for the benefit of Venus

multa ( mulcta), ae, f. [Sabine, acc. to Varr. ap. Gell. 11, 1, 5; Oscan, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll.], a penalty involving loss of property, a fine, amercement, mulct; in the most ancient times riches consisted only in the possession of flocks and herds; it accordingly signified, at first, a fine in cattle; but in later times, when money was the measure of wealth, it signified a pecuniary fine (whereas poena denotes a punishment of any kind, e. g. corporal punishment, imprisonment, capital punishment):

vocabulum ipsum multae M. Varro non Latinum, sed Sabinum esse dicit,

Gell. 11, 1, 5: multam Osce dici putant poenam quidam. M. Varro ait poenam esse, sed pecuniariam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Mull.:

cum pecore diceretur multa,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 95 Müll. The highest penalty in the earliest times was thirty head of cattle, the lowest a sheep, in specifying which the word ovis is used as of the masculine gender: ego ei unum ovem multam dico, I condemn him to pay, fine him, a legal formula ap. Gell. 11, 1, 4:

multae dictio ovium et bovium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16.—Later, of a pecuniary fine:

multa praesens quingentum milium aeris in singulas civitates imposita,

Liv. 10, 37:

multam alicui dicere,

to decree, award, Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

indicere,

Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11:

subire,

Ov. F. 5, 289:

committere,

to deserve, incur, Cic. Clu. 37, 103:

exigere,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 177 Müll.:

remittere,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

irrogare (of the plaintiff, or people's tribune),

to propose that the accused be fined a certain sum, id. Mil. 14, 36; so,

petere,

id. Clu. 33, 91:

aliquem multā et poenā multare,

id. Balb. 18, 42:

multam alicui facere,

Gell. 7, 14, 8: certare, to contend on both sides whether or not the proposed fine should be paid:

duo tribuni plebis ducentum milium aeris multam M. Postumio dixerunt: cui certandae cum dies advenisset,

Liv. 25, 3:

multae certatio,

Cic. Leg. 8, 3, 6:

multa erat Veneri,

for the benefit of Venus, id. Verr. 2, 2, 9, § 25:

multa gravis praedibus Valerianis,

a heavy loss, great damage, id. Fam. 5, 20, 4.—

In gen., a penalty:

singulos jure jurando adigam non aliter quam stantes cibum capturos esse... hanc multam feretis, etc.,

Liv. 24, 16, 13:

haec ei multa esto: vino viginti dies Ut careat,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 55.

multa, adj. fem., v. multus.

prō (archaic collat. form, posi in posimerium; cf. pono, from posino; cf. Gr. poti and pot with pros), adv. and prep. [root in Sanscr. prep. pra-, before, as in prathamas, first; Gr. pro; cf.: proteros, prôtos, etc.; Lat.: prae, prior, priscus, etc.; perh. old abl. form, of which prae is the loc. ], before, in front of; and, transf., for, with the idea of protection, substitution, or proportion.

Adv., found only in the transf. comp. signif. (v. infra, II. B. 3.) in connection with quam and ut: pro quam and pro ut (the latter usually written in one word, prout), like prae quam and prae ut.

Pro quam, in proportion as, just as:

nec satis est, pro quam largos exaestuat aestus,

Lucr. 2, 1137. —

Pro ut or prout, according as, in proportion, accordingly, proportionably as, just as, as (class.):

compararat argenti bene facti, prout Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant, satis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

tuas litteras, prout res postulat, exspecto,

id. Att. 11, 6 fin.:

id, prout cujusque ingenium erat, interpretabantur,

Liv. 38, 50:

prout locus iniquus aequusve his aut illis, prout animus pugnantium est, prout numerus, varia pugnae fortuna est,

id. 38, 40 fin. —With a corresp. ita:

ejusque rationem ita haberi, prout haberi lege liceret,

Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:

prout sedes ipsa est, ita varia genera morborum sunt,

Cels. 4, 4, 5:

prout nives satiaverint, ita Nilum increscere,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51.—

Prep. with abl. (late Lat. with acc.:

PRO SALVTEM SVAM,

Inscr. Grut. 4, 12; 46, 9; Inscr. Orell. 2360), before, in front of.

Lit., of place:

sedens pro aede Castoris,

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27:

praesidia, quae pro templis cernitis,

id. Mil. 1, 2:

ii qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

pro castris copias habere,

id. ib. 7, 66:

pro castris dimicare,

id. ib. 5, 16:

pro oppido,

id. ib. 7, 71:

pro opere consistere,

Sall. J. 92, 9:

castra pro moenibus locata,

Liv. 2, 53; 4, 17:

pro muro,

id. 30, 10:

pro castris explicare aciem,

id. 6, 23:

pro vallo,

Plin. 2, 37, 37, § 101; Vell. 2, 19, 1.—With verbs of motion:

Caesar pro castris suas copias produxit,

before the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

hasce tabulas hic ibidem pro pedibus tuis obicito,

before your feet, App. Mag. p. 337, 36; id. M. 4, p. 155, 2.—

In partic., with the accessory idea of presence on the front part, on the edge or brink of a place, on or in the front of, often to be translated by a simple on or in:

pro censu classis iuniorum, Serv. Tullius cum dixit, accipi debet in censu, ut ait M. Varro, sicuti pro aede Castoris, pro tribunali, pro testimonio,

