distributing

măgister, tri (old orthog., ‡ magester, like ‡ leber, ‡ Menerva, for liber, Minerva, acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 17), m. [a double comparative in form, from magis, and comparative ending -ter; cf.: minister, sinister], a master, chief, head, superior, director, president, leader, commander, conductor, etc.:

quibus praecipua cura rerum incumbit, et qui magis quam ceteri diligentiam et sollicitudinem rebus, quibus praesunt, debent, hi magistri appellantur,

Dig. 50, 16, 57.

Lit.

In gen., the dictator in the earliest times was called magister populi, the chief of the people:

in Magistro populi faciendo, qui vulgo dictator appellatur... qui primus Magister a populo creatus est, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. optima lex, p. 198 Müll.: (sapiens) rectius appellabitur rex quam Tarquinius, qui nec se nec suos regere potuit: rectius magister populi (is enim dictator est) quam Sulla, qui trium pestiferorum vitiorum, luxuriae, avaritiae, crudelitatis magister fuit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75; cf.

also below the passage,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 82 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

dictator quidem ab eo appellatur, quia dicitur: sed in nostris libris (sc. auguralibus) vides eum magistrum populi appellari,

id. Rep. 1, 40, 63 Creuz.; cf.

, with reference to this passage,

Sen. Ep. 108, 31:

Larcum moderatorem et magistrum consulibus appositum,

Liv. 2, 18, 5.—Magister equitum, the chief of the cavalry, appointed by the dictator:

magister equitum, quod summa potestas hujus in equites et accensos, ut est summa populi dictator, a quo is quoque magister populi appellatus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 82 Müll.:

dictator magistrum equitum dicit L. Tarquitium,

Liv. 3, 27; 7, 21 fin.;

23, 11: fumosi equitum magistri,

in a family tree, Juv. 8, 8.—So, magister peditum (analogous to magister equitum), chief of the infantry, Amm. 21, 12, 16. —The censor is called magister morum, master of morals, Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 2:

magister sacrorum,

the chief priest, Liv. 39, 18 fin.; v. Drak. ad loc.; so,

PVBLICVS SACRORVM (or SACERDOTVM),

Inscr. Orell. 2351:

FRATRVM ARVALIVM,

ib. 2426:

SALIORVM,

ib. 2247; 2419:

LARVM AVGVSTI,

ib. 1661 et saep.:

curiae,

the overseer of a curia, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 29: vici, the overseer of a quarter or ward, Suet. Aug. 30:

chori canentium,

a head-chorister, leader of a choir, Col. 12, 2:

officiorum and operarum,

a superintendent, bailiff, id. 1, 18:

scripturae and in scripturā,

a director of a company of farmers-general, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 3; id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; cf.: P. Terentius operas in portu et scripturā Asiae pro magistro dedit, i. e. has performed the functions of a magister, was vice-director, id. Att. 11, 10, 1:

quaesivi, qui per eos annos magistri illius societatis fuissent,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182:

P. Rupilius, qui est magister in ea societate,

id. Fam. 13, 9, 2:

maximarum societatum auctor, plurimarum magister,

id. Planc. 13, 32:

pecoris,

a chief herdsman, Varr. R. R. 2, 10; cf. Verg. G. 3, 445:

elephanti,

conductor, Sil. 4, 616:

auctionis,

the director, superintendent, conductor of an auction, Cic. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

is quem putabant magistrum fore, si bona venirent,

id. Att. 1, 1, 3; 6, 1, 15; an officer charged with distributing money among the people, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 3.—Law t. t., an agent or assignee to dispose of a debtor's goods:

praetor jubet convenire creditores, et ex eo numero magistrum creari, id est eum per quem bona veneant,

