ex-adversus

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.

con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.

Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

arcum,

Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31:

tenacia vincla,

Verg. G. 4, 412:

ilia risu,

Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

oculi contendunt se,

Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings:

ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit,

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—

Meton.

(Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw:

infensam hastam,

Verg. A. 10, 521:

tela,

id. ib. 12, 815:

sagittas nervo,

Sil. 1, 323:

telum aërias in auras,

Verg. A. 5, 520. —

Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend:

haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 30:

Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit,

Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—

Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.

In gen.

With acc.:

magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:

contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc.,

id. Fat. 10, 21:

summas vires de palmā,

Lucr. 4, 990:

animum in curas,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 11:

quo se dira libido,

Lucr. 4, 1043:

tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:

id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—

With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to:

hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 21:

summā vi transcendere in hostium naves,

id. ib. 3, 15:

fugā salutem petere,

id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125:

neque ego nunc hoc contendo... mutare animum, sed, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—

Neutr.:

quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere... tantum fac ut efficias,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut:

quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat,

Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so,

remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.:

contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42.— Absol.:

vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem,

Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.:

non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare),

to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—

In partic.,

To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.

With acc. (very rare):

rectā plateā cursum suum,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:

nocte unā tantum itineris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—

With inf. (freq.):

Bibracte ire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,

ire cum his legionibus,

id. ib. 1, 10:

in Britanniam proficisci,

id. ib. 4, 20:

in provinciam reverti,

id. ib. 3, 6 fin.:

Dyrrhachium petere,

Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.:

proxima litora petere cursu,

Verg. A. 1, 158; and:

iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—

Neutr. (so most freq.):

in Italiam magnis itineribus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.:

huc magnis itineribus,

id. ib. 1, 38 fin.:

huc magno cursu,

id. ib. 3, 19:

inde in Italiam,

id. ib. 1, 33:

in fines Sigambrorum,

id. ib. 4, 18:

in castra,

id. ib. 4, 37:

ex eo loco ad flumen,

id. ib. 2, 9:

ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum,

id. ib. 1, 27 fin.:

ad oppidum Noviodunum,

id. ib. 2, 12:

ad castra,

id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.:

ad hostes,

id. ib. 5, 9:

ad Amanum,

Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19:

Lacedaemonem,

Nep. Cim. 3, 3:

domum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.:

ad ultimum animo,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.:

magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere,

id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis,

id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ad salutem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin. —

( Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.

Cum aliquo:

neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36:

cum Sequanis bello,

id. ib. 7, 67 fin.:

cum eo armis,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

cum magnis legionibus parvā manu,

Sall. C. 53, 3:

cum barbaro,

Nep. Con. 4, 3:

cum victore,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 42:

mecum ingenio et arte,

Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.:

cum eo de principatu,

Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.:

divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis,

Sall. J. 4, 7:

humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.:

tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere?

Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—

Contra aliquem:

contra populum Romanum armis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

contra vim gravitatemque morbi,

id. Phil. 9, 7, 15:

nihil contra naturam universam,

id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—

Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—

With dat. ( poet.):

hirundo cycnis,

Lucr. 3, 6:

Homero,

Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:

Pindaricis plectris,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—

Inter se:

hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3:

viribus inter se,

Lucr. 3, 784.— Impers.:

interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur,

the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—

Absol.:

proelio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.;

3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo,

id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.— Impers.:

summo jure contenditur,

Cic. Caecin. 23, 65:

de his lite contenditur,

Quint. 3, 4, 8:

de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur,

id. 10, 5, 13.—

In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit;

illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.—

( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.

With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1:

id cum defensione nostrā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93:

rationem meam cum tuā ratione,

id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—

With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—

With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30:

vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—

With [p. 447] acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29:

ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

leges,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes,

Tac. A. 12, 1:

vetera et praesentia,

id. ib. 13, 3.—

( Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain:

cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem,

Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so,

ab aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.:

a magistris de proferendo die,

id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

ne quid contra aequitatem,

id. Off. 2, 20, 71:

omni opere, ut, etc.,

Suet. Dom. 2:

magno opere, ne, etc.,

id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3:

pertinaciter,

id. Caes. 1.—

( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.

