fin+qua

fĕro, tuli, latum, ferre (ante-class. redupl. form in the tempp. perff.:

tetuli,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84; 168; id. Men. 4, 2, 25; 66; id. Rud. prol. 68: tetulisti, Att. and Caecil. ap. Non. 178, 17 sq.:

tetulit,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 40; id. Men. 2, 3, 30; Ter. And. 5, 1, 13:

tetulerunt,

Lucr. 6, § 672:

tetulissem,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 13:

tetulisse,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 2:

tetulero,

id. Cist. 3, 19:

tetulerit,

id. Poen. 3, 1, 58; id. Rud. 4, 3, 101), v. a. and n. [a wide-spread root; Sanscr. bhar-, carry, bharas, burden; Gr. pherô; Goth. bar, bairo, bear, produce, whence barn, child; Anglo-Saxon beran, whence Engl. bear, birth; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300; Fick, Vergl. Wort. p. 135. The perf. forms, tuli, etc., from the root tul-, tol-; Sanscr. tol-jami, lift, weigh; Gr. tlênai, endure, cf. talas, talanton; Lat. tollo, tolerare, (t)latus, etc. Cf. Goth. thulan, Germ. dulden, Geduld; Anglo-Sax. tholian, suffer. Supine latum, i. e. tlatum; cf. supra; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 220; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 73], to bear, carry, bring. (For syn. cf.: gero, porto, bajulo, veho; effero, infero; tolero, patior, sino, permitto, etc.)

Lit.

In gen.:

ferri proprie dicimus, quae quis suo corpore bajulat, portari ea, quae quis in jumento secum ducit, agi ea, quae animalia sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 235: oneris quidvis feret, Ter. Ph. 3, 3, 29:

quin te in fundo conspicer fodere aut arare aut aliquid ferre,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 17:

numerus eorum, qui arma ferre possent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 29, 1:

arma et vallum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 13:

sacra Junonis,

id. S. 1, 3, 11:

cadaver nudis humeris (heres),

id. ib. 2, 5, 86:

argentum ad aliquem,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 142; cf.:

symbolum filio,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 30:

olera et pisciculos minutos ferre obolo in cenam seni,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

vina et unguenta et flores,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 14:

discerpta ferentes Memora gruis,

id. S. 2, 8, 86; cf.:

talos, nucesque sinu laxo,

id. ib. 2, 3, 172:

in Capitolium faces,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

iste operta lectica latus per oppidum est ut mortuus,

id. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

lectica in Capitolium latus est,

Suet. Claud. 2:

circa judices latus (puer),

Quint. 6, 1, 47:

prae se ferens (in essedo) Darium puerum,

Suet. Calig. 19.— Poet. with inf.:

natum ad Stygios iterum fero mergere fontes,

Stat. Ach. 1, 134.—Prov.:

ferre aliquem in oculis, or simply oculis,

i. e. to hold dear, love exceedingly, Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9; Q. Cic. Fam. 16, 27, 2.—

In partic.

With the idea of motion predominating, to set in motion, esp. to move onward quickly or rapidly, to bear, lead, conduct, or drive away; with se or mid. (so esp. freq.), to move or go swiftly, to haste, speed, betake one's self; and of things, to flow, mount, run down.

Act.:

ubi in rapidas amnis dispeximus undas: Stantis equi corpus transvorsum ferre videtur Vis, et in advorsum flumen contrudere raptim: Et, quocumque oculos trajecimus, omnia ferri Et fluere assimili nobis ratione videntur,

Lucr. 4, 422 sq.:

ubi cernimus alta Exhalare vapore altaria, ferreque fumum,

to send up, id. 3, 432; cf.:

vis ut vomat ignes, Ad caelumque ferat flammai fulgura rursum,

id. 1, 725; and:

caelo supinas si tuleris manus,

raisest, Hor. C. 3, 23, 1:

te rursus in bellum resorbens Unda fretis tulit aestuosis,

id. ib. 2, 7, 16; cf.:

ire, pedes quocumque ferent,

id. Epod. 16, 21; and:

me per Aegaeos tumultus Aura feret,

id. C. 3, 29, 64:

signa ferre,

to put the standards in motion, to break up, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40, 12; Liv. 10, 5, 1 al.:

pol, si id scissem, numquam huc tetulissem pedem,

have stirred foot, have come, Ter. And. 4, 5, 13:

pedem,

Verg. A. 2, 756; Val. Fl. 7, 112:

gressum,

to walk, Lucr. 4, 681; cf.:

agiles gressus,

Sil. 3, 180:

vagos gradus,

Ov. M. 7, 185:

vestigia,

Sil. 9, 101:

vagos cursus,

id. 9, 243.— Absol.:

quo ventus ferebat,

bore, drove, Caes. B. G. 3, 15, 3:

interim, si feret flatus, danda sunt vela,

Quint. 10, 3, 7:

itinera duo, quae extra murum ad portum ferebant,

led, Caes. B. C. 1, 27, 4:

pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,

Liv. 1, 7, 6.—Prov.:

in silvam ligna ferre,

to carry coals to Newcastle, Hor. S. 1, 10, 34.—

With se or mid., to move or go swiftly, to hasten, rush:

cum ipsa paene insula mihi sese obviam ferre vellet,

to meet, Cic. Planc. 40, 96; cf.:

non dubitaverim me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre,

id. Rep. 1, 4:

hinc ferro accingor rursus... meque extra tecta ferebam,

Verg. A. 2, 672; 11, 779:

grassatorum plurimi palam se ferebant,

Suet. Aug. 32.—Of things as subjects:

ubi forte ita se tetulerunt semina aquarum,

i. e. have collected themselves, Lucr. 6, 672.—Mid.:

ad eum omni celeritate et studio incitatus ferebatur,

proceeded, Caes. B. C. 3, 78, 2:

alii aliam in partem perterriti ferebantur,

betook themselves, fled, id. B. G. 2, 24, 3:

(fera) supra venabula fertur,

rushes, springs, Verg. A. 9, 553:

huc juvenis nota fertur regione viarum,

proceeds, id. ib. 11, 530:

densos fertur moribundus in hostes,

rushes, id. ib. 2, 511:

quocumque feremur, danda vela sunt,

Cic. Or. 23, 75; cf.:

non alto semper feremur,

Quint. 12, 10, 37:

ego, utrum Nave ferar magna an parva, ferar unus et idem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 200:

non tenui ferar Penna biformis per liquidum aethera Vates,

fly, id. C. 2, 20, 1.—Of inanimate subjects:

(corpuscula rerum) ubi tam volucri levitate ferantur,

move, Lucr. 4, 195; cf.:

quae cum mobiliter summa levitate feruntur,

id. 4, 745; cf.:

tellus neque movetur et infima est, et in eam feruntur omnia nutu suo pondera,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17 fin.:

Rhenus longo spatio per fines Nantuatium, etc.... citatus fertur,

flows, Caes. B. G. 4, 10, 3; cf. Hirt. B. [p. 738] G. 8, 40, 3:

ut (flamma) ad caelum usque ferretur,

ascended, arose, Suet. Aug. 94.—

Rarely ferre = se ferre: quem procul conspiciens ad se ferentem pertimescit,

Nep. Dat. 4 fin. —

To carry off, take away by force, as a robber, etc.: to plunder, spoil, ravage:

alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

Verg. A. 2, 374:

postquam te (i. e. exstinctum Daphnin) fata tulerunt,

snatched away, id. E. 5, 34. So esp. in the phrase ferre et agere, of taking booty, plundering, where ferre applies to portable things, and agere to men and cattle; v. ago.—

To bear, produce, yield:

plurima tum tellus etiam majora ferebat, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 942 sq.; cf.:

quae autem terra fruges ferre, et, ut mater, cibos suppeditare possit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 67:

quem (florem) ferunt terrae solutae,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 10:

quibus jugera fruges et Cererem ferunt,

id. ib. 3, 24, 13:

angulus iste feret piper et thus,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 23:

(olea) fructum ramis pluribus feret,

Quint. 8, 3, 10.— Absol.:

ferundo arbor peribit,

Cato, R. R. 6, 2.—

Of a woman or sheanimal, to bear offspring, be pregnant:

ignorans nurum ventrem ferre,

Liv. 1, 34, 3;

of animals: equa ventrem fert duodecim menses, vacca decem, ovis et capra quinque, sus quatuor,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; cf.:

cervi octonis mensibus ferunt partus,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 112:

nec te conceptam saeva leaena tulit,

Tib. 3, 4, 90.— Poet.:

quem tulerat mater claro Phoenissa Laconi,

i. e. had borne, Sil. 7, 666.—

To offer as an oblation:

liba et Mopsopio dulcia melle feram,

Tib. 1, 7, 54; so,

liba,

id. 1, 10, 23:

lancesque et liba Baccho,

Verg. G. 2, 394:

tura superis, altaribus,

Ov. M. 11, 577.—

To get, receive, acquire, obtain, as gain, a reward, a possession, etc.:

quod posces, feres,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 106; cf.: quodvis donum et praemium a me optato;

id optatum feres,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 27:

fructus ex sese (i. e. re publica) magna acerbitate permixtos tulissem,

Cic. Planc. 38, 92:

partem praedae,

id. Rosc. Am. 37, 107:

ille crucem pretium sceleris tulit, hic diadema,

Juv. 13, 105:

coram rege sua de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44.

Trop.

In gen., to bear, carry, bring:

satis haec tellus morbi caelumque mali fert,

bears, contains, Lucr. 6, 663;

veterrima quaeque, ut ea vina, quae vetustatem ferunt, esse debent suavissima,

which carry age, are old, Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

scripta vetustatem si modo nostra ferent,

will have, will attain to, Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 8:

nomen alicujus,

to bear, have, Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; cf.:

insani sapiens nomen ferat, aequus iniqui,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 15:

nomen,

Suet. Aug. 101; id. Calig. 47:

cognomen,

id. Aug. 43; id. Galb. 3; cf.:

ille finis Appio alienae personae ferendae fuit,

of bearing an assumed character, Liv. 3, 36, 1:

Archimimus personam ejus ferens,

personating, Suet. Vesp. 19; cf.

also: (Garyophyllon) fert et in spinis piperis similitudinem,

Plin. 12, 7, 15, § 30: fer mi auxilium, bring assistance, aid, help, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 29 (Trag. v. 50 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

alicui opem auxiliumque ferre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9:

auxilium alicui,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5; Ter. And. 1, 1, 115; Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 19; Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 5; 4, 12, 5; Hor. Epod. 1, 21 et saep.: opem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 86 ed. Vahl.):

opem alicui,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 23; Ter. And. 3, 1, 15; id. Ad. 3, 4, 41; Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3 (with succurrere saluti); id. Fin. 2, 35, 118 (with salutem); id. Fam. 5, 4, 2:

subsidium alicui,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 2:

condicionem,

to proffer, id. ib. 4, 11, 3; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 30:

Coriolanus ab sede sua cum ferret matri obviae complexum,

offered, Liv. 2, 40, 5:

si qua fidem tanto est operi latura vetustas,

will bring, procure, Verg. A. 10, 792:

ea vox audita laborum Prima tulit finem,

id. ib. 7, 118: suspicionem falsam, to entertain suspicion, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5 (Trag. v. 348 ed. Vahl.).—

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) To move, to bring, lead, conduct, drive, raise:

quem tulit ad scenam ventoso gloria curru,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 177; so,

animi quaedam ingenita natura... recta nos ad ea, quae conveniunt causae, ferant,

Quint. 5, 10, 123; cf. absol.:

nisi illud, quod eo, quo intendas, ferat deducatque, cognoris,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135:

exstincti ad caelum gloria fertur,

Lucr. 6, 8; cf.:

laudibus aliquem in caelum ferre,

to extol, praise, Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; cf. id. Rep. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 99; Suet. Otho, 12; id. Vesp. 6:

eam pugnam miris laudibus,

Liv. 7, 10, 14; cf.:

saepe rem dicendo subiciet oculis: saepe supra feret quam fieri possit,

wilt exalt, magnify, Cic. Or. 40, 139:

ferte sermonibus et multiplicate fama bella,

Liv. 4, 5, 6:

ferre in majus vero incertas res fama solet,

id. 21, 32, 7:

crudelitate et scelere ferri,

to be impelled, carried away, Cic. Clu. 70, 199:

praeceps amentia ferebare,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121; cf.:

ferri avaritia,

id. Quint. 11, 38:

orator suo jam impetu fertur,

Quint. 12 praef. §

3: eloquentia, quae cursu magno sonituque ferretur,

Cic. Or. 28, 97; cf.:

(eloquentia) feratur non semitis sed campis,

Quint. 5, 14, 31:

oratio, quae ferri debet ac fluere,

id. 9, 4, 112; cf.:

quae (historia) currere debet ac ferri,

id. 9, 4, 18; so often: animus fert (aliquem aliquo), the mind moves one to any thing:

quo cujusque animus fert, eo discedunt,

Sall. J. 54, 4; cf.:

milites procurrentes consistentesque, quo loco ipsorum tulisset animus,

Liv. 25, 21, 5; and:

qua quemque animus fert, effugite superbiam regiam,

id. 40, 4, 14:

si maxime animus ferat,

Sall. C. 58, 6; cf. Ov. M. 1, 775.—With an object-clause, the mind moves one to do any thing, Ov. M. 1, 1; Luc. 1, 67; Suet. Otho, 6; cf.

also: mens tulit nos ferro exscindere Thebas,

Stat. Th. 4, 753.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To carry off, take away:

omnia fert aetas, animum quoque,

Verg. E. 9, 51:

postquam te fata tulerunt,

id. ib. 5, 34:

invida Domitium fata tulere sibi,

Anthol. Lat. 4, 123, 8;

like efferre,

to carry forth to burial, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 89.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To bear, bring forth, produce:

haec aetas prima Athenis oratorem prope perfectum tulit,

Cic. Brut. 12, 45:

aetas parentum, pejor avis, tulit Nos nequiores,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 46:

Curium tulit et Camillum Saeva paupertas,

id. ib. 1, 12, 42.—

(Acc. to I. B. 6.) To bear away, to get, obtain, receive:

Cotta et Sulpicius omnium judicio facile primas tulerunt,

Cic. Brut. 49, 183:

palmam,

to carry off, win, id. Att. 4, 15, 6:

victoriam ex inermi,

to gain, Liv. 39, 51, 10; 2, 50, 2; 8, 8, 18:

gratiam et gloriam annonae levatae,

id. 4, 12, 8:

maximam laudem inter suos,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 4:

centuriam, tribus,

i. e. to get their votes, Cic. Planc. 20, 49; 22, 53; id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:

suffragia,

Suet. Caes. 13 (diff. from 8. a.):

responsum ab aliquo,

to receive, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; Caes. B. G. 6, 4 fin.:

repulsam a populo,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 54:

repulsam,

id. de Or. 2, 69 fin.; id. Phil. 11, 8, 19; id. Att. 5, 19 al.: calumniam, i. e. to be convicted of a false accusation, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1:

ita ut filius partem dimidiam hereditatis ferat,

Gai. Inst. 3, 8:

singulas portiones,

id. ib. 3, 16; 61.—

To bear, support any thing unpleasant; or pregn., to suffer, tolerate, endure.

