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1 exert-

v. l. = exsert-

Латинско-русский словарь > exert-
2 contendo

con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.
I.
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.—
B.
Meton.
1.
(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. —
2.
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.—
II.
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.
A.
In gen.
1.
Act.
(α).
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.—
(β).
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.—
2.
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.—
B.
In partic.,
1.
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.
a.
Act.
(α).
With acc. (very rare):
rectā plateā cursum suum,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:
nocte unā tantum itineris,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—
(β).
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.—
b.
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. —
2.
( 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.
(α).
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.—
(β).
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.—
* (γ).
Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—
(δ).
With dat. ( poet.):
hirundo cycnis,
Lucr. 3, 6:
Homero,
Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:
Pindaricis plectris,
Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—
(ε).
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.—
(ζ).
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.—
* b.
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.—
3.
( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.
(α).
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.—
* (β).
With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—
(γ).
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.—
(δ).
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.—
4.
( 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.—
5.
( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.
(α).
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.—
(β).
Absol. (very rare):
si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,
Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.
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.—
B.
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.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contendo
3 tendo

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].
I.
Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:
plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:
retia (alicui),
Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:
casses alicui,
Tib. 1, 6, 5:
intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,
Col. 6, 14, 4:
chordam,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:
arcum,
to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:
sagittas Arcu,
to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:
spicula cornu,
Verg. A. 9, 606:
pariterque oculos telumque,
id. ib. 5, 508:
barbiton,
to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:
tympana tenta tonant palmis,
Lucr. 2, 618:
validā lora manu,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:
vela (Noti),
to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:
praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,
Ov. H. 10, 30:
praetorium,
to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:
conopia,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:
cubilia,
Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:
bracchia ad caelum,
Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;
for which: bracchia caelo,
id. ib. 2, 580;
9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,
Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,
manus ad aliquem,
id. B. G. 2, 13:
ad sidera palmas,
Verg. A. 1, 93:
super aequora palmas,
Ov. M. 8, 849:
ad aliquem orantia bracchia,
id. P. 2, 9, 65:
manus supplices dis immortalibus,
Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:
vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,
id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,
manus alicui,
Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:
manus supinas,
Liv. 3, 50, 5:
manus ripae ulterioris amore,
Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.
also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,
stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:
(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,
reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:
tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,
id. G. 4, 535:
quo tendant ferrum,
aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:
qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,
stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —
2.
In partic.:
nervum tendere, in mal. part.,
Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—
B.
Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:
insidias alicui,
Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:
omnes insidias animis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:
animum vigilem,
to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:
sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,
i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:
aestivam sermone benigno noctem,
to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:
(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,
to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:
cursum ex acie in Capitolia,
Sil. 9, 216:
cursum ad agmina suorum,
id. 10, 73:
iter ad naves,
Verg. A. 1, 656:
iter pennis,
id. ib. 6, 240:
ad dominum iter,
Ov. M. 2, 547:
cursum unde et quo,
Liv. 23, 34, 5:
iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,
tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—
II.
Neutr.
A.
To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).
1.
Lit.:
dubito an Venusiam tendam,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:
Beneventum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:
cursuque amens ad limina tendit,
Verg. A. 2, 321:
ad castra,
Liv. 9, 37:
in castra,
id. 10, 36:
ad aedes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:
ad domum Bruti et Cassii,
Suet. Caes. 85:
ad portus,
Ov. M. 15, 690:
Ciconum ad oras,
id. ib. 10, 3:
ad metam,
id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:
cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:
unde venis? et Quo tendis?
Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:
quo tendere pergunt,
Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:
tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,
Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —
b.
Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:
in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,
Lucr. 4, 179:
levibus in sublime tendentibus,
Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:
sursum tendit palmes,
Col. 5, 6, 28:
simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,
Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:
tunc aethera tendit,
Luc. 7, 477:
dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,
Verg. A. 6, 541:
gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,
reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:
Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,
id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:
Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,
id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:
seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,
Prop. 1, 6, 31.—
2.
Trop.
a.
In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:
ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,
Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:
ad altiora et non concessa tendere,
Liv. 4, 13, 4:
ad majora,
Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:
ad eloquium,
Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:
ad suum,
Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:
ad Carthaginienses,
id. 24, 5, 8:
cum alii alio tenderent,
id. 24, 28, 1:
in diversum sententiae tendebant,
id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —
(β).
To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:
(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,
Verg. A. 2, 220:
pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:
quod efficere tendimus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:
tendit disertus haberi,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:
aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,
id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:
miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,
insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —
b.
In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):
nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,
Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;
vasto certamine tendunt,
id. ib. 12, 553:
Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,
Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:
summā vi,
Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:
adversus, etc.,
id. 34, 34, 1:
contra,
id. 35, 51, 6:
ultra,
id. 24, 31, 4:
acrius,
Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:
acrius contra, ut, etc.,
Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:
quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,
what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:
nihil illi tendere contra,
Verg. A. 9, 377. —
B.
For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:
qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:
omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,
Luc. 7, 328:
hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,
Verg. A. 2, 29:
legio latis tendebat in arvis,
id. ib. 8, 605:
isdem castris,
Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:
isdem hibernis tendentes,
Tac. H. 1, 55:
Lugduni tendentes,
id. ib. 1, 59:
cum multitudo laxius tenderet,
Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:
tendere in campis,
id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):
rectissima linea tensa,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:
collum,
id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:
remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),
id. 11, 3, 99:
vox tensior (opp. remissior),
id. 11, 3, 42:
lacerti,
Luc. 7, 469:
rudentes,
id. 2, 683:
frons,
Lucr. 6, 1195:
tormento citharāque tensior,
Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tendo
4 tenno

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].
I.
Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:
plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:
retia (alicui),
Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:
casses alicui,
Tib. 1, 6, 5:
intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,
Col. 6, 14, 4:
chordam,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:
arcum,
to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:
sagittas Arcu,
to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:
spicula cornu,
Verg. A. 9, 606:
pariterque oculos telumque,
id. ib. 5, 508:
barbiton,
to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:
tympana tenta tonant palmis,
Lucr. 2, 618:
validā lora manu,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:
vela (Noti),
to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:
praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,
Ov. H. 10, 30:
praetorium,
to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:
conopia,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:
cubilia,
Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:
bracchia ad caelum,
Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;
for which: bracchia caelo,
id. ib. 2, 580;
9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,
Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,
manus ad aliquem,
id. B. G. 2, 13:
ad sidera palmas,
Verg. A. 1, 93:
super aequora palmas,
Ov. M. 8, 849:
ad aliquem orantia bracchia,
id. P. 2, 9, 65:
manus supplices dis immortalibus,
Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:
vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,
id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,
manus alicui,
Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:
manus supinas,
Liv. 3, 50, 5:
manus ripae ulterioris amore,
Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.
also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,
stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:
(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,
reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:
tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,
id. G. 4, 535:
quo tendant ferrum,
aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:
qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,
stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —
2.
In partic.:
nervum tendere, in mal. part.,
Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—
B.
Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:
insidias alicui,
Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:
omnes insidias animis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:
animum vigilem,
to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:
sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,
i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:
aestivam sermone benigno noctem,
to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:
(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,
to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:
cursum ex acie in Capitolia,
Sil. 9, 216:
cursum ad agmina suorum,
id. 10, 73:
iter ad naves,
Verg. A. 1, 656:
iter pennis,
id. ib. 6, 240:
ad dominum iter,
Ov. M. 2, 547:
cursum unde et quo,
Liv. 23, 34, 5:
iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,
tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—
II.
Neutr.
A.
To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).
1.
Lit.:
dubito an Venusiam tendam,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:
Beneventum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:
cursuque amens ad limina tendit,
Verg. A. 2, 321:
ad castra,
Liv. 9, 37:
in castra,
id. 10, 36:
ad aedes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:
ad domum Bruti et Cassii,
Suet. Caes. 85:
ad portus,
Ov. M. 15, 690:
Ciconum ad oras,
id. ib. 10, 3:
ad metam,
id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:
cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:
unde venis? et Quo tendis?
Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:
quo tendere pergunt,
Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:
tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,
Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —
b.
Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:
in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,
Lucr. 4, 179:
levibus in sublime tendentibus,
Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:
sursum tendit palmes,
Col. 5, 6, 28:
simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,
Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:
tunc aethera tendit,
Luc. 7, 477:
dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,
Verg. A. 6, 541:
gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,
reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:
Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,
id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:
Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,
id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:
seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,
Prop. 1, 6, 31.—
2.
Trop.
a.
In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:
ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,
Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:
ad altiora et non concessa tendere,
Liv. 4, 13, 4:
ad majora,
Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:
ad eloquium,
Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:
ad suum,
Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:
ad Carthaginienses,
id. 24, 5, 8:
cum alii alio tenderent,
id. 24, 28, 1:
in diversum sententiae tendebant,
id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —
(β).
To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:
(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,
Verg. A. 2, 220:
pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:
quod efficere tendimus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:
tendit disertus haberi,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:
aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,
id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:
miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,
insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —
b.
In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):
nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,
Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;
vasto certamine tendunt,
id. ib. 12, 553:
Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,
Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:
summā vi,
Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:
adversus, etc.,
id. 34, 34, 1:
contra,
id. 35, 51, 6:
ultra,
id. 24, 31, 4:
acrius,
Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:
acrius contra, ut, etc.,
Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:
quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,
what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:
nihil illi tendere contra,
Verg. A. 9, 377. —
B.
For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:
qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:
omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,
Luc. 7, 328:
hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,
Verg. A. 2, 29:
legio latis tendebat in arvis,
id. ib. 8, 605:
isdem castris,
Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:
isdem hibernis tendentes,
Tac. H. 1, 55:
Lugduni tendentes,
id. ib. 1, 59:
cum multitudo laxius tenderet,
Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:
tendere in campis,
id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):
rectissima linea tensa,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:
collum,
id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:
remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),
id. 11, 3, 99:
vox tensior (opp. remissior),
id. 11, 3, 42:
lacerti,
Luc. 7, 469:
rudentes,
id. 2, 683:
frons,
Lucr. 6, 1195:
tormento citharāque tensior,
Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tenno
5 tenta

