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fructus Pall

1 aquatus

aquātus, a, um [ aqua ]

1) водянистый ( fructus Pall)

2) разбавленный водой ( vinum CA)

3) жидкий ( medicamentum Sen)

Латинско-русский словарь > aquatus
2 breve

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > breve
3 brevi

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevi
4 brevia

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

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brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

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fero, tulī, lātum, ferre ( altindisch bhárati, trägt, griech. φέρω, gotisch bairan, das Perf. tuli [vorklass. auch redupliziert tetuli] v. veralteten tulo [w. vgl.], das Supin. latum eig. tlatum, v. alten tlao, τλάω), tragen, I) im allg., etwas Tragbares tragen, tragend bringen, 1) eig.: a) mit vorherrsch. Begr. des Tragens: onus, Ter. (u. so accommodatum od. aptum esse oneri ferundo, Solin. u. Capit.): alqd umeris, Hor. u. Petron.: arma in sarcinis, Curt.: alqm super arma, Verg.: puerum prae se, Suet. – faces in Capitolium, Cic.: puerum circa iudices, Quint.: lecticā ferri per oppidum, Cic., in Capitolium, Suet.: alqm ex proelio, Liv. – So nun α) am Körper tragen, an sich tragen, personam, s. persōna: cervice iugum, Hor.: aure duos lapides, Ov.: census corpore suos (sein ganzes Vermögen), Ov. – β) von Schwangern, ventrem, den Leib tragen, schwanger gehen od. sein, Liv., trächtig sein, von Tieren, Varro. – ebenso partum (Leibesfrucht) octonis mensibus, v. Tieren, Plin.: alqm, mit einem schwanger gehen, Tibull.: poet., alqm alci, jmd. einem gebären, Sil. – γ) als milit. t. t.: arma ferre posse, waffenfähig sein, Caes.: arma contra alqm, Caes. u. Cic., adversus alqm, Nep., in alqm, Liv., u. (poet.) alci, Sil., gegen jmd. ziehen. – signa in hostem, losgehen auf usw., Liv.: signa infesta ad urbem Romam, Liv.: quā impetum tulisset, sich mit seinem Angriff gewendet hatte, Iustin. b) mit vorherrsch. Begr. des Bringens, bringen = herbeibringen, hinbringen, überbringen, darbringen, venenum, Liv.: argentum ad alqm, Plaut.: pisciculos alci, Ter.: alqd a domo ad alqm, Liv. – alci praemia, Verg.: alci osculum, geben, Ov.: alci complexum, jmd. umarmen wollen, Liv. – signa, Zeichen geben, Verg. – u. bes., wie φέρειν, eine Abgabe, Gabe, ein Opfer bringen, darbringen, entrichten, alci tributum, Liv. u. Curt., tributa, Ov. (griech. φόρον, φόρους φέρειν): u. als t. t. der Religionsspr., liba Baccho, Verg.: sacra divis, Verg.: crinem Diti, weihen, Verg.: suprema cineri, die letzte Ehre erweisen, Verg.

2) übtr.: a) mit vorherrsch. Begr. des Tragens: α) übh. tragen, führen, aufweisen, aufzuweisen haben, nomen Aemilii Pauli, Liv.: avum Marcum Antonium, Tac. – nomen iniqui, Hor., cognomen Torquati, Suet.: imaginem alcis, jmds. Bild (Gestalt) an sich tragen, sich fälschlich ausgeben für jmd., Plaut. (s. Lorenz Plaut. mil. 151). – alqm in oculis od. bl. oculis, jmd. überaus lieben, Cic. – prae se alqd od. m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., an den Tag legen, zeigen, merken lassen, zu erkennen geben (Ggstz. dissimulare), Cic. u.a.: ebenso eam laudem cognomine ipso, zur Schau tragen, erkennen lassen, Cic.: u. f. paulo apertius, apertissime alqd (dolorem, laetitiam), etwas offener, ganz offen zeigen, zur Schau tragen, Cic.: u. vultu f. laetitiam, Tac.: patrium nitorem ore, Ov.: u. der Ggstz. obscure f. (heimlich halten) et dissimulare, Cic., u. clam f., verhehlen, Liv. – ut se fert ipse, wie er sich selbst gibt, Cael. in Cic. ep. 8, 4, 2. – β) etw. tragen, ertragen, erdulden, sich gefallen lassen, hinnehmen, aushalten, miserias, Ter.: contumaciam alcis, Cic.: impetum, Caes.: u. als t. t. des Landbaues, vetustatem, das Alter vertragen, sich lange halten, v. Weine, Cic., übtr., v. Schriften, Ov. – mit pers. Objj., optimates quis ferat? Cic.: fer me! Ter.: non ferrem te, Quint.: non tulit hunc, konnte ihm nicht widerstehen, Nep.: quem ferret si parentem ferret non suum, ertragen, sich nicht widersetzen, Ter. – m. folg. Infin., servo nubere nympha tuli, Ov. her. 5, 12. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., ferunt aures hominum, illa... laudari, Cic. de or. 2, 344: illa praecipi quis ferat? Quint. 11, 3, 27: u. so Ov. met. 12, 555 u.a.: nach non ferre, Hor. epod. 15, 13. Ov. met. 2, 628: m. folg. quod (daß), Ov. met. 5, 525: u. so non ferendum est, quod etc., Quint. 11, 3, 131. – per alqm non ferre m. folg. quo minus u. Konj., Cic. Quinct. 99. – absol., non feram, non patiar, non sinam, ich kann's, ich will's, ich darf's nicht dulden, Cic. Cat. 1, 10. – dah. m. Advv. u. dgl. = irgendwie tragen, ertragen, aufnehmen, alqd aegre, moleste, graviter molesteque, Cic.: anxie, Sall. u.a.: aequo od. (im Ggstz.) iniquo animo, Cic.: facile, clementer, fortiter ac sapienter u. dgl., Cic.: quam rem nobilitas aegerrime tulit, und das hat den Adel höchlich verdrossen, Sall. – mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., graviter sibi dari uxorem ferunt, Ter.: si quis aegre ferat se pauperem esse, Cic. – alqd tacite non ferre m. folg. quin u. Konj., Liv. 5, 28, 1. – m. de u. Abl., moleste fers de illo, Cic. – Partiz. non ferendus, unerträglich, unzulässig, unstatthaft, facinus, Cic.: lex, Cic.: non ferendum m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. u. Plin. – b) m. vorherrsch. Begr. des Bringens, α) (= afferre, offerre) übh. bringen, herbeibringen, -führen, darbringen, = bieten, opem, auxilium, opem auxiliumque, Cic.: caput luendae sponsionis causā, Liv.: poet., alci fidem (Glauben), schenken, beimessen, Verg. – ebenso einen Zustand, bes. einen üblen, bringen, herbeiführen, bereiten (vgl. Lorenz Plaut. Pseud. 744. Weißenb. Liv. 23, 9, 5), finem alci rei u. alcis rei, Verg.: alci luctum lacrimasque, Liv.: alci fallaciam, mit Lug u. Trug vorgehen gegen jmd., Plaut.: fraudem, eine Tücke anrichten (Ggstz. vitare), Liv.: alci fraudem, Nachteile bringen (v. einem Umstand), Cic.: perniciem alci cum scelere, Liv. – β) mündlich bringen, d.i. αα) mündlich od. schriftlich übh. hinterbringen, vorbringen, melden, berichten, quod fers, cedo, Ter.: si vera fero, Verg.: f. responsa Turno, Verg.: nec aliud per illos dies populus credulitate, prudentes diversā famā tulere, es war das Einzige, wovon in diesen Tagen das V. im Glauben daran und die Unterrichteten im entgegengesetzten Sinne sprachen, Tac. ann. 16, 2, 2. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Ov. met. 6, 470 u. 14, 527. Tac. ann. 4, 58; 6, 26; hist. 4, 78: u. so mihi fama tulit m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Verg. Aen. 6, 503: commentarii ad senatum missi ferebant m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Tac. ann. 6, 47. – ββ) mündlich darbringen, preces Iunoni, Verg.: dis vota precesque, Sil. – dah. anbieten, antragen, alqam (zur Frau), Cic.: condicionem eam ferre (stellen) misero, ut etc., Cic.: condiciones tristes f., Liv. – γγ) bes. die publiz. u. jurist. t. t.: suffragium, seine Stimme abgeben, in den Komitien, Cic.: ebenso sententiam de etc., v. Volke u. v. den Richtern, Cic. – legem f., ein Gesetz vorschlagen, einen Antrag, Vorschlag machen, Cic., de alqa re, Cic., od. ut etc., Vell., od. m. folg. bl. Coniunctiv, Vell.: ebenso privilegium de alqo, Cic.: rogationem de alqo, contra od. in alqm, ad populum, in plebem, Cic., Caes. u. Liv.: u. bl. ferre ad populum, ut etc., Cic.: ferre ad plebem, vellent iuberentne etc., Liv.: u. bl. ferre de alqa re od. ut etc., Cic.: nihil de me tulisti, quo minus essem in civium numero, du hast keinen förmlichen Antrag gestellt, mich von der Z. der B. auszuschließen, Cic. de domo 82. – impers., lato ad populum, ut etc., Liv. 23, 14, 2. – (alci) iudicem, vom Kläger, dem Verklagten einen Richter vorschlagen, Cic. (vgl. quem tibi meorum suppliciorum iudicem feram, Liv.); u. übtr., jmd. verklagen übh., Liv. – γ) v. Abstr., mit sich bringen, erfordern, verlangen, erheischen, bestimmen, gestatten, quid res, quid causa, quid tempus ferat, tu facillime optimeque perspicies, Cic.: quae fert adulescentia, Ter.: ut aetas illa fert, Cic.: ut natura fert, Ter.: ut mea fert opinio, Cic.: ut opinio et spes fert, Cic.: quantum mea opinio fert, Apul.: si ita res feret, wenn es so sein muß, Cic.: si vestra voluntas feret, Cic.: natura fert... ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent, Cic.: hoc totum si vobis versutius, quam mea consuetudo defendendi fert, videbitur, Cic.

II) insbes.: A) ins Hausbuch eintragen, f. acceptum (accepto), expensum, s. ac-cipiono. I, A, a, α, u. expendo no. II, B, 1.

B) schriftlich od. mündlich 1) etw. umhertragen, -bieten, verbreiten, überall-, oft von etw. reden, im Passiv umhergeboten werden, im Umlauf sein, in aller Leute Händen od. Munde sein, a) schriftlich: cuius scripta feruntur, Cic. – b) mündlich: inimici famam non ita, ut nata est, ferunt, verbreiten, Plaut.: hascine propter res maledicas famas ferunt? Plaut.: vestrum iter ac reditum omnia saecula laudibus ferent, werden preisen, Liv.: sermonibus bella, Liv.: f. haec omnibus sermonibus, Caes.: tanto opere ferri, Cic.: vulgo ferebantur versus, Suet.: fertur imprimis (hoc dictum), Ter. – 2) aussprechen, aussagen, äußern, erklären, vorgeben, erwähnen, angeben, mitteilen, von etw. sprechen, etw. besprechen, si vera feram, Verg.: eam rem vulgo, Liv.: homines ferunt mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Lucr. 3, 41 sq.: haud dubie ferebant m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., sie erklärten unzweideutig, Liv. 22, 14. 15. – dah. ferunt u. Passiv fertur, feruntur, man berichtet, -erzählt, man s pricht davon, man behauptet allgemein, es soll, ferunt (ferebant, ferent) mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 57. Liv. 1, 4, 5. Vell. 1, 4, 1. Catull. 2, 11. Verg. Aen. 2, 230: fertur u. feruntur mit folg. Nom. u. Infin., Cic. de sen. 8; de rep. 2, 20 u. ö. Sall. Iug. 30, 2. Vell. 1, 8, 2. Acc. tr. 669. Lucr. 5, 14. Catull. 64, 19. Verg. Aen. 1, 15. Hor. carm. 1, 7, 23: fertur m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Capit. Anton. phil. 28, 10. Dict. 4, 21. – u. fertur alqs mit folg. quasi u. Konj., Cic. de legg. 3, 30. – parenthet., ut ferebant, sicut fertur, ut temporibus illis ferebatur, Cic. – famā ferre, sich mit dem Gerede tragen, ausstreuen, sich allgemein dahin aussprechen, m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Verg. Aen. 7, 765. Liv. 23, 31, 13 u. 28, 40, 1. – u. fama fert (es geht das Gerede) mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv. 2, 7, 6. Tac. ann. 1, 5 extr.: parenthet., sicut fama fert (geht), Liv.: ita fama ferebat, Ov. – u. ferre mit dopp. Acc., für od. als den u. den ausgeben, angeben, erklären, rühmen (s. M. Müller Liv. praef. § 7. Fabri Liv. 21, 41, 7. Weißenb. Liv. 37, 45, 5), ferre alqm inventorem omnium artium, Caes.: Servium conditorem famā f., Liv.: si te petitorem fero, Cic.: se belli ducem potiorem f., Liv.: se Philippum, Vell.: im Passiv m. dopp. Nom., qua ex re in pueritia nobilis inter aequales ferebatur, wurde als ausgezeichnet unter seinen A. gerühmt, Nep. Att. 1, 3

C) im Geiste od. Gemüte tragen, überdenken, bedenken, überlegen, als etw. ansehen, beurteilen, dice, quid fers, Plaut.: homo semper in se aliud fert, in alterum aliud cogitat, Syri sent.: id consilio ante ferre debemus, vorausbedenken, Cic. ep. 5, 16, 6 (C. F. W. Müller liest ›anteferre‹): utcumque ferent ea facta minores, Verg.: ne id ipsum, quod consultationi reliquerant, pro praeiudicato ferret, Liv. – m. Infin., ad Stygios iterum fero (gedenke) mergere fluctus, Stat. Ach. 1, 134.

D) davontragen, 1) im guten Sinne, a) davontragen, mit hinwegnehmen, bildl., veniam peto feroque, nehme sie gleichs. mit, versichere mich derselben, Liv.: calumniam, den Tadel der Schikane davontr., Cael. b. Cic.: nihil aliud ex certamine, Liv.: alqd tacitum, etwas als verschwiegen mit hinwegn., zB. non tacitum feres, ich werde nicht schweigen, Cic.: ne id quidem ab Turno tacitum tulisse, T. habe auch dazu nicht geschwiegen, Liv.: alqd impune, Caes., od. inultum, Ter., bei etwas ungestraft davonkommen, ungestr. bleiben: u. so non feret, quin vapulet, er wird nicht ohne Schläge wegkommen. Plaut. – b) davontragen = erhalten, erlangen, ernten, quod posces feres, Plaut.: partem praedae, Cic.: fructus ex fortuna, Vell.: fructus ex re publ. uberes, Cic.: victoriam ex alqo, Liv.: gratiam (Dank) alcis rei, Liv.: u. hoc facto haud immeritam laudem gratiamque (und Dank) apud omnes, Liv.: palmam, primas, Cic.: responsum ab alqo, Cic.: poenas, s. poena: ridendo maxima damna feres, Ov. – u. so in den publiz. t. t.: repulsam (a populo), Cic.: suffragia, Suet.: ebenso centuriam, tribus, die Stimmen der Z. usw. erhalten, Cic. – c) von wo entnehmen, feruntur (sie sind entnommen) ex optimis naturae et veritatis exemplis, Cic. de off. 3, 69. – 2) im üblen Sinne, gewaltsam-, raubend u. dgl. hinwegnehmen, hinwegraffen, Pergama, Verg.: te fata tulerunt, Verg. – dah. f. et agere, wegtragen u. wegführen = alles (Tragbare, sowie Menschen und Vieh) als Beute wegführen, Liv. (s. ausführl. ago no. I, 2, c. S. 263 oben): ähnlich rapere et ferre, Verg.

E) tragen = hervorbringen, terra fruges ferre potest, Cic.: absol., ferundo arbor peribit, Cato. – v. Ländern, quae si tulisset Achaia, Plin. ep. – übtr., haec aetas oratorem prope perfectum tulit, Cic.

F) ( wie φέρω) mit vorherrsch. Begriff der Bewegung: 1) tragend in Bewegung setzen, einherbewegen, fortbewegen u. dgl., bes. schnell, rasch dahin tragen, -führen, -treiben, u. ferre se od. medial ferri, sich rasch bewegen, rasch gehen, eilen, stürzen, fahren, springen, rennen usw., v. Lebl. auch fliegen, aufwärts = steigen, abwärts = sich senken, a) eig.: α) act.: fer pedem, profer gradum, Plaut.: quocumque pedes ferent, die Füße tragen, Hor.: ebenso inde domum pedem, den Fuß tragen = gehen, Verg.: numquam huc tetulissem pedem Ter.: qui huc in hanc urbem pedem, nisi hodie, numquam intro tetulit, Plaut. (vgl. Spengel Ter. Andr. 808): contra (entgegen) gradum, Plaut.: gradus ingentes, große Schr. machen, Ov. – signa (milit. t. t.), das Feldzeichen fortbewegen = aufbrechen, abmarschieren, Liv. – ad caelum fulmina, Lucr.: caelo supinas manus, Hor. – in eam partem, quo ventus fert, trägt, führt, Caes.: ventus ferens, ein leicht dahinführender, die Fahrt fördernder Wind, ein Fahrwind, ventus secundus et ferens, günstiger Fahrwind, Sen.: oft Plur. venti ferentes, fördernde, günstige Winde, Plin. pan. u. Ov. – β) refl.: se ferre alci obviam, Cic.: se extra tecta f., Verg.: qui se ferebat, der sich im stolzen Gange schwang, Verg.: ad se ferentem (sc. se) pertimescit, den auf sich losstürzenden, Nep.: palam se f., sich öffentlich zeigen, Suet.: dah. se f. alqm, sich zeigen, öffentlich auftreten als usw., se suasorem, Liv.: libertum se populi Romani, Liv.: se consulem, Tac.: quem sese ore ferens, Verg.: ingentem sese clamore ferebat, großmächtig brüstete er sich mit G., Verg. – γ) medial: ad alqm omni celeritate ferri, Caes.: cursu in hostem ferri, Liv.: quocumque feremur, wohin uns die Flut führt, Cic.: ferri pennā per aethera, Hor.: ferri equis, Verg.: saltu super venabula ferri, springen, Verg. – classis interrita fertur, segelt dahin, Verg.: Rhenus citatus fertur per etc., strömt rasch, Caes.: sanguis fertur a faucibus, ex pulmone, Cels.: stellae circa terram feruntur, Cic.: deorsum ferri, Cic.: vitis ad terram fertur, senkt sich, Cic.: fumus ad caelum usque fertur, Suet. – b) übtr.: quem tulit ad scaenam ventoso gloria curru, Hor.: alcis gloria ad caelum fertur, Lucr.: alqm in od. ad caelum laudibus, erheben, Cic. u. Liv.: ebenso alqm laudibus, Cic. u. Liv., summis laudibus, Nep.: alqd miris laudibus, Liv., alqm praecipuā laude, Nep. – rem supra ferre quam fieri potest, über die Grenzen des Möglichen erheben, vergrößern, Cic.: famā incerta in maius ferri solent, vergrößert zu werden, Liv. – Demosthenes saepe in eam partem ferebatur oratione (ging in seinen Behauptungen so weit), ut etc., Cic.: omni cogitatione ferri ad alqd, alle seine Gedanken richten auf usw., Nep. – eloquentia, quae cursu magno sonituque fertur, daherfährt, Cic.: orator suo iam impetu fertur, wird fortgerissen, Quint.: quia proclivi ad eas perturbationes, non quia semper feruntur, weil sie leicht, nicht weil sie immer fortgerissen werden, Cic. – v. Lust u. Neigung, treiben, quo cuiusque animus fert, eo discedunt, Sall.: istuc mens animusque fert, Hor.: u. fert animus m. folg. Infin., Suet. Oth. 6, 1. Ov. met. 1. 1 u.a. Dichter (s. Drak. Sil. 16, 294): si maxime animus ferat (sc. diutius in his locis esse), wenn noch so sehr die Lust sich regte, Sall. Cat. 58, 6. – ähnlich ferri alqā re, von einer Leidenschaft hingerissen werden, sich hinreißen lassen, beseelt sein, zB. crudelitate et scelere, Cic.: avaritiā, Cic.: tanto odio ferri in Ciceronem, ut etc., Nep. – 2) zu einem Ziele führen, v. Wege usw., a) eig.: aditus atque itinera duo, quae extra murum ad portum ferebant, Caes.: via fert Verruginem, Liv., in Persidem, Curt.; vgl. Mützell Curt. 3, 11 (28), 19. – b) übtr.: si qua ad verum via ferret inquirentem, Liv.: quod eo; quo intendas, ferat deducatque, Cic.: nisi animi quaedam ingenita natura et studio excitata velocitas recta nos ad ea, quae conveniunt causae, ferant, Quint. – / Von der Wurzel fer ohne Bindevokal immer Präs. fers, fert, fertis, Imperat. fer, ferte, fertote; Infin. Präs. ferre, Konj. Imperf. ferrem; im Pass. Präs. ferris, fertur, Infin. Präs. ferrī, Konj. Imperf. ferrer. – 2. Pers. Präs. Akt. feris, Firm. Mat. de err. 24, 3 H. – 2. Pers. Präs. Pass. fereris, Diom. 361, 28 u. 386, 26 (ohne Beleg). – Parag. Infin. ferrier, Plaut. rud. 367. – Archaist. redupliz. Perf. tetulī, Poët. bei Charis. 278, 6. Plaut. Men. 629 u. ö. Catull. 63, 52: tetulisti, Enn. ann. 55. Acc. tr. 116. Caecil. com. 75: tetulit, Com. pall. fr. inc. 32 ( bei Cic. de or. 3, 219). Plaut. most. 471. Ter. Andr. 832. Catull. 63, 47: tetulerunt, Lucr. 6, 672: tetulissem, Ter. Andr. 808. Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 3635: tetulisset, Catull. 66, 35: tetulissent, Macrin. poët. bei Capit. Macrin. 11, 6: tetulero, Plaut. cist. 650: tetulisse, Plaut. rud. 893. Vgl. Neue-Wagner Formenl.³ 3, 346 u. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 274.

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7 fero

fero, tulī, lātum, ferre ( altindisch bhárati, trägt, griech. φέρω, gotisch bairan, das Perf. tuli [vorklass. auch redupliziert tetuli] v. veralteten tulo [w. vgl.], das Supin. latum eig. tlatum, v. alten tlao, τλάω), tragen, I) im allg., etwas Tragbares tragen, tragend bringen, 1) eig.: a) mit vorherrsch. Begr. des Tragens: onus, Ter. (u. so accommodatum od. aptum esse oneri ferundo, Solin. u. Capit.): alqd umeris, Hor. u. Petron.: arma in sarcinis, Curt.: alqm super arma, Verg.: puerum prae se, Suet. – faces in Capitolium, Cic.: puerum circa iudices, Quint.: lecticā ferri per oppidum, Cic., in Capitolium, Suet.: alqm ex proelio, Liv. – So nun α) am Körper tragen, an sich tragen, personam, s. persona: cervice iugum, Hor.: aure duos lapides, Ov.: census corpore suos (sein ganzes Vermögen), Ov. – β) von Schwangern, ventrem, den Leib tragen, schwanger gehen od. sein, Liv., trächtig sein, von Tieren, Varro. – ebenso partum (Leibesfrucht) octonis mensibus, v. Tieren, Plin.: alqm, mit einem schwanger gehen, Tibull.: poet., alqm alci, jmd. einem gebären, Sil. – γ) als milit. t. t.: arma ferre posse, waffenfähig sein, Caes.: arma contra alqm, Caes. u. Cic., adversus alqm, Nep., in alqm, Liv., u. (poet.) alci, Sil., gegen jmd. ziehen. – signa in hostem, losgehen auf usw., Liv.: signa infesta ad urbem Romam, Liv.: quā impetum tulisset,

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sich mit seinem Angriff gewendet hatte, Iustin. b) mit vorherrsch. Begr. des Bringens, bringen = herbeibringen, hinbringen, überbringen, darbringen, venenum, Liv.: argentum ad alqm, Plaut.: pisciculos alci, Ter.: alqd a domo ad alqm, Liv. – alci praemia, Verg.: alci osculum, geben, Ov.: alci complexum, jmd. umarmen wollen, Liv. – signa, Zeichen geben, Verg. – u. bes., wie φέρειν, eine Abgabe, Gabe, ein Opfer bringen, darbringen, entrichten, alci tributum, Liv. u. Curt., tributa, Ov. (griech. φόρον, φόρους φέρειν): u. als t. t. der Religionsspr., liba Baccho, Verg.: sacra divis, Verg.: crinem Diti, weihen, Verg.: suprema cineri, die letzte Ehre erweisen, Verg.

