falsō

opprĭmo ( obp-), essi, essum, 3, v. a. [ob-premo], to press against, press together; to press down (class.; syn. obruo).

Lit.:

voluit deus ora loquentis Opprimere,

to close, Ov. M. 3, 295: oculos, to press together, i. e. close the eyes, sc. of a dying person, Val. Max. 2, 6, 8:

fauces manu,

Suet. Calig. 12: flammam in ore, to repress, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 122 (Trag. v. 437 Vahl.).— To press down:

taleam pede,

to press into the ground, Cato, R. R. 45; Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 27:

opprimi ruinā conclavis,

to be crushed, Cic. Div. 2, 8, 20:

terrā oppressus,

id. ib. 2, 23, 51:

classem,

to sink, id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

senem injectu multae vestis,

to smother, stifle, Tac. A. 6, 50; so,

dormiens oppressit eum,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 3, 19; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 14.—

Transf.:

oppressit jaculo redeuntem ad frena leonem,

struck down, Val. Fl. 3, 24.—

Trop.

To press together; to close, shut:

os opprime,

shut your mouth! hold your tongue! Plaut. As. 3, 2, 40; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 93.—

To press or bear down:

opprimi onere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4.—

To put down, suppress, quell, check, quash:

quae oratio a censore opprimenda est,

Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 30:

sine tumultu rem omnem oppressere,

Liv. 2, 4:

tumultum,

id. 31, 11:

fraudem,

to baffle, thwart, id. 26, 6; Vulg. Lev. 24, 16.—

To overthrow, overwhelm, crush, overpower, prostrate, subdue:

reliquias hujus belli,

Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 3:

Graeciam,

Nep. Them. 8, 2:

nationem,

Cic. Font. 12, 36:

invidiam acerbitate,

Nep. Dion. 6:

libertatem,

to put an end to, destroy, id. Alcib. 3, 3:

ut exstinctae potius amicitiae, quam oppressae esse videantur,

Cic. Lael. 21, 78:

aliquem iniquo judicio,

id. Quint. 2, 7:

intolerandam potentiam,

to overthrow, id. Rosc. Am. 13, 36: aliquem, to crush one with false accusations, Liv. 2, 52; cf.:

insontem oblato falso crimine,

id. 1, 51:

quaestionem,

id. 26, 15:

si oppressa foret secura senectus (i. e. securus senex),

Juv. 10, 75:

litteras,

to utter indistinctly, to mumble, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133.—In gen., to have the upper hand, get the best of it, be victorious, Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 10.—

To load, overwhelm, bear down, overcome: opprimi aere alieno, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8:

mvidiā,

id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

totius corporis doloribus,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 3:

metu,

Liv. 24, 33:

timore,

Caes. B. G. 4, 15:

senatus oppressus et afflictus,

Cic. Red. in Sen. 7, 18.—

To fall upon, surprise, take by surprise, come upon unexpectedly, seize, catch (syn.:

adorior, invado): occasionem opprimere,

to seize, embrace, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 15:

imprudentem,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 22:

incautos,

Liv. 26, 12:

Antonium mors oppressit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213:

ne subito a me opprimantur (sc. interrogando),

id. ib. 2, 4, 67, §

150: oppressi luce copias instruunt, Auct. B. G. 8, 14: rostra,

to make one's self master of, occupy, Cic. Clu. 40, 110.—

To bury, hide, conceal, suppress:

quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 121:

iram,

Sall. J. 72, 1:

ita ejus rei oppressa mentio est,

Liv. 23, 22:

infamiam,

Just. 12, 13, 10. —

To force a woman, commit a rape upon (late Lat.), Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 12; 14, 32; id. Gen. 34, 2; id. Ezech. 2, 2; 11.

opprĭmo ( obp-), essi, essum, 3, v. a. [ob-premo], to press against, press together; to press down (class.; syn. obruo).

Lit.:

voluit deus ora loquentis Opprimere,

to close, Ov. M. 3, 295: oculos, to press together, i. e. close the eyes, sc. of a dying person, Val. Max. 2, 6, 8:

fauces manu,

Suet. Calig. 12: flammam in ore, to repress, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 122 (Trag. v. 437 Vahl.).— To press down:

taleam pede,

to press into the ground, Cato, R. R. 45; Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 27:

opprimi ruinā conclavis,

to be crushed, Cic. Div. 2, 8, 20:

terrā oppressus,

id. ib. 2, 23, 51:

classem,

to sink, id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

senem injectu multae vestis,

to smother, stifle, Tac. A. 6, 50; so,

dormiens oppressit eum,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 3, 19; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 14.—

Transf.:

oppressit jaculo redeuntem ad frena leonem,

struck down, Val. Fl. 3, 24.—

Trop.

To press together; to close, shut:

os opprime,

shut your mouth! hold your tongue! Plaut. As. 3, 2, 40; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 93.—

To press or bear down:

opprimi onere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4.—

To put down, suppress, quell, check, quash:

quae oratio a censore opprimenda est,

Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 30:

sine tumultu rem omnem oppressere,

Liv. 2, 4:

tumultum,

id. 31, 11:

fraudem,

to baffle, thwart, id. 26, 6; Vulg. Lev. 24, 16.—

To overthrow, overwhelm, crush, overpower, prostrate, subdue:

reliquias hujus belli,

Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 3:

Graeciam,

Nep. Them. 8, 2:

nationem,

Cic. Font. 12, 36:

invidiam acerbitate,

Nep. Dion. 6:

libertatem,

to put an end to, destroy, id. Alcib. 3, 3:

ut exstinctae potius amicitiae, quam oppressae esse videantur,

Cic. Lael. 21, 78:

aliquem iniquo judicio,

id. Quint. 2, 7:

intolerandam potentiam,

to overthrow, id. Rosc. Am. 13, 36: aliquem, to crush one with false accusations, Liv. 2, 52; cf.:

insontem oblato falso crimine,

id. 1, 51:

quaestionem,

id. 26, 15:

si oppressa foret secura senectus (i. e. securus senex),

Juv. 10, 75:

litteras,

to utter indistinctly, to mumble, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133.—In gen., to have the upper hand, get the best of it, be victorious, Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 10.—

To load, overwhelm, bear down, overcome: opprimi aere alieno, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8:

mvidiā,

id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

totius corporis doloribus,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 3:

metu,

Liv. 24, 33:

timore,

Caes. B. G. 4, 15:

senatus oppressus et afflictus,

Cic. Red. in Sen. 7, 18.—

To fall upon, surprise, take by surprise, come upon unexpectedly, seize, catch (syn.:

adorior, invado): occasionem opprimere,

to seize, embrace, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 15:

imprudentem,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 22:

incautos,

Liv. 26, 12:

Antonium mors oppressit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213:

ne subito a me opprimantur (sc. interrogando),

id. ib. 2, 4, 67, §

150: oppressi luce copias instruunt, Auct. B. G. 8, 14: rostra,

to make one's self master of, occupy, Cic. Clu. 40, 110.—

To bury, hide, conceal, suppress:

quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 121:

iram,

Sall. J. 72, 1:

ita ejus rei oppressa mentio est,

Liv. 23, 22:

infamiam,

Just. 12, 13, 10. —

To force a woman, commit a rape upon (late Lat.), Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 12; 14, 32; id. Gen. 34, 2; id. Ezech. 2, 2; 11.

per-pĕtĭor, pessus, 3, v. dep. n. and a. [patior], to bear steadfastly, suffer with firmness or patience; to stand out, abide, endure (class.): animus aeger neque pati neque perpeti potis est, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5 (Trag. v. 260 Vahl.):

o multa dictu gravia, perpessu aspera, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: facile omnes perpetior ac perfero,

id. de Or. 2, 19, 77:

mendicitatem,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 32:

dolorem,

id. ib. 1, 14, 48:

affirmavi quidvis me potius perpessurum, quam, etc.,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 3:

casus illi perpetienti erat voluptarius,

id. Fin. 2, 20, 65:

mihi omnia potius perpetienda esse duco, quam, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 3, 6:

dolorem asperum et difficilem perpessu,

id. Fin. 4, 26, 72: audax omnia perpeti Gens humana, i. e. to dare, brave every consequence, Hor. C. 1, 3, 25; Prop. 3, 22, 15:

fulmina, noctem, imbres... Perpetimur Danai,

Ov. M. 14, 472.—With object-clause:

aliam tecum esse equidem facile possim perpeti,

Plaut. As. 5, 1, 17:

neque me perpetiar probri Falso insimulatam,

id. Am. 3, 2, 6; id. Trin. 3, 2, 35; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 3:

exscindine domos Perpetiar,

Verg. A. 12, 644:

non tamen hanc sacro violari pondere pinum Perpetiar,

Ov. M. 3, 622.—With inf.: perpetiar memorare, i. e. will collect or control myself so as, etc., Ov. M. 14, 466.—

Transf., of abstract things, to endure, put up with, etc.:

vehementius quam gracilitas mea perpeti posset,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 15.

per-vŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.

Lit.

To fly through or about a place:

aedes,

Verg. A. 12, 473:

aërium iter,

Ov. F. 2, 252:

rumor agitatis pervolat alis,

id. ib. 6, 527:

Flaminiam,

Juv. 1, 61.—

To fly to a place: Pegasus in nitentem pervolaturus aetheram, Poët. ap. Aug. Music. 3, 3: animus velocius in hanc sedem pervolabit, Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29.—

Transf., of swift motion in gen., to fly or dart through, to pass quickly over or through:

perque volare mare ac terras (of the sun's beams),

Lucr. 4, 203:

sex et quinquaginta milia passuum cisiis pervolavit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 19:

totam urbem,

Juv. 6, 398; cf.:

axe citato Flaminiam,

id. 1, 60.

per-vŏlo, vŏlui, velle, v. n., to wish greatly, to be very desirous (rare but class.):

obtunso ore nunc pervelim progredire Senem,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 9:

scire ex te pervelim,

Cic. Sull. 7, 23:

quem videre pervellem,

id. Att. 11, 14, 3:

mihi ignosci pervelim,

id. ib. 1, 1, 3.—In tmesi:

ibi te quam primum per videre velim,

Cic. Att. 15, 4, 2:

pervelle aliquid videre,

Liv. 39, 43:

illud pervelim, proditum falso esse, etc.,

id. 8, 18, 2.

praesūmo, mpsi and msi, mptum and mtum, 3, v. a., to take before, take first or beforehand, take to one's self (syn.: praeoccupo).

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

neve domi praesume dapes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 757:

allium,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 50:

praesumere cibis frigidam,

id. 28, 4, 14, § 55:

remedia,

Tac. A. 14, 3:

heres meus rem illam illum permitte praesumere, et sibi habere, Gai. Epit. Inst. tit. 13: praesumpto tegmine,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 43; 2, 13, 160:

praesumptum diadema,

assumed before the legal age, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 166:

suam cenam praesumit,

takes his own supper first, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 21.—

Trop.

