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81 corripio

cor-rĭpĭo ( conr-), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize or snatch up, to collect, to seize upon, take hold of (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
hominem conripi ac suspendi jussit in oleastro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57; Caes. B. C. 3, 109; cf. Ov. M. 9, 217 al.:
arcumque manu celeresque sagittas,
Verg. A. 1, 188; cf.:
lora manu,
Ov. M. 2, 145:
fasces,
Sall. C. 18, 5:
arma,
Vell. 2, 110 et saep.: corpus, to rise up quickly, start up:
ex somno,
Lucr. 3, 164; Verg. A. 4, 572:
de terrā,
Lucr. 4, 1000:
e stratis,
Verg. A. 3, 176: se, to get or rise up hastily, to betake one's self somewhere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 76; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 5; Verg. A. 6, 472.— Poet.: viam, gradum, spatium, etc., to set out quickly, to pursue hastily, to hasten, hasten through or over:
viam,
Verg. A. 1, 418; Ov. M. 2, 158; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6:
gradum,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 33:
spatia,
Verg. A. 5, 316:
campum,
id. G. 3, 104:
aequora,
Val. Fl. 1, 132 al.:
correptā luce diei,
collected, Lucr. 4, 81.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of robbery, etc., to carry off, rob, plunder, take possession of, usurp:
pecunias undique quasi in subsidium,
Tac. A. 13, 18; cf.:
bona vivorum ac mortuorum usquequaque,
Suet. Dom. 12:
pecunias,
Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Tac. A. 13, 31 fin.:
sacram effigiem,
Verg. A. 2, 167:
praefecturas,
Tac. A. 11, 8 al. —
2.
In Tac. freq. of accusations, to bring to trial, accuse, inform against:
Vitellius accusatione corripitur, deferente Junio Lupo senatore,
Tac. A. 12, 42; 2, 28; 3, 49; 6, 40 al.—
3.
Of fire, etc., or of diseases, to attack, seize, sweep, or carry away (freq. after the Aug. per.):
turbine caelesti subito correptus et igni,
Lucr. 6, 395; cf. Verg. A. 1, 45:
flamma Corripuit tabulas,
id. ib. 9, 537; so Ov. M. 2, 210 al.;
and transf. to the person: ipsas ignes corripuere casas,
id. F. 2, 524:
nec singula morbi Corpora corripiunt,
Verg. G. 3, 472; Cels. 6, 18, 9; Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:
morbo bis inter res agendas correptus est,
Suet. Caes. 45:
pedum dolore,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4;
rarely of death: subitā morte,
Flor. 3, 17, 2:
(ales) caeco correpta veneno,
Lucr. 6, 823:
(segetes) modo sol nimius, nimius modo corripit imber,
Ov. M. 5, 483.— Absol.:
si (paralytici) correpti non sunt, diutius quidem vivunt, sed, etc.,
Cels. 3, 47, 4.—
4.
With the access. idea of lessening by compressing, to draw together, draw in, contract, shorten, abridge, diminish (rare; mostly post-Aug.): singulos a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit. Suet. Dom. 4:
impensas,
id. Tib. 34;
of discourse: quae nimium corripientes omnia sequitur obscuritas,
Quint. 4, 2, 44;
of words in the number of syllables (trabs from trabes),
Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll.;
or in the length of syllables,
Quint. 9, 4, 89; 10, 1, 29;
and so of syllables (opp. producere),
id. 1, 5, 18;
opp. porrigere,
id. 1, 6, 32, and later grammarians.—In time:
numina corripiant moras,
shorten, Ov. M. 9, 282:
ut difficiles puerperiorum tricas Juno mulceat corripiatque Lucina?
Arn. 3, 21.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To reproach, reprove, chide, blame (first freq. after the Aug. per.;
not in Cic.): hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 2: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so with abl., Suet. Aug. 53:
impransi correptus voce magistri,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 257:
hunc cetera turba suorum corripiunt dictis,
Ov. M. 3, 565 al.:
ut eum non inimice corripere, sed paene patrie monere videatur,
Quint. 11, 1, 68; Liv. 2, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 45; Ov. M. 13, 69 al.:
corripientibus amicis,
Suet. Ner. 35.—As a figure of speech, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104.—
B.
Of the passions, emotions, etc., to seize upon, attack (rare, [p. 474] and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):
hunc plausus hiantem... plebisque patrumque Corripuit ( = animum commovit),
Verg. G. 2, 510:
correpta cupidine,
Ov. M. 9, 734; so id. ib. 9, 455:
duplici ardore (sc. amoris et vini),
Prop. 1, 3, 13:
misericordiā,
Suet. Calig. 12:
irā,
Gell. 1, 26, 8: militiā ( poet. for militiae studio), Verg. A. 11, 584:
imagine visae formae,
seized, fascinated, Ov. M. 4, 676.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > corripio
82 derigo

dī-rĭgo or dērĭgo (the latter form preferred by Roby, L. G. 2, p. 387; cf. Rib. Proleg. ad Verg. p. 401 sq.; so Liv. 21, 19, 1; 21, 47, 8; 22, 28 Weissenb.; id. 22, 47, 2 Drak.; Lach. ad Lucr. 4, 609; Tac. A. 6, 40 Ritter; acc. to Brambach, s. v., the two forms are different words, de-rigo meaning to give a particular direction to; di-rigo, to arrange in distinct lines, set or move different ways; cf. describo and discribo. But the distinction is not observed in the MSS. and edd. generally), rexi, rectum, 3 ( perf. sync. direxti, Verg. A. 6, 57), v. a. [dis-rego], to lay straight, set in a straight line, to arrange, draw up (class.; cf.: guberno, collineo, teneo).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
coronam si diviseris, arcus erit: si direxeris, virga,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 10:
haec directa materia injecta consternebantur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 8:
crates,
id. B. C. 3, 46, 5:
naves ante portum,
Liv. 37, 31; cf.:
naves in pugnam,
id. 22, 19:
vicos,
i. e. to build regularly, id. 5, 55; cf.
castella,
Flor. 4, 12, 26:
molem recta fronte,
Curt. 4, 3 et saep.:
regiones lituo,
i. e. to lay out, bound, Cic. Div. 1, 17; cf.:
finem alicui veterem viam regiam,
Liv. 39, 27.—Esp. freq.:
aciem,
to draw up the troops in battle array, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 47 fin.; 34, 28; Front. Strat. 1, 12, 3; 2, 1, 4 et saep.; cf.
frontem,
Quint. 2, 13, 3; 5, 13, 11:
membrana plumbo derecta,
ruled with a lead-pencil, Cat. 22, 7.—
* b.
Perh. i. q., to split, cleave in twain:
elephantum machaeră dirigit,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 54 (dub.); cf.: dirigere apud Plautum invenitur pro discidere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 15 Müll.—
B.
In partic., with respect to the terminus, to send in a straight line, to direct to a place (so most freq.):
ex vestigio vela ad castra Corneliana,
Caes. B. C. 2, 25, 6:
aciem ad te,
Cat. 63, 56:
cursum ad litora,
Caes. B. C. 3, 25, 4: iter ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 112 et saep.—Afterwards more freq. with in:
equum in consulem,
Liv. 2, 6:
currum in hostem,
Ov. M. 12, 78:
tela manusque in corpus Aeacidae,
Verg. A. 6, 57; Front. Strat. 3, 3, 4:
hastam in te,
Ov. M. 8, 66; cf.:
dentes in inguina,
id. ib. 8, 400:
cursum in Africam,
Vell. 2, 19 fin.:
cursum per auras in lucos,
Verg. A. 6, 195 et saep.:
navem eo,
Nep. Chabr. 4, 2:
gressum huc,
Verg. A. 5, 162; 11, 855 et saep.; and poet. with the dat.:
Ilo hastam,
Verg. A. 10, 401 et saep.—Without designating the limit:
ab iisdem (Etesiis) maritimi cursus (i. e. navium) celeres et certi diriguntur,
to be directed, steered, Cic. N. D. 2, 53:
iter navis,
Ov. F. 1, 4:
cursum,
Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; esp. freq. of weapons, to aim, direct:
spicula,
Verg. A. 7, 497; Ov. M. 12, 606:
hastile,
Verg. A. 12, 490:
tela,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 18:
sagittas,
Suet. Dom. 19 et saep.— Poet.:
vulnera,
Verg. A. 10, 140; Sil. 2, 92 Drak.; Tac. H. 2, 35; cf.:
vulnera alicui,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to set in order, arrange (very rare):
materias divisione dirigere,
Quint. 2, 6, 1.—Far more freq. (esp. in Cic. and Quint.),
B.
In partic.: aliquid ad or in aliquid; also: aliqua re, to direct, guide, arrange a thing either to something (as its aim, scope) or according to something (as its rule or pattern).
(α).
With ad: meas cogitationes sic dirigo, non ad illam parvulam Cynosuram sed, etc., Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.:
orationem ad exempla,
id. Rep. 2, 31 fin.; Quint. 10, 2, 1:
judicium ad ea,
id. 6, 5, 2:
se ad id quod, etc.,
id. 12, 3, 8; cf.:
se ad ea effingenda,
id. 10, 1, 127:
praecipua rerum ad famam,
Tac. A. 4, 40 et saep.—In a different sense (viz., with ad equiv. to secundum, v. ad):
in verbis et eligendis et collocandis nihil non ad rationem,
Cic. Brut. 37, 140:
vitam ad certam rationis normam,
to conform, id. Mur. 2:
leges hominum ad naturam,
id. Leg. 2, 5 fin.; id. Or. 2 fin. et saep.—
(β).
With in (not so in Cic.):
tota mente (intentionem) in opus ipsum,
Quint. 10, 3, 28:
communes locos in vitia,
id. 2, 1, 11; Front. Strat. 3, 2, 2 et saep.—
(γ).
With abl. (only in Cic.):
quos (fines) utilitate aut voluptate dirigunt,
Cic. Fin. 5, 20 fin.:
omnia voluptate,
id. ib. 2, 22, 71:
utilitatem honestate,
id. Off. 3, 21, 83:
haec normā,
id. de Or. 3, 49, 190.—
(δ).
Without an object:
(divinatio) ad veritatem saepissime dirigit,
Cic. Div. 1, 14 fin. —
(ε).
With acc. only: epistolam (sc. ad aliquem), to write, Capit. Clod. Alb. 2.—
(ζ).
With adversus, Quint. 5, 7, 6.—Hence, dīrectus ( dērectus), a, um, P. a., made straight, straight, direct, whether horizontally or perpendicularly; straight, level; upright, steep.
A.
Lit.:
auditus flexuosum iter habet, ne quid intrare possit, si simplex et directum pateret,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf.
aes (tubae), opp. flexum,
Ov. M. 1, 98:
iter,
Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 2: latera, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf.
trabes,
id. ib. 7, 23, 1:
ordo (olearum),
Cic. Caecin. 8, 22:
arcus (opp. obliquus),
Ov. M. 2, 129:
paries,
i. e. that cuts another at right angles, Cic. Top. 4: ut directiores ictus flant, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 2:
praeruptus locus utraque ex parte directus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 3:
(Henna) ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48 Zumpt N. cr.:
cornu,
Caes. B. G. 6, 26.— Subst.: dī-rectum, i, n., a straight line:
in directo pedum VIII. esse, in anfracto XVI.,
in a straight line, Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll.; so,
altitudo (montis) per directum IV. M. pass.,
Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; cf. id. 3, 5, 9, § 66 al.:
cadere in directum moderate (with exire per devexum),
Sen. Q. N. 6, 20; Vulg. Ezech. 47, 20 al.—
B.
Trop., straightforward, unceremonious, open, simple, direct:
o praeclaram beate vivendi et apertam et simplicem et directam viam,
Cic. Fin. 1, 18; cf.:
iter ad laudem,
id. Cael. 17, 41:
vera illa et directa ratio,
id. ib. 18:
tristis ac directus senex,
id. ib. 16, 38; cf.:
quid est in judicio? Directum, asperum, simplex, SI PARET HS ICCC DARI,
id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:
percunctatio et denuntiatio belli,
Liv. 21, 19; cf.
contiones,
Just. 38, 3 fin. (v. obliquus):
verba,
Cod. Just. 6, 23, 15:
actio,
Dig. 3, 5, 46; 9, 4, 26 et saep.; cf.
institutio (opp. precaria),
id. 29, 1, 19:
libertates (opp. fideicommissariae),
id. 29, 4, 12.— Adv.
a.
dīrectē, directly, straight (very rare):
dicere,
Cic. Part. Or. 7, 24:
ire,
Vulg. Sap. 5, 22.—Far more freq.,
b.
dīrectō, directly, straight:
deorsum ferri,
Cic. N. D. 1, 25:
transversas trabes,
Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2:
ad fidem spectare,
Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46; so id. Div. 2, 61 fin. (opp. anfractus and circuitio); Liv. 1, 11 fin.; Sen. Ep. 66; Dig. 9, 4, 26 al. —
* c.
dīrectā:
quo magis ursimus alte directā,
press deep down perpendicularly, Lucr. 2, 198.—
d.
dīrectim, straightway, directly (post-class.), App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 34; Macr. S. 7, 12 fin.—Comp.:
directius gubernare,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66.— Sup. seems not to occur either in the adj. or in the adv.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > derigo
83 directum

