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  • 21 duco

    dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( imp. duc;

    but duce,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 18; id. Most. 1, 4, 11; id. Poen. 5, 4, 59; id. Rud. 2, 3, 55; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103; id. Truc. 2, 5, 26.— Perf. sync.: duxti, Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Cat. 91, 9; Prop. 1, 3, 27), v. a. [cf. Goth. tiuh-an; O. H. Germ. zieh-an, to draw; Germ. -zog, in Herzog, commander, duke], to lead, conduct, draw, bring forward, in all senses; very freq. passing over into the signif. of the compounds abducere, deducere, adducere, producere, etc., and of the synonyms agere, trahere, movere, etc. (very freq.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quo sequar? quo ducis nunc me?

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 2: duc hos intro, id. Am. 2, 2, 224; id. Aul. 2, 6, 13:

    duc ac demonstra mihi,

    id. Cist. 2, 3, 36:

    suas secum mulierculas sunt in castra ducturi,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10 fin.; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 5 fin. et saep.:

    (difficile iter) vix qua singuli carri ducerentur,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 1; cf.

    plaustra,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 34: aquam ducere, Cato ap. Charis. p. 192 P.; so,

    aquam per fundum ejus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4:

    spiritum naribus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5: so,

    spiritum per siccas fauces,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 8; cf.:

    aërem spiritu,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 6 fin.:

    animam spiritu,

    id. ib. 2, 54, 136; and in gen.: spiritum, for to live, id. Fam. 10, 1; cf.:

    vitam et spiritum,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

    tura naribus,

    to inhale, Hor. C. 4, 1, 22:

    sucos nectaris,

    to drink in full draughts, to quaff, id. ib. 3, 3, 34; cf.

    pocula,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 22; and:

    Liberum,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 14.— Poet.:

    jucunda oblivia vitae (referring to the waters of Lethe),

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 62 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 714 sq.) et saep.:

    mucronem,

    to draw from the scabbard, Verg. A. 12, 378; cf.:

    ferrum vaginā,

    Ov. F. 4, 929:

    ensem vagina,

    Sil. 8, 342;

    but: ensem duxerat faber,

    had beaten out, forged, Tib. 1, 3, 48:

    sortem,

    Cic. Div. 2, 33; Verg. A. 6, 22;

    hence, also transf. of that which is drawn by lot,

    Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34; id. Rep. 1, 34; Suet. Caes. 12; Tac. A. 1, 54; 3, 28 al.:

    pondus aratri,

    to draw, Ov. M. 7, 119:

    remos,

    to row, id. ib. 1, 294; cf. id. ib. 4, 353:

    numerosa brachia,

    in dancing, id. Am. 2, 4, 29:

    lanas,

    to spin, id. ib. 4, 34; cf.

    stamina,

    id. ib. 4, 221:

    ubera,

    to milk, id. ib. 9, 358:

    frena manu,

    to guide, govern, id. ib. 15, 518: vela, to haul (= navigare), Prop. 1, 6, 2:

    manus, of swimming,

    id. 3, 20, 2:

    ilia,

    to draw the flanks together, become broken-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9:

    os,

    to draw awry, to make wry faces, Cic. Or. 25 fin.; Quint. 9, 3, 101; cf.

    vultum,

    Ov. M. 2, 774; id. P. 4, 8, 13; Mart. 1, 41 et saep.:

    non equus impiger Curru ducet Achaico Victorem,

    to draw along, Hor. C. 4, 3, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 1, 93.— Absol.:

    sibi quisque ducere, trahere, rapere,

    to take to one's self, appropriate, Sall. J. 41, 5.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To lead, conduct, as a way or road:

    via ducit (te), in urbem?

    Verg. E. 9, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 7, 5; Verg. A. 1, 401; Ov. F. 2, 679:

    Brundisium Minuci melius via ducat an Appi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 20:

    via ad undas,

    Ov. M. 3, 602:

    via ad infernas sedes,

    id. ib. 4, 433; cf.:

    iter ad urbem,

    id. ib. 437; Curt. 3, 28, 19; Sen. Prov. 6, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 1; Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 111; Quint. 5, 9, 14; Liv. 5, 40, 8 al.—
    2.
    Se, in colloq. lang., to betake one's self, go:

    jam me ad regem recta ducam,

    Plaut. Am. 4, 3, 8; id. Aul. 4, 8, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 11; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 7: Balbus duxit se a Gadibus, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1.—
    3.
    A legal t. t., to take, lead away, drag, carry off a person before court, to prison, to punishment, etc.: POST. DEINDE. MANVS. INIECTIO. ESTO. IN. IVS. DVCITO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; so,

    in jus,

    Liv. 2, 27:

    illos duci in carcerem jubent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30:

    aliquem in carcerem,

    Suet. Caes. 20:

    in vincula,

    id. ib. 79:

    ad mortem,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Phoc. 4, 3; and absol.:

    ducite, ubi capiat, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 65; Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 14; Suet. Calig. 27; Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 3 al.: NI. IVDICATVM. FACIT. AVT. QVIS. ENDO. EM. IVRE. VINDICIT. SECVM. DVCITO. VINCITO, etc., XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45:

    decreta ejus modi: SI PETIT DUCAS. C. Fuficium duci jussit petitorem,

    to be imprisoned, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31; so of a debtor (addictus) who is led off as a slave, Novat. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255; Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 87; Cic. Fl. 20 fin.; Liv. 6, 14 sq.; cf. id. 2, 23 med.; cf.

    prov.: stultitiast venatum ducere invitas canes,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 83. —
    4.
    Uxorem, to lead a wife home, i. e. to marry:

    bona uxor si ea deducta est, etc.... Verum egon eam ducam domum, Quae, etc.?