To take in advance:

praesumere male audiendi patientiam,

to provide one's self with beforehand, Quint. 12, 9, 9:

inviti judices audiunt praesumentem partes suas,

who takes to himself, who encroaches upon, id. 11, 1, 27; 1, 1, 19:

differenda igitur quaedam, et praesumenda,

id. 8, 6, 63: illa in pueris natura minimum spei dederit, in quā ingenium judicio praesumitur, in which wit is preceded by judgment, [p. 1433] where judgment takes the place of the inventive faculty, id. 2, 4, 7.—

To perform beforehand, to anticipate:

heredum officia praesumere,

Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 5: hanc ego vitam voto et cogitatione praesumo, i. e. I imagine or picture to myself beforehand, id. ib. 3, 1, 11:

gaudium, quod ego olim pro te non temere praesumo,

id. ib. 2, 10, 6.—

To spend or employ beforehand:

sementibus tempora plerique praesumunt,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 224:

Vitellius fortunam principatus inerti luxu ac prodigis epulis praesumebat,

enjoyed beforehand, Tac. H. 1, 62.—

To imagine, represent, or picture to one's self beforehand:

arma parate animis, et spe praesumite bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 18:

futura,

Sen. Ep. 107, 3:

semper praesumit saeva, perturbatā conscientiā,

Vulg. Sap. 17, 10;

hence, praesumptum habere,

to presuppose, take for granted, Tac. A. 14, 64:

utcunque se praesumit innocentem (sc. habendum esse),

App. M. 7, 27, p. 200, 8.—

To foresee, to infer beforehand, anticipate:

fortunam alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 41:

eo instantius debita poscentes, quo graviorem militiam praesumebant,

Just. 6, 2.—

To presume, take for granted, suppose, believe, assume:

ab hostibus reverso filio, quem pater obiisse falso praesumpserat,

Dig. 12, 6, 3:

vulgo praesumitur, alium in litem non debere jurare, nisi, etc.,

ib. 12, 3, 7.—

To undertake, venture, dare (post-class.):

tantum animo praesumere, Auct. Pan. ad Const. 2: illicita,

Sulp. Sev. Hist. Sacr. 1, 47: ad Italiam transire, Sex. Ruf. Brev. 7.—

To trust, be confident (late Lat.):

quoniam non derelinquis praesumentes de te, et praesumentes de se... humilias,

Vulg. Judith, 6, 15:

de tuā misericordiā,

id. ib. 9, 17.—Hence, praesumptus ( praesumtus), a, um, P. a., taken for granted, assumed, presumed, preconceived (post-Aug.):

praesumpta desperatio,

Quint. 1 prooem.:

opinio,

preconceived opinion, prejudice, id. 2, 17:

spes,

Sil. 7, 582:

suspicio,

Tac. A. 2, 73.—In neutr.: praesumptum est, it is supposed, imagined, presumed:

praesumptum est, quosdam servos bonos esse,

Dig. 21, 1, 31:

quicumque haec noscent, praesumptum habeant, etc.,

let them take for granted, understand without special remark, Tac. 14, 64.— Comp.: praesumptior, Coripp. Johan. 4, 550.—Hence, adv.: praesumptē, confidently, boldly (post-class.) veritatem dicere, Vop. Car. 4.

praesūmo, mpsi and msi, mptum and mtum, 3, v. a., to take before, take first or beforehand, take to one's self (syn.: praeoccupo).

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

neve domi praesume dapes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 757:

allium,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 50:

praesumere cibis frigidam,

id. 28, 4, 14, § 55:

remedia,

Tac. A. 14, 3:

heres meus rem illam illum permitte praesumere, et sibi habere, Gai. Epit. Inst. tit. 13: praesumpto tegmine,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 43; 2, 13, 160:

praesumptum diadema,

assumed before the legal age, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 166:

suam cenam praesumit,

takes his own supper first, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 21.—

Trop.

To take in advance:

praesumere male audiendi patientiam,

to provide one's self with beforehand, Quint. 12, 9, 9:

inviti judices audiunt praesumentem partes suas,

who takes to himself, who encroaches upon, id. 11, 1, 27; 1, 1, 19:

differenda igitur quaedam, et praesumenda,

id. 8, 6, 63: illa in pueris natura minimum spei dederit, in quā ingenium judicio praesumitur, in which wit is preceded by judgment, [p. 1433] where judgment takes the place of the inventive faculty, id. 2, 4, 7.—

To perform beforehand, to anticipate:

heredum officia praesumere,

Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 5: hanc ego vitam voto et cogitatione praesumo, i. e. I imagine or picture to myself beforehand, id. ib. 3, 1, 11:

gaudium, quod ego olim pro te non temere praesumo,

id. ib. 2, 10, 6.—

To spend or employ beforehand:

sementibus tempora plerique praesumunt,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 224:

Vitellius fortunam principatus inerti luxu ac prodigis epulis praesumebat,

enjoyed beforehand, Tac. H. 1, 62.—

To imagine, represent, or picture to one's self beforehand:

arma parate animis, et spe praesumite bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 18:

futura,

Sen. Ep. 107, 3:

semper praesumit saeva, perturbatā conscientiā,

Vulg. Sap. 17, 10;

hence, praesumptum habere,

to presuppose, take for granted, Tac. A. 14, 64:

utcunque se praesumit innocentem (sc. habendum esse),

App. M. 7, 27, p. 200, 8.—

To foresee, to infer beforehand, anticipate:

fortunam alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 41:

eo instantius debita poscentes, quo graviorem militiam praesumebant,

Just. 6, 2.—

To presume, take for granted, suppose, believe, assume:

ab hostibus reverso filio, quem pater obiisse falso praesumpserat,

Dig. 12, 6, 3:

vulgo praesumitur, alium in litem non debere jurare, nisi, etc.,

ib. 12, 3, 7.—

To undertake, venture, dare (post-class.):

tantum animo praesumere, Auct. Pan. ad Const. 2: illicita,

Sulp. Sev. Hist. Sacr. 1, 47: ad Italiam transire, Sex. Ruf. Brev. 7.—

To trust, be confident (late Lat.):

quoniam non derelinquis praesumentes de te, et praesumentes de se... humilias,

Vulg. Judith, 6, 15:

de tuā misericordiā,

id. ib. 9, 17.—Hence, praesumptus ( praesumtus), a, um, P. a., taken for granted, assumed, presumed, preconceived (post-Aug.):

praesumpta desperatio,

Quint. 1 prooem.:

opinio,

preconceived opinion, prejudice, id. 2, 17:

spes,

Sil. 7, 582:

suspicio,

Tac. A. 2, 73.—In neutr.: praesumptum est, it is supposed, imagined, presumed:

praesumptum est, quosdam servos bonos esse,

Dig. 21, 1, 31:

quicumque haec noscent, praesumptum habeant, etc.,

let them take for granted, understand without special remark, Tac. 14, 64.— Comp.: praesumptior, Coripp. Johan. 4, 550.—Hence, adv.: praesumptē, confidently, boldly (post-class.) veritatem dicere, Vop. Car. 4.

praesūmo, mpsi and msi, mptum and mtum, 3, v. a., to take before, take first or beforehand, take to one's self (syn.: praeoccupo).

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

neve domi praesume dapes,

Ov. A. A. 3, 757:

allium,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 50:

praesumere cibis frigidam,

id. 28, 4, 14, § 55:

remedia,

Tac. A. 14, 3:

heres meus rem illam illum permitte praesumere, et sibi habere, Gai. Epit. Inst. tit. 13: praesumpto tegmine,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 43; 2, 13, 160:

praesumptum diadema,

assumed before the legal age, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 166:

suam cenam praesumit,

takes his own supper first, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 21.—

Trop.

To take in advance:

praesumere male audiendi patientiam,

to provide one's self with beforehand, Quint. 12, 9, 9:

inviti judices audiunt praesumentem partes suas,

who takes to himself, who encroaches upon, id. 11, 1, 27; 1, 1, 19:

differenda igitur quaedam, et praesumenda,

id. 8, 6, 63: illa in pueris natura minimum spei dederit, in quā ingenium judicio praesumitur, in which wit is preceded by judgment, [p. 1433] where judgment takes the place of the inventive faculty, id. 2, 4, 7.—

To perform beforehand, to anticipate:

heredum officia praesumere,

Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 5: hanc ego vitam voto et cogitatione praesumo, i. e. I imagine or picture to myself beforehand, id. ib. 3, 1, 11:

gaudium, quod ego olim pro te non temere praesumo,

id. ib. 2, 10, 6.—

To spend or employ beforehand:

sementibus tempora plerique praesumunt,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 224:

Vitellius fortunam principatus inerti luxu ac prodigis epulis praesumebat,

enjoyed beforehand, Tac. H. 1, 62.—

To imagine, represent, or picture to one's self beforehand:

arma parate animis, et spe praesumite bellum,

Verg. A. 11, 18:

futura,

Sen. Ep. 107, 3:

semper praesumit saeva, perturbatā conscientiā,

Vulg. Sap. 17, 10;

hence, praesumptum habere,

to presuppose, take for granted, Tac. A. 14, 64:

utcunque se praesumit innocentem (sc. habendum esse),

App. M. 7, 27, p. 200, 8.—

To foresee, to infer beforehand, anticipate:

fortunam alicujus,

Tac. A. 12, 41:

eo instantius debita poscentes, quo graviorem militiam praesumebant,

Just. 6, 2.—

To presume, take for granted, suppose, believe, assume:

ab hostibus reverso filio, quem pater obiisse falso praesumpserat,

Dig. 12, 6, 3:

vulgo praesumitur, alium in litem non debere jurare, nisi, etc.,

ib. 12, 3, 7.—

To undertake, venture, dare (post-class.):

tantum animo praesumere, Auct. Pan. ad Const. 2: illicita,

Sulp. Sev. Hist. Sacr. 1, 47: ad Italiam transire, Sex. Ruf. Brev. 7.—

To trust, be confident (late Lat.):

quoniam non derelinquis praesumentes de te, et praesumentes de se... humilias,

Vulg. Judith, 6, 15:

de tuā misericordiā,

id. ib. 9, 17.—Hence, praesumptus ( praesumtus), a, um, P. a., taken for granted, assumed, presumed, preconceived (post-Aug.):

praesumpta desperatio,

Quint. 1 prooem.:

opinio,

preconceived opinion, prejudice, id. 2, 17:

spes,

Sil. 7, 582:

suspicio,

Tac. A. 2, 73.—In neutr.: praesumptum est, it is supposed, imagined, presumed:

praesumptum est, quosdam servos bonos esse,

Dig. 21, 1, 31:

quicumque haec noscent, praesumptum habeant, etc.,

let them take for granted, understand without special remark, Tac. 14, 64.— Comp.: praesumptior, Coripp. Johan. 4, 550.—Hence, adv.: praesumptē, confidently, boldly (post-class.) veritatem dicere, Vop. Car. 4.

prīmus, a, um, adj. sup. [obsol. prep. pri (prei); whence also prior, priscus; cf.: privus, privo, etc., and v. pro], the first, first (properly only when three or more are referred to. The first, as opp. to the second, is prior;

but primus is rarely used for prior,

Cic. Sest. 19, 44 al.).

