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  • 41 constringo

    cōn-stringo, strīnxī, strictum, ere, zusammenschnüren, zusammenziehen, I) eig.: a) im Sinne des Festmachens, fest zu- od. anbinden, festbinden, befestigen, sarcinam, Plaut.: galeam, Val. Flacc.: artus, Scrib.: vineam alligato recte, dum ne nimium constringas, Cato: cervicalia capitibus imposita linteis constringunt, Plin. ep.: vivorum corpora cadaveribus adversa adversis alligata atque constricta, die Leiber Lebender mit Leichnamen Gesicht gegen Gesicht gekehrt fest zusammengebunden, Val. Max.: ibi (ossa scapularum) validis musculis nervisque constricta sunt, Cels. – b) im Sinne des Festhaltens, in Schrankenhaltens, zusammenschnüren, festschnüren, festbinden, membra (infantium) in rectum exitura, Sen.: alci manus, Plaut. – leb. Wesen (bes. Wahnsinnige, Verbrecher usw.) an Händen, Füßen usw., alqm, Ter. u. Cic.: alqm laqueis, vinculis, Cic. u. Val. Max.: corpora constricta vinculis, Cic.: constrictus catenā, Rutil. Lup.: u. (im Bilde) belua constricta legum sacratarum catenis, Cic.: Italiam omnibus vinclis devinctam et constrictam tenere, Cic. – m. Ang. woran? durch ad m. Acc., alqm ad carnarium, Plaut. Pseud. 200. – m. Ang. wie? durch Prädik.- Acc., alqm quadrupedem, jmdm. Hände u. Füße, Ter. Andr. 865. – c) im Sinne des Zurückhaltens, hemmen, prosperos sudores, Cael. Aur. acut. 2, 36,
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    188. – d) im Sinne des Verengerns, Verdichtens, α) v. Pers., einen Körperteil zusammenziehen, -falten, supercilia constricta, eng zusammenstehende (Ggstz. supercilia dissidentia), Quint.: frons constricta, Petr. – β) v. der Kälte, dicht zusammenfrieren machen, im Passiv constringi = zu einer Masse zusammenfrieren, kompakt werden, bruma nivali cuncta constrinxit gelu, Sen. poët.: nives gelu et perpetuo paene rigore constrictae, Curt. – γ) von Heilmitteln u. Speisen, zusammenziehen, konstringieren (Ggstz. relaxare), Plin. u. Cael. Aur.: constringens vis, Plin.: Partiz. subst., erunt magis constringentia (konstringierende Mittel) procuranda, Cael. Aur. chron. 2, 13, 180. – δ) v. a. Ggstdn., constringi = einlaufen, charta iterum constricta erugatur atque extenditur malleo, Plin. 13, 82. – II) übtr.: a) im Sinne des Befestigens, befestigen, fest begründen, fest-, unauflöslich machen, bes. politisch od. moralisch, Caesaris et Pompeii concordia communis sanguinis vinculo constricta, Val. Max.: c. fidem religione potius quam veritate, Cic.: psephismata iureiurando constricta, Cic. – b) im Sinne des Beschränkens, α) binden, fesseln, beschränken, in Schranken weisen, im Zaume halten, in seiner Tätigkeit lähmen, politisch u. moralisch, constrictam iam omnium horum conscientiā teneri coniurationem tuam non vides? Cic.: cum multis fenebribus legibus constricta avaritia esset, Liv.: mulieres
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    Oppiis quondam legibus constrictae nunc vinculis exsolutis domos, fora regunt, Tac.: c. alqm lege, Sen. rhet.: c. regnum (Herrscherbefugnisse) legitimis vinculis, Val. Max.: orbem terrarum novis legibus, Cic.: voluptates inclusae diutius et primā aetate compressae et constrictae subito se non numquam profundunt atque eiciunt universae, Cic. – dah. moralisch binden = verbindlich machen, m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., nec ullā religione, ut scelus tegat, se posse constringi, Curt. 6, 7 (25), 8: iureiurando se constrinxit, ne quem adscriptum haberet, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 15, 3. – β) in Schrift u. Rede eng zusammenfassen, rem dissolutam divulsamque conglutinare et ratione quādam c., Cic.: sententiam aptis verbis c., Cic.

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  • 42 custos

    cūstōs, ōdis, c. (wahrscheinl. zu ἀκούω), der Wächter, Hüter, die Wächterin, Hüterin, I) im allg., der Wächter, Bewacher, Bewahrer, Aufrechterhalter, Schirmer, Hüter, Aufseher, die Wächterin, Bewacherin, Bewahrerin usw., a) übh.: c. aedicularum, Türhüterin, Petron.: arcis, Curt.: assiduus c. auctoritatis, Plin.: capitis mei, Cic.: casae, Sen.: istius domicilii, Sen.: vigiles fanique custodes, Cic.: c. gazae regiae, pecuniae regiae, Schatzbewahrer, Schatzmeister (γαζοφύλαξ), Nep. u. Curt.: hortorum (κηποφύλαξ), Suet.: custodes legum (νομοφύλακες), Col.: pecuniae quam regni melior, Liv.: c. pecuniae immensae (v. Geizhals), Sen. rhet.: c. portae, Liv.: c. defensorque provinciae, Cic.: domus Herculei c. Pinaria sacri, Verg.: sacerdos (Priesterin) c. Hesperidum templi, Verg.: suorum (deorum) templorum c. ac praeses (v. einem Pontifex), Cic.: c. urbis, zB. custosne urbis an direptor et vaxator esset Antonius, Cic.; nachaug. bes. v. Präfektus Urbi, L. Piso urbis custos, Schirmvogt, Sen.; vgl. v. dems. securitatis urbanae custos, Vell. – v. Gottheiten, Schirmer, Schutzgeist, di custodes conservatoresque huius urbis, Cic.: c. Tarenti (v. Neptun als πολιοῦχος), Hor.: custos urbis, Minerva, Cic.: montium custos nemorumque Virgo (v. der Diana), Hor.: perpetuorum custos Vesta ignium, Vell.: Priape, custos es pauperis horti, Verg. – v. Auf-
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    seher, Hüter, Wärter der Tiere, equi c., Iustin.: c. armenti (v. Pan), Ov.: boum, Ov.: c. ovium, Hor. (vgl. das sprichw. o praeclarum custodem ovium, ut aiunt, lupum! Cic. Phil. 3, 27): caprigeni pecoris c., Cic. poët.: formosi pecoris c., Verg. – v. Hunde, als Hüter, Wächter, c. mutus, Col.: c. liminis, Phaedr.: villae, Col.: dah. c. Tartareus, v. Zerberus, Verg. – v. Lebl., teils v. personif. Abstr., corporis c. natura, Lucr.: sapientia c. et procuratrix totius hominis, Cic.: fortitudo c. dignitatis, Cic.: malus est c. diuturnitatis metus, eine schlechte Gewähr dauernden Besitzes, Cic.: leges diligentissimae pudoris custodes, Quint.: teils (aber nur bei Dichtern) v. personif. Konkr., eburnea telorum c. (v. Köcher), Ov.: c. turis acerra, Ov. – severum custodem pudicitiae (Ehrenwächter) agere, Val. Max.: custodem religionum, comitiorum, rerum omnium urbanarum facere alqm, Cic.: in hortis custodem imponere fructus servandi causā, Nep.: serpentem custodem ibi ponere, Hyg.: custodem in frumento publico ponere alqm, Cic. – b) der Aufseher, Hüter eines jungen Menschen, der Mentor (griech. παιδοφύλαξ), bone c., Ter.: c. famulusque dei Silenus alumni, Hor.: discipuli c., Iuven.: c. incorruptissimus, Hor.: dare his discipulis privos custodes, Plaut.: custodis egere, Hor.: custodem removere, Hor.: vincere cautos custodes suos, Plaut.: cui (adulescenti) in lubrico aetatis non praeceptor modo, sed custos etiam
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    rectorque quaerendus est, Plin. ep.: custodem nobis et paedagogum dedit, Sen.: als fem., natarum altrix eadem et fidissima custos, Stat. Theb. 1, 530. – c) der Wächter, Hüter, hütende Begleiter einer Frau (gewöhnl. ein Eunuch), meist vom Ehemanne bestellt (s. Burm. Prop. 2, 18, 70), vigil c., Ov.: c. otiosus puellae, Ov.: virginis abditae c. pavidus, Hor.: nimium servat custos Iunonius (von der Juno bestellte) Io, Ov.: dure vir, imposito tenerae custode puellae nihil agis, Ov.: alqm custodem (als W.) concubinae addere, Plaut. (vgl. Brix Plaut. mil. 146): custodem assiduum Ioni apponere virgini, Acc. tr. fr.: custode amoto, Ov. – u. im Plur., multae tibi tum officient res, custodes, lectica, ciniflones, Hor.: quos tibi custodes ponam? Prop. – d) der Aufseher bei der Abgabe der Stimmtäfelchen, custodes tabellarum, Cic.: alqm suis comitiis praerogativae primum custodem praeficere, Cic.: quis tribus quas voluit evocavit nullo custode sortitus? Cic.: quando illā dignitate rogatores, diribitores custodesque vidisti? Cic. – e) der milit. Wächter, α) custos corporis, im Zshg. zuw. bl. custos, der Leibwächter, Trabant, qui corporis custos fuerat Alexandri, Nep.: Germani, corporis custodes, Suet.: inter corporis custodes iter facere, Nep.: qui externorum corpori custodes aderant, Tac.: rediit in cubiculum, unde iam et custodes diffugerant, Suet. – β) der Wachtposten, die Wache, Schildwache, Schutzwa-
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    che, die Bedeckung, auch die Besatzung eines Ortes, nullus est portis custos, nullus insidiator viae, Cic.: custodes dare (eine Sch. od. Bed. geben), Cic. u. Nep. fr.: custodes disponere in vallo, Caes., in urbe, Suet.: custodes (Schutzwachen) dividere per domos eorum, Liv.: custodes fallere (von der Wache unbemerkt bleiben), Liv.: interficere paucos custodes arcis, Liv.; vgl. interfectis Novioduni (zu N.) custodibus, Caes.: custodes amovere, Tac., removere, Val. Max.: imber ab nocte media coortus custodes vigilesque dilapsos e stationibus suffugere in tecta coëgit, Liv.: quartā vigiliā circiter Lentulus Spinther de muro cum vigiliis custodibusque nostris colloquitur, Caes. – f) c. armorum (abgek. CA.), der Waffenwart, Wehrwart, Waffenmeister (franz. capitaine d'armes), ein milit. Dienstgrad beim Heere u. bei der Flotte, Paul. dig. 49, 16, 14. § 1. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 3304 u. 10, 3410 11, 54. – g) als t. t. der Astron., Custos = Ἀρκτοφύλαξ, der Bärenhüter, ein Gestirn, Vitr. 9, 4 (6), 1. – h) als t. t. des Landbaues, die Reserveranke am Weinstocke, die Sparrebe, die das künftige Tragholz liefert, wenn die Hauptrebe sich erschöpft hat, Cato r. r. 33, 1. Col. 4, 21, 3 u.a. Plin. 17, 181.
    II) insbes.: a) der Überwacher jmds., der Aufpasser, Aufseher, Bessus custos verius quam comes, Curt.: custos ac vindex (Bestrafer) cupiditatum, Cic.:
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    custos furum atque avium, d. Überwacher d. D. u. V. = der Beschützer von usw., Verg. – custodem od. custodes alci apponere (beigeben), Cic. u. Tac.: alium custodem dare, qui attendat, zusammen = einen Kontrolleur, Plin.: disponere circa macellum custodes, qui obsonia contra vetitum retineant, Suet.: efflagitare aliquem, cuiuslibet ordinis, custodem factis atque dictis suis, Suet.: inditi custodes, Tac.: Dumnorigi custodes ponit, ut quae agat, quibuscum loquatur scire possit, Caes.: Commium Atrebatem cum equitatu custodis loco relinquit, Caes.: numnam hic relictus (es) custos, ne etc., Ter. – b) der Überwacher eines Gefangenen, der Wächter, die Wache, Gefangenwache (bes. im Plur.), praefectus custodum, Nep.: carceris c., Manil.: carcerum custodes, Firm.: custodes puerorum, obsidum, Liv.: custodes corrumpere, Tac.: iugulari a custodibus, Nep.: clam se ab custodibus subducere, Nep.: tradi custodibus, Auct. b. Afr.