2) übtr.: a) mit vorherrsch. Begr. des Tragens: α) übh. tragen, führen, aufweisen, aufzuweisen haben, nomen Aemilii Pauli, Liv.: avum Marcum Antonium, Tac. – nomen iniqui, Hor., cognomen Torquati, Suet.: imaginem alcis, jmds. Bild (Gestalt) an sich tragen, sich fälschlich ausgeben für jmd., Plaut. (s. Lorenz Plaut. mil. 151). – alqm in oculis od. bl. oculis, jmd. überaus lieben, Cic. – prae se alqd od. m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., an den Tag legen, zeigen, merken lassen, zu erkennen geben (Ggstz. dissimulare), Cic. u.a.: ebenso eam laudem cognomine ipso, zur Schau tragen, erkennen lassen, Cic.: u. f. paulo apertius, apertissime alqd (dolorem, laetitiam), etwas offener, ganz offen zeigen, zur Schau tragen, Cic.: u.

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vultu f. laetitiam, Tac.: patrium nitorem ore, Ov.: u. der Ggstz. obscure f. (heimlich halten) et dissimulare, Cic., u. clam f., verhehlen, Liv. – ut se fert ipse, wie er sich selbst gibt, Cael. in Cic. ep. 8, 4, 2. – β) etw. tragen, ertragen, erdulden, sich gefallen lassen, hinnehmen, aushalten, miserias, Ter.: contumaciam alcis, Cic.: impetum, Caes.: u. als t. t. des Landbaues, vetustatem, das Alter vertragen, sich lange halten, v. Weine, Cic., übtr., v. Schriften, Ov. – mit pers. Objj., optimates quis ferat? Cic.: fer me! Ter.: non ferrem te, Quint.: non tulit hunc, konnte ihm nicht widerstehen, Nep.: quem ferret si parentem ferret non suum, ertragen, sich nicht widersetzen, Ter. – m. folg. Infin., servo nubere nympha tuli, Ov. her. 5, 12. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., ferunt aures hominum, illa... laudari, Cic. de or. 2, 344: illa praecipi quis ferat? Quint. 11, 3, 27: u. so Ov. met. 12, 555 u.a.: nach non ferre, Hor. epod. 15, 13. Ov. met. 2, 628: m. folg. quod (daß), Ov. met. 5, 525: u. so non ferendum est, quod etc., Quint. 11, 3, 131. – per alqm non ferre m. folg. quo minus u. Konj., Cic. Quinct. 99. – absol., non feram, non patiar, non sinam, ich kann's, ich will's, ich darf's nicht dulden, Cic. Cat. 1, 10. – dah. m. Advv. u. dgl. = irgendwie tragen, ertragen, aufnehmen, alqd aegre, moleste, graviter molesteque, Cic.: anxie, Sall. u.a.: aequo od. (im Ggstz.) iniquo animo, Cic.: facile, clementer, fortiter

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ac sapienter u. dgl., Cic.: quam rem nobilitas aegerrime tulit, und das hat den Adel höchlich verdrossen, Sall. – mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., graviter sibi dari uxorem ferunt, Ter.: si quis aegre ferat se pauperem esse, Cic. – alqd tacite non ferre m. folg. quin u. Konj., Liv. 5, 28, 1. – m. de u. Abl., moleste fers de illo, Cic. – Partiz. non ferendus, unerträglich, unzulässig, unstatthaft, facinus, Cic.: lex, Cic.: non ferendum m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. u. Plin. – b) m. vorherrsch. Begr. des Bringens, α) (= afferre, offerre) übh. bringen, herbeibringen, -führen, darbringen, = bieten, opem, auxilium, opem auxiliumque, Cic.: caput luendae sponsionis causā, Liv.: poet., alci fidem (Glauben), schenken, beimessen, Verg. – ebenso einen Zustand, bes. einen üblen, bringen, herbeiführen, bereiten (vgl. Lorenz Plaut. Pseud. 744. Weißenb. Liv. 23, 9, 5), finem alci rei u. alcis rei, Verg.: alci luctum lacrimasque, Liv.: alci fallaciam, mit Lug u. Trug vorgehen gegen jmd., Plaut.: fraudem, eine Tücke anrichten (Ggstz. vitare), Liv.: alci fraudem, Nachteile bringen (v. einem Umstand), Cic.: perniciem alci cum scelere, Liv. – β) mündlich bringen, d.i. αα) mündlich od. schriftlich übh. hinterbringen, vorbringen, melden, berichten, quod fers, cedo, Ter.: si vera fero, Verg.: f. responsa Turno, Verg.: nec aliud per illos dies populus credulitate, prudentes diversā famā tulere, es war das Einzige,

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wovon in diesen Tagen das V. im Glauben daran und die Unterrichteten im entgegengesetzten Sinne sprachen, Tac. ann. 16, 2, 2. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Ov. met. 6, 470 u. 14, 527. Tac. ann. 4, 58; 6, 26; hist. 4, 78: u. so mihi fama tulit m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Verg. Aen. 6, 503: commentarii ad senatum missi ferebant m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Tac. ann. 6, 47. – ββ) mündlich darbringen, preces Iunoni, Verg.: dis vota precesque, Sil. – dah. anbieten, antragen, alqam (zur Frau), Cic.: condicionem eam ferre (stellen) misero, ut etc., Cic.: condiciones tristes f., Liv. – γγ) bes. die publiz. u. jurist. t. t.: suffragium, seine Stimme abgeben, in den Komitien, Cic.: ebenso sententiam de etc., v. Volke u. v. den Richtern, Cic. – legem f., ein Gesetz vorschlagen, einen Antrag, Vorschlag machen, Cic., de alqa re, Cic., od. ut etc., Vell., od. m. folg. bl. Coniunctiv, Vell.: ebenso privilegium de alqo, Cic.: rogationem de alqo, contra od. in alqm, ad populum, in plebem, Cic., Caes. u. Liv.: u. bl. ferre ad populum, ut etc., Cic.: ferre ad plebem, vellent iuberentne etc., Liv.: u. bl. ferre de alqa re od. ut etc., Cic.: nihil de me tulisti, quo minus essem in civium numero, du hast keinen förmlichen Antrag gestellt, mich von der Z. der B. auszuschließen, Cic. de domo 82. – impers., lato ad populum, ut etc., Liv. 23, 14, 2. – (alci) iudicem, vom Kläger, dem Verklagten einen Richter vorschlagen, Cic.

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(vgl. quem tibi meorum suppliciorum iudicem feram, Liv.); u. übtr., jmd. verklagen übh., Liv. – γ) v. Abstr., mit sich bringen, erfordern, verlangen, erheischen, bestimmen, gestatten, quid res, quid causa, quid tempus ferat, tu facillime optimeque perspicies, Cic.: quae fert adulescentia, Ter.: ut aetas illa fert, Cic.: ut natura fert, Ter.: ut mea fert opinio, Cic.: ut opinio et spes fert, Cic.: quantum mea opinio fert, Apul.: si ita res feret, wenn es so sein muß, Cic.: si vestra voluntas feret, Cic.: natura fert... ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent, Cic.: hoc totum si vobis versutius, quam mea consuetudo defendendi fert, videbitur, Cic.

II) insbes.: A) ins Hausbuch eintragen, f. acceptum (accepto), expensum, s. accipio no. I, A, a, α, u. expendo no. II, B, 1.

B) schriftlich od. mündlich 1) etw. umhertragen, -bieten, verbreiten, überall-, oft von etw. reden, im Passiv umhergeboten werden, im Umlauf sein, in aller Leute Händen od. Munde sein, a) schriftlich: cuius scripta feruntur, Cic. – b) mündlich: inimici famam non ita, ut nata est, ferunt, verbreiten, Plaut.: hascine propter res maledicas famas ferunt? Plaut.: vestrum iter ac reditum omnia saecula laudibus ferent, werden preisen, Liv.: sermonibus bella, Liv.: f. haec omnibus sermonibus, Caes.: tanto opere ferri, Cic.: vulgo ferebantur versus, Suet.: fertur imprimis

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(hoc dictum), Ter. – 2) aussprechen, aussagen, äußern, erklären, vorgeben, erwähnen, angeben, mitteilen, von etw. sprechen, etw. besprechen, si vera feram, Verg.: eam rem vulgo, Liv.: homines ferunt mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Lucr. 3, 41 sq.: haud dubie ferebant m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., sie erklärten unzweideutig, Liv. 22, 14. 15. – dah. ferunt u. Passiv fertur, feruntur, man berichtet, -erzählt, man s pricht davon, man behauptet allgemein, es soll, ferunt (ferebant, ferent) mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 57. Liv. 1, 4, 5. Vell. 1, 4, 1. Catull. 2, 11. Verg. Aen. 2, 230: fertur u. feruntur mit folg. Nom. u. Infin., Cic. de sen. 8; de rep. 2, 20 u. ö. Sall. Iug. 30, 2. Vell. 1, 8, 2. Acc. tr. 669. Lucr. 5, 14. Catull. 64, 19. Verg. Aen. 1, 15. Hor. carm. 1, 7, 23: fertur m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Capit. Anton. phil. 28, 10. Dict. 4, 21. – u. fertur alqs mit folg. quasi u. Konj., Cic. de legg. 3, 30. – parenthet., ut ferebant, sicut fertur, ut temporibus illis ferebatur, Cic. – famā ferre, sich mit dem Gerede tragen, ausstreuen, sich allgemein dahin aussprechen, m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Verg. Aen. 7, 765. Liv. 23, 31, 13 u. 28, 40, 1. – u. fama fert (es geht das Gerede) mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv. 2, 7, 6. Tac. ann. 1, 5 extr.: parenthet., sicut fama fert (geht), Liv.: ita fama ferebat, Ov. – u. ferre mit dopp. Acc., für od. als den u. den ausgeben, angeben, erklären, rühmen (s. M. Müller Liv. praef. § 7. Fabri

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Liv. 21, 41, 7. Weißenb. Liv. 37, 45, 5), ferre alqm inventorem omnium artium, Caes.: Servium conditorem famā f., Liv.: si te petitorem fero, Cic.: se belli ducem potiorem f., Liv.: se Philippum, Vell.: im Passiv m. dopp. Nom., qua ex re in pueritia nobilis inter aequales ferebatur, wurde als ausgezeichnet unter seinen A. gerühmt, Nep. Att. 1, 3

C) im Geiste od. Gemüte tragen, überdenken, bedenken, überlegen, als etw. ansehen, beurteilen, dice, quid fers, Plaut.: homo semper in se aliud fert, in alterum aliud cogitat, Syri sent.: id consilio ante ferre debemus, vorausbedenken, Cic. ep. 5, 16, 6 (C. F. W. Müller liest ›anteferre‹): utcumque ferent ea facta minores, Verg.: ne id ipsum, quod consultationi reliquerant, pro praeiudicato ferret, Liv. – m. Infin., ad Stygios iterum fero (gedenke) mergere fluctus, Stat. Ach. 1, 134.

D) davontragen, 1) im guten Sinne, a) davontragen, mit hinwegnehmen, bildl., veniam peto feroque, nehme sie gleichs. mit, versichere mich derselben, Liv.: calumniam, den Tadel der Schikane davontr., Cael. b. Cic.: nihil aliud ex certamine, Liv.: alqd tacitum, etwas als verschwiegen mit hinwegn., zB. non tacitum feres, ich werde nicht schweigen, Cic.: ne id quidem ab Turno tacitum tulisse, T. habe auch dazu nicht geschwiegen, Liv.: alqd impune, Caes., od. inultum, Ter., bei etwas ungestraft davonkommen, un-

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gestr. bleiben: u. so non feret, quin vapulet, er wird nicht ohne Schläge wegkommen. Plaut. – b) davontragen = erhalten, erlangen, ernten, quod posces feres, Plaut.: partem praedae, Cic.: fructus ex fortuna, Vell.: fructus ex re publ. uberes, Cic.: victoriam ex alqo, Liv.: gratiam (Dank) alcis rei, Liv.: u. hoc facto haud immeritam laudem gratiamque (und Dank) apud omnes, Liv.: palmam, primas, Cic.: responsum ab alqo, Cic.: poenas, s. poena: ridendo maxima damna feres, Ov. – u. so in den publiz. t. t.: repulsam (a populo), Cic.: suffragia, Suet.: ebenso centuriam, tribus, die Stimmen der Z. usw. erhalten, Cic. – c) von wo entnehmen, feruntur (sie sind entnommen) ex optimis naturae et veritatis exemplis, Cic. de off. 3, 69. – 2) im üblen Sinne, gewaltsam-, raubend u. dgl. hinwegnehmen, hinwegraffen, Pergama, Verg.: te fata tulerunt, Verg. – dah. f. et agere, wegtragen u. wegführen = alles (Tragbare, sowie Menschen und Vieh) als Beute wegführen, Liv. (s. ausführl. ago no. I, 2, c. S. 263 oben): ähnlich rapere et ferre, Verg.

E) tragen = hervorbringen, terra fruges ferre potest, Cic.: absol., ferundo arbor peribit, Cato. – v. Ländern, quae si tulisset Achaia, Plin. ep. – übtr., haec aetas oratorem prope perfectum tulit, Cic.

F) ( wie φέρω) mit vorherrsch. Begriff der Bewegung: 1) tragend in Bewegung setzen, einherbewegen, fortbewegen u. dgl., bes. schnell, rasch dahin-

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tragen, -führen, -treiben, u. ferre se od. medial ferri, sich rasch bewegen, rasch gehen, eilen, stürzen, fahren, springen, rennen usw., v. Lebl. auch fliegen, aufwärts = steigen, abwärts = sich senken, a) eig.: α) act.: fer pedem, profer gradum, Plaut.: quocumque pedes ferent, die Füße tragen, Hor.: ebenso inde domum pedem, den Fuß tragen = gehen, Verg.: numquam huc tetulissem pedem Ter.: qui huc in hanc urbem pedem, nisi hodie, numquam intro tetulit, Plaut. (vgl. Spengel Ter. Andr. 808): contra (entgegen) gradum, Plaut.: gradus ingentes, große Schr. machen, Ov. – signa (milit. t. t.), das Feldzeichen fortbewegen = aufbrechen, abmarschieren, Liv. – ad caelum fulmina, Lucr.: caelo supinas manus, Hor. – in eam partem, quo ventus fert, trägt, führt, Caes.: ventus ferens, ein leicht dahinführender, die Fahrt fördernder Wind, ein Fahrwind, ventus secundus et ferens, günstiger Fahrwind, Sen.: oft Plur. venti ferentes, fördernde, günstige Winde, Plin. pan. u. Ov. – β) refl.: se ferre alci obviam, Cic.: se extra tecta f., Verg.: qui se ferebat, der sich im stolzen Gange schwang, Verg.: ad se ferentem (sc. se) pertimescit, den auf sich losstürzenden, Nep.: palam se f., sich öffentlich zeigen, Suet.: dah. se f. alqm, sich zeigen, öffentlich auftreten als usw., se suasorem, Liv.: libertum se populi Romani, Liv.: se consulem, Tac.: quem sese ore ferens, Verg.: ingentem sese clamore ferebat,

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großmächtig brüstete er sich mit G., Verg. – γ) medial: ad alqm omni celeritate ferri, Caes.: cursu in hostem ferri, Liv.: quocumque feremur, wohin uns die Flut führt, Cic.: ferri pennā per aethera, Hor.: ferri equis, Verg.: saltu super venabula ferri, springen, Verg. – classis interrita fertur, segelt dahin, Verg.: Rhenus citatus fertur per etc., strömt rasch, Caes.: sanguis fertur a faucibus, ex pulmone, Cels.: stellae circa terram feruntur, Cic.: deorsum ferri, Cic.: vitis ad terram fertur, senkt sich, Cic.: fumus ad caelum usque fertur, Suet. – b) übtr.: quem tulit ad scaenam ventoso gloria curru, Hor.: alcis gloria ad caelum fertur, Lucr.: alqm in od. ad caelum laudibus, erheben, Cic. u. Liv.: ebenso alqm laudibus, Cic. u. Liv., summis laudibus, Nep.: alqd miris laudibus, Liv., alqm praecipuā laude, Nep. – rem supra ferre quam fieri potest, über die Grenzen des Möglichen erheben, vergrößern, Cic.: famā incerta in maius ferri solent, vergrößert zu werden, Liv. – Demosthenes saepe in eam partem ferebatur oratione (ging in seinen Behauptungen so weit), ut etc., Cic.: omni cogitatione ferri ad alqd, alle seine Gedanken richten auf usw., Nep. – eloquentia, quae cursu magno sonituque fertur, daherfährt, Cic.: orator suo iam impetu fertur, wird fortgerissen, Quint.: quia proclivi ad eas perturbationes, non quia semper feruntur, weil sie leicht, nicht weil sie immer fortgerissen werden, Cic. – v.

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Lust u. Neigung, treiben, quo cuiusque animus fert, eo discedunt, Sall.: istuc mens animusque fert, Hor.: u. fert animus m. folg. Infin., Suet. Oth. 6, 1. Ov. met. 1. 1 u.a. Dichter (s. Drak. Sil. 16, 294): si maxime animus ferat (sc. diutius in his locis esse), wenn noch so sehr die Lust sich regte, Sall. Cat. 58, 6. – ähnlich ferri alqā re, von einer Leidenschaft hingerissen werden, sich hinreißen lassen, beseelt sein, zB. crudelitate et scelere, Cic.: avaritiā, Cic.: tanto odio ferri in Ciceronem, ut etc., Nep. – 2) zu einem Ziele führen, v. Wege usw., a) eig.: aditus atque itinera duo, quae extra murum ad portum ferebant, Caes.: via fert Verruginem, Liv., in Persidem, Curt.; vgl. Mützell Curt. 3, 11 (28), 19. – b) übtr.: si qua ad verum via ferret inquirentem, Liv.: quod eo; quo intendas, ferat deducatque, Cic.: nisi animi quaedam ingenita natura et studio excitata velocitas recta nos ad ea, quae conveniunt causae, ferant, Quint. – ⇒ Von der Wurzel fer ohne Bindevokal immer Präs. fers, fert, fertis, Imperat. fer, ferte, fertote; Infin. Präs. ferre, Konj. Imperf. ferrem; im Pass. Präs. ferris, fertur, Infin. Präs. ferrī, Konj. Imperf. ferrer. – 2. Pers. Präs. Akt. feris, Firm. Mat. de err. 24, 3 H. – 2. Pers. Präs. Pass. fereris, Diom. 361, 28 u. 386, 26 (ohne Beleg). – Parag. Infin. ferrier, Plaut. rud. 367. – Archaist. redupliz. Perf. tetulī, Poët. bei Charis. 278, 6. Plaut. Men. 629 u. ö. Catull. 63, 52: tetulisti, Enn. ann. 55.

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Acc. tr. 116. Caecil. com. 75: tetulit, Com. pall. fr. inc. 32 ( bei Cic. de or. 3, 219). Plaut. most. 471. Ter. Andr. 832. Catull. 63, 47: tetulerunt, Lucr. 6, 672: tetulissem, Ter. Andr. 808. Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 3635: tetulisset, Catull. 66, 35: tetulissent, Macrin. poët. bei Capit. Macrin. 11, 6: tetulero, Plaut. cist. 650: tetulisse, Plaut. rud. 893. Vgl. Neue-Wagner Formenl.³ 3, 346 u. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 274.

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8 colens

1.
cŏlo, colŭi, cultum, 3, v. a. [from the stem KOL, whence boukolos, boukoleô; cf.: colonus, in-cola, agri-cola] (orig. pertaining to agriculture), to cultivate, till, tend, take care of a field, garden, etc. (freq. in all per. and species of composition).
I.
Prop.
(α).
With acc.:
fundum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:
agrum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 14; Cato, R. R. 61; Col. 1 pr.:
agri non omnes frugiferi sunt qui coluntur,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; id. Agr. 2, 25, 67:
arva et vineta et oleas et arbustum,
Quint. 1, 12, 7:
praedia,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:
rus,
Col. 1, 1:
rura,
Cat. 64, 38; Tib. 1, 5, 21; Verg. G. 2, 413:
hortos,
Ov. M. 14, 624 al.:
jugera,
Col. 1 pr.:
patrios fines,
id. ib.:
solum,
id. 2, 2, 8:
terram,
id. 2, 2, 4:
arbustum,
Quint. 1, 12, 7:
vitem,
Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:
arbores,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 22:
arva,
id. ib. 3, 5, 24; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 15:
fructus,
Verg. G. 2, 36:
fruges,
Ov. M. 15, 134:
poma,
id. ib. 14, 687; cf. under P. a.—
(β).
Absol., Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Verg. G. 1, 121; Dig. 19, 2, 54, § 1.—
B.
In gen., without reference to economics, to abide, dwell, stay in a place, to inhabit (syn.: incolo, habito; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
(α).
With acc.:
hanc domum,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 4:
nemora atque cavos montes silvasque colebant,
Lucr. 5, 955:
regiones Acherunticas,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 21:
colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
urbem, urbem, mi Rufe, cole,
id. Fam. 2, 12, 2:
has terras,
id. N. D. 2, 66, 164; Tac. A. 2, 60:
loca Idae,
Cat. 63, 70:
Idalium,
id. 36, 12 sq.; 61, 17:
urbem Trojanam,
Verg. A. 4, 343:
Sicaniam,
Ov. M. 5, 495:
Maeoniam Sipylumque,
id. ib. 6, 149:
Elin Messeniaque arva,
id. ib. 2, 679:
regnum nemorale Dianae,
id. ib. 14, 331:
hoc nemus,
id. ib. 15, 545:
Elysium,
Verg. A. 5, 735:
loca magna,
Ov. M. 14, 681; Liv. 1, 7, 10:
Britanniam,
Tac. Agr. 11:
Rheni ripam,
id. G. 28:
victam ripam,
id. A. 1, 59:
terras,
id. ib. 2, 60; cf. id. H. 5, 2:
insulam,
id. A. 12, 61; id. G. 29:
regionem,
Curt. 7, 7, 4.— Poet., of poets:
me juvat in primā coluisse Helicona juventā,
i. e. to have written poetry in early youth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 19.—Also of animals:
anguis stagna,
Verg. G. 3, 430; Ov. M. 2, 380.—
(β).
Absol.:
hic,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 68:
subdiu colere te usque perpetuom diem,
id. Most. 3, 2, 78; Liv. 42, 67, 9; Curt. 9, 9, 2:
colunt discreti ac diversi,
Tac. G. 16:
proximi Cattis Usipii ac Tencteri colunt,
id. ib. 32:
circa utramque ripam Rhodani,
Liv. 21, 26, 6:
quā Cilices maritimi colunt,
id. 38, 18, 12:
prope Oceanum,
id. 24, 49, 6:
usque ad Albim,
Tac. A. 2, 41:
ultra Borysthenem fluvium,
Gell. 9, 4, 6:
super Bosporum,
Curt. 6, 2, 13:
extra urbem,
App. M. 1, p. 111.—
II.
Trop. (freq. and class.).
A.
To bestow care upon a thing, to care for.
1.
Of the gods: colere aliquem locum, to frequent, cherish, care for, protect, be the guardian of, said of places where they were worshipped, had temples, etc.:
deos deasque veneror, qui hanc urbem colunt,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 19; Cat. 36, 12:
Pallas, quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat,
Verg. E. 2, 62:
ille (Juppiter) colit terras,
id. ib. 3, 61; id. A. 1, 16 Forbig. ad loc.:
undis jura dabat, nymphisque colentibus undas,
Ov. M. 1, 576:
urbem colentes di,
Liv. 31, 30, 9; 5, 21, 3:
vos, Ceres mater ac Proserpina, precor, ceteri superi infernique di, qui hanc urbem colitis,
id. 24, 39, 8:
divi divaeque, qui maria terrasque colitis,
id. 29, 27, 1.—
2.
Rarely with persons as object (syn.:
curo, studeo, observo, obsequor): Juppiter, qui genus colis alisque hominum,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; cf.:
(Castor et Pollux) dum terras hominumque colunt genus,
i. e. improve, polish, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7. —
3.
Of the body or its parts, to cultivate, attend to, dress, clothe, adorn, etc.:
formamque augere colendo,
by attire, dress, Ov. M. 10, 534:
corpora,
id. A. A. 3, 107:
tu quoque dum coleris,
id. ib. 3, 225.—With abl.:
lacertos auro,
Curt. 8, 9, 21:
lacertum armillā aureā,
Petr. 32:
capillos,
Tib. 1, 6, 39; 1, 8, 9.—
4.
With abstr. objects, to cultivate, cherish, seek, practise, devote one ' s self to, etc.;
of mental and moral cultivation: aequom et bonum,
Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 10:
amicitiam,
id. Cist. 1, 1, 27:
fidem rectumque,
Ov. M. 1, 90:
fortitudinem,
Curt. 10, 3, 9:
jus et fas,
Liv. 27, 17 fin.:
memoriam alicujus,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:
bonos mores,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
suum quaestum colit,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 137:
pietatem,
id. As. 3, 1, 5; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 33:
virtutem,
Cic. Arch. 7, 16; id. Off. 1, 41, 149:
amicitiam, justitiam, liberalitatem,
id. ib. 1, 2, 5:
virginitatis amorem,
Verg. A. 11, 584:
pacem,
Ov. M. 11, 297; cf. Martem, Sil. [p. 370] 8, 464:
studium philosophiae,
Cic. Brut. 91, 315:
disciplinam,
id. ib. 31, 117:
aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,
id. Off. 1, 1, 3:
patrias artes militiamque,
Ov. F. 2, 508; cf.:
artes liberales,
Suet. Tib. 60:
ingenium singulari rerum militarium prudentiā,
Vell. 2, 29, 5 Kritz.—
5.
Of a period of time or a condition, to live in, experience, live through, pass, spend, etc.:
servitutem apud aliquem,
to be a slave, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 7:
nunc plane nec ego victum, nec vitam illam colere possum, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; and poet. in gen.: vitam or aevum = degere, to take care of life, for to live:
vitam,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 74; id. Cas. 2, 1, 12; id. Rud. 1, 5, 25:
vitam inopem,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84:
aevum vi,
Lucr. 5, 1144 and 1149.—
B.
Colere aliquem, to regard one with care, i. e. to honor, revere, reverence, worship, etc. (syn.: observo, veneror, diligo).
1.
Most freq. of the reverence and worship of the gods, and the respect paid to objects pertaining thereto, to honor, respect, revere, reverence, worship:
quid est enim cur deos ab hominibus colendos dicas?
Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115:
hos deos et venerari et colere debemus,
id. ib. 2, 28, 71; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 119; id. Agr. 2, 35, 94; Liv. 39, 15, 2; Cat. 61, 48:
Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana... o colendi Semper et culti,
Hor. C. S. 2 and 3; cf. Ov. M. 8, 350:
deos aris, pulvinaribus,
Plin. Pan. 11, 3:
Mercurium,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:
Apollinem nimiā religione,
Curt. 4, 3, 21:
Cererem secubitu,
Ov. A. 3, 10, 16:
(deam) magis officiis quam probitate,
id. P. 3, 1, 76:
per flamines et sacerdotes,
Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Vit. 1:
quo cognomine is deus quādam in parte urbis colebatur,
id. Aug. 70:
deum precibus,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 580:
testimoniorum religionem et fidem,
Cic. Fl. 4, 9; cf. id. Font. 10, 21; and:
colebantur religiones pie magis quam magnifice,
Liv. 3, 57, 7; and:
apud quos juxta divinas religiones humana fides colitur,
id. 9, 9, 4:
sacra,
Ov. M. 4, 32; 15, 679:
aras,
id. ib. 3, 733; 6, 208; cf. Liv. 1, 7, 10; Suet. Vit. 2 et saep.:
numina alicujus,
Verg. G. 1, 30:
templum,
id. A. 4, 458; Ov. M. 11, 578:
caerimonias sepulcrorum tantā curà,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:
sacrarium summā caerimoniā,
Nep. Th. 8, 4:
simulacrum,
Suet. Galb. 4.—
2.
Of the honor bestowed upon men:
ut Africanum ut deum coleret Laelius,
Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18:
quia me colitis et magnificatis,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 23; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 54:
a quibus diligenter observari videmur et coli,
Cic. Mur. 34, 70; cf. id. Fam. 6, 10, 7; 13, 22, 1; id. Off. 1, 41, 149; Sall. J. 10, 8:
poëtarum nomen,
Cic. Arch. 11, 27:
civitatem,
id. Fl. 22, 52; cf.:
in amicis et diligendis et colendis,
id. Lael. 22, 85 and 82:
semper ego plebem Romanam militiae domique... colo atque colui,
Liv. 7, 32, 16:
colere et ornare,
Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2:
me diligentissime,
id. ib. 13, 25 init.:
si te colo, Sexte, non amabo,
Mart. 2, 55:
aliquem donis,
Liv. 31, 43, 7:
litteris,
Nep. Att. 20, 4:
nec illos arte colam, nec opulenter,
Sall. J. 85, 34 Kritz.— Hence,
1.
cŏlens, entis, P. a., honoring, treating respectfully; subst., a reverer, worshipper; with gen.:
religionum,
Cic. Planc. 33, 80.—
2.
cultus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).
A.
Cultivated, tilled:
ager cultior,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 20:
ager cultissimus,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:
materia et culta et silvestris,
id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:
res pecuaria,
id. Quint. 3, 12:
rus cultissimum,
Col. 1, 1, 1:
terra,
Quint. 5, 11, 24:
fundus cultior,
id. 8, 3, 8:
cultiora loca,
Curt. 7, 3, 18.—
b.
Subst.: culta, ōrum, n., tilled, cultivated land, gardens, plantations, etc., Lucr. 1, 165; 1, 210; 5, 1370; Verg. G. 1, 153; 2, 196; 4, 372; Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 83—Hence,
B.
Trop., ornamented, adorned, polished, elegant, cultivated:
milites habebat tam cultos ut argento et auro politis armis ornaret,
Suet. Caes. 67:
adulter,
Ov. Tr. 2, 499:
turba muliebriter culta,
Curt. 3, 3, 14:
sacerdos veste candidā cultus,
Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 251:
matrona vetitā purpurā culta,
Suet. Ner. 32:
filia cultior,
Mart. 10, 98, 3:
animi culti,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; cf.:
tempora et ingenia cultiora,
Curt. 7, 8, 11:
Tibullus,
Ov. Am. 1, 15, 28; cf.
carmina,
id. A. A. 3, 341:
cultiores doctioresque redire,
Gell. 19, 8, 1:
sermone cultissimus,
Aur. Vict. Epit. 45.— Adv.: cul-tē, elegantly: dicere, * Quint. 8, 3, 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6.— Comp.:
dicere,
Sen. Suas. 4 fin.; Tac. Or. 21: (sc. veste) progredi, Just. 3, 3, 5:
incubare strato lectulo,
Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.— Sup. apparently not in use.
2.
cōlo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [colum], to filter, strain, to clarify, purify (post-Aug.):
ceram,
Col. 9, 16, 1:
mel,
id. 12, 11, 1:
vinum sportā palmeā,
Pall. Febr. 27:
sucum linteo,
Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 164:
thymum cribro,
Col. 7, 8, 7:
aliquid per linteum,
Scrib. Comp. 271:
ad colum,
Veg. 2, 28, 19:
per colum,
Apic. 4, 2:
aurum,
App. Flor. p. 343, 20:
terra colans,
Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38:
faex colata,
id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Poet.:
amnes inductis retibus,
i. e. to spread out a fish-net, Manil. 5, 193.—Hence, cōlātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, purified (post-class.):
nitor (beryllorum),
Tert. Anim. 9.—
B.
Trop.:
certiora et colatiora somniari,
Tert. Anim. 48.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > colens

