gain strength

rōbur ( rōbor, v. Lucr. p. 140 Lachm.; also an older form rōbus, Cato, R. R. 17, 1; Col. 2, 6, 1; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 264 Müll.), ŏris, n. [cf. Sanscr. radh-as, abundance; Gr. rhônnumi for rhôthnumi, to strengthen, rhômê], a very hard kind of oak (cf.:

quercus, ilex),

Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19; 16, 7, 10, § 28; 16, 38, 73, § 186; 16, 40, 76, § 204; 16, 40, 77, § 218.— Hence,

Lit.

In gen., a very hard kind of tree or wood:

morsus roboris,

i. e. of the wild olive, Verg. A. 12, 783 (a little before: foliis oleaster amaris Hic steterat);

so of the same,

id. G. 2, 305; cf.:

solido de robore myrtus,

id. ib. 2, 64:

annoso validam robore quercum,

i. e. of an old and sturdy trunk, id. A. 4, 441; so,

annoso robore quercus,

Ov. M. 8, 743:

antiquo robore quercus,

with ancient trunk, Verg. G. 3, 332:

Massyla, i. e. citri,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 94; also,

Maurorum,

id. ib. 4, 2, 39.—

Absol., usu., an oak-tree, an oak in gen.:

fixa est pariter cum robore cervix,

i. e. was pinned fast to the oak, Ov. M. 3, 92:

agitata robora pulsant (delphines),

id. ib. 1, 303.—

Oak-wood, oak:

naves totae factae ex robore,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13; cf.:

(sapiens) non est e saxo sculptus aut e robore dolatus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101; and with this cf. id. Div. 2, 41, 85. — Poet.:

illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 9; cf.:

o saxis nimirum et robore nati!

Stat. Th. 4, 340. —

Transf.

Of things made of oak or of any other hard wood.

In gen.:

Lacedaemonii cottidianis epulis in robore accumbunt,

i. e. on oaken, hard benches, Cic. Mur. 35, 74.— So of the wooden horse before Troy:

sacrum,

Verg. A. 2, 230; of a lance:

ferro praefixum,

id. ib. 10, 479; Sil. 2, 244; 267; of a club, Ov. M. 12, 349; Mart. 9, 44, 4 et saep.:

aratri,

i. e. the oaken plough, Verg. G. 1, 162; Val. Fl. 7, 555.—

In partic., the lower and stronger part of the prison at Rome, built by Servius Tullius, was called Robur (also Tullianum):

Robus in carcere dicitur is locus, quo praecipitatur maleficorum genus, quod ante arcis robusteis includebatur, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. robum, p. 264 Müll.: in robore et tenebris exspiret,

Liv. 38, 59 fin.:

robur et saxum minitari,

Tac. A. 4, 29; Val. Max. 6, 3, 1:

verbera, carnifices, robur,

Lucr. 3, 1017; Hor. C. 2, 13, 19 (v. carcer and Tullianum).—

Hardness, strength, firmness, vigor, power (cf. vires; v. Fabri ad Liv. 21, 1, 2).

Lit.:

duri robora ferri,

Lucr. 2, 449; so,

ferri,

Verg. A. 7, 609:

saxi,

Lucr. 1, 882:

navium,

Liv. 37, 30: omnia pariter crescunt et robora sumunt, gain strength, [p. 1598] Lucr. 5, 820; 895; cf.:

qui si jam satis aetatis atque roboris haberet, ipse pro Sex. Roscio diceret,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

paululum jam roboris accessit aetati,

id. Cael. 30, 73:

solidaeque suo stant robore vires,

Verg. A. 2, 639; Vulg. Judic. 8, 21:

si quod est robur,

Flor. 2, 1, 1.—

Trop., power, strength, force, vigor (very freq.):

alter virtutis robore firmior quam aetatis,

Cic. Phil. 10, 8, 16:

in animi excelsi atque invicti magnitudine ac robore,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14; so,

animi (with magnitudo),

id. de Or. 2, 84, 343; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 95:

robur incredibile animi,

id. Mil. 37, 101:

quantum in cujusque animo roboris est ac nervorum,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 3:

multo plus firmamenti ac roboris,

id. Imp. Pomp. 4, 10; so (with firmamentum) id. Mur. 28, 58; (with firmitas) id. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

hi tot equites Romani quid roboris hujus petitioni attulerunt?