Gai. Inst. 3, 79: convivii, the master or president of a feast, Varr. L. L. 5, § 122 Müll.; App. Mag. p. 336, 11: navis, the master or captain of a ship, Dig. 14, 1, 1; Gai. Inst. 4, 71;

so without navis,

Juv. 12, 79:

gubernatores et magistri navium,

Liv. 29, 25, 7; 45, 42, 3; the steersman, pilot:

ipse gubernaclo rector subit, ipse magister,

Verg. A. 5, 176; 1, 115; 6, 353; Val. Fl. 1, 18; 1, 382; Luc. 2, 696; Sil. 4, 719:

samnitium,

i. e. of the gladiators, a fencing-master, Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 86:

magistri tabernae,

innkeepers, Paul. Sent. 2, 8, 3.—In inscrr. are found also: fani, horreorum, collegii, memoriae, munerum, Augustalis, admissionum, epistolarum, libellorum, etc.; likewise: a bibliothecā, ab marmoribus, etc.—

In partic.

A teacher, instructor, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

pueri apud magistros exercentur,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

artium lberalium magistri,

id. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.:

virtutis magistri,

id. Mur. 31, 65; id. N. D. 1, 26, 72:

rarum ac memorabile magni Gutturis exemplum conducendusque magister,

Juv. 2, 114.— Transf., of inanim. things:

magister mihi exercitor animus nunc est,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 4; id. Curc. 2, 2, 8:

stilus optimus dicendi effector ac magister,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; Pers. prol. 10:

timor, non diuturnus magister officii,

Cic. Phil. 2, 36, 90.—

An educator of children, a tutor, pedagogue:

senes me filiis relinquunt quasi magistrum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 21:

docendis publice juvenibus magister,

Gell. 19, 9, 2. —

A master, owner, keeper:

trepidumque magistrum In cavea magno fremitu leo tollet alumnus,

Juv. 14, 246.—

A master of his art, professor:

a tonsore magistro Pecteris,

Juv. 6, 26.—

Trop., an adviser, instigator, author of any thing (very rare):

si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem improbum,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 21:

magister ad despoliandum Dianae templum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 54.—As adj.:

rituque magistro Plurima Niliacis tradant mendacia biblis,

Sedul. 1, 15.

pĕr-ăgo, ēgi, actum ( inf. paragier, Cato, Orig. 7, p. 1), 3, v. a.

To thrust through, pierce through, transfix (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Theseus latus ense peregit,

transpierced, Ov. H. 4, 119:

aliquem ardenti quercu,

Val. Fl. 1, 146; cf.:

externa peragi dextrā,

Sil. 11, 364.—Hence, transf., to kill, slay, Mart. 5, 37, 16.—

To pass through, traverse:

freta,

Ov. H. 15, 65:

cum sol duodena peregit Signa,

id. M. 13, 618.—

To drive about, harass, disturb, disquiet, agitate, annoy a person or thing (very rare):

pecora peragens asilus,

Sen. Ep. 58, 2: totum Sempronium usque eo perago, ut, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1.—

To carry through, go through with, execute, finish, accomplish, complete, etc.

In gen. (class.;

syn.: exsequor, conficio, patro): multum egerunt, qui ante nos fuerunt, sed non peregerunt,

Sen. Ep. 64, 8: carmen tubā solā peregit, Enn. ap. Lact. ad Stat. Th. 11, 56 (Ann. v. 508 Vahl.):

fabulam,

Cic. Sen. 19, 70; cf. id. ib. 18, 64 (and v. peractio):

comitia,

id. N. D. 2, 4, 10:

concilium,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4:

partes suas,

Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 5:

conata,

Juv. 13. 210:

inceptum,

Verg. A. 4, 452:

cursum,

id. ib. 4, 653; cf.:

coeptum iter,

Ov. F. 1, 188:

dona,

to finish distributing, Verg. A. 5, 362: mandata, Ov. M. 7, 502:

aetatem, vitam, aevum,

id. Tr. 4, 8, 13; 41; id. M. 15, 485:

facinus,

Juv. 6, 640; also, to exhaust:

quot viros,

Auct. Priap. 34.— Absol., = diagein, to pass one's life, Pers. 5, 138.— Pass. impers.:

Quis non peractum esse cum Pompeio crederet?

that the war with Pompey is ended, Flor. 4, 2, 53.—

In partic., in jurid. Lat.:

reum,

to continue a prosecution till the defendant is condemned, Liv. 4, 42; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 4; Ov. P. 4, 6, 30; Val. Max. 6, 2, 4:

accusationem,

to prosecute to the end, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 6:

receptus est reus, neque peractus, ob mortem opportunam,

Tac. A. 4, 21.—

In gen., to work, or work up any thing.

