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ad-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2, v. a. (admōram, admōrim, etc., sync. for admoveram, admoverim, etc., Verg. A. 4, 367; Ov. P. 3, 7, 36), to move a person or thing; to bring, conduct, lead, carry, etc., to or toward a place (syn.: adduco, adicio, adhibeo, appello).

Lit.

In gen., constr. with ad or with dat. (in the histt., of an army, implements for besieging, etc.; class. at all periods): dum ne exercitum propius urbem Romam CC milia admoveret, Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5:

copias in locum,

Liv. 42, 57:

signa Achradinae,

id. 25, 24 ext.; so Flor. 1, 24, 3, 23:

castra,

Sil. 1, 296.—Hence, also, sometimes absol., to draw near, to approach, to bring near:

jam admovebat rex,

Curt. 9, 4:

jam opera admoventi deditio est facta,

Liv. 32, 32:

scalas moenibus,

Tac. A. 13, 39. — Trop.:

quot admovi illi fabricas! quot fallacias!

Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 5 (where formerly admoenivi was erroneously read):

tamquam aliquā machinā admotā, capere Asinii adulescentiam,

Cic. Clu. 13;

so also: ignes ardentesque laminae ceterique cruciatus admovebantur (sc. civi Romano),

id. Verr. 2, 5, 63:

dolorum faces,

id. Off. 2, 10, 37:

cumque quasi faces ei doloris admoverentur,

id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

fasciculum ad nares,

id. ib. 3, 18 fin.:

pecus flagrantibus aris,

Verg. A. 12, 171:

admotae hostiae (sc. aris),

Tac. A. 2, 69; so Suet. Calig. 32; Luc. 7, 165: Hannibalem admotum, i. e. adductum altaribus, led or conducted to, Liv. 21, 1:

labra poculis,

Verg. E. 3, 43:

ignes templis,

Tib. 3, 5, 11:

exercitum Ariminum,

Liv. 28, 46:

vultum ad auditores,

Auct. Her. 3, 15:

animam admotis fugientem sustinet herbis,

Ov. M. 10, 188:

(opes) Stygiis admoverat umbris,

id. ib. 1, 139:

manus operi,

to apply, id. ib. 10, 254:

capiti diadema,

Suet. Caes. 79:

digitum scripturae,

id. Aug. 80:

oscula,

to give a kiss, Ov. M. 10, 644:

aliquem ad munera publica,

to promote, advance, Suet. Tib. 10:

infantes papillae,

to put to, id. Tib. 44 al.:

gressum,

to approach nearer, Stat. Th. 11, 560 (cf.: addere gressum).—

Esp.

To bring one thing near to another, and in the pass. poet. of places, to lie or be situated near:

nocturna ad lumina linum nuper ubi extinctum admoveas,

Lucr. 6, 901:

quae nisi admoto igne ignem concipere possit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45 fin.: culina ut sit admota, i. e. near or close by, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2:

genus admotum Superis,

nearly related, Sil. 8, 295:

admota Nilo Africa,

Juv. 10, 149.—Hence, aliquem alicui, to bring one near another, i. e. to make friends, to reconcile:

mors Agrippae admovit propius Neronem Caesari,

Vell. 2, 96.—

With the access. idea of regard to an object to be attained, to move, bring, or apply a thing to; e. g. admovere aures (or aurem), to lend an ear to: manus (or manum) operi, to put one's hand to a work, etc.: accessi, adstiti, animam ( my breath) compressi, aurem admovi, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

admovere aures et subauscultando excipere voces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36 (cf.:

aures adhibere,

id. Arch. 3:

praebere aures,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 25; and:

tenere aures,

id. ib. 4, 10, 49); and aures, poet. for auditores:

cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19:

admovent manus vectigalibus populi Rom.,

Cic. Agr. 1, 4; Ov. M. 15, 218; Liv. 5, 22, 4:

in marmoribus, quibus Nicias manum admovisset,

which he had put his hand to, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 133; Curt. 6, 7:

ruderibus purgandis manus primus admovit,

Suet. Vesp. 8. But sometimes manus admovere signif., to lay violent hands on, to attack or assault:

numquam deos ipsos admovere nocentibus manus,

Liv. 5, 11 fin. al.—

Fig., of mental objects, to put, apply, or direct to any thing:

quid praedicem... quot stimulos admoverit homini,

put the goad to, Cic. Sest. 5, 12:

mulier saevissima est, Cum stimulos odio pudor admovet,

Juv. 10, 328:

num admoveri possit oratio ad sensus animorum inflammandos,

Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 60:

animis judicum admovere orationem, tamquam fidibus manum,

id. Brut. 54, 200: sed alia quaedam sit ad eum admovenda curatio (just before: adhibenda oratio; cf.

