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  • 1 tractus

    1.
    tractus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of traho.
    2.
    tractus, ūs, m. [traho], a drawing, dragging, hauling, pulling, drawing out, trailing.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet.):

    tractu gementem Ferre rotam,

    Verg. G. 3, 183:

    tractu taurea terga domant,

    Val. Fl. 6, 359:

    modicus tractus (al. tractatus),

    Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 153:

    aut si qua incerto fallet te littera tractu,

    stroke, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 5:

    continuus subitarum tractus aquarum,

    i. e. a drinking, Luc. 4, 368; cf.:

    aëra pestiferum tractu,

    i.e. a drawing in, inhalation, id. 7, 412:

    repetitaque longo Vellera mollibat nebulis aequantia tractu,

    Ov. M. 6, 21: harenam fluctus trahunt... Syrtes ab tractu nominatae, i. e. from Gr. surô, = traho;

    because of this drawing,

    Sall. J. 78, 3:

    (risus) interdum quodam etiam corporis tractu lacessitur,

    i. e. movement, Quint. 6, 3, 7.—Of a serpent, a drawing itself along, a creeping, crawling:

    squameus in spiram tractu se colligit anguis,

    Verg. G. 2, 154; Ov. M. 15, 725; Claud. B. Get. 22; id. II. Cons. Stil. 172.—
    2.
    Concr., a train, track, course:

    nonne vides longos flammarum ducere tractus,

    long trains, Lucr. 2, 207: flammarum, Verg. G. 1, 367; Luc. 2, 270: (Phaëthon) longo per aëra tractu Fertur, in a long train (of fire), Ov. M. 2, 320:

    longo per multa volumina tractu Aestuat unda minax,

    Luc. 5, 565; so of the course of the moon, Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97;

    of the Nile,

    Luc. 10, 257:

    (Cydnus) leni tractu e fontibus labens puro solo excipitur,

    Curt. 3, 4, 8:

    aquarum,

    id. 5, 3, 2:

    ut arborum tractu equitatus hostium impediretur,

    Nep. Milt. 5, 3;

    of the wind,

    Val. Fl. 1, 614; cf. Manil. 1, 532; 3, 366. —
    B.
    Transf., a space drawn out, i. e. a stretch, extent, tract of a thing (class.):

    castrorum,

    Liv. 3, 28, 1:

    cujus (urbis) is est tractus ductusque muri, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11 Moser N. cr.:

    cum mediae jaceant immensis tractibus Alpes,

    Luc. 2, 630; and Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 9. —
    2.
    Concr., of places, a territory, district, region, tract of land (class.;

    syn.: regio, plaga): oppidi,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

    corruptus caeli tractus,

    Verg. A. 3, 138 Serv.:

    tractus ille celeberrimus Venafranus,

    Cic. Planc. 9, 22:

    tractus uter plures lepores, uter educet apros,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 22:

    tractu surgens oleaster eodem,

    Verg. G. 2, 182:

    genera (vitium) separari ac singulis conseri tractibus, utilissimum,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187; Flor. 1, 15, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., course, progress, movement:

    tractus orationis lenis et aequabilis,

    course, movement, current, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54; cf.:

    in omni corpore, totoque, ut ita dixerim, tractu (orationis),

    Quint. 9, 4, 61:

    cetera continuo magis orationis tractu decurrunt,

    id. 5, 8, 2.—
    2.
    Of time, space, lapse, period:

    quod neque clara suo percurrere fulmina cursu Perpetuo possint aevi labentia tractu,

    Lucr. 1, 1004; 5, 1216:

    eodem tractu temporum nituerunt oratores, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 9, 1:

    aetatis,

    Val. Max. 8, 13, ext. 2:

    hoc legatum Cum voluerit, tractum habet, quamdiu vivat is, a quo, etc.,

    duration, period, Dig. 32, 1, 11. —
    B.
    In partic., a drawing out, protracting, lengthening, protraction, extension, length:

    quanta haesitatio tractusque verborum!

    drawling, Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 202:

    pares elocutionum,

    Quint. 4, 2, 118:

    illa (historia) tractu et suavitate atque etiam dulcedine placet,

    extent, copiousness, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 10.—
    2.
    Of time:

    durante tractu et lentitudine mortis,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    belli,

    id. ib. 15, 10.—
    3.
    In gram.:

    in tractu et declinatione talia sunt, qualia apud Ciceronem beatitas et beatitudo,

    a lengthening in derivation, Quint. 8, 3, 32 Spald.

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  • 2 haustus

        haustus ūs, m    [HAVS-], a drawing: puteus facili diffunditur haustu, Iu.: aquae haustus, the right of drawing.—A drinking, swallowing, drawing in, drink, draught: exiguis haustibus bibi, in small draughts, O.: haustu sparsus aquarum, V.: aquae, O.: sanguinis, i. e. stream, O.: Esse apibus haustūs Aetherios, i. e. breath, V.: peregrinae harenae, a handful, O.: Pindarici fontis qui non expalluit haustūs, i. e. to imitate, H.
    * * *
    drink; draught; drawing (of water)

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  • 3 tractus

        tractus ūs, m    [TRAG-], a drawing, dragging, hauling, pulling, drawing out, trailing: tractu Ferre rotam, V.: longo Vellera mollibat tractu, O.: Syrtes ab tractu nominatae (i. e. from Gr. su/rw), S.: Squameus in spiram tractu se conligit anguis, V.— A train, track, course: Flammarum, V.: (Phaëthon) longo per aëra tractu Fertur, in a long train (of fire), O.: (Cydnus) leni tractu e fontibus labens puro solo excipitur, Cu.: ut arborum tractu equitatus hostium impediretur, N.— A stretch, extent: castrorum, L.: cuius (urbis) is est tractus ductusque muri, ut, etc.— A territory, district, region, tract of land: oppidi, Cs.: Conruptus caeli, V.: Venafranus: Tractus uter plures lepores, uter educet apros, H.—Fig., course, progress, movement: tractus orationis lenis.— A drawing out, lengthening, drawling: verborum.
    * * *
    dragging or pulling along; drawing out; extent; tract, region; lengthening

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  • 4 urna

        urna ae, f    [1 VAS-], a vessel of baked clay, vessel for drawing water, water-pot, water-jar, urn: fictilis, O.: stetit urna Sicca, H.: Caelata (of a river-god), V.— A voting-urn, ballot-box: senatorum: leges minitatur et urnam, H.— An urn for lots, vessel for drawing lots: educit ex urnā trīs (iudices): stat ductis sortibus urna, V.: omnium Versatur urna, H.: Omne capax movet urna nomen, Cs.: nomina in urnam coicere, L.— A vessel for the ashes of the dead, cinerary urn: Quodque rogis superest unā requiescit in urnā, O.— A money-pot, money-jar: argenti, H.—As a liquid measure, an urna, half an amphora (about two and a half gallons): urnae crater capax, Iu.
    * * *
    pot; cinerary urn, urn used for drawing lots; voting urn; water jar, urna13 l.

