frustrā

frustrā ( - tră, Prud. steph. 1, 13), adv. [orig. acc. plur. neutr., afterwards abl. sing. fem. of frusterus, for frud-; v. fraus; hence].

In deception, in error (so mostly anteclass. and in historians;

not in Cic. and Caes.): ambo, et servus et era, frustra sunt duo, Qui me Amphitruonem rentur esse: errant probe,

are deceived, in error, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 19; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 7, 42:

nunc, mulier, nei frustra sies, mea non es: ne arbitrere,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 30:

quo mihi acrius annitendum est, ut neque vos capiamini, et illi frustra sint,

Sall. J. 85, 6:

frustra esse,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 74: hilarus est;

frustrast homo,

id. Most. 3, 1, 40 Lorenz:

ne frustra sis,

id. Men. 4, 3, 18 sq.; id. Mil. 5, 29 al.; cf. in the foll. II. A.—With animi:

erras, Aemiliane, et longe hujus animi frustra es,

App. Mag. p. 286.—Frustra habere aliquem, to deceive, cheat one (= eludere):

Corbulo quaesito diu proelio frustra habitus,

Tac. A. 13, 37; 51:

si Persae frustra habitae redissent ad sua,

Amm. 18, 6, 6: servom ac dominum, Plaut. Am. argument. 5.— [p. 786]

Transf., according as particular respect is had to the effect, the aim, or the reason of an action, without effect, to no purpose, without cause, uselessly, in vain, for nothing (freq. and class.; the predom. signif. in prose and poetry; cf.: in cassum, nequiquam).

Without effect, in vain:

alii parasiti frustra obambulabant in foro, i. e. they got no dinner,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 31:

praesagibat mihi animus, frustra me ire, quom exibam domo,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 1: nemo dabit;

frustra egomet mecum has rationes puto,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 53:

frustra operam opinor sumo,

id. Heaut. 4, 3, 15:

neque ipse auxilium suum saepe a viris bonis frustra implorari patietur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

haec si verbis explicare conemur, frustra suscipiatur labor,

id. Univ. 10:

fortissima frustra pectora,

Verg. A. 1, 348; 5, 389:

multum frustraque rogatus,

Luc. 4, 735:

peritura frustra agmina,

id. 7, 736; Ov. M. 8, 140:

frustra telum mittere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 25, 1:

frustra tantum laborem sumere,

id. ib. 3, 14, 1:

cujus neque consilium neque inceptum ullum frustra erat,

Sall. J. 7, 6 Kritz.; ib. 14, 11 Dietsch; 61, 1; 71, 5; 73 fin. al.; cf.:

ita frustra id inceptum Volscis fuit,

Liv. 2, 25, 2:

neque frustrabor ultra cives meos, neque ipse frustra dictator ero,

id. 2, 31, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 2:

frustra cruento Marte carebimus, frustra metuemus Austrum: Visendus ater Cocytus, etc.,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 13 and 15:

nam frustra vitium vitaveris illud, si te alio pravum detorseris,

id. S. 2, 2, 54:

tam frustra (expressere) quam recusaverat (= aeque frustra fuit et sine eventu),

likewise without effect, Tac. H. 2, 90 fin. (see the passage in conn.).—With nequiquam, Cat. 77, 1; App. M. 8, p. 208, 40.—With sic: ego astabo hic tantisper cum hac forma et factis sic frustra; cf. Gr. houtôs allôs, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30.—In a pun with frustra esse (v. supra, I.) and frustrari: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, quom frustra'st, frustra illum dicit frustra esse. Nam qui se frustrari quem frustra sentit, Qui frustratur, frustra'st, si ille non est frustra, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 33, p. 158 sq. Vahl.).—

Ellipt.:

equites et auxiliarios pedites in omnes partes mittit... Nec frustra. Nam, etc.,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 3; so,

frustra: nam, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 21; Flor. 4, 11, 9.—

Without reason or cause, groundlessly:

frustra ac sine causa quid facere indignum deo est,

Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125:

frustra tempus contero,

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41:

quae disputatio ne frustra haberetur,

id. Rep. 1, 7:

quae (res) prima impulit etiam, ut suspiceremus in caelum nec frustra siderum motus intueremur,

id. ib. 3, 2; 4, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; id. Fin. 2, 12, 36; v. Madv. ad h. l. p. 210: non igitur frustra Plato civili viro, quem politikon vocant, necessariam musicen credidit, Quint. 1, 10, 15; 10, 1, 56:

ut multi, nec frustra, opinantur,

Suet. Oth. 9:

ne quid inexpertum frustra moritura relinquat,

Verg. A. 4, 415 Forbig. ad loc.—

Ellipt.:

hanc quidam aposiopesin putant. Frustra. Nam, etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 60.

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in vain, mistakenly, wantonly, without reason.

• Futile is the labor of those who fatigue themselves with calculations to square the circle. (Michael Stifel, 1544)

to be deceived, to be mistaken.

• Nature does nothing in vain

frustrā ( - tră, Prud. steph. 1, 13), adv. [orig. acc. plur. neutr., afterwards abl. sing. fem. of frusterus, for frud-; v. fraus; hence].

In deception, in error (so mostly anteclass. and in historians;

not in Cic. and Caes.): ambo, et servus et era, frustra sunt duo, Qui me Amphitruonem rentur esse: errant probe,

are deceived, in error, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 19; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 7, 42:

nunc, mulier, nei frustra sies, mea non es: ne arbitrere,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 30:

quo mihi acrius annitendum est, ut neque vos capiamini, et illi frustra sint,

Sall. J. 85, 6:

frustra esse,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 74: hilarus est;

frustrast homo,

id. Most. 3, 1, 40 Lorenz:

ne frustra sis,

id. Men. 4, 3, 18 sq.; id. Mil. 5, 29 al.; cf. in the foll. II. A.—With animi:

erras, Aemiliane, et longe hujus animi frustra es,

App. Mag. p. 286.—Frustra habere aliquem, to deceive, cheat one (= eludere):

Corbulo quaesito diu proelio frustra habitus,

Tac. A. 13, 37; 51:

si Persae frustra habitae redissent ad sua,

Amm. 18, 6, 6: servom ac dominum, Plaut. Am. argument. 5.— [p. 786]

Transf., according as particular respect is had to the effect, the aim, or the reason of an action, without effect, to no purpose, without cause, uselessly, in vain, for nothing (freq. and class.; the predom. signif. in prose and poetry; cf.: in cassum, nequiquam).

