go+like+a+charm

căno, cĕcĭni, cantum (ancient imp. cante = canite, Carm. Sal. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; fut. perf. canerit = cecinerit, Lib. Augur. ap. Fest. s. v. rumentum, p. 270 ib.; perf. canui = cecini, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 384, predominant in concino, occino, etc.—Examples of sup. cantum and part. cantus, canturus, a, um, appear not to be in use; the trace of an earlier use is found in Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.: canta pro cantata ponebant;

once canituri,

Vulg. Apoc. 8, 13), 3, v. n. and a. [cf. kanassô, kanachê, konabos; Germ. Hahn; Engl. chanticleer; kuknos, ciconice; Sanscr. kōkas = duck; Engl. cock], orig. v. n., to produce melodious sounds, whether of men or animals; later, with a designation of the subject-matter of the melody, as v. a., to make something the subject of one ' s singing or playing, to sing of, to celebrate, or make known in song, etc.

Neutr., to utter melodious notes, to sing, sound, play.

Of men:

si absurde canat,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 9:

celebrare dapes canendo,

Ov. M. 5, 113:

si velim canere vel voce vel fidibus,

Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122; Quint. 5, 11, 124; 1, 8, 2; Gell. 19, 9, 3:

quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; cf.:

tibia canentum,

Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384; Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; Quint. 1, 10, 14:

curvo calamo,

Cat. 63, 22:

harundine,

Ov. M. 1, 683; Suet. Caes. 32:

cithara,

Tac. A. 14, 14:

lituus quo canitur,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30; Verg. E. 2, 31:

movit Amphion lapides canendo,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 2; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417 al.; Cic. Brut. 50, 187.—

Of the faulty delivery of an orator, to speak in a sing-song tone:

inclinată ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,

Cic. Or. 8, 27; cf. canto and canticum.—

Of animals (usu. of birds, but also of frogs), Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:

volucres nullă dulcius arte canant,

Prop. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:

merula canit aestate, hieme balbutit,

Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80; 10, 32, 47, § 89:

ranae alio translatae canunt,

id. 8, 58, 83, § 227.—Of the raven, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12.—Esp., of the crowing of a cock:

galli victi silere solent, canere victores,

to crow, Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56; v. the whole section; id. ib. 2, 26, 56, § 57; Col. 8, 2, 11; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49 (cf. also cantus):

gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (the crowing of a hen being considered as an auspicium malum),

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 27.—

In the lang. of the Pythagoreans, of the heavenly bodies (considered as living beings),

the music of the spheres, Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27.—

Transf., of the instruments by which, or ( poet.) of the places in which, the sounds are produced, to sound, resound:

canentes tibiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

maestae cecinere tubae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 9:

frondiferasque novis avibus canere undique silvas,

and the leafy forest everywhere resounds with young birds, Lucr. 1, 256; Auct. Aetn. 295.

Act., to make something or some person the subject of one ' s singing or playing.

With carmen, cantilenam, versus, verba, etc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite:

cum Simonides cecinisset, id carmen, quod in Scopam scripsisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

carmina quae in epulis canuntur,

id. Brut. 18, 71:

in eum (Cossum) milites carmina incondita aequantes eum Romulo canere,

Liv. 4, 20, 2:

Ascraeum cano carmen,

Verg. G. 2, 176; Suet. Caes. 49; Curt. 5, 1, 22: canere versus, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 36 Müll. (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.); Cic. Or. 51, 171; id. Brut. 18, 71:

neniam,

Suet. Aug. 100: idyllia erôtika, Gell. 19, 9, 4, § 10:

verba ad certos modos,

Ov. F. 3, 388:

Phrygium,

Quint. 1, 10, 33 Spald.—The homog. noun is rarely made the subject of the act. voice:

cum in ejus conviviis symphonia caneret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105.—

Prov.

Carmen intus canere, to sing for one ' s self, i. e. to consult only one ' s own advantage, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 53; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68; v. Aspendius.—

Cantilenam eandem canis, like the Gr. to auto adeis asma, ever the old tune, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 10; v. cantilena.—

With definite objects.

In gen., to sing, to cause to resound, to celebrate in song, to sing of, Lucr. 5, 328:

laudes mortui,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 70 Müll.:

canere ad tibiam clarorum virorum laudes atque virtutes,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; Quint. 1, 10, 10; 1, 10, 31; Liv. 45, 38, 12:

puellis carmine modulato laudes virtutum ejus canentibus,

Suet. Calig. 16 fin.:

dei laudes,

Lact. 6, 21, 9:

deorum laudes,

Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 8.—So with de:

canere ad tibicinem de clarorum hominum virtutibus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3 (cf. cantito):

praecepta,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 11:

jam canit effectos extremus vinitor antes,

Verg. G. 2, 417 Wagn. N. cr.:

nil dignum sermone,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 4:

quin etiam canet indoctum,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 9:

grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit,

Quint. 1, 10, 24; Cat. 63, 11:

Io! magna voce, Triumphe, canet,

Tib. 2, 5, 118; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 52; cf. Hor. C. 4, 2, 47:

haec super arvorum cultu pecorumque canebam,

Verg. G. 4, 559 Wagn.: et veterem in limo ranae cecinere querelam, croaked (according to the ancient pronunciation, kekinere kuerelam, an imitation of the Aristophanic Brekekekex; v. the letter C), id. ib. 1, 378; Lucr. 2, 601:

anser Gallos adesse canebat,

Verg. A. 8, 656:

motibus astrorum nunc quae sit causa, canamus,

Lucr. 5, 510:

sunt tempestates et fulmina clara canenda,

id. 6, 84.—

With pers. objects ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

canitur adhuc barbaras apud gentes (Arminius),

Tac. A. 2, 88:

Herculem... ituri in proelia canunt,

id. G. 2:

Dianam,

Cat. 34, 3:

deos regesve,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 13:

Liberum et Musas Veneremque,

id. ib. 1, 32, 10:

rite Latonae puerum,

id. ib. 4, 6, 37;

1, 10, 5: plectro graviore Gigantas, Ov M. 10, 150: reges et proelia,

Verg. E. 6, 3; Hor. C. 4, 15, 32:

arma virumque,

Verg. A. 1, 1:

pugnasque virosque,

Stat. Th. 8, 553:

maxima bella et clarissimos duces,

Quint. 10, 1, 62.—Very rarely, to celebrate, without reference to song or poetry:

Epicurus in quădam epistulă amicitiam tuam et Metrodori grata commemoratione cecinerat,

Sen. Ep. 79, 13.—Esp. of fame, to trumpet abroad:

fama facta atque infecta canit,

Verg. A. 4, 190:

fama digna atque indigna canit,

Val. Fl. 217 al. —And prov., to sing or preach to the deaf:

non canimus surdis,

Verg. E. 10, 8: praeceptorum, quae vereor ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim. Liv. 40, 8, 10.—

Since the responses of oracles were given in verse, to prophesy, foretell, predict.

In poetry:

Sibylla, Abdita quae senis fata canit pedibus,

Tib. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

horrendas ambages,

Verg. A. 6. 99; 3, [p. 280] 444:

fera fata,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 4; cf. id. Epod. 13, 11; id. S. 2, 5, 58; Tib. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 3, 3, 36; 1, 6, 50; Hor. C. S. 25:

et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,

Verg. A. 2, 124; Hor. S. 1, 9, 30.—

In prose:

ut haec quae nunc fiunt, canere di inmortales viderentur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18:

non haec a me tum tamquam fata... canebantur?

id. Sest. 21, 47:

eum, qui ex Thetide natus esset, majorem patre suo futurum cecinisse dicuntur oracula,

Quint. 3, 7, 11; Just. 11, 7, 4; 7, 6, 1; Tac. A. 2, 54; id. H. 4, 54:

cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat ad antistitem fani Dianae,

Liv. 1, 45, 5; 5, 15, 4 sq.; 1, 7, 10; Tac. A. 14, 32; Liv. 30, 28, 2; cf. Nep. Att. 16, 4; cf.

of philosophers, etc.: ipsa memor praecepta Canam,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 11 Orell. ad loc.; cf.:

quaeque diu latuere, canam,

Ov. M. 15, 147.

In milit. lang., t. t., both act. and neutr., of signals, to blow, to sound, to give; or to be sounded, resound.

Act.:

bellicum (lit. and trop.) canere, v. bellicus: classicum, v. classicus: signa canere jubet,

to give the signal for battle, Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1:

Pompeius classicum apud eum (sc. Scipionem) cani jubet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82.— Absol. without signum, etc.: tubicen canere coepit, Auct. B. Afr. 82; cf. Flor. 4, 2, 66.—

Neutr.:

priusquam signa canerent,

Liv. 1, 1, 7:

ut attendant, semel bisne signum canat in castris,

id. 27, 47, 3 and 5; 23, 16, 12;

24, 46 (twice): repente a tergo signa canere,

Sall. J. 94, 5; Liv. 7, 40, 10; Verg. A. 10, 310; Flor. 3, 18, 10:

classicum apud eos cecinit,

Liv. 28, 27, 15.—

Receptui canere, to sound a retreat:

Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit (i. e. cani jussit),

Liv. 27, 47, 2; Tac. H. 2, 26.— Poet.:

cecinit jussos receptus,

Ov. M. 1, 340.—And in Livy impers.:

nisi receptui cecinisset,

if it had not sounded a counter-march, Liv. 26, 44, 4:

ut referrent pedem, si receptui cecinisset,

id. 3, 22, 6.—

Trop.:

revocante et receptui canente senatu,

Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

ratio abstrahit ab acerbis cogitationibus a quibus cum cecinit receptui,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 33:

antequam (orator) in has aetatis (sc. senectutis) veniat insidias, receptui canet,

Quint. 12, 11, 4.

to practice magic, to charm, etc., found in the derivv. cantus, canto, etc., are entirely wanting in this verb.

căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

capsimus,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].

Lit.

In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

cape hoc flabellum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

cepit manibus tympanum,

Cat. 6, 3, 8:

tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

Verg. A. 2, 717:

cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

id. G. 3, 420:

flammeum,

Cat. 61, 8:

acria pocula,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

lora,

Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

baculum,

Ov. M. 2, 789:

colum cum calathis,

id. ib. 12, 475:

florem ternis digitis,

Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

pignera,

Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

rem pignori,

Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

scutum laeva,

Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

capias tu illius vestem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

and of particular weapons: ensem,

Ov. M. 13, 435:

tela,

id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

lauti cibum capiunt,

Tac. G. 22.—

In partic.

Of living objects.

To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.

Of persons:

oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

reges capiuntur,

Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

Liv. 22, 49, 18:

quos Byzantii ceperat,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

captos ostendere civibus hostes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

captus Tarento Livius,

Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

servus ex hoste captus,

Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

in captos clementia uti,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

inludere capto,

Verg. A. 2, 64:

quae sit fiducia capto,

id. ib. 2, 75:

ex captorum numero,

Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—

Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

nisi quid concharum capsimus,

id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

cervum,

Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

Verg. G. 4, 396.—

To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

quamvis voluptate capiatur,

id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

id. Att. 4, 1:

nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

Hor. A. P. 362:

hunc capit argenti splendor,

id. S. 1, 4, 28:

te conjux aliena capit,

id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

Prop. 1, 1, 1:

carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

Tib. 3, 1, 7:

munditiis capimur,

Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

Liv. 30, 12, 18:

dulcedine vocis,

Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

voce nova,

id. ib. 1, 678:

temperie aquarum,

id. ib. 4, 344:

(bos) herba captus viridi,

Verg. E. 6, 59:

amoenitate loci,

Tac. A. 18, 52:

auro,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

splendore hominis,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—

To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

eodem captus errore quo nos,

involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

ne quo errore milites caperentur,

Liv. 8, 6, 16:

capere ante dolis Reginam,

Verg. A. 1, 673:

captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

id. ib. 2, 196:

ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

Sall. J. 14, 11:

adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

id. C. 14, 5:

capi alicujus dolo,

Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

Liv. 23, 35, 2:

quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

Ov. M. 7, 301.—

To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

id. Brut. 48, 178.—

To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.

Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

captus omnibus membris,

id. 2, 36, 8:

capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

id. 21, 58, 5:

oculis membrisque captus,

Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

habuit filium captum altero oculo,

Suet. Vit. 6:

censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

lumine,

Ov. F. 6, 204:

princeps pedibus captus,

Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

captum leto posuit caput,

Verg. A. 11, 830;

and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

id. G. 1, 183.—

Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

rarely mentibu' capti,

Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

animo,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

captus animi,

Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

virgines captae furore,

Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

Liv. 39, 13, 12:

captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

capti et stupentes animi,

id. 6, 36, 8.—

To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

de istac sum judex captus,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

Liv. 3, 71, 2:

me cepere arbitrum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

quom illum generum cepimus,

id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

Gell. 1, 12, 15:

jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—

Of places.

To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

loca capere, castra munire,

Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

castris locum capere,

Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

locum capere castris,

Quint. 12, 2, 5:

ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

Liv. 34, 14, 1:

neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

id. 35, 14, 9:

erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

id. 35, 28, 1:

locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

Sall. J. 58, 3:

duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

Liv. 7, 26, 5:

quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

tumulum suis cepit,

Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

Liv. 1, 6, 4;

for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

id. 9, 43, 20:

Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—

To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

CORSICAM,

Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

Troja capta,

Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

urbem opulentissimam,

id. 5, 20, 1:

ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

castra hostium,

Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

Liv. 42, 63, 6:

plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

id. 28, 39, 10:

sedem belli,

Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

oppressa captaque re publica,

Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—

To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

insulam capere non potuerant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

id. ib. 4, 36:

accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

id. ib. 5, 23:

nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—

Of things of value, property, money, etc.

In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

de praedonibus praedam capere,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

agros de hostibus,

Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

Liv. 4, 48, 2:

quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

Nep. Con. 4, 4:

classem,

id. Cim. 2, 2:

magnas praedas,

id. Dat. 10, 2:

ex hostibus pecuniam,

Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

cape cedo,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

id. Att. 7, 2:

quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—

In particular connections.

With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

id. ib. §

27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

id. Clu. 42, 120:

nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

id. Pis. 16, 38:

si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

ab regibus Illyriorum,

Liv. 42, 45, 8:

saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—

Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

Quint. 3, 6, 96:

aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

id. 5, 14, 16:

si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

Juv. 1, 55:

qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—

Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

stipendium jure belli,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

Liv. 28, 39, 13:

quadragena annua ex schola,

Suet. Gram. 23:

si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

id. Div. 2, 5:

ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

id. Pis. 14, 31:

aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

usuram alicujus corporis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—

Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

gestum atque voltum novom,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

figuras Datque capitque novas,

id. ib. 15, 309:

formam capit quam lilia,

id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

duritiam ab aere,

id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

radicem capere,

to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

siliculam capere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

maturitatem capere,

Col. 4, 23, 1:

radix libere capit viris,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

vires cepisse nocendi,

Ov. M. 7, 417:

(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—

Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

consuetudinem exercitationemque,

id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

misericordiam,

id. Quint. 31, 97:

quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

disciplinam principum,

Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—

Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

consulatum,

id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

honores,

Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

imperium,

id. Claud. 10:

magistratum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

magistratus,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

Ov. M. 3, 644:

rerum moderamen,

id. ib. 6, 677:

pontificatum maximum,

Suet. Vit. 11:

rem publicam,

Sall. C. 5, 6:

neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

Liv. 2, 33, 1:

ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

Liv. 7, 1, 2.—

In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

augurium ex arce,

Liv. 10, 7, 10:

augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

omen,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

Liv. 9, 4, 1:

rursus impetu capto enituntur,

id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

nec vestra capit discordia finem,

Verg. A. 10, 106:

fugam,

to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—

Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

si occassionem capsit,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—

Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

conjecturam capere,

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

capti consili memorem mones,

id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

temerarium consilium,

Liv. 25, 34, 7:

tale capit consilium,

Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

ut ego rationem oculis capio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

cepi rationem ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—

Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

praesagia a sole,

Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—

Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

laborem inanem ipsus capit,

id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

hic potitur gaudia,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

id. ib. prol. 114:

angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

id. Sen. 15, 54:

opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

id. Brut. 1, 1:

itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

id. ib. 40, 147:

ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

Liv. 27, 40, 9:

ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

id. 5, 20, 2:

ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

Liv. 33, 27, 10:

voluptatem animi,

Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—

Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

Liv. 1, 6, 3:

cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

id. 40, 21, 2:

etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

Liv. 27, 13, 2:

oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

id. 38, 46, 12:

tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

Liv. 27, 8, 6:

hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

id. 44, 12, 1:

tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

Verg. A. 2, 384:

infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

Liv. 1, 57, 10:

ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

id. 25, 22, 1:

tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

id. 23, 20, 7:

senatum metus cepit,

id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

Liv. 43, 11, 9.—

Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

calamitatem,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.

To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.

Lit.

In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

Lucr. 6, 1030:

jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

id. ib. 1, 75:

dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

id. ib. 8, 558:

cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

id. ib. 5, 324.—

Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

volat vapor ater ad auras,

Verg. A. 7, 466:

non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

non capit se mare,

Sen. Agam. 487:

neque enim capiebant funera portae,

Ov. M. 7, 607:

officium populi vix capiente domo,

id. P. 4, 4, 42:

si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

Curt. 7, 8, 12:

ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

Just. 2, 10, 19.—

Trop.

To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—

To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.

Affirmatively (rare):

quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

Curt. 9, 3, 7:

si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

Quint. 2, 4, 17:

dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

Dig. 40, 12, 15.—

With negatives:

non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

Lucr. 3, 298:

nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

Ov. M. 6, 466:

vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

id. ib. 11, 118:

ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

Curt. 7, 8, 13:

majora quam capit spirat,

id. 6, 9, 11:

ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

id. 3, 12, 20:

infirma aetas majora non capiet,

Quint. 1, 11, 13.—

Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

Dig. 4, 4, 19.—

With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

Prud. Apoth. 154:

crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—

Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

Quint. 11, 1, 45:

nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

id. 2, 6, 2:

quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

Liv. 9, 17, 14:

somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.

căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,

A taking:

dominii,

Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—

= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

capsimus,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].

Lit.

In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

cape hoc flabellum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

cepit manibus tympanum,

Cat. 6, 3, 8:

tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

Verg. A. 2, 717:

cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

id. G. 3, 420:

flammeum,

Cat. 61, 8:

acria pocula,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

lora,

Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

baculum,

Ov. M. 2, 789:

colum cum calathis,

id. ib. 12, 475:

florem ternis digitis,

Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

pignera,

Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

rem pignori,

Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

scutum laeva,

Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

capias tu illius vestem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

and of particular weapons: ensem,

Ov. M. 13, 435:

tela,

id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

lauti cibum capiunt,

Tac. G. 22.—

In partic.

Of living objects.

To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.

Of persons:

oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

reges capiuntur,

Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

Liv. 22, 49, 18:

quos Byzantii ceperat,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

captos ostendere civibus hostes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

captus Tarento Livius,

Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

servus ex hoste captus,

Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

in captos clementia uti,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

inludere capto,

Verg. A. 2, 64:

quae sit fiducia capto,

id. ib. 2, 75:

ex captorum numero,

Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—

Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

nisi quid concharum capsimus,

id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

cervum,

Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

Verg. G. 4, 396.—

To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

quamvis voluptate capiatur,

id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

id. Att. 4, 1:

nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

Hor. A. P. 362:

hunc capit argenti splendor,

id. S. 1, 4, 28:

te conjux aliena capit,

id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

Prop. 1, 1, 1:

carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

Tib. 3, 1, 7:

munditiis capimur,

Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

Liv. 30, 12, 18:

dulcedine vocis,

Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

voce nova,

id. ib. 1, 678:

temperie aquarum,

id. ib. 4, 344:

(bos) herba captus viridi,

Verg. E. 6, 59:

amoenitate loci,

Tac. A. 18, 52:

auro,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

splendore hominis,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—

To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

eodem captus errore quo nos,

involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

ne quo errore milites caperentur,

Liv. 8, 6, 16:

capere ante dolis Reginam,

Verg. A. 1, 673:

captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

id. ib. 2, 196:

ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

Sall. J. 14, 11:

adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

id. C. 14, 5:

capi alicujus dolo,

Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

Liv. 23, 35, 2:

quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

Ov. M. 7, 301.—

To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

id. Brut. 48, 178.—

To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.

Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

captus omnibus membris,

id. 2, 36, 8:

capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

id. 21, 58, 5:

oculis membrisque captus,

Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

habuit filium captum altero oculo,

Suet. Vit. 6:

censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

lumine,

Ov. F. 6, 204:

princeps pedibus captus,

Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

captum leto posuit caput,

Verg. A. 11, 830;

and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

id. G. 1, 183.—

Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

rarely mentibu' capti,

Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

animo,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

captus animi,

Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

virgines captae furore,

Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

Liv. 39, 13, 12:

captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

capti et stupentes animi,

id. 6, 36, 8.—

To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

de istac sum judex captus,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

Liv. 3, 71, 2:

me cepere arbitrum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

quom illum generum cepimus,

id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

Gell. 1, 12, 15:

jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—

Of places.

To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

loca capere, castra munire,

Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

castris locum capere,

Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

locum capere castris,

Quint. 12, 2, 5:

ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

Liv. 34, 14, 1:

neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

id. 35, 14, 9:

erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

id. 35, 28, 1:

locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

Sall. J. 58, 3:

duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

Liv. 7, 26, 5:

quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

tumulum suis cepit,

Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

Liv. 1, 6, 4;

for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

id. 9, 43, 20:

Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—

To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

CORSICAM,

Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

Troja capta,

Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

urbem opulentissimam,

id. 5, 20, 1:

ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

castra hostium,

Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

Liv. 42, 63, 6:

plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

id. 28, 39, 10:

sedem belli,

Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

oppressa captaque re publica,

Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—

To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

insulam capere non potuerant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

id. ib. 4, 36:

accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

id. ib. 5, 23:

nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—

Of things of value, property, money, etc.

In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

de praedonibus praedam capere,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

agros de hostibus,

Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

Liv. 4, 48, 2:

quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

Nep. Con. 4, 4:

classem,

id. Cim. 2, 2:

magnas praedas,

id. Dat. 10, 2:

ex hostibus pecuniam,

Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

cape cedo,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

id. Att. 7, 2:

quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—

In particular connections.