id. Planc. 8, 21:

pectus robore fultum,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 11:

te mea robora fallunt,

id. H. 16, 367:

velocitate pari, robore animi virumque praestanti,

Liv. 24, 26, 11:

verba quanti roboris plena,

Sen. Ep 10, 3:

qui robur aliquod in stilo fecerint,

Quint. 10, 3, 10; cf.:

robur oratorium adicere sententiis,

id. 10, 5, 4; 8, prooem. §

3: illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 9; cf.:

O saxis nimirum et robore nati,

Stat. Th. 4, 340. —

Authority: nostrarum constitutionum, Just. Inst. prooem. 6.—

Concr., the strongest, most effective, or best part, the pith, kernel, strength of any thing; of soldiers, the flower of the troops, choice troops, etc. (freq. and class.):

versaris in optimorum civium vel flore vel robore,

Cic. Or. 10, 34: et robur et suboles militum interiit, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33; cf.:

quod fuit roboris, duobus proeliis interiit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 87:

quod roboris ea provincia habuerat,

Liv. 30, 2; Ov. M. 14, 454 al.:

senatūs robur,

Liv. 5, 39. — Plur.:

tunc C. Flavius Pusio, Cn. Titinnius, C. Maecenas, illa robora populi Romani,

Cic. Clu. 56, 163:

haec sunt nostra robora,

id. Att. 6, 5, 3; Liv. 7, 7; 12; 21, 54; 22, 6; 23, 16; 25, 6 init.:

robora pubis,

Verg. A. 8, 518; Ov. M. 7, 510:

ingentia robora virorum,

Plin. Pan. 34, 3:

conferta robora virorum,

Curt. 3, 5, 13: betae, i. e. stalks, Col. poët. 10, 326. — Of a place, a stronghold:

quod coloniam virium et opum validam robur ac sedem bello legisset,

Tac. H. 2, 19.— Absol.: robus, the name of an excellent kind of wheat:

quoniam et pondere et nitore praestat,

Col. 2, 6, 1.

rōbur ( rōbor, v. Lucr. p. 140 Lachm.; also an older form rōbus, Cato, R. R. 17, 1; Col. 2, 6, 1; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 264 Müll.), ŏris, n. [cf. Sanscr. radh-as, abundance; Gr. rhônnumi for rhôthnumi, to strengthen, rhômê], a very hard kind of oak (cf.:

quercus, ilex),

Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19; 16, 7, 10, § 28; 16, 38, 73, § 186; 16, 40, 76, § 204; 16, 40, 77, § 218.— Hence,

Lit.

In gen., a very hard kind of tree or wood:

morsus roboris,

i. e. of the wild olive, Verg. A. 12, 783 (a little before: foliis oleaster amaris Hic steterat);

so of the same,

id. G. 2, 305; cf.:

solido de robore myrtus,

id. ib. 2, 64:

annoso validam robore quercum,

i. e. of an old and sturdy trunk, id. A. 4, 441; so,

annoso robore quercus,

Ov. M. 8, 743:

antiquo robore quercus,

with ancient trunk, Verg. G. 3, 332:

Massyla, i. e. citri,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 94; also,

Maurorum,

id. ib. 4, 2, 39.—

Absol., usu., an oak-tree, an oak in gen.:

fixa est pariter cum robore cervix,

i. e. was pinned fast to the oak, Ov. M. 3, 92:

agitata robora pulsant (delphines),

id. ib. 1, 303.—

Oak-wood, oak:

naves totae factae ex robore,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13; cf.:

(sapiens) non est e saxo sculptus aut e robore dolatus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101; and with this cf. id. Div. 2, 41, 85. — Poet.:

illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 9; cf.:

o saxis nimirum et robore nati!

Stat. Th. 4, 340. —

Transf.

Of things made of oak or of any other hard wood.

