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com-mendo ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. mando], to commit to one for preservation, protection, etc., to intrust to one ' s charge, commit to one ' s care, commend to.

Prop.

Lit., implying a physical delivery, to deposit with, intrust to; constr. aliquem or aliquid alicui, or absol.:

commendare nihil aliud est quam deponere,

Dig. 50, 16, 186:

Oratorem meum—sic enim inscripsi— Sabino tuo commendavi,

Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1:

sacrum sacrove commendatum qui clepsit rapsitve parricida esto,

id. Leg. 2, 9, 22; 2, 16, 40:

nummos alicui,

Dig. 16, 3, 24:

corpus alicui loco,

Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 4:

CORPORA SARCOPHAGO,

Inscr. Orell. 4370.— Poet.:

semina sulcis,

Sil. 15, 541.—With apud or ad and acc. (rare and post-class.): Demetrius duos filios apud Gnidium hospitem suum cum magno auri pondere commendaverat, [p. 377] Just. 35, 2, 1:

cujus beneficio ad sororem Medeam est commendatus,

Hyg. Fab. 3.—

Trop.:

ego me tuae commendo et committo fidei,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 47 (cf.:

bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fide,

id. And. 1, 5, 61); so,

commendare se patri in clientelam et fidem,

id. Eun. 5, 8, 9; 3, 5, 29:

tibi ejus omnia negotia, libertos, procuratores, familiam,

Cic. Fam. 1, 3, 2:

vos sum testatus, vobis me ac meos commendavi,

id. Dom. 57, 145:

totum me tuo amori fideique,

id. Att. 3, 20, 2:

tibi suos testamento liberos,

id. Fin. 3, 2, 9:

simul atque natum sit animal, ipsum sibi conciliari et commendari ad se conservandum,

id. ib. 3, 5, 16; * Cat. 15, 1; Ov. M. 6, 495:

aliquem diis,

Tac. A. 4, 17; cf. id. ib. 15, 23:

rempublicam patribus,

id. H. 1, 90; Suet. Aug. 56.— Trop.: aliquid litteris, to commit to writing, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 2:

historiam immortalitati,

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

nomen tuum immortalitati,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; cf.:

nomen suum posteritati,

Curt. 9, 3, 5:

eum sempiternae gloriae,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 6: se fugae, Auct. B. Afr. 34.—

Esp., of the dying, to commend children, parents, etc., to the care of others:

is, qui morti addictus esset, paucos sibi dies commendandorum suorum causā postulavisset,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 46:

hi de suā salute desperantes... parentes suos commendabant, si quos ex eo periculo fortuna servare potuisset,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

ille tibi moriens nos commendavit senex,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 11; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73:

tibi suos testamento liberos,

Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9.—

In gen., to commend or recommend, i. e. to procure favor for, to make agreeable, to set off with advantage, to grace (class.):

principes undique convenire et se civitatesque suas Caesari commendare coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 27 fin.;

Auct. B. G. 8, 50: P. Rutilii adulescentiam ad opinionem et conscientiae et juris scientiae P. Mucii commendavit domus,

Cic. Off. 2, 13, 47:

(vox) quae una maxime eloquentiam vel commendat vel sustinet,

id. de Or. 1, 59, 252; cf.:

nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari quam verborum splendore et copiā,

id. Brut. 59, 216; id. Att. 13, 19, 2; Quint. 6, 1, 21:

adfectus nemo historicorum commendavit magis,

id. 10, 1, 101:

quod me Lucanae commendet amicae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 21:

marmora commendantur maculis aut coloribus,

Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49:

compluresque tribuni militum ad Caesarem veniunt seque ei commendant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 74:

hoc idcirco commemoratum a te puto, uti te infimo ordini commendares,

Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3:

se civibus impiis,

id. ib. 5, 1, 3:

cum se numeris commendat et arte,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261:

se tonsā cute,

id. ib. 1, 18, 7:

his factis abunde se posteritati commendasset,

Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 2.—Hence, commendātus, a, um, P. a.

Commended, recommended to:

quae res gloriosior? quae commendatior erit memoriae hominum sempiternae?

Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 32; id. Balb. 18, 43:

ceteris rebus habeas eos a me commendatissimos,

id. Fam. 12, 26, 2; 2, 8, 3; 13, 10, 2; 13, 64, 1.—

Agreeable, approved, distinguished, valued:

vultus commendatior,

Petr. 110, 5:

calami,

Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161:

fama commendatior,

id. 25, 10, 81, § 130.

ob-servo, āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic fut. perf. observasso, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 57), v. a.

In gen., to watch, note, heed, observe a thing; to take notice of, pay attention to (class.;

syn.: animadverto, attendo): ne me observare possis, quid rerum geram,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 14:

quid ille faciat, ne id observes,

id. Men. 5, 2, 38:

fetus,

to watch for, seek to catch, Verg. G. 4, 512:

lupus observavit, dum dormitarent canes,

watched, waited, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133:

occupationem alicujus, et aucupari tempus,

to watch in order to take advantage of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22:

si iniquitates observaveris, Domine,

Vulg. Psa. 129, 3: tempus epistulae alicui reddendae, to watch or wait for, Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

et insidiari,

to be on the watch, id. Or. 62, 210: observavit sedulo, ut praetor indiceret, etc., took care that, etc., Suet. Claud. 22.—So pass. impers.:

observatum est, ne quotiens introiret urbem, supplicium de quoquam sumeretur,

Suet. Aug. 57 fin.:

observans Acerroniae necem,

observing, perceiving, Tac. A. 14, 6:

postquam poëta sensit, scripturam suam Ab iniquis observari,

to be scrutinized, Ter. Ad. prol. 1:

sese,

to keep a close watch over one's self, Cic. Brut. 82, 283.—

In partic.

