fallit

ignōtus, a, um, Part., from ignosco.

ignōtus, a, um, adj. [in-gnotus, notus].

Pass., unknown.

In gen.:

quamquam ad ignotum arbitrum me appellis: si adhibebit fidem, Etsi est ignotus, notus: si non, notus ignotissimus est,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.:

dubitabitis, judices, quin ab hoc ignotissimo Phryge nobilissimum civem vindicetis?

Cic. Fl. 17, 40:

ignoti homines et repentini quaestores celeriter facti sunt,

id. Brut. 64, 242:

homo ignotus et novus,

id. Rep. 1, 1:

nos pluribus ignotissimi gentibus,

id. ib. 1, 17:

longinqua eoque ignotior gens,

Liv. 5, 32, 5:

procedam in aciem adversus ignotos inter se ignorantesque,

Liv. 21, 43, 18; cf.

§ 13: omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 27:

jus applicationis obscurum sane et ignotum patefactum atque illustratum est,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

obscurioribus et ignotioribus verbis,

Quint. 7, 3, 13; cf. id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 6, 74:

haec nova et ignota ratio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16:

alter (dies) in vulgus ignotus,

id. Att. 9, 5, 2:

ille tibi non ignotus cursus animi mei,

id. ib. 5, 15, 1:

terrae,

unknown, distant, Tib. 1, 3, 3; ib. 39; cf.: nobilis ignoto diffusus consule Bacchus, unknown, remote with respect to time, i. e. old, Luc. 4, 379.— Subst.: ignō-tum, i, n., that which is unknown. —

Prov.: ignoti nulla cupido,

Ov. A. A. 3, 397.—

In partic., pregn. (for ignobilis, II.), of low birth or condition, lowborn, base, vulgar ( poet.):

quo patre sit natus, num ignota matre inhonestus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 36; cf.:

naso suspendis adunco Ignotos, ut me libertino patre natum,

id. ib. 6 and 24:

Achivi,

the ignoble Greeks, Ov. M. 12, 600:

progenuit tellus ignoto nomine Ligdum,

id. ib. 9, 670:

ignotis perierunt mortibus illi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 108.—

Act. (cf. the Gr. agnôstos), unacquainted with a thing, ignorant of (very rare for ignarus, insciens, inscitus): ignotae iteris sumus, Naev. ap. Non. 124, 28:

simulacra ignotis nota faciebant,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

producere ad ignotos (aliquem),

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 75; Auct. Her. 3, 6, 12; cf.:

ignotos fallit, notis est derisui,

Phaedr. 1, 11, 2; so,

ignoti, faciem ejus cum intuerentur, contemnebant,

Nep. Ages. 8, 1.

ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f. [cf. imitor], an imitation, copy of a thing, an image, likeness (i. e. a picture, statue, mask, an apparition, ghost, phantom; the latter only poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: simulacrum, effigies, statua, sigillum): imago ab imitatione dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf.: imago dicitur quasi imitago, Porphyr. Hor. C. 1, 12, 4.

Lit.

In gen., a representation, likeness (usu. of a person), statue, bust, picture:

Spartiates Agesilaus neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse... unus Xenophontis libellus in eo rege laudando facile omnes imagines omnium statuasque superavit,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

Demosthenes, cujus nuper inter imagines tuas ac tuorum imaginem ex aere vidi,

id. Or. 31, 110:

Epicuri in poculis et in anulis,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 3: hominis imaginem gypso e facie ipsa primus omnium expressit ceraque in eam formam gypsi infusa emendare instituit Lysistratus Sicyonius, Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153:

Africani,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10:

mulieris,

Quint. 7, 7, 5:

Antigoni,

id. 2, 13, 12:

depictam in tabula sipariove imaginem rei,

id. 6, 1, 32:

si in tabula mea aliquis pinxerit velut imaginem,

Gai. Inst. 2, 78:

cereae,

Hor. Epod. 17, 76; id. S. 1, 8, 43:

ut dignus venias hederis et imagine macra,

Juv. 7, 29:

hoc tibi sub nostra breve carmen imagine vivat,

Mart. 9, 1:

epistula atque imago me certum fecit,

i. e. the image on the seal, the signet, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 35; 4, 2, 29; 4, 7, 105:

nunc amici anne inimici sis imago, Alcesime, mihi, sciam,

i. e. will act like a friend, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 1.—

A phantom, ghost, apparition:

infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae Visa mihi ante oculos et nota major imago,

Verg. A. 2, 773; cf.:

et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago,

shade, spirit, Verg. A. 4, 654; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 6; cf. id. ib. 1:

non vanae redeat sanguis imagini,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 15:

(somnus) Vanum nocturnis fallit imaginibus,

Tib. 3, 4, 56; cf. Hor. C. 3, 27, 40; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Calig. 50:

te videt in somnis, tua sacra et major imago humana turbat pavidum,

Juv. 13, 221:

quid natum totiens falsis Ludis imaginibus?

phantoms, Verg. A. 1, 408:

ubique pavor et plurima mortis imago,

id. ib. 2, 369; cf.:

repetitaque mortis imago,

Ov. M. 10, 726:

lurida mortis imago,

Petr. 123, v. 257:

varia pereuntium forma et omni imagine mortium,

Tac. H. 3, 28:

caesorum insepultorumque,

id. A. 1, 62:

supremorum (i. e. funeris) imago,

id. H. 4, 45.— Poet.:

genitiva (with forma),

natural shape, figure, Ov. M. 3, 331; so,

rudis et sine imagine tellus (= informis),

shapeless, id. ib. 1, 87.—

In partic., an ancestral image of a distinguished Roman (of one who had been aedile, praetor, or consul; usually made of wax, and placed in the atrium of a Roman house, and carried in funeral processions.—

In plur.: obrepsisti ad honores errore hominum, commendatione fumosarum imaginum, quarum simile habes nihil praeter colorem, of smoky (i. e. old) ancestral images, Cic. Pis. 1, 1; cf. Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 1; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

si quid deliquero, nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,

no ancestors of distinction, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100; cf.:

quia imagines non habeo et quia mihi nova nobilitas est,

Sall. J. 85, 25:

qui imagines familiae suae consecuti sunt,

Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 1:

homo veteris prosapiae ac multarum imaginum,

Sall. J. 85, 10:

majorum imagines,

id. ib. 5, 5; Suet. Vesp. 1:

multis in familia senatoriis imaginibus,

id. Aug. 4:

esto beata, funus atque imagines Ducant triumphales tuum,

Hor. Epod. 8, 11:

qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,

id. S. 1, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6 sqq.; Prop. 2, 13, 19; Suet. Vesp. 19.—

In sing. (rare):

jus imaginis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:

imaginis ornandae causa,

id. Sest. 8, 19:

vir honoratissimae imaginis futurus ad posteros,

Liv. 3, 58, 2:

clarum hac fore imagine Scaptium,

would become an aristocrat, id. 3, 72, 4, v. Weissenb. ad loc.:

Tunc Cotta ne imago Libonis exsequias posterorum comitaretur censuit,

Tac. A. 2, 32.

Transf., a reverberation of sound, an echo (mostly poet.):

(mellaria facere oportet) potissimum ubi non resonent imagines,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12:

concava pulsu Saxa sonant, vocisque offensa resultat imago,

Verg. G. 4, 50; cf. Sil. 14, 365:

alternae deceptus imagine vocis: Huc coëamus ait... Coëamus retulit Echo,

Ov. M. 3, 385:

cujus recinit jocosa Nomen imago,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 4; so,

jocosa Vaticani montis,

id. ib. 1, 20, 8:

vaga,

Val. Fl. 3, 596.

Trop.

In gen., an image or likeness of a thing formed in the mind, a conception, thought, imagination, idea:

Scipionis memoriam atque imaginem sibi proponere,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

magnam partem noctium in imagine tua vigil exigo,

Plin. Ep. 7, 5, 1:

Verginium cogito, Verginium video, Verginium jam vanis imaginibus audio,

id. ib. 2, 1, 12: imagines, quae eidôla nominant, quorum incursione non solum videmus, sed etiam cogitamus, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 21; cf.:

imagines extrinsecus in animos nostros per corpus irrumpere,

id. Ac. 2, 40, 125: plena sunt imaginum omnia, nulla species cogitari potest nisi pulsu imaginum, etc.; id. Div. 2, 67, 137 sq.: unum aliquem te ex barbatis illis, exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis, columen rei publicae diceres intueri, an image of the olden time, id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

expressam imaginem vitae quotidianae videre,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

quidnam illi consules dictatoresve facturi essent, qui proconsularem imaginem tam saevam ac trucem fecerint, i. e. by cruelty in office,

Liv. 5, 2, 9:

naturae... urbis et populi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 39 fin.:

justitiae,

Quint. 2, 20, 6:

virtutis,

id. 10, 2, 15:

similitudines ad exprimendas rerum imagines compositae,

id. 8, 3, 72: illae rerum imagines, quas vocari phantasias indicavimus, id. 10, 7, 15:

conscripta formantur imagine templa,

plans, Stat. S. 3, 1, 117:

scipione determinata prius templi imagine in solo,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:

tua, pater Druse, imago,

memory, Tac. A. 1, 13:

magna illic imago tristium laetorumque,

recollection, id. ib. 2, 53:

si te nulla movet tantae pietatis imago,

Verg. A. 6, 405.—

In partic.

In rhet., a figurative representation, similitude, comparison:

comparabile est, quod in rebus diversis similem aliquam rationem continet. Ejus partes sunt tres: imago, collatio, exemplum. Imago est oratio demonstrans corporum aut naturarum similitudinem, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.:

imago est formae cum forma cum quadam similitudine collatio,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62; Sen. Ep. 59, 92; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Hor. S. 2, 3, 320; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.—

With the idea predominating of mere imitation, in opp. to what is original or real, a mere form, image, semblance, appearance, shadow:

consectatur nullam eminentem effigiem virtutis, sed adumbratam imaginem gloriae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

nos veri juris germanaeque justitiae solidam et expressam effigiem nullam tenemus: umbra et imaginibus utimur,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69; cf.:

non in umbra et imagine civitatis, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 30; and:

umbram equitis Romani et imaginem videtis,

id. Rab. Post. 15, 41:

haec ars tota dicendi, sive artis imago quaedam est et similitudo, habet hanc vim, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 356:

judiciorum,

only the appearance of courts, id. Sest. 13, 30; cf.:

imaginem rei publicae nullam reliquissent,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 88:

his quoque imaginibus juris spretis,

Liv. 41, 8, 10:

imaginem retinendi largiendive penes nos, vim penes Parthos,

Tac. A. 15, 14:

habitu et ore ad exprimendam imaginem honesti exercitus,

the pretence, id. ib. 16, 32; 6, 27; id. H. 1, 84; 3, 70:

qui faciem eloquentiae, non imaginem praestaret,

id. Or. 34:

nec imagine rerum, sed rebus incendit,

Quint. 10, 1, 16:

in falsa rerum imagine detineri,

id. 10, 5, 17; cf.:

nullo quippe alio vincis discrimine, quam quod illi (hermae) marmoreum caput est, tua vivit imago,

Juv. 8, 55.—

A representative: non in effigies mutas divinum (Augusti) spiritum transfusum;

sed imaginem veram, caelesti sanguine ortam, intellegere discrimen, etc.,

Tac. A. 4, 52.—

That which suggests or recalls something by resemblance, a reminder:

me consolatur recordatio meorum temporum, quorum imaginem video in rebus tuis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

a Corbulone petierat, ne quam imaginem servitii Tiridates perferret,

nothing to suggest slavery, Tac. A. 15, 31; cf.:

moriar, si praeter te quemquam reliquum habeo, in quo possim imaginem antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis adgnoscere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2.

imbēcillĭtas ( inb-), ātis, f. [imbecillus], weakness, feebleness (class.; cf. infirmitas).