adhibeo),

id. Tusc. 4, 28, 61: mentem ad voces alicujus, to direct to, attend to, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10: serus enim Graecis admovit acumina chartis, not until late did ( the Roman) apply his wits to Greek literature, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 161:

terrorem,

to strike with terror, Liv. 6, 10; 41, 17:

spes est admota,

Ov. M. 11, 454:

spes cupiditati admota occaecavit animum,

Liv. 43, 10; id. 27, 43: desiderium patriae, to instil or infuse, Curt. 6, 2 al.

ango, xi, ctum, and anxum, 3, v. a. ( perf. and sup. rest only on the assertion in Prisc. p. 895 P.; Diom. p. 366 P.; part. anctus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 24 Müll.; acc. to Prisc. l. c., the sup. is sometimes anxum; cf. Struve, 214) [the root of this word is widely diffused: ankos, a bend, hollow; whence, valley, ravine; from the notion of closeness, come anchô = to press tight, to strangle, throttle; ango; Germ. hangen, hängen; Engl. hang; angustus, anxius, anxietas; old Germ. Angust; Germ. Angst = Engl. anguish; from the notion of being bent, come ancus anculus, a crouching slave, ancora = Gr. ankura; angulus = Germ. Angel, Engl. angle; old Germ. Angul, a hook; Gael. ingle = nook for the fire, fireplace; ancale = ankalê, Engl. ankle; ancon, and the pr. names Ancon and Ancona; uncus, curved, crooked; ungula, claw; unguis, claw, nail; cf. Sanscr. ahus, close; ahas, anguish; ankāmi, to bend; ankas, the lap (sinus), a hook; for the other Greek words belonging to this group, v. L. and S. s. vv. ankos and anchô].

Lit., to bind, draw, or press together; of the throat, to throttle, strangle (so anchô; in this signif. antiquated; hence, in class. perh. only in the poets; in prose, instead of it, suffocare; cf. Diom. p. 361 P.):

angit inhaerens Elisos oculos et siccum sanguine guttur,

Verg. A. 8, 260; so id. G. 3, 497:

cum colla minantia monstri Angeret,

Stat. Th. 4, 828; 6, 270; Sil. 13, 584.—Hence, of plants, to choke, Col. 4, 2, 2; 6, 27, 7 al.—

Metaph.

To cause (physical) pain; hence, angi, to feel or suffer pain, Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164. —

Most freq. of the mind, to distress, torment, torture, vex, trouble; and angi, to feel distressed, to suffer torment, etc.:

illum incommodis dictis angam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 11: cura angit hominem, * Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 8; * Lucr. 4, 1134:

cruciatu timoris angi?

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25:

multa sunt, quae me sollicitant anguntque,

id. Att. 1, 18:

angebar singularum horarum exspectatio ne,

id. ib. 9, 1 et saep.; Liv. 2, 7; 21, 1 al.:

ne munere te parvo beet aut incommodus angat (cruciet, cum non vult dare quod poscis, Cruqu.),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 75:

ad humum maerore gravi deducit et angit,

id. A. P. 110:

poëta, meum qui pectus inaniter angit,

puts in torturing suspense, id. Ep. 2, 1, 211 al.:

Pompeius... curis animum mordacibus angit,

Luc. 2, 680 sq.:

Ea res animum illius anxit,

Gell. 1, 3:

(aemula eam) vehementer angebat,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 1, 6.—With de (in respect to):

de Statio manumisso et non nullis aliis rebus angor,

Cic. Att. 2, 18 fin.:

de quo angor et crucior,

id. ib. 7, 22.—Sometimes with gen. (on this const. cf. Roby, II. §

1321): absurde facis, qui angas te animi,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 6:

(Sthenius) angebatur animi necessario, quod etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 34, 84. But Cic. also uses the abl.:

angor animo,

Brut. 2, 7: audio te animo angi, Fam. 16, 142; and acc. to some edd. Tusc. 1, 40, 96 Seyff. (v. further on this gen. s. v. animus).

con-curro, curri, cursum, 3 ( perf. redupl. concucurrit, Flor. 4, 2, 33 Duker N. cr.: concucurrisse, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 901 P., and Suet. Caes. 15; cf. Liv. 1, 12 Oud., and Ind. Flor. s. h. v. Duker), v. n.

