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complector ( conp-), plexus, 3, v. dep. (in signif. mostly coinciding with amplector), prop., to entwine around a person or thing (cf. amplector; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

Of persons, to clasp, embrace, as an expression of affection.

With acc.:

vidi et illam et hospitem Conplexum atque ausculantem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 53: adcurrit;

mediam mulierem complectitur,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 106:

tum ille artius puellam amplexus,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103:

viri corpus,

Lucr. 4, 1193:

(adulescentem) complexus osculatusque dimiserit,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

suum maritum,

Ov. M. 12, 428:

nepotes,

Verg. A. 6, 786:

aliquem conplexa tenere,

Cic. Font. 21, 47 (17, 36); cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 121.—Of parts of the person:

dextram euntis,

Verg. A. 8, 558; Ov. M. 6, 494; cf. Curt. 6, 7, 8:

infirmis membra lacertis,

Ov. M. 10, 407:

genua. in supplication,

Quint. 6, 1, 34:

pedes alicujus,

Luc. 10, 89.—

With inter se:

nosque inter nos esse conplexos,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

conplecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

Liv. 7, 42, 6; Verg. A. 5, 766.—

With in vicem, Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

Absol.:

nequeunt conplecti satis,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32: Phr. Conplectere. Di. Lubens, id. Truc. 2, 4, 19:

contineri qum conplectar non queo,

id. Men. 5, 9, 65; id. Mil. 4, 8, 19; Prop. 1, [p. 390] 10, 5.—

With cum and abl., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 134.—

In gen., to grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose:

(vitis) claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta complectitur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52:

(orbis caelestis) extimus, qui reliquos omnis complectitur,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

complexi terram maris,

Ov. M. 8, 731:

ubi mollis amaracus illum (Ascanium) Floribus et dulci conplectitur umbrā,

Verg. A. 1, 694:

vestis complectens undique corpus,

Cat. 64, 307:

spatium,

to mark out around for military purposes, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Auct. B. G. 8, 74; cf.

of ploughing around,

Ov. M. 15, 619:

aliquem obsidione,

Vell. 2, 51, 1 et saep.:

caput digitis cruentis,

Ov. M. 3, 727:

manibus eminentia saxa,

Curt. 7, 11, 15:

dexterā impendentes ramos,

id. 9, 5, 13.—Of grasping an adversary in fight:

quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere,

Nep. Epam. 2, 4:

qui cum inter se complexi in terram ex equis decidissent... non prius distracti sunt, quam alterum anima relinqueret,

in contention, id. Eum. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of sleep, to seize upon, enfold:

sopor fessos complectitur artus,

Verg. A. 2, 253; cf.:

me artior somnus conplexus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10.—

To embrace something intellectually as a whole, to comprehend, understand:

aliquid cogitatione et mente,

Cic. Or. 2, 8; cf. id. Fam. 5, 17, 4:

deum et divinum animum cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51:

omne caelum totamque cum universo mari terram mente,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 112; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 25; 12, 2, 17:

animo proxima quaeque meo,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 70:

rei magnitudinem animo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19; Quint. 10, 6, 3; 10, 6, 6 al.; cf. without acc.:

cum conplector animo, quattuor reperio causas, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 5, 15.—Without mente, animo, etc.:

perficies ut ego ista innumerabilia complectens nusquam labar?

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 114:

totum genus judiciorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 32:

formam animi magis quam corporis,

to consider, Tac. Agr. 46:

aliquid memoriā,

Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; Quint. 2, 7, 3;

and without memoria,

id. 11, 2, 36.—

To comprehend a multitude of objects in discourse or in a written representation, to comprise, express, describe, represent, explain; with acc. and abl. or adv.:

omnia alicujus facta oratione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

omnium rerum memoriam breviter libro,

id. Brut. 3, 14:

orator autem sic illigat sententiam verbis, ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

omnia unā comprehensione,

id. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

plura semel,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

pauca paucis,

id. 8, 3, 82; cf. id. 7, 3, 29:

sententiam his verbis,

id. 3, 6, 13.—Esp. with sententiā, to sum up in a formal vote or decree (of speeches in the Senate): causas complectar ipsā sententiā, in the motion or decree itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:

sed ut aliquando sententiā complectar, ita censeo,

id. ib. 14, 14, 36.—Hence,

In philos. lang., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; Auct. Her. 2, 29, 47; cf. complexio.—