With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

id. ib. §

27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

id. Clu. 42, 120:

nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

id. Pis. 16, 38:

si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

ab regibus Illyriorum,

Liv. 42, 45, 8:

saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—

Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

Quint. 3, 6, 96:

aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

id. 5, 14, 16:

si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

Juv. 1, 55:

qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—

Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

stipendium jure belli,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

Liv. 28, 39, 13:

quadragena annua ex schola,

Suet. Gram. 23:

si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

id. Div. 2, 5:

ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

id. Pis. 14, 31:

aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

usuram alicujus corporis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—

Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

gestum atque voltum novom,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

figuras Datque capitque novas,

id. ib. 15, 309:

formam capit quam lilia,

id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

duritiam ab aere,

id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

radicem capere,

to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

siliculam capere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

maturitatem capere,

Col. 4, 23, 1:

radix libere capit viris,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

vires cepisse nocendi,

Ov. M. 7, 417:

(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—

Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

consuetudinem exercitationemque,

id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

misericordiam,

id. Quint. 31, 97:

quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

disciplinam principum,

Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—

Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

consulatum,

id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

honores,

Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

imperium,

id. Claud. 10:

magistratum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

magistratus,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

Ov. M. 3, 644:

rerum moderamen,

id. ib. 6, 677:

pontificatum maximum,

Suet. Vit. 11:

rem publicam,

Sall. C. 5, 6:

neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

Liv. 2, 33, 1:

ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

Liv. 7, 1, 2.—

In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

augurium ex arce,

Liv. 10, 7, 10:

augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

omen,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

Liv. 9, 4, 1:

rursus impetu capto enituntur,

id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

nec vestra capit discordia finem,

Verg. A. 10, 106:

fugam,

to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—

Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

si occassionem capsit,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—

Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

conjecturam capere,

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

capti consili memorem mones,

id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

temerarium consilium,

Liv. 25, 34, 7:

tale capit consilium,

Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

ut ego rationem oculis capio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

cepi rationem ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—

Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

praesagia a sole,

Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—

Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

laborem inanem ipsus capit,

id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

hic potitur gaudia,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

id. ib. prol. 114:

angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

id. Sen. 15, 54:

opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

id. Brut. 1, 1:

itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

id. ib. 40, 147:

ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

Liv. 27, 40, 9:

ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

id. 5, 20, 2:

ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

Liv. 33, 27, 10:

voluptatem animi,

Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—

Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

Liv. 1, 6, 3:

cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

id. 40, 21, 2:

etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

Liv. 27, 13, 2:

oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

id. 38, 46, 12:

tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

Liv. 27, 8, 6:

hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

id. 44, 12, 1:

tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

Verg. A. 2, 384:

infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

Liv. 1, 57, 10:

ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

id. 25, 22, 1:

tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

id. 23, 20, 7:

senatum metus cepit,

id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

Liv. 43, 11, 9.—

Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

calamitatem,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.

To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.

Lit.

In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

Lucr. 6, 1030:

jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

id. ib. 1, 75:

dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

id. ib. 8, 558:

cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

id. ib. 5, 324.—

Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

volat vapor ater ad auras,

Verg. A. 7, 466:

non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

non capit se mare,

Sen. Agam. 487:

neque enim capiebant funera portae,

Ov. M. 7, 607:

officium populi vix capiente domo,

id. P. 4, 4, 42:

si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

Curt. 7, 8, 12:

ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

Just. 2, 10, 19.—

Trop.

To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—

To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.

Affirmatively (rare):

quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

Curt. 9, 3, 7:

si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

Quint. 2, 4, 17:

dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

Dig. 40, 12, 15.—

With negatives:

non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

Lucr. 3, 298:

nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

Ov. M. 6, 466:

vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

id. ib. 11, 118:

ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

Curt. 7, 8, 13:

majora quam capit spirat,

id. 6, 9, 11:

ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

id. 3, 12, 20:

infirma aetas majora non capiet,

Quint. 1, 11, 13.—

Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

Dig. 4, 4, 19.—

With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

Prud. Apoth. 154:

crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—

Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

Quint. 11, 1, 45:

nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

id. 2, 6, 2:

quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

Liv. 9, 17, 14:

somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.

căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,

A taking:

dominii,

Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—

= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

hŏnor or hŏnos (the latter form almost exclusively in Cic., who has honor only Phil. 9, 6 fin., and Fragm. pro Tull. 21; also in Caes., Liv., Sall., Prop., Verg., Nep., and Curt.; but honor in Sen., Vell., Ov.; and Hor. and Tac. use both forms. Honos was antiquated in Quintilian's day, v. Quint. 1, 4, 13; Neue, Formenl. 1, 168 sq.), ōris (archaic gen. honorus, like venerus, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, n. 7), m. [perh. Sanscr. hu-, call], honor, repute, esteem in which a person or thing is held.

Lit.

In gen.:

cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem, qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur. Qui autem occasione aliqua etiam invitis suis civibus nactus est imperium, hunc nomen honoris adeptum, non honorem puto,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281; cf.:

is autem, qui vere appellari potest honos, non invitamentum ad tempus, sed perpetuae virtutis est praemium,

id. Fam. 10, 10, 1 sq.:

honos alit artes omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloria,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4;

so with gloria,

id. Part. 24, 87: si honos is fuit, majorem tibi habere non [p. 862] potui, id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:

quanto et honor hic illo est amplior, etc.,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

gratia, dignitate, honore auctus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 8:

amplissimis honoribus et praemiis decorari... honos maximus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232:

ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine affeceris,

id. Deiot. 5, 14:

aliquem praecipuo honore habere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4:

suum cuique honorem et gradum reddere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

apud eum sunt in honore et in pretio,

id. ib. 28, 77; Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 1; so with in:

in honore magno esse,

Cic. Brut. 8, 30:

summo in honore,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 235; id. Off. 2, 19, 65:

tanto in honore,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2; 3, 47, 7; Liv. 42, 6, 12; but without in:

Jovem autem quanto honore in suo templo fuisse arbitramini,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

(Druides) magno sunt apud eos honore,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 5, 54, 5; Liv. 1, 40, 1; Tac. A. 14, 6; id. H. 1, 6, 4:

honorem accipere,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

honorem huic generi (i. e. poëtis) non fuisse declarat oratio Catonis,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

honori summo nostro Miloni fuit qui P. Clodii conatus compressit,

id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf.:

quod (i. e. medium ex tribus sedere) apud Numidas honori ducitur,

Sall. J. 11, 3:

rite suum Baccho dicemus honorem,

honor, praise, Verg. G. 2, 393: tanto ille vobis quam mihi pejorem honorem habuit, worse honor, i. e. greater dishonor or disgrace, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 12, 9, 4; cf.:

exsilii honor,

i. e. honorable exile, Tac. H. 1, 21.—Personified:

tute pone te latebis facile, ne inveniat te honos,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, honor, esteem, value:

physicae quoque non sine causa tributus idem est honos,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 73; id. Fam. 7, 26, 2:

ornatus ille admirabilis, propter quem ascendit in tantum honorem eloquentia,

id. Or. 36, 125:

multa renascentur quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus,

Hor. A. P. 71:

apud antiquos piscium nobilissimus habitus acipenser nullo in honore est,

Plin. 9, 17, 27, § 60; 19, 6, 32, § 104:

vino Pramnio etiam nunc honos durat,

id. 14, 4, 6, § 54 al. —

In partic.

Public honor, official dignity, office, post, preferment (cf. munus):

ita quaestor sum factus, ut mihi honorem illum tum non solum datum, sed etiam creditum ac commissum putem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35:

ille honoris gradus,

id. Sull. 29, 82:

equites Romanos in tribunicium restituit honorem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 77 fin.:

extraordinarium honorem appetere,

id. ib. 1, 32, 2:

hic ipse honos (sc. dictatura), delatus ad me, testis est innocentiae meae,

Liv. 9, 26, 14:

curulem adferri sellam eo jussit (Flavius) ac sede honoris sui inimicos spectavit,

id. 9, 46, 9:

honore abiit,

Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:

deposito honore,

id. ib. 36:

paene honore summotus est,

id. Claud. 9:

honor municipalis est administratio rei publicae cum dignitatis gradu, sive cum sumtu, sive sine erogatione contingens,

Dig. 50, 4, 14 pr.: honorem aut magistratum gerere, Gai Inst. 1, 96:

clari velamen honoris sufficiunt tunicae summis aedilibus albae,

Juv. 3, 178:

tempus honoris,

the term of office, id. 8, 150:

honorem militiae largiri,

military honors, id. 7, 88.—In plur.:

populum Romanum hominibus novis industriis libenter honores mandare semperque mandasse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; cf.:

qui (populus) stultus honores Saepe dat indignis,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 15:

ascendisset ad honores, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 68, 241:

honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfungi,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 3:

obrepisti ad honores errore hominum,

id. Pis. 1, 1:

Catulus maximis honoribus usus,

Sall. C. 49, 2:

magistratus atque honores capere,

Suet. Aug. 26:

largiri opes, honores,

Tac. A. 11, 12.—

Particular phrases.

Honoris causa.

Out of respect, in order to show honor (class.):

C. Curio, quem ego hominem honoris potius quam contumeliae causa nominatum volo,

Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 18:

quem honoris causa nomino,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

toties hunc et virum bonum esse dixisti et honoris causa appellasti,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:

Campanis equitum honoris causa, civitas sine suffragio data,

Liv. 8, 14, 10; 32, 34, 8; 39, 22, 2.—

For the sake of (ante-class.):

ejus honoris causa, feci thensaurum ut hic reperiret Euclio,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 25: mei honoris causa mittere coquos, id. ib. 3, 4, 4:

huc honoris vostri venio gratia,

id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. Stich. 2, 2, 14:

vestri honoris causa,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35.—

Praefari or dicere honorem, to make an excuse in saying any thing that may be distasteful = by your leave or saving your presence:

si dicimus: ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur. Sin de Aurelia aliquid aut Lollia, honos. praefandus est,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4;

for which: haec sunt quae retulisse fas sit, ac pleraque ex his non nisi honore dicto,

Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 87; cf.

also: honos auribus sit,

i. e. pardon the expression, Curt. 5, 1, 22.—

Personified, Hŏnor or Hŏnos, as a deity whose temple adjoined that of Virtus, and who was worshipped with uncovered head, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121; id. Sest. 54, 116; id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; Val. Max. 1, 1, 8; Liv. 27, 25, 7 sqq.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 21; Inscr. Orell. 543.

Transf.