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  • 5 haustus

    1.
    haustus, a, um, Part., from haurio.
    2.
    haustus, ūs, m. [haurio], a drawing.
    I.
    Lit.:

    aqua, quae non sit haustus profundi,

    Col. 1, 5, 1:

    puteus in tenues plantas facili diffunditur haustu,

    Juv. 3, 227; Mel. 2, 4, 4: aquae ductus, haustus, iter, actus, etc.... a jure civili sumitur, the right of drawing, * Cic. Caecin. 26, 74; Dig. 8, 3, 1:

    haustus ex fonte privato,

    ib. 8, 3, 3, § 3. —
    II.
    Transf., a drinking, swallowing, drawing in; and concr., a drink, draught ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; for the most part only in the plur.):

    largos haustus e fontibu' magnis Lingua fundet,

    Lucr. 1, 412; cf.:

    saepe, sed exiguis haustibus inde (i. e. rivo) bibi,

    in small draughts, Ov. F. 3, 274:

    haustu sparsus aquarum Ora fove,

    Verg. G. 4, 229:

    haustus aquae mihi nectar erit,

    Ov. M. 6, 356:

    undarum,

    Luc. 3, 345:

    Bacchi (i. e. vini) haustus,

    Ov. M. 7, 450:

    sanguinis,

    i. e. the stream, current, id. ib. 4, 118:

    Catulus se ignis haustu ludibrio hostium exemit,

    swallowing, Flor. 3, 21, 15:

    esse apibus partem divinae mentis et haustus Aetherios,

    i. e. breath, soul, Verg. G. 4, 220; cf.:

    alium domi esse caeli haustum, alium lucis aspectum,

    Curt. 5, 5:

    (canes) Suspensis teneros imitantur dentibus haustus,

    i. e. gentle snappings, Lucr. 5, 1068:

    peregrinae haustus arenae,

    a handful, Ov. M. 13, 526; cf.:

    angusti puero date pulveris haustus,

    Stat. Th. 10, 427; v. haurio.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    Pindarici fontis qui non expalluit haustus,

    i. e. to drink from, to imitate, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 10:

    justitiae haustus bibere,

    Quint. 12, 2, 31.

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  • 6 graphis

    I
    instrument for drawing/painting
    II
    graphidos/is N F
    instrument for drawing/painting

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  • 7 deductorium

    dēductōrĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or for drawing off or draining (post-class.):

    medicamenta,

    aperient, purgative, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 19:

    cuniculus (in stabulis),

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56. Also subst.: deducto-rium, ii, n., a drain:

    liquoris,

    Pall. Nov. 7, 21.
    2.
    dēductus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from deduco.
    3.
    dēductus, ūs, m. [deduco], a drawing or dragging down (rare):

    ponderis,

    App. M. 1, p. 109, 28 (in Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14, the true reading is: ductus aquarum).

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  • 8 deductorius

    dēductōrĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or for drawing off or draining (post-class.):

    medicamenta,

    aperient, purgative, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 19:

    cuniculus (in stabulis),

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56. Also subst.: deducto-rium, ii, n., a drain:

    liquoris,

    Pall. Nov. 7, 21.
    2.
    dēductus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from deduco.
    3.
    dēductus, ūs, m. [deduco], a drawing or dragging down (rare):

    ponderis,

    App. M. 1, p. 109, 28 (in Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14, the true reading is: ductus aquarum).

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  • 9 graphicus

    grăphĭcus, a, um, adj., = graphikos, of or belonging to painting or drawing, graphic.
    I.
    Lit., only subst.: grăphĭce, ēs, f. (sc. ars), like hê graphikê, the art of drawing, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 77.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Picturesque, fine (very rare): eminentes expressiones graphicoteram efficient in aspectu delectationem (Gr. compar. graphikôteran), Vitr. 4, 4.—
    B.
    Of persons, exquisite, elegant, masterly, notable, skilful:

    graphicum mortalem Antiphonem!

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 64; cf. id. Ps. 1, 5, 104; 2, 4, 9:

    nugator,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 91:

    fur,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 17:

    servus,

    id. Ep. 3, 3, 29.—Hence, adv.: gră-phĭce.
    A.
    Picturesquely:

    versibus satis munde atque graphice factis describere,

    Gell. 10, 17, 2; 12, 4, 1.—
    B.
    In gen., finely, beautifully, nicely, exactly:

    obunctis oculis,

    App. M. 8, p. 214, 5:

    tum hanc hospitam crepidula ut graphice decet!

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 3; cf. id. Trin. 3, 3, 38:

    nunc ego huic graphice facetus flam,

    id. Pers. 2, 2, 5.

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  • 10 graphis

    grăphis, ĭdis and ĭdos, f., = graphis.
    I.
    A drawing-pencil, sketching-pen: pingere collibitum est: graphidem date, Ser. ap. Diom. p. 516 P.—
    II.
    Transf., drawing; a draught, design:

    architectum oportet graphidos scientiam habere,

    Vitr. 1, 1, 4:

    alias multa graphidis vestigia exstant in tabulis ac membranis ejus,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 68.