Of the body: Tulliae meae morbus et imbecillitas corporis me exanimat. Cic. Att. 11, 6, 4:

virium (with infirmitas laterum),

id. Brut. 55, 202:

valetudinis,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

Niciae nostri (with mollitia),

id. Att. 12, 26, 2; Suet. Gramm. 14;

with senium,

id. Calig. 44: imbecillitate Augusti [p. 889] nuntiata, i. e. indisposition, id. Tib. 11:

qui suae imbecillitati sanitatis appellationem, quae est maxime contraria, optendant,

Quint. 12, 10, 15:

materiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 15, 2.—

Transf., of condition as regards ability, powerlessness, impotency, helplessness, imbecility:

utrum propter imbecillitatem atque inopiam desiderata sit amicitia,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26; 9, 29; 32; id. Rep. 1, 25, 39; 3, 14; cf.:

humani generis imbecillitatem fragilitatemque extimescere,

id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3.—

Of the mind:

animi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 9:

ingenii,

Plin. Ep. 4, 18, 1:

consilii,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 117:

magistratuum,

id. Fam. 1, 4, 3:

fallit plerumque, quod probitas vocatur, quae est imbecillitas,

Quint. 6, 4, 12:

neque illos imbecillitatis damnandos,

Tac. A. 4, 8.

imbēcillĭtas ( inb-), ātis, f. [imbecillus], weakness, feebleness (class.; cf. infirmitas).

Of the body: Tulliae meae morbus et imbecillitas corporis me exanimat. Cic. Att. 11, 6, 4:

virium (with infirmitas laterum),

id. Brut. 55, 202:

valetudinis,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

Niciae nostri (with mollitia),

id. Att. 12, 26, 2; Suet. Gramm. 14;

with senium,

id. Calig. 44: imbecillitate Augusti [p. 889] nuntiata, i. e. indisposition, id. Tib. 11:

qui suae imbecillitati sanitatis appellationem, quae est maxime contraria, optendant,

Quint. 12, 10, 15:

materiae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 15, 2.—

Transf., of condition as regards ability, powerlessness, impotency, helplessness, imbecility:

utrum propter imbecillitatem atque inopiam desiderata sit amicitia,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26; 9, 29; 32; id. Rep. 1, 25, 39; 3, 14; cf.:

humani generis imbecillitatem fragilitatemque extimescere,

id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3.—

Of the mind:

animi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 9:

ingenii,

Plin. Ep. 4, 18, 1:

consilii,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 117:

magistratuum,

id. Fam. 1, 4, 3:

fallit plerumque, quod probitas vocatur, quae est imbecillitas,

Quint. 6, 4, 12:

neque illos imbecillitatis damnandos,

Tac. A. 4, 8.

rĕor, rătus, 2 (2 pers. pres. rere, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 22; id. Ep. 3, 4, 45; id. Trin. 2, 4, 13; Verg. A. 3, 381; 7, 437; Hor. S. 1, 9, 49: reris, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 9; Verg. A. 6, 97; Hor. S. 2, 3, 134), v. dep. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. rta, correct; Zend, areta, complete; Gr. aretê, valor].

To reckon, calculate; v. infra, P. a.—Hence, by a usual transfer (like censere, putare, existimare, etc.),—

To believe, think, suppose, imagine, judge, deem (class.; esp. freq. in the poets; cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153;

not in Cæs.: horridum reor,

Quint. 8, 3, 26; cf.: opinor, arbitror, credo, censeo).

With obj.-clause:

hoc servi esse officium reor,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 7; so,

reor,

id. Ep. 3, 4, 49; id. Pers. 2, 1, 2; id. Rud. 4, 2, 21; id. Truc. 2, 7, 16; Lucr. 5, 1419; Verg. A. 4, 45; 5, 24; 7, 273; 370; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 70; Ov. M. 1, 394; 11, 438; 12, 505; Quint. 2, 16, 9 al.: reris and rere, v. supra:

retur,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 17; id. Ep. 3, 2, 32; id. Mil. 3, 1, 119; id. Truc. 1, 1, 72; Stat. Th. 11, 59:

remur,

Plaut. As. Grex. 6; Cic. Off. 2, 9, 32:

remini,

Arn. 4, 146:

rentur,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 20; id. Mil. 2, 6, 7; Lucr. 1, 155; 6, 91; Cic. Top. 20, 78; Liv. 1, 59; 5, 3; 24, 37; 40, 5 fin. Drak.:

rebar,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 5; Cic. de Or. 3, 22, 82; Verg. A. 6, 690; Ov. M. 13, 497; 14, 203:

rebare,

Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1:

rebatur,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 26; id. Att. 7, 3, 10; Liv. 9, 3; 27, 25; 30, 9 al.:

rebamur,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 43:

rebantur,

Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15; Liv. 1, 26; 3, 41; 4, 1 et saep.:

rebor,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 303:

rebitur,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 28:

rear,

id. Most. 1, 3, 2; Cat. 63, 55; Verg. A. 9, 253:

rearis,

Lucr. 1, 80; 2, 731; 5, 114; 247; 6, 536 al.: reare, Caecil. ap. Gell. 617, 13:

reamur,

Lucr. 2, 952; 4, 37; 5, 78;

6, 764: reantur,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 34:

ratus sum, etc., sim, etc.,

id. As. 5, 2, 11; id. Capt. 2, 2, 6; id. Ep. 4, 2, 26 al.; Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 21; Verg. A. 2, 25; Ov. M. 4, 674; 5, 203; 7, 841 al.; Sall. C. 48, 5; 55, 1; Liv. 2, 27; 3, 2; Quint. 11, 3, 31; 12, 10, 5 et saep. al.—

Absol., Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 4:

quos quidem plures, quam rebar, esse cognovi,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 5:

jam illud mali plus nobis vivit quam ratae (sc. sumus),

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 32:

ut reor a facie, Calliopea fuit,

Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 38:

ut rebare, Venus (nec te sententia fallit) Trojanas sustentat opes,

Verg. A. 10, 608:

ut potius reor,

id. ib. 12, 188:

atque, ut ipse rebatur viam suāpte naturā difficilem inexpugnabilem fecit,

Liv. 31, 39, 9:

nam, reor, non ullis, si vita longior daretur, posset esse jucundior,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94.—Hence, ră-tus, a, um, P. a., pass., reckoned, calculated, fixed by calculation; hence, fixed, settled, established, firm, unalterable, sure, certain, valid, etc. (class.):

quod modo erat ratum inritumst,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (7), 58:

neu quod egissem esset ratum,

id. Hec. 4, 1, 30:

rata et certa spatia definire,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

motus (stellarum) constantes et rati,

id. N. D. 2, 20, 51:

astrorum rati immutabilesque cursus,

id. ib. 2, 37, 95;

2, 38, 97: si nihil fieri potest, nisi quod ab omni aeternitate certum fuerit esse futurum rato tempore,

id. Div. 2, 7, 19; 2, 30, 63:

jussum ratum atque firmum,

id. Caecin. 33, 96:

decretum stabile, fixum, ratum esse debeat,

id. Ac. 2, 9, 27:

illud certum, ratum, firmum, fixum vis,

id. ib. 2, 46, 141:

censorias subscriptiones omnes fixas et in perpetuum ratas putet esse,

id. Clu. 47, 132; cf.:

ut amicitia societasque nostra in aeternum rata sit,

Tac. H. 4, 64:

cujus tribunatus si ratus est, nihil est, quod irritum possit esse,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; cf.

so, opp. irritus,

id. Phil. 5, 7, 21; cf.

ratosne habeant an vanos pectoris orsus, id. poët. Div. 2, 30, 63: testamenta (opp. rupta),

id. de Or. 1, 38, 173:

populi comitia ne essent rata, nisi, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

ut Faustae, cui cautum ille voluisset, ratum esset,

id. Att. 5, 8, 2: neque ratum est quod dicas, Att. ap. Fest. p. 228; Nep. Att. 10, 1:

dixerat idque ratum Stygii per flumina Annuit,

Verg. A, 9, 104:

si haec Turno rata vita maneret,

id. ib. 10, 629:

rata sint sua visa precatur,

may be fulfilled, accomplished, Ov. M. 9, 702; 9, 474; 14, 815; 3, 341; id. H. 15 (16), 15; id. F. 1, 696; 3, 77; id. P. 2, 5, 3; cf.:

(ebrietas) spes jubet esse ratas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 17:

pax,

Sall. J. 112, 3:

fides et vox,

Ov. M. 3, 341; id. Tr. 3, 10, 36:

dicta,

id. F. 2, 488.— Sup.: beneficia ratissima atque gratissima, Cato ap. Fest. pp. 286 and 287 Müll. — Poet., transf., of a person: occiduntur: ubi potitur ratu' Romulu' praedam, the resolved, determined (syn. certus), Enn. ap. Fest. p. 274 Müll. (Ann. v. 78 Vahl.). —Hence,

In particular connections.