To embrace from love, to love, value, honor; to be addicted to, to care for; with acc. and abl.:

aliquem honoribus et beneficiis suis,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

eum beneficio,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

aliquem summā benevolentiā,

id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

hunc omni tuā comitate,

id. ib. 7, 5, 3:

omnes caritate cives,

Liv. 7, 40, 3:

aliquem artā familiaritate,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 5 al. — Without abl.:

hominem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4. — Absol.: da te homini;

complectetur,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:

quos fortuna complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

philosophiam,

id. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

artes ingenuas,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 9:

causam eam,

Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 44; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3:

otium,

id. ib. 2, 6, 1.—

To embrace, include:

cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnis omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 87:

licet haec omnia complectatur eversio,

Quint. 8, 3, 69; 2, 15, 13.—

(Causa pro effectu.) To take into possession, to seize, lay hold of, to make one ' s self master of (rare):

(philosophiae) vis valet multum, cum est idoneam complexa naturam,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

facultatem aliquam,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; Liv. 44, 1, 12:

plures provincias complexus sum quam alii urbes ceperunt,

Curt. 6, 3, 4.

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Act. collat form complecto, ĕre: quando convenit complectite, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 472 fin.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—

complector, ti, in pass. signif.: invidiosā fortunā complecti, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37 (but in Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40, and id. Fin. 3, 12, 41, the best read. is completur).

complector ( conp-), plexus, 3, v. dep. (in signif. mostly coinciding with amplector), prop., to entwine around a person or thing (cf. amplector; class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

Of persons, to clasp, embrace, as an expression of affection.

With acc.:

vidi et illam et hospitem Conplexum atque ausculantem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 53: adcurrit;

mediam mulierem complectitur,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 106:

tum ille artius puellam amplexus,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103:

viri corpus,

Lucr. 4, 1193:

(adulescentem) complexus osculatusque dimiserit,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

suum maritum,

Ov. M. 12, 428:

nepotes,

Verg. A. 6, 786:

aliquem conplexa tenere,

Cic. Font. 21, 47 (17, 36); cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 121.—Of parts of the person:

dextram euntis,

Verg. A. 8, 558; Ov. M. 6, 494; cf. Curt. 6, 7, 8:

infirmis membra lacertis,

Ov. M. 10, 407:

genua. in supplication,

Quint. 6, 1, 34:

pedes alicujus,

Luc. 10, 89.—

With inter se:

nosque inter nos esse conplexos,

Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

conplecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

Liv. 7, 42, 6; Verg. A. 5, 766.—

With in vicem, Quint. 7, 10, 17.—

Absol.:

nequeunt conplecti satis,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32: Phr. Conplectere. Di. Lubens, id. Truc. 2, 4, 19:

contineri qum conplectar non queo,

id. Men. 5, 9, 65; id. Mil. 4, 8, 19; Prop. 1, [p. 390] 10, 5.—

With cum and abl., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 134.—

In gen., to grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose:

(vitis) claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta complectitur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52:

(orbis caelestis) extimus, qui reliquos omnis complectitur,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

complexi terram maris,

Ov. M. 8, 731:

ubi mollis amaracus illum (Ascanium) Floribus et dulci conplectitur umbrā,

Verg. A. 1, 694:

vestis complectens undique corpus,

Cat. 64, 307:

spatium,

to mark out around for military purposes, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Auct. B. G. 8, 74; cf.

of ploughing around,

Ov. M. 15, 619:

aliquem obsidione,

Vell. 2, 51, 1 et saep.:

caput digitis cruentis,

Ov. M. 3, 727:

manibus eminentia saxa,

Curt. 7, 11, 15:

dexterā impendentes ramos,

id. 9, 5, 13.—Of grasping an adversary in fight:

quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere,

Nep. Epam. 2, 4:

qui cum inter se complexi in terram ex equis decidissent... non prius distracti sunt, quam alterum anima relinqueret,

in contention, id. Eum. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of sleep, to seize upon, enfold:

sopor fessos complectitur artus,

Verg. A. 2, 253; cf.:

me artior somnus conplexus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10.—