dī-rĭgo or dērĭgo (the latter form preferred by Roby, L. G. 2, p. 387; cf. Rib. Proleg. ad Verg. p. 401 sq.; so Liv. 21, 19, 1; 21, 47, 8; 22, 28 Weissenb.; id. 22, 47, 2 Drak.; Lach. ad Lucr. 4, 609; Tac. A. 6, 40 Ritter; acc. to Brambach, s. v., the two forms are different words, de-rigo meaning to give a particular direction to; di-rigo, to arrange in distinct lines, set or move different ways; cf. describo and discribo. But the distinction is not observed in the MSS. and edd. generally), rexi, rectum, 3 ( perf. sync. direxti, Verg. A. 6, 57), v. a. [dis-rego], to lay straight, set in a straight line, to arrange, draw up (class.; cf.: guberno, collineo, teneo).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
coronam si diviseris, arcus erit: si direxeris, virga,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 10:
haec directa materia injecta consternebantur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 8:
crates,
id. B. C. 3, 46, 5:
naves ante portum,
Liv. 37, 31; cf.:
naves in pugnam,
id. 22, 19:
vicos,
i. e. to build regularly, id. 5, 55; cf.
castella,
Flor. 4, 12, 26:
molem recta fronte,
Curt. 4, 3 et saep.:
regiones lituo,
i. e. to lay out, bound, Cic. Div. 1, 17; cf.:
finem alicui veterem viam regiam,
Liv. 39, 27.—Esp. freq.:
aciem,
to draw up the troops in battle array, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 47 fin.; 34, 28; Front. Strat. 1, 12, 3; 2, 1, 4 et saep.; cf.
frontem,
Quint. 2, 13, 3; 5, 13, 11:
membrana plumbo derecta,
ruled with a lead-pencil, Cat. 22, 7.—
* b.
Perh. i. q., to split, cleave in twain:
elephantum machaeră dirigit,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 54 (dub.); cf.: dirigere apud Plautum invenitur pro discidere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 15 Müll.—
B.
In partic., with respect to the terminus, to send in a straight line, to direct to a place (so most freq.):
ex vestigio vela ad castra Corneliana,
Caes. B. C. 2, 25, 6:
aciem ad te,
Cat. 63, 56:
cursum ad litora,
Caes. B. C. 3, 25, 4: iter ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 112 et saep.—Afterwards more freq. with in:
equum in consulem,
Liv. 2, 6:
currum in hostem,
Ov. M. 12, 78:
tela manusque in corpus Aeacidae,
Verg. A. 6, 57; Front. Strat. 3, 3, 4:
hastam in te,
Ov. M. 8, 66; cf.:
dentes in inguina,
id. ib. 8, 400:
cursum in Africam,
Vell. 2, 19 fin.:
cursum per auras in lucos,
Verg. A. 6, 195 et saep.:
navem eo,
Nep. Chabr. 4, 2:
gressum huc,
Verg. A. 5, 162; 11, 855 et saep.; and poet. with the dat.:
Ilo hastam,
Verg. A. 10, 401 et saep.—Without designating the limit:
ab iisdem (Etesiis) maritimi cursus (i. e. navium) celeres et certi diriguntur,
to be directed, steered, Cic. N. D. 2, 53:
iter navis,
Ov. F. 1, 4:
cursum,
Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; esp. freq. of weapons, to aim, direct:
spicula,
Verg. A. 7, 497; Ov. M. 12, 606:
hastile,
Verg. A. 12, 490:
tela,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 18:
sagittas,
Suet. Dom. 19 et saep.— Poet.:
vulnera,
Verg. A. 10, 140; Sil. 2, 92 Drak.; Tac. H. 2, 35; cf.:
vulnera alicui,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to set in order, arrange (very rare):
materias divisione dirigere,
Quint. 2, 6, 1.—Far more freq. (esp. in Cic. and Quint.),
B.
In partic.: aliquid ad or in aliquid; also: aliqua re, to direct, guide, arrange a thing either to something (as its aim, scope) or according to something (as its rule or pattern).
(α).
With ad: meas cogitationes sic dirigo, non ad illam parvulam Cynosuram sed, etc., Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.:
orationem ad exempla,
id. Rep. 2, 31 fin.; Quint. 10, 2, 1:
judicium ad ea,
id. 6, 5, 2:
se ad id quod, etc.,
id. 12, 3, 8; cf.:
se ad ea effingenda,
id. 10, 1, 127:
praecipua rerum ad famam,
Tac. A. 4, 40 et saep.—In a different sense (viz., with ad equiv. to secundum, v. ad):
in verbis et eligendis et collocandis nihil non ad rationem,
Cic. Brut. 37, 140:
vitam ad certam rationis normam,
to conform, id. Mur. 2:
leges hominum ad naturam,
id. Leg. 2, 5 fin.; id. Or. 2 fin. et saep.—
(β).
With in (not so in Cic.):
tota mente (intentionem) in opus ipsum,
Quint. 10, 3, 28:
communes locos in vitia,
id. 2, 1, 11; Front. Strat. 3, 2, 2 et saep.—
(γ).
With abl. (only in Cic.):
quos (fines) utilitate aut voluptate dirigunt,
Cic. Fin. 5, 20 fin.:
omnia voluptate,
id. ib. 2, 22, 71:
utilitatem honestate,
id. Off. 3, 21, 83:
haec normā,
id. de Or. 3, 49, 190.—
(δ).
Without an object:
(divinatio) ad veritatem saepissime dirigit,
Cic. Div. 1, 14 fin. —
(ε).
With acc. only: epistolam (sc. ad aliquem), to write, Capit. Clod. Alb. 2.—
(ζ).
With adversus, Quint. 5, 7, 6.—Hence, dīrectus ( dērectus), a, um, P. a., made straight, straight, direct, whether horizontally or perpendicularly; straight, level; upright, steep.
A.
Lit.:
auditus flexuosum iter habet, ne quid intrare possit, si simplex et directum pateret,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf.
aes (tubae), opp. flexum,
Ov. M. 1, 98:
iter,
Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 2: latera, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf.
trabes,
id. ib. 7, 23, 1:
ordo (olearum),
Cic. Caecin. 8, 22:
arcus (opp. obliquus),
Ov. M. 2, 129:
paries,
i. e. that cuts another at right angles, Cic. Top. 4: ut directiores ictus flant, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 2:
praeruptus locus utraque ex parte directus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 3:
(Henna) ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48 Zumpt N. cr.:
cornu,
Caes. B. G. 6, 26.— Subst.: dī-rectum, i, n., a straight line:
in directo pedum VIII. esse, in anfracto XVI.,
in a straight line, Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll.; so,
altitudo (montis) per directum IV. M. pass.,
Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; cf. id. 3, 5, 9, § 66 al.:
cadere in directum moderate (with exire per devexum),
Sen. Q. N. 6, 20; Vulg. Ezech. 47, 20 al.—
B.
Trop., straightforward, unceremonious, open, simple, direct:
o praeclaram beate vivendi et apertam et simplicem et directam viam,
Cic. Fin. 1, 18; cf.:
iter ad laudem,
id. Cael. 17, 41:
vera illa et directa ratio,
id. ib. 18:
tristis ac directus senex,
id. ib. 16, 38; cf.:
quid est in judicio? Directum, asperum, simplex, SI PARET HS ICCC DARI,
id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:
percunctatio et denuntiatio belli,
Liv. 21, 19; cf.
contiones,
Just. 38, 3 fin. (v. obliquus):
verba,
Cod. Just. 6, 23, 15:
actio,
Dig. 3, 5, 46; 9, 4, 26 et saep.; cf.
institutio (opp. precaria),
id. 29, 1, 19:
libertates (opp. fideicommissariae),
id. 29, 4, 12.— Adv.
a.
dīrectē, directly, straight (very rare):
dicere,
Cic. Part. Or. 7, 24:
ire,
Vulg. Sap. 5, 22.—Far more freq.,
b.
dīrectō, directly, straight:
deorsum ferri,
Cic. N. D. 1, 25:
transversas trabes,
Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2:
ad fidem spectare,
Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46; so id. Div. 2, 61 fin. (opp. anfractus and circuitio); Liv. 1, 11 fin.; Sen. Ep. 66; Dig. 9, 4, 26 al. —
* c.
dīrectā:
quo magis ursimus alte directā,
press deep down perpendicularly, Lucr. 2, 198.—
d.
dīrectim, straightway, directly (post-class.), App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 34; Macr. S. 7, 12 fin.—Comp.:
directius gubernare,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66.— Sup. seems not to occur either in the adj. or in the adv.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > directum
84 dirigo

dī-rĭgo or dērĭgo (the latter form preferred by Roby, L. G. 2, p. 387; cf. Rib. Proleg. ad Verg. p. 401 sq.; so Liv. 21, 19, 1; 21, 47, 8; 22, 28 Weissenb.; id. 22, 47, 2 Drak.; Lach. ad Lucr. 4, 609; Tac. A. 6, 40 Ritter; acc. to Brambach, s. v., the two forms are different words, de-rigo meaning to give a particular direction to; di-rigo, to arrange in distinct lines, set or move different ways; cf. describo and discribo. But the distinction is not observed in the MSS. and edd. generally), rexi, rectum, 3 ( perf. sync. direxti, Verg. A. 6, 57), v. a. [dis-rego], to lay straight, set in a straight line, to arrange, draw up (class.; cf.: guberno, collineo, teneo).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
coronam si diviseris, arcus erit: si direxeris, virga,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 10:
haec directa materia injecta consternebantur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 8:
crates,
id. B. C. 3, 46, 5:
naves ante portum,
Liv. 37, 31; cf.:
naves in pugnam,
id. 22, 19:
vicos,
i. e. to build regularly, id. 5, 55; cf.
castella,
Flor. 4, 12, 26:
molem recta fronte,
Curt. 4, 3 et saep.:
regiones lituo,
i. e. to lay out, bound, Cic. Div. 1, 17; cf.:
finem alicui veterem viam regiam,
Liv. 39, 27.—Esp. freq.:
aciem,
to draw up the troops in battle array, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 47 fin.; 34, 28; Front. Strat. 1, 12, 3; 2, 1, 4 et saep.; cf.
frontem,
Quint. 2, 13, 3; 5, 13, 11:
membrana plumbo derecta,
ruled with a lead-pencil, Cat. 22, 7.—
* b.
Perh. i. q., to split, cleave in twain:
elephantum machaeră dirigit,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 54 (dub.); cf.: dirigere apud Plautum invenitur pro discidere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 15 Müll.—
B.
In partic., with respect to the terminus, to send in a straight line, to direct to a place (so most freq.):
ex vestigio vela ad castra Corneliana,
Caes. B. C. 2, 25, 6:
aciem ad te,
Cat. 63, 56:
cursum ad litora,
Caes. B. C. 3, 25, 4: iter ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 112 et saep.—Afterwards more freq. with in:
equum in consulem,
Liv. 2, 6:
currum in hostem,
Ov. M. 12, 78:
tela manusque in corpus Aeacidae,
Verg. A. 6, 57; Front. Strat. 3, 3, 4:
hastam in te,
Ov. M. 8, 66; cf.:
dentes in inguina,
id. ib. 8, 400:
cursum in Africam,
Vell. 2, 19 fin.:
cursum per auras in lucos,
Verg. A. 6, 195 et saep.:
navem eo,
Nep. Chabr. 4, 2:
gressum huc,
Verg. A. 5, 162; 11, 855 et saep.; and poet. with the dat.:
Ilo hastam,
Verg. A. 10, 401 et saep.—Without designating the limit:
ab iisdem (Etesiis) maritimi cursus (i. e. navium) celeres et certi diriguntur,
to be directed, steered, Cic. N. D. 2, 53:
iter navis,
Ov. F. 1, 4:
cursum,
Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; esp. freq. of weapons, to aim, direct:
spicula,
Verg. A. 7, 497; Ov. M. 12, 606:
hastile,
Verg. A. 12, 490:
tela,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 18:
sagittas,
Suet. Dom. 19 et saep.— Poet.:
vulnera,
Verg. A. 10, 140; Sil. 2, 92 Drak.; Tac. H. 2, 35; cf.:
vulnera alicui,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to set in order, arrange (very rare):
materias divisione dirigere,
Quint. 2, 6, 1.—Far more freq. (esp. in Cic. and Quint.),
B.
In partic.: aliquid ad or in aliquid; also: aliqua re, to direct, guide, arrange a thing either to something (as its aim, scope) or according to something (as its rule or pattern).
(α).
With ad: meas cogitationes sic dirigo, non ad illam parvulam Cynosuram sed, etc., Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.:
orationem ad exempla,
id. Rep. 2, 31 fin.; Quint. 10, 2, 1:
judicium ad ea,
id. 6, 5, 2:
se ad id quod, etc.,
id. 12, 3, 8; cf.:
se ad ea effingenda,
id. 10, 1, 127:
praecipua rerum ad famam,
Tac. A. 4, 40 et saep.—In a different sense (viz., with ad equiv. to secundum, v. ad):
in verbis et eligendis et collocandis nihil non ad rationem,
Cic. Brut. 37, 140:
vitam ad certam rationis normam,
to conform, id. Mur. 2:
leges hominum ad naturam,
id. Leg. 2, 5 fin.; id. Or. 2 fin. et saep.—
(β).
With in (not so in Cic.):
tota mente (intentionem) in opus ipsum,
Quint. 10, 3, 28:
communes locos in vitia,
id. 2, 1, 11; Front. Strat. 3, 2, 2 et saep.—
(γ).
With abl. (only in Cic.):
quos (fines) utilitate aut voluptate dirigunt,
Cic. Fin. 5, 20 fin.:
omnia voluptate,
id. ib. 2, 22, 71:
utilitatem honestate,
id. Off. 3, 21, 83:
haec normā,
id. de Or. 3, 49, 190.—
(δ).
Without an object:
(divinatio) ad veritatem saepissime dirigit,
Cic. Div. 1, 14 fin. —
(ε).
With acc. only: epistolam (sc. ad aliquem), to write, Capit. Clod. Alb. 2.—
(ζ).
With adversus, Quint. 5, 7, 6.—Hence, dīrectus ( dērectus), a, um, P. a., made straight, straight, direct, whether horizontally or perpendicularly; straight, level; upright, steep.
A.
Lit.:
auditus flexuosum iter habet, ne quid intrare possit, si simplex et directum pateret,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf.
aes (tubae), opp. flexum,
Ov. M. 1, 98:
iter,
Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 2: latera, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf.
trabes,
id. ib. 7, 23, 1:
ordo (olearum),
Cic. Caecin. 8, 22:
arcus (opp. obliquus),
Ov. M. 2, 129:
paries,
i. e. that cuts another at right angles, Cic. Top. 4: ut directiores ictus flant, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 2:
praeruptus locus utraque ex parte directus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 3:
(Henna) ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48 Zumpt N. cr.:
cornu,
Caes. B. G. 6, 26.— Subst.: dī-rectum, i, n., a straight line:
in directo pedum VIII. esse, in anfracto XVI.,
in a straight line, Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll.; so,
altitudo (montis) per directum IV. M. pass.,
Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; cf. id. 3, 5, 9, § 66 al.:
cadere in directum moderate (with exire per devexum),
Sen. Q. N. 6, 20; Vulg. Ezech. 47, 20 al.—
B.
Trop., straightforward, unceremonious, open, simple, direct:
o praeclaram beate vivendi et apertam et simplicem et directam viam,
Cic. Fin. 1, 18; cf.:
iter ad laudem,
id. Cael. 17, 41:
vera illa et directa ratio,
id. ib. 18:
tristis ac directus senex,
id. ib. 16, 38; cf.:
quid est in judicio? Directum, asperum, simplex, SI PARET HS ICCC DARI,
id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:
percunctatio et denuntiatio belli,
Liv. 21, 19; cf.
contiones,
Just. 38, 3 fin. (v. obliquus):
verba,
Cod. Just. 6, 23, 15:
actio,
Dig. 3, 5, 46; 9, 4, 26 et saep.; cf.
institutio (opp. precaria),
id. 29, 1, 19:
libertates (opp. fideicommissariae),
id. 29, 4, 12.— Adv.
a.
dīrectē, directly, straight (very rare):
dicere,
Cic. Part. Or. 7, 24:
ire,
Vulg. Sap. 5, 22.—Far more freq.,
b.
dīrectō, directly, straight:
deorsum ferri,
Cic. N. D. 1, 25:
transversas trabes,
Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2:
ad fidem spectare,
Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46; so id. Div. 2, 61 fin. (opp. anfractus and circuitio); Liv. 1, 11 fin.; Sen. Ep. 66; Dig. 9, 4, 26 al. —
* c.
dīrectā:
quo magis ursimus alte directā,
press deep down perpendicularly, Lucr. 2, 198.—
d.
dīrectim, straightway, directly (post-class.), App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 34; Macr. S. 7, 12 fin.—Comp.:
directius gubernare,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66.— Sup. seems not to occur either in the adj. or in the adv.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dirigo
85 recipio