With acc. and inf.:

sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15:

apud eos contendit falsa esse delata,

Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1:

illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos... scientes fuisse,

Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—

Absol. (very rare):

si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,

Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight:

qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:

acies oculorum,

Lucr. 1, 325; cf.:

contentis oculis prosequi aliquem,

Suet. Tib. 7:

contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa),

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves),

Verg. G. 3, 536:

Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia,

with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—

Trop., eager, intent:

contenta mens fuit in eā ratione,

Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515:

et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus,

id. Sest. 6, 13.— Sup.:

contentissimā voce clamitans,

App. M. 4, p. 147.— Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently:

pro se dicere... mittere contentius,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.:

acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare,

Gell. 18, 1, 2:

contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius,

id. de Or. 3, 55, 212:

aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare,

Gell. 3, 3, 1.

dē-fendo, di, sum ( infin. pass. parag.: defendier, Verg. A. 8, 493: Juv. 15, 157.— Part. gen. plur. sync.:

defendentum,

Verg. A. 11, 886), 3, v. a. [arch.: FENDO; cf. Sanscr. han (ghan), to smite; Gr. theinô; hence, also offendo, infensus, infestus, mani-festus; cf. fustis], to fend or ward off any thing hostile or injurious; to repel, avert, keep off: propulsando arcere (for syn. cf.: tueor, tutor, servo, conservo. propugno, protego, vindico, caveo—freq. and class.); regularly constr. with acc. alone (so in Cic. and Caes.); very rarely aliquid (aliquem) ab aliquo, and in poets also aliquid alicui; cf. Zumpt. Gr. § 469.

Aliquid (aliquem):

ut tu morbos calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, defendas averruncesque,

Cato R. R. 141, 2: serva cives, defende hostes, cum potes defendere, Enn. ap. Non. 277, 21; cf.

bellum (opp. inferre),

Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 13; 2, 29 fin.:

ad defendendos ictus ac repellendos,

id. B. C. 2, 9, 3; cf.:

ignis jactus et lapides,

id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

frigus et solem,

Cato R. R. 48, 2; cf.:

nimios solis ardores,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 53;

and frigus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 14;

also: sitim fonte et purā lymphā,

to quench, Sil. 7, 170:

qui non defendit injuriam neque propulsat,

Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; so,

injuriam,

id. Rosc. Am. 1:

noxiam,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 48:

imperatoris sui tribunorumque plebis injurias,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7 fin.:

vim suorum,

id. ib. 3, 110, 4; cf.:

vim illatam vi,

Cic. Mil. 4:

pericula,

id. Mur. 3; Tac. A. 13, 56:

hunc furorem,

Verg. A. 10, 905:

dedecus manu,

Sil. 13, 99 et saep.:

crimen,

to answer, defend against an accusation, Liv. 42, 48, 2.—

With ab: (milites) a pinnis hostes defendebant facillime, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1; cf. ib. 8:

hostem a fossa,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

ignem a tectis,

Ov. R. Am. 625.—

Aliquid alicui (cf. arceo, no. II. d.):

iniuriam foribus,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 20:

solstitium pecori,

Verg. E. 7, 47; cf.:

aestatem capellis,

Hor. Od. 1, 17, 3; Prop. 1, 20, 11:

tela misero,

Sil. 17, 432:

dedecus morti,

id. 5, 490:

senium famae,

Stat. Th. 9, 318.—

Absol., to put a stop (to a fire), to check the flames:

nec quisquam defendere audebat, crebris minis restinguere prohibentium,

Tac. A. 15, 38; cf.:

urbem incendere, feris in populum immissis, quo difficilius defenderentur,

Suet. Ner. 43.—

Transf., like prohibere, with acc. of that from which any thing is warded off or averted, to defend, guard, protect, cover.