To run together (of several persons), to come or assemble together in multitudes, to rush or flock together in crowds (very freq., and class.).

Prop.

Absol.:

tota Italia concurret,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16: video hac tempestate concurrisse omnis adversarios, Cato ap. Prisc. 10, p. 901 P.:

concurrunt jussu meo plures uno tempore librarii,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

cum omnes, ut mos est, concurrerent,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65:

licet concurrant omnes plebei philosophi, nihil tam eleganter explicabunt, etc.,

unite, id. Tusc. 1, 23, 55:

multi concurrerant,

Nep. Dion, 10, 1; Sall. J. 60, 6:

concurrite, concurrite, cives,

Val. Max. 4, 1, 12.— Impers.: contionem inprimis advocari jubet;

summā cum expectatione concurritur,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13.—

Designating the place from which, or the place or purpose to or for which:

non solum qui in urbe erant, sed etiam undique ex agris concurrerunt,

Nep. Pelop. 3, 3:

undique gentes,

Luc. 3, 321:

concurrunt laeti mi obviam cupedinarii omnes,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 25: ad hos (sc. Druides) magnus adulescentium numerus disciplinae causā concurrit, Caes. B. G. 6, 13; cf. Quint. 1, 2, 16:

ad eum magnae copiae,

Sall. C. 56, 5:

ad eum homines omnium ordirum corruptissimi,

id. H. 1, 48, 7 Dietsch:

ad curiam,

Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 18 (corresp. to convolare ad Rostra); Liv. 4, 60, 1; Suet. Tit. 11:

domum tuam cuncta civitas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 80:

ad arma milites,

Caes. B. G. 3, 22 fin.; so id. ib. 5, 39 fin.:

ad non dubiam mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

ad auxilium sociae,

Luc. 3, 663:

signum dedit, ut ad me restituendum Romam concurrerent,

Cic. Mil. 15, 39:

omnes concurrerunt ad Perdiccam opprimendum,

united together, Nep. Eum. 3, 1; id. Phoc. 2, 5:

ad aliquem audiendum,

Suet. Caes. 32. — Impers.:

concurritur undique ad commune incendium restinguendum,

Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 21:

concurrendum ad curiam putare,

id. Rab. Post. 7, 18:

cum ad arma concurri oporteret,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

ex proximis castellis eo concursum est,

id. ib. 2, 33:

concursum ad curiam esse,

Liv. 4, 60, 1: Suet. Calig. 6; Quint. 1, 2, 16.—

Poet., to run in attendance upon, to accompany:

est quibus Eleae concurrit palma quadrigae, as it were,

follows him on foot, accompanies, Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 17.—

Trop. = confugere, to run for refuge or help, to take refuge (rare):

ad C. Aquilium,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53 B. and K.:

nulla sedes, quo concurrant,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 4:

ne darem perditis civibus hominem, quo concurrerent,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 2, 3:

interea servitia repudiabat (Catilina), opibus conjurationis fretus,

Sall. C. 56, 5; Just. 19, 1, 9.—

Of words, as under military command:

ante enim circumscribitur mente sententia confestimque verba concurrunt, quae mens eadem... statim dimittit, ut suo quodque loco respondeat,

Cic. Or. 59, 200.—

To run upon one another, to meet or dash together (class.).

Of corporeal objects.

In gen.:

concurrunt nubes ventis,

Lucr. 6, 97; cf. id. 6, 116:

ne prorae concurrerent,

Liv. 37, 30, 4 (al. prorā; cf. Weissenb. ad loc.); cf. id. 44, 42, 5; Luc. 3, 663:

mediis concurrere in undis (montes, viz., the Symplegades),

Ov. M. 7, 62; cf. id. Am. 2, 11, 3:

concurrere montes duo inter se,

Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199: actor cum stetit in scaenā, concurrit dextera laevae (viz., in applauding), Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 205:

labra concurrunt,

draw together, close, Sen. Ep. 11, 2: os concurrit, id. Ira, 3, 15, 1; id. Ben. 2, 1, 3:

os,

Quint. 10, 7, 8; 11, 3, 121.— Transf., of letters and words:

aspere concurrunt litterae,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 172 (opp. diduci); so id. Or. 45, 154.—Hence,

In partic., milit. t. t., to rush together in hostility, to engage in combat, to join battle, to fight (most freq. in the histt.); constr. inter se, cum aliquo, adversus, in, contra aliquem, alicui, and absol.