rĕ-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 ( fut. apoc. recipie, for recipiam, Cato ap. Fest. p. 138 and 236 Müll.; v. dico init.:
recepso, for recepero,
Cat. 44, 19), v. a. [capio].
I.
To take back, get back, bring back; to retake, regain, recover.
A.
Lit. (very freq. and class.):
dandis recipiendisque meritis,
Cic. Lael. 8, 26:
tu me sequere ad trapezitam... recipe actutum,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 49 (just before, ni argentum refers); cf.:
centum talenta et credidisse eos constat, et non recepisse,
Quint. 5, 10, 111; and (opp. mutuum dare) Mart. 3, 40, 4:
si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 8 fin.:
obsides,
Suet. Aug. 21:
reges,
Liv. 2, 15:
recepto amico,
Hor. C. 2, 7, 27; 4, 2, 47. — Freq. of places, etc., once captured and lost, to retake:
cum Tarento amisso... aliquot post annos Maximus id oppidum recepisset... nunquam ego (Tarentum) recepissem, nisi tu perdidisses,
Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 273; cf. id. Sen. 4, 11:
Lavinium,
Liv. 2, 39;
so of other things: recipere suas res amissas,
Liv. 3, 63:
praeda omnis recepta est,
id. 3, 3:
signa, quae ademerant Parthi,
Suet. Tib. 9:
arma,
Liv. 9, 11; Curt. 4, 12, 17: pectore in adverso totum cui comminus ensem Condidit assurgenti, et multā morte recepit, drew out again, = retraxit, Verg. A. 9, 348; so,
sagittam ab alterā parte,
Cels. 7, 5, 2: suos omnes incolumes receperunt (sc. ex oppido in castra), drew off, withdrew, = reduxerunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 12 fin.; so,
milites defessos,
id. B. C. 1, 45 fin.:
exercitum,
Liv. 10, 42:
equitatum navibus ad se intra munitiones,
Caes. B. C. 3, 58:
illum ego... medio ex hoste recepi,
bore away, rescued, Verg. A. 6, 111.—
b.
With se, to draw back, withdraw from or to any place, to betake one ' s self anywhere; in milit. lang., to retire, retreat:
se ex eo loco,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 10; cf.:
se e fano,
id. Poen. 4, 1, 5:
se ex opere,
id. Men. 5, 3, 7:
se ex hisce locis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 21:
se e Siciliā,
id. Brut. 92, 318:
se ex fugā,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 102:
se inde,
id. B. G. 5, 15:
se hinc,
id. B. C. 1, 45 et saep.:
recipe te,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 8:
se,
Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45 (just before, reverti); Caes. B. C. 3, 45 (coupled with loco excedere); 3, 46; cf.:
sui recipiendi facultas,
id. B. G. 3, 4 fin.; 6, 37;
for which: se recipiendi spatium,
Liv. 10, 28:
recipe te ad erum,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 20:
se ad dominum,
id. ib. 4, 3, 1:
se ad nos,
Cic. Att. 4, 15, 2:
se ad suos,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46; 7, 82; id. B. C. 3, 38; 3, 50; 3, 52 fin.:
se ad Caesarem (Allobroges, legati),
id. B. G. 1, 11; 4, 38:
se ad agmen,
id. ib. 7, 13; id. B. C. 3, 75 fin.:
se penitus ad extremos fines,
id. B. G. 6, 10:
se ad legionem,
id. ib. 7, 50 fin.:
se ad oppidum llerdam,
id. B. C. 1, 45:
se ad ordines suos,
id. ib. 2, 41:
se ad signa,
id. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 43 fin.:
se a pabulo ad stabulum,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 33:
inde se in currus,
Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:
se ex castris in oppidum,
id. B. C. 2, 35:
se in castra,
id. B. G. 2. 11 fin.; 2, 24; 3, 6; 3, 26 fin.;
4, 15 et saep.: se in fines,
id. ib. 4, 16:
se in Galliam,
id. ib. 4, 19 fin.:
se in montem,
id. ib. 1, 25: se in antiquas munitiones, id. B. C. 3, 54 fin.:
se in silvas ad suos,
id. B. G. 2, 19:
se in castra ad urbem,
id. B. C. 2, 25; 2, 26; cf.:
se retro in castra,
Liv. 23, 36;
and with this cf.: sese retro in Bruttios,
id. 23, 37;
and so, se, with rursus,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Pers. 4, 5, 6; id. Rud. 4, 6, 19; Caes. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 41 et saep.:
se in novissimos,
Liv. 7, 40:
se intra munitiones,
Caes. B. G. 5, 44; cf.:
se intra montes,
id. B. C. 1, 65:
se per declive,
id. ib. 3, 51:
se sub murum,
id. ib. 2, 14:
se trans Rhenum,
id. B. G. 6, 41:
se Larissam versus,
id. B. C. 3, 97:
se domum ex hostibus,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 52:
se domum,
id. ib. 2, 2, 31; id. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Aul. 2, 1, 55:
se Adrumetum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 23:
se Hispalim,
id. ib. 2, 20:
se Dyrrhachium ad Pompeium,
id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:
se illuc,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 10; id. Merc. 5, 2, 40; id. Ps. 3, 1, 23 al.; cf.:
se huc esum ad praesepim suam,
id. Curc. 2, 1, 13:
se eo,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25 et saep. — In the same meaning, without se: neque sepulcrum, quo recipiat, habeat portum corporis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.); cf.
of a military retreat: si quo erat longius prodeundum aut celerius recipiendum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48 fin.; so without se after the verbum finitum several times in Plaut.:
rursum in portum recipimus,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 60:
dum recipis,
id. Rud. 3, 6, 42:
actutum face recipias,
id. Merc. 2, 4, 30. —
2.
Transf.
(α).
In business lang., to keep back, retain, reserve (cf. Gell. 17, 6, 6):
posticulum hoc recepit, quom aedis vendidit,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 157; so in a sale, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226; Cic. Top. 26, 100; Dig. 19, 1, 53; 8, 4, 10: mulier magnam dotem dat et magnam pecuniam recipit, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 8. — With object-clause, Cato, R. R. 149, 2. — With dat.:
aqua, itinere, actu domini usioni recipitur,
Cato, R. R. 149, 2.—
(β).
To restore (late Lat.):
urbem munitissimam,
to fortify anew, Amm. 16, 3, 2. —
B.
Trop., to get back, bring back; to receive again, regain, recover:
ut antiquam frequentiam recipere vastam ac desertam bellis urbem paterentur,
Liv. 24, 3:
jus,
Quint. 5, 10, 118:
et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit,
got back, Ov. M. 3, 384:
quam (vitam) postquam recepi,
received again, id. ib. 15, 535: anhelitum, to recover one ' s breath, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 21; id. Merc. 3, 4, 16; cf.
spiritum,
Quint. 11, 3, 55:
animam,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 26; Quint. 6, prooem. §
13: a tanto pavore recipere animos,
Liv. 21, 5, 16 Weissenb.:
a pavore animum,
id. 2, 50, 10:
e pavore recepto animo,
id. 44, 10, 1;
for which: animos ex pavore,
id. 21, 5 fin.:
recepto animo,
Curt. 6, 9, 2; 9, 5, 29:
animum vultumque,
Ov. F. 4, 615:
mente receptā,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 104:
(vocem) ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipere,
to bring it back, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —
In zeugma (cf. I. A. supra): arma et animos,
Curt. 4, 12, 17.—
b.
With se.
(α).
To betake one ' s self, withdraw, retire from or to any place:
ad ingenium vetus versutum te recipis tuum,
Plaut. As. 2, 1, 7:
ad frugem bonam,
Cic. Cael. 12, 28:
ad reliquam cogitationem belli,
Caes. B. C. 3, 17 fin.:
se a voluptatibus in otium,
Plin. Pan. 82, 8:
se in principem,
to resume his princely air, id. ib. 76, 5.— More freq.,
(β).
To recover, to collect one ' s self:
difficulter se recipiunt,
regain strength, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:
quae cum intuerer stupens, ut me recepi, Quis hic, inquam, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18:
nullum spatium respirandi recipiendique se dedit,
Liv. 10, 28:
se ex terrore ac fugā,
Caes. B. G. 2, 12:
se ex timore,
id. ib. 4, 34:
se ex fugā,
id. ib. 4, 27:
nondum totā me mente recepi,
Ov. M. 5, 275.
II.
(Acc. to re, I. b.) To take to one ' s self, admit, accept, receive; constr. with the simple acc., with ad, or in and acc., in and abl., with simple abl., with a local acc.
A.
Lit.
(α).
With simple acc.:
quos homines quondam Laurentis terra recepit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.): (ego) excludor, ille recipitur,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 79:
aliquem,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:
hic nulla munitio est, quae perterritos recipiat,
Caes. B. G. 6, 39; cf.:
hos tutissimus portus recipiebat,
id. B. C. 3, 27; 1, 15; cf. id. ib. 3, 11 fin.;
3, 35: eum Jugurtha accuratissime recepit,
Sall. J. 16, 3:
neque quisquam aut expulsus invidiosius aut receptus est laetius,
Vell. 2, 45, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 14; 9, 2, 89:
nisi nos vicina Trivici Villa recepisset,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 80 [p. 1533] et saep.:
quisnam istic fluvius est, quem non recipiat mare?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 86; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 10; and:
(Peneus) accipit amnem Orcon nec recipit,
i. e. does not take it to itself, does not mingle with it, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:
equus frenum recepit,
received, submitted to, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:
necesse erat, ab latere aperto tela recipi,
Caes. B. G. 5, 35. —
(β).
With ad:
recipe me ad te,
Plaut. Cist. 3, 9; id. Am. 3, 2, 11; id. Rud. 2, 3, 20; id. Ps. 3, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 6; Suet. Caes. 63:
aliquem ad epulas,
Cic. Top. 5, 25; cf.:
ad lusum,
Suet. Ner. 11. —
(γ).
With in and acc.:
recipe me in tectum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 16:
concubinam in aedes,
id. Mil. 4, 3, 3:
nos in custodiam tuam,
id. Rud. 3, 3, 34:
Tarquinium in civitatem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31; Liv. 2, 5; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 6:
aliquem in ordinem senatorium,
Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15:
aliquem in fidem,
id. Fam. 13, 19, 2; id. Att. 15, 14, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 15; 4, 22:
aliquem in civitatem,
Cic. Balb. 12, 29:
aliquem in caelum,
id. N. D. 3, 15, 39:
aliquem in deditionem,
Caes. B. G. 3, 21 fin.; Liv. 8, 13; Suet. Calig. 14 al.:
aliquem in jus dicionemque,
Liv. 21, 61:
aliquem in amicitiam,
Sall. J. 14, 5; 5, 4 Kritz N. cr.:
aliquam in matrimonium,
Suet. Caes. 50; Just. 9, 5, 9 et saep. —
(δ).
With in and abl. (rare and in purely local relations; v. Kritz ad Sall. J. 5, 4):
aliquem in loco,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 3:
loricati in equis recipiuntur, Auct. B. Hisp. 4, 2: sidera in caelo recepta,
Ov. M. 2, 529 (but in Liv. 24, 32, 6, the correct read. is tuto Hexapylo, without in; v. Weissenb. ad h. l.). —
(ε).
With simple abl. (mostly in purely local relations):
ut tuo recipias tecto servesque nos,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 18; so,
aliquem tecto,
Caes. B. G. 7, 66 fin.:
exercitum tectis ac sedibus suis,
Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90:
aliquem suis urbibus,
id. Fl. 25, 61:
aliquem civitate,
id. Balb. 14, 32:
aliquem finibus suis,
Caes. B. G. 6, 6; 7, 20 fin.:
aliquem oppido ac portu,
id. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 102 fin.:
aliquem moenibus,
Sall. J. 28, 2:
Romulus caelo receptus,
Quint. 3, 7, 5:
receptus Terra Neptunus,
Hor. A. P. 63 et saep. —
(ζ).
With local acc.:
me Acheruntem recipere Orcus noluit,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 68:
aliquem domum suam,
Cic. Arch. 3, 5; cf.:
aliquem domum ad se hospitio,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20.—
(η).
Absol.:
plerosque hi, qui receperant, celant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 76.—
2.
Transf.
a.
In business lang., to take in, receive as the proceeds of any thing:
dena milia sestertia ex melle,
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11:
pecuniam ex novis vectigalibus,
Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:
pecunia, quae recipi potest,
id. ib. 2, 18, 47. —
b.
In gladiator's lang.: recipe ferrum, receive your death-blow, the cry of the people to a vanquished gladiator whom they were not inclined to spare, Cic. Sest. 37, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41 Kühn.; Sen. Tranq. 11, 1;
for which: totum telum corpore,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 33; and:
ense recepto,
Luc. 2, 194 Corte.—
c.
Milit. t. t., to seize, capture, take possession of, occupy: mittit in Siciliam Curionem pro praetore cum legionibus duo;
eundem, cum Siciliam recepisset, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 1, 30:
Praeneste non vi, sed per deditionem receptum est,
Liv. 6, 29:
Aegyptum sine certamine,
Just. 11, 11, 1:
eo oppido recepto,
Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.:
civitatem,
id. ib. 6, 8; 7, 90; id. B. C. 1, 12; 1, 16; 1, 30;
3, 16: Aetoliam,
id. ib. 3, 55:
rempublicam armis,
Sall. C. 11, 4:
Alciden terra recepta vocat,
the subjugated earth, Prop. 5, 9, 38. —
d.
In the later medical lang., of medicines, to receive, i. e. be compounded of various ingredients:
antidotos recipit haec: stoechados, marrubii, etc.,
Scrib. Comp. 106; so id. ib. 27; 28; 37; 52 al. (hence the mod. Lat. receptum, receipt, and recipe).—
B.
Trop.
1.
To take to or upon one ' s self, to assume; to receive, accept, admit, allow, endechomai:
non edepol istaec tua dicta nunc in aures recipio,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 34; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 91:
jusjurandum,
id. 5, 6, 1; 3; cf. id. 7, 1, 24: in semet ipsum religionem recipere, to draw upon one ' s self, Liv. 10, 40:
quae legibus cauta sunt, quae persuasione in mores recepta sunt,
admitted, Quint. 5, 10, 13; cf. id. 10, 7, 15:
antiquitas recepit fabulas... haec aetas autem respuit,
Cic. Rep. 2, 10; cf. Quint. 6, 4, 19:
nec inconstantiam virtus recipit nec varietatem natura patitur,
Cic. Rep. 3, 11, 18; cf. Vell. 2, 130, 3: non recipit istam Conjunctionem honestas, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:
assentatio nocere nemini potest, nisi ei, qui eam recipit atque eă delectatur,
id. Lael. 26, 97:
timor misericordiam non recipit,
Caes. B. G. 7, 26:
casus recipere (res),
to admit, be liable to, id. B. C. 1, 78; so,
aliquem casum (res),
id. ib. 3, 51:
re jam non ultra recipiente cunctationem,
Liv. 29, 24; Vell. 2, 52, 3:
sed hoc distinctionem recipit,
Just. Inst. 1, 12 pr.:
si recipiatur poëtica fabulositas,
Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101:
in hoc genere prorsus recipio hanc brevem annotationem,
Quint. 10, 7, 31; cf. id. 8, 3, 31:
nos necessarios maxime atque in usum receptos (tropos) exequemur,
id. 8, 6, 2; cf. id. 8, 6, 32; 5, 11, 20; 11, 3, 104; so with a subj.-clause, id. 1, 3, 14; 6, 3, 103; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 24 al.—
(β).
Of opinions, etc., to adopt, embrace (late Lat.):
alicujus sententiam,
Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 39, 1:
opinionem,
id. Dial. 1, 17, 5.—
2.
In partic.
a.
To take upon one ' s self, undertake, accept the performance of a task consigned or intrusted to one (whereas suscipio denotes, in gen., the voluntary undertaking of any action; cf.:
spondeo, stipulor, polliceor): recepi causam Siciliae... ego tamen hoc onere suscepto et receptā causā Siciliensi amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius. Suscepi enim causam totius ordinis, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 1:
in hoc judicio mihi Siculorum causam receptam, populi Romani susceptam esse videor,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; and:
in quo est illa magna offensio vel neglegentiae susceptis rebus vel perfidiae receptis,
id. de Or. 2, 24, 101; cf. also Quint. 12, 1, 39:
verebamini, ne non id facerem, quod recepissem semel?
Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 9:
causam Sex. Roscii,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 2:
mandatum,
id. ib. 38, 112:
officium,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:
curam ad se,
Suet. Tit. 6.—
b.
To take an obligation upon one ' s self, to pledge one ' s self, pass one ' s word, be surety for a thing, to warrant, promise, engage a thing to any one, = anadechomai (a favorite word of Cic., esp. in his Epistles): Pe. Tute unus si recipere hoc ad te dicis... Pa. Dico et recipio Ad me, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 74; cf.:
ad me recipio: Faciet,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 12:
promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 3; cf.:
spondeo in meque recipio eos esse, etc.,
id. ib. 13, 17, 3.—With obj.-clause:
promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,
Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; so with hoc, id. Fam. 13, 50, 2 (with spondeo); 6, 12, 3; 13, 41, 2 (with confirmo); id. Att. 5, 13, 2; Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4; Liv. 7, 14 Drak.; 33, 13 fin.:
pro Cassio et te, si quid me velitis recipere, recipiam,
Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 4. — With de:
de aestate polliceris vel potius recipis,
Cic. Att. 13, 1, 2; Liv. 40, 35; cf.
also: sed fidem recepisse sibi et ipsum et Appium de me,
had given him a solemn assurance, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2.— With dat. (after the analogy of promitto, polliceor, spondeo):
ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio,
Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5; cf.: omnia ei et petenti recepi et ultro pollicitus sum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 1; 7, 1:
mihi,
id. ib. 10, 13, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 82 fin.:
quid sibi is de me recepisset, in memoriam redegit,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 9.—With dat. and obj.-clause:
mihi in Cumano diligentissime se, ut annui essemus, defensurum receperat,
Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5;
so,
id. Fam. 6, 12, 3 Manut. (with confirmare); 13, 72, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 17; Suet. Caes. 23 fin. —
c.
In jurid. lang.: recipere nomen, of the prætor, to receive or entertain a charge against one, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; 2, 2, 42, § 102; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; Val. Max. 3, 7, 9;
for which: recipere reum,
Tac. A. 2, 74 fin.; 4, 21:
aliquem inter reos,
id. ib. 3, 70; 13, 10. —Hence,
A.
rĕceptus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 1.), received, usual, current, customary (post-class. and very rare):
auctoritas receptior,
Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 5: scriptores receptissimi, Sol. praef.—
B.
rĕceptum, i, n. subst. (acc. to II. B. 2. b.), an engagement, obligation, guaranty:
satis est factum Siculis, satis promisso nostro ac recepto,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139; cf.:
promissum et receptum intervertit,
id. Phil. 2, 32, 79.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > recipio
86 prae-tendō

prae-tendō dī, tus, ere, to stretch forth, reach out, extend, present: hastas dextris, V.: fumos manu, i. e. fumigate, V.: praetenta Tela, presented, O.: coniugis taedas, i. e. assume to be your husband, V.—To spread before, draw over: vestem ocellis, holds before, O.: morti muros, i. e. skulk from death behind walls, V.: decreto sermonem, prefix, L.— Pass, to stretch out before, lie opposite, extend in front: tenue praetentum litus esse, a narrow stretch of shore, L.: praetentaque Syrtibus arva, V.—Fig., to hold out as an excuse, offer as a pretext, allege, pretend, simulate: hominis doctissimi nomen tuis barbaris moribus, shelter under the name: culpae splendida verba tuae, O.: legem postulationi suae, L.: deorum numen praetenditur sceleribus, L.: honesta nomina, Ta.