Fest. p. 246 Müll.; cf.: pro significat in, ut pro rostris, pro aede, pro tribunali, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll.; and:

pro sententia ac si dicatur in sententiā, ut pro rostris id est in rostris,

id. p. 226 Müll.: hac re pro suggestu pronunciata, qs. standing on the front part of the tribune, or, as we would say, on the tribune, Caes. B. G. 6, 3: pro tribunali cum aliquid ageretur, was transacted before or at my tribunal, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 21; so,

pro tribunali,

id. Pis. 5, 11; id. Sest. 15, 34: pro contione, before the assembled army; and, in gen., before the assembly:

laudatus pro contione Jugurtha,

Sall. J. 8, 2; cf. Curt. 9, 1, 1:

pro contione laudibus legati militumque tollere animos,

Liv. 7, 7:

fortes viros pro contione donantis,

Curt. 10, 5, 10:

pro contione litteras recitare,

id. 4, 10, 16; Liv. 38, 23 fin.:

pro contione palam utrumque temptavit,

Suet. Vesp. 7; Tac. A. 3, 9; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 3: [p. 1448] 4, 5, 11; cf.:

pro comitio,

Suet. Aug. 43:

uti pro consilio imperatum erat,

in the council, Sall. J. 29, 6; cf.:

supplicatio in triduum pro collegio decemvirūm imperata fuit,

Liv. 38, 36:

pontifices pro collegio decrevisse,

Gell. 11, 3, 2:

pro collegio pronuntiare,

Liv. 4, 26, 9:

suas simultates pro magistratu exercere,

id. 39, 5:

pro munimentis castelli manipulos explicat,

before, on the fortifications, Tac. A. 2, 80; 12, 33: stabat pro litore diversa acies, in front of or upon the shore, id. ib. 14, 30:

legionem pro ripā componere,

id. ib. 12, 29:

velamenta et infulas pro muris ostentant,

in front of, from the walls, Tac. H. 3, 31; so,

pro muris,

id. A. 2, 81:

ad hoc mulieres puerique pro tectis aedificiorum saxa et alia, quae locus praebebat, certatim mittere,

standing on the edge of the roofs, from the roofs, Sall. J. 67, 1 Kritz.—

Transf.

To signify a standing before or in front of, for defence or protection; hence an acting for, in behalf of, in favor of, for the benefit of, on the side of (opp. contra, adversum):

veri inveniendi causā contra omnia dici oportere et pro omnibus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 60; cf.:

hoc non modo non pro me, sed contra me est potius,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

partim nihil contra Habitum valere, partim etiam pro hoc esse,

id. Clu. 32, 88:

difficillimum videtur quod dixi, pro ipsis esse quibus eveniunt ista, quae horremus ac tremimus,

Sen. Prov. 3, 2:

haec cum contra legem proque lege dicta essent,

Liv. 34, 8: pro Romano populo armis certare, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 6 (Ann. v. 215 Vahl.); cf.: pro vostrā vitā morti occumbant, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 62 (Trag. v. 176 Vahl.): quae ego pro re publica fecissem, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:

nihil ab eo praetermissum est, quod aut pro re publicā conquerendum fuit, aut pro eā disputandum,

Cic. Sest. 2, 3:

omnia me semper pro amicorum periculis, nihil umquam pro me ipso deprecatum,

id. de Or. 2, 49, 201:

convenit dimicare pro legibus, pro libertate, pro patriā,

id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

dulce et decorum est pro patriā mori,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 3, 19, 2:

pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,

id. ib. 4, 1, 14:

spondere levi pro paupere,

id. A. P. 423:

urbes, quae viris aut loco pro hostibus et advorsum se opportunissumae erant,

Sall. J. 88, 4:

nec aliud adversus validissimas gentes pro nobis utilius, quam, etc.,

Tac. Agr. 12:

et locus pro vobis et nox erit, Liv 9, 24, 8: et loca sua et genus pugnae pro hoste fuere,

id. 39, 30, 3:

pro Corbulone aetas, patrius mos... erant: contra, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 31; id. H. 4, 78; Curt. 4, 14, 16.—

With the notion of replacement or substitution, in the place of, instead of, for.

In gen.: numquam ego argentum pro vino congiario... disdidi, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:

ego ibo pro te, si tibi non libet,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 10:

ego pro te molam,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 29; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13:

mutata (ea dico), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud... ut cum minutum dicimus animum pro parvo, etc.,

id. Or. 27, 92 sq.; cf.:

libenter etiam copulando verba jungebant, ut sodes pro si audes, sis pro si vis... ain' pro aisne, nequire pro non quire, malle pro magis velle, nolle pro non velle. Dein etiam saepe et exin pro deinde et exinde dicimus,

id. ib. 45, 154:

pro vitulā statuis dulcem Aulide natam, Hor S. 2, 3, 199: pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

id. ib. 1, 3, 61; cf. Suet. Caes. 70:

pro ope ferendā sociis pergit ipse ire, etc.,

Liv. 23, 28, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.; Zumpt, Gram. § 667; cf.:

pro eo, ut ipsi ex alieno agro raperent, suas terras, etc.,

Liv. 22, 1, 2.—

Esp. freq. in connection with the title of any officer, to denote his substitute' pro consule, pro praetore, pro quaestore, pro magistro, etc. (afterwards joined into one word, as proconsul, propraetor, proquaestor, promagister, etc.), proconsul, proprœtor, proquœstor, vice-director:

cum pro consule in Ciliciam proficiscens Athenas venissem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 82; cf.:

cum L. Philippus pro consulibus eum se mittere dixit, non pro consule,

instead of the consuls, not as proconsul, id. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

nec pro praetore, Caesarem (vocat),

id. ib. 13, 10, 22; Liv. 35, 1. cum Alexandriae pro quaestore essem, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11' cf.:

litteris Q. Caepionis Bruti pro consule... Q. Hortensii pro consule opera, etc.,

id. Phil. 10, 11, 26: P. Terentius operas in portu et scripturā Asiae pro magistro dedit, id. Att. 11, 10, 1; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; id. Fam. 13, 65, 1; see also the words proconsul, promagister, propraetor, proquaestor, etc.—

