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  • 1 Haec trutina errat

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  • 2 erro

    1.
    erro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [root er-, to go; desiderative forms, erchomai (ersk-); and Lat. (ers-o) erro, to seek to reach; hence, to wander; cf. Germ. irren; Engl. err, etc., v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 546 sq.].
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Prop., to wander, to wander or stray about, to wander up and down, to rove (freq. and class.; cf.

    vagor, palor): propter te errans patria careo,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 16; cf.:

    cum vagus et exsul erraret,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    ignari hominumque locorumque Erramus vento huc et vastis fluctibus acti,

    Verg. A. 1, 333; cf. id. ib. 1, 32; 3, 200; Ov. M. 3, 175; id. F. 2, 335 et saep.:

    circum villulas nostras,

    Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3:

    pios per lucos,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 7:

    inter audaces lupus errat agnos,

    id. ib. 3, 18, 13; cf.

    of beasts,

    id. S. 1, 8, 35; id. Epod. 2, 12; Verg. E. 1, 9; 2, 21; 6, 40; id. G. 4, 11 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    male tum Libyae solis erratur in agris,

    Verg. G. 3, 249.—Prov.:

    in media luce errare,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 3.—
    b.
    Transf., of inanimate things:

    (stellae) quae errantes et quasi vagae nominantur,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 14;

    so of the planets,

    id. N. D. 2, 20; 3, 20; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 12; Vulg. Jud. 13; cf.

    of the motion of the stars in gen.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17:

    Cocytus errans flumine languido,

    id. C. 2, 14, 18; cf. Verg. G. 3, 14:

    errantesque per altum Cyaneae,

    Val. Fl. 4, 561:

    hic lintres errare videres,

    Ov. F. 2, 391:

    vidi ad frontem sparsos errare capillos,

    i. e. flying about, Prop. 2, 1, 7; cf. id. 2, 22, 9:

    errantia lumina,

    i. e. moving fitfully about, Prop. 3, 14, 27 (4, 13, 27 M.); cf. Stat. Th. 10, 150:

    pulmonibus errat Ignis edax,

    i. e. spreads, runs about, Ov. M. 9, 201 et saep.—
    2.
    Trop., to wander, stray at random: ne vagari et errare cogatur oratio, Cic. de Or., 48, 209; cf.: erraus et vaga sententia (opp. stabilis certaque), id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    eo fit, ut errem et vager latius,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

    id. Or. 23, 77:

    errans opinio (opp. stabilis conscientia),

    id. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

    dubiis affectibus errat,

    Ov. M. 8, 473:

    ne tuus erret honos,

    be in doubt, uncertain, id. F. 1, 468; cf. id. ib. 3, 543.— Poet., with a rel.-clause:

    erro, quam insistas viam,

    I am uncertain, in doubt, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 197; cf.:

    inter recens et vetus sacramentum,

    i. e. to hesitate, vacillate, Tac. H. 4, 58.—
    B.
    In partic., to miss the right way, to lose one's self, go astray (in the literal sense rarely, but in the trop. freq. and class.).
    1.
    Lit.: homo qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51:

    errare viā,

    Verg. A. 2, 739:

    maledictus qui errare facit caecum in itinere,

    Vulg. Deut. 27, 18.—
    2.
    Trop., to wander from the truth, to err, mistake:

    avius errat Saepe animus,

    Lucr. 3, 463; cf. id. 2, 740:

    totā erras viā,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14; cf.:

    in eo non tu quidem totà re, sed temporibus errasti,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 9 fin.:

    longe,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40; cf.

    procul,

    Sall. J. 85, 38 Kritz. N. cr.:

    errant probe,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 20:

    vehementer,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103:

    valde,

    id. de Or. 2, 19, 83 et saep.:

    errare malo cum Platone quam cum istis vera sentire,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; cf. id. Balb. 28, 64:

    erras, si id credis,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 53; so with si, id. Hec. 4, 4, 60; Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 5; 7, 29, 2 et saep.:

    de nostris verbis errat,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 22:

    in aliqua re,

    Quint. 6, 3, 112; 10, 2, 21; 11, 1, 81 al.:

    in alteram partem,

    id. 10, 1, 26; cf.:

    in alienos fetus,

    Liv. 31, 12, 8.—Less freq. with acc. of a neutr. pronoun:

    mone, quaeso, si quid erro,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 30; so with quid, Ter. And. 3, 2, 18; Quint. 2, 5, 16; 2, 3, 11; 2, 6, 6:

    hoc,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 21.— Poet. also with the acc. of a noun:

    errabant tempora,

    i. e. in chronology, Ov. F. 3, 155.— Pass. impers.:

    si fuit errandum,

    Ov. H. 7, 109:

    si nihil esset erratum,

    Quint. 6, 5, 7:

    si erratur in nomine,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 20 fin.; cf.:

    tutius circa priores erratur,

    Quint. 2, 5, 26:

    uno verbo esse erratum,

    id. 7, 3, 17. —Sometimes, in a palliative manner, of moral error, to err through mistake:

    pariter te errantem et illum sceleratissimum persequi,

    Sall. J. 102, 5; cf. id. ib. 104, 4. —Hence,
    b.
    errātum, i, n., an error, mistake, fault:

    illud de Flavio et fastis, si secus est, commune erratum est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 18; cf. id. ib. 13, 44 fin.:

    cujus errato nulla venia, recte facto exigua laus proponitur,

    id. Agr. 2, 2, 5; id. Fam. 5, 20, 8:

    nullum ob totius vitae non dicam vitium, sed erratum,

    id. Clu. 48; cf. id. Lig. 1; id. Sull. 23; and in plur., id. Fam. 16, 21, 2; Sall. J. 102, 10; Ov. Pont. 2, 3, 66.—
    II.
    Act. in Aug. poets (only in part. perf.), to wander over or through:

    immensum est erratas dicere terras,

    Ov. F. 4, 573:

    ager,

    id. ib. 3, 655:

    orbis,

    Val. Fl. 4, 447:

    litora,

    Verg. A. 3, 690.
    2.
    erro, ōnis, m. [1. erro], a wanderer, vagabond, vagrant, Tib. 2, 6, 6; Ov. H. 15, 53.—Used esp. of slaves:

    ut errones aliquem cujus dicantur invenient,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 5; Edict. Aedil. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 1; Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 14; 49, 16, 4 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 7, 113.—Of the queen-bee:

    dux,

    Col. 9, 10 fin. —Of the planets, Nigid. ap. Gell. 3, 10, 2; 14, 1, 11.— Of vagabond soldiers:

    nec nostros servire sinant errorribus agros,

    Verg. Dir. 70 Rib.

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  • 3 errō

        errō āvī, ātus, āre,    to wander, stray, rove, roam: cum vagus et exsul erraret: non certis passibus, O.: circum villulas nostras: per urbem, L.— Pass impers.: solis erratur in agris, V.—Of things: quae (stellae) errantes nominarentur, planets: Stellae sponte suā iussaene errent, H.: ubi flexibus errat Mincius, V.: pulmonibus errat Ignis edax, spreads, O.: extremus si quis super halitus errat, flutters, V.: errantibus oculis, wavering, V.: relegens errata retrorsus Litora, V.: erratas dicere terras, O.—To miss the way, lose oneself, go astray: qui erranti monstrat viam, Enn. ap. C.: errare viā, V.—Fig., to wander, stray at random: ne errare cogatur oratio: errans sententia: dubiis adfectibus errat, O.: ne tuus erret honos, be in doubt, O.—To be in error, err, mistake, go wrong, go astray: de nostris verbis, T.: totā viā, T.: non totā re, sed temporibus: procul, S.: valde: cum Platone: errare, si sperent, etc., Cs.: te errantem persequi, S.: errans in ahenos fetūs natura, producing monsters, L.: Teneo quid erret, T.: errabant tempora, in chronology, O.— Pass impers.: si fuit errandum, O.: si erratur in nomine: et in cognomine erratum sit, L.
    * * *
    I
    errare, erravi, erratus V
    wander, go astray; make a mistake, err; vacillate
    II
    truant; vagabond, wanderer

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  • 4 longus

    longus, a, um, adj. [cf. langazô, longazô], long.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    longo interjecto intervallo,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 30:

    longissima epistula,

    id. Att. 16, 11:

    Rhenus longo spatio citatus fertur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    proficisci longissimo agmine,

    id. ib. 5, 31:

    stant longis annixi hastis,

    Verg. A. 9, 229:

    umbilicus septem pedes longus,

    Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212:

    longa folia habet fere ad tres digitos,

    id. 27, 12, 86, § 110:

    ferrum autem tres longum habebat pedes,

    in length, Liv. 21, 8:

    scrobes faciemus tribus pedibus longas,

    Pall. 2, 10: longa navis, a war-ship, manof-war, on account of its shape, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 326 (Ann. v. 468 Vahl.); [p. 1077] Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 5: longus versus, the heroic hexameter, Enn. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68; Diom. p. 493 P.; Isid. Orig. 1, 38:

    longa atque insignis honorum pagina,

    Juv. 10, 57:

    sesquipede est quam tu longior,

    taller, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 58:

    longus homo, i. q. longurio,

    a tall fellow, long-shanks, Cat. 67, 47; so,

    Maura,

    Juv. 10, 223: longa manus, a long, far-reaching, mighty hand:

    an nescis longas regibus esse manus,

    Ov. H. 17, 166;

    on the contrary: attulimus longas in freta vestra manus,

    unmutilated, uninjured, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 6, 60).—
    B.
    In partic., far off, remote, distant, = longinquus (post-Aug. and very rare):

    remeans longis oris,

    Sil. 6, 628:

    longa a domo militia,

    Just. 18, 1: longas terras peragrare, Auct. Decl. Quint. 320.—
    C.
    Great, vast, spacious ( poet.):

    pontus,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 37; 3, 27, 43:

    Olympus,

    Verg. G. 3, 223:

    classemque ex aethere longo prospexit,

    id. A. 7, 288:

    caelum,

    Ov. M. 6, 64.—
    II.
    Transf., of time, long, of long duration or continuance, tedious:

    in tam longa aetate,

    Cic. de Sen. 19, 66:

    vita longior,

    id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

    horae quibus exspectabam longae videbantur,

    id. Att. 12, 5, 4:

    uno die longior mensis,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129:

    longa interjecta mora,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

    post longum tempus,

    Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 2; 9, 28, 12:

    per longum tempus,

    Suet. Ner. 57:

    vita,

    Liv. 2, 40, 6; 9, 17, 6:

    spatium (sc. temporis),

    id. 9, 18, 10:

    error,

    protracted, id. 5, 33:

    caedes,

    id. 6, 8, 7:

    longi aliorum principatus,

    Tac. H. 2, 55:

    longae pacis mala,

    Juv. 6, 292:

    bellum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 56:

    memoriam nostri longam efficere,

    Sall. C. 1, 3:

    morbus,

    Liv. 27, 23, 6; Cels. 3, 1, 1:

    longo tempore,

    after a long interval, Verg. A. 3, 309; cf.:

    longo post tempore,

    id. E. 1, 29:

    longa dies,

    length of days, a long life, Juv. 10, 265:

    longa syllaba,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 183:

    littera,

    id. Or. 48, 159:

    syllabae,

    Quint. 9, 4, 36:

    vocalis,

    id. 9, 4, 85:

    longae pretium virtutis,

    Luc. 2, 258:

    longa Lethe,

    id. 6, 769: in rebus apertissimis nimis longi sumus; Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 85:

    exordium nimis longum,

    Auct. Her. 1, 7, 11:

    longior quam oportet sermo,

    Quint. 8, 3, 53:

    nulla de morte hominis cunctatio longa est,

    Juv. 6, 221:

    quantis longa senectus plena malis,

    id. 10, 190; 14, 251.—Hence:

    longum est,

    it would take long, it would be tedious, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60, § 156:

    longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,

    id. Sest. 5, 12: experire;

    non est longum,

    id. Phil. 3, 2, 10:

    arcessere tormenta longum videbatur,

    Tac. H. 3, 71. —Ellipt., without inf., Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19: ne longum sit, ne longum faciam, not to be tedious, to speak briefly:

    ac, ne longum sit, Quirites, tabellas proferri jussimus,

    id. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

    ac ne longum fiat, videte,

    id. Leg. 2, 10, 24:

    ne longum faciam: dum tu quadrante lavatum Rex ibis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 137: longius facere, to defer or put off any longer:

    nihil opus est exemplis id facere longius,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 16; id. Leg. 1, 7, 22: nihil est mihi longius, nothing makes time seem longer to me than, i. e. I am full of impatience, can hardly wait for:

    respondit, nihil sibi longius fuisse, quam ut me viderit,

    id. Fam. 11, 27, 1; id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39;

    but: nec mihi longius quicquam est quam videre hominum voltus,

    nothing is more tedious, id. Rab. Post. 12, 35: in longum, long, for a long time:

    nec in longum dilata res,

    Liv. 5, 16:

    in longum dilata conclusio,

    drawn out tediously, Quint. 8, 2, 22:

    causando nostros in longum ducis amores,

    Verg. E. 9, 56:

    otium ejus rei haud in longum paravit,

    Tac. A. 3, 27; 11, 20:

    in longum sufficere,

    id. H. 4, 22:

    odia in longum jaciens, ia. A. 1, 69: nec in longius consultans,

    id. H. 2, 95: per longum, for a long time:

    per longum celata fames,

    Sil. 2, 465: ex longo, for a long time back:

    collecta fatigat edendi Ex longo rabies,

    Verg. A. 9, 64: longa spes, that looks far ahead, reaching far into futurity:

    vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; Stat. Th. 1, 322.—Of persons, prolix, tedious:

    nolo esse longus,

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

    in verbis nimius et compositione nonnumquam longior,

    Quint. 10, 1, 118:

    (testis) longus protrahi potest,

    id. 5, 7, 26:

    longus spe ( = tardus et difficilis ad sperandum),

    slow to hope, Hor. A. P. 172.— Hence, adv., in three forms.
    A.
    Form longē, long, in length.
    1.
    Lit., a long way off, far, far off, at a distance, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95: ab eo oppido non longe fanum est Junonis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103:

    longe absum, audio sero,

    id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

    quam longe est hinc in saltum Gallicanum,

    id. Quint. 25, 79:

    longe mihi obviam processerunt,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65: longe lateque collucere, in length and breadth, i. e. far and wide, everywhere, id. N D. 2, 15, 40:

    Di vim suam longe lateque dmundunt,

    id. Div. 1, 36, 79:

    longe gradi,

    to take long steps, Verg. A. 10, 572:

    Vercingetorix locum castris delegit ab Avarico longe millia passuum XVI.,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 16:

    Rhenum non longe a mari transire,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 1:

    tu autem abes longe gentium,

    Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1; cf. id. Fam. 12, 22, 2.— Comp.:

    fontes longius a praesidiis aberant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5:

    longius non discedam,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 2 fin.:

    longius meare,

    Col. 9, 8, 9.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, long, for a long period (but, acc. to some, not in positive; and the foll. passages are to be understood locally; v. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 5, 406; 10, 317):

    longe prospicere futuros casus,

    Cic. Lael. 12, 40:

    stupet Dares, longeque recusat,

    Verg. A. 5, 406:

    nec longe,

    id. ib. 10, 317:

    quae venientia longe ante videris,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29.— Comp.:

    Varro vitam Naevii producit longius,

    Cic. Brut. 15, 60:

    paulo longius tolerare,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

    longius anno remanere,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 7; Nep. Att. 2, 4; Sall. C. 29, 1.— Sup.: quamdudum in portum venis huc? Ep. Longissime, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 24:

    quid longissime meministi in patria tua,

    id. Men. 5, 9, 52:

    quoad longissime potest mens mea respicere,

    Cic. Arch. 1, 1.—
    b.
    Of speech, long, at length, diffusely:

    haec dixi longius quam instituta ratio postulabat,

    Cic. Or. 48, 162:

    longius aliquid circumducere,

    Quint. 10, 2, 17.—
    c.
    Longe esse, abesse.
    (α).
    To be far away, i. e. to be of no assistance, of no avail:

    longe iis fraternum nomen populi Romani afuturum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

    longe illi dea mater erit,

    Verg. A. 12, 52:

    quam tibi nunc longe regnum dotale Creusae,

    Ov. H. 12, 53:

    longe conjugia, ac longe Tyrios hymenaeos Inter Dardanias acies fore,

    Sil. 17, 80; Petr. 58.—
    (β).
    Longe esse ab aliqua re, to be far from, i. e. destitute of a thing:

    ut ab eloquentia longissime fuerint,

    Quint. 8 prooem. § 3.—
    d.
    Widely, greatly, much, very much, by far; esp. with sup. and ( poet. and post-Aug. = multo) comp.:

    errat longe,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40:

    longe ante videre,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 14; Liv. 1, 19, 12:

    longe melior,

    Verg. A. 9, 556:

    minor,

    Liv. 24, 28, 5:

    longe acrius,

    Tac. A. 4, 40:

    praestantior,

    Curt. 10, 3, 10; Suet. Calig. 5; Quint. 10, 1, 67:

    tumultuosior,

    Vell. 2, 74:

    proelium longe magis prosperum,

    id. 2, 51:

    longe omnium longissima est,

    Plaut. Most. 8, 3, 8:

    longe nobilissimus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

    longe doctissimus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 3:

    longe plurimum ingenio valuisse videtur,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 35:

    longe princeps,

    id. Fam. 13, 13:

    longe praestare,

    id. Brut. 64, 230:

    ceteris antecellere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

    anteponere alicui rei aliquid,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 98:

    dissentire,

    id. Lael. 9, 32 init.:

    quod longe secus est,

    id. ib. 9, 29 fin.:

    longe aliter se habet ac,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    longe dissimilis contentio,

    id. Sull. 17, 49:

    longe ante alias specie insignis,

    Liv. 1, 9:

    sciunt longe aliud esse virgines rapere, aliud pugnare cum viris,

    id. 1, 12, 8:

    longe mihi alia mens est,

    Sall. C. 52, 2:

    a quo mea longissime ratio... abhorrebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10:

    longissime diversa ratio est,

    id. Phil. 5, 18, 49:

    (istae facultates) longe sunt diversae,

    id. de Or. 1, 49, 215:

    longe omnes multumque superare,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:

    longe et multum antecellere,

    id. Mur. 13, 29.—Repeated:

    plurimum et longe longeque plurimum tribuere honestati,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 68:

    sed longe cunctis longeque potentior illa,

    Ov. M. 4, 325; so Gell. 14, 1.—
    e.
    In post-class. Lat. = valde:

    longe gravis,

    Stat. Th. 10, 140:

    longe opulentus,

    App. M. 1, p. 112, 1:

    par studiis aevique modis sed robore longe (sc. impar),

    far from equal, Stat. Achill. 1, 176.—
    * B.
    Form longĭter, far:

    non, ut opinor, id a leto jam longiter errat,

    Lucr. 3, 676.—
    C.
    Form longum, long, a long while ( poet.):

    nimis longum loquor,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 40:

    nimis diu et longam loquor,

    id. Ps. 2, 3, 21:

    nec longum laetabere,

    Verg. A. 10, 740; Ov. M. 5, 65:

    clamare,

    Hor. A. P. 459; Juv. 6, 65; Stat. Th. 7, 300; 10, 467.

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  • 5 aliquandō

        aliquandō adv.    [ali- + quando], of time, at some time or other, once; at any time, ever: quis civis meliorum partium aliquando? inlucescet aliquando ille dies: si aliquando esset osurus: Sero, verum aliquando tamen, but yet once: Forsitan aliquis aliquando eius modi quidpiam fecerit.—Si forte aliquando or si aliquando, if at any time, if ever, if once, if at one time, if one day: si quid huius simile forte aliquando evenerit, T.: quod si aliquando manus ista plus valuerit, etc.—Of an indefinite past, or future time, once, formerly, some day, hereafter: quam concedis adhuc artem omnino non esse, sed aliquando, etc.: aut quisquam nostri misereri potest, qui aliquando vobis hostis fuit? S.—Meton., sometimes, now and then: utilitatem aliquando cum honestate pugnare: sitne aliquando mentiri boni viri? haud semper errat fama; aliquando et elegit, Ta.—Colloq., once, for once, on this occasion, now: nostro more aliquando, non rhetorico loquamur, now in our own way: dicendum enim aliquando est, etc., I must for once say it.—In requests or wishes, at length, now at last: audite quaeso, iudices, et aliquando miseremini sociorum: ut (Iuppiter) aliquando fulmina ponat, O.—Implying delay, finally, at length, now at last: quibus (quaestionibus) finem aliquando fecit: aliquando tandem huc animum ut adiungas tuom, T.: tandem aliquando: aliquando iam, now at length.
    * * *
    sometime (or other), at any time, ever; finally; before too late; at length

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  • 6 dubius

        dubius adj.    [DVA-], moving two ways, fluctuating: fluctibus dubiis volvi coeptum est mare, L.—Fig., wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful, dubious, uncertain: animum in causā dubium facere: visi ab dubiis, quinam essent, L.: spemque metumque inter dubii, V.: dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum Quam sit, well aware how hard it is, V.: dictator minime dubius, bellum patres iussuros, L.: mentis, O.: sententiae, L.— Wavering in resolution, irresolute, undecided, hesitating: dubii confirmantur, Cs.: dubio atque haesitante Iugurthā incolumes transeunt, S.: hostibus dubiis instare, S.: spem dedit dubiae menti, V.: consilia, Ta.: quid faciat, O.: Mars errat in armis, V.— Doubted of, uncertain, doubtful, dubious, undetermined: fortuna scaenica, T.: quae dubia sint, ea sumi pro certis: haec habere dubia, to leave in question: salus: victoria, Cs.: proelia, Ta.: haud dubius rex, seu... seu..., by a clear title, L.: auctor, unknown, O.: gens dubiae ad id voluntatis, L.: lux, i. e. twilight, O.: sidera, Iu.: caelum, i. e. overcast, V.: lanugo, hardly visible, O.: sequitur annus haud dubiis consulibus, certainly known, L.: fortunam inter dubia numerare, Ta.: hora, i. e. the uncertain future, H.: dubia cena, i. e. perplexing with variety, H.: an dubium id tibi est? is it not certain? T.: ut de ipsius facto dubium esse nemini possit: hoc nemini dubium est, quid iudicarit: Iustitiā dubium validisne potentior armis, O.: haud dubiumst mihi, quin possim, etc., T.: non esse dubium, quin possent, etc., Cs.: periisse me unā haud dubiumst, T.: in dubium vocare, to call in question: non quo mihi veniat in dubium tua fides, is questioned: Dum in dubio est animus, in doubt, T.: ut in dubio poneret, utrum... an, etc., L.: sine dubio, certainly: cum te togatis omnibus sine dubio anteferret... sed, etc., doubtless... but: procul dubio, L. — Doubtful, dubious, precarious, dangerous, critical, difficult, adverse: fortuna (opp. secunda): res, S.: mons ascensu, Pr.: scire hunc lumen rebus nostris dubiis futurum, L.: dubiis ne defice rebus, our need, V.: tempora, H.: aeger, the man in danger of death, O.: Mea in dubio vitast, is in danger, T.: libertas et anima nostra in dubio est, S.: suas fortunas in dubium non devocaturum, Cs.
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    dubia, dubium ADJ
    doubtful, dubious, uncertain; variable, dangerous; critical

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  • 7 ēligō

        ēligō lēgī, lēctus, ere    [ex + 1 lego], to pluck out, root out: stirpes trunco everso eligendae sunt: herbas, Cu.—Fig., to root out: superstitionis stirpes.— To pick out, choose, elect, select, single out: iudices ex civitatibus: quemvis mediā turbā, H.: formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae, have a preference for, Ta.: a multis commodissimum quodque, from many authors: equos numero omni, V.: feras, Ta.: ad minima malorum eligenda: urbi condendae locum, L.: utrum velis factum esse necne: fictum Esse Iovem malis, an, etc., O.: haud semper errat fama, aliquando et elegit, i. e. makes a true selection, Ta.
    * * *
    eligere, elegi, electus V
    pick out, choose