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].
I.
Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:
plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:
retia (alicui),
Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:
casses alicui,
Tib. 1, 6, 5:
intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,
Col. 6, 14, 4:
chordam,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:
arcum,
to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:
sagittas Arcu,
to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:
spicula cornu,
Verg. A. 9, 606:
pariterque oculos telumque,
id. ib. 5, 508:
barbiton,
to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:
tympana tenta tonant palmis,
Lucr. 2, 618:
validā lora manu,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:
vela (Noti),
to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:
praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,
Ov. H. 10, 30:
praetorium,
to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:
conopia,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:
cubilia,
Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:
bracchia ad caelum,
Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;
for which: bracchia caelo,
id. ib. 2, 580;
9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,
Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,
manus ad aliquem,
id. B. G. 2, 13:
ad sidera palmas,
Verg. A. 1, 93:
super aequora palmas,
Ov. M. 8, 849:
ad aliquem orantia bracchia,
id. P. 2, 9, 65:
manus supplices dis immortalibus,
Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:
vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,
id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,
manus alicui,
Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:
manus supinas,
Liv. 3, 50, 5:
manus ripae ulterioris amore,
Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.
also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,
stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:
(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,
reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:
tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,
id. G. 4, 535:
quo tendant ferrum,
aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:
qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,
stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —
2.
In partic.:
nervum tendere, in mal. part.,
Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—
B.
Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:
insidias alicui,
Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:
omnes insidias animis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:
animum vigilem,
to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:
sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,
i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:
aestivam sermone benigno noctem,
to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:
(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,
to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:
cursum ex acie in Capitolia,
Sil. 9, 216:
cursum ad agmina suorum,
id. 10, 73:
iter ad naves,
Verg. A. 1, 656:
iter pennis,
id. ib. 6, 240:
ad dominum iter,
Ov. M. 2, 547:
cursum unde et quo,
Liv. 23, 34, 5:
iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,
tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—
II.
Neutr.
A.
To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).
1.
Lit.:
dubito an Venusiam tendam,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:
Beneventum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:
cursuque amens ad limina tendit,
Verg. A. 2, 321:
ad castra,
Liv. 9, 37:
in castra,
id. 10, 36:
ad aedes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:
ad domum Bruti et Cassii,
Suet. Caes. 85:
ad portus,
Ov. M. 15, 690:
Ciconum ad oras,
id. ib. 10, 3:
ad metam,
id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:
cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:
unde venis? et Quo tendis?
Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:
quo tendere pergunt,
Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:
tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,
Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —
b.
Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:
in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,
Lucr. 4, 179:
levibus in sublime tendentibus,
Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:
sursum tendit palmes,
Col. 5, 6, 28:
simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,
Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:
tunc aethera tendit,
Luc. 7, 477:
dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,
Verg. A. 6, 541:
gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,
reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:
Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,
id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:
Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,
id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:
seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,
Prop. 1, 6, 31.—
2.
Trop.
a.
In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:
ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,
Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:
ad altiora et non concessa tendere,
Liv. 4, 13, 4:
ad majora,
Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:
ad eloquium,
Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:
ad suum,
Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:
ad Carthaginienses,
id. 24, 5, 8:
cum alii alio tenderent,
id. 24, 28, 1:
in diversum sententiae tendebant,
id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —
(β).
To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:
(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,
Verg. A. 2, 220:
pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:
quod efficere tendimus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:
tendit disertus haberi,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:
aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,
id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:
miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,
insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —
b.
In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):
nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,
Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;
vasto certamine tendunt,
id. ib. 12, 553:
Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,
Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:
summā vi,
Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:
adversus, etc.,
id. 34, 34, 1:
contra,
id. 35, 51, 6:
ultra,
id. 24, 31, 4:
acrius,
Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:
acrius contra, ut, etc.,
Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:
quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,
what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:
nihil illi tendere contra,
Verg. A. 9, 377. —
B.
For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:
qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:
omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,
Luc. 7, 328:
hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,
Verg. A. 2, 29:
legio latis tendebat in arvis,
id. ib. 8, 605:
isdem castris,
Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:
isdem hibernis tendentes,
Tac. H. 1, 55:
Lugduni tendentes,
id. ib. 1, 59:
cum multitudo laxius tenderet,
Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:
tendere in campis,
id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):
rectissima linea tensa,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:
collum,
id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:
remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),
id. 11, 3, 99:
vox tensior (opp. remissior),
id. 11, 3, 42:
lacerti,
Luc. 7, 469:
rudentes,
id. 2, 683:
frons,
Lucr. 6, 1195:
tormento citharāque tensior,
Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tenta
6 con-tendō

con-tendō dī, tus, ere, to stretch, bend, draw tight, strain: arcum, V.: tormenta: vincla, V.: ilia risu, O.—To aim, draw, make ready: nervo equino telum, V.—To aim, shoot, hurl, dart, throw: Mago hastam (i. e. in Magum), V.: telum in auras, V.—Fig., to strain, stretch, exert: nervos aetatis meae: animum in curas, O.: ad hunc cursum (i. e. ad huius imperium), follow zealously, V.—To strive for, press, pursue, prosecute, hasten, exert oneself: id sibi contendendum existimabat, Cs.: hunc (locum) oppugnare contendit, zealously lays siege to, Cs.: summā vi transcendere in hostium navīs, Cs.: in Britanniam proficisci, Cs.: litora cursu petere, V.: voce ut populus hoc exaudiat: remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet, Cs.: ne patiamini imperatorem eripi: quantum maxime possem, contenderem: oculo quantum Lynceus, reach with the sight, H.—To march, press on, seek, journey hastily, hasten: in Italiam magnis itineribus, Cs.: huc magno cursu, Cs.: ad castra, Cs.: Lacedaemonem, N.: ad summam laudem maximis laboribus: quo contendimus, pervenire: nocte unā tantum itineris.—To measure together, compare, contrast: causas ipsas: leges: id cum defensione nostrā: ostro vellera, H.—To measure strength, strive, dispute, fight, contend, vie: proelio, Cs.: magis virtute quam dolo, Cs.: rapido cursu, V.: Moribus, H.: frustra, V.: iactu aleae de libertate, play for, Ta.: is liceri non destitit; illi contenderunt, kept bidding (at an auction): tecum de honore: cum magnis legionibus parvā manu, S.: cum victore, H.: humilitas cum dignitate: Nec cellis contende Falernis, compete with, V.: contra populum R. armis, Cs.: contra vim morbi: de potentatu inter se, Cs.: non iam de vitā Sullae contenditur, the dispute is: proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur, Cs.—To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, seek: a me (ut dicerem), qui, etc.: a Pythio ut venderet: a militibus ne, etc., Cs.: hic magistratus a populo summā ambitione contenditur: ne quid contra aequitatem.—To assert, affirm, insist, protest, maintain, contend: hoc contra Hortensium: hoc ex contrario: contendam, eum damnari oportere: audebo hoc contendere, numquam esse, etc.: illud nihil nos... scientes fuisse, L.: quae contendere possis Facta manu, you might swear, O.

