaverunt perfeceruntque,

    Suet. Calig. 56:

    aedificandi consilium abicere,

    Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6; Liv. 33, 41, 5; Tac. A. 4, 4:

    deponere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 103.—And of the purpose. as opp. to the act, etc.:

    quod initio scripsi, totius facti tui judicium non tam ex consilio tuo quam ex eventu homines esse facturos,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5:

    quasi exitus rerum, non hominum consilia, legibus vindicentur,

    id. Mil. 7, 19:

    mentem peccare, non corpus, et unde consilium afuerit culpam abesse,

    Liv. 1, 58, 9. —Often with epithets characterizing the person who forms the purpose, etc.:

    amentissimum,

    Cic. Att. 7, 10 init.:

    audax,

    Liv. 25, 38, 18; 35, 32, 13:

    fortissima cousilia,

    id. 25, 38, 18:

    fidele,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 4, 8:

    providens,

    Gell. 3, 7, 8:

    malum,

    id. 4, 5, 5:

    temerarium,

    Vell. 2, 120, 2:

    incautum,

    Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3:

    lene,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 41:

    praeceps,

    Suet. Aug. 8:

    repudio quod consilium primum intenderam,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 18:

    eo consilio, uti frumento Caesarem intercluderet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 9; Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72 fin.; Sall. C. 57, 1:

    quo consilio huc imus?

    Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1;

    also: hoc consilio ut,

    Nep. Milt. 5, 3: privato consilio, on one's own account (opp. publico consilio, in the name or behalf of the state):

    qui contra consulem privato consilio exercitus comparaverunt,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; Caes. B. C. 3, 14; Nep. Pelop. 1, 2.—Sometimes absol. consilio adverbially, intentionally, designedly:

    casu potius quam consilio,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 8:

    consul, seu forte, seu consilio, Venusiam perfugit,

    Liv. 22, 49, 14; 35, 14, 4; Verg. A. 7, 216.—
    b.
    Esp. in the phrases,
    (α).
    Consilium capere, to form a purpose or plan, to resolve, decide, determine:

    neque, quid nunc consili capiam, scio, De virgine istac,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 27: consilium capere with a gen. gerund., Caes. B. G. 3, 2; 5, 29; Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6; Liv. 39, 51, 3; 43, 3, 7; 35, 34, 4; 10, 38, 6; Sall. C. 16, 4; Curt. 8, 6, 8; 8, 7, 1; Tac. A. 6, 26; Suet. Vesp. 6; Quint. 11, 3, 180; Just. 2, 13, 5; 34, 4, 1; cf. with gen.:

    profectionis et reversionis meae,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1.—With inf., Cic. Quint. 16, 53 fin.; Caes. B. G. 7, 71; Nep. Lys. 3, 1; Liv. 44, 11, 6 al.—With ut:

    capio consilium, ut senatum congerronum convocem,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 8:

    consilium ceperunt plenum sceleris, ut nomen hujus deferrent,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28; id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140:

    consilium cepi, ut antequam luceret exirem,

    id. Att. 7. 10; id. Tull. 14, 34; Liv. 25, 34, 7.—And with inf.:

    consilium cepit... iter in urbem patefacere,

    Liv. 44, 11, 7:

    hominis fortunas evertere,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 53:

    Heraclius capit consilium... non adesse ad judicium,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 41:

    ex oppido profugere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 26; 7, 71; Just. 35, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    In the same sense, inire consilium, with similar construction:

    inita sunt consilia urbis delendae,

    Cic. Mur. 37, 80; 38, 81:

    regni occupandi consilium inire,

    Liv. 2, 8, 2; 6, 17, 7; 7, 38, 5:

    jus gentium cujus violandi causā consilium initum erat,

    id. 38, 25, 8; 4, 11, 4:

    sceleris conandi consilia inierat,

    Vell. 2, 35, 5; 2, 80, 6:

    Graeci consilium ineunt interrumpendi pontis,

    Just. 2, 13, 5; Suet. Calig. 48:

    iniit consilia reges Lacedaemoniorum tollere,

    Nep. Lys. 3, 1:

    consilia inibat, quemadmodum, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 43:

    de bello consilia inire incipiunt,

    id. ib. 7, 1:

    cum de recuperandā libertate consilium initum videretur,

    id. ib. 5, 27:

    consilia inita de regno,

    Liv. 4, 15, 4:

    atrox consilium init, ut, etc.,

    Tac. H. 3, 41.—
    (γ).
    Freq. consilium est, with and without inf., I purpose:

    ita facere,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 73; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 44; Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1; Sall. C. 4, 1; 53, 6; Liv. 21, 63, 2; Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch. —Rarely with ut:

    ut filius Cum illà habitet... hoc nostrum consilium fuit,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 41:

    ea uti acceptā mercede deseram, non est consilium,

    Sall. J. 85, 8; and absol.:

    quid sui consilii sit, ostendit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21.—Hence,
    c.
    In partic., in milit. lang., a warlike measure, device, stratagem: consilium imperatorium quod Graeci stratêgêma appellant, Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15; so Caes. B. G. 7, 22; Nep. Dat. 6, 8; id. Iphicr. 1, 2; cf.:

    opportunus consiliis locus (= insidiis),

    Quint. 5, 10, 37.—
    d.
    With special reference to the person for whose advantage a measure is devised, counsel, advice:

    tu quidem antehac aliis solebas dare consilia mutua,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 98; so,

    dare,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

    quid das consili?

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 93:

    Cethegum minus ei fidele consilium dedisse,

    Cic. Clu. 31, 85:

    vos lene consilium datis,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 41; 3, 5, 45 et saep.:

    juvabo aut re aut operā aut consilio bono,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17;

    imitated by Ter.: aut consolando aut consilio aut re juvero,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 34 (quoted ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 4); cf. Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 29; Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2; 15, 2, 2; id. Att. 13, 31, 3:

    te hortor ut omnia moderere prudentiā tuā, ne te auferant aliorum consilia,

    id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

    sin aliquid impertivit tibi sui consilii,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 9:

    consiliis, non curribus utere nostris,

    Ov. M. 2, 146:

    facile ratio tam salubris consilii accepta est,

    Curt. 3, 7, 10:

    saniora consilia pati,

    id. 4, 1, 9.—
    2.
    As a mental quality, understanding, judgment, wisdom, sense, penetration, prudence:

    et dominari in corpore toto Consilium quod nos animum mentemque vocamus,

    Lucr. 3, 139; 3, 450:

    acta illa res est animo virili, consilio puerili,

    Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3; cf. id. Caecin. 7, 18:

    ut popularis cupiditas a consilio principum dissideret,

    id. Sest. 49, 103:

    majore studio quam consilio ad bellum proficisci,

    Sall. H. 2, 96, 4 Dietsch:

    res forte quam consilio melius gestae,

    id. J. 92, 6:

    quae quanto consilio gerantur, nullo consilio adsequi possumus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

    simul consilium cum re amisisti?