To bear in any manner.

With acc.: servi injurias nimias aegre ferunt, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

(onus senectutis) modice ac sapienter sicut omnia ferre,

Cic. de Sen. 1, 2:

aegre ferre repulsam consulatus,

id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40:

hoc moderatiore animo ferre,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

aliquid toleranter,

id. ib. 4, 6, 2:

clementer,

id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

quod eo magis ferre animo aequo videmur, quia, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 126:

ut tu fortunam, sic nos te, Celse, feremus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 17.—

With an object-clause:

ut si quis aegre ferat, se pauperem esse,

take it ill, Cic. Tusc. 4, 27, 59:

hoc ereptum esse, graviter et acerbe ferre,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152:

quomodo ferant veterani, exercitum Brutum habere,

id. Phil. 10, 7, 15.—

With de:

de Lentulo scilicet sic fero, ut debeo,

Cic. Att. 4, 6, 1:

quomodo Caesar ferret de auctoritate perscripta,

id. ib. 5, 2, 3:

numquid moleste fers de illo, qui? etc.,

id. ib. 6, 8, 3.—

Absol.:

sin aliter acciderit, humaniter feremus,

Cic. Att. 1, 2, 1:

si mihi imposuisset aliquid, animo iniquo tulissem,

id. ib. 15, 26, 4.—

Pregn., to bear or put up with, to suffer, tolerate, endure, sustain, resist.

With acc.: quis hanc contumeliam, quis hoc imperium, quis hanc servitutem ferre potest? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

qui potentissimorum hominum contumaciam numquam tulerim, ferrem hujus asseclae?

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6:

cujus desiderium civitas ferre diutius non potest,

id. Phil. 10, 10, 21:

cogitandi non ferebat laborem,

id. Brut. 77, 268:

unum impetum nostrorum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 3:

vultum atque aciem oculorum,

id. ib. 1, 39, 1:

cohortatio gravior quam aures Sulpicii ferre didicissent,

to hear unmoved, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 9:

vultum,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 121:

multa tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit,

id. A. P. 413:

spectatoris fastidia,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 215:

fuisse (Epaminondam) patientem suorumque injurias ferentem civium,

Nep. Epam. 7.—Of personal objects:

quem ferret, si parentem non ferret suum?

brook, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 28:

optimates quis ferat, qui, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33:

vereor, ut jam nos ferat quisquam,

Quint. 8, 3, 25:

an laturi sint Romani talem regem,

id. 7, 1, 24:

quis enim ferat puerum aut adolescentulum, si, etc.,

id. 8, 5, 8.—

With an object-clause:

ferunt aures hominum, illa... laudari,

Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344:

non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes,

Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Ov. M. 2, 628:

illa quidem in hoc opere praecipi quis ferat?

Quint. 11, 3, 27; 11, 1, 69:

servo nubere nympha tuli,

Ov. H. 5, 12; cf.:

alios vinci potuisse ferendum est,

id. M. 12, 555. —

With quod:

quod rapta, feremus, dummodo reddat eam,

Ov. M. 5, 520:

illud non ferendum, quod, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 131. —

With the access, notion of publicity, to make public, to disclose, show, exhibit:

eum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,

Cic. Planc. 14, 34; cf.:

laetitiam apertissime tulimus omnes,

id. Att. 14, 13, 2:

neque id obscure ferebat nec dissimulare ullo modo poterat,

id. Clu. 19, 54:

haud clam tulit iram adversus praetorem,

Liv. 31, 47, 4; cf.:

tacite ejus verecundiam non tulit senatus, quin, etc.,

id. 5, 28, 1.—

Prae se ferre, to show, manifest, to let be seen, to declare:

cujus rei tantae facultatem consecutum esse me, non profiteor: secutum me esse, prae me fero,

Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 12:

noli, quaeso, prae te ferre, vos plane expertes esse doctrinae,

id. ib. 2, 18, 47:

non mediocres terrores... prae se fert et ostentat,

id. Att. 2, 23, 3:

hanc virtutem prae se ferunt,

Quint. 2, 13, 11:

liberalium disciplinarum prae se scientiam tulit,

id. 12, 11, 21:

magnum animum (verba),

id. 11, 1, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

(comae) turbatae prae se ferre aliquid affectus videntur,

Quint. 11, 3, 148:

oratio prae se fert felicissimam facilitatem,

id. 10, 1, 11.—

Of speech, to report, relate, make known, assert, celebrate:

haec omnibus ferebat sermonibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 2:

alii alia sermonibus ferebant Romanos facturos,

Liv. 33, 32, 3:

ferte sermonibus et multiplicate fama bella,

id. 4, 5, 6:

patres ita fama ferebant, quod, etc.,

id. 23, 31, 13; cf. with acc.:

hascine propter res maledicas famas ferunt,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 149:

famam,

id. Pers. 3, 1, 23:

fama eadem tulit,

Tac. A. 1, 5; cf. id. ib. 15, 60:

nec aliud per illos dies populus credulitate, prudentes diversa fama, tulere,

talk about, id. ib. 16, 2:

inimici famam non ita, ut nata est, ferunt,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 23:

quod fers, cedo,

tell, say, Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 17:

nostra (laus) semper feretur et praedicabitur, etc.,

Cic. Arch. 9, 21.—With an object-clause:

cum ipse... acturum se id per populum aperte ferret,

Liv. 28, 40, 2; id. ib. §

1: saepe homines morbos magis esse timendos ferunt quam Tartara leti,

Lucr. 3, 42:

Prognen ita velle ferebat,

Ov. M. 6, 470; 14, 527:

ipsi territos se ferebant,

Tac. H. 4, 78; id. A. 4, 58; 6, 26 (32); cf.:

mihi fama tulit fessum te caede procubuisse, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 503:

commentarii ad senatum missi ferebant, Macronem praesedisse, etc.,

Tac. A. 6, 47 (53).—

Ferunt, fertur, feruntur, etc., they relate, tell, say; it is said, it appears, etc.—With inf.:

quin etiam Xenocratem ferunt, cum quaereretur ex eo, etc... respondisse, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2:

fuisse quendam ferunt Demaratum, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 19:

quem ex Hyperboreis Delphos ferunt advenisse,

id. N. D. 3, 23, 57; Hor. C. 3, 17, 2:

homo omnium in dicendo, ut ferebant, accrrimus et copiosissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45:

Ceres fertur fruges... mortalibus instituisse,

Lucr. 5, 14:

in Syria quoque fertur item locus esse, etc.,

id. 6, 755:

is Amulium regem interemisse fertur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

qui in contione dixisse fertur,

id. ib. 2, 10 fin.:

quam (urbem) Juno fertur terris omnibus unam coluisse,

Verg. A. 1, 15:

non sat idoneus Pugnae ferebaris,

you were accounted, held, Hor. C. 2, 19, 27:

si ornate locutus est, sicut fertur et mihi videtur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 49; cf.: cum quaestor ex Macedonia venissem Athenas florente [p. 739] Academia, ut temporibus illis ferebatur, id. ib. § 45.—

To give out, to pass off a person or thing by any name or for any thing; and, in the pass., to pass for any thing, to pass current:

hunc (Mercurium) omnium inventorem artium ferunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 1:

ut Servium conditorem posteri fama ferrent,

Liv. 1, 42, 4:

qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

set himself up for, boast, Vell. 1, 11, 1:

avum M. Antonium, avunculum Augustum ferens,

boasting of, Tac. A. 2, 43; cf.:

qui ingenuum se et Lachetem mutato nomine coeperat ferre,

Suet. Vesp. 23:

ante Periclem, cujus scripta quaedam feruntur,

Cic. Brut. 7, 27 (quoted paraphrastically, Quint. 3, 1, 12): sub nomine meo libri ferebantur artis rhetoricae, Quint. prooem. 7; cf.:

cetera, quae sub nomine meo feruntur,

id. 7, 2, 24; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Aug. 31; id. Caes. 20:

multa ejus (Catonis) vel provisa prudenter vel acta constanter vel responsa acute ferebantur,

Cic. Lael. 2, 6:

qua ex re in pueritia nobilis inter aequales ferebatur,

Nep. Att. 1, 3.—

Polit. and jurid. t. t.

Suffragium or sententiam, to give in one's vote, to vote, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1; cf.:

ferunt suffragia,

Cic. Rep. 1, 31; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

de quo foedere populus Romanus sententiam non tulit,

id. Balb. 15, 34; cf.:

de quo vos (judices) sententiam per tabellam feretis,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104;

so of the voting of judges,

id. Clu. 26, 72;

of senators: parcite, ut sit qui in senatu de bello et pace sententiam ferat,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 76; cf. id. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—

Legem (privilegium, rogationem) ad populum, or absol., to bring forward or move a proposition, to propose a law, etc.:

perniciose Philippus in tribunatu, cum legem agrariam ferret, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73; cf. id. Sull. 23, 65:

quae lex paucis his annis lata esset,

id. Corn. 1, 3 (vol. xi. p. 10 B. and K.):

familiarissimus tuus de te privilegium tulit, ut, etc.,

id. Par. 4, 32:

Sullam illam rogationem de se nolle ferri (shortly before: Lex ferri coepta),

id. Sull. 23, 65:

rogationem de aliquo, contra or in aliquem, ad populum, ad plebem,

id. Balb. 14, 33; id. Clu. 51, 140; id. Brut. 23, 89; Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 4; Liv. 33, 25, 7:

nescis, te ipsum ad populum tulisse, ut, etc.,

proposed a bill, Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 100:

ut P. Scaevola tribunus plebis ferret ad plebem, vellentne, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 54; cf. Liv. 33, 25, 6:

quod Sulla ipse ita tulit de civitate, ut, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 35, 102:

nihil de judicio ferebat,

id. Sull. 22, 63:

cum, ut absentis ratio haberetur, ferebamus,

id. Att. 7, 6, 2.— Impers.:

lato ut solet ad populum, ut equum escendere liceret,

Liv. 23, 14, 2. —

Judicem, said of the plaintiff, to offer or propose to the defendant as judge:

quem ego si ferrem judicem, refugere non deberet,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45; id. de Or. 2, 70, 285.—Hence, judicem alicui, in gen., to propose a judge to, i. e. to bring a suit against, to sue a person:

se iterum ac saepius judicem illi ferre,

Liv. 3, 57, 5; 3, 24, 5; 8, 33, 8.—

Mercant. t. t., to enter, to set or note down a sum in a book:

quod minus Dolabella Verri acceptum rettulit, quam Verres illi expensum tulerit, etc.,

i. e. has set down as paid, has paid, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 100 sq., v. expendo.—

Absol., of abstr. subjects, to require, demand, render necessary; to allow, permit, suffer:

ita sui periculi rationes ferre ac postulare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 105; cf.:

gravioribus verbis uti, quam natura fert,

id. Quint. 18, 57: quid ferat Fors, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. 203 ed. Vahl.):

quamdiu voluntas Apronii tulit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57:

ut aetas illa fert,

as is usual at that time of life, id. Clu. 60, 168:

ad me, ut tempora nostra, non ut amor tuus fert, vere perscribe,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5:

quod ita existimabam tempora rei publicae ferre,

id. Pis. 2, 5:

si ita commodum vestrum fert,

id. Agr. 2, 28, 77:

prout Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

si vestra voluntas feret,

if such be your pleasure, id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

ut opinio et spes et conjectura nostra fert,

according to our opinion, hope, and belief, id. Att. 2, 25, 2:

ut mea fert opinio,

according to my opinion, id. Clu. 16, 46: si occasio tulerit, if occasion require, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6:

dum tempus ad eam rem tulit, sivi, animum ut expleret suum,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 17: in hac ratione quid res, quid causa, quid tempus ferat, tu perspicies, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

natura fert, ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent,

id. Rep. 6, 18.— Impers.:

sociam se cujuscumque fortunae, et, si ita ferret, comitem exitii promittebat (sc. res or fortuna),

Tac. A. 3, 15; so,

si ita ferret,

id. H. 2, 44.