9 colo

1.
cŏlo, colŭi, cultum, 3, v. a. [from the stem KOL, whence boukolos, boukoleô; cf.: colonus, in-cola, agri-cola] (orig. pertaining to agriculture), to cultivate, till, tend, take care of a field, garden, etc. (freq. in all per. and species of composition).
I.
Prop.
(α).
With acc.:
fundum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:
agrum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 14; Cato, R. R. 61; Col. 1 pr.:
agri non omnes frugiferi sunt qui coluntur,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; id. Agr. 2, 25, 67:
arva et vineta et oleas et arbustum,
Quint. 1, 12, 7:
praedia,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:
rus,
Col. 1, 1:
rura,
Cat. 64, 38; Tib. 1, 5, 21; Verg. G. 2, 413:
hortos,
Ov. M. 14, 624 al.:
jugera,
Col. 1 pr.:
patrios fines,
id. ib.:
solum,
id. 2, 2, 8:
terram,
id. 2, 2, 4:
arbustum,
Quint. 1, 12, 7:
vitem,
Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:
arbores,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 22:
arva,
id. ib. 3, 5, 24; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 15:
fructus,
Verg. G. 2, 36:
fruges,
Ov. M. 15, 134:
poma,
id. ib. 14, 687; cf. under P. a.—
(β).
Absol., Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Verg. G. 1, 121; Dig. 19, 2, 54, § 1.—
B.
In gen., without reference to economics, to abide, dwell, stay in a place, to inhabit (syn.: incolo, habito; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
(α).
With acc.:
hanc domum,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 4:
nemora atque cavos montes silvasque colebant,
Lucr. 5, 955:
regiones Acherunticas,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 21:
colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
urbem, urbem, mi Rufe, cole,
id. Fam. 2, 12, 2:
has terras,
id. N. D. 2, 66, 164; Tac. A. 2, 60:
loca Idae,
Cat. 63, 70:
Idalium,
id. 36, 12 sq.; 61, 17:
urbem Trojanam,
Verg. A. 4, 343:
Sicaniam,
Ov. M. 5, 495:
Maeoniam Sipylumque,
id. ib. 6, 149:
Elin Messeniaque arva,
id. ib. 2, 679:
regnum nemorale Dianae,
id. ib. 14, 331:
hoc nemus,
id. ib. 15, 545:
Elysium,
Verg. A. 5, 735:
loca magna,
Ov. M. 14, 681; Liv. 1, 7, 10:
Britanniam,
Tac. Agr. 11:
Rheni ripam,
id. G. 28:
victam ripam,
id. A. 1, 59:
terras,
id. ib. 2, 60; cf. id. H. 5, 2:
insulam,
id. A. 12, 61; id. G. 29:
regionem,
Curt. 7, 7, 4.— Poet., of poets:
me juvat in primā coluisse Helicona juventā,
i. e. to have written poetry in early youth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 19.—Also of animals:
anguis stagna,
Verg. G. 3, 430; Ov. M. 2, 380.—
(β).
Absol.:
hic,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 68:
subdiu colere te usque perpetuom diem,
id. Most. 3, 2, 78; Liv. 42, 67, 9; Curt. 9, 9, 2:
colunt discreti ac diversi,
Tac. G. 16:
proximi Cattis Usipii ac Tencteri colunt,
id. ib. 32:
circa utramque ripam Rhodani,
Liv. 21, 26, 6:
quā Cilices maritimi colunt,
id. 38, 18, 12:
prope Oceanum,
id. 24, 49, 6:
usque ad Albim,
Tac. A. 2, 41:
ultra Borysthenem fluvium,
Gell. 9, 4, 6:
super Bosporum,
Curt. 6, 2, 13:
extra urbem,
App. M. 1, p. 111.—
II.
Trop. (freq. and class.).
A.
To bestow care upon a thing, to care for.
1.
Of the gods: colere aliquem locum, to frequent, cherish, care for, protect, be the guardian of, said of places where they were worshipped, had temples, etc.:
deos deasque veneror, qui hanc urbem colunt,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 19; Cat. 36, 12:
Pallas, quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat,
Verg. E. 2, 62:
ille (Juppiter) colit terras,
id. ib. 3, 61; id. A. 1, 16 Forbig. ad loc.:
undis jura dabat, nymphisque colentibus undas,
Ov. M. 1, 576:
urbem colentes di,
Liv. 31, 30, 9; 5, 21, 3:
vos, Ceres mater ac Proserpina, precor, ceteri superi infernique di, qui hanc urbem colitis,
id. 24, 39, 8:
divi divaeque, qui maria terrasque colitis,
id. 29, 27, 1.—
2.
Rarely with persons as object (syn.:
curo, studeo, observo, obsequor): Juppiter, qui genus colis alisque hominum,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; cf.:
(Castor et Pollux) dum terras hominumque colunt genus,
i. e. improve, polish, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7. —
3.
Of the body or its parts, to cultivate, attend to, dress, clothe, adorn, etc.:
formamque augere colendo,
by attire, dress, Ov. M. 10, 534:
corpora,
id. A. A. 3, 107:
tu quoque dum coleris,
id. ib. 3, 225.—With abl.:
lacertos auro,
Curt. 8, 9, 21:
lacertum armillā aureā,
Petr. 32:
capillos,
Tib. 1, 6, 39; 1, 8, 9.—
4.
With abstr. objects, to cultivate, cherish, seek, practise, devote one ' s self to, etc.;
of mental and moral cultivation: aequom et bonum,
Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 10:
amicitiam,
id. Cist. 1, 1, 27:
fidem rectumque,
Ov. M. 1, 90:
fortitudinem,
Curt. 10, 3, 9:
jus et fas,
Liv. 27, 17 fin.:
memoriam alicujus,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:
bonos mores,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
suum quaestum colit,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 137:
pietatem,
id. As. 3, 1, 5; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 33:
virtutem,
Cic. Arch. 7, 16; id. Off. 1, 41, 149:
amicitiam, justitiam, liberalitatem,
id. ib. 1, 2, 5:
virginitatis amorem,
Verg. A. 11, 584:
pacem,
Ov. M. 11, 297; cf. Martem, Sil. [p. 370] 8, 464:
studium philosophiae,
Cic. Brut. 91, 315:
disciplinam,
id. ib. 31, 117:
aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,
id. Off. 1, 1, 3:
patrias artes militiamque,
Ov. F. 2, 508; cf.:
artes liberales,
Suet. Tib. 60:
ingenium singulari rerum militarium prudentiā,
Vell. 2, 29, 5 Kritz.—
5.
Of a period of time or a condition, to live in, experience, live through, pass, spend, etc.:
servitutem apud aliquem,
to be a slave, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 7:
nunc plane nec ego victum, nec vitam illam colere possum, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; and poet. in gen.: vitam or aevum = degere, to take care of life, for to live:
vitam,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 74; id. Cas. 2, 1, 12; id. Rud. 1, 5, 25:
vitam inopem,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84:
aevum vi,
Lucr. 5, 1144 and 1149.—
B.
Colere aliquem, to regard one with care, i. e. to honor, revere, reverence, worship, etc. (syn.: observo, veneror, diligo).
1.
Most freq. of the reverence and worship of the gods, and the respect paid to objects pertaining thereto, to honor, respect, revere, reverence, worship:
quid est enim cur deos ab hominibus colendos dicas?
Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115:
hos deos et venerari et colere debemus,
id. ib. 2, 28, 71; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 119; id. Agr. 2, 35, 94; Liv. 39, 15, 2; Cat. 61, 48:
Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana... o colendi Semper et culti,
Hor. C. S. 2 and 3; cf. Ov. M. 8, 350:
deos aris, pulvinaribus,
Plin. Pan. 11, 3:
Mercurium,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:
Apollinem nimiā religione,
Curt. 4, 3, 21:
Cererem secubitu,
Ov. A. 3, 10, 16:
(deam) magis officiis quam probitate,
id. P. 3, 1, 76:
per flamines et sacerdotes,
Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Vit. 1:
quo cognomine is deus quādam in parte urbis colebatur,
id. Aug. 70:
deum precibus,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 580:
testimoniorum religionem et fidem,
Cic. Fl. 4, 9; cf. id. Font. 10, 21; and:
colebantur religiones pie magis quam magnifice,
Liv. 3, 57, 7; and:
apud quos juxta divinas religiones humana fides colitur,
id. 9, 9, 4:
sacra,
Ov. M. 4, 32; 15, 679:
aras,
id. ib. 3, 733; 6, 208; cf. Liv. 1, 7, 10; Suet. Vit. 2 et saep.:
numina alicujus,
Verg. G. 1, 30:
templum,
id. A. 4, 458; Ov. M. 11, 578:
caerimonias sepulcrorum tantā curà,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:
sacrarium summā caerimoniā,
Nep. Th. 8, 4:
simulacrum,
Suet. Galb. 4.—
2.
Of the honor bestowed upon men:
ut Africanum ut deum coleret Laelius,
Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18:
quia me colitis et magnificatis,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 23; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 54:
a quibus diligenter observari videmur et coli,
Cic. Mur. 34, 70; cf. id. Fam. 6, 10, 7; 13, 22, 1; id. Off. 1, 41, 149; Sall. J. 10, 8:
poëtarum nomen,
Cic. Arch. 11, 27:
civitatem,
id. Fl. 22, 52; cf.:
in amicis et diligendis et colendis,
id. Lael. 22, 85 and 82:
semper ego plebem Romanam militiae domique... colo atque colui,
Liv. 7, 32, 16:
colere et ornare,
Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2:
me diligentissime,
id. ib. 13, 25 init.:
si te colo, Sexte, non amabo,
Mart. 2, 55:
aliquem donis,
Liv. 31, 43, 7:
litteris,
Nep. Att. 20, 4:
nec illos arte colam, nec opulenter,
Sall. J. 85, 34 Kritz.— Hence,
1.
cŏlens, entis, P. a., honoring, treating respectfully; subst., a reverer, worshipper; with gen.:
religionum,
Cic. Planc. 33, 80.—
2.
cultus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).
A.
Cultivated, tilled:
ager cultior,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 20:
ager cultissimus,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:
materia et culta et silvestris,
id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:
res pecuaria,
id. Quint. 3, 12:
rus cultissimum,
Col. 1, 1, 1:
terra,
Quint. 5, 11, 24:
fundus cultior,
id. 8, 3, 8:
cultiora loca,
Curt. 7, 3, 18.—
b.
Subst.: culta, ōrum, n., tilled, cultivated land, gardens, plantations, etc., Lucr. 1, 165; 1, 210; 5, 1370; Verg. G. 1, 153; 2, 196; 4, 372; Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 83—Hence,
B.
Trop., ornamented, adorned, polished, elegant, cultivated:
milites habebat tam cultos ut argento et auro politis armis ornaret,
Suet. Caes. 67:
adulter,
Ov. Tr. 2, 499:
turba muliebriter culta,
Curt. 3, 3, 14:
sacerdos veste candidā cultus,
Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 251:
matrona vetitā purpurā culta,
Suet. Ner. 32:
filia cultior,
Mart. 10, 98, 3:
animi culti,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; cf.:
tempora et ingenia cultiora,
Curt. 7, 8, 11:
Tibullus,
Ov. Am. 1, 15, 28; cf.
carmina,
id. A. A. 3, 341:
cultiores doctioresque redire,
Gell. 19, 8, 1:
sermone cultissimus,
Aur. Vict. Epit. 45.— Adv.: cul-tē, elegantly: dicere, * Quint. 8, 3, 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6.— Comp.:
dicere,
Sen. Suas. 4 fin.; Tac. Or. 21: (sc. veste) progredi, Just. 3, 3, 5:
incubare strato lectulo,
Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.— Sup. apparently not in use.
2.
cōlo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [colum], to filter, strain, to clarify, purify (post-Aug.):
ceram,
Col. 9, 16, 1:
mel,
id. 12, 11, 1:
vinum sportā palmeā,
Pall. Febr. 27:
sucum linteo,
Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 164:
thymum cribro,
Col. 7, 8, 7:
aliquid per linteum,
Scrib. Comp. 271:
ad colum,
Veg. 2, 28, 19:
per colum,
Apic. 4, 2:
aurum,
App. Flor. p. 343, 20:
terra colans,
Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38:
faex colata,
id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Poet.:
amnes inductis retibus,
i. e. to spread out a fish-net, Manil. 5, 193.—Hence, cōlātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, purified (post-class.):
nitor (beryllorum),
Tert. Anim. 9.—
B.
Trop.:
certiora et colatiora somniari,
Tert. Anim. 48.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > colo

