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lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.

A publicist's t. t.

To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

juste pieque legatus venio,

Liv. 1, 32:

tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

Sall. J. 21, 4:

quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

Gell. 7, 14, 8.—

Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —

Beyond the official sphere:

quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—

To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

istum legatum iri non arbitror,

id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

Dolabella me sibi legavit,

chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

Sall. J. 28.—

A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

id. Top. 3, 14:

cui argentum omne legatum est,

Quint. 5, 10, 62:

in argento legato,

id. 7, 2, 11.—

Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,

lēgātus, i, m.

(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

legatos mittere,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—

(Acc. to lego, I. B.).

An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

id. Clu. 36, 99:

Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

neque se ei legatum defuturum,

id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

quaestorius,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

magnitudo et splendor legati,

Liv. 38, 58, 9:

in magna legatum quaere popina,

Juv. 8, 172.—

Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—

Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

legatus praetorius,

Tac. Agr. 7.—

lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

Dig. 30, 116:

Hortensii legata cognovi,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

reliqua legata varie dedit,

Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

legatum peto ex testamento,

Quint. 4, 2, 6:

jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

Suet. Dom. 8:

cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

Juv. 9, 62:

legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.

lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.

Lit.

In gen.:

oleam,

Cato, R. R. 144:

nuces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

herbas collibus,

Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

roscida mala,

id. ib. 8, 38:

flores in calathos,

Ov. F. 5, 218:

spolia caesorum,

Liv. 5, 39:

quos (montanos asparagos),

Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

ossa,

Ov. H. 10, 150:

homini mortuo ossa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

Suet. Aug. 100. —

Esp.

To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

ossa vivis,

id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

ossa in capite lecta,

id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

ossa e vulneribus,

Quint. 6, 1, 30.—

To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

oleam qui legerit,

Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

ficus non erat apta legi,

Ov. F. 2, 254.—

Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

Ov. F. 3, 462:

stamen,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—

Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

Verg. G. 1, 373:

vela legunt socii,

id. A. 3, 532:

ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

ancoras classis legit,

is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—

To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

sacra divum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—

Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

Ov. M. 5, 579:

pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

vada dura lego,

id. ib. 3, 706:

freta,

id. ib. 3, 127:

aequora Afra,

Ov. F. 4, 289:

Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

et vestigia retro Observata legit,

Verg. A. 9, 392:

tortos orbes,

to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—

To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

navibus oram Italiae,

Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

oram Campaniae,

Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

terram,

id. Aug. 16. —

Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

judices,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

scribam,

to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

condiciones nubendi,

id. Cael. 15:

cives in patres,

Liv. 23, 22:

viros ad bella,

Ov. M. 7, 669:

geminasque legit de classe biremes,

Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—

With inf.:

fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

Stat. Th. 1, 530.

Trop.

To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—

To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.

In gen.:

tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—

In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

Cic. Top. 1:

defensionem causae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

aliquid studiose intenteque,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

orationem,

Quint. 1, 1, 6:

aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

antiquos et novos,

Quint. 2, 5, 23:

antiquos studiosius,

id. 3, 6, 62:

poëtas,

id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

Quint. 10, 1, 96:

si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

id. 10, 1, 116:

dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

sepulcra legens,

when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

legentium plerisque,

Liv. 1 praef. §

4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

legendi usus,

Lact. 3, 25, 9:

memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—

In partic.

To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

obturem impune legentibus aures,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—

To find in an author or a writing:

ut scriptum legimus,

Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

ego vero haec scripta legi,

id. Planc. 39, 94:

praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—

A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

argentum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

uxor lectissima,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

id. Or. 68, 227:

juvenum lectissime,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

lectius,

Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.

A publicist's t. t.

To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

juste pieque legatus venio,

Liv. 1, 32:

tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

Sall. J. 21, 4:

quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

Gell. 7, 14, 8.—

Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —

Beyond the official sphere:

quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—

To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

istum legatum iri non arbitror,

id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

Dolabella me sibi legavit,

chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

Sall. J. 28.—

A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

id. Top. 3, 14:

cui argentum omne legatum est,

Quint. 5, 10, 62:

in argento legato,

id. 7, 2, 11.—

Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,

lēgātus, i, m.

(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

legatos mittere,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—

(Acc. to lego, I. B.).

