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gyrus, i, m., = guros, a circle, esp. that which is described by a horse in its movements (mostly poet.; cf.: circus, circulus, orbis, orbita).

Lit.:

nec equi variare gyros in morem nostrum docentur,

Tac. G. 6; so of a circular course, ring, for horses, Verg. G. 3, 115:

carpere gyrum,

id. ib. 3, 191:

curvo brevius compellere gyro,

Tib. 4, 1, 93; Manil. 5, 74; Ov. A. A. 3, 384; Luc. 1, 425 et saep.:

adytis cum lubricus anguis ab imis Septem ingens gyros, septena volumina traxit,

Verg. A. 5, 85:

ducensque per aëra gyros Miluus,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 33:

apes gyros volatu edunt,

Plin. 11, 20, 22, § 68:

grues gyros quosdam indecoro cursu peragunt,

id. 10, 23, 30, § 59:

quem (turbinem) pueri magno in gyro...intenti ludo exercent,

Verg. A. 7, 379:

in gyrum Euripo addito (in Circo),

i. e. around, round about, Suet. Caes. 39.—

Transf., the place where horses are trained, a course ( poet.):

gyrum pulsat equis,

Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 11.—

Trop., a circle, circuit, career, course: mensis artiore (quam annus) praecingitur circulo;

angustissimum habet dies gyrum,

Sen. Ep. 12; cf.:

seu bruma nivalem Interiore diem gyro trahit,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 26:

similique gyro venient aliorum vices,

circuit, course, Phaedr. 4, 26, 25:

homines secundis rebus effrenatos tamquam in gyrum rationis et doctrinae duci oportere,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 70:

oratorem in exiguum gyrum compellere,

id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 21; cf.:

attrahe vela Fortius et gyro curre, poëta, tuo,

Ov. R. Am. 398:

in dialecticae gyris consenescere,

Gell. 16, 8, 17.

ignōrātĭo, ōnis, f. [ignoro], want of knowledge or acquaintance, ignorance (freq. in Cic.; elsewh. rare).

With gen. obj.:

timentibus ceteris propter ignorationem locorum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 29; so,

numquam antea visi regis,

Curt. 3, 12, 17:

stirpis et generis,

Cic. Lael. 19, 70:

dialecticae,

id. Fin. 3, 12, 41:

causarum,

id. Div. 2, 22, 49:

juris,

id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

maximarum rerum (with summus error),

id. N. D. 1, 1, 2 fin.:

veritatis,

id. ib. 1, 16, 43:

sui,

id. Clu. 39, 109:

virtutis,

id. Rep. 1, 34:

decori,

id. Or. 21, 70:

facti,

Dig. 16, 1, 7.—

With de:

cujus scientiam de omnibus constat fuisse, ejus ignoratio de aliquo purgatio debet videri,

Cic. Sull. 13, 39 fin.

lex, lēgis, f. [perh. Sanscr. root lag-, lig-, to fasten; Lat. ligo, to bind, oblige; cf. religio], a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill (cf. institutum).

Lit.:

legem ferre: antiquare,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73:

rogare,

id. Phil. 2, 29, 72:

leges ac jura ferre,

Juv. 2, 72:

legem promulgavit pertulitque, ut, etc.,

Liv. 33, 46:

Antonius fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam, qua, etc.,

Cic. Att. 14, 12:

legem sciscere de aliqua re,

id. Planc. 14, 35:

populus R. jussit legem de civitate tribuenda,

id. Balb. 17, 38:

repudiare,

id. Lael. 25, 96.—

Transf.

A bill which has become a law in consequence of its adoption by the people in the comitia, a law (cf.: jus, fas; decretum, edictum, scitum): legem constituere alicui, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40:

legem gravem alicui imponere,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

legem neglegere, evertere, perfringere,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

neglegere, perrumpere,

id. Leg. 1, 15, 42:

leges ac jura labefactare,

id. Caecin. 25, 70:

legem condere,

Liv. 3, 34: leges duodecim tabularum, the laws composed by the decemvirs, the foundation of Roman legislation, Liv. 3, 33 sq.:

nunc barbaricā lege certumst jus meum omne persequi,

i. e. by the Roman law, that of the Twelve Tables, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 32.—

Esp. in phrases.