To embrace something intellectually as a whole, to comprehend, understand:

aliquid cogitatione et mente,

Cic. Or. 2, 8; cf. id. Fam. 5, 17, 4:

deum et divinum animum cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51:

omne caelum totamque cum universo mari terram mente,

id. Fin. 2, 34, 112; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 25; 12, 2, 17:

animo proxima quaeque meo,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 70:

rei magnitudinem animo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19; Quint. 10, 6, 3; 10, 6, 6 al.; cf. without acc.:

cum conplector animo, quattuor reperio causas, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 5, 15.—Without mente, animo, etc.:

perficies ut ego ista innumerabilia complectens nusquam labar?

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 114:

totum genus judiciorum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 32:

formam animi magis quam corporis,

to consider, Tac. Agr. 46:

aliquid memoriā,

Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; Quint. 2, 7, 3;

and without memoria,

id. 11, 2, 36.—

To comprehend a multitude of objects in discourse or in a written representation, to comprise, express, describe, represent, explain; with acc. and abl. or adv.:

omnia alicujus facta oratione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

omnium rerum memoriam breviter libro,

id. Brut. 3, 14:

orator autem sic illigat sententiam verbis, ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,

id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

omnia unā comprehensione,

id. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

plura semel,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

pauca paucis,

id. 8, 3, 82; cf. id. 7, 3, 29:

sententiam his verbis,

id. 3, 6, 13.—Esp. with sententiā, to sum up in a formal vote or decree (of speeches in the Senate): causas complectar ipsā sententiā, in the motion or decree itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:

sed ut aliquando sententiā complectar, ita censeo,

id. ib. 14, 14, 36.—Hence,

In philos. lang., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; Auct. Her. 2, 29, 47; cf. complexio.—

To embrace from love, to love, value, honor; to be addicted to, to care for; with acc. and abl.:

aliquem honoribus et beneficiis suis,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

eum beneficio,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

aliquem summā benevolentiā,

id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

hunc omni tuā comitate,

id. ib. 7, 5, 3:

omnes caritate cives,

Liv. 7, 40, 3:

aliquem artā familiaritate,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 5 al. — Without abl.:

hominem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4. — Absol.: da te homini;

complectetur,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:

quos fortuna complexa est,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

philosophiam,

id. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

artes ingenuas,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 9:

causam eam,

Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 44; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3:

otium,

id. ib. 2, 6, 1.—

To embrace, include:

cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnis omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 87:

licet haec omnia complectatur eversio,

Quint. 8, 3, 69; 2, 15, 13.—

(Causa pro effectu.) To take into possession, to seize, lay hold of, to make one ' s self master of (rare):

(philosophiae) vis valet multum, cum est idoneam complexa naturam,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

facultatem aliquam,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; Liv. 44, 1, 12:

plures provincias complexus sum quam alii urbes ceperunt,

Curt. 6, 3, 4.

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Act. collat form complecto, ĕre: quando convenit complectite, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 472 fin.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—

complector, ti, in pass. signif.: invidiosā fortunā complecti, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37 (but in Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40, and id. Fin. 3, 12, 41, the best read. is completur).

ar-rĭpĭo ( adr-, B. and K.; arr-, Lachm., Ritschl, Fleck., Merk., Rib., K. and H., Weissenb., Halm), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize, snatch, lay hold of, draw a person or thing to one's self (esp. with haste).

In gen.

Lit.:

ut eum eriperet, manum arripuit mordicus: Vix foras me abripui atque effugi,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 7; cf.

the first of the words following, formed by Plaut. after the manner of Aristophanes: Quodsemelarripides Numquampostreddonides,

Pers. 4, 6, 23 Ritschl:

gladium,

id. Capt. 4, 4, 7; Vulg. Gen. 22, 10:

pugionem,

ib. Num. 25, 7:

securim,

ib. Jud. 9, 48:

arma,

Liv. 35, 36:

cultrum,

id. 3, 48:

telum, vestimenta,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 5:

arcus Arripit,

Ov. M. 5, 64:

ensem,

id. ib. 13, 386:

saxum,

Curt. 6, 9:

pileum vel galerum,

Suet. Ner. 26:

scutum e strage,

Tac. A. 3, 23:

sagittam et scutum,

Vulg. Jer. 6, 23:

clipeum,

ib. Isa. 21, 5:

aliquem barbā,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64:

manu,

Liv. 6, 8:

aliquam comā,

Ov. M. 6, 552:

caput capillo,

Suet. Galb. 20: manum alicujus, Auct. B. G. 8, 23; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.—