Latin-English dictionary > con-tendō
7 adnitor

I
adniti, adnisus sum V DEP

lean/rest upon, support oneself, (w/genibus) kneel; strive, work, exert, try
II
adniti, adnixus sum V DEP

lean/rest upon, support oneself, (w/genibus) kneel; strive, work, exert, try

Latin-English dictionary > adnitor
8 desudo

I
desudare, desudavi, desudatus V INTRANS

sweat/perspire/exude (freely); sweat, exert oneself (physical/mental effort)
II
desudare, desudavi, desudatus V

exert oneself

Latin-English dictionary > desudo
9 tendo

I
tendere, tetendi, tensus V

stretch/spread/extend; distend; aim/direct weapon/glance/steps/course; strive; pitch tent, encamp; pull tight; draw (bow); press on, insist; exert oneself
II
tendere, tetendi, tentus V

stretch/spread/extend; distend; aim/direct weapon/glance/steps/course; strive; pitch tent, encamp; pull tight; draw (bow); press on, insist; exert oneself

Latin-English dictionary > tendo
10 incumbo

incumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, ĕre, v. n. [1. incubo], to lay one ' s self upon, to lean or recline upon a thing (cf. ingruo; class., partic. in the trop. sense).
I.
Lit., constr. with in, ad, super, or dat.; also with the simple acc.:
olivae,
Verg. E. 8, 16:
in parietem,
Dig. 39, 2, 28:
densis ordinibus nunc alii in alios, nunc in scuta incumbentes sustinebant impetus Romanorum,
Liv. 35, 5, 7:
toro,
Verg. A. 4, 650:
materiae,
Curt. 8, 10, 25:
terrae,
Tac. A. 2, 17:
super praedam,
to lie upon, Petr. 80:
in eum,
Curt. 6, 9: ad vos, Ov. M. 9, 385:
cumulatis in aqua sarcinis insuper incumbebant,
Liv. 22, 2, 8:
validis incumbere remis,
Verg. A. 5, 15; 10, 294; Curt. 9, 9, 4.—Of the heavens:
cava in se convexitas vergit, et cardini suo, hoc est terrae, undique incumbit,
Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160:
mare,
to cast itself into the sea, id. 5, 32, 40, § 141: fessi arma sua, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 229:
tecto incubuit bubo,
perched on, Ov. M. 6, 432:
gladium faciam culcitam, camque incumbam,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 29.—
B.
Transf., to lean or incline towards, to overhang; to rush towards:
silex prona jugo laevum incumbebat ad amnem,
Verg. A. 8, 236:
laurus incumbens arae,
id. ib. 2, 514: in gladium, to fall on one ' s sword, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154:
gladio,
Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18:
ferro,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 33:
in hostem,
to press upon the enemy, Liv. 30, 34, 2; cf.:
duo duces circumstare urbem... et unum in locum totam periculi molem, omne onus incubuisse,
id. 27, 40, 6.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To press upon, burden, oppress, weigh upon:
incubuere (venti) mari,
Verg. A. 1, 84:
tempestas a vertice silvis incubuit,
id. G. 2, 311:
gravis incumbens scopulis aestas,
id. ib. 2, 377:
febrium terris incubuit cohors,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 30:
(aestus) incubuit populo,
Lucr. 6, 142. — Absol.:
saevior armis Luxuria incubuit,
Just. 6, 292.—
B.
To bend one ' s attention to, to apply or devote one ' s self to, to exert one ' s self, or take pains with, pay attention to; constr. with in, ad, or dat.:
rogandis legibus,
Flor. 3, 16:
ceris et stilo,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 9:
labori,
Sil. 4, 820:
toto pectore novae cogitationi,
Tac. Or. 3:
et animo et opibus in bellum,
Caes. B. G. 7, 76:
ut jam inclinato (judici) reliqua incumbat oratio,
press upon, exert influence on, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 324; cf.:
invidia mihi incumbit,
Tac. A. 14, 54:
in aliquod studium,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:
in causam,
id. Phil. 4, 5, 12:
acrius graviusque ad ulciscendas rei publicae injurias,
id. ib. 6, 1, 2:
tota mente in aliquam curam et cogitationem,
id. Fam. 10, 3, 3:
toto pectore ad laudem,
id. ib. 10, 12, 2:
omni cogitatione curaque in rem publicam,
id. ib. 1, 2:
fato urguenti incumbere,
to press on, hasten, Verg. A. 2, 653.—With inf.:
sarcire ruinas,
Verg. G. 4, 249:
delatorem pervertere,
Tac. H. 2, 10.—With ut and subj.:
Appius Claudius... cum suis tum totius nobilitatis viribus incubuit, ut, etc.,
Liv. 10, 15, 8.— Absol.:
nunc, nunc incumbere tempus,
Ov. M. 10, 657.—
C.
To incline, choose, be inclined to, lean towards:
hoc servi esse officium reor,... non quo incumbat eum (i. e. erum) inpellere,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 8:
ut eos, qui audiunt, quocumque incubuerit, possit impellere,
whithersoever he may incline, choose, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 55:
eodem incumbunt municipia,
are inclined the same way, id. Phil. 6, 7, 18:
ad voluntatem perferendae legis,
id. Att. 1, 19, 4:
voluntatum inclinatio ad virum bonum,
to lean towards, turn to, id. Mur. 26, 53: in causam, Cael. ad Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3:
in cupiditatem,
Cic. Att. 5, 13, 3:
in illo,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 6.—
D.
To be incumbent upon one as a duty (post-class.):
accusandi necessitas domino,
Dig. 48, 2, 5:
ei probatio,
ib. 22, 3, 2:
judici omnium rerum officium,
ib. 21, 1, 25.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > incumbo
11 intendo