An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

id. Clu. 36, 99:

Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

neque se ei legatum defuturum,

id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

quaestorius,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

magnitudo et splendor legati,

Liv. 38, 58, 9:

in magna legatum quaere popina,

Juv. 8, 172.—

Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—

Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

legatus praetorius,

Tac. Agr. 7.—

lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

Dig. 30, 116:

Hortensii legata cognovi,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

reliqua legata varie dedit,

Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

legatum peto ex testamento,

Quint. 4, 2, 6:

jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

Suet. Dom. 8:

cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

Juv. 9, 62:

legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.

lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.

Lit.

In gen.:

oleam,

Cato, R. R. 144:

nuces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

herbas collibus,

Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

roscida mala,

id. ib. 8, 38:

flores in calathos,

Ov. F. 5, 218:

spolia caesorum,

Liv. 5, 39:

quos (montanos asparagos),

Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

ossa,

Ov. H. 10, 150:

homini mortuo ossa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

Suet. Aug. 100. —

Esp.

To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

ossa vivis,

id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

ossa in capite lecta,

id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

ossa e vulneribus,

Quint. 6, 1, 30.—

To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

oleam qui legerit,

Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

ficus non erat apta legi,

Ov. F. 2, 254.—

Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

Ov. F. 3, 462:

stamen,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—

Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

Verg. G. 1, 373:

vela legunt socii,

id. A. 3, 532:

ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

ancoras classis legit,

is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—

To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

sacra divum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—

Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

Ov. M. 5, 579:

pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

vada dura lego,

id. ib. 3, 706:

freta,

id. ib. 3, 127:

aequora Afra,

Ov. F. 4, 289:

Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

et vestigia retro Observata legit,

Verg. A. 9, 392:

tortos orbes,

to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—

To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

navibus oram Italiae,

Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

oram Campaniae,

Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

terram,

id. Aug. 16. —

Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

judices,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

scribam,

to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

condiciones nubendi,

id. Cael. 15:

cives in patres,

Liv. 23, 22:

viros ad bella,

Ov. M. 7, 669:

geminasque legit de classe biremes,

Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—

With inf.:

fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

Stat. Th. 1, 530.

Trop.

To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—

To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.

In gen.:

tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—

In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

Cic. Top. 1:

defensionem causae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

aliquid studiose intenteque,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

orationem,

Quint. 1, 1, 6:

aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

antiquos et novos,

Quint. 2, 5, 23:

antiquos studiosius,

id. 3, 6, 62:

poëtas,

id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

Quint. 10, 1, 96:

si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

id. 10, 1, 116:

dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

sepulcra legens,

when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

legentium plerisque,

Liv. 1 praef. §

4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

legendi usus,

Lact. 3, 25, 9:

memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—

In partic.

To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

obturem impune legentibus aures,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—

To find in an author or a writing:

ut scriptum legimus,

Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

ego vero haec scripta legi,

id. Planc. 39, 94:

praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—

A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

argentum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

uxor lectissima,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

id. Or. 68, 227:

juvenum lectissime,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

lectius,

Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

nĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. negāssim for negaverim, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 96.—Lengthened collat. form negumo: negumate in carmine Cn. Marci vatis significat negate, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.; cf. Herm. Doct. Metr. p. 614), v. n. and a. [for ne-igo, ne and ajo, q. v.], to say no, to deny, refuse (opp. ajo, to say yes; v. ajo; cf.: abnuo, diffiteor, infitior).

In gen.: vel ai, vel nega, say yes or no, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 473 P.:

vel tu mihi aias vel neges,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 14:

negat quis? nego. Ait? aio,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 21:

Diogenes ait, Antipater negat,

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

quasi ego id curem, quid ille aiat aut neget,

id. Fin. 2, 22, 70:

quia nunc aiunt, quod tunc negabant,

id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.— With acc. and inf., to say or affirm that not, to deny that, etc.:

Demosthenes negat, in eo positas esse fortunas Graeciae, hoc, etc.,

Cic. Or. 8 fin.:

Stoici negant quidquam esse bonum, nisi quod honestum sit,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 68; id. de Or. 3, 14, 54:

nego, ullam picturam fuisse, quin abstulerit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 31.—With quoniam (eccl. Lat.):

negat quoniam Jesus est Christus,

Vulg. 1 Joann. 2, 22.—Sometimes two propositions depend upon nego, with the latter of which an affirmative verb (dico, etc.) is to be supplied:

plerique negant Caesarem in condicione mansurum: postulataque haec ab eo interposita esse, etc.,