ūtor (old form oetor, oesus, etc., from oitor, oisus, Lex. Thor. lin. 11; inf. parag. oetier, Rogat. Tribun. ap. Fest. p. 246 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 4), ūsus ( inf. utier, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 4; Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 13), 3, v. dep. [etym. dub.].

Prop., to use.

With abl.

To make use of, employ: cave... ne tibi hoc scipione malum magnum dem. Paeg. Jam utere eo, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 36: Th. Oh Epidicumne ego conspicor? Ep. Certe oculis utere, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 4:

hoc oculo,

id. Mil. 4, 7, 25:

sola potest animi per se natura... durare et sensibus uti,

Lucr. 3, 560:

de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2:

utinam, quem ad modum oratione sum usurus alienā, sic mihi ore uti liceret alieno,

id. Rep. 3, 5, 8:

utor neque perantiquis neque inhumanis ac feris testibus,

cite, appeal to, id. ib. 1, 37, 58:

neque enim accusatore muto neque teste quisquam utitur eo, qui de accusatoris subsellio surgit,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

num argumentis utendum in re ejus modi?

id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11:

mancipium, quo et omnes utimur, et non praebetur a populo,

id. ib. 2, 4, 5, §

9: quo interprete non ad linguam Graecam, sed ad furta et flagitia uti solebat,

id. ib. 2, 3, 37, §

84: ut postea numquam dextro (oculo) aeque bene usus sit,

Nep. Hann. 4, 3:

si licet exemplis in parvo grandibus uti,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 25:

viribus utendum est, quas fecimus,

Luc. 1, 347.—With ad: ad eam rem usus est tuā mihi operā Sa. Utere, ut vis, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 27:

earum (navium) materiā atque aere ad reliquas reficiendas utebatur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 31:

administris ad ea sacrificia Druidibus,

id. ib. 6, 16:

ut eā potestate ad quaestum uteretur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11:

ad quam rem (deus) motu mentis ac ratione utatur,

id. N. D. 1, 37, 104.—With pro:

utuntur aut aere aut taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis pro nummo,

Caes. B. G. 5, 12.—

Esp.

To manage, control, wield:

bene ut armis, optime ut equis uteretur,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:

nemo est quin eo ipso (equo), quo consuevit, libentius utatur quam intractato,

id. Lael. 19, 68.—

To spend, use:

velim cum illā videas ut sit qui utamur (sc. pecunia),

Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2:

tantis vectigalibus ad liberalitatem utens,

id. Fin. 2, 26, 84:

cum horis nostris nos essemus usi,

spent, exhausted, id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 30.— Absol.:

notum et quaerere et uti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57.—

To wear:

pellibus aut parvis renonum tegimentis utuntur, magnā corporis parte nudā,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin.:

ne insignibus quidem regiis Tullus nisi jussu populi est ausus uti,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31.—

To accept, adopt:

eā condicione, quae a Caesare ferretur, se usuros ostendebant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 11:

praeposteris enim utimur consiliis et acta agimus,

Cic. Lael. 22, 85.—

To resort to, consult:

neque Vectium ad se arcessit, quaestorem suum, cujus consilio uteretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 114:

oraculo,

Tac. A. 2, 54.—

Of a form or style of speech, sentiment, etc., to make, adopt, employ:

sermonibus morologis utier,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 21:

si provincia loqui posset, hac voce uteretur,

Cic. Div. in Caecin. 5, 19:

hac unā defensione,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 8:

haec oratio, quā me uti res publica coëgit,

id. Rosc. Am. 49, 143:

cum hortatione non egeas, non utar eā pluribus verbis,

id. Fam. 11, 5, 3:

illa criminatio, quā in me absentem usus est,

id. Agr. 3, 1, 3.—

To perform, exercise, practise, etc.:

crucior, patrem... nunc inprobi viri officio uti,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 14:

eādem nos disciplinā utimur,

id. As. 1, 3, 49; cf.:

nec vero habere virtutem satis est quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare: etsi ars quidem, cum eā non utare, scientiā ipsā teneri potest,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

diuturni silentii, quo eram his temporibus usus, finem hodiernus dies attulit,

observed, kept, id. Marcell. 1, 1:

eos (senes) ego fortasse nunc imitor et utor aetatis vitio,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 6:

ratione utuntur,

exercise moderation, Plaut. Cas. prol. 27:

ut anteponantur... ratione utentia rationis expertibus,

Cic. Top. 18, 69:

ne tu, leno, postules Te hic fide lenoniā uti: non potis,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 30:

viribus uteris per clivos,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10.—With adverb. acc.:

ut hoc utimur maxime more moro multum,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 1:

ita aperte ipsam rem locutus nil circuitione usus es,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 31.—

In gen., to use, enjoy, profit by, take advantage of, etc.: otio qui nescit uti plus negoti habet, quam, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 20, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 252 Vahl.): sinite... eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, quo jure sum usus adulescentior, i. e. enjoy, exercise, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 2:

commodius esse opinor duplici spe utier,

id. Phorm. 4, 2, 13:

serius a terrā provectae naves neque usae nocturnā aurā in redeundo offenderunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

commoda quibus utimur lucemque quā fruimur ab eo nobis dari,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131:

in maximo meo dolore hoc solacio utor, quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 11, 26 init.: usus est hoc cupidine, tamdiu, dum, etc., had the use of, i. e. borrowed, id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf.

I. B. 2. infra: utatur suis bonis oportet et fruatur, qui beatus futurus est,

id. N. D. 1, 37, 103:

propter nauticarum rerum scientiam plurimisque maritimis rebus fruimur atque utimur,

id. ib. 2, 60, 152:

si fortunā permittitis uti,

to try, take advantage of, Verg. A. 9, 240:

nostrā utere amicitiā, ut voles,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 38; cf.:

decet hunc ordinem... bene utier amicitiā,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 24:

libertate modice utantur,

Liv. 34, 49, 8:

deorum Muneribus sapienter uti,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 48:

Ofellam Integris opibus novi non latius usum Quam nunc accisis,

id. S. 2, 2, 113:

quia parvo nesciet uti,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 41:

temporibus sapienter utens,

taking advantage of, Nep. Epam. 3, 1.—Prov.: foro uti, to make one's market, i. e. accommodate one's prices, actions, etc., to circumstances, take advantage of events:

scisti uti foro,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 29.— Absol.:

opportunae sunt divitiae ut utare (sc. eis),

Cic. Lael. 6, 22.— With adverb. acc.:

ne Silius quidem quicquam utitur (sc. suis hortis),

Cic. Att. 12, 22, 3. —

Of passions, traits of character, etc., to indulge, practise, exercise, yield to, etc.:

inter nos amore utemur semper subrepticio?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 49:

alacritate ac studio,

Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

severitas, quā tu in iis rebus usus es,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:

usus est ipse incredibili patientiā,

id. Phil. 1, 4, 9: ego pervicaciam (esse hanc) aio, et eā me uti volo, Att. ap. Non. 433, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 5 Rib.):

dementer amoribus usa,

Ov. M. 4, 259.—With in and acc.:

ut suā clementiā ac mansuetudine in eos utatur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 14.—

To experience, undergo, receive, enjoy, etc., ne simili utamur fortunā atque usi sumus, Quom, etc., Ter. Phorm. prol. 31:

hoc honore usi togati solent esse,

Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32:

homines amplissimis usos honoribus,

id. Fl. 19, 45:

nobiles amplis honoribus usi,

Sall. J. 25, 4:

neminem curuli honore usum praeterierunt,

Liv. 34, 44, 4:

primus externorum usus illo honore quem majores Latio quoque negaverint,

Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 136: quoniam semel est odio civiliter usus, Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 41.—

To use as food or medicine, to take, drink, etc.:

lacte mero veteres usi memorantur et herbis,

Ov. F. 4, 369:

aquis frigidis,

Cels. 1, 1:

antidoto,

Scrib. Comp. 171:

medicamento,

id. ib. 228:

vino modice,

Cels. 8, 11:

ex altero (loco, i. e. ex lacu) ut pecus uti possit (sc. aquā),

Varr. R. R. 1, 11, 2.—

With the thing used, etc., as direct obj. (class. only in gerund. constr.; v. infra): nuptias abjeci, amicos utor primoris viros, Turp. ap. Non. p. 497, 15 (Com. Rel. v. 164 Rib.):

facilitatem vulgariam,

Nov. ib. 481, 21 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.):

res pulchras, quas uti solet,

id. ib. 500, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 69 ib.):

ita uti eum oportet libertatem,

Titin. ib. 481, 19 (Com. Rel. v. 98 ib.):

cetera quae volumus uti Graecā mercamur fide,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47:

dic mihi, an boni quid usquam'st, quod quisquam uti possiet,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 37:

diutine uti bene licet partum bene,

id. Rud. 4, 7, 15:

profecto uteris ut voles operam meam,

id. Poen. 5, 2, 128:

mea, quae praeter spem evenere, utantur sine,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 29:

BALINEVM... QVOD VSI FVERANT AMPLIVS ANNIS XXXX.,

Inscr. Orell. 202: si quid est, quod utar, utor: si non est, egeo, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23, 1:

oleam albam, quam voles uti, condito,

id. R. R. 118:

quam rem etiam nomine eodem medici utuntur,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 23:

ferrum,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 17, 4.—

Hence, esp. gerund. in phrases dare utendum, to lend; recipere or rogare or petere utendum, to borrow, etc. (class.;

freq. in Plaut.): quod datum utendum'st,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 7:

quae utenda vasa semper vicini rogant,

id. Aul. 1, 2, 18; 2, 4, 32; 2, 9, 4; id. Pers. 1, 3, 47 sq.; id. Mil. 2, 3, 76; id. Rud. 3, 1, 10: auris tibi contra utendas dabo, Enn. ap. Non. 506, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 364 Vahl.); Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 81:

quae bona is Heraclio omnia utenda ac possidenda tradiderat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 46:

te, quod utendum acceperis, reddidisse,

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36:

multa rogant utenda dari, data reddere nolunt,

Ov. A. A. 1, 433.—

Transf. (through the intermediate idea of having and using).

Pregn., to enjoy the friendship of any one; to be familiar or intimate with, to associate with a person.

With abl:

his Fabriciis semper est usus Oppianicus familiarissime,

Cic. Clu. 16, 46:

quā (Caeciliā) pater usus erat plurimum,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 27:

Trebonio multos annos utor valde familiariter,

id. Fam. 1, 3, 1:

Lucceius qui multum utitur Bruto,

id. Att. 16, 5, 3:

utere Pompeio Grospho,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 22:

quo pacto deceat majoribus uti,

id. ib. 1, 17, 2:

si sciret regibus uti,

ib. ib. 14:

ita me verebatur ut me formatore morum, me quasi magistro uteretur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 2.—

With acc.:

vilica vicinas aliasque mulieres quam minimum utatur,

Cato, R. R. 143, 1.—

To be in possession of a thing, esp. to have, hold, or find a thing in some particular mode or character; with abl.:

mihi si unquam filius erit, ne ille facili me utetur patre,

he shall find an indulgent father in me, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 5; cf.:

patre usus est diligente et diti,

Nep. Att. 1, 2:

bonis justisque regibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50:

quae (sc. libertas) non in eo est, ut justo utamur domino, sed ut nullo,

id. ib. 2, 23, 43; cf. id. Fin. 1, 1, 2:

hic vide quam me sis usurus aequo,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

ut is illis benignis usus est ad commodandum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 3, §

6: ne bestiis quoque immanioribus uteremur,

id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:

me Capitolinus convictore usus amicoque A puero est,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 95:

uteris monitoribus isdem,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 154:

valetudine non bonā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

quo (sc. Philoctete) successore sagittae Herculis utuntur,

Ov. M. 13, 52.— Absol.:

nam pol placidum te et clementem eo usque modo ut volui usus sum in alto (= placidum te esse ut volui, sic te usus sum),

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 8.—Hence, P. a.: ūtens, ntis, m., possessing, that possesses:

utentior sane sit,

i. e. a larger possessor, richer, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.

rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. paragog. rogarier, Cic. Caecin. 33, 95:

rogassint, for rogaverint,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 9), v. a. [etym. dub.; perh. for progo; kindr. with Sanscr. prac, to ask, whence also precor and procus, but referred by Corss. to the same root with Sanscr. rgus, straight; Gr. oregô; Lat. rego, rex, rogus, Krit. Beit. p. 93], to ask, question, interrogate one about a thing.

Lit.