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  • 11 receptus

    1.
    rĕceptus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. recipio.
    2.
    rĕceptus, ūs, m. [recipio].
    I.
    A drawing back (very rare).
    A.
    Lit.:

    spiritus... in receptu difficilis,

    hard to recover, Quint. 11, 3, 32, § 53. —
    B.
    Trop., a retraction, recantation:

    receptus nimis pertinacis sententiae,

    Liv. 4, 57, 4. —
    II.
    Milit. t. t., a drawing or falling back, a retiring, retreat (very freq. in prose and poetry):

    ut expeditum ad suos receptum habeant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33; so,

    habere receptum ad aliquem,

    id. ib. 6, 9;

    and simply receptus habere,

    id. B. C. 1, 59; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2; Liv. 27, 27; 44, 39 al.:

    cum receptus primis non esset,

    id. 28, 23; 40, 32:

    dare receptum alicui,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46; 1, 82 fin.;

    and simply receptus dare,

    id. ib. 2, 30 fin.:

    Caesar receptui cani jussit,

    id. B. G. 7, 47; cf.:

    receptui signum audire,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

    signum dare receptui,

    Liv. 4, 31, 3:

    Caesar receptui suorum timens,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46; 3, 69:

    receptui sibi consulebant,

    id. ib. 3, 11, §

    4: haud facili inde receptu,

    Liv. 29, 7: ne receptum amittam, Pompon. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 2 et saep.: canere receptui a miseriis contemplandis, to give the signal for leaving off, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 33. — In plur.:

    (bucina) cecinit jussos inflata receptus,

    Ov. M. 1, 340:

    cane, Musa, receptus,

    leave off, id. Tr. 4, 9, 31; and in the signif., place of retreat, refuge:

    tuti recessus,

    Verg. A. 11, 527:

    perdices surculis receptus suos vestiunt,

    nests, Sol. 7 fin. (cf. receptaculum, II. fin.).—
    2.
    Transf., a going back, retreating:

    receptus et recursus maris,

    i. e. the ebb and flow, Eum. Paneg. Const. 6 fin. —
    B.
    Trop., a retiring, falling back, retreat:

    receptui canente receptu,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8; cf. Quint. 12, 11, 4:

    receptus ad Caesaris gratiam atque amicitiam,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

    receptum ad poenitendum habere,

    Liv. 42, 13:

    ad expertam clementiam,

    id. 3, 2:

    a malis consiliis receptum,

    id. 28, 25; Col. 6. 23, 2.

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  • 12 scribo

    scrībo, psi, ptum, 3 ( perf. sync. scripsti, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: scripstis, Enn. ap. Non. 153, 28, or Trag. v. 239 Vahl.; inf. scripse, Aus. Sept. Sap. Lud. 1; cf. 2. dico init.), v. a. [root skrabh-, to dig; whence, Gr. graphô; Lat. scrobis, scrofa; cf. Germ. schreiben], prop., to scratch, grave, engrave with a sharp point; hence,
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., to write, draw, or otherwise make lines, letters, figures, etc. (cf. scalpo):

    in libro cum scribuntur calamo litterae,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 4, 76 sq.:

    litteras, tabellas,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 28:

    (littera M) etiamsi scribitur, tamen parum exprimitur,

    Quint. 9, 4, 40; cf. id. 1, 7, 28:

    nostri praeceptores cervum servumque u et o litteris scripserunt,

    id. 1, 7, 26; cf. id. 1, 7, 4; 1, 7, 20; 1, 7, 30; 12, 10, 28;

    12, 10, 30: terra in augurum libris scripta cum r uno,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.:

    hic carmen mediā scribe columnā,

    Prop. 4 (5), 7, 83; cf.:

    scribitur vestris Cynthia corticibus,

    id. 1, 18, 22; Ov. M. 9, 527; Luc. 2, 343:

    in aquā,

    Cat. 68, 4; cf.

    also: fac lapis his scriptus stet super ossa notis: hic jacet, etc.,

    Tib. 1, 3, 54 (but the better reading is inscriptis):

    scribere decore,

    to write a good hand, Amm. 30, 9, 4:

    erat scriptum ipsius manu,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

    suā manu scripsit,

    Liv. 37, 10.—Of drawing, etc.:

    si quis fugitivo stigmata scripserit,

    has branded a runaway, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf.: charaxat ambas ungulis scribentibus genas, Prud. steph. 10, 557:

    totius vobis Frontem tabernae scipionibus scribam,

    Cat. 37, 10:

    (Diodotus Stoicus) geometriae munus tuebatur, verbis praecipiens discentibus, unde, quo quamque lineam scriberent,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 113:

    ut formam (porticus) secundum rationem loci scribas,

    draw, design, Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5; Stat. S. 1, 3, 9:

    quae Attalicis variata per artem Aulaeis scribuntur acu,

    i. e. are embroidered, Sil. 14, 660:

    scripto radiat Germanicus auro, i. e. sculpto,

    Juv. 6, 205; cf. Mart. 11, 5, 3.—
    B.
    Trop.: memor essem? etiam nunc mihi Scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis De Glycerio, graven, imprinted (syn.:

    inscripta, insculpta),

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 48:

    arva sanguineo scribit rutilantia gyro,

    Stat. Th. 11, 514.—
    II.
    In partic., with the accessory idea of intellectual action, of written composition of every kind, to write, write down, compose, describe, depict; to draw up, communicate, announce in writing (syn.: compono, perscribo).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    quoniam de re publicā multa quaesierint et scripserint,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    Cn. Aufidius praetorius (caecus) Graecam scribebat historiam,

    id. Tusc. 5, 38, 112; so,

    historiam,

    id. de Or. 2, 12, 51; id. Brut. 75, 262:

    bellum,

    Liv. 21, 1:

    res gestas,

    Hor. A. P. 74; id. Ep. 1, 3, 7 al.:

    librum de rebus rusticis,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

    scripsi etiam versibus tres libros de temporibus meis,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

    in Catone Majore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute,

    id. Lael. 1, 4:

    carmen in aliquem,

    id. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

    Furius defensionem causae suae scripsit,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112; cf. Quint. 2, 15, 29:

    libellos,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 61; id. P. 4, 13, 19:

    notas,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 90:

    Diphilus Hanc (fabulam) Graece scripsit,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 33; Ter. Heaut. prol. 43; id. Hec. prol. 6 (cf. also infra, d):

    versus,

    Lucr. 1, 24; Hor. S. 1, 9, 23; 1, 10, 60:

    carmina,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 74; id. Ep. 1, 19, 3:

    poëmata,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 66 et saep.; cf.: scripsere alii rem Versibus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 221 Vahl.):

    formam et situm agri alicui,

    to describe, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4 et saep.—Of written communications, letters, etc.:

    epistulis tuis perdiligenter scriptis,

    Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 1:

    haec scripsi properans,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5:

    litteras, quas ad Pompeium scripsi, tibi misi,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 3:

    litterae extemplo Romam scriptae,

    Liv. 41, 16:

    plura ad te scribam, si, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 11, 10, 3:

    scriberem ad te de hoc plura, si Romae esses,

    id. ib. 6, 4, 11:

    haec ad te scripsi verbosius,

    id. Fam. 7, 3, 5:

    scriptā jam epistulā superiore,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 26:

    non quo haberem, quod tibi scriberem,

    id. Att. 4, 4, a:

    epistulam,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8 et saep.:

    scribere salutem,

    to send a greeting, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 77; cf.:

    laudes atque gratias populo Romano,

    Gell. 3, 8, 5.—With a personal object:

    nullos habeo scriptos (homines), memini tamen,

    written down, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 48:

    per eum Marium, quem scripsissem,

    Cic. Att. 12, 49, 1: quis Martem digne scripserit aut...Merionem aut...Tydiden? who could depict, represent, etc., Hor. C. 1, 6, 14; id. S. 2, 1, 16; cf. in the pass.:

    scriberis Vario fortis et hostium Victor,

    id. C. 1, 6, 1.—With two acc.: cum auctor pugnae se A. Cornelium Cossum consulem scripserit, subscribed himself, declared himself in the inscription to be, Liv. 4, 20, 11.—
    (β).
    With object-clause:

    in foribus scribat occupatum esse se,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 15:

    ut Africanum avum meum scribit Cato solitum esse dicere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27; id. Att. 1, 8, 1; cf.:

    Romae quod scribis sileri, ita putabam,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 2:

    quod ad te scripseram me in Epiro futurum,

    id. ib. 3, 13, 1:

    Graeceius ad me scripsit, C. Cassium sibi scripsisse, homines comparari, qui, etc.,

    id. ib. 15, 8, 2:

    Cicero quodam loco scribit, id esse optimum, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 1, 92:

    post paulo scribit, sibi millia quinque Esse domi chlamydum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 43 et saep.—In pass., with nom. or acc.:

    eadem haec avis scribitur conchis se solere complere, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: scribitur nobis, magnam veteranorum multitudinem Romam convenisse jam, etc., Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 1:

    scriptum est item, quaesivisse (Socratem), quid esset,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—
    (γ).
    With rel.-clause:

    nec scribis, quam ad diem te exspectemus,

    Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1:

    scribe aliquando ad nos, quid agas,

    id. Fam. 7, 12, 2:

    ad me Valerius scripsit... quem ad modum ducta esses, etc.,

    id. ib. 14, 2, 2.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    quo (Platone) nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 13:

    Demophilus scripsit, Marcus vortit barbare,

    Plaut. As. prol. 11; id. Trin. prol. 19:

    poëta quom primum ad scribendum animum appulit,

    Ter. And. prol. 1; id. Heaut. prol. 7:

    sumite materiem vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus,

    Hor. A. P. 38:

    sic raro scribis, ut toto non quater anno Membranam poscas,

    id. S. 2, 3, 1 et saep.:

    Samiae, ut ibi (i. e. in oratione) scribit Laelius, capedines,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 16, 25:

    ut, quemadmodum scribit ille, cottidiano, etc.,

    id. ib. 6, 2, 8:

    denique non video de tot scribentibus unum,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 495.—So freq. of written communications, letters; usually with ad aliquem (less freq. alicui) or de aliquā re:

    tv si, ut scribis, Kal. Jun. Romā profectus es, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 3:

    ego te, ut scribis, cito videbo,

    id. ib. 3, 27:

    nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam, scribo tamen, non ut te delectem, etc.,

    id. ib. 14, 12, 3:

    senatusconsultum si erit factum, scribes ad me,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 2; cf.:

    scripsi etiam ad Camillum, ad Lamiam,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 3:

    in quā (epistulā) de agro Campano scribis,

    id. ib. 2, 16, 11:

    ut nuper me scis scripsisse ad te de Varronis erga me officio, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 1; cf.:

    Hermae tui Pentelici, de quibus ad me scripsisti,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 2; 1, 9, 2 et saep.— With ut, ne, etc.:

    velim domum ad te scribas, ut mihi tui libri pateant,

    Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:

    ad me scriberet, ut in Italiam quam primum venirem,

    id. ib. 11, 7, 2; 5, 11, 6.— With dat.:

    consules Fulvio, ut ex Falisco, Postumio, ut ex Vaticano exercitum ad Clusium admoveant, scribunt,

    Liv. 10, 27; 42, 27; Tac. A. 1, 29.—With ne:

    Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret,

    Liv. 30, 23.—With simple subj.:

    scribit Labieno, si rei publicae commodo facere posset, cum legione ad fines Nerviorum veniat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 46 fin. —In Tac. also, with inf.:

    scribitur tetrarchis ac regibus, jussis Corbulonis obsequi,

    Tac. A. 15, 25 fin. —In eccl. Lat. as a formula of quotation from the Scriptures:

    scriptum est,

    i. e. it is said in Holy Writ, Vulg. Matt. 4, 4; id. Luc. 19, 46; id. Rom. 11, 8 et saep.—
    B.
    Publicists', milit., jurid., and business t. t., of written plans, drafts, and other writings of various import.
    1.
    Publicists' t. t., to draw up, draught a law, decree, treaty, etc.:

    quod proditum memoria est, X. viros, qui leges scripserint, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54; so,

    leges,

    id. ib. 2, 36, 61; 2, 10, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. de Or. 1, 19, 86; id. Inv. 1, 38, 68 al.; cf.