Without effect, in vain:

alii parasiti frustra obambulabant in foro, i. e. they got no dinner,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 31:

praesagibat mihi animus, frustra me ire, quom exibam domo,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 1: nemo dabit;

frustra egomet mecum has rationes puto,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 53:

frustra operam opinor sumo,

id. Heaut. 4, 3, 15:

neque ipse auxilium suum saepe a viris bonis frustra implorari patietur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

haec si verbis explicare conemur, frustra suscipiatur labor,

id. Univ. 10:

fortissima frustra pectora,

Verg. A. 1, 348; 5, 389:

multum frustraque rogatus,

Luc. 4, 735:

peritura frustra agmina,

id. 7, 736; Ov. M. 8, 140:

frustra telum mittere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 25, 1:

frustra tantum laborem sumere,

id. ib. 3, 14, 1:

cujus neque consilium neque inceptum ullum frustra erat,

Sall. J. 7, 6 Kritz.; ib. 14, 11 Dietsch; 61, 1; 71, 5; 73 fin. al.; cf.:

ita frustra id inceptum Volscis fuit,

Liv. 2, 25, 2:

neque frustrabor ultra cives meos, neque ipse frustra dictator ero,

id. 2, 31, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 2:

frustra cruento Marte carebimus, frustra metuemus Austrum: Visendus ater Cocytus, etc.,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 13 and 15:

nam frustra vitium vitaveris illud, si te alio pravum detorseris,

id. S. 2, 2, 54:

tam frustra (expressere) quam recusaverat (= aeque frustra fuit et sine eventu),

likewise without effect, Tac. H. 2, 90 fin. (see the passage in conn.).—With nequiquam, Cat. 77, 1; App. M. 8, p. 208, 40.—With sic: ego astabo hic tantisper cum hac forma et factis sic frustra; cf. Gr. houtôs allôs, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30.—In a pun with frustra esse (v. supra, I.) and frustrari: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, quom frustra'st, frustra illum dicit frustra esse. Nam qui se frustrari quem frustra sentit, Qui frustratur, frustra'st, si ille non est frustra, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 33, p. 158 sq. Vahl.).—

Ellipt.:

equites et auxiliarios pedites in omnes partes mittit... Nec frustra. Nam, etc.,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 3; so,

frustra: nam, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 21; Flor. 4, 11, 9.—

Without reason or cause, groundlessly:

frustra ac sine causa quid facere indignum deo est,

Cic. Div. 2, 60, 125:

frustra tempus contero,

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41:

quae disputatio ne frustra haberetur,

id. Rep. 1, 7:

quae (res) prima impulit etiam, ut suspiceremus in caelum nec frustra siderum motus intueremur,

id. ib. 3, 2; 4, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 10, 21; id. Fin. 2, 12, 36; v. Madv. ad h. l. p. 210: non igitur frustra Plato civili viro, quem politikon vocant, necessariam musicen credidit, Quint. 1, 10, 15; 10, 1, 56:

ut multi, nec frustra, opinantur,

Suet. Oth. 9:

ne quid inexpertum frustra moritura relinquat,

Verg. A. 4, 415 Forbig. ad loc.—

Ellipt.:

hanc quidam aposiopesin putant. Frustra. Nam, etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 60.

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lăbōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [2. labor].

Neutr., to labor, take pains, exert one's self, strive.

In gen.:

ne labora,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 37:

sese (aratores) sibi, laborare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121:

quid ego laboravi, aut quid egi, aut in quo evigilaverunt curae et cogitationes meae, si? etc.,

id. Par. 2, 17:

ne familiares, si scuta ipsi ferrent, laborarent,

id. Phil. 5, 6:

si mea res esset, non magis laborarem,

id. Fam. 13, 44; 74:

qui non satis laborarunt,

Quint. 8 prooem. §

29: frustra laborabimus,

id. 6, 3, 35; cf.:

frustra laboret Ausus idem,

Hor. A. P. 241:

in enodandis nominibus,

to exert one's self in vain, Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

circa memoriam et pronuntiationem,

Quint. 6, 4, 1:

circa nomina rerum ambitiose,

id. 3, 11, 21:

in famam, Sen. de Ira, 3, 41, 3: in commune,

Quint. 5, 11, 24; 8, 2, 18:

in spem,

Ov. M. 15, 367.—With dat., to toil for, to serve:

cui (Jovi) tertia regna laborant,

Sil. 8, 116.—With in and abl.:

quid est, in quo se laborasse dicit?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 53, § 124:

qua in re mihi non arbitror diu laborandum,

Quint. 2, 3, 2:

in dura humo,

Ov. F. 4, 416:

in remigando,

Vulg. Marc. 6, 48:

in omni gente,

in behalf of, Juv. 8, 239.—With pro:

pro hoc (L. Flacco) laborant,

Cic. Planc. 11, 28:

pro salute mea,

id. Dom. 11, 30:

pro Sestio,

id. Fam. 13, 8, 1.—With ut:

laborabat, ut reliquas civitates adjungeret,

Caes. B. G. 7, 31:

ut honore dignus essem, maxime semper laboravi,

Cic. Planc. 20, 50:

ut vos decerneretis laboravi,

id. Prov. Cons. 11, 28:

neque te ut miretur turba labores,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 73. —With ne:

et sponsio illa ne fieret, laborasti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132: quae ego ne frustra subierim... laboro, Lent. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 5.—With inf.:

quem perspexisse laborant,

Hor. A. P. 435:

amarique ab eo laboravi,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2; 2, 5, 9:

si sociis fidelissimis prospicere non laboratis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 127:

quod audiri non laborarit,

Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2:

hunc superare laboret,

Hor. S. 41, 112; 2, 3, 269:

ne quaerere quidem de tanta re laborarint,

Nep. Pel. 3, 1:

describere,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 1.—

In partic.