Lege and legibus, according to law, by law, legally:

ejus morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 4:

Athenas deductus est, ut ibi de eo legibus fieret judicium,

Nep. Phoc. 3, 4.—

Legis actio, a statutory process:

actiones quas in usu veteres habuerunt legis actiones appellabantur, vel ideo quod legibus proditae sunt,... vel ideo quia ipsarum legum verbis accommodatae erant, et ideo inmutabiles proinde atque leges observabantur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 11; cf. § 12 sqq.—

Hence, in partic.: lege agere, to proceed strictly according to law.

Of the lictor, to execute a sentence:

Fulvius praeconi imperavit, ut lictorem lege agere juberet,

Liv. 26, 15, 9. —

To bring a legal or statutory action: una injuria est tecum. Chr. Lege agito ergo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 90: lege agito dicebatur ei cujus intentio contemptibilis adversario videbatur, Don. ad Ter. l. l.: lege agito mecum;

molestus ne sis,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 11:

lege egit in hereditatem paternam exheres filius,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; 1, 36, 167; id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115.—

Fraudem legi facere, to evade the law:

ut ne legi fraudem faciant aleariae, adcuratote ut, etc.,

the law against dicing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9:

quod emancupando filium fraudem legi fecisset,

Liv. 7, 16, 9; cf. Val. Max. 8, 6, 3; cf.

also: facio fraudem senatus consulto,

Cic. Att. 4, 12, 1.—

In gen., a law, precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner:

qui disciplinam suam legem vitae putet,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

communis condicio lexque vitae,

id. ib. 4, 29, 62; id. Balb. 7, 18:

haec lex in amicitia sauciatur,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

quaero cur vir bonus has sibi tam gravis leges imposuerit,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

lex veri rectique,

id. ib. 2, 9, 27:

aliquam legem vitae accipere,

Sen. Ep. 108, 6:

ad legem naturae revertamur,

id. ib. 25, 4:

leges in historia observandae,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 5:

quis nescit primam esse historiae legem, ne quid falsi dicere audeat?

id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3:

vetus est lex amicitiae, ut idem amici semper velint,

id. Planc. 2, 5:

hanc ad legem formanda est oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

versibus est certa quaedam et definita lex,

id. Or. 58:

legibus suis (i. e. philosophiae) parere,

id. Tusc. 5, 7, 19:

leges Epicuri,

id. ib. 5, 37, 108; 4, 4, 7; Sen. Ep. 94, 15; Suet. Ner. 24:

vetus lex sermonis,

Quint. 1, 5, 29:

contra leges loquendi,

id. 1, 8, 13:

lex et ratio loquendi,

Juv. 6, 453:

secundum grammaticam legem,

Gell. 13, 21, 22:

legem esse aiunt disciplinae dialecticae, etc.,

id. 16, 2, 1:

citharae leges,

Tac. A. 16, 4:

beneficii,

Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 4:

sic ingens rerum numerus jubet atque operum lex,

Juv. 7, 102:

scimus hujus opusculi illam esse legem, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 5:

qui titulus sola metri lege constringitur,

id. ib. 4, 14, 8.—Of things:

quā sidera lege mearent,

by what law, what rule, Ov. M. 15, 71.—Hence, sine lege, without order, in confusion, confusedly:

exspatiantur equi... quaque impetus egit, Hac sine lege ruunt,

Ov. M. 2, 204:

jacent collo sparsi sine lege capilli,

id. H. 15, 73:

haec in lege loci commoda Circus habet,

quality, nature, id. Am. 3, 2, 20; cf.:

sub lege loci sumit mutatque figuras,

id. Hal. 32.—

A contract, agreement, covenant:

oleam faciundam hac lege oportet locare, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 145:

in mancipii lege,

a contract of sale, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178; cf.:

Manilianas venalium vendendorum leges ediscere,

id. ib. 1, 58, 246: collegii Aesculapii, Inscr. ap. Fabrett. p. 724, n. 443.—

A condition, stipulation (cf. condicio).

