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41 reliquum

rĕlĭquus (sometimes written rĕlĭcuus, rell-, -qus, v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 305; Freund ad Cic. Mil. p. 31-34. Rēlĭcŭus as a quadrisyl., Lucr. 1, 560 Munro ad loc.; 4, 976), a, um, adj. [relinquo, I.], that is left or remains, that is left behind, remaining, = relictus (freq. and a good prose word; not found in Cat., Tib., Verg., or Hor.).
(α).
With dat.:
hoc mihi unum ex plurimis miseriis reliquom fuerat malum,
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 55:
ut spes nulla reliqua in te siet tibi,
id. Eun. 2, 2, 9:
potes mulo isto, quem tibi reliquum dicis esse, Romam pervehi,
Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4:
quod erant oppida mihi etiam complura reliqua,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65:
quae deprecatio est igitur ei reliqua, qui, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 4, 50, §
120: quibus lubido atque luxuria ex magnis rapinis nihil reliqui fecerat,
Sall. C. 28, 4:
reliqua alia optio,
Quint. 7, 7, 8.—
(β).
Without a dat., Cato ap. Prisc. p. 696 P.: ne a stirpe genus nostrum interiret et uti aliqua propago generis nostri reliqua esset (just before, restare), C. Gracch. ap. Schol. Cic. Sull. 9, p. 365 Orell.; cf.:
neu causa ulla restet reliqua, Quin, etc.,
Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 11:
ex quā (familiā) reliquus est M. Titurnius Rufus,
Cic. Fam. 13, 39; cf. id. Clu. 7, 22:
reliquos hos esse non ex bello... sed ex tuo scelere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 124; and:
moriar, si praeter te quemquam reliquum habeo, in quo, etc.,
id. Fam. 9, 15, 2; and with this cf. Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 15 (p. 216 Gerl.):
qui lucus in Graeciā totā tam sanctus fuit, in quo ullum simulacrum, ullum ornamentum reliquum sit?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 7:
si qua reliqua spes est, quae sociorum animos consolari possit,
id. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18. — Esp., subst.: rĕlĭquum ( - quom), i, n., that is left, a remainder, residue, rest:
numquam ab amatore suo postulat id, quod datum est, Sed reliquom dat operam, ne sit reliquum,
Plaut. Truc. prol. 15:
quod ad vos, spectatores, reliquum relinquitur, More majorum date plausum, id. Cist. grex 5: ut pernoscatis, ecquid spei sit relicuom,
Ter. And. prol. 25; cf. id. Eun. 5, 5 (6), 26:
addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fuit,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 59:
quid reliqui'st, quin habeat quae quidem in homine dicuntur bona,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 19:
quid enim est huic reliqui, quod, etc.,
Cic. Sull. 31, 89:
cum reliqui nihil sit omnino, quod pertinet ad nos,
id. Fin. 2, 31, 101:
quid reliqui habemus praeter,
Sall. C. 20, 13:
nec, quod ab hoste crudelius pati possent, reliqui quicquam fuit,
Liv. 32, 13.— With gen. (syn. reliquiae): illud breve vitae reliquum nec avide adpetendum senibus sit, Cic. Sen. 20, 72:
Agrigentum, quod belli reliquum erat,
i. e. where alone the war was afterwards carried on, Liv. 26, 40; cf., in plur.:
reliqua belli perfecta,
id. 9, 16; and Tac. H. 4, 2:
ubi reliquum vitae degere tuto posset,
Liv. 39, 13:
reliquum dici,
id. 2, 25, 2; 3, 15, 8; 3, 52, 5:
corporis reliqua,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 21 fin. (but in Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 4, the correct read. is:
reliquom vitae spatium, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).— So in late Lat. persaep.: reliqua verborum,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 41:
urbis,
id. 1 Par. 11, 8.—
2.
Partic. constructions.
a.
Reliquum est, ut, or with inf., it remains, that (syn.:
relinquitur, restat, superest): reliquum est, ut officiis certemus inter nos,
Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 1; id. Att. 7, 13, 4; id. Fl. 14, 32; Nep. Att. 21, 5; Quint. 5, 7, 19; cf.:
reliquum est, ubi nunc est res publica, ibi simus,
Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 3 (where B. and K. supply ut, ex conj.); so,
reliquum est, tuam profectionem amore prosequar,
id. ib. 15, 21, 5.—With inf.:
nunc hortari modo reliquum est et ire,
Sall. H. Fragm. 3,22 (p. 232 Gerl.).—
b.
Reliquum (aliquem, aliquid) or aliquid reliqui facere, a periphrase for relinquere, and in the twofold signification of that word.
(α).
To leave behind, leave remaining:
ut arent, quibus aratrum saltem aliquod satelles istius Apronius relicum fecit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 128:
quos belli calamitas reliquos fecerat,
id. ib. 2, 3, 53, §
126: haec addita cura vix mihi vitam reliquam fecit,
id. Att. 3, 8, 2:
si quos fortuna fecisset reliquos,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 24 fin.; cf.:
quos reliquos fortuna ex nocturnā caede ac fugā fecerat,
Liv. 9, 24; Curt. 6, 9, 27:
duarum mihi civitatum reliquos feci agros,
i. e. have left to be considered, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.— Subst.: rĕlĭquum, i, n., a remnant, remainder (cf. 1, b fin. supra):
quod reliquum vitae viriumque fames fecerat, id, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:
quod fortuna in malis reliqui fecit, id, etc.,
id. Sull. 32, 89.—
Esp. negatively: te nullum munus officii cuiquam reliquum fecisse,
have left behind you, Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 1:
quibus nihil non modo de fructu, sed ne de bonis quidem suis reliqui fecit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 115:
hi milites nihil reliqui victis fecere,
Sall. C. 11, 7 Kritz; cf.: captā urbe nihil fit reliqui victis, id ib. 52, 4:
quibus libido atque luxuria ex magnis rapinis nihil reliqui fecerant,
id. ib. 28, 4; cf. Liv. 7, 35:
ne hoc quidem sibi reliqui facit, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2.—
(β).
To leave undone, to omit, neglect (rare and perh. only in the historians;
also only negatively): nihil ad celeritatem sibi reliqui fecerunt,
omitted nothing, made every exertion, Caes. B. G. 2, 26 fin.:
prorsus ab utrisque nihil reliquum fieri,
Sall. J. 76, 4:
me nihil reliqui fecisse, quod, etc.,
Nep. Att. 21, 5:
nihil reliqui faciunt, quominus, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 21 fin. —
B.
In partic.
1.
Of time, that is left or remains, future, subsequent:
spe reliquae tranquillitatis,
Cic. Sest. 34, 73:
reliquae vitae dignitas,
id. Fam. 10, 3, 2:
reliqua et sperata gloria,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43: in reliquum tempus vectigalibus prospexi, Metell. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 128:
reliquum in tempus,
id. Agr. 1, 4, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.; 3, 16 fin.; cf.
so, reliquum tempus (opp. praesenti bello),
Nep. Them, 2, 1.—In the neutr. absol.:
numquam ecastor ullo die risi adaeque, neque hoc, quod reliquom est (sc. vitae), plus risuram opinor,
in all my life, to the end of my days, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 4.—Hence, in reliquum, adverb., for the future, in future, henceforward, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2; Sall. J. 42, 4; Liv. 23, 20; 25, 32; 36, 10 fin. al.—
2.
In mercantile lang., of debts, remaining, outstanding, in arrear:
reliquom, quod ex eo quod debitum reliquom,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 175 Müll.:
nunc quod reliquom restat, volo persolvere,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 40:
quod dedi datum non vellem, quod reliquom est non dabo,
id. ib. 2, 1, 30:
rationes putare argentariam... quid venierit, quid exactum siet, quid reliquum siet,
Cato, R. R. 2, 5:
erat ei de ratiunculā Jampridem apud me reliquom pauxillulum Nummorum,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 3:
ut pecuniam reliquam Buthrotii ad diem solverent,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, § 4 (Cod. Faerni: pecuniae reliquum).—As subst.: rĕlĭqua, ōrum, n. (less freq. rĕlĭquum, i, n.), the remainder of a debt, balance, arrears: reliqua mea Camillus scribit se accepisse, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 19; cf.:
maxime me angit ratio reliquorum meorum,
id. ib. 16, 3, 5:
cum tanta reliqua sint,
id. ib. 16, 15, 4;
15, 15, 3: dum reliqua colonorum minuit ad tempus, vires in posterum exhausit, quarum defectione rursus reliqua creverunt,
Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 6; 9, 37, 2: Sticho reliqua habente, holding a balance, i. e. being in arrears, Dig. 35, 1, 81; so,
reliqua trahere,
ib. 26, 7, 46:
computare,
ib. 40, 7, 34:
in adaerandis reliquorum debitis (= reliquiis debitorum),
Amm. 31, 14, 2; 16, 5, 15.— In sing.:
nisi forte fidejussores minus idonei sunt et in reliquum non exsolutae quantitatis accesserint,
Dig. 49, 14, 45 fin.; Symm. Ep. 10, 47.—Hence, by a lusus verbb., of a narration in arrears, the rest, remainder:
accipite reliquom, alieno uti nil moror,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 16; cf.
also the passage cited above,
id. Cist. 1, 3, 40.
II.
Transf., of that which remains after a part just mentioned, the remaining, the other; and, in the sing., the remainder, the rest of a thing (diff. from ceteri, q. v.).
(α).
Plur.:
murus cum Romuli tum etiam reliquorum regum sapientiā definitus,
Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 22:
decemviros... reliquos magistratus,
id. ib. 2, 31, 54; cf.:
Servilius consul reliquique magistratus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 21:
sol dux et princeps et moderator luminum reliquorum,
Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17; cf. id. ib. 6, 9, 9; 6, 20, 22; id. Planc. 1, 3:
ipsum regale genus civitatis haud scio an reliquis simplicibus longe anteponendum,
id. Rep. 2, 23, 43:
res capitales et reliquas omnes judicabant iidem,
id. ib. 3, 35, 48; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17; id. Leg. 3, 7, 16:
ad eam sententiam, cum reliquis causis, haec quoque ratio eos deduxit,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10:
oppida, vicos, reliqua privata aedificia incendunt,
id. ib. 1, 5:
octo cohortes in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa in subsidio collocat,
Sall. C. 59, 2.—As subst.:
princeps ille (Plato) aream sibi sumpsit, in quā, etc.... Reliqui disseruerunt, etc.,
the others, the rest, Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 21; 1, 4, 7:
in quā (causā) et ipse sentiat et reliqui omnes me, etc.,
id. Att. 16, 15, 1:
aurum perinde aspernantur (Scythae) ac reliqui mortales appetunt,
Just. 2, 2, 7:
deinceps Jovem atque Junonem, reliquos, quos, etc.,
Cic. Univ. 11; cf.
thus, without a copula, Brutorum, C. Cassii, Cn. Domitii, C. Trebonii, reliquorum,
and so forth, id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.:
Africanus, cum patria illo modo loquens. reliquaque praeclare,
id. Fin. 2, 32, 106, Quint. 9, 4, 124:
si placet, in hunc diem hactenus. Reliqua (satis enim multa restant) differamus in crastinum,
Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 71:
audi reliqua,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 46:
age, ambula, ibique reliqua alia fabulabimur,
id. Poen. 3, 4, 8:
reliqua vaticinationis brevi esse confecta,
Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68:
aderat janitor carceris et carnifex praetoris, reliqua,
and the like, and so forth, and so on, Quint. 9, 4, 124;
but post-class.: et reliqua,
Vop. Firm. 5 fin. —
(β).
Sing.:
corpore relicuo pugnam caedesque petessit,
Lucr. 3, 648 Lachm.:
equitum magno numero ex omni populi summa separato, reliquum populum distribuit in quinque classes, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:
scribit Labieno... cum legione ad fines Nerviorum veniat, reliquam partem exercitūs non putat exspectandam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 46 fin.; 1, 18:
neque de frumento reliquoque commeatu satis esse provisum,
id. ib. 3, 3:
militibus quoque equis exceptis reliquam praedam concessimus,
Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5:
jampridem cupio Alexandream reliquamque Aegyptum visere,
id. ib. 2, 5, 1; cf. id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Rep. 2, 38, 64.— As subst.:
paene oblitus sum, reliquom dicere,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 118; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103:
reliquum temporis cum magnā trepidatione vigilavit,
Suet. Ner. 34:
haec quidem hactenus: quod reliquum est, cottidie tabellarios habebis,
as for the rest, as for what remains, Cic. Att. 16, 15, 3; so,
quod reliquum est,
id. Fam. 13, 72, 2; id. Planc. 10, 11; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 48; cf.:
de reliquo quid tibi ego dicam?
Cic. Att. 16, 13, c, 2; id. Fam. 6, 20, 3; id. de Or. 1, 22, 100.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > reliquum
42 reliquus

rĕlĭquus (sometimes written rĕlĭcuus, rell-, -qus, v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 305; Freund ad Cic. Mil. p. 31-34. Rēlĭcŭus as a quadrisyl., Lucr. 1, 560 Munro ad loc.; 4, 976), a, um, adj. [relinquo, I.], that is left or remains, that is left behind, remaining, = relictus (freq. and a good prose word; not found in Cat., Tib., Verg., or Hor.).
(α).
With dat.:
hoc mihi unum ex plurimis miseriis reliquom fuerat malum,
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 55:
ut spes nulla reliqua in te siet tibi,
id. Eun. 2, 2, 9:
potes mulo isto, quem tibi reliquum dicis esse, Romam pervehi,
Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4:
quod erant oppida mihi etiam complura reliqua,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65:
quae deprecatio est igitur ei reliqua, qui, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 4, 50, §
120: quibus lubido atque luxuria ex magnis rapinis nihil reliqui fecerat,
Sall. C. 28, 4:
reliqua alia optio,
Quint. 7, 7, 8.—
(β).
Without a dat., Cato ap. Prisc. p. 696 P.: ne a stirpe genus nostrum interiret et uti aliqua propago generis nostri reliqua esset (just before, restare), C. Gracch. ap. Schol. Cic. Sull. 9, p. 365 Orell.; cf.:
neu causa ulla restet reliqua, Quin, etc.,
Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 11:
ex quā (familiā) reliquus est M. Titurnius Rufus,
Cic. Fam. 13, 39; cf. id. Clu. 7, 22:
reliquos hos esse non ex bello... sed ex tuo scelere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 124; and:
moriar, si praeter te quemquam reliquum habeo, in quo, etc.,
id. Fam. 9, 15, 2; and with this cf. Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 15 (p. 216 Gerl.):
qui lucus in Graeciā totā tam sanctus fuit, in quo ullum simulacrum, ullum ornamentum reliquum sit?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 7:
si qua reliqua spes est, quae sociorum animos consolari possit,
id. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18. — Esp., subst.: rĕlĭquum ( - quom), i, n., that is left, a remainder, residue, rest:
numquam ab amatore suo postulat id, quod datum est, Sed reliquom dat operam, ne sit reliquum,
Plaut. Truc. prol. 15:
quod ad vos, spectatores, reliquum relinquitur, More majorum date plausum, id. Cist. grex 5: ut pernoscatis, ecquid spei sit relicuom,
Ter. And. prol. 25; cf. id. Eun. 5, 5 (6), 26:
addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fuit,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 59:
quid reliqui'st, quin habeat quae quidem in homine dicuntur bona,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 19:
quid enim est huic reliqui, quod, etc.,
Cic. Sull. 31, 89:
cum reliqui nihil sit omnino, quod pertinet ad nos,
id. Fin. 2, 31, 101:
quid reliqui habemus praeter,
Sall. C. 20, 13:
nec, quod ab hoste crudelius pati possent, reliqui quicquam fuit,
Liv. 32, 13.— With gen. (syn. reliquiae): illud breve vitae reliquum nec avide adpetendum senibus sit, Cic. Sen. 20, 72:
Agrigentum, quod belli reliquum erat,
i. e. where alone the war was afterwards carried on, Liv. 26, 40; cf., in plur.:
reliqua belli perfecta,
id. 9, 16; and Tac. H. 4, 2:
ubi reliquum vitae degere tuto posset,
Liv. 39, 13:
reliquum dici,
id. 2, 25, 2; 3, 15, 8; 3, 52, 5:
corporis reliqua,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 21 fin. (but in Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 4, the correct read. is:
reliquom vitae spatium, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).— So in late Lat. persaep.: reliqua verborum,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 41:
urbis,
id. 1 Par. 11, 8.—
2.
Partic. constructions.
a.
Reliquum est, ut, or with inf., it remains, that (syn.:
relinquitur, restat, superest): reliquum est, ut officiis certemus inter nos,
Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 1; id. Att. 7, 13, 4; id. Fl. 14, 32; Nep. Att. 21, 5; Quint. 5, 7, 19; cf.:
reliquum est, ubi nunc est res publica, ibi simus,
Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 3 (where B. and K. supply ut, ex conj.); so,
reliquum est, tuam profectionem amore prosequar,
id. ib. 15, 21, 5.—With inf.:
nunc hortari modo reliquum est et ire,
Sall. H. Fragm. 3,22 (p. 232 Gerl.).—
b.
Reliquum (aliquem, aliquid) or aliquid reliqui facere, a periphrase for relinquere, and in the twofold signification of that word.
(α).
To leave behind, leave remaining:
ut arent, quibus aratrum saltem aliquod satelles istius Apronius relicum fecit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 128:
quos belli calamitas reliquos fecerat,
id. ib. 2, 3, 53, §
126: haec addita cura vix mihi vitam reliquam fecit,
id. Att. 3, 8, 2:
si quos fortuna fecisset reliquos,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 24 fin.; cf.:
quos reliquos fortuna ex nocturnā caede ac fugā fecerat,
Liv. 9, 24; Curt. 6, 9, 27:
duarum mihi civitatum reliquos feci agros,
i. e. have left to be considered, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.— Subst.: rĕlĭquum, i, n., a remnant, remainder (cf. 1, b fin. supra):
quod reliquum vitae viriumque fames fecerat, id, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:
quod fortuna in malis reliqui fecit, id, etc.,
id. Sull. 32, 89.—
Esp. negatively: te nullum munus officii cuiquam reliquum fecisse,
have left behind you, Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 1:
quibus nihil non modo de fructu, sed ne de bonis quidem suis reliqui fecit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 115:
hi milites nihil reliqui victis fecere,
Sall. C. 11, 7 Kritz; cf.: captā urbe nihil fit reliqui victis, id ib. 52, 4:
quibus libido atque luxuria ex magnis rapinis nihil reliqui fecerant,
id. ib. 28, 4; cf. Liv. 7, 35:
ne hoc quidem sibi reliqui facit, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2.—
(β).
To leave undone, to omit, neglect (rare and perh. only in the historians;
also only negatively): nihil ad celeritatem sibi reliqui fecerunt,
omitted nothing, made every exertion, Caes. B. G. 2, 26 fin.:
prorsus ab utrisque nihil reliquum fieri,
Sall. J. 76, 4:
me nihil reliqui fecisse, quod, etc.,
Nep. Att. 21, 5:
nihil reliqui faciunt, quominus, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 21 fin. —
B.
In partic.
1.
Of time, that is left or remains, future, subsequent:
spe reliquae tranquillitatis,
Cic. Sest. 34, 73:
reliquae vitae dignitas,
id. Fam. 10, 3, 2:
reliqua et sperata gloria,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43: in reliquum tempus vectigalibus prospexi, Metell. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 128:
reliquum in tempus,
id. Agr. 1, 4, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.; 3, 16 fin.; cf.
so, reliquum tempus (opp. praesenti bello),
Nep. Them, 2, 1.—In the neutr. absol.:
numquam ecastor ullo die risi adaeque, neque hoc, quod reliquom est (sc. vitae), plus risuram opinor,
in all my life, to the end of my days, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 4.—Hence, in reliquum, adverb., for the future, in future, henceforward, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2; Sall. J. 42, 4; Liv. 23, 20; 25, 32; 36, 10 fin. al.—
2.
In mercantile lang., of debts, remaining, outstanding, in arrear:
reliquom, quod ex eo quod debitum reliquom,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 175 Müll.:
nunc quod reliquom restat, volo persolvere,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 40:
quod dedi datum non vellem, quod reliquom est non dabo,
id. ib. 2, 1, 30:
rationes putare argentariam... quid venierit, quid exactum siet, quid reliquum siet,
Cato, R. R. 2, 5:
erat ei de ratiunculā Jampridem apud me reliquom pauxillulum Nummorum,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 3:
ut pecuniam reliquam Buthrotii ad diem solverent,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, § 4 (Cod. Faerni: pecuniae reliquum).—As subst.: rĕlĭqua, ōrum, n. (less freq. rĕlĭquum, i, n.), the remainder of a debt, balance, arrears: reliqua mea Camillus scribit se accepisse, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 19; cf.:
maxime me angit ratio reliquorum meorum,
id. ib. 16, 3, 5:
cum tanta reliqua sint,
id. ib. 16, 15, 4;
15, 15, 3: dum reliqua colonorum minuit ad tempus, vires in posterum exhausit, quarum defectione rursus reliqua creverunt,
Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 6; 9, 37, 2: Sticho reliqua habente, holding a balance, i. e. being in arrears, Dig. 35, 1, 81; so,
reliqua trahere,
ib. 26, 7, 46:
computare,
ib. 40, 7, 34:
in adaerandis reliquorum debitis (= reliquiis debitorum),
Amm. 31, 14, 2; 16, 5, 15.— In sing.:
nisi forte fidejussores minus idonei sunt et in reliquum non exsolutae quantitatis accesserint,
Dig. 49, 14, 45 fin.; Symm. Ep. 10, 47.—Hence, by a lusus verbb., of a narration in arrears, the rest, remainder:
accipite reliquom, alieno uti nil moror,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 16; cf.
also the passage cited above,
id. Cist. 1, 3, 40.
II.
Transf., of that which remains after a part just mentioned, the remaining, the other; and, in the sing., the remainder, the rest of a thing (diff. from ceteri, q. v.).
(α).
Plur.:
murus cum Romuli tum etiam reliquorum regum sapientiā definitus,
Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 22:
decemviros... reliquos magistratus,
id. ib. 2, 31, 54; cf.:
Servilius consul reliquique magistratus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 21:
sol dux et princeps et moderator luminum reliquorum,
Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17; cf. id. ib. 6, 9, 9; 6, 20, 22; id. Planc. 1, 3:
ipsum regale genus civitatis haud scio an reliquis simplicibus longe anteponendum,
id. Rep. 2, 23, 43:
res capitales et reliquas omnes judicabant iidem,
id. ib. 3, 35, 48; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17; id. Leg. 3, 7, 16:
ad eam sententiam, cum reliquis causis, haec quoque ratio eos deduxit,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10:
oppida, vicos, reliqua privata aedificia incendunt,
id. ib. 1, 5:
octo cohortes in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa in subsidio collocat,
Sall. C. 59, 2.—As subst.:
princeps ille (Plato) aream sibi sumpsit, in quā, etc.... Reliqui disseruerunt, etc.,
the others, the rest, Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 21; 1, 4, 7:
in quā (causā) et ipse sentiat et reliqui omnes me, etc.,
id. Att. 16, 15, 1:
aurum perinde aspernantur (Scythae) ac reliqui mortales appetunt,
Just. 2, 2, 7:
deinceps Jovem atque Junonem, reliquos, quos, etc.,
Cic. Univ. 11; cf.
thus, without a copula, Brutorum, C. Cassii, Cn. Domitii, C. Trebonii, reliquorum,
and so forth, id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.:
Africanus, cum patria illo modo loquens. reliquaque praeclare,
id. Fin. 2, 32, 106, Quint. 9, 4, 124:
si placet, in hunc diem hactenus. Reliqua (satis enim multa restant) differamus in crastinum,
Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 71:
audi reliqua,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 46:
age, ambula, ibique reliqua alia fabulabimur,
id. Poen. 3, 4, 8:
reliqua vaticinationis brevi esse confecta,
Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68:
aderat janitor carceris et carnifex praetoris, reliqua,
and the like, and so forth, and so on, Quint. 9, 4, 124;
but post-class.: et reliqua,
Vop. Firm. 5 fin. —
(β).
Sing.:
corpore relicuo pugnam caedesque petessit,
Lucr. 3, 648 Lachm.:
equitum magno numero ex omni populi summa separato, reliquum populum distribuit in quinque classes, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:
scribit Labieno... cum legione ad fines Nerviorum veniat, reliquam partem exercitūs non putat exspectandam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 46 fin.; 1, 18:
neque de frumento reliquoque commeatu satis esse provisum,
id. ib. 3, 3:
militibus quoque equis exceptis reliquam praedam concessimus,
Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5:
jampridem cupio Alexandream reliquamque Aegyptum visere,
id. ib. 2, 5, 1; cf. id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Rep. 2, 38, 64.— As subst.:
paene oblitus sum, reliquom dicere,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 118; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103:
reliquum temporis cum magnā trepidatione vigilavit,
Suet. Ner. 34:
haec quidem hactenus: quod reliquum est, cottidie tabellarios habebis,
as for the rest, as for what remains, Cic. Att. 16, 15, 3; so,
quod reliquum est,
id. Fam. 13, 72, 2; id. Planc. 10, 11; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 48; cf.:
de reliquo quid tibi ego dicam?
Cic. Att. 16, 13, c, 2; id. Fam. 6, 20, 3; id. de Or. 1, 22, 100.

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43 relliquus

rĕlĭquus (sometimes written rĕlĭcuus, rell-, -qus, v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 305; Freund ad Cic. Mil. p. 31-34. Rēlĭcŭus as a quadrisyl., Lucr. 1, 560 Munro ad loc.; 4, 976), a, um, adj. [relinquo, I.], that is left or remains, that is left behind, remaining, = relictus (freq. and a good prose word; not found in Cat., Tib., Verg., or Hor.).
(α).
With dat.:
hoc mihi unum ex plurimis miseriis reliquom fuerat malum,
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 55:
ut spes nulla reliqua in te siet tibi,
id. Eun. 2, 2, 9:
potes mulo isto, quem tibi reliquum dicis esse, Romam pervehi,
Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4:
quod erant oppida mihi etiam complura reliqua,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65:
quae deprecatio est igitur ei reliqua, qui, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 4, 50, §
120: quibus lubido atque luxuria ex magnis rapinis nihil reliqui fecerat,
Sall. C. 28, 4:
reliqua alia optio,
Quint. 7, 7, 8.—
(β).
Without a dat., Cato ap. Prisc. p. 696 P.: ne a stirpe genus nostrum interiret et uti aliqua propago generis nostri reliqua esset (just before, restare), C. Gracch. ap. Schol. Cic. Sull. 9, p. 365 Orell.; cf.:
neu causa ulla restet reliqua, Quin, etc.,
Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 11:
ex quā (familiā) reliquus est M. Titurnius Rufus,
Cic. Fam. 13, 39; cf. id. Clu. 7, 22:
reliquos hos esse non ex bello... sed ex tuo scelere,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 124; and:
moriar, si praeter te quemquam reliquum habeo, in quo, etc.,
id. Fam. 9, 15, 2; and with this cf. Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 15 (p. 216 Gerl.):
qui lucus in Graeciā totā tam sanctus fuit, in quo ullum simulacrum, ullum ornamentum reliquum sit?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 7:
si qua reliqua spes est, quae sociorum animos consolari possit,
id. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18. — Esp., subst.: rĕlĭquum ( - quom), i, n., that is left, a remainder, residue, rest:
numquam ab amatore suo postulat id, quod datum est, Sed reliquom dat operam, ne sit reliquum,
Plaut. Truc. prol. 15:
quod ad vos, spectatores, reliquum relinquitur, More majorum date plausum, id. Cist. grex 5: ut pernoscatis, ecquid spei sit relicuom,
Ter. And. prol. 25; cf. id. Eun. 5, 5 (6), 26:
addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fuit,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 59:
quid reliqui'st, quin habeat quae quidem in homine dicuntur bona,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 19:
quid enim est huic reliqui, quod, etc.,
Cic. Sull. 31, 89:
cum reliqui nihil sit omnino, quod pertinet ad nos,
id. Fin. 2, 31, 101:
quid reliqui habemus praeter,
Sall. C. 20, 13:
nec, quod ab hoste crudelius pati possent, reliqui quicquam fuit,
Liv. 32, 13.— With gen. (syn. reliquiae): illud breve vitae reliquum nec avide adpetendum senibus sit, Cic. Sen. 20, 72:
Agrigentum, quod belli reliquum erat,
i. e. where alone the war was afterwards carried on, Liv. 26, 40; cf., in plur.:
reliqua belli perfecta,
id. 9, 16; and Tac. H. 4, 2:
ubi reliquum vitae degere tuto posset,
Liv. 39, 13:
reliquum dici,
id. 2, 25, 2; 3, 15, 8; 3, 52, 5:
corporis reliqua,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 21 fin. (but in Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 4, the correct read. is:
reliquom vitae spatium, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).— So in late Lat. persaep.: reliqua verborum,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 41:
urbis,
id. 1 Par. 11, 8.—
2.
Partic. constructions.
a.
Reliquum est, ut, or with inf., it remains, that (syn.:
relinquitur, restat, superest): reliquum est, ut officiis certemus inter nos,
Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 1; id. Att. 7, 13, 4; id. Fl. 14, 32; Nep. Att. 21, 5; Quint. 5, 7, 19; cf.:
reliquum est, ubi nunc est res publica, ibi simus,
Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 3 (where B. and K. supply ut, ex conj.); so,
reliquum est, tuam profectionem amore prosequar,
id. ib. 15, 21, 5.—With inf.:
nunc hortari modo reliquum est et ire,
Sall. H. Fragm. 3,22 (p. 232 Gerl.).—
b.
Reliquum (aliquem, aliquid) or aliquid reliqui facere, a periphrase for relinquere, and in the twofold signification of that word.
(α).
To leave behind, leave remaining:
ut arent, quibus aratrum saltem aliquod satelles istius Apronius relicum fecit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 128:
quos belli calamitas reliquos fecerat,
id. ib. 2, 3, 53, §
126: haec addita cura vix mihi vitam reliquam fecit,
id. Att. 3, 8, 2:
si quos fortuna fecisset reliquos,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 24 fin.; cf.:
quos reliquos fortuna ex nocturnā caede ac fugā fecerat,
Liv. 9, 24; Curt. 6, 9, 27:
duarum mihi civitatum reliquos feci agros,
i. e. have left to be considered, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.— Subst.: rĕlĭquum, i, n., a remnant, remainder (cf. 1, b fin. supra):
quod reliquum vitae viriumque fames fecerat, id, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:
quod fortuna in malis reliqui fecit, id, etc.,
id. Sull. 32, 89.—
Esp. negatively: te nullum munus officii cuiquam reliquum fecisse,
have left behind you, Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 1:
quibus nihil non modo de fructu, sed ne de bonis quidem suis reliqui fecit,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 115:
hi milites nihil reliqui victis fecere,
Sall. C. 11, 7 Kritz; cf.: captā urbe nihil fit reliqui victis, id ib. 52, 4:
quibus libido atque luxuria ex magnis rapinis nihil reliqui fecerant,
id. ib. 28, 4; cf. Liv. 7, 35:
ne hoc quidem sibi reliqui facit, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2.—
(β).
To leave undone, to omit, neglect (rare and perh. only in the historians;
also only negatively): nihil ad celeritatem sibi reliqui fecerunt,
omitted nothing, made every exertion, Caes. B. G. 2, 26 fin.:
prorsus ab utrisque nihil reliquum fieri,
Sall. J. 76, 4:
me nihil reliqui fecisse, quod, etc.,
Nep. Att. 21, 5:
nihil reliqui faciunt, quominus, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 21 fin. —
B.
In partic.
1.
Of time, that is left or remains, future, subsequent:
spe reliquae tranquillitatis,
Cic. Sest. 34, 73:
reliquae vitae dignitas,
id. Fam. 10, 3, 2:
reliqua et sperata gloria,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43: in reliquum tempus vectigalibus prospexi, Metell. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 128:
reliquum in tempus,
id. Agr. 1, 4, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.; 3, 16 fin.; cf.
so, reliquum tempus (opp. praesenti bello),
Nep. Them, 2, 1.—In the neutr. absol.:
numquam ecastor ullo die risi adaeque, neque hoc, quod reliquom est (sc. vitae), plus risuram opinor,
in all my life, to the end of my days, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 4.—Hence, in reliquum, adverb., for the future, in future, henceforward, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2; Sall. J. 42, 4; Liv. 23, 20; 25, 32; 36, 10 fin. al.—
2.
In mercantile lang., of debts, remaining, outstanding, in arrear:
reliquom, quod ex eo quod debitum reliquom,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 175 Müll.:
nunc quod reliquom restat, volo persolvere,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 40:
quod dedi datum non vellem, quod reliquom est non dabo,
id. ib. 2, 1, 30:
rationes putare argentariam... quid venierit, quid exactum siet, quid reliquum siet,
Cato, R. R. 2, 5:
erat ei de ratiunculā Jampridem apud me reliquom pauxillulum Nummorum,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 3:
ut pecuniam reliquam Buthrotii ad diem solverent,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, § 4 (Cod. Faerni: pecuniae reliquum).—As subst.: rĕlĭqua, ōrum, n. (less freq. rĕlĭquum, i, n.), the remainder of a debt, balance, arrears: reliqua mea Camillus scribit se accepisse, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 19; cf.:
maxime me angit ratio reliquorum meorum,
id. ib. 16, 3, 5:
cum tanta reliqua sint,
id. ib. 16, 15, 4;
15, 15, 3: dum reliqua colonorum minuit ad tempus, vires in posterum exhausit, quarum defectione rursus reliqua creverunt,
Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 6; 9, 37, 2: Sticho reliqua habente, holding a balance, i. e. being in arrears, Dig. 35, 1, 81; so,
reliqua trahere,
ib. 26, 7, 46:
computare,
ib. 40, 7, 34:
in adaerandis reliquorum debitis (= reliquiis debitorum),
Amm. 31, 14, 2; 16, 5, 15.— In sing.:
nisi forte fidejussores minus idonei sunt et in reliquum non exsolutae quantitatis accesserint,
Dig. 49, 14, 45 fin.; Symm. Ep. 10, 47.—Hence, by a lusus verbb., of a narration in arrears, the rest, remainder:
accipite reliquom, alieno uti nil moror,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 16; cf.
also the passage cited above,
id. Cist. 1, 3, 40.
II.
Transf., of that which remains after a part just mentioned, the remaining, the other; and, in the sing., the remainder, the rest of a thing (diff. from ceteri, q. v.).
(α).
Plur.:
murus cum Romuli tum etiam reliquorum regum sapientiā definitus,
Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11; cf. id. ib. 2, 11, 22:
decemviros... reliquos magistratus,
id. ib. 2, 31, 54; cf.:
Servilius consul reliquique magistratus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 21:
sol dux et princeps et moderator luminum reliquorum,
Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17; cf. id. ib. 6, 9, 9; 6, 20, 22; id. Planc. 1, 3:
ipsum regale genus civitatis haud scio an reliquis simplicibus longe anteponendum,
id. Rep. 2, 23, 43:
res capitales et reliquas omnes judicabant iidem,
id. ib. 3, 35, 48; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17; id. Leg. 3, 7, 16:
ad eam sententiam, cum reliquis causis, haec quoque ratio eos deduxit,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10:
oppida, vicos, reliqua privata aedificia incendunt,
id. ib. 1, 5:
octo cohortes in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa in subsidio collocat,
Sall. C. 59, 2.—As subst.:
princeps ille (Plato) aream sibi sumpsit, in quā, etc.... Reliqui disseruerunt, etc.,
the others, the rest, Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 21; 1, 4, 7:
in quā (causā) et ipse sentiat et reliqui omnes me, etc.,
id. Att. 16, 15, 1:
aurum perinde aspernantur (Scythae) ac reliqui mortales appetunt,
Just. 2, 2, 7:
deinceps Jovem atque Junonem, reliquos, quos, etc.,
Cic. Univ. 11; cf.
thus, without a copula, Brutorum, C. Cassii, Cn. Domitii, C. Trebonii, reliquorum,
and so forth, id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.:
Africanus, cum patria illo modo loquens. reliquaque praeclare,
id. Fin. 2, 32, 106, Quint. 9, 4, 124:
si placet, in hunc diem hactenus. Reliqua (satis enim multa restant) differamus in crastinum,
Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 71:
audi reliqua,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 46:
age, ambula, ibique reliqua alia fabulabimur,
id. Poen. 3, 4, 8:
reliqua vaticinationis brevi esse confecta,
Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68:
aderat janitor carceris et carnifex praetoris, reliqua,
and the like, and so forth, and so on, Quint. 9, 4, 124;
but post-class.: et reliqua,
Vop. Firm. 5 fin. —
(β).
Sing.:
corpore relicuo pugnam caedesque petessit,
Lucr. 3, 648 Lachm.:
equitum magno numero ex omni populi summa separato, reliquum populum distribuit in quinque classes, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39:
scribit Labieno... cum legione ad fines Nerviorum veniat, reliquam partem exercitūs non putat exspectandam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 46 fin.; 1, 18:
neque de frumento reliquoque commeatu satis esse provisum,
id. ib. 3, 3:
militibus quoque equis exceptis reliquam praedam concessimus,
Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5:
jampridem cupio Alexandream reliquamque Aegyptum visere,
id. ib. 2, 5, 1; cf. id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Rep. 2, 38, 64.— As subst.:
paene oblitus sum, reliquom dicere,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 118; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103:
reliquum temporis cum magnā trepidatione vigilavit,
Suet. Ner. 34:
haec quidem hactenus: quod reliquum est, cottidie tabellarios habebis,
as for the rest, as for what remains, Cic. Att. 16, 15, 3; so,
quod reliquum est,
id. Fam. 13, 72, 2; id. Planc. 10, 11; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 48; cf.:
de reliquo quid tibi ego dicam?
Cic. Att. 16, 13, c, 2; id. Fam. 6, 20, 3; id. de Or. 1, 22, 100.

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44 qui

avv. (qua)
1.

1) (stato in luogo) здесь, тут; (moto a luogo) сюда

qua e là — тут и там (там и сям)

se non è qui sarà là — если его нет здесь, значит, он там

corre di qua e di là — он мечется

qui sopra — здесь наверху (сюда наверх)

qui sotto — здесь внизу (сюда вниз)

qui intorno — здесь вокруг (кругом)

sono qui! — я тут!

sarà qui tra un'ora — он будет здесь (приедет сюда) через час

vieni qui! — иди сюда!

siediti qui! — сядь здесь (сюда)!

ho un dolore qui — у меня болит здесь

fin qui — досюда

leggi fin qui! — прочитай досюда!

qui ci vorrebbe uno specialista — здесь нужен специалист

di qui — a) (stato) здесь (с этой стороны)

di qui non si passa — здесь нет прохода

passiamo di qui! — давай пройдём здесь (с этой стороны)!; b) (moto) отсюда

di qui si vede bene — отсюда хорошо видно

di qui non si muove più — он отсюда ни ногой

andiamo via di qui! — пошли отсюда!

2) (tempo)

fin qui — до сих пор

da qui in avanti — отныне (впредь)

di qui a un mese — через месяц

da un anno in qua soffre di insonnia — последний год он страдает бессонницей

3) (rafforzativo)

(non si traduce); dammi qui il bicchiere! — дай мне свой стакан!

guarda qui che cosa hai combinato! — посмотри, что ты натворил!

questo qui mi piace di più! — этот мне больше нравится!

quelle scarpe sono piccole, ma queste qui vanno bene — эти туфли малы, а эти как раз

"Quale mela vuoi?" "Questa qui!" — - Какое тебе яблоко? - Вот это!

eccoci qui! — а вот и мы!

2.

•

◆ abita un po' qui, un po' là — он живёт то тут, то там

qui casca l'asino! — вот в чём загвоздка (вот где собака зарыта!)

qui lo dico e qui lo nego — всяко может быть (может, да, а может, нет)

non si vede da qui a lì — ни зги не видать

non finisce qui! — я этого так не оставлю!

ne ho fin qui delle tue lamentele! — мне осточертело твоё нытьё!

è più di là che di qua — он одной ногой в могиле (он при последнем издыхании)

amici come prima, qua la mano! — давай мириться!

da quando in qua le dai del tu? — с каких это пор ты с ней "на ты"?

Il nuovo dizionario italiano-russo > qui
45 teneo

tĕnĕo, ēre, tĕnŭi, tentum    - parf. arch. tĕtĭni, Diom. 366, 23; 372, 18; subj. tĕtĭnĕrim, tĕtĭnĕrit, Pac. Tr. 172; Acc. Tr. 39; inf. parf. tĕnisse, Pac. Tr. 226; fut. ant. tĕtĭnĕro, P. Fest. 252, 9 -- parf. tĕnīvi, Charis. 248, 2. - tr. - [st1]1 [-] tenir.    - tenere aliquid in manu (tenere aliquid manu), Cic. Cael. 63; Div. 1, 46: tenir qqch dans sa main.    - radicem ore tenere, Cic. Div. 2,141: tenir une racine dans sa gueule.    - manu tenere aliquid, Cic. Off 3, 68: **tenir de la main qqch** = toucher de la main, connaître de façon évidente, palpable.    - cf. Cic. Clu. 20.    - res manibus tenetur, Cic. Sest. 69: le succès est assuré. [st1]2 [-] tenir, diriger; atteindre.    - secundissimo vento cursum tenere, Cic. Nat. 3, 83: fournir, accomplir sa course avec un vent très favorable.    - cf. Caes. BG. 4, 26, 5 ; 5, 8, 2.    - quo tenetis iter? Virg. En. 1, 370: où dirigez-vous vos pas?    - montes petebant et pauci tenuere, Liv. 1, 37, 4: ils cherchaient à gagner les montagnes et bien peu les atteignirent.    - cf. Liv. 30, 25, 11; 36, 21 1; 37, 16, 4, etc.    - portum tenuit, Tac. Agr. 38: [la flotte] arriva dans le port.    - cf. Tac. H. 2, 9. [st1]3 [-] tenir dans son esprit, comprendre; savoir, posséder (une science...)    - reconditos alicujus sensus tenere, Cic. Sest. 22: comprendre les sentiments secrets de qqn.    - nunc teneo, nunc scio quid hoc sit negoti, Plaut. Cap. 697: maintenant je comprends, maintenant je sais de quoi il s'agit.    - et bene et male facere tenet, Plaut.: il sait également faire le bien et le mal.    - omnia illa, quae et saepe audistis et tenetis animis, Cic.: tous les faits dont on vous a souvent entretenus, et que vous vous rappelez.    - tenes quid dicam? Ter.: sais-tu ce que je dis?    - tu, quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Cic.: tu sais ce qui séduit César.    - quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur, Cic.: les augures de Cilicie savent ce qu'ignorent ceux de Rome. [st1]4 [-] venir à bout, réussir, obtenir (avec ut et ne, comme obtineo).    - tenere ut: obtenir que.    - tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, Liv. 2, 42, 2: les sénateurs obtinrent que Fabius fût élu consul.    - tenere ne: obtenir que... ne... pas.    - plebs tenuit ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, Liv. 4, 30, 16: la plèbe obtint qu'on n'élût pas de consuls l'année suivante.    - cf. Liv. 24, 19, 7. [st1]5 [-] tenir, occuper, habiter; tenir en son pouvoir, posséder (le coeur, la pensée de qqn).    - summam imperii tenere, Caes. BG 3, 22: tenir le commandement suprême.    - tenere locum oratoris, Cic. Br. 137: tenir le rang d'orateur.    - totam rem publicam tenere, Cic. Mur. 83: tenir entre ses mains tout le salut de l'état.    - cornu tenere, Nep. Pel. 4, 3: commander une aile.    - multa hereditatibus tenebantur, Cic. Off. 2, 81: beaucoup de propriétés étaient occupées par héritage.    - cum rem publicam opes paucorum, non virtutes tenere coeperunt, Cic. Rep. 1, 51: quand la puissance d'un petit nombre et non pas ses vertus a commencé d'occuper la direction de l'état.    - tenere colles praesidiis, Caes. BC. 3, 43: occuper les collines par des postes.    - legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit, Caes. BC, 1, 44: la légion ne put garder sa position et se replia sur la colline toute proche.    - tenent Danai qua deficit ignis, Virg. En. 2, 505: les Grecs occupent tout ce qu'a dédaigné le feu.    - ego nec tumultum nec mori per vim metuam tenente Caesare terras, Hor. O. 3: je ne craindrai ni la guerre civile ni la mort violente tant que César possédera le monde.    - quam ab dispari tenebantur (tecta) ! Cic. Phil. 2, 104, combien différent était l'occupant (de cette demeure)!    - locum tenere, Cic. Clu. 128: garder son poste.    - dum me Galatea tenebat, Virg. B. 1, 31: tandis que Galatée possédait mon coeur.    - cf. Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52.    - magna me spes tenet, Cic. Tusc. 1, 97: un grand espoir occupe ma pensée.    - de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 6: quant au triomphe, aucun désir ne s'est jamais emparé de moi.    - cf. Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3.    - alicujus rei desiderio teneri, Cic. CM 33: être pris du regret de qqch (de ne pas avoir qqch).    - cf. Cic. Ac. 1, 4. [st1]6 [-] garder, observer; garder (dans sa mémoire), se souvenir.    - consuetudinem, morem, ordinem, Cic. Phil. 1, 27; Off. 3, 44 ; Phil. 5, 35: garder une habitude, une coutume, observer un ordre établi.    - foedus tenere, Cic. Balb. 34: observer un traité.    - civium jura tenere, Cic. Cat. 1, 28, garder les droits du citoyen (ses droits de citoyen).    - suas leges tenere, Cic. Verr. pr. 13: garder ses lois.    - memoriā tenere, Cic. Cat. 3, 19: garder dans sa mémoire, se souvenir.    - avec prop. inf. cf. Cic. Cat. 3, 19; Tusc. 1, 107.    - s.-ent memoriā: dicta tenere, Hor. P. 336: retenir ce qui a été dit.    - cf. Hor. S. 2, 4, 8; Quint. 11, 2, 50. [st1]7 [-] tenir en soi, embrasser, contenir.    - haec magnos formula reges tenet, Hor. S. 2, 3, 46: cette définition s'applique aux plus grands rois.    - surtout au passif: teneri: être compris dans, être fondé sur.    - genus officiorum, quod tenetur hominum societate, Cic. Off. 1, 160: genre de devoirs qui tient à la société humaine.    - quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 1: motifs qui sont fondés sur une liaison intime et habituelle.    - homines deorum agnatione tenentur, Cic. Leg. 1: les hommes sont compris dans la famille des dieux. [st1]8 [-] maintenir, soutenir, conserver.    - admodum tenenda sunt sua cuique Cic. Off 1, 110: chacun doit maintenir fermement sa personnalité.    - castris se tenere, Caes. BG. 1, 40, 8: se tenir dans son camp.    - cf. Caes. BG. 3, 17; Liv. 2, 45, 2 ; 3, 26, 3.    - se tenere domi a conventu remotum, Nep. Dion 9, 1: rester chez soi en s'isolant de la foule.    - imperium populi Romani illius opera tenebatur, Cic. Mur. 58, la domination du peuple romain était maintenue grâce à lui.    - cf. Cic. Off. 2, 26; Nat. 2, 134.    - bestia hoc calore tenentur Cic. Nat. 2, 31: les bêtes subsistent grâce à cette chaleur. [st1]9 [-] tenir à, s'attacher à (en parl. d'une idée).    - hoc teneo, hic haereo, Cic. Verr. 5, 166: voilà où je m'en tiens, voilà où je m'attache.    - cf. Cic. Verr. 5, 165 ; Ac. 2, 71; Fin. 3, 44.    - hoc tenebo + prop. inf. Cic. Fin. 1, 35: je me tiendrai à cette idée que.    - cf. Cic. Par. 14.    - avec ut: teneamus, ut censeamus... Cic. Tusc. 1, 100: tenons-nous à croire que.    - demus hoc sana Bruto ut..., nos tamen teneamus ut... Cic. Tusc. 5, 34: faisons, je le veux bien, cette concession à Brutus que..., mais nous, maintenons fermement notre opinion que...    - avec ne: haec duo tenere in amicitia, primum ne quid sit... Cic. Lael. 65: maintenir solidement ces deux principes en amitié, d'abord qu'il n'y ait rien... [st1]10 [-] tenir, retenir, captiver.    - me omni tuo sermone tenuisti, Cic. Br. 232: tu m'as captivé par tout ce que tu as dit.    - aures tenere, Cic. Br. 193: captiver les oreilles.    - pompā, ludis teneri, Cic. Fin. 5, 48: être captivé par les cortèges, par les jeux.    - cum is qui audit ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur, Cic. Or. 210: quand l'auditeur est déjà investi par l'orateur et à sa discrétion. [st1]11 [-] astreindre, lier.    - ut populum teneant (eae leges), Cic. Phil. 5, 10: pour que (ces lois) obligent le peuple.    - cf. Cic. Phil. 11, 11; Liv. 8, 12, 14.    - interdicto non teneri, Cic. Caec. 41: ne pas être astreint par l'ordonnance.    - promisso teneri, Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1: être lié par une promesse.    - cf. Cic. Q. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 24, 29, 11. [st1]12 [-] au passif: teneri, être pris = n'avoir point d'échappatoire, ne pouvoir nier.    - in aliqua re manifesto teneri, Cic. Verr. pr. 2; 2, 99; ou in manifesta re teneri, Cic. Verr. 2, 144, etc.: être pris manifestement dans tel ou tel délit = être convaincu de tel ou tel délit.    - avec gén. ejusdem cupiditatis teneri, Cic. Leg. 3, 31: être convaincu de la même passion.    - caedis teneri, Quint. 5, 14, 11: être convaincu d'un meurtre.    - cf. Tac. An. 11, 7.    - non solum argumentis, sed etiam certis testibus istius audacia tenebatur, Cic. Verr. 5, 101: son impudence était démontrée au moyen non seulement d'arguments, mais encore de témoins précis. [st1]13 [-] retenir, arrêter, retarder; retenir, empêcher.    - aliquem tenere, Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1: retenir qqn (l'empêcher de partir).    - cf. Fam. 16, 19.    - Corcyrae tenebamur, Cic. Fam. 16, 7: nous sommes retenus à Corcyre.    - senatus lectionem tenere, Liv. 27, 11, 9: retarder la liste des sénateurs.    - non tenebo te pluribus, Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3: je ne te tiendrai pas plus longtemps, je ne t'en dirai pas plus long.    - cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 34.    - vix a te videor posse tenere manus, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10: c'est à peine, je crois, si je pourrai empêcher mes mains de te toucher!    - naves tenebantur, quominus... Caes. BG. 4, 22, 4: les navires étaient retenus et empêchés de...    - metu legum teneri, Cic. Verr. 4, 75: être retenu par la crainte des lois.    - risum, somnum vix tenere, Cic. Br. 293; 278: avoir peine à s'empêcher de rire, de dormir.    - iracundiam tenere, Cic. Par. 33: retenir son penchant à la colère.    - se tenere, Cic. Fin. 2, 21: se retenir.    - se non tenere, quia... Cic. Ac. 2, 12: ne pas se retenir de...    - cf. Cic. Att. 15, 14, 2 ; Phil. 13, 46.    - se tenere ab accusando, Cic. Q. 3, 2 2: se retenir d'accuser. - intr. - [st1]1 [-] tenir, occuper un lieu, se tenir.    - tenent Danai qua deficit ignis, Virg. En. 2, 505: les Grecs sont partout où n'est pas la flamme.    - cf. Liv. 3, 62, 7 ; 32, 5, 12. [st1]2 [-] tenir une route, une direction, se diriger, se porter à un endroit.    - Liv. 1, 1, 4 ; 21, 49, 2 ; 31, 45, 14. [st1]3 [-] subsister, se maintenir, durer.    - imber per noctem totam tenuit, Liv. 23, 44, 6: la pluie dura toute la nuit.    - cf. Liv. 2, 3, 5 ; 3, 47, 6 ; 24, 47, 15, etc.    - tenet fama + prop. inf. Liv. 1, 4, 6: on rapporte que... (mais fama tenuit, Liv. 23, 12, 2: la tradition a prévalu que...).
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tĕnĕo, ēre, tĕnŭi, tentum    - parf. arch. tĕtĭni, Diom. 366, 23; 372, 18; subj. tĕtĭnĕrim, tĕtĭnĕrit, Pac. Tr. 172; Acc. Tr. 39; inf. parf. tĕnisse, Pac. Tr. 226; fut. ant. tĕtĭnĕro, P. Fest. 252, 9 -- parf. tĕnīvi, Charis. 248, 2. - tr. - [st1]1 [-] tenir.    - tenere aliquid in manu (tenere aliquid manu), Cic. Cael. 63; Div. 1, 46: tenir qqch dans sa main.    - radicem ore tenere, Cic. Div. 2,141: tenir une racine dans sa gueule.    - manu tenere aliquid, Cic. Off 3, 68: **tenir de la main qqch** = toucher de la main, connaître de façon évidente, palpable.    - cf. Cic. Clu. 20.    - res manibus tenetur, Cic. Sest. 69: le succès est assuré. [st1]2 [-] tenir, diriger; atteindre.    - secundissimo vento cursum tenere, Cic. Nat. 3, 83: fournir, accomplir sa course avec un vent très favorable.    - cf. Caes. BG. 4, 26, 5 ; 5, 8, 2.    - quo tenetis iter? Virg. En. 1, 370: où dirigez-vous vos pas?    - montes petebant et pauci tenuere, Liv. 1, 37, 4: ils cherchaient à gagner les montagnes et bien peu les atteignirent.    - cf. Liv. 30, 25, 11; 36, 21 1; 37, 16, 4, etc.    - portum tenuit, Tac. Agr. 38: [la flotte] arriva dans le port.    - cf. Tac. H. 2, 9. [st1]3 [-] tenir dans son esprit, comprendre; savoir, posséder (une science...)    - reconditos alicujus sensus tenere, Cic. Sest. 22: comprendre les sentiments secrets de qqn.    - nunc teneo, nunc scio quid hoc sit negoti, Plaut. Cap. 697: maintenant je comprends, maintenant je sais de quoi il s'agit.    - et bene et male facere tenet, Plaut.: il sait également faire le bien et le mal.    - omnia illa, quae et saepe audistis et tenetis animis, Cic.: tous les faits dont on vous a souvent entretenus, et que vous vous rappelez.    - tenes quid dicam? Ter.: sais-tu ce que je dis?    - tu, quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Cic.: tu sais ce qui séduit César.    - quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur, Cic.: les augures de Cilicie savent ce qu'ignorent ceux de Rome. [st1]4 [-] venir à bout, réussir, obtenir (avec ut et ne, comme obtineo).    - tenere ut: obtenir que.    - tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, Liv. 2, 42, 2: les sénateurs obtinrent que Fabius fût élu consul.    - tenere ne: obtenir que... ne... pas.    - plebs tenuit ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, Liv. 4, 30, 16: la plèbe obtint qu'on n'élût pas de consuls l'année suivante.    - cf. Liv. 24, 19, 7. [st1]5 [-] tenir, occuper, habiter; tenir en son pouvoir, posséder (le coeur, la pensée de qqn).    - summam imperii tenere, Caes. BG 3, 22: tenir le commandement suprême.    - tenere locum oratoris, Cic. Br. 137: tenir le rang d'orateur.    - totam rem publicam tenere, Cic. Mur. 83: tenir entre ses mains tout le salut de l'état.    - cornu tenere, Nep. Pel. 4, 3: commander une aile.    - multa hereditatibus tenebantur, Cic. Off. 2, 81: beaucoup de propriétés étaient occupées par héritage.    - cum rem publicam opes paucorum, non virtutes tenere coeperunt, Cic. Rep. 1, 51: quand la puissance d'un petit nombre et non pas ses vertus a commencé d'occuper la direction de l'état.    - tenere colles praesidiis, Caes. BC. 3, 43: occuper les collines par des postes.    - legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit, Caes. BC, 1, 44: la légion ne put garder sa position et se replia sur la colline toute proche.    - tenent Danai qua deficit ignis, Virg. En. 2, 505: les Grecs occupent tout ce qu'a dédaigné le feu.    - ego nec tumultum nec mori per vim metuam tenente Caesare terras, Hor. O. 3: je ne craindrai ni la guerre civile ni la mort violente tant que César possédera le monde.    - quam ab dispari tenebantur (tecta) ! Cic. Phil. 2, 104, combien différent était l'occupant (de cette demeure)!    - locum tenere, Cic. Clu. 128: garder son poste.    - dum me Galatea tenebat, Virg. B. 1, 31: tandis que Galatée possédait mon coeur.    - cf. Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52.    - magna me spes tenet, Cic. Tusc. 1, 97: un grand espoir occupe ma pensée.    - de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 6: quant au triomphe, aucun désir ne s'est jamais emparé de moi.    - cf. Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3.    - alicujus rei desiderio teneri, Cic. CM 33: être pris du regret de qqch (de ne pas avoir qqch).    - cf. Cic. Ac. 1, 4. [st1]6 [-] garder, observer; garder (dans sa mémoire), se souvenir.    - consuetudinem, morem, ordinem, Cic. Phil. 1, 27; Off. 3, 44 ; Phil. 5, 35: garder une habitude, une coutume, observer un ordre établi.    - foedus tenere, Cic. Balb. 34: observer un traité.    - civium jura tenere, Cic. Cat. 1, 28, garder les droits du citoyen (ses droits de citoyen).    - suas leges tenere, Cic. Verr. pr. 13: garder ses lois.    - memoriā tenere, Cic. Cat. 3, 19: garder dans sa mémoire, se souvenir.    - avec prop. inf. cf. Cic. Cat. 3, 19; Tusc. 1, 107.    - s.-ent memoriā: dicta tenere, Hor. P. 336: retenir ce qui a été dit.    - cf. Hor. S. 2, 4, 8; Quint. 11, 2, 50. [st1]7 [-] tenir en soi, embrasser, contenir.    - haec magnos formula reges tenet, Hor. S. 2, 3, 46: cette définition s'applique aux plus grands rois.    - surtout au passif: teneri: être compris dans, être fondé sur.    - genus officiorum, quod tenetur hominum societate, Cic. Off. 1, 160: genre de devoirs qui tient à la société humaine.    - quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 1: motifs qui sont fondés sur une liaison intime et habituelle.    - homines deorum agnatione tenentur, Cic. Leg. 1: les hommes sont compris dans la famille des dieux. [st1]8 [-] maintenir, soutenir, conserver.    - admodum tenenda sunt sua cuique Cic. Off 1, 110: chacun doit maintenir fermement sa personnalité.    - castris se tenere, Caes. BG. 1, 40, 8: se tenir dans son camp.    - cf. Caes. BG. 3, 17; Liv. 2, 45, 2 ; 3, 26, 3.    - se tenere domi a conventu remotum, Nep. Dion 9, 1: rester chez soi en s'isolant de la foule.    - imperium populi Romani illius opera tenebatur, Cic. Mur. 58, la domination du peuple romain était maintenue grâce à lui.    - cf. Cic. Off. 2, 26; Nat. 2, 134.    - bestia hoc calore tenentur Cic. Nat. 2, 31: les bêtes subsistent grâce à cette chaleur. [st1]9 [-] tenir à, s'attacher à (en parl. d'une idée).    - hoc teneo, hic haereo, Cic. Verr. 5, 166: voilà où je m'en tiens, voilà où je m'attache.    - cf. Cic. Verr. 5, 165 ; Ac. 2, 71; Fin. 3, 44.    - hoc tenebo + prop. inf. Cic. Fin. 1, 35: je me tiendrai à cette idée que.    - cf. Cic. Par. 14.    - avec ut: teneamus, ut censeamus... Cic. Tusc. 1, 100: tenons-nous à croire que.    - demus hoc sana Bruto ut..., nos tamen teneamus ut... Cic. Tusc. 5, 34: faisons, je le veux bien, cette concession à Brutus que..., mais nous, maintenons fermement notre opinion que...    - avec ne: haec duo tenere in amicitia, primum ne quid sit... Cic. Lael. 65: maintenir solidement ces deux principes en amitié, d'abord qu'il n'y ait rien... [st1]10 [-] tenir, retenir, captiver.    - me omni tuo sermone tenuisti, Cic. Br. 232: tu m'as captivé par tout ce que tu as dit.    - aures tenere, Cic. Br. 193: captiver les oreilles.    - pompā, ludis teneri, Cic. Fin. 5, 48: être captivé par les cortèges, par les jeux.    - cum is qui audit ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur, Cic. Or. 210: quand l'auditeur est déjà investi par l'orateur et à sa discrétion. [st1]11 [-] astreindre, lier.    - ut populum teneant (eae leges), Cic. Phil. 5, 10: pour que (ces lois) obligent le peuple.    - cf. Cic. Phil. 11, 11; Liv. 8, 12, 14.    - interdicto non teneri, Cic. Caec. 41: ne pas être astreint par l'ordonnance.    - promisso teneri, Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1: être lié par une promesse.    - cf. Cic. Q. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 24, 29, 11. [st1]12 [-] au passif: teneri, être pris = n'avoir point d'échappatoire, ne pouvoir nier.    - in aliqua re manifesto teneri, Cic. Verr. pr. 2; 2, 99; ou in manifesta re teneri, Cic. Verr. 2, 144, etc.: être pris manifestement dans tel ou tel délit = être convaincu de tel ou tel délit.    - avec gén. ejusdem cupiditatis teneri, Cic. Leg. 3, 31: être convaincu de la même passion.    - caedis teneri, Quint. 5, 14, 11: être convaincu d'un meurtre.    - cf. Tac. An. 11, 7.    - non solum argumentis, sed etiam certis testibus istius audacia tenebatur, Cic. Verr. 5, 101: son impudence était démontrée au moyen non seulement d'arguments, mais encore de témoins précis. [st1]13 [-] retenir, arrêter, retarder; retenir, empêcher.    - aliquem tenere, Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1: retenir qqn (l'empêcher de partir).    - cf. Fam. 16, 19.    - Corcyrae tenebamur, Cic. Fam. 16, 7: nous sommes retenus à Corcyre.    - senatus lectionem tenere, Liv. 27, 11, 9: retarder la liste des sénateurs.    - non tenebo te pluribus, Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3: je ne te tiendrai pas plus longtemps, je ne t'en dirai pas plus long.    - cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 34.    - vix a te videor posse tenere manus, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10: c'est à peine, je crois, si je pourrai empêcher mes mains de te toucher!    - naves tenebantur, quominus... Caes. BG. 4, 22, 4: les navires étaient retenus et empêchés de...    - metu legum teneri, Cic. Verr. 4, 75: être retenu par la crainte des lois.    - risum, somnum vix tenere, Cic. Br. 293; 278: avoir peine à s'empêcher de rire, de dormir.    - iracundiam tenere, Cic. Par. 33: retenir son penchant à la colère.    - se tenere, Cic. Fin. 2, 21: se retenir.    - se non tenere, quia... Cic. Ac. 2, 12: ne pas se retenir de...    - cf. Cic. Att. 15, 14, 2 ; Phil. 13, 46.    - se tenere ab accusando, Cic. Q. 3, 2 2: se retenir d'accuser. - intr. - [st1]1 [-] tenir, occuper un lieu, se tenir.    - tenent Danai qua deficit ignis, Virg. En. 2, 505: les Grecs sont partout où n'est pas la flamme.    - cf. Liv. 3, 62, 7 ; 32, 5, 12. [st1]2 [-] tenir une route, une direction, se diriger, se porter à un endroit.    - Liv. 1, 1, 4 ; 21, 49, 2 ; 31, 45, 14. [st1]3 [-] subsister, se maintenir, durer.    - imber per noctem totam tenuit, Liv. 23, 44, 6: la pluie dura toute la nuit.    - cf. Liv. 2, 3, 5 ; 3, 47, 6 ; 24, 47, 15, etc.    - tenet fama + prop. inf. Liv. 1, 4, 6: on rapporte que... (mais fama tenuit, Liv. 23, 12, 2: la tradition a prévalu que...).
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    Teneo, tenes, tenui, tentum, tenere. Virgil. Tenir.

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    In sinu tenere aliquem. Ouid. Embrasser.

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    Tenet se trans Tiberim in hortis. Plin. iunior. Il se tient et demeure oultre le Tybre.

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    Multa haereditatibus, multa emptionibus, multa dotibus tenebantur. Cic. Estoyent tenuz et possedez.

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    Tulliam adhuc mecum teneo. Cic. Je retiens avec moy.

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    Nisi quid te tenuit. Ci. Si quelque chose ne t'a retenu ou retardé.