To watch, guard, keep any thing:

januam,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 7:

fores,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 57:

greges,

Ov. M. 1, 513: draconem, auriferam obtutu observantem arborem, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Sen. Hippol. 223.—

To observe, respect, regard, attend to, heed, keep, comply with a law, precept, recommendation, etc.:

leges,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40:

censoriam animadversionem,

id. Clu. 42, 117:

praeceptum diligentissime,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

imperium,

Sall. J. 80, 2:

foedus,

Sil. 17, 78:

centesimas,

to adhere to, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11:

commendationes,

to attend to, regard, id. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

auspicia,

Tac. G. 9:

diem concilii,

Liv. 1, 50, 6:

ordines,

to keep in the ranks, Sall. J. 51, 1.— Pass.:

id ab omnibus,

Just. 21, 4, 5.—

To pay attention or respect to; to respect, regard, esteem, honor one (syn.:

veneror, revereor): tribules suos,

Cic. Planc. 18, 45:

regem,

Verg. G. 4, 210:

me, ut alterum patrem, et observat, et diligit,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

et colere aliquem,

id. Att. 2, 19, 5:

aliquem perofficiose et amanter,

id. ib. 9, 20, 3:

clarissimus et nobis observandus vir,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. p. 4.—

Observare se a quā re = se abstinere, Vulg. Judic. 13, 12.—

To observe, notice, perceive (eccl. Lat.):

Amasa non observavit gladium,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 20, 10.—Hence,

ob-servans, antis, P. a.

Watchful, regardful, observant.—Comp.:

observantior aequi Fit populus,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 296.— Sup.:

observantissimus omnium officiorum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 30, 1; 10, 11, 1: observantissima lex suorum itinerum, App. de Mundo, 33 fin. —

Attentive, respectful:

homo tui observans,

Cic. Quint. 11, 39; Charis. 77 P.:

observantissimus mei homo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11; id. Fam. 13, 3 init. —Hence, adv.: observanter, carefully, sedulously (post-class.):

sequi,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 1, § 7; App. Mag. p. 320, 11.— Comp.:

observantius,

Amm. 23, 6, 79.— Sup.:

aliquid observantissime vitare,

Gell. 10, 21.—

Reverentially:

ad precandum accedere,

Lact. 5, 19, 26.—

observātē, adv., observantly, carefully, perspicaciously (postclass.):

observate curioseque animadvertit M. Tullius,

Gell. 2, 17, 1.

ăb-ūtor, ūsus, 3, v. dep., to use up any thing, to use to the end, to consume entirely (utendo vel in usum consumere, Non. p. 76, 29); constr. in ante-class. period with acc., in class. per. with abl.

Lit.

With acc.:

nos aurum abusos,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 126; so,

argentum,

id. Pers. 2, 3, 10:

qui abusus sum tantam rem patriam,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 56:

operam,

Ter. And. prol. 5 Ruhnk.:

meretricem,

id. Phorm. 2, 3, 66:

suam vim,

Lucr. 5, 1032.—

With abl.:

sumus parati abuti tecum hoc otio,

to spend this leisure time with you, Cic. Rep. 1, 9 Creuz; so,

otio liberaliter,

Vell. 2, 105, 1:

omni tempore,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

sole,

id. Att. 12, 6, 2:

studiis,

id. Fam. 9, 6, 5:

me abusum isto prooemio,

id. Att. 16, 6, 4 al.: abuti aliquā re ad aliquid, to make use of for any purpose, to take advantage of:

abuti sagacitate canum ad utilitatem nostram,

id. N. D. 2, 60, 151; cf. id. Lig. 1, 1; id. Mil. 2, 6.—Hence,

In a bad sense, to misuse, to abuse:

sapientiam tuam abusa est haec,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 29; so in the exordium of the first oration against Cat.: Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? will you abuse our patience? libertate, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 113:

intemperanter otio et litteris,

id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6:

iis festivitatibus insolentius,

id. Or. 52, 176 al.:

legibus ac majestate ad quaestum,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 61; id. N. D. 1, 23, 64 al.—

Esp., in rhet. (of words), to use improperly, Cic. Or. 27, 94; id. de Or. 3, 43, 169; Quint. 5, 10, 6 al.