So of price, penalty, etc., in exchange, in return for:

tres minas pro istis duobus dedi,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 138; id. Aul. 3, 3, 8:

pro hujus peccatis ego supplicium sufferam,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 17:

dimidium ejus quod pactus esset, pro carmine daturum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 351:

pro vitā hominis nisi hominis vita reddatur, non posse deorum inmortalium numen placari,

Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

id pro immolatis in foro Tarquiniensium Romanis poenae hostibus redditum,

Liv. 7, 19, 3:

vos, pro paternis sceleribus, poenas date,

Sen. Med. 925; Lact. 2, 7, 21:

pro crimine poenas,

Ov. Ib. 621.—

Pro is also frequently used to denote the viewing, judging, considering, representing of a thing as something, for, the same as, just as, as:

pro sano loqueris, quom me appellas nomine,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 24:

sese ducit pro adulescentulo,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 65; id. Cist. 1, 3, 24:

hunc Eduxi a parvulo, habui, amavi pro meo,

as my own, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 23:

Cato ille noster qui mihi unus est pro centum milibus,

whose voice I regard as equal to that of thousands, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 1:

Siciliam nobis non pro penariā cellā, sed pro aerario fuisse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5:

P. Sestio pro occiso relictus est,

id. Sest. 38, 81; Caes. B. G. 3, 109:

cum pro damnato mortuoque esset,

as good as condemned and dead, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

summa ratio, quae sapientibus pro necessitate est,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3:

negotia pro solatiis accipiens,

Tac. A. 4, 13:

consuli pro hostibus esse,

Liv. 43, 5, 4:

adeo incredibilis visa res, ut non pro vano modo, sed vix pro sano nuncius audiretur,

as a boaster, Liv. 39, 49: quoniam de adventu Caesaris pro certo habebamus, to consider as certain, Mat. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, 6 et saep.; v. certus.—

Esp. in certain phrases: pro eo, for the same thing, as just the same:

ut si a Caesare, quod speramus, impetrarimus, tuo beneficio nos id consecutos esse judicemus: sin minus, pro eo tantum id habeamus, cum a te data sit opera, ut impetraremus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 7, 5.—With the particles of comparison: atque ( ac), ac si, quasi, just the same as, even as, as though: pro eo ac debui, just as was my duty, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:

pro eo ac si concessum sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 32, 54:

pro eo est atque si adhibitus non esset,

Dig. 28, 1, 22:

pro eo erit quasi ne legatum quidem sit,

ib. 30, 1, 38: pro eo quod, for the reason that, because:

pro eo quod ejus nomen erat magnā apud omnes gloriā,

Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75: pro eo quod pluribus verbis vos quam volui fatigavi, veniam a vobis petitam velim, Liv 38, 49 fin. —

On account of, for the sake of:

dolor pro patriā,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24:

tumultus pro recuperandā re publicā,

id. Brut. 90, 311 dub. (B. and K. omit pro):

dedit pro corpore nummos, i. e. to rescue his person,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 43:

aliquem amare pro ejus eximiā suavitate,

Cic. de Or 1, 55, 234:

pro quibus meritis quanto opere dilectus sit,

Suet. Aug. 57:

cum pro incolumitate principis vota susceperunt,

Tac. A. 4, 17:

pro bono (= bene),

Sall. J. 22, 4.—

Pro is used in its most general sense in stating the relation between two objects or actions, in proportion, in comparison with, according to or as, conformably to, by virtue of, for, etc.:

meus pater nunc pro hujus verbis recte et sapienter facit,

according to his story, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133:

tu pro oratione nec vir nec mulier mihi's,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 71: pro viribus tacere ac fabulari, according to one's ability, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 4 (Trag. v. 181 Vahl.):

facere certum'st pro copiā ac sapientiā,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 8:

agere pro viribus,

Cic. Sen. 9, 27:

aliquem pro dignitate laudare,

id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

proelium atrocius quam pro numero pugnantium fuit,

Liv. 21, 29: pro imperio, by virtue of his office or authority:

quia pro imperio palam interfici non poterat,

Liv. 1, 51, 2; hence, imperatively, dictatorially, summarily:

nec illum ipsum submovere pro imperio posse more majorum,

id. 2, 56, 12 ' hem! satis pro imperio, quisquis es, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 18:

pro tuā prudentiā,

Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2; 11, 12, 2:

cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu ac dolore loqueretur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69:

quibus aliquid opis fortasse ego pro meā, tu pro tuā, pro suā quisque parte ferre potuisset,

id. Fam. 15, 15, 3: pro virili parte, according to one's ability, id. Sest. 66, 138; Liv. praef. 2; Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 23. —Esp. freq.: pro ratā parte and pro ratā, in proportion, proportionably; v. ratus:

pro se quisque,

each according to his ability, each one for himself, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 25; Verg. A. 12, 552 et saep.:

pro tempore et pro re,

according to time and circumstances, Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

pro facultatibus,

Nep. Epam. 3, 5.—Pro eo, quantum, or ut, in proportion to, as, according to, according as:

eāque pro eo, quantum in quoque sit ponderis, esse aestimanda,

Cic. Fin. 4, 21, 58:

equidem pro eo, quanti te facio, quicquid feceris, approbabo,

id. Fam. 3, 3, 2: tamen pro eo ut temporis difficultas tulit, etc., L. Metell. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 126.