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  • 43 defero

    dē-fero, dē-tulī, dē-lātum, dē-ferre, I) von der Höhe nach der Tiefe herab-, hinabtragen od. - bringen (-senden) od. - schaffen od. -holen, mit hinabnehmen u. dgl., 1) im allg.: amoeno ex Helicone perenni fronde coronam, Lucr. (u. so harmoniai nomen alto delatum Heliconi [vom H.], bildl., Lucr.): ramalia arida tecto, Ov. – pueros protinus ad ripam Tiberis, Val. Max.: alqd ad inferos (Unterwelt), Sen.: semen quod ex arbore per surculos defertur in terram, Varro: dum culleus, in quem coniectus in profluentem deferretur, comparetur (v. Pers.), Cic.: deferri in imum, in einer Flüssigkeit zu Boden sinken (Ggstz. innatare, obenauf schwimmen), Cels.: so auch deferri ad ima (Ggstz. in summo umore consistere), Petron.: ab Iliaca purgamina Vesta def. flavis in mare aquis, Ov.: def. materiam omnem infra Veliam, Liv.: hunc sub aequora, hinabtauchen, Ov.: Fames (Hungergöttin) per aëra vento ad iussam delata domum, Ov. – fulmen detulit in terram mortalibus (den St.) ignem primitus, Lucr.: Iri, decus caeli, quis te mihi nubibus actam detulit in terras? Verg. – So nun bes.: α) mit sich hinabführen, v. Flüssen usw., teils Ggstde. hinabflößen, stromabwärts führen, mit sich stromabwärts führen, amnes plurimum limi deferentes, Plin.: excipere dolia, quae amnis defert, Liv.: Pontius Cominius incubans cortici secundo Tiberi ad urbem defertur,
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    schwimmt die Tiber hinab, Liv. – teils einen aufgenommenen Fluß mit sich hinabführen ins Meer, dah. im Passiv v. Flusse selbst = hinabströmen, Rhodanus segnem deferens Ararim, Plin.: flumina, quae in mare deferuntur, Plin. ep.: nec Euphrates nisi per Tigrim defertur in mare, Plin. – u. Partiz. Präs. deferens (verst. se) = in seinem Bette hinabströmend, in seinen Ufern dahingleitend, flumina liquida ac deferentia (Ggstz. rigentia gelu aut campis superfusa), Plin. pan. 82, 5. – β) abbrechend, fortrückend wohin herabverlegen, herabversetzen, herabrücken oder herabrücken lassen, herabgelangen lassen, aedes suas sub Veliam, Cic.: aedes in planum, Liv. (vgl. im Bilde fortunam suam in planum, Sen. de tranqu. anim. 10, 6): castra in viam, Liv.: acies in campos delata est, Liv. – elephanti rursus simili ruinā inferioris pontis deferebantur (ließ man weiter hinabgelangen), donec ad aequiorem vallem perventum est, Liv.
    2) insbes., rasch od. gewaltsam herabtragen, binabstoßen, hinabstürzen, a) übh.: alqm in abruptum barathrum, Catull.: ferrum elatum in pectus, Tac. – gew. im Passiv = hinabstürzen, in foveas deferri, Curt.: ruinā tota prolapsa acies in praeceps deferri, Liv.: deferri ad terram (v. Pers.), Liv. u. (Ggstz. allevari ad caelum) Sen.: casu (durch einen Fall) deferri in terram, zu Boden stürzen (v. Kindern), Quint.:
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    dorso (equi) delatus ab alto, herabgesprungen, Sil.: m. dopp. Nom., praeceps aërii speculā de montis in undas deferar, Verg. ecl. 8, 59 sq. – übtr., ut non solum auribus acciperetur, sed etiam oculis cerneretur, quem et ex quanto regno ad quam fortunam detulisset, Nep. Timol. 2, 2. – b) prägn., berabstürzen = zu Boden stürzen, (terrae motus) defert montes, surrigit plana, Sen. – im Passiv = herabstürzen (intr.), per praecipitia deferri, Quint.
    II) von einem Ausgangspunkte nach einem Zielpunkte hinabtragen = forttragen, hintragen, zutragen, fort-, hinbringen, fort-, hinschaffen, herbeitragen od. - bringen od. -schaffen, wohin überbringen, abliefern, Passiv deferri oft = sich fort- od. hintragen lassen, A) eig.: 1) im allg.: a) übh.: α) von Pers.: pecuniam atque arma, Tac.: quae ad usum necessaria sunt, Liv.: eodem pecuniam, quae superest, Liv.: quo merces odorum deferunt, Plin.: quo (wohin) me deferre paratis? Ov.: omnia aliunde alio deferuntur, Sen.: ad causas iudicia iam facta domo, schon fertig mitbringen, Cic.: id (candelabrum) in praetorium, Cic.: def. commeatum in viam (an den Weg), Liv.: alqm allevatum in tabernaculum, Curt.: captum omnibus membris deferri in curiam, Liv.: arma sua extra vallum deferri equumque educi clam iussit, Val. Max.: Pompeium Carteiam def. (in der Sänfte), Auct. b. Hisp.: funus Romam, Aur. Vict.: formā excellentes
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    (virgines) domos, Liv.: aurum ex omnibus delubris Praeneste, Plin.: ei munera, quae Athenis acceperat, deferri iussit, Nep.: def. alci epistulam, Plaut. u. Cic.: argentum ad alqm, Ter.: ad alqm epistulam, litteras, mandata, Caes.: litteras ad alqm in Hispaniam ulteriorem, Liv.: compilare quidquid domi est atque hinc ad amicam def., zutragen, Plaut.: lecticā deferri ad consules (v. einem Kranken), Lact.: dicta, mandata per auras, Verg. – m. Abl. womit? (worin? worauf?), caput ad Sullam usque ab Ianiculo ad aedem Apollinis manibus ipse suis detulit, Cic. fr.: im Passiv, lecticā (in der Sänfte) deferri in castra atque in curiam, Suet.: lecticā deferri in aciem, Val. Max.: senatorum umeris (auf den Sch.) in campum deferri cremarique (v. toten Augustus), Suet. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: e portu navis huc nos dormientes detulit, Plaut. Amph. 701: detulit aura preces ad me non invida blandas, Ov. met. 10, 642.
    b) in einigen t. t. der publiz. Sprache: def. sitellam, den Lostopf (die Urne mit den Losen) herbeibringen od. herbeibringen lassen (damit das Volk in den Komitien abstimme), Cic. pro Corn. 1. fr. 13 u. 14 = fr. 29 u. 30 M.: de M. Octavio, über den Volkstribunen M. Oktavius abstimmen lassen, Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 106. – bes. oft def. ex aerario od. def. in aerarium od. ad aerarium, aus dem Ärarium (wo außer den Geldern auch die Feldzeichen, Senatsbeschlüs-
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    se, Rechnungen über verwendete Staatsgelder usw. aufbewahrt wurden) hinbringen, in das Är. hinbringen, abliefern, entrichten, niederlegen, signa (Feldzeichen) eodem ex aerario, signa ex aerario prompta in campum od. ad dictatorem (v. den Quästoren), Liv.: aurum et omnia ornamenta in aerarium (v. den röm. Matronen), Liv.: pecuniam od. aurum et argentum in aerarium, Liv.: aes in aerarium ad quaestores, Liv.: aera poenae nomine in aerarium def. (v. den Hagestolzen), Val. Max.: munera, quae ab rege privatim acceperant, in aerarium detulerunt (v. röm. Gesandten), Val. Max.: u. ähnlich def. omne aurum, argentum, aes signatum ad triumviros mensarios extemplo, Liv. – senatusconsultum ad aerarium def., Liv. u.a. (s. Weißenb. Liv. 39, 4, 8. Nipp. Tac. ann. 3, 51): decreta patrum ad aerarium, Tac.: früher senatusconsulta in aedem Cereris ad aediles plebis, Liv. 3, 55, 13. – def. censum Romam, die Schätzungslisten nach Rom einreichen (v. den Zensoren in den Kolonien), Liv. 29, 15, 10 u. 37, 7 (versch. v. def. censum, v. röm. Bürger, s. unten no. B, 2, b, β, γγ). – def. vadimonia Romam, zu Rom einreichen (v. den Klägern), Liv. epit. 86. – def. in publicas tabulas, beim Zensus in die öffentlichen (im Ärarium niedergelegten) Urkunden eintragen, zB. in publicas tabulas delato modo frui (agro) non posse, Ulp. dig. 50, 15, 4. § 1.
    2) insbes.: a) unwillkürlich, gewaltsam von einem
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    Orte abführen, u. nach einem Orte hinführen, α) übh. = hinversetzen, hingeraten lassen, hintreiben, im Passiv = hingeführt od. versetzt werden, hingelangen, hingeraten, miratur, quis deus iuvenes tam urbanos in suam regionem detulerit, Petron.: hos ad magistros si qua te fortuna, Cato, cum tua natura (natürl. Anlage) detulisset, Cic.: v. lebl. Subjj., ab Cenaeo Demetriadem, si forte eo deferret fuga regem, traiecit, Liv.: quod (iaculum) detulit error (Fehlschuß) in Idan, Ov. – im Passiv, iumenta decesserant militari viā et errore delata per quattuor stadia in quadam valle constiterant, Curt.: Perseus rex fugā cum decem milibus talentûm Samothraciam defertur, Iustin.: putant se in alium terrarum orbem delatos (in eine andere Welt versetzt), Petron. 1, 2: u. so ille (Lucilius) si foret hoc nostrum fato delatus in aevum, Hor. sat. 1, 10, 68 (al. delapsus): optatum negotium sibi in sinum delatum esse, sei ihm in den Schoß gefallen (bildl. = unverhofft zugefallen), Cic. II. Verr. 1, 131. – im Passiv m. Prädik.-Adj., hic rumor est Asinium delatum (esse) vivum in manus militum, Cic. ad Att. 12, 2, 1. – β) als naut. t. t. = hinführen, hintreiben, verschlagen, im Passiv = hingeführt, verschlagen werden, hingetrieben werden od. hintreiben, hingeraten, alqm ex alto ignotas ad terras et in desertum litus (v. Sturm), Cic.: si quo casu in freto aestus morari aut deferre naves in terram posset,
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    Liv. – quo essent eae (naves) delatae, primis diebus ignorabant, Caes.: onerariae (naves) duae paulo infra delatae sunt, Caes.: una (navis) delata Oricum, Caes.: huc ubi delati portus intravimus, Verg.: u. so v. Pers., deferri longius, Caes.: deferri in Africae sinum, in Italiam, Iustin.: tempestate classe dispersā deferri Brundisium, Val. Max.: deferri Siculam ad Aetnen, Ov.: naufragio in ea loca deferri, Iustin.
    b) etw. zu Markte-, zum Verkauf bringen, feilbieten, pallium, Petron.: dum virent nexos deferte maniplos, Col. poët.: deferri in vicum vendentem tus et odores, Hor.: ultro delatis capsis, Hor.: videamus hoc quod concupiscimus quanti (wie hoch, wie teuer) deferatur, Sen.: duas Veneres (zwei Venusstatuen) eodem pretio deferre, Plin.
    B) übtr.: 1) im allg., m. Advv. od. m. ad od. in u. Akk., quod superest, nunc huc rationis detulit ordo, Lucr.: def. eadem fortunae pignera in discrimen, aufs Spiel setzen, Liv.: fabulas in certamen, zur Preisbewerbung bringen, Quint.: ad agendum nihil cogitati praemeditatique detulisse (mitgebracht haben), Quint.: quidquid doloris habent, in pedes deferunt, schieben es auf die F., Petron.
    2) insbes.: a) erteilend zu jmd. hinbringen, darbringen, darbieten, erteilen, zuteilen, verleihen, übertragen, auftragen, zuw. auch anbieten (Ggstz. accipere, auferre ab alqo, negare, accipere nolle, alqā
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    re uti nolle), α) übh.: si quid petet, ultro defer, Hor.: ne aliquis dicat, id ad me ereptum pervenisse, quod delatum accipere noluissem, Nep.: cum praecipua et cupita aliis (von andern Begehrtes) prior deferret, ihren Wünschen zuvorkommend darbrachte, Tac.: obvias opes def. (v. den Göttern), Tac.: def. iusiurandum, den Eid zuschieben (Ggstz. iusi. referre, zurückschieben, gerichtl. t. t.), Quint. u. ICt. – palmam eius rei alci, Cic.: alci praemium dignitatis (Ggstz. denegare), Cic.: pacem hostibus, Liv.: hoc illis in beneficii loco, Cic.: universum studium suum et benevolentiam ad alqm, Cic.: nec mihi quicquam tali tempore in mentem venit optare, quod non ultro Caesar mihi detulerit, Cic. – m. Prädik.-Akk., alci Octaviam sororis neptem condicionem (als Partie), Suet. Caes. 27, 1. – m. ad u. Akk. des Gerund., omnem ei suam auctoritatem, gratiam, copias, opes ad hoc negotium conficiendum, Cic.
    β) etw. zur Ausführung, Verwaltung jmdm. übertragen, jmd. mit etwas beauftragen, propter frequentes delatos honores potestatesque summas, Nep.: delatum ab Augusto consulatum accipere, Tac. – def. cognitionem senatui, Suet.: u. def. causam (Führung des Prozesses) ad alqm, Cic.: negotium ad collegam eius, Cic.: rem ad Pompeium, Cic.: eius belli conficiendum exitum ad Cn. Pompeium, Cic.: omnia ad unum ( neben tribuere uni omnia), Cic.: primas (erste
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    Rolle) ad alqm, Cic.: secundas (zweite Rolle) alci, Quint.: alci auguratum, Cic.: alci dictaturam, consulatum, Val. Max.: alci praeturam, Cic.: imperium alci, Tac., od. ad alqm, Cic.: ultro legationem alci (Ggstz. multis petentibus denegare), Cic.: alci praefecturam fabrûm, Cic.: alci regnum (Ggstz. regno uti nolle), Cic.: regnum ac diadema uni, Hor.: ad alqm summum imperium, Iustin.: ad alqm summam imperii, summam rerum, Nep.: totius belli summa ad alqm omnium voluntate defertur, Caes. – γ) etw. zur Begutachtung, zur Entscheidung jmdm. übertragen, überweisen, etw. vor jmd. zur Entscheidung bringen, jmdm. etw. zur Begutachtung, zur Entscheidung vorlegen, anheimgeben, decumanos convocat; rem defert; statuunt illi atque decernunt, ut etc., Cic.: rem ad amicos, Cic.: rem ad consilium (Kriegsrat), Caes.: rem od. causam ad senatum, Cic.: rem dubiam ad patres sub certo auctore, Liv.: ad alqm controversias suas litesque, Eutr.: id postero die senatui, Nep.: puerorum querelam regi, Iustin. – alqd in forum iudiciumque, auf das F. und vor G., Cic. Cael. 35.
    b) etw. als Nachricht, Anzeige usw. mündlich od. schriftl. zu jmd. hinbringen = jmdm. hinterbringen, mitteilen, anzeigen, anmelden, bei jmd. zur Anzeige bringen, jmdm. etw. eröffnen, anvertrauen, jmd. von etw. in Kunde setzen, ihm Eröffnung machen, bei jmd. etw. zur Sprache bringen, sociorum populi-
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    que Romani querimonias (v. Gesandten), Liv.: def. falsum equitum numerum, Caes.: his falsa, Nep.: vocem eius statim ad hunc M. Catonem, Cic.: rem inquisitam ad consulem, Liv.: alcis consilia ad adversarios, Cic.: quae audierunt ad legatos deferunt, Caes.: contionem habuit, quae est ad me tota (ihrem ganzen Inhalte nach) delata, Cic.: cetera (Logik u. Physik) si non didicerit, tamen poterit, si quando opus erit, ornare dicendo, si modo ad eum sunt delata et ei tradita (durch Lehre überliefert), Cic.: haec ad Antonium statim per Graecos deferuntur, Caes.: nec deerant qui haec iisdem verbis aut versa in deterius Senecae deferrent, Tac.: de quibus quod inimici detulerant neque credendum neque neglegendum putavit, Nep.: id Carthaginem (nach K.), Nep. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., defert ad coniectorem quidam somniasse se ovum pendēre ex fascia lecti sui cubicularis, Cic.: vehementer te esse sollicitum multi ad nos cotidie deferunt, Cic.
    So nun bes.: α) als gerichtl. t. t., v. Angeber, Denunzianten, od. v. Kläger, αα) nomen alcis od. alcis rei od. nomen alci def., jmds. od. einer Sache Namen beim Prätor angeben, jmd. anklagen, in Anklagestand versetzen, gegen jmd. eine Klage anstellen, illi nonnihil in deferendo nomine secuti, Cic.: def. nomen venefici cuiusdam, Cic.: nomen amici mei de ambitu, Cic.: huic eidem Sopatro idem inimici ad C.
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    Verrem eiusdem rei nomen detulerunt, Cic. – ββ) indicium deferre ad alqm, die Anzeige von einem Verbrechen dem Prätor usw. hinterbringen, zB. def. ind. ad praetores, Liv.: huius rei delatum indicium ad ipsum suppressit, Curt. – γγ) def. crimen, bei einem Magistrat eine Beschuldigung anbringen, vorbringen, def. novum et ante hunc diem non auditum crimen, Cic.: crimen atrociter, Tac.: def. crimen ad me, Cic.: crimen ad senatum diluendum, Liv.: crimina in (gegen) dominum (v. Sklaven), Cic.: def. crimina de Perseo (beim Senate), Liv. – δδ) def. alqd od. de alqa re od. de alqo, etw. beim Prätor usw. hinterbringen, angeben, anzeigen, über etw. od. jmd. Anzeige machen, unus ex consciis deferebat, Sen.: a duobus indicibus delatus, Curt.: haec omnia indices detulerunt, rei confessi sunt, Cic.: def. publicae pecuniae peculatum, Tac.: quamvis ea, quae audierat, ad Neronem detulisset, Tac. – de defectione patris def., Nep.: eadem de noverca def., Quint.: commodius fecissent tribuni plebis, Quirites, si quae apud vos de me deferunt, ea coram potius me praesente detulissent, Cic.: quaedam de coniuratione ultro ad eum def., Suet. – εε) def. alqm, jmd. angeben, anklagen, in Anklagestand versetzen, gegen jmd. eine Klage anstellen, Capitonem (v. Kläger), Tac.: reos eiusdem criminis (v. Angeber), Quint.: reos, ne apud praefectum urbis arguantur, ad praetorem def., Tac.: def. alqm ad fi-
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    scum, Suet.: per indicem ad senatum deferri, Suet. – m. Prädik.-Akk., Brutum Cassiumque legibus aggredi reosque caedis absentes def., Suet. – m. Ang. wessen? weswegen? durch Genet., deferri maiestatis, adulterii, Tac.: ab alqo deferri furti, Cic. or. in tog. cand. fr. 6. p. 22, 3 K. (fr. 9. p. 241, 14 Klotz): od. beim Passiv durch Infin. (Nom. u. Infin.), Libo Drusus defertur moliri res novas, Tac.: Lepida defertur simulavisse partum, Tac.: od. durch einen Satz m. tamquam u. Konj., Hilarius Caesaris libertus detulerat, tamquam propriam ipse (M. Cluvius Rufus) potentiam tentasset, Tac. – ganz absol., et minari et deferre etiam non orator potest, Quint.: deinde extraneo vel etiam domesticorum aliquo deferente assidue varieque inquietatus (est), Suet.
    β) als publiz. t. t., αα) ad aerarium def., im Zshg. auch bl. deferre, beim Ärarium angeben, in die Verzeichnisse der Schatzkammer eintragen od. eintragen (registrieren) lassen, nomina iudicum, Cic. Phil. 5, 15. – bes. alqm in beneficiis ad aerarium def., im Zshg. bl. deferre alqm, jmd. unter den zu erteilenden Gratifikationen (die der Prokonsul während seines Imperiums erteilt od. zu erteilen versprochen hatte) bei Übergabe der Rechnungen an die Schatzkammer in der Rechnungsablage mit aufführen und damit die Genehmigung derselben bei den Quästoren der Schatzkammer in Antrag stellen, jmd. der Schatz-
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    kammer unter den Gratifikanden zur Berücksichtigung empfehlen, in beneficiis ad aerarium delatus est a L. Lucullo pro consule, Cic. Arch. 11: def. tribunos militares et praefectos, Cic. ep. 5, 20, 7: in praetura, in consulatu praefectum fabrûm, Cic. Balb. 63. – ββ) def. alqd in censum, zur Schätzung angeben, anmelden, deklarieren (v. röm. Bürger, dagegen referre in censum [in die Schätzungsliste eintragen] v. Zensor od. dessen Schreibern, s. Drak. Liv. 39, 44, 2), zB. patrimonium, Val. Max.: lacus piscatorios, salinas, Ulp. dig.: non amplius quam mille quingentûm aeris, Gell.: scire liceat, quanti (wie hoch) quidque in censum deferendum sit, Sen. – prägn., deferri in censum, v. Pers., sich zur Schätzung anmelden, Eutr. 1, 7. – γγ) def. censum, sein Vermögen beim Zensor angeben, deklarieren, v. röm. Bürger, Plin. 7, 159: v. den Klienten, Tac. ann. 6, 41 (wov. verschieden censum Romam def., s. oben no. II, A, 1, b a. E.). – arch. Perf. detoli, wov. detolerit, Lex. repetund. (Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 198) 21. 76. 85.

