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  • 1 (doctē）

       (doctē） adv.    [doctus], only comp. and sup, learnedly, cleverly, skilfully: luctamur doctius, H.: litteris doctissume eruditus, S.

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  • 2 docte

    docte, adv., v. doceo, P. a. fin.

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  • 3 in-doctē

        in-doctē adv.    [indoctus], unlearnedly, unskilfully: facere.

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  • 4 doceo

    dŏcĕo, cŭi, ctum, 2, v. a. [root da; Zend. dā, to know; strengthened, dak-; Gr. didaskô; Lat. disco], to teach, instruct, inform, show, tell, etc. (for syn. cf.: edoceo, perdoceo, erudio, praecipio, instituo).
    I.
    In gen., with double acc. of person and thing:

    pejor magister te istaec docuit... illa, quae te docui,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 55:

    hunc hominem cursuram,

    id. Trin. 4, 3, 9:

    aliquem artem,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54:

    aliquem litteras,

    id. Pis. 30:

    aliquem ejusmodi rem,

    id. Quint. 25, 79:

    pueros elementa,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 17 et saep.— Pass., with acc. rei:

    is reliqua frustra docetur,

    Quint. 4, 2, 90; 1, 5, 11; 3, 8, 70; 6, 2, 3; Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; id. S. 1, 6, 76 et saep.; cf.: doctus dogmam, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 679 fin. P.; and:

    doctus militiam,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 40, p. 224 ed. Gerl.—With inf.:

    docemur auctoritate domitas habere libidines,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194; 1, 57, 244; id. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

    docemur disputare, non vivere (= discimus),

    Sen. Ep. 95, 13:

    equi variare gyros docentur,

    Tac. G. 6; Sall. J. 85, 33; Nep. Epam. 2, 1; Liv. 21, 3, 6.—With acc. pers. and inf.:

    ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus, etc.,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 4, 8; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; id. Ep. 1, 14, 30 al.; cf. ellipt. with abl. of instrument:

    Socratem fidibus (sc. canere),

    Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    aliquem docendum curare equo, armisque,

    Liv. 29, 1, 8; Zumpt, § 391 fin. —With acc. pers. and de, to instruct or inform one of:

    de ejus injuriis judices docere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

    aliquem de aliqua re,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26; 44, 127; id. de Or. 2, 24, 102; Sall. J. 13, 3 al. —With acc. pers. and rel. clause:

    doceant eum, qui vir Sex. Roscius fuerit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 25; id. Att. 8, 2, 2; id. Fam. 3, 6, 5; 5, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 20 al.—With acc. pers.:

    studiosos discendi erudiunt atque docent,

    Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156; id. Div. 2, 2; id. de Sen. 9, 29; Quint. 2, 5, 13; Hor. S. 2, 2, 50; id. Ep. 1, 13, 1 et saep.—With acc. rei:

    coepit studiose omnia Docere, educare, ita uti si esset filia,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 37; so,

    aliquid,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 42 fin.; Quint. 7, 10, 10; 9, 4, 137; Hor. A. P. 306 et saep.; cf.

    also: quod de lacu Albano docuisset,

    Liv. 5, 15; so with two acc., Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 3; Cic. Clu. 70, 198.—With acc. and inf.:

    docui per litteras, id nec opus esse nec fieri posse,

    Cic. Att. 16, 8; Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 7; 5, 28, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 43; Hor. S. 2, 3, 63 et saep.— Absol.:

    cum doceo et explano,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 82; id. Or. 42, 143; Quint. 3, 4, 15; 3, 5, 2 et saep.; cf.

    also: Tyrannio docet apud me,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4 fin.
    II.
    In partic.: fabulam, like the Gr. didaskein, qs. to teach a play to the actors, to rehearse; hence, to produce, exhibit on the stage:

    minor fuit aliquanto is, qui primus fabulam dedit, quam ii, qui multas docuerant (Plautus et Naevius),

    Cic. Brut. 18, 73; id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; Hor. A. P. 288; Gell. 17, 21, 42.—Hence, doctus, a, um, P. a., learned, skilled, versed, experienced in any thing (cf.: litteratus, eruditus, peritus, gnarus, scitus).— Absol.:

    doctus vir et Graecis litteris eruditus,

    Cic. Brut. 30, 114; cf. id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 74, 299:

    adolescentes humanissimi et doctissimi,

    id. Cael. 10, 24.—With ex:

    fuit enim doctus ex disciplina Stoicorum,

    Cic. Brut. 25.—With abl.:

    docti et Graecis litteris et Latinis,

    Cic. Brut. 46; 45 fin.; Sall. C. 25, 2; Mart. 10, 76. —With adv.:

    nec minus Graece quam Latine doctus,

    Suet. Gram. 7.—With gen.:

    fandi doctissima Cymodocea,

    Verg. A. 10, 225:

    legum atque morum populi Romani jurisque civilis,

    Gell. 13, 12, 1:

    sagittarum,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 11:

    artis lanificae,

    Claud. in Eutr. 2, 381.—With acc.:

    (Maecenas) docte sermones utriusque linguae,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 5:

    dulces modos (with citharae sciens),

    id. ib. 3, 9, 10:

    omnia,

    Stat. Th. 2, 692:

    litteras,

    Gell. 19, 9, 7.—With inf.:

    doctus sagittas tendere Sericas,

    Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; 3, 6, 38; 4, 13, 7; id. Carm. Sec. 75 et saep.—With ad or in:

    ad delinquendum doctior,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 256:

    in parum fausto carmine docta fui,

    id. H. 21, 182:

    Sapphica puella Musa doctior,

    more skilled in song, Cat. 35, 17:

    docta puella,

    Prop. 1, 7, 11; 2, 11, 6 (3, 2, 6 M.);

    2, 13, 11 (3, 4, 11 M.).—Esp. as epithet of Catullus by other poets,

    Tib. 3, 6, 41; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 62:

    Verona docti syllabas amat vatis,

    Mart. 1, 61, 1; Ov. A. A. 2, 181.—As subst.: doctus, the man of skill.—Prov.:

    doctus in se semper divitias habet,

    Phaedr. 4, 21, 1; but class. only in plur.: doctī, ōrum, m., the learned:

    doctorum est ista consuetudo,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 17 et saep.—
    2.
    Of things as subjects:

    frontes,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 29:

    tibia,

    Prop. 2, 30, 16 (3, 28, 16 M.):

    carmina,

    Tib. 2, 3, 20; cf.

    vox,

    Ov. P. 2, 5, 52:

    voces Pythagoreorum,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:

    sermo,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 3:

    prece,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135:

    manus artificis,

    Tib. 1, 8, 12; cf. id. 2, 1, 70; Ov. F. 3, 832; 6, 792:

    falx,

    Prop. 2, 19, 12 (3, 12, 12 M.) et saep.—
    B.
    In Plaut. and Ter., knowing, cunning, shrewd, subtle:

    malum, callidum, doctum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 35; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43; id. Most. 1, 3, 122; 5, 1, 24 et saep.; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 6; id. Eun. 4, 7, 21; cf.

    also, dolus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 69; id. Ps. 1, 5, 70 al.— docte, adv.
    1.
    Learnedly, skilfully (very rare; not in Cic.).— Comp., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 33; Mart. 7, 46.— Sup., Sall. J. 95, 3.—
    2.
    Cunningly, shrewdly, cleverly:

    docte et sapienter dicis,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 23:

    docte tibi illam perdoctam dabo,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 103; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:

    docte sapere,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 162; id. Most. 5, 1, 21 et saep.— Comp., Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 99.

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  • 5 docti

    dŏcĕo, cŭi, ctum, 2, v. a. [root da; Zend. dā, to know; strengthened, dak-; Gr. didaskô; Lat. disco], to teach, instruct, inform, show, tell, etc. (for syn. cf.: edoceo, perdoceo, erudio, praecipio, instituo).
    I.
    In gen., with double acc. of person and thing:

    pejor magister te istaec docuit... illa, quae te docui,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 55:

    hunc hominem cursuram,

    id. Trin. 4, 3, 9:

    aliquem artem,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54:

    aliquem litteras,

    id. Pis. 30:

    aliquem ejusmodi rem,

    id. Quint. 25, 79:

    pueros elementa,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 17 et saep.— Pass., with acc. rei:

    is reliqua frustra docetur,

    Quint. 4, 2, 90; 1, 5, 11; 3, 8, 70; 6, 2, 3; Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; id. S. 1, 6, 76 et saep.; cf.: doctus dogmam, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 679 fin. P.; and:

    doctus militiam,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 40, p. 224 ed. Gerl.—With inf.:

    docemur auctoritate domitas habere libidines,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194; 1, 57, 244; id. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

    docemur disputare, non vivere (= discimus),

    Sen. Ep. 95, 13:

    equi variare gyros docentur,

    Tac. G. 6; Sall. J. 85, 33; Nep. Epam. 2, 1; Liv. 21, 3, 6.—With acc. pers. and inf.:

    ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus, etc.,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 4, 8; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; id. Ep. 1, 14, 30 al.; cf. ellipt. with abl. of instrument:

    Socratem fidibus (sc. canere),

    Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    aliquem docendum curare equo, armisque,

    Liv. 29, 1, 8; Zumpt, § 391 fin. —With acc. pers. and de, to instruct or inform one of:

    de ejus injuriis judices docere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

    aliquem de aliqua re,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26; 44, 127; id. de Or. 2, 24, 102; Sall. J. 13, 3 al. —With acc. pers. and rel. clause:

    doceant eum, qui vir Sex. Roscius fuerit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 25; id. Att. 8, 2, 2; id. Fam. 3, 6, 5; 5, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 20 al.—With acc. pers.:

    studiosos discendi erudiunt atque docent,

    Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156; id. Div. 2, 2; id. de Sen. 9, 29; Quint. 2, 5, 13; Hor. S. 2, 2, 50; id. Ep. 1, 13, 1 et saep.—With acc. rei:

    coepit studiose omnia Docere, educare, ita uti si esset filia,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 37; so,

    aliquid,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 42 fin.; Quint. 7, 10, 10; 9, 4, 137; Hor. A. P. 306 et saep.; cf.

    also: quod de lacu Albano docuisset,

    Liv. 5, 15; so with two acc., Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 3; Cic. Clu. 70, 198.—With acc. and inf.:

    docui per litteras, id nec opus esse nec fieri posse,

    Cic. Att. 16, 8; Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 7; 5, 28, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 43; Hor. S. 2, 3, 63 et saep.— Absol.:

    cum doceo et explano,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 82; id. Or. 42, 143; Quint. 3, 4, 15; 3, 5, 2 et saep.; cf.

    also: Tyrannio docet apud me,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4 fin.
    II.
    In partic.: fabulam, like the Gr. didaskein, qs. to teach a play to the actors, to rehearse; hence, to produce, exhibit on the stage:

    minor fuit aliquanto is, qui primus fabulam dedit, quam ii, qui multas docuerant (Plautus et Naevius),

    Cic. Brut. 18, 73; id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; Hor. A. P. 288; Gell. 17, 21, 42.—Hence, doctus, a, um, P. a., learned, skilled, versed, experienced in any thing (cf.: litteratus, eruditus, peritus, gnarus, scitus).— Absol.:

    doctus vir et Graecis litteris eruditus,

    Cic. Brut. 30, 114; cf. id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 74, 299:

    adolescentes humanissimi et doctissimi,

    id. Cael. 10, 24.—With ex:

    fuit enim doctus ex disciplina Stoicorum,

    Cic. Brut. 25.—With abl.:

    docti et Graecis litteris et Latinis,

    Cic. Brut. 46; 45 fin.; Sall. C. 25, 2; Mart. 10, 76. —With adv.:

    nec minus Graece quam Latine doctus,

    Suet. Gram. 7.—With gen.:

    fandi doctissima Cymodocea,

    Verg. A. 10, 225:

    legum atque morum populi Romani jurisque civilis,

    Gell. 13, 12, 1:

    sagittarum,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 11:

    artis lanificae,

    Claud. in Eutr. 2, 381.—With acc.:

    (Maecenas) docte sermones utriusque linguae,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 5:

    dulces modos (with citharae sciens),

    id. ib. 3, 9, 10:

    omnia,

    Stat. Th. 2, 692:

    litteras,

    Gell. 19, 9, 7.—With inf.:

    doctus sagittas tendere Sericas,

    Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; 3, 6, 38; 4, 13, 7; id. Carm. Sec. 75 et saep.—With ad or in:

    ad delinquendum doctior,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 256:

    in parum fausto carmine docta fui,

    id. H. 21, 182:

    Sapphica puella Musa doctior,

    more skilled in song, Cat. 35, 17:

    docta puella,

    Prop. 1, 7, 11; 2, 11, 6 (3, 2, 6 M.);

    2, 13, 11 (3, 4, 11 M.).—Esp. as epithet of Catullus by other poets,

    Tib. 3, 6, 41; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 62:

    Verona docti syllabas amat vatis,

    Mart. 1, 61, 1; Ov. A. A. 2, 181.—As subst.: doctus, the man of skill.—Prov.:

    doctus in se semper divitias habet,

    Phaedr. 4, 21, 1; but class. only in plur.: doctī, ōrum, m., the learned:

    doctorum est ista consuetudo,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 17 et saep.—
    2.
    Of things as subjects:

    frontes,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 29:

    tibia,

    Prop. 2, 30, 16 (3, 28, 16 M.):

    carmina,

    Tib. 2, 3, 20; cf.

    vox,

    Ov. P. 2, 5, 52:

    voces Pythagoreorum,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:

    sermo,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 3:

    prece,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135:

    manus artificis,

    Tib. 1, 8, 12; cf. id. 2, 1, 70; Ov. F. 3, 832; 6, 792:

    falx,

    Prop. 2, 19, 12 (3, 12, 12 M.) et saep.—
    B.
    In Plaut. and Ter., knowing, cunning, shrewd, subtle:

    malum, callidum, doctum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 35; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43; id. Most. 1, 3, 122; 5, 1, 24 et saep.; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 6; id. Eun. 4, 7, 21; cf.

    also, dolus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 69; id. Ps. 1, 5, 70 al.— docte, adv.
    1.
    Learnedly, skilfully (very rare; not in Cic.).— Comp., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 33; Mart. 7, 46.— Sup., Sall. J. 95, 3.—
    2.
    Cunningly, shrewdly, cleverly:

    docte et sapienter dicis,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 23:

    docte tibi illam perdoctam dabo,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 103; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:

    docte sapere,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 162; id. Most. 5, 1, 21 et saep.— Comp., Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 99.