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 91:

    uxorem domum,

    id. Aul. 2, 1, 40; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 68:

    filiam Orgetorigis in matrimonium,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 9, 3; cf. Liv. 4, 4:

    eum uxorem ducturum esse aliam,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 105:

    uxorem (or aliquam, filiam alicujus, etc.),

    id. Aul. 2, 1, 48; id. Cas. prol. 69 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 128; 2, 1, 21 et saep.; Cic. Sest. 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 4; id. B. C. 3, 110, 2; Verg. E. 8, 29; Vulg. Marc. 10, 11 et saep.— Absol.:

    si tu negaris ducere,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 9; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 76; Liv. 4, 4 al.: jugum ducere cum infidelibus, i. e. to be yoked in marriage, Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 14.—Rarely for nubere: si ignorans statum Erotis ut liberum duxisti, isque postea servus est judicatus, etc., Imp. Antonin. ap. Cod. Just. 5, 18, 3.—In the comic poets, of taking home prostitutes, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 35; 4, 2, 44; id. Men. 1, 2, 15; id. Stich. 5, 4, 48; id. Truc. 3, 2, 10 et saep.—
    5.
    In milit. lang.
    a.
    Said of a commander, to lead, to cause to move, to march his army in any direction:

    locis apertis exercitum ducere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4; cf. id. B. C. 1, 64 fin.; 1, 68, 1:

    exercitum ab Allobrogibus in Segusianos,

    id. B. G. 1, 10 fin.:

    exercitum in fines Suessionum,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 4, 38, 3;

    5, 18, 1: exercitum (legiones, etc.) in Bellovacos,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 1; 5, 24, 2 et saep.; cf. Tac. A. 2, 57:

    cohortes ad eam partem munitionum, quae, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 62, 2:

    exercitum Uticam,

    id. ib. 2, 26, 1:

    reliquas copias contra Labienum,

    id. B. G. 7, 61 fin. et saep.—In pass., of the soldiers, to march, move:

    quam in partem aut quo consilio ducerentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 2.—And in act., absol., of the general himself, to march, move (a favorite expression of Liv.;

    not in Caes. or Sall.): (Mettus) ducit, quam proxime ad hostem potest,

    Liv. 1, 23; 1, 27; 9, 35; 22, 18 et saep.—Hence,
    b.
    In gen., to lead, command an army or (more freq.) a division:

    qua in legatione duxit exercitum,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so,

    exercitum,

    Nep. Eum. 13, 1; id. Epam. 7, 3:

    qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 35, 6; 6, 38, 1; id. B. C. 3, 91, 1:

    ordinem,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 4; 3, 104, 3; Suet. Vesp. 1:

    partem exercitūs,

    Sall. J. 55, 4 et saep.—Rarely, to lead a division in front, in advance:

    consuetudine sua Caesar sex legiones expeditas ducebat: post eas... inde, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 2; hence also, to march in front, take the lead, said of the division that forms the van:

    pars equitum et auxiliariae cohortes ducebant, mox prima legio, etc.,

    Tac. A. 1, 51; cf. id. ib. 1, 64 fin. —
    (β).
    Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, to lead, to be leader, head, chief, first in any thing:

    accedit etiam, quod familiam ducit,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 5 fin. Manut.; so,

    familiam,

    id. Phil. 5, 11, 30; id. Fin. 4, 16, 45:

    ordines,

    id. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

    classem (discipulorum),

    Quint. 1, 2, 24 Spald.:

    funus,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 12:

    toros,

    Ov. F. 6, 668 et saep.—
    c.
    To conduct as prisoners in a triumph:

    per triumphum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 67:

    in triumpho,

    Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 139, v. triumphus.—
    6.
    With the accessory idea of creation, formation, to produce, form, construct, make, fashion, shape, dispose (cf.:

    struo, pono, condo, fundo): parietem per vestibulum alicujus,

    to erect, Cic. Mil. 27 fin.; cf.

    muros,

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 23:

    vallum ex castris ad aquam,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 73, 2:

    fossam,

    id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; 7, 73, 2:

    arcum,

    Ov. M. 3, 160:

    lateres de terra,

    Vitr. 2, 3:

    vivos vultus de marmore (with excudere spirantia aera),

    Verg. A. 6, 849; cf. id. ib. 7, 634; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 240; Varr. ap. Non. 283, 32; Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125; Quint. 10, 3, 18 Spald.; Juv. 7, 237; hence, poet. also:

    epos,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 44:

    carmen,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 18; 3, 14, 32:

    versus,

    id. ib. 5, 12, 63 et saep.:

    liniam ex colore,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 81; Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf.

    orbem,

    id. 11, 3, 118:

    alvum,

    to bring forth by clysters, Cels. 2, 12; 4, 4 et saep.: alapam alicui, qs. to fetch one a box on the ear, Phaedr. 5, 3, 2; cf.

    colaphum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 83 Spald.:

    pugnum,

    Dig. 47, 10, 4 et saep.;

    so esp. of processions, dances, etc.: funus,

    Cic. Quint. 15 fin.; Ov. M. 14, 746; Verg. G. 4, 256; cf.

    exsequias,

    Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154:

    pompam,

    Ov. H. 12, 152; id. F. 6, 405; id. M. 13, 699:

    choros,

    Tib. 2, 1, 56; Hor. C. 1, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6 et saep.; cf.

    choreas,

    Ov. M. 8, 582; 14, 520.—
    7.
    To receive, admit, take any thing (not ante-Aug.):

    cicatricem,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 66; Liv. 29, 32, 12:

    rimam,

    Ov. M. 4, 65:

    situm,

    to grow rusty, Quint. 1, 2, 18:

    formam,

    Ov. M. 1, 402:

    colorem,

    id. ib. 3, 485; cf.

    pallorem,

    to grow pale, id. ib. 8, 760:

    nomina,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 76:

    notam,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 59 et saep.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to lead, guide, draw, conduct:

    progredimur quo ducit quemque voluntas,

    Lucr. 2, 258; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 27; 1, 6, 57:

    ad strepitum citharae cessatum ducere curam,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 31:

    Liber vota bonos ducit ad exitus,

    id. C. 4, 8, 34; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 26:

    per quaedam parva sane ducant (futurum oratorem),

    id. 1, 10, 5; cf. id. 1, 1, 27; 1, 5, 58.—Prov.:

    ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt,

    Sen. Ep. 107.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To draw, deduce, [p. 616] derive its origin or beginning from, any thing:

    ab aliqua re totius vitae ducere exordium,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18; cf.:

    exordium a nostra persona,

    Quint. 3, 8, 8; 4, 1, 7:

    principium disputationis a principe investigandae veritatis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 21 fin.:

    belli initium a fame,

    id. Att. 9, 9, 2; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 21:

    initia causasque omnium ex quatuor temporum mutationibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    originem ab Isocrate,

    Quint. 2, 15, 4; 1, 6, 38; Hor. C. 3, 17, 5 al.:

    ingressionem non ex oratoriis disputationibus, sed, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 3, 11:

    honestum ab iis rebus,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Or. 39, 135:

    nomen ex quo,

    id. Ac. 11, 41; cf.:

    nomen a Graeco,

    Quint. 1, 6, 3; 3, 7, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 66 et saep.; cf.