Inter se:

concurrunt equites inter se,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25; so Liv. 26, 51, 4; 29, 18, 10; Suet. Oth. 12; Verg. G. 1, 489; id. A. 10, 436.—

Cum aliquo:

cum hoc concurrit ipse Eumenes,

Nep. Eum. 4, 1; so Liv. 8, 8, 15; Vell. 2, 70, 1; Suet. Oth. 10; Ov. M. 13, 87.—

Adversus, in, or contra aliquem:

recenti milite adversus fessos longo itinere concurrerat,

Liv. 35, 1, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:

in aliquem,

Sall. J. 97, 4; Just. 4, 1, 10: equites contra tantam multitudinem audacissime concurrunt, run upon, against, etc., Auct. B. Afr. 6.—

Alicui (freq. in the poets):

audet viris concurrere virgo,

Verg. A. 1, 493; 10, 8; Ov. M. 5, 89; 12, 595 al.:

quibus (equitibus) cum inpigre, Numidae concurrissent,

Liv. 24, 15, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.—

Absol.: repente Antonius in aciem suas copias de vico produxit et sine morā concurrit, Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

cum infestis signis concurrunt,

Sall. C. 60, 2; so Liv. 6, 7, 6; 8, 7, 9 al.; Tac. A. 6, 35; id. H. 2, 42; Suet. Claud. 21:

ex insidiis,

Liv. 9, 25, 8; 2, 11, 9:

mutuis vulneribus,

Sen. Suas. 7, 14.— Impers. pass.:

ubi propius ventum est, utrimque magno clamore concurritur,

Sall. J. 53, 2; so Liv. 10, 40, 13; Hor. S. 1, 1, 7.— Transf.:

adversus has concurrentis belli minas, legati vallum murosque firmabant,

Tac. H. 4, 22 init. —

Not in war; in the jurists, to make the same claim, enter into competition with:

si non sit, qui ei concurrat, habeat solus bonorum possessionem,

Dig. 37, 1, 2:

in hereditatem fratri concurrere,

ib. 5, 2, 16:

in pignus,

ib. 20, 4, 7: in pignore, ib.—

Trop. (rare): in tantā causarum varietate cum alia colligantur vel ipsa inter se concurrant, vel in diversum ambiguitate ducantur, Quint. 12, 2, 15:

cum dolore,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 2:

concurrit illinc publica, hinc regis salus,

Sen. Oedip. 830.—

Of abstract objects (occurrences, circumstances, points of time, etc.), to meet, concur, fall out at the same time, happen:

multa concurrunt simul,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 31; so,

concurrunt multae opiniones,

id. Heaut. 2, 2, 3:

tot verisimilia,

id. Ad. 4, 4, 19:

res contrariae,

Cic. Fin. 5, 10, 28:

ista casu,

id. Div. 2, 68, 141:

quae ut concurrant omnia, optabile est,

id. Off. 1, 14, 45:

saepe concurrunt aliquorum bene de me meritorum inter ipsos contentiones,

id. Planc. 32, 78:

si quid tale accidisset, ut non concurrerent nomina,

that the reciprocal accounts do not meet, become due on the same day, id. Att. 16, 3, 5; cf.:

sponsalia in idem tempus,

Dig. 3, 2, 13:

concurrit actio legis Aquiliae et injuriarum,

to have place together, to be coincident, ib. 9, 2, 5.—

Pregn., to accord, agree with (in jurid. Lat.):

concurrit cum veritate,

Dig. 29, 2, 30:

cum summā,

ib. 29, 30, 53.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

confĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj. confexim, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 39; in pass., besides the regular form conficior, freq., but not in Cic., in acc. with fīo, fieri:

confit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7; Lucr. 4, 291; Col. 2, 15, 1; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 103; 31, 7, 40, § 83; Macr. S. 1, 14, 13; id. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; 1, 2:

confiunt,

Lucr. 4, 738; Arn. 7, 219:

confiat,

Col. 1, 8, 12; Lucr. 4, 929 Lachm.: confiant, Imp. Leo, Cod. 2, 7, 11: confieret, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 3; 9, 7, A, 1; Liv. 5, 50, 7:

confierent,

Suet. Caes. 20; Arn. 2, 73:

confieri,

Lucr. 2, 1069; 5, 889; Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1; Verg. A. 4, 116; v. Forbig. ad loc.; Tac. A. 15, 59; cf. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 611), v. a. [facio].