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    Ventus tenuit nos. Cic. Nous a detenu.

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    Hunc Phoenissa tenet Dido. Virgil. Retarge et arreste.

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    Ne diutius teneam, pecunia attributa numerata est. Cic. Pour le faire court, A fin que je ne vous tienne point plus long temps.

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    Tenere hominem dicitur res aliqua. Plin. iun. Retenir.

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    Teneo melius ista, quam meum nomen. Martialis. Il me souvient mieulx de ceci, que de, etc.

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    Teneatur modo illud, non inesse in his quicquam tale. Cic. Pourveu qu'on se tienne tousjours asseuré, et qu'on tienne pour certain que, etc.

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    Agnatione et gente deorum, siue cognatione teneri. Cic. Estre de leur parenté.

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    Eorum qui aliena tenebant, et eorum qui sua amiserant. Cic. Detenoyent.

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    Etsi amor me grauiter consuetudoque tenet. Terent. Me meut grandement.

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    Amore alicuius magno teneri. Virgil. Fort aimer.

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    Angustiis teneri. Cic. Estre detenu en un destroict.

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    Animos metu tenere, et acerbitate poenarum. Liu. Contenir et engarder de ne rien faire.

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    Animo tenere. Cic. Comprendre en son esprit.

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    In armis milites tenuit, si opus foret auxilio. Liu. Il les teint en armes tout prests.

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    Attentos tenere, vel attentos animos. Cic. Entretenir tousjours en volunté d'ouir.

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    Causam tenere. Sueton. Gaigner sa cause, Obtenir.

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    Complexu suo aliquid tenere. Cic. Embrasser.

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    Concionibus tenere populum. Cic. Entretenir et gouverner le peuple par frequentes harangues qu'on luy fait.

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    Consensum aliquorum tenere. Plin. iunior. Garder et entretenir.

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    Consilium alicuius tenere. Plaut. Se souvenir du conseil d'aucun, et faire selon iceluy.

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    Consuetudinem suam tenere. Cic. Entretenir sa coustume.

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    Tenuit consuetudo, vt praeceptoribus eloquentiae discipuli serius, quam ratio postulat, traderentur. Quintil. La coustume a obtenu, etc.

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    Conturbatum tenuit me haec res. Cice. Cela me troubla longuement.

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    Crimen alicuius tenere argumento aliquo. Cic. Le convaincre et verifier.

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    Cupiditas dimicandi cum Annibale tenet illum. Liu. Il ha grand faim de se combatre contre Annibal.

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    Cursum tenere. Cic. Entretenir le cours commencé, Continuer son cours ou sa course.

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    Cursum alicuius tenere. Ouid. Empescher et retarder la navigation d'aucun.

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    Cursum aliquem tenere, per translationem. Cic. Suyvre son naturel, Suyvre et continuer ce qu'on a entreprins.

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    Decorum tenere. Cic. Avoir bonne grace.

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    Decus tenere. Cic. Garder honnesteté.

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    Delectum rerum tenere. Cic. Garder et observer difference.

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    Teneri magno desiderio alicuius. Cic. Fort desirer.

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    Dignitatem tenere. Quod et retinere dicitur et obseruare. Cic. L'entretenir, Maintenir, Garder sa dignité en son entier.

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    Disciplinam tenere. Cic. Estre scavant, Scavoir une discipline et un art.

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    Dolorem tenere. Cic. Retenir sa douleur en soymesme, et ne la monstrer point par dehors, ne se courroucer point.

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    Dominatu alterius teneri. Cic. Estre soubz la puissance et seigneurie d'aucun.

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    Errore aliquo teneri. Ouid. Errer.

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    Tenet fama, quum fluitantem alueum, quo expositi erant pueri, tenuis in sicco aqua destituisset, etc. Liu. Le bruit dure encore, etc.

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    Famam et opinionem hominum tenere. Caesar. Garder et entretenir l'estimation qu'on ha de nous.

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    Fides eum non tenet, sed merces. Liu. Il ne luy chault pas tant de sa foy et promesse, que de son prouffit.

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    Flagitiis teneri. Tacit. Estre attainct ou convaincu de meschancetez.

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    Fletus tenere. Ouid. Se garder de plourer.

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    Foederibus alienis teneri. Liu. Estre tenu et obligé par les pactions et accords que fait un tiers.

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    Fugam alicuius tenere. Lucan. Empescher la fuite.

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    Fugam tenere per medios hostes. Virgil. S'enfuir, etc. Se sauver en fuyant, etc.

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    Gratiam alicuius tenere. Cic. Avoir credit envers luy, Estre en sa grace.

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    Grauitatem tenere. Cic. Tenir gravité.

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    Gubernacula Reipub. tenere. Cic. Avoir le gouvernement de la chose publique.

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    Haereditatem tenere. Cic. Jouir d'une succession.

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    Summam imperii tenere. Caesar. Avoir la souveraineté, ou souveraine puissance.

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    Imperio Romano teneri. Cic. Estre subject à l'empire Romain.

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    Insaniam tenere. Plaut. Estre insensé.

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    Institutum tenere. Cic. Suyvre, Entretenir et garder sa coustume et maniere de faire.

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    Hoc interdicto Ebutius non tenetur. Cic. N'est point comprins par cest interdict.

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    Iram vel iracundiam tenere. Cic. Contenir, ou retenir son ire, Se garder de courroucer.

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    Quo tenetis iter? Virgil. Où tendez vous? Où allez vous?

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    Iucunditatem perpetuam vitae tenere. Cic. Estre joyeulx tout le temps de sa vie.

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    Iudicia tenere. Cic. Avoir tousjours l'administration de la justice touchant les matieres criminelles.

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    Iureiurando teneri. Cic. Estre obligé envers aucun soubz serment presté, de laquelle obligation on n'est point encore acquicté.

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    Ius tenere. Plaut. Estre scavant en droict et en loix.

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    Ius suum tenere. Cic. Garder son droict.

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    Lachrymas tenere. Cicero. Retenir ses larmes, Se garder de plourer.

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    Legem aliquam tenere. Terent. Estre subject à la loy.

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    Leges eum non tenent. Cic. Il n'est point subject aux loix.

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    Si vllam partem libertatis tenebo. Cic. Si j'ay le moins du monde de liberté.

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    Locum tenere. Cic. Posseder.

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    Locum honestum seruitutis tenere. Cic. Tenir le lieu le plus honorable entre les autres serviteurs.

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    Tenuit cum hoc locum quendam. Cic. Il fut son compaignon, et eut quelque bruit et reputation en son temps.

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    Tenere locum. Cic. Ne bouger de sa place.

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    Tenere locum aliquem. Liu. Y demourer et habiter.

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    Teneri ludis, pompa, spectaculis. Cic. Prendre plaisir aux jeux.

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    Mare tenere. Cic. Estre maistre sur la mer.

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    Septimum iam diem Corcyrae tenebamur. Cicero. Estions detenuz et arrestez.

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    Mediocritatem tenere. Cic. Tenir moyen.

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    Medium tenere. Cic. Tenir moyen.

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    Memoria tenere rem aliquam. Cic. Avoir memoire de quelque chose, Garder la memoire.

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    Tenet vos memoria mei. Cic. Vous avez memoire et souvenance de moy.

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    Animis ac memoria tenetote. Cic. Souvienne vous en.

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    Metu teneri. Liu. Avoir grand paour.

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    Mora nulla tenuit vocatos. Ouid. A retenu.

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    Morbus tenet eum. Plaut. Il est detenu de maladie, Il est malade.

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    Morem tenere. Cic. Garder une coustume.

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    Nomen aeternum tenere. Virgil. Garder et retenir, ou avoir.

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    Nomen legum tenere. Cic. Retenir le nom de la loy.

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    Obsidione teneri. Virgil. Estre assiegé.

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    Obstrictum teneri foedere. Cic. Estre obligé par un traicté de paix.

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    Occasionem tenere. Cic. Avoir entre ses mains l'occasion qu'on demandoit.

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    Occupatum et impeditum tenere. Cic. Empescher et empestrer.

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    Tenere aliquem in oculis, auribus, complexu, etc. Cic. Le veoir, L'ouir parler, L'embrasser.

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    Odium vestri ordinis tenet eos. Cic. Ils ont en haine vostre ordre.

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    In officio tenere aliquos. Caesar. Entretenir en leur debvoir et en la subjection d'un roy, qu'ils ne rebellent point.

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    Omnia tenere. Cic. Avoir tout en sa puissance.

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    Oppidum septem cohortium praesidio tenebant. Caesar. Ils avoyent dedens la ville garnison de sept, etc. et la tenoyent en leur puissance.

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    Ora tenere. Cic. Se taire, Ne dire mot.

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    Ora tenere. Virgil. Tenir le visage en un estat sans le remuer.

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    Intelligebam sine te non esse nobis illas partes tenendas propter Antonium. Cic. Que je ne debvoye pas tenir ce chemin là, ou aller par ce costé là.

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    Percepta et comprehensa tenere. Cic. Entendre.

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    Quam personam teneant, non intelligunt. Cic. Ils ne scavent encore de quel mestier et profession ils sont.

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    Planta tenet. Columel. Tient et a prins racine.

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    Poena aliqua teneri. Cic. Avoir forfaict contre quelque loy imposant peine.

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    Portum tenere. Liu. Estre à port et arrivé.

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    Principatum tenere. Cic. Estre le principal.

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    Principatum sententiae tenere. Cic. Opiner le premier, Dire son opinion en premier lieu.

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    Promissum tenere. Cic. Tenir sa promesse.

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    Propositum tenere. Caes. Venir au dessus de ses atteintes, Parvenir à ses intentions, Faire ce qu'on avoit proposé de faire.

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    Prouinciam tenere. Cic. Avoir le gouvernement d'une province.

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    Rationem iuris aequabilem tenere. Cic. Garder un droict equitable à un chascun.

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    Religione teneri. Cic. N'oser faire quelque chose au moyen du serment ou autre empeschement concernant la conscience.

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    Rem oculis, non coniectura tenere. Cic. Scavoir quelque chose par l'avoir veue, Averer une chose par inspection.

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    Ab improbis et perditis ciuibus Resp. tenetur. Cicero. Les meschants sont maistres de la chose publique.

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    Risum tenere. Cic. Se garder de rire.

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    Rura tenere. Ouid. Estre és champs.

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    Se intra silentium tenere. Plin. iunior. Se taire.

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    Se in silentio tenere. Plin. iunior. Ne dire mot.

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    Se in equestri ordine tenere. Plin. iunior. S'y tenir et demourer sans monter plus hault.

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    Se improbis artibus tenere. Plaut. S'entretenir.

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    Sese castris tenere. Caesar. Ne bouger de son fort.

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    Se domo tenere. Cic. Ne bouger de la maison.

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    Se domesticis finibus tenere. Cic. Se contenter de, etc.

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    Se suis finibus tenere. Cic. Se tenir à ce qu'on ha, et se contenter.

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    Se loco tenere. Liu. Ne bouger de sa place.

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    Tenere se intra grauitatem. Plin. iunior. Se contenir en sa gravité, Garder sa gravité.

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    Hoc loco tenere se Triarius non potuit, Obsecro, inquit, etc. Cic. Ne se peult contenir et taire.

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    Teneo ab accusando vix me hercule. Cic. A grand peine me puis je tenir que je, etc.

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    Tenuit sententia altera. Plin. iunior. A esté receue, A obtenu.

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    Sententiam aliquam tenere. Cicero. Tenir quelque opinion.

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    Sermone suo tenere aliquem. Cic. Entretenir sans l'ennuyer.

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    Silentium inde aliquandiu tenuit. Liu. On se teut, Il y eut longue silence.

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    Silentium tenet populus. Liu. Il se taist, Il tient silence.

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    Sitis tenet hiantes. Lucret. Nous avons grand soif, ou desir.

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    Somnum tenere. Cic. Se garder de dormir.

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    Spem tenere. Plaut. Avoir esperance.

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    Magna me spes tenet, si ea quae, etc. Cic. J'ay grande esperance.

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    Studia agri colendi tenere. Cic. Maintenir tousjours et entretenir, Poursuyvre tousjours le train d'agriculture.

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    Teneri studio alicuius rei. Cic. Prendre plaisir à quelque chose.

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    Teneri iisdem studiis. Cic. Avoir aussi grande affection d'une chose, qu'à une autre.

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    Summum me eorum studium tenet, sicut odium iam caeterarum rerum. Cic. J'ay grand desir de les veoir.

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    Suum tenere. Cic. Garder le sien.

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    Temperamentum tenere. Plin. iun. Garder moyen.

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    Verecundia teneri. Liu. Estre honteux.

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    Vestigia alicuius tenere. Liuius. Le suyvre de pres, et ne perdre point sa trace.

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    Viam tenere. Cic. Suyvre la voye et l'exemple.

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    Perge tenere istiam viam. Cic. Tenir ce chemin.

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    Vocem tenere. Ouid. Se taire.

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    Voce tenere ruentem. Lucan. Retarder.

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    Voto et promisso teneri. Cic. Estre obligé et astreinct.

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    Vrbem aliquam tenere. Cic. La tenir et l'avoir de son parti.

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    Tene tibi. Plaut. Prens le pour toy.

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    Redi: quo fugis nunc? tene tene. Plaut. Tien tien, vien ca.

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    Teneri manifesto. Plaut. Estre surprins, Prins sur le faict, Estre convaincu si apertement, qu'on ne le puisse nier.

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    Tenere aliquem manifestum mendacii. Plaut. Surprendre en menterie evidente.

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    Teneri de vi. Seneca. Estre coulpable du crime de violence et effort.

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    Teneri. Cic. Estre convaincu.

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    Scripseram tenuisse Varenum, vt sibi euocare testes liceret. Plin. iun. Que Varenus avoit obtenu et impetré, etc.

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    Obducto late tenet omnia limo. Virgil. Couvre.

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    Capitolia celsa tenebat. Virgil. Defendoit.

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    Aliter leges, aliter philosophi tollunt astutias. Leges, quatenus manu tenere possunt: Philosophi, quatenus ratione et intelligentia. Cic. Selon qu'elles y peuvent mettre ordre, Selon que ceulx qui escrivent les loix peuvent penser et mettre les cas par escript.

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    Incendium per duas noctes, ac diem vnum tenuit. Liuius. Dura.

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    His causis quae familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur. Cic. Qui sont à cause de la familiarité.

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    Tribus rebus animantium vita tenetur, cibo, potione, spiritu. Cic. Est entretenue et conservee.

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    Posteaquam vnum, quo tenebamur, amisimus. Cic. Depuis qu'avons perdu ce qui nous maintenoit en estre.

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    Tenere. Plaut. Entendre et scavoir.

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    Tenes quid dicam? Terent. Entens tu ce que je di?

Dictionarium latinogallicum > teneo
46 de

1.
dē, adv.: of place, down, only in the phrase susque deque, q. v.
2.
dē, prep. [perh. for ded; cf. Oscan dat, old abl. of pronom. stem da; cf. also Lith. praep. da, as far as; and the suffixes, old case-forms, -dam, -dem, -dum, -do, with the locative -de; v. Ribbeck, Beitr. z. L. v. d. Lat. Part. p. 4 sq.] (with abl., denotes the going out, departure, removal, or separating of an object from any fixed point. Accordingly, it occupies a middle place between ab, away from, which denotes a mere external departure, and ex, out of, which signifies from the interior of a thing. Hence verbs compounded with de are constr. not only with de, but quite as freq. with ab and ex; and, on the other hand, those compounded with ab and ex often have the terminus a quo indicated by de), from, away from, down from, out of, etc.
A.
In space, lit. and trop. with verbs of motion: animam de corpore mitto, Enn. ap. Non. p. 150, 6 (Ann. v. 216 Vahl.):
aliquo quom jam sucus de corpore cessit,
Lucr. 3, 224:
(quod Ariovistus) de altera parte agri Sequanos decedere juberet,
to depart, withdraw from, Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 10; cf.:
civitati persuasit, ut de finibus suis cum omnibus copiis exirent,
id. ib. 1, 2:
decedere de provincia,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 49 ( = ex provincia, id. ib. 2, 2, 65, §
147): de vita decedere,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 11:
exire de vita,
id. Lael. 4, 15 (cf.:
excedere e vita,
id. ib. 3, 12):
de triclinio, de cubiculo exire,
id. de Or. 2, 65 fin.:
hamum de cubiculo ut e navicula jacere,
Plin. Ep. 9, 7, 4:
de castris procedere,
Sall. C. 61, 8 et saep.:
brassica de capite et de oculis omnia (mala) deducet,
Cato R. R. 157, 6:
de digito anulum detraho,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 38; cf.:
de matris complexu aliquem avellere atque abstrahere,
Cic. Font. 17:
nomen suum de tabula sustulit,
id. Sest. 33, 72:
ferrum de manibus extorsimus,
id. Cat. 2, 1, 2:
juris utilitas vel a peritis vel de libris depromi potest,
id. de Or. 1, 59, 252 et saep.:
... decido de lecto praeceps,
Plaut. Casin. 5, 2, 50:
de muro se deicere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 3:
de sella exsilire,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30 fin.:
nec ex equo vel de muro, etc., hostem destinare,
Tert. adv. Jud. 9, p. 192:
de caelo aliquid demittere,
Lucr. 2, 1155; cf. Cato R. R. 14, 3 et saep.—
b.
In gen., to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds; cf.:
emere de aliquo,
Cato R. R. 1, 4:
aliquid mercari de aliquo,
Cic. Fl. 20 et saep.:
de aliquo quaerere, quid, etc.,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 2:
saepe hoc audivi de patre,
id. de Or. 3, 33, 133; cf.:
de mausoleo exaudita vox est,
Suet. Ner. 46:
ut sibi liceret discere id de me,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31;
so with petere, of place (class.): de vicino terra petita solo,
Ov. F. 4, 822;
so of persons (late Lat.): peto de te,
Dig. 36, 1, 57, § 2; Apul. M. 6, p. 179, 40.
2.
To point out the place from which any thing is brought; and hence, trop., to indicate its origin, derivation, etc.: of, from: de circo astrologi, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58; so,
caupo de via Latina,
Cic. Clu. 59, 163:
nescio qui de circo maximo,
id. Mil. 24, 65:
declamator aliqui de ludo aut rabula de foro,
id. Or. 15, 47:
homo de schola atque a magistro... eruditus,
id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:
nautae de navi Alexandrina,
Suet. Aug. 98:
aliquis de ponte,
i. e. a beggar, Juv. 14, 134:
Libyca de rupe leones,
Ov. F. 2, 209:
nostro de rure corona,
Tib. 1, 1, 15:
Vaticano fragiles de monte patellas,
Juv. 6, 344 al.:
de summo loco Summoque genere eques,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 30; cf. id. Aul. prol. 28; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13:
genetrix Priami de gente vetusta,
Verg. A. 9, 284; cf. id. ib. 10, 350; Stat. S. 5, 3, 126:
de Numitore sati,
Ov. F. 5, 41:
de libris,
Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:
de Philocteta, id,
ib. 3, 35, 141 (cf.:
e Philocteta versus,
Quint. 3, 1, 14).
3.
Transf., to indicate the quarter from which motion proceeds (cf. ab), from, and because motion is so often and naturally downwards, down from:
haec agebantur in conventu, palam, de sella ac de loco superiore,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40; cf. ib. 2, 2, 38:
quem ad se vocari et de tribunali citari jussit,
id. ib. 2, 5, 7:
qui nihil ex occulto, nihil de insidiis, agendum putant,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109; cf.
de tergo plagas dare,
from behind, Plaut. Asin. 2, 2, 10; Just. 20, 5, 5:
de paupere mensa dona,
Tib. 1, 1, 37 et saep.—In jurid. Latin: de plano discutere, interloqui, cognoscere, etc., i. e. on level ground, not on the tribunal (cf. chamothen, opp. pro bêmatos, Dig. 27, 1, 13, § 10), Dig. 1, 4, 1; 1, 16, 9; 14. 3, 11 et saep.; so, de plano, off-hand, without formal consideration, Lucr. 1, 411;
v. planus.—And with pendeo, etc. (the motion in the eye transferred to the object): deque viri collo dulce pependit onus,
Ov. F. 2, 760:
lucerna de camera pendebat,
Petr. 30, 3; cf.:
et nova de gravido palmite gemma tumet,
Ov. F. 1, 152:
de qua pariens arbore nixa dea est,
leaning downwards against the tree, id. H. 21, 100.
B.
In time.
1.
Immediately following a given moment of time, after, directly after (very rare):
de concursu,
Lucr. 1, 384 (cf. Munro, ad loc.):
velim scire hodiene statim de auctione aut quo die venias,
Cic. Att. 12, 3:
non bonus somnus est de prandio,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:
de eorum verbis prosilui, etc.,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 178.—Hence, diem de die, from day to day, day after day, Liv. 5, 48:
cum is diem de die differret, dum, etc.,
id. 25, 25; cf.:
diem de die proferendo,
Just. 2, 15, 6: de die in diem, from day to day, daily (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 60, 8; 2 Pet. 2, 8; Cypr. Ep. 3, 11.
2.
De nocte, de vigilia, etc., to designate an act which begins or takes its origin from the night-time, Engl. during or in the course of the night, at night, by night, etc.: De. Rus cras cum filio Cum primo lucu ibo hinc. Mi. Imo de nocte censeo, to-night rather, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 55: in comitium Milo de nocte venit, in the night (cf. shortly before, Milo media nocte in campum venit), Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4; cf. id. Mur. 33, 69:
vigilas tu de nocte,
id. ib. 9, 22; cf.:
de nocte evigilabat,
Suet. Vesp. 21:
ut jugulent homines, surgunt de nocte latrones,
at night, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 32;
and Hannibal surgere de nocte solitus, Frontin Strat. 4, 3, 7 et saep.: ut de nocte multa impigreque exsurrexi,
late in the night, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 10; so,
multa de nocte,
Cic. Sest. 35, 75; id. Att. 7, 4 fin. (for which multa nocte, id. Q. Fr. 2, 9); cf.
also: si de multa nocte (al. de nocte) vigilassent,
id. Att. 2, 15, 2:
Caesar mittit complures equitum turmas eo de media nocte,
Caes. B. G. 7, 45; 7, 88; so,
media de nocte,
at midnight, Suet. Calig. 26; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 91:
Caesar de tertia vigilia e castris profectus,
in the third night-watch, Caes. B. G. 1, 12:
de tertia vigilia,
id. ib. 1, 21; Liv. 9, 44 Drak.; 40, 4 al.; cf.:
de quarta vigilia,
Caes. B. G. 1, 21, 3 al.; v. vigilia. —As in this manner de nocte became adverbially = nocte, so de die was sometimes used for die or per diem:
de die potare,
by day, in the daytime, Plaut. Asin. 4, 2, 16:
epulari de die,
Liv. 23, 8; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 8; Catull. 47, 6; Suet. Calig. 37; id. Domit. 21; cf.:
bibulus media de luce Falerni,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 34;
and in a lusus verbb. with in diem,
Cic. Phil. 2, 34 fin. —Less freq., de mense:
navigare de mense Decembri,
in December, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1 fin. —And once de tempore for tempore: ipse de tempore coenavit, Auct. B. Hisp. 33, 5.
C.
In other relations, implying separation, departure from, etc.
1.
To designate the whole, from which a part is taken, or of which a part is separately regarded, etc., from among, out of, from:
hominem certum misi de comitibus meis,
Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2:
gladio percussus ab uno de illis,
id. Mil. 24, 65:
si quis de nostris hominibus,
id. Flacc. 4:
quemvis de iis qui essent idonei,
id. Div. in Caecil. 4 fin.:
de tribus et decem fundis tres nobilissimi fundi,
id. Rosc. Am. 35, 99 et saep.:
accusator de plebe,
id. Brut. 34, 131:
pulsare minimum de plebe Quiritem,
Ov. Am. 1, 7, 29; cf. Liv. 7, 17:
malus poëta de populo,
Cic. Arch. 10, 25 et saep.:
partem solido demere de die,
Hor. Od. 1, 1, 20:
quantum de vita perdiderit,
Petr. 26:
praeteriine tuas de tot caelestibus aras,
Ov. Her. 21, 179; Juv. 1, 138. —
b.
Sometimes de with abl. takes the place of the gen. partit. or gen. obj. In the best writers this occurs mainly
(α).
to avoid ambiguity where genitives would be multiplied:
ne expers partis esset de nostris bonis,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 39:
ut aliquem partem de istius impudentia reticere possim,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32;
(β).
for greater precision:
si quae sunt de eodem genere,
id. Tusc. 4, 7, 16:
persona de mimo,
id. Phil. 2, 27, 65;
(γ).
in the poets, metri gratiā:
aliquid de more vetusto,
Ov. F. 6, 309; Grat. Cyneg. 17:
laudes de Caesare,
Ov. Pont. 4, 13, 23:
cetera de genere hoc,
Hor. Sat. 1, 1, 13; Lucr. 4, 746. This circumlocution was freq. [p. 514] in comic writers and in vulgar lang., and became more common in the declining periods of the lang., so that in the Romance tongues de, di, etc., with a case represent the earlier genitive (so, conscius, conscientia, meminisse, mentionem facere, recordari, etc., de aliqua re for alicujus rei, v. h. vv.).
2.
To indicate the property from which the costs of any thing are taken:
obsonat, potat, olet unguenta de meo,
Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 37; so,
de tuo,
Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 65:
de suo,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, 5; Suet. Caes. 19:
de nostro,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 11:
de vestro,
Liv. 6, 15, 10; cf.:
de vestris,
Ov. F. 3, 828:
de alieno,
Liv. 3, 1, 3; Just. 36, 3 fin.:
de publico,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44; Liv. 1, 20; 2, 16; 4, 60. For de tuo, once de te:
de te largitor puer,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17.—Also in a trop. sense:
ad tua praecepta de meo nihil his novum apposivi,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; cf. id. Men. 1. 2, 40; Cic. Fam. 4, 3; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 8.— Poet., to denote that out of which, or by which, one pays a penalty or suffers punishment:
has vestro de sanguine poenas datis,
Luc. 4, 805; cf.:
cum de visceribus tuis satisfacturus sis quibus debes,
Cic. Q. Frat. 1, 3, 7.
3.
To designate the material of which any thing is made, of, out of, from:
niveo factum de marmore signum,
Ov. M. 14, 313; cf. Verg. G. 3, 13:
verno de flore corona,
Tib. 2, 1, 59:
sucus de quinquefolio,
Plin. 26, 4, 11:
cinis de fico,
Pall. 1, 35, 3 et saep.:
de templo carcerem fleri,
Cic. Phil. 5, 7; cf. Flor. 2, 6, 32:
captivum de rege facturi,
Just. 7, 2, 11; cf.:
inque deum de bove versus erat,
Ov. F. 5, 616 et saep.:
fles de rhetore consul,
Juv. 7, 197.—Cf. trop. by means of:
de eodem oleo et opera exaravi nescio quid ad te,
Cic. Att. 13, 38.—Prov.:
de nihilo nihilum,
Pers. 3, 84; cf. Lucr. 1, 157 sq.
4.
In mental operations, to indicate the subject-matter or theme on which any mental act (thinking, considering, advising, determining, etc.; discoursing, informing, exhorting, deciding, disputing, doubting, etc.) is founded; of, about, concerning, Gr. peri:
cogitare de aliqua re, etc. (the most common signification): multa narrare de Laelio,
Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
dubitare de re,
id. Fam. 3, 10, 15:
de suo adventu docere,
Suet. Caes. 9:
de moribus admonere,
Sall. Cat. 5, 9 et saep.—With this, too, is connected its use,
5.
To indicate the producing cause or reason, for, on account of, because of:
nam id nisi gravi de causa non fecisset,
Cic. Att. 7, 7, 3; cf. id. de Or. 1, 41, 186; Cael ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15; Cic. Att. 11, 3:
de quo nomine ad arbitrum adiisti, de eo ad judicium venisti,
id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12:
flebat uterque non de suo supplicio, sed pater de filii morte, de patris filius,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 76:
de labore pectus tundit,
with pain, Plaut. Casin. 2, 6, 63:
incessit passu de vulnere tardo,
Ov. M. 10, 49:
humus fervet de corpore,
id. ib. 7, 560:
facilius de odio creditur,
Tac. H. 1, 34:
quod erat de me feliciter Ilia mater,
through me, Ov. F. 3, 233 et saep.
6.
To indicate the thing with reference to which any thing is done, with respect to, concerning:
de istac re in oculum utrumvis conquiescito,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 121: nil peccat de savio, Caec. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 11 (v. 161 Ribbeck):
credere de numero militum,
Cic. Att. 9, 1, 2:
de numero dierum fidem servare,
Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Sall. C. 50, 3:
de ceteris senatui curae fore,
id. Jug. 26, 1:
concessum ab nobilitate de consule plebeio,
Liv. 6, 42:
solem de virgine rapta consule,
Ov. F. 4, 581 et saep.—Ellipt.:
de argento somnium,
as for the money, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 50 (for which id. Heaut. 4, 2, 4: quod de argento sperem, nihil est): Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 1:
de Dionysio sum admiratus,
Cic. Att. 9, 12; id. Off. 1, 15, 47:
de me autem suscipe paullisper meas partes,
id. Fam. 3, 12, 2; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 36 et saep.:
de Samnitibus triumphare,
concerning, over, Cic. Sen. 16, 55; cf. Hor. 4, 2, 88:
de Atheniensibus victoria,
Curt. 8, 1, 33.
7.
To indicate the thing in conformity with which any thing is done, according to, after:
secundum: DE SENATVOS SENTENTIAD, S. C. de Bac.: fecisse dicas de mea sententia,
Plaut. Bac. 4, 9, 115; cf.:
de suorum propinquorum sententia atque auctoritate fecisse dicatur,
Cic. Cael. 29: de consilii sententia Mamertinis se frumentum non imperare pronunciat, id. Verr. 2, 5, 21 al.:
de ejus consilio velle sese facere,
Ter. Ph. 3, 1, 17:
vix de mea voluntate concessum est,
Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4:
de exemplo meo ipse aedificato,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 86:
de more vetusto,
Verg. A. 11, 142; Ov. M. 7, 606:
de nomine,
id. ib. 1, 447:
patrioque vocat de nomine mensem,
id. F. 3, 77.
8.
With adjectives to form adverbial expressions.
a.
De integro, anew ( = ab integro, ex integro; cf.: iterum, rursus, denuo), indidemque eadem aeque oriuntur de integro, atque eodem occidunt, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 17 Müll. (v. 92 Ribb.):
ratio de integro ineunda est mihi,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 56; id. Att. 13, 27; id. Fam. 12, 30, 2 et saep. (The combination de novo appears only in the contracted form denuo, v. h. v.).—
b.
De improviso, unexpectedly:
ubi de improviso interventum est mulieri,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 40; id. And. 2, 2, 23; id. Ad. 3, 3, 53; Caes. B. G. 2, 3; 5, 22; 5, 39 et saep.; Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151 et saep.—
c.
De transverso, unexpectedly:
ecce autem de transverso L. Caesar ut veniam ad se rogat,
Cic. Att. 15, 4 fin.; Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14.
► De is often put between an adj.
or pron. and its substantive; cf.
above multa de nocte, media de nocte, gravi de causa, etc.: qua de re,
Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 13; esp. in the judic. formula: qua de re agitur; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6; Cic. Brut. 79 fin. Also freq. after a simple relative:
quo de,
Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 41; 54, 104; 2, 11, 37:
qua de,
id. ib. 2, 23, 70 et saep.
II.
In composition the e becomes short before a vowel, as in dĕhisco, dĕhinc, dĕorsum, and coincides with it in the poets by synaeresis; cf.: dehinc, deinde, deinceps, deorsum; sometimes contraction takes place, as in debeo, debilis, dego, demo, from dehabeo, de-habilis, de-ago, de-emo.—
2.
Signif.
a.
Separation, departure, removal, taking away; off, away, down, out: decedo, demigro, demeto, depromo, descendo, devolvo, derivo, deflecto, etc.; and trop. dedico, denuntio; and in a downward direction, decido, decumbo, deprimo, demergo, delabor, defluo, demitto, desido, desideo, declivis, deculco, degredior, deicio, etc.—
b.
Cessation, removal of the fundamental idea ( = un-, de-, dis-): dearmo, deartuo, decresco, dedisco, dedecoro, dedignor, dedoceo, denascor, denormo, desum, etc.; and hence direct negation, as in dedecet, deformis, demens, etc.—
c.
With reference to the terminus of the action: defero, defigo, demitto, etc.; hence also trop., with reference to the extent of the action, to the uttermost, to exhaustion, through. out: debacchor, debello, dedolo, delino, delibuo, etc.: defatigo, delaboro, delasso, etc.; hence freq. a mere strengthening of the fundamental idea, = valde, thoroughly, much: demiror, demitigo, etc.—
d.
Giving a bad sense to the verb: decipio, delinquo, deludo, derideo, detestor.—
e.
Rarely, contraction from a broad into a narrow space, together: deligo, devincio. See also Hand Turs. II. p. 183-229.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > de
47 dies

dĭes (dīes, Liv. Andron. Fragm. Odys. 7), ēi ([etilde]ī, Verg. A. 4, 156; Hor. S. 1, 8, 35 et saep.;
dissyl.: di-ei,
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 31; also gen. dies, die, and dii—dies, as in acies, facies, pernicies, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 9, 14; Ann. v. 401 Vahl.; Cic. Sest. 12, 28 ap. Gell. l. l.:
die,
Prisc. p. 780 P.; even in Verg. G. 1, 208, where Gellius reads dies, v. Wagner ad loc., nearly all MSS. have die; cf. Rib. and Forbig. ad loc.; so,
die,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 59; id. Capt. 4, 2, 20; Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 5; id. B. C. 1, 14, 3; 3, 76, 2; Just. 2, 11, 17; cf. Oud. ad B. G. 2, 23, 1. Die appears to be certain in Sall. J. 52, 3; 97, 3. Also in Cic. Sest. 12, 28, Gellius reads dies, where our MSS., except the Cod. Lamb., have diei;
perh. those words do not belong to Cicero himself. Form dii,
Verg. A. 1, 636, Rib. and Forbig. after Serv. and Gell. l. l.— Dat., diēī, saep. die, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 120, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 1, 208; Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 48; id. Capt. 3, 1, 4; id. Trin. 4, 2, 1;
once dii,
id. Merc. 1, Prol. 13; cf. Roby, Gram. 1, 121 sq.); m. (in sing. sometimes f., esp. in the signif. no. I. B. 1.) [root Sanscr. dī, gleam: dinas, day; Gr. dios, heavenly; cf. Lat. Jovis (Diovis), Diana, deus, dīvus, etc. Old form, dius (for divus); cf.: nudius, diu, etc. The word also appears in composition in many particles, as pridem, hodie, diu, etc., v. Corss. Auspr. 2, 855 sq.], a day (cf.: tempus, tempestas, aetas, aevum, spatium, intervallum).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., the civil day of twenty-four hours.
(α).
Masc.:
dies primus est veris in Aquario... dies tertius... dies civiles nostros, etc.,
Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; cf. Plin. 2, 77, 79, § 188; Macr. S. 1, 3; Gell. 3, 2: REBVS IVRE IVDICATIS TRIGINTA DIES IVSTI SVNTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; and 15, 13 fin.; for which;
per dies continuos XXX., etc.,
Gai. Inst. 3, 78: multa dies in bello conficit unus, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 297 ed. Vahl.); cf.:
non uno absolvam die,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 73:
hic dies,
id. Aul. 4, 9, 11:
hic ille est dies,
id. Capt. 3, 3, 3:
ante hunc diem,
id. ib. 3, 4, 101:
illo die impransus fui,
id. Am. 1, 1, 98; cf.:
eo die,
Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.; 2, 6; 2, 32 fin.; 4, 11, 4; 5, 15 fin. et saep.:
postero die,
id. ib. 1, 15, 1; 3, 6, 3 et saep.; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17; Sall. J. 29, 5; 38, 9 et saep.:
in posterum diem,
Caes. B. G. 7, 41 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 65 fin. et saep.:
diem scito esse nullum, quo die non dicam pro reo,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3:
domi sedet totos dies,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34:
paucos dies ibi morati,
Caes. B. G. 7, 5, 4:
dies continuos XXX. sub bruma esse noctem,
id. ib. 5, 13, 3:
hosce aliquot dies,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 4; cf. id. Eun. 1, 2, 71 et saep.:
festo die si quid prodegeris,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 10; so,
festus,
id. Cas. 1, 49; id. Poen. 3, 5, 13; 4, 2, 26 et saep.—
(β).
Fem. (freq. in poetry metri gratiā; rare in prose), postrema, Enn. ap. Gell. 9, 14:
omnia ademit Una dies,
Lucr. 3, 912; cf. id. 3, 921; 5, 96 and 998: homines, qui ex media nocte ad proximam mediam noctem in his horis XXIV. nati sunt, una die nati dicuntur, Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 2, 2 (uno die, Macr. S. 1, 3):
quibus effectis armatisque diebus XXX., a qua die materia caesa est,
Caes. B. C. 1, 36 fin.:
Varronem profiteri, se altera die ad colloquium venturum,
id. ib. 3, 19, 4 (for which, shortly before: quo cum esset postero die ventum); cf.:
postera die,
Sall. J. 68, 2 (for which, in the same author, more freq.:
postero die): pulchra,
Hor. Od. 1, 36, 10:
suprema,
id. ib. 1, 13, 20:
atra,
Verg. A. 6, 429:
tarda,
Ov. M. 15, 868 et saep.—(But Caes. B. C. 3, 26, 1; 3, 37, 1, read altero, tertio.)—
b.
Connections:
postridie ejus diei, a favorite expression of Caesar,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23, 1: 1, 47, 2; 1, 48, 2 et saep., v. postridie;
and cf.: post diem tertium ejus diei,
Cic. Att. 3, 7; Sulpic. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Liv. 27, 35:
diem ex die exspectabam,
from day to day, id. ib. 7, 26 fin.; cf.:
diem ex die ducere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 5; for which also: diem de die prospectans, Liv. 5, 48; and: diem de die differre, id. 25, 25: LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO, for every day, day by day, daily, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf.:
affatim est hominum, in dies qui singulas escas edunt,
Plaut. Men. 3, 1, 10; so,
in dies,
every day, Cic. Top. 16, 62; Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7; 5, 58, 1; 7, 30, 4; Vell. 2, 52, 2; Liv. 21, 11 Drak.; 34, 11 al.; less freq. in sing.:
nihil usquam sui videt: in diem rapto vivit,
Liv. 22, 39; cf.:
mutabilibus in diem causis (opp. natura perpetua),
id. 31, 29 (in another signif. v. the foll., no. II. A. 3); and: cui licet in diem ( = singulis diebus, daily) dixisse Vixi, etc., Hor. Od. 3, 29, 42. And still more rarely: ad diem, Treb. Gallien. 17; Vop. Firm. 4:
ante diem, v. ante.—Die = quotidie or in diem,
daily, Verg. E. 2, 42; 3, 34:
quos mille die victor sub Tartara misi,
id. A. 11, 397:
paucissimos die composuisse versus,
Quint. 10, 3, 8:
saepius die,
Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 22: die crastini, noni, pristini, quinti, for die crastino, nono, etc., v. h. vv. crastinus, nonus, etc.; and cf. Gell. 10, 24; Macr. S. 1, 4.—
B.
In partic.
1.
A set day, appointed time, term in the widest sense of the word (for appearing before court, in the army, making a payment, etc.).
(α).
Masc.: MORBVS SONTICVS... STATVS DIES CVM HOSTE... QVID HORVM FVIT VNVM IVDICI ARBITROVE REOVE DIES DIFFISVS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12; Fest. p. 273, 26 Müll.; for which: STATVS CONDICTVSVE DIES CVM HOSTE, acc. to Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 4;
and with comic reference to the words of this law,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 5 (found also in Macr. S. 1, 16);
and freq.: status dies,
Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 1; Suet. Claud. 1; Flor. 1, 13, 16 et saep.:
hic nuptiis dictus est dies,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 75; cf.:
dies colloquio dictus est ex eo die quintus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 42, 4; so,
dictus,
id. ib. 5, 27, 5:
iis certum diem conveniendi dicit,
id. ib. 5, 57, 2:
die certo,
Sall. J. 79, 4; cf.
constituto,
id. ib. 13 fin.:
decretus colloquio,
id. ib. 113, 3:
praestitutus,
Liv. 3, 22:
praefinitus,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109; Gell. 16, 4, 3:
ascriptus,
Phaedr. 4, 11, 8 et saep.:
quoniam advesperascit, dabis diem nobis aliquem, ut contra ista dicamus,
Cic. N. D. 3, 40; Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 5; id. B. C. 1, 11, 2; Sall. J. 109, 3; Liv. 35, 35 et saep.:
dies ater,
an unlucky day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 25.—
(β).
Fem. (so commonly in this sense in class. prose, but only in sing., v. Mützell ad Curt. 3, 1, 8):
ut quasi dies si dicta sit,
Plaut. As. 5, 1, 11; so,
dicta,
Cic. Fam. 16, 10 fin.; cf.:
edicta ad conveniendum,
Liv. 41, 10 fin.:
praestituta,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; 2, 2, 28; Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 38; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14 fin.; id. Vatin. 15, 37; id. Tusc. 1, 39; Liv. 45, 11 et saep.; cf.
constituta,
Cic. Caecin. 11, 32; Caes. B. G. 1, 4, 2; 1, 8, 3: certa eius rei constituta, id. B. C. 3, 33, 1:
pacta et constituta,
Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24:
statuta,
Liv. 31, 29:
stata,
id. 27, 23 fin.:
certa,
Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 4, 5, 1, 8; id. B. C. 1, 2, 6; Nep. Chabr. 3 et saep.:
annua,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23; id. Att. 12, 3 fin.; cf.
longa,
Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 18:
die caecā emere, oculatā vendere,
i. e. to buy on credit and sell for cash, id. Ps. 1, 3, 67, v. caecus, no. II. B.:
haec dies summa hodie est, mea amica sitne libera, an, etc.,
id. Pers. 1, 1, 34:
puto fore istam etiam a praecone diem,
Cic. Att. 13, 3:
ubi ea dies venit (preceded by tempore ejus rei constituto),
Caes. B. G. 7, 3:
praeterita die, qua suorum auxilia exspectaverant,
id. ib. 7, 77, 1; cf. id. ib. 6, 33, 4:
esse in lege, quam ad diem proscriptiones fiant,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128 et saep.—
(γ).
Both genders together:
diem dicunt, qua die ad ripam Rhodani omnes conveniant: is dies erat a. d. V. Kal. Apr., etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6 fin.; Cic. Att. 2, 11; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; Liv. 34, 35 al.—
b.
Hence: dicere diem alicui, to impeach, lay an accusation against:
diem mihi, credo, dixerat,
Cic. Mil. 14, 36:
Domitium Silano diem dixisse scimus,
id. Div. in Caec. 20, 67.—
2.
A natural day, a day, as opp. to night: ut vel, quia est aliquid, aliud non sit, ut Dies est, nox non est; vel, quia est aliquid, et aliud sit: Sol est super terram, dies est, Quint. 5, 8, 7: pro di immortales, quis hic illuxit dies, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 76:
credibile non est, quantum scribam die, quin etiam noctibus,
in the daytime, id. Att. 13, 26:
negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,
in a single day and night, id. N. D. 2, 9, 24; cf.
in this signif.: die ac nocte,
Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 113:
nocte et die,
Liv. 25, 39;
and simply die,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 4; Quint. 10, 3, 8; cf.
also: currus rogat ille paternos, Inque diem alipedum jus et moderamen equorum,
Ov. M. 2, 48; and, connected with nox:
(Themistocles) diem noctemque procul ab insula in salo navem tenuit in ancoris,
Nep. Them. 8 fin.; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59; Liv. 22, 1 fin. —But more freq.: diem noctemque, like our day and night, i. q. without ceasing, uninterruptedly; Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 11; 7, 42 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 62;
for which less freq.: diem et noctem,
Hirt. B. Hisp. 38, 1;
diem ac noctem,
Liv. 27, 4 and 45:
noctemque diemque,
Verg. A. 8, 94; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 23:
continuate nocte ac die itinere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 11, 1; 3, 36, 8; and in plur.:
dies noctesque,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 49; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 113; Cic. Att. 7, 9 fin.; Nep. Dat. 4, 4 et saep.; also, reversing the order: noctesque diesque, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 338 ed. Vahl.); Hor. S. 1, 1, 76:
noctesque et dies,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 52; id. Eun. 5, 8, 49:
noctes atque dies,
Lucr. 2, 12; 3, 62; Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 51; Verg. A. 6, 127 al.:
noctes diesque,
id. ib. 9, 488:
noctes ac dies,
Cic. Arch. 11, 29:
noctes et dies,
id. Brut. 90, 308; id. de Or. 1, 61, 260; id. Tusc. 5, 25 and 39; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 49; cf.
also: neque noctem neque diem intermittit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 38:
Galli dies... sic observant, ut noctem dies subsequatur,
id. ib. 6, 18, 2 Herz ad loc. So, too, in gen.:
qui nocte dieque frequentat Limina,
Mart. 10, 58, 11:
cum die,
at break of day, Ov. M. 13, 677:
orto die ( = orta luce),
Tac. A. 1, 20; 1, 68; id. H. 2, 21:
ante diem ( = ante lucem),
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 35:
dies fit, late Lat. for lucescit,
Vulg. Luc. 22, 66: de die, in open day, broad day; v. de.—
3.
Dies alicujus (like the Heb. ; v. Gesen. Lex. s. h. v.).
a.
I. q. dies natalis, a birthday:
diem meum scis esse III. Non. Jan. Aderis igitur,
Cic. Att. 13, 42, 2; cf.
in full: natali die tuo,
id. ib. 9, 5 al. So the anniversary day of the foundation of a city is, dies natalis urbis, Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98.—
b.
I. q. dies mortis, dying-day:
quandocumque fatalis et meus dies veniet statuarque tumulo,
Tac. Or. 13 fin. Called, also: supremus dies. Suet. Aug. 99; id. Tib. 67; cf.:
supremus vitae dies,
Cic. de Sen. 21, 78; Suet. Aug. 61. Hence:
diem suum obire,
to die, Sulp. in Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2;
and in the same sense: obire diem supremum,
Nep. Milt. 7 fin.; id. Dion. 2 fin.; Suet. Claud. 1:
exigere diem supremum,
Tac. A. 3, 16:
explere supremum diem,
id. ib. 1, 6; 3, 76;
and simply: obire diem,
Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248; Suet. Tib. 4; id. Vesp. 1; id. Gr. 3; cf.
also: fungi diem,
Just. 19, 1, 1.—
c.
I. q. dies febris, fever-day: etsi Non. Mart., [p. 574] die tuo, ut opinor, exspectabam epistolam a te longiorem, Cic. Att. 9, 2 init.; 7, 8, 2 al.
II.
Transf.
A.
In gen. (from no. I. A.).
1.
A day, for that which is done in it (cf. the Hebr., the Gr. eleutheron êmar, etc.):
is dies honestissimus nobis fuerat in senatu,
Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 3:
non tam dirus ille dies Sullanus C. Mario,
id. Att. 10, 8, 7:
equites Romanos daturos illius diei poenas,
id. Sest. 12, 28:
hic dies et Romanis refecit animos et Persea perculit,
Liv. 42, 67 Drak.; cf. id. 9, 39 fin.; Vell. 2, 35 Ruhnk.; 2, 86; Just. 9, 3 fin.; Flor. 2, 6, 58 Duker.:
imponite quinquaginta annis magnum diem,
Tac. Agr. 34:
quid pulchrius hac consuetudine excutiendi totum diem?... totum diem mecum scrutor, facta ac dicta mea remetior, etc., Sen. de Ira, 3, 36: dies Alliensis, i. q. pugna Alliensis,
Liv. 6, 1; Suet. Vit. 11:
Cannensis,
Flor. 4, 12, 35 al. And so even of one's state of mind on any particular day:
qualem diem Tiberius induisset,
what humor, temper, Tac. A. 6, 20. —
2.
A day's journey:
hanc regionem, dierum plus triginta in longitudinem, decem inter duo maria in latitudinem patentem,
Liv. 38, 59; Just. 36, 2, 14 al.—
3.
In gen. (like, hêmera, and our day, for) time, space of time, period:
diem tempusque forsitan ipsum leniturum iras,
Liv. 2, 45;
so with tempus,
id. 22, 39; 42, 50: amorem intercapedine ipse lenivit dies, Turp. ap. Non. 522, 7;
so in the masc. gender: longus,
Stat. Th. 1, 638; Luc. 3, 139;
but also longa,
Plaut. Epid. 4, 1, 18; Plin. Ep. 8, 5 fin.; cf.
perexigua,
a brief respite, Cic. Verr. 1, 2 fin.:
nulla,
Ov. M. 4, 372 al.:
ex ea die ad hanc diem quae fecisti, in judicium voco,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12 fin.:
ut infringatur hominum improbitas ipsa die, quae debilitat cogitationes, etc.,
id. Fam. 1, 6; cf. id. ib. 7, 28 fin.; id. Tusc. 3, 22, 53 al.: indutiae inde, non pax facta;
quarum et dies exierat, et ante diem rebellaverant,
i. e. the term of the truce, Liv. 4, 30 fin.; 30, 24; 42, 47 fin. (for which: quia tempus indutiarum cum Veienti populo exierat, id. 4, 58).—Prov.:
dies adimit aegritudinem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 13: dies festus, festival-time, festival:—diem festum Dianae per triduum agi, Liv. 25, 23 et saep.:
die lanam et agnos vendat,
at the right time, Cato R. R. 150, 2:
praesens quod fuerat malum, in diem abiit,
to a future time, Ter. Ph. 5, 2, 16; so in diem, opp. statim, Q. Cic. Pet. cons. 12, 48;
and simply in diem,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 48; Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 19; Cic. Cael. 24.—Esp. freq. in diem vivere, to live on from day to day, regardless of the future, Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 169; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 33; Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 4 et saep; cf. the equivoque with de die, under de.—
B.
In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2— poet., and in postAug. prose).
1.
Light of day, daylight:
contraque diem radiosque micantes Obliquantem oculos,
Ov. M. 7, 411; 5, 444; 13, 602:
multis mensibus non cernitur dies,
Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 70; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6; 9, 36, 2 al.; also of the eyesight, Stat. Th. 1, 237;
and trop. of the conscience: saeva dies animi scelerumque in pectore Dirae,
id. ib. 1, 52.—
2.
For caelum, the sky, the heavens:
sub quocumque die, quocumque est sidere mundi,
Luc. 7, 189; 1, 153:
incendere diem nubes oriente remotae,
id. 4, 68; 8, 217; Stat. Th. 1, 201.—Hence, like caelum,
b.
The weather:
totumque per annum Durat aprica dies,
Val. Fl. 1, 845:
tranquillus,
Plin. 2, 45, 44, § 115:
mitis,
id. 11, 10, 10, § 20:
pestilens,
id. 22, 23, 49, § 104.—
3.
The air:
nigrique volumina fumi Infecere diem,
Ov. M. 13, 600:
cupio flatu violare diem,
Claud. in Ruf. 1, 63.
III.
Dies personified.
A.
I. q. Sol, opp. Luna, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21;
coupled with Mensis and Annus,
Ov. M. 2, 25.—
B.
As fem., the daughter of Chaos, and mother of Heaven and Earth, Hyg. Fab. praef.; of the first Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dies
48 ab