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10; cf.:

    miseros prudentia prima relinquit, Et sensus cum re consiliumque fugit,

    Ov. P. 4, 12, 48:

    mulieres omnes propter infirmitatem consilii majores in tutorum potestate esse voluerunt,

    Cic. Mur. 12, 27:

    vir et consilii magni et virtutis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 5:

    cum plus in illo senili animo non consilii modo sed etiam virtutis esse dicerent,

    Liv. 4, 13, 13; so,

    tam iners, tam nulli consili Sum,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 2:

    est hoc principium improbi animi, miseri ingenii, nulli consilii,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48:

    omnes gravioris aetatis, in quibus aliquid consilii aut dignitatis fuit,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 6, 40:

    misce stultitiam consiliis brevem,

    Hor. C. 4, 12, 27:

    quae res in se neque consilium neque modum Habet ullum, eam consilio regere non potes,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13. —
    b.
    Poet., transf., of inanim. things:

    consilii inopes ignes,

    indiscreet, Ov. M. 9, 746:

    vis consili expers,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 65; id. S. 2, 3, 266.—
    B.
    In concr., the persons who deliberate, a council; of the Roman senate:

    senatum, id est orbis terrae consilium, delere gestit,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 6, 14; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; id. de Or. 2, 82, 333; id. Sest. 65, 137:

    summum consilium orbis terrae,

    id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; Liv. 1, 8, 7; 23, 22, 2; Vell. 1, 8, 6:

    di prohibeant, ut hoc, quod majores consilium publicum vocari voluerunt, praesidium sectorum existimetur,

    i. e. a court of justice, Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151; cf.:

    qui ex civitate in senatum propter dignitatem, ex senatu in hoc consilium delecti estis propter severitatem,

    id. ib. 3, 8.—Of the division of the centumviri, who sat for ordinary cases in four consilia:

    sedebant centum et octoginta judices, tot enim quattuor consiliis colliguntur,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 2:

    omnibus non solum consiliis sed etiam sententiis superior discessit,

    Val. Max. 7, 7, 1:

    Galba consilio celeriter convocato sententias exquirere coepit,

    a council of war, Caes. B. G. 3, 3; cf.:

    consilio advocato,

    Liv. 25, 31, 3; 43, 22, 9 al.:

    castrense,

    id. 44, 35, 4:

    mittunt (Carthaginienses) triginta seniorum principes: id erat sanctius apud illos consilium,

    id. 30, 16, 3; cf. id. 35, 34, 2:

    consilium Jovis,

    Hor. C. 3, 25, 6:

    bonorum atque sapientium,

    Quint. 3, 8, 2 al. —
    b.
    Facetiously:

    paulisper tace, Dum ego mihi consilia in animum convoco, et dum consulo,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 44.—
    c.
    (Acc. to II. A. [p. 433] 1. c.) A counsellor:

    ille ferox hortator pugnae consiliumque fuit,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 32:

    Clymene, Aethraque, Quae mihi sunt comites consiliumque duae,

    id. H. 16 (17), 268; id. F. 3, 276.

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  • 31 consto

    con-sto, stĭti, stātum (constātūrus, Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 3; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 30; Luc. 2, 17; Mart. 10, 41, 5; Lact. Opif. Dei, 7, 11), 1, v. n.
    I.
    To stand together, stand with some person or thing.
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    constant, conserunt sermones inter se drapetae,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., to stand with, to agree with, be in accord or agreement, to correspond, fit.
    1.
    With cum and abl. (cf. consisto, II. B. 3.):

    considerabit, constetne oratio aut cum re aut ipsa secum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 45:

    sententiā non constare cum superioribus et inferioribus sententiis, etc.,

    Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14.—
    2.
    Absol.:

    veri similis narratio erit, si spatia temporum, personarum dignitates, consiliorum rationes, locorum opportunitates constabunt,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9, 16.—
    3.
    With dat.:

    si humanitati tuae constare voles,

    Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1.—And esp. with sibi, to agree, accord with itself, to remain like one's self, be consistent:

    in Oppianico sibi constare et superioribus consentire judiciis debuerunt,

    Cic. Clu. 22, 60; so,

    with consentire,

    id. Univ. 3 init.; id. Fin. 2, 11, 35:

    ut constare in vitae perpetuitate possimus nobismetipsis nec in ullo officio claudicare,

    id. Off. 1, 33, 119; so,

    sibi (opp. titubare),

    Quint. 5, 7, 11:

    sibi et rei judicatae,

    Cic. Clu. 38, 106:

    sibi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 16; id. A. P. 127; cf.:

    constat idem omnibus sermo,

    Liv. 9, 2, 3.—
    4.
    In the phrase ratio constat, mercantile t. t., the account agrees or is correct, is or proves right:

    auri ratio constat: aurum in aerario est,

    Cic. Fl. 28, 69:

    quibus ratio impensarum constaret,

    was correct, accurately kept, Suet. Ner. 30.—
    (β).
    In postAug. prose, esp. in the younger Pliny, transf. from the sphere of business:

    mirum est, quam singulis diebus in urbe ratio aut constet aut constare videatur,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 5, 16; 3, 18, 10; 2, 4, 4; 7, 6, 4; id. Pan. 38, 4; Just. praef. § 5: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio [p. 439] constet, quam si uni reddatur, Tac. A. 1, 6 fin.
    II.
    With the access. idea of firmness, to stand firm, to remain immovable, unchanging, steadfast, to abide, last, endure, persevere, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and styles).
    A.
    In gen.:

    prius quam totis viribus fulta constaret hostium acies,

    Liv. 3, 60, 9; cf.:

    nec pugna deinde illis constare,

    id. 1, 30, 10:

    ut non color, non vultus ei constaret,

    id. 39, 34, 7; cf.:

    valetudo ei neque corporis neque animi constitit,

    Suet. Calig. 50; and:

    dum sanitas constabit,

    Phaedr. 4, 24, 30:

    non mentibus solum consipere, sed ne auribus quidem atque oculis satis constare poterant,