Pro ratā parte (portione), secundum ratam partem, and absol., pro ratā, according to a certain part, i. e. in proportion, proportionally:

militibus agros ex suis possessionibus pollicetur, quaterna in singulos jugera, et pro ratā parte centurionibus evocatisque,

Caes. B. C. 1, 17 fin.; cf.:

pro ratā parte,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18 Mos. N. cr.:

perinde ut cuique data sunt pro ratā parte,

id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

utinam ex omni senatu pro rata parte esset!

id. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

decumam partem relinqui placet, si plenae fuerint alvi, si minus, pro ratā portione,

Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

item secundum ratam partem ex altitudine columnarum expediendae sunt altitudines epistyliorum,

Vitr. 3, 3 med.:

tantum pediti daturum fuisse credunt, et pro ratā aliis, si, etc.,

Liv. 45, 40; so Capitol. M. Aur. 7, and often in the Digests.—

Ratum aliquid facere (efficere) habere, ducere, also ratum alicui esse, to make or account any thing fixed or valid; to confirm, ratify, approve: quid augur (habet), cur a dextrā corvus a sinistrā cornix faciat ratum? make a confirmatory, i. e. a favorable augury, Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85:

parens nati rata verba Fecit,

i. e. fulfilled, Ov. M. 4, 387:

juvenes cum avum regem salutassent, secuta ex omni multitudine consentiens vox ratum nomen imperiumque regi effecit,

Liv. 1, 6:

efficiant ratas, utraque diva preces,

Ov. F. 1, 696:

quae nobis imperatores commoda tribuerunt, ea rata atque perpetua auctoritate vestrā faciatis,

Liv. 28, 39, 16: eos ratum habere judicium, si totum corruptum sit;

si unus accusator corruptus sit, rescindere,

Cic. Part. Or. 36, 125; so,

ratum habere,

id. Rosc. Com. 1, 3; id. Att. 14, 21, 2; id. N. D. 1, 5, 10: Atteius Capito ap. Gell. 13, 12, 2; cf.:

(fata) ratosne habeant an vanos pectoris orsus, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 63: cavere de rato,

Dig. 3, 4, 6, § 3:

qui non duxerint societatem ratam, ubi nec divini quicquam nec humani sanctum esset,

Liv. 27, 17 fin.:

ista ipsa, quae te emisse scribis, non solum rata mihi erunt, sed etiam grata,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1.—

Rarely, ratum servare: quaeris an quod gessit ratum servum. Ego vero servo,

Plin. Ep. 7, 11, 1.

25, 12, for the corrupted curata auctoritas eventu of the MS., read cum rato auctoritas eventu; v. Weissenb. ad h. l.

spătĭum, ii, n. [root spa-, to draw; Gr. spaô; span-, to stretch; Gr. spanis, want; cf.: penomai, penês; Germ. spannen; Dor. spadion (=stadion), race-course; cf. Lat. penuria], room, a space (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.: est natura loci spatiumque profundi, Quod neque percurrere flumina possint, Nec, etc.... Usque adeo passim patet ingens copia rebus;

Finibus exemptis,

Lucr. 1, 1002; 5, 370; 1, 389:

locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus,

id. 1, 426; cf. id. 1, 523:

per totum caeli spatium diffundere sese (solis lux),

id. 4, 202; cf.:

tres pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,

Verg. E. 3, 105:

flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

temporibus rerum et spatiis locorum animadversis,

id. B. C. 3, 61 fin.:

quod spatium non esset agitandi,

Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

spatium loci,

Quint. 8, 3, 84:

spatio distante,

Ov. M. 11, 715.—

In partic.

A (limited) space, distance, interval (syn. intervallum):

siderum genus spatiis immutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans,

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

magno spatio paucis diebus confecto,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

itineris spatium,

id. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:

viae spatium,

the distance, length, Ov. M. 8, 794:

trabes paribus intermissae spatiis (shortly before: paribus intervallis),

Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.:

alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus Adversi spatiis,

Verg. A. 5, 584 Coningt. ad loc.:

hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque aberat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

inter duas acies tantum erat relictum spatii, ut, etc.,

id. B. C. 3, 92:

cum Viridorix contra eum duum milium spatio consedisset,

id. B. G. 3, 17:

magnum spatium abesse,

id. ib. 2, 17:

quo tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio institueretur?

id. ib. 2, 30:

tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire,

id. B. C. 2, 16 fin.:

jamque tenebat Nox medium caeli spatium,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 101:

illi medio in spatio chorus Occurrit,

Verg. A. 10, 219:

dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum, etc.,

Nep. Eum. 9, 1:

spatium discrimina fallit,

the distance, Ov. M. 8, 577.—

Size, bulk, extent:

dum spatium victi considerat hostis (serpentis),

Ov. M. 3, 95:

elephantis,

Luc. 9, 732:

oris Et colli, ov. M. 2, 672: dat spatium collo,

id. ib. 3, 195:

breve lateris,

Juv. 6, 503; cf.:

quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem,

Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77:

spatia montis,

id. 35, 1, 1, § 2:

spatium admirabile rhombi,

very large, Juv. 4, 39:

vasti corporis,

Sen. Hippol. 806:

plantae Herculis,

Gell. 1, 1, 2: trahit aures in spatium, in length, i. e. lengthens them out, Ov. M. 11, 176; so,

in spatium,

id. ib. 2, 197; 7, 783; Sil. 13, 562.—

An open space for walking, racing, etc., in.

A walk, promenade; a public place or square, etc. (cf. ambulatio):

urbs delubris distincta spatiisque communibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:

templaque et innumeris spatia interstincta columnis,

i. e. colonnades, porticos, Stat. S. 3, 5, 90:

quin igitur ad illa spatia nostra sedesque pergimus, ubi cum satis erit deambulatum, requiescemus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

spatia silvestria,

id. ib. 1, 5, 15:

orator ex Academiae spatiis,

id. Or. 3, 12 (quoted by Quint. 12, 2, 23, and by Tac. Or. 32):

Academiae non sine causā nobilitata spatia,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in level spaces, i. e. plains, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 42:

ille actus habenā Curvatis fertur spatiis,

Verg. A. 7, 381.—

A race-course, track:

sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia,

Enn. Ann. 18, 22:

nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio a calce ad carceres revocari,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia,

Verg. G. 1, 513 Forbig. ad loc.:

hic ad Elei metas et maxuma campi Sudabit spatia,

id. ib. 3, 202: signoque repente Corripiunt spatia [p. 1736] audito, id. A. 5, 316:

tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,

Ov. M. 2, 168; cf.:

equi Pulsabant pedibus spatium declivis Olympi,

id. ib. 6, 487:

abstulere me velut de spatio Graeciae res immixtae Romanis,

Liv. 35, 40, 1:

nobilis equos cursus et spatia probant,

Tac. Or. 39.—

Poet., in gen., room or space in a building:

Phocus in interius spatium pulchrosque recessus Cecropidas ducit,

the inner space, the interior, Ov. M. 7, 670.—

Transf., the action of walking, a walk, promenade; a turn, course:

cum in ambulationem ventum esset, Scaevolam, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, dixisse, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Suet. Aug. 83:

si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur,

Cic. Mur. 34, 70:

septem spatiis circo meruere coronam,

Ov. Hal. 68:

(agitatores) septimo spatio palmae appropinquant,

Sen. Ep. 30, 13.—

Trop.

Of time.

In gen., a space of time, interval, period:

spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

spatium praeteriti temporis,

Cic. Arch. 1, 1:

quantum fuit diei spatium,

as the portion of the day allowed, Caes. B. G. 2, 11 fin.:

annuum spatium,

id. B. C. 3, 3:

annuum, menstruum, diurnum, nocturnum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

dierum triginta,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

parvo dilexit spatio Minoida Theseus,

Prop. 2, 24, 43 (3, 19, 27):

spatio brevi,

Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

in brevi spatio mutantur secla animantum,

Lucr. 2, 77; so,

in brevi spatio,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2:

aliquid longo spatio tenere,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,

id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:

hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse,

id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

spatia annorum,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 31:

spatium juventae Transire,

Ov. M. 15, 225:

illa dies... incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi,

id. ib. 15, 874:

post sexagesimum vitae spatium,

i. e. after the sixtieth year, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170.—

In partic.

Of a portion of time in which to do any thing, space, time, leisure, opportunity:

neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14:

nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare,

Liv. 8, 32:

ubicumque datum erat spatium solitudinis,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 55:

quantum spatii nobis datur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:

tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

Verg. A. 4, 433: ne properes, oro;

spatium pro munere posco,

Ov. R. Am. 277:

proin quicquid est, da tempus ac spatium tibi. Quod ratio non quit, saepe sanavit mora,

Sen. Agam. 2, 129.—Esp.: spatium (aliquid, nihil spatii, etc.) alicui faciendi or ad faciendum aliquid, time to do a thing:

breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

ut Ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 11:

quam longum spatium amandi amicam tibi dedi!

id. Hec. 4, 4, 62:

dare alicui spatium ad se colligendum,

Cic. Caecin. 2, 6:

ad scribendum,

id. Fam. 15, 17, 1:

pila in hostes coniciendi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52; 4, 13; Ov. M. 10, 163:

nec fuit spatium ad contrahenda castra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

cum erit spatium, utrumque praestabo,

Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

si spatium ad dicendum habuissemus,

id. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

spatium sumamus ad cogitandum,

id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 3 fin.:

vix explicandi ordines spatium Etruscis fuit,

Liv. 2, 46, 3:

spatium Vitellianis datum refugiendi,

Tac. H. 2, 25.—Rarely with dat.:

spatium quidem tandem adparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacruficandi dabitur paululum,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 20.—

A year of life:

quosdam (morbos) post sexagesimum vitae spatium non accidere,

Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170. —

Metrical time, measure, quantity:

trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus,

Cic. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 18:

neu sermo subsultet imparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, etc.,

id. 11, 3, 43; cf. id. 11, 3, 40; 11, 3, 17 al.—

(Acc. to I. B.) A path, course, race, track:

ut eadem spatia quinque stellae dispari motu cursuque conficiant,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178:

quid mihi opu'st, decurso aetatis spatio, cum meis gerere bellum?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

prope jam excurso spatio,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6:

te vero, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur,

Verg. A. 9, 275: deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12, 40; cf.:

quemadmodum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti,

id. Brut. 90, 307:

currenti spatium praemonstra,

Lucr. 6, 93:

pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; Sen. Troad. 398.

sŭi ( gen.), dat. sibī̆, acc. and abl. se or sese, sing. and plur. (old dat. sibei, C. I. L. 1, 38; 1, 1056;

1, 1180 et saep.: sibe,

ib. 1, 1267; 5, 300; cf. Quint. 1, 7, 24; and v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 180 sq.; on the quantity of the final i, v. Ritschl, Opusc. 2, p. 632 sqq.; old acc. sed, C. I. L. 1, 196, 13 sq.; 1, 197, 21; strengthened acc. sepse = se ipse, Cic. Rep. 3, 8, 12; cf. Sen. Ep. 108, 32:

semet,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 78; Liv. 2, 12, 7; 2, 44, 8 al.), pron. of 3d pers. in recipr. and reflex. sense [Sanscr. sva-, svajam-, self; Gr. he, We, sphe (hou, hoi, he); cf. suus, old Lat. sovos; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 396; Corss. Ausspr. 2, p. 54], of himself, of herself, of itself, of themselves; one another, each other, etc.; him, her, it, them; and, as subj. of inf., he, she, it, they (on the use of se or sese in acc., cf.: ut se dicamus, cum aliquem quid in alium fecisse ostendimus, ut puta: ille dicit se hoc illi fecisse;

cum autem in se ipsum, tunc dicamus sese, velut: dixit sese hoc sibi fecisse,

Charis. 1, 15, p. 86 P.; but the distinction is not commonly observed; the two forms being used indifferently, except that sese is preferred where there is emphasis, especially at the beginning or end of a clause, or in reference to a preceding ipse; v. infra; and cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 182 sqq.).