In gen. (so most freq. in all perr. and species of composition), constr. with acc. alone; with acc. and ab aliquo (contra aliquid), or merely ab aliquo; and absol.

With simple acc.:

Aeduos ceterosque amicos populi Rom.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 35 fin.:

eos,

id. ib. 2, 10, 4; id. B. C. 1, 6, 2:

se armis,

id. B. G. 6, 34:

se manu,

id. ib. 5, 7, 8;

6, 40, 6 et saep.: castra,

id. ib. 3, 3 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 67, 5; 3, 94, 6 (with tueri):

oppidum,

id. B. G. 3, 16, 3 et saep.:

eum defendo, quem tu accusas,

Cic. Sull. 17:

aliquem apud praetores,

id. Clu. 45, 126:

aliquem de ambitu,

id. Sull. 2, 6: cf.

causam,

id. Clu. 27, 74; id. Sull. 31, 86; id. Lael. 25, 96 et passim:

d. ac tegere scelus,

id. Sull. 31, 86; cf.

with protegere,

id. ib. 18, 50:

justitiam,

id. Lael. 7, 25:

communem salutem,

id. Rep. 1, 1; id. Mur. 2 fin. et saep.:

locum,

to preserve, maintain, id. Quint. 13, 43; cf.:

vicem modo rhetoris atque poëtae,

to sustain, Hor. S. 1, 10, 12:

actorum partes,

id. A. P. 194:

aedes Vestae vix defensa est (sc. ab incendio),

preserved, Liv. 26, 27.—

Aliquid (aliquem) ab aliquo:

Aedui cum se suaque ab iis defendere non possent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11, 2:

se a finitimis,

id. ib. 2, 31, 5; id. B. C. 1, 75, 3; Sall. C. 45, 4 et saep.:

Galliam omnem ab Ariovisti injuria,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31 fin.; so,

aliquem ab injuria,

id. ib. 5, 20, 3; Sall. C. 35 fin.; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 22, 5:

se regnumque suum ab Romanorum avaritia,

Sall. J. 49, 2:

provinciam non modo a calamitate, sed etiam a metu calamitatis,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 14: Italiam a vastatione, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15 fin.:

vitam ab inimicorum audacia telisque,

Cic. Mil. 2 fin.:

libertatis causam ab regio praesidio,

Liv. 39, 24 et saep.:

teneras myrtos a frigore,

Verg. E. 7, 6:

frondes ab acutae vulnere falcis, a pecoris morsu,

Ov. M. 9, 384 et saep.—

With ab aliquo:

quod et ab incendio lapis et ab ariete materia defendit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 5; so id. B. C. 1, 25 fin.; 3, 63, 7.—

Aliquem (aliquid) contra, or adversus aliquem:

me scio a te contra iniquos meos solere defendi,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

sese adversus populum Romanum defendere,

id. Phil. 1, 6, 13:

me adversus Abrupolim,

Liv. 42, 41, 10; Just. 2, 4, 32; Suet. Caes. 71; Liv. 5, 35, 4:

auctoritatem contra invidiam,

Cic. Phil, 8, 4; 13, 11; id. Fam. 5, 2, 6; id. Sest. 67, 141; 23, 51; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45.—

Absol.:

filii qui et sentire et defendere possent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 23, 64 fin.:

cum jam defenderet nemo,

Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 6:

defendentibus civibus Romanis,

id. B. C. 3, 40, 6; cf. in the abl. absol., id. B. G. 2, 12, 3; id. B. C. 3, 68 fin.; Cic. Lael. 25, 96 et saep.:

quibus eae partes ad defendendum obvenerunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 81 fin. —

In partic.

Of speech, to defend, support, maintain; to bring forward, allege in defence (so repeatedly in Cic.; elsewhere rare).