in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
I.
Lit.
A.
In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:
dextram ad statuam,
Cic. Att. 16, 15:
alicui manus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 25:
bracchia,
Ov. M. 10, 58:
manus,
id. ib. 8, 107:
jubet intendi bracchia velis,
Verg. A. 5, 829:
intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,
id. ib. 3, 683:
nervos aut remittere,
Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:
cutem,
id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:
jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,
Val. Fl. 8, 68.—
B.
To bend a bow, etc.:
ballistam in aliquem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:
arcum,
Verg. A. 8, 704:
intentus est arcus in me unum,
Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—
C.
To aim or direct at a thing:
tela in patriam,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:
tela intenta jugulis civitatis,
id. Pis. 2:
sagittam,
Verg. A. 9, 590:
telum in jugulum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
D.
To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:
tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,
pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:
sella intenta loris,
Quint. 6, 3, 25:
stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,
Verg. A. 2, 237:
duro intendere bracchia tergo,
i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:
locum sertis,
encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:
vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,
swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:
intendentibus tenebris,
spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To strain or stretch towards, to extend:
aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,
turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:
aciem longius,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:
quo intendisset oculos,
whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:
aures ad verba,
Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:
numeros intendere nervis,
Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:
strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,
Pers. 6, 4.—
B.
Esp.
1.
To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:
digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:
intendenda in senem est fallacia,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:
ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,
Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:
ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,
Liv. 31, 33, 6:
a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,
id. 36, 21:
coeptum iter in Italiam,
id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:
quo nunc primum intendam,
whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—
2.
Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:
parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:
quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,
id. Verr. 1, 3;
Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 9:
oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,
Caes. B. G. 3, 26:
in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,
id. ib. 3, 22:
intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,
Sall. J. 20, 1:
ad bellum animum intendit,
id. ib. 43, 2:
animum studiis et rebus honestis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:
considerationem in aliquam rem,
Cic. Inv. 2, 33:
omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,
Liv. 40, 5:
omnium eo curae sunt intentae,
Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:
ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:
eruditionem tuam,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —
3.
Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:
intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,
Liv. 24, 37:
aliquem ad custodiae curam,
id. 21, 49:
vis omnis intendenda rebus,
Quint. 10, 7, 21.—
4.
To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:
intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,
Tac. A. 2, 38:
amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,
exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;
4, 11: gloriam,
id. ib. 4, 26;
12, 35: tormentum,
Cels. 4, 15 init. —
C.
Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:
pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:
quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 42:
quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,
Sall. J. 25, 10:
quocumque intenderat,
id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;
102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,
Quint. 10, 1, 45:
ad nuptias,
Just. 13, 6.—
(β).
With inf.:
quo ire intenderant,
Sall. J. 107, 7:
altum petere intendit,
Liv. 36, 44.—
D.
Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:
se ad firmitatem,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:
se in rem,
Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—
E.
Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:
si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,
Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—
F.
To maintain, assert:
eam sese intendit esse,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:
quo modo nunc intendit,
Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —
G.
To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:
alicui actionem perduellionis,
Cic. Mil. 14:
alicui litem,
id. de Or. 1, 10:
periculum in omnes,
id. Rosc. Am. 3:
crimen in aliquem,
Liv. 9, 26:
injuriarum formulam,
Suet. Vit. 7:
probra et minas alicui,
Tac. A. 3, 36:
metum intendere,
id. ib. 1, 28.—
H.
Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—
I.
Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—
K.
In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—
L.
In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:
primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,
Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
1.
inten-tus, a, um.
A.
On the stretch, strained, bent:
arcus,
Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—
B.
Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.
(α).
With dat.:
quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,
Verg. A. 7, 380:
intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,
Liv. 10, 42, 1.—
(β).
With abl.:
aliquo negotio intentus,
Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—
C.
Absol., eager, intent:
at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,
Sall. C. 6, 5:
senatus nihil sane intentus,
id. ib. 16, 5:
intenti exspectant signum,
Verg. A. 5, 137:
intenti ora tenebant,
id. ib. 2, 1:
totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,
Cic. Fl. 11:
intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,
Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:
intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,
Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:
cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,
Liv. 29, 35:
intentissima cura aliquid consequi,
Quint. 10, 1, 111:
haec omnia intentissima cura acta,
Liv. 25, 22, 4. —
D.
Strict:
intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,
Tac. A. 12, 42:
intentius delectum habere,
Liv. 8, 17:
intentiorem fore disciplinam,
Tac. A. 12, 42.—
E.
Raised:
intento alimentorum pretio,
Tac. H. 1, 89. —
F.
Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:
sermo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:
pars orationis,
id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:
pronuntiare,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19:
audire,
Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):
cum delectus intentius haberetur,
Liv. 8, 17:
et quo intentius custodiae serventur,
id. 25, 30, 5:
apparare proelium,
id. 8, 1:
se excusare,
Tac. A. 3, 35:
premere obsessos,
id. ib. 15, 13:
adesse alicui rei,
id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:
exspectans intentissime,
Lampr. Elag. 14. —
2.
intensus, a, um.
A.
Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—
B.
Violent:
intensior impetus,
Sen. Ira, 2, 35:
virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,
Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—
C.
Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:
intensissime,
Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > intendo
12 intense

in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
I.
Lit.
A.
In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:
dextram ad statuam,
Cic. Att. 16, 15:
alicui manus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 25:
bracchia,
Ov. M. 10, 58:
manus,
id. ib. 8, 107:
jubet intendi bracchia velis,
Verg. A. 5, 829:
intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,
id. ib. 3, 683:
nervos aut remittere,
Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:
cutem,
id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:
jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,
Val. Fl. 8, 68.—
B.
To bend a bow, etc.:
ballistam in aliquem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:
arcum,
Verg. A. 8, 704:
intentus est arcus in me unum,
Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—
C.
To aim or direct at a thing:
tela in patriam,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:
tela intenta jugulis civitatis,
id. Pis. 2:
sagittam,
Verg. A. 9, 590:
telum in jugulum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
D.
To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:
tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,
pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:
sella intenta loris,
Quint. 6, 3, 25:
stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,
Verg. A. 2, 237:
duro intendere bracchia tergo,
i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:
locum sertis,
encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:
vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,
swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:
intendentibus tenebris,
spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To strain or stretch towards, to extend:
aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,
turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:
aciem longius,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:
quo intendisset oculos,
whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:
aures ad verba,
Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:
numeros intendere nervis,
Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:
strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,
Pers. 6, 4.—
B.
Esp.
1.
To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:
digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:
intendenda in senem est fallacia,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:
ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,
Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:
ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,
Liv. 31, 33, 6:
a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,
id. 36, 21:
coeptum iter in Italiam,
id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:
quo nunc primum intendam,
whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—
2.
Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:
parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:
quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,
id. Verr. 1, 3;
Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 9:
oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,
Caes. B. G. 3, 26:
in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,
id. ib. 3, 22:
intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,
Sall. J. 20, 1:
ad bellum animum intendit,
id. ib. 43, 2:
animum studiis et rebus honestis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:
considerationem in aliquam rem,
Cic. Inv. 2, 33:
omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,
Liv. 40, 5:
omnium eo curae sunt intentae,
Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:
ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:
eruditionem tuam,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —
3.
Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:
intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,
Liv. 24, 37:
aliquem ad custodiae curam,
id. 21, 49:
vis omnis intendenda rebus,
Quint. 10, 7, 21.—
4.
To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:
intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,
Tac. A. 2, 38:
amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,
exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;
4, 11: gloriam,
id. ib. 4, 26;
12, 35: tormentum,
Cels. 4, 15 init. —
C.
Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:
pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:
quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 42:
quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,
Sall. J. 25, 10:
quocumque intenderat,
id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;
102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,
Quint. 10, 1, 45:
ad nuptias,
Just. 13, 6.—
(β).
With inf.:
quo ire intenderant,
Sall. J. 107, 7:
altum petere intendit,
Liv. 36, 44.—
D.
Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:
se ad firmitatem,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:
se in rem,
Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—
E.
Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:
si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,
Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—
F.
To maintain, assert:
eam sese intendit esse,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:
quo modo nunc intendit,
Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —
G.
To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:
alicui actionem perduellionis,
Cic. Mil. 14:
alicui litem,
id. de Or. 1, 10:
periculum in omnes,
id. Rosc. Am. 3:
crimen in aliquem,
Liv. 9, 26:
injuriarum formulam,
Suet. Vit. 7:
probra et minas alicui,
Tac. A. 3, 36:
metum intendere,
id. ib. 1, 28.—
H.
Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—
I.
Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—
K.
In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—
L.
In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:
primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,
Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
1.
inten-tus, a, um.
A.
On the stretch, strained, bent:
arcus,
Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—
B.
Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.
(α).
With dat.:
quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,
Verg. A. 7, 380:
intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,
Liv. 10, 42, 1.—
(β).
With abl.:
aliquo negotio intentus,
Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—
C.
Absol., eager, intent:
at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,
Sall. C. 6, 5:
senatus nihil sane intentus,
id. ib. 16, 5:
intenti exspectant signum,
Verg. A. 5, 137:
intenti ora tenebant,
id. ib. 2, 1:
totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,
Cic. Fl. 11:
intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,
Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:
intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,
Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:
cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,
Liv. 29, 35:
intentissima cura aliquid consequi,
Quint. 10, 1, 111:
haec omnia intentissima cura acta,
Liv. 25, 22, 4. —
D.
Strict:
intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,
Tac. A. 12, 42:
intentius delectum habere,
Liv. 8, 17:
intentiorem fore disciplinam,
Tac. A. 12, 42.—
E.
Raised:
intento alimentorum pretio,
Tac. H. 1, 89. —
F.
Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:
sermo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:
pars orationis,
id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:
pronuntiare,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19:
audire,
Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):
cum delectus intentius haberetur,
Liv. 8, 17:
et quo intentius custodiae serventur,
id. 25, 30, 5:
apparare proelium,
id. 8, 1:
se excusare,
Tac. A. 3, 35:
premere obsessos,
id. ib. 15, 13:
adesse alicui rei,
id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:
exspectans intentissime,
Lampr. Elag. 14. —
2.
intensus, a, um.
A.
Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—
B.
Violent:
intensior impetus,
Sen. Ira, 2, 35:
virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,
Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—
C.
Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:
intensissime,
Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > intense
13 intensus