To make a thing completely ready, to make, prepare, bring about, complete, accomplish, execute, etc. (except in Quint., freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

nisi cottidiano sesquiopus confeceris,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 67; cf.

pensum,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 81; id. Pers. 2, 4, 1:

eme lanam, unde pallium conficiatur,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 93; cf.:

anulum, pallium, soccos suā manu,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127:

vestem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59; Suet. Aug. 73:

ligna ad fornacem,

to make ready, prepare for, Cato, R. R. 16; cf.:

conficere atque contexere villos ovium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

aurum et argentum,

Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 157:

frumenta (with molere),

id. 7, 56, 57, § 191:

tabulas litteris Graecis,

to write, draw up, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; [p. 413] cf.:

libros Graeco sermone,

to compose, write, Nep. Hann. 13, 2;

and librum Graece,

id. Att. 18, 6:

tabulas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60:

orationes,

Nep. Cato, 3, 3:

illam partem superiorem orationis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

nuptias,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 22; Suet. Claud. 26:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 54; Sall. C. 51, 5; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Liv. 21, 40, 11; so,

duella,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 254 al.; cf.

proelium,

Sall. C. 61, 1:

tantum facinus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76; cf.

caedem,

Nep. Dion, 10, 1:

legitima quaedam,

id. Phoc. 4, 2:

residua diurni actus,

Suet. Aug. 78:

mandata,

Cic. Planc. 11, 28; id. Phil. 9, 3, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12 (14), 3; Sall. J. 12, 4:

omnibus rebus magnā curā, multā operā et labore confectis,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:

ad eas res conficiendas biennium sibi satis esse ducere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

negotium,

id. B. C. 1, 29; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5:

quibus rebus confectis,

Sall. C. 46, 1; Nep. Pelop. 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

confecto legationis officio,

id. B. C. 3, 103.—

Esp.

In the lang. of business, to settle, close a bargain, finish, etc.; absol.:

tu cum Apellā Chio confice de columnis,

Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1:

quod si mihi permisisses, confecissem cum coheredibus,

id. Fam. 7, 2, 1:

de Acutiliano negotio quod mihi mandaras... confeceram,

id. Att. 1, 5, 4.—

Of space or distance traversed, to pass over, accomplish, traverse, go over, make, accomplish:

iter,

Cic. Att. 4, 14, 2; Caes. B. G. 2, 12; Nep. Ages. 4, 4 al.; cf.:

tertiam partem itineris,

id. Eum. 8, 6; and poet.:

nos immensum spatiis confecimus aequor,

Verg. G. 2, 541:

cursum,

Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1; Verg. A. 5, 362:

cursum vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

cursus annuos conficit sol,

id. N. D. 1, 31, 87; 2, 20, 52:

longam viam,

id. Sen. 2, 6:

celeritate incredibili longissimas vias,

Suet. Caes. 57.—Rarely of space occupied:

tecta facturi, ut mille passuum conficiatur,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8 (14).—

Trop.

In gen., to produce, cause, make, bring about, effect:

sollicitudines mihi,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 26:

geminas nuptias,

id. ib. 4, 1, 50; cf.:

aliquid mali gnato,

id. Heaut. 5, 3, 1:

pacem,

id. ib. 5, 2, 45:

motus animorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 324.—With two accs.:

animum auditoris mitem et misericordem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

reditum alicui,

to procure, id. Fam. 9, 13, 4.—Also absol., to be efficient, to accomplish a direct result, be an active cause (philos. t. t.):

aliae causae ipsae conficiunt, aliae vim aliquam ad conficiendum afferunt,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93.—

Of time, to complete, finish, end, spend, pass:

cum sexaginta annos confecerit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

centum annos,

id. Or. 52, 176:

diem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 78:

tum denique judicetur beatusne fuerit, cum extremum vitae diem morte confecerit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:

annuum tempus,

id. Att. 15, 15, 4:

omnem vitae suae cursum in labore corporis atque in animi contentione (just before: ut in amore et voluptatibus adulescentiam suam collocaret),

id. Cael. 17, 39:

annuum munus,

id. Fam. 2, 12, 1:

biennium,

id. Quint. 12, 40:

suas horas (somnus),

Sil. 4, 89:

aequinoctium,

Col. 2, 8, 2; cf.

brumam,

id. 9, 14, 12; Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

commissum ac profligatum bellum,

Liv. 8, 25, 5; Flor. 2, 15, 2.—

In philos. lang., to bring forward as proved, to show, deduce:

conclusio est, quae ex eis quae ante dicta sunt, conficit, quid necessario consequatur,

Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41 fin.; Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 53; hence, conficior, to follow logically (from something), to be deduced; with ex:

cum id perspicuum sit, quod conficiatur ex ratiocinatione,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 72; so Quint. 5, 14, 9; 5, 14, 22; 9, 4, 69; and absol., Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87 al.—

Transf., to diminish, lessen, weaken an object; to sweep away, destroy, kill, wear out, consume.