► Pass.:

abusa,

consumed, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 44; so also Varr.: utile utamur potius quam ab rege abutamur, ap. Prisc. p. 792 P., and Q. Hortensius, ib., abusis locis:

abutendus,

Suet. Galb. 14.

dē-sum, fŭi, esse (ee in deest, deesse, deerit, etc., in the poets per synaeresin as one syll., Lucr. 1, 44; Cat. 64, 151; Verg. G. 2, 233; id. A. 7, 262; 10, 378; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 24; Ov. M. 15, 354 et saep.; praes. subj., desiet, Cato R. R. 8; perf., defuerunt, trisyl., Ov. M. 6, 585; fut. inf., commonly defuturum esse, as Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2, etc.;

also defore,

id. Fam. 13, 63; Caes. B. G. 5, 56; Sil. 9, 248; imperf. subj., deforent, Ambros. Hexaem. 3, 13), v. n., to be away, be absent; to fail, be wanting (for syn. cf.: absum, deficio, descisco, negligo; freq. in all periods).

In gen.

Absol.:

non ratio, verum argentum deerat,

Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 69:

frigore enim desunt ignes ventique calore Deficiunt,

Lucr. 6, 360: cf. id. 3, 455; Cato R. R. 8:

omnia deerant, quae, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin.:

semper paullum ad summam felicitatem defuisse,

id. ib. 6, 43, 5:

ibi numquam causas seditionum et certaminis defore,

Liv. 45, 18:

quod non desit habentem, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 52 et saep.:

non desunt qui, for sunt qui,

Quint. 4, 5, 11; 8, 3, 85; Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

metuo mihi in monendo ne defuerit oratio,

Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 3 and 4:

cui nihil desit, quod, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. id. Lael. 14, 51:

sive deest naturae quippiam, sive abundat atque affluit,

id. Div. 1, 29, 61:

quantum alteri sententiae deesset animi, tantum alteri superesse,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31; so,

opp. superesse,

Cic. Fam. 13, 63; cf.

opp. superare,

Sall. C. 20, 11:

neu desint epulis rosae,

Hor. Od. 1, 36, 15; id. Ep. 1, 1, 58 et saep.:

hoc unum ad pristinam fortunam Caesari defuit,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.; cf. id. B. C. 3, 2, 2; 3, 96, 2. —

With in:

ut neque in Antonio deesset hic ornatus orationis, neque in Crasso redundaret,

Cic. de Or. 3, 4 fin.; id. Rep. 2, 33:

in C. Laenio commendando,

id. Fam. 13, 63 al. —

With inf. ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

et mihi non desunt turpes pendere corollae,

Prop. 1, 16, 7; Sil. 6, 10; Tac. H. 4, 1 al.—

With quominus:

duas sibi res, quominus in vulgus et in foro diceret, defuisse,

Cic. Rep. 3, 30 fin. (ap. Non. 262, 23); Tac. A. 14, 39.—

With quin:

nihil contumeliarum defuit, quin subiret,

Suet. Ner. 45.—

With ut:

non defuit, ut, etc.,

Capitol. Gord. III. 31.—

Pregn., to fail, be wanting in one's duty, as in rendering assistance, etc.; not to assist or serve, to desert one, to neglect a person or thing.

With dat.:

tantum enitor, ut neque amicis neque etiam alienioribus opera, consilio, labore desim,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17; cf. id. Mur. 4 fin.:

ne tibi desis,

that you be not wanting to yourself, neglect not your own advantage, id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2; cf. Hor. S. 1, 9, 56; 2, 1, 17; 1, 4, 134:

senatu reique publicae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3 sq.:

communi saluti nulla in re,

id. B. G. 5, 33, 2:

Timotheo de fama dimicanti,

Nep. Timoth. 4, 3:

huic rei,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 2:

negotio,

id. ib. 2, 41, 3:

decori vestro,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24:

officio et dignitati meae,

id. Att. 7, 17, 4; Liv. 3, 50:

tempori,

id. 21, 27; cf.:

occasioni temporis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79 et saep.—

Without dat.:

non deest reipublicae consilium... nos, nos, dico aperte, consules desumus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1 fin.; id. Rep. 3, 21:

qui non deerat in causis,

id. Brut. 34, 130:

nec deerat Ptolemaeus,

Tac. H. 1, 22 fin. —

To fall short of, miss, fail to obtain:

ne quis desit gratiae Dei,

Vulg. Heb. 12, 15.

praemĭum, ii, n. [prae-emo, what one has got before or better than others] (class.).

Profit derived from booty, booty ( poet.; cf. praeda; and: avorti praedam ab hostibus. Pen. Heus, ecqua in istac pars inest praemi mihi? Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 26):

multaque praeterea Laurentis praemia pugnae Aggerat, et longo praedam jubet ordine duci,

Verg. A. 11, 78 sq.;

rapta praemia veste ferre,

Tib. 1, 2, 25; cf. Tac. H. 1, 51:

ferre ad patrios praemia dira Lares,

Prop. 2, 23, 67 (3, 28, 22):

spectat sua praemia raptor,

Ov. M. 6, 518; 13, 414:

tam dirae praemia culpae,

Juv. 8, 119.—Also, game killed, prey, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 12), 46; Hor. Epod. 2, 36; Val. Fl. 8, 253.— Poet.:

raptae virginitatis,

Ov. M. 8, 850.—

Transf.