Trop., to take to one's self, procure, appropriate, seize:

Arripe opem auxiliumque ad hanc rem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 65:

vox et gestus subito sumi et aliunde adripi non potest,

Cic. Or. 1, 59, 252:

cognomen sibi ex Aeliorum imaginibus adripuit,

id. Sest. 32:

non debes adripere maledictum ex trivio aut ex scurrarum aliquo convicio,

id. Mur. 6:

libenter adripere facultatem laedendi,

id. Fl. 8, 19:

aliquid ad reprehendendum,

id. N. D. 2, 65, 162:

impedimentum pro occasione arripere,

Liv. 3, 35 al. —

Transf.

In gen., to seize, lay hold of, take possession of, secure:

Sublimem medium arriperem, et capite pronum in terram statuerem,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

simul arripit ipsum Pendentem,

Verg. A. 9, 561:

medium arripit Servium,

Liv. 1, 48:

quando arripuerit te spiritus Domini malus,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 16, 16; so ib. Luc. 8, 29:

Existit sacer ignis et urit corpore serpens, Quamcumque arripuit partim,

Lucr. 6, 661:

quemcumque patrem familias adripuissetis ex aliquo circulo,

you might have taken, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159:

nisi forte eum (dolorem) dicis, qui simul atque adripuit, interficit,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

vitulum,

Vulg. Deut. 9, 21:

leones,

ib. Dan. 6, 24:

navem,

ib. Act. 27, 15:

arrepto repente equo,

Liv. 6, 8:

cohortes arreptas in urbem inducit,

id. 34, 20.— Trop., of the mind, to seize upon with eagerness or haste, to learn quickly or with avidity:

pueri celeriter res innumerabiles adripiunt,

Cic. Sen. 21, 78:

quas (sc. Graecas litteras) quidem sic avide adripui, quasi diuturnam sitim explere cupiens,

id. ib. 8, 26; cf. id. Mur. 30:

Quarum studium etsi senior arripuerat,

Nep. Cato, 3, 2:

quaerit Socrates unde animum adripuerimus, si nullus fuerit in mundo,

Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 26:

quod animus adriperet aut exciperet extrinsecus ex divinitate,

id. Div. 2, 11, 26.—

As a judicial t. t., to bring or summon before a tribunal, to complain of, accuse (cf. rapio;

esp. freq. of those who are complained of after leaving their office): eum te adripuisse, a quo non sis rogatus,

Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

ad quaestionem ipse adreptus est,

id. Clu. 33:

tribunus plebis consules abeuntes magistratu arripuit,

Liv. 2, 54:

arreptus a P. Numitorio Sp. Oppius,

id. 3, 58:

arreptus a viatore,

id. 6, 16:

quaestor ejus in praejudicium aliquot criminibus arreptus est,

Suet. Caes. 23:

inter Sejani conscios arreptus,

id. Vit. 2.—Hence,

In Horace, to attack with ridicule or reproach, to ridicule, satirize: Primores populi arripuit populumque tributim, Sat. 2, 1, 69:

luxuriam et Nomentanum arripe mecum,

id. 2, 3, 224.

ar-rĭpĭo ( adr-, B. and K.; arr-, Lachm., Ritschl, Fleck., Merk., Rib., K. and H., Weissenb., Halm), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize, snatch, lay hold of, draw a person or thing to one's self (esp. with haste).

In gen.