Concr., any thing given as a mark of honor, an honorary gift, a reward, acknowledgment, recompense, fee; a sacrifice; funeral rites; a legacy, etc. (mostly poet. and since the Aug. period):

Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui,... honori posterorum tuorum ut vindex fieres,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 18:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur et tibi daret quod opus esset,

Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 22:

geminum pugnae proponit honorem,

Verg. A. 5, 365:

nil victor honoris Ex opibus posco,

Sil. 9, 199:

dicite, Pierides, quonam donetur honore Neaera,

Tib. 3, 1, 5:

nec Telamon sine honore recessit Hesioneque data potitur,

Ov. M. 11, 216:

arae sacrificiis fument, honore, donis cumulentur,

Liv. 8, 33, 21:

divūm templis indicit honorem,

Verg. A. 1, 632; Ov. F. 4, 409:

nullos aris adoleret honores,

id. M. 8, 742:

meritos aris mactavit honores,

Verg. A. 3, 118:

honore sepulturae carere,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; id. Inv. 1, 55, 108:

cernit ibi maestos et mortis honore carentes Leucaspim, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 333; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 45:

mille viri, qui supremum comitentur honorem,

Verg. A. 11, 61:

solutus honos cineri,

Val. Fl. 3, 357:

honorem habere alicui,

Curt. 3, 12, 13:

omnem honorem funeri servare,

id. 4, 10, 23:

communem sepulturae honorem alicui tribuere,

Suet. Aug. 17:

nec enim quaerimus, cui acquiratur, sed cui honos habitus est,

the honorary legacy, Dig. 37, 5, 3; 32, 1, 11:

sepulturae honore spoliatus,

Val. Max. 4, 7, 1; 9, 8, 1 fin.; cf.:

supremitatis honor,

Amm. 31, 13:

supremus condicionis humanae honos,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.—

Objectively, a quality that brings honor or consideration, an ornament, grace, charm, beauty ( poet.):

silvis Aquilo decussit honorem,

Verg. G. 2, 404:

December silvis honorem decutit,

Hor. Epod. 11, 6; cf.:

populeus cui frondis honor,

Val. Fl. 6, 296:

notus in vultus honor,

Hor. Epod. 17, 18; Stat. Th. 10, 788.—In plur.:

laetos oculis afflārat honores,

Verg. A. 1, 591; cf. Sil. 12, 244:

hic tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno Ruris honorum opulenta cornu,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 16:

nullum ver usquam nullique aestatis honores,

Sil. 3, 487.—

A magistrate, office-holder:

sed cum summus honor finito computet anno, sportula quid referat,

Juv. 1, 117; cf. v. 110.

hŏnor or hŏnos (the latter form almost exclusively in Cic., who has honor only Phil. 9, 6 fin., and Fragm. pro Tull. 21; also in Caes., Liv., Sall., Prop., Verg., Nep., and Curt.; but honor in Sen., Vell., Ov.; and Hor. and Tac. use both forms. Honos was antiquated in Quintilian's day, v. Quint. 1, 4, 13; Neue, Formenl. 1, 168 sq.), ōris (archaic gen. honorus, like venerus, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, n. 7), m. [perh. Sanscr. hu-, call], honor, repute, esteem in which a person or thing is held.

Lit.

In gen.:

cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem, qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur. Qui autem occasione aliqua etiam invitis suis civibus nactus est imperium, hunc nomen honoris adeptum, non honorem puto,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281; cf.:

is autem, qui vere appellari potest honos, non invitamentum ad tempus, sed perpetuae virtutis est praemium,

id. Fam. 10, 10, 1 sq.:

honos alit artes omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloria,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4;

so with gloria,

id. Part. 24, 87: si honos is fuit, majorem tibi habere non [p. 862] potui, id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:

quanto et honor hic illo est amplior, etc.,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

gratia, dignitate, honore auctus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 8:

amplissimis honoribus et praemiis decorari... honos maximus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232:

ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine affeceris,

id. Deiot. 5, 14:

aliquem praecipuo honore habere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4:

suum cuique honorem et gradum reddere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

apud eum sunt in honore et in pretio,

id. ib. 28, 77; Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 1; so with in:

in honore magno esse,

Cic. Brut. 8, 30:

summo in honore,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 235; id. Off. 2, 19, 65:

tanto in honore,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2; 3, 47, 7; Liv. 42, 6, 12; but without in:

Jovem autem quanto honore in suo templo fuisse arbitramini,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

(Druides) magno sunt apud eos honore,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 5, 54, 5; Liv. 1, 40, 1; Tac. A. 14, 6; id. H. 1, 6, 4:

honorem accipere,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

honorem huic generi (i. e. poëtis) non fuisse declarat oratio Catonis,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

honori summo nostro Miloni fuit qui P. Clodii conatus compressit,

id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf.:

quod (i. e. medium ex tribus sedere) apud Numidas honori ducitur,

Sall. J. 11, 3:

rite suum Baccho dicemus honorem,

honor, praise, Verg. G. 2, 393: tanto ille vobis quam mihi pejorem honorem habuit, worse honor, i. e. greater dishonor or disgrace, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 12, 9, 4; cf.:

exsilii honor,

i. e. honorable exile, Tac. H. 1, 21.—Personified:

tute pone te latebis facile, ne inveniat te honos,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, honor, esteem, value:

physicae quoque non sine causa tributus idem est honos,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 73; id. Fam. 7, 26, 2:

ornatus ille admirabilis, propter quem ascendit in tantum honorem eloquentia,

id. Or. 36, 125:

multa renascentur quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus,

Hor. A. P. 71:

apud antiquos piscium nobilissimus habitus acipenser nullo in honore est,

Plin. 9, 17, 27, § 60; 19, 6, 32, § 104:

vino Pramnio etiam nunc honos durat,

id. 14, 4, 6, § 54 al. —

In partic.

Public honor, official dignity, office, post, preferment (cf. munus):

ita quaestor sum factus, ut mihi honorem illum tum non solum datum, sed etiam creditum ac commissum putem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35:

ille honoris gradus,

id. Sull. 29, 82:

equites Romanos in tribunicium restituit honorem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 77 fin.:

extraordinarium honorem appetere,

id. ib. 1, 32, 2:

hic ipse honos (sc. dictatura), delatus ad me, testis est innocentiae meae,

Liv. 9, 26, 14:

curulem adferri sellam eo jussit (Flavius) ac sede honoris sui inimicos spectavit,

id. 9, 46, 9:

honore abiit,

Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:

deposito honore,

id. ib. 36:

paene honore summotus est,

id. Claud. 9:

honor municipalis est administratio rei publicae cum dignitatis gradu, sive cum sumtu, sive sine erogatione contingens,

Dig. 50, 4, 14 pr.: honorem aut magistratum gerere, Gai Inst. 1, 96:

clari velamen honoris sufficiunt tunicae summis aedilibus albae,

Juv. 3, 178:

tempus honoris,

the term of office, id. 8, 150:

honorem militiae largiri,

military honors, id. 7, 88.—In plur.:

populum Romanum hominibus novis industriis libenter honores mandare semperque mandasse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; cf.:

qui (populus) stultus honores Saepe dat indignis,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 15:

ascendisset ad honores, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 68, 241:

honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfungi,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 3:

obrepisti ad honores errore hominum,

id. Pis. 1, 1:

Catulus maximis honoribus usus,

Sall. C. 49, 2:

magistratus atque honores capere,

Suet. Aug. 26:

largiri opes, honores,

Tac. A. 11, 12.—

Particular phrases.

Honoris causa.

Out of respect, in order to show honor (class.):

C. Curio, quem ego hominem honoris potius quam contumeliae causa nominatum volo,

Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 18:

quem honoris causa nomino,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

toties hunc et virum bonum esse dixisti et honoris causa appellasti,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:

Campanis equitum honoris causa, civitas sine suffragio data,

Liv. 8, 14, 10; 32, 34, 8; 39, 22, 2.—

For the sake of (ante-class.):

ejus honoris causa, feci thensaurum ut hic reperiret Euclio,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 25: mei honoris causa mittere coquos, id. ib. 3, 4, 4:

huc honoris vostri venio gratia,

id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. Stich. 2, 2, 14:

vestri honoris causa,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35.—

Praefari or dicere honorem, to make an excuse in saying any thing that may be distasteful = by your leave or saving your presence:

si dicimus: ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur. Sin de Aurelia aliquid aut Lollia, honos. praefandus est,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4;

for which: haec sunt quae retulisse fas sit, ac pleraque ex his non nisi honore dicto,

Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 87; cf.

also: honos auribus sit,

i. e. pardon the expression, Curt. 5, 1, 22.—

Personified, Hŏnor or Hŏnos, as a deity whose temple adjoined that of Virtus, and who was worshipped with uncovered head, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121; id. Sest. 54, 116; id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; Val. Max. 1, 1, 8; Liv. 27, 25, 7 sqq.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 21; Inscr. Orell. 543.

Transf.

Concr., any thing given as a mark of honor, an honorary gift, a reward, acknowledgment, recompense, fee; a sacrifice; funeral rites; a legacy, etc. (mostly poet. and since the Aug. period):

Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui,... honori posterorum tuorum ut vindex fieres,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 18:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur et tibi daret quod opus esset,

Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 22:

geminum pugnae proponit honorem,

Verg. A. 5, 365:

nil victor honoris Ex opibus posco,

Sil. 9, 199:

dicite, Pierides, quonam donetur honore Neaera,

Tib. 3, 1, 5:

nec Telamon sine honore recessit Hesioneque data potitur,

Ov. M. 11, 216:

arae sacrificiis fument, honore, donis cumulentur,

Liv. 8, 33, 21:

divūm templis indicit honorem,

Verg. A. 1, 632; Ov. F. 4, 409:

nullos aris adoleret honores,

id. M. 8, 742:

meritos aris mactavit honores,

Verg. A. 3, 118:

honore sepulturae carere,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; id. Inv. 1, 55, 108:

cernit ibi maestos et mortis honore carentes Leucaspim, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 333; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 45:

mille viri, qui supremum comitentur honorem,

Verg. A. 11, 61:

solutus honos cineri,

Val. Fl. 3, 357:

honorem habere alicui,

Curt. 3, 12, 13:

omnem honorem funeri servare,

id. 4, 10, 23:

communem sepulturae honorem alicui tribuere,

Suet. Aug. 17:

nec enim quaerimus, cui acquiratur, sed cui honos habitus est,

the honorary legacy, Dig. 37, 5, 3; 32, 1, 11:

sepulturae honore spoliatus,

Val. Max. 4, 7, 1; 9, 8, 1 fin.; cf.:

supremitatis honor,

Amm. 31, 13:

supremus condicionis humanae honos,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.—

Objectively, a quality that brings honor or consideration, an ornament, grace, charm, beauty ( poet.):

silvis Aquilo decussit honorem,

Verg. G. 2, 404:

December silvis honorem decutit,

Hor. Epod. 11, 6; cf.:

populeus cui frondis honor,

Val. Fl. 6, 296:

notus in vultus honor,

Hor. Epod. 17, 18; Stat. Th. 10, 788.—In plur.:

laetos oculis afflārat honores,

Verg. A. 1, 591; cf. Sil. 12, 244:

hic tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno Ruris honorum opulenta cornu,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 16:

nullum ver usquam nullique aestatis honores,

Sil. 3, 487.—

A magistrate, office-holder:

sed cum summus honor finito computet anno, sportula quid referat,

Juv. 1, 117; cf. v. 110.

hŏnor or hŏnos (the latter form almost exclusively in Cic., who has honor only Phil. 9, 6 fin., and Fragm. pro Tull. 21; also in Caes., Liv., Sall., Prop., Verg., Nep., and Curt.; but honor in Sen., Vell., Ov.; and Hor. and Tac. use both forms. Honos was antiquated in Quintilian's day, v. Quint. 1, 4, 13; Neue, Formenl. 1, 168 sq.), ōris (archaic gen. honorus, like venerus, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, n. 7), m. [perh. Sanscr. hu-, call], honor, repute, esteem in which a person or thing is held.

Lit.