Cic. Att. 7, 15, 3:

negabat cessandum et utique prius confligendum,

Liv. 35, 1:

ille negat se Numidam pertimescere, virtuti suorum credere,

Sall. J. 106, 3; Vell. 2, 118, 5; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 6.—Sometimes another negation follows, which, however, does not destroy the first:

negat nec suspicari,

Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

negato esse nec mu, nec mutuum,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 101:

tu autem te negas infracto remo, neque columbae collo, commoveri,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79.—

Pass. with inf., they say I am not, etc.:

casta negor (sc. esse),

Ov. F. 4, 321:

saepe domi non es, cum sis quoque saepe negaris,

Mart. 2, 5, 5:

ex eo negantur ibi ranae coaxare,

Suet. Aug. 94:

ciconiae pullum qui ederit, negatur annis continuis lippiturus,

Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 128.—

In partic.

To deny a thing;

factum est: non nego,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 12;

opp. fateri,

Cic. Brut. 19, 76:

sed posthac omnia, quae certa non erunt, pro certo negato,

id. Att. 5, 21, 5:

negaturum aut me pro M. Fulvio, aut ipsum M. Fulvium censetis?

Liv. 38, 43:

negando minuendove,

Suet. Caes. 66:

mitto enim domestica, quae negari possunt,

i. e. the proof of which can be suppressed, Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

videant servi ne quis neget,

Juv. 10, 87.— With quin:

negare non posse, quin rectius sit, etc.,

Liv. 40, 36:

quod si negari non potest, quin, etc.,

Lact. 5, 23 init. —

To deny, refuse: quicquam quisquam cuiquam, quod ei conveniat, neget, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18 (Trag. v. 448 Vahl.):

numquam reo cuiquam tam praecise negavi, quam hic mihi,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

postquam id obstinate sibi negari videt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

alicui impune negare,

Ov. M. 13, 741:

patriae opem,

id. H. 3, 96:

miseris,

id. Tr. 5, 8, 13:

civitatem alicui,

Suet. Aug. 40:

non ego me vinclis verberibusque nego,

Tib. 2, 3, 80; Luc. 8, 3:

exstingui primordia tanta negabam,

Sil. 9, 532:

neque enim negare tibi quidquam potest,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 17.—

Se, to refuse (ante class.):

obsecrat, Ut sibi ejus faciat copiam: illa enim se negat,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 63; id. Hec. 1, 2, 45.—

E s p., to decline an invitation:

invitatus ad haec aliquis de ponte negabit,

Juv. 14, 135.—

Transf., of inanim. things ( poet.):

poma negat regio,

i. e. does not yield, produce, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 73:

nec mihi materiam bellatrix Roma negabat,

id. ib. 2, 321:

pars ventis vela negare,

i. e. to furl the sails, Ov. M. 11, 487:

si dextra neget,

Stat. Th. 6, 553:

saxa negantia ferro,

opposing, id. Silv. 3, 1:

illi membra negant,

his limbs fail him, id. Th. 2, 668.—

To deny any knowledge of, to reject (with acc. of persons;

eccl. Lat.): negaverunt Dominum,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 12:

qui me negaverit,

ib. Matt. 10, 33: Christum negantes, ib. Judae, 4.

nĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. subj. negāssim for negaverim, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 96.—Lengthened collat. form negumo: negumate in carmine Cn. Marci vatis significat negate, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.; cf. Herm. Doct. Metr. p. 614), v. n. and a. [for ne-igo, ne and ajo, q. v.], to say no, to deny, refuse (opp. ajo, to say yes; v. ajo; cf.: abnuo, diffiteor, infitior).

In gen.: vel ai, vel nega, say yes or no, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 473 P.:

vel tu mihi aias vel neges,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 14:

negat quis? nego. Ait? aio,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 21:

Diogenes ait, Antipater negat,

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

quasi ego id curem, quid ille aiat aut neget,

id. Fin. 2, 22, 70:

quia nunc aiunt, quod tunc negabant,

id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.— With acc. and inf., to say or affirm that not, to deny that, etc.:

Demosthenes negat, in eo positas esse fortunas Graeciae, hoc, etc.,

Cic. Or. 8 fin.:

Stoici negant quidquam esse bonum, nisi quod honestum sit,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 68; id. de Or. 3, 14, 54:

nego, ullam picturam fuisse, quin abstulerit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 31.—With quoniam (eccl. Lat.):

negat quoniam Jesus est Christus,

Vulg. 1 Joann. 2, 22.—Sometimes two propositions depend upon nego, with the latter of which an affirmative verb (dico, etc.) is to be supplied:

plerique negant Caesarem in condicione mansurum: postulataque haec ab eo interposita esse, etc.,