In gen., profit, advantage, prerogative, distinction (class.), Lucr. 3, 899; 956; 5, 5; cf. poet.: Veneris, i. e. children (the Greek dôra Aphroditês), Verg. A. 4, 33:

absens factus aedilis, continuo praetor: licebat enim celerius legis praemio,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 1.—

In partic., reward, recompense (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: munus, donum): sapiens virtuti honorem praemium, haud praedam petit, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102 (Trag. v. 374 Vahl.): ecquid erit praemi, reward, id. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 341 ib.):

donum et praemium,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 27:

legibus praemia proposita sunt virtutibus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

persuadere alicui magnis praemiis et pollicitationibus,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18:

praemiis ad perdiscendum commoveri,

Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 13:

praemia alicui dare pro re aliquā,

id. Mur. 4, 8:

praemio afficere aliquem,

to reward, Quint. 3, 6, 42:

augere, Tac A. 1, 42: inducere,

Sall. J. 13, 8:

illicere,

id. ib. 97, 3:

invitare,

Cic. Lig. 4, 12:

elicere ad faciendum aliquid,

id. Balb. 16:

evocare,

Quint. 1, 1, 20:

praemium persolvere alicui,

to give, Cic. Cael. 29, 68:

reddere alicui pro re aliquā,

Cat. 64, 157:

rependere,

Stat. Th. 9, 50:

proponere,

to propose, offer, Caes. B. C. 1, 17: consequi, to obtain, id. B. G. 1, 42; so,

tollere,

Juv. 6, 321:

promittens, si sibi praemio foret, se Arpos proditurum esse,

if he were rewarded, Liv. 24, 45.—Ironic.: cape praemia facti, reward, for punishment, Ov. M. 8, 503:

tibi pro scelere, Di... praemia reddant Debita,

Verg. A. 2, 537.—

A bribe:

ut somno careas ponendaque praemia sumas,

Juv. 3, 56.—

Transf., an act deserving a reward, an exploit, Verg. A. 12, 437.

ēmŏlŭmentum or ēmŏlĭmentum (cf. monumentum), i, n. [emolior; lit., a working out; hence],

A striving for success, i. e. effort, exertion, labor (cf. elaboro;

rarely): neque enim magnum emolumentum esse potest,

can present no great difficulty, Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1 (but in Caes. B. G. 1, 34, the true reading is molimento). —

Concr., a work, a building, etc.: vetera, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 19.—Far more freq.,

The attainment of success, i. e. gain, profit, advantage, benefit (syn.: lucrum, quaestus, compendium, commodum, fructus, reditus).

Absol.: et emolumenta et detrimenta (quae ôphelêmata et blammata appellant) communia esse voluerunt, Cic. Fin. 3, 21;

so opp. detrimentum,

id. 1, 16, 53; cf.

opp. damnum,

Suet. Aug. 25:

nullum emolumentum esse, nullum injustitia partum praemium tantum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 3, 16 fin.;

so with praemium,

id. de Or. 2, 85, 346; cf.

with utilitas,

id. ib. 1, 8 fin.:

boni nullo emolumento impelluntur in fraudem,

id. Mil. 12, 32; cf. id. Font. 8, 17; id. Fin. 2, 18, 59; id. Fam. 7, 10 fin.; Liv. 5, 4; 6, 39; 21, 43; Quint. 3, 8, 7; * Lucr. 5, 166 et saep.; of persons:

ut quam maximum emolumentum novis sociis esset,

Liv. 22, 22, 7.—

With gen.:

emolumenta rerum fallacibus judiciis vident... poenam non vident,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36:

victoriae,

Vell. 2, 105 fin.:

belli,

id. 2, 114, 4; Just. 9, 1, 2:

pacis,

Tac. A. 11, 7:

ergastulorum,

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21:

laborum,

Juv. 3, 22:

sacramentorum (with praemia),

id. 16, 35 et saep.:

honoris,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 68.

praeda, ae (old abl. sing. PRAEDAD. Inscr. Col. Rostr.), f. [for praehenda, from praehendo, v. prehendo], property taken in war, booty, spoil, plunder, pillage (syn.: exuviae, spolium).

Lit.: praedā exercitus undat, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 437 (Ann. v. 320 Vahl.):

praedas ac manubias in urbis ornamenta conferre,

Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 61; cf. manubiae, and the passages there cited with praeda; so plur.:

praedarum in parte repertā frangebat pocula,

Juv. 11, 101.—Mostly sing.:

praeda ante parta,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 11, 28: praedam capere de praedonibus Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

praedam militibus donare,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11 fin.:

victores praedā spoliisque potiti,

Verg. A. 9, 450.—

Transf.

An animal, bird, etc., caught or killed in the chase; prey, game ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

cervi luporum praeda rapacium,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 50; Phaedr. 1, 5; Verg. A. 3, 223; Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 219;

of fishing,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4; Ov. M. 13, 936: in saltu venantur aves;

hinc praeda cubili Ponitur,

Juv. 14, 82.—Prov.:

praeda canum lepus est,

Mart. 1, 22, 5.— Transf., of a person, prey, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 23; Ov. H. 15, 51.—

In gen., booty, spoil, gain, profit:

illa, quae empta ex praedā est,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 2; 15; 3, 3, 13:

adeste, sultis, praeda erit praesentium,

id. Stich. 1, 3, 67:

maximos quaestus praedasque facere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119; Hor. S. 2, 3, 68:

ostendit praedam,

treasure trove, Phaedr. 5, 6, 4:

a quibus magnas praedas Agesilaus faciebat,

from which Agesilaus drew great advantage, Nep. Chabr. 2, 3; cf. Plin. 26, 1, 3, § 4.

