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brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).I.Lit., in space.A.In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:2.brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—Trop. of the journey of life:B.quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);C.of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):2.puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—Trop.:D.brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—Of the line of a circle:II.ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —Transf., of time.A. 1.In gen.:2.quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:mensa,
id. A. P. 198:dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—Esp.a.Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:b.brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):c.inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:d.illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:B.ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.1.Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):2.narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—Of a short syllable;C.rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—For parvus, exiguus, little, small:1.exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:2.parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.a.In gen.:b.iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—Esp.(α).In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:(β).sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—Of syllables:quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159. -
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brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).I.Lit., in space.A.In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:2.brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—Trop. of the journey of life:B.quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);C.of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):2.puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—Trop.:D.brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—Of the line of a circle:II.ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —Transf., of time.A. 1.In gen.:2.quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:mensa,
id. A. P. 198:dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—Esp.a.Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:b.brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):c.inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:d.illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:B.ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.1.Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):2.narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—Of a short syllable;C.rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—For parvus, exiguus, little, small:1.exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:2.parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.a.In gen.:b.iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—Esp.(α).In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:(β).sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—Of syllables:quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159. -
63 brevis
brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).I.Lit., in space.A.In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:2.brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—Trop. of the journey of life:B.quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);C.of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):2.puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—Trop.:D.brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—Of the line of a circle:II.ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —Transf., of time.A. 1.In gen.:2.quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:mensa,
id. A. P. 198:dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—Esp.a.Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:b.brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):c.inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:d.illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:B.ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.1.Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):2.narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—Of a short syllable;C.rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—For parvus, exiguus, little, small:1.exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:2.parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.a.In gen.:b.iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—Esp.(α).In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:(β).sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—Of syllables:quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
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64 res
rēs, rei (rēi with e long; gen., Lucr. 2, 112; 548; 6, 918; dat., id. 1, 688; 2, 236; rei, gen., monosyl. at the end of the verse, Lucr. 3, 918;I.and in the middle of the verse,
id. 4, 885, and Poët. ap. Lact. 6, 6), f. [ etym. dub.; perh. root ra- of reor, ratus; cf. Germ. Ding; Engl. thing, from denken, to think; prop., that which is thought of; cf. also logos, Lid. and Scott, 9], a thing, object, being; a matter, affair, event, fact, circumstance, occurrence, deed, condition, case, etc.; and sometimes merely = something (cf.: causa, ratio, negotium).In gen.:B.unde initum primum capiat res quaeque movendi,
Lucr. 1, 383; cf. id. 1, 536:in partes res quaeque minutas Distrahitur,
id. 2, 826: summe Sol, qui omnes res inspicis, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Trag. v. 321 Vahl.):versus, quos ego de Rerum Naturā pangere conor,
Lucr. 1, 25; cf. id. 1, 126; 5, 54:rerum natura creatrix,
id. 2, 1117:divinarum humanarumque rerum, tum initiorum causarumque cujusque rei cognitio,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7 (v. divinus):haeret haec res,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 182:profecto, ut loquor, ita res est,
id. ib. 2, 1, 19:haud mentior, resque uti facta dico,
id. ib. 2, 1, 23:de Alcumenā ut rem teneatis rectius,
id. ib. prol. 110:in tantis rebus (sc. in re publicā defendendā),
Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4 et saep.:quo Averna vocantur nomine, id ab re Impositum est, quia sunt avibus contraria cunctis,
from the nature of the thing, Lucr. 6, 740; cf. id. 6, 424; Liv. 1, 17:si res postulabit,
the condition of the case, Cic. Lael. 13, 44: scaena rei totius haec, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3:fugam in se nemo convertitur Nec recedit loco, quin statim rem gerat,
does his duty, stands his ground, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 84; so, res gerere, v. gero; hence, too, rerum scriptor, for a historian, v. scriptor, and cf. II. H. infra.—With adj. of quality, to express condition, etc.:C.illic homo a me sibi malam rem arcessit,
is bringing a bad business on himself, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 171; so,res mala,
a wretched condition, Sall. C. 20, 13; and more freq. in plur.:bonis tuis rebus meas res irrides malas,
circumstances, condition, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45; id. Rud. 3, 3, 12:res secundae,
good fortune, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30; cf. Liv. 3, 9:res prosperae,
Nep. Dion, 6, 1; id. Eum. 5, 1:in secundissimis rebus,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 91:adversae res,
id. ib. 1, 26, 90; Hor. S. 2, 2, 136; 2, 8, 73:res belli adversae,
Liv. 10, 6:res dubiae,
Sall. C. 10, 2; 39, 3; Liv. 2, 50; 7, 30;v. bonus, florens, salvus, adversus, dubius, novus, arduus, etc.— Freq. in curses, etc.: in malam rem,
go to the bad, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 37; id. And. 2, 1, 17:malam rem hinc ibis?
id. Eun. 3, 3, 30.—With an adj. in a periphrasis:D.abhorrens ab re uxoriā,
matrimony, Ter. And. 5, 1, 10:in arbitrio rei uxoriae,
dowry, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 61:rem divinam nisi compitalibus... ne faciat,
a religious act, act of worship, a sacrifice, Cato, R. R. 5, 4:bellicam rem administrari majores nostri nisi auspicato noluerunt,
Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76; Hor. C. 4, 3, 6:erat ei pecuaria res ampla et rustica,
Cic. Quint. 3, 12: res rustica, agriculture:rei rusticae libro primo,
Col. 11, 1, 2; id. 1, praef. §19: liber, quem de rebus rusticis scripsi,
Cic. Sen. 15, 54:navalis rei certamina,
naval battles, Amm. 26, 3, 5:res militaris,
Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2:rei militaris gloria,
id. Mur. 9, 22; Nep. Milt. 8, 4:res frumentaria,
forage, Caes. B. C. 3, 16; id. B. G. 1, 23; 4, 7:armatae rei scientissimus,
Amm. 25, 4, 7:peritus aquariae rei,
id. 28, 2, 2:res judicaria,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 31:res ludicra,
play, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180:uti rebus veneriis,
Cic. Sen. 14, 47; Nep. Alc. 11, 4:res Veneris,
Lucr. 2, 173; Ov. R. Am. 431; v. also familiaris, judiciaria, militaris, navalis, etc., and cf. II. G. infra. —With pronouns or adjectives, as an emphatic periphrase for the neutr.:E.ibi me inclamat Alcumena: jam ea res me horrore afficit,
this now, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16; cf.: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam:Ea res est,
it is even so, id. As. 1, 1, 40:de fratre confido ita esse ut semper volui. Multa signa sunt ejus rei,
of it, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 5: quos (melittônas) alii melittotropheia appellant, eandem rem quidam mellaria. Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12:sunt ex te quae scitari volo, Quarum rerum, etc.,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 13; cf. Caes. B. G. 3, 4:quibus de rebus quoniam nobis contigit ut aliquid essemus consecuti,
Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13:quā super re interfectum esse Hippotem dixisti? Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. superescit, p. 244: resciscet Amphitruo rem omnem,
every thing, all, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 30:nulla res tam delirantes homines concinat cito,
nothing, id. Am. 2, 2, 96; cf.:neque est ulla res, in quā, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12; 1, 5, 9; cf.also: sumptu ne parcas ullā in re, quod ad valetudinem opus sit,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 2:magna res principio statim bello,
a great thing, a great advantage, Liv. 31, 23 fin.:nil admirari prope res est una Solaque, quae, etc.,
the only thing, only means, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 1 et saep. — Emphatically with sup.:scilicet rerum facta est pulcherrima Roma,
the most beautiful thing in the world, Verg. G. 2, 534; Quint. 1, 12, 16 Spald. p. 81. —Of persons, etc.: est genus hominum, qui esse primos se omnium rerum volunt,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 17:maxime rerum,
Ov. H. 9, 107; cf.:maxima rerum Roma,
Verg. A. 7, 602; Ov. M. 13, 508:fortissima rerum animalia,
id. ib. 12, 502:pulcherrime rerum,
id. H. 4, 125; id. A. A. 1, 213; id. M. 8, 49:dulcissime rerum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.—In adverb. phrases:II.e re natā melius fieri haud potuit,
after what has happened, Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 8:pro re natā,
according to circumstances, Cic. Att. 7, 8, 2; 14, 6, 1:pro tempore et pro re,
Caes. B. G. 5, 8:factis benignus pro re,
according to circumstances, Liv. 7, 33, 3; Sall. J. 50, 2:pro re pauca loquar,
Verg. A. 4, 337; Lucr. 6, 1280:ex re et ex tempore,
Cic. Fam. 12, 19, 3:e re respondi,
Cat. 10, 8.In partic.A.Pregn., an actual thing, the thing itself, reality, truth, fact; opposed to appearance, mere talk, the mere name of a thing:B.ecastor, re experior, quanti facias uxorem tuam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 10:desiste dictis nunc jam miseram me consolari: Nisi quid re praesidium apparas, etc.,
id. Rud. 3, 3, 21: rem ipsam loqui. Ter. And. 1, 2, 31:rem fabulari,
Plaut. Trin 2, 4, 87:nihil est aliud in re,
in fact, Liv. 10, 8, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:se ipsa res aperit,
Nep. Paus. 3, 7:ex re decerpere fructus,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 79;opp. verbum, vox, opinio, spes, nomen, etc.: rem opinor spectari oportere, non verba,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; cf.: te rogo, ut rem potiorem oratione ducas, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5:non modo res omnes, sed etiam rumores cognoscamus,
Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1:qui hos deos non re, sed opinione esse dicunt,
id. N. D. 3, 21, 53:Peripateticos et Academicos nominibus differentes, re congruentes,
id. Ac. 2, 5, 15:quod nos honestum, illi vanum... verbis quam re probabilius vocant,
Quint. 3, 8, 22; Sen. Ep. 120, 9:eum, tametsi verbo non audeat, tamen re ipsā de maleficio suo confiteri,
id. Rosc. Am. 42, 123; cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 15:vides quantum distet argumentatio tua ab re ipsā atque a veritate,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 44. — Hence, abl. sing., often strengthened by verā (sometimes as one word, reverā), in fact, really, in truth, indeed, in reality:haec ille, si verbis non audet, re quidem verā palam loquitur,
Cic. Quint. 17, 56; so,re quidem verā,
id. Clu. 19, 54; id. Sest. 7, 15:re autem verā,
id. Fam. 1, 4, 2;and simply re verā,
id. Quint. 2, 7; id. Div. 2, 54, 110; id. Balb. 3, 7:re verāque,
Lucr. 2, 48; cf.:et re verā,
indeed, in fact, Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1; Liv. 33, 11, 3; 35, 31, 12; 36, 6, 1; Nep. Ages. 2, 3; id. Phoc. 3, 3; Curt. 3, 13, 5; 4, 16, 19; Val. Max. 9, 13, ext. 1; Just. 5, 1, 8; 12, 13, 10; Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 1.—Effects, substance, property, possessions:2.mihi Chrysalus Perdidit filium, me atque rem omnem Meam,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; cf.: Ph. Habuitne rem? Ly. Habuit. Ph. Qui eam perdidit... Mercaturamne an venales habuit, ubi rem perdidit? id. Trin. 2, 2, 49 sq.:quibus et re salvā et perditā profueram,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 27:rem talentum decem,
id. Phorm. 2, 3, 46; Juv. 3, 16:avidior ad rem,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51:rem facere,
to make money, Cic. Att. 2, 2, 12:res eos jampridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,
id. Cat. 2, 5, [p. 1576] 10:qui duo patrimonia accepisset remque praeterea bonis et honestis rationibus auxisset,
id. Rab. Post. 14, 38:libertino natum patre et in tenui re,
in narrow circumstances, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20 et saep.; v. also familiaris.— In plur.: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.):privatae res,
Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5.—Hence, law t. t., whatever may be the subject of a right, whether corporeal or incorporeal (v. Sandars, Introd. to Just. Inst. p. 42 sqq.):C.res corporales,
Just. Inst. 2, 2, 1 sq.; Gai. Inst. 2, 12; Dig. 1, 8, 1:res in patrimonio, res extra patrimonium,
Just. Inst. 2, 1 pr.; Gai. Inst. 2, 1:res sanctae,
Just. Inst. 2, 1, 10; v. also mancipium, privatus, etc.—Benefit, profit, advantage, interest, weal:D.res magis quaeritur, quam, etc.,
Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 6:melius illi consulas quam rei tuae,
id. Cist. 1, 1, 98:haec tuā re feceris,
to your advantage, id. Capt. 2, 2, 46.— Most freq. with the prepositions in, ex, ob, ab, etc.:quasi istic minor mea res agatur quam tua,
is interested, affected, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113 (v. ago):si in rem tuam esse videatur,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 2:vide si hoc in rem deputas,
id. ib. 3, 3, 19:quod in rem recte conducat tuam,
id. Capt. 2, 3, 26:si in remst utrique,
Ter. And. 3, 3, 14:quid mihi melius est, quid magis in rem est, quam? etc.,
useful, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 1:tamen in rem fore credens universos adpellare,
Sall. C. 20, 1:omnia quae in rem videbantur esse,
Curt. 6, 2, 21:ad conparanda ea quae in rem erant,
Liv. 30, 4, 6:imperat quae in rem sunt,
id. 26, 44, 7; 22, 3, 2:ex tuā re non est, ut ego emoriar,
for your advantage, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 102: An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, to the purpose, with advantage, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 41: ob rem facere, usefully, with advantage or profit, Sall. J. 31, 5: subdole blanditur, ab re Consulit blandiloquentulus, contrary to his interest, i. e. to his injury, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 12 Brix ad loc.:haud id est ab re aucupis,
id. As. 1, 3, 71:haec haud ab re duxi referre,
Liv. 8, 11, 1:non ab re esse Quinctio visum est interesse, etc.,
id. 35, 32, 6; Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57; Suet. Aug. 94; Gell. 18, 4, 6; 1, 26, 4; Macr. S. 1, 4, 19.—Cause, reason, ground, account; only in the connection eā (hac) re, and eam ob rem, adverb., therefore, on that account:E.eā re tot res sunt, ubi bene deicias,
Cato, R. R. 158, 2:hac re nequeunt ex omnibus omnia gigni, Quod, etc.,
Lucr. 1, 172; cf.:illud eā re a se esse concessum, quod, etc.,
Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 111:patrem exoravi, tibi ne noceat, neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 39; cf.:quoi rei?
for what purpose? id. As. 3, 2, 43; id. Poen. 2, 3, 3.—Hence (by uniting into one word) the causal adverbs quare and quamobrem, v. h. vv.—An affair, matter of business, business:F.cum et de societate inter se multa communicarent et de totā illā ratione atque re Gallicanā,
Cic. Quint. 4, 15:rem cum aliquo transigere,
id. Clu. 13, 39. —Hence, transf., in gen.: res alicui est cum aliquo,
to have to do with any one, Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Sest. 16, 37; id. Fam. 9, 20, 2; Caes. B. G. 7, 77; cf.:famigeratori res sit cum damno et malo,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 182 Brix ad loc.— Also without a dat.:quoniam cum senatore res est,
Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 3;esp., in mal. part.: rem habere cum aliquo or aliquā,
to have to do with any one, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 35; id. Merc. 3, 1, 37; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 39; 58. —Ellipt.:jam biennium est, quom mecum rem coepit,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 15. —A case in law, a lawsuit, cause, suit (more gen. than causa):G.ubi res prolatae sunt,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 10:res agi,
id. Men. 4, 2, 19; id. Aul. 3, 4, 13:quibus res erat in controversiā, ea vocabatur lis,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 93; cf.(prob. in allusion to this legal form): tot homines... statuere non potuisse, utrum diem tertium an perendinum... rem an litem dici oporteret,
Cic. Mur. 12, 27; cf.also: quarum rerum litium causarum condixit pater patratus, etc., an ancient formula,
Liv. 1, 32:de rebus ab aliquo cognitis judicatisque dicere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 118:pecunias capere ob rem judicandam,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:si res certabitur olim,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 27; 1, 10, 15; 1, 9, 41; id. Ep. 1, 16, 43:tractu temporis futurum, ut res pereat,
Dig. 3, 3, 12:rem differre,
ib. 43, 30, 3: res judicata dicitur, quae finem controversiarum pronuntiatione judicis accipit, ib. 42, 1, 1 et saep.—An affair, esp. a battle, campaign, military operations; in phrase rem (or res) gerere:H.res gesta virtute,
Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 66:ut res gesta est ordine narrare,
Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 3:his rebus gestis,
Caes. B. G. 5, 8:res gerere,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:rem bene gerere,
id. ib. 1, 8, 1; Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 13:comminus rem gerunt,
Caes. B. G. 5, 44:res gestae,
Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 7; 2, 1, 251:adversus duos simul rem gerere,
Liv. 21, 60:rem male gerere,
Nep. Them. 3, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 74:in relatione rerum ab Scythis gestarum,
Just. 2, 1, 1; cf.:rem agere,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 4; id. A. P. 82:ante rem,
before the battle, Liv. 4, 40:cum Thebanis sibi rem esse existimant,
Nep. Pel. 1, 3; Cic. Sest. 16, 37.—Acts, events, as the subject of narration, a story, history:K.res in unam sententiam scripta,
Auct. Her. 1, 12, 20:cui lecta potenter erit res,
Hor. A. P. 40; id. S. 1, 10, 57; id. Ep. 1, 19, 29:in medias res auditorem rapere,
id. A. P. 148; 310:agitur res in scaenis,
id. ib. 179; cf.:numeros animosque secutus, non res,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 25; Phaedr. 5, 1, 12:sicut in rebus ejus (Neronis) exposuimus,
Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199:litterae, quibus non modo res omnis, sed etiam rumores cognoscamus,
Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1:res populi Romani perscribere, Liv. praef. § 1: res Persicae,
history, Nep. Con. 5, 4; id. Cat. 3, 2.—Res publica, also as one word, respublica, the common weal, a commonwealth, state, republic (cf. civitas); also, civil affairs, administration, or power, etc.: qui pro republicā, non pro suā obsonat, Cato ap. Ruf. 18, p. 210; cf.:2.erat tuae virtutis, in minimis tuas res ponere, de re publicā vehementius laborare,
Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 3:dummodo ista privata sit calamitas et a rei publicae periculis sejungatur,
id. Cat. 1, 9; cf.:si re publicā non possis frui, stultum est nolle privatā,
id. Fam. 4, 9, 4:egestates tot egentissimorum hominum nec privatas posse res nec rem publicam sustinere,
id. Att. 9, 7, 5 (v. publicus); Cato ap. Gell. 10, 14, 3: auguratum est, rem Romanam publicam summam fore, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:quo utiliores rebus suis publicis essent,
Cic. Off. 1, 44, 155:commutata ratio est rei totius publicae,
id. Att. 1, 8, 4: pro republicā niti, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 fin.:merere de republicā,
Plaut. Am. prol. 40:de re publicā disputatio... dubitationem ad rem publicam adeundi tollere, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:oppugnare rem publicam,
id. Cael. 1, 1; id. Har. Resp. 8, 15; id. Sest. 23, 52:paene victā re publicā,
id. Fam. 12, 13, 1:delere rem publicam,
id. Sest. 15, 33; Lact. 6, 18, 28.—Esp. in the phrase e re publicā, for the good of the State, for the public benefit:senatūs consultis bene et e re publicā factis,
Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30:ea si dicam non esse e re publicā dividi,
id. Fam. 13, 8, 2; id. Mil. 5, 14; Liv. 8, 4, 12; 25, 7, 4; 34, 34, 9; Suet. Rhet. 1 init. —Post-class. and rare, also ex republicā, Gell. 6, 3, 47; 11, 9, 1;but exque is used for euphony (class.): id eum recte atque ordine exque re publicā fecisse,
Cic. Phil. 3, 15, 38; 5, 13, 36; 10, 11, 26.— In plur.:eae nationes respublicas suas amiserunt, C. Gracch. ap. Fest. s. h. v. p. 286 Müll.: hoc loquor de tribus his generibus rerum publicarum,
Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44:circuitus in rebus publicis commutationum,
id. ib. 1, 29, 45 et saep.—Sometimes simply res, the State (in the poets, and since the Aug. per. in prose): unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84 (Ann. v. 313 Vahl.):L.hic (Marcellus) rem Romanam sistet,
Verg. A. 6, 858; cf.:nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse,
Liv. 21, 16; 1, 28:parva ista non contemnendo majores nostri maximam hanc rem fecerunt,
id. 6, 41 fin.:Romana,
Hor. C. S. 66; id. Ep. 1, 12, 25; Ov. M. 14, 809; Sall. C. 6, 3; cf.:ut paulo ante animum inter Fidenatem Romanamque rem ancipitem gessisti,
Liv. 1, 28 fin.:Albana,
id. 1, 6.— In plur.:res Asiae evertere,
Verg. A. 3, 1:custode rerum Caesare,
Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; cf.:res sine discordiā translatae,
Tac. H. 1, 29; so (also in Cic.), rerum potiri, v. potior. —Res novae, political changes, a revolution, etc.; v. novus. -
65 fine
I ['fine] agg2) (acuto: vista, udito) sharp, keen, (odorato) fine, (fig : ingegno) shrewd, (osservazione, ironia) subtle3) (raffinato: persona) refined, distinguishedII ['fine] sm1) (scopo) aim, end, purpose, Filosofia end2) (conclusione) endIII ['fine] sf(gen) end, (di libro, film) endingalla fine — in the end, finally
senza fine — endlessly (avv), endless (agg)
a fine anno/mese — at the end of the year/month
alla fin fine — at the end of the day, in the end
in fin dei conti — when all is said and done, (tutto sommato) after all
è la fine del mondo! — (fig : stupendo) it's out of this world!, pegg what's the world coming to?
buona fine e buon principio! — (augurio) happy New Year!
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66 adsequor
as-sĕquor ( ads-, Fleck., B. and K., Halm), sĕcūtus (or sĕquutus; v. sequor), 3, v. dep., to follow one in order to come up to him, to pursue.I.A.. In gen. (only ante-class. in the two foll. exs.): ne sequere, adsequere, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 73 Müll.:B.Adsequere, retine,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 89.—Far more freq.,Esp., to reach one by pursuing him:II.sequendo pervenire ad aliquem: nec quicquam sequi, quod adsequi non queas,
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—Hence, to overtake, come up with a person or thing (with the idea of active exertion; while consequi designates merely a coming up with, a meeting with a desired object, the attainment of a wish; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p. 147 sq. According to gen. usage, adsequor is found only in prose;but consequor is freq. found in the poets): si es Romae jam me adsequi non potes, sin es in viā, cum eris me adsecutus, coram agemus,
Cic. Att. 3, 5; [p. 178] poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:Pisonem nuntius adsequitur,
Tac. A. 2, 75.—In the histt. also absol.:ut si viā rectā vestigia sequentes īssent, haud dubie adsecuturi fuerint,
Liv. 28, 16:in Bruttios raptim, ne Gracchus adsequeretur, concessit,
id. 24, 20:nondum adsecutā parte suorum,
arrived, id. 33, 8; Tac. H. 3, 60.—Trop.A.To gain, obtain, procure:B.eosdem honorum gradus adsecuti,
Cic. Planc. 25, 60:immortalitatem,
id. ib. 37, 90:omnes magistratus sine repulsā,
id. Pis. 1, 2; so Sall. J. 4, 4:regnum,
Curt. 4, 6 al.:nihil quicquam egregium,
Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134; id. Verr. 2, 1, 57:quā in re nihil aliud adsequeris, nisi ut, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:adsecutas virtute, ne, etc.,
Just. 2, 4.—To attain to one in any quality, i. e. to come up to, to equal, match; more freq. in regard to the quality itself, to attain to:III.Sisenna Clitarchum velle imitari videtur: quem si adsequi posset, aliquantum ab optimo tamen abesset,
Cic. Leg. 1, 2 fin.:benevolentiam tuam erga me imitabor, merita non adsequar,
id. Fam. 6, 4 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 4 fin.:qui illorum prudentiam, non dicam adsequi, sed quanta fuerit perspicere possint,
id. Har. Resp. 9, 18:ingenium alicujus aliquā ex parte,
Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 5: ut longitudo aut plenitudo harum multitudinem alterius adsequatur et exaequet, Auct. ad Her. 4, 20.—Transf. to mental objects, to attain to by an effort of the under standing, to comprehend, understand:ut essent, qui cogitationem adsequi possent et voluntatem interpretari,
Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 139:quibus (ratione et intellegentiā) utimur ad eam rem, ut apertis obscura adsequamur,
id. N. D. 3, 15, 38:ut scribas ad me, quid ipse conjecturā adsequare,
id. Att. 7, 13 A fin.:Quis tot ludibria fortunae... aut animo adsequi queat aut oratione complecti?
Curt. 4, 16, 10; Sex. Caecil. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 5:quid istuc sit, videor ferme adsequi,
Gell. 3, 1, 3:visum est et mihi adsecuto omnia a principio diligenter ex ordine tibi scribere,
Vulg. Luc. 1, 3:adsecutus es meam doctrinam,
ib. 2 Tim. 3, 10; ib. 1 Tim. 4, 6.► Pass. acc. to Prisc. p. 791 P., but without an example; in Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73 fin., instead of the earlier reading, it is better to read, ut haec diligentia nihil eorum investigare, nihil adsequi potuerit; cf. Zumpt ad h. l., and Gronov. Observ. 1, 12, 107; so also B. and K. -
67 assequor
as-sĕquor ( ads-, Fleck., B. and K., Halm), sĕcūtus (or sĕquutus; v. sequor), 3, v. dep., to follow one in order to come up to him, to pursue.I.A.. In gen. (only ante-class. in the two foll. exs.): ne sequere, adsequere, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 73 Müll.:B.Adsequere, retine,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 89.—Far more freq.,Esp., to reach one by pursuing him:II.sequendo pervenire ad aliquem: nec quicquam sequi, quod adsequi non queas,
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—Hence, to overtake, come up with a person or thing (with the idea of active exertion; while consequi designates merely a coming up with, a meeting with a desired object, the attainment of a wish; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p. 147 sq. According to gen. usage, adsequor is found only in prose;but consequor is freq. found in the poets): si es Romae jam me adsequi non potes, sin es in viā, cum eris me adsecutus, coram agemus,
Cic. Att. 3, 5; [p. 178] poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:Pisonem nuntius adsequitur,
Tac. A. 2, 75.—In the histt. also absol.:ut si viā rectā vestigia sequentes īssent, haud dubie adsecuturi fuerint,
Liv. 28, 16:in Bruttios raptim, ne Gracchus adsequeretur, concessit,
id. 24, 20:nondum adsecutā parte suorum,
arrived, id. 33, 8; Tac. H. 3, 60.—Trop.A.To gain, obtain, procure:B.eosdem honorum gradus adsecuti,
Cic. Planc. 25, 60:immortalitatem,
id. ib. 37, 90:omnes magistratus sine repulsā,
id. Pis. 1, 2; so Sall. J. 4, 4:regnum,
Curt. 4, 6 al.:nihil quicquam egregium,
Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134; id. Verr. 2, 1, 57:quā in re nihil aliud adsequeris, nisi ut, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:adsecutas virtute, ne, etc.,
Just. 2, 4.—To attain to one in any quality, i. e. to come up to, to equal, match; more freq. in regard to the quality itself, to attain to:III.Sisenna Clitarchum velle imitari videtur: quem si adsequi posset, aliquantum ab optimo tamen abesset,
Cic. Leg. 1, 2 fin.:benevolentiam tuam erga me imitabor, merita non adsequar,
id. Fam. 6, 4 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 4 fin.:qui illorum prudentiam, non dicam adsequi, sed quanta fuerit perspicere possint,
id. Har. Resp. 9, 18:ingenium alicujus aliquā ex parte,
Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 5: ut longitudo aut plenitudo harum multitudinem alterius adsequatur et exaequet, Auct. ad Her. 4, 20.—Transf. to mental objects, to attain to by an effort of the under standing, to comprehend, understand:ut essent, qui cogitationem adsequi possent et voluntatem interpretari,
Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 139:quibus (ratione et intellegentiā) utimur ad eam rem, ut apertis obscura adsequamur,
id. N. D. 3, 15, 38:ut scribas ad me, quid ipse conjecturā adsequare,
id. Att. 7, 13 A fin.:Quis tot ludibria fortunae... aut animo adsequi queat aut oratione complecti?