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  • 44 excido

    1. ex-cido, cidī, ere (ex u. cado), heraus-, herabfallen, entfallen, I) eig.: A) im allg.: sol excidisse mihi e mundo videtur, Cic.: omnes illi nefarii gladii de manibus crudelissimis exciderunt, Cic.: excidit tabella mihi, Ov.: exc. lacertis, Hor.: exc. equo, Sen.: volvae (vulvae) excidunt, fallen vor, Plin. – poet., vinclis excidet, wird entkommen, entschlüpfen, Verg. georg. 4, 410. – mit Angabe wohin? sagitta excidit in pedem, Plin.: elephanti excidunt in flumen, Liv. – B) insbes.: 1) beim Losen = herauskommen, ut cuiusque sors exciderat, Liv. 21, 42, 3: quod primum sorte nomen excidit, Liv. 23, 3, 7. – 2) aus-, entfallen, verloren gehen, v. Geld, Plaut.: v. Zähnen, Plaut.: excidunt cornua cervis, Cic. fr.: litteras (Brief) excidisse in via, Cic. – II) übtr., A) im allg.: ut quodammodo victoria e manibus excideret, entschtüpfte, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2. – mit Angabe wohin? versus qui in breves (syllabas) excidunt, abfallen, ausgehen, Quint.: in vitium libertas excidit, sinkt herab, artet aus, Hor. – B) insbes.: 1) entfallen, entwischen, entschlüpfen (= von ungefähr od. wider Willen gesagt od. getan werden), verbum ex ore alcis od. bl. alci excidit, Cic.: vox horrenda per auras excidit, fiel aus den Lüften, Verg.: nefas excidit ore, Verg.: libellus me invito excidit, Cic.: quomodo exciderit (oratio), nescio, Cic. ep. – 2) entschwinden, vergehen, verloren gehen, a) übh.:
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    vultus, oratio, mens denique excidit, Cic.: vera virtus, cum semel excidit etc., Hor.: omnis luctus excidit, Ov.: posse fame vinci spes excidit, Ov. – excidit illa metu, verlor die Besinnung, Ov. art. am. 1, 539: excidere sibi, aufhören bei sich selbst zu sein, die Gewalt über sich od. die Besinnung verlieren, Sen. de ira 3, 14, 1. Sen. Phaedr. (Hippol.) 598. – b) insbes., dem Gedächtnisse entfallen, entschwinden = vergessen werden, memoria arcis excidit, Liv.: exciderunt praecepta dictatoris, Liv.: cogitatio mihi non excidit, Cic.: nomen tuum mihi excidit, Ov.: so auch ex omnium animis, Liv.: exc. animo, Verg., Quint. u.a.: excidere de memoria, Liv. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., excidit vobis eundem Democritum invenisse, quemadmodum etc., Sen. ep. 90, 33: non excidit mihi scripsisse me, ich habe nicht vergessen, Quint. 2, 3, 10; vgl. 11, 3, 130: m. folg. ut u. Konj., excidit, ut peterem iuvenes quoque protinus annos, Ov. met. 14, 139. – übtr., auf die Pers., excidens, einer, der etw. vergessen hat, vergeßlich, palam moneri excidentis est, zeugt von Vergeßlichkeit, Quint. 11, 3, 132; vgl. 11, 2, 19. – 3) wie εκπίπτειν, a) um etwas kommen, etwas einbüßen, einer Sache verlustig gehen, sie verlieren, ex familia, Plaut. Men. 667: de regno, Liv. epit. 29. – gew. m. bl. Abl., uxore, Ter.: regno, Curt.: primo aevo, Prop.: praeturā et vitā, Sen.: formulā, den Prozeß verlieren, Sen. u. Suet. – dah. b) etwas ver-
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    fehlen (= in etwas nicht glücklich sein), magnis ausis, Ov.: fine (des Zweckes), Quint. – 4) von jmd. = von jmds. Meinung abgehen, abweichen, ab Arciloco, Lucil. 698.
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    2. ex-cīdo, cīdī, cīsum, ere (ex u. caedo), heraushauen, -schneiden, ausschneiden, abhauen, abschneiden, I) eig.: A) im allg.: exc. lapides e terra, Cic.: exc. columnas rupibus, Verg.: excisa in immensam altitudinem saxa, Sen.: arbor excisa, non evulsa, Cic.: haec tibi excidenda est lingua; quā evulsā etc., Cassius b. Cic.: exc. caput, Plin.: alci caput, Vulc. Cass. (u. caput eius excisum, Capit.): exc. partum mulieri, Marcell. dig.: exc. os, testiculum, Cels. – B) insbes.: 1) verschneiden, kastrieren, exc. genitalia, Sen.: virilitatem, Quint.: exc. alqm, Mart. u. ICt.: exc. se, Ov. – 2) prägn.: a) aushauen, aushöhlen = aushauend hohl machen od. durchbrechen, saxum, Cic.: montem, Suet.: latus rupis in (zu) antrum, Verg. – u. = aushauend, aushöhlend bereiten, peltam, Verg.: stagnum in petra, Col.: obeliscum, Plin.: vias inter montes, Plin.: bildl., Quint. 2, 4, 7. – b) einhauen, zertrümmern, zerstören, verwüsten (s. Bünem. Lact. 1, 18, 8. Beier u. Gernh. Cic. de off. 1, 76), α) eine Örtl.: portas, sprengen, Caes.: domos, Cic.: moenia, Flor.: murum, Hor.: urbem, Cic.: Antium, Vell.: Corinthum, Suet.: Germaniam, Vell.: agros, Vell. – β) eine Pers., vernichten, aufreiben, vertilgen, ihr den Untergang bereiten, exercitum, Vell.: gentem Teutonum, Vell.: hostem in aeternum, Tac.: Francorum vires penitus, Eumen. pan. – II) übtr.: a) tilgen, strei-
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    chen, alqm numero civium, Plin. ep. 8, 18, 6. – b) ausrotten, gänzlich verbannen, mit der Wurzel vertilgen, vernichten, gänzlich zerrütten, zugrunde richten, α) eig., silvas, Vell. – β) übtr., illud tristissimum tempus ex animo, Cic.: iram animis, Sen.: vitium irae, Hor.: iram penitus, Lact.: veritatem penitus, Lact.: illud malum, Brut. in Cic. ep. ad Brut.: causas bellorum, Tac.: multorum status (Wohlstand), Tac.: bis terrores rei publicae, Vell.

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  • 45 furaciter

    fūrāciter, Adv. (furax), diebisch, omnium domos furacissime scrutari, Cic. Vatin. 12.

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  • 46 inspicio

    īn-spicio, spēxī, spectum, ere (in u. specio), I) in etw. (hinein)blicken, (hinein)sehen, auf etwas hinsehen, A) eig.: 1) im allg.: intro, Plaut.: inspicere tamquam in speculum in vitas omnium, Ter.: m. bl. Acc., marsupium, Plaut.: faciem, Iuven.: speculum, Phaedr.: speculum saepe ac diligenter, Apul.: unpers., inspicitur, man hat einen Einblick, Ov. met. 13, 43. – 2) insbes., etw. einsehen, in etw. nachsehen, a) = lesen, libros, Plaut. u. (die sibyllin. Bücher) Liv.: vollst. libros Sibyllinos, Frontin. aqu. 7: leges, Cic.: verba, Ov.: litteras, Tac.: codices Graecos, Augustin. epist. 149, 3: absol., inspicere (sc. libros Sibyllinos) de ludis Apollini reque divina facienda, Liv. 25, 12, 11. – b) = durchlesen, rationes, Trai. in Plin. ep.: rationes suas, Sen. rhet. – B) übtr., durchblicken, genau erkennen od. kennen lernen, alqm a puero, Cic.: alqm propius, Sen., penitus, Plin. ep.: alqm familiariter, mit jmd. vertrauten Umgang haben, Plin. pan.: mores alcis, Quint.: mulieris sententiam, Plaut.: villicus inspectus experimentis, durch Erfahrung erprobter, Colum.: mit folg. indir. Fragesatz, tum ego qui et quantus esset altissime inspexi, Plin. ep.: qui non solum quid expediat, sed etiam quid deceat inspexerit, Quint. – II) ansehen, besichtigen, in Augenschein nehmen, beschauen, A) eig.: 1) im allg.: procul, Iustin.: ferramenta pugnantium, Suet.: signum
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    publicum, Cic.: diligentius signa, Petron.: pueros nobiles, Suet.: cum Romam inspexerit Eos, überschaute, Ov.: im Bilde, tenue est mendacium; perlucet, si diligenter inspexeris, wenn du sie genau (bei Licht) besiehst, Sen. ep.: m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, nachsehen, quid discat, Cic. – 2) insbes.: a) als Käufer, domum venalem, Suet.: candelabrum, Cic.: equos, Hor.: omnes partes corporis (eines verkäuflichen Sklaven), Sen. rhet. – b) als Abgesandter untersuchen (s. Fabri u. Wölffl. Liv. 21, 6, 3), rem, Liv.: sociorum res, Liv. – c) (als milit. t. t.) inspizieren, mustern, Musterung halten, arma militis, Cic.: classem, Auct. b. Alex.: arma, viros, equos, Liv.: singulos milites (Mann für Mann), Liv. – d) als Opferschauer usw., iocinera, Vitr.: exta, Tac.: fibras, Ov.: ranarum viscera, Iuven. – e) als Arzt oder Hebamme, morbum alcis, Plaut. Pers. 316: virginem, untersuchen, Ambros. epist. 5, 9: inspiciendam se praebere (v. einer Jungfrau), ibid. 5, 8. – f) als Spion, domos (v. troj. Pferd), Verg. Aen. 2, 47. – B) übtr., untersuchen, genau erwägen, querelam (v. Richter), Petron. 15, 2. – m. folg. Fragesatz, tu tantum inspice qui novus paratur an possit fieri vetus sodalis, Mart. 1, 54, 6. – Archaist. inspexim = inspexerim, Plaut. Men. 597 R. (doch Brix mit den besten Hdschrn. inspexi, s. dessen Note z. St).

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  • 47 pervagor

    per-vagor, ātus sum, ārī, I) intr. fort und fort umherschweifen, -streifen, -wandern, A) eig.: omnibus in locis, Caes.: hic (v. Schiffen), Cic. – B) übtr., sich weit und breit verbreiten, pervagatus civitatis sermo, das allgemein verbreitete Stadtgespräch, Cic.: quod in exteris nationibus usque ad ultimas terras pervagatum est, überall bekannt wurde, Cic. – II) tr. durchschweifen, durchstreifen, durchwandern, -ziehen, A) eig.: errabundi domos suas, Liv.: bello prope orbem terrarum, Liv.: silvas, Sen. – B) übtr., fama proximas provincias pervagata, Tac.: cuius memoria orbem terrarum gloriā pervagetur, Plin. ep. – cupiditates, timores omnium mentes pervagantur, Cic.: dolor omnia membra pervagabatur, Plin. ep. – Aktive Nbf. pervago, Cornif. rhet. 3, 37 (wo übtr. ut identidem primos quosque locos imaginum renovandarum causā celeriter animo pervagemus).