rēfert (or separately rē fert), tŭlit, ferre, v. n. and impers. (plur. rarely personal; v. II. infra) [res - fero; the ancients regarded rē in this word as derived from res; cf. Fest. s. v. refert, p. 282 Müll.]; prop., it follows from or in view of a thing, i. q. ex re est; hence, it is for one ' s interest or advantage, it profits; or, in gen., it befits, matters, imports, concerns, it is of importance or consequence (syn.: juvat, conducit, attinet; freq. and class.); constr.,

In all periods and in all kinds of composition, refert hoc ( id, illud, etc., a subj.-clause) meā ( tuā, etc., qs. fert re meā, tuā, etc.; cf. Prisc. p. 1077 P.) magni ( pluris, quanti, etc., nihil, quid?), or absol.

Hoc meā refert, etc. (in Cic. very rare;

whereas interest meā occurs very freq.): tua istuc refert maxime,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 38:

tua istuc refert, si curaveris,

id. Am. 2, 2, 109:

id mea minime refert,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 27:

quod refert tua,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 50:

nihilo pol pluris tua hoc, quam quanti illud refert meā,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 27:

meā quidem istuc nihil refert,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 68:

id tuā refert nihil, utrum illae fecerint,

Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 12:

tuā quod nihil refert, ne Cures,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 48:

tuā quod nihil refert, percontari desinas,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 12:

non ascripsi id, quod tuā nihil referebat,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 5:

quid id meā refert?

Plaut. Curc. 3, 25; 4, 2, 44; id. Merc. 2, 3, 117:

quid id refert tuā?

id. Curc. 3, 88; id. Rud. 1, 2, 88; Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 11.—With subj.-clause:

quid meā refert, hae Athenis natae an Thebis sient?

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 41.—

Hoc refert, etc.:

quomodo habeas, illud refert, jurene an injuriā,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 25:

ne illud quidem refert, consul an dictator an praetor spoponderit,

Liv. 9, 9:

illud permagni referre arbitror, Ut ne scientem sentiat te id sibi dare,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 58:

primum illud parvi refert, nos publicanis amissis vectigalia postea victoria reciperare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18:

magni quod refert,

Lucr. 2, 760:

at quibus servis? refert enim magno opere id ipsum,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57: quanti id refert? Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1. — With subject-clause:

parvi retulit Non suscepisse,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 41; cf.:

parvi refert abs te ipso jus dici aequabiliter, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7:

quanti refert, te nec recte dicere, qui nihili faciat?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 23:

meminero, sed quid meminisse id refert?

id. Mil. 3, 1, 214:

quid mihi refert Chrysalo esse nomen, nisi, etc.,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 53:

quid te igitur rettulit Beneficum esse oratione, si, etc.,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 13:

neque refert videre, quid dicendum sit, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 29, 110:

neque enim numero comprehendere refert,

nor indeed is it necessary, need we, Verg. G. 2, 104: nec dicaris aliquid, quod referret scire, reticuisse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2.—With [p. 1546] inf. pass.:

jam nec mutari pabula refert,

Verg. G. 3, 548; cf.:

plures e familiā cognosci referre arbitror,

Suet. Ner. 1. — With a rel. subj.-clause (so most freq. in the class. per.):

ipsi animi magni refert quali in corpore locati sint,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80: magni refert, hic quid velit, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2:

cum ego ista omnia bona dixero, tantum refert, quam magna dicam,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90:

quasi vero referat quam id saepe fiat,

id. Div. 2, 29, 62:

quid refert, quā me ratione cogatis?

id. Lael. 8, 26:

quid refert, utrum voluerim fieri, an gaudeam factum?

id. Phil. 2, 12, 29:

quid refert, tanto post ad judices deferantur, an omnino non deferantur?

id. Fl. 9, 21:

quae (aves) pascantur nec ne, quid refert?

id. Div. 2, 34, 72:

tuo vitio rerumne labores, Nil referre putas?

Hor. S. 1, 2, 77:

cum referre negas, quali sit quisque parente Natus,

id. ib. 1, 6, 7 et saep.:

quod tu istis lacrimis te probare postulas, Non pluris refert, quam si imbrem in cribrum geras,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100; cf.:

tantum retulerit, ut in transferendis seminibus similem statum caeli locique observemus,

Col. 3, 9, 7. —

Refert, etc.: Do. Hae (tabellae) quid ad me? To. Immo ad te attinent, Et tuā refert, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 28: Ep. Tua pol refert enim? Ge. Si quidem meā refert, operā utere, id. Stich. 4, 2, 36:

quid tuā refert, qui cum istac venerit?

id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

non plus suā referre, quam si, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 5, 19:

quos, cum nihil refert, pudet,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 1:

cum nihilo pluris referet, quam si, etc.,

id. Bacch. 3, 4, 20:

nego et negando si quid refert, ravio,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 33:

si servus est, numquid refert?

id. Ps. 2, 4, 28:

quid refert, si hoc ipsum salsum illi et venustum videbatur?

