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ambĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [ambitio].

(Very rare and mostly poet.) Going round, encompassing; poet., embracing, twining round:

lascivis hederis ambitiosior,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 20 (cf.:

undique ambientibus ramis,

Curt. 4, 7, 16).—Of a river, making circuits, having many windings:

Jordanes amnis ambitiosus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71.— Of oratorical ornament, excessive, superfluous:

vir bonus ambitiosa recidet Ornamenta,

Hor. A. P. 447.—

Transf.

That asks for a thing fawningly; esp., that solicits the favor, good-will, etc., of any one, in a good and bad sense, honor-loving, ambitious, courting favor; vain, vainglorious, conceited, etc.:

qui ita sit ambitiosus, ut omnes vos nosque cotidie persalutet,

Cic. Fl. 18:

homo minime ambitiosus, minime in rogando molestus,

id. Fam. 13, 1:

ne forte me in Graecos tam ambitiosum factum esse mirere,

desirous of the favor of the Greeks, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2:

pro nostris ut sis ambitiosa malis, Ov P. 3, 1, 84: pro nato caerula mater Ambitiosa suo fuit,

i.e. begs fawningly of Vulcan for weapons for her son, id. M. 13, 289:

malis artibus ambitiosus,

seeking to ingratiate one's self, Tac. H. 2, 57:

salubris magis princeps quam ambitiosus,

Suet. Aug. 42 al. —

Pass., that is willingly solicited or entreated, ambitious; much sought, honored, admired:

ambitiosus et qui ambit et qui ambitur,

Gell. 9, 12:

turba caelestes ambitiosa sumus,

Ov. F. 5, 298:

sexus muliebris saevus, ambitiosus, potestatis avidus,

Tac. A. 3, 33: si locuples hostis est, avari;

si pauper, ambitiosi,

id. Agr. 30:

nota quidem sed non ambitiosa domus,

not sought after, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 18 Jahn: ambitiosae pulchritudinis scortum. Just. 30, 2. —

Of things, vain, ostentatious:

amicitiae,

founded merely on the desire to please, interested, Cic. Att. 1, 18:

rogationes,

id. Fam. 6, 12; so id. ib. 6, 6:

gloriandi genus,

Quint. 11, 1, 22:

preces,

urgent, Tac. H. 2, 49:

sententiae,

Suet. Dom. 8: mors, ambitious, i. e. to obtain fame, Tac. Agr. 42:

medicina ars,

boastful, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

et quaesitorum pelago terrāque ciborum Ambitiosa fames,

Luc. 4, 376:

atria,

splendid, gorgeous, Mart. 12, 69:

ambitiosis utilia praeferre,

Quint. 1, 2, 27:

ambitiosius id existimans quam domi suae majestas postularet,

more condescending, submissive, Suet. Aug. 25.—

In rhet.: orator ambitiosus, who seeks to rouse attention by obsolete or unusual expressions:

antigerio nemo nisi ambitiosus utetur,

Quint. 8, 3, 26.—Hence, adv.: ambĭtĭōsē, ambitiously, ostentatiously, etc.:

de triumpho ambitiose agere,

Cic. Att. 15, 1:

ambitiose regnum petere,

Liv. 1, 35: amicitias ambitiose colere, Tac. [p. 103] H. 1, 10 al.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 7.— Sup., Quint. 6, 3, 68.

ambĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [ambitio].

(Very rare and mostly poet.) Going round, encompassing; poet., embracing, twining round:

lascivis hederis ambitiosior,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 20 (cf.:

undique ambientibus ramis,

Curt. 4, 7, 16).—Of a river, making circuits, having many windings:

Jordanes amnis ambitiosus,

Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71.— Of oratorical ornament, excessive, superfluous:

vir bonus ambitiosa recidet Ornamenta,

Hor. A. P. 447.—

Transf.