in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
I.
Lit.
A.
In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:
dextram ad statuam,
Cic. Att. 16, 15:
alicui manus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 25:
bracchia,
Ov. M. 10, 58:
manus,
id. ib. 8, 107:
jubet intendi bracchia velis,
Verg. A. 5, 829:
intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,
id. ib. 3, 683:
nervos aut remittere,
Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:
cutem,
id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:
jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,
Val. Fl. 8, 68.—
B.
To bend a bow, etc.:
ballistam in aliquem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:
arcum,
Verg. A. 8, 704:
intentus est arcus in me unum,
Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—
C.
To aim or direct at a thing:
tela in patriam,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:
tela intenta jugulis civitatis,
id. Pis. 2:
sagittam,
Verg. A. 9, 590:
telum in jugulum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
D.
To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:
tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,
pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:
sella intenta loris,
Quint. 6, 3, 25:
stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,
Verg. A. 2, 237:
duro intendere bracchia tergo,
i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:
locum sertis,
encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:
vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,
swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:
intendentibus tenebris,
spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To strain or stretch towards, to extend:
aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,
turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:
aciem longius,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:
quo intendisset oculos,
whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:
aures ad verba,
Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:
numeros intendere nervis,
Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:
strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,
Pers. 6, 4.—
B.
Esp.
1.
To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:
digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:
intendenda in senem est fallacia,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:
ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,
Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:
ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,
Liv. 31, 33, 6:
a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,
id. 36, 21:
coeptum iter in Italiam,
id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:
quo nunc primum intendam,
whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—
2.
Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:
parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:
quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,
id. Verr. 1, 3;
Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 9:
oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,
Caes. B. G. 3, 26:
in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,
id. ib. 3, 22:
intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,
Sall. J. 20, 1:
ad bellum animum intendit,
id. ib. 43, 2:
animum studiis et rebus honestis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:
considerationem in aliquam rem,
Cic. Inv. 2, 33:
omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,
Liv. 40, 5:
omnium eo curae sunt intentae,
Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:
ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:
eruditionem tuam,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —
3.
Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:
intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,
Liv. 24, 37:
aliquem ad custodiae curam,
id. 21, 49:
vis omnis intendenda rebus,
Quint. 10, 7, 21.—
4.
To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:
intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,
Tac. A. 2, 38:
amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,
exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;
4, 11: gloriam,
id. ib. 4, 26;
12, 35: tormentum,
Cels. 4, 15 init. —
C.
Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:
pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:
quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 42:
quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,
Sall. J. 25, 10:
quocumque intenderat,
id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;
102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,
Quint. 10, 1, 45:
ad nuptias,
Just. 13, 6.—
(β).
With inf.:
quo ire intenderant,
Sall. J. 107, 7:
altum petere intendit,
Liv. 36, 44.—
D.
Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:
se ad firmitatem,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:
se in rem,
Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—
E.
Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:
si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,
Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—
F.
To maintain, assert:
eam sese intendit esse,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:
quo modo nunc intendit,
Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —
G.
To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:
alicui actionem perduellionis,
Cic. Mil. 14:
alicui litem,
id. de Or. 1, 10:
periculum in omnes,
id. Rosc. Am. 3:
crimen in aliquem,
Liv. 9, 26:
injuriarum formulam,
Suet. Vit. 7:
probra et minas alicui,
Tac. A. 3, 36:
metum intendere,
id. ib. 1, 28.—
H.
Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—
I.
Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—
K.
In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—
L.
In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:
primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,
Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
1.
inten-tus, a, um.
A.
On the stretch, strained, bent:
arcus,
Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—
B.
Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.
(α).
With dat.:
quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,
Verg. A. 7, 380:
intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,
Liv. 10, 42, 1.—
(β).
With abl.:
aliquo negotio intentus,
Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—
C.
Absol., eager, intent:
at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,
Sall. C. 6, 5:
senatus nihil sane intentus,
id. ib. 16, 5:
intenti exspectant signum,
Verg. A. 5, 137:
intenti ora tenebant,
id. ib. 2, 1:
totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,
Cic. Fl. 11:
intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,
Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:
intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,
Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:
cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,
Liv. 29, 35:
intentissima cura aliquid consequi,
Quint. 10, 1, 111:
haec omnia intentissima cura acta,
Liv. 25, 22, 4. —
D.
Strict:
intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,
Tac. A. 12, 42:
intentius delectum habere,
Liv. 8, 17:
intentiorem fore disciplinam,
Tac. A. 12, 42.—
E.
Raised:
intento alimentorum pretio,
Tac. H. 1, 89. —
F.
Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:
sermo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:
pars orationis,
id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:
pronuntiare,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19:
audire,
Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):
cum delectus intentius haberetur,
Liv. 8, 17:
et quo intentius custodiae serventur,
id. 25, 30, 5:
apparare proelium,
id. 8, 1:
se excusare,
Tac. A. 3, 35:
premere obsessos,
id. ib. 15, 13:
adesse alicui rei,
id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:
exspectans intentissime,
Lampr. Elag. 14. —
2.
intensus, a, um.
A.
Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—
B.
Violent:
intensior impetus,
Sen. Ira, 2, 35:
virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,
Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—
C.
Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:
intensissime,
Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > intensus
14 laboro

lăbōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [2. labor].
I.
Neutr., to labor, take pains, exert one's self, strive.
A.
In gen.:
ne labora,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 37:
sese (aratores) sibi, laborare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121:
quid ego laboravi, aut quid egi, aut in quo evigilaverunt curae et cogitationes meae, si? etc.,
id. Par. 2, 17:
ne familiares, si scuta ipsi ferrent, laborarent,
id. Phil. 5, 6:
si mea res esset, non magis laborarem,
id. Fam. 13, 44; 74:
qui non satis laborarunt,
Quint. 8 prooem. §
29: frustra laborabimus,
id. 6, 3, 35; cf.:
frustra laboret Ausus idem,
Hor. A. P. 241:
in enodandis nominibus,
to exert one's self in vain, Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:
circa memoriam et pronuntiationem,
Quint. 6, 4, 1:
circa nomina rerum ambitiose,
id. 3, 11, 21:
in famam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 41, 3: in commune,
Quint. 5, 11, 24; 8, 2, 18:
in spem,
Ov. M. 15, 367.—With dat., to toil for, to serve:
cui (Jovi) tertia regna laborant,
Sil. 8, 116.—With in and abl.:
quid est, in quo se laborasse dicit?
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 53, § 124:
qua in re mihi non arbitror diu laborandum,
Quint. 2, 3, 2:
in dura humo,
Ov. F. 4, 416:
in remigando,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 48:
in omni gente,
in behalf of, Juv. 8, 239.—With pro:
pro hoc (L. Flacco) laborant,
Cic. Planc. 11, 28:
pro salute mea,
id. Dom. 11, 30:
pro Sestio,
id. Fam. 13, 8, 1.—With ut:
laborabat, ut reliquas civitates adjungeret,
Caes. B. G. 7, 31:
ut honore dignus essem, maxime semper laboravi,
Cic. Planc. 20, 50:
ut vos decerneretis laboravi,
id. Prov. Cons. 11, 28:
neque te ut miretur turba labores,
Hor. S. 1, 10, 73. —With ne:
et sponsio illa ne fieret, laborasti,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132: quae ego ne frustra subierim... laboro, Lent. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 5.—With inf.:
quem perspexisse laborant,
Hor. A. P. 435:
amarique ab eo laboravi,
Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2; 2, 5, 9:
si sociis fidelissimis prospicere non laboratis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 127:
quod audiri non laborarit,
Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2:
hunc superare laboret,
Hor. S. 41, 112; 2, 3, 269:
ne quaerere quidem de tanta re laborarint,
Nep. Pel. 3, 1:
describere,
Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 1.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To suffer, to labor under, to be oppressed, afflicted, or troubled with.
(α).
Absol.: aliud est dolere, aliud laborare. Cum varices secabantur C. Mario, dolebat: cum aestu magno ducebat agmen, laborabat. Est mter haec tamen quaedam similitudo: consuetudo enim laborum perpessionem dolorum efficiet faciliorem, Cic. [p. 1025] Tusc. 2, 15, 35:
valetudo tua me valde conturbat: significant enim tuae litterae, te prorsus laborare,
id. Att. 7, 2, 2:
cum sine febri laborassem,
id. ib. 5, 8:
eum graviter esse aegrum, quod vehementer ejus artus laborarent,
id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61.—
(β).
With ex:
ex intestinis,
Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 1:
ex pedibus,
id. ib. 9, 23:
ex renibus,
id. Tusc. 2, 25, 60:
e dolore,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 33.—Esp. of mental disorders, etc.:
ex invidia,
Cic. Clu. 71, 202; id. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:
ex desiderio,
id. Fam. 16, 11, 1:
ex inscitia,
id. Inv. 2, 2, 5:
ex aere alieno laborare,
to be oppressed with debt, Caes. B. C. 3, 22.—
(γ).
With ab:
a re frumentaria,
Caes. B. C. 3, 9:
ab avaritia,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 26.—
(δ).
With abl.:
laborantes utero puellae,
Hor. C. 3, 22, 2:
domesticā crudelitate,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 154:
nec vero quisquam stultus non horum morborum aliquo laborat,
id. Fin. 1, 18, 59:
odio apud hostes, contemptu inter socios,
Liv. 6, 2:
pestilentiā laboratum est,
id. 1, 31, 5:
crimine temeritatis,
Quint. 12, 9, 14.—
2.
To grieve, be in trouble, be vexed, to be concerned, solicitous, or anxious:
animo laborabat, ut reliquas civitates adjungeret,
Caes. B. G. 7, 31:
ut vos decerneretis, laboravi,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 11:
nihil laboro, nisi ut salvus sis,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 4:
sponsio illa ne fieret laborasti,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132.— With de (esp. of events or persons on whose account one is concerned):
sororem de fratrum morte laborantem,
Cic. Inv. 2, 26, 78:
de quibus ego ante laborabam, ne, etc.,
id. Caecin. 1, 3:
laboro, ut non minimum hac mea commendatione se consecutum videretur,
id. Fam. 13, 26, 4:
noli putare me de ulla re magis laborare,
id. Att. 6, 1, 3:
his de rebus eo magis laboro, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 13, 56, 3:
in uno,
i. e. to love, Hor. C. 1, 17, 19: non laboro, nihil laboro, I don't trouble myself about it, it concerns me not:
cujus manu sit percussus, non laboro,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:
quorsum recidat responsum tuum non magnopere laboro,
id. Rosc. Com. 15, 43:
Tironi prospicit, de se nihil laborat,
id. Phil. 8, 9, 26:
quid est quod de iis laborat,
id. ib. 8, 8, 27; id. Tusc. 1, 43, 103.—With abl.:
tuā causā,
Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 6:
neglegens ne qua populus laborat,
Hor. C. 3, 8, 25.—With in:
in re familiari valde laboramus,
Cic. Att. 4, 1, 3.—
3.
To be in distress, difficulty, or danger:
quos laborantes conspexerat iis subsidia submittebat,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26:
suis laborantibus succurrere,
id. B. C. 2, 6; Sall. C. 60, 4:
ne legatus laborantibus suis auxilio foret,
id. J. 52, 6; Curt. 9, 1, 15.— Impers. pass.:
maxime ad superiores munitiones laboratur,
Caes. B. G. 7, 85.—Of inanim. things:
ut utraeque (triremes) ex concursu laborarent,
Caes. B. C. 2, 6:
nec cur fraternis luna laboret equis (of an eclipse of the moon, because the sun's light is then withdrawn from it),
Prop. 2, 34, 52 (3, 32, 48 M.); so,
luna laboret,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:
cum luna laborare non creditur,
Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42:
laboranti succurrere lunae,
Juv. 6, 443:
Aquilonibus Querceta laborant,
Hor. C. 2, 9, 6:
laborantem ratem deserere,
Ov. P. 2, 6, 22:
laborat carmen in fine,
Petr. 45.—
II.
Act. (only since the Aug. per.; for in Cic. Cael. 22, 54, elaboratus is the correct reading).
A.
To work out, elaborate, to form, make, prepare:
noctibus hibernis castrensia pensa laboro,
Prop. 4, 3, 33:
quale non perfectius Meae laborarint manus,
Hor. Epod. 5, 60:
arte laboratae vestes,
Verg. A. 1, 639:
laborata Ceres,
bread, id. ib. 8, 181:
et nobis et equis letum commune laboras,
preparest, Sil. 16, 411.—
B.
To labor at, to cultivate:
frumenta ceterosque fructus,
Tac. G. 45.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > laboro
15 molior

mōlĭor, ītus, 4 ( inf. molirier for moliri, Lucr. 5, 934), v. dep. n. and a. [moles].
I.
Neutr.
A.
To set one's self or one's powers in motion, to make exertions, exert one's self, to endeavor, struggle, strive, toil, etc. (rare but class.;
syn.: conor, nitor): viden ut misere moliuntur?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32:
agam per me ipse et moliar,
Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 2:
nōsti mores mulierum: Dum moliuntur, dum comuntur, annus est,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11:
horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo permulti homines moliebantur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95.—
B.
To set one's self in motion, endeavor to depart, to depart:
molientem hinc Hannibalem,
Liv. 28, 44:
dum naves moliuntur a terra,
id. 37, 11:
in quam (insulam) gladiatores navibus molientes,
Tac. H. 2, 35.—
II.
Act.
A.
To labor upon any thing, exert one's self at or upon, set in motion, work an instrument or engine; to work any thing (cf. ago; class.).
1.
Nihil enim agit (vita deorum),... nulla opera molitur, Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 51:
res dura et regni novitas me talia cogant moliri,
Verg. A. 1, 564: validam in vites molire bipennem, to work, i. e. wield, id. G. 4, 331: ancoras, to work, i. e. hoist the anchor, weigh anchor, Liv. 28, 17:
agricola incurvo terram molitus aratro,
i. e. to work, cultivate, till the ground, Verg. G. 1, 494; Col. 1 praef. 17;
11, 2, 19: erro molirier arva,
Lucr. 5, 932: fores, to work, i. e. to force, to break open, Tac. A. 1, 39; 2, 82; Liv. 23, 18, 2; 24, 46, 5:
Atharrias ad Philotam missus clausum aditum domus moliebatur,
Curt. 6, 8, 20:
habenas,
to guide, Verg. A. 12, 327:
fulmina molitur dextrā,
hurls, id. G. 1, 329:
ignem,
id. A. 10, 131:
opera,
to begin work, Col. 11, 2, 2:
aliquid sub divo moliri potest,
id. 1, 8, 9.—
2.
To set in motion, bestir, rouse, cause to remove, displace (syn.:
deicio, deturbo): montes suā sede,
displaces, Liv. 9, 3:
corpora ex somno moliebantur,
aroused, id. 36, 24, 3:
onera objecta,
id. 25, 36.—
3.
To build, make, erect, construct (syn.:
condo, fundo, construo): muros,
to build, Verg. A. 3, 132:
classem,
id. ib. 3, 6:
arcem,
id. ib. 1, 424:
atrium,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 46:
aedem,
Flor. 1, 7:
locum,
prepares, Verg. A. 7, 158:
pocula de inimicorum capitibus hominum,
to construct, make, Sol. 15.—
B.
Trop., to endeavor to do; to undertake, attempt, set about any thing (cf.:
aggredior, apparo): nec ea, quae agunt, molientes cum labore operoso,
performing, doing, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:
viam clipei molita per oras,
made its way, Verg. A. 10, 477:
inde datum molitur iter,
id. ib. 6, 477:
jamque alio moliris iter,
Stat. S. 5, 2, 61:
viam et gressus,
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 278; 3, 438: animum, to form or acquire for one's self, Ov. A. A. 2, 119:
laborem,
to undertake, Verg. A. 4, 233:
struere et moliri aliquid calamitatis alicui,
to try to bring upon, Cic. Clu. 64, 178:
fortissimis atque optimis civibus periculum moliri,
id. Sest. 1, 1:
pestem patriae nefarie,
id. Cat. 2, 1, 1:
perniciem rei publicae,
id. ib. 1, 2, 5: insidias avibus, to lay snares, Verg. G. 1, 271:
crimina et accusatorem,
to bring about, find out, Tac. A. 12, 22:
triumphos,
Ov. M. 14, 719:
fugam,
Verg. A. 2, 109:
moram,
to cause, make, occasion, id. ib. 1, 414:
opem extremam alicui,
Val. Fl. 6, 431:
dolos apertos,
to devise, id. 5, 249:
bellum in animo,
to design, meditate, Vell. 2, 46:
Athenienses urbem ex integro condere moliuntur,
Just. 2, 15, 1:
mundum efficere moliens deus,
attempting, Cic. Univ. 4:
fallere,
Val. Fl. 3, 491:
de occupando regno moliens,
striving to usurp the government, Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60:
nuptias,
to bring about, Tac. A. 12, 3:
apud judices oratione molienda sunt amor, odium, etc.,
are to be excited, called forth, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 206:
tumorem,
Col. 6, 17:
vorandi facultatem,
Cels. 1, 3:
fidem moliri coepit,
began to meddle with, disturb, Liv. 6, 11, 8.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > molior
16 ad-ferō (aff-)