In gen. (so generally throughout ante-class. Lat.; less. freq. in Cic.; syn.: percontor, sciscitor, quaero), constr. aliquem aliquid, or simply aliquem, aliquid, with de, a rel.-clause, or absol. (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 393). ( a) Aliquem aliquid (class. only with acc. of neutr. pron. or adj., or with sententiam; v. infra, B. 1.):

aliud te rogo,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 70:

haud istuc te rogo,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 49:

quin tu id me rogas,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 24:

hoc te rogo, quos locos adisti?

id. Trin. 4, 2, 85; cf.:

rogare hoc unum te volo,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 17:

dic mihi hoc, quod te rogo,

id. Men. 5, 5, 16; id. Most. 3, 1, 130; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 1, 5, 64 et saep.; Ter. And. 4, 4, 12 sq.:

ego patriam te rogo, quae sit tua,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 83; cf.:

hanc (colubram) alia cum rogaret causam facinoris, Respondit, etc.,

Phaedr. 4, 17, 5. —

Aliquem or aliquid:

quos rogo,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 6:

quem ego igitur rogem?

Ter. And. 4, 4, 10:

ecquem hominem tu novisti? te rogo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 15; men' or me rogas? also, rogas me? in colloq. lang., do you ask that of me? how can you ask? what do you mean by asking that? Eu. Quid ego facerem? Ch. Quid tu faceres? men' rogas? requireres, Rogitares, etc., id. Merc. 3, 4, 48; Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 11; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 5; 4, 5, 32; id. Ad. 1, 2, 2; 4, 5, 31 al.; cf.:

quid me istud rogas? inquam: Stoicos roga,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

hoc quod rogo responde,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 32; id. Curc. 2, 1, 30; 5, 3, 30; id. Ps. 4, 2, 12 al.; Ter. And. 4, 4, 23; Suet. Caes. 82.—

With de:

jam de istoc rogare omitte,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 90; so,

de istac virgine,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:

de te ipso,

Cic. Vatin. 4, 10.—

With interrog.-clause:

rogant me servi, quo eam?

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 83: roga ipsum, quemadmodum ego eum Arimini acceperim, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 383, 8:

quodsi me populus Romanus forte roget, cur Non, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 70:

quae sit, rogo,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 97:

rogo, num quid velit,

id. Eun. 2, 3, 50:

rogavi pervenissetne Agrigentum?

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27:

unde venis? et Quo tendis? rogat et respondet,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 63:

quid verum atque decens curo et rogo,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 11. —

Absol.:

prius respondes quam rogo,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 119:

roganti respondebo,

id. ib. 3, 1, 17:

non edepol nunc, ubi terrarum, sim, scio, si quis roget,

id. Am. 1, 1, 180:

quin tu ergo rogas?

id. As. 1, 1, 15: Ty. Quid ego deliqui? He. Rogas? id. Capt. 3, 5, 2; so id. Rud. 3, 6, 22; id. Cas. 2, 3, 35; id. Bacch. 2, 2, 28; 38 al.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 136; 1, 2, 13; 1, 5, 32 al.; cf. Cic. Mil. 22, 59: etiam rogas? [p. 1599] do you dare to ask? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 21; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 97; id. Merc. 1, 2, 92; Ter. And. 4, 4, 23 (v. etiam). — Particularly as subst.:

numquam nobis ad rogatum respondent,

Cic. Fl. 4, 10. —

In partic. (class. in all per.).

Publicists' t. t.

Rogare aliquem (sententiam), to ask one for his opinion or vote:

Racilius Marcellinum primum rogavit. Is sententiam dixit, ut, etc.... Postea Racilius de privatis me primum sententiam rogavit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2:

quos priores sententiam rogabat,

id. Rep. 2, 20, 35. — Pass.:

cum omnes ante me rogati gratias Caesari egissent, ego rogatus mutavi meum consilium,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

scito primum me non esse rogatum sententiam,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

primus rogatus sententiam,

Sall. C. 50, 4:

is enim primus rogatus sententiam,

Liv. 37, 14; Quint. 6, 3, 97 al.:

propter ipsam rem, de quā sententiae rogantur, consultabitur,

id. 3, 8, 18. —

Rogare populum or legem, or absol., prop., to ask the people about a law; hence, in gen., to bring the plan of a law before the people for their approval; to propose a law, introduce a bill:

in aes incidi jubebitis credo illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.: T. Quinctius Crispinus consul populum jure rogavit populusque jure scivit in foro pro rostris... quicumque post hanc legem rogatam rivos, specus, etc., an old legal formula ap. Front. Aquaed. 129:

plebem,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

legem,

id. Rep. 3, 10, 17; id. Phil. 2, 29, 72; cf.:

quae (leges) non in perpetuum rogentur,

Quint. 2, 4, 40. — Absol.:

ego hanc legem, uti rogas, jubendam censeo,

Liv. 10, 8 fin.; Quint. 2, 4, 35. — Impers. pass.:

nunc rogari, ut populus consules creet,

Liv. 4, 2.—

Rogare populum magistratum, and simply magistratum, to propose a magistrate to the people for their choice, to offer him for election:

factum senatus consultum, ut duo viros aediles ex patribus dictator populum rogaret,

Liv. 6, 42 fin.; cf.:

L. Trebonius tribunus plebis rogationem tulit, ut qui plebem Romanam tribunos plebi rogaret, is usque eo rogaret dum, etc.,

id. 3, 65, 4:

(Caesar) volet, ut consules roget praetor vel dictatorem dicat: quorum neutrum jus est,

Cic. Att. 9, 15, 2; cf.:

praetores, cum ita rogentur, ut collegae consulibus sint, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 9, 3:

hodieque in legibus magistratibusque rogandis usurpatur idem jus,

Liv. 1, 17:

comitia consulibus rogandis habuit,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33; Liv. 26, 22; 38, 42; cf. id. 23, 31; 22, 35:

Calpurnius Romam ad magistratus rogandos proficiscitur,

Sall. J. 29, 6.— Absol.:

mortuo rege Pompilio Tullum Hostilium populus regem, interrege rogante, comitiis curiatis creavit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31.—

Milit. t. t.: rogare milites sacramento, qs. to ask the soldiers if they will take and keep an oath, i. e. to bind them by an oath, administer an oath to them, Caes. B. G. 6, 1; Liv. 32, 26; 35, 2 fin.; 40, 26; cf. Quint. 12, 2, 26. —

Jurid. t. t., to ask a person if he will promise something in making an agreement; to propose a stipulation:

quod fere novissimā parte pactorum ita solet inseri: rogavit Titius, spopondit Maevius, haec verba non tantum pactionis loco accipiuntur sed etiam stipulationis,

Dig. 1, 14, 7, § 12; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 114; 4, 6, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 37.

Transf., to ask, beg, request, solicit one for a thing (so predominantly in the class. per.; syn.: posco, oro, obsecro, ambio, capto); constr. aliquem (rarely ab aliquo) aliquid, aliquem, aliquid, with ut, ne, or absol.

With acc.:

quā confidentiā rogare argentum me tantum audes, Impudens? Quin si egomet totus veneam, vix recipi potis est, Quod tu me rogas,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 40:

hoc te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo,

Cic. Fam. 13, 43 fin.:

nefas sit tale aliquid et facere rogatum et rogare... Haec igitur lex in amicitiā sanciatur, ut neque rogemus res turpes nec faciamus rogati,

id. Lael. 11, 39 sq.: otium divos rogat, Hor. c. 2, 16, 1; cf.:

divitias deos,

Mart. 4, 77, 1:

a Metello missionem,

Sall. J. 64, 1:

ut ab avunculo rogetur Aethiops,

Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63:

rogo te, vos, etc., parenthet.: rogo te, videte, quibus hominibus negotium detis, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 10, 26:

rogo vos, quis potest sine offulā vivere?

Suet. Claud. 40:

illae Priami rogantis Achillem preces,

Quint. 10, 1, 50: taurum de aquā per fundum ejus ducenda rogabo, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4:

ambiuntur, rogantur,

are asked for their votes, id. Rep. 1, 31, 47:

etiamsi precario essent rogandi,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 23, § 59:

transisse Rhenum sese non suā sponte sed rogatum et arcessitum a Gallis,

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

ille ab Sardis rogatus ad causam accesserat,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 63:

in proximum annum consulatum peteres, vel potius rogares... a quā (Galliā) nos tum, cum consulatus petebatur, non rogabatur, etc.,

was not begged for, id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

abii ad praetorem, rogo syngraphum: Datur mihi,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 6:

aquam,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 2:

legatos ad Caesarem mittunt rogatum auxilium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11; cf. id. ib. 7, 5:

aliquid ab aliquo (rare),

Auct. Her. 4, 50; Sall. J. 64, 1:

cultrum, securim, etc.... Quae utenda vasa semper vicini rogant,

ask for, borrow, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 18; id. Mil. 2, 3, 76; Dig. 18, 6, 16.—

With ut or ne (so most freq.):

scitin' quid ego vos rogo? mihi ut praeconium detis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 92; id. Stich. 1, 3, 93:

id ut facias, vehementer te rogo,

Cic. Fam. 13, 44:

etiam atque etiam te rogo atque oro, ut eum juves,

id. ib. 13, 66, 2:

rogat et orat Dolabellam, ut, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 29, § 72:

cum rogat et prece cogit Scilicet ut, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 2; Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 1; id. B. G. 1, 7:

videbatur rogare, scalas ut darem utendas sibi,

that I would lend, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 10; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 5; 4, 13, 11; 4, 28, 3.— With a simple final clause without ut:

Caesar consolatus rogat, finem orandi faciat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Quint. 6, 3, 88; 9, 3, 68; Ov. Ib. 643; and very freq. ap. Plin. Ep.; e. g. 1, 2, 1; 1, 5, 8; 1, 20, 24; 2, 5, 2; 3, 2, 6; 5, 19, 8; 7, 6, 11; 8, 17, 6.—With ne:

rogat frater, ne abeas longius,

Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 1:

ac te illud primum rogabo, ne quid invitus meā causā facias,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 2. —

Absol.: neque enim ego sic rogabam, ut petere viderer, quia familiaris esset meus (Plancus), etc., did not solicit in such a way as to, etc., Cic. Planc. 10, 25 (differing from a):

in blandiendo, rogando lenis et summissa (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 63:

patrem et filium pro vitā rogantes,

Suet. Aug. 13; cf.:

pro aliquo,

id. ib. 40; id. Vit. 12.—

Esp., to invite, ask a visit from any one:

Tertia aderit, modo ne Publius rogatus sit,

Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1 fin.:

Pomponiam Terentia rogat,

id. Att. 2, 3, 3 fin. — With ad or in and acc.:

ad Palatium,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 48, 1:

in senatum,

id. Heliog. 4, 1:

ad convivium,

Just. 43, 3, 10:

ad nuptias,

Amm. 14, 6, 24:

in consilium,

Gell. 14, 2, 9.—

Prov.:

malo emere quam rogare, of a thing that does not cost much,

I had rather buy than borrow it, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12; cf. supra, a and b. —

In gen., to seek, bring, take:

aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 75:

hujus (purpurae) exemplum aliunde rogabo, tibi quod ostendam (cf.: exemplum quaeritent, etc., in context),

Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.

tam, adv. [orig. acc. fem. of the demonstrative root ta-; cf.: tum, tamen], correlative of quam, so, so much, as.

As comparative adverb, demonstrative with correlative quam, introducing comparative clauses of like intensity.

As adjunct of adjectives or participles the intensity of which is expressed by a comparative clause, tam... quam = as... as; negatively, non (neque, nihil, etc.) tam... quam = not so... as.

In comparison between two adjj.:

tam esse clemens tyrannus quam rex importunus potest,

a tyrant may be as mild as a king may be harsh, Cic. Rep. 1, 33, 50 (B. and K. bracket rex):

non tam solido quam splendido nomine,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

tam culpae hostium justus existimator quam gloriosus victor,

Val. Max. 3, 8, 1:

adjuro, tam me tibi vera referre Quam veri majora fide,

things as true as they are beyond belief, Ov. M. 3, 659:

quorum vires quam repentinae tam breves,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 7, 2.—Negatively:

non enim tam praeclarum est scire Latine quam turpe nescire,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140:

ut illa... non tam mirabilia sunt, quam conjecta belle,

id. Div. 2, 31, 66; 2, 36, 76: nec tam Turpe fuit vinci [p. 1836] quam contendisse decorum est, Ov. M. 9, 5. —Tam preceded by comp. clause:

maximeque eam pestilentiam insignem mors quam matura tam acerba M. Furi fecit,

Liv. 7, 1, 8:

quam magni nominis bellum est, tam difficilem existimaritis victoriam fore,

id. 21, 43, 11:

donec quam felices seditiones, tam honorati seditionum auctores essent,

id. 4, 2, 4. —

In a comparison between degrees of intensity, etc., of the same adjective.

As in relative clauses, the adjective repeated (so esp. in Plaut.;

not repeated in English): tam liquidus est quam liquida tempestas esse solet,

as serene as the weather is wont to be, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 64:

quam placida'st aqua,

id. ib. 3, 2, 165:

tam frictum ego illum reddam quam frictum est cicer,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 7.—Negatively:

nemo orator tam multa scripsit quam multa sunt nostra,

Cic. Or. 30, 168:

tametsi non tam multum in istis rebus intellego quam multa vidi,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94.—

The adjective not repeated.