In gen.:

qui primus vulnus dicitur obligavisse,

Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57:

primus sentio mala nostra: primus rescisco omnia: Primus porro obnuntio,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 7:

verum primum: verum igitur et extremum,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 27:

primae litterae,

id. Att. 9, 6, 5:

primus inter homines nobilissimos,

id. Sest. 3, 6:

primi ex omnibus philosophis,

id. Fin. 4, 7, 17:

primus Graeciae in Thraciam introiit,

Nep. Alcib. 7, 4:

primus de mille fuisses,

Ov. H. 17, 105:

in primis,

among the first, in the foremost ranks, Nep. Paus. 5, 3:

in primis stetit,

id. Epam. 10, 3:

in primis pugnantes,

Sall. C. 60, 6: leonem primus, aut in primis ferire, id. J. 6, 1: utque pedum primis infans vestigia plantis institerat (= ut primum, etc., poet.), Verg. A. 11, 573:

primus post eos quos poëtae tradiderunt movisse aliqua circa rhetoricen Empedocles dicitur (= secundus or proximus ab iis),

Quint. 3, 1, 8.—

In partic.

In time or place, first, fore, foremost, the first part; sometimes to be translated, the end, extremity, etc.:

in primā provinciā,

at the entrance of the province, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 2:

digitus,

the tip of the finger, Cat. 2, 3:

dentes,

the front teeth, Plin. 19, 2, 11, § 35:

ranis prima lingua cohaeret,

the end of the tongue, id. 11, 37, 65, § 172:

primā statim nocte,

at the beginning of the night, Col. 10, 190:

sol,

i. e. the rising sun, Verg. A. 6, 255:

luna,

i. e. the new moon, Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—With quisque, the first possible, the very first:

primo quoque tempore,

at the very first opportunity, Cic. Fam. 13, 57, 1:

primo quoque die,

id. Phil. 8, 11, 33:

me tibi primum quidque concedente,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 49:

fluit voluptas et prima quaeque avolat,

id. Fin. 2, 32, 106.— Subst.: prīma, ōrum, n., the first part, the beginning:

quod bellum, si prima satis prospera fuissent,

Liv. 8, 3.—Of the first principles or elements of things, Lucr. 4, 186:

prima consiliorum (for prima consilia),

Tac. H. 2, 11: a primo, from the beginning, at first:

multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139; Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 14; 4, 3, 37:

in illā pro Ctesiphonte oratione submissius a primo: deinde pressius,

Cic. Or. 8, 26:

suam vim retinere a primo ad extremum,

id. Fin. 4, 13, 32:

hoc a primo cogitavit,

id. Att. 8, 11, 2; id. Phil. 2, 30, 75 Halm ad loc.:

id a primo rectissime dicitur,

id. Fin. 3, 9, 32 Madv. ad loc.: in primo, in front, before, in the beginning, first:

equites in primo late ire jubet,

in the van, Sall. J. 68, 4:

qui numerus in primo viget, jacet in extremo,

Cic. Or. 64, 215. —

First in rank or station, chief, principal, most excellent, eminent, distinguished, noble (cf.:

princeps, primores): evocat ad se Massiliensium quindecim primos,

Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

sui municipii facile primus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

homo,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37:

primis urbis placuisse,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 23:

juvenum primi,

Verg. A. 9, 785:

est genus hominum, qui esse primos se omnium rerum volunt Nec sunt,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 17:

quia sum apud te primus,

I am the first in your favor, id. ib. 1, 2, 10:

primus humani generis,

Sil. 17, 255:

urbem Italiae primam,

Petr. 116:

praedium,

Cato, R. R. 1:

suavia prima habere,

to give the first place to, think the most of, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 9:

otium atque divitiae, quae prima mortales putant,

Sall. C. 36, 4:

cura,

a chief part, Plin. 5, 25, 21, § 88.—Also, most conspicuous, chief, in a bad sense:

peccatores, quorum primus ego sum,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 1, 15:

primas partes, or primas agere,

to play the first part, to occupy the first rank, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:

primas in causis agebat Hortensius,

Cic. Brut. 90, 308; 47: primas dare, to give the first place, ascribe the greatest importance to a thing:

actioni primas dedisse Demosthenes dicitur, cum rogaretur, quid in dicendo esset primum: huic secundas, huic tertias,

Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: primas deferre, to transfer the first or principal part:

amoris erga me tibi primas defero,

i. e. I assign to you the first rank among those who love me, id. Att. 1, 17, 5: primas concedere, to yield the first place:

si Allienus tibi primas in dicendo partes concesserit,

id. Div. in Caecil. 15, 49:

primas tenere,

to play the first part, be the best, id. Brut. 95, 327: cum primis, and in primis (also written in one word, impri-mis), with or among the first, chiefly, especially, principally, particularly:

homo domi suae cum primis locuples,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 69:

in primis lautus eques,

Nep. Att. 13, 1:

oppidum in primis Siciliae clarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 86:

homo in primis improbissimus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 27, §

68: vir magnus in primis,

id. N. D. 1, 43, 120:

in primis hoc a se animadversum esse dicebat,

id. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

in primis nobis sermo de te fuit,

id. Att. 5, 1, 3:

in primis... dein,

first, in the first place, Sall. J. 26, 3. —Hence, adv., primo and primum; also, ante- and post-class. and very rare, prime and primiter (the form primo is usually limited to that which is strictly first in time; primum in enumerations of contemporary facts, things, or arguments, where the order is at the speaker's choice; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 920 sq.).

prīmō, at first, at the beginning, first, firstly.

In gen.:

aedes primo ruere rebamur,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 42:

neque credebam primo mihimet Sosiae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 50; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

primo non accredidit,

Nep. Dat. 3, 4:

Themistocles solus primo profectus est,

id. Them. 6, 5:

contemptus est primo a tyrannis,

id. Thras. 2, 2; id. Ham. 2, 2.—

With dein, deinde, inde, post, postea, mox, denique, nunc:

primo Stoicorum more agamus, deinde nostro instituto vagabimur,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

primo pecuniae, dein imperii cupido crevit,

Sall. C. 10, 3:

primo... deinde... tum... tum,

Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

primo... deinde,

Liv. 1, 27; Curt. 3, 12, 6; 4, 16, 21; 9, 10, 11:

primo abstinentiā utendum: deinde danda, etc.,

Cels. 5, 26, 34:

primo... inde,... hinc,

Liv. 30, 11, 6:

haec primo paulatim crescere: post, etc.,

Sall. C. 10, 6:

dissuadente primo Vercingetorige, post concedente,

Caes. B. G. 7, 15:

primo... postea... postremo, etc.,

Liv. 26, 39:

primo... mox,

id. 1, 50:

primo... mox deinde,

Just. 1, 3:

primo negitare, denique saepius fatigatus, etc.,

Sall. J. 111, 2:

neque illi credebam primo, nunc vero palam est,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 91.—

(Mostly post-Aug. for primum.) With iterum, rursus, secundo:

primo... iterum,

Liv. 2, 51:

primo... rursus,

Suet. Aug. 17:

primo... secundo,

Phaedr. 4, 10, 16.—

prīmum, at first, first, in the first place, in the beginning (class.).

In enumerations, with a foll. deinde, tum:

Caesar primum suo, deinde omnium e conspectu remotis equis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

primum... deinde... deinde,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58, § 143:

primum... deinde... tum... postremo,

id. N. D. 2, 1, 3:

primum... deinde... praeterea... postremo,

id. Div. 2, 56, 116:

primum... tum... deinde... post... tum... deinde....,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 65; id. Font. 14, 31; cf.:

primum... secundo loco... deinde... tum,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 35; id. Inv. 2, 27, 79; Curt. 3, 6, 16; 8, 10, 9; Liv. 1, 28; Nep. Them. 2, 3; id. Epam. 1, 3:

primum... subinde,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 15:

primum... mox,

id. ib. 2, 2, 93.—

Without other adverbs.

In gen.:

quaerenda pecunia primum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 53:

te Quicumque primum Produxit,

id. C. 2, 13, 2; id. S. 2, 3, 41.—

Strengthened with omnium, first of all, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 13:

primum omnium ego ipse vigilo,

Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 19.—

With ut, ubi, simulac, cum.

Ut primum, ubi primum, simul ac primum, cum primum, as soon as ever, as soon as:

ut primum potestas data est augendae dignitatis tuae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 10, 13, 1:

ubi primum potuit, istum reliquit,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48:

simul ac primum niti possunt, etc.,

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

tum affuerat, cum primum dati sunt judices,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 57.—

Nunc primum, now first, now for the first time (cf.: nunc demum, now at last):

post illa nunc primum audio, Quid illo sit factum,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 33.—

With dum (also by Plaut. joined in one word, pri-mumdum), in the first place, first (anteclass.):

primum dum, si falso insimulas, etc. Iterum si id verum est, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 26:

omnium primumdum haed aedes jam face occlusae sicut,

id. Most. 2, 1, 53; 1, 2, 39; id. Capt. 1, 2, 57:

primum dum omnium male dictitatur tibi vulgo in sermonibus,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 61.—

With adv. or other expression of time, for the first time:

hodie primum ire in ganeum,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 37:

quo die primum convocati su mus,

Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 30.—

prīmē, es pecially: fabula prime proba, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 188 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 603 P.—

prīmĭter, at first, first of all (ante- and post-class.): eripis primiter dapes, Pompon. ap. Non. 154, 26; Inscr. (of the beginning of the third century of Christ) Lab. Epigr. Lat. Scop. in Egitto.

prīmus, a, um, adj. sup. [obsol. prep. pri (prei); whence also prior, priscus; cf.: privus, privo, etc., and v. pro], the first, first (properly only when three or more are referred to. The first, as opp. to the second, is prior;

but primus is rarely used for prior,

Cic. Sest. 19, 44 al.).

In gen.:

qui primus vulnus dicitur obligavisse,

Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57:

primus sentio mala nostra: primus rescisco omnia: Primus porro obnuntio,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 7:

verum primum: verum igitur et extremum,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 27:

primae litterae,

id. Att. 9, 6, 5:

primus inter homines nobilissimos,

id. Sest. 3, 6:

primi ex omnibus philosophis,

id. Fin. 4, 7, 17:

primus Graeciae in Thraciam introiit,

Nep. Alcib. 7, 4:

primus de mille fuisses,

Ov. H. 17, 105:

in primis,

among the first, in the foremost ranks, Nep. Paus. 5, 3:

in primis stetit,

id. Epam. 10, 3:

in primis pugnantes,

Sall. C. 60, 6: leonem primus, aut in primis ferire, id. J. 6, 1: utque pedum primis infans vestigia plantis institerat (= ut primum, etc., poet.), Verg. A. 11, 573:

primus post eos quos poëtae tradiderunt movisse aliqua circa rhetoricen Empedocles dicitur (= secundus or proximus ab iis),

Quint. 3, 1, 8.—

In partic.