Latin-English dictionary > prae-tendō
87 promo

prōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [pro-emo], to take, give, or bring out or forth, to produce (freq. and class.; syn.: profero, effero)
I.
Lit.:
si quid tibi opus erit promptu, promito,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 113: Pa. Prompsisti tu illi vinum? Lu. Non prompsi, id. Mil. 3, 2, 16:
pecuniam ex aerario,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 195:
signa ex aerario prompta,
Liv. 3, 69 fin.:
medicamenta de narthecio,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 22:
aurum ex armario,
id. Cael. 21, 52:
libros inde,
id. Fin. 3, 2, 7:
vina dolio,
Hor. Epod. 2, 47:
promptum vagina pugionem,
Tac. A. 15, 54 aliquid in usus, Col. 2, 10, 16: se, to come forth or out:
laetique cavo se robore promunt,
Verg. A. 2, 260:
vites promunt se,
put forth, shoot out, Col. 3, 12, 1.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to bring, put, or draw forth est aliquid, quod non ex usu forensi...sit promendum et assumendum, Cic. de Or 1, 14, 59:
loci, e quibus argumenta promuntur,
id. Top. 2, 7:
nunc promenda tibi sunt consilia,
id. Att. 9, 18, 2:
promere et exercere justitiam,
Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 10:
nunc illas promite vires,
Verg. A. 5, 191.—
B.
In partic., to bring to light, disclose, utter, tell, express, relate, etc.: percuntanti promere omnia. Plaut. As. 1, 1, 10:
rerum ordinem,
Vell. 2, 48, 6:
magnificam orationem de semet ipso prompsit,
Tac. H. 2, 90. verba, quae sensum animi nostri optime promunt, Quint. 8 praef. §
32: animi voluntatem,
id. 12, 10, 40: promere aliquid loquendo, id. 2, 16, 15:
quid ipse sim secutus promam,
id. 7, 1, 3: qui pueris utile carmen prompturus est, wishes to publish, App. Flor. p 358 med.; cf.:
insignem attenuat deus, Obscura promens,
raising into notice, Hor. C. 1, 34, 14.—Hence, promp-tus ( promtus), a, um, P. a., prop. brought to light, exposed to view; hence,
A.
Visible, apparent, evident, manifest (rare but class.): inimicitiam atque amicitiam in frontem promptam gero, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 8, 6 (Trag. v 8 Vahl.):
aliud clausum in pectore, aliud promptum in linguā habere,
Sall. C. 10, 5:
tametsi hoc minime latet, quod ita promptum et propositum est, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am 40, 118 prompta et aperta, id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:
eminentia et prompta,
id. de Or. 3, 57, 215:
consilia, locos, prompta, occulta noverat,
Tac. A. 2, 20.— Sup.:
nihil se tam clausum neque tam reconditum posse habere, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum promptissimumque esset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 42.—
B.
Transf.
1.
At hand, i. e. prepared, ready, quick, prompt, inclined or disposed to or for any thing = paratus, expeditus.
(α).
Absol.:
laudat promptos, segniores castigat,
Caes. B. C. 1, 3:
promptissimus homo,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37:
cetera, quae tibi a multis prompta esse certo scio, a me sunt paratissima,
id. Fam. 4, 13, 6:
fidem alicui promptam expositamque praebere,
id. Caecin. 27, 78:
quorum cognoverat promptam audaciam,
Sall. C. 32, 2:
quod cuique promptum, arma, equos, aurum offerentes,
Tac. A. 1, 71:
sagittae,
Ov. M. 3, 188:
prompta et profluens eloquentia,
Tac. A. 13, 3.— Sup., Just. 22, 2, 12.—
(β).
With ad or in aliquid (rarely in aliquū re):
ad bella suscipienda Gallorum aiacer et promptus est animus,
Caes. B. G. 3, 19 fin.:
animus ad defendendam rem publicam, Cic Fam. 3, 11, 4. esse animo prompto ad jocandum,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 1:
homines ad vim prompti, ad seditionem parati,
id. Agr 2, 30, 82:
paratior ad usum forensem promptiorque esse,
id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 41:
promptiores ad nostra pericula,
id. Off. 1, 24, 83:
promptus ad lacessendum certamen, Liv 44, 4, 2: ad injurias vicinorum,
Just. 23, 1, 3:
promptus in pavorem,
Tac. A. 15, 25 fin.:
in adulationes,
id. ib. 15, 61: in latrocinia, Flor 4, 12, 10; cf. in comp.:
promptior in spem,
Tac. Agr. 35 fin.; and in sup.:
Dalmatae in latrocinia promptissimi, Flor 4, 12, 10: celeritas prompta et parata in agendo,
Cic. Brut. 42, 154:
in rebus gerendis promptus,
Nep. Them. 1, 4.—
(γ).
With pro or adversus (very rare):
utemini nobis etiam promptioribus pro patriā,
Liv. 22, 59, 11:
promptus adversus insontes,
Tac. A. 6, 48 fin. —
(δ).
With abl.:
non promptus ingenio,
Liv. 4, 3:
linguā promptus,
id. 2, 45 fin.; cf.:
sermone promptus,
Tac. H. 2, 86:
promptus audaciā,
id. A. 1, 57; 14, 40:
promptus animo,
id. ib. 14, 58.— Comp.:
haud quisquam manu promptior erat,
Liv. 2, 56:
promptior linguā quam manu,
Sall. J. 44, 1.—
(ε).
With gen.:
promptus animi,
Tac. H. 2, 23.— Sup.:
belli promptissimos delegebant, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus Mess. (H. 2, 13 Dietsch): Plato veritatis omnibus exhibendae promptissimus,
Gell. 10, 22, 1.—
(ζ).
With dat. (rare except in Tacitus):
promptus libertati aut ad mortem animus,
Tac. A. 4, 46:
seditioni,
id. ib. 1, 48:
cuicumque fiagitio,
id. ib. 15, 45:
ultioni,
id. ib. 11, 32:
nullam gentem promptiorem veniae dandae fuisse,
Liv. 25, 16, 12. —
(η).
With inf. ( poet.):
promptus metuenda pati,
Luc. 7, 105:
scis ipse, quam promptae superos incessere Thebae,
Stat. Th. 7, 209.—
b.
In gen., brave, courageous: maxime vellem, rem publicam in periculis a promptissumo quoque defendi, Sall. Or. Phil. cont. Lep. (H. 1, 48 Dietsch); Tac. Agr. 3; id. H. 2, 25; 3, 69.—
2.
Easy, practicable:
facilis et prompta defensio,
Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237:
moenia haudquaquam prompta oppugnanti,
Liv. 23, 1 fin.:
regnum,
Just. 29, 2, 5:
expugnatio,
Tac. A. 1, 68:
possessio,
id. ib. 2, 5:
aditus, obvia comitas,
id. ib. 2, 2 fin.:
promptissima mortis via,
id. ib. 16, 17: promptum est, with inf., it is easy: sed nec mihi dicere promptum, Nec facere est illi, Ov M. 13, 10; Tac. A. 15, 41.—Hence, adv.: promptē (perh. not ante-Aug.).
1.
Readily, quickly, without delay, willingly, promptly:
dare operam,
Tac. A. 15, 52: distribuere pecuniam legatis, Val. Max. 4, 3, 9.— Comp.:
promptius adversari,
Tac. A. 2, 38:
dirumpere imagines (opp. cunctanter),
id. H. 1, 55.— Sup.:
promptissime adesse alicui,
Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 11.—
2.
Easily:
promptius expediam,
Juv. 10, 220:
victoria promptissime licentiam sumministrat,
Val. Max. 6, 5, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > promo
88 rectum

rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).
I.
Lit.:
deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,
Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:
manus una (navem) regit,
Lucr. 4, 903:
onera navium velis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13:
arte ratem,
Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.
clavum,
Verg. A. 10, 218:
te ventorum regat pater,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:
vela,
Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:
coërcet et regit beluam,
Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:
equum,
Liv. 35, 11:
equos,
Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.
quadrupedes,
id. M. 2, 86:
spumantia ora (equi),
id. ib. 8, 34:
frena,
id. P. 4, 12, 24:
equi impotentes regendi,
Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:
currus,
Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:
rege tela per auras,
Verg. A. 9, 409:
tela per viscera Caesaris,
Luc. 7, 350; cf.:
missum jaculum,
Ov. M. 7, 684:
sagittas nusquam,
Luc. 7, 515:
regens tenui vestigia filo,
Cat. 64, 113; cf.:
Daedalium iter lino duce,
Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:
caeca filo vestigia,
Verg. A. 6, 30:
diverso flamina tractu,
Ov. M. 1, 59:
gressus,
Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—
B.
In partic., jurid. t. t.:
regere fines,
to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—
II.
Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.
A.
In gen.:
Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,
Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:
domum,
id. ib. 1, 39, 61:
rem consilio,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:
belli fera munera Mavors regit,
Lucr. 1, 33; cf.
bella,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:
omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:
alicujus animum atque ingenium,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:
animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),
Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:
mores,
Ov. M. 15, 834:
animos dictis,
Verg. A. 1, 153:
animum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
ut me ipse regam,
id. ib. 1, 1, 27:
consilia senatus,
Quint. 12, 1, 26:
valetudines principis,
Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:
valetudinem arbitratu suo,
Suet. Tib. 68 al.:
neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,
Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:
jam regi leges, non regere,
Liv. 10, 13:
utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:
vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,
Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:
Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,
Tac. H. 3, 50:
nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,
Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:
quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?
Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,
rem publicam,
id. ib. 1, 26, 41;
1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;
2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,
id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:
Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43:
Frisios,
Tac. A. 4, 72:
populos imperio,
Verg. A. 6, 851:
imperiis Italiam,
id. ib. 4, 230:
legiones,
Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.
cohortes,
id. H. 4, 12:
exercitum,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:
domum,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:
diva, quae regis Antium,
Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:
Diana, quae silentium regis,
id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:
animi partes consilio,
Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:
ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:
rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,
id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:
Tiberio regente,
Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:
stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,
Quint. 3, 8, 47:
quo regente,
Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:
Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,
i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—
2.
To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):
errantem regere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 57:
rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,
I.
P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:
contemptus regentium,
Tac. A. 12, 54:
in obsequium regentis,
id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:
vita regentis,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:
excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,
Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:
in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—
II.
rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.
A.
Lit., of horizontal direction:
pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),
Lucr. 4, 439:
sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,
id. 2, 249 Munro:
rectā regione iter instituere,
Liv. 21, 31:
India, rectā regione spatiosa,
Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:
ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:
via,
id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.
platea,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:
porta,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:
ostium,
id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:
ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),
Lucr. 4, 93:
cursus hinc in Africam,
Liv. 26, 43:
saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:
recto flumine,
Verg. A. 8, 57:
recto ad Iberum itinere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:
ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,
Verg. A. 8, 209:
recto grassetur limite miles,
Ov. Tr. 2, 477:
velut rectae acies concurrissent,
in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,
acies,
id. 35, 28:
qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,
Quint. 8, 3, 9:
hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,
Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:
adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,
Sen. Const. 5, 5:
rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,
id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:
oculi,
Suet. Aug. 16; cf.
acies,
Ov. M. 2, 776:
lumen,
Luc. 9, 638:
vultus,
Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:
ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,
in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:
saxa,
perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:
rectae prope rupes,
id. 38, 20:
truncus,
Ov. M. 7, 640:
ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,
Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:
caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,
Quint. 11, 3, 69:
homines,
straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,
Quintia,
id. 86, 1:
puella,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:
senectus,
Juv. 3, 26:
iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,
does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:
vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,
Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:
crus Rectius,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:
rectior coma,
smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:
longā trabe rectior exstet,
Ov. M. 3, 78:
crura,
Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:
rectissima linea,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:
via,
id. 12, 2, 27. —
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):
ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:
rectā viā depelli,
Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;
so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,
Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:
recta consilia dare,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:
quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:
quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:
sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,
id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:
(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,
id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:
per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),
id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:
recto ac justo proelio dimicare,
Liv. 35, 4 fin.:
rectarum cenarum consuetudo,
a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,
cena,
Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:
recta,
Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:
domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),
Sen. Ep. 100, 6:
nominibus rectis expendere nummos,
i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):
absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,
suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:
rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:
quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,
id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:
aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,
Quint. 6, 3, 89:
cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,
id. 8, 5, 6;
so (opp. durum et incomptum),
id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:
mutare aliquid a recto,
id. 2, 13, 11:
recta et vera loquere,
i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:
qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,
Quint. 10, 5, 12:
ea plerumque recta sunt,
id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:
rectior divisio,
Quint. 7, 2, 39:
si quid novisti rectius istis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:
rectissima ratio,
Quint. 2, 13, 3.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):
honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:
nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,
id. Lael. 22, 82;
so with honestum,
id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:
(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:
recta consilia (opp. prava),
Liv. 1, 27:
in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),
Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:
curvo dignoscere rectum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:
mens sibi conscia recti,
Verg. A. 1, 604:
fidem rectumque colebat,
Ov. M. 1, 90:
recta ingenia (opp. perversa),
Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:
in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,
Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:
animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:
natura,
id. S. 1, 6, 66:
ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:
judex,
Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.
auditor,
Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:
vir rectus et sanctus,
id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:
beatus judicii rectus,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:
rectum est gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—
b.
In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;
opp. obliqui casus),
Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,
A.
rectā,
B.
rectō,
C.
rectē.
A.
rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):
hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:
jam ad regem rectā me ducam,
id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:
tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:
Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —
B.
rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):
appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,
Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—
C.
rectē.
1.
Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):
vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,
Cato, R. R. 33, 4:
sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:
satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,
Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—
2.
Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):
recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:
fecisti edepol et recte et bene,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;
so with commode,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:
recte et sapienter facit,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:
recte atque ordine factum,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:
recte atque ordine facere,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;
v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:
recte atque in loco constare,
id. Mur. 12, 26:
recte factum,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:
seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:
seu recte seu perperam facere,
Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:
recte dictum (opp. absurde),
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:
recte concludere (opp. vitiose),
Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:
recte factum (opp. turpiter),
Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:
recte rationem tenes,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:
hercle quin tu recte dicis,
id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:
non recte judicas de Catone,
Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:
rectissime quidem judicas,
id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:
tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,
Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:
monere,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:
admonere recte,
id. Men. 5, 9, 33:
suis amicis recte res suas narrare,
properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:
hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,
consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:
aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,
duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:
alicui recte dare epistulam,
correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:
cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,
safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,
sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,
id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:
alicui suam salutem recte committere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:
si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,
goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:
ludi recte facti,
id. 36, 2:
ver sacrum non esse recte factum,
id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:
valere,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:
apud matrem recte est,
i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,
recte esse,
id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:
recte sit oculis tuis,
Gell. 13, 30, 11:
olivetum recte putare,
properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:
solet illa recte sub manus succedere,
well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:
recte cavere,
to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:
deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,
well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,
vortere,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:
alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:
nec recte loqui alicui,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:
nec recte dicere in aliquem,
id. As. 1, 3, 3;
and simply nec recte dicere,
id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:
ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:
hic tibi erit rectius,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:
rectius bella gerere,
Liv. 3, 2 fin.:
non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —
b.
With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:
locus recte ferax,
Cato, R. R. 44:
salvus sum recte,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:
morata recte,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:
oneratus recte,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:
non recte vinctus est,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—
c.
Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—
B.
So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:
rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,
i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,
in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!
Hor. A. P. 4, 28.