To suffer, to labor under, to be oppressed, afflicted, or troubled with.

Absol.: aliud est dolere, aliud laborare. Cum varices secabantur C. Mario, dolebat: cum aestu magno ducebat agmen, laborabat. Est mter haec tamen quaedam similitudo: consuetudo enim laborum perpessionem dolorum efficiet faciliorem, Cic. [p. 1025] Tusc. 2, 15, 35:

valetudo tua me valde conturbat: significant enim tuae litterae, te prorsus laborare,

id. Att. 7, 2, 2:

cum sine febri laborassem,

id. ib. 5, 8:

eum graviter esse aegrum, quod vehementer ejus artus laborarent,

id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61.—

With ex:

ex intestinis,

Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 1:

ex pedibus,

id. ib. 9, 23:

ex renibus,

id. Tusc. 2, 25, 60:

e dolore,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 33.—Esp. of mental disorders, etc.:

ex invidia,

Cic. Clu. 71, 202; id. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

ex desiderio,

id. Fam. 16, 11, 1:

ex inscitia,

id. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

ex aere alieno laborare,

to be oppressed with debt, Caes. B. C. 3, 22.—

With ab:

a re frumentaria,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

ab avaritia,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 26.—

With abl.:

laborantes utero puellae,

Hor. C. 3, 22, 2:

domesticā crudelitate,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 154:

nec vero quisquam stultus non horum morborum aliquo laborat,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 59:

odio apud hostes, contemptu inter socios,

Liv. 6, 2:

pestilentiā laboratum est,

id. 1, 31, 5:

crimine temeritatis,

Quint. 12, 9, 14.—

To grieve, be in trouble, be vexed, to be concerned, solicitous, or anxious:

animo laborabat, ut reliquas civitates adjungeret,

Caes. B. G. 7, 31:

ut vos decerneretis, laboravi,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 11:

nihil laboro, nisi ut salvus sis,

id. Fam. 16, 4, 4:

sponsio illa ne fieret laborasti,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132.— With de (esp. of events or persons on whose account one is concerned):

sororem de fratrum morte laborantem,

Cic. Inv. 2, 26, 78:

de quibus ego ante laborabam, ne, etc.,

id. Caecin. 1, 3:

laboro, ut non minimum hac mea commendatione se consecutum videretur,

id. Fam. 13, 26, 4:

noli putare me de ulla re magis laborare,

id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

his de rebus eo magis laboro, quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 56, 3:

in uno,

i. e. to love, Hor. C. 1, 17, 19: non laboro, nihil laboro, I don't trouble myself about it, it concerns me not:

cujus manu sit percussus, non laboro,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

quorsum recidat responsum tuum non magnopere laboro,

id. Rosc. Com. 15, 43:

Tironi prospicit, de se nihil laborat,

id. Phil. 8, 9, 26:

quid est quod de iis laborat,

id. ib. 8, 8, 27; id. Tusc. 1, 43, 103.—With abl.:

tuā causā,

Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 6:

neglegens ne qua populus laborat,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 25.—With in:

in re familiari valde laboramus,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 3.—

To be in distress, difficulty, or danger:

quos laborantes conspexerat iis subsidia submittebat,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26:

suis laborantibus succurrere,

id. B. C. 2, 6; Sall. C. 60, 4:

ne legatus laborantibus suis auxilio foret,

id. J. 52, 6; Curt. 9, 1, 15.— Impers. pass.:

maxime ad superiores munitiones laboratur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 85.—Of inanim. things:

ut utraeque (triremes) ex concursu laborarent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 6:

nec cur fraternis luna laboret equis (of an eclipse of the moon, because the sun's light is then withdrawn from it),

Prop. 2, 34, 52 (3, 32, 48 M.); so,

luna laboret,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

cum luna laborare non creditur,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42:

laboranti succurrere lunae,

Juv. 6, 443:

Aquilonibus Querceta laborant,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 6:

laborantem ratem deserere,

Ov. P. 2, 6, 22:

laborat carmen in fine,

Petr. 45.—

Act. (only since the Aug. per.; for in Cic. Cael. 22, 54, elaboratus is the correct reading).

To work out, elaborate, to form, make, prepare:

noctibus hibernis castrensia pensa laboro,

Prop. 4, 3, 33:

quale non perfectius Meae laborarint manus,

Hor. Epod. 5, 60:

arte laboratae vestes,

Verg. A. 1, 639:

laborata Ceres,

bread, id. ib. 8, 181:

et nobis et equis letum commune laboras,

preparest, Sil. 16, 411.—

To labor at, to cultivate:

frumenta ceterosque fructus,

Tac. G. 45.

ămictus, a, um, Part. of amicio.

ămictus, ūs, m. [amicio], orig. a throwing about or on one of a garment; hence,

The manner of dressing, fashion:

amictum imitari alicujus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 91 (cf. Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 2):

est aliquid in amictu,

Quint. 11, 3, 156.—

Meton., abstr. pro concr., the garment itself that is thrown about or on, any clothing, a mantle, cloak, etc.:

quam (statuam) esse ejusdem, status, amictus, anulus, imago ipsa declarat,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17:

frustra jam vestes, frustra mutatur amictus,

Tib. 1, 9, 13:

velut amictum mutabis eos,

Vulg. Heb. 1, 12:

duplex,

made of a double texture, Verg. A. 5, 421:

Tyrii,

Ov. A. A. 2, 297:

amictus corporis,

Vulg. Eccli. 19, 27:

nec amictu ora velabis,

ib. Ez. 24, 17: gloriam dedit sanctitatis amictum, the garment of holiness, i. e. the sacred vestment, ib. Eccli. 50, 12 et saep.—

Trop.