Prop.:

dentes intimi escas conficiunt,

grind, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134; so Liv. 2, 32, 10; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160; cf.

cibos,

to digest, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 180 al.:

ignes Conficerent vulgo silvas, arbusta cremarent,

Lucr. 1, 905; cf.:

conficere, omnia igni, frigore,

id. 1, 536:

patrimonium suum (corresp. with dissipare),

Cic. Fl. 36, 90:

sapiens si fame ipse conficiatur... vir bonus, ne ipse frigore conficiatur, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 6, 29.—With acc. and inf.:

ipse conficior venisse tempus cum possim, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 3:

nihil est opere et manu factum, quod non conficiat et consumat vetustas,

id. Marcell. 4, 11: quae vetustas est, quae vim divinam conficere possit? id. Div. 2, 57, 117.—In part. perf.: sicut fortis equus... senio confectu' quiescit, impaired, weakened, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14;

and so very freq.: confectus senectute,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

aetate,

Sall. J. 9, 4; Cat. 68, 119:

aevo,

Verg. A. 11, 85:

senectā, Ov M. 6, 37: cum corporis morbo tum animi dolore,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; cf. id. Fin. 1, 12, 41; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

multis gravibusque vulneribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25; 3, 5; Sall. J. 60, 7:

curā,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 4:

dolore,

Cat. 65, 1.—Without abl.:

ut fessos confectosque aggrediantur,

exhausted, Liv. 1, 23, 9; cf.:

confectus et saucius,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 947:

ego te hic hac offatim conficiam,

to cut in pieces, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 52:

Athenienses,

to subdue, Nep. Lys. 1, 1; so,

provinciam,

Cic. Inv. 2, 37, 111; Liv. 26, 21, 2; 28, 28, 7; 40, 28, 8; 41, 12, 3; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; Liv. 27, 5, 3; 40, 35, 4:

duos hostium exercitus,

id. 2, 40, 13:

me (sica illa) paene confecit,

killed, Cic. Mil. 14, 37:

alterum Curiatium,

Liv. 1, 25, 10; cf.

saucium,

id. 42, 16, 1:

Caligulam vulneribus triginta,

Suet. Calig. 58:

maximam vim serpentium (ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101;

so of the killing of animals,

Suet. Claud. 21; id. Dom. 19; Lampr. Com. 13 al.; cf. confector, II.;

and in mal. part.,

Suet. Ner. 29 (v. the passage in its connection).—

Trop.:

conficere aliquem verbis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 49:

(captivos) omnibus notis ignominiisque,

Liv. 22, 61, 9:

lectio non cruda sed multa iteratione mollita et velut confecta,

Quint. 10, 1, 19:

sidus confectum,

its influence has ceased, it has set, Plin. 16, 23, 36, § 87; 18, 25, 57, § 207.—

In gen., to prepare, provide, procure, to bring together, = colligo:

virginem, Quam amabat, eam confeci sine molestiā,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 6 Ruhnk.; so,

centurias,

to secure their votes, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 18; cf.:

suam tribum necessariis suis,

Cic. Planc. 18, 45:

hortos mihi,

id. Att. 12, 37, 2:

bibliothecam,

id. ib. 1, 7 fin.:

exercitum difficili rei publicae tempore,

id. Imp. Pomp. 21, 61:

exercitus maximos,

id. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf.:

armata milia centum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

(serpentum) magnam multitudinem (just before, colligere),

Nep. Hann. 10, 5:

erat ei de ratiunculā apud me pauxillulum nummorum, id ut conficerem: confeci,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 4:

permagnam pecuniam ex illā re,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 138; cf.:

conficiendae pecuniae rationes,

id. Fl. 9, 20.—Hence, confĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.), effecting, causing, producing, efficient (rare, and only in Cic.):

causae,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93: corporis bonorum conficientia (tha tôn agathôn poiêtika), productive of physical good, id. Fin. 5, 27, 81 Madv.:

civitas conficientissima litterarum,

very carefully noting down every thing, id. Fl. 19, 44.