That asks for a thing fawningly; esp., that solicits the favor, good-will, etc., of any one, in a good and bad sense, honor-loving, ambitious, courting favor; vain, vainglorious, conceited, etc.:

qui ita sit ambitiosus, ut omnes vos nosque cotidie persalutet,

Cic. Fl. 18:

homo minime ambitiosus, minime in rogando molestus,

id. Fam. 13, 1:

ne forte me in Graecos tam ambitiosum factum esse mirere,

desirous of the favor of the Greeks, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2:

pro nostris ut sis ambitiosa malis, Ov P. 3, 1, 84: pro nato caerula mater Ambitiosa suo fuit,

i.e. begs fawningly of Vulcan for weapons for her son, id. M. 13, 289:

malis artibus ambitiosus,

seeking to ingratiate one's self, Tac. H. 2, 57:

salubris magis princeps quam ambitiosus,

Suet. Aug. 42 al. —

Pass., that is willingly solicited or entreated, ambitious; much sought, honored, admired:

ambitiosus et qui ambit et qui ambitur,

Gell. 9, 12:

turba caelestes ambitiosa sumus,

Ov. F. 5, 298:

sexus muliebris saevus, ambitiosus, potestatis avidus,

Tac. A. 3, 33: si locuples hostis est, avari;

si pauper, ambitiosi,

id. Agr. 30:

nota quidem sed non ambitiosa domus,

not sought after, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 18 Jahn: ambitiosae pulchritudinis scortum. Just. 30, 2. —

Of things, vain, ostentatious:

amicitiae,

founded merely on the desire to please, interested, Cic. Att. 1, 18:

rogationes,

id. Fam. 6, 12; so id. ib. 6, 6:

gloriandi genus,

Quint. 11, 1, 22:

preces,

urgent, Tac. H. 2, 49:

sententiae,

Suet. Dom. 8: mors, ambitious, i. e. to obtain fame, Tac. Agr. 42:

medicina ars,

boastful, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

et quaesitorum pelago terrāque ciborum Ambitiosa fames,

Luc. 4, 376:

atria,

splendid, gorgeous, Mart. 12, 69:

ambitiosis utilia praeferre,

Quint. 1, 2, 27:

ambitiosius id existimans quam domi suae majestas postularet,

more condescending, submissive, Suet. Aug. 25.—

In rhet.: orator ambitiosus, who seeks to rouse attention by obsolete or unusual expressions:

antigerio nemo nisi ambitiosus utetur,

Quint. 8, 3, 26.—Hence, adv.: ambĭtĭōsē, ambitiously, ostentatiously, etc.:

de triumpho ambitiose agere,

Cic. Att. 15, 1:

ambitiose regnum petere,

Liv. 1, 35: amicitias ambitiose colere, Tac. [p. 103] H. 1, 10 al.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 7.— Sup., Quint. 6, 3, 68.

exōrābĭlis, e, adj. [exoro].

Pass., easily entreated or moved, exorable (class.), Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 26:

si implacabiles iracundiae sunt, summa est acerbitas: sin autem exorabiles, summa levitas,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13 fin.:

in aliquem,

id. Att. 1, 3 fin.:

(Orcus) non exorabilis auro,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 179; cf.:

nulli exorabilis,

Sil. 5, 131:

initium vitii,

Sen. Ep. 116:

et exorabile numen fortasse experiar,

Juv. 13, 102.— Comp.:

in suis quam in alienis exorabilior injuriis,

Sen. Clem. 1, 20.—

Act., easily moving, persuasive:

carmen,

Val. Fl. 1, 782.

ob-testor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to call as a witness to any thing; to protest or assert by a person or thing (syn.: testor, obsecro, supplico; class.).

In gen.:

necessitudinem nostram tuamque in me benevolentiam obtestans,

Cic. ad Brut. 1, 13, 1:

deūm hominumque fidem,

Liv. 2, 10:

sacra regni, deos et hospitales mensas,

Tac. A. 2, 65:

summam rempublicam agi obtestans,

id. ib. 12, 5:

aut militum se manibus aut suis moriturum obtestans,

id. H. 3, 10; Suet. Calig. 15 fin. —

Transf., to conjure by calling to witness; to entreat, beseech, supplicate, implore:

per ego haec genua te,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 13; id. Aul. 4, 9, 4:

per omnes deos te obtestor, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 11, 2, 2; Verg. A. 9, 260:

vos judices,

Cic. Cael. 32, 78:

vos obtestor atque obsecro, ut, etc.,

id. Sest. 69, 147:

id sibi ne eripiatis, vos obtestatur,

id. Sull. 32, 89:

obsistens obtestansque deum et hominum fidem testabatur, nequiquam eos fugere,

Liv. 2, 10, 3. —With double acc.:

illud te... Pro Latio obtestor, ne, etc.,

Verg. A. 12, 819.—Part.: obtestātus, a, um, in the pass. signif., earnestly entreated, supplicated, implored:

obtestatus prece impensā,

Amm. 31, 9, 4:

obtestatā fide,

App. M. 2, p. 125, 11.