Curt. 4, 16, 10; Sex. Caecil. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 5:quid istuc sit, videor ferme adsequi,
Gell. 3, 1, 3:visum est et mihi adsecuto omnia a principio diligenter ex ordine tibi scribere,
Vulg. Luc. 1, 3:adsecutus es meam doctrinam,
ib. 2 Tim. 3, 10; ib. 1 Tim. 4, 6.► Pass. acc. to Prisc. p. 791 P., but without an example; in Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73 fin., instead of the earlier reading, it is better to read, ut haec diligentia nihil eorum investigare, nihil adsequi potuerit; cf. Zumpt ad h. l., and Gronov. Observ. 1, 12, 107; so also B. and K. -
68 fluo
flŭo, xi, xum, 3 (archaic form of the sup.: FLUCTUM, acc. to Prisc. p. 817 P.; cf.: fluo, fluctum, Not. Tir. From this form are derived fluctio and fluctus. In Lucr. 6, 800, the correct read. is laveris, not flueris, v. Lachm. ad h. l.), v. n. [Gr. phlu-, phlusai, anaphluô, etc.; Lat. fleo, fletus; flumen, fluctus, etc.; orig. one root with fla-, to blow, q. v. and cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 302], to flow (cf.: mano, labor, etc.).I.Lit.: per amoenam urbem leni fluit agmine flumen, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 177 ed. Vahl.); cf.:B.ut flumina in contrarias partes fluxerint,
Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78:flumen quod inter eum et Domitii castra fluebat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1; cf.also: aurea tum dicat per terras flumina vulgo Fluxisse,
Lucr. 5, 911:fluvius Eurotas, qui propter Lacedaemonem fluit,
Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 96:Helvetiorum inter fines et Allobrogum Rhodanus fluit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2:Arar in utram partem fluat,
id. ib. 1, 12, 1:ea, quae natura fluerent atque manarent, ut aqua,
Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 39: fluens unda, water from a stream (opp.: putealis unda, spring-water), Col. 1, 5, 1:in foveam,
Lucr. 2, 475; cf. id. 5, 271:fluxit in terram Remi cruor,
Hor. Epod. 7, 19; cf. Luc. 6, 61:imber,
Ov. P. 4, 4, 2:sanguis,
id. M. 12, 312:fluit de corpore sudor,
id. ib. 9, 173; cf.:sudor fluit undique rivis,
Verg. A. 5, 200:aes rivis,
id. ib. 8, 445:nudo sub pede musta fluunt,
Ov. R. Am. 190:madidis fluit unda capillis,
drips, id. M. 11, 656:cerebrum molle fluit,
id. ib. 12, 435:fluunt lacrimae more perennis aquae,
id. F. 2, 820:fluens nausea,
Hor. Epod. 9, 35; cf.:alvus fluens,
Cels. 2, 6:fluit ignibus aurum,
becomes fluid, melts, Ov. M. 2, 251.—Transf.1.Of bodies, to flow, overflow, run down, drip with any fluid.— With abl.:2.cum fluvius Atratus sanguine fluxit,
Cic. Div. 1, 43, 98; Ov. M. 8, 400:cruore fluens,
id. ib. 7, 343:sudore fluentia brachia,
id. ib. 9, 57; cf.:fluunt sudore et lassitudine membra,
Liv. 38, 17, 7; 7, 33, 14; cf. id. 10, 28, 4:pingui fluit unguine tellus,
Val. Fl. 6, 360:vilisque rubenti Fluxit mulctra mero,
overflows, Sil. 7, 190. —Without abl.:madidāque fluens in veste Menoetes,
Verg. A. 5, 179:fluentes cerussataeque buccae,
dripping with paint, Cic. Pis. 11, 25 (cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266, 2. b. infra):Graeculae vites acinorum exiguitate minus fluunt,
i. e. yield but little wine, Col. 3, 2, 24; 3, 2, 5; 12, 52, 1.—With acc. of kin. signif.:Oenotria vina fluens,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 264.—To move in the manner of fluids, to flow, stream, pour:b.inde alium (aëra) supra fluere,
to flow, Lucr. 5, 514 and 522:unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum,
id. 4, 675 sq.; cf.:principio omnibus a rebus, quascumque videmus, Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora, quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant: Perpetuoque fluunt certis ab rebus odores, Frigus ut a fluviis, calor a sole, aestus ab undis Aequoris,
id. 6, 922 sq.:aestus e lapide,
id. 6, 1002:venti,
id. 1, 280:fluit undique victor Mulciber,
Sil. 17, 102:comae per levia colla fluentes,
flowing, spreading, Prop. 2, 3, 13; cf.:blanditiaeque fluant per mea colla rosae,
id. 4 (5), 6, 72:vestis fluens,
flowing, loose, id. 3, 17 (4, 16), 32:tunicisque fluentibus,
Ov. A. A. 3, 301:nodoque sinus collecta fluentes,
Verg. A. 1, 320; cf.also: balteus nec strangulet nec fluat,
Quint. 11, 3, 140:nec mersa est pelago, nec fluit ulla ratis,
floats, is tossed about, Mart. 4, 66, 14:ramos compesce fluentes,
floating around, spreading out, Verg. G. 2, 370:ad terram fluit devexo pondere cervix,
droops, id. ib. 3, 524:omnisque relictis Turba fluit castris,
pour forth, id. A. 12, 444:olli fluunt ad regia tecta,
id. ib. 11, 236;so of a multitude or crowd of men: densatis ordinibus effuse fluentem in se aciem excepere,
Curt. 6, 1, 6.—Pregn., of bodies, to pass away, fall away, to fall off or out, to vanish:II.excident gladii, fluent arma de manibus,
Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:capilli fluunt,
Cels. 6, 1; Plin. 27, 4, 5, § 17:sponte fluent (poma) matura suā,
Ov. Am. 2, 14, 25:quasi longinquo fluere omnia cernimus aevo,
Lucr. 2, 69; cf.:cuncta fluunt omnisque vagans formatur imago,
Ov. M. 15, 178: dissolvuntur enim tum demum membra fluuntque, Lucr. 4, 919:surae fluxere,
Luc. 9, 770:buccae fluentes,
fallen in, lank, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266.Trop.A.In gen., to flow, spring, arise, come forth; to go, proceed:B.ex ejus (Nestoris) lingua melle dulcior fluebat oratio,
Cic. de Sen. 10, 31:carmen vena pauperiore fluit,
Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 20:Calidii oratio ita libere fluebat, ut nusquam adhaeresceret,
Cic. Brut. 79, 274:in Herodoto omnia leniter fluunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 18; cf.also: grammatice pleno jam satis alveo fluit,
id. 2, 1, 4:quae totis viribus fluit oratio,
id. 9, 4, 7:oratio ferri debet ac fluere,
id. 9, 4, 112.— Transf., of the writer himself:alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit,
Cic. Or. 12, 39; cf.:(Lucilius) cum flueret lutulentus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 11; 1, 10, 50; 1, 7, 28:facetiis,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 12:multa ab ea (luna) manant et fluunt, quibus animantes alantur augescantque,
Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50:haec omnia ex eodem fonte fluxerunt,
id. ib. 3, 19, 48:dicendi facultatem ex intimis sapientiae fontibus fluere,
Quint. 12, 2, 6; 5, 10, 19; 5, 9, 14:omnia ex natura rerum hominumque fluere,
id. 6, 2, 13:nomen ex Graeco fluxisse,
id. 3, 4, 12:ab isto capite fluere necesse est omnem rationem bonorum et malorum,
Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 34; Quint. 1, 1, 12:unde id quoque vitium fluit,
id. 11, 3, 109; 7, 3, 33:Pythagorae doctrina cum longe lateque flueret,
spread itself, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:multum fluxisse video de libris nostris variumque sermonem,
id. N. D. 1, 3, 6:sic mihi tarda fluunt ingrataque tempora,
flow, pass, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 23:in rebus prosperis et ad voluntatem nostram fluentibus,
going, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90: rebus supra votum fluentibus, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 169 (Hist. 1, 101 Dietsch); Tac. H. 3, 48; Just. 23, 3; cf.:rebus prospere fluentibus,
succeeding, prospering, Tac. Or. 5; id. A. 15, 5: illius rationes quorsum fluant, proceed, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.:res fluit ad interregnum,
Cic. Att. 4, 16, 11;cuncta in Mithridatem fluxere,
Tac. A. 11, 9.—In partic.1.Of speech, etc., to flow uniformly, be monotonous:1.efficiendum est ne fluat oratio, ne vagetur, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:quod species ipsa carminum docet, non impetu et instinctu nec ore uno fluens,
Tac. A. 14, 16; cf. Cic. Brut. 79.—Pregn., to dissolve, vanish, perish:qua (voluptate) cum liquescimus fluimusque mollitia,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:fluens mollitiis,
Vell. 1, 6, 2; 2, 88, 2:cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi, nec diutius esse uno et eodem statu,
Cic. Or. 3, 10:fluit voluptas corporis et prima quaeque avolat,
id. Fin. 2, 32, 106:fluentem procumbentemque rem publicam populi Romani restituere,
Vell. 2, 16 fin. —Hence,fluens, entis, P. a.A.Lax, relaxed, debauched, enervated, effeminate:B.inde soluti ac fluentes non accipiunt e scholis mala ista, sed in scholas afferunt,
Quint. 1, 2, 8:Campani fluentes luxu,
Liv. 7, 29, 5:incessu ipso ultra muliebrem mollitiem fluentes,
Sen. Tranq. 15:fluentibus membris, incessu femineo,
Aug. Civ. D. 7, 26.—Of speech,1.Flowing, fluent:2.sed in his tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur, non haec contorta et acris oratio,
Cic. Or. 20, 66:lenis et fluens contextus,
Quint. 9, 4, 127.—Lax, unrestrained:2.ne immoderata aut angusta aut dissoluta aut fluens sit oratio,
Cic. Or. 58, 198:dissipata et inculta et fluens oratio,
id. ib. 65, 220;and transf. of the speaker: in locis ac descriptionibus fusi ac fluentes sumus,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.— Adv.: flŭenter, in a flowing, waving manner (very rare):res quaeque fluenter fertur,
Lucr. 6, 935 (but not ib. 520, where the correct read. is cientur;v. Lachm.): capillo fluenter undante,
App. M. 2, p. 122, 7. —fluxus, a, um, P. a. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).A.Lit., flowing, fluid:2.elementa arida atque fluxa, App. de Mundo: sucus,
Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:vas fluxum pertusumque,
i. e. leaking, Lucr. 6, 20.—Transf., flowing, loose, slack:(β).ipsa crine fluxo thyrsum quatiens,
Tac. A. 11, 31:habena,
Liv. 38, 29, 6:amictus,
Luc. 2, 362; cf.:ut cingeretur fluxiore cinctura,
Suet. Caes. 45 fin.:fluxa arma,
hanging slack, loose, Tac. H. 2, 99.—Pregn., frail, perishable, weak:B.corpora,
Tac. H. 2, 32; cf.:spadone eviratior fluxo,
Mart. 5, 41, 1:(murorum) aevo fluxa,
Tac. H. 2, 22. —Trop.1.Lax, loose, dissolute, careless:2.animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
Sall. C. 14, 5: cf.:animi fluxioris esse,
Suet. Tib. 52:duces noctu dieque fluxi,
Tac. H. 3, 76:spectaculum non enerve nec fluxum,
Plin. Pan. 33, 1:fluxa atque aperta securitas,
Gell. 4, 20, 8.—Pregn., frail, weak, fleeting, transient, perishable:res nostrae ut in secundis fluxae, ut in adversis bonae,
decayed, impaired, disordered, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 1: hujus belli fortuna, ut in secundis, fluxa;ut in adversis, bona,
id. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2:res humanae fluxae et mobiles,
Sall. J. 104, 2:divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est,
id. C. 1, 4; cf.:instabile et fluxum,
Tac. A. 13, 19:fluxa auctoritas,
id. H. 1, 21:cave fidem fluxam geras,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:fides,
Sall. J. 111, 2; Liv. 40, 50, 5; cf.:fluxa et vana fides,
unreliable, unstable, id. 28, 6, 11; Tac. H. 2, 75; 4, 23:studia inania et fluxa,
id. A. 3, 50 fin.:fluxa senio mens,
id. ib. 6, 38.— Adv.: fluxē, remissly, negligently (post-class. and rare):more vitae remissioris fluxius agens,
Amm. 18, 7. -
69 gens
gens, gentis, f. [root GEN, gigno, that which belongs together by birth or descent], a race or clan, embracing several families united together by a common name and by certain religious rites; orig. only patrician, but, after the granting of the connubium between patricians and plebeians, also plebeian (syn.: familia, stirps, genus; natio, populus).I.Lit.:II.Sulla gentis patriciae (sc. Corneliae) nobilis fuit, familia prope jam exstincta majorum ignaviā,
Sall. J. 95, 3:vera decora, non communiter modo Corneliae gentis, sed proprie familiae suae,
Liv. 38, 58, 3:L. Tarquitius patriciae gentis,
id. 3, 27, 1:apud P. Sestium patriciae gentis virum,
id. 3, 33, 9; 6, 11, 2:cum Marcelli ab liberti filio stirpe, Claudii patricii ejusdem hominis hereditatem, gente ad se rediisse dicerent,
Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 176:gens Tarquiniorum,
id. Rep. 2, 25 fin.:Julia,
Liv. 1, 3, 2: L. Tarquinius duplicavit illum pristinum patrum numerum, et antiquos patres majorum gentium appellavit, quos priores sententiam rogabat;a se ascitos minorum,
Cic. Rep. 2, 20 Mos.; cf. Liv. 1, 35, 6:ex gente Domitia duae familiae claruerunt, Calvinorum et Aenobarborum,
Suet. Ner. 1; cf. Liv. 2, 29, 4:patricii minorum gentium,
Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 2; Liv. 1, 47, 7; Capitol. ap. Gell. 10, 20, 5:anni principio de connubio patrum et plebis C. Canuleius tribunus plebis rogationem promulgavit, qua contaminari sanguinem suum patres confundique jura gentium rebantur,
Liv. 4, 1, 1; cf. id. 4, 2, 5; 10, 8, 9: uti Feceniae Hispalae gentis enuptio, tutoris optio esset, etc., the right of marrying out of her gens, id. 39, 19, 5:perjurus, sine gente,
i. e. of no family, of vulgar birth, Hor. S. 2, 5, 15; cf. respecting the Roman gens, Dict. of Antiq.Transf.A.In a manner borrowed from the division of the senators into majorum and minorum gentium (v. above): ipsi illi majorum gentium dii qui habentur, hinc a nobis profecti in caelum reperientur, the superior deities (the consentes), Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 29:B.Cleanthes, qui quasi majorum est gentium Stoicus,
id. Ac. 2, 41, 126.—Poet., like genus and stirps, of a single descendant, offspring of an entire race:* C.vigilasne, deūm gens, Aenea?
Verg. A. 10, 228 (for which:Dis genite,
id. ib. 9, 642):Tirynthia gens est (i. e. Fabius),
Sil. 7, 35:extrema viri,
the last descendant, id. 2, 185.—In a contemptuous sense, like our tribe, brood, crew:D.si illo die gens ista Clodiana, quod facere voluit, effecisset,
Cic. Sest. 38, 81; so,Clodia,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 1.—In the widest sense = genus, the race; gens humana, the human race, Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 65; Hor. C. 1, 3, 26.—E.Of beasts, etc., a race, herd, brood, swarm ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):F.intestino bello totae gentes consumuntur,
Col. 9, 9, 6:quos (equos) in spem statues summittere gentis,
of the race, breed, Verg. G. 3, 73:utque luat poenas gens haec (i. e. vulpes),
breed, race, Ov. F. 4, 711.—In a more extended sense (as also genos), a race, nation, people (sometimes more restricted than natio and populus, and sometimes put for them; v. in the foll., and cf. Drak. Liv. 23, 42, 1;2.freq. and class.): Qui gentis omnis mariaque et terras movet,
Plaut. Rud. prol. 1: cf.:nos per gentis disparat,
id. ib. v. 10:gradus plures sunt societatis hominum. Ut enim ab illa infinita discedatur, propior est ejusdem gentis, nationis, linguae, qua maxime homines conjunguntur: interius etiam est ejusdem esse civitatis,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53; cf.:(Deus) non curat singulos homines... ne civitates quidem... ne nationes quidem et gentes,
id. N. D. 3, 39, 93:ita nationis nomen, non gentis evaluisse paulatim,
Tac. G. 2:Suebi, quorum non una gens...propriis adhuc nationibus nominibusque discreti,
id. ib. 38:atrox in Thracia bellum ortum, omnibus ejus gentis nationibus in arma accensis,
Vell. 2, 98:omnes exterae gentes ac nationes,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 31; cf.:per omnes gentes nationesque,
Quint. 11, 3, 87;for which, in an inverted order: exterae nationes ac gentes,
Cic. Font. 11, 25:aut gentes aut populos,
Quint. 11, 1, 86: inter multas regum gentiumque [p. 809] et populorum legationes, Liv. 45, 19, 1; 45, 22, 8; cf.in an inverse order: populi et gentes,
Quint. 12, 2, 3:postquam bello subegit Aequorum magnam gentem et ferocem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 20:Sabina aut Volsca,
id. ib. 3, 4:Transalpinae,
id. ib. 3, 9:Allobrogum,
id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:Nerviorum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:Germanorum,
id. ib. 6, 32 init.:Suevorum longe maxima Germanorum omnium,
id. ib. 4, 1, 3;so of the Etruscan nation,
Liv. 5, 1, 6;and in a wider sense than populus: non ex iisdem semper populis exercitus scriptos, quamquam eadem semper gens bellum intulerit,
id. 6, 12, 4; 40, 15, 6; 2, 50, 2.—Also for civitas, the inhabitants of a city or town:Caesar Gomphos pervenit, quod est oppidum primum Thessaliae venientibus ab Epiro, quae gens ultro ad Caesarem legatos miserat,
Caes. B. C. 3, 80, 1:atqui ad hoc, de quo agitur, non quaerimus gentem, ingenia quaerimus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37 fin.; cf.:gladio pugnacissima gens Romani,
Quint. 9, 3, 8; Liv. 5, 48, 3:Segni Condrusique, ex gente et numero Germanorum,
Caes. B. G. 6, 32, 1:in illa incorrupta maxime gente Aegyptiorum,
Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 14:nos plurimis ignotissimi gentibus,
id. ib. 1, 17, 26:jus gentium,
id. ib. 1, 2, 2; cf.:quod naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, id... vocatur jus gentium quasi quo jure omnes gentes utuntur,
Gai. Inst. 1, 1.—In partic.a.As a partit. gen., gentium, like terrarum, for the sake of emphasis, in the world, on earth (freq. and class.):b.ubicumque terrarum et gentium violatum jus civium Romanorum sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 143:quod ubique gentium est,
id. Rep. 2, 4:ubinam gentium sumus,
where in the world? id. Cat. 1, 4, 9:ubi ubi est gentium?
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 21:obsecro, unde haec gentium?
id. Cist. 4, 1, 16:ubi tu's gentium,
id. Rud. 2, 5, 11:quaerit quod nusquamst gentium,
id. Ps. 1, 4, 9:non hercle quo hinc nunc gentium aufugiam scio,
id. Rud. 3, 5, 44:ubivis gentium agere aetatem quam, etc.,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 4:an quisquam usquam gentium est aeque miser?
id. ib. 13:equidem te nisi nunc hodie nusquam vidi gentium,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 54:fratrem nusquam invenio gentium,
Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 1:abeat multo malo quovis gentium, Quam hic, etc.,
id. Heaut. 5, 1, 55:res est in manibus: tu autem abes longe gentium,
Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1: nostri turannoktonoi longe gentium absunt, id. Fam. 12, 22, 2:ah! minime gentium, non faciam,
by no means, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 44; so,minime gentium,
id. Eun. 4, 1, 11; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 44.—Gentes, opp. to the Romans, foreign nations, foreigners (post-Aug. and rare):c.maneat, quaeso, duretque gentibus si non amor nostri at certe odium sui,
Tac. G. 33; Auct. B. Hisp. 17 fin. —In the eccl. fathers, gentes, like ethnos, opp. to Jews and Christians, pagan nations, heathen, gentiles, Lact. 2, 13 fin.; Vulg. Psa. 2, 1 et saep.— Hence the title of Arnobius's work, Adversus Gentes.—3. -
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f.1 sight, eyesight (sentido).tiene buena/mala vista, está bien/mal de la vista she has good/poor eyesightperder la vista to lose one's sight, to go blindcorto de vista short-sightedvista cansada eyestrain2 watching.3 gaze (mirada).dirigió la vista hacia la pantalla she turned her eyes o gaze to the screenfijar la vista en to fix one's eyes on, to stare ata primera o simple vista at first sight, on the face of it (aparentemente)4 view (panorama).una habitación con vistas a room with a viewcon vistas al mar with a sea viewvista frontal front viewvista lateral side viewvista panorámica bird's-eye-view5 hearing (law).6 court hearing, hearing, trial.7 customs inspector.past part.past participle of spanish verb: ver.pres.subj.1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: vestir.* * *1 (visión) sight, vision3 (panorama) view4 (aspecto) appearance, aspect, look5 (dibujo, cuadro, foto) view6 (intención) intention7 (propósito) outlook, prospect8 DERECHO trial, hearing1 view sing\a la vista at sight, on sighta primera vista / a simple vista at first sighta tantos días vista so many days after sightver algo a vista de pájaro to have a a bird's-eye view of somethingactuar con mucha vista figurado to act with great foresightalzar la vista to raise one's eyes, look upapartar la vista de algo/alguien to look away from something/somebodybajar la vista to look downclavar la vista en algo / fijar la vista en algo to stare at somethingcomerse algo/alguien con la vista figurado to devour something/somebody with one's eyesconocer a alguien de vista to know somebody by sighten vista de in view of, consideringestar a la vista to be evident, be obvioushacer la vista gorda familiar to turn a blind eyeno quitar la vista de encima figurado not to take one's eyes offponer a la vista to put on showquitar de la vista to take awayser agradable a la vista to be pleasing to the eyeser corto,-a de vista to be short-sightedtener la vista cansada to be suffering from eyestraintener mala vista to have poor eyesighttener mucha vista figurado to be far-sightedtener vista de lince figurado to be eagle-eyed, have eyes like a hawkvolver la vista atrás to look back* * *noun f.1) vision, eyesight2) view, sight3) glance, look4) hearing* * *1. SF1) (=visión) sight, eyesight•
nublarse la vista, se me nubló la vista — my eyes clouded over•
perder la vista — to lose one's sight•
tener buena/mala vista — to have good/bad eyesightvista cansada — (por defecto) longsightedness; (por agotamiento) eyestrain
vista de águila, vista de lince — eagle eye
tener vista de águila o de lince — to have eagle eyes, to have eyes like a hawk o a lynx
2) (=ojos)a) (=órgano) eyes [pl]una luz que hiere la vista — a dazzling light, a light that hurts one's eyes
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torcer la vista — to squintb) (=mirada)¡vista a la derecha! — (Mil) eyes right!
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aguzar la vista — (para ver a lo lejos) to screw one's eyes up; (para descubrir algo) to look sharp•
alzar la vista — to look up•
apartar la vista — to look away•
bajar la vista — to look down, lower one's gaze•
buscar algo con la vista — to look around for sth•
clavar la vista en algn/algo — to stare at sb/sth, fix one's eyes on sb/sth•
dirigir la vista a algn/algo — to look towards sb/sth, turn one's gaze on sb/sth•
echar una vista a algn/algo — to take a look at sb/sth•
fijar la vista en algn/algo — to stare at sb/sth, fix one's eyes on sb/sth•
medir a algn con la vista — to size sb up•
pasar la vista por algo — to look over sth, glance quickly at sth•
con la vista puesta en la pared — with his eyes fixed on the wallcon la vista puesta en la futura legislación medioambiental, la compañía ha sacado un nuevo modelo — in the light of the forthcoming environmental legislation, the company has launched a new model
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¡ quítate de mi vista! — get out of my sight!•
recorrer algo con la vista — to run one's eye over sth•
seguir algo con la vista — to follow sth with one's eyes•
volver la vista — to look awaysaltar a la vista —
una cosa que salta a la vista es... — one thing that immediately hits o strikes you is...
salta a la vista que... — it's blindingly obvious that...
3) (=perspicacia) foresighttuvieron vista para comprar las acciones — they showed foresight in buying the shares, it was shrewd of them to buy the shares
4) (=panorama) view•
con vistas a, con vistas a la montaña — with a view of the mountainsuna habitación con vistas al mar — a room with a sea view, a room overlooking the sea
vista anterior, vista frontal — front view
5) (Fot) (=imagen) viewa)• a la vista — in sight o view
no es muy agradable a la vista — it's not a pretty sight, it's not very pleasant to look at
cuenta a la vista — (Econ) instant access account
a la vista está (que...) — it's obvious (that...), you can see for yourself (that...)
a la vista, no son pobres — from what you can tell, they're not poor
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a la vista de todos — in full view (of everyone)a la vista de sus informes — in the light of o in view of his reports
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poner algo a la vista — to put sth on viewb)•a... años/días vista, pagadero a 30 días vista — payable within 30 days
a un año vista de las elecciones — (=antes) a year before the elections
a cinco años vista — (=después) five years from then
c)• con vistas a — with a view to
han modernizado el estadio con vistas al Mundial — they have modernized the stadium ahead of the World Cup
d)•de vista — by sight
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en vista de — in view ofen vista de que... — in view of the fact that...
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¡ hasta la vista! — see you!, so long!•
a primera vista — at first sight, on the face of it•
a simple vista — (=sin ayuda de aparatos) to the naked eye; (=por la primera impresión) at first sight7) (=aspecto) appearance, looks [pl]de vista poco agradable — not very nice to look at, unprepossessing
8) (Jur) hearing9) pl vistas ( Hist) meeting [sing], conference [sing]2.SMF (tb: vista de aduana) customs official* * *Imasculino y femenino customs officer o officialII1)a) ( sentido) sight, eyesighttener buena/mala vista — to have good/bad eyesight
b) ( ojos) eyesc) ( perspicacia) vision2)a) ( mirada)alzar or levantar/bajar la vista — to look up/down
torcer la vista — to be cross-eyed, to have a squint
b) ( espectáculo) sight3) (en locs)a la vista: tierra a la vista! land ho!; ponlo bien a la vista put it where it can be seen easily; estar/no estar a la vista to be within/out of sight; pagar al portador y a la vista pay the bearer at sight; cuenta corriente a la vista sight account; a la vista de todos in full view of everyone; ¿tienes algún proyecto a la vista? do you have any projects in view?; a primera or a simple vista at first sight o glance; se notaba a simple vista you could tell just by looking; con vistas a with a view to; de vista by sight; en vista: tener algo/a alguien en vista to have something/somebody in mind; en vista de in view of; en vista de que... in view of the fact that...; hasta la vista! see you!, so long! (colloq); a vista de pájaro: ver algo a vista de pájaro to get a bird's-eye view of something; a vista y paciencia de alguien (Chi, Per fam) in front of somebody; hacer la vista gorda to turn a blind eye; perder algo/a alguien de vista to lose sight of something/somebody; al terminar la carrera los perdí de vista I lost touch with them when we graduated; perderse de vista to disappear from view; saltar a la vista: lo primero que salta a la vista es el color que tiene the first thing that hits o strikes you is the color; salta a la vista que hicieron trampa it's obvious they cheated; tener la vista puesta en algo/alguien to have one's eye on something/somebody; tener vista de águila or lince to have eyes like a hawk; volver la vista atrás — to look back
4) ( panorama) view5) (Der) hearingla vista del juicio se celebrará el... — the hearing will take place on...