Prop., as pron. reflex., of an object considered as receiving or affected by its own act, himself, herself, itself, themselves.

In all clauses, referring to the grammatical subject of the clause.

As direct obj. of verb:

dedistine gladium, qui se occideret?

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92:

artis eloquar quem ad modum se expediant,

id. ib. 2, 1, 10:

se in plagas conicere,

id. ib. 2, 1, 12:

numquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,

id. ib. 3, 2, 58: se aperiunt, Ter. And. 4, 1, 8:

adplicat ad Chrysidis patrem se,

id. ib. 5, 4, 22:

si is posset ab ea sese avellere,

id. Hec. 4, 1, 39:

hi se ad nos adplicant,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 13:

per eos, ne causam diceret, se eripuit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

cum ferrum se inflexisset,

id. ib. 1, 25:

praecipites fugae sese mandabant,

id. ib. 2, 24:

si se telo defenderet fur,

Cic. Mil. 3, 9:

Catoni licuit Tusculi se in otio delectare,

id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

solum igitur quod se ipsum movet, numquam ne moveri quidem desinit,

id. ib. 6, 25, 27:

statim homo se erexit,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60:

majores acceperamus se a Gallis auro redemisse,

Liv. 22, 59, 7:

in montem sese recipere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25; 1, 26; Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63:

ad inpedimenta se conferre,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

sese alicui ad pedes proicere,

id. ib. 1, 31:

se gerere,

to behave, Cic. Agr. 2, 19, 53:

sic se res habet, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 271; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; 5, 10, 27 sq.:

quod uxor sua ex fico se suspendisset,

Quint. 6, 3, 88. — Strengthened by ipse, nom.:

hic se ipsus fallit,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 15:

ut se ipse diliget,

Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

ipse enim se quisque diligit,

id. Lael. 21, 80:

ita non modo superiores, sed etiam se ipse correxerat,

id. Or. 52, 176:

omne animal se ipsum diligit,

id. Fin. 5, 9, 24:

neque prius vim adhibendam putaverunt, quam se ipse indicasset,

Nep. Paus. 4, 3:

miles se ipse interfecit,

Tac. H. 3, 51; 4, 11:

ne, ignorando regem, semet ipse aperiret quis esset,

Liv. 2, 12, 7:

nec sese ipsi gravant,

Quint. 1, 12, 10.—Sometimes acc.:

inperator qui se ipsum non continet,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 13, 38:

quid est enim se ipsum colligere, nisi, etc.,

id. Tusc. 4, 36, 78; 1, 23, 53:

ut quidam imperatores se ipsos dis inmortalibus devoverent,

id. N. D. 2, 3, 10:

quod si se ipsos illi nostri liberatores e conspectu nostro abstulerunt,

id. Phil. 2, 44, 114:

admovisse semet ipsos lateri suo,

Curt. 7, 1, 14:

gladio se ipsam transfixit,

Vell. 2, 26, 3.—In gerund. construction:

ne sui in perpetuum liberandi occasionem dimittant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 38; 3, 6; 4, 34:

principes sui conservandi causa profugerunt,

Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 7:

maximam causam ad se inundandam terra praestabit,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 29, 4.—

As indirect obj.:

animo servit, non sibi,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 27:

sapiens ipsus fingit fortunam sibi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 84:

ne ibi diffregisset crura aut cervices sibi,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 126:

nil aliud nisi quod sibi soli placet consulit,

id. Trin. 2, 3, 4:

quaerunt sibi liberos,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 21:

aurum habeat sibi,

id. Mil. 4, 2, 108:

illum multae sibi expetessunt,

id. ib. 4, 6, 16:

tum me convivam solum abducebat sibi,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 17:

non sibi soli postulat, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 2, 27:

nunc sibi uxorem expetit,

id. And. 3, 2, 40:

is sibi legationem ad civitates suscepit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

neque sibi homines feros temperaturos existimabat, quin exirent, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 33:

hoc sibi nomen adrogare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50; 1, 5, 9:

alia sunt tamquam sibi nata,

id. Fin. 3, 19, 63:

proposita sibi morte,

id. Sest. 21, 48; id. Fin. 5, 11, 31:

ne, illo cunctante, Numidae sibi consulant,

Sall. J. 62, 1:

ut populum Romanum sibi desumerent hostem,

Liv. 7, 20, 5:

Turnus, praelatum sibi advenam aegre patiens,

id. 1, 2:

petebant ut regis sui filiam matrimonio sibi jungeret,

Curt. 8, 1, 9:

nemo sibi tantummodo errat,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 4:

locum sibi ad formam sui exsculpsit,

id. Q. N. 4, 3, 4.—With ipse:

ipse tantos sibi spiritus sumpserat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33 fin.:

nec ipsi sibi exemplo sunt,

Cic. Lael. 21, 80:

iste, quasi praeda sibi advecta, ducit,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 64:

Junius necem sibi ipse conscivit,

id. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

voluntarium non sibimet ipse solum, sed etiam funeri suo exilium indixit,

Liv. 39, 52, 9:

proinde consulant sibi ipsi,

Just. 16, 4, 15:

avaritia, quae quicquid omnibus abstulit, sibi ipsi neget,

Sen. Q. N. 1, prol. 6; cf. Cic. Marc. 5, 13. —

After substt., adjj., etc.:

omnino est amans sui virtus,

Cic. Lael. 26, 98:

ut sit sui similis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 7:

omnem naturam esse servatricem sui,

Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

cum videret, si non paruisset, dissimilem se futurum sui,

id. Phil. 9, 3, 6; id. Tusc. 1, 19, 43: nihil malo quam et me mei similem esse et illos sui, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A, 2:

habetis ducem memorem vestri, oblitum sui,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 19:

potens sui,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 41:

nihil est tam incontinens sui,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 6:

quod sibi obsit, quia sit sibi inimicus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 10, 28: inimicus ipse [p. 1795] sibi putandus est, id. ib.:

cum ipsi homines sibi sint per se cari,

id. ib. 5, 13, 38:

Medus infestus sibi,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 19:

crescit indulgens sibi hydrops,

id. ib. 2, 2, 13; cf.:

nec enim utilius quicquam est quam sibi utilem fieri,

Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 5:

Campanus se digna probra in insontem jacere,

Liv. 25, 18, 8:

(mundus) se ipse consumptione alebat sui,

Cic. Univ. 6:

cum multa adsoleat veritas praebere vestigia sui,

Liv. 40, 54, 8:

caecus amor sui,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

sui contemptor,

Quint. 12, 1, 20:

in spem sui bonam adducitur,

Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 3:

(aer) ima sui parte maxime varius est,

id. Q. N. 2, 11, 1:

ipsa (virtus) pretium sui,

id. Vit. Beat. 9, 4:

neque est quod existimes illum vilem sibi fuisse: pretium se sui fecit,

id. Ben. 1, 9, 1:

saepe taedio laboris ad vilitatem sui compelluntur ignavi,

Curt. 5, 9, 7:

nemo non benignus est sui judex,

Sen. Ben. 2, 26, 1:

Romanus in ipso fine vitae vindex sui exstitit,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 11:

equestris ordinis juventus omnibus annis bis urbem spectaculo sui celebrabat,

id. 2, 2, 9; cf. with ipse:

utpote ipsa sui appellatione virorum majestati debitum a feminis reddens honorem,

id. 2, 1, 7. —

With prepp.:

qui admisit in se culpam,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 6:

culpam ut ab se segregent,

id. ib. 1, 2, 42:

segregat ab se omnis,

id. Mil. 4, 6, 17; 4, 6, 62:

me ad se deduxit,

id. ib. 2, 1, 121; 3, 1, 118; id. Ps. 3, 2, 6:

quae me non excludit ab se, sed apud se occludet domi,

id. Men. 4, 2, 108:

habet aliud (negotium) magis ex se et majus,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 51:

et fingunt quandam inter se nunc fallaciam,

id. ib. 1, 3, 15:

duxit secum virginem,

id. Eun. 2, 1, 23; Cic. Att. 5, 17, 3; Liv. 35, 30; 43, 18:

ex se generare,

Quint. 1, 1, 36: — pro se quisque = unusquisque, every one, each one singly, etc., freq. in Livy (cf. suus, II. D. 2.):

Pro se quisque id quod quisque potest... Edit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 76:

pro se quisque alius agnum inmolabat, alius pullum,

Sen. Q. N. 4, 6, 2:

pro se quisque sedulo Faciebant,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 74:

cum pro se quisque tenderet ad portas,

Liv. 6, 3; 6, 8; 1, 9; 1, 59;

2, 6: — Boiosque receptos ad se socios sibi adsciscunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 5 fin.:

exercitum ante se mittit,

id. ib. 1, 21:

supra se collocare,

id. ib. 1, 24:

ex materia in se omnia recipiente mundum factum esse,

Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

litteras ad se ab amico missas protulit,

id. Phil. 2, 4, 7:

praedam prae se agentes,

Liv. 5, 45; 38, 21:

quam (rem publicam) exercitus, quantum in se fuit, prodebat,

id. 2, 43; 9, 40; Nep. Iphic. 3, 4; cf. id. Hann. 12, 2 (v. infra, II. B. 2.):

quibus poterat sauciis ductis secum,

Liv. 4, 39.—Rarely referring to subj. inf.:

nam dicere apud eum de facinore... cum per se ipsum consideres, grave est,

Cic. Deiot. 2, 4:

non quia per se beatum est malo caruisse,

Sen. Q. N. 1, prol. 6. —

With inf. pass. in obj.-clause:

ne quis se aut suorum aliquem praetermissum queratur,

Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

quibus (nominibus) illae res publicae sese appellari velint,

id. ib. 1, 33, 50:

qui se minus timidos existimari volebant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 6.—

As predicate ( = suus, II. B. 2. d; very rare):

quisquis est deus, si modo est alius... totus est sensuus, totus visuus, totus audituus, totus animae, totus animi, totus sui,

in his own power, independent, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14. —

Referring to a logical subject, other than the grammatical subj. of the clause.