In time or place, first, fore, foremost, the first part; sometimes to be translated, the end, extremity, etc.:

in primā provinciā,

at the entrance of the province, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 2:

digitus,

the tip of the finger, Cat. 2, 3:

dentes,

the front teeth, Plin. 19, 2, 11, § 35:

ranis prima lingua cohaeret,

the end of the tongue, id. 11, 37, 65, § 172:

primā statim nocte,

at the beginning of the night, Col. 10, 190:

sol,

i. e. the rising sun, Verg. A. 6, 255:

luna,

i. e. the new moon, Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—With quisque, the first possible, the very first:

primo quoque tempore,

at the very first opportunity, Cic. Fam. 13, 57, 1:

primo quoque die,

id. Phil. 8, 11, 33:

me tibi primum quidque concedente,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 49:

fluit voluptas et prima quaeque avolat,

id. Fin. 2, 32, 106.— Subst.: prīma, ōrum, n., the first part, the beginning:

quod bellum, si prima satis prospera fuissent,

Liv. 8, 3.—Of the first principles or elements of things, Lucr. 4, 186:

prima consiliorum (for prima consilia),

Tac. H. 2, 11: a primo, from the beginning, at first:

multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139; Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 14; 4, 3, 37:

in illā pro Ctesiphonte oratione submissius a primo: deinde pressius,

Cic. Or. 8, 26:

suam vim retinere a primo ad extremum,

id. Fin. 4, 13, 32:

hoc a primo cogitavit,

id. Att. 8, 11, 2; id. Phil. 2, 30, 75 Halm ad loc.:

id a primo rectissime dicitur,

id. Fin. 3, 9, 32 Madv. ad loc.: in primo, in front, before, in the beginning, first:

equites in primo late ire jubet,

in the van, Sall. J. 68, 4:

qui numerus in primo viget, jacet in extremo,

Cic. Or. 64, 215. —

First in rank or station, chief, principal, most excellent, eminent, distinguished, noble (cf.:

princeps, primores): evocat ad se Massiliensium quindecim primos,

Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

sui municipii facile primus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

homo,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37:

primis urbis placuisse,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 23:

juvenum primi,

Verg. A. 9, 785:

est genus hominum, qui esse primos se omnium rerum volunt Nec sunt,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 17:

quia sum apud te primus,

I am the first in your favor, id. ib. 1, 2, 10:

primus humani generis,

Sil. 17, 255:

urbem Italiae primam,

Petr. 116:

praedium,

Cato, R. R. 1:

suavia prima habere,

to give the first place to, think the most of, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 9:

otium atque divitiae, quae prima mortales putant,

Sall. C. 36, 4:

cura,

a chief part, Plin. 5, 25, 21, § 88.—Also, most conspicuous, chief, in a bad sense:

peccatores, quorum primus ego sum,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 1, 15:

primas partes, or primas agere,

to play the first part, to occupy the first rank, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:

primas in causis agebat Hortensius,

Cic. Brut. 90, 308; 47: primas dare, to give the first place, ascribe the greatest importance to a thing:

actioni primas dedisse Demosthenes dicitur, cum rogaretur, quid in dicendo esset primum: huic secundas, huic tertias,

Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: primas deferre, to transfer the first or principal part:

amoris erga me tibi primas defero,

i. e. I assign to you the first rank among those who love me, id. Att. 1, 17, 5: primas concedere, to yield the first place:

si Allienus tibi primas in dicendo partes concesserit,

id. Div. in Caecil. 15, 49:

primas tenere,

to play the first part, be the best, id. Brut. 95, 327: cum primis, and in primis (also written in one word, impri-mis), with or among the first, chiefly, especially, principally, particularly:

homo domi suae cum primis locuples,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 69:

in primis lautus eques,

Nep. Att. 13, 1:

oppidum in primis Siciliae clarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 86:

homo in primis improbissimus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 27, §

68: vir magnus in primis,

id. N. D. 1, 43, 120:

in primis hoc a se animadversum esse dicebat,

id. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

in primis nobis sermo de te fuit,

id. Att. 5, 1, 3:

in primis... dein,

first, in the first place, Sall. J. 26, 3. —Hence, adv., primo and primum; also, ante- and post-class. and very rare, prime and primiter (the form primo is usually limited to that which is strictly first in time; primum in enumerations of contemporary facts, things, or arguments, where the order is at the speaker's choice; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 920 sq.).

prīmō, at first, at the beginning, first, firstly.

In gen.:

aedes primo ruere rebamur,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 42:

neque credebam primo mihimet Sosiae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 50; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

primo non accredidit,

Nep. Dat. 3, 4:

Themistocles solus primo profectus est,

id. Them. 6, 5:

contemptus est primo a tyrannis,

id. Thras. 2, 2; id. Ham. 2, 2.—

With dein, deinde, inde, post, postea, mox, denique, nunc:

primo Stoicorum more agamus, deinde nostro instituto vagabimur,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

primo pecuniae, dein imperii cupido crevit,

Sall. C. 10, 3:

primo... deinde... tum... tum,

Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

primo... deinde,

Liv. 1, 27; Curt. 3, 12, 6; 4, 16, 21; 9, 10, 11:

primo abstinentiā utendum: deinde danda, etc.,

Cels. 5, 26, 34:

primo... inde,... hinc,

Liv. 30, 11, 6:

haec primo paulatim crescere: post, etc.,

Sall. C. 10, 6:

dissuadente primo Vercingetorige, post concedente,

Caes. B. G. 7, 15:

primo... postea... postremo, etc.,

Liv. 26, 39:

primo... mox,

id. 1, 50:

primo... mox deinde,

Just. 1, 3:

primo negitare, denique saepius fatigatus, etc.,

Sall. J. 111, 2:

neque illi credebam primo, nunc vero palam est,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 91.—

(Mostly post-Aug. for primum.) With iterum, rursus, secundo:

primo... iterum,

Liv. 2, 51:

primo... rursus,

Suet. Aug. 17:

primo... secundo,

Phaedr. 4, 10, 16.—

prīmum, at first, first, in the first place, in the beginning (class.).

In enumerations, with a foll. deinde, tum:

Caesar primum suo, deinde omnium e conspectu remotis equis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

primum... deinde... deinde,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58, § 143:

primum... deinde... tum... postremo,

id. N. D. 2, 1, 3:

primum... deinde... praeterea... postremo,

id. Div. 2, 56, 116:

primum... tum... deinde... post... tum... deinde....,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 65; id. Font. 14, 31; cf.:

primum... secundo loco... deinde... tum,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 35; id. Inv. 2, 27, 79; Curt. 3, 6, 16; 8, 10, 9; Liv. 1, 28; Nep. Them. 2, 3; id. Epam. 1, 3:

primum... subinde,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 15:

primum... mox,

id. ib. 2, 2, 93.—

Without other adverbs.

In gen.:

quaerenda pecunia primum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 53:

te Quicumque primum Produxit,

id. C. 2, 13, 2; id. S. 2, 3, 41.—

Strengthened with omnium, first of all, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 13:

primum omnium ego ipse vigilo,

Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 19.—

With ut, ubi, simulac, cum.

Ut primum, ubi primum, simul ac primum, cum primum, as soon as ever, as soon as:

ut primum potestas data est augendae dignitatis tuae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 10, 13, 1:

ubi primum potuit, istum reliquit,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48:

simul ac primum niti possunt, etc.,

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

tum affuerat, cum primum dati sunt judices,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 57.—

Nunc primum, now first, now for the first time (cf.: nunc demum, now at last):

post illa nunc primum audio, Quid illo sit factum,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 33.—

With dum (also by Plaut. joined in one word, pri-mumdum), in the first place, first (anteclass.):

primum dum, si falso insimulas, etc. Iterum si id verum est, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 26:

omnium primumdum haed aedes jam face occlusae sicut,

id. Most. 2, 1, 53; 1, 2, 39; id. Capt. 1, 2, 57:

primum dum omnium male dictitatur tibi vulgo in sermonibus,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 61.—

With adv. or other expression of time, for the first time:

hodie primum ire in ganeum,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 37:

quo die primum convocati su mus,

Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 30.—

prīmē, es pecially: fabula prime proba, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 188 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 603 P.—

prīmĭter, at first, first of all (ante- and post-class.): eripis primiter dapes, Pompon. ap. Non. 154, 26; Inscr. (of the beginning of the third century of Christ) Lab. Epigr. Lat. Scop. in Egitto.

prīmus, a, um, adj. sup. [obsol. prep. pri (prei); whence also prior, priscus; cf.: privus, privo, etc., and v. pro], the first, first (properly only when three or more are referred to. The first, as opp. to the second, is prior;

but primus is rarely used for prior,

Cic. Sest. 19, 44 al.).

In gen.:

qui primus vulnus dicitur obligavisse,

Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57:

primus sentio mala nostra: primus rescisco omnia: Primus porro obnuntio,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 7:

verum primum: verum igitur et extremum,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 27:

primae litterae,

id. Att. 9, 6, 5:

primus inter homines nobilissimos,

id. Sest. 3, 6:

primi ex omnibus philosophis,

id. Fin. 4, 7, 17:

primus Graeciae in Thraciam introiit,

Nep. Alcib. 7, 4:

primus de mille fuisses,

Ov. H. 17, 105:

in primis,

among the first, in the foremost ranks, Nep. Paus. 5, 3:

in primis stetit,

id. Epam. 10, 3:

in primis pugnantes,

Sall. C. 60, 6: leonem primus, aut in primis ferire, id. J. 6, 1: utque pedum primis infans vestigia plantis institerat (= ut primum, etc., poet.), Verg. A. 11, 573:

primus post eos quos poëtae tradiderunt movisse aliqua circa rhetoricen Empedocles dicitur (= secundus or proximus ab iis),

Quint. 3, 1, 8.—

In partic.