In gen.:

Lacedaemonii cottidianis epulis in robore accumbunt,

i. e. on oaken, hard benches, Cic. Mur. 35, 74.— So of the wooden horse before Troy:

sacrum,

Verg. A. 2, 230; of a lance:

ferro praefixum,

id. ib. 10, 479; Sil. 2, 244; 267; of a club, Ov. M. 12, 349; Mart. 9, 44, 4 et saep.:

aratri,

i. e. the oaken plough, Verg. G. 1, 162; Val. Fl. 7, 555.—

In partic., the lower and stronger part of the prison at Rome, built by Servius Tullius, was called Robur (also Tullianum):

Robus in carcere dicitur is locus, quo praecipitatur maleficorum genus, quod ante arcis robusteis includebatur, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. robum, p. 264 Müll.: in robore et tenebris exspiret,

Liv. 38, 59 fin.:

robur et saxum minitari,

Tac. A. 4, 29; Val. Max. 6, 3, 1:

verbera, carnifices, robur,

Lucr. 3, 1017; Hor. C. 2, 13, 19 (v. carcer and Tullianum).—

Hardness, strength, firmness, vigor, power (cf. vires; v. Fabri ad Liv. 21, 1, 2).

Lit.:

duri robora ferri,

Lucr. 2, 449; so,

ferri,

Verg. A. 7, 609:

saxi,

Lucr. 1, 882:

navium,

Liv. 37, 30: omnia pariter crescunt et robora sumunt, gain strength, [p. 1598] Lucr. 5, 820; 895; cf.:

qui si jam satis aetatis atque roboris haberet, ipse pro Sex. Roscio diceret,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

paululum jam roboris accessit aetati,

id. Cael. 30, 73:

solidaeque suo stant robore vires,

Verg. A. 2, 639; Vulg. Judic. 8, 21:

si quod est robur,

Flor. 2, 1, 1.—

Trop., power, strength, force, vigor (very freq.):

alter virtutis robore firmior quam aetatis,

Cic. Phil. 10, 8, 16:

in animi excelsi atque invicti magnitudine ac robore,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14; so,

animi (with magnitudo),

id. de Or. 2, 84, 343; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 95:

robur incredibile animi,

id. Mil. 37, 101:

quantum in cujusque animo roboris est ac nervorum,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 3:

multo plus firmamenti ac roboris,

id. Imp. Pomp. 4, 10; so (with firmamentum) id. Mur. 28, 58; (with firmitas) id. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

hi tot equites Romani quid roboris hujus petitioni attulerunt?

id. Planc. 8, 21:

pectus robore fultum,

Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 11:

te mea robora fallunt,

id. H. 16, 367:

velocitate pari, robore animi virumque praestanti,

Liv. 24, 26, 11:

verba quanti roboris plena,

Sen. Ep 10, 3:

qui robur aliquod in stilo fecerint,

Quint. 10, 3, 10; cf.:

robur oratorium adicere sententiis,

id. 10, 5, 4; 8, prooem. §

3: illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 9; cf.:

O saxis nimirum et robore nati,

Stat. Th. 4, 340. —

Authority: nostrarum constitutionum, Just. Inst. prooem. 6.—

Concr., the strongest, most effective, or best part, the pith, kernel, strength of any thing; of soldiers, the flower of the troops, choice troops, etc. (freq. and class.):

versaris in optimorum civium vel flore vel robore,

Cic. Or. 10, 34: et robur et suboles militum interiit, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33; cf.:

quod fuit roboris, duobus proeliis interiit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 87:

quod roboris ea provincia habuerat,

Liv. 30, 2; Ov. M. 14, 454 al.:

senatūs robur,

Liv. 5, 39. — Plur.:

tunc C. Flavius Pusio, Cn. Titinnius, C. Maecenas, illa robora populi Romani,

Cic. Clu. 56, 163:

haec sunt nostra robora,

id. Att. 6, 5, 3; Liv. 7, 7; 12; 21, 54; 22, 6; 23, 16; 25, 6 init.:

robora pubis,

Verg. A. 8, 518; Ov. M. 7, 510:

ingentia robora virorum,

Plin. Pan. 34, 3:

conferta robora virorum,

Curt. 3, 5, 13: betae, i. e. stalks, Col. poët. 10, 326. — Of a place, a stronghold:

quod coloniam virium et opum validam robur ac sedem bello legisset,

Tac. H. 2, 19.— Absol.: robus, the name of an excellent kind of wheat:

quoniam et pondere et nitore praestat,

Col. 2, 6, 1.

con-vălesco, lŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to recover from a disease, to regain health, to grow strong, gain strength, etc. (very freq., and class.).