The terms of comparison being nouns or pronouns:

tam ego fui ante liber quam gnatus tuus ( = quam liber gnatus tuus est),

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 60:

fieret corium tam maculosum quam est nutricis pallium,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 30:

tam mihi mea vita quam tua Tibi cara est,

id. Cas. 3, 6, 43:

ni illam mihi tam tranquillam facis quam mare est,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 145:

tam crebri ad terram decidebant quam pira,

id. ib. 2, 38:

tam excoctam reddam atque atram quam carbo'st,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 63:

quom fervit maxume, tam placidum (eum) quam ovem reddo,

id. ib. 4, 1, 18:

tam sum misericors quam vos, tam mitis quam qui lenissimus,

Cic. Sull. 31, 87:

tam gratum mihi id erit quam quod gratissimum,

id. Fam. 13, 3:

nulla ingenia tam prona ad invidiam sunt quam eorum qui genus ac fortunam suam animis non aequant,

Liv. 45, 22:

nihil est tam violentum quam magna vis aquae,

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

(cum sit) tam aurum et argentum quam aes Corinthium ( = cum aurum et argentum tam sit Corinthium quam aes),

Quint. 8, 2, 8:

(ira) tam inutilis animi minister est quam miles qui signum receptui neglegit,

Sen. Ira, 1, 9, 2.—

Negatively: neque opes nostrae tam sunt validae quam tuae,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 20:

nihil esse tam detestabile tamque pestiferum quam voluptatem,

Cic. Sen. 12, 41:

neque tam condenso corpore nubes esse queunt quam sunt lapides, neque autem tam tenues quam nebulae,

Lucr. 6, 101.—Virtually negative:

quod enim tam infidum mare quam blanditiae principum? ( = nullum tam infidum mare, etc.),

Plin. Pan. 66. — With comp. pregn. (very rare): istam dextram non tam in bellis et proeliis quam in promissis et fide firmiorem, i. e. whose superior trustworthiness is not so much in wars, etc., Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

vectigal ex agro eorum capimus, quod nobis non tam fructu jucundius est, quam ultione,

Liv. 28, 39, 13. —

With quam in subst.-clause:

quicquid mali hic Pisistratus non fecerit, tam gratum est quam si alium facere prohibuerit,

Cic. Att. 8, 16, 2.—Negatively:

juris interpretatio, quae non tam mihi molesta sit propter laborem quam quod dicendi cogitationem auferat,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 12. —

Virtually negative: quid autem tam exiguum quam est munus hoc eorum qui consuluntur?

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14.—

With quam in adverb.-clause:

cupam facito tam crassam quam modioli postulant,

Cato, R. R. 21, 1:

si era mea sciat tam socordem esse quam sum,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 5:

tua est imago: tam consimili'st quam potest,

id. Men. 5, 9, 4:

sororem tam similem quam lacte lacti est,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 87.—

Tam with advv.: tam... quam = as ( so)... as; negatively = not so... as.

Comparing an adv. with another adv. or adverb. clause: satin' istuc mihi exquisitum est...? Ar. Tam satis quam numquam hoc invenies secus, with as full certainty as that you will never find this otherwise, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 106.—Virtually negative:

quis umquam obeundi negotii studio tam brevi tempore tot loca adire potuit, quam celeriter Cn. Pompejo duce tanti belli impetus navigavit?

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34. —After quam:

nam dictaturam quam pertinaciter ei deferebat populus, tam constanter repulit,

Vell. 2, 89, 5 (the repetition of the adverb is especially frequent in tam diu... quam diu; v. tamdiu).—

The adverb understood after quam: sed tu novisti fidicinam? Tr. Tam facile quam me (quam facile me novi), Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 72:

tam facile vinces quam pirum volpes comest,

id. Most. 3, 1, 26:

tam hercle certe quam ego ted, ac tu me vides,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 77:

tam audacter (ibis intro) quam domum ad te,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 109:

tam facile quam tu arbitraris,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10:

tam cito evertetur quam navis, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:

nihil tam cito redditur quam a speculo imago,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 4, 2. —

Negatively: (ira) quia non tam cito in alium quam vult erumpit,

Sen. Ira, 1, 19, 4.—Virtually negative (very freq.):

quasi vero quidquam sit tam valde, quam nihil sapere, vulgare,

Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81. — With sup. adv.: quam potes tam verba confer maxime ad compendium = as much as you can (hence the idiomatic expression: quam maxime = as much as possible), Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 184. —

With verbs: tam... quam = as much... as, as well... as; negatively: non tam... quam, not so much... as.

One verb compared with another:

nam quod edit tam duim quam perduim,

for what he can eat I would give as much as lose, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 6:

vellem tam domestica ferre possem quam ista contemnere,

Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:

utinam tam non pigeat ista facere quam non displicebit,

Quint. 2, 5, 17:

Tyrus et ipsa tam movetur quam diluitur,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 26, 5.—Negatively:

fit quoque enim interdum ut non tam concurrere nubes frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,

Lucr. 6, 115.—

The same verb repeated or understood after quam; the compared terms being,

Nouns or pronouns: tam mihi quam illi libertatem hostilis eripuit manus;

tam ille apud nos servit quam ego hic apud te servio,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 61:

tam hic scit me habere (pecuniam) quam egomet (i. e. scio),

id. Aul. 3, 6, 12:

quam tu filium tuum, tam me pater me meus desiderat,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 6:

tam huic loqui licere oportet quam isti,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 58:

tam tibi istuc credo quam mihi,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 25:

haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137:

tam moveor quam tu, Luculle,

id. ib. 2, 46, 141:

tamque id... tuendum conservandumque nobis est quam illud, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 4, 17: amurcam periti agricolae tam in doliis condunt quam oleum aut vinum ( as well as), Varr. R. R. 1, 61:

tam natura putarem vitam hominis sustentari quam vitis, quam arboris,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 56:

sicut pueris, qui tam parentibus amissis flebunt quam nucibus,

Sen. Ira. 1, 12, 4:

meliorque tam sibi quam aliis faciendus (est),

id. ib. 1, 15, 1:

tam solstitium quam aequinoctium suos dies rettulit (i. e. solstitium tam rettulit dies quam rettulit aequinoctium),

id. Q. N. 3, 16, 3:

quoniam orationis tam ornatus quam perspicuitas aut in singulis verbis est aut in pluribus positus (i. e. ornatus tam positus est quam perspicuitas),

Quint. 8, 3, 15. — This construction passes into mere co - ordination: tam vera quam falsa cernimus, as well... as, almost = both... and, Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 111: repentina res, quia quam causam nullam tam ne fidem quidem habebat ( = ut causam nullam, sic ne fidem quidem; cf.

sic),

Liv. 8, 27, 10; so Sall. J. 31, 16; id. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; cf. Liv. 33, 17, 9; Sen. Q. N. 4, 13, 4. —

Negatively: non tam meapte causa Laetor quam illius,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 8:

nihil est quod tam obtundat elevetque aegritudinem... quam meditatio condicionis humanae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 34:

quae compararat non tam suae delectationis causa quam ad invitationes adventusque nostrorum hominum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

cujus me facti paenituit non tam propter periculum meum quam propter vitia multa quae,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 2:

qua nulla in re tam utor quam in hac civili et publica,

id. Att. 2, 17, 2:

neque eos tam istius hominis perditi subita laetitia quam hominis amplissimi nova gratulatio movebat,

id. Verr. 1, 8, 21:

Iliensibus Rhoeteum addiderunt, non tam ob recentia ulla merita quam originum memoria,

Liv. 38, 39, 10.—

Object-inff.:

qualis est istorum oratio qui omnia non tam esse quam videri volunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

quid enim tam pugnat, quam non modo miserum, sed omnino quidquam esse qui non sit,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

virtute ipsa non tam multi praediti esse quam videri volunt,

id. Lael. 26, 98.—

Subject-inff. or dependent clauses:

ego illud argentum tam paratum filio Scio esse, quam me hunc scipionem contui ( = tam scio, argentum paratum esse, quam scio me, etc.),

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 109:

Parmenonis tam scio esse hanc techinam quam me vivere,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 51:

tam teneor dono quam si dimittar onustus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 18:

Acrisium Tam violasse deum quam non agnosse nepotem Paenitet,

Ov. M. 4, 613:

tam perdis operam cum illi irasceris, quam cum illum alteri precaris iratum,

Sen. Ira, 2, 30, 2.—Negatively (so most freq.):

nihil est quod tam deceat quam in omni re gerenda servare constantiam,

Cic. Off. 1, 34, 125:

eundum igitur est, nec tam ut belli quam ut fugae socii simus,

id. Att. 9, 2, a, 3:

nec tam quaerendum est, dolor malumne sit, quam firmandus animus ad dolorem ferendum,

id. Tusc. 2, 12, 28:

non tam ut prosim causis elaborare soleo, quam ut ne quid obsim,

id. Or. 2, 72, 295:

cum ego te non tam vitandi laboris mei causa quam quia tua id interesse arbitrarer, hortatus essem,

id. Top. 1, 2:

auxilia convenerant non tam Vejentium gratia concitata, quam quod in spem ventum erat, etc.,

Liv. 2, 44, 7:

Boji defecerunt, nec tam ob veteres in populum Romanum iras, quam quod, etc.,

id. 21, 25, 2. — So with causal clauses, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; id. Or. 3, 30, 119; id. Sest. 64, 135; Liv. 8, 19, 3. —

With quam in adverb.-clause:

tam confido quam poti'st,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 1; and in Cicero's epistolary style, tam esse with predicative force (like ita esse, sic esse;

v. sic): atque ego haec tam esse quam audio non puto ( = tam male esse),

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 9.—

Tam with a neg. is sometimes followed by sed with an independent clause, instead of a comp. clause:

quidam autem non tam id reprehendunt, si remissius agatur, sed tantum studium tamque multam operam ponendam in eo non arbitrantur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 1 Madv. ad loc.; cf.:

quae (suaviloquentia) quidem non tam est in plerisque... sed est ea laus eloquentiae certe maxima,

id. Brut. 15, 58.—

With esse and predic. noun:

tam ea est quam poti'st nostra erilis concubina,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 47:

equidem tam sum servos quam tu,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 11:

tam ego homo sum quam tu,

id. As. 2, 4, 83:

nam id nobis tam flagitium'st quam illa Non facere,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 68:

tam es tu judex quam ego senator,

Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

tam sum amicus rei publicae quam qui maxime,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 6.—With prep. and its case as predicate:

tam hoc quidem tibi in proclivi quam imber quando pluit,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 86:

qui non defendit, nec obsistit, si potest, injuriae, tam est in vitio quam si parentes, etc., deserat,

Cic. Off. 1, 7, 23. —

Negatively: nihil est tam contra naturam quam turpitudo,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 35. —

With quasi in place of quam:

tam a me pudica est quasi soror mea sit,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 51. —

Quam... tam with compp. = quanto... tanto or quo... eo (ante-class. and poet.): quam magis aerumna urget, tam magis ad malefaciendum viget, Enn. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 303 Vahl.):

quam magis adspecto, tam magis est nimbata,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 138:

magis quam id reputo, tam magis uror quae meus filius turbavit,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 5:

quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,

id. As. 1, 3, 6:

quo quaeque magis sunt aspera semina eorum, Tam magis in somnis eadem saevire necessust,

Lucr. 4, 999:

quae quanto magis inter se perplexa coibant, Tam magis expressa ea quae mare... efficerent,

id. 5, 453:

tam magis illa fremens et tristibus effera flammis, Quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae,

Verg. A. 7, 787.—With quanto for quam:

quanto magis aetheris aestus cogebant terram, Tam magis, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 484. —With rel. adv. for quam:

verum ubicumque magis denso sunt agmine nubes, tam magis hinc... fremitus fit,

Lucr. 6, 99. — Ellips. of tam:

quam magis specto. minus placet mihi hominis facies,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 19.—

Quam... tam with superll. = quanto... tanto or quo... eo (mostly anteclass.; cf.

the class.: ut quisque maxime... ita maxime): quam citissime conficies, tam maxime expediet,

Cato, R. R. 64 (65):

oleum quam diutissime in amurca erit, tam deterrimum erit,

id. ib. 64 (65):

quam acerbissima olea oleum facies, tam oleum optumum erit,

id. ib. 65 (66): quam plurimum [p. 1837] erit, tam citissime canus fiet, id. ib. 157 (158) med.:

quam ad probos propinquitate proxume te adjunxeris, tam optumum est,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 59:

quam maxime huic vana haec suspicio erit, tam facillime patris pacem in leges conficiet suas,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 44:

quam vos facillime agitis, quam estis maxume Potentes, dites, fortunati, nobiles: tam maxime vos aequo animo aequa noscere Oportet,

id. Ad. 3, 4, 56:

quam paucissimos reliqueris, tam optimi fiunt in alendo,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

quam quisque pessume fecit, tam maxume tutus est,

Sall. J. 31, 14. —

With quam in immediate succession (to be distinguished from the conj. tamquam, as if):

nam, si a mare abstinuissem, tam quam hoc uterer ( = tam illo uterer quam hoc),

Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 26:

tam quam proserpens bestia (iste) est bilinguis et scelestus ( = tam bilinguis quam, etc.),

id. Fers. 2, 4, 28: esne tu huic amicus? To. Tam quam di omnes qui caelum colunt, id. ib. 4, 4, 32: vide, homo ut hominem noveris. Sy. Tam quam me, id. Trin. 4, 2, 68: nostine? Da. Tam quam te, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 15 (for tam diu, with or without quam, quam diu, etc., v. tamdiu).

With a comp. clause understood.