Cic. Att. 7, 15, 3:

negabat cessandum et utique prius confligendum,

Liv. 35, 1:

ille negat se Numidam pertimescere, virtuti suorum credere,

Sall. J. 106, 3; Vell. 2, 118, 5; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 6.—Sometimes another negation follows, which, however, does not destroy the first:

negat nec suspicari,

Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

negato esse nec mu, nec mutuum,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 101:

tu autem te negas infracto remo, neque columbae collo, commoveri,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79.—

Pass. with inf., they say I am not, etc.:

casta negor (sc. esse),

Ov. F. 4, 321:

saepe domi non es, cum sis quoque saepe negaris,

Mart. 2, 5, 5:

ex eo negantur ibi ranae coaxare,

Suet. Aug. 94:

ciconiae pullum qui ederit, negatur annis continuis lippiturus,

Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 128.—

In partic.

To deny a thing;

factum est: non nego,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 12;

opp. fateri,

Cic. Brut. 19, 76:

sed posthac omnia, quae certa non erunt, pro certo negato,

id. Att. 5, 21, 5:

negaturum aut me pro M. Fulvio, aut ipsum M. Fulvium censetis?

Liv. 38, 43:

negando minuendove,

Suet. Caes. 66:

mitto enim domestica, quae negari possunt,

i. e. the proof of which can be suppressed, Cic. Pis. 5, 11:

videant servi ne quis neget,

Juv. 10, 87.— With quin:

negare non posse, quin rectius sit, etc.,

Liv. 40, 36:

quod si negari non potest, quin, etc.,

Lact. 5, 23 init. —

To deny, refuse: quicquam quisquam cuiquam, quod ei conveniat, neget, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18 (Trag. v. 448 Vahl.):

numquam reo cuiquam tam praecise negavi, quam hic mihi,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

postquam id obstinate sibi negari videt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

alicui impune negare,

Ov. M. 13, 741:

patriae opem,

id. H. 3, 96:

miseris,

id. Tr. 5, 8, 13:

civitatem alicui,

Suet. Aug. 40:

non ego me vinclis verberibusque nego,

Tib. 2, 3, 80; Luc. 8, 3:

exstingui primordia tanta negabam,

Sil. 9, 532:

neque enim negare tibi quidquam potest,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 17.—

Se, to refuse (ante class.):

obsecrat, Ut sibi ejus faciat copiam: illa enim se negat,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 63; id. Hec. 1, 2, 45.—

E s p., to decline an invitation:

invitatus ad haec aliquis de ponte negabit,

Juv. 14, 135.—

Transf., of inanim. things ( poet.):

poma negat regio,

i. e. does not yield, produce, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 73:

nec mihi materiam bellatrix Roma negabat,

id. ib. 2, 321:

pars ventis vela negare,

i. e. to furl the sails, Ov. M. 11, 487:

si dextra neget,

Stat. Th. 6, 553:

saxa negantia ferro,

opposing, id. Silv. 3, 1:

illi membra negant,

his limbs fail him, id. Th. 2, 668.—

To deny any knowledge of, to reject (with acc. of persons;

eccl. Lat.): negaverunt Dominum,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 12:

qui me negaverit,

ib. Matt. 10, 33: Christum negantes, ib. Judae, 4.

sēdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [sedeo].

Act. (orig. to cause to sit, to seat; hence, of inanimate or abstract objects), to allay, settle, still, calm, assuage, appease, quiet, check, end, stop, stay, etc. (syn.:

mitigo, mulceo, lenio): cave putes, aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam effrenatam insolentiā multitudinem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

pulverem,

Phaedr. 2, 5, 18:

curriculum,

Cic. Arat. 125; cf.

vela,

i. e. to furl, Prop. 3 (4) 21, 20:

flammam,

id. 3 (4), 18, 5:

incendia,

Ov. R. Am. 117.—Mid.:

sedatis fluctibus,

having subsided, abated, lulled, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

sedatis ventis,

Ov. M. 15, 349; cf.:

tempestas sedatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 46.—Of hunger, thirst, etc.:

sitim,

to slake, quench, Lucr. 2, 663; 4, 850; Ov. M. 3, 415; Phaedr. 4, 4, 1; Suet. Oth. 11 al.:

famem ac sitim,

Plin. 11, 54, 119, § 284; cf.:

carne jejunia,

Ov. M. 15, 83:

lassitudinem,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 75; Nep. Eum. 9, 6:

pestilentiam,

Liv. 7, 3; Just. 20, 2, 8:

dolores aurium,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 133:

tumorem vulnerum,

id. 30, 13, 39, § 114; 20, 20, 81, § 211:

scabiem, pruritum,

id. 30, 13, 41, § 121 et saep.:

(populi impetus) aliquando incenditur, et saepe sedatur,

Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24:

bellum intestinum ac domesticum,

id. Cat. 2, 13, 28; so,

bellum,

Nep. Dat. 8, 6:

pugnam,

id. Cat. 3, 3, 6:

proelium,

Liv. 34, 5:

seditionem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60; id. Att. 5, 14, 1:

tumultum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18; 3, 106 fin.; Liv. 3, 15 al.:

discordias,

Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1:

controversiam,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 54:

contentionem,

Liv. 39, 39:

invidiam et infamiam,

Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

sermunculum omnem aut restinxerit aut sedarit,

id. Att. 13, 10, 2:

miserias,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 107:

calamitatem, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 24: mala,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 46.—Of feelings, passions, appetites, etc.:

in animis hominum motum dicendo vel excitare vel sedare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

mentes (opp. excitare),

id. ib. 1, 5, 17; cf.:

appetitus omnes,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

illā tertiā parte animi, in quā irarum exsistit ardor, sedatā atque restinctā,

id. Div. 1, 29, 61:

animos militum,

Liv. 26, 21:

iram,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 1:

cupidinem,

id. Am. 2, 2, 210:

rabiem,

Hor. Epod. 12, 9:

pavorem,

Liv. 1, 16:

lamentationem,

id. 25, 37:

fletus,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 31:

curas,

Stat. Th. 12, 514:

vulnera mentis,

Ov. P. 4, 11, 19 et saep.—Rarely with personal objects:

affert potionem et te sedatum it,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 22:

ut vix a magistratibus juventus sedaretur,

was quieted, brought to order, Liv. 21, 20:

tumultuantes deinde milites ipse sedavit,

Just. 12, 15, 2.—

Neutr., to become quiet, to lull, subside: postquam tempestas sedavit, Auct. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 6 (cf. the mid.: sedatur tempestas, supra).—Hence, sēdātus, a, um, P. a., composed, moderate, calm, quiet, tranquil, sedate (class.):

alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit, alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur,

Cic. Or. 12, 39:

in ipsis numeris sedatior,

id. ib. 52, 176:

sedatissimā et depressissimā voce uti,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24; cf.: Terenti, Latinā voce Menandrum sedatis vocibus effers, in gentle tones, Cic. poët. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. 5:

oderunt Sedatum celeres, agilem gnavumque remissi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90:

scribere sedatiore animo,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 7; cf.: olli sedato respondit corde Latinus. Verg. A. 12, 18:

amnes,

id. ib. 9, 30:

sedato gradu in castra abeunt,

Liv. 25, 37:

sedatius tempus,

Cic. Clu. 37, 103.— Adv.: sēdātē, calmly, tranquilly, sedately, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 17; Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46; 2, 24, 58; id. Or. 27, 92. — Comp., Amm. 25, 1, 5.

sub-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( perf. sync. subduxti, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25; inf. subduxe, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6), v. a., to draw from under or from below.

Without the idea of removal.

In gen., to draw or pull up; to lift up, raise (rare):

brassicam ad nasum admoveto: ita subducito susum animam, quam plurimum poteris,

Cato, R. R. 157, 15:

aliquid sursum,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 4:

cataractam funibus,

Liv. 27, 28, 10: subductis (tunicis) usque ad inguen, pulled up (opp. demissis), Hor. S. 1, 2, 26: supercilia, Turp. ap. Non. 399, 30; Varr. ib. 399, 33; Sen. Ep. 48, 5; id. Ben. 1, 1, 6 al.; cf.:

subducto voltu,

Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9.—

In partic., naut. t. t., to draw or haul up on land (a ship out of the water;

class. and freq.): navim in pulvinarium,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 27:

longas naves in aridum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 29:

navis subducta in terrā,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 50:

naves regiae in campo Martio subductae sunt,

Liv. 45, 42:

ab classe, quae Corcyrae subducta erat,

id. 31, 22:

classis, quae subducta esset ad Gytheum,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 49; so,

naves,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11; id. B. C. 2, 23; 3, 23 fin.; Liv. 27, 17, 6; 37, 10; 42, 27:

classem,

id. 45, 2 al.; Vulg. Luc. 5, 11.—

With the idea of removal implied, to draw away from among; to take away, lead away, carry off; to withdraw, remove, etc. (class.; syn. subtraho).