In time or place, first, fore, foremost, the first part; sometimes to be translated, the end, extremity, etc.:

in primā provinciā,

at the entrance of the province, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 2:

digitus,

the tip of the finger, Cat. 2, 3:

dentes,

the front teeth, Plin. 19, 2, 11, § 35:

ranis prima lingua cohaeret,

the end of the tongue, id. 11, 37, 65, § 172:

primā statim nocte,

at the beginning of the night, Col. 10, 190:

sol,

i. e. the rising sun, Verg. A. 6, 255:

luna,

i. e. the new moon, Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—With quisque, the first possible, the very first:

primo quoque tempore,

at the very first opportunity, Cic. Fam. 13, 57, 1:

primo quoque die,

id. Phil. 8, 11, 33:

me tibi primum quidque concedente,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 49:

fluit voluptas et prima quaeque avolat,

id. Fin. 2, 32, 106.— Subst.: prīma, ōrum, n., the first part, the beginning:

quod bellum, si prima satis prospera fuissent,

Liv. 8, 3.—Of the first principles or elements of things, Lucr. 4, 186:

prima consiliorum (for prima consilia),

Tac. H. 2, 11: a primo, from the beginning, at first:

multum improbiores sunt quam a primo credidi,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139; Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 14; 4, 3, 37:

in illā pro Ctesiphonte oratione submissius a primo: deinde pressius,

Cic. Or. 8, 26:

suam vim retinere a primo ad extremum,

id. Fin. 4, 13, 32:

hoc a primo cogitavit,

id. Att. 8, 11, 2; id. Phil. 2, 30, 75 Halm ad loc.:

id a primo rectissime dicitur,

id. Fin. 3, 9, 32 Madv. ad loc.: in primo, in front, before, in the beginning, first:

equites in primo late ire jubet,

in the van, Sall. J. 68, 4:

qui numerus in primo viget, jacet in extremo,

Cic. Or. 64, 215. —

First in rank or station, chief, principal, most excellent, eminent, distinguished, noble (cf.:

princeps, primores): evocat ad se Massiliensium quindecim primos,

Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

sui municipii facile primus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

homo,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37:

primis urbis placuisse,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 23:

juvenum primi,

Verg. A. 9, 785:

est genus hominum, qui esse primos se omnium rerum volunt Nec sunt,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 17:

quia sum apud te primus,

I am the first in your favor, id. ib. 1, 2, 10:

primus humani generis,

Sil. 17, 255:

urbem Italiae primam,

Petr. 116:

praedium,

Cato, R. R. 1:

suavia prima habere,

to give the first place to, think the most of, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 9:

otium atque divitiae, quae prima mortales putant,

Sall. C. 36, 4:

cura,

a chief part, Plin. 5, 25, 21, § 88.—Also, most conspicuous, chief, in a bad sense:

peccatores, quorum primus ego sum,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 1, 15:

primas partes, or primas agere,

to play the first part, to occupy the first rank, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:

primas in causis agebat Hortensius,

Cic. Brut. 90, 308; 47: primas dare, to give the first place, ascribe the greatest importance to a thing:

actioni primas dedisse Demosthenes dicitur, cum rogaretur, quid in dicendo esset primum: huic secundas, huic tertias,

Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: primas deferre, to transfer the first or principal part:

amoris erga me tibi primas defero,

i. e. I assign to you the first rank among those who love me, id. Att. 1, 17, 5: primas concedere, to yield the first place:

si Allienus tibi primas in dicendo partes concesserit,

id. Div. in Caecil. 15, 49:

primas tenere,

to play the first part, be the best, id. Brut. 95, 327: cum primis, and in primis (also written in one word, impri-mis), with or among the first, chiefly, especially, principally, particularly:

homo domi suae cum primis locuples,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 69:

in primis lautus eques,

Nep. Att. 13, 1:

oppidum in primis Siciliae clarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 86:

homo in primis improbissimus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 27, §

68: vir magnus in primis,

id. N. D. 1, 43, 120:

in primis hoc a se animadversum esse dicebat,

id. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

in primis nobis sermo de te fuit,

id. Att. 5, 1, 3:

in primis... dein,

first, in the first place, Sall. J. 26, 3. —Hence, adv., primo and primum; also, ante- and post-class. and very rare, prime and primiter (the form primo is usually limited to that which is strictly first in time; primum in enumerations of contemporary facts, things, or arguments, where the order is at the speaker's choice; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 920 sq.).

prīmō, at first, at the beginning, first, firstly.

In gen.:

aedes primo ruere rebamur,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 42:

neque credebam primo mihimet Sosiae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 50; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

primo non accredidit,

Nep. Dat. 3, 4:

Themistocles solus primo profectus est,

id. Them. 6, 5:

contemptus est primo a tyrannis,

id. Thras. 2, 2; id. Ham. 2, 2.—

With dein, deinde, inde, post, postea, mox, denique, nunc:

primo Stoicorum more agamus, deinde nostro instituto vagabimur,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

primo pecuniae, dein imperii cupido crevit,

Sall. C. 10, 3:

primo... deinde... tum... tum,

Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

primo... deinde,

Liv. 1, 27; Curt. 3, 12, 6; 4, 16, 21; 9, 10, 11:

primo abstinentiā utendum: deinde danda, etc.,

Cels. 5, 26, 34:

primo... inde,... hinc,

Liv. 30, 11, 6:

haec primo paulatim crescere: post, etc.,

Sall. C. 10, 6:

dissuadente primo Vercingetorige, post concedente,

Caes. B. G. 7, 15:

primo... postea... postremo, etc.,

Liv. 26, 39:

primo... mox,

id. 1, 50:

primo... mox deinde,

Just. 1, 3:

primo negitare, denique saepius fatigatus, etc.,

Sall. J. 111, 2:

neque illi credebam primo, nunc vero palam est,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 91.—

(Mostly post-Aug. for primum.) With iterum, rursus, secundo:

primo... iterum,

Liv. 2, 51:

primo... rursus,

Suet. Aug. 17:

primo... secundo,

Phaedr. 4, 10, 16.—

prīmum, at first, first, in the first place, in the beginning (class.).

In enumerations, with a foll. deinde, tum:

Caesar primum suo, deinde omnium e conspectu remotis equis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

primum... deinde... deinde,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58, § 143:

primum... deinde... tum... postremo,

id. N. D. 2, 1, 3:

primum... deinde... praeterea... postremo,

id. Div. 2, 56, 116:

primum... tum... deinde... post... tum... deinde....,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 65; id. Font. 14, 31; cf.:

primum... secundo loco... deinde... tum,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 35; id. Inv. 2, 27, 79; Curt. 3, 6, 16; 8, 10, 9; Liv. 1, 28; Nep. Them. 2, 3; id. Epam. 1, 3:

primum... subinde,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 15:

primum... mox,

id. ib. 2, 2, 93.—

Without other adverbs.

In gen.:

quaerenda pecunia primum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 53:

te Quicumque primum Produxit,

id. C. 2, 13, 2; id. S. 2, 3, 41.—

Strengthened with omnium, first of all, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 13:

primum omnium ego ipse vigilo,

Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 19.—

With ut, ubi, simulac, cum.

Ut primum, ubi primum, simul ac primum, cum primum, as soon as ever, as soon as:

ut primum potestas data est augendae dignitatis tuae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 10, 13, 1:

ubi primum potuit, istum reliquit,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48:

simul ac primum niti possunt, etc.,

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

tum affuerat, cum primum dati sunt judices,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 57.—

Nunc primum, now first, now for the first time (cf.: nunc demum, now at last):

post illa nunc primum audio, Quid illo sit factum,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 33.—

With dum (also by Plaut. joined in one word, pri-mumdum), in the first place, first (anteclass.):

primum dum, si falso insimulas, etc. Iterum si id verum est, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 26:

omnium primumdum haed aedes jam face occlusae sicut,

id. Most. 2, 1, 53; 1, 2, 39; id. Capt. 1, 2, 57:

primum dum omnium male dictitatur tibi vulgo in sermonibus,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 61.—

With adv. or other expression of time, for the first time:

hodie primum ire in ganeum,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 37:

quo die primum convocati su mus,

Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 30.—

prīmē, es pecially: fabula prime proba, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 188 P.; cf. Prisc. p. 603 P.—

prīmĭter, at first, first of all (ante- and post-class.): eripis primiter dapes, Pompon. ap. Non. 154, 26; Inscr. (of the beginning of the third century of Christ) Lab. Epigr. Lat. Scop. in Egitto.

pulso, āvi, ātum ( inf. parag. pulsarier, Lucr. 4, 931), 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to push, strike, beat (cf.: tundo, ferio, pello).

Lit.:

cum pulsetur agiteturque incursione atomorum sempiternā,

Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114:

semine in pila pulsato,

Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 158:

lictores ad pulsandos verberandosque homines exercitatissimi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf.:

pulsari alios et verberari,

id. ib. 2, 3, 26, §

66: pulsatus parens,

Verg. A. 6, 609:

legatos pulsasse dicebantur,

Liv. 38, 42; Tac. H. 4, 45:

ubi tu pulsas, ego vapulo tantum,

Juv. 3, 289:

ostium,

to knock, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 7:

ostia,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 10; cf.

ostiatim,

Quint. 5, 10, 122:

fores,

Ov. M. 5, 448; so,

pulso alone: pulsate, et aperietur vobis,

Vulg. Matt. 7, 7:

humum ter pede,

to stamp upon the ground, Ov. F. 6, 330:

gyrum pulsat equis,

Prop. 4, 13, 11; cf.:

tellurem pede libero,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 1:

prata choreis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 381.—Of military engines:

ariete muros,

Verg. A. 12, 706:

ariete turres,

Sil. 16, 696:

moenia Romae,

id. 6, 643:

cuspide portas,

id. 12, 565:

pulsabant turrim ariete,

Amm. 20, 11, 21:

moenia Leptitana,

id. 28, 6, 15.—Of musical instruments:

chordas digitis et pectine eburno,

to strike, play upon, Verg. A. 6, 647:

chelyn,

Val. Fl. 1, 139:

pectine nervos,

Sil. 5, 463:

cymbala,

Juv. 9, 62.—Of things:

pulsant arva ligones,

Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31; id. M. 11, 529:

nervo pulsante sagittae,

Verg. G. 4, 313.—

Transf., to strike against, to strike, touch any thing ( poet.):

ipse arduus altaque pulsat Sidera,

Verg. A. 3, 619; 10, 216; Sil. 9, 450:

vasto qui vertice nubila pulsat,

Val. Fl. 4, 149.—Of abstract subjects:

ululatus pulsat aures,

Claud. B. Get. 625.—

Trop.

In gen., to urge or drive on, to impel, to set in violent motion, to move, agitate, disturb, disquiet:

dormientium animos,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120:

multa in unum locum confluunt, quae meum pectus pulsant,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 3:

quae te vecordia pulsat,

Ov. M. 12, 228:

corda pavor pulsans,

Verg. G, 3, 105; cf.:

curru Phoebe medium pulsabat Olympum,

id. A. 10, 216:

variā meritos formidine pulsant,

Val. Fl. 3, 390:

urbes rumoribus,

to disturb, Petr. p. 679:

invidia pulsat pectus,

Sen. Agam. 134:

aliquem querelis,

Stat. Th. 8, 249; cf.: astra querelis, Claud. in Eutr. 2, prooem. §

51: superos vocibus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1671.—

In partic.

To attack before a tribunal, i. e. to arraign, accuse:

ex contractu ejus obligatus, pro quo pulsabatur,

Dig. 11, 1, 11:

non imponitur necessitas aliis pulsantibus respondere,

ib. 5, 1, 2 med. —

Transf., in gen., to accuse, defame:

pulsari crimine falso,

Claud. B. Gild. 170:

injusta Tartara,

to accuse, charge, Stat. S. 5, 5, 77:

apud principis aures existimationem viri fortis invidiā gravi pulsarent,

Amm. 18, 4, 4.—

To drive away, remove, put out of the way, Dig. 19, 2, 15, § 1:

pericula,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 465.—

To injure, insult:

pulsatos infecto foedere divos,

Verg. A. 12, 286:

pulsatae majestatis imperii reus,

of treason, Amm. 14, 7, 7.

quaestĭo, ōnis, f. [quaero], a seeking.

