encourages

* * *

con-firmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make firm, establish, strengthen, confirm (class., esp. in prose).

In gen. (prop. and trop.):

stipites confirmare et stabilire,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

ali hōc vires nervosque confirmari putant,

id. ib. 6, 21:

dentis mobilis,

Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 178; cf. Scrib. Comp. 57; 59 sq.:

confirmare et densare defluentem capillum,

Plin. 25, 11, 83, § 132:

crus debile,

Suet. Vesp. 7; cf. id. Aug. 80:

maxime religando confirmant parietum soliditatem,

Vitr. 2, 8, 7:

castellum magnis munitionibus multisque tormentis, Auct. B. Alex. 21, 5: intestina,

i. e. to heal, cure, Cels. 4, 19:

cicatriculam,

id. 2, 10 fin.: se, to recover physically, to grow well (corresp. with convalescere), Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2; 16, 3, 1; 16, 4, 4; 16, 1, 1.— Transf., of the vine, Col. 4, 3, 4:

valetudinem,

Cic. Att. 10, 17, 2:

pacem et amicitiam cum proximis civitatibus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3; cf.:

confirmare societatem datā ac acceptā fide,

Sall. C. 44, 3:

opes factionis,

id. ib. 32, 2; cf.:

viris suas,

Vell. 2, 44, 2:

suam manum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24:

se transmarinis auxiliis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 29:

conjurationem,

Nep. Dion, 8, 3:

regnum Persarum,

id. Milt. 3, 5; so,

regnum,

Suet. Caes. 9:

imperium,

id. Vit. 9:

decreta,

to confirm, Nep. Phoc. 3, 2:

acta Caesaris,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 12:

acta alicujus in transmarinis provinciis,

Vell. 2, 44, 2:

beneficia edicto,

Suet. Tit. 8:

provinciam a Caesare datam,

id. Aug. 10.—

Esp.

To confirm or strengthen courage, to instil courage into one, to encourage, inspirit, animate, embolden:

animum meum,

to take heart, take courage, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 1:

animum sapientissimi hominis,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2; id. Quint. 24, 77:

maximi animi hominem,

id. ib. 4, 8, 1:

animos ratione,

Lucr. 1, 426:

confirmare et excitare afflictos animos bonorum,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8:

animos Gallorum verbis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33; Sall. C. 46, 3:

vacillantium gentium animos,

Vell. 2, 120, 1:

suos ad dimicandum animo,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49:

milites,

id. ib. 5, 52:

timentes,

id. ib. 7, 7; cf.:

diffidentem rebus suis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

territos,

Sall. J. 38, 5:

perterritos,

Suet. Caes. 66; id. Aug. 43:

Massilienses obsidione laborantes adventu suo,

id. Ner. 2:

animum suum ad virtutem,

Auct. Her. 4, 22, 31 Klotz (al. conformavit):

nepotem suum ad successionem imperii,

Suet. Tib. 55 fin.:

nunc erige te et confirma,

take courage, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:

cum ipse te confirmasses,

hast acquired courage, id. Quint. 11, 39; cf.:

confirmant ipsi se,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95; Caes. B. G. 2, 19; id. B. C. 1, 14 al.:

eos multa pollicendo confirmat, uti Romam pergerent,

Sall. J. 23, 2:

alius alium confirmare, ne nomina darent,

Liv. 2, 24, 2.— Aliquem alicui rei: gladiatores Lentulus libertati confirmat, encourages them to freedom, i. e. incites them to make themselves worthy of freedom, Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 4 dub. (Dinter and Kraner:

spe libertatis).—With abstr. objects: reliqui temporis spem,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71:

spem alicujus,

Suet. Calig. 12:

suspitionem,

id. Tib. 52; cf.:

sensus rectus et confirmatus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 2.—

To confirm one in his disposition or feelings, in his fidelity (rare):

insulas bene animatas,

Nep. Cim. 2, 4:

homines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

Gallias,

Vell. 2, 120.—

To confirm, give full assurance of, a fact, corroborate an assertion, settle, fix, establish, to prove, demonstrate the truth of a thing, etc. (very freq.):

confirmare nostra argumentis ac rationibus, deinde contraria refutare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 80;

so opp. refutare,

Quint. 5, prooem. § 2; 5, 13, 53; cf.