10 compono

com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (compostus, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).
I.
In gen., of different objects.
A.
To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.
1.
Of things in gen.:
aridum lignum,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:
composita fronde,
Prop. 1, 20, 22:
uvas in tecto in cratibus,
Cato, R. R. 112, 2:
in quo (loco) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat,
Cic. Deiot. 6, 17:
(amomum) manipulatim leniter componitur,
Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48:
amphoras in culleum,
Cato, R. R. 113, 2:
ligna in caminum,
id. ib. 37, 5.—
b.
To bring into contact, fit together, join:
quid... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque compactum et coagmentatum inveniri potest?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo bibo eodem, amplector, labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28:
tum latus conponit lateri et cum pectore pectus,
id. ib. p. 260, 30:
conponens manibusque manus atque ori bus ora,
Verg. A. 8, 486:
Mercurio Sais fertur Virgineum conposuisse latus,
Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf.
caput,
Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of broken limbs, etc., med. t. t., to set:
ossa,
Cels. 8, 10, 2:
jugulum,
id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—
c.
Esp., to pack up for a journey, etc.:
omnia composta sunt quae donavi,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21:
i ergo intro et compone quae tecum simul Ferantur,
Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5:
dum tota domus raeda componitur una,
Juv. 3, 10.—
2.
Of persons:
is (Saturnus) genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit,
Verg. A. 8, 322:
et tabula una duos poterit componere amantes,
Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. infra.—
B.
To set in opposition.
1.
To bring together in hostility, to oppose, to couple, pair, match in combat (cf. compositio, III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: Samnis, spurcus homo, cum Pacideiano conponitur, optimus multo Post homines natos gladiator qui fuit unus, Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:
Rupili et Persi par pugnat, uti non Compositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius,
Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.:
staturam habere Threcis cum Threce conpositi,
Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8;
and in gen.: si quis casus duos inter se bonos viros composuerit,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:
cuive virum mallem memet componere,
Sil. 10, 70:
componimur Vecordi Decio,
id. 11, 212:
hunc fatis,
id. 1, 39:
cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale genus,
Luc. 3, 196;
and fig.: pergis pugnantia secum Frontibus adversis componere,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 103:
ecce par deo dignum, vir fortis cum fortuna mala conpositus,
Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9:
non illa (rhetorice) secum ipsa componitur,
Quint. 2, 17, 33;
and of a judicial contest: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita,
confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—
2.
To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.
(α).
With acc. and dat.: quid est, cur componere ausis mihi te aut me tibi? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.):
nec divis homines componier aequom'st,
Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis discrepant, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.):
si parva licet conponere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:
parvis conponere magna solebam,
id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, [p. 392] 416:
audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?
id. ib. 15, 530:
divinis humana,
Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—
(β).
With acc. and cum:
ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,
Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.
II.
In partic.
A.
Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.
1.
To bring together, compose, compound, make up, mix, construct.
(α).
With ex:
exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,
Sall. J. 18, 3:
genus humanum ex corpore et anima conpositum,
id. ib. 2, 1:
liber ex alienis orationibus compositus,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47:
antidoton... ex multis atque interim contrariis quoque inter se effectibus,
Quint. 1, 10, 6:
ex quo (umore) componi debet (medicamentum),
Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin. —
(β).
With abl.:
mensam gramine,
Sil. 15, 51.—
(γ).
With acc. alone:
medicamentum,
Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—
2.
Esp., of buildings, etc., to construct, build:
qui cuncta conposuit,
i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13:
urbem,
Verg. A. 3, 387:
illa (templa) deis,
Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.:
aggere conposito tumuli,
Verg. A. 7, 6:
deletas Thebas,
Prop. 2, 6, 5.—
3.
Of words, to compound:
vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),
Quint. 1, 5, 3.—
4.
Of writings, speeches, etc.
a.
To compose, write, construct (very freq.):
leges,
Lucr. 4, 966:
compone hoc, quod postulo, de argento: de reliquo videro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:
quartum librum,
id. de Or. 2, 55, 224:
libros,
id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1:
libellos,
Quint. 12, 8, 5:
actiones,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68:
argumentum,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3:
edictum eis verbis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:
edictum eorum arbitratu,
id. ib. 2, 1, 46, §
119: artes,
books of instruction, id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40:
artificium,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 83:
commentarium consulatus mei,
id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19:
quarum (litterarum) exemplum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:
quandam disciplinae formulam,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 17:
stipulationum et judiciorum formulas,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:
interdictum,
id. Caecin. 21, 59:
poema,
id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:
senatus consultum,
Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:
testimonium,
id. Att. 15, 15, 1:
verba ad religionem deorum immortalium,
id. Dom. 47, 124:
de judicialibus causis aliqua,
Quint. 3, 6, 104:
aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitaque Scapulae composita erant,
Tac. A. 16, 14:
Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos aliqua conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: carmen,
Cic. Mur. 12, 26:
carmina,
Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49:
epistulas,
id. ib. 2, 70:
litteras nomine Marcelli,
Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20:
orationem habere ad conciliandos plebis animos conpositam,
Liv. 1, 35, 2:
blanditias tremula voce,
Tib. 1, 2, 91:
meditata manu verba trementi,
Ov. M. 9, 521:
versus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:
mollem versum,
Prop. 1, 7, 19:
cantus,
Tib. 1, 2, 53:
in morem annalium,
Tac. Or. 22:
orationes adversus aliquem,
id. ib. 37:
litteras ad aliquem,
id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22:
probra in Gaium,
id. ib. 6, 9;
14, 50: multa et atrocia in Macronem,
id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—
b.
Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to write about, treat, celebrate:
tuas laudes,
Tib. 4, 1, 35:
res gestas,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251:
tempora Iliaca,
Vell. 1, 3, 2:
bellum Troicum,
id. 1, 5, 3:
Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum,
Tac. Or. 14:
veteres populi Romani res,
id. A. 4, 32:
Neronis res,
id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—
B.
From the notion of closing.
1.
To put away, put aside, put in place:
armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus,
i. e. folding up the sails and lowering the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80:
(tempus) ad componenda armamenta expediendumque remigem,
Liv. 26, 39, 8:
vela contrahit malosque inclinat et simul armamenta componens, etc.,
id. 36, 44, 2:
arma,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:
tristes istos conpone libellos,
put aside, Prop. 1, 9, 13.—
2.
To store up, put away, collect:
nec... Aut conponere opes norant aut parcere parto,
Verg. A. 8, 317:
ego conposito securus acervo Despiciam dites,
Tib. 1, 1, 77;
so fig.: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to preserve, pack, put up fruits, meat, etc., for future use:
pernas,
Cato, R. R. 162, 12:
tergora (suis),
Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1:
caepam in fidelia,
id. 12, 10, 2:
herbas,
id. 12, 13, 2:
poma,
id. 12, 47, 5:
olivas,
Pall. Nov. 22, 5:
herbam olla nova,
Scrib. Comp. 60:
faenum,
Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:
fructus in urceis, capsellis,
ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—
3.
Of the ashes or remains of the dead, to adjust, lay out, to collect and inurn, inter, bury:
tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt,
Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19):
cinerem,
Ov. F. 3, 547:
cinerem ossaque,
Val. Fl. 7, 203:
sic ego conponi versus in ossa velim,
Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to bury:
quem... prope cognatos conpositum cineres,
Cat. 68, 98:
omnes composui (meos),
Hor. S. 1, 9, 28:
compositi busta avi,
Ov. F. 5, 426:
Pisonem Verania uxor... T. Vinium Crispina filia composuere,
Tac. H. 1, 47:
componi tumulo eodem,
Ov. M. 4, 157:
toro Mortua componar,
id. ib. 9, 504:
alto Conpositus lecto,
Pers. 3, 104:
aliquem terra,
Sil. 9, 95.—
4.
To lay at rest, compose, quiet.
a.
Of things: omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete, Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16:
cum mare compositum est,
Ov. A. A. 3, 259:
aquas,
id. H. 13, 136:
fessum tumentes Composuit pelagus ventis patientibus undas,
Luc. 5, 702.—
b.
Of persons:
nec vigilantibus, sed etiam quiete compositis,
Quint. 11, 2, 5:
ubi jam thalamis se conposuere,
Verg. G. 4, 189:
defessa membra,
id. ib. 4, 438:
si bene conpositus somno vinoque jacebit,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—
5.
To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.
a.
With personal object:
aversos amicos,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
ceteros clementia,
Tac. A. 12, 55:
comitia praetorum,
id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:
juvenes concitatos,
Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:
barbarum animos,
Tac. A. 14, 39:
gentem,
Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the mind:
prima (pars philosophiae) conponit animum,
Sen. Ep. 89, 9:
argumentum conpositae mentis,
id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352:
mentem somno,
id. 3, 162:
religio saevas componit mentis,
id. 13, 317.—
b.
Of places, countries, etc.:
C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,
Tac. A. 2, 4:
Campaniam,
id. H. 4, 3:
Daciam,
id. ib. 3, 53.—
c.
With abstr. or indef. objects:
si possum hoc inter vos conponere,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:
vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17:
gaudens conponi foedere bellum,
Verg. A. 12, 109; so,
bellum,
Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:
bella,
Tac. A. 3, 56:
cum vellet pro communi amico controversias regum componere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 109:
uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur,
id. ib. 1, 9 fin.:
curas,
Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682:
lites,
Verg. E. 3, 108:
seditionem civilem,
Suet. Caes. 4:
statum Orientis,
id. Calig. 1:
Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit,
Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1:
legatorum res et bello turbatas,
id. 45, 16, 2:
res Germanicas,
Suet. Vit. 9:
discordias,
Tac. H. 4, 50:
compositis praesentibus,
id. A. 1, 45:
odia et certamina,
id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., with the result as object:
pacem componi volo Meo patri cum matre,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113:
si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset,
Liv. 30, 40, 13:
at me conposita pace fefellit Amor,
Prop. 2, 2, 2:
pax circa Brundusium composita,
Vell. 2, 75, 3:
pacem cum Pyrrho,
Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. infra.—
d.
Absol.:
coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. pass.:
posteaquam id quod maxime volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:
Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur atque ab armis discederetur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—
C.
Hence, to set right, to set in or restore to the proper place or condition, to adjust, etc.
1.
In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:
aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,
Verg. A. 1, 697:
ad ictum militaris gladii conposita cervice,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2:
diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi,
id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4:
si ad rem pertinet, quomodo caelo adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque animal oriatur,
Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98:
tibi enim gratias agebat, quod signa componenda suscepisses,
id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—
2.
Esp., milit. t. t.:
se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis quisque ordinibus (opp. incompositi),
Liv. 44, 38, 11:
conpositi numero in turmas,
Verg. A. 11, 599:
cunctos licentia vagos compositus invadit = compositis ordinibus,
Tac. H. 4, 35:
agmen,
id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16:
ordines,
id. H. 4, 33:
vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque apud signa, componunt,
id. ib. 3, 35:
pugnae exercitum,
id. A. 13, 40:
auxilia in numerum legionis,
id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.:
equitem per turmas,
id. ib. 15, 29:
insidias in montibus,
Just. 1, 3, 11.—
3.
Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.:
ut aptior sit oratio, ipsa verba compone,
id. Brut. 17, 68.—
4.
With reference to orderly appearance, etc., of the clothing, hair; the expression of the countenance, etc., to lay, smooth, adjust:
suon quisque loco'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97:
composito et delibuto capillo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:
comas,
Ov. R. Am. 679:
crines,
Verg. G. 4, 417:
ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 148:
togam,
to lay in proper folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.:
nec tamen ante adiit... Quam se composuit, quam circumspexit amictus,
Ov. M. 4, 318:
pulvinum facili manu,
id. A. A. 1, 160; cf.
torum,
id. F. 3, 484:
jam libet componere voltus,
id. M. 13, 767:
vultu composito, ne laeti excessu principis, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.:
(Tiberius) compositus ore,
id. ib. 2, 34:
vultum natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,
distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—
5.
In gen., to adjust, arrange, regulate, for the expression of something, or to accord with something; usu. ad aliquid:
ad abstinentiam rursus, non secus ac modo ad balineum animum vultumque conposui,
Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6:
orationis ipsius vultus ad id, quod efficere intendimus, compositus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,
id. 11, 3, 120:
ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis,
id. 1, 11, 19:
figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae,
id. 9, 2, 34:
nec ad votum composita civitas,
Tac. Or. 41:
cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita,
id. H. 1, 71:
cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis,
id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. with dat.:
voltus conponere famae Taedet,
to adapt, Tib. 4, 7, 9:
venturis carbasa ventis,
Luc. 3, 596:
me quoque mittendis rectum componite telis,
id. 3, 717. —With in:
Nero itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus pererrabat,
disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —
D.
To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.
(α).
With acc.:
ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem,
Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3:
quod adest memento Componere aequus,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 33:
conposita atque constituta re publica,
Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:
necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 13, 5:
(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,
Cic. Brut. 22, 87:
tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,
id. Or. 42, 143:
ex sententia omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque,
Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1:
in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita statim decernuntur,
Tac. H. 2, 55:
dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur,
id. A. 12, 68.—
(β).
With ad or in and acc. of the purpose for which, or the example according to which, etc.:
cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32:
omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae,
Quint. 10, 1, 43:
animum ad omnes casus,
id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321:
satis igitur in hoc nos componet multa scribendi exercitatio,
Quint. 9, 4, 114:
cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum mores suadent,
Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —
2.
To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.
(α).
In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29:
quin jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17:
ita causa componitur, ut item palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:
societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse,
Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch:
crimen ab inimicis Romae conpositum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141:
conpositis inter se rebus,
Sall. J. 66, 2:
ita conposito dolo digrediuntur,
id. ib. 111, 4:
conposito jam consilio,
Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant;
convenerat autem, etc.,
id. 25, 9, 8:
sub noctem susurri Composita repetantur hora,
Hor. C. 1, 9, 20:
ictum jam foedus, et omnes Conpositae leges,
Verg. A. 12, 315:
compositis notis,
Tib. 1, 2, 22:
crimen ac dolum ultro,
Tac. H. 1, 34:
proditionem,
id. ib. 2, 100:
seditionem,
id. ib. 4, 14:
insidias,
id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. supra.—
(β).
With rel.-clause:
cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,
Liv. 40, 40, 14.—
(γ).
With inf.:
ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(δ).
Pass. impers.:
ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,
Liv. 2, 37, 1.—
(ε).
With ut and subj.:
compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,
Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —
3.
In gen., to feign, invent, devise, contrive, in order to deceive or delude, etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.):
ne tu istic hodie malo tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211:
nec bene mendaci risus conponitur ore,
Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3):
sed vobis facile'st verba et conponere fraudes,
Prop. 2, 9, 31:
insidias in me conponis inanes,
id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19:
compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur,
Tac. A. 13, 47:
si haec fabulosa et composita videntur,
id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40:
quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in obscuro habentur,
id. A. 15, 16; cf.:
vetustatem, ut cetera, in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse,
exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.— Part. perf. with in and acc., pretending, assuming the appearance or expression:
(Domitianus) paratus simulatione, in adrogantiam compositus audiit preces,
Tac. Agr. 42:
is in maestitiam compositus,
id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54:
in securitatem,
id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely with ad:
tunc compositus ad maestitiam,
Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus ( - postus), a, um.
A.
Well-arranged, ordered, or constituted, orderly, regular:
quae (injuria) dum foris sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec magis compositum quicquam nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus sum... sunchusin litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:
acrior impetu atque animis quam compositior ullo ordine pugna fuit,
Liv. 28, 22, 13:
intellegitur, etiamsi non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque fore talem virum,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:
composita et quieta et beata respublica,
Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings:
quare in his quoque libris erant eadem aliqua... omnia vero compositiora et elaborata,
Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.:
illa quae curam fatentur et ficta atque composita videri etiam volunt,
elaborate, id. 8, pr. § 23.— Transf., of the orator himself:
si aut compositi oratoris bene structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum,
Cic. Or. 70, 232.—
B.
Fitly disposed for any purpose, prepared, apt, fit, adapted, qualified, suitable, ready:
perficiam ut nemo umquam paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so,
equus bene natura compositus,
Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:
arte quadam ab juventa in ostentationem (virtutum) compositus,
Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:
alius historiae magis idoneus, alius compositus ad carmen,
Quint. 2, 8, 7:
aeque in adulationem compositus (sacerdos),
Curt. 4, 7, 26:
(Attici) non maxime ad risum compositi,
Quint. 6, 3, 18:
natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,
Tac. H. 2, 5.—
C.
Quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, calm, composed, unimpassioned, etc.:
ut peractis quae agenda fuerint salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2:
lenis et nitidi et compositi generis amatores,
Quint. 10, 1, 44:
actio,
id. 11, 3, 110:
aetas,
mature, sedate, Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites atque compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9:
supercilium (opp. erectum),
id. 11, 3, 74:
repetitio eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem,
Flor. 3, 23, 3.—
D.
Compound, composite, made up of parts (opp. simplex):
verba,
Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5:
voces,
id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,
(α).
Ex composito, according to agreement, by agreement, in concert, Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch:
tum ex composito orta vis,
Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—
(β).
De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,
(γ).
More rarely in the same sense, composito alone, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ( conp-), in an orderly, regular, or skilful manner, orderly, regularly, properly (class. but rare;
not in Quint.): ambulare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:
indutus,
Gell. 1, 5, 2:
composite et apte dicere,
Cic. Or. 71, 236:
composite, ornate, copiose eloqui,
id. De Or. 1, 11, 48:
composite atque magnifice casum reipublicae miserati,
Sall. C. 51, 9:
bene et composite disseruit,
id. Ib. 52.— Comp.:
compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,
Tac. A. 15, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > compono

11 compositum

com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (compostus, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).
I.
In gen., of different objects.
A.
To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.
1.
Of things in gen.:
aridum lignum,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:
composita fronde,
Prop. 1, 20, 22:
uvas in tecto in cratibus,
Cato, R. R. 112, 2:
in quo (loco) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat,
Cic. Deiot. 6, 17:
(amomum) manipulatim leniter componitur,
Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48:
amphoras in culleum,
Cato, R. R. 113, 2:
ligna in caminum,
id. ib. 37, 5.—
b.
To bring into contact, fit together, join:
quid... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque compactum et coagmentatum inveniri potest?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo bibo eodem, amplector, labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28:
tum latus conponit lateri et cum pectore pectus,
id. ib. p. 260, 30:
conponens manibusque manus atque ori bus ora,
Verg. A. 8, 486:
Mercurio Sais fertur Virgineum conposuisse latus,
Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf.
caput,
Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of broken limbs, etc., med. t. t., to set:
ossa,
Cels. 8, 10, 2:
jugulum,
id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—
c.
Esp., to pack up for a journey, etc.:
omnia composta sunt quae donavi,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21:
i ergo intro et compone quae tecum simul Ferantur,
Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5:
dum tota domus raeda componitur una,
Juv. 3, 10.—
2.
Of persons:
is (Saturnus) genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit,
Verg. A. 8, 322:
et tabula una duos poterit componere amantes,
Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. infra.—
B.
To set in opposition.
1.
To bring together in hostility, to oppose, to couple, pair, match in combat (cf. compositio, III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: Samnis, spurcus homo, cum Pacideiano conponitur, optimus multo Post homines natos gladiator qui fuit unus, Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:
Rupili et Persi par pugnat, uti non Compositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius,
Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.:
staturam habere Threcis cum Threce conpositi,
Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8;
and in gen.: si quis casus duos inter se bonos viros composuerit,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:
cuive virum mallem memet componere,
Sil. 10, 70:
componimur Vecordi Decio,
id. 11, 212:
hunc fatis,
id. 1, 39:
cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale genus,
Luc. 3, 196;
and fig.: pergis pugnantia secum Frontibus adversis componere,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 103:
ecce par deo dignum, vir fortis cum fortuna mala conpositus,
Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9:
non illa (rhetorice) secum ipsa componitur,
Quint. 2, 17, 33;
and of a judicial contest: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita,
confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—
2.
To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.
(α).
With acc. and dat.: quid est, cur componere ausis mihi te aut me tibi? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.):
nec divis homines componier aequom'st,
Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis discrepant, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.):
si parva licet conponere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:
parvis conponere magna solebam,
id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, [p. 392] 416:
audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?
id. ib. 15, 530:
divinis humana,
Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—
(β).
With acc. and cum:
ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,
Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.
II.
In partic.
A.
Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.
1.
To bring together, compose, compound, make up, mix, construct.
(α).
With ex:
exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,
Sall. J. 18, 3:
genus humanum ex corpore et anima conpositum,
id. ib. 2, 1:
liber ex alienis orationibus compositus,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47:
antidoton... ex multis atque interim contrariis quoque inter se effectibus,
Quint. 1, 10, 6:
ex quo (umore) componi debet (medicamentum),
Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin. —
(β).
With abl.:
mensam gramine,
Sil. 15, 51.—
(γ).
With acc. alone:
medicamentum,
Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—
2.
Esp., of buildings, etc., to construct, build:
qui cuncta conposuit,
i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13:
urbem,
Verg. A. 3, 387:
illa (templa) deis,
Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.:
aggere conposito tumuli,
Verg. A. 7, 6:
deletas Thebas,
Prop. 2, 6, 5.—
3.
Of words, to compound:
vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),
Quint. 1, 5, 3.—
4.
Of writings, speeches, etc.
a.
To compose, write, construct (very freq.):
leges,
Lucr. 4, 966:
compone hoc, quod postulo, de argento: de reliquo videro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:
quartum librum,
id. de Or. 2, 55, 224:
libros,
id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1:
libellos,
Quint. 12, 8, 5:
actiones,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68:
argumentum,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3:
edictum eis verbis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:
edictum eorum arbitratu,
id. ib. 2, 1, 46, §
119: artes,
books of instruction, id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40:
artificium,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 83:
commentarium consulatus mei,
id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19:
quarum (litterarum) exemplum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:
quandam disciplinae formulam,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 17:
stipulationum et judiciorum formulas,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:
interdictum,
id. Caecin. 21, 59:
poema,
id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:
senatus consultum,
Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:
testimonium,
id. Att. 15, 15, 1:
verba ad religionem deorum immortalium,
id. Dom. 47, 124:
de judicialibus causis aliqua,
Quint. 3, 6, 104:
aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitaque Scapulae composita erant,
Tac. A. 16, 14:
Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos aliqua conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: carmen,
Cic. Mur. 12, 26:
carmina,
Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49:
epistulas,
id. ib. 2, 70:
litteras nomine Marcelli,
Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20:
orationem habere ad conciliandos plebis animos conpositam,
Liv. 1, 35, 2:
blanditias tremula voce,
Tib. 1, 2, 91:
meditata manu verba trementi,
Ov. M. 9, 521:
versus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:
mollem versum,
Prop. 1, 7, 19:
cantus,
Tib. 1, 2, 53:
in morem annalium,
Tac. Or. 22:
orationes adversus aliquem,
id. ib. 37:
litteras ad aliquem,
id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22:
probra in Gaium,
id. ib. 6, 9;
14, 50: multa et atrocia in Macronem,
id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—
b.
Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to write about, treat, celebrate:
tuas laudes,
Tib. 4, 1, 35:
res gestas,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251:
tempora Iliaca,
Vell. 1, 3, 2:
bellum Troicum,
id. 1, 5, 3:
Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum,
Tac. Or. 14:
veteres populi Romani res,
id. A. 4, 32:
Neronis res,
id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—
B.
From the notion of closing.
1.
To put away, put aside, put in place:
armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus,
i. e. folding up the sails and lowering the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80:
(tempus) ad componenda armamenta expediendumque remigem,
Liv. 26, 39, 8:
vela contrahit malosque inclinat et simul armamenta componens, etc.,
id. 36, 44, 2:
arma,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:
tristes istos conpone libellos,
put aside, Prop. 1, 9, 13.—
2.
To store up, put away, collect:
nec... Aut conponere opes norant aut parcere parto,
Verg. A. 8, 317:
ego conposito securus acervo Despiciam dites,
Tib. 1, 1, 77;
so fig.: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to preserve, pack, put up fruits, meat, etc., for future use:
pernas,
Cato, R. R. 162, 12:
tergora (suis),
Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1:
caepam in fidelia,
id. 12, 10, 2:
herbas,
id. 12, 13, 2:
poma,
id. 12, 47, 5:
olivas,
Pall. Nov. 22, 5:
herbam olla nova,
Scrib. Comp. 60:
faenum,
Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:
fructus in urceis, capsellis,
ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—
3.
Of the ashes or remains of the dead, to adjust, lay out, to collect and inurn, inter, bury:
tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt,
Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19):
cinerem,
Ov. F. 3, 547:
cinerem ossaque,
Val. Fl. 7, 203:
sic ego conponi versus in ossa velim,
Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to bury:
quem... prope cognatos conpositum cineres,
Cat. 68, 98:
omnes composui (meos),
Hor. S. 1, 9, 28:
compositi busta avi,
Ov. F. 5, 426:
Pisonem Verania uxor... T. Vinium Crispina filia composuere,
Tac. H. 1, 47:
componi tumulo eodem,
Ov. M. 4, 157:
toro Mortua componar,
id. ib. 9, 504:
alto Conpositus lecto,
Pers. 3, 104:
aliquem terra,
Sil. 9, 95.—
4.
To lay at rest, compose, quiet.
a.
Of things: omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete, Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16:
cum mare compositum est,
Ov. A. A. 3, 259:
aquas,
id. H. 13, 136:
fessum tumentes Composuit pelagus ventis patientibus undas,
Luc. 5, 702.—
b.
Of persons:
nec vigilantibus, sed etiam quiete compositis,
Quint. 11, 2, 5:
ubi jam thalamis se conposuere,
Verg. G. 4, 189:
defessa membra,
id. ib. 4, 438:
si bene conpositus somno vinoque jacebit,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—
5.
To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.
a.
With personal object:
aversos amicos,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
ceteros clementia,
Tac. A. 12, 55:
comitia praetorum,
id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:
juvenes concitatos,
Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:
barbarum animos,
Tac. A. 14, 39:
gentem,
Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the mind:
prima (pars philosophiae) conponit animum,
Sen. Ep. 89, 9:
argumentum conpositae mentis,
id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352:
mentem somno,
id. 3, 162:
religio saevas componit mentis,
id. 13, 317.—
b.
Of places, countries, etc.:
C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,
Tac. A. 2, 4:
Campaniam,
id. H. 4, 3:
Daciam,
id. ib. 3, 53.—
c.
With abstr. or indef. objects:
si possum hoc inter vos conponere,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:
vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17:
gaudens conponi foedere bellum,
Verg. A. 12, 109; so,
bellum,
Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:
bella,
Tac. A. 3, 56:
cum vellet pro communi amico controversias regum componere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 109:
uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur,
id. ib. 1, 9 fin.:
curas,
Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682:
lites,
Verg. E. 3, 108:
seditionem civilem,
Suet. Caes. 4:
statum Orientis,
id. Calig. 1:
Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit,
Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1:
legatorum res et bello turbatas,
id. 45, 16, 2:
res Germanicas,
Suet. Vit. 9:
discordias,
Tac. H. 4, 50:
compositis praesentibus,
id. A. 1, 45:
odia et certamina,
id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., with the result as object:
pacem componi volo Meo patri cum matre,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113:
si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset,
Liv. 30, 40, 13:
at me conposita pace fefellit Amor,
Prop. 2, 2, 2:
pax circa Brundusium composita,
Vell. 2, 75, 3:
pacem cum Pyrrho,
Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. infra.—
d.
Absol.:
coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. pass.:
posteaquam id quod maxime volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:
Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur atque ab armis discederetur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—
C.
Hence, to set right, to set in or restore to the proper place or condition, to adjust, etc.
1.
In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:
aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,
Verg. A. 1, 697:
ad ictum militaris gladii conposita cervice,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2:
diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi,
id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4:
si ad rem pertinet, quomodo caelo adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque animal oriatur,
Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98:
tibi enim gratias agebat, quod signa componenda suscepisses,
id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—
2.
Esp., milit. t. t.:
se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis quisque ordinibus (opp. incompositi),
Liv. 44, 38, 11:
conpositi numero in turmas,
Verg. A. 11, 599:
cunctos licentia vagos compositus invadit = compositis ordinibus,
Tac. H. 4, 35:
agmen,
id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16:
ordines,
id. H. 4, 33:
vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque apud signa, componunt,
id. ib. 3, 35:
pugnae exercitum,
id. A. 13, 40:
auxilia in numerum legionis,
id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.:
equitem per turmas,
id. ib. 15, 29:
insidias in montibus,
Just. 1, 3, 11.—
3.
Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.:
ut aptior sit oratio, ipsa verba compone,
id. Brut. 17, 68.—
4.
With reference to orderly appearance, etc., of the clothing, hair; the expression of the countenance, etc., to lay, smooth, adjust:
suon quisque loco'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97:
composito et delibuto capillo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:
comas,
Ov. R. Am. 679:
crines,
Verg. G. 4, 417:
ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 148:
togam,
to lay in proper folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.:
nec tamen ante adiit... Quam se composuit, quam circumspexit amictus,
Ov. M. 4, 318:
pulvinum facili manu,
id. A. A. 1, 160; cf.
torum,
id. F. 3, 484:
jam libet componere voltus,
id. M. 13, 767:
vultu composito, ne laeti excessu principis, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.:
(Tiberius) compositus ore,
id. ib. 2, 34:
vultum natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,
distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—
5.
In gen., to adjust, arrange, regulate, for the expression of something, or to accord with something; usu. ad aliquid:
ad abstinentiam rursus, non secus ac modo ad balineum animum vultumque conposui,
Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6:
orationis ipsius vultus ad id, quod efficere intendimus, compositus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,
id. 11, 3, 120:
ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis,
id. 1, 11, 19:
figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae,
id. 9, 2, 34:
nec ad votum composita civitas,
Tac. Or. 41:
cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita,
id. H. 1, 71:
cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis,
id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. with dat.:
voltus conponere famae Taedet,
to adapt, Tib. 4, 7, 9:
venturis carbasa ventis,
Luc. 3, 596:
me quoque mittendis rectum componite telis,
id. 3, 717. —With in:
Nero itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus pererrabat,
disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —
D.
To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.
(α).
With acc.:
ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem,
Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3:
quod adest memento Componere aequus,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 33:
conposita atque constituta re publica,
Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:
necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 13, 5:
(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,
Cic. Brut. 22, 87:
tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,
id. Or. 42, 143:
ex sententia omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque,
Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1:
in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita statim decernuntur,
Tac. H. 2, 55:
dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur,
id. A. 12, 68.—
(β).
With ad or in and acc. of the purpose for which, or the example according to which, etc.:
cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32:
omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae,
Quint. 10, 1, 43:
animum ad omnes casus,
id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321:
satis igitur in hoc nos componet multa scribendi exercitatio,
Quint. 9, 4, 114:
cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum mores suadent,
Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —
2.
To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.
(α).
In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29:
quin jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17:
ita causa componitur, ut item palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:
societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse,
Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch:
crimen ab inimicis Romae conpositum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141:
conpositis inter se rebus,
Sall. J. 66, 2:
ita conposito dolo digrediuntur,
id. ib. 111, 4:
conposito jam consilio,
Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant;
convenerat autem, etc.,
id. 25, 9, 8:
sub noctem susurri Composita repetantur hora,
Hor. C. 1, 9, 20:
ictum jam foedus, et omnes Conpositae leges,
Verg. A. 12, 315:
compositis notis,
Tib. 1, 2, 22:
crimen ac dolum ultro,
Tac. H. 1, 34:
proditionem,
id. ib. 2, 100:
seditionem,
id. ib. 4, 14:
insidias,
id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. supra.—
(β).
With rel.-clause:
cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,
Liv. 40, 40, 14.—
(γ).
With inf.:
ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(δ).
Pass. impers.:
ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,
Liv. 2, 37, 1.—
(ε).
With ut and subj.:
compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,
Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —
3.
In gen., to feign, invent, devise, contrive, in order to deceive or delude, etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.):
ne tu istic hodie malo tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211:
nec bene mendaci risus conponitur ore,
Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3):
sed vobis facile'st verba et conponere fraudes,
Prop. 2, 9, 31:
insidias in me conponis inanes,
id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19:
compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur,
Tac. A. 13, 47:
si haec fabulosa et composita videntur,
id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40:
quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in obscuro habentur,
id. A. 15, 16; cf.:
vetustatem, ut cetera, in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse,
exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.— Part. perf. with in and acc., pretending, assuming the appearance or expression:
(Domitianus) paratus simulatione, in adrogantiam compositus audiit preces,
Tac. Agr. 42:
is in maestitiam compositus,
id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54:
in securitatem,
id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely with ad:
tunc compositus ad maestitiam,
Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus ( - postus), a, um.
A.
Well-arranged, ordered, or constituted, orderly, regular:
quae (injuria) dum foris sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec magis compositum quicquam nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus sum... sunchusin litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:
acrior impetu atque animis quam compositior ullo ordine pugna fuit,
Liv. 28, 22, 13:
intellegitur, etiamsi non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque fore talem virum,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:
composita et quieta et beata respublica,
Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings:
quare in his quoque libris erant eadem aliqua... omnia vero compositiora et elaborata,
Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.:
illa quae curam fatentur et ficta atque composita videri etiam volunt,
elaborate, id. 8, pr. § 23.— Transf., of the orator himself:
si aut compositi oratoris bene structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum,
Cic. Or. 70, 232.—
B.
Fitly disposed for any purpose, prepared, apt, fit, adapted, qualified, suitable, ready:
perficiam ut nemo umquam paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so,
equus bene natura compositus,
Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:
arte quadam ab juventa in ostentationem (virtutum) compositus,
Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:
alius historiae magis idoneus, alius compositus ad carmen,
Quint. 2, 8, 7:
aeque in adulationem compositus (sacerdos),
Curt. 4, 7, 26:
(Attici) non maxime ad risum compositi,
Quint. 6, 3, 18:
natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,
Tac. H. 2, 5.—
C.
Quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, calm, composed, unimpassioned, etc.:
ut peractis quae agenda fuerint salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2:
lenis et nitidi et compositi generis amatores,
Quint. 10, 1, 44:
actio,
id. 11, 3, 110:
aetas,
mature, sedate, Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites atque compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9:
supercilium (opp. erectum),
id. 11, 3, 74:
repetitio eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem,
Flor. 3, 23, 3.—
D.
Compound, composite, made up of parts (opp. simplex):
verba,
Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5:
voces,
id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,
(α).
Ex composito, according to agreement, by agreement, in concert, Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch:
tum ex composito orta vis,
Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—
(β).
De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,
(γ).
More rarely in the same sense, composito alone, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ( conp-), in an orderly, regular, or skilful manner, orderly, regularly, properly (class. but rare;
not in Quint.): ambulare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:
indutus,
Gell. 1, 5, 2:
composite et apte dicere,
Cic. Or. 71, 236:
composite, ornate, copiose eloqui,
id. De Or. 1, 11, 48:
composite atque magnifice casum reipublicae miserati,
Sall. C. 51, 9:
bene et composite disseruit,
id. Ib. 52.— Comp.:
compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,
Tac. A. 15, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > compositum