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79 et saep. —

Entirely absol.:

bona Sejani ablata aerario, ut in fiscum cogerentur, tamquam referret,

as though it mattered, as if there were any difference, Tac. A. 6, 2.—

Analogous to attinet, conducit, and interest; it is of importance; it belongs, relates, concerns, etc.; constr., refert hoc, id, etc. (once referunt haec), ad aliquem, alicui, alicujus, etc. (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; but, with alicujus, once in Sall. and once in Liv.): quam ad rem istuc refert? Plaut Ep. 2, 2, 91; cf.:

quid id ad me aut ad meam rem refert,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 44:

refert etiam ad fructus, quemadmodum vicinus in confinio consitum agrum habeat,

Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin. — In plur.:

te ex puellā prius percontari volo, Quae ad rem referunt,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 44:

quoi rei id te assimulare rettulit?

id. Truc. 2, 4, 40:

dic, quid referat intra Naturae fines viventi, jugera centum an Mille aret?

Hor. S. 1, 1, 49:

quin et verba Flavii vulgabantur, non referre dedecori, si citharoedus demoveretur et tragoedus succederet,

Tac. A. 15, 65:

faciundum aliquid, quod illorum magis quam suā retulisse videretur,

Sall. J.111, 1:

praefatus... et ipsorum referre, si quos suspectos status praesens rerum faceret,

Liv. 34, 27, 6:

quorum nihil refert, ubi litium cardo vertatur,

Quint. 12, 8, 2:

neque refert cujusquam, Punicas Romanasve acies laetius extuleris,

Tac. A. 4, 33:

ipsius certe ducis hoc referre videtur,

Juv. 16, 58:

plurimum refert compositionis, quae quibus anteponas,

Quint. 9, 4, 44:

tu nihil referre iniquitatis existimas, exigas, quod deberi non oportuerit, an constituas, ut debeatur?

Plin. Pan. 40 fin.:

quem insignire exempli nonnihil, non insignire humanitatis plurimum refert,

id. Ep. 8, 22, 4:

nec minimo sane discrimine refert, Quo gestu lepores et quo gallina secetur,

Juv. 5, 123. — Rarely with a subst. as subj.:

adeo magni refert studium atque voluptas, et quibus in rebus consuerint esse operati homines,

Lucr. 4, 984:

adeo incessus in gravida refert,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

longitudo in his refert, non crassitudo,

id. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

multum tamen in iis refert et locorum natura,

id. 11, 51, 112, § 267:

plurimum refert soli cujusque ratio,

id. 18, 21, 50, § 187.

rēfert (or separately rē fert), tŭlit, ferre, v. n. and impers. (plur. rarely personal; v. II. infra) [res - fero; the ancients regarded rē in this word as derived from res; cf. Fest. s. v. refert, p. 282 Müll.]; prop., it follows from or in view of a thing, i. q. ex re est; hence, it is for one ' s interest or advantage, it profits; or, in gen., it befits, matters, imports, concerns, it is of importance or consequence (syn.: juvat, conducit, attinet; freq. and class.); constr.,

In all periods and in all kinds of composition, refert hoc ( id, illud, etc., a subj.-clause) meā ( tuā, etc., qs. fert re meā, tuā, etc.; cf. Prisc. p. 1077 P.) magni ( pluris, quanti, etc., nihil, quid?), or absol.

Hoc meā refert, etc. (in Cic. very rare;

whereas interest meā occurs very freq.): tua istuc refert maxime,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 38:

tua istuc refert, si curaveris,

id. Am. 2, 2, 109:

id mea minime refert,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 27:

quod refert tua,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 50:

nihilo pol pluris tua hoc, quam quanti illud refert meā,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 27:

meā quidem istuc nihil refert,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 68:

id tuā refert nihil, utrum illae fecerint,

Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 12:

tuā quod nihil refert, ne Cures,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 48:

tuā quod nihil refert, percontari desinas,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 12:

non ascripsi id, quod tuā nihil referebat,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 5:

quid id meā refert?

Plaut. Curc. 3, 25; 4, 2, 44; id. Merc. 2, 3, 117:

quid id refert tuā?

id. Curc. 3, 88; id. Rud. 1, 2, 88; Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 11.—With subj.-clause:

quid meā refert, hae Athenis natae an Thebis sient?

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 41.—

Hoc refert, etc.:

quomodo habeas, illud refert, jurene an injuriā,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 25:

ne illud quidem refert, consul an dictator an praetor spoponderit,

Liv. 9, 9:

illud permagni referre arbitror, Ut ne scientem sentiat te id sibi dare,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 58:

primum illud parvi refert, nos publicanis amissis vectigalia postea victoria reciperare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18:

magni quod refert,

Lucr. 2, 760:

at quibus servis? refert enim magno opere id ipsum,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57: quanti id refert? Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 1. — With subject-clause:

parvi retulit Non suscepisse,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 41; cf.:

parvi refert abs te ipso jus dici aequabiliter, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7:

quanti refert, te nec recte dicere, qui nihili faciat?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 23:

meminero, sed quid meminisse id refert?