pro-): prōdeo, prŏfiteor; and even in words borrowed from the Greek, as prōlogus.—Its signification has reference either to place, before, forwards; or to protection, for; procedo, procurro, profanus; procuro, propugno, prosum, protego.

prō (less correctly prōh), interj., an exclamation of wonder or lamentation, O! Ah! Alas! (class.).

With nom.:

proh! bonae frugi hominem te jam pridem esse arbitror,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 4: pro Juppiter! Enn. ap. Varr L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. (Trag. v 225 Vahl.); Ter. And. 4, 3, 17; id. Eun. 3, 5, 2; id. Ad. 1, 2, 31; cf.:

pro supreme Juppiter,

id. ib. 2, 1, 42:

pro Juppiter, Hominis stultitiam!

id. ib. 3, 3, 12:

pro di immortales,

id. ib. 3, 4, 1; cf.: pro, dii immortales: Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

pro curia inversique mores!

Hor. C. 3, 5, 7:

pro scelus,

Mart. 2, 46, 8.—

Parenthet.:

pro, quanta potentia regni Est, Venus alma, tui,

Ov. M. 13, 758:

et mea, pro! nullo pondere verba cadunt,

id. H. 3, 98:

tantum, pro! degeneramus a patribus,

Liv. 22, 14, 6; Curt. 4, 16, 10.—

With acc.: pro divom fidem! Enn. ap. Don. ad. Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. v. 30 Vahl.); Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28; cf.:

pro deum atque hominum fidem!

id. And. 1, 5, 2; 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48;

instead of which, ellipt.: pro deum immortalium!

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 4:

pro deum atque hominum,

id. Hec. 2, 1, 1:

pro fidem deum! facinus foedum,

id. Eun. 5, 4, 21.—

With gen.: pro malae tractationis! Tert. Poen. fin.

mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., and mĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. dep. [cf. Gr. meros, meiromai, moros, etc.; hence, to receive one's share; cf. II. below], to deserve, merit, to be entitled to, be worthy of a thing; constr. with acc., with ut, with ne, with inf., and absol.

In gen.

With acc.:

mereri praemia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 34:

laudem,

id. ib. 1, 40, 5; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 18, 60:

nec minimum decus,

Hor. A. P. 286:

amorem,

Quint. 6 prooem.:

favorem aut odium,

id. 4, 1, 44:

gratiam nullam,

Liv. 45, 24, 7; Quint. 4, 9, 32:

fidem,

Vell. 2, 104 fin.:

summum honorem,

Juv. 6, 532:

supplicium,

id. 6, 219.—

With ut:

respondit, sese meruisse, ut decoraretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232.—

With ne:

mereri, ne quis,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 8.—

With inf.:

quae merui vitio perdere cuncta meo,

Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 16:

credi,

Quint. 10, 1, 72:

sanctus haberi,

Juv. 8, 25.—

Absol.:

dignitatem meam, si mereor, tuearis,

if I deserve it, Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 3.—In a bad sense:

meruisse supplicium,

Ov. M. 5, 666.—

In partic.

To earn, gain, get, obtain, acquire:

quid meres? quantillo argenti te conduxit Pseudulus?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 95: iste, qui meret HS. vicenos, Varr. ap. Non. 4, 296: non amplius duodecim aeris, Cic. [p. 1136] Rosc. Com. 10, 28:

ne minus gratiae praecipiendo recta quam offensae reprendendo prava mereamur,

Quint. 4, 2, 39:

nomen patronorum,

id. 6, 4, 5:

indulgentiam, principis ingenio,

Tac. Dial. 9 fin.:

nomen gloriamque merere,

id. H. 2, 37:

famam,

id. ib. 2, 31; id. A. 15, 6:

ancillā natus diadema Quirini meruit,

Juv. 8, 260:

odium,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 3:

quantum quisque uno die mereret,

Suet. Calig. 40 fin.:

aera,

Hor. A. P. 345. —With ut (rare): quem ego ut non excruciem, alterum tantum auri non meream, would not give up torturing him for, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 65: neque ille sibi mereat Persarum montes... ut istuc faciat, would not do it for, etc., id. Stich. 1, 1, 24.—

To get by purchase, to buy, purchase:

uxores, quae vos dote meruerunt,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 124:

quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle, ut ab eis marmorea Venus illa auferatur?

what do you think they would take? for what price would they let it be carried away? Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135:

gloriam,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 13:

legatum a creditore,

Dig. 35, 2, 21:

noxam,

Petr. 139:

quid Minyae meruere queri?

to have reason, cause, Val. Fl. 1, 519.—

In milit. lang., mereri and merere stipendia, or simply merere (lit., to earn pay), to serve for pay, to serve as a soldier, serve in the army:

mereri stipendia,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

meruit stipendia in eo bello,

id. Mur. 5, 12:

adulescens patre suo imperatore meruit,

id. ib.:

complures annos,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

triennio sub Hannibale,

Liv. 21, 4 fin.:

Romanis in castris,

Tac. A. 2, 10:

in Thracia,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

merere equo,

to serve on horseback, in the cavalry, Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

merere pedibus,

to serve on foot, in the infantry, Liv. 24, 18: mereri aere (al. equo) publico, Varr. ap. Non. 345, 2.—

Mereri (ante-class., merere) de aliquo, or de aliquā re, to deserve or merit any thing of one, to behave in any manner towards one, in a good or bad sense (in Plaut. also with erga):

te ego, ut digna es, perdam, atque ut de me meres,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22:

ut erga me est merita,

id. Am. 5, 1, 49:

nam de te neque re neque verbis merui, ut faceres quod facis,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 45: saepe (erga me;

sc. illam) meritam quod vellem scio,

that she has often treated me as I desired, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 37.—Esp.: bene, male, optime, etc., mereri, to deserve well, ill, etc.:

de mendico male meretur, qui ei dat, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 58:

de re publicā bene mereri,

Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 2:

de populi Romani nomine,

id. Brut. 73, 254:

melius de quibusdam acerbos inimicos mereri, quam eos amicos, qui dulces videantur,

id. Lael. 24, 90:

de re publica meruisse optime,

id. Att. 10, 4, 5:

perniciosius de re publicā merentur vitiosi principes,

id. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

stet haec urbs praeclara, quoquo modo merita de me erit,

id. Mil. 34, 93:

Paulus, qui nihil meruit,

i. e. was innocent, Lact. 2, 16, 17:

ita se omni tempore de populo Romano meritos esse, ut,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

Caesarem imperatorem bene de republicā meritum,

deserving well, id. B. C. 1, 13:

optime cum de se meritum judicabat,

id. ib. 3, 99:

milites mirifice de re publicā meriti,

Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 3:

homines de me divinitus meriti,

id. Red. in Sen. 12, 30; cf.:

te ego ut digna's perdam atque ut de me meres,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22.— Hence,

mĕrens, entis, P. a., that deserves or merits any thing; in a good sense, deserving; in a bad sense, guilty; that has rendered himself deserving towards any one or of any thing; with de, rarely with dat.; esp. with bene, well-deserving (mostly poet. and post-class.):

consul laudare, increpare merentes,

Sall. J. 100:

laurea decreta merenti,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 91: quem periisse, ita de re publicā merentem, doleo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 344, 23; so Inscr. Grut. 933, 5.— With dat.:

quando tu me bene merentem tibi habes despicatui,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 19.— In sup.: HOMINI BENE MERENTISSIMO, Inscr. Rein. cl. 16, 8; Inscr. Grut. 932, 7; ib. 1129, 3.—

mĕrĭtus, a, um, P. a.

Deserving:

meriti juvenci,

Verg. G. 2, 515.— Sup.: filiae meritissimae, Inscr. Rein. cl. 5, 35. —

Pass., deserved, due, fit, just, proper, right:

ignarus, laus an poena merita esset,

Liv. 8, 7:

triumphus,

id. 39, 4, 6:

iracundiam, neque eam injustam, sed meritam ac debitam fuisse,

just, Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 203:

mors,

Verg. A 4, 696: noxia, committed, perpetrated, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 1: meritis de causis, for merited, i. e. just reasons, Dig. 48, 20.— Sup.:

famā optimā et meritissimā frui,

Plin. Ep. 5, 15.—Hence,

mĕrĭtum, i, n.

That which one deserves, desert; in a good sense, reward, recompense; in a bad sense, punishment (only ante- and postclass.):

nihil suave meritum est,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 75:

specta denique, quale caelesti providentia meritum reportaverit,

reward, punishment, App. M. 8, p. 214:

delictorum,

Tert. Apol. 21.—

That by which one deserves any thing of another, a merit; esp. in a good sense, a service, kindness, benefit, favor (class.):

propter eorum (militum) divinum atque immortale meritum,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14:

pro singulari eorum merito,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 15:

magnitudo tuorum erga me meritorum,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

et hercule merito tuo feci,

according to your merits, as you deserved, id. Att. 5, 11, 6:

pro ingentibus meritis praemia acceperant,

Tac. A. 14, 53:

recordatio ingentium meritorum,

Liv. 39, 49, 11; Curt. 8, 3, 14; Suet. Ner. 3; Sen. Ben. 3, 8, 2.—In Plaut. also in the sup.:

meritissimo ejus, quae volet faciemus,

on account of his great merit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 147:

merita dare et recipere,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26:

magna ejus sunt in me non dico officia, sed merita,

id. Fam. 11, 17, 1.—Also demerit, blame, fault:

Caesar, qui a me nullo meo merito alienus esse debebat,

without any fault of mine, id. Sest. 17, 39:

nullo meo in se merito,

although I am guilty of no offence against him, Liv. 40, 15:

leniter, ex merito quicquid patiare, ferendum est,

Ov. H. 5, 7:

ex cujusque merito scio me fecisse,

Liv. 26, 31, 9:

quosdam punivit, alios praemiis adfecit, neutrum ex merito,

Tac. H. 4, 50; cf.:

quod ob meritum nostrum succensuistis?