opp. refellere,

id. 3, 9, 6; 12, 1, 45;

opp. diluere,

id. 9, 2, 80:

confirmare aut infirmare rem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49:

divinationem,

id. Div. 1, 32, 71; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 78:

quorum omnium testimoniis de hac Dionis pecuniā confirmatum est,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23:

crimen commenticium,

id. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:

haec istius vituperatio atque infamia confirmabatur eorum sermone, qui, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 101:

perjurium,

id. ib. 2, 4, 9, §

19: iste locus est tibi etiam atque etiam confirmandus,

id. Fin. 5, 32, 95:

his rebus confirmatis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 6 Kraner ad loc. —With acc. and inf., Lucr. 2, 185; cf. id. 2, [p. 415] 179; 5, 198.— Pass. impers., with ne:

sanctissimo jurejurando confirmari oportere, ne tecto recipiatur, qui non, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 66 fin.:

hoc idem visum esse ex superioribus castellis confirmaverunt,

id. B. C. 3, 67; cf.:

hoc ex ipsis caeli rationibus ausim Confirmare, nequaquam esse creatam, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 179.—Hence,

To assert, affirm, protest something as true or certain; constr. with acc., acc. and inf., or de:

hoc cum mihi non modo confirmasset, sed etiam persuasisset,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

talem exsistere eloquentiam non potuisse confirmo,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 6.—So with acc. and inf., Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 50; cf.:

illud se polliceri et jurejurando confirmare, tutum iter per fines suos daturum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 27:

confirmare, fidem publicam per sese inviolatam fore,

Sall. J. 33, 3:

memini me audire te de glorioso et celeri reditu meo confirmare,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—So with de, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 1; id. Arch. 7, 15.—Hence, confirmātus, a, um, P. a.

(In acc. with II. A.) Encouraged, courageous, resolute:

animus certus et confirmatus,

Cic. Quint. 24, 77; so,

sensus rectus et confirmatus,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

confirmatiorem exercitum efficere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84.—

(Acc. to II. C.) Asserted, affirmed:

in quibus (litteris) erat confirmatius idem illud, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 15, 1.—

(Proved; hence,) Certain, credible:

quod eo confirmatius erit, si, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 11, 35: fides confirmatissima, most fixed, Porph. ad Hor. S. 1, 5, 27.—

* Adv.: confirmātē (in acc. with I.), firmly, Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16.

făvor, ōris, m. [id.], favor, good-will, inclination, partiality, esp. of a party (rare in Cic.; not in Caes.; freq. since the Aug. per. in prose and poetry; syn.: studium, benevolentia, gratia, pietas, caritas, amor).

In gen.

Of human beings:

favorem et urbanum Cicero nova credit. Nam in epistola ad Brutum, Eum, inquit, amorem et eum (ut hoc verbo utar) favorem in consilium advocabo,

Quint. 8, 3, 34;

so with amor,

Suet. Claud. 12;

with studium,

id. Vit. 15:

qui favore populi tenetur et ducitur,

Cic. Sest. 54, 115; cf.

under II.: quae sunt varie et ad tempus descripta populis, favore magis quam re, legum nomen tenent,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11:

amplecti aliquem favore,

Liv. 2, 56:

adferre alicui,

Just. 27, 1:

ex maxima invidia in gratiam et favorem nobilitatis Jugurtha venit,

Sall. J. 13, 7; cf.

opp. invidia,

id. ib. 73, 4:

plebis,

Liv. 7, 25, 1; cf. id. 2, 56, 1:

partium Pompeii,

Vell. 2, 54, 2:

concilia to populi favore,

Suet. Caes. 11:

militum,

id. Tit. 5; Hor. C. 4, 8, 26; id. Ep. 2, 1, 9:

favor in aliquem,

Tac. H. 1, 53 fin.:

pro laborantibus,

Quint. 4, 1, 9. —

Rarely of Fortune:

fortunae favor,

Sen. Ep. 42, 4; 72, 4.—

Favor personified as a deity, Mart. Cap. 1, § 48 al.—

Esp., legal t. t.:

favoris causa, said where the law inclines to or encourages a particular right or practice: hoc favoris causa constitutum est, ut pro plenis (honoribus) incoätos accipiamus,

Dig. 50, 4, 8; 23, 3, 74; Gai Inst. 4, 14; cf.:

favor libertatis,

Paul. Sent. 2, 23, 2; 2, 24, 2 sq.—

In partic., acclamation, applause, at theatrical and other exhibitions (syn. plausus), approbation:

quod studium et quem favorem secum in scenam attulit Panurgus?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 29; Phaedr. 5, 5, 25:

audientium,

Quint. 3, 8, 7:

facere favorem,

id. 7, 1, 33:

promere favorem,

id. 9, 1, 21:

emerendi favoris gratia,

id. 7, 1, 2:

magno omnium favore,

Suet. Claud. 21; cf.:

plauditur et magno palma favore datur,

Ov. Tr. 2, 506:

tutatur favor Euryalum,

Verg. A. 5, 343.

irrīto ( inr-), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. inritassis for inritaveris, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298), v. a. [cf. eris, erethô, erethizô, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 342, ed. 4], to incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke, exasperate, irritate.