With a comp. clause to be supplied from a preceding sentence:

quae faciliora sunt philosophis... quia tam graviter cadere non possunt (sc. quam alii),

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73:

cur corporis curandi causa quaesita sit ars, animi autem medicina nec tam desiderata sit..., nec tam culta (i. e. quam corporis medicina),

id. Tusc. 3, 1, 1:

nihil umquam tam eleganter explicabunt (i. e. quam Plato),

id. ib. 1, 23, 55:

non conturbat me expectatio tua, etsi nihil est eis, qui placere volunt, tam adversarium,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

sed ea (plebs) nequaquam tam laeta Quinctium vidit (i. e. quam ejus amici),

Liv. 3, 26, 12: nec minora consequi potuit (Maecenas);

sed non tam concupivit (sc. quam Agrippa),

Vell. 2, 88, 2: nec tibi tam longis opus est ambagibus usquam, nec me tam multam hic operam consumere par est (i. e. quam consumere opus sit, si haec tractare velim), Lucr 6, 1079; so, tam gratia est (colloq.) = non accipio, sed tam gratia est quam esset si acciperem, I thank you just as much; no, thank you:

bene vocas (ad prandium): tam gratia'st,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36: cenabis apud me. Ep. Locata'st opera nunc quidem:

tam gratia'st,

id. Stich. 3, 2, 18: quin tu, quidquid opus'st, audacter imperas? Ps. Tam gratia'st. Bene est tibi;

nolo tibi molestos esse nos,

id. Ps. 2, 4, 23 (in this formula, however, tam is explained by some as a shortened form for tamen; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Men. 386, and v. IV. infra).—

With a general comp. clause understood ( = sic, ita), so ( so much) as I do, as you do, as he did, as I said before, as he is, as you are, etc.

With adjj.: ut vos servem sedulo, quos tam grandi sim mercatus pecunia, have bought you at so high a price, i. e. as I have, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 8: qui nummi exciderunt quod terram sic obtuere? quid vos maestos tam tristisque conspicor? (sc. as I do, as you are), id. Bacch. 4, 4, 17:

equidem miror, tam catam, tam doctam te et bene eductam, non scire stulte facere,

id. Most. 1, 3, 29:

ordine cum videas tam certo multa creari,

Lucr. 5, 735:

deus ille fuit qui ista in tam tranquillo et tam clara luce locavit,

id. 5, 12:

quorsum igitur tam multa de voluptate?

Cic. Sen. 12, 44:

ut mihi quidem, qui tam magno animo fuerit innocens damnatus esse videatur,

id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100:

inter ista tam magnifica verba tamque praeclara,

id. Fin. 2, 23, 77:

quis est qui complet aures meas tantus et tam dulcis sonus?

as I hear, id. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

tollite hanc: nullam tam pravae sententiae causam reperietis,

id. Phil. 14, 1, 3: et tamen veremur ut hoc quod a tam multis perferatur natura patiatur? ( as it is, sc. suffered), id. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:

ut tam in praecipitem locum non debeat se sapiens committere,

id. Ac. 2, 21, 68:

tam necessario tempore, tam propinquis hostibus,

at so urgent a time as this, Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 6:

supra triginta quinque milia hostium fuerant, ex quibus tam exigua pars pugnae superfuit,

Liv. 39, 31, 14:

tam constantem defensionem Scipionis universus senatus comprobavit,

Val. Max. 3, 7, 1: ceterum... ne tam praeclara lex... oblitteraretur, id. 2, 8, 1:

qui tam crudelem tyrannum occideret,

id. 3, 1, 2:

ne illo quidem tam misero tamque luctuoso tempore civitas nostra virtutis suae oblita est,

id. 3, 2, 7:

tam contraria est pestis,

Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:

tam parvo distat ibi tanta rerum naturae diversitas,

id. 5, 11, 12, § 65; so, tamne (cf. sicine):

tamne indignus videar?

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 77.—And with sup.:

nondum erat vestris tam gravissimis tamque multis judiciis concisus,

of so great weight, Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 11.—

With advv.:

alienus quom ejus incommodum tam aegre feras, quid me patrem par facere est?

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 37:

quid est negotii quod tu tam subito domo abeas?

id. Am. 1, 3, 4:

unde ego nunc tam subito huic argentum inveniam miser?

Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 1:

quia (anima cum corpore) tam conjuncta atque leniter apta'st,

Lucr. 5, 559:

jam mallem Cerberum metueres quam ista tam inconsiderata diceres,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12:

ista tam aperte et per versa et falsa,

id. Ac. 2, 18, 60:

cum ex co quaereretur cur tam diu vellet esse in vita,

id. Sen. 5, 13:

me pudet tam cito de sententia esse dejectum,

id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14:

etsi hoc quidem est in vitio, dissolutionem naturae tam valde perhorrescere,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 31:

an melius fuerit rationem non dari omnino, quam tam munifice et tam largiter,

as I have shown, id. N. D. 3, 27, 69:

nam quod jus civile tam vehementer amplexus es,

id. Or. 1, 55, 274:

quid tu, inquit, tam mane?

id. Rep. 1, 9, 14: cur hunc tam temere ( as mentioned before) quisquam ab officio discessurum judicaret? Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

quod sua victoria tam insolenter gloriarentur,

id. ib. 1, 14:

cum tam procul a finibus Macedoniae absint,

Liv. 39, 27, 6: non digna exempla quae tam breviter ( as I am going to do) nisi majoribus urgerer, referrentur, Val. Max. 2, 7, 5:

qualis esset quem tam diu tamque valde timuissent,

Nep. Eum. 11, 2; and with sup.: tam maturrime comparavisse, Cato ap. Charis. p. 184 P.—With adverb. abl.: tam crepusculo fere ut amant, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 77; cf.:

tam vesperi,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 15; v. III. B. 3. infra.—

With verbs:

ut, ni meum gnatum tam amem, tua jam virgis latera lacerentur probe,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 10:

quid, cedo, te, obsecro, tam abhorret hilaritudo?

id. Cist. 1, 1, 55:

quid tam properas?

id. Pers. 4, 6, 11:

cum te video nostrae familiae Tam ex animo factum velle ( = te tam velle nostrae familiae ex animo factum),

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 21:

age, quaeso, ne tam obfirma te, Chreme,

id. Heaut. 5, 5, 8:

non pol temere'st quod tu tam times,

id. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 9: Sy. Eamus, namque hic properat in Cyprum. Sa. Ne tam quidem, implying a corresponding gesture, id. Ad. 2, 4, 14:

quam si explicavisset, non tam haesitaret,

i. e. as he does, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 18.—Sometimes with an adv. to be supplied:

quid ergo hanc, quaeso, tractas tam ( = tam male, or implying a corresponding gesture),

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 31:

Graecos in eo reprehendit quod mare tam secuti sunt ( = tam vulgo. or tam temere),

Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 9; v. I. C. 2. d, supra. — With esse and predic. noun:

numquam ego te tam esse matulam credidi,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 72.—

Preceded and strengthened by a demonstrative adjective (order: 1. demonstr., 2. tam, 3. adjective, 4. noun; or, 1. demonstr., 2. noun, 3. tam, 4. adjective).

After hic:

etiamne haec tam parva civitas, tam procul a manibus tuis remota, praedae tibi et quaestui fuit?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 37, § 85:

hunc hominem tam crudelem, tam sceleratum, tam nefarium nolunt judicare,

id. ib. 2, 2, 31, §

77: hunc tamen hominem tam audacem, tam nefarium, tam nocentem,

id. Clu. 14, 42:

haec mea oratio tam longa aut tam alte repetita,

id. Sest. 13, 31:

in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

hanc tam taetram, tam horribilem tamque infestam rei publicae pestem,

id. Cat. 1, 5, 11:

in hac tam clara re publica natus,

id. Rep. 1, 19, 31:

hanc rem publicam tam praeclare fundatam,

id. Par. 1, 2, 10:

haec tam crebra Etruriae concilia,

Liv. 5, 5, 8:

in his tam parvis atque tam nullis,

Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 2:

quorsum haec tam putida tendant,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 21:

hac tam prospera pugna nuntiata,

Curt. 3, 11, 16.—

After ille:

ille homo tam locuples, tam honestus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11: illud argentum tam praeclarum ac tam nobile, id. ib. 2, 4, 20, §

44: illud tam grave bellum,

Val. Max. 5, 6, ext. 1:

ne illo quidem tam misero tamque luctuoso tempore,

id. 3, 2, 7.—

After iste:

tamenne ista tam absurda defendes?

Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 81:

ista admonitio tua tam accurata,

id. Att. 6, 1, 20:

quae est ista tam infesta ira?

Liv. 7, 30, 15:

iste tam justus hostis, tam misericors victor,

Curt. 4, 10, 34.—

After id ipsum:

id ipsum tam mite ac tam moderatum imperium,

Liv. 1, 48, 9.—

After tot:

jacere necesse sit tot tam nobiles disciplinas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 147:

tot tam valida oppida,

Liv. 5, 54, 5:

tot tam opulenti tyranni regesque,

id. 25, 24, 13:

inter tot tam effrenatarum gentium arma,

id. 21, 9, 3:

tot tam praeclaris imperatoribus uno bello absumptis,

id. 28, 28, 12; 25, 27, 13; 26, 13, 17; cf.:

cum tot ac tam validae eluctandae manus essent,

id. 24, 26, 13; 8, 12, 4.—

After hic talis:

da operam ut hunc talem, tam jucundum, tam excellentem virum videas,

Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 3.

As demonstr. adv. of intensity, correlative with ut, that, and its equivalents (qui, quin); so only with adjj. and advv. (not with verbs).

Without a negation ( = ita, adeo;

rare before the Aug. period): ni erit tam sincerum (tergum), ut quivis dicat ampullarius Optumum esse operi faciundo corium et sincerissimum,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 51:

quae (maturitas) mihi tam jucunda est ut, quo propius ad mortem accedam, quasi terram videre videar,

Cic. Sen. 19, 71. de qua tam variae sunt doctissimorum hominum sententiae, ut magno argumento esse debeat, etc., id. N. D. 1, 1, 1:

ad eum pervenit tam opportuno tempore, ut simul Domitiani exercitus pulvis cerneretur, et primi antecursores Scipionis viderentur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 36:

tam parandus ad dimicandum animus, ut, etc.,

id. B. G. 2, 21:

tamen tam evidens numen rebus adfuit Romanis, ut putem, etc.,

Liv. 5, 51, 4: infimam plebem natura ipsa tam abjecto tamque imo loco collocavit ut nulla ratione erigi aut sublevari possit, Ps.-Cic. Cons. 6, 22:

tam multa sunt, tamque misera quae perferunt ut nemo sit quin mori saepissime cupiat,

id. ib. 16, 59:

quem constat tam certa acie luminum usum esse ut a Lilybaeo portu Carthaginienses egredientes classes intueretur,

Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 14:

tam alacri animo suos ad id proelium cohortatus est ut diceret: Sic prandete, etc.,

id. 3, 2, ext. 3:

in Theophrasto tam est loquendi nitor ille divinus ( = tam divinus est) ut ex eo nomen quoque traxisse videatur,

Quint. 10, 1, 83:

(Scipio) bellum in Africam transtulit, tam lentus ut opinionem luxuriae segnitiaeque malignis daret,

Sen. Ira, 1, 11, 6; id. Q. N. 1, 15, 5:

3, 21, 1: tam parvulis in faucibus... ut non sit dubium, etc.,

Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

ipsum Macedonem tam graviter palma percussit ut paene concideret,

Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 7.—

With a negation, or in a question implying a negation.

Before ut (very freq. in the class. period; cf. adeo, poet., e.g. Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 39):

numquam tam dices commode ut tergum meum Tuam in fidem committam,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 33:

non tam viva tamen, calidus queat ut fieri fons,

Lucr. 6, 887:

quis umquam praedo fuit tam nefarius, quis pirata tam barbarus ut, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 146:

non sum tam stultus, ut te usura falsi gaudii frui velim,

id. Fam. 6, 12, 1:

nec, cum id faciebamus tam eramus amentes ut explorata nobis esset victoria,

id. ib. 6, 1, 3:

non essem tam inurbanus ac paene inhumanus uti in eo gravarer quod vos cupere sentirem,

id. Or. 2, 90, 365:

non puto tam expeditum negotium futurum ut non habeat aliquid morae,

id. Att. 13, 31, 1:

nec vero eram tam indoctus ignarusque rerum ut frangerer animo propter, etc.,

id. Phil. 2, 15, 37:

quis tam demens ut sua voluntate maereat?

id. Tusc. 3, 29, 71; so id. Off. 3, 20, 82; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. Phil. 3, 4, 10:

non enim proferremus vino oppressos... tam absurde, ut tum diceremus, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 17, 53:

non se tam barbarum ut non sciret, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 17:

nulli sunt tam feri et sui juris affectus ut non disciplina perdomentur,

Sen. Ira, 2, 12, 3:

nemo tam divos habuit faventes, crastinum ut posset sibi polliceri,

id. Thyest. 619.—

With a negation (esp. nemo), followed by qui ( = ut is; class. and freq.); nec quisquam sit tam opulentus qui mihi obsistat in via, [p. 1838] Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 5:

generi lenonio Numquam deus ullus tam benignus fuit, qui fuerit propitius,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 34:

an ille tam esset stultus qui mihi mille nummum crederet?

id. Trin. 4, 2, 42:

nemo inventus est tam amens, qui illud argentum tam praeclarum ac tam nobile eriperet, nemo tam audax qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 44:

nemo Agrigenti neque aetate tam affecta neque viribus tam infirmis fuit, qui non illa nocte surrexerit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 43, §

95: nemo est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere,

id. Sen. 7, 24:

nihil tam absurde dici potest, quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosophorum,

id. Div. 2, 58, 119:

nulla gens tam immanis umquam fuit in qua tam crudelis hostis patriae sit inventus,

id. Sull. 27, 76:

quae est anus tam delira quae timeat ista?

id. Tusc. 1, 21, 48:

ecquem tam amentem esse putas qui illud quo vescatur deum esse credat?

id. N. D. 3, 16, 41:

sed neque tam docti tum erant, ad quorum judicium elaboraret, et sunt, etc.,

id. Fin. 1, 3, 7; so id. Sen. 19, 67; id. Lael. 7, 23; id. Tusc. 1, 6, 11; 1, 15, 33; 2, 17, 41; id. Sest. 14, 32; id. Fin. 2, 20, 63; id. Fam. 9, 2, 2; id. Off. 2, 5, 16:

neque tam remisso animo quisquam fuit qui ea nocte conquierit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21:

in bello nihil tam leve est quod non magnae interdum rei momentum faciat,

Liv. 25, 18, 3:

ut nemo tam humilis esset cui non aditus ad eum pateret,

Nep. Milt. 8, 4:

ecquid esse tam saevum potest quod superet illum?