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89 regens

rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).
I.
Lit.:
deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,
Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:
manus una (navem) regit,
Lucr. 4, 903:
onera navium velis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13:
arte ratem,
Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.
clavum,
Verg. A. 10, 218:
te ventorum regat pater,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:
vela,
Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:
coërcet et regit beluam,
Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:
equum,
Liv. 35, 11:
equos,
Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.
quadrupedes,
id. M. 2, 86:
spumantia ora (equi),
id. ib. 8, 34:
frena,
id. P. 4, 12, 24:
equi impotentes regendi,
Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:
currus,
Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:
rege tela per auras,
Verg. A. 9, 409:
tela per viscera Caesaris,
Luc. 7, 350; cf.:
missum jaculum,
Ov. M. 7, 684:
sagittas nusquam,
Luc. 7, 515:
regens tenui vestigia filo,
Cat. 64, 113; cf.:
Daedalium iter lino duce,
Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:
caeca filo vestigia,
Verg. A. 6, 30:
diverso flamina tractu,
Ov. M. 1, 59:
gressus,
Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—
B.
In partic., jurid. t. t.:
regere fines,
to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—
II.
Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.
A.
In gen.:
Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,
Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:
domum,
id. ib. 1, 39, 61:
rem consilio,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:
belli fera munera Mavors regit,
Lucr. 1, 33; cf.
bella,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:
omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:
alicujus animum atque ingenium,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:
animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),
Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:
mores,
Ov. M. 15, 834:
animos dictis,
Verg. A. 1, 153:
animum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
ut me ipse regam,
id. ib. 1, 1, 27:
consilia senatus,
Quint. 12, 1, 26:
valetudines principis,
Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:
valetudinem arbitratu suo,
Suet. Tib. 68 al.:
neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,
Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:
jam regi leges, non regere,
Liv. 10, 13:
utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:
vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,
Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:
Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,
Tac. H. 3, 50:
nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,
Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:
quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?
Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,
rem publicam,
id. ib. 1, 26, 41;
1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;
2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,
id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:
Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43:
Frisios,
Tac. A. 4, 72:
populos imperio,
Verg. A. 6, 851:
imperiis Italiam,
id. ib. 4, 230:
legiones,
Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.
cohortes,
id. H. 4, 12:
exercitum,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:
domum,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:
diva, quae regis Antium,
Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:
Diana, quae silentium regis,
id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:
animi partes consilio,
Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:
ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:
rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,
id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:
Tiberio regente,
Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:
stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,
Quint. 3, 8, 47:
quo regente,
Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:
Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,
i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—
2.
To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):
errantem regere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 57:
rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,
I.
P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:
contemptus regentium,
Tac. A. 12, 54:
in obsequium regentis,
id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:
vita regentis,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:
excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,
Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:
in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—
II.
rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.
A.
Lit., of horizontal direction:
pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),
Lucr. 4, 439:
sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,
id. 2, 249 Munro:
rectā regione iter instituere,
Liv. 21, 31:
India, rectā regione spatiosa,
Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:
ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:
via,
id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.
platea,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:
porta,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:
ostium,
id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:
ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),
Lucr. 4, 93:
cursus hinc in Africam,
Liv. 26, 43:
saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:
recto flumine,
Verg. A. 8, 57:
recto ad Iberum itinere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:
ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,
Verg. A. 8, 209:
recto grassetur limite miles,
Ov. Tr. 2, 477:
velut rectae acies concurrissent,
in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,
acies,
id. 35, 28:
qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,
Quint. 8, 3, 9:
hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,
Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:
adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,
Sen. Const. 5, 5:
rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,
id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:
oculi,
Suet. Aug. 16; cf.
acies,
Ov. M. 2, 776:
lumen,
Luc. 9, 638:
vultus,
Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:
ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,
in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:
saxa,
perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:
rectae prope rupes,
id. 38, 20:
truncus,
Ov. M. 7, 640:
ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,
Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:
caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,
Quint. 11, 3, 69:
homines,
straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,
Quintia,
id. 86, 1:
puella,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:
senectus,
Juv. 3, 26:
iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,
does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:
vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,
Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:
crus Rectius,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:
rectior coma,
smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:
longā trabe rectior exstet,
Ov. M. 3, 78:
crura,
Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:
rectissima linea,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:
via,
id. 12, 2, 27. —
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):
ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:
rectā viā depelli,
Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;
so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,
Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:
recta consilia dare,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:
quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:
quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:
sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,
id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:
(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,
id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:
per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),
id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:
recto ac justo proelio dimicare,
Liv. 35, 4 fin.:
rectarum cenarum consuetudo,
a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,
cena,
Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:
recta,
Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:
domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),
Sen. Ep. 100, 6:
nominibus rectis expendere nummos,
i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):
absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,
suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:
rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:
quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,
id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:
aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,
Quint. 6, 3, 89:
cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,
id. 8, 5, 6;
so (opp. durum et incomptum),
id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:
mutare aliquid a recto,
id. 2, 13, 11:
recta et vera loquere,
i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:
qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,
Quint. 10, 5, 12:
ea plerumque recta sunt,
id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:
rectior divisio,
Quint. 7, 2, 39:
si quid novisti rectius istis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:
rectissima ratio,
Quint. 2, 13, 3.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):
honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:
nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,
id. Lael. 22, 82;
so with honestum,
id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:
(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:
recta consilia (opp. prava),
Liv. 1, 27:
in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),
Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:
curvo dignoscere rectum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:
mens sibi conscia recti,
Verg. A. 1, 604:
fidem rectumque colebat,
Ov. M. 1, 90:
recta ingenia (opp. perversa),
Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:
in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,
Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:
animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:
natura,
id. S. 1, 6, 66:
ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:
judex,
Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.
auditor,
Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:
vir rectus et sanctus,
id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:
beatus judicii rectus,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:
rectum est gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—
b.
In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;
opp. obliqui casus),
Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,
A.
rectā,
B.
rectō,
C.
rectē.
A.
rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):
hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:
jam ad regem rectā me ducam,
id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:
tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:
Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —
B.
rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):
appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,
Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—
C.
rectē.
1.
Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):
vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,
Cato, R. R. 33, 4:
sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:
satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,
Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—
2.
Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):
recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:
fecisti edepol et recte et bene,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;
so with commode,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:
recte et sapienter facit,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:
recte atque ordine factum,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:
recte atque ordine facere,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;
v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:
recte atque in loco constare,
id. Mur. 12, 26:
recte factum,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:
seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:
seu recte seu perperam facere,
Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:
recte dictum (opp. absurde),
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:
recte concludere (opp. vitiose),
Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:
recte factum (opp. turpiter),
Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:
recte rationem tenes,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:
hercle quin tu recte dicis,
id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:
non recte judicas de Catone,
Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:
rectissime quidem judicas,
id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:
tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,
Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:
monere,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:
admonere recte,
id. Men. 5, 9, 33:
suis amicis recte res suas narrare,
properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:
hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,
consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:
aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,
duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:
alicui recte dare epistulam,
correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:
cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,
safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,
sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,
id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:
alicui suam salutem recte committere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:
si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,
goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:
ludi recte facti,
id. 36, 2:
ver sacrum non esse recte factum,
id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:
valere,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:
apud matrem recte est,
i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,
recte esse,
id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:
recte sit oculis tuis,
Gell. 13, 30, 11:
olivetum recte putare,
properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:
solet illa recte sub manus succedere,
well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:
recte cavere,
to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:
deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,
well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,
vortere,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:
alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:
nec recte loqui alicui,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:
nec recte dicere in aliquem,
id. As. 1, 3, 3;
and simply nec recte dicere,
id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:
ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:
hic tibi erit rectius,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:
rectius bella gerere,
Liv. 3, 2 fin.:
non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —
b.
With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:
locus recte ferax,
Cato, R. R. 44:
salvus sum recte,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:
morata recte,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:
oneratus recte,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:
non recte vinctus est,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—
c.
Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—
B.
So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:
rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,
i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,
in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!
Hor. A. P. 4, 28.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > regens
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rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).
I.
Lit.:
deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,
Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:
manus una (navem) regit,
Lucr. 4, 903:
onera navium velis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13:
arte ratem,
Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.
clavum,
Verg. A. 10, 218:
te ventorum regat pater,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:
vela,
Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:
coërcet et regit beluam,
Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:
equum,
Liv. 35, 11:
equos,
Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.
quadrupedes,
id. M. 2, 86:
spumantia ora (equi),
id. ib. 8, 34:
frena,
id. P. 4, 12, 24:
equi impotentes regendi,
Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:
currus,
Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:
rege tela per auras,
Verg. A. 9, 409:
tela per viscera Caesaris,
Luc. 7, 350; cf.:
missum jaculum,
Ov. M. 7, 684:
sagittas nusquam,
Luc. 7, 515:
regens tenui vestigia filo,
Cat. 64, 113; cf.:
Daedalium iter lino duce,
Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:
caeca filo vestigia,
Verg. A. 6, 30:
diverso flamina tractu,
Ov. M. 1, 59:
gressus,
Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—
B.
In partic., jurid. t. t.:
regere fines,
to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—
II.
Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.
A.
In gen.:
Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,
Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:
domum,
id. ib. 1, 39, 61:
rem consilio,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:
belli fera munera Mavors regit,
Lucr. 1, 33; cf.
bella,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:
omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:
alicujus animum atque ingenium,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:
animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),
Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:
mores,
Ov. M. 15, 834:
animos dictis,
Verg. A. 1, 153:
animum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
ut me ipse regam,
id. ib. 1, 1, 27:
consilia senatus,
Quint. 12, 1, 26:
valetudines principis,
Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:
valetudinem arbitratu suo,
Suet. Tib. 68 al.:
neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,
Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:
jam regi leges, non regere,
Liv. 10, 13:
utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:
vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,
Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:
Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,
Tac. H. 3, 50:
nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,
Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:
quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?
Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,
rem publicam,
id. ib. 1, 26, 41;
1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;
2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,
id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:
Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43:
Frisios,
Tac. A. 4, 72:
populos imperio,
Verg. A. 6, 851:
imperiis Italiam,
id. ib. 4, 230:
legiones,
Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.
cohortes,
id. H. 4, 12:
exercitum,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:
domum,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:
diva, quae regis Antium,
Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:
Diana, quae silentium regis,
id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:
animi partes consilio,
Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:
ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:
rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,
id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:
Tiberio regente,
Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:
stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,
Quint. 3, 8, 47:
quo regente,
Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:
Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,
i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—
2.
To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):
errantem regere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 57:
rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,
I.
P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:
contemptus regentium,
Tac. A. 12, 54:
in obsequium regentis,
id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:
vita regentis,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:
excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,
Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:
in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—
II.
rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.
A.
Lit., of horizontal direction:
pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),
Lucr. 4, 439:
sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,
id. 2, 249 Munro:
rectā regione iter instituere,
Liv. 21, 31:
India, rectā regione spatiosa,
Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:
ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:
via,
id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.
platea,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:
porta,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:
ostium,
id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:
ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),
Lucr. 4, 93:
cursus hinc in Africam,
Liv. 26, 43:
saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:
recto flumine,
Verg. A. 8, 57:
recto ad Iberum itinere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:
ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,
Verg. A. 8, 209:
recto grassetur limite miles,
Ov. Tr. 2, 477:
velut rectae acies concurrissent,
in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,
acies,
id. 35, 28:
qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,
Quint. 8, 3, 9:
hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,
Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:
adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,
Sen. Const. 5, 5:
rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,
id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:
oculi,
Suet. Aug. 16; cf.
acies,
Ov. M. 2, 776:
lumen,
Luc. 9, 638:
vultus,
Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:
ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,
in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:
saxa,
perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:
rectae prope rupes,
id. 38, 20:
truncus,
Ov. M. 7, 640:
ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,
Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:
caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,
Quint. 11, 3, 69:
homines,
straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,
Quintia,
id. 86, 1:
puella,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:
senectus,
Juv. 3, 26:
iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,
does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:
vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,
Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:
crus Rectius,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:
rectior coma,
smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:
longā trabe rectior exstet,
Ov. M. 3, 78:
crura,
Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:
rectissima linea,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:
via,
id. 12, 2, 27. —
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):
ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:
rectā viā depelli,
Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;
so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,
Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:
recta consilia dare,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:
quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:
quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:
sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,
id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:
(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,
id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:
per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),
id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:
recto ac justo proelio dimicare,
Liv. 35, 4 fin.:
rectarum cenarum consuetudo,
a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,
cena,
Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:
recta,
Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:
domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),
Sen. Ep. 100, 6:
nominibus rectis expendere nummos,
i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):
absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,
suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:
rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:
quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,
id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:
aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,
Quint. 6, 3, 89:
cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,
id. 8, 5, 6;
so (opp. durum et incomptum),
id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:
mutare aliquid a recto,
id. 2, 13, 11:
recta et vera loquere,
i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:
qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,
Quint. 10, 5, 12:
ea plerumque recta sunt,
id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:
rectior divisio,
Quint. 7, 2, 39:
si quid novisti rectius istis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:
rectissima ratio,
Quint. 2, 13, 3.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):
honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:
nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,
id. Lael. 22, 82;
so with honestum,
id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:
(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:
recta consilia (opp. prava),
Liv. 1, 27:
in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),
Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:
curvo dignoscere rectum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:
mens sibi conscia recti,
Verg. A. 1, 604:
fidem rectumque colebat,
Ov. M. 1, 90:
recta ingenia (opp. perversa),
Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:
in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,
Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:
animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:
natura,
id. S. 1, 6, 66:
ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:
judex,
Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.
auditor,
Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:
vir rectus et sanctus,
id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:
beatus judicii rectus,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:
rectum est gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—
b.
In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;
opp. obliqui casus),
Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,
A.
rectā,
B.
rectō,
C.
rectē.
A.
rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):
hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:
jam ad regem rectā me ducam,
id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:
tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:
Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —
B.
rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):
appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,
Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—
C.
rectē.
1.
Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):
vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,
Cato, R. R. 33, 4:
sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:
satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,
Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—
2.
Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):
recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:
fecisti edepol et recte et bene,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;
so with commode,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:
recte et sapienter facit,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:
recte atque ordine factum,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:
recte atque ordine facere,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;
v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:
recte atque in loco constare,
id. Mur. 12, 26:
recte factum,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:
seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:
seu recte seu perperam facere,
Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:
recte dictum (opp. absurde),
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:
recte concludere (opp. vitiose),
Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:
recte factum (opp. turpiter),
Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:
recte rationem tenes,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:
hercle quin tu recte dicis,
id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:
non recte judicas de Catone,
Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:
rectissime quidem judicas,
id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:
tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,
Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:
monere,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:
admonere recte,
id. Men. 5, 9, 33:
suis amicis recte res suas narrare,
properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:
hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,
consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:
aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,
duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:
alicui recte dare epistulam,
correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:
cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,
safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,
sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,
id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:
alicui suam salutem recte committere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:
si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,
goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:
ludi recte facti,
id. 36, 2:
ver sacrum non esse recte factum,
id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:
valere,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:
apud matrem recte est,
i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,
recte esse,
id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:
recte sit oculis tuis,
Gell. 13, 30, 11:
olivetum recte putare,
properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:
solet illa recte sub manus succedere,
well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:
recte cavere,
to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:
deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,
well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,
vortere,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:
alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:
nec recte loqui alicui,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:
nec recte dicere in aliquem,
id. As. 1, 3, 3;
and simply nec recte dicere,
id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:
ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:
hic tibi erit rectius,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:
rectius bella gerere,
Liv. 3, 2 fin.:
non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —
b.
With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:
locus recte ferax,
Cato, R. R. 44:
salvus sum recte,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:
morata recte,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:
oneratus recte,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:
non recte vinctus est,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—
c.
Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—
B.
So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:
rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,
i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,
in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!
Hor. A. P. 4, 28.

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suspīro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [subspiro].
I.
Neutr., to draw a deep breath, heave a sigh, to sigh (class.):
occulte,
Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:
familiariter,
id. ib. 1, 13, 1:
suspirat ab imis Pectoribus,
Ov. M. 2, 655:
dumque ibi suspirat,
id. ib. 1, 707:
suspirat sacerdos,
Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 572:
flebile,
id. in Eutr. 1, 269.— Poet.:
puella in flavo hospite suspirans,
sighing after, longing for, Cat. 64, 98:
solā suspirat in illā,
Ov. F. 1, 417; v. also infra, II.— Transf., of things:
tellus atro exundante vapore Suspirans,
breathing out, Sil. 12, 136:
relicto brevi foramine, quo aestuantia vina suspirent,
may exhale, evaporate, Pall. Oct. 14, 16: curae suspirantes, sighing, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 60 Vahl.).—With ne and subj., Hor. C. 3, 2, 9.—
II.
Act. ( poet.).
A.
To breathe out, exhale:
umentes nebulas (Anauros),
Luc. 6, 370:
inclusum pectore, Bacchum,
Sil. 4, 779; 12, 136. —
B.
To sigh for, long for:
suspirat longo non visam tempore matrem,
Juv. 11, 152:
amores,
Tib. 4, 5, 11:
Chloen,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 10:
lucra,
Prud. Cath. 2, 44.—
C.
To sigh out, exclaim with a sigh:
grandis suspirat arator, incassum manuum cecidisse labores,
Lucr. 2, 1164.—With ne:
matrona et adulta virgo Suspiret, eheu! ne, etc. ( = sollicita est, ne),
Hor. C. 3, 2, 9.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > suspiro
92 premō

premō essī, essus, ere [PREM-], to press: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body, O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon, H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk, O.: frena manu, grasp, O.: dente frena, champ, O.: grana ore suo, chew, O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese, V.: litus, hug the shore, H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam, H.: oleum, express, H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill., V.: ad retia cervom, chase, V.— To press down, burden, load, freight: Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat, O.: pressae carinae, loaded, V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed, V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches, H.— To mark, impress: littera articulo pressa tremente, written, O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers, V.— To press down, make deep, impress: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle, H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked, Iu. — To shorten, keep down, prune: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest: vestigia, V. — To visit frequently, frequent: forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned, N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration, V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart, V.— To cover, hide, conceal: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate: premebat eum factio, kept him down, L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy, L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense: haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent, V. — To surpass, exceed, overshadow: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.
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premere, pressi, pressus V

press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm

Latin-English dictionary > premō
93 spīrō

spīrō āvī, ātus, āre, to breathe, draw breath, respire: dum spirare potero: ne spirare quidem sine metu possunt: sunt qui ab eo (Clodio) spirante forum putent potuisse defendi, i. e. while alive: margarita viva ac spirantia saxis avelli, Ta.: spirantia consulit exta, still panting, V.: non sunt ausi admovere (corpori), velut spiranti, manūs, Cu.: graviter spirantis copia thymbrae, i. e. of strong odor, V.: Di maris et terrae... spirate secundi, i. e. be propitious, V.—With acc, to breathe out, exhale, emit: flammas, L.: flamina, O.: divinum odorem, V.—To breathe, blow, be exhaled, burst forth: Letiferis calidi spirarunt flatibus austri, O.: Quā vada non spirant, rage, V.: fervet fretis spirantibus aequor, boiling, V.—Fig., to breathe, live, be alive: videtur Laeli mens spirare etiam in scriptis: spirat adhuc amor puellae, H.: Parii lapides spirantia signa, V.—To be inspired, have poetic inspiration: Quod spiro, tuum est, H. —With acc, to breathe forth, exhale, be full of, be inspired with, aim at: mendacia, Iu.: amores, H.: tribunatum, L.: maiora, Cu.: immane, V.
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spirare, spiravi, spiratus V

breathe; blow; live; breathe out; exhale; breathe the spirit of

Latin-English dictionary > spīrō
94 circumduco

circumducere, circumduxi, circumductus V TRANS

lead out of the way/round about; cheat, mislead, trick out of; take/go around; lead/wheel/draw a line/ring around/in a circle; prolong (sound); build around