6) (Com, Fin)* * *Imasculino y femenino customs officer o officialII1)a) ( sentido) sight, eyesighttener buena/mala vista — to have good/bad eyesight
b) ( ojos) eyesc) ( perspicacia) vision2)a) ( mirada)alzar or levantar/bajar la vista — to look up/down
torcer la vista — to be cross-eyed, to have a squint
b) ( espectáculo) sight3) (en locs)a la vista: tierra a la vista! land ho!; ponlo bien a la vista put it where it can be seen easily; estar/no estar a la vista to be within/out of sight; pagar al portador y a la vista pay the bearer at sight; cuenta corriente a la vista sight account; a la vista de todos in full view of everyone; ¿tienes algún proyecto a la vista? do you have any projects in view?; a primera or a simple vista at first sight o glance; se notaba a simple vista you could tell just by looking; con vistas a with a view to; de vista by sight; en vista: tener algo/a alguien en vista to have something/somebody in mind; en vista de in view of; en vista de que... in view of the fact that...; hasta la vista! see you!, so long! (colloq); a vista de pájaro: ver algo a vista de pájaro to get a bird's-eye view of something; a vista y paciencia de alguien (Chi, Per fam) in front of somebody; hacer la vista gorda to turn a blind eye; perder algo/a alguien de vista to lose sight of something/somebody; al terminar la carrera los perdí de vista I lost touch with them when we graduated; perderse de vista to disappear from view; saltar a la vista: lo primero que salta a la vista es el color que tiene the first thing that hits o strikes you is the color; salta a la vista que hicieron trampa it's obvious they cheated; tener la vista puesta en algo/alguien to have one's eye on something/somebody; tener vista de águila or lince to have eyes like a hawk; volver la vista atrás — to look back
4) ( panorama) view5) (Der) hearingla vista del juicio se celebrará el... — the hearing will take place on...
6) (Com, Fin)* * *vista11 = sight, eyesight.Ex: The seers -- the sybils and prophets -- of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling reveal imperfections of bodily sight (such as near- and far-sightedness), emphasizing their spiritual foresight.
Ex: Often microform makes users aware of hitherto unnoticed eyesight defects.* a la vista = in sight, within sight.* a la vista de = in light of, in the light of.* algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.* amor a primera vista = love at first sight.* a ojos vista = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes.* apartar la vista = look + the other way.* a + Posesivo + vista = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes.* a primera vista = on first acquaintance, at first sight, on first inspection, on the face of it, at first blush, at first glance, on the surface, prima facie, first-blush.* a simple vista = by the naked eye, superficially, on first thought.* a vista de pájaro = bird's eye view.* cansar la vista = cause + eyestrain.* con problemas de vista = vision impaired.* con vistas a = with an eye toward(s), overlook.* con vistas a (+ Infinitivo) = with a view to (+ Gerundio).* con vistas a + Nombre = for + Nombre + purposes.* corto de vista = nearsighted [near-sighted].* desagradable a la vista = eyesore.* de vista aguda = sharp-eyed.* empeoramiento de la vista = failing eyesight.* en vista de = in light of, in the face of, in the light of, in view of.* en vista de que = seeing that/as.* fuera de la vista = out of view.* hacer la vista gorda = look + the other way, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have seen.* hasta donde alcanza la vista = as far as the eye can see.* levantar la vista = look up.* mala vista = poor eyesight.* no perder de vista = keep + an eye on, keep + a beady eye on, keep in + sight.* no volver la vista atrás = never + look back.* perder de vista = lose from + sight, drop from + sight, lose + sight of.* perder de vista el hecho de que = lose + sight of the fact that.* perder la vista = become + blind.* personas con problemas de vista, las = visually impaired, the, visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.* persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.* plan de adquisición de material a vista = approval plan.* problemas con la vista = poor eyesight.* regalarse la vista con = feast + Posesivo + eyes on.* saltar a la vista = be patently clear.* sin perder de vista = with an eye on.* sin problemas de vista = sighted.* tener la vista cansada = need + reading glasses.* todo está a la vista = what you see is what you get.* torcer la vista = squint.* vista cansada = visual fatigue, eyestrain [eye strain], presbyopia.* vista fatigada = eyestrain [eye strain].* volver la vista atrás = look back.vista2* adoptar un punto de vista = embrace + view.* analizar desde un punto de vista crítico = cast + a critical eye over.* argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.* argument que presenta los dos puntos de vista = two-sided argument.* ¡Barco a la vista! = Ship ahoy!.* comprender un punto de vista = take + point.* desde cualquier punto de vista = by any standard(s).* desde el punto de vista de la nutrición = in terms of, from the vantage of, as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, mitotically, nutritionally speaking, nutritionally.* desde el punto de vista del trabajador = in the trenches.* desde el punto de vista de la archivística = archivally.* desde el punto de vista de la calidad = on quality grounds.* desde el punto de vista de la competitividad = competitively.* desde el punto de vista de la conservación = preservationally.* desde el punto de vista de la cultura = culturally.* desde el punto de vista de la estética = aesthetically [esthetically, -USA].* desde el punto de vista de la funcionalidad = functionally.* desde el punto de vista de la informática = computationally.* desde el punto de vista de la logística = logistically.* desde el punto de vista de la medicina = medically.* desde el punto de vista de la música = musically.* desde el punto de vista de la notación = notationally.* desde el punto de vista de la química = chemically.* desde el punto de vista de la realidad = factually.* desde el punto de vista de las matemáticas = mathematically.* desde el punto de vista de la tonalidad = tonally.* desde el punto de vista del contexto = contextually.* desde el punto de vista del estilo = stylistically.* desde el punto de vista del funcionamiento = operationally.* desde el punto de vista del + Nombre = as seen through the eyes of + Nombre.* desde el punto de vista de los hechos = factually.* desde el punto de vista del uso = in terms of use.* desde el punto de vista de + Nombre = in + Nombre + eyes.* desde el punto de vista judicial = judicially.* desde el punto de vista lingüístico = linguistically.* desde el punto de vista político = politically.* desde este punto de vista = viewed in this light.* desde mi punto de vista = in my opinion, in my view, in my books.* desde + punto de vista = against + backdrop.* desde todos los puntos de vista = in every sense.* desde un punto de vista académico = academically.* desde un punto de vista antropológico = anthropologically.* desde un punto de vista clínico = medically, clinically.* desde un punto de vista crítico = judgmentally [judgementally], with a critical eye, critically.* desde un punto de vista económico = economically, monetarily.* desde un punto de vista estrictamente técnico = technically speaking.* desde un punto de vista étnico = ethnically.* desde un punto de vista filosófico = philosophically.* desde un punto de vista general = in a broad sense.* desde un punto de vista histórico = historically.* desde un punto de vista más amplio = in a broader sense.* desde un punto de vista más general = in a broader sense.* desde un punto de vista médico = medically.* desde un punto de vista medioambiental = environmentally.* desde un punto de vista monetario = monetarily.* desde un punto de vista morfológico = morphologically.* desde un punto de vista operativo = operationally.* desde un punto de vista racista = racially + Adjetivo.* desde un punto de vista religioso = religiously.* desde un punto de vista socioeconómico = socioeconomically.* desde un punto de vista técnico = technically.* fiel desde el punto de vista de la historia = historically accurate.* manifestar un punto de vista = air + view.* neutral desde el punto de vista de la raza = race-neutral.* no concebirse desde ningún punto de vista = be impossible under any hypothesis.* promover un punto de vista = promote + view.* punto de vista = angle, point of view, side, stance, standpoint, view, viewpoint, outlook, eye, world view [worldview/world-view], bent of mind.* sostener un punto de vista = assert + view, hold + point of view.* tener en cuenta un punto de vista = contemplate + view.* tener en cuenta un punto de vista = take into + account + viewpoint.* ver Algo desde el punto de vista + Adjetivo = view + Nombre + through + Adjetivo + eyes.vista33 = outlook, vista, sight, view.Ex: This provides the user with a pleasant outlook and gives natural light.
Ex: From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.Ex: There was something inexpressibly poignant about the sight of the once powerful Roger Balzac sitting quiescently like a victim in a noose across the desk from him.Ex: Just as long as she has a nice view from her kitchen window she doesn't care about the rest of the world.* contemplar una vista = contemplate + view.* ofrecer una vista = afford + a view.* sin vistas = viewless.* tener vistas a = overlook.* ¡Tierra a la vista! = Land ahoy!, Land ho!.* una vista digna de contemplar = a sight to behold.* una vista digna de ver = a sight to behold.* vista agradable = a sight for sore eyes.* vista a la sierra = mountain view.* vista a las montañas = mountain view.* vista al mar = sea view.* vista a ojo de pájaro = bird's eye view.* vista a ras de suelo = worm's eye view.* vista asombrosa = breathtaking view.* vista impresionante = breathtaking view.* vista panorámica = panorama, pan, sweeping view, grandstand view, panoramic view.* vista sobrecogedora = breathtaking view.vista44 = court hearing.Ex: Both the newspapers and the unions want to cut their losses by concluding a deal in advance of a court hearing that is scheduled to decide on the original causes of the strike.
* vista judicial = hearing, court hearing.* vista oral = oral hearing.vista55 = view.Nota: En cartografía, representación plana con efecto de relieve en la que las líneas de fuga concurren en un punto de vista central correspondiente al ojo del observador.Ex: A view is a perspective representation of the landscape in which detail is shown as if projected on an oblique plane (e.g., a bird's eye view, panorama, panoramic drawing, worm's eye view).
* * *customs officer o officialA1 (sentido) sight, eyesighttengo buena vista I have good eyesight, my sight is goodser corto de vista to be shortsightedtener la vista cansada to have eyestrainla enfermedad le afectó la vista the illness affected his eyesight o his sight o his visioneste paisaje tan bello es un regalo para la vista this beautiful scenery is a delight to beholdperdió la vista en un accidente he lost his sight in an accident2 (ojos) eyesla luz me hace daño a la vista the light hurts my eyeslo han operado de la vista he's had an eye operationse le nubló la vista her eyes clouded over3 (perspicacia) visiontiene mucha vista para los negocios he's very shrewd o he has great vision when it comes to businessB1(mirada): me contestó sin alzar or levantar la vista del libro she answered without looking up from the book o without raising her eyes from the bookno me quitó la vista de encima she didn't take her eyes off metorcer la vista to be cross-eyed, to have a squintbajó la vista he looked downfijó la vista en el horizonte she fixed her eyes o her gaze on the horizondirigió la vista hacia nosotros he looked toward(s) us2 (espectáculo) sightse desmayó ante la vista del cadáver he fainted at the sight of the bodyC ( en locs):a la vista: ¡tierra a la vista! land ho!ponlo bien a la vista put it where it can be seen easilyescóndelo, que no esté a la vista hide it somewhere out of sightpagar al portador y a la vista pay the bearer at sightcuenta corriente a la vista sight accountno lo hagas aquí a la vista de todos don't do it here where everyone can see o in full view of everyone[ S ] fabricación a la vista del público workshop ( o factory etc) open for public viewing[ S ] café molido a la vista ( RPl); coffee ground while you wait¿tienes algún proyecto a la vista? do you have any projects in view?a primera vista at first sight o glancea primera vista no parecía grave at first sight o glance it didn't look seriousse notaba a simple vista que estaba enfermo you could tell he was ill just by looking at himcon vistas a with a view toun acuerdo con vistas a las próximas elecciones a pact for the forthcoming electionscon vistas a que nos lo financien with a view to their o them providing financede vista by sightlos conozco sólo de vista I only know them by sighten vista: ¿tienen a alguien en vista para el puesto? do you have anybody in mind for the job?estamos buscando casa — ¿ya tienen algo en vista? we're househunting — have you seen anything interesting yet?en vista de in view ofen vista de que no podía ganar in view of the fact that she couldn't winen vista de que no llegaban, nos fuimos since they hadn't arrived, we leften vista del éxito obtenido, mejor me callo la boca ( iró hum); considering the success of my last comment ( o joke etc), I think I'd better keep my mouth shut ( iro hum)a vista de pájaro: desde la torre vemos la ciudad a vista de pájaro from the tower we get a bird's-eye view of the cityecharle la vista encima a algn ( fam); to see sbhace tiempo que no le echo la vista encima I haven't seen him for some timeestar con or tener la vista puesta en algo/algn to have one's eye on sth/sbtiene la vista puesta en una chica de la oficina he's got his eye on a girl in the officeperder algo/a algn de vista to lose sight of sth/sbvigílalo bien, no lo pierdas de vista keep a close eye on him, don't let him out of your sightno debemos perder de vista nuestro objetivo primario we must not lose sight of our main objectiveno pierdas de vista (el hecho de) que es un actor desconocido don't lose sight of o don't overlook the fact that he is an unknown actorcuando terminamos la carrera los perdí de vista I lost touch with them when we graduatedperderse de vista to disappear from viewsaltar a la vista: lo primero que salta a la vista es el color que tiene the first thing that hits o strikes you is the color¿cómo no te diste cuenta? si saltaba a la vista I can't see how you failed to notice, it stood out a mile o it was so obvioussalta a la vista que hicieron trampa it's obvious they cheatedtener vista de águila or lince to have eyes like a hawkvolver la vista atrás to look backno vuelvas la vista atrás y piensa en el futuro don't look back, think of the futureD1 (panorama) viewuna vista preciosa de la bahía a beautiful view of the bayla habitación tiene vista al mar the room overlooks the sea o has a sea view o looks out over the seavista aérea aerial view2 (imagen) view3 ( fam)(aspecto): el plato tenía muy buena vista the dish looked deliciousunos muebles de mucha vista some very attractive furnitureE ( Der) hearingla vista del juicio se celebrará el día 27 the hearing will take place on the 27thCompuesto:hearinga 20 días vista within 20 days* * *
Del verbo vestir: ( conjugate vestir)
vista es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
vestir
vista
vestir ( conjugate vestir) verbo transitivo
1
2 (liter o period) ( llevar puesto) to wear
verbo intransitivo
1 [ persona] to dress;
vista de algo ‹de uniforme/azul›) to wear sth;
vista de etiqueta to wear formal dress
2 ( ser elegante):
de vista ‹traje/zapatos› smart
vestirse verbo pronominal ( refl)
◊ date prisa, vístete hurry up, get dressedb) ( de cierta manera):
se viste a la última moda she wears the latest styles;
siempre se viste de verde she always wears greenc) ( disfrazarse) vistase de algo to dress up as sth
vista sustantivo femenino
1
ser corto de vista to be near-sighted;
perdió la vista he lost his sight;
vista cansada eyestrain
lo operaron de la vista he had an eye operation
2 ( mirada):◊ alzar/bajar la vista to look up/down
3 ( en locs)◊ a la vista: ponlo bien a la vista put it where it can be seen easily;
estar/no estar a la vista to be within/out of sight;
a la vista de todos in full view of everyone;
¿tienes algún proyecto a la vista? do you have any projects in view?;
a primera or a simple vista at first sight o glance;
con vistas a with a view to;
en vista de in view of;
en vista de que … in view of the fact that …;
¡hasta la vista! see you!, so long! (colloq);
perder algo/a algn de vista to lose sight of sth/sb;
perderse de vista to disappear from view
4 ( panorama) view;
vista aérea aerial view
5 (Der) hearing
vestir
I verbo transitivo
1 (poner la ropa a alguien) to dress
frml to clothe
2 (llevar puesto) to wear: vestía un traje gris, he was wearing a grey suit
II verbo intransitivo
1 (llevar) to dress
viste de rojo, she's wearing red
vestir bien, to dress well
(ser apropiado, elegante) to look smart
visto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (considerado socialmente) estar bien visto, to be considered correct o acceptable
estar mal visto, to be frowned upon/on
2 (común, poco original) estar muy visto, not to be very original: ese reloj está muy visto, everybody is wearing watches like that
3 fam (obvio) estar visto, to be obvious o clear
4 (al parecer) por lo visto, apparently
5 Jur visto para sentencia, ready for judgement
II sustantivo masculino visto bueno, approval
vista sustantivo femenino
1 (sentido, visión) sight: le conozco de vista, I know him by sight
ese edificio nos tapa la vista del río, the river is hidden from view by that building
tienes buena vista, you have good eyesight
corto de vista, shortsighted, US nearsighted
(los ojos) me hace daño a la vista, it hurts my eyes
2 (perspectiva, panorama) view
con vistas a la calle, overlooking the street
3 Jur hearing, trial
♦ Locuciones: familiar hacer la vista gorda, to turn a blind eye
perder de vista, to lose sight of: el tren se perdió de vista, the train disappeared from view
familiar ¡piérdete de mi vista!, get out of here!, get lost!
(recordar) volver/echar la vista atrás, to look back
a la vista, (dentro del campo visual) visible, within sight
(previsto) tienen un viaje a la vista, they have a trip in mind
a primera vista/a simple vista, (a la primera, directamente) at first sight o glance: amor a primera vista, love at first sight
detectó el error a simple vista, he found the mistake straight away
(con solo mirar) esa estrella no es visible a simple vista, that star isn't visible with the naked eye
(en principio, al parecer) on the face of it
con vistas a, with a view to
en vista de, in view of, considering
' vista' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abarcar
- aguda
- agudo
- alcance
- ante
- apartar
- cantar
- converger
- corta
- corto
- dominar
- esforzar
- fijar
- fina
- fino
- golpe
- graduar
- graduarse
- herir
- lince
- novedosa
- novedoso
- nublarse
- punto
- recorrer
- respetable
- saltar
- sesgar
- versión
- visión
- volver
- aéreo
- agradable
- alcanzar
- amor
- ángulo
- cansar
- chiribita
- clavado
- clavar
- conocer
- descansar
- devolver
- engañar
- forzar
- levantar
- mirada
- mirar
- nublar
- ojo
English:
acute
- angle
- aspect
- avert
- away
- bird's-eye view
- blind
- blot out
- clear
- contention
- delightful
- dim
- eagle-eyed
- eye
- eye-level
- eyesight
- eyestrain
- face
- glance
- glorious
- gorgeous
- hearing
- hide
- in
- jump out
- look up
- naked
- note
- obstruct
- open out
- oscillate
- outlook
- overlook
- perspective
- point
- respect
- scene
- see
- seeing
- sense
- sharp
- sight
- sight-reading
- slant
- splendid
- standpoint
- stare
- strain
- strained
- surface
* * *♦ adjver visto♦ nf1. [sentido] (sense of) sight;[visión] eyesight; [ojos] eyes;tiene buena/mala vista, está bien/mal de la vista she has good/poor eyesight;la luz me hace daño a la vista the light hurts my eyes;se me nubló la vista my eyes clouded over;perder la vista to lose one's sight, to go blind;de vista: conocer a alguien de vista to know sb by sight;¡hasta la vista! see you!;a vista de pájaro: Cartagena a vista de pájaro a bird's-eye view of Cartagena;hacer la vista gorda to turn a blind eye;no perder de vista algo/a alguien [vigilar] not to let sth/sb out of one's sight;[tener en cuenta] not to lose sight of sth/sb, not to forget about sth/sb;perder de vista algo/a alguien [dejar de ver] to lose sight of sth/sb;perder de vista a alguien [perder contacto] to lose touch with sb;perderse de vista [en la distancia] to disappear (from sight);salta a la vista que es novato he is very obviously a beginner;salta a la vista su juventud [sorprende] one thing that strikes you is how young she is;vista cansada [por la edad] long-sightedness; [por el esfuerzo] eyestrain2. [mirada] gaze;dirigió la vista hacia la pantalla she turned her eyes o gaze to the screen;alzar/apartar/bajar la vista to look up/away/down;fijar la vista en to fix one's eyes on, to stare at;volver la vista atrás to look back3. [observación] watching4. [panorama] view;una habitación con vistas a room with a view;con vistas al mar with a sea viewvista aérea aerial view;vista panorámica panoramic viewhay que tener más vista al decir las cosas you have to be more careful what you say6. Der hearingvista oral oral proceedingsa pagar a 30 días vista payable within 30 days[después] two months after the elections♦ nm[empleado de aduanas] customs officer [responsible for checking baggage]♦ a la vista loc adj1. [visible] visible;está a la vista [muy cerca] it's staring you in the face;¡barco/tierra a la vista! ship/land ahoy!;no dejen objetos de valor a la vista dentro del autocar do not leave valuables lying around where they can be seen inside the coachtenemos varios proyectos a la vista there are a number of possible projects on the horizon♦ a la vista de loc prep1. [delante de] in full view of;ocurrió a la vista de todos it happened in full view of everybody;está a la vista de todos it's there for everybody to see2. [en vista de] in view of;a la vista de los resultados financieros… in view of the financial results…♦ con vistas a loc prep[con la intención de] with a view to;se reunirán con vistas a negociar un nuevo convenio con la patronal they will meet with a view to negotiating a new agreeement with the employers;el ahorro con vistas al futuro saving for the future♦ en vista de loc prepin view of, considering;en vista de lo ocurrido… considering what has happened…;en vista de que since, seeing as* * *I f1 (eye)sight;vista cansada MED tired eyes;tener buena/mala vista have good/bad eyesight;hacer la vista gorda fig fam turn a blind eye;tener vista para algo fig have a good eye for sth2 JUR hearing3:a la vista COM at sight, on demand4 ( panorámica):la ciudad a vista de pajaro a bird’s eye view of the city, the city seen from above;vista aérea FOT aerial view5 ( perspectiva):con vistas a with a view to;en vista de in view of6:a simple vista with the naked eye;a primera vista at first sight;de vista by sight;estar a la vista be in sight;perder de vista lose sight of;no perder de vista niño etc not take one’s eyes off;a la vista de todos in full view of everyone;poner la vista en alguien/algo look at s.o./sth; tener intención de conseguir algo set one’s sights on s.o./sth;volver la vista atrás tb fig look back;hasta la vista bye!, see you!II m/f:vista (de aduanas) customs official o officer* * *vista nf1) visión: vision, eyesight2) mirada: look, gaze, glance3) panorama: view, vista, panorama4) : hearing (in court)5)a primera vista : at first sight6)en vista de : in view of7)hacer la vista gorda : to turn a blind eye8)¡hasta la vista! : so long!, see you!9)perder de vista : to lose sight ofpunto de vista : point of view* * *vista n1. (visión) sight / eyesight2. (panorama) view3. (habilidad) eyea simple vista at first sight / at first glance -
71 causa
f.1 cause (origen).la relación causa-efecto the relationship between cause and effect2 reason.se desconocen las causas del accidente it is not known what caused the accidenta o por causa de because ofpor causa mayor for reasons beyond my/our/etc control3 cause (ideal).dieron su vida por la causa they gave their lives for the causehacer causa común con alguien to make common cause with somebodyser una causa perdida to be a lost cause4 case (law).5 lawsuit, case.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: causar.* * *1 (gen) cause2 (motivo) cause, reason, motive\a causa de because of, on account ofhacer causa común con to make common cause withinstruir una causa DERECHO to take legal proceedingspor causa de because of, on account ofcausa mayor good reason■ no se puede faltar al trabajo si no es por causa mayor you can't stay off work unless it's for a very good reasoncausa pública DERECHO public good* * *noun f.* * *ISF1) (=motivo) causela niebla pudo haber sido la causa del accidente — the accident could have been caused by fog, the fog could have been the cause of o reason for the accident
algunos protestaron sin causa justificada — some protested for no good reason o without true cause
conocimiento 2), doctor 1.•
relación causa-efecto — cause and effect relationship2)• a o por causa de — because of
no quiero que sufras por mi causa — I don't want you to suffer for my sake o on my account
3) (=ideal) cause•
hacer causa común con algn — to make common cause with sb4) (Jur) (tb: causa judicial) lawsuit, caseIISF1) Cono Sur (=tentempié) snack, light meal* * *1) ( motivo) causela causa de todas mis desgracias — the cause of o the reason for all my misfortunes
se enfadó sin causa alguna — she got annoyed for no good reason o for no reason at all
a or por causa de — because of
2) (ideal, fin) cause•* * *= root cause, trigger.Ex. This article highlights the root causes of nativism against both immigrants and U.S. immigration policy arising from increasing legal and illegal immigration.Ex. They will however always have some kind of springboard or trigger which has led to their question, and we can work forwards from this.----* apoyar una causa = forward + cause, support + cause.* ayudar a la causa de = help + in the cause of.* buena causa = good cause.* causa de fuerza mayor = act of God.* causa de la ofensa = offending.* causa de mortalidad = lethality.* causa-efecto = causal.* causa fortuita = act of God.* causa justa = just cause, good cause.* causa perdida = lost cause, losing battle.* causa primaria = prime cause.* causa radical, la = radical cause, the.* causas de conflictos armados = warpath.* causa social = social cause.* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.* decisión con conocimiento de causa = informed decision.* defender la causa de = further + the cause of.* defender + Posesivo + causa = advance + Posesivo + cause.* defender una causa = promote + cause, support + cause, champion + cause.* detectar la causa de algo = smell + cause.* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.* doctor honoris causa = honorary doctorate.* luchar por una buena causa = fight + the good fight.* luchar por una causa = champion + cause.* luchar por una causa perdida = fight + a losing battle.* que no causa dolor = painless.* relación causa-efecto = cause-effect relation, causal relationship.* retomar una causa = take up + cause.* sin causa alguna = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.* sin causa aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.* sin causa justificada = without justified reason.* sin conocimiento de causa = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.* tener causa justificada = have + good cause.* toma de decisiones con conocimiento de causa = informed decision making.* tomar decisiones con conocimiento de causa = make + informed decisions.* una causa perdida = a dead dog.* * *1) ( motivo) causela causa de todas mis desgracias — the cause of o the reason for all my misfortunes
se enfadó sin causa alguna — she got annoyed for no good reason o for no reason at all
a or por causa de — because of
2) (ideal, fin) cause•* * *= root cause, trigger.Ex: This article highlights the root causes of nativism against both immigrants and U.S. immigration policy arising from increasing legal and illegal immigration.