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  • 8 longē

        longē adv. with comp. and sup.    [longus], a long way off, far, far off, at a distance: ab eo oppido non longe fanum est: longe absum: longe lateque conlucere, far and wide: longe gradi, take long steps, V.: Rhenum non longe a mari transire, Cs.: longius prodire, Cs.: fontes longius a praesidiis aberant, Cs.: a cultu provinciae longissime absunt, Cs.— Away, distant: tria milia passuum longe ab castris, Cs.: minus V et XX milibus longe ab Uticā, Cs.—Fig., far away, out of reach, of no avail: longe iis fraternum nomen populi R. afuturum, Cs.: Longe illi dea mater erit, V.: Quam tibi nunc longe regnum dotale Creüsae, O.— Long, for a long period: longe prospicere futuros casūs: stupet Dares, longeque recusat, V.: Varro vitam Naevi producit longius: longius anno remanere, Cs.: longissime respicere: haec dixi longius quam, etc., at greater length.—Widely, greatly, much, very much, by far: errat, T.: nobilissimus, Cs.: doctissimus, H.: longe plurimum ingenio valuisse videtur: quod longe secus est: dissimilis contentio: longe mihi alia mens est, S.: longissime diversa ratio est: longe omnīs multumque superare: Sed longe cunctis longeque potentior illa, O.: longe melior, V.: minor, L.
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    longius, longissime ADV
    far (off), distant, a long way; by far; for a long while, far (in future/past)

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  • 9 nam

        nam conj.    [GNA-].    I. Introducing an explanation, for (in prose beginning the sentence, except when enclitic with an interrog. word): is pagus appellabatur Tigurinus, nam civitas in pagos divisa est, Cs.: Pauca... Expediam dictis; prohibent nam cetera Parcae Scire, V.: Belua multorum es capitum; nam quid sequar? H.—Introducing a parenthesis, for certainly, but: colenda iustitia est, cum ipsa per sese (nam aliter iustitia non esset), tum, etc.—Resuming the thought after a parenthesis: simul atque cognovit (audi, audi, atque attende...), nam simul ac me audivit, etc. —With illud or quod, introducing a minor consideration or an exception, for, but: bene, quod Mens, Fides consecratur... nam illud vitiosum Athenis, quod fecerunt Contumeliae fanum.—Introducing an example or illustration, for example, for instance: sed vivo Catone multi oratores floruerunt. Nam et A. Albinus... Nam Q. Metellus, etc.—    II. Introducing a reason, for, seeing that, inasmuch as: celebratote illos dies; nam multi saepe honores dis inmortalibus iusti habiti sunt, sed, etc.: alias urbīs condidere... nam de Carthagine silere melius puto quam parum dicere, S.: una domus erat... nam quid ego de studiis dicam cognoscendi semper aliquid, etc.: Iuppiter, hospitibus nam te dare iura loquuntur, V.: Mercuri (nam te docilis magistro Movit Amphion lapides canendo), etc., H.—In replies, introducing the reason for an implied answer, for, for assuredly, certainly: Sa. tamen tibi a me nullast orta iniuria... Ae. Nam hercle etiam hoc restat, i. e. (not yet); for that is to come hereafter, T.: nos hunc Heracliensem... de nostrā civitate eiciemus? Nam si quis putat... vehementer errat.—In a rhetorical climax, with ne... quidem: in corpora ipsorum, in liberos contumeliae editae. Nam avaritia ne sacrorum quidem spoliatione abstinuit, nay... not even, L.—In eager questions, beginning a clause, why?: Nam quae haec anus est, exanimata a fratre quae egressa'st meo? T.—As enclitic with an interrogative: quisnam igitur tuebitur P. Scipionis memoriam mortui?: in incerto habuere, quidnam consili caperent, S.: num nam haec audivit? T.: quis est nam ludus in undis, V.
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    for, on the other hand; for instance

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  • 10 pūlmō

        pūlmō ōnis, m, πλεύμων, a lung: tauri: e molli sanguis pulmone remissus, O.: columbae, Iu. — Plur, the lungs: loqui, quod fieri nec sine pulmorum vi potest: pulmonibus errat Ignis imis, O.
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    lungs (sg. or pl.)

    pulmo marinus -- lung-like marine creature, kind of jellyfish

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  • 11 sententia

        sententia ae, f    [SENT-], a way of thinking, opinion, judgment, sentiment, thought, notion, purpose, determination, decision, will, desire: de hac re eius sententia, T.: sententiae atque opinionis meae volui esse participes: adhuc in hac sum sententiā, ut, etc.: variis dictis sententiis, quarum pars censebant, etc., Cs.: locos ac sententias huius disputationis tradere, extracts and leading thoughts: si honestatem tueri ac retinere sententia est, if one's purpose be: stat sententia tradere, etc., she is resolved, O.: sic stat sententia, O.: de cognatorum sententiā manu missi, according to the wish: de omnium sententiā pronuntiatum, unanimously: quod quem umquam de suā sententiā facere ausum? on his own responsibility, L.—Prov.: Quot homines, tot sententiae, many men, many minds, T.—Abl. with pron poss. or genit.: errat longe meā quidem sententiā, in my judgment, T.— With ex: Istuc tibi ex sententiā tuā obtigisse laetor, to your satisfaction, T.: ex meā sententiā rem p. gessimus, as I wished: evenisse ex sententiā? satisfactorily, T.: ex sententiā navigasse, prosperously.—Esp., in taking an oath: (maiores) iurare ex sui animi sententiā quemque voluerunt, to the best of his knowledge and belief, i. e. conscientiously: ex mei animi sententiā, inquit, ut non deseram, etc., without mental reservation, L.: Ex tui animi sententiā tu uxorem habes? Non hercule, inquit, ex mei animi sententiā, in all sincerity...? no, not to suit me.—An official determination, decision, sentence, judgment, vote: quos priores sententiam rogabat: factum est senatūs consultum in meam sententiam: decerni cunctis sententiis, unanimously: victos paucis sententiis, by a small majority, L.: meae partes exquirendae magis sententiae quam dandae sunt, i. e. my office is to put the question rather than to vote, L.: in eam sententiam ire, to support the resolution, L.: omnibus sententiis absolvi (in a conference of judges): sententiam dicere, pronounce judgment. —Sense, meaning, intent, signification, idea, notion: oratione quam sententiā lenior, in language than in meaning: quod dicitur habet hanc, ut opinor, sententiam: cuius praecepti tanta vis, tanta sententia est, ut, etc., such depth of meaning.—A thought expressed, sentence, period: dum de singulis sententiis breviter disputo: Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia, etc., H.— An aphorism, apophthegm, maxim, axiom, saying: selectae brevesque sententiae: sapientibus sententiis ornata oratio.
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    opinion, feeling, way of thinking; thought, meaning, sentence/period; purpose

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  • 12 vidēlicet

        vidēlicet adv.    [for videre licet], one may see, it is evident, clearly, obviously, plainly, evidently, manifestly, naturally, of course: hic de nostris verbis errat videlicet, Quae hic sumus locuti, T.: nihil dolo factum... Iugurthae, cui videlicet speculanti iter suum cognitum esset, S.: quid metuebant? vim videlicet.—In an ironical explanation, it is very plain, of course, forsooth: tuus videlicet salutaris consulatus, perniciosus meus: censuit pecunias eorum publicandas, videlicet timens, ne, etc., S.—As an explanatory particle, to wit, namely, of course: caste iubet lex adire ad deos, animo videlicet.
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    one may see; clearly, evidently

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  • 13 adfectus

    1.
    affectus ( adf-), a, um, P. a., nom. afficio.
    2.
    affectus ( adf-), ūs, m. [afficio].
    I.
    A state of body, and esp. of mind produced in one by some influence (cf. affectio, I.), a state or disposition of mind, affection, mood: adfectuum duae sunt species: alteram Graeci pathos vocant, alteram êthos, Quint. 6, 2, 8:

    qualis cujusque animi adfectus esset, talem esse hominem,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 47:

    dubiis adfectibus errat,

    Ov. M. 8, 473:

    mentis,

    id. Tr. 4, 3, 32:

    animi,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 8:

    diversos adfectus exprimere, flentis et gaudentis,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, n. 10:

    adfectu concitati,

    Quint. 6, 2, 8:

    adfectus dulciores,

    id. 10, 1, 101; 1, 11, 2; 6, 1, 7 al.—Of the body:

    supersunt alii corporis adfectus,

    Cels. 3, 18; 2, 15.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Love, desire, fondness, good-will, compassion, sympathy (postAug.):

    opes atque inopiam pari adfectu concupiscunt,

    Tac. Agr. 30:

    si res ampla domi similisque affectibus esset,

    Juv. 12, 10:

    parentis,

    Suet. Tit. 8:

    adfectu jura corrumpere,

    Quint. Decl. 6, 11.—
    B.
    In Lucan and in later prose, meton. for the beloved objects, the dear or loved ones (in plur.; cf.

    adfectio, II. C.): tenuit nostros Lesbos adfectus,

    Luc. Phars. 8, 132: milites, quorum adfectus ( wives and children) in Albano monte erant, Capitol. Maxim. 23; id. Anton. Phil. 24; hence, adfectus publici, the judges as representatives of the people, Quint. Decl. 2, 17 al.—
    C.
    In Seneca and Pliny, low, ignoble passion or desire:

    adfectus sunt motus animi improbabiles subiti et concitati,

    Sen. Ep. 75; Plin. Pan. 79, 3.—
    D.
    In the Latin of the Pandects, ability of willing, will, volition (cf. affectio, II. D.):

    hoc edicto neque pupillum, neque furiosum teneri constat, quia adfectu carent,

    Dig. 43, 4, 1; 44, 7, 54; 3, 5, 19, § 2 al.

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  • 14 affectus

    1.
    affectus ( adf-), a, um, P. a., nom. afficio.
    2.
    affectus ( adf-), ūs, m. [afficio].
    I.
    A state of body, and esp. of mind produced in one by some influence (cf. affectio, I.), a state or disposition of mind, affection, mood: adfectuum duae sunt species: alteram Graeci pathos vocant, alteram êthos, Quint. 6, 2, 8:

    qualis cujusque animi adfectus esset, talem esse hominem,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 47:

    dubiis adfectibus errat,

    Ov. M. 8, 473:

    mentis,

    id. Tr. 4, 3, 32:

    animi,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 8:

    diversos adfectus exprimere, flentis et gaudentis,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, n. 10:

    adfectu concitati,

    Quint. 6, 2, 8:

    adfectus dulciores,

    id. 10, 1, 101; 1, 11, 2; 6, 1, 7 al.—Of the body:

    supersunt alii corporis adfectus,

    Cels. 3, 18; 2, 15.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Love, desire, fondness, good-will, compassion, sympathy (postAug.):

    opes atque inopiam pari adfectu concupiscunt,

    Tac. Agr. 30:

    si res ampla domi similisque affectibus esset,

    Juv. 12, 10:

    parentis,

    Suet. Tit. 8:

    adfectu jura corrumpere,

    Quint. Decl. 6, 11.—
    B.
    In Lucan and in later prose, meton. for the beloved objects, the dear or loved ones (in plur.; cf.

    adfectio, II. C.): tenuit nostros Lesbos adfectus,

    Luc. Phars. 8, 132: milites, quorum adfectus ( wives and children) in Albano monte erant, Capitol. Maxim. 23; id. Anton. Phil. 24; hence, adfectus publici, the judges as representatives of the people, Quint. Decl. 2, 17 al.—
    C.
    In Seneca and Pliny, low, ignoble passion or desire:

    adfectus sunt motus animi improbabiles subiti et concitati,

    Sen. Ep. 75; Plin. Pan. 79, 3.—
    D.
    In the Latin of the Pandects, ability of willing, will, volition (cf. affectio, II. D.):

    hoc edicto neque pupillum, neque furiosum teneri constat, quia adfectu carent,

    Dig. 43, 4, 1; 44, 7, 54; 3, 5, 19, § 2 al.