Liv. 25, 6, 4.—

Transf., worth, value, importance of a thing ( poet. and post-class.):

quo sit merito quaeque notata dies,

Ov. F. 1, 7:

negotiorum,

Cod. Just. 8, 5, 2: aedificia majoris meriti, of greater value, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 30:

loci,

Mart. 8, 65, 7:

primi saporis mella thymi sucus effundit, secundi meriti thymbra, tertii meriti rosmarinus,

Pall. 1, 37, 3.—

mĕrĭtō, adv., according to desert, deservedly, justly, often connected with jure (class.):

quamquam merito sum iratus Metello,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 158:

merito ac jure laudantur,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 14; cf.:

te ipse jure optimo, merito incuses, licet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23:

recte ac merito commovebamur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

merito jam suspectus,

Juv. 3, 221; 10, 208. — Sup.: meritissimo te magni facio, Turp. ap. Non. 139, 17; Caecil. ib. 18:

me deridere meritissumo,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 49; Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 234; S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 6; ap. Flor. 1, 9.—Post-class.: meritissime, Sol. 7, 18.—

In partic.: libens (lubens) merito, a form of expression used in paying vows; v. libens, under libet.

sĕro, sēvi, sătum, 3, v. a. [for seso, root sa-; Gr. saô, sêthô, to sift], to sow, plant (freq. and class.; syn.: planto, semino, consero).

Lit., with acc., either of the plant, seed, etc., sown, or of the land cultivated:

ubi tempus erit, effodito seritoque recte... Quae diligentius seri voles, in calicibus seri oportet,

Cato, R. R. 133, 2: serendum viciam, lentem, cicerculam, etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 2:

oleam et vitem,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

frumenta,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

ut tantum decumae sit, quantum severis: hoc est, ut quot jugera sint sata, totidem medimna decumae debeantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112:

agri molliti et oblimati ad serendum,

id. N. D. 2, 52, 130: serit arbores, quae alteri saeculo prosint, Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; Cic. Sen. 7, 24; 17, 59:

nullam sacrā vite prius severis arborem,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 6:

semina,

Verg. G. 1, 193: surculos, Auct. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

aliquid in inculto et derelicto solo,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

iste serendus ager,

Ov. A. A. 2, 668:

sulcos,

Tib. 2, 3, 70:

vera ratio serendi,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 224.—Freq. in part. perf.:

multa erant inter eum locum manu sata,

Caes. B. C. 3, 44:

saepe satas alio vidi traducere messes,

Verg. E. 8, 99; id. G. 3, 176.—Hence, subst.: săta, ōrum, n., standing corn, crops, Verg. E. 3, 82; id. G. 1, 325; id. A. 2, 306; 12, 454; Ov. M. 1, 286; Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94; Pall. 1, 43.—Prov.:

mihi istic nec seritur nec metitur,

i. e. I have no benefit from it, it's nothing to me, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 80.—

Transf., of persons, to beget, bring forth, produce; only in part. perf. in pass. sense, begotten, sprung forth, born, etc.:

Tertullae nollem abortum: tam enim Cassii sunt jam quam Bruti serendi,

Cic. Att. 14, 20, 2; id. Leg. 1, 8, 24:

non temere nec fortuito sati et creati sumus,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 118; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 60; id. Univ. 12, 35:

hic satus ad pacem,

Prop. 3, 9, 19.—With ex: ex Tantalo ortus Pelops, ex Pelope autem satus Atreus, Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 57.— With de:

Ilia cum Lauso de Numitore sati,

Ov. F. 4, 54.—With ab:

largo satos Curetas ab imbri,

Ov. M. 4, 282.—With simple abl. (so most freq.):

Camertem Magnanimo Volscente satum,

Verg. A. 10, 562:

sole satus Phaëthon,

Ov. M. 1, 751:

sata Tiresiā Manto,

id. ib. 6, 157 et saep.:

sate sanguine divum,

sprung from, Verg. A. 6, 125:

non sanguine humano sed stirpe divinā satum se esse,

Liv. 38, 58, 7:

o sate gente deum,

Verg. A. 8, 36:

matre satos unā,

Ov. M. 5, 141; so,

matre,

id. F. 3, 799;

Nereide,

id. M. 12, 93; cf.:

Bacchum vocant satumque iterum solumque bimatrem,

id. ib. 4, 12.— Hence, satus (sata) aliquo, for a son (or daughter) of any one:

satus Anchisa,

i. e. Æneas, Verg. A. 5, 244; 5, 424; 6, 331;

7, 152: Hammone satus,

i. e. Iarbas, id. ib. 4, 198:

satae Peliā,

Ov. M. 7, 322:

sati Curibus,

sprung from, natives of Cures, id. ib. 14, 778.—

Trop., to sow the seeds of any thing, to found, establish, to scatter, disseminate, propagate, produce, to cause, occasion, excite, etc.:

leges, instituta, rem publicam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31:

diuturnam rem publicam,

to found, establish, id. Rep. 2, 3, 5:

mores,

id. Leg. 1, 6, 20:

aere vulnera vasta serebant,

scattered, Lucr. 5, 1290; so,

vulnera pugnantis tergo,

Sil. 5, 235:

lites,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 10:

negotium,

id. Most. 5, 1, 51; cf.:

(Hamilcar) Romanum sevit puerili in pectore bellum,

Sil. 1, 80:

civiles discordias,

Liv. 3, 40, 10:

causam discordiarum,

Suet. Calig. 26:

crimina in senatum apud infimae plebis homines,

Liv. 24, 23 fin.:

invidiam in alios,

Tac. H. 2, 86:

rumores,

Verg. A. 12, 228; Curt. 8, 9, 1:

opinionem,

Just. 8, 3, 8:

sibi causas sollicitudinum,

Sen. Ep. 104, 12.

sĕro ( ui), tum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. sarat, thread; Gr. seira, rope; cf.: eirô, herma, hormos; Lat. series, servus], to join or bind together, to plait, interweave, entwine, etc.