In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

ego dabo ei talentum, primus qui in crucem excucurrerit, Set ca lege, ut offigantur bis pedes,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 13:

quia nequit, qua lege licuit velle dixit fieri,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 58: estne empta mi haec? Pe. His legibus [p. 1056] habeas licet, id. Ep. 3, 4, 39:

hac lege tibi adstringo meam fidem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22:

legibus dictis,

Liv. 9, 5, 3:

dicta tibi est lex,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18:

sed vos saevas imponite leges,

Juv. 7, 229.—

Hence of conditions or terms of peace:

pax data Philippo in has leges est,

Liv. 33, 30:

quibus ante dictum est legibus, pacem fecerunt,

id. 30, 43:

pacemque his legibus constituerunt,

Nep. Tim. 2:

se sub leges pacis iniquae Tradere,

Verg. A. 4, 618:

leges et foedera jungere,

id. ib. 12, 822:

in leges ire,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 27.—

In eccl. Lat. esp., the law of Moses:

nolite putare quoniam veni solvere legem,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 17; 11, 13;

often called lex Moysi,

id. Luc. 2, 22; id. Act. 15, 5;

but more freq. lex Domini,

id. Luc. 2, 23; id. Psa. 4, 2:

lex Dei,

id. 2 Esdr. 10, 28 sq.;

also cf.: lex Altissimi,

id. Eccl. 19, 21:

lex tua,

id. Psa. 39, 8; 118, 18:

lex mea,

id. Prov. 3, 1.—Also of a precept of the Mosaic law:

ista est lex animantium,

Vulg. Lev. 11, 46:

istae sunt leges quas constituit Dominus,

id. Num. 30, 17.

Maeander ( Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Maiandros, a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999:

Maeandros,

Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55:

Maeandrus,

Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13:

Maeandron,

Luc. 3, 208:

more Maeandri,

i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—

Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—

Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.

A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.:

quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti?

Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683:

in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris,

Gell. 16, 8, 17:

Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc.,

Amm. 30, 1:

Mĕandros,

Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—

In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings:

victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,

Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.

Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

juvenis Maeandrius,

i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—

Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

unda,

Prop. 3, 32, 35:

flumina,

Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—

Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

Maeander ( Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Maiandros, a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999:

Maeandros,

Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55:

Maeandrus,

Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13:

Maeandron,

Luc. 3, 208:

more Maeandri,

i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—

Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—

Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.

A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.:

quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti?

Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683:

in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris,

Gell. 16, 8, 17:

Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc.,

Amm. 30, 1:

Mĕandros,

Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—

In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings:

victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,

Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.

Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

juvenis Maeandrius,

i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—

Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

unda,

Prop. 3, 32, 35:

flumina,

Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—

Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

Maeander ( Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Maiandros, a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999:

Maeandros,

Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55:

Maeandrus,

Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13:

Maeandron,

Luc. 3, 208:

more Maeandri,

i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—

Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—

Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.

A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.:

quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti?

Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683:

in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris,

Gell. 16, 8, 17:

Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc.,

Amm. 30, 1:

Mĕandros,

Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—

In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings:

victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,

Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.

Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

juvenis Maeandrius,

i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—

Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

unda,

Prop. 3, 32, 35:

flumina,

Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—

Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

Maeander ( Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Maiandros, a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999:

Maeandros,

Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55:

Maeandrus,

Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13:

Maeandron,

Luc. 3, 208:

more Maeandri,

i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—

Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—

Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.

A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.:

quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti?

Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683:

in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris,

Gell. 16, 8, 17:

Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc.,

Amm. 30, 1:

Mĕandros,

Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—

In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings:

victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,

Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.

Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

juvenis Maeandrius,

i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—

Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

unda,

Prop. 3, 32, 35:

flumina,

Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—

Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

Maeander ( Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Maiandros, a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999:

Maeandros,

Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55:

Maeandrus,

Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13:

Maeandron,

Luc. 3, 208:

more Maeandri,

i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—

Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—

Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.

A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.:

quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti?

Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683:

in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris,

Gell. 16, 8, 17:

Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc.,

Amm. 30, 1:

Mĕandros,

Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—

In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings:

victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,

Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.

Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

juvenis Maeandrius,

i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—

Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

unda,

Prop. 3, 32, 35:

flumina,

Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—

Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

Maeander ( Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Maiandros, a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999:

Maeandros,

Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55:

Maeandrus,

Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13:

Maeandron,

Luc. 3, 208:

more Maeandri,

i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—

Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—

Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.

A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.:

quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti?

Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683:

in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris,

Gell. 16, 8, 17:

Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc.,

Amm. 30, 1:

Mĕandros,

Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—

In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings:

victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,

Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.

Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

juvenis Maeandrius,

i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—

Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

unda,

Prop. 3, 32, 35:

flumina,

Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—

Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

rē-spondĕo, di, sum, 2, v. a.