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  • 6 astutus

    astūtus, a, um, adj. [a lengthened form of the ante-class. astus, like versutus from versus, cinctutus from cinctus; and astus itself has the form of a P. a., q. v. init. ], shrewd, sagacious, expert; or (more freq., cf. astutia) in mal. part., sly, cunning, artful, designing, etc.
    * I.
    Ante-class. form astus, a, um: asta lingua, Att. ap. Non. p. 1, 54.—
    II.
    Class. form astūtus:

    malus, callidus, astutus admodum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 112:

    Causam dicere adversus astutos, audacīs viros, valentes virgatores,

    id. As. 3, 2, 19:

    non tam astutus, neque ita perspicax,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 1:

    verum ego numquam adeo astutus fui, Quin etc.,

    id. Ad. 2, 2, 13:

    ratio,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 11 fin.:

    nihil astutum,

    id. Or. 19, 64: hoc celandi genus est hominis non aperti, non simplicis, non ingenui;

    versuti potius, obscuri, astuti, fallacis,

    id. Off. 3, 13, 57:

    astuti Getae,

    Prop. 5, 5, 44:

    Parthorum astutae tela remissa fugae,

    id. 4, 8, 54:

    ut est astuta et ingeniosa sollertia,

    Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 192, where Jan omits astuta et:

    gens non astuta, nec callida,

    Tac. G. 22 et saep.:

    pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:

    homo sagax et astutus,

    Mart. 12, 88, 4:

    Est vir astutus multorum eruditor,

    Vulg. Eccli. 37, 21:

    vulpes,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 186:

    consilium,

    Gell. 5, 10 al. —As subst. (eccl. Lat.):

    Astutus omnia agit cum consilio,

    Vulg. Prov. 13, 16; ib. Eccli. 18, 28.— Comp.:

    fallacia astutior,

    Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 7:

    si qui me astutiorem fingit (followed by callidius),

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

    qui custodit increpationes, astutior fiet,

    Vulg. Prov. 15, 5.—
    * Sup.:

    astutissimus adversarius,

    Aug. Serm. 17: astutissima calliditas, id. Civ. Dei, 21, 6.— Adv.: astūtē, craftily, cunningly:

    astute comminisci aliquid,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 96:

    docte atque astute captare,

    id. Most. 5, 1, 21:

    consulte, docte atque astute cavere,

    id. Rud. 4, 7, 14: Astute, shrewdly done, Ter. And. 1, 2, 12:

    astute labefactare aliquem,

    id. Eun. 3, 3, 3:

    satis astute adgredi aliquem,

    id. Phorm. 5, 8, 75:

    astute reticere aliquid,

    Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1: astute nihil agere, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 3.— Comp.:

    astutius ponere aliquid,

    Varr. L. L. 9, 1 Müll.— Sup.:

    astutissime componere aliquid,

    Gell. 18, 4:

    astutissime excogitare,

    Lact. 1, 22: astutissime fingi, Aug. Civ. Dei, 19, 5.

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  • 7 doctus

        doctus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of doceo], learned, skilled, versed, experienced, trained, clever: vir: adulescentes doctissimi: abs te abire doctior, T.: ex disciplinā Stoicorum: mulier litteris, S.: fandi doctissima, V.: Docte sermones utriusque linguae, H.: dulcīs modos, H.: sagittas tendere Sericas, H.: tibiis canere, Ta.: ludere doctior, H.: ad malitiam, T.: ad delinquendum doctior, O.— As subst m.: doctus in se semper divitias habet, Ph.: doctorum est ista consuetudo, the learned: docti sumus, a man of culture, H.— Learned, sage, skilful: manus, O.: frontes, i. e. a poet's, H.: voces Pythagoreorum: ora, O.— Taught: doctā prece blandus, i. e. the prescribed form of supplication, H.
    * * *
    docta -um, doctior -or -us, doctissimus -a -um ADJ
    learned, wise; skilled, experienced, expert; trained; clever, cunning, shrewd

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  • 8 uter-que

        uter-que utraque, utrumque    （gen. utrīusque, sometimes utriusque, H., O.; gen plur. utrūmque, C.). pron—Sing., each, either, each one, one and the other, one as well as the other, both (of two regarded severally): parique fastigio steterit in utrāque fortunā, N.: Docte sermones utriusque linguae, Greek and Latin, H.: sub utroque Phoebo, i. e. the rising and the setting sun, O.: tempus deducendi exercitūs aut utriusque aut certe alterius, L.: sed nterque (sapiens appellatus est) alio quodam modo: uterque cum equitatu veniret, Cs.— In apposition: uterque, mater et pater, domi erant, T.: ego utrumque meum puto esse, et quid sentiam ostendere et quod feceris defendere.—With gen part. (of a pron. or a subst. with a pron demonstr. or relat.; poet. also with a subst. alone): uterque nostrum id sibi suscipiendum putavit: domus utriusque nostrum aedificatur strenue: utriusque harum rerum expers.—Poet.: et haec utinam Viscorum laudet uterque! H.—In the phrase, in utramque partem, in either way, in both directions, on both sides, both ways, for and against: Vemens in utramque partem es nimis, Aut largitate nimiā aut parsimoniā, T.: utramque in partem multa dicuntur, pro and con: suam sententiam in utramque partem esse tutam, on either assumption, Cs.—With plur predic.: uterque eorum ex castris exercitum educunt, Cs.: uterque cum illo gravīs inimicitias exercebant, S.—In reciprocal uses, one... the other, each... the other, either... the other, one another: uterque utrique est cordi, T.: est utraque res sine alterā debilis.—Plur., of two parties or collections, each party, each side, both: quoniam utrique Socratici et Platonici volumus esse: his utrisque (Atrebatis et Viromanduis) persuaserant, Cs.: Aetolorum utraeque manūs Heracleam sese incluserunt, L.: utraque oppida, L.: utraeque nationes Rheno praetexuntur, Ta.— Of two subjects, both together, both at once, both, one as well as the other: binos habebam (scyphos), iubeo promi utrosque: duae fuerunt Ariovisti uxores... utraeque in eā fugā perierunt, Cs.: hi utrique ad urbem imperatores erant (Q. Marcius et Q. Metellus), S.: palmas utrasque tetendit, V.: utrisque consulibus Italia decreta est, L.

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  • 9 catus

    1.
    cătus, a, um, adj. [root ka-; Sanscr. ça-, to whet, sharpen; cf. cos, cautes, cuneus; Sabine, = acutus, acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 46, p. 90 Bip.].
    * I.
    Sharp to the hearing, clear-sounding, shrill (cf. acutus, 2.): jam cata signa fere sonitum dare voce parabant, Enn. ap. Varr. l. l. (Ann. 447 Vahl.). —
    II.
    Transf. to intellectual objects, in a good and bad sense.
    A.
    In a good sense, clear-sighted, intelligent, sagacious, wise, opp. stultus (in prose probably never naturalized; hence Cic., in prose, adds ut ita dicam; v. the foll.): catus Aelius Sextus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18 (Ann. v. 335 Vahl.); Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 29; id. Ps. 2, 3, 15; Ter. And. 5, 2, 14 Don. and Ruhnk.; Hor. C. 1, 10, 3:

    prudens et, ut ita dicam, catus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 45.—Constr. with inf.:

    jaculari,

    Hor. C. 3, 12, 10.—With gen.:

    legum,

    Aus. Mos. 400.—Of abstract things:

    dicta,

    Enn. Ann. 519 Vahl.:

    consilium,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 75.—
    B.
    In a bad sense, sly, crafty, cunning, artful ( = callidus, astutus):

    cata est et callida,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 71; so id. Poen. 5, 2, 147; id. Most. 5, 2, 21; id. Trin. 3, 2, 51; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 39.— Adv.: cătē, conform. to II. A.:

    sapienter, docte et cordate et cate,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 3; id. Men. 2, 3, 61; Cic. Arat. 304.— Comp. and sup. not in use in the adj. or in the adv.
    2.
    cătus, i, m., a male cat (post-class.), Pall. Mart. 9, 4; scanned, cātus, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. 5, p. 162, 3 al.

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  • 10 cauta

    căvĕo, cāvi, cautum, (2 d pers. sing. scanned cavĕs, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 19; imper. cavĕ, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Capt. 2, 3, 71; id. Most. 1, 4, 13 et saep.: Cat. 50, 19; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38; Prop. 1, 7, 25; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 435; old sup. CAVĬTVM, C. I. L. 1, 200, 6 sq.), 3, v. n. and a. [root SKOF- or KOF-, to be wary; whence Gr. thuoskoos, akouô, etc.; Lat. causa, cura; cf. also Germ. scheuen; Engl. shy], to be on one ' s guard, either for one's self or (more rarely) for another; hence,
    I.
    In gen., with and without sibi, to be on one ' s guard, to take care, take heed, beware, guard against, avoid, = phulassomai, and the Fr. se garder, prendre garde, etc.; constr., absol., with ub, and in a course of action with ne or ut (also ellipt. with the simple subj.); or, as in Greek, with acc. (= phulassomai ti); hence also pass. and with inf., and once with cum.
    A.
    Absol.:

    qui consulte, docte, atque astute cavet,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:

    faciet, nisi caveo,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 8:

    ego cavebo,

    id. Ad. 4, 2, 12; 1, 1, 45:

    erunt (molesti) nisi cavetis. Cautum est, inquit,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93; Quint. 8, 3, 47:

    cum animum attendisset ad cavendum,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; Suet. Claud. 37:

    metues, doctusque cavebis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 68.—Esp. freq. in the warning cave, look out! be careful! Ter. And. 1, 2, 34; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 51; Hor. C. 1, 14, 16; Ov. M. 2, 89.—
    B.
    With ab and abl.:

    eo mi abs te caveo cautius,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 42; id. Ps. 1, 5, 59; 4, 7, 128:

    si abs te modo uno caveo,

    id. Most. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 44:

    sibi ab eo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 87:

    navis Aps quă cavendum nobis sane censeo,

    id. Men. 2, 2, 70:

    pater a me petiit Ut mihi caverem a Pseudolo servo suo,

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 108:

    a crasso infortunio,

    id. Rud. 3, 5, 53:

    ille Pompeium monebat, ut meam domum metueret, atque a me ipso caveret,

    Cic. Sest. 64, 133:

    caveo ab homine impuro,

    id. Phil. 12, 10, 25:

    a Cassio,

    Suet. Calig. 57:

    a veneno,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64:

    ab insidiis,

    Sall. J. 108, 2:

    monitum ut sibi ab insidiis Rufini caveret,

    App. Mag. 87, p. 329, 16; id. M. 2, p. 117, 3.—
    2.
    With the simple abl.:

    caveo malo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 39:

    infortunio,

    id. Rud. 3, 5, 48: id. Cas. 2, 6, 59; id. Men. 1, 2, 13; id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:

    ipsus sibi cavit loco,

    i. e. got out of the way, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 12.—
    3.
    With cum (rare):

    Hercle, mihi tecum cavendum est,

    with you, I must look out for myself, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 21.—
    4.
    With adversus, Quint. 9, 1, 20. —
    C.
    Followed by a final clause.
    1.
    With ne, to take heed that... not, to be on one ' s guard lest: qui cavet ne decipiatur, vix cavet;

    cum etiam cavet, etiam cum cavisse ratus est, saepe is cautor captus est,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 5 and 6:

    caves, ne videat, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6:

    ego me scio cavisse, ne ulla merito contumelia Fieri a nobis posset,

    id. Hec. 3, 5, 20; Afran. ap. Non. p. 111, 14; Lucr. 4, 1141:

    cavete, judices, ne nova... proscriptio instaurata esse videatur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; id. Div. 2, 40, 84; id. Fam. 3, 12, 4; 11, 21, 4; Sall. J. 55, 3; Suet. Tib. 37:

    cave, ne,

    Cat. 61, 152; Hor. C. 3, 7, 24; id. S. 2, 3, 177; id. Ep. 1, 6, 32; 1, 13, 19; Ov. M. 2, 89; 10, 685:

    cave sis, ne,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 215:

    caveto ne,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 6:

    caveas, ne,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 80:

    caveant, ne,

    id. A. P. 244:

    cavendum est, ne,

    Cic. Off. 1, 39, 140; Quint. 4, 3, 8; 12, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 67; Quint. 9, 4, 23; 5, 11, 27.—
    2.
    With ut ne (rare):

    quod ut ne accidat cavendum est,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 99.—
    3.
    With a simple subj.; so only imper.: cave or cavete (cf. age), beware of, take care not, etc.:

    cave geras,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:

    dixeris,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 12:

    faxis cave,

    id. And. 4, 4, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 13; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38:

    sis,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29:

    contingas,

    Lucr. 2, 755:

    despuas,

    Cat. 50, 19:

    ignoscas,

    Cic. Lig. 5, 14:

    existimes,

    id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:

    putes,

    id. ib. 10, 12, 1 al.—Rarely with 1 st pers.:

    cave posthac, si me amas, umquam istuc verbum ex te audiam,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 9.—With 3 d pers.:

    resciscat quisquam,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 37:

    te fratrum misereatur,

    Cic. Lig. 5, 14:

    roget te,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 75:

    cave quisquam flocci fecerit,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 5:

    armis concurrant arma cavete,

    Verg. A. 11, 293.—And like age, cave with a verb in plur.:

    cave dirumpatis,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 117.—
    4.
    With ut, to take care that:

    cauto opu'st, Ut sobrie hoc agatur,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 29; cf.