    Liv. 5, 42, 3; cf.:

    in ebrietate lingua non constat,

    Sen. Ep. 83, 27:

    mente vix constare,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39; cf. Liv. 8, 19, 6; 44, 20, 7:

    quā in sententia si constare voluissent,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 36 fin.:

    numerus legionum constat,

    id. ib. 7, 35:

    ceteris exercitibus constare fidem,

    Tac. H. 2, 96:

    utrimque fides constitit,

    kept their word, Liv. 37, 32, 13; 2, 13, 9.— Poet.: cum sint huc forsitan illa, Haec translata illuc;

    summā tamen omnia constant,

    i. e. the principal sum remains always the same, Ov. M. 15, 258:

    postquam cuncta videt caelo constare sereno,

    every thing continues in unbroken serenity, Verg. A. 3, 518:

    constitit in nullā qui fuit ante color,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 120.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Milit. t. t., to stop, halt: multitudinem procul hostium constare videtur, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 273, 4.—
    2.
    Of facts, reports, etc., to be established, settled, certain, manifest, evident, well known:

    quae cum constent, perspicuum debet esse, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

    eorum quae constant exempla ponemus, horum quae dubia sunt, exempla adferemus, id. mv 1, 38, 68: quod nihil nobis constat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 5:

    cum et factum constet et nomen, qualia sint vocatur in dubium,

    Cic. Part. Or. 12, 42; cf.:

    cum factum constat, sed a quo sit factum in controversiam venit,

    Quint. 7, 2, 8; and impers., with acc. and inf.:

    mihi multa agitanti constabat, paucorum civium egregiam virtutem cuncta patravisse,

    Sall. C. 53, 4; cf.:

    quod omnibus constabat, hiemari in Gallia oportere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin., and Cic. Clu. 13, 38.—
    b.
    Constat (constabat, constabit, etc., it is settled, established, undisputed, certain, well known, etc.), Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Quint. 29, 89; Caes. B. G. 3, 6; 3, 9 al.; Ov. M. 7, 533; Quint. 4, 2, 90 et saep.—So freq.: constat inter omnes, with acc. and inf., all agree, all are convinced:

    sed tum nimis inter omnis constabat neminem esse resalutatum,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

    quae propositio in se quiddam continet perspicuum et quod constare inter omnis necesse est, hanc velle approbare et firmare nihil attinet,

    in which all must agree, id. Inv. 1, 36, 62 dub. (B. and K. stare); Caes. B. G. 7, 44; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 8 et saep.; cf.

    also: constare inter homines sapientissimos (for which, just after: omnium consensu sic esse judicatum),

    Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3:

    inter suos,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 47:

    inter augures, Liv 10, 6, 7 et saep.: cum de Magio constet,

    Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3; cf.:

    de facto constat,

    Quint. 7, 2, 7; so with de, id. 7, 2, 11; 4, 2, 5:

    etsi non satis mihi constiterat, cum aliquāne animi mei molestiā an potius, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 1:

    nec satis certum constare apud animum poterat, utrum, etc.,

    Liv. 30, 28, 1:

    quid cuique sit opus constare decet,

    Quint. 3, 9, 8; so id. 3, 8, 25:

    quid porro quaerendum est? Factumne sit? At constat. A quo? At patet,

    Cic. Mil. 6, 15; so absol., id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 54.—
    3.
    Of a resolve.
    (α).
    Impers.: mihi (ei) constat, = certum est, it is my ( his) fixed determination, I am determined, I am fully resolved (rare): mihi quidem constat, nec meam contumeliam, nec meorum ferre, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 42:

    neque satis Bruto neque tribunis militum constabat, quid agerent,

    were undecided, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

    ut nihil ei constet quod agat,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 35.—
    (β).
    With the resolve as subject:

    animo constat sententia,

    Verg. A. 5, 748:

    cum constitit consilium,

    when my mind was fully made up, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1.—
    4.
    In gen., as opp. to that which has no existence, to exist, be, abide (esp. in Lucr.):

    (corpora) quoniam fragili naturā praedita constant,

    Lucr. 1, 582; 1, 246; 1, 510 et saep.:

    antiquissimi fere sunt, quorum quidem scripta constent,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 93; id. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: qui sine manibus et pedibus constare deum posse decreverunt, id. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

    si ipsa mens constare potest vacans corpore,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 25.—
    5.
    With ex, in, de, or the abl. (in Cic. only with ex; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 8, 19), to consist in or of, to be composed of, to rest upon something, etc.
    (α).
    With ex (very freq. in prose and poetry):

    fulminis ignem e parvis constare figuris,

    Lucr. 2, 385:

    homo ex animo constat et corpore,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98;

    id. Fin. l. l.: simplex (jus) e dulci constat olivo,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 64:

    ea virtus, quae constat ex hominibus tuendis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157 et saep.—
    (β).
    With in and abl. (very rare):

    victoriam in earum cohortium virtute constare,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 89 fin.; Nep. Att. 14 fin.
    * (γ).
    With de:

    partus duplici de semine,

    Lucr. 4, 1229.—
    (δ).
    With abl. (freq. in Lucr. and Quint.):

    aeterno quia constant semine quaeque,

    Lucr. 1, 221; 1, 484; 1, 518 et saep.:

    agri campis, vineis, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 5:

    constat tota oratio longioribus membris, brevioribus periodis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 134; 5, 10, 63 et saep.:

    causa constat aut unius rei controversiā aut plurium,

    id. 3, 10, 1. omnis disciplina memoriā, id. 11, 2, 1. omne jus aut scripto aut moribus, id. 12, 3, 6 et saep.—
    6.
    Mercantile t. t., like our phrase, to stand at, i. e. to cost; constr. with abl.. gen., etc., of price (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 444).
    a.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    ut unae quadrigae Romae constiterint quadringentis milibus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; Suet. Vit. 19:

    filius auro,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 57:

    navis gratis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48 (al. stare):

