grātiae

fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), adj. [from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. phuô; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus], fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.

Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): felices arbores Cato dixit, quae fructum ferunt, infelices quae non ferunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 10 Müll.; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6 ed. Mai.; so,

arbor,

Liv. 5, 24, 2:

arbusta,

Lucr. 5, 1378:

rami,

Verg. G. 2, 81; so,

rami feliciores,

Hor. Epod. 2, 14:

silvae,

i. e. of fruitful trees, Verg. G. 4, 329:

Massica Baccho,

fruitful in vines, id. A. 7, 725; cf.

Campania,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

felicior regio,

Ov. P. 2, 10, 51; cf.:

felix oleae tractus,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 179:

venti,

Val. Fl. 6, 711.—

In partic.

In the old relig. lang.: felices arbores, all the nobler sorts of trees, whose fruits were offered to the superior deities, in contradistinction to the infelices, which were dedicated to the inferior deities, Macr. S. 2, 16, 2.—

Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.—

Transf.

Act., that brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous (orig. belonging to the relig. lang.; in the class. per. almost confined to poets;

syn.: faustus, fortunatus, beatus, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102; so, QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, etc., an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 86; cf.

also: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3:

quod tibi mihique sit felix, sub imperium tuum redeo,

Liv. 22, 30, 4:

auspicia,

Verg. A. 11, 32; cf.

omen,

Ov. P. 2, 1, 35:

o dea... Sis felix, nostrum leves, quaecumque, laborem,

Verg. A. 1, 330; cf.:

sis bonus o felixque tuis!

id. E. 5, 65:

terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

id. G. 1, 345:

Zephyri,

id. A. 3, 120:

sententia,

Ov. M. 13, 319:

industria (corresp. to fertilis cura),

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—

Lucky, happy, fortunate (the predom. signif. in prose and poetry):

exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,

Lucr. 1, 100:

Polycratem Samium felicem appellabant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92:

Caesar Alexandriam se recepit, felix, ut sibi quidem videbatur,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 59:

vir ad casum fortunamque felix,

id. Font. 15, 33:

ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

id. Brut. 16, 63:

Sulla felicissimus omnium ante civilem victoriam,

Sall. J. 95, 4:

in te retinendo fuit Asia felicior quam nos in deducendo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 30; cf.:

quin etiam si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus,

id. Lael. 16, 60:

vade, o felix nati pietate,

Verg. A. 3, 480; cf. id. ib. 6, 785:

Praxiteles quoque marmore fericior,

i. e. succeeded better as a sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69:

felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:

omnes composui. Felices! nunc ego resto,

id. S. 1, 9, 28:

Latium felix,

id. C. S. 66:

tempora,

Juv. 2, 38:

saecula,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 103; Juv. 3, 312; Quint. 8, 6, 24: cf.:

nulla sorte nascendi aetas felicior,

id. 12, 11, 22:

felicissima facilitas,

id. 10, 1, 111:

felicissimus sermo,

id. 9, 4, 27:

ita sim felix, a form of asseveration,

Prop. 1, 7, 3:

malum, i. q. salubre,

salubrious, wholesome, Verg. G. 2, 127 Serv.—Prov.: felicem scivi, non qui quod [p. 734] vellet haberet, sed qui per fatum non data non cuperet, Aus. Idyll. 319, 23 sq.—

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

Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae,

Plin. H. N. 14 praef. §

7: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem!

Hor. S. 1, 9, 12:

felices studiique locique,

Ov. M. 5, 267:

felix uteri,

Sil. 4, 359:

leti,

id. 4, 398:

famae,

id. 4, 731:

felices operum dies,

Verg. G. 1, 277.—

With inf. ( poet.):

quo non felicior alter Ungueretela manu ferrumque armare veneno,

happier, more successful in, Verg. A. 9, 772; id. G. 1, 284; Sil. 13, 126. —

With gerund. dat. (rare):

tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit,

successful in, Liv. 3, 17, 2.— Adv.: fēlīcĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly:

hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae,

Verg. G. 1, 54.—

(Acc. to II.)

Auspiciously, fortunately, favorably: quod mihi vobisque Quirites, Se fortunatim, feliciter ac bene vortat, Enn. ap. Non. 112, 3 (Ann. v. 112 ed. Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:

ut ea res mihi magistratuique meo, populo plebique Romanae bene atque feliciter eveniret,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3.—In expressing a wish or in calling to a person, Good luck! faciam quod volunt. Feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42, 1:

feliciter, succlamant,

Phaedr. 5, 1, 4; Suet. Claud. 7; id. Dom. 13; Flor. 3, 3 fin.; Juv. 2, 119; Vulg. Gen. 30, 11 al.—

Luckily, happily, successfully (most freq.):

omnes sapientes semper feliciter, absolute, fortunate vivere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26:

res publica et bene et feliciter gesta sit,

id. Phil. 5, 15, 40; id. Fam. 7, 28 fin.:

navigare,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95; cf.:

qui te feliciter attulit Eurus,

Ov. M. 7, 659:

feliciter audet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166:

ob ea feliciter acta,

Sall. J. 55, 2.—Prov.:

feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 40.— Comp., Ov. Ib. 305.— Sup.:

bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

re gesta,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 1:

gerere rem publicam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 6:

cessit imitatio,

Quint. 10, 2, 16: Horatius... verbis felicissime audax, 10, 1, 96.

Fēlix (with abl. Felice, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 67), a Roman surname of frequent occurrence, first applied to L. Sulla, Plin. 7, 44, 44, § 186.—

Claudius Felix, Suet. Claud. 28.—

Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea and Galilee under Claudius, Vulg. Act. 23, 26; 25, 14.—

Julia Felix, i. q. Berytus, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78.

fĕlix, ĭcis, v. filix init.

grădus, ūs (archaic gen. sing. graduis, Varr. ap. Non. 494, 17; dat. gradu, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. remeligines, p. 276 Müll.), m. [kindr. with Sanscr. kram, to go; v. gradior], a step, pace (cf.: gressus, passus, incessus).

Lit.:

ad hanc conversionem, quae pedibus et gradu non egeret, ingrediendi membra non dedit,

Cic. Univ. 6: quaenam vox ex te resonans meo gradu remoram facit? Lucil. l. l.: gradum proferre pedum, Enn. ap. Fest. S. V. PEDUM, p. 249, a Müll. (Trag. v. 248 Vahl.): quo nunc incerta re atque inorata gradum Regredere conare? id. ap. Non. 166, 23 (Trag. v. 12 Vahl.):

gradum facere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249:

tollere gradum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 6:

ad forum suspenso gradu placide ire perrexi,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 27:

quieto et placido gradu sequi,

Phaedr. 2, 7, 6; cf.

, on the contrary: celeri gradu Eunt uterque,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 22:

ut tu es gradibus grandibus,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 11:

citato gradu in hostem ducere,

Liv. 28, 14, 17:

concito gradu properare,

Phaedr. 3, 2, 11:

gradum celerare,

to hasten, Verg. A. 4, 641: so,

corripere,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 33:

addere,

Liv. 26, 9, 5:

sistere,

Verg. A. 6, 465:

sustinere,

Ov. F. 6, 398:

revocare,

Verg. A. 6, 128:

referre,

Ov. F. 5, 502:

vertere,

Stat. Th. 8, 138 et saep.:

peditum aciem instructam pleno gradu in hostem inducit,

at full pace, at a quick step, Liv. 4, 32, 10; 34, 15, 3; 34, 16, 2; cf.: militari gradu viginti milia passuum horis quinque dumtaxat aestivis conficienda sunt;

pleno autem gradu, qui citatior est, totidem horis XXIV. milia peragenda sunt,

Veg. 1, 9:

modico gradu,

Liv. 30, 5, 3: presso gradu, = badên, with measured step, a moderate pace, id. 28, 14, 14:

citato gradu,

id. 28, 14, 17; Trebon. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 2: non gradu, sed praecipiti cursu a virtute descitum, ad vitia transcursum, step by step, = gradatim, Vell. 2, 1, 1:

per gradus,

Ov. M. 2, 354.—

Trop., a step, stage, degree:

quem mortis timuit gradum,

pace, approach, Hor. C. 1, 3, 17:

hunc quasi gradum quendam atque aditum ad cetera factum intelligitis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 15, 38; cf.:

itaque majoribus nostris in Africam ex hac provincia gradus imperii factus est,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 3; Quint. 3, 6, 8; so,

Crassus Licinius nec consul nec praetor ante fuerat, quam censor est factus: ex aedilitate gradum censuram fecit,

Liv. 27, 6, 17; 6, 35, 2 Drak.:

hunc gradum mei reditus esse, quod mulieres revertissent,

a step towards my return, Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2; cf. Liv. 6, 42, 2:

notitiam primosque gradus vicinia fecit: Tempore crevit amor,

Ov. M. 4, 59; cf. Prop. 1, 13, 8:

cum consuleretur, quid sentiret, Non possum, inquit, tibi dicere: nescio enim quid de gradu faciat: tamquam de essedario interrogaretur,

i. e. of the Peripatetics, Sen. Ep. 29:

etsi spondeus, quod est e longis duabus, hebetior videtur et tardior, habet tamen stabilem quendam et non expertem dignitatis gradum,

pace, Cic. Or. 64, 216.

Transf.

In milit. and gladiator's lang., station, position, ground taken by a combatant:

obnisos vos (velim) stabili gradu impetum hostium excipere,

Liv. 6, 12, 8; cf. Tac. H. 2, 35:

de gradu libero ac stabili conari,

Liv. 34, 39, 3:

in suo quisque gradu obnixi, urgentes scutis, sine respiratione ac respectu pugnabant,

id. 8, 38, 11:

inque gradu stetimus, certi non cedere,

Ov. M. 9, 43:

hostes gradu demoti,

Liv. 6, 32, 8 Drak. N. cr.; for which:

turbare ac statu movere,

id. 30, 18, 4.—

Trop., a firm position or stand:

corda virum mansere gradu,

i. e. firm, steadfast, Sil. 16, 21:

fortis et constantis est, non perturbari in rebus asperis, nec tumultuantem de gradu deici, ut dicitur,

to let one's self be disconcerted, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80; cf.:

dejectus de gradu,

id. Att. 16, 15, 3: motus gradu, Sen. Const. Sap. 19:

gradu depulsus,

Nep. Them. 5, 1; cf.:

nam si gradum, si caritatem filii apud te haberem,

Liv. 40, 9, 3.—

That on which one steps, a step or round of a ladder, a stair.

Lit. (usu. in plur.): quemadmodum scalarum gradus si alios tollas, alios incidas, etc., Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3:

haerent parietibus scalae, postesque sub ipsos Nituntur gradibus,

Verg. A. 2, 443:

gradus templorum,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 5:

gradus ejusdem templi tollebantur,

id. Sest. 15, 34; cf.:

aerea cui (templo) gradibus surgebant limina,

Verg. A. 1, 448; Vell. 2, 3, 1:

pro Palatii gradibus,

Suet. Ner. 8; id. Vit. 15:

praeceps per gradus ire,

id. Calig. 35:

si gradibus trepidatur ab imis,

Juv. 3, 200.—

Sing.:

cum dextro pede primus gradus ascenditur,

Vitr. 3, 3.—

Transf., of things that rise by steps.

In hair-dressing, a braid of hair:

caput in gradus atque anulos comptum,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

comam in gradus frangere,

id. 1, 6, 44; cf.:

coma in gradus formata,

Suet. Ner. 51.—

In econom. lang., a spit or such a depth of earth as can be dug at once with the spade, Col. 3, 13, 19; 4, 1, 3.—

In math., a degree of a circle, Manil. 1, 579.—

In veterin. lang., a wrinkle on the roof of a horse's mouth, Veg. Vet. 1, 2; 32; 4, 2.—

Trop., a step, degree in tones, in age, relationship, rank, etc. (equally common in sing. and plur.):

ille princeps variabit et mutabit, omnes sonorum tum intendens tum remittens persequetur gradus,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; cf. id. de Or. 3, 61, 227:

ab ima ad summam (vocem) ac retro multi sunt gradus,

Quint. 11, 3, 15; cf. Vulg. Psa. 119 Tit. et saep.:

Paulatim gradus aetatis scandere adultae,

Lucr. 2, 1123; cf.:

quod tanta penuria est in omni vel honoris vel aetatis gradu, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3; so,

aetatis,

Vell. 2, 36, 2; Quint. 3, 7, 15; Suet. Aug. 79; id. Tit. 3 al.:

unus gradus et una progenies,

Lact. 2, 10, 10:

nostri quoque sanguinis auctor Juppiter est, totidemque gradus distamus ab illo,

Ov. M. 13, 143; cf.:

a matre Magnum Pompeium artissimo contingebat gradu,

Suet. Aug. 4; id. Ner. 2:

qui (populus) te tam mature ad summum imperium per omnes honorum gradus extulit,

Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 28:

gradus dignitatis,

id. Rep. 1, 27; cf. id. ib. 1, 27 fin.—Sing.:

ex tam alto dignitatis gradu,

Cic. Lael. 3, 12 fin.:

gradus altior, altissimus, amplissimus, dignitatis,

id. Clu. 55, 150; id. Phil. 1, 6, 14; id. Mur. 14, 30; cf. also id. ib. 27, 55:

summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenere et dignitatis et gratiae,

id. Planc. 13, 32:

a senatorio gradu longe abesse,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 21, 61; cf.:

ascendens gradibus magistratuum,

id. Brut. 81, 281.—Without gen.:

etenim quis est civis praesertim hoc gradu, quo me vos esse voluistis, tam oblitus beneficii vestri, etc.,

id. Phil. 6, 7, 18; id. Ac. 2, 2, 6:

omni gradu amplissimo dignissimus,

id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

gradus officiorum,

id. Off. 1, 45, 160:

temporum servantur gradus,

id. Part. 4, 12: cf.:

non iidem erunt necessitudinum gradus qui temporum,

id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

gradus cognationis,

Dig. 38, 10, 1 sqq.:

v. de gradibus,

Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1 -8:

agnationis,

Gai. Inst. 3, 10, 11:

si plures eodem gradu sint agnati,

Ulp. Fragm. 26, 5: cognati ex transverso gradu usque ad quartum gradum, i. e. collateral kindred (opp. parentes et liberi), id. ib. 5, 6:

gradus plures sunt societatis hominum,

id. ib. 1, 17, 53:

peccatorum gradus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 172:

oratorum aetates et gradus,

id. Brut. 32, 122; cf.:

gradus et dissimilitudines Atticorum,

id. ib. 82, 285:

accendendi judicis plures sunt gradus,

Quint. 11, 3, 166; 6, 4, 67: nec gradus est ultra Fabios cognominis ullus;

Illa domus meritis Maxima dicta suis,

Ov. F. 1, 605:

si ita esset, quid opus erat te gradatim istuc pervenire?... A beatis ad virtutem, a virtute ad rationem video te venisse gradibus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 89; cf.:

omnes gradus virtutis implere,

Lact. 5, 14, 18; and:

hi plerumque gradus,

Juv. 11, 46.

histŏrĭa, ae, f., = historia, a narrative of past events, history (syn.: annales, fasti).

Lit.:

historia testis temporum, lux veritatis, vita memoriae, magistra vitae, nuntia vetustatis, qua voce alia nisi oratoris immortalitati commendatur?

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

erat enim historia (initio) nihil aliud nisi annalium confectio, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 12, 51 sq.; cf. id. Leg. 1, 2, 5 sq.; Gell. 5, 18; Plin. Ep. 5, 8;

v. the art. annalis: videtisne, quantum munds sit oratoris historia?... Nam quis nescit, primam esse historiae legem, ne quid falsi dicere audeat? deinde ne quid veri non audeat? ne qua suspicio gratiae sit in scribendo? ne qua simultatis? etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 15, 62 sq.:

huic generi historia finitima est, in qua et narratur ornate et regio saepe aut pugna describitur: interponuntur etiam contiones et hortationes, sed in his tracta quaedam et fluens expetitur, non haec contorta et acris oratio,

id. Or. 20, 66:

nihil est in historia pura et illustri brevitate dulcius,

id. Brut. 75, 262:

Italici belli et civilis historia,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 2; id. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

historia nec institui potest nisi praeparato otio, nec exiguo tempore absolvi,

id. ib. 1, 3, 9:

apud Herodotum, patrem historiae,

id. ib. 1, 1, 5:

hic (Sallustius) historiae major est auctor,

Quint. 2, 5, 19:

obscura est historia Romana,

Cic. Rep. 2, 18; cf.:

cum historiae cuidam tamquam vanae repugnaret,

Quint. 1, 8, 20:

si historiae lectione discipulos instruxerit,

id. 2, 5, 1:

res memoranda novis annalibus atque recenti historia,

Juv. 2, 103:

quidquid Graecia mendax audet in historia,

id. 10, 175:

auctor historiae Graecae gravissimus,

Gell. 1, 11 init.:

Sabinus, secutus quosdam historiae scriptores, dicit, etc.,

id. 7, 7, 8:

certus Romanae Historiae auctor,

Val. Max. 1, 7, 6.— Prov.: historiam scribere, to inform one's self accurately of any thing, to see a thing for one's self:

in scirpo nodum quaeris: quin nos hinc domum Redimus, nisi si historiam scripturi sumus?

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 23.—In plur.:

simiae improbitatem historiis Graecis mandatam esse demiror,

Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69:

concessum est rhetoribus ementiri in historiis,

id. Brut. 11, 42:

nihil in historiis supra Pontificum annales haberemus,

Quint. 10, 2, 7; 12, 4, 1:

historiarum scriptor,

id. 3, 8, 49; so,

scriptores,

Juv. 7, 98:

non orationes modo, sed etiam historias legere,

Quint. 3, 8, 67; cf. id. 2, 18, 5:

tuque pedestribus Dices historiis proelia Caesaris,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 10.—

Transf., in gen.. a narrative, account, tale, story.

In abstr.:

historiam veterem atque antiquam haec mea senectus sustinet,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 100:

si quid in ea epistula fuit historia dignum, scribe quam primum, ne ignoremus,

Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1:

et quia narrationum tres accepimus species: fabulam... argumentum... historiam, in qua est gestae rei expositio, etc.,

Quint. 2, 4, 2:

maxima de nihilo nascitur historia,

Prop. 2, 1, 16:

hactenus historiae: nunc ad tua devehar astra,

id. 4 (5), 1, 119; cf.:

satis historiarum est,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 50:

amarae,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 89; id. C. 3, 7, 20; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 44.—Hence: Naturalis Historia, the title of the encyclopœdical work of Pliny the Elder. —Historia, a surname of C. Julius Hyginus, Suet. Gramm. 20.—

Concr., a subject of discourse:

tu quoque uti fieres nobilis historia,

Prop. 1, 15, 24.

ĭn-ĕo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, īre (iniri only ap. Vop. Procul. 12, 7; fut. iniet, Sen. Ben. 21, 2), v. a. and n.

To go into, to enter a place (class.).

Lit.

In gen., constr. with acc., or with in and acc.

With acc.:

illius domum,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

urbem,

Liv. 3, 24, 8:

Argolicas acies non ignarus ini (i. e. inii),

Stat. Th. 8, 107:

convivia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:

viam, iter,

to enter on a journey, id. Mur. 12, 26.— Pass.:

nemus nullis illud initur equis,

Ov. F. 3, 266:

(Hispania) prima Romanis inita provinciarum,

Liv. 28, 12, 12.—

With in and acc.:

in urbem,

Liv. 24, 9, 2.—

In partic., to know, in mal. part., Liv. 41, 13, 2: reginam, Drusillam, Anton. ap. Suet. Aug. 69:

feminae viros ineunt,

Sen. Ep. 95, 21;

so of animals,

to pair, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 178.— Pass.:

vacca ab agresti tauro inita,

Liv. 41, 13, 2; cf.:

sic velut inita arbor fecundo semine fertilior exstat,

Col. 5, 9, 16.—

Trop., to enter upon, begin a business, an enterprise, occupation, office, etc.:

magistratum,

Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:

consulatum,

Liv. 24, 9, 7:

imperium,

Suet. Tib. 67.— Pass.:

inito magistratu,

Liv. 36, 1, 1:

magnum et difficile certamen iniens,

Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 31; Curt. 4, 3, 12:

proelium,

id. Off. 1, 11, 37; Vell. 2, 55, 3; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vesp. 4:

pugnas,

Verg. A. 11, 912:

bellum,

Curt. 5, 9, 4.— Pass.:

bellum cum rege Philippo initum est,

Liv. 31, 5, 1; 36, 1, 5: numerum, to go into an enumeration, i. e. to enumerate, give the number:

numerus interfectorum haud facile iniri potuit,

Liv. 38, 23, 6:

numerus inibatur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 76: rationem, to make an estimate:

rationem inire oportet operarum, dierum,

Cato, R. R. 2, 2; cf.:

initā subductāque ratione,

Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 71: inire rationem also freq. signifies, to calculate, consider, find out, devise, contrive:

rogo, ut adjuves ineasque rationem, quemadmodum ea mulier Romam perducatur,

id. Fam. 13, 28, 2:

mihi ineunda ratio, et via reperiunda est, qua ad Apronii quaestum possim pervenire,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 46. § 110: ut multa tam gravis depelleretur, a me inita ratio est. id. Fam. 5, 20, 4:

rationem de re,

id. Phil. 5, 19, 53:

ad hunc interficiendum talem iniit rationem,

Nep. Hann. 10, 3:

aestimationem,

to make an estimate, to estimate, value, Sen. Ben. 3, 8 fin.:

mensuram agrorum,

to take the measure of, to measure, survey, Col. 5, 3, 1: societatem cum aliquo, to enter into or form an association with a person, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 3; so of an alliance, Suet. Tib. 2:

bellum,

to take part in, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Curt. 5, 9, 4:

pugnas,

to begin, Verg. A. 11, 912:

pugnam,

Vell. 1, 9, 3; 2, 55, 3:

indutias,

to conclude, make, Plin. Pan. 11, 5: consilium, to form a plan, Ov. F. 3, 380:

consilia inibat, quemadmodum a Gergovia discederet,

formed plans, considered, deliberated, Caes. B. G. 7, 43:

consilium facinoris contra vitam alicujus,

Cic. Deiot. 2, 4: gratiam, to get into the good graces, obtaĭn the favor of:

plures ineuntur gratiae, si, etc.,

the favor of many is gained, id. Brut. 57, 209:

gratiam ab aliquo,

Nep. Alcib. 9 fin.:

apud regem initam gratiam volebant,

Liv. 36, 5, 3:

summam gratiam a bonis omnibus,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3: viam, to find out a way to do any thing:

ineamus viam aliquam, qua utri utris imperent, decerni possit,

Liv. 1, 23, 9:

suffragia, i. q. dare,

id. 3, 17, 4; 3, 25, 4:

inită aestate,

in the beginning of, Caes. B. G. 2, 2; 2, 35, 2; cf.:

inită hieme,

id. ib. 3, 7, 1.— Poet.:

somnum,

to fall asleep, Verg. E. 1, 56:

ipse ego paulisper pro te tua munera inibo,

to undertake, id. A. 5, 846:

formam vitae,

to enter upon a course of life, Tac. A. 1, 74:

teque adeo decus hoc aevi, te consule (puer), inibit, Pollio,

he will enter on this golden age during your consulship, Verg. E. 4, 11 Ladew.; cf. Forbig. ad loc.—

v. n. (= incipere), to make a beginning, to begin:

ex ineunte aevo,

Lucr. 5, 859; so,

ineunte vere,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 fin.:

ineunte aestate,

id. Att. 4, 2, 6:

ab ineunte aetate,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 97:

ab ineunte adulescentia,

id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 4; Nep. Alcib. 2, 2; cf. id. Them. 1, 1 al.

mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., and mĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. dep. [cf. Gr. meros, meiromai, moros, etc.; hence, to receive one's share; cf. II. below], to deserve, merit, to be entitled to, be worthy of a thing; constr. with acc., with ut, with ne, with inf., and absol.

In gen.

With acc.:

mereri praemia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 34:

laudem,

id. ib. 1, 40, 5; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 18, 60:

nec minimum decus,

Hor. A. P. 286:

amorem,

Quint. 6 prooem.:

favorem aut odium,

id. 4, 1, 44:

gratiam nullam,

Liv. 45, 24, 7; Quint. 4, 9, 32:

fidem,

Vell. 2, 104 fin.:

summum honorem,

Juv. 6, 532:

supplicium,

id. 6, 219.—

With ut:

respondit, sese meruisse, ut decoraretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232.—

With ne:

mereri, ne quis,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 8.—

With inf.:

quae merui vitio perdere cuncta meo,

Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 16:

credi,

Quint. 10, 1, 72:

sanctus haberi,

Juv. 8, 25.—

Absol.:

dignitatem meam, si mereor, tuearis,

if I deserve it, Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 3.—In a bad sense:

meruisse supplicium,

Ov. M. 5, 666.—

In partic.

To earn, gain, get, obtain, acquire:

quid meres? quantillo argenti te conduxit Pseudulus?

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 95: iste, qui meret HS. vicenos, Varr. ap. Non. 4, 296: non amplius duodecim aeris, Cic. [p. 1136] Rosc. Com. 10, 28:

ne minus gratiae praecipiendo recta quam offensae reprendendo prava mereamur,

Quint. 4, 2, 39:

nomen patronorum,

id. 6, 4, 5:

indulgentiam, principis ingenio,

Tac. Dial. 9 fin.:

nomen gloriamque merere,

id. H. 2, 37:

famam,

id. ib. 2, 31; id. A. 15, 6:

ancillā natus diadema Quirini meruit,

Juv. 8, 260:

odium,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 3:

quantum quisque uno die mereret,

Suet. Calig. 40 fin.:

aera,

Hor. A. P. 345. —With ut (rare): quem ego ut non excruciem, alterum tantum auri non meream, would not give up torturing him for, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 65: neque ille sibi mereat Persarum montes... ut istuc faciat, would not do it for, etc., id. Stich. 1, 1, 24.—

To get by purchase, to buy, purchase:

uxores, quae vos dote meruerunt,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 124:

quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle, ut ab eis marmorea Venus illa auferatur?

what do you think they would take? for what price would they let it be carried away? Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135:

gloriam,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 13:

legatum a creditore,

Dig. 35, 2, 21:

noxam,

Petr. 139:

quid Minyae meruere queri?

to have reason, cause, Val. Fl. 1, 519.—

In milit. lang., mereri and merere stipendia, or simply merere (lit., to earn pay), to serve for pay, to serve as a soldier, serve in the army:

mereri stipendia,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

meruit stipendia in eo bello,

id. Mur. 5, 12:

adulescens patre suo imperatore meruit,

id. ib.:

complures annos,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

triennio sub Hannibale,

Liv. 21, 4 fin.:

Romanis in castris,

Tac. A. 2, 10:

in Thracia,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

merere equo,

to serve on horseback, in the cavalry, Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

merere pedibus,

to serve on foot, in the infantry, Liv. 24, 18: mereri aere (al. equo) publico, Varr. ap. Non. 345, 2.—

Mereri (ante-class., merere) de aliquo, or de aliquā re, to deserve or merit any thing of one, to behave in any manner towards one, in a good or bad sense (in Plaut. also with erga):

te ego, ut digna es, perdam, atque ut de me meres,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22:

ut erga me est merita,

id. Am. 5, 1, 49:

nam de te neque re neque verbis merui, ut faceres quod facis,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 45: saepe (erga me;

sc. illam) meritam quod vellem scio,

that she has often treated me as I desired, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 37.—Esp.: bene, male, optime, etc., mereri, to deserve well, ill, etc.:

de mendico male meretur, qui ei dat, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 58:

de re publicā bene mereri,

Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 2:

de populi Romani nomine,

id. Brut. 73, 254:

melius de quibusdam acerbos inimicos mereri, quam eos amicos, qui dulces videantur,

id. Lael. 24, 90:

de re publica meruisse optime,

id. Att. 10, 4, 5:

perniciosius de re publicā merentur vitiosi principes,

id. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

stet haec urbs praeclara, quoquo modo merita de me erit,

id. Mil. 34, 93:

Paulus, qui nihil meruit,

i. e. was innocent, Lact. 2, 16, 17:

ita se omni tempore de populo Romano meritos esse, ut,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

Caesarem imperatorem bene de republicā meritum,

deserving well, id. B. C. 1, 13:

optime cum de se meritum judicabat,

id. ib. 3, 99:

milites mirifice de re publicā meriti,

Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 3:

homines de me divinitus meriti,

id. Red. in Sen. 12, 30; cf.:

te ego ut digna's perdam atque ut de me meres,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 22.— Hence,

mĕrens, entis, P. a., that deserves or merits any thing; in a good sense, deserving; in a bad sense, guilty; that has rendered himself deserving towards any one or of any thing; with de, rarely with dat.; esp. with bene, well-deserving (mostly poet. and post-class.):

consul laudare, increpare merentes,

Sall. J. 100:

laurea decreta merenti,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 91: quem periisse, ita de re publicā merentem, doleo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 344, 23; so Inscr. Grut. 933, 5.— With dat.:

quando tu me bene merentem tibi habes despicatui,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 19.— In sup.: HOMINI BENE MERENTISSIMO, Inscr. Rein. cl. 16, 8; Inscr. Grut. 932, 7; ib. 1129, 3.—

mĕrĭtus, a, um, P. a.

Deserving:

meriti juvenci,

Verg. G. 2, 515.— Sup.: filiae meritissimae, Inscr. Rein. cl. 5, 35. —

Pass., deserved, due, fit, just, proper, right:

ignarus, laus an poena merita esset,

Liv. 8, 7:

triumphus,

id. 39, 4, 6:

iracundiam, neque eam injustam, sed meritam ac debitam fuisse,

just, Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 203:

mors,

Verg. A 4, 696: noxia, committed, perpetrated, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 1: meritis de causis, for merited, i. e. just reasons, Dig. 48, 20.— Sup.:

famā optimā et meritissimā frui,

Plin. Ep. 5, 15.—Hence,

mĕrĭtum, i, n.

That which one deserves, desert; in a good sense, reward, recompense; in a bad sense, punishment (only ante- and postclass.):

nihil suave meritum est,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 75:

specta denique, quale caelesti providentia meritum reportaverit,

reward, punishment, App. M. 8, p. 214:

delictorum,

Tert. Apol. 21.—

That by which one deserves any thing of another, a merit; esp. in a good sense, a service, kindness, benefit, favor (class.):

propter eorum (militum) divinum atque immortale meritum,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14:

pro singulari eorum merito,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 15:

magnitudo tuorum erga me meritorum,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

et hercule merito tuo feci,

according to your merits, as you deserved, id. Att. 5, 11, 6:

pro ingentibus meritis praemia acceperant,

Tac. A. 14, 53:

recordatio ingentium meritorum,

Liv. 39, 49, 11; Curt. 8, 3, 14; Suet. Ner. 3; Sen. Ben. 3, 8, 2.—In Plaut. also in the sup.:

meritissimo ejus, quae volet faciemus,

on account of his great merit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 147:

merita dare et recipere,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26:

magna ejus sunt in me non dico officia, sed merita,

id. Fam. 11, 17, 1.—Also demerit, blame, fault:

Caesar, qui a me nullo meo merito alienus esse debebat,

without any fault of mine, id. Sest. 17, 39:

nullo meo in se merito,

although I am guilty of no offence against him, Liv. 40, 15:

leniter, ex merito quicquid patiare, ferendum est,

Ov. H. 5, 7:

ex cujusque merito scio me fecisse,

Liv. 26, 31, 9:

quosdam punivit, alios praemiis adfecit, neutrum ex merito,

Tac. H. 4, 50; cf.:

quod ob meritum nostrum succensuistis?

Liv. 25, 6, 4.—

Transf., worth, value, importance of a thing ( poet. and post-class.):

quo sit merito quaeque notata dies,

Ov. F. 1, 7:

negotiorum,

Cod. Just. 8, 5, 2: aedificia majoris meriti, of greater value, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 30:

loci,

Mart. 8, 65, 7:

primi saporis mella thymi sucus effundit, secundi meriti thymbra, tertii meriti rosmarinus,

Pall. 1, 37, 3.—

mĕrĭtō, adv., according to desert, deservedly, justly, often connected with jure (class.):

quamquam merito sum iratus Metello,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 158:

merito ac jure laudantur,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 14; cf.:

te ipse jure optimo, merito incuses, licet,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23:

recte ac merito commovebamur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

merito jam suspectus,

Juv. 3, 221; 10, 208. — Sup.: meritissimo te magni facio, Turp. ap. Non. 139, 17; Caecil. ib. 18:

me deridere meritissumo,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 49; Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 234; S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 6; ap. Flor. 1, 9.—Post-class.: meritissime, Sol. 7, 18.—

In partic.: libens (lubens) merito, a form of expression used in paying vows; v. libens, under libet.

offensa, ae, f. [1. offendo, like repulsa, from repello], a striking or grating against any thing.

Lit. (very rare):

donec cerussae similis fiat, nulla dentium offensa,

and does not grit against the teeth, Plin. 34, 10, 22, § 104:

sine offensis fricantium,

id. 35, 15, 52, § 184.—

Trop.

Offence, disfavor, displeasure, hatred; enmity:

quin magnā in offensā sim apud Pompeium,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 2: quod offensae fuerit in istā cunctatione, te subisse, to incur hatred, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:

gravissimam contrahere,

to fall into disgrace, Suet. Vesp. 4:

offensam meruisse,

Ov. P. 4, 1, 16:

habere,

to cause hatred, Quint. 9, 2, 72:

ne minus gratiae quam offensae mereamur,

id. 4, 2, 39:

sinceri et sine offensā in diem Christi,

Vulg. Phil. 1, 10.—

An offending against or violating a law, an offence, crime (mostly in jurid. Lat.):

offensa edicti,

Dig. 3, 1, 6:

levis offensae contrahere culpam, Cod. Th. 4, 11, 1: sub quālibet culpae aut erroris offensā,

ib. 6, 10, 1:

offensae veteris reus atque tacendae,

Juv. 4, 105.—

An injury received, an offence, affront, wrong (perh. only since the Aug. per.):

gustus,

Col. 12, 21, 6:

offensas vindicet ense suas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 40:

in offensis exorabilis,

Vell. 2, 29, 4:

per ejusmodi offensas emetiendum est confragosum hoc iter,

Sen. Ep. 18, 4, 2.—

Of a state of injury, a complaint, inconvenience, indisposition:

sine offensā corporis animique,

Petr. 131:

si quid offensae in cenā sensit,

indisposition, Cels. 1, 6; Sen. Ep. 7, 1; cf. in plur., id. Tranq. An. 2, 1.

pĕrītĭa, ae, f. [peritus], experience, knowledge gained by experience, practical knowledge, skill (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

With gen. obj.:

locorum et militiae,

Sall. J. 46, 8:

legum,

Tac. A. 4, 58:

morum,

id. ib. 1, 69:

futurorum,

Suet. Tib. 67:

castra metandi,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 32: gratiae ac voluptatis [p. 1346] (conciliandae), Quint. 2, 15, 24:

artis pugnae,

Vulg. Judith, 5, 27; Gell. 15, 31, 1.—

With gen. subj.:

arte servi vel peritiā uti,

Dig. 7, 1, 27.—

Absol.:

peritiā et arte praestans,

Tac. H. 4, 30:

corona senum multa peritia,

Vulg. Ecclus. 25, 8.

pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 ( perf. petīt, Verg. A. 9, 9;

Ov F. 1, 109: petisti,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Verg. A. 4, 100; 12, 359:

petistis,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22:

petissem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2:

petisse,

Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. [p. 1365] M. 9, 623; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 516 sq.), v. a. [Sanscr. root pat-, to fall upon, fly, find; Gr. pet- in piptô (pi-petô), to fall; cf. Lat. impetus and in petomai, to fly; cf. Lat. penna, acci-pit-er, etc.; the root of piptô, and therefore orig. to fall, fall upon; hence, to endeavor to reach or attain any thing].

To fall upon any thing.

Lit.

In a hostile sense, to rush at, attack, assault, assail; to let fly at, aim a blow at, thrust at, etc. (class.; cf.:

invado, aggredior): gladiatores et vitando caute, et petendo vehementer,

Cic. Or. 68, 228:

cujus latus mucro ille petebat,

id. Lig. 3, 9:

non latus aut ventrem, sed caput et collum petere,

to thrust at, id. Mur. 26, 52:

aliquem spiculo infeste,

Liv. 2, 20:

aliquem mālo,

to throw an apple at any one, Verg. E. 3, 64:

alicui ungue genas,

Ov. A. A. 2, 452:

aliquem saxis, id. de Nuce, 2: aprum jaculis,

Suet. Tib. 72:

aëra disco,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 13:

bello Penatìs,

Verg. A. 3, 603:

armis patriam,

Vell. 2, 68, 3.—

Without the notion of hostility: petere collum alicujus amplexu, to fall upon one's neck, to embrace one, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124.—Esp. freq., to seek, to direct one's course to, to go or repair to, to make for, travel to a place:

grues loca calidiora petentes,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

Cyzicum,

id. Fam. 14, 4, 3:

Dyrrhachium,

id. Planc. 41, 97:

naves,

to seek, take refuge in their ships, Nep. Milt. 5, 5:

caelum pennis,

to fly, Ov. F. 3, 457:

Graiis Phasi petite viris,

visited by the Greeks, id. P. 4, 10, 52:

Metellus Postumium ad bellum gerendum Africam petentem,... urbem egredi passus non est,

attempting to go, starting, Val. Max. 1, 1, 2.— Transf., of things, to proceed or go towards:

campum petit amnis,

Verg. G. 3, 522:

mons petit astra,

towers toward the stars, Ov. M. 1, 316: aliquem, to seek, go to a person:

reginam,

Verg. A. 1, 717:

ut te supplex peterem, et tua limina adirem,

id. ib. 6, 115: aliquid in locum or ad aliquem, to go to a place or person for something, to go in quest of, go to fetch:

visum est tanti in extremam Italiam petere Brundisium ostreas,

to go to Brundisium for oysters, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169:

myrrham ad Troglodytas,

id. 12, 15, 33, § 66:

harena ad Aethiopas usque petitur,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

collis, in quem vimina petebantur,

id. 16, 10, 15, § 37:

quaeque trans maria petimus,

fetch, id. 19, 4, 19, §§ 58, 52.—

Trop.

To attack, assail one with any thing (class.):

aiiquem epistulā,

Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

aliquem fraude et insidiis,

Liv. 40, 55:

aliquem falsis criminibus,

Tac. A. 4, 31.—

To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).

In gen.:

ita petit asparagus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

aliquem in vincula,

Quint. 7, 1, 55:

aliquem ad supplicium,

id. 7, 6, 6: poenas ab aliquo, to seek satisfaction from or revenge one's self on any one. ut poenas ab optimo quoque peteret sui doloris, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7:

ut merito ab eā poenas liberi sui petere debuerint,

Quint. 3, 11, 12.—

In partic.

To demand or claim at law, to bring an action to recover, to sue for any thing (syn.:

postulo): causam dicere Prius unde petitur... Quam ille qui petit,

Ter. Eun. prol. 11:

qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit,

Cic. Rosc Com. 18, 53: aliquando cum servis Habiti furti egit;

nuper ab ipso Habito petere coepit,

id. Clu. 59, 163:

qui non calumniā litium alienos fundos, sed castris, exercitu, signis inferendis petebat,

id. Mil. 27, 74.—

To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat (syn.: rogo, flagito, obsecro); constr with ab and abl. of pers. (cf. infra); ante- and postclass., with acc. of pers.:

vos volo, vos peto atque obsecro,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 60; freq. with ut:

a te etiam atque etiam peto atque contendo, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5:

peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 4, 2:

peto igitur a te, vel, si pateris, oro, ut,

id. ib. 9, 13, 3:

petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut,

id. Verr 2, 3, 82, § 189:

petere precibus per litteras ab aliquo, ut,

id. Sull. 19, 55:

pacem ab aliquo,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

opem ab aliquo,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:

vitam nocenti,

Tac. A. 2, 31:

petito, ut intrare urbem liceret,

Just. 43, 5, 6.—Also, with id or illud, and ut, etc.: illud autem te peto, ut, etc., Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2.—With obj.-clause (mostly poet.):

arma umeris arcumque animosa petebat Ferre,

Stat. Achill. 1, 352; cf.: cum peteret (solum) donari quasi proprio suo deo, Suet. Aug. 5: petit aes sibi dari eis artous, Gell. 9, 2, 1.—De aliquo (for ab aliquo), to beg or request of one (post-class.):

si de me petisses, ut, etc.,

Dig. 13, 6, 5.—Ab aliquo aliquid alicui, to beg a thing of one person for another (class.):

M. Curtio tribunatum a Caesare petivi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3: ab aliquo pro aliquo petere, to intercede for:

in eorum studiis, qui a te pro Ligario petunt,

Cic. Lig. 10, 31.—With ex and abl. pers. (v. infra d.):

eum petit litteris, ut ad Britanniam proficisceretur,

Capitol. Pertin. 3, 5; Eutr. 2, 24.—Hence, pĕtītum, i, n., a prayer, desire, request, entreaty, Cat. 68, 39.—

Polit. t. t., to apply or solicit for an office, to be a candidate for office (different from ambire, to go about among the people to collect their votes, to canvass, which took place after the petitio):

nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

consulatum,

id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

praeturam,

id. Verr. 1, 8, 23; Liv. 1, 35.—

To solicit a person, to seek to possess, to woo:

libidine sic accensa (Sempronia) ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur,

Sall. C. 25, 3:

cum te tam multi peterent, tu me una petisti,

Prop. 3, 13, 27:

formosam quisque petit,

id. 3, 32, 4:

multi illam petiere,

Ov. M. 1, 478; cf.: quae tuus Vir petet, cave, ne neges;

Ne petitum aliunde eat,

Cat. 61, 151.—

To endeavor to obtain or pursue, to seek, strive after any thing, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

fugā salutem petere,

Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

praedam pedibus,

Ov. M. 1, 534:

gloriam,

Sall. C. 54, 5:

eloquentiae principatum,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

sanguinis profusio vel fortuita vel petita,

intentional, designed, produced by artificial means, Cels. 2, 8.—With inf.:

bene vivere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29:

victricemque petunt dextrae conjungere dextram,

Ov. M. 8, 421; 14, 571:

conubiis natam sociare Latinis,

Verg. A. 7, 96:

aliquem transfigere ferro,

Mart. 5, 51, 3.—With ex and abl., over, in the case of:

ex hostibus victoriam petere,

Liv. 8, 33, 13:

supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti,

id. 28, 19, 11:

imperium ex victis hostibus populum Romanum petere,

id. 30, 16, 7.—

To fetch any thing:

qui argentum petit,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 53:

cibum e flammā,

Ter. Eun, 3, 2, 38:

altius initium rei demonstrandae,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 10:

aliquid a Graecis,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

a litteris exiguam doloris oblivionem,

to obtain, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4:

suspirium alte,

to fetch a deep sigh, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 57; cf.:

latere petitus imo spiritus,

Hor. Epod. 11, 10; and:

gemitus alto de corde petiti,

Ov. M. 2, 622:

haec ex veteri memoriā petita,

Tac. H. 3, 5, 1.—

To take, betake one's self to any thing:

iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere contendi,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

diversas vias,

Val. Fl. 1, 91:

alium cursum,

to take another route, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2:

aliam in partem petebant fugam,

betook themselves to flight, fled, Caes. B. G. 2, 24.—

To refer to, relate to ( poet.):

Trojanos haec monstra petunt,

Verg. A. 9, 128.

pignus, ŏris and ĕris (old form in plur.:

pignosa pignora eodem modo quo valesii, auselii... dicebantur,

Fest. p. 213 Müll.), n. [root pac-, of pango; cf. paciscor], a pledge, gage, pawn, security, mortgage (of persons as well as things).

Lit.:

opponere se pigneri,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 85:

ager oppositus est pignori,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56:

servus, quem hic reliqueram Pignus pro me,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 19:

quo facto pignore animos centurionum devinxit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 39:

rem alicujus pignori accipere,

Tac. H. 3, 65:

pignora apud se deposita persequi et vindicare,

Paul. Sent. 5, 26, 4:

sub pignoribus mutuas pecunias accipere,

Dig. 13, 7, 12:

habere aliquid pignori,

ib. 20, 4, 2:

liberare pignus a creditore,

ib. 20, 4, 4:

pignoribus cavere alicui,

ib. 43, 3, 2: aurum [p. 1376] pignori apud aliquem ponere, ib. 13, 7, 27:

viginti milia faenus pignoribus positis,

income from mortgages, Juv. 9, 141.—Esp., of the security for the payment of his fine, which was taken by the consul of a senator who failed to attend in the Senate:

pignus auferre,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4: pignoribus terreri, Crass. ib.; so,

senatores pignoribus cogere,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

pignora capere,

Liv. 3, 38, 12;

of hostages,

id. 33, 22:

marium pignora,

male hostages, Suet. Aug. 21: pignus praetorium, the security which the prœtor took as a guarantee for the preservation of a thing when he put it in the possession of a creditor, or fidei commissarius, Dig. 13, 7, 26; 41, 5, 12.—

Esp., in phrases.

Pignus capere, to take a pledge or security for payment:

certis verbis pignus capiebatur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 29; 26 al.—

Pignora capere, to issue execution, make seizure of property:

Vettium, pignoribus captis, cojecit in carcerem,

Suet. Caes. 17:

eorum, qui debita confessi sunt, pignora capi et distrahi possunt,

Paul. Sent. 5, 5 A, 4:

per vim debitoris sui pignora, cum non haberet obligata, capere,

id. ib. 5, 26, 4.—

Pignoris capio, a proceeding by which the summary collection of certain debts was secured, Gai. Inst. 4, 26 (v. Sandars ad Just. Inst. introd. § 96).—

Transf.

The object of a wager, a wager, stake:

da pignus, ni ea sit filia,

lay a wager, bet, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 34; so id. ib. 36:

cum illo dare,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 133:

pignore certare cum aliquo,

Verg. E. 3, 31:

quovis pignore contendere,

to lay any wager, bet any thing, Cat. 44, 4:

et quaerit posito pignore vincat uter,

Ov. A. A. 1, 168:

in quodvis pignus vocare, ni, etc.,

Gell. 5, 4, 2:

ponere pignus cum aliquo de re aliquā,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 3.—

A contract in which security is given, Dig. 13, 7, 1; 20, 6, 3.—

Trop.

A pledge, token, assurance, proof:

magnum pignus ab eo rei publicae datum, se, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 4:

pignora voluntatis,

id. Cael. 32, 78:

injuriae,

id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

societatis,

Tac. H. 4, 61:

sceleris,

id. ib. 4, 57:

imperii,

id. ib. 3, 72:

reconciliatae gratiae pignus,

Curt. 6, 7, 35:

pignora da, genitor, per quae tua vera propago Credar,

sure tokens, Ov. M. 2, 38; 5, 247; 7, 497:

in vultu pignora mentis habet,

id. A. A. 2, 378:

digito pignus fortasse dedisti,

i. e. a ring, Juv. 6, 27.—

Concr.

Children, parents, brothers and sisters, relatives, as pledges of love (only after the Aug. period):

nunc tibi commendo communia pignora, natos,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73; Ov. M. 11, 543:

prolemque gemellam Pignora bina dedi,

id. H. 6, 121:

tot natos natasque et pignora cara nepotes,

id. M. 3, 134:

ascita pignora,

Stat. S. 2, 1, 86:

pignora conjugum ac liberorum,

Liv. 2, 1, 5:

obsecratio illa judicum, per carissima pignora, utique, si et reo sint liberi, conjux, parentes, utilis erit,

Quint. 6, 1, 33:

habens filiam, uxorem, nepotem, sorores, interque tot pignora veros amicos,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3; Tac. A. 12, 2:

proxima pignora,

id. ib. 15, 36:

ne in conjugem, in familiam, in cetera pignora ejus saeviret,

id. ib. 16, 26; id. G. 7:

frangi aspectu pignorum suorum,

id. Agr. 38.—Hence, in gen.,

Any thing especially valuable or dear:

si quis post pignera tanta Pompeio locus est,

Luc. 7, 376.—

Poet. transf., a graft, scion, Pall. Insit. 109.

prōcūrātĭo, ōnis, f. [procuro].

In gen.

A caring for, taking care of, having the charge of a thing; a charge, superintendence, administration, management, procuration (class.):

dum me rei publicae non solum cura, sed quaedam etiam procuratio multis officiis implicatum et constrictum tenebat,

Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

dum necesse erat, unus omnia poterat: qui, postea quam magistratus creavit, sua cuique procuratio auctoritasque est restituta,

id. Rosc. Am. 48, 139:

procuratio templi,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2:

mearum rerum existimationisque meae,

Cic. Fam. 15, 13, 3:

rerum humanarum,

id. N. D. 1, 1, 3:

ministerii,

Liv. 4, 8:

annonae,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 6:

male gesta,

Quint. 7, 4, 35.—In plur.:

ad amplissimas procurationes promotus,

charges, offices, Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3.—

An effort, aim, seeking for any thing (post-class.):

quia benignitas eum per sese ipsa delectet, sine ullā recipiendae gratiae procuratione,

Gell. 17, 5, 4.—

In partic., of religious acts, an averting or expiating of an evil omen or crime by offering the proper sacrifices, an expiatory sacrifice, expiation (class.):

cum terrae motus factus esset, ut sue plena procuratio fieret,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:

prodigii,

Liv. 7, 6:

procurationes incesti,

Tac. A. 12, 8.

prōlecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to allure or entice forth (cf.: illicio, invito).

Lit. (post-class.):

lacrimae redeunt, prolectante gaudio,

App. M. 5, p. 162, 8:

mox prolectante studio,

id. ib. 5, p. 159;

11, p. 259, 33: aviculae prolectatae verno vapore,

id. ib. 11, p. 260, 21.—

Transf., to allure, entice, incite (rare but class.): egentes spe largitionis, * Cic. Fl. 8, 18:

praeda puellares animos prolectat,

Ov. F. 4, 433:

sensus legentium,

Vitr. 5 praef.:

aliquam veneficiis ad nuptias,

App. Mag. p. 331, 28:

nuptialis gratiae nomine prolectatus,

Mart. Cap. 8, § 804.—

To provoke:

etiamne ultro tuis me prolectas probris?

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 38.

rĕdĭtus, ūs, m. [redeo].

A returning, return (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

noster itus, reditus,

Cic. Att. 15, 5, 3: reditu ( returning) vel potius reversione ( turning back) meā laetatus, id. ib. 16, 7, 5:

inter profectionem reditumque L. Sullae,

id. Brut. 63, 227:

aliquem reditu arcere,

id. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

spe omni reditūs incisā,

Liv. 2, 15:

Romanis reditu interclusis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 30 fin.;

Auct. B. Alex. 20, 5: excludi reditu,

Nep. Them. 5, 1:

ne metum reditūs sui barbaris tolleret,

Caes. B. G. 6, 29:

maturum reditum pollicitus,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 3:

unde tibi reditum Parcae Rupere,

id. Epod. 13, 15:

pascitur in vestrum reditum votiva juvenca,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 36:

votum pro reditu simulant,

Verg. A. 2, 17 et saep.:

qui vero Narbone reditus?

Cic. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

animis reditum in caelum patere,

id. Lael. 4, 13:

in locum,

id. Rep. 6, 18, 18; 6, 23, 25; id. Clu. 42, 119; Caes. B. C. 3, 82; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24 fin.:

reditus in patriam ad parentes,

Liv. 9, 5, 9:

in nemora,

Cat. 63, 79; Verg. A. 10, 436 al.:

Romam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 108:

domum,

home, id. Pis. 3:

ad aliquem,

id. Phil. 8, 11, 32:

ad vada,

Cat. 63, 47.—In plur., Tib. 1, 3, 13; Verg. A. 2, 118; 11, 54; Hor. C. 3, 5, 52:

promittere inanes reditus,

Ov. M. 11, 576:

patent reditus populo,

id. F. 1, 279 al. —Of the revolution of the heavenly bodies:

homines populariter annum tantummodo solis, id est unius astri, reditu metiuntur,

Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24; cf. in plur., id. ib. 6, 12, 12. —

Trop., a returning, return:

reditus in gratiam cum inimicis,

Cic. Att. 2, 2, 3:

gratiae,

id. Har. Resp. 24, 52:

reditus ad rem... ad propositum,

id. de Or. 3, 53, 203.—

(Acc. to redeo, II. 1.) A return, revenue, income, proceeds (not in Cic.; late Lat.;

also redditus,

Cassiod. Var. 1, 25; cf.: vectigalia, proventus); in sing.:

omnisque ejus pecuniae reditus constabat,

Nep. Att. 14 fin.; Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 8:

in reditu esse,

to make returns, Plin. Ep. 4, 6, 2: decrescente reditu, id ib. 6, 3, 1; 6, 8, 5; 9, 37, 3; Ov. Am. 1, 10, 41.— In plur., Liv. 42, 52; Suet. Calig. 16 Wolf. N. cr.; 41; Dig. 34, 4, 30; Ov. P. 2, 3, 17; 4, 5, 19; Vulg. 4 Reg. 8, 6.

rĕlātĭo, ōnis, f. [refero], a carrying back, bringing back. *

Lit.: membranae ut juvant aciem, ita crebrā relatione, quoad intinguntur calami, morantur manum, through the frequent carrying of the [p. 1555] hand back to the inkstand, i.e. by often stopping to dip the pen in the ink, Quint. 10, 3, 31.—

Trop.

In law t. t., a throwing back, retorting:

relatio criminis, est cum ideo jure factum dicitur, quod aliquis ante injuriā lacessierit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 11, 15; so Dig. 48, 1, 5:

jurisjurandi,

ib. 12, 2, 34 fin. —

In partic.

A returning, repaying:

gratiae,

Sen. Ben. 5, 11; id. Ep. 74, 13.—

In publicists' lang., a report; a proposition, motion:

ecquis audivit non modo actionem aliquam aut relationem, sed vocem omnino aut querellam tuam?

Cic. Pis. 13, 29:

relatio illa salutaris,

id. ib. 7, 14; Liv. 3, 39:

relationem approbare,

id. 32, 22:

incipere,

Tac. A. 5, 4; 13, 26:

mutare,

id. ib. 14, 49:

egredi,

id. ib. 2, 38:

postulare in aliquid,

id. ib. 13, 49:

relationi intercedere,

id. ib. 1, 13 al.: jus quartae relationis, the right accorded to the emperor, without being consul, of making communications in the Senate (this right was simply jus relationis;

tertiae, quartae, etc., denote the number of subjects he might introduce at each meeting, which varied at different periods),

Capitol. Pert. 5; Vop. Prob. 12 fin. — Hence,

Transf., in gen., a report, narration, relation (only post-Aug.):

dictorum,

Quint. 2, 7, 4; cf. id. 9, 2, 59:

causarum,

id. 6, 3, 77:

meritorum,

id. 4, 1, 13:

rerum ab Scythis gestarum,

Just. 2, 1, 1:

gentium,

Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 6.—

Of military reports to the general-in-chief or emperor: addens quaedam relationibus supervacua, quas subinde dimittebat ad principem,

Amm. 14, 7, 10; 20, 4, 7; 28, 1, 10. —

A rhetorical figure mentioned by Cicero, of the nature of which Quintilian was ignorant, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207; Quint. 9, 3, 97: epanaphora est relatio; quotiens per singula membra eadem pars orationis repetitur, hoc modo: Verres calumniatores apponebat, Verres de causā cognoscebat;

Verres pronunciabat?

i. e. the repetition of a word for rhetorical effect, Mart. Cap. 5, § 534 init.; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 33. —

In philos. and gram. lang., reference, regard, respect, relation:

illud quoque est ex relatione ad aliquid,

Quint. 8, 4, 21:

relatione factā non ad id,

Dig. 1, 1, 11.

rē-scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3, v. a., to cut off, cut loose, cut or break down; to cut or tear open (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

pontem,

i. e. to break down, Caes. B. G. 1, 7; 4, 19 fin.; 6, 29; 7, 35; 7, 58 fin.; Nep. Milt. 3, 4; Liv. 2, 10; Flor. 3, 10, 3:

vallum ac loricam falcibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.: pluteos, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 95, 22:

cameras tectorum,

Front. Strat. 3, 4, 6:

tecta domusque in usum novae classis,

Flor. 2, 15, 10:

caelum,

Verg. G. 1, 280; id. A. 6, 583:

tenuem vestem e membris,

Tib. 1, 10, 61:

vestes,

Claud. B. Gild. 136:

decreta,

Suet. Calig. 3:

ense teli latebram penitus,

to cut open, Verg. A. 12, 390:

vulnera,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 63; Flor. 3, 23, 4; Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 9:

pectora ferro,

Stat. Th. 11, 507:

rescisso palato,

Luc. 4, 328:

plagam,

Flor. 4, 2, 72:

venam,

to open, Col. 6, 30, 5; 7, 10, 2; and poet.:

obductos annis luctus,

Ov. M. 12, 543:

an male sarta Gratia nequidquam coit et rescinditur?

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 32;

imitated by Petronius: ne inter initia coëuntis gratiae recentem cicatricem rescinderet,

Petr. 113, 8.—

Meton., to open:

vias,

Lucr. 2,406:

locum praesidiis firmatum atque omni ratione obvallatum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 3:

ferro summum Ulceris os,

Verg. G. 3, 453; Col. 7, 5, 10; cf.:

latentia vitia (corresp. to aperire),

Quint. 9, 2, 93.—

Trop., to annul, abolish, abrogate, repeal, rescind a law, decree, agreement, etc.:

mihi non videtur, quod sit factum legibus, Rescindi posse,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 16:

acta M. Antonii rescidistis, leges refixistis,

Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5; so,

acta,

id. ib. 2, 42, 109; 13, 3, 5; Liv. 26, 31; Suet. Caes. 82; id. Claud. 11; Flor. 3, 23, 2:

acta deūm,

Ov. M. 14, 784:

jussa Jovis,

id. ib. 2, 678:

constitutiones senatūs,

Suet. Tib. 33:

concilia habita,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31:

totam triennii praeturam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 57, § 140:

rescindere et irritas facere omnes istius injurias,

id. ib. 2, 2, 26, §

63: res judicatas,

id. Sull. 22, 63; cf.

judicium,

id. Planc. 4, 10:

judicia,

Suet. Claud. 29:

ambitiosas Centumvir. sententias,

id. Dom. 8:

pactiones,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

testamenta mortuorum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111; Quint. 5, 2, 1; Suet. Calig. 38:

foedus turpe,

Vell. 2, 90, 3.— Poet.:

aevi leges validas,

Lucr. 5, 58:

beneficium suum insequenti injuriā,

Sen. Ben. 3, 13:

verbum Dei,

Vulg. Marc. 7, 13.

rē-stĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [statuo], to put or set up again, i. e. either to replace in its former position, or (more freq.) to restore to its former condition, to rebuild, revive, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: restauro, renovo, reficio).

In gen.

Lit.:

senatus decrevit, ut Minerva nostra, quam turbo dejecerat, restitueretur,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, a, 1:

arborem,

Verg. G. 2, 272:

luxatum femur ex toto,

Cels. 8, 20: aedes (with reficere), Cic. Top. 3, 15:

domum a Clodio disjectam,

i. e. to rebuild, Vell. 2, 45, 3; cf.

domum,

Suet. Ner. 31:

theatrum,

id. Claud. 21:

statuas (disjectas),

id. Calig. 34:

tropaea disjecta,

id. Caes. 11:

fores effractas,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 40:

oppida vicosque, quos incenderant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

fontes et Flumina,

Ov. M. 2, 407:

turbatas comas,

id. F. 3, 16:

ordines,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf.

aciem,

Liv. 5, 18; 29, 2 al.:

inclinatam aciem,

Suet. Caes. 62:

(eos, qui) quaedam contra naturam depravata habent, restituere et corrigere,

Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96:

oculos (luminibus orbati),

Suet. Vesp. 7:

visum,

Plin. 25, 8, 50, § 89:

pilos,

id. 32, 10, 40, § 119:

se (apes, with reviviscere),

Varr. R. R. 3, 16 fin.; cf.:

aliquem a limine mortis,

Cat. 68, 4; Verg. Cul. 223;

and restinctos,

to raise the dead, Ov. P. 3, 6, 35:

apes restituunt se ac reviviscunt,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 38.—

Trop., to restore, revive, renew, reform, etc.: unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84; Cic. Att. 2, 19, 2; Liv. 30, 26; Verg. A. 6, 846 Serv.; Macr. S. 6, 1; Ov. F. 2, 242; Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21 al. (Ann. v. 313 Vahl.); cf.:

rem prolapsam,

Liv. 2, 63:

res perditas,

id. 25, 37; 6, 22:

rem impeditam et perditam,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 13;

and simply rem,

Liv. 3, 12 Drak.; 8, 11;

25, 37: veteres clientelas,

Caes. B. G. 6, 12:

veterem tuam illam calliditatem atque prudentiam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 61:

tribuniciam potestatem,

id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

tribuniciam intercessionem armis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7: proelium, Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; Caes. B. G. 7, 87; 1, 53; Liv. 6, 8; cf.:

pugnam omnibus locis,

id. 4, 38 fin.; 2, 19:

damna Romano accepta bello,

id. 31, 43:

sanitatem,

Just. 6, 4, 13:

bellum,

id. 35, 1, 10; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 56; cf.

vires,

Val. Fl. 2, 70:

adulescentem corruptum,

to reform, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 81:

suorum a pudore maritimae ignominiae restituti animi,

restored, revived, Liv. 35, 27:

consolando aliquorum restituere voluntatem aut benevolentiam in dominum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 7.—

In partic., to give back, deliver up, return, restore a thing belonging to a person or place (syn. reddo).

Lit.: Mi. Paterna oportet reddi filio bona. Ha. Restituentur omnia, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 122:

tribuni vobis amissa reddent ac restituent?

Liv. 3, 68.—

With a personal object: virginem suis Restituere ac reddere,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67; 4, 6, 8:

alicui filium,

id. Heaut. 3, 1, 83; id. And. 3, 3, 38; id. Hec. 5, 3, 20:

amissa cuique,

Caes. B. C. 1, 87:

bona iis,

id. ib. 2, 21:

majorum locum huic,

id. B. G. 5, 25:

agrum Veientibus,

Liv. 2, 13 et saep.:

alicui suum familiarem et hospitem, ereptum e manibus hostium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

Sextus Pompeius civitati restitutus,

Cic. Phil. 5, 15, 41:

captum victori,

Liv. 9, 11:

apibus fructum suum,

Phaedr. 3, 13, 15:

Caesaris imperio restituendus erat,

Ov. P. 4, 13, 38:

illum restituam huic, hic autem in Alidem me meo patri,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 56:

aliquem natalibus,

to set free, Dig. 40, tit. 11;

v. natalis.— With abstr. object: sed etiam meam vocem et auctoritatem et vobis et rei publicae conservatam ac restitutam puto,

Cic. Marcell. 1, 2:

lucem salutemque redditam sibi ac restitutam,

id. Dom. 28, 75.—Without dat.:

amissa (opp. adimere),

Caes. B. C. 1, 7:

fraudata,

id. ib. 3, 60 fin. al.:

Arpi restituti ad Romanos,

Liv. 24, 47; cf.:

(Cloelia) sospites omnes Romam ad propinquos restituit,

id. 2, 13; 49:

aliquem in aliquem locum,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 58; cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 108:

(Siciliam) in antiquum statum,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; cf.:

civitates afflictas in melius,

Suet. Vesp. 17. —

Publicists' and jurid. t. t., to bring back or restore to his previous state or condition; to recall, reinstate a person condemned, banished, deprived of his property, etc. (cf. reduco):

restituebat multos calamitosos... Licinium Denticulam de aleā condemnatum restituit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 23, 56:

omnes, qui lege Pompeiā condemnati essent,

id. Att. 10, 4, 8:

quae fuisset justa causa restituendi mei, nisi fuisset injusta eiciendi?

id. Mil. 14, 36; cf. id. ib. 15, 39:

aliquem (damnatum),

Suet. Caes. 41; id. Calig. 15:

exsulem,

id. Claud. 12:

legionem totam cum ignominiā missam,

id. Caes. 69:

neque enim praetor, si ex eo fundo essem dejectus, ita me restitui jussit,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 82; cf. id. ib. 8, 23: nonnullos ambitus Pompeiā lege damnatos in integrum restituit, Caes. B. C. 3, 1:

aliquem in integrum,

Cic. Clu. 36, 98; Dig. 4, 1, 4; 4, 15 (cf. the whole section, ib. 4, 1: De in integrum restitutionibus); cf.:

Sampsiceramum restitui in eum locum cupere, ex quo decidit,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 2:

equites Romanos in tribunicium honorem,

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

tribunos plebis in suam dignitatem,

id. ib. 1, 22:

restitutus in patriam (Camillus) patriam ipsam restituit,

Liv. 7, 1 fin.; so,

in patriam,

Suet. Ner. 3.—

Transf.

Of things, to deliver up again, to make restitution of, restore:

in utriusque bonis nihil erat, quod restitui posset, nisi quod moveri loco non poterat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 62; Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 34; 43, 12, 1, § 19 al.—

Of a previous judicial sentence or of injustice committed, to reverse, i. e. to make null and void, to make good again, repair (cf.:

rescindo, resolvo): alia judicia Lilybaei, alia Agrigenti, alia Panhormi restituta sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63:

qui (praetor) dies totos aut vim fieri vetat aut restitui factam jubet, etc.,

id. Caecin. 13, 36:

ut si ego eum condemnaro, tu restituas,

id. Fam. 9, 10, 2; cf.:

restitui in integrum aequom est,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 11.—

To compensate for, make good (rare):

damnum,

Liv. 31, 43, 4; Vulg. Exod. 22, 12:

jacturam,

Col. 11, 1, 28. —

Trop., to restore to a former condition, to re-establish, etc.:

ut anno XVI. post reges exactos secederent, leges sacratas ipsi sibi restituerent,

restored for themselves, re-established, Cic. Corn. 1, Fragm. 23, p. 450 fin. Orell.:

restituit his animos parva una res,

Liv. 25, 18; cf. id. 21, 53:

ut interfecto Punico praesidio restituerent se Romanis,

join themselves again to the Romans, id. 23, 7:

ulcera sanitati restituens,

restoring, Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 51; cf. id. 14, 18, 22, § 118:

Bacchus peccasse fatentem Restituit,

restored to his former condition, Ov. M. 11, 135; cf.:

cum semel occideris... Non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Restituet pietas,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 24:

restituam jam ego te in gaudia,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 44:

haud facile te in eundem rursus restitues locum,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 108; cf.:

cives ex servitute in libertatem,

Liv. 28, 39:

poëtam in locum, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 13: aliquem rursus in gratiam,

id. ib. 3, 1, 11; cf.:

fratrem in antiquum locum gratiae et honoris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

fratrem (sc. in gratiam),

Curt. 8, 6, 26:

Acarnanas in antiquam formulam jurisque ac dicionis eorum,

Liv. 26, 24:

vos in amicitiam societatemque nostram,

id. 31, 31 fin. et saep.:

cum praecipitata raptim consilia neque revocari neque in integrum restitui possint,

id. 31, 32:

patientiae veteri (Britanniam),

Tac. Agr. 16.

segnis, e, adj. [commonly referred to sequor, that follows after, creeps after], slow, tardy, slack, dilatory, lingering, sluggish, inactive, unenergetic, lazy (in posit. not freq. till after the Aug. per., esp. in the histt.; in Cic. only comp., except in a passage from Non.; in Caes. only once in comp.; syn.:

deses, ignavus, desidiosus, piger): (servi) quia tardius irent Propter onus segnes,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 102; cf.:

tardum et segne,

Quint. 9, 4, 83: animus (opp. mobilis), Trogas ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275:

puer segnis et jacens,

Quint. 1, 3, 2:

segnis inersque vocer,

Tib. 1, 1, 58: segniores castigat atque incitat, * Caes. B. C. 1, 3; cf.:

laudando promptos et castigando segnes,

Tac. Agr. 21:

segnes et pavidos,

id. A. 16, 25:

multa quae segnibus ardua videantur,

id. ib. 15, 59:

segnior esse,

Cic. Att. 8, 11, B fin.:

bonus segnior fit ubi neglegas,

Sall. J. 31, 28:

ne segniores viris feminas habere viderentur,

Just. 2, 4, 27:

equus aut morbo gravis aut segnior annis,

Verg. G. 3, 95 et saep.: in quo tua me provocavit oratio, mea consecuta est segnis (segnius?), Cic. ap. Non. 33, 23:

obsidio,

Liv. 5, 46; 10, 10: [p. 1662] bellum, id. 10, 12:

pugna,

id. 10, 36:

navigatio,

id. 30, 10:

militia,

id. 26, 21:

mora,

id. 25, 8 fin.; 34, 9; Ov. M. 3, 563:

voluptas,

id. R. Am. 404:

otium,

Tac. A. 14, 39 fin.; id. H. 4, 70:

ingenium,

id. A. 12, 26:

imperium,

Liv. 25, 14:

pes (in the race),

Hor. C. 3, 12, 9:

Arar,

slowly-flowing, sluggish, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 33; cf.

aquae,

Curt. 8, 9, 18: stellae ( Ursa Major and Minor and Boötes), Val. Fl. 1, 484:

campus,

i. e. unfruitful, Verg. G. 1, 72; cf.

arvum,

id. ib. 1, 151; Luc. 9, 438:

metus,

id. 4, 700:

sopor,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 690:

alter (terror) diutinus, sed segnior,

slower, more lingering, Liv. 35, 40, 7:

segnior mors (per venenum),

id. 40, 4 fin. — Sup., App. Mag. p. 310, 21.—With a neg.:

non segnior discordia,

Liv. 2, 43; cf.:

nec Sagunti oppugnatio segnior erat,

id. 21, 12:

haud illo segnior ibat Aeneas,

Verg. A. 4, 149; 7, 383; 8, 414.—

Ad aliquid, less freq. in aliquā re, in aliquam rem:

segniores posthac ad imperandum ceteri sint,

Cic. Font. 7, 17 (3, 7); so in comp.:

ad respondendum,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 34:

ad persequendum,

Nep. Thras. 2, 2:

ad laetitiam,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 50; 4, 8, 75:

ad credendum,

Liv. 24, 13 fin.:

ad alia facta,

id. 44, 12:

gnarus gentem segnem ad pericula,

Tac. A. 14, 23:

senatu segniore in exsequendis conatibus,

Suet. Claud. 10:

non in Venerem segnes nocturnaque bella,

Verg. A. 11, 736; Maxim. Eleg. 5, 50. —

With gen. (in Tac.):

occasionum haud segnis,

Tac. A. 16, 14:

laeti praedā et aliorum segnes,

id. ib. 14, 33.—

With inf. ( poet.):

segnes nodum solvere Gratiae,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 22; Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 19.—Hence, adv., slowly, sluggishly, slothfully, lazily.

segnĭter:

segniter, otiose, neglegenter, contumaciter omnia agere,

Liv. 2, 58; so id. 25, 35; 29, 19; 40, 40; Vell. 2, 69, 2; 2, 87, 1; Tac. A. 11, 26; id. H. 2, 71; Stat. S. 1, 4, 106 al.—

segnē:

haud segne id ipsum tempus consumpserat,

Liv. 38, 22:

nihil agendum segne ratus,

Amm. 21, 10.—

Comp.: segnius atque timidius pro re publicā niti, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.:

segnius socordiusque oppugnare,

Liv. 40, 27; 30, 21; Tac. A. 11, 15; 13, 29; id. H. 3, 40; Hor. A. P. 180 al.—Esp. freq. with the negg. non, haud, nihilo segnius (for which, in the MSS., sequius or secius is freq. interchanged), none the slower, not the less actively, earnestly, or zealously, with the same activity or earnestness, with undiminished zeal:

non ideo tamen segnius precor,

Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10; so,

non segnius,

Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 77:

haud segnius,

Ov. M. 11, 534; Luc. 6, 286:

nec segnius,

Liv. 40, 40:

neque segnius,

Tac. A. 6, 13:

neque eo segnius,

Suet. Ner. 20:

oppidani nihilo segnius bellum parare,

Sall. J. 75, 10; so,

nihilo segnius,

Liv. 2, 47; 6, 38; 7, 18 fin.; 26, 12; 32, 22; 35, 8; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 5; Nep. Dat. 2, 4.—

Sup.:

nautae torpedinis tactu segnissime torpuerunt,

Cassiod. Var. 1, 35.

sĕquester, tris (orig. form sequester, tri. ante- and post - class., and in the poets), m. [id.], jurid. t. t., a depositary, trustee, into whose hands the thing contested was placed until the dispute was settled:

sequester dicitur, apud quem plures eandem rem, de quă controversia est, deposuerunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 110: nunc ut apud sequestrum vidulum posivimus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; Dig. 16, 3, 33:

tu istunc hodie non feres, nisi das sequestrum aut arbitrum, Quoius haec res arbitratu fiat,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 65:

jam sequestri placebant,

Petr. 14, 4:

cum sequestro recte agetur depositi sequestrariā actione,

Dig. 16, 3, 12; cf.: in sequestrum depositi actio competit;

si tamen cum sequestro convenit, ut, etc.,

ib. 16, 3, 5.— Subst.: sĕ-questrum, i (rarely sĕquestre, is), n., the deposit of a subject of dispute with a third person: vitulum hic apponite: ego servabo quasi sequestro detis: neutri reddibo, donicum res judicata erit haec, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 692 P.:

sequestro data,

id. Merc. 4, 3, 36:

sequestro ponere: quod apud sequestrem depositum erat, sequestro positum per adverbium dicebant,

Gell. 20, 11, 5:

aut ad arbitrum redditur aut sequestro ponitur,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 79;

and in later jurid. Lat.: in sequestro deponere (aliquid),

to put in sequestration, Dig. 16, 3, 6. —Form sequestre: pecuniam sequestre [p. 1677] ponere, Dig. 16, 3, 33: in sequestri deponere, Ps. - Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 12.—

Transf.

In cases of bribery of judges, electors, etc., an agent or go-between, with whom the money promised was deposited (so always in Cic.; cf.

internuntius): aut sequestres aut interpretes corrumpendi judicii,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; so (with interpres) id. ib. 2, 2, 44, § 108; Quint. 12, 8, 4:

venditor et corruptor et sequester,

Cic. Planc. 16, 38; 19, 48:

aliquo sequestre in indice corrumpendo uti,

id. Clu. 8, 25; 26, 72:

adulter, impudicus, sequester, convicium est, non accusatio,

id. Cael. 13, 30:

candidatus per sequestrem agit,

Sen. Ep. 118, 3:

gregarii,

Amm. 15, 5, 31.—

After the Aug. period, a mediator.

Lit.:

Menenius Agrippa, qui inter patres et plebem publicae gratiae sequester fuit,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 12, 4:

pacis,

Sil. 6, 347; Luc. 10, 472:

ego sequester et medius fui,

Vulg. Deut. 5, 5.—In this sense also a fem. form, sĕquestra, ae, a mediatress:

ubi nunc fidei pacisque sequestra Mater eras?

Stat. Th. 7, 542:

anus quaedam stupri sequestra et adulterorum internuntia,

App. M. 9, p. 224, 1;

and, in apposition: bis senos pepigere dies et pace sequestrā Per silvas Teucri mixtique impune Latini Erravere jugis,

i. e. under the protection of the truce, Verg. A. 11, 133; so,

pace sequestrā,

Stat. Th. 2, 425.—

Trop., a means of negotiating, i. e. price, etc.:

qui suam pudicitiam sequestrem perjurii fieri passi sunt,

Val. Max. 9, 1, 7.

sĕquester, tris (orig. form sequester, tri. ante- and post - class., and in the poets), m. [id.], jurid. t. t., a depositary, trustee, into whose hands the thing contested was placed until the dispute was settled:

sequester dicitur, apud quem plures eandem rem, de quă controversia est, deposuerunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 110: nunc ut apud sequestrum vidulum posivimus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; Dig. 16, 3, 33:

tu istunc hodie non feres, nisi das sequestrum aut arbitrum, Quoius haec res arbitratu fiat,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 65:

jam sequestri placebant,

Petr. 14, 4:

cum sequestro recte agetur depositi sequestrariā actione,

Dig. 16, 3, 12; cf.: in sequestrum depositi actio competit;

si tamen cum sequestro convenit, ut, etc.,

ib. 16, 3, 5.— Subst.: sĕ-questrum, i (rarely sĕquestre, is), n., the deposit of a subject of dispute with a third person: vitulum hic apponite: ego servabo quasi sequestro detis: neutri reddibo, donicum res judicata erit haec, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 692 P.:

sequestro data,

id. Merc. 4, 3, 36:

sequestro ponere: quod apud sequestrem depositum erat, sequestro positum per adverbium dicebant,

Gell. 20, 11, 5:

aut ad arbitrum redditur aut sequestro ponitur,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 79;

and in later jurid. Lat.: in sequestro deponere (aliquid),

to put in sequestration, Dig. 16, 3, 6. —Form sequestre: pecuniam sequestre [p. 1677] ponere, Dig. 16, 3, 33: in sequestri deponere, Ps. - Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 12.—

Transf.

In cases of bribery of judges, electors, etc., an agent or go-between, with whom the money promised was deposited (so always in Cic.; cf.

internuntius): aut sequestres aut interpretes corrumpendi judicii,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; so (with interpres) id. ib. 2, 2, 44, § 108; Quint. 12, 8, 4:

venditor et corruptor et sequester,

Cic. Planc. 16, 38; 19, 48:

aliquo sequestre in indice corrumpendo uti,

id. Clu. 8, 25; 26, 72:

adulter, impudicus, sequester, convicium est, non accusatio,

id. Cael. 13, 30:

candidatus per sequestrem agit,

Sen. Ep. 118, 3:

gregarii,

Amm. 15, 5, 31.—

After the Aug. period, a mediator.

Lit.:

Menenius Agrippa, qui inter patres et plebem publicae gratiae sequester fuit,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 12, 4:

pacis,

Sil. 6, 347; Luc. 10, 472:

ego sequester et medius fui,

Vulg. Deut. 5, 5.—In this sense also a fem. form, sĕquestra, ae, a mediatress:

ubi nunc fidei pacisque sequestra Mater eras?

Stat. Th. 7, 542:

anus quaedam stupri sequestra et adulterorum internuntia,

App. M. 9, p. 224, 1;

and, in apposition: bis senos pepigere dies et pace sequestrā Per silvas Teucri mixtique impune Latini Erravere jugis,

i. e. under the protection of the truce, Verg. A. 11, 133; so,

pace sequestrā,

Stat. Th. 2, 425.—

Trop., a means of negotiating, i. e. price, etc.:

qui suam pudicitiam sequestrem perjurii fieri passi sunt,

Val. Max. 9, 1, 7.