In gen. (Plautin.):

cave, fuas mi in quaestione,

lest you suffer yourself to be to seek, lest I have to look after you, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 52:

tibi ne in quaestione essemus,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 3; id. Ps. 2, 2, 68.—

In partic., an inquiry, investigation, a questioning, question, subject of inquiry:

quaestio est appetitio cognitionis, quaestionisque finis inventio,

Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 26; 2, 36, 115:

quae veri simillima (sententia sit), magna quaestio est,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23; id. Fin. 2, 11, 34:

rem in disceptationem quaestionemque vocare,

to investigate, id. de Or. 3, 32, 129:

res in quaestione versatur,

is under investigation, id. Clu. 58, 159:

de moribus ultima fiet quaestio,

Juv. 3, 141:

res in quaestionem venit,

comes under investigation, Quint. 5, 14, 16:

modo aliquam quaestionem poëticam ei proponeret,

Nep. Att. 20, 2; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 19 fin.; Sen. Ben. 5, 8, 6; id. Ep. 48, 1; Suet. Tib. 56:

quaestionem instituere,

to institute an investigation, Quint. 7, 1, 6:

quaestionem solvere,

Sen. Ep. 48, 11; Quint. 5, 10, 26.—

A public judicial investigation, examination by torture, a criminal inquiry, inquisition; the crime is usu. constr. with de:

cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset,

instituted a trial for assassination, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

verberibus ac tormentis quaestionem habuit pecuniae publicae,

id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

quaestionem mortis paternae de servis paternis habere,

id. Rosc. Am. 28, 78:

quaestionem fugitare,

id. ib. 28, 78:

servos in quaestionem polliceri,

id. ib. 28, 77:

quaestionem ferre in aliquem,

to appoint, institute, make a motion for, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

habere ex aliquo,

Liv. 33, 28:

facere alicui,

against any one, Dig. 34, 3, 20:

quaestionem de furto constituere,

Cic. Clu. 64, 181:

quaestionem instituere de morte alicujus,

id. ib. 64, 181:

quaestionem de morte viri habere,

id. ib. 65, 182;

63, 176: quaestionem habere de servis in caput filii,

id. ib. 63, 176:

ad quaestionem abripi,

to examination by torture, id. ib. 33, 89:

alicui servum in quaestionem ferre,

id. ib. 64, 181:

postulare servum in quaestionem,

id. ib. 64, 181:

quaestiones severius exercere,

Liv. 9, 34:

quaestioni praeesse,

to conduct a trial as judge, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 11: quaestiones perpetuae, the inquisitions concerning certain crimes (repetundarum, majestatis, de falso, de sicariis, de injuriis, etc.), conducted annually, after 605 A. U. C., by a standing commission, and presided over by the prætor, Cic. Brut. 27, 106:

judex quaestionis,

the director of the criminal court under the presidency of the prætor, id. Clu. 54, 148; 33, 89; id. Brut. 76, 264:

quaestiones extraordinariae,

trials out of the common course, held under a special commission, Liv. 39, 14; so,

quaestio nova,

Cic. Mil. 5, 13:

A QVAESTIONIBVS,

an attendant in examinations, a torturer, inquisitor, Inscr. Grut. 545, 6; 560, 1. —

Transf.

The court, the judges:

dimittere eo tempore quaestionem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74:

totam quaestionem a severitate ad clementiam transtulit,

Val. Max. 8, 1, 6.—

The subject of investigation, the matter, case, question:

perdifficilis et perobscura quaestio est de naturā deorum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 1:

dividere totam de dis immortalibus quaestionem in partis quattuor,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

quaestio proposita,

Quint. 9, 2, 39.—

In partic., in rhet.

The rhetorical subject of debate: quaestionum duo sunt genera: alterum infinitum, alterum definitum. Definitum est, quod hupothesin Graeci, nos causam: infinitum, quod thesin illi appellant, nos propositum possumus nominare, Cic. Top. 21, 79. —

The main point in a disputed matter, the issue in a cause: quaestio est quae ex conflictione causarum gignitur controversia, hoc modo: Non jure fecisti: jure feci. Causarum autem haec est conflictio, in quā constitutio constat;

ex eā igitur nascitur controversia, quam quaestionem dicimus, hoc modo: jurene fecerit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18; cf. id. ib. 1, 6, 8.—

A question, a disputed point, quaestio est, it is doubtful, may be disputed:

sapientia efficit sapientis sola per se: beatos efficiat necne sola per se quaestio est,

Cic. Top. 15, 60; id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29; id. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

quaestio est, an, etc.,

Quint. 7, 3, 22; cf.:

nulla quaestio est,

Aug. Retract. 1, 19, 6; cf.

also: in quaestione est,

Plin. 11, 17, 18, § 57; 10, 22, 27, § 52:

quaestionis est immensae,

id. 7, 28, 29, § 101; 28, 2, 3, § 10.

quis, quid (old nom. plur. QVES, S. C. Bacch.), pron. interrog. [Sanscr. kis, in nakis = nemo; Gr. tis], who? which? what? what man? (while qui, quae, quod, interrog. is used adject.; for exceptions, v. qui and infra.—Quis is properly used only of more than two; uter, which of two? v. infra).

Masc. and fem. quis; lit.,

As subst., in a direct question.

Of males:

unde es? cujus es?

whose are you? to whom do you belong? Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 44: Da. Quis homo est? Pa. Ego sum Pamphilus, who is there? Ter. And. 5, 6, 1:

quis clarior in Graeciā Themistocle? quis potentior?

Cic. Lael. 12, 42; id. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

quis Dionem doctrinis omnibus expolivit? non Plato?

id. ib. 3, 34, 139.—

Quis, of females, as subst. and adj. (ante- and post-class.): et quis illaec est, quae? etc., Enn. ap. Non. 198, 3 (Trag. v. 133 Vahl.): quis tu es mulier, quae? etc., Pac. ap. Non. 197, 33; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 60 Müll.:

quis ea est, quam? etc.,

who is she? Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 48:

quis haec est?

id. Pers. 2, 2, 18:

quis illaec est mulier, quae? etc.,

id. Ep. 4, 1, 6:

sed haec quis mulier est?

id. Truc. 1, 1, 76: quis nostrarum fuit, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23: quis haec est simia? Afran. ap. Charis. 1, p. 84.—

As adj.

Absol., what? i. e. what sort of a person or thing? quis videor? Cha. Miser aeque atque ego, in what state or condition do I seem? what do you think of me now? Ter. And. 4, 2, 19:

quis ego sum? aut quae in me est facultas?

Cic. Lael. 5, 17. —

With nouns.

With words denoting a person (class.):

quis eum senator appellavit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 12:

quis gracilis puer,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 1.—

In gen. (in Cic. only before a vowel, for qui):

quis color,

Verg. G. 2, 178:

quisve locus,

Liv. 5, 40:

quod caedis initium? quis finis?

Tac. A. 1, 48:

quis esset tantus fructus?

Cic. Lael. 6, 22. —

In neutr.

Lit.

In simple constr.:

quid dicam de moribus facillimis,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

quid est judicium corrumpere, si hoc non est?

what is bribing the court, if this be not? id. Verr. 1, 10, 28:

quid ais? quid tibi nomen est?

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 208.—

With gen. partit., what? i. e. what sort of? what kind of a? quid mulieris Uxorem habes? what sort of a woman have you for a wife? Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 21:

quid illuc est hominum secundum litus?

what is that knot of people? Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 60:

quid caelati argenti, quid stragulae vestis, quid pictarum tabularum... apud illum putatis esse?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133; cf.

esp.: hoc enim, quis homo sit, ostendere est, non quid homo sit, dicere,

i. e. to point out an individual, not to define a class, Gell. 4, 1, 12.—

Esp. in phrase quid dico? what do I say? in correcting or strengthening the speaker's own expression:

Romae a. d. XIIII. Kal. volumus esse. Quid dico? Volumus? Immo vero cogimur,

Cic. Att. 4, 13, 1; id. Fam. 5, 15, 2; id. Mil. 28, 76; id. de Or. 2, 90, 365; id. Lig. 9, 26.—

Transf.

Quid? how? why? wherefore? quid? tu me hoc tibi mandasse existimas, ut? etc., Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

quid hoc?

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 25:

quid? eundem nonne destituisti?

id. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

eloquere, quid venisti?

why? wherefore? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 221:

sed quid ego argumentor? quid plura disputo?

Cic. Mil. 16, 44. —

In quid? wherefore? for what? Sen. Ben. 4, 13, 3. —

Quid, with particles:

quid, quod?

what shall be said to this, that? how is it that? and furthermore, moreover, Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Off. 3, 25, 94; id. Ac. 2, 29, 95 et saep.:

quid ita?

why so? id. N. D. 1, 35, 99: quid ni, also in one word, quidni? why not? (in rhet. questions, while cur non expects an answer); always with subj., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 34; Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 73; Sen. Tranq. 9, 3; id. Ira, 1, 6, 1; cf.

separated: quid ego ni teneam?

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 57; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 28;

and pleonastically: quid ni non,

Sen. Ep. 52: quid si? how if? Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

quid si illud addimus,

Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

quid tum?

what then? how then? id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26; Verg. A. 4, 543; id. E. 10, 38; Hor. S. 2, 3, 230:

quid ergo, ironically,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 14:

quid enim,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 62; Liv. 20, 9.—

In indirect discourse:

quis sim, ex eo quem ad te misi, cognosces,

Sall. C. 44, 5:

rogitat quis vir esset,

Liv. 1, 7, 9:

videbis, quid et quo modo,

Cic. Att. 11, 21, 1: quis quem, who... whom? who... the other? considera, quis quem fraudasse dicatur, who is said to have defrauded whom? id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21:

quos autem numeros cum quibus misceri oporteat, nunc dicendum est,

what... with what? id. Or. 58, 196:

notatum in sermone, quid quo modo caderet,

Quint. 1, 6, 16. — Quid with gen.:

exponam vobis breviter, quid hominis sit,

what sort of a man he is, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:

sciturum, quid ejus sit,

what there is in it, how much of it may be true, id. Att. 16, 4, 3.— Rarely for uter, which of two, whether:

incerti quae pars sequenda esset,

Liv. 21, 39, 6:

proelia de occupando ponte crebra erant, nec qui potirentur, satis discerni poterat,

id. 7, 9, 7:

ut dii legerent, qui nomen novae urbi daret,

id. 1, 6, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; id. 1, 24, 3; 9, 45, 8; 10, 12, 5; cf.: validior per Germaniam exercitus, propior aput Pannoniam;

quos igitur anteferret?

Tac. A. 1, 47.

quis, quid, pron. indef.

As subst.

Alone, any one, any body, any thing; some one, somebody, something:

aperite, heus! Simoni me adesse, quis nunciate,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 37:

simplicior quis, et est, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 63:

quantum quis damni professus erat,

Tac. A. 2, 26:

quanto quis clarior,

id. H. 3, 58:

injuriam cui facere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 71.—

In connection with si, ne, nisi, cum:

si te in judicium quis adducat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:

ne cui falso assentiamur,

id. Fin. 3, 21, 72:

si tecum agas quid,

id. Off. 1, 2, 4:

si quid in te peccavi ignosce,

id. Att. 3, 15, 4:

si quis quid de re publicā rumore acceperit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 20:

si quo usui esse posset,

Liv. 40, 26, 8:

ne quid nimis,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 34:

nisi quid existimas, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2:

neve quis invitam cogeret esse suam,

Prop. 1, 3, 30:

cum quid,

Col. 4, 25.—

As adj.:

jam quis forsitan hostis Haesura in nostro tela gerit latere,

Tib. 1, 10, 13.

quīs, for quibus, v. quis and qui.

signātor, ōris, m. [id.].