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  • 15 aliquando

    ălĭquandŏ, temp. adv. [aliquis; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 856, regards the affix in this word and in quando as from an earlier -da = dies].
    I.
    A.. In opp. to a definite, fixed point of time, at some time or other, once; at any time, ever (i. e. at an indefinite, undetermined time, of the past, present, and future; mostly in affirmative clauses, while umquam is only used of past and future time, and in negative clauses or those implying doubt; cf. Beier ad Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51).—Of the past: neque ego umquam fuisse tale monstrum in terris ullum puto: quis clarioribus viris quodam tempore jucundior? quis turpioribus conjunctior: quis civis meliorum partium aliquando? Cic. Cael. 5, 12:

    Ad quem angelorum dixit aliquando, Sede etc.,

    Vulg. Heb. 1, 13.—Of the future:

    erit illud profecto tempus et illucescet aliquando ille dies, etc.,

    Cic. Mil. 26, 69:

    cave, ne aliquando peccato consentias,

    Vulg. Tob. 4, 6:

    huic utinam aliquando gratiam referre possimus! Habebimus quidem semper,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 4:

    ne posset aliquando ad bellum faciendum locus ipse adhortari,

    id. Off. 1, 11, 35.—Of the present: de rationibus et de controversiis societatis vult dijudicari. Sero: verum aliquando tamen, but yet once, in opp. to not at all, never, Cic. Quint. 13, 43.—
    B.
    With non, nec (eccl. Lat.):

    non peccabitis aliquando,

    Vulg. 2 Pet. 1, 10:

    nec aliquando defuit quidquam iis,

    ib. 1 Reg. 25, 7; 25, 15; ib. Dan. 14, 6; ib 1 Thess. 2, 5.—
    C.
    In connection with ullus, and oftener, esp. in Cic., with aliquis:

    quaerere ea num vel e Philone vel ex ullo Academico audivisset aliquando,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11: Forsitan aliquis aliquando ejusmodi quidpiam fecerit. id. Verr. 2, 32, 78;

    ego quia dico aliquid aliquando, et quia, ut fit, in multis exit aliquando aliquid, etc.,

    id. Planc 14, 35;

    non despero fore aliquem aliquando,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 95:

    docendo etiam aliquid aliquando,

    id. Or. 42, 144:

    Nam aut erit hic aliquid aliquando, etc.,

    id. Fam. 7, 11, 2.—So with quisquis:

    nec quidquam aliquando periit,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 25, 15; 25, 7.—
    D.
    Si forte aliquando or si aliquando, if at any time, if ever; or of a distant, but undefined, point of time, if once, at one time, or one day:

    si quid hujus simile forte aliquando evenerit,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 40:

    quod si aliquando manus ista plus valuerit quam vestra ac rei publicae dignitas, etc.,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 20: ampla domus dedecori saepe domino fit, et maxime si aliquando alio domino solita est frequentari, once, i. e. at a former time, id. Off. 1, 39, 139.—
    E.
    It is often used (opp.: in praesentiā, nunc, adhuc) of an indefinite, past, or future time = olim, quondam, once, formerly; in future time, hereafter:

    quod sit in praesentiā de honestate delibatum, virtute aliquando et industriā recuperetur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 174:

    aliquando nobis libertatis tempus fuisse, quod pacis vobiscum non fuerit: nunc certe, etc., Liv 25, 29: Iol ad mare, aliquando ignobilis, nunc illustris,

    Mel. 1, 6:

    Qui aliquando non populus, nunc autem populus Dei,

    Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 10; ib. Philem. 11:

    quam concedis adhuc artem omnino non esse, sed aliquando, etc.,

    Cic. de Or 1, 58, 246.—Sometimes the point of time in contrast can be determined only from the context:

    quaerere num e Philone audivisset aliquando,

    Cic. Ac. Pr. 2, 4, 11:

    veritus sum deesse Pompeii saluti, cum ille aliquando non defuisset meae,

    id. Fam. 6, 6, 10:

    aut quisquam nostri misereri potest, qui aliquando vobis hostis fuit?

    Sall. J. 14, 17:

    Zacynthus aliquando appellata Hyrie,

    Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54; Plin. Ep. 6, 10:

    quae aliquando viderat,

    Vulg. Gen. 42, 9; ib. 1 Pet. 3, 20.—
    II.
    Of that which at times happens, in contrast with that which never or seldom occurs, sometimes, now and then = non numquam, interdum (opp.: numquam, raro; semper, saepe).
    A.
    Te non numquam a me alienārunt, et me aliquando immutārunt tibi, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2:

    liceret ei dicere utilitatem aliquando cum honestate pugnare,

    id. Off. 3, 3, 12:

    sitne aliquando mentiri boni viri?

    id. de Or. 3, 29, 113; Quint. 5, 13, 31:

    multa proelia et aliquando non cruenta,

    Tac. Agr. 17; Suet. Aug. 43.—
    B.
    With numquam, raro; semper, saepe, saepius, modo in another clause:

    convertit se aliquando ad timorem, numquam ad sanitatem,

    Cic. Sull. 5, 17:

    senatumque et populum numquam obscura nomina, etiam si aliquando obumbrentur,

    Tac. H. 2, 32:

    quod non saepe, atque haud scio an umquam, in aliquā parte eluceat aliquando,

    Cic. Or. 2, 7:

    raro, sed aliquando tamen, ex metu delirium nascitur,

    Cels. 3, 18; so id. 8, 4; 1 praef.:

    aliquando... semper,

    Liv. 45, 23, 8:

    aliquando fortuna, semper animo maximus,

    Vell. 2, 18: Haud semper errat fama;

    aliquando et elegit,

    Tac. Agr. 9:

    aliquando... saepe,

    Cels. 1 praef.:

    nec tamen ubique cerni, aliquando propter nubila, saepius globo terrae obstante,

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56; so Tac. A. 3, 27; id. Agr. 38.—
    C.
    In partitive clauses, twice, or even several times, like modo—modo, sometimes also alternating with non numquam or modo (so only in the post-Aug. per.), at one time... at another, now.. now:

    confirmatio aliquando totius causae est, aliquando partium,

    Quint. 5, 13, 58; Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262; Sen. Q. N. 2, 36, 2:

    aliquando emicat stella, aliquando ardores sunt, aliquando fixi et haerentes, non numquam volubiles,

    id. ib. 1, 14; cf. Suet. Calig. 52:

    Vespasianus modo in spem erectus, aliquando adversa reputabat,

    Tac. H. 2, 74; id. A. 16, 10.—
    D.
    In colloquial lang., to indicate that there is occasion for a certain thing, once, for once, on this occasion, now:

    aliquando osculando melius est, uxor, pausam fieri,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 1:

    sed si placet, sermonem alio transferamus, et nostro more aliquando, non rhetorico loquamur,

    now in our own way, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 133:

    sed ne plura: dicendum enim aliquando est, Pomponium Atticum sic amo, ut alterum fratrem,

    I must for once say it, id. Fam. 13, 1, 14.—
    E.
    In commands, exhortations, or wishes, = tandem, at length, now at last:

    audite quaeso, judices, et aliquando miseremini sociorum,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 28, 72:

    mode scribe aliquando ad nos, quid agas,

    id. Fam. 7, 12, 2:

    stulti, aliquando sapite,

    Vulg. Psa. 93, 8:

    ipse agat, ut orbatura patres aliquando fulmina ponat,

    Ov. M. 2, 391:

    Aliquando isti principes sibi populi Romani auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64; id. Verr. 4, 37, 81; Sall. J. 14, 21; Ov. M. 2, 390:

    et velim aliquando, cum erit tuum commodum, Lentulum puerum visas,

    Cic. Att. 12, 28.—Hence,
    F.
    Of that which happens after long expectation or delay, freq. in connection with tandem, finally, at length, now at last:

    quibus (quaestionibus) finem aliquando amicorum auctoritas fecit,

    Cic. Clu. 67, 191:

    (dii) placati jam vel satiati aliquando,

    id. Marcell. 6, 18:

    collegi me aliquando,

    id. Clu. 18, 51: aliquando idque sero usum loquendi populo concessi, finally. i. e. after I have for a long time spoken in another manner, id. Or. 48, 160:

    te aliquando collaudare possum, quod jam, etc.,

    id. Fam. 7, 17; Suet. Aug. 70:

    diu exspectaverant, dum retia extraherentur: aliquando extractis piscis nullus infuit,

    id. Clar. Rhet. 1.—With tandem:

    aliquando tandem huc animum ut adducas tuum,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 61:

    spes est et hunc aliquan do tandem posse consistere,

    Cic. Quint. 30, 94 tandem aliquando L. Catilinam ex urbe ejecimus, id. Cat. 2, 1:

    ut tandem aliquando timere desinam,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 18; id. Quint. 30, 94:

    servus tandem aliquando mihi a te exspectatissimas litteras reddidit,

    id. Fam. 16, 9:

    tandem aliquando refloruistis,

    Vulg. Phil. 4, 10.—With jam:

    utile esse te aliquando jam rem transigere,

    now at length Cic. Att. 1, 4.

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    antĕ (old form anti, whence antidea, antideo, antidhac; v. antea, anteeo, and antehac) [Gr. anti, over against, facing, anta, antên; Sanscr. anti = over against; Germ. ant- in Ant-wort = Goth. anda-vaurdi, an answer, anda-nahti, the night before], prep. and adv. (acc. to Max. Victor. p. 1953, as prep. with the grave accent; as adv. with the acute on the last syl.).
    I.
    Prep. with acc., before (syn.: prae, pro).
    A.
    In space, or trop. in regard to estimation, judgment, or rank (usu. only of objects at rest. while prae is used of those in motion; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 21; v. exceptions infra).
    1.
    In space:

    quem ante aedīs video,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 136:

    ante ostium Me audivit stare,

    Ter. And. 3, 1, 16; so Vulg. Lev. 1, 5:

    Ornatas paulo ante fores,

    Juv. 6, 227; so Vulg. Num. 3, 26:

    ante meum limen,

    Juv. 11, 190:

    ante suum fundum,

    Cic. Mil. 10:

    ut ante suos hortulos postridie piscarentur,

    id. Off. 3, 14, 58:

    ante sepulcrales infelix adstitit aras,

    Ov. M. 8, 480; so Verg. A. 1, 344; 3, 545; Juv. 10, 268:

    ante altaria,

    id. 8, 155; so Vulg. Deut. 26, 4; ib. Matt. 5, 24. —Of persons:

    ante hosce deos erant arulae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3:

    quīs ante ora patrum contigit oppetere,

    Verg. A. 1, 95; id. G. 4, 477:

    ipsius unam (navem) ante oculos pontus in puppim ferit,

    id. A. 1, 114; 2, 531; 2, 773:

    ante se statuit funditores,

    Liv. 42, 58:

    Flos Asiae ante ipsum,

    Juv. 5, 56; Vulg. Matt. 17, 2:

    si luditur alea pernox Ante Numantinos,

    Juv. 8, 11.— Trop.:

    ante oculos collocata,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 192:

    ante oculos errat domus,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 57: [p. 128] causam ante eum diceret, before him as judge, Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    donec stet ante judicium,

    Vulg. Josh. 20, 6; ib. Marc. 13, 9.—And in eccl. Lat., after the Heb. and Hel. Gr., before, in the sight of, in the judgment of:

    ante Dominum vilior fiam,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 21 sq.:

    non te justifices ante Deum,

    ib. Eccli. 7, 5:

    justi ambo ante Deum,

    ib. Luc. 1, 6;

    and fully: fecit Asa rectum ante conspectum Domini,

    ib. 3 Reg. 15, 11; ib. Apoc. 12, 10.—Hence, homines ante pedes (in later Lat.), servants; cf. the annotators upon Juv. 7, 143.—With verbs of motion:

    ante me ito,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 70:

    equitatum omnem ante se mittit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    ante ceteras cohortes extra aciem procurrere,

    id. B. C. 1, 55:

    praecurrit ante omnes,

    id. ib. 2, 34; so Nep. Dat. 3, 2; Liv. 7, 41; 45, 40 al.; Vulg. Lev. 27, 11; ib. 1 Reg. 12, 2.—
    2.
    Trop. of preference in judgment, or regulations in respect to rank, before (this is properly the signification of prae, q. v.; hence more rare than that, and never used by Cic.): quem ante me diligo, before myself, more than myself, Balbus ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15.—So ante aliquem esse, to surpass, excel any one:

    facundiā Graecos, gloriā belli Gallos ante Romanos fuisse,

    Sall. C. 53, 3, ubi v. Corte and Kritz:

    tum me vero et ante Alexandrum et ante Pyrrhum et ante omnes alios imperatores esse,

    superior to, Liv. 35, 14:

    necessitas ante rationem est,

    necessity knows no law, Curt. 7, 7, 10.—Hence very freq. (but mostly poet. and post-class.),
    a.
    Ante alios, ante omnes, ante ceteros, etc., before others, before all, etc., to designate a comparative relation;

    also sometimes, for the sake of emphasis, with comparatives and superlatives: tibi, Neptune, ante alios deos gratias ago,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 5; so Ov. M. 10, 120:

    scito illum ante omnīs minumi mortalem preti,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 8:

    tua ante omnes experientia,

    Tac. A. 2, 76; 1, 27; Liv. 1, 9:

    Junoni ante omnīs candentis vaccae media inter cornua (pateram) fundit,

    Verg. A. 4, 59:

    Ipse est ante omnes,

    Vulg. Col. 1, 17:

    O felix una ante alias Priameïa virgo,

    Verg. A. 3, 321:

    ante omnes furor est insignis equarum,

    id. G. 3, 266:

    scelere ante alios immanior omnīs,

    id. A. 1, 347; Liv. 5, 42:

    ante alios pulcherrimus omnīs Turnus,

    Verg. A. 7, 55; so Nep. Att. 3, 3; Liv. 1, 15; cf. Rudd. II. p. 82; II. p. 101; II. p. 305.—
    b.
    Ante omnia.
    (α).
    Before all things, first of all:

    alvus ante omnia ducitur,

    Cels. 7, 30:

    oportet autem ante omnia os nudare,

    id. 8, 2:

    Ante omnia instituit, ut etc.,

    Suet. Ner. 32; id. Calig. 21:

    Ante omnia autem, fratres, etc.,

    Vulg. Jac. 5, 12; ib. 1 Petr. 4, 8.—
    (β).
    Comparatively, above all, especially, chiefty:

    publica maestitia eo ante omnia insignis, quia matronae annum, ut parentem, eum luxerunt,

    Liv. 2, 7; 7, 4:

    quae natura multis et ante omnia ursis,

    Plin. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

    dulces ante omnia Musae,

    the Muses pleasing above all things, Verg. G. 2, 475; id. E. 2, 72:

    deformem et taetrum ante omnia vultum,

    Juv. 10, 191.—
    (γ).
    In entering upon the discussion of several particulars, or in adducing arguments, first of all, in the first place (similar to ac primum quidem, kai prôton men oun; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 4, 2, 4):

    ante omnia quid sit rhetorice,

    Quint. 2, 15, 1:

    ante omnia igitur imitatio per se ipsa non sufficit,

    id. 10, 2, 4; so id. 1, 2, 9; 4, 2, 40; 4, 2, 52; 5, 13, 6; 9, 1, 23.—
    B.
    Of time.
    1.
    Before: ANTE MERIDIEM CAVSAM CONICITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 13; cf.

    Dirks. Transl. 177 sq.: ante lucem a portu me praemisisti domum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 55; so Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 259; id. Inv. 2, 4, 15; Suet. Galb. 22; Vulg. Luc. 24, 22:

    ante diem caupo sciet,

    Juv. 9, 108:

    ante brumam,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 28:

    ante noctem,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 51:

    pereundum erit ante lucernas,

    Juv. 10, 339:

    ante haec omnia,

    Vulg. Luc. 21, 12.— The designation of time is often expressed paraphrastically.
    a.
    By a person who lived at the time:

    jam ante Socratem,

    before the time of, Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 44:

    qui honos togato habitus ante me est nemini,

    before me, before my time, id. Cat. 4, 3:

    ante Jovem nulli subigebant arva coloni,

    Verg. G. 1, 125:

    vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 25:

    ante Helenam,

    id. S. 1, 3, 107:

    ante se,

    Tac. H. 1, 50:

    quod ante eum nemo,

    Suet. Caes. 26 al. —
    b.
    By other objects pertaining to a particular time: ante hoc factum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 64:

    ante has meas litteras,

    i. e. before the receipt of this letter, Cic. Fam. 13, 17:

    per hunc castissimum ante regiam injuriam sanguinem juro,

    Liv. 1, 59:

    ante mare et terras, et quod tegit omnia, caelum,

    Ov. M. 1, 5:

    ante sidus fervidum,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 27:

    ante cibum,

    id. S. 1, 10, 61, and Juv. 6, 428:

    Hoc discunt omnes ante alpha et beta,

    before their A B C, id. 14, 209:

    cur ante tubam tremor occupat artus?

    Verg. A. 11, 424:

    Tecum prius ergo voluta Haec ante tubas,

    Juv. 1, 169.—Also by the designation of the office of a person:

    ante aedilitatem meam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 17:

    ante sceptrum Dictaei regis,

    Verg. G. 2, 536:

    ante imperium ducis,

    Flor. 4, 2, 66:

    relictis multis filiis et in regno et ante regnum susceptis,

    Just. 2, 10.—And by the designation of office in app. to the person:

    mortuus est ante istum praetorem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 45, 115:

    docuerant fabulas ante hos consules,

    id. Brut. 18, 73:

    cum ante illum imperatorem clipeis uterentur,

    Nep. Iphicr. 1, 3:

    quos ante se imperatorem nemo ausus sit aspicere,

    id. Epam. 8, 3.—A part. perf. or fut. pass. is freq. added to such substantives for the sake of explanation:

    ante hanc urbem conditam,

    before the founding of this city, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7 (opp. post urbem conditam):

    non multo ante urbem captam,

    id. Div. 1, 45:

    ante Epaminondam natum,

    Nep. Epam. 10, 4:

    ante te cognitum multis orantibus opem tuli,

    Sall. J. 110, 2:

    ante decemviros creatos,

    Liv. 3, 53 al. —
    2.
    Hence particular phrases.
    a.
    Ante tempus,
    (α).
    Before the right time:

    ante tempus excitatis suis,

    Liv. 31, 36.—
    (β).
    Before the appointed, proper, or lawful time:

    factus est consul bis, primum ante tempus,

    Cic. Lael. 3:

    honores et ante tempus et quosdam novi generis cepit,

    Suet. Aug. 26:

    venisti ante tempus torquere nos?

    Vulg. Matt. 8, 29 (cf. annus, II. D.).—
    b.
    Ante diem, poet.,
    (α).
    Before the time:

    Caesaribus virtus contigit ante diem,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 184:

    ante diem vultu gressuque superbo Vicerat aequales,

    Stat. S. 2, 1, 108.—
    (β).
    Before the time destined by fate:

    filius ante diem patrios inquirit in annos,

    Ov. M. 1, 148:

    hic dolor ante diem Pandiona misit ad umbras,

    id. ib. 6, 675; id. A. A. 3, 739:

    sed misera ante diem subitoque accensa furore, etc.,

    Verg. A. 4, 697 (cf. Soph. Antig. 461: ei de tou chronou prosthen thanoumai). —
    c.
    Ante hunc diem, with a negative:

    istunc hominem numquam audivi ante hunc diem,

    never before this day, never until now, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 60; 4, 2, 7:

    neque umquam ante hunc diem,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 19; 5, 4, 23:

    Novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum ad te Q. Tubero detulit,

    Cic. Lig. 1, 1 (cf. Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 17: neque eum ante usquam conspexi prius). —
    3.
    Ante diem (abbrev. a. d.) with an ordinal number gives the date, not of the foregoing, but of the present day; e. g. ante diem quintum (a. d. V.) Kalendas Apriles, the fifth day before the calends of April. Orig. the ante belonged to Kalendas, and they said either, ante die quinto Kalendas (i. e. die quinto ante Kalendas), or ante diem quintum Kalendas; the latter phraseology became the prevailing one, and ante diem, being considered as one word, the prepp. in and ex could be prefixed; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 3, 12; Duker ad Liv. 27, 23; Rudd. II. p. 291; Madv. Gr. Suppl. I.; Drak. ad Liv. 45, 2, 12: me ante diem XIII. Kalendas Januarias principem revocandae libertatis fuisse, the thirteenth before the calends of January, i. e. the 20 th of Dec., Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 20: ante diem XII. Kalendas Novembres, the 21 st of Oct.: ante diem VI. Kalendas Novembres, the 27 th of Oct., id. Cat. 1, 3: ante diem VIII. Kalendas Decembres, the 24 th of Nov., id. Phil. 3, 8: a. d. IV. Id. Mart. (ante diem quartum Idus Martias), i. e. the 12 th of March, Liv. 40, 59: ante diem III. Non. Jan. M. Cicero natus est, i. e. on the 3 d of Jan., Gell. 15, 28 al.:

    in ante diem quartum Kal. Dec. distulit,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 8: caedem te optimatium contulisse in ante diem V. Kal. Nov., to the 28 th of Oct., id. Cat. 1, 3:

    ex ante diem VII. Id. Febr.,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1: nuntii venerant ex ante diem Non. Jun. usque ad prid. Kal. Sept., from the 3 d of June, Cic. Att. 3, 17:

    supplicatio indicta est ante diem V. Id. Oct. cum eo die in quinque dies,

    Liv. 45, 2, 12.—
    4.
    Sometimes to designate the whole time until the passing moment:

    ante id tempus et mari et terrā duces erant Lace daemonii,

    Nep. Arist. 2, 3:

    qui honos huic uni ante id tempus contigit,

    id. Timoth. 2, 3:

    invictus ante eam diem fuerat,

    Curt. 5, 3, 22.—
    5.
    Ante annos, before the destined time:

    Ante suos annos occidit,

    Ov. Am. 2, 2, 46:

    Ante annos animumque gerens curamque virilem,

    beyond his years, Verg. A. 9, 311 (cf.:

    suos annos praeterire,

    Sil. 4, 428; and:

    annos transcendere factis,

    id. 2, 348). —
    6.
    Ante hoc, for antea, antehac, belongs to the later Latin:

    ante hoc incognita,

    Luc. 6, 116:

    ante hoc domūs pars videntur,

    Tac. G. 13.
    II.
    Adv., of space and time (the latter most freq.).
    A.
    Of space, before, in front, forwards: post me erat Aegina, ante Megara, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 9:

    fluvius ab tergo, ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat,

    Liv. 27, 18; 22, 5:

    coronatus stabit et ante calix,

    Tib. 2, 5, 98:

    plena oculis et ante et retro,

    Vulg. Apoc. 4, 6.—Of motion (cf. supra, I. A. 1.):

    si aut manibus ingrediatur quis aut non ante, sed retro,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35:

    pallida Tisiphone morbos agit ante metumque,

    Verg. G. 3, 552.—
    B.
    1.. Of time, before, previously (always in reference to another past time, while ante as prep. is used in reference to the present).
    a.
    With verbs:

    nonne oportuit Praescīsse me ante,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 4:

    id te oro, ut ante eamus,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 24;

    very freq. in Cic.: quod utinam illi ante accidisset,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 14:

    quae ante acta sunt,

    id. Verr. 1, 109:

    sicut ante fecimus,

    Vulg. Jos. 8, 5; ib. Jud. 16, 20:

    fructus omnis ante actae vitae,

    Cic. Marcell. 3; so Ov. M. 12, 115, and Tac. A. 6, 16:

    apud vos ante feci mentionem,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 4:

    faciam hoc non novum, sed ab eis ante factum,

    id. Verr. 1, 55; Verg. E. 9, 63; Juv. 3, 243; 15, 320:

    illud de quo ante dixi,

    Cic. Sex. Rosc. 116:

    quos ante dixi,

    id. Off. 2, 14, 50:

    ut ante dixi,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 16; id. Mil. 45:

    quem ad modum ante dixi,

    id. Sex. Rosc. 91:

    additis, quae ante deliquerant,

    Tac. A. 6, 9:

    filium ante sublatum brevi amisit,

    id. Agr. 6; id. G. 10; id. A. 11, 7; id. H. 2, 43.—And often accomp. by jam:

    acceperam jam ante Caesaris litteras, ut etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 49; id. Marcell. 12; id. Verr. 2, 23.—Rarely accomp. by saepe.:

    ut saepe ante fecerant,

    Cic. Balb. 40; id. Rab. Post. 13.—
    b.
    Rarely with adjj.:

    non filius ante pudicus,

    Juv. 3, 111:

    quos acciverat, incertum, experiens an et ante gnavos,

    Tac. A. 14, 7.—
    c.
    Often with substt. in the abl. or acc. for a more accurate designation of time (cf. also abhinc with the abl. and acc.; in these cases ante was considered by the ancient critics as a prep., which could also govern the abl.; cf. Charis. p. 209 P.; Serv. ad Verg. E. 1, 30. The position of ante is sometimes before and sometimes after the subst., and sometimes between the numeral and the subst.):

    illos septem et multis ante saeculis Lycurgum accepimus fuisse sapientes,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7:

    etsi perpaucis ante diebus (i. e. before the departure of Theophilus, of whom mention is afterwards made) dederam Q. Mucio litteras ad te,

    id. Fam. 4, 9:

    paucis diebus ante,

    id. Phil. 2, 40:

    viginti annis ante,

    id. Lael. 12, 42:

    voverat eam annis undecim ante,

    Liv. 40, 52, 4 (cf. id. 40, 51:

    quae bello Ligustico ante annis octo vovisset): optimum erit ante annum scrobes facere,

    a year before, Col. 4, 2; Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 7:

    Tyron urbem ante annum Trojanae cladis condiderunt,

    a year before the fall of Troy, Just. 18, 3, 5:

    ante quadriennium amissus es,

    four years previously, Tac. Agr. 45:

    aliquot ante annos,

    Suet. Caes. 12; v. id. ib. 81 al.—
    d.
    With the advv. multo, paulo, aliquanto, tanto, quanto, and rarely permultum:

    multo ante prospexi tempestatem futuram,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:

    haud multo ante adventum,

    Tac. Agr. 18.—And in the order ante multo:

    ante multo a te didicerimus,

    Cic. Sen. 2, 6:

    Venisti paulo ante in senatum,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 16; id. Marcell. 7; id. Mil. 7; Tac. G. 41; id. H. 3, 68; Suet. Caes. 21; Vulg. Sap. 15, 8; ib. 2 Macc. 3, 30;

    6, 29 et saep.—And in the order ante paulo: quae ante paulo perbreviter attigi,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4:

    profectus est aliquanto ante furorem Catilinae,

    id. Sull. 20, 56 bis; id. Verr. 1, 149.—And in the order ante aliquanto: ante aliquanto quam tu natus es, Cic. Fam. [p. 129] 10, 4; id. Vatin. 25; id. Verr. 2, 46:

    tanto ante praedixeras,

    id. Phil. 2, 33:

    quod si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 34; 5, 78, 89; id. Cat. 3, 17; id. de Or. 1, 7, 26; so Quint. 2, 4, 28:

    quanto ante providerit,

    Cic. Sest. 8:

    permultum ante certior factus eram litteris,

    id. Fam. 3, 11; cf. Prisc. p. 1191 P.—
    2.
    Followed by quam (written also as one word, antequam; the form prius quam was more freq. in archaic Latin), sooner than; before.
    a.
    With ind. pres.:

    ante quam doceo id factum non esse, libet mihi,

    Cic. Quinct. 48:

    ante quam ad sententiam redeo, de me pauca dicam,

    id. Cat. 4, 20; id. Mil. 7; id. Deiot. 7; id. Clu. 6.—
    b.
    With ind. perf.:

    memini Catonem anno ante quam est mortuus mecum disserere,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

    anno ipso ante quam natus est Ennius,

    id. Brut. 18, 72:

    ante aliquanto quam tu natus es,

    id. Fam. 10, 3:

    neque ante dimisit eum quam fidem dedit,

    Liv. 39, 10:

    ante quam ille est factus inimicus,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 9.—
    c.
    Rarely with fut. perf.:

    ante provinciam sibi decretam audiet quam potuerit tempus ei rei datum suspicari,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 24:

    neque defatigabor ante quam... percepero,

    id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—
    d.
    With subj. pres.:

    ante quam veniat in Pontum, litteras ad Cn. Pompeium mittet,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 53:

    hac lege ante omnia veniunt, quam gleba una ematur,

    id. ib. 2, 71; id. Sest. 15; id. Phil. 1, 1; Verg. E. 1, 60 sqq.; Vulg. Gen. 11, 4; ib. 4 Reg. 2, 9; ib. Matt. 6, 8.—
    e.
    With subj. imperf.:

    Romae et ad urbem, ante quam proficisceretur, quaerere coepit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 167:

    qui (sol) ante quam se abderet, fugientem vidit Antonium,

    id. Phil. 14, 27; 8, 1; id. Verr. 4, 147; Vulg. Gen. 2, 5; 13, 10; ib. Matt. 1, 18; ib. Joan. 8, 58.—
    f.
    With subj. perf.:

    ante vero quam sit ea res adlata, laetitiā frui satis est,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1:

    domesticum malum opprimit ante quam prospicere potueris,

    id. Verr. 1, 39; id. Sull. 44; id. Planc. 40:

    nec ante vincere desierint quam Rubro mari inclusis quod vincerent defuerit,

    Liv. 42, 52:

    nec ante (barbam capillumque) dempserit quam vindicāsset,

    Suet. Caes. 67.—
    g.
    With subj. pluperf.:

    se ante quam eam uxorem duxisset domum, sperāsse etc.,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 71:

    qui ante quam de meo adventu audire potuissent, in Macedoniam perrexi,

    Cic. Planc. 98:

    ut consul ante fieret, quam ullum alium magistratum capere licuisset,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 62; id. Quinct. 9; id. Verr. 2, 55; 2, 171.—
    h.
    With inf.:

    dici vix potest quam multa sint quae respondeatis ante fieri oportere, quam ad hanc rationem devenire,

    Cic. Quinct. 54.—
    i.
    With part.:

    armati nullum ante finem pugnae quam morientes fecerunt,

    Liv. 21, 15, 4 (on the use of these different constructions, v. Roby, §§ 1671, 1462, 1672 etc.; Draeger, Hist. Synt. II. pp. 589 sqq.;

    and esp. Fischer, Gr. § 621). —In the poets sometimes with quam before ante: Respice item quam nil ad nos anteacta vetustas Temporis aeterni fuerit, quam nascimur ante,

    Lucr. 3, 972:

    Non ego signatis quicquam mandare tabellis, Ne legat id nemo quam meus ante, velim,

    Tib. 4, 7, 8; Mart. 9, 36, 6.—Also in the poets sometimes pleon. ante—prius—quam:

    sed mihi vel tellus optem prius ima dehiscat Ante, pudor, quam te violo aut tua jura resolvo,

    Verg. A. 4, 24; so,

    prius—quam— ante: Aut prius infecto deposcit praemia cursu, Septima quam metam triverit ante rota?

    Prop. 3, 20, 25.—
    3.
    For the designation of order, foll. by tum, deinde, etc., first, in the first place (only in later Lat. for the class. primum):

    ut ante caput, deinde reliqua pars auferatur,

    Cels. 7, 29:

    et ante dicam de his, quae, etc.: tum, etc.,

    id. 5, 26:

    ante tonderi... deinde... tum, etc.,

    id. 6, 6, 8; so Plin. 34, 13, 34, § 131 dub.—
    4.
    Very rarely used as adj. (in imitation of the Greek):

    neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum,

    earlier, previous ills, Verg. A. 1, 198 (cf. tôn paros kakôn, Soph. O. T. 1423):

    ille elegit, qui recipit ante meliorem,

    Quint. Decl. 1, 14; cf. Liv. 24, 82, 5 (on this use of the adv., v. Kritz ad Sall. J. 76, 5).
    III.
    In composition.
    A.
    Of space, before, in front of, forwards: antepono, antefigo, antefero, antemitto.—
    B.
    Fig. of preference, before, above: antepono.—
    C.
    Of degree, before, above, more: antepotens, antepollens—
    D.
    In designations of time only with adjj. and advv.: antelucanus, antemeridianus, antehac, antelucio.With verbs, ante is more correctly written separately: ante actus, ante factus, ante gestus, ante paro, etc., although editions differ in this respect. V. more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 361-390, and pp. 394-402.

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    antĕ (old form anti, whence antidea, antideo, antidhac; v. antea, anteeo, and antehac) [Gr. anti, over against, facing, anta, antên; Sanscr. anti = over against; Germ. ant- in Ant-wort = Goth. anda-vaurdi, an answer, anda-nahti, the night before], prep. and adv. (acc. to Max. Victor. p. 1953, as prep. with the grave accent; as adv. with the acute on the last syl.).
    I.
    Prep. with acc., before (syn.: prae, pro).
    A.
    In space, or trop. in regard to estimation, judgment, or rank (usu. only of objects at rest. while prae is used of those in motion; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 21; v. exceptions infra).
    1.
    In space:

    quem ante aedīs video,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 136:

    ante ostium Me audivit stare,

    Ter. And. 3, 1, 16; so Vulg. Lev. 1, 5:

    Ornatas paulo ante fores,

    Juv. 6, 227; so Vulg. Num. 3, 26:

    ante meum limen,

    Juv. 11, 190:

    ante suum fundum,

    Cic. Mil. 10:

    ut ante suos hortulos postridie piscarentur,

    id. Off. 3, 14, 58:

    ante sepulcrales infelix adstitit aras,

    Ov. M. 8, 480; so Verg. A. 1, 344; 3, 545; Juv. 10, 268:

    ante altaria,

    id. 8, 155; so Vulg. Deut. 26, 4; ib. Matt. 5, 24. —Of persons:

    ante hosce deos erant arulae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3:

    quīs ante ora patrum contigit oppetere,

    Verg. A. 1, 95; id. G. 4, 477:

    ipsius unam (navem) ante oculos pontus in puppim ferit,

    id. A. 1, 114; 2, 531; 2, 773:

    ante se statuit funditores,

    Liv. 42, 58:

    Flos Asiae ante ipsum,

    Juv. 5, 56; Vulg. Matt. 17, 2:

    si luditur alea pernox Ante Numantinos,

    Juv. 8, 11.— Trop.:

    ante oculos collocata,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 192:

    ante oculos errat domus,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 57: [p. 128] causam ante eum diceret, before him as judge, Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 9:

    donec stet ante judicium,

    Vulg. Josh. 20, 6; ib. Marc. 13, 9.—And in eccl. Lat., after the Heb. and Hel. Gr., before, in the sight of, in the judgment of:

    ante Dominum vilior fiam,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 21 sq.:

    non te justifices ante Deum,

    ib. Eccli. 7, 5:

    justi ambo ante Deum,

    ib. Luc. 1, 6;

    and fully: fecit Asa rectum ante conspectum Domini,

    ib. 3 Reg. 15, 11; ib. Apoc. 12, 10.—Hence, homines ante pedes (in later Lat.), servants; cf. the annotators upon Juv. 7, 143.—With verbs of motion:

    ante me ito,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 70:

    equitatum omnem ante se mittit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    ante ceteras cohortes extra aciem procurrere,

    id. B. C. 1, 55:

    praecurrit ante omnes,

    id. ib. 2, 34; so Nep. Dat. 3, 2; Liv. 7, 41; 45, 40 al.; Vulg. Lev. 27, 11; ib. 1 Reg. 12, 2.—
    2.
    Trop. of preference in judgment, or regulations in respect to rank, before (this is properly the signification of prae, q. v.; hence more rare than that, and never used by Cic.): quem ante me diligo, before myself, more than myself, Balbus ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15.—So ante aliquem esse, to surpass, excel any one:

    facundiā Graecos, gloriā belli Gallos ante Romanos fuisse,

    Sall. C. 53, 3, ubi v. Corte and Kritz:

    tum me vero et ante Alexandrum et ante Pyrrhum et ante omnes alios imperatores esse,

    superior to, Liv. 35, 14:

    necessitas ante rationem est,

    necessity knows no law, Curt. 7, 7, 10.—Hence very freq. (but mostly poet. and post-class.),
    a.
    Ante alios, ante omnes, ante ceteros, etc., before others, before all, etc., to designate a comparative relation;

    also sometimes, for the sake of emphasis, with comparatives and superlatives: tibi, Neptune, ante alios deos gratias ago,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 5; so Ov. M. 10, 120:

    scito illum ante omnīs minumi mortalem preti,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 8:

    tua ante omnes experientia,

    Tac. A. 2, 76; 1, 27; Liv. 1, 9:

    Junoni ante omnīs candentis vaccae media inter cornua (pateram) fundit,

    Verg. A. 4, 59:

    Ipse est ante omnes,

    Vulg. Col. 1, 17:

    O felix una ante alias Priameïa virgo,

    Verg. A. 3, 321:

    ante omnes furor est insignis equarum,

    id. G. 3, 266:

    scelere ante alios immanior omnīs,

    id. A. 1, 347; Liv. 5, 42:

    ante alios pulcherrimus omnīs Turnus,

    Verg. A. 7, 55; so Nep. Att. 3, 3; Liv. 1, 15; cf. Rudd. II. p. 82; II. p. 101; II. p. 305.—
    b.
    Ante omnia.
    (α).
    Before all things, first of all:

    alvus ante omnia ducitur,

    Cels. 7, 30:

    oportet autem ante omnia os nudare,

    id. 8, 2:

    Ante omnia instituit, ut etc.,

    Suet. Ner. 32; id. Calig. 21:

    Ante omnia autem, fratres, etc.,

    Vulg. Jac. 5, 12; ib. 1 Petr. 4, 8.—
    (β).
    Comparatively, above all, especially, chiefty:

    publica maestitia eo ante omnia insignis, quia matronae annum, ut parentem, eum luxerunt,

    Liv. 2, 7; 7, 4:

    quae natura multis et ante omnia ursis,

    Plin. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

    dulces ante omnia Musae,

    the Muses pleasing above all things, Verg. G. 2, 475; id. E. 2, 72:

    deformem et taetrum ante omnia vultum,

    Juv. 10, 191.—
    (γ).
    In entering upon the discussion of several particulars, or in adducing arguments, first of all, in the first place (similar to ac primum quidem, kai prôton men oun; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 4, 2, 4):

    ante omnia quid sit rhetorice,

    Quint. 2, 15, 1:

    ante omnia igitur imitatio per se ipsa non sufficit,

    id. 10, 2, 4; so id. 1, 2, 9; 4, 2, 40; 4, 2, 52; 5, 13, 6; 9, 1, 23.—
    B.
    Of time.
    1.
    Before: ANTE MERIDIEM CAVSAM CONICITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 13; cf.