    also: utrumque (sc. amor et amicitia) ductum (al. dictum) est ab amando,

    Cic. Lael. 27; id. Fin. 2, 24, 78.—
    2.
    To lead a person, as regards his will or opinions, in any direction; to move, incite, induce, allure, in a good or bad sense (most freq. in the pass.):

    ita me ad credendum tua ducit oratio,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 18:

    nos ducit scholarum consuetudo,

    Quint. 4, 2, 28; 5, 11, 19; cf. id. 9, 1, 21:

    ducit te species,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 35 et saep.:

    declamatores quosdam perversa ducit ambitio, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 7, 21.—In the pass.:

    si quis statuarum honore aut gloria ducitur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58 fin.:

    eloquentiae laude,

    id. Or. 32, 115:

    quaestu et lucro,

    id. Tusc. 5, 3, 9:

    hoc errore ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 41; cf.:

    litteris eorum et urbanitate, ut, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:

    omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem,

    id. Off. 1, 6 et saep.—
    b.
    In a bad sense, to cheat, deceive, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 26; id. Capt. 4, 2, 7; Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Ph. 3, 2, 15; Prop. 2, 17, 1 (3, 8, 1 M.); Ov. H. 19, 13; id. M. 3, 587 (with decipere).—
    3.
    With regard to time, to draw out, extend, protract, prolong:

    bellum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 4; id. B. C. 2, 18, 6; 2, 37, 5 sq.; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2; Liv. 22, 25 et saep.; cf.:

    bellum longius,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 2; 3, 42, 3:

    bellum in hiemem,

    id. ib. 1, 61, 3:

    eam rem longius,

    id. B. G. 7, 11, 4; cf.:

    rem prope in noctem,

    id. B. C. 3, 51, 7:

    rem leniter,

    Liv. 3, 41 et saep. Also transf., of time itself:

    tempus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; Nep. Them. 7:

    diem ex die,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 4; and of persons who are put off, delayed:

    ubi se diutius duci intellexit,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 5.—Less freq. (mostly poet.),
    b.
    In gen., of time, to pass, spend, enjoy:

    aetatem in litteris,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 50; so,

    aetatem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 202:

    vitam,

    id. Epod. 17, 63; Sen. Ep. 45, 10; cf. Verg. A. 2, 641 (where, shortly before, vitam producere):

    noctes,

    Prop. 1, 11, 5; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13:

    somnos,

    Verg. A. 4, 560.—
    4.
    In mercant. lang., to calculate, compute, reckon: age nunc summam sumptus duc, Lucil. ap. Non. 283, 30:

    minimum ut sequamur, quoniam XC. medimnūm milia duximus, accedant eo, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49; id. Att. 6, 1, 5 and 16; 6, 2, 7; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11; Gell. 1, 20, 5.—
    b.
    Transf. beyond the mercant. sphere.
    (α).
    Rationem alicujus, to consider, calculate, care for one's advantage or interest (a favorite expression of Cicero):

    duxi meam rationem, quam tibi facile me probaturum arbitrabar,

    Cic. Att. 8, 11 D, § 7; so,

    suam quoque rationem,

    to have respect to one's own advantage, id. Verr. 2, 1, 48; and:

    non minorem aratorum quam populi rationem,

    Suet. Aug. 42 fin.:

    salutis meae rationem,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3:

    rationem officii, non commodi,

    id. Sest. 10, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

    unius cujusque temporis ducta ratio est,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 16:

    rationem officii atque existimationis,

    id. Quint. 16, 53.—
    (β).
    In gen., to reckon, consider, hold, account, esteem as any thing (cf. aestimo and existimo;

    very freq. in prose and poetry): parvi id ducebat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

    pro nihilo aliquid,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 85; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 16 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

    ea pro falsis ducit,

    Sall. C. 3, 2; cf.:

    innocentiam pro malevolentia,

    id. ib. 12, 1:

    vos eritis judices, Laudin' an vitio duci id factum oportuit,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 5; so,

    aliquid honori,

    Sall. J. 11, 3:

    aliquid laudi, Nep. praef. § 4: aliquem despicatui,

    Cic. Fl. 27, 65: nihil praeter virtutem in bonis ducere (for which, shortly after, in bonis habere = numerare), Cic. Fin. 3, 3;

    aliquem in numero hostium,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 25 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1; cf. ib. 6, 23, 8; without in, ib. 6, 21, 2; cf.:

    aliquem loco affinium,

    Sall. J. 14, 1 Kritz. N. cr.: aliquid testimonii loco, Quint. 5, 9, 10:

    tutelae nostrae duximus, cum Africo bello urgerentur,

    Liv. 21, 41; cf.:

    officii duxit exorare filiae patrem, etc.,

    Suet. Tib. 11:

    faceret, quod e republica fideque sua duceret,

    id. ib. 25, 7 et saep.:

    malum cum amici tuum ducis malum,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 48; cf.:

    Archytas iracundiam seditionem quandam animi vere ducebat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38:

    eorum, quos idoneos ducebat, consilium habet,

    Sall. J. 62, 4:

    nil rectum nisi quod placuit sibi ducunt,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 83.— With acc. and inf.:

    sic equidem ducebam animo rebarque futurum,

    Verg. A. 6, 690:

    ut omnia tua in te posita esse ducas humanosque casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2, 7, 19 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 2; 1, 17; 1, 38; 3, 9 (three times); Sall. J. 93, 5; Liv. 22, 14, 6; 22, 59, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 2; 4, 30, 2; 6, 18 et saep.—Here too probably belongs the much disputed passage: ludos et inania honoris medio rationis atque abundantiae duxit (= ludos publicos cum aliis rebus quae ad inania honoris pertinent, duxit, i. e. existimavit habendos et ponendos in medio rationis atque abundantiae, ut inter rationem, quae plane spernit inania, et abundantiam, quae eadem ostentat, media via incederet), he thought right to manage them in a middle course between reason and profusion, Tac. Agr. 6 fin., v. Dübner and Orell. ad h. l.

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  • 22 hem

    hem (also em, and often confounded in MSS. and edd. with em and en, q. v.), interj., an expression of surprise, in a good or bad sense; of admiration, joy, of grief, indignation, etc. (like the intensive ehem, an expression of joyful surprise), oho! indeed! well! well to be sure! hah! alas! alack! Ag. Ego sum ipsus, quem tu quaeris. Ha. Hem! quid ego audio? Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 86; cf. Ter. And. 3, 1, 4:

    hem, Pamphile, optime te mihi offers,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 3: Er. Itane Chrysis? hem! My. Nos quidem pol miseras perdidit, Ter. And. 4, 5, 8; cf. id. Eun. 5, 1, 11:

    miserum me! quanto haec dixi cum dolore! hem, Postume, tune es, etc.,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 45:

    occepi mecum cogitare: hem, biduum hic Manendum est soli sine illa,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 8:

    hem tibi maledictis pro istis,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 39; cf. id. Ps. 1, 2, 22:

    hem, quid ais, scelus?

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 42; cf.:

    audistin', obsecro? hem scelera,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 47: hem nos homunculi indignamur, si quis, etc., Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 7.