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com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (compostus, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).
I.
In gen., of different objects.
A.
To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.
1.
Of things in gen.:
aridum lignum,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:
composita fronde,
Prop. 1, 20, 22:
uvas in tecto in cratibus,
Cato, R. R. 112, 2:
in quo (loco) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat,
Cic. Deiot. 6, 17:
(amomum) manipulatim leniter componitur,
Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48:
amphoras in culleum,
Cato, R. R. 113, 2:
ligna in caminum,
id. ib. 37, 5.—
b.
To bring into contact, fit together, join:
quid... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque compactum et coagmentatum inveniri potest?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo bibo eodem, amplector, labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28:
tum latus conponit lateri et cum pectore pectus,
id. ib. p. 260, 30:
conponens manibusque manus atque ori bus ora,
Verg. A. 8, 486:
Mercurio Sais fertur Virgineum conposuisse latus,
Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf.
caput,
Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of broken limbs, etc., med. t. t., to set:
ossa,
Cels. 8, 10, 2:
jugulum,
id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—
c.
Esp., to pack up for a journey, etc.:
omnia composta sunt quae donavi,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21:
i ergo intro et compone quae tecum simul Ferantur,
Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5:
dum tota domus raeda componitur una,
Juv. 3, 10.—
2.
Of persons:
is (Saturnus) genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit,
Verg. A. 8, 322:
et tabula una duos poterit componere amantes,
Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. infra.—
B.
To set in opposition.
1.
To bring together in hostility, to oppose, to couple, pair, match in combat (cf. compositio, III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: Samnis, spurcus homo, cum Pacideiano conponitur, optimus multo Post homines natos gladiator qui fuit unus, Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:
Rupili et Persi par pugnat, uti non Compositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius,
Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.:
staturam habere Threcis cum Threce conpositi,
Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8;
and in gen.: si quis casus duos inter se bonos viros composuerit,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:
cuive virum mallem memet componere,
Sil. 10, 70:
componimur Vecordi Decio,
id. 11, 212:
hunc fatis,
id. 1, 39:
cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale genus,
Luc. 3, 196;
and fig.: pergis pugnantia secum Frontibus adversis componere,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 103:
ecce par deo dignum, vir fortis cum fortuna mala conpositus,
Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9:
non illa (rhetorice) secum ipsa componitur,
Quint. 2, 17, 33;
and of a judicial contest: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita,
confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—
2.
To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.
(α).
With acc. and dat.: quid est, cur componere ausis mihi te aut me tibi? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.):
nec divis homines componier aequom'st,
Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis discrepant, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.):
si parva licet conponere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:
parvis conponere magna solebam,
id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, [p. 392] 416:
audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?
id. ib. 15, 530:
divinis humana,
Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—
(β).
With acc. and cum:
ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,
Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.
II.
In partic.
A.
Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.
1.
To bring together, compose, compound, make up, mix, construct.
(α).
With ex:
exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,
Sall. J. 18, 3:
genus humanum ex corpore et anima conpositum,
id. ib. 2, 1:
liber ex alienis orationibus compositus,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47:
antidoton... ex multis atque interim contrariis quoque inter se effectibus,
Quint. 1, 10, 6:
ex quo (umore) componi debet (medicamentum),
Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin. —
(β).
With abl.:
mensam gramine,
Sil. 15, 51.—
(γ).
With acc. alone:
medicamentum,
Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—
2.
Esp., of buildings, etc., to construct, build:
qui cuncta conposuit,
i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13:
urbem,
Verg. A. 3, 387:
illa (templa) deis,
Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.:
aggere conposito tumuli,
Verg. A. 7, 6:
deletas Thebas,
Prop. 2, 6, 5.—
3.
Of words, to compound:
vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),
Quint. 1, 5, 3.—
4.
Of writings, speeches, etc.
a.
To compose, write, construct (very freq.):
leges,
Lucr. 4, 966:
compone hoc, quod postulo, de argento: de reliquo videro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:
quartum librum,
id. de Or. 2, 55, 224:
libros,
id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1:
libellos,
Quint. 12, 8, 5:
actiones,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68:
argumentum,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3:
edictum eis verbis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:
edictum eorum arbitratu,
id. ib. 2, 1, 46, §
119: artes,
books of instruction, id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40:
artificium,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 83:
commentarium consulatus mei,
id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19:
quarum (litterarum) exemplum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:
quandam disciplinae formulam,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 17:
stipulationum et judiciorum formulas,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:
interdictum,
id. Caecin. 21, 59:
poema,
id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:
senatus consultum,
Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:
testimonium,
id. Att. 15, 15, 1:
verba ad religionem deorum immortalium,
id. Dom. 47, 124:
de judicialibus causis aliqua,
Quint. 3, 6, 104:
aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitaque Scapulae composita erant,
Tac. A. 16, 14:
Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos aliqua conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: carmen,
Cic. Mur. 12, 26:
carmina,
Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49:
epistulas,
id. ib. 2, 70:
litteras nomine Marcelli,
Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20:
orationem habere ad conciliandos plebis animos conpositam,
Liv. 1, 35, 2:
blanditias tremula voce,
Tib. 1, 2, 91:
meditata manu verba trementi,
Ov. M. 9, 521:
versus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:
mollem versum,
Prop. 1, 7, 19:
cantus,
Tib. 1, 2, 53:
in morem annalium,
Tac. Or. 22:
orationes adversus aliquem,
id. ib. 37:
litteras ad aliquem,
id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22:
probra in Gaium,
id. ib. 6, 9;
14, 50: multa et atrocia in Macronem,
id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—
b.
Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to write about, treat, celebrate:
tuas laudes,
Tib. 4, 1, 35:
res gestas,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251:
tempora Iliaca,
Vell. 1, 3, 2:
bellum Troicum,
id. 1, 5, 3:
Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum,
Tac. Or. 14:
veteres populi Romani res,
id. A. 4, 32:
Neronis res,
id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—
B.
From the notion of closing.
1.
To put away, put aside, put in place:
armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus,
i. e. folding up the sails and lowering the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80:
(tempus) ad componenda armamenta expediendumque remigem,
Liv. 26, 39, 8:
vela contrahit malosque inclinat et simul armamenta componens, etc.,
id. 36, 44, 2:
arma,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:
tristes istos conpone libellos,
put aside, Prop. 1, 9, 13.—
2.
To store up, put away, collect:
nec... Aut conponere opes norant aut parcere parto,
Verg. A. 8, 317:
ego conposito securus acervo Despiciam dites,
Tib. 1, 1, 77;
so fig.: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to preserve, pack, put up fruits, meat, etc., for future use:
pernas,
Cato, R. R. 162, 12:
tergora (suis),
Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1:
caepam in fidelia,
id. 12, 10, 2:
herbas,
id. 12, 13, 2:
poma,
id. 12, 47, 5:
olivas,
Pall. Nov. 22, 5:
herbam olla nova,
Scrib. Comp. 60:
faenum,
Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:
fructus in urceis, capsellis,
ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—
3.
Of the ashes or remains of the dead, to adjust, lay out, to collect and inurn, inter, bury:
tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt,
Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19):
cinerem,
Ov. F. 3, 547:
cinerem ossaque,
Val. Fl. 7, 203:
sic ego conponi versus in ossa velim,
Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to bury:
quem... prope cognatos conpositum cineres,
Cat. 68, 98:
omnes composui (meos),
Hor. S. 1, 9, 28:
compositi busta avi,
Ov. F. 5, 426:
Pisonem Verania uxor... T. Vinium Crispina filia composuere,
Tac. H. 1, 47:
componi tumulo eodem,
Ov. M. 4, 157:
toro Mortua componar,
id. ib. 9, 504:
alto Conpositus lecto,
Pers. 3, 104:
aliquem terra,
Sil. 9, 95.—
4.
To lay at rest, compose, quiet.
a.
Of things: omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete, Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16:
cum mare compositum est,
Ov. A. A. 3, 259:
aquas,
id. H. 13, 136:
fessum tumentes Composuit pelagus ventis patientibus undas,
Luc. 5, 702.—
b.
Of persons:
nec vigilantibus, sed etiam quiete compositis,
Quint. 11, 2, 5:
ubi jam thalamis se conposuere,
Verg. G. 4, 189:
defessa membra,
id. ib. 4, 438:
si bene conpositus somno vinoque jacebit,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—
5.
To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.
a.
With personal object:
aversos amicos,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
ceteros clementia,
Tac. A. 12, 55:
comitia praetorum,
id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:
juvenes concitatos,
Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:
barbarum animos,
Tac. A. 14, 39:
gentem,
Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the mind:
prima (pars philosophiae) conponit animum,
Sen. Ep. 89, 9:
argumentum conpositae mentis,
id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352:
mentem somno,
id. 3, 162:
religio saevas componit mentis,
id. 13, 317.—
b.
Of places, countries, etc.:
C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,
Tac. A. 2, 4:
Campaniam,
id. H. 4, 3:
Daciam,
id. ib. 3, 53.—
c.
With abstr. or indef. objects:
si possum hoc inter vos conponere,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:
vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17:
gaudens conponi foedere bellum,
Verg. A. 12, 109; so,
bellum,
Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:
bella,
Tac. A. 3, 56:
cum vellet pro communi amico controversias regum componere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 109:
uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur,
id. ib. 1, 9 fin.:
curas,
Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682:
lites,
Verg. E. 3, 108:
seditionem civilem,
Suet. Caes. 4:
statum Orientis,
id. Calig. 1:
Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit,
Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1:
legatorum res et bello turbatas,
id. 45, 16, 2:
res Germanicas,
Suet. Vit. 9:
discordias,
Tac. H. 4, 50:
compositis praesentibus,
id. A. 1, 45:
odia et certamina,
id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., with the result as object:
pacem componi volo Meo patri cum matre,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113:
si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset,
Liv. 30, 40, 13:
at me conposita pace fefellit Amor,
Prop. 2, 2, 2:
pax circa Brundusium composita,
Vell. 2, 75, 3:
pacem cum Pyrrho,
Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. infra.—
d.
Absol.:
coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. pass.:
posteaquam id quod maxime volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:
Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur atque ab armis discederetur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—
C.
Hence, to set right, to set in or restore to the proper place or condition, to adjust, etc.
1.
In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:
aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,
Verg. A. 1, 697:
ad ictum militaris gladii conposita cervice,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2:
diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi,
id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4:
si ad rem pertinet, quomodo caelo adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque animal oriatur,
Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98:
tibi enim gratias agebat, quod signa componenda suscepisses,
id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—
2.
Esp., milit. t. t.:
se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis quisque ordinibus (opp. incompositi),
Liv. 44, 38, 11:
conpositi numero in turmas,
Verg. A. 11, 599:
cunctos licentia vagos compositus invadit = compositis ordinibus,
Tac. H. 4, 35:
agmen,
id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16:
ordines,
id. H. 4, 33:
vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque apud signa, componunt,
id. ib. 3, 35:
pugnae exercitum,
id. A. 13, 40:
auxilia in numerum legionis,
id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.:
equitem per turmas,
id. ib. 15, 29:
insidias in montibus,
Just. 1, 3, 11.—
3.
Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.:
ut aptior sit oratio, ipsa verba compone,
id. Brut. 17, 68.—
4.
With reference to orderly appearance, etc., of the clothing, hair; the expression of the countenance, etc., to lay, smooth, adjust:
suon quisque loco'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97:
composito et delibuto capillo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:
comas,
Ov. R. Am. 679:
crines,
Verg. G. 4, 417:
ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 148:
togam,
to lay in proper folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.:
nec tamen ante adiit... Quam se composuit, quam circumspexit amictus,
Ov. M. 4, 318:
pulvinum facili manu,
id. A. A. 1, 160; cf.
torum,
id. F. 3, 484:
jam libet componere voltus,
id. M. 13, 767:
vultu composito, ne laeti excessu principis, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.:
(Tiberius) compositus ore,
id. ib. 2, 34:
vultum natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,
distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—
5.
In gen., to adjust, arrange, regulate, for the expression of something, or to accord with something; usu. ad aliquid:
ad abstinentiam rursus, non secus ac modo ad balineum animum vultumque conposui,
Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6:
orationis ipsius vultus ad id, quod efficere intendimus, compositus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,
id. 11, 3, 120:
ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis,
id. 1, 11, 19:
figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae,
id. 9, 2, 34:
nec ad votum composita civitas,
Tac. Or. 41:
cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita,
id. H. 1, 71:
cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis,
id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. with dat.:
voltus conponere famae Taedet,
to adapt, Tib. 4, 7, 9:
venturis carbasa ventis,
Luc. 3, 596:
me quoque mittendis rectum componite telis,
id. 3, 717. —With in:
Nero itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus pererrabat,
disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —
D.
To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.
(α).
With acc.:
ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem,
Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3:
quod adest memento Componere aequus,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 33:
conposita atque constituta re publica,
Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:
necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 13, 5:
(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,
Cic. Brut. 22, 87:
tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,
id. Or. 42, 143:
ex sententia omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque,
Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1:
in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita statim decernuntur,
Tac. H. 2, 55:
dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur,
id. A. 12, 68.—
(β).
With ad or in and acc. of the purpose for which, or the example according to which, etc.:
cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32:
omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae,
Quint. 10, 1, 43:
animum ad omnes casus,
id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321:
satis igitur in hoc nos componet multa scribendi exercitatio,
Quint. 9, 4, 114:
cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum mores suadent,
Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —
2.
To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.
(α).
In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29:
quin jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17:
ita causa componitur, ut item palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:
societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse,
Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch:
crimen ab inimicis Romae conpositum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141:
conpositis inter se rebus,
Sall. J. 66, 2:
ita conposito dolo digrediuntur,
id. ib. 111, 4:
conposito jam consilio,
Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant;
convenerat autem, etc.,
id. 25, 9, 8:
sub noctem susurri Composita repetantur hora,
Hor. C. 1, 9, 20:
ictum jam foedus, et omnes Conpositae leges,
Verg. A. 12, 315:
compositis notis,
Tib. 1, 2, 22:
crimen ac dolum ultro,
Tac. H. 1, 34:
proditionem,
id. ib. 2, 100:
seditionem,
id. ib. 4, 14:
insidias,
id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. supra.—
(β).
With rel.-clause:
cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,
Liv. 40, 40, 14.—
(γ).
With inf.:
ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(δ).
Pass. impers.:
ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,
Liv. 2, 37, 1.—
(ε).
With ut and subj.:
compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,
Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —
3.
In gen., to feign, invent, devise, contrive, in order to deceive or delude, etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.):
ne tu istic hodie malo tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211:
nec bene mendaci risus conponitur ore,
Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3):
sed vobis facile'st verba et conponere fraudes,
Prop. 2, 9, 31:
insidias in me conponis inanes,
id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19:
compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur,
Tac. A. 13, 47:
si haec fabulosa et composita videntur,
id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40:
quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in obscuro habentur,
id. A. 15, 16; cf.:
vetustatem, ut cetera, in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse,
exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.— Part. perf. with in and acc., pretending, assuming the appearance or expression:
(Domitianus) paratus simulatione, in adrogantiam compositus audiit preces,
Tac. Agr. 42:
is in maestitiam compositus,
id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54:
in securitatem,
id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely with ad:
tunc compositus ad maestitiam,
Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus ( - postus), a, um.
A.
Well-arranged, ordered, or constituted, orderly, regular:
quae (injuria) dum foris sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec magis compositum quicquam nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus sum... sunchusin litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:
acrior impetu atque animis quam compositior ullo ordine pugna fuit,
Liv. 28, 22, 13:
intellegitur, etiamsi non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque fore talem virum,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:
composita et quieta et beata respublica,
Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings:
quare in his quoque libris erant eadem aliqua... omnia vero compositiora et elaborata,
Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.:
illa quae curam fatentur et ficta atque composita videri etiam volunt,
elaborate, id. 8, pr. § 23.— Transf., of the orator himself:
si aut compositi oratoris bene structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum,
Cic. Or. 70, 232.—
B.
Fitly disposed for any purpose, prepared, apt, fit, adapted, qualified, suitable, ready:
perficiam ut nemo umquam paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so,
equus bene natura compositus,
Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:
arte quadam ab juventa in ostentationem (virtutum) compositus,
Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:
alius historiae magis idoneus, alius compositus ad carmen,
Quint. 2, 8, 7:
aeque in adulationem compositus (sacerdos),
Curt. 4, 7, 26:
(Attici) non maxime ad risum compositi,
Quint. 6, 3, 18:
natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,
Tac. H. 2, 5.—
C.
Quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, calm, composed, unimpassioned, etc.:
ut peractis quae agenda fuerint salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2:
lenis et nitidi et compositi generis amatores,
Quint. 10, 1, 44:
actio,
id. 11, 3, 110:
aetas,
mature, sedate, Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites atque compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9:
supercilium (opp. erectum),
id. 11, 3, 74:
repetitio eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem,
Flor. 3, 23, 3.—
D.
Compound, composite, made up of parts (opp. simplex):
verba,
Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5:
voces,
id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,
(α).
Ex composito, according to agreement, by agreement, in concert, Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch:
tum ex composito orta vis,
Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—
(β).
De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,
(γ).
More rarely in the same sense, composito alone, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ( conp-), in an orderly, regular, or skilful manner, orderly, regularly, properly (class. but rare;
not in Quint.): ambulare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:
indutus,
Gell. 1, 5, 2:
composite et apte dicere,
Cic. Or. 71, 236:
composite, ornate, copiose eloqui,
id. De Or. 1, 11, 48:
composite atque magnifice casum reipublicae miserati,
Sall. C. 51, 9:
bene et composite disseruit,
id. Ib. 52.— Comp.:
compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,
Tac. A. 15, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conpono

