error+vm

confĭtĕor, fessus, 2 (arch. inf. confiterier, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22), v. dep. [fateor], to acknowledge, confess, own, avow (an error, mistake, or a fact previously denied or doubted, etc., implying a sacrifice of will or a change of conviction; while fateor expresses a simple acknowledgment, and profiteor a voluntary avowal), to concede, allow, grant (class. in prose and poetry):

quid confitetur, atque ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri sed etiam profiteri videatur?

Cic. Caecin. 9, 24; cf.: hic ego non solum confiteor, verum etiam profiteor, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 434, 30:

tacendo loqui, non infitiando confiteri videbantur,

id. Sest. 18, 40.

In gen.

With acc.:

et genus et divitias meas,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 52:

peccatum suum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

amorem nutrici,

Ov. M. 14, 703; cf.:

amorem patris nutrici,

Quint. 9, 2, 64:

crimen,

Curt. 6, 11, 31:

facinus,

id. 8, 8, 2: singula, * Cat. 86, 2: se, to make one's self known (sc. Jovem), Ov. M. 3, 2; cf.

deam,

Verg. A. 2, 591.—With two accs.:

se victos, Cacs. B. C. 1, 84: se imperitum,

Quint. 1, 10, 19:

causam Caesaris meliorem,

id. 5, 11, 42:

hoc de statuis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 149:

summam infirmitatem de se,

Quint. 2, 4, 28:

de se quid voluerit,

id. 8, 4, 23.—

With acc. and inf.:

hoc confiteor jure mi obtigisse,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 1; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 97; 5, 3, 12:

me abs te cupisse laudari aperte atque ingenue confitebar,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2; 1, 9, 18; id. N. D. 1, 7, 44; Lucr. 1, 271; 1, 826; 2, 691 al.; Quint. 2, 17, 19; 11, 1, 85; Suet. Caes. 52 et saep.—

Absol.:

ut eampse vos audistis confiterier,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 5, 9 (8), 46:

confitentem audire Torquatum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21; Ov. M. 2, 52; 13, 270; Curt. 6, 11, 14; Tac. A. 11, 28:

vere,

Ov. R. Am. 318; cf.:

confessae manus,

i. e. confessing defeat, id. M. 5, 215.—

With de:

de maleficio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; so id. ib. 42, 123; Tac. A. 14, 59; cf. supra, a fin. —

Part. perf.: confessus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: aes, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 11, and 20, 1, 45; Dig. 42, 1, 15; v. under P. a.—Hence,

Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.

With acc.:

confessa vultibus iram,

Ov. M. 6, 35:

motum animi sui lacrimis,

Quint. 6, 1, 23:

admirationem suam plausu,

id. 8, 3, 3; 9, 4, 39:

cupidinem coëundi,

id. 1, 28, 2. —

With acc. and inf., Quint. 1, 6, 15; 4, 2, 122; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 3; Pall. Jun. 7, 6.—

In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:

tibi, Domine,

Vulg. Psa. 137, 1:

nomini tuo,

id. ib. 141, 8.— Absol., Cypr. Ep. 15.— confessus, a, um, P. a.

Act., confessing, that has acknowledged, pleaded guilty, etc.:

reus,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 56:

in judicio reus,

Dig. 48, 4, 4, § 1.— Subst.: confessi, ōrum, m., criminals who have confessed their guilt:

de confessis supplicium sumere,

Sall. C. 52, 36.—

Pass., lit., acknowledged; hence, undoubted, evident, certain, incontrovertible (most freq. in the post-Aug. per.):

ut omnes intellegant, quam improbam, quam manifestam, quam confessam rem pecuniā redimere conetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 130:

confessā in re,

Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 164; 20, 11, 45, § 116.—Esp., subst.: confessum, i, n., an undoubted, certain, acknowledged thing, matter:

a confessis transeamus ad dubiā,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 21, 1:

adhuc versamur in confessis,

Quint. 7, 1, 48:

de confessis disserere,

Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 138 al. —Hence the phrases:

ex confesso,

confessedly, beyond doubt, Quint. 3, 5, 3; Sen. Ep. 76, 12:

in confesso esse,

to be notorious, everywhere known, id. Ben. 3, 11, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 2, 3; id. Q. N. 2, 22, 2; Vell. 2, 85, 4; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54; Tac. Or. 25; 27:

vita cervis in confesso longa est,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 191; Amm. 21, 1, 3:

in confessum venire,

to be generally acknowledged, be well known, Plin. Ep. 10, 81 (85), 8; cf.:

ad liquidum confessumque perducere omnia,

Quint. 5, 14, 28:

pro confesso habere aliquid,

Lact. 2, 8.

confĭtĕor, fessus, 2 (arch. inf. confiterier, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22), v. dep. [fateor], to acknowledge, confess, own, avow (an error, mistake, or a fact previously denied or doubted, etc., implying a sacrifice of will or a change of conviction; while fateor expresses a simple acknowledgment, and profiteor a voluntary avowal), to concede, allow, grant (class. in prose and poetry):

quid confitetur, atque ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri sed etiam profiteri videatur?

Cic. Caecin. 9, 24; cf.: hic ego non solum confiteor, verum etiam profiteor, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 434, 30:

tacendo loqui, non infitiando confiteri videbantur,

id. Sest. 18, 40.

In gen.

With acc.:

et genus et divitias meas,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 52:

peccatum suum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

amorem nutrici,

Ov. M. 14, 703; cf.:

amorem patris nutrici,

Quint. 9, 2, 64:

crimen,

Curt. 6, 11, 31:

facinus,

id. 8, 8, 2: singula, * Cat. 86, 2: se, to make one's self known (sc. Jovem), Ov. M. 3, 2; cf.

deam,

Verg. A. 2, 591.—With two accs.:

se victos, Cacs. B. C. 1, 84: se imperitum,

Quint. 1, 10, 19:

causam Caesaris meliorem,

id. 5, 11, 42:

hoc de statuis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 149:

summam infirmitatem de se,

Quint. 2, 4, 28:

de se quid voluerit,

id. 8, 4, 23.—

With acc. and inf.:

hoc confiteor jure mi obtigisse,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 1; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 97; 5, 3, 12:

me abs te cupisse laudari aperte atque ingenue confitebar,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2; 1, 9, 18; id. N. D. 1, 7, 44; Lucr. 1, 271; 1, 826; 2, 691 al.; Quint. 2, 17, 19; 11, 1, 85; Suet. Caes. 52 et saep.—

Absol.:

ut eampse vos audistis confiterier,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 5, 9 (8), 46:

confitentem audire Torquatum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21; Ov. M. 2, 52; 13, 270; Curt. 6, 11, 14; Tac. A. 11, 28:

vere,

Ov. R. Am. 318; cf.:

confessae manus,

i. e. confessing defeat, id. M. 5, 215.—

With de:

de maleficio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; so id. ib. 42, 123; Tac. A. 14, 59; cf. supra, a fin. —

Part. perf.: confessus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: aes, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 11, and 20, 1, 45; Dig. 42, 1, 15; v. under P. a.—Hence,

Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.

With acc.:

confessa vultibus iram,

Ov. M. 6, 35:

motum animi sui lacrimis,

Quint. 6, 1, 23:

admirationem suam plausu,

id. 8, 3, 3; 9, 4, 39:

cupidinem coëundi,

id. 1, 28, 2. —

With acc. and inf., Quint. 1, 6, 15; 4, 2, 122; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 3; Pall. Jun. 7, 6.—

In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:

tibi, Domine,

Vulg. Psa. 137, 1:

nomini tuo,

id. ib. 141, 8.— Absol., Cypr. Ep. 15.— confessus, a, um, P. a.

Act., confessing, that has acknowledged, pleaded guilty, etc.:

reus,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 56:

in judicio reus,

Dig. 48, 4, 4, § 1.— Subst.: confessi, ōrum, m., criminals who have confessed their guilt:

de confessis supplicium sumere,

Sall. C. 52, 36.—

Pass., lit., acknowledged; hence, undoubted, evident, certain, incontrovertible (most freq. in the post-Aug. per.):

ut omnes intellegant, quam improbam, quam manifestam, quam confessam rem pecuniā redimere conetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 130:

confessā in re,

Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 164; 20, 11, 45, § 116.—Esp., subst.: confessum, i, n., an undoubted, certain, acknowledged thing, matter:

a confessis transeamus ad dubiā,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 21, 1:

adhuc versamur in confessis,

Quint. 7, 1, 48:

de confessis disserere,

Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 138 al. —Hence the phrases:

ex confesso,

confessedly, beyond doubt, Quint. 3, 5, 3; Sen. Ep. 76, 12:

in confesso esse,

to be notorious, everywhere known, id. Ben. 3, 11, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 2, 3; id. Q. N. 2, 22, 2; Vell. 2, 85, 4; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54; Tac. Or. 25; 27:

vita cervis in confesso longa est,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 191; Amm. 21, 1, 3:

in confessum venire,

to be generally acknowledged, be well known, Plin. Ep. 10, 81 (85), 8; cf.:

ad liquidum confessumque perducere omnia,

Quint. 5, 14, 28:

pro confesso habere aliquid,

Lact. 2, 8.

cō-nīvĕo (less correctly con-nī-vĕo; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.), nīvi (Cassius ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.; cf. Prob. II. p. 1482 ib.) or nixi (Turp. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.;

perh. also connipsi, connipseram,

App. M. 11, p. 146 Hildebr. Min.), 2 (access. form of inf. conivĕre, Calvus ap. Prisc. l. l.), v. n. [niveo, kindr. with nico and nicto], to close or shut. *

In gen.:

cava ventris ac stomachi inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent,

Gell. 16, 3, 3.—More freq.,

Esp., to close or shut the eyes (in sleep, from the light, from fear, etc.), to blink; or of the eyes, to close, shut, to half close when heavy with sleep (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: dum ego conixi somno, hic sibi prospexit vigilans virginem, Turp. l. l.; so Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; Tac. A. 16, 5:

coniventes illi oculi abavi tui,

Cic. Har. Resp. 18, 38:

conivent solemque pavent agnoscere visu,

Sil. 7, 729; cf. Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10:

ad tonitrua et fulgura,

Suet. Calig. 51:

contra conminationem aliquam (gladiatores),

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—With acc. Gr.:

nam non conivi oculos ego deinde sopore, Cassius, l. l.: (oculis) somno coniventibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; Col. 10, 259.—

Poet., transf., of the sun and moon, to be darkened, obscured, eclipsed, Lucr. 5, 776.—

Trop.