For other kinds of covering: caeli mutemus amictum, the air which surrounds us, i. e. to go into another region, * Lucr. 6, 1133:

Phrygius,

Verg. A. 3, 545:

nebulae amictus,

id. ib. 1, 412; Stat. Th. 1, 631:

caecus,

Sil. 12, 613:

jam virides lacerate comas, jam scindite amictus,

i. e. the herbage that clothes the ground, weeds, Col. 10, 70.—

Prov.:

quem mater amictum dedit, sollicite custodire,

i. e. not to give up the habits formed in early youth, Quint. 5, 14, 31.

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

cōnor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to undertake, endeavor, attempt, try, venture, presume, etc. (freq. and class.;

syn. molior,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11;

opp. facere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 54;

opp. perficere,

id. Or. 30, 105); constr. with acc., inf., rarely with abl. of the gerund., or absol.

With acc. (mostly of indef. objects):

quicquam fallaciae,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 26:

istuc,

id. ib. 1, 5, 35:

idem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

opus magnum et arduum,

Cic. Or. 10, 33:

id quod conantur,

id. Cat. 2, 9, 19:

multa,

id. Or. 30, 105; id. Fin. 1, 16, 82: tantum scelus, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 30; cf.:

tantam rem,

Liv. 42, 59, 8:

muita stulte,

Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Quint. 2, 4, 10:

plurima frustra,

Verg. A. 9, 398.—

With inf. (freq.):

hoc dicere,

Cic. Quint. 20, 62:

aliquid facere,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54:

me labefactare,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44:

poëtas attingere,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

versus pangere,

Lucr. 1, 26:

pueris absinthia dare,

id. 1, 936; 4, 12 al.:

facere id quod constituerant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 5:

invito transire,

id. ib. 1, 8:

tela mittere,

Cat. 116, 3; Hor. C. 1, 6, 9; id. Ep. 1, 1, 19.—

With abl. gerundii:

ne frustra dehortando impedire conemini,

that you attempt not vainly to dissuade, Nep. Att. 21, 6.—

With si:

saepius noctu, si perrumpere possent, conati,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 4. —

Absol.:

dum moliuntur (mulieres), dum conantur, annus est,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11:

conari manibus pedibus noctisque et dies,

id. And. 4, 1, 52:

conantibus, priusquam id effici posset, adesse Romanos nuntiatur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4:

qui prius cogitare quam conari consuesset,

before he proceeded to the undertaking, Nep. Dat. 7, 1:

ego obviam conabar tibi,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 2:

audax ad conandum,

Liv. 45, 23, 15.—

Hence, subst.: cōnāta, ōrum, n., in pass. signif., an undertaking, attempt, venture, hazard (class.), Att. ap. Non. p. 202, 14; Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 39; Lucr. 5, 386; Caes. B. G. 1, 3; Nep. Dion, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 50, 9; 42, 11, 3; Quint. 8, 3, 69; Suet. Galb. 17; Ov. M. 10, 420; 14, 755 sq.; Juv. 13, 210; Vell. 2, 35, 5 et saep.

incĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (archaic incepsit inceperit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 107 Müll.), v. a. and n. [in-capio; lit., to seize upon, lay hold of; opp. to desinere; hence, with the accessory idea of action), to begin to do something, to take in hand (syn. incoho; in class. prose, viz. in Cic., only in the tempp. press., while coepi is used in the tempp. perff.); constr. usually with the inf., less freq. absol., with the acc., ab, or adv. of place or time.

With inf.:

ut homines mortem vel optare incipiant vel certe timere desistant,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117:

huic incipio sententiae diffidere,

id. ib. 5, 1, 3:

prius quam incipit tinnire,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 42:

bella gerere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 9:

leges neglegere,

id. Rep. 1, 43 fin.:

queri cum multis incipiunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

nimis cito diligere,

id. Lael. 21, 78:

amare aliquem,

id. ib. 16, 60:

fossas complere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 51, 4:

rem frumentariam expedire,

id. B. C. 1, 54, 4:

triplicem aciem ducere,

id. ib. 1, 64, 7;

2, 30, 1: cum maturescere frumenta inciperent,

id. ib. 6, 29, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 49, 1:

cum primum pabuli copia esse inciperet,

id. B. G. 2, 2, 2; cf.:

ictus erat, qua crus esse incipit,

Ov. M. 6, 255; 8, 474; 15, 256:

opes pellere dominatione,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 3:

si res explicare incipiam,

Nep. Pelop. 1:

Bessus agere gratias incipit,

Curt. 5, 12, 1:

cenare,

Suet. Aug. 74:

promovere scalas,

Tac. A. 15, 4 fin.:

si dormire incipis ortu luciferi,

Juv. 8, 11:

male quod mulier facere incepit, nisi id efficere perpetrat, etc.... Si bene facere incepit, etc. (shortly afterward, occeperunt),

Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 12 and 14:

satis nequam sum, utpote qui hodie inceperim Amare,

id. Rud. 2, 5, 5.—

Absol.:

ut incipiendi ratio fuerit, ita sit desinendi modus,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 135; cf. Plin. Ep. 9, 4, 1; Sen. Ep. 116:

dum incipimus,

Quint. 11, 3, 144:

dum deliberamus, quando incipiendum sit, incipere jam serum est,

id. 12, 6, 3:

in incipiendo, etc.,

id. 11, 1, 6: ac statim sic rex incipit, thus begins (to speak), Sall. J. 109 fin.; cf.:

nec sic incipies, ut scriptor cyclicus olim: Fortunam Priami, etc.,

Hor. A. P. 136:

sic incipit, with a foll. direct quotation,

id. S. 2, 6, 79; Ov. M. 9, 281;

and simply incipit,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 21:

sapere aude, Incipe,

make a beginning, begin, id. Ep. 1, 2, 41; Juv. 4, 34:

priusquam incipias, consulto opus est,

Sall. C. 1, 6:

turpe inceptu est,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 16:

incipientes atque adhuc teneri (pueri),

who are beginning to learn, beginners, Quint. 1, 2, 26:

incipiens,

id. 2, 5, 18; 2, 6, 5; 8 prooem. § 1; 3;