Sen. Thyest. 196. —

With a negation, followed by quin ( = ut is non;

class. and freq.): nec sacrum nec tam profanum quidquam est quin ibi ilico adsit,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 27:

nihil mihi tam parvi est quin me id pigeat perdere,

id. Pers. 4, 6, 8:

nec quisquam est tam ingenio duro, neque tam firmo pectore quin sibi faciat bene,

id. As. 5, 2, 94:

numquam tam mane egredior, neque tam vesperi Domum revortor, quin te... conspicer Fodere,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 15:

nil tam difficile'st quin quaerendo investigari possiet,

id. ib. 4, 2, 8:

ut nullus umquam dies tam magna tempestate fuerit, quin... solem homines viderint,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

numquam tam male est Siculis quin aliquid facete et commode dicant,

id. ib. 2, 4, 43, §

95: nemo est tam afflictus quin possit navare aliquid et efficere,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 7:

ut nemo tam ferus fuerit, quin ejus causam lacrimarit,

Nep. Alcib. 6, 4.

Tam, ante-class., sometimes = tamen:

antiqui tam etiam pro tamen usi sunt,

Fest. p. 360: bene cum facimus, tam male cupimus...; quamquam estis nihili, tam ecastor simul vobis consului, Titin. ap. Fest. l. l.; so,

etsi illi aliter nos faciant quam aequom sit, tam pol noxiae nequid magis sit... nostrum officium meminisse decet,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 44 Fleck., Ritschl:

tam si nihil usus esset, jam non dicerem,

id. Merc. 4, 3, 32 Ritschl; v. Prol. Trin. p. 14 ib.; Brix ad Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36; Curt. in Rhein. Mus. 6, 84; 6, 93; but cf. contra, Corss. Beitr. p. 272 sqq.

In the dialect of Praeneste: tam modo, just now ( = modo): ilico hic ante ostium;

Tam modo, inquit Praenestinus,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 8 Brix ad loc.; cf. Fest. s. v. tammodo, p. 359; Ritschl, opusc. 2, 372.

ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;

axit = egerit,

Paul. Diac. 3, 3;

AGIER = agi,

Cic. Off. 3, 15;

agentum = agentium,

Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).

Lit.

Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.

Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:

jumenta agebat,

Liv. 1, 48:

capellas ago,

Verg. E. 1, 13:

Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,

Ov. F. 1, 323:

caballum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—

With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:

agere bovem Romam,

Curt. 1, 45:

equum in hostem,

id. 7, 4:

Germani in amnem aguntur,

Tac. H. 5, 21:

acto ad vallum equo,

id. A. 2, 13:

pecora per calles,

Curt. 7, 11:

per devia rura capellas,

Ov. M. 1, 676:

pecus pastum,

Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:

capellas potum age,

Verg. E. 9, 23:

pecus egit altos Visere montes,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—

Of men, to drive, lead, conduct, impel.

Absol.:

agmen agens equitum,

Verg. A. 7, 804.—

With prep., abl., or inf.:

vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,

Nep. Dat. 3:

agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,

Sil. 4, 720:

(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,

Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:

captivos prae se agentes,

Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:

acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,

Quint. 8, 3, 69:

captivos sub curribus agere,

Mart. 8, 26:

agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,

Verg. A. 3, 5;

and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,

Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:

quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,

Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:

raptim agmine acto,

id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:

egit sol hiemem sub terras,

Verg. G. 4, 51:

poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,

lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;

also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?

where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:

unde agis te?

id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:

quo hinc te agis?

where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:

Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,

was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:

Aeneas se matutinus agebat,

id. ib. 8, 465:

is enim se primus agebat,

for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:

Et tu, unde agis?

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:

Quo agis?

id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:

Huc age,

Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—

To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):

Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,

Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:

rapiunt feruntque,

Verg. A. 2, 374:

rapere et auferre,

Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:

ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,

id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;

so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,

Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):

ne pulcram praedam agat,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:

urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,

Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:

pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,

id. ib. 44, 5;

so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,

Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—

To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).

Of animals:

apros,

Verg. G. 3, 412:

cervum,

id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:

citos canes,

Ov. H. 5, 20:

feros tauros,

Suet. Claud. 21.—

Of men:

ceteros ruerem, agerem,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):

ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12:

Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,

Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:

aliquem in exsilium,

Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;

22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,

id. 16, 2, 3.—

Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:

quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?

lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:

egisse huc Alpheum vias,

made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:

vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,

carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:

cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,

to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;

so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,

pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:

accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,

Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:

fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,

Lucr. 4, 391:

in litus passim naves egerunt,

drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:

ratem in amnem,

Ov. F. 1, 500:

naves in advorsum amnem,

Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,

agere currum,

to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—

To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):

scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,

to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:

spumas ore,

Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:

piceum Flumen agit,

Verg. A. 9, 814:

qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,

when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:

agens animam spumat,

Lucr. 3, 493:

anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,

Cat. 63, 31:

nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:

Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,

id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:

eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:

Est tanti habere animam ut agam?

Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;

Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,

Mart. 1, 80.—

Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:

(salices) gemmas agunt,

Varr. R. R. 1, 30:

florem agere coeperit ficus,

Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:

frondem agere,

Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:

se ad auras palmes agit,

Verg. G. 2, 364:

(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:

per glebas sensim radicibus actis,

Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:

robora suas radices in profundum agunt,

Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:

vera gloria radices agit,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,

Ov. M. 2, 582.

Trop.

Spec., to guide, govern:

Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,

Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—

In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:

si quis ad illa deus te agat,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:

una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,

Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:

totis mentibus acta,

Sil. 10, 191:

in furorem agere,

Quint. 6, 1, 31:

si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,

Tac. Agr. 41:

provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,

id. A. 14, 32.—

To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):

me amor fugat, agit,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3:

perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,

Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:

opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,

i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):

reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,

Verg. A. 7, 405:

non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:

acerba fata Romanos agunt,

id. Epod 7, 17:

diris agam vos,

id. ib. 5, 89:

quam deus ultor agebat,

Ov. M. 14, 750:

futurae mortis agor stimulis,

Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—

To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.

In the most gen. signif., to do, act, labor, in opp. to rest or idleness.

With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:

numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:

post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,

Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,

Without object:

aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,

Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:

agendi tempora,

Tac. H. 3, 40:

industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—

In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:

Quid agis?

What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:

vereor, quid agat,

how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:

ut sciatis, quid agam,

Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:

prospere agit anima tua,

fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:

quid agitur?

how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:

Quid intus agitur?

is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—

With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;

collum obstringe homini,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:

nihil agis,

you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:

nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;

usque tenebo,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:

[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:

ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,

Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—

In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:

hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?

what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:

quid agam, habeo,

id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:

sed ita quidam agebat,

was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—

To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):

At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:

Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,

id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:

observabo quam rem agat,

what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:

Id quidem ago,

That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:

res vera agitur,

Juv. 4, 35:

Jam tempus agires,

Verg. A. 5, 638:

utilis rebus agendis,

Juv. 14, 72:

grassator ferro agit rem,

does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:

gladiis geritur res,

Liv. 9, 41):

nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,

do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:

postquam id actumst,

after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,

sed quid actumst?

id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:

nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,

Cic. Sull. 12:

ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,

id. Off. 1, 29:

agamus quod instat,

Verg. E. 9, 66:

renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,

Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:

suum negotium agere,

to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,

ut vestrum negotium agatis,

Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:

neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,

Sall. J. 30, 1:

sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,

Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—

To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):

nescio quid mens mea majus agit,

Ov. H. 12, 212:

hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,

Val. Fl. 3, 392:

agere fratri proditionem,

Tac. H. 2, 26:

de intranda Britannia,

id. Agr. 13.—

With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):

rimas agere (sometimes ducere),

to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:

vigilias agere,

Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:

excubias alicui,

Ov. F. 3, 245:

excubias,

Tac. H. 4, 58:

pervigilium,

Suet. Vit. 10:

stationem agere,

to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:

triumphum agere,

to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:

libera arbitria agere,

to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:

paenitentiam agere,

to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:

silentia agere,

to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:

pacem agere,

Juv. 15, 163:

crimen agere,

to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:

laborem agere,

id. Fin. 2, 32:

cursus agere,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:

delectum agere,

to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:

experimenta agere,

Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:

mensuram,

id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:

curam agere,

to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:

curam ejus egit,

Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:

oblivia agere,

to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:

nugas agere,

to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:

officinas agere,

to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):

diis gratias pro meritis agere,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:

Haud male agit gratias,

id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:

Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:

Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,

id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;

nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,

id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;

majores etiam habemus,

id. Marcell. 11, 33:

Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;

referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,

Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:

gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,

Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;

and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

Dianae laudes gratesque agam,

id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,

diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,

Liv. 26, 48:

agi sibi gratias passus est,

Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:

Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,

id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—

Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:

tempus,

Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:

aetatem in litteris,

Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

senectutem,

id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:

dies festos,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:

otia secura,

Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:

ruri agere vitam,

Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:

vitam in terris,

Verg. G. 2, 538:

tranquillam vitam agere,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:

Hunc (diem) agerem si,

Verg. A. 5, 51:

ver magnus agebat Orbis,

id. G. 2, 338:

aestiva agere,

to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:

menses jam tibi esse actos vides,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:

mensis agitur hic septimus,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:

melior pars acta (est) diei,

Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:

acta est per lacrimas nox,

Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:

tunc principium anni agebatur,

Liv. 3, 6:

actis quindecim annis in regno,

Just. 41, 5, 9:

Nona aetas agitur,

Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:

quartum annum ago et octogesimum,

am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:

Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,

Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:

civitas laeta agere,

was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:

tum Marius apud primos agebat,

id. ib. 101, 6:

in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,

id. ib. 89, 7:

apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,

Tac. A. 3, 19:

Thracia discors agebat,

id. ib. 3, 38:

Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,

Tac. G. 42:

ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,

id. ib. 43:

Gallos trans Padum agentes,

id. H. 3, 34:

quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,

id. A. 1, 4:

agere inter homines desinere,

id. ib. 15, 74:

Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,

was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:

ante aciem agere,

id. G. 7; and:

in armis agere,

id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—

In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:

qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,

Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):

a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,

hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:

Hoc age,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:

Hoc agite, of poetry,

Juv. 7, 20:

hoc agamus,

Sen. Clem. 1, 12:

haec agamus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:

agere hoc possumus,

Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:

hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,

id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:

nunc istuc age,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:

Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,

Cic. Lig. 4, 11:

id et agunt et moliuntur,

id. Mur. 38:

(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,

id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:

qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,

keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:

idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?

id. Lig. 6, 18:

Hoc agit, ut doleas,

Juv. 5, 157:

Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:

Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?

have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:

Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?

id. ib. 4, 10:

Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,

id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:

certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,

Nep. Them. 5, 1:

ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:

usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:

atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,

id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:

aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,

id. Clu. 64.—

In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):

qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,

Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:

aliena bella mercedibus agere,

Mel. 1, 16:

Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,

Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:

Martem for bellum,

Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):

levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,

Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:

forum agere,

to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:

conventus agere,

to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;

used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:

vivorum coetus agere,

to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:

censum agere,

Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:

recensum agere,

id. Caes. 41:

potestatem agere,

Flor. 1, 7, 2:

honorem agere,

Liv. 8, 26:

regnum,

Flor. 1, 6, 2:

rem publicam,

Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:

consulatum,

Quint. 12, 1, 16:

praefecturam,

Suet. Tib. 6:

centurionatum,

Tac. A. 1, 44:

senatum,

Suet. Caes. 88:

fiscum agere,

to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:

publicum agere,

to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:

inquisitionem agere,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:

curam alicujus rei agere,

to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:

rei publicae curationem agens,

Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —

Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:

velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:

de condicionibus pacis,

Liv. 8, 37:

de summa re publica,

Suet. Caes. 28:

cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,

id. Aug. 94:

de poena alicujus,

Liv. 5, 36:

de agro plebis,

id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):

cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,

Gell. 13, 15, 10:

agere cum populo de re publica,

Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:

neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,

Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:

hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:

Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,

id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.

Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);

ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?

I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:

Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,

thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:

algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,

Juv. 4, 49:

haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,

thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:

de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,

Cic. Fam. 13, 75:

egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,

id. ib. 5, 2:

misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,

id. ib. 5, 2:

Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,

Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:

Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,

Nep. Alc. 8, 2:

si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,

Tac. A. 15, 14:

ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,

Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:

Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,

Suet. Tib. 54.—

With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:

facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 14, 11:

bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,

Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:

praeclare cum aliquo agere,

Cic. Sest. 23:

Male agis mecum,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:

qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,

Cic. Quinct. 84; and:

tu contra me male agis,

Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:

intelleget secum actum esse pessime,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:

praeclare mecum actum puto,

id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:

vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,

id. Off. 1, 15:

bene agitur pro noxia,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—

Of transactions before a court or tribunal.

Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:

ex jure civili et praetorio agere,

Cic. Caecin. 12:

tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,

to litigate, id. Mur. 17:

ex sponso egit,

id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:

agere lege in hereditatem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:

cum illo se lege agere dicebat,

Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:

non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:

causa quam vi agere malle,

Tac. A. 13, 37:

tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:

Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,

with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,

Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,

settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:

ubi manu agitur,

when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—

Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:

causam apud centumviros egit,

Cic. Caecin. 24:

Caesar cum ageret apud censores,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:

egi causam adversus magistratus,

Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:

orator agere dicitur causam,

Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:

agit causas liberales,

Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:

cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,

Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;

tua res agitur,

is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;

and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,

Cic. Fam. 5, 10:

Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,

Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:

tam solute agere, tam leniter,

id. Brut. 80:

tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?

id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:

Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?

of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:

causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,

to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:

Samnitium bella, quae agimus,

are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,

Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:

reus agitur,

id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:

agere furti,

to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:

adulterii cum aliquo,

Quint. 4, 4, 8:

injuriarum,

id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—

Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:

non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:

non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,

the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:

aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,

id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,

Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:

at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:

quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:

agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:

in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,

id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:

non libertas solum agebatur,

Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:

nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):

agitur pars tertia mundi,

is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—

Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;

perii,

this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:

actum hodie est de me,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:

jam de Servio actum,

Liv. 1, 47:

actum est de collo meo,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;

ilicet me infelicem,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:

si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:

actumst, ilicet, peristi,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;

actumst,

id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—

Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:

rem actam agis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,

actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:

acta agimus,

id. Am. 22.—

To represent by external action, to perform, pronounce, deliver, etc.

Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:

quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,

id. ib. 3, 56, 214:

agere fortius et audentius volo,

Tac. Or. 18; 39.—

Of an actor, to represent, play, act:

Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,

Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,

fabulam,

Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:

dum haec agitur fabula,

Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:

partis,

to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:

Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:

gestum agere in scaena,

id. de Or. 2, 57:

dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,

Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:

egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,

id. Fam. 2, 9:

amicum imperatoris,

Tac. H. 1, 30:

exulem,

id. A. 1, 4:

socium magis imperii quam ministrum,

id. H. 2, 83:

senatorem,

Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:

utrinque prora frontem agit,

serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—

Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:

tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,

Sall. J. 56, 5:

quanto ferocius ante se egerint,

Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:

qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,

Suet. Claud. 25:

non principem se, sed ministrum egit,

id. ib. 29:

neglegenter se et avare agere,

Eutr. 6, 9:

prudenter se agebat,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:

sapienter se agebat,

ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:

seditiose,

Tac. Agr. 7:

facile justeque,

id. ib. 9:

superbe,

id. H. 2, 27:

ex aequo,

id. ib. 4, 64:

anxius et intentus agebat,

id. Agr. 5.—

Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.

In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).

In the sing.:

age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,

come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:

age, perge, quaeso,

id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:

age, da veniam filio,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:

age, age, nunc experiamur,

id. ib. 5, 4, 23:

age sis tu... delude,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:

quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:

Agedum vicissim dic,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:

agedum humanis concede,

Lucr. 3, 962:

age modo hodie sero,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:

age nuncjam,

id. And. 5, 2, 25:

En age, quid cessas,

Tib. 2, 2, 10:

Quare age,

Verg. A. 7, 429:

Verum age,

id. ib. 12, 832:

Quin age,

id. G. 4, 329:

en, age, Rumpe moras,

id. ib. 3, 43:

eia age,

id. A. 4, 569.—

In the plur.:

agite, pugni,

up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:

agite bibite,

id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:

agite in modum dicite,

Cat. 61, 38:

Quare agite... conjungite,

id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:

vos agite... volvite,

Val. Fl. 3, 311:

agite nunc, divites, plorate,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:

agitedum,

Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):

age igitur, intro abite,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:

En agedum convertite,

Prop. 1, 1, 21:

mittite, agedum, legatos,

Liv. 38, 47:

Ite age,

Stat. Th. 10, 33:

Huc age adeste,

Sil. 11, 169.—

In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:

nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,

id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;

4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:

age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—

As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;

dabo,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:

Age, veniam,

id. And. 4, 2, 30:

age, sit ita factum,

Cic. Mil. 19:

age sane,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.

—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,

Sometimes follows such verb; as,

In dactylic metre:

Cede agedum,

Prop. 5, 9, 54:

Dic age,

Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:

Esto age,

Pers. 2, 42:

Fare age,

Verg. A. 3, 362:

Finge age,

Ov. H. 7, 65:

Redde age,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:

Surge age,

Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:

Vade age,

Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,

agite: Ite agite,

Prop. 4, 3, 7.—

In other metres (very rarely):

appropera age,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:

dic age,

Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;

3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,

Liv. 38, 47:

procedat agedum ad pugnam,

id. 7, 9.—

It is often separated from such verb:

age me huc adspice,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:

Age... instiga,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:

Quare agite... conjungite,

Cat. 64, 372:

Huc age... veni,

Tib. 2, 5, 2:

Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,

Verg. A. 2, 707:

en age segnis Rumpe moras,

id. G. 3, 42:

age te procellae Crede,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:

Age jam... condisce,

id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,

ăgens, entis, P. a.

Adj.

Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):

utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

acre orator, incensus et agens,

id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.

Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—

Subst.: ăgentes, ium.

Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—

For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—

actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,

actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:

actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7:

acta Caesaris servanda censeo,

id. ib. 1, 7:

acta tui praeclari tribunatus,

id. Dom. 31.—

acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;

but Augustus again prohibited it,

Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;

also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,

the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:

acta populi,

Suet. Caes. 20:

acta publica,

Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:

urbana,

id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.

With the time added:

acta eorum temporum,

Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:

illius temporis,

Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:

ejus anni,

Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—

Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—

acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—

acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,

Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—

Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—

acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19.

ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;

axit = egerit,

Paul. Diac. 3, 3;

AGIER = agi,

Cic. Off. 3, 15;

agentum = agentium,

Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).

Lit.

Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.

Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:

jumenta agebat,

Liv. 1, 48:

capellas ago,

Verg. E. 1, 13:

Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,

Ov. F. 1, 323:

caballum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—

With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:

agere bovem Romam,

Curt. 1, 45:

equum in hostem,

id. 7, 4:

Germani in amnem aguntur,

Tac. H. 5, 21:

acto ad vallum equo,

id. A. 2, 13:

pecora per calles,

Curt. 7, 11:

per devia rura capellas,

Ov. M. 1, 676:

pecus pastum,

Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:

capellas potum age,

Verg. E. 9, 23:

pecus egit altos Visere montes,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—

Of men, to drive, lead, conduct, impel.

Absol.:

agmen agens equitum,

Verg. A. 7, 804.—

With prep., abl., or inf.:

vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,

Nep. Dat. 3:

agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,

Sil. 4, 720:

(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,

Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:

captivos prae se agentes,

Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:

acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,

Quint. 8, 3, 69:

captivos sub curribus agere,

Mart. 8, 26:

agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,

Verg. A. 3, 5;

and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,

Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:

quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,

Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:

raptim agmine acto,

id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:

egit sol hiemem sub terras,

Verg. G. 4, 51:

poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,

lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;

also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?

where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:

unde agis te?

id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:

quo hinc te agis?

where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:

Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,

was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:

Aeneas se matutinus agebat,

id. ib. 8, 465:

is enim se primus agebat,

for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:

Et tu, unde agis?

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:

Quo agis?

id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:

Huc age,

Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—

To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):

Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,

Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:

rapiunt feruntque,

Verg. A. 2, 374:

rapere et auferre,

Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:

ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,

id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;

so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,

Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):

ne pulcram praedam agat,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:

urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,

Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:

pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,

id. ib. 44, 5;

so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,

Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—

To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).

Of animals:

apros,

Verg. G. 3, 412:

cervum,

id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:

citos canes,

Ov. H. 5, 20:

feros tauros,

Suet. Claud. 21.—

Of men:

ceteros ruerem, agerem,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):

ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12:

Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,

Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:

aliquem in exsilium,

Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;

22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,

id. 16, 2, 3.—

Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:

quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?

lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:

egisse huc Alpheum vias,

made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:

vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,

carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:

cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,

to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;

so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,

pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:

accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,

Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:

fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,

Lucr. 4, 391:

in litus passim naves egerunt,

drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:

ratem in amnem,

Ov. F. 1, 500:

naves in advorsum amnem,

Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,

agere currum,

to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—

To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):

scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,

to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:

spumas ore,

Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:

piceum Flumen agit,

Verg. A. 9, 814:

qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,

when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:

agens animam spumat,

Lucr. 3, 493:

anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,

Cat. 63, 31:

nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:

Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,

id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:

eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:

Est tanti habere animam ut agam?

Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;

Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,

Mart. 1, 80.—

Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:

(salices) gemmas agunt,

Varr. R. R. 1, 30:

florem agere coeperit ficus,

Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:

frondem agere,

Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:

se ad auras palmes agit,

Verg. G. 2, 364:

(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:

per glebas sensim radicibus actis,

Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:

robora suas radices in profundum agunt,

Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:

vera gloria radices agit,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,

Ov. M. 2, 582.

Trop.

Spec., to guide, govern:

Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,

Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—

In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:

si quis ad illa deus te agat,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:

una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,

Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:

totis mentibus acta,

Sil. 10, 191:

in furorem agere,

Quint. 6, 1, 31:

si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,

Tac. Agr. 41:

provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,

id. A. 14, 32.—

To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):

me amor fugat, agit,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3:

perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,

Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:

opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,

i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):

reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,

Verg. A. 7, 405:

non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:

acerba fata Romanos agunt,

id. Epod 7, 17:

diris agam vos,

id. ib. 5, 89:

quam deus ultor agebat,

Ov. M. 14, 750:

futurae mortis agor stimulis,

Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—

To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.

In the most gen. signif., to do, act, labor, in opp. to rest or idleness.

With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:

numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:

post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,

Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,

Without object:

aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,

Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:

agendi tempora,

Tac. H. 3, 40:

industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—

In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:

Quid agis?

What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:

vereor, quid agat,

how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:

ut sciatis, quid agam,

Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:

prospere agit anima tua,

fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:

quid agitur?

how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:

Quid intus agitur?

is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—

With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;

collum obstringe homini,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:

nihil agis,

you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:

nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;

usque tenebo,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:

[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,

Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:

ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,

Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—

In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:

hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?

what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:

quid agam, habeo,

id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:

sed ita quidam agebat,

was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—

To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):

At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:

Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,

id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:

observabo quam rem agat,

what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:

Id quidem ago,

That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:

res vera agitur,

Juv. 4, 35:

Jam tempus agires,

Verg. A. 5, 638:

utilis rebus agendis,

Juv. 14, 72:

grassator ferro agit rem,

does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:

gladiis geritur res,

Liv. 9, 41):

nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,

do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:

postquam id actumst,

after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,

sed quid actumst?

id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:

nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,

Cic. Sull. 12:

ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,

id. Off. 1, 29:

agamus quod instat,

Verg. E. 9, 66:

renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,

Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:

suum negotium agere,

to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,

ut vestrum negotium agatis,

Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:

neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,

Sall. J. 30, 1:

sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,

Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—

To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):

nescio quid mens mea majus agit,

Ov. H. 12, 212:

hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,

Val. Fl. 3, 392:

agere fratri proditionem,

Tac. H. 2, 26:

de intranda Britannia,

id. Agr. 13.—

With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):

rimas agere (sometimes ducere),

to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:

vigilias agere,

Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:

excubias alicui,

Ov. F. 3, 245:

excubias,

Tac. H. 4, 58:

pervigilium,

Suet. Vit. 10:

stationem agere,

to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:

triumphum agere,

to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:

libera arbitria agere,

to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:

paenitentiam agere,

to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:

silentia agere,

to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:

pacem agere,

Juv. 15, 163:

crimen agere,

to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:

laborem agere,

id. Fin. 2, 32:

cursus agere,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:

delectum agere,

to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:

experimenta agere,

Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:

mensuram,

id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:

curam agere,

to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:

curam ejus egit,

Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:

oblivia agere,

to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:

nugas agere,

to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:

officinas agere,

to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):

diis gratias pro meritis agere,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:

Haud male agit gratias,

id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:

Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:

Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,

id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;

nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,

id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;

majores etiam habemus,

id. Marcell. 11, 33:

Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;

referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,

Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:

gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,

Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;

and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

Dianae laudes gratesque agam,

id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,

diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,

Liv. 26, 48:

agi sibi gratias passus est,

Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:

Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,

id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—