In gen., to be dull, drowsy, or languid:

certa sunt enim pleraque et nisi coniveamus, in oculos incurrunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 16:

multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit, quibus sopita virtus coniveret,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41:

animus atque mens viri prudentis in sollicitis numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, etc.,

Gell. 13, 27, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

(Like our phrase to wink at.) To leave an error or crime unnoticed or uncensured, to overlook, connive at, wink at, etc.:

haec ipsa concedo: quibusdam etiam in rebus coniveo,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18:

pro di immortales! cur interdum in hominum sceleribus maxumis aut conivetis aut... poenas in diem reservetis?

id. Cael. 24, 59:

qui ob eam causam in tot tantisque sceleribus conivebant,

id. Har. Resp. 24, 52; id. Agr. 2, 28, 77;

Fragm. ap. Prob. II. p. 1482 P.: seditiosorum punitor acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris,

Suet. Caes. 67; Pers. 6, 50.

com-mitto ( con-m-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

Of two or more objects, to bring, join, combine into one whole; to join or put together, to connect, unite.

In gen. (rare; not in Cic.), constr. inter se, cum aliquā re, alicui, with in and acc., and with acc. only.

Inter se:

res in ordinem digestae atque inter se commissae,

Quint. 7, prooem. §

1: per nondum commissa inter se munimenta urbem intravit,

Liv. 38, 4, 8; cf. thus with inter se:

oras vulneris suturis,

Cels. 7, 19:

duo verba,

Quint. 9, 4, 33:

easdem litteras,

id. ib.:

duo comparativa,

id. 9, 3, 19.—

With cum:

costae committuntur cum osse pectoris,

Cels. 8, 1.—

With dat.:

viam a Placentiā ut Flaminiae committeret,

Liv. 39, 2, 10:

quā naris fronti committitur,

is joined to, Ov. M. 12, 315:

quā vir equo commissus erat,

id. ib. 12, 478 (of a Centaur); cf.

of Scylla: delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum,

Verg. A. 3, 428:

commissa dextera dextrae,

Ov. H. 2, 31:

medulla spinae commissa cerebro,

Cels. 8, 1:

moles, quae urbem continenti committeret,

Curt. 4, 2, 16; Flor. 1, 4, 2 Duker.—

With in and acc.:

commissa in unum crura,

Ov. M. 4, 580:

committuntur suturae in unguem,

Cels. 8, 1.—

With acc. only: barbaricam pestem navibus obtulit, commissam infabre, Pac. ap. Non. p. 40, 31 (Trag. Rel. v. 271 Rib.):

commissis operibus,

Liv. 38, 7, 10:

fidibusque mei commissa mariti moenia,

Ov. M. 6, 178:

(terra) maria committeret,

Curt. 3, 1, 13; 7, 7, 14:

noctes duas,

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 46; cf.: nocte commissā. Sen. Herc. Oet. 1698:

commissa corpore toto,

Ov. M. 4, 369; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 248, 25: cervix committitur primo [p. 380] artu, Val. Fl. 4, 310:

domus plumbo commissa,

patched, Juv. 14, 310.—

In partic., to set or bring men or animals together in a contest or fight, as competitors, etc., to set together, set on (freq. in Suet.;

elsewhere rare): pugiles Latinos cum Graecis,

Suet. Aug. 45:

quingenis peditibus, elephantis vicenis, tricenis equitibus hinc et inde commissis,

id. Caes. 39; id. Claud. 34:

camelorum quadrigas,

id. Ner. 11; Luc. 1, 97:

victores committe,

Mart. 8, 43, 3; cf. id. Spect. 28, 1:

licet Aenean Rutulumque ferocem Committas,

i.e. you describe their contest in your poem, you bring them in contact with each other, Juv. 1, 162:

eunucho Bromium committere noli,

id. 6, 378:

inter se omnes,

Suet. Calig. 56:

aequales inter se,

id. Gram. 17.—

Trop., to bring together for comparison, to compare, put together, match:

committit vates et comparat, inde Maronem, Atque aliā parte in trutinā suspendit Homerum,

Juv. 6, 436; cf. Prop. 2, 3, 21; Mart. 7, 24, 1.—

Transf., of a battle, war: proelium, certamen, bellum, etc.

To arrange a battle or contest, to enter upon, engage in, begin, join, commence, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

proelii committendi signum dare,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

cum proelium commissum audissent,

id. ib. 7, 62:

commisso ab equitibus proelio,

id. B. C. 1, 40:

in aciem exercitum eduxit proeliumque commisit,

Nep. Eum. 3 fin.; id. Hann. 11, 3; id. Milt. 6, 3; Just. 2, 12, 7; 15, 4, 22; 22, 6, 6:

postquam eo ventum est, ut a ferentariis proelium committi posset,

Sall. C. 60, 2:

commisso proelio, diutius nostrorum militum impetum hostes ferre non potuerunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 35; id. B. C. 1, 13; 2, 6 Kraner ad loc.:

Caesar cohortatus suos proelium commisit,

id. ib. 1, 25:

utrum proelium committi ex usu esset, necne,

id. ib. 1, 50; 1, 52; 2, 19; Nep. Milt. 5, 3:

pridie quam Siciliensem pugnam classe committeret,

Suet. Aug. 96:

avidus committere pugnam,

Sil. 8, 619:

pugnas,

Stat. Th. 6, 143:

rixae committendae causā,

Liv. 5, 25, 2:

cum vates monere eum (regem) coepit, ne committeret, aut certe differret obsidionem,

Curt. 9, 4, 27.—Of a drinking contest for a wager:

a summo septenis cyathis committe hos ludos,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 19:

nondum commisso spectaculo,

Liv. 2, 36, 1:

musicum agona,

Suet. Ner. 23:

aciem,

Flor. 4, 2, 46:

commissum (bellum) ac profligatum conficere,

Liv. 21, 40, 11; 8, 25, 5; 31, 28, 1 al.; cf.:

si quis trium temporum momenta consideret, primo commissum bellum, profligatum secundo, tertio vero confectum est,

Flor. 2, 15, 2:

committere Martem,

Sil. 13, 155:

quo die ludi committebantur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6:

ludos dedicationis,

Suet. Claud. 21:

ludos,

Verg. A. 5, 113.—

In gen., to maintain a contest, etc., to fight a battle, to hold, celebrate games, etc. (rare):

illam pugnam navalem... mediocri certamine commissam arbitraris?

Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

levia inde proelia per quatriduum commissa,

Liv. 34, 37, 7:

commisso modico certamine,

id. 23, 44, 5.—

Absol. (post-Aug. and rare):

contra quem Sulla iterum commisit,

Eutr. 5, 6; 9, 24; Dig. 9, 1, 1:

priusquam committeretur,

before the contest began, Suet. Vesp. 5.—

In gen.: committere aliquid, to begin any course of action, to undertake, carry on, hold (rare):

tribuni sanguine commissa proscriptio,

Vell. 2, 64 fin.:

judicium inter sicarios committitur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 11. —In part. perf.:

egregie ad ultimum in audacter commisso perseveravit,

Liv. 44, 4, 11; cf. id. ib. § 8; 44, 6, 14.—

In partic., to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; to commit a crime (very freq. and class.).

With acc.:

ut neque timeant, qui nihil commiserint, et poenam semper ante oculos versari putent, qui peccaverint,

Cic. Mil. 23, 61; cf. Quint. 7, 2, 30:

commississe cavet quod mox mutare laboret,

Hor. A. P. 168:

ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti, Verri crimini daturus sum,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

quantum flagitii,

id. Brut. 61, 219:

tantum facinus,

id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65:

virilis audaciae facinora,

Sall. C. 25, 1:

majus delictum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 4:

nil nefandum,

Ov. M. 9, 626:

nefarias res,

Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 2:

scelus,

id. Sull. 2, 6; Dig. 48, 9, 7:

adulterium,

Quint. 7, 2, 11; 7, 3, 1:

incestum cum filio,

id. 5, 10, 19:

parricidium,

id. 7, 2, 2:

caedem,

id. 7, 4, 43; 10, 1, 12; 5, 12, 3:

sacrilegium,

id. 7, 2, 18:

fraudem,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 31.— Aliquid adversus, in, erga:

committere multa et in deos et in homines impie nefarieque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6; cf.:

in te,

Verg. A. 1, 231:

aliquid adversus populum Romanum,

Liv. 42, 38, 3:

aliquid erga te,

Cic. Att. 3, 20, 3.—

Committere contra legem, in legem, lege, to offend, sin, commit an offence:

quasi committeret contra legem,

Cic. Brut. 12, 48:

in legem Juliam de adulteriis,

Dig. 48, 5, 39; 48, 10, 13:

adversus testamentum,

ib. 34, 3, 8, § 2:

ne lege censoriā committant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:

lege de sicariis,

Quint. 7, 1, 9. —

Absol.:

hoc si in posterum edixisses, minus esset nefarium... nemo enim committeret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 110.—