Lit., to promise a thing in return for something else; to offer or present in return. So, only in a few examples, the phrase par pari (dat.) respondere, to return like for like: par pari respondes dicto, you return tit for tat with your tongue (syn. refero), Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 41; cf.: istuc serva; et verbum verbo par pari ut respondeas, Ter Phorm. 1, 4, 35; and:

paria paribus respondimus,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23.— Pass.: provide, si cui quid debetur, ut sit, unde par pari respondeatur, i. e. that there be wherewithal to meet the demand, Atticus ap. Cic. Att. 16, 7, 6; cf. also under II. A. 1, the lusus verbb. with spondeo; and II. B. init. —

In a more general signification.

To answer, reply, respond (either to a question, or to any statement or remark, and either in a friendly or hostile signif.); constr. aliquid alicui, ad, adversus, contra aliquem ( aliquid).

In gen.

Lit.: Th. Aliud te rogo. Tr. Aliud ergo nunc tibi respondeo, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 70; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 73.— Absol.:

prius respondes, quam rogo,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 119:

eā legatione Papirius auditā... respondit,

Liv. 9, 14, 2; 27, 40, 8; 33, 38, 7; Nep. Milt. 1, 4:

ille appellatus respondit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 36; 5, 41; Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 30; id. Verr. 2, 4, 62, § 138; id. Fam. 3, 6, 2; 5, 2, 8; 7, 24, 2;

9, 14, 2. — So usu. of an oral answer: tibi non rescribam, sed respondeam,

Sen. Ep. 67, 2;

but also of writing: epistulae,

Cic. Att. 9, 9, 1 et saep.; v. infra:

ab his sermo oritur, respondet Laelius,

Cic. Lael. 1, 5; Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 28: olli respondit rex Albaï Longaï, Enn. ap. Fortun. p. 2691 P. (Ann. v. 34 Vahl.):

cui orationi Caepionis ore respondit Aelius,

Cic. Brut. 46, 169:

criminibus,

id. Planc. 2, 4:

supremae tuae paginae,

id. Att. 6, 2, 1:

cui opinioni,

Quint. 4, 4, 1:

tam aequae postulationi,

id. 7, 1, 47 al.:

summā constantiā ad ea, quae quaesita erant, respondebat,

Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 2; cf.:

arbitrabar me satis respondisse ad id quod quaesierat Laelius,

id. Rep. 2, 39, 65:

nec absurde adversus utrosque respondisse visus est,

Liv. 35, 50; 8, 32:

adversus haec imperator respondit,

id. 30, 31; 33, 35 fin. — With acc. of neutr. pron.:

illud respondere cogam,

to make answer to that, Cic. Cael. 28, 67; cf. id. Vatin. 7, 18; 17, 41:

multa contra patronos venuste testis saepe respondet,

Quint. 5, 7, 31; 5, 7, 24; cf.:

accipe, quid contra juvenis responderit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 233.— With object-clause:

respondent, bello se et suos tutari posse,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 59; id. Curc. 2, 3, 54; id. Mil. 2, 2, 23; id. Merc. 5, 2. 102 al. —Introducing a direct answer:

cum dixisset, Quid agis, Grani? respondit, Immo vero tu, Druse, quid agis!

Cic. Planc. 14, 33; id. Att. 5, 21, 12; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Tusc. 5, 19, 56.— In impers. perf.:

postquam mihi responsum est, abeo, etc.,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 57; cf. id. Mil. 4, 2, 93: quid nunc renunciem abs te responsum? Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 18:

sic existimet: Responsum non dictum esse, quia laesit prior,

id. Eun. prol. 6.— In plur.:

multa ejus et in senatu et in foro vel provisa prudenter vel acta constanter vel responsa acute ferebantur,

Cic. Lael. 2, 6.— In the sup.:

(haec) quam brevia responsu,

Cic. Clu. 59 fin. — In a lusus verbb. with spondeo: Er. Sponden' tu istud? He. Spondeo. Er. At ego, tuum tibi advenisse filium, respondeo, and in return I promise you, i. e. assure you, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 119; cf.:

fideiussores, qui salvam rempublicam fore responderunt, etc.,

promised, gave assurance, Dig. 50, 1, 17 fin. —

Trop., to answer, respond, reply to, re-echo, resound, etc.:

saxa et solitudines voci respondent,

Cic. Arch. 8, 19;

respondent flebile ripae,

Ov. M. 11, 53; and:

respondentia tympana,

Stat. Achill. 2, 175: urbes coloniarum respondebunt Catilinae tumulis silvestribus, will give an answer to, i. e. will prove a match for, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24.—

In partic.