ad-ferō (aff-) attulī (adt-), adlātus (all-), adferre (aff-), to bring, fetch, carry, convey, take, deliver: magnam partem ad te, T.: scyphos ad praetorem: Curio pondus auri: nuntium ei: donum in Capitolium: litterae ab urbe adlatae, L.: litteras a patre: huc scyphos, H.: adfertur muraena in patinā, is served, H.: peditem alvo, V.: ad consules lecticā adfertur, L.—Poet., of a person: te qui vivum casūs attulerint, V. — Esp., with pron reflex., to betake oneself, go, come: huc te adfers, V.: urbem Adferimur, V.: te verus mihi nuntius adfers? i. e. present yourself in your true person, V.—Adferre manūs, to lay on, use force, do violence: pro se quisque manūs adfert, defends himself forcibly.—Freq. with dat, to lay hands on, attack, assail: domino: pastoribus vim et manūs. —With dat. of thing, to do violence to, i. e. rob, plunder, pillage: templo: eis rebus. — Fig., to bring, introduce, carry, convey to, apply, employ, use, exert, exercise: genus sermonum adfert exile, i. e. employs: quod ad amicitiam populi R. adtulissent, i. e. had enjoyed before the alliance, Cs.: in re militari nova, i. e. to reorganize the army, N.: non minus ad dicendum auctoritatis, quam, etc.: auctoritatem in iudicium, exercise: bellum in patriam, O.: Iris alimenta nubibus adfert, brings, O. —Esp., vim alicui, to employ force against, compel: ut filiae suae vis adferretur, compulsion: praesidio armato, attack, L.—To bring tidings, bring word, carry news, report, announce: haud vana adtulere, L.: ad Scipionem perductus, quid adferret, expromit, explains what news he brought, L.: calamitatem ad aurīs imperatoris: subito adlatum periculum patriae: inimico nuntium, notify: ad illam attulisse se aurum quaerere: attulerunt quieta omnia esse, L.: rebellasse Etruscos adlatum est, L.: calamitas tanta fuit, ut eam non ex proelio nuntius adferret.—To carry, produce, cause, occasion, impart, render, give: agri plus adferunt quam acceperunt: detrimentum, Cs.: vobis populoque R. pacem: suspicionem multis: parricidae aliquid decoris, to lend lustre: difficultatem ad consilium capiendum, Cs.: aliquid melius, suggest: aliquid oratoriae laudis, attain: quod iniquitas loci adtulisset, i. e. the consequences, Cs.: tempus conloquio non dare magnam pacis desperationem adferebat, Cs.: natura adfert ut eis faveamus, etc., brings it about: (id) volvenda dies attulit, V. — To bring forward, allege, assign: causam, T.: nihil adferunt, qui negant, etc., say nothing to the point: rationes cur hoc ita sit: aetatem, to plead in excuse: cur credam adferre possum. — Aliquid, to contribute, help, assist, be of use: nihil ad communem fructum: vide si quid opis potest adferre huic, T.: precibus aliquid attulimus etiam nos, have been of some assistance by.

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17 ad-nītor (ann-)

ad-nītor (ann-) nīxus or nīsus, dep., to lean against, lean upon: ad aliquod tamquam adminiculum: adnixi hastis, V. — Fig., to take pains, make an effort, exert oneself, strive: acrius ut, etc., S.: pro se quisque, ut, etc., L.: ad ea patranda, S.: de triumpho: pro ullo, L.: adversus eam actionem, L.: mecum, S.: hoc idem de intercessoribus, L.: adnitente Crasso, S.: si paululum adnitatur, makes an additional effort, L.

