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  • 1 praesidium

    guard, garrison, detachment / protection.

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  • 2 presidium

    guard, garrison, detachment / protection.

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  • 3 custōdia

        custōdia ae, f    [custos], a watching, watch, guard, care, protection: fida canum: dura matrum, oversight, H.: navium, Cs.: illa (sc. pontis), N.: aliquid privatā custodiā continere: suae custodiae causā habere, as a body-guard, Cs.: navis ad custodiam posita, Cs.: fida iustitiae: fidelis memoriae rerum gestarum, L.: magni censūs, Iu.—A guard, watch, sentinel (mostly plur.): colonia meis custodiis, vigiliis munita: (testīs) vi custodiisque retinere.— Sing collect.: custodiam eo suis VI milia hominum reliquerunt, Cs. — A guarded place, guard-house, watch-station: haec (urbs) mea est custodia: in hac custodiā et tamquam speculā; familias in custodiis habere.—A watching, guarding, custody, restraint, ward, confinement: eius, L.: in hostium custodias numerum civium includere: ipsos in custodiis habere, S.: in liberā custodiā, i. e. under arrest without imprisonment, surveillance, L.: in liberis custodiis, S. — Fig.: (eloquentia), saepta liberali custodiā.—A place of confinement, prison, hold, keep: in custodiā necatur, Cs.: te in custodiam dare.—Fig.: corporis custodiis se liberare.
    * * *
    protection, safe-keeping, defense, preservation; custody, charge; prisoner; watch/guard/picket; guard post/house; prison; confinement; protective space

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  • 4 custodia

    custōdĭa, ae, f. [id.], a watching, watch, guard, care, protection (freq. and [p. 505] class.).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit.:

    in tuam custodiam meque et meas spes trado,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 59:

    agitare custodiam,

    to keep guard, id. Rud. 3, 6, 20:

    iis impedimentis custodiae ac praesidio VI. milia hominum unā reliquerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 29:

    sub hospitum privatorum custodiā esse,

    Liv. 42, 19, 5:

    tam fida canum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

    pastoris,

    Col. 8, 4, 3:

    paedagogorum,

    Quint. 1, 2, 25:

    dura matrum,

    care, oversight, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 22 et saep.:

    navium longarum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 39:

    ignis (Vestae),

    Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:

    urbis,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 17; 2, 36; Liv. 5, 10, 4; cf.:

    urbis, sui,

    Suet. Aug. 49:

    corporis,

    id. Galb. 12:

    illa (sc. pontis),

    Nep. Milt. 3, 2:

    portus, Auct. B. Alex. 17: cum in ejusdem anni custodiā te atque L. Murenam fortuna posuisset,

    Cic. Mur. 31, 64:

    aliquid privatā custodiā continere,

    id. Sull. 15, 42:

    circum familias conventus Campaniae custodiae causā distribuit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

    in muro custodiae causā conlocati,

    id. ib. 1, 28;

    Auct. B. Afr. 46: navis quae erat ad custodiam ab Acilio posita,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 40:

    tribunus adpositus custodiae (alicujus),

    Tac. A. 1, 6:

    ignaviam suam tenebrarum ac parietum custodiis tegere,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    a cujus audaciā fratris liberos ne materni quidem corporis custodiae tegere potuissent,

    id. Clu. 11, 31:

    fida justitiae,

    id. Fin. 2, 34, 113:

    una fidelis memoriae rerum gestarum (litterae),

    Liv. 6, 1, 2:

    libertatis,

    id. 4, 24, 4:

    suae religionis,

    Quint. 6, 1, 20:

    decoris,

    id. 11, 1, 57 et saep.—
    B.
    Meton.
    1.
    Usu. in plur. and in milit. lang., persons who serve as guards, a guard, watch, sentinel:

    colonia meis praesidiis, custodiis, vigiliis munita,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 8; 2, 12, 26; id. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 60:

    neque clam transire propter custodias Menapiorum possent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 4; 7, 19; 7, 27 et saep.—In sing. (collect.), Cat. 62, 33:

    abest custodia regi,

    Ov. M. 14, 371:

    unicus anser erat, minimae custodia villae,

    id. ib. 8, 684:

    corporis,

    a body-guard, Curt. 5, 1, 42.—
    2.
    A place where guard is kept, a watch- or guard - house, watch - station:

    haec (urbs) mea sedes est, haec vigilia, haec custodia,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 10, 24:

    privata,

    id. Sull. 15, 42:

    in hac custodiā et tamquam speculā,

    id. Phil. 7, 7, 19:

    ceteri in custodiam conditi,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—In plur., Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 16; id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21—
    II.
    With the access. idea of hindering free motion, a watching, guarding, custody, restraint, confinement.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nec cuiquam uni custodiam ejus (sc. Philopoemenis capti) satis credebant,

    Liv. 39, 50, 2: quive (servi) inve ludum custodiamve conjecti fuerint, Gai Inst. 1, 13:

    animal quod custodiam nostram evadit,

    id. ib. 2, 67:

    famulos vinclis atque custodiā... tueri,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48. — Plur.:

    in praedonum hostiumque custodias tantum numerum civium Romanorum includere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

    libera,

    private custody, confinement in one's house, Liv. 24, 45, 8; Vell. 1, 11 (cf.:

    libero conclavi,

    Liv. 39, 14, 9); and in plur.:

    in liberis custodiis,

    Sall. C. 47, 3; cf.

    trop.: domi teneamus eam (eloquentiam), saeptam liberali custodiā,

    Cic. Brut. 96, 330.—Perh. in a play upon the words libera custodia:

    ut sis apud me ligneā in custodiā,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 28. —
    B.
    Meton.
    1.
    A place of confinement, a prison, hold:

    Lentulus comprehenditur et in custodiā necatur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 104 fin.; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, §§ 68 and 69; id. Cat. 1, 8, 19; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14; id. Div. 1, 25, 52; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71 et saep. — Trop.:

    corporis custodiis se liberare,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—
    2.
    Persons in confinement, captives, prisoners (post-Aug.):

    in recognoscendis custodiis,

    Suet. Tib. 61; id. Dom. 14:

    unus ex custodiarum agmine,

    Sen. Ep. 77, 18.—Of a single person:

    eādem catenā et custodiam et militem copulat,

    Sen. Ep. 5, 7.

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  • 5 cauta

    căvĕo, cāvi, cautum, (2 d pers. sing. scanned cavĕs, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 19; imper. cavĕ, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Capt. 2, 3, 71; id. Most. 1, 4, 13 et saep.: Cat. 50, 19; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38; Prop. 1, 7, 25; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 435; old sup. CAVĬTVM, C. I. L. 1, 200, 6 sq.), 3, v. n. and a. [root SKOF- or KOF-, to be wary; whence Gr. thuoskoos, akouô, etc.; Lat. causa, cura; cf. also Germ. scheuen; Engl. shy], to be on one ' s guard, either for one's self or (more rarely) for another; hence,
    I.
    In gen., with and without sibi, to be on one ' s guard, to take care, take heed, beware, guard against, avoid, = phulassomai, and the Fr. se garder, prendre garde, etc.; constr., absol., with ub, and in a course of action with ne or ut (also ellipt. with the simple subj.); or, as in Greek, with acc. (= phulassomai ti); hence also pass. and with inf., and once with cum.
    A.
    Absol.:

    qui consulte, docte, atque astute cavet,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:

    faciet, nisi caveo,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 8:

    ego cavebo,

    id. Ad. 4, 2, 12; 1, 1, 45:

    erunt (molesti) nisi cavetis. Cautum est, inquit,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93; Quint. 8, 3, 47:

    cum animum attendisset ad cavendum,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; Suet. Claud. 37:

    metues, doctusque cavebis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 68.—Esp. freq. in the warning cave, look out! be careful! Ter. And. 1, 2, 34; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 51; Hor. C. 1, 14, 16; Ov. M. 2, 89.—
    B.
    With ab and abl.:

    eo mi abs te caveo cautius,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 42; id. Ps. 1, 5, 59; 4, 7, 128:

    si abs te modo uno caveo,

    id. Most. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 44:

    sibi ab eo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 87:

    navis Aps quă cavendum nobis sane censeo,

    id. Men. 2, 2, 70:

    pater a me petiit Ut mihi caverem a Pseudolo servo suo,

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 108:

    a crasso infortunio,

    id. Rud. 3, 5, 53:

    ille Pompeium monebat, ut meam domum metueret, atque a me ipso caveret,

    Cic. Sest. 64, 133:

    caveo ab homine impuro,

    id. Phil. 12, 10, 25:

    a Cassio,

    Suet. Calig. 57:

    a veneno,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64:

    ab insidiis,

    Sall. J. 108, 2:

    monitum ut sibi ab insidiis Rufini caveret,

    App. Mag. 87, p. 329, 16; id. M. 2, p. 117, 3.—
    2.
    With the simple abl.:

    caveo malo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 39:

    infortunio,

    id. Rud. 3, 5, 48: id. Cas. 2, 6, 59; id. Men. 1, 2, 13; id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:

    ipsus sibi cavit loco,

    i. e. got out of the way, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 12.—
    3.
    With cum (rare):

    Hercle, mihi tecum cavendum est,

    with you, I must look out for myself, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 21.—
    4.
    With adversus, Quint. 9, 1, 20. —
    C.
    Followed by a final clause.
    1.
    With ne, to take heed that... not, to be on one ' s guard lest: qui cavet ne decipiatur, vix cavet;

    cum etiam cavet, etiam cum cavisse ratus est, saepe is cautor captus est,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 5 and 6:

    caves, ne videat, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6:

    ego me scio cavisse, ne ulla merito contumelia Fieri a nobis posset,

    id. Hec. 3, 5, 20; Afran. ap. Non. p. 111, 14; Lucr. 4, 1141:

    cavete, judices, ne nova... proscriptio instaurata esse videatur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; id. Div. 2, 40, 84; id. Fam. 3, 12, 4; 11, 21, 4; Sall. J. 55, 3; Suet. Tib. 37:

    cave, ne,

    Cat. 61, 152; Hor. C. 3, 7, 24; id. S. 2, 3, 177; id. Ep. 1, 6, 32; 1, 13, 19; Ov. M. 2, 89; 10, 685:

    cave sis, ne,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 215:

    caveto ne,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 6:

    caveas, ne,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 80:

    caveant, ne,

    id. A. P. 244:

    cavendum est, ne,

    Cic. Off. 1, 39, 140; Quint. 4, 3, 8; 12, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 67; Quint. 9, 4, 23; 5, 11, 27.—
    2.
    With ut ne (rare):

    quod ut ne accidat cavendum est,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 99.—
    3.
    With a simple subj.; so only imper.: cave or cavete (cf. age), beware of, take care not, etc.:

    cave geras,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:

    dixeris,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 12:

    faxis cave,

    id. And. 4, 4, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 13; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38:

    sis,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29:

    contingas,

    Lucr. 2, 755:

    despuas,

    Cat. 50, 19:

    ignoscas,

    Cic. Lig. 5, 14:

    existimes,

    id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:

    putes,

    id. ib. 10, 12, 1 al.—Rarely with 1 st pers.:

    cave posthac, si me amas, umquam istuc verbum ex te audiam,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 9.—With 3 d pers.:

    resciscat quisquam,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 37:

    te fratrum misereatur,

    Cic. Lig. 5, 14:

    roget te,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 75:

    cave quisquam flocci fecerit,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 5:

    armis concurrant arma cavete,

    Verg. A. 11, 293.—And like age, cave with a verb in plur.:

    cave dirumpatis,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 117.—
    4.
    With ut, to take care that:

    cauto opu'st, Ut sobrie hoc agatur,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 29; cf.

    D. 2, infra: tertium est, ut caveamus, ut ea, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 39, 141:

    quaero quid sit, quod... tam accurate caveat et sanciat, ut heredes sui dent, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 31, 101:

    caverat sibi ille adulter omnium ut suorum scelerum socium te adjutoremque praebeas,

    id. Pis. 12, 28; Liv. 3, 10, 14; Plin. Pan. 39, 1:

    cavebitur ut, etc.,

    Col. 2, 8, 3; cf. under II. A.—Very rarely with ut omitted, take care to, be sure to (late Lat.):

    sed heus tu... cave regrediare cenā maturius,

    App. M. 2, p. 122, 32; 2, p. 124, [p. 306] 35.—
    D.
    As act.
    1.
    With acc. of pers. or thing against which warning is given or beed taken, to guard against, to be aware of, to beware of, etc.:

    profecto quid nunc primum caveam, nescio,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 104:

    tu, quod cavere possis, stultum admittere'st,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 23; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 23:

    caveamus fulminis ictum,

    Lucr. 6, 406: cave canem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 153, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4320;

    v. canis: interventum alicujus,

    Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1:

    omnia,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    me,

    id. Dom. 11, 28:

    vallum caecum fossasque,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28:

    quam sit bellum cavere malum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

    vim atque opes,

    Tac. A. 11, 1; cf. Suet. Tib. 72:

    male praecinctum puerum,

    id. Caes. 456:

    periculum,

    id. ib. 81; id. Galb. 19:

    insidias,

    id. Caes. 86; Tac. A. 13, 13:

    exitum,

    Suet. Tib. 83:

    annum,

    id. Ner. 40:

    maculas,

    Hor. A. P. 353:

    jurgia,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 591:

    hunc tu caveto,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 85:

    proditorem,

    Quint. 7, 1, 30:

    hoc caverat mens provida Reguli,

    had prevented, Hor. C. 3, 5, 13:

    cave quicquam,

    be a little careful, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 61.—
    2.
    Pass.: quid cavendum tibi censere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 22:

    cavenda est etiam gloriae cupiditas,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    cetera, quae quidem consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur,

    id. Att. 10, 16, 2; Quint. 8, 2, 2; 9, 4, 143; 11, 3, 27 (cf. id. 6, 5, 2):

    in hoc pestifero bello cavendo,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

    quod multis rationibus caveri potest,

    id. Off. 2, 24, 84; Sall. J. 67, 2:

    prius quod cautum oportuit, Postquam comedit rem, post rationem putat,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 14:

    ego tibi cautum volo,

    id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:

    satis cautum tibi ad defensionem fore,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35, § 88:

    quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis Cautum est,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 14:

    id modo simul orant ac monent, ut ipsis ab invidiā caveatur,

    Liv. 3, 52, 11; cf.

    B. 1. supra: cauto opus est,

    care must be taken, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64; id. Most. 4, 2, 21; id. Merc. 2, 3, 133.—
    3.
    With inf.:

    in quibus cave vereri ( = noli),

    Cic. Att. 3, 17, 3:

    caveret id petere a populo Romano, quod, etc.,

    Sall. J. 64, 2:

    caveto laedere,

    Cat. 50, 21:

    occursare capro caveto,

    Verg. E. 9, 25:

    commisisse cavet, quod, etc.,

    Hor. A. P. 168:

    cave Spem festinando praecipitare meam,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 139:

    ut pedes omnino caveant tinguere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 68, § 169.
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Law t. t., to take care for, provide, order something, legally, or (of private relations) to order, decree, dispose of in writing, by will, to stipulate, etc.:

    cum ita caverent, si, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31:

    duae sunt praeterea leges de sepulcris, quarum altera privatorum aedificiis, altera ipsis sepulcris cavet,

    id. Leg. 2, 24, 61:

    cautum est in Scipionis legibus ne plures essent, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:

    cautum est lege XII. Tab., ut, etc.,

    Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 15:

    cavebatur ut, etc.,

    Suet. Aug. 1;

    so,

    id. ib. 65; id. Tib. 75:

    quae legibus cauta sunt,

    Quint. 5, 10, 13:

    aliā in lege cautum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 119:

    cautum est de numero,

    Suet. Caes. 10; cf. id. Aug. 40:

    heredi caveri,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 120; cf. id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:

    si hoc, qui testamentum faciebat, cavere noluisset,

    id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    testamento cavere ut dies natalis ageretur,

    id. Fin. 2, 31, 103; cf. Suet. Aug. 59; id. Dom. 9; id. Tib. 50:

    sibi se privatim nihil cavere... militibus cavendum, quod apud patres semel plebi, iterum legionibus cautum sit ne fraudi secessio esset,

    to make conditions, stipulate, Liv. 7, 41, 2.—
    B.
    In the lang. of business.
    1.
    Cavere ab aliquo, to make one ' s self secure, to procure bail or surety:

    tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero, amplius, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 55; cf. infra 2.; and cautio, II.—So absol.:

    quid ita Flavio sibi cavere non venit in mentem,

    to take security, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.—
    2.
    To make one secure by bail or surety (either written or oral), to give security, to guarantee (cf. supra 1., and cautio;

    syn.: spondeo, cautionem praesto),

    Cic. Clu. 59, 162; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142:

    pecunia, quam mihi Stichus Titii servus caverat,

    Dig. 46, 3, 89:

    cavere summam,

    ib. 29, 2, 97:

    chirographum,

    ib. 46, 3, 89:

    cautionem,

    ib. 46, 8, 6:

    civitates obsidibus de pecuniā cavent,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2:

    quoniam de obsidibus inter se cavere non possent,

    id. ib. 7, 2; cf. Liv. 9, 42; 24, 2:

    cavere capite pro re aliquā,

    Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38:

    jurejurando et chirographo de eā re,

    Suet. Calig. 12:

    cavere in duplum,

    id. Aug. 41; Tac. A. 6, 17.—Rarely, cavere personae publicae, to give security before a public authority, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 3.—
    C.
    In boxing, etc., to parry, to ward off a blow:

    adversos ictus cavere ac propulsare,

    Quint. 9, 1, 20; 5, 13, 54; cf. id. 9, 4, 8; 4, 2, 26.—
    D.
    Cavere alicui.
    1.
    To keep something from one, to protect, have a care for, make safe, take care of (cf.:

    prohibeo, defendo, provideo): scabiem pecori et jumentis caveto,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 7:

    melius ei cavere volo, quam ipse aliis solet,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3:

    mihi meisque,

    id. Top. 1, 4; id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:

    veterani, quibus hic ordo diligentissime caverat,

    id. Phil. 1, 2, 6; cf.: qui in Oratore tuo caves tibi per Brutum, Caes. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    quique aliis cavit, non cavet ipsi sibi,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 84:

    securitati,

    Suet. Tit. 6:

    concordiae publicae,

    Vell. 2, 48, 5; Petr. 133; Sil. 8, 493.—
    2.
    Affirmatively, to take care for, attend to a thing for a person, provide: Ba. Haec ita me orat sibi qui caveat aliquem ut hominem reperiam... Id, amabo te, huic caveas. Pi. Quid isti caveam? Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8; 1, 1, 10; cf. I. C. 3. supra.—Hence, cautus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Neutr., careful, circumspect, wary, cautious, provident (syn.: providus, prudens;

    class. in prose and poetry): ut cautus est, ubi nihil opu'st,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 3:

    parum cauti providique,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117:

    cauti in periculis,

    id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

    in scribendo,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3:

    in credendo,

    id. Att. 10, 9, 3:

    in verbis serendis,

    Hor. A. P. 46:

    mensor,

    Ov. M. 1, 136:

    mariti,

    id. ib. 9, 751:

    lupus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50:

    vulpes,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 73 et saep.:

    quem certi homines monuerunt, ut cautior esset,

    Cic. Sest. 18, 41:

    dubium cautior an audentior,

    Suet. Caes. 58.—Constr. with ad:

    ad praesentius malum cautiores,

    Liv. 24, 32, 3; Tib. 1, 9, 46; Quint. 6, 1, 20. —With adversus:

    parum cautus adversus colloquii fraudem,

    Liv. 38, 25, 7.—With erga:

    erga bona sua satis cautus,

    Curt. 10, 1, 40.—With contra:

    contra quam (fortunam) non satis cauta mortalitas est,

    Curt. 8, 4, 24.—With inf.:

    cautum dignos assumere,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 51.—With gen.:

    rei divinae,

    Macr. S. 1, 15.—
    b.
    Transf. to inanimate things:

    consilium,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 6; Tac. A. 11, 29:

    cautissima senectus,

    id. H. 2, 76:

    pectus,

    Prop. 3 (4), 5, 8:

    manus,

    Ov. F. 2, 336:

    terga,

    id. Tr. 1, 9, 20:

    arma,

    Sil. 14, 188:

    timor,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 65.— Subst.: cauta, ōrum, n.:

    legum,

    the provisions, Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.—
    B.
    Pass. (acc. to I. B. 1., and II. B.), made safe, secured:

    cautos nominibus rectis expendere nummos,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105:

    cautus ab incursu belli,

    Luc. 4, 409: quo mulieri esset res cautior ( that her property might be made more secure), curavit, ut, etc., Cic. Caecin. 4, 11.—
    2.
    Trop., safe, secure (rare):

    in eam partem peccare, quae est cautior,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

    (civitates) murorum firmitate cautissimae,

    Amm. 14, 8, 13.— Adv.: cau-tē.
    1.
    (Acc. to caveo, I. A.) Cautiously:

    caute et cogitate rem tractare,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:

    pedetentimque dicere,

    Cic. Clu. 42, 118:

    et cum judicio,

    Quint. 10, 2, 3 et saep. — Comp., Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; Quint. 2, 15, 21; 9, 2, 76; Hor. C. 1, 8, 10 al.— Sup., Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3.—
    2.
    (Acc. to caveo, I. B. 1.) With security, cautiously, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    aliter nec caute nec jure fieri potest,

    id. Att. 15, 17, 1.

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  • 6 caveo

    căvĕo, cāvi, cautum, (2 d pers. sing. scanned cavĕs, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 19; imper. cavĕ, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Capt. 2, 3, 71; id. Most. 1, 4, 13 et saep.: Cat. 50, 19; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38; Prop. 1, 7, 25; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 435; old sup. CAVĬTVM, C. I. L. 1, 200, 6 sq.), 3, v. n. and a. [root SKOF- or KOF-, to be wary; whence Gr. thuoskoos, akouô, etc.; Lat. causa, cura; cf. also Germ. scheuen; Engl. shy], to be on one ' s guard, either for one's self or (more rarely) for another; hence,
    I.
    In gen., with and without sibi, to be on one ' s guard, to take care, take heed, beware, guard against, avoid, = phulassomai, and the Fr. se garder, prendre garde, etc.; constr., absol., with ub, and in a course of action with ne or ut (also ellipt. with the simple subj.); or, as in Greek, with acc. (= phulassomai ti); hence also pass. and with inf., and once with cum.
    A.
    Absol.:

    qui consulte, docte, atque astute cavet,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:

    faciet, nisi caveo,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 8:

    ego cavebo,

    id. Ad. 4, 2, 12; 1, 1, 45:

    erunt (molesti) nisi cavetis. Cautum est, inquit,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93; Quint. 8, 3, 47:

    cum animum attendisset ad cavendum,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; Suet. Claud. 37:

    metues, doctusque cavebis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 68.—Esp. freq. in the warning cave, look out! be careful! Ter. And. 1, 2, 34; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 51; Hor. C. 1, 14, 16; Ov. M. 2, 89.—
    B.
    With ab and abl.:

    eo mi abs te caveo cautius,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 42; id. Ps. 1, 5, 59; 4, 7, 128:

    si abs te modo uno caveo,

    id. Most. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 44:

    sibi ab eo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 87:

    navis Aps quă cavendum nobis sane censeo,

    id. Men. 2, 2, 70:

    pater a me petiit Ut mihi caverem a Pseudolo servo suo,

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 108:

    a crasso infortunio,

    id. Rud. 3, 5, 53:

    ille Pompeium monebat, ut meam domum metueret, atque a me ipso caveret,

    Cic. Sest. 64, 133:

    caveo ab homine impuro,

    id. Phil. 12, 10, 25:

    a Cassio,

    Suet. Calig. 57:

    a veneno,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64:

    ab insidiis,

    Sall. J. 108, 2:

    monitum ut sibi ab insidiis Rufini caveret,

    App. Mag. 87, p. 329, 16; id. M. 2, p. 117, 3.—
    2.
    With the simple abl.:

    caveo malo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 39:

    infortunio,

    id. Rud. 3, 5, 48: id. Cas. 2, 6, 59; id. Men. 1, 2, 13; id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:

    ipsus sibi cavit loco,

    i. e. got out of the way, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 12.—
    3.
    With cum (rare):

    Hercle, mihi tecum cavendum est,

    with you, I must look out for myself, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 21.—
    4.
    With adversus, Quint. 9, 1, 20. —
    C.
    Followed by a final clause.
    1.
    With ne, to take heed that... not, to be on one ' s guard lest: qui cavet ne decipiatur, vix cavet;

    cum etiam cavet, etiam cum cavisse ratus est, saepe is cautor captus est,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 5 and 6:

    caves, ne videat, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6:

    ego me scio cavisse, ne ulla merito contumelia Fieri a nobis posset,

    id. Hec. 3, 5, 20; Afran. ap. Non. p. 111, 14; Lucr. 4, 1141:

    cavete, judices, ne nova... proscriptio instaurata esse videatur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; id. Div. 2, 40, 84; id. Fam. 3, 12, 4; 11, 21, 4; Sall. J. 55, 3; Suet. Tib. 37:

    cave, ne,

    Cat. 61, 152; Hor. C. 3, 7, 24; id. S. 2, 3, 177; id. Ep. 1, 6, 32; 1, 13, 19; Ov. M. 2, 89; 10, 685:

    cave sis, ne,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 215:

    caveto ne,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 6:

    caveas, ne,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 80:

    caveant, ne,

    id. A. P. 244:

    cavendum est, ne,

    Cic. Off. 1, 39, 140; Quint. 4, 3, 8; 12, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 67; Quint. 9, 4, 23; 5, 11, 27.—
    2.
    With ut ne (rare):

    quod ut ne accidat cavendum est,

    Cic. Lael. 26, 99.—
    3.
    With a simple subj.; so only imper.: cave or cavete (cf. age), beware of, take care not, etc.:

    cave geras,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:

    dixeris,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 12:

    faxis cave,

    id. And. 4, 4, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 13; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38:

    sis,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29:

    contingas,

    Lucr. 2, 755:

    despuas,

    Cat. 50, 19:

    ignoscas,

    Cic. Lig. 5, 14:

    existimes,

    id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:

    putes,

    id. ib. 10, 12, 1 al.—Rarely with 1 st pers.:

    cave posthac, si me amas, umquam istuc verbum ex te audiam,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 9.—With 3 d pers.:

    resciscat quisquam,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 37:

    te fratrum misereatur,

    Cic. Lig. 5, 14:

    roget te,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 75:

    cave quisquam flocci fecerit,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 5:

    armis concurrant arma cavete,

    Verg. A. 11, 293.—And like age, cave with a verb in plur.:

    cave dirumpatis,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 117.—
    4.
    With ut, to take care that:

    cauto opu'st, Ut sobrie hoc agatur,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 29; cf.

    D. 2, infra: tertium est, ut caveamus, ut ea, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 39, 141:

    quaero quid sit, quod... tam accurate caveat et sanciat, ut heredes sui dent, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 31, 101:

    caverat sibi ille adulter omnium ut suorum scelerum socium te adjutoremque praebeas,

    id. Pis. 12, 28; Liv. 3, 10, 14; Plin. Pan. 39, 1:

    cavebitur ut, etc.,

    Col. 2, 8, 3; cf. under II. A.—Very rarely with ut omitted, take care to, be sure to (late Lat.):

    sed heus tu... cave regrediare cenā maturius,

    App. M. 2, p. 122, 32; 2, p. 124, [p. 306] 35.—
    D.
    As act.
    1.
    With acc. of pers. or thing against which warning is given or beed taken, to guard against, to be aware of, to beware of, etc.:

    profecto quid nunc primum caveam, nescio,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 104:

    tu, quod cavere possis, stultum admittere'st,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 23; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 23:

    caveamus fulminis ictum,

    Lucr. 6, 406: cave canem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 153, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4320;

    v. canis: interventum alicujus,

    Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1:

    omnia,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    me,

    id. Dom. 11, 28:

    vallum caecum fossasque,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28:

    quam sit bellum cavere malum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

    vim atque opes,

    Tac. A. 11, 1; cf. Suet. Tib. 72:

    male praecinctum puerum,

    id. Caes. 456:

    periculum,

    id. ib. 81; id. Galb. 19:

    insidias,

    id. Caes. 86; Tac. A. 13, 13:

    exitum,

    Suet. Tib. 83:

    annum,

    id. Ner. 40:

    maculas,

    Hor. A. P. 353:

    jurgia,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 591:

    hunc tu caveto,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 85:

    proditorem,

    Quint. 7, 1, 30:

    hoc caverat mens provida Reguli,

    had prevented, Hor. C. 3, 5, 13:

    cave quicquam,

    be a little careful, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 61.—
    2.
    Pass.: quid cavendum tibi censere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 22:

    cavenda est etiam gloriae cupiditas,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    cetera, quae quidem consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur,

    id. Att. 10, 16, 2; Quint. 8, 2, 2; 9, 4, 143; 11, 3, 27 (cf. id. 6, 5, 2):

    in hoc pestifero bello cavendo,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

    quod multis rationibus caveri potest,

    id. Off. 2, 24, 84; Sall. J. 67, 2:

    prius quod cautum oportuit, Postquam comedit rem, post rationem putat,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 14:

    ego tibi cautum volo,

    id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:

    satis cautum tibi ad defensionem fore,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35, § 88:

    quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis Cautum est,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 14:

    id modo simul orant ac monent, ut ipsis ab invidiā caveatur,

    Liv. 3, 52, 11; cf.

    B. 1. supra: cauto opus est,

    care must be taken, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64; id. Most. 4, 2, 21; id. Merc. 2, 3, 133.—
    3.
    With inf.:

    in quibus cave vereri ( = noli),

    Cic. Att. 3, 17, 3:

    caveret id petere a populo Romano, quod, etc.,

    Sall. J. 64, 2:

    caveto laedere,

    Cat. 50, 21:

    occursare capro caveto,

    Verg. E. 9, 25:

    commisisse cavet, quod, etc.,

    Hor. A. P. 168:

    cave Spem festinando praecipitare meam,

    Ov. P. 3, 1, 139:

    ut pedes omnino caveant tinguere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 68, § 169.
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Law t. t., to take care for, provide, order something, legally, or (of private relations) to order, decree, dispose of in writing, by will, to stipulate, etc.:

    cum ita caverent, si, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31:

    duae sunt praeterea leges de sepulcris, quarum altera privatorum aedificiis, altera ipsis sepulcris cavet,

    id. Leg. 2, 24, 61:

    cautum est in Scipionis legibus ne plures essent, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:

    cautum est lege XII. Tab., ut, etc.,

    Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 15:

    cavebatur ut, etc.,

    Suet. Aug. 1;

    so,

    id. ib. 65; id. Tib. 75:

    quae legibus cauta sunt,

    Quint. 5, 10, 13:

    aliā in lege cautum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 119:

    cautum est de numero,

    Suet. Caes. 10; cf. id. Aug. 40:

    heredi caveri,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 120; cf. id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:

    si hoc, qui testamentum faciebat, cavere noluisset,

    id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    testamento cavere ut dies natalis ageretur,

    id. Fin. 2, 31, 103; cf. Suet. Aug. 59; id. Dom. 9; id. Tib. 50:

    sibi se privatim nihil cavere... militibus cavendum, quod apud patres semel plebi, iterum legionibus cautum sit ne fraudi secessio esset,

    to make conditions, stipulate, Liv. 7, 41, 2.—
    B.
    In the lang. of business.
    1.
    Cavere ab aliquo, to make one ' s self secure, to procure bail or surety:

    tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero, amplius, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 55; cf. infra 2.; and cautio, II.—So absol.:

    quid ita Flavio sibi cavere non venit in mentem,

    to take security, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.—
    2.
    To make one secure by bail or surety (either written or oral), to give security, to guarantee (cf. supra 1., and cautio;

    syn.: spondeo, cautionem praesto),

    Cic. Clu. 59, 162; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142:

    pecunia, quam mihi Stichus Titii servus caverat,

    Dig. 46, 3, 89:

    cavere summam,

    ib. 29, 2, 97:

    chirographum,

    ib. 46, 3, 89:

    cautionem,

    ib. 46, 8, 6:

    civitates obsidibus de pecuniā cavent,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2:

    quoniam de obsidibus inter se cavere non possent,

    id. ib. 7, 2; cf. Liv. 9, 42; 24, 2:

    cavere capite pro re aliquā,

    Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38:

    jurejurando et chirographo de eā re,

    Suet. Calig. 12:

    cavere in duplum,

    id. Aug. 41; Tac. A. 6, 17.—Rarely, cavere personae publicae, to give security before a public authority, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 3.—
    C.
    In boxing, etc., to parry, to ward off a blow:

    adversos ictus cavere ac propulsare,

    Quint. 9, 1, 20; 5, 13, 54; cf. id. 9, 4, 8; 4, 2, 26.—
    D.
    Cavere alicui.
    1.
    To keep something from one, to protect, have a care for, make safe, take care of (cf.:

    prohibeo, defendo, provideo): scabiem pecori et jumentis caveto,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 7:

    melius ei cavere volo, quam ipse aliis solet,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3:

    mihi meisque,

    id. Top. 1, 4; id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:

    veterani, quibus hic ordo diligentissime caverat,

    id. Phil. 1, 2, 6; cf.: qui in Oratore tuo caves tibi per Brutum, Caes. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    quique aliis cavit, non cavet ipsi sibi,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 84:

    securitati,

    Suet. Tit. 6:

    concordiae publicae,

    Vell. 2, 48, 5; Petr. 133; Sil. 8, 493.—
    2.
    Affirmatively, to take care for, attend to a thing for a person, provide: Ba. Haec ita me orat sibi qui caveat aliquem ut hominem reperiam... Id, amabo te, huic caveas. Pi. Quid isti caveam? Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8; 1, 1, 10; cf. I. C. 3. supra.—Hence, cautus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Neutr., careful, circumspect, wary, cautious, provident (syn.: providus, prudens;

    class. in prose and poetry): ut cautus est, ubi nihil opu'st,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 3:

    parum cauti providique,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117:

    cauti in periculis,

    id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

    in scribendo,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3:

    in credendo,

    id. Att. 10, 9, 3:

    in verbis serendis,

    Hor. A. P. 46:

    mensor,

    Ov. M. 1, 136:

    mariti,

    id. ib. 9, 751:

    lupus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50:

    vulpes,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 73 et saep.:

    quem certi homines monuerunt, ut cautior esset,

    Cic. Sest. 18, 41:

    dubium cautior an audentior,

    Suet. Caes. 58.—Constr. with ad:

    ad praesentius malum cautiores,

    Liv. 24, 32, 3; Tib. 1, 9, 46; Quint. 6, 1, 20. —With adversus:

    parum cautus adversus colloquii fraudem,

    Liv. 38, 25, 7.—With erga:

    erga bona sua satis cautus,

    Curt. 10, 1, 40.—With contra:

    contra quam (fortunam) non satis cauta mortalitas est,

    Curt. 8, 4, 24.—With inf.:

    cautum dignos assumere,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 51.—With gen.:

    rei divinae,

    Macr. S. 1, 15.—
    b.
    Transf. to inanimate things:

    consilium,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 6; Tac. A. 11, 29:

    cautissima senectus,

    id. H. 2, 76:

    pectus,

    Prop. 3 (4), 5, 8:

    manus,

    Ov. F. 2, 336:

    terga,

    id. Tr. 1, 9, 20:

    arma,

    Sil. 14, 188:

    timor,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 65.— Subst.: cauta, ōrum, n.:

    legum,

    the provisions, Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.—
    B.
    Pass. (acc. to I. B. 1., and II. B.), made safe, secured:

    cautos nominibus rectis expendere nummos,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105:

    cautus ab incursu belli,

    Luc. 4, 409: quo mulieri esset res cautior ( that her property might be made more secure), curavit, ut, etc., Cic. Caecin. 4, 11.—
    2.
    Trop., safe, secure (rare):

    in eam partem peccare, quae est cautior,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

    (civitates) murorum firmitate cautissimae,

    Amm. 14, 8, 13.— Adv.: cau-tē.
    1.
    (Acc. to caveo, I. A.) Cautiously:

    caute et cogitate rem tractare,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:

    pedetentimque dicere,

    Cic. Clu. 42, 118:

    et cum judicio,

    Quint. 10, 2, 3 et saep. — Comp., Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; Quint. 2, 15, 21; 9, 2, 76; Hor. C. 1, 8, 10 al.— Sup., Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3.—
    2.
    (Acc. to caveo, I. B. 1.) With security, cautiously, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    aliter nec caute nec jure fieri potest,

    id. Att. 15, 17, 1.

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  • 7 custōs

        custōs ōdis, m and f    [SCV-], a guard, watch, preserver, keeper, overseer, protector, defender, attendant: corporis, a body-guard, L.: nostri, Cs.: portae: pontis, N.: cum custodibus venire, under guard, S.: gregis, V.: pecuniae quam regni melior, L.: puellae, O.: custos Quoi commendavi filium, tutor, T.: custodis eges, a guardian, H.: Virtutis, H.: dei custodes urbis: rerum Caesar, H.—Of dogs, V.: finīs custode tueri, outposts, V. —A keeper of the ballot-box, inspector (in charge of the voting-tablets): tabellarum: tribūs nullo custode sortitus.—A watch, spy: Dumnorigi custodes ponit, ut, etc., Cs.: custodem Tullio me apponite: num nam hic relictu's custos, Nequis clam curset, etc., T.—A jailer, keeper: praefectus custodum, chief jailer, N.: te sub custode tenebo, H.—Fig., a keeper, guardian: dignitatis (fortitudo): sapientia totius hominis.—A receptacle, safe, holder: eburnea Telorum, quiver, O.: turis, an incense-box, O.
    * * *
    guard; sentry/watch; guardian/protector/keeper; doorkeeper/watchman/janitor; jailer, warden; poll watcher; spy; garrison; container; replacement vine shoot

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  • 8 praecaveo

    prae-căvĕo, cāvi, cautum, 2, v. a. and n., to guard against beforehand.
    I.
    Act., to guard against, seek to avert, obviate, or prevent (class.;

    syn. provideo): illud praecavendum est mihi,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 107:

    peccata, quae difficillime praecaventur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

    quod a me ita praecautum atque ita provisum est,

    id. Att. 2, 1, 6:

    ita mihi res tota provisa atque praecauta est, ut, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 91:

    venena,

    Suet. Calig. 23:

    injurias,

    Gell. 7, 3, 41:

    malam diem,

    Vulg. Eccl. 7, 15.—
    II.
    Neutr., to take care or heed, to use precaution, to be on one's guard, to beware (class.): ferae, quibus abest ad praecavendum intellegendi astutia, Pac. ap. Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31 (Trag. Rel. p. 103 Rib.); Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 21:

    providentem ante et praecaventem,

    Cic. Planc. 22, 53:

    praecaventibus fatis,

    Vell. 2, 12, 1:

    ab insidiis,

    to guard against, Liv. 9, 17.— With ne:

    id ne accideret, magnopere sibi praecavendum Caesar existimabat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 2; cf.:

    satis undique provisum atque praecautum est, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 36, 17, 12:

    cum videtur praecaveri potuisse, si provisum esset,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 52; cf. id. Inv. 2, 32, 99.—With dat., to provide for, take precautions for one's safety:

    sibi,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 18.—In part. perf.:

    sed praecauto'st opus, ne, etc.,

    there is need of caution, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 61.

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  • 9 statio

    stătĭo, ōnis, f. [sto], a standing, a standing still.
    I.
    Lit. (so very rare;

    not in Cic.): navis, quae manet in statione,

    remains standing, stands still, does not move, Lucr. 4, 388; so,

    manere in statione,

    id. 4, 396; 5, 478; 5, 518:

    in statione locata nubila,

    id. 6, 193: varas In statione manus et pugnae membra paravi, in a firm posture (for fighting), Ov. M. 9, 34:

    numquam id (sidus) stationem facere,

    stands still, Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77:

    stationes matutinas facere,

    id. 2, 15, 12, § 59:

    solus immobilem stationis gradum retinens,

    Val. Max. 3, 2, 23:

    terrae,

    Manil. 2, 70.—
    * B.
    Trop., that which is established by custom or prescription, a transl. of the Gr. thematismos, Vitr. 1, 2, 5.—
    II.
    Transf., in concr., a place where persons or things stay or abide, a station, post, an abode, residence.
    A.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    Athenis statio mea nunc placet,

    Cic. Att. 6, 9, 5:

    quā positus fueris in statione, mane,

    Ov. F. 2, 674; cf. id. ib. 5, 719:

    principio sedes apibus statioque petenda,

    Verg. G. 4, 8:

    apricis statio gratissima mergis,

    id. A. 5, 128:

    equorum,

    i. e. a stall, Pall. 1, 21, 2; so,

    jumentorum,

    Dig. 7, 1, 13 fin.:

    plerique in stationibus sedent tempusque audiendis fabulis conterunt,

    in public places, Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2:

    stationes circumeo,

    id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

    quod tabernas tris de domo suo circa forum civitatibus ad stationem locasset,

    Suet. Ner. 37:

    thermae, stationes, omne theatrum,

    Juv. 11, 4; Gell. 13, 13, 1:

    stationes municipiorum,

    Plin. 16, 44, 86, § 236:

    si ad stationem vel tabernam ventum sit,

    Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 7:

    stationes hibernae,

    winter-quarters, Amm. 14, 1, 1.—
    b.
    Poet., of things, place, position:

    pone recompositas in statione comas,

    in their place, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 68; id. A. A. 3, 434:

    permutata rerum statione, Petr. poët. 120, 99: umoris,

    Pall. 1, 43.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In milit. lang., a post, station (v. custodiae, vigilia):

    cohortes ex statione et praesidio emissae,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 42:

    ii, qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant... Cohortes quae in stationibus erant, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 32; 5, 15; 6, 37;

    6, 38: in stationem succedere,

    to relieve, id. ib. 4, 32:

    stationem inire,

    Tac. A. 13, 35:

    relinquere,

    Verg. A. 9, 222:

    deserere,

    Suet. Aug. 24:

    habere,

    Liv. 35, 29:

    quique primi transierant, in statione erant, dum traicerent ceteri,

    on guard, Curt. 7, 5, 18.— Transf.: suis vicibus capiebant bina (lumina Argi) quietem;

    Cetera servabant atque in statione manebant,

    kept at their posts, Ov. M. 1, 627; 2, 115.— Trop.:

    de praesidio et statione vitae decedere,

    Cic. Sen. 20, 73:

    functo longissimā statione mortali,

    Vell. 2, 131, 2:

    imperii statione relictā,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 219; Vell. 2, 124, 2; Tac. Or. 17; Suet. Claud. 38.—
    b.
    Transf., like our post, watch, guard, for those who are stationed to watch, who stand guard, sentries, sentinels, outposts, pickets:

    ut stationes dispositas haberent,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 7, 69 fin.:

    ut minus intentae diurnae stationes ac nocturnae vigiliae essent,

    Liv. 9, 24, 5; 25, 38, 16; cf. in sing.:

    ad stationem Romanam in portā segniter agentem vigilias perveniunt,

    id. 10, 32, 7:

    dispositā statione per ripas Tiberis,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    crebrae,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

    custodiae stationesque equitum,

    id. ib. 1, 59:

    statione militum assumptā,

    i. e. body-guard, lifeguard, Suet. Tib. 24; so,

    militum,

    id. Ner. 21; 34; 47.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen., a station, office, position, in government, etc. (post-class.):

    in hac statione, i. e. the imperial office,

    Spart. Ael. Verr. 4:

    statio imperatoria,

    Lampr. Comm. 1:

    Augusta,

    Capitol. Clod. Alb. 2: regia, Vulc. 7; Capitol. Verr. 8.—
    3.
    Naut. t. t., an anchorage, roadstead, road, bay, inlet (syn. portus), Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 2:

    quietam nactus stationem,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 6; 3, 8; 1, 56 fin.; Liv. 10, 2, 6; 28, 6, 9; 31, 33, 3; Verg. G. 4, 421; id. A. 2, 23 al.—
    4.
    A place of residence, a post, station of the fiscal officers of a province; also, for the officers themselves, Cod. Th. 12, 6, 19; Cod. Just. 4, 31, 1; 10, 5, 1; Inscr. Orell. 3207; 4107.—
    5.
    A post-station, post-house, Inscr. Murat. 1015; Morcell. Stil. Inscr. Lat. 1, p. 421.—
    6.
    A religious meeting, assembly of the Christians:

    die stationis, nocte vigiliae meminerimus,

    Tert. Or. 29:

    stationes in vesperam producere,

    id. adv. Psych. 1; so id. ib. 10; id. ad Ux. 2, 4.

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  • 10 caveō

        caveō (imper. cave for cavē, T., H., O., Pr.), cāvī, cautus, ēre    [1 CAV-], to be on one's guard, take care, take heed, beware, guard against, avoid: Faciet, nisi caveo, T.: erunt (molesti) nisi cavetis. Cautum est, inquit: non fuisse difficile cavere, to take precautions, Cs.: cum animum attendisset ad cavendum, N.: metues, doctusque cavebis, H.— Cave, look out! be careful! T., H.: ab istoc cavendum intellego, T.: ab eruptionibus, Cs.: caveo ab homine impuro: monent, ut ipsis ab invidiā caveatur, L.: sibi cavit loco, i. e. got out of the way, T.: caves, ne videat, etc., T.: cavet ne emat ab invito: cavere necubi hosti oportunus fieret, S.: ne sim spernenda, Exemplo caveo, am warned by, O.: cavendum est, ne, etc.: non admissum... venio, sed cautum ne admittant, to prevent, L.: quod ut ne accidat cavendum est. — Beware of, take care not, be sure you do not: cave dixeris, T.: cave faxis Te quicquam indignum, H.: cave sis mentiaris: cave roget te, H.: armis concurrant arma cavete, V.: caveri foedere, ut, etc., that provision should be made: cavisse deos ut libertas defendi posset, L.—With acc, to guard against, be aware of, beware of, provide against, keep clear of: tu, quod cavere possis, stultum admitterest, T.: cur hoc non caves?: cavebat Pompeius omnia, ne, etc.: vallum, Cs.: hunc tu caveto, H.: hoc caverat mens provida, had prevented, H.: Fata cavens, V.: cavenda est etiam gloriae cupiditas: Quid quisque vitet, numquam homini satis Cautum est, H.: in quibus cave vereri (i. e. noli): caveret id petere a populo R., quod, etc., S.: occursare capro caveto, V.: commisisse cavet, quod, etc., H. —In law, to take care for, provide, order, decree, dispose of, stipulate: cum ita caverent, si: altera (lex) ipsis sepulcris cavet: de quibus (agris) foedere cautum est: sibi se privatim nihil cavere, to stipulate, L.: si cautum esset eos testimonium non esse dicturos. — With ab, to make oneself secure, procure bail, take surety: obsidibus inter se, Cs.: nisi prius a te cavero, ne quis amplius, etc.: ab sese caveat neminem esse acturum, etc., take security: quid ita Flavio sibi cavere non venit in mentem.—To make secure, give security, guarantee, C.: (civitates) obsidibus de pecuniā cavent, Cs.: quoniam obsidibus cavere inter se non possint, Cs.—With dat, to keep from, protect, have a care for, make safe, take care of: quod regi amico cavet, non reprehendo: melius ei cavere volo, quam ipse aliis solet: aliis cavit, non cavet ipsi sibi, O.
    * * *
    cavere, cavi, cautus V
    beware, avoid, take precautions/defensive action; give/get surety; stipulate

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  • 11 prae-caveō

        prae-caveō cāvī, cautus, ēre,    to take care, take heed, use precaution, be on one's guard, beware: mihi, to look out for myself, T.: ad praecavendum intellegendi astutia: ab insidiis, guard against, L.: vel ex supervacuo, to take even unnecessary precautions, L.: id ne accideret, sibi praecavendum existimabat, Cs.: cum videtur praecaveri potuisse, si provisum esset.—To guard against, seek to avert, provide against: peccata, quae difficillime praecaventur: ita mihi res tota praecauta est, ut, etc.

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  • 12 praesidium

        praesidium ī, n    [praeses], defence, protection, guardianship, help, aid, assistance: proficisci praesidio suis, N.: amicitiam populi R. sibi praesidio esse oportere, Cs.: tectus praesidio firmo amicorum: Ut meae stultitiae in iustitiā tuā sit aliquid praesidi, T.: Veneris praesidio ferox, H.— A guard, escort, convoy, garrison: ad iudicium cum praesidio venit: omnium bonorum praesidio ornatus: servorum praesidio uti: regale, H.: occupatoque oppido, ibi praesidium conlocat, garrison, Cs.: (turrīs) praesidiis firmare, with troops, S.: praesidium dedit, ut tuto perveniret, escort, N.: praesidium ex arce expellere, garrison, N.: praesidia interficere, troops, N.: praesidia custodiasque disponere, picket guards, Cs.: galeatum, Iu.: O et praesidium et dulce decus meum, H.: quantum Praesidium perdis, V.— An occupied place, post, station, intrenchment, fortification, camp: in praesidio conlocatus, on guard: qui propter metum praesidium relinquit, leaves his post: praesidio discedere, L.: procul in praesidio esse, N.: praesidium occupare et munire, Cs.: milites in praesidiis disponere, Cs.: in praesidiis esse, with the army.—Aid, help, assistance: quod satis esset praesidi dedit, what was needful for his support and safety, N.: quaerere sibi praesidia periculis: me biremis praesidio scaphae Tutum... Aura feret, H.: fortissimum pudoris: aliunde rerum exspectanda tuarum Praesidia, encouragement, Iu.
    * * *
    protection; help; guard; garrison, detachment

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  • 13 servō

        servō āvī, ātus, āre    [3 SAL-], to make safe, save, keep unharmed, preserve, guard, keep, protect, deliver, rescue: ceteros servavi, ut nos periremus: pol me occidistis, Non servastis, H.: ita me servet Iuppiter, T.: Graeciae portūs per se servatos: impedimenta cohortīsque, Cs.: Rem tuam, H.: urbem et civīs integros incolumīsque: si res p. salva servata erit hisce duellis, L.: omnes Quattuor amissis servatae a peste carinae, V.: alquos ex eo periculo, Cs.: vita ex hostium telis servata. — To keep, lay up, preserve, reserve, retain, store: Caecuba centum clavibus, H.: ad quae (tempora) tu te ipse servaras: ad Herculeos servaberis arcūs, O.: esse quasdam res servatas iudicio multitudinis: in aliquod tempus quam integerrimas vires militi servare, L.: vosmet rebus servate secundis, V.—Of places, to keep, keep to, hold, remain in, dwell in, inhabit: Tu nidum servas, H.: nymphae sorores, Centum quae silvas servant, V.—Of abstract objects, to keep, keep to, preserve, maintain, observe: ordines, Cs.: ordinem laboris quietisque, L.: intervallum, Cs.: tenorem pugnae, L.: fidem, T.: de numero dierum fidem, Cs.: aequitatem: indutiarum iura, Cs.: legem: cum populus suum servaret, i. e. provided public rights were not violated: pretium servare, to maintain the price: Aequam mentem, H.: nati amorem, V.—Fig., to keep in view, give heed, pay attention, take care, watch, observe: solus Sannio servat domi, T.: Cetera (lumina) servabant, kept watch, O.: hic rupes maxima, serva! beware, H.: itinera nostra, Cs.: Palinurus dum sidera servat, V.: pomaria dederat servanda draconi, O.: Me infensus servat, ne quam faciam fallaciam, T.: cum ita decemviri servassent, ut unus fascīs haberet, L.—Of an omen, to observe: secundam avem, Enn. ap. C.: de caelo servare, to observe the lightning (as an omen).
    * * *
    I
    servare, additional forms V
    watch over; protect, store, keep, guard, preserve, save
    II
    servare, servavi, servatus V
    watch over; protect, store, keep, guard, preserve, save

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  • 14 tūtor

        tūtor ātus, ārī, intens.    [tueor], to watch, make safe, guard, keep, protect, defend: Res Italas armis, H.: genae ab inferiore parte tutantur (oculos): muris urbem, L.: serves Tuterisque tuo fidentem praesidio, H.: quas (spes) necesse est virtute et innocentiā tutari, S.: quibus (viribus) ab irā Romanorum vestra tutaremini, L.: se adversus multitudinem hostium, L.: ut suae quisque partis tutandae reus sit, responsible for the safety of, L.— To ward off, avert: inopiam subsidiis, Cs.: pericula, S.
    * * *
    I
    tutari, tutatus sum V DEP
    guard, protect, defend; guard against, avert
    II
    protector, defender; guardian, watcher; tutor

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  • 15 vigilia

        vigilia ae, f    [vigil], a watching, wakefulness, sleeplessness, lying awake: Demosthenis vigiliae.— A keeping watch, watching, watch, guard: noctu vigilias agere ad aedīs sacras: scutum in vigiliam ferre, to take on guard, L.: vigiliarum nocturnarum curam magistratibus mandare, L.—A watch, time of keeping watch (a fourth part of the night): primā vigiliā, L.: de tertiā vigiliā, Cs.: vigiliae in stupris consumptae, i. e. nights.—Plur., the watch, men on watch, watchmen, sentinels, post, guard: milites disponit perpetuis vigiliis stationibusque, Cs.: si vigiliae, si iuventus armata est: vigilias disponere per urbem, L.—Fig