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  • 48 redeo

    red-eo, iī (selten īvī), itum, īre, I) zurückgehen, wieder gehen, zurückkehren, zurück-, wiederkommen, bes. heimkehren, -kommen (oft, bes. bei den Komik., verb. m. rursus, rursum, retro), A) eig. (Ggstz. abire, venire, remanere): a) v. Pers.: sine rege, heimkehren, Curt.: hinc, Plaut.: rursus inde propere, Suet.: eodem, unde redieram, proficisci, Caes.: peregre, Ter. – rure, Plaut. u. Ter.: colle, Ov.: obsonatu, Plaut.: venatu, Stat.: Thebis, Plaut. – e schola, Val. Max.: e provincia, Cic.: de exsilio, Plaut., ex exsilio, Sen. rhet. u. Plin. ep. – a foro, Plaut.: a cena, Ter. u. Cic.: a Caesare, Cic. – huc, illuc, Plaut.: ut unde abissent, eodem statim redirent, Cic.: domum, Caes.: domos, Curt.: de foro domum, Augustin.: lecticā (in der S.) ex regia domum, Suet.: Romam, Cic.: Graeciam, Liv. Andr. – in patriam, Plaut.: in urbem, Liv.: retro in castra, Liv.: in viam (bildl.), Ter. u. Cic.: in veram viam (bildl.), in rectam semitam (bildl.), Plaut.: in caelum, Hor.: rursus in senatum, Plaut.: rursus in proelium, Curt.: in proelium, zum Tr. (um es zu beginnen), Liv.: so auch in suffragium, Liv. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 22, 15, 9): in gyrum, Ov.: ille consertis manibus in se redeuntium chorus, Sen. – ad navem, Plaut.: ad exercitum Nemetocennam, Hirt. b. G.: ad suos, Caes. – m. Prädik.-Nom., salvus redeo, Plaut.: victor (als S.) redit, Liv.: victor ex hac pugna redit,
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    Liv. – m. 1. Supin., spectatum e senatu, aus dem Senate zum Schauspiele zurückkehren, Cic. Sest. 117. – impers., postquam domum reditum est, Nep.: manerent indutiae, dum ab illo rediri posset, Caes.: cum conversis signis retro in urbem rediretur, Liv.: ad arbitrum reditur, Plaut. – b) v. lebl. Subjj.: redeunt umerique manusque, Ov.: ille qui in se redit orbis, Quint. – v. Gewässern, unde tantum redisset subito mare, Curt.: flumen in eandem partem, ex qua venerat, redit, Caes.: amnes in fontes suos redeunt, Ov. – v. Gestirnen, v. Tag u. Nacht, cum ad idem, unde semel profecta sunt, cuncta astra redierint, Cic.: redit sol in sua signa, Ov.: luna a sole discedit ad aquilonem et inde redit in eandem viam, Varro LL.: hic, ubi dies et nox modice redit et abit, Varro. – v. Örtl., collis paulum a planitie editus... in frontem (nach vorn) leniter fastigatus paulatim ad planitiem redibat, ging allmählig nieder, Caes. – poet., v. Gewächsen, redeunt iam gramina campis, Hor.: redeunt frondes arboribus, Ov. – v. phys. Zuständen, forma prior rediit, Ov.: huic non exesam (sei zerstört) vim luminis (die Sehkraft) et redituram, Tac.: tum demum, vitali admoto calore, membris aliquis redibat vigor, Curt.: iam rediit animus (Besinnung): Plaut.; vgl. redeunte paulatim animo, Curt.: et mens et rediit verus in ora color, Ov.
    B) übtr.: 1) im allg.: a) v. Pers.: in veram faciem
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    solitumque nitorem, wieder annehmen, Ov.: in annos, quos egit, rediit, kehrte zurück in die verlebte Zeit (= wurde wieder zum Jüngling), Ov. – red. in pristinum statum, Caes.: cum alqo in antiquam gratiam, Plaut., od. bl. in gratiam, Cic. u.a., sich aussöhnen; vgl. se numquam cum matre in gratiam redisse, er habe sich nie mit der Mutter auszusöhnen gehabt (= sich nie mit der Mutter entzweit), Nep. – redire in memoriam (sich besinnen) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Plaut., od. m. folg. Genet. = an etwas od. jmd. zurückdenken, Cic.: so auch in memoriam secum, Ter. – red. ad se, wieder zu sich kommen, teils phys. = wieder zur Besinnung kommen, Ter., Liv. u.a.; teils geistig zu sich kommen = zur Besinnung kommen, sich wieder fassen, sich eines anderen besinnen, Cic.: verb. red. ad se atque ad mores suos, zu sich u. auf seine alten Sprünge kommen, Cic.: rursus ad ingenium u. bl. ad ingenium, wieder zu seiner alten Sinnesart zurückkehren, seinen Charakter wieder annehmen, Ter. – red. in causas malorum saepius, bei den Ursachen der Leiden öfter vorkommen, Tac. – red. ad fastos, auf die F. zurückgehen, Hor. – ut ad pauca redeam, auf weniges zurückgehe, mich beschränke = um es kurz zu machen, Ter. – Caesar ad duas (legiones) redierat, war auf zwei zurückgekommen = es waren ihm nur zwei geblieben, Caes. – impers., reditum (est) in vestram dicionem, Liv.: exuto iustitio reditum
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    ad munia, Tac. – b) v. lebl. Subjj.: cum res redissent, die Geschäfte (nach den Ferien) wieder begonnen hatten, Cic. post red. in sen. 27; vgl. Cic. Sest. 129: redit de integro haec oratio, fängt wieder von vorn an, Ter. heaut. 1010. – redit animo ille latus clavus, da fällt mir wieder ein usw., Plin. ep. 8, 23, 6; so auch redeunt singula menti, Val. Flacc. 8, 160. – nec ita multo post Volscis levatis metu rediit ingenium, kehrten die V. zu ihrer früheren Sinnesart zurück, Liv. 2, 22, 3. – 2) insbes., in der Rede zu einem früheren Thema zurückkehren, auf etwas zurückkommen, illuc unde abii, redeo, Hor.: sed illuc redeamus, Nep.: mitte ista atque ad rem redi, Ter.: sed domum redeamus, id est ad nostros revertamur, Cic.: sed ad instituta redeamus, Cic.: sed ad prima redeo, Cic.: sed redeamus rursus ad Hortensium, Cic.: sed de hoc alias; nunc redeo ad augurem, Cic.: quamobrem ad inceptum redeo, Sall.: longius evectus sum, sed redeo ad propositum, Quint.: nunc redeo ad id, quod intenderam, Lact.: ut ad propositum meum redeam, Cels.
    II) heran-, herbeigehen, hervorgehen, hinauf-, hinabgehen, A) eig.: in nubem Ossa redit, erhebt sich zu den Wolken, Val. Flacc. 2, 16. – B) übtr.: 1) als Ertrag eingehen, einkommen, iamne enumerasti id quod ad te rediturum putes? Ter.: pecunia publica, quae ex metallis redibat, Nep.: ex qua regione quinquaginta talenta quotannis redibant, Nep.: ex pecore
    ————
    redeunt ter ducena Parmensi, Mart.: possentne fructus pro impensa ac labore redire, Varro: tribus tantis illi (= illic) minus redit quam obseveris, Plaut.: ut ex eodem semine aliubi cum decimo (verst. grano) redeat, aliubi cum quinto decimo, Varro. – dah. aus etwas (gleichs. als Ertrag) hervorgehen, sich entspinnen, nec cernentes ex otio (Waffenruhe) illo brevi multiplex bellum rediturum, Liv. 3, 68, 8. – 2) zu etw. kommen, schreiten, greifen, a) v. Pers.: ad gladios redierunt, es blieben ihnen nur noch die Schw., Caes. b. c. 3, 93, 2: so auch unpers., comminus ad manus reditur, es kommt zum Handgemenge Mann gegen Mann, Auct. b. Afr. 18, 4. – b) v. lebl. Subjj.: bona in tabulas publicas redierunt, in die Rechnungsprotokolle der Staatskasse gekommen (eingetragen worden), Cic. – mihi illaec vere ad rastros res redit, es kommt mit mir endlich noch im bitteren Ernste zum Hacken und Graben, Ter.: in eum iam res rediit locum, ut etc., es ist so weit gekommen, daß usw., Ter. (vgl. Spengel Ter. adelph. 273): quodsi eo fortunae meae redeunt, ut etc., Ter.: postremo adeo res rediit, Ter. – omnia haec verba huc redeunt, laufen darauf hinaus, Ter. – bes. v. Gelangen in jmds. Besitz, Gewalt usw., anheimfallen, zufallen, Venus, quam penes amantum summa summarum redit, die das Hauptbuch über die Verliebten führt, Plaut.: ad te summa solum rerum redit, auf dir allein
    ————
    liegt die ganze Last, Ter.: eius morte ea bona ad me redierunt, Ter.: ad hos redibat lege hereditas, Ter.: velle bonis aliquem affici quam maximis, etiam si ad se ex iis nihil redeat, Cic.: summa imperii, summa rerum redit ad alqm, Caes.: quorum (principum) ad arbitrium iudiciumque summa omnium rerum consiliumque redeat, Caes.: mortuo Tullo res (Staatsregierung) ad patres redierat, Liv.: u. so Numae morte ad interregnum res rediit, Liv. – Archaist. Präs. redinunt = redeunt, Enn. ann. 475*. Paul. ex Fest. 287, 1. – arch. Fut. redeam, Plaut. aul. 273. – Imperf. rediebat, Dracont. Med. 272: rediebant, Sen. contr. 9, 3 (26), 13. – Fut. redies, Apul. met. 6, 19: rediet, Caes. Germ. phaenom. 716 (statt redit et nach Haupts Verbesserung). Augustin. c. Acad. 3, 10. § 22. Vulg. Levit. 25, 10. Ennod. dict. 9: redient, Vulg. Ierem. 37, 7. – Seltene Perf.-Form redivi, Apul. met. 4, 14. Vict. Vit. 3, 59 (redivit). Amm. 27, 5, 6. – Regelmäßig synk. Perf.-Formen, redisti, redisset, redisse; bei Dichtern auch redit, zB. Ter. Phorm. 55; vgl. Lachm. Lucr. 3, 1042. p. 209 sq.

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  • 49 īnspiciō

        īnspiciō spēxī, spectus, ere    [1 in+specio], to look into, look upon, inspect, consider, contemplate, examine, survey: in vitas omnium, T.: cupiditas inspiciendi: cum Romam inspexerit Eos, O.: urbīs, H.: ranarum viscera, Iu.: leges: Unde quod est usquam Inspicitur, O.—To look at, inspect, appraise: candelabrum: ludorum sumptūs, O.—To inspect, examine: arma militis: arma viros equos cum curā, L.—To examine, spy out: domos, V.— To consult, inspect: libros, L.: de ludis, etc. (sc. libros), L.—Fig., to consider, examine, investigate, inspect: res sociorum, L.: te a puero: aes alienum, L.: fidem, O.: Inspici si possum, etc., H.
    * * *
    inspicere, inspexi, inspectus V
    examine, inspect; consider, look into/at, observe

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  • 50 stirps

        stirps (rarely stirpis, once stirpēs, L.), pis, f or (poet.) m    [STER-].—Of plants, the lower part of the trunk, stock, stem, stalk, root: terra stirpes amplexa: ut tantum modo per stirpīs alantur suas: sceptrum in silvis imo de stirpe recisum, V.: domos avium cum stirpibus imis Eruit, V.— Of hair: vellere ab stirpe capillos, by the roots, Pr., Tb.— A plant, shrub ; usu. plur: stirpium naturae: in seminibus est causa arborum et stirpium. —Of persons, a stem, stock, race, family, lineage: ignoratio stirpis et generis: qui sunt eius stirpis: divina, V.: Herculis stirpe generatus: ab stirpe socius atque amicus populi R., S.— A scion, offspring, descendant, progeny: quibus stirpes deesset, L.: stirps et genus omne futurum, V.: stirpis virilis ex novo matrimonio fuit, a son, L.—Fig., a root, source, origin, foundation, beginning, cause: altae stirpes stultitiae: populum a stirpe repetere: malorum omnium: gentis, L.: Carthago ab stirpe interiit, utterly, S.— Inborn character, nature: non ingenerantur hominibus mores a stirpe generis: nondum exoletā stirpe gentis, L.
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    I II
    stock, plant; race, lineage; character

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  • 51 capio

    1.
    căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

    capsimus,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

    sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

    cape hoc flabellum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

    cepit manibus tympanum,

    Cat. 6, 3, 8:

    tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

    Verg. A. 2, 717:

    cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

    id. G. 3, 420:

    flammeum,

    Cat. 61, 8:

    acria pocula,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

    lora,

    Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

    baculum,

    Ov. M. 2, 789:

    colum cum calathis,

    id. ib. 12, 475:

    florem ternis digitis,

    Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

    pignera,

    Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

    ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

    rem pignori,

    Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

    scutum laeva,

    Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

    capias tu illius vestem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

    and of particular weapons: ensem,

    Ov. M. 13, 435:

    tela,

    id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

    quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

    lauti cibum capiunt,

    Tac. G. 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of living objects.
    a. (α).
    Of persons:

    oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    reges capiuntur,

    Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

    capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

    Liv. 22, 49, 18:

    quos Byzantii ceperat,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

    captos ostendere civibus hostes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

    captus Tarento Livius,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

    servus ex hoste captus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

    in captos clementia uti,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

    inludere capto,

    Verg. A. 2, 64:

    quae sit fiducia capto,

    id. ib. 2, 75:

    ex captorum numero,

    Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

    dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
    (β).
    Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

    si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

    id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

    hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

    neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

    nisi quid concharum capsimus,

    id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    cervum,

    Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

    hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

    Verg. G. 4, 396.—
    b.
    To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

    quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

    Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

    quamvis voluptate capiatur,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

    quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

    secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

    id. Att. 4, 1:

    nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

    Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

    erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

    Hor. A. P. 362:

    hunc capit argenti splendor,

    id. S. 1, 4, 28:

    te conjux aliena capit,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

    Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

    Prop. 1, 1, 1:

    carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

    Tib. 3, 1, 7:

    munditiis capimur,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

    14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

    Liv. 30, 12, 18:

    dulcedine vocis,

    Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

    voce nova,

    id. ib. 1, 678:

    temperie aquarum,

    id. ib. 4, 344:

    (bos) herba captus viridi,

    Verg. E. 6, 59:

    amoenitate loci,

    Tac. A. 18, 52:

    auro,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

    neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    splendore hominis,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

    nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
    c.
    To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

    sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

    eodem captus errore quo nos,

    involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

    ne quo errore milites caperentur,

    Liv. 8, 6, 16:

    capere ante dolis Reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 673:

    captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

    id. ib. 2, 196:

    ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

    Sall. J. 14, 11:

    adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

    id. C. 14, 5:

    capi alicujus dolo,

    Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

    dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

    Liv. 23, 35, 2:

    quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

    Ov. M. 7, 301.—
    d.
    To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

    tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

    tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

    Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

    callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

    id. Brut. 48, 178.—
    e. (α).
    Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

    mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

    loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

    captus omnibus membris,

    id. 2, 36, 8:

    capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

    id. 21, 58, 5:

    oculis membrisque captus,

    Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

    congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

    id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

    habuit filium captum altero oculo,

    Suet. Vit. 6:

    censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

    Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

    lumine,

    Ov. F. 6, 204:

    princeps pedibus captus,

    Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

    captum leto posuit caput,

    Verg. A. 11, 830;

    and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

    id. G. 1, 183.—
    (β).
    Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

    labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

    id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

    rarely mentibu' capti,

    Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

    animo,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

    captus animi,

    Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

    virgines captae furore,

    Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

    viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

    Liv. 39, 13, 12:

    captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

    id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

    capti et stupentes animi,

    id. 6, 36, 8.—
    f.
    To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

    de istac sum judex captus,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

    Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

    Liv. 3, 71, 2:

    me cepere arbitrum,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

    te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

    quom illum generum cepimus,

    id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

    non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

    make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

    si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

    plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

    Gell. 1, 12, 15:

    jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

    Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

    religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

    C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

    Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    2.
    Of places.
    a.
    To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

    loca capere, castra munire,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

    castris locum capere,

    Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

    locum capere castris,

    Quint. 12, 2, 5:

    ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

    ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

    Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

    nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

    Liv. 34, 14, 1:

    neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

    id. 35, 14, 9:

    erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

    Sall. J. 58, 3:

    duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

    Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

    of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

    tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 26, 5:

    quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

    Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

    tumulum suis cepit,

    Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

    for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

    Liv. 1, 6, 4;

    for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

    id. 9, 43, 20:

    Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

    Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

    ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

    Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
    b.
    To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

    invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

    MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    CORSICAM,

    Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

    ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

    Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

    Troja capta,

    Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

    urbem opulentissimam,

    id. 5, 20, 1:

    ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    castra hostium,

    Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

    concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

    Liv. 42, 63, 6:

    plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

    id. 28, 39, 10:

    sedem belli,

    Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

    oppressa captaque re publica,

    Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
    c.
    To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

    insulam capere non potuerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

    onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 36:

    accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

    id. ib. 5, 23:

    nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

    id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

    qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

    Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
    3.
    Of things of value, property, money, etc.
    a.
    In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

    AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    de praedonibus praedam capere,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

    agros de hostibus,

    Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

    ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

    Liv. 4, 48, 2:

    quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

    Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    classem,

    id. Cim. 2, 2:

    magnas praedas,

    id. Dat. 10, 2:

    ex hostibus pecuniam,

    Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

    e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

    signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

    82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

    cape cedo,

    id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

    ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

    majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

    te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

    Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

    paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

    ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

    id. Att. 7, 2:

    quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

    assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

    quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

    regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

    succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
    b.
    In particular connections.
    (α).
    With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

    his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

    HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

    quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

    id. ib. §

    27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

    91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

    218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

    71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

    id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

    ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

    id. Clu. 42, 120:

    nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

    id. Pis. 16, 38:

    si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

    id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

    ab regibus Illyriorum,

    Liv. 42, 45, 8:

    saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

    Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
    (β).
    Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

    si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

    Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

    qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

    id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

    abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

    Quint. 3, 6, 96:

    aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

    id. 5, 14, 16:

    si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

    Juv. 1, 55:

    qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

    Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

    qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

    ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
    (γ).
    Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

    capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

    stipendium jure belli,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

    quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

    vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

    Liv. 28, 39, 13:

    quadragena annua ex schola,

    Suet. Gram. 23:

    si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

    Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

    metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

    honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

    ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

    id. Div. 2, 5:

    ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

    id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

    multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

    id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

    fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

    id. Pis. 14, 31:

    aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

    Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

    quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

    utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    usuram alicujus corporis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
    2.
    Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

    gestum atque voltum novom,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

    figuras Datque capitque novas,

    id. ib. 15, 309:

    formam capit quam lilia,

    id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

    duritiam ab aere,

    id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

    radicem capere,

    to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

    cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

    Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

    siliculam capere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

    maturitatem capere,

    Col. 4, 23, 1:

    radix libere capit viris,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

    vires cepisse nocendi,

    Ov. M. 7, 417:

    (telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

    Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
    3.
    Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

    cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

    qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

    aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

    id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

    consuetudinem exercitationemque,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    misericordiam,

    id. Quint. 31, 97:

    quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

    disciplinam principum,

    Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

    quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
    4.
    Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

    nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

    o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

    in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

    took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

    consulatum,

    id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

    honores,

    Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

    imperium,

    id. Claud. 10:

    magistratum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

    magistratus,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

    capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

    Ov. M. 3, 644:

    rerum moderamen,

    id. ib. 6, 677:

    pontificatum maximum,

    Suet. Vit. 11:

    rem publicam,

    Sall. C. 5, 6:

    neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

    Liv. 2, 33, 1:

    ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

    id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

    patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

    Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
    5.
    In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

    augurium ex arce,

    Liv. 10, 7, 10:

    augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

    Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

    omen,

    Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

    in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

    Liv. 9, 4, 1:

    rursus impetu capto enituntur,

    id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

    a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

    Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

    nec vestra capit discordia finem,

    Verg. A. 10, 106:

    fugam,

    to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

    ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

    Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

    expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

    suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

    ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

    Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

    eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
    6.
    Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

    si occassionem capsit,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

    si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

    quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

    si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
    7.
    Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

    quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

    cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

    hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

    conjecturam capere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

    capti consili memorem mones,

    id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

    quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

    temerarium consilium,

    Liv. 25, 34, 7:

    tale capit consilium,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

    confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

    subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

    Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

    legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

    obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

    Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

    si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

    ut ego rationem oculis capio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

    cepi rationem ut, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
    8.
    Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

    ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    praesagia a sole,

    Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

    illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
    9.
    Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

    tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

    omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

    id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

    laborem inanem ipsus capit,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

    id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

    hic potitur gaudia,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

    satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

    plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

    cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

    id. ib. prol. 114:

    angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

    quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

    id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

    laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

    id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

    lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

    id. Sen. 15, 54:

    opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

    id. Brut. 1, 1:

    itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

    id. ib. 40, 147:

    ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

    Liv. 27, 40, 9:

    ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

    id. 5, 20, 2:

    ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

    id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

    laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

    ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

    lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

    maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

    et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

    Liv. 33, 27, 10:

    voluptatem animi,

    Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

    malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

    id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

    quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

    Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
    10.
    Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

    edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

    numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

    sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

    id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

    nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

    te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

    id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

    Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

    Liv. 1, 6, 3:

    cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

    id. 40, 21, 2:

    etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

    id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

    qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

    Liv. 27, 13, 2:

    oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

    id. 38, 46, 12:

    tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

    Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

    ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

    Liv. 27, 8, 6:

    hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

    id. 44, 12, 1:

    tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

    Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

    I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

    Verg. A. 2, 384:

    infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

    id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

    cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

    id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

    I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

    Liv. 1, 57, 10:

    ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

    id. 25, 22, 1:

    tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

    id. 23, 20, 7:

    senatum metus cepit,

    id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

    quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

    Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
    11.
    Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

    calamitatem,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

    detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

    Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

    videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

    quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

    Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
    II.
    To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

    parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

    Lucr. 6, 1030:

    jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

    Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

    terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

    id. ib. 1, 75:

    dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

    id. ib. 8, 558:

    cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

    id. ib. 5, 324.—
    2.
    Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

    di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

    qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

    volat vapor ater ad auras,

    Verg. A. 7, 466:

    non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

    non capit se mare,

    Sen. Agam. 487:

    neque enim capiebant funera portae,

    Ov. M. 7, 607:

    officium populi vix capiente domo,

    id. P. 4, 4, 42:

    si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

    Curt. 7, 8, 12:

    ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

    Just. 2, 10, 19.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

    tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
    2. a.
    Affirmatively (rare):

    quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

    Curt. 9, 3, 7:

    si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

    Quint. 2, 4, 17:

    dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

    Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
    b.
    With negatives:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

    Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

    leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

    Lucr. 3, 298:

    nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

    Ov. M. 6, 466:

    vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

    id. ib. 11, 118:

    ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

    id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

    sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

    Curt. 7, 8, 13:

    majora quam capit spirat,

    id. 6, 9, 11:

    ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

    id. 3, 12, 20:

    infirma aetas majora non capiet,

    Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
    3.
    Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

    rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

    Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

    molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

    id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

    res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

    Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
    4.
    With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

    nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

    Prud. Apoth. 154:

    crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

    Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
    5.
    Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

    sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

    Quint. 11, 1, 45:

    nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

    id. 2, 6, 2:

    quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

    Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

    senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

    Liv. 9, 17, 14:

    somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

    id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
    2.
    căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
    I.
    A taking:

    dominii,

    Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
    II.
    = usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio

  • 52 Capta

    1.
    căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

    capsimus,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

    sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

    cape hoc flabellum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

    cepit manibus tympanum,

    Cat. 6, 3, 8:

    tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

    Verg. A. 2, 717:

    cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

    id. G. 3, 420:

    flammeum,

    Cat. 61, 8:

    acria pocula,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

    lora,

    Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

    baculum,

    Ov. M. 2, 789:

    colum cum calathis,

    id. ib. 12, 475:

    florem ternis digitis,

    Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

    pignera,

    Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

    ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

    rem pignori,

    Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

    scutum laeva,

    Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

    capias tu illius vestem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

    and of particular weapons: ensem,

    Ov. M. 13, 435:

    tela,

    id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

    quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

    lauti cibum capiunt,

    Tac. G. 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of living objects.
    a. (α).
    Of persons:

    oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    reges capiuntur,

    Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

    capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

    Liv. 22, 49, 18:

    quos Byzantii ceperat,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

    captos ostendere civibus hostes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

    captus Tarento Livius,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

    servus ex hoste captus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

    in captos clementia uti,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

    inludere capto,

    Verg. A. 2, 64:

    quae sit fiducia capto,

    id. ib. 2, 75:

    ex captorum numero,

    Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

    dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
    (β).
    Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

    si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

    id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

    hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

    neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

    nisi quid concharum capsimus,

    id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    cervum,

    Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

    hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

    Verg. G. 4, 396.—
    b.
    To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

    quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

    Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

    quamvis voluptate capiatur,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

    quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

    secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

    id. Att. 4, 1:

    nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

    Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

    erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

    Hor. A. P. 362:

    hunc capit argenti splendor,

    id. S. 1, 4, 28:

    te conjux aliena capit,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

    Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

    Prop. 1, 1, 1:

    carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

    Tib. 3, 1, 7:

    munditiis capimur,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

    14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

    Liv. 30, 12, 18:

    dulcedine vocis,

    Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

    voce nova,

    id. ib. 1, 678:

    temperie aquarum,

    id. ib. 4, 344:

    (bos) herba captus viridi,

    Verg. E. 6, 59:

    amoenitate loci,

    Tac. A. 18, 52:

    auro,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

    neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    splendore hominis,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

    nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
    c.
    To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

    sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

    eodem captus errore quo nos,

    involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

    ne quo errore milites caperentur,

    Liv. 8, 6, 16:

    capere ante dolis Reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 673:

    captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

    id. ib. 2, 196:

    ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

    Sall. J. 14, 11:

    adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

    id. C. 14, 5:

    capi alicujus dolo,

    Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

    dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

    Liv. 23, 35, 2:

    quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

    Ov. M. 7, 301.—
    d.
    To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

    tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

    tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

    Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

    callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

    id. Brut. 48, 178.—
    e. (α).
    Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

    mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

    loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

    captus omnibus membris,

    id. 2, 36, 8:

    capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

    id. 21, 58, 5:

    oculis membrisque captus,

    Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

    congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

    id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

    habuit filium captum altero oculo,

    Suet. Vit. 6:

    censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

    Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

    lumine,

    Ov. F. 6, 204:

    princeps pedibus captus,

    Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

    captum leto posuit caput,

    Verg. A. 11, 830;

    and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

    id. G. 1, 183.—
    (β).
    Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

    labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

    id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

    rarely mentibu' capti,

    Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

    animo,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

    captus animi,

    Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

    virgines captae furore,

    Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

    viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

    Liv. 39, 13, 12:

    captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

    id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

    capti et stupentes animi,

    id. 6, 36, 8.—
    f.
    To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

    de istac sum judex captus,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

    Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

    Liv. 3, 71, 2:

    me cepere arbitrum,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

    te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

    quom illum generum cepimus,

    id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

    non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

    make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

    si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

    plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

    Gell. 1, 12, 15:

    jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

    Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

    religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

    C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

    Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    2.
    Of places.
    a.
    To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

    loca capere, castra munire,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

    castris locum capere,

    Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

    locum capere castris,

    Quint. 12, 2, 5:

    ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

    ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

    Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

    nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

    Liv. 34, 14, 1:

    neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

    id. 35, 14, 9:

    erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

    Sall. J. 58, 3:

    duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

    Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

    of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

    tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 26, 5:

    quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

    Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

    tumulum suis cepit,

    Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

    for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

    Liv. 1, 6, 4;

    for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

    id. 9, 43, 20:

    Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

    Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

    ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

    Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
    b.
    To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

    invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

    MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    CORSICAM,

    Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

    ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

    Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

    Troja capta,

    Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

    urbem opulentissimam,

    id. 5, 20, 1:

    ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    castra hostium,

    Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

    concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

    Liv. 42, 63, 6:

    plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

    id. 28, 39, 10:

    sedem belli,

    Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

    oppressa captaque re publica,

    Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
    c.
    To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

    insulam capere non potuerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

    onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 36:

    accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

    id. ib. 5, 23:

    nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

    id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

    qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

    Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
    3.
    Of things of value, property, money, etc.
    a.
    In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

    AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    de praedonibus praedam capere,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

    agros de hostibus,

    Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

    ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

    Liv. 4, 48, 2:

    quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

    Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    classem,

    id. Cim. 2, 2:

    magnas praedas,

    id. Dat. 10, 2:

    ex hostibus pecuniam,

    Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

    e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

    signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

    82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

    cape cedo,

    id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

    ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

    majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

    te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

    Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

    paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

    ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

    id. Att. 7, 2:

    quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

    assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

    quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

    regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

    succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
    b.
    In particular connections.
    (α).
    With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

    his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

    HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

    quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

    id. ib. §

    27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

    91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

    218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

    71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

    id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

    ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

    id. Clu. 42, 120:

    nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

    id. Pis. 16, 38:

    si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

    id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

    ab regibus Illyriorum,

    Liv. 42, 45, 8:

    saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

    Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
    (β).
    Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

    si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

    Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

    qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

    id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

    abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

    Quint. 3, 6, 96:

    aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

    id. 5, 14, 16:

    si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

    Juv. 1, 55:

    qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

    Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

    qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

    ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
    (γ).
    Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

    capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

    stipendium jure belli,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

    quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

    vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

    Liv. 28, 39, 13:

    quadragena annua ex schola,

    Suet. Gram. 23:

    si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

    Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

    metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

    honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

    ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

    id. Div. 2, 5:

    ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

    id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

    multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

    id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

    fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

    id. Pis. 14, 31:

    aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

    Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

    quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

    utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    usuram alicujus corporis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
    2.
    Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

    gestum atque voltum novom,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

    figuras Datque capitque novas,

    id. ib. 15, 309:

    formam capit quam lilia,

    id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

    duritiam ab aere,

    id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

    radicem capere,

    to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

    cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

    Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

    siliculam capere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

    maturitatem capere,

    Col. 4, 23, 1:

    radix libere capit viris,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

    vires cepisse nocendi,

    Ov. M. 7, 417:

    (telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

    Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
    3.
    Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

    cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

    qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

    aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

    id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

    consuetudinem exercitationemque,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    misericordiam,

    id. Quint. 31, 97:

    quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

    disciplinam principum,

    Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

    quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
    4.
    Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

    nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

    o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

    in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

    took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

    consulatum,

    id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

    honores,

    Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

    imperium,

    id. Claud. 10:

    magistratum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

    magistratus,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

    capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

    Ov. M. 3, 644:

    rerum moderamen,

    id. ib. 6, 677:

    pontificatum maximum,

    Suet. Vit. 11:

    rem publicam,

    Sall. C. 5, 6:

    neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

    Liv. 2, 33, 1:

    ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

    id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

    patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

    Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
    5.
    In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

    augurium ex arce,

    Liv. 10, 7, 10:

    augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

    Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

    omen,

    Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

    in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

    Liv. 9, 4, 1:

    rursus impetu capto enituntur,

    id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

    a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

    Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

    nec vestra capit discordia finem,

    Verg. A. 10, 106:

    fugam,

    to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

    ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

    Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

    expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

    suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

    ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

    Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

    eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
    6.
    Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

    si occassionem capsit,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

    si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

    quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

    si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
    7.
    Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

    quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

    cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

    hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

    conjecturam capere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

    capti consili memorem mones,

    id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

    quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

    temerarium consilium,

    Liv. 25, 34, 7:

    tale capit consilium,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

    confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

    subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

    Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

    legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

    obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

    Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

    si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

    ut ego rationem oculis capio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

    cepi rationem ut, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
    8.
    Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

    ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    praesagia a sole,

    Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

    illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
    9.
    Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

    tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

    omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

    id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

    laborem inanem ipsus capit,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

    id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

    hic potitur gaudia,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

    satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

    plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

    cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

    id. ib. prol. 114:

    angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

    quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

    id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

    laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

    id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

    lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

    id. Sen. 15, 54:

    opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

    id. Brut. 1, 1:

    itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

    id. ib. 40, 147:

    ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

    Liv. 27, 40, 9:

    ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

    id. 5, 20, 2:

    ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

    id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

    laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

    ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

    lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

    maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

    et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

    Liv. 33, 27, 10:

    voluptatem animi,

    Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

    malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

    id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

    quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

    Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
    10.
    Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

    edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

    numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

    sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

    id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

    nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

    te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

    id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

    Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

    Liv. 1, 6, 3:

    cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

    id. 40, 21, 2:

    etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

    id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

    qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

    Liv. 27, 13, 2:

    oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

    id. 38, 46, 12:

    tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

    Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

    ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

    Liv. 27, 8, 6:

    hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

    id. 44, 12, 1:

    tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

    Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

    I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

    Verg. A. 2, 384:

    infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

    id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

    cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

    id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

    I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

    Liv. 1, 57, 10:

    ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

    id. 25, 22, 1:

    tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

    id. 23, 20, 7:

    senatum metus cepit,

    id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

    quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

    Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
    11.
    Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

    calamitatem,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

    detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

    Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

    videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

    quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

    Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
    II.
    To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

    parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

    Lucr. 6, 1030:

    jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

    Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

    terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

    id. ib. 1, 75:

    dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

    id. ib. 8, 558:

    cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

    id. ib. 5, 324.—
    2.
    Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

    di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

    qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

    volat vapor ater ad auras,

    Verg. A. 7, 466:

    non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

    non capit se mare,

    Sen. Agam. 487:

    neque enim capiebant funera portae,

    Ov. M. 7, 607:

    officium populi vix capiente domo,

    id. P. 4, 4, 42:

    si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

    Curt. 7, 8, 12:

    ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

    Just. 2, 10, 19.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

    tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
    2. a.
    Affirmatively (rare):

    quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

    Curt. 9, 3, 7:

    si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

    Quint. 2, 4, 17:

    dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

    Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
    b.
    With negatives:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

    Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

    leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

    Lucr. 3, 298:

    nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

    Ov. M. 6, 466:

    vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

    id. ib. 11, 118:

    ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

    id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

    sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

    Curt. 7, 8, 13:

    majora quam capit spirat,

    id. 6, 9, 11:

    ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

    id. 3, 12, 20:

    infirma aetas majora non capiet,

    Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
    3.
    Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

    rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

    Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

    molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

    id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

    res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

    Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
    4.
    With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

    nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

    Prud. Apoth. 154:

    crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

    Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
    5.
    Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

    sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

    Quint. 11, 1, 45:

    nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

    id. 2, 6, 2:

    quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

    Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

    senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

    Liv. 9, 17, 14:

    somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

    id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
    2.
    căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
    I.
    A taking:

    dominii,

    Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
    II.
    = usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Capta

  • 53 Circa

    1.
    circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    ( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

    gramen erat circa,

    Ov. M. 3, 411:

    ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

    Verg. A. 12, 757:

    at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 87:

    circaque quā tumor est,

    Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

    circa Padus amnis,

    id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

    Curt. 4, 12, 20:

    alibi quam Romao circaque,

    Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

    ex montibus qui circa sunt,

    Liv. 1, 4, 6:

    Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

    id. 1, 41, 1:

    sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

    eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

    Liv. 34, 29, 6:

    Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

    Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

    multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

    the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

    42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

    id. 21, 7, 5:

    corpora multa virūm circa,

    Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—
    C.
    Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

    nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

    id. 9, 23, 10:

    cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

    id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

    exhausto circa omni agro,

    id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    ( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

    quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

    circa equum Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 15, 26:

    illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

    quem circa tigres jacent,

    Ov. M. 3, 668.—
    2.
    ( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

    Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

    Liv. 1, 9, 2:

    legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

    id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

    circa domos ire,

    id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

    29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

    id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

    litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

    Liv. 42, 51, 1:

    custodes circa omnes portas missi,

    id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—
    3.
    ( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

    Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

    circa Liternum posuit castra,

    in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

    tabernae erant circa forum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    circa Armeniae montes,

    Curt. 5, 1, 13:

    Acesinen amnem,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

    domum auream,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    sacrificantem,

    id. Claud. 36.—
    b.
    As a less definite designation of place for in:

    Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

    Vell. 1, 2, 5:

    circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

    Curt. 4, 9, 1:

    quod circa Syriam nascitur,

    Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

    Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

    id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

    finem,

    id. 4, 3, 5:

    virentes campos,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

    cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

    dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

    Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

    quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

    id. 28, 7, 9:

    iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

    id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

    id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    4.
    ( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

    multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

    ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

    Liv. 29, 1, 2:

    omnes,

    Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

    circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

    Curt. 3, 1, 17:

    e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

    id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

    quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

    Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

    circa latus alicujus agere,

    to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

    omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

    Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—
    B.
    (Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

    circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

    Liv. 42, 57, 10:

    circa eum mensem,

    Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

    lucis ortum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 7:

    lucem,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    mediam noctem,

    id. Claud. 2:

    vernum aequinoctium,

    Col. 5, 6, 19:

    Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

    id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

    septimum diem,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    undecimam horam,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    lustra decem,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

    tempora illa,

    Quint. 11, 3, 143:

    tempora Peloponnesia,

    id. 12, 10, 4:

    Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1:

    Magni Pompeii aetatem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

    mortem,

    id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

    initia imperii,

    Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

    circa Demetrium Phalerea,

    about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

    Tisiam et Coraca,

    id. 2, 17, 7:

    Philippum,

    id. 12, 10, 6:

    Ciceronem,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

    Attium,

    Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
    2.
    In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

    ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

    Liv. 45, 34, 6:

    quingentos Romanorum,

    id. 27, 42, 8:

    decem milia Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 6, 30:

    sestertium vicies,

    Suet. Claud. 6:

    quartum milliarium,

    id. Ner. 48:

    selibram,

    Cels. 4, 19:

    singulas heminas,

    id. 7, 15.—
    C.
    (Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.
    1.
    Upon substantives:

    circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5:

    circa S litteram deliciae,

    id. 1, 11, 6:

    verba dissensio,

    id. 3, 11, 5:

    memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

    id. 11, 2, 22:

    hoc opiniones,

    id. 2, 15, 1;

    Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

    Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

    voces inani studio,

    id. 8, prooem §

    18 et saep: rura sermo,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

    classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

    Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

    hospitia nullum fastidium,

    id. Pan. 20, 3:

    publica circa bonas artes socordia,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

    Suet. Claud. 14.—
    2.
    Upon adjectives:

    non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 12:

    jus nostrum attentior,

    id. 4, 5, 21:

    studia mentis erectae,

    id. 1, 3, 10:

    lites raras ridiculi,

    id. 7, 1, 43:

    praecepta utiles sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

    corporis curam morosior,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    victum indifferens,

    id. ib. 53:

    deos ac religiones neglegentior,

    id. Tib. 69:

    administrationem imperii vacuus,

    id. Dom. 3 al.:

    summa scelera distentum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

    adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

    id. G. 28:

    excessus otiosus,

    id. Or. 22:

    se animati,

    Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —
    3.
    Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    hoc disputatum est,

    id. 1, 5, 34:

    priores erratur,

    id. 2, 5, 26:

    formas litterarum haerere,

    id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

    consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 13:

    Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

    id. Or. 3:

    successorem omnia ordinari,

    Suet. Claud. 45:

    ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

    id. ib. 22.
    Circa very rarely follows its case:

    quem circa,

    Cic.
    Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.
    2.
    Circa, ae, v. Circe.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Circa

  • 54 circa

    1.
    circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    ( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

    gramen erat circa,

    Ov. M. 3, 411:

    ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

    Verg. A. 12, 757:

    at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 87:

    circaque quā tumor est,

    Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

    circa Padus amnis,

    id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

    Curt. 4, 12, 20:

    alibi quam Romao circaque,

    Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

    ex montibus qui circa sunt,

    Liv. 1, 4, 6:

    Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

    id. 1, 41, 1:

    sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

    eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

    Liv. 34, 29, 6:

    Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

    Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

    multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

    the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

    42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

    id. 21, 7, 5:

    corpora multa virūm circa,

    Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—
    C.
    Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

    nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

    id. 9, 23, 10:

    cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

    id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

    exhausto circa omni agro,

    id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    ( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

    quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

    circa equum Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 15, 26:

    illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

    quem circa tigres jacent,

    Ov. M. 3, 668.—
    2.
    ( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

    Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

    Liv. 1, 9, 2:

    legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

    id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

    circa domos ire,

    id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

    29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

    id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

    litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

    Liv. 42, 51, 1:

    custodes circa omnes portas missi,

    id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—
    3.
    ( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

    Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

    circa Liternum posuit castra,

    in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

    tabernae erant circa forum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    circa Armeniae montes,

    Curt. 5, 1, 13:

    Acesinen amnem,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

    domum auream,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    sacrificantem,

    id. Claud. 36.—
    b.
    As a less definite designation of place for in:

    Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

    Vell. 1, 2, 5:

    circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

    Curt. 4, 9, 1:

    quod circa Syriam nascitur,

    Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

    Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

    id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

    finem,

    id. 4, 3, 5:

    virentes campos,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

    cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

    dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

    Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

    quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

    id. 28, 7, 9:

    iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

    id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

    id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    4.
    ( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

    multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

    ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

    Liv. 29, 1, 2:

    omnes,

    Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

    circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

    Curt. 3, 1, 17:

    e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

    id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

    quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

    Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

    circa latus alicujus agere,

    to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

    omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

    Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—
    B.
    (Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

    circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

    Liv. 42, 57, 10:

    circa eum mensem,

    Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

    lucis ortum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 7:

    lucem,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    mediam noctem,

    id. Claud. 2:

    vernum aequinoctium,

    Col. 5, 6, 19:

    Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

    id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

    septimum diem,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    undecimam horam,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    lustra decem,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

    tempora illa,

    Quint. 11, 3, 143:

    tempora Peloponnesia,

    id. 12, 10, 4:

    Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1:

    Magni Pompeii aetatem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

    mortem,

    id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

    initia imperii,

    Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

    circa Demetrium Phalerea,

    about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

    Tisiam et Coraca,

    id. 2, 17, 7:

    Philippum,

    id. 12, 10, 6:

    Ciceronem,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

    Attium,

    Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
    2.
    In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

    ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

    Liv. 45, 34, 6:

    quingentos Romanorum,

    id. 27, 42, 8:

    decem milia Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 6, 30:

    sestertium vicies,

    Suet. Claud. 6:

    quartum milliarium,

    id. Ner. 48:

    selibram,

    Cels. 4, 19:

    singulas heminas,

    id. 7, 15.—
    C.
    (Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.
    1.
    Upon substantives:

    circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5:

    circa S litteram deliciae,

    id. 1, 11, 6:

    verba dissensio,

    id. 3, 11, 5:

    memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

    id. 11, 2, 22:

    hoc opiniones,

    id. 2, 15, 1;

    Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

    Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

    voces inani studio,

    id. 8, prooem §

    18 et saep: rura sermo,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

    classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

    Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

    hospitia nullum fastidium,

    id. Pan. 20, 3:

    publica circa bonas artes socordia,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

    Suet. Claud. 14.—
    2.
    Upon adjectives:

    non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 12:

    jus nostrum attentior,

    id. 4, 5, 21:

    studia mentis erectae,

    id. 1, 3, 10:

    lites raras ridiculi,

    id. 7, 1, 43:

    praecepta utiles sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

    corporis curam morosior,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    victum indifferens,

    id. ib. 53:

    deos ac religiones neglegentior,

    id. Tib. 69:

    administrationem imperii vacuus,

    id. Dom. 3 al.:

    summa scelera distentum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

    adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

    id. G. 28:

    excessus otiosus,

    id. Or. 22:

    se animati,

    Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —
    3.
    Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    hoc disputatum est,

    id. 1, 5, 34:

    priores erratur,

    id. 2, 5, 26:

    formas litterarum haerere,

    id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

    consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 13:

    Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

    id. Or. 3:

    successorem omnia ordinari,

    Suet. Claud. 45:

    ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

    id. ib. 22.
    Circa very rarely follows its case:

    quem circa,

    Cic.
    Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.
    2.
    Circa, ae, v. Circe.

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  • 55 defero

    dē-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre, v. a., to bear or bring away a thing from a place; to bear, carry, bring down.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Without stating the terminus (not very freq.):

    roseam Auroram per oras Aetheris,

    Lucr. 5, 656; 5, 273; 6, 639:

    Rhodanus amnis segnem deferens Ararim,

    Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 33; 6, 27, 31, § 136; Ov. M. 9, 117;

    ex Helicone coronam,

    Lucr. 1, 119:

    ramalia arida tecto,

    Ov. M. 8, 646. — Absol.:

    flumina liquida ac deferentia,

    Plin. Pan. 82 med. —Far more freq.,
    2.
    Indicating the terminus (by ad, in, an adv. of place, the dat., etc.):

    literas ad Caesarem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 3:

    epistolam ad Ciceronem,

    id. ib. 5, 48, 3 and 8; cf.:

    mandata ad aliquem,

    id. B. C. 1, 9; 3, 22:

    aurum ad gnatum suum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 115; cf. id. Truc. 2, 5, 64; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 18;

    natos ad flumina,

    Verg. A. 9, 604:

    Germani ad castra Romanorum delati,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 42 fin. et saep.:

    semen quod ex arbore per surculos defertur in terram,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4:

    aurum et omnia ornamenta sua in aerarium,

    Liv. 5, 25:

    aedes in planum et colli subicere,

    id. 2, 7: cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    ferrum in pectus,

    Tac. A. 1, 35:

    castra in viam,

    Liv. 22, 15:

    aciem in campos,

    id. 9, 37:

    in praeceps deferri,

    id. 5, 47; cf. id. 44, 5; Quint. 1, 12, 10:

    praeceps in undas deferar,

    Verg. E. 8, 60; Ov. F. 6, 228:

    in vicum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 269 et saep.:

    hunc sub aequora,

    i. e. submerge, Ov. M. 14, 601:

    quasdam (virgines) ex plebe homines domos deferebant,

    Liv. 1, 9:

    si forte eo (sc. Demetriadem) deferret fuga regem,

    id. 36, 20:

    quo pennis delata sit ales,

    Lucr. 6, 822:

    cum pallam mihi Detulisti,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 42; so,

    epistolas alicui,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 109 et saep.
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Naut. t. t., to drive away, drive down, drive a ship, or those on board a ship, to any place:

    onerariae duae paullo infra delatae sunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 36 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 30:

    una (navis) delata Oricum,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 2:

    (Labienus) longius delatus aestu, etc.,

    id. B. G. 5, 8, 2:

    quem cum ex alto ignotas ad terras tempestas et in desertum litus detulisset,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17 fin.; cf. id. Ac. 2, 3, 8.—
    b.
    Rarely in gen., to bring, convey to any place (as a ship, its passengers):

    e portu navis huc nos dormientes detulit,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 69.—
    2.
    Mercant. t. t., to bring to market, to sell (post-Aug.):

    nexos maniplos,

    Col. 10, 315: pallium. Petr. 12, 2:

    videamus hoc, quod concupiscimus, quanti deferatur,

    Sen. Ep. 42.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to bring:

    redde harmoniaī Nomen, ab organicis alto delatum Heliconi,

    brought, Lucr. 3, 133; 5, 65:

    (Alexander) eadem fortunae pignora in discrimen detulisset,

    Liv. 9, 18 fin.; cf.:

    fabulas in certamen,

    Quint. 10, 1, 66: hac re ad consilium delata, having been taken into consideration, Caes. B. G. 3, 23 fin.; so,

    rem ad consilium,

    id. ib. 5, 28, 2:

    qui ad agendum nihil cogitati detulerit,

    Quint. 4, 5, 2:

    (poëta) si foret hoc nostrum delatus in aevum, Detereret sibi multa,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 68. —
    B.
    With particular accessory notions.
    1.
    To bring, give to one, grant, confer upon, allot, to offer to any one, transfer, deliver (for syn. v. do—very freq.).
    (α).
    Aliquid ad aliquem:

    ad hunc totius belli summam omnium voluntate deferri,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 7:

    imperium ad aliquem,

    id. ib. 6, 2; 7, 4, 6; Cic. Leg. 3, 2; id. Lig. 1, 3:

    omnem rem ad Pompeium,

    id. Fam. 1, 1; cf.:

    omnia ad unum,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 67:

    causam ad Galbam,

    id. Brut. 22, 86:

    primas ad aliquem,

    id. N. D. 1, 6, 15 et saep.—
    (β).
    Aliquid alicui:

    sibi a Caesare regnum civitatis deferri,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 6, 2; Fasti ap. Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 87; cf.:

    regnum et diadema uni,

    Hor. Od. 2, 2, 22:

    fasces indigno,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 34:

    praemium dignitatis alicui (opp. denegare),

    Cic. Fl. 1:

    ultro ei legationem (opp. denegare),

    id. Fam. 13, 55; cf. id. ib. 4, 13:

    palmam alicujus rei Crasso,

    id. de Or. 2, 56; cf. Liv. 7, 13; Quint. 10, 1, 53:

    omnem ei auctoritatem,

    Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

    pacem hostibus,

    Liv. 23, 13:

    Octaviam neptem condicionem,

    Suet. Caes. 27 et saep. —
    (γ).
    With acc. alone, or absol.:

    jusjurandum,

    to tender an oath, Quint. 5, 6, 6; cf. ib. § 3 and § 4;

    si quid petet, ultro defer,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 23 et saep.—
    2.
    To bring or give an account of, to report, announce, signify, state (for syn. v. declaro init.

    very freq.): qui nostra consilia ad adversarios deferat,

    Cic. Clu. 52; so,

    aliquid ad aliquem,

    id. Mil. 9 fin.; id. Cat. 3, 3, 7; Caes. B. G. 2, 17, 4; 5, 25, 4 et saep.:

    ut (haec) per eos ad Caesarem deferrentur,

    id. ib. 7, 17 fin.; so with per, id. B. C. 3, 30, 6; 3, 63, 5 al.:

    qui ad Caesarem detulerint delaturive sint, me poenitere consilii mei,

    Cic. Att. 11, 7, 5; so with acc. and inf., id. Verr. 2, 5, 62; Verg. A. 4, 299 al.—
    b.
    Legal t. t.: nomen, and post-Aug., aliquem, to indict, impeach, accuse before the pretor, as plaintiff or informer (for syn. cf.:

    denuntio, indico): nomen alicujus de parricidio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28:

    nomen amici mei de ambitu,

    id. Cael. 31, 76; id. Rosc. Am. 23; nomen suo familiari (dat.) eadem de re, id. ib. 23:

    nomen tibi,

    id. Pis. 33, 82; cf.:

    illi nonnihil tamen in deferendo nomine secuti,

    id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:

    ad deferendos reos praemio duci,

    Quint. 12, 7, 3:

    reos ad praetorem,

    Tac. A. 14, 41:

    reos ejusdem criminis detulerunt,

    Quint. 11, 1, 79; cf.:

    defertur majestatis,

    Tac. A. 14, 48 (v. Draeger ad loc.):

    adulterii,

    id. ib. 4, 42:

    impietatis in principem,

    id. ib. 6, 47:

    Drusus defertur moliri res novas,

    id. ib. 2, 27; cf.:

    defertur simulavisse partum,

    ib. 3, 22:

    ad deferenda de Perseo crimina,

    Liv. 42, 11; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 98; cf.

    also: et cum occiderentur, detuli sententiam,

    voted to condemn, Vulg. Act. 26, 10. — Absol.:

    et minari et deferre etiam non orator potest,

    Quint. 4, 1, 22.—Of denouncing:

    quae apud vos de me deferunt,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 1.—
    c.
    Pub. law t. t.
    (α).
    Aliquid ad aerarium, and more freq. simply aliquid, to give in at the Aerarium:

    horum nomina ad aerarium detulisset,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 5 fin.:

    quamquam rationes deferre properarim (for which referre is repeatedly used just before),

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 3.—Hence of persons, to recommend them for future consideration and reward, for their services to the state:

    in beneficiis ad aerarium delatus est,

    Cic. Arch. 5 fin.; id. Fam. 5, 20, 7; id. Balb. 28; id. Att. 5, 7:

    senatus consultum factum ad aerarium deferre,

    the public archives, Liv. 39, 4, 8; Tac. A. 3, 51; 13, 28; Suet. Aug. 94, 3.—
    (β).
    Deferre in censum, to report any thing for assessment, to return one's property to the censors:

    mille quingentum aeris in censum,

    Gell. 16, 10, 10;

    for which, deferre censum,

    Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159; Tac. A. 6, 41.— Pass. in mid. force:

    deferri in censum,

    to report one's self for assessment, Eutr. 1, 7.—
    3.
    To ascribe, Amm. 14, 6, 8.

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  • 56 discedo

    dis-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 ( perf. sync. discesti, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 3), v. n.
    I.
    (With the notion of dis predominating.)
    A.
    To part asunder, divide, separate (rare but class.; cf.: linquo, relinquo, desero, desum, destituo, deficio).
    1.
    Lit.:

    cum terra discessisset magnis quibusdam imbribus,

    Cic. Off. 3, 9:

    caelum,

    opens, id. Div. 1, 43, 97; 1, 44, 99, i. e. clears off, Verg. A. 9, 20 (this last is quoted in Sen. Q. N. 7, 20):

    sulcus vomere,

    Luc. 6, 382: VT SODALITATES DECVRIATIQVE DISCEDERENT, SC. ap. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5; cf.:

    cum discedere populum jussissent tribuni,

    Liv. 3, 11:

    populus ex contione,

    Sall. J. 34 fin.: armati in latitudinem, Sisenn. ap. Non. 99, 7:

    in duas partes,

    Sall. J. 13, 1:

    in partes,

    Tac. A. 1, 49; cf.:

    in manipulos,

    id. ib. 1, 34:

    fumus in auras,

    Lucr. 3, 436:

    ad semina rerum,

    id. 2, 833:

    palus multos discessit in amnes,

    Luc. 6, 360:

    citius paterer caput hoc discedere collo,

    Prop. 2, 6, 7.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    divisio in tres partes,

    Quint. 12, 10, 58:

    haec in duo genera,

    id. 3, 6, 86.—
    B.
    To part from one's connection with one, i. e. to leave, forsake, desert (rare but class.).—With a or ab: uxor a Dolabella discessit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:

    ab amicis in re publica peccantibus,

    Cic. Lael. 12, 42:

    ab amicis,

    id. ib. 20, 75:

    a nobis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 60, 3:

    milites in itinere ab eo discedunt,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 2:

    a Perseo,

    Liv. 43, 6.
    II.
    (With the notion of cedere predominating.) To depart from any place or person, to go away from, to leave (cf.: proficiscor, abeo; so most frequently in all periods and sorts of composition).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: constr. with ab, ex, or absol., rarely with de —With ab: cum discesti ab [p. 586] hero, atque abisti ad forum, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 3;

    so with abire,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 13; Cic. Att. 7, 2 fin.:

    quod legati eorum paulo ante a Caesare discesserant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 1:

    ab suis,

    id. ib. 5, 3, 6:

    ab exercitu,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 1; id. B. C. 1, 9, 3 et saep.:

    a senis latere numquam,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

    a vallo,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 3:

    ab loco,

    id. ib. 5, 34, 1:

    a litore,

    id. ib. 5, 8 fin. et saep.—With ex:

    non modo illum e Gallia non discessisse, sed ne a Mutina quidem recessisse,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21:

    ex contione,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 33, 2:

    e medio,

    Suet. Caes. 1:

    e patria,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 85 et saep.—With de:

    de foro,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147; 2, 4, 22, § 49; id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79:

    de colloquio,

    Liv. 32, 40.—With abl. without a prep.:

    templo,

    Ov. M. 1, 381:

    finibus Ausoniae,

    id. Tr. 1, 3, 5:

    lecto,

    id. H. 1, 81:

    Tarracone,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 21, 5:

    Capua,

    Cic. Att. 7, 21.— Absol.:

    ille discessit, ego somno solutus sum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 26 fin.;

    so,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 3; id. B. C. 1, 22 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 8 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    ne longius ab agmine discedi pateretur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 19, 3:

    ab concilio disceditur,

    id. ib. 7, 2 fin.:

    de colloquio discessum,

    Liv. 32, 40; Caes. B. C. 3, 87 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 44 fin.
    b.
    Designating the term. ad quem, to go away to any place:

    in silvas,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 39, 2:

    ex fuga in civitates,

    id. ib. 7, 88 fin.:

    in castra,

    id. B. C. 1, 83, 3:

    in proximos colles,

    Sall. J. 54 fin.:

    in loca occulta,

    id. ib. 56, 3:

    ad urbem,

    Verg. A. 12, 184 et saep.:

    Capreas,

    Tac. A. 6, 20:

    ex castris domum,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5; cf.

    simply domum,

    id. B. C. 1, 13, 3; 3, 87, 3:

    domos suas,

    Nep. Them. 4, 2 al.:

    cubitum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 10.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    In milit. lang., to march off, march away, decamp:

    discessit a Brundisio obsessionemque nostrorum omisit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 24 fin.:

    ab Gergovia,

    id. B. G. 7, 43 fin.:

    a mari Dyrrhachioque,

    id. B. C. 3, 44, 1:

    ab Zama,

    Sall. J. 61 al.:

    ex ea parte vici,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2, 1:

    ex hibernis,

    id. ib. 5, 28, 3:

    ex eo loco,

    id. B. C. 3, 30, 7; cf.:

    ex iis locis cum classe,

    id. ib. 3, 101 fin.:

    Tarracone,

    id. ib. 2, 21, 5 et saep.:

    dispersi ac dissipati discedunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58, 3; so absol., id. ib. 5, 53 fin.; 6, 33, 4 et saep.;

    so milit.: discedere ab signis,

    to quit the standard, leave the order of battle, Caes. B. G. 5, 16, 1; id. B. C. 1, 44, 4; Liv. 25, 20:

    qui discedere et abire cœptabant,

    i. e. to break ranks and go away, Suet. Oth. 11; cf.: ab ordinibus signisque Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3:

    ab armis,

    to lay down one's arms, Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 8; id. B. C. 1, 9, 5; Sall. C. 34, 1; Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; Liv. 9, 14 al.—
    b.
    Also in milit. lang., to get away, come away, come off in any manner from the battle (victorious, conquered, wounded, etc.); and sometimes to be translated simply to become, to be, etc.:

    superiores,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 47, 1; so,

    superior,

    Sall. C. 39, 4:

    victor,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 47, 6; cf.:

    victor ab hoste,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 37:

    victus,

    to be conquered, Sall. C. 49, 2:

    graviter vulneratus,

    id. ib. 61, 7 et saep.:

    aequo proelio,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 7; cf.:

    aequa manu,

    Sall. C. 39, 4:

    aequo Marte cum Volscis,

    Liv. 2, 40:

    sine detrimento,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46, 6 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    a proelio disceditur,

    Just. 6, 7, 12.—
    (β).
    Transf. beyond the milit. sphere (freq. into the judicial sphere, on account of its analogy to the former):

    ut spoliis Sexti Roscii hoc judicio ornati auctique discedant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 3 fin.:

    superiorem,

    id. Caecin. 1, 2; so,

    liberatus,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 3:

    omnium judicio probatus,

    Cic. Brut. 64, 229:

    impunita (tanta injuria),

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 30 et saep.:

    discessisses non male,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 70; cf.:

    pulchre et probe et praeter spem,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 58:

    aut cum summa gloria aut sine molestia,

    Cic. Att. 2, 21 fin.; cf.:

    a judicio capitis maximā gloriā,

    Nep. Epam. 8 fin.:

    ita tum discedo ab illo, ut qui se filiam Neget daturum,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 121; cf.:

    si possum discedere, ne causa optima in senatu pereat,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16 fin.
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to depart, deviate, swerve from; to leave, forsake, give up:

    nihil a statu naturae, nihil a dignitate sapientis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 67:

    a fide justitiaque,

    id. ib. 3, 20, 79:

    longe ab consuetudine mea et cautione ac diligentia,

    id. Font. 1, 2:

    a constantia atque a mente, atque a se ipse,

    id. Div. 2, 55, 114; cf.:

    a se,

    id. Brut. 79, 273; id. Fin. 5, 11, 33; 4, 5, 41; id. Tusc. 4, 6, 11: a recta conscientia, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 20:

    a sua sententia,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 5: ab officio, id. B. G. 1, 40, 3:

    ab oppugnatione castrorum,

    id. B. C. 2, 31, 3 et saep.:

    a judiciisque causisque,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

    a litteris,

    id. Fam. 9, 26:

    ab illa acerrima contentione,

    id. Or. 31:

    ab illa cavillatione,

    Quint. 12, 2, 14:

    a suscepta semel persuasione,

    id. 12, 2, 26 et saep.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Pregn., to pass away, to vanish, to cease (very rarely):

    modo audivi, quartanam a te discessisse,

    had left you, Cic. Att. 8, 6:

    ex animo memoria alicujus,

    id. Rep. 6, 9: hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit (opp. studium propugnandi accessit), Caes. B. G. 2, 7, 2:

    ubi hae sollicitudines discessere,

    Liv. 4, 52 fin.
    b.
    In alicujus sententiam, in polit. lang., to pass or go over to another's opinion, Sall. C. 55, 1; Liv. 3, 41; 28, 45; cf.

    the opp., in alia omnia,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 3 (v. alius). In like manner:

    decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum SC., quo nisi paene in ipso urbis incendio... numquam ante discessum est,

    which had never before been resorted to, Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3;

    so perh.: ex oratione Caesaris... hanc in opinionem discessi, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 14 fin.
    c.
    Ab aliquo, in Cicero's letters in the sense of to leave out of consideration, i. e. to except:

    cum a vobis meae salutis auctoribus discesserim, neminem esse, cujus officiis me tam esse devinctum confitear,

    if I except you, you excepted, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 18:

    ut cum ab illo discesserint, me habeant proximum,

    id. ib. 6, 12, 2:

    amoris erga me, cum a fraterno amore domesticoque discessi, tibi primas defero,

    id. Att. 1, 17, 5.
    Once in the part.
    perf.: custodibus discessis, Cael. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.