A sealer, signer.

One who attests a will by sealing it, a witness to a will (mostly postAug.;

not in Cic.): ex illis testes signatoresque falsos commodare,

Sall. C. 16, 2:

signator falso,

a forger, Juv. 1, 67; Suet. Aug. 33; id. Tib. 23; Val. Max. 7, 7, 2; Dig. 18, 3, 8; Vulg. 2, Esd. 10, 1.—

One who affixes his seal as witness to a marriage-contract, a witness to a marriage, Juv. 10, 336. —

One who stamps money, a coiner, Inscr. Grut. 1066, 5; 1070, 1; Inscr. Orell. 3229.

stella, ae, f. [for sterula; cf. Sanscr. staras; cf. Gr. astêr; Germ. Stern; Engl. star; perh. root ster- of sterno; Gr. storennumi].

Lit., a star (whereas sidus denotes a group of stars, a constellation; v. sidus; cf.

also astrum): ignes, quae sidera et stellas vocatis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

sunt stellae naturā flammeae,

id. N. D. 2, 46, 118: o magna templa caelitum commixta stellis splendidis Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.); cf.: caelum stellis fulgentibus aptum, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.); Lucr. 6, 357:

stellae in radiis solis (non cernuntur),

Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 71:

maxime sunt admirabiles motus earum quinque stellarum, quae falso vocantur errantes,

i. e. planets, id. N. D. 2, 20, 51; so,

errantes,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; id. N. D. 1, 13, 34 (but cf. inerrantes, fixed stars, id. ib. 3, 20, 51):

stella comans,

i. e. a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749; cf. id. ib. 15, 850:

dum caelum stellas vehat,

Tib. 1, 4, 66:

simul alba nautis Stella refulsit,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 28:

jam stellarum sublime coëgerat agmen Lucifer,

Ov. M. 11, 97: usque ad diurnam stellam, Lucifer, i. e. till daybreak, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 64.—Prov., of an impossibility:

Terra feret stellas,

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 3.— Poet., sometimes for sidus, a constellation:

Saturni,

Verg. G. 1, 336:

Coronae,

id. ib. 1, 222:

vesani Leonis,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 19:

Icarii stella proterva canis,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 4:

stella miluus,

id. F. 3, 793; 5, 112.—Of the sun:

stella serena,

Ov. F. 6, 718.—

Esp., a meteor, shooting-star:

saepe stellas videbis Praecipites caelo labi,

Verg. G. 1, 365:

de caelo lapsa per umbras Stella,

id. A. 2, 694; Lucr. 2, 208:

discursus stellarum,

Plin. 2, 36, 36, § 100; cf.:

discurrere eae (stellae) videntur,

id. 18, 35, 80, § 351:

videmus ergo stellarum longos a tergo albescere tractus. Hae velut stellae exsiliunt, etc.,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 14, 2 sq. —

Transf., of things resembling a star.

A figure of a star:

vitis in stellam dividatur... refert jugum in stellam decussari, etc.,

Col. 4, 17, 4 sq.; 4, 26, 3; cf. id. 3, 13, 13: Plin. 18, 10, 23, § 97:

chlamys distincta aureis stellis,

Suet. Ner. 25.—

A bright point on a precious stone, Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 96; 37, 9, 51, § 134; 37, 10, 67, § 182.—

A starfish, Plin. 9, 60, 86, § 183; 32, 11, 53, § 151:

marina,

Veg. Vet. 4 (6), 12, 3.—

A glowworm, Plin. 18, 27, 67, § 251.—

The pupil of the eye, Claud. Idyll. 1, 36.

sup-pōno ( subp-), pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 ( perf. supposivi, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 9:

supposivit,

id. ib. 4, 3, 30; part. sync. supposta, Verg. A. 6, 24; Sil. 3, 90), v. a., to put, place, or set under (freq. and class.; cf.: submitto, subicio).

Lit.

In gen.:

anatum ova gallinis saepe supponimus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 9; Col. 8, 5, 4:

(orat) sub cratim uti jubeas sese supponi,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 65:

caput et stomachum supponere fontibus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 8:

cervicem polo,

Ov. F. 5, 180:

colla oneri,

id. R. Am. 171:

tauros jugo,

to yoke, id. M. 7, 118:

olivam prelo,

Col. 12, 49, 9:

tectis agrestibus ignem,

Ov. F. 4, 803:

Massica caelo vina sereno,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 51:

agresti fano pecus,

to place under, to drive under cover of, Ov. F. 4, 756:

aliquem tumulo (terrae, humo, etc.),

i. e. to bury, id. Tr. 3, 3, 68; id. Ib. 153; id. Am. 3, 9, 48:

terrae dentes,

i. e. to sow, id. M. 3, 102:

falcem maturis aristis,

to apply, Verg. G. 1, 348: cultros, to apply (to the throat of cattle to be slaughtered), id. A. 6, 248; id. G. 3, 492:

incedis per ignes Suppositos cineri doloso,

hidden under, Hor. C. 2, 1, 8:

his igitur rebus subjectis suppositisque,

i. e. under the earth, Lucr. 6, 543:

nil ita sublime est... Non sit ut inferius suppositumque deo,

subjected, subject, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 48.—

In partic.

To put in the place of another, to substitute for another person or thing (syn. substituo):

meliorem, quam ego sum, suppono tibi,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 6:

aliquem in alicujus locum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72; 2, 5, 30, § 78:

in quarum (mulierum) locum juvenes,

Just. 7, 3, 6:

se reum criminibus illis pro rege,

Cic. Deiot. 15, 42:

stannum et aurichalcum pro auro et argento,

Suet. Vit. 5 fin.:

operae nostrae vicaria fides amicorum supponitur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111.—

To substitute falsely or fraudulently, to falsify, forge, counterfeit:

(puella) herae meae supposita est parva,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 49; so,

puerum, puellam,

id. ib. 2, 3, 11; id. Truc. 1, 1, 71; 2, 4, 50; 4, 3, 30; Ter. Eun. prol. 39; 5, 3, 3; Liv. 3, 44, 9 al.:

qui suppositā personā falsum testamentum obsignandum curaverit,

Cic. Clu. 44, 125:

testamenta falsa supponere,

id. Leg. 1, 16, 43; so,

testamenta,

id. Par. 6, 1, 43: quos (equos) daedala Circe Suppositā de matre nothos furata creavit, substituted deceptively, spurious (because mortal), Verg. A. 7, 283:

trepidat, ne suppositus venias, ac falso nomine poscas,

Juv. 1, 98.—

To place as a pledge, hypothecate, Dig. 27, 9 lemm. —

Trop.

In gen., to add, annex, subjoin (syn. subjungo):

huic generi Hermagoras partes quattuor supposuit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; 1, 6, 8:

exemplum epistolae,

id. Att. 8, 6, 3:

rationem,

id. Inv. 2, 23, 70; 2, 21, 63. —

In partic.

Pregn., to make subject, to subject, submit:

aethera ingenio suo,

Ov. F. 1, 306:

me tibi supposui,

Pers. 5, 36.—

To set beneath, to esteem less:

Latio supposuisse Samon,

Ov. F. 6, 48.

sup-pōno ( subp-), pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 ( perf. supposivi, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 9:

supposivit,

id. ib. 4, 3, 30; part. sync. supposta, Verg. A. 6, 24; Sil. 3, 90), v. a., to put, place, or set under (freq. and class.; cf.: submitto, subicio).

Lit.

In gen.:

anatum ova gallinis saepe supponimus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 9; Col. 8, 5, 4:

(orat) sub cratim uti jubeas sese supponi,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 65:

caput et stomachum supponere fontibus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 8:

cervicem polo,

Ov. F. 5, 180:

colla oneri,

id. R. Am. 171:

tauros jugo,

to yoke, id. M. 7, 118:

olivam prelo,

Col. 12, 49, 9:

tectis agrestibus ignem,

Ov. F. 4, 803:

Massica caelo vina sereno,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 51:

agresti fano pecus,

to place under, to drive under cover of, Ov. F. 4, 756:

aliquem tumulo (terrae, humo, etc.),

i. e. to bury, id. Tr. 3, 3, 68; id. Ib. 153; id. Am. 3, 9, 48:

terrae dentes,

i. e. to sow, id. M. 3, 102:

falcem maturis aristis,

to apply, Verg. G. 1, 348: cultros, to apply (to the throat of cattle to be slaughtered), id. A. 6, 248; id. G. 3, 492:

incedis per ignes Suppositos cineri doloso,

hidden under, Hor. C. 2, 1, 8:

his igitur rebus subjectis suppositisque,

i. e. under the earth, Lucr. 6, 543:

nil ita sublime est... Non sit ut inferius suppositumque deo,

subjected, subject, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 48.—

In partic.

To put in the place of another, to substitute for another person or thing (syn. substituo):

meliorem, quam ego sum, suppono tibi,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 6:

aliquem in alicujus locum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72; 2, 5, 30, § 78:

in quarum (mulierum) locum juvenes,

Just. 7, 3, 6:

se reum criminibus illis pro rege,

Cic. Deiot. 15, 42:

stannum et aurichalcum pro auro et argento,

Suet. Vit. 5 fin.:

operae nostrae vicaria fides amicorum supponitur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111.—

To substitute falsely or fraudulently, to falsify, forge, counterfeit:

(puella) herae meae supposita est parva,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 49; so,

puerum, puellam,

id. ib. 2, 3, 11; id. Truc. 1, 1, 71; 2, 4, 50; 4, 3, 30; Ter. Eun. prol. 39; 5, 3, 3; Liv. 3, 44, 9 al.:

qui suppositā personā falsum testamentum obsignandum curaverit,

Cic. Clu. 44, 125:

testamenta falsa supponere,

id. Leg. 1, 16, 43; so,

testamenta,

id. Par. 6, 1, 43: quos (equos) daedala Circe Suppositā de matre nothos furata creavit, substituted deceptively, spurious (because mortal), Verg. A. 7, 283:

trepidat, ne suppositus venias, ac falso nomine poscas,

Juv. 1, 98.—

To place as a pledge, hypothecate, Dig. 27, 9 lemm. —

Trop.

In gen., to add, annex, subjoin (syn. subjungo):

huic generi Hermagoras partes quattuor supposuit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; 1, 6, 8:

exemplum epistolae,

id. Att. 8, 6, 3:

rationem,

id. Inv. 2, 23, 70; 2, 21, 63. —

In partic.

Pregn., to make subject, to subject, submit:

aethera ingenio suo,

Ov. F. 1, 306:

me tibi supposui,

Pers. 5, 36.—

To set beneath, to esteem less:

Latio supposuisse Samon,

Ov. F. 6, 48.

suspĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n. [sub-specio].