    HS. sex milibus tibi constant,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 12, §

    28: tanto nobis deliciae,

    Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 84:

    magno tibi,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 4:

    parvo,

    Pall. Febr. 9, 12; cf.

    gratis,

    Sen. Ep. 104, 34; Aug. Serm. 385, 6.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    (ambulatiuncula) prope dimidio minoris constabit isto loco,

    Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2; Suet. Ner. 27 fin.:

    quanti funus,

    id. Vesp. 19; Juv. 7, 45.—
    (γ).
    With adv.: quod mihi constat carius, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 25; so,

    vilissime,

    Col. 9, 1. 6.—
    (δ).
    With sup.:

    cujus area super HS. millies constitit,

    Suet. Caes. 26.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    edocet, quanto detrimento et quot virorum fortium morte necesse sit constare victoriam,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    odia constantia magno,

    Ov. H. 7, 47:

    imperia pretio quolibet constant bene,

    Sen. Phoen. 664.—Hence, constans, antis, P. a. (acc. to II. 1.), standing firm, firm, unchangeable, constant, immovable, uniform, fixed, stable, invariable (freq. and class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    mellis constantior est natura (sc. quam aquae),

    Lucr. 3, 192:

    constans uva contra tenorem unum algoris aestusve,

    Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 27:

    cujus in indomito constantior inguine nervus, Quam nova arbor, etc.,

    Hor. Epod. 12, 19:

    cursus certi et constantes,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 24; cf.:

    constans reversio stellarum (with conveniens),

    id. ib. 2, 21, 54:

    constantissimus motus lunae,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

    nihil (mundo) motu constantius,

    id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; 2, 21, 54:

    constanti vultu graduque,

    Liv. 5, 46, 3: aetas, the mature age (of an adult), Cic. Sen. 10, 33; cf.:

    constans aetas, quae media dicitur,

    id. ib. 20, 76:

    aetate nondum constanti,

    Suet. Galb. 4:

    pax,

    firm, secure, Liv. 6, 25, 6:

    fides,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 4:

    an ire comminus et certare pro Italiā constantius foret,

    safer, Tac. H. 3, 1. —
    b.
    Agreeing or accordant with itself, consistent, harmonious:

    quemadmodum in oratione constanti, sic in vitā omnia sint apta inter se et convenientia,

    Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:

    nihil intellego dici potuisse constantius,

    id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.:

    incredibilia an inter se constantia,

    Quint. 5, 4, 2:

    rumores,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1:

    constans parum memoria hujus anni,

    Liv. 10, 37, 13:

    constans fama erat,

    Suet. Caes. 6; so,

    opinio,

    id. Tib. 39; id. Vesp. 4 al.—
    B.
    Trop., intellectually or morally certain, sure, steadfast, constant, faithful, steady, unchanging:

    firmi et stabiles et constantes amici,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 62; cf. Nep. Lys. 2, 2:

    quem hominem? Levem? imo gravissimum. Mobilem? imo constantissimum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. opp. varium, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48 Spald.:

    pater amens at is quidem fuit omnium constantissimus,

    a very constant, steadfast man, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 41; cf.:

    prudens et constans (testis),

    Quint. 5, 7, 26; and under adv.:

    (Helvidius Priscus) recti pervicax, constans adversus metus,

    Tac. H. 4, 5 fin.:

    constans Fortuna tantum in levitate suā,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 18; cf.: neque fidei constans, neque strenuus in perfidiā, Tac. H. 3, 57:

    constantior In vitiis, etc.,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 18.— Adv.: constanter.
    1.
    (Acc. to A.) Firmly, immovably, steadily, constantly:

    manere in suo statu,

    Cic. Univ. 13: constanter ac perpetuo placet consilium, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 9:

    vitiis gaudere constanter,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 6.— Comp.:

    ut maneamus in perspicuis firmius et constantius,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 45.— Sup.:

    impetus caeli constantissime conficiens vicissitudinis anniversarias,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97.—
    b.
    Harmoniously, evenly, uniformly, consistently:

    constanter et aequaliter ingrediens oratio,

    Cic. Or. 58, 198:

    sibi constanter convenienterque dicere,

    id. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 24; in comp., id. ib. 5, 9, 25; in sup., id. ib. 5, 8, 23; id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; so,

    hi constanter omnes nuntiaverunt,

    with one voice, unanimously, Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

    aequabilius atque constantius sese res humanae haberent,

    Sall. C. 2, 3:

    aequabilius atque constantius regere provincias,

    Tac. A. 15, 21 fin.
    2.
    (Acc. to B.) Steadily, calmly, tranquilly, sedately:

    constanter ac non trepide pugnare,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 25; cf.

    agere, Auct. B. Afr. 84: proelium inire,

    Suet. Vesp. 4; id. Tib. 19:

    constanter et sedate ferre dolorem,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:

    constanter et libere se gerere,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 9:

    constanter prudenterque fit,

    id. Tusc. 4, 6, 12:

    constanter delata beneficia (with judicio, considerate, and opp. repentino quodam impetu),

    id. Off. 1, 15, 49.— Comp.:

    cetera exsequi,

    Suet. Aug. 10:

    acrius quam constantius proelium inire,

    Curt. 4, 6, 14.— Sup.:

    amicitias retinere,

    Suet. Aug. 66; id. Tib. 45 al.

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  • 32 destinatio

    dēstĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [destino], a setting fast, establishing; a resolution, determination, purpose, design (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    depascitur segetes destinatione ante determinata in diem,

    Plin. 8, 25, 39, § 95:

    porticum ex destinatione M. Agrippae a sorore ejus inchoatam peregit,

    id. 3, 2, 3, § 17; cf. Tac. H. 1, 77:

    nulli' placere partium destinatio,

    Liv. 32, 35 fin.: consulum, i. e. the election (opp. renuntiatione), Plin. Pan. 77, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 79; Plin. Pan. 95, 2:

    mortis,

    Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 96:

    exspirandi,

    id. 7, 45, 46, § 149:

    quietis,

    Stat. S. 3 praef.:

    aeternitatis,

    Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114 et saep.;

    certus destinationis, ne, etc.,

    resolute, Tac. A. 12, 32.—
    II.
    Esp. obstinacy, Amm. 15, 10, 10 al.