13 conposite

com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (compostus, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).
I.
In gen., of different objects.
A.
To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.
1.
Of things in gen.:
aridum lignum,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:
composita fronde,
Prop. 1, 20, 22:
uvas in tecto in cratibus,
Cato, R. R. 112, 2:
in quo (loco) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat,
Cic. Deiot. 6, 17:
(amomum) manipulatim leniter componitur,
Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48:
amphoras in culleum,
Cato, R. R. 113, 2:
ligna in caminum,
id. ib. 37, 5.—
b.
To bring into contact, fit together, join:
quid... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque compactum et coagmentatum inveniri potest?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo bibo eodem, amplector, labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28:
tum latus conponit lateri et cum pectore pectus,
id. ib. p. 260, 30:
conponens manibusque manus atque ori bus ora,
Verg. A. 8, 486:
Mercurio Sais fertur Virgineum conposuisse latus,
Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf.
caput,
Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of broken limbs, etc., med. t. t., to set:
ossa,
Cels. 8, 10, 2:
jugulum,
id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—
c.
Esp., to pack up for a journey, etc.:
omnia composta sunt quae donavi,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21:
i ergo intro et compone quae tecum simul Ferantur,
Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5:
dum tota domus raeda componitur una,
Juv. 3, 10.—
2.
Of persons:
is (Saturnus) genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit,
Verg. A. 8, 322:
et tabula una duos poterit componere amantes,
Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. infra.—
B.
To set in opposition.
1.
To bring together in hostility, to oppose, to couple, pair, match in combat (cf. compositio, III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: Samnis, spurcus homo, cum Pacideiano conponitur, optimus multo Post homines natos gladiator qui fuit unus, Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:
Rupili et Persi par pugnat, uti non Compositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius,
Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.:
staturam habere Threcis cum Threce conpositi,
Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8;
and in gen.: si quis casus duos inter se bonos viros composuerit,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:
cuive virum mallem memet componere,
Sil. 10, 70:
componimur Vecordi Decio,
id. 11, 212:
hunc fatis,
id. 1, 39:
cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale genus,
Luc. 3, 196;
and fig.: pergis pugnantia secum Frontibus adversis componere,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 103:
ecce par deo dignum, vir fortis cum fortuna mala conpositus,
Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9:
non illa (rhetorice) secum ipsa componitur,
Quint. 2, 17, 33;
and of a judicial contest: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita,
confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—
2.
To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.
(α).
With acc. and dat.: quid est, cur componere ausis mihi te aut me tibi? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.):
nec divis homines componier aequom'st,
Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis discrepant, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.):
si parva licet conponere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:
parvis conponere magna solebam,
id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, [p. 392] 416:
audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?
id. ib. 15, 530:
divinis humana,
Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—
(β).
With acc. and cum:
ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,
Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.
II.
In partic.
A.
Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.
1.
To bring together, compose, compound, make up, mix, construct.
(α).
With ex:
exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,
Sall. J. 18, 3:
genus humanum ex corpore et anima conpositum,
id. ib. 2, 1:
liber ex alienis orationibus compositus,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47:
antidoton... ex multis atque interim contrariis quoque inter se effectibus,
Quint. 1, 10, 6:
ex quo (umore) componi debet (medicamentum),
Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin. —
(β).
With abl.:
mensam gramine,
Sil. 15, 51.—
(γ).
With acc. alone:
medicamentum,
Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—
2.
Esp., of buildings, etc., to construct, build:
qui cuncta conposuit,
i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13:
urbem,
Verg. A. 3, 387:
illa (templa) deis,
Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.:
aggere conposito tumuli,
Verg. A. 7, 6:
deletas Thebas,
Prop. 2, 6, 5.—
3.
Of words, to compound:
vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),
Quint. 1, 5, 3.—
4.
Of writings, speeches, etc.
a.
To compose, write, construct (very freq.):
leges,
Lucr. 4, 966:
compone hoc, quod postulo, de argento: de reliquo videro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:
quartum librum,
id. de Or. 2, 55, 224:
libros,
id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1:
libellos,
Quint. 12, 8, 5:
actiones,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68:
argumentum,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3:
edictum eis verbis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:
edictum eorum arbitratu,
id. ib. 2, 1, 46, §
119: artes,
books of instruction, id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40:
artificium,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 83:
commentarium consulatus mei,
id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19:
quarum (litterarum) exemplum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:
quandam disciplinae formulam,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 17:
stipulationum et judiciorum formulas,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:
interdictum,
id. Caecin. 21, 59:
poema,
id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:
senatus consultum,
Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:
testimonium,
id. Att. 15, 15, 1:
verba ad religionem deorum immortalium,
id. Dom. 47, 124:
de judicialibus causis aliqua,
Quint. 3, 6, 104:
aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitaque Scapulae composita erant,
Tac. A. 16, 14:
Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos aliqua conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: carmen,
Cic. Mur. 12, 26:
carmina,
Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49:
epistulas,
id. ib. 2, 70:
litteras nomine Marcelli,
Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20:
orationem habere ad conciliandos plebis animos conpositam,
Liv. 1, 35, 2:
blanditias tremula voce,
Tib. 1, 2, 91:
meditata manu verba trementi,
Ov. M. 9, 521:
versus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:
mollem versum,
Prop. 1, 7, 19:
cantus,
Tib. 1, 2, 53:
in morem annalium,
Tac. Or. 22:
orationes adversus aliquem,
id. ib. 37:
litteras ad aliquem,
id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22:
probra in Gaium,
id. ib. 6, 9;
14, 50: multa et atrocia in Macronem,
id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—
b.
Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to write about, treat, celebrate:
tuas laudes,
Tib. 4, 1, 35:
res gestas,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251:
tempora Iliaca,
Vell. 1, 3, 2:
bellum Troicum,
id. 1, 5, 3:
Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum,
Tac. Or. 14:
veteres populi Romani res,
id. A. 4, 32:
Neronis res,
id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—
B.
From the notion of closing.
1.
To put away, put aside, put in place:
armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus,
i. e. folding up the sails and lowering the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80:
(tempus) ad componenda armamenta expediendumque remigem,
Liv. 26, 39, 8:
vela contrahit malosque inclinat et simul armamenta componens, etc.,
id. 36, 44, 2:
arma,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:
tristes istos conpone libellos,
put aside, Prop. 1, 9, 13.—
2.
To store up, put away, collect:
nec... Aut conponere opes norant aut parcere parto,
Verg. A. 8, 317:
ego conposito securus acervo Despiciam dites,
Tib. 1, 1, 77;
so fig.: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to preserve, pack, put up fruits, meat, etc., for future use:
pernas,
Cato, R. R. 162, 12:
tergora (suis),
Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1:
caepam in fidelia,
id. 12, 10, 2:
herbas,
id. 12, 13, 2:
poma,
id. 12, 47, 5:
olivas,
Pall. Nov. 22, 5:
herbam olla nova,
Scrib. Comp. 60:
faenum,
Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:
fructus in urceis, capsellis,
ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—
3.
Of the ashes or remains of the dead, to adjust, lay out, to collect and inurn, inter, bury:
tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt,
Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19):
cinerem,
Ov. F. 3, 547:
cinerem ossaque,
Val. Fl. 7, 203:
sic ego conponi versus in ossa velim,
Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to bury:
quem... prope cognatos conpositum cineres,
Cat. 68, 98:
omnes composui (meos),
Hor. S. 1, 9, 28:
compositi busta avi,
Ov. F. 5, 426:
Pisonem Verania uxor... T. Vinium Crispina filia composuere,
Tac. H. 1, 47:
componi tumulo eodem,
Ov. M. 4, 157:
toro Mortua componar,
id. ib. 9, 504:
alto Conpositus lecto,
Pers. 3, 104:
aliquem terra,
Sil. 9, 95.—
4.
To lay at rest, compose, quiet.
a.
Of things: omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete, Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16:
cum mare compositum est,
Ov. A. A. 3, 259:
aquas,
id. H. 13, 136:
fessum tumentes Composuit pelagus ventis patientibus undas,
Luc. 5, 702.—
b.
Of persons:
nec vigilantibus, sed etiam quiete compositis,
Quint. 11, 2, 5:
ubi jam thalamis se conposuere,
Verg. G. 4, 189:
defessa membra,
id. ib. 4, 438:
si bene conpositus somno vinoque jacebit,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—
5.
To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.
a.
With personal object:
aversos amicos,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
ceteros clementia,
Tac. A. 12, 55:
comitia praetorum,
id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:
juvenes concitatos,
Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:
barbarum animos,
Tac. A. 14, 39:
gentem,
Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the mind:
prima (pars philosophiae) conponit animum,
Sen. Ep. 89, 9:
argumentum conpositae mentis,
id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352:
mentem somno,
id. 3, 162:
religio saevas componit mentis,
id. 13, 317.—
b.
Of places, countries, etc.:
C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,
Tac. A. 2, 4:
Campaniam,
id. H. 4, 3:
Daciam,
id. ib. 3, 53.—
c.
With abstr. or indef. objects:
si possum hoc inter vos conponere,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:
vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17:
gaudens conponi foedere bellum,
Verg. A. 12, 109; so,
bellum,
Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:
bella,
Tac. A. 3, 56:
cum vellet pro communi amico controversias regum componere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 109:
uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur,
id. ib. 1, 9 fin.:
curas,
Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682:
lites,
Verg. E. 3, 108:
seditionem civilem,
Suet. Caes. 4:
statum Orientis,
id. Calig. 1:
Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit,
Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1:
legatorum res et bello turbatas,
id. 45, 16, 2:
res Germanicas,
Suet. Vit. 9:
discordias,
Tac. H. 4, 50:
compositis praesentibus,
id. A. 1, 45:
odia et certamina,
id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., with the result as object:
pacem componi volo Meo patri cum matre,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113:
si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset,
Liv. 30, 40, 13:
at me conposita pace fefellit Amor,
Prop. 2, 2, 2:
pax circa Brundusium composita,
Vell. 2, 75, 3:
pacem cum Pyrrho,
Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. infra.—
d.
Absol.:
coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. pass.:
posteaquam id quod maxime volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:
Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur atque ab armis discederetur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—
C.
Hence, to set right, to set in or restore to the proper place or condition, to adjust, etc.
1.
In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:
aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,
Verg. A. 1, 697:
ad ictum militaris gladii conposita cervice,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2:
diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi,
id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4:
si ad rem pertinet, quomodo caelo adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque animal oriatur,
Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98:
tibi enim gratias agebat, quod signa componenda suscepisses,
id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—
2.
Esp., milit. t. t.:
se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis quisque ordinibus (opp. incompositi),
Liv. 44, 38, 11:
conpositi numero in turmas,
Verg. A. 11, 599:
cunctos licentia vagos compositus invadit = compositis ordinibus,
Tac. H. 4, 35:
agmen,
id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16:
ordines,
id. H. 4, 33:
vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque apud signa, componunt,
id. ib. 3, 35:
pugnae exercitum,
id. A. 13, 40:
auxilia in numerum legionis,
id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.:
equitem per turmas,
id. ib. 15, 29:
insidias in montibus,
Just. 1, 3, 11.—
3.
Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.:
ut aptior sit oratio, ipsa verba compone,
id. Brut. 17, 68.—
4.
With reference to orderly appearance, etc., of the clothing, hair; the expression of the countenance, etc., to lay, smooth, adjust:
suon quisque loco'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97:
composito et delibuto capillo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:
comas,
Ov. R. Am. 679:
crines,
Verg. G. 4, 417:
ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 148:
togam,
to lay in proper folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.:
nec tamen ante adiit... Quam se composuit, quam circumspexit amictus,
Ov. M. 4, 318:
pulvinum facili manu,
id. A. A. 1, 160; cf.
torum,
id. F. 3, 484:
jam libet componere voltus,
id. M. 13, 767:
vultu composito, ne laeti excessu principis, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.:
(Tiberius) compositus ore,
id. ib. 2, 34:
vultum natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,
distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—
5.
In gen., to adjust, arrange, regulate, for the expression of something, or to accord with something; usu. ad aliquid:
ad abstinentiam rursus, non secus ac modo ad balineum animum vultumque conposui,
Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6:
orationis ipsius vultus ad id, quod efficere intendimus, compositus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,
id. 11, 3, 120:
ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis,
id. 1, 11, 19:
figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae,
id. 9, 2, 34:
nec ad votum composita civitas,
Tac. Or. 41:
cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita,
id. H. 1, 71:
cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis,
id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. with dat.:
voltus conponere famae Taedet,
to adapt, Tib. 4, 7, 9:
venturis carbasa ventis,
Luc. 3, 596:
me quoque mittendis rectum componite telis,
id. 3, 717. —With in:
Nero itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus pererrabat,
disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —
D.
To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.
(α).
With acc.:
ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem,
Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3:
quod adest memento Componere aequus,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 33:
conposita atque constituta re publica,
Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:
necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 13, 5:
(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,
Cic. Brut. 22, 87:
tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,
id. Or. 42, 143:
ex sententia omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque,
Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1:
in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita statim decernuntur,
Tac. H. 2, 55:
dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur,
id. A. 12, 68.—
(β).
With ad or in and acc. of the purpose for which, or the example according to which, etc.:
cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32:
omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae,
Quint. 10, 1, 43:
animum ad omnes casus,
id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321:
satis igitur in hoc nos componet multa scribendi exercitatio,
Quint. 9, 4, 114:
cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum mores suadent,
Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —
2.
To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.
(α).
In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29:
quin jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17:
ita causa componitur, ut item palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:
societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse,
Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch:
crimen ab inimicis Romae conpositum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141:
conpositis inter se rebus,
Sall. J. 66, 2:
ita conposito dolo digrediuntur,
id. ib. 111, 4:
conposito jam consilio,
Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant;
convenerat autem, etc.,
id. 25, 9, 8:
sub noctem susurri Composita repetantur hora,
Hor. C. 1, 9, 20:
ictum jam foedus, et omnes Conpositae leges,
Verg. A. 12, 315:
compositis notis,
Tib. 1, 2, 22:
crimen ac dolum ultro,
Tac. H. 1, 34:
proditionem,
id. ib. 2, 100:
seditionem,
id. ib. 4, 14:
insidias,
id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. supra.—
(β).
With rel.-clause:
cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,
Liv. 40, 40, 14.—
(γ).
With inf.:
ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(δ).
Pass. impers.:
ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,
Liv. 2, 37, 1.—
(ε).
With ut and subj.:
compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,
Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —
3.
In gen., to feign, invent, devise, contrive, in order to deceive or delude, etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.):
ne tu istic hodie malo tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211:
nec bene mendaci risus conponitur ore,
Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3):
sed vobis facile'st verba et conponere fraudes,
Prop. 2, 9, 31:
insidias in me conponis inanes,
id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19:
compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur,
Tac. A. 13, 47:
si haec fabulosa et composita videntur,
id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40:
quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in obscuro habentur,
id. A. 15, 16; cf.:
vetustatem, ut cetera, in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse,
exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.— Part. perf. with in and acc., pretending, assuming the appearance or expression:
(Domitianus) paratus simulatione, in adrogantiam compositus audiit preces,
Tac. Agr. 42:
is in maestitiam compositus,
id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54:
in securitatem,
id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely with ad:
tunc compositus ad maestitiam,
Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus ( - postus), a, um.
A.
Well-arranged, ordered, or constituted, orderly, regular:
quae (injuria) dum foris sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec magis compositum quicquam nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus sum... sunchusin litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:
acrior impetu atque animis quam compositior ullo ordine pugna fuit,
Liv. 28, 22, 13:
intellegitur, etiamsi non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque fore talem virum,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:
composita et quieta et beata respublica,
Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings:
quare in his quoque libris erant eadem aliqua... omnia vero compositiora et elaborata,
Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.:
illa quae curam fatentur et ficta atque composita videri etiam volunt,
elaborate, id. 8, pr. § 23.— Transf., of the orator himself:
si aut compositi oratoris bene structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum,
Cic. Or. 70, 232.—
B.
Fitly disposed for any purpose, prepared, apt, fit, adapted, qualified, suitable, ready:
perficiam ut nemo umquam paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so,
equus bene natura compositus,
Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:
arte quadam ab juventa in ostentationem (virtutum) compositus,
Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:
alius historiae magis idoneus, alius compositus ad carmen,
Quint. 2, 8, 7:
aeque in adulationem compositus (sacerdos),
Curt. 4, 7, 26:
(Attici) non maxime ad risum compositi,
Quint. 6, 3, 18:
natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,
Tac. H. 2, 5.—
C.
Quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, calm, composed, unimpassioned, etc.:
ut peractis quae agenda fuerint salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2:
lenis et nitidi et compositi generis amatores,
Quint. 10, 1, 44:
actio,
id. 11, 3, 110:
aetas,
mature, sedate, Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites atque compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9:
supercilium (opp. erectum),
id. 11, 3, 74:
repetitio eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem,
Flor. 3, 23, 3.—
D.
Compound, composite, made up of parts (opp. simplex):
verba,
Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5:
voces,
id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,
(α).
Ex composito, according to agreement, by agreement, in concert, Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch:
tum ex composito orta vis,
Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—
(β).
De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,
(γ).
More rarely in the same sense, composito alone, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ( conp-), in an orderly, regular, or skilful manner, orderly, regularly, properly (class. but rare;
not in Quint.): ambulare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:
indutus,
Gell. 1, 5, 2:
composite et apte dicere,
Cic. Or. 71, 236:
composite, ornate, copiose eloqui,
id. De Or. 1, 11, 48:
composite atque magnifice casum reipublicae miserati,
Sall. C. 51, 9:
bene et composite disseruit,
id. Ib. 52.— Comp.:
compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,
Tac. A. 15, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conposite

14 conpositum

com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (compostus, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).
I.
In gen., of different objects.
A.
To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.
1.
Of things in gen.:
aridum lignum,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:
composita fronde,
Prop. 1, 20, 22:
uvas in tecto in cratibus,
Cato, R. R. 112, 2:
in quo (loco) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat,
Cic. Deiot. 6, 17:
(amomum) manipulatim leniter componitur,
Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48:
amphoras in culleum,
Cato, R. R. 113, 2:
ligna in caminum,
id. ib. 37, 5.—
b.
To bring into contact, fit together, join:
quid... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque compactum et coagmentatum inveniri potest?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo bibo eodem, amplector, labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28:
tum latus conponit lateri et cum pectore pectus,
id. ib. p. 260, 30:
conponens manibusque manus atque ori bus ora,
Verg. A. 8, 486:
Mercurio Sais fertur Virgineum conposuisse latus,
Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf.
caput,
Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of broken limbs, etc., med. t. t., to set:
ossa,
Cels. 8, 10, 2:
jugulum,
id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—
c.
Esp., to pack up for a journey, etc.:
omnia composta sunt quae donavi,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21:
i ergo intro et compone quae tecum simul Ferantur,
Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5:
dum tota domus raeda componitur una,
Juv. 3, 10.—
2.
Of persons:
is (Saturnus) genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit,
Verg. A. 8, 322:
et tabula una duos poterit componere amantes,
Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. infra.—
B.
To set in opposition.
1.
To bring together in hostility, to oppose, to couple, pair, match in combat (cf. compositio, III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: Samnis, spurcus homo, cum Pacideiano conponitur, optimus multo Post homines natos gladiator qui fuit unus, Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:
Rupili et Persi par pugnat, uti non Compositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius,
Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.:
staturam habere Threcis cum Threce conpositi,
Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8;
and in gen.: si quis casus duos inter se bonos viros composuerit,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:
cuive virum mallem memet componere,
Sil. 10, 70:
componimur Vecordi Decio,
id. 11, 212:
hunc fatis,
id. 1, 39:
cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale genus,
Luc. 3, 196;
and fig.: pergis pugnantia secum Frontibus adversis componere,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 103:
ecce par deo dignum, vir fortis cum fortuna mala conpositus,
Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9:
non illa (rhetorice) secum ipsa componitur,
Quint. 2, 17, 33;
and of a judicial contest: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita,
confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—
2.
To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.
(α).
With acc. and dat.: quid est, cur componere ausis mihi te aut me tibi? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.):
nec divis homines componier aequom'st,
Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis discrepant, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.):
si parva licet conponere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:
parvis conponere magna solebam,
id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, [p. 392] 416:
audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?
id. ib. 15, 530:
divinis humana,
Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—
(β).
With acc. and cum:
ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,
Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.
II.
In partic.
A.
Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.
1.
To bring together, compose, compound, make up, mix, construct.
(α).
With ex:
exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,
Sall. J. 18, 3:
genus humanum ex corpore et anima conpositum,
id. ib. 2, 1:
liber ex alienis orationibus compositus,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47:
antidoton... ex multis atque interim contrariis quoque inter se effectibus,
Quint. 1, 10, 6:
ex quo (umore) componi debet (medicamentum),
Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin. —
(β).
With abl.:
mensam gramine,
Sil. 15, 51.—
(γ).
With acc. alone:
medicamentum,
Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—
2.
Esp., of buildings, etc., to construct, build:
qui cuncta conposuit,
i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13:
urbem,
Verg. A. 3, 387:
illa (templa) deis,
Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.:
aggere conposito tumuli,
Verg. A. 7, 6:
deletas Thebas,
Prop. 2, 6, 5.—
3.
Of words, to compound:
vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),
Quint. 1, 5, 3.—
4.
Of writings, speeches, etc.
a.
To compose, write, construct (very freq.):
leges,
Lucr. 4, 966:
compone hoc, quod postulo, de argento: de reliquo videro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:
quartum librum,
id. de Or. 2, 55, 224:
libros,
id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1:
libellos,
Quint. 12, 8, 5:
actiones,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68:
argumentum,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3:
edictum eis verbis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:
edictum eorum arbitratu,
id. ib. 2, 1, 46, §
119: artes,
books of instruction, id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40:
artificium,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 83:
commentarium consulatus mei,
id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19:
quarum (litterarum) exemplum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:
quandam disciplinae formulam,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 17:
stipulationum et judiciorum formulas,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:
interdictum,
id. Caecin. 21, 59:
poema,
id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:
senatus consultum,
Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:
testimonium,
id. Att. 15, 15, 1:
verba ad religionem deorum immortalium,
id. Dom. 47, 124:
de judicialibus causis aliqua,
Quint. 3, 6, 104:
aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitaque Scapulae composita erant,
Tac. A. 16, 14:
Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos aliqua conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: carmen,
Cic. Mur. 12, 26:
carmina,
Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49:
epistulas,
id. ib. 2, 70:
litteras nomine Marcelli,
Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20:
orationem habere ad conciliandos plebis animos conpositam,
Liv. 1, 35, 2:
blanditias tremula voce,
Tib. 1, 2, 91:
meditata manu verba trementi,
Ov. M. 9, 521:
versus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:
mollem versum,
Prop. 1, 7, 19:
cantus,
Tib. 1, 2, 53:
in morem annalium,
Tac. Or. 22:
orationes adversus aliquem,
id. ib. 37:
litteras ad aliquem,
id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22:
probra in Gaium,
id. ib. 6, 9;
14, 50: multa et atrocia in Macronem,
id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—
b.
Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to write about, treat, celebrate:
tuas laudes,
Tib. 4, 1, 35:
res gestas,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251:
tempora Iliaca,
Vell. 1, 3, 2:
bellum Troicum,
id. 1, 5, 3:
Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum,
Tac. Or. 14:
veteres populi Romani res,
id. A. 4, 32:
Neronis res,
id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—
B.
From the notion of closing.
1.
To put away, put aside, put in place:
armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus,
i. e. folding up the sails and lowering the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80:
(tempus) ad componenda armamenta expediendumque remigem,
Liv. 26, 39, 8:
vela contrahit malosque inclinat et simul armamenta componens, etc.,
id. 36, 44, 2:
arma,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:
tristes istos conpone libellos,
put aside, Prop. 1, 9, 13.—
2.
To store up, put away, collect:
nec... Aut conponere opes norant aut parcere parto,
Verg. A. 8, 317:
ego conposito securus acervo Despiciam dites,
Tib. 1, 1, 77;
so fig.: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to preserve, pack, put up fruits, meat, etc., for future use:
pernas,
Cato, R. R. 162, 12:
tergora (suis),
Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1:
caepam in fidelia,
id. 12, 10, 2:
herbas,
id. 12, 13, 2:
poma,
id. 12, 47, 5:
olivas,
Pall. Nov. 22, 5:
herbam olla nova,
Scrib. Comp. 60:
faenum,
Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:
fructus in urceis, capsellis,
ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—
3.
Of the ashes or remains of the dead, to adjust, lay out, to collect and inurn, inter, bury:
tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt,
Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19):
cinerem,
Ov. F. 3, 547:
cinerem ossaque,
Val. Fl. 7, 203:
sic ego conponi versus in ossa velim,
Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to bury:
quem... prope cognatos conpositum cineres,
Cat. 68, 98:
omnes composui (meos),
Hor. S. 1, 9, 28:
compositi busta avi,
Ov. F. 5, 426:
Pisonem Verania uxor... T. Vinium Crispina filia composuere,
Tac. H. 1, 47:
componi tumulo eodem,
Ov. M. 4, 157:
toro Mortua componar,
id. ib. 9, 504:
alto Conpositus lecto,
Pers. 3, 104:
aliquem terra,
Sil. 9, 95.—
4.
To lay at rest, compose, quiet.
a.
Of things: omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete, Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16:
cum mare compositum est,
Ov. A. A. 3, 259:
aquas,
id. H. 13, 136:
fessum tumentes Composuit pelagus ventis patientibus undas,
Luc. 5, 702.—
b.
Of persons:
nec vigilantibus, sed etiam quiete compositis,
Quint. 11, 2, 5:
ubi jam thalamis se conposuere,
Verg. G. 4, 189:
defessa membra,
id. ib. 4, 438:
si bene conpositus somno vinoque jacebit,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—
5.
To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.
a.
With personal object:
aversos amicos,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
ceteros clementia,
Tac. A. 12, 55:
comitia praetorum,
id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:
juvenes concitatos,
Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:
barbarum animos,
Tac. A. 14, 39:
gentem,
Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the mind:
prima (pars philosophiae) conponit animum,
Sen. Ep. 89, 9:
argumentum conpositae mentis,
id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352:
mentem somno,
id. 3, 162:
religio saevas componit mentis,
id. 13, 317.—
b.
Of places, countries, etc.:
C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,
Tac. A. 2, 4:
Campaniam,
id. H. 4, 3:
Daciam,
id. ib. 3, 53.—
c.
With abstr. or indef. objects:
si possum hoc inter vos conponere,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:
vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17:
gaudens conponi foedere bellum,
Verg. A. 12, 109; so,
bellum,
Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:
bella,
Tac. A. 3, 56:
cum vellet pro communi amico controversias regum componere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 109:
uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur,
id. ib. 1, 9 fin.:
curas,
Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682:
lites,
Verg. E. 3, 108:
seditionem civilem,
Suet. Caes. 4:
statum Orientis,
id. Calig. 1:
Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit,
Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1:
legatorum res et bello turbatas,
id. 45, 16, 2:
res Germanicas,
Suet. Vit. 9:
discordias,
Tac. H. 4, 50:
compositis praesentibus,
id. A. 1, 45:
odia et certamina,
id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., with the result as object:
pacem componi volo Meo patri cum matre,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113:
si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset,
Liv. 30, 40, 13:
at me conposita pace fefellit Amor,
Prop. 2, 2, 2:
pax circa Brundusium composita,
Vell. 2, 75, 3:
pacem cum Pyrrho,
Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. infra.—
d.
Absol.:
coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. pass.:
posteaquam id quod maxime volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:
Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur atque ab armis discederetur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—
C.
Hence, to set right, to set in or restore to the proper place or condition, to adjust, etc.
1.
In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:
aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,
Verg. A. 1, 697:
ad ictum militaris gladii conposita cervice,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2:
diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi,
id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4:
si ad rem pertinet, quomodo caelo adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque animal oriatur,
Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98:
tibi enim gratias agebat, quod signa componenda suscepisses,
id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—
2.
Esp., milit. t. t.:
se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis quisque ordinibus (opp. incompositi),
Liv. 44, 38, 11:
conpositi numero in turmas,
Verg. A. 11, 599:
cunctos licentia vagos compositus invadit = compositis ordinibus,
Tac. H. 4, 35:
agmen,
id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16:
ordines,
id. H. 4, 33:
vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque apud signa, componunt,
id. ib. 3, 35:
pugnae exercitum,
id. A. 13, 40:
auxilia in numerum legionis,
id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.:
equitem per turmas,
id. ib. 15, 29:
insidias in montibus,
Just. 1, 3, 11.—
3.
Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.:
ut aptior sit oratio, ipsa verba compone,
id. Brut. 17, 68.—
4.
With reference to orderly appearance, etc., of the clothing, hair; the expression of the countenance, etc., to lay, smooth, adjust:
suon quisque loco'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97:
composito et delibuto capillo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:
comas,
Ov. R. Am. 679:
crines,
Verg. G. 4, 417:
ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 148:
togam,
to lay in proper folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.:
nec tamen ante adiit... Quam se composuit, quam circumspexit amictus,
Ov. M. 4, 318:
pulvinum facili manu,
id. A. A. 1, 160; cf.
torum,
id. F. 3, 484:
jam libet componere voltus,
id. M. 13, 767:
vultu composito, ne laeti excessu principis, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.:
(Tiberius) compositus ore,
id. ib. 2, 34:
vultum natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,
distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—
5.
In gen., to adjust, arrange, regulate, for the expression of something, or to accord with something; usu. ad aliquid:
ad abstinentiam rursus, non secus ac modo ad balineum animum vultumque conposui,
Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6:
orationis ipsius vultus ad id, quod efficere intendimus, compositus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,
id. 11, 3, 120:
ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis,
id. 1, 11, 19:
figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae,
id. 9, 2, 34:
nec ad votum composita civitas,
Tac. Or. 41:
cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita,
id. H. 1, 71:
cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis,
id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. with dat.:
voltus conponere famae Taedet,
to adapt, Tib. 4, 7, 9:
venturis carbasa ventis,
Luc. 3, 596:
me quoque mittendis rectum componite telis,
id. 3, 717. —With in:
Nero itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus pererrabat,
disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —
D.
To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.
(α).
With acc.:
ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem,
Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3:
quod adest memento Componere aequus,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 33:
conposita atque constituta re publica,
Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:
necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 13, 5:
(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,
Cic. Brut. 22, 87:
tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,
id. Or. 42, 143:
ex sententia omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque,
Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1:
in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita statim decernuntur,
Tac. H. 2, 55:
dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur,
id. A. 12, 68.—
(β).
With ad or in and acc. of the purpose for which, or the example according to which, etc.:
cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32:
omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae,
Quint. 10, 1, 43:
animum ad omnes casus,
id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321:
satis igitur in hoc nos componet multa scribendi exercitatio,
Quint. 9, 4, 114:
cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum mores suadent,
Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —
2.
To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.
(α).
In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29:
quin jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17:
ita causa componitur, ut item palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:
societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse,
Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch:
crimen ab inimicis Romae conpositum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141:
conpositis inter se rebus,
Sall. J. 66, 2:
ita conposito dolo digrediuntur,
id. ib. 111, 4:
conposito jam consilio,
Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant;
convenerat autem, etc.,
id. 25, 9, 8:
sub noctem susurri Composita repetantur hora,
Hor. C. 1, 9, 20:
ictum jam foedus, et omnes Conpositae leges,
Verg. A. 12, 315:
compositis notis,
Tib. 1, 2, 22:
crimen ac dolum ultro,
Tac. H. 1, 34:
proditionem,
id. ib. 2, 100:
seditionem,
id. ib. 4, 14:
insidias,
id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. supra.—
(β).
With rel.-clause:
cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,
Liv. 40, 40, 14.—
(γ).
With inf.:
ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(δ).
Pass. impers.:
ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,
Liv. 2, 37, 1.—
(ε).
With ut and subj.:
compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,
Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —
3.
In gen., to feign, invent, devise, contrive, in order to deceive or delude, etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.):
ne tu istic hodie malo tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211:
nec bene mendaci risus conponitur ore,
Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3):
sed vobis facile'st verba et conponere fraudes,
Prop. 2, 9, 31:
insidias in me conponis inanes,
id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19:
compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur,
Tac. A. 13, 47:
si haec fabulosa et composita videntur,
id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40:
quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in obscuro habentur,
id. A. 15, 16; cf.:
vetustatem, ut cetera, in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse,
exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.— Part. perf. with in and acc., pretending, assuming the appearance or expression:
(Domitianus) paratus simulatione, in adrogantiam compositus audiit preces,
Tac. Agr. 42:
is in maestitiam compositus,
id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54:
in securitatem,
id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely with ad:
tunc compositus ad maestitiam,
Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus ( - postus), a, um.
A.
Well-arranged, ordered, or constituted, orderly, regular:
quae (injuria) dum foris sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec magis compositum quicquam nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus sum... sunchusin litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:
acrior impetu atque animis quam compositior ullo ordine pugna fuit,
Liv. 28, 22, 13:
intellegitur, etiamsi non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque fore talem virum,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:
composita et quieta et beata respublica,
Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings:
quare in his quoque libris erant eadem aliqua... omnia vero compositiora et elaborata,
Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.:
illa quae curam fatentur et ficta atque composita videri etiam volunt,
elaborate, id. 8, pr. § 23.— Transf., of the orator himself:
si aut compositi oratoris bene structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum,
Cic. Or. 70, 232.—
B.
Fitly disposed for any purpose, prepared, apt, fit, adapted, qualified, suitable, ready:
perficiam ut nemo umquam paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so,
equus bene natura compositus,
Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:
arte quadam ab juventa in ostentationem (virtutum) compositus,
Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:
alius historiae magis idoneus, alius compositus ad carmen,
Quint. 2, 8, 7:
aeque in adulationem compositus (sacerdos),
Curt. 4, 7, 26:
(Attici) non maxime ad risum compositi,
Quint. 6, 3, 18:
natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,
Tac. H. 2, 5.—
C.
Quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, calm, composed, unimpassioned, etc.:
ut peractis quae agenda fuerint salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2:
lenis et nitidi et compositi generis amatores,
Quint. 10, 1, 44:
actio,
id. 11, 3, 110:
aetas,
mature, sedate, Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites atque compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9:
supercilium (opp. erectum),
id. 11, 3, 74:
repetitio eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem,
Flor. 3, 23, 3.—
D.
Compound, composite, made up of parts (opp. simplex):
verba,
Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5:
voces,
id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,
(α).
Ex composito, according to agreement, by agreement, in concert, Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch:
tum ex composito orta vis,
Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—
(β).
De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,
(γ).
More rarely in the same sense, composito alone, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ( conp-), in an orderly, regular, or skilful manner, orderly, regularly, properly (class. but rare;
not in Quint.): ambulare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:
indutus,
Gell. 1, 5, 2:
composite et apte dicere,
Cic. Or. 71, 236:
composite, ornate, copiose eloqui,
id. De Or. 1, 11, 48:
composite atque magnifice casum reipublicae miserati,
Sall. C. 51, 9:
bene et composite disseruit,
id. Ib. 52.— Comp.:
compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,
Tac. A. 15, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conpositum