Lit.:

humum,

to till, cultivate, Ov. F. 4, 693:

cibum,

to digest, Plin. 9, 60, 86, § 183. —

Trop., to go through, go over, to relate, describe, detail, state:

legatus peragit deinde postulata...Haec paucis verbis carminis concipiendique jurisjurandi mutatis peragit,

Liv. 1, 32, 6 sq.:

verbis auspicia,

to mention, id. 1, 18 fin.:

res pace belloque gestas,

to describe, treat of, id. 2, 1:

dum perago tecum pauca,

Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2:

res tenues, tenui sermone peractas,

delivered, Hor. S. 2, 4, 9.

promptŭārĭus ( promt-), a, um, adj. [promo], of or belonging to distribution (sc. of things stored up), distributing:

arca vestiaria, armarium promptuarium,

i. e. storehouse, repository, Cato, R. R. 11, 3:

cella,

App. Mag. p. 309, 20; and, in comic lang., of a prison, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 4.—

Subst.: promptŭārĭum, ĭi, n., a storeroom, repository, promptuary (late Lat.; cf.

horreum): e promptuario oleum profer,

App. M. 1, p. 113, 2; Ambros. Cantic. 1, 20. —In plur., Vulg. Psa. 143, 13.—

Transf.:

ornatissimum linguae tuae,

i. e. the mouth, Symm. Ep. 9, 67:

promptuarium rectae rationis et orationis,

App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 212 Oud.:

cum omnes quasi vetustatis promptuarium Albini memoriam laudavissent,

Macr. S. 1, 4, 1.—Collat. form (from metrical necessity), promptārĭum, ii, Aus. Ep. 21 fin.

promptŭārĭus ( promt-), a, um, adj. [promo], of or belonging to distribution (sc. of things stored up), distributing:

arca vestiaria, armarium promptuarium,

i. e. storehouse, repository, Cato, R. R. 11, 3:

cella,

App. Mag. p. 309, 20; and, in comic lang., of a prison, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 4.—

Subst.: promptŭārĭum, ĭi, n., a storeroom, repository, promptuary (late Lat.; cf.

horreum): e promptuario oleum profer,

App. M. 1, p. 113, 2; Ambros. Cantic. 1, 20. —In plur., Vulg. Psa. 143, 13.—

Transf.:

ornatissimum linguae tuae,

i. e. the mouth, Symm. Ep. 9, 67:

promptuarium rectae rationis et orationis,

App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 212 Oud.:

cum omnes quasi vetustatis promptuarium Albini memoriam laudavissent,

Macr. S. 1, 4, 1.—Collat. form (from metrical necessity), promptārĭum, ii, Aus. Ep. 21 fin.

prōmus, a, um, adj. [promo].

In economic lang., of or belonging to giving out, distributing. cella, a store-room, larder, Tert. Res. Carn. 27.—

Subst.: prō-mum, i, a store-room, Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 4 fin. —Much more freq.,

Subst.: prō-mus, i, m., a giver out, distributor of provisions (opp. condus, the keeper of them);

and hence, in gen.,

a cellarer, steward, butler, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 6; id. Ps. 2, 2, 14:

foris est promus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 16; Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 5; Col. 12, 3, 9; Aus. Ep. 22, 20.—

Transf.:

librorum,

he who gives out books from a library, a librarian, App. Mag. p. 308, 17: ego meo sum promus pectori, I keep the key of my own breast, i. e. I guard my heart against evil, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 44.

prōmus, a, um, adj. [promo].