ăb, ā, abs, prep. with abl. This IndoEuropean particle (Sanscr. apa or ava, Etr. av, Gr. upo, Goth. af, Old Germ. aba, New Germ. ab, Engl. of, off) has in Latin the following forms: ap, af, ab (av), au-, a, a; aps, abs, as-. The existence of the oldest form, ap, is proved by the oldest and best MSS. analogous to the prep. apud, the Sanscr. api, and Gr. epi, and by the weakened form af, which, by the rule of historical grammar and the nature of the Latin letter f, can be derived only from ap, not from ab. The form af, weakened from ap, also very soon became obsolete. There are but five examples of it in inscriptions, at the end of the sixth and in the course of the seventh century B. C., viz.:
AF VOBEIS,
Inscr. Orell. 3114;
AF MVRO,
ib. 6601;
AF CAPVA,
ib. 3308;
AF SOLO,
ib. 589;
AF LYCO,
ib. 3036 ( afuolunt =avolant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 26 Mull., is only a conjecture). In the time of Cicero this form was regarded as archaic, and only here and there used in account-books; v. Cic. Or. 47, 158 (where the correct reading is af, not abs or ab), and cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. p. 7 sq.—The second form of this preposition, changed from ap, was ab, which has become the principal form and the one most generally used through all periods—and indeed the only oue used before all vowels and h; here and there also before some consonants, particularly l, n, r, and s; rarely before c, j, d, t; and almost never before the labials p, b, f, v, or before m, such examples as ab Massiliensibus, Caes. B. C. 1, 35, being of the most rare occurrence.—By changing the b of ab through v into u, the form au originated, which was in use only in the two compounds aufero and aufugio for abfero, ab-fugio; aufuisse for afuisse, in Cod. Medic. of Tac. A. 12, 17, is altogether unusual. Finally, by dropping the b of ab, and lengthening the a, ab was changed into a, which form, together with ab, predominated through all periods of the Latin language, and took its place before all consonants in the later years of Cicero, and after him almoet exclusively.—By dropping the b without lengthening the a, ab occurs in the form a- in the two compounds a-bio and a-perio, q. v.—On the other hand, instead of reducing ap to a and a, a strengthened collateral form, aps, was made by adding to ap the letter s (also used in particles, as in ex, mox, vix). From the first, aps was used only before the letters c, q, t, and was very soon changed into abs (as ap into ab):
abs chorago,
Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 79 (159 Ritschl):
abs quivis,
Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 1:
abs terra,
Cato, R. R. 51;
and in compounds: aps-cessero,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 24 (625 R.); id. ib. 3, 2, 84 (710 R): abs-condo, abs-que, abs-tineo, etc. The use of abs was confined almost exclusively to the combination abs te during the whole ante-classic period, and with Cicero till about the year 700 A. U. C. (=B. C. 54). After that time Cicero evidently hesitates between abs te and a te, but during the last five or six years of his life a te became predominant in all his writings, even in his letters; consequently abs te appears but rarely in later authors, as in Liv. 10, 19, 8; 26, 15, 12;
and who, perhaps, also used abs conscendentibus,
id. 28, 37, 2; v. Drakenb. ad. h. l. (Weissenb. ab).—Finally abs, in consequence of the following p, lost its b, and became ds- in the three compounds aspello, as-porto, and as-pernor (for asspernor); v. these words.—The late Lat. verb abbrevio may stand for adbrevio, the d of ad being assimilated to the following b.The fundamental signification of ab is departure from some fixed point (opp. to ad. which denotes motion to a point).
I.
In space, and,
II.
Fig., in time and other relations, in which the idea of departure from some point, as from source and origin, is included; Engl. from, away from, out of; down from; since, after; by, at, in, on, etc.
I.
Lit., in space: ab classe ad urbem tendunt, Att. ap. Non. 495, 22 (Trag. Rel. p. 177 Rib.):
Caesar maturat ab urbe proficisci,
Caes. B. G. 1, 7:
fuga ab urbe turpissima,
Cic. Att. 7, 21:
ducite ab urbe domum, ducite Daphnim,
Verg. E. 8, 68. Cicero himself gives the difference between ab and ex thus: si qui mihi praesto fuerit cum armatis hominibus extra meum fundum et me introire prohibuerit, non ex eo, sed ab ( from, away from) eo loco me dejecerit....Unde dejecti Galli? A Capitolio. Unde, qui cum Graccho fucrunt? Ex Capitolio, etc., Cic. Caecin. 30, 87; cf. Diom. p. 408 P., and a similar distinction between ad and in under ad.—Ellipt.: Diogenes Alexandro roganti, ut diceret, si quid opus esset: Nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, a little out of the sun, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92. —Often joined with usque:
illam (mulierem) usque a mari supero Romam proficisci,
all the way from, Cic. Clu. 68, 192; v. usque, I.—And with ad, to denote the space passed over: siderum genus ab ortu ad occasum commeant, from... to, Cic. N. D. 2, 19 init.; cf. ab... in:
venti a laevo latere in dextrum, ut sol, ambiunt,
Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.
b.
Sometimes with names of cities and small islands, or with domus (instead of the usual abl.), partie., in militnry and nautieal language, to denote the marching of soldiers, the setting out of a flcet, or the departure of the inhabitants from some place:
oppidum ab Aenea fugiente a Troja conditum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33:
quemadmodum (Caesar) a Gergovia discederet,
Caes. B. G. 7, 43 fin.; so id. ib. 7, 80 fin.; Sall. J. 61; 82; 91; Liv. 2, 33, 6 al.; cf.:
ab Arimino M. Antonium cum cohortibus quinque Arretium mittit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 11 fin.; and:
protinus a Corfinio in Siciliam miserat,
id. ib. 1, 25, 2:
profecti a domo,
Liv. 40, 33, 2;
of setting sail: cum exercitus vestri numquam a Brundisio nisi hieme summa transmiserint,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 32; so id. Fam. 15, 3, 2; Caes. B. C. 3, 23; 3, 24 fin.:
classe qua advecti ab domo fuerant,
Liv. 8, 22, 6;
of citizens: interim ab Roma legatos venisse nuntiatum est,
Liv. 21, 9, 3; cf.:
legati ab Orico ad M. Valerium praetorem venerunt,
id. 24, 40, 2.
c.
Sometimes with names of persons or with pronouns: pestem abige a me, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 50 Vahl.):
Quasi ad adulescentem a patre ex Seleucia veniat,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 41; cf.:
libertus a Fuflis cum litteris ad Hermippum venit,
Cic. Fl. 20, 47:
Nigidium a Domitio Capuam venisse,
id. Att. 7, 24:
cum a vobis discessero,
id. Sen. 22:
multa merces tibi defluat ab Jove Neptunoque,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 29 al. So often of a person instead of his house, lodging, etc.: videat forte hic te a patre aliquis exiens, from the father, i. e. from his house, Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6:
so a fratre,
id. Phorm. 5, 1, 5:
a Pontio,
Cic. Att. 5, 3 fin.:
ab ea,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 21; and so often: a me, a nobis, a se, etc., from my, our, his house, etc., Plaut. Stich. 5, 1, 7; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 50; Cic. Att. 4, 9, 1 al.
B.
Transf., without the idea of motion. To designate separation or distance, with the verbs abesse, distare, etc., and with the particles longe, procul, prope, etc.
1.
Of separation:
ego te afuisse tam diu a nobis dolui,
Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 2:
abesse a domo paulisper maluit,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39:
tum Brutus ab Roma aberat,
Sall. C. 40, 5:
absint lacerti ab stabulis,
Verg. G. 4, 14.—
2.
Of distance:
quot milia fundus suus abesset ab urbe,
Cic. Caecin. 10, 28; cf.:
nos in castra properabamus, quae aberant bidui,
id. Att. 5, 16 fin.; and:
hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 1:
terrae ab hujusce terrae, quam nos incolimus, continuatione distantes,
Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:
non amplius pedum milibus duobus ab castris castra distabant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 82, 3; cf. id. lb. 1, 3, 103.—With adverbs: annos multos longinque ab domo bellum gerentes, Enn. ap. Non. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 103 Vahl.):
cum domus patris a foro longe abesset,
Cic. Cael. 7, 18 fin.; cf.:
qui fontes a quibusdam praesidiis aberant longius,
Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5:
quae procul erant a conspectu imperii,
Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87; cf.:
procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt,
Caes. B. G. 5, 17, 1; and:
tu procul a patria Alpinas nives vides,
Verg. E. 10, 46 (procul often also with simple abl.;
v. procul): cum esset in Italia bellum tam prope a Sicilia, tamen in Sicilia non fuit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 6; cf.:
tu apud socrum tuam prope a meis aedibus sedebas,
id. Pis. 11, 26; and:
tam prope ab domo detineri,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6.—So in Caesar and Livy, with numerals to designate the measure of the distance:
onerariae naves, quae ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo vento tenebatur,
eight miles distant, Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 4; and without mentioning the terminus a quo: ad castra contenderunt, et ab milibus passunm minus duobus castra posuerunt, less than two miles off or distant, id. ib. 2, 7, 3; so id. ib. 2, 5, 32; 6, 7, 3; id. B. C. 1, 65; Liv. 38, 20, 2 (for which:
duo milia fere et quingentos passus ab hoste posuerunt castra,
id. 37, 38, 5). —
3.
To denote the side or direction from which an object is viewed in its local relations,=a parte, at, on, in: utrum hacin feriam an ab laeva latus? Enn. ap. Plaut. Cist. 3, 10 (Trag. v. 38 Vahl.); cf.:
picus et cornix ab laeva, corvos, parra ab dextera consuadent,
Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12: clamore ab ea parte audito. on this side, Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 4: Gallia Celtica attingit ab Sequanis et Helvetiis flumen Rhenum, on the side of the Sequani, i. e. their country, id. ib. 1, 1, 5:
pleraque Alpium ab Italia sicut breviora ita arrectiora sunt,
on the Italian side, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
non eadem diligentia ab decumuna porta castra munita,
at the main entrance, Caes. B. G. 3, 25 fin.:
erat a septentrionibus collis,
on the north, id. ib. 7, 83, 2; so, ab oriente, a meridie, ab occasu; a fronte, a latere, a tergo, etc. (v. these words).
II.
Fig.
A.
In time.
1.
From a [p. 3] point of time, without reference to the period subsequently elapsed. After:
Exul ab octava Marius bibit,
Juv. 1,40:
mulieres jam ab re divin[adot ] adparebunt domi,
immediately after the sucrifice, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 4:
Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1:
ab hac contione legati missi sunt,
immediately after, Liv. 24, 22, 6; cf. id. 28, 33, 1; 40, 47, 8; 40, 49, 1 al.:
ab eo magistratu,
after this office, Sall. J. 63, 5:
a summa spe novissima exspectabat,
after the greatest hope, Tac. A. 6, 50 fin. —Strengthened by the adverbs primum, confestim, statim, protinus, or the adj. recens, immediately after, soon after:
ut primum a tuo digressu Romam veni,
Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4; so Suet. Tib. 68:
confestim a proelio expugnatis hostium castris,
Liv. 30, 36, 1:
statim a funere,
Suet. Caes. 85;
and followed by statim: ab itinere statim,
id. ib. 60:
protinus ab adoptione,
Vell. 2, 104, 3:
Homerus qui recens ab illorum actate fuit,
soon after their time, Cic. N. D. 3, 5; so Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2; Verg. A. 6, 450 al. (v. also primum, confestim, etc.).—
Sometimes with the name of a person or place, instead of an action: ibi mihi tuae litterae binae redditae sunt tertio abs te die,
i. e. after their departure from you, Cic. Att. 5, 3, 1: in Italiam perventum est quinto mense a Carthagine Nov[adot ], i. e. after leaving (=postquam a Carthagine profecti sunt), Liv. 21, 38, 1:
secundo Punico (bello) Scipionis classis XL. die a securi navigavit,
i. e. after its having been built, Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192. —Hence the poct. expression: ab his, after this (cf. ek toutôn), i. e. after these words, hereupon, Ov. M. 3, 273; 4, 329; 8, 612; 9, 764.
2.
With reference to a subsequent period. From, since, after:
ab hora tertia bibebatur,
from the third hour, Cic. Phil. 2, 41:
infinito ex tempore, non ut antea, ab Sulla et Pompeio consulibus,
since the consulship of, id. Agr. 2, 21, 56:
vixit ab omni aeternitate,
from all eternity, id. Div. 1, 51, 115:
cum quo a condiscipulatu vivebat conjunctissime,
Nep. Att. 5, 3:
in Lycia semper a terrae motu XL. dies serenos esse,
after an earthquake, Plin. 2, 96, 98, § 211 al.:
centesima lux est haec ab interitu P. Clodii,
since the death of, Cic. Mil. 35, 98; cf.:
cujus a morte quintus hic et tricesimus annus est,
id. Sen. 6, 19; and:
ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumiun annum,
since, Sall. C. 47, 2:
diebus triginta, a qua die materia caesa est,
Caes. B. C. 1, 36.—Sometimes joined with usque and inde:
quod augures omnes usque ab Romulo decreverunt,
since the time of, Cic. Vat. 8, 20:
jam inde ab infelici pugna ceciderant animi,
from the very beginning of, Liv. 2, 65 fin. —Hence the adverbial expressions ab initio, a principio, a primo, at, in, or from the beginning, at first; v. initium, principium, primus. Likewise ab integro, anew, afresh; v. integer.—Ab... ad, from (a time)... to:
ab hora octava ad vesperum secreto collocuti sumus,
Cic. Att. 7, 8, 4; cf.:
cum ab hora septima ad vesperum pugnatum sit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26, 2; and:
a quo tempore ad vos consules anni sunt septingenti octoginta unus,
Vell. 1, 8, 4; and so in Plautus strengthened by usque:
pugnata pugnast usque a mane ad vesperum,
from morning to evening, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 97; id. Most. 3, 1, 3; 3, 2, 80.—Rarely ab... in: Romani ab sole orto in multum diei stetere in acie, from... till late in the day, Liv. 27, 2, 9; so Col. 2, 10, 17; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 2, 103, 106, § 229; 4, 12, 26, § 89.
b.
Particularly with nouns denoting a time of life:
qui homo cum animo inde ab ineunte aetate depugnat suo,
from an early age, from early youth, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 24; so Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44 al.:
mihi magna cum co jam inde a pueritia fuit semper famillaritas,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 9; so,
a pueritia,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 11, 27 fin.; id. Fam. 5, 8, 4:
jam inde ab adulescentia,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 16:
ab adulescentia,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1:
jam a prima adulescentia,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 23:
ab ineunte adulescentia,
id. ib. 13, 21, 1; cf.
followed by ad: usque ad hanc aetatem ab incunte adulescentia,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 20:
a primis temporibus aetatis,
Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:
a teneris unguiculis,
from childhood, id. ib. 1, 6, 2:
usque a toga pura,
id. Att. 7, 8, 5:
jam inde ab incunabulis,
Liv. 4, 36, 5:
a prima lanugine,
Suet. Oth. 12:
viridi ab aevo,
Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17 al.;
rarely of animals: ab infantia,
Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 182.—Instead of the nom. abstr. very often (like the Greek ek paioôn, etc.) with concrete substantives: a pucro, ab adulescente, a parvis, etc., from childhood, etc.:
qui olim a puero parvulo mihi paedagogus fuerat,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 90; so,
a pausillo puero,
id. Stich. 1, 3, 21:
a puero,
Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 115; id. Fam. 13, 16, 4 (twice) al.:
a pueris,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; id. de Or. 1, 1, 2 al.:
ab adulescente,
id. Quint. 3, 12:
ab infante,
Col. 1, 8, 2:
a parva virgine,
Cat. 66, 26 al. —Likewise and in the same sense with adject.: a parvo, from a little child, or childhood, Liv. 1, 39, 6 fin.; cf.:
a parvis,
Ter. And. 3, 3, 7; Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9:
a parvulo,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 8; id. Ad. 1, 1, 23; cf.:
ab parvulis,
Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 3:
ab tenero,
Col. 5, 6, 20;
and rarely of animals: (vacca) a bima aut trima fructum ferre incipit,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 13.
B.
In other relations in which the idea of going forth, proceeding, from something is included.
1.
In gen. to denote departure, separation, deterring, avoiding, intermitting, etc., or distance, difference, etc., of inanimate or abstract things. From: jus atque aecum se a malis spernit procul, Enn. ap. Non. 399, 10 (Trag. v. 224 Vahl.):
suspitionem et culpam ut ab se segregent,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 42:
qui discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18:
hic ab artificio suo non recessit,
id. ib. 1, 10, 20 al.:
quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:
condicionem quam ab te peto,
id. ib. 2, 4, 87; cf.:
mercedem gloriae flagitas ab iis, quorum, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34:
si quid ab illo acceperis,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 90:
quae (i. e. antiquitas) quo propius aberat ab ortu et divina progenie,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:
ab defensione desistere,
Caes. B. C. 2, 12, 4:
ne quod tempus ab opere intermitteretur,
id. B. G. 7, 24, 2:
ut homines adulescentis a dicendi studio deterream,
Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117, etc.—Of distance (in order, rank, mind, or feeling):
qui quartus ab Arcesila fuit,
the fourth in succession from, Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 46:
tu nunc eris alter ab illo,
next after him, Verg. E. 5, 49; cf.:
Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus,
next in rank to, Hor. S. 2, 3, 193:
quid hoc ab illo differt,
from, Cic. Caecin. 14, 39; cf.:
hominum vita tantum distat a victu et cultu bestiarum,
id. Off. 2, 4, 15; and:
discrepare ab aequitate sapientiam,
id. Rep. 3, 9 fin. (v. the verbs differo, disto, discrepo, dissideo, dissentio, etc.):
quae non aliena esse ducerem a dignitate,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7:
alieno a te animo fuit,
id. Deiot. 9, 24 (v. alienus). —So the expression ab re (qs. aside from the matter, profit; cf. the opposite, in rem), contrary to one's profit, to a loss, disadvantageous (so in the affirmative very rare and only ante-class.):
subdole ab re consulit,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 12; cf. id. Capt. 2, 2, 88; more frequently and class. (but not with Cicero) in the negative, non, haud, ab re, not without advantage or profit, not useless or unprofitable, adcantageous:
haut est ab re aucupis,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 71:
non ab re esse Quinctii visum est,
Liv. 35, 32, 6; so Plin. 27, 8, 35; 31, 3, 26; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Dom. 11; Gell. 18, 14 fin.; App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 31, 22 al. (but in Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 44, ab re means with respect to the money matter).
2.
In partic.
a.
To denote an agent from whom an action proceeds, or by whom a thing is done or takes place. By, and in archaic and solemn style, of. So most frequently with pass. or intrans. verbs with pass. signif., when the active object is or is considered as a living being: Laudari me abs te, a laudato viro, Naev. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 67: injuria abs te afficior, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:
a patre deductus ad Scaevolam,
Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
ut tamquam a praesentibus coram haberi sermo videretur,
id. ib. 1, 3:
disputata ab eo,
id. ib. 1, 4 al.:
illa (i. e. numerorum ac vocum vis) maxime a Graecia vetere celebrata,
id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:
ita generati a natura sumus,
id. Off. 1, 29, 103; cf.:
pars mundi damnata a rerum natura,
Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88:
niagna adhibita cura est a providentia deorum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 51 al. —With intrans. verbs:
quae (i. e. anima) calescit ab eo spiritu,
is warmed by this breath, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138; cf. Ov. M. 1, 417: (mare) qua a sole collucet, Cic. Ac. 2, 105:
salvebis a meo Cicerone,
i. e. young Cicero sends his compliments to you, id. Att. 6, 2 fin.:
a quibus (Atheniensibus) erat profectus,
i. e. by whose command, Nep. Milt. 2, 3:
ne vir ab hoste cadat,
Ov. H. 9, 36 al. —A substantive or adjective often takes the place of the verb (so with de, q. v.):
levior est plaga ab amico quam a debitore,
Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7; cf.:
a bestiis ictus, morsus, impetus,
id. Off. 2, 6, 19:
si calor est a sole,
id. N. D. 2, 52:
ex iis a te verbis (for a te scriptis),
id. Att. 16, 7, 5:
metu poenae a Romanis,
Liv. 32, 23, 9:
bellum ingens a Volscis et Aequis,
id. 3, 22, 2:
ad exsolvendam fldem a consule,
id. 27, 5, 6.—With an adj.:
lassus ab equo indomito,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 10:
Murus ab ingenic notior ille tuo,
Prop. 5, 1, 126:
tempus a nostris triste malis,
time made sad by our misfortunes, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 36.—Different from per:
vulgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus?
by whom and upon whose orders? Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80 (cf. id. ib. 34, 97: cujus consilio occisus sit, invenio; cujus manu sit percussus, non laboro); so,
ab hoc destitutus per Thrasybulum (i. e. Thrasybulo auctore),
Nep. Alc. 5, 4.—Ambiguity sometimes arises from the fact that the verb in the pass. would require ab if used in the active:
si postulatur a populo,
if the people demand it, Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58, might also mean, if it is required of the people; on the contrary: quod ab eo (Lucullo) laus imperatoria non admodum exspectabatur, not since he did not expect military renown, but since they did not expect military renown from him, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2, and so often; cf. Rudd. II. p. 213. (The use of the active dative, or dative of the agent, instead of ab with the pass., is well known, Zumpt, § 419. It is very seldom found in prose writers of the golden age of Roman liter.; with Cic. sometimes joined with the participles auditus, cognitus, constitutus, perspectus, provisus, susceptus; cf. Halm ad Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 71, and ad ejusdem, Cat. 1, 7 fin.; but freq. at a later period; e. g. in Pliny, in Books 2-4 of H. N., more than twenty times; and likewise in Tacitus seventeen times. Vid. the passages in Nipperd. ad Tac. A. 2, 49.) Far more unusual is the simple abl. in the designation of persons:
deseror conjuge,
Ov. H. 12, 161; so id. ib. 5, 75; id. M. 1, 747; Verg. A. 1, 274; Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; 1, 6, 2;
and in prose,
Quint. 3, 4, 2; Sen. Contr. 2, 1; Curt. 6, 7, 8; cf. Rudd. II. p. 212; Zumpt ad Quint. V. p. 122 Spalding.—Hence the adverbial phrase a se=uph heautou, sua sponte, of one's own uccord, spontaneously:
ipsum a se oritur et sua sponte nascitur,
Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 78:
(urna) ab se cantat quoja sit,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 21 (al. eapse; cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 66); so Col. 11, 1, 5; Liv. 44, 33, 6.
b.
With names of towns to denote origin, extraction, instead of gentile adjectives. From, of:
pastores a Pergamide,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 1:
Turnus ab Aricia,
Liv. 1, 50, 3 (for which Aricinus, id. 1, 51, 1):
obsides dant trecentos principum a Cora atque Pometia liberos,
Liv. 2, 22, 2; and poet.: O longa mundi servator ab Alba, Auguste, thou who art descended from the old Alban race of kings (=oriundus, or ortus regibus Albanis), Prop. 5, 6, 37.
c.
In giving the etymology of a name: eam rem (sc. legem, Gr. nomon) illi Graeco putant nomine a suum cuique tribuendo appellatam, ego nostro a legendo, Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 19: annum intervallum regni fuit: id ab re... interregnum appellatum, Liv. 1, 17, 6:
(sinus maris) ab nomine propinquae urbis Ambracius appellatus,
id. 38, 4, 3; and so Varro in his Ling. Lat., and Pliny, in Books 1-5 of H. N., on almost every page. (Cf. also the arts. ex and de.)
d.
With verbs of beginning and repeating: a summo bibere, in Plaut. to drink in succession from the one at the head of the table:
da, puere, ab summo,
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; so,
da ab Delphio cantharum circum, id Most. 1, 4, 33: ab eo nobis causa ordienda est potissimum,
Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21:
coepere a fame mala,
Liv. 4, 12, 7:
cornicem a cauda de ovo exire,
tail-foremost, Plin. 10, 16, 18:
a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,
Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18 al.
e.
With verbs of freeing from, defending, or protecting against any thing:
a foliis et stercore purgato,
Cato, R. R. 65 (66), 1:
tantumne ab re tuast oti tibi?
Ter. Heaut. 1, [p. 4] 1, 23; cf.:
Saguntini ut a proeliis quietem habuerant,
Liv. 21, 11, 5:
expiandum forum ab illis nefarii sceleris vestigiis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 11:
haec provincia non modo a calamitate, sed etiam a metu calamitatis est defendenda,
id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14 (v. defendo):
ab incendio urbem vigiliis munitam intellegebat,
Sall. C. 32:
ut neque sustinere se a lapsu possent,
Liv. 21, 35, 12:
ut meam domum metueret atque a me ipso caveret,
Cic. Sest. 64, 133.
f.
With verbs of expecting, fearing, hoping, and the like, ab =a parte, as, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 4: cum eadem metuam ab hac parte, since I fear the same from this side; hence, timere, metuere ab aliquo, not, to be afraid of any one, but, to fear something (proceeding from) from him:
el metul a Chryside,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 79; cf.:
ab Hannibale metuens,
Liv. 23, 36; and:
metus a praetore,
id. 23, 15, 7;
v. Weissenb. ad h. l.: a quo quidem genere, judices, ego numquam timui,
Cic. Sull. 20, 59:
postquam nec ab Romanis robis ulla est spes,
you can expect nothing from the Romans, Liv. 21, 13, 4.
g.
With verbs of fastening and holding:
funiculus a puppi religatus,
Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154:
cum sinistra capillum ejus a vertice teneret,
Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 3.
h.
Ulcisci se ab aliquo, to take vengeance on one:
a ferro sanguis humanus se ulciscitur,
Plin. 34, 14, 41 fin.
i.
Cognoscere ab aliqua re to knoio or learn by means of something (different from ab aliquo, to learn from some one):
id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 22.
j.
Dolere, laborare, valere ab, instead of the simple abl.:
doleo ab animo, doleo ab oculis, doleo ab aegritudine,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 62:
a morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 26; cf. id. Aul. 2, 2, 9:
a frigore et aestu ne quid laborent,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 17; so,
a frigore laborantibus,
Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 133; cf.:
laborare ab re frumentaria,
Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 1; id. B. C. 3, 9; v. laboro.
k.
Where verbs and adjectives are joined with ab, instead of the simple abl., ab defines more exactly the respect in which that which is expressed by the verb or adj. is to be understood, in relation to, with regard to, in respect to, on the part of:
ab ingenio improbus,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59:
a me pudica'st,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 51:
orba ab optimatibus contio,
Cic. Fl. 23, 54; ro Ov. H. 6,156: securos vos ab hac parte reddemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24 fin. (v. securus):
locus copiosus a frumento,
Cic. Att. 5, 18, 2; cf.:
sumus imparati cum a militibas tum a pecunia,
id. ib. 7, 15 fin.:
ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,
id. Brut. 16, 63:
ab una parte haud satis prosperuin,
Liv. 1, 32, 2 al.;
so often in poets ab arte=arte,
artfully, Tib. 1, 5, 4; 1, 9, 66; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 30.
l.
In the statement of the motive instead of ex, propter, or the simple abl. causae, from, out of, on account of, in consequence of: ab singulari amore scribo, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B fin.:
linguam ab irrisu exserentem,
thrusting out the tongue in derision, Liv. 7, 10, 5:
ab honore,
id. 1, 8; so, ab ira, a spe, ab odio, v. Drak. ad Liv. 24, 30, 1: 26, 1, 3; cf. also Kritz and Fabri ad Sall. J. 31, 3, and Fabri ad Liv. 21, 36, 7.
m.
Especially in the poets instead of the gen.:
ab illo injuria,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 129:
fulgor ab auro,
Lucr. 2, 5:
dulces a fontibus undae,
Verg. G. 2, 243.
n.
In indicating a part of the whole, for the more usual ex, of, out of:
scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto,
Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1:
nonnuill ab novissimis,
id. ib.; Cic. Sest. 65, 137; cf. id. ib. 59 fin.: a quibus (captivis) ad Senatum missus (Regulus).
o.
In marking that from which any thing proceeds, and to which it belongs:
qui sunt ab ea disciplina,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 7:
ab eo qui sunt,
id. Fin. 4, 3, 7:
nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt,
id. Mur. 30, 63 (in imitation of oi upo tinos).
p.
To designate an office or dignity (with or without servus; so not freq. till after the Aug. period;
in Cic. only once): Pollex, servus a pedibus meus,
one of my couriers, Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1; so,
a manu servus,
a secretary, Suet. Caes. 74: Narcissum ab eplstulis ( secretary) et Pallantem a rationibus ( accountant), id. Claud. 28; and so, ab actis, ab admissione, ab aegris, ab apotheca, ab argento, a balneis, a bibliotheca, a codicillis, a jumentis, a potione, etc. (v. these words and Inscr. Orell. vol. 3, Ind. xi. p. 181 sq.).
q.
The use of ab before adverbs is for the most part peculiar to later Latinity:
a peregre,
Vitr. 5, 7 (6), 8:
a foris,
Plin. 17, 24, 37; Vulg. Gen, 7, 16; ib. Matt. 23, 27:
ab intus,
ib. ib. 7, 15:
ab invicem,
App. Herb. 112; Vulg. Matt. 25, 32; Cypr. Ep. 63, 9: Hier. Ep. 18:
a longe,
Hyg. Fab. 257; Vulg. Gen. 22, 4; ib. Matt. 26, 58:
a modo,
ib. ib. 23, 39;
Hier. Vit. Hilar.: a nune,
Vulg. Luc. 1, 48:
a sursum,
ib. Marc. 15, 38.
► a.
Ab is not repeated like most other prepositions (v. ad, ex, in, etc.) with pron. interrog. or relat. after subst. and pron. demonstr. with ab:
Arsinoen, Stratum, Naupactum...fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc.,
Cic. Pis. 37, 91:
a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit. Quibus? An iis, quae in juventute geruntur et viribus?
id. Sen. 6:
a Jove incipiendum putat. Quo Jove?
id. Rep. 1, 36, 56:
res publica, quascumque vires habebit, ab iis ipsis, quibus tenetur, de te propediem impetrabit,
id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—
b.
Ab in Plantus is once put after the word which it governs: quo ab, As. 1, 1, 106.—
c.
It is in various ways separated from the word which it governs:
a vitae periculo,
Cic. Brut. 91, 313:
a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo,
id. Arch. 6, 12:
a minus bono,
Sall. C. 2, 6:
a satis miti principio,
Liv. 1, 6, 4:
damnis dives ab ipsa suis,
Ov. H. 9, 96; so id. ib. 12, 18; 13, 116.—
d.
The poets join a and que, making aque; but in good prose que is annexed to the following abl. (a meque, abs teque, etc.):
aque Chao,
Verg. G. 4, 347:
aque mero,
Ov. M. 3, 631:
aque viro,
id. H. 6, 156:
aque suis,
id. Tr. 5, 2, 74 al. But:
a meque,
Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1:
abs teque,
id. Att. 3, 15, 4:
a teque,
id. ib. 8, 11, §
7: a primaque adulescentia,
id. Brut. 91, 315 al. —
e.
A Greek noun joined with ab stands in the dat.: a parte negotiati, hoc est pragmatikê, removisse, Quint. 3, 7, 1.
III.
In composition ab,
1.
Retains its original signif.: abducere, to take or carry away from some place: abstrahere, to draw auay; also, downward: abicere, to throw down; and denoting a departure from the idea of the simple word, it has an effect apparently privative: absimilis, departing from the similar, unlike: abnormis, departing from the rule, unusual (different from dissimilis, enormis); and so also in amens=a mente remotus, alienus ( out of one's senses, without self-control, insane): absurdus, missounding, then incongruous, irrational: abutor (in one of its senses), to misuse: aborior, abortus, to miscarry: abludo; for the privative force the Latin regularly employs in-, v. 2. in.—
2.
It more rarely designates completeness, as in absorbere, abutor ( to use up). (The designation of the fourth generation in the ascending or descending line by ab belongs here only in appearance; as abavus for quartus pater, great-great-grandfather, although the Greeks introduced upopappos; for the immutability of the syllable ab in abpatrnus and abmatertera, as well as the signif. Of the word abavus, grandfather's grandfather, imitated in abnepos, grandchild's grandchild, seems to point to a derivation from avi avus, as Festus, p. 13 Mull., explains atavus, by atta avi, or, rather, attae avus.)

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49 bonae

bŏnus (old form dŭonus, Carm. Sall. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 67 Mull.), a, um, adj. [for duonus, cf. bellum, bis, and cf. root dvi-; hence deidô, deos], good; comp. melior, us [cf. Gr. mala, mallon], better; sup. optimus ( optumus, ante-class. and often class.) [root opof ops, opes; cf. copia, apiscor], best.
I.
Attributively.
A.
As adjunct of nouns denoting persons.
1.
Vir bonus.
(α).
A man morally good (kalos kagathos):
quoniam boni me viri pauperant, improbi alunt,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:
omnibus virtutibus instructos et ornatos tum sapientes, tum viros bonos dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28:
ille vir bonus qui... intolerabili dolore lacerari potius quam aut officium prodat aut fidem,
id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:
sive vir bonus est is qui prodest quibus potest, nocet nemini, certe istum virum bonum non facile reperimus,
id. Off. 3, 15, 64:
qui se ita gerunt ut eorum probitas, fides, integritas, etc.... hos viros bonos... appellandos putemus,
id. Lael. 5, 19:
non intellegunt se de callido homine loqui, non de bono viro,
id. Att. 7, 2, 4:
ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 12:
nec enim melior vir fuit Africano quisquam, nec clarior,
id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 14, 41; 1, 18, 48; id. Planc. 4, 9; id. Par. 3, 1, 21; id. Marcell. 6, 20; id. Fam. 7, 21; id. Off. 2, 16, 57.—
(β).
An honest man:
justitia, ex qua viri boni nominantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; 1, 44, 155; 2, 11, 39; 2, 12, 42; 2, 20, 71;
3, 12, 50: cum is sponsionem fecisset ni vir bonus esset,
id. ib. 3, 19, 77:
quoniam Demosthenes nec vir bonus esset, nec bene meritus de civitate,
id. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116.—
(γ).
A man of good standing in the community:
id viri boni arbitratu deducetur,
Cato, R. R. 143; so id. ib. 149:
tuam partem viri bono arbitratu... dari oportet,
Dig. 17, 1, [p. 244] 35;
37, 6, 2, § 2: quem voles virum bonum nominato,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55:
vir bonus est... quo res sponsore, et quo causae teste tenentur,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40.—Hence, ironically of wealthy men:
praetores jus dicunt, aediles ludos parant, viri boni usuras perscribunt,
Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3.—
(δ).
Ironically of bad men:
sed eccum lenonem Lycum, bonum virum,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 52; Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 9; 4, 3, 18; id. Ad. 3, 4, 30:
expectabam quinam isti viri boni testes hujus manifesto deprehensi veneni dicerentur,
Cic. Cael. 26, 63:
nam socer ejus, vir multum bonus est,
id. Agr. 3, 3, 13;
so especially in addresses (mostly comic.): age tu, illuc procede, bone vir!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 1; id. Curc. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 4, 7, 48; id. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 3, 5, 10; 5, 2, 5; id. Ad. 4, 2, 17; id. Eun. 5, 2, 11:
quid tu, vir optime? Ecquid habes quod dicas?
Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—
(ε).
Sometimes boni viri = boni, in the sense of optimates (v. I. A. 3.):
bonis viris quid juris reliquit tribunatus C. Gracchi?
Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—
(ζ).
As a conventional courtesy:
homines optimi non intellegunt, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:
bone accusator,
id. Rosc. Am. 21, 58:
sic illum amicum vocasti, quomodo omnes candidatos bonos viros dicimus,
gentlemen, Sen. Ep. 3, 1.—For bonus vir, a good husband, v. 3.; and for vir optimus, as a laudatory epithet, v. 5.—
2.
Boni homines (rare) = boni, better classes of society, v. II. A. 3:
in foro infimo boni homines atque dites ambulant,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14.—
3.
With nouns denoting persons in regard to their functions, offices, occupations, and qualities, denoting excellence:
bonus consul,
Liv. 4, 40, 6; 22, 39, 2 (different: consules duos, bonos quidem, sed dumtaxat bonos, amisimus, consuls of good sentiments, almost = bad consuls, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 4):
boni tribuni plebis,
Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 25:
bonus senator,
id. Prov. Cons. 15, 37:
senator bonus,
id. Dom. 4, 8:
bonus judex,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 34:
bonus augur (ironically),
id. Phil. 2, 32, 80:
bonus vates,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 27:
bonus imperator,
Sall. C. 60, 4:
bonus dux,
Quint. 12, 1, 43 (cf. trop.:
naturam, optimam ducem,
the best guide, Cic. Sen. 2, 5):
bonus miles,
Sall. C. 60, 4; Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:
bonus orator,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:
optimus orator,
id. Opt. Gen. 1, 3:
poeta bonus,
id. de Or. 1, 3, 11; 2, 46, 194; id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:
scriptor bonus,
Quint. 10, 1, 104:
bonus advocatus,
id. 5, 13, 10:
bonus defensor,
id. 5, 13, 3:
bonus altercator,
a good debater, id. 6, 4, 10:
bonus praeceptor,
id. 5, 13, 44; 10, 5, 22:
bonus gubernator,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:
optimus opifex,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:
sutor bonus,
id. ib. 1, 3, 125:
actor optimus,
Cic. Sest. 57, 122:
cantor optimus est modulator,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 130:
melior gladiator,
Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 33: agricola (colonus, dominus) bonus, Cato, R. R. prooem.; Cic. Sen. 16, 56:
bonus paterfamilias,
a thrifty head of the house, Nep. Att. 13, 1:
bonus servus,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 58; id. Am. 2, 1, 46; id. Men. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Mil. 22, 58:
dominus bonus,
Cato, R. R. 14:
bonus custos,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38.—Ironically, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57:
filius bonus,
Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 9:
patres,
Quint. 11, 3, 178:
parens,
id. 6, prooem. 4: bonus (melior, optimus), viz. a good husband, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51 sq.; Liv. 1, 9, 15:
uxor melior,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
amicus,
id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:
amicus optimus,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 18:
optimus testis,
Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:
auctor, in two senses,
good authority, id. Att. 5, 12, 3;
and = bonus scriptor (post-class.),
Quint. 10, 1, 74.—Esp.:
bonus civis (rarely civis bonus): in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint: talem enim solemus et sentire bonum civem et dicere, Cic.-Off. 1, 34, 124: eaque est summa ratio et sapientia boni civis, commoda civium non divellere, atque omnes aequitate eadem continere,
id. ib. 2, 23, 83:
eum esse civem et fidelem et bonum,
Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; 1, 9, 10; 3, 12, 1; 6, 6, 11; id. Off. 1, 44, 155; Liv. 22, 39, 3; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 10 Dietsch:
optimus et fortissimus civis,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; id. Sest. 17, 39.—
4.
Bonus and optimus as epithets of the gods.
(α).
In gen.:
sed te bonus Mercurius perdat,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 23:
fata... bonique divi,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 38:
divis orte bonis,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1:
O bone deus!
Scrib. Comp. 84 fin.: BONORVM DEORVM, Inscr. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84: totidem, pater optime, dixi, Tu mihi da cives, referring to Jupiter, Ov. M. 7, 627.—
(β).
Optimus Maximus, a standing epithet of Jupiter:
(Juppiter) a majoribus nostris Optimus Maximus (nominatur), et quidem ante optimus, id est beneficentissimus, quam Maximus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64:
Jovem optimum et maximum ob eas res appellant, non quod, etc.,
id. ib. 3, 36, 87:
in templo Jovis Optimi Maximi,
id. Sest. 56, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22:
nutu Jovis Optimi Maximi,
id. Cat. 3, 9, 21; Liv. 1, 12, 7; id. 6, 16, 2.—
(γ).
Di boni, O di boni, expressing indignation, sorrow, or surprise:
di boni, hunc visitavi antidhac!
Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16:
di boni, boni quid porto!
Ter. And. 2, 2, 1:
di boni, quid hoc morbi est,
id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 13; id. Ad. 3, 3, 86:
alter, O di boni, quam taeter incedebat!
Cic. Sest. 8, 19; id. Brut. 84, 288; id. Phil. 2, 8, 20; 2, 32, 80; id. Att. 1, 16, 5; 14, 21, 2; Val. Max. 3, 5, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 3.—
(δ).
Bona Dea, etc., v. 6.—
5.
Optimus as a laudatory epithet.
(α).
Vir optimus:
per vos nobis, per optimos viros optimis civibus periculum inferre conantur,
Cic. Sest. 1, 2:
virum optimum et constantissimum M. Cispium,
id. ib. 35, 76:
fratrem meum, virum optimum, fortissimum,
id. ib.:
consolabor hos praesentes, viros optimos,
id. Balb. 19, 44; id. Planc. 21, 51; 23, 55; id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Marcell. 4, 10; id. Att. 5, 1, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 53.—
(β).
Femina bona, optima:
tua conjunx bona femina,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:
hujus sanctissimae feminae atque optimae pater,
id. ib. —
(γ).
Senex, pater, frater, etc.:
optimus: parentes ejus, prudentissimi atque optimi senis,
Cic. Planc. 41, 97:
insuevit pater optimus hoc me,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 105; 2, 1, 12:
C. Marcelli, fratris optimi,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 6 (8), 2; 2, 4, 2.—
(δ).
With proper names ( poet.):
optimus Vergilius,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 54:
Maecenas optimus,
id. ib. 1, 5, 27:
optime Quinti,
id. Ep. 1, 16, 1.—
(ε).
Esp. as an epithet of the Roman emperors:
quid tam civile, tam senatorium quam illud, additum a nobis Optimi cognomen?
Plin. Pan. 2, 7:
gratias, inquit, ago, optime Princeps!
Sen. Tranq. 14. 4:
ex epistula optimi imperatoris Antonini,
Gai. Inst. 1, 102; cf.:
bene te patriae pater optime Caesar,
Ov. F. 2, 637:
optime Romulae Custos gentis,
Hor. C. 4, 5, 1.—
6.
Bonus and Bona, names of deities.
(α).
Bona Dea, the goddess of Chastity, whose temple could not be entered by males (cf. Macr. S. 1, 12; Lact. 1, 22):
Bonae Deae pulvinaribus,
Cic. Pis. 39, 95; id. Mil. 31, 86; id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; cf.
in mal. part.,
Juv. 2, 86 sq.; 6, 314 sq.; 6, 335 sq.—
(β).
Bonus Eventus, Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.; Amm. 29, 6, 19; Inscr. Orell. 907; 1780 sq.—
(γ).
Bona Fortuna:
si bona Fortuna veniat, ne intromiseris,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 22:
Bonae Fortunae (signum),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7:
FORTVNAE BONAE DOMESTICAE,
Inscr. Orell. 1743 sq. —
(δ).
Bona Spes:
Spes Bona, obsecro, subventa mihi,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 12:
BONAE SPEI,
Aug. Inscr. Grut. 1075, 1.—
(ε).
BONA MENS, Inscr. Orell. 1818 sqq.:
Mens Bona, si qua dea es, tua me in sacraria dono,
Prop. 3, 24, 19.
B.
With nouns denoting things.
1.
Things concrete, denoting excellence:
navis bona dicitur non quae pretiosis coloribus picta est... sed stabilis et firma,
Sen. Ep. 76, 13:
gladium bonum dices, non cui auratus est balteus, etc., sed cui et ad secandum subtilis acies est, et, etc.,
id. ib. 76, 14:
id vinum erit lene et bono colore,
Cato, R. R. 109; Lucr. 2, 418; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 9:
tabulas... collocare in bono lumine,
Cic. Brut. 75, 261: ex quavis olea oleum... bonum fieri potest. Cato, R. R. 3:
per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,
id. ib. 73; cf.:
bonae aquae, ironically compared to wine,
Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 28:
praedium bonum caelum habeat,
good temperature, Cato, R. R. 1:
bona tempestate,
in good weather, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:
(praedium) solo bono valeat,
by good soil, Cato, R. R. 1:
bonae (aedes) cum curantur male,
Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24:
villam bonam,
Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:
bonus pons,
Cat. 17, 5:
scyphi optimi (= optime facti),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:
perbona toreumata,
id. ib. 2, 4, 18, §
38: bona domicilia,
comfortable residences, id. N. D. 2, 37, 95:
agrum Meliorem nemo habet,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:
fundum meliorem,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: fundos optimos et fructuosissimos, id. Agr. 3, 4, 14:
equus melior,
id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
bona cena,
Cat. 13, 3:
boni nummi,
good, not counterfeit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:
super omnia vultus accessere boni,
good looks, Ov. M. 8, 678:
mulier bona forma,
of a fine form, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13:
equus formae melioris,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 52:
tam bona cervix, simul ac jussero, demetur,
fine, beautiful, Suet. Calig. 33:
fruges bonae,
Cat. 34, 19:
ova suci melioris,
of better flavor, Hor. S. 2, 4, 13.— Trop.:
animus aequus optimum est aerumnae condimentum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71: bona dextra, a lucky hand (cf.:
bonum omen, 2. e.),
Quint. 6, 3, 69:
scio te bona esse voce, ne clama nimis,
good, sound, loud voice, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43; so,
bona firmaque vox,
Quint. 11, 3, 13.—
2.
Things abstract.
a.
Of physical well-being:
ut si qui neget sine bona valetudine posse bene vivi,
Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 2; Lucr. 3, 102; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 26; 11, 2, 35 et saep.:
non bonus somnus de prandio est,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:
bona aetas,
prime of life, Cic. Sen. 14, 48:
optima aetate,
id. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—Ironically:
bona, inquis, aetate, etc.,
Sen. Ep. 76, 1.—
b.
Of the mind and soul:
meliore esse sensu,
Cic. Sest. 21, 47:
optima indoles,
id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:
bona conscientia,
Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:
bono ingenio me esse ornatam quam auro multo mavolo,
with a good heart, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 91; id. Stich. 1, 21, 59; Sall. C. 10, 5:
mens melior,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 78; Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Liv. 39, 16, 5; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 4; id. Ep. 10, 4; Pers. 2, 8; Petr. 61.—Personified, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 19; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 31:
duos optimae indolis filios,
Val. Max. 5, 7, 2; Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 6; Quint. 1, 2, 5:
bonum consilium,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6; id. Rud. 4, 3, 18; Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:
bona voluntas,
a good purpose, Quint. 12, 11, 31:
memoria bona,
Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:
bona ratio cum perdita... confligit,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:
bonae rationes,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 50:
pronuntiatio bona,
Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—
c.
Of moral relations:
ego si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71; Cic. Sest. 66, 139; Liv. 6, 11, 7; Hor. S. 1, 2, 61 (cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1;
v. e. infra): si ego in causa tam bona cessi tribuni plebis furori,
Cic. Sest. 16, 36; id. Planc. 36, 87; Ov. M. 5, 220:
fac, sis, bonae frugi sies,
of good, regular habits, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 35; id. Cas. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 5, 53; id. Truc. 1, 1, 13; id. Capt. 5, 2, 3 sq. (v. frux, II. B. 1. b.): vilicus disciplina bona utatur. Cato, R. R. 5:
bona studia,
moral pursuits, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:
quidquid vita meliore parasti,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 15: ad spem mortis melioris, an honorable death; so as an epithet of religious exercises:
Juppiter, te bonas preces precor,
Cato, R. R. 134; 139.—
d.
Of external, artistic, and literary value and usefulness:
bono usui estis nulli,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:
Optumo optume optumam operam das,
id. Am. 1, 1, 122:
bonam dedistis mihi operam,
a valuable service to me, id. Poen. 2, 3, 70; 3, 6, 11; id. Pers. 4, 7, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 11 (in a different sense: me bona opera aut mala Tibi inventurum esse auxilium argentarium, by fair or unfair means, id. Ps. 1, 1, 102;
v. e. infra): optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis... gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum,
Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:
bonum otium,
valuable leisure, Sall. C. 4, 1:
bonis versibus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:
versus meliores,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 81:
meliora poemata,
Hor. A. P. 303:
in illa pro Ctesiphonte oratione longe optima,
Cic. Or. 8, 26:
optimas fabulas,
id. Off. 1, 31, 114:
melius munus,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 7.—
e.
Favorable, prosperous, lucky, fortunate:
de Procilio rumores non boni,
unfavorable rumors, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 5:
bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,
about their success in the war, id. ib. 7, 26, 1:
si fuisset in discipulo comparando meliore fortuna,
id. Pis. 29, 71; cf.
fortuna optima esse,
to be in the best pecuniary circumstances, id. ad Brut. 1, 1, 2:
occasio tam bona,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:
senex est eo meliore condicione quam adulesoens cum, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 19, 68; id. Fam. 4, 32:
bona navigatio,
id. N. D. 3, 34, 83;
esp. in phrase bona spes.—Object.: ergo in iis adulescentibus bonam spem esse dicemus et magnam indolem quos, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117.—Subject.:
ego sum spe bona,
Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 3; id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; [p. 245] id. Att. 14, 1 a, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:
optima spe,
id. Fam. 12, 11, 2.—Pregn., = spes bonarum rerum, Sall. C. 21, 1;
v. C. 1. c. infra: meliora responsa,
more favorable, Liv. 7, 21, 6:
melior interpretatio,
Tac. H. 3, 65:
cum laude et bonis recordationibus,
id. A. 4, 38:
amnis Doctus iter melius,
i. e. less injurious, Hor. A. P. 68:
omen bonum,
a good, lucky omen, Cic. Pis. 13, 31; cf.
Liv. praef. § 13: melius omen,
Ov. F. 1, 221;
optimum,
Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2:
bona scaeva,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 24:
auspicio optumo,
id. ib. 3, 2, 6; cf.:
memini bene, sed meliore Tempore dicam = opportuniore tempore,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 68.—
f.
Of public affairs, si mihi bona re publica frui non licuerit, Cic. Mil. 34, 93:
optima res publica,
id. Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:
minus bonis temporibus,
id. Dom. 4, 8; so,
optimis temporibus,
id. Sest. 3, 6:
nostrae res meliore loco videbantur,
id. ad Brut. 1, 3, 1:
lex optima,
id. Pis. 16, 37; id. Sest. 64, 137; id. Phil, 1, 8, 19.—
g.
Good = large, considerable:
bono atque amplo lucro,
Plaut. Am. prol. 6:
bona librorum copia,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 109; cf.:
bona copia cornu,
Ov. M. 9, 88; v. bona pars, C. 8. g.—
h.
Noble; with genus, good family, noble extraction, honorable birth: quali me arbitraris genere prognatum? Eu. Bono, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 35; so id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; 2, 1, 3; id. Pers. 4, 4, 94:
si bono genere natus sit,
Auct. Her. 3, 7, 13.—
k.
Referring to good-will, kindness, faithfulness, in certain phrases.
(α).
Bona venia or cum bona venia, with the kind permission of a person addressed, especially bona venia orare, expetere, etc.:
primum abs te hoc bona venia expeto,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:
bona tua venia dixerim,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:
oravit bona venia Quirites, ne, etc.,
Liv. 7, 41, 3:
obsecro vos.. bona venia vestra liceat, etc.,
id. 6, 40, 10:
cum bona venia quaeso audiatis, etc.,
id. 29, 17, 6; Arn. c. Gent. 1, p. 5; cf.
. sed des veniam bonus oro = venia bona oro,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 5.—
(β).
Bona pax, without quarrelling:
bona pax sit potius,
let us have no quarrel about that, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 7;
so especially cum bona pace, or bona pace: Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit,
without a difficulty with the inhabitants, Liv. 21, 32, 6; 21, 24, 5; 1, 24, 3; 28, 37, 4; 8, 15, 1; cf.: si bonam (pacem) dederitis, = a fair peace, under acceptable conditions, id. 8, 21, 4.—
(γ).
Amicitia bona = bona fide servata, faithful, undisturbed friendship:
igitur amicitia Masinissae bona atque honesta nobis permansit,
Sall. J. 5, 5.—
(δ).
Bona societas, alliance:
Segestes, memoria bonae societatis, impavidus,
Tac. A. 1, 58.
C.
In particular phrases.
1.
Bonae res.
a.
= Vitae commoda, comforts of life, abstract or concrete:
concedatur bonis rebus homines morte privari,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87:
optimis rebus usus est,
he had every most desirable thing, Nep. Att. 18, 1.—
b.
= Res secundae, opp. res adversae, prosperity:
bonis rebus tuis, meas irrides malas,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:
in bonis rebus,
Hor. C. 2, 3, 2. —
c.
Res bona = res familiaris bona, wealth ( poet.): in re bona esse, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4.—Also an object of value:
homines quibus mala abunde omnia erant, sed neque res neque spes bona ulla,
who had no property, nor the hope of any, Sall. C. 21, 1. —
d.
Costly things, articles of luxury:
capere urbem in Arabia plenam bonarum rerum,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 46; 4, 4, 82:
nimium rei bonae,
id. Stich. 2, 3, 55:
ignorantia bonarum rerum,
Nep. Ages. 8, 5 ' bonis rebus gaudere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 110:
re bona copiosum esse,
Gell. 16, 19, 7.—
e.
Moral, morally good:
illi cum res non bonas tractent,
Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 72:
ut de virtutibus et vitiis, omninoque de bonis rebus et malis quaererent,
id. ib. 1, 4, 15:
quid habemus in rebus bonis et malis explorati?
id. ib. 2, 42, 129; so id. Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:
quae tamen omnia dulciora fuint et moribus bonis et artibus,
id. Sen. 18, 65.—
f.
In literary composition, important or interesting matter, subjects, or questions:
res bonas verbis electis dictas quis non legat?
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8:
studiis generorum, praesertim in re bona,
Plaut. Am. 8, 26.—
2.
Bonae artes.
(α).
A good, laudable way of dealing:
qui praeclari facinoris aut artis bonae famam quaerit,
Sall. C. 2, 9:
huic bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit,
id. ib. 11, 2:
quod is bonarum artium cupiens erat,
Tac. A. 6, 46.—
(β).
Liberal arts and sciences:
litteris aut ulli bonae arti,
Quint. 12, 1, 7:
conservate civem bonarum artium, bonarum partium, bonorum virorum,
Cic. Sest. 32, 77. —Esp.:
optimae artes: optimarum artium scientia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 4; id. Ac. 2, 1, 1; id. Cael. 10, 24; id. Marcell. 1, 4.—
3.
Bona fides, or fides bona.
a.
Good faith, i. e. conscious honesty in acts or words: qui nummos fide bona solvit, who pays (the price of labor) in good faith, i. e. as it is honestly earned, Cato, R. R. 14:
dic, bona fide, tu id aurum non subripuisti?
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46; 4, 10, 47; id. Capt. 4, 2, 111; id. Most. 3, 1, 137; id. Poen. 1, 3, 30; id. Pers. 4, 3, 16; id. Ps. 4, 6, 33:
si tibi optima fide omnia concessit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144; Quint. 10, 3, 23.—Hence, bonae fidei vir, a conscientious man, Quint. 10, 7, 1.—
b.
Jurid. t. t.
(α).
Good faith in contracts and legal acts in general, opposed to dolus malus, honesty and fairness in dealing with another:
ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere, notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,
Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67.—Hence, alienam rem bona fide emere, to buy, believing the seller to be the rightful owner, Dig. 41, 3, 10; 41, 3, 13, § 1. bonae fidei possessor (also possessio), believing that he is the rightful owner, ib. 5, 3, 25, § 11; 5, 3, 22; 41, 3, 15, § 2;
41, 3, 24: conventio contra bonam fidem et mores bonos,
ib. 16, 31, § 7: bonam fidem praestare, to be responsible for one ' s good faith, ib. 17, 1, 10 prooem.—Hence,
(β).
Bonae fidei actiones or judicia, actions in equity, i. e. certain classes of actions in which the strict civil law was set aside by the praetorian edict in favor of equity:
actiones quaedam bonae fidei sunt, quaedam stricti juris. Bonae fidei sunt haec: exempto vendito, locato conducto, etc.,
Just. Inst. 4, 6, 28, § 19.—In the republican time the praetor added in such actions to his formula for the judex the words ex fide bona, or, in full:
quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bona,
Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:
iste dolus malus et legibus erat vindicatus, et sine lege, judiciis in quibus additur ex fide bona,
id. ib. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. ib. 3, 17, 70.—
4.
Bona verba.
(α).
Kind words:
Bona verba quaeso,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 33.—
(β).
Words of good omen (v. omen):
dicamus bona verba,
Tib. 2, 2, 1:
dicite suffuso ter bona verba mero,
Ov. F. 2, 638.—
(γ).
Elegant or well-chosen expressions:
quid est tam furiosum quam verborum vel optimorum atque ornatissimorum sonitus inanis,
Cic. Or. 1, 12, 51:
verborum bonorum cursu,
id. Brut. 66, 233:
omnia verba sunt alicubi optima,
Quint. 10, 1, 9.—
(δ).
Moral sayings:
non est quod contemnas bona verba et bonis cogitationibus plena praecordia,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 1. —
5.
Bona dicta.
(α).
Polite, courteous language:
hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit leniter dictis bonis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 25.—
(β).
Witticisms ( bon-mots): flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi, quam bona dicta teneat, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 2, 54, 222:
dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus quibus solebam menstruales epulas ante adipiscier,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22:
ibo intro ad libros ut discam de dictis melioribus,
id. Stich. 2, 3, 75.—
6.
Bona facta.
(α).
= bene facta (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.), laudable deeds:
nobilitas ambobus et majorum bona facta (sc. erant),
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(β).
Bonum factum est, colloq., = bene est, bene factum est (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.):
bonum factum est, ut edicta servetis mea,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 16:
haec imperata quae sunt pro imperio histrico, bonum hercle factum (est) pro se quisque ut meminerit,
id. ib. 45.— Hence,
(γ).
Elliptically, introducing commands which cannot be enforced, = if you will do so, it will be well:
peregrinis in senatum allectis, libellus propositus est: bonum factum, ne quis senatori novo curiam monstrare velit,
Suet. Caes. 80:
et Chaldaeos edicere: bonum factum, ne Vitellius... usquam esset,
id. Vit. 14:
hac die Carthaginem vici: bonum factum, in Capitolium eamus, et deos supplicemus,
Aur. Vict. 49; cf.:
o edictum, cui adscribi non poterit bonum factum,
Tert. Pud. 1.—
7.
Bona gratia.
(α).
A friendly understanding:
cur non videmus inter nos haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17; so,
per gratiam bonam abire,
to part with good feelings, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 33.—In jest: sine bona gratia abire, of things cast away, Plaut Truc. 2, 7, 15.—
(β).
Pleon., in the phrase bonam gratiam habere, = gratiam habere, to thank (v. B. 2. k.), Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 32; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 99.—
8.
Bona pars.
(α).
The well-disposed part of a body of persons:
ut plerumque fit, major pars (i. e. of the senate) meliorem vicit,
Liv. 21, 4, 1:
pars melior senatus ad meliora responsa trahere,
id. 7, 21, 6.—
(β).
The good party, i. e. the optimates (gen. in plur.):
civem bonarum partium,
Cic. Sest. 32, 77:
(fuit) meliorum partium aliquando,
id. Cael. 6, 13:
qui sibi gratiam melioris partis velit quaesitam,
Liv. 2, 44, 3.—Paronom.: (Roscius) semper partium in re publica tam quam in scaena optimarum, i. e. party and part in a drama, Cic. Sest. 56, 120.—
(γ).
Of things or persons, a considerable part (cf. a good deal):
bonam partem ad te adtulit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 43:
bonam partem sermonis in hunc diem esse dilatam,
Cic. Or. 2, 3, 14:
bonam magnamque partem exercitus,
Val. Max. 5, 2, ext. 4:
bona pars noctium,
Quint. 12, 11, 19:
bona pars hominum,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:
meae vocis... bona pars,
id. C. 4, 2, 46; so id. A. P. 297; Ov. P. 1, 8, 74:
melior pars diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156.—
(δ).
Rarely, and mostly eccl. Lat.: optima pars, the best part or lot:
nostri melior pars animus est,
Sen. Q. N. 1, prooem. § 14; cf.:
quae pars optima est in homine,
best, most valuable, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:
major pars aetatis, certe melior reipublicae data sit,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 1:
Maria optimam partem elegit, quae non auferetur ab ea,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 42.—
(ε).
Adverb.:
bonam partem = ex magna parte,
Lucr. 6, 1249.—
(ζ).
Aliquem in optimam partem cognoscere, to know somebody from his most favorable side, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: aliquid in optimam partem accipere, to take something in good part, interpret it most favorably:
Caesar mihi ignoscit quod non venerim, seseque in optimam partem id accipere dicit,
id. Att. 10, 3 a, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 3:
quaeso ut hoc in bonam partem accipias,
id. Rosc. Am. 16, 45.—
9.
Dies bonus or bona.
(α).
A day of good omen, a fortunate day (= dies laetus, faustus):
tum tu igitur die bono, Aphrodisiis, addice, etc.,
Plaut. Poen. 2, 49:
nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die,
Ov. F. 1, 72.—
(β).
A beautiful, serene day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 3.—
10.
Bonus mos.
(α).
Boni mores, referring to individuals, good, decent, moral habits:
nihil est amabilius quam morum similitudo bonorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56:
nam hic nimium morbus mores invasit bonos,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 6:
domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
propter ejus suavissimos et optimos mores,
Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:
cum per tot annos matronae optimis moribus vixerint,
Liv. 34, 6, 9:
mores meliores,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 18.—
(β).
Bonus mos or boni mores, in the abstract, morality, the laws, rules of morality: ei vos morigerari mos bonu'st, it is a rule of morality that you should, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:
ex optimo more et sanctissima disciplina,
Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:
neglegentia boni moris,
Sen. Ep. 97, 1.—Jurid. t. t.:
conventio, mandatum contra bonos mores,
in conflict with morality, Quint. 3, 1, 57; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 7; Gai. Inst. 3, 157 et saep. —
11.
Adverbial phrases.
a.
Bono animo esse, or bonum animum habere.
(α).
To be of good cheer or courage:
bono animo es! Liberabit ille te homo,
Plaut. Merc 3, 1, 33; so id. Aul. 4, 10, 61; id. Mil. 4, 8, 32; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4; id. Heaut. 4, 6, 18; id. Ad. 2, 4, 20; 3, 5, 1; 4, 2, 4; 4, 5, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 72:
animo bono es,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 103; id. Am. 2, 2, 48; 5, 2, 1:
bono animo es, inquit Scrofa, et fiscinam expedi,
Varr. R. R. 1, 26:
bono animo sint et tui et mei familiares,
Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1; 6, 10, 29:
bono animo esse jubere eam consul,
Liv. 39, 13, 7:
habe modo bonum animum,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 58; so id. Am. 1, 3, 47; id. Truc. 2, 6, 44; id. Aul. 2, 2, 15:
habe animum bonum,
id. Cas. 2, 6, 35; id. Ep. 2, 2, 1; 4, 2, 31:
bonum animum habe,
Liv. 45, 8, 5:
clamor ortus ut bonum animum haberet,
id. 8, 32, 1; so Sen. Ep. 87, 38.—
(β).
Bono animo esse, or facere aliquid, to be of a good or friendly disposition, or to do with good, honest intentions:
audire jubet vos imperator histricus, bonoque ut animo sedeant in subselliis qui, etc.,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 5: sunt enim (consules) [p. 246] optimo animo, summo consilio, of the best disposition, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:
bono te animo tum populus Romanus... dicere existimavit ea quae sentiebatis, sed, etc.,
id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:
quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Quint. 7, 4, 15.—
(γ).
Bonus animus, good temper, patience:
bonus animus in mala re dimidium mali est,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 37:
vos etiam hoc animo meliore feratis,
Ov. M. 9, 433.—
b.
Bono modo.
(α).
= placide, with composure, moderation:
si quis quid deliquerit, pro noxa bono modo vindicet,
Cato, R. R. 5:
haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia, mihi autem bono modo, tantum quantum videbitur,
Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137.—
(β).
In a decent manner:
neu quisquam prohibeto filium quin amet... quod bono fiat modo,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 62. —
c.
Jure optimo or optimo jure, with good, perfect right:
te ipse jure optumo incuses licet,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23; id. Rud. 2, 6, 53:
ut jure optimo me deserere posses,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6; Sen. Ot. Sap. 2 (29), 2.—With pass. or intr. verb, deservedly:
ne jure optimo irrideamur,
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 151; id. Marcell. 1, 4;
similarly, optimo judicio,
Val. Max. 2, 9, 2.
II.
As subst.
A.
bŏnus, boni, m.; of persons.
1.
In sing. or plur. orig. = bonus vir, boni viri; v. I. A. 1. a. b, supra, a morally good man.
(α).
Plur.:
bonis quod bene fit haud perit,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 2, 108; id. Trin. 2, 1, 55; id. Pers. 4, 5, 2:
melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto,
Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:
verum esse ut bonos boni diligant, quamobrem... bonis inter bonos quasi necessariam (esse) benevolentiam,
id. Lael. 14, 50:
diverso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra... habere,
Sall. C. 52, 13; 7, 2; 52, 22:
oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52:
tam bonis quam malis conduntur urbes,
Sen. Ben. 4, 28, 4; so id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 9, 2, 76.—Rarely bŏnae, arum, f., good women:
quia omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 41.—
(β).
Sing.:
malus bonum malum esse volt ut sit sui similis,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 8:
nec enim cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99; cf.:
qui meliorem audax vocet in jus,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 29.—
2.
Bonus, a man of honor.
(α).
A brave man:
pro qua (patria) quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere si ei sit profuturus?
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:
libertatem quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittat,
Sall. C. 33, 5:
fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 29 (opp. ignavi):
fama impari boni atque ignavi erant,
Sall. J. 57, 6; 53, 8; id. C. 11, 2. —
(β).
A gentleman:
quis enim umquam, qui paululum modo bonorum consuetudinem nosset, litteras ad se ab amico missas... in medium protulit?
Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—
3.
Boni, the better (i. e. higher) classes of society.
(α).
In gen. (of political sentiments, = optimates, opp. populares, seditiosi, perditi cives, etc.;
so usu. in Cic.): meam causam omnes boni proprie enixeque susceperant,
Cic. Sest. 16, 38:
audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur... boni, nescio quomodo, tardiores sunt, etc.,
id. ib. 47, 100:
ego Kal. Jan. senatum et bonos omnes legis agrariae... metu liberavi,
id. Pis. 2, 4:
etenim omnes boni, quantum in ipsis fuit, Caesarem occiderunt,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 29; id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; 5, 21, 2; id. Sest. 2, 5; 16, 36; 48, 103; id. Planc. 35, 86; id. Mil. 2, 5; id. Off. 2. 12, 43:
maledictis increpat omnes bonos,
Sall. C. 21, 4; 19, 2; 33, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; so,
optimi,
Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 37; and, ironically, boni identified with the rich:
bonorum, id est lautorum et locupletum,
id. Att. 8, 1, 3.—
(β).
Without reference to political views;
opp. vulgus (rare): nihil ego istos moror fatuos mores quibus boni dedecorant se,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22:
semper in civitate quibus opes nullae sunt bonis invident,
Sall. C. 37, 3:
elatus est sine ulla pompa funeris, comitantibus omnibus bonis, maxima vulgi frequentia,
Nep. Att. 22, 2.—So, mĕlĭōres, um, m., one ' s betters:
ut quaestui habeant male loqui melioribus,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 13:
da locum melioribus,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 37.—
4.
Boni, bone, in addresses, as an expression of courtesy, Hor. S. 2, 2, 1; 2, 6, 51; 2, 6, 95; id. Ep. 2, 2, 37; ironice, id. S. 2, 3, 31.—
5.
Optimus quisque = quivis bonus, omnes boni.
(α).
Referring to morality:
esse aliquid natura pulcrum quod optimus quisque sequeretur,
every good man, Cic. Sen. 13, 43:
qui ita se gerebant ut sua consilia optimo cuique probarent, optimates habebantur,
id. Sest. 45, 96; id. Off. 1, 43, 154; id. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Sest. 54, 115; and = even the best:
quare deus optimum quemque mala valetudine adficit?
Sen. Prov. 4, 8.—
(β).
Of the educated classes:
adhibenda est quaedam reverentia adversus homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 85:
Catilina plerisque consularibus, praeterea optumo cuique, litteras mittit,
Sall. C. 34, 2:
optimo cuique infesta libertas,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 2 (32 fin.).—
(γ).
Honorable, brave:
optumus quisque cadere et sauciari, ceteris metus augeri,
Sall. J. 92, 8.—
(δ).
In gen., excellent:
optimus quisque facere quam dicere... malebat,
Sall. C. 8, 5.—
(ε).
Distributively:
ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,
to the best man in each instance, Sall. C. 2, 6.—
(ζ).
Referring to another superlative ( = quo quisque melior eo magis, etc.):
hic aditus laudis qui semper optimo cuique maxime patuit,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; so id. Lael. 4, 14; id. Inv. 2, 11, 36; Sen. Vit. Beat. 18, 1.—
(η).
Attributively, with a noun:
optimam quamque causam,
Cic. Sest. 43, 93:
optima quaeque dies,
Verg. G. 3, 66.
2.
bŏnum, i, n., plur. bona; mĕlĭus, ōris, n.; optĭmum, i, n. (v. infra); of things in gen.
1.
Bonum, or plur. bona, a good, or goods in a moral and metaphysical sense, a moral good, a blessing: sunt autem hae de finibus defensae sententiae: nihil bonum nisi honestum, ut Stoici; nihil bonum nisi voluptatem, ut Epicurus;
nihil bonum nisi vacuitatem doloris, ut Hieronymus... tria genera bonorum, maxima animi, secunda corporis, externa tertia, ut Peripatetici, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 84 sq.:
quid est igitur bonum? Si quid recte fit et honeste et cum virtute, id bene fieri vere dicitur, et quod rectum et honestum et cum virtute est, id solum opinor bonum,
id. Par. 1, 1, 9:
ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud simplex et verum bonum quod non possit ab honestate sejungi,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 7:
non-est igitur voluptas bonum,
id. Fin. 1, 11, 39: finis bonorum et malorum (telos agathôn) = summa bona et mala:
sunt nonnullae disciplinae quae, propositis bonorum et malorum finibus, officium omne pervertant. Nam qui summum bonum sic instituit ut, etc.,
id. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Par. 1, 3, 14; id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; 2, 36, 114; 2, 42, 129; id. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 1, 12, 42; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 5; id. Ep. 117, 1 et saep.—
2.
Bonum, what is valuable, beneficial, estimable, favorable, pleasant, physically or mentally:
quoi boni Tantum adfero quantum ipsus a diis optat,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 9:
multa bona vobis volt facere,
will do you much good, id. Poen. 5, 4, 60; id. Am. prol. 43, 49; id. Pers. 4, 8, 4; 2, 3, 14; id. Cas. 2, 8, 32:
tum demum nostra intellegemus bona quom ea amisimus,
id. Capt. 1, 2, 33:
multa tibi di dent bona,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; 3, 3, 74; id. Mil. 3, 1, 120; id. Men. 3, 3, 34; id. Pers. 4, 3, 23; id. Truc. 1, 2, 23; id. Merc. 1, 2, 40; id. Most. 1, 1, 47:
omnia Bona dicere,
to speak in the highest terms of one, Ter. And. 1, 1, 70:
sed ne vivus quidem bono caret, si eo non indiget,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:
cum quaecumque bona Peripateticis, eadem Stoicis commoda viderentur,
id. ib. 5, 41, 120:
nihil enim boni nosti,
nothing that is good for any thing, id. Phil. 2, 7, 16:
mala pro bonis legere dementia est,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 1; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 73:
quia bonum sit valere,
a good thing, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (cf. III. A. 5. infra):
melius: quo quidem haud scio an... quidquam melius sit homini a dis immortalibus datum,
id. Lael. 6, 20:
meliora... Aristotelem de istis rebus scripsisse,
id. Or. 1, 10, 43:
optimum: difficillimum est formam exponere optimi,
id. ib. 11, 36.— Here belongs the phrase boni consulere;
v. consulo.—So after prepositions: in bonum vertere, v. under verto: in melius ire,
to change for the better, Tac. A. 12, 68.—In the same sense: in melius aliquid referre, or reflectere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 281; 11, 426; 10, 632:
ad melius transcurrere,
to pass over to something better, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82.—
3.
Bonum or bona, prosperity:
fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post patitur bonum,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 58:
nulli est homini perpetuum bonum,
id. Curc. 1, 3, 33:
unā tecum bona, mala tolerabimus,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 23:
quibus in bonis fuerint et nunc quibus in malis sint, ostenditur ( = in secundis, in adversis rebus),
Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 107.—
4.
Good qualities, gifts:
omnia adsunt bona, quem penes'st virtus,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 30:
magnis illi et divinis bonis hanc licentiam adsequebantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:
nisi qui se suā gravitate et castimoniā... tum etiam naturali quodam bono defenderet, etc.,
id. Cael. 5, 11:
hunc meā sententiā divinis quibusdam bonis instructum atque ornatum puto,
id. ib. 17, 39:
non intellego quod bonum cuiquam sit apud tales viros profuturum,
id. Balb. 28, 63:
gaude isto tuo tam excellenti bono,
id. Marcell. 6, 19; so id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
5.
Advantage, benefit:
si plus adipiscare, re explicatā, boni, quam addubitatā mali,
Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:
saepe cogitavi bonine an mali plus adtulerit... eloquentiae studium,
id. Inv. 1, 1, 1; 2, 35, 106; id. Off. 2, 2, 5; id. Sest. 10, 24:
maximum bonum in celeritate ponebat,
Sall. C. 43, 4; so, bono publico (abl.), for the public good:
hoc ita si fit, publico fiat bono,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 183; Liv. 2, 44, 3; Dig. 41, 3, 1.—
6.
With aequum, what is fair and good, the fair ( thing), fairness, equity:
si bonum aequomque oras,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 149; so id. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Rud. 1, 2, 94; id. Men. 4, 2, 11:
si tu aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 32; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 29; id. Ad. 1, 1, 39:
a quo vivo nec praesens nec absens quidquam aequi bonique impetravit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 94.—Hence, aequo et bono, or ex aequo et bono, in ( with) fairness, in equity, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 30; Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14; 2, 12, 18; 2, 13, 20; Gai. Inst. 3, 137: aequi bonique, as gen. of value, with facere:
istuc, Chreme, Aequi bonique facio,
I place a fair and proper value on it, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 40.—
7.
Bona, one ' s property, fortunes, almost always denoting the whole of one's possessions.
a.
In gen.:
paterna oportet reddi filio bona,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 120:
bona sua med habiturum omnia,
id. Truc. 2, 4, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 6; 4, 2, 29; id. Rud. 2, 6, 22; id. Most. 1, 3, 77; id. Trin. 4, 4, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4:
bona mea diripiebantur atque ad consulem deferebantur,
Cic. Sest. 24, 54:
cum de capite, civis et de bonis proscriptio ferretur,
id. ib. 30, 65:
bona, fortunas, possessiones omnium,
id. Caecin. 13, 38:
at mulctantur bonis exsules,
id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106; id. Off. 2, 23, 81; id. Par. 1, 1, 7; id. Sest. 19, 42; 43, 94; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; Caes. B. G. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 3, 5; 2, 5, 5; 4, 15, 8; Tac. A. 2, 48; Quint. 6, 1, 19 et saep.—
b.
Bonorum possessio, the possession of one ' s property by another.
(α).
Bonorum possessio in consequence of bonorum cessio, i. e. an assignment of one ' s property for the benefit of creditors, Dig. 42, tit. 3.—
(β).
Bonorum possessio granted by the prætor against a contumacious or insolvent debtor (in bona mittere, in bona ire jubere, bona possidere jubere, etc.); cf. Dig. 42, tit. 4:
postulat a Burrieno Naevius ut ex edicto bona possidere liceat,
Cic. Quint. 6, 25, and the whole of c. 8:
edixit... neu quis militis... bona possideret aut venderet,
Liv. 2, 24, 6:
bona proscribere,
to offer the property thus transferred for sale, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—
(γ).
Chiefly referring to the property of a defunct person (hereditas), where the prætor, till the heir had proved his right, granted a bonorum possessio secundum tabulas or contra tabulas, Dig. 37, tit. 4; 37, tit. 11.—
c.
In bonis esse;
with reference to the older civil law, which distinguished between civil property (habere rem ex jure Quiritium) and natural property (rem in bonis habere, res in bonis est),
Gai. Inst. 2, 40, 41; Dig. 40, 12, 38, § 2; 37, 6, 2, § 1; 37, 6, 3, § 2; ib. Fragm. 1, 16; Gai. Inst. 1, 22; 1, 35; 1, 222; 1, 167; Dig. 1, 8, 1; 27, 10, 10:
neque bonorum possessorum, neque... res pleno jure fiunt, sed in bonis efficiuntur,
ib. Fragm. 3, 80.—Hence, nullam omnino arbitrabamur de eā hereditate controversiam eum habiturum, et est hodie in bonis, i. e. [p. 247] the bonorum possessio has been granted to him, which did not give full ownership, but effected only that the hereditas was in bonis. Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.
III.
Predicative use.
A.
With nouns or pronouns as subjects.
1.
Bonum esse, to be morally good, honest:
nunc mihi bonae necessum est esse ingratiis, Quamquam esse nolo,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 82:
bonam ego quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 93; so id. Capt. 2, 1, 44; id. Men. 4, 2, 6; id. Rud. prol. 29:
itaque viros fortes magnanimos eosdem, bonos et simplices... esse volumus,
Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 21, 84; id. Att. 15, 6, 1:
Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat,
Sall. C. 54, 5:
ut politiora, non ut meliora fiant ingenia,
Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 5 fin. —
2.
To be beneficial, prosperous, advantageous, valuable, favorable, serviceable, correct, with reference to both persons and things as subjects, and in regard to physical and mental relations:
jam istuc non bonumst,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 29; Cato, R. R. 157:
oleum viridius et melius fiet,
id. ib. 3:
vinum ut alvum bonam faciat,
to correct the bowels, id. ib. 156:
quid est homini salute melius?
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:
non optuma haec sunt, verum meliora quam deterruma,
id. Trin. 2, 3, 1:
quid est quod huc possit quod melius sit accedere?
Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 41; 1, 18, 57; id. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:
in quo (vestitu), sicut in plerisque rebus, mediocritas optima est,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; 2, 17, 59; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Or. 2, 6; 11, 36:
meliorem tamen militem... in futura proelia id certamen fecit,
Liv. 2, 51, 3:
parvus ut est cygni melior canor, ille gruum quam Clamor,
Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 191:
si meliora dies, ut vina, poemata reddit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 34.—So in the optative formula:
quod bonum, faustum, felixque sit,
Liv. 1, 28, 7; 1, 17, 10; 39, 15, 1; 3, 54;
3, 34.—Also, quod bonum atque fortunatum mihi sit,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 50;
and with a noun as subject: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix, fortunataque evenat,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3.—
3.
To be kind:
bonus cum probis'st (erus), malus cum malis,
Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22:
hic si vellet bonus ac benignus Esse,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 52.—
4.
With reference to the gods:
ecastor ambae (Fortuna et Salus sunt bonae,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 129:
Palladis aut oculos ausa negare bonos (esse),
Prop. 3, 24, 12 (2, 28, 12).—
B.
Impers.
1.
Bonum est (very rare for the class. bene est; v. bene).
(α).
Without a subject:
bonum sit!
may it be fortunate, favorable! Verg. E. 8, 106.—
(β).
With subject inf.:
nam et stulte facere, et stulte fabularier in aetate haud bonum est,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61:
bonum est pauxillum amare, insane non bonum est,
id. Curc. 1, 3,20.—
2.
Melius est.
(α).
With subject inf.:
melius sanam est mentem sumere,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 51:
nihil sentire est melius quam tam prava sentire,
Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125; cf. id. Fin. 1, 19, 62; id. Off. 1, 43, 156; so,
melius fuit, fuisset, or fuerat,
it would have been better, id. N. D. 3, 33; id. Sen. 23, 82; id. Off. 3, 25, 94:
proinde quiesse erit melius,
Liv. 3, 48, 3; 3, 41, 3; Verg. A. 11, 303.—
(β).
With subject inf.-clause:
meliu'st te quae sunt mandata tibi praevortier,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 125; id. Men. 5, 9, 32.—
(γ).
With ut-clause:
quid melius quam ut hinc intro abeam et me suspendam clanculum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 145; so id. Ps. 4, 7, 18.—
(δ).
With subjectclause in the subjunctive:
nunc quid mihi meliu'st quam ilico hic opperiar erum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 22.—
3.
Optimum est.
(α).
With subject inf.:
optimum visum est, captivos quam primum deportare,
Liv. 23, 34, 8:
si quis dicit optimum esse navigare,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 4 (32 fin.); so, optimum fuit, it would have been better, and optimum erat, it would be better, Quint. 6, prooem. 3; 11, 2, 33; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7.—
(β).
With inf.-clause:
constituerunt optimum esse, domum suam quemque reverti,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10: optimum visum est, in fluctuantem aciem tradi equos, etc., Liv 6, 24, 10; 22, 27, 6.—
(γ).
With ut and subj:
hoc vero optimum, ut is qui, etc., id ultimum bonorum, id ipsum quid et quale sit nesciat,
Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 6.—
(δ).
With quod:
illa vero optima (sunt) quod cum Haluntium venisset Archagathum vocari jussit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:
optimum vero (est) quod dictaturae nomen in perpetuum de re publica sustulisti,
id. Phil. 2, 36, 91.—
(ε).
With second sup., in the phrase optumum factu est (where factu is redundant):
sed hoc mihi optumum factu arbitror,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 16:
optimum factu esse duxerant frumento... nostros prohibere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 30:
optumum factu credens exercitum augere,
Sall. C. 32, 1 (Kritz, factum); 57, 5 (Kritz, factum).
IV.
Ellipt. use: di meliora, i. e. dent or velint, i. e. let the gods grant better things than what you say, etc.; God forbid! in full:
di melius duint,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 16:
di meliora velint!
Ov. M. 7, 37.—Ellipt.:
di meliora! inquit,
Cic. Sen. 14, 47:
id ubi mulier audivit, perturbata, dii meliora inquit, etc.,
Liv. 39, 10, 2; 9, 9, 6; Verg. G. 3, 513;
similarly, di melius, i. e. fecerunt,
Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3.
V.
With object expressed,
1.
By dat.
(α).
= good, useful, beneficial for:
ambula, id lieni optumum est,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 25:
quia vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse intellexi,
Sall. C. 20, 3:
bona bello Cornus, jaculis, etc.,
Verg. G. 2, 447.—
(β).
= benignus or propitius, kind to:
vicinis bonus esto,
Cato, R. R. 4:
bene merenti mala es, male merenti bona es,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 3:
vos o mihi Manes, Este boni,
Verg. A. 12, 647.—
(γ).
= idoneus, fit for, adapted to:
qui locus vino optimus dicetur esse,
Cato, R. R. 6:
tum erit ei rei optumum tempus,
id. ib. 26:
terra cui putre solum, Optima frumentis,
Verg. G. 2, 205; 2, 319; 1, 286.—
(δ).
With sum and dat., in the phrase alicui bono est, it is of service to one, profits him:
accusant in quibus occidi patrem Sex. Roscii bono fuit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:
bono fuisse Romanis adventum eorum constabat,
Liv. 7, 12, 4.—Hence, with rel. dat.: cui bono (est), for whose advantage it is:
quod si quis usurpet illud Cassianum cui bono fuerit, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:
cui bono fuisset,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Mil. 12, 32 Ascon. ad loc.; cf.
ellipt. form cui bono?
Prisc. p. 1208 P.—
(ε).
With dat. gerund:
ager oleto conserundo qui in Favonium spectavit, aliis bonus nullus erit,
Cato, R. R. 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 24:
(mons) quia pecori bonus alendo erat,
Liv. 29, 31; 9, 10.—
2.
By ad and acc.:
refert et ad quam rem bona aut non bona sit,
Varr. R. R. 1, 91:
occasio quaeritur idoneane fuerit ad rem adoriendam, an alia melior,
Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7:
non campos modo militi Romano ad proelium bonos, etc.,
Tac. A. 2, 14.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > bonae
50 bonus