15 culta

1.
cŏlo, colŭi, cultum, 3, v. a. [from the stem KOL, whence boukolos, boukoleô; cf.: colonus, in-cola, agri-cola] (orig. pertaining to agriculture), to cultivate, till, tend, take care of a field, garden, etc. (freq. in all per. and species of composition).
I.
Prop.
(α).
With acc.:
fundum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:
agrum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 14; Cato, R. R. 61; Col. 1 pr.:
agri non omnes frugiferi sunt qui coluntur,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; id. Agr. 2, 25, 67:
arva et vineta et oleas et arbustum,
Quint. 1, 12, 7:
praedia,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:
rus,
Col. 1, 1:
rura,
Cat. 64, 38; Tib. 1, 5, 21; Verg. G. 2, 413:
hortos,
Ov. M. 14, 624 al.:
jugera,
Col. 1 pr.:
patrios fines,
id. ib.:
solum,
id. 2, 2, 8:
terram,
id. 2, 2, 4:
arbustum,
Quint. 1, 12, 7:
vitem,
Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:
arbores,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 22:
arva,
id. ib. 3, 5, 24; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 15:
fructus,
Verg. G. 2, 36:
fruges,
Ov. M. 15, 134:
poma,
id. ib. 14, 687; cf. under P. a.—
(β).
Absol., Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Verg. G. 1, 121; Dig. 19, 2, 54, § 1.—
B.
In gen., without reference to economics, to abide, dwell, stay in a place, to inhabit (syn.: incolo, habito; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
(α).
With acc.:
hanc domum,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 4:
nemora atque cavos montes silvasque colebant,
Lucr. 5, 955:
regiones Acherunticas,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 21:
colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
urbem, urbem, mi Rufe, cole,
id. Fam. 2, 12, 2:
has terras,
id. N. D. 2, 66, 164; Tac. A. 2, 60:
loca Idae,
Cat. 63, 70:
Idalium,
id. 36, 12 sq.; 61, 17:
urbem Trojanam,
Verg. A. 4, 343:
Sicaniam,
Ov. M. 5, 495:
Maeoniam Sipylumque,
id. ib. 6, 149:
Elin Messeniaque arva,
id. ib. 2, 679:
regnum nemorale Dianae,
id. ib. 14, 331:
hoc nemus,
id. ib. 15, 545:
Elysium,
Verg. A. 5, 735:
loca magna,
Ov. M. 14, 681; Liv. 1, 7, 10:
Britanniam,
Tac. Agr. 11:
Rheni ripam,
id. G. 28:
victam ripam,
id. A. 1, 59:
terras,
id. ib. 2, 60; cf. id. H. 5, 2:
insulam,
id. A. 12, 61; id. G. 29:
regionem,
Curt. 7, 7, 4.— Poet., of poets:
me juvat in primā coluisse Helicona juventā,
i. e. to have written poetry in early youth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 19.—Also of animals:
anguis stagna,
Verg. G. 3, 430; Ov. M. 2, 380.—
(β).
Absol.:
hic,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 68:
subdiu colere te usque perpetuom diem,
id. Most. 3, 2, 78; Liv. 42, 67, 9; Curt. 9, 9, 2:
colunt discreti ac diversi,
Tac. G. 16:
proximi Cattis Usipii ac Tencteri colunt,
id. ib. 32:
circa utramque ripam Rhodani,
Liv. 21, 26, 6:
quā Cilices maritimi colunt,
id. 38, 18, 12:
prope Oceanum,
id. 24, 49, 6:
usque ad Albim,
Tac. A. 2, 41:
ultra Borysthenem fluvium,
Gell. 9, 4, 6:
super Bosporum,
Curt. 6, 2, 13:
extra urbem,
App. M. 1, p. 111.—
II.
Trop. (freq. and class.).
A.
To bestow care upon a thing, to care for.
1.
Of the gods: colere aliquem locum, to frequent, cherish, care for, protect, be the guardian of, said of places where they were worshipped, had temples, etc.:
deos deasque veneror, qui hanc urbem colunt,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 19; Cat. 36, 12:
Pallas, quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat,
Verg. E. 2, 62:
ille (Juppiter) colit terras,
id. ib. 3, 61; id. A. 1, 16 Forbig. ad loc.:
undis jura dabat, nymphisque colentibus undas,
Ov. M. 1, 576:
urbem colentes di,
Liv. 31, 30, 9; 5, 21, 3:
vos, Ceres mater ac Proserpina, precor, ceteri superi infernique di, qui hanc urbem colitis,
id. 24, 39, 8:
divi divaeque, qui maria terrasque colitis,
id. 29, 27, 1.—
2.
Rarely with persons as object (syn.:
curo, studeo, observo, obsequor): Juppiter, qui genus colis alisque hominum,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; cf.:
(Castor et Pollux) dum terras hominumque colunt genus,
i. e. improve, polish, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7. —
3.
Of the body or its parts, to cultivate, attend to, dress, clothe, adorn, etc.:
formamque augere colendo,
by attire, dress, Ov. M. 10, 534:
corpora,
id. A. A. 3, 107:
tu quoque dum coleris,
id. ib. 3, 225.—With abl.:
lacertos auro,
Curt. 8, 9, 21:
lacertum armillā aureā,
Petr. 32:
capillos,
Tib. 1, 6, 39; 1, 8, 9.—
4.
With abstr. objects, to cultivate, cherish, seek, practise, devote one ' s self to, etc.;
of mental and moral cultivation: aequom et bonum,
Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 10:
amicitiam,
id. Cist. 1, 1, 27:
fidem rectumque,
Ov. M. 1, 90:
fortitudinem,
Curt. 10, 3, 9:
jus et fas,
Liv. 27, 17 fin.:
memoriam alicujus,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:
bonos mores,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
suum quaestum colit,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 137:
pietatem,
id. As. 3, 1, 5; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 33:
virtutem,
Cic. Arch. 7, 16; id. Off. 1, 41, 149:
amicitiam, justitiam, liberalitatem,
id. ib. 1, 2, 5:
virginitatis amorem,
Verg. A. 11, 584:
pacem,
Ov. M. 11, 297; cf. Martem, Sil. [p. 370] 8, 464:
studium philosophiae,
Cic. Brut. 91, 315:
disciplinam,
id. ib. 31, 117:
aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,
id. Off. 1, 1, 3:
patrias artes militiamque,
Ov. F. 2, 508; cf.:
artes liberales,
Suet. Tib. 60:
ingenium singulari rerum militarium prudentiā,
Vell. 2, 29, 5 Kritz.—
5.
Of a period of time or a condition, to live in, experience, live through, pass, spend, etc.:
servitutem apud aliquem,
to be a slave, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 7:
nunc plane nec ego victum, nec vitam illam colere possum, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; and poet. in gen.: vitam or aevum = degere, to take care of life, for to live:
vitam,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 74; id. Cas. 2, 1, 12; id. Rud. 1, 5, 25:
vitam inopem,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84:
aevum vi,
Lucr. 5, 1144 and 1149.—
B.
Colere aliquem, to regard one with care, i. e. to honor, revere, reverence, worship, etc. (syn.: observo, veneror, diligo).
1.
Most freq. of the reverence and worship of the gods, and the respect paid to objects pertaining thereto, to honor, respect, revere, reverence, worship:
quid est enim cur deos ab hominibus colendos dicas?
Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115:
hos deos et venerari et colere debemus,
id. ib. 2, 28, 71; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 119; id. Agr. 2, 35, 94; Liv. 39, 15, 2; Cat. 61, 48:
Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana... o colendi Semper et culti,
Hor. C. S. 2 and 3; cf. Ov. M. 8, 350:
deos aris, pulvinaribus,
Plin. Pan. 11, 3:
Mercurium,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:
Apollinem nimiā religione,
Curt. 4, 3, 21:
Cererem secubitu,
Ov. A. 3, 10, 16:
(deam) magis officiis quam probitate,
id. P. 3, 1, 76:
per flamines et sacerdotes,
Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Vit. 1:
quo cognomine is deus quādam in parte urbis colebatur,
id. Aug. 70:
deum precibus,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 580:
testimoniorum religionem et fidem,
Cic. Fl. 4, 9; cf. id. Font. 10, 21; and:
colebantur religiones pie magis quam magnifice,
Liv. 3, 57, 7; and:
apud quos juxta divinas religiones humana fides colitur,
id. 9, 9, 4:
sacra,
Ov. M. 4, 32; 15, 679:
aras,
id. ib. 3, 733; 6, 208; cf. Liv. 1, 7, 10; Suet. Vit. 2 et saep.:
numina alicujus,
Verg. G. 1, 30:
templum,
id. A. 4, 458; Ov. M. 11, 578:
caerimonias sepulcrorum tantā curà,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:
sacrarium summā caerimoniā,
Nep. Th. 8, 4:
simulacrum,
Suet. Galb. 4.—
2.
Of the honor bestowed upon men:
ut Africanum ut deum coleret Laelius,
Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18:
quia me colitis et magnificatis,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 23; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 54:
a quibus diligenter observari videmur et coli,
Cic. Mur. 34, 70; cf. id. Fam. 6, 10, 7; 13, 22, 1; id. Off. 1, 41, 149; Sall. J. 10, 8:
poëtarum nomen,
Cic. Arch. 11, 27:
civitatem,
id. Fl. 22, 52; cf.:
in amicis et diligendis et colendis,
id. Lael. 22, 85 and 82:
semper ego plebem Romanam militiae domique... colo atque colui,
Liv. 7, 32, 16:
colere et ornare,
Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2:
me diligentissime,
id. ib. 13, 25 init.:
si te colo, Sexte, non amabo,
Mart. 2, 55:
aliquem donis,
Liv. 31, 43, 7:
litteris,
Nep. Att. 20, 4:
nec illos arte colam, nec opulenter,
Sall. J. 85, 34 Kritz.— Hence,
1.
cŏlens, entis, P. a., honoring, treating respectfully; subst., a reverer, worshipper; with gen.:
religionum,
Cic. Planc. 33, 80.—
2.
cultus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).
A.
Cultivated, tilled:
ager cultior,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 20:
ager cultissimus,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:
materia et culta et silvestris,
id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:
res pecuaria,
id. Quint. 3, 12:
rus cultissimum,
Col. 1, 1, 1:
terra,
Quint. 5, 11, 24:
fundus cultior,
id. 8, 3, 8:
cultiora loca,
Curt. 7, 3, 18.—
b.
Subst.: culta, ōrum, n., tilled, cultivated land, gardens, plantations, etc., Lucr. 1, 165; 1, 210; 5, 1370; Verg. G. 1, 153; 2, 196; 4, 372; Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 83—Hence,
B.
Trop., ornamented, adorned, polished, elegant, cultivated:
milites habebat tam cultos ut argento et auro politis armis ornaret,
Suet. Caes. 67:
adulter,
Ov. Tr. 2, 499:
turba muliebriter culta,
Curt. 3, 3, 14:
sacerdos veste candidā cultus,
Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 251:
matrona vetitā purpurā culta,
Suet. Ner. 32:
filia cultior,
Mart. 10, 98, 3:
animi culti,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; cf.:
tempora et ingenia cultiora,
Curt. 7, 8, 11:
Tibullus,
Ov. Am. 1, 15, 28; cf.
carmina,
id. A. A. 3, 341:
cultiores doctioresque redire,
Gell. 19, 8, 1:
sermone cultissimus,
Aur. Vict. Epit. 45.— Adv.: cul-tē, elegantly: dicere, * Quint. 8, 3, 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6.— Comp.:
dicere,
Sen. Suas. 4 fin.; Tac. Or. 21: (sc. veste) progredi, Just. 3, 3, 5:
incubare strato lectulo,
Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.— Sup. apparently not in use.
2.
cōlo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [colum], to filter, strain, to clarify, purify (post-Aug.):
ceram,
Col. 9, 16, 1:
mel,
id. 12, 11, 1:
vinum sportā palmeā,
Pall. Febr. 27:
sucum linteo,
Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 164:
thymum cribro,
Col. 7, 8, 7:
aliquid per linteum,
Scrib. Comp. 271:
ad colum,
Veg. 2, 28, 19:
per colum,
Apic. 4, 2:
aurum,
App. Flor. p. 343, 20:
terra colans,
Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38:
faex colata,
id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Poet.:
amnes inductis retibus,
i. e. to spread out a fish-net, Manil. 5, 193.—Hence, cōlātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, purified (post-class.):
nitor (beryllorum),
Tert. Anim. 9.—
B.
Trop.:
certiora et colatiora somniari,
Tert. Anim. 48.

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16 difficilis

dif-fĭcĭlis, e (old form difficul, like facul, famul, simul, etc., Varr. ap. Non. 111, 25), adj. [facilis; hence, far from easy to do, to accomplish, to bear, etc.; v. facilis], hard, difficult, troublesome (very freq. and class.).
I.
In gen.:
nulla est tam facilis res, quin difficilis siet, quom invitus facias,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf. Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20; and:
sacrorum diligentiam difficilem, apparatum perfacilem esse voluit,
Cic. Rep. 2, 14 Mos.:
quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,
Caes. B. G. 2, 27, fin.:
quam graves, quam difficiles plerisque videntur calamitatum societates!
Cic. Lael. 17 fin.:
res arduae ac difficiles,
id. Inv. 2, 54, 163; cf. id. Or. 10; id. Tusc. 3, 34 fin.; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 28:
contortae res et difficiles,
Cic. de Or. 1, 58 fin.:
quam scopuloso difficilique in loco verser,
id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35; cf.:
in locos difficiles abire,
Sall. J. 87 fin. Kritz.:
iter angustum et difficile,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6; id. B. C. 1, 65, 3:
valles,
id. ib. 1, 68, 2:
difficili et arduo ascensu,
id. ib. 3, 34; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23:
difficilis atque impedita palus,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19:
transitus,
id. ib. 6, 7, 5:
aditus,
id. ib. 7, 36; Hor. S. 1, 9, 56:
tempus anni difficillimum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5:
difficili rei publicae tempore,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 21:
difficillimo reip. tempore,
id. Phil. 5, 13, 36; cf. id. Caecin. 4, 11:
difficilioribus usi tempestatibus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 15, 4:
partus,
Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 22:
urina,
id. 23, 9, 83, § 165:
venter,
id. 22, 13, 15, §
33 et saep.: (Macer et Lucretius) alter humilis, alter difficilis,
Quint. 10, 1, 87 Frotsch.:
nimium difficile est reperiri amicum,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 20;
so with a subjectclause,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 6; Lucr. 1, 138; Cic. Lael. 6, 22; 8, 26; 10, 33 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 1, 14, 2; 7, 58, 2; id. B. C. 1, 50 fin. et saep.; cf.:
difficile ad fidem est in tam antiqua re, quot pugnaverint ceciderintve exacto affirmare numero,
Liv. 3, 5, 12:
difficile est longum subito deponere amorem,
Cat. 77, 13.—Prov.:
difficile est, crimen non prodere vultu,
Ov. M. 2, 447:
difficile est, tristi fingere mente jocum,
Tib. 3, 7, 2:
(rebus) difficilibus ad eloquendum,
Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126:
ad percipiendum,
Quint. 8 prooem. § 4.—With supin.:
difficile factu est,
Cic. Rep. 1, 43; so,
factu,
id. Off. 1, 21, 71; id. N. D. 3, 1; id. Univ. 11:
dictu,
id. Lael. 3, 12; 7, 23; id. Fam. 1, 7, 2:
aditu (locus),
Sall. J. 91 fin. Kritz.—With dat.:
fructus difficilis concoctioni,
Plin. 23, 8, 79, § 151.—With gerund.:
in difficili esse,
Liv. 3, 65, 11; cf.:
in facili esse,
id. 3, 8, 9; so,
in difficili rem esse,
Cels. 5, 26 fin.:
ille casus in difficili est, si, etc.,
Dig. 28, 2, 29, § 15.
II.
In partic., of character, hard to manage or to please, obstinate, captious, morose, surly:
difficiles ac morosi,
Cic. Or. 29 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 1, 18, 61; Att. ap. Non. 407, 25; Hor. S. 2, 5, 90; id. A. P. 173:
senex,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 24; cf.:
moderati nec difficiles nec inhumani senes,
Cic. de Sen. 3, 7:
sunt morosi et anxii et iracundi et difficiles senes,
id. ib. 18, 65:
avunculus difficillimā naturā,
Nep. Att. 5; cf.:
difficili bile tumet jecur,
Hor. C. 1, 13, 4: parens in liberos difficilis, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:
Penelopen difficilem procis,
Hor. C. 3, 10, 11:
vocanti,
id. ib. 3, 7, 32:
Gradivo,
Ov. A. A. 2, 566:
precibus,
id. P. 2, 2, 20.— Trop.:
terrae,
intractable, Verg. G. 2, 179. —Prov.:
difficilem oportet aurem habere ad crimina,
deaf, inaccessible, Pub. Syr. 133 (Rib.).— Adv., in three forms (but the use of the adv. is mostly avoided by the best authors, difficile est taking its place, v. supra).
(α).
diffĭcĭlē, with difficulty (perh. not ante-Aug.), Vell. 2, 63, 3; Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62; 27, 12, 94, § 120; Suet. Gramm. 11; Just. 27, 3, 2; Pall. Jan. 7; Tert. Apol. 48.—
(β).
diffĭculter, with difficulty (the usual form), Caes. B. C. 1, 62; Sall. C. 14, 5; Liv. 1, 52, 4; 42, 54, 3; Tac. A. 12, 35; Suet. Claud. 41; Quint. 1, 3, 3 al.—
(γ).
diffĭcĭl-ĭter, with difficulty (rare), Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49 and 50; Col. 5, 3, 1; 5, 7, 1; Lact. Mort. Pers. 9, 7.—
b.
Comp.:
difficilius,
Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Quint. 1, 12, 8; 11, 2, 28; Plin. 22, 21, 28, § 56; Suet. Caes. 29; id. Ner. 43 al.—
c.
Sup.:
difficillime,
Cic. Lael. 17, 64; Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139; 19, 7, 35, § 117 al.

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17 fructifer

fructĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [fructus + fero], fruit-bearing, fruitful (post-Aug. for the class. frugifer):
arbores,
Col. 11, 2, 46; Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 112:
sarmentum,
Pall. Febr. 29, 3; Vulg. Act. 14, 16.