In gen.:

cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem, qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur. Qui autem occasione aliqua etiam invitis suis civibus nactus est imperium, hunc nomen honoris adeptum, non honorem puto,

Cic. Brut. 81, 281; cf.:

is autem, qui vere appellari potest honos, non invitamentum ad tempus, sed perpetuae virtutis est praemium,

id. Fam. 10, 10, 1 sq.:

honos alit artes omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloria,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4;

so with gloria,

id. Part. 24, 87: si honos is fuit, majorem tibi habere non [p. 862] potui, id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:

quanto et honor hic illo est amplior, etc.,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

gratia, dignitate, honore auctus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 8:

amplissimis honoribus et praemiis decorari... honos maximus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232:

ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine affeceris,

id. Deiot. 5, 14:

aliquem praecipuo honore habere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4:

suum cuique honorem et gradum reddere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

apud eum sunt in honore et in pretio,

id. ib. 28, 77; Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 1; so with in:

in honore magno esse,

Cic. Brut. 8, 30:

summo in honore,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 235; id. Off. 2, 19, 65:

tanto in honore,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2; 3, 47, 7; Liv. 42, 6, 12; but without in:

Jovem autem quanto honore in suo templo fuisse arbitramini,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

(Druides) magno sunt apud eos honore,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 5, 54, 5; Liv. 1, 40, 1; Tac. A. 14, 6; id. H. 1, 6, 4:

honorem accipere,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1:

honorem huic generi (i. e. poëtis) non fuisse declarat oratio Catonis,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

honori summo nostro Miloni fuit qui P. Clodii conatus compressit,

id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf.:

quod (i. e. medium ex tribus sedere) apud Numidas honori ducitur,

Sall. J. 11, 3:

rite suum Baccho dicemus honorem,

honor, praise, Verg. G. 2, 393: tanto ille vobis quam mihi pejorem honorem habuit, worse honor, i. e. greater dishonor or disgrace, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 12, 9, 4; cf.:

exsilii honor,

i. e. honorable exile, Tac. H. 1, 21.—Personified:

tute pone te latebis facile, ne inveniat te honos,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, honor, esteem, value:

physicae quoque non sine causa tributus idem est honos,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 73; id. Fam. 7, 26, 2:

ornatus ille admirabilis, propter quem ascendit in tantum honorem eloquentia,

id. Or. 36, 125:

multa renascentur quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus,

Hor. A. P. 71:

apud antiquos piscium nobilissimus habitus acipenser nullo in honore est,

Plin. 9, 17, 27, § 60; 19, 6, 32, § 104:

vino Pramnio etiam nunc honos durat,

id. 14, 4, 6, § 54 al. —

In partic.

Public honor, official dignity, office, post, preferment (cf. munus):

ita quaestor sum factus, ut mihi honorem illum tum non solum datum, sed etiam creditum ac commissum putem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35:

ille honoris gradus,

id. Sull. 29, 82:

equites Romanos in tribunicium restituit honorem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 77 fin.:

extraordinarium honorem appetere,

id. ib. 1, 32, 2:

hic ipse honos (sc. dictatura), delatus ad me, testis est innocentiae meae,

Liv. 9, 26, 14:

curulem adferri sellam eo jussit (Flavius) ac sede honoris sui inimicos spectavit,

id. 9, 46, 9:

honore abiit,

Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:

deposito honore,

id. ib. 36:

paene honore summotus est,

id. Claud. 9:

honor municipalis est administratio rei publicae cum dignitatis gradu, sive cum sumtu, sive sine erogatione contingens,

Dig. 50, 4, 14 pr.: honorem aut magistratum gerere, Gai Inst. 1, 96:

clari velamen honoris sufficiunt tunicae summis aedilibus albae,

Juv. 3, 178:

tempus honoris,

the term of office, id. 8, 150:

honorem militiae largiri,

military honors, id. 7, 88.—In plur.:

populum Romanum hominibus novis industriis libenter honores mandare semperque mandasse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; cf.:

qui (populus) stultus honores Saepe dat indignis,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 15:

ascendisset ad honores, nisi, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 68, 241:

honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfungi,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 3:

obrepisti ad honores errore hominum,

id. Pis. 1, 1:

Catulus maximis honoribus usus,

Sall. C. 49, 2:

magistratus atque honores capere,

Suet. Aug. 26:

largiri opes, honores,

Tac. A. 11, 12.—

Particular phrases.

Honoris causa.

Out of respect, in order to show honor (class.):

C. Curio, quem ego hominem honoris potius quam contumeliae causa nominatum volo,

Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 18:

quem honoris causa nomino,

id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

toties hunc et virum bonum esse dixisti et honoris causa appellasti,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:

Campanis equitum honoris causa, civitas sine suffragio data,

Liv. 8, 14, 10; 32, 34, 8; 39, 22, 2.—

For the sake of (ante-class.):

ejus honoris causa, feci thensaurum ut hic reperiret Euclio,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 25: mei honoris causa mittere coquos, id. ib. 3, 4, 4:

huc honoris vostri venio gratia,

id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. Stich. 2, 2, 14:

vestri honoris causa,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35.—

Praefari or dicere honorem, to make an excuse in saying any thing that may be distasteful = by your leave or saving your presence:

si dicimus: ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur. Sin de Aurelia aliquid aut Lollia, honos. praefandus est,

Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4;

for which: haec sunt quae retulisse fas sit, ac pleraque ex his non nisi honore dicto,

Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 87; cf.

also: honos auribus sit,

i. e. pardon the expression, Curt. 5, 1, 22.—

Personified, Hŏnor or Hŏnos, as a deity whose temple adjoined that of Virtus, and who was worshipped with uncovered head, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121; id. Sest. 54, 116; id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; Val. Max. 1, 1, 8; Liv. 27, 25, 7 sqq.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 21; Inscr. Orell. 543.

Transf.

Concr., any thing given as a mark of honor, an honorary gift, a reward, acknowledgment, recompense, fee; a sacrifice; funeral rites; a legacy, etc. (mostly poet. and since the Aug. period):

Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui,... honori posterorum tuorum ut vindex fieres,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 18:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur et tibi daret quod opus esset,

Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 22:

geminum pugnae proponit honorem,

Verg. A. 5, 365:

nil victor honoris Ex opibus posco,

Sil. 9, 199:

dicite, Pierides, quonam donetur honore Neaera,

Tib. 3, 1, 5:

nec Telamon sine honore recessit Hesioneque data potitur,

Ov. M. 11, 216:

arae sacrificiis fument, honore, donis cumulentur,

Liv. 8, 33, 21:

divūm templis indicit honorem,

Verg. A. 1, 632; Ov. F. 4, 409:

nullos aris adoleret honores,

id. M. 8, 742:

meritos aris mactavit honores,

Verg. A. 3, 118:

honore sepulturae carere,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; id. Inv. 1, 55, 108:

cernit ibi maestos et mortis honore carentes Leucaspim, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 333; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 45:

mille viri, qui supremum comitentur honorem,

Verg. A. 11, 61:

solutus honos cineri,

Val. Fl. 3, 357:

honorem habere alicui,

Curt. 3, 12, 13:

omnem honorem funeri servare,

id. 4, 10, 23:

communem sepulturae honorem alicui tribuere,

Suet. Aug. 17:

nec enim quaerimus, cui acquiratur, sed cui honos habitus est,

the honorary legacy, Dig. 37, 5, 3; 32, 1, 11:

sepulturae honore spoliatus,

Val. Max. 4, 7, 1; 9, 8, 1 fin.; cf.:

supremitatis honor,

Amm. 31, 13:

supremus condicionis humanae honos,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.—

Objectively, a quality that brings honor or consideration, an ornament, grace, charm, beauty ( poet.):

silvis Aquilo decussit honorem,

Verg. G. 2, 404:

December silvis honorem decutit,

Hor. Epod. 11, 6; cf.:

populeus cui frondis honor,

Val. Fl. 6, 296:

notus in vultus honor,

Hor. Epod. 17, 18; Stat. Th. 10, 788.—In plur.:

laetos oculis afflārat honores,

Verg. A. 1, 591; cf. Sil. 12, 244:

hic tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno Ruris honorum opulenta cornu,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 16:

nullum ver usquam nullique aestatis honores,

Sil. 3, 487.—

A magistrate, office-holder:

sed cum summus honor finito computet anno, sportula quid referat,

Juv. 1, 117; cf. v. 110.

ipse ( ipsus, Cato, R. R. 70; 71; Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 43; id. Trin. 2, 2, 40; 3, 1, 10 et saep.; Ter. And. 3, 2, 15; id. Eun. 3, 4, 8, id. Hec. 3, 5, 5; Jusjur. Milit. ap. Gell. 16, 4, 4 al.), a, um (ipsud, Gloss. Philox.); gen. ipsīus ( poet. also ipsĭus, Cat. 64, 43; Verg. A. 1, 114; 2, 772 al.; and dissyl. Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 15; id. Phorm. 4, 5, 13: ipsi, Afran. ap. Prisc. 694); dat. ipsi (ipso, App. M. 10, p. 243, 24); pron. demonstr. [is - pse for pte; cf. sua-pte and -pote in ut-pote; root in potis; Sanscr. patis, lord, master; hence, = he, the master, himself, etc.; cf. Pott. Etym. Forsch. 2, 866 sq.; Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 116. Hence, in the original form, the pronoun is was declined, while the suffix was unchanged; thus eopte = eo ipso, Paul. ex Fest. p. 110:

eapse = ea ipsa,

id. p. 77; nom. sing. eapse, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 4; id. Cist. 1, 2, 17; id. Rud. 2, 3, 80; 2, 5, 21 al.; acc. eumpse, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 32:

eampse,

Plaut. Aul. 5, 7; id. Cist. 1, 3, 22; id. Men. 5, 2, 22 al.; abl. eopse, Plaut. Curc, 4, 3, 6:

eāpse,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 132; id. Curc. 4, 3, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 197 sq.], = autos, self, in person, he (emphatic), himself, herself, itself, used both substantively and adjectively, to denote that person (thing) of which something is eminently or exclusively predicated.

In gen.

With substt. or pronn.

Expressing eminence or distinction:

ipse ille Gorgias... in illo ipso Platonis libro,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 129:

ille ipse Marcellus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

natura ipsa,

id. Brut. 29, 112:

dicet pro me ipsa virtus,

id. Fin. 2, 20, 65:

ipsa res publica,

id. Fam. 3, 11, 3:

neque enim ipse Caesar est alienus a nobis,

id. ib. 6, 10, 2:

ipse Moeris,

Verg. E. 8, 96:

rex ipse Aeneas,

id. A. 1, 575:

ipse aries,

id. E. 3, 95:

ductores ipsi,

id. A. 1, 189:

si in ipsa arce habitarem,

Liv. 2, 7, 10;

esp. freq. with names of gods, etc.: naturas quas Juppiter ipse Addidit,

Verg. G. 4, 149; id. A. 3, 222; Hor. C. 1, 16, 12:

Pater ipse,

Verg. G. 1, 121; Tib. 1, 4, 23:

Venus ipsa,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 13; Ov. H. 19, 159:

ipse pater Pluton,

Verg. A. 7, 327 et saep.—Prov.:

audentes deus ipse juvat,

Ov. M. 10, 586.—

For emphasis or in contrast, very, just, precisely, self, in person:

adest optime ipse frater,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 66:

in orationibus hisce ipsis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 73:

ea ipsa hora,

id. Fam. 7, 23, 4:

nec carmina nobis Ipsa placent: ipsae rursus concedite silvae,

Verg. E. 10, 63:

tute ipse his rebus finem praescripsti,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 124:

lepide ipsi hi sunt capti,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 91:

ego enim ipse cum eodem isto non invitus erraverim,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

ipse ille divinationis auctor,

id. Div. 2, 28, 61:

cariorem esse patriam quam nosmet ipsos,

id. Fin. 3, 19, 64:

eaque ipsa causa belli fuit,

the very, the true cause, Liv. 1, 57, 1; esp. with is, in all persons and numbers:

estne hic Philto? Is hercle'st ipsus,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 31:

cui tutor is fuerat ipse,

Liv. 5, 33, 3:

jam id ipsum absurdum, maximum malum neglegi,

even, Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93 (Madv.); id. de Or. 2, 30, 132:

tempus ad id ipsum congruere,

Liv. 1, 5, 5:

duum vir ad id ipsum creatus,

id. 2, 42, 5:

Tullius et eos ipsos et per eos multitudinem aliam deduxit,

id. 2, 38, 1:

eorum ipsorum facta (opp. loca in quibus, etc.),

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 2:

nec vero clarorum virorum post mortem honores permanerent, si nihil eorum ipsorum animi efficerent,

id. de Sen. 22, 80:

ad eum ipsum honorem deferre,

Liv. 3, 51, 3; so sometimes with an inf. or subst.-clause:

ipsum dicere ineptum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112:

quid juvat quod ante initum tribunatum veni, si ipsum, quod veni, nihil juvat?

the mere fact, the fact alone, id. Att. 11, 9, 1:

ipsum, quod habuisti,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 12, 2:

et ipsum, quod sum victus, ama,

Luc. 8, 78.— Esp. in legal phrase: ipso jure, by the letter of the law, in legal strictness or precision, Gai Inst. 2, 198; 3, 181; 4, 106 sqq. et saep.—

Alone, emphatically taking the place of an omitted person. or demonstr. pron.: Ar. Ubi is nunc est? He. Ubi ego minume atque ipsus se volt maxume, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 108; 4, 1, 10: Su. Is ipsusne's? Ch. Aio: Su. Ipsus es? id. Trin. 4, 2, 146:

atque ipsis, ad quorum commodum pertinebat, durior inventus est Coelius,

Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 4:

quaeram ex ipsā,

Cic. Cael. 14:

tempus, quo ipse eos sustulisset, ad id ipsum congruere,

Liv. 1, 5, 5:

agrum dare immunem ipsi, qui accepisset, liberisque,

id. 21, 45, 5; 9, 34, 18; 10, [p. 999] 6, 10:

laeta et ipsis qui rem gessere expugnatio fuit,

id. 28, 4, 1:

a nobis exposita, ut ab ipsis, qui eam disciplinam probant,

Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 13.—So freq. in Cic. before a rel.:

ut de ipso, qui judicarit, judicium fieri videretur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 44, 82:

ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, ad nos deferunt,

id. de Or. 1, 58, 250; 2, 14, 60; id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 13; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

nullis definitionibus utuntur, ipsique dicunt ea se modo probare, quibus natura tacita assentiatur,

Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 40 Madv. —

To make prominent one of two or more subjects of any predicate, he ( she, il), for his part, he too, also, as well.

Ipse alone:

litterae Metello Capuam adlatae sunt a Clodia, quae ipsa transiit,

i. e. also, in person, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:

Italiam ornare quam domum suam maluit: quamquam Italia ornata domus ipsa mihi videtur ornatior,

id. Off. 2, 22, 76:

tris ipse excitavit recitatores,

he too, id. Clu. 51, 141:

neque tanti timoris sum ut ipse deficiam,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31, 8:

Jugurtha, tametsi regem ficta locutum intellegebat, et ipse longe aliter animo agitabat,

Sall. J. 11, 1:

hoc Rhipeus, hoc ipse Dymas omnisque juventus Laeta facit,

Verg. A. 2, 394.—

With conjunctions.

With etiam (class.):

ipse etiam Fufidius in numero fuit,

Cic. Brut. 29, 112: scribebat orationes quas alii dicerent: quamquam is etiam ipse scripsit eas, quibus pro se est usus, sed non sine Aelio;

his enim scriptis etiam ipse interfui,

id. ib. 56, 206 sq. —

With quoque:

quippe quia plebs senatus consultum solvit, ipsi quoque solutum vultis,

Liv. 3, 21, 4:

consul, quia collegae decretum triumphum audivit, ipse quoque triumphi flagitator Romam rediit,

id. 8, 12, 9:

cum subito Sulpicius et Albinovanus objecissent catervas, ipse quoque (Sulla) jaculatus, etc.,

Flor. 3, 21, 7.—

With et (et ipse = kai autos, ipse etiam; rare in Cic.; cf.

Zumpt, Gram. § 698): tamen et ipsi tuae familiae genere et nomine continebuntur,

Cic. Caecin. 20, 58:

deseret eos quos una scis esse, cum habeat praesertim et ipse cohortis triginta?

id. Att. 8, 7, 1; id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

Cornelius dictatorem Aemilium dixit, et ipse ab eo magister equitum est dictus,

Liv. 4, 31, 5:

credo ego vos, socii, et ipsos cernere,

id. 21, 21, 3:

Cornelio minus copiarum datum, quia L. Manlius praetor et ipse cum praesidio in Galliam mittebatur,

id. 21, 17, 7:

qui et ipse crus fregerat,

Suet. Aug. 43:

Antoninus Commodus nihil paternum habuit, nisi quod contra Germanos feliciter et ipse pugnavit,

Eutr. 8, 7:

virtutes et ipsae taedium pariunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 43. —

With nec ( = ne ipse quidem):

primis repulsis Maharbal cum majore robore virorum missus nec ipse eruptionem cohortium sustinuit,

Liv. 23, 18, 4:

nihil moveri viderunt, nec ipsi quicquam mutarunt,

id. 37, 20, 8:

neque ipsi,

id. 30, 42, 7: crimina non quidem nec ipsa mediocria;

sed quid ista sunt prae iis, etc.,

id. 34, 32, 9.

Esp.

By way of eminence, ipse is used to indicate the chief person, host, master, teacher, etc.:

ipsa, the mistress, etc.: ipsus tristis,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 23:

ipsum praesto video,

id. ib. 2, 5, 3:

ego eo quo me ipsa misit,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 2, 10:

suam norat ipsam tam bene, quam puella matrem,

Cat. 3, 7 (Müll., ipsa); cf.:

Pythagorei respondere solebant, ipse dixit,

i. e. Pythagoras, Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 10; cf.:

nec hoc oratori contingere inter adversarios quod Pythagorae inter discipulos potest ipse dixit,

Quint. 11, 1, 27:

cum veniat lectica Mathonis plena ipso,

the great man, Juv. 1, 33:

anseris ante ipsum jecur,

before the host, id. 5, 114.—

Of or by one ' s self, of one ' s own accord = suā sponte, ultro:

videar non ipse promisisse (opp. to fortuito),

Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 111:

de manibus delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,

id. Off. 1, 22, 77:

valvae clausae se ipsae aperuerunt,

id. Div. 1, 37, 74:

ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae Ubera,

Verg. E. 4, 21:

ipsi potum venient juvenci,

id. ib. 7, 11; cf.:

aliae ipsae Sponte sua veniunt,

id. G. 2, 10:

fruges sponte sua (tellus) primum ipsa creavit,

Lucr. 2, 11, 58; and autai for automatoi, Theocr. Idyll. 11, 12.—

Himself exclusively.

By or in one ' s self, alone:

haec ipse suo tristi cum corde volutat,

Verg. A. 6, 185:

his actis, aliud genitor secum ipse volutat,

id. ib. 12, 843: tempus secum ipsa Exigit, id. ib. 4, 475:

quam facile exercitu soclos conservaturus sit, qui ipso nomine ac rumore defenderit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 45:

multa secum ipse volvens,

Sall. C. 32, 1:

aestimando ipse secum,

Liv. 25, 23, 11.—

In one ' s self, for one ' s own sake:

ipsam aequitatem et jus ipsum amare,

Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 48.—

Of one ' s self, of one ' s own nature, etc.:

erat ipse immani acerbāque naturā Oppianicus,

Cic. Clu. 15, 44:

duo imperatores, ipsi pares, ceterum opibus disparibus,

Sall. J. 52, 1:

natura serpentium, ipsa perniciosa, siti accenditur,

id. ib. 89, 5.—

With advv. of time.

Nunc ipsum, just now, at this very time:

nunc ipsum exurit,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 16:

nunc ipsum non dubitabo rem tantam adicere,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 2; 8, 9, 2:

nunc tamen ipsum sine te esse non possum,

id. ib. 12, 16. —

Tum ipsum, just then, at that very time:

id, quod aliquando posset accidere, ne tum ipsum accideret, timere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 124:

ratio largitionum vitiosa est, temporibus necessaria, et tum ipsum ad facultates accommodanda est,

id. Off. 2, 17, 60:

et tum ipsum, cum immolare velis, extorum fieri mutatio potest,

id. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf. id. Fin. 2, 20, 65 Madv.—

With numerals, just, exactly, precisely (opp. fere):

triginta dies erant ipsi, cum, etc.,

Cic. Att. 3, 21 init.:

ipsas undecim esse legiones,

id. Fam. 6, 18, 2:

nam cum dixisset minus 1000 (sc. milia), populus cum risu acclamavit, ipsa esse,

id. Caecin. 10, 28; cf. id. Brut. 15, 61; 43, 162:

ipso vigesimo anno,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 9, § 25. —

In reflexive uses,

Ipse strengthens the subject when opposed in thought to other agents; the object, when opposed to other objects; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 696; Kennedy, Gram. § 67, 3; Madv. Gram. § 487, 6. — Hence,

With subject.

In gen.:

non egeo medicina (i. e. ut alii me consolentur), me ipse consolor,

Cic. Lael. 3, 10:

Junius necem sibi ipse conscivit,

id. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

neque potest exercitum is continere imperator, qui se ipse non continet,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 38:

Artaxerxes se ipse reprehendit,

Nep. Dat. 5:

ipsa se virtus satis ostendit,

Sall. J. 85; cf.:

deponendo tutelam ipse in se unum omnium vires convertit,

Liv. 24, 4, 9:

deforme etiam est de se ipsum praedicare,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137.—

With special emphasis, ipse is joined to the subject to indicate its relation to itself as both subject and object, though the antithesis would suggest another case (Cic.):

cum iste sic erat humilis atque demissus, ut non modo populo Romano, sed etiam sibi ipse condemnatus videretur,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17:

si quis ipse sibi inimicus est,

id. Fin. 5, 10, 28:

qui ipsi sibi bellum indixissent,

id. ib. 5, 10, 29:

quoniam se ipsi omnes natura diligant,

id. ib. 3, 18, 59:

nam si ex scriptis cognosci ipsi suis potuissent,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 8.—

With object:

neque vero ipsam amicitiam tueri (possumus), nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67:

omne animal se ipsum diligit,

id. ib. 5, 9, 24:

fac ut diligentissime te ipsum custodias,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 8:

Pompeianus miles fratrem suum, dein se ipsum interfecit,

Tac. H. 3, 51:

Lentulum, quem mihi ipsi antepono,

Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 5.—

Ipse defines the subject of a reflexive pronoun:

natura movet infantem, sed tantum ut se ipse diligat (where ipse shows that se refers to infantem),

Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 33: proinde consulant sibi ipsi;

jubeant abire se,

Just. 16, 4, 15:

neque prius vim adhibendam putaverunt, quam se ipse indicasset,

Nep. Paus. 4:

in portis murisque sibimet ipsos tecta coëgerat aedificare,

Liv. 27, 3, 2 (cf. 1. a. supra).—

Ipse stands for the reflexive pronoun,

Where the person or thing referred to is to be emphatically distinguished from others (class.):

cum omnes se expetendos putent, nec id ob aliam rem, sed propter ipsos, necesse est ejus etiam partes propter se expeti, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 46:

quis umquam consul senatum ipsius decretis parere prohibuit?