Ex: They will however always have some kind of springboard or trigger which has led to their question, and we can work forwards from this.* apoyar una causa = forward + cause, support + cause.* ayudar a la causa de = help + in the cause of.* buena causa = good cause.* causa de fuerza mayor = act of God.* causa de la ofensa = offending.* causa de mortalidad = lethality.* causa-efecto = causal.* causa fortuita = act of God.* causa justa = just cause, good cause.* causa perdida = lost cause, losing battle.* causa primaria = prime cause.* causa radical, la = radical cause, the.* causas de conflictos armados = warpath.* causa social = social cause.* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.* decisión con conocimiento de causa = informed decision.* defender la causa de = further + the cause of.* defender + Posesivo + causa = advance + Posesivo + cause.* defender una causa = promote + cause, support + cause, champion + cause.* detectar la causa de algo = smell + cause.* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.* doctor honoris causa = honorary doctorate.* luchar por una buena causa = fight + the good fight.* luchar por una causa = champion + cause.* luchar por una causa perdida = fight + a losing battle.* que no causa dolor = painless.* relación causa-efecto = cause-effect relation, causal relationship.* retomar una causa = take up + cause.* sin causa alguna = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.* sin causa aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.* sin causa justificada = without justified reason.* sin conocimiento de causa = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.* tener causa justificada = have + good cause.* toma de decisiones con conocimiento de causa = informed decision making.* tomar decisiones con conocimiento de causa = make + informed decisions.* una causa perdida = a dead dog.* * *A (motivo) causela causa de todas mis desgracias the cause of o the reason for all my misfortunessería causa suficiente de divorcio it would be adequate grounds for divorcese enfadó sin causa alguna she got annoyed for no good reason o for no reason at allaún no se conocen las causas del accidente the cause of the accident is still unknown, it is still not known what caused the accidentrelación de causa-efecto cause and effect relationshipa or por causa de because ofel partido se suspendió a causa del tiempo the match was postponed because of o on account of o owing to the weatherla cosecha se malogró por causa de las heladas the crop failed because of the frostCompuestos:final causefirst causeB (ideal, fin) causeuna causa perdida a lost causedefender una causa to defend a causehacer causa común con algn to make common cause with sbseguir una causa contra algn to try sbel juicio por la causa que se sigue contra ella por estafa the trial at which she faces charges for o is being tried for fraudCompuestos:lawsuitcriminal proceedings (pl), trial* * *
Del verbo causar: ( conjugate causar)
causa es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
causa
causar
causa sustantivo femenino
1 ( motivo) cause;◊ la causa de todas mis desgracias the cause of o the reason for all my misfortunes;
se enfadó sin causa alguna she got annoyed for no reason at all o for no good reason;
a or por causa de because of
2 ( ideal) cause;
3 (Der) ( pleito) lawsuit;
( proceso) trial
causar ( conjugate causar) verbo transitivo ‹daños/problema/sufrimiento› to cause;
‹ indignación› to cause, arouse;
‹ alarma› to cause, provoke;
‹ placer› to give;
me causó muy buena impresión I was very impressed with her
causa sustantivo femenino
1 cause
2 (motivo) reason: se ha enfadado sin causa, he has got angry for no reason
3 (utopía, ideal) una causa justa, a fair cause
4 Jur (proceso) trial
♦ Locuciones: a o por causa de, because of: su relación se deterioró a causa de los celos, their relationship fell apart because of jealousy
causar verbo transitivo to cause, bring about: el desaliño causa mala impresión, untidiness makes a bad impression
le causó buena impresión, he was very impressed by him
me causó mucha alegría, it made me very happy
' causa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abanderada
- abanderado
- abogar
- actuar
- adherirse
- apoyar
- caída
- caído
- causar
- con
- conocimiento
- de
- desgarrador
- desgarradora
- documentación
- ser
- funesta
- funesto
- gozosa
- gozoso
- horrorosa
- horroroso
- intríngulis
- lamentable
- lastimosa
- lastimoso
- leal
- motivo
- onerosa
- oneroso
- origen
- paladín
- por
- principio
- promotor
- promotora
- relativamente
- sabañón
- sacrificar
- semilla
- soponcio
- temerosa
- temeroso
- terrorífica
- terrorífico
- unirse
- valer
- vergonzosa
- vergonzoso
- vergüenza
English:
about
- account
- arm
- as
- battle
- because
- blow
- cause
- complication
- devotion
- earthshattering
- further
- get at
- honorary doctorate
- immediate cause
- lost
- mock
- occasion
- of
- owing
- plead
- rain off
- sensational
- suspend
- takeoff
- through
- ultimate
- unsympathetic
- win over
- worthy
- condemn
- court
- crack
- dismiss
- fog
- honorary
- open
- responsible
* * *causa nf1. [origen] cause;la causa última the ultimate cause o reason;el tabaco es la causa de muchas enfermedades respiratorias smoking is the cause of many respiratory diseases;él es la causa directa de todos mis problemas he is directly responsible for all my problems;la relación causa-efecto the relationship between cause and effectcausa final final cause;causa primera first cause2. [razón, motivo] reason;se desconocen las causas del accidente it is not known what caused the accident;por esta causa mueren al año muchos niños every year many children die as a result of this;ello no es causa suficiente para dejar de asistir a clase that isn't a good enough reason for stopping going to school;llegaron tarde a o [m5] por causa del intenso tráfico they arrived late because of the heavy traffic;por causa mayor for reasons beyond my/our/ etc control3. [ideal, objetivo] cause;una causa humanitaria a humanitarian cause;es todo por una buena causa it's all for o in a good cause;abrazar una causa to embrace a cause;dieron su vida por la causa they gave their lives for the cause;hacer causa común con alguien to make common cause with sb;ser una causa perdida to be a lost cause4. Der case;una causa contra alguien a case against sbcausa civil lawsuit;causa criminal criminal case6. Perú [guiso] = dish of mashed potatoes mixed with cheese, olives, sweetcorn and lettuce, eaten cold* * *f1 cause;hacer causa común con make common cause with;causa perdida fig lost cause2 ( motivo) reason;a causa de because of;por mi causa on my account3 JUR lawsuit* * *causa nf1) motivo: cause, reason, motivea causa de: because of2) ideal: causemorir por una causa: to die for a cause3) : lawsuit* * *causa n1. (en general) cause2. (motivo) reason -
72 proponer
v.1 to propose, to suggest.propongo ir al cine I suggest going to the cinemaMaría propuso su casa para la fiesta Mary proposed her house for the shindig.2 to offer, to propose.María propuso su casa para la fiesta Mary proposed her house for the shindig.Le propuse a María buscar la solución I offered Mary to search for the solution3 to propose to.* * *1 (persona, plan) to propose1 to intend* * *verbto propose, suggest* * *( pp propuesto)1. VT1) (=sugerir) [+ idea, proyecto] to suggest, propose; [+ candidato] to propose, put forward; [+ brindis, moción de censura] to propose; [+ teoría] to put forward, propound frmhemos propuesto la creación de un centro de acogida — we have suggested o proposed the setting up of a reception centre
el plan propuesto por el sindicato — the plan put forward o suggested o proposed by the union
no creo que la solución sea esa, como parece que algunos proponéis — I do not believe that is the solution, as some of you seem to suggest
la cifra de ventas propuesta asciende a un millón de libras — the sales target comes to one million pounds
te voy a proponer un trato — I'll make you a deal o a proposition
•
proponer a algn hacer algo — to suggest to sb that they should do sthfue ella quien me propuso hacer ese papel — it was her who suggested (to me) that I should play this part
propongo que la reunión se aplace hasta mañana — I suggest o propose that the meeting be postponed till tomorrow, I suggest we put the meeting off till tomorrow
2) (=recomendar)lo han propuesto para el cargo de secretario — they have nominated him for secretary, they have proposed him as secretary
he sido propuesta para la beca de investigación — I've been nominated o proposed for the research scholarship
la película ha sido propuesta como candidata para los Oscars — the film has been nominated for an Oscar
3) (=plantear) [+ problema] [gen] to pose; (Mat) to set2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < idea> to propose, suggestb) < persona> ( para cargo) to put forward, nominate; ( para premio) to nominatec) < moción> to proposed) < teoría> to propound2.proponerse v proncuando se propone algo, lo consigue — when he sets out to do something, he invariably achieves it
se proponen alcanzar la cima — their aim o goal is to reach the summit
me propuse decírselo — I made up my mind o I decided to tell her
* * *= argue, come up with, propose, propound, put forth, put forward, nominate, advance, bring forward.Ex. Cutter argued that when it could be established that the second term was definitely more significant then inversion of headings was acceptable.Ex. Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.Ex. The Research Libraries Group (RLG) and the Library of Congress are proposing a joint pilot project to investigate methods of allowing RLG direct online access to the MARC Master File.Ex. Few who were present will forget the now classic confrontation between Professor Lubetzky and Frederick Kilgour of OCLC, who propounded the perspective of new cataloging technology.Ex. Relevant cultural policy issues are explored, and recommendations are put forth for enhancing Canadian cultural sovereignty through book publishing.Ex. One of the key recommendations put forward in the programme was the confirmation of the responsibility of the national bibliographic agency for establishing the authoritative form of name for its country's.Ex. Until 1979, Members of the European Parliament were nominated by their national parliaments but in June of that year the first elections by universal suffrage were held in each of the nine member states.Ex. The heading 'Sugar Cane: Harvesters' shows the citation order advanced by Coates.Ex. They also intend to bring forward legislation to provide that the maximum amount of compensation should be £500,000.----* el hombre propone y Dios dispone = Man proposes, God disposes.* proponer a discusión = moot.* proponer a un candidato = nominate + candidate.* proponer como principio = posit.* proponer matrimonio = pop + the question.* proponer medidas = propose + measures.* proponerse = put + Posesivo + mind to.* proponerse hacer = set out to + do.* proponerse + Infinitivo = set out to + Infinitivo.* proponer una idea = advance + proposition, advance + idea, put forward + idea.* proponer una moción = propose + motion.* proponer una oferta = propose + offer.* proponer una teoría = advance + theory.* proponer un plan = come up with + plan.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < idea> to propose, suggestb) < persona> ( para cargo) to put forward, nominate; ( para premio) to nominatec) < moción> to proposed) < teoría> to propound2.proponerse v proncuando se propone algo, lo consigue — when he sets out to do something, he invariably achieves it
se proponen alcanzar la cima — their aim o goal is to reach the summit
me propuse decírselo — I made up my mind o I decided to tell her
* * *= argue, come up with, propose, propound, put forth, put forward, nominate, advance, bring forward.Ex: Cutter argued that when it could be established that the second term was definitely more significant then inversion of headings was acceptable.
Ex: Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.Ex: The Research Libraries Group (RLG) and the Library of Congress are proposing a joint pilot project to investigate methods of allowing RLG direct online access to the MARC Master File.Ex: Few who were present will forget the now classic confrontation between Professor Lubetzky and Frederick Kilgour of OCLC, who propounded the perspective of new cataloging technology.Ex: Relevant cultural policy issues are explored, and recommendations are put forth for enhancing Canadian cultural sovereignty through book publishing.Ex: One of the key recommendations put forward in the programme was the confirmation of the responsibility of the national bibliographic agency for establishing the authoritative form of name for its country's.Ex: Until 1979, Members of the European Parliament were nominated by their national parliaments but in June of that year the first elections by universal suffrage were held in each of the nine member states.Ex: The heading 'Sugar Cane: Harvesters' shows the citation order advanced by Coates.Ex: They also intend to bring forward legislation to provide that the maximum amount of compensation should be £500,000.* el hombre propone y Dios dispone = Man proposes, God disposes.* proponer a discusión = moot.* proponer a un candidato = nominate + candidate.* proponer como principio = posit.* proponer matrimonio = pop + the question.* proponer medidas = propose + measures.* proponerse = put + Posesivo + mind to.* proponerse hacer = set out to + do.* proponerse + Infinitivo = set out to + Infinitivo.* proponer una idea = advance + proposition, advance + idea, put forward + idea.* proponer una moción = propose + motion.* proponer una oferta = propose + offer.* proponer una teoría = advance + theory.* proponer un plan = come up with + plan.* * *vt1 ‹idea› to propose, suggestpropuse dos proyectos alternativos I proposed o put forward o suggested two alternative plansnos propuso pasar el fin de semana en su casa she suggested we spend the weekend at her housete voy a proponer un trato I'm going to make you a proposition, I'm going to propose a dealproponer QUE + SUBJ:propongo que se vote la moción I propose that we vote on the motionpropuso que se aceptara la oferta she suggested o proposed that the offer should be accepted2 ‹persona› (para un cargo) to put forward, nominate; (para un premio) to nominatepropuso a Ibáñez como candidato he put Ibáñez forward as a candidate, he proposed o nominated Ibáñez as a candidate3 ‹moción› to propose4 ‹teoría› to propoundcuando se propone algo, lo consigue when he sets out to do something, he invariably achieves itsin proponérselo, se había convertido en el líder del grupo he had unwittingly become the leader of the groupme lo había propuesto como meta I had set myself that goalproponerse + INF:no nos proponemos insultar a nadie we do not set out to o aim to insult anybody, it is not our aim o intention to insult anybodyse proponen construir una sociedad nueva their aim o goal is to build a new society, they plan to build a new societyse han propuesto alcanzar la cima they aim to reach the summit, they have set themselves the goal of reaching the summit, their aim o goal is to reach the summitme propuse ir a hablar con ella I made up my mind o I decided to go and talk to herme había propuesto levantarme más temprano I had decided that I would get up earlier, I had planned o intended to get up earlierproponerse QUE + SUBJ:te has propuesto que me enfade you're determined to make me o you're intent on making me lose my temper* * *
proponer ( conjugate proponer) verbo transitivo
‹ brindis› to propose;
te voy a proponer un trato I'm going to make you a proposition
( para premio) to nominate
proponerse verbo pronominal:
me lo propuse como meta I set myself that goal;
me propuse decírselo I made up my mind o I decided to tell her
proponer verbo transitivo
1 (una idea, etc) to propose, suggest: os propongo que vayamos al teatro, how about going to the theatre?
2 (a una persona) to nominate: le propusieron para ocupar la vicepresidencia, they nominated him for the vice-presidency ➣ Ver nota en propose
' proponer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
decir
- testigo
- propuse
English:
advance
- come up with
- move
- nominate
- offer
- propose
- propound
- put forward
- sponsor
- put
* * *♦ vt1. [sugerir] to propose, to suggest;han propuesto varias ideas they have put forward a number of ideas;propongo ir al cine I suggest going to the cinema;me propuso un trato he proposed a deal;me propuso que fuéramos al teatro she suggested going to the theatre2. [candidato] to put forward;lo han propuesto para secretario general del partido he has been put forward as a candidate for party chairman* * *<part propuesto> v/t propose, suggest;el hombre propone y Dios dispone man proposes and God disposes* * *proponer {60} vt1) : to propose, to suggest2) : to nominate* * *proponer vb1. (brindis, plan, etc) to propose2. (acción) to suggest -
73 adtendo
attendo ( adt-, Dietsch), tendi, tentum, 3, v. a., orig., to stretch something (e. g. the bow) toward something; so only in Appul.: arcum, Met. 2, p. 122, 5.—Hence,I.In gen., to direct or turn toward, = advertere, admovere: aurem, Att. ap. Non. p. 238, 10; Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib. (cf. infra, P. a.):II.attendere signa ad aliquid,
i. e. to affix, Quint. 11, 2, 29 (Halm, aptare); so, manus caelo, to stretch or extend toward, App. Met. 11, p. 263, 5:caput eodem attentum,
Hyg. Astr. 3, 20.—Far more freq.,Trop.A.Animum or animos attendere, or absol. attendere, also animo attendere, to direct the attention, apply the mind to something, to attend to, consider, mind, give heed to (cf.: advertere animum, and animadvertere; freq. and class.)1.With animum or animos: animum ad quaerendum quid siet, Pac. ap. Non. p. 238, 15:2.dictis animum, Lucil. ib.: animum coepi attendere,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:quo tempore aures judex erigeret animumque attenderet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10:si, cum animum attenderis, turpitudinem videas, etc.,
id. Off. 3, 8, 35:animum ad cavendum, Nep Alcib 5, 2: jubet peritos linguae attendere animum, pastorum sermo agresti an urbano propior esset,
Liv. 10, 4: praeterea et nostris animos attendere dictis atque adhibere velis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 238, 11:attendite animos ad ea, quae consequuntur,
Cic. Agr. 2, 15.—With a rel.-clause as object:nunc quid velim, animum attendite,
Ter. Phorm. prol. 24.—Absol.:3.postquam attendi Magis et vi coepi cogere, ut etc.,
Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 25:rem gestam vobis dum breviter expono, quaeso, diligenter attendite,
Cic. Mil. 9:audi, audi atque attende,
id. Planc. 41, 98; so id. de Or. 3, 13, 50; Phaedr. 2, 5, 6; Juv. 6, 66; 11, 16 al.—With acc. of the thing or person to which the attention is directed:Glaucia solebat populum monere, ut, cum lex aliqua recitaretur, primum versum attenderet,
Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 14:sed stuporem hominis attendite,
mark the stupidity, id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; so id. de Or. 1, 35, 161; Sall. J. 88, 2; Plin. Ep 6, 8, 8; Luc. 8, 623 al.: me de invidiosis rebus dicentem attendite. Cic. Sull 11, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 10:Quā re attendo te studiose,
id. Fin. 3, 12, 40:non attenderunt mandata,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 9, 34; ib. Job, 21, 5; ib. Isa. 28, 23.— Pass.:versūs aeque prima et media et extrema pars attenditur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 192. —With inf. or acc. and inf. as object: quid futurum est, si pol ego hanc discere artem attenderim? Pompon. ap. Non. p. 238, 17:non attendere superius illud eā re a se esse concessum,
Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 111.—With a rel.clause or a subjunct. with a particle:cum attendo, quā prudentiā sit Hortensius,
Cic. Quinct. 20, 63:Hermagoras nec, quid dicat, attendere nec... videatur,
id. Inv. 1, 6, 8:forte lubuit adtendere, quae res maxume tanta negotia sustinuisset,
Sall. C. 53, 2:Oro, parumper Attendas, quantum de legibus queratur etc.,
Juv. 10, 251:attende, cur, etc.,
Phaedr. 2, prol. 14:attendite ut sciatis prudentiam,
Vulg. Prov. 4, 1:Attendite, ne justitiam vestram faciatis etc.,
ib. Matt. 6, 1; ib. Eccli. 1, 38; 13, 10; 28, 30.— With de:cum de necessitate attendemus,
Cic. Part. Or. 24, 84.—With dat. (post-Aug.):sermonibus malignis,
Plin. Ep. 7, 26:cui magis quam Caesari attendant?
id. Pan. 65, 2; Sil. 8, 591:attendit mandatis,
Vulg. Eccli. 32, 28; ib. Prov. 7, 24:attendite vobis,
take heed to yourselves, ib. Luc. 17, 3; ib. Act. 5, 35; ib. 1 Tim. 4, 16.—So in Suet. several times in the signif. to devote attention to, to study, = studere:eloquentiae plurimum attendit,
Suet. Calig. 53:juri,
id. Galb. 5:extispicio,
id. Ner. 56.—With abl. with ab (after the Gr. prosechein apo tinos;eccl. Lat.): attende tibi a pestifero,
beware of, Vulg. Eccli. 11, 35:attendite ab omni iniquo,
ib. ib. 17, 11; ib. Matt. 7, 15; ib. Luc. 12, 1; 20, 46.—With animo (ante- and post-class. and rare):* B.cum animo attendi ad quaerendum, Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.: nunc quid petam, aequo animo attendite,
Ter. Hec. prol. 20:quid istud sit, animo attendatis,
App. Flor. 9: ut magis magisque attendant animo, Vulg. Eccli. prol.; so,in verbis meis attende in corde tuo,
ib. ib. 16, 25.—To strive eagerly for something, long for: puer, ne attenderis Petere a me id quod nefas sit concedi tibi, Att. ap. Non. p. 238, 19 (Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.).—Hence, attentus, a, um, P. a.A.Directed to something, attentive, intent on:B.Ut animus in spe attentus fuit,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 3:Quo magis attentas aurīs animumque reposco,
Lucr. 6, 920:Verba per attentam non ibunt Caesaris aurem,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 19:si attentos animos ad decoris conservationem tenebimus,
Cic. Off. 1, 37, 131:cum respiceremus attenti ad gentem,
Vulg. Thren. 4, 17:eaque dum animis attentis admirantes excipiunt,
Cic. Or. 58, 197:acerrima atque attentissima cogitatio,
a very acute and close manner of thinking, id. de Or. 3, 5, 17:et attentum monent Graeci a principio faciamus judicem et docilem,
id. ib. 2, 79, 323; 2, 19, 80; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Auct. ad Her. 1, 4:Ut patris attenti, lenonis ut insidiosi,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172:judex circa jus attentior,
Quint. 4, 5, 21.—Intent on, striving after something, careful, frugal, industrious:unum hoc vitium fert senectus hominibus: Attentiores sumus ad rem omnes quam sat est,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 48:nimium ad rem in senectā attente sumus,
id. ib. 5, 8, 31:tum enim cum rem habebas, quaesticulus te faciebat attentiorem,
Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7:paterfamilias et prudens et attentus,
id. Quinct. 3:Durus, ait, Voltei, nimis attentusque videris Esse mihi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 91:asper et attentus quaesitis,
id. S. 2, 6, 82:vita,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 44 Matth.:qui in re adventiciā et hereditariā tam diligens, tam attentus esset,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 48:antiqui attenti continentiae,
Val. Max. 2, 5, 5.— Comp.: hortor vos attentiori studio lectionem facere, * Vulg. Eccli. prol.—Hence, adv.: atten-tē, attentively, carefully, etc.:attente officia servorum fungi,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 14;audire,
Cic. Phil. 2, 5; id. Clu. 3 fin.; id. de Or. 2, 35, 148; id. Brut. 54, 200:legere,
id. Fam. 7, 19:parum attente dicere,
Gell. 4, 15:custodire attente,
Vulg. Jos. 22, 5.— Comp.:attentius audire,
Cic. Clu. 23:acrius et attentius cogitare,
id. Fin. 5, 2, 4:attentius agere aliquid,
Sall. C. 52, 18:spectare,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 197:invicem diligere,
Vulg. 1 Pet 1, 22.— Sup.:attentissime audire,
Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 259. -
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attendo ( adt-, Dietsch), tendi, tentum, 3, v. a., orig., to stretch something (e. g. the bow) toward something; so only in Appul.: arcum, Met. 2, p. 122, 5.—Hence,I.In gen., to direct or turn toward, = advertere, admovere: aurem, Att. ap. Non. p. 238, 10; Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib. (cf. infra, P. a.):II.attendere signa ad aliquid,
i. e. to affix, Quint. 11, 2, 29 (Halm, aptare); so, manus caelo, to stretch or extend toward, App. Met. 11, p. 263, 5:caput eodem attentum,
Hyg. Astr. 3, 20.—Far more freq.,Trop.A.Animum or animos attendere, or absol. attendere, also animo attendere, to direct the attention, apply the mind to something, to attend to, consider, mind, give heed to (cf.: advertere animum, and animadvertere; freq. and class.)1.With animum or animos: animum ad quaerendum quid siet, Pac. ap. Non. p. 238, 15:2.dictis animum, Lucil. ib.: animum coepi attendere,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:quo tempore aures judex erigeret animumque attenderet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10:si, cum animum attenderis, turpitudinem videas, etc.,
id. Off. 3, 8, 35:animum ad cavendum, Nep Alcib 5, 2: jubet peritos linguae attendere animum, pastorum sermo agresti an urbano propior esset,
Liv. 10, 4: praeterea et nostris animos attendere dictis atque adhibere velis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 238, 11:attendite animos ad ea, quae consequuntur,
Cic. Agr. 2, 15.—With a rel.-clause as object:nunc quid velim, animum attendite,
Ter. Phorm. prol. 24.—Absol.:3.postquam attendi Magis et vi coepi cogere, ut etc.,
Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 25:rem gestam vobis dum breviter expono, quaeso, diligenter attendite,
Cic. Mil. 9:audi, audi atque attende,
id. Planc. 41, 98; so id. de Or. 3, 13, 50; Phaedr. 2, 5, 6; Juv. 6, 66; 11, 16 al.—With acc. of the thing or person to which the attention is directed:Glaucia solebat populum monere, ut, cum lex aliqua recitaretur, primum versum attenderet,
Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 14:sed stuporem hominis attendite,
mark the stupidity, id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; so id. de Or. 1, 35, 161; Sall. J. 88, 2; Plin. Ep 6, 8, 8; Luc. 8, 623 al.: me de invidiosis rebus dicentem attendite. Cic. Sull 11, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 10:Quā re attendo te studiose,
id. Fin. 3, 12, 40:non attenderunt mandata,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 9, 34; ib. Job, 21, 5; ib. Isa. 28, 23.— Pass.:versūs aeque prima et media et extrema pars attenditur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 192. —With inf. or acc. and inf. as object: quid futurum est, si pol ego hanc discere artem attenderim? Pompon. ap. Non. p. 238, 17:non attendere superius illud eā re a se esse concessum,
Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 111.—With a rel.clause or a subjunct. with a particle:cum attendo, quā prudentiā sit Hortensius,
Cic. Quinct. 20, 63:Hermagoras nec, quid dicat, attendere nec... videatur,
id. Inv. 1, 6, 8:forte lubuit adtendere, quae res maxume tanta negotia sustinuisset,
Sall. C. 53, 2:Oro, parumper Attendas, quantum de legibus queratur etc.,
Juv. 10, 251:attende, cur, etc.,
Phaedr. 2, prol. 14:attendite ut sciatis prudentiam,
Vulg. Prov. 4, 1:Attendite, ne justitiam vestram faciatis etc.,
ib. Matt. 6, 1; ib. Eccli. 1, 38; 13, 10; 28, 30.— With de:cum de necessitate attendemus,
Cic. Part. Or. 24, 84.—With dat. (post-Aug.):sermonibus malignis,
Plin. Ep. 7, 26:cui magis quam Caesari attendant?