10, 7, 18: quoties madidum ver incipit,

Juv. 9, 52 al. —

With acc. (once in Cic., once in Cæs., v. infra):

facinus audax incipit,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 1:

facinus,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

pugilatum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 13:

iter,

id. Cas. 4, 4, 2:

aliquid novi negotii,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 29:

bellum (opp. deponere),

Sall. J. 83, 1:

tam prava,

id. ib. 64, 2:

indigna nobis,

id. H. 2, 41, 8:

opus,

Liv. 7, 34, 13:

bellum,

id. 21, 21, 6; 26, 37, 9; 42, 43, 3:

sementem,

Verg. G. 1, 230:

Maenalios versus,

id. E. 8, 21:

si id facere non potueris, quod, ut opinio mea fert, ne incipies quidem,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48; Quint. 1, 12, 5:

iter mihi incepi,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 16:

tantum incepi operis,

id. Men. 2, 3, 80:

mandata,

Tac. A. 12, 10; 4, 46:

auspicia a parricidio,

Just. 26, 2 init.: multa, Cat. ap. Gell. 16, 14, 2.— Pass.:

tanta incepta res est,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 31:

nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 17; 3, 3, 7:

si inceptam oppugnationem reliquissent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 6:

quia dici extremum erat, proelium non inceptum,

Sall. J. 21, 2:

proelium incipitur,

id. ib. 57, 3;

74, 2: saxis proelium incipitur,

Tac. H. 5, 17:

satis cito incipi victoriam,

id. ib. 2, 25; id. A. 2, 5; 2, 76; 12, 67 fin.:

iter inceptum celerant,

Verg. A. 8, 90:

inceptumque decurre laborem,

id. G. 2, 39:

inceptum frustra summitte furorem,

id. A. 12, 832:

deus me vetat Inceptos iambos Ad umbilicum adducere,

Hor. Epod. 14, 7:

in re incipiunda ad defendendam noxiam,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 48:

in contentionibus aut incipiendis aut finiendis,

Quint. 11, 3, 128:

a tantis princeps incipiendus erat,

Ov. F. 5, 570.—

With ab or an adv. of place or time:

a Jove incipiendum putat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 36 (acc. to the Gr. of Aratus, ek Dios archômestha):

ab illis incipit uxor,

Juv. 6, 348; Quint. 10, 1, 46:

incipiamus ab iis,

id. 9, 2, 6:

semper ab excusatione aetatis incipientem,

id. 6, 3, 76:

potissimum incipiam ab ea parte,

id. 3, 7, 1:

optime manus a sinistra parte incipit, in dextra deponitur,

id. 11, 3, 106:

amicitia incepta a parvis cum aetate accrevit simul,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 7.— Pass. impers.:

optime incipitur a longis, recte aliquando a brevibus,

Quint. 9, 4, 92.

Neutr., to begin to be, to begin, commence (rare but class.); constr. with abl. instrum., or absol.

With abl.:

tertius sinus Acrocerauniis incipit montibus,

Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 1:

censere ut principium anni inciperet mense Decembri,

Tac. A. 13, 10:

verbum petere quo incipiant,

Quint. 10, 7, 21.—

Absol.:

cum ver esse coeperat... cum rosam viderat, tum incipere ver arbitrabatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27:

quoties incipit sensus aut desinit,

Quint. 9, 4, 67:

hic annus incipit vicesimus,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 3:

narrationis incipit mihi initium,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 26:

jam tum inceperat turba inter eos,

id. Eun. 4, 4, 58:

tempus erat quo prima quies mortalibus aegris Incipit,

Verg. A. 2, 269:

mox Idumaea incipit et Palaestina,

Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 68:

epistula, quam incipiente febricula scripseras,

Cic. Att. 7, 8, 2:

incipientes curas principis onerari,

Tac. A. 1, 19:

incipiens adhuc et nondum adulta seditio,

id. H. 1, 31:

incipiens omnia sentit amor,

Ov. A. A. 2, 648:

Menander Syracusanus incipientis juventae,

Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 14:

incipiente aestate,

id. 27, 13, 109, § 133:

trixago incipientibus hydropicis efficax,

id. 24, 15, 80, § 131:

quem (honorem) et incipientes principes et desinentes adeo concupis cunt ut auferant,

Plin. Pan. 57.—Hence, in-ceptum, i, n., a beginning, attempt, undertaking (freq. in historians and poets, but not in Cæs.;

also rare in Cic.): cujus ego non modo factum, sed inceptum ullum conatumve contra patriam deprehendero,

Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

servetur ad imum, Qualis ab incepto processerit (persona),

from the beginning onwards, Hor. A. P. 127: permanere in incepto, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14 fin.:

a quo incepto studioque me ambitio mala detinuerat,

Sall. C. 4, 2:

cujus neque consilium neque inceptum ullum frustra erat,

id. J. 7, 6; cf.:

ni ea res longius nos ab incepto traheret,

the subject, id. ib. 7 fin.:

absistere incepto,

Liv. 31, 26, 5:

desistere incepto,

Verg. A. 1, 37:

haerere in incepto,

id. ib. 2, 654:

peragere inceptum,

id. ib. 4, 452; cf.:

perficere inceptum,

Sall. J. 11 fin.:

piget incepti,

Verg. A. 5, 678:

nunc ad inceptum redeo,

Sall. J. 4, 9; 42, 5:

turpe inceptum est,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 16.— In plur.:

cupidus incepta patrandi,

Sall. J. 70, 5:

juventus Catilinae inceptis favebat,

id. C. 17, 6:

incepta mea inpedivit,

id. H. 4, 61, 12; cf.:

inceptis annue, diva, meis,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 56; and:

di nostra incepta secundent,

Verg. A. 7, 259:

gravia et magna professa,

Hor. A. P. 14.