In economic lang., of or belonging to giving out, distributing. cella, a store-room, larder, Tert. Res. Carn. 27.—

Subst.: prō-mum, i, a store-room, Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 4 fin. —Much more freq.,

Subst.: prō-mus, i, m., a giver out, distributor of provisions (opp. condus, the keeper of them);

and hence, in gen.,

a cellarer, steward, butler, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 6; id. Ps. 2, 2, 14:

foris est promus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 16; Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 5; Col. 12, 3, 9; Aus. Ep. 22, 20.—

Transf.:

librorum,

he who gives out books from a library, a librarian, App. Mag. p. 308, 17: ego meo sum promus pectori, I keep the key of my own breast, i. e. I guard my heart against evil, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 44.

trĭbūtĭo, ōnis, f. [tribuo].

A dividing, distributing, distribution (very rare): hanc isonomian appellat Epicurus, id est aequabilem tributionem, * Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 50:

tributio fit pro ratā ejus, quod cuique debetur,

Dig. 14, 4, 5 fin. —

A contributing, paying of tribute, Dig. 2, 14, 52; 50, 4, 18.

triumvĭri (also written tresvĭri, and IIIvĭri), ōrum or ūm, m. [tres-vir], three men holding an office together or associated in public business, a board of three, three joint commissioners appointed for various purposes, a triumvirate. So,

Triumviri coloniae deducendae or agro dando, for leading out a colony and distributing the land among its members, Liv. 3, 1, 6; 4, 11, 5; 6, 21, 4; 8, 16, 14 al.—In sing.:

nobilitas... Gaium Gracchum... triumvirum coloniis deducundis ferro necaverat,

Sall. J. 42, 1:

triumvir agrarius,

Liv. 27, 21, 10; Cic. Brut. 20, 79.—

Triumviri capitales, superintendents of public prisons, who performed many of the duties of modern police magistrates, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 3; Cic. Or. 46, 156:

carceris lautumiarum,

Liv. 32, 26, 27; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30; Liv. 25, 1, 10; 39, 14, 10.—In sing., Val. Max. 5, 4, 7.—

Triumviri Epulones, v. epulo.—

Triumviri monetales, directors of the mint, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30.—

Triumviri mensarii, three commissioners to regulate money, Liv. 23, 21, 6; 24, 18, 12; 26, 36, 8.—

Triumviri nocturni, fire-wardens, Liv. 9, 46, 3; Val. Max. 8, 1, 6; Dig. 1, 15, 1.—

Triumviri reipublicae constituendae;

these were Antony, Octavianus, and Lepidus, appointed to regulate public affairs,

Liv. Epit. 120; Suet. Aug. 96; id. Tib. 4; Flor. 4, 6.— In sing., Vell. 2, 88, 1; Suet. Aug. 9; 54; Gell. 3, 9, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 2.—

Boards for recruiting troops:

senatus triumviros binos creari jussit,

Liv. 25, 5, 6.—

Triumviri sacris conquirendis donisque persignandis, to collect and register votive offerings, etc., Liv. 25, 7, 5.—

Triumviri reficiendis aedibus Fortunae et matris Matutae et Spei, for the restoration of temples, Liv. 25, 7, 6.—

The three chief magistrates of a municipality:

Q. Manlius, qui tum erat IIIvir,

Cic. Clu. 13, 38.

vīgintĭ-vĭri, ōrum, m., a college or board of twenty men, the vigintiviri.

Appointed by Cæsar during his consulship for distributing the Campanian lands, Cic. Att. 2, 6, 2; Suet. Aug. 4; cf. Vell. 2, 44, 4; Front. Colon. p. 137.— Sing., Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 176.—

An inferior civil court, one half of whose members assisted the prætor, and the other half presided over the roads, the mint, and public executions, Spart. Julian. 1; cf. Tac. A. 3, 29.— Sing., Inscr. Orell. 2761; 3970.—

A council of State, created A.D. 237, in opposition to Maximinus I., Capitol. Gord. 10; Inscr. Orell. 3042.