id. Mil. 3, 1, 214:

quid mihi refert Chrysalo esse nomen, nisi, etc.,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 53:

quid te igitur rettulit Beneficum esse oratione, si, etc.,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 13:

neque refert videre, quid dicendum sit, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 29, 110:

neque enim numero comprehendere refert,

nor indeed is it necessary, need we, Verg. G. 2, 104: nec dicaris aliquid, quod referret scire, reticuisse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2.—With [p. 1546] inf. pass.:

jam nec mutari pabula refert,

Verg. G. 3, 548; cf.:

plures e familiā cognosci referre arbitror,

Suet. Ner. 1. — With a rel. subj.-clause (so most freq. in the class. per.):

ipsi animi magni refert quali in corpore locati sint,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80: magni refert, hic quid velit, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2:

cum ego ista omnia bona dixero, tantum refert, quam magna dicam,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90:

quasi vero referat quam id saepe fiat,

id. Div. 2, 29, 62:

quid refert, quā me ratione cogatis?

id. Lael. 8, 26:

quid refert, utrum voluerim fieri, an gaudeam factum?

id. Phil. 2, 12, 29:

quid refert, tanto post ad judices deferantur, an omnino non deferantur?

id. Fl. 9, 21:

quae (aves) pascantur nec ne, quid refert?

id. Div. 2, 34, 72:

tuo vitio rerumne labores, Nil referre putas?

Hor. S. 1, 2, 77:

cum referre negas, quali sit quisque parente Natus,

id. ib. 1, 6, 7 et saep.:

quod tu istis lacrimis te probare postulas, Non pluris refert, quam si imbrem in cribrum geras,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100; cf.:

tantum retulerit, ut in transferendis seminibus similem statum caeli locique observemus,

Col. 3, 9, 7. —

Refert, etc.: Do. Hae (tabellae) quid ad me? To. Immo ad te attinent, Et tuā refert, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 28: Ep. Tua pol refert enim? Ge. Si quidem meā refert, operā utere, id. Stich. 4, 2, 36:

quid tuā refert, qui cum istac venerit?

id. Merc. 5, 2, 65:

non plus suā referre, quam si, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 5, 19:

quos, cum nihil refert, pudet,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 1:

cum nihilo pluris referet, quam si, etc.,

id. Bacch. 3, 4, 20:

nego et negando si quid refert, ravio,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 33:

si servus est, numquid refert?

id. Ps. 2, 4, 28:

quid refert, si hoc ipsum salsum illi et venustum videbatur?

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79 et saep. —

Entirely absol.:

bona Sejani ablata aerario, ut in fiscum cogerentur, tamquam referret,

as though it mattered, as if there were any difference, Tac. A. 6, 2.—

Analogous to attinet, conducit, and interest; it is of importance; it belongs, relates, concerns, etc.; constr., refert hoc, id, etc. (once referunt haec), ad aliquem, alicui, alicujus, etc. (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; but, with alicujus, once in Sall. and once in Liv.): quam ad rem istuc refert? Plaut Ep. 2, 2, 91; cf.:

quid id ad me aut ad meam rem refert,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 44:

refert etiam ad fructus, quemadmodum vicinus in confinio consitum agrum habeat,

Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin. — In plur.:

te ex puellā prius percontari volo, Quae ad rem referunt,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 44:

quoi rei id te assimulare rettulit?

id. Truc. 2, 4, 40:

dic, quid referat intra Naturae fines viventi, jugera centum an Mille aret?

Hor. S. 1, 1, 49:

quin et verba Flavii vulgabantur, non referre dedecori, si citharoedus demoveretur et tragoedus succederet,

Tac. A. 15, 65:

faciundum aliquid, quod illorum magis quam suā retulisse videretur,

Sall. J.111, 1:

praefatus... et ipsorum referre, si quos suspectos status praesens rerum faceret,

Liv. 34, 27, 6:

quorum nihil refert, ubi litium cardo vertatur,

Quint. 12, 8, 2:

neque refert cujusquam, Punicas Romanasve acies laetius extuleris,

Tac. A. 4, 33:

ipsius certe ducis hoc referre videtur,

Juv. 16, 58:

plurimum refert compositionis, quae quibus anteponas,

Quint. 9, 4, 44:

tu nihil referre iniquitatis existimas, exigas, quod deberi non oportuerit, an constituas, ut debeatur?

Plin. Pan. 40 fin.:

quem insignire exempli nonnihil, non insignire humanitatis plurimum refert,

id. Ep. 8, 22, 4:

nec minimo sane discrimine refert, Quo gestu lepores et quo gallina secetur,

Juv. 5, 123. — Rarely with a subst. as subj.:

adeo magni refert studium atque voluptas, et quibus in rebus consuerint esse operati homines,

Lucr. 4, 984:

adeo incessus in gravida refert,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

longitudo in his refert, non crassitudo,

id. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

multum tamen in iis refert et locorum natura,

id. 11, 51, 112, § 267:

plurimum refert soli cujusque ratio,

id. 18, 21, 50, § 187.

occāsĭo, ōnis, f. [occĭdo, a falling out, a happening, hap; hence], an occasion, opportunity, fit time, convenient season, favorable moment for doing any thing; eukairia, kairos (syn.: opportunitas, locus, facultas).