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  • 57 excido

    1.
    ex-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall out or down, to fall from (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: quod (animal) cum ex utero elapsum excidit, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128:

    sol excidisse mihi e mundo videtur,

    id. Att. 9, 10, 3:

    gladii de manibus exciderunt,

    id. Pis. 9 fin.; cf. id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; id. Cat. 1, 6 fin.;

    for which also: inter manus (urna),

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 22; and:

    a digitis (ansa),

    Ov. H. 16, 252:

    Palinurus exciderat puppi,

    Verg. A. 6, 339; cf.

    arce,

    Ov. F. 5, 34:

    equis,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1164:

    num qui nummi exciderunt, here, tibi, quod sic terram Obtuere?

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 17; cf. id. Cist. 4, 2, 8; id. Merc. 3, 1, 44; id. Poen. 1, 2, 48:

    volvae excidunt,

    Plin. 36, 21, 39, § 151.— Poet.:

    ita vinclis Excidet aut in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit,

    will slip out of the fetters, Verg. G. 4, 410:

    in flumen (elephanti, sc. e rate),

    Liv. 21, 28 fin.:

    cum Herculis pertractanti arma sagitta excidisset in pedem,

    Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 66:

    ante pedes (lingua resecta),

    Ov. Ib. 536.—
    B.
    In partic., of a lot, to fall of come out (very rare):

    ut cujusque sors exciderat,

    Liv. 21, 42, 3;

    and hence, transf.: nominibus in urnam conjectis, citari quod primum sorte nomen excidit,

    id. 23, 3, 7.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to fall out involuntarily, fall from, slip out, escape:

    verbum ex ore alicujus,

    Cic. Sull. 26; cf.:

    vox excidit ore: Venisti tandem, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 686:

    tantumque nefas patrio excidit ore?

    id. ib. 2, 658; cf.:

    scelus ore tuo,

    Ov. M. 7, 172:

    quod verbum tibi non excidit, ut saepe fit, fortuito,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 2 fin.; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 23; 7, 2, 52; 9, 4, 41 al.:

    libellus me imprudente et invito excidit,

    escaped me without my knowledge or desire, Cic. de Or. 1, 21; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 5:

    vox horrenda per auras excidit,

    Verg. A. 9, 113:

    et pariter vultusque deo plectrumque colorque Excidit,

    Ov. M. 2, 602; cf. id. ib. 4, 176:

    ut quodammodo victoria e manibus excideret,

    Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2:

    (versus) qui in breves excidunt,

    i. e. which close, terminate, Quint. 9, 4, 106.— Poet.: in vitium libertas excidit, qs. falls away, sinks, = delabitur, Hor. A. P. 282.—
    B.
    In partic.
    * 1.
    To dissent, differ from any one's opinion: ego ab Archilocho excido, Lucil. ap. Non. 301, 18.—
    2.
    To pass away, be lost, perish, disappear:

    neque enim verendum est, ne quid excidat aut ne quid in terram defluat,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

    primo miser excidit aevo,

    Prop. 3, 7, 7 (4, 6, 7 M.):

    nec vera virtus, cum semel excidit, etc.,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 30:

    at non ingenio quaesitum nomen ab aevo Excidet,

    Prop. 3, 2, 24 (4, 1, 64 M.):

    excidit omnis luctus,

    Ov. M. 8, 448:

    ne Tarentinae quidem arcis excidit memoria,

    Liv. 27, 3 fin.; cf. the foll.—Esp.
    b.
    To fail, faint, swoon, lose one's self:

    excidit illa metu, rupitque novissima verba,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 5, 39; cf.: ut scias quemadmodum nunquam excidam mihi, lose control of myself (through drink), Sen. de Ira, 3, 14, 1:

    quis me dolori reddit? quam bene excideram mihi!

    Sen. Hippol. 589 sq. —
    c.
    To slip out, escape from the memory:

    excidere de memoria,

    Liv. 29, 19 fin.:

    exciderat pacis mentio ex omnium animis,

    id. 34, 37; cf.

    animo,

    Verg. A. 1, 26; Ov. H. 20, 188;

    and pectore,

    id. Pont. 2, 4, 24:

    o miram memoriam, Pomponi, tuam! at mihi ista exciderant,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 46; so with dat.:

    quae cogitatio, cum mihi non omnino excidisset, etc.,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 2; id. Att. 6, 1, 7; Quint. 4, 5, 4; 10, 1, 75; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 20; 4 (5), 7, 15 et saep.; cf. with a subjectclause:

    non excidit mihi, scripsisse me, etc.,

    Quint. 2, 3, 10.— Absol.:

    quid? non haec varietas mira est, excidere proxima, vetera inhaerere? hesternorum immemores acta pueritiae recordari,

    id. 11, 2, 6; 1, 12, 6; 4, 2, 91; 4, 5, 2; cf. with inf. clause:

    si calore dicendi vitare id excidisset,

    id. 11, 3, 130; and with ut:

    excidit, ut peterem, etc.,

    i. e. I forgot to beg, Ov. M. 14, 139.—Rarely transf. to the person:

    excidens,

    who forgets, forgetful, Quint. 11, 2, 19:

    palam moneri excidentis est,

    id. 11, 3, 132.—
    3.
    (Ex) aliquā re, of persons, to be deprived of, to lose, miss, forfeit (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.;

    in Cic. not at all): ex familia,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 104:

    uxore,

    to be disappointed of, Ter. And. 2, 5, 12:

    regno,

    Curt. 10, 5:

    quem si non tenuit, magnis tamen excidit ausis,

    failed in a great attempt, Ov. M. 2, 328; cf.:

    fine medicinae,

    Quint. 2, 17, 25:

    genere,

    id. 1, 5, 16: qui apud privatos judices plus petendo formula excidissent, i. e. who lost their suits (for the usual cadere formulā or [p. 677] causā;

    v. cado, II.),

    Suet. Claud. 14; Sen. Clem. 2, 3.
    2.
    ex-cīdo, īdi, īsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut out or off, to hew out, to cut or hew down (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    lapides e terra,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3 fin.:

    omnes arbores longe lateque,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 15, 1; cf.:

    excisa enim est arbor, non evulsa,

    Cic. Att. 15, 4, 2: exciditur ilex (with percellunt magnas quercus), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. 194 ed. Vahl.):

    arborem e stirpe,

    Dig. 43, 27, 1:

    ericium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 67 fin.:

    radicem,

    Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 82:

    columnas rupibus,

    Verg. A. 1, 428; cf.:

    rubos arvis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 5: linguam alicui, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1 fin.:

    partum mulieri,

    Dig. 11, 8, 2:

    os,

    Cels. 8, 3:

    virilitatem,

    i. e. to castrate, geld, Quint. 5, 12, 17;

    for which also, se,

    Ov. F. 4, 361; cf. Dig. 48, 8, 4 fin.:

    vias per montes,

    Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 125:

    latus rupis in antrum,

    Verg. A. 6, 42; cf.:

    vasa anaglypta in asperitatem,

    i. e. wrought with raised figures, Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 139: exciderat eum (sc. obeliscum) rex, majusque opus in devehendo statuendove multo quam in excidendo, i. e. cut out in the quarry, Plin. 36, 8, 14, § 67; absol., id. ib. § 65.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to raze, demolish, lay waste, destroy:

    qui domos inimicorum suorum oppugnavit, excidit, incendit,

    Cic. Sest. 44:

    Numantiam,

    id. Off. 1. 22, 76; cf.

    Trojam,

    Verg. A. 2, 637:

    urbem,

    id. ib. 12, 762:

    oppida,

    Lact. 1, 18, 8:

    Germaniam,

    Vell. 2, 123 fin.:

    agrum,

    id. 2, 115:

    exercitum,

    i. e. to cut to pieces, annihilate, id. 2, 120, 3.—
    II.
    Trop., to extirpate, remove, banish:

    aliquid ex animo,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43; cf.:

    iram animis, Sen. de Ira, 3, 1: aliquem numero civium,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excido

  • 58 furax

    fūrax, ācis, adj. [id.], inclined to steal, given to stealing, thievish (rare but class.; cf.:

    rapax, furunculus): servus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 248:

    P. Cornelius homo avarus et furax,

    id. ib. 2, 66, 268:

    furacissimae manus,

    id. Pis. 30, 74:

    nihil est furacius illo,

    Mart. 8, 59, 3:

    tam furax a mento volsella,

    i. e. removing the beard, Tert. Pall. 4.—
    * Adv.: fūrācĭter, thievishly; only sup.:

    cum omnium domos, apothecas, naves furacissime scrutarere,

    Cic. Vatin. 5, 12.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > furax

  • 59 inspicio

    inspĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. [inspecio], to look into; to look at, inspect; to consider, contemplate, examine (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    intro inspice,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 72:

    inspicere tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 61:

    cum Romam inspexerit Eos,

    Ov. F. 4, 389:

    inspice quid portem,

    id. Tr. 3, 1, 9:

    faciem,

    Juv. 1, 97:

    ranarum viscera,

    id. 3, 45:

    ea est procul inspicientibus natura loci, ut,

    Just. 4, 1:

    libros,

    Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 1:

    leges,

    Cic. Balb. 14, 32:

    aurum inspicere, ne subruptum siet,

    to examine whether, Plaut. Aul. prol. 39.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To look at, inspect a thing with reference to its value, etc.: te hoc orare jussit, Ut sibi liceret inspicere has aedes. Si. Non sunt venales, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 65:

    candelabrum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64; cf.:

    praedium suum,

    id. Fam. 9, 7, 2:

    venalem domum,

    Suet. Oth. 6:

    ludorum sumptus,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 509.—
    2.
    To inspect, examine:

    morbum,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 15:

    arma, viros, equos, cum cura,

    Liv. 44, 1, 6:

    arma militis,

    Cic. Caecin. 21, 61.—
    3.
    To examine, spy out:

    domos,

    Verg. A. 2, 47.—
    II.
    Trop., to consider, examine, become acquainted with, comprehend, perceive:

    res sociorum,

    to inspect their affairs, examine into their conduct, Liv. 21, 6, 3:

    aliquem a puero,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44:

    quem diliges ut ego, si ut ego propius inspexeris,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 3:

    est aliquis, qui se inspici, aestimari fastidiat,

    Liv. 6, 41, 2:

    sententiam mulieris,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 51:

    querelam,

    Petr. 15:

    rationes,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 57, 1:

    aes alienum,

    Liv. 6, 27, 8:

    fidem,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 26:

    an possit fieri,

    Mart. 1, 55, 6:

    quid expediat, quid deceat,

    Quint. 11, 1, 8 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inspicio

  • 60 laudo

    laudo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [laus], to praise, laud, commend, extol, eulogize, approve (cf.: celebro, praed co).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, Enn. ap. Aug. Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.):

    coram in os te laudare,

    to praise to one's face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5; cf.:

    in faciem,

    Lact. 3, 14, 7:

    vituperare improbos asperius, laudare bonos ornatius,

    Cic. de Or. 2, [p. 1043] 9, 35:

    et efferre aliquid,

    id. ib. 2, 75, 304:

    rationem,

    id. Fam. 5, 20, 4:

    sententiam alicujus,

    id. Sest. 34, 74:

    laudantur exquisitissimis verbis legiones,

    id. Phil. 4, 3, 6:

    legem ipsam,

    id. Leg. 3, 1, 2:

    magnifice,

    id. Brut. 73, 254:

    agricolam laudat juris peritus,

    praises him as happy, extols his happiness, Hor. S. 1, 1, 9; so,

    diversa sequentes,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 3; 109: volucrem laudamus equum, praise as swift, i. e. for swiftness, Juv. 8, 57:

    laudatur dis aequa potestas,

    id. 4, 71.—Part. as subst.:

    prava laudantium sermo,

    Sen. Ep. 123, 9.— Pass. with dat.:

    numquam praestantibus viris laudata est in una sententia perpetua permansio,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

    Germanicus cunctis laudatus,

    by all, Tac. A. 4, 57 fin.:

    herba laudata Eratostheni,

    Plin. 22, 22, 43, § 86:

    laudataque quondam ora Jovi,

    Ov. M. 2, 480.—
    * (β).
    Poet., with object.-gen.:

    laudabat leti juvenem,

    pronounced him happy on account of his death, Sil. 4, 260.—
    (γ).
    With in and abl.:

    in quo tuum consilium nemo potest non maxime laudare,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2:

    juvenes laudari in bonis gaudent,

    Quint. 5, 12, 22:

    scriptores iamborum saepe in illis laudantur,

    id. 10, 1, 9.—
    (δ).
    Pass. with inf. ( poet.):

    extinxisse nefas Laudabor,

    Verg. A. 2, 585.—
    (ε).
    With quod:

    quod viris fortibus honos habitus est, laudo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

    laudat Africanum Panaetius, quod fuerit abstinens,

    id. Off. 2, 22, 76:

    jamne igitur laudas, quod de sapientibus alter Ridebat, etc.,

    Juv. 10, 28:

    non laudans, quod non in melius, sed in deterius, convenitis,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 17.—
    (ζ).
    With quoniam:

    utrumque laudemus, quoniam per illos ne haec quidem genera laude caruerunt,

    Cic. Brut. 30, 116.—
    (η).
    With cum (very rare):

    te quidem, cum isto animo es, satis laudare non possum,

    Cic. Mil. 36, 99:

    jam id ipsum consul laudare, cum initiatam se (Hispala) non infitiaretur,

    Liv. 39, 12, 7.—
    (θ).
    With si:

    consilium laudo artificis, si munere tanto Praecipuam in tabulis ceram senis abstulit orbi,

    Juv. 4, 18.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To pronounce a funeral oration over a person:

    quem cum supremo ejus die Maximus laudaret,

    Cic. Mur. 36, 75; id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 5.—
    2.
    In medicine, to recommend as a remedy:

    apri cerebrum contra serpentes laudatur,

    Plin. 28, 10, 42, § 152; 29, 3, 12, § 54.—
    3.
    To praise, compliment, i. e. dismiss with a compliment, leave, turn from ( poet.):

    laudato ingentia rura, Exiguum colito,

    Verg. G. 2, 412: cf.:

    probitas laudatur et alget,

    Juv. 1, 74 —
    II.
    Transf., to adduce, name, quote, cite a person as any thing:

    laudare significat priscā linguā nominare appellareque,

    Gell. 2, 6, 16; cf.: laudare ponebatur apud antiquos pro nominare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.:

    id ut scias, Jovem supremum testem laudo,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 66:

    quem rerum Romanarum auctorem laudare possum religiosissimum,

    Cic. Brut. 11, 44:

    auctores,

    id. de Or. 3, 18, 68; cf.:

    ut auctoribus laudandis ineptiarum crimen effugiam,

    id. ib. 3, 49, 187: auctore laudato, Cod. 8, 45, 7.—Hence, laudātus, a, um, P. a., extolled, praiseworthy, esteemed, excellent:

    laudari a laudato viro,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; Naev. ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1:

    omnium laudatarum artium procreatrix,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 9:

    hunc ubi laudatos jactantem in sanguine vultus videt,

    Ov. M. 5, 59:

    olus laudatum in cibis,

    Plin. 22, 22, 33, § 74.— Comp.:

    saccharon et Arabia fert, sed laudatius India,

    Plin. 12, 8, 17, § 32.— Sup.:

    laudatissimus caseus,

    Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 241:

    virgo laudatissima formae dote,

    Ov. M. 9, 715.—Hence, adv.: laudātē, laudably, admirably:

    regias domos laudatissime ebore adornans,

    Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 46 (al. lautissime).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > laudo

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