ŏb (old form obs, v. III.), prep. with acc. (in late Lat. also with the abl.:

OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE,

Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. with Sanscr. api; Gr. epi].

Lit.

With verbs of motion, towards, to (only ante-class.): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, let him go before his house to summon him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.:

ob Troiam duxit,

id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.).—

With verbs of rest, about, before, in front of, over (in Cic.):

follem sibi obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

lanam ob oculum habere,

id. Mil. 5, 37:

ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse,

before my eyes, id. ib. 2, 4, 51:

mors ob oculos saepe versata est,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47:

ignis qui est ob os offusus,

id. Univ. 14.—

Transf., to indicate the object or cause, on account of, for, because of, by reason of, etc.

In gen. (freq. and class.):

etiam ob stultitiam tuam te tueris?

do you still defend yourself with regard to your folly? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

pretium ob stultitiam fero,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23:

ob eam rem iratus,

on that account, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33:

neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,

id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20:

ob rem nullam,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 2:

hanc Epicurus rationem induxit ob eam rem, quod veritus est, ne, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 10, 23:

ob eam causam, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: quam ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26:

non solum ob eam causam fieri volui, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 21, 34:

ob hanc causam, quod,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc.,

id. Lael. 20, 74:

ob meas injurias,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.:

quodnam ob facinus?

id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob peccatum hoc. id. ib. v. 37:

ob malefacta haec,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

ob illam injuriam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

ob aliquod emolumentum suum,

id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87:

nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus,

on account of, for that knowledge, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

ob eam (amicitiam) summā fide servatam,

id. Lael. 7, 25:

is igitur dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse,

id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

unius ob iram Prodimur,

Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.:

saevae memorem Junonis ob iram,

id. ib. 1, 4; cf.

also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

barbarus eum quidam palam ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat,

Liv. 21, 2, 6:

non noxā neque ob metum,

Tac. H. 2, 49:

Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse,

for the republic, id. A. 2, 83:

cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat,

id. ib. 6, 5.—

In partic.

In consideration of, in return for, instead of (mostly ante-class.):

ob asinos ferre argentum,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38:

quin arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem?

id. Rud. 3, 6, 23:

ager oppositus est pignori Ob decem minas,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: talentum magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.:

pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78:

pecuniam ob delicta dare,

Tac. A. 14, 14.—

Ob rem, like ex re (opp. frustra), to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully (very rare): An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41:

verum id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est,

Sall. J. 31, 5.—

Ob industriam, on purpose, intentionally, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14.—

Quam ob rem, also written in one word, quamobrem, on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly; a very freq. particle of transition, esp. in Cic.:

quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 11, 36:

quam ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum admodum feceris,

id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep.—

Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on that account, therefore (not ante-Aug.).

Ob id:

ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis,

Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5:

ob id ipsum,

Curt. 4, 16, 23.—

Ob hoc:

ob hoc cum omnia neglecta apud hostes essent,

Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.:

ob hoc miserior,

Sen. Ep. 98, 5. —

Ob haec:

ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset,

Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.—

Ob ea:

ob ea consul Albinus senatum de foedere consulebat,

Sall. J. 39, 2.—

Ob quae:

ob quae posterum diem reus petivit,

Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.—

In composition, the b of ob remains unchanged before vowels and most consonants; only before p, f, c, g, is assimilation more common: oppeto, offero, occido, ogganio, etc.—An ancient form obs, analogous to abs, is implied in obs-olesco and os-tendo.—In signification, that of direction towards, or of existence at or before a thing is predominant, although it likewise gives to the simple verb the accessory notion of against: obicere, opponere, obrogare.

ŏb (old form obs, v. III.), prep. with acc. (in late Lat. also with the abl.:

OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE,

Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. with Sanscr. api; Gr. epi].

Lit.

With verbs of motion, towards, to (only ante-class.): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, let him go before his house to summon him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.:

ob Troiam duxit,

id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.).—

With verbs of rest, about, before, in front of, over (in Cic.):

follem sibi obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

lanam ob oculum habere,

id. Mil. 5, 37:

ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse,

before my eyes, id. ib. 2, 4, 51:

mors ob oculos saepe versata est,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47:

ignis qui est ob os offusus,

id. Univ. 14.—

Transf., to indicate the object or cause, on account of, for, because of, by reason of, etc.

In gen. (freq. and class.):

etiam ob stultitiam tuam te tueris?

do you still defend yourself with regard to your folly? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82:

pretium ob stultitiam fero,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23:

ob eam rem iratus,

on that account, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33:

neu quid ob eam rem succenseat,

id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20:

ob rem nullam,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 2:

hanc Epicurus rationem induxit ob eam rem, quod veritus est, ne, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 10, 23:

ob eam causam, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: quam ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26:

non solum ob eam causam fieri volui, quod, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 21, 34:

ob hanc causam, quod,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc.,

id. Lael. 20, 74:

ob meas injurias,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.:

quodnam ob facinus?

id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob peccatum hoc. id. ib. v. 37:

ob malefacta haec,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 46:

ob illam injuriam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

ob aliquod emolumentum suum,

id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87:

nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus,

on account of, for that knowledge, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

ob eam (amicitiam) summā fide servatam,

id. Lael. 7, 25:

is igitur dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse,

id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

unius ob iram Prodimur,

Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.:

saevae memorem Junonis ob iram,

id. ib. 1, 4; cf.

also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

barbarus eum quidam palam ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat,

Liv. 21, 2, 6:

non noxā neque ob metum,

Tac. H. 2, 49:

Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse,

for the republic, id. A. 2, 83:

cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat,

id. ib. 6, 5.—

In partic.