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  • 33 discrimen

    discrīmen, ĭnis, n. [contr. from discerimen à discerno; cf. crimen from cerno], lit., that which separates or divides two things from each other (for syn. cf.: differentia, discrepantia, diversitas, distantia); hence,
    I.
    Lit., an intervening space, interval, distance, division, separation:

    cum (duo maria) pertenui discrimine separarentur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

    minimum quos inter et hostem Discrimen murus clausaque porta facit,

    Ov. Pont. 1, 8, 62:

    aequo discrimine,

    Lucr. 5, 690; Verg. A. 5, 154:

    parvum leti,

    Ov. M. 7, 426; Verg. A. 9, 143:

    dare discrimina costis,

    i. e. to separate them, id. ib. 10, 382:

    quae (sc. littera F) inter discrimina dentium efflanda est,

    Quint. 12, 10, 29:

    agminum,

    Curt. 4, 12 fin.:

    ungulae,

    Col. 6, 15 fin.:

    comae,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 302; and in like manner poet.: telluris pectitae, i. e. furrow, Col. Poët. 10, 94; Claud. Nupt. Honor. 103:

    medium luci,

    Grat. Cyneg. 486.—Hence, med. t. t., the dividing membrane, the midriff, diaphragm, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 127; 5, 10, 124 al.—
    II.
    Trop. (so most frequent).
    A.
    In gen., a distinction, difference: amabat omnes, nam discrimen non facit, Lucil. ap. Non. 282, 27:

    iste, qui omnia jura pretio exaequasset omniumque rerum delectum atque discrimen pecunia sustulisset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50; cf.:

    officia tollebantur delectu omni et discrimine remoto,

    id. Fin. 4, 25, 69:

    sit hoc discrimen inter gratiosos cives atque fortes, ut illi, etc.,

    id. Balb. 21 fin.:

    sine ullo sexus discrimine,

    Suet. Calig. 8; cf.:

    rapti per agros viatores sine discrimine liberi servique,

    id. Aug. 32:

    omisso sui alicuique discrimine,

    Liv. 5, 55:

    divinarum humanarumque rerum,

    id. 5, 40:

    recti pravique,

    Quint. 12, 3, 7:

    vocum,

    id. 1, 5, 25; cf.

    so of the different tones of the strings: septem discrimina vocum,

    Verg. A. 6, 646 et saep.— Poet.:

    tenues parvi discriminis umbrae,

    i. e. of easy gradation, Ov. M. 6, 62. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    With respect to disputed matters, which are to be distinguished between, and thus decided upon, the decisive point, turning-point, critical moment, determination, decision:

    quoniam res in id discrimen adducta est, utrum ille poenas rei publicae luat, an nos serviamus,

    to this point, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 29; cf.:

    ea res nunc in discrimine versatur, utrum... an, etc.,

    id. Quint. 30, 92; Liv. 29, 17:

    vicit disciplina militaris, vicit imperii majestas, quae in discrimine fuerunt, an ulla post hanc diem essent,

    id. 8, 35, 4: haec et his similia haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, shall not regard as of great moment, id. praef. §

    8: postquam adesse discrimen ultimum belli animadvertit,

    id. 44, 23:

    instant enim (adversarii) et saepe discrimen omne committunt,

    abandon the most decisive points, Quint. 6, 4, 17 et saep.— Poet.:

    experiar, deus hic, discrimine aperto, An sit mortalis,

    the test, Ov. M. 1, 222.—
    2.
    Transf., a dangerous, decisive moment, crisis, dangerous condition; risk, danger, hazard:

    in ipso discrimine periculi aliquem destituere,

    Liv. 6, 17; so,

    periculi,

    id. 8, 24: in summo rem esse discrimine, * Caes. B. G. 6, 38, 2; cf.:

    adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum pene discrimen,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 1:

    salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

    in extremo discrimine ac dimicatione fortunae,

    id. Sull. 28:

    in veteris fortunae discrimen adducitur,

    id. Mur. 27, 55; cf.:

    aliquem in discrimen capitis adducere,

    id. Deiot. 1, 2; so,

    capitis,

    Quint. 11, 1, 49:

    si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,

    Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

    rem publicam in discrimen committere,

    Liv. 8, 32; 33, 7; cf.:

    fuitque dies illa tenebrarum et discriminis,

    Vulg. Esth. 11, 8.

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  • 34 Fata

    fātum, i ( masc. fatus malus meus, Petr. 42, 77), n. [for II. A.], that which is said, an utterance. —Hence,
    I.
    Prop., a prophetic declaration, oracle, prediction (rare but class.): neque me Apollo fatis fandis dementem invitam ciet, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 80 Vahl.):

    Lentulum sibi confirmasse ex fatis Sibyllinis haruspicumque responsis se, etc.,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

    eo fatis quae Veientes scripta haberent,

    id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

    fatis, ominibus oraculisque portendere,

    Liv. 29, 10 fin. Drak. N. cr.:

    Siculisne resideret arvis Oblitus factorum,

    Verg. A. 5, 703.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., that which is ordained, desting, fate; the heimarmenê or moira of the Greeks (syn.:

    fortuna, fors, sors, casus): nec ii, qui dicunt immutabilia esse, quae futura sint nec posse verum futurum convertere in falsum, fati necessitatem confirmant, sed verborum vim interpretantur. At qui introducunt causarum seriem sempiternam, ii mentem hominis voluntate libera spoliatam necessitate fati devinciunt,

    Cic. Fat. 9, 20 sq.; hence the philosophic use of the word to denote the eternal, immutable law of nature: fieri omnia fato, ratio cogit fateri. Fatum autem id appello, quod Graeci heimarmenên, id est ordinem seriemque causarum, cum causa causae nexa rem ex se gignat, id. Div. 1, 55, 125 sq.; cf.:

    cum vos fato fieri dicatis omnia, quod autem semper ex omni aeternitate verum fuerit, id esse fatum,

    id. N. D. 3, 6, 14; and: cum duae sententiae fuissent veterum philosophorum, una eorum, qui censerent omnia ita fato fieri, ut id fatum vim necessitatis afferret;

    in qua sententia Democritus, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Aristoteles fuit: altera eorum, quibus viderentur sine ullo fato esse animorum motus voluntarii,

    id. Fat. 17, 39; cf.