bŏnus (old form dŭonus, Carm. Sall. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 67 Mull.), a, um, adj. [for duonus, cf. bellum, bis, and cf. root dvi-; hence deidô, deos], good; comp. melior, us [cf. Gr. mala, mallon], better; sup. optimus ( optumus, ante-class. and often class.) [root opof ops, opes; cf. copia, apiscor], best.
I.
Attributively.
A.
As adjunct of nouns denoting persons.
1.
Vir bonus.
(α).
A man morally good (kalos kagathos):
quoniam boni me viri pauperant, improbi alunt,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:
omnibus virtutibus instructos et ornatos tum sapientes, tum viros bonos dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28:
ille vir bonus qui... intolerabili dolore lacerari potius quam aut officium prodat aut fidem,
id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:
sive vir bonus est is qui prodest quibus potest, nocet nemini, certe istum virum bonum non facile reperimus,
id. Off. 3, 15, 64:
qui se ita gerunt ut eorum probitas, fides, integritas, etc.... hos viros bonos... appellandos putemus,
id. Lael. 5, 19:
non intellegunt se de callido homine loqui, non de bono viro,
id. Att. 7, 2, 4:
ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 12:
nec enim melior vir fuit Africano quisquam, nec clarior,
id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 14, 41; 1, 18, 48; id. Planc. 4, 9; id. Par. 3, 1, 21; id. Marcell. 6, 20; id. Fam. 7, 21; id. Off. 2, 16, 57.—
(β).
An honest man:
justitia, ex qua viri boni nominantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; 1, 44, 155; 2, 11, 39; 2, 12, 42; 2, 20, 71;
3, 12, 50: cum is sponsionem fecisset ni vir bonus esset,
id. ib. 3, 19, 77:
quoniam Demosthenes nec vir bonus esset, nec bene meritus de civitate,
id. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116.—
(γ).
A man of good standing in the community:
id viri boni arbitratu deducetur,
Cato, R. R. 143; so id. ib. 149:
tuam partem viri bono arbitratu... dari oportet,
Dig. 17, 1, [p. 244] 35;
37, 6, 2, § 2: quem voles virum bonum nominato,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55:
vir bonus est... quo res sponsore, et quo causae teste tenentur,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40.—Hence, ironically of wealthy men:
praetores jus dicunt, aediles ludos parant, viri boni usuras perscribunt,
Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3.—
(δ).
Ironically of bad men:
sed eccum lenonem Lycum, bonum virum,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 52; Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 9; 4, 3, 18; id. Ad. 3, 4, 30:
expectabam quinam isti viri boni testes hujus manifesto deprehensi veneni dicerentur,
Cic. Cael. 26, 63:
nam socer ejus, vir multum bonus est,
id. Agr. 3, 3, 13;
so especially in addresses (mostly comic.): age tu, illuc procede, bone vir!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 1; id. Curc. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 4, 7, 48; id. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 3, 5, 10; 5, 2, 5; id. Ad. 4, 2, 17; id. Eun. 5, 2, 11:
quid tu, vir optime? Ecquid habes quod dicas?
Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—
(ε).
Sometimes boni viri = boni, in the sense of optimates (v. I. A. 3.):
bonis viris quid juris reliquit tribunatus C. Gracchi?
Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—
(ζ).
As a conventional courtesy:
homines optimi non intellegunt, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:
bone accusator,
id. Rosc. Am. 21, 58:
sic illum amicum vocasti, quomodo omnes candidatos bonos viros dicimus,
gentlemen, Sen. Ep. 3, 1.—For bonus vir, a good husband, v. 3.; and for vir optimus, as a laudatory epithet, v. 5.—
2.
Boni homines (rare) = boni, better classes of society, v. II. A. 3:
in foro infimo boni homines atque dites ambulant,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14.—
3.
With nouns denoting persons in regard to their functions, offices, occupations, and qualities, denoting excellence:
bonus consul,
Liv. 4, 40, 6; 22, 39, 2 (different: consules duos, bonos quidem, sed dumtaxat bonos, amisimus, consuls of good sentiments, almost = bad consuls, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 4):
boni tribuni plebis,
Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 25:
bonus senator,
id. Prov. Cons. 15, 37:
senator bonus,
id. Dom. 4, 8:
bonus judex,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 34:
bonus augur (ironically),
id. Phil. 2, 32, 80:
bonus vates,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 27:
bonus imperator,
Sall. C. 60, 4:
bonus dux,
Quint. 12, 1, 43 (cf. trop.:
naturam, optimam ducem,
the best guide, Cic. Sen. 2, 5):
bonus miles,
Sall. C. 60, 4; Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:
bonus orator,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:
optimus orator,
id. Opt. Gen. 1, 3:
poeta bonus,
id. de Or. 1, 3, 11; 2, 46, 194; id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:
scriptor bonus,
Quint. 10, 1, 104:
bonus advocatus,
id. 5, 13, 10:
bonus defensor,
id. 5, 13, 3:
bonus altercator,
a good debater, id. 6, 4, 10:
bonus praeceptor,
id. 5, 13, 44; 10, 5, 22:
bonus gubernator,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:
optimus opifex,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:
sutor bonus,
id. ib. 1, 3, 125:
actor optimus,
Cic. Sest. 57, 122:
cantor optimus est modulator,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 130:
melior gladiator,
Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 33: agricola (colonus, dominus) bonus, Cato, R. R. prooem.; Cic. Sen. 16, 56:
bonus paterfamilias,
a thrifty head of the house, Nep. Att. 13, 1:
bonus servus,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 58; id. Am. 2, 1, 46; id. Men. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Mil. 22, 58:
dominus bonus,
Cato, R. R. 14:
bonus custos,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38.—Ironically, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57:
filius bonus,
Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 9:
patres,
Quint. 11, 3, 178:
parens,
id. 6, prooem. 4: bonus (melior, optimus), viz. a good husband, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51 sq.; Liv. 1, 9, 15:
uxor melior,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
amicus,
id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:
amicus optimus,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 18:
optimus testis,
Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:
auctor, in two senses,
good authority, id. Att. 5, 12, 3;
and = bonus scriptor (post-class.),
Quint. 10, 1, 74.—Esp.:
bonus civis (rarely civis bonus): in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint: talem enim solemus et sentire bonum civem et dicere, Cic.-Off. 1, 34, 124: eaque est summa ratio et sapientia boni civis, commoda civium non divellere, atque omnes aequitate eadem continere,
id. ib. 2, 23, 83:
eum esse civem et fidelem et bonum,
Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; 1, 9, 10; 3, 12, 1; 6, 6, 11; id. Off. 1, 44, 155; Liv. 22, 39, 3; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 10 Dietsch:
optimus et fortissimus civis,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; id. Sest. 17, 39.—
4.
Bonus and optimus as epithets of the gods.
(α).
In gen.:
sed te bonus Mercurius perdat,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 23:
fata... bonique divi,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 38:
divis orte bonis,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1:
O bone deus!
Scrib. Comp. 84 fin.: BONORVM DEORVM, Inscr. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84: totidem, pater optime, dixi, Tu mihi da cives, referring to Jupiter, Ov. M. 7, 627.—
(β).
Optimus Maximus, a standing epithet of Jupiter:
(Juppiter) a majoribus nostris Optimus Maximus (nominatur), et quidem ante optimus, id est beneficentissimus, quam Maximus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64:
Jovem optimum et maximum ob eas res appellant, non quod, etc.,
id. ib. 3, 36, 87:
in templo Jovis Optimi Maximi,
id. Sest. 56, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22:
nutu Jovis Optimi Maximi,
id. Cat. 3, 9, 21; Liv. 1, 12, 7; id. 6, 16, 2.—
(γ).
Di boni, O di boni, expressing indignation, sorrow, or surprise:
di boni, hunc visitavi antidhac!
Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16:
di boni, boni quid porto!
Ter. And. 2, 2, 1:
di boni, quid hoc morbi est,
id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 13; id. Ad. 3, 3, 86:
alter, O di boni, quam taeter incedebat!
Cic. Sest. 8, 19; id. Brut. 84, 288; id. Phil. 2, 8, 20; 2, 32, 80; id. Att. 1, 16, 5; 14, 21, 2; Val. Max. 3, 5, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 3.—
(δ).
Bona Dea, etc., v. 6.—
5.
Optimus as a laudatory epithet.
(α).
Vir optimus:
per vos nobis, per optimos viros optimis civibus periculum inferre conantur,
Cic. Sest. 1, 2:
virum optimum et constantissimum M. Cispium,
id. ib. 35, 76:
fratrem meum, virum optimum, fortissimum,
id. ib.:
consolabor hos praesentes, viros optimos,
id. Balb. 19, 44; id. Planc. 21, 51; 23, 55; id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Marcell. 4, 10; id. Att. 5, 1, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 53.—
(β).
Femina bona, optima:
tua conjunx bona femina,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:
hujus sanctissimae feminae atque optimae pater,
id. ib. —
(γ).
Senex, pater, frater, etc.:
optimus: parentes ejus, prudentissimi atque optimi senis,
Cic. Planc. 41, 97:
insuevit pater optimus hoc me,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 105; 2, 1, 12:
C. Marcelli, fratris optimi,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 6 (8), 2; 2, 4, 2.—
(δ).
With proper names ( poet.):
optimus Vergilius,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 54:
Maecenas optimus,
id. ib. 1, 5, 27:
optime Quinti,
id. Ep. 1, 16, 1.—
(ε).
Esp. as an epithet of the Roman emperors:
quid tam civile, tam senatorium quam illud, additum a nobis Optimi cognomen?
Plin. Pan. 2, 7:
gratias, inquit, ago, optime Princeps!
Sen. Tranq. 14. 4:
ex epistula optimi imperatoris Antonini,
Gai. Inst. 1, 102; cf.:
bene te patriae pater optime Caesar,
Ov. F. 2, 637:
optime Romulae Custos gentis,
Hor. C. 4, 5, 1.—
6.
Bonus and Bona, names of deities.
(α).
Bona Dea, the goddess of Chastity, whose temple could not be entered by males (cf. Macr. S. 1, 12; Lact. 1, 22):
Bonae Deae pulvinaribus,
Cic. Pis. 39, 95; id. Mil. 31, 86; id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; cf.
in mal. part.,
Juv. 2, 86 sq.; 6, 314 sq.; 6, 335 sq.—
(β).
Bonus Eventus, Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.; Amm. 29, 6, 19; Inscr. Orell. 907; 1780 sq.—
(γ).
Bona Fortuna:
si bona Fortuna veniat, ne intromiseris,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 22:
Bonae Fortunae (signum),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7:
FORTVNAE BONAE DOMESTICAE,
Inscr. Orell. 1743 sq. —
(δ).
Bona Spes:
Spes Bona, obsecro, subventa mihi,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 12:
BONAE SPEI,
Aug. Inscr. Grut. 1075, 1.—
(ε).
BONA MENS, Inscr. Orell. 1818 sqq.:
Mens Bona, si qua dea es, tua me in sacraria dono,
Prop. 3, 24, 19.
B.
With nouns denoting things.
1.
Things concrete, denoting excellence:
navis bona dicitur non quae pretiosis coloribus picta est... sed stabilis et firma,
Sen. Ep. 76, 13:
gladium bonum dices, non cui auratus est balteus, etc., sed cui et ad secandum subtilis acies est, et, etc.,
id. ib. 76, 14:
id vinum erit lene et bono colore,
Cato, R. R. 109; Lucr. 2, 418; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 9:
tabulas... collocare in bono lumine,
Cic. Brut. 75, 261: ex quavis olea oleum... bonum fieri potest. Cato, R. R. 3:
per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,
id. ib. 73; cf.:
bonae aquae, ironically compared to wine,
Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 28:
praedium bonum caelum habeat,
good temperature, Cato, R. R. 1:
bona tempestate,
in good weather, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:
(praedium) solo bono valeat,
by good soil, Cato, R. R. 1:
bonae (aedes) cum curantur male,
Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24:
villam bonam,
Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:
bonus pons,
Cat. 17, 5:
scyphi optimi (= optime facti),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:
perbona toreumata,
id. ib. 2, 4, 18, §
38: bona domicilia,
comfortable residences, id. N. D. 2, 37, 95:
agrum Meliorem nemo habet,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:
fundum meliorem,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: fundos optimos et fructuosissimos, id. Agr. 3, 4, 14:
equus melior,
id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
bona cena,
Cat. 13, 3:
boni nummi,
good, not counterfeit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:
super omnia vultus accessere boni,
good looks, Ov. M. 8, 678:
mulier bona forma,
of a fine form, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13:
equus formae melioris,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 52:
tam bona cervix, simul ac jussero, demetur,
fine, beautiful, Suet. Calig. 33:
fruges bonae,
Cat. 34, 19:
ova suci melioris,
of better flavor, Hor. S. 2, 4, 13.— Trop.:
animus aequus optimum est aerumnae condimentum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71: bona dextra, a lucky hand (cf.:
bonum omen, 2. e.),
Quint. 6, 3, 69:
scio te bona esse voce, ne clama nimis,
good, sound, loud voice, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43; so,
bona firmaque vox,
Quint. 11, 3, 13.—
2.
Things abstract.
a.
Of physical well-being:
ut si qui neget sine bona valetudine posse bene vivi,
Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 2; Lucr. 3, 102; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 26; 11, 2, 35 et saep.:
non bonus somnus de prandio est,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:
bona aetas,
prime of life, Cic. Sen. 14, 48:
optima aetate,
id. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—Ironically:
bona, inquis, aetate, etc.,
Sen. Ep. 76, 1.—
b.
Of the mind and soul:
meliore esse sensu,
Cic. Sest. 21, 47:
optima indoles,
id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:
bona conscientia,
Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:
bono ingenio me esse ornatam quam auro multo mavolo,
with a good heart, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 91; id. Stich. 1, 21, 59; Sall. C. 10, 5:
mens melior,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 78; Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Liv. 39, 16, 5; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 4; id. Ep. 10, 4; Pers. 2, 8; Petr. 61.—Personified, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 19; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 31:
duos optimae indolis filios,
Val. Max. 5, 7, 2; Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 6; Quint. 1, 2, 5:
bonum consilium,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6; id. Rud. 4, 3, 18; Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:
bona voluntas,
a good purpose, Quint. 12, 11, 31:
memoria bona,
Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:
bona ratio cum perdita... confligit,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:
bonae rationes,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 50:
pronuntiatio bona,
Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—
c.
Of moral relations:
ego si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71; Cic. Sest. 66, 139; Liv. 6, 11, 7; Hor. S. 1, 2, 61 (cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1;
v. e. infra): si ego in causa tam bona cessi tribuni plebis furori,
Cic. Sest. 16, 36; id. Planc. 36, 87; Ov. M. 5, 220:
fac, sis, bonae frugi sies,
of good, regular habits, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 35; id. Cas. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 5, 53; id. Truc. 1, 1, 13; id. Capt. 5, 2, 3 sq. (v. frux, II. B. 1. b.): vilicus disciplina bona utatur. Cato, R. R. 5:
bona studia,
moral pursuits, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:
quidquid vita meliore parasti,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 15: ad spem mortis melioris, an honorable death; so as an epithet of religious exercises:
Juppiter, te bonas preces precor,
Cato, R. R. 134; 139.—
d.
Of external, artistic, and literary value and usefulness:
bono usui estis nulli,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:
Optumo optume optumam operam das,
id. Am. 1, 1, 122:
bonam dedistis mihi operam,
a valuable service to me, id. Poen. 2, 3, 70; 3, 6, 11; id. Pers. 4, 7, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 11 (in a different sense: me bona opera aut mala Tibi inventurum esse auxilium argentarium, by fair or unfair means, id. Ps. 1, 1, 102;
v. e. infra): optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis... gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum,
Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:
bonum otium,
valuable leisure, Sall. C. 4, 1:
bonis versibus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:
versus meliores,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 81:
meliora poemata,
Hor. A. P. 303:
in illa pro Ctesiphonte oratione longe optima,
Cic. Or. 8, 26:
optimas fabulas,
id. Off. 1, 31, 114:
melius munus,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 7.—
e.
Favorable, prosperous, lucky, fortunate:
de Procilio rumores non boni,
unfavorable rumors, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 5:
bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,
about their success in the war, id. ib. 7, 26, 1:
si fuisset in discipulo comparando meliore fortuna,
id. Pis. 29, 71; cf.
fortuna optima esse,
to be in the best pecuniary circumstances, id. ad Brut. 1, 1, 2:
occasio tam bona,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:
senex est eo meliore condicione quam adulesoens cum, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 19, 68; id. Fam. 4, 32:
bona navigatio,
id. N. D. 3, 34, 83;
esp. in phrase bona spes.—Object.: ergo in iis adulescentibus bonam spem esse dicemus et magnam indolem quos, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117.—Subject.:
ego sum spe bona,
Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 3; id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; [p. 245] id. Att. 14, 1 a, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:
optima spe,
id. Fam. 12, 11, 2.—Pregn., = spes bonarum rerum, Sall. C. 21, 1;
v. C. 1. c. infra: meliora responsa,
more favorable, Liv. 7, 21, 6:
melior interpretatio,
Tac. H. 3, 65:
cum laude et bonis recordationibus,
id. A. 4, 38:
amnis Doctus iter melius,
i. e. less injurious, Hor. A. P. 68:
omen bonum,
a good, lucky omen, Cic. Pis. 13, 31; cf.
Liv. praef. § 13: melius omen,
Ov. F. 1, 221;
optimum,
Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2:
bona scaeva,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 24:
auspicio optumo,
id. ib. 3, 2, 6; cf.:
memini bene, sed meliore Tempore dicam = opportuniore tempore,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 68.—
f.
Of public affairs, si mihi bona re publica frui non licuerit, Cic. Mil. 34, 93:
optima res publica,
id. Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:
minus bonis temporibus,
id. Dom. 4, 8; so,
optimis temporibus,
id. Sest. 3, 6:
nostrae res meliore loco videbantur,
id. ad Brut. 1, 3, 1:
lex optima,
id. Pis. 16, 37; id. Sest. 64, 137; id. Phil, 1, 8, 19.—
g.
Good = large, considerable:
bono atque amplo lucro,
Plaut. Am. prol. 6:
bona librorum copia,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 109; cf.:
bona copia cornu,
Ov. M. 9, 88; v. bona pars, C. 8. g.—
h.
Noble; with genus, good family, noble extraction, honorable birth: quali me arbitraris genere prognatum? Eu. Bono, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 35; so id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; 2, 1, 3; id. Pers. 4, 4, 94:
si bono genere natus sit,
Auct. Her. 3, 7, 13.—
k.
Referring to good-will, kindness, faithfulness, in certain phrases.
(α).
Bona venia or cum bona venia, with the kind permission of a person addressed, especially bona venia orare, expetere, etc.:
primum abs te hoc bona venia expeto,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:
bona tua venia dixerim,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:
oravit bona venia Quirites, ne, etc.,
Liv. 7, 41, 3:
obsecro vos.. bona venia vestra liceat, etc.,
id. 6, 40, 10:
cum bona venia quaeso audiatis, etc.,
id. 29, 17, 6; Arn. c. Gent. 1, p. 5; cf.
. sed des veniam bonus oro = venia bona oro,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 5.—
(β).
Bona pax, without quarrelling:
bona pax sit potius,
let us have no quarrel about that, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 7;
so especially cum bona pace, or bona pace: Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit,
without a difficulty with the inhabitants, Liv. 21, 32, 6; 21, 24, 5; 1, 24, 3; 28, 37, 4; 8, 15, 1; cf.: si bonam (pacem) dederitis, = a fair peace, under acceptable conditions, id. 8, 21, 4.—
(γ).
Amicitia bona = bona fide servata, faithful, undisturbed friendship:
igitur amicitia Masinissae bona atque honesta nobis permansit,
Sall. J. 5, 5.—
(δ).
Bona societas, alliance:
Segestes, memoria bonae societatis, impavidus,
Tac. A. 1, 58.
C.
In particular phrases.
1.
Bonae res.
a.
= Vitae commoda, comforts of life, abstract or concrete:
concedatur bonis rebus homines morte privari,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87:
optimis rebus usus est,
he had every most desirable thing, Nep. Att. 18, 1.—
b.
= Res secundae, opp. res adversae, prosperity:
bonis rebus tuis, meas irrides malas,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:
in bonis rebus,
Hor. C. 2, 3, 2. —
c.
Res bona = res familiaris bona, wealth ( poet.): in re bona esse, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4.—Also an object of value:
homines quibus mala abunde omnia erant, sed neque res neque spes bona ulla,
who had no property, nor the hope of any, Sall. C. 21, 1. —
d.
Costly things, articles of luxury:
capere urbem in Arabia plenam bonarum rerum,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 46; 4, 4, 82:
nimium rei bonae,
id. Stich. 2, 3, 55:
ignorantia bonarum rerum,
Nep. Ages. 8, 5 ' bonis rebus gaudere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 110:
re bona copiosum esse,
Gell. 16, 19, 7.—
e.
Moral, morally good:
illi cum res non bonas tractent,
Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 72:
ut de virtutibus et vitiis, omninoque de bonis rebus et malis quaererent,
id. ib. 1, 4, 15:
quid habemus in rebus bonis et malis explorati?
id. ib. 2, 42, 129; so id. Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:
quae tamen omnia dulciora fuint et moribus bonis et artibus,
id. Sen. 18, 65.—
f.
In literary composition, important or interesting matter, subjects, or questions:
res bonas verbis electis dictas quis non legat?
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8:
studiis generorum, praesertim in re bona,
Plaut. Am. 8, 26.—
2.
Bonae artes.
(α).
A good, laudable way of dealing:
qui praeclari facinoris aut artis bonae famam quaerit,
Sall. C. 2, 9:
huic bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit,
id. ib. 11, 2:
quod is bonarum artium cupiens erat,
Tac. A. 6, 46.—
(β).
Liberal arts and sciences:
litteris aut ulli bonae arti,
Quint. 12, 1, 7:
conservate civem bonarum artium, bonarum partium, bonorum virorum,
Cic. Sest. 32, 77. —Esp.:
optimae artes: optimarum artium scientia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 4; id. Ac. 2, 1, 1; id. Cael. 10, 24; id. Marcell. 1, 4.—
3.
Bona fides, or fides bona.
a.
Good faith, i. e. conscious honesty in acts or words: qui nummos fide bona solvit, who pays (the price of labor) in good faith, i. e. as it is honestly earned, Cato, R. R. 14:
dic, bona fide, tu id aurum non subripuisti?
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46; 4, 10, 47; id. Capt. 4, 2, 111; id. Most. 3, 1, 137; id. Poen. 1, 3, 30; id. Pers. 4, 3, 16; id. Ps. 4, 6, 33:
si tibi optima fide omnia concessit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144; Quint. 10, 3, 23.—Hence, bonae fidei vir, a conscientious man, Quint. 10, 7, 1.—
b.
Jurid. t. t.
(α).
Good faith in contracts and legal acts in general, opposed to dolus malus, honesty and fairness in dealing with another:
ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere, notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,
Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67.—Hence, alienam rem bona fide emere, to buy, believing the seller to be the rightful owner, Dig. 41, 3, 10; 41, 3, 13, § 1. bonae fidei possessor (also possessio), believing that he is the rightful owner, ib. 5, 3, 25, § 11; 5, 3, 22; 41, 3, 15, § 2;
41, 3, 24: conventio contra bonam fidem et mores bonos,
ib. 16, 31, § 7: bonam fidem praestare, to be responsible for one ' s good faith, ib. 17, 1, 10 prooem.—Hence,
(β).
Bonae fidei actiones or judicia, actions in equity, i. e. certain classes of actions in which the strict civil law was set aside by the praetorian edict in favor of equity:
actiones quaedam bonae fidei sunt, quaedam stricti juris. Bonae fidei sunt haec: exempto vendito, locato conducto, etc.,
Just. Inst. 4, 6, 28, § 19.—In the republican time the praetor added in such actions to his formula for the judex the words ex fide bona, or, in full:
quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bona,
Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:
iste dolus malus et legibus erat vindicatus, et sine lege, judiciis in quibus additur ex fide bona,
id. ib. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. ib. 3, 17, 70.—
4.
Bona verba.
(α).
Kind words:
Bona verba quaeso,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 33.—
(β).
Words of good omen (v. omen):
dicamus bona verba,
Tib. 2, 2, 1:
dicite suffuso ter bona verba mero,
Ov. F. 2, 638.—
(γ).
Elegant or well-chosen expressions:
quid est tam furiosum quam verborum vel optimorum atque ornatissimorum sonitus inanis,
Cic. Or. 1, 12, 51:
verborum bonorum cursu,
id. Brut. 66, 233:
omnia verba sunt alicubi optima,
Quint. 10, 1, 9.—
(δ).
Moral sayings:
non est quod contemnas bona verba et bonis cogitationibus plena praecordia,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 1. —
5.
Bona dicta.
(α).
Polite, courteous language:
hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit leniter dictis bonis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 25.—
(β).
Witticisms ( bon-mots): flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi, quam bona dicta teneat, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 2, 54, 222:
dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus quibus solebam menstruales epulas ante adipiscier,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22:
ibo intro ad libros ut discam de dictis melioribus,
id. Stich. 2, 3, 75.—
6.
Bona facta.
(α).
= bene facta (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.), laudable deeds:
nobilitas ambobus et majorum bona facta (sc. erant),
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(β).
Bonum factum est, colloq., = bene est, bene factum est (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.):
bonum factum est, ut edicta servetis mea,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 16:
haec imperata quae sunt pro imperio histrico, bonum hercle factum (est) pro se quisque ut meminerit,
id. ib. 45.— Hence,
(γ).
Elliptically, introducing commands which cannot be enforced, = if you will do so, it will be well:
peregrinis in senatum allectis, libellus propositus est: bonum factum, ne quis senatori novo curiam monstrare velit,
Suet. Caes. 80:
et Chaldaeos edicere: bonum factum, ne Vitellius... usquam esset,
id. Vit. 14:
hac die Carthaginem vici: bonum factum, in Capitolium eamus, et deos supplicemus,
Aur. Vict. 49; cf.:
o edictum, cui adscribi non poterit bonum factum,
Tert. Pud. 1.—
7.
Bona gratia.
(α).
A friendly understanding:
cur non videmus inter nos haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17; so,
per gratiam bonam abire,
to part with good feelings, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 33.—In jest: sine bona gratia abire, of things cast away, Plaut Truc. 2, 7, 15.—
(β).
Pleon., in the phrase bonam gratiam habere, = gratiam habere, to thank (v. B. 2. k.), Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 32; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 99.—
8.
Bona pars.
(α).
The well-disposed part of a body of persons:
ut plerumque fit, major pars (i. e. of the senate) meliorem vicit,
Liv. 21, 4, 1:
pars melior senatus ad meliora responsa trahere,
id. 7, 21, 6.—
(β).
The good party, i. e. the optimates (gen. in plur.):
civem bonarum partium,
Cic. Sest. 32, 77:
(fuit) meliorum partium aliquando,
id. Cael. 6, 13:
qui sibi gratiam melioris partis velit quaesitam,
Liv. 2, 44, 3.—Paronom.: (Roscius) semper partium in re publica tam quam in scaena optimarum, i. e. party and part in a drama, Cic. Sest. 56, 120.—
(γ).
Of things or persons, a considerable part (cf. a good deal):
bonam partem ad te adtulit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 43:
bonam partem sermonis in hunc diem esse dilatam,
Cic. Or. 2, 3, 14:
bonam magnamque partem exercitus,
Val. Max. 5, 2, ext. 4:
bona pars noctium,
Quint. 12, 11, 19:
bona pars hominum,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:
meae vocis... bona pars,
id. C. 4, 2, 46; so id. A. P. 297; Ov. P. 1, 8, 74:
melior pars diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156.—
(δ).
Rarely, and mostly eccl. Lat.: optima pars, the best part or lot:
nostri melior pars animus est,
Sen. Q. N. 1, prooem. § 14; cf.:
quae pars optima est in homine,
best, most valuable, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:
major pars aetatis, certe melior reipublicae data sit,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 1:
Maria optimam partem elegit, quae non auferetur ab ea,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 42.—
(ε).
Adverb.:
bonam partem = ex magna parte,
Lucr. 6, 1249.—
(ζ).
Aliquem in optimam partem cognoscere, to know somebody from his most favorable side, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: aliquid in optimam partem accipere, to take something in good part, interpret it most favorably:
Caesar mihi ignoscit quod non venerim, seseque in optimam partem id accipere dicit,
id. Att. 10, 3 a, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 3:
quaeso ut hoc in bonam partem accipias,
id. Rosc. Am. 16, 45.—
9.
Dies bonus or bona.
(α).
A day of good omen, a fortunate day (= dies laetus, faustus):
tum tu igitur die bono, Aphrodisiis, addice, etc.,
Plaut. Poen. 2, 49:
nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die,
Ov. F. 1, 72.—
(β).
A beautiful, serene day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 3.—
10.
Bonus mos.
(α).
Boni mores, referring to individuals, good, decent, moral habits:
nihil est amabilius quam morum similitudo bonorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56:
nam hic nimium morbus mores invasit bonos,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 6:
domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
propter ejus suavissimos et optimos mores,
Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:
cum per tot annos matronae optimis moribus vixerint,
Liv. 34, 6, 9:
mores meliores,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 18.—
(β).
Bonus mos or boni mores, in the abstract, morality, the laws, rules of morality: ei vos morigerari mos bonu'st, it is a rule of morality that you should, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:
ex optimo more et sanctissima disciplina,
Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:
neglegentia boni moris,
Sen. Ep. 97, 1.—Jurid. t. t.:
conventio, mandatum contra bonos mores,
in conflict with morality, Quint. 3, 1, 57; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 7; Gai. Inst. 3, 157 et saep. —
11.
Adverbial phrases.
a.
Bono animo esse, or bonum animum habere.
(α).
To be of good cheer or courage:
bono animo es! Liberabit ille te homo,
Plaut. Merc 3, 1, 33; so id. Aul. 4, 10, 61; id. Mil. 4, 8, 32; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4; id. Heaut. 4, 6, 18; id. Ad. 2, 4, 20; 3, 5, 1; 4, 2, 4; 4, 5, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 72:
animo bono es,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 103; id. Am. 2, 2, 48; 5, 2, 1:
bono animo es, inquit Scrofa, et fiscinam expedi,
Varr. R. R. 1, 26:
bono animo sint et tui et mei familiares,
Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1; 6, 10, 29:
bono animo esse jubere eam consul,
Liv. 39, 13, 7:
habe modo bonum animum,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 58; so id. Am. 1, 3, 47; id. Truc. 2, 6, 44; id. Aul. 2, 2, 15:
habe animum bonum,
id. Cas. 2, 6, 35; id. Ep. 2, 2, 1; 4, 2, 31:
bonum animum habe,
Liv. 45, 8, 5:
clamor ortus ut bonum animum haberet,
id. 8, 32, 1; so Sen. Ep. 87, 38.—
(β).
Bono animo esse, or facere aliquid, to be of a good or friendly disposition, or to do with good, honest intentions:
audire jubet vos imperator histricus, bonoque ut animo sedeant in subselliis qui, etc.,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 5: sunt enim (consules) [p. 246] optimo animo, summo consilio, of the best disposition, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:
bono te animo tum populus Romanus... dicere existimavit ea quae sentiebatis, sed, etc.,
id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:
quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Quint. 7, 4, 15.—
(γ).
Bonus animus, good temper, patience:
bonus animus in mala re dimidium mali est,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 37:
vos etiam hoc animo meliore feratis,
Ov. M. 9, 433.—
b.
Bono modo.
(α).
= placide, with composure, moderation:
si quis quid deliquerit, pro noxa bono modo vindicet,
Cato, R. R. 5:
haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia, mihi autem bono modo, tantum quantum videbitur,
Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137.—
(β).
In a decent manner:
neu quisquam prohibeto filium quin amet... quod bono fiat modo,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 62. —
c.
Jure optimo or optimo jure, with good, perfect right:
te ipse jure optumo incuses licet,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23; id. Rud. 2, 6, 53:
ut jure optimo me deserere posses,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6; Sen. Ot. Sap. 2 (29), 2.—With pass. or intr. verb, deservedly:
ne jure optimo irrideamur,
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 151; id. Marcell. 1, 4;
similarly, optimo judicio,
Val. Max. 2, 9, 2.
II.
As subst.
A.
bŏnus, boni, m.; of persons.
1.
In sing. or plur. orig. = bonus vir, boni viri; v. I. A. 1. a. b, supra, a morally good man.
(α).
Plur.:
bonis quod bene fit haud perit,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 2, 108; id. Trin. 2, 1, 55; id. Pers. 4, 5, 2:
melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto,
Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:
verum esse ut bonos boni diligant, quamobrem... bonis inter bonos quasi necessariam (esse) benevolentiam,
id. Lael. 14, 50:
diverso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra... habere,
Sall. C. 52, 13; 7, 2; 52, 22:
oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52:
tam bonis quam malis conduntur urbes,
Sen. Ben. 4, 28, 4; so id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 9, 2, 76.—Rarely bŏnae, arum, f., good women:
quia omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 41.—
(β).
Sing.:
malus bonum malum esse volt ut sit sui similis,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 8:
nec enim cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99; cf.:
qui meliorem audax vocet in jus,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 29.—
2.
Bonus, a man of honor.
(α).
A brave man:
pro qua (patria) quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere si ei sit profuturus?
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:
libertatem quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittat,
Sall. C. 33, 5:
fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 29 (opp. ignavi):
fama impari boni atque ignavi erant,
Sall. J. 57, 6; 53, 8; id. C. 11, 2. —
(β).
A gentleman:
quis enim umquam, qui paululum modo bonorum consuetudinem nosset, litteras ad se ab amico missas... in medium protulit?
Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—
3.
Boni, the better (i. e. higher) classes of society.
(α).
In gen. (of political sentiments, = optimates, opp. populares, seditiosi, perditi cives, etc.;
so usu. in Cic.): meam causam omnes boni proprie enixeque susceperant,
Cic. Sest. 16, 38:
audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur... boni, nescio quomodo, tardiores sunt, etc.,
id. ib. 47, 100:
ego Kal. Jan. senatum et bonos omnes legis agrariae... metu liberavi,
id. Pis. 2, 4:
etenim omnes boni, quantum in ipsis fuit, Caesarem occiderunt,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 29; id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; 5, 21, 2; id. Sest. 2, 5; 16, 36; 48, 103; id. Planc. 35, 86; id. Mil. 2, 5; id. Off. 2. 12, 43:
maledictis increpat omnes bonos,
Sall. C. 21, 4; 19, 2; 33, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; so,
optimi,
Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 37; and, ironically, boni identified with the rich:
bonorum, id est lautorum et locupletum,
id. Att. 8, 1, 3.—
(β).
Without reference to political views;
opp. vulgus (rare): nihil ego istos moror fatuos mores quibus boni dedecorant se,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22:
semper in civitate quibus opes nullae sunt bonis invident,
Sall. C. 37, 3:
elatus est sine ulla pompa funeris, comitantibus omnibus bonis, maxima vulgi frequentia,
Nep. Att. 22, 2.—So, mĕlĭōres, um, m., one ' s betters:
ut quaestui habeant male loqui melioribus,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 13:
da locum melioribus,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 37.—
4.
Boni, bone, in addresses, as an expression of courtesy, Hor. S. 2, 2, 1; 2, 6, 51; 2, 6, 95; id. Ep. 2, 2, 37; ironice, id. S. 2, 3, 31.—
5.
Optimus quisque = quivis bonus, omnes boni.
(α).
Referring to morality:
esse aliquid natura pulcrum quod optimus quisque sequeretur,
every good man, Cic. Sen. 13, 43:
qui ita se gerebant ut sua consilia optimo cuique probarent, optimates habebantur,
id. Sest. 45, 96; id. Off. 1, 43, 154; id. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Sest. 54, 115; and = even the best:
quare deus optimum quemque mala valetudine adficit?
Sen. Prov. 4, 8.—
(β).
Of the educated classes:
adhibenda est quaedam reverentia adversus homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 85:
Catilina plerisque consularibus, praeterea optumo cuique, litteras mittit,
Sall. C. 34, 2:
optimo cuique infesta libertas,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 2 (32 fin.).—
(γ).
Honorable, brave:
optumus quisque cadere et sauciari, ceteris metus augeri,
Sall. J. 92, 8.—
(δ).
In gen., excellent:
optimus quisque facere quam dicere... malebat,
Sall. C. 8, 5.—
(ε).
Distributively:
ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,
to the best man in each instance, Sall. C. 2, 6.—
(ζ).
Referring to another superlative ( = quo quisque melior eo magis, etc.):
hic aditus laudis qui semper optimo cuique maxime patuit,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; so id. Lael. 4, 14; id. Inv. 2, 11, 36; Sen. Vit. Beat. 18, 1.—
(η).
Attributively, with a noun:
optimam quamque causam,
Cic. Sest. 43, 93:
optima quaeque dies,
Verg. G. 3, 66.
2.
bŏnum, i, n., plur. bona; mĕlĭus, ōris, n.; optĭmum, i, n. (v. infra); of things in gen.
1.
Bonum, or plur. bona, a good, or goods in a moral and metaphysical sense, a moral good, a blessing: sunt autem hae de finibus defensae sententiae: nihil bonum nisi honestum, ut Stoici; nihil bonum nisi voluptatem, ut Epicurus;
nihil bonum nisi vacuitatem doloris, ut Hieronymus... tria genera bonorum, maxima animi, secunda corporis, externa tertia, ut Peripatetici, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 84 sq.:
quid est igitur bonum? Si quid recte fit et honeste et cum virtute, id bene fieri vere dicitur, et quod rectum et honestum et cum virtute est, id solum opinor bonum,
id. Par. 1, 1, 9:
ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud simplex et verum bonum quod non possit ab honestate sejungi,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 7:
non-est igitur voluptas bonum,
id. Fin. 1, 11, 39: finis bonorum et malorum (telos agathôn) = summa bona et mala:
sunt nonnullae disciplinae quae, propositis bonorum et malorum finibus, officium omne pervertant. Nam qui summum bonum sic instituit ut, etc.,
id. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Par. 1, 3, 14; id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; 2, 36, 114; 2, 42, 129; id. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 1, 12, 42; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 5; id. Ep. 117, 1 et saep.—
2.
Bonum, what is valuable, beneficial, estimable, favorable, pleasant, physically or mentally:
quoi boni Tantum adfero quantum ipsus a diis optat,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 9:
multa bona vobis volt facere,
will do you much good, id. Poen. 5, 4, 60; id. Am. prol. 43, 49; id. Pers. 4, 8, 4; 2, 3, 14; id. Cas. 2, 8, 32:
tum demum nostra intellegemus bona quom ea amisimus,
id. Capt. 1, 2, 33:
multa tibi di dent bona,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; 3, 3, 74; id. Mil. 3, 1, 120; id. Men. 3, 3, 34; id. Pers. 4, 3, 23; id. Truc. 1, 2, 23; id. Merc. 1, 2, 40; id. Most. 1, 1, 47:
omnia Bona dicere,
to speak in the highest terms of one, Ter. And. 1, 1, 70:
sed ne vivus quidem bono caret, si eo non indiget,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:
cum quaecumque bona Peripateticis, eadem Stoicis commoda viderentur,
id. ib. 5, 41, 120:
nihil enim boni nosti,
nothing that is good for any thing, id. Phil. 2, 7, 16:
mala pro bonis legere dementia est,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 1; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 73:
quia bonum sit valere,
a good thing, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (cf. III. A. 5. infra):
melius: quo quidem haud scio an... quidquam melius sit homini a dis immortalibus datum,
id. Lael. 6, 20:
meliora... Aristotelem de istis rebus scripsisse,
id. Or. 1, 10, 43:
optimum: difficillimum est formam exponere optimi,
id. ib. 11, 36.— Here belongs the phrase boni consulere;
v. consulo.—So after prepositions: in bonum vertere, v. under verto: in melius ire,
to change for the better, Tac. A. 12, 68.—In the same sense: in melius aliquid referre, or reflectere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 281; 11, 426; 10, 632:
ad melius transcurrere,
to pass over to something better, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82.—
3.
Bonum or bona, prosperity:
fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post patitur bonum,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 58:
nulli est homini perpetuum bonum,
id. Curc. 1, 3, 33:
unā tecum bona, mala tolerabimus,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 23:
quibus in bonis fuerint et nunc quibus in malis sint, ostenditur ( = in secundis, in adversis rebus),
Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 107.—
4.
Good qualities, gifts:
omnia adsunt bona, quem penes'st virtus,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 30:
magnis illi et divinis bonis hanc licentiam adsequebantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:
nisi qui se suā gravitate et castimoniā... tum etiam naturali quodam bono defenderet, etc.,
id. Cael. 5, 11:
hunc meā sententiā divinis quibusdam bonis instructum atque ornatum puto,
id. ib. 17, 39:
non intellego quod bonum cuiquam sit apud tales viros profuturum,
id. Balb. 28, 63:
gaude isto tuo tam excellenti bono,
id. Marcell. 6, 19; so id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
5.
Advantage, benefit:
si plus adipiscare, re explicatā, boni, quam addubitatā mali,
Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:
saepe cogitavi bonine an mali plus adtulerit... eloquentiae studium,
id. Inv. 1, 1, 1; 2, 35, 106; id. Off. 2, 2, 5; id. Sest. 10, 24:
maximum bonum in celeritate ponebat,
Sall. C. 43, 4; so, bono publico (abl.), for the public good:
hoc ita si fit, publico fiat bono,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 183; Liv. 2, 44, 3; Dig. 41, 3, 1.—
6.
With aequum, what is fair and good, the fair ( thing), fairness, equity:
si bonum aequomque oras,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 149; so id. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Rud. 1, 2, 94; id. Men. 4, 2, 11:
si tu aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 32; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 29; id. Ad. 1, 1, 39:
a quo vivo nec praesens nec absens quidquam aequi bonique impetravit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 94.—Hence, aequo et bono, or ex aequo et bono, in ( with) fairness, in equity, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 30; Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14; 2, 12, 18; 2, 13, 20; Gai. Inst. 3, 137: aequi bonique, as gen. of value, with facere:
istuc, Chreme, Aequi bonique facio,
I place a fair and proper value on it, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 40.—
7.
Bona, one ' s property, fortunes, almost always denoting the whole of one's possessions.
a.
In gen.:
paterna oportet reddi filio bona,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 120:
bona sua med habiturum omnia,
id. Truc. 2, 4, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 6; 4, 2, 29; id. Rud. 2, 6, 22; id. Most. 1, 3, 77; id. Trin. 4, 4, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4:
bona mea diripiebantur atque ad consulem deferebantur,
Cic. Sest. 24, 54:
cum de capite, civis et de bonis proscriptio ferretur,
id. ib. 30, 65:
bona, fortunas, possessiones omnium,
id. Caecin. 13, 38:
at mulctantur bonis exsules,
id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106; id. Off. 2, 23, 81; id. Par. 1, 1, 7; id. Sest. 19, 42; 43, 94; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; Caes. B. G. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 3, 5; 2, 5, 5; 4, 15, 8; Tac. A. 2, 48; Quint. 6, 1, 19 et saep.—
b.
Bonorum possessio, the possession of one ' s property by another.
(α).
Bonorum possessio in consequence of bonorum cessio, i. e. an assignment of one ' s property for the benefit of creditors, Dig. 42, tit. 3.—
(β).
Bonorum possessio granted by the prætor against a contumacious or insolvent debtor (in bona mittere, in bona ire jubere, bona possidere jubere, etc.); cf. Dig. 42, tit. 4:
postulat a Burrieno Naevius ut ex edicto bona possidere liceat,
Cic. Quint. 6, 25, and the whole of c. 8:
edixit... neu quis militis... bona possideret aut venderet,
Liv. 2, 24, 6:
bona proscribere,
to offer the property thus transferred for sale, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—
(γ).
Chiefly referring to the property of a defunct person (hereditas), where the prætor, till the heir had proved his right, granted a bonorum possessio secundum tabulas or contra tabulas, Dig. 37, tit. 4; 37, tit. 11.—
c.
In bonis esse;
with reference to the older civil law, which distinguished between civil property (habere rem ex jure Quiritium) and natural property (rem in bonis habere, res in bonis est),
Gai. Inst. 2, 40, 41; Dig. 40, 12, 38, § 2; 37, 6, 2, § 1; 37, 6, 3, § 2; ib. Fragm. 1, 16; Gai. Inst. 1, 22; 1, 35; 1, 222; 1, 167; Dig. 1, 8, 1; 27, 10, 10:
neque bonorum possessorum, neque... res pleno jure fiunt, sed in bonis efficiuntur,
ib. Fragm. 3, 80.—Hence, nullam omnino arbitrabamur de eā hereditate controversiam eum habiturum, et est hodie in bonis, i. e. [p. 247] the bonorum possessio has been granted to him, which did not give full ownership, but effected only that the hereditas was in bonis. Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.
III.
Predicative use.
A.
With nouns or pronouns as subjects.
1.
Bonum esse, to be morally good, honest:
nunc mihi bonae necessum est esse ingratiis, Quamquam esse nolo,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 82:
bonam ego quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 93; so id. Capt. 2, 1, 44; id. Men. 4, 2, 6; id. Rud. prol. 29:
itaque viros fortes magnanimos eosdem, bonos et simplices... esse volumus,
Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 21, 84; id. Att. 15, 6, 1:
Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat,
Sall. C. 54, 5:
ut politiora, non ut meliora fiant ingenia,
Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 5 fin. —
2.
To be beneficial, prosperous, advantageous, valuable, favorable, serviceable, correct, with reference to both persons and things as subjects, and in regard to physical and mental relations:
jam istuc non bonumst,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 29; Cato, R. R. 157:
oleum viridius et melius fiet,
id. ib. 3:
vinum ut alvum bonam faciat,
to correct the bowels, id. ib. 156:
quid est homini salute melius?
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:
non optuma haec sunt, verum meliora quam deterruma,
id. Trin. 2, 3, 1:
quid est quod huc possit quod melius sit accedere?
Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 41; 1, 18, 57; id. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:
in quo (vestitu), sicut in plerisque rebus, mediocritas optima est,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; 2, 17, 59; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Or. 2, 6; 11, 36:
meliorem tamen militem... in futura proelia id certamen fecit,
Liv. 2, 51, 3:
parvus ut est cygni melior canor, ille gruum quam Clamor,
Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 191:
si meliora dies, ut vina, poemata reddit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 34.—So in the optative formula:
quod bonum, faustum, felixque sit,
Liv. 1, 28, 7; 1, 17, 10; 39, 15, 1; 3, 54;
3, 34.—Also, quod bonum atque fortunatum mihi sit,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 50;
and with a noun as subject: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix, fortunataque evenat,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3.—
3.
To be kind:
bonus cum probis'st (erus), malus cum malis,
Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22:
hic si vellet bonus ac benignus Esse,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 52.—
4.
With reference to the gods:
ecastor ambae (Fortuna et Salus sunt bonae,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 129:
Palladis aut oculos ausa negare bonos (esse),
Prop. 3, 24, 12 (2, 28, 12).—
B.
Impers.
1.
Bonum est (very rare for the class. bene est; v. bene).
(α).
Without a subject:
bonum sit!
may it be fortunate, favorable! Verg. E. 8, 106.—
(β).
With subject inf.:
nam et stulte facere, et stulte fabularier in aetate haud bonum est,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61:
bonum est pauxillum amare, insane non bonum est,
id. Curc. 1, 3,20.—
2.
Melius est.
(α).
With subject inf.:
melius sanam est mentem sumere,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 51:
nihil sentire est melius quam tam prava sentire,
Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125; cf. id. Fin. 1, 19, 62; id. Off. 1, 43, 156; so,
melius fuit, fuisset, or fuerat,
it would have been better, id. N. D. 3, 33; id. Sen. 23, 82; id. Off. 3, 25, 94:
proinde quiesse erit melius,
Liv. 3, 48, 3; 3, 41, 3; Verg. A. 11, 303.—
(β).
With subject inf.-clause:
meliu'st te quae sunt mandata tibi praevortier,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 125; id. Men. 5, 9, 32.—
(γ).
With ut-clause:
quid melius quam ut hinc intro abeam et me suspendam clanculum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 145; so id. Ps. 4, 7, 18.—
(δ).
With subjectclause in the subjunctive:
nunc quid mihi meliu'st quam ilico hic opperiar erum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 22.—
3.
Optimum est.
(α).
With subject inf.:
optimum visum est, captivos quam primum deportare,
Liv. 23, 34, 8:
si quis dicit optimum esse navigare,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 4 (32 fin.); so, optimum fuit, it would have been better, and optimum erat, it would be better, Quint. 6, prooem. 3; 11, 2, 33; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7.—
(β).
With inf.-clause:
constituerunt optimum esse, domum suam quemque reverti,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10: optimum visum est, in fluctuantem aciem tradi equos, etc., Liv 6, 24, 10; 22, 27, 6.—
(γ).
With ut and subj:
hoc vero optimum, ut is qui, etc., id ultimum bonorum, id ipsum quid et quale sit nesciat,
Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 6.—
(δ).
With quod:
illa vero optima (sunt) quod cum Haluntium venisset Archagathum vocari jussit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:
optimum vero (est) quod dictaturae nomen in perpetuum de re publica sustulisti,
id. Phil. 2, 36, 91.—
(ε).
With second sup., in the phrase optumum factu est (where factu is redundant):
sed hoc mihi optumum factu arbitror,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 16:
optimum factu esse duxerant frumento... nostros prohibere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 30:
optumum factu credens exercitum augere,
Sall. C. 32, 1 (Kritz, factum); 57, 5 (Kritz, factum).
IV.
Ellipt. use: di meliora, i. e. dent or velint, i. e. let the gods grant better things than what you say, etc.; God forbid! in full:
di melius duint,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 16:
di meliora velint!
Ov. M. 7, 37.—Ellipt.:
di meliora! inquit,
Cic. Sen. 14, 47:
id ubi mulier audivit, perturbata, dii meliora inquit, etc.,
Liv. 39, 10, 2; 9, 9, 6; Verg. G. 3, 513;
similarly, di melius, i. e. fecerunt,
Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3.
V.
With object expressed,
1.
By dat.
(α).
= good, useful, beneficial for:
ambula, id lieni optumum est,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 25:
quia vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse intellexi,
Sall. C. 20, 3:
bona bello Cornus, jaculis, etc.,
Verg. G. 2, 447.—
(β).
= benignus or propitius, kind to:
vicinis bonus esto,
Cato, R. R. 4:
bene merenti mala es, male merenti bona es,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 3:
vos o mihi Manes, Este boni,
Verg. A. 12, 647.—
(γ).
= idoneus, fit for, adapted to:
qui locus vino optimus dicetur esse,
Cato, R. R. 6:
tum erit ei rei optumum tempus,
id. ib. 26:
terra cui putre solum, Optima frumentis,
Verg. G. 2, 205; 2, 319; 1, 286.—
(δ).
With sum and dat., in the phrase alicui bono est, it is of service to one, profits him:
accusant in quibus occidi patrem Sex. Roscii bono fuit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:
bono fuisse Romanis adventum eorum constabat,
Liv. 7, 12, 4.—Hence, with rel. dat.: cui bono (est), for whose advantage it is:
quod si quis usurpet illud Cassianum cui bono fuerit, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:
cui bono fuisset,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Mil. 12, 32 Ascon. ad loc.; cf.
ellipt. form cui bono?
Prisc. p. 1208 P.—
(ε).
With dat. gerund:
ager oleto conserundo qui in Favonium spectavit, aliis bonus nullus erit,
Cato, R. R. 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 24:
(mons) quia pecori bonus alendo erat,
Liv. 29, 31; 9, 10.—
2.
By ad and acc.:
refert et ad quam rem bona aut non bona sit,
Varr. R. R. 1, 91:
occasio quaeritur idoneane fuerit ad rem adoriendam, an alia melior,
Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7:
non campos modo militi Romano ad proelium bonos, etc.,
Tac. A. 2, 14.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > bonus
51 habeo