ōro, āvi, ātum, 1 (orassis for oraveris, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 63), v. a. and n. [1. os, to speak]:

oro ab ore,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 76 Müll.

In gen. (so obsol.):

orare antiquos dixisse pro agere testimonio est, quod oratores dicti et causarum actores et qui rei publicae mandatas causas agebant,

Fest. p. 198 Müll.:

bonum aequumque oras,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 151:

talibus orabat Juno,

Verg. A. 10, 96.—

In partic.

To treat, argue, plead (as an ambassador, advocate, etc.; class., but very rare; cf.

ago): REM VBI PAGVNT ORATO, Fragm. XII. Tab.: matronis ipsis, quae raptae erant, orantibus,

i. e. at their mediation, Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:

causam capitis,

to argue, plead, id. Brut. 12, 47:

orandae litis tempus accommodare,

id. Off. 3, 10, 43:

si causa oranda esset,

Liv. 39, 40, 6:

causas melius,

Verg. A. 6, 849:

cum eo de salute suā agit, orat atque obsecrat,

treats, speaks, Caes. B. C. 1, 22:

causam dixit et ipse pro se oravit,

plead his own cause, Liv. 39, 40, 12.—

Of oratorical speaking, eloquence (freq. in Quint.): ars orandi, the oratorical art, art of oratory, Quint. prooem. § 4; id. 2, 15, 20; 9, 4, 3:

orandi scientia,

id. 1, 10, 2:

orandi studium,

id. 9, 4, 110; 8, 6, 20.—

To pray, beg, beseech, entreat one (the predom. signif. in all periods and styles; syn.: rogo, obsecro, obtestor, supplico, precor); constr. usually with acc. of the pers. and of the thing, and with ut, ne (the less freq. constructions, v. infra).

With acc. of the pers. and of the thing:

illud te ad extremum et oro et hortor, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 46:

multa deos orans,

Verg. A. 9, 24:

aliquem libertatem,

Suet. Vesp. 16.—

With acc. of the pers. only: virginem orare, Liv. Andron. ap. Diom. p. 379 P: cum desubito me orat mulier, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 15 (Cax. v. 9 Vahl.); cf.:

socer Non orandus erat, sed vi faciendus Erechtheus,

not to be entreated, but compelled, Ov. M. 6, 701:

Lydia, dic, per omnes Te deos oro, Sy barin cur properes amando perdere,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.—

With acc. of the thing for which one asks:

gnato uxorem,

to request a wife for one's son, Ter. And. 3, 2, 48:

legati Romam missi, auxilium ad bellum orantes,

to ask assistance, Liv. 21, 6:

opem rebus affectis orantes,

id. 6, 9:

auxilia,

Tac. A. 2, 46.—

With ut: rogat oratque te Chrysogone, ut, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

te, C. Flave, oro et obtestor, ut, etc.,

id. Planc. 42, 104:

te etiam atque etiam oro, ut, etc.,

id. Att. 11, 1, 2:

hoc me a vobis orare Juppiter jussit, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Am. prol. 64.—

With subj.:

orant, ignoscamus peccatum suum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 101:

et vocet oro,

Verg. A. 11, 442:

idque sinas, oro,

Ov. P. 4, 1, 19.—

With ne:

rogat eos atque orat, ne, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

quod te, Aesculapi, et te, Salus, ne quid sit hujus, oro,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 3.—

With the imper.:

absiste inceptis, oro,

Sil. 11, 336.— With imper. and acc. of person, Verg. A. 2, 143; 4, 319; 10, 61 and 905.—