Of lawyers, priests, oracles, etc., to give an opinion, advice, decision, response:

quaeris, num juris consultus (sit)? quasi quisquam sit, qui sibi hunc falsum de jure respondisse dicat,

Cic. Planc. 25, 62; so,

de jure,

id. Brut. 30, 113; cf.:

de jure consulentibus respondere,

id. Mur. 4, 9;

in a like signif., also simply jus,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 12:

facultas respondendi juris,

id. ib. 2, 12, 29; id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 3 al.; cf.:

civica jura,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 24; and:

quae consuluntur, minimo periculo respondentur, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 13, 28; id. Brut. 89, 306. — Absol., Dig. 2, 14, 7; and so very freq. of the jurists in the Digests;

v. responsum: pater Roscii ad haruspices retulit: qui responderunt, nihil illo puero clarius fore,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

cum ex prodigiis haruspices respondissent,

Sall. C. 47, 2; Liv. 27, 37; 31, 5; 5, 54; Vell. 2, 24, 3:

responsum est,

Suet. Aug. 94, 97:

deliberantibus Pythia respondit, ut moenibus ligneis se munirent,

gave advice, Nep. Them. 2, 6; cf. Just. 11, 11, § 11:

possumus seniores amici quiete respondere,

to give advice, Tac. A. 14, 54 fin. —

Of the answering of a person summoned when his name is called; hence, meton., to appear: citatus neque respondit neque excusatus est, Varr. ap. Gell. 11, 1, 4; cf.:

cives, qui ad nomina non respondissent,

Liv. 7, 4:

quia Romae non respondebant,

id. 39, 18; Val. Max. 6, 3, 4; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Ner. 44; Hor. S. 1, 9, 36 (vadato, dat., i.e. ei qui eum vadatus erat; v. vador); Dig. 3, 3, 35; 41, 1, 14 et saep.—

Esp., to appear before a tribunal, to answer an accusation, meet a charge, etc.:

perfectus in exsilium Tubulus est nec respondere ausus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

Verrem alterā actione responsurum non esse,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:

nemo Epaminondam responsurum putabat,

Nep. Epam. 8, 1.—

Transf., in gen., to appear, be present:

ipsi (sc. paeon et herous) se offerent et respondebunt non vocati,

Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191:

verba (with res se ostendent),

Quint. 10, 3, 9:

ut ii, qui debent, non respondeant ad tempus,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2; cf.:

podagra ad tempus (with venit ad horam),

Sen. Q. N. 3, 16, 1:

sanguis per menstrua,

Cels. 4, 4, 5.—

To answer to; to meet, agree, accord, or correspond with a thing; constr. usually with dat. or absol.:

ut omnia omnibus paribus paria respondeant,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 50:

ut horum auctoritatibus illorum orationi, qui dissentiunt, respondere posse videamur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

ut verba verbis quasi demensa et paria respondeant,

id. Or. 12, 38; and:

respondent extrema primis, media utrisque, omnia omnibus,

id. Fin. 5, 28, 83: (Aristoteles dicit) illam artem (sc. rhetoricam) quasi ex alterā parte respondere dialecticae, that it corresponds to, i. e. forms the counterpart of, id. Or. 32, 114:

aedificare alteram porticum quae Palatio responderet,

id. Har. Resp. 23, 49; cf.

of a locality: contra elata mari respondet Gnosia tellus,

i. e. lies opposite, Verg. A. 6, 23:

Pachyni pulsata Ionio respondent saxa profundo,

Sil. 14, 73:

est mihi magnae curae, ut ita erudiatur (Lucullus), ut et patri et Caepioni nostro et tibi tam propinquo respondeat,

Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 8: satis Graecorum [p. 1582] gloriae responderunt, id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

tua virtus opinioni hominum,

id. Fam. 2, 5, 2; id. Lael. 16, 56:

fortuna meis optatis,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

seges votis,

Verg. G. 1, 47:

arma Caesaris non responsura lacertis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 48:

favor meritis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 9:

ne prior officio quisquam respondeat,

id. S. 2, 6, 24:

par fama labori,

id. ib. 2, 8, 66:

fructus labori,

Ov. F. 4, 641:

non mihi respondent veteres in carmine vires,

id. H. 15, 197 al.:

familiam nemo speciosiorem producet, sed hominibus non respondet,

he does not pay his debts, Sen. Ep. 87, 6:

amori amore respondere,

i. e. to return it, repay it, Cic. Fam. 15, 21, 4; cf.:

Quinti fratris liberalitati subsidiis amicorum,

id. Att. 4, 3, 6:

qui ex vico ortus est, eam patriam intellegitur habere, cui reipublicae vicus ille respondet,

to which it belongs, Dig. 50, 1, 30.—

In mal. part.: mulieribus,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 17.—With ad:

respondere ad parentum speciem,

resemble, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 9:

deformentur directiones, ut longitudines ad regulam et lineam, altitudines ad perpendiculum, anguli ad normam respondentes exigantur,

Vitr. 7, 3; cf.:

structuram ad perpendiculum respondere oportet,

Plin. 36, 22, 51, § 172:

quia non tota ad animum responderat (villa),

Suet. Caes. 48:

ad spem eventus respondit,

Liv. 28, 6.—With dat.:

Papirio quoque brevi ad spem eventus respondit,

Liv. 9, 15.— With ex:

quicquid non ex voluntate respondet, iram provocat,

Sen. Ep. 47, 19:

speculum quocumque obvertimus oris, Res sibi respondent simili formā atque colore,

i. e. correspond, are reflected, Lucr. 4, 167.— Absol.:

sidera respondent in aquā,

Lucr. 4, 213:

quia raro verba belle respondeant,

Quint. 6, 3, 48: medicus aliquid oportet inveniat, quod non ubique fortasse, sed saepius tamen etiam respondeat, may answer, be suitable, Cels. praef.—

To return, make a return, yield:

frumenta quando cum quarto responderint (sc. colono),

have returned, yielded, Col. 3, 3, 4; cf. with abl. and dat.:

humus cum est repetita cultu, magno fenore colono respondet,

id. 2, 1, 3:

vitis, nisi praepingui solo, non respondet,

id. 3, 2, 11; cf.:

metalla plenius responsura fodienti,

Sen. Ep. 23, 5.—Hence, rēspon-sum, i, n., an answer, reply, response (equally freq. in sing. and plur.).

In gen.:

suis postulatis responsa exspectare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5 fin.:

haec paucis diebus ex illius ad nostra responsa responsis intellegentur, quorsum evasura sint,

Cic. Att. 7, 17, 4:

responsum senatūs,

Liv. 7, 31:

sine responso legatos dimisit,

id. 9, 38:

nullo ab nostris dato responso,

Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

responsum dedisti tantis de rebus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 40; 2, 4, 39, § 85; so,

dare responsum,

Liv. 5, 32, 8; Val. Max. 9, 5, ext. 3; Curt. 3, 12, 9; Liv. 3, 50, 12:

reddere alicui,

Cic. Planc. 14, 34; cf.:

triste redditum,

Liv. 9, 16:

ferre (ab aliquo),

to receive, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; Caes. B. G. 6, 4 fin.:

referre (ab aliquo),

to deliver, Cic. Att. 7, 17, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 23; Liv. 37, 6:

elicere,

Quint. 5, 7, 20:

petere,

Hor. C. S. 55:

responsum accipere,

Liv. 5, 36, 4; Just. 12, 2, 8:

responsum non fuit in eis,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 13.—

In partic. (acc. to II. A. 2.), an answer, reply of a lawyer, priest, oracle, etc.; an opinion, response, oracle:

cum responsumque ab eo (Crasso) verum magis, quam ad suam rem accommodatum abstulisset, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

res judicatae, decreta, responsa,

id. ib. 2, 27, 116; id. Mur. 13, 29.—

The responsa prudentium, or authoritative opinions of leading lawyers, were an important source of the Roman law,

Just. Inst. 1, 2, 8 Sandars ad loc.:

haruspicum responsa,

Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 9; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 30; Ov. M. 3, 340; 527:

legatus a Delphis Romam rediit, responsumque ex scripto recitavit,

Liv. 23, 11; cf. id. 1, 56; Quint. 3, 7, 11; 5, 7, 35; Tac. H. 1, 10; 4, 65 al.; Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 65; Ter. And. 4, 2, 15; Verg. A. 7, 86 et saep.—

In eccl. Lat.: responsum Dei, ab angelo, etc.,

Vulg. Mich. 3, 7; id. Luc. 2, 26; id. Act. 10, 22.