Lit. (so only in part. perf.):

accipiunt sertas nardo florente coronas,

Luc. 10, 164; Cypr. Ep. 4, 3:

flores,

App. M. 4, p. 156, 4; 10, p. 254, 38:

rosa,

id. ib. 2, p. 121, 131:

loricae,

linked, Nep. Iph. 1 fin.; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 421.—

Subst.: serta, ōrum, n., wreaths of flowers, garlands (freq. and class.):

arae sertis recentibus halant,

Verg. A. 1, 417:

coronae, serta,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 58; Lucr. 4, 1128; 4, 1174; Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; Cat. 6, 8; Verg. E. 6, 16; Tib. 1, 1, 12; 1, 2, 14; 1, 7, 52 et saep. al.—Rarely in sing.:

roseo Venus aurea serto,

Aus. Idyll. 6, 88.—Collat. form serta, ae, f. (sc. corona):

cum tua praependent demissae in pocula sertae,

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 37; id. et Corn. Sev. ap. Charis. p. 83 P.—

Trop., to join, connect, interweave; to combine, compose, contrive (class. but rare; syn.: jungo, cieo, instruo): seritote diem concorditer ambo, i. e. alternate according to the succession (in the government), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (Ann. v. 110 Vahl.):

ex aeternitate causa causam serens,

joining in order, following, Cic. Fat. 12, 27:

cujus (fati) lege immobilis rerum humanarum ordo seritur,

is arranged, disposed, Liv. 25, 6:

bella ex bellis serendo,

by joining war to war, Sall. H. 4, 61, 20 Dietsch:

tumultum ex tumultu, bellum ex bello serunt,

id. ib. 1, 48, 7 ib.; cf. Liv. 21, 10; cf.:

certamina cum Patribus,

to join, engage in, id. 2, 1; so,

certamina,

id. 27, 12; 27, 41; 40, 48:

crebra proelia,

Tac. H. 5, 11: quod mihi servus sermonem serat, joins speech, i. e. bandies words with me, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 106:

multa inter sese vario sermone serebant,

Verg. A. 6, 160; Stat. Achill. 2, 38, id. Th. 6, 941:

aliquid sermonibus occultis,

Liv. 3, 43; 7, 39; 33, 32:

secreta colloquia cum eo,

id. 34, 61:

populares orationes,

to put together, compose, id. 10, 19; cf.:

(Livius) ab saturis ausus est primus argumento fabulam serere,

id. 7, 2, 8:

quid seris fando moras?

why are you contriving? Sen. Med. 281:

negotium,

to make, prepare, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 51:

crimina belli,

Verg. A. 7, 339.

sēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sera], to fasten with a bolt, to bar: praeda nullo obstaculo serata, Ven. Fort. Vit. S. Menard. 6; cf. Prisc. p. 837 P.

sērō̆, adv., v. serus fin.

sĕro, sēvi, sătum, 3, v. a. [for seso, root sa-; Gr. saô, sêthô, to sift], to sow, plant (freq. and class.; syn.: planto, semino, consero).

Lit., with acc., either of the plant, seed, etc., sown, or of the land cultivated:

ubi tempus erit, effodito seritoque recte... Quae diligentius seri voles, in calicibus seri oportet,

Cato, R. R. 133, 2: serendum viciam, lentem, cicerculam, etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 2:

oleam et vitem,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

frumenta,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

ut tantum decumae sit, quantum severis: hoc est, ut quot jugera sint sata, totidem medimna decumae debeantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112:

agri molliti et oblimati ad serendum,

id. N. D. 2, 52, 130: serit arbores, quae alteri saeculo prosint, Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; Cic. Sen. 7, 24; 17, 59:

nullam sacrā vite prius severis arborem,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 6:

semina,

Verg. G. 1, 193: surculos, Auct. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

aliquid in inculto et derelicto solo,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

iste serendus ager,

Ov. A. A. 2, 668:

sulcos,

Tib. 2, 3, 70:

vera ratio serendi,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 224.—Freq. in part. perf.:

multa erant inter eum locum manu sata,

Caes. B. C. 3, 44:

saepe satas alio vidi traducere messes,

Verg. E. 8, 99; id. G. 3, 176.—Hence, subst.: săta, ōrum, n., standing corn, crops, Verg. E. 3, 82; id. G. 1, 325; id. A. 2, 306; 12, 454; Ov. M. 1, 286; Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94; Pall. 1, 43.—Prov.:

mihi istic nec seritur nec metitur,

i. e. I have no benefit from it, it's nothing to me, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 80.—

Transf., of persons, to beget, bring forth, produce; only in part. perf. in pass. sense, begotten, sprung forth, born, etc.:

Tertullae nollem abortum: tam enim Cassii sunt jam quam Bruti serendi,

Cic. Att. 14, 20, 2; id. Leg. 1, 8, 24:

non temere nec fortuito sati et creati sumus,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 118; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 60; id. Univ. 12, 35:

hic satus ad pacem,

Prop. 3, 9, 19.—With ex: ex Tantalo ortus Pelops, ex Pelope autem satus Atreus, Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 57.— With de:

Ilia cum Lauso de Numitore sati,

Ov. F. 4, 54.—With ab:

largo satos Curetas ab imbri,

Ov. M. 4, 282.—With simple abl. (so most freq.):

Camertem Magnanimo Volscente satum,

Verg. A. 10, 562:

sole satus Phaëthon,

Ov. M. 1, 751:

sata Tiresiā Manto,

id. ib. 6, 157 et saep.:

sate sanguine divum,

sprung from, Verg. A. 6, 125:

non sanguine humano sed stirpe divinā satum se esse,

Liv. 38, 58, 7:

o sate gente deum,

Verg. A. 8, 36:

matre satos unā,

Ov. M. 5, 141; so,

matre,

id. F. 3, 799;

Nereide,

id. M. 12, 93; cf.:

Bacchum vocant satumque iterum solumque bimatrem,

id. ib. 4, 12.— Hence, satus (sata) aliquo, for a son (or daughter) of any one:

satus Anchisa,

i. e. Æneas, Verg. A. 5, 244; 5, 424; 6, 331;

7, 152: Hammone satus,

i. e. Iarbas, id. ib. 4, 198:

satae Peliā,

Ov. M. 7, 322:

sati Curibus,

sprung from, natives of Cures, id. ib. 14, 778.—

Trop., to sow the seeds of any thing, to found, establish, to scatter, disseminate, propagate, produce, to cause, occasion, excite, etc.:

leges, instituta, rem publicam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31:

diuturnam rem publicam,

to found, establish, id. Rep. 2, 3, 5:

mores,

id. Leg. 1, 6, 20:

aere vulnera vasta serebant,

scattered, Lucr. 5, 1290; so,

vulnera pugnantis tergo,

Sil. 5, 235:

lites,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 10:

negotium,

id. Most. 5, 1, 51; cf.:

(Hamilcar) Romanum sevit puerili in pectore bellum,

Sil. 1, 80:

civiles discordias,

Liv. 3, 40, 10:

causam discordiarum,

Suet. Calig. 26:

crimina in senatum apud infimae plebis homines,

Liv. 24, 23 fin.:

invidiam in alios,

Tac. H. 2, 86:

rumores,

Verg. A. 12, 228; Curt. 8, 9, 1:

opinionem,

Just. 8, 3, 8:

sibi causas sollicitudinum,

Sen. Ep. 104, 12.

sĕro ( ui), tum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. sarat, thread; Gr. seira, rope; cf.: eirô, herma, hormos; Lat. series, servus], to join or bind together, to plait, interweave, entwine, etc.

Lit. (so only in part. perf.):

accipiunt sertas nardo florente coronas,

Luc. 10, 164; Cypr. Ep. 4, 3:

flores,

App. M. 4, p. 156, 4; 10, p. 254, 38:

rosa,

id. ib. 2, p. 121, 131:

loricae,

linked, Nep. Iph. 1 fin.; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 421.—

Subst.: serta, ōrum, n., wreaths of flowers, garlands (freq. and class.):

arae sertis recentibus halant,

Verg. A. 1, 417:

coronae, serta,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 58; Lucr. 4, 1128; 4, 1174; Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; Cat. 6, 8; Verg. E. 6, 16; Tib. 1, 1, 12; 1, 2, 14; 1, 7, 52 et saep. al.—Rarely in sing.:

roseo Venus aurea serto,

Aus. Idyll. 6, 88.—Collat. form serta, ae, f. (sc. corona):

cum tua praependent demissae in pocula sertae,

Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 37; id. et Corn. Sev. ap. Charis. p. 83 P.—

Trop., to join, connect, interweave; to combine, compose, contrive (class. but rare; syn.: jungo, cieo, instruo): seritote diem concorditer ambo, i. e. alternate according to the succession (in the government), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (Ann. v. 110 Vahl.):

ex aeternitate causa causam serens,

joining in order, following, Cic. Fat. 12, 27:

cujus (fati) lege immobilis rerum humanarum ordo seritur,

is arranged, disposed, Liv. 25, 6:

bella ex bellis serendo,

by joining war to war, Sall. H. 4, 61, 20 Dietsch:

tumultum ex tumultu, bellum ex bello serunt,

id. ib. 1, 48, 7 ib.; cf. Liv. 21, 10; cf.:

certamina cum Patribus,

to join, engage in, id. 2, 1; so,

certamina,

id. 27, 12; 27, 41; 40, 48:

crebra proelia,

Tac. H. 5, 11: quod mihi servus sermonem serat, joins speech, i. e. bandies words with me, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 106:

multa inter sese vario sermone serebant,

Verg. A. 6, 160; Stat. Achill. 2, 38, id. Th. 6, 941:

aliquid sermonibus occultis,

Liv. 3, 43; 7, 39; 33, 32:

secreta colloquia cum eo,

id. 34, 61:

populares orationes,

to put together, compose, id. 10, 19; cf.:

(Livius) ab saturis ausus est primus argumento fabulam serere,

id. 7, 2, 8:

quid seris fando moras?

why are you contriving? Sen. Med. 281:

negotium,

to make, prepare, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 51:

crimina belli,

Verg. A. 7, 339.

sēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sera], to fasten with a bolt, to bar: praeda nullo obstaculo serata, Ven. Fort. Vit. S. Menard. 6; cf. Prisc. p. 837 P.

sērō̆, adv., v. serus fin.