In gen.:

ubi bullabit vinum, ignem subducito,

Cato, R. R. 105, 1:

lapides ex turri,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11:

rerum fundamenta,

Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 42:

conjux fidum capiti subduxerat ensem,

Verg. A. 6, 524:

subduc cibum unum diem athletae,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

et sucus pecori et lac subducitur agnis,

Verg. E. 3, 6:

pugnae Turnum,

id. A. 10, 615;

so,

id. ib. 10, 50:

aliquem manibus Graium,

id. ib. 10, 81:

aliquem praesenti periculo,

Vell. 2, 72, 5:

se pedibus (terra),

Lucr. 1, 1106:

se ab ipso Vulnere (fera),

Ov. M. 7, 781 et saep. —

Esp.

To purge, evacuate:

quoniam is cibus subduceret sensim alvum,

Gell. 4, 11, 4; so,

alvum,

Cels. 3, 4.—

Vela celeriter, to take in, furl, Auct. B. Alex. 45, 3:

rem de judicio,

Dig. 10, 2, 14.—

Milit. t. t., to draw off forces from one position to another (class.):

cohortes aliquot subductas ex dextro cornu post aciem circumducit,

Liv. 27, 48:

Numidas ex mediā acie,

id. 22, 48:

triarios ex postremā acie,

id. 44, 37:

subductis ordinibus,

id. 36, 18; cf. id. 40, 30:

ab his centuriones omnes lectos et evocatos... in primam aciem subducit,

Sall. C. 59, 3:

copias in proximum collem subducit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 22:

milites pleno gradu in collem,

Sall. J. 98, 4:

agmen in aequiorem locum,

Liv. 7, 34.—

With the idea of stealth or secrecy.

To take away secretly or by stealth, to steal, hide: Atreus quam (pecudem auream) sibi Thyestem subduxe queritur, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6:

alicui anulum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 81:

subducta viatica plorat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54:

post ignem aethereā domo Subductum,

id. C. 1, 3, 30:

nec mihi rivalis subducit certos amores,

Prop. 1, 8, 45:

saccularii partem subducunt, partem subtrahunt,

Dig. 47, 11, 7:

obsides furto,

Liv. 9, 11:

cubiculum subductum omnibus ventis,

secured against, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10.—

Esp., with se, me, etc., to take one's self away by stealth, withdraw, steal away:

tempus est subducere hinc me,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 62:

clam te subduxti mihi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25:

de circulo se subduxit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1:

modo se subducere ab ipso Vulnere visa fera est,

Ov. M. 7, 781:

se clam,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 4;

Auct. B. Afr. 93, 1: at nos quaerimus illa (verba), tamquam lateant semper seseque subducant,

Quint. 8, prooem. § 21.— Poet.:

neve terra se pedibus subducat,

Lucr. 1, 1106:

quā se subducere colles Incipiunt,

i. e. to slope down gradually, Verg. E. 9, 7; cf.

mid.: fons subducitur,

i. e. loses itself, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 39.—

Trop.

Rationem, to draw up, cast up, reckon, compute, calculate, or balance an account (by subtracting one set of items from another; class.;

esp. freq. in Cic.): subduxi ratiunculam, Quantum aeris mihi sit, quantumque alieni siet,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 1; cf.:

intus subducam ratiunculam, quantillum argenti mi siet,

id. Capt. 1, 2, 89:

subducamus summam,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11; cf.:

assidunt, subducunt: ad numum convenit,

id. ib. 5, 21, 12.—

In gen.: rationem, to deliberate, calculate:

rationibus subductis summam feci cogitationum mearum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

Medea et Atreus... initā subductāque ratione nefaria scelera meditantes,

id. N. D. 3, 29, 71; cf.: ineundis subducendisque rationibus, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 399, 16;

for which also, calculis subductis,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 60:

bene subductā ratione,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 1:

hoc quid intersit, si tuos digitos novi, certe habes subductum,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 31. —Hence, subductus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. A.) Raised, elevated, upturned: quod vituperones suos subducti supercilii carptores appellavit (Laevius), Gell. 19, 7, 16.—

(Acc. to II. A. 1.) Withdrawn, removed, remote, = remotus (post-Aug. and very rare):

terra subductior,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 591.