    in a transf. signif.: cui non apparet, inopiam et miseriam civitatis istam legem scripsisse, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 6 fin.; and:

    testamentum, quod pietas, fides, pudor scripsit,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7:

    haec senatusconsulta non ignoro ab amicissimis ejus, cujus de honore agitur, scribi solere,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 2.—So very freq.: senatusconsulto scribendo, or simply scribendo adesse, or also, ad scribendum esse, to witness the drawing up of a decree of the Senate; to subscribe it: erat nobis dictum, te existimare, alicui senatusconsulto, quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret, scribendo Lamiam [p. 1648] affuisse, qui omnino consulibus illis numquam fuit ad scribendum, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2 Orell. N. cr.; cf.: senatusconsulta scribuntur apud familiarem meum (i. e. Caesarem). Et quidem cum in mentem venit (Caesari), ponor ad scribendum (i. e. he adds my signature to it), id. ib. 9, 15, 4:

    quod me esse ad scribendum vides,

    id. Att. 1, 19, 9; id. Fam. 9, 15, 3: S. C. auctoritas. Pridie Kal. Octob. in aede Apollinis scrib. affuerunt L. Domitius, etc., an official formula ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq. (v. assum):

    Boeotorum gentem numquam ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci potuisse,

    to make, enter into, conclude, Liv. 42, 12.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: scribere milites (legiones, supplementum, etc.), to enlist, enroll, levy:

    milites,

    Sall. J. 43, 3:

    legiones,

    id. C. 32, 1:

    exercitui supplementum,

    id. J. 39, 2:

    supplementum legionibus,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1; Liv. 8, 8:

    exercitum,

    id. 4, 43; 9, 8; 9, 19:

    equites,

    id. 10, 25; 21, 40; 35, 20:

    socios navales,

    id. 37, 2; so, too: sex milia colonorum Albam in Aequos, to enroll for the purpose of sending, to send, id. 10, 1:

    socios scribere in urbem,

    id. 4, 11, 4.—
    b.
    Poet., transf.:

    scribe tui gregis hunc,

    enroll him among your retinue, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13.—
    3.
    Jurid. and business t. t.: dicam scribere (alicui), like dikên graphein tini, to bring an action in writing against any one (v. dica); of a lawyer, to draw up legal instruments (complaints or charges, contracts, wills, etc.):

    Servius hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, cavendi secutus est,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 19; id. Fam. 7, 14 Manut.; cf. id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

    omnia testamenta tu scribes unus,

    id. de Or. 2, 6, 24; Dig. 28, 2, 25.—Hence, transf., with a personal object: aliquem heredem, to appoint or designate any one as heir:

    testamentum palam fecerat et illum heredem et me scripserat,

    Cic. Mil. 18, 48; cf.:

    in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 108:

    quem Micipsa testamento secundum heredem scripsit,

    Sall. J. 65, 1; Auct. B. Alex. 33; Plin. Pan. 43, 1 sq.; Tac. A. 14, 31; Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Juv. 3, 161; 9, 87:

    aliquem coheredem,

    Tac. Agr. 43 fin.:

    aliquem exheredem,

    to disinherit any one by will, Dig. 37, 4, 8, §§

    1 and 6: aliquem tutorem liberis suis,

    to appoint as guardian by will, Cic. Clu. 14, 41:

    libertatem servo,

    to bequeath to a slave his freedom, Dig. 29, 2, 71.—Of contracts, notes, drafts, etc.:

    pulchre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: nummos, usuras, etc. (alicui), to give a note or bond for:

    scribit nummos,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 34:

    sibi creditam pecuniam,

    Dig. 26, 7, 9, § 7:

    genero usuras praestandas quasi ex dotis promissione,

    ib. 4, 4, 17:

    lecta est cautio hujusmodi: Lutius Titius scripsi, me accepisse a Publio Maevio quindecim mutua numerata mihi de domo, etc.,

    ib. 12, 1, 40: scribe decem (tabulas) a Nerio, give ten notes or bonds drawn up by the usurer Nerius, Hor. S. 2, 3, 69. scriptos expendere nummos, v. l. ap. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105 (Hold. cautos); cf. rescribo.—Hence, scriptum, i, n., something written, viz.,
    A.
    (Acc. to I.) A line; so only: duodecim scripta, a game played with colored stones (calculi) on a draught-board marked into spaces by twelve oblique lines: tibi concedo, quod in duodecim scriptis olim, ut calculum reducas, si te alicujus dati poenitet, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 170, 30; cf.:

    in lusu duodecim scriptorum cum prior calculum promovisset essetque victus, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 2, 38;

    v. also scriptula, and Becker, Gall. 3, pp. 261 and 264 sq.: duodecim scriptis ludere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II.) A written composition, writing, treatise, book, work, etc. (most freq. in plur.):

    ex scripto et sententiā controversia nascitur cum videtur scriptoris voluntas cum scripto ipso dissentire,

    the writing, the written expression, Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:

    incredibile dictu est, quam multi Graeci de harum valvarum pulchritudine scriptum reliquerunt,

    have left something written concerning it, speak of it in their writings, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124; so Quint. 6, 1, 7; cf. in plur., Cic. Rep. 1, 22, 36:

    quod a Democrito et Platone in scriptis relictum esse dicunt,

    id. de Or. 2, 46, 194:

    utinam exstarent illa carmina, quae multis saeculis ante suam aetatem in epulis esse cantata, in Originibus scriptum reliquit Cato!

    id. Brut. 19, 75: ut ipsis scriptis non ea mandaremus, id. Off. 2, 1, 3:

    in quo libro scriptum hoc invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 1, 15:

    Hortensius erat memoriā tantā, ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto verbis eisdem redderet, quibus cogitavisset,

    without notes, Cic. Brut. 88, 301; cf. on the contrary: de scripto dicere, to speak or read from a written paper:

    recitetur oratio, quae propter rei magnitudinem dicta de scripto est,

    id. Planc. 30, 74; id. Phil. 10, 2, 5; id. Brut. 12, 46; id. Att. 4, 3, 3; id. Fam. 10, 13, 1:

    laudavit pater scripto meo,

    in a speech composed by me, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 5:

    adire aliquem scripto,

    Tac. H. 4, 39:

    cum eorum inventis scriptisque se oblectent,

    writings, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

    ardeo cupiditate...nomen ut nostrum scriptis illustretur et celebretur tuis,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 1:

    scripta recitare,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 75:

    nosmet Lucili scripta legentes,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 56:

    Graecorum Scripta optima,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 29:

    si non accipiet scriptum,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 469:

    debueram scripto certior esse tuo,

    id. H. 6, 4.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II. B. 1.) Scriptum legis, and simply scriptum, a written ordinance, a law:

    quam tu mihi ex ordine recita de legis scripto populi Romani auctionem,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 48:

    (Crassus) ita multa tum contra scriptum pro aequo et bono dixit, ut, etc.,

    id. Brut. 39, 145; cf. id. Inv. 2, 46, 135; 2, 47, 138; cf.:

    (senatus) scripto illo istius sententiam dicere vetabatur,

    rescript, id. Dom. 26, 69.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > scribo

  • 13 situla

    sĭtŭla, ae, f. ( masc. collat. form sĭtŭ-lus, Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 3; Vitr. 10, 9 fin.; Fest. s. v. nanum, pp. 176 and 177 Müll.; Paul. Sent. 3, 7 fin.).
    1.
    A bucket for drawing water, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 39; Dig. 18, 1, 40 fin.; Poët. ap. Anthol. Burm. 1, p. 493; Non. s. v. creterra, p. 375, 6 Gerl.; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 268 (2d edit.).—
    2.
    An urn, used in drawing lots (instead of the usual sitella), Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 7.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > situla

  • 14 traho

    trăho, xi, ctum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. traxe, Verg. A. 5, 786), v. a. [cf. Sanscr. trankh, trakh, to move; Gr. trechô, to run], to draw, drag, or haul, to drag along; to draw off, forth, or away, etc. (syn.: tracto, rapio, rapto, duco).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    Amphitruonem collo,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 72:

    cum a custodibus in fugā trinis catenis vinctus traheretur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

    trahebatur passis Priameïa virgo Crinibus a templo Cassandra,

    Verg. A. 2, 403:

    corpus tractum et laniatum abjecit in mare,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    materiam (malagmata),

    Cels. 4, 7:

    bilem,

    Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54:

    vapor porro trahit aëra secum,

    Lucr. 3, 233:

    limum harenamque et saxa ingentia fluctus trahunt,

    Sall. J. 78, 3: Charybdis naves ad litora trahit, id. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 3, 425; cf.:

    Scyllam naves in saxa trahentem, Verg. l. l.: (haematiten) trahere in se argentum, aes, ferrum,

    Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 146: Gy. Amiculum hoc sustolle saltem. Si. Sine trahi, cum egomet trahor, let it drag or trail, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 117; cf.:

    tragula ab eo, quod trahitur per terram,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.:

    sarcinas,

    Sen. Ep. 44, 6:

    vestem per pulpita,

    Hor. A. P. 215:

    plaustra per altos montes cervice (boves),

    Verg. G. 3, 536:

    siccas machinae carinas,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

    genua aegra,

    Verg. A. 5, 468:

    trahantur per me pedibus omnes rei,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 2; cf.:

    aliquem ad praetorem,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 45:

    praecipitem in pistrinum,

    id. Ps. 1, 5, 79:

    Hectorem circum sua Pergama,

    to drag, trail, Ov. M. 12, 591. —

    Of a train of soldiers, attendants, etc.: Scipio gravem jam spoliis multarum urbium exercitum trahens,

    Liv. 30, 9, 10:

    ingentem secum occurrentium prosequentiumque trahentes turbam,

    id. 45, 2, 3; 6, 3, 4; cf.:

    sacra manu victosque deos parvumque nepotem Ipse trahit,

    Verg. A. 2, 321:

    secum legionem,

    Val. Max. 3, 2, 20:

    feminae pleraeque parvos trahentes liberos, ibant,

    Curt. 3, 13, 12; 5, 5, 15:

    uxor, quam comitem trahebat,

    id. 8, 3, 2:

    folium secum,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 12:

    cum privato comitatu quem semper secum trahere moris fuit,

    Vell. 2, 40, 3:

    magnam manum Thracum secum,

    id. 2, 112, 4.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To draw out, pull out, extract, withdraw:

    trahens haerentia viscere tela,

    drawing out, extracting, Ov. M. 6, 290:

    ferrum e vulnere,

    id. ib. 4, 120:

    e corpore ferrum,

    id. F. 5, 399:

    de corpore telum,

    id. M. 5, 95; cf.:

    gladium de visceribus,

    Mart. 1, 14, 2:

    manu lignum,

    Ov. M. 12, 371; cf.:

    te quoque, Luna, traho (i. e. de caelo),

    draw down, id. ib. 7, 207:

    captum Jovem Caelo trahit,

    Sen. Oct. 810. —
    2.
    To draw together, bring together, contract, wrinkle:

    at coria et carnem trahit et conducit in unum,

    Lucr. 6, 968:

    in manibus vero nervi trahere,

    id. 6, 1190:

    vultum rugasque coëgit,

    Ov. Am. 2, 2, 33.—
    3.
    Of fluids, etc., to draw in, take in, quaff; draw, draw up: si pocula arente fauce traxerim, had drawn in, i. e. quaffed, Hor. Epod. 14, 4; cf. Ov. M. 15, 330:

    aquas,

    Luc. 7, 822:

    venena ore,

    id. 9, 934:

    ubera,

    id. 3, 351 al.:

    ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi (videmus),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25: navigium aquam trahit, draws or lets in water, leaks, Sen. Ira, 2, 10, 5; cf.:

    sanguinem jumento de cervice,

    to draw, let, Veg. Vet. 3, 43.—Of smelling:

    odorem naribus,

    Phaedr. 3, 1, 4.—Of drawing in the breath, inhaling:

    auras ore,

    Ov. M. 2, 230:

    animam,

    Plin. 11, 3, 2, § 6; cf.:

    Servilius exiguā in spe trahebat animam,

    Liv. 3, 6, 8:

    spiritum,

    to draw breath, Col. 6, 9, 3; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 4; Cels. 4, 4; Curt. 3, 6, 10: spiritum extremum, [p. 1886] Phaedr. 1, 21, 4:

    penitus suspiria,

    to heave sighs, to sigh, Ov. M. 2, 753:

    vocem imo a pectore,

    Verg. A. 1, 371.—
    4.
    To take on, assume, acquire, get:

    Iris Mille trahens varios adverso sole colores,

    Verg. A. 4, 701:

    squamam cutis durata trahebat,

    Ov. M. 3, 675:

    colorem,

    id. ib. 2, 236;

    14, 393: ruborem,

    id. ib. 3, 482;

    10, 595: calorem,

    id. ib. 11, 305:

    lapidis figuram,

    id. ib. 3, 399:

    maturitatem,

    Col. 1, 6, 20:

    sucum,

    id. 11, 3, 60:

    robiginem,

    Plin. 36, 18, 30, § 136. —
    5.
    To drag away violently, to carry off, plunder, = agein kai pherein:

    cetera rape, trahe,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 12:

    rapere omnes, trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4:

    quibus non humana ulla neque divina obstant, quin... in opes potentisque trahant exscindant,

    id. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch:

    sibi quisque ducere, trahere, rapere,

    id. J. 41, 5:

    de aliquo trahere spolia,

    Cic. Balb. 23, 54:

    praedam ex agris,

    Liv. 25, 14, 11:

    tantum jam praedae hostes trahere, ut, etc.,

    id. 10, 20, 3; cf.:

    pastor cum traheret per freta navibus Idaeis Helenen,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 1.—
    6.
    Trahere pecuniam (for distrahere), to make away with, to dissipate, squander:

    omnibus modis pecuniam trahunt, vexant,

    Sall. C. 20, 12.—
    7.
    Of drugs, etc., to purge, rcmove, clear away:

    bilem ex alvo,

    Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54; 26, 8, 42, § 69:

    pituitam,

    id. 21, 23, 94, § 166:

    cruditates, pituitas, bilem,

    id. 32, 9, 31, § 95.—
    8.
    Trahere lanam, vellera, etc., to draw out lengthwise, i. e. to spin, manufacture: manibus trahere lanam, Varr. ap. Non. 545, 12:

    lanam,

    Juv. 2, 54:

    vellera digitis,

    Ov. M. 14, 265:

    data pensa,

    id. ib. 13, 511; id. H. 3, 75:

    Laconicas purpuras,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.,
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    To draw, draw along; to attract, allure, influence, etc.:

    trahimur omnes studio laudis et optimus quisque maxime gloriā ducitur,

    Cic. Arch. 11, 26; cf.:

    omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem,

    id. Off. 1, 6, 18:

    allicere delectatione et viribus trahere,

    Quint. 5, 14, 29:

    trahit sua quemque voluptas,

    Verg. E. 2, 65: aliquem in aliam partem, to bring or gain over, Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2; so,

    Drusum in partes,

    Tac. A. 4, 60:

    civitatem ad regem,

    Liv. 42, 44, 3:

    aliquem in suam sententiam,

    id. 5, 25, 1; cf.

    also: rem ad Poenos,

    id. 24, 2, 8; 23, 8, 2:

    res ad Philippum,

    id. 32, 19, 2:

    ni ea res longius nos ab incepto traheret,

    draw off, divert, Sall. C. 7, 7.—
    2.
    To drag, lead, bring:

    plures secum in eandem calamitatem,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    Lucanos ad defectionem,

    Liv. 25, 16, 6:

    quo fata trahunt retrahuntque, sequamur,

    Verg. A. 5, 709: ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt, Cleanth. ap. Sen. Ep. 107, 11.—
    3.
    To draw to, i. e. appropriate, refer, ascribe, set down to, etc.:

    atque egomet me adeo cum illis una ibidem traho,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 166: St. Quid quod dedisti scortis? Le. Ibidem una traho, id. ib. 2, 4, 10:

    hi numero avium regnum trahebant,

    drew to their side, laid claim to, claimed, Liv. 1, 7, 1; cf.:

    qui captae decus Nolae ad consulem trahunt,

    id. 9, 28, 6:

    omnia non bene consulta in virtutem trahebantur,

    were set down to, referred, attributed, Sall. J. 92, 2:

    ornatum ipsius (ducis) in superbiam,

    Tac. H. 2, 20:

    cuncta Germanici in deterius,

    id. A. 1, 62 fin.:

    fortuita ad culpam,

    id. ib. 4, 64:

    id ad clementiam,

    id. ib. 12, 52; cf.:

    aliquid in religionem,

    Liv. 5, 23, 6:

    cur abstinuerit spectaculo ipse, varie trahebant,

    Tac. A. 1, 76 fin.:

    in se crimen,

    Ov. M. 10, 68:

    spinas Traxit in exemplum,

    adopted, id. ib. 8, 245. —
    4.
    To drag, distract, etc.:

    quae meum animum divorse trahunt,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

    trahi in aliam partem mente atque animo,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21:

    Vologeses diversas ad curas trahebatur,

    Tac. A. 15, 1.—
    5.
    To weigh, ponder, consider:

    belli atque pacis rationes trahere,

    Sall. J. 97, 2; cf. id. ib. 84, 4: trahere consilium, to form a decision or determination, id. ib. 98, 3.—
    6.
    To get, obtain, derive: qui majorem ex pernicie et peste rei publicae molestiam traxerit, who has derived, i. e. has received, suffered, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

    qui cognomen ex contumeliā traxerit,

    id. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

    nomen e causis,

    Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51:

    inde nomen,

    id. 36, 20, 38, § 146:

    nomen ab illis,

    Ov. M. 4, 291:

    originem ab aliquo,

    to derive, deduce, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86; 6, 28, 32, § 157:

    scio ab isto initio tractum esse sermonem,

    i. e. has arisen, Cic. Brut. 6, 21: facetiae, quae multum ex vero traxere, drew, i. e. they were founded largely on truth, Tac. A. 15, 68; cf.:

    multum ex moribus (Sarmatarum) traxisse,

    id. G. 46, 2.—
    7.
    Of time, to protract, drag out, linger:

    afflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,

    Verg. A. 2, 92; so,

    vitam,

    Phaedr. 3, 7, 12; 4, 5, 37; Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 9:

    traherent cum sera crepuscula noctem,

    was bringing on the night, Ov. M. 1, 219: verba, to drag, i. e. to utter with difficulty, Sil. 8, 79.—
    8.
    To draw out, in respect of time; to extend, prolong, lengthen; to protract, put off, delay, retard (cf.:

    prolato, extendo): sin trahitur bellum,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2; cf. Liv. 5, 10, 7; Sall. J. 23, 2:

    trahere omnia,

    to interpose delays of all kinds, id. ib. 36, 2; Ov. M. 12, 584:

    pugnam aliquamdiu,

    Liv. 25, 15, 14:

    dum hoc naturae Corpus... manebit incolume, comitem aevi sui laudem Ciceronis trahet,