With ut, to be guilty or be in fault, so that, to give occasion or cause, that, to act so as that:

id me commissurum ut patiar fieri,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 78:

non committet hodie iterum ut vapulet,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 5:

ego nolo quemquam civem committere, ut morte multandus sit: tu, etiam si commiserit, conservandum putas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15:

committere ut accusator nominere,

id. Off. 2, 14, 50; so Liv. 25, 6, 17:

non committam, ut tibi ipse insanire videar,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 3; 3, 7, 3; id. Att. 1, 6, 1; 1, 20, 3; id. de Or. 2, 57, 233; id. Off. 3, 2, 6; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1, Quint. 1, 10, 30; 5, 13, 27; Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 37.—More rare in a like sense,

With cur or quare:

Caedicius negare se commissurum, cur sibi quisquam imperium finiret,

Liv. 5, 46, 6:

neque commissum a se, quare timeret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14.—

With inf.:

non committunt scamna facere,

Col. 2, 4, 3:

infelix committit saepe repelli,

Ov. M. 9, 632.—

Poenam, multam, etc., jurid. t. t., to bring punishment upon one ' s self by an error or fault, to incur, make one ' s self liable to it:

poenam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 30; cf. Quint. 7, 4, 20; and:

committere in poenam edicti,

Dig. 2, 2, 4:

ut illam multam non commiserit,

Cic. Clu. 37, 103; Dig. 35, 1, 6 pr.—

Committi, with a definite object, to be forfeited or confiscated, as a penalty:

hereditas Veneri Erycinae commissa,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 2, 14, § 36; so,

commissae hypothecae,

id. Fam. 13, 56, 2:

commissa tibi fiducia,

id. Fl. 21, 51:

merces,

Dig. 39, 4, 11, § 2:

mancipium,

ib. 39, 14, 6:

praedia in publicum,

ib. 3, 5, 12:

hanc devotionem capitis esse commissam,

incurred, Cic. Dom. 57, 145.—

Also (mostly in jurid. Lat.) of laws, judicial regulations, promises, etc., that become binding in consequence of the fulfilment of a condition as the commission of a crime, etc.:

in civitatem obligatam sponsione commissa iratis omnibus diis,

a promise the condition of which has been fulfilled, Liv. 9, 11, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

hanc ego devotionem capitis mei... convictam esse et commissam putabo,

Cic. Dom. 57, 145:

si alius committat edictum,

transgresses, incurs its penalty, makes himself liable to, Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 11; cf.:

commisso edicto ab alio filio, ib. lex 8, § 4: commisso per alium edicto, ib. lex 10, § 1 al.: statim atque commissa lex est,

ib. 18, 3, 4, § 2:

committetur stipulatio,

ib. 24, 3, 56.

To place a thing somewhere for preservation, protection, care, etc.; to give, intrust, commit to, to give up or resign to, to trust (syn.: commendo, trado, credo; very freq. and class.); constr. with aliquid ( aliquem) alicui, in aliquid, or absol.

Aliquid ( aliquem, se) alicui:

honor non solum datus sed etiam creditus ac commissus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35:

nec illi (Catoni) committendum illud negotium, sed inponendum putaverunt,

id. Sest. 28, 60:

qui capita vestra non dubitatis credere, cui calceandos nemo commisit pedes?

Phaedr. 1, 14, 16:

ego me tuae commendo et committo fidei,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 47 (cf. id. And. 1, 5, 61):

ne quid committam tibi,

Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 21; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15; id. And. 3, 5, 3; cf.:

his salutem nostram, his fortunas, his liberos rectissime committi arbitramur,

Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; id. Att. 1, 13, 1; cf. id. ib. §

4: tibi rem magnam,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 1; id. Mil. 25, 68:

quia commissi sunt eis magistratus,

id. Planc. 25, 61:

summum imperium potestatemque omnium rerum alicui,

Nep. Lys. 1 fin.:

domino rem omnem,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 67:

caput tonsori,

id. A. P. 301:

ratem pelago,

id. C. 1, 3, 11:

sulcis semina (corresp. with spem credere terrae),

Verg. G. 1, 223; cf.:

committere semen sitienti solo,

Col. 2, 8, 4:

ulcus frigori,

Cels. 6, 18, n. 2:

aliquid litteris,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 8; so,

verba tabellis,

Ov. M. 9, 587:

vivunt commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 11 al.:

committere se populo, senatui, publicis praesidiis et armis (corresp. with se tradere),

Cic. Mil. 23, 61; so,

se urbi,

id. Att. 15, 11, 1:

se theatro populoque Romano,

id. Sest. 54, 116:

se proelio,

Liv. 4, 59, 2:

se pugnae,

id. 5, 32, 4:

se publico,

to venture into the streets, Suet. Ner. 26:

se neque navigationi, neque viae,

Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1; cf. id. Phil. 12, 10, 25; id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31:

se timidius fortunae,

id. Att. 9, 6, 4:

civilibus fluctibus,

Nep. Att. 6, 1 al. —Prov.: ovem lupo (Gr. kataleipein oïn en lukoisi), Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16.—

Aliquid ( aliquem, se) in aliquid (so esp. freq. in Liv.):

aliquid in alicujus fidem committere,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 34; cf. Liv. 30, 14, 4:

se in id conclave,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 23, 64:

se in conspectum populi Romani,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26; cf. Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 2:

se in senatum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2; id. Ac. 2, 21, 68:

summae fuisse dementiae dubiā spe impulsum certum in periculum se committere,

id. Inv. 2, 8, 27:

rem in casum ancipitis eventus,

Liv. 4, 27, 6; cf.:

duos filios in aleam ejus casus,

id. 40, 21, 6:

rem in aciem,

id. 3, 2, 12; cf.:

se in aciem,

id. 7, 26, 11; 23, 11, 10;

rempublicam in discrimen,

id. 8, 32, 4; cf.:

rerum summam in discrimen,

id. 33, 7, 10. —

Simply alicui, or entirely absol.:

sanan' es, Quae isti committas?

in trusting to him, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 55:

ei commisi et credidi, Ter, Heaut. 5, 2, 13: haec cum scirem et cogitarem, commisi tamen, judices, Heio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 16:

universo populo neque ipse committit neque illi horum consiliorum auctores committi recte putant posse,

id. Agr. 2, 8, 20:

venti, quibus necessario committendum existimabat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

sed quoniam non es veritus concredere nobis, accipe commissae munera laetitiae,

intrusted, Prop. 1, 10, 12:

instant enim (adversarii) et saepe discrimen omne committunt, quod deesse nobis putant,

often hazard the most important advantage, Quint. 6, 4, 17:

cum senatus ei commiserit, ut videret, ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

Cic. Mil. 26, 70.—With de:

iste negat se de existimatione suā cuiquam nisi suis commissurum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 137. —Hence, P. a. as subst.: commissum, i, n.

(Acc. to I. 3.) An undertaking, enterprise:

nec aliud restabat quam audacter commissum corrigere,

Liv. 44, 4, 8:

supererat nihil aliud in temere commisso, quam, etc.,

id. 44, 6, 14.—

(Acc. to I. 4.) A transgression, offence, fault, crime:

sacrum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

nisi aut quid commissi aut est causa jurgi,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 21:

ecquod hujus factum aut commissum non dicam audacius, sed quod, etc.,

Cic. Sull. 26, 72; cf.

turpe,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 39:

commissi praemia,

Ov. F. 4, 590.—In plur.:

post mihi non simili poenā commissa luetis,

offences, Verg. A. 1, 136; so,

fateri,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 5:

improba,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 304.—

Jurid. Lat., an incurring of fines, a confiscation or confiscated property, Suet. Calig. 41:

in commissum cadere,

Dig. 39, 4, 16:

causa commissi,

ib. 39, 4, 16 al.; 19, 2, 61 fin.:

aliquid pro commisso tenetur,

Quint. Decl. 341.—

(Acc. to II.) That which is intrusted, a secret, trust:

enuntiare commissa,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 31:

commissa celare,

Nep. Epam. 3, 2; cf. Juv. 9, 93:

commissa tacere,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 84:

prodere,

id. ib. 1, 3, 95:

retinent commissa fideliter aures,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 70:

commissum teges (corresp. with arcanum scrutaberis),

id. ib. 1, 18, 38; cf. id. A. P. 200.

cō-nīvĕo (less correctly con-nī-vĕo; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.), nīvi (Cassius ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.; cf. Prob. II. p. 1482 ib.) or nixi (Turp. ap. Prisc. p. 866 P.;

perh. also connipsi, connipseram,

App. M. 11, p. 146 Hildebr. Min.), 2 (access. form of inf. conivĕre, Calvus ap. Prisc. l. l.), v. n. [niveo, kindr. with nico and nicto], to close or shut. *

In gen.:

cava ventris ac stomachi inanitate diutinā contrahuntur et conivent,

Gell. 16, 3, 3.—More freq.,

Esp., to close or shut the eyes (in sleep, from the light, from fear, etc.), to blink; or of the eyes, to close, shut, to half close when heavy with sleep (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: dum ego conixi somno, hic sibi prospexit vigilans virginem, Turp. l. l.; so Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; Tac. A. 16, 5:

coniventes illi oculi abavi tui,

Cic. Har. Resp. 18, 38:

conivent solemque pavent agnoscere visu,

Sil. 7, 729; cf. Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10:

ad tonitrua et fulgura,

Suet. Calig. 51:

contra conminationem aliquam (gladiatores),

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 144.—With acc. Gr.:

nam non conivi oculos ego deinde sopore, Cassius, l. l.: (oculis) somno coniventibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; Col. 10, 259.—

Poet., transf., of the sun and moon, to be darkened, obscured, eclipsed, Lucr. 5, 776.—

Trop.