With acc.:

(Carneades) nullam umquam in illis suis disputationibus rem defendit, quam non probarit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38 fin.; cf. id. Fam. 4, 14:

me id maxime defendisse, ut, etc.,

have chiefly striven for, id. Rosc. Am. 47; id. Verr. 2, 3, 37; 2, 5, 58.—

With acc. and inf.:

gravissimeque et verissime defenditur, numquam aequitatem ab utilitate posse sejungi, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 71; id. Verr. 2, 3, 90 fin.; id. Tull. 13, 32:

ille nihil ex his sponte susceptum sed principi paruisse defendebat,

Tac. A. 13, 43:

sed id solitum esse fieri defendebat,

Gell. 10, 19; so with verb pass. and inf., Cic. Inv. 2, 32 init. —

With a relative clause:

(quae turpitudines) cur non cadant in sapientem, non est facile defendere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117. —

In the later jurid. Lat., to claim, vindicate, or prosecute at law:

quia libertatem et hereditatem ex testamento sibi defendebat,

Dig. 5, 3, 7:

si patris mortem defendere necesse habuerit,

i. e. legally to avenge his death, ib. 38, 2, 14, § 7; 48, 2, 11.

grassor, ātus, 1 ( inf. pres. grassarier, Prud. Ham. 651; act. collat. form grassabamus, App. M. 7, 7), v. dep. n. and a. [gradior], to go, go about (not in Cic. and Cæs.; cf.: gradior, incedo, vado, pergo).

Lit.

In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

hoc grassari gradu,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 11:

siccine hic cum uvida veste grassabimur?

id. Rud. 1, 4, 31; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 19: sine eam pedibus grassari, Titin. ap. Non. 316, 3:

recte grassatur via,

Nov. ib. 5; Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

certum'st moriri, quam hunc pati grassari lenonem in me,

come about me, approach me, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 22.—

Of things:

(aranĕus) quanta arte celat pedicas scutulato rete grassantes,

going about, moving around, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81:

per omnes nervos articulosque humore pestifero grassante,

Just. 23, 2:

neque avaritia solum, sed etiam crudelitas in capta urbe grassata est,

Curt. 5, 6, 6.—

In partic.

To go loitering or rioting about (cf. grassator, I.): se in juventutem grassantem in Subura incidisse, Liv. 3, 13, 2:

per omnia clandestina grassari scelera latrociniorum, id 42, 18, 1: ubi Caesarem esse qui grassaretur pernotuit,

Tac. A. 13, 25.—Hence, of parasites, i. q. adulari, to pay one's court to, to flatter, fawn upon: grassari antiqui ponebant pro adulari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll.—

To go about with thievish designs, to lie in wait: grassari dicuntur latrones vias obsidentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll. (cf. grassator, II.):

in umbris,

Anthol. Lat. 2, 186, 42 sq.:

silurus grassatur, ubicumque est, omne animal appetens,

Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 45.—Hence,

With acc., to fall upon, assault, attack:

turmas,

Stat. Th. 8, 571.

Trop.

In gen., to go, proceed, or act in any manner: saepe hac eadem sum grassatus via, Nov. ap. Non. 316, 7; cf.:

consimili grassantur via,

Afran. ib. 9:

ubi animus ad gloriam virtutis via grassatur,

Sall. J. 1, 3:

grassandum ad clara periclis,

Sil. 1, 570:

(assertor) ait, se jure grassari, non vi,

that he was proceeding, Liv. 3, 44, 8:

longe alia via grassabantur,

id. 2, 27, 7:

consilio grassandum, si nihil vires juvarent, ratus,

id. 10, 14, 13:

mutua dissimulatione et iisdem, quibus petebatur, artibus grassatur,

Tac. H. 4, 56:

cupidine atque irā, pessimis consultoribus,

Sall. J. 64, 5:

obsequio,

to act obsequiously, Hor. S. 2, 5, 93:

dolo,

to act cunningly, Tac. H. 4, 16:

assentando multitudini grassari,

Liv. 45, 23, 9:

superbe avareque in provincia grassatos,

Suet. Aug. 67.—

In partic., to attack, proceed against; to proceed with violence, act harshly, rage, rage against. —Constr.: in aliquid and in or adversus aliquem:

trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, ut in te hac via grassaremur,

