erring

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

cŏ-ercĕo, cui, cĭtum, 2, v. a. [arceo], to enclose something on all sides or wholly, to hold together, to surround, encompass:

qui (mundus) omnia complexu suo coërcet et continet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58; cf. id. ib. 2, 40, 101; Ov. M. 1, 31:

quā circum Galli lorica coërcet,

where the Gallic coat of mail encloses, Lucr. 6, 954; cf.

of a band holding the hair together,

Ov. M. 1, 477; 2, 413; Hor. C. 2, 19, 19; 1, 10, 18:

est animus vitaï claustra coërcens,

holding together the bands of life, Lucr. 3, 396.—

Esp. with the access. idea of hindering free motion by surrounding; to restrain, confine, shut in, hold in confinement, repress (freq. and class.):

(amnis) nullis coërcitus ripis,

Liv. 21, 31, 11; cf. Ov. M. 1, 342:

(aqua) jubetur ab arbitro coërceri,

to be kept in, repressed, Cic. Top. 9, 39 (cf., just before, the more usual arcere, v. arceo, II.); Dig. 43, 22, 1, §§ 6 and 8;

47, 11, 10: impetum aquarum,

Curt. 8, 13, 9.—Of pruning plants:

vitem serpentem multiplici lapsu et erratico, ferro amputans coërcet ars agricolarum,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52;

so of the vine,

Col. 3, 21, 7; 4, 1, 5; Quint. 9, 4, 5; cf. id. 8, 3, 10.—Hence, sacrum (lucum), to trim, clip, Cato, R. R. 139:

quibus (operibus) intra muros coërcetur hostis,

Liv. 5, 5, 2:

(mortuos) noviens Styx interfusa coërcet,

Verg. A. 6, 439; cf.:

Tantalum atque Tantali Genus coërcet (Orcus),

Hor. C. 2, 18, 38:

carcere coërcere animalia,

Plin. 10, 50, 72, § 141:

Hypermnestra... gravibus coërcita vinclis,

Ov. H. 14, 3; cf.: eos morte, exsilio, vinclis, damno coërcent, [p. 360] Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23:

aliquem custodiā,

Dig. 41, 1, 3, § 2:

Galliae Alpibus coërcitae,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5:

miles coërcitus in tot receptis ex potestate hostium urbibus,

Liv. 36, 24, 7.— Poet.: Messapus primas acies, postrema coërcent Tyrrhidae juvenes, hold together, i. e. command, lead on, Verg. A. 9, 27.—

Trop.,

Of discourse, to keep within limits, control, confine, restrain, limit (syn.:

contineo, cohibeo): ut (nos) quasi extra ripas diffluentes coërceret,

Cic. Brut. 91, 316; cf. id. Fin. 2, 1, 3; Quint. 12, 1, 20; 9, 2, 76; 10, 4, 1;

and, the figure taken from bridling or curbing horses (cf.: frenisque coërcuit ora,

Ov. M. 5, 643; and:

spumantiaque ora coërcet,

id. ib. 6, 226):

exsultantia,

Quint. 10, 4, 1; cf. id. 10, 3, 10:

Augustus addiderat consilium coercendi intra terminos imperii,

Tac. A. 1, 11.—Of words bound by measure:

numeris verba coërcere,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 73.—But most freq.,

Morally, to hold some fault, some passion, etc., or the erring or passionate person in check, to curb, restrain, tame, correct, etc. (syn.:

contineo, cohibeo, refreno, reprimo, domo): cupiditates,

Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194; Quint. 12, 2, 28:

temeritatem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 47:

improbitatem,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 208:

rabiem gentis,

Liv. 41, 27, 4:

faenus,

id. 32, 27, 3:

procacitatem hominis manibus,

Nep. Timol. 5, 2:

suppliciis delicta,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 79 al.:

aliquid poenae aut infamiae metu,

Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

omnibus modis socios atque cives,

Sall. C. 29 fin.:

genus hominum neque beneficio, neque metu coërcitum,

id. J. 91, 7:

duabus coërcitis gentibus,

Liv. 31, 43, 4; 39, 32, 11; Caes. B. C. 1, 67:

verberibus potius quam verbis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 5; so Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3; id. Off. 3, 5, 23;

v. A. supra: pueros fuste,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 134; Tac. G. 25:

incensum ac flagrantem animum,

id. Agr. 4:

licentiam,

id. H. 1, 35.— Poet.:

carmen, quod non Multa dies et multa litura coërcuit,

corrected, finished, Hor. A. P. 293.

rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

me pallio,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

hominem,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

quosdam manu,

Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

Curt. 4, 14, 2:

membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—

Trop.

In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

Lucr. 6, 569:

omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

id memori mente,

id. 3, 858:

sese (sensus),

id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—

In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

id. ib. 24, 58:

non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

Quint. 9, 4, 38:

aliquem communi vituperatione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

consilium,

id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

id. B. G. 7, 52:

delicta,

Sall. C. 3, 2:

studia aliena,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

versus inertes,

id. A. P. 445:

carmen,

id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

Cic. Or. 8, 26:

tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

id. Planc. 36, 89:

omnes istius modi artes in iis,

id. ib. 25, 62:

quae in eo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

dentes albos in iis,

Quint. 8, 6, 40:

nihil in magno Homero,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

Quint. 12, 3, 11:

sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

id. Planc. 31, 75.—

Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—

In rhet., to refute:

expone nunc de reprehendendo,

Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

me pallio,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

hominem,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

quosdam manu,

Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

Curt. 4, 14, 2:

membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—

Trop.

In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

Lucr. 6, 569:

omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

id memori mente,

id. 3, 858:

sese (sensus),

id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—

In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

id. ib. 24, 58:

non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

Quint. 9, 4, 38:

aliquem communi vituperatione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

consilium,

id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

id. B. G. 7, 52:

delicta,

Sall. C. 3, 2:

studia aliena,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

versus inertes,

id. A. P. 445:

carmen,

id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

Cic. Or. 8, 26:

tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

id. Planc. 36, 89:

omnes istius modi artes in iis,

id. ib. 25, 62:

quae in eo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

dentes albos in iis,

Quint. 8, 6, 40:

nihil in magno Homero,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

Quint. 12, 3, 11:

sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

id. Planc. 31, 75.—

Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—

In rhet., to refute:

expone nunc de reprehendendo,

Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

me pallio,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

hominem,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

quosdam manu,

Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

Curt. 4, 14, 2:

membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—

Trop.

In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

Lucr. 6, 569:

omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

id memori mente,

id. 3, 858:

sese (sensus),

id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—

In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

id. ib. 24, 58:

non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

Quint. 9, 4, 38:

aliquem communi vituperatione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

consilium,

id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

id. B. G. 7, 52:

delicta,

Sall. C. 3, 2:

studia aliena,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

versus inertes,

id. A. P. 445:

carmen,

id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

Cic. Or. 8, 26:

tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

id. Planc. 36, 89:

omnes istius modi artes in iis,

id. ib. 25, 62:

quae in eo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

dentes albos in iis,

Quint. 8, 6, 40:

nihil in magno Homero,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

Quint. 12, 3, 11:

sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

id. Planc. 31, 75.—

Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—

In rhet., to refute:

expone nunc de reprehendendo,

Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.