To a definite subj.:

neque praeter se umquam ei servos fuit,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 48:

hunc aiebant indignum civitate ac sese vivere,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 176: exercitum consumptum videtis;

quem turpiter se ex fuga recipientem ne qua civitas recipiat, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.:

reliquos sese convertere cogunt,

id. B. C. 1, 46:

multis illi in urbibus reficiendi se et curandi potestas fuit,

Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6:

cur his persequendi juris sui adimis potestatem,

id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21:

cum nihil sit periculosius quam spatium confirmandi sese Antonio dari,

id. Fam. 10, 33, 5:

tantam ingenuit animantibus conservandi sui natura custodiam,

id. N. D. 2, 48, 124:

neque sui colligendi hostibus facultatem relinquunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 6:

ut quam minimum spatii ad se colligendos Romanis daretur,

id. ib. 3, 19; 3, 4; 4, 34; Hirt. B. G. 8, 16:

Gallica acies nullum spatium respirandi recipiendique se dedit,

Liv. 10, 28, 11:

nec raptis aut spes de se melior aut indignatio est minor,

id. 1, 9, 14: Faustulo spes fuerat regiam stirpem apud se educari, id. 1, 5, 5:

proelium cum fiducia sui commissum est,

id. 7, 33, 5; 10, 14, 17:

detecta fraus cautiores Thyreensis fecit: dato responso, nullam se novam societatem accepturos, etc.,

id. 36, 12, 8:

patres censuerunt, qui honorem, quem sibi capere per leges liceret, peteret, etc.,

id. 32, 7, 11:

jusso magistro equitum abdicare se magistratu,

id. 4, 35; 22, 33, 12:

haec cum apud timentes sibimet ipsos increpuissent,

id. 6, 37, 1:

ab ipso, quaerenti sibi commendationem ad gentem monitus,

id. 36, 8, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

signa peditum, prae se habentium scuta,

id. 38, 21, 3:

invenere oppidanos vim hostium ab se arcentes,

id. 6, 9, 7:

exire enim sua secum efferentibus jussis primum arma ademit,

id. 43, 18, 11; cf.

§ 10: quos in numerum pecorum redegit ignoratio sui,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 5, 2:

quia nullum illis sui regimen est,

id. Ep. 94, 67:

inter se nihil inlicitum,

Tac. H. 5, 5; 1, 64:

quasi objurgatio sui est,

Quint. 11, 3, 49.—

To indefinite subj.:

deforme est de se ipsum praedicare,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

posse enim liberalitate uti non spoliantem se patrimonio nimirum est pecuniae fructus maximus,

id. ib. 2, 18, 64:

non arbitrari sese scire quod nesciat,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 16:

cui proposita sit conservatio sui,

id. Fin. 5, 13, 37:

sic amicitiae... effectrices sunt voluptatum tam amicis quam sibi,

id. ib. 1, 20, 67:

amare... etiam si ad se ex iis nihil redeat,

id. ib. 2, 24, 78:

(judicatio) quae aut sui laudem aut adversarii vituperationem contineat,

id. Inv. 1, 51, 97; id. Or. 36, 124; id. Off. 1, 39, 139:

ut, quanti quisque se faciat, tanti fiat ab amicis,

id. Lael. 16, 59; id. Off. 1, 28, 99; id. Rosc. Com. 17, 52 fin.:

si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

ceterum et interrogandi se ipsum et respondendi sibi solent esse non ingratae vices,

Quint. 9, 2, 14:

sibi servire gravissima est servitus,

Sen. Q. N. 3, praef. 17:

quam multa sunt vota, quae etiam sibi fateri pudet,

id. Ben. 6, 38, 5:

nec haec vilitas sui est,

id. Clem. 1, 3, 4:

culpa est, immiscere se rei ad se non pertinenti,

Dig. 50, 17, 36:

profecto est supplicio se liberare tam facile quam supplicium perpeti,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 6.

Hence, in dependent clauses, transf., as pers. pron. 3d pers., with reflex. reference, him, her, it, them; he, she, they, etc.

In gen., of an obj. indentified with,

The gram. subj. of the principal clause:

qui omnis se amare credit, quemque aspexerit,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 14:

illa mulier lapidem silicem subigere ut se amet, potest,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 77; id. Cas. prol. 46:

orare jussit, si se ames, jam ut ad sese venias,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 4:

ait, si... non id metuat, ne, ubi acceperim, Sese relinquam,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 61:

timet animum amicae se erga ut sit suae,

id. Heaut. 1, 2, 15:

utrumque jussit interfici, alterum, quia viam demonstravisset interimendi sui,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60:

qui precabantur, ut sibi sui liberi superstites essent,

id. N. D. 2, 28, 72; id. Prov. Cons. 17, 42:

ne ipse quidem sua tanta eloquentia mihi persuasisset, ut se dimitterem,

id. Or. 28, 100:

impetrat a senatu, ut dies sibi prorogaretur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 98:

hunc sibi ex animo scrupulum, qui se dies noctisque stimulat, ut evellatis, postulat,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

Iccius nuntios ad eum mittit, nisi subsidium sibi submittatur,

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

quos cum apud se conspexisset... quid ad se venirent,

id. ib. 1, 47:

mittit, qui petant atque orent, ut sibi subveniat,

id. B. C. 1, 17:

Scipionem Hannibal eo ipso, quod adversus se dux lectus esset, praestantem virum credebat,

Liv. 21, 39, 8:

Pausanias orare coepit, ne se prodiret,

Nep. Paus. 8, 6:

cum ejus principes animadvertisset timere, ne propter se bellum eis Lacedaemonii indicerent,

id. Them. 8, 3:

Ubii legatos mittunt, qui doceant... neque ab se fidem laesam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

tum Volero, ubi indignantium pro se acerrimus erat clamor, etc.,

Liv. 2, 55, 6:

transfugit, patris in se saevitiam conquerens,

id. 1, 53, 5:

praesidia imposuit in urbibus, quae ad se defecerant,

Sall. J. 61, 1:

navigia sarcina depressa parum ostendunt non aquam sibi resistere?

Sen. Q. N. 2, 9, 3.—So in phrases incorporated with a principal clause:

Nicias vehementer tua sui memoria delectatur,

Cic. Att. 13, 1, 3:

nihil est appetentius similium sui,

id. Lael. 14, 50: Pompeius facultatem sui insequendi ademerat, Caes. B. C. 1, 29:

praefectum in se ruentem trans fixit,

Curt. 4, 16, 23:

rediere cum legatis ad redimendos sese missis,

Liv. 22, 59, 18:

potestatem omnibus adeundi sui fecit,

Suet. Tib. 40:

Germanicus legiones universas sibi summam reipublicae deferentes compescuit,

id. Calig. 1:

quam si di inmortales potestatem visendi sui faciant,

Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 9:

(terra) non potest tam multa tantoque se ipsa majora nutrire, nisi, etc.,

id. Q. N. 6, 16, 3.—

Of an obj. indentified with a logical subj., other than the gram. subj. of the leading clause:

a Caesare valde liberaliter invitor, sibi ut sim legatus,

Cic. Att. 2, 18, 3:

horum unum quidque... a se potius quam ab adversariis stare demonstrabitur,

id. Inv. 1, 43, 81; id. Mil. 16, 44:

nam mihi scito jam a regibus adlatas esse litteras, quibus mihi gratias agant, quod se mea sententia reges appellaverim,

id. Fam. 9, 15, 4:

testem rei publicae relinquere, meae perpetuae erga se voluntatis,

id. ib. 1, 4, 10:

quos non tam ulcisci studeo quam sanare sibi ipsos,

id. Cat. 2, 8, 17:

quo ex oppido cum legati ad eum venissent oratum, ut sibi ignosceret,

Caes. B. G. 7, 12; Liv. 6, 42; 1, 5:

cum ei in suspitionem venisset, aliquid in epistula de se esse scriptum,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1:

cohortem octavam decimam Lugduni, solitis sibi hibernis, relinqui placuit,

Tac. H. 1, 64. —

In partic., in reported words or thoughts (orat. obliqua) referring to the person to whom they are ascribed.

As subj. or obj., direct or indirect, with inf.:

quos Hannibal misit astrictos jure jurando se redituros esse, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 40:

Postumius mihi nuntiavit... se a Marcello ad me missum esse,

id. Fam. 4, 12, 2:

qui dixisse fertur a se visum esse Romulum... eum sibi mandasse ut populum rogaret ut sibi eo in colle delubrum fieret: se deum esse,

id. Rep. 2, 10, 20; id. Mil. 35, 95 sqq.:

nuntium mittit... sese diutius sustinere non posse,

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

Divitiacus Caesarem obsecrare coepit... scire se illa esse vera, nec quemquam ex eo plus quam se doloris capere... sese tamen amore fraterno commoveri,

id. ib. 1, 20:

unum se esse, qui, etc.... ob eam rem se ex civitate profugisse,

id. ib. 1, 31:

haec sibi esse curae,

id. ib. 1, 40:

non sese Gallis, sed Gallos sibi bellum intulisse,

id. ib. 1, 44:

ipsos se inter multitudinem militum occultasse,

id. ib. 7, 38:

sensit Themistocles, si eo pervenisset, sibi esse pereundum,

Nep. Them. 8, 6:

dato responso (sc. a Thyreensibus), nullam se novam societatem accepturos,

Liv. 36, 12, 8.—

In subordinate clauses, questions, exhortations, etc., with subj.

In gen.:

qui abs te taciti requirunt, cur sibi hoc oneris imposueris, cur se potissimum delegeris,

Cic. Planc. 18, 46; 2, 6; id. Marc. 10, 30:

conclamavit, quid ad se venirent?