Latin-English dictionary > circumduco
95 poto

pōto, āvi, ātum, or pōtum, 1, v. a. and n. [root po; Gr. pinô, pepôka, to drink; Lat. potus, potor, poculum, etc.].
I.
Act., to drink (ante-class. and post-Aug.; syn. bibo), Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 13:
aquam,
Suet. Ner. 48; Juv. 5, 52:
vinum,
Plin. 14, 5, 7, § 58:
ut edormiscam hanc crapulam, quam potavi,
this intoxication which I have drunk myself into, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 28.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Poet.
a.
Potare flumen aliquod, to drink from a stream, i. q. to dwell by it:
fera, quae gelidum potat Araxen,
Sen. Hippol. 57:
stagna Tagi,
Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 286.—
b.
Of inanim. subjects, [p. 1410] to drink up, to suck or draw in, to absorb moisture ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
vestis sudorem potat,
Lucr. 4, 1128:
potantia vellera fucum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 27:
potanda ferens infantibus ubera,
Juv. 6, 9; Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 134.—
2.
Causative (late Lat.), to give to drink, to cause to drink:
potasti nos vino,
Vulg. Psa. 59, 5:
potaverunt me aceto,
id. ib. 68, 22; id. Ecclus. 15, 3; id. Isa. 49, 10; id. Apoc. 14, 8.—
II.
Neutr., to drink.
A.
In gen. (class.):
redi simul mecum potatum,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 28:
potaturus est apud me,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 5, 9:
si potare velit,
Cic. Brut. 83, 288: potare dilutius, id. Fragm. ap. Amm. 15, 12, 4:
potum veniunt juvenci,
Verg. E. 7, 11: cornibus, from or out of horns, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 126.—Part.: potatus, caused to drink, furnished with drink:
felle et aceto potatus,
Tert. Spect. 30:
et omnes in spiritu potati sunt,
Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 13.—
B.
In partic., to drink, tope, tipple (class.):
obsonat, potat, olet unguenta de meo,
Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 37:
ibi primum insuevit exercitus populi Romani amare, potare,
Sall. C. 11, 6:
frui voluptate potandi,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 118:
totos dies potabatur,
id. Phil. 2, 27, 67:
potantibus his apud Sex. Tarquinium,
Liv. 1, 57, 6 al. — Hence, pōtus, a, um, P. a.
I.
Act., that has drunk: et pransus sum, et potus sum, dicamus, Varr. ap. Gell. 2, 25, 7; but usually, drunken, intoxicated (class.):
domum bene potus redire,
Cic. Fam. 7, 22:
inscitia pransi, poti, oscitantis ducis,
id. Mil. 21, 56:
anus,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 5; id. S. 1, 3, 90. —
II.
Pass., that has been drunk, drunk, drunk up, drunk out, drained (class.):
sanguine tauri poto,
Cic. Brut. 11, 43:
poti faece tenus cadi,
Hor. C. 3, 15, 16:
amygdalae ex aquā potae,
Plin. 23, 8, 75, § 144.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > poto
96 statuo