    Vell. 2, 66, 5:

    obsidionem in longius,

    Quint. 1, 10, 48; cf.:

    rem de industriā in serum,

    Liv. 32, 35, 4:

    omnia,

    id. 32, 36, 2:

    jurgiis trahere tempus,

    id. 32, 27, 1:

    tempus, Auct. B. Alex. 38, 2: moram ficto languore,

    Ov. M. 9, 767:

    (legati) querentes, trahi se a Caesare,

    that they were put off, delayed, Suet. Tib. 31 fin.; so,

    aliquem sermone, quousque, etc.,

    Val. Max. 4, 4, 1:

    Marius multis diebus et laboribus consumptis anxius trahere cum animo suo, omitteretne inceptum,

    Sall. J. 93, 1.—
    9.
    Rarely neutr., to drag along, to last, endure. si quis etiam in eo morbo diutius traxit, Cels. 2, 8 med.:

    decem annos traxit ista dominatio,

    Flor. 4, 2, 12.—Hence, tractus, a, um, P. a., drawn on, i. e. proceeding continuously, flowing, fluent, of language:

    genus orationis fusum atque tractum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 15, 64:

    in his (contione et hortatione) tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur,

    id. Or. 20, 66.—
    B.
    Subst.: tractum, i, n., any thing drawn out at length.
    1.
    A flock of wool drawn out for spinning:

    tracta de niveo vellere dente,

    Tib. 1, 6, 80.—
    2.
    A long piece of dough pulled out in making pastry, Cato, R. R. 76, 1; 76, 4; Apic. 2, 1; 4, 3; 5, 1 al.—Called also tracta, ae, f., Plin. 18, 11, 27, § 106.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > traho

  • 15 ad-dūcō

        ad-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere    （imper. adduce for adduc, T.—Perf. addūxtī for addūxistī, T.), to lead to, bring to, bring along (usu. of persons; cf. adfero, of things): quos Maecenas adduxerat umbras, brought along, H.: eos ad me domum adduxit <*> Iugurtham vinctum Romam, S.: in iudicium.— Poet.: dextris adducor litora remis, reach, O.— Rarely of things: aquam adduxi, brought into the city: carmen ad umbilicum, to finish, H.: sedulitas adducit febrīs, brings on, H.: Dicas adductum propius frondere Tarentum, the woods of Tarentum brought nearer (Rome), H. — Esp., to bring by drawing, draw, pull, stretch: tormenta quo sunt adducta vehementius: adducto arcu, V.: funes, Cs.: adductis lacertis, bent (in rowing), V.: colla parvis lacertis, to embrace, O.—Hence, fig.: habenas amicitiae, to tighten.—Of the skin, to draw up, wrinkle, contract: adducit cutem macies, wrinkles the skin, O.; cf. sitis miseros adduxerat artūs, V.—Fig., to bring to, bring into, bring under: ad suam auctoritatem: rem in extremum discrimen: me in necessitatem, L. — To bring, lead, prompt, move, induce, prevail upon, persuade, incite: te ad facinus: me in summam exspectationem: in spem, S.: ad suscipiendum bellum, Cs.: ad credendum, N.: adduci, ut capite operto sit: hoc nondum adducor ut faciam: quibus rebus adductus ad causam accesserim demonstravi: necessitate adductus, Cs.: adducti iudices sunt... potuisse, etc., were led to believe that, etc.

    Latin-English dictionary > ad-dūcō

  • 16 aditus

        aditus ūs, m    [1 adeo], a going to, drawing near, approach, access: urbīs uno aditu atque adventu captas: temptare aditūs, seek to approach, V.: viri mollīs aditūs novisse, how to approach gently, V.—A privilege of admittance, access: faciles aditūs ad eum privatorum: aditum petentibus conveniendi dare, an opportunity of conversing, N.: sermonis aditum cum Cicerone habere, Cs.: in id sacrarium.—Concr., a way of approach, entrance, avenue, entry: primo aditu vestibuloque prohibere: aditu carentia saxa, inaccessible, O.—Hence, a way of approach, means of reaching: ad causam: ad huius modi res.
    * * *
    approach, access; attack; entrance; chance, opportunity, means, way; beginning

    Latin-English dictionary > aditus

  • 17 appropinquātiō (ad-p-)

        appropinquātiō (ad-p-) ōnis, f    [appropinquo], an approach, drawing near: mortis.

    Latin-English dictionary > appropinquātiō (ad-p-)

  • 18 aquātiō

        aquātiō ōnis, f    [aquor], a watering, obtaining water: aquationis causā, Cs. — A supply of water, watering-place: hic aquatio.
    * * *
    fetching/drawing water; place from which water is drawn, watering place; rains

    Latin-English dictionary > aquātiō

  • 19 compositiō (conp-)

        compositiō (conp-) ōnis, f    [compono], a putting together, connecting, arranging, composition: unguentorum: membrorum: anni, of the calendar—A matching: gladiatorum.—Fig., connection, coherence, system disciplinae.—A drawing up, composition: iuris.—In rhet., a proper connection, arrangement: apta.—An accommodation, agreement, compact: compositionis auctor: legatos de compositione mitti, Cs.

    Latin-English dictionary > compositiō (conp-)

  • 20 conceptiō

        conceptiō ōnis, f    [con- + CAP-], a conception, becoming pregnant. — Fig., a composing, drawing up (of formulas).
    * * *
    conception, action/fact of conceiving, pregnancy; idea/notion/formula/system

    Latin-English dictionary > conceptiō

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