id. Pan. 65, 2; Sil. 8, 591:attendit mandatis,
Vulg. Eccli. 32, 28; ib. Prov. 7, 24:attendite vobis,
take heed to yourselves, ib. Luc. 17, 3; ib. Act. 5, 35; ib. 1 Tim. 4, 16.—So in Suet. several times in the signif. to devote attention to, to study, = studere:eloquentiae plurimum attendit,
Suet. Calig. 53:juri,
id. Galb. 5:extispicio,
id. Ner. 56.—With abl. with ab (after the Gr. prosechein apo tinos;eccl. Lat.): attende tibi a pestifero,
beware of, Vulg. Eccli. 11, 35:attendite ab omni iniquo,
ib. ib. 17, 11; ib. Matt. 7, 15; ib. Luc. 12, 1; 20, 46.—With animo (ante- and post-class. and rare):* B.cum animo attendi ad quaerendum, Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.: nunc quid petam, aequo animo attendite,
Ter. Hec. prol. 20:quid istud sit, animo attendatis,
App. Flor. 9: ut magis magisque attendant animo, Vulg. Eccli. prol.; so,in verbis meis attende in corde tuo,
ib. ib. 16, 25.—To strive eagerly for something, long for: puer, ne attenderis Petere a me id quod nefas sit concedi tibi, Att. ap. Non. p. 238, 19 (Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.).—Hence, attentus, a, um, P. a.A.Directed to something, attentive, intent on:B.Ut animus in spe attentus fuit,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 3:Quo magis attentas aurīs animumque reposco,
Lucr. 6, 920:Verba per attentam non ibunt Caesaris aurem,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 19:si attentos animos ad decoris conservationem tenebimus,
Cic. Off. 1, 37, 131:cum respiceremus attenti ad gentem,
Vulg. Thren. 4, 17:eaque dum animis attentis admirantes excipiunt,
Cic. Or. 58, 197:acerrima atque attentissima cogitatio,
a very acute and close manner of thinking, id. de Or. 3, 5, 17:et attentum monent Graeci a principio faciamus judicem et docilem,
id. ib. 2, 79, 323; 2, 19, 80; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Auct. ad Her. 1, 4:Ut patris attenti, lenonis ut insidiosi,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172:judex circa jus attentior,
Quint. 4, 5, 21.—Intent on, striving after something, careful, frugal, industrious:unum hoc vitium fert senectus hominibus: Attentiores sumus ad rem omnes quam sat est,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 48:nimium ad rem in senectā attente sumus,
id. ib. 5, 8, 31:tum enim cum rem habebas, quaesticulus te faciebat attentiorem,
Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7:paterfamilias et prudens et attentus,
id. Quinct. 3:Durus, ait, Voltei, nimis attentusque videris Esse mihi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 91:asper et attentus quaesitis,
id. S. 2, 6, 82:vita,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 44 Matth.:qui in re adventiciā et hereditariā tam diligens, tam attentus esset,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 48:antiqui attenti continentiae,
Val. Max. 2, 5, 5.— Comp.: hortor vos attentiori studio lectionem facere, * Vulg. Eccli. prol.—Hence, adv.: atten-tē, attentively, carefully, etc.:attente officia servorum fungi,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 14;audire,
Cic. Phil. 2, 5; id. Clu. 3 fin.; id. de Or. 2, 35, 148; id. Brut. 54, 200:legere,
id. Fam. 7, 19:parum attente dicere,
Gell. 4, 15:custodire attente,
Vulg. Jos. 22, 5.— Comp.:attentius audire,
Cic. Clu. 23:acrius et attentius cogitare,
id. Fin. 5, 2, 4:attentius agere aliquid,
Sall. C. 52, 18:spectare,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 197:invicem diligere,
Vulg. 1 Pet 1, 22.— Sup.:attentissime audire,
Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 259. -
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1.ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f. [orior], earliest beginning, commencement, source, descent, lineage, birth, origin (class.; syn. ortus).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.originem rerum quaerere,
Cic. Univ. 3:origo tyranni,
id. Rep. 2, 29, 51:principii nulla est origo: nam e principio oriuntur omnia,
id. ib. 6, 25, 27:nullius autem rei causā remotā reperiri origo potest,
id. Univ. 2, 3:rerum genitalis,
Lucr. 5, 176:ab origine gentem (corripiunt morbi),
Verg. G. 3, 473:summi boni,
Cic. Fin 2, 10, 31:omnium virtutum,
id. ib. 4, 7, 17:fontium qui celat origines Nilus,
source, Hor. C. 4, 14, 45:auctore ab aliquo ducere originem,
to derive one's origin from, to descend from, id. ib. 3, 17, 5:mentis causa malae est origo penes te,
Juv. 14, 226:accipere,
to take its origin, originate, Quint. 5, 11, 19:ducere ex Hispaniā,
to be of Spanish derivation, id. 1, 5, 57: deducere ab aliquo, to derive one's origin from, descend from, Plin. [p. 1279] 6, 20, 23, §76: ab aliquo habere,
to draw one's origin from, descend from, id. 15, 14, 15, § 49:trahere,
id. 5, 24, 21, § 86:PATRONVS AB ORIGINE,
i. e. from his ancestors, Inscr. Fabr. p. 101, n. 232.—In partic.:II.Origines,
the title of a work by Cato upon the early history of the Italian cities, Nep. Cat. 3, 3:quod (M. Cato) in principio scripsit Originum suarum,
Cic. Planc. 27, 66; id. Sen. 11, 38.—Hence, in allusion to this title: quam ob rem, ut ille solebat, ita nunc mea repetet oratio populi origines;libenter enim etiam verbo utor Catonis,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3.—Transf.A.A race, stock, family, Ov. M. 1, 186:B.ille tamen nostrā deducit origine nomen,
Verg. A. 10, 618:Vitelliorum originem alii aliam tradunt: partim veterem et nobilem, partim vero novam et obscuram, atque etiam sordidam,
Suet. Vit. 1.—Of animals, Verg. G. 3, 473. —Of persons, an ancestor, progenitor, founder:2.Aeneas, Romanae stirpis origo,
Verg. A. 12, 166:celebrant carminibus antiquis Tuisconem deum terrā editum, et filium Mannum, originem gentis conditoresque,
Tac. G. 2:hujus origo Ilus,
Ov. M. 11, 755:mundi melioris origo,
the creator, id. ib. 1, 79; cf. Stat. Th. 1, 680:eaeque (urbes) brevi multum auctae, pars originibus suis praesidio, aliae decori fuere,
their mother-cities, Sall. J. 19, 1; so Liv. 26, 13; 38, 39; also in sing., id. 37, 37; Inst. 23, 1.Ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f., a female proper name, Hor. S. 1, 2, 55. -
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1.ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f. [orior], earliest beginning, commencement, source, descent, lineage, birth, origin (class.; syn. ortus).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.originem rerum quaerere,
Cic. Univ. 3:origo tyranni,
id. Rep. 2, 29, 51:principii nulla est origo: nam e principio oriuntur omnia,
id. ib. 6, 25, 27:nullius autem rei causā remotā reperiri origo potest,
id. Univ. 2, 3:rerum genitalis,
Lucr. 5, 176:ab origine gentem (corripiunt morbi),
Verg. G. 3, 473:summi boni,
Cic. Fin 2, 10, 31:omnium virtutum,
id. ib. 4, 7, 17:fontium qui celat origines Nilus,
source, Hor. C. 4, 14, 45:auctore ab aliquo ducere originem,
to derive one's origin from, to descend from, id. ib. 3, 17, 5:mentis causa malae est origo penes te,
Juv. 14, 226:accipere,
to take its origin, originate, Quint. 5, 11, 19:ducere ex Hispaniā,
to be of Spanish derivation, id. 1, 5, 57: deducere ab aliquo, to derive one's origin from, descend from, Plin. [p. 1279] 6, 20, 23, §76: ab aliquo habere,
to draw one's origin from, descend from, id. 15, 14, 15, § 49:trahere,
id. 5, 24, 21, § 86:PATRONVS AB ORIGINE,
i. e. from his ancestors, Inscr. Fabr. p. 101, n. 232.—In partic.:II.Origines,
the title of a work by Cato upon the early history of the Italian cities, Nep. Cat. 3, 3:quod (M. Cato) in principio scripsit Originum suarum,
Cic. Planc. 27, 66; id. Sen. 11, 38.—Hence, in allusion to this title: quam ob rem, ut ille solebat, ita nunc mea repetet oratio populi origines;libenter enim etiam verbo utor Catonis,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3.—Transf.A.A race, stock, family, Ov. M. 1, 186:B.ille tamen nostrā deducit origine nomen,
Verg. A. 10, 618:Vitelliorum originem alii aliam tradunt: partim veterem et nobilem, partim vero novam et obscuram, atque etiam sordidam,
Suet. Vit. 1.—Of animals, Verg. G. 3, 473. —Of persons, an ancestor, progenitor, founder:2.Aeneas, Romanae stirpis origo,
Verg. A. 12, 166:celebrant carminibus antiquis Tuisconem deum terrā editum, et filium Mannum, originem gentis conditoresque,
Tac. G. 2:hujus origo Ilus,
Ov. M. 11, 755:mundi melioris origo,
the creator, id. ib. 1, 79; cf. Stat. Th. 1, 680:eaeque (urbes) brevi multum auctae, pars originibus suis praesidio, aliae decori fuere,
their mother-cities, Sall. J. 19, 1; so Liv. 26, 13; 38, 39; also in sing., id. 37, 37; Inst. 23, 1.Ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f., a female proper name, Hor. S. 1, 2, 55. -
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I.Lit. (so very rare;* B.not in Cic.): navis, quae manet in statione,
remains standing, stands still, does not move, Lucr. 4, 388; so,manere in statione,
id. 4, 396; 5, 478; 5, 518:in statione locata nubila,
id. 6, 193: varas In statione manus et pugnae membra paravi, in a firm posture (for fighting), Ov. M. 9, 34:numquam id (sidus) stationem facere,
stands still, Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77:stationes matutinas facere,
id. 2, 15, 12, § 59:solus immobilem stationis gradum retinens,
Val. Max. 3, 2, 23:terrae,
Manil. 2, 70.—Trop., that which is established by custom or prescription, a transl. of the Gr. thematismos, Vitr. 1, 2, 5.—II.Transf., in concr., a place where persons or things stay or abide, a station, post, an abode, residence.A.In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):b.Athenis statio mea nunc placet,
Cic. Att. 6, 9, 5:quā positus fueris in statione, mane,
Ov. F. 2, 674; cf. id. ib. 5, 719:principio sedes apibus statioque petenda,
Verg. G. 4, 8:apricis statio gratissima mergis,
id. A. 5, 128:equorum,
i. e. a stall, Pall. 1, 21, 2; so,jumentorum,
Dig. 7, 1, 13 fin.:plerique in stationibus sedent tempusque audiendis fabulis conterunt,
in public places, Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2:stationes circumeo,
id. ib. 2, 9, 5:quod tabernas tris de domo suo circa forum civitatibus ad stationem locasset,
Suet. Ner. 37:thermae, stationes, omne theatrum,
Juv. 11, 4; Gell. 13, 13, 1:stationes municipiorum,
Plin. 16, 44, 86, § 236:si ad stationem vel tabernam ventum sit,
Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 7:stationes hibernae,
winter-quarters, Amm. 14, 1, 1.—Poet., of things, place, position:B.pone recompositas in statione comas,
in their place, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 68; id. A. A. 3, 434:permutata rerum statione, Petr. poët. 120, 99: umoris,
Pall. 1, 43.—In partic.1.In milit. lang., a post, station (v. custodiae, vigilia):b.cohortes ex statione et praesidio emissae,
Caes. B. G. 6, 42:ii, qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant... Cohortes quae in stationibus erant, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 32; 5, 15; 6, 37;6, 38: in stationem succedere,
to relieve, id. ib. 4, 32:stationem inire,
Tac. A. 13, 35:relinquere,
Verg. A. 9, 222:deserere,
Suet. Aug. 24:habere,
Liv. 35, 29:quique primi transierant, in statione erant, dum traicerent ceteri,
on guard, Curt. 7, 5, 18.— Transf.: suis vicibus capiebant bina (lumina Argi) quietem;Cetera servabant atque in statione manebant,
kept at their posts, Ov. M. 1, 627; 2, 115.— Trop.:de praesidio et statione vitae decedere,
Cic. Sen. 20, 73:functo longissimā statione mortali,
Vell. 2, 131, 2:imperii statione relictā,
Ov. Tr. 2, 219; Vell. 2, 124, 2; Tac. Or. 17; Suet. Claud. 38.—Transf., like our post, watch, guard, for those who are stationed to watch, who stand guard, sentries, sentinels, outposts, pickets:2.ut stationes dispositas haberent,
Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 7, 69 fin.:ut minus intentae diurnae stationes ac nocturnae vigiliae essent,
Liv. 9, 24, 5; 25, 38, 16; cf. in sing.:ad stationem Romanam in portā segniter agentem vigilias perveniunt,
id. 10, 32, 7:dispositā statione per ripas Tiberis,
Suet. Tib. 72:crebrae,
Caes. B. C. 1, 73:custodiae stationesque equitum,
id. ib. 1, 59:statione militum assumptā,
i. e. body-guard, lifeguard, Suet. Tib. 24; so,militum,
id. Ner. 21; 34; 47.—Transf., in gen., a station, office, position, in government, etc. (post-class.):3.in hac statione, i. e. the imperial office,
Spart. Ael. Verr. 4:statio imperatoria,
Lampr. Comm. 1:Augusta,
Capitol. Clod. Alb. 2: regia, Vulc. 7; Capitol. Verr. 8.—Naut. t. t., an anchorage, roadstead, road, bay, inlet (syn. portus), Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 2:4.quietam nactus stationem,
Caes. B. C. 3, 6; 3, 8; 1, 56 fin.; Liv. 10, 2, 6; 28, 6, 9; 31, 33, 3; Verg. G. 4, 421; id. A. 2, 23 al.—A place of residence, a post, station of the fiscal officers of a province; also, for the officers themselves, Cod. Th. 12, 6, 19; Cod. Just. 4, 31, 1; 10, 5, 1; Inscr. Orell. 3207; 4107.—5.A post-station, post-house, Inscr. Murat. 1015; Morcell. Stil. Inscr. Lat. 1, p. 421.—6.A religious meeting, assembly of the Christians:die stationis, nocte vigiliae meminerimus,
Tert. Or. 29:stationes in vesperam producere,
id. adv. Psych. 1; so id. ib. 10; id. ad Ux. 2, 4. -
78 venio
vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4 ( fut. venibo, Pompon. ap. Non. 508, 23; imperf. venibat, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 47; gen. plur, part. sync. venientum, Verg. G. 4, 167; id. A. 1, 434; 6, 755), v. n. [Sanscr. root gā, go; Zend root gā, gam, go; Gr. BA-, bainô; Lat. ar-biter, venio; Goth. quiman; O. H. Germ. quëman, koman; Engl. come; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 466], to come (cf. accedo).I.Lit.:(β).nunc, cujus jussu venio et quam ob rem venerim, Dicam, etc.,
Plaut. Am. prol. 17:veni, vidi, vici,
Suet. Caes. 37: imus, venimus, videmus. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 53:maritimus hostis ante adesse potest quam quisquam venturum esse suspicari queat, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 6:venio ad macellum,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 3:ut veni ad urbem, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 2:cupio, te ad me venire,
id. ib. 16, 10, 1; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 2:mihi si spatium fuerit in Tusculanum veniendi,
Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 3:Cato... cum venerat ad se in Sabinos,
had come home, id. Rep. 3, 28, 40:quia nudius quartus venimus in Cariam ex Indiā,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 68:sexto die Delum Athenis venimus,
Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1:Italiam fato profugus, Laviniaque venit Litora,
Verg. A. 1, 2:tumulum antiquae Cereris sedemque sacratam Venimus,
id. ib. 2, 743 (cf. devenio):vin' ad te ad cenam veniam,
Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 30:mercator venit huc ad ludos,
id. Cist. 1, 3, 9:homo ad praetorem deplorabundus venit,
id. Aul. 2, 4, 38:neque ego te derisum venio neque derideo,
id. ib. 2, 2, 46:ad istum emptum venerunt illum locum senatorium,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 124.—With inf.:parasitus modo venerat aurum petere,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 18:non nos Libycos populare penates Venimus,
Verg. A. 1, 528.—Of inanimate subjects: navis huc ex portu Persico Venit,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 249:denique in os salsi venit umor saepe saporis, Cum mare vorsamur propter,
Lucr. 4, 220:(aër) Per patefacta venit penetratque foramina,
id. 4, 891:(speculi imago) Dum venit ad nostras acies,
id. 4, 279:sub aspectum venire,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:in conspectu,
Caes. B. C. 2, 27:in conspectum,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 48; Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24:muliebris vox mihi ad aures venit,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 13;in Italiā te moraturum, dum tibi litterae meae veniant,
reaches you, Cic. Fam. 11, 24, 2: hereditas unicuique nostrum venit, comes, i. e. descends to each of us, id. Caecin. 26, 74; cf.:hic Verres hereditatem sibi venisse arbitratus est, quod in ejus regnum ac manus venerat is, quem, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62: hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae, come forth, i. e. grow, Verg. G. 1, 54; so,arbores sponte suā,
id. ib. 2, 11; 2, 58; Prop. 1, 2, 10. —Impers. pass., we, they, etc., came or have come, etc.:B.Lilybaeum venitur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141: ad me ventum est, it has fallen to me, id Quint. 1, 3:dum ad flumen Varum veniatur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 87:(Galli) veniri ad se confestim existimantes, ad arma conclamant,
id. B. G. 7, 70:ventum in insulam est,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:ubi eo ventum est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43:ad quos ventum erat,
id. ib. 2, 11;3, 23: eo cum esset ventum,
id. ib. 7, 61.—Esp., to come. spring, be descended:II.qui se Bebryciā veniens Amyci de gente ferebat (i. e. qui se ferebat venientem, etc.),
Verg. A. 5, 373 Forbig. ad loc. —Trop.A.In gen.:B.vides, quo progrediente oratione venturum me puto,
Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62. ut jam a principio videndum sit, quemadmodum velis venire ad extremum orationis, id. Or. 59, 201:contra rem suam me nescio quando venisse questus est,
that I appeared, id. Phil. 2, 2, 3: contra amici summam existimationem, id. Att. 1, 1, 4:si rem nullam habebis, quod in buccam venerit, scribito,
id. ib. 1, 12, 4;v. bucca: si quid in mentem veniet,
id. ib. 12, 36, 1.—So in Cic. with nom. only of neutr. pron. or res; but freq. impers. with gen.:cum matronarum ac virginum veniebat in mentem,
when I thought of, Cic. Sull. 6, 19:venit enim mihi in mentem oris tui,
id. Rosc. Am. 34, 95; id. Sull. 14, 38; v. also mens, II. B. fin. and the passages there cited:oratorum laus ita ducta ab humili venit ad summum, ut, etc.,
id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:prava ex falsis opinionibus veniunt,
Quint. 5, 10, 34:vitium pejus, quod ex inopiā, quam quod ex copiā venit,
id. 2, 4, 4:non omne argumentum undique venit,
id. 5, 10, 21.—With dat.:existimabunt majus commodum ex otio meo quam ex aliorum negotiis reipublicae venturum,
Sall. J. 4, 4; 8, 2:ubi ea dies, quam constituerat cum legatis, venit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8; so,dies,
id. ib. 7, 3:tempus victoriae,
id. ib. 7, 66; cf.:suum tempus eorum laudi,
Quint. 3, 1, 21:non sumus omnino sine curā venientis anni,
for the coming year, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 4:exemplum trahens Perniciem veniens in aevum,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 16:veniens aetas,
the future, Ov. F. 6, 639.—Of events, to come, i. e. to happen:quod hodie venit,
Tac. A. 14, 43.—In partic.1.Venire in aliquid (rarely ad aliquid; v. infra), to come into, fall into any state or condition (so esp. freq.): venisse alicui in amicitiam, to have obtained one's friendship or alliance, Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 4:(β).in calamitatem,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:in cognitionem alicujus,
Quint. 7, 2, 20:in consuetudinem,
Cic. Caecin. 2, 6; cf.:quaedam in consuetudinem ex utilitatis ratione venerunt,
id. Inv. 2, 53, 160:in proverbii consuetudinem,
id. Off. 2, 15, 55.—Of a personal subject:(milites) qui in consuetudinem Alexandrinae vitae venerant,
Caes. B. C. 3, 110:ut non solum hostibus in contemptionem Sabinus veniret, sed, etc.,
had fallen into contempt, id. B. G. 3, 17:in contentionem, etc.,
Cic. Div. 2, 63, 129:si falso venisses in suspitionem, P. Sestio,
id. Vatin. 1, 2:summum in cruciatum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31:aut in controversiam aut in contentionem,
Quint. 3, 6, 44:in discrimen,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:in dubium,
id. Quint. 2, 5:in alicujus fidem ac potestatem,
to place one's self under the protection and in the power of a person, to surrender at discretion, Caes. B. G. 2, 13:ne in odium veniam,
Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79; cf.:Tarquinii nomen huic populo in odium venisse regium,
id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:ipse illi perditae multitudini in odium acerbissimum venerit,
id. Att. 10, 8, 6: in eam opinionem Cassius veniebat, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2:in partem alicujus,
to take part in it, Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:in periculum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 17:in sermonem alicujus,
i. e. to enter into conversation, Cic. Att. 14, 1, 1;and in another sense: cum loquerer cum Phaniā, veni in eum sermonem, ut dicerem, etc.,
I happened to say that, id. Fam. 3, 5, 3:nonnullam in spem veneram, posse me, etc.,
id. de Or. 2, 54, 217:summam in spem per Helvetios regni obtinendi venire,
to entertain hopes, to hope, Caes. B. G. 1, 18.— Esp. with res as subject, the affair came to, reached the point, etc.:res proxime formam latrocinii venerat,
Liv. 2, 48, 5; 2, 56, 5:res venit prope secessionem,
id. 6, 42, 10. ad ultimum dimicationis rati rem venturam, id. 2, 56, 5:cum speramus eo rem venturam, ut, etc.,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 226.— Impers.:saepe in eum locum ventum est, ut, etc.,
to such a point that, Caes. B. G. 6, 43; Liv. 7, 30, 9.—Ad aliquid: bene agis, Alba;2.ad tuam veniam condicionem,
will accept, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146:ad summum fortunae,
to attain, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 32.—In speaking, to come to a topic:ut jam a fabulis ad facta veniamus,
Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4:ut ad fabulas veniamus,
id. Rosc. Am. 16, 46:venio ad tertiam epistulam,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 14, 12:venio ad recentiores litteras,
id. Att. 14, 19, 5:ad Arcesilam Carneademque veniamus,
id. Ac. 2, 4, 12:venio nunc ad tertium genus illud, etc.,
id. Rep. 3, 33, 45:ad istius morbum et insaniam,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1 al. -
79 activo
adj.1 active, vigorous, diligent, animated.2 active, running.3 active, effectual.4 busy.m.1 asset, assets, commodity.2 active soldier.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: activar.* * *► adjetivo1 active\activo disponible liquid assets pluralactivo y pasivo assets and liabilities————————* * *(f. - activa)adj.* * *1. ADJ1) (=que obra) active; (=vivo) lively, energetic; (=ocupado) busy2) (Ling) active2. SM1) (Com) assets plactivo fijo — fixed assets pl
activos inmobiliarios — property assets, real-estate assets
2) (Mil)* * *I- va adjetivoa) <persona/población> activeb) (Ling) activec) < volcán> activeIIa) (bien, derecho) assetb) ( conjunto) assets (pl)* * *= active, assets, underway [under way], lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], proactive [pro-active], in operation, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], industrious, energetic, up and about.Ex. This function can be used when some information on an active order has to be changed.Ex. Those eligible normally include only companies with less than 45 million of net fixed assets and fewer than 500 employees.Ex. Experiments in improved document delivery systems, and the establishment of networks between libraries are under way.Ex. 'Turnover of stock' is, then, an important part of successful and lively bookselling.Ex. Compiling information of this nature requires a proactive and not a reactive approach to the task.Ex. However, the network remained in operation until its management was taken over by the fascist regime.Ex. A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.Ex. He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.Ex. The article 'Books made to order: libraries as publishers' reviews the practice of publishing as an activity for industrious smaller libraries.Ex. She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.Ex. Active kids are happy kids - they like to be up and about, running around and having fun.----* activo de nuevo = up and about.* activo digital = digital assets.* activo fijo = fixed assets.* activo fijo tangible = tangible fixed assets.* activos socialmente, los = socially committed, the.* activo tangible = tangible assets.* capital activo = working capital.* en activo = practising [practicing, -USA].* hiperactivo = hyperactive.* mantener activo = keep + Nombre + going.* mantener Algo activo = keep + Nombre + at the fore.* participar de forma activa = involve.* participar de forma activa en = engage in.* personas muy activas, las = those on the go.* población activa = work-force [workforce], labour force, working population.* publicación seriada activa = active serial.* seguir activo = remain + in being, remain + in place.* verbo activo = active verb.* * *I- va adjetivoa) <persona/población> activeb) (Ling) activec) < volcán> activeIIa) (bien, derecho) assetb) ( conjunto) assets (pl)* * *= active, assets, underway [under way], lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], proactive [pro-active], in operation, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], industrious, energetic, up and about.Ex: This function can be used when some information on an active order has to be changed.
Ex: Those eligible normally include only companies with less than 45 million of net fixed assets and fewer than 500 employees.Ex: Experiments in improved document delivery systems, and the establishment of networks between libraries are under way.Ex: 'Turnover of stock' is, then, an important part of successful and lively bookselling.Ex: Compiling information of this nature requires a proactive and not a reactive approach to the task.Ex: However, the network remained in operation until its management was taken over by the fascist regime.Ex: A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.Ex: He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.Ex: The article 'Books made to order: libraries as publishers' reviews the practice of publishing as an activity for industrious smaller libraries.Ex: She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.Ex: Active kids are happy kids - they like to be up and about, running around and having fun.* activo de nuevo = up and about.* activo digital = digital assets.* activo fijo = fixed assets.* activo fijo tangible = tangible fixed assets.* activos socialmente, los = socially committed, the.* activo tangible = tangible assets.* capital activo = working capital.* en activo = practising [practicing, -USA].* hiperactivo = hyperactive.* mantener activo = keep + Nombre + going.* mantener Algo activo = keep + Nombre + at the fore.* participar de forma activa = involve.* participar de forma activa en = engage in.* personas muy activas, las = those on the go.* población activa = work-force [workforce], labour force, working population.* publicación seriada activa = active serial.* seguir activo = remain + in being, remain + in place.* verbo activo = active verb.* * *1 ‹persona/participación› activetomar parte activa en algo to take an active part in sth2 ‹población/edad› activeen servicio activo on active service3 ( Ling) activela voz activa the active (voice)4 ‹volcán› active1 (bien, derecho) assetactivos líquidos liquid assets2 (conjunto) assets (pl)el activo y el pasivo de la empresa the assets and liabilities of the companyCompuestos:current assets (pl)frozen assets (pl)current assets (pl)working assetsfixed assets (pl)floating assets (pl)● activo inmaterial or intangibleintangible assets (pl)property assets (pl), real-estate assets (pl)fixed assets (pl)invisible assets (pl)net assets (pl), net worthhidden assets (pl), concealed assets (pl)operating assets (pl)bankrupt's estatecorporate assets (pl)tangible assets (pl)* * *
Del verbo activar: ( conjugate activar)
activo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
activó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
activar
activo
activar ( conjugate activar) verbo transitivo
‹economía/producción› to stimulate;
‹ circulación› to stimulate;
‹ negociaciones› to give fresh impetus to
‹ dispositivo› to activate;
‹ máquina› to set … in motion
activarse verbo pronominal [ alarma] to go off;
[ dispositivo] to start working
activo 1◊ -va adjetivo
active
activo 2 sustantivo masculino
assets (pl)
activar verbo transitivo
1 (poner en marcha) to activate
2 (acelerar, animar) to liven up: la publicidad les ayudó a activar el negocio, the publicity campaign helped them to bolster up business
activo,-a
I adjetivo active
II m Fin assets pl
♦ Locuciones: estar en activo, to be on active service
' activo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
activa
- capital
- empresarial
- intensificar
- liquidación
- liquidar
- revalorización
- sin
English:
active
- asset
- brisk
- fixed assets
- frisky
- liquidity
- live
- move
- who
- working
- fixed
* * *activo, -a♦ adj1. [dinámico] active;el principio activo de un medicamento the active ingredient of a medicine;es muy activo, siempre está organizando algo he's very active, he's always organizing something or otheren activo [trabajador] in employment;[militar] on active service;todavía está en activo he's still working3. [eficaz] [veneno, medicamento] fast-acting;tiene un veneno poco activo its poison is fairly weak4. [volcán] active6. Gram active7. CompFampor activa y por pasiva: hemos tratado por activa y por pasiva de… we have tried everything to…;se lo he explicado por activa y por pasiva y no lo entiende I've tried every way I can to explain but she doesn't understand♦ nmFin assets activos de caja available assets, bank reserves;activo circulante current assets;activo disponible liquid assets;activo fijo fixed assets;activo financiero financial assets;activo inmaterial intangible assets;activo inmovilizado fixed assets;activos invisibles invisible assets;activo líquido liquid assets* * *I adj1 active;en activo on active service2 LING:voz activa active voiceII m COM assets pl* * *activo, -va adj: active♦ activamente advactivo nm: assets plactivo y pasivo: assets and liabilities* * *activo adj active -
80 pasar
v.1 to pass.¿me pasas la sal? would you pass me the salt?Pasaron dos horas Two hours went by.Yo paso a María I pass Mary (I overtake Mary)Un carro pasa A car goes byMe pasó una cuchara He=she passed me a spoon (She passed a spoon to me)Por fin pasé! I passed at last!2 to cross.pasar la calle to cross the roadpasé el río a nado I swam across the river3 to go through.pasar un semáforo en rojo to go through a red light4 to pass, to go.pasó por mi lado he passed by my sideel autobús pasa por mi casa the bus goes past o passes in front of my houseel Manzanares pasa por Madrid the Manzanares goes o passes through Madridhe pasado por tu calle I went down your streetpasar de… a… to go o pass from… to…pasar de largo to go by5 to go/come in.pasen por aquí, por favor come this way, please¡pase! come in!6 to go.por ahí no pasa it won't go through there7 to go by.pasaron tres meses three months went by8 to go through, to experience.pasar frío/miedo to be cold/scaredpasarlo bien to enjoy oneself, to have a good timepasarlo mal to have a hard time of itPasé un gran susto I experienced a great scare.9 to show in (llevar adentro).el criado nos pasó al salón the butler showed us into the living room10 to show (Cine).11 to spend (time).pasó dos años en Roma he spent two years in Rome¿dónde vas a pasar las vacaciones? where are you going on holiday?, where are you going to spend your holidays?Yo paso las horas cantando I pass the hours away singing (spend the time...)12 to pop in (ir un momento).pasaré por mi oficina/por tu casa I'll pop into my office/round to your place13 to happen.¿qué pasa aquí? what's going on here?¿qué pasa? what's the matter?¿qué le pasa? what's wrong with him?, what's the matter with him?pase lo que pase whatever happens, come what mayAlgo pasó Something happened=came to pass.14 to be over.ya ha pasado lo peor the worst is over nowpasó la Navidad Christmas is overPasé muy feliz en la fiesta I was very happy at the party.15 to be all right, to be usable.puede pasar it'll do16 to go away.Pasó el mal tiempo the bad weather went away.17 to come in, to step in.El policía pasó The policeman came in.18 to happen to, to occur to.Me pasó algo cómico Something funny happened to me..19 to keep on, to keep, to carry on.Ella pasa bailando todo el tiempo She keeps on dancing all the time.20 to skip, to pass.Pase ese capítulo Skip that chapter,.21 to blow over, to blow itself out, to calm down.La tormenta pasó The storm blew over.* * *1 (ir) to pass, pass by, go2 (tiempo) to pass, go by■ ¡cómo pasa el tiempo! doesn't time fly!3 (entrar) to come in, go in■ pasa, está abierto come in, it's not locked4 (cesar) to pass, cease■ si no se te pasa el dolor, llámame if the pain doesn't go away, call me■ tranquila, que ya ha pasado todo don't worry, it's all over now5 (límite) to exceed (de, -)6 (ocurrir) to happen7 (sufrir) to suffer1 (trasladar) to move, transfer2 (comunicar, dar) to give3 (cruzar) to cross4 (alcanzar) to pass, reach■ pásame la sal, por favor pass me the salt, please5 (aventajar) to surpass, be better than6 (adelantar) to overtake7 (deslizar) to run■ la etiqueta se pasa por aquí y el precio sale en la pantalla you run the tag through here and the price comes up on the screen8 (tolerar) to overlook■ esta vez te la paso, pero que no se repita I'll overlook it this time, but don't let it happen again9 (aprobar) to pass10 (proyectar) to show11 (tiempo - estar) to spend; (- disfrutar, padecer) to have1 (desertar) to pass over (a, to)2 (pudrirse) to go off3 (olvidarse) to forget\pasar de algo familiar not to be bothered about something■ pasa de todo he couldn't care less about anything, he doesn't give a damn about anythingpasar de largo to go pastpasar la página to turn the pagepasar por to pass forpasar por alto to ignorepasar por encima de alguien to go over somebody's headpasarlo bien to have a good time¿qué pasa? what's the matter?, what's wrong?pasar sin to do withoutpasarse de la raya to go too far, overstep the mark* * *verb1) to happen2) pass3) come in, enter4) surpass5) cross6) give7) undergo, suffer8) omit•- pasar por alto
- pasarlo bien
- pasarlo mal
- pasarse* * *Para las expresiones pasar lista, pasar de moda, pasar desapercibido, pasarse de rosca etc, ver la otra entrada1. VERBO INTRANSITIVO1) (=ocurrir)a) [suceso] to happen¿qué pasó? — what happened?