In gen.:

occasio est pars temporis, habens in se alicujus rei idoneam faciendi aut non faciendi opportunitatem... in occasione, ad spatium temporis, faciendi quaedam opportunitas intellegitur adjuncta,

Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40: tempus actionis opportunum Graece eukairia, Latine appellatur occasio, id. Off. 1, 40, 142: occasio opportunitas temporis casu quodam provenientis est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.:

dum datur mihi occasio Tempusque,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 30; cf.:

nunc occasio est et tempus,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 3; Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 4:

an ego occasionem tantam, tam brevem, tam optatam, tam insperatam Amitterem?

id. Eun. 3, 5, 56:

minima,

Suet. Calig. 14; cf.

summa,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 2 infra: occasionem nancisci, Afran. ap. Non. 308, 13:

quem, si interficere voluisset, quantae quoties occasiones, quam praeclarae fuerunt,

Cic. Mil. 14, 38:

occasio opprimendi,

id. ib. 15:

inrumpendi in urbem,

Curt. 4, 5, 16:

resistendi,

id. 7, 4, 4: majores occasiones ad opitulandum haberem, more opportunities, Planc [p. 1250] up. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

ut primum occasio data est rem publicam defendendi,

as soon as an opportunity presented itself, Cic. Fam. 12, 242:

occasionem sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblatam esse arbitratur,

has presented itself, id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 61:

occasio mirifica,

id. Att. 2, 14, 2:

opportuna,

Val. Max. 5, 4, 3:

quo faciliorem occasionem Salvio praebuit perficiendi conata,

Suet. Galb. 17:

occasio minor opinione,

id. Caes. 3:

tam bona,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:

lepida,

id. Mil. 4, 1, 30:

bellissima,

Petr. S. 25:

occasionem amittere,

to lose, let slip, Cic. Caecin. 5, 15:

omittere,

Suet. Cal. 14; so,

praetermittere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

capere,

to seize, Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

arripere,

Liv. 35, 12, 17:

occasiones quaerere,

Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 4:

rapere de die,

Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

amplecti,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 1:

sumere,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

occasione uti,

Just. 38, 5, 1:

non deesse occasioni,

not to miss, to profit by, Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

cunctationem hostium suam fore occasionem rati,

Curt. 4, 6, 13:

dum datur mihi occasio tempusque,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 29:

ne a fortunā datam occasionem liberandae Graeciae dimitterent,

Nep. Milt. 3, 3; id. Alc. 8, 5:

cujus (rei) se occasio dederit,

Quint. 12, 2, 12: (paratus) depugnare, si occasio tulerit, mori, si casus inciderit, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6:

occasionem aperire ad invadendum,

Liv. 4, 53, 9:

occasionem sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblatam esse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

occasione datā,

should an opportunity offer, id. Phil. 7, 6, 18; cf.:

occasione oblatā simultates deponere,

Suet. Caes. 73:

praebere,

id. Galb. 17:

offerre,

id. Aug. 16:

per occasionem,

on a favorable opportunity, Liv. 30, 3:

rem inmaturam nisi per occasionem aperire noluerat,

id. 1, 5, 5; 1, 53, 7; 2, 11, 2; Sall. C. 51, 6:

fratris memoriā per omnem occasionem celebratā,

on every occasion, Suet. Claud. 11; id. Aug. 67:

ad occasionem aurae evehi,

the wind being fair, taking advantage of a fair wind, id. ib. 97:

levia proelia ex occasione hujus aut illius partis oriebantur,

Liv. 24, 3, 17:

ex occasione,

as occasion offered, Suet. Caes. 60:

occasione omni,

on every occasion, id. Claud. 42.—With inf.:

nunc adest occasio Benefacta cumulare = occasio cumulandi,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 63:

nunc est illa occasio inimicum ulcisci,

id. Pers. 4, 7, 15:

agere tuam rem occasio est,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 46; 5, 4, 42; id. Curc. 1, 1, 60; cf.:

summa eludendi occasio'st mihi nunc senes Et Phaedriae curam adimere,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 45.—With ut and subj.:

fuit occasio, si vellet, jam pridem argentum ut daret,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 51:

quoniam occasio fuit Mea virtute parta ut quantum velles sumeres,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 22:

rara haec occasio est, ut referri possint divini honores,

Quint. 3, 7, 17.—

Personified: Occasio, Opportunity, as a goddess, Phaedr. 5, 8; Aus. Epigr. 12, 3.—

In partic.

Facility or means of having a thing:

solitudinis,

Tac. A. 15, 50.—

A supply, stock (post-Aug.):

oleae,

Col. 9, 1:

lapidum,

Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191:

vetusti olei,

id. 23, 4, 40, § 82.—

A pretext, plea, plausible explanation:

hāc illi opus est occasione, ne illum talium precum pudeat,

Quint. 3, 8, 47:

occasiones et ex causis et ex dictis adversariorum oriuntur,

id. 6, 1, 5; 12, 10, 13:

quantulacunque adeo est occasio, sufficit irae,

Juv. 13, 183.—

Occasion, motive, reason:

non habeo ullam occasionem, ut apud te falsa fabuler,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 38.—

Milit. t. t., a dash, raid, surprise:

occasionis esse rem, non proelii,

they were undertaking a surprise, not a battle, Caes. B. G. 7, 45, 9:

cujus (belli) maxima momenta in occasionibus sunt,

Sen. Ira, 3, 21, 1:

occasionibus imminere,

Front. 2, 5, 22. —

A cause (late Lat.): cum calcis ictu mortis occasio praebita videatur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 10, 1.