Liv. 2, 12, 15; cf.:

in possessionem agri publici grassari,

id. 6, 5, 4:

in externos grassari,

Suet. Ner. 36:

adversus omnis aevi hominum genus grassari,

id. Calig. 34; cf.:

qui cum contemptu religionis grassatus etiam adversus deos fuerat,

Just. 1, 9:

ita bacchantem atque grassantem adoriri,

Suet. Calig. 56:

omni rapinarum genere grassati,

id. Vesp. 6:

diverso vitiorum genere,

id. Galb. 14; cf.:

placuit veneno grassari,

Tac. H. 3, 39; id. A. 15, 60.— Absol.:

Ii (sagitarii) dum eminus grassabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of abstract subjects: accusatorum major in dies et infestior vis sine levamento grassabatur,

Tac. A. 4, 66:

ut clausis unam intra domum accusatoribus et reis, paucorum potentia grassaretur,

id. ib. 13, 4:

dicemus de his (malis), quae totis corporibus grassantur,

Plin. 26, 11, 67, § 107; cf.:

haec (vitia) in pueris grassari, illa in adultis,

id. 26, 1, 3, § 4:

mala vestra,... alia grassantia extrinsecus, alia in visceribus ipsis ardentia,

Sen. Vit. B. 27, 6:

rabidorum more luporum Crimina persultant toto grassantia campo,

Prud. Psych. 468:

grassandi in re familiari facultas,

of wasting, plundering, Dig. 26, 10, 6.—Fig.:

nec ferro grassatur saepius ullum mentis vitium quam cupido, etc.,

Juv. 14, 174.—

With acc. (cf. above, I. B. 2. b.):

simulque Romam pestilentia grassabatur,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 5.— P. a.: grassans, ntis, m., as subst., a robber, thief:

quicquid Lycurgi villa grassantibus praebuisset,

Petr. 117, 3; App. M. 8, p. 209, 3:

sublatis susceptoribus grassantium cupido conquiescit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 4.

grassor, ātus, 1 ( inf. pres. grassarier, Prud. Ham. 651; act. collat. form grassabamus, App. M. 7, 7), v. dep. n. and a. [gradior], to go, go about (not in Cic. and Cæs.; cf.: gradior, incedo, vado, pergo).

Lit.

In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

hoc grassari gradu,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 11:

siccine hic cum uvida veste grassabimur?

id. Rud. 1, 4, 31; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 19: sine eam pedibus grassari, Titin. ap. Non. 316, 3:

recte grassatur via,

Nov. ib. 5; Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

certum'st moriri, quam hunc pati grassari lenonem in me,

come about me, approach me, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 22.—

Of things:

(aranĕus) quanta arte celat pedicas scutulato rete grassantes,

going about, moving around, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81:

per omnes nervos articulosque humore pestifero grassante,

Just. 23, 2:

neque avaritia solum, sed etiam crudelitas in capta urbe grassata est,

Curt. 5, 6, 6.—

In partic.

To go loitering or rioting about (cf. grassator, I.): se in juventutem grassantem in Subura incidisse, Liv. 3, 13, 2:

per omnia clandestina grassari scelera latrociniorum, id 42, 18, 1: ubi Caesarem esse qui grassaretur pernotuit,

Tac. A. 13, 25.—Hence, of parasites, i. q. adulari, to pay one's court to, to flatter, fawn upon: grassari antiqui ponebant pro adulari, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll.—

To go about with thievish designs, to lie in wait: grassari dicuntur latrones vias obsidentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 97 Müll. (cf. grassator, II.):

in umbris,

Anthol. Lat. 2, 186, 42 sq.:

silurus grassatur, ubicumque est, omne animal appetens,

Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 45.—Hence,

With acc., to fall upon, assault, attack:

turmas,

Stat. Th. 8, 571.

Trop.