    D. 2, infra: tertium est, ut caveamus, ut ea, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 39, 141:

    quaero quid sit, quod... tam accurate caveat et sanciat, ut heredes sui dent, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 31, 101:

    caverat sibi ille adulter omnium ut suorum scelerum socium te adjutoremque praebeas,

    id. Pis. 12, 28; Liv. 3, 10, 14; Plin. Pan. 39, 1:

    cavebitur ut, etc.,

    Col. 2, 8, 3; cf. under II. A.—Very rarely with ut omitted, take care to, be sure to (late Lat.):

    sed heus tu... cave regrediare cenā maturius,

    App. M. 2, p. 122, 32; 2, p. 124, [p. 306] 35.—
    D.
    As act.
    1.
    With acc. of pers. or thing against which warning is given or beed taken, to guard against, to be aware of, to beware of, etc.:

    profecto quid nunc primum caveam, nescio,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 104:

    tu, quod cavere possis, stultum admittere'st,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 23; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 23:

    caveamus fulminis ictum,

    Lucr. 6, 406: cave canem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 153, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4320;

    v. canis: interventum alicujus,

    Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1:

    omnia,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    me,

    id. Dom. 11, 28:

    vallum caecum fossasque,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28:

    quam sit bellum cavere malum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

    vim atque opes,

    Tac. A. 11, 1; cf. Suet. Tib. 72:

    male praecinctum puerum,

    id. Caes. 456:

    periculum,

    id. ib. 81; id. Galb. 19:

    insidias,

    id. Caes. 86; Tac. A. 13, 13:

    exitum,

    Suet. Tib. 83:

    annum,

    id. Ner. 40:

    maculas,

    Hor. A. P. 353:

    jurgia,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 591:

    hunc tu caveto,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 85:

    proditorem,

    Quint. 7, 1, 30:

    hoc caverat mens provida Reguli,

    had prevented, Hor. C. 3, 5, 13:

    cave quicquam,

    be a little careful, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 61.—
    2.
    Pass.: quid cavendum tibi censere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 22:

    cavenda est etiam gloriae cupiditas,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    cetera, quae quidem consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur,

    id. Att. 10, 16, 2; Quint. 8, 2, 2; 9, 4, 143; 11, 3, 27 (cf. id. 6, 5, 2):

    in hoc pestifero bello cavendo,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

    quod multis rationibus caveri potest,

    id. Off. 2, 24, 84; Sall. J. 67, 2:

    prius quod cautum oportuit, Postquam comedit rem, post rationem putat,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 14:

    ego tibi cautum volo,

    id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:

    satis cautum tibi ad defensionem fore,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35, § 88:

    quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis Cautum est,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 14:

    id modo simul orant ac monent, ut ipsis ab invidiā caveatur,

    Liv. 3, 52, 11; cf.

    B. 1. supra: cauto opus est,

    care must be taken, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64; id. Most. 4, 2, 21; id. Merc. 2, 3, 133.—
    3.
    With inf.:

    in quibus cave vereri ( = noli),

    Cic. Att. 3, 17, 3:

    caveret id petere a populo Romano, quod, etc.,

    Sall. J. 64, 2:

    caveto laedere,

    Cat. 50, 21:

    occursare capro caveto,

    Verg. E. 9, 25:

    commisisse cavet, quod, etc.,

    Hor. A. P. 168:

    cave Spem festinando praecipitare meam,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 139:

    ut pedes omnino caveant tinguere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 68, § 169.
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Law t. t., to take care for, provide, order something, legally, or (of private relations) to order, decree, dispose of in writing, by will, to stipulate, etc.:

    cum ita caverent, si, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31:

    duae sunt praeterea leges de sepulcris, quarum altera privatorum aedificiis, altera ipsis sepulcris cavet,

    id. Leg. 2, 24, 61:

    cautum est in Scipionis legibus ne plures essent, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:

    cautum est lege XII. Tab., ut, etc.,

    Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 15:

    cavebatur ut, etc.,

    Suet. Aug. 1;

    so,

    id. ib. 65; id. Tib. 75:

    quae legibus cauta sunt,

    Quint. 5, 10, 13:

    aliā in lege cautum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 119:

    cautum est de numero,

    Suet. Caes. 10; cf. id. Aug. 40:

    heredi caveri,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 120; cf. id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:

    si hoc, qui testamentum faciebat, cavere noluisset,

    id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    testamento cavere ut dies natalis ageretur,

    id. Fin. 2, 31, 103; cf. Suet. Aug. 59; id. Dom. 9; id. Tib. 50:

    sibi se privatim nihil cavere... militibus cavendum, quod apud patres semel plebi, iterum legionibus cautum sit ne fraudi secessio esset,

    to make conditions, stipulate, Liv. 7, 41, 2.—
    B.
    In the lang. of business.
    1.
    Cavere ab aliquo, to make one ' s self secure, to procure bail or surety:

    tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero, amplius, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 55; cf. infra 2.; and cautio, II.—So absol.:

    quid ita Flavio sibi cavere non venit in mentem,

    to take security, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.—
    2.
    To make one secure by bail or surety (either written or oral), to give security, to guarantee (cf. supra 1., and cautio;

    syn.: spondeo, cautionem praesto),

    Cic. Clu. 59, 162; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142:

    pecunia, quam mihi Stichus Titii servus caverat,

    Dig. 46, 3, 89:

    cavere summam,

    ib. 29, 2, 97:

    chirographum,

    ib. 46, 3, 89:

    cautionem,

    ib. 46, 8, 6:

    civitates obsidibus de pecuniā cavent,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2:

    quoniam de obsidibus inter se cavere non possent,

    id. ib. 7, 2; cf. Liv. 9, 42; 24, 2:

    cavere capite pro re aliquā,

    Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38:

    jurejurando et chirographo de eā re,

    Suet. Calig. 12:

    cavere in duplum,

    id. Aug. 41; Tac. A. 6, 17.—Rarely, cavere personae publicae, to give security before a public authority, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 3.—
    C.
    In boxing, etc., to parry, to ward off a blow:

    adversos ictus cavere ac propulsare,

    Quint. 9, 1, 20; 5, 13, 54; cf. id. 9, 4, 8; 4, 2, 26.—
    D.
    Cavere alicui.
    1.
    To keep something from one, to protect, have a care for, make safe, take care of (cf.:

    prohibeo, defendo, provideo): scabiem pecori et jumentis caveto,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 7:

    melius ei cavere volo, quam ipse aliis solet,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3:

    mihi meisque,

    id. Top. 1, 4; id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:

    veterani, quibus hic ordo diligentissime caverat,

    id. Phil. 1, 2, 6; cf.: qui in Oratore tuo caves tibi per Brutum, Caes. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    quique aliis cavit, non cavet ipsi sibi,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 84:

    securitati,

    Suet. Tit. 6:

    concordiae publicae,

    Vell. 2, 48, 5; Petr. 133; Sil. 8, 493.—
    2.
    Affirmatively, to take care for, attend to a thing for a person, provide: Ba. Haec ita me orat sibi qui caveat aliquem ut hominem reperiam... Id, amabo te, huic caveas. Pi. Quid isti caveam? Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8; 1, 1, 10; cf. I. C. 3. supra.—Hence, cautus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Neutr., careful, circumspect, wary, cautious, provident (syn.: providus, prudens;

    class. in prose and poetry): ut cautus est, ubi nihil opu'st,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 3:

    parum cauti providique,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117:

    cauti in periculis,

    id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

    in scribendo,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3:

    in credendo,

    id. Att. 10, 9, 3:

    in verbis serendis,

    Hor. A. P. 46:

    mensor,

    Ov. M. 1, 136:

    mariti,

    id. ib. 9, 751:

    lupus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50:

    vulpes,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 73 et saep.:

    quem certi homines monuerunt, ut cautior esset,

    Cic. Sest. 18, 41:

    dubium cautior an audentior,

    Suet. Caes. 58.—Constr. with ad:

    ad praesentius malum cautiores,

    Liv. 24, 32, 3; Tib. 1, 9, 46; Quint. 6, 1, 20. —With adversus:

    parum cautus adversus colloquii fraudem,

    Liv. 38, 25, 7.—With erga:

    erga bona sua satis cautus,

    Curt. 10, 1, 40.—With contra:

    contra quam (fortunam) non satis cauta mortalitas est,

    Curt. 8, 4, 24.—With inf.:

    cautum dignos assumere,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 51.—With gen.:

    rei divinae,

    Macr. S. 1, 15.—
    b.
    Transf. to inanimate things:

    consilium,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 6; Tac. A. 11, 29:

    cautissima senectus,

    id. H. 2, 76:

    pectus,

    Prop. 3 (4), 5, 8:

    manus,

    Ov. F. 2, 336:

    terga,

    id. Tr. 1, 9, 20:

    arma,

    Sil. 14, 188:

    timor,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 65.— Subst.: cauta, ōrum, n.:

    legum,

    the provisions, Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.—
    B.
    Pass. (acc. to I. B. 1., and II. B.), made safe, secured:

    cautos nominibus rectis expendere nummos,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105:

    cautus ab incursu belli,

    Luc. 4, 409: quo mulieri esset res cautior ( that her property might be made more secure), curavit, ut, etc., Cic. Caecin. 4, 11.—
    2.
    Trop., safe, secure (rare):

    in eam partem peccare, quae est cautior,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

    (civitates) murorum firmitate cautissimae,

    Amm. 14, 8, 13.— Adv.: cau-tē.
    1.
    (Acc. to caveo, I. A.) Cautiously:

    caute et cogitate rem tractare,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:

    pedetentimque dicere,

    Cic. Clu. 42, 118:

    et cum judicio,

    Quint. 10, 2, 3 et saep. — Comp., Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; Quint. 2, 15, 21; 9, 2, 76; Hor. C. 1, 8, 10 al.— Sup., Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3.—
    2.
    (Acc. to caveo, I. B. 1.) With security, cautiously, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    aliter nec caute nec jure fieri potest,

    id. Att. 15, 17, 1.

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  • 11 caveo

    căvĕo, cāvi, cautum, (2 d pers. sing. scanned cavĕs, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 19; imper. cavĕ, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Capt. 2, 3, 71; id. Most. 1, 4, 13 et saep.: Cat. 50, 19; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38; Prop. 1, 7, 25; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 435; old sup. CAVĬTVM, C. I. L. 1, 200, 6 sq.), 3, v. n. and a. [root SKOF- or KOF-, to be wary; whence Gr. thuoskoos, akouô, etc.; Lat. causa, cura; cf. also Germ. scheuen; Engl. shy], to be on one ' s guard, either for one's self or (more rarely) for another; hence,
    I.
    In gen., with and without sibi, to be on one ' s guard, to take care, take heed, beware, guard against, avoid, = phulassomai, and the Fr. se garder, prendre garde, etc.; constr., absol., with ub, and in a course of action with ne or ut (also ellipt. with the simple subj.); or, as in Greek, with acc. (= phulassomai ti); hence also pass. and with inf., and once with cum.
    A.
    Absol.:

    qui consulte, docte, atque astute cavet,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:

    faciet, nisi caveo,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 8:

    ego cavebo,

    id. Ad. 4, 2, 12; 1, 1, 45:

    erunt (molesti) nisi cavetis. Cautum est, inquit,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93; Quint. 8, 3, 47:

    cum animum attendisset ad cavendum,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; Suet. Claud. 37:

    metues, doctusque cavebis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 68.—Esp. freq. in the warning cave, look out! be careful! Ter. And. 1, 2, 34; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 51; Hor. C. 1, 14, 16; Ov. M. 2, 89.—
    B.
    With ab and abl.:

    eo mi abs te caveo cautius,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 42; id. Ps. 1, 5, 59; 4, 7, 128:

    si abs te modo uno caveo,

    id. Most. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 44:

    sibi ab eo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 87:

    navis Aps quă cavendum nobis sane censeo,

    id. Men. 2, 2, 70:

    pater a me petiit Ut mihi caverem a Pseudolo servo suo,

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 108:

    a crasso infortunio,

    id. Rud. 3, 5, 53:

    ille Pompeium monebat, ut meam domum metueret, atque a me ipso caveret,

    Cic. Sest. 64, 133:

    caveo ab homine impuro,

    id. Phil. 12, 10, 25:

    a Cassio,

    Suet. Calig. 57:

    a veneno,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64:

    ab insidiis,

    Sall. J. 108, 2:

    monitum ut sibi ab insidiis Rufini caveret,

    App. Mag. 87, p. 329, 16; id. M. 2, p. 117, 3.—
    2.
    With the simple abl.:

    caveo malo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 39:

    infortunio,

    id. Rud. 3, 5, 48: id. Cas. 2, 6, 59; id. Men. 1, 2, 13; id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:

    ipsus sibi cavit loco,

    i. e. got out of the way, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 12.—
    3.
    With cum (rare):

    Hercle, mihi tecum cavendum est,

    with you, I must look out for myself, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 21.—
    4.
    With adversus, Quint. 9, 1, 20. —
    C.
    Followed by a final clause.
    1.
    With ne, to take heed that... not, to be on one ' s guard lest: qui cavet ne decipiatur, vix cavet;

    cum etiam cavet, etiam cum cavisse ratus est, saepe is cautor captus est,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 5 and 6:

    caves, ne videat, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6:

    ego me scio cavisse, ne ulla merito contumelia Fieri a nobis posset,

    id. Hec. 3, 5, 20; Afran. ap. Non. p. 111, 14; Lucr. 4, 1141:

    cavete, judices, ne nova... proscriptio instaurata esse videatur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; id. Div. 2, 40, 84; id. Fam. 3, 12, 4; 11, 21, 4; Sall. J. 55, 3; Suet. Tib. 37:

    cave, ne,

    Cat. 61, 152; Hor. C. 3, 7, 24; id. S. 2, 3, 177; id. Ep. 1, 6, 32; 1, 13, 19; Ov. M. 2, 89; 10, 685:

    cave sis, ne,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 215:

    caveto ne,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 6:

    caveas, ne,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 80:

    caveant, ne,

    id. A. P. 244:

    cavendum est, ne,

    Cic. Off. 1, 39, 140; Quint. 4, 3, 8; 12, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 67; Quint. 9, 4, 23; 5, 11, 27.—
    2.
    With ut ne (rare):

    quod ut ne accidat cavendum est,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 99.—
    3.
    With a simple subj.; so only imper.: cave or cavete (cf. age), beware of, take care not, etc.:

    cave geras,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:

    dixeris,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 12:

    faxis cave,

    id. And. 4, 4, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 13; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38:

    sis,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29:

    contingas,

    Lucr. 2, 755:

    despuas,

    Cat. 50, 19:

    ignoscas,

    Cic. Lig. 5, 14:

    existimes,

    id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:

    putes,

    id. ib. 10, 12, 1 al.—Rarely with 1 st pers.:

    cave posthac, si me amas, umquam istuc verbum ex te audiam,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 9.—With 3 d pers.:

    resciscat quisquam,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 37:

    te fratrum misereatur,

    Cic. Lig. 5, 14:

    roget te,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 75:

    cave quisquam flocci fecerit,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 5:

    armis concurrant arma cavete,

    Verg. A. 11, 293.—And like age, cave with a verb in plur.:

    cave dirumpatis,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 117.—
    4.
    With ut, to take care that:

    cauto opu'st, Ut sobrie hoc agatur,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 29; cf.