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  • 23 obsecro

    ob-sĕcro ( op-sĕcro), āvi, ātum, 1 (separate, ob vos sacro, for vos obsecro, Paul. ex Fest. p. 190, Müll.), v. a. [sacro], qs. to ask on religious grounds (ob sacrum), i. e. to beseech, entreat, implore, supplicate, conjure: obsecrare est opem a sacris petere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 183 Müll. (class.; syn.: obtestor, precor, supplico).—With acc. of the pers. or thing:

    Venus alma, ambae te obsecramus, Nos in custodiam tuam ut recipias,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 32:

    advorsum quam ejus me opsecravisset pater,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 139:

    cum eum oraret atque obsecraret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42:

    te obsecrat obtestaturque per senectutem suam,

    conjures you, id. Quint. 30, 91; id. Sest. 69, 147: cum precibus me obsecraret, Marcell. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 11, 1:

    cum multis lacrimis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; cf.

    in the foll.: pro di immortales, obsecro vostram fidem,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 97; id. Poen. 5, 2, 7; id. Truc. 4, 3, 30; cf. in the foll.—
    (β).
    With a double acc. (of the pers. and thing):

    itaque te hoc obsecrat, ut,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    hoc te,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 32.—
    (γ).
    With a relative or intentional clause:

    ut huc reveniat obsecrato,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 35:

    pater, obsecro, ut mihi ignoscas,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 5: te ut omnia perscribas, Cic. Att. 3, 11 fin.; 11, 1, 1:

    ut ne,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 27.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    videmus certis precationibus obsecrasse summos magistratus,

    Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 11:

    Bassus multis precibus, paene etiam lacrimis obsecrabat, implerem meum tempus,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 12:

    pro aliquo,

    Vulg. Esth. 7, 3; id. Philem. 10.—
    II.
    In partic., in colloq. lang., obsecro.
    A.
    As an expression of deprecation, I beseech you, I cry you mercy, for Heaven's sake:

    tuam fidem obsecro,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 217:

    periimus! Obsecro hercle,

    id. Men. 5, 7, 27: Ph. Prodi, male conciliate. Do. Obsecro, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 2.—
    B.
    As a mere polite expression of entreaty, for the most part as an interjection, I beseech you, pray:

    quid illic, opsecro, tam diu restitisti,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 100; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 12:

    dic obsecro hercle serio quod te rogem,

    id. As. 1, 1, 14; Turp. ap. Non. 132, 15:

    obsecro, an is est?

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 21:

    Attica mea, obsecro te, quid agit?

    Cic. Att. 13, 13, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

    sed obsecro te, ita venusta habeantur ista, non ut vincula virorum sint, sed, etc.,

    but I beseech you, id. Par. 5, 2, 38; Liv. 5, 6, 3; 6, 40, 10; Gell. 20, 1, 36.

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  • 24 opsecro

    ob-sĕcro ( op-sĕcro), āvi, ātum, 1 (separate, ob vos sacro, for vos obsecro, Paul. ex Fest. p. 190, Müll.), v. a. [sacro], qs. to ask on religious grounds (ob sacrum), i. e. to beseech, entreat, implore, supplicate, conjure: obsecrare est opem a sacris petere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 183 Müll. (class.; syn.: obtestor, precor, supplico).—With acc. of the pers. or thing:

    Venus alma, ambae te obsecramus, Nos in custodiam tuam ut recipias,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 32:

    advorsum quam ejus me opsecravisset pater,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 139:

    cum eum oraret atque obsecraret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42:

    te obsecrat obtestaturque per senectutem suam,

    conjures you, id. Quint. 30, 91; id. Sest. 69, 147: cum precibus me obsecraret, Marcell. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 11, 1:

    cum multis lacrimis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; cf.

    in the foll.: pro di immortales, obsecro vostram fidem,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 97; id. Poen. 5, 2, 7; id. Truc. 4, 3, 30; cf. in the foll.—
    (β).
    With a double acc. (of the pers. and thing):

    itaque te hoc obsecrat, ut,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    hoc te,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 32.—
    (γ).
    With a relative or intentional clause:

    ut huc reveniat obsecrato,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 35:

    pater, obsecro, ut mihi ignoscas,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 5: te ut omnia perscribas, Cic. Att. 3, 11 fin.; 11, 1, 1:

    ut ne,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 27.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    videmus certis precationibus obsecrasse summos magistratus,

    Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 11:

    Bassus multis precibus, paene etiam lacrimis obsecrabat, implerem meum tempus,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 12:

    pro aliquo,

    Vulg. Esth. 7, 3; id. Philem. 10.—
    II.
    In partic., in colloq. lang., obsecro.
    A.
    As an expression of deprecation, I beseech you, I cry you mercy, for Heaven's sake:

    tuam fidem obsecro,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 217:

    periimus! Obsecro hercle,

    id. Men. 5, 7, 27: Ph. Prodi, male conciliate. Do. Obsecro, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 2.—
    B.
    As a mere polite expression of entreaty, for the most part as an interjection, I beseech you, pray:

    quid illic, opsecro, tam diu restitisti,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 100; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 12:

    dic obsecro hercle serio quod te rogem,

    id. As. 1, 1, 14; Turp. ap. Non. 132, 15:

    obsecro, an is est?

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 21:

    Attica mea, obsecro te, quid agit?

    Cic. Att. 13, 13, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

    sed obsecro te, ita venusta habeantur ista, non ut vincula virorum sint, sed, etc.,

    but I beseech you, id. Par. 5, 2, 38; Liv. 5, 6, 3; 6, 40, 10; Gell. 20, 1, 36.

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  • 25 professio

    prŏfessĭo, ōnis, f. [profiteor], a public acknowledgment, declaration, expression, profession, promise (mostly post-Aug.).
    I.
    In gen.: professio bonae voluntatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

    Canidius timidius decessit, quam professioni ejus congruebat,

    Vell. 2, 87, 3: memores professionis, of our promise ( of brevity), id. 2, 89, 6:

    aperta,

    Plin. 27, 3, 2, § 9:

    suae opinionis,

    expression, Gell. 7, 3, 24:

    summa stultitiae,

    id. 7, 3, 24:

    flagitii,

    Tac. A. 2, 85:

    pietatis,

    id. Agr. 3.—
    B.
    Transf., a sign, token (post-class.):

    vitiorum,

    Pall. 3, 9.—
    II.
    In partic., a public declaration or specification of one's person, name, property, business, etc. (class.): IS. APVD. QVEM. EA. PROFESSIO FIET, etc., Tab. Her. in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 101 sq.; Liv. 35, 7:

    tu vero confice professionem, si potes. Etsi haec pecunia ex eo genere est, ut professione non egeat,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 23, 1:

    post professionem de fideicommisso factam,

    Dig. 49, 14, 2; Tert. Apol. 42; Vulg. Act. 5, 37.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A public register of persons or property thus given in (class.):

    in Leontino jugerum subscriptio ac professio non est plus triginta millium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 113.—
    2.
    A business or profession which one publicly avows (class.):

    professio bene dicendi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 21:

    grammaticae,

    Suet. Gram. 8:

    sapientiae,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:

    magicae artis,

    Curt. 7, 4, 8:

    professionem honestarum artium malis corruperant moribus,

    id. 8, 5, 7: ista salutaris, the art of healing, medicine, Cels. praef.:

    ultimae professionis homines, i. e. vilissimi artificii,

    Lampr. Elag. 20; Dig 2, 13, 9.