In gen., to be dull, drowsy, or languid:

certa sunt enim pleraque et nisi coniveamus, in oculos incurrunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 16:

multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit, quibus sopita virtus coniveret,

Cic. Cael. 17, 41:

animus atque mens viri prudentis in sollicitis numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens, etc.,

Gell. 13, 27, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

(Like our phrase to wink at.) To leave an error or crime unnoticed or uncensured, to overlook, connive at, wink at, etc.:

haec ipsa concedo: quibusdam etiam in rebus coniveo,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18:

pro di immortales! cur interdum in hominum sceleribus maxumis aut conivetis aut... poenas in diem reservetis?

id. Cael. 24, 59:

qui ob eam causam in tot tantisque sceleribus conivebant,

id. Har. Resp. 24, 52; id. Agr. 2, 28, 77;

Fragm. ap. Prob. II. p. 1482 P.: seditiosorum punitor acerrimus, conivebat in ceteris,

Suet. Caes. 67; Pers. 6, 50.

con-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n., to look at attentively, to get sight of, to descry, perceive, observe (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.

Absol.:

inter eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

in tabernam,

Petr. 140, 14.—

With acc.:

me interrogas, Qui ipsus equidem nunc primum istanc tecum conspicio semul,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 122:

quae aedes... quas quotiensquomque conspicio, fleo,

id. Capt. 1, 1, 29:

si queat usquam Conspicere amissum fetum,

Lucr. 2, 358: quandoque te in jure conspicio, Leg. Act. ap. Cic. Caecin. 19, 54, and id. Mur. 12, 26:

ut procul novum vehiculum Argonautarum e monte conspexit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

quisque... quae prima signa conspexit, ad haec constitit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

quos cum apud se in castris Ariovistus conspexisset,

id. ib. 1, 47:

ubi primum nostros equites conspexerunt,

id. ib. 4, 12;

2, 26: sidus in regione caeli, etc.,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94:

qui lucus ex insulā conspiciebatur,

Nep. Milt. 7, 3:

conspici inter se,

to be visible to one another, Liv. 37, 41, 4:

cum inter se conspecti essent,

id. 33, 6, 4:

hunc simulac cupido conspexit lumine virgo,

Cat. 64, 86:

conspectis luminibus crebris,

Liv. 31, 24, 7:

locum insidiis conspeximus ipsi,

Verg. A. 9, 237:

quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

Ov. M. 12, 526:

super tabernaculum... unde ab omnibus conspici posset, imago Solis fulgebat,

Curt. 3, 3, 8:

conspecto delatore ejus,

Suet. Dom. 11:

rugas in speculo,

Ov. M. 15, 232:

cornua in undā,

id. ib. 1, 640:

arcem,

id. ib. 2, 794:

scopulum,

id. ib. 4, 731.—Of an inanimate subject:

si illud signum (Jovis) solis ortum et forum curiamque conspiceret,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20.—With two accus., when an action, condition, etc., is the object:

quam (matrem) paucis ante diebus laureatam in suā gratulatione conspexit, eandem, etc.... eundem (filium) spoliatum omni dignitate conspiciat,

Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

strata volgi pedibus detrita viarum Saxea,

Lucr. 1, 315:

superiora loca multitudine armatorum completa,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

quos laborantes,

id. ib. 4, 26:

aliquos ex nave egredientes,

id. ib.:

aliquem conspiciens ad se ferentem,

Nep. Dat. 4, 5:

naves suas oppletas serpentibus,

id. Hann. 11, 6:

(Hannibalem) humi jacentem,

Liv. 21, 4, 7:

adrasum quendam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf., pass.:

quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens Aeque conspicitur,

id. C. 3, 7, 26:

cum interim Metellus, monte degrediens cum exercitu, conspicitur,

Sall. J. 49, 5 dub.;

v. conspicor: terribilior niger conspicitur (canis),

Col. 7, 12, 4.—

With acc. and inf.:

corpus ut exanimum siquod procul ipse jacere Conspicias hominis,

Lucr. 6, 706:

qui nostros victores flumen transisse conspexerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

centum procurrere currus,

Cato, 64, 389; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.—

Pregn., to look at with admiration or close attention, to gaze upon, observe, contemplate.

Act.:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

orabat, ne se, quem paulo ante cum egregiā stirpe conspexissent, orbum liberis facerent,

Liv. 1, 26, 9:

Demetrium ut pacis auctorem cum ingenti favore conspiciebant,

id. 39, 53, 2:

quem cum omnes conspicerent propter novitatem ornatūs ignotamque formam,

Nep. Dat. 3, 3:

cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae te conspexerit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26.—

Esp. pass.: conspici, to attract attention, to be conspicuous, noticed, observed, distinguished, admired:

inania sunt ista... delectamenta paene puerorum, captare plausus, vehi per urbem, conspici velle,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60: in gestu nec [p. 436] venustatem conspiciendam, nec turpitudinem esse, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26:

sic quisque hostem ferire, murum adscendere, conspici dum tale facinus faceret, properabat,

Sall. C. 7, 6:

supellex modica, non multa, ut in neutram partem conspici posset,

Nep. Att. 13, 5:

quid te ut regium juvenem conspici sinis?

Liv. 1, 47, 5:

maxime conspectus ipse est, curru equis albis juncto urbem invectus,

id. 5, 23, 5:

vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens, arma atque equi conspiciebantur,

id. 21, 4, 8; 5, 52, 3; 39, 6, 9:

quorum Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

tu formosissimus alto Conspiceris caelo ( = inter deos versaris),

Ov. M. 4, 19:

prima bonis animi conspicerere tui,

id. Tr. 1, 6, 34; Vell. 2, 91, 4; Quint. 11, 3, 137.—Less freq. in an unfavorable sense, to be notorious, to be gazed at with dislike or contempt:

carere me adspectu civium quam infestis oculis omnium conspici mallem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: ne quid faciat, quod conspici et derideri posset, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4.—

Trop., to perceive mentally, to understand, comprehend:

satis in rem quae sint meam ego conspicio mihi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 10:

quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

id. Ps. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

ut conspiciatis eum mentibus, quoniam oculis non potestis,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47:

nullus error talis in L. Aemilio Paulo conspectus est,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 3.—Hence,

conspĭcĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), having understanding, intelligent:

ad quas (contumelias) despiciendas non sapiente opus est viro, sed tantum conspiciente,

Sen. Const. 16, 3 Haase (al. consipiente). —

conspectus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. A. 1.) Visible:

tumulus hosti conspectus,

Liv. 22, 24, 5; cf. id. 10, 40, 8; 32, 5, 13:

agmina inter se satis conspecta,

id. 22, 4, 6. —

(Acc. to I. B.) Striking, distinguished, remarkable, gazed at, = conspicuus (perh. not ante-Aug.):

Pallas chlamyde et pictis conspectus in armis,

Verg. A. 8, 588 (conspicuus, conspicabilis, Serv.); so,

victor Tyrio in ostro,

id. G. 3, 17; cf. Hor. A. P. 228:

juventus,

Ov. M. 12, 553:

patris avique fama conspectum eum faciebat,

Liv. 45, 7, 3:

conspectus elatusque supra modum hominis privati,

id. 4, 13, 3.— Comp., Ov. M. 4, 796; Liv. 2, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 11; Just. 11, 5; Juv. 8, 140 al.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.—

conspĭcĭendus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), worth seeing, worthy of attention, distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.):

insideat celeri conspiciendus equo,

Tib. 1, 2, 70:

Nemesis donis meis,

id. 2, 3, 52:

Hyas formā,

Ov. F. 5, 170:

mater formosa Inter Dictaeos greges,

id. ib. 5, 118:

eques,

id. Tr. 2, 114:

opus vel in hac magnificentiā urbis,

Liv. 6, 4, 11; Val. Fl. 1, 261; Mart. 9, 50, 10.

conspĭcĭo, ōnis, f. [1. conspicio], the survey taken by the augur in fixing the limits of the templum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.

con-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n., to look at attentively, to get sight of, to descry, perceive, observe (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.