¿pasa algo? — is anything up?, is anything wrong?, is anything the matter?
siempre pasa igual {o} lo mismo — it's always the same
¿qué pasa? — what's happening?, what's going on?, what's up?; [como saludo] how's things? *
¿qué pasa que no entra? — why doesn't she come in?
¿qué pasa contigo? — what's up with you?; [como saludo] * how's it going? *
¿qué ha pasado con ella? — what's become of her?
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[lo que] pasa es que... — well, you see..., the thing is that...pase lo que pase — whatever happens, come what may
b)pasarle a algn: nunca me pasa nada — nothing ever happens to me
siempre me pasa lo mismo, lo pierdo todo — it's always the same, I keep losing things
tuvo un accidente, pero por suerte no le pasó nada — he had an accident, but fortunately he wasn't hurt
esto te pasa por no hacerme caso — this is what comes of not listening to me, this wouldn't have happened (to you) if you'd listened to me
¿qué te pasa? — what's the matter?
¿qué le pasa a ese? — what's the matter with him?
2) (=cambiar de lugar)a) [objeto]la cuerda pasa de un lado a otro de la calle — the rope goes from one side of the street to the other
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la foto fue pasando de mano en [mano] — the photo was passed aroundb) [persona] to go3) (=entrar)¡pase! — come in!; [cediendo el paso] after you!
no se puede pasar — you can't go through, you can't go in
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[hacer] pasar a algn — to show sb in4) (=transitar)¿a qué hora pasa el cartero? — what time does the postman come?
ya ha pasado el tren de las cinco — (=sin hacer parada) the five o'clock train has already gone by; (=haciendo parada) the five o'clock train has already been and gone
¿ha pasado ya el camión de la basura? — have the dustmen been?
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pasar [de largo] — to go {o} pass by•
pasar [por], el autobús pasa por delante de nuestra casa — the bus goes past our house5) (=acercarse a)•
tengo que pasar [por] el banco — I've got to go to the bankpasar a ({+ infin})pasaré por la tienda mañana — I'll go {o} pop into the shop tomorrow
6) (=cambiar de situación) to go•
pasar a [ser] — to becomeen muy poco tiempo ha pasado a ser un gran profesional — he has become a real professional in a very short space of time
7) (=transcurrir) [tiempo] to pass, go byhan pasado cuatro años — four years have passed {o} gone by
el tiempo pasa deprisa — time passes {o} goes so quickly
¡cómo pasa el tiempo! — how time flies!
8) (=acabar) [problema, situación] to be over; [efectos] to wear off9) (=aceptarse)puede pasar — it's passable, it's OK
que me llames carroza, pase, pero fascista, no — you can call me an old fuddy-duddy if you like, but not a fascist
10) pasar pora) (=atravesar, caber) to go throughel río pasa por la ciudad — the river flows {o} goes through the city
b) (=depender de) to depend onel futuro de la empresa pasa por este acuerdo — the company's future depends on {o} hangs on this agreement
c) (=ser considerado) to pass as•
[hacerse] pasar por — to pass o.s. off as11) [otras formas preposicionales]pasar a ({+ infin}) (=empezar) pasar de (=exceder)no pasan de 60 los que lo tienen — those who have it do not number more than 60, fewer than 60 people have it
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yo de [ahí] no paso — that's as far as I'm prepared to go•
de [ésta] no pasa — this is the very last timepasar sin•
de [hoy] no pasa que le escriba — I'll write to him this very daytendrá que pasar sin coche — he'll have to get by {o} manage without a car
12) (Naipes) to pass13) esp Esp* (=mostrarse indiferente)•
pasar [de] algo/algn, yo paso de política — I'm not into politicspasa olímpicamente de todo lo que le dicen — he doesn't take the blindest bit of notice of anything they say to him
paso de ti, chaval — I couldn't care less about you, pal
2. VERBO TRANSITIVO1) (=dar, entregar) [gen] to pass; [en una serie] to pass on¿me pasas la sal, por favor? — could you pass (me) the salt, please?
le pasó el sobre — he handed {o} passed her the envelope
2) (=traspasar) [+ río, frontera] to cross; [+ límite] to go beyond3) (=llevar)4) (=hacer atravesar)5) (=colar) to strain6) (=introducir) [+ moneda falsa] to pass (off); [+ contrabando] to smugglehan pasado un alijo de cocaína por la frontera — a consignment of cocaine has been smuggled across the border
7) (=hacer deslizar)pasar la aspiradora por la alfombra — to vacuum the carpet, run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet
8) (=deslizar) to sliple pasó el brazo por los hombros/la cintura — she slipped {o} put her arm around his shoulders/waist
9) (=contagiar) to give10) (=volver) [+ página] to turn11) (=escribir)•
pasar algo a [limpio] — to make a neat {o} fair {o} clean copy of sth•
pasar algo a [máquina] — to type sth up12) (=tragar) (lit) to swallow; (fig) to bear, standno puedo pasar esta pastilla — I can't swallow this pill, I can't get this pill down
no puedo pasar a ese hombre — I can't bear {o} stand that man
13) (=tolerar)14) (=aprobar) [+ examen] to pass15) (=proyectar) [+ película, programa] to show, screen16) (=poner en contacto)te paso con Pedro — [al mismo teléfono] I'll put you on to Pedro; [a distinto teléfono] I'll put you through to Pedro
17) (=realizar)revista 3)•
pasa [consulta] {o} [visita] a unas 700 personas diarias — he sees 700 patients a day18) (=superar)19) (Aut) to pass, overtake20) (=omitir)•
pasar algo por [alto] — to overlook sth21) [+ tiempo] to spendpasarlo ({+ adv})¡que lo pases bien! — have a good time!, enjoy yourself!
22) (=dejar atrás)hemos pasado el aniversario — the anniversary has passed, the anniversary is behind us
ya hemos pasado lo peor — we're over the worst now, the worst is behind us now
23) (=sufrir)24) Cono Sur * (=engañar) to cheat, swindle3.See:PASAR En expresiones temporales ► Se traduce por spend cuando pasar tiene un uso transitivo y queremos indicar un período de tiempo concreto, seguido de la actividad que en ese tiempo se desarrolla, o del lugar: Me pasé la tarde escribiendo cartas I spent the evening writing letters Ha pasado toda su vida en el campo He has spent his whole life in the country ► En cambio, cuando se describe la forma en que se pasa el tiempo mediante un adjetivo, se debe emplear en inglés la construcción have + (a) + ((adjetivo)) + ((sustantivo)): Pasamos una tarde entretenida We had a lovely afternoon Pasamos un rato estupendo jugando al squash We had a fantastic time playing squash la expresión pasar el rato se traduce por pass the time: No sé qué hacer para pasar el rato I don't know what to do to pass the time ► Cuando el uso es intransitivo, pasar se traduce por pass {o} go by. A medida que pasaba el tiempo se deprimía cada vez más As time passed o went by, he became more and more depressed Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) ( ir por un lugar) to come/go pastno ha pasado ni un taxi — not one taxi has come/gone past
¿a qué hora pasa el lechero? — what time does the milkman come?
pasar de largo — to go right o straight past
es un vuelo directo, no pasa por Miami — it's a direct flight, it doesn't go via Miami
¿este autobús pasa por el museo? — does this bus go past the museum?
¿el 45 pasa por aquí? — does the number 45 come this way?
pasaba por aquí y... — I was just passing by o I was in the area and...
ni me pasó por la imaginación — it didn't even occur to me, it didn't even cross my mind
b) ( deteniéndose en un lugar)pasar POR algo: ¿podríamos pasar por el banco? can we stop off at the bank?; pase usted por caja please go over to the cashier; pasa un día por casa why don't you drop o come by the house sometime?; pasar A + INF: puede pasar a recogerlo mañana you can come and pick it up tomorrow; pasaremos a verlos — we'll call in o drop in and see them
c) ( atravesar) to crosspasar de un lado a otro — to go o cross from one side to the other
d) (caber, entrar)2)a) (transmitirse, transferirse) corona/título to passuna tradición que pasa de padres a hijos — a tradition that is handed o passed down from generation to generation
b) ( comunicar)te paso con Javier — ( en el mismo teléfono) I'll hand o pass you over to Javier; ( en otro teléfono) I'll put you through to Javier
3) ( entrar - acercándose al hablante) to come in; (- alejándose del hablante) to go inpase, por favor — please, do come in
que pase el siguiente! — next, please!
no pasarán! — (fr hecha) they shall not pass!
¿puedo pasar al baño? — may I use the bathroom please?
¿quién quiere pasar al pizarrón? — (AmL) who's going to come up to the blackboard?
4)a) (cambiar de estado, actividad, tema)pasó del quinto al séptimo lugar — she went o dropped from fifth to seventh place
ahora pasa a tercera — (Auto) now change into third
pasando a otra cosa... — anyway, to change the subject...
pasamos a informar de otras noticias — now, the rest of the news
b) (Educ) to pass¿pasaste? — did you pass?
pasar de curso — to get through o pass one's end-of-year exams
c) ( ser aceptable)no está perfecto, pero puede pasar — it's not perfect, but it'll do
por esta vez (que) pase — I'll let it pass o go this time
5) ( exceder un límite)pasar DE algo: no pases de 100 don't go over 100; no pasó de un desacuerdo it was nothing more than a disagreement; está muy grave, no creo que pase de hoy he's very ill, I don't think he'll last another day; no pasa de los 30 he's not more than 30; no pasamos de nueve empleados — they're only nine of us working there/here
6) pasar pora) ( ser tenido por)pasa por tonto, pero no lo es — he might look stupid, but he isn't
b) (Esp) ( implicar)7) ( transcurrir) tiempo to passpasaron muchos años — many years went by o passed
pasaban las horas y no llegaba — the hours went by o passed and still he didn't come
9) ( arreglárselas) to manage, get bysin electricidad podemos pasar — we can manage o get by without electricity
10) ( suceder) to happenlo que pasa es que... — the thing o the problem is...
pase lo que pase — whatever happens, come what may
¿qué pasó con lo del reloj? — what happened about the watch?
...y aquí no ha pasado nada —...and let's just forget the whole thing
siempre pasa igual or lo mismo — it's always the same
¿pasa algo? — is something the matter?
¿qué pasa? — what's the matter?, what's up? (colloq)
hola, Carlos! ¿qué pasa? — (fam) hi, Carlos! how's things o how's it going? (colloq)
son cosas que pasan — these things happen; (+ me/te/le etc)
¿qué te pasa? — what's the matter with you?
¿qué te pasó en el ojo? — what happened to your eye?
¿qué le pasa a la tele? — what's wrong with the TV?
por suerte a él no le pasó nada — fortunately, nothing happened to him
11) ( experimentar)pasar POR algo — por crisis/mala racha to go through something
12)a) (en naipes, juegos) to passb) (fam) ( rechazando algo)¿vas a tomar postre? - no, yo paso — are you going to have a dessert? - no, I think I'll give it a miss
paso de salir, estoy muy cansada — I don't feel like going out, I'm very tired (colloq)
c) (fam) ( expresando indiferencia)que se las arreglen, yo paso — they can sort it out themselves, it's not my problem
2.paso de él — (esp Esp) I don't give a damn o I couldn't care less what he does (colloq)
pasar vt1)a) ( hacer atravesar)b) ( por la aduana -legalmente) to take through; (- ilegalmente) to smugglec) ( hacer deslizar)a esto hay que pasarle una plancha — this needs a quick iron o run over with the iron
2) (exhibir, mostrar) <película/anuncio> to show3)a) (cruzar, atravesar) < frontera> to cross; <pueblo/ciudad> to go throughb) ( dejar atrás) <edificio/calle> to go pastc) (adelantar, sobrepasar) to overtakepasar A algo — to overtake something, to get past something
está altísimo, ya pasa a su padre — he's really tall, he's already overtaken his father
4) <examen/prueba> to pass5) <página/hoja> to turn6) (fam) ( tolerar)a ese tipo no lo paso — I can't stand o take that guy (colloq)
no podía pasar aquella sopa — I couldn't stomach o eat that soup
pasar por alto — <falta/error> to overlook, forget about; tema/punto to leave out, omit
7) ( transcribir)tendré que pasar la carta — I'll have to write o copy the letter out again
¿me pasas esto a máquina? — could you type this for me?
8) (entregar, hacer llegar)¿me pasas el martillo? — can you pass me the hammer?
9) <gripe/resfriado> to giveme lo pasó a mí — he gave it to me, he passed it on to me
10)a) < tiempo> to spendb) ( con idea de continuidad)11)a) (sufrir, padecer) penalidades/desgracias to go through, to sufferestá pasando una mala racha — he's going through bad times o (BrE) a bad patch
pasé mucho miedo/frío — I was very frightened/cold
b)pasarlo or pasarla bien — to have a good time
3.¿qué tal lo pasaste en la fiesta? — did you have a good time at the party?, did you enjoy the party?
1) pasarse v pron2) ( cambiarse)3)a) ( ir demasiado lejos)nos pasamos, el banco está más arriba — we've gone too far, the bank isn't as far down as this
b) (fam) ( excederse) to go too farse pasó con la sal — he overdid the salt (colloq)
se pasó de listo — he tried to be too clever (colloq)
c) (CS fam) ( lucirse)4)a) peras/tomates to go bad, get overripe; carne/pescado to go off, go bad; leche to go off, go sourb) (recocerse): arroz/pasta to get overcooked5)a) ( desaparecer) efecto to wear off; dolor to go away; (+ me/te/le etc)ya se me pasó el dolor — the pain's gone o eased now
espera a que se le pase el enojo — wait until he's calmed o cooled down
b) ( transcurrir)el año se ha pasado muy rápido — this year has gone very quickly; (+ me/te/le etc)
6) (+ me/te/le etc)a) ( olvidarse)b) ( dejar de notar)c) ( dejar escapar)7) (enf) ( estar)se pasó el domingo durmiendo — he spent the whole of Sunday evening sleeping; ver tb pasar verbo transitivo III 1b y 2b
8) (enf) (fam) (ir)¿podrías pasarte por el mercado? — could you go down to the market?
9) (refl)* * *= hand (over), pass, pass by, pass on, transfer, transmit, turn over + page, hand on, spend, transpire, pass out, turn over, slide over, pass along, get through, can't/couldn't be bothered, go + past, pass down, roll on, pass out, blow over, make + the cut, wear off, hand down.Ex. Eventually, teachers should be able to ' hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.Ex. Examination reveals positions on the cards where the light passes through all the cards in a stack.Ex. The days of needing to change into carpet slippers before going to such an area have thankfully passed by.Ex. If ignored, the problems are only passed on to all the users of the catalog: the public, the reference department, the acquisitions department, and naturally the cataloging department.Ex. Scope notes, on the order hand, may be present in a thesaurus but are unlikely to be transferred to an index.Ex. The system permits the requester to specify up to five potential lending libraries, and the system transmits the requests to these libraries one at a time.Ex. Turn over the page and you will find suggested analyses against which you can check your solution.Ex. Some experts have expressed grave doubts about the durability of contemporary literary and artistic works on paper and hence the possibility of handing on works of culture to future generations.Ex. Any funeral scene in a story inevitably conjures in myself memories of my childhood spent as the son of an undertaker.Ex. The 2nd is the fact that most information seeking transpires with little help from librarians, who have consistently failed to establish themselves as primary information professionals.Ex. At the Closing Session Danish flags were suddenly produced and passed out among the crowd who began waving them enthusiastically.Ex. Then he picked up about 2 cm. of type from the right-hand end of the uppermost line (i.e. the last word or two of the last line) with the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, read it, and dropped the pieces of type one by one into their proper boxes, turning over the old house.Ex. He had greeted her courteously, as was his wont, and had inquired if she minded his smoking; she told him to go ahead and slid over an ashtray.Ex. If the head of reference services does not pass along the information to the staff the reference librarians, by being uninformed, will undoubtedly not make as good an impression on the important city managers.Ex. I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day.Ex. Consider for example, a teacher who doesn't change his password (ever!) or can't be bothered to log out, all the firewalls and antivirus programs in the world will not protect a school's network.Ex. Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.Ex. The knowledge that has been passed down from generation to generation by sentient beings on this planet for aeons and aeons is quite impossible to fully comprehend.Ex. But to make matters worse, and as the drought rolls on, it is very likely that it won't rain again until October or November.Ex. Put a set of premises into such a device and turn the crank, and it will readily pass out conclusion after conclusion.Ex. During the bulk of that time, your liberal leaders grandly sat, waiting for various things to blow over.Ex. Naturally, the recruiters whose people were not chosen for the job wanted feedback as to why their candidates did not make the cut.Ex. We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.Ex. A hunting guide while still in his teens, he learned his woodcraft first hand, absorbing lore handed down to him from his father.----* a medida que pasaba el tiempo = as time passed (by), as time went by.* a medida que pasa el tiempo = as time goes by, as time passes (by).* a medida que pasa + Expresión Temporal = as + Expresión Temporal + go by.* a medida que + pasar + el año = as the year + wear on.* a medida que + pasar + el día = as the day + wear on.* ayudar a pasar por = get + Nombre + through.* cada día que pasa = each passing day.* conforme + pasar + el año = as the year + wear on.* conforme + pasar + el día = as the day + wear on.* dejar pasar = pass up, forego [forgo], let through.* dejar pasar a Alguien = let + Alguien + by.* dejar pasar Algo = put + Nombre + behind.* dejar pasar una oportunidad = forego + opportunity, miss + opportunity, pass up + opportunity, miss + chance.* desde..., pasando por..., hasta... = from..., through..., to....* día que pasa = passing day.* esa época ya pasó hace tiempo = that time is long past.* haber pasado por aquí antes = have been down this road before.* hacer a Alguien pasar vergüenza = embarrass.* hacer que Alguien las pase canutas = give + Nombre + a run for + Posesivo + money.* hacérselas pasar canutas a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops.* hacérselas pasarlas canutas a Alguien = push + Nombre + to the edge.* hacérselas pasar negras a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops.* hacerse pasar por = masquerade as, impersonate.* las cosas no pasan así como así = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no pasan así porque sí = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas sólo pasan una vez = lightning never strikes twice.* lo que tenga que pasar, que pase = que sera sera, what's meant to be, will be, whatever will be, will be.* lugar donde pasar el rato = hang out.* no dejar pasar = keep out.* no dejar pasar la oportunidad = ride + the wave.* no pasar mucho tiempo antes de que + Subjuntivo = be not long before + Indicativo.* pasando a = moving on to.* pasar a = go on to, move on to, proceed to, shunt into, switch over, switch to, step onto, spill over into.* pasar a Alguien lo mismo que a = suffer + the fate of.* pasar a Alguien lo que a = suffer + the fate of.* pasar a cosas más agradables = on a happier note.* pasar a la clandestinidad = go into + hiding.* pasar a la era de = move into + the age of.* pasar a la historia = history in the making, go down in + history.* pasar a la historia como = go down as, go down in + history as, go down in + the history books as, go down in + the annals of history as.* pasar a la página + Número = turn to + page + Número.* pasar a la posteridad = go down to + posterity.* pasar a la posteridad como = go down to + posterity as.* pasar Algo a Alguien = turn + Algo + over to + Alguien.* pasar algo inesperado = things + take a turn for the unexpected.* pasar algún tiempo en = have + a turn at.* pasar al olvido = blow over.* pasar a los anales de la historia = go down in + history.* pasar a los anales de la historia como = go down in + history as, go down in + the history books as, go down in + the annals of history as.* pasar al primer plano = take + centre stage.* pasar al siguiente año fiscal = roll over.* pasar al siguiente nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.* pasar a mejor vida = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost.* pasar año(s) antes de que = be year(s) before.* pasar a ocupar el puesto de Alguien = step into + the shoes of, stand in + Posesivo + shoes.* pasar aprietos = feel + the pinch.* pasar apuros = struggle, pass through + adversity, have + a thin time, be under strain, bear + hardship, be hard pressed, feel + the pinch, have + a hard time, the wolves + be + at the door, have + a tough time.* pasar apuros económicos = lead + a precarious existence.* pasar a ser = become, develop into.* pasar a ser el centro de atención = come into + focus, take + centre stage.* pasar a ser inconcebible = render + inconceivable.* pasar a toda velocidad = whiz.* pasar a una situación económica más confortable = improve + Posesivo + lot.* pasar a vida mejor = lay + Nombre + low.* pasar casi rozando = skim.* pasar como una bala = whiz.* pasar de = get beyond.* pasar de... a... = proceed from... to..., move from... to....* pasar de... a = switch from... to..., go from... to..., swing between... and..., grow from... into/to.* pasar de contrabando = smuggle.* pasar de generación en generación = pass down from + generation to generation.* pasar de largo = bypass [by-pass].* pasar de largo rápidamente = race + past.* pasar de moda = drop out of + vogue, go out of + fashion, go out of + favour, go out of + date, go out of + vogue, fall out of + vogue, go out of + style, pass away, obsolesce, drop out of + circulation.* pasar desapercibido = be unnoticeable, go + unnoticed, lie + unnoticed, remain + unnoticed, slip by + unnoticed, become + unnoticeable, go + unrecognised, be an invisible fly on the wall, go + unnoted, lie + forgotten, sneak under + the radar.* pasar de una persona a otra = pass around.* pasar de uno a otro = change back and forth.* pasar de un sitio a otro = travel.* pasar dificultades = struggle, be under strain, bear + hardship, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.* pasar el invierno = winter, overwinter.* pasar el mochuelo = pass + the bucket.* pasar el muerto = pass + the bucket.* pasar el platillo = pass + the bucket (around).* pasar el rato = hang out.* pasar el rato con = kick + it with.* pasar el rato con los amigos = hang out with + Posesivo + friends.* pasar el relevo a = hand + the reins over to.* pasar el testigo = pass (on) + the torch, pass (on) + the baton.* pasar el tiempo = pass + the time, hang around, spend + Posesivo + days, hang about, hang out.* pasar el tiempo libre = spend + Posesivo + leisure, spend + Posesivo + leisure time.* pasar + Expresión Temporal = elapse + Expresión Temporal, go by + Expresión Temporal.* pasar hambre = suffer from + hunger, go + hungry, starve.* pasar hojas = page (through), turn + pages, flip + pages.* pasar hojas hacia atrás = page + backward.* pasar hojas hacia delante = page + forward.* pasar inadvertidamente = slip, creep + past, sneak + past.* pasar inadvertido = be unnoticeable, escape + notice, go + unnoticed, lie + unnoticed, remain + unnoticed, slip by + unnoticed, become + unnoticeable, go + unrecognised, go + unnoted, sneak under + the radar.* pasar la antorcha = hand over + the torch.* pasar la luna de miel = honeymoon.* pasar la noche = spend + the night, stay overnight.* pasar la página = turn over + page.* pasar la pantalla = scroll.* pasar la pelota = pass + the buck.* pasar la prueba = pass + muster.* pasarlas canutas = jump through + hoops, have + a devil of a time, be to hell and back.* pasarlas negras = jump through + hoops, have + a devil of a time.* pasarlas putas = jump through + hoops, be to hell and back.* pasar las riendas del poder a = hand + the reins over to.* pasar las vacaciones = vacation.* pasar llevando = take through.* pasarlo a lo grande = have + a ball, have + a whale of a time.* pasarlo bien = have + fun, be a great time.* pasarlo bomba = be a great time, have + a whale of a time.* pasarlo canutas intentando Hacer Algo = have + a heck of a time + trying.* pasarlo en grande = have + a ball, have + a whale of a time.* pasarlo genial = have + a whale of a time.* pasarlo mal = have + a thin time, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.* pasarlo muy mal = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.* pasarlo pipa = have + a whale of a time.* pasar los días = spend + Posesivo + days.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* pasar mucho tiempo antes de que = be a long time before.* pasar + Nombre + a = turn + Nombre + over to.* pasar penurias = suffer from + deprivation.* pasar poco a poco = slide into.* pasar por = cross, pass through, reach down, step through, go by, go through, pass for, pass across, run + Nombre + through + Nombre, make + Posesivo + way through, run through.* pasar por alto = bypass [by-pass], gloss over, miss, obviate, overlook, short-circuit [shortcircuit], skip over, leapfrog, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by, flout, close + the door on, skip.* pasar por alto la autoridad de Alguien = go over + Posesivo + head.* pasar por alto rápidamente = race + past.* pasar por aquí = come by.* pasar por delante de = make + Posesivo + way past.* pasar por el acoso de = run + the gauntlet of.* pasar por el infierno = be to hell and back.* pasar por el lado de = make + Posesivo + way past.* pasar por encima = pass over.* pasar por encima de la cabeza = go over + Posesivo + head.* pasar por la mitad de = cut through.* pasar por muchas dificultades = be to hell and back.* pasar por un período de = go through + a period of.* pasar por un proceso de = go through + a process of.* pasar privaciones = suffer from + deprivation.* pasar rápidamente = run through, sweep by, sweep, flash across.* pasar rápidamente a = snap to.* pasar rápidamente por encima de = sweep across, swing over.* pasar registros a disco = transfer + records + to disc.* pasar revista = review.* pasarse = come by, drop in, overshoot, step over + the edge, go + overboard, go + too far.* pasarse Algo por el culo = not give a shit.* pasarse Algo por el forro = flout.* pasarse Algo por la entrepierna = not give a shit.* pasarse con = act + fresh with.* pasar sed = go + thirsty.* pasarse de = overstep.* pasarse de + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.* pasarse de la raya = cross + the line.* pasarse del límite = overrun [over-run].* pasárselo bien = have + a good time, have + a great time.* pasárselo en grande = enjoy + every minute of, love + every minute of it.* pasárselo fabuloso = have + a good time, have + a great time, have + a whale of a time.* pasárselo la mar de bien = have + a whale of a time, have + a great time.* pasárselo pipa = have + a great time.* pasarse por = drop by, stop by, mosey.* pasar sin = get along without, forego [forgo], do without, live without.* pasar sin Alguien = spare + Nombre Personal.* pasar sin comodidades = rough it.* pasar sin ser visto = sneak + past, sneak through, sneak under + the radar, go + unnoticed.* pasar + Tiempo = spend + time, spend + Tiempo.* pasar tiempo haciendo Algo = do + stint at.* pasar una crisis = face + crisis.* pasar una prueba = endure + ordeal, pass + a test, stand up.* pasar una prueba de sobra = pass with + flying colours.* pasar una tarjeta por un lector electrónico = swipe.* pasar un buen rato = disport + Reflexivo.* pasar un cuestionario = administer + questionnaire, carry out + questionnaire.* pasar un rato = say + hi.* pasar zumbando = whiz.* pase lo que pase = come what may, come rain or shine, rain or shine, come hell or high water.* por pasar el rato = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* ¿Qué pasa? = What's up?.* que pasaba = passing.* que pasa desapercibido = inconspicuous.* ¿qué pasa si... ? = what if... ?.* que pase lo que tenga que pasar = que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, what's meant to be, will be.* quien no malgasta no pasa necesidades = waste not, want not.* sin haber pasado por la calandria = uncalendered.* ¡tener + que pasar por encima de + Posesivo + cadáver! = over + Posesivo + dead body.* tiempo + pasar = time + march on.* todavía no ha pasado lo mejor = the best is yet to come.* tratar de pasar desapercibido = keep + a low profile, lie + low.* tratar de pasar inadvertido = keep + a low profile, lie + low.* ver lo que pasa = take it from there/here.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) ( ir por un lugar) to come/go pastno ha pasado ni un taxi — not one taxi has come/gone past
¿a qué hora pasa el lechero? — what time does the milkman come?
pasar de largo — to go right o straight past
es un vuelo directo, no pasa por Miami — it's a direct flight, it doesn't go via Miami
¿este autobús pasa por el museo? — does this bus go past the museum?