Lit., with ex, de, ab, or absol.:

ex morbo,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28 sq.; so id. Fam. 13, 29, 4; Suet. Aug. 59; cf.:

de vulnere,

Ov. H. 21, 211:

nec omnes, qui curari se passi sunt, continuo etiam convalescant,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5: eum sustulere (defatigatum vulneribus), isque convaluit, Cat. ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19:

ne aegri quidem quia non omnes convalescunt, idcirco ars nulla medicina est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 12:

a solis ardoribus,

Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 54; so in part. pres.: con-vălescentes, subst., those who are convalescent, Plin. 20, 5, 17, §§ 34 and 35;

31, 9, 45, § 102 al.: agni,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 15; Col. 7, 3, 19:

arbores,

to thrive, grow, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:

semina,

Col. 3, 3, 4; 4, 16, 1:

caulis,

Pall. Febr. 24, 6:

planta,

Sen. Ep. 2, 2; cf.

, of drooping branches of trees: veterrimae ilicis demissos jam ad terram languentesque ramos convaluisse adventu suo,

Suet. Aug. 92:

pestifer ignis,

Ov. M. 8, 478; cf.:

flamma magnā congerie,

Quint. 5, 13, 13.—

Trop.

In gen.:

ut convalescere aliquando et sanari civitas posset,

Cic. Sull. 27, 76; so,

civitas,

Just. 3, 4, 1:

Milo in dies convalescebat,

gained strength, Cic. Mil. 9, 25:

Caesar,

id. Att. 7, 3, 4:

ut tandem annona convaluit,

grew better, became cheaper, Suet. Aug. 42:

mens mea,

Ov. H. 16, 73:

mala per longas moras,

id. R. Am. 92:

opinio inveterata,

Col. 3, 7, 2; so,

opinio vetus,

Gell. 4, 11, 1:

fama mortis suae apud barbaros,

Curt. 9, 6, 1.—

Esp. in the jurists, to receive or possess value, become valid:

testamentum,

Dig. 29, 1, 33:

donatio,

ib. 24, 1, 33:

libertas servo data,

ib. 28, 7, 20.

con-vălesco, lŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to recover from a disease, to regain health, to grow strong, gain strength, etc. (very freq., and class.).

Lit., with ex, de, ab, or absol.:

ex morbo,

Cic. Fat. 12, 28 sq.; so id. Fam. 13, 29, 4; Suet. Aug. 59; cf.:

de vulnere,

Ov. H. 21, 211:

nec omnes, qui curari se passi sunt, continuo etiam convalescant,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5: eum sustulere (defatigatum vulneribus), isque convaluit, Cat. ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19:

ne aegri quidem quia non omnes convalescunt, idcirco ars nulla medicina est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 12:

a solis ardoribus,

Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 54; so in part. pres.: con-vălescentes, subst., those who are convalescent, Plin. 20, 5, 17, §§ 34 and 35;

31, 9, 45, § 102 al.: agni,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 15; Col. 7, 3, 19:

arbores,

to thrive, grow, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6:

semina,

Col. 3, 3, 4; 4, 16, 1:

caulis,

Pall. Febr. 24, 6:

planta,

Sen. Ep. 2, 2; cf.

, of drooping branches of trees: veterrimae ilicis demissos jam ad terram languentesque ramos convaluisse adventu suo,

Suet. Aug. 92:

pestifer ignis,

Ov. M. 8, 478; cf.:

flamma magnā congerie,

Quint. 5, 13, 13.—

Trop.

In gen.:

ut convalescere aliquando et sanari civitas posset,

Cic. Sull. 27, 76; so,

civitas,

Just. 3, 4, 1:

Milo in dies convalescebat,

gained strength, Cic. Mil. 9, 25:

Caesar,

id. Att. 7, 3, 4:

ut tandem annona convaluit,

grew better, became cheaper, Suet. Aug. 42:

mens mea,

Ov. H. 16, 73:

mala per longas moras,

id. R. Am. 92:

opinio inveterata,

Col. 3, 7, 2; so,

opinio vetus,

Gell. 4, 11, 1:

fama mortis suae apud barbaros,

Curt. 9, 6, 1.—

Esp. in the jurists, to receive or possess value, become valid:

testamentum,

Dig. 29, 1, 33:

donatio,

ib. 24, 1, 33:

libertas servo data,

ib. 28, 7, 20.