id. Sest. 14, 32:

quos, quidquid ipsis expediat, facturos arbitrabimur,

id. Fin. 2, 35, 117:

qui negant se recusare, quo minus, ipsis mortuis, terrarum deflagratio consequatur,

id. ib. 3, 19, 64:

nec quid ipsius natura sit intellegit,

id. ib. 5, 9, 24.—

In a subordinate clause, to point out either the subject of the principal clause, or the chief agent or speaker;

esp. where se or sibi is already applied to the subject of the subordinate clause: ne ob eam rem aut suae magnopere virtuti tribueret aut ipsos despiceret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 5:

legatos ad consulem mittit, qui tantum modo ipsi liberisque vitam peterent,

Sall. J. 16, 2; cf.:

ipsis mortuis,

Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64:

supra nihil, quantum in ipso est, praetermittere quo minus, etc.,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

ipsius,

id. ib. 2, 22, 55:

nihil umquam audivi... nihil de re publica gravius, nihil de ipso modestius, i. e. de ipso dicente,

id. Balb. 1, 2: id quod ipsum adjuvat (i. e. dicentem;

opp. id quod adversario prodest),

id. Inv. 1, 21, 30.—

In gen., for an emphatic se or sibi (mostly post-Aug.; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 40):

nam ipsis certum esse, etc.,

Liv. 35, 46, 13:

pravitas consulum discordiaque inter ipsos,

id. 4, 26, 6:

inexperta remedia haud injuria ipsis esse suspecta,

Curt. 3, 5, 15:

Graecis nuntiare jubet, ipsum quidem gratias agere, etc.,

id. 3, 8, 7:

dixit, ab illo deo ipsos genus ducere,

id. 4, 2, 3:

a quibus nec acceperunt injuriam nec accepisse ipsos existimant, Sen. de Ira, 2, 5, 1: intemperantiam in morbo suam experti parere ipsis vetant,

id. ib. 3, 13, 5:

sciunt ipsos omnia habere communia,

id. Ep. 6, 3; 22, 10 et saep.; cf.:

verum est etiam iis, qui aliquando futuri sint, esse propter ipsos consulendum,

Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64.—

Ipse stands in free constr. with abl. absol. as with finite verb (cf. also quisque;

only freq. in Liv. and post-Aug. writers): cum dies venit, causa ipse pro se dicta, quindecim milibus aeris damnatur,

Liv. 4, 44, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.:

Romani imperatores, junctis et ipsi exercitibus... ad sedem hostium pervenere,

id. 29, 2, 2:

C. Popilius, dimissis et ipse Atticis navibus... pergit,

id. 45, 10, 2; cf.:

Catilina et Autronius parabant consules interficere, ipsi fascibus conreptis Pisonem cum exercitu mittere,

Sall. C. 18, 5:

amisso et ipse Pacoro,

Tac. G. 37; cf. also the emphatic use of ipse (like quisque) with abl. of gerund (freq. in Liv.):

adsentando indignandoque et ipse,

Liv. 40, 23, 1:

cogendo ipse,

id. 39, 49, 3:

agendo ipse,

id. 41, 24, 2:

aestimando ipse secum,

id. 25, 23, 11 et saep.

Am. prol. 102:

ipsimet nobis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:

ipsemet profugiam,

Sen. Ep. 117, 21; also Front. Aq. 74 ex conj.— Sup.: Com. Ergo ipsusne es? Charm. Ipsissumus, his own very self, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 146; cf. Gr. autotatos, Aristoph. Plut. 83; so,

ipsimus and ipsima, for dominus and domina (cf II. A. supra),

Petr. 75, 11; and:

ipsimi nostri,

id. 63, 3 Büch. ex conj.

ipse ( ipsus, Cato, R. R. 70; 71; Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 43; id. Trin. 2, 2, 40; 3, 1, 10 et saep.; Ter. And. 3, 2, 15; id. Eun. 3, 4, 8, id. Hec. 3, 5, 5; Jusjur. Milit. ap. Gell. 16, 4, 4 al.), a, um (ipsud, Gloss. Philox.); gen. ipsīus ( poet. also ipsĭus, Cat. 64, 43; Verg. A. 1, 114; 2, 772 al.; and dissyl. Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 15; id. Phorm. 4, 5, 13: ipsi, Afran. ap. Prisc. 694); dat. ipsi (ipso, App. M. 10, p. 243, 24); pron. demonstr. [is - pse for pte; cf. sua-pte and -pote in ut-pote; root in potis; Sanscr. patis, lord, master; hence, = he, the master, himself, etc.; cf. Pott. Etym. Forsch. 2, 866 sq.; Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 116. Hence, in the original form, the pronoun is was declined, while the suffix was unchanged; thus eopte = eo ipso, Paul. ex Fest. p. 110:

eapse = ea ipsa,

id. p. 77; nom. sing. eapse, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 4; id. Cist. 1, 2, 17; id. Rud. 2, 3, 80; 2, 5, 21 al.; acc. eumpse, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 32:

eampse,

Plaut. Aul. 5, 7; id. Cist. 1, 3, 22; id. Men. 5, 2, 22 al.; abl. eopse, Plaut. Curc, 4, 3, 6:

eāpse,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 132; id. Curc. 4, 3, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 197 sq.], = autos, self, in person, he (emphatic), himself, herself, itself, used both substantively and adjectively, to denote that person (thing) of which something is eminently or exclusively predicated.

In gen.

With substt. or pronn.

Expressing eminence or distinction:

ipse ille Gorgias... in illo ipso Platonis libro,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 129:

ille ipse Marcellus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

natura ipsa,

id. Brut. 29, 112:

dicet pro me ipsa virtus,

id. Fin. 2, 20, 65:

ipsa res publica,

id. Fam. 3, 11, 3:

neque enim ipse Caesar est alienus a nobis,

id. ib. 6, 10, 2:

ipse Moeris,

Verg. E. 8, 96:

rex ipse Aeneas,

id. A. 1, 575:

ipse aries,

id. E. 3, 95:

ductores ipsi,

id. A. 1, 189:

si in ipsa arce habitarem,

Liv. 2, 7, 10;

esp. freq. with names of gods, etc.: naturas quas Juppiter ipse Addidit,

Verg. G. 4, 149; id. A. 3, 222; Hor. C. 1, 16, 12:

Pater ipse,

Verg. G. 1, 121; Tib. 1, 4, 23:

Venus ipsa,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 13; Ov. H. 19, 159:

ipse pater Pluton,

Verg. A. 7, 327 et saep.—Prov.:

audentes deus ipse juvat,

Ov. M. 10, 586.—

For emphasis or in contrast, very, just, precisely, self, in person:

adest optime ipse frater,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 66:

in orationibus hisce ipsis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 73:

ea ipsa hora,

id. Fam. 7, 23, 4:

nec carmina nobis Ipsa placent: ipsae rursus concedite silvae,

Verg. E. 10, 63:

tute ipse his rebus finem praescripsti,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 124:

lepide ipsi hi sunt capti,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 91:

ego enim ipse cum eodem isto non invitus erraverim,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

ipse ille divinationis auctor,

id. Div. 2, 28, 61:

cariorem esse patriam quam nosmet ipsos,

id. Fin. 3, 19, 64:

eaque ipsa causa belli fuit,

the very, the true cause, Liv. 1, 57, 1; esp. with is, in all persons and numbers:

estne hic Philto? Is hercle'st ipsus,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 31:

cui tutor is fuerat ipse,

Liv. 5, 33, 3:

jam id ipsum absurdum, maximum malum neglegi,

even, Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93 (Madv.); id. de Or. 2, 30, 132:

tempus ad id ipsum congruere,

Liv. 1, 5, 5:

duum vir ad id ipsum creatus,

id. 2, 42, 5:

Tullius et eos ipsos et per eos multitudinem aliam deduxit,

id. 2, 38, 1:

eorum ipsorum facta (opp. loca in quibus, etc.),

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 2:

nec vero clarorum virorum post mortem honores permanerent, si nihil eorum ipsorum animi efficerent,

id. de Sen. 22, 80:

ad eum ipsum honorem deferre,

Liv. 3, 51, 3; so sometimes with an inf. or subst.-clause:

ipsum dicere ineptum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112:

quid juvat quod ante initum tribunatum veni, si ipsum, quod veni, nihil juvat?

the mere fact, the fact alone, id. Att. 11, 9, 1:

ipsum, quod habuisti,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 12, 2:

et ipsum, quod sum victus, ama,

Luc. 8, 78.— Esp. in legal phrase: ipso jure, by the letter of the law, in legal strictness or precision, Gai Inst. 2, 198; 3, 181; 4, 106 sqq. et saep.—

Alone, emphatically taking the place of an omitted person. or demonstr. pron.: Ar. Ubi is nunc est? He. Ubi ego minume atque ipsus se volt maxume, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 108; 4, 1, 10: Su. Is ipsusne's? Ch. Aio: Su. Ipsus es? id. Trin. 4, 2, 146:

atque ipsis, ad quorum commodum pertinebat, durior inventus est Coelius,

Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 4:

quaeram ex ipsā,

Cic. Cael. 14:

tempus, quo ipse eos sustulisset, ad id ipsum congruere,

Liv. 1, 5, 5:

agrum dare immunem ipsi, qui accepisset, liberisque,

id. 21, 45, 5; 9, 34, 18; 10, [p. 999] 6, 10:

laeta et ipsis qui rem gessere expugnatio fuit,

id. 28, 4, 1:

a nobis exposita, ut ab ipsis, qui eam disciplinam probant,

Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 13.—So freq. in Cic. before a rel.:

ut de ipso, qui judicarit, judicium fieri videretur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 44, 82:

ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, ad nos deferunt,

id. de Or. 1, 58, 250; 2, 14, 60; id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 13; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:

nullis definitionibus utuntur, ipsique dicunt ea se modo probare, quibus natura tacita assentiatur,

Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 40 Madv. —

To make prominent one of two or more subjects of any predicate, he ( she, il), for his part, he too, also, as well.

Ipse alone:

litterae Metello Capuam adlatae sunt a Clodia, quae ipsa transiit,

i. e. also, in person, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:

Italiam ornare quam domum suam maluit: quamquam Italia ornata domus ipsa mihi videtur ornatior,

id. Off. 2, 22, 76:

tris ipse excitavit recitatores,

he too, id. Clu. 51, 141:

neque tanti timoris sum ut ipse deficiam,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31, 8:

Jugurtha, tametsi regem ficta locutum intellegebat, et ipse longe aliter animo agitabat,

Sall. J. 11, 1:

hoc Rhipeus, hoc ipse Dymas omnisque juventus Laeta facit,

Verg. A. 2, 394.—

With conjunctions.

With etiam (class.):

ipse etiam Fufidius in numero fuit,

Cic. Brut. 29, 112: scribebat orationes quas alii dicerent: quamquam is etiam ipse scripsit eas, quibus pro se est usus, sed non sine Aelio;

his enim scriptis etiam ipse interfui,

id. ib. 56, 206 sq. —

With quoque:

quippe quia plebs senatus consultum solvit, ipsi quoque solutum vultis,

Liv. 3, 21, 4:

consul, quia collegae decretum triumphum audivit, ipse quoque triumphi flagitator Romam rediit,

id. 8, 12, 9:

cum subito Sulpicius et Albinovanus objecissent catervas, ipse quoque (Sulla) jaculatus, etc.,

Flor. 3, 21, 7.—

With et (et ipse = kai autos, ipse etiam; rare in Cic.; cf.