Lit.:

ut eum eriperet, manum arripuit mordicus: Vix foras me abripui atque effugi,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 7; cf.

the first of the words following, formed by Plaut. after the manner of Aristophanes: Quodsemelarripides Numquampostreddonides,

Pers. 4, 6, 23 Ritschl:

gladium,

id. Capt. 4, 4, 7; Vulg. Gen. 22, 10:

pugionem,

ib. Num. 25, 7:

securim,

ib. Jud. 9, 48:

arma,

Liv. 35, 36:

cultrum,

id. 3, 48:

telum, vestimenta,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 5:

arcus Arripit,

Ov. M. 5, 64:

ensem,

id. ib. 13, 386:

saxum,

Curt. 6, 9:

pileum vel galerum,

Suet. Ner. 26:

scutum e strage,

Tac. A. 3, 23:

sagittam et scutum,

Vulg. Jer. 6, 23:

clipeum,

ib. Isa. 21, 5:

aliquem barbā,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64:

manu,

Liv. 6, 8:

aliquam comā,

Ov. M. 6, 552:

caput capillo,

Suet. Galb. 20: manum alicujus, Auct. B. G. 8, 23; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.—

Trop., to take to one's self, procure, appropriate, seize:

Arripe opem auxiliumque ad hanc rem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 65:

vox et gestus subito sumi et aliunde adripi non potest,

Cic. Or. 1, 59, 252:

cognomen sibi ex Aeliorum imaginibus adripuit,

id. Sest. 32:

non debes adripere maledictum ex trivio aut ex scurrarum aliquo convicio,

id. Mur. 6:

libenter adripere facultatem laedendi,

id. Fl. 8, 19:

aliquid ad reprehendendum,

id. N. D. 2, 65, 162:

impedimentum pro occasione arripere,

Liv. 3, 35 al. —

Transf.

In gen., to seize, lay hold of, take possession of, secure:

Sublimem medium arriperem, et capite pronum in terram statuerem,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

simul arripit ipsum Pendentem,

Verg. A. 9, 561:

medium arripit Servium,

Liv. 1, 48:

quando arripuerit te spiritus Domini malus,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 16, 16; so ib. Luc. 8, 29:

Existit sacer ignis et urit corpore serpens, Quamcumque arripuit partim,

Lucr. 6, 661:

quemcumque patrem familias adripuissetis ex aliquo circulo,

you might have taken, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159:

nisi forte eum (dolorem) dicis, qui simul atque adripuit, interficit,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

vitulum,

Vulg. Deut. 9, 21:

leones,

ib. Dan. 6, 24:

navem,

ib. Act. 27, 15:

arrepto repente equo,

Liv. 6, 8:

cohortes arreptas in urbem inducit,

id. 34, 20.— Trop., of the mind, to seize upon with eagerness or haste, to learn quickly or with avidity:

pueri celeriter res innumerabiles adripiunt,

Cic. Sen. 21, 78:

quas (sc. Graecas litteras) quidem sic avide adripui, quasi diuturnam sitim explere cupiens,

id. ib. 8, 26; cf. id. Mur. 30:

Quarum studium etsi senior arripuerat,

Nep. Cato, 3, 2:

quaerit Socrates unde animum adripuerimus, si nullus fuerit in mundo,

Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 26:

quod animus adriperet aut exciperet extrinsecus ex divinitate,

id. Div. 2, 11, 26.—

As a judicial t. t., to bring or summon before a tribunal, to complain of, accuse (cf. rapio;

esp. freq. of those who are complained of after leaving their office): eum te adripuisse, a quo non sis rogatus,

Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

ad quaestionem ipse adreptus est,

id. Clu. 33:

tribunus plebis consules abeuntes magistratu arripuit,

Liv. 2, 54:

arreptus a P. Numitorio Sp. Oppius,

id. 3, 58:

arreptus a viatore,

id. 6, 16:

quaestor ejus in praejudicium aliquot criminibus arreptus est,

Suet. Caes. 23:

inter Sejani conscios arreptus,

id. Vit. 2.—Hence,

In Horace, to attack with ridicule or reproach, to ridicule, satirize: Primores populi arripuit populumque tributim, Sat. 2, 1, 69:

luxuriam et Nomentanum arripe mecum,

id. 2, 3, 224.

dī-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

With particular reference to the prep., to send different ways, to send apart, i. e.,

[p. 582] To send out or forth in different directions, to send about (class.).