* * *

vĭgōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [vigor].

Act., to animate, invigorate:

disciplinam,

Tert. Pud. 2:

juvenis vigoratus,

stout, lusty, vigorous, App. M. 9, p. 227.—

Neutr., to become strong, gain strength:

vinum animae vigorantis ex vite Christi,

Tert. Res. Carn. 26 med.

ops, ŏpis ( nom. sing. does not occur; and the dat. perh. only in Front. Ep. ad Verr. 6 fin.; abl. ope, but opi, Varr. L. L. 5, 32, 141), f. [Sanscr. ap-nas, gain; Gr. aphenos, wealth; cf.: opulentus. copia = co-opia].

Power, might, strength, ability, in abstr.: Romani scalis summā nituntur opum vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.); so Verg. A. 12, 552:

summā ope niti,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

omni ope atque operā enitar,

will employ all my strength and efforts, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 5:

omnibus viribus atque opibus repugnare,

with all our powers, id. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

quācumque ope possent,

id. Mil. 11, 30:

grates persolvere dignas Non opis est nostrae,

is not in our power, Verg. A. 1, 601. —

In concr., means of any kind that one possesses; property, substance, wealth, riches, treasure; military or political resources, might, power, influence, etc. (in this signif. mostly in plur.; cf.: facultates. copiae, divitiae): ut scias, quanto e loco, Quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.):

nos tamen efficimus pro opibus nostris moenia,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 13:

condere,

to hoard up treasures, Verg. G. 2, 507; cf.:

magnas inter opes inops,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 28; 2, 12, 22:

ruris parvae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 59:

amplae,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122:

vita opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloriā ampla, virtute honesta,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

cui tenues opes, nullae facultates, exiguae amicorum copiae sunt,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

in bonis numerabis divitias, honores, opes,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 81; cf.:

divitiae ut utare, opes ut colare, honores ut laudere,

id. Lael. 6, 22:

opibus et copiis affluentes,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

opes violentas concupiscere,

id. Phil. 1, 12, 129:

Trojanas ut opes et lamentabile regnum Eruerint Danai,

Verg. A. 2, 4: ad divos adeunto caste, pietatem adhibento, opes amovento, lay aside display or show, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19.—In sing.: vidi ego te, astante ope barbaricā, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 120 Vahl.); so,

barbarica,

Verg. A. 8, 685.—

Aid, help, support, assistance, succor (syn.: subsidium, suppetiae, auxilium): opis egens tuae. Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 126 Vahl.): pro factis reddere opis pretium, id. ap. Sen. Ep. 18, 5 (Epigr. v. 6 ib.):

arripe opem auxiliumque ad hanc rem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 65; Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:

sine tuā ope,

id. Att. 16, 13 c, 2:

aliquid opis rei publicae tulissemus,

id. Fam. 4, 1, 1:

opem petere ab aliquo,

id. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:

confugere ad opem alicujus,

id. Font. 11, 35: ferte opem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67 (Trag. v. 86 Vahl.):

exitium superabat opem,

i. e. baffled medical skill. Ov. M. 7, 527:

afferre opem,

to yield assistance, id. ib. 8, 601:

admovere,

id. R. Am. 116.

Ŏps, Ŏpis ( nom. sing. Opis, Plaut. Pacch. 4, 8, 52; Hyg. Fab. 130), f. [a personification of 1. ops], the goddess of plenty, riches, and power, the wife of Saturn, and the patroness of husbandry; identical with Terra:

Jovi... Ope gnato,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 2; Varr. L. L. 5, § 57; 64 Müll.; Enn. ap. [p. 1273] Lact. 1, 14 (Euhem. n. 3 and 4, pp. 169 and 170 Vahl.); Macr. S. 1, 10; Cic. Univ. 11; id. Phil. 1, 7, 17; Ov. M. 9, 498.

ops, ŏpis ( nom. sing. does not occur; and the dat. perh. only in Front. Ep. ad Verr. 6 fin.; abl. ope, but opi, Varr. L. L. 5, 32, 141), f. [Sanscr. ap-nas, gain; Gr. aphenos, wealth; cf.: opulentus. copia = co-opia].