Caes. B. G. 1, 47:

unum petere ac deprecari... ne se armis despoliaret,

id. ib. 2, 31:

ad quos cum Caesar nuntios misisset, qui postularent, eos qui sibi bellum intulissent, sibi dederent,

id. ib. 4, 16:

cur sui quicquam esse imperii trans Rhenum postularet?

id. ib.:

Cicero respondit, si ab armis discedere velint, se adjutore utantur,

id. ib. 5, 41:

Veneti legationem ad Crassum mittunt, si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,

id. ib. 7, 4:

rex ignarus quae legati ejus (Hannibalis) ad se adlaturi fuissent,

Liv. 23, 39:

hac necessitate coactus, domino navis, qui sit, aperit, multa pollicens, si se conservasset,

Nep. Them. 8, 6:

legatos in Bithyniam miserunt, qui ab rege peterent, ne inimicissimum suum secum haberent sibique dederet (for secum, v. I. A. 4. supra),

id. Hann. 12, 2.—

Esp., in subordinate clauses (sub-oblique), with subj. expressing the assertion or view of the person reported as speaking:

magnam Caesarem injuriam facere, qui vectigalia sibi deteriora faceret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

quod sibi Caesar denuntiaret,

id. ib.:

sed eo deceptum, quod neque commissum a se intellegeret, quare timeret,

id. ib. 1, 14:

quod nec paratus... obsecutus esset, credidissetque, cum se vidissent Aetoli, omnia, etc.,

Liv. 35, 44, 3:

Ambiorix locutus est,... sua esse ejusmodi imperia, ut non minus haberet juris in se multitudo, quam ipse in multitudinem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 27:

Divitiacus ait,... nec quemquam ex eo plus quam se doloris capere, propterea quod per se crevisset,

id. ib. 1, 20: eos incusavit, quod sibi [p. 1796] quaerendum aut cogitandum putarent, etc., id. ib. 1, 40:

decima legio Caesari gratias egit, quod de se optimum judicium fecisset,

id. ib. 1, 41:

doluisse se, quod populi Romani beneficium sibi extorqueretur,

id. B. C. 1, 9:

tum ei dormienti eundem visum esse rogare ut, quoniam sibi vivo non subvenisset, etc.,

Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57:

Scipionem Hannibal eo ipso, quod adversus se dux potissimum lectus esset, praestantem virum credebat,

Liv. 21, 39, 8:

Pausanias orare coepit... quod si eam veniam sibi dedisset, magno ei praemio futurum,

Nep. Paus. 4, 6:

neque prius vim adhibendam putaverunt, quam se ipse indicasset,

id. ib. 4, 3:

Caesar legatos cum his mandatis mittit, Quoniam... hanc sibi populoque Romano gratiam referret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 35:

nos esse iniquos, quod in suo jure se interpellaremus,

id. ib. 1, 44:

neque ipsos in his contentionibus, quas Aedui secum habuissent, usos esse, etc.,

id. ib.:

maximae sibi laetitiae esse praedicavit, quod aliquos patria sua se meliores viros haberet,

Val. Max. 6, 4, ext. 5.—Rarely with indic. when the author asserts the action as a fact: Volero, ubi indignantium pro se acerrimus erat clamor, etc. ( = eo; cf.

infra, C.),

Liv. 2, 55, 6.—

Without reflex. reference, = an oblique case of is or ipse (in the best prose rare, and mostly where the conception of the orat. obliq. is suggested by the context; cf.

B. 2. b. supra): i, seis, jube transire huc quantum possit, se ut videant domi Familiares ( = eam),

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 26; 1, 1, 6:

me misit miles ad Eam... ut hinc in Elatiam hodie eat secum semul,

id. Bacch. 4, 2, 9:

ut eum, qui se hic vidit, verbis vincat, ne is se viderit,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 31; cf. v. 35;

3, 2, 54: ut eam in se dignam condicicnem conlocem,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 122:

ipsi hi mihi dant viam, quo pacto ab se argentum auferam,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 9; id. Poen. 5, 2, 123:

dicit capram, quam dederam servandam sibi, etc.,

id. Merc. 2, 1, 15:

unum hoc scio, esse meritam, ut memor esses sui,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 46:

cum Epaminondas accusatur, quod ei, qui sibi ex lege praetor successerat, exercitum non tradiderit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 33, 55:

et se ipsum nobis, et eos, qui ante se fuerunt, in medio posuit,

id. ib. 2, 2, 7 (but B. and K. bracket se):

Dexo hic, quem videtis, non quae privatim sibi eripuisti, sed unicum abs te filium flagitat,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:

postea quam exposuit quae sibi videbantur,

id. Div. 1, 54, 122 (dub.;

B. and K. ipsi): et cum ad illum scribas, nihil te recordari de se,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23 (B. and K. bracket de se):

quem Caesar, ut erat de se meritus, donatum pronuntiavit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 53:

Caesar Rhenum transire constituit... quod auxilia contra se Treveris miserant,

id. B. G. 6, 9 init.:

Metellus... in eis urbibus, quae ad se defecerant... praesidia inponit,

Sall. J. 61, 1; 66, 1:

Bocchus flectitur, reputando quae sibi duobus proeliis venerant,

id. ib. 103, 2:

statuit urbis, quae... adversum se opportunissimae erant, circumvenire,

id. ib. 88, 4:

ipse... ex perfugis cognitis... qui cum eo (Scipione) bellum contra se gerebant,

Hirt. B. Afr. 8 fin.:

vel quia nil rectum, nisi quod placuit sibi, ducunt,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 83; id. S. 2, 8, 82:

centum boves militibus dono dedit, qui secum fuerant,

Liv. 7, 37, 3; 8, 35:

Hannibalem angebat, quod Capua pertinacius oppugnata ab Romanis quam defensa ab se... animos averterat,

id. 26, 38, 1:

alter victus fratrum ante se strage,

id. 1, 25, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.;

7, 6, 12: Caesar... omnibus qui contra se arma tulerant, ignovit,

Vell. 2, 56, 1:

quamquam obsidione Massiliae, quae sibi in itinere portas clauserat, retardante... tamen omnia subegit,

Suet. Caes. 34:

cujus rector circa se dimicans occubuerat,

id. Tib. 4:

quod eos coegit superare Lacedaemonios, quos ante se nemo ausus fuit aspicere,

Nep. Epam. 8, 3 (cf.:

ante illum,

id. Iphic. 1, 3):

quae nox sibi proxima venit, insomnis,

Luc. 5, 805.

Pron. recipr., each other, one another:

nam cum esset Praenestinis nuntiatum... patres ac plebem in semet ipsos versos,

Liv. 6, 28, 1; so very rare, except in phrase: inter se, one another, each other, mutually, reciprocally, = allêlous (prop. between or among them, among themselves, hence no ellips. of another se is to be assumed; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 609; Hand, Turs. 3, p. 397 sqq.): nil cessarunt ilico Osculari atque amplexari inter se, Plaut. Mil. 5, 39; 2, 1, 61; 3, 1, 120:

video eos inter se amare,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 42:

neque solum colent inter se ac diligent (cf. ante: alter ab altero postulabit),

Cic. Lael. 22, 82:

Cicerones pueri amant inter se,

id. Att. 6, 1, 12; id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1; id. Cat. 3, 5, 13; id. N. D. 1, 44, 122:

inter se adspicere,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 13:

inter se congruere,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62:

complecti inter se milites coepisse,

Liv. 7, 42, 6:

ut neque inter se contingant trabes,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23; id. B. C. 1, 21:

inter se nondum satis noti,

Liv. 21, 39, 7:

populus et senatus Romanus placide modesteque inter se rempublicam tractabant,

Sall. J. 41, 2:

bellum summa inter se contentione gerere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

cum inter se timerent,

Nep. Dion, 4, 1; id. Eum. 4, 2: haec inter se quam repugnent, contradict one another, Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 72; id. N. D. 1, 12, 30 (cf.: sibi repugnare, to be inconsistent with itself;

v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1018): inter se differre,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

cur legendi sint, nisi ipsi inter se, qui idem sentiunt, non intellego,

by one another, Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 8:

quosdam inter se similis,

id. Ac. 2, 17, 55:

res inter se similes,

Quint. 9, 2, 51; 9, 4, 17. — With subst.:

adhaesitationes atomorum inter se,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19:

quae res eos in bello inter se habuit,

Sall. J. 79, 3; cf.:

auxerant inter se opinionem,

their mutual regard, Liv. 21, 39, 9.—Pleon.:

vitam inter se utriusque conferte,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

compositis inter se rebus,

Sall. J. 66, 2:

vitatur duriorum inter se congressus,

Quint. 11, 3, 35.—Of local relation:

duas insulas propinquas inter se,

Sall. H. 1, 61 Dietsch; id. J. 98, 3:

postquam haud procul inter se erant,

id. ib. 53, 7:

haud longe inter se castra facere,

id. ib. 55, 6 (inter se, without recipr. reference, v. supra, I. A. 4.).

Idiomatic uses.

Se, with prepp., one ' s house, home; mostly ad se, apud se, to or at one ' s house, home, at home:

quae me non excludet ab se, sed apud se occludet domi,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 108:

postquam in aedis me ad se deduxit domum,

id. Mil. 2, 1, 43:

me ad se ad prandium, ad cenam vocant,

id. ib. 3, 1, 118: intro nos vocat ad sese, tenet intus apud se, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 86 P.:

L. Caesar, ut veniam ad se, rogat,

Cic. Att. 15, 4, 5:

qui a me petierit ut secum et apud se essem cottidie,

id. ib. 5, 6, 1.—

Trop.:

num tibi videtur esse apud sese?

in his senses, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 85. —

Sibi pleonast. as dat. of the interested person:

ipse autem Ariovistus tantus sibi spiritus sumpserat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33 fin.:

tum sibi M. Pisonis domum ubi habitaret elegerat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 61; cf. I. A. 2. supra. So esp. freq. in expressions of surprise or abrupt questions (commonly, but loosely called a dat. ethic.):

quid sibi vult pater? cur simulat?

Ter. And. 2, 3, 1:

quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit?

id. Eun. 3, 5, 10:

hostes admiratio cepit, quidnam sibi repentinus clamor vellet,

Liv. 44, 12, 1:

quid ergo sibi vult pars altera orationis?

id. 40, 12, 14:

mirantes, quid sibi vellet,

id. 3, 35, 5; 3, 50, 15; 4, 13, 12;

32, 25, 10: pro deum fidem quid vobis vultis?

id. 3, 67, 7. —

Sibi with suus, emphasizing the idea of possession, his own, etc. (ante- and post-class.):

cocleae... Suo sibi suco vivont,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 13:

sed is quo pacto serviat suo sibi patri,

id. ib. prol. 5;

46: si ille huc salvos revenit, reddam suom sibi,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 119 Brix. ad loc.:

suam sibi rem salvam sistam,

id. Poen. 5, 2, 123:

locus argumento'st suom sibi proscaenium,

id. ib. prol. 57;

97: omnem rem inveni, ut sua sibi pecunia hodie illam faciat leno libertam suam,

id. Pers. 1, 3, 1:

suo sibi gnato,

id. As. 4, 2, 16:

hunc telo suo sibi a foribus pellere,

id. Am. 1, 1, 113:

sua sibi ingenua indoles,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 38:

suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 35:

uvas suo sibi pampino tegito,

Col. Arb. 11:

suo sibi jure ablui,

id. R. R. 12, 7; 12, 41:

suo sibi argumento refutatus,

Gell. 5, 10, 16:

suo sibi lacte aleret,

id. 12, 1, 6:

a suis sibi parentibus,

App. M. 1, p. 104, 35:

in suis sibi domibus,

id. ib. 1, p. 106, 31; 4, p. 157, 7;

6, p. 186, 24: qui Deo... sua sibi opera praetulerunt,

Lact. 2, 5, 6; 3, 28, 20:

in suo sibi pervoluta sanguine,

App. M. 8, p. 207, 22; Vitr. 8, 7:

cum sua sibi natione captivus,

Min. Fel. 10, 4:

IN SVO SIBI POSITVS,

Inscr. Orell. 4495:

AEDEM CVM SVO SIBI HYPOGAEO,

Inscr. Rein. p. 646, 109.—In many passages in class. prose sibi occurs with suus, but retains its pronom. force:

factus consul est bis, primum ante tempus, iterum sibi suo tempore, rei publicae paene sero,

in good time for himself, Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

satis superque esse sibi suarum cuique rerum,

id. ib. 13, 45:

priusquam tu suum sibi venderes, ipse possedit,

id. Phil. 2, 37, 96:

vult ille inbecillitatis sibi suae conscius timere pituitam?