Absol.:

inter eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

in tabernam,

Petr. 140, 14.—

With acc.:

me interrogas, Qui ipsus equidem nunc primum istanc tecum conspicio semul,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 122:

quae aedes... quas quotiensquomque conspicio, fleo,

id. Capt. 1, 1, 29:

si queat usquam Conspicere amissum fetum,

Lucr. 2, 358: quandoque te in jure conspicio, Leg. Act. ap. Cic. Caecin. 19, 54, and id. Mur. 12, 26:

ut procul novum vehiculum Argonautarum e monte conspexit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

quisque... quae prima signa conspexit, ad haec constitit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

quos cum apud se in castris Ariovistus conspexisset,

id. ib. 1, 47:

ubi primum nostros equites conspexerunt,

id. ib. 4, 12;

2, 26: sidus in regione caeli, etc.,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94:

qui lucus ex insulā conspiciebatur,

Nep. Milt. 7, 3:

conspici inter se,

to be visible to one another, Liv. 37, 41, 4:

cum inter se conspecti essent,

id. 33, 6, 4:

hunc simulac cupido conspexit lumine virgo,

Cat. 64, 86:

conspectis luminibus crebris,

Liv. 31, 24, 7:

locum insidiis conspeximus ipsi,

Verg. A. 9, 237:

quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

Ov. M. 12, 526:

super tabernaculum... unde ab omnibus conspici posset, imago Solis fulgebat,

Curt. 3, 3, 8:

conspecto delatore ejus,

Suet. Dom. 11:

rugas in speculo,

Ov. M. 15, 232:

cornua in undā,

id. ib. 1, 640:

arcem,

id. ib. 2, 794:

scopulum,

id. ib. 4, 731.—Of an inanimate subject:

si illud signum (Jovis) solis ortum et forum curiamque conspiceret,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20.—With two accus., when an action, condition, etc., is the object:

quam (matrem) paucis ante diebus laureatam in suā gratulatione conspexit, eandem, etc.... eundem (filium) spoliatum omni dignitate conspiciat,

Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

strata volgi pedibus detrita viarum Saxea,

Lucr. 1, 315:

superiora loca multitudine armatorum completa,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

quos laborantes,

id. ib. 4, 26:

aliquos ex nave egredientes,

id. ib.:

aliquem conspiciens ad se ferentem,

Nep. Dat. 4, 5:

naves suas oppletas serpentibus,

id. Hann. 11, 6:

(Hannibalem) humi jacentem,

Liv. 21, 4, 7:

adrasum quendam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf., pass.:

quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens Aeque conspicitur,

id. C. 3, 7, 26:

cum interim Metellus, monte degrediens cum exercitu, conspicitur,

Sall. J. 49, 5 dub.;

v. conspicor: terribilior niger conspicitur (canis),

Col. 7, 12, 4.—

With acc. and inf.:

corpus ut exanimum siquod procul ipse jacere Conspicias hominis,

Lucr. 6, 706:

qui nostros victores flumen transisse conspexerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

centum procurrere currus,

Cato, 64, 389; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.—

Pregn., to look at with admiration or close attention, to gaze upon, observe, contemplate.

Act.:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

orabat, ne se, quem paulo ante cum egregiā stirpe conspexissent, orbum liberis facerent,

Liv. 1, 26, 9:

Demetrium ut pacis auctorem cum ingenti favore conspiciebant,

id. 39, 53, 2:

quem cum omnes conspicerent propter novitatem ornatūs ignotamque formam,

Nep. Dat. 3, 3:

cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae te conspexerit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26.—

Esp. pass.: conspici, to attract attention, to be conspicuous, noticed, observed, distinguished, admired:

inania sunt ista... delectamenta paene puerorum, captare plausus, vehi per urbem, conspici velle,

Cic. Pis. 25, 60: in gestu nec [p. 436] venustatem conspiciendam, nec turpitudinem esse, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26:

sic quisque hostem ferire, murum adscendere, conspici dum tale facinus faceret, properabat,

Sall. C. 7, 6:

supellex modica, non multa, ut in neutram partem conspici posset,

Nep. Att. 13, 5:

quid te ut regium juvenem conspici sinis?

Liv. 1, 47, 5:

maxime conspectus ipse est, curru equis albis juncto urbem invectus,

id. 5, 23, 5:

vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens, arma atque equi conspiciebantur,

id. 21, 4, 8; 5, 52, 3; 39, 6, 9:

quorum Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

tu formosissimus alto Conspiceris caelo ( = inter deos versaris),

Ov. M. 4, 19:

prima bonis animi conspicerere tui,

id. Tr. 1, 6, 34; Vell. 2, 91, 4; Quint. 11, 3, 137.—Less freq. in an unfavorable sense, to be notorious, to be gazed at with dislike or contempt:

carere me adspectu civium quam infestis oculis omnium conspici mallem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: ne quid faciat, quod conspici et derideri posset, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4.—

Trop., to perceive mentally, to understand, comprehend:

satis in rem quae sint meam ego conspicio mihi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 10:

quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

id. Ps. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

ut conspiciatis eum mentibus, quoniam oculis non potestis,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47:

nullus error talis in L. Aemilio Paulo conspectus est,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 3.—Hence,

conspĭcĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), having understanding, intelligent:

ad quas (contumelias) despiciendas non sapiente opus est viro, sed tantum conspiciente,

Sen. Const. 16, 3 Haase (al. consipiente). —

conspectus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. A. 1.) Visible:

tumulus hosti conspectus,

Liv. 22, 24, 5; cf. id. 10, 40, 8; 32, 5, 13:

agmina inter se satis conspecta,

id. 22, 4, 6. —

(Acc. to I. B.) Striking, distinguished, remarkable, gazed at, = conspicuus (perh. not ante-Aug.):

Pallas chlamyde et pictis conspectus in armis,

Verg. A. 8, 588 (conspicuus, conspicabilis, Serv.); so,

victor Tyrio in ostro,

id. G. 3, 17; cf. Hor. A. P. 228:

juventus,

Ov. M. 12, 553:

patris avique fama conspectum eum faciebat,

Liv. 45, 7, 3:

conspectus elatusque supra modum hominis privati,

id. 4, 13, 3.— Comp., Ov. M. 4, 796; Liv. 2, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 11; Just. 11, 5; Juv. 8, 140 al.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.—

conspĭcĭendus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), worth seeing, worthy of attention, distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.):

insideat celeri conspiciendus equo,

Tib. 1, 2, 70:

Nemesis donis meis,

id. 2, 3, 52:

Hyas formā,

Ov. F. 5, 170:

mater formosa Inter Dictaeos greges,

id. ib. 5, 118:

eques,

id. Tr. 2, 114:

opus vel in hac magnificentiā urbis,

Liv. 6, 4, 11; Val. Fl. 1, 261; Mart. 9, 50, 10.

conspĭcĭo, ōnis, f. [1. conspicio], the survey taken by the augur in fixing the limits of the templum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.

crīmen, ĭnis, n. [contr. for cernimen, from cerno, II. C.]; lit., a judicial decision, verdict, judgment; hence, transf., like the Gr. krima, of the subject of such a decision, and with partieular reference either to the accuser or to the accused.

Subject., or with reference to the accuser, a charge, accusation, reproach; esp. when unfounded, a calumny, slander (very freq. in every period and species of composition):

criminin' me habuisse fidem?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 15; cf. Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 13:

hae litterae fidem Persei criminibus fecerunt,

Liv. 40, 23, 9:

cum respondero criminibus,

Cic. Planc. 2, 4:

se falsis criminibus circumventum,

Sall. C. 34, 2; cf.:

crimen falsum,

Cic. Quint. 2, 8; Hor. C. 3, 7, 14:

criminibus adversariorum in invidiam venire,

Nep. Epam. 7, 3:

sermones pleni criminum in Patres,

Liv. 6, 14, 11:

crimina et suspiciones,

id. 40, 15, 3:

tanti maleficii crimen probare te censes posse talibus viris, si, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

sceleris maximi,

id. Cael. 23, 56; cf. id. ib. 27, 65; id. Sull. 24, 8:

istius conjurationis,

id. ib. 4, 12:

avaritiae,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192; 2, 5, 1, § 2:

veneficii,

Quint. 5, 7, 37:

ubi est crimen quod reprehenditis?

i. e. the point of the accusation, Cic. Sest. 38, 80 Halm ad loc.:

quo enim illi crimine peccatoque perierunt?

id. Cael. 30, 71:

haec causa est omnium horum scelerum atque criminum,

id. ib. 25, 61;

so (approaching the signif. II. A. infra), id C. Norbano in nefario crimine atque in fraude capitali esse ponendum,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 Sorof ad loc.:

era in crimen veniet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 55 (era male audiet, Don.):

quid? sciebas tibi crimini datum iri?

would be made a reproach? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 74; cf. Ov. M. 1, 766:

crimen adferre,

Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 27; cf.:

crimen inferre, offerre,

id. Lael. 18, 65:

in quos crimen intendebatur,

Liv. 9, 26, 11:

esse in crimine,

to stand charged with, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100:

propulsare,

id. Sull. 4, 12:

defendere,

to repel, confute, id. ib.; Ov. M. 13, 303;

and opp. obicere,

Quint. 6, 3, 69:

repellere, transferre,

id. 4, 2, 26 et saep.— Poet.: belli, pretexts (causae), Verg. A. 7, 339.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), an object of reproach or invective:

perpetuae crimen posteritatis eris,

Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 26.—

Object., or with reference to the accused, the fault complained of, a crime, fault, offence (freq., but rare in ante-Aug. prose).

Lit.

Ingen.:

foedati crimine turpi,

Lucr. 3, 49:

cum haec (causa) non in crimine aliquo, quod ille posset infitiari... consisteret,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 182 Sorof ad loc.:

crimen meum indicare,

Liv. 40, 12, 10; 41, 25, 6:

carendum non solum crimine turpitudinis, verum etiam suspicione,

Quint. 2, 2, 14:

cum quidam crimen ultro faterentur,

Suet. Claud. 36:

velut crimen taedas exosa jugales,

Ov. M. 1, 483:

non prodere vultu,

id. ib. 2, 447:

scire,

id. ib. 2, 614:

hoc si crimen erit, crimen amoris erit,

Prop. 2 (3), 30, 24; cf.:

tuum crimen erit,

thy fault, id. 2 (3), 28, 2:

crimina et innoxios discernere,

Tac. A. 1, 55.—Ovid in his Tristia very freq. calls the offence on account of which he was banished crimina or crimen, interchanging it with error, e. g. 1, 9, 64; 2, 3; 2, 207; 3, 5, 52; 3, 6, 26 al.—

Of inanim. objects:

crimina brassicae sunt, animae gravitatem facere, etc.,

fault, defect, Plin. 20, 9, 35, § 91.—

In partic., the crime of lewdness, adultery, Ov. M. 9, 24; Sil. 6, 634.—

Meton.