    also: ex hoc genere causarum ex aeternitate pendentium fatum a Stoicis nectitur,

    id. Top. 15, 59; and:

    anile sane et plenum superstitionis fati nomen ipsum,

    id. Div. 2, 7, 19:

    si Daphitae fatum fuit ex equo cadere,

    id. Fat. 3, 5; cf. id. ib. 12, 28: cf.:

    neque si fatum fuerat, effugisset,

    id. Div. 2, 8, 20:

    ut praedici posset, quid cuique eventurum et quo quisque fato natus esset,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 2;

    quonam meo fato fieri dicam, ut, etc.,

    id. Phil. 2, 1, 1: qua quidem in re singulari sum fato, I experience a remarkable fate, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 1:

    si quid mihi humanitus accidisset multa autem impendere videntur praeter naturam etiam praeterque fatum,

    i. e. beyond the natural and appointed course of events, id. Phil. 1, 4, 10:

    quasi debita sibi fato dominatione,

    Suet. Aug. 19:

    persuasio, cuncta fato agi,

    id. Tib. 69:

    nisi dii immortales omni ratione placati suo numine prope fata ipsa flexissent,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

    orte Saturno, tibi cura magni Caesaris fatis data,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 51:

    quo (Caesare) nihil majus meliusve terris Fata donavere bonique divi,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 38; id. Carm. Sec. 28:

    ut caneret fera Nereus Fata,

    id. C. 1, 15, 5; so,

    acerba,

    id. Epod. 7, 17:

    triste,

    id. S. 1, 9, 29:

    caeca,

    id. C. 2, 13, 16:

    plebeium in circo positum est fatum,

    the fate of the vulgar, Juv. 6, 588:

    fata regunt homines,

    id. 9, 32; 12, 63.—With ut:

    qui hoc fato natus est, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Mil. 11, 30:

    fuit hoc sive meum sive rei publicae fatum, ut, etc.,

    id. Balb. 26, 58.—With ne: eo [p. 730] fato se in iis terris collocatam esse arbitratur, ne, etc., Cic. Font. 16, 35.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of the will or determination of the gods:

    heu stirpem invisam et fatis contraria nostris Fata Phrygum,

    Verg. A. 7, 293; 7, 50; cf. Non. 455, 25.—And also of that which determines the fate of a person or thing: Ilio tria fuisse audivi fata, quae illi forent exitio: signum ex arce si perisset;

    alterum, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 29; so,

    Herculis sagittae, quae fatum Trojae fuere,

    Just. 20, 1 fin. —Prov.:

    fata viam invenient,

    Verg. A. 3, 395; 10, 113.— Fāta, ōrum, n., personified as deities, the Fates, Prop. 4, 7, 51; Stat. Th. 8, 26; id. S. 5, 1, 259; Inscr. Orell. 1771 sq.—
    2.
    a.. Bad fortune, ill fate, calamity, mishap:

    dictum facete et contumeliose in Metellos antiquum Naevii est: Fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules,

    Pseudo Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 29 (p. 140 ed. Orell.);

    and, alluding to this verse: hoc Verrem dicere aiebant, te (sc. Metellum) non fato, ut ceteros ex vestra familia, sed opera sua consulem factum,

    id. ib. 10, 29:

    quibus ego confido impendere fatum aliquod et poenas jamdiu improbitati, nequitiae... debitas instare,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 11:

    exitii ac fati dies,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 17:

    abditi in tabernaculis aut suum fatum querebantur aut, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf. Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 1:

    quod si jam (quod dii omen avertant) fatum extremum rei publicae venit,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35:

    in illo paene fato rei publicae,

    id. Dom. 57, 145.— So,
    b.
    Esp. freq. of death:

    sic Hortensii vox exstincta fato suo est, nostra publico,

    id. Brut. 96, 328; cf.:

    nolite hunc maturius exstingui vulnere vestro quam suo fato,

    id. Cael. 32, 79; cf.:

    omen fati,

    id. Phil. 9, 4, 6; and:

    quia nec fato merita nec morte peribat,

    Verg. A. 4, 696: ferro, non fato moerus Argivum (i. e. Achilles) occidit, Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 10 Spald.:

    perfunctos jam fato = mortuos,

    Liv. 9, 1, 6;

    qui fato sunt functi,

    Quint. 3, 7, 10:

    fato cedere,

    Liv. 26, 13: fato concessit, Pl. Pan. 11, 3; for which: concedere in fatum, Modestin. Dig. 34, 3, 20:

    fato obiit,

    died a natural death, Tac. A. 6, 10:

    fato fungi,

    id. ib. 14, 12 fin.:

    ille (uxorem) functam fato respondet,

    id. ib. 11, 3:

    si me praeceperit fatum,

    Curt. 9, 6; Quint. 6, 2, 33.—In this sense sometimes in the plur.:

    jamdudum peccas, si mea fata petis,

    Ov. H. 19, 118;

    Minotauri,

    Mel. 2, 7:

    mea fata,

    my ashes, Prop. 1, 17, 11:

    sentiet vivus eam, quae post fata praestari magis solet, venerationem,

    Quint. 12, 17, 7:

    si me fata intercepissent,

    id. 6 praef. 1; cf.: (mater) acerbissimis rapta fatis, id. § 4; cf. the shades or spirits of the dead:

    cum fato jacentis,

    Mel. 2, 2.—
    3.
    Concr., one who brings calamity, a plague:

    duo illa rei publicae paene fata, Gabinium et Pisonem,

    Cic. Sest. 43, 93.