    D. 2, infra: tertium est, ut caveamus, ut ea, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 39, 141:

    quaero quid sit, quod... tam accurate caveat et sanciat, ut heredes sui dent, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 31, 101:

    caverat sibi ille adulter omnium ut suorum scelerum socium te adjutoremque praebeas,

    id. Pis. 12, 28; Liv. 3, 10, 14; Plin. Pan. 39, 1:

    cavebitur ut, etc.,

    Col. 2, 8, 3; cf. under II. A.—Very rarely with ut omitted, take care to, be sure to (late Lat.):

    sed heus tu... cave regrediare cenā maturius,

    App. M. 2, p. 122, 32; 2, p. 124, [p. 306] 35.—
    D.
    As act.
    1.
    With acc. of pers. or thing against which warning is given or beed taken, to guard against, to be aware of, to beware of, etc.:

    profecto quid nunc primum caveam, nescio,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 104:

    tu, quod cavere possis, stultum admittere'st,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 23; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 23:

    caveamus fulminis ictum,

    Lucr. 6, 406: cave canem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 153, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4320;

    v. canis: interventum alicujus,

    Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1:

    omnia,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    me,

    id. Dom. 11, 28:

    vallum caecum fossasque,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28:

    quam sit bellum cavere malum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

    vim atque opes,

    Tac. A. 11, 1; cf. Suet. Tib. 72:

    male praecinctum puerum,

    id. Caes. 456:

    periculum,

    id. ib. 81; id. Galb. 19:

    insidias,

    id. Caes. 86; Tac. A. 13, 13:

    exitum,

    Suet. Tib. 83:

    annum,

    id. Ner. 40:

    maculas,

    Hor. A. P. 353:

    jurgia,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 591:

    hunc tu caveto,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 85:

    proditorem,

    Quint. 7, 1, 30:

    hoc caverat mens provida Reguli,

    had prevented, Hor. C. 3, 5, 13:

    cave quicquam,

    be a little careful, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 61.—
    2.
    Pass.: quid cavendum tibi censere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 22:

    cavenda est etiam gloriae cupiditas,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    cetera, quae quidem consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur,

    id. Att. 10, 16, 2; Quint. 8, 2, 2; 9, 4, 143; 11, 3, 27 (cf. id. 6, 5, 2):

    in hoc pestifero bello cavendo,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

    quod multis rationibus caveri potest,

    id. Off. 2, 24, 84; Sall. J. 67, 2:

    prius quod cautum oportuit, Postquam comedit rem, post rationem putat,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 14:

    ego tibi cautum volo,

    id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:

    satis cautum tibi ad defensionem fore,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35, § 88:

    quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis Cautum est,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 14:

    id modo simul orant ac monent, ut ipsis ab invidiā caveatur,

    Liv. 3, 52, 11; cf.

    B. 1. supra: cauto opus est,

    care must be taken, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64; id. Most. 4, 2, 21; id. Merc. 2, 3, 133.—
    3.
    With inf.:

    in quibus cave vereri ( = noli),

    Cic. Att. 3, 17, 3:

    caveret id petere a populo Romano, quod, etc.,

    Sall. J. 64, 2:

    caveto laedere,

    Cat. 50, 21:

    occursare capro caveto,

    Verg. E. 9, 25:

    commisisse cavet, quod, etc.,

    Hor. A. P. 168:

    cave Spem festinando praecipitare meam,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 139:

    ut pedes omnino caveant tinguere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 68, § 169.
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Law t. t., to take care for, provide, order something, legally, or (of private relations) to order, decree, dispose of in writing, by will, to stipulate, etc.:

    cum ita caverent, si, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31:

    duae sunt praeterea leges de sepulcris, quarum altera privatorum aedificiis, altera ipsis sepulcris cavet,

    id. Leg. 2, 24, 61:

    cautum est in Scipionis legibus ne plures essent, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:

    cautum est lege XII. Tab., ut, etc.,

    Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 15:

    cavebatur ut, etc.,

    Suet. Aug. 1;

    so,

    id. ib. 65; id. Tib. 75:

    quae legibus cauta sunt,

    Quint. 5, 10, 13:

    aliā in lege cautum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 119:

    cautum est de numero,

    Suet. Caes. 10; cf. id. Aug. 40:

    heredi caveri,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 120; cf. id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:

    si hoc, qui testamentum faciebat, cavere noluisset,

    id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    testamento cavere ut dies natalis ageretur,

    id. Fin. 2, 31, 103; cf. Suet. Aug. 59; id. Dom. 9; id. Tib. 50:

    sibi se privatim nihil cavere... militibus cavendum, quod apud patres semel plebi, iterum legionibus cautum sit ne fraudi secessio esset,

    to make conditions, stipulate, Liv. 7, 41, 2.—
    B.
    In the lang. of business.
    1.
    Cavere ab aliquo, to make one ' s self secure, to procure bail or surety:

    tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero, amplius, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 55; cf. infra 2.; and cautio, II.—So absol.:

    quid ita Flavio sibi cavere non venit in mentem,

    to take security, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.—
    2.
    To make one secure by bail or surety (either written or oral), to give security, to guarantee (cf. supra 1., and cautio;

    syn.: spondeo, cautionem praesto),

    Cic. Clu. 59, 162; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142:

    pecunia, quam mihi Stichus Titii servus caverat,

    Dig. 46, 3, 89:

    cavere summam,

    ib. 29, 2, 97:

    chirographum,

    ib. 46, 3, 89:

    cautionem,

    ib. 46, 8, 6:

    civitates obsidibus de pecuniā cavent,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2:

    quoniam de obsidibus inter se cavere non possent,

    id. ib. 7, 2; cf. Liv. 9, 42; 24, 2:

    cavere capite pro re aliquā,

    Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38:

    jurejurando et chirographo de eā re,

    Suet. Calig. 12:

    cavere in duplum,

    id. Aug. 41; Tac. A. 6, 17.—Rarely, cavere personae publicae, to give security before a public authority, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 3.—
    C.
    In boxing, etc., to parry, to ward off a blow:

    adversos ictus cavere ac propulsare,

    Quint. 9, 1, 20; 5, 13, 54; cf. id. 9, 4, 8; 4, 2, 26.—
    D.
    Cavere alicui.
    1.
    To keep something from one, to protect, have a care for, make safe, take care of (cf.:

    prohibeo, defendo, provideo): scabiem pecori et jumentis caveto,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 7:

    melius ei cavere volo, quam ipse aliis solet,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3:

    mihi meisque,

    id. Top. 1, 4; id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:

    veterani, quibus hic ordo diligentissime caverat,

    id. Phil. 1, 2, 6; cf.: qui in Oratore tuo caves tibi per Brutum, Caes. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    quique aliis cavit, non cavet ipsi sibi,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 84:

    securitati,

    Suet. Tit. 6:

    concordiae publicae,

    Vell. 2, 48, 5; Petr. 133; Sil. 8, 493.—
    2.
    Affirmatively, to take care for, attend to a thing for a person, provide: Ba. Haec ita me orat sibi qui caveat aliquem ut hominem reperiam... Id, amabo te, huic caveas. Pi. Quid isti caveam? Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8; 1, 1, 10; cf. I. C. 3. supra.—Hence, cautus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Neutr., careful, circumspect, wary, cautious, provident (syn.: providus, prudens;

    class. in prose and poetry): ut cautus est, ubi nihil opu'st,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 3:

    parum cauti providique,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117:

    cauti in periculis,

    id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

    in scribendo,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3:

    in credendo,

    id. Att. 10, 9, 3:

    in verbis serendis,

    Hor. A. P. 46:

    mensor,

    Ov. M. 1, 136:

    mariti,

    id. ib. 9, 751:

    lupus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50:

    vulpes,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 73 et saep.:

    quem certi homines monuerunt, ut cautior esset,

    Cic. Sest. 18, 41:

    dubium cautior an audentior,

    Suet. Caes. 58.—Constr. with ad:

    ad praesentius malum cautiores,

    Liv. 24, 32, 3; Tib. 1, 9, 46; Quint. 6, 1, 20. —With adversus:

    parum cautus adversus colloquii fraudem,

    Liv. 38, 25, 7.—With erga:

    erga bona sua satis cautus,

    Curt. 10, 1, 40.—With contra:

    contra quam (fortunam) non satis cauta mortalitas est,

    Curt. 8, 4, 24.—With inf.:

    cautum dignos assumere,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 51.—With gen.:

    rei divinae,

    Macr. S. 1, 15.—
    b.
    Transf. to inanimate things:

    consilium,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 6; Tac. A. 11, 29:

    cautissima senectus,

    id. H. 2, 76:

    pectus,

    Prop. 3 (4), 5, 8:

    manus,

    Ov. F. 2, 336:

    terga,

    id. Tr. 1, 9, 20:

    arma,

    Sil. 14, 188:

    timor,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 65.— Subst.: cauta, ōrum, n.:

    legum,

    the provisions, Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.—
    B.
    Pass. (acc. to I. B. 1., and II. B.), made safe, secured:

    cautos nominibus rectis expendere nummos,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105:

    cautus ab incursu belli,

    Luc. 4, 409: quo mulieri esset res cautior ( that her property might be made more secure), curavit, ut, etc., Cic. Caecin. 4, 11.—
    2.
    Trop., safe, secure (rare):

    in eam partem peccare, quae est cautior,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

    (civitates) murorum firmitate cautissimae,

    Amm. 14, 8, 13.— Adv.: cau-tē.
    1.
    (Acc. to caveo, I. A.) Cautiously:

    caute et cogitate rem tractare,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:

    pedetentimque dicere,

    Cic. Clu. 42, 118:

    et cum judicio,

    Quint. 10, 2, 3 et saep. — Comp., Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; Quint. 2, 15, 21; 9, 2, 76; Hor. C. 1, 8, 10 al.— Sup., Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3.—
    2.
    (Acc. to caveo, I. B. 1.) With security, cautiously, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    aliter nec caute nec jure fieri potest,

    id. Att. 15, 17, 1.

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  • 12 cesso

    cesso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [1. cedo]; lit., to stand back very much; hence, to be remiss in any thing, to delay, loiter, or, in gen., to cease from, stop, give over (indicating a blamable remissness; while desinere, intermittere, requiescere do not include that idea: cessat desidiosus, requiescit fessus, Don. ad Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 15. Diff. from cunctari in this, that the latter designates inaction arising from want of resolution, but cessare that which is the result of slothfulness; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, p. 300 sq.;

    class. in prose and poetry): paulum si cessassem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5; 4, 6, 16; id. Ad. 4, 2, 49:

    si tabellarii non cessarint,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 7, 15:

    in suo studio atque opere,

    id. Sen. 5, 13:

    ne quis in eo, quod me viderit facientem, cesset,

    Liv. 35, 35, 16; cf. id. 35, 18, 8:

    ab apparatu operum ac munitionum nihil cessatum,

    id. 21, 8, 1; 34, 16, 3; 31, 12, 2; Tac. A. 3, 28:

    quidquid apud durae cessatum est moenia Trojae,

    whatever delay there was, Verg. A. 11, 288:

    audaciā,

    to be deficient in spirit, Liv. 1, 46, 6; cf.:

    nullo umquam officio,

    id. 42, 6, 8:

    ad arma cessantes Concitet,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 15 et saep.—So in admonitions:

    quid cessas?

    Ter. And. 5, 6, 15; Tib. 2, 2, 10:

    quid cessatis?

    Curt. 4, 16, 5:

    quor cessas?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 69; cf.: cessas in vota precesque ( poet. for cessas facere vota), Tros, ait, Aenea? cessas? Verg. A. 6, 51 sq.; Tib. 3, 6, 57.— With dat. incommodi: it dies;

    ego mihi cesso,

    i. e. to my own injury, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 12 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Ep. 3, 2, 8:

    sed ego nunc mihi cesso, qui non umerum hunc onero pallio,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4.—
    b.
    With inf.:

    ego hinc migrare cesso,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 6 sq.:

    numquid principio cessavit verbum docte dicere?

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 3; so,

    alloqui,

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 6; 5, 2, 4:

    adoriri,

    id. Heaut. 4, 5, 9:

    pultare ostium,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 1; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 30:

    introrumpere,

    id. Eun. 5, 5, 26:

    detrahere de nobis,

    Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2:

    mori,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 58 et saep.—
    II.
    In gen.
    A.
    To be inactive, idle, at leisure, to do nothing:

    cur tam multos deos nihil agere et cessare patitur? cur non rebus humanis aliquos otiosos deos praeficit?

    Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 22; id. Off. 3, 1, 1: nisi forte ego vobis cessare nunc videor;

    cum bella non gero,

    id. de Sen. 6, 18:

    et si quid cessare potes, requiesce sub umbrā,

    Verg. E. 7, 10:

    cessabimus una,

    Prop. 3 (4), 23, 15; Ov. M. 4, 37:

    cur alter fratrum cessare et ludere et ungi praeferat, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 183 (cessare otiari et jucunde vivere, Schol. Crucq.); so id. ib. 1, 7, 57:

    per hibernorum tempus,

    Liv. 36, 5, 1:

    cessatum usque adhuc est: nunc porro expergiscere,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 23:

    cessatum ducere curam,

    put to rest, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 31:

    non timido, non ignavo cessare tum licuit,

    Curt. 3, 11, 5.—
    b.
    Of things, to be at rest, to rest, be still, inactive, unemployed, or unused, etc.:

    si cessare putas rerum primordia posse, Cessandoque novos rerum progignere motus,

    Lucr. 2, 80 sq.:

    quid ita cessarunt pedes?

    Phaedr. 1, 9, 5:

    et grave suspenso vomere cesset opus,

    Tib. 2, 1, 6; Ov. F. 6, 348:

    Achilles cessare in Teucros pertulit arma sua,

    Prop. 2, 8, 30:

    cur Berecyntiae Cessant flamina tibiae,

    Hor. C. 3, 19, 19:

    cessat voluntas?

    id. ib. 1, 27, 13:

    cessat ira deae,

    Liv. 29, 18, 10:

    solas sine ture relictas Praeteritae cessasse ferunt Letoïdos aras,

    i. e. remained unsought, unapproached, Ov. M. 8, 278; cf.:

    at nunc desertis cessant sacraria lucis,

    Prop. 3 (4), 13, 47; and:

    cessaturae casae,

    Ov. F. 4, 804:

    cessans honor,

    a vacant office, Suet. Caes. 76.—
    (β).
    Of land, to lie uncultivated, fallow (cf. cessatio):

    alternis idem tonsas cessare novales,

    Verg. G. 1, 71; Plin. 18, 23, 52, § 191; cf. Suet. Aug. 42.— Pass.:

    cessata arva,

    Ov. F. 4, 617.— Trop., of a barren woman, Paul. Nol. Carm. 6, 48.—
    c.
    Sometimes cessare alicui rei, like vacare alicui rei, to have leisure for something, i.e. to attend to, apply one ' s self to:

    amori,

    Prop. 1, 6, 21.—
    B.
    Rarely (prob. not ante-Aug.), not to be at hand or present, to be wanting:

    cessat voluntas? non aliā bibam Mercede,

    Hor. C. 1, 27, 13:

    augendum addendumque quod cessat,

    Quint. 2, 8, 10.—Hence,
    2.
    Judic. t. t.
    a.
    Of persons, not to appear before a tribunal, to make default:

    culpāne quis an aliquā necessitate cessasset,

    Suet. Claud. 15 (where, [p. 323] just before, absentibus; cf.

    absum, 8.): quoties delator adesse jussus cessat,

    Dig. 49, 14, 2, § 4; so ib. 47, 10, 17, § 20.—
    b.
    Of things (a process, verdict), to be invalid, null, void:

    cessat injuriarum actio,

    Dig. 47, 10, 17, § 1:

    revocatio,

    ib. 42, 8, 10, § 1:

    edictum,

    ib. 39, 1, 1:

    senatus consultum,

    ib. 14, 6, 12 et saep.—
    C.
    Also rare, in a moral view, to depart from a right way, i.e. to mistake, err:

    ut scriptor si peccat... Sic qui multum cessat,

    Hor. A. P. 357:

    oratoris perfecti illius, ex nullā parte cessantis,

    Quint. 1, 10, 4.

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  • 13 comminiscor

    com-mĭniscor ( con-m-), mentus, 3, v. a. dep. [miniscor, whence also reminiscor, stem men, whence mens, memini; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 44] (lit. to ponder carefully, to reflect upon; hence, as a result of reflection; cf. 1. commentor, II.), to devise something by careful thought, to contrive, invent, feign.
    I.
    (Class., of something untrue;

    esp. freq. in Plaut.) Reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71:

    fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere,

    id. As. 1, 1, 89:

    mendacium,

    id. Ps. 2, 3, 23:

    dolum docte,

    id. ib. 4, 7, 64:

    maledicta,

    id. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:

    quid agam? aut quid comminiscar,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7:

    nec me hoc commentum putes,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8: tantum scelus, * Quint. 5, 13, 30.—With relative - clause:

    neque quo pacto celem probrum queo comminisci,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 30; 1, 1, 37:

    fac Amphitruonem ab aedibus Ut abigas quovis pacto commentus sies,

    id. Am. 3, 3, 24 (cf. infra, P. a.).—
    B.
    Of philosophic fiction (cf. commenticius), as antith. to actual, real:

    Epicurus monogrammos deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59; so,

    occurrentia nescio quae,

    id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:

    quaedam,

    id. Fat. 3, 5.—
    II.
    In gen., to devise, invent, contrive:

    nihil adversus tale machinationis genus parare aut comminisci oppidani conabantur,

    Liv. 37, 5, 5:

    id vectigal commentum alterum ex censoribus satis credebant,

    id. 29, 37, 4:

    novas litteras,

    Suet. Claud. 41:

    novum balinearum usum,

    id. Calig. 37; Flor. 2, 6, 27:

    Phoenices, litteras et litterarum operas, aliasque etiam artes, maria navibus adire, classe confligere, etc.,

    Mel. 1, 12, 1:

    excubias nocturnas vigilesque,

    Suet. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 23.
    ► 1.
    P. a.: commentus, a, um, in pass. signif., devised, invented, feigned, contrived, fictitious:

    dat gemitus fictos commentaque funera narrat,

    Ov. M. 6, 565:

    sacra,

    id. ib. 3, 558; 4, 37; id. A. A. 1, 319:

    crimen,

    Liv. 26, 27, 8:

    fraus,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 8.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: commentum, i, n.
    A.
    (Class.) An invention, fabrication, fiction, falsehood:

    ipsis commentum placet,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    opinionum commenta delet dies,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (cf. just before:

    opiniones fictas atque vanas): non sine aliquo commento miraculi,

    Liv. 1, 19, 5:

    mixta rumorum,

    Ov. M. 12, 54:

    animi,

    id. ib. 13, 38.—
    B.
    Since the Aug. per., sometimes, a contrivance, Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.—
    C.
    Nefanda, a project, plan, Just. 21, 4, 3:

    callidum,

    Dig. 27, 9, 9. —
    D.
    A stratagem, in war, Flor. 1, 11, 2.—
    E.
    A rhetorical figure, equiv. to commentatio, = enthumêma, Vitellius ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1.

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  • 14 conglutino

    con-glūtĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to glue, cement, join together.
    I.
    Lit. (t. t.):

    favos extremos inter se,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 23; cf.:

    utrasque res inter se (calx),

    Vitr. 7, 4, 3:

    libros,

    Dig. 32, 52, § 5:

    carnis,

    Plin. 27, 6, 24, § 42:

    volnera recentia,

    id. 30, 13, 39, § 115:

    germinantis oculos aliquā sibi annexione,

    Pall. Mart. 10, 36.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To join, unite firmly together, to bind closely, cement (a favorite trope of Cic.;

    elsewhere very rare): hominem eadem, optime quae conglutinavit, natura dissolvit,

    Cic. Sen. 20, 73; cf.:

    rem dissolutam, divulsamque (sc. in oratione),

    id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

    animi vitium cum causā peccati,

    Auct. Her. 2, 3, 5:

    amicitias,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32 (opp. dissolvere); id. Att. 7, 8, 1:

    concordiam,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 10:

    voluntates nostras consuetudine,

    id. Fam. 11, 27, 2; cf.: meretricios amores nuptiis, * Ter. And. 5, 4, 10:

    quid est in Antonio praeter libidinem, crudelitatem, petulantiam, audaciam? Ex his totus conglutinatus est,

    composed, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28: affixus et conglutinatus, i. e. adhering closely to a person, App. M. 9, p. 225, 4.—
    * B.
    Like compono, comparo, etc., to invent, devise, contrive (a means):

    conglutina, Ut senem hodie doctum docte fallas,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 42.

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  • 15 conminiscor

    com-mĭniscor ( con-m-), mentus, 3, v. a. dep. [miniscor, whence also reminiscor, stem men, whence mens, memini; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 44] (lit. to ponder carefully, to reflect upon; hence, as a result of reflection; cf. 1. commentor, II.), to devise something by careful thought, to contrive, invent, feign.
    I.
    (Class., of something untrue;

    esp. freq. in Plaut.) Reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71:

    fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere,

    id. As. 1, 1, 89:

    mendacium,

    id. Ps. 2, 3, 23:

    dolum docte,

    id. ib. 4, 7, 64:

    maledicta,

    id. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:

    quid agam? aut quid comminiscar,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7:

    nec me hoc commentum putes,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8: tantum scelus, * Quint. 5, 13, 30.—With relative - clause:

    neque quo pacto celem probrum queo comminisci,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 30; 1, 1, 37:

    fac Amphitruonem ab aedibus Ut abigas quovis pacto commentus sies,

    id. Am. 3, 3, 24 (cf. infra, P. a.).—
    B.
    Of philosophic fiction (cf. commenticius), as antith. to actual, real:

    Epicurus monogrammos deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59; so,

    occurrentia nescio quae,

    id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:

    quaedam,

    id. Fat. 3, 5.—
    II.
    In gen., to devise, invent, contrive:

    nihil adversus tale machinationis genus parare aut comminisci oppidani conabantur,

    Liv. 37, 5, 5:

    id vectigal commentum alterum ex censoribus satis credebant,

    id. 29, 37, 4:

    novas litteras,

    Suet. Claud. 41:

    novum balinearum usum,

    id. Calig. 37; Flor. 2, 6, 27:

    Phoenices, litteras et litterarum operas, aliasque etiam artes, maria navibus adire, classe confligere, etc.,

    Mel. 1, 12, 1:

    excubias nocturnas vigilesque,

    Suet. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 23.
    ► 1.
    P. a.: commentus, a, um, in pass. signif., devised, invented, feigned, contrived, fictitious:

    dat gemitus fictos commentaque funera narrat,

    Ov. M. 6, 565:

    sacra,

    id. ib. 3, 558; 4, 37; id. A. A. 1, 319:

    crimen,

    Liv. 26, 27, 8:

    fraus,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 8.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: commentum, i, n.
    A.
    (Class.) An invention, fabrication, fiction, falsehood:

    ipsis commentum placet,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    opinionum commenta delet dies,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (cf. just before:

    opiniones fictas atque vanas): non sine aliquo commento miraculi,

    Liv. 1, 19, 5:

    mixta rumorum,

    Ov. M. 12, 54:

    animi,

    id. ib. 13, 38.—
    B.
    Since the Aug. per., sometimes, a contrivance, Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.—
    C.
    Nefanda, a project, plan, Just. 21, 4, 3:

    callidum,

    Dig. 27, 9, 9. —
    D.
    A stratagem, in war, Flor. 1, 11, 2.—
    E.
    A rhetorical figure, equiv. to commentatio, = enthumêma, Vitellius ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1.

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  • 16 consulo

    consŭlo, lŭi, ltum, 3, v. n. and a. [from con and root sal-; cf. consul and consilium].
    I.
    To consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, reflect upon, consult.
    A. 1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.: quid nunc? etiam consulis? do you still deliberate, i. e. hesitate? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 171; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 75 Speng.: ne quid in consulendo adversi eveniat, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:

    consulto opus est,

    there is need of deliberation, Sall. C. 1, 6:

    dum tempus consulendi est,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 19:

    satis facere consulentibus,

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

    ut omnium rerum vobis ad consulendum potestas esset,

    Liv. 8, 13, 18:

    ut tot uno tempore motibus animi turbati trepidarent magis quam consulerent,

    id. 21, 16, 2:

    praesidium consulenti curiae,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 14 et saep.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    consulere in longitudinem,

    to take thought for the future, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10:

    in commune,

    for the common good, id. And. 3, 3, 16; Liv. 32, 21, 1; Tac. A. 12, 5; id. Agr. 12; Curt. 5, 9, 14;

    and in the same sense: in medium,

    Verg. A. 11, 335; Liv. 24, 22, 15; Tac. H. 2, 5; Luc. 5, 46:

    in unum,

    Tac. H. 1, 68; 4, 70:

    in publicum (opp. suscipere proprias simultates),

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Tac. A. 1, 24.—
    (γ).
    With de and abl.:

    bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

    Sall. C. 51, 5; so,

    de communibus negotiis,

    id. J. 105, 1:

    de salute suorum,

    Cic. Sull. 22, 63:

    omnibus de rebus,

    Tac. A. 4, 40.—
    (δ).
    With ut or ne:

    consulere vivi ac prospicere debemus, ut illorum (liberorum) solitudo munita sit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153:

    tu ne qua manus se attollere nobis A tergo possit, custodi et consule longe,

    Verg. A. 9, 322.— Impers.:

    ut urbi... satis esset praesidii, consultum atque provisum est,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26:

    ne deficerent, consulendum esse,

    Cels. 3, 4, 31.—
    2.
    Esp., consulere alicui or alicui rei, to take care for some person or thing, to be mindful of, take care of, look to, have regard for, to counsel or consult for:

    tuae rei bene consulere cupio,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 9:

    quid me fiat, parvi pendis, dum illi consulas,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 37:

    qui parti civium consulunt, partem neglegunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: consulere eorum commodis et utilitati salutique [p. 442] servire, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; so,

    famae, pudicitiae tuae,

    id. Phil. 2, 2, 3:

    dignitati meae,

    id. Fam. 11, 29, 1:

    suae vitae,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 12:

    receptui sibi,

    id. B. C. 3, 69:

    reipublicae juxta ac sibi,

    Sall. C. 37, 8; id. J. 58, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 1:

    timori magis quam religioni,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 67; cf.:

    magis irae quam famae,

    Sall. C. 51, 7:

    qui mi consultum optime velit esse,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1: mi ires consultum male? to counsel evil or badly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 36; so,

    male patriae,

    Nep. Epam. 10, 1; id. Phoc. 2, 2.—With si:

    melius consulet (sibi), si, etc.,

    Cels. 1, 3, 55.—
    B.
    Act.
    1.
    Consulere aliquem (or aliquid), to consult with one, to ask his opinion or advice, to ask counsel of, to consult, question (for the sake of advice).
    a.
    In gen.:

    cum te consuluissem, quid mihi faciendum esse censeres,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 29, 1:

    te, qui philosophum audis,

    id. ib. 9, 26, 1:

    Apellem tragoedum, uter, etc.,

    Suet. Calig. 33 al. —Of inanim. objects:

    speculum suum,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 136; cf.:

    spectatas undas, quid se deceat,

    id. M. 4, 312:

    nares, an olerent aera Corinthōn,

    Mart. 9, 60, 11:

    diem de gemmis, etc.,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 251 sq.:

    animum nostrum,

    Quint. 4, 2, 52:

    aures meas,

    id. 9, 4, 93:

    suas vires,

    id. 10, 2, 18 al. —With two accs.:

    ibo et consulam hanc rem amicos, quid faciundum censeant,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 26:

    nec te id consulo,

    Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:

    consulere prudentiorem coepi aetates tabularum,

    Petr. 88.—Freq.,
    b.
    Esp. as t. t.
    (α).
    In the lang. of religion, to consult a deity, an oracle, omens, etc.:

    Apollinem de re,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    deum consuluit auguriis, quae suscipienda essent,

    Liv. 1, 20, 7:

    deos hominum fibris,

    Tac. A. 14, 30 fin.:

    Phoebi oracula,

    Ov. M. 3, 9; Suet. Vesp. 5:

    Tiresiam conjectorem,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76:

    haruspicem,

    Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11; Suet. Tib. 63; Cato, R. R. 5, 4:

    vates nunc extis, nunc per aves,

    Liv. 2, 42, 10:

    Cumaeam anum,

    Ov. F. 4, 158:

    avem primum visam augur,

    id. ib. 1, 180:

    spirantia exta,

    Verg. A. 4, 64; so,

    trepidantia exta,

    Ov. M. 15, 576:

    sacras sortes,

    id. ib. 11, 412:

    Etrusci haruspices male consulentes,

    Gell. 4, 5, 5.— Pass. impers.:

    si publice consuletur... sin privatim,

    Tac. G. 10. —With dependent question:

    senatus pontificum collegium consuli jussit, num omne id aurum in ludos consumi necessum esset,

    Liv. 39, 5, 9:

    consulti per ludibrium pontifices, an concepto necdum edito partu rite nuberet,

    Tac. A. 1, 10.—
    (β).
    In judic. lang., to ask advice of a lawyer, to consult, etc.:

    quam inanes domus eorum omnium, qui de jure civili consuli solent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:

    consuli quidem te a Caesare scribis: sed ego tibi ab illo consuli mallem,

    id. Fam. 7, 11, 2:

    si jus consuleres, peritissimus,

    Liv. 39, 40, 6:

    munus hoc eorum qui consuluntur,

    i. e. who are skilled in the law, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14; so id. Quint. 16, 53.—

    With dependent question: consulens eum, an seni jam testato suaderet ordinare suprema judicia,

    Quint. 6, 3, 92.—The formula usual in asking advice was, licet consulere? Cic. Mur. 13, 28; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 192.—
    (γ).
    In publicists' lang., to take counsel with the competent authorities, to consult:

    Quirites, utrum, etc.,

    Liv. 31, 7, 2; so,

    senatum,

    Sall. J. 28, 2:

    senatum de foedere,

    id. ib. 39, 2;

    62, 10: populum de ejus morte,

    Cic. Mil. 7, 16:

    plebem in omnia (tribuni),

    Liv. 6, 39, 2 al. —
    2.
    Aliquid.
    a.
    To take counsel or deliberate upon something, to consider:

    est consulere quiddam quod tecum volo,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 53; id. Pers. 5, 2, 63:

    rem delatam consulere ordine non licuit,

    Liv. 2, 28, 2; so,

    consulere et explorare rem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4:

    consulis rem nulli obscuram,

    Verg. A. 11, 344 al.:

    bis repulsi Galli quid agant consulunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 83.—
    b.
    To advise something, to give advice:

    tun' consulis quicquam?

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 22.— Absol.:

    ab re consulit blandiloquentulus,

    advises to his hurt, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 17.
    II.
    Sometimes meton. (causa pro effectu).
    A.
    To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine.
    1.
    Neutr.; constr. absol. or with de aliquo or in aliquem:

    de nullis quam de vobis infestius aut inimicius consuluerunt,

    Liv. 28, 29, 8; so,

    de perfugis gravius quam de fugitivis,

    id. 30, 43, 13:

    in humiliores libidinose crudeliterque consulebatur,

    id. 3, 36, 7; so,

    crudeliter in deditos victosque,

    id. 8, 13, 15; cf. Tac. Agr. 16. —
    2.
    Act.:

    quid in concilio consuluistis?

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 6:

    animum ego inducam tamen, ut illud, quod tuam in rem bene conducat, consulam,

    id. Cist. 3, 4: ne quid gravius de salute tuā consulas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1:

    pessime istuc in te atque in illum consulis,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 28:

    quae reges irā inpulsi male consuluerint,

    Sall. C. 51, 4:

    nisi quod de uxore potuit honestius consuli,

    id. J. 95, 3.— Pass. impers.:

    aliter mihi de illis ac de me ipso consulendum est,

    Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3.—
    B.
    With the access. idea of judging, in the connection boni, optimi aliquid consulere, to excuse, take in good part, interpret favorably; be contented, pleased, or satisfied with:

    sit consul a consulendo vel a judicando: nam et hoc consulere veteres vocaverunt, unde adhuc remanet illud Rogat boni consulas, id est bonum judices,

    Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 41, 8 Müll.: nemo hoc rex ausus est facere, eane fieri bonis, bono genere gnatis boni consulitis? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

    boni consulendum,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 40 Müll.:

    tu haec quaeso consule missa boni,

    Ov. P. 3, 8, 24; cf. id. Tr. 4, 1, 106; so,

    nostrum laborem,

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 16; Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 3:

    hoc munus,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 8; id. Prov. 2, 4; id. Ep. 9, 20; 17, 9; 88, 17:

    quaerebat argentum avaritia: boni consuluit interim invenisse minium,

    Plin. 33, prooem. 2, § 4;

    8, 16, 17, § 44: boni et optimi consulere,

    App. M. 8, p. 205, 28.— Hence,
    1.
    consultus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Well considered or weighed, deliberated upon, maturely pondered:

    bene consultum consilium surripitur saepissume, si minus, etc.,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 5 sq.:

    ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: neque eam usquam invenio, neque quo eam, neque quā quaeram consultum'st, I know neither, etc., Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 6:

    operā consultā,

    with mature reflection, Gell. 7 (6), 17, 3;

    in the same sense, consulto consilio,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 9, 6:

    consultius est huic poenalem quoque stipulationem subjungere,

    it is better. more advantageous, Dig. 2, 15, 15.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) Knowing, skilful, experienced, practised, esp. in law; skilled or learned in the law:

    non ille magis juris consultus quam justitiae fuit,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 10:

    juris atque eloquentiae,

    Liv. 10, 22, 7:

    consultissimus vir omnis divini atque humani juris,

    id. 1, 18, 1; cf. Gell. 1, 13, 10:

    insanientis sapientiae,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 3:

    universae disciplinae,

    Col. 11, 1, 12.—Hence, subst.: consultus, i, m., a lawyer:

    tu consultus modo rusticus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 17; id. Ep 2, 2, 87; 2, 2, 159; Ov. A. A. 1, 83.— Esp. with juris, often written as one word, jūrisconsultus, i, m., v. h. v.— Absol.:

    ut natura non disciplinā consultus esse videatur,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

    consultorum alterum disertissimum, disertorum alterum consultissimum fuisse,

    id. Brut. 40, 148:

    consultiores sibimet videntur Deo,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2.—
    2.
    Subst.: consultum, i, n.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) A consultation, inquiry of a deity:

    Sostratus (sacerdos) ubi laeta et congruentia exta magnisque consultis annuere deam videt, etc.,

    Tac. H. 2, 4.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II.) A decree, decision, resolution, plan; so first, Senatus consultum, or in one word, Senatusconsul-tum, a decree of the Senate (most freq. in all periods; the senatus consulta were not, like the plebiscita, the supreme law of the republic; but under the emperors, all new laws took this form, v. esp. Sandars, Introd., Just. Inst. § 15;

    1, 2, 5),

    Sall. C. 42, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149:

    senatus consultum est quod senatus jubet atque constituit, nam cum auctus esset populus Romanus... aequum visum est senatum vice populi consuli,

    Just. Inst. 1, 2, 5;

    for which, consulta Patrum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 41. —Of a decree of the Sicilian council:

    ne senatus consultum Siculi homines facere possent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 146.—Also in other connections:

    facta et consulta fortium et sapientium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62; cf.:

    facta consultaque Alexandri,

    Sall. H. 3, 7 Dietsch:

    consulta et decreta,

    id. J. 11, 5:

    consulta sese omnia cum illo integra habere,

    all objects of consultation, plans, id. ib. 108, 2; cf.:

    ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,

    plans, Liv. 25, 16, 4; and:

    approbare collegam consulta,

    id. 10, 39, 10:

    dum consulta petis,

    responses, oracles, divinations, Verg. A. 6, 151:

    tua magna,

    decisions, id. ib. 11, 410; so,

    mollia,

    Tac. A. 1, 40:

    mala,

    id. ib. 6, 6:

    ex consulto factum,

    purposely, voluntarily, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 49.—Hence, adv., considerately, deliberately, designedly, on purpose.
    (α).
    Form consultō (class. in prose and poetry):

    utrum perturbatione aliquā animi an consulto et cogitata fiat injuria,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27; Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 43; Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 85; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 37; Sall. J. 60, 5; 64, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 19; Tac. A. 4, 16; Suet. Caes. 56; * Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 al. —
    (β).
    Form consultē (mostly ante- and post-class.):

    qui consulte, docte atque astute cavet,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:

    caute atque consulte gesta,

    Liv. 22, 38, 11; Spart. Had. 2.— Comp., Liv. 22, 24, 3; Tac. H. 2, 24. — Sup., Capitol. Pert. 7.

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  • 17 cordatus

    cordātus, a, um, adj. [cor, II. B.], wise, prudent, judicious, sagacious (mostly anteand post-class.): egregie cordatus homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18 (Ann. v. 335 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. 12, 2, v. 7; Vulg. Job, 34, 10.— Comp.:

    cordatior,

    Lact. 3, 20, 2.— Adv.: cordātē, with prudence, wisely (with docte and cate), Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 97; id. Poen. 1, 1, 3.

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  • 18 diligo

    dī-lĭgo, lexi, lectum, 3, v. a. [2. lego]. Prop., to distinguish one by selecting him from others; hence, in gen., to value or esteem highly, to love (v. amo init., and cf. faveo, studeo, foveo, cupio; very freq. and class.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    nihil est enim virtute amabilius, nihil quod magis alliciat ad diligendum: quippe cum propter virtutem et probitatem etiam eos, quos numquam vidimus, quodam modo diligamus,

    Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf. id. ib. 9, 29 sq.; 14, 50; id. Rep. 1, 10 fin.; 1, 12 et saep. (cf. also the passages with diligo which are cited under amo, 1. and 1. colo, II. 2. b.); Caes. B. G. 6, 19 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 61, 3; Suet. Caes. 67; Verg. A. 9, 430; Hor. C. 2, 20, 7 et saep.:

    satin habes, si feminarum nulla'st, quam aeque diligam?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 11; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Verg. A. 1, 344; Hor. C. 2, 5, 17; Suet. Caes. 50; 52; id. Aug. 62 al.:

    te in germani fratris dilexi loco,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 57; cf. Verg. A. 4, 31; Suet. Calig. 24 al.: quem di diligunt, whom the gods favor, denoting a fortunate person, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 18; Ter. And. 5, 6, 9; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 14. —Prov.:

    diligitur nemo, nisi cui fortuna secunda est,

    Ov. P. 2, 3, 23.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of inanimate objects:

    fidem est complexus, observantiamque dilexit,

    Cic. Balb. 28; cf.:

    Caesaris consilia in re publica,

    id. Prov. Cons. 10 fin.:

    benevolentiam, diligentiam, prudentiam mirifice,

    id. Att. 12, 34 fin.:

    aviae memoriam,

    Suet. Vesp. 2:

    auream mediocritatem,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 6:

    Cypron,

    id. ib. 1, 30, 2 et saep. —
    B.
    Very rarely, of inanimate subjects, to love, choose, affect:

    montes amant cedrus, larix, etc.... montes et valles diligit abies,

    Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 73 sq. —
    * C.
    With inf. for amare, to do willingly or habitually, to be fond of doing:

    pira nasci tali solo maxime diligunt,

    Pall. Febr. 25, 1.—Hence,
    1.
    dī-lĭgens, entis, P. a., prop. esteeming, loving; hence, in respect to an inanimate object, careful, assiduous, attentive, diligent, accurate with regard to it, opp. negligens (very freq. and class.).
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With praepp.:

    qui in re adventitia atque hereditaria tam diligens, tam attentus esset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48; so, in rebus omnibus, id. Lael. 17, 62:

    in exquirendis temporibus,

    id. Rep. 2, 14 fin.:

    in ostentis animadvertendis,

    id. Div. 1, 42 fin.:

    in compositione,

    id. Quint. 10, 1, 79:

    in philosophia,

    id. ib. 129:

    in eloquendo,

    id. ib. 63:

    in symmetria,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58 al.:

    ad custodiendum aliquem diligentissimus,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; so,

    ad reportandum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6:

    ad cetera,

    Quint. 1, 1, 7:

    diligentes circa hoc,

    Plin. 31, 5, 30, § 56:

    circa aerarium,

    Eutr. 8, 7.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    omnis officii diligentissimus,