In gen., to go, proceed, or act in any manner: saepe hac eadem sum grassatus via, Nov. ap. Non. 316, 7; cf.:

consimili grassantur via,

Afran. ib. 9:

ubi animus ad gloriam virtutis via grassatur,

Sall. J. 1, 3:

grassandum ad clara periclis,

Sil. 1, 570:

(assertor) ait, se jure grassari, non vi,

that he was proceeding, Liv. 3, 44, 8:

longe alia via grassabantur,

id. 2, 27, 7:

consilio grassandum, si nihil vires juvarent, ratus,

id. 10, 14, 13:

mutua dissimulatione et iisdem, quibus petebatur, artibus grassatur,

Tac. H. 4, 56:

cupidine atque irā, pessimis consultoribus,

Sall. J. 64, 5:

obsequio,

to act obsequiously, Hor. S. 2, 5, 93:

dolo,

to act cunningly, Tac. H. 4, 16:

assentando multitudini grassari,

Liv. 45, 23, 9:

superbe avareque in provincia grassatos,

Suet. Aug. 67.—

In partic., to attack, proceed against; to proceed with violence, act harshly, rage, rage against. —Constr.: in aliquid and in or adversus aliquem:

trecenti conjuravimus principes juventutis Romanae, ut in te hac via grassaremur,

Liv. 2, 12, 15; cf.:

in possessionem agri publici grassari,

id. 6, 5, 4:

in externos grassari,

Suet. Ner. 36:

adversus omnis aevi hominum genus grassari,

id. Calig. 34; cf.:

qui cum contemptu religionis grassatus etiam adversus deos fuerat,

Just. 1, 9:

ita bacchantem atque grassantem adoriri,

Suet. Calig. 56:

omni rapinarum genere grassati,

id. Vesp. 6:

diverso vitiorum genere,

id. Galb. 14; cf.:

placuit veneno grassari,

Tac. H. 3, 39; id. A. 15, 60.— Absol.:

Ii (sagitarii) dum eminus grassabantur,

Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of abstract subjects: accusatorum major in dies et infestior vis sine levamento grassabatur,

Tac. A. 4, 66:

ut clausis unam intra domum accusatoribus et reis, paucorum potentia grassaretur,

id. ib. 13, 4:

dicemus de his (malis), quae totis corporibus grassantur,

Plin. 26, 11, 67, § 107; cf.:

haec (vitia) in pueris grassari, illa in adultis,

id. 26, 1, 3, § 4:

mala vestra,... alia grassantia extrinsecus, alia in visceribus ipsis ardentia,

Sen. Vit. B. 27, 6:

rabidorum more luporum Crimina persultant toto grassantia campo,

Prud. Psych. 468:

grassandi in re familiari facultas,

of wasting, plundering, Dig. 26, 10, 6.—Fig.:

nec ferro grassatur saepius ullum mentis vitium quam cupido, etc.,

Juv. 14, 174.—

With acc. (cf. above, I. B. 2. b.):

simulque Romam pestilentia grassabatur,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 5.— P. a.: grassans, ntis, m., as subst., a robber, thief:

quicquid Lycurgi villa grassantibus praebuisset,

Petr. 117, 3; App. M. 8, p. 209, 3:

sublatis susceptoribus grassantium cupido conquiescit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 3, 4.

ĭn-exōrābĭlis, e, adj.

That cannot be moved by entreaty, inexorable (class.).

Of persons, constr. with in, adversus, contra, or dat.

With in and acc.:

qui inexorabilis in ceteros esse visus sum,

Cic. Sull. 31, 87.—

With adversus:

adversus te et rem tuam,

Liv. 34, 4, 18.—

With contra:

contra improbos nocentesque,

Gell. 14, 4, 3.—

With dat.:

delictis,

Tac. A. 11, 18.—

Absol.: ni me inexorabilem faxis, Pac. ap. Non. 184, 4:

judices,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

Achilles,

Hor. A. P. 121.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

res,

Liv. 2, 3:

disciplina,

inexorably severe, rigorous, Tac. H. 1, 51:

odium,

Ov. M. 5, 244:

fatum,

Verg. G. 2, 491:

claustra,

Val. Max. 4, 8, 2.—

That cannot be obtained by entreaty:

neque inexorabile certe, Quod petimus,

Val. Fl. 5, 321.

ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

objexis,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).

Lit.:

ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

cibum canibus,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

parricidae corpus feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

offam (Cerbero),

Verg. A. 6, 420:

pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

aliquem feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

vivos homines laniandos obicere,

Suet. Ner. 37:

florem veteris vini naribus,

to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

ne objexis manum,

don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —

In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

carros pro vallo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

ericium portis,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

faucibus portūs navem submersam,

id. ib. 3, 39;

3, 66: se hostium telis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

se ei objecit,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

maximo aggere objecto,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

objecta tela perfregit,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

scutum,

Liv. 2, 10:

hastas,

id. 36, 18:

clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

objecit sese ad currum,

threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—

Trop.

In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

nubem oculis,

Ov. M. 12, 32:

plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

consulem morti,

to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

alicui lucrum,

to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

sollicitudinem,

to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

terrorem hosti,

Liv. 27, 1:

spem,

id. 6, 14:

furorem alicui objecit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

rabiem canibus,

Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

malum mihi obicitur,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

obicitur animo metus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—

To put in the way, interpose:

omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

id. ib. 4, 123.—

In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

criminor, exprobro): facinora,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

alicui multa probra,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

ignobilitatem alicui,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

crimen,

Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.

Lying before or opposite:

insula objecta Alexandriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

silva pro nativo muro,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

flumina,

Verg. G. 3, 253:

Cyprus Syriae objecta,

Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—

Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

objectus fortunae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

invidiae,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

ad omnes casus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—

Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

de objectis non confiteri,

Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

Quint. 7, 2, 29:

objecta diluere,

id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

objexis,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).

Lit.:

ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70:

si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15:

cibum canibus,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145:

parricidae corpus feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26:

offam (Cerbero),

Verg. A. 6, 420:

pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,

Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus:

aliquem feris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.:

vivos homines laniandos obicere,

Suet. Ner. 37:

florem veteris vini naribus,

to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti,

brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus,

to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37:

exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4:

ne objexis manum,

don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —

In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:

Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum... obicio et oppono,

Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

carros pro vallo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

ericium portis,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

faucibus portūs navem submersam,

id. ib. 3, 39;

3, 66: se hostium telis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

se ei objecit,

Nep. Hann. 5, 1:

maximo aggere objecto,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms:

objecta tela perfregit,

Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49:

scutum,

Liv. 2, 10:

hastas,

id. 36, 18:

clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt,

oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444:

objecit sese ad currum,

threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—

Trop.

In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:

noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62:

nubem oculis,

Ov. M. 12, 32:

plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

consulem morti,

to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23:

obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum... ad omne denique periculum,

id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in:

numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes... objecissem,

Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,

id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus:

se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,

Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12:

alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,

to suggest, Liv. 5, 15:

alicui lucrum,

to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45:

sollicitudinem,

to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29:

terrorem hosti,

Liv. 27, 1:

spem,

id. 6, 14:

furorem alicui objecit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40:

rabiem canibus,

Verg. A. 7, 479.— Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one:

mihi mala res obicitur aliqua,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5:

malum mihi obicitur,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18:

obicitur animo metus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—

To put in the way, interpose:

omnis exceptio interponitur a reo,

Gai. Inst. 4, 119:

cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio,

id. ib. 4, 123.—

In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:

criminor, exprobro): facinora,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

alicui multa probra,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

ignobilitatem alicui,

id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse,

id. Att. 1, 16, 10:

parcius ista viris obicienda memento,

Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod:

Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8:

crimen,

Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing:

de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc.,

Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.:

nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.

Lying before or opposite:

insula objecta Alexandriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112:

silva pro nativo muro,

id. B. G. 6, 10:

flumina,

Verg. G. 3, 253:

Cyprus Syriae objecta,

Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—

Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:

objectus fortunae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111:

invidiae,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20:

ad omnes casus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—

Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:

de objectis non confiteri,

Cic. Dom. 35, 93:

objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere,

Quint. 7, 2, 29:

objecta diluere,

id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.