Latin-English dictionary > ad-nītor (ann-)
18 agō

agō ēgī, āctus (old inf pass. agier), ere [1 AG-], to put in motion, move, lead, drive, tend, conduct: bos Romam acta, L.: capellas, V.: pecus visere montīs, H.: ante se Thyum, N.: in exsilium, L.: Iris nubibus acta, borne on, V.: alqm in crucem, to crucify: Illum aget Fama, will carry, H.: quo hinc te agis? whither are you going? T.: se primus agebat, strode in front, V.: capellas potum, V.—Prov.: agas asellum, i. e. if you can't afford an ox, drive an ass. — Pass., to go, march: quo multitudo agebatur, L.: citius agi vellet agmen, march on quicker, L.: raptim agmine acto, L.— Esp., to drive away, carry off, steal, rob, plunder: pecoris praedas, S.; freq. with ferre, to rob, plunder: ferre agere plebem plebisque res, L.: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, L.—To chase, pursue, hunt: apros, V.: cervum, V. — Fig.: dum haec crimina agam ostiatim, track out from house to house: ceteros ruerem, agerem, T.: palantīs Troas, V.—To move, press, push forward, advance, bring up: multa undique portari atque agi, Cs.: vineis ad oppidum actis, pushed forward, Cs.: moles, Cu.: cloaca maxima sub terram agenda, to be carried under ground, L.: cuniculos ad aerarium, drive: per glaebas radicibus actis, O.: pluma in cutem radices egerit, struck deep root, O.: vera gloria radices agit: tellus Fissa agit rimas, opens in fissures, O.: in litus navīs, beached, L.: navem, to steer, H.: currūs, to drive, O.: per agmen limitem ferro, V.: vias, make way, V.: (sol) amicum Tempus agens, bringing the welcome hour (of sunset), H.—To throw out, stir up: spumas ore, V.: spumas in ore: se laetus ad auras Palmes agit, shoots up into the air, V.—Animam agere, to expire: nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus; cf. et gestum et animam ageres, i. e. exert yourself in gesturing and risk your life. — Fig., to lead, direct, guide: (poëmata), animum auditoris, H.— To move, impel, excite, urge, prompt, induce, rouse, drive: quae te Mens agit in facinus? O.: ad illa te, H.: eum praecipitem: viros spe praedae diversos agit, leads astray, S.: bonitas, quae nullis casibus agitur, N.: quemcunque inscitia veri Caecum agit, blinds, H.: quibus actus fatis, V.: seu te discus agit, occupies, H.: nos exquirere terras, V.: desertas quaerere terras agimur, V. — To pursue for harm, persecute, disturb, vex, attack, assail: reginam stimulis, V.: agentia verba Lycamben, H.: diris agam vos, H.: quam deus ultor agebat, O.—To pursue, carry on, think, reflect, deliberate, treat, represent, exhibit, exercise, practise, act, perform, deliver, pronounce: nihil, to be idle: omnia per nos, in person: agendi tempus, a time for action: industria in agendo: apud primos agebat, fought in the van, S.: quae continua bella agimus, are busy with, L.: (pes) natus rebus agendis, the metre appropriate to dramatic action, H.: Quid nunc agimus? what shall we do now? T.: quid agam, habeo, i. e. I know what to do, T.: quid agitur? how are you? T.: quid agis, dulcissime rerum? i. e. how are you? H.: vereor, quid agat Ino, what is to become of: quid agis? what do you mean? nihil agis, it is of no use, T.: nihil agis, dolor, quamvis, etc.: cupis abire, sed nihil agis, usque tenebo, you cannot succeed, H.: ubi blanditiis agitur nihil, O.—Esp., hoc or id agere, to give attention to, mind, heed: hocine agis, an non? are you attending? T.: id quod et agunt et moliuntur, their purpose and aim: qui id egerunt, ut gentem conlocarent, etc., aimed at this: sin autem id actum est, ut, etc., if it was their aim: summā vi agendum esse, ut, etc., L.: certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur, it was planned, N.: Hoc age, ne, etc., take care, H.: alias res agis, you are not listening, T.: aliud agens ac nihil eius modi cogitans, bent on other plans: animadverti eum alias res agere, paid no attention: vides, quam alias res agamus, are otherwise occupied: populum aliud nunc agere, i. e. are indifferent.—To perform, do, transact: ne quid negligenter: suum negotium, attend to his own business: neque satis constabat, quid agerent, what they were at, Cs.: agentibus divina humanaque consulibus, busy with auspices and affairs, L.: per litteras agere, quae cogitas, carry on, N.: (bellum) cum feminis, Cu.: conventum, to hold an assize: ad conventūs agendos, to preside at, Cs.: census actus eo anno, taken, L.— Of public transactions, to manage, transact, do, discuss, speak, deliberate: quae (res) inter eos agi coeptae, negotiations begun, Cs.: de condicionibus pacis, treat, L.: quorum de poenā agebatur, L.— Hence, agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people on a law or measure (cf. agere ad populum, to propose, bring before the people): cum populo de re p.—Of a speaker or writer, to treat, discuss, narrate: id quod agas, your subject: bella per quartum iam volumen, L.: haec dum agit, during this speech, H.—In law, to plead, prosecute, advocate: lege agito, go to law, T.: causam apud iudices: aliter causam agi, to be argued on other grounds: cum de bonis et de caede agatur, in a cause relating to, etc.: tamquam ex syngraphā agere cum populo, to litigate: ex sponso egit: agere lege in hereditatem, sue for: crimen, to press an accusation: partis lenitatis et misericordiae, to plead the cause of mercy: ii per quos agitur, the counsel: causas, i. e. to practise law: me agente, while I am counsel: ii apud quos agitur, the judges; hence, of a judge: rem agere, to hear: reos, to prosecute, L.: alqm furti, to accuse of theft. —Pass., to be in suit, be in question, be at stake: non capitis eius res agitur, sed pecuniae, T.: aguntur iniuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum.—To represent, act, perform, of an orator: cum dignitate.—Of an actor: fabulam, T.: partīs, to assume a part, T.: Ballionem, the character of: gestum agere in scena, appear as actors: canticum, L. — Fig.: lenem mitemque senatorem, act the part of, L.: noluit hodie agere Roscius: cum egerunt, when they have finished acting: triumphum, to triumph, O.: de classe populi R. triumphum, over, etc.: ex Volscis et ex Etruriā, over, etc., L.: noctu vigilias, keep watch: alta silentia, to be buried in silence, O.: arbitria victoriae, to exercise a conqueror's prerogative, Cu.: paenitentiam, to repent, Cu.: oblivia, to forget, O.: gratias (poet. grates) agere, to give thanks, thank: maximas tibi gratias: alcui gratias quod fecisset, etc., Cs.: grates parenti, O. — Of time, to spend, pass, use, live through: cum dis aevom: securum aevom, H.: dies festos, celebrate: ruri vitam, L.: otia, V.: quartum annum ago et octogesimum, in my eightyfourth year: ver magnus agebat orbis, was experiencing, V.— Pass: mensis agitur hic septimus, postquam, etc., going on seven months since, T.: bene acta vita, well spent: tunc principium anni agebatur, L.: melior pars acta (est) diei, is past, V. — Absol, to live, pass time, be: civitas laeta agere, rejoiced, S.—Meton., to treat, deal, confer, talk with: quae (patria) tecum sic agit, pleads: haec inter se dubiis de rebus, V.: Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut, etc., tried to persuade C., N.: agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit, L.—With bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with, treat or use well or ill: praeclare cum eis: facile est bene agere cum eis.— Pass impers., to go well or ill with one, be well or badly off: intelleget secum esse actum pessime: in quibus praeclare agitur, si, etc., who are well off, if, etc.—Poet.: Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur, will be treated, V.— Pass, to be at stake, be at hazard, be concerned, be in peril: quasi mea res minor agatur quam tua, T.: in quibus eorum caput agatur: ibi rem frumentariam agi cernentes, L.: si sua res ageretur, if his interests were involved: agitur pars tertia mundi, is at risk, O.: non agitur de vectigalibus, S.—Praegn., to finish, complete, only pass: actā re ad fidem pronius est, after it is done, L.: iucundi acti labores, past: ad impediendam rem actam, an accomplished fact, L.— Prov.: actum, aiunt, ne agas, i. e. don't waste your efforts, T.: acta agimus: Actum est, it is all over, all is lost, T.: iam de Servio actum rati, L.: acta haec res est, is lost, T.: tantā mobilitate sese Numidae agunt, behave, S.: ferocius agunt equites, L.: quod nullo studio agebant, because they were careless, Cs.: cum simulatione agi timoris iubet, Cs.—Imper. as interj, come now, well, up: age, da veniam filio, T.: en age, rumpe moras, V.: agite dum, L.: age porro, tu, cur, etc.? age vero, considerate, etc.: age, age, iam ducat: dabo, good, T.: age, sit ita factum.
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agere, egi, actus V

drive, urge, conduct; spend (time w/cum); thank (w/gratias); deliver (speech)

Latin-English dictionary > agō
19 anima

anima ae, f [AN-], air, a current of air, breeze, breath, wind: impellunt animae lintea, H.: ignes animaeque, V. — Esp., the air utrum (animus) sit ignis, an anima: semina terrarum animaeque, V.— Breath: animam compressi, T.: animam recipe, take breath, T.: animam puram conservare: animas fovent illo, correct their breath, V.: inspirant graves animas, O.: anima amphorae, the fumes of wine, Ph.—Meton., life: animam exstinguere, T.: deponere, N.: vomere, V.: de liberorum animā iudicandum est: anima nostra in dubio est, S.: Mortalīs animas sortiri, H.: et animam agere, et efflare dicimus, to give up the ghost: non eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres, i. e. exert yourself in gesturing to the point of death. —Prov.: quid, si animam debet? is in debt for his life? i. e. for everything, T.—Poet., of a dear friend: animae dimidium meae, H.: animae pars, H. — A life, living being, soul, person: egregias animas, quae, etc., V.: animae quales nec candidiores, etc., H.: magnae animae, Ta.—The shades, departed spirits, manes: tu pias laetis animas reponis Sedibus, H.: animam sepulcro Condimus, V.—The rational soul, mind: rationis consilique particeps: docent non interire animas, Cs.
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animae N F

soul, spirit, vital principle; life; breathing; wind, breeze; air (element)

Latin-English dictionary > anima
20 annītor

annītor see adnitor.
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anniti, annixus sum V DEP

lean/rest upon, support oneself, (w/genibus) kneel; strive, work, exert, try

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