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  • 35 fatum

    fātum, i ( masc. fatus malus meus, Petr. 42, 77), n. [for II. A.], that which is said, an utterance. —Hence,
    I.
    Prop., a prophetic declaration, oracle, prediction (rare but class.): neque me Apollo fatis fandis dementem invitam ciet, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 80 Vahl.):

    Lentulum sibi confirmasse ex fatis Sibyllinis haruspicumque responsis se, etc.,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

    eo fatis quae Veientes scripta haberent,

    id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

    fatis, ominibus oraculisque portendere,

    Liv. 29, 10 fin. Drak. N. cr.:

    Siculisne resideret arvis Oblitus factorum,

    Verg. A. 5, 703.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., that which is ordained, desting, fate; the heimarmenê or moira of the Greeks (syn.:

    fortuna, fors, sors, casus): nec ii, qui dicunt immutabilia esse, quae futura sint nec posse verum futurum convertere in falsum, fati necessitatem confirmant, sed verborum vim interpretantur. At qui introducunt causarum seriem sempiternam, ii mentem hominis voluntate libera spoliatam necessitate fati devinciunt,

    Cic. Fat. 9, 20 sq.; hence the philosophic use of the word to denote the eternal, immutable law of nature: fieri omnia fato, ratio cogit fateri. Fatum autem id appello, quod Graeci heimarmenên, id est ordinem seriemque causarum, cum causa causae nexa rem ex se gignat, id. Div. 1, 55, 125 sq.; cf.:

    cum vos fato fieri dicatis omnia, quod autem semper ex omni aeternitate verum fuerit, id esse fatum,

    id. N. D. 3, 6, 14; and: cum duae sententiae fuissent veterum philosophorum, una eorum, qui censerent omnia ita fato fieri, ut id fatum vim necessitatis afferret;

    in qua sententia Democritus, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Aristoteles fuit: altera eorum, quibus viderentur sine ullo fato esse animorum motus voluntarii,

    id. Fat. 17, 39; cf.

    also: ex hoc genere causarum ex aeternitate pendentium fatum a Stoicis nectitur,

    id. Top. 15, 59; and:

    anile sane et plenum superstitionis fati nomen ipsum,

    id. Div. 2, 7, 19:

    si Daphitae fatum fuit ex equo cadere,

    id. Fat. 3, 5; cf. id. ib. 12, 28: cf.:

    neque si fatum fuerat, effugisset,

    id. Div. 2, 8, 20:

    ut praedici posset, quid cuique eventurum et quo quisque fato natus esset,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 2;

    quonam meo fato fieri dicam, ut, etc.,

    id. Phil. 2, 1, 1: qua quidem in re singulari sum fato, I experience a remarkable fate, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 1:

    si quid mihi humanitus accidisset multa autem impendere videntur praeter naturam etiam praeterque fatum,

    i. e. beyond the natural and appointed course of events, id. Phil. 1, 4, 10:

    quasi debita sibi fato dominatione,

    Suet. Aug. 19:

    persuasio, cuncta fato agi,

    id. Tib. 69:

    nisi dii immortales omni ratione placati suo numine prope fata ipsa flexissent,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

    orte Saturno, tibi cura magni Caesaris fatis data,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 51:

    quo (Caesare) nihil majus meliusve terris Fata donavere bonique divi,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 38; id. Carm. Sec. 28:

    ut caneret fera Nereus Fata,

    id. C. 1, 15, 5; so,

    acerba,

    id. Epod. 7, 17:

    triste,

    id. S. 1, 9, 29:

    caeca,

    id. C. 2, 13, 16:

    plebeium in circo positum est fatum,

    the fate of the vulgar, Juv. 6, 588:

    fata regunt homines,

    id. 9, 32; 12, 63.—With ut:

    qui hoc fato natus est, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Mil. 11, 30:

    fuit hoc sive meum sive rei publicae fatum, ut, etc.,

    id. Balb. 26, 58.—With ne: eo [p. 730] fato se in iis terris collocatam esse arbitratur, ne, etc., Cic. Font. 16, 35.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of the will or determination of the gods:

    heu stirpem invisam et fatis contraria nostris Fata Phrygum,

    Verg. A. 7, 293; 7, 50; cf. Non. 455, 25.—And also of that which determines the fate of a person or thing: Ilio tria fuisse audivi fata, quae illi forent exitio: signum ex arce si perisset;

    alterum, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 29; so,

    Herculis sagittae, quae fatum Trojae fuere,

    Just. 20, 1 fin. —Prov.:

    fata viam invenient,

    Verg. A. 3, 395; 10, 113.— Fāta, ōrum, n., personified as deities, the Fates, Prop. 4, 7, 51; Stat. Th. 8, 26; id. S. 5, 1, 259; Inscr. Orell. 1771 sq.—
    2.
    a.. Bad fortune, ill fate, calamity, mishap:

    dictum facete et contumeliose in Metellos antiquum Naevii est: Fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules,

    Pseudo Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 29 (p. 140 ed. Orell.);

    and, alluding to this verse: hoc Verrem dicere aiebant, te (sc. Metellum) non fato, ut ceteros ex vestra familia, sed opera sua consulem factum,

    id. ib. 10, 29:

    quibus ego confido impendere fatum aliquod et poenas jamdiu improbitati, nequitiae... debitas instare,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 11:

    exitii ac fati dies,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 17:

    abditi in tabernaculis aut suum fatum querebantur aut, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf. Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 1:

    quod si jam (quod dii omen avertant) fatum extremum rei publicae venit,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35:

    in illo paene fato rei publicae,

    id. Dom. 57, 145.— So,
    b.
    Esp. freq. of death:

    sic Hortensii vox exstincta fato suo est, nostra publico,

    id. Brut. 96, 328; cf.:

    nolite hunc maturius exstingui vulnere vestro quam suo fato,

    id. Cael. 32, 79; cf.:

    omen fati,

    id. Phil. 9, 4, 6; and:

    quia nec fato merita nec morte peribat,

    Verg. A. 4, 696: ferro, non fato moerus Argivum (i. e. Achilles) occidit, Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 10 Spald.:

    perfunctos jam fato = mortuos,

    Liv. 9, 1, 6;

    qui fato sunt functi,

    Quint. 3, 7, 10:

    fato cedere,

    Liv. 26, 13: fato concessit, Pl. Pan. 11, 3; for which: concedere in fatum, Modestin. Dig. 34, 3, 20:

    fato obiit,

    died a natural death, Tac. A. 6, 10:

    fato fungi,

    id. ib. 14, 12 fin.:

    ille (uxorem) functam fato respondet,

    id. ib. 11, 3:

    si me praeceperit fatum,

    Curt. 9, 6; Quint. 6, 2, 33.—In this sense sometimes in the plur.:

    jamdudum peccas, si mea fata petis,

    Ov. H. 19, 118;

    Minotauri,

    Mel. 2, 7:

    mea fata,

    my ashes, Prop. 1, 17, 11:

    sentiet vivus eam, quae post fata praestari magis solet, venerationem,

    Quint. 12, 17, 7:

    si me fata intercepissent,

    id. 6 praef. 1; cf.: (mater) acerbissimis rapta fatis, id. § 4; cf. the shades or spirits of the dead:

    cum fato jacentis,

    Mel. 2, 2.—
    3.
    Concr., one who brings calamity, a plague:

    duo illa rei publicae paene fata, Gabinium et Pisonem,

    Cic. Sest. 43, 93.