With acc.:

Naevius pueros circum amicos dimittit,

Cic. Quint. 6, 2:

consules designatos circum provincias,

Suet. Aug. 64:

litteras circum municipia,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22, 1; cf.:

litteras circa praefectos,

Liv. 42, 51:

litteras per omnes provincias,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 4;

with which cf.: nuntios per agros,

id. B. G. 6, 31, 2:

librum per totam Italiam,

Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 2:

edicta per provincias,

Suet. Galb. 10:

certos per litora,

Verg. A. 1, 577 et saep.:

nuntios tota civitate Aeduorum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 9:

nuntios in omnes partes,

id. ib. 4, 19, 2; 4, 34, 5; cf. ib. 5, 49, 8; and poet.:

aciem (i. e. oculos) in omnes partes,

Ov. M. 3, 381:

praefectos in finitimas civitates,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 3; cf.:

Manlium Faesulas,

Sall. C. 27 et saep.:

nuntios ad Centrones, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 39, 1; so with ad, id. ib. 6, 34, 8; id. B. C. 1, 52 fin. al.:

legatos quoquoversus,

id. B. G. 3, 23, 2; 7, 4, 5; id. B. C. 1, 36, 2:

dimissos equites pabulandi causa,

id. ib. 1, 80, 3; cf.

equitatum,

id. B. G. 7, 71, 5:

omnem ab se equitatum,

id. ib. § 1.— Trop.:

animum ignotas in artes,

Ov. M. 8, 188, directs, applies (al. demittit).—

Without object acc.:

dimisit circum omnes propinquas regiones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 6:

per provincias,

Liv. 29, 37: ad amicos, Cic. Tull. Fragm. § 22; cf.:

in omnes partis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 1.—

To separate a multitude, to break up, dissolve; and subjectively, to dismiss (from one's self), to discharge, disband:

senatu dimisso,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

senatum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65:

concilium,

id. Leg. 2, 12, 31; id. Vatin. 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 1, 31; id. B. C. 1, 32, 4 et saep.; cf.

conventum,

Sall. C. 21 fin.: exercitum (a standing military t. t.; cf. Vell. 2, 52, 4), Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 6; 1, 9, 5 et saep.:

plures manus (with diducere, and opp. continere manipulos ad signa),

Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 5:

delectum,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 8, 15:

convivium,

to break up, Liv. 36, 29; Tac. A. 15, 30 et saep.

With particular reference to the verb, to send away either an individual or a body; to let go, discharge, dismiss, release.

Lit.:

aliquem ab se et amandare in ultimas terras,

Cic. Sull. 20, 57; so,

aliquem ab se,

id. Fam. 13, 63; Nep. Att. 4, 2:

discedentem aliquem non sine magno dolore,

id. ib. 12, 18 fin.:

aliquos aequos placatosque,

id. Or. 10, 34; so,

aliquem incolumem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 4; 1, 23, 3:

ex custodia,

Liv. 23, 2, 14:

e carcere,

Just. 21, 1, 5:

impunitum,

Sall. C. 51, 5:

saucium ac fugatum,

Nep. Hann. 4:

neminem nisi victum,

id. ib. 3 et saep.; cf.:

aliquem ludos pessumos, i. e. pessime ludificatum,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 12:

uxorem,

i. e. to put her away, repudiate her, Suet. Aug. 63 al.:

Cossutia dimissa, quae desponsata fuerat, etc.,

id. Caes. 1:

sponsam intactam,

id. Aug. 62: cf.

also: aliquam e matrimonio,

Suet. Tib. 49; v. also under no. B.:

creditorem,

i. e. to pay him, Dig. 31, '72:

debitorem,

i. e. to forgive him the debt, ib. 50, 9, 4:

equos, in order to fight on foot,

Tac. Agr. 37 fin.; Verg. A. 10, 366;

but also in order to flee,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69 fin.:

hostem ex manibus,

id. ib. 1, 64, 2; 3, 49, 2; cf.

also: Demosthenem (i. e. his orations) e manibus,

to put out of one's hands, to lay down, Cic. Or. 30; cf.:

istos sine ulla contumelia dimittamus,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 64:

milites, in oppidum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21, 2:

a turpissima suspicione,

to free, relieve, Petr. 13, 4.— Absol.:

dimittam, ut te velle video,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 106; Cic. de Or. 1, 28; Quint. 11, 3, 86 al. —

Transf., of inanimate objects:

eum locum, quem ceperant,

to abandon, desert, Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 4:

Italiam,

id. ib. 1, 25, 4:

ripas,

id. B. G. 5, 18 fin.:

complura oppida,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5:

provinciam,

Liv. 40, 43:

captam Trojam,

Ov. M. 13, 226 et saep.:

fortunas morte,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12; cf.