An object representing a crime:

et rupit pictas, caelestia crimina, vestes, i. e. deorum adulteria,

Ov. M. 6, 131; cf.:

tum paries nullo crimine pictus erat,

Prop. 2, 6, 34 (2, 5, 26 Bip.):

impressā signat sua crimina gemmā,

a letter containing her crime, Ov. M. 9, 566.—

A cause of a crime, a criminal:

se causam clamat crimenque caputque malorum,

Verg. A. 12, 600; cf.:

a pereant Baiae, crimen amoris, aquae,

Prop. 1, 11, 30:

Crimen et illa fuit... Myrrha,

id. 3, 19 (4, 18), 15.

culpa, ae, f. [kindr. in root with scelus; cf. Sanscr. skhal-, errare], crime, fault, blame, failure, defect (as a state worthy of punishment; on the contr. delictum, peccatum, etc., as punishable acts; diff. from scelus, which implies an intentional injury of others; but culpa includes in it an error in judgment).

Prop.

In gen. (very freq. in every period and species of composition):

delictum suum Suamque ut culpam expetere in mortalem sinat,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 33; cf.:

non C. Rabirium culpa delicti, non invidia vitae... in discrimen capitis vocaverunt,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 2:

in hoc uno genere omnis inesse culpas istius maximas avaritiae, majestatis, dementiae, libidinis, crudelitatis,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 42:

et culpam in facto, non scelus esse meo,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 24 et saep.:

quicquid hujus factum'st culpa, non factum'st mea,

Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 10:

is quidem In culpā non est,

to blame, in fault, id. Hec. 4, 4, 78; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 19:

praesidio ad eorum, qui in culpā essent, timorem uti,

Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 7:

malo Tironis verecundiam in culpā esse, quam inliberalitatem Curii,

id. Att. 8, 6, 3; id. Planc. 4, 10; cf.:

ut jam sit in iis culpa, qui, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 13:

tua culpa nonnulla est,

you are somewhat to blame, not without fault, id. ib. 3, 8, 6:

sed haec mea culpa est,

id. Brut. 35, 133:

ne penes ipsos culpa esset cladis,

Liv. 5, 36, 10:

penes Aetolos culpam belli esse,

id. 35, 33, 3; Sen. Ben. 7, 18, 2; Plin. Ep. 10, 30 (39), 2:

culpa, quae te est penes, Ter. hec. 4, 1, 20: culpa abest ab aliquo,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

aliquem extra culpam belli esse judicare,

Liv. 8, 19, 10:

in mutum confers culpam,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 55:

conferre in aliquem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 96; Caes. B. G. 4, 27; Cic. Sen. 5, 14 al.; cf.:

culpam transferre in aliquem,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 5; Cic. Att. 15, 28; id. Font. 8, 18:

suam quisque culpam auctores ad negotia transferunt,

Sall. J. 1, 4:

contrahere culpam,

Cic. Att. 11, 24, 1:

culpam non modo derivare in aliquem, sed communicare cum altero,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 49:

in culpā ponere aliquem,

id. Clu. 45, 127:

indecorant bene nata (pectora) culpae,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 36; 4, 15, 11:

seraque fata, Quae manent culpas etiam sub Orco,

id. ib. 3, 11, 29; App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 28, 5; Arn. 1, p. 27.—

In partic.

The crime of unchastity, a faux pas (cf. crimen, II. A. 2.), Ov. M. 2, 37 et saep.; Verg. A. 4, 19; 4, 172; Hor. C. 3, 27, 38; 3, 6, 17; Tac. A. 3, 24 et saep.—

Mostly in jurid. Lat., the fault of remissness, neglect, Dig. 17, 2, 72; 18, 1, 68; 42, 5, 8, § 3:

nec sum facturus (rem) vitio culpāve minorem,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 6.—

Meton., any thing mischievous or injurious, mischief:

continuo culpam (sc. ovem aegram) ferro compesce,

Verg. G. 3, 468:

sedula (i. e. meretrix),

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 20.—

Of things, a fault, defect:

operum et laudes et culpae,

Vitr. 3, 1, 4.

dē-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], primarily signifies to catch away, catch up, seize an animal while running, fleeing, etc. (whence decipula, a snare, trap); but occurs only in the trop. sense (acc. to capio, no. II. B.), to catch, ensnare, entrap, beguile, elude, deceive, cheat (for syn. cf.:

fraudo, emungo, circumscribo, circumvenio, frustror, verba do, impono, fallo): fiunt transennae ubi decipiuntur dolis, etc.,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 9 sq.:

ita decipiemus fovea lenonem Lycum,

id. Poen. 1, 1, 59; id. Amph. 1, 1, 268 et saep.:

eo deceptum, quod neque, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

T. Roscius novem homines honestissimos... induxit, decepit, omni fraude et perfidia fefellit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117; cf.:

illa amphibolia, quae Croesum decepit, vel Chrysippum potuisset fallere,

id. Div. 2, 56 fin.; Verg. A. 4, 17 al.: homines imperitos et per colloquium deceptos crudelissime interfecisse, Caes. B. C. 1, 85, 3;

so per aliquid,

id. ib. 3, 82 fin.; Liv. 1, 9 al.:

in nullo verbo eum memoria decepit,

Sen. Contr. 1. Praef. 18:

jam semel in prima spe deceptos,

Liv. 36, 40;

for which spe affinitatis deceptum,

Suet. Tib. 65; cf.:

deceptus nocte,

Quint. 4, 2, 71:

cupidine falso,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:

specie recti,

id. A. P. 25 et saep.:

amatorem amicae decipiunt vitia,

id. S. 1, 3, 38.— Poet., in Gr. construction: Prometheus dulci laborum decipitur sono, is beguiled of his sufferings (i. e. forgets his sufferings, being beguiled with sweet melody), Hor. Od. 2, 13, 38.—

Of inanimate objects:

exspectationibus decipiendis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf.:

quo opinio decipitur,

Quint. 6, 3, 64:

oculos,

Ov. R. Am. 346; cf. id. M. 3, 431:

nervos,

Pers. 4, 45:

volatile pecus facile custodiam pastoris decipit,

Col. 8, 4, 3:

judicium error,

Ov. Pont. 3, 9, 11:

specimen istud virtutis,

Liv. 8, 7:

sic tamen absumo decipioque diem,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 114; cf. id. H. 19, 55 Loers.; Stat. Silv. 4, 4, 19; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 233:

quomodo vinum potantem decipit,

Vulg. Hab. 2, 5.—

Absol.:

victima deceptus decipientis ero,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 22:

ab tergo et super caput decepere insidiae,

Liv. 22, 4; Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 204.

dif-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to spread by pouring, to pour out, pour forth (very freq. and class.).

Lit.:

(glacies) liquefacta se diffunderet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10:

sanguis per venas in omne corpus diffunditur,

id. ib. 2, 55, 138:

(unda) diffunditur Hellesponto,

Cat. 64, 359; cf.:

tum freta diffundi jussit,

to pour themselves forth, Ov. M. 1, 36:

vinum de doliis,

to draw off, bottle off; to fill, Col. 12, 28, 3; so of racking off wine, id. 3, 2, 26; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 4 Krüg. ad loc.; Ov. F. 5, 517; Juv. 5, 30; Plin. 14, 14, 16, § 94 et saep.—

Transf., of objects not liquid, to spread, scatter, diffuse:

nitet diffuso lumine caelum,

Lucr. 1, 9; 3, 22; cf.:

luce diffusa toto caelo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37 fin.; 2, 10, 26: ab ejus summo rami late diffunduntur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 26 fin.; cf. under P. a.:

dederatque comam diffundere ventis,

Verg. A. 1, 319; so,

comam,

Ov. F. 3, 538; cf.

capillos,

id. H. 10, 47:

signa (i. e. astra) caelo,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 10:

equitem latis campis,

Verg. A. 11, 465.—Mid.:

modo via coartatur, modo latissimis pratis diffunditur et patescit,

opens, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 3 et saep.:

cibus in totas usque ab radicibus imis, per truncos ac per ramos, diffunditur,

Lucr. 1, 354; cf.:

partem vocum per aures,

id. 4, 571:

vim mali Herculeos per artus,

Ov. M. 9, 162:

medicamentum se diffudit in venas,

Curt. 3, 6, 16:

aethera late in omnes partes,

Lucr. 5, 470:

flammam in omne latus,

Ov. M. 9, 239; 10, 24 et saep.