¿el 45 pasa por aquí? — does the number 45 come this way?
pasaba por aquí y... — I was just passing by o I was in the area and...
ni me pasó por la imaginación — it didn't even occur to me, it didn't even cross my mind
b) ( deteniéndose en un lugar)pasar POR algo: ¿podríamos pasar por el banco? can we stop off at the bank?; pase usted por caja please go over to the cashier; pasa un día por casa why don't you drop o come by the house sometime?; pasar A + INF: puede pasar a recogerlo mañana you can come and pick it up tomorrow; pasaremos a verlos — we'll call in o drop in and see them
c) ( atravesar) to crosspasar de un lado a otro — to go o cross from one side to the other
d) (caber, entrar)2)a) (transmitirse, transferirse) corona/título to passuna tradición que pasa de padres a hijos — a tradition that is handed o passed down from generation to generation
b) ( comunicar)te paso con Javier — ( en el mismo teléfono) I'll hand o pass you over to Javier; ( en otro teléfono) I'll put you through to Javier
3) ( entrar - acercándose al hablante) to come in; (- alejándose del hablante) to go inpase, por favor — please, do come in
que pase el siguiente! — next, please!
no pasarán! — (fr hecha) they shall not pass!
¿puedo pasar al baño? — may I use the bathroom please?
¿quién quiere pasar al pizarrón? — (AmL) who's going to come up to the blackboard?
4)a) (cambiar de estado, actividad, tema)pasó del quinto al séptimo lugar — she went o dropped from fifth to seventh place
ahora pasa a tercera — (Auto) now change into third
pasando a otra cosa... — anyway, to change the subject...
pasamos a informar de otras noticias — now, the rest of the news
b) (Educ) to pass¿pasaste? — did you pass?
pasar de curso — to get through o pass one's end-of-year exams
c) ( ser aceptable)no está perfecto, pero puede pasar — it's not perfect, but it'll do
por esta vez (que) pase — I'll let it pass o go this time
5) ( exceder un límite)pasar DE algo: no pases de 100 don't go over 100; no pasó de un desacuerdo it was nothing more than a disagreement; está muy grave, no creo que pase de hoy he's very ill, I don't think he'll last another day; no pasa de los 30 he's not more than 30; no pasamos de nueve empleados — they're only nine of us working there/here
6) pasar pora) ( ser tenido por)pasa por tonto, pero no lo es — he might look stupid, but he isn't
b) (Esp) ( implicar)7) ( transcurrir) tiempo to passpasaron muchos años — many years went by o passed
pasaban las horas y no llegaba — the hours went by o passed and still he didn't come
9) ( arreglárselas) to manage, get bysin electricidad podemos pasar — we can manage o get by without electricity
10) ( suceder) to happenlo que pasa es que... — the thing o the problem is...
pase lo que pase — whatever happens, come what may
¿qué pasó con lo del reloj? — what happened about the watch?
...y aquí no ha pasado nada —...and let's just forget the whole thing
siempre pasa igual or lo mismo — it's always the same
¿pasa algo? — is something the matter?
¿qué pasa? — what's the matter?, what's up? (colloq)
hola, Carlos! ¿qué pasa? — (fam) hi, Carlos! how's things o how's it going? (colloq)
son cosas que pasan — these things happen; (+ me/te/le etc)
¿qué te pasa? — what's the matter with you?
¿qué te pasó en el ojo? — what happened to your eye?
¿qué le pasa a la tele? — what's wrong with the TV?
por suerte a él no le pasó nada — fortunately, nothing happened to him
11) ( experimentar)pasar POR algo — por crisis/mala racha to go through something
12)a) (en naipes, juegos) to passb) (fam) ( rechazando algo)¿vas a tomar postre? - no, yo paso — are you going to have a dessert? - no, I think I'll give it a miss
paso de salir, estoy muy cansada — I don't feel like going out, I'm very tired (colloq)
c) (fam) ( expresando indiferencia)que se las arreglen, yo paso — they can sort it out themselves, it's not my problem
2.paso de él — (esp Esp) I don't give a damn o I couldn't care less what he does (colloq)
pasar vt1)a) ( hacer atravesar)b) ( por la aduana -legalmente) to take through; (- ilegalmente) to smugglec) ( hacer deslizar)a esto hay que pasarle una plancha — this needs a quick iron o run over with the iron
2) (exhibir, mostrar) <película/anuncio> to show3)a) (cruzar, atravesar) < frontera> to cross; <pueblo/ciudad> to go throughb) ( dejar atrás) <edificio/calle> to go pastc) (adelantar, sobrepasar) to overtakepasar A algo — to overtake something, to get past something
está altísimo, ya pasa a su padre — he's really tall, he's already overtaken his father
4) <examen/prueba> to pass5) <página/hoja> to turn6) (fam) ( tolerar)a ese tipo no lo paso — I can't stand o take that guy (colloq)
no podía pasar aquella sopa — I couldn't stomach o eat that soup
pasar por alto — <falta/error> to overlook, forget about; tema/punto to leave out, omit
7) ( transcribir)tendré que pasar la carta — I'll have to write o copy the letter out again
¿me pasas esto a máquina? — could you type this for me?
8) (entregar, hacer llegar)¿me pasas el martillo? — can you pass me the hammer?
9) <gripe/resfriado> to giveme lo pasó a mí — he gave it to me, he passed it on to me
10)a) < tiempo> to spendb) ( con idea de continuidad)11)a) (sufrir, padecer) penalidades/desgracias to go through, to sufferestá pasando una mala racha — he's going through bad times o (BrE) a bad patch
pasé mucho miedo/frío — I was very frightened/cold
b)pasarlo or pasarla bien — to have a good time
3.¿qué tal lo pasaste en la fiesta? — did you have a good time at the party?, did you enjoy the party?
1) pasarse v pron2) ( cambiarse)3)a) ( ir demasiado lejos)nos pasamos, el banco está más arriba — we've gone too far, the bank isn't as far down as this
b) (fam) ( excederse) to go too farse pasó con la sal — he overdid the salt (colloq)
se pasó de listo — he tried to be too clever (colloq)
c) (CS fam) ( lucirse)4)a) peras/tomates to go bad, get overripe; carne/pescado to go off, go bad; leche to go off, go sourb) (recocerse): arroz/pasta to get overcooked5)a) ( desaparecer) efecto to wear off; dolor to go away; (+ me/te/le etc)ya se me pasó el dolor — the pain's gone o eased now
espera a que se le pase el enojo — wait until he's calmed o cooled down
b) ( transcurrir)el año se ha pasado muy rápido — this year has gone very quickly; (+ me/te/le etc)
6) (+ me/te/le etc)a) ( olvidarse)b) ( dejar de notar)c) ( dejar escapar)7) (enf) ( estar)se pasó el domingo durmiendo — he spent the whole of Sunday evening sleeping; ver tb pasar verbo transitivo III 1b y 2b
8) (enf) (fam) (ir)¿podrías pasarte por el mercado? — could you go down to the market?
9) (refl)* * *= hand (over), pass, pass by, pass on, transfer, transmit, turn over + page, hand on, spend, transpire, pass out, turn over, slide over, pass along, get through, can't/couldn't be bothered, go + past, pass down, roll on, pass out, blow over, make + the cut, wear off, hand down.Ex: Eventually, teachers should be able to ' hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.
Ex: Examination reveals positions on the cards where the light passes through all the cards in a stack.Ex: The days of needing to change into carpet slippers before going to such an area have thankfully passed by.Ex: If ignored, the problems are only passed on to all the users of the catalog: the public, the reference department, the acquisitions department, and naturally the cataloging department.Ex: Scope notes, on the order hand, may be present in a thesaurus but are unlikely to be transferred to an index.Ex: The system permits the requester to specify up to five potential lending libraries, and the system transmits the requests to these libraries one at a time.Ex: Turn over the page and you will find suggested analyses against which you can check your solution.Ex: Some experts have expressed grave doubts about the durability of contemporary literary and artistic works on paper and hence the possibility of handing on works of culture to future generations.Ex: Any funeral scene in a story inevitably conjures in myself memories of my childhood spent as the son of an undertaker.Ex: The 2nd is the fact that most information seeking transpires with little help from librarians, who have consistently failed to establish themselves as primary information professionals.Ex: At the Closing Session Danish flags were suddenly produced and passed out among the crowd who began waving them enthusiastically.Ex: Then he picked up about 2 cm. of type from the right-hand end of the uppermost line (i.e. the last word or two of the last line) with the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, read it, and dropped the pieces of type one by one into their proper boxes, turning over the old house.Ex: He had greeted her courteously, as was his wont, and had inquired if she minded his smoking; she told him to go ahead and slid over an ashtray.Ex: If the head of reference services does not pass along the information to the staff the reference librarians, by being uninformed, will undoubtedly not make as good an impression on the important city managers.Ex: I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day.Ex: Consider for example, a teacher who doesn't change his password (ever!) or can't be bothered to log out, all the firewalls and antivirus programs in the world will not protect a school's network.Ex: Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.Ex: The knowledge that has been passed down from generation to generation by sentient beings on this planet for aeons and aeons is quite impossible to fully comprehend.Ex: But to make matters worse, and as the drought rolls on, it is very likely that it won't rain again until October or November.Ex: Put a set of premises into such a device and turn the crank, and it will readily pass out conclusion after conclusion.Ex: During the bulk of that time, your liberal leaders grandly sat, waiting for various things to blow over.Ex: Naturally, the recruiters whose people were not chosen for the job wanted feedback as to why their candidates did not make the cut.Ex: We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.Ex: A hunting guide while still in his teens, he learned his woodcraft first hand, absorbing lore handed down to him from his father.* a medida que pasaba el tiempo = as time passed (by), as time went by.* a medida que pasa el tiempo = as time goes by, as time passes (by).* a medida que pasa + Expresión Temporal = as + Expresión Temporal + go by.* a medida que + pasar + el año = as the year + wear on.* a medida que + pasar + el día = as the day + wear on.* ayudar a pasar por = get + Nombre + through.* cada día que pasa = each passing day.* conforme + pasar + el año = as the year + wear on.* conforme + pasar + el día = as the day + wear on.* dejar pasar = pass up, forego [forgo], let through.* dejar pasar a Alguien = let + Alguien + by.* dejar pasar Algo = put + Nombre + behind.* dejar pasar una oportunidad = forego + opportunity, miss + opportunity, pass up + opportunity, miss + chance.* desde..., pasando por..., hasta... = from..., through..., to....* día que pasa = passing day.* esa época ya pasó hace tiempo = that time is long past.* haber pasado por aquí antes = have been down this road before.* hacer a Alguien pasar vergüenza = embarrass.* hacer que Alguien las pase canutas = give + Nombre + a run for + Posesivo + money.* hacérselas pasar canutas a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops.* hacérselas pasarlas canutas a Alguien = push + Nombre + to the edge.* hacérselas pasar negras a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops.* hacerse pasar por = masquerade as, impersonate.* las cosas no pasan así como así = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no pasan así porque sí = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas sólo pasan una vez = lightning never strikes twice.* lo que tenga que pasar, que pase = que sera sera, what's meant to be, will be, whatever will be, will be.* lugar donde pasar el rato = hang out.* no dejar pasar = keep out.* no dejar pasar la oportunidad = ride + the wave.* no pasar mucho tiempo antes de que + Subjuntivo = be not long before + Indicativo.* pasando a = moving on to.* pasar a = go on to, move on to, proceed to, shunt into, switch over, switch to, step onto, spill over into.* pasar a Alguien lo mismo que a = suffer + the fate of.* pasar a Alguien lo que a = suffer + the fate of.* pasar a cosas más agradables = on a happier note.* pasar a la clandestinidad = go into + hiding.* pasar a la era de = move into + the age of.* pasar a la historia = history in the making, go down in + history.* pasar a la historia como = go down as, go down in + history as, go down in + the history books as, go down in + the annals of history as.* pasar a la página + Número = turn to + page + Número.* pasar a la posteridad = go down to + posterity.* pasar a la posteridad como = go down to + posterity as.* pasar Algo a Alguien = turn + Algo + over to + Alguien.* pasar algo inesperado = things + take a turn for the unexpected.* pasar algún tiempo en = have + a turn at.* pasar al olvido = blow over.* pasar a los anales de la historia = go down in + history.* pasar a los anales de la historia como = go down in + history as, go down in + the history books as, go down in + the annals of history as.* pasar al primer plano = take + centre stage.* pasar al siguiente año fiscal = roll over.* pasar al siguiente nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.* pasar a mejor vida = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost.* pasar año(s) antes de que = be year(s) before.* pasar a ocupar el puesto de Alguien = step into + the shoes of, stand in + Posesivo + shoes.* pasar aprietos = feel + the pinch.* pasar apuros = struggle, pass through + adversity, have + a thin time, be under strain, bear + hardship, be hard pressed, feel + the pinch, have + a hard time, the wolves + be + at the door, have + a tough time.* pasar apuros económicos = lead + a precarious existence.* pasar a ser = become, develop into.* pasar a ser el centro de atención = come into + focus, take + centre stage.* pasar a ser inconcebible = render + inconceivable.* pasar a toda velocidad = whiz.* pasar a una situación económica más confortable = improve + Posesivo + lot.* pasar a vida mejor = lay + Nombre + low.* pasar casi rozando = skim.* pasar como una bala = whiz.* pasar de = get beyond.* pasar de... a... = proceed from... to..., move from... to....* pasar de... a = switch from... to..., go from... to..., swing between... and..., grow from... into/to.* pasar de contrabando = smuggle.* pasar de generación en generación = pass down from + generation to generation.* pasar de largo = bypass [by-pass].* pasar de largo rápidamente = race + past.* pasar de moda = drop out of + vogue, go out of + fashion, go out of + favour, go out of + date, go out of + vogue, fall out of + vogue, go out of + style, pass away, obsolesce, drop out of + circulation.* pasar desapercibido = be unnoticeable, go + unnoticed, lie + unnoticed, remain + unnoticed, slip by + unnoticed, become + unnoticeable, go + unrecognised, be an invisible fly on the wall, go + unnoted, lie + forgotten, sneak under + the radar.* pasar de una persona a otra = pass around.* pasar de uno a otro = change back and forth.* pasar de un sitio a otro = travel.* pasar dificultades = struggle, be under strain, bear + hardship, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.* pasar el invierno = winter, overwinter.* pasar el mochuelo = pass + the bucket.* pasar el muerto = pass + the bucket.* pasar el platillo = pass + the bucket (around).* pasar el rato = hang out.* pasar el rato con = kick + it with.* pasar el rato con los amigos = hang out with + Posesivo + friends.* pasar el relevo a = hand + the reins over to.* pasar el testigo = pass (on) + the torch, pass (on) + the baton.* pasar el tiempo = pass + the time, hang around, spend + Posesivo + days, hang about, hang out.* pasar el tiempo libre = spend + Posesivo + leisure, spend + Posesivo + leisure time.* pasar + Expresión Temporal = elapse + Expresión Temporal, go by + Expresión Temporal.* pasar hambre = suffer from + hunger, go + hungry, starve.* pasar hojas = page (through), turn + pages, flip + pages.* pasar hojas hacia atrás = page + backward.* pasar hojas hacia delante = page + forward.* pasar inadvertidamente = slip, creep + past, sneak + past.* pasar inadvertido = be unnoticeable, escape + notice, go + unnoticed, lie + unnoticed, remain + unnoticed, slip by + unnoticed, become + unnoticeable, go + unrecognised, go + unnoted, sneak under + the radar.* pasar la antorcha = hand over + the torch.* pasar la luna de miel = honeymoon.* pasar la noche = spend + the night, stay overnight.* pasar la página = turn over + page.* pasar la pantalla = scroll.* pasar la pelota = pass + the buck.* pasar la prueba = pass + muster.* pasarlas canutas = jump through + hoops, have + a devil of a time, be to hell and back.* pasarlas negras = jump through + hoops, have + a devil of a time.* pasarlas putas = jump through + hoops, be to hell and back.* pasar las riendas del poder a = hand + the reins over to.* pasar las vacaciones = vacation.* pasar llevando = take through.* pasarlo a lo grande = have + a ball, have + a whale of a time.* pasarlo bien = have + fun, be a great time.* pasarlo bomba = be a great time, have + a whale of a time.* pasarlo canutas intentando Hacer Algo = have + a heck of a time + trying.* pasarlo en grande = have + a ball, have + a whale of a time.* pasarlo genial = have + a whale of a time.* pasarlo mal = have + a thin time, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.* pasarlo muy mal = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.* pasarlo pipa = have + a whale of a time.* pasar los días = spend + Posesivo + days.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* pasar mucho tiempo antes de que = be a long time before.* pasar + Nombre + a = turn + Nombre + over to.* pasar penurias = suffer from + deprivation.* pasar poco a poco = slide into.* pasar por = cross, pass through, reach down, step through, go by, go through, pass for, pass across, run + Nombre + through + Nombre, make + Posesivo + way through, run through.* pasar por alto = bypass [by-pass], gloss over, miss, obviate, overlook, short-circuit [shortcircuit], skip over, leapfrog, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by, flout, close + the door on, skip.* pasar por alto la autoridad de Alguien = go over + Posesivo + head.* pasar por alto rápidamente = race + past.* pasar por aquí = come by.* pasar por delante de = make + Posesivo + way past.* pasar por el acoso de = run + the gauntlet of.* pasar por el infierno = be to hell and back.* pasar por el lado de = make + Posesivo + way past.* pasar por encima = pass over.* pasar por encima de la cabeza = go over + Posesivo + head.* pasar por la mitad de = cut through.* pasar por muchas dificultades = be to hell and back.* pasar por un período de = go through + a period of.* pasar por un proceso de = go through + a process of.* pasar privaciones = suffer from + deprivation.* pasar rápidamente = run through, sweep by, sweep, flash across.* pasar rápidamente a = snap to.* pasar rápidamente por encima de = sweep across, swing over.* pasar registros a disco = transfer + records + to disc.* pasar revista = review.* pasarse = come by, drop in, overshoot, step over + the edge, go + overboard, go + too far.* pasarse Algo por el culo = not give a shit.* pasarse Algo por el forro = flout.* pasarse Algo por la entrepierna = not give a shit.* pasarse con = act + fresh with.* pasar sed = go + thirsty.* pasarse de = overstep.* pasarse de + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.* pasarse de la raya = cross + the line.* pasarse del límite = overrun [over-run].* pasárselo bien = have + a good time, have + a great time.* pasárselo en grande = enjoy + every minute of, love + every minute of it.* pasárselo fabuloso = have + a good time, have + a great time, have + a whale of a time.* pasárselo la mar de bien = have + a whale of a time, have + a great time.* pasárselo pipa = have + a great time.* pasarse por = drop by, stop by, mosey.* pasar sin = get along without, forego [forgo], do without, live without.* pasar sin Alguien = spare + Nombre Personal.* pasar sin comodidades = rough it.* pasar sin ser visto = sneak + past, sneak through, sneak under + the radar, go + unnoticed.* pasar + Tiempo = spend + time, spend + Tiempo.* pasar tiempo haciendo Algo = do + stint at.* pasar una crisis = face + crisis.* pasar una prueba = endure + ordeal, pass + a test, stand up.* pasar una prueba de sobra = pass with + flying colours.* pasar una tarjeta por un lector electrónico = swipe.* pasar un buen rato = disport + Reflexivo.* pasar un cuestionario = administer + questionnaire, carry out + questionnaire.* pasar un rato = say + hi.* pasar zumbando = whiz.* pase lo que pase = come what may, come rain or shine, rain or shine, come hell or high water.* por pasar el rato = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* ¿Qué pasa? = What's up?.* que pasaba = passing.* que pasa desapercibido = inconspicuous.* ¿qué pasa si... ? = what if... ?.* que pase lo que tenga que pasar = que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, what's meant to be, will be.* quien no malgasta no pasa necesidades = waste not, want not.* sin haber pasado por la calandria = uncalendered.* ¡tener + que pasar por encima de + Posesivo + cadáver! = over + Posesivo + dead body.* tiempo + pasar = time + march on.* todavía no ha pasado lo mejor = the best is yet to come.* tratar de pasar desapercibido = keep + a low profile, lie + low.* tratar de pasar inadvertido = keep + a low profile, lie + low.* ver lo que pasa = take it from there/here.* * *pasar [A1 ]■ pasar (verbo intransitivo)A1 por un lugar2 deteniéndose en un lugar3 caber, entrarB1 transmitirse, transferirse2 comunicarC entrarD1 cambiar de estado, actividad, tema2 Educación3 indicando aceptabilidadE exceder un límiteF1 pasar por: ser tenido por2 pasar por: implicarA1 transcurrir2 terminarB arreglárselasSentido III ocurrir, sucederA1 en naipes, juegos2 rechazando una invitaciónB expresando indiferencia■ pasar (verbo transitivo)A1 hacer atravesar2 pasar por la aduana3 hacer recorrerB exhibir, mostrarC1 cruzar, atravesar2 adelantar, sobrepasarD aprobar: examenE dar la vuelta aF tolerar, admitirG transcribirH engañarA entregar, hacer llegarB contagiarA pasar: tiempo, día etcB1 sufrir, padecer2 pasarlo bien/mal■ pasarse (verbo pronominal)A cambiarseB1 ir demasiado lejos2 excederse3 lucirseC1 pasarse: comestibles2 CocinaA desaparecerB «tiempo»C olvidarseA enfático: con idea de continuidadB enfático: irC reflexivoviA1 (por un lugar) to come/go pastno ha pasado ni un taxi not one taxi has come/gone by o come/gone pastpasó un coche a toda velocidad a car passed at top speed, a car came/went past at top speed, a car shot o sped past¿a qué hora pasa el lechero? what time does the milkman come?no aparques aquí, que no pueden pasar otros coches don't park here, other cars won't be able to get pastno dejan pasar a nadie they're not letting anyone throughno dejes pasar esta oportunidad don't miss this chancepasar de largo to go right o straight pastel autobús venía completo y pasó de largo the bus was full and didn't stop o went right o straight past without stoppingpasó de largo sin siquiera saludar she went right o straight past o ( colloq) she sailed past without even saying hellopasar POR algo to go THROUGH sthal pasar por la aduana when you go through customsprefiero no pasar por el centro I'd rather not go through the city centerel Tajo pasa por Aranjuez the Tagus flows through Aranjuezhay un vuelo directo, no hace falta pasar por Miami there's a direct flight so you don't have to go via Miami¿este autobús pasa por el museo? does this bus go past the museum?¿el 45 pasa por aquí? does the number 45 come this way/stop here?pasamos justo por delante de su casa we went right past her housepasaba por aquí y se me ocurrió hacerte una visita I was just passing by o I was in the area and I thought I'd drop in and see youni me pasó por la imaginación que fuese a hacerlo it didn't even occur to me o it didn't even cross my mind that she would do itel país está pasando por momentos difíciles these are difficult times for the country2 (deteniéndose en un lugar) pasar POR:¿podríamos pasar por el supermercado? can we stop off at the supermarket?de camino tengo que pasar por la oficina I have to drop in at o stop by the office on the waypase usted por caja please go over to the cashierpasa un día por casa why don't you drop o come by the house sometime?pasar A + INF:puede pasar a recogerlo mañana you can come and pick it up tomorrowpasaremos a verlos de camino a casa we'll drop by o stop by and see them on the way home, we'll call in o drop in and see them on the way home3(caber, entrar): no creo que pase por la puerta, es demasiado ancho I don't think it'll go through o I don't think we'll get it through the door, it's too wideesta camiseta no me pasa por la cabeza I can't get this T-shirt over my headB1(transmitirse, transferirse): la humedad ha pasado a la habitación de al lado the damp has gone through to the room next doorel título pasa al hijo mayor the title passes o goes to the eldest sonla carta ha ido pasando de mano en mano the letter has been passed around (to everyone)2(comunicar): te paso con Javier (en el mismo teléfono) I'll let you speak to Javier, I'll hand o pass you over to Javier; (en otro teléfono) I'll put you through to JavierC (entrar — acercándose al hablante) to come in; (— alejándose del hablante) to go inpasa, no te quedes en la puerta come (on) in, don't stand there in the doorway¿se puede? — pase may I come in? — yes, please do¡que pase el siguiente! next, please!ha llegado el señor Díaz — hágalo pasar Mr Díaz is here — show him in please¡no pasarán! ( fr hecha); they shall not pass!pueden pasar al comedor you may go through into the dining room¿puedo pasar al baño? may I use the bathroom please?