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  • 26 sermo

    sermo, ōnis, m. [2. sero, qs. serta, conserta oratio], a speaking or talking with any one; talk, conversation, discourse:

    sermo est a serie: sermo enim non potest in uno homine esse solo, sed ubi oratio cum altero conjuncta,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll. (very freq. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (syn. colloquium): quoniam magna vis orationis est eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis: contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum, contionum, senatus: sermo in circulis, disputationibus, congressionibus familiarium versetur;

    sequatur etiam convivia, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

    quod mihi servus sermonem serat,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37:

    sermones serere,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 106:

    multa inter sese vario sermone serebant,

    Verg. A. 6, 160:

    sermonem nobiscum ibi copulat,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 42:

    dum sermones fabulandi conferant,

    id. ib. prol. 34:

    caput et pes sermonis,

    id. As. 3, 3, 139:

    cum ea tu sermonem nec joco nec serio Tibi habeas,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 25; Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 1:

    ibi illa cum sermonem occipit,

    id. Eun. 4, 1, 8:

    dum sermones caedimus,

    id. Heaut. 2, 3, 1:

    sermonem cum aliquo conferre,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 136; id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

    in nostris sermonibus collocutionibusque,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 4:

    mature veniunt, discumbitur: fit sermo inter eos,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

    dum longior consulto ab Ambiorige instituitur sermo,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 37:

    sermonis aditum cum aliquo habere,

    id. ib. 5, 41:

    nullum tibi omnino cum Albinovano sermonem ullā de re fuisse,

    Cic. Vatin. 1, 3; id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

    erat in ore, in sermone omnium,

    id. Phil. 10, 7, 14; cf.: memini in eum sermonem illum incidere, qui tum fere multis erat in ore, id. Lael. 1, 2:

    aestivam sermone benigno tendere noctem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

    referre sermones deorum,

    id. C. 3, 3, 71 (cf.:

    consiliantibus divis,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 18):

    et euntem multa loquendo Detinuit sermone diem,

    Ov. M. 1, 683:

    nunc inter eos tu sermo es,

    you are the talk, Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 7:

    jucundus est mihi sermo litterarum tuarum,

    the conversing with you by letter, Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 3; cf.:

    littera sermonis fida ministra mei,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Literary conversation, discourse, disputation, discussion (cf. oratio): tum Furius: Quid vos agitis? num sermonem vestrum aliquem diremit noster interventus? Minime vero, Africanus;

    soles enim tu haec studiose investigare, quae sunt in hoc genere, de quo instituerat paulo ante Tubero quaerere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 11, 17; cf. id. ib. 1, 13, 19:

    in sermonem ingredi (just before: in disputationem ingredi),

    id. ib. 1, 24, 38:

    (Scaevola) exposuit nobis sermonem Laelii de amicitiā habitum ab illo secum... Ejus disputationis sententias memoriae mandavi, etc.... ut tamquam a praesentibus haberi sermo videretur,

    id. Lael. 1, 3:

    rebus his, de quibus hic sermo est,

    id. Fin. 3, 12, 40:

    feci sermonem inter nos habitum in Cumano. Tibi dedi partes Antiochinas, etc.,

    id. Fam. 9, 8, 1:

    in quo (circulo) de philosophiā sermo haberetur,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 3:

    Socratici sermones,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 9; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 44; 2, 15, 26:

    in longum sermonem me vocas, Attice,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13:

    nunc enim sermo de naturā est,

    our subject, Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67; 3, 1, pr. § 2; 16, 32, 58, § 134; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 17, 15; Capitol. Gord. 3, 3 init. —
    b.
    Concr., a talk, speech, discourse (more informal and unpretending than oratio):

    meos multos et illustres et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 2; Quint. 11, 2, 24.—
    2.
    Ordinary speech, speaking, talking, the language of conversation (opp. contentio):

    sermo est oratio remissa et finitima cottidianae locutioni,

    Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

    mollis est oratio philosophorum et umbratilis, etc.... Itaque sermo potius quam oratio dicitur,

    id. Or. 19, 64: in argumentis Caecilius poscit palmam, in sermonibus Plautus, i. e. in dialogue, Varr. ap. Non. 374, 9:

    soluta oratio, qualis in sermone et epistulis,

    Quint. 9, 4, 19:

    C. Piso, statarius et sermonis plenus orator,

    Cic. Brut. 68, 239:

    si quis scribat, uti nos, Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42:

    vocem sermoni proximam,

    Quint. 11, 3, 162:

    ut litigantes quoque a sermone incipiant, ad vociferationem transeant,

    Sen. Ep. 15, 6.—Of prose as opposed to poetry:

    comoedia... nisi quod pede certo Differt sermoni sermo merus,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 48:

    et tragicus plerumque dolet sermone pedestri Telephus et Peleus, etc.,

    id. A. P. 95.—
    b.
    Concr., of verses in a conversational style, a satire:

    ille (delectatur) Bioneis sermonibus et sale nigro,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 60:

    Albi, nostrorum sermonum candide judex,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 1:

    nec sermones ego mallem Repentes per humum quam res componere gestas,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 250.—
    3.
    With reference to some particular object, common talk respecting any thing, report, rumor (syn.:

    fama, rumor): vulgi sermo,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 1:

    nunc per urbem solus sermo est omnibus, Eum, etc.,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 4:

    sermo est totā Asiā dissipatus, Cn. Pompeium, etc.,

    Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

    mihi venit in mentem multum fore sermonem, me, etc.,

    id. Att. 7, 23, 2:

    si istiusmodi sermones ad te delati de me sunt, non debuisti credere,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 5 sq.:

    in sermonem hominum venire,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13:

    audita et percelebrata sermonibus res est,

    id. Cael. 29, 69; cf.:

    vix feram sermones hominum, si, etc.,

    id. Cat. 1, 9, 23:

    vestrae perigrinantur aures, neque in hoc pervagato civitatis sermone versantur,

    this talk of the town, id. Mil. 12, 33:

    refrigerato jam levissimo sermone hominum,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    sermones inimicorum effugere,

    id. Cael. 16, 38:

    sermones lacessere, reprimere,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 7: retudit sermones, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

    ne putet aliquid oratione meā sermonis in sese aut invidiae esse quaesitum,

    of slander, calumny, Cic. Fl. 5, 13:

    dabimus sermonem iis, qui, etc.,

    give them something to talk about, id. Fam. 9, 3; so,

    materiam sermonibus praebere,

    Tac. H. 4, 4: cataplus ille Puteolanus, sermo illius temporis, Cic. [p. 1680] Rab. Post. 14, 40 B. and K. dub.; v. Orell. N. cr. —
    II.
    Transf., a manner of speaking, mode of expression, language, style, diction, etc. (cf. lingua):

    sermone eo debemus uti, qui notus est nobis, ne, ut quidam Graeca verba inculcantes jure optimo rideamur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111:

    cujus (Terentii) fabellae propter elegantiam sermonis putabantur a C. Laelio scribi,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 10:

    et sane quid est aliud vetus sermo quam vetus loquendi consuetudo?

    Quint. 1, 6, 43; 12, 2, 3.—
    B.
    A language, the speech of a nation, etc.:

    cui (Catulo) non solum nos Latini sermonis, sed etiam Graeci ipsi solent suae linguae subtilitatem elegantiamque concedere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

    in Latino sermone,

    id. ib. 3, 11, 42:

    quae philosophi Graeco sermone tractavissent, ea Latinis litteris mandaremus,

    id. Fin. 1, 1, 1:

    patrii sermonis egestas,

    Lucr. 1, 832; 3, 260:

    cum lingua Catonis et Enni Sermonem patrium ditaverit,

    Hor. A. P. 57:

    aves, quae sermonem imitantur humanum... Agrippina turdum habuit imitantem sermones hominum... lusciniae Graeco atque Latino sermone dociles,

    Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 120.—
    C.
    Of a single expression:

    si quis ita legaverit: Fructus annuos, etc., perinde accipi debet hic sermo, ac si, etc.,

    Dig. 7, 1, 20; 11, 7, 2, § 1; 28, 5, 29.— Hence, of a single word (late Lat.): deos sermo Graecus est, Cassiod. in Psa. 21, 1.

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  • 27 significatio

    signĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].
    I.
    A pointing out, indicating, denoting, signifying; an expression, indication, mark, sign, token, = indicium, signum, episêmasia, etc. (freq. and class.).
    (α).
    Absol.:

    gestus sententiam non demonstratione sed significatione declarans,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220:

    aliquem nutu significationeque appellare,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: ignibus significatione factā. Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

    significatione per castella fumo factā,

    id. B. C. 3, 65; id. B. G. 7, 81.—With subj. gen.:

    ex significatione Gallorum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 12 fin.:

    litterarum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7.—
    (β).
    With obj. gen. (so most freq.):

    voluntatis,

    Cic. Clu. 11, 31:

    victoriae,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 53:

    adventus,

    id. ib. 6, 29 fin.:

    virtutis,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 48; cf. id. Off. 1, 15, 46:

    significatio calamitatum,

    id. Div. 2, 25, 54:

    artificii,

    id. de Or. 2, 30, 153:

    probitatis,

    id. Lael. 9, 32; id. Fam. 5, 7, 2 et saep.— Plur.:

    valetudinis significationes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 69, 142:

    rerum futurarum,

    id. N. D. 2, 66, 166. —
    (γ).
    With object-clause (very rare):

    ex quibus magna significatio fit, non adesse constantiam,

    Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131.— Plur.:

    multas nec dubias significationes saepe jecit: ne reliquis quidem se parsurum senatoribus,

    Suet. Ner. 37.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Pregn., like the Gr. episêmasia, a sign or token of assent, an expression of approbation, applause:

    populi judiciis atque omni significatione florere,

    Cic. Sest. 49, 105; cf. id. ib. 57, 122;

    59, 127: ut ex ipsā significatione potuit cognosci,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 86.— Plur., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42:

    significationibus acclamationibus multitudinis,

    Liv. 31, 15, 2 (corresp. to assentatio).—
    B.
    Also, like episêmasia, a sign, token, foretoken, prognostic of the weather (Plinian):

    est et aquarum significatio, etc.... caeli quidem murmur non dubiam habet significationem. Praesagiunt et animalia,

    Plin. 18, 35, 85, § 359 sq. —
    C.
    In rhet. lang., significance, emphasis:

    significatio est, quae plus in suspicione relinquit, quam positum est in oratione,

    Auct. Her. 4, 53, 67; Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; id. Or. 40, 139; Quint. 9, 2, 3 (as a transl. of the Gr. emphasis).—
    D.
    In gram., meaning, sense, import, signification of a word or phrase:

    verbi,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 40 Müll.:

    scripti,

    Cic. Part. Or. 31, 108; cf. id. ib. 38, 132:

    est igitur tropus sermo a naturali et principali significatione translatus ad aliam,

    Quint. 9, 1, 4:

    ejusdem verbi contraria significatio,

    id. 9, 3, 68:

    voces eaedem diversā in significatione ponuntur,

    id. 9, 3, 69:

    verborum,

    id. 10, 1, 10:

    latens,

    id. 10, 1, 90:

    propriae,

    Gell. 12, 13, 2.—So the titles of the lexical works of Aelius Gallus, Verrius Flaccus, Festus, etc.: De verborum Significatione or Significationibus.—
    E.
    Meaning, intent:

    duas significationes habet propositio vestra,

    includes two assertions, Sen. Ep. 87, 28.