Trop., to spread, diffuse, scatter:

di vim suam longe lateque diffundunt,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; cf. in the part. perf.:

error longe lateque diffusus,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 115; so,

late longeque,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 34:

laus alicujus late longeque diffusa,

id. Balb. 5, 13:

late et varie diffusus,

id. Sest. 45, 97:

flendo diffundimus iram,

we moderate, temper, Ov. H. 8, 61:

dolorem suum flendo,

to give vent to, id. M. 9, 143:

tantam oblivionem sensibus,

Hor. Epod. 14, 1 et saep.—Mid.:

Claudia nunc a quo diffunditur et tribus et gens Per Latium,

spreads itself out, branches out, Verg. A. 7, 703:

diffunditur mare iterumque contrahitur,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 606:

crede animam quoque diffundi multoque perire Ocius, et citius dissolvi in corpora,

Lucr. 3, 437:

affectus per totam actionem,

Quint. 7, 10, 12:

bella et paces longum in aevum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 8:

haec in ora virum,

Verg. A. 4, 195:

animam in arma cruore,

id. ib. 10, 908:

crimen paucarum in omnes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 9:

prope in immensum oratio mea,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2 et saep.:

inde doctrina se diffudit per ceteras Graeciae partes,

August. Serm. 150, 2.—

In partic. (like dissolvere, solvere, remittere, etc., and opp. contrahere, adducere, etc.), with the accessory idea of non-restraint, freedom, qs, to let the heart, countenance, etc., flow freely, without constraint, i. e. to cheer up, gladden, exhilarate: diffundet animos omnibus ista dies, Ov. A. A. 1, 218; so,

animos,

id. M. 4, 766:

vultum,

id. Pont. 4, 4, 9; id. M. 14, 272; Sen. Ep. 106.—

Of the persons themselves: ut ex bonis amici quas diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur. Cic. Lael. 13 fin.:

Jovem memorant, diffusum nectare, curas Seposuisse graves,

Ov. M. 3, 318, imitated by Stat. S. 4, 2, 54; cf.:

diffusus in risum,

Petr. 10, 3; id. 71, 1 al.— Hence, diffūsus, a, um, P. a., spread abroad, spread out, extended, wide (a favorite expression of the post-Aug. prosaists).

Lit.:

platanus patulis diffusa ramis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf.:

diffusiora consepta,

Col. 1, 4, 7; Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70; Mart. 3, 31:

latior scena et corona diffusior,

Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 9:

sus (opp. angusta),

stout, fat, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 25.—

Trop.:

jus civile, quod nunc diffusum et dissipatum est, in certa genera coacturum,

diffuse, prolix, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 142; cf. Col. 11, 1, 10:

opus diffusum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 6;

and transf. to the writers: Diophanes totum Dionysium, per multa diffusum volumina, sex epitomis circumscripsit,

id. 1, 1, 10:

amplius ac diffusius meritum,

Plin. Pan. 53, 3.— Adv.: diffūsē, in a scattered manner; copiously:

res disperse et diffuse dictae unum in locum coguntur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98; cf.:

haec latius aliquando dicenda sunt et diffusius,

more amply, more in full, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.— Sup. of the adj. and adv. do not occur.

dif-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to spread by pouring, to pour out, pour forth (very freq. and class.).

Lit.:

(glacies) liquefacta se diffunderet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10:

sanguis per venas in omne corpus diffunditur,

id. ib. 2, 55, 138:

(unda) diffunditur Hellesponto,

Cat. 64, 359; cf.:

tum freta diffundi jussit,

to pour themselves forth, Ov. M. 1, 36:

vinum de doliis,

to draw off, bottle off; to fill, Col. 12, 28, 3; so of racking off wine, id. 3, 2, 26; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 4 Krüg. ad loc.; Ov. F. 5, 517; Juv. 5, 30; Plin. 14, 14, 16, § 94 et saep.—

Transf., of objects not liquid, to spread, scatter, diffuse:

nitet diffuso lumine caelum,

Lucr. 1, 9; 3, 22; cf.:

luce diffusa toto caelo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37 fin.; 2, 10, 26: ab ejus summo rami late diffunduntur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 26 fin.; cf. under P. a.:

dederatque comam diffundere ventis,

Verg. A. 1, 319; so,

comam,

Ov. F. 3, 538; cf.

capillos,

id. H. 10, 47:

signa (i. e. astra) caelo,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 10:

equitem latis campis,

Verg. A. 11, 465.—Mid.:

modo via coartatur, modo latissimis pratis diffunditur et patescit,

opens, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 3 et saep.:

cibus in totas usque ab radicibus imis, per truncos ac per ramos, diffunditur,

Lucr. 1, 354; cf.:

partem vocum per aures,

id. 4, 571:

vim mali Herculeos per artus,

Ov. M. 9, 162:

medicamentum se diffudit in venas,

Curt. 3, 6, 16:

aethera late in omnes partes,

Lucr. 5, 470:

flammam in omne latus,

Ov. M. 9, 239; 10, 24 et saep.

Trop., to spread, diffuse, scatter:

di vim suam longe lateque diffundunt,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; cf. in the part. perf.:

error longe lateque diffusus,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 115; so,

late longeque,

id. Leg. 1, 12, 34:

laus alicujus late longeque diffusa,

id. Balb. 5, 13:

late et varie diffusus,

id. Sest. 45, 97:

flendo diffundimus iram,

we moderate, temper, Ov. H. 8, 61:

dolorem suum flendo,

to give vent to, id. M. 9, 143:

tantam oblivionem sensibus,

Hor. Epod. 14, 1 et saep.—Mid.:

Claudia nunc a quo diffunditur et tribus et gens Per Latium,

spreads itself out, branches out, Verg. A. 7, 703:

diffunditur mare iterumque contrahitur,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 606:

crede animam quoque diffundi multoque perire Ocius, et citius dissolvi in corpora,

Lucr. 3, 437:

affectus per totam actionem,

Quint. 7, 10, 12:

bella et paces longum in aevum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 8:

haec in ora virum,

Verg. A. 4, 195:

animam in arma cruore,

id. ib. 10, 908:

crimen paucarum in omnes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 9:

prope in immensum oratio mea,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2 et saep.:

inde doctrina se diffudit per ceteras Graeciae partes,

August. Serm. 150, 2.—

In partic. (like dissolvere, solvere, remittere, etc., and opp. contrahere, adducere, etc.), with the accessory idea of non-restraint, freedom, qs, to let the heart, countenance, etc., flow freely, without constraint, i. e. to cheer up, gladden, exhilarate: diffundet animos omnibus ista dies, Ov. A. A. 1, 218; so,

animos,

id. M. 4, 766:

vultum,

id. Pont. 4, 4, 9; id. M. 14, 272; Sen. Ep. 106.—

Of the persons themselves: ut ex bonis amici quas diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur. Cic. Lael. 13 fin.:

Jovem memorant, diffusum nectare, curas Seposuisse graves,

Ov. M. 3, 318, imitated by Stat. S. 4, 2, 54; cf.:

diffusus in risum,

Petr. 10, 3; id. 71, 1 al.— Hence, diffūsus, a, um, P. a., spread abroad, spread out, extended, wide (a favorite expression of the post-Aug. prosaists).

Lit.:

platanus patulis diffusa ramis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf.:

diffusiora consepta,

Col. 1, 4, 7; Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70; Mart. 3, 31:

latior scena et corona diffusior,

Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 9:

sus (opp. angusta),

stout, fat, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 25.—

Trop.:

jus civile, quod nunc diffusum et dissipatum est, in certa genera coacturum,

diffuse, prolix, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 142; cf. Col. 11, 1, 10:

opus diffusum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 6;

and transf. to the writers: Diophanes totum Dionysium, per multa diffusum volumina, sex epitomis circumscripsit,

id. 1, 1, 10:

amplius ac diffusius meritum,

Plin. Pan. 53, 3.— Adv.: diffūsē, in a scattered manner; copiously:

res disperse et diffuse dictae unum in locum coguntur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 52, 98; cf.:

haec latius aliquando dicenda sunt et diffusius,

more amply, more in full, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.— Sup. of the adj. and adv. do not occur.

dĭrĭmo, ēmi, emptum ( perf. dirempsi, cited as error, Charis. 220 P.), 3, v. a. [disĕmo, like diribeo, from dis-habeo], to take apart; to part, separate, divide (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—cf.: findo, scindo, divello, separo, sejungo, segrego, secerno).

Lit.:

dirimi corpus distrahive,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12; cf. Lucr. 6, 1075:

Tiberis Veientem agrum a Crustumino dirimens,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53; cf.:

castris Ilerdam,

Luc. 4, 33: sontes justis (Minos), Claud. ap. Rufin. 2, 477:

oppida nostra unius diei itinere dirimuntur,

are separated from each other, Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 2; cf.:

urbs Vulturno flumine dirempta,

Liv. 22, 15; and:

dirempta mari gens,

Plin. Pan. 32; and absol.:

dirimente amne,

Liv. 42, 39 et saep.— Poet., of cutting through the waves in a ship, Stat. Th. 5, 482.

Trop.

To break off, interrupt, to disturb, put off, delay (the fig. is taken from combatants who are parted asunder; transferred, like the opp. committere, to things; cf.:

dirimere infestas acies, dirimere iras,

Liv. 1, 13):

proelium tandem diremit nox,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 99; so,

proelium,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40 fin.; Sall. J. 60 fin.; Liv. 37, 32; Verg. A. 5, 467 al.; cf. Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9:

pugnam,

Liv. 27, 13:

bellum,

id. 27, 30; 40, 52; Verg. A. 12, 79:

certamina,

Ov. M. 5, 314 et saep.:

controversiam,

i. e. to adjust, compose, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

seditionem,

Front. Strat. 1, 8, 6:

litem,

Ov. M. 1, 21:

rem arbitrio,

id. F. 6, 98 et saep.; also, to separate, dissolve, break off a connection:

conjunctionem civium,

Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23:

societatem,

id. Sull. 2, 6; Liv. 8, 23:

nuptias,

Suet. Caes. 43:

affinitatem,

Tac. A. 12, 4:

amicitias,

id. ib. 6, 29; cf. Cic. Lael. 10, 34:

caritatem quae est inter natos et parentes,

id. ib. 8, 27:

pacem,

Liv. 9, 8; Quint. 2, 16, 7:

conubium,

Liv. 4, 6 et saep.—So too, to interrupt, disturb, break up a conversation, deliberation, etc.:

colloquium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4:

sermonem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 11:

concilia populi,

Liv. 1, 36 fin.:

comitia,

id. 40, 59 al.; cf. absol.:

actum est eo die nihil: nox diremit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.—

In gen., to destroy, frustrate, bring to naught:

natura animaï morte dirempta,

Lucr. 1, 114:

auspicium,

Liv. 8, 23 fin.; cf.:

rem susceptam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31: dirimere [p. 585] tempus et proferre diem, id. Div. 1, 39, 85:

ea res consilium diremit,

Sall. C. 18 fin.— Absnl., to dissuade, to be unfavorable:

dirimen tibus auspicibus,

Amm. 14, 10, 9.

dissĭpātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a scattering, dispersing (a Ciceronian word).