In consideration of, in return for, instead of (mostly ante-class.):

ob asinos ferre argentum,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38:

quin arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem?

id. Rud. 3, 6, 23:

ager oppositus est pignori Ob decem minas,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: talentum magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.:

pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78:

pecuniam ob delicta dare,

Tac. A. 14, 14.—

Ob rem, like ex re (opp. frustra), to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully (very rare): An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41:

verum id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est,

Sall. J. 31, 5.—

Ob industriam, on purpose, intentionally, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14.—

Quam ob rem, also written in one word, quamobrem, on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly; a very freq. particle of transition, esp. in Cic.:

quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 11, 36:

quam ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum admodum feceris,

id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep.—

Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on that account, therefore (not ante-Aug.).

Ob id:

ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis,

Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5:

ob id ipsum,

Curt. 4, 16, 23.—

Ob hoc:

ob hoc cum omnia neglecta apud hostes essent,

Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.:

ob hoc miserior,

Sen. Ep. 98, 5. —

Ob haec:

ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset,

Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.—

Ob ea:

ob ea consul Albinus senatum de foedere consulebat,

Sall. J. 39, 2.—

Ob quae:

ob quae posterum diem reus petivit,

Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.—

In composition, the b of ob remains unchanged before vowels and most consonants; only before p, f, c, g, is assimilation more common: oppeto, offero, occido, ogganio, etc.—An ancient form obs, analogous to abs, is implied in obs-olesco and os-tendo.—In signification, that of direction towards, or of existence at or before a thing is predominant, although it likewise gives to the simple verb the accessory notion of against: obicere, opponere, obrogare.

sūmo, sumpsi, sumptum, 3 (sync. form of the inf. perf. sumpse, Naev. ap. Gell. 2, 19, 6 (Com. Rel. v. 97 Rib.;

suremit for sumpsit, surempsit for sumpserit,

Paul. Diac. 299, 2; Fest. 298, 9), v. a. [contr. for subimo, from sub-emo], to take, take up, lay hold of, assume (syn. capio).

In gen.: auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 202:

laciniam,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 16:

si hoc digitulis duobus sumebas primoribus,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 24:

si mutuas non potero, certum'st sumam foenore,

id. As. 1, 3, 95:

postremo a me argentum quanti est sumito,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 20:

locum ( = capere),

Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 9:

legem in manus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15:

unum quodque vas in manus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63:

Epicurum et Metrodorum non fere praeter suos quisquam in manus sumit,

id. Tusc. 2, 3, 8:

orationes in manus,

Quint. 10, 1, 22:

litteras ad te a M. Lepido consule quasi commendaticias sumpsimus,

have taken, provided ourselves with, Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 3:

spatium ad vehicula comportanda,

Liv. 2, 4:

spatium ad colloquendum,

id. 8, 18:

ferrum ad aliquem interficiendum,

id. 40, 11, 10:

Tusculi ante quam Romae sumpta sunt arma,

id. 3, 19, 8:

pro conjuge ferrum,

Ov. H. 15 (16), 371:

arma,

Quint. 5, 10, 71:

sume venenum,

id. 8, 5, 23; Nep. Them. 10, 3; id. Hann. 12, 5:

partem Falerni,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 9:

cyathos,

id. ib. 3, 8, 13:

panem perfusam aquā frigidā,

Suet. Aug. 77:

potiunculam,

id. Dom. 21:

antidotum,

id. Calig. 23:

pomum de lance,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 20:

cibum,

Nep. Att. 21; Petr. 111:

soporem,

Nep. Dion, 2, 5:

sumptā virili togā,

put on, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

virilem togam,

Suet. Aug. 8; 94 med.; id. Tib. 7; id. Galb. 4; Val. Max. 5, 4, 4:

calceos et vestimenta,

Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18:

regium ornatum,

Nep. Eum. 13, 3: latum clavum (opp. deponere bracas), Poët. ap. Suet. Caes. 80:

diadema,

Suet. Calig. 22:

annulos ferreos (opp. deponere),

id. Aug. 100:

gausapa,

Ov. A. A. 2, 300:

alas pedibus virgamque manu tegumenque capillis,

id. M. 1, 672:

perventum est eo, quo sumpta navis est,

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89:

pecuniam mutuam,

id. Fl. 20, 46; Sall. C. 24, 2:

aurum mutuum,

Suet. Caes. 51.—Of time:

diem ad deliberandum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

tempus cibi quietisque,

Liv. 32, 11.—

Trop.

In gen.:

calorem animo,

Lucr. 3, 288:

obsequium animo, i. e. animo obsequi,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 8:

Ariovistus tantos sibi spiritus, tantam arrogantiam sumpserat, ut, etc.,

assumed, Caes. B. G. 1, 33; cf.:

sumpsi animum,

I took courage, Ov. F. 1, 147:

animos serpentis,

id. M. 3, 545:

vigorem,

id. P. 3, 4, 31:

cum spiritus plebs sumpsisset,

Liv. 4, 54, 8:

certamine animi adversus eum sumpto,

id. 37, 10, 2:

exempla,

Cic. Lael. 11, 38: sumptis inimicitiis, susceptā causā, etc., taken upon one ' s self, assumed, id. Vatin. 11, 28:

omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrime desinere,

to be undertaken, entered upon, begun, Sall. J. 83, 1; so,

bellum cum aliquo,

Liv. 1, 42, 2; 36, 2, 3. —

Esp.: supplicium sumere, to exact satisfaction, inflict punishment, rarely absol.:

supplici sibi sumat, quod volt ipse, ob hanc injuriam,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 31:

satis sumpsimus jam supplici,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 72:

graviore sententiā pronuntiatā more majorum supplicium sumpsit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 44.—Usu. de aliquo:

potuisse hunc de illā supplicium sumere,

Cic. Inv. 2, 27, 82:

tum homo nefarius de homine nobili virgis supplicium crudelissime sumeret,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 91:

supplicium de matre sumpsisse,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 66; Liv. 39, 29; cf. supplicium.—Rarely ex aliquo, Liv. 23, 3, 1.— Post-class. also ab aliquo, Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 1;

5, 1, ext. 2.—Rarely poenam sumere ( = capere): pro maleficio poenam sumi oportere,

Cic. Inv. 2, 36, 108:

merentis poenas,

Verg. A. 2, 586:

poenam scelerato ex sanguine,

id. ib. 12, 949; cf. id. ib. 6, 501.—

In partic.