stătŭo, ui, utum, 3, v. a. [statum, sup. of sto], to cause to stand (cf.: colloco, pono).
I.
Corporeally.
A.
To cause to stand, set up, set, station, fix in an upright position.
1.
To set up, set in the ground, erect:
ibi arbores pedicino in lapide statuito,
Cato, R. R. 18:
inter parietes arbores ubi statues,
id. ib.:
stipites statuito,
id. ib.:
palis statutis crebris,
Varr. R. R. 1, 14 init.:
pedamenta jacentia statuenda,
are to be raised, Col. 4, 26:
pedamentum inter duas vitis,
Plin. 17, 22, 21, § 194:
hic statui volo primum aquilam,
the standard of the troops, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:
signifer, statue signum,
plant the ensign, Liv. 5, 55, 1; Val. Max. 1, 5, 1.—
2.
To plant (rare):
eodem modo vineam statuito, alligato, flexatoque uti fuerit,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 198:
agro qui statuit meo Te, triste lignum (i. e. arborem),
Hor. C. 2, 13, 10.—
3.
In gen., to place, set or fix, set up, set forth things or persons.
a.
Without specifying the place:
ollam statuito cum aqua,
let a jar stand with water, Cato, R. R. 156 (157):
crateras magnos statuunt, i. e. on the table,
Verg. A. 1, 724; so,
crateras laeti statuunt,
id. ib. 7, 147: haec carina satis probe fundata et bene statuta est, well placed, i. e. so that the hull stands perpendicularly (cf.:
bene lineatam carinam collocavit, v. 42),
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 44:
nec quidquam explicare, nec statuere potuerant, nec quod statutum esset, manebat, omnia perscindente vento,
Liv. 21, 58, 7:
eo die tabernacula statui passus non est,
to pitch, Caes. B. C. 1, 81; so, aciem statuere, to draw up an army:
aciem quam arte statuerat, latius porrigit,
Sall. J. 52, 6.—
b.
With designation of the place by in and abl.; by adv. of place; by ante, apud, ad, circa, super, and acc.; by pro and abl.; by abl. alone (very rare), or by in and acc. (very rare): signa domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. 7, 19, 95 (p. 782 P.):
statuite hic lectulos,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:
etiamsi in caelo Capitolium statueretur,
Cic. Or. 3, 46, 180:
statuitur Sollius in illo gladiatorum convivio... atuitur, ut dico, eques Romanus in Apronii convivio,
is taken to the banquet, id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 sq.:
tabernacula in foro statuere,
Liv. 39, 46, 3:
in principiis statuit tabernaculum,
Nep. Eum. 7, 1:
in nostris castris tibi tabernaculum statue,
Curt. 5, 11, 6; 8, 13, 20:
statui in medium undique conspicuum tabernaculum jussit,
id. 9, 6, 1:
(sagittae) longae, nisi prius in terra statuerent arcum, haud satis apte imponuntur,
id. 8, 14, 19:
sedes curules sacerdotum Augustalium locis, superque eas querceae coronae statuerentur,
Tac. A. 2, 83:
donum deae apud Antium statuitur,
id. ib. 3, 71:
pro rigidis calamos columnis,
Ov. F. 3, 529:
jamque ratem Scythicis auster statuisset in oris,
Val. Fl. 3, 653:
statuere vas in loco frigido,
Pall. Oct. 22.—Of living beings:
capite in terram statuerem, Ut cerebro dispergat viam,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:
qui capite ipse sua in statuit vestigia sese (= qui sese ipse capite in sua vestigia statuit),
i. e. stands on his head, Lucr. 4, 472:
patrem ejus a mortuis excitasses, statuisses ante oculos,
Cic. Or. 1, 57, 245:
captivos vinctos in medio statuit,
Liv. 21, 42, 1:
ubi primum equus Curtium in vado statuit,
id. 1, 13, 5:
quattuor cohortes in fronte statuit,
id. 28, 33, 12:
ante se statuit funditores,
id. 42, 58, 10:
puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset,
id. 7, 2, 9:
procul in conspectu eum (Philopoemenem) statuerunt,
id. 39, 49, 11:
media porta robora legionum, duabus circa portis milites levemque armaturam statuit,
id. 23, 16, 8:
bovem ad fanum Dianae et ante aram statuit,
id. 1, 45, 6:
cum Calchanta circa aram statuisset,
Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 6:
marium si qui eo loci statuisset,
id. 3, 1, 2 fin.:
adulescentes ante Caesarem statuunt,
Tac. A. 4, 8:
in fronte statuerat ferratos, in cornibus cohortes,
id. ib. 3, 45:
puer quis Ad cyathum statuetur?
Hor. C. 1, 29, 8:
tu cum pro vitula statuis dulcem Aulide natam Ante aras,
id. S. 2, 3, 199:
et statuam ante aras aurata fronte juvencum,
Verg. A. 9, 627:
clara regione profundi Aetheros innumeri statuerunt agmina cygni,
Stat. Th. 3, 525.—
4.
Pregn., to construct and place, to set up after constructing, to erect, make.
a.
Of statues, temples, columns, altars, trophies, etc.; constr. with acc. alone, or acc. of the structure and dat. of the person for whom or in whose honor it is erected:
siquidem mihi aram et statuam statuis,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 122:
huic statuam statui decet ex auro,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 1:
ne ego aurea pro statua vineam tibi statuam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 52:
eique statuam equestrem in rostris statui placere,
Cic. Phil. 5, 15, 41; so id. ib. 9, 5, 10; 9, 7, 16; id. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151; 2, 2, 20, § 48; so,
simulacrum alicui statuere,
Val. Max. 1, 1, 8:
effigiem,
Verg. A. 2, 184:
Mancinus eo habitu sibi statuit quo, etc. (effigiem),
Plin. 34, 5, 10, § 18:
simulacrum in curia,
Tac. A. 14, 12:
quanam in civitate tempium statueretur,
id. ib. 4, 55:
se primos templum urbis Romae statuisse,
id. ib. 4, 56; so id. ib. 4, 15:
nec tibi de Pario statuam, Germanice, templum,
Ov. P. 4, 8, 31:
templa tibi statuam, tribuam tibi turis honorem,
id. M. 14, 128:
super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui nisi columellam,
Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:
victimas atque aras diis Manibus statuentes,
Tac. A. 3, 2:
statuitque aras e cespite,
Ov. M. 7, 240:
statuantur arae,
Sen. Med. 579:
aeneum statuerunt tropaeum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69:
monumentum,
id. ib. § 70; so,
in alio orbe tropaea statuere,
Curt. 7, 7, 14;
so,
Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 18: ut illum di perdant qui primus statuit hic solarium, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 5:
princeps Romanis solarium horologium statuisse L. Papirius Cursor proditur,
Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 213:
a miliario in capite Romani fori statuto,
id. 3, 5, 9, § 66:
carceres eo anno in Circo primum statuti,
Liv. 8, 20, 1:
quo molem hanc immanis equi statuere?
Verg. A. 2, 150:
multo altiorem statui crucem jussit,
Suet. Galb. 9:
obeliscam,
Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71:
at nunc disturba quas statuisti machinas,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 137:
incensis operibus quae statuerat,
Nep. Milt. 7, 4:
si vallum statuitur procul urbis illecebris,
Tac. A. 4, 2:
castra in quinto lapide a Carthagine statuit,
Just. 22, 6, 9.—
b.
Poet. and in post-class. prose (rare):
aliquem statuere = alicui statuam statuere: inter et Aegidas media statuaris in urbe,
Ov. H. 2, 67:
statuarque tumulo hilaris et coronatus,
my statue will be erected, Tac. Dial. 13; so with two acc.: custodem medio statuit quam vilicus horto, whose statue he placed as protectress, etc., Mart. 3, 68, 9; cf.
in double sense: nudam te statuet, i. e. nudam faciet (= nudabit fortunis), and statuam tibi nu dam faciet,
Mart. 4, 28, 8.—
5.
Of cities, etc., to establish, found, build (in class. prose usu. condo):
Agamemnon tres ibi urbes statuit,
Vell. 1, 1, 2:
urbem quam statuo vestra est,
Verg. A. 1, 573:
urbom praeclaram,
id. ib. 4, 655:
Persarum statuit Babylona Semiramis urbem,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 21:
ibi civitatem statuerunt,
Just. 23, 1; so,
licentia et impunitas asyla statuendi (= aperiendi),
Tac. A. 3, 60.—Hence, transf.: carmen statuere = carmen condere, to compose, devise a song:
nunc volucrum... inexpertum carmen, quod tacita statuere bruma,
Stat. S. 4, 5, 12.—
B.
To cause to stand still, to stop (rare; cf.
sisto, III. B.): navem extemplo statuimus,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57:
et statuit fessos, fessus et ipse, boves,
Prop. 4 (5), 9, 4:
famuli hoc modo statuerunt aquas,
Arn. 1, p. 30: sanguinem, Oct. Hor. 4.—
C.
To cause to stand firm, strengthen, support (rare; = stabilire), only transf.: qui rem publicam certo animo adjuverit, statuerit, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 56, 120 (Trag. Rel. v. 357 Rib.).
II.
Trop.
A.
To establish, constitute (= constituo).
1.
Esp.: exemplum or documentum (v. edo fin., and cf. Sen. Phoen. 320), to set forth an example or precedent for warning or imitation:
statuite exemplum impudenti, date pudori praemium,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 6:
exemplum statuite in me ut adulescentuli Vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:
ut illi intellegere possint, in quo homine statueris exemplum hujus modi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 45, § 111:
in quos aliquid exempli populus Romanus statui putat oportere,
id. ib. 2, 3, 90, §
210: statuam in te exemplum, ne quis posthac infelicibus miseriis patriae illudat,
Just. 8, 7, 14:
documentum autem statui oportere, si quis resipiscat et antiquam societatem respiciat,
Liv. 24, 45, 5: statueretur immo [p. 1753] documentum, quo uxorem imperator acciperet, a precedent, Tac. A. 12, 6.—
2.
Jus statuere, to establish a principle or relation of law:
ut (majores nostri) omnia omnium rerum jura statuerint,
Cic. Caecin. 12, 34: qui magistratum potestatemve habebit, si quid in aliquem novi juris statuerit, ipse quoque, adversario postulante, eodem jure uti debebit, if he has established any new principle of law, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 2, 2, 1, § 1:
si quid injungere inferiori velis, id prius in te ac tuos si ipse juris statueris, facilius omnes oboedientes habeas,
if you first admit it against yourself, Liv. 26, 36, 3:
si dicemus in omnibus aequabile jus statui convenire,
equal principles of law should be applied to all, Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4. —
3.
In gen., to establish by authority (of relations, institutions, rights, duties, etc.):
(Numa) omnis partis religionis statuit sanctissime,
Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:
hoc judicium sic exspectatur ut non unae rei statui, sed omnibus constitui putetur,
id. Tull. 15, 36:
ad formandos animos statuendasque vitae leges, Quint. prooem. 14: sic hujus (virtutis) ut caelestium statuta magnitudo est,
Sen. Ep. 79, 10:
vectigal etiam novum ex salaria annona statuerunt,
Liv. 29, 37, 2:
novos statuere fines,
id. 42, 24, 8:
neque eos quos statuit terminos observat,
id. 21, 44, 5:
quibus rebus cum pax statuta esset,
Just. 5, 10, 8; so id. 25, 1, 1:
sedesque ibi statuentibus,
id. 18, 5, 11.—
4.
With double acc., to constitute, appoint, create:
Hirtius arbitrum me statuebat non modo hujus rei, sed totius consulatus sui,
Cic. Att. 14, 1, a, 2:
telluris erum natura nec illum, nec quemquam constituit,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 130:
de principatu (vinorum) se quisque judicem statuet,
Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 59:
praefectus his statuitur Andragoras,
Just. 21, 4, 5.—
B.
To determine, fix, etc. (of temporal or local relations); constr. usually with acc. and dat. or acc. and gen.
1.
Modum statuere alicui or alicujus rei, to determine the manner, mode, or measure of, assign limits, restrictions or restraints to a thing or person, to impose restraints upon.
(α).
With dat.:
diuturnitati imperii modum statuendum putavistis,
that a limit should be assigned to the duration of his power, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26:
statui mihi tum modum et orationi meae,
imposed restraints upon myself and my words, id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:
non statuendo felicitati modum, nec cohibendo fortunam,
by not assigning any limits to his success, Liv. 30, 30, 23 (Pompeium) affirmabant, libertati publicae statuturum modum, Vell. 2, 40:
cupidinibus statuat natura modum,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 111:
quem modum sibi ipsa statuit (crudelitas)?
Val. Max. 9, 2 pr.:
modum ipsae res statuunt (i. e. sibi),
Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 216:
modum nuptiarum sumptibus statuerunt,
Just. 21, 4, 5:
timori quem meo statuam modum?
Sen. Thyest. 483;
and with finem: jam statui aerumnis modum et finem cladi,
id. Herc. Fur. 206. —
(β).
With gen.:
honestius te inimicitiarum modum statuere potuisse quam me humanitatis,
Cic. Sull. 17, 48:
ipse modum statuam carminis,
Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 44:
errorisque sui sic statuisse modum,
Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 36:
modum statuunt fellis pondere denarii,
they limit the quantity of the gall to the weight of a denarius, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 254.—
2.
Condicionem or legem alicui, to impose a condition or law upon one, to dictate, assign a condition to:
hanc tu condicionem statuis Gaditanis,
Cic. Balb. 10, 25:
providete ne duriorem vobis condicionem statuatis ordinique vestro quam ferre possit,
id. Rab. Post. 6, 15:
alter eam sibi legem statuerat ut, etc.,
id. Phil. 10, 6, 12: pretio statuta lege ne modum excederet, etc., the law being assigned to the price that not, etc., i. e. the price being limited by the law, etc., Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118:
pacis legem universae Graeciae statuit,
Just. 9, 5, 2.—So with ellipsis of dat., to agree upon, stipulate:
statutis condicionibus,
Just. 6, 1, 3:
omnibus consentientibus Carthago conditur, statuto annuo vectigali pro solo urbis,
id. 18, 5, 14. —
3.
Finem, to assign or put an end to, make an end of:
haud opinor commode Finem statuisse orationi militem,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 21:
et finem statuit cuppedinis atque timoris,
Lucr. 6, 25:
cum Fulvius Flaccus finem poenae eorum statuere cogeretur,
Val. Max. 3, 2, ext. 1: majores vestri omnium magnarum rerum et principia exorsi ab diis sunt, et finem statuerunt, finished, Liv. 45, 39, 10; so,
terminum: nam templis numquam statuetur terminus aevi,
Stat. S. 3, 1, 180:
cum consilii tui bene fortiterque suscepti eum tibi finem statueris, quem ipsa fortuna terminum nostrarum contentionum esse voluisset,
since you have assigned that end, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 2.—
4.
Pretium alicui rei, to assign a price to something; fix, determine the price of something:
quae probast mers, pretium ei statuit,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:
numquam avare pretium statui arti meae,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 48:
statuit frumento pretium,
Tac. A. 2, 87; so with dat. understood:
ut eos (obsides) pretio quantum ipsi statuissent patres redimi paterentur,
Liv. 45, 42, 7:
pretium statuit (i. e. vecturae et sali),
id. 45, 29, 13; so with in and acc.: ut in singulas amphoras (vini) centeni nummi statuantur, that the price may be set down at 100 sesterces for an amphora, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56.—
5.
Statuere diem, horam, tempus, locum alicui rei, or alicui, or with dat. gerund., to assign or appoint a day, time, place, etc. (for the more usual diem dicere):
statutus est comitiis dies,
Liv. 24, 27, 1:
diem patrando facinori statuerat,
id. 35, 35, 15:
multitudini diem statuit ante quam sine fraude liceret ab armis discedere,
Sall. C. 36, 2:
dies insidiis statuitur,
id. J. 70, 3:
ad tempus locumque colloquio statuendum,
Liv. 28, 35, 4:
subverti leges quae sua spatia (= tempora) quaerendis aut potiundis honoribus statuerint,
Tac. A. 2, 36.—With ellipsis of dat.:
observans quem statuere diem,
Mart. 4, 54, 6:
noctem unam poscit: statuitur nox,
Tac. A. 13, 44.—Esp. in the part. statutus, fixed, appointed (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with status; v. sisto fin.):
institum ut quotannis... libri diebus statutis (statis) recitarentur,
Suet. Claud. 42:
ut die statuta omnes equos ante regiam producerent,
Just. 1, 10, 1:
quaedam (genera) statutum tempus anni habent,
Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 135:
fruges quoque maturitatem statuto tempore expectant,
Curt. 6, 3, 7:
sacrificium non esse redditum statuto tempore,
id. 8, 2, 6:
statuto tempore quo urbem Mithridati traderet,
Just. 16, 4, 9:
cum ad statutam horam omnes convenissent,
id. 1, 10, 8:
intra tempus statutum,
fixed by the law, Dig. 4, 4, 19 and 20.—
6.
To recount, count up, state (very rare): statue sex et quinquaginta annos, quibus mox divus Augustus rempublicam rexit: adice Tiberii tres et viginti... centum et viginti anni colliguntur, count, fix the number at, Tac. Or. 17:
Cinyphiae segetis citius numerabis aristas... quam tibi nostrorum statuatur summa laborum,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 29.—
C.
To decide, determine, with reference to a result, to settle, fix, bring about, choose, make a decision.
1.
Of disputes, differences, questions, etc., between others.
(α).
With interrog.-clause:
ut statuatis hoc judicio utrum posthac amicitias clarorum virorum calamitati hominibus an ornamento esse malitis,
Cic. Balb. 28, 65:
eam potestatem habetis ut statuatis utrum nos... semper miseri lugeamus, an, etc.,
id. Mil. 2, 4:
in hoc homine statuatis, possitne senatoribus judicantibus homo nocentissim us pecuniosissimusque damnari,
id. Verr. 1, 16, 47:
vos statuite, recuperatores, utra (sententia) utilior esse videatur,
id. Caecin. 27, 77:
decidis tu statuisque quid iis ad denarium solveretur,
id. Quint. 4, 17:
magni esse judicis statuere quid quemque cuique praestare oporteret,
id. Off. 3, 17, 70:
mihi vero Pompeius statuisse videtur quid vos in judicando spectare oporteret,
id. Mil. 6, 15:
semel (senatus) statuerent quid donatum Masinissae vellent,
Liv. 42, 23:
nec quid faciendum modo sit statuunt, sed, etc.,
decide, dictate, id. 44, 22:
nondum statuerat conservaret eum necne,
Nep. Eum. 11, 2:
statutumque (est) quantum curules, quantum plebei pignoris caperent,
Tac. A. 13, 28: semel nobis esse statuendum quod consilium in illo sequamur, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4. —
(β).
With de:
ut consules de Caesaris actis cognoscerent, statuerent, judicarent,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:
et collegas suos de religione statuisse, in senatu de lege statuturos,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
ut de absente eo C. Licinius statueret ac judicaret,
Liv. 42, 22:
si de summa rerum liberum senatui permittat rex statuendi jus,
id. 42, 62: qui ab exercitu ab imperatore eove cui de ea re statuendi potestas fuerit, dimissus erit, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 3, 2, 1.—Often with reference to punishment:
cum de P. Lentulo ceterisque statuetis, pro certo habetote, vos simul de exercitu Catilinae decernere,
Sall. C. 52, 17:
satis visum de Vestilia statuere,
to pass sentence against, Tac. A. 2, 85:
jus statuendi de procuratoribus,
id. ib. 12, 54:
facta patribus potestate statuendi de Caeciliano,
id. ib. 6, 7; so id. ib. 13, 28; cf. id. ib. 15, 14; 2, 85; Suet. Tib. 61 fin. —In partic.: de se statuere, to decide on, or dispose of one's self, i. e. of one's life, = to commit suicide:
eorum qui de se statuebant humabantur corpora,
Tac. A. 6, 29.—
(γ).
With de and abl. and interrog.-clause:
si quibusdam populis permittendum esse videatur ut statuant ipsi de suis rebus quo jure uti velint,
Cic. Balb. 8, 22.—
(δ).
With contra:
consequeris tamen ut eos ipsos quos contra statuas aequos placatosque dimittas,
Cic. Or. 10, 34. —
(ε).
With indef. obj., usu. a neutr. pron.:
utrum igitur hoc Graeci statuent... an nostri praetores?
Cic. Fl. 12, 27:
dixisti quippiam: fixum (i. e. id) et statutum est,
id. Mur. 30, 62:
eoque utrique quod statuit contenti sunt,
Caes. B. C. 1, 87:
senatus, ne quid absente rege statueret,
Liv. 39, 24, 13:
maturato opus est, quidquid statuere placet (senatui),
id. 8, 13, 17:
id ubi in P. Licinio ita statutum est,
id. 41, 15, 10:
interrogatus quid ipse victorem statuere debere censeret,
Curt. 8, 14, 43:
quid in futurum statuerim, aperiam,
Tac. A. 4, 37:
utque rata essent quae procuratores sui in judicando statuerent,
Suet. Claud. 12;
qul statuit aliquid parte inaudita altera, aequum licet statuerit, haud aequus fuit,
Sen. Med. 2, 199:
non ergo quod libet statuere arbiter potest,
Dig. 4, 8, 32, § 15; cf.:
earum rerum quas Caesar statuisset, decrevisset, egisset,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 11.—
(ζ).
With de or super and abl.:
vos de crudelissimis parricidis quid statuatis cunctamini?
Sall. C. 52, 31:
nihil super ea re nisi ex voluntate filii statuere,
Suet. Tib. 13:
ne quid super tanta re absente principe statueretur,
Tac. H. 4, 9.—
(η).
Absol., mostly pass. impers.:
ita expediri posse consilium ut pro merito cujusque statueretur,
Liv. 8, 14, 1:
tunc ut quaeque causa erit statuetis,
id. 3, 53, 10:
non ex rumore statuendum,
decisions should not be founded on rumors, Tac. A. 3, 69.—
(θ).
With cognoscere, to examine ( officially) and decide:
petit ut vel ipse de eo causa cognita statuat, vel civitatem statuere jubeat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 19:
consuli ut cognosceret statueretque senatus permiserat,
Liv. 39, 3, 2:
missuros qui de eorum controversiis cognoscerent statuerentque,
id. 40, 20, 1; 45, 13, 11:
quod causa cognita erit statuendum,
Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 8.—
2.
With reference to the mind of the subject, to decide, to make up one's mind, conclude, determine, be convinced, usu. with interrog.clause:
numquam intellegis, statuendum tibi esse, utrum illi homicidae sint an vindices libertatis,
Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30:
illud mirum videri solet, tot homines... statuere non potuisse, utrum judicem an arbitrum, rem an litem dici oporteret,
id. Mur. 12, 27:
neque tamen possum statuere, utrum magis mirer, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:
ipsi statuerent, quo tempore possent suo jure arma capere,
id. Tull. 5, 12:
ut statuerem quid esset faciendum,
id. Att. 7, 26, 3:
statuere enim qui sit sapiens, vel maxime videtur esse sapientis,
id. Ac. 2, 3, 9:
si habes jam statutum quid tibi agendum putes,
id. Fam. 4, 2, 4:
tu quantum tribuendum nobis putes statuas ipse, et, ut spero, statues ex nostra dignitate,
id. ib. 5, 8, 4:
vix statui posse utrum quae pro se, an quae contra fratrem petiturus esset ab senatu magis impetrabilia forent,
Liv. 45, 19, 6:
quam satis statuerat, utram foveret partem,
id. 42, 29, 11:
posse ipsam Liviam statuere, nubendum post Drusum, an, etc.,
Tac. A. 4, 40:
statue quem poenae extrahas,
Sen. Troad. 661.—So with apud animum, to make up one's mind:
vix statuere apud animum meum possum atrum pejor ipsa res an pejore exemplo agatur,
Liv. 34, 2, 4:
proinde ipsi primum statuerent apud animos quid vellent,
id. 6, 39, 11.—Rarely with neutr, pron. as object:
quidquid nos de communi sententia statuerimus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:
sic statue, quidquid statuis, ut causam famamque tuam in arto stare scias,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 1306.—
D.
To decree, order, prescribe.
1.
With ut or ne: statuunt ut decem milia hominum in oppidum submittantur, [p. 1754] Caes. B. G. 7, 21:
eos (Siculos) statuisse ut hoc quod dico postularet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 103:
statuunt illi atque decernunt ut eae litterae... removerentur,
id. ib. 2, 2, 71, §
173: statuit iste ut arator... vadimonium promitteret,
id. ib. 2, 3, 15, §
38: orare patres ut statuerent ne absentium nomina reciperentur,
id. ib. 2, 2, 42, §
103: statuitur ne post M. Brutum proconsulem sit Creta provincia,
id. Phil. 2, 38, 97:
(Tiberius) auxit patrum honorem statuendo ut qui ad senatum provocavissent, etc.,
Tac. A. 14, 28:
statuiturque (a senatu) ut... in servitute haberentur,
id. ib. 12, 53.—So of a decree, determination, or agreement by several persons or parties to be carried out by each of them:
statutum esse (inter plebem et Poenos) ut... impedimenta diriperent,
Liv. 23, 16, 6:
Athenienses cum statuerent, ut urbe relicta naves conscenderent,
Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:
statuunt ut fallere custodes tentent,
Ov. M. 4, 84.—
2.
With acc. (post-Aug.):
remedium statuere,
to prescribe a remedy against public abuses, Tac. A. 3, 28; 6, 4:
Caesar ducentesimam (vectigalis) in posterum statuit,
decreed that one half of one per cent. be the tax, id. ib. 2, 42.—So with sic (= hoc):
sic, di, statuistis,
Ov. M. 4, 661.—
3.
With dat. and acc. (not ante-Aug.):
eis (Vestalibus) stipendium de publico statuit,
decreed, allowed a salary, Liv. 1, 20, 3:
Aurelio quoque annuam pecuniam statuit princeps,
decreed, granted, Tac. A. 13, 34:
biduum criminibus obiciendis statuitur,
are allowed, id. ib. 3, 13:
itaque et alimenta pueris statuta... et patribus praemia statuta,
Just. 12, 4, 8:
ceu Aeolus insanis statuat certamina ventis,
Stat. Th. 6, 300:
non hoc statui sub tempore rebus occasum Aeoniis,
id. ib. 7, 219:
statuere alicui munera,
Val. Fl. 2, 566.—
4.
With dat. and interrog.-clause:
cur his quoque statuisti quantum ex hoc genere frumenti darent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:
ordo iis quo quisque die supplicarent, statutus,
Liv. 7, 28, 8.—
5.
In partic., of punishment, etc., to decree, measure out, inflict.
(α).
With poenam, etc., with or without in and acc. pers. (mostly post-Aug.):
considerando... in utra (lege) major poena statuatur,
Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 145:
poenam statui par fuisse,
Tac. A. 14, 49:
qui non judicium, sed poenam statui videbant,
id. ib. 11, 6:
eadem poena in Catum Firmium statuitur,
id. ib. 6, 31:
senatu universo in socios facinoris ultimam statuente poenam,
Suet. Caes. 14;
so with mercedem (= poenam): debuisse gravissimam temeritatis mercedem statui,
Liv. 39, 55, 3; cf.
also: Thrasea, non quidquid nocens reus pati mereretur, id egregio sub principe statuendum disseruit,
Tac. A. 14, 48.— Absol.:
non debere eripi patribus vim statuendi (sc. poenas),
Tac. A. 3, 70.—
(β).
With indef. obj., generally with in and acc.: aliquid gravius in aliquem, to proceed severely against:
obsecrare coepit, ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 20:
fac aliquid gravius in Hejum statuisse Mamertinos,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 19:
res monet cavere ab illis magis quam quid in illos statuamus consultare,
Sall. C. 52, 3:
qui cum triste aliquid statuit, fit tristis et ipse,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 119:
si quid ob eam rem de se crudelius statuerent,
Just. 2, 15, 10.—
(γ).
With a word expressing the kind of punishment (post-Aug.):
in Pompeiam Sabinam exilium statuitur,
Tac. A. 6, 24 (18).—
(δ).
De capite, to pass sentence of death:
legem illam praeclaram quae de capite civis Romani nisi comitiis centuriatis statui vetaret,
Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61.—
E.
Referring to one's own acts, to resolve, determine, purpose, to propose, with inf. (first in Cic.;
freq. and class.): statuit ab initio et in eo perseveravit, jus publicano non dicere,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:
P. Clodius cum statuisset omni scelere in praetura vexare rem publicam,
id. Mil. 9, 24:
statuerat excusare,
to decline the office, id. Lig. 7, 21:
cum statuissem scribere ad te aliquid,
id. Off. 1, 2, 4:
quod iste certe statuerat et deliberaverat non adesse,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:
se statuisse animum advertere in omnes nauarchos,
id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §
105: nam statueram in perpetuum tacere,
id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:
statueram... nihil de illo dicere,
id. Fragm. Clod. 1, 1:
statueram recta Appia Romam (i. e. venire),
id. Att. 16, 10, 1:
Pompeius statuerat bello decertare,
Caes. B. C. 3, 86: si cedere hinc statuisset, Liv. 44, 39, 7:
triumphare mense Januario statuerat,
id. 39, 15:
immemor sim propositi quo statui non ultra attingere externa nisi qua Romanis cohaererent rebus,
id. 39, 48:
rex quamquam dissimulare statuerat,
id. 42, 21:
opperiri ibi hostium adventum statuit,
id. 42, 54, 9:
ut statuisse non pugnare consules cognitum est,
id. 2, 45, 9:
exaugurare fana statuit,
id. 1, 55, 2:
Delphos mittere statuit,
id. 1, 56, 5:
eos deducere in agros statuerunt,
id. 40, 38, 2:
tradere se, ait, moenia statuisse,
id. 8, 25, 10:
Samnitium exercitus certamine ultimo fortunam experiri statuit,
id. 7, 37, 4:
statuit sic adfectos hosti non obicere,
id. 44, 36, 2:
sub idem tempus statuit senatus Carthaginem excidere,
Vell. 1, 12, 2:
statui pauca disserere,
Tac. H. 4, 73:
amoliri juvenem specie honoris statuit,
id. A. 2, 42:
statuerat urbem novam condere,
Curt. 4, 8, 1:
statuerat parcere urbi conditae a Cyro,
id. 7, 6, 20:
rex statuerat inde abire,
id. 7, 11, 4:
Alexander statuerat ex Syria petere Africam,
id. 10, 1, 17; 10, 5, 24; 5, 27 (9), 13; so,
statutum habere cum animo ac deliberatum,
to have firmly and deliberately resolved, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.—With sic:
caedis initium fecisset a me, sic enim statuerat,
id. Phil. 3, 7, 29.—
F.
To judge, declare as a judgment, be of opinion, hold (especially of legal opinions), think, consider (always implying the establishment of a principle, or a decided conviction; cf.: existimo, puto, etc.).
1.
With acc. and inf.
a.
In gen.:
senatus consulta falsa delata ab eo judicavimus... leges statuimus per vim et contra auspicia latas,
Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 12:
statuit senatus hoc ne illi quidem esse licitum cui concesserat omnia,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 81:
quin is tamen (judex) statuat fieri non posse ut de isto non severissime judicetur,
id. ib. 2, 3, 62, §
144: hujusce rei vos (recuperatores) statuetis nullam esse actionem qui obstiterit armatis hominibus?
id. Caecin. 13, 39, ut quisquam juris numeretur peritus, qui id statuit esse jus quod non oporteat judicari, who holds that to be the law, id. ib. 24, 68:
is (Pompeius) se in publico statuit esse non posse,
id. Pis. 13, 29:
tu unquam tantam plagam tacitus accipere potuisses, nisi hoc ita statuisses, quidquid dixisses te deterius esse facturum?
id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 133:
si causa cum causa contenderet, nos nostram perfacile cuivis probaturos statuebamus,
we were sure, id. Quint. 30, 92:
non statuit sibi quidquam licere quod non patrem suum facere vidisset,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 211:
hi sibi nullam societatem communis utilitatis causa statuunt esse cum civibus,
assume, id. Off. 3, 6, 28:
cum igitur statuisset opus esse ad eam rem constituendam pecunia,
had become convinced, id. ib. 2, 23, 82:
quo cive neminem ego statuo in hac re publica esse fortiorem,
id. Planc. 21, 51:
quam quidem laudem sapientiae statuo esse maximam,
id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:
hoc anno statuit temporis esse satis,
Ov. F. 1, 34:
nolim statuas me mente maligna id facere,
Cat. 67, 37.— So with sic:
velim sic statuas tuas mihi litteras longissimas quasque gratissimas fore,
Cic. Fam. 7, 33 fin.:
ego sic statuo a me in hac causa pietatis potius quam defensionis partes esse susceptas,
I hold, lay down as the principle of my defence, id. Sest. 2, 3:
quod sic statuit omnino consularem legem nullam putare,
id. ib. 64, 135:
sic statuo et judico, neminem tot et tanta habuisse ornamenta dicendi,
id. Or. 2, 28, 122. —Hence, statui, I have judged, i. e. I know, and statueram, I had judged, i. e. I knew:
ut ego qui in te satis consilii statuerim esse, mallem Peducaeum tibi consilium dare quam me, ironically,
Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4:
qui saepe audissent, nihil esse pulchrius quam Syracusarum moenia, statuerant se, si ea Verre praetore non vidissent, numquam esse visuros,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95.—With neutr. pron.:
si dicam non recte aliquid statuere eos qui consulantur,
that they hold an erroneous opinion, Cic. Caecin. 24, 68; cf.:
quis hoc statuit umquam, aut cui concedi potest, ut eum jure potuerit occidere a quo, etc.,
id. Tull. 24, 56; Quint. 5, 13, 21.—
b.
Particularly of a conclusion drawn from circumstances, to judge, infer, conclude; declare (as an inference):
cum tuto senatum haberi non posse judicavistis, tum statuiistis, etiam intra muros Antonii scelus versari,
Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13: quod si aliter statuetis, videte ne hoc vos statuatis, qui vivus decesserit, ei vim non esse factam, id. Caecin. 16, 46:
quid? si tu ipse statuisti, bona P. Quinctii ex edicto possessa non esse?
id. Quint. 24, 76:
ergo ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,
id. Off. 3, 16, 67:
Juppiter esse pium statuit quodcumque juvaret,
Ov. H. 4, 133.—With neutr. pron.:
hoc (i. e. litteris Gabinii credendum non esse) statuit senatus cum frequens supplicationem Gabinio denegavit,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14:
quod si tum statuit opus esse, quid cum ille decessisset, Flacco existimatis statuendum et faciendum fuisse?
id. Fl. 12, 29; cf. id. Caecin. 16, 46, supra; so,
hoc si ita statuetis,
id. ib. 16, 47.—
c.
Esp. with gerund.-clause.
(α).
To hold, judge, think, consider, acknowledge, that something must be done, or should have been done:
tu cum tuos amicos in provinciam quasi in praedam invitabas... non statuebas tibi de illorum factis rationem esse reddendam?
did you not consider, did it not strike you? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29: statuit, si hoc crimen extenuari vellet, nauarchos omnes vita esse privandos, he thought it necessary to deprive, etc., id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §
103: ut statuas mihi non modo non cedendum, sed etiam tuo auxilio utendum fuisse,
id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:
statuebam sic, boni nihil ab illis nugis expectandum,
id. Sest. 10, 24:
Antigonus statuit aliquid sibi consilii novi esse capiendum,
Nep. Eum. 8, 4. —So with opus fuisse:
ut hoc statuatis oratione longa nihil opus fuisse,
acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56: causam sibi dicendam esse statuerat jam ante quam hoc usu venit, knew (cf. a. supra), id. ib. 2, 5, 39, § 101. —
(β).
To think that one must do something, to resolve, propose, usu. with dat. pers.:
manendum mihi statuebam quasi in vigilia quadam consulari ac senatoria,
Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1: quae vobis fit injuria si statuimus, vestro nobis judicio standum esse, if we conclude, purpose, to abide, etc., id. Fl. 27, 65:
ut ea quae statuisses tibi in senatu dicenda, reticeres,
id. Fam. 5, 2, 1:
statuit tamen nihil sibi in tantis injuriis gravius faciendum,
id. Clu. 6, 16:
Caesar statuit exspectandam classem,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:
non expectandum sibi statuit dum, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 11:
quod eo tempore statuerat non esse faciendum,
id. B. C. 3, 44:
statuit sibi nihil agitandum,
Sall. J. 39, 5:
Metellus statuit alio more bellum gerendum,
id. ib. 54, 5:
Laco statuit accuratius sibi agendum cum Pharnabazo,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 2:
sororis filios tollendos statuit,
Just. 38, 1.—
2.
With ut:
si, ut Manilius statuebat, sic est judicatum (= ut judicandum esse statuebat),
Cic. Caecin. 24, 69:
ut veteres statuerunt poetae (ut = quod ita esse),
id. Arat. 267 (33): quae majora auribus accepta sunt quam oculis noscuntur, ut statuit, as he thought, i. e. that those things were greater, etc., Liv. 45, 27:
cum esset, ut ego mihi statuo, talis qualem te esse video,
Cic. Mur. 14, 32.—
3.
With two acc. (= duco, existimo):
omnes qui libere de re publica sensimus, statuit ille quidem non inimicos, sed hostes,
regarded not as adversaries, but as foes, Cic. Phil. 11, 1, 3:
Anaximenes aera deum statuit,
id. N. D. 10, 26:
voluptatem summum bonum statuens,
id. Off. 1, 2, 5:
video Lentulum cujus ego parentem deum ac patronum statuo fortunae ac nominis mei,
id. Sest. 69, 144:
si rectum statuerimus concedere amicis quidquid velint,
id. Lael. 11, 38:
Hieronymus summum bonum statuit non dolere,
id. Fin. 2, 6, 19:
noster vero Plato Titanum e genere statuit eos qui... adversentur magistratibus,
id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
decretum postulat, quo justae inter patruos fratrumque filias nuptiae statuerentur,
Tac. A. 12, 7:
optimum in praesentia statuit reponere odium,
id. Agr. 39.— P. a.: stătūtus, a, um, i. e. baculo, propped, leaning on a stick (dub. v. I. C. supra):
vidistis senem... statutum, ventriosum?
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, subst.: stătūtum, i, n., a law, decision, determination, statute (late Lat.):
Dei,
Lact. 2, 16, 14:
Parcarum leges ac statuta,
id. 1, 11, 14:
statuta Dei et placita,
id. 7, 25, 8.