patrimonium,

id. Caecin. 26 fin.:

speratam praedam ex manibus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 1:

signa ex metu,

id. B. C. 3, 69 fin.; cf.

arma,

Sen. Ep. 66 fin.; Luc. 3, 367 et saep.— Esp.: dimissis manibus, with hands relaxed, i. e. in all haste:

ibi odos dimissis manibus in caelum volat,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 52; cf.:

dimissis pedibus,

id. ib. v. 54:

dimissis manibus fugere domum,

id. Ep. 3, 1, 16.—

Trop., to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake:

ista philosophia, quae nunc prope dimissa revocatur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11:

rem saepius frustra tentatam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26 fin.:

exploratam victoriam,

id. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

oppugnationem,

id. ib. 7, 17, 4; id. B. C. 3, 73, 1:

occasionem rei bene gerendae,

id. B. G. 5, 57, 1; cf. id. B. C. 1, 72, 4; 3, 25, 4:

rei gerendae facultatem,

id. ib. 1, 28, 2;

3, 97, 1: omnem rei frumentariae spem,

id. ib. 1, 73, 1:

condiciones pacis,

id. ib. 1, 26, 2:

principatum,

id. B. G. 6, 12, 6:

tempus,

id. ib. 2, 21 fin.; Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 89:

suum jus (opp. retinere),

id. Balb. 13, 31:

vim suam,

id. Fam. 9, 12: libertatem; id. Planc. 34 fin.:

amicitias,

id. Lael. 21:

commemorationem nominis nostri,

id. Arch. 11 fin.:

quaestionem,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 30:

curam,

id. Att. 14, 11; Tac. Or. 3:

praeterita, instantia, futura pari oblivione,

id. H. 3, 36:

matrimonia,

Suet. Calig. 25:

fugam,

Verg. A. 11, 706:

coeptum iter,

Ov. M. 2, 598:

cursus,

id. ib. 11, 446 et saep.:

tantam fortunam ex manibus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37 fin.:

studium et iracundiam suam rei publicae dimittere, i. q. condonare,

to sacrifice to the good of the state, id. B. C. 3, 69, 3; cf.:

tributa alicui,

i. e. to remit, Tac. H. 3, 55:

laudibus nomen alicujus in longum aevum,

to transmit, Luc. 1, 448:

dimissum quod nescitur, non amittitur,

is foregone, not lost, Pub. Syr. 138 (Rib.).

fructus, a, um, Part., from fruor.

fructus, ūs (archaic gen. sing. fructuis, Varr. ap. Non. 492, 14; id. R. R. 1, 2, 19; cf. Gell. 4, 16:

fructi,

Cato, R. R. 4; Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 16; Turp. ap. Non. 491, 7), m. [fruor], an enjoying, enjoyment.

In abstracto.

Lit. (perh. only ante- and post-class.): Ol. Mea est haec. St. Scio; sed meus fructus est prior, i. e. use and enjoyment, for ususfructus (q. v. under usus), Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 16; Dig. 7, 8, 14.—

Trop. (class. but rare):

hoc tam singulare vestrum beneficium ad animi mei fructum atque laetitiam duco esse permagnum,

for my mental enjoyment, Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5: qui propter odium fructum oculis (dat.) ex ejus casu capere vellent, to feast their eyes on, Nep. Eum. 11 (cf.:

spectatumne huc, ut rem fruendam oculis, sociorum caedes venimus?

Liv. 22, 14, 4).—Far more freq.,

Transf., concr., the enjoyment that proceeds from a thing, proceeds, produce, product, fruit, profit, income (very freq. and class.; in sing. and plur.; cf.: fruges, fetus, frumentum).

Lit.: quod earum rerum videa tur ei levis fructus, exiguus usus, incertus dominatus, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf.:

pecudes partim esse ad usum hominum, partim ad fructum, partim ad vescendum procreatas,

id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 4; cf.

also ususfructus, under usus: frugum fructuumque reliquorum perceptio,

Cic. Off. 2, 3, 12:

fructum ex aliqua re percipere or capere,

id. ib. 2, 4, 14:

quoniam fructum arbitror esse fundi eum, qui ex eo satus nascitur utilis ad aliquam rem, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 1:

ruri si recte habitaveris, fructi plus capies,

Cato, R. R. 4, 2; cf.:

in quos sumptus abeunt fructus praediorum?