In gen.:

hic error ac dissipatio civium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7.—

Pregn., destruction, annihilation:

interitus et dissipatio corporum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 71:

praedae,

i. e. plundering, id. Phil. 13, 5, 10; Vulg. Isa. 24, 3 al.—As a rhet. flgure, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (so ap. Quint. 9, 1, 35): ita contra illa [p. 596] dispersa sunt, quae a Cicerone dissupata dici puto, Quint. 9, 3, 39.

fānātĭcus, a, um, adj. [1. fanum].

Pertaining to a temple: PECVNIA, Inscr. Veron. ap. Bull. Dell' Inst. 1836, p. 141; cf. Borghesi, ib.—

Inspired by a divinity, enthusiastic.

Lit.:

ut fanaticus, oestro Percussus, Bellona, tuo,

Juv. 4, 123;

so cf the priests of Bellona,

Inscr. Orell. 2316 sq.:

jam subeuntibus armatis muros fanatici Galli... occurrunt,

Liv. 37, 9, 9;

of the priests of Cybele,

Juv. 2, 112; Prud. steph. 10, 1061, cf. also:

Galli vaticinantes fanatico carmine,

Liv. 38, 18, 9:

si servus inter fanaticos non semper caput jactaret, etc. (shortly after: circa fana bacchatus),

Dig. 21, 1, 1, § 9: fanatica dicitur arbor fulmine icta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 19 Müll.—

Transf., frantic, furious, mad:

isti philosophi superstitiosi et paene fanatici,

Cic. Div. 2, 57, 118:

cursus,

Liv. 4, 33, 2:

jactatio corporis,

id. 39, 13, 12:

error,

Hor. A. P. 454:

furor,

Flor. 3, 19, 4 et saep.:

jactare id (caput) et comas excutientem rotare, fanaticum est,

Quint. 11, 3, 71.—

* Adv.: fānātĭce, franticly, madly:

absonis ululatibus constrepentes fanatice pervolant,

App. M. 8, p. 214, 14.

flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n. [root in Gr. pholkos, bandy-legged; phalkês, the bent rib of a ship; L. falx; falco, so called from the curve of its claws or beak; cf. Germ. Falke; Engl. falcon].

Act., to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round (freq. and class.; syn.: plecto, plico, curvo).

Lit.

In gen.:

animal omne membra quocumque vult, flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

ora retro,

Ov. M. 3, 188:

vultus ad illum,

id. ib. 4, 265;

10, 236: lumina a gurgite in nullam partem,

id. ib. 8, 367:

geminas acies huc,

to turn, direct, Verg. A. 6, 789; cf.

oculos,

id. ib. 8, 698:

equos brevi moderari ac flectere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

equum,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 25:

currum de foro in Capitolium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 77:

plaustrum,

Ov. M. 10, 447: navem, Auct. B. Alex. 64 fin.:

habenas,

Ov. M. 2, 169:

cursus in orbem,

id. ib. 6, 225; cf.:

cursus in laevum,

id. Tr. 1, 10, 17:

iter ad Privernum,

Liv. 8, 19, 13 Drak. N. cr.:

iter Demetriadem,

id. 35, 31, 3:

tu (Bacche) flectis amnes, tu mare barbarum,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 17:

arcus,

to bend, Ov. M. 4, 303; cf.:

flexos incurvant viribus arcus,

Verg. A. 5, 500:

flexum genu,

Ov. M. 4, 340:

artus,

Liv. 21, 58, 9:

flexi crines,

curled, Mart. 3, 63, 3; 10, 65, 6; Juv. 6, 493:

flexum mare,

i.e. a bay, Tac. A. 14, 4:

flexi fractique motus,

contorted, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35:

hinc (silva) se flectit sinistrorsus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 3.—Mid.: quasi amnis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur, Naev. ap. Non. 191, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 42 Rib.):

(milvus) flectitur in gyrum,

wheels, Ov. M. 2, 718:

modo flector in anguem,

I bend, wind myself into a snake, id. ib. 8, 883:

sol ab ea (Cancri) meta incipit flecti,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264: Euphrates ad meridiem flectitur, id. 6, 26, 30, § 125.—

In partic., naut. t. t., to go round or double a promontory:

cum in flectendis promontoriis ventorum mutationes maximas saepe sentiant,

Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94:

Leucaten flectere molestum videbatur,

id. Att. 5, 9, 1.—

Trop.

In gen., to bend, turn, direct:

ducere multimodis voces et flectere cantus,

Lucr. 5, 1406:

vocem,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 25:

qui teneros et rudes cum acceperunt, inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt,

Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; cf.:

imbecillitatem animorum torquere et flectere,

id. ib. 1, 10, 29:

suam naturam huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

id. Cael. 6, 13:

vitam flectere fingereque,

id. Sull. 28, 79:

mentes suas ad nostrum imperium nomenque,

id. Balb. 17, 39:

aliquem a proposito,

Liv. 28, 22, 11:

scribentis animum a vero,

id. 1 praef. 5:

animus ab aliqua opinione flectendus,

Quint. 4, 2, 80:

animos ad publica carmina,

Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 23: quo vobis mentes... dementes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 209 ed. Vahl.):

est viri et ducis oblata casu flectere ad consilium,

Liv. 28, 44, 8:

juvenis cereus in vitium flecti,

Hor. A. P. 163:

quod procul a nobis flectat Fortuna gubernans,

turn aside, avert, Lucr. 5, 108.—

In partic.

To bend (in opinion or in will), to move, persuade, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease (cf.:

moveo, afficio): quibus rebus ita flectebar animo atque frangebar, ut, etc.,

Cic. Sull. 6, 18:

sed quid te oratione flectam?... qua re flecte te, quaeso,

id. Phil. 1, 14, 35: facile Achivos flexeris, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 ed. Vahl.):

judices,

Quint. 6, 1, 9:

flectere mollibus jam durum imperiis,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 6:

precibus si flecteris ullis,

Verg. A. 2, 689:

flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo,

id. ib. 7, 312; cf.:

nisi dii immortales suo numine prope fata ipsa flexissent,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

desine fata deum flecti sperare precando,

Verg. A. 6, 376:

animos commutare atque omni ratione flectere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52 fin.:

ingenium alicujus aversum,

Sall. J. 102, 3:

si quem a proposito spes mollitiave animi flexisset,

divert, dissuade, Liv. 28, 22, 11: dictis nostris sententia flexa est, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 264 ed. Vahl.):

si flectitur ira deorum,

Ov. M. 1, 378: cf. id. Tr. 3, 5, 41:

hortaturque simul flectitque labores,

soothes, Stat. S. 5, 1, 119:

ad deditionem primos,

Liv. 5, 43, 1.—Mid.:

plurimum valet miseratio, quae judicem flecti non tantum cogit, sed, etc.,

to let himself be moved, Quint. 6, 1, 23:

flexi in misericordiam,

Amm. 12, 27.—

(Acc. to I. A. 2.) To turn aside from, to avoid a thing:

ut eam (viam) flectas, te rogo,

Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2 (but B. and K. ex conj. C. F. Hermann read ira, v. a. sup.); cf.:

flexit viam,

Liv. 1, 60, 1:

dolo a se flexos imputavit civilis,

Tac. H. 5, 24.—

To refer to or apply to any one:

versus qui in Tiberium flecterentur,

Tac. A. 6, 29:

Augustus quaedam ex horrida illa antiquitate ad praesentem usum flexisset,

id. ib. 4, 16.—

In grammar.

To form a word from another language:

verba derivare, flectere, conjungere,

Quint. 8, 3, 36:

hoc vocabulum (pollex) de Graeco flexum est,

Gell. 4, 3 fin. —

To decline, conjugate, inflect, Varr. L. L. 10, 2, 29 al.—

Flectere syllabam, to mark with the circumflex accent, and hence, to lengthen, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.

Neutr., to turn, go, or march in any direction (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

cum procul hos laevo flectentes limite cernunt,

Verg. A. 9, 372:

ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles,

Liv. 3, 8, 6;

Hasdrubal ad Oceanum flectit,

id. 28, 16, 3:

inde Vitellius Cremonam flexit,

Tac. H. 2, 70:

in Capitolium,

Suet. Tib. 20.—

Trop., of thought or speech, to turn in any direction:

ad providentiam sapientiamque,

Tac. A. 13, 3:

in ambitionem,

id. ib. 4, 37:

a veneratione Augusti orsus flexit ad victorias Tiberii,

id. ib. 1, 34.—Hence, flexus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., bent, winding:

error,

Ov. M. 8, 160:

zodiacus circa Cancrum Capricornumque flexior,

Mart. Cap. 8, § 878.—In neutr. plur. subst.: collium flexa, Minuc. Fel. Octav. 17.—

Trop., of tones, lengthened:

infinito magis illa flexa et circumducta sunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 172.