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97 capiō

capiō cēpī (capsis, old for cēperis, C.), captus, ere [CAP-], to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp: flabellum, T.: sacra manu, V.: pocula, H.: baculum, O.: pignera, L.: manibus tympanum, Ct.: lora, Pr.: arma capere alii, seized their arms, S.: ensem, O.: tela, O.: omnia arma contra illam pestem, i. e. contend in every way: Manlium arma cepisse, had begun hostilities, S.: capere arma parabat, was on the point of attacking, O.—Of food, to take, partake of: Cibum cum eā, T.: lauti cibum capiunt, Ta. — To take captive, seize, make prisoner: belli duces captos tenetis: unus e filiis captus est, Cs.: capta tria milia peditum, L.: alquos Byzantii, N.: captos ostendere civibus hostes, H.: Num capti (Phryges) potuere capi? could they not, when taken, be taken (once for all)? V.: casus est enim in capiendo (sc. praedones).—To catch, hunt down, take: pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cervum, Ph.: illa pro lepusculis capiebantur, patellae, etc.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate: ut te redimas captum (i. e. amore), T.: quibus (rebus) illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest: te pecuniā captum: quem suā cepit humanitate, N.: hunc capit argenti splendor, H.: dulcedine vocis, O.: (bos) herbā captus viridi, V.: oculis captis.— To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch: Aut quā viā te captent eādem ipsos capi? T.: eodem captus errore, involved in: suis miserum me cepit ocellis, Pr.: carmine formosae capiuntur, Tb.: me dolis, S.: capi alcuius dolo, N.: alqm amicitiae mendacis imagine, O.—To defeat, convict, cast, overcome (in a suit or dispute): ne tui consultores capiantur: in capiendo adversario versutus (orator).—To harm, lame, mutilate, maim, disable, impair, weaken: oculis et auribus captus, blind and deaf: membris omnibus captus: altero oculo capitur, loses an eye, L.: capti auribus metu, L.: lumine, O.: numquam erit tam captus equester ordo: captā re p. — P. pass., of the mind, deprived of sense, silly, insane, crazed, lunatic, mad: mente esse captum: virgines captae furore, L.: capti et stupentes animi, L. — To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept: iudicem populum R., L.: Me arbitrum, T.: inimicos homines, make enemies, T.: sacerdotem sortito: Flaccus flamen captus a Licinio erat, L. — Of places, to occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into: loca capere, to take up a position, Cs.: castris locum capere: locum extra urbem editum capere, N.: locum editiorem, S.: capto monte, Cs.: Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa, L.: montes fugā, for refuge, L.: tumulum, V.: terras captas despectare videntur (cycni), to be settling down on places selected, V. — To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize: pauca (oppida), S.: Troiā captā, L.: quod (agri) de Campanis ceperant: castra hostium, N.: oppida manu, V.; cf. oppressā captāque re p.: patriam suam, L.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake oneself to: insulam, Cs.: oti illum portum.—Of property or money, to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get: agros de hostibus: ager ex hostibus captus, L.: praedas, N.: ex hostibus pecuniam, L.: cape cedo, give and take, T.: de re p. nihil praeter gloriam, N.: ex calamitate populi R. nomen capere, Cs.: regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit, succeeded to, O.— With pecuniam, to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe, take blackmail: contra leges pecuniam cepisse?: pecuniae per vim atque iniuriam captae: aperte pecunias ob rem iudicandam: alqm pecuniae captae arcessere, S.—To take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept: morte testamentove alcuius alqd capere: a civibus Romanis hereditates: si capiendi Ius nullum uxori, Iu.—To collect, receive, obtain: ex eis praediis talenta argenti, T.: stipendium iure belli, Cs.: ex quo (castro) talenta, N.— Fig., to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap: Fructum, T.: fructūs auctoritatis: fructum vestri in me amoris: alquid ex eā re commodi? T.: utilitates ex amicitiā.—To take, assume, acquire, put on: gestūs voltūsque novos, T.: figuras, O.—To take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess: petitoris personam: patris vim: patrium animum.— To undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take up: provinciam duram, T.: consulatum: honores, N.: rerum moderamen, O.: rem p., S.: magistratum, L.—With dat. of person, to obtain for, secure for: patres praeturam Camillo ceperunt, L.—To begin, enter upon, undertake: bellum: labores, T.: augurium ex arce, L.: aliud initium belli, i. e. war on a new plan, Cs.: conatūs ad erumpendum, L.: nec vestra capit discordia finem, V.: ad impetum capiundum spatium, to take a start, L.: somnum, fall asleep.—Poet.: Unde nova ingressūs experientia cepit? i. e. was devised, V.—To seize, embrace, take (an opportunity): si quam causam ceperit, T.: tempus ad te adeundi.—To form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach: sensum verae gloriae: ex lucri magnitudine coniecturam furti: consilium unā tecum, T.: consilium hominis fortunas evertere: consilium equitatum demittere, Cs.: consilium ut exirem: legionis opprimendae consilium, Cs.—To take, derive, draw, obtain: de te exemplum, T.: exemplum ex aliquā re. — To take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience: miseriam omnem, T.: angorem pro amico: ex huius incommodis molestiam: infamiam sine voluptate: invidiam apud patres ex largitione, L.: timorem, V.: voluptatem animi.— With a feeling as subj, to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui, etc.: ut caperet odium illam mei, T.: nos oblivio ceperat: Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae, L.: animum cura cepit, L.: meae si te ceperunt taeda laudis, V.: dementia cepit amantem, V.—Of injury or loss, to suffer, take, be subjected to: calamitatem: incommodi nihil.—Esp., in the formula by which the senate, in great emergencies, gave absolute power to magistrates: videant ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat: senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc., S.—To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for: capit alveus amnes O.: terra feras cepit, O.: quid turbae est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio, T.: unā domo iam capi non possunt: Nec iam se capit unda, V.: Non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus, H.: tot domūs locupletissimas istius domus una capiet? will swallow up.—To contain, hold, suffice for, be strong enough for, bear: eam amentiam: nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas, O.: iram Non capit ipsa suam, O.: Nec te Troia capit, is too small for your glory, V.—To take, receive, hold, comprehend, grasp, embrace: gratia, quantam maximam animi nostri capere possunt: ille unus veram speciem senatūs cepit, L.
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I
capere, additional forms V TRANS

take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
II
capere, cepi, captus V TRANS

take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
III
capionis N F

taking/seizing

usus capio -- getting ownership by continued possession

Latin-English dictionary > capiō
98 dērigō or dēregō or dīrigō

dērigō or dēregō or dīrigō rēxī, rēctus, ere [de + rego], to lay straight, set straight, arrange, lay out: haec directä materiā iniecta consternebantur, Cs.: cratīs, Cs.: derexerat finem Philippo veterem viam regiam, L.: opera, Cs.: vicos, L.— To draw up, form (a line of battle): aciem, Cs.: Derexere acies, V.— To direct, send, aim, drive, steer: ab iisdem (Etesiis) cursūs (navium) deriguntur: iter navis, O.: quā te ducit via, derige gressum, V.: ex vestigio vela ad castra, Cs.: equum in ipsum consulem, L.: dentīs in inguina, O.: cursum per auras in lucos, V.: alquo cursum: navem eo, N.: huc gressum, V.—Of weapons, to aim, direct, discharge: spicula cornu, V.: tela arcu, H.: tela Corpus in Aeacidae, V.: hastam in te, O.: Ilo hastam, V.—Fig., to direct, guide, define, limit, regulate: meas cogitationes non ad illam Cynosuram: ad quae (exempla) oratio deregatur mea: vitam ad rationis normam: ad illius similitudinem manum: omnia voluptate: utilitatem honestate: (divinatio) ad veritatem saepissime derigit, points the way.

Latin-English dictionary > dērigō or dēregō or dīrigō
99 dē-scrībō

dē-scrībō īpsī, īptus, ere (often confounded with discribo), to copy off, transcribe, write out, write down: a te librum (i. e. a tuo exemplo): descriptam legem adferunt, the draf<*> in foliis carmina, V.: in cortice Carmina, carve, V.: ius ab antiquā gente, copy, adopt, L.—To sketch, describe, draw, depict, represent: formas in harenā: caeli meatūs radio, V.—Fig., to represent, delineate, describe: res verbis describenda: dignus describi, quod malus ac fur, etc., H.: volnera Parthi, H.: cum pluvius describitur arcus, H.: facta versibus, N.: Votivā descripta tabellā Vita senis, H.—To define, prescribe, fix, assign: iura finium: rationem totius belli: classīs ex censu, L.: vices (poetae), H.: in quattuor urbanas tribūs libertinos, L.: in duodecim mensīs annum, L.: vecturas frumenti finitimis civitatibus, Cs.: suum cuique munus.

Latin-English dictionary > dē-scrībō
100 dī-stringō

dī-stringō nxī, ctus, ere, to draw asunder, stretch out: radiis rotarum districti pendent, V. —To make a diversion against, distract the attention of: ad distringendos Romanos, L.: copias regias, L.

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