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  • 36 implementum

    implēmentum ( inpl-), i, n. [impleo], a filling up, as a diseased condition:

    capitis,

    i. e. a determination of blood to the head, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 148.

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  • 37 inplementum

    implēmentum ( inpl-), i, n. [impleo], a filling up, as a diseased condition:

    capitis,

    i. e. a determination of blood to the head, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 148.

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  • 38 limitatio

    līmĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [limito], a fixing, determination:

    limitatio terrae vinealis,

    Col. 3, 12, 1:

    limitatione cognita,

    Vitr. 10, 22.

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  • 39 obstinatio

    obstĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [obstino], firmness, in a good and bad sense; resolution, steadfastness, determination, inflexibility, stubbornness, obstinacy (class.;

    syn.: pertinacia, contumacia): quae ego omnia obstinatione sententiae repudiavi,

    out of adherence to my principles, Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:

    animi,

    Sen. Ep. 94, 7:

    fidei,

    Tac. H. 3, 39:

    taciturna,

    obstinate silence, Nep. Att. 22, 2:

    inflexibilis,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 3.—In plur., Tert. ad Nat. 1, 17.

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  • 40 persto

    per-sto, stĭti, stātum ( fut. part. perstaturus, Liv. 8, 34, 4), 1, v. n., to stand firmly, continue standing.
    I.
    Lit. (rare):

    frenatis equis equites diem totum perstabant,

    Liv. 44, 33 fin.:

    exercitus a mane usque ad horam X. diei perstiterunt, Auct. B Afr. 61 in limine,

    Tib. 1, 5, 71.—
    B.
    Transf., to remain steadfast or constant, to last, endure: nihil est toto quod perstet in orbe: cuncta [p. 1357] fluunt, Ov. M. 15, 177; id. H. 18, 206:

    laurea flaminibus, quae toto perstitit anno, Tollitur,

    id. F. 3, 137:

    rabies,

    Luc. 5, 210.—
    II.
    Trop., to stand fast or firm, to hold out, continue, persevere, persist in any thing (class.; syn.: persevero, permaneo); usually constr. with in and abl.:

    negant posse, et in eo perstant,

    Cic. Off. 3, 9, 39:

    in pravitate,

    id. Ac. 2, 8, 26:

    in impudentiā,

    id. Rosc. Com. 9, 26:

    in sententiā,

    id. ib. 18, 56; Caes. B. G. 7, 26; Liv. 37, 52, 10:

    in incepto,

    id. 8, 33, 6 Drak. N. cr.; 8, 34, 4;

    10, 13, 10: in pertinaci simulatione inopiae,

    id. 38, 14, 13:

    in bello,

    Just. 14, 3, 5:

    in iisdem dictis,

    Val. Fl. 4, 143.— Impers. pass.:

    ut in decreto perstaretur,

    Liv. Epit. 49:

    si perstaretur in bello,

    Tac. A. 13, 37:

    optimates in Romanā societate perstandum censebant,

    Liv. 37, 9.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    nunc quoque mens eadem perstat mihi,

    Verg. A. 5, 812:

    talia perstabat memorans,

    id. ib. 2, 650:

    persta atque obdura,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 39:

    perstitit Narcissus,

    persisted in his determination, Tac. A. 11, 29.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    aut pertinacissimus fueris, si perstiteris ad corpus ea, quae dixi, referre,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 107 Madv. ad loc. 3 (B. and K.;

    al. perstiteris in eo): persto condere semen humo,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 34:

    perstas non cedere terris,

    Val. Fl. 7, 58; Tac. A. 4, 38, 3.

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  • determination — de·ter·mi·na·tion n: a decision of a court or administrative agency regarding an issue, case, or claim Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. determination …   Law dictionary

  • Determination — De*ter mi*na tion, n. [L. determinatio boundary, end: cf. F. d[ e]termination.] 1. The act of determining, or the state of being determined. [1913 Webster] 2. Bringing to an end; termination; limit. [1913 Webster] A speedy determination of that… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • détermination — DÉTERMINATION. s. f. La résolution qu on prend après avoir balancé entre deux partis. Je n attends que sa détermination. On lui demande une prompte détermination.Détermination, en termes de Philosophie, est L action par laquelle une chose… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • determination — Determination. s. f. v. Decision en matiere de doctrine, de police. La determination du Concile fut &c. voila enfin une determination favorable. Détermination, en termes de Philosophie est l action par laquelle une chose également capable de… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Determination — (lat. determinare: begrenzen, abgrenzen, bestimmen) steht für: Determination (Logik) in der philosophischen Logik eine Kategorie der Allgemeinen Linguistik, auch Definitheit (Linguistik) genannt die irreversible Differenzierung von Zellen in der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Determination — Détermination Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • determination — mid 14c., decision, sentence, from O.Fr. déterminacion (14c.) determination, settlement, definition, from L. determinationem (nom. determinatio) conclusion, boundary, noun of action from pp. stem of determinare (see DETERMINE (Cf. determine)). As …   Etymology dictionary

  • determination — [n1] perseverance assurance, backbone*, boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, constancy, conviction, courage, dauntlessness, decision, dedication, doggedness, dogmatism, drive, energy, fearlessness, firm ness, fortitude, grit, guts*, hardihood …   New thesaurus

  • determination — determination. См. детерминация. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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