To take (by choice), to choose, select:

philosophiae studium,

Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

hoc sumo ( = suscipio), hoc mihi deposco,

id. Verr. 1, 12, 36:

nos Capuam sumpsimus,

id. Fam. 16, 11, 3:

sumat aliquem ex populo monitorem officii sui,

Sall. J. 85, 10:

enitimini, ne ego meliores liberos sumpsisse videar quam genuisse,

i. e. to have adopted, id. ib. 10, 8:

sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus,

Hor. A. P. 38:

quis te mala sumere cogit? Aut quis deceptum ponere sumpta velit?

Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 69 sq.:

disceptatorem,

Liv. 1, 50:

quod tres patricios magistratus nobilitas sibi sumpsisset,

id. 7, 1:

Miltiadem sibi imperatorem,

Nep. Milt. 1, 3.— Poet., with inf.:

quem virum aut heroa lyrā vel acri Tibiā sumis celebrare, Clio?

Hor. C. 1, 12, 2: quis sibi res gestas Augusti scribere sumit? id. Ep. 1, 3, 7.—

To take as one's own, to assume, claim, arrogate, appropriate to one's self (syn.:

ascisco, assumo, arrogo): quamquam mihi non sumo tantum neque arrogo, ut, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 1, 3:

sed mihi non sumo, ut meum consilium valere debuerit,

id. Att. 8, 11 D, §

6: sumpsi hoc mihi pro tuā in me observantiā, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 50, 1:

tantum tibi sumito pro Capitone apud Caesarem, quantum, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 29, 6:

sibi imperatorias partes,

Caes. B. C. 3, 51:

nec sumit aut ponit secures Arbitrio popularis aurae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 19:

vultus modo sumit acerbos,

Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 17:

mores antiquos,

Liv. 3, 68:

proelio sumpta Thessalia est,

conquered, Flor. 4, 2, 43.—

To take, get, acquire, receive:

distat sumasne pudenter an rapias,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44:

laudemque a crimine sumit,

Ov. M. 6, 474:

sumpto rigore,

id. ib. 10, 139:

vel tua me Sestus vel te mea sumit Abydos,

id. H. 17 (18), 127. —

To take for some purpose, i. e. to use, apply, employ, spend, consume (syn. insumo):

in malā uxore atque inimico si quid sumas, sumptus est: In bono hospite atque amico quaestus est, quod sumitur,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 79 sq.:

minus hercle in hisce rebus sumptum est sex minis,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 9 and 12:

frustra operam, opinor, sumo,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 15:

frustra laborem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

cui rei opus est, ei hilarem hunc sumamus diem,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 68:

videtis hos quasi sumptos dies ad labefactandam illius dignitatem,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 44:

sumpseris tibi familiaritatem nostram ad ornamentum,

Plin. Ep. 6, 18, 2. — Poet.: curis sumptus, consumed, worn out, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. Fr. Inc. 8 Rib.).—

To undertake, begin, enter upon:

bellum,

Liv. 1, 42; Flor. 4, 12, 24:

bellis ponendis sumendisque,

Liv. 8, 4:

haec maxime belli ratio sumendi fuerat,

id. 38, 19:

duellum cum aliquo,

id. 36, 2:

proelia,

Suet. Caes. 60; Tac. H. 2, 45:

in hos expeditionem,

Flor. 4, 12, 6:

non mandata expeditio, sed sumpta est,

id. 4, 12, 48.— Poet.:

prima fide vocisque ratae temptamina sumpsit Liriope,

Ov. M. 3, 341.—

In an oration, disputation, etc.

To take for certain or for granted, to assume, maintain, suppose, affirm:

alterutrum fatearis enim sumasque necesse'st,

Lucr. 1, 974:

nec solum ea sumitis ad concludendum, quae ab omnibus concedantur, sed ea sumitis, quibus concessis, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 50, 104:

aliquid pro certo,

id. ib. —With inf.-clause:

beatos esse deos sumpsisti,

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 89:

pro non dubio legati sumebant, quae Antiochi fuerunt, Eumenem aequius esse quam me habere,

Liv. 39, 28, 5.—

To make, take a beginning, etc. (late Lat.):

ab uno signo sumamus exordium,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 18:

ab illā quaestione principium sumere,

Lact. 1, 2: quin fictio a capite sumat exordium, id. Opif. Dei, 12, 7.—

To take, bring forward, cite, mention as a proof, an instance, etc. (cf. profero):

homines notos sumere odiosum est,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

unum hoc sumo,

id. ib. 34, 97:

sumam annum tertium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104:

ex istis tuis sumam aliquem,

id. Cael. 15, 36:

quid quisquam potest ex omni memoriā sumere illustrius?

id. Sest. 12, 27:

ab oratore aut poëtā probato sumptum ponere exemplum,

Auct. Her. 4, 1, 1.—

To take as a purchase, to buy, purchase:

quanti ego genus omnino signorum non aestimo, tanti ista quattuor aut quinque sumpsisti,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:

decumas agri Leontini,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149:

quae parvo sumi nequeunt, obsonia captas,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 106.—

Aliquam, to use, enjoy, etc., in mal. part., Mart. 10, 81, 2:

mille licet sumant,

Ov. A. A. 3, 90; Auct. Priap. 5; cf.

gaudia,

Nemes. Ecl. 4, 59:

aliquid,

Petr. 100.—

To take, fascinate, charm:

simul conspexerit juvenem, venustate ejus sumitur,

App. M. 2, p. 116, 40.