Sen. Q. N. 6, 2, 4 (v. suus II. D. 3. a).

sŭpĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [id.].

Neutr., to go over, to rise above, overtop, surmount.

Lit. (very rare; syn. transcendo): maximo saltu superabit gravidus armatis equus, surmounted, leaped the wall, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 97 Vahl.):

sol superabat ex mari,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 41:

ripis superat mihi atque abundat pectus laetitia meum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 6:

jugo superans,

passing over the summit, Verg. A. 11, 514:

superat agger ad auras,

Stat. Th. 4, 458:

(angues) superant capite et cervicibus altis,

Verg. A. 2, 219. —

Trop. (freq. and class.).

To have the upper hand or superiority, to be superior, to overcome, surpass (syn. vinco):

denique nostra superat manus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 80:

quā (sc. virtute) nostri milites facile superabant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14; 1, 40:

numero militum,

Liv. 29, 30, 8; cf.:

numero hostis, virtute Romanus superat,

id. 9, 32, 7:

tantum superantibus malis,

id. 3, 16, 4:

sorte,

id. 38, 36, 10:

victor, superans animis,

Verg. A. 5, 473:

hostes equitatu superare,

Nep. Ages. 3, 6:

unde salo superant venti,

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 29:

superat sententia Sabini,

Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

si superaverit morbus,

Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 3.—

To exceed, be in excess, be superfluous; to be abundant, to abound (syn. supersum):

in quo et deesse aliquam partem et superare mendosum est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 83:

pecunia superabat? at egebas,

id. Or. 67, 224:

uter igitur est divitior? cui deest an cui superat?

id. Par. 6, 3, 49:

quis tolerare potest, illis divitias superare, nobis rem familiarem etiam ad necessaria deesse?

Sall. C. 20, 11:

cui quamquam virtus, gloria... superabant,

id. J. 64, 1:

quae Jugurthae fesso superaverant,

had been too much for, id. ib. 70, 2:

de eo quod ipsis superat,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42:

Quinto delegabo, si quid aeri meo alieno superabit et emptionibus,

id. Att. 13, 46, 3:

superabat umor in arvis,

Lucr. 5, 804:

superante multitudine,

Liv. 3, 5:

cum otium superat,

id. 3, 17:

num tibi superat superbia?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 86:

gentis superant tibi laudes,

Tib. 4, 1, 28:

dum superat gregibus juventas,

Verg. G. 3, 63:

si superant fetus,

id. ib. 1, 189: quam facile tunc sit omnia impedire et quam hoc Caesari superet, non te fallit, perh. how exceedingly easy it would have been, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3 dub.—

To be left over, to remain, survive (syn. supersum):

quae superaverint animalia capta, immolant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

quod superaret pecuniae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 195: quae arma superabunt, Pompon. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, § 4; Plaut. Truc. 5, 49:

nihil ex raptis commeatibus superabat,

Liv. 22, 40, 8:

pepulerunt jam paucos superantes,

id. 22, 49, 5:

si de quincunce remota est Uncia, quid superat?

Hor. A. P. 328:

sex superant versus,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 57:

pars quae sola mei superabit corporis, ossa,

Tib. 3, 2, 17; Plaut. Truc. prol. 20:

superet modo Mantua nobis,

Verg. E. 9, 27: uter eorum vitā superarit, whichever survives, Caes. B. G. 6, 19:

quae superaverint animalia,

id. ib. 6, 17:

quid puer Ascanius? superatne et vescitur aurā?

Verg. A. 3, 339:

captae superavimus urbi,

id. ib. 2, 643; Liv. 29, 7, 7:

quid igitur superat, quod purgemus?

id. 45, 24, 1.—

Act., to go or pass over, rise above; to mount, ascend; to surmount, overtop.

Lit.

In gen.: in altisono Caeli clipeo temo superat Stellas, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 73 Müll. (Vahl. Enn. p. 119, om. stellas):

tempestas summas ripas fluminis superavit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

ventosum aequor,

Ov. Ib. 591:

fluvium,

Luc. 4, 150:

mare,

Sen. Oet. 128:

pedibus salsas lacunas,

Lucr. 3, 1031:

munitiones,

Liv. 5, 8, 10:

quas (Alpes) nullā dum viā superatas,

id. 5, 34, 6; 21, 26, 4; 21, 30, 5; 21, 38, 1;

23, 45, 3: Tauro monte superato,

id. 35, 13, 4:

montes,

Verg. G. 3, 270:

Alpes cursu,

Luc. 1, 183:

immensa montium juga,

Plin. Pan. 81, 1:

Caucasum,

Curt. 7, 3, 22:

hoc jugum,

Verg. A. 6, 676:

fossas,

id. ib. 9, 314:

summi fastigia tecti Ascensu,

id. ib. 2, 303; cf.:

caprae gravido superant vix ubere limen,

id. G. 3, 317:

retia saltu (vulpes),

Ov. M. 7, 767:

tantum itineris,

to traverse, pass over, Tac. Agr. 33: regionem castrorum, to go past or beyond, Caes. B. C. 1, 69; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43:

insidias circa ipsum iter locatas,

Liv. 2, 50, 6:

collocatur in eo turris tabulatorum quae superaret fontis fastigium,

but so as to overtop, command, Hirt. B. G. 8, 41:

superat (Parnassus) cacumine nubes,

Ov. M. 1, 317.—

In partic.

Naut. t. t., to sail by or past a place, a promontory, etc.; to double or weather a point, etc.; promontorium, Lucil. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 244; Auct. B. Afr. 62, 3; Liv. 26, 26, 1; 30, 25, 6; 31, 23, 3; Tac. A. 15, 46 et saep.:

Euboeam,

Nep. Them. 3, 3:

cursu Isthmon,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 5:

intima Regna Liburnorum et fontem Timavi,

Verg. A. 1, 244 Serv.— Poet., transf.: musarum scopulos, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 223 Vahl.).—

To rise above, exceed in height:

ut alibi umbilico tenus aqua esset, alibi genua vix superaret,

Liv. 36, 45, 9; cf.: posterior partes superat mensura priores, i. e. exceeds in size, Ov. M. 15, 378.—

Trop., to surpass, excel, exceed, outdo, outstrip in any quality, in value, etc.

In gen.:

non potest quaestus consistere, si eum sumptus superat,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 74:

ne sumptus fructum superet,

Varr. R. R. 1, 53:

qui omnes homines supero atque antideo cruciabilitatibus animi,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 3:

virtute, laude, dignitate,

Cic. Planc. 2, 6 sq.:

aut ingenio aut fortunā aut dignitate superari,

id. Lael. 3, 11:

omnes homines constantiā et gravitate,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 16:

doctrinā Graecia nos et omni litterarum genere superabat,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 3:

auctoritatis pondere et utilitatis ubertate,

id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; Hirt. B. G. 8, prooem. §

4: aliquem nobilitate,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 56:

Phoebum superare canendo,

Verg. E. 5, 9:

omnes scelere,

Liv. 29, 8:

aliquem dignitate vitae,

Nep. Alcib. 11, 2:

aliquem ingenio, id. Dion, 4, 1: duritiā ferrum,

Ov. H. 2, 137:

vel cursu superare canem vel viribus aprum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 51:

omnes in ceteris artibus,

Nep. Epam. 2, 2:

summam spem civium incredibili virtute,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

non dubitabam, quin hanc epistulam multi nuntii, fama denique esset ipsa tua celeritate superatura,

will outstrip, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1.—

In partic., in milit. lang., to overcome, subdue, conquer, vanquish (syn. debello):

victis hostibus, quos nemo posse superari ratu'st,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 24:

armatos ac victores,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

maximas nationes,

id. ib. 3, 28;

2, 24: quos integros superavissent,

id. B. C. 2, 5:

bello superatos esse Arvernos et Rutenos a Q. Fabio Maximo,

id. B. G. 1, 45:

si Helvetios superaverint Romani,

id. ib. 1, 17:

Massilienses bis proelio navali superati,

id. B. C. 2, 22:

clam ferro incautum superat,

Verg. A. 1, 350:

bello superatus,

Ov. M. 12, 364:

Asiam bello,

Nep. Ages. 4, 3:

tota insula in unā urbe superata est,

Flor. 2, 6.—

Transf., in gen.: quem (C. Curium) nemo ferro potuit superare nec auro, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 3, 3, 6 (Ann. v. 220 Vahl.):

in quo (genere officii) etiam si multi mecum contendent, omnes facile superabo,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

si erum videt superare amorem,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 7:

hanc (orationem) assidua ac diligens scriptura superabit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150: si meam spem vis improborum fefellerit atque superaverit, id. Cat. 4, 11, 23:

injurias fortunae facile veterum philosophorum praeceptis superabat,

id. Fin. 4, 7, 17:

pareatur necessitati, quam ne dii quidem superant,

which even the gods are not above, not superior to, Liv. 9, 4, 16:

casus omnes,

Verg. A. 11, 244:

superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est,

id. ib. 5, 710:

labores,

id. ib. 3, 368:

difficultates omnes,

Vell. 2, 120, 4:

cum incedendi nimietate jam superarer,

Amm. 19, 8, 6.—Hence, sŭpĕrans, antis, P. a.

Rising high, prominent, high, lofty:

mons superantissimus,

Sol. 2 med. —

Prevailing, predominant:

superantior ignis,

Lucr. 5, 394.

suspĭcor, ātus ( inf. suspicarier, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 149; id. Trin. 1, 2, 49), 1, v. dep. a. [1. suspicio, II.], to mistrust, suspect (class.).

With acc. (rare):

id est, quod suspicabar,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 24:

quid nunc suspicare aut invenis De illā?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 44:

quid homines suspicentur, videtis,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

quod velim temere atque injuriose de illo suspicati sint homines,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 13, 1:

nihil mali suspicans,

id. Clu. 9, 27:

res nefarias,

id. Mil. 23, 63:

summum nefas suspicatus de uxore,

Quint. 9, 2, 80.—Rarely with a personal object:

ancillas meas,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 39:

puellam,

App. M. 10, p. 250, 18.—

With obj.-clause (so most usually):

suspitio est mihi, nunc vos suspicarier, Me idcirco haec promittere, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 149:

omnes ilico Me suspicentur, credo, habere aurum domi,

id. Aul. 1, 2, 32:

debere se suspicari, simulatā Caesarem amicitiā, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

id consilium cum fugae causā initum suspicaretur,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 16:

venturos, Qui, etc.,

Ov. H. 10, 83.—

Absol.:

fuge suspicari (sc. me),

Hor. C. 2, 4, 22.—

Transf., in gen., to suspect, apprehend, surmise, suppose, believe, conjecture (class.; cf.: opinor, reor).