With inf. or an object-clause:

jampridem a me illos abducere Thestylis orat,

Verg. E. 2, 43; id. A. 6, 313; 9, 231; Tac. A. 6, 2; 12, 9:

vel Aegypti praefecturam concedi sibi oraret,

Suet. Ner. 47.—

With ab and abl. of a person, followed by ut or ne:

primum hoc abs te oro, ni me inexorabilem faxis,

Pac. Tr. 122:

oravitque a suis, ut, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 7:

oratus ab Artorio, ne in castris remaneret,

Vell. 2, 70, 1.—

With cum aliquo: quod tecum pater orat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Ann. v. 20 Vahl.):

si is mecum oraret,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 15:

tecum oro et quaeso, ut,

id. Curc. 3, 1, 62:

egi, atque oravi tecum, uxorem ut duceres,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 64; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 22; cited above, II. A.—

With pro and the abl.:

nec pro civibus se orare, sed pro, etc.,

Just. 11, 4, 4:

ut Octavius orandus sit pro salute cujusquam civis,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 2; cf.:

ut pro illā ores, ut sit propitius (deus),

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 38.—

Oro te, I pray thee, prithee, parenthetically, a formula of politeness (cf. quaeso):

dic. oro te, clarius,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 1; Liv. 5, 5, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 16, 3.—

To pray, to supplicate God (eccl. Lat.); act.:

oravit Dominum,

Vulg. Judic. 13, 8:

orationem quam orat,

id. 3 Reg. 8, 29; id. 2 Par. 6, 21:

filios, id. Job, 19, 17: Deum,

id. Ecclus. 50, 24:

orationes longas,

id. Matt. 23, 14.—More often neutr.:

pro te,

Vulg. Gen. 20, 7:

ut audias,

id. ib. 43, 20:

in loco isto,

id. 3 Reg. 8, 30:

contra viam civitatis,

id. ib. 8, 44:

ad Dominum,

id. 4 Reg. 4, 33:

cum lacrimis,

id. Tob. 3, 1:

unus orans et unus maledicens,

id. Ecclus. 34, 29:

spiritu et mente,

id. 1 Cor. 14, 15:

mulierem decalvatam orare non decet,

Ambros. in Luc. 6, § 19:

orandi gratia,

Lact. 4, 15, 20.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: ōrans, antis, m., an orator:

orantes,

Tac. Dial. 6, 6.

ōro, āvi, ātum, 1 (orassis for oraveris, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 63), v. a. and n. [1. os, to speak]:

oro ab ore,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 76 Müll.

In gen. (so obsol.):

orare antiquos dixisse pro agere testimonio est, quod oratores dicti et causarum actores et qui rei publicae mandatas causas agebant,

Fest. p. 198 Müll.:

bonum aequumque oras,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 151:

talibus orabat Juno,

Verg. A. 10, 96.—

In partic.

To treat, argue, plead (as an ambassador, advocate, etc.; class., but very rare; cf.

ago): REM VBI PAGVNT ORATO, Fragm. XII. Tab.: matronis ipsis, quae raptae erant, orantibus,

i. e. at their mediation, Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:

causam capitis,

to argue, plead, id. Brut. 12, 47:

orandae litis tempus accommodare,

id. Off. 3, 10, 43:

si causa oranda esset,

Liv. 39, 40, 6:

causas melius,

Verg. A. 6, 849:

cum eo de salute suā agit, orat atque obsecrat,

treats, speaks, Caes. B. C. 1, 22:

causam dixit et ipse pro se oravit,

plead his own cause, Liv. 39, 40, 12.—

Of oratorical speaking, eloquence (freq. in Quint.): ars orandi, the oratorical art, art of oratory, Quint. prooem. § 4; id. 2, 15, 20; 9, 4, 3:

orandi scientia,

id. 1, 10, 2:

orandi studium,

id. 9, 4, 110; 8, 6, 20.—

To pray, beg, beseech, entreat one (the predom. signif. in all periods and styles; syn.: rogo, obsecro, obtestor, supplico, precor); constr. usually with acc. of the pers. and of the thing, and with ut, ne (the less freq. constructions, v. infra).