Cic. Att. 11, 2, 2:

praediorum,

id. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

arbusta vineaeque et consita omnia magis amoenis quam necessariis fructibus,

fruits, Liv. 22, 15, 2:

(vacca) a bima aut trima fructum ferre incipit,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 13:

gallinarum fructus erant ova et pulli,

id. ib. 3, 3, 6:

quae (oves) neque ali neque ullum fructum edere ex se sine cultu hominum possent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

non serendis, non percipiendis, non condendis fructibus,

id. de Sen. 7, 24; cf.:

ver ostendit futuros fructus: reliqua tempora demetendis fructibus et percipiendis accommodata sunt,

id. ib. 19, 70:

comportare et condere fructus,

id. Agr. 2, 32 fin.:

apibus fructum restituo suum,

Phaedr. 3, 13, 15:

in fructibus arborum,

Quint. 8, 5, 26:

fructum ferre,

id. 8, 3, 10:

graves fructu vites,

id. 8, 3, 8: Heracleotae et Bragyletae, qui item debent, aut pecuniam solvant aut fructibus suis satisfaciant, satisfy him with their proceeds, Cic Fam. 13, 56, 2:

Asia multos annos vobis fructum Mithridatico bello non tulit,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 83; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 81:

M. Crassus negabat ullam satis magnam pecuniam esse ei... cujus fructibus exercitum alere non posset,

i. e. revenue, income, id. Off. 1, 8, 25:

aurum ex fructu metallorum coacervatum,

Liv. 45, 40, 2:

in tantas brevi creverant opes, seu maritimis seu terrestribus fructibus,

id. 21, 7, 3; cf.:

fuerat ei magno fructui mare,

id. 34, 36, 3:

qua re saepe totius anni fructus uno rumore periculi amittitur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 15:

an partus ancillae in fructu sit habendus,

id. Fin. 1, 4, 12:

putatisne vos illis rebus frui posse nisi eos, qui vobis fructui (al. fructuosi) sunt, conservaveritis,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 16.—

Trop., fruit, consequence, effect, result, return, reward, success:

ego fructus ex re publica non laetos et uberes, sed magna acerbitate permixtos tuli,

Cic. Planc. 38, 92; cf.:

fructum pietatis suae ex aliquo ferre,

id. Sest. 31, 68:

ex otio fructus capere,

id. Rep. 1, 4; cf.:

ex accusatione Aquilii diligentiae fructum ceperat,

id. Brut. 62, 222:

alicujus amoris et judicii,

id. Pis. 14, 31:

honeste acta superior aetas fructus auctoritatis capit ipsa extremos,

id. de Sen. 18, 62:

modestiae fructum aliquem percipere,

id. Sull. 1, 1:

gloria est fructus verae virtutis honestissimus,

id. Pis. 24, 57:

laboris,

Quint. 6 praef. §

2: studiorum,

id. 8 praef. § 26; 10, 3, 2; 10, 7, 1; cf.

also: ex re decerpere fructus (with plus mali haurire),

Hor. S. 1, 2, 79:

divitiarum fructus in copia est,

the enjoyment derived from riches, Cic. Par. 6, 2, 47:

vestrum beneficium, ad animi mei fructum atque laetitiam permagnum,

id. Agr. 2, 5:

Theophrastus talium sumptuum facultatem fructum divitiarum putat. Mihi autem ille fructus liberalitatis, multo et major videtur et certior,

id. Off. 2, 16, 56:

pecuniae fructus maximus,

id. ib. 2, 18, 64:

animi fructus, qui in te videndo est,

id. Fam. 15, 14, 3:

vitae fructus,

id. Cat. 3, 12, 28; id. Mur. 23, 47; cf.:

omnem fructum vitae superioris perdidissent,

id. Div. 2, 9, 24:

quin spe posteritatis fructuque ducatur,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

voluptatum,

id. Lael. 23, 87:

jucunditatis,

id. Mur. 19, 40:

graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra, dabunt cum maturos mihi tempora fructus,

Verg. Cul. 9.