With acc.:

di inmortales, spem insperatam date mihi, quam suspicor,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 22 Brix:

si quidem hic lenonis ejus't vidulus, quem suspicor,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 47:

nisi me animus fallit, hic profecto'st anulus, quem ego suspicor,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 1:

qui, quae vix conjectura, qualia sint, possumus suspicari, sic affirmat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15:

figuram divinam,

id. N. D. 1, 11, 28:

quiddam de L. Crasso,

id. de Or. 3, 4, 15; cf.:

aliquid de M. Popilii ingenio,

id. Brut. 14, 56.—

With rel.-clause:

quare, quā sint illae dignitate, potes ex his suspicari,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 2:

ne suspicari quidem, quanta sit admirabilitas caelestium rerum,

id. N. D. 2, 36, 90.—

With objectclause:

navalis hostis ante adesse potest, quam quisquam venturum esse suspicari queat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 6:

quas (magnitudines stellarum) esse numquam suspicati sumus,

id. ib. 6, 16, 16:

placiturum tibi esse librum meum suspicabar,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 1:

valde suspicor fore, ut infringatur hominum improbitas,

id. Fam. 1, 6, 1:

suspicor ingenuas erubuisse genas,

Ov. H. 19 (20), 6:

ex loco tumuli suspicari, non esse monumentum,

Quint. 7, 3, 34.— Absol.:

ut suspicor,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 22 Ritschl.

► Act. collat. form suspĭco, āre:

ne suspices,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 42.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

vĕnĭa, ae, f. [akin to veneror, q. v.], complaisance, indulgence, kindness, obliging disposition or conduct, mercy, grace, favor (class.; cf. indulgentia), most usual in the phrase veniam dare, to grant a favor, be favorable, to comply, consent.

In gen.: Jane, Juppiter, Mars pater, etc.... vos precor, veneror, veniam peto feroque uti populo Romano Quiritium vim victoriamque prosperetis, an old formula of prayer in Liv. 8, 9, 7:

ab Jove Opt. Max. ceterisque dis pacem ac veniam peto precorque ab iis, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 5:

quaeso a vobis, ut in hac causā mihi detis hanc veniam, ut, etc.,

id. Arch. 2, 3; cf.:

precor hanc veniam supplici des, ut, etc.,

Liv. 30, 12, 14:

dabis hanc veniam, mi frater, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23:

Caesar tibi petenti veniam non dedit,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 11:

datur haec venia antiquitati, ut miscendo humana divinis, primordia urbium augustiora faciat, Liv. prooem. § 7: mi gnate, da veniam hanc mihi: reduc illam,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 29:

extremam hanc oro veniam, miserere sororis,

Verg. A. 4, 435:

datur petentibus venia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 15:

veniam petenti dedit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48; Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12:

veniam quoque a deis spei alicujus audacioris petimus, in sinum spuendo,

Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35:

veniam mihi quam gravate pater dedit de Chrysalo!

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 3:

cum data esset venia ejus diei,

when indulgence had been granted for that day, Liv. 26, 17, 12:

nobile illud nepenthes oblivionem tristitiae veniamque afferens,

a complaisant, mild disposition, Plin. 25, 2, 5, § 12.—

Permission to do any thing, esp. In phrases: veniam petere (poscere) and veniam dare;

veniā petitā puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset,

Liv. 7, 2, 9:

petere veniam legatis mittendis,

id. 33, 11, 3:

veniam dicendi ante alios exposcere,

Tac. A. 12, 5:

datā veniā seducit filiam ac nutricem,

Liv. 3, 48, 5; cf.

the context: qui censerent, dandam ceteris veniam talium conjugiorum,

Suet. Claud. 26.—

Bonā veniā or cum bonā veniā.

With audire, kindly, with favor, without prejudice:

bonā veniā me audies,

Cic. N. D. 1, 21, 59; cf.:

vos oro atque obsecro, judices, ut attente bonāque cum veniā verba mea audiatis,

id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9:

cum bonā veniā se auditurum,

Liv. 29, 1, 7:

cum bonā veniā, quaeso, audiatis id quod invitus dico,

id. 29, 17, 6.—

With verbs of saying (mostly parenthet.), by your good leave, with your permission, without offence, etc.:

nisi vero (bonā veniā hujus optimi viri dixerim) tu, etc.,

Cic. de Or 1, 57, 242:

bonā hoc tuā veniā dixerim,

id. Div 1, 15, 25:

atqui, frater, bonā tuā veniā dixerim ista sententia maxime fallit imperitos,

id. Leg. 3, 15, 34:

bonā veniā vestrā liceat, etc., Liv 6, 40, 10: primum abs te hoc bonā veniā peto... mihi ut respondeas,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:

oravit etiam bonā veniā Quirites, ne quis, etc.,

Liv. 7, 41, 3.—Rarely veniā alone:

neminem ex his, quos eduxeram mecum (veniā sit dicto) ibi amisi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 46.—

In partic., forbearance in view of any wrong that has been done, forgiveness, pardon, remission:

venia est poenae meritae remissio,

Sen. Clem. 2, 7:

errati veniam impetrare,

Cic. Lig. 1, 1:

pacem veniamque impetrare a victoribus,

Liv. 37, 45, 7:

veniam et impunitatem dare,

Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32; cf.:

cui non apud senatum... maximorum scelerum venia ulla ad ignoscendum duci possit,

id. Pis. 41, 98; id. Part. Or. 37, 131:

cui errato nulla venia, recte facto exigua laus proponitur,

id. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

cede deae, veniamque tuis, temeraria, dictis Supplice voce roga,

Ov. M. 6, 32; Hor. S. 1, 3, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 78: aliquem veniā donare [p. 1969] in praeteritum, Suet. Dom. 9:

veniā dignus,

Quint. 1, 5, 11; cf.:

legere cum veniā,

id. 10, 1, 72.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.

Vĕnus, ĕris ( gen. sing. VENERVS, Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [v. veneror], the goddess of Love, the goddess Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59 sq.; id. Div. 1, 13, 23; id. Or. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Lucr. 1, 2; Hor. C. 1, 30, 1:

filius Veneris,

i. e. Cupid, Ov. M. 1, 463; cf.

puerum,

id. Am. 1, 10, 17; also Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 325; and in jest, Venere prognatus, of C. Julius Cœar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

Veneris mensis,

i. e. April, Ov. F. 4, 61.—

Transf.

Love, sexual love, venery (as euphemism freq.):

sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6:

Venus trivio conmissa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 19; Verg. G. 3, 97; Ov. M. 10, 80; 10, 434; 11, 306; 12, 198; App. M. 1, p. 106, 13; Quint. 8, 6, 24; Tac. G. 20; Col. 6, 27, 10.—

Like the Engl. love, to denote a beloved object, beloved:

nec veneres nostras hoc fallit,

Lucr. 4, 1185:

mea Venus,

Verg. E. 3, 68; Hor. C. 1, 27, 14; 1, 33, 13.—

Qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms (sing. and plur.;

not in Cic.): quo fugit venus? quo color? decens Quo motus?

Hor. C. 4, 13, 17:

ac bene nummatum decorat suadela venusque,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 38; id. A. P. 42; Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 1:

fabula nullius veneris sine pondere et arte,

Hor. A. P. 320:

sermo ipse Romanus non recipere videatur illam solis concessam Atticis venerem,

Quint. 10, 1, 100:

quod cum gratiā quādam et venere dicatur,

id. 6, 3, 18; so (with gratia) id. 4, 2, 116.—

Of paintings: deesse iis unam illam suam venerem dicebat, quam Graeci charita vocant,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.— Plur.:

profecto Amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum adfero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5:

Isocrates omnes dicendi veneres sectatus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 79.—

The planet Venus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; id. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

The highest throw at dice, when each of the dice presented a different number, the Venus throw, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 45; Hor. C. 2, 7, 25; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71; cf. in the foll.—

Derivv.:

Vĕnĕrĕus

or

Vĕnĕrĭus

, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Venus:

sacerdos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 23:

antistita,

id. ib. 3, 2, 10:

nepotulus,

id. Mil. 5, 20; 5, 28:

nutricatus,

id. ib. 3, 1, 54:

servi,

temple-slaves of the Erycinian Venus in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 50; 2, 5, 54, § 141; v. also infra, B. 2.: res, voluptates, etc., of or belonging to sexual love, venereous, venereal, Cic. Sen. 14, 47; id. Div. 2, 69, 143:

visa,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166; Col. 12, 4, 3; cf. in a pun: homo, belonging to Venus and lascivious (of Verres), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

delphinus,

wanton, Gell. 7, 8, 1:

nostros quoque antiquiores poëtas amasios et Venerios fuisse,

id. 19, 9, 9:

pira,

a kind of pear, Venus-pear, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—

Vĕnĕrĕus ( Vĕnĕrĭus), i, m. (i. e. jactus), the Venus-throw at dice (v. supra, I. B. 5.), Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; 2, 59, 121; also Vĕnĕrĕum, i, n.: hoc Venereum [p. 1971] est, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 55.—

Vĕnĕrĕi ( Vĕnĕrĭi), ōrum, m. (i. e. servi), the templeslaves of the Erycinian Venus (v. supra), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Clu. 15, 43.—

Vĕnĕrĕae ( Vĕnĕrĭae), ārum, f. (i. e. conchae), a kind of mussels, Venus-shell, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

vēnus, ūs, m., or vēnum ( vaen-), i, n. (occurring only in the forms venui, veno, and venum) [Gr. ônos, price; ônê, purchase; cf. Sanscr. vasuas, price; vasuam, wages; and perh. Germ. Gewinn], sale.

Form venui (late Lat.):

rogavit haberetne venui lacte?

App. M. 8, p. 210, 12:

cantherium venui subicere,

id. ib. 8, p. 221, 29.—

Form veno (post-Aug.):

posita veno irritamenta luxus,

Tac. A. 14, 15:

quae veno exercerent,

id. ib. 13, 51.—

Acc. venum (class.):

dare aliquem venum,

to sell, Liv. 24, 47, 6:

venum cuncta dari,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 179;

hence the compound venumdo, q. v.: ut ejus familia ad aedem Cereris venum iret,

Liv. 3, 55, 7:

pileatos servos venum solitos ire,

Gell. 7, 4, 1:

venum iturum,

Sen. Const. 3, 2:

seque et sua tradita venum Castra videt,

Luc. 4, 206:

venum redibat,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 37.