    Dirks. Transl. 177 sq.: ante lucem a portu me praemisisti domum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 55; so Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 259; id. Inv. 2, 4, 15; Suet. Galb. 22; Vulg. Luc. 24, 22:

    ante diem caupo sciet,

    Juv. 9, 108:

    ante brumam,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 28:

    ante noctem,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 51:

    pereundum erit ante lucernas,

    Juv. 10, 339:

    ante haec omnia,

    Vulg. Luc. 21, 12.— The designation of time is often expressed paraphrastically.
    a.
    By a person who lived at the time:

    jam ante Socratem,

    before the time of, Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 44:

    qui honos togato habitus ante me est nemini,

    before me, before my time, id. Cat. 4, 3:

    ante Jovem nulli subigebant arva coloni,

    Verg. G. 1, 125:

    vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 25:

    ante Helenam,

    id. S. 1, 3, 107:

    ante se,

    Tac. H. 1, 50:

    quod ante eum nemo,

    Suet. Caes. 26 al. —
    b.
    By other objects pertaining to a particular time: ante hoc factum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 64:

    ante has meas litteras,

    i. e. before the receipt of this letter, Cic. Fam. 13, 17:

    per hunc castissimum ante regiam injuriam sanguinem juro,

    Liv. 1, 59:

    ante mare et terras, et quod tegit omnia, caelum,

    Ov. M. 1, 5:

    ante sidus fervidum,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 27:

    ante cibum,

    id. S. 1, 10, 61, and Juv. 6, 428:

    Hoc discunt omnes ante alpha et beta,

    before their A B C, id. 14, 209:

    cur ante tubam tremor occupat artus?

    Verg. A. 11, 424:

    Tecum prius ergo voluta Haec ante tubas,

    Juv. 1, 169.—Also by the designation of the office of a person:

    ante aedilitatem meam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 17:

    ante sceptrum Dictaei regis,

    Verg. G. 2, 536:

    ante imperium ducis,

    Flor. 4, 2, 66:

    relictis multis filiis et in regno et ante regnum susceptis,

    Just. 2, 10.—And by the designation of office in app. to the person:

    mortuus est ante istum praetorem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 45, 115:

    docuerant fabulas ante hos consules,

    id. Brut. 18, 73:

    cum ante illum imperatorem clipeis uterentur,

    Nep. Iphicr. 1, 3:

    quos ante se imperatorem nemo ausus sit aspicere,

    id. Epam. 8, 3.—A part. perf. or fut. pass. is freq. added to such substantives for the sake of explanation:

    ante hanc urbem conditam,

    before the founding of this city, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7 (opp. post urbem conditam):

    non multo ante urbem captam,

    id. Div. 1, 45:

    ante Epaminondam natum,

    Nep. Epam. 10, 4:

    ante te cognitum multis orantibus opem tuli,

    Sall. J. 110, 2:

    ante decemviros creatos,

    Liv. 3, 53 al. —
    2.
    Hence particular phrases.
    a.
    Ante tempus,
    (α).
    Before the right time:

    ante tempus excitatis suis,

    Liv. 31, 36.—
    (β).
    Before the appointed, proper, or lawful time:

    factus est consul bis, primum ante tempus,

    Cic. Lael. 3:

    honores et ante tempus et quosdam novi generis cepit,

    Suet. Aug. 26:

    venisti ante tempus torquere nos?

    Vulg. Matt. 8, 29 (cf. annus, II. D.).—
    b.
    Ante diem, poet.,
    (α).
    Before the time:

    Caesaribus virtus contigit ante diem,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 184:

    ante diem vultu gressuque superbo Vicerat aequales,

    Stat. S. 2, 1, 108.—
    (β).
    Before the time destined by fate:

    filius ante diem patrios inquirit in annos,

    Ov. M. 1, 148:

    hic dolor ante diem Pandiona misit ad umbras,

    id. ib. 6, 675; id. A. A. 3, 739:

    sed misera ante diem subitoque accensa furore, etc.,

    Verg. A. 4, 697 (cf. Soph. Antig. 461: ei de tou chronou prosthen thanoumai). —
    c.
    Ante hunc diem, with a negative:

    istunc hominem numquam audivi ante hunc diem,

    never before this day, never until now, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 60; 4, 2, 7:

    neque umquam ante hunc diem,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 19; 5, 4, 23:

    Novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum ad te Q. Tubero detulit,

    Cic. Lig. 1, 1 (cf. Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 17: neque eum ante usquam conspexi prius). —
    3.
    Ante diem (abbrev. a. d.) with an ordinal number gives the date, not of the foregoing, but of the present day; e. g. ante diem quintum (a. d. V.) Kalendas Apriles, the fifth day before the calends of April. Orig. the ante belonged to Kalendas, and they said either, ante die quinto Kalendas (i. e. die quinto ante Kalendas), or ante diem quintum Kalendas; the latter phraseology became the prevailing one, and ante diem, being considered as one word, the prepp. in and ex could be prefixed; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 3, 12; Duker ad Liv. 27, 23; Rudd. II. p. 291; Madv. Gr. Suppl. I.; Drak. ad Liv. 45, 2, 12: me ante diem XIII. Kalendas Januarias principem revocandae libertatis fuisse, the thirteenth before the calends of January, i. e. the 20 th of Dec., Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 20: ante diem XII. Kalendas Novembres, the 21 st of Oct.: ante diem VI. Kalendas Novembres, the 27 th of Oct., id. Cat. 1, 3: ante diem VIII. Kalendas Decembres, the 24 th of Nov., id. Phil. 3, 8: a. d. IV. Id. Mart. (ante diem quartum Idus Martias), i. e. the 12 th of March, Liv. 40, 59: ante diem III. Non. Jan. M. Cicero natus est, i. e. on the 3 d of Jan., Gell. 15, 28 al.:

    in ante diem quartum Kal. Dec. distulit,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 8: caedem te optimatium contulisse in ante diem V. Kal. Nov., to the 28 th of Oct., id. Cat. 1, 3:

    ex ante diem VII. Id. Febr.,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1: nuntii venerant ex ante diem Non. Jun. usque ad prid. Kal. Sept., from the 3 d of June, Cic. Att. 3, 17:

    supplicatio indicta est ante diem V. Id. Oct. cum eo die in quinque dies,

    Liv. 45, 2, 12.—
    4.
    Sometimes to designate the whole time until the passing moment:

    ante id tempus et mari et terrā duces erant Lace daemonii,

    Nep. Arist. 2, 3:

    qui honos huic uni ante id tempus contigit,

    id. Timoth. 2, 3:

    invictus ante eam diem fuerat,

    Curt. 5, 3, 22.—
    5.
    Ante annos, before the destined time:

    Ante suos annos occidit,

    Ov. Am. 2, 2, 46:

    Ante annos animumque gerens curamque virilem,

    beyond his years, Verg. A. 9, 311 (cf.:

    suos annos praeterire,

    Sil. 4, 428; and:

    annos transcendere factis,

    id. 2, 348). —
    6.
    Ante hoc, for antea, antehac, belongs to the later Latin:

    ante hoc incognita,

    Luc. 6, 116:

    ante hoc domūs pars videntur,

    Tac. G. 13.
    II.
    Adv., of space and time (the latter most freq.).
    A.
    Of space, before, in front, forwards: post me erat Aegina, ante Megara, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 9:

    fluvius ab tergo, ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat,

    Liv. 27, 18; 22, 5:

    coronatus stabit et ante calix,

    Tib. 2, 5, 98:

    plena oculis et ante et retro,

    Vulg. Apoc. 4, 6.—Of motion (cf. supra, I. A. 1.):

    si aut manibus ingrediatur quis aut non ante, sed retro,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35:

    pallida Tisiphone morbos agit ante metumque,

    Verg. G. 3, 552.—
    B.
    1.. Of time, before, previously (always in reference to another past time, while ante as prep. is used in reference to the present).
    a.
    With verbs:

    nonne oportuit Praescīsse me ante,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 4:

    id te oro, ut ante eamus,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 24;

    very freq. in Cic.: quod utinam illi ante accidisset,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 14:

    quae ante acta sunt,

    id. Verr. 1, 109:

    sicut ante fecimus,

    Vulg. Jos. 8, 5; ib. Jud. 16, 20:

    fructus omnis ante actae vitae,

    Cic. Marcell. 3; so Ov. M. 12, 115, and Tac. A. 6, 16:

    apud vos ante feci mentionem,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 4:

    faciam hoc non novum, sed ab eis ante factum,

    id. Verr. 1, 55; Verg. E. 9, 63; Juv. 3, 243; 15, 320:

    illud de quo ante dixi,

    Cic. Sex. Rosc. 116:

    quos ante dixi,

    id. Off. 2, 14, 50:

    ut ante dixi,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 16; id. Mil. 45:

    quem ad modum ante dixi,

    id. Sex. Rosc. 91:

    additis, quae ante deliquerant,

    Tac. A. 6, 9:

    filium ante sublatum brevi amisit,

    id. Agr. 6; id. G. 10; id. A. 11, 7; id. H. 2, 43.—And often accomp. by jam:

    acceperam jam ante Caesaris litteras, ut etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 49; id. Marcell. 12; id. Verr. 2, 23.—Rarely accomp. by saepe.:

    ut saepe ante fecerant,

    Cic. Balb. 40; id. Rab. Post. 13.—
    b.
    Rarely with adjj.:

    non filius ante pudicus,

    Juv. 3, 111:

    quos acciverat, incertum, experiens an et ante gnavos,

    Tac. A. 14, 7.—
    c.
    Often with substt. in the abl. or acc. for a more accurate designation of time (cf. also abhinc with the abl. and acc.; in these cases ante was considered by the ancient critics as a prep., which could also govern the abl.; cf. Charis. p. 209 P.; Serv. ad Verg. E. 1, 30. The position of ante is sometimes before and sometimes after the subst., and sometimes between the numeral and the subst.):

    illos septem et multis ante saeculis Lycurgum accepimus fuisse sapientes,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7:

    etsi perpaucis ante diebus (i. e. before the departure of Theophilus, of whom mention is afterwards made) dederam Q. Mucio litteras ad te,

    id. Fam. 4, 9:

    paucis diebus ante,

    id. Phil. 2, 40:

    viginti annis ante,

    id. Lael. 12, 42:

    voverat eam annis undecim ante,

    Liv. 40, 52, 4 (cf. id. 40, 51:

    quae bello Ligustico ante annis octo vovisset): optimum erit ante annum scrobes facere,

    a year before, Col. 4, 2; Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 7:

    Tyron urbem ante annum Trojanae cladis condiderunt,

    a year before the fall of Troy, Just. 18, 3, 5:

    ante quadriennium amissus es,

    four years previously, Tac. Agr. 45:

    aliquot ante annos,

    Suet. Caes. 12; v. id. ib. 81 al.—
    d.
    With the advv. multo, paulo, aliquanto, tanto, quanto, and rarely permultum:

    multo ante prospexi tempestatem futuram,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:

    haud multo ante adventum,

    Tac. Agr. 18.—And in the order ante multo:

    ante multo a te didicerimus,

    Cic. Sen. 2, 6:

    Venisti paulo ante in senatum,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 16; id. Marcell. 7; id. Mil. 7; Tac. G. 41; id. H. 3, 68; Suet. Caes. 21; Vulg. Sap. 15, 8; ib. 2 Macc. 3, 30;

    6, 29 et saep.—And in the order ante paulo: quae ante paulo perbreviter attigi,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4:

    profectus est aliquanto ante furorem Catilinae,

    id. Sull. 20, 56 bis; id. Verr. 1, 149.—And in the order ante aliquanto: ante aliquanto quam tu natus es, Cic. Fam. [p. 129] 10, 4; id. Vatin. 25; id. Verr. 2, 46:

    tanto ante praedixeras,

    id. Phil. 2, 33:

    quod si Cleomenes non tanto ante fugisset,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 34; 5, 78, 89; id. Cat. 3, 17; id. de Or. 1, 7, 26; so Quint. 2, 4, 28:

    quanto ante providerit,

    Cic. Sest. 8:

    permultum ante certior factus eram litteris,

    id. Fam. 3, 11; cf. Prisc. p. 1191 P.—
    2.
    Followed by quam (written also as one word, antequam; the form prius quam was more freq. in archaic Latin), sooner than; before.
    a.
    With ind. pres.:

    ante quam doceo id factum non esse, libet mihi,

    Cic. Quinct. 48:

    ante quam ad sententiam redeo, de me pauca dicam,

    id. Cat. 4, 20; id. Mil. 7; id. Deiot. 7; id. Clu. 6.—
    b.
    With ind. perf.:

    memini Catonem anno ante quam est mortuus mecum disserere,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

    anno ipso ante quam natus est Ennius,

    id. Brut. 18, 72:

    ante aliquanto quam tu natus es,

    id. Fam. 10, 3:

    neque ante dimisit eum quam fidem dedit,

    Liv. 39, 10:

    ante quam ille est factus inimicus,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 9.—
    c.
    Rarely with fut. perf.:

    ante provinciam sibi decretam audiet quam potuerit tempus ei rei datum suspicari,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 24:

    neque defatigabor ante quam... percepero,

    id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—
    d.
    With subj. pres.:

    ante quam veniat in Pontum, litteras ad Cn. Pompeium mittet,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 53:

    hac lege ante omnia veniunt, quam gleba una ematur,

    id. ib. 2, 71; id. Sest. 15; id. Phil. 1, 1; Verg. E. 1, 60 sqq.; Vulg. Gen. 11, 4; ib. 4 Reg. 2, 9; ib. Matt. 6, 8.—
    e.
    With subj. imperf.:

    Romae et ad urbem, ante quam proficisceretur, quaerere coepit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 167:

    qui (sol) ante quam se abderet, fugientem vidit Antonium,

    id. Phil. 14, 27; 8, 1; id. Verr. 4, 147; Vulg. Gen. 2, 5; 13, 10; ib. Matt. 1, 18; ib. Joan. 8, 58.—
    f.
    With subj. perf.:

    ante vero quam sit ea res adlata, laetitiā frui satis est,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1:

    domesticum malum opprimit ante quam prospicere potueris,

    id. Verr. 1, 39; id. Sull. 44; id. Planc. 40:

    nec ante vincere desierint quam Rubro mari inclusis quod vincerent defuerit,

    Liv. 42, 52:

    nec ante (barbam capillumque) dempserit quam vindicāsset,

    Suet. Caes. 67.—
    g.
    With subj. pluperf.:

    se ante quam eam uxorem duxisset domum, sperāsse etc.,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 71:

    qui ante quam de meo adventu audire potuissent, in Macedoniam perrexi,

    Cic. Planc. 98:

    ut consul ante fieret, quam ullum alium magistratum capere licuisset,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 62; id. Quinct. 9; id. Verr. 2, 55; 2, 171.—
    h.
    With inf.:

    dici vix potest quam multa sint quae respondeatis ante fieri oportere, quam ad hanc rationem devenire,

    Cic. Quinct. 54.—
    i.
    With part.:

    armati nullum ante finem pugnae quam morientes fecerunt,

    Liv. 21, 15, 4 (on the use of these different constructions, v. Roby, §§ 1671, 1462, 1672 etc.; Draeger, Hist. Synt. II. pp. 589 sqq.;

    and esp. Fischer, Gr. § 621). —In the poets sometimes with quam before ante: Respice item quam nil ad nos anteacta vetustas Temporis aeterni fuerit, quam nascimur ante,

    Lucr. 3, 972:

    Non ego signatis quicquam mandare tabellis, Ne legat id nemo quam meus ante, velim,

    Tib. 4, 7, 8; Mart. 9, 36, 6.—Also in the poets sometimes pleon. ante—prius—quam:

    sed mihi vel tellus optem prius ima dehiscat Ante, pudor, quam te violo aut tua jura resolvo,

    Verg. A. 4, 24; so,

    prius—quam— ante: Aut prius infecto deposcit praemia cursu, Septima quam metam triverit ante rota?

    Prop. 3, 20, 25.—
    3.
    For the designation of order, foll. by tum, deinde, etc., first, in the first place (only in later Lat. for the class. primum):

    ut ante caput, deinde reliqua pars auferatur,

    Cels. 7, 29:

    et ante dicam de his, quae, etc.: tum, etc.,

    id. 5, 26:

    ante tonderi... deinde... tum, etc.,

    id. 6, 6, 8; so Plin. 34, 13, 34, § 131 dub.—
    4.
    Very rarely used as adj. (in imitation of the Greek):

    neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum,

    earlier, previous ills, Verg. A. 1, 198 (cf. tôn paros kakôn, Soph. O. T. 1423):

    ille elegit, qui recipit ante meliorem,

    Quint. Decl. 1, 14; cf. Liv. 24, 82, 5 (on this use of the adv., v. Kritz ad Sall. J. 76, 5).
    III.
    In composition.
    A.
    Of space, before, in front of, forwards: antepono, antefigo, antefero, antemitto.—
    B.
    Fig. of preference, before, above: antepono.—
    C.
    Of degree, before, above, more: antepotens, antepollens—
    D.
    In designations of time only with adjj. and advv.: antelucanus, antemeridianus, antehac, antelucio.With verbs, ante is more correctly written separately: ante actus, ante factus, ante gestus, ante paro, etc., although editions differ in this respect. V. more upon this word in Hand, Turs. I. pp. 361-390, and pp. 394-402.

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  • 18 auctoritas

    auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
    I.
    In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

    syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

    originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

    ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

    utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    A view, opinion, judgment:

    errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

    Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

    reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

    Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

    id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

    plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

    id. Lael. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

    auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

    Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

    cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

    jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

    ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

    his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
    C.
    Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

    si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

    verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

    id. ib. 18, 52:

    legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

    id. Phil. 3, 3:

    nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

    under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in political lang., t. t.
    a.
    Senatūs auctoritas,
    (α).
    The will of the senate:

    agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
    (β).
    A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

    Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

    id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

    responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

    id. 26, 2:

    Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

    id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

    SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

    the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
    b.
    Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

    isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

    publica,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
    c.
    Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
    D.
    Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

    qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

    Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

    videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

    id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8.—
    E.
    Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

    ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

    id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

    Vell. 2, 32:

    optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

    Suet. Caes. 11; so,

    auctoritatem habere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

    adripere,

    id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    facere,

    to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

    imminuere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

    levare,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    fructus capere auctoritatis,

    id. Sen. 18, 62:

    Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

    id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

    bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

    more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

    totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

    id. Fl. 4:

    utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

    bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

    id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

    auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

    Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

    unguentorum,

    id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

    auctoritas dignitasque formae,

    Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

    nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

    that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
    F.
    An example, pattern, model:

    omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

    id. Sest. 6, 14:

    valuit auctoritas,

    id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

    tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

    id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
    G.
    A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

    cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

    desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

    id. Fl. 22, 53:

    Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

    id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

    tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

    cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

    id. Lael. 25, 94.—
    2.
    Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
    a.
    A record, document:

    videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
    b.
    The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

    cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

    Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

    sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

    quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    H.
    Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

    lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

    usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

    id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
    J.
    In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

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  • 19 authoritas

    auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
    I.
    In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

    syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

    originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

    ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

    utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    A view, opinion, judgment:

    errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

    Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

    reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

    Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

    id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

    plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

    id. Lael. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

    auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

    Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

    cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

    jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

    ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

    his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
    C.
    Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

    si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

    verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

    id. ib. 18, 52:

    legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

    id. Phil. 3, 3:

    nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

    under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in political lang., t. t.
    a.
    Senatūs auctoritas,
    (α).
    The will of the senate:

    agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
    (β).
    A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

    Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

    id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

    responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

    id. 26, 2:

    Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

    id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

    SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

    the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
    b.
    Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

    isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

    publica,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
    c.
    Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
    D.
    Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

    qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

    Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

    videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

    id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8.—
    E.
    Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

    ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

    id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

    Vell. 2, 32:

    optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

    Suet. Caes. 11; so,

    auctoritatem habere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

    adripere,

    id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    facere,

    to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

    imminuere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

    levare,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    fructus capere auctoritatis,

    id. Sen. 18, 62:

    Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

    id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

    bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

    more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

    totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

    id. Fl. 4:

    utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

    bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

    id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

    auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

    Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

    unguentorum,

    id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

    auctoritas dignitasque formae,

    Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

    nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

    that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
    F.
    An example, pattern, model:

    omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

    id. Sest. 6, 14:

    valuit auctoritas,

    id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

    tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

    id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
    G.
    A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

    cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

    desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

    id. Fl. 22, 53:

    Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

    id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

    tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

    cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

    id. Lael. 25, 94.—
    2.
    Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
    a.
    A record, document:

    videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
    b.
    The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

    cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

    Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

    sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

    quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    H.
    Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

    lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

    usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

    id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
    J.
    In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

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  • 20 autoritas

    auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
    I.
    In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;

    syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),

    originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

    ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:

    utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    A view, opinion, judgment:

    errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,

    Cic. Clu. 50, 139:

    reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:

    Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,

    id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:

    plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,

    id. Lael. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.

    auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:

    Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:

    cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

    jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:

    ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,

    id. Att. 10, 1, 1:

    his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:

    his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
    C.
    Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:

    si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:

    verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,

    id. ib. 18, 52:

    legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,

    id. Phil. 3, 3:

    nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,

    under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
    2.
    Esp., in political lang., t. t.
    a.
    Senatūs auctoritas,
    (α).
    The will of the senate:

    agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
    (β).
    A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:

    Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

    sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109:

    Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,

    id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:

    responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,

    id. 26, 2:

    Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,

    Suet. Claud. 12:

    citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,

    id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:

    SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;

    the latter, one that is passed without opposition,

    Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
    b.
    Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:

    isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,

    publica,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
    c.
    Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
    D.
    Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:

    qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:

    Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;

    videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,

    id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,

    id. Phil. 8, 8.—
    E.
    Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):

    ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:

    id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,

    Vell. 2, 32:

    optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,

    Suet. Caes. 11; so,

    auctoritatem habere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:

    adripere,

    id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

    facere,

    to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:

    imminuere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:

    levare,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    fructus capere auctoritatis,

    id. Sen. 18, 62:

    Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?

    id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:

    bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,

    more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

    totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,

    id. Fl. 4:

    utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,

    id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:

    bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,

    id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:

    auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),

    Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:

    unguentorum,

    id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

    auctoritas dignitasque formae,

    Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:

    nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,

    that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
    F.
    An example, pattern, model:

    omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:

    memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,

    id. Sest. 6, 14:

    valuit auctoritas,

    id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:

    tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,

    id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
    G.
    A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:

    cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

    desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,

    id. Fl. 22, 53:

    Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?

    id. Div. 2, 54, 110:

    tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,

    id. ib. 2, 59, 123:

    cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,

    id. Lael. 25, 94.—
    2.
    Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
    a.
    A record, document:

    videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

    nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
    b.
    The name of a person who is security for something, authority:

    cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,

    Cic. Sull. 13, 37:

    sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:

    quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
    H.
    Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):

    lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:

    usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,

    id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
    J.
    In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > autoritas

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