Power, might, strength, ability, in abstr.: Romani scalis summā nituntur opum vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.); so Verg. A. 12, 552:

summā ope niti,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

omni ope atque operā enitar,

will employ all my strength and efforts, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 5:

omnibus viribus atque opibus repugnare,

with all our powers, id. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

quācumque ope possent,

id. Mil. 11, 30:

grates persolvere dignas Non opis est nostrae,

is not in our power, Verg. A. 1, 601. —

In concr., means of any kind that one possesses; property, substance, wealth, riches, treasure; military or political resources, might, power, influence, etc. (in this signif. mostly in plur.; cf.: facultates. copiae, divitiae): ut scias, quanto e loco, Quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.):

nos tamen efficimus pro opibus nostris moenia,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 13:

condere,

to hoard up treasures, Verg. G. 2, 507; cf.:

magnas inter opes inops,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 28; 2, 12, 22:

ruris parvae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 59:

amplae,

Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122:

vita opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloriā ampla, virtute honesta,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1:

cui tenues opes, nullae facultates, exiguae amicorum copiae sunt,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

in bonis numerabis divitias, honores, opes,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 81; cf.:

divitiae ut utare, opes ut colare, honores ut laudere,

id. Lael. 6, 22:

opibus et copiis affluentes,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

opes violentas concupiscere,

id. Phil. 1, 12, 129:

Trojanas ut opes et lamentabile regnum Eruerint Danai,

Verg. A. 2, 4: ad divos adeunto caste, pietatem adhibento, opes amovento, lay aside display or show, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19.—In sing.: vidi ego te, astante ope barbaricā, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 120 Vahl.); so,

barbarica,

Verg. A. 8, 685.—

Aid, help, support, assistance, succor (syn.: subsidium, suppetiae, auxilium): opis egens tuae. Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 126 Vahl.): pro factis reddere opis pretium, id. ap. Sen. Ep. 18, 5 (Epigr. v. 6 ib.):

arripe opem auxiliumque ad hanc rem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 65; Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:

sine tuā ope,

id. Att. 16, 13 c, 2:

aliquid opis rei publicae tulissemus,

id. Fam. 4, 1, 1:

opem petere ab aliquo,

id. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:

confugere ad opem alicujus,

id. Font. 11, 35: ferte opem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67 (Trag. v. 86 Vahl.):

exitium superabat opem,

i. e. baffled medical skill. Ov. M. 7, 527:

afferre opem,

to yield assistance, id. ib. 8, 601:

admovere,

id. R. Am. 116.

Ŏps, Ŏpis ( nom. sing. Opis, Plaut. Pacch. 4, 8, 52; Hyg. Fab. 130), f. [a personification of 1. ops], the goddess of plenty, riches, and power, the wife of Saturn, and the patroness of husbandry; identical with Terra:

Jovi... Ope gnato,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 2; Varr. L. L. 5, § 57; 64 Müll.; Enn. ap. [p. 1273] Lact. 1, 14 (Euhem. n. 3 and 4, pp. 169 and 170 Vahl.); Macr. S. 1, 10; Cic. Univ. 11; id. Phil. 1, 7, 17; Ov. M. 9, 498.

con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.

Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

arcum,

Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31:

tenacia vincla,

Verg. G. 4, 412:

ilia risu,

Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

oculi contendunt se,

Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings:

ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit,

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—

Meton.

(Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw:

infensam hastam,

Verg. A. 10, 521:

tela,

id. ib. 12, 815:

sagittas nervo,

Sil. 1, 323:

telum aërias in auras,

Verg. A. 5, 520. —

Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend:

haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 30:

Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit,

Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—

Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.

In gen.