With acc. of the pers. and of the thing:

illud te ad extremum et oro et hortor, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 46:

multa deos orans,

Verg. A. 9, 24:

aliquem libertatem,

Suet. Vesp. 16.—

With acc. of the pers. only: virginem orare, Liv. Andron. ap. Diom. p. 379 P: cum desubito me orat mulier, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 15 (Cax. v. 9 Vahl.); cf.:

socer Non orandus erat, sed vi faciendus Erechtheus,

not to be entreated, but compelled, Ov. M. 6, 701:

Lydia, dic, per omnes Te deos oro, Sy barin cur properes amando perdere,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.—

With acc. of the thing for which one asks:

gnato uxorem,

to request a wife for one's son, Ter. And. 3, 2, 48:

legati Romam missi, auxilium ad bellum orantes,

to ask assistance, Liv. 21, 6:

opem rebus affectis orantes,

id. 6, 9:

auxilia,

Tac. A. 2, 46.—

With ut: rogat oratque te Chrysogone, ut, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

te, C. Flave, oro et obtestor, ut, etc.,

id. Planc. 42, 104:

te etiam atque etiam oro, ut, etc.,

id. Att. 11, 1, 2:

hoc me a vobis orare Juppiter jussit, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Am. prol. 64.—

With subj.:

orant, ignoscamus peccatum suum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 101:

et vocet oro,

Verg. A. 11, 442:

idque sinas, oro,

Ov. P. 4, 1, 19.—

With ne:

rogat eos atque orat, ne, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

quod te, Aesculapi, et te, Salus, ne quid sit hujus, oro,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 3.—

With the imper.:

absiste inceptis, oro,

Sil. 11, 336.— With imper. and acc. of person, Verg. A. 2, 143; 4, 319; 10, 61 and 905.—

With inf. or an object-clause:

jampridem a me illos abducere Thestylis orat,

Verg. E. 2, 43; id. A. 6, 313; 9, 231; Tac. A. 6, 2; 12, 9:

vel Aegypti praefecturam concedi sibi oraret,

Suet. Ner. 47.—

With ab and abl. of a person, followed by ut or ne:

primum hoc abs te oro, ni me inexorabilem faxis,

Pac. Tr. 122:

oravitque a suis, ut, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 7:

oratus ab Artorio, ne in castris remaneret,

Vell. 2, 70, 1.—

With cum aliquo: quod tecum pater orat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Ann. v. 20 Vahl.):

si is mecum oraret,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 15:

tecum oro et quaeso, ut,

id. Curc. 3, 1, 62:

egi, atque oravi tecum, uxorem ut duceres,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 64; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 22; cited above, II. A.—

With pro and the abl.:

nec pro civibus se orare, sed pro, etc.,

Just. 11, 4, 4:

ut Octavius orandus sit pro salute cujusquam civis,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 2; cf.:

ut pro illā ores, ut sit propitius (deus),

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 38.—

Oro te, I pray thee, prithee, parenthetically, a formula of politeness (cf. quaeso):

dic. oro te, clarius,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 1; Liv. 5, 5, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 16, 3.—

To pray, to supplicate God (eccl. Lat.); act.:

oravit Dominum,

Vulg. Judic. 13, 8:

orationem quam orat,

id. 3 Reg. 8, 29; id. 2 Par. 6, 21:

filios, id. Job, 19, 17: Deum,

id. Ecclus. 50, 24:

orationes longas,

id. Matt. 23, 14.—More often neutr.:

pro te,

Vulg. Gen. 20, 7:

ut audias,

id. ib. 43, 20:

in loco isto,

id. 3 Reg. 8, 30:

contra viam civitatis,

id. ib. 8, 44:

ad Dominum,

id. 4 Reg. 4, 33:

cum lacrimis,

id. Tob. 3, 1:

unus orans et unus maledicens,

id. Ecclus. 34, 29:

spiritu et mente,

id. 1 Cor. 14, 15:

mulierem decalvatam orare non decet,

Ambros. in Luc. 6, § 19:

orandi gratia,

Lact. 4, 15, 20.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: ōrans, antis, m., an orator:

orantes,

Tac. Dial. 6, 6.