¿quién quiere pasar al pizarrón? ( AmL); who's going to come up to the blackboard?D1 (cambiar de estado, actividad, tema) pasar ( DE algo) A algo:en poco tiempo ha pasado del anonimato a la fama in a very short space of time she's gone o shot from obscurity to famepasó del quinto al séptimo lugar she went o dropped from fifth to seventh placeahora pasa a tercera ( Auto) now change into thirdpasa a la página 98 continued on page 98pasando a otra cosa … anyway, to change the subject …pasar A + INF:el equipo pasa a ocupar el primer puesto the team moves into first placepasó a formar parte del equipo en julio she joined the team in Julymás tarde pasó a tratar la cuestión de los impuestos later he went on to deal with the question of taxespasamos a informar de otras noticias de interés now, the rest of the news2 ( Educación):Daniel ya pasa a tercero Daniel will be starting third grade next semester ( AmE), Daniel will be going into the third year next term ( BrE)si pasas de curso te compro una bicicleta if you get through o pass your end-of-year exams, I'll buy you a bicycle3(indicando aceptabilidad): no está perfecto, pero puede pasar it's not perfect, but it'll dopor esta vez (que) pase, pero que no se repita I'll let it pass o go this time, but don't let it happen againE (exceder un límite) pasar DE algo:no pases de 100 don't go over 100fue un pequeño desacuerdo pero no pasó de eso it was nothing more than a slight disagreement, we/they had a slight disagreement, but it was nothing more than thatestuvo muy cortés conmigo pero no pasó de eso he was very polite, but no moretengo que escribirle, de hoy no pasa I must write to him today without failestá muy grave, no creo que pase de hoy he's very ill, I don't think he'll last another dayyo diría que no pasa de los 30 I wouldn't say he was more than 30al principio no pasábamos de nueve empleados there were only nine of us working there/here at the beginningno pasan de ser palabras vacías they are still nothing but empty words o still only empty words1(ser tenido por): pasa por tonto, pero no lo es he might look stupid, but he isn'tpodrían pasar por hermanas they could pass for sistersse hacía pasar por médico he passed himself off as a doctorse hizo pasar por mi padre he pretended to be my father2 (implicar) to lie inla solución pasa por la racionalización de la industria the solution lies in the rationalization of the industryA «tiempo»1(transcurrir): ya han pasado dos horas y aún no ha vuelto it's been two hours now and she still hasn't come back¡cómo pasa el tiempo! doesn't time fly!por ti no pasan los años you look as young as everpasaban las horas y no llegaba the hours went by o passed and still he didn't come2(terminar): menos mal que el invierno ya ha pasado thank goodness winter's overya ha pasado lo peor the worst is over nowno llores, ya pasó don't cry, it's all right now o it's all over nowB(arreglárselas): ¿compro más o podemos pasar con esto? shall I buy some more or can we get by on o make do with this?sin electricidad podemos pasar, pero sin agua no we can manage o do without electricity but not without waterSentido III (ocurrir, suceder) to happendéjame que te cuente lo que pasó let me tell you what happenedclaro que me gustaría ir, lo que pasa es que estoy cansada of course I'd like to go, only I'm really tired o it's just that I'm really tiredlo que pasa es que el jueves no voy a estar the thing is o the problem is I won't be here on Thursdayiré pase lo que pase I'm going whatever happens o come what may¿qué pasó con lo del reloj? what happened about the watch?ahora se dan la mano y aquí no ha pasado nada now just shake hands and let's forget the whole thingen este pueblo nunca pasa nada nothing ever happens in this townsiempre pasa igual or lo mismo it's always the same¿qué pasa? ¿por qué estás tan serio? what's up o what's the matter? why are you looking so serious?se lo dije yo ¿pasa algo? I told him, what of it o what's it to you? ( colloq), I told him, do you have a problem with that? ( colloq)no te hagas mala sangre, son cosas que pasan don't get upset about it, these things happen(+ me/te/le etc): ¿qué te ha pasado en el ojo? what have you done to your eye?, what's happened to your eye?¿qué le pasará a Ricardo que tiene tan mala cara? I wonder what's up with o what's the matter with Ricardo? he looks terrible ( colloq)¿qué te pasa que estás tan callado? why are you so quiet?¿qué le pasa a la lavadora que no centrifuga? why isn't the washing machine spinning?no sé qué me pasa I don't know what's wrong o what's the matter with meeso le pasa a cualquiera that can happen to anybodyel coche quedó destrozado pero a él no le pasó nada the car was wrecked but he escaped unhurtA1 (en naipes, juegos) to passpaso, no tengo tréboles pass o I can't go, I don't have any clubs2 ( fam)(rechazando una invitación, una oportunidad): tómate otra — no, gracias, esta vez paso have another one — no thanks, I'll skip this one o I'll pass on this round ( colloq)¿vas a tomar postre? — no, yo paso are you going to have a dessert? — no, I think I'll give it a miss o no, I couldn'tpasar DE algo:esta noche paso de salir, estoy muy cansada I don't feel like going out tonight, I'm very tired ( colloq)B ( fam)(expresando indiferencia): que se las arreglen, yo paso they can sort it out themselves, it's not my problem o I don't want anything to do with itpasar DE algo:pasa ampliamente de lo que diga la gente she couldn't give a damn about o she couldn't care less what people say ( colloq)paso mucho de política I couldn't give a damn about politics ( colloq)mis padres pasan de mí my parents couldn't care less what I do/what happens to me■ pasarvtA1 (hacer atravesar) pasar algo POR algo:pasar la salsa por un tamiz put the sauce through a sieve, sieve the saucepasé la piña por la licuadora I put the pineapple through the blender, I liquidized o blended the pineapplepasa el cordón por este agujero thread the shoelace through this hole2(por la aduana): ¿cuántas botellas de vino se puede pasar? how many bottles of wine are you allowed to take through?los pillaron intentando pasar armas they were caught trying to smuggle o bring in arms3ven aquí, que te voy a pasar un peine come here and let me give your hair a quick comb o let me put a comb through your hairpásale un trapo al piso give the floor a quick wipe, wipe the floor downpasarlo primero por harina first dip it in floura esto hay que pasarle una plancha this needs a quick iron o ( colloq) a quick once-over o run over with the ironB (exhibir, mostrar) ‹película/anuncio› to showlas chicas que pasaron los modelos the girls who modeled the dressesC1 (cruzar, atravesar) ‹frontera› to crosspasaron el río a nado they swam across the riveresa calle la pasamos hace rato we went past o we passed that street a while back¿ya hemos pasado Flores? have we been through Flores yet?2 (adelantar, sobrepasar) to overtakea ver si podemos pasar a este camión why don't we overtake o get past o pass this truck?está altísimo, ya pasa a su padre he's really tall, he's already overtaken his fatherD (aprobar) ‹examen/prueba› to passE (dar la vuelta a) ‹página/hoja› to turnF ( fam)(tolerar, admitir): esto no te lo paso I'm not letting you get away with thisel profesor no te deja pasar ni una the teacher doesn't let you get away with anythinga ese tipo no lo paso or no lo puedo pasar I can't stand o take that guy ( colloq)yo el Roquefort no lo paso I can't stand Roquefort, I hate Roquefortno podía pasar aquella sopa grasienta I couldn't stomach o eat that greasy souppasar por alto ‹falta/error› to overlook, forget about; (olvidar, omitir) to forget, leave out, omit, overlookG(transcribir): tendré que pasar la carta I'll have to write o copy the letter out again¿me pasas esto a máquina? could you type this for me?se cree que me va a pasar a mí he thinks he can put one over on meA(entregar, hacer llegar): cuando termines el libro, pásaselo a Miguel when you finish the book, pass it on to Miguel¿me pasas el martillo? can you pass me the hammer?¿han pasado ya la factura? have they sent the bill yet?, have they billed you/us yet?le pasó el balón a Gómez he passed the ball to Gómezel padre le pasa una mensualidad she gets a monthly allowance from her father, her father gives her a monthly allowanceB (contagiar) ‹gripe/resfriado› to givese lo pasé a toda la familia I gave it to o passed it on to the whole familyA ‹tiempo› to spendvamos a pasar las Navidades en casa we are going to spend Christmas at homefuimos a Toledo a pasar el día we went to Toledo for the dayB1(sufrir, padecer): pasaron muchas penalidades they went through o suffered a lot of hardshippasé mucho miedo I was very frightened¿pasaste frío anoche? were you cold last night?pasamos hambre en la posguerra we went hungry after the warno sabes las que pasé yo con ese hombre you've no idea what I went through with that man2pasarlo or pasarla bien/mal: lo pasa muy mal con los exámenes he gets very nervous o ( colloq) gets in a real state about exams¿qué tal lo pasaste en la fiesta? did you have a good time at the party?, did you enjoy the party?■ pasarseA(cambiarse): pasarse al enemigo/al bando contrario to go over to the enemy/to the other sidequeremos pasarnos a la otra oficina we want to move to the other officeB1(ir demasiado lejos): nos hemos pasado, el banco está más arriba we've gone too far, the bank isn't as far down as thisnos pasamos de estación/parada we missed o went past our station/stop2 ( fam) (excederse) to go too faresta vez te has pasado you've gone too far this timeno te pases que no estoy para bromas that's enough o don't push your luck ( colloq), I'm not in the mood for jokesse pasaron con los precios they charged exorbitant prices, the prices they charged were way over the top o way out of line ( colloq)se pasó con la sal he put too much salt in it, he overdid the salt ( colloq)pasarse DE algo:se pasó de listo he tried to be too clever ( colloq)te pasas de bueno you're too kind for your own good3(CS fam) (lucirse): ¡te pasaste! esto está riquísimo you've excelled yourself! this is really delicious ( colloq)se pasó con ese gol that was a fantastic goal he scored ( colloq)C1 «peras/tomates» to go bad, get overripe; «carne/pescado» to go off, go bad; «leche» to go off, go sourestos plátanos se están pasando these bananas are starting to go bad o to get overripe2 ( Cocina):se va a pasar el arroz the rice is going to spoil o get overcookedno lo dejes pasar de punto don't let it overcookSentido II (+ me/te/le etc)A(desaparecer): ya se me pasó el dolor the pain's gone o eased nowespera a que se le pase el enojo wait until he's calmed o cooled downhasta que se le pase la fiebre until her temperature goes downB«tiempo»: sus clases se me pasan volando her classes seem to go so quicklyse me pasaron las tres horas casi sin enterarme the three hours flew by almost without my realizingC(olvidarse): lo siento, se me pasó totalmente I'm sorry, I completely forgot o it completely slipped my mindse me pasó su cumpleaños I forgot his birthdayA ( enfático)(con idea de continuidad): se pasa meses sin ver a su mujer he goes for months at a time o he goes months without seeing his wife, he doesn't see his wife for months on endse pasa hablando por teléfono ( AmL); he's always on the telephoneme pasé toda la noche estudiando I was up all night studyinges capaz de pasarse el día entero sin probar bocado he can quite easily go the whole day without having a thing to eat¿podrías pasarte por el mercado? could you go down to the market?, could you pop o nip down to the market? ( BrE colloq)C ( reflexivo):se pasó la mano por el pelo he ran his fingers through his hairni siquiera tuve tiempo de pasarme un peine I didn't even have time to run a comb through my hair o ( BrE) to give my hair a comb* * *
pasar ( conjugate pasar) verbo intransitivo
1
◊ no ha pasado ni un taxi not one taxi has come/gone past;
los otros coches no podían pasar the other cars weren't able to get past;
no dejan pasar a nadie they're not letting anyone through;
pasar de largo to go right o straight past;
pasar por la aduana to go through customs;
es un vuelo directo, no pasa por Miami it's a direct flight, it doesn't go via Miami;
¿este autobús pasa por el museo? does this bus go past the museum?;
pasamos por delante de su casa we went past her house;
pasaba por aquí y … I was just passing by o I was in the area and …b) ( deteniéndose en un lugar):◊ ¿podríamos pasar por el banco? can we stop off at the bank?;
pasa un día por casa why don't you drop o come by the house sometime?;
puede pasar a recogerlo mañana you can come and pick it up tomorrow
[ humedad] to go through from one side to the otherd) ( caber):
2 ( entrar — acercándose al hablante) to come in;
(— alejándose del hablante) to go in;◊ pase, por favor please, do come in;
¡que pase el siguiente! next, please!;
haga pasar al Sr Díaz show Mr Díaz in please
3
b) ( comunicar):
( en otro teléfono) I'll put you through to Javier
4a) (Educ) to pass;◊ pasar de curso to get through o pass one's end-of-year examsb) ( ser aceptable):◊ no está perfecto, pero puede pasar it's not perfect, but it'll do;
por esta vez, (que) pase I'll let it pass o go this time
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a) ( ser tenido por):
ver tb hacerse II 3
( suceder) to happen;
lo que pasa es que… the thing o the problem is …;
pase lo que pase whatever happens, come what may;
siempre pasa igual or lo mismo it's always the same;
¿qué pasa? what's the matter?, what's up? (colloq);
¿qué te pasa? what's the matter with you?;
¿qué te pasó en el ojo? what happened to your eye?;
¿qué le pasa a la tele? what's wrong with the TV?;
eso le pasa a cualquiera that can happen to anybody;
no le pasó nada nothing happened to him
1 ( transcurrir) [tiempo/años] to pass, go by;◊ pasaron muchos años many years went by o passed;
ya han pasado dos horas it's been two hours now;
un año pasa muy rápido a year goes very quickly;
¡cómo pasa el tiempo! doesn't time fly!
2 ( cesar) [crisis/mal momento] to be over;
[ efecto] to wear off;
[ dolor] to go away
3 ( arreglárselas) pasar sin algo to manage without sth
verbo transitivo
1
‹pueblo/ciudad› to go through
2a) ( hacer atravesar) pasar algo POR algo to put sth through sth;
(— ilegalmente) to smuggle
3 ( hacer recorrer):
pásale un trapo al piso give the floor a quick wipe;
hay que pasarle una plancha it needs a quick iron
4 (exhibir, mostrar) ‹película/anuncio› to show
5 ‹examen/prueba› to pass
6 ‹página/hoja› to turn;
‹tema/punto› to leave out, omit
1 (entregar, hacer llegar):
¿me pasas el martillo? can you pass me the hammer?
2 ( contagiar) to give, to pass on
1
fuimos a Toledo a pasar el día we went to Toledo for the dayb) ( con idea de continuidad):
pasa todo el día al teléfono she spends all day on the phone
◊ ¿qué tal lo pasaste en la fiesta? did you have a good time at the party?, did you enjoy the party?;
lo pasé mal I didn't enjoy myself
2 (sufrir, padecer) ‹penalidades/desgracias› to go through, to suffer;◊ pasé mucho miedo/frío I was very frightened/cold
pasarse verbo pronominal
1 ( cambiarse):
2
esta vez te has pasado (fam) you've gone too far this time
¿podrías pasarte por el mercado? could you go down to the market?
3
[carne/pescado] to go off, go bad;
[ leche] to go off, go sour
1
[ dolor] to go away;
(+ me/te/le etc)◊ ya se me pasó el dolor the pain's gone o eased now;
espera a que se le pase el enojo wait until he's calmed o cooled downb) ( transcurrir):
ver tb pasar verbo transitivo III 1
2 (+ me/te/le etc)a) ( olvidarse):
b) ( dejar escapar):
pasar
I verbo transitivo
1 to pass
2 (trasladar) to move
3 (dar) to pass, give: no me pasó el recado, he didn't give me the message
4 (hojas de libro) to turn
5 (el tiempo, la vida) to spend, pass
6 (soportar, sufrir) to suffer, endure: está pasando una crisis personal, she's going through a personal crisis
pasamos sed y calor, we suffered thirst and heat
7 (río, calle, frontera) to cross
8 (tragar) to swallow
9 (tolerar, aguantar) to bear
10 (introducir) to insert, put through
11 (un examen, una eliminatoria) to pass
12 Cine to run, show: este sábado pasan Ben Hur, they're putting Ben Hur on this Saturday
II verbo intransitivo
1 to pass: ¿a qué hora pasa el tren?, what time does the train pass?
Cervantes pasó por aquí, Cervantes passed this way
ya pasó, it has already passed
pasar de largo, to go by (without stopping)
2 (entrar) to come in
3 (ser tolerable) to be acceptable: no está mal, puede pasar, it isn't bad, it will do
4 (exceder) to surpass: no pases de los 70 km/h, don't exceed 70 km/h
5 (a otro asunto) to go on to
pasar a ser, to become
6 (tiempo) to pass, go by
7 (arreglarse, apañarse) pasar sin, to do without: puedo pasar sin coche, I can manage without a car
8 fam (no tener interés, prescindir) pasa de lo que digan, don't mind what they say
paso de ir al cine, I'll give the cinema a miss
9 (suceder) to happen: ¿qué pasa?, what's going on?
¿qué le pasa?, what's the matter with him?
pase lo que pase, whatever happens o come what may
♦ Locuciones: pasar algo a limpio, to make a fair copy of sthg
pasarlo bien/mal, to have a good/difficult time
pasar por, to put up with: paso por que me digas que estoy gorda, pero no pienso tolerar que me amargues cada comida, I can handle you calling me fat, but I'm not having you ruin every single meal for me
pasar por alto, to overlook: pasaré por alto esa observación, I'll just ignore that remark
' pasar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achicharrarse
- ahorrar
- amarga
- amargo
- aro
- blanca
- blanco
- bondad
- cabalgata
- cadáver
- calor
- cocerse
- colar
- desapercibida
- desapercibido
- desfilar
- deslizar
- entretenerse
- historia
- inadvertida
- inadvertido
- inri
- mayor
- meneo
- noche
- penalidad
- posibilidad
- privación
- rato
- relámpago
- revista
- rozar
- salvar
- suceder
- superar
- suplantar
- suprimir
- tamiz
- tener
- tesorería
- tirarse
- torniquete
- trago
- verter
- vestidura
- vicaría
- vida
- vivir
- adiós
- alcanzar
English:
ask in
- bootleg
- bring in
- brush
- buck
- by
- call
- clamber
- clear
- come
- come by
- come on to
- decide on
- discount
- do without
- drag
- dread
- drive-through
- elapse
- embarrassment
- envisage
- envision
- fashion
- fill in
- fly
- fore
- gallop past
- get by
- get on to
- get onto
- get past
- get through
- gloss over
- go
- go along
- go by
- go on
- go out
- go through
- go under
- graze
- hand on
- hang out
- happen
- have
- hibernate
- hideous
- holiday
- Hoover
- hungry
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[dar, transmitir] to pass;[noticia, aviso] to pass on;¿me pasas la sal? would you pass me the salt?;pásame toda la información que tengas give me o let me have all the information you've got;no se preocupe, yo le paso el recado don't worry, I'll pass on the message to him;páseme con el encargado [al teléfono] could you put me through to o could I speak to the person in charge?;le paso (con él) [al teléfono] I'll put you through (to him);Valdez pasó el balón al portero Valdez passed the ball (back) to the keeper;pasan sus conocimientos de generación en generación they pass down their knowledge from one generation to the next;el Estado le pasa una pensión she gets a pension from the State;pasar harina por un cedazo to sieve flour;pasar leche por el colador to strain milk;pasa la cuerda por ese agujero pass the rope through this hole;hay que pasar las maletas por la máquina de rayos X your luggage has to go through the X-ray machine;pase las croquetas por huevo coat the croquettes with egg;pasar el cepillo por el suelo to scrub the floor;pasa un paño por la mesa give the table a wipe with a cloth;se dedican a pasar tabaco de contrabando/inmigrantes ilegales por la frontera they smuggle tobacco/illegal immigrants across the borderme has pasado el resfriado you've given me your cold3. [cruzar] to cross;pasar la calle/la frontera to cross the road/border;pasé el río a nado I swam across the river4. [rebasar, sobrepasar] [en el espacio, tiempo] to go through;¿hemos pasado ya la frontera? have we gone past o crossed the border yet?;pasar un semáforo en rojo to go through a red light;al pasar el parque gire a su izquierda once you're past the park, turn left, turn left after the park;cuando el automóvil pase los primeros cinco años debe ir a revisión the car should be serviced after five years;ya ha pasado los veinticinco he's over twenty-five now;mi hijo me pasa ya dos centímetros my son is already two centimetres taller than me5. [adelantar] [corredores, vehículos] to overtake;pasa a esa furgoneta en cuanto puedas overtake that van as soon as you canhay que pasar todos estos libros al estudio we have to take all these books through to the study, we have to move all these books to the study7. [conducir adentro] to show in;el criado nos pasó al salón the butler showed us into the living-room8. [hacer avanzar] [páginas de libro] to turn;[hojas sueltas] to turn over;pasar página to make a fresh start9. [mostrar] [película, diapositivas, reportaje] to show10. [emplear] [tiempo] to spend;pasó dos años en Roma he spent two years in Rome;¿dónde vas a pasar las vacaciones? where are you going on holiday o US vacation?, where are you going to spend your holidays o US vacation?;pasé la noche trabajando I worked all night, I spent the whole night working;he pasado muy buenos ratos con él I've had some very good times with him11. [experimentar] to go through, to experience;pasar frío/miedo to be cold/scared;¿has pasado la varicela? have you had chickenpox?;¿qué tal lo has pasado? did you have a nice time?, did you enjoy yourselves?;pasarlo bien to enjoy oneself, to have a good time;¡que lo pases bien! have a nice time!, enjoy yourself!;lo hemos pasado muy mal últimamente we've had a hard time of it recently;Fampasarlas canutas to have a rough time12. [superar] to pass;muy pocos pasaron el examen/la prueba very few people passed the exam/test;hay que pasar un reconocimiento médico you have to pass a medical;no pasamos la eliminatoria we didn't get through the tieque me engañes no te lo paso I'm not going to let you get away with cheating me;este profesor no te deja pasar (ni) una you can't get away with anything with this teacher;pasar algo por alto [adrede] to pass over sth;[sin querer] to miss sth outyo te lo paso a máquina I'll type it up for you;pasar un documento Esp [m5] al ordenador o Am [m5] a la computadora to type o key a document (up) on the computerestán siempre tratando de pasarte con el vuelto they always try to short-change you o diddle you over the change♦ vi1. [ir, moverse] to pass, to go;vimos pasar a un hombre corriendo we saw a man run past;¿cuándo pasa el camión de la basura? when do the Br dustmen o US garbage collectors come?;deja pasar a la ambulancia let the ambulance past;¿me deja pasar, por favor? may I come past, please?;pasó por mi lado he passed by my side;he pasado por tu calle I went down your street;el autobús pasa por mi casa the bus passes in front of o goes past my house;¿qué autobuses pasan por aquí? which buses go past here?, which buses can you catch from here?;el Támesis pasa por Londres the Thames flows through London;yo sólo pasaba por aquí I was just passing by;pasaba por allí y entré a saludar I was in the area, so I stopped by to say hello;pasar de largo to go straight by2. [entrar] to go/come in;pasen por aquí, por favor come this way, please;lo siento, no se puede pasar sorry, you can't go in there/come in here;pasamos a un salón muy grande we entered a very large living-room;¿puedo pasar? may I come in?;¿puedo pasar al cuarto de baño? can I use the bathroom?;hazlos pasar show them in;RPpasar al pizarrón to go/come to the blackboard4. [acercarse, ir un momento] to pop in;pasaré por mi oficina/por tu casa I'll pop into my office/round to your place;pasa por la farmacia y compra aspirinas pop into the Br chemist's o US pharmacy and buy some aspirin;pasé a verla al hospital I dropped in at the hospital to see her;pase a por el vestido o [m5] a recoger el vestido el lunes you can come and pick the dress up on Monday5. [suceder] to happen;¿qué pasa aquí? what's going on here?;¿qué pasa? [¿qué ocurre?] what's the matter?;Fam [al saludar a alguien] how's it going?; Méx Fam¿qué pasó? [¿qué tal?] how's it going?;¿qué pasa con esas cervezas? where have those beers got to?, what's happened to those beers?;no te preocupes, no pasa nada don't worry, it's OK;aquí nunca pasa nada nothing ever happens here;¿qué le pasa? what's wrong with him?, what's the matter with him?;¿le pasó algo al niño? did something happen to the child?;¿qué te pasa en la pierna? what's wrong with your leg?;eso te pasa por mentir that's what you get for lying;lo que pasa es que… the thing is…;pase lo que pase whatever happens, come what may;siempre pasa lo mismo, pasa lo de siempre it's always the same;dense la mano y aquí no ha pasado nada shake hands and just forget the whole thing (as if it had never happened)6. [terminar] to be over;pasó la Navidad Christmas is over;ya ha pasado lo peor the worst is over now;cuando pase el dolor when the pain passes o stops;la tormenta ya ha pasado the storm is over now;el efecto de estos fármacos pasa enseguida these drugs wear off quickly7. [transcurrir] to go by;pasaron tres meses three months went by;cuando pase un rato te tomas esta pastilla take this tablet after a little while;¡cómo pasa el tiempo! time flies!8. [cambiar]pasar de… a… [de lugar, estado, propietario] to go o pass from… to…;pasamos del último puesto al décimo we went (up) from last place to tenth;pasa de la depresión a la euforia she goes from depression to euphoria;pasó a formar parte del nuevo equipo he joined the new team;pasar a [nueva actividad, nuevo tema] to move on to;pasemos a otra cosa let's move on to something else;ahora pasaré a explicarles cómo funciona esta máquina now I'm going to explain to you how this machine works;Alicia pasa a (ser) jefa de personal Alicia will become personnel manager;9. [ir más allá, sobrepasar]si pasas de 160, vibra el volante if you go faster than 160, the steering wheel starts to vibrate;yo creo que no pasa de los cuarenta años I doubt she's older than forty;no pasó de ser un aparatoso accidente sin consecuencias the accident was spectacular but no-one was hurt10. [conformarse, apañarse]pasar (con/sin algo) to make do (with/without sth);tendrá que pasar sin coche she'll have to make do without a car;¿cómo puedes pasar toda la mañana sólo con un café? how can you last all morning on just a cup of coffee?;no sabe pasar sin su familia he can't cope without his family11. [experimentar]hemos pasado por situaciones de alto riesgo we have been in some highly dangerous situations¡yo por ahí no paso! I draw the line at that!13. [ser considerado]pasa por ser uno de los mejores tenistas del momento he is considered to be one of the best tennis players around at the moment;hacerse pasar por alguien/algo to pretend to be sb/sth, to pass oneself off as sb/sthpaso de política I'm not into politics;¡ése pasa de todo! he couldn't care less about anything!;15. [en naipes] to passpor esta vez pase, pero que no vuelva a ocurrir I'll overlook it this time, but I don't want it to happen again* * *I v/t1 pass;pasar la mano por run one’s hand through2 el tiempo spend;para pasar el tiempo (in order) to pass the time;pasarlo bien have a good time;¡que lo pases bien!, ¡a pasarlo bien! enjoy yourself!, have fun o a good time!4 problemas, dificultades experienceovertake7 TELEC:le paso al Sr. Galvez I’ll put you through to Mr. Galvez8:pasar algo a máquina type sthII v/i1 ( suceder) happen;¿qué ha pasado? what’s happened?;¿qué pasa? what’s happening?, what’s going on?;¿qué te pasa? what’s the matter?;pase lo que pase whatever happens, come what may;ya ha pasado lo peor the worst is over;en el viaje nos pasó de todo fam just about everything happened on that trip, it was a very eventful trip2 en juegos pass3:¡pasa!, ¡pase usted! come in!;pasé a visitarla I dropped by to see her;pasar por go by;pasa por aquí come this way;pasé por la tienda I stopped off at the shop;pasaré por tu casa I’ll drop by your house4:dejar pasar oportunidad miss5 fam:pasar de alguien not want anything to do with s.o.;paso de ir al gimnasio I can’t be bothered to go to the gym6:pasar de los 60 años be over 60 (years old);pasar de moda go out of fashion;hacerse pasar por pass o.s. off as;poder pasar sin algo be able to get by o to manage without sth;puede pasar it’s OK, it’ll do* * *pasar vi1) : to pass, to go by, to come by2) : to come in, to enter¿se puede pasar?: may we come in?3) : to happen¿qué pasa?: what's happening?, what's going on?4) : to manage, to get by5) : to be over, to end6)pasar de : to exceed, to go beyond7)pasar por : to pretend to bepasar vt1) : to pass, to give¿me pasas la sal?: would you pass me the salt?2) : to pass (a test)3) : to go over, to cross4) : to spend (time)5) : to tolerate6) : to go through, to suffer7) : to show (a movie, etc.)8) : to overtake, to pass, to surpass9) : to pass over, to wipe uppasarlo bien orpasarla bien : to have a good timepasarlo mal orpasarla mal : to have a bad time, to have a hard timepasar por alto : to overlook, to omit* * *pasar vb¡pase! come in!2. (transcurrir) to pass / to go by4. (andar, moverse) to pass / to go past¿por dónde pasa el autobús? which way does the bus go?¿a qué hora pasa el tren? what time's the train?6. (cruzar) to cross¿me pasas la sal? can you pass the salt?8. (llevar, mover) to move9. (sufrir) to be / to have10. (aprobar) to pass11. (deslizar)12. (terminar) to be over13. (arreglárselas) to manage / to get by14. (ocurrir) to happen¿qué te ha pasado? what happened to you?¿qué pasa? what's going on? / what's the matter?15. (cambiar) to change / to go16. (exceder) to be overpasar / pasar de algo not to care / not to be bothered
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