With acc.:

magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:

contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc.,

id. Fat. 10, 21:

summas vires de palmā,

Lucr. 4, 990:

animum in curas,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 11:

quo se dira libido,

Lucr. 4, 1043:

tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:

id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—

With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to:

hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 21:

summā vi transcendere in hostium naves,

id. ib. 3, 15:

fugā salutem petere,

id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125:

neque ego nunc hoc contendo... mutare animum, sed, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—

Neutr.:

quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere... tantum fac ut efficias,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut:

quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat,

Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so,

remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.:

contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42.— Absol.:

vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem,

Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.:

non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare),

to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—

In partic.,

To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.

With acc. (very rare):

rectā plateā cursum suum,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:

nocte unā tantum itineris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—

With inf. (freq.):

Bibracte ire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,

ire cum his legionibus,

id. ib. 1, 10:

in Britanniam proficisci,

id. ib. 4, 20:

in provinciam reverti,

id. ib. 3, 6 fin.:

Dyrrhachium petere,

Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.:

proxima litora petere cursu,

Verg. A. 1, 158; and:

iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—

Neutr. (so most freq.):

in Italiam magnis itineribus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.:

huc magnis itineribus,

id. ib. 1, 38 fin.:

huc magno cursu,

id. ib. 3, 19:

inde in Italiam,

id. ib. 1, 33:

in fines Sigambrorum,

id. ib. 4, 18:

in castra,

id. ib. 4, 37:

ex eo loco ad flumen,

id. ib. 2, 9:

ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum,

id. ib. 1, 27 fin.:

ad oppidum Noviodunum,

id. ib. 2, 12:

ad castra,

id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.:

ad hostes,

id. ib. 5, 9:

ad Amanum,

Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19:

Lacedaemonem,

Nep. Cim. 3, 3:

domum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.:

ad ultimum animo,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.:

magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere,

id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis,

id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ad salutem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin. —

( Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.

Cum aliquo:

neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36:

cum Sequanis bello,

id. ib. 7, 67 fin.:

cum eo armis,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

cum magnis legionibus parvā manu,

Sall. C. 53, 3:

cum barbaro,

Nep. Con. 4, 3:

cum victore,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 42:

mecum ingenio et arte,

Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.:

cum eo de principatu,

Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.:

divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis,

Sall. J. 4, 7:

humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.:

tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere?

Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—

Contra aliquem:

contra populum Romanum armis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

contra vim gravitatemque morbi,

id. Phil. 9, 7, 15:

nihil contra naturam universam,

id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—

Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—

With dat. ( poet.):

hirundo cycnis,

Lucr. 3, 6:

Homero,

Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:

Pindaricis plectris,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—

Inter se:

hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3:

viribus inter se,

Lucr. 3, 784.— Impers.:

interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur,

the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—

Absol.:

proelio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.;

3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo,

id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.— Impers.:

summo jure contenditur,

Cic. Caecin. 23, 65:

de his lite contenditur,

Quint. 3, 4, 8:

de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur,

id. 10, 5, 13.—

In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit;

illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.—

( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.

With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1:

id cum defensione nostrā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93:

rationem meam cum tuā ratione,

id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—

With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—

With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30:

vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—

With [p. 447] acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29:

ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

leges,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes,

Tac. A. 12, 1:

vetera et praesentia,

id. ib. 13, 3.—

( Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain:

cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem,

Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so,

ab aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.:

a magistris de proferendo die,

id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

ne quid contra aequitatem,

id. Off. 2, 20, 71:

omni opere, ut, etc.,

Suet. Dom. 2:

magno opere, ne, etc.,

id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3:

pertinaciter,

id. Caes. 1.—

( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.

With acc. and inf.:

sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15:

apud eos contendit falsa esse delata,

Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1:

illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos... scientes fuisse,

Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—

Absol. (very rare):

si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,

Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight:

qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:

acies oculorum,

Lucr. 1, 325; cf.:

contentis oculis prosequi aliquem,

Suet. Tib. 7:

contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa),

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves),

Verg. G. 3, 536:

Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia,

with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—

Trop., eager, intent:

contenta mens fuit in eā ratione,

Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515:

et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus,

id. Sest. 6, 13.— Sup.:

contentissimā voce clamitans,

App. M. 4, p. 147.— Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently:

pro se dicere... mittere contentius,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.:

acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare,

Gell. 18, 1, 2:

contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius,

id. de Or. 3, 55, 212:

aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare,

Gell. 3, 3, 1.