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  • 28 ā

       ā    (before consonants), ab (before vowels, h, and some consonants, esp. l, n, r, s), abs (usu. only before t and q, esp. freq. before the pron. te), old af, praep. with abl., denoting separation or departure (opp. ad).    I. Lit., in space, from, away from, out of.    A. With motion: ab urbe proficisci, Cs.: a supero mari Flaminia (est via), leads: Nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, a little out of the sun: usque a mari supero Romam proficisci, all the way from; with names of cities and small islands, or with domo, home (for the simple abl; of motion, away from, not out of, a place); hence, of raising a siege, of the march of soldiers, the setting out of a fleet, etc.: oppidum ab Aeneā fugiente a Troiā conditum: ab Alesiā, Cs.: profectus ab Orico cum classe, Cs.; with names of persons or with pronouns: cum a vobis discessero: videat forte hic te a patre aliquis exiens, i. e. from his house, T.; (praegn.): a rege munera repudiare, from, sent by, N.—    B. Without motion.    1. Of separation or distance: abesse a domo paulisper maluit: tum Brutus ab Romā aberat, S.: hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat, Cs.: a foro longe abesse: procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt, Cs.: cum esset bellum tam prope a Siciliā; so with numerals to express distance: ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo, eight miles distant, Cs.: ab milibus passuum minus duobus castra posuerunt, less than two miles off, Cs.; so rarely with substantives: quod tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio instrueretur, so far away, Cs.—    2. To denote a side or direction, etc., at, on, in: ab sinistrā parte nudatis castris, on the left, Cs.: ab eā parte, quā, etc., on that side, S.: Gallia Celtica attingit ab Sequanis flumen Rhenum, on the side of the Sequani, i. e. their country, Cs.: ab decumanā portā castra munita, at the main entrance, Cs.: crepuit hinc a Glycerio ostium, of the house of G., T.: (cornua) ab labris argento circumcludunt, on the edges, Cs.; hence, a fronte, in the van; a latere, on the flank; a tergo, in the rear, behind; a dextro cornu, on the right wing; a medio spatio, half way.—    II. Fig.    A. Of time.    1. Of a point of time, after: Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus, immediately after, Cs.: ab eo magistratu, after this office, S.: recens a volnere Dido, fresh from her wound, V.: in Italiam perventum est quinto mense a Carthagine, i. e. after leaving, L.: ab his, i. e. after these words, hereupon, O.: ab simili <*>ade domo profugus, i. e. after and in consequence of, L.—    2. Of a period of time, from, since, after: ab hora tertiā bibebatur, from the third hour: ab Sullā et Pompeio consulibus, since the consulship of: ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumum annum, since, S.: augures omnes usque ab Romulo, since the time of: iam inde ab infelici pugnā ceciderant animi, from (and in consequence of), L.; hence, ab initio, a principio, a primo, at, in, or from the beginning, at first: ab integro, anew, afresh: ab... ad, from (a time)... to: cum ab horā septimā ad vesperum pugnatum sit, Cs.; with nouns or adjectives denoting a time of life: iam inde a pueritiā, T.: a pueritiā: a pueris: iam inde ab incunabulis, L.: a parvo, from a little child, or childhood, L.: ab parvulis, Cs.—    B. In other relations.    1. To denote separation, deterring, intermitting, distinction, difference, etc., from: quo discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem: propius abesse ab ortu: alter ab illo, next after him, V.: Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus, next in rank to, H.: impotentia animi a temperantiā dissidens: alieno a te animo fuit, estranged; so with adjj. denoting free, strange, pure, etc.: res familiaris casta a cruore civili: purum ab humano cultu solum, L.: (opoidum) vacuum ab defensoribus, Cs.: alqm pudicum servare ab omni facto, etc., II.; with substt.: impunitas ab iudicio: ab armis quies dabatur, L.; or verbs: haec a custodiis loca vacabant, Cs.—    2. To denote the agent, by: qui (Mars) saepe spoliantem iam evertit et perculit ab abiecto, by the agency of: Laudari me abs te, a laudato viro: si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, at Caesar's hands, Cs.: vetus umor ab igne percaluit solis, under, O.: a populo P. imperia perferre, Cs.: equo lassus ab indomito, H.: volgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus? by whose hands and upon whose orders? factus ab arte decor, artificial, O.: destitutus ab spe, L.; (for the sake of the metre): correptus ab ignibus, O.; (poet. with abl. of means or instr.): intumuit venter ab undā, O.—Ab with abl. of agent for the dat., to avoid ambiguity, or for emphasis: quibus (civibus) est a vobis consulendum: te a me nostrae consuetudinis monendum esse puto.—    3. To denote source, origin, extraction, from, of: Turnus ab Ariciā, L.: si ego me a M. Tullio esse dicerem: oriundi ab Sabinis, L.: dulces a fontibus undae, V.—With verbs of expecting, fearing, hoping (cf. a parte), from, on the part of: a quo quidem genere, iudices, ego numquam timui: nec ab Romanis vobis ulla est spes, you can expect nothing from the Romans, L.; (ellipt.): haec a servorum bello pericula, threatened by: quem metus a praetore Romano stimulabat, fear of what the praetor might do, L.—With verbs of paying, etc., solvere, persolvere, dare (pecuniam) ab aliquo, to pay through, by a draft on, etc.: se praetor dedit, a quaestore numeravit, quaestor a mensā publicā, by an order on the quaestor: ei legat pecuniam a filio, to be paid by his son: scribe decem (milia) a Nerio, pay by a draft on Nerius, H.; cognoscere ab aliquā re, to know or learn by means of something (but ab aliquo, from some one): id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse, Cs.; in giving an etymology: id ab re... interregnum appellatum, L.—Rarely with verbs of beginning and repeating: coepere a fame mala, L.: a se suisque orsus, Ta.—    4. With verbs of freeing from, defending, protecting, from, against: ut a proeliis quietem habuerant, L.: provincia a calamitate est defendenda: sustinere se a lapsu, L.—    5. With verbs and adjectives, to define the respect in which, in relation to, with regard to, in respect to, on the part of: orba ab optimatibus contio: mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu, S.: ne ab re sint omissiores, too neglectful of money or property, T.: posse a facundiā, in the matter of eloquence, T.; cf. with laborare, for the simple abl, in, for want of: laborare ab re frumentariā, Cs.—    6. In stating a motive, from, out of, on account of, in consequence of: patres ab honore appellati, L.: inops tum urbs ab longinquā obsidione, L.—    7. Indicating a part of the whole, of, out of: scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto, Cs.: a quibus (captivis) ad Senatum missus (Regulus).—    8. Marking that to which anything belongs: qui sunt ab eā disciplinā: nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt.—    9. Of a side or party: vide ne hoc totum sit a me, makes for my view: vir ab innocentiā clementissimus, in favor of.—10. In late prose, of an office: ab epistulis, a secretary, Ta. Note. Ab is not repeated with a following pron interrog. or relat.: Arsinoën, Stratum, Naupactum... fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc. It is often separated from the word which it governs: a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo: a minus bono, S.: a satis miti principio, L.—The poets join a and que, making āque; but in good prose que is annexed to the following abl. (a meque, abs teque, etc.): aque Chao, V.: aque mero, O.—In composition, ab- stands before vowels, and h, b, d, i consonant, l, n, r, s; abs- before c, q, t; b is dropped, leaving as- before p; ā- is found in āfuī, āfore ( inf fut. of absum); and au- in auferō, aufugiō.
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    I
    Ah!; (distress/regret/pity, appeal/entreaty, surprise/joy, objection/contempt)
    II
    by (agent), from (departure, cause, remote origin/time); after (reference)
    III
    ante, abb. a.