    Cic. Cael. 30, 73:

    veritatis,

    Nep. Epam. 3:

    imperii,

    id. Con. 1, 2:

    disciplinae,

    Vell. 1, 6; cf.:

    litterarum veterum,

    Gell. 4, 11, 4:

    compositionis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 77:

    aliarum rerum quae vitam instruunt,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 3:

    temperamenti,

    Plin. Pan. 79, 5:

    naturae,

    attentively investigating it, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; so,

    medicinae,

    id. 32, 3, 13, § 26 et saep.—
    * (γ).
    With dat.:

    Corinthios video publicis equis assignandis et alendis, orborum et viduarum tributis fuisse quondam diligentes,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 32.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    experientissimus ac diligentissimus orator,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21: pro cauto ac diligente, Caes. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.;

    for which: ut a diligenti curiosus distat,

    Quint. 8, 3, 55; cf. id. 1, 4, 24; 2, 15, 10 et saep.—
    B.
    Transf., of inanimate subjects:

    assidua ac diligens scriptura,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf.:

    diligentior notitia,

    Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 84:

    stilus,

    Tac. Or. 39:

    remedia,

    Sen. Ep. 95; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 45; Vell. 1, 4.—
    C.
    In partic., with reference to domestic affairs, frugal, thrifty, economical (cf. its opp. negligens = prodigus, and Ruhnk. Rutil. Lup. p. 95, a, ed. Frotsch.):

    homo frugi ac diligens, qui sua servare vellet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1; cf.

    opp. negligens,

    ib. 4, 13, 8;

    and c. c. parcus and opp. luxuriosus,

    Auct. Her. 4, 34:

    cum te pro illiberali diligentem (appelles),

    Quint. 9, 3, 65:

    ex re familiari, cujus diligentissimus erat,

    Suet. Gramm. 23.—Hence, dīlĭgenter, adv. (acc. to II. A.), carefully, attentively, diligently:

    accurate agatur, docte et diligenter,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 30; id. Men. 5, 6, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 1; 2, 3, 47 al.; Cic. Phil. 1, 15 fin.; id. Fam. 6, 5; id. Att. 16, 16 A. fin.; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 al.— Comp., Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Brut. 22, 86; Caes. B. G. 3, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8, 4; Vulg. Act. 22, 30 al.— Sup., Cic. Lael. 2, 7; id. Rep. 2, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 28 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 81 al.—
    2.
    dīlectus, a, um, P. a., loved, beloved, dear (rare).—With dat.:

    pueri dilecti Superis,

    Ov. M. 10, 153; so id. ib. 5, 395; 8, 758.—In sup., Stat. Th. 8, 99; Vulg. Heb. 6, 9.— Absol.:

    luce mihi carior dilectior fili,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1 init.; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 74 al.— Subst.: dīlectus, i, m., = ho erômenos, a favorite, Suet. Aug. 98.

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    ĕt, conj. [Sanscr. ati, beyond; Gr. eti, besides, yet; Lat. et-iam, at-avus], serves to connect, in the most general manner, single words or entire sentences, and.
    I.
    In gen.: qui illius impudentiam norat et duritudinem, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 2, 20: te sale nata precor, Venus et genetrix patris nostri, Enn. ap. Non. 378, 16 (Ann. v. 53 ed. Vahlen): blande et docte percontat, Naev. ap. Non. 474, 7:

    ut, quoad possem et liceret, a senis latere numquam discederem,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

    de quo praeclare et multa praecipiuntur,

    id. Or. 21, 70:

    qui filium consularem clarum virum et magnis rebus gestis amisit,

    id. Fam. 4, 6; cf.:

    major (frater) et qui prius imperitarat,

    Liv. 21, 31:

    haec pueris et mulierculis et servis et servorum simillimis liberis esse grata,

    Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57 et saep.:

    salicta locis aquosis, humectis, umbrosis, propter amnes ibi seri oportet. Et id videto, uti, etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 9:

    optime vero, frater: et fleri sic decet,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3 fin.:

    qua de re est igitur inter summos viros major dissensio? Et omitto illa, quae relicta jam videntur,

    id. Ac. 2, 42 et saep.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To subjoin a word or phrase which more accurately defines or more briefly comprehends what goes before, and indeed, and moreover, and that too:

    te enim jam appello, et ea voce, ut me exaudire possis,

    Cic. Mil. 25, 67:

    at laudat, et saepe, virtutem,

    id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48; cf.:

    id, et facile, effici posse,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 4:

    errabas, Verres, et vehementer errabas,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121;

    so with a repetition of the same word: hostis et hostis,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 21, §

    51: tenetur, judices, et manifeste tenetur,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 65, § 152; id. Cat. 3, 10; id. Deiot. 3; id. Mil. 23, 61 al.; Liv. 26, 13; Sen. de Clem. 15 et saep.:

    haec nostra ut exigua et minima contemnimus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 127; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 32:

    nulla enim nobis societas cum tyrannis, et potius summa distractio est,

    id. Off. 3, 6, 32; cf.: cur eo non estis contenti? et cur id potius contenditis, quod? [p. 661] etc., id. Ac. 2, 17, 74:

    si te ipse et tuas cogitationes et studia perspexeris,

    id. Fin. 2, 21, 69:

    omitto illa, quae relicta jam videntur, et Herillum, qui in cognitione et scientia summum bonum ponit,

    id. Ac. 2, 42:

    Romani, quibus Poeni et Hannibal in cervicibus erat,

    Just. 29, 3, 7:

    studiose ab his siderum magnitudines, intervalla, cursus anquirebantur et cuncta caelestia,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 10:

    valde a Xenocrate et Aristotele et ab illa Platonis familia discreparet,

    id. Leg. 1, 21, 55 et saep.:

    et appetendi et refugiendi et omnino rerum gerendarum initia proficiscuntur aut a voluptate aut a dolore,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 42. —
    B.
    To connect things similar or dissimilar after the words aeque, par, idem, similis, alius, etc. (more commonly atque, v. atque, I. 2.), as, than, and:

    nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67, v. aeque:

    omnia fuisse in Themistocle paria et in Coriolano,

    Cic. Brut. 11, 43; cf.:

    nunc tu mihi es germanus pariter corpore et animo,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 34:

    Clodius eadem hora Interamnae fuerat et Romae,

    Cic. Mil. 17 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 58, 11:

    haec eodem tempore Caesari referebantur, et legati veniebant, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 37, 1:

    similem sibi videri vitam hominum et mercatum eum, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9; cf.:

    neu simili forma et quom, etc.,

    Lucr. 2, 416 and 420:

    nec ratione alia, et cum,

    id. 1, 280:

    non enim alia causa est aequitatis in uno servo et in pluribus,

    than, Cic. Caecin. 20, 57; id. Off. 2, 18; id. de Or. 3, 18, 66; id. Cael. 28 fin.; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 3:

    aliter doctos (loqui) et indoctos?

    Cic. Fin. 5, 29 fin. —
    C.
    To connect two immediately successive points of time (only in poets and historians, esp. since the Aug. per.; cf. atque, II. C.), often to be rendered in English by when, and then: advenit, et navibu' complevit litora, Poeta ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31 fin.:

    dixit, et extemplo... sensit medios delapsus in hostes,

    Verg. A. 2, 376:

    dixit (dixerat), et,

    id. ib. 1, 402; 2, 705; 3, 258; Val. Fl. 1, 569; Stat. Th. 2, 120 al.; cf.:

    nec plura effatus et,

    Verg. A. 8, 443:

    sic fatus et,

    Stat. Th. 12, 773:

    nec longum tempus et ingens exiit arbos,

    Verg. G. 2, 80; cf. Stat. Th. 7, 300; Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 8; Tac. H. 2, 95:

    vix prima inceperat aestas, Et pater Anchises dare fatis vela jubebat,

    Verg. A. 3, 9; so,

    vix... et,

    id. ib. 5, 858; 6, 498; Stat. Th. 2, 293; cf.:

    vixdum... et,

    Liv. 43, 4, 10; cf.

    also: simul haec effatur, et, etc.,

    Luc. 6, 246.—
    D.
    After an imperative, to subjoin the consequence of an action ( poet. and in postAug. prose), and then:

    dic quibus in terris, et eris mihi magnus Apollo,

    Verg. E. 3, 104; Ov. Am. 2, 14, 44; Phaedr. 3, 5, 7; Luc. 4, 487; 2, 515; Sen. de Clem. 1, 16; Plin. Pan. 43, 3; 45, 6: sit mihi, quod nunc est, etiam minus;

    et mihi vivam Quod superest aevi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 107.—
    E.
    To subjoin the minor proposition (assumptio or propositio minor) in a syllogism, now, but (cf. atque, II.):

    eorum, qui videntur, alia vera sunt, alia falsa: et quod falsum, id percipi non potest: nullum igitur est, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 13, 40; id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9; 5, 17; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33 al.—
    F.
    With an accessory affirmative notion, and in fact, and indeed, and truly, and so:

    multa me sollicitant... et sexcenta sunt, Cic. Att! 2, 19: et sunt illa sapientis,

    id. Tusc. 3, 8 fin.; id. Leg. 2, 3, 7:

    et erat, ut retuli, clementior,

    Tac. A. 2, 57: jam pridem a me illos abducere Thestylis orat;

    Et faciet, quoniam sordent tibi munera nostra,

    Verg. E. 2, 44 et saep.:

    estne ille noster Parmeno? et certe ipsus est,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 4;

    with certe,

    id. Ad. 1, 1, 53;

    with hercle,

    Cic. Brut. 72; id. Fin. 2, 8; id. Fam. 2, 18, 2.—
    G.
    To subjoin an emphatic question or exclamation:

    et sunt qui de via Appia querantur, taceant de curia?

    Cic. Mil. 33, 91; id. Sest. 39, 80; id. Clu. 40, 111; id. Phil. 1, 8 et saep.; Verg. G. 2, 433; id. A. 1, 48; Ov. M. 13, 338 al.:

    et his tot criminibus testimoniisque convictus in eorum tabella spem sibi aliquam proponit, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16 fin.; id. Mil. 12 fin.; Plin. Pan. 28, 6; Flor. 4, 2, 89.—Esp. with quisquam:

    et quisquam dubitabit quin, etc.,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 42 Matthiae; Ov. Am. 3, 8, 1 al.—
    H.
    To connect an idea as either homogeneous or complementary to that which precedes, and so too, and also, and moreover, and at the same time; too, also, likewise (hence, often in Liv., Curt., and late Lat., rarely in Cic., = etiam; cf. Anton. Stud. pp. 26-69;

    Krebs, Antibarb. p. 420): Terentia te maxime diligit salutemque tibi plurimam ascribit, et Tulliola, deliciae nostrae,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.: Ge. Salvus sis. Di. Et tu salve, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 44; id. Trin. 1, 2, 11; id. Mil. 4, 8, 42; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 122;

    for which: salve et tu,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 42; v. the foll.:

    haec ipsa mihi sunt voluptati: et erant illa Torquatis,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:

    ubi tunc eras? Romae. Verum quid ad rem? et alii multi,

    id. Rosc. Am. 33, 92; cf.

    ib. § 94: et illud videndum quanto magis homines mala fugiant,

    id. Part. 26:

    et mihi sunt vires, et mihi facta tuba'st!

    Tib. 2, 6, 10; cf. Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 83:

    nihil verius. Probe et ille,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 73; so,

    et ille,

    id. ib. 3, 13 fin.:

    et ipse,

    id. Caecin. 20 fin.; so id. de Or. 1, 46, 202; Liv. 1, 12; 6, 3; 41, 24 et saep.; cf.:

    simul et ille,

    Cic. Clu. 4, 10; 17, 48; 57, 155; id. Verr. 2, 5, 1:

    simul et iste,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 41; Sall. J. 20, 1 et saep.:

    et nunc ego amore pereo,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 14; so,

    et nunc,

    id. Curc. 4, 2, 7; Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40; id. Fam. 13, 54, 2; Caes. B. G. 6, 13 fin.;

    for which: nunc et,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 11; cf.:

    nonnumquam et,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15, 3:

    sunt et,

    Cic. Top. 6; Verg. A. 9, 136:

    meruit et,

    Suet. Caes. 3 et saep.:

    quoniam formam cepi hujus in me et statum, Decet et facta moresque hujus habere me similes item,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 111:

    nam et qui parat pecus, necesse est constituat numerum, etc.,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24: so,

    nam et,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 11; 2, 25, 63; id. de Or. 1, 25; id. Off. 1, 40, 142; Liv. 6, 19 al.; cf.:

    at et,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 3:

    sed et,

    id. Att. 5, 10 fin.; Quint. 10, 1, 107;

    and with a preceding non modo or non solum (post-Aug.),

    Tac. G. 15, 35; id. A. 14, 39; Suet. Aug. 89 et saep.; cf.:

    et... non = ne... quidem, ego vero et in ipsa suffocatione non desii, etc.,

    Sen. Ep. 54, 3:

    ergo et,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 8, 27; id. Leg. 1, 12, 33; id. Div. 1, 50, 114:

    itaque et,

    id. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 et saep.—
    I.
    When repeated, et... et, it serves, like the Gr. kai... kai or te kai, to connect two ideas partitively, both... and, as well... as, not only... but also:

    hoc etiam ad malum accersebatur malum, Et discipulus et magister perhibebantur improbi,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 23; 4, 8, 45:

    et audax et malus,

    id. ib. 4, 9, 25:

    eloquere utrumque nobis, et quid tibi est, et quid velis nostram operam,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 59:

    ut et severitas adhibeatur et contumelia repellatur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

    dimitto (puerum), et ut a magistris ne abducam et quod mater discedit,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 9 fin.:

    non et legatum argentum est et non est legata numerata pecunia,

    id. Top. 13 et saep. More than twice:

    quo facilius et hujus hominis innocentissimi miserias et illorum audaciam cognoscere possitis et rei publicae calamitatem,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5 fin.;

    so three times,

    id. Att. 12, 4, 2; id. Q. Fr. 3, 9 fin. et saep.;

    six times,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 25;

    ten times,

    id. de Or. 1, 20, 90.—With a subordinate que or atque:

    nam et semper me coluit diligentissimeque observavit et a studiis nostris non abhorret,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 22;

    with atque,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 95.—Et... que are sometimes used for et... et (rarely in Cic.;

    freq. in Liv. and post-Aug. writers): quis est quin intellegat et eos inmemores fuisse, nosque honestate duci?

    Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64; id. Brut. 88, 302:

    id et singulis universisque semper honori fuisse,

    Liv. 4, 2; 5, 46 fin.; 24, 2 fin.; 32, 32 fin.; Tac. Agr. 2 fin.; Suet. Ner. 33 al.—Sometimes the second et subjoins a more weighty assertion; in which case et... et = cum... tum, not only... but also:

    homo et in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 3; id. Fat. 1, 2; id. de Or. 1, 9, 38; id. Off. 2, 11, 38.—
    2.
    Et... neque or neque... et, when one clause is a negative (but et... et non, et non... et, when only one word is negatived):

    ego vero et exspectabo ea quae polliceris neque exigam, nisi tuo commodo,

    Cic. Brut. 4 fin.:

    ego si et Silius is fuerit, quem tu putas nec Drusus facilem se praebuerit, Damasippum velim aggrediare,

    id. Att. 12, 33:

    cui quidem ita sunt Stoici assensi, ut et, quicquid honestum esset, id utile esse censerent, nec utile quicquam, quod non honestum,

    id. Off. 3, 3, 11: pueris nobis Cn. Aufidius praetorius et in senatu sententiam dicebat nec amicis deliberantibus deerat et Graecam scribebat historiam et videbat in litteris, id. Tusc. 5, 38 fin.:

    quia et consul aberat... nec, etc.,

    Liv. 22, 8 et saep.:

    nec miror et gaudeo,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 1 fin.:

    nam nec in eo jus cognationis servavit, cui ademit regnum, et eum, cui dedit, etc.,

    Just. 8, 6 fin.:

    id et nobis erit perjucundum et tibi non sane devium,

    Cic. Att. 2, 4 fin.:

    locus is melior, quem et non coquit sol et tangit ros,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 14.—

    Rarely neque... et = non quidem... sed: amicitias neque facile admisit et constantissime retinuit,

    Suet. Aug. 66.—
    K.
    Less freq., tum... et, et... tum, in the same sense:

    omnis ejus oratio tum in virtute laudanda et in hominibus ad virtutis studium cohortandis consumebatur,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

    et in ceteris eloquentiae partibus, tum maxime in celeritate et continuatione verborum adhaerescens, etc.,

    id. Brut. 93, 320. See Hand Turs. II. pp. 467-540.

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  • 20 expedio

    ex-pĕdĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic fut. expedibo, Enn., Pac., Att., and Pompon. ap. Non. 505, 15 sq.; 477, 2; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 36), v. a. [pes], orig., to free the feet, i. e. from a snare; hence, in gen., to extricate, disengage, let loose, set free, liberate any thing entangled, involved (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; syn.: extrico, enodo, enucleo, explico, expono, interpretor, etc.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    videte, in quot se laqueos induerit, quorum ex nullo se umquam expediet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102; cf. id. ib. 43, §

    106: mortis laqueis caput,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 8; cf.

    also: vix illigatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaera,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 24:

    flammam inter et hostes Expedior,

    make my way through, Verg. A. 2, 633:

    errantem nemori,

    Ov. F. 4, 669 et saep.—With inanim. and abstr. objects:

    aditus expediunt,

    open a passage, Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.:

    sibi locum,

    id. B. C. 2, 9, 6:

    iter fugae per invias rupes,

    Liv. 38, 2, 14:

    agrum saxosum lectione lapidum,

    Col. 2, 2, 12: capillus pectine quotidie expediendus est, disentangled, Fronto de Eloqu. init. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In gen., to fetch out, bring forward, procure, make ready, prepare any thing folded up, put away, etc.: funes expediunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 297, 1:

    vela,

    Ov. H. 17, 200:

    hominem nudari et virgas expediri jubet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161:

    cererem canistris,

    Verg. A. 1, 702:

    convivia mediis tectis (famulae),

    Val. Fl. 2, 341; cf.:

    cibaria pastoribus,

    to provide, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6:

    merces suas (institor),

    Ov. A. A. 1, 422: pecuniam, to procure, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 298, 22; Suet. Caes. 4:

    arma,

    to hold in readiness, Caes. B. G. 7, 18 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 79; Verg. A. 4, 592:

    tela equosque,

    Liv. 38, 25, 14:

    ferrum,

    id. 24, 26, 10:

    naves,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

    vineas in occulto,

    id. B. G 7, 27, 2:

    copias,

    Tac. A. 13, 7:

    se celeriter (Galli equites),

    Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 4:

    se,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52; Liv. 38, 21, 2; cf.

    mid.: exercitum expediri ad bellum jubet,

    Tac. H. 2, 99. —
    2.
    to send away, despatch ( poet.):

    me ex suis locis pulcre ornatum expedivit,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 3: saepe disco, Saepe trans finem jaculo nobilis expedito, despatched, i. e. hurled, Hor. C. 1, 8, 12.—
    3.
    Absol., for expedire se, to arm one's self for battle (only in Tac.), Tac. H. 1, 10:

    multos secum expedire jubet,

    id. ib. 1, 88; 2, 99.
    II.
    Trop., to bring out, extricate, release, free from any evil, obstacle, etc.:

    impeditum animum,

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

    sapientis est, cum stultitiā suā impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit, se expedire,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

    haererem, nisi tu me expedisses,

    id. Pis. 30, 74:

    ex servitute filium,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 94; cf.:

    se ex turba,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 5:

    se ab omni occupatione,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20, 2:

    aliquem omni molestiā,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 2; so,

    se aerumnis,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 8:

    se crimine,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 28:

    se cura,

    id. Phorm. 5, 4, 4:

    civitatem malis obsidionalibus,

    Amm. 16, 4, 3: amor Lycisci me tenet, Unde expedire non queant amicorum consilia, Hor. Epod. 11, 25: curae sagaces Expediunt (Claudiae manus) per acuta belli, bring or help through, id. C. 4, 4, 76; cf.:

    per quot discrimina rerum Expedior?

    escape, Val. Fl. 1, 217:

    me multa impediverunt quae ne nunc quidem expedita sunt,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 19:

    si vita nostra in aliquas insidias incidisset, omnis honesta ratio esset expediendae salutis,

    of obtaining safety, id. Mil. 4, 10.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To put in order, arrange, set right:

    cum Antonio loquare velim, et rem, ut poteris, expedias,

    Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2:

    expedire et conficere res,

    id. Brut. 42, 154:

    rem frumentariam,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 1; id. B. C. 1, 54 fin.:

    negotia (with explicare),

    Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 1:

    nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve,

    settle, pay, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:

    nomen,

    id. ib. 13, 29, 3:

    Faberianum,

    id. ib. 12, 29, 2; cf. in a pun respecting a scholar unable to pay his debts: omnes solvere posse quaestiones, Unum difficile expedire nomen, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11:

    quemadmodum expediam exitum hujus institutae orationis, non reperio,

    settle, arrange, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2; cf.:

    expediri quae restant vix poterunt. si hoc relinqueris,

    id. Rep. 1, 35, 55:

    consilia sua,

    Tac. H. 3, 73:

    docte hanc fallaciam,

    put into operation, Plaut. Capt. prol. 40.—
    2.
    Of speech, to disclose, unfold, explain, relate, narrate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    not in Cic., Cæs., or Quint.): qui tu misera's? mi expedi,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 50 (639 Ritschl): id ego aequum ac jus fecisse expedibo atque eloquar, will show, Enn. ap. Non. 505, 19;

    Pac., Att.,

    Pompon. ib. 15 sq.:

    agedum, hoc mihi expedi,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27:

    altius omnem Expediam prima repetens ab origine famam,

    Verg. G. 4, 286:

    pauca tibi e multis... expediam dictis,

    id. A. 3, 379:

    priusquam hujuscemodi rei initium expedio,

    Sall. J. 5, 2:

    nunc originem, mores, et quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit, expediam,

    Tac. A. 4, 1:

    me non tantum praevisa, sed subita expedire docuisti,

    id. ib. 14, 55:

    ea de caede quam verissime expediam,

    id. H. 4, 48:

    promptius expediam quot, etc.,

    i. e. it will take me a shorter time to recount, Juv. 10, 220.—
    3.
    Reflex. of events, to develop, run their course, proceed:

    amoris arteis eloquar quem ad modum se expediant,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 10; cf.:

    ut res vostrorum omnium bene expedire voltis,

    to make favorable progress, id. Am. prol. 5 (Lorenz ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 36; but Ussing reads me expedire, benefit me).—
    4.
    Absol., res expedit, or impers., expedit (alicui—lit., it helps out, furthers, promotes; hence), it is serviceable, profitable, advantageous, useful, expedient (class.):

    nequiter paene expedivit prima parasitatio,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 23:

    non igitur faciat, dixerit quis, quod utile sit, quod expediat? Immo intelligat, nihil nec expedire nec utile esse, quod sit injustum,

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.:

    quid intersit sua, quid expediat,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    ex utilitatis varietatibus, cum aliis aliud expediat, nasci discordias,

    id. Rep. 1, 32; cf.:

    ut non idem expediret, incidere saepe,

    id. Lael. 10, 33:

    quidquam Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae et dominationis,

    id. Att. 7, 22, 1:

    non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 5 al. —With an inf. clause as subject:

    expedit bonas esse vobis,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 8; cf.:

    omnibus bonis expedit salvam esse rem publicam,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 16:

    cui (reo) damnari expediret,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 3 fin.:

    cum eam (pecuniam) in praediis collocari maxime expediret,

    id. Caecin. 6, 16:

    ubi vinci necesse est, expedit cedere,

    Quint. 6, 4, 16; Hor. C. 2, 8, 9 et saep.—With subj. clause as subject after ut or ne (post-class.):

    expedire omnibus dicunt, ut singulae civitates suas leges habeant,

    Just. 34, 1, 7 Benecke ad loc.:

    expedit rei publicae, ne sua re quis male utatur,

    Just. Inst. 1, 8, 2:

    neque expedire ut ambitione aliena trahatur,

    Tac. A. 3, 69.— Absol.:

    tu si ita expedit, velim quamprimum conscendas,

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

    sic magis expedit,

    Quint. 4, 2, 67:

    ut expediat causae,

    id. 7, 3, 18.—Hence, ex-pĕdītus, a, um, P. a., unimpeded, unincumbered, disengaged, free, easy, ready, at hand.
    A.
    Of persons:

    cum ceteris quae habebat vadimonia differt, ut expeditus in Galliam proficisci posset,

    Cic. Quint. 6, 23: incrmos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, i. e. without baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

    eo circiter hominum numero XVI. milia expedita cum omni equitatu Ariovistus misit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 49, 3:

    legiones expeditae,

    id. B. C. 1, 42, 1;

    so of soldiers without baggage,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 2; 6, 25, 1; 1, 27 fin. et saep.—As subst.: expĕdī-tus, i, m., a soldier lightly burdened, a swiftly marching soldier:

    latitudo (silvae) novem dierum iter expedito patet,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 1:

    obviam fit ei Clodius expeditus in equo,

    Cic. Mil. 10, 28; cf.

    Sagana,

    tucked up, Hor. Epod. 5, 25:

    expedito nobis homine et parato opus est,

    ready, at hand, prompt, Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 26; cf.:

    expeditus ad caedem,

    id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

    ad pronuntiandum,

    id. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.:

    facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

    id. Brut. 48 fin. —
    B.
    Of inanim. or abstr. things, convenient, at hand:

    iis expedito loco actuaria navigia relinquit,

    commodious, Caes. B. C. 1, 27; cf.:

    via expeditior ad honores,

    Cic. Fl. 41, 104:

    reditum in caelum patere optimo et justissimo cuique expeditissimum,

    id. Lael. 4, 13:

    pecunia expeditissima quae erat, tibi decreta est,

    the readiest, the nearest at hand, id. Fam. 11, 24, 2; cf.

    rationes,

    id. ib. 10, 25, 2:

    cena (with parca),

    Plin. Ep. 3, 12, 1:

    expeditissimum unguentorum,

    Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8:

    probabili expedito, soluto, libero, nullā re implicato,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105:

    expedita erat et perfacile currens oratio,

    id. Brut. 63, 227; cf.:

    expedita ac profluens dicendi celeritas,

    id. ib. 61, 220:

    inops ad ornandum, sed ad inveniendum expedita Hermagorae disciplina,

    id. ib. 76, 263:

    prope jam expeditam Caesaris victoriam interpellaverunt,

    achieved, Caes. B. C. 3, 70 fin. —
    b.
    In the neutr. absol.: in expedito esse, habere, etc., to be or have in readiness or at hand:

    quaedam sunt quidem in animo, sed parum prompta: quae incipiunt in expedito esse, quum dicta sunt,

    Sen. Ep. 94 med.; cf.:

    promptum hoc et in expedito positum,

    Quint. 10, 7, 24:

    in expedito haberent integras copias ad opem ferendam,

    ready for action, Liv. 36, 16, 10.—Hence, adv.: ex-pĕdīte, without impediment, without difficulty, readily, promptly, quickly:

    in iis rebus celeriter expediteque percipiendis, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 12 fin.:

    expedite explicans quod proposuerat,

    id. Brut. 67, 237:

    fabulatu's,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63:

    loqui,

    Suet. Aug. 89.— Comp.:

    non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

    Cic. Inv 2, 23, 69:

    navigare,

    id. Att. 6, 8, 4:

    fit putatio,

    Col. Arb. 11, 1.— Sup.:

    ex quo te, quocumque opus erit, facillime et expeditissime conferas,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 2.

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