Lit.:

inritare dictum est proprie provocare,

Non. 31, 21:

si me inritassis, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298; id. Stich. 2, 2, 22:

ne si magis inritatus siet,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 18:

ita sum inritatus, ut, etc.,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 10:

ut vi inritare ferroque lacessere fortissimum virum auderet,

Cic. Mil. 31, 84:

virum telis,

Verg. A. 10, 644:

Terra, ira irritata deorum,

id. ib. 4, 178:

bello gentes,

Just. 12, 6, 16:

sibi simultates,

Liv. 33, 46:

aliquem ad necem alicujus,

Vell. 2, 66.— Poet.:

cum fera diluvies quietos Irritat amnes,

enrages, Hor. C. 3, 29, 41:

flammas,

to kindle, Ov. F. 2, 649.—

In gen., to incite, move, stir up, provoke, vex, inflame:

crabrones,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 75:

tribunos plebis fama ea ipsa inritaverat magis ad certamen,

Liv. 6, 27:

animos ad bellum,

id. 31, 5:

iracundiam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 8: infantiam ad discendum,

Quint. 1, 1, 26:

forma meos irritat amores,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 9:

vitia,

id. ib. 3, 4, 11:

cupiditatem,

Sen. Ep. 7:

suspiciones,

Tac. H. 3, 4:

animos,

Hor. A. P. 180:

ingenium,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 75:

naturam per se pronam ad humanitatem,

Sen. Ben. 6, 29:

princeps, qui delatores non castigat, irritat,

encourages, Suet. Dom. 9:

exitium,

to hasten, Tac. A. 13, 1:

tussim,

to excite, make worse, Cels. 2, 1; 5, 28, 2. — Hence, irrī-tātus, a, um, P. a., excited, enraged, provoked, irritated:

canem inritatam imitarier,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25:

ad aliquid,

Suet. Galb. 21:

in aliquid,

Sen. Ep. 97.— Comp.:

ego his ejus verbis irritatior,

Gell. 15, 9, 7; 10, 9, 2; id. praef. § 20.— Adv.: irrītātē, in an irritated manner; only in comp., Amm. 22, 15, 19.

irrĭto ( inr-), āre, v. a. [1. irritus], to make void, invalidate (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 3, 12, 2.

irrīto ( inr-), āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. inritassis for inritaveris, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298), v. a. [cf. eris, erethô, erethizô, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 342, ed. 4], to incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke, exasperate, irritate.

Lit.:

inritare dictum est proprie provocare,

Non. 31, 21:

si me inritassis, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 298; id. Stich. 2, 2, 22:

ne si magis inritatus siet,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 18:

ita sum inritatus, ut, etc.,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 10:

ut vi inritare ferroque lacessere fortissimum virum auderet,

Cic. Mil. 31, 84:

virum telis,

Verg. A. 10, 644:

Terra, ira irritata deorum,

id. ib. 4, 178:

bello gentes,

Just. 12, 6, 16:

sibi simultates,

Liv. 33, 46:

aliquem ad necem alicujus,

Vell. 2, 66.— Poet.:

cum fera diluvies quietos Irritat amnes,

enrages, Hor. C. 3, 29, 41:

flammas,

to kindle, Ov. F. 2, 649.—

In gen., to incite, move, stir up, provoke, vex, inflame:

crabrones,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 75:

tribunos plebis fama ea ipsa inritaverat magis ad certamen,

Liv. 6, 27:

animos ad bellum,

id. 31, 5:

iracundiam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 8: infantiam ad discendum,

Quint. 1, 1, 26:

forma meos irritat amores,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 9:

vitia,

id. ib. 3, 4, 11:

cupiditatem,

Sen. Ep. 7:

suspiciones,

Tac. H. 3, 4:

animos,

Hor. A. P. 180:

ingenium,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 75:

naturam per se pronam ad humanitatem,

Sen. Ben. 6, 29:

princeps, qui delatores non castigat, irritat,

encourages, Suet. Dom. 9:

exitium,

to hasten, Tac. A. 13, 1:

tussim,

to excite, make worse, Cels. 2, 1; 5, 28, 2. — Hence, irrī-tātus, a, um, P. a., excited, enraged, provoked, irritated:

canem inritatam imitarier,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25:

ad aliquid,

Suet. Galb. 21:

in aliquid,

Sen. Ep. 97.— Comp.:

ego his ejus verbis irritatior,

Gell. 15, 9, 7; 10, 9, 2; id. praef. § 20.— Adv.: irrītātē, in an irritated manner; only in comp., Amm. 22, 15, 19.

irrĭto ( inr-), āre, v. a. [1. irritus], to make void, invalidate (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 3, 12, 2.