    in calendar expression a. d. = ante diem -- before the day

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  • 29 aenigma

        aenigma atis, n, αἴνιγμα, a figure, allegory, C.
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    puzzle, enigma, riddle, obscure expression/saying

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  • 30 ambiguitās

        ambiguitās ātis, f    [ambiguus], ambiguity, equivocalness, double sense: nominis: verbi, L.
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    ambiguity of meaning; an equivocal expression, ambiguity

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  • 31 ātāt

        ātāt    interj., see attat.
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    ah! oh! alas! (expression of sudden enlightenment/surprise/fear/warning)

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  • 32 atque or (only before consonants) ac

        atque or (only before consonants) ac conj.    [ad + que], and (like - que, it connects words or thoughts which form a whole, but unlike - que gives prominence rather to what follows, and is rarely repeated).    I. Copulative.    A. Connecting single words and expressions, and, as well as, together with: restituam ac reddam, T.: infamia atque indignitas rei, Cs.: honesta atque inhonesta, S.: parere atque imperare iuxta, L.: acies in speciem simul ac terrorem constiterat, Ta.—Poet. for et... et: Atque deos atque astra vocat crudelia mater, V.—Very rarely after one or more words of its phrase: hederā Gaudere pullā atque myrto, H.—In the phrases: unus atque alter, one and another, one or two, S.: alius atque alius, one and another, successive: aliā atque aliā de causā, L.: etiam atque etiam, again and again, repeatedly: semel atque iterum: iterum atque iterum, V.: huc atque illuc, hither and thither: longe atque late, far and wide.—Adding an emphatic expression, and in fact, and that too, and even, and indeed, and in particular: iter in provinciam nostram atque Italiam, Cs.: dis inmortalibus gratia atque ipsi Iovi: hebeti ingenio atque nullo: res tanta atque tam atrox, S.: Py. cognoscitne? Ch. Ac memoriter, yes, and that too, etc., T.: uno atque eo perexiguo tempore, and that too: atque eo magis, and so much the more: atque id eo magis, and that the more, Cs.: duabus missis cohortibus, atque his primis, etc., Cs. — With adeo or etiam: consilium atque adeo amentia, and in fact: cupide accipiat atque etiam bene dicat, and even, T.: atque adeo etiam, and even, L. —    B. Connecting closely related thoughts, and so, and even, and... too (usu. beginning the clause): atque eccum! and there he is too! T.: Africanus indigens mei? Minime... ac ne ego quidem illius, and I too am not: Punicā religione servata fides est, atque in vincula omnes coniecit, L.—After a word in its clause: funus atque imagines ducant, etc., H.— Adding an emphatic clause: exsules adlicere coepit: ac tantam sibi auctoritatem comparaverat, etc., Cs.: vos pro libertate non... nitemini? atque eo vehementius, quod, etc., S.—With a negative: si fidem habeat... ac non id metuat, ne, etc., and does not rather, T.: quasi nunc id agatur, quis... ac non hoc quaeratur: ut civem, ac non potius ut hostem.—Adding an adversative clause, and yet, and nevertheless: Quibus nunc sollicitor rebus!... atque ex me hic natus non est, T.: non dicere pro nobis possunt; atque haec a nobis petunt omnia: nihil praeterea est magno opere dicendum. ac tamen... pauca etiam nunc dicam. —In transitions, etc.: locum delegerunt. ac primo adventu, etc., Cs.: Atque ea diversa, dum geruntur, V.: Atque hic tantus vir, N.: nomen ei iugo Alpium inditum transgressum, L.—    II. After words of comparison, as, than, than as: nihil aeque atque illam vim requirit: neque mihi par ratio cum Lucilio est ac tecum fuit: pariter ac si hostes adessent, S.: castra movere iuxta ac si hostes adessent, S.: proinde ac de hominum est vitā merita: cum totidem navibus atque erat profectus, N.: similiter atque ipse eram commotus: fit aliud atque existimaris: aliter causam agi atque iste existimaret: non secus ac si meus esset frater: simulacrum contra atque antea fuerat convertere: simul atque adsedisti: haud minus ac iussi faciunt, V.: Non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus, H.

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  • 33 audēns

        audēns entis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of audeo], daring, bold, intrepid, courageous: audentes deus ipse iuvat, O.: Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito, V.: audentissimus quisque miles, Ta.
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    audentis (gen.), audentior -or -us, audentissimus -a -um ADJ
    daring, bold, courageous; characterized by boldness/license of expression

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  • 34 audentia

        audentia ae, f    [audens], daring, boldness: privata cuiusque, Ta.
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    boldness, courage, enterprise; boldness/license of expression

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  • 35 breviloquēns

        breviloquēns entis, adj.    [brevis+loquor], brief, sparing of words.
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    (gen.), breviloquentis ADJ
    concise, brief in expression, brief

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  • 36 Catamītus

        Catamītus ī, m    [old for Ganymedes], Ganymede, the cup-bearer of Jupiter.—As an expression of contempt for Antonius.

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  • 37 commoditās

        commoditās ātis, f    [commodus], fitness, convenience, a fit occasion, advantage, benefit: si corrigitur, quot commoditates vide, T.: ad faciendum idonea: maximas commoditates amicitia continet: cum commoditas iuvaret, L. — Of persons, complaisance, courtesy, forbearance: magnam mi inicit suā commoditate curam, T.: viri, O.—Of discourse, fitness, adequacy, appropriateness: commoditati ingenium (est) impedimento.— Dexterity: corporis aliqua commoditas.—Convenience, ease: ob commoditatem itineris, L.
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    timeliness; fitness, aptness; convenience; advantage, utility; complaisance; due measure, just proportion; suitable (oratorical expression); symmetry

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  • 38 complexiō (conp-)

        complexiō (conp-) ōnis, f    [PARC-, PLEC-], a combination, association: cumulata bonorum.— Of discourse, a summing up, comprehension: brevis totius negotii.—A sentence, period, expression: mira verborum.—In philosophy, a conclusion in a syllogism.—In rhetoric, a dilemma.

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  • 39 com-pos (conp-)

        com-pos (conp-) potis, adj.    [com- + POT-], master of, powerful over, possessing, participating in: animi, sane, T.: mentis: sui, L.: rationis et consili: eius doni, sharing in, L.: huius urbis: me conpotem voti facere, grant my wish, L.: voti sententia compos, i. e. the expression of joy in success, H.: animo et scientiā. corpore atque animo, L.: praedā ingenti, L.

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  • 40 compressiō (conp-)

        compressiō (conp-) ōnis, f    [comprimo], concise expression, condensation: rerum.

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