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18 propter

propter, adv. and prep. [contr. for propiter, from prope; cf.: inter, subter].
I.
Adv., near, hard by, at hand (syn.: prope, juxta;
rare but class.). serito in loco, ubi aqua propter siet,
Cato, R. R. 151, 2:
ibi angiportum propter est,
Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37:
propter dormire,
id. Eun. 2, 3, 77:
araque Panchaeos exhalat propter odores,
Lucr. 2, 417:
propter est spelunca,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107 (al. prope):
vident unum virum esse... et eum propter esse,
id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:
cum duo reges propter assint,
id. ib. 6, 16:
(caules) si propter sati sunt,
id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:
duo filii propter cubantes,
id. Rosc. Am. 23, 64; id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:
adulescentia voluptates propter intuens,
id. Sen. 14, 48; id. ap. Non. 367, 25:
cornix propter volans,
Phaedr. 2, 6, 7: praeter propter, v praeter. —
II.
Prep. with acc., near, hard by, close to (syn.: prope, juxta, ad).
A.
Lit., of place (rare but class.);
stat propter virum fortem,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9; id. Curc. 4, 1, 14; id. Rud. prol. 33: partem cohortium propter mare collocat, Sisenn ap. Non. 367, 32:
hic propter hunc assiste,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15: propter eam porticum situm erat dolium, Varr ap. Non. 367, 31:
propter Platonis statuam consedimus,
Cic. Brut. 6, 25:
propter aliquem assidere,
id. Rep. 1, 11, 17 (cited ap. Non. 367, 28):
insulae propter Siciliam,
id. N. D. 3, 22, 55:
propter aquae rivum,
Lucr. 2, 30; Verg. E. 8, 87.—Following its case:
viam propter,
Tac. A. 15, 47:
hostem propter,
id. ib. 4, 48.—
B.
Trop., in stating a cause.
1.
On account of, by reason of, from, for, because of (syn. ob;
the predom. signif. of the word): parere legibus propter metum,
Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34; cf.:
propter metum poenae,
id. Sest. 46, 99:
propter eam ipsam causam,
id. de Or. 1, 16, 72:
propter frigora frumenta in agris matura non erant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 16:
propter humanitatem,
Cic. Att. 7, 5, 2:
is propter morbum exire non potuit,
Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:
excusato languore faucium propter quem non adesset,
Suet. Ner. 41; id. Aug. 8; Sall. J. 23, 1: bidentes propter viam facere, to sacrifice on account of a journey, Laber, ap. Non. 53, 26; cf.:
propter viam fit sacrificium quod est proficiscendi gratiā, Herculi aut Sanco,
Fest. p. 229 Müll.; Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 62:
propter injuriam,
to avoid injury, Pall. 12, 13:
propter hoc, propter quod,
on that account, for which reason, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14; Col. 1, 6, 18: propter me, te, etc., on my, thy account, etc., as far as I ( you, etc.) are concerned, = mea causā, or per me:
egon propter me illam decipi miseram sinam?
Ter. And. 1, 5, 36; id. Eun. 4, 6, 6:
non est aequom me propter vos decipi,
id. Phorm. 5, 7, 34:
di numquam propter me de caelo descendent,
Liv. 6, 18, 9.—
2.
Through, by means of (rare).
a.
Referring to persons in whom lies the cause of a thing:
te propter tuam Matrem non posse habere hanc uxorem domi,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 55:
propter quos vivit,
through whom he lives, to whom he owes life, Cic. Mil. 22, 58:
lugere eum, propter quem ceteri laetarentur,
id. ib. 30, 81; 34, 93.—
b.
To things by means of which any thing takes place:
quid enim refert, utrum propter oves, an propter aves fructus capias?
Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 11.—
Placed after its case: quod propter studi, um cum rem neglegere familiarem videretur,
Cic. Sen. 7, 22; id. Pis. 7, 15; id. Att. 10, 4, 1 al.:
suctum propter lactis,
Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115:
quam propter tantos potui perferre labores,
Verg. A. 12, 177.

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19 secerno

sē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (old inf. secernier, Lucr. 3, 263), v. a.
I.
Lit., to put apart, to sunder, sever, separate (freq. and class.; not in Cæs.; cf.: sepono, sejungo, secludo); constr. with simple acc., or with ab aliquā re; less freq. ex aliquā re; poet. with abl.
(α).
With simple acc.:
quae non animalia solum Corpora sejungunt, sed terras ac mare totum Secernunt,
Lucr. 2, 729:
seorsum partem utramque,
id. 3, 637:
arietes, quibus sis usurus ad feturam, bimestri tempore ante secernendum,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 13 (cf. infra, b):
stamen secernit harundo,
Ov. M. 6, 55:
sparsos sine ordine flores Secernunt calathis,
separate in baskets, id. ib. 14, 267:
nihil (praedae) in publicum secernendo augenti rem privatam militi favit,
setting apart for the public treasury, Liv. 7, 16; cf.:
Juppiter illa piae secrevit litora genti,
hath set apart for the pious race, Hor. Epod. 16, 63:
inde pares centum denos secrevit in orbes Romulus,
separated, divided, Ov. F. 3, 127.—
(β).
With ab or (less freq.) with ex, and poet. with abl.:
a terris altum secernere caelum,
Lucr. 5, 446:
ab aëre caelum,
Ov. M. 1, 23:
Europen ab Afro (medius liquor),
Hor. C. 3, 3, 47:
muro denique secernantur a nobis,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:
inermes ab armatis,
Liv. 41, 3:
militem a populo (in spectaculis),
Suet. Aug. 44:
se a bonis,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; cf.:
se ab Etruscis,
Liv. 6, 10.—In the part. perf.:
antequam incipiat admissura fieri, mares a feminis secretos habeant,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18 (cf. supra, a); so,
saepta ab aliis,
id. ib. 2, 2, 8:
manus a nobis,
Lucr. 2, 912; 3, 552:
sphaera ab aethereā conjunctione,
Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 55:
sucus a reliquo cibo,
id. ib. 2, 55, 137:
bilis ab eo cibo,
id. ib. al.:
secreti ab aliis ad tribunos adducuntur,
Liv. 6, 25; 25, 30:
secretis alterius ab altero criminibus,
id. 40, 8 fin.; 39, 10:
se e grege imperatorum,
id. 35, 14 fin.:
unum e praetextatis compluribus,
Suet. Aug. 94 med.:
monile ex omni gazā,
id. Galb. 18:
me gelidum nemus Nympharumque leves chori Secernunt populo,
separate, distinguish, Hor. C. 1, 1, 32.—
II.
Trop., to separate, disjoin, part, dissociate (syn.: internosco, distinguo).
(α).
With simple acc.:
hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter,
set apart, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15.—
(β).
With ab, or poet. with abl.: ut venustas et pulchritudo corporis secerni non potest a valetudine;
sic, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 95:
animum a corpore,
id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:
tertium genus (laudationum) a praeceptis nostris,
id. de Or. 2, 84, 341; cf.:
ipsam pronuntiationem ab oratore,
Quint. 1, 11, 17: dicendi facultatem a majore vitae laude, id. 2, 15, 2:
sua a publicis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 57:
haec a probris ac sceleribus ejus,
Suet. Ner. 19 et saep.:
cur me a ceteris clarissimis viris in hoc officio secernas,
Cic. Sull. 1, 3:
publica privatis, sacra profanis,
Hor. A. P. 397.—
B.
To distinguish, discern:
blandum amicum a vero,
Cic. Lael. 25, 95:
non satis acute, quae sunt secernenda, distinguit,
id. Top. 7, 31:
nec natura potest justo secernere iniquum, Dividit ut bona diversis, fugienda petendis,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 113:
turpi honestum,
id. ib. 1, 6, 63.—
C.
To set aside, reject:
cum reus frugalissimum quemque secerneret,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3:
minus idoneos senatores,
Suet. Vit. 2.—Hence, sēcrē-tus, a, um, P. a., severed, separated; hence, separate, apart (as an adj. not freq. till after the Aug. period; not in Cic.; syn.: sejunctus, seclusus).
A.
In gen.:
ne ducem suum, neve secretum imperium propriave signa haberent, miscuit manipulos, etc.,
Liv. 1, 52:
electa (uva defertur) in secretam corbulam,
Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2:
arva,
Verg. A. 6, 478; Varr. L. L. 9, § 57 Müll.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of places or things pertaining to them, out of the way, retired, remote, lonely, solitary, secret (syn.:
solus, remotus, arcanus): secreta petit loca, balnea vitat,
Hor. A. P. 298:
locus (opp. celeber),
Quint. 11, 1, 47:
montes,
Ov. M. 11, 765:
silva,
id. ib. 7, 75:
litora,
id. ib. 12, 196:
pars domus (the gynaeceum),
id. ib. 2, 737; cf. in sup.:
secretissimus locus (navis),
Petr. 100, 6: vastum ubique silentium, secreti colles, solitary, i. e. abandoned, deserted by the enemy, = deserti, Tac. Agr. 38:
iter (with semita),
solitary, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 103; cf.
quies,
Mart. 7, 32, 4.—Of persons and transactions, private, secret:
invadit secretissimos tumultus,
Sen. Ep. 91, 5:
vacuis porticibus secretus agitat,
Tac. A. 11, 21:
est aliquis ex secretis studiis fructus,
private studies, Quint. 2, 18, 4; so,
studia (opp. forum),
id. 12, 6, 4:
disputationes,
id. 12, 2, 7:
contentio,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 4 et saep. —Hence,
b.
Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., retirement, solitude, secrecy; a solitude, solitary place, retreat (syn.: solitudo, secessus); sing.:
cum stilus secreto gaudeat atque omnes arbitros reformidet,
Quint. 10, 7, 16:
secreti longi causā,
Ov. H. 21, 21:
altum abditumque secretum, Phn. Ep. 2, 17, 22: dulce,
id. ib. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 30; 12, 5, 2; Tac. A. 4, 57; 14, 53; id. Agr. 39 fin.; Phaedr. 3, 10, 11; 4, 23, 6; Luc. 3, 314.— Plur.:
se a vulgo et scaenā in secreta removere,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 71:
horrendaeque procul secreta Sibyllae,
Verg. A. 6, 10; Ov. M. 1, 594; Tac. H. 3, 63; Quint. 1, 2, 18:
dulcis secretorum comes (eloquentia),
id. 1, 4, 5:
cameli solitudines aut secreta certe petunt,
Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 173.— Comp.:
haec pars Suevorum in secretiora Germaniae porrigitur,
into the more remote parts, Tac. G. 41. —
(β).
Absol.: in secreto, in a secret place, secretly:
tempus in secreto lbi tereret,
Liv. 26, 19, 5:
reus in secreto agebatur,
Curt. 10, 4, 29.—
2.
That is removed from acquaintance (cf. abditus), hidden, concealed, secret:
secreta ducis pectora,
Mart. 5, 5, 4:
secretas advocat artes,
Ov. M. 7, 138:
ars,
Petr. 3:
litterae (with familiares),
Quint. 1, 1, 29:
carmina (the Sibylline odes),
Luc. 1, 599:
libidines,
Tac. A. 1, 4 fin.:
quaedam imperii pignora,
Flor. 1, 2, 3.—With ab:
nec quicquam secretum alter ab altero haberent,
Liv. 39, 10, 1.— Comp.:
libertus ex secretioribus ministeriis,
Tac. Agr. 40:
praemia (opp. publica largitio),
id. H. 1, 24:
aliud (nomen),
Quint. 1, 4, 25:
vitium stomachi,
Mart. 3, 77, 9.— Poet. for the adv. secreto:
tu (Anna) secreta pyram tecto interiore Erige,
in secret, secretly, Verg. A. 4, 494; cf.:
stridere secreta divisos aure susurros,
secretly in each one's ear, Hor. S. 2, 8, 78.—Hence,
b.
Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., something secret, secret conversation; a mystery, secret:
secretum petenti non nisi adhibito filio dedit,
Suet. Tib. 25 fin.; id. Calig. 23:
illuc me persecutus secretum petit,
a secret interview, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 11:
petito secreto futura aperit,
Tac. H. 2, 4.— Piur.:
crebra cum amicis secreta habere,
Tac. A. 13, 18:
animi secreta proferuntur,
Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141:
nulla lex jubet amicorum secreta non eloqui,
Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1:
omnium secreta rimari,
Tac. A. 6, 3:
horribile secretum,
Petr. 21, 3; Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.; id. Agr. 25; Suet. Aug. 66:
uxor omnis secreti capacissima,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7; Quint. 12, 9, 5 al.—Concr.:
lucos ac nemora consecrant deorumque nominibus appellant secretum illud, quod solā reverentiā vident,
that mysterious being, Tac. G. 9 fin.—Plur.:
introitus, aperta, secreta velut in annales referebat,
Tac. A. 4, 67; cf.:
gens non astuta aperit adhuc secreta pectoris licentia joci,
id. G. 22:
oratio animi secreta detegit,
Quint. 11, 1, 30; Tac. A. 1, 6; 4, 7 fin.; 6, 3; id. G. 19; Plin. Pan. 68, 6; Suet. Tib. 52; id. Oth. 3 et saep.—Concr.:
(Minerva) hanc legem dederat, sua ne secreta viderent,
i. e. the mysteries, Ov. M. 2, 556; 2, 749; cf.:
secretiora quaedam,
magic arts, Amm. 14, 6, 14:
in secretis ejus reperti sunt duo libelli,
among his private papers, Suet. Calig. 49.—
3.
Pregn., separate from what is common, i. e. uncommon, rare, recondite (perh. only in the two foll. passages of Quint.):
(figurae) secretae et extra vulgarem usum positae, etc.,
Quint. 9, 3, 5: interpretatio linguae secretioris, quas Graeci glôssas vocant, i. e. of the more uncommon words, id. 1, 1, 35 (for which:
glossemata id est voces minus usitatas,
id. 1, 8, 15).—
4.
In Lucr., of any thing separated from what belongs to it, i. e. wanting, deprived of, without something; with abl. or gen.:
nec porro secreta cibo natura animantum Propagare genus possit (corresp. to sine imbribus),
Lucr. 1, 194:
(corpora) secreta teporis Sunt ac frigoris omnino calidique vaporis (corresp. to spoliata colore),
id. 2, 843. —Hence, adv., in three forms: secreto (class.), secrete (post-class.), and secretim (late Lat. and very rare).
* 1.
(Acc. to A.) Apart, by itself, separately:
de quibus (hortis) suo loco dicam secretius,
Col. 11, 2, 25. —
2.
(Acc. to B. 2.) In secret, secretly; without witnesses; in private.
(α).
sēcrē-tō:
mirum, quid solus secum secreto ille agat,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 73:
secreto illum adjutabo,
id. Truc. 2, 7, 7:
secreto hoc audi,
Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 2:
nescio quid secreto velle loqui te Aiebas mecum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 67:
secreto te huc seduxi,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14:
facere,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 30; 5, 2, 35; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100; id. Att. 7, 8, 4; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4:
secreto ab aliis,
Liv. 3, 36:
secreto agere cum aliquo,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 1; Quint. 5, 13, 16; 9, 2, 79; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8; Curt. 7, 2, 13.—
(β).
sēcrētē, Tert. Or. 1 med.; id. Pall. 4 fin. —
b.
Comp.:
secretius emittitur inflatio,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 4, 1. —
(γ).
sēcrētim, Amm. 29, 1, 6.

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20 secretum

sē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (old inf. secernier, Lucr. 3, 263), v. a.
I.
Lit., to put apart, to sunder, sever, separate (freq. and class.; not in Cæs.; cf.: sepono, sejungo, secludo); constr. with simple acc., or with ab aliquā re; less freq. ex aliquā re; poet. with abl.
(α).
With simple acc.:
quae non animalia solum Corpora sejungunt, sed terras ac mare totum Secernunt,
Lucr. 2, 729:
seorsum partem utramque,
id. 3, 637:
arietes, quibus sis usurus ad feturam, bimestri tempore ante secernendum,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 13 (cf. infra, b):
stamen secernit harundo,
Ov. M. 6, 55:
sparsos sine ordine flores Secernunt calathis,
separate in baskets, id. ib. 14, 267:
nihil (praedae) in publicum secernendo augenti rem privatam militi favit,
setting apart for the public treasury, Liv. 7, 16; cf.:
Juppiter illa piae secrevit litora genti,
hath set apart for the pious race, Hor. Epod. 16, 63:
inde pares centum denos secrevit in orbes Romulus,
separated, divided, Ov. F. 3, 127.—
(β).
With ab or (less freq.) with ex, and poet. with abl.:
a terris altum secernere caelum,
Lucr. 5, 446:
ab aëre caelum,
Ov. M. 1, 23:
Europen ab Afro (medius liquor),
Hor. C. 3, 3, 47:
muro denique secernantur a nobis,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:
inermes ab armatis,
Liv. 41, 3:
militem a populo (in spectaculis),
Suet. Aug. 44:
se a bonis,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; cf.:
se ab Etruscis,
Liv. 6, 10.—In the part. perf.:
antequam incipiat admissura fieri, mares a feminis secretos habeant,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18 (cf. supra, a); so,
saepta ab aliis,
id. ib. 2, 2, 8:
manus a nobis,
Lucr. 2, 912; 3, 552:
sphaera ab aethereā conjunctione,
Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 55:
sucus a reliquo cibo,
id. ib. 2, 55, 137:
bilis ab eo cibo,
id. ib. al.:
secreti ab aliis ad tribunos adducuntur,
Liv. 6, 25; 25, 30:
secretis alterius ab altero criminibus,
id. 40, 8 fin.; 39, 10:
se e grege imperatorum,
id. 35, 14 fin.:
unum e praetextatis compluribus,
Suet. Aug. 94 med.:
monile ex omni gazā,
id. Galb. 18:
me gelidum nemus Nympharumque leves chori Secernunt populo,
separate, distinguish, Hor. C. 1, 1, 32.—
II.
Trop., to separate, disjoin, part, dissociate (syn.: internosco, distinguo).
(α).
With simple acc.:
hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter,
set apart, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15.—
(β).
With ab, or poet. with abl.: ut venustas et pulchritudo corporis secerni non potest a valetudine;
sic, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 95:
animum a corpore,
id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:
tertium genus (laudationum) a praeceptis nostris,
id. de Or. 2, 84, 341; cf.:
ipsam pronuntiationem ab oratore,
Quint. 1, 11, 17: dicendi facultatem a majore vitae laude, id. 2, 15, 2:
sua a publicis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 57:
haec a probris ac sceleribus ejus,
Suet. Ner. 19 et saep.:
cur me a ceteris clarissimis viris in hoc officio secernas,
Cic. Sull. 1, 3:
publica privatis, sacra profanis,
Hor. A. P. 397.—
B.
To distinguish, discern:
blandum amicum a vero,
Cic. Lael. 25, 95:
non satis acute, quae sunt secernenda, distinguit,
id. Top. 7, 31:
nec natura potest justo secernere iniquum, Dividit ut bona diversis, fugienda petendis,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 113:
turpi honestum,
id. ib. 1, 6, 63.—
C.
To set aside, reject:
cum reus frugalissimum quemque secerneret,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3:
minus idoneos senatores,
Suet. Vit. 2.—Hence, sēcrē-tus, a, um, P. a., severed, separated; hence, separate, apart (as an adj. not freq. till after the Aug. period; not in Cic.; syn.: sejunctus, seclusus).
A.
In gen.:
ne ducem suum, neve secretum imperium propriave signa haberent, miscuit manipulos, etc.,
Liv. 1, 52:
electa (uva defertur) in secretam corbulam,
Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2:
arva,
Verg. A. 6, 478; Varr. L. L. 9, § 57 Müll.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of places or things pertaining to them, out of the way, retired, remote, lonely, solitary, secret (syn.:
solus, remotus, arcanus): secreta petit loca, balnea vitat,
Hor. A. P. 298:
locus (opp. celeber),
Quint. 11, 1, 47:
montes,
Ov. M. 11, 765:
silva,
id. ib. 7, 75:
litora,
id. ib. 12, 196:
pars domus (the gynaeceum),
id. ib. 2, 737; cf. in sup.:
secretissimus locus (navis),
Petr. 100, 6: vastum ubique silentium, secreti colles, solitary, i. e. abandoned, deserted by the enemy, = deserti, Tac. Agr. 38:
iter (with semita),
solitary, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 103; cf.
quies,
Mart. 7, 32, 4.—Of persons and transactions, private, secret:
invadit secretissimos tumultus,
Sen. Ep. 91, 5:
vacuis porticibus secretus agitat,
Tac. A. 11, 21:
est aliquis ex secretis studiis fructus,
private studies, Quint. 2, 18, 4; so,
studia (opp. forum),
id. 12, 6, 4:
disputationes,
id. 12, 2, 7:
contentio,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 4 et saep. —Hence,
b.
Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., retirement, solitude, secrecy; a solitude, solitary place, retreat (syn.: solitudo, secessus); sing.:
cum stilus secreto gaudeat atque omnes arbitros reformidet,
Quint. 10, 7, 16:
secreti longi causā,
Ov. H. 21, 21:
altum abditumque secretum, Phn. Ep. 2, 17, 22: dulce,
id. ib. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 30; 12, 5, 2; Tac. A. 4, 57; 14, 53; id. Agr. 39 fin.; Phaedr. 3, 10, 11; 4, 23, 6; Luc. 3, 314.— Plur.:
se a vulgo et scaenā in secreta removere,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 71:
horrendaeque procul secreta Sibyllae,
Verg. A. 6, 10; Ov. M. 1, 594; Tac. H. 3, 63; Quint. 1, 2, 18:
dulcis secretorum comes (eloquentia),
id. 1, 4, 5:
cameli solitudines aut secreta certe petunt,
Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 173.— Comp.:
haec pars Suevorum in secretiora Germaniae porrigitur,
into the more remote parts, Tac. G. 41. —
(β).
Absol.: in secreto, in a secret place, secretly:
tempus in secreto lbi tereret,
Liv. 26, 19, 5:
reus in secreto agebatur,
Curt. 10, 4, 29.—
2.
That is removed from acquaintance (cf. abditus), hidden, concealed, secret:
secreta ducis pectora,
Mart. 5, 5, 4:
secretas advocat artes,
Ov. M. 7, 138:
ars,
Petr. 3:
litterae (with familiares),
Quint. 1, 1, 29:
carmina (the Sibylline odes),
Luc. 1, 599:
libidines,
Tac. A. 1, 4 fin.:
quaedam imperii pignora,
Flor. 1, 2, 3.—With ab:
nec quicquam secretum alter ab altero haberent,
Liv. 39, 10, 1.— Comp.:
libertus ex secretioribus ministeriis,
Tac. Agr. 40:
praemia (opp. publica largitio),
id. H. 1, 24:
aliud (nomen),
Quint. 1, 4, 25:
vitium stomachi,
Mart. 3, 77, 9.— Poet. for the adv. secreto:
tu (Anna) secreta pyram tecto interiore Erige,
in secret, secretly, Verg. A. 4, 494; cf.:
stridere secreta divisos aure susurros,
secretly in each one's ear, Hor. S. 2, 8, 78.—Hence,
b.
Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., something secret, secret conversation; a mystery, secret:
secretum petenti non nisi adhibito filio dedit,
Suet. Tib. 25 fin.; id. Calig. 23:
illuc me persecutus secretum petit,
a secret interview, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 11:
petito secreto futura aperit,
Tac. H. 2, 4.— Piur.:
crebra cum amicis secreta habere,
Tac. A. 13, 18:
animi secreta proferuntur,
Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141:
nulla lex jubet amicorum secreta non eloqui,
Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1:
omnium secreta rimari,
Tac. A. 6, 3:
horribile secretum,
Petr. 21, 3; Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.; id. Agr. 25; Suet. Aug. 66:
uxor omnis secreti capacissima,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7; Quint. 12, 9, 5 al.—Concr.:
lucos ac nemora consecrant deorumque nominibus appellant secretum illud, quod solā reverentiā vident,
that mysterious being, Tac. G. 9 fin.—Plur.:
introitus, aperta, secreta velut in annales referebat,
Tac. A. 4, 67; cf.:
gens non astuta aperit adhuc secreta pectoris licentia joci,
id. G. 22:
oratio animi secreta detegit,
Quint. 11, 1, 30; Tac. A. 1, 6; 4, 7 fin.; 6, 3; id. G. 19; Plin. Pan. 68, 6; Suet. Tib. 52; id. Oth. 3 et saep.—Concr.:
(Minerva) hanc legem dederat, sua ne secreta viderent,
i. e. the mysteries, Ov. M. 2, 556; 2, 749; cf.:
secretiora quaedam,
magic arts, Amm. 14, 6, 14:
in secretis ejus reperti sunt duo libelli,
among his private papers, Suet. Calig. 49.—
3.
Pregn., separate from what is common, i. e. uncommon, rare, recondite (perh. only in the two foll. passages of Quint.):
(figurae) secretae et extra vulgarem usum positae, etc.,
Quint. 9, 3, 5: interpretatio linguae secretioris, quas Graeci glôssas vocant, i. e. of the more uncommon words, id. 1, 1, 35 (for which:
glossemata id est voces minus usitatas,
id. 1, 8, 15).—
4.
In Lucr., of any thing separated from what belongs to it, i. e. wanting, deprived of, without something; with abl. or gen.:
nec porro secreta cibo natura animantum Propagare genus possit (corresp. to sine imbribus),
Lucr. 1, 194:
(corpora) secreta teporis Sunt ac frigoris omnino calidique vaporis (corresp. to spoliata colore),
id. 2, 843. —Hence, adv., in three forms: secreto (class.), secrete (post-class.), and secretim (late Lat. and very rare).
* 1.
(Acc. to A.) Apart, by itself, separately:
de quibus (hortis) suo loco dicam secretius,
Col. 11, 2, 25. —
2.
(Acc. to B. 2.) In secret, secretly; without witnesses; in private.
(α).
sēcrē-tō:
mirum, quid solus secum secreto ille agat,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 73:
secreto illum adjutabo,
id. Truc. 2, 7, 7:
secreto hoc audi,
Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 2:
nescio quid secreto velle loqui te Aiebas mecum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 67:
secreto te huc seduxi,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14:
facere,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 30; 5, 2, 35; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100; id. Att. 7, 8, 4; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4:
secreto ab aliis,
Liv. 3, 36:
secreto agere cum aliquo,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 1; Quint. 5, 13, 16; 9, 2, 79; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8; Curt. 7, 2, 13.—
(β).
sēcrētē, Tert. Or. 1 med.; id. Pall. 4 fin. —
b.
Comp.:
secretius emittitur inflatio,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 4, 1. —
(γ).
sēcrētim, Amm. 29, 1, 6.

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