To look up or upwards, to look up at a thing.

Lit.:

cum caelum suspeximus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 18, 49:

caelum,

Suet. Tit. 10:

summum de gurgite caelum,

Ov. M. 11, 506:

astra,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62:

ramos,

Ov. M. 14, 660:

pisces qui neque videntur a nobis neque ipsi nos suspicere possunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 81. — Poet.: nubes suspexit Olympus, looked up at, i. e. rose into the clouds, Luc. 6, 477: quae tuam matrem (i. e. Pleiadem) tellus a parte sinistrā Suspicit, which looks, i. e. is situated towards, Ov. M. 2, 840:

suspexit in caelum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9; 3, 2, 3.— Absol.:

nec suspicit nec circumspicit,

Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72:

formare vultus, respicientes, suspicientesque et despicientes,

Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 56.—

Trop.

In gen., to look up to a thing with the mind, to raise the thoughts up to:

nihil altum, nihil magnificum ac divinum suspicere possunt, qui, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32.—

In partic., to look up to with admiration, to admire, respect, regard, esteem, honor, etc. (opp. despicere, Sen. Vit. Beat. 25;

syn. stupeo): eos viros suspiciunt maximisque efferunt laudibus, in quibus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 36:

suspicit potentem humilis,

Vell. 2, 126, 2; Suet. Claud. 28:

eloquentiam,

Cic. Or. 28, 97:

naturam (with admirari),

id. Div. 2, 72, 148: honores praemiaque vestra, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2:

argentum et marmor vetus aeraque et artes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18.—

To look at secretly or askance; hence, by meton. (effectus pro causā), to mistrust, suspect (perh. only in participles; and most freq. in the part. perf.):

Bomilcar suspectus regi et ipse eum suspiciens,

Sall. J. 70, 1.—Hence, suspectus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to suspicio, II.), mistrusted, suspected; that excites suspicion.

Of persons, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 81:

habere aliquem falso suspectum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 43:

quo quis versutior et callidior est hoc invisior et suspectior detractā opinione probitatis,

Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

provincia de morbis,

Pall. 1, 16:

ne super tali scelere suspectum se haberet,

Sall. J. 71, 5:

in quādam causā suspectus,

Quint. 6, 3, 96:

in morte matris,

Suet. Vit. 14:

in eā (filiā),

id. Gram. 16; Tac. H. 1, 13:

suspectus societate consilii,

Vell. 2, 35, 3:

suspecti capitalium criminum,

Tac. A. 3, 60:

nimiae spei,

id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:

Licinius Proculus intimā familiaritate Othonis suspectus,

id. H. 1, 46:

aemulationis,

id. A. 13, 9:

proditionis,

Just. 5, 9, 12:

sceleris,

Curt. 6, 8, 3.—With dat.:

non clam me est, tibi me esse suspectam,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 1:

meis civibus suspectus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17; id. Quint. 4, 14:

cum filius jamjam patri suspectus esset de novercā,

id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

nomine neglegentiae suspectum esse alicui,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 1: suspectissimum quemque sibi haud cunctanter oppressit. Suet. Tit. 6.—With inf.:

suspectus consilia ejus fovisse,

Tac. H. 1, 46.—

Of things, concr. and abstr.:

(in tyrannorum vitā) omnia semper suspecta atque sollicita,

Cic. Lael, 15, 52:

(voluptas) invidiosum nomen est, infame, suspectum,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

res,

Liv. 41, 24, 17:

ut quae suspecta erant, certa videantur,

Quint. 5, 9, 10:

in suspecto loco,

i. e. uncertain, critical, dangerous, Liv. 21, 7, 7:

in eā parte consedit, quae suspecta maxime erat,

Suet. Aug. 43:

lacus Ambiguis suspectus aquis,

Ov. M. 15, 333:

metuit accipiter Suspectos laqueos,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51:

periculum,

Suet. Dom. 14:

suspectae horae (quartanae),

Sen. Ben. 6, 8, 1:

tumores,

Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 55:

aqua frigida,

id. 31, 6, 37, § 71:

promissum suspectius,

Quint. 5, 7, 14.—With dat.:

animi medicina pluribus suspecta et invisa,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 1:

suspectam facit judici causam,

Quint. 5, 13, 51.— Neutr., with subject-clause:

crudele, suos addicere amores: Non dare, suspectum,

Ov. M. 1, 618.—

Act., suspicious, distrustful:

timidi et suspecti,

Cato, Dist. 4, 44; Amm. 29, 4, 5.

suspīcĭo (in good MSS. and edd. also suspītĭo; v. Brambach s. v.; Fleckeis. in Rhein. Mus. viii. p. 225 sqq.; and so always in Plaut. and Ter. acc. to Fleck., and in Cic. acc. to B. and K.; but cf. contra Corss. Ausspr. 2, 359 sq.), ōnis. f. [1. suspicio], mistrust, distrust, suspicion.

Lit.: improborum facta primo suspitio insequitur, [p. 1821] deinde sermo atque fama, tum accusator, tum judex, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

suspitionem et culpam ut ab se segregent,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 42:

tanta nunc suspitio de me incidit,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 7: redeunti ex ipsā re mi incidit suspitio;

hem, etc.,

id. And. 2, 2, 22:

in quā re nulla subest suspitio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28:

erat porro nemo, in quem ea suspitio conveniret,

id. ib. 23, 65:

in quem ne si insidiis quidem interfectus esset, ulla caderet suspitio,

id. Att. 13, 10, 3:

suspitionem populi sensit moveri,

id. Rep. 2, 31, 54; cf. id. Fam. 2, 16, 2:

in suspitionem alicui venire,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 15; id. Fl. 33, 81; cf. Suet. Tib. 12:

in suspitionem cadere,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:

augetur Gallis suspicio,

Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

suspitionem levare atque ab se removere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

aliquem suspitione exsolvere,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 26:

omnem offensionem suspitionis de aliquo deponere,

Cic. Fam. 13, 24, 2: suspitionem falsam saeviter ferre, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5 (Trag. v. 349 Vahl.):

maligna insontem deprimit suspicio,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 36:

suspicione si quis errabit suā,

id. 3, prol. 45: audimus eum venisse in suspitionem Torquato de morte Pansae, Brut. ap. Cic. ad Brut. 1, 6, 2.— Plur.:

in amore haec omnia insunt vitia: injuriae, Suspitiones, inimicitiae,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 15:

multae causae suspitionum offensionumque dantur,

Cic. Lael. 24, 88:

cum ad has suspiciones certissimae res accederent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19:

si minus honestas suspitiones injectas diluemus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22.—

With gen. obj.:

ne in suspitione ponatur stupri,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 27 (Ussing, suspicione):

in aliquem suspitionem amoris transferre,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 52:

alicui suspitionem ficte reconciliatae gratiae dare,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 4:

in suspitionem avaritiae venire,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 14:

in suspitionem conjurationis vocari,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 10:

qui in suspitionem incidit regni appetendi,

id. Mil. 27, 72:

belli subita suspitio,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 15:

expellere aliquem suspitione cognationis,

id. Rep. 2, 31, 54:

belli suspicione interpositā,

Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

dare timoris aliquam suspicionem,

id. ib. 7, 54:

habebit enim suspicionem adulterii,

Nep. Epam. 5, 5:

ea res minime firmam suspitionem veneni habet,

excites, Cic. Clu. 62, 174.—

With subject-clause:

suspitio est mihi, nunc vos suspicarier, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 149:

jam tum erat suspitio, Dolo malo haec fieri omnia,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 8:

addit fuisse suspitionem, veneno sibi conscivisse mortem,

Cic. Brut. 11, 43; cf. with quasi:

unde nata suspicio est, quasi desciscere a patre temptasset,

Suet. Tit. 5.—

Transf., in gen.

A notion, idea, suggestion (very rare; cf.:

opinio, conjectura): deorum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 62: suspitione attingere intellegentiam aut maris aut terrae, id ib. 3, 25, 64:

suspitionem nullam habebam te rei publicae causā mare transiturum,

id. Att. 8, 11, D, 1.—

Objectively, an appearance, indication:

ne quam suspicionem infirmitatis daret,

Suet. Tib. 72:

nullā suspicione vulneris laesus,

Petr. 94 fin.:

mulsa quae suspicionem tantum possit habere dulcedinis,

Pall. Jan. 15, 8.

testĭmōnĭum, ii, n. [testor], witness, evidence, attestation, testimony (oral or written):

qui falsas lites falsis testimoniis Petunt,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 13:

testimonii dictio,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 63:

quorum egregiam fuisse virtutem testimonio Ciceronis cognoverat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 52:

testimonium in aliquem dicere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 102;

testimonium dicere de conjuratione,

id. Sull. 30, 83:

testimonium dicere contra deos,

id. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:

dicere aliquid pro testimonio,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 19; Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 101; 36, 102; id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 14:

testimonium impertire,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

Bruttiano justissimum integritatis testimonium redditum,

Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 6: licet iis testimonium reddere industriae, Quint. 11, 1, 88:

Publio tuo neque operā... neque testimonio defui,

Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 2:

legite testimonia testium vestrorum,

id. Mil. 17, 46: testimonia recitare, Hadrian. in Dig. 22, 5, 3, § 4; so,

falsi testes, falsa signa testimoniaque et indicia ex eādem officinā exibant,

Liv. 39, 8, 7:

vocare aliquem ad testimonium,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4 fin.:

citare ad testimonium,

Petr. 2:

in testimonium citare,

Macr. S. 1, 4:

ovis damnata falso testimonio,

Phaedr. 1, 17, 6.—

Transf., that which serves as proof of any thing, proof, evidence:

hoc interest inter exemplum et testimonium: exemplo demonstratur, id quod dicimus cujusmodi sit: testimonio, esse illud ita, ut nos dicimus, confirmatur,

Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5:

testimoniorum quae sunt genera? Divinum et humanum: divinum, ut oracula, ut auspicia, ut vaticinationes et responsa sacerdotum, haruspicum, conjectorum: humanum, quod spectatur ex auctoritate et ex voluntate et ex oratione aut liberā aut expressā: in quo insunt scripta, pacta, promissa, jurata, quaesita,

Cic. Part. Or. 2, 6:

dare testimonium sui judicii,

id. Leg. 3, 1, 1; so,

laudum suarum,

id. Lael. 26, 98:

laboris sui periculique afferre,

Caes. B. C. 3, 53:

ejus rei testimonium esse, quod, etc.,

id. B. G. 1, 44; cf.:

ejus rei ipsa verba formulae testimonio sunt,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:

cui rei mors indigna Palamedis testimonium dat,

Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28: quod testimonio sit, non ex verbis aptum pendere jus, sed, etc. Cic. Caecin. 18, 52:

postquam, quae voluerat, dixerat, testimonii loco librum tradidit,

Nep. Lys. 4, 3:

testimonio sunt clarissimi poëtae,

Quint. 1, 10, 10:

arca testimonii,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 22; 40, 5 et saep.