Zumpt, Gram. § 698): tamen et ipsi tuae familiae genere et nomine continebuntur,

Cic. Caecin. 20, 58:

deseret eos quos una scis esse, cum habeat praesertim et ipse cohortis triginta?

id. Att. 8, 7, 1; id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

Cornelius dictatorem Aemilium dixit, et ipse ab eo magister equitum est dictus,

Liv. 4, 31, 5:

credo ego vos, socii, et ipsos cernere,

id. 21, 21, 3:

Cornelio minus copiarum datum, quia L. Manlius praetor et ipse cum praesidio in Galliam mittebatur,

id. 21, 17, 7:

qui et ipse crus fregerat,

Suet. Aug. 43:

Antoninus Commodus nihil paternum habuit, nisi quod contra Germanos feliciter et ipse pugnavit,

Eutr. 8, 7:

virtutes et ipsae taedium pariunt,

Quint. 9, 4, 43. —

With nec ( = ne ipse quidem):

primis repulsis Maharbal cum majore robore virorum missus nec ipse eruptionem cohortium sustinuit,

Liv. 23, 18, 4:

nihil moveri viderunt, nec ipsi quicquam mutarunt,

id. 37, 20, 8:

neque ipsi,

id. 30, 42, 7: crimina non quidem nec ipsa mediocria;

sed quid ista sunt prae iis, etc.,

id. 34, 32, 9.

Esp.

By way of eminence, ipse is used to indicate the chief person, host, master, teacher, etc.:

ipsa, the mistress, etc.: ipsus tristis,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 23:

ipsum praesto video,

id. ib. 2, 5, 3:

ego eo quo me ipsa misit,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 2, 10:

suam norat ipsam tam bene, quam puella matrem,

Cat. 3, 7 (Müll., ipsa); cf.:

Pythagorei respondere solebant, ipse dixit,

i. e. Pythagoras, Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 10; cf.:

nec hoc oratori contingere inter adversarios quod Pythagorae inter discipulos potest ipse dixit,

Quint. 11, 1, 27:

cum veniat lectica Mathonis plena ipso,

the great man, Juv. 1, 33:

anseris ante ipsum jecur,

before the host, id. 5, 114.—

Of or by one ' s self, of one ' s own accord = suā sponte, ultro:

videar non ipse promisisse (opp. to fortuito),

Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 111:

de manibus delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,

id. Off. 1, 22, 77:

valvae clausae se ipsae aperuerunt,

id. Div. 1, 37, 74:

ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae Ubera,

Verg. E. 4, 21:

ipsi potum venient juvenci,

id. ib. 7, 11; cf.:

aliae ipsae Sponte sua veniunt,

id. G. 2, 10:

fruges sponte sua (tellus) primum ipsa creavit,

Lucr. 2, 11, 58; and autai for automatoi, Theocr. Idyll. 11, 12.—

Himself exclusively.

By or in one ' s self, alone:

haec ipse suo tristi cum corde volutat,

Verg. A. 6, 185:

his actis, aliud genitor secum ipse volutat,

id. ib. 12, 843: tempus secum ipsa Exigit, id. ib. 4, 475:

quam facile exercitu soclos conservaturus sit, qui ipso nomine ac rumore defenderit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 45:

multa secum ipse volvens,

Sall. C. 32, 1:

aestimando ipse secum,

Liv. 25, 23, 11.—

In one ' s self, for one ' s own sake:

ipsam aequitatem et jus ipsum amare,

Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 48.—

Of one ' s self, of one ' s own nature, etc.:

erat ipse immani acerbāque naturā Oppianicus,

Cic. Clu. 15, 44:

duo imperatores, ipsi pares, ceterum opibus disparibus,

Sall. J. 52, 1:

natura serpentium, ipsa perniciosa, siti accenditur,

id. ib. 89, 5.—

With advv. of time.

Nunc ipsum, just now, at this very time:

nunc ipsum exurit,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 16:

nunc ipsum non dubitabo rem tantam adicere,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 2; 8, 9, 2:

nunc tamen ipsum sine te esse non possum,

id. ib. 12, 16. —

Tum ipsum, just then, at that very time:

id, quod aliquando posset accidere, ne tum ipsum accideret, timere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 124:

ratio largitionum vitiosa est, temporibus necessaria, et tum ipsum ad facultates accommodanda est,

id. Off. 2, 17, 60:

et tum ipsum, cum immolare velis, extorum fieri mutatio potest,

id. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf. id. Fin. 2, 20, 65 Madv.—

With numerals, just, exactly, precisely (opp. fere):

triginta dies erant ipsi, cum, etc.,

Cic. Att. 3, 21 init.:

ipsas undecim esse legiones,

id. Fam. 6, 18, 2:

nam cum dixisset minus 1000 (sc. milia), populus cum risu acclamavit, ipsa esse,

id. Caecin. 10, 28; cf. id. Brut. 15, 61; 43, 162:

ipso vigesimo anno,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 9, § 25. —

In reflexive uses,

Ipse strengthens the subject when opposed in thought to other agents; the object, when opposed to other objects; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 696; Kennedy, Gram. § 67, 3; Madv. Gram. § 487, 6. — Hence,

With subject.

In gen.:

non egeo medicina (i. e. ut alii me consolentur), me ipse consolor,

Cic. Lael. 3, 10:

Junius necem sibi ipse conscivit,

id. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

neque potest exercitum is continere imperator, qui se ipse non continet,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 38:

Artaxerxes se ipse reprehendit,

Nep. Dat. 5:

ipsa se virtus satis ostendit,

Sall. J. 85; cf.:

deponendo tutelam ipse in se unum omnium vires convertit,

Liv. 24, 4, 9:

deforme etiam est de se ipsum praedicare,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137.—

With special emphasis, ipse is joined to the subject to indicate its relation to itself as both subject and object, though the antithesis would suggest another case (Cic.):

cum iste sic erat humilis atque demissus, ut non modo populo Romano, sed etiam sibi ipse condemnatus videretur,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17:

si quis ipse sibi inimicus est,

id. Fin. 5, 10, 28:

qui ipsi sibi bellum indixissent,

id. ib. 5, 10, 29:

quoniam se ipsi omnes natura diligant,

id. ib. 3, 18, 59:

nam si ex scriptis cognosci ipsi suis potuissent,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 8.—

With object:

neque vero ipsam amicitiam tueri (possumus), nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67:

omne animal se ipsum diligit,

id. ib. 5, 9, 24:

fac ut diligentissime te ipsum custodias,

id. Fam. 9, 14, 8:

Pompeianus miles fratrem suum, dein se ipsum interfecit,

Tac. H. 3, 51:

Lentulum, quem mihi ipsi antepono,

Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 5.—

Ipse defines the subject of a reflexive pronoun:

natura movet infantem, sed tantum ut se ipse diligat (where ipse shows that se refers to infantem),

Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 33: proinde consulant sibi ipsi;

jubeant abire se,

Just. 16, 4, 15:

neque prius vim adhibendam putaverunt, quam se ipse indicasset,

Nep. Paus. 4:

in portis murisque sibimet ipsos tecta coëgerat aedificare,

Liv. 27, 3, 2 (cf. 1. a. supra).—

Ipse stands for the reflexive pronoun,

Where the person or thing referred to is to be emphatically distinguished from others (class.):

cum omnes se expetendos putent, nec id ob aliam rem, sed propter ipsos, necesse est ejus etiam partes propter se expeti, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 46:

quis umquam consul senatum ipsius decretis parere prohibuit?

id. Sest. 14, 32:

quos, quidquid ipsis expediat, facturos arbitrabimur,

id. Fin. 2, 35, 117:

qui negant se recusare, quo minus, ipsis mortuis, terrarum deflagratio consequatur,

id. ib. 3, 19, 64:

nec quid ipsius natura sit intellegit,

id. ib. 5, 9, 24.—

In a subordinate clause, to point out either the subject of the principal clause, or the chief agent or speaker;

esp. where se or sibi is already applied to the subject of the subordinate clause: ne ob eam rem aut suae magnopere virtuti tribueret aut ipsos despiceret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 5:

legatos ad consulem mittit, qui tantum modo ipsi liberisque vitam peterent,

Sall. J. 16, 2; cf.:

ipsis mortuis,

Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64:

supra nihil, quantum in ipso est, praetermittere quo minus, etc.,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

ipsius,

id. ib. 2, 22, 55:

nihil umquam audivi... nihil de re publica gravius, nihil de ipso modestius, i. e. de ipso dicente,

id. Balb. 1, 2: id quod ipsum adjuvat (i. e. dicentem;

opp. id quod adversario prodest),

id. Inv. 1, 21, 30.—

In gen., for an emphatic se or sibi (mostly post-Aug.; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 40):

nam ipsis certum esse, etc.,

Liv. 35, 46, 13:

pravitas consulum discordiaque inter ipsos,

id. 4, 26, 6:

inexperta remedia haud injuria ipsis esse suspecta,

Curt. 3, 5, 15:

Graecis nuntiare jubet, ipsum quidem gratias agere, etc.,

id. 3, 8, 7:

dixit, ab illo deo ipsos genus ducere,

id. 4, 2, 3:

a quibus nec acceperunt injuriam nec accepisse ipsos existimant, Sen. de Ira, 2, 5, 1: intemperantiam in morbo suam experti parere ipsis vetant,

id. ib. 3, 13, 5:

sciunt ipsos omnia habere communia,

id. Ep. 6, 3; 22, 10 et saep.; cf.:

verum est etiam iis, qui aliquando futuri sint, esse propter ipsos consulendum,

Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64.—

Ipse stands in free constr. with abl. absol. as with finite verb (cf. also quisque;

only freq. in Liv. and post-Aug. writers): cum dies venit, causa ipse pro se dicta, quindecim milibus aeris damnatur,

Liv. 4, 44, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.:

Romani imperatores, junctis et ipsi exercitibus... ad sedem hostium pervenere,

id. 29, 2, 2:

C. Popilius, dimissis et ipse Atticis navibus... pergit,

id. 45, 10, 2; cf.:

Catilina et Autronius parabant consules interficere, ipsi fascibus conreptis Pisonem cum exercitu mittere,

Sall. C. 18, 5:

amisso et ipse Pacoro,

Tac. G. 37; cf. also the emphatic use of ipse (like quisque) with abl. of gerund (freq. in Liv.):

adsentando indignandoque et ipse,

Liv. 40, 23, 1:

cogendo ipse,

id. 39, 49, 3:

agendo ipse,

id. 41, 24, 2:

aestimando ipse secum,

id. 25, 23, 11 et saep.

Am. prol. 102:

ipsimet nobis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:

ipsemet profugiam,

Sen. Ep. 117, 21; also Front. Aq. 74 ex conj.— Sup.: Com. Ergo ipsusne es? Charm. Ipsissumus, his own very self, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 146; cf. Gr. autotatos, Aristoph. Plut. 83; so,

ipsimus and ipsima, for dominus and domina (cf II. A. supra),

Petr. 75, 11; and:

ipsimi nostri,

id. 63, 3 Büch. ex conj.