hăbĕo, ui, itum, 2 (archaic perf. subj. habessit, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19; inf. haberier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 111), v. a. and n. [etym. dub.; cf. Gr. kôpê, handle; Lat. capio; Germ. haben, Haft; Engl. have], to have, in the widest sense of the word, to hold, keep, possess, cherish, entertain, occupy, enclose, contain (cf.: teneo, possideo, etc.).
I.
In gen.
A.
Of personal subjects.
1.
With persons or things as objects: SI INTESTATO MORITVR, CVI SVVS HERES NEC SIT, AGNATVS PROXIMVS FAMILIAM HABETO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Ulp. Fragm. 26, 1: ex tui animi sententia tu uxorem habes? Cato ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 260; cf.:
aliquam habere in matrimonio, Cic. Scaur. § 8: ipsum ex Helvetiis uxorem habere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 6:
si et prudentes homines et non veteres reges habere voluerunt,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37 fin.:
quae cum patrem clarissimum, amplissimos patruos, ornatissimum fratrem haberet,
id. Rosc. Am. 50, 147:
cum ille haberet filium delicatiorem,
id. de Or. 2, 64, 257:
quod non ingenuous habeat clarosque parentes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 91:
habebat saepe ducentos, saepe decem servos,
id. ib. 1, 3, 11:
fundum habere, Cic. Tull. § 14: cur pecuniam non habeat mulier?
id. Rep. 3, 10:
tantas divitias habet,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 99; so,
aurum,
id. ib. 2, 3, 35; and:
vectigalia magna Divitiasque,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 101:
tantum opum,
Cic. Rep. 1, 48:
classes,
id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:
naves,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104:
denique sit finis quaerendi, cumque habeas plus, Pauperiem metuas minus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 92:
tacitus pasci si posset corvus, haberet Plus dapis,
id. Ep. 1, 17, 50:
Dionysii equus quid attulit admirationis, quod habuit apes in juba?
Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67: faenum habet in cornu;
longe fuge,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 34:
leges in monumentis habere,
Cic. Rep. 2, 14:
hostis habet muros,
Verg. A. 2, 290:
hostis habet portus,
Val. Fl. 3, 45 al.:
quam vellem Panaetium nostrum nobiscum haberemus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 10:
Ciceronem secum,
id. Att. 4, 9, 2; cf.:
ea legione, quam secum habebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 1:
secum senatorem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 77; cf.
also: magnum numerum equitatus circum se,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 5:
haec si habeat aurum, quod illi renumeret, faciat lubens,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12; cf.:
quid non habuisti quod dares? Habuisse se dicet, Cic. Scaur. § 19: quod non desit, habentem,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 52:
qui in foro turbaque, quicum colloqui libeat, non habeant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17.—
2.
With abstr. objects: quid illos, bono genere gnatos, opinanimi animi habuisse atque habituros dum vivent? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:
quod uno et eodem temporis puncto nati dissimiles et naturas et vitas et casus habent,
Cic. Div. 2, 45, 95:
febrim,
id. Fam. 7, 26, 1:
instrumenta animi,
id. Rep. 3, 3:
nec vero habere virtutem satis est, quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare,
id. ib. 1, 2:
in populos perpetuam potestatem,
id. ib. 2, 27; cf.:
in populum vitae necisque potestatem,
id. ib. 3, 14; so,
potestatem,
id. ib. 2, 29; 32;
36: eo plus auctoritatis,
id. ib. 3, 16:
ornamenta dicendi,
id. de Or. 2, 28, 122; cf.:
summam prudentiam summamque vim dicendi,
id. ib. 1, 20, 89:
Q. Lucilius Balbus tantos progressus habebat in Stoicis, ut, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 6, 15:
neque quem usum belli haberent aut quibus institutis uterentur, reperiri poterat,
Caes. B. G. 4, 20 fin.:
nonnullam invidiam ex eo, quod, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 283: nimiam spem, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1:
spem in fide alicujus,
Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 71; cf.:
tantum spei ad vivendum,
id. Att. 15, 20, 2; id. N. D. 3, 6, 14; cf.
also: summam spem de aliquo,
id. Lael. 3, 11:
odium in equestrem ordinem,
id. Clu. 55, 151:
metum,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 6: consolationem [p. 834] semper in ore atque in animo, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 2; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 56 Mull.:
rogavi, ut diceret, quid haberet in animo,
Cic. Att. 8, 10:
neque modum neque modestiam victores habere,
observe no bounds, Sall. C. 11, 4;
v. modus: haec habebam fere, quae te scire vellem,
Cic. Att. 1, 6; cf.:
haec habui de amicitia quae dicerem,
this is what I had to say, id. Lael. 27 fin.: fidem, gratiam, honorem, rationem; v. these nouns.—In a play on the word lumen: Arge, jaces; quodque in tot lumina lumen habebas Exstinctum est, the light for so many lights ( eyes), Ov. M. 1, 720.—
(β).
With inf. (analog. to the Gr. echô), to have something to do, be able to do something:
habeo etiam dicere quem contra morem majorum dejecerit, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:
de re publica nihil habeo ad te scribere,
id. Att. 2, 22, 6.—So with inf. or with the part. fut. pass. (ante-class. and post-Aug.), to have or be obliged to do something, I must do something:
rogas, ut id mihi habeam curare,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:
filius hominis, quod carne indui haberet in terra,
Lact. 4, 12, 15:
habemus humiliare eum in signo,
id. 4, 18, 22:
quod plurimae haereses haberent existere,
id. 4, 30, 2:
etiam Filius Dei mori habuit,
Tert. Hab. Mul. 1:
si inimicos jubemur diligere, quem habemus odisse?
id. Apol. 37:
de spatiis ordinum eatenus praecipiendum habemus, ut intelligant agricolae, etc.,
Col. 5, 5, 3:
praesertim cum enitendum haberemus, ut, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 12:
si nunc primum statuendum haberemus,
Tac. A. 14, 44:
cum respondendum haberent,
id. Or. 36.—
B.
Of inanim. or abstr. subjects:
prima classis LXXXVIII. centurias habeat,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22:
locus ille nihil habet religionis,
id. Leg. 2, 22, 57:
humani animi eam partem, quae sensum habeat,
id. Div. 1, 32, 70:
animus incorruptus agit atque habet cuncta, neque ipse habetur,
Sall. J. 2, 3:
divinus animus mortale nihil habuit, Cic. Scaur. § 50: habet statum res publica de tribus secundarium,
id. Rep. 1, 42; cf.:
nullum est genus illarum rerum publicarum, quod non habeat iter ad finitimum quoddam malum,
id. ib. 1, 28:
ipsa aequabilitas est iniqua, cum habeat nullos gradus dignitatis,
id. ib. 1, 27:
nulla alia in civitate...ullum domicilium libertas habet,
id. ib. 1, 31:
nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,
id. ib. 1, 4; cf.:
viri excellentis ancipites variique casus habent admirationem,
id. Fam. 5, 12, 5:
habet etiam amoenitas ipsa illecebras multas cupiditatum,
id. Rep. 2, 4:
quid habet illius carminis simile haec oratio?
id. ib. 1, 36:
magnam habet vim disciplina verecundiae,
id. ib. 4, 6 et saep.:
quomodo habere dicimur febrem, cum illa nos habeat,
Sen. Ep. 119 med.; cf.:
animalia somnus habebat,
Verg. A. 3, 147; Ov. M. 7, 329:
me somno gravatum Infelix habuit thalamus,
Verg. A. 6, 521; cf.:
non me impia namque Tartara habent,
id. ib. 5, 734:
habentque Tartara Panthoiden,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 9:
qui (metus) major absentes habet,
id. Epod. 1, 18; Sen. Const. Sap. 7:
et habet mortalia casus,
Luc. 2, 13:
terror habet vates,
Stat. Th. 3, 549.
II.
In partic.
A.
Pregn., to have or possess property (mostly absol.):
miserum istuc verbum et pessumum'st, habuisse et nihil habere,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 34; cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 10: qui habet, ultro appetitur: qui est pauper, aspernatur, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:
habet idem in nummis, habet idem in urbanis praediis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199; so,
in nummis,
id. Att. 8, 10:
in Salentinis aut in Brutiis,
i. e. to have possessions, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 132; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45: nos quod simus, quod habeamus, etc., Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1:
et belli rabies et amor successit habendi,
Verg. A. 8, 327; cf.:
amore senescit habendi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85; Phaedr. 3 prol. 21; Juv. 14, 207: quid habentibus auri nunquam exstincta sitis? Sil. 5, 264; so, habentes = hoi echontes, the wealthy, Lact. 5, 8, 7. —
2.
With an object - or relative-clause, to have the means, ability, or knowledge, i. e. to be in a condition, to be able, to know how to do or say any thing.
(α).
With an objectclause:
de Alexandrina re tantum habeo polliceri, me tibi cumulate satisfacturum,
Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 3:
de re publica nihil habeo ad te scribere,
id. Att. 2, 22, 6:
haec fere dicere habui de natura deorum,
this is the substance of what I had to say, id. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf.:
quid habes igitur dicere de Gaditano foedere?
id. Balb. 14, 33:
habeo etiam dicere, quem de ponte in Tiberim dejecerit,
id. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:
illud affirmare pro certo habeo, etc.,
Liv. 44, 22, 4:
sic placet, an melius quis habet suadere?
Hor. Epod. 16, 23.—
(β).
With a relat.-clause (usually with a negative: non habeo, quid faciam;
or: nihil habeo, quod faciam, dicam, etc.): de quibus habeo ipse, quid sentiam: non habeo autem, quid tibi assentiar,
Cic. N. D. 3, 25, 64:
de pueris quid agam, non habeo,
id. Att. 7, 19:
usque eo quid arguas non habes,
id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45:
quid huic responderet, non habebat,
id. Mur. 12, 26:
nec quid faceret habebat,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:
qui, quo se reciperent, non haberent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 38, 2:
nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam,
Cic. Att. 7, 19:
nil habeo, quod agam,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 19; and:
nihil habeo, quod cum amicitia Scipionis possim comparare,
Cic. Lael. 27, 103.—
B.
To have in use, make use of, use (very rare, for the usual uti, opp. abuti):
anulus in digito subter tenuatur habendo,
i. e. by use, by wearing, Lucr. 1, 312; cf.:
aera nitent usu: vestis bona quaerit haberi,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 51:
quippe quas (divitias) honeste habere licebat, abuti per turpitudinem properabant,
Sall. C. 13, 2 Kritz; cf.:
magnae opes innocenter paratae et modeste habitae,
Tac. A. 4, 44.—Hence,
2.
To hold, use, wield, handle, manage:
nec inmensa barbarorum scuta, enormis hastas, inter truncos arborum perinde haberi quam pila,
Tac. A. 2, 14.— Trop.:
quo modo rem publicam habuerint (majores), disserere,
Sall. C. 5, 9; cf.:
reipublicae partes,
Tac. A. 4, 6 init. —
C.
To hold or keep a person or thing in any condition; to have, hold, or regard in any light:
aliquem in obsidione,
Caes. B. C. 3, 31, 3:
aliquem in liberis custodiis,
Sall. C. 47, 3; so,
aliquem in custodiis,
id. ib. 52, 14:
aliquem in vinculis,
id. ib. 51 fin.;
for which also: in custodiam habitus,
i. e. put into prison and kept there, Liv. 22, 25; Tac. H. 1, 87; cf.:
quo facilius omne Hadriaticum mare in potestatem haberet,
Caes. B. C. 1, 25 Oud. N. cr. (al. in potestate):
cum talem virum in potestatem habuisset,
Sall. J. 112 fin. Kritz N. cr.:
quae res eos in magno diuturnoque bello inter se habuit,
id. ib. 79, 3:
alios in ea fortuna haberent, ut socii esse quam cives mallent,
Liv. 26, 24:
aegros in tenebris,
Cels. 3, 18:
aquam caelestem sub dio in sole,
Col. 12, 12, 1:
in otio militem,
Liv. 39, 2, 6; cf.:
legiones habebantur per otium,
Tac. H. 1, 31:
externa sine cura habebantur,
id. A. 1, 79 init.:
exercitus sine imperio et modestia habitus,
Sall. J. 44, 1:
quos ille postea magno in honore habuit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2;
for which: quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit,
id. B. G. 5, 54, 4:
habeo Junium (mensem) et Quintilem in metu,
i. e. I fear, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 14.— So with an adj. or a perf. part., to denote a lasting condition:
ita me mea forma habet sollicitum,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 95 Lorenz; id. Men. 4, 2, 12; 21:
miserrimum ego hunc habebo amasium,
id. Cas. 3, 3, 27 al.:
laetum Germanicum,
Tac. A. 2, 57; 65:
sollicitum habebat cogitatio,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1; 2, 16, 2.—Hence,
2.
With a double object, esp. freq. with the part. perf. pass., to have, hold, or possess a person or thing in any quality or capacity, as any thing; to have, hold, or possess an action as completed, finished (a pregn. circumlocution for the perf.):
cum haberet collegam in praetura Sophoclem,
Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 93:
an heredem habuerit eum, a quo, etc.,
id. 7, 2, 37:
istaec illum perdidit assentatio, nam absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8:
cur ergo unus tu Apollonidenses miseriores habes quam pater tuus habuit umquam?
Cic. Fl. 29, 71:
obvium habuerunt patrem,
Quint. 7, 1, 29:
reliquas civitates stipendiarias,
Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3:
quod (cognomen) habes hereditarium,
Cic. Rep. 6, 11:
quae habuit venalia,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11, 1:
qui auro habeat soccis suppactum solum,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 98:
me segregatum habuisse, uxorem ut duxit, a me Pamphilum,
have kept him away, aloof, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 25; cf.:
inclusum in curia senatum habuerunt,
Cic. Att. 6, 2, 8:
(Romulus) habuit plebem in clientelas principum descriptam,
id. Rep. 2, 9: satis mihi videbar habere cognitum Scaevolam ex iis rebus, quas, etc., id. Brut. 40, 147; cf.:
si nondum eum satis habes cognitum,
id. Fam. 13, 17, 3; ib. 15, 20 fin.: fidem spectatam jam et diu cognitam, id. Div. ap. Caecil. 4, 11:
decumas ad aquam deportatas,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 36:
domitas habere libidines,
id. de Or. 1, 43, 194:
omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,
id. Or. 33, 118; id. Rep. 2, 6:
innumerabilia, quae collecta habent Stoici,
id. Div. 2, 70, 145: quantum in acie tironi sit committendum, nimium saepe expertum habemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 3:
quare velim ita statutum habeas, me, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1: habeo absolutum suave epos ad Caesarem, id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 6:
in adversariis scriptum habere (nomen),
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:
de Caesare satis dictum habebo,
id. Phil. 5, 19, 52:
bellum habere susceptum,
id. Agr. 2, 6, 14:
quam (domum) tu iam dimensam et exaedificatam animo habebas,
id. Att. 1, 6, 1:
ut omnes labores, pericula consueta habeam,
Sall. J. 85, 7:
compertum ego habeo,
id. Cat. 58, 1; cf. Nep. Att. 17 fin.; 18, 1: neque ea res falsum ( part. perf. pass.) me habuit, Sall. J. 10, 1 al. From this use is derived the compound perf. of the Romance languages: ho veduto, j'ai vu, qs. habeo visum, I have seen).—
3.
Also, with a double object, to make, render:
praecipit ut dent operam, uti eos quam maxime manifestos habeant,
Sall. C. 41, 5:
qui pascua publica infesta habuerant,
Liv. 39, 29, 9; 34, 36, 3:
necdum omnia edita facinora habent,
id. 39, 16, 3; 31, 42, 1:
anxium me et inquietum habet petitio Sexti,
Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 1:
sed Pompeium gratia impunitum habuit,
kept, Vell. 2, 1, 5.—
4.
Hence:
in aliquo (aliqua re), aliquem (aliquid) habere (rare): ea si fecissem, in vestra amicitia exercitum, divitias, munimenta regni me habiturum,
Sall. J. 14, 1:
in vobis liberos, parentes, consanguineos habeo,
Curt. 6, 9, 12:
majora in eo obsequia habiturus,
Just. 8, 6, 6; cf. Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 5.—
5.
To have or hold a person in any manner, to treat, use:
is, uti tu me hic habueris, proinde illum illic curaverit,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 64:
equitatu agmen adversariorum male habere et carpere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 63, 2; cf. Cels. 3, 20; 3, 21:
exercitum luxuriose nimisque liberaliter habere,
Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz; cf.:
eos ille non pro vanis hostibus, ut meriti erant, sed accurate et liberaliter habuit,
id. J. 103, 5; 113, 2:
Fabiis plurimi (saucii) dati, nec alibi majore cura habiti,
Liv. 2, 47, 12; 29, 8, 6; 37, 34, 5:
video quam molliter tuos habeas,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 1:
militant vobiscum, qui superbe habiti rebellassent,
Curt. 8, 8, 11:
virgines tam sancte habuit,
id. 3, 12, 21; 4, 10, 33:
male habere aliquem,
Nep. Eum. 12, 1:
neque conjugem et filium ejus hostiliter haberi,
Tac. A. 2, 10.—
6.
With se, and sometimes mid. or neut., to hold or keep himself or itself in a certain manner, i. e. to be constituted or situated, to find one's self, to be, in any manner.
(α).
Habere se:
Tironem Patris aegrum reliqui...et quamquam videbatur se non graviter habere, tamen sum sollicitus, etc.,
Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3:
praeclare te habes, cum, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149:
ipsi se hoc melius habent quam nos, quod, etc.,
id. Att. 11, 7, 4:
Bene habemus nos,
id. ib. 2, 8, 1:
ego me bene habeo,
am well, Tac. A. 14, 51: praeclare se res habeat ( is well), si, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:
male se res habet, cum, quod virtute effici debet, id tentatur pecunia,
id. Off. 2, 6, 22; cf. id. de Or. 2, 77, 313:
quae cum ita se res haberet, tamen, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 124; cf.:
ita se res habet, ut ego, etc.,
id. Quint. 1, 2:
sic profecto res se habet,
id. de Or. 2, 67, 271:
scire aveo, quomodo res se habeat,
id. Att. 13, 35, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 32, 140:
ut se tota res habeat,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 15; cf.:
ut meae res sese habent,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 1.—
(β).
Mid.:
virtus clara aeternaque habetur,
exhibits itself, is, continues, Sall. C. 1, 4:
sicuti pleraque mortalium habentur,
as for the most part happens in human affairs, id. ib. 6, 3.—
(γ).
Neutr. (as also the Gr echô): Tullia nostra recte valet: Terentia minus belle habuit, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:
volui animum tandem confirmare hodie meum, Ut bene haberem filiae nuptiis,
I might enjoy myself, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 2: qui bene habet suisque amicis est volup, id. [p. 835] Mil. 3, 1, 130:
bene habent tibi principia,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 82:
bene habet: jacta sunt fundamenta defensionis,
it is well, Cic. Mur. 6, 14; Liv. 8, 6:
magnum narras, vix credibile! atqui sic habet,
so it is, it is even so, Hor. S. 1, 9, 53: illasce sues sanas esse habereque recte licere spondesne? Formula emendi, ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 5; 2, 3, 5.—
D.
To hold, account, esteem, consider, regard a person or thing in any manner or as any thing; to think or believe a person or thing to be so or so:
aliquem fidelem sibi habere,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 87:
deos aeternos et beatos,
Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45:
id habent hodie vile et semper habuerunt,
id. Balb. 22, 51:
maximam illam voluptatem habemus, quae, etc.,
id. Fin. 1, 11, 37:
eum nos ut perveterem habemus... nec vero habeo quemquam antiquiorem,
id. Brut. 15, 61:
Ut et rex et pater habereter omnium,
id. Rep. 1, 36; 2, 21:
parentem Asiae et dici et haberi,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10 fin.:
eos dicit esse habitos deos, a quibus, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 15, 38:
cum esset habendus rex, quicumque genere regio natus esset,
id. Rep. 1, 33; cf. id. ib. 2, 12 fin.: non habeo nauci Marsum augurem, Poet. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132:
cujus auctoritas in iis regionibus magni habebatur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 21, 7:
nihil pensi habere,
Quint. 11, 1, 29; cf.
also: an perinde habenda sit haec atque illa,
id. 7, 3, 11:
sese illum non pro amico, sed pro hoste habiturum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19; so,
aliquem pro hoste,
Liv. 2, 20; Curt. 6, 2 al.:
nisi in provincia relictas rationes pro relatis haberem,
Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2:
licet omnia Italica pro Romanis habeam,
Quint. 1, 5, 56; 12, 10, 73:
istuc jam pro facto habeo,
Cic. Att. 13, 1, 2:
Pompeium pro certo habemus per Illyricum proficisci in Galliam,
to consider as certain, id. ib. 10, 6 fin.:
id obliviscendum, pro non dicto habendum,
Liv. 23, 22, 9:
hoc velim in maximis rebus et maxime necessariis habeas,
Cic. Att. 5, 5 fin.:
aliquem in deorum numero,
id. N. D. 1, 14, 36:
aliquem in hostium numero,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28, 1:
aliquem suorum In numero,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 41;
for which also: hostium numero haberi,
Cic. Att. 11, 6, 6:
numero impiorum ac sceleratorum haberi,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7; cf. also Quint. 3, 7, 2:
quem Aegyptii nefas habent nominare,
Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:
mutare nefas habent,
Quint. 12, 8, 6:
nec tamen est habendum religioni, nocentem aliquando defendere,
to scruple, make a conscience of, Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51; cf.:
nec eam rem habuit religioni,
id. Div. 1, 35, 77:
quando tu me bene merentem tibi habes despicatui,
you despise, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 19:
non sic ludibrio tuis factis habitus essem,
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 11.—Hence: sic habeto, or sic habeas aliquid, or with an object-clause, hold or judge thus, be convinced or persuaded, believe, know:
sed hoc nihil ad te: illud velim sic habeas, uod intelliges, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 2:
unum hoc sic habeto: si, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 6 fin.:
sic habeto: omnibus, etc.,
id. Rep. 6, 13:
enitere et sic habeto, non esse te mortalem, sed corpus hoc,
id. ib. 6, 24; so with an object-clause, id. Fam. 2, 10, 1; 16, 4, 4.—Without sic:
id primum ergo habeto, non sine magna causa, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 2:
tantum habeto, civem egregium esse Pompeium, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 8, 2.—
2.
To take, accept, bear, submit to, endure:
neque cuiquam mortalium injuriae suae parvae videntur: multi eas gravius aequo habuere,
Sall. C. 51, 11:
egestas facile habetur sine damno,
id. ib. 6, 37:
quae in praesens Tiberius civiliter habuit, sed, etc.,
Tac. A. 4, 21:
neque tantum maleficium impune habendum,
id. ib. 3, 70;
12, 48: nec ita aegre habuit filium id pro parente ausum,
Liv. 7, 5, 7 Weissenb.—
E.
To hold, have possession of, occupy, a place:
urbem Romam condidere atque habuere initio Trojani,
Sall. C. 6, 1:
qui mortales initio Africam habuerint,
id. J. 17, 7; 18, 1; cf.
Siciliam et Sardiniam per legatos habuit,
rule, administer, Flor. 4, 2, 22:
urbem Romanam a principio reges habuere,
Tac. A. 1, 1:
Hispaniae tribus legionibus habebantur,
id. ib. 4, 5; 12, 54.—
2.
More freq. neutr., to dwell, live anywhere (perh. only ante-class.; in good prose habito is used instead): quae Corinthum arcem altam habetis, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 294 Vahl.):
ille geminus qui Syracusis habet,
Plaut. Men. prol. 69: quis istic habet? id. Bacch. 1, 2, 6:
ubi nunc adulescens habet?
id. Trin. 1, 2, 156:
apud aedem Junonis Lucinae, ubi aeditumus habere solet,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Mull.; cf.:
situm formamque et universorum castrorum et partium, qua Poeni, qua Numidae haberent...specularentur,
Liv. 30, 4, 2 (but v. Weissenb. ad loc.).—
F.
To spend, pass (time, etc.):
aetatem procul a republica,
Sall. C. 4, 1:
vitam,
id. ib. 51, 12 al.—
G.
To have in one's mind, to know, be acquainted with:
siquidem istius regis (Anci) matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 18 fin.: habes consilia nostra;
nunc cognosce de Bruto,
there you have, such are, id. Att. 5, 21, 10:
habetis igitur primum ortum tyranni,
id. Rep. 2, 27:
habetis sermonem bene longum hominis,
id. de Or. 2, 88, 361; cf.
also: habes nostras sententias,
Suet. Claud. 4:
habes, quae fortissime de beata vita dici putem,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 28 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 2, 71, 291. —
H.
To have as a habit, peculiarity, or characteristic:
habebat hoc omnino Caesar: quem plane perditum aere alieno egentemque cognorat, hunc in familiaritatem libentissime recipiebat,
Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 78; id. Pis. 32, 81.—
K.
To hold, to make, do, perform, prepare, utter, pronounce, produce, cause:
alium quaerebam, iter hac habui,
made, directed, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 35; cf.:
ex urbe profectus iter ad legiones habebat,
Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 3; so,
iter,
id. ib. 1, 51, 1; 3, 11, 2; 3, 106, 1; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 2:
vias,
Luc. 2, 439:
C. Cato contionatus est, comitia haberi non siturum, si, etc.,
to be held, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6:
senatum,
id. ib. 2, 13, 3; id. Fam. 1, 4, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 1:
concilia,
id. B. G. 5, 53, 4:
contionem,
Cic. Att. 4, 1, 6:
censum,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:
delectum (militum),
id. Phil. 5, 12, 31; id. Fam. 15, 1 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 1;
v. delectus: ludos,
Suet. Rhet. 1:
sermonem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; cf.:
orationem,
to deliver, id. Rep. 1, 46:
multis verbis ultro citroque habitis,
id. ib. 6, 9 fin.:
disputationem,
id. ib. 1, 7; Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 1:
dialogum,
Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1:
verba,
id. de Or. 2, 47, 190:
querelam de aliquo apud aliquem,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 2:
controversiam de fundo cum aliquo,
id. Fam. 13, 69, 2 et saep.:
deinde adventus in Syriam primus equitatus habuit interitum,
caused, occasioned, Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9; cf. id. Div. 2, 46, 96:
latrocinia nullam habent infamiam, quae extra fines cujusque civitatis fiunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 23, 6.—
L.
Habere in animo (or simply animo), with an objectclause, to have in mind, to intend, to be disposed, inclined to do any thing (=propositum habere, constituisse, decrevisse):
istum exheredare in animo habebat,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 52; id. Att. 1, 17, 11:
hoc (flumen) neque ipse transire in animo habebat neque hostes transituros existimabat,
Caes. B. G. 6, 7, 5:
neque bello eum invadere animo habuit,
Liv. 44, 25, 1 dub (al. in animo), v. Drak. ad h. l.—
M.
Habere sibi or secum aliquid, to keep to one's self (lit. and trop.):
clamare coeperunt, sibi ut haberet hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 47:
per vindicationem his verbis legamus: DO LEGO, CAPITO, SUMITO, SIBI HABETO,
Ulp. Fragm. 24, 3; cf. ib. § 5; Gai. Inst. 2, 209.—So the formula used in divorces:
res tuas tibi habeas or habe,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 47; Sen. Suas. 1, § 7:
illam suam suas res sibi habere jussit ex duodecim tabulis,
Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69. —Comic. transf.:
apage sis amor: tuas tibi res habeto,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 32.— Trop.:
secreto hoc audi, tecum habeto, ne Apellae quidem liberto tuo dixeris,
Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 2:
verum haec tu tecum habeto,
id. Att. 4, 15, 6.—
N.
Of a sweetheart, to have, to possess, enjoy:
postquam nos Amaryllis habet, Galatea reliquit,
Verg. E. 1, 31; Tib. 1, 2, 65; Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 22:
duxi, habui scortum,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 6; Ter. And. 1, 1, 58: cum esset objectum, habere eum Laida;
habeo, inquit, non habeor a Laide,
Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2.—
O.
Gladiatorial t. t., of a wounded combatant: hoc habet or habet, he has that (i. e. that stroke), he is hit:
desuper altus equo graviter ferit atque ita fatur: Hoc habet,
Verg. A. 12, 296; Prud. Psych. 53.—
2.
Transf.:
hoc habet: reperi, qui senem ducerem,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 26; id. Rud. 4, 4, 99: egomet continuo mecum;
Certe captus est! Habet!
Ter. And. 1, 1, 56 (id est vulneratus est. Habet enim qui percussus est: et proprie de gladiatoribus dicitur, Don.).—Hence: hăbĭtus, a, um, P. a., held or kept in a certain condition, state, humor (ante-class.).
A.
In gen.
1.
Lit.: equus nimis strigosus et male habitus, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11; v. in the foll.—
2.
Trop.:
ut patrem tuum vidi esse habitum, diu etiam duras (lites) dabit,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 22.—
B.
In partic., physically, well kept, well conditioned, fleshy, corpulent:
corpulentior videre atque habitior,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 8:
si qua (virgo) est habitior paulo, pugilem esse aiunt, deducunt cibum,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23: (censores) equum nimis strigosum et male habitum, sed equitem ejus uberrimum et habitissimum viderunt, etc., Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11.

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bŏnus (old form dŭonus, Carm. Sall. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 67 Mull.), a, um, adj. [for duonus, cf. bellum, bis, and cf. root dvi-; hence deidô, deos], good; comp. melior, us [cf. Gr. mala, mallon], better; sup. optimus ( optumus, ante-class. and often class.) [root opof ops, opes; cf. copia, apiscor], best.
I.
Attributively.
A.
As adjunct of nouns denoting persons.
1.
Vir bonus.
(α).
A man morally good (kalos kagathos):
quoniam boni me viri pauperant, improbi alunt,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:
omnibus virtutibus instructos et ornatos tum sapientes, tum viros bonos dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28:
ille vir bonus qui... intolerabili dolore lacerari potius quam aut officium prodat aut fidem,
id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:
sive vir bonus est is qui prodest quibus potest, nocet nemini, certe istum virum bonum non facile reperimus,
id. Off. 3, 15, 64:
qui se ita gerunt ut eorum probitas, fides, integritas, etc.... hos viros bonos... appellandos putemus,
id. Lael. 5, 19:
non intellegunt se de callido homine loqui, non de bono viro,
id. Att. 7, 2, 4:
ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 12:
nec enim melior vir fuit Africano quisquam, nec clarior,
id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 14, 41; 1, 18, 48; id. Planc. 4, 9; id. Par. 3, 1, 21; id. Marcell. 6, 20; id. Fam. 7, 21; id. Off. 2, 16, 57.—
(β).
An honest man:
justitia, ex qua viri boni nominantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; 1, 44, 155; 2, 11, 39; 2, 12, 42; 2, 20, 71;
3, 12, 50: cum is sponsionem fecisset ni vir bonus esset,
id. ib. 3, 19, 77:
quoniam Demosthenes nec vir bonus esset, nec bene meritus de civitate,
id. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116.—
(γ).
A man of good standing in the community:
id viri boni arbitratu deducetur,
Cato, R. R. 143; so id. ib. 149:
tuam partem viri bono arbitratu... dari oportet,
Dig. 17, 1, [p. 244] 35;
37, 6, 2, § 2: quem voles virum bonum nominato,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55:
vir bonus est... quo res sponsore, et quo causae teste tenentur,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40.—Hence, ironically of wealthy men:
praetores jus dicunt, aediles ludos parant, viri boni usuras perscribunt,
Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3.—
(δ).
Ironically of bad men:
sed eccum lenonem Lycum, bonum virum,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 52; Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 9; 4, 3, 18; id. Ad. 3, 4, 30:
expectabam quinam isti viri boni testes hujus manifesto deprehensi veneni dicerentur,
Cic. Cael. 26, 63:
nam socer ejus, vir multum bonus est,
id. Agr. 3, 3, 13;
so especially in addresses (mostly comic.): age tu, illuc procede, bone vir!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 1; id. Curc. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 4, 7, 48; id. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 3, 5, 10; 5, 2, 5; id. Ad. 4, 2, 17; id. Eun. 5, 2, 11:
quid tu, vir optime? Ecquid habes quod dicas?
Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—
(ε).
Sometimes boni viri = boni, in the sense of optimates (v. I. A. 3.):
bonis viris quid juris reliquit tribunatus C. Gracchi?
Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—
(ζ).
As a conventional courtesy:
homines optimi non intellegunt, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:
bone accusator,
id. Rosc. Am. 21, 58:
sic illum amicum vocasti, quomodo omnes candidatos bonos viros dicimus,
gentlemen, Sen. Ep. 3, 1.—For bonus vir, a good husband, v. 3.; and for vir optimus, as a laudatory epithet, v. 5.—
2.
Boni homines (rare) = boni, better classes of society, v. II. A. 3:
in foro infimo boni homines atque dites ambulant,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14.—
3.
With nouns denoting persons in regard to their functions, offices, occupations, and qualities, denoting excellence:
bonus consul,
Liv. 4, 40, 6; 22, 39, 2 (different: consules duos, bonos quidem, sed dumtaxat bonos, amisimus, consuls of good sentiments, almost = bad consuls, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 4):
boni tribuni plebis,
Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 25:
bonus senator,
id. Prov. Cons. 15, 37:
senator bonus,
id. Dom. 4, 8:
bonus judex,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 34:
bonus augur (ironically),
id. Phil. 2, 32, 80:
bonus vates,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 27:
bonus imperator,
Sall. C. 60, 4:
bonus dux,
Quint. 12, 1, 43 (cf. trop.:
naturam, optimam ducem,
the best guide, Cic. Sen. 2, 5):
bonus miles,
Sall. C. 60, 4; Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:
bonus orator,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:
optimus orator,
id. Opt. Gen. 1, 3:
poeta bonus,
id. de Or. 1, 3, 11; 2, 46, 194; id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:
scriptor bonus,
Quint. 10, 1, 104:
bonus advocatus,
id. 5, 13, 10:
bonus defensor,
id. 5, 13, 3:
bonus altercator,
a good debater, id. 6, 4, 10:
bonus praeceptor,
id. 5, 13, 44; 10, 5, 22:
bonus gubernator,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:
optimus opifex,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:
sutor bonus,
id. ib. 1, 3, 125:
actor optimus,
Cic. Sest. 57, 122:
cantor optimus est modulator,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 130:
melior gladiator,
Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 33: agricola (colonus, dominus) bonus, Cato, R. R. prooem.; Cic. Sen. 16, 56:
bonus paterfamilias,
a thrifty head of the house, Nep. Att. 13, 1:
bonus servus,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 58; id. Am. 2, 1, 46; id. Men. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Mil. 22, 58:
dominus bonus,
Cato, R. R. 14:
bonus custos,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38.—Ironically, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57:
filius bonus,
Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 9:
patres,
Quint. 11, 3, 178:
parens,
id. 6, prooem. 4: bonus (melior, optimus), viz. a good husband, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51 sq.; Liv. 1, 9, 15:
uxor melior,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
amicus,
id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:
amicus optimus,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 18:
optimus testis,
Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:
auctor, in two senses,
good authority, id. Att. 5, 12, 3;
and = bonus scriptor (post-class.),
Quint. 10, 1, 74.—Esp.:
bonus civis (rarely civis bonus): in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint: talem enim solemus et sentire bonum civem et dicere, Cic.-Off. 1, 34, 124: eaque est summa ratio et sapientia boni civis, commoda civium non divellere, atque omnes aequitate eadem continere,
id. ib. 2, 23, 83:
eum esse civem et fidelem et bonum,
Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; 1, 9, 10; 3, 12, 1; 6, 6, 11; id. Off. 1, 44, 155; Liv. 22, 39, 3; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 10 Dietsch:
optimus et fortissimus civis,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; id. Sest. 17, 39.—
4.
Bonus and optimus as epithets of the gods.
(α).
In gen.:
sed te bonus Mercurius perdat,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 23:
fata... bonique divi,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 38:
divis orte bonis,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1:
O bone deus!
Scrib. Comp. 84 fin.: BONORVM DEORVM, Inscr. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84: totidem, pater optime, dixi, Tu mihi da cives, referring to Jupiter, Ov. M. 7, 627.—
(β).
Optimus Maximus, a standing epithet of Jupiter:
(Juppiter) a majoribus nostris Optimus Maximus (nominatur), et quidem ante optimus, id est beneficentissimus, quam Maximus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64:
Jovem optimum et maximum ob eas res appellant, non quod, etc.,
id. ib. 3, 36, 87:
in templo Jovis Optimi Maximi,
id. Sest. 56, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22:
nutu Jovis Optimi Maximi,
id. Cat. 3, 9, 21; Liv. 1, 12, 7; id. 6, 16, 2.—
(γ).
Di boni, O di boni, expressing indignation, sorrow, or surprise:
di boni, hunc visitavi antidhac!
Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16:
di boni, boni quid porto!
Ter. And. 2, 2, 1:
di boni, quid hoc morbi est,
id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 13; id. Ad. 3, 3, 86:
alter, O di boni, quam taeter incedebat!
Cic. Sest. 8, 19; id. Brut. 84, 288; id. Phil. 2, 8, 20; 2, 32, 80; id. Att. 1, 16, 5; 14, 21, 2; Val. Max. 3, 5, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 3.—
(δ).
Bona Dea, etc., v. 6.—
5.
Optimus as a laudatory epithet.
(α).
Vir optimus:
per vos nobis, per optimos viros optimis civibus periculum inferre conantur,
Cic. Sest. 1, 2:
virum optimum et constantissimum M. Cispium,
id. ib. 35, 76:
fratrem meum, virum optimum, fortissimum,
id. ib.:
consolabor hos praesentes, viros optimos,
id. Balb. 19, 44; id. Planc. 21, 51; 23, 55; id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Marcell. 4, 10; id. Att. 5, 1, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 53.—
(β).
Femina bona, optima:
tua conjunx bona femina,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:
hujus sanctissimae feminae atque optimae pater,
id. ib. —
(γ).
Senex, pater, frater, etc.:
optimus: parentes ejus, prudentissimi atque optimi senis,
Cic. Planc. 41, 97:
insuevit pater optimus hoc me,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 105; 2, 1, 12:
C. Marcelli, fratris optimi,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 6 (8), 2; 2, 4, 2.—
(δ).
With proper names ( poet.):
optimus Vergilius,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 54:
Maecenas optimus,
id. ib. 1, 5, 27:
optime Quinti,
id. Ep. 1, 16, 1.—
(ε).
Esp. as an epithet of the Roman emperors:
quid tam civile, tam senatorium quam illud, additum a nobis Optimi cognomen?
Plin. Pan. 2, 7:
gratias, inquit, ago, optime Princeps!
Sen. Tranq. 14. 4:
ex epistula optimi imperatoris Antonini,
Gai. Inst. 1, 102; cf.:
bene te patriae pater optime Caesar,
Ov. F. 2, 637:
optime Romulae Custos gentis,
Hor. C. 4, 5, 1.—
6.
Bonus and Bona, names of deities.
(α).
Bona Dea, the goddess of Chastity, whose temple could not be entered by males (cf. Macr. S. 1, 12; Lact. 1, 22):
Bonae Deae pulvinaribus,
Cic. Pis. 39, 95; id. Mil. 31, 86; id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; cf.
in mal. part.,
Juv. 2, 86 sq.; 6, 314 sq.; 6, 335 sq.—
(β).
Bonus Eventus, Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.; Amm. 29, 6, 19; Inscr. Orell. 907; 1780 sq.—
(γ).
Bona Fortuna:
si bona Fortuna veniat, ne intromiseris,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 22:
Bonae Fortunae (signum),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7:
FORTVNAE BONAE DOMESTICAE,
Inscr. Orell. 1743 sq. —
(δ).
Bona Spes:
Spes Bona, obsecro, subventa mihi,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 12:
BONAE SPEI,
Aug. Inscr. Grut. 1075, 1.—
(ε).
BONA MENS, Inscr. Orell. 1818 sqq.:
Mens Bona, si qua dea es, tua me in sacraria dono,
Prop. 3, 24, 19.
B.
With nouns denoting things.
1.
Things concrete, denoting excellence:
navis bona dicitur non quae pretiosis coloribus picta est... sed stabilis et firma,
Sen. Ep. 76, 13:
gladium bonum dices, non cui auratus est balteus, etc., sed cui et ad secandum subtilis acies est, et, etc.,
id. ib. 76, 14:
id vinum erit lene et bono colore,
Cato, R. R. 109; Lucr. 2, 418; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 9:
tabulas... collocare in bono lumine,
Cic. Brut. 75, 261: ex quavis olea oleum... bonum fieri potest. Cato, R. R. 3:
per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,
id. ib. 73; cf.:
bonae aquae, ironically compared to wine,
Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 28:
praedium bonum caelum habeat,
good temperature, Cato, R. R. 1:
bona tempestate,
in good weather, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:
(praedium) solo bono valeat,
by good soil, Cato, R. R. 1:
bonae (aedes) cum curantur male,
Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24:
villam bonam,
Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:
bonus pons,
Cat. 17, 5:
scyphi optimi (= optime facti),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:
perbona toreumata,
id. ib. 2, 4, 18, §
38: bona domicilia,
comfortable residences, id. N. D. 2, 37, 95:
agrum Meliorem nemo habet,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:
fundum meliorem,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: fundos optimos et fructuosissimos, id. Agr. 3, 4, 14:
equus melior,
id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
bona cena,
Cat. 13, 3:
boni nummi,
good, not counterfeit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:
super omnia vultus accessere boni,
good looks, Ov. M. 8, 678:
mulier bona forma,
of a fine form, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13:
equus formae melioris,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 52:
tam bona cervix, simul ac jussero, demetur,
fine, beautiful, Suet. Calig. 33:
fruges bonae,
Cat. 34, 19:
ova suci melioris,
of better flavor, Hor. S. 2, 4, 13.— Trop.:
animus aequus optimum est aerumnae condimentum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71: bona dextra, a lucky hand (cf.:
bonum omen, 2. e.),
Quint. 6, 3, 69:
scio te bona esse voce, ne clama nimis,
good, sound, loud voice, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43; so,
bona firmaque vox,
Quint. 11, 3, 13.—
2.
Things abstract.
a.
Of physical well-being:
ut si qui neget sine bona valetudine posse bene vivi,
Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 2; Lucr. 3, 102; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 26; 11, 2, 35 et saep.:
non bonus somnus de prandio est,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:
bona aetas,
prime of life, Cic. Sen. 14, 48:
optima aetate,
id. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—Ironically:
bona, inquis, aetate, etc.,
Sen. Ep. 76, 1.—
b.
Of the mind and soul:
meliore esse sensu,
Cic. Sest. 21, 47:
optima indoles,
id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:
bona conscientia,
Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:
bono ingenio me esse ornatam quam auro multo mavolo,
with a good heart, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 91; id. Stich. 1, 21, 59; Sall. C. 10, 5:
mens melior,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 78; Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Liv. 39, 16, 5; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 4; id. Ep. 10, 4; Pers. 2, 8; Petr. 61.—Personified, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 19; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 31:
duos optimae indolis filios,
Val. Max. 5, 7, 2; Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 6; Quint. 1, 2, 5:
bonum consilium,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6; id. Rud. 4, 3, 18; Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:
bona voluntas,
a good purpose, Quint. 12, 11, 31:
memoria bona,
Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:
bona ratio cum perdita... confligit,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:
bonae rationes,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 50:
pronuntiatio bona,
Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—
c.
Of moral relations:
ego si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71; Cic. Sest. 66, 139; Liv. 6, 11, 7; Hor. S. 1, 2, 61 (cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1;
v. e. infra): si ego in causa tam bona cessi tribuni plebis furori,
Cic. Sest. 16, 36; id. Planc. 36, 87; Ov. M. 5, 220:
fac, sis, bonae frugi sies,
of good, regular habits, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 35; id. Cas. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 5, 53; id. Truc. 1, 1, 13; id. Capt. 5, 2, 3 sq. (v. frux, II. B. 1. b.): vilicus disciplina bona utatur. Cato, R. R. 5:
bona studia,
moral pursuits, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:
quidquid vita meliore parasti,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 15: ad spem mortis melioris, an honorable death; so as an epithet of religious exercises:
Juppiter, te bonas preces precor,
Cato, R. R. 134; 139.—
d.
Of external, artistic, and literary value and usefulness:
bono usui estis nulli,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:
Optumo optume optumam operam das,
id. Am. 1, 1, 122:
bonam dedistis mihi operam,
a valuable service to me, id. Poen. 2, 3, 70; 3, 6, 11; id. Pers. 4, 7, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 11 (in a different sense: me bona opera aut mala Tibi inventurum esse auxilium argentarium, by fair or unfair means, id. Ps. 1, 1, 102;
v. e. infra): optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis... gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum,
Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:
bonum otium,
valuable leisure, Sall. C. 4, 1:
bonis versibus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:
versus meliores,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 81:
meliora poemata,
Hor. A. P. 303:
in illa pro Ctesiphonte oratione longe optima,
Cic. Or. 8, 26:
optimas fabulas,
id. Off. 1, 31, 114:
melius munus,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 7.—
e.
Favorable, prosperous, lucky, fortunate:
de Procilio rumores non boni,
unfavorable rumors, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 5:
bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,
about their success in the war, id. ib. 7, 26, 1:
si fuisset in discipulo comparando meliore fortuna,
id. Pis. 29, 71; cf.
fortuna optima esse,
to be in the best pecuniary circumstances, id. ad Brut. 1, 1, 2:
occasio tam bona,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:
senex est eo meliore condicione quam adulesoens cum, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 19, 68; id. Fam. 4, 32:
bona navigatio,
id. N. D. 3, 34, 83;
esp. in phrase bona spes.—Object.: ergo in iis adulescentibus bonam spem esse dicemus et magnam indolem quos, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117.—Subject.:
ego sum spe bona,
Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 3; id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; [p. 245] id. Att. 14, 1 a, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:
optima spe,
id. Fam. 12, 11, 2.—Pregn., = spes bonarum rerum, Sall. C. 21, 1;
v. C. 1. c. infra: meliora responsa,
more favorable, Liv. 7, 21, 6:
melior interpretatio,
Tac. H. 3, 65:
cum laude et bonis recordationibus,
id. A. 4, 38:
amnis Doctus iter melius,
i. e. less injurious, Hor. A. P. 68:
omen bonum,
a good, lucky omen, Cic. Pis. 13, 31; cf.
Liv. praef. § 13: melius omen,
Ov. F. 1, 221;
optimum,
Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2:
bona scaeva,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 24:
auspicio optumo,
id. ib. 3, 2, 6; cf.:
memini bene, sed meliore Tempore dicam = opportuniore tempore,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 68.—
f.
Of public affairs, si mihi bona re publica frui non licuerit, Cic. Mil. 34, 93:
optima res publica,
id. Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:
minus bonis temporibus,
id. Dom. 4, 8; so,
optimis temporibus,
id. Sest. 3, 6:
nostrae res meliore loco videbantur,
id. ad Brut. 1, 3, 1:
lex optima,
id. Pis. 16, 37; id. Sest. 64, 137; id. Phil, 1, 8, 19.—
g.
Good = large, considerable:
bono atque amplo lucro,
Plaut. Am. prol. 6:
bona librorum copia,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 109; cf.:
bona copia cornu,
Ov. M. 9, 88; v. bona pars, C. 8. g.—
h.
Noble; with genus, good family, noble extraction, honorable birth: quali me arbitraris genere prognatum? Eu. Bono, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 35; so id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; 2, 1, 3; id. Pers. 4, 4, 94:
si bono genere natus sit,
Auct. Her. 3, 7, 13.—
k.
Referring to good-will, kindness, faithfulness, in certain phrases.
(α).
Bona venia or cum bona venia, with the kind permission of a person addressed, especially bona venia orare, expetere, etc.:
primum abs te hoc bona venia expeto,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:
bona tua venia dixerim,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:
oravit bona venia Quirites, ne, etc.,
Liv. 7, 41, 3:
obsecro vos.. bona venia vestra liceat, etc.,
id. 6, 40, 10:
cum bona venia quaeso audiatis, etc.,
id. 29, 17, 6; Arn. c. Gent. 1, p. 5; cf.
. sed des veniam bonus oro = venia bona oro,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 5.—
(β).
Bona pax, without quarrelling:
bona pax sit potius,
let us have no quarrel about that, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 7;
so especially cum bona pace, or bona pace: Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit,
without a difficulty with the inhabitants, Liv. 21, 32, 6; 21, 24, 5; 1, 24, 3; 28, 37, 4; 8, 15, 1; cf.: si bonam (pacem) dederitis, = a fair peace, under acceptable conditions, id. 8, 21, 4.—
(γ).
Amicitia bona = bona fide servata, faithful, undisturbed friendship:
igitur amicitia Masinissae bona atque honesta nobis permansit,
Sall. J. 5, 5.—
(δ).
Bona societas, alliance:
Segestes, memoria bonae societatis, impavidus,
Tac. A. 1, 58.
C.
In particular phrases.
1.
Bonae res.
a.
= Vitae commoda, comforts of life, abstract or concrete:
concedatur bonis rebus homines morte privari,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87:
optimis rebus usus est,
he had every most desirable thing, Nep. Att. 18, 1.—
b.
= Res secundae, opp. res adversae, prosperity:
bonis rebus tuis, meas irrides malas,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:
in bonis rebus,
Hor. C. 2, 3, 2. —
c.
Res bona = res familiaris bona, wealth ( poet.): in re bona esse, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4.—Also an object of value:
homines quibus mala abunde omnia erant, sed neque res neque spes bona ulla,
who had no property, nor the hope of any, Sall. C. 21, 1. —
d.
Costly things, articles of luxury:
capere urbem in Arabia plenam bonarum rerum,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 46; 4, 4, 82:
nimium rei bonae,
id. Stich. 2, 3, 55:
ignorantia bonarum rerum,
Nep. Ages. 8, 5 ' bonis rebus gaudere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 110:
re bona copiosum esse,
Gell. 16, 19, 7.—
e.
Moral, morally good:
illi cum res non bonas tractent,
Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 72:
ut de virtutibus et vitiis, omninoque de bonis rebus et malis quaererent,
id. ib. 1, 4, 15:
quid habemus in rebus bonis et malis explorati?
id. ib. 2, 42, 129; so id. Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:
quae tamen omnia dulciora fuint et moribus bonis et artibus,
id. Sen. 18, 65.—
f.
In literary composition, important or interesting matter, subjects, or questions:
res bonas verbis electis dictas quis non legat?
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8:
studiis generorum, praesertim in re bona,
Plaut. Am. 8, 26.—
2.
Bonae artes.
(α).
A good, laudable way of dealing:
qui praeclari facinoris aut artis bonae famam quaerit,
Sall. C. 2, 9:
huic bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit,
id. ib. 11, 2:
quod is bonarum artium cupiens erat,
Tac. A. 6, 46.—
(β).
Liberal arts and sciences:
litteris aut ulli bonae arti,
Quint. 12, 1, 7:
conservate civem bonarum artium, bonarum partium, bonorum virorum,
Cic. Sest. 32, 77. —Esp.:
optimae artes: optimarum artium scientia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 4; id. Ac. 2, 1, 1; id. Cael. 10, 24; id. Marcell. 1, 4.—
3.
Bona fides, or fides bona.
a.
Good faith, i. e. conscious honesty in acts or words: qui nummos fide bona solvit, who pays (the price of labor) in good faith, i. e. as it is honestly earned, Cato, R. R. 14:
dic, bona fide, tu id aurum non subripuisti?
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46; 4, 10, 47; id. Capt. 4, 2, 111; id. Most. 3, 1, 137; id. Poen. 1, 3, 30; id. Pers. 4, 3, 16; id. Ps. 4, 6, 33:
si tibi optima fide omnia concessit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144; Quint. 10, 3, 23.—Hence, bonae fidei vir, a conscientious man, Quint. 10, 7, 1.—
b.
Jurid. t. t.
(α).
Good faith in contracts and legal acts in general, opposed to dolus malus, honesty and fairness in dealing with another:
ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere, notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,
Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67.—Hence, alienam rem bona fide emere, to buy, believing the seller to be the rightful owner, Dig. 41, 3, 10; 41, 3, 13, § 1. bonae fidei possessor (also possessio), believing that he is the rightful owner, ib. 5, 3, 25, § 11; 5, 3, 22; 41, 3, 15, § 2;
41, 3, 24: conventio contra bonam fidem et mores bonos,
ib. 16, 31, § 7: bonam fidem praestare, to be responsible for one ' s good faith, ib. 17, 1, 10 prooem.—Hence,
(β).
Bonae fidei actiones or judicia, actions in equity, i. e. certain classes of actions in which the strict civil law was set aside by the praetorian edict in favor of equity:
actiones quaedam bonae fidei sunt, quaedam stricti juris. Bonae fidei sunt haec: exempto vendito, locato conducto, etc.,
Just. Inst. 4, 6, 28, § 19.—In the republican time the praetor added in such actions to his formula for the judex the words ex fide bona, or, in full:
quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bona,
Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:
iste dolus malus et legibus erat vindicatus, et sine lege, judiciis in quibus additur ex fide bona,
id. ib. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. ib. 3, 17, 70.—
4.
Bona verba.
(α).
Kind words:
Bona verba quaeso,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 33.—
(β).
Words of good omen (v. omen):
dicamus bona verba,
Tib. 2, 2, 1:
dicite suffuso ter bona verba mero,
Ov. F. 2, 638.—
(γ).
Elegant or well-chosen expressions:
quid est tam furiosum quam verborum vel optimorum atque ornatissimorum sonitus inanis,
Cic. Or. 1, 12, 51:
verborum bonorum cursu,
id. Brut. 66, 233:
omnia verba sunt alicubi optima,
Quint. 10, 1, 9.—
(δ).
Moral sayings:
non est quod contemnas bona verba et bonis cogitationibus plena praecordia,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 1. —
5.
Bona dicta.
(α).
Polite, courteous language:
hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit leniter dictis bonis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 25.—
(β).
Witticisms ( bon-mots): flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi, quam bona dicta teneat, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 2, 54, 222:
dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus quibus solebam menstruales epulas ante adipiscier,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22:
ibo intro ad libros ut discam de dictis melioribus,
id. Stich. 2, 3, 75.—
6.
Bona facta.
(α).
= bene facta (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.), laudable deeds:
nobilitas ambobus et majorum bona facta (sc. erant),
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(β).
Bonum factum est, colloq., = bene est, bene factum est (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.):
bonum factum est, ut edicta servetis mea,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 16:
haec imperata quae sunt pro imperio histrico, bonum hercle factum (est) pro se quisque ut meminerit,
id. ib. 45.— Hence,
(γ).
Elliptically, introducing commands which cannot be enforced, = if you will do so, it will be well:
peregrinis in senatum allectis, libellus propositus est: bonum factum, ne quis senatori novo curiam monstrare velit,
Suet. Caes. 80:
et Chaldaeos edicere: bonum factum, ne Vitellius... usquam esset,
id. Vit. 14:
hac die Carthaginem vici: bonum factum, in Capitolium eamus, et deos supplicemus,
Aur. Vict. 49; cf.:
o edictum, cui adscribi non poterit bonum factum,
Tert. Pud. 1.—
7.
Bona gratia.
(α).
A friendly understanding:
cur non videmus inter nos haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17; so,
per gratiam bonam abire,
to part with good feelings, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 33.—In jest: sine bona gratia abire, of things cast away, Plaut Truc. 2, 7, 15.—
(β).
Pleon., in the phrase bonam gratiam habere, = gratiam habere, to thank (v. B. 2. k.), Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 32; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 99.—
8.
Bona pars.
(α).
The well-disposed part of a body of persons:
ut plerumque fit, major pars (i. e. of the senate) meliorem vicit,
Liv. 21, 4, 1:
pars melior senatus ad meliora responsa trahere,
id. 7, 21, 6.—
(β).
The good party, i. e. the optimates (gen. in plur.):
civem bonarum partium,
Cic. Sest. 32, 77:
(fuit) meliorum partium aliquando,
id. Cael. 6, 13:
qui sibi gratiam melioris partis velit quaesitam,
Liv. 2, 44, 3.—Paronom.: (Roscius) semper partium in re publica tam quam in scaena optimarum, i. e. party and part in a drama, Cic. Sest. 56, 120.—
(γ).
Of things or persons, a considerable part (cf. a good deal):
bonam partem ad te adtulit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 43:
bonam partem sermonis in hunc diem esse dilatam,
Cic. Or. 2, 3, 14:
bonam magnamque partem exercitus,
Val. Max. 5, 2, ext. 4:
bona pars noctium,
Quint. 12, 11, 19:
bona pars hominum,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:
meae vocis... bona pars,
id. C. 4, 2, 46; so id. A. P. 297; Ov. P. 1, 8, 74:
melior pars diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156.—
(δ).
Rarely, and mostly eccl. Lat.: optima pars, the best part or lot:
nostri melior pars animus est,
Sen. Q. N. 1, prooem. § 14; cf.:
quae pars optima est in homine,
best, most valuable, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:
major pars aetatis, certe melior reipublicae data sit,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 1:
Maria optimam partem elegit, quae non auferetur ab ea,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 42.—
(ε).
Adverb.:
bonam partem = ex magna parte,
Lucr. 6, 1249.—
(ζ).
Aliquem in optimam partem cognoscere, to know somebody from his most favorable side, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: aliquid in optimam partem accipere, to take something in good part, interpret it most favorably:
Caesar mihi ignoscit quod non venerim, seseque in optimam partem id accipere dicit,
id. Att. 10, 3 a, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 3:
quaeso ut hoc in bonam partem accipias,
id. Rosc. Am. 16, 45.—
9.
Dies bonus or bona.
(α).
A day of good omen, a fortunate day (= dies laetus, faustus):
tum tu igitur die bono, Aphrodisiis, addice, etc.,
Plaut. Poen. 2, 49:
nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die,
Ov. F. 1, 72.—
(β).
A beautiful, serene day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 3.—
10.
Bonus mos.
(α).
Boni mores, referring to individuals, good, decent, moral habits:
nihil est amabilius quam morum similitudo bonorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56:
nam hic nimium morbus mores invasit bonos,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 6:
domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
propter ejus suavissimos et optimos mores,
Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:
cum per tot annos matronae optimis moribus vixerint,
Liv. 34, 6, 9:
mores meliores,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 18.—
(β).
Bonus mos or boni mores, in the abstract, morality, the laws, rules of morality: ei vos morigerari mos bonu'st, it is a rule of morality that you should, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:
ex optimo more et sanctissima disciplina,
Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:
neglegentia boni moris,
Sen. Ep. 97, 1.—Jurid. t. t.:
conventio, mandatum contra bonos mores,
in conflict with morality, Quint. 3, 1, 57; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 7; Gai. Inst. 3, 157 et saep. —
11.
Adverbial phrases.
a.
Bono animo esse, or bonum animum habere.
(α).
To be of good cheer or courage:
bono animo es! Liberabit ille te homo,
Plaut. Merc 3, 1, 33; so id. Aul. 4, 10, 61; id. Mil. 4, 8, 32; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4; id. Heaut. 4, 6, 18; id. Ad. 2, 4, 20; 3, 5, 1; 4, 2, 4; 4, 5, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 72:
animo bono es,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 103; id. Am. 2, 2, 48; 5, 2, 1:
bono animo es, inquit Scrofa, et fiscinam expedi,
Varr. R. R. 1, 26:
bono animo sint et tui et mei familiares,
Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1; 6, 10, 29:
bono animo esse jubere eam consul,
Liv. 39, 13, 7:
habe modo bonum animum,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 58; so id. Am. 1, 3, 47; id. Truc. 2, 6, 44; id. Aul. 2, 2, 15:
habe animum bonum,
id. Cas. 2, 6, 35; id. Ep. 2, 2, 1; 4, 2, 31:
bonum animum habe,
Liv. 45, 8, 5:
clamor ortus ut bonum animum haberet,
id. 8, 32, 1; so Sen. Ep. 87, 38.—
(β).
Bono animo esse, or facere aliquid, to be of a good or friendly disposition, or to do with good, honest intentions:
audire jubet vos imperator histricus, bonoque ut animo sedeant in subselliis qui, etc.,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 5: sunt enim (consules) [p. 246] optimo animo, summo consilio, of the best disposition, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:
bono te animo tum populus Romanus... dicere existimavit ea quae sentiebatis, sed, etc.,
id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:
quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Quint. 7, 4, 15.—
(γ).
Bonus animus, good temper, patience:
bonus animus in mala re dimidium mali est,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 37:
vos etiam hoc animo meliore feratis,
Ov. M. 9, 433.—
b.
Bono modo.
(α).
= placide, with composure, moderation:
si quis quid deliquerit, pro noxa bono modo vindicet,
Cato, R. R. 5:
haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia, mihi autem bono modo, tantum quantum videbitur,
Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137.—
(β).
In a decent manner:
neu quisquam prohibeto filium quin amet... quod bono fiat modo,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 62. —
c.
Jure optimo or optimo jure, with good, perfect right:
te ipse jure optumo incuses licet,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23; id. Rud. 2, 6, 53:
ut jure optimo me deserere posses,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6; Sen. Ot. Sap. 2 (29), 2.—With pass. or intr. verb, deservedly:
ne jure optimo irrideamur,
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 151; id. Marcell. 1, 4;
similarly, optimo judicio,
Val. Max. 2, 9, 2.
II.
As subst.
A.
bŏnus, boni, m.; of persons.
1.
In sing. or plur. orig. = bonus vir, boni viri; v. I. A. 1. a. b, supra, a morally good man.
(α).
Plur.:
bonis quod bene fit haud perit,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 2, 108; id. Trin. 2, 1, 55; id. Pers. 4, 5, 2:
melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto,
Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:
verum esse ut bonos boni diligant, quamobrem... bonis inter bonos quasi necessariam (esse) benevolentiam,
id. Lael. 14, 50:
diverso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra... habere,
Sall. C. 52, 13; 7, 2; 52, 22:
oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52:
tam bonis quam malis conduntur urbes,
Sen. Ben. 4, 28, 4; so id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 9, 2, 76.—Rarely bŏnae, arum, f., good women:
quia omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 41.—
(β).
Sing.:
malus bonum malum esse volt ut sit sui similis,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 8:
nec enim cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99; cf.:
qui meliorem audax vocet in jus,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 29.—
2.
Bonus, a man of honor.
(α).
A brave man:
pro qua (patria) quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere si ei sit profuturus?
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:
libertatem quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittat,
Sall. C. 33, 5:
fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 29 (opp. ignavi):
fama impari boni atque ignavi erant,
Sall. J. 57, 6; 53, 8; id. C. 11, 2. —
(β).
A gentleman:
quis enim umquam, qui paululum modo bonorum consuetudinem nosset, litteras ad se ab amico missas... in medium protulit?
Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—
3.
Boni, the better (i. e. higher) classes of society.
(α).
In gen. (of political sentiments, = optimates, opp. populares, seditiosi, perditi cives, etc.;
so usu. in Cic.): meam causam omnes boni proprie enixeque susceperant,
Cic. Sest. 16, 38:
audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur... boni, nescio quomodo, tardiores sunt, etc.,
id. ib. 47, 100:
ego Kal. Jan. senatum et bonos omnes legis agrariae... metu liberavi,
id. Pis. 2, 4:
etenim omnes boni, quantum in ipsis fuit, Caesarem occiderunt,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 29; id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; 5, 21, 2; id. Sest. 2, 5; 16, 36; 48, 103; id. Planc. 35, 86; id. Mil. 2, 5; id. Off. 2. 12, 43:
maledictis increpat omnes bonos,
Sall. C. 21, 4; 19, 2; 33, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; so,
optimi,
Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 37; and, ironically, boni identified with the rich:
bonorum, id est lautorum et locupletum,
id. Att. 8, 1, 3.—
(β).
Without reference to political views;
opp. vulgus (rare): nihil ego istos moror fatuos mores quibus boni dedecorant se,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22:
semper in civitate quibus opes nullae sunt bonis invident,
Sall. C. 37, 3:
elatus est sine ulla pompa funeris, comitantibus omnibus bonis, maxima vulgi frequentia,
Nep. Att. 22, 2.—So, mĕlĭōres, um, m., one ' s betters:
ut quaestui habeant male loqui melioribus,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 13:
da locum melioribus,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 37.—
4.
Boni, bone, in addresses, as an expression of courtesy, Hor. S. 2, 2, 1; 2, 6, 51; 2, 6, 95; id. Ep. 2, 2, 37; ironice, id. S. 2, 3, 31.—
5.
Optimus quisque = quivis bonus, omnes boni.
(α).
Referring to morality:
esse aliquid natura pulcrum quod optimus quisque sequeretur,
every good man, Cic. Sen. 13, 43:
qui ita se gerebant ut sua consilia optimo cuique probarent, optimates habebantur,
id. Sest. 45, 96; id. Off. 1, 43, 154; id. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Sest. 54, 115; and = even the best:
quare deus optimum quemque mala valetudine adficit?
Sen. Prov. 4, 8.—
(β).
Of the educated classes:
adhibenda est quaedam reverentia adversus homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 85:
Catilina plerisque consularibus, praeterea optumo cuique, litteras mittit,
Sall. C. 34, 2:
optimo cuique infesta libertas,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 2 (32 fin.).—
(γ).
Honorable, brave:
optumus quisque cadere et sauciari, ceteris metus augeri,
Sall. J. 92, 8.—
(δ).
In gen., excellent:
optimus quisque facere quam dicere... malebat,
Sall. C. 8, 5.—
(ε).
Distributively:
ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,
to the best man in each instance, Sall. C. 2, 6.—
(ζ).
Referring to another superlative ( = quo quisque melior eo magis, etc.):
hic aditus laudis qui semper optimo cuique maxime patuit,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; so id. Lael. 4, 14; id. Inv. 2, 11, 36; Sen. Vit. Beat. 18, 1.—
(η).
Attributively, with a noun:
optimam quamque causam,
Cic. Sest. 43, 93:
optima quaeque dies,
Verg. G. 3, 66.
2.
bŏnum, i, n., plur. bona; mĕlĭus, ōris, n.; optĭmum, i, n. (v. infra); of things in gen.
1.
Bonum, or plur. bona, a good, or goods in a moral and metaphysical sense, a moral good, a blessing: sunt autem hae de finibus defensae sententiae: nihil bonum nisi honestum, ut Stoici; nihil bonum nisi voluptatem, ut Epicurus;
nihil bonum nisi vacuitatem doloris, ut Hieronymus... tria genera bonorum, maxima animi, secunda corporis, externa tertia, ut Peripatetici, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 84 sq.:
quid est igitur bonum? Si quid recte fit et honeste et cum virtute, id bene fieri vere dicitur, et quod rectum et honestum et cum virtute est, id solum opinor bonum,
id. Par. 1, 1, 9:
ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud simplex et verum bonum quod non possit ab honestate sejungi,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 7:
non-est igitur voluptas bonum,
id. Fin. 1, 11, 39: finis bonorum et malorum (telos agathôn) = summa bona et mala:
sunt nonnullae disciplinae quae, propositis bonorum et malorum finibus, officium omne pervertant. Nam qui summum bonum sic instituit ut, etc.,
id. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Par. 1, 3, 14; id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; 2, 36, 114; 2, 42, 129; id. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 1, 12, 42; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 5; id. Ep. 117, 1 et saep.—
2.
Bonum, what is valuable, beneficial, estimable, favorable, pleasant, physically or mentally:
quoi boni Tantum adfero quantum ipsus a diis optat,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 9:
multa bona vobis volt facere,
will do you much good, id. Poen. 5, 4, 60; id. Am. prol. 43, 49; id. Pers. 4, 8, 4; 2, 3, 14; id. Cas. 2, 8, 32:
tum demum nostra intellegemus bona quom ea amisimus,
id. Capt. 1, 2, 33:
multa tibi di dent bona,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; 3, 3, 74; id. Mil. 3, 1, 120; id. Men. 3, 3, 34; id. Pers. 4, 3, 23; id. Truc. 1, 2, 23; id. Merc. 1, 2, 40; id. Most. 1, 1, 47:
omnia Bona dicere,
to speak in the highest terms of one, Ter. And. 1, 1, 70:
sed ne vivus quidem bono caret, si eo non indiget,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:
cum quaecumque bona Peripateticis, eadem Stoicis commoda viderentur,
id. ib. 5, 41, 120:
nihil enim boni nosti,
nothing that is good for any thing, id. Phil. 2, 7, 16:
mala pro bonis legere dementia est,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 1; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 73:
quia bonum sit valere,
a good thing, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (cf. III. A. 5. infra):
melius: quo quidem haud scio an... quidquam melius sit homini a dis immortalibus datum,
id. Lael. 6, 20:
meliora... Aristotelem de istis rebus scripsisse,
id. Or. 1, 10, 43:
optimum: difficillimum est formam exponere optimi,
id. ib. 11, 36.— Here belongs the phrase boni consulere;
v. consulo.—So after prepositions: in bonum vertere, v. under verto: in melius ire,
to change for the better, Tac. A. 12, 68.—In the same sense: in melius aliquid referre, or reflectere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 281; 11, 426; 10, 632:
ad melius transcurrere,
to pass over to something better, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82.—
3.
Bonum or bona, prosperity:
fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post patitur bonum,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 58:
nulli est homini perpetuum bonum,
id. Curc. 1, 3, 33:
unā tecum bona, mala tolerabimus,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 23:
quibus in bonis fuerint et nunc quibus in malis sint, ostenditur ( = in secundis, in adversis rebus),
Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 107.—
4.
Good qualities, gifts:
omnia adsunt bona, quem penes'st virtus,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 30:
magnis illi et divinis bonis hanc licentiam adsequebantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:
nisi qui se suā gravitate et castimoniā... tum etiam naturali quodam bono defenderet, etc.,
id. Cael. 5, 11:
hunc meā sententiā divinis quibusdam bonis instructum atque ornatum puto,
id. ib. 17, 39:
non intellego quod bonum cuiquam sit apud tales viros profuturum,
id. Balb. 28, 63:
gaude isto tuo tam excellenti bono,
id. Marcell. 6, 19; so id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
5.
Advantage, benefit:
si plus adipiscare, re explicatā, boni, quam addubitatā mali,
Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:
saepe cogitavi bonine an mali plus adtulerit... eloquentiae studium,
id. Inv. 1, 1, 1; 2, 35, 106; id. Off. 2, 2, 5; id. Sest. 10, 24:
maximum bonum in celeritate ponebat,
Sall. C. 43, 4; so, bono publico (abl.), for the public good:
hoc ita si fit, publico fiat bono,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 183; Liv. 2, 44, 3; Dig. 41, 3, 1.—
6.
With aequum, what is fair and good, the fair ( thing), fairness, equity:
si bonum aequomque oras,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 149; so id. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Rud. 1, 2, 94; id. Men. 4, 2, 11:
si tu aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 32; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 29; id. Ad. 1, 1, 39:
a quo vivo nec praesens nec absens quidquam aequi bonique impetravit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 94.—Hence, aequo et bono, or ex aequo et bono, in ( with) fairness, in equity, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 30; Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14; 2, 12, 18; 2, 13, 20; Gai. Inst. 3, 137: aequi bonique, as gen. of value, with facere:
istuc, Chreme, Aequi bonique facio,
I place a fair and proper value on it, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 40.—
7.
Bona, one ' s property, fortunes, almost always denoting the whole of one's possessions.
a.
In gen.:
paterna oportet reddi filio bona,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 120:
bona sua med habiturum omnia,
id. Truc. 2, 4, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 6; 4, 2, 29; id. Rud. 2, 6, 22; id. Most. 1, 3, 77; id. Trin. 4, 4, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4:
bona mea diripiebantur atque ad consulem deferebantur,
Cic. Sest. 24, 54:
cum de capite, civis et de bonis proscriptio ferretur,
id. ib. 30, 65:
bona, fortunas, possessiones omnium,
id. Caecin. 13, 38:
at mulctantur bonis exsules,
id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106; id. Off. 2, 23, 81; id. Par. 1, 1, 7; id. Sest. 19, 42; 43, 94; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; Caes. B. G. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 3, 5; 2, 5, 5; 4, 15, 8; Tac. A. 2, 48; Quint. 6, 1, 19 et saep.—
b.
Bonorum possessio, the possession of one ' s property by another.
(α).
Bonorum possessio in consequence of bonorum cessio, i. e. an assignment of one ' s property for the benefit of creditors, Dig. 42, tit. 3.—
(β).
Bonorum possessio granted by the prætor against a contumacious or insolvent debtor (in bona mittere, in bona ire jubere, bona possidere jubere, etc.); cf. Dig. 42, tit. 4:
postulat a Burrieno Naevius ut ex edicto bona possidere liceat,
Cic. Quint. 6, 25, and the whole of c. 8:
edixit... neu quis militis... bona possideret aut venderet,
Liv. 2, 24, 6:
bona proscribere,
to offer the property thus transferred for sale, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—
(γ).
Chiefly referring to the property of a defunct person (hereditas), where the prætor, till the heir had proved his right, granted a bonorum possessio secundum tabulas or contra tabulas, Dig. 37, tit. 4; 37, tit. 11.—
c.
In bonis esse;
with reference to the older civil law, which distinguished between civil property (habere rem ex jure Quiritium) and natural property (rem in bonis habere, res in bonis est),
Gai. Inst. 2, 40, 41; Dig. 40, 12, 38, § 2; 37, 6, 2, § 1; 37, 6, 3, § 2; ib. Fragm. 1, 16; Gai. Inst. 1, 22; 1, 35; 1, 222; 1, 167; Dig. 1, 8, 1; 27, 10, 10:
neque bonorum possessorum, neque... res pleno jure fiunt, sed in bonis efficiuntur,
ib. Fragm. 3, 80.—Hence, nullam omnino arbitrabamur de eā hereditate controversiam eum habiturum, et est hodie in bonis, i. e. [p. 247] the bonorum possessio has been granted to him, which did not give full ownership, but effected only that the hereditas was in bonis. Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.
III.
Predicative use.
A.
With nouns or pronouns as subjects.
1.
Bonum esse, to be morally good, honest:
nunc mihi bonae necessum est esse ingratiis, Quamquam esse nolo,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 82:
bonam ego quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 93; so id. Capt. 2, 1, 44; id. Men. 4, 2, 6; id. Rud. prol. 29:
itaque viros fortes magnanimos eosdem, bonos et simplices... esse volumus,
Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 21, 84; id. Att. 15, 6, 1:
Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat,
Sall. C. 54, 5:
ut politiora, non ut meliora fiant ingenia,
Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 5 fin. —
2.
To be beneficial, prosperous, advantageous, valuable, favorable, serviceable, correct, with reference to both persons and things as subjects, and in regard to physical and mental relations:
jam istuc non bonumst,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 29; Cato, R. R. 157:
oleum viridius et melius fiet,
id. ib. 3:
vinum ut alvum bonam faciat,
to correct the bowels, id. ib. 156:
quid est homini salute melius?
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:
non optuma haec sunt, verum meliora quam deterruma,
id. Trin. 2, 3, 1:
quid est quod huc possit quod melius sit accedere?
Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 41; 1, 18, 57; id. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:
in quo (vestitu), sicut in plerisque rebus, mediocritas optima est,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; 2, 17, 59; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Or. 2, 6; 11, 36:
meliorem tamen militem... in futura proelia id certamen fecit,
Liv. 2, 51, 3:
parvus ut est cygni melior canor, ille gruum quam Clamor,
Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 191:
si meliora dies, ut vina, poemata reddit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 34.—So in the optative formula:
quod bonum, faustum, felixque sit,
Liv. 1, 28, 7; 1, 17, 10; 39, 15, 1; 3, 54;
3, 34.—Also, quod bonum atque fortunatum mihi sit,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 50;
and with a noun as subject: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix, fortunataque evenat,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3.—
3.
To be kind:
bonus cum probis'st (erus), malus cum malis,
Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22:
hic si vellet bonus ac benignus Esse,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 52.—
4.
With reference to the gods:
ecastor ambae (Fortuna et Salus sunt bonae,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 129:
Palladis aut oculos ausa negare bonos (esse),
Prop. 3, 24, 12 (2, 28, 12).—
B.
Impers.
1.
Bonum est (very rare for the class. bene est; v. bene).
(α).
Without a subject:
bonum sit!
may it be fortunate, favorable! Verg. E. 8, 106.—
(β).
With subject inf.:
nam et stulte facere, et stulte fabularier in aetate haud bonum est,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61:
bonum est pauxillum amare, insane non bonum est,
id. Curc. 1, 3,20.—
2.
Melius est.
(α).
With subject inf.:
melius sanam est mentem sumere,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 51:
nihil sentire est melius quam tam prava sentire,
Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125; cf. id. Fin. 1, 19, 62; id. Off. 1, 43, 156; so,
melius fuit, fuisset, or fuerat,
it would have been better, id. N. D. 3, 33; id. Sen. 23, 82; id. Off. 3, 25, 94:
proinde quiesse erit melius,
Liv. 3, 48, 3; 3, 41, 3; Verg. A. 11, 303.—
(β).
With subject inf.-clause:
meliu'st te quae sunt mandata tibi praevortier,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 125; id. Men. 5, 9, 32.—
(γ).
With ut-clause:
quid melius quam ut hinc intro abeam et me suspendam clanculum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 145; so id. Ps. 4, 7, 18.—
(δ).
With subjectclause in the subjunctive:
nunc quid mihi meliu'st quam ilico hic opperiar erum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 22.—
3.
Optimum est.
(α).
With subject inf.:
optimum visum est, captivos quam primum deportare,
Liv. 23, 34, 8:
si quis dicit optimum esse navigare,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 4 (32 fin.); so, optimum fuit, it would have been better, and optimum erat, it would be better, Quint. 6, prooem. 3; 11, 2, 33; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7.—
(β).
With inf.-clause:
constituerunt optimum esse, domum suam quemque reverti,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10: optimum visum est, in fluctuantem aciem tradi equos, etc., Liv 6, 24, 10; 22, 27, 6.—
(γ).
With ut and subj:
hoc vero optimum, ut is qui, etc., id ultimum bonorum, id ipsum quid et quale sit nesciat,
Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 6.—
(δ).
With quod:
illa vero optima (sunt) quod cum Haluntium venisset Archagathum vocari jussit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:
optimum vero (est) quod dictaturae nomen in perpetuum de re publica sustulisti,
id. Phil. 2, 36, 91.—
(ε).
With second sup., in the phrase optumum factu est (where factu is redundant):
sed hoc mihi optumum factu arbitror,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 16:
optimum factu esse duxerant frumento... nostros prohibere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 30:
optumum factu credens exercitum augere,
Sall. C. 32, 1 (Kritz, factum); 57, 5 (Kritz, factum).
IV.
Ellipt. use: di meliora, i. e. dent or velint, i. e. let the gods grant better things than what you say, etc.; God forbid! in full:
di melius duint,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 16:
di meliora velint!
Ov. M. 7, 37.—Ellipt.:
di meliora! inquit,
Cic. Sen. 14, 47:
id ubi mulier audivit, perturbata, dii meliora inquit, etc.,
Liv. 39, 10, 2; 9, 9, 6; Verg. G. 3, 513;
similarly, di melius, i. e. fecerunt,
Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3.
V.
With object expressed,
1.
By dat.
(α).
= good, useful, beneficial for:
ambula, id lieni optumum est,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 25:
quia vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse intellexi,
Sall. C. 20, 3:
bona bello Cornus, jaculis, etc.,
Verg. G. 2, 447.—
(β).
= benignus or propitius, kind to:
vicinis bonus esto,
Cato, R. R. 4:
bene merenti mala es, male merenti bona es,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 3:
vos o mihi Manes, Este boni,
Verg. A. 12, 647.—
(γ).
= idoneus, fit for, adapted to:
qui locus vino optimus dicetur esse,
Cato, R. R. 6:
tum erit ei rei optumum tempus,
id. ib. 26:
terra cui putre solum, Optima frumentis,
Verg. G. 2, 205; 2, 319; 1, 286.—
(δ).
With sum and dat., in the phrase alicui bono est, it is of service to one, profits him:
accusant in quibus occidi patrem Sex. Roscii bono fuit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:
bono fuisse Romanis adventum eorum constabat,
Liv. 7, 12, 4.—Hence, with rel. dat.: cui bono (est), for whose advantage it is:
quod si quis usurpet illud Cassianum cui bono fuerit, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:
cui bono fuisset,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Mil. 12, 32 Ascon. ad loc.; cf.
ellipt. form cui bono?
Prisc. p. 1208 P.—
(ε).
With dat. gerund:
ager oleto conserundo qui in Favonium spectavit, aliis bonus nullus erit,
Cato, R. R. 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 24:
(mons) quia pecori bonus alendo erat,
Liv. 29, 31; 9, 10.—
2.
By ad and acc.:
refert et ad quam rem bona aut non bona sit,
Varr. R. R. 1, 91:
occasio quaeritur idoneane fuerit ad rem adoriendam, an alia melior,
Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7:
non campos modo militi Romano ad proelium bonos, etc.,
Tac. A. 2, 14.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > meliores
53 optimum

bŏnus (old form dŭonus, Carm. Sall. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 67 Mull.), a, um, adj. [for duonus, cf. bellum, bis, and cf. root dvi-; hence deidô, deos], good; comp. melior, us [cf. Gr. mala, mallon], better; sup. optimus ( optumus, ante-class. and often class.) [root opof ops, opes; cf. copia, apiscor], best.
I.
Attributively.
A.
As adjunct of nouns denoting persons.
1.
Vir bonus.
(α).
A man morally good (kalos kagathos):
quoniam boni me viri pauperant, improbi alunt,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:
omnibus virtutibus instructos et ornatos tum sapientes, tum viros bonos dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28:
ille vir bonus qui... intolerabili dolore lacerari potius quam aut officium prodat aut fidem,
id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:
sive vir bonus est is qui prodest quibus potest, nocet nemini, certe istum virum bonum non facile reperimus,
id. Off. 3, 15, 64:
qui se ita gerunt ut eorum probitas, fides, integritas, etc.... hos viros bonos... appellandos putemus,
id. Lael. 5, 19:
non intellegunt se de callido homine loqui, non de bono viro,
id. Att. 7, 2, 4:
ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 12:
nec enim melior vir fuit Africano quisquam, nec clarior,
id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 14, 41; 1, 18, 48; id. Planc. 4, 9; id. Par. 3, 1, 21; id. Marcell. 6, 20; id. Fam. 7, 21; id. Off. 2, 16, 57.—
(β).
An honest man:
justitia, ex qua viri boni nominantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; 1, 44, 155; 2, 11, 39; 2, 12, 42; 2, 20, 71;
3, 12, 50: cum is sponsionem fecisset ni vir bonus esset,
id. ib. 3, 19, 77:
quoniam Demosthenes nec vir bonus esset, nec bene meritus de civitate,
id. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116.—
(γ).
A man of good standing in the community:
id viri boni arbitratu deducetur,
Cato, R. R. 143; so id. ib. 149:
tuam partem viri bono arbitratu... dari oportet,
Dig. 17, 1, [p. 244] 35;
37, 6, 2, § 2: quem voles virum bonum nominato,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55:
vir bonus est... quo res sponsore, et quo causae teste tenentur,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40.—Hence, ironically of wealthy men:
praetores jus dicunt, aediles ludos parant, viri boni usuras perscribunt,
Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3.—
(δ).
Ironically of bad men:
sed eccum lenonem Lycum, bonum virum,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 52; Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 9; 4, 3, 18; id. Ad. 3, 4, 30:
expectabam quinam isti viri boni testes hujus manifesto deprehensi veneni dicerentur,
Cic. Cael. 26, 63:
nam socer ejus, vir multum bonus est,
id. Agr. 3, 3, 13;
so especially in addresses (mostly comic.): age tu, illuc procede, bone vir!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 1; id. Curc. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 4, 7, 48; id. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 3, 5, 10; 5, 2, 5; id. Ad. 4, 2, 17; id. Eun. 5, 2, 11:
quid tu, vir optime? Ecquid habes quod dicas?
Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—
(ε).
Sometimes boni viri = boni, in the sense of optimates (v. I. A. 3.):
bonis viris quid juris reliquit tribunatus C. Gracchi?
Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—
(ζ).
As a conventional courtesy:
homines optimi non intellegunt, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:
bone accusator,
id. Rosc. Am. 21, 58:
sic illum amicum vocasti, quomodo omnes candidatos bonos viros dicimus,
gentlemen, Sen. Ep. 3, 1.—For bonus vir, a good husband, v. 3.; and for vir optimus, as a laudatory epithet, v. 5.—
2.
Boni homines (rare) = boni, better classes of society, v. II. A. 3:
in foro infimo boni homines atque dites ambulant,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14.—
3.
With nouns denoting persons in regard to their functions, offices, occupations, and qualities, denoting excellence:
bonus consul,
Liv. 4, 40, 6; 22, 39, 2 (different: consules duos, bonos quidem, sed dumtaxat bonos, amisimus, consuls of good sentiments, almost = bad consuls, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 4):
boni tribuni plebis,
Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 25:
bonus senator,
id. Prov. Cons. 15, 37:
senator bonus,
id. Dom. 4, 8:
bonus judex,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 34:
bonus augur (ironically),
id. Phil. 2, 32, 80:
bonus vates,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 27:
bonus imperator,
Sall. C. 60, 4:
bonus dux,
Quint. 12, 1, 43 (cf. trop.:
naturam, optimam ducem,
the best guide, Cic. Sen. 2, 5):
bonus miles,
Sall. C. 60, 4; Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:
bonus orator,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:
optimus orator,
id. Opt. Gen. 1, 3:
poeta bonus,
id. de Or. 1, 3, 11; 2, 46, 194; id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:
scriptor bonus,
Quint. 10, 1, 104:
bonus advocatus,
id. 5, 13, 10:
bonus defensor,
id. 5, 13, 3:
bonus altercator,
a good debater, id. 6, 4, 10:
bonus praeceptor,
id. 5, 13, 44; 10, 5, 22:
bonus gubernator,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:
optimus opifex,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:
sutor bonus,
id. ib. 1, 3, 125:
actor optimus,
Cic. Sest. 57, 122:
cantor optimus est modulator,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 130:
melior gladiator,
Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 33: agricola (colonus, dominus) bonus, Cato, R. R. prooem.; Cic. Sen. 16, 56:
bonus paterfamilias,
a thrifty head of the house, Nep. Att. 13, 1:
bonus servus,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 58; id. Am. 2, 1, 46; id. Men. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Mil. 22, 58:
dominus bonus,
Cato, R. R. 14:
bonus custos,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38.—Ironically, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57:
filius bonus,
Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 9:
patres,
Quint. 11, 3, 178:
parens,
id. 6, prooem. 4: bonus (melior, optimus), viz. a good husband, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51 sq.; Liv. 1, 9, 15:
uxor melior,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
amicus,
id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:
amicus optimus,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 18:
optimus testis,
Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:
auctor, in two senses,
good authority, id. Att. 5, 12, 3;
and = bonus scriptor (post-class.),
Quint. 10, 1, 74.—Esp.:
bonus civis (rarely civis bonus): in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint: talem enim solemus et sentire bonum civem et dicere, Cic.-Off. 1, 34, 124: eaque est summa ratio et sapientia boni civis, commoda civium non divellere, atque omnes aequitate eadem continere,
id. ib. 2, 23, 83:
eum esse civem et fidelem et bonum,
Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; 1, 9, 10; 3, 12, 1; 6, 6, 11; id. Off. 1, 44, 155; Liv. 22, 39, 3; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 10 Dietsch:
optimus et fortissimus civis,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; id. Sest. 17, 39.—
4.
Bonus and optimus as epithets of the gods.
(α).
In gen.:
sed te bonus Mercurius perdat,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 23:
fata... bonique divi,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 38:
divis orte bonis,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1:
O bone deus!
Scrib. Comp. 84 fin.: BONORVM DEORVM, Inscr. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84: totidem, pater optime, dixi, Tu mihi da cives, referring to Jupiter, Ov. M. 7, 627.—
(β).
Optimus Maximus, a standing epithet of Jupiter:
(Juppiter) a majoribus nostris Optimus Maximus (nominatur), et quidem ante optimus, id est beneficentissimus, quam Maximus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64:
Jovem optimum et maximum ob eas res appellant, non quod, etc.,
id. ib. 3, 36, 87:
in templo Jovis Optimi Maximi,
id. Sest. 56, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22:
nutu Jovis Optimi Maximi,
id. Cat. 3, 9, 21; Liv. 1, 12, 7; id. 6, 16, 2.—
(γ).
Di boni, O di boni, expressing indignation, sorrow, or surprise:
di boni, hunc visitavi antidhac!
Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16:
di boni, boni quid porto!
Ter. And. 2, 2, 1:
di boni, quid hoc morbi est,
id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 13; id. Ad. 3, 3, 86:
alter, O di boni, quam taeter incedebat!
Cic. Sest. 8, 19; id. Brut. 84, 288; id. Phil. 2, 8, 20; 2, 32, 80; id. Att. 1, 16, 5; 14, 21, 2; Val. Max. 3, 5, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 3.—
(δ).
Bona Dea, etc., v. 6.—
5.
Optimus as a laudatory epithet.
(α).
Vir optimus:
per vos nobis, per optimos viros optimis civibus periculum inferre conantur,
Cic. Sest. 1, 2:
virum optimum et constantissimum M. Cispium,
id. ib. 35, 76:
fratrem meum, virum optimum, fortissimum,
id. ib.:
consolabor hos praesentes, viros optimos,
id. Balb. 19, 44; id. Planc. 21, 51; 23, 55; id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Marcell. 4, 10; id. Att. 5, 1, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 53.—
(β).
Femina bona, optima:
tua conjunx bona femina,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:
hujus sanctissimae feminae atque optimae pater,
id. ib. —
(γ).
Senex, pater, frater, etc.:
optimus: parentes ejus, prudentissimi atque optimi senis,
Cic. Planc. 41, 97:
insuevit pater optimus hoc me,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 105; 2, 1, 12:
C. Marcelli, fratris optimi,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 6 (8), 2; 2, 4, 2.—
(δ).
With proper names ( poet.):
optimus Vergilius,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 54:
Maecenas optimus,
id. ib. 1, 5, 27:
optime Quinti,
id. Ep. 1, 16, 1.—
(ε).
Esp. as an epithet of the Roman emperors:
quid tam civile, tam senatorium quam illud, additum a nobis Optimi cognomen?
Plin. Pan. 2, 7:
gratias, inquit, ago, optime Princeps!
Sen. Tranq. 14. 4:
ex epistula optimi imperatoris Antonini,
Gai. Inst. 1, 102; cf.:
bene te patriae pater optime Caesar,
Ov. F. 2, 637:
optime Romulae Custos gentis,
Hor. C. 4, 5, 1.—
6.
Bonus and Bona, names of deities.
(α).
Bona Dea, the goddess of Chastity, whose temple could not be entered by males (cf. Macr. S. 1, 12; Lact. 1, 22):
Bonae Deae pulvinaribus,
Cic. Pis. 39, 95; id. Mil. 31, 86; id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; cf.
in mal. part.,
Juv. 2, 86 sq.; 6, 314 sq.; 6, 335 sq.—
(β).
Bonus Eventus, Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.; Amm. 29, 6, 19; Inscr. Orell. 907; 1780 sq.—
(γ).
Bona Fortuna:
si bona Fortuna veniat, ne intromiseris,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 22:
Bonae Fortunae (signum),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7:
FORTVNAE BONAE DOMESTICAE,
Inscr. Orell. 1743 sq. —
(δ).
Bona Spes:
Spes Bona, obsecro, subventa mihi,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 12:
BONAE SPEI,
Aug. Inscr. Grut. 1075, 1.—
(ε).
BONA MENS, Inscr. Orell. 1818 sqq.:
Mens Bona, si qua dea es, tua me in sacraria dono,
Prop. 3, 24, 19.
B.
With nouns denoting things.
1.
Things concrete, denoting excellence:
navis bona dicitur non quae pretiosis coloribus picta est... sed stabilis et firma,
Sen. Ep. 76, 13:
gladium bonum dices, non cui auratus est balteus, etc., sed cui et ad secandum subtilis acies est, et, etc.,
id. ib. 76, 14:
id vinum erit lene et bono colore,
Cato, R. R. 109; Lucr. 2, 418; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 9:
tabulas... collocare in bono lumine,
Cic. Brut. 75, 261: ex quavis olea oleum... bonum fieri potest. Cato, R. R. 3:
per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,
id. ib. 73; cf.:
bonae aquae, ironically compared to wine,
Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 28:
praedium bonum caelum habeat,
good temperature, Cato, R. R. 1:
bona tempestate,
in good weather, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:
(praedium) solo bono valeat,
by good soil, Cato, R. R. 1:
bonae (aedes) cum curantur male,
Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24:
villam bonam,
Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:
bonus pons,
Cat. 17, 5:
scyphi optimi (= optime facti),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:
perbona toreumata,
id. ib. 2, 4, 18, §
38: bona domicilia,
comfortable residences, id. N. D. 2, 37, 95:
agrum Meliorem nemo habet,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:
fundum meliorem,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: fundos optimos et fructuosissimos, id. Agr. 3, 4, 14:
equus melior,
id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
bona cena,
Cat. 13, 3:
boni nummi,
good, not counterfeit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:
super omnia vultus accessere boni,
good looks, Ov. M. 8, 678:
mulier bona forma,
of a fine form, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13:
equus formae melioris,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 52:
tam bona cervix, simul ac jussero, demetur,
fine, beautiful, Suet. Calig. 33:
fruges bonae,
Cat. 34, 19:
ova suci melioris,
of better flavor, Hor. S. 2, 4, 13.— Trop.:
animus aequus optimum est aerumnae condimentum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71: bona dextra, a lucky hand (cf.:
bonum omen, 2. e.),
Quint. 6, 3, 69:
scio te bona esse voce, ne clama nimis,
good, sound, loud voice, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43; so,
bona firmaque vox,
Quint. 11, 3, 13.—
2.
Things abstract.
a.
Of physical well-being:
ut si qui neget sine bona valetudine posse bene vivi,
Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 2; Lucr. 3, 102; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 26; 11, 2, 35 et saep.:
non bonus somnus de prandio est,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:
bona aetas,
prime of life, Cic. Sen. 14, 48:
optima aetate,
id. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—Ironically:
bona, inquis, aetate, etc.,
Sen. Ep. 76, 1.—
b.
Of the mind and soul:
meliore esse sensu,
Cic. Sest. 21, 47:
optima indoles,
id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:
bona conscientia,
Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:
bono ingenio me esse ornatam quam auro multo mavolo,
with a good heart, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 91; id. Stich. 1, 21, 59; Sall. C. 10, 5:
mens melior,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 78; Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Liv. 39, 16, 5; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 4; id. Ep. 10, 4; Pers. 2, 8; Petr. 61.—Personified, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 19; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 31:
duos optimae indolis filios,
Val. Max. 5, 7, 2; Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 6; Quint. 1, 2, 5:
bonum consilium,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6; id. Rud. 4, 3, 18; Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:
bona voluntas,
a good purpose, Quint. 12, 11, 31:
memoria bona,
Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:
bona ratio cum perdita... confligit,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:
bonae rationes,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 50:
pronuntiatio bona,
Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—
c.
Of moral relations:
ego si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71; Cic. Sest. 66, 139; Liv. 6, 11, 7; Hor. S. 1, 2, 61 (cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1;
v. e. infra): si ego in causa tam bona cessi tribuni plebis furori,
Cic. Sest. 16, 36; id. Planc. 36, 87; Ov. M. 5, 220:
fac, sis, bonae frugi sies,
of good, regular habits, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 35; id. Cas. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 5, 53; id. Truc. 1, 1, 13; id. Capt. 5, 2, 3 sq. (v. frux, II. B. 1. b.): vilicus disciplina bona utatur. Cato, R. R. 5:
bona studia,
moral pursuits, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:
quidquid vita meliore parasti,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 15: ad spem mortis melioris, an honorable death; so as an epithet of religious exercises:
Juppiter, te bonas preces precor,
Cato, R. R. 134; 139.—
d.
Of external, artistic, and literary value and usefulness:
bono usui estis nulli,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:
Optumo optume optumam operam das,
id. Am. 1, 1, 122:
bonam dedistis mihi operam,
a valuable service to me, id. Poen. 2, 3, 70; 3, 6, 11; id. Pers. 4, 7, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 11 (in a different sense: me bona opera aut mala Tibi inventurum esse auxilium argentarium, by fair or unfair means, id. Ps. 1, 1, 102;
v. e. infra): optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis... gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum,
Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:
bonum otium,
valuable leisure, Sall. C. 4, 1:
bonis versibus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:
versus meliores,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 81:
meliora poemata,
Hor. A. P. 303:
in illa pro Ctesiphonte oratione longe optima,
Cic. Or. 8, 26:
optimas fabulas,
id. Off. 1, 31, 114:
melius munus,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 7.—
e.
Favorable, prosperous, lucky, fortunate:
de Procilio rumores non boni,
unfavorable rumors, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 5:
bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,
about their success in the war, id. ib. 7, 26, 1:
si fuisset in discipulo comparando meliore fortuna,
id. Pis. 29, 71; cf.
fortuna optima esse,
to be in the best pecuniary circumstances, id. ad Brut. 1, 1, 2:
occasio tam bona,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:
senex est eo meliore condicione quam adulesoens cum, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 19, 68; id. Fam. 4, 32:
bona navigatio,
id. N. D. 3, 34, 83;
esp. in phrase bona spes.—Object.: ergo in iis adulescentibus bonam spem esse dicemus et magnam indolem quos, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117.—Subject.:
ego sum spe bona,
Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 3; id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; [p. 245] id. Att. 14, 1 a, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:
optima spe,
id. Fam. 12, 11, 2.—Pregn., = spes bonarum rerum, Sall. C. 21, 1;
v. C. 1. c. infra: meliora responsa,
more favorable, Liv. 7, 21, 6:
melior interpretatio,
Tac. H. 3, 65:
cum laude et bonis recordationibus,
id. A. 4, 38:
amnis Doctus iter melius,
i. e. less injurious, Hor. A. P. 68:
omen bonum,
a good, lucky omen, Cic. Pis. 13, 31; cf.
Liv. praef. § 13: melius omen,
Ov. F. 1, 221;
optimum,
Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2:
bona scaeva,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 24:
auspicio optumo,
id. ib. 3, 2, 6; cf.:
memini bene, sed meliore Tempore dicam = opportuniore tempore,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 68.—
f.
Of public affairs, si mihi bona re publica frui non licuerit, Cic. Mil. 34, 93:
optima res publica,
id. Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:
minus bonis temporibus,
id. Dom. 4, 8; so,
optimis temporibus,
id. Sest. 3, 6:
nostrae res meliore loco videbantur,
id. ad Brut. 1, 3, 1:
lex optima,
id. Pis. 16, 37; id. Sest. 64, 137; id. Phil, 1, 8, 19.—
g.
Good = large, considerable:
bono atque amplo lucro,
Plaut. Am. prol. 6:
bona librorum copia,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 109; cf.:
bona copia cornu,
Ov. M. 9, 88; v. bona pars, C. 8. g.—
h.
Noble; with genus, good family, noble extraction, honorable birth: quali me arbitraris genere prognatum? Eu. Bono, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 35; so id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; 2, 1, 3; id. Pers. 4, 4, 94:
si bono genere natus sit,
Auct. Her. 3, 7, 13.—
k.
Referring to good-will, kindness, faithfulness, in certain phrases.
(α).
Bona venia or cum bona venia, with the kind permission of a person addressed, especially bona venia orare, expetere, etc.:
primum abs te hoc bona venia expeto,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:
bona tua venia dixerim,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:
oravit bona venia Quirites, ne, etc.,
Liv. 7, 41, 3:
obsecro vos.. bona venia vestra liceat, etc.,
id. 6, 40, 10:
cum bona venia quaeso audiatis, etc.,
id. 29, 17, 6; Arn. c. Gent. 1, p. 5; cf.
. sed des veniam bonus oro = venia bona oro,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 5.—
(β).
Bona pax, without quarrelling:
bona pax sit potius,
let us have no quarrel about that, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 7;
so especially cum bona pace, or bona pace: Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit,
without a difficulty with the inhabitants, Liv. 21, 32, 6; 21, 24, 5; 1, 24, 3; 28, 37, 4; 8, 15, 1; cf.: si bonam (pacem) dederitis, = a fair peace, under acceptable conditions, id. 8, 21, 4.—
(γ).
Amicitia bona = bona fide servata, faithful, undisturbed friendship:
igitur amicitia Masinissae bona atque honesta nobis permansit,
Sall. J. 5, 5.—
(δ).
Bona societas, alliance:
Segestes, memoria bonae societatis, impavidus,
Tac. A. 1, 58.
C.
In particular phrases.
1.
Bonae res.
a.
= Vitae commoda, comforts of life, abstract or concrete:
concedatur bonis rebus homines morte privari,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87:
optimis rebus usus est,
he had every most desirable thing, Nep. Att. 18, 1.—
b.
= Res secundae, opp. res adversae, prosperity:
bonis rebus tuis, meas irrides malas,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:
in bonis rebus,
Hor. C. 2, 3, 2. —
c.
Res bona = res familiaris bona, wealth ( poet.): in re bona esse, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4.—Also an object of value:
homines quibus mala abunde omnia erant, sed neque res neque spes bona ulla,
who had no property, nor the hope of any, Sall. C. 21, 1. —
d.
Costly things, articles of luxury:
capere urbem in Arabia plenam bonarum rerum,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 46; 4, 4, 82:
nimium rei bonae,
id. Stich. 2, 3, 55:
ignorantia bonarum rerum,
Nep. Ages. 8, 5 ' bonis rebus gaudere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 110:
re bona copiosum esse,
Gell. 16, 19, 7.—
e.
Moral, morally good:
illi cum res non bonas tractent,
Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 72:
ut de virtutibus et vitiis, omninoque de bonis rebus et malis quaererent,
id. ib. 1, 4, 15:
quid habemus in rebus bonis et malis explorati?
id. ib. 2, 42, 129; so id. Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:
quae tamen omnia dulciora fuint et moribus bonis et artibus,
id. Sen. 18, 65.—
f.
In literary composition, important or interesting matter, subjects, or questions:
res bonas verbis electis dictas quis non legat?
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8:
studiis generorum, praesertim in re bona,
Plaut. Am. 8, 26.—
2.
Bonae artes.
(α).
A good, laudable way of dealing:
qui praeclari facinoris aut artis bonae famam quaerit,
Sall. C. 2, 9:
huic bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit,
id. ib. 11, 2:
quod is bonarum artium cupiens erat,
Tac. A. 6, 46.—
(β).
Liberal arts and sciences:
litteris aut ulli bonae arti,
Quint. 12, 1, 7:
conservate civem bonarum artium, bonarum partium, bonorum virorum,
Cic. Sest. 32, 77. —Esp.:
optimae artes: optimarum artium scientia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 4; id. Ac. 2, 1, 1; id. Cael. 10, 24; id. Marcell. 1, 4.—
3.
Bona fides, or fides bona.
a.
Good faith, i. e. conscious honesty in acts or words: qui nummos fide bona solvit, who pays (the price of labor) in good faith, i. e. as it is honestly earned, Cato, R. R. 14:
dic, bona fide, tu id aurum non subripuisti?
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46; 4, 10, 47; id. Capt. 4, 2, 111; id. Most. 3, 1, 137; id. Poen. 1, 3, 30; id. Pers. 4, 3, 16; id. Ps. 4, 6, 33:
si tibi optima fide omnia concessit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144; Quint. 10, 3, 23.—Hence, bonae fidei vir, a conscientious man, Quint. 10, 7, 1.—
b.
Jurid. t. t.
(α).
Good faith in contracts and legal acts in general, opposed to dolus malus, honesty and fairness in dealing with another:
ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere, notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,
Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67.—Hence, alienam rem bona fide emere, to buy, believing the seller to be the rightful owner, Dig. 41, 3, 10; 41, 3, 13, § 1. bonae fidei possessor (also possessio), believing that he is the rightful owner, ib. 5, 3, 25, § 11; 5, 3, 22; 41, 3, 15, § 2;
41, 3, 24: conventio contra bonam fidem et mores bonos,
ib. 16, 31, § 7: bonam fidem praestare, to be responsible for one ' s good faith, ib. 17, 1, 10 prooem.—Hence,
(β).
Bonae fidei actiones or judicia, actions in equity, i. e. certain classes of actions in which the strict civil law was set aside by the praetorian edict in favor of equity:
actiones quaedam bonae fidei sunt, quaedam stricti juris. Bonae fidei sunt haec: exempto vendito, locato conducto, etc.,
Just. Inst. 4, 6, 28, § 19.—In the republican time the praetor added in such actions to his formula for the judex the words ex fide bona, or, in full:
quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bona,
Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:
iste dolus malus et legibus erat vindicatus, et sine lege, judiciis in quibus additur ex fide bona,
id. ib. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. ib. 3, 17, 70.—
4.
Bona verba.
(α).
Kind words:
Bona verba quaeso,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 33.—
(β).
Words of good omen (v. omen):
dicamus bona verba,
Tib. 2, 2, 1:
dicite suffuso ter bona verba mero,
Ov. F. 2, 638.—
(γ).
Elegant or well-chosen expressions:
quid est tam furiosum quam verborum vel optimorum atque ornatissimorum sonitus inanis,
Cic. Or. 1, 12, 51:
verborum bonorum cursu,
id. Brut. 66, 233:
omnia verba sunt alicubi optima,
Quint. 10, 1, 9.—
(δ).
Moral sayings:
non est quod contemnas bona verba et bonis cogitationibus plena praecordia,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 1. —
5.
Bona dicta.
(α).
Polite, courteous language:
hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit leniter dictis bonis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 25.—
(β).
Witticisms ( bon-mots): flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi, quam bona dicta teneat, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 2, 54, 222:
dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus quibus solebam menstruales epulas ante adipiscier,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22:
ibo intro ad libros ut discam de dictis melioribus,
id. Stich. 2, 3, 75.—
6.
Bona facta.
(α).
= bene facta (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.), laudable deeds:
nobilitas ambobus et majorum bona facta (sc. erant),
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(β).
Bonum factum est, colloq., = bene est, bene factum est (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.):
bonum factum est, ut edicta servetis mea,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 16:
haec imperata quae sunt pro imperio histrico, bonum hercle factum (est) pro se quisque ut meminerit,
id. ib. 45.— Hence,
(γ).
Elliptically, introducing commands which cannot be enforced, = if you will do so, it will be well:
peregrinis in senatum allectis, libellus propositus est: bonum factum, ne quis senatori novo curiam monstrare velit,
Suet. Caes. 80:
et Chaldaeos edicere: bonum factum, ne Vitellius... usquam esset,
id. Vit. 14:
hac die Carthaginem vici: bonum factum, in Capitolium eamus, et deos supplicemus,
Aur. Vict. 49; cf.:
o edictum, cui adscribi non poterit bonum factum,
Tert. Pud. 1.—
7.
Bona gratia.
(α).
A friendly understanding:
cur non videmus inter nos haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17; so,
per gratiam bonam abire,
to part with good feelings, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 33.—In jest: sine bona gratia abire, of things cast away, Plaut Truc. 2, 7, 15.—
(β).
Pleon., in the phrase bonam gratiam habere, = gratiam habere, to thank (v. B. 2. k.), Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 32; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 99.—
8.
Bona pars.
(α).
The well-disposed part of a body of persons:
ut plerumque fit, major pars (i. e. of the senate) meliorem vicit,
Liv. 21, 4, 1:
pars melior senatus ad meliora responsa trahere,
id. 7, 21, 6.—
(β).
The good party, i. e. the optimates (gen. in plur.):
civem bonarum partium,
Cic. Sest. 32, 77:
(fuit) meliorum partium aliquando,
id. Cael. 6, 13:
qui sibi gratiam melioris partis velit quaesitam,
Liv. 2, 44, 3.—Paronom.: (Roscius) semper partium in re publica tam quam in scaena optimarum, i. e. party and part in a drama, Cic. Sest. 56, 120.—
(γ).
Of things or persons, a considerable part (cf. a good deal):
bonam partem ad te adtulit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 43:
bonam partem sermonis in hunc diem esse dilatam,
Cic. Or. 2, 3, 14:
bonam magnamque partem exercitus,
Val. Max. 5, 2, ext. 4:
bona pars noctium,
Quint. 12, 11, 19:
bona pars hominum,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:
meae vocis... bona pars,
id. C. 4, 2, 46; so id. A. P. 297; Ov. P. 1, 8, 74:
melior pars diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156.—
(δ).
Rarely, and mostly eccl. Lat.: optima pars, the best part or lot:
nostri melior pars animus est,
Sen. Q. N. 1, prooem. § 14; cf.:
quae pars optima est in homine,
best, most valuable, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:
major pars aetatis, certe melior reipublicae data sit,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 1:
Maria optimam partem elegit, quae non auferetur ab ea,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 42.—
(ε).
Adverb.:
bonam partem = ex magna parte,
Lucr. 6, 1249.—
(ζ).
Aliquem in optimam partem cognoscere, to know somebody from his most favorable side, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: aliquid in optimam partem accipere, to take something in good part, interpret it most favorably:
Caesar mihi ignoscit quod non venerim, seseque in optimam partem id accipere dicit,
id. Att. 10, 3 a, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 3:
quaeso ut hoc in bonam partem accipias,
id. Rosc. Am. 16, 45.—
9.
Dies bonus or bona.
(α).
A day of good omen, a fortunate day (= dies laetus, faustus):
tum tu igitur die bono, Aphrodisiis, addice, etc.,
Plaut. Poen. 2, 49:
nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die,
Ov. F. 1, 72.—
(β).
A beautiful, serene day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 3.—
10.
Bonus mos.
(α).
Boni mores, referring to individuals, good, decent, moral habits:
nihil est amabilius quam morum similitudo bonorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56:
nam hic nimium morbus mores invasit bonos,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 6:
domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
propter ejus suavissimos et optimos mores,
Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:
cum per tot annos matronae optimis moribus vixerint,
Liv. 34, 6, 9:
mores meliores,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 18.—
(β).
Bonus mos or boni mores, in the abstract, morality, the laws, rules of morality: ei vos morigerari mos bonu'st, it is a rule of morality that you should, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:
ex optimo more et sanctissima disciplina,
Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:
neglegentia boni moris,
Sen. Ep. 97, 1.—Jurid. t. t.:
conventio, mandatum contra bonos mores,
in conflict with morality, Quint. 3, 1, 57; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 7; Gai. Inst. 3, 157 et saep. —
11.
Adverbial phrases.
a.
Bono animo esse, or bonum animum habere.
(α).
To be of good cheer or courage:
bono animo es! Liberabit ille te homo,
Plaut. Merc 3, 1, 33; so id. Aul. 4, 10, 61; id. Mil. 4, 8, 32; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4; id. Heaut. 4, 6, 18; id. Ad. 2, 4, 20; 3, 5, 1; 4, 2, 4; 4, 5, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 72:
animo bono es,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 103; id. Am. 2, 2, 48; 5, 2, 1:
bono animo es, inquit Scrofa, et fiscinam expedi,
Varr. R. R. 1, 26:
bono animo sint et tui et mei familiares,
Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1; 6, 10, 29:
bono animo esse jubere eam consul,
Liv. 39, 13, 7:
habe modo bonum animum,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 58; so id. Am. 1, 3, 47; id. Truc. 2, 6, 44; id. Aul. 2, 2, 15:
habe animum bonum,
id. Cas. 2, 6, 35; id. Ep. 2, 2, 1; 4, 2, 31:
bonum animum habe,
Liv. 45, 8, 5:
clamor ortus ut bonum animum haberet,
id. 8, 32, 1; so Sen. Ep. 87, 38.—
(β).
Bono animo esse, or facere aliquid, to be of a good or friendly disposition, or to do with good, honest intentions:
audire jubet vos imperator histricus, bonoque ut animo sedeant in subselliis qui, etc.,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 5: sunt enim (consules) [p. 246] optimo animo, summo consilio, of the best disposition, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:
bono te animo tum populus Romanus... dicere existimavit ea quae sentiebatis, sed, etc.,
id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:
quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Quint. 7, 4, 15.—
(γ).
Bonus animus, good temper, patience:
bonus animus in mala re dimidium mali est,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 37:
vos etiam hoc animo meliore feratis,
Ov. M. 9, 433.—
b.
Bono modo.
(α).
= placide, with composure, moderation:
si quis quid deliquerit, pro noxa bono modo vindicet,
Cato, R. R. 5:
haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia, mihi autem bono modo, tantum quantum videbitur,
Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137.—
(β).
In a decent manner:
neu quisquam prohibeto filium quin amet... quod bono fiat modo,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 62. —
c.
Jure optimo or optimo jure, with good, perfect right:
te ipse jure optumo incuses licet,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23; id. Rud. 2, 6, 53:
ut jure optimo me deserere posses,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6; Sen. Ot. Sap. 2 (29), 2.—With pass. or intr. verb, deservedly:
ne jure optimo irrideamur,
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 151; id. Marcell. 1, 4;
similarly, optimo judicio,
Val. Max. 2, 9, 2.
II.
As subst.
A.
bŏnus, boni, m.; of persons.
1.
In sing. or plur. orig. = bonus vir, boni viri; v. I. A. 1. a. b, supra, a morally good man.
(α).
Plur.:
bonis quod bene fit haud perit,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 2, 108; id. Trin. 2, 1, 55; id. Pers. 4, 5, 2:
melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto,
Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:
verum esse ut bonos boni diligant, quamobrem... bonis inter bonos quasi necessariam (esse) benevolentiam,
id. Lael. 14, 50:
diverso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra... habere,
Sall. C. 52, 13; 7, 2; 52, 22:
oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52:
tam bonis quam malis conduntur urbes,
Sen. Ben. 4, 28, 4; so id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 9, 2, 76.—Rarely bŏnae, arum, f., good women:
quia omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 41.—
(β).
Sing.:
malus bonum malum esse volt ut sit sui similis,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 8:
nec enim cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99; cf.:
qui meliorem audax vocet in jus,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 29.—
2.
Bonus, a man of honor.
(α).
A brave man:
pro qua (patria) quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere si ei sit profuturus?
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:
libertatem quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittat,
Sall. C. 33, 5:
fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 29 (opp. ignavi):
fama impari boni atque ignavi erant,
Sall. J. 57, 6; 53, 8; id. C. 11, 2. —
(β).
A gentleman:
quis enim umquam, qui paululum modo bonorum consuetudinem nosset, litteras ad se ab amico missas... in medium protulit?
Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—
3.
Boni, the better (i. e. higher) classes of society.
(α).
In gen. (of political sentiments, = optimates, opp. populares, seditiosi, perditi cives, etc.;
so usu. in Cic.): meam causam omnes boni proprie enixeque susceperant,
Cic. Sest. 16, 38:
audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur... boni, nescio quomodo, tardiores sunt, etc.,
id. ib. 47, 100:
ego Kal. Jan. senatum et bonos omnes legis agrariae... metu liberavi,
id. Pis. 2, 4:
etenim omnes boni, quantum in ipsis fuit, Caesarem occiderunt,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 29; id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; 5, 21, 2; id. Sest. 2, 5; 16, 36; 48, 103; id. Planc. 35, 86; id. Mil. 2, 5; id. Off. 2. 12, 43:
maledictis increpat omnes bonos,
Sall. C. 21, 4; 19, 2; 33, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; so,
optimi,
Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 37; and, ironically, boni identified with the rich:
bonorum, id est lautorum et locupletum,
id. Att. 8, 1, 3.—
(β).
Without reference to political views;
opp. vulgus (rare): nihil ego istos moror fatuos mores quibus boni dedecorant se,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22:
semper in civitate quibus opes nullae sunt bonis invident,
Sall. C. 37, 3:
elatus est sine ulla pompa funeris, comitantibus omnibus bonis, maxima vulgi frequentia,
Nep. Att. 22, 2.—So, mĕlĭōres, um, m., one ' s betters:
ut quaestui habeant male loqui melioribus,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 13:
da locum melioribus,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 37.—
4.
Boni, bone, in addresses, as an expression of courtesy, Hor. S. 2, 2, 1; 2, 6, 51; 2, 6, 95; id. Ep. 2, 2, 37; ironice, id. S. 2, 3, 31.—
5.
Optimus quisque = quivis bonus, omnes boni.
(α).
Referring to morality:
esse aliquid natura pulcrum quod optimus quisque sequeretur,
every good man, Cic. Sen. 13, 43:
qui ita se gerebant ut sua consilia optimo cuique probarent, optimates habebantur,
id. Sest. 45, 96; id. Off. 1, 43, 154; id. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Sest. 54, 115; and = even the best:
quare deus optimum quemque mala valetudine adficit?
Sen. Prov. 4, 8.—
(β).
Of the educated classes:
adhibenda est quaedam reverentia adversus homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 85:
Catilina plerisque consularibus, praeterea optumo cuique, litteras mittit,
Sall. C. 34, 2:
optimo cuique infesta libertas,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 2 (32 fin.).—
(γ).
Honorable, brave:
optumus quisque cadere et sauciari, ceteris metus augeri,
Sall. J. 92, 8.—
(δ).
In gen., excellent:
optimus quisque facere quam dicere... malebat,
Sall. C. 8, 5.—
(ε).
Distributively:
ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,
to the best man in each instance, Sall. C. 2, 6.—
(ζ).
Referring to another superlative ( = quo quisque melior eo magis, etc.):
hic aditus laudis qui semper optimo cuique maxime patuit,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; so id. Lael. 4, 14; id. Inv. 2, 11, 36; Sen. Vit. Beat. 18, 1.—
(η).
Attributively, with a noun:
optimam quamque causam,
Cic. Sest. 43, 93:
optima quaeque dies,
Verg. G. 3, 66.
2.
bŏnum, i, n., plur. bona; mĕlĭus, ōris, n.; optĭmum, i, n. (v. infra); of things in gen.
1.
Bonum, or plur. bona, a good, or goods in a moral and metaphysical sense, a moral good, a blessing: sunt autem hae de finibus defensae sententiae: nihil bonum nisi honestum, ut Stoici; nihil bonum nisi voluptatem, ut Epicurus;
nihil bonum nisi vacuitatem doloris, ut Hieronymus... tria genera bonorum, maxima animi, secunda corporis, externa tertia, ut Peripatetici, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 84 sq.:
quid est igitur bonum? Si quid recte fit et honeste et cum virtute, id bene fieri vere dicitur, et quod rectum et honestum et cum virtute est, id solum opinor bonum,
id. Par. 1, 1, 9:
ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud simplex et verum bonum quod non possit ab honestate sejungi,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 7:
non-est igitur voluptas bonum,
id. Fin. 1, 11, 39: finis bonorum et malorum (telos agathôn) = summa bona et mala:
sunt nonnullae disciplinae quae, propositis bonorum et malorum finibus, officium omne pervertant. Nam qui summum bonum sic instituit ut, etc.,
id. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Par. 1, 3, 14; id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; 2, 36, 114; 2, 42, 129; id. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 1, 12, 42; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 5; id. Ep. 117, 1 et saep.—
2.
Bonum, what is valuable, beneficial, estimable, favorable, pleasant, physically or mentally:
quoi boni Tantum adfero quantum ipsus a diis optat,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 9:
multa bona vobis volt facere,
will do you much good, id. Poen. 5, 4, 60; id. Am. prol. 43, 49; id. Pers. 4, 8, 4; 2, 3, 14; id. Cas. 2, 8, 32:
tum demum nostra intellegemus bona quom ea amisimus,
id. Capt. 1, 2, 33:
multa tibi di dent bona,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; 3, 3, 74; id. Mil. 3, 1, 120; id. Men. 3, 3, 34; id. Pers. 4, 3, 23; id. Truc. 1, 2, 23; id. Merc. 1, 2, 40; id. Most. 1, 1, 47:
omnia Bona dicere,
to speak in the highest terms of one, Ter. And. 1, 1, 70:
sed ne vivus quidem bono caret, si eo non indiget,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:
cum quaecumque bona Peripateticis, eadem Stoicis commoda viderentur,
id. ib. 5, 41, 120:
nihil enim boni nosti,
nothing that is good for any thing, id. Phil. 2, 7, 16:
mala pro bonis legere dementia est,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 1; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 73:
quia bonum sit valere,
a good thing, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (cf. III. A. 5. infra):
melius: quo quidem haud scio an... quidquam melius sit homini a dis immortalibus datum,
id. Lael. 6, 20:
meliora... Aristotelem de istis rebus scripsisse,
id. Or. 1, 10, 43:
optimum: difficillimum est formam exponere optimi,
id. ib. 11, 36.— Here belongs the phrase boni consulere;
v. consulo.—So after prepositions: in bonum vertere, v. under verto: in melius ire,
to change for the better, Tac. A. 12, 68.—In the same sense: in melius aliquid referre, or reflectere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 281; 11, 426; 10, 632:
ad melius transcurrere,
to pass over to something better, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82.—
3.
Bonum or bona, prosperity:
fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post patitur bonum,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 58:
nulli est homini perpetuum bonum,
id. Curc. 1, 3, 33:
unā tecum bona, mala tolerabimus,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 23:
quibus in bonis fuerint et nunc quibus in malis sint, ostenditur ( = in secundis, in adversis rebus),
Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 107.—
4.
Good qualities, gifts:
omnia adsunt bona, quem penes'st virtus,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 30:
magnis illi et divinis bonis hanc licentiam adsequebantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:
nisi qui se suā gravitate et castimoniā... tum etiam naturali quodam bono defenderet, etc.,
id. Cael. 5, 11:
hunc meā sententiā divinis quibusdam bonis instructum atque ornatum puto,
id. ib. 17, 39:
non intellego quod bonum cuiquam sit apud tales viros profuturum,
id. Balb. 28, 63:
gaude isto tuo tam excellenti bono,
id. Marcell. 6, 19; so id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
5.
Advantage, benefit:
si plus adipiscare, re explicatā, boni, quam addubitatā mali,
Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:
saepe cogitavi bonine an mali plus adtulerit... eloquentiae studium,
id. Inv. 1, 1, 1; 2, 35, 106; id. Off. 2, 2, 5; id. Sest. 10, 24:
maximum bonum in celeritate ponebat,
Sall. C. 43, 4; so, bono publico (abl.), for the public good:
hoc ita si fit, publico fiat bono,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 183; Liv. 2, 44, 3; Dig. 41, 3, 1.—
6.
With aequum, what is fair and good, the fair ( thing), fairness, equity:
si bonum aequomque oras,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 149; so id. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Rud. 1, 2, 94; id. Men. 4, 2, 11:
si tu aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 32; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 29; id. Ad. 1, 1, 39:
a quo vivo nec praesens nec absens quidquam aequi bonique impetravit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 94.—Hence, aequo et bono, or ex aequo et bono, in ( with) fairness, in equity, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 30; Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14; 2, 12, 18; 2, 13, 20; Gai. Inst. 3, 137: aequi bonique, as gen. of value, with facere:
istuc, Chreme, Aequi bonique facio,
I place a fair and proper value on it, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 40.—
7.
Bona, one ' s property, fortunes, almost always denoting the whole of one's possessions.
a.
In gen.:
paterna oportet reddi filio bona,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 120:
bona sua med habiturum omnia,
id. Truc. 2, 4, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 6; 4, 2, 29; id. Rud. 2, 6, 22; id. Most. 1, 3, 77; id. Trin. 4, 4, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4:
bona mea diripiebantur atque ad consulem deferebantur,
Cic. Sest. 24, 54:
cum de capite, civis et de bonis proscriptio ferretur,
id. ib. 30, 65:
bona, fortunas, possessiones omnium,
id. Caecin. 13, 38:
at mulctantur bonis exsules,
id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106; id. Off. 2, 23, 81; id. Par. 1, 1, 7; id. Sest. 19, 42; 43, 94; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; Caes. B. G. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 3, 5; 2, 5, 5; 4, 15, 8; Tac. A. 2, 48; Quint. 6, 1, 19 et saep.—
b.
Bonorum possessio, the possession of one ' s property by another.
(α).
Bonorum possessio in consequence of bonorum cessio, i. e. an assignment of one ' s property for the benefit of creditors, Dig. 42, tit. 3.—
(β).
Bonorum possessio granted by the prætor against a contumacious or insolvent debtor (in bona mittere, in bona ire jubere, bona possidere jubere, etc.); cf. Dig. 42, tit. 4:
postulat a Burrieno Naevius ut ex edicto bona possidere liceat,
Cic. Quint. 6, 25, and the whole of c. 8:
edixit... neu quis militis... bona possideret aut venderet,
Liv. 2, 24, 6:
bona proscribere,
to offer the property thus transferred for sale, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—
(γ).
Chiefly referring to the property of a defunct person (hereditas), where the prætor, till the heir had proved his right, granted a bonorum possessio secundum tabulas or contra tabulas, Dig. 37, tit. 4; 37, tit. 11.—
c.
In bonis esse;
with reference to the older civil law, which distinguished between civil property (habere rem ex jure Quiritium) and natural property (rem in bonis habere, res in bonis est),
Gai. Inst. 2, 40, 41; Dig. 40, 12, 38, § 2; 37, 6, 2, § 1; 37, 6, 3, § 2; ib. Fragm. 1, 16; Gai. Inst. 1, 22; 1, 35; 1, 222; 1, 167; Dig. 1, 8, 1; 27, 10, 10:
neque bonorum possessorum, neque... res pleno jure fiunt, sed in bonis efficiuntur,
ib. Fragm. 3, 80.—Hence, nullam omnino arbitrabamur de eā hereditate controversiam eum habiturum, et est hodie in bonis, i. e. [p. 247] the bonorum possessio has been granted to him, which did not give full ownership, but effected only that the hereditas was in bonis. Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.
III.
Predicative use.
A.
With nouns or pronouns as subjects.
1.
Bonum esse, to be morally good, honest:
nunc mihi bonae necessum est esse ingratiis, Quamquam esse nolo,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 82:
bonam ego quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 93; so id. Capt. 2, 1, 44; id. Men. 4, 2, 6; id. Rud. prol. 29:
itaque viros fortes magnanimos eosdem, bonos et simplices... esse volumus,
Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 21, 84; id. Att. 15, 6, 1:
Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat,
Sall. C. 54, 5:
ut politiora, non ut meliora fiant ingenia,
Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 5 fin. —
2.
To be beneficial, prosperous, advantageous, valuable, favorable, serviceable, correct, with reference to both persons and things as subjects, and in regard to physical and mental relations:
jam istuc non bonumst,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 29; Cato, R. R. 157:
oleum viridius et melius fiet,
id. ib. 3:
vinum ut alvum bonam faciat,
to correct the bowels, id. ib. 156:
quid est homini salute melius?
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:
non optuma haec sunt, verum meliora quam deterruma,
id. Trin. 2, 3, 1:
quid est quod huc possit quod melius sit accedere?
Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 41; 1, 18, 57; id. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:
in quo (vestitu), sicut in plerisque rebus, mediocritas optima est,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; 2, 17, 59; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Or. 2, 6; 11, 36:
meliorem tamen militem... in futura proelia id certamen fecit,
Liv. 2, 51, 3:
parvus ut est cygni melior canor, ille gruum quam Clamor,
Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 191:
si meliora dies, ut vina, poemata reddit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 34.—So in the optative formula:
quod bonum, faustum, felixque sit,
Liv. 1, 28, 7; 1, 17, 10; 39, 15, 1; 3, 54;
3, 34.—Also, quod bonum atque fortunatum mihi sit,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 50;
and with a noun as subject: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix, fortunataque evenat,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3.—
3.
To be kind:
bonus cum probis'st (erus), malus cum malis,
Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22:
hic si vellet bonus ac benignus Esse,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 52.—
4.
With reference to the gods:
ecastor ambae (Fortuna et Salus sunt bonae,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 129:
Palladis aut oculos ausa negare bonos (esse),
Prop. 3, 24, 12 (2, 28, 12).—
B.
Impers.
1.
Bonum est (very rare for the class. bene est; v. bene).
(α).
Without a subject:
bonum sit!
may it be fortunate, favorable! Verg. E. 8, 106.—
(β).
With subject inf.:
nam et stulte facere, et stulte fabularier in aetate haud bonum est,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61:
bonum est pauxillum amare, insane non bonum est,
id. Curc. 1, 3,20.—
2.
Melius est.
(α).
With subject inf.:
melius sanam est mentem sumere,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 51:
nihil sentire est melius quam tam prava sentire,
Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125; cf. id. Fin. 1, 19, 62; id. Off. 1, 43, 156; so,
melius fuit, fuisset, or fuerat,
it would have been better, id. N. D. 3, 33; id. Sen. 23, 82; id. Off. 3, 25, 94:
proinde quiesse erit melius,
Liv. 3, 48, 3; 3, 41, 3; Verg. A. 11, 303.—
(β).
With subject inf.-clause:
meliu'st te quae sunt mandata tibi praevortier,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 125; id. Men. 5, 9, 32.—
(γ).
With ut-clause:
quid melius quam ut hinc intro abeam et me suspendam clanculum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 145; so id. Ps. 4, 7, 18.—
(δ).
With subjectclause in the subjunctive:
nunc quid mihi meliu'st quam ilico hic opperiar erum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 22.—
3.
Optimum est.
(α).
With subject inf.:
optimum visum est, captivos quam primum deportare,
Liv. 23, 34, 8:
si quis dicit optimum esse navigare,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 4 (32 fin.); so, optimum fuit, it would have been better, and optimum erat, it would be better, Quint. 6, prooem. 3; 11, 2, 33; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7.—
(β).
With inf.-clause:
constituerunt optimum esse, domum suam quemque reverti,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10: optimum visum est, in fluctuantem aciem tradi equos, etc., Liv 6, 24, 10; 22, 27, 6.—
(γ).
With ut and subj:
hoc vero optimum, ut is qui, etc., id ultimum bonorum, id ipsum quid et quale sit nesciat,
Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 6.—
(δ).
With quod:
illa vero optima (sunt) quod cum Haluntium venisset Archagathum vocari jussit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:
optimum vero (est) quod dictaturae nomen in perpetuum de re publica sustulisti,
id. Phil. 2, 36, 91.—
(ε).
With second sup., in the phrase optumum factu est (where factu is redundant):
sed hoc mihi optumum factu arbitror,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 16:
optimum factu esse duxerant frumento... nostros prohibere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 30:
optumum factu credens exercitum augere,
Sall. C. 32, 1 (Kritz, factum); 57, 5 (Kritz, factum).
IV.
Ellipt. use: di meliora, i. e. dent or velint, i. e. let the gods grant better things than what you say, etc.; God forbid! in full:
di melius duint,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 16:
di meliora velint!
Ov. M. 7, 37.—Ellipt.:
di meliora! inquit,
Cic. Sen. 14, 47:
id ubi mulier audivit, perturbata, dii meliora inquit, etc.,
Liv. 39, 10, 2; 9, 9, 6; Verg. G. 3, 513;
similarly, di melius, i. e. fecerunt,
Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3.
V.
With object expressed,
1.
By dat.
(α).
= good, useful, beneficial for:
ambula, id lieni optumum est,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 25:
quia vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse intellexi,
Sall. C. 20, 3:
bona bello Cornus, jaculis, etc.,
Verg. G. 2, 447.—
(β).
= benignus or propitius, kind to:
vicinis bonus esto,
Cato, R. R. 4:
bene merenti mala es, male merenti bona es,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 3:
vos o mihi Manes, Este boni,
Verg. A. 12, 647.—
(γ).
= idoneus, fit for, adapted to:
qui locus vino optimus dicetur esse,
Cato, R. R. 6:
tum erit ei rei optumum tempus,
id. ib. 26:
terra cui putre solum, Optima frumentis,
Verg. G. 2, 205; 2, 319; 1, 286.—
(δ).
With sum and dat., in the phrase alicui bono est, it is of service to one, profits him:
accusant in quibus occidi patrem Sex. Roscii bono fuit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:
bono fuisse Romanis adventum eorum constabat,
Liv. 7, 12, 4.—Hence, with rel. dat.: cui bono (est), for whose advantage it is:
quod si quis usurpet illud Cassianum cui bono fuerit, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:
cui bono fuisset,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Mil. 12, 32 Ascon. ad loc.; cf.
ellipt. form cui bono?
Prisc. p. 1208 P.—
(ε).
With dat. gerund:
ager oleto conserundo qui in Favonium spectavit, aliis bonus nullus erit,
Cato, R. R. 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 24:
(mons) quia pecori bonus alendo erat,
Liv. 29, 31; 9, 10.—
2.
By ad and acc.:
refert et ad quam rem bona aut non bona sit,
Varr. R. R. 1, 91:
occasio quaeritur idoneane fuerit ad rem adoriendam, an alia melior,
Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7:
non campos modo militi Romano ad proelium bonos, etc.,
Tac. A. 2, 14.

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a, f., n., indécl., [première lettre de l’alphabet] Cic. Div. 1, 23 II abréviations diverses: A. = Aulus [prénom] II = antiquo, je rejette [la proposition sur les bulletins de vote dans les comices] II = absolvo, j’absous [sur les bulletins des juges] ; [d’où l’appellation] littera salutaris Cic. Mil. 15 II A. U. C. = anno urbis conditae ; a. u. c. = ab urbe condita ; a. d. VIII Kal. Nov. = ante diem octavum Kalendas Novembres II [dans les inscr.] A. = Augustus ; A.A. = Augusti duo ; A.A.A. = Augusti tres ; III viri A.A.A.F.F. = triumviri auro, argento, aeri flando, feriundo. ā, ou āh, interj., v. ah. ā, ăb, abs, prép. avec abl. (ἀπό). [ABCR]I [point de départ] [zapst]¶1 [avec des v. de mouvement, tr. ou int., simples ou composés] de: a) a signo Vortumni in Circum Maximum venire Cic. Verr. 1, 154: venir de la statue de Vertumne au Cirque Maxime, v. proficiscor, discedo, arcesso, etc ; b) [avec noms de pers.] de chez, d’auprès: a Caesare redire, Cic. Q. 2, 4, 6: revenir de chez César ; c) [sans verbe] non ille Serranus ab aratro, Cic. Sest. 72: non pas le fameux Serranus venu de sa charrue; quid tu, inquit, huc? a villa enim, credo, Cic. Fin. 3, 8: eh! dit-il, pourquoi toi ici? c’est de ta maison de campagne que tu viens, sans doute; d) [en parl de lettres] de la part de: litterae adlatae ab L. Porcio praetore, Liv. 26, 39, 1: une lettre apportée de la part du préteur L. Porcius, cf. Cic. Att. 7, 15, 5 ; 1, 15, 2; e) [avec adesse, marquant résultat du mouvement] adest a milite, Plaut. Ps. 924: il est là venant de la part du militaire, cf. Mil. 958, 1046; Ter. And. 268; Virg. En. 7, 454; dona adsunt tibi a Phaedria, Ter. Eun. 465: il y a là pour toi des présents de la part de Phaedria. f) [avec les noms de ville] de = des environs de [et non pas de l’intérieur de]: Cic., Caes. [zapst]¶2 [pour marquer la provenance] petere, postulare, quaerere, demander à; impetrare, obtenir de; accipere, recevoir de; habere, tenir de, etc.; emere, acheter à; sumere, haurire, prendre à, puiser à; trahere, tirer de; ducere, faire venir de, etc.; discere, audire, apprendre de, entendre de, etc. [zapst]¶3 [idée d’origine] a) oriri, prendre naissance à; fluere, découler de; nasci, naître de; proficisci, partir de, provenir de; ea sunt omnia non a natura, verum a magistro, Cic. Mur. 61: ces imperfections proviennent toutes non pas de la nature, mais du maître, cf. Har. 39; Fin. 1, 21; Off. 2, 69; sed haec et vetera et a Graecis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 74: mais tout cela c'est ancien et aussi tiré de l’histoire grecque, cf. Fam. 3, 13, 1; 5, 3, 1; 9, 16, 7; Par. 11; Sest. 122; b) [idée de naissance, de descendance] a Deucalione ortus, Tusc. 1, 21: né de Deucalion; a M. Tullio esse, Cic. Br. 62: descendre de M. Tullius II [filiation philosophique, littéraire, etc.] ab his oratores exstiterunt, Cic. Fin. 5, 7: d’eux (Péripatéticiens) sortirent des orateurs; erat ab isto Aristotele, Cic. de Or. 2, 160: il était de l’école de votre Aristote, cf. Or. 113; Mur. 63; c) Turnus Herdonius ab Aricia, Liv. l, 50, 3 [= Aricinus]: Turnus Herdonius d’Aricie, cf. 6, 13, 8; 6, 17, 7; pastor ab Amphryso, Virg. G. 3, 2: le berger Amphrysien [du fleuve Amphrysus] II de la maison de, [en parl. d’un esclave] Plaut. Ps. 616; Mil. 160; Curc. 407; Ter. And. 756; d) [étymologie] mater autem est a gerendis fructibus Ceres tamquam "Geres", Cic. Nat. 2, 67: quant à sa mère, son nom, Cérès, qui est comme Gérès, vient de gerere fructus, porter, produire les fruits, cf. 2, 64; 68; 2, 111; Leg. 2, 55; Varr. R. 1, 46; 2, 4, 17; 3, 12, 6, etc.; L. 5, 20; 5, 66 II maerere a marcere, Varr. L. 6, 50: maerere, s’affliger, vient de marcere, être affaissé; aures ab aveo, Varr. L. 6, 83: le mot aures, oreilles, vient de aveo, désirer [ABCR]II [mots grecs au datif ] L. 5, 103, etc. [zapst]¶4 [avec dare, possidere, promittere]: aliquid ab aliquo, donner, posséder, promettre qqch en le tenant de qqn, provenant de qqn, cf. Plaut. Cap. 449; Ps. 735; Cic. Flac. 44; Verr. 3, 177; a me argentum dedi, Plaut. Trin. 182: j’ai donné l’argent de ma poche, cf. 1144; Men. 545; aliquid a me promisi, Cic. de Or. 1, 111: j’ai promis qqch de mon fonds, cf. Pis. 84; Lucr. 4, 468; Suet. Caes. 84 II Antoni edictum legi a Bruto, Cic. Att. 16, 7, 7: l’édit d’Antoine, je l’ai lu de Brutus, le tenant de Brutus. [ABCR]II [éloignement, séparation, au pr. et fig.] de, loin de: [zapst]¶1 v. les verbes: dimittere, renvoyer de (loin de); excludere, deterrere, chasser de, détourner de, etc.; abhorrere, distare, differre, être éloigné de, différer de, etc.; de turba et a subselliis in otium se conferre, Cic. de Or, 2, 143: se retirer du milieu de la foule et loin des bancs du tribunal pour prendre du repos; ab oppido castra movere, Caes. BC. 3, 80, 7: en levant le camp s’éloigner de la ville; v. solvo, fugo, ejicio, aufero, etc. II [sans aucun verbe] a Chrysippo pedem numquam, Cic. Ac. 2, 143: de Chrysippe il ne s’éloigne jamais d’une semelle, cf. Att. 7, 3, 11; Fam. 7, 25, 2; nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, Cic. Tusc. 5, 92: pour le moment, dit-il, écarte-toi un tant soit peu de mon soleil II [nuances] unde dejecti Galli? a Capitolio? unde, qui cum Graccho fuerunt? ex Capitolio, Cic. Caec. 88: d’où furent rejetés les Gaulois? de l’accès au Capitole: d’où les partisans de Gracchus? du Capitole, cf. 86 [zapst]¶2 avec les verbes defendere, tueri, munire, tegere, prohibere, arcere, etc. défendre, protéger, garantir contre, écarter de II stabula a ventis hiberno opponere soli, Virg. G. 3, 302: placer l’écurie à l’abri des vents [en face de] exposée au soleil d’hiver. [zapst]¶3 [expression] ab re, contrairement à l’intérêt: Plaut. Cap. 338; As. 224; Trin. 239; haud ab re duxi referre, Liv. 8, 11, 1: j’ai cru qu’il n’était pas inopportun de rapporter. [ABCR]III du côté de [zapst]¶1 [sens local] a tergo, a latere, a fronte, de dos, de franc, de front [de face]: a decumana porta, Caes. BG. 6, 37, 1: du côté de la porte décumane; ab ea parte, Caes. BG. 6, 37, 2: de ce côté; ab terra ingens labor succedentibus erat, Liv. 26, 46, 1: du côté de la terre, il y avait d’énormes difficultés pour les assaillants, cf. Sall. J. 17, 4; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 21; surgens a puppi ventus, Virg. En. 5, 777: le vent s’élevant en poupe II ab Opis, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17 [s.-ent. aede]: du côté du temple d’Ops (comp. ad Castoris), cf. Liv. 10, 47, 4 II Magnetes ab Sipylo, Cic. Q. 2, 9, 2: les Magnésiens qui habitent près du mont Sipyle, les Magnésiens du mont Sipyle, cf. Tac. An. 2, 47. [zapst]¶2 [point de départ, point d’attache]: stipites ab infimo revincti, Caes. BG. 7, 73, 3: troncs solidement attachés à la partie inférieure, par la base; cornua ab labris argento circumcludere, Caes. BG. 6, 28, 6: entourer d'argent les cornes sur les bords de la partie évasée. [zapst]¶3 [fig.] du côté de, du parti de, en faveur de: abs te stat, Plaut. Rud. 1100: il se tient de ton bord, cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 4; Br. 273; ab reo dicere, Cic. Clu. 93: parler en faveur de l'accusé; vide ne hoc totum sit a me, Cic. de Or. 1, 55: prends garde que cela ne soit tout en ma faveur; a petitore, a possessore agere, Plin. Ep. 6, 2, 2: plaider pour le compte du demandeur, du défendeur. [zapst]¶4 du côté de, sous le rapport de: a materno genere, Cic. Sull. 25: du côté maternel, par sa mère, cf. Ov. M. 2, 368; a re frumentaria laborare, Caes. BC. 3, 9, 5: souffrir de l'approvisionnement en blé; a mitilibus, a pecunia imparati, Cic. Att. 7, 15, 3: pris au dépourvu sous le rapport des troupes, de l'argent; ab exemplis copiose aliquid explicare, Cic. Br. 198: développer qqch avec une grande richesse d'exemples; tempus mutum a litteris, Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1: époque silencieuse sous le rapport des lettres [où l'on n'écrit point]; eorum impunitas fuit a judicio, a sermone, Cic. Post. 27: ils ont agi impunément au regard de la justice, au regard de l'opinion publique; mons vastus ab natura et humano cultu, Sall. J. 48, 3: montagne désolée sous le rapport de la nature du sol et de sa culture par l'homme [stérile et inculte]; ab omni parte, Hor. O. 2, 16, 27: sous tous les rapports. [zapst]¶5 servus a pedibus meis, Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1 [mss]: esclave qui me sert du point de vue de mes pieds [qui fait mes courses] II [puis ab suivi du nom de l'objet confié à la garde, à la surveillance] servus ab argento, a frumento, a veste, a vinis, esclave préposé à l'argenterie, à l'approvisionnement, à la garde-robe, aux vins; a bibliotheca, bibliothécaire; a valetudinario, infirmier; liberti ab epistulis et libellis et rationibus, Tac. An. 15, 35: affranchis chefs du secrétariat, maîtres des requêtes, chefs de la comptabilité; libertus et a memoria ejus, Suet. Aug. 79: son affranchi en même temps que son historiographe; novum officium instituit a voluptatibus, Suet. Tib. 42: il créa une nouvelle charge, l'intendance des plaisirs. [ABCR]IV à partir de: [zapst]¶1 de, à partir de, depuis: a porta Esquilina video... Cic. de Or. 2, 276: de la porte Esquiline je vois..., cf. Caes. BG. 2, 24, 2; ut erat a Gergovia despectus in castra, Caes. BG. 7, 45, 4: étant donné que de Gergovie la vue plongeait dans le camp; a vestibulo curiae, Liv. 1, 48, 1: dès le vestibule de la curie; gemere ab ulmo, Virg. B. 1, 58: gémir au sommet de l'orme; ab equo oppugnare, Prop. 3, 11, 13: assaillir à cheval; contra sensus ab sensibus repugnat, Lucr. 1, 693: il va à l'encontre des sens en s'appuyant sur les sens; ab summo, Caes. BG. 2, 18, 1: à partir du sommet, cf. 7, 73, 6; a medio ad summum, Cic. Tim. 20: du centre aux extrémités; da ab Delphio cantharum circum, Plaut. Most. 347: fais circuler la coupe en commençant par Delphium, cf. As. 891; orae maritimae praesum a Formiis, Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 5: je commande le littoral à partir de Formies; ab eo loco, Fam. 7, 25, 2: à partir de ce passage, de ces mots... [zapst]¶2 [évaluation d'une distance]: septumas esse aedes a porta, Plaut. Ps. 597: [il m'a dit] que c'était la septième maison à partir de la porte, cf. Varr. R. 3, 2, 14; Caes. BG. 2, 7, 3; 4, 22, 4; 5, 32, 1; quod tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio instrueretur, Caes. BG. 2, 20, 3: (ils se moquaient) de la construction à une si grande distance d'une si grande machine; v. longe, prope, procul avec ab; ultima stella a caelo, Cic. Rep. 6, 16: étoile la plus éloignée du firmament II [limites d'un espace] ab... ad, depuis... jusqu'à: Caes. BG. l, 1, 7; Liv. 1, 2, 5, ab imo ad summum totus moduli bipedalis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 308: de la base au sommet haut en tout de deux pieds; a Vestae ad Tabulam Valeriam, Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 2: du temple de Vesta à la Table Valérienne. [zapst]¶3 à partir de = y compris, avec: teneram ab radice ferens cupressum, Virg. G. 1, 20: portant un tendre cyprès avec ses racines; ab radicibus imis, Virg. G. 1, 319: [épis arrachés] avec toutes leurs racines. [ABCR]V [point de départ d'un jugement, d'une opinion, etc.] [zapst]¶1 d'après: aliquid ab aliqua re cognoscere, Caes. BG 1, 22, 2: reconnaître qqch d'après tel détail; a certo sensu et vero judicare de aliquo, Br. d. Fam. 11, 10, 1: juger qqn avec un sentiment sûr et vrai; ab annis spectare, Virg. En. 9, 235: considérer d'après l'âge; populum ab annis digerere, Ov. F. 6, 83: partager l'ensemble des citoyens d'après l'âge, cf. M. 14, 323; Tr. 4, 6, 39; Ep. 2, 86 II ab arte inexperta, Tib. 2, 1, 56: avec un art inexpérimenté, cf. 1, 5, 4; Ov. Tr. 2, 462. [zapst]¶2 [point de départ d'un sentiment], d'après, par suite de, du fait de: v. metuere, timere ab aliquo, craindre du fait de qqn, cf. Cic. Amer. 8; Fam. 5, 6, 2; Sul. 59; Phil. 7, 2; Liv.22, 36, 1; 24, 38, 9; v. sperare ab aliquo Cic. Off. 1, 49; Phil. 12, 26; Pis. 12; Liv. 21, 13, 3; metus omnis a vi atque ira deorum pulsus esset, Cic. Nat. 1, 45: toute crainte de la puissance et de la colère des dieux serait chassée, cf. Liv. 23, 15, 7; 23, 36, 1; 25, 33, 5, etc. [ABCR]VI à partir de [temps], depuis [zapst]¶1 a primo, a principio, dès le début; a principiis, dès les débuts; ab initio, dès le commencement; a puero, a pueritia, dès l'enfance; ab ineunte adulescentia, dès le commencement de la jeunesse II [à la prépos. se joignent souvent inde, jam, jam inde, statim, protinus] II longo spatio temporis a Dyrrachinis prœliis intermisso, Caes. BC. 3, 84, 1: un long intervalle de temps s'étant écoulé depuis les combats de Dyrrachium; ab hoc tempore anno sescentesimo rex erat, Cic. Rep. 1, 58: il était roi il y a six cents ans à compter de notre époque, cf. CM 19; ponite ante oculos unum quemque veterum; voltis a Romulo? voltis post liberam civitatem ab iis ipsis qui liberaverunt? Cic. Par. 11: évoquez la vie de chacun des anciens; voulez-vous remonter à Romulus? voulez-vous remonter, après la fondation de la liberté, à ceux précisément qui l'ont fondée? lex a sexagesimo anno senatorem non citat, Sen. Brev. 20, 4: la loi ne convoque pas le sénateur après soixante ans aux séances. [zapst]¶2 [noms de pers.] jam inde a Pontiano, Cic. Att. 12, 44, 2: depuis Pontianus [l'affaire de Pontianus]; exspecto te, a Peducaeo utique, Cic. Att. 12, 51, 1: je t'attends, en tout cas sans faute après Péducaeus [après l'affaire réglée avec Péducaeus] [zapst]¶3 [évaluation d'un laps de temps]: ab... ad (usque ad), depuis... jusqu'à: Cic. Br. 328; de Or. 2, 52; Caes. BG. 1, 26, 2; Liv. 26, 25, 11, etc. II [évaluation d'une durée, d'un rang chronologique] annus primus ab honorum perfunctione, Cic. de Or. 3, 7: la première année après l'achèvement des magistratures; quartus ab Arcesilao fuit, Cic. Ac. 1, 46: il fut le quatrième en partant d'Arcésilas; secundus a Romulo conditor urbis, Liv. 7, 1, 10: le second fondateur de Rome après Romulus, cf. 1, 17, 10; Hor. S. 2, 3, 193; Virg. B. 5, 49. [zapst]¶4 après, aussitôt après, au sortir de: ab re divina, Plaut. Pœn. 618: après le sacrifice; ab decimae legionis cohortatione profectus, Caes. BG. 2, 25, 1: étant parti, immédiatement après avoir harangué la dixième légion; a tuo digressu, Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4: après ton départ; ab ea [auctione] Cic. Att. 13, 30, 1: aussitôt après [la vente]; ab ipso cibo, Sen. Contr. 1, praef. 17: aussitôt après avoir mangé. [ABCR]VII du fait de, par l'effet de [zapst]¶1 [cause efficiente, surtout avec les inchoatifs]: calescere ab, Cic. Nat. 2, 138: se réchauffer grâce à; mitescere a sole, Cic. frg. F. 1, 17: s'adoucir sous l'action du soleil, cf. Varr. L. 5, 109; 7, 83; Ov. M. 1, 66; F. 5, 323 II qua mare a sole conlucet, Cic. Ac. 2, 105: sur toute l'étendue où la mer brille par l'effet du soleil, cf. Nat. 2, 92; zona torrida semper ab igni, Virg. G. 1, 234: zone toujours brûlante par suite du feu; lassus ab, Hor. S. 2, 2, 10: fatigué du fait de; a vento unda tumet, Ov. F. 2, 776: le vent fait gonfler l'onde, cf. 1, 215. [zapst]¶2 par suite de, par un effet de, en raison de [avec un nom de sentiment]: scio me ab singulari amore ac benevolentia, quaecumque scriba, tibi scribere, Balb. Fam. 9, 7 B, 3: je sais que c'est un attachement, un dévouement sans égal qui me font t'écrire tout ce que je t'écris; ab ira, Liv. 24, 30, 1: par l'effet de la colère; ab odio plebis an ab servili fraude, Liv. 3, 15, 7: par suite de la haine du peuple ou de la perfidie des esclaves; [constr. très fréq. d. Liv. cf. 5, 5, 3; 9, 40, 17; 10, 5, 2; 27, 17, 5; 28, 7, 9; 36, 24, 7; etc.]; a duabus causis punire princeps solet, Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 1: deux raisons d'ordinaire amènent le prince à punir; ab hoc, Varr. R. 2, 3, 7: par suite de cela, en raison de cela, cf. 2, 7, 6 II gravis ab, Ov. H. 10, 138: alourdi par; a somno languida, Ov. H, 10, 9: alanguie par le sommeil; dives ab, Ov. H. 9, 96: enrichi par. [ABCR]VIII [après les verbes passifs] [zapst]¶1 [avec un nom de pers. pour marquer le sujet logique de l'action; constr. courante] [zapst]¶2 [avec des noms de choses considérées comme des pers.]: a civitatibus, Cic. Verr. 3, 176: par les villes; a classe, Verr. 5, 63: par la flotte; a re publica, Cic. Mur. 7: par l'état; a legibus, Cic. Mil. 9: par les lois; a natura, Cic. Phil. 14, 32: par la nature; a studiis adulescentium, Cic. de Or. 3, 207: par le zèle des jeunes gens; a ventis invidiae, Cic. Verr. 3, 98: par les vents de la malveillance; a more majorum, Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 1: par la coutume des ancêtres; a vero, a falso, Cic. Ac. 2, 71: par le vrai, par le faux; defici a viribus, Caes. BC. 3, 64, 3: être abandonné par ses forces. [zapst]¶3 [après l'adj. verbal] Cic. de Or. 2, 86; Pomp. 34; etc. [zapst]¶4 [différent de per]: aliquid a suis vel per suos potius iniquos ad te esse delatum, Cic. ad Br. 1, 1, 1: [il m'a paru soupçonner] que ses ennemis t'ont rapporté ou plutôt t'ont fait rapporter quelque histoire; qui a te defensi et qui per te servati sunt, Cic. Pet. 38: ceux que tu as défendus et ceux que ton entremise a sauvés. [zapst]¶5 [avec des intr. équivalant pour le sens à des passifs] a paucis interire, Cic. Off. 2, 26: périr sous les coups de quelques hommes, cf. Lucr. 6, 709; mori ab, Cic. Fam 15,17, 2; Sen. Contr. 5. 3; perire ab, Nep. Reg. 3, 3; Ov. P, 3, 3, 46; cadere ab, Tac. An. 16, 9; vapulare ab, Sen. Contr. 9, 4, 2; Sen. Apoc. 15; Quint. 9, 2, 12. Q. [zapst]¶1 abs est rare; se trouve devant t, surtout dans l'expr. abs te II aps Inscr. et divers mss. de Plaut. et des lettres de Cic. II af, signalé par Cic. Or. 158, se lit dans des Inscr. [zapst]¶2 d'après les gram. anciens a se place devant les consonnes, ab devant les voyelles et devant h; mais ni les mss. ni les Inscr. ne vérifient cette règle. [zapst]¶3 qqf a, ab se trouvent après le relatif (quo ab): Plaut. As. 119; Rud. 555 II chez les poètes et chez Tacite, rarement ailleurs, entre le subst. et son déterminatif [adjectif, génitif, ou nom propre apposé]: judice ab uno Tac. An. 2, 60, par un seul juge; initio ab Suriae An. 4, 5, depuis les frontières de la Syrie; oppido a Canopo Tac. An 2, 60, à partir de la ville de Canope; uxore ab Octavia abhorrebat, Tac. An. 13, 12: il se détournait de son épouse Octavie II chez Ovide, séparé par ipse du complément: H. 9, 96; 12, 18; Pont. 3, 3, 46, etc. II quand il y a deux compléments liés par une copule, placé devant le second: Plaut. As. 163; Prop. 4, 3, 39; Ov. H. 6, 108, etc. [zapst]¶4 en composition, a devant m, v, (amovere, avertere); abs devant c, p, t (abscondere, abstinere, asportare = absportare); au devant f (auferre, aufugere), sauf afui parf. de absum; ab devant les autres consonnes, sauf aspernari au lieu de abspernari.
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a, f., n., indécl., [première lettre de l’alphabet] Cic. Div. 1, 23 II abréviations diverses: A. = Aulus [prénom] II = antiquo, je rejette [la proposition sur les bulletins de vote dans les comices] II = absolvo, j’absous [sur les bulletins des juges] ; [d’où l’appellation] littera salutaris Cic. Mil. 15 II A. U. C. = anno urbis conditae ; a. u. c. = ab urbe condita ; a. d. VIII Kal. Nov. = ante diem octavum Kalendas Novembres II [dans les inscr.] A. = Augustus ; A.A. = Augusti duo ; A.A.A. = Augusti tres ; III viri A.A.A.F.F. = triumviri auro, argento, aeri flando, feriundo. ā, ou āh, interj., v. ah. ā, ăb, abs, prép. avec abl. (ἀπό). [ABCR]I [point de départ] [zapst]¶1 [avec des v. de mouvement, tr. ou int., simples ou composés] de: a) a signo Vortumni in Circum Maximum venire Cic. Verr. 1, 154: venir de la statue de Vertumne au Cirque Maxime, v. proficiscor, discedo, arcesso, etc ; b) [avec noms de pers.] de chez, d’auprès: a Caesare redire, Cic. Q. 2, 4, 6: revenir de chez César ; c) [sans verbe] non ille Serranus ab aratro, Cic. Sest. 72: non pas le fameux Serranus venu de sa charrue; quid tu, inquit, huc? a villa enim, credo, Cic. Fin. 3, 8: eh! dit-il, pourquoi toi ici? c’est de ta maison de campagne que tu viens, sans doute; d) [en parl de lettres] de la part de: litterae adlatae ab L. Porcio praetore, Liv. 26, 39, 1: une lettre apportée de la part du préteur L. Porcius, cf. Cic. Att. 7, 15, 5 ; 1, 15, 2; e) [avec adesse, marquant résultat du mouvement] adest a milite, Plaut. Ps. 924: il est là venant de la part du militaire, cf. Mil. 958, 1046; Ter. And. 268; Virg. En. 7, 454; dona adsunt tibi a Phaedria, Ter. Eun. 465: il y a là pour toi des présents de la part de Phaedria. f) [avec les noms de ville] de = des environs de [et non pas de l’intérieur de]: Cic., Caes. [zapst]¶2 [pour marquer la provenance] petere, postulare, quaerere, demander à; impetrare, obtenir de; accipere, recevoir de; habere, tenir de, etc.; emere, acheter à; sumere, haurire, prendre à, puiser à; trahere, tirer de; ducere, faire venir de, etc.; discere, audire, apprendre de, entendre de, etc. [zapst]¶3 [idée d’origine] a) oriri, prendre naissance à; fluere, découler de; nasci, naître de; proficisci, partir de, provenir de; ea sunt omnia non a natura, verum a magistro, Cic. Mur. 61: ces imperfections proviennent toutes non pas de la nature, mais du maître, cf. Har. 39; Fin. 1, 21; Off. 2, 69; sed haec et vetera et a Graecis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 74: mais tout cela c'est ancien et aussi tiré de l’histoire grecque, cf. Fam. 3, 13, 1; 5, 3, 1; 9, 16, 7; Par. 11; Sest. 122; b) [idée de naissance, de descendance] a Deucalione ortus, Tusc. 1, 21: né de Deucalion; a M. Tullio esse, Cic. Br. 62: descendre de M. Tullius II [filiation philosophique, littéraire, etc.] ab his oratores exstiterunt, Cic. Fin. 5, 7: d’eux (Péripatéticiens) sortirent des orateurs; erat ab isto Aristotele, Cic. de Or. 2, 160: il était de l’école de votre Aristote, cf. Or. 113; Mur. 63; c) Turnus Herdonius ab Aricia, Liv. l, 50, 3 [= Aricinus]: Turnus Herdonius d’Aricie, cf. 6, 13, 8; 6, 17, 7; pastor ab Amphryso, Virg. G. 3, 2: le berger Amphrysien [du fleuve Amphrysus] II de la maison de, [en parl. d’un esclave] Plaut. Ps. 616; Mil. 160; Curc. 407; Ter. And. 756; d) [étymologie] mater autem est a gerendis fructibus Ceres tamquam "Geres", Cic. Nat. 2, 67: quant à sa mère, son nom, Cérès, qui est comme Gérès, vient de gerere fructus, porter, produire les fruits, cf. 2, 64; 68; 2, 111; Leg. 2, 55; Varr. R. 1, 46; 2, 4, 17; 3, 12, 6, etc.; L. 5, 20; 5, 66 II maerere a marcere, Varr. L. 6, 50: maerere, s’affliger, vient de marcere, être affaissé; aures ab aveo, Varr. L. 6, 83: le mot aures, oreilles, vient de aveo, désirer [ABCR]II [mots grecs au datif ] L. 5, 103, etc. [zapst]¶4 [avec dare, possidere, promittere]: aliquid ab aliquo, donner, posséder, promettre qqch en le tenant de qqn, provenant de qqn, cf. Plaut. Cap. 449; Ps. 735; Cic. Flac. 44; Verr. 3, 177; a me argentum dedi, Plaut. Trin. 182: j’ai donné l’argent de ma poche, cf. 1144; Men. 545; aliquid a me promisi, Cic. de Or. 1, 111: j’ai promis qqch de mon fonds, cf. Pis. 84; Lucr. 4, 468; Suet. Caes. 84 II Antoni edictum legi a Bruto, Cic. Att. 16, 7, 7: l’édit d’Antoine, je l’ai lu de Brutus, le tenant de Brutus. [ABCR]II [éloignement, séparation, au pr. et fig.] de, loin de: [zapst]¶1 v. les verbes: dimittere, renvoyer de (loin de); excludere, deterrere, chasser de, détourner de, etc.; abhorrere, distare, differre, être éloigné de, différer de, etc.; de turba et a subselliis in otium se conferre, Cic. de Or, 2, 143: se retirer du milieu de la foule et loin des bancs du tribunal pour prendre du repos; ab oppido castra movere, Caes. BC. 3, 80, 7: en levant le camp s’éloigner de la ville; v. solvo, fugo, ejicio, aufero, etc. II [sans aucun verbe] a Chrysippo pedem numquam, Cic. Ac. 2, 143: de Chrysippe il ne s’éloigne jamais d’une semelle, cf. Att. 7, 3, 11; Fam. 7, 25, 2; nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, Cic. Tusc. 5, 92: pour le moment, dit-il, écarte-toi un tant soit peu de mon soleil II [nuances] unde dejecti Galli? a Capitolio? unde, qui cum Graccho fuerunt? ex Capitolio, Cic. Caec. 88: d’où furent rejetés les Gaulois? de l’accès au Capitole: d’où les partisans de Gracchus? du Capitole, cf. 86 [zapst]¶2 avec les verbes defendere, tueri, munire, tegere, prohibere, arcere, etc. défendre, protéger, garantir contre, écarter de II stabula a ventis hiberno opponere soli, Virg. G. 3, 302: placer l’écurie à l’abri des vents [en face de] exposée au soleil d’hiver. [zapst]¶3 [expression] ab re, contrairement à l’intérêt: Plaut. Cap. 338; As. 224; Trin. 239; haud ab re duxi referre, Liv. 8, 11, 1: j’ai cru qu’il n’était pas inopportun de rapporter. [ABCR]III du côté de [zapst]¶1 [sens local] a tergo, a latere, a fronte, de dos, de franc, de front [de face]: a decumana porta, Caes. BG. 6, 37, 1: du côté de la porte décumane; ab ea parte, Caes. BG. 6, 37, 2: de ce côté; ab terra ingens labor succedentibus erat, Liv. 26, 46, 1: du côté de la terre, il y avait d’énormes difficultés pour les assaillants, cf. Sall. J. 17, 4; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 21; surgens a puppi ventus, Virg. En. 5, 777: le vent s’élevant en poupe II ab Opis, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17 [s.-ent. aede]: du côté du temple d’Ops (comp. ad Castoris), cf. Liv. 10, 47, 4 II Magnetes ab Sipylo, Cic. Q. 2, 9, 2: les Magnésiens qui habitent près du mont Sipyle, les Magnésiens du mont Sipyle, cf. Tac. An. 2, 47. [zapst]¶2 [point de départ, point d’attache]: stipites ab infimo revincti, Caes. BG. 7, 73, 3: troncs solidement attachés à la partie inférieure, par la base; cornua ab labris argento circumcludere, Caes. BG. 6, 28, 6: entourer d'argent les cornes sur les bords de la partie évasée. [zapst]¶3 [fig.] du côté de, du parti de, en faveur de: abs te stat, Plaut. Rud. 1100: il se tient de ton bord, cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 4; Br. 273; ab reo dicere, Cic. Clu. 93: parler en faveur de l'accusé; vide ne hoc totum sit a me, Cic. de Or. 1, 55: prends garde que cela ne soit tout en ma faveur; a petitore, a possessore agere, Plin. Ep. 6, 2, 2: plaider pour le compte du demandeur, du défendeur. [zapst]¶4 du côté de, sous le rapport de: a materno genere, Cic. Sull. 25: du côté maternel, par sa mère, cf. Ov. M. 2, 368; a re frumentaria laborare, Caes. BC. 3, 9, 5: souffrir de l'approvisionnement en blé; a mitilibus, a pecunia imparati, Cic. Att. 7, 15, 3: pris au dépourvu sous le rapport des troupes, de l'argent; ab exemplis copiose aliquid explicare, Cic. Br. 198: développer qqch avec une grande richesse d'exemples; tempus mutum a litteris, Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1: époque silencieuse sous le rapport des lettres [où l'on n'écrit point]; eorum impunitas fuit a judicio, a sermone, Cic. Post. 27: ils ont agi impunément au regard de la justice, au regard de l'opinion publique; mons vastus ab natura et humano cultu, Sall. J. 48, 3: montagne désolée sous le rapport de la nature du sol et de sa culture par l'homme [stérile et inculte]; ab omni parte, Hor. O. 2, 16, 27: sous tous les rapports. [zapst]¶5 servus a pedibus meis, Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1 [mss]: esclave qui me sert du point de vue de mes pieds [qui fait mes courses] II [puis ab suivi du nom de l'objet confié à la garde, à la surveillance] servus ab argento, a frumento, a veste, a vinis, esclave préposé à l'argenterie, à l'approvisionnement, à la garde-robe, aux vins; a bibliotheca, bibliothécaire; a valetudinario, infirmier; liberti ab epistulis et libellis et rationibus, Tac. An. 15, 35: affranchis chefs du secrétariat, maîtres des requêtes, chefs de la comptabilité; libertus et a memoria ejus, Suet. Aug. 79: son affranchi en même temps que son historiographe; novum officium instituit a voluptatibus, Suet. Tib. 42: il créa une nouvelle charge, l'intendance des plaisirs. [ABCR]IV à partir de: [zapst]¶1 de, à partir de, depuis: a porta Esquilina video... Cic. de Or. 2, 276: de la porte Esquiline je vois..., cf. Caes. BG. 2, 24, 2; ut erat a Gergovia despectus in castra, Caes. BG. 7, 45, 4: étant donné que de Gergovie la vue plongeait dans le camp; a vestibulo curiae, Liv. 1, 48, 1: dès le vestibule de la curie; gemere ab ulmo, Virg. B. 1, 58: gémir au sommet de l'orme; ab equo oppugnare, Prop. 3, 11, 13: assaillir à cheval; contra sensus ab sensibus repugnat, Lucr. 1, 693: il va à l'encontre des sens en s'appuyant sur les sens; ab summo, Caes. BG. 2, 18, 1: à partir du sommet, cf. 7, 73, 6; a medio ad summum, Cic. Tim. 20: du centre aux extrémités; da ab Delphio cantharum circum, Plaut. Most. 347: fais circuler la coupe en commençant par Delphium, cf. As. 891; orae maritimae praesum a Formiis, Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 5: je commande le littoral à partir de Formies; ab eo loco, Fam. 7, 25, 2: à partir de ce passage, de ces mots... [zapst]¶2 [évaluation d'une distance]: septumas esse aedes a porta, Plaut. Ps. 597: [il m'a dit] que c'était la septième maison à partir de la porte, cf. Varr. R. 3, 2, 14; Caes. BG. 2, 7, 3; 4, 22, 4; 5, 32, 1; quod tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio instrueretur, Caes. BG. 2, 20, 3: (ils se moquaient) de la construction à une si grande distance d'une si grande machine; v. longe, prope, procul avec ab; ultima stella a caelo, Cic. Rep. 6, 16: étoile la plus éloignée du firmament II [limites d'un espace] ab... ad, depuis... jusqu'à: Caes. BG. l, 1, 7; Liv. 1, 2, 5, ab imo ad summum totus moduli bipedalis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 308: de la base au sommet haut en tout de deux pieds; a Vestae ad Tabulam Valeriam, Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 2: du temple de Vesta à la Table Valérienne. [zapst]¶3 à partir de = y compris, avec: teneram ab radice ferens cupressum, Virg. G. 1, 20: portant un tendre cyprès avec ses racines; ab radicibus imis, Virg. G. 1, 319: [épis arrachés] avec toutes leurs racines. [ABCR]V [point de départ d'un jugement, d'une opinion, etc.] [zapst]¶1 d'après: aliquid ab aliqua re cognoscere, Caes. BG 1, 22, 2: reconnaître qqch d'après tel détail; a certo sensu et vero judicare de aliquo, Br. d. Fam. 11, 10, 1: juger qqn avec un sentiment sûr et vrai; ab annis spectare, Virg. En. 9, 235: considérer d'après l'âge; populum ab annis digerere, Ov. F. 6, 83: partager l'ensemble des citoyens d'après l'âge, cf. M. 14, 323; Tr. 4, 6, 39; Ep. 2, 86 II ab arte inexperta, Tib. 2, 1, 56: avec un art inexpérimenté, cf. 1, 5, 4; Ov. Tr. 2, 462. [zapst]¶2 [point de départ d'un sentiment], d'après, par suite de, du fait de: v. metuere, timere ab aliquo, craindre du fait de qqn, cf. Cic. Amer. 8; Fam. 5, 6, 2; Sul. 59; Phil. 7, 2; Liv.22, 36, 1; 24, 38, 9; v. sperare ab aliquo Cic. Off. 1, 49; Phil. 12, 26; Pis. 12; Liv. 21, 13, 3; metus omnis a vi atque ira deorum pulsus esset, Cic. Nat. 1, 45: toute crainte de la puissance et de la colère des dieux serait chassée, cf. Liv. 23, 15, 7; 23, 36, 1; 25, 33, 5, etc. [ABCR]VI à partir de [temps], depuis [zapst]¶1 a primo, a principio, dès le début; a principiis, dès les débuts; ab initio, dès le commencement; a puero, a pueritia, dès l'enfance; ab ineunte adulescentia, dès le commencement de la jeunesse II [à la prépos. se joignent souvent inde, jam, jam inde, statim, protinus] II longo spatio temporis a Dyrrachinis prœliis intermisso, Caes. BC. 3, 84, 1: un long intervalle de temps s'étant écoulé depuis les combats de Dyrrachium; ab hoc tempore anno sescentesimo rex erat, Cic. Rep. 1, 58: il était roi il y a six cents ans à compter de notre époque, cf. CM 19; ponite ante oculos unum quemque veterum; voltis a Romulo? voltis post liberam civitatem ab iis ipsis qui liberaverunt? Cic. Par. 11: évoquez la vie de chacun des anciens; voulez-vous remonter à Romulus? voulez-vous remonter, après la fondation de la liberté, à ceux précisément qui l'ont fondée? lex a sexagesimo anno senatorem non citat, Sen. Brev. 20, 4: la loi ne convoque pas le sénateur après soixante ans aux séances. [zapst]¶2 [noms de pers.] jam inde a Pontiano, Cic. Att. 12, 44, 2: depuis Pontianus [l'affaire de Pontianus]; exspecto te, a Peducaeo utique, Cic. Att. 12, 51, 1: je t'attends, en tout cas sans faute après Péducaeus [après l'affaire réglée avec Péducaeus] [zapst]¶3 [évaluation d'un laps de temps]: ab... ad (usque ad), depuis... jusqu'à: Cic. Br. 328; de Or. 2, 52; Caes. BG. 1, 26, 2; Liv. 26, 25, 11, etc. II [évaluation d'une durée, d'un rang chronologique] annus primus ab honorum perfunctione, Cic. de Or. 3, 7: la première année après l'achèvement des magistratures; quartus ab Arcesilao fuit, Cic. Ac. 1, 46: il fut le quatrième en partant d'Arcésilas; secundus a Romulo conditor urbis, Liv. 7, 1, 10: le second fondateur de Rome après Romulus, cf. 1, 17, 10; Hor. S. 2, 3, 193; Virg. B. 5, 49. [zapst]¶4 après, aussitôt après, au sortir de: ab re divina, Plaut. Pœn. 618: après le sacrifice; ab decimae legionis cohortatione profectus, Caes. BG. 2, 25, 1: étant parti, immédiatement après avoir harangué la dixième légion; a tuo digressu, Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4: après ton départ; ab ea [auctione] Cic. Att. 13, 30, 1: aussitôt après [la vente]; ab ipso cibo, Sen. Contr. 1, praef. 17: aussitôt après avoir mangé. [ABCR]VII du fait de, par l'effet de [zapst]¶1 [cause efficiente, surtout avec les inchoatifs]: calescere ab, Cic. Nat. 2, 138: se réchauffer grâce à; mitescere a sole, Cic. frg. F. 1, 17: s'adoucir sous l'action du soleil, cf. Varr. L. 5, 109; 7, 83; Ov. M. 1, 66; F. 5, 323 II qua mare a sole conlucet, Cic. Ac. 2, 105: sur toute l'étendue où la mer brille par l'effet du soleil, cf. Nat. 2, 92; zona torrida semper ab igni, Virg. G. 1, 234: zone toujours brûlante par suite du feu; lassus ab, Hor. S. 2, 2, 10: fatigué du fait de; a vento unda tumet, Ov. F. 2, 776: le vent fait gonfler l'onde, cf. 1, 215. [zapst]¶2 par suite de, par un effet de, en raison de [avec un nom de sentiment]: scio me ab singulari amore ac benevolentia, quaecumque scriba, tibi scribere, Balb. Fam. 9, 7 B, 3: je sais que c'est un attachement, un dévouement sans égal qui me font t'écrire tout ce que je t'écris; ab ira, Liv. 24, 30, 1: par l'effet de la colère; ab odio plebis an ab servili fraude, Liv. 3, 15, 7: par suite de la haine du peuple ou de la perfidie des esclaves; [constr. très fréq. d. Liv. cf. 5, 5, 3; 9, 40, 17; 10, 5, 2; 27, 17, 5; 28, 7, 9; 36, 24, 7; etc.]; a duabus causis punire princeps solet, Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 1: deux raisons d'ordinaire amènent le prince à punir; ab hoc, Varr. R. 2, 3, 7: par suite de cela, en raison de cela, cf. 2, 7, 6 II gravis ab, Ov. H. 10, 138: alourdi par; a somno languida, Ov. H, 10, 9: alanguie par le sommeil; dives ab, Ov. H. 9, 96: enrichi par. [ABCR]VIII [après les verbes passifs] [zapst]¶1 [avec un nom de pers. pour marquer le sujet logique de l'action; constr. courante] [zapst]¶2 [avec des noms de choses considérées comme des pers.]: a civitatibus, Cic. Verr. 3, 176: par les villes; a classe, Verr. 5, 63: par la flotte; a re publica, Cic. Mur. 7: par l'état; a legibus, Cic. Mil. 9: par les lois; a natura, Cic. Phil. 14, 32: par la nature; a studiis adulescentium, Cic. de Or. 3, 207: par le zèle des jeunes gens; a ventis invidiae, Cic. Verr. 3, 98: par les vents de la malveillance; a more majorum, Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 1: par la coutume des ancêtres; a vero, a falso, Cic. Ac. 2, 71: par le vrai, par le faux; defici a viribus, Caes. BC. 3, 64, 3: être abandonné par ses forces. [zapst]¶3 [après l'adj. verbal] Cic. de Or. 2, 86; Pomp. 34; etc. [zapst]¶4 [différent de per]: aliquid a suis vel per suos potius iniquos ad te esse delatum, Cic. ad Br. 1, 1, 1: [il m'a paru soupçonner] que ses ennemis t'ont rapporté ou plutôt t'ont fait rapporter quelque histoire; qui a te defensi et qui per te servati sunt, Cic. Pet. 38: ceux que tu as défendus et ceux que ton entremise a sauvés. [zapst]¶5 [avec des intr. équivalant pour le sens à des passifs] a paucis interire, Cic. Off. 2, 26: périr sous les coups de quelques hommes, cf. Lucr. 6, 709; mori ab, Cic. Fam 15,17, 2; Sen. Contr. 5. 3; perire ab, Nep. Reg. 3, 3; Ov. P, 3, 3, 46; cadere ab, Tac. An. 16, 9; vapulare ab, Sen. Contr. 9, 4, 2; Sen. Apoc. 15; Quint. 9, 2, 12. Q. [zapst]¶1 abs est rare; se trouve devant t, surtout dans l'expr. abs te II aps Inscr. et divers mss. de Plaut. et des lettres de Cic. II af, signalé par Cic. Or. 158, se lit dans des Inscr. [zapst]¶2 d'après les gram. anciens a se place devant les consonnes, ab devant les voyelles et devant h; mais ni les mss. ni les Inscr. ne vérifient cette règle. [zapst]¶3 qqf a, ab se trouvent après le relatif (quo ab): Plaut. As. 119; Rud. 555 II chez les poètes et chez Tacite, rarement ailleurs, entre le subst. et son déterminatif [adjectif, génitif, ou nom propre apposé]: judice ab uno Tac. An. 2, 60, par un seul juge; initio ab Suriae An. 4, 5, depuis les frontières de la Syrie; oppido a Canopo Tac. An 2, 60, à partir de la ville de Canope; uxore ab Octavia abhorrebat, Tac. An. 13, 12: il se détournait de son épouse Octavie II chez Ovide, séparé par ipse du complément: H. 9, 96; 12, 18; Pont. 3, 3, 46, etc. II quand il y a deux compléments liés par une copule, placé devant le second: Plaut. As. 163; Prop. 4, 3, 39; Ov. H. 6, 108, etc. [zapst]¶4 en composition, a devant m, v, (amovere, avertere); abs devant c, p, t (abscondere, abstinere, asportare = absportare); au devant f (auferre, aufugere), sauf afui parf. de absum; ab devant les autres consonnes, sauf aspernari au lieu de abspernari.
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    A meis ciuibus ea res mihi fuit honori. id est, Ob eam rem honoribus affectus sum a ciuibus meis. Ci. Pour cela m'ont honoré les habitants de nostre ville.

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    A nobilitate igitur periculum. Subaudi, Est, Impendet, Imminet, aut aliquid simile. Cic. Il y a danger de la part ou costé de la noblesse, ou des nobles.

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    Ab aliquo perire, id est occidi. Plin. Estre tué par aucun.

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    A et Ab, motum a loco significant: vt, A villa redeo, ab agro, vel ab agris. Je retourne de la metairie, Des champs.

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    A et Ab, interdum per QVVM declarantur: seruiuntque tempori significando: vt, A paruo te noui: Hoc est, quum adhuc paruus esses. Quand tu estois encore petit enfant.

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    Ab adolescentia. Cic. Dés le commencement de ma jeunesse, Dés que je commencoye à venir en eage.

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    Ab ineunte adolescentia. Plaut. Cic. Dés le commencement de mon adolescence, ou de mon eage.

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    A cunabulis. Plaut. Dés le berceau, Dés mon enfance.

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    Ab infante duratus. Colu. Endurci dés son enfance, ou d'enfance.

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    Ab infantibus, Id est a pueritia. Cels. Dés l'enfance, D'enfance.

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    A paruis. Terent. De jeunesse, Dés qu'on estoit encore petit.

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    A primordio sui. Tacit. Depuis son commencement.

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    A principiis ita diligentior fiet puer. Quintil. Dés le commencement.

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    A pueritia. Cic. D'enfance, Dés l'enfance.

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    A tenero et a teneris. Colum. D'enfance, Dés qu'on estoit encore tendre, ou petit tendron.

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    A et Ab, finitum rei alicuius aut temporis terminum significant: et fere sequitur ad, vel vsque ad, aut aliquid idem pollens: vt, A principio ad finem. Dés, ou Depuis le commencement jusques à la fin. \ Ab auo. Terent. Dés le temps de l'ayeul.

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    Ab aurora. Plaut. Dés le poinct, ou l'aube du jour.

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    Ab sole orto in multum diei stetere in acie. Liu. Depuis le soleil levé.

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    A calce ad carceres. Id est, A fine ad principium. Cic. De la fin au commencement.

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    A capite vsque ad calcem. Plaut. Depuis le commencement jusques à la fin, ou Depuis le hault jusques au bas.

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    Talos a vertice pulcher ad imos. Horat. Depuis le sommet de la teste, jusques à la plante des pieds, ou jusques aux talons.

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    Ab extremo orsi. Liu. Commenceants au dernier.

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    A fundamento. Plaut. Depuis le fondement.

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    A fundo. Virg. Depuis le fond.

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    Ab infimo. Plaut. Depuis le fin bas.

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    Ab humili ad summum. Cic. Du bas au plus hault.

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    Ab illo tempore. Cic. Dés, ou Depuis ce temps là.

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    Ab hora tertia bibebatur. Cic. Depuis trois heures.

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    Ab imis vnguibus vsque ad verticem summum. Cic. Depuis le fin bout des ongles du pied, jusques au sommet de la teste.

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    Ab initio. Cic. Dés, ou Depuis le commencement.

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    A mane. Plaut. Depuis le matin.

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    A media nocte togatus ero. Mart. Dés, ou Depuis minuict.

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    Ab omni vetustate acceptum. Cic. De toute ancienneté.

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    A pridie Idus Sept. Plin. Depuis le jour de devant les Ides.

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    A prima luce. Caes. Dés le fin matin. Dés qu'il commencea à faire cler.

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    A primo, pro A principio. Ci. Au premier, ou Du commencement.

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    A summo. Plaut. Depuis le hault.

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    A terra ad caelum percontari. Plaut. Depuis un bout jusques à l'autre.

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    A vestigio ad verticem. Plin. Depuis la plante des pieds jusques au sommet de la teste.

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    A et Ab separationem significant. Terent. Ita tum discedo ab illo. D'avec luy.

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    A vel Ab, pro Contra: vt nonnullis placet. Virg. Defendo a frigore myrtos. Du froid, ou Contre le froid.

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    A vel Ab, pro Praeter, siue contra. Plin. Id quod notasse, non ab re est. Il n'est pas sans propos, ou inutile. Il n'est pas impertinent.

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    Quae ab re sunt. Choses impertinentes, et non servantes à la matiere. B.

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    Ab re est remissior. Il est trop negligent et nonchalant de son profict. B.

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    Ab re, Contra commodum. Plau. Ab re consulit. Contre le profict et utilité de celuy à qui il donne conseil. Il luy conseille son dommage.

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    Ab re orare. Plau. Prier en vain, ou demander quelque chose oultre raison et sans propos.

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    Ab re, pro Ob eam rem. Liu. Id, ab re, Interregnum appellatum. Pour ce, Pour ceste cause.

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    Tantumne ab re tua est otii tibi, vt, etc. Cic. As tu bien tant de loisir avec tes affaires? Tes affaires te donnent ils bien tant de loisir?

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    Non ab re. Suet. Il n'est point impertinent, ou hors de propos.

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    Haud ab re duxi. Liu. J'ay estimé n'estre point inutile, ou sans raison.

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    Non ab re. Non sans cause.

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    A vel Ab, pro Post, vel statim, seu concinuo post. Pli. Dulcissimum ab hominis camelinum lac. Le laict du chameau est le plus doulx apres celuy de la femme.

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    A ientaculo. Plaut. Apres desjuner.

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    Cuius a morte hic tertius et tricesimus est annus. Cic. C'est cy la XXXIII. annee depuis son trespas.

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    Vt primum a tuo digressu Romam veni. Cic. Apres.

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    A rege secundus. Le second apres le roy.

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    Hostium a tergo incursum vidit. Liu. Par derriere, Du costé de derriere.

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    A Senatu stat. Cic. Il est du parti du Senat, Il tient pour le Senat, Il tient le parti du Senat.

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    Dicere ab reo. Cic. Parler ou plaider pour le defendeur.

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    Hoc totum est a me. Cic. Tout cela sert à mon propos. Tout cela fait pour moy.

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    A nobis facit. Cic. Sert à nostre propos.

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    A vel Ab, pro énéka, siue pro, Quod pertinet ad, Cic. cum a militibus, tua pecunia. Mal fourniz et pourveuz quant à gens de guerre et argent.

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    A morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui. Plaut. Quant est de la maladie, j'en suis gueri.

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    A me pudica est. Plaut. Quant est de moy, je vous responds de moy qu'elle est femme de bien.

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    Narrat vt virgo a se integra etiam tum siet. Terent. Que de sa part elle est pucelle.

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    Doleo ab animo, doleo ab oculis. Plaut. Je suis malade en l'esprit, J'ay l'esprit fasché. J'ay mal aux yeuls.

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    Otiosus ab animo. Plaut. Qui n'ha nulle fantasie en son esprit.

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    Inops eram ab amicis. Cic. Povre d'amis.

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    Nunquam a causis et iudiciis districtior fui. Cic. Je ne fus oncq plus empesché de procez.

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    Ab hac parte reddemus vos securos. Planc. Ciceroni. De ce costé, quant à ce.

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    Ab se cantat cuia sit. Plaut. D'elle mesme.

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    Ab transenna lumbricum petit. Plaut. Parmi la fenestre, ou le guichet. Aucuns sont d'advis que le vray sens est tel, Cest oyseau cerche sa viande parmi le filé, ou le laqs, ou le piege, ou le collet qui est tendu pour le prendre.

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    Salutem a bonis afferre. Cic. Par les bons.

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    Ab ostio omnia isthaec audiui. Plaut. De l'huis.

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    Ipsa protinus a via amicumsalutes. Mart. Du chemin, En passant.

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    A foris. Plin. Par dehors.

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    A vel Ab, pro Versus, seu quod vulgo, De parte dicimus.

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    Quod a sole fuit. Plin. Qui avoit esté du costé du soleil, Tourné vers le soleil, Devers le soleil.

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    Firmos omnino et duces habemus ab occidente, et exercitus. Cic. Vers la partie d'occident.

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    A dextera. Plin. Du costé dextre. A dextre.

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    Ictus ab latere. Liuius. Feru ou frappé par le flan.

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    A contraria aure instillare. Plin. Par l'oreille opposite.

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    A vento aliquid opponere. Pli. De devers le vent. Du costé du vent.

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    A vel Ab cum ablatiuo personae, eleganter domicilium significat: vt, A iudice venio. hoc est, a domo iudicis, quod inepte dicitur, De apud. De chez vous, De vostre mesnie.

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    Ab ea egreditur. Terent. De chez elle.

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    A nobis domo est. De nostre maison. De chez nous.

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    A qua a ferrario fabro. Cels. Eaue de chez ung forgeron ou mareschal. Eaue en laquelle le mareschal estainct, ou trempe son fer.

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    A Pontio, ex Trebulano, ad quintum Idus Maii. Cic. De la maison de Pontius, Escript en la maison de Pontius, etc. C'est la fin et date des lettres.

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    A vel Ab sequente. quoque praepositione ad, vel ipsa subaudita, plerunque vtimur, vbi ab vna re ad aliam fit transitus. Terent. Ab labore ad libidinem. Du labeur à volupté.

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    A vel Ab nonnunquam ponitur pro Gallica praepositione Par. A potu quidam prandiumincipiunt. Plin. Par boire.

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    A fronte et a tergo. Cic. Devant et derriere, ou par devant et par derriere.

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    A pectore denudari. Cic. Estre descouvert par la poitrine, Avoir la poitrine descouverte.

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    Ab exteriori parte. Cels. Par dehors.

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    A verecundia. Liu. De honte qu'on ha.

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    Ab illo friget. Gel. Ce n'est rien aupris de luy.

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    A, Propter: vt A metu infamiae. Tacit. Pour crainte du deshonneur, Craignant deshonneur.

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    A spe quam successus rerum augebat. Liu. A cause de l'esperance, A raison ou pour l'esperance.

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    Ab ira et odio. Liu. Par courroux et haine.

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    A sole dolet. Plin. Il est malade du soleil, Le soleil luy a faict mal, ou l'a faict malade.

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    Ab, pro Erga. Cic. Ab innocentia clementissimus. Envers les innocens.

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    A vel Ab pro A parte, siue Ex parte. Liu. Ab Sabinis Metius Curtius. Du costé des Sabins, ou de la part des Sabins.

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    Ab Romanis tubae cornuaque cecinerunt. Liu. Les trompettes et cornets sonnerent du costé des Rommains. Les Rommains sonnerent la trompette.

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    Ei testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio. Cic. Il luy laisse un legz d'une grande somme d'argent payable par les mains de son filz.

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    Ab aliqua re otium vel tempus habere. Terent. N'estre point empesché, et ne laisser point d'avoir bon loisir pour cela.

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    A vel Ab, proximitatem loci significat. Cic. Venisse eum a Roma. D'aupres de Romme.

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    Ab Roma aberat. Cic. N'estoit point autour, ou aupres de Romme.

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    Ab accidentibus, Qui ha charge de mettre en escript et d'advertir des choses qui surviennent. \ Ab aure, Secretaire.

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    A commentariis, Celuy qui fait le registre des prisonniers, Geolier, ou un Chroniqueur. \ Ab epistolis. Suet. Secretaire.

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    A latere Regis. Les amis familiers du Roy qui ne bougent de son costé. \ A libellis, Maistre des requestes.

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    A manu, A manu, seruus, et A manibus. Suet. Un clerc qui sert pour escrire.

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    A pedibus, vel A pedibus seruus. Cic. Un laquay. quod etiam Ad pedes, Martiali: et Circum pedes, Ciceroni: dicitur.

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    A secretis, Secretaire.

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    A studiis. Sue. Celuy de qui nous nous servons au faict de nos estudes.

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    A rationibus. Suet. Maistre correcteur, auditeur, ou autre officier és comptes. President des comptes. B.

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    A voluptatibus. Suet. Qui ha charge d'inventer toute sorte de passetemps pour le prince.

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    Positis castris a milibus passuum quindecim. Caes. Ayant assis son camp à quinze mille pas pres.

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    Ab illo tibi soluam. Cic. Je te feray delivrer par luy ce que je te doy.

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    Viaticum vt dem ab trapezita tibi. Plaut. A fin que je te baille argent pour voyager par les mains du banquier, Que je te face delivrer argent par la banque.

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    Ab Aulo Sextilio dicit se dedisse, et a suis fratribus. Cic. Il dit avoir payé de l'argent de Sextilius, et de l'argent ou de la bourse de ses freres.

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    A cauda de ouo exeunt. Plin. La queue devant, ou la queue la premiere. \ Pedibus genitus Nero. Pli. Les pieds devant.

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    Quaecunque animal pariunt, in capita gignunt. Plin. Les testes devant.

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    A matre pulli. Colum. Prins dessoubs les ailes de la mere.

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    A lenone manu asserere. Plaut. Retirer une fille, et la delivrer d'entre les mains d'un maquereau.

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    Instructus a philosophia. Cic. Garni de philosophie. Scavant en philosophie.

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    Inuictus a labore. Cic. Qui ne se lasse point de labeur et travail. Non vaincu de ou par labeur.

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    Ab exule prope esse. Taci. Estre presque banni. N'estre gueres moins que banni.

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    A contumelia, quam a laude propius fuerit, post Vitellium eligi. Tacit. Estre esleu apres Vitelle, approcheroit plus de deshonneur, que de gloire.

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    Ab amore scribere. Balbus Ciceroni. De grand amour.

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    Ab aspectu decorus. Colu. Beau à veoir.

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    Ab aliquo describere. Cic. Transcrire du livre d'un autre.

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    A se aliquid promere. Cic. Dire quelque chose du sien, de soymesme et de son invention.

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    A me salutem dic Ciceroni. Cic. Salue Cicero de par moy.

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    A me illos habe commendatissimos. Cic. Je te les recommande tant que je puis. Ayes les en recommandation pour l'amour de moy.

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    A sole calor. Cic. Chaleur de soleil.

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    A puppi religatus. Cic. Attaché, ou lié à la poupe.

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    A stirpe socius Pop. Rom. Sallust. De race.

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    A stirpe, pro Stirpitus. Liu. Dés la racine, Totalement, du tout.

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    Ab auro fulgorem reuereri. Lucret. Avoir en reverence ceulx qui sont vestus de drap d'or, ou qui reluisent de dorures.

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    A limine disciplinas salutare. Seneca. Estudier quelque peu et legerement.

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    Ab eo, pro Eius. Terent. Atque ab eo gratiam inibo. Je gaigneray sa bonne grace.

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    Ab illo iniuria. Terent. Le tort qu'il fait.

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    A, interdum redundare videtur. Tacit. A metu infamiae. De paour de deshonneur. Liu. Castra a stationibus firma.

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    A et Ab, eleganter vtimur cum his dictionibus Vsque et Prope. Cic. Vsque a Capitolio. Dés le Capitole.

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    Tam prope ab domo. Cic. Si pres de la maisons.

Dictionarium latinogallicum > a
55 aequus

aequus, a, um (aecus, a, um) égal    - Lebaigue P. 40 et P. 41 [zapst]¶1 plat, uni, plan: aequus locus, Caes. BG. 7, 28, 2: endroit uni, plaine; dorsum jugi prope æquum Caes. BG. 7, 44, 3: [on savait] que la croupe de la montagne était presque unie; æquiore loco, Caes. BG. 7, 51, 1: sur un terrain plus plat; loqui ex inferiore loco, ex superiore, ex aequo, Cic. de Or. 3, 23: parler d'un lieu plus bas [= devant les tribunaux, les juges siégant plus haut que l'avocat], d'un lieu plus élevé [ = devant le peuple, l'orateur étant à la tribune aux harangues qui dominait la foule], de plain-pied [ = devant le sénat, parce qu'on parlait de sa place] II [n. pris substt] in æquum descendere, Liv. 22, 14, 11, etc.: descendre dans la plaine; in æquo campi, Liv. 5, 38, 4: en plaine II [au fig.] in æquum descendere, Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 2; in æquum deducere Sen. Nat. 4, 13, 4: descendre, ramener au niveau de qqn [zapst]¶2 facile, favorable, avantageux: locus aequus ad dimicandum, Caes. BC. 3, 73, 5: emplacement favorable pour le combat; non æquum locum videbat suis, Nep. Milt. 5, 4: il voyait que l'endroit n'était pas favorable à ses troupes; et loco et tempore æquo, Caes. BC. 1, 85, 2: avec l'avantage à la fois du lieu et des circonstances; locus æquus agendis vineis, Liv. 21, 7, 6: lieu propice à la manoeuvre des mantelets (à pousser les)... [zapst]¶3 [fig.] favorable, bien disposé, bienveillant: mentibus æquis, Virg. En. 9, 234: avec des dispositions favorables; meis aequissimis utuntur auribus, Cic. Fam. 7, 33, 2: ils ont en moi le plus bienveillant auditeur; æquis auribus audire, Liv, 2, 61, 9; 22, 25, 12: écouter d'une oreille favorable; æquis oculis, Virg. En. 4, 372; Curt. 8, 2, 9; Sen. Tranq. 9, 2: d'un oeil favorable II [en parl. des pers.] aequior sibi quam reo, Cic. Dej. 4: mieux disposé pour soi-même que pour l'accusé; nimis æquus aut iniquus, Liv. 38, 55, 4: trop bienveillant ou trop malveillant; æquiores Lacedæmoniis quam Achæis, Liv. 39, 35, 6: plus favorables aux Lacédémoniens qu'aux Achéens, cf. Tac. An. 3, 8 ; 4, 4; quos æquus amavit Juppiter, Virg. En. 6, 129: aimés de Jupiter favorable; Flavianis aequior a tergo (luna), Tac. H. 3, 23: la lune était plus favorable aux Flaviens qui l'avaient dans le dos II [pl. m. pris substt] æqui et iniqui, gens bien et mal disposés, amis et ennemis: Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 6; Liv. 5, 45, 1; 22, 26, 5; Plin. Ep. 9, 1, 3. [zapst]¶4 égal [en parl. de l'âme], calme, tranquille: concedo, quod animus æquus est, Cic. Amer. 145: j'accorde, parce que je suis résigné; aequo animo: avec calme, avec sang-froid, avec résignation: Caes. BC. 1, 75, 1, etc.; Cic. Cat. 1, 20, etc. ; ut eos aequos placatosque dimittas, Cic. Or. 34: [tu parviens] à renvoyer résignés et apaisés ceux [mêmes contre lesquels tu décides]; adversam fortunam æquus tolerat, Tac. An. 5, 8: il supporte avec calme la mauvaise fortune. [zapst]¶5 égal, équitable, juste: aequa sententia, Cic. Fin. 2, 37: sentence équitable; aequae condiciones, Caes. BC. 1, 26, 4: conditions équitables; causa aequa, Cic. Off. 3, 38: cause juste; aequus judex, Cic. Verr. 1, 72, etc.: juge équitable II æquum est, il est juste, il convient [avec prop. inf.]: quinquaginta annorum possessiones moveri non nimis æquum putabat, Cic. Off. 2, 81: à ses yeux, il n'était guère juste de déposséder d'une propriété de cinquante ans; [avec ut] aequum videtur tibi ut... dicam, Plaut. Rud. 1230: il te paraît juste que je dise, cf. Sen. Contr. 9, 3 (26), 1; Mart. 1, 114, 5; [avec quin] Plaut. Trin. 588 II [n. sing. pris substt] æquum, i, l'équité: quid in jure aut in æquo verum esset, Cic. Br. 145: [découvrir] ce qu'il y a le vrai dans le droit écrit et dans l'équité; in rebus iniquissimis quid potest esse æqui? Cic. Phil. 2, 75: peut-il être question de justice dans les choses les plus injustes? plus æquo, Cic. Læl. 58: plus que de raison; æquum colens animus, Sen. Ben. 3, 15, 1: une âme qui a le culte de la justice II æquum bonum, l'équitable et le bien; a quo nec præsens nec absens quicquam æqui boni impetravit, Cic. Phil. 2, 94: de qui ni présent ni absent il n'a jamais obtenu rien de juste ni de bien; si aliquam partem æqui bonique dixeris, Ter. Phorm. 637: si tu as des prétentions tant soit peu raisonnables; æquum bonum tutatus est, Cic. Br. 198: il défendit le droit naturel, cf. 143; aequi boni facere aliquid, trouver bon qqch, s'en accommoder: Ter. Haut. 787; Cic. Att. 7, 7, 4; Liv. 34, 22, 13; [sans boni]: æqui istuc facio, Plaut. Mil. 784: cela m'est égal II quod (quantum) æquius melius ou melius æquius, Cic. Off. 3, 61: comme il est plus équitable et meilleur, en tout bien et toute justice. [zapst]¶6 égal [par comparaison]: æqua parta cum P. fratre gloria, Cic. Mur. 31: ayant acquis une gloire égale à celle de son frère Publius; æquo jure cum ceteris, Liv. 21, 3, 6: avec les mêmes droits que les autres, cf. 10, 24, 16 ; 26, 24, 3; æqua fere altitudine atque ille fuerat, Caes. BC. 2, 15, 1: de la même hauteur à peu près que l'autre avait été; condiciones pacis æquas victis ac victoribus fore, Liv. 9, 4, 3: que les conditions de paix seraient égales pour les vaincus et pour les vainqueurs; qua Cannensi clades, Liv. 27, 49, 5: défaite égale à celle de Cannes; aequa divinis, Sen. Vit. 16, 2: des avantages égaux à ceux des dieux; aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Cæsaris, Caes. BG. 1, 43, 1: à une distance à peu près égale du camp d'Arioviste et du camp de César II aequa pars, Caes. BC. 3, 10, 7: une part égale; pensionibus æquis, Liv. 30, 37, 5: par paiements égaux; aequis manibus, Liv. 27, 13, 5; Tac. An. 1, 63; aequa manu, Sall. C. 39, 4; æquo proelio, Caes. BC. 3, 112, 7; æquo Marte, Liv. 2, 6, 10: avec des avantages égaux, le succès étant balancé, sans résultat décisif; aequis viribus, Liv. 7, 33, 5: avec des forces égales; in æqua causa populorum, Cic. Verr. 5, 49: quand la cause des deux peuples était la même; æquo jure, Cic. Off. 1, 121: avec l'égalité de droit, cf. Liv. 3, 53, 9; 6, 37, 4; æqua libertas, Cic. Rep. 1, 47; Liv. 4, 5, 5: liberté égale [pour tous] II [expression adverbiale] ex æquo, à égalité, sur le pied de l'égalité: Liv. 7, 30, 2; Sen. Ep. 121, 23; Tac. H. 4, 64, etc.; adversam ejus fortunam ex æquo detrectabant, Tac. H. 2, 97: ils se désintéressaient à un égal degré de son malheureux sort; in aequo esse, être au même niveau, être égal: Tac. An. 2, 44 ; H. 2, 20; in æquo aliquem alicui ponere, Liv. 39, 50, 11: placer une personne sur le même rang qu'une autre; in æquo utramque ponit repulsam, Sen. Ben. 5, 6. 7: il met sur la même ligne les deux refus; in æquo alicui stare, Sen. Ben. 2, 29, 2: se tenir au même niveau que qqn. =====]] arch. aiquom = æquum S.C. Bacch. CIL. 1, 196, 27; d. les mss souvent aequos = æquus, æquom = æquum, aecum = æquum.
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aequus, a, um (aecus, a, um) égal    - Lebaigue P. 40 et P. 41 [zapst]¶1 plat, uni, plan: aequus locus, Caes. BG. 7, 28, 2: endroit uni, plaine; dorsum jugi prope æquum Caes. BG. 7, 44, 3: [on savait] que la croupe de la montagne était presque unie; æquiore loco, Caes. BG. 7, 51, 1: sur un terrain plus plat; loqui ex inferiore loco, ex superiore, ex aequo, Cic. de Or. 3, 23: parler d'un lieu plus bas [= devant les tribunaux, les juges siégant plus haut que l'avocat], d'un lieu plus élevé [ = devant le peuple, l'orateur étant à la tribune aux harangues qui dominait la foule], de plain-pied [ = devant le sénat, parce qu'on parlait de sa place] II [n. pris substt] in æquum descendere, Liv. 22, 14, 11, etc.: descendre dans la plaine; in æquo campi, Liv. 5, 38, 4: en plaine II [au fig.] in æquum descendere, Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 2; in æquum deducere Sen. Nat. 4, 13, 4: descendre, ramener au niveau de qqn [zapst]¶2 facile, favorable, avantageux: locus aequus ad dimicandum, Caes. BC. 3, 73, 5: emplacement favorable pour le combat; non æquum locum videbat suis, Nep. Milt. 5, 4: il voyait que l'endroit n'était pas favorable à ses troupes; et loco et tempore æquo, Caes. BC. 1, 85, 2: avec l'avantage à la fois du lieu et des circonstances; locus æquus agendis vineis, Liv. 21, 7, 6: lieu propice à la manoeuvre des mantelets (à pousser les)... [zapst]¶3 [fig.] favorable, bien disposé, bienveillant: mentibus æquis, Virg. En. 9, 234: avec des dispositions favorables; meis aequissimis utuntur auribus, Cic. Fam. 7, 33, 2: ils ont en moi le plus bienveillant auditeur; æquis auribus audire, Liv, 2, 61, 9; 22, 25, 12: écouter d'une oreille favorable; æquis oculis, Virg. En. 4, 372; Curt. 8, 2, 9; Sen. Tranq. 9, 2: d'un oeil favorable II [en parl. des pers.] aequior sibi quam reo, Cic. Dej. 4: mieux disposé pour soi-même que pour l'accusé; nimis æquus aut iniquus, Liv. 38, 55, 4: trop bienveillant ou trop malveillant; æquiores Lacedæmoniis quam Achæis, Liv. 39, 35, 6: plus favorables aux Lacédémoniens qu'aux Achéens, cf. Tac. An. 3, 8 ; 4, 4; quos æquus amavit Juppiter, Virg. En. 6, 129: aimés de Jupiter favorable; Flavianis aequior a tergo (luna), Tac. H. 3, 23: la lune était plus favorable aux Flaviens qui l'avaient dans le dos II [pl. m. pris substt] æqui et iniqui, gens bien et mal disposés, amis et ennemis: Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 6; Liv. 5, 45, 1; 22, 26, 5; Plin. Ep. 9, 1, 3. [zapst]¶4 égal [en parl. de l'âme], calme, tranquille: concedo, quod animus æquus est, Cic. Amer. 145: j'accorde, parce que je suis résigné; aequo animo: avec calme, avec sang-froid, avec résignation: Caes. BC. 1, 75, 1, etc.; Cic. Cat. 1, 20, etc. ; ut eos aequos placatosque dimittas, Cic. Or. 34: [tu parviens] à renvoyer résignés et apaisés ceux [mêmes contre lesquels tu décides]; adversam fortunam æquus tolerat, Tac. An. 5, 8: il supporte avec calme la mauvaise fortune. [zapst]¶5 égal, équitable, juste: aequa sententia, Cic. Fin. 2, 37: sentence équitable; aequae condiciones, Caes. BC. 1, 26, 4: conditions équitables; causa aequa, Cic. Off. 3, 38: cause juste; aequus judex, Cic. Verr. 1, 72, etc.: juge équitable II æquum est, il est juste, il convient [avec prop. inf.]: quinquaginta annorum possessiones moveri non nimis æquum putabat, Cic. Off. 2, 81: à ses yeux, il n'était guère juste de déposséder d'une propriété de cinquante ans; [avec ut] aequum videtur tibi ut... dicam, Plaut. Rud. 1230: il te paraît juste que je dise, cf. Sen. Contr. 9, 3 (26), 1; Mart. 1, 114, 5; [avec quin] Plaut. Trin. 588 II [n. sing. pris substt] æquum, i, l'équité: quid in jure aut in æquo verum esset, Cic. Br. 145: [découvrir] ce qu'il y a le vrai dans le droit écrit et dans l'équité; in rebus iniquissimis quid potest esse æqui? Cic. Phil. 2, 75: peut-il être question de justice dans les choses les plus injustes? plus æquo, Cic. Læl. 58: plus que de raison; æquum colens animus, Sen. Ben. 3, 15, 1: une âme qui a le culte de la justice II æquum bonum, l'équitable et le bien; a quo nec præsens nec absens quicquam æqui boni impetravit, Cic. Phil. 2, 94: de qui ni présent ni absent il n'a jamais obtenu rien de juste ni de bien; si aliquam partem æqui bonique dixeris, Ter. Phorm. 637: si tu as des prétentions tant soit peu raisonnables; æquum bonum tutatus est, Cic. Br. 198: il défendit le droit naturel, cf. 143; aequi boni facere aliquid, trouver bon qqch, s'en accommoder: Ter. Haut. 787; Cic. Att. 7, 7, 4; Liv. 34, 22, 13; [sans boni]: æqui istuc facio, Plaut. Mil. 784: cela m'est égal II quod (quantum) æquius melius ou melius æquius, Cic. Off. 3, 61: comme il est plus équitable et meilleur, en tout bien et toute justice. [zapst]¶6 égal [par comparaison]: æqua parta cum P. fratre gloria, Cic. Mur. 31: ayant acquis une gloire égale à celle de son frère Publius; æquo jure cum ceteris, Liv. 21, 3, 6: avec les mêmes droits que les autres, cf. 10, 24, 16 ; 26, 24, 3; æqua fere altitudine atque ille fuerat, Caes. BC. 2, 15, 1: de la même hauteur à peu près que l'autre avait été; condiciones pacis æquas victis ac victoribus fore, Liv. 9, 4, 3: que les conditions de paix seraient égales pour les vaincus et pour les vainqueurs; qua Cannensi clades, Liv. 27, 49, 5: défaite égale à celle de Cannes; aequa divinis, Sen. Vit. 16, 2: des avantages égaux à ceux des dieux; aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Cæsaris, Caes. BG. 1, 43, 1: à une distance à peu près égale du camp d'Arioviste et du camp de César II aequa pars, Caes. BC. 3, 10, 7: une part égale; pensionibus æquis, Liv. 30, 37, 5: par paiements égaux; aequis manibus, Liv. 27, 13, 5; Tac. An. 1, 63; aequa manu, Sall. C. 39, 4; æquo proelio, Caes. BC. 3, 112, 7; æquo Marte, Liv. 2, 6, 10: avec des avantages égaux, le succès étant balancé, sans résultat décisif; aequis viribus, Liv. 7, 33, 5: avec des forces égales; in æqua causa populorum, Cic. Verr. 5, 49: quand la cause des deux peuples était la même; æquo jure, Cic. Off. 1, 121: avec l'égalité de droit, cf. Liv. 3, 53, 9; 6, 37, 4; æqua libertas, Cic. Rep. 1, 47; Liv. 4, 5, 5: liberté égale [pour tous] II [expression adverbiale] ex æquo, à égalité, sur le pied de l'égalité: Liv. 7, 30, 2; Sen. Ep. 121, 23; Tac. H. 4, 64, etc.; adversam ejus fortunam ex æquo detrectabant, Tac. H. 2, 97: ils se désintéressaient à un égal degré de son malheureux sort; in aequo esse, être au même niveau, être égal: Tac. An. 2, 44 ; H. 2, 20; in æquo aliquem alicui ponere, Liv. 39, 50, 11: placer une personne sur le même rang qu'une autre; in æquo utramque ponit repulsam, Sen. Ben. 5, 6. 7: il met sur la même ligne les deux refus; in æquo alicui stare, Sen. Ben. 2, 29, 2: se tenir au même niveau que qqn. =====]] arch. aiquom = æquum S.C. Bacch. CIL. 1, 196, 27; d. les mss souvent aequos = æquus, æquom = æquum, aecum = æquum.
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    AEquus, Adiectiuum. Plain et uni.

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    AEquum campi. Liu. La plaine d'un champ.

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    Ex aequo loco dicere. Cic. Parler compaignon à compaignon.

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    AEquus. Cic. Juste, Qui ne porte point plus de faveur et d'affection à l'un qu'à l'autre.

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    AEquus, pro AEqualis. Terent. Esgal. \ Vtinam esset mihi pars aequa amoris tecum. Terent. Que tu m'aimasses autant que je t'aime.

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    AEquus alicui. Humain à aucun, Bening et gratieux, Qui ne le traicte point rigoureusement.

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    Se aequum praebere sibiipsi. Cic. Garder bien son droict.

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    Se aequum praebere alteri. Cic. Faire droict et raison à autruy, et ne luy point estre rigoureux.

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    AEquum esse alicui. Terent. Scavoir bon gré à aucun, N'estre point marri contre luy d'avoir faict quelque chose, Estre content de luy, Luy estre plus doulx et gratieux, Le supporter et excuser.

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    AEquus animus. Courage qui endure tout sans se contrister, Qui prend tout en gré et patience, qui ne s'esmeut de rien.

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    Animo aequissimo mori. Cic. Mourir voluntiers, et sans regret.

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    Facile et aequo animo carebam. Cic. Il ne me grevoit point de ne les point avoir, Je m'en passoye bien aiseement.

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    AEquo animo attendere. Terent. Ouir voluntiers.

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    Animo aequo esse de re aliqua. Cic. Ne se soulcier point de quelque chose, Ne s'en chaloir.

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    Animus aequus est. Cic. Je ne m'en soulcie point.

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    Animo haud aequo expectare comites. Horat. Attendre impatiemment et avec mal contentement.

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    Conditio aequa. Cic. Parti et condition qui n'est point plus avantageuse à l'un qu'à l'autre.

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    Discrimen aequum. Virg. Pareille ou esgale distance.

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    AEquus iudex: cui contrarium est Iniquus. Cic. Juge juste, Qui garde bien le droict des parties, Juge esgal et equitable.

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    Nimis aequus iudex. Liu. Favorable. B.

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    Vide quam me sis vsurus aequo. Cic. Regarde que tu me trouveras raisonnable et equitable.

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    Nunquam te aequo vsus sum. Tu m'as tousjours faict du pis que tu as peu. B.

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    Magistratus aequus. Cic. Juste, et qui n'est point favorable ne accepteur de personnes.

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    Mens aequa. Horat. Constante, Telle en adversité qu'en prosperité.

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    Oculis aequis aliquem aspicere. Virgil. Regarder voluntiers et de bon cueur.

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    AEqua atque honesta postulatio. Cic. Raisonnable et honneste demande.

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    AEqui et iniqui. Cic. Amis et ennemis, Bien vueillants et mal vueillants, Favorisants et desfavorisants.

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    AEqui et pares. Author ad Heren. Esgauls et pareils.

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    AEquum, absolute et per se positum, pro Aequitate. Equité.

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    Seruantissimus aequi. Virg. Qui va selon equité, et à la bonne foy.

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    Non aequum dicis. Terent. Il n'y a point de raison en ce que tu dis.

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    Non aequum facis. Ter. Ce que tu fais, n'est point raisonnable.

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    AEquum postulare. Cic. Demander la raison, et ce qui est equitable.

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    AEquum est. Terent. C'est la raison, Il appartient bien.

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    AEquo concretius. Lucret. Plus espez que de raison.

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    AEquum et bonum quum dicimus, absolutam bonitatem, aequitatemque significamus. Terent. La bonne et vraye equité, qui ne regarde point la rigueur de droict.

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    AEquum et bonum colere. Plaut. Aller selon droict et raison, Aller à l'equité.

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    AEquum et bonum habere. Cic. Avoir bon droict, Avoir bonne cause, Avoir l'equité pour soy.

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    AEquum bonum dicere. Terent. Parler raisonnablement, Aller à la raison, offrir quelque parti raisonnable.

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    Pro aequo et bono dicere. Cic. Pour l'equité.

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    AEqui boni facere: vel, AEqui bonique facere. Cic. Prendre en bien, ou en bonne part.

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    AEquum bonumve impetrare. Cic. Obtenir de quelcun ce qui est de raison.

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    Ex aequo et bono facere. Terent. Faire à la bonne foy.

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    Ex aequo et bono viuere. Vivre selon Dieu et raison.

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    Ex aequo conuiuentes. Sueton. Per à compaignon. B.

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    Vsurpare officia prope ex aequo. Sueton. Per à compaignon. B.

Dictionarium latinogallicum > aequus
56 sei

sī (orig. and ante-class. form seī), conj. [from a pronominal stem = Gr. he; Sanscr. sva-, self; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 778; Curt. Gr. Etym. 396], a conditional particle, if.
I.
Prop.
a.
With indic.; so in gen., in conditions which are assumed to be true, with the verb in pres. or perf.; less freq. in imperf or pluperf.; and in conditions which may probably become true, with the verb in fut. or fut. perf. (Madv. Gram. § 332; Zumpt, Gram. § 517).
(α).
Pres.: SI IN IVS VOCAT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25, and ap. Porphyr. Hor. S. 1, 9, 65: SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT... SI NOLET, etc., id. ap. Gell. l. l.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):
si vis, dabo tibi testes,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:
si voltis,
id. ib. 1, 28, 44:
si placet,
id. ib. 2, 44, 71;
1, 21, 34: si tuo commodo fleri potest,
id. ib. 1, 9, 14:
si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
id. ib. 1, 18, 30:
si populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23:
si Massilienses per delectos cives summā justitiā reguntur, inest tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43; cf. id. Off. 3, 8, 35:
quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si nec privata domus continere voces conjurationis tuae potest? si illustrantur, si erumpunt omnia?
id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:
si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit,
id. Rep. 3, 18, 28:
Si quaerimus, cur, etc.,
id. Brut. 95, 325. —Strengthened by modo:
magnifica quidem res, si modo est ulla,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1:
deliget populus, si modo salvus esse vult, optimum quemque,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:
quae (virtus) est una, si modo est, maxime munifica,
id. ib. 3, 8, 12; id. Tusc. 2, 4, 33; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:
si quisquam est facilis, hic est,
id. Att. 14, 1, 2:
si ulla res est, quam tibi me petente faciendam putes, haec ea sit,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:
SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, GENTILIS FAMILIAM NANCITOR, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Collat. Leg. Mos. et Rom. 16, 4: quae (libertas), si aequa non est, ne libertas quidem est,
Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47; 1, 32, 49:
id si minus intellegitur, ex dissensionibus percipi potest,
id. Lael. 7, 23: BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT, EXSTRAD QVAM SEI QVID IBEI SACRI EST... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT, S. C. de Bacch. fin.:
dicito, si quid vis, non nocebo,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 235:
si qui sunt, qui philosophorum auctoritate moveantur,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
si quid generis istiusmodi me delectat, pictura delectat,
id. Fam. 7, 23, 3:
si aliquid dandum est voluptati,
id. Sen. 13, 44;
four times repeated,
id. ib. 11, 38.—So esp. after mirum est or miror, as expressing reality (= quod or cum; cf. Gr. ei):
noli mirari, si hoc non impetras,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29:
ecquid mirum est, si tam ab amico animo pacem petit? Curt 4, 11, 4: miraris, si superbiam tuam ferre non possumus?
id. 8, 7, 14.—
With a negative conclusion, to denote that, although the condition is true, or is conceded, a certain inference does not follow: nec, si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico esse causas, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28:
nec. si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,
id. Phil. 13, 6, 19:
si veniam meretur qui inprudens nocuit, non meretur praemium qui inprudens profuit,
Quint. 5, 10, 73:
nec ideo ignis minus urere potest, si in materiam incidit inviolabilem flammis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1.—
(β).
Imperf.:
ea si erant, magnas habebas omnibus, dis gratias,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 17; Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43:
si quis antea mirabatur, quid esset, quod, etc.,
id. Sest. 1.—
(γ).
Perf.:
SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. talio, p. 363 Müll.: si animum contulisti in istam rationem, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37:
si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 10, 18:
quos (tyrannos) si boni oppresserunt, recreatur civitas: sin audaces, fit illa factio,
id. ib. 1, 44, 68; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 65:
si ita sensit, ut loquitur,
id. ib. 3, 21, 32;
1, 27, 43: si modo hoc in Lycurgi potestate potuit esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 24:
si modo in philosophiā aliquid profecimus,
id. Off. 3, 8, 37: si quis eorum [p. 1689] (servorum) sub centone crepuit, nullum mihi vitium facit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 sq. Müll.:
si quid sceleste fecit,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 27:
si quam opinionem jam vestris mentibus comprehendistis, etc.,
Cic. Clu. 2, 6:
si quando regi justo vim populus attulit regnove eum spoliavit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 42, 65; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, 59; id. Lael. 7, 24.—After mirum est or miror, to express a reality (cf. a, supra):
minime mirum, si ista res adhuc nostrā linguā inlustrata non est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55; id. Deiot. 4, 12:
quid mirum, si haec invitus amisi?
Tac. A. 12, 37:
miraris, si eo tempore matrona dicere potuit, escende?
Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 1:
minime est mirandum, si vita ejus fuit secura,
Nep. Cim. 4, 4.—Very often followed by certe, profecto, etc., to express a conclusion, as certain as the unquestionable assumption:
quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum, cum, etc., tum profecto fuit,
Cic. Brut. 2, 7:
si quisquam fuit umquam remotus ab inani laude, ego profecto is sum,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 13:
etenim si nulla fuit umquam tam imbecillo mulier animo, quae, etc., certe nos, etc.,
id. Fam. 5, 16, 6:
si umquam in dicendo fuimus aliquid, tum profecto, etc.,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 4; 7, 19.—Esp. with a negative conclusion (v. a fin. supra, and cf. quia, etsi):
non, si tibi ante profuit, semper proderit,
Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 12:
non, si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,
id. de Or. 2, 40, 170:
neque enim, si tuae res gestae ceterorum laudibus obscuritatem attulerunt, idcirco Pompeii memoriam amisimus,
id. Deiot. 4, 12:
nec, si capitis dolorem facit, inutilis hominibus sol est,
Quint. 5, 10, 82.—
(δ).
Pluperf.: si improbum Cresphontem existimaveras, etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:
nec mirum, eos si orationes turbaverant,
Liv. 32, 20, 2 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):
si hoc ita fato datum erat, ut,
Liv. 30, 30, 3.—So esp. in indef. clauses of repeated action:
plausum si quis eorum aliquando acceperat, ne quid peccasset pertimescebat,
whenever, Cic. Sest. 49, 105:
si quando nostri navem religaverant, hostes succurrebant,
Caes. B. C. 2, 6:
si quando suis fortunis forte desperare coeperant,
id. B. G. 3, 12.—
(ε).
Fut.: SI VOLET SVO VIVITO... SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.); and:
alte spectare si voles, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25:
si jam eminebit foras,
id. ib. 6, 26, 29:
si me audietis,
id. ib. 1, 19, 32:
si mutuas non potero certum est sumam fenore,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 95:
id persequar, si potero, subtilius,
Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42; cf. in the foll. z:
nihil (offendet) si modo opus exstabit,
id. ib. 5, 3, 5:
si quid te volam, ubi eris?
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 96: si quod aliud oikeion reperies, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3.—
(ζ).
Fut. perf.: si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.):
si nostram rem publicam vobis et nascentem et crescentem ostendero,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3:
tum magis assentiere, si ad majora pervenero,
id. ib. 1, 40, 62:
expediri quae restant vix poterunt, si hoc incohatum reliqueris,
id. ib. 1, 35, 55;
1, 24, 38: pergratum mihi feceris, si de amicitiā disputaris,
id. Lael. 4, 16:
accommodabo ad eam (rem publicam), si potuero, omnem illam orationem, etc.... quod si tenere et consequi potuero, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 46, 70; so,
si potuero,
id. ib. 2, 30, 53; id. Brut. 5, 21:
si potuerit,
id. Off. 3, 23, 89:
si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,
id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:
si modo interpretari potuero,
id. Leg. 2, 18, 45:
si ne ei caput exoculassitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 26: si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis... Sed si quā per voluptatem nequiter feceritis, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4:
de iis te, si qui me forte locus admonuerit, commonebo,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—
b.
With subj.; so in gen. of conditions assumed in statement, but implied not to be actual; the verb in pres. (rarely perf.) implies that the condition is still possible; in the imperf. and pluperf., that it is known to be unreal (Madv. Gram. § 347 sqq.; Zumpt, Gram. § 524).
(α).
Pres.:
si habeat aurum,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12:
abire hinc nullo pacto possim, si velim,
id. ib. 2, 2, 2; so,
si velim,
Cic. Rep. 3, 10, 17:
cum ipsi auxilium ferre, si cupiant, non queant,
id. ib. 1, 5, 9:
si singulos numeremus,
id. ib. 3, 4, 7: si jus suum populi teneant, id. ib. 1, 32, 48:
si Scipionis desiderio me moveri negem,
id. Lael. 3, 10:
si ad verba rem deflectere velimus,
id. Caecin. 18, 51:
si quis varias gentes despicere possit, videat primum, etc.,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 14.—In expressing a wish ( poet. for utinam), usu. with O:
O si angulus ille accedat, qui, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; 2, 6, 10:
O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,
Verg. A. 8, 560;
also alone: si nunc se nobis ille aureus arbore ramus Ostendat nemore in tanto!
would that, yet if, if however, id. ib. 6, 187:
si quā fata aspera rumpas, Tu Marcellus eris,
id. ib. 6, 882; cf. b, infra.—
(β).
Imperf.:
qui si unus omnia consequi posset, nihil opus esset pluribus, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 52:
quae descriptio si esset ignota vobis, explicaretur a me,
id. ib. 2, 22, 39:
si ullum probarem simplex rei publicae genus,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:
quod non fecissent profecto, si nihil ad eos pertinere arbitrarentur,
id. Lael. 4, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 525: SEI QVES ESENT, QVEI SIBEI DEICERENT, S. C. de Bacch (twice). —Also with O, expressing a wish ( poet.):
O si solitae quicquam virtutis adesset,
Verg. A. 11, 415;
and without O: si mihi, quae quondam fuerat... si nunc foret illa juventus,
id. ib. 5, 398.—
(γ).
Perf.: SI INIVRIAM FAXIT ALTERI, VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum ap. Gell. 20, 1, 12: si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.):
perii, si me aspexerit!
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:
victus sum, si dixeris,
id. ib. 1, 1, 272:
Romani si casu intervenerint,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8.—
(δ).
Pluperf.:
si aliter accidisset,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:
tum magis id diceres, si nuper in hortis Scipionis affuisses,
id. Lael. 7, 25:
mansisset eadem voluntas in eorum posteris, si regum similitudo permansisset,
id. Rep. 1, 41, 64:
si id fecisses,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3; 2, 15, 38; 2, 36, 90:
si quis in caelum ascendisset, etc.,
id. Lael. 23, 88:
si aliquid de summā gravitate Pompeius remisisset,
id. Phil. 13, 1, 2.—
c.
Ellipt.
(α).
With pron. indef:
istae artes, si modo aliquid, valent, ut acuant ingenia,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:
aut nemo, aut, si quisquam, ille sapiens fuit,
id. Lael. 2, 9; id. Or. 29, 103.—
(β).
In a negation, usu. si minus, si contra (= sin minus, sin aliter):
plures haec tulit una civitas, si minus sapientes, at certe summā laude dignos,
Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7:
educ tecum omnes tuos: si minus, quam plurimos,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 10; id. de Or. 2, 16, 68, in this sense less freq. si non:
utrum cetera nomina digesta habes an non? Si non... si etiam,
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:
si haec civitas est, civem esse me: si non, exsulem esse, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 2, 24; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 66; 1, 6, 68; Liv. 28, 29, 4:
hic venit in judicium, si nihil aliud, saltem ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152; so, si nihil aliud, Liv 22, 29; 30, 35; 45, 37 fin., Curt. 4, 6, 28:
si aliud nihil,
id. 2, 43.—
(γ).
With forte:
intelleges esse nihil a me nisi orationis acerbitatem et, si forte, raro litterarum missarum indiligentiam reprehensam,
perhaps, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7; cf.:
vereor, ne nihil sim tui, nisi supplosionem pedis imitatus et pauca quaedam verba et aliquem, si forte, motum,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—
2.
With quod, and if, but if, if however, if:
quod si in philosophiā tantum interest... quid tandem in causis existimandum est?
Cic. Or. 16, 51:
quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum... tum profecto fuit,
id. Brut. 2, 7:
quod si exemeris ex rerum naturā benevolentiae conjunctionem, nec domus ulla nec urbs stare poterit,
id. Lael. 7, 23; id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:
quod si non hic tantus fructus ostenderetur et si ex his studiis delectatio sola peteretur: tamen, etc.,
id. Arch. 7, 16; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 54.—
B.
In partic.
1.
In subject or object-clauses, si with subj. sometimes takes the place of an inf.:
apud Graecos opprobrio fuit adulescentibus, si amatores non haberent,
Cic. Rep. 4, 3, 3: summa gloria constat ex tribus his;
si diligit multitudo, si fidem habet, etc.,
id. Off. 2, 9, 31:
unam esse spem salutis docent, si eruptione factā extremum auxilium experirentur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5:
illud ignoscere aequum erit, si... ne tuam quidem gloriam praeponam, etc.,
Liv. 28, 41, 1; Nep. Ages. 4, 3: infinitum est, si singulos velim persequi. Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 5; id. Tranq. 16, 2 (cf. si after mirum est, I. a. fin. supra).—
2.
In subst. clauses, to denote a doubtful assumption or future event (cf. quod):
dixerunt, in eo verti puellae salutem, si postero die vindex injuriae ad tempus praesto esset,
Liv. 3, 46:
adjecerunt, Scipionem in eo positam habuisse spem pacis, si Hannibal et Mago ex Italiā non revocarentur,
id. 30, 23; 35, 18.—
3.
Si with a relative takes the place of a relative clause, to express a class the existence or extent of which is doubtful: mortem proposuit, non eis solum qui illam rem gesserunt, sed eis etiam si qui non moleste tulerunt, i. e. if such there were, whether few or many, Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:
dixit errare, si qui in bello omnis secundos rerum proventus expectent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 29:
errat, si quis existimat facilem rem esse donare,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44; Liv. 42, 31.—
4.
In syllogistic reasonings:
si oportet velle sapere, dare operam philosophiae convenit. Oportet autem velle sapere, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:
si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis oriente Caniculā natus est, in mari non morietur, illud quoque verum est: si Fabius oriente Canicula natus est, Fabius in mari non morietur,
id. Fat. 6, 12.—
5.
= etiamsi, with foll. tamen, even if, although, albeit (class.):
quae si exsequi nequirem, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.:
quae si causa non esset, tamen, etc.,
id. Mur. 4, 8; and:
quae si dubia essent, tamen, etc.,
Sall. J. 85, 48.—
II.
Transf., in dependent clauses expressing an interrogation or doubt, it is nearly = num, but forms a looser connection, if, whether, if perchance (class., but very rare in Cic.):
ibo et visam huc ad eum, si forte est domi,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 7; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 118; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 3, 20:
jam sciam, si quid titubatum est, ubi reliquias videro,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 33; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 44:
fatis incerta feror, si Juppiter unam Esse velit urbem,
Verg. A. 4, 110; Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 52:
primum ab iis quaesivit, si aquam hominibus in totidem dies, quot frumentum imposuissent,
Liv. 29, 25; 39, 50:
id modo quaeritur, si (lex) majori parti et in summam prodest,
id. 34, 3; cf. id. 40, 49 fin.:
jam dudum exspecto, si tuom officium scias,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 12:
hanc (paludem) si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9; id. B. C. 2, 34; cf.:
Pompeius eadem spectans, si itinere impeditos deprehendere posset,
id. ib. 3, 75:
non recusavit quo minus vel extremo spiritu, si quam opem rei publicae ferre posset, experiretur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 85, 398:
statui expectandum esse si quid certius adferretur,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 2:
Philopoemen quaesivit si Lycortas incolumis evasisset,
Liv. 39, 50:
expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur,
Val. Fl. 5, 562:
Helvetii nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu, si perrumpere possent, conati,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.; cf.:
temptata res est, si primo impetu capi Ardea posset,
Liv. 1, 57.—
B.
With ellipsis of a verb or clause on which the condition depends (cf. I. c. supra): ei rei suam operam dat, si possiet illam invenire ( to see) whether he can, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:
L. Minucium cum omni equitatu praemittit, si quid celeritate itineris proficere possit,
to see, to try, Caes. B. G. 6, 29 fin.:
circumfunduntur hostes, si quem aditum reperire possent,
id. ib. 6, 37:
fame et inopiā adductos clam ex castris exisse, si quid frumenti in agris reperire possent,
id. ib. 7, 20, 10; cf. id. ib. 7, 55 fin.; 7, 89 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8 fin.; 3, 56:
pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,
Liv. 1, 7:
saxa volvebant, si quā Possent tectam aciem perrumpere,
Verg. A. 9, 512:
ad Gonnum castra movet, si potiri oppido posset,
Liv. 42, 67, 6: haud aspernatus Tullius, tamen, si vana adferantur, in aciem educit ( that he might be ready) if, etc., id. 1, 23, 6:
milites in praesidio erant, si quo operā eorum opus esset,
id. 27, 28, 5:
alii offerunt se, si quo usus operae sit,
id. 26, 9, 9: ille postea, si comitia sua non fierent, urbi minari, i. e. ( that he would attack it) if, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:
Carthaginiensibus in Hasdrubale ita, si is movisset Syphacem, spes omnis erat,
Liv. 29, 35, 9; 5, 8, 9:
consul aedem Fortunae vovit, si eo die hostis fudisset,
id. 29, 36, 8: erat Athenis reo damnato, si fraus capitalis non esset, quasi [p. 1690] poenae aestimatio, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232: quattuor legiones Cornelio, si qui ex Etruriā novi motus nuntiarentur, relictae, to meet the case, that, to be ready, if, etc., Liv. 6, 22:
is in armis tenuit militem, si opus foret auxilio,
id. 5, 8:
ut patricios indignatio, si cum his gerendus esset honos, deterreret,
id. 4, 6, 10; 1, 40, 2; 24, 36.—
B.
Si... si, for sive... sive, whether... or:
si deus si dea es,
Cato, R. R. 139; cf.:
hostiam si deo, si deae immolabant,
Gell. 2, 28, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sei
57 si

sī (orig. and ante-class. form seī), conj. [from a pronominal stem = Gr. he; Sanscr. sva-, self; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 778; Curt. Gr. Etym. 396], a conditional particle, if.
I.
Prop.
a.
With indic.; so in gen., in conditions which are assumed to be true, with the verb in pres. or perf.; less freq. in imperf or pluperf.; and in conditions which may probably become true, with the verb in fut. or fut. perf. (Madv. Gram. § 332; Zumpt, Gram. § 517).
(α).
Pres.: SI IN IVS VOCAT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25, and ap. Porphyr. Hor. S. 1, 9, 65: SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT... SI NOLET, etc., id. ap. Gell. l. l.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):
si vis, dabo tibi testes,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:
si voltis,
id. ib. 1, 28, 44:
si placet,
id. ib. 2, 44, 71;
1, 21, 34: si tuo commodo fleri potest,
id. ib. 1, 9, 14:
si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
id. ib. 1, 18, 30:
si populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23:
si Massilienses per delectos cives summā justitiā reguntur, inest tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43; cf. id. Off. 3, 8, 35:
quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si nec privata domus continere voces conjurationis tuae potest? si illustrantur, si erumpunt omnia?
id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:
si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit,
id. Rep. 3, 18, 28:
Si quaerimus, cur, etc.,
id. Brut. 95, 325. —Strengthened by modo:
magnifica quidem res, si modo est ulla,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1:
deliget populus, si modo salvus esse vult, optimum quemque,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:
quae (virtus) est una, si modo est, maxime munifica,
id. ib. 3, 8, 12; id. Tusc. 2, 4, 33; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:
si quisquam est facilis, hic est,
id. Att. 14, 1, 2:
si ulla res est, quam tibi me petente faciendam putes, haec ea sit,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:
SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, GENTILIS FAMILIAM NANCITOR, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Collat. Leg. Mos. et Rom. 16, 4: quae (libertas), si aequa non est, ne libertas quidem est,
Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47; 1, 32, 49:
id si minus intellegitur, ex dissensionibus percipi potest,
id. Lael. 7, 23: BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT, EXSTRAD QVAM SEI QVID IBEI SACRI EST... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT, S. C. de Bacch. fin.:
dicito, si quid vis, non nocebo,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 235:
si qui sunt, qui philosophorum auctoritate moveantur,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
si quid generis istiusmodi me delectat, pictura delectat,
id. Fam. 7, 23, 3:
si aliquid dandum est voluptati,
id. Sen. 13, 44;
four times repeated,
id. ib. 11, 38.—So esp. after mirum est or miror, as expressing reality (= quod or cum; cf. Gr. ei):
noli mirari, si hoc non impetras,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29:
ecquid mirum est, si tam ab amico animo pacem petit? Curt 4, 11, 4: miraris, si superbiam tuam ferre non possumus?
id. 8, 7, 14.—
With a negative conclusion, to denote that, although the condition is true, or is conceded, a certain inference does not follow: nec, si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico esse causas, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28:
nec. si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,
id. Phil. 13, 6, 19:
si veniam meretur qui inprudens nocuit, non meretur praemium qui inprudens profuit,
Quint. 5, 10, 73:
nec ideo ignis minus urere potest, si in materiam incidit inviolabilem flammis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1.—
(β).
Imperf.:
ea si erant, magnas habebas omnibus, dis gratias,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 17; Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43:
si quis antea mirabatur, quid esset, quod, etc.,
id. Sest. 1.—
(γ).
Perf.:
SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. talio, p. 363 Müll.: si animum contulisti in istam rationem, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37:
si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 10, 18:
quos (tyrannos) si boni oppresserunt, recreatur civitas: sin audaces, fit illa factio,
id. ib. 1, 44, 68; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 65:
si ita sensit, ut loquitur,
id. ib. 3, 21, 32;
1, 27, 43: si modo hoc in Lycurgi potestate potuit esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 24:
si modo in philosophiā aliquid profecimus,
id. Off. 3, 8, 37: si quis eorum [p. 1689] (servorum) sub centone crepuit, nullum mihi vitium facit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 sq. Müll.:
si quid sceleste fecit,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 27:
si quam opinionem jam vestris mentibus comprehendistis, etc.,
Cic. Clu. 2, 6:
si quando regi justo vim populus attulit regnove eum spoliavit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 42, 65; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, 59; id. Lael. 7, 24.—After mirum est or miror, to express a reality (cf. a, supra):
minime mirum, si ista res adhuc nostrā linguā inlustrata non est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55; id. Deiot. 4, 12:
quid mirum, si haec invitus amisi?
Tac. A. 12, 37:
miraris, si eo tempore matrona dicere potuit, escende?
Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 1:
minime est mirandum, si vita ejus fuit secura,
Nep. Cim. 4, 4.—Very often followed by certe, profecto, etc., to express a conclusion, as certain as the unquestionable assumption:
quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum, cum, etc., tum profecto fuit,
Cic. Brut. 2, 7:
si quisquam fuit umquam remotus ab inani laude, ego profecto is sum,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 13:
etenim si nulla fuit umquam tam imbecillo mulier animo, quae, etc., certe nos, etc.,
id. Fam. 5, 16, 6:
si umquam in dicendo fuimus aliquid, tum profecto, etc.,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 4; 7, 19.—Esp. with a negative conclusion (v. a fin. supra, and cf. quia, etsi):
non, si tibi ante profuit, semper proderit,
Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 12:
non, si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,
id. de Or. 2, 40, 170:
neque enim, si tuae res gestae ceterorum laudibus obscuritatem attulerunt, idcirco Pompeii memoriam amisimus,
id. Deiot. 4, 12:
nec, si capitis dolorem facit, inutilis hominibus sol est,
Quint. 5, 10, 82.—
(δ).
Pluperf.: si improbum Cresphontem existimaveras, etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:
nec mirum, eos si orationes turbaverant,
Liv. 32, 20, 2 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):
si hoc ita fato datum erat, ut,
Liv. 30, 30, 3.—So esp. in indef. clauses of repeated action:
plausum si quis eorum aliquando acceperat, ne quid peccasset pertimescebat,
whenever, Cic. Sest. 49, 105:
si quando nostri navem religaverant, hostes succurrebant,
Caes. B. C. 2, 6:
si quando suis fortunis forte desperare coeperant,
id. B. G. 3, 12.—
(ε).
Fut.: SI VOLET SVO VIVITO... SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.); and:
alte spectare si voles, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25:
si jam eminebit foras,
id. ib. 6, 26, 29:
si me audietis,
id. ib. 1, 19, 32:
si mutuas non potero certum est sumam fenore,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 95:
id persequar, si potero, subtilius,
Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42; cf. in the foll. z:
nihil (offendet) si modo opus exstabit,
id. ib. 5, 3, 5:
si quid te volam, ubi eris?
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 96: si quod aliud oikeion reperies, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3.—
(ζ).
Fut. perf.: si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.):
si nostram rem publicam vobis et nascentem et crescentem ostendero,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3:
tum magis assentiere, si ad majora pervenero,
id. ib. 1, 40, 62:
expediri quae restant vix poterunt, si hoc incohatum reliqueris,
id. ib. 1, 35, 55;
1, 24, 38: pergratum mihi feceris, si de amicitiā disputaris,
id. Lael. 4, 16:
accommodabo ad eam (rem publicam), si potuero, omnem illam orationem, etc.... quod si tenere et consequi potuero, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 46, 70; so,
si potuero,
id. ib. 2, 30, 53; id. Brut. 5, 21:
si potuerit,
id. Off. 3, 23, 89:
si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,
id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:
si modo interpretari potuero,
id. Leg. 2, 18, 45:
si ne ei caput exoculassitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 26: si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis... Sed si quā per voluptatem nequiter feceritis, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4:
de iis te, si qui me forte locus admonuerit, commonebo,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—
b.
With subj.; so in gen. of conditions assumed in statement, but implied not to be actual; the verb in pres. (rarely perf.) implies that the condition is still possible; in the imperf. and pluperf., that it is known to be unreal (Madv. Gram. § 347 sqq.; Zumpt, Gram. § 524).
(α).
Pres.:
si habeat aurum,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12:
abire hinc nullo pacto possim, si velim,
id. ib. 2, 2, 2; so,
si velim,
Cic. Rep. 3, 10, 17:
cum ipsi auxilium ferre, si cupiant, non queant,
id. ib. 1, 5, 9:
si singulos numeremus,
id. ib. 3, 4, 7: si jus suum populi teneant, id. ib. 1, 32, 48:
si Scipionis desiderio me moveri negem,
id. Lael. 3, 10:
si ad verba rem deflectere velimus,
id. Caecin. 18, 51:
si quis varias gentes despicere possit, videat primum, etc.,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 14.—In expressing a wish ( poet. for utinam), usu. with O:
O si angulus ille accedat, qui, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; 2, 6, 10:
O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,
Verg. A. 8, 560;
also alone: si nunc se nobis ille aureus arbore ramus Ostendat nemore in tanto!
would that, yet if, if however, id. ib. 6, 187:
si quā fata aspera rumpas, Tu Marcellus eris,
id. ib. 6, 882; cf. b, infra.—
(β).
Imperf.:
qui si unus omnia consequi posset, nihil opus esset pluribus, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 52:
quae descriptio si esset ignota vobis, explicaretur a me,
id. ib. 2, 22, 39:
si ullum probarem simplex rei publicae genus,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:
quod non fecissent profecto, si nihil ad eos pertinere arbitrarentur,
id. Lael. 4, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 525: SEI QVES ESENT, QVEI SIBEI DEICERENT, S. C. de Bacch (twice). —Also with O, expressing a wish ( poet.):
O si solitae quicquam virtutis adesset,
Verg. A. 11, 415;
and without O: si mihi, quae quondam fuerat... si nunc foret illa juventus,
id. ib. 5, 398.—
(γ).
Perf.: SI INIVRIAM FAXIT ALTERI, VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum ap. Gell. 20, 1, 12: si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.):
perii, si me aspexerit!
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:
victus sum, si dixeris,
id. ib. 1, 1, 272:
Romani si casu intervenerint,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8.—
(δ).
Pluperf.:
si aliter accidisset,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:
tum magis id diceres, si nuper in hortis Scipionis affuisses,
id. Lael. 7, 25:
mansisset eadem voluntas in eorum posteris, si regum similitudo permansisset,
id. Rep. 1, 41, 64:
si id fecisses,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3; 2, 15, 38; 2, 36, 90:
si quis in caelum ascendisset, etc.,
id. Lael. 23, 88:
si aliquid de summā gravitate Pompeius remisisset,
id. Phil. 13, 1, 2.—
c.
Ellipt.
(α).
With pron. indef:
istae artes, si modo aliquid, valent, ut acuant ingenia,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:
aut nemo, aut, si quisquam, ille sapiens fuit,
id. Lael. 2, 9; id. Or. 29, 103.—
(β).
In a negation, usu. si minus, si contra (= sin minus, sin aliter):
plures haec tulit una civitas, si minus sapientes, at certe summā laude dignos,
Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7:
educ tecum omnes tuos: si minus, quam plurimos,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 10; id. de Or. 2, 16, 68, in this sense less freq. si non:
utrum cetera nomina digesta habes an non? Si non... si etiam,
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:
si haec civitas est, civem esse me: si non, exsulem esse, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 2, 24; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 66; 1, 6, 68; Liv. 28, 29, 4:
hic venit in judicium, si nihil aliud, saltem ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152; so, si nihil aliud, Liv 22, 29; 30, 35; 45, 37 fin., Curt. 4, 6, 28:
si aliud nihil,
id. 2, 43.—
(γ).
With forte:
intelleges esse nihil a me nisi orationis acerbitatem et, si forte, raro litterarum missarum indiligentiam reprehensam,
perhaps, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7; cf.:
vereor, ne nihil sim tui, nisi supplosionem pedis imitatus et pauca quaedam verba et aliquem, si forte, motum,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—
2.
With quod, and if, but if, if however, if:
quod si in philosophiā tantum interest... quid tandem in causis existimandum est?
Cic. Or. 16, 51:
quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum... tum profecto fuit,
id. Brut. 2, 7:
quod si exemeris ex rerum naturā benevolentiae conjunctionem, nec domus ulla nec urbs stare poterit,
id. Lael. 7, 23; id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:
quod si non hic tantus fructus ostenderetur et si ex his studiis delectatio sola peteretur: tamen, etc.,
id. Arch. 7, 16; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 54.—
B.
In partic.
1.
In subject or object-clauses, si with subj. sometimes takes the place of an inf.:
apud Graecos opprobrio fuit adulescentibus, si amatores non haberent,
Cic. Rep. 4, 3, 3: summa gloria constat ex tribus his;
si diligit multitudo, si fidem habet, etc.,
id. Off. 2, 9, 31:
unam esse spem salutis docent, si eruptione factā extremum auxilium experirentur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5:
illud ignoscere aequum erit, si... ne tuam quidem gloriam praeponam, etc.,
Liv. 28, 41, 1; Nep. Ages. 4, 3: infinitum est, si singulos velim persequi. Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 5; id. Tranq. 16, 2 (cf. si after mirum est, I. a. fin. supra).—
2.
In subst. clauses, to denote a doubtful assumption or future event (cf. quod):
dixerunt, in eo verti puellae salutem, si postero die vindex injuriae ad tempus praesto esset,
Liv. 3, 46:
adjecerunt, Scipionem in eo positam habuisse spem pacis, si Hannibal et Mago ex Italiā non revocarentur,
id. 30, 23; 35, 18.—
3.
Si with a relative takes the place of a relative clause, to express a class the existence or extent of which is doubtful: mortem proposuit, non eis solum qui illam rem gesserunt, sed eis etiam si qui non moleste tulerunt, i. e. if such there were, whether few or many, Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:
dixit errare, si qui in bello omnis secundos rerum proventus expectent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 29:
errat, si quis existimat facilem rem esse donare,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44; Liv. 42, 31.—
4.
In syllogistic reasonings:
si oportet velle sapere, dare operam philosophiae convenit. Oportet autem velle sapere, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:
si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis oriente Caniculā natus est, in mari non morietur, illud quoque verum est: si Fabius oriente Canicula natus est, Fabius in mari non morietur,
id. Fat. 6, 12.—
5.
= etiamsi, with foll. tamen, even if, although, albeit (class.):
quae si exsequi nequirem, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.:
quae si causa non esset, tamen, etc.,
id. Mur. 4, 8; and:
quae si dubia essent, tamen, etc.,
Sall. J. 85, 48.—
II.
Transf., in dependent clauses expressing an interrogation or doubt, it is nearly = num, but forms a looser connection, if, whether, if perchance (class., but very rare in Cic.):
ibo et visam huc ad eum, si forte est domi,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 7; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 118; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 3, 20:
jam sciam, si quid titubatum est, ubi reliquias videro,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 33; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 44:
fatis incerta feror, si Juppiter unam Esse velit urbem,
Verg. A. 4, 110; Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 52:
primum ab iis quaesivit, si aquam hominibus in totidem dies, quot frumentum imposuissent,
Liv. 29, 25; 39, 50:
id modo quaeritur, si (lex) majori parti et in summam prodest,
id. 34, 3; cf. id. 40, 49 fin.:
jam dudum exspecto, si tuom officium scias,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 12:
hanc (paludem) si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9; id. B. C. 2, 34; cf.:
Pompeius eadem spectans, si itinere impeditos deprehendere posset,
id. ib. 3, 75:
non recusavit quo minus vel extremo spiritu, si quam opem rei publicae ferre posset, experiretur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 85, 398:
statui expectandum esse si quid certius adferretur,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 2:
Philopoemen quaesivit si Lycortas incolumis evasisset,
Liv. 39, 50:
expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur,
Val. Fl. 5, 562:
Helvetii nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu, si perrumpere possent, conati,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.; cf.:
temptata res est, si primo impetu capi Ardea posset,
Liv. 1, 57.—
B.
With ellipsis of a verb or clause on which the condition depends (cf. I. c. supra): ei rei suam operam dat, si possiet illam invenire ( to see) whether he can, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:
L. Minucium cum omni equitatu praemittit, si quid celeritate itineris proficere possit,
to see, to try, Caes. B. G. 6, 29 fin.:
circumfunduntur hostes, si quem aditum reperire possent,
id. ib. 6, 37:
fame et inopiā adductos clam ex castris exisse, si quid frumenti in agris reperire possent,
id. ib. 7, 20, 10; cf. id. ib. 7, 55 fin.; 7, 89 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8 fin.; 3, 56:
pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,
Liv. 1, 7:
saxa volvebant, si quā Possent tectam aciem perrumpere,
Verg. A. 9, 512:
ad Gonnum castra movet, si potiri oppido posset,
Liv. 42, 67, 6: haud aspernatus Tullius, tamen, si vana adferantur, in aciem educit ( that he might be ready) if, etc., id. 1, 23, 6:
milites in praesidio erant, si quo operā eorum opus esset,
id. 27, 28, 5:
alii offerunt se, si quo usus operae sit,
id. 26, 9, 9: ille postea, si comitia sua non fierent, urbi minari, i. e. ( that he would attack it) if, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:
Carthaginiensibus in Hasdrubale ita, si is movisset Syphacem, spes omnis erat,
Liv. 29, 35, 9; 5, 8, 9:
consul aedem Fortunae vovit, si eo die hostis fudisset,
id. 29, 36, 8: erat Athenis reo damnato, si fraus capitalis non esset, quasi [p. 1690] poenae aestimatio, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232: quattuor legiones Cornelio, si qui ex Etruriā novi motus nuntiarentur, relictae, to meet the case, that, to be ready, if, etc., Liv. 6, 22:
is in armis tenuit militem, si opus foret auxilio,
id. 5, 8:
ut patricios indignatio, si cum his gerendus esset honos, deterreret,
id. 4, 6, 10; 1, 40, 2; 24, 36.—
B.
Si... si, for sive... sive, whether... or:
si deus si dea es,
Cato, R. R. 139; cf.:
hostiam si deo, si deae immolabant,
Gell. 2, 28, 3.

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58 capio

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio
59 Capta

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

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60 repeto

rĕ-pĕto, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. a., to fall upon or attack again or anew, to strike again (syn. repercutio).
I.
Lit. (in gen. not till after the Aug. per.):
regem repetitum saepius cuspide ad terram affixit,
after he had repeatedly attacked him, Liv. 4, 19; cf.:
mulam calcibus et canem morsu,
Sen. Ira, 3, 27, 1:
repetita per ilia ferrum,
Ov. M. 4, 733; 6, 562.— Absol.:
bis cavere, bis repetere,
to attack twice, Quint. 5, 13, 54:
signum erat omnium, Repete!
strike again, Suet. Calig. 58:
ad Nolam armis repetendam,
Liv. 9, 28:
repetitus toxico,
id. Claud. 44. —
B.
In partic.
1.
To prosecute again:
condicione propositā, ut, si quem quis repetere vellet, par periculum poenae subiret,
Suet. Aug. 32; id. Dom. 8 and 9; Dig. 48, 2, 3; 48, 16, 10; 15.—
2.
To seek again; to go back to, return to, revisit a person or thing.
(α).
With acc.:
fratresque virumque,
Ov. H. 3, 143:
Nearchum,
Hor. C. 3, 20, 6:
Penates, ab orā Hispanā,
id. ib. 3, 14, 3:
viam, quā venisset,
to retrace, Liv. 35, 28; cf. id. 9, 2, 8:
castra,
id. 31, 21; Suet. Tib. 12:
domum,
Hor. C. 1, 15, 6; Ov. P. 4, 4, 41; id. M. 3, 204:
patriam,
id. H. 18, 123; Just. 32, 3, 7:
Africam,
Liv. 25. 27:
locum,
id. 3, 63:
retro Apuliam,
id. 22, 18; cf. id. 31, 45 fin.; 40, 58 fin.:
rursus Bithyniam,
Suet. Caes. 2:
urbem atque ordinem senatorium,
id. Vit. 1:
paludes,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 9:
cavum,
id. Ep. 1, 7, 33:
praesepia,
Verg. E. 7, 39:
urbem,
id. A. 2, 749:
Macedoniam,
Nep. Eum. 6, 1:
pugnam (shortly before, redire in pugnam),
Liv. 37, 43:
expeditionem,
Suet. Claud. 1.—
(β).
With prep.:
onerarias retro in Africam repetere,
Liv. 25, 25 fin. Drak.:
ad vada,
Verg. Cul. 104:
ad prima vestigia,
Grat. Cyn. 245.—
(γ).
Absol.:
quid enim repetiimus (sc. patriam)?
Liv. 5, 51.—Freq. in medic. lang., to return, recur:
morbi repetunt,
Cels. 2, 1; 3, 22; 4, 4; 14 al. —
II.
Transf. (class.).
A.
To fetch, bring, or take back (cf. revoco).
1.
Lit.:
filium istinc repetere,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 72:
repudiatus repetor,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 14:
Lysias est Atticus, quamquam Timaeus eum quasi Liciniā et Muciā lege repetit Syracusas,
Cic. Brut. 16, 63:
qui maxime me repetistis atque revocastis,
id. Dom. 57, 144:
navigo in Ephesum, ut aurum repetam ab Theotimo domum,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 7:
ad haec (impedimenta) repetenda,
Caes. B. C. 3, 76:
aliquid ab Urbe,
Suet. Calig. 39; cf.:
thoracem Magni Alexandri e conditorio ejus,
id. ib. 52 fin.:
partem reliquam copiarum continenti,
id. Aug. 16:
alii (elephanti) deinde repetiti ac trajecti sunt,
others were then brought and passed over, Liv. 21, 28:
ut alium repetat in eundem rogum,
Sen. Oedip. 61. —
2.
Trop., in partic.
a.
To take hold of or undertake again; to enter upon again; to recommence, resume, renew, repeat an action, a speech, etc. (cf.:
renovo, restauro): praetermissa repetimus, incohata persequimur,
Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 51:
longo intervallo haec studia repetentem,
id. Fat. 2, 4; id. Att. 15, 11, 1:
oratio carens hac virtute (sc. ordine) necesse est multa repetat, multa transeat,
Quint. 7, prooem. §
3: ad verbum repetita reddantur,
id. 11, 2, 39 et saep.:
eadem vetera consilia,
Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17:
hoc primus repetas opus, hoc postremus omittas,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 48:
susurri Compositā repetantur horā,
id. C. 1, 9, 20:
relicta,
id. Ep. 1, 7, 97:
verba,
Ov. H. 20, 9:
audita,
id. ib. 20, 193:
repetitum Mulciber aevum Poscit,
id. M. 9, 422:
auspicia de integro,
Liv. 5, 17:
pugnam,
id. 10, 36 acrius bellum, Just. 12, 2, 13:
iter,
Ov. A. A. 3, 747:
sollemnia,
Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:
spectacula ex antiquitate,
to restore, Suet. Claud. 21; cf.:
genera ignominiarum ex antiquitate,
id. Tib. 19:
legatum,
Dig. 30, 1, 32:
usum fructum,
ib. 7, 4, 3.— With de:
de mutatione litterarum nihil repetere hic necesse est,
Quint. 1, 7, 13.— With object-clause:
repetam necesse est, infinitas esse species,
Quint. 6, 3, 101; 46: ut repetam coeptum pertexere dictis, Lucr. 1, 418; cf.:
commemorare res,
id. 6, 936.— Poet.: rĕpĕtītus, a, um, as an adv., repeatedly, anew, again:
repetita suis percussit pectora palmis,
Ov. M. 5, 473; 12, 287:
robora caedit,
id. ib. 8, 769:
vellera mollibat longo tractu,
by drawing out repeatedly, id. ib. 6, 20; cf.:
haec decies repetita placebit,
Hor. A. P. 365. —
b.
In discourse, to draw, deduce, derive from anywhere; to go back to, begin from anywhere (cf. deduco):
populum a stirpe,
Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21:
repetere populi originem,
id. ib. 2, 1, 3:
ipsius juris ortum a fonte... stirpem juris a naturā,
id. Leg. 1, 6, 20:
usque a Corace nescio quo et Tisiā,
id. de Or. 1, 20, 91; 2, 2, 6:
ab ultimā antiquitate,
id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:
brevis erit narratio, si non ab ultimo repetetur,
id. Inv. 1, 20, 28; Quint. 5, 10, 83:
aliquid a Platonis auctoritate,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 34:
ingressio non ex oratoriis disputationibus ducta sed e mediā philosophiā repetita,
id. Or. 3, 11:
res remotas ex litterarum monumentis,
id. Inv. 1, 1, 1: initia amicitiae ex parentibus nostris, Bithyn. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 16 init.:
verba ex ultimis tenebris, ex vetustate,
Quint. 8, 3, 25; 11, 1, 49; 1, 4, 4:
alte vero et, ut oportet, a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,
Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18:
tam longa et tam alte repetita oratio,
id. de Or. 3, 24, 91; id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:
repetam paulo altius, etc.,
id. Clu. 24, 66:
altius omnem Expediam primā repetens ab origine famam,
Verg. G. 4, 286; so,
altius,
Quint. 5, 7, 27; 6, 2, 2; 11, 1, 62; Suet. Ner. 2:
transilire ante pedes posita et alia longe repetita sumere,
Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160; so,
longe,
id. Fam. 13, 29, 2; id. Div. 2, 58, 119:
longius,
id. Inv. 1, 49, 91; Quint. 5, 7, 17; 5, 11, 23:
repetitis atque enumeratis diebus,
reckoned backwards, Caes. B. C. 3, 105; so,
repetitis diebus ex die vulneris,
Dig. 9, 2, 51, § 2:
repetitā die,
ib. 10, 4, 9, § 6; 39, 2, 15, § 31; 43, 19, 1, § 10; 22, 4, 3.—
c.
Repetere aliquid memoriā, memoriam rei, or (rarely without memoriā) aliquid, to call up again in the mind; to call to mind, recall, recollect (cf.:
revoco, recordor): cogitanti mihi saepenumero et memoriā vetera repetenti,
Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Fam. 11, 27, 2; id. Rep. 1, 8, 13; Verg. A. 1, 372:
repete memoriā tecum, quando, etc.,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 3; cf. with object-clause: memoriā repeto, diem esse hodiernum, quo, etc., Scipio Afric. ap. Gell. 4, 18, 3; Quint. 1, 6, 10:
repete temporis illius memoriam,
Cic. Deiot. 7, 20; id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105:
memoriam ex annalibus,
Liv. 8, 18:
veteris cujusdam memoriae recordationem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 4.—Without memoriā:
reminisci quom ea, quae tenuit mens ac memoria, cogitando repetuntur,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 44 Müll.:
si omnium mearum praecepta litterarum repetes, intelleges, etc.,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7:
supra repetere et paucis instituta majorum disserere,
Sall. C. 5, 9:
unde tuos primum repetam, mea Cynthia, fastus,
Prop. 1, 18, 5:
cum repeto noctem, quā, etc.,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 3:
te animo repetentem exempla tuorum,
Verg. A. 12, 439.— With object-clause:
repeto, me correptum ab eo, cur ambularem,
Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 16; 7, 6, 7; 13; Suet. Gram. 4:
multum ante repetito, concordem sibi conjugem, etc.,
Tac. A. 3, 33.— Absol.:
inde usque repetens, hoc video,
Cic. Arch. 1, 1:
genitor mihi talia (namque Nunc repeto) Anchises fatorum arcana reliquit,
Verg. A. 7, 123; 3, 184.—
B.
To ask, demand, or take again or back; to demand or claim what is due (syn. reposco).
1.
In gen.
a.
Lit.:
si quis mutuom quid dederit, fit pro proprio perditum, quom repetas,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 45; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 7:
suom,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 63:
neque repeto pro illā quidquam abs te pretii,
Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 11:
bona sua,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 13, § 32:
abs te sestertium miliens ex lege,
id. Div. in Caecil. 5, 19:
ereptas pecunias,
id. ib. 5, 18; cf.:
quae erepta sunt,
id. Sull. 32, 89:
mea promissa,
id. Planc. 42, 101:
obsides,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31:
urbes bello superatas in antiquum jus,
Liv. 35, 16, 6:
Homerum Colophonii civem esse dicunt suum, Chii suum vindicant, Salaminii repetunt,
Cic. Arch. 8, 19:
Cicero Gallum a Verticone repetit, qui litteras ad Caesarem referat,
applied again for, Caes. B. G. 5, 49:
si forte suas repetitum venerit plumas,
Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 18:
nec repetita sequi curet Proserpina matrem,
Verg. G. 1, 39:
Politorium rursus bello,
to retake, Liv. 1, 33, 3.—
b.
Trop.: qui repetit eam, quam ego patri suo quondam spoponderim, dignitatem, Cic. Fl. 42, 106; cf.:
pro eo (beneficio) gratiam repetere,
Liv. 1, 47:
civitatem in libertatem,
id. 34, 22, 11:
parentum poenas a consceleratissimis filiis,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 67:
ab isto eas poenas vi repetisse, aliquo,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:
ut ne mors quidem sit in repetendā libertate fugiendā,
in the effort to recover, id. Phil. 10, 10, 20:
libertatem per occasionem,
Liv. 3, 49; cf.:
dies ille libertatis improspere repetitae,
Tac. A. 1, 8:
beneficia ab aliquo,
Sall. J. 96, 2:
honores quasi debitos ab aliquo,
id. ib. 85, 37:
repete a me rempublicam,
take back from me, Suet. Caes. 78: repetitumque, duobus uti mandaretur consulum nomen imperiumque, it was demanded again, that, etc., Liv. 3, 33: se repetere, to recover one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 104, 6.—
2.
In partic., publicists' and jurid. t. t.
a.
Of the fetiales: repetere res, to demand back from the enemy things which they had taken as booty; hence, in gen., to demand satisfaction:
(fetiales) mittebantur antequam conciperetur (bellum), qui res repeterent,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 86 Müll.; Liv. 1, 32; 4, 30; 7, 6; 32; Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36:
jure gentium res repeto,
Sall. H. 3, 61, 17 Dietsch:
amissa bello repetere,
Just. 6, 6, 7; cf. clarigatio and clarigo. —
b.
In jurid. lang.: res repetere, to demand back or reclaim one ' s property before a court:
in iis rebus repetendis, quae mancipi sunt,
Cic. Mur. 2, 3.— Hence, transf., in gen., to seek to obtain, to reclaim: non ex jure manum consertum, sed magi' ferro Rem repetunt, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 277 Vahl.).—
c.
Pecuniae repetundae, or simply repetundae, money or other things extorted by a provincial governor, and that are to be restored (at a later period, referring to any bribed officer):
L. Piso legem de pecuniis repetundis primus tulit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 195; 2, 4, 25, § 56; id. Brut. 27, 106; id. Off. 2, 21, 75:
quorum causā judicium de pecuniis repetundis est constitutum,
id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11:
clames te lege pecuniarum repetundarum non teneri,
id. Clu. 53, 148:
pecuniarum repetundarum reus,
Sall. C. 18, 3:
oppugnatus in judicio pecuniarum repetundarum,
id. ib. 49, 2:
quā lege a senatore ratio repeti solet de pecuniis repetundis,
Cic. Clu. 37, 104:
accusare de pecuniis repetundis,
id. Rab. Post. 4, 9; id. Clu. 41, 114:
cum de pecuniis repetundis nomen cujuspiam deferatur,
id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 10:
de pecuniis repetundis ad recuperatores itum est,
Tac. A. 1, 74 fin. —With ellipsis of pecuniis:
repetundarum causae, crimen, lex,
Quint. 4, 2, 85; 5, 7, 5; 4, 2, 15; Tac. A. 4, 19; 13, 43; 12, 22; 13, 33; id. H. 1, 77; 4, 45; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 3:
repetundarum reus,
Val. Max. 9, 12, 7:
repetundarum argui,
Tac. A. 3, 33:
accusare,
Suet. Dom. 8:
postulari,
Tac. A. 3, 66; Suet. Caes. 4:
absolvi,
Tac. A. 13, 30:
convinci,
Suet. Caes. 43:
damnari,
Tac. A. 3, 70; 14, 28:
teneri,
id. ib. 11, 7: Pilius de repetundis eum postulavit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2 (for which, §
3, de pecuniis repetundis): neque absolutus neque damnatus Servilius de repetundis,
id. ib. §
3: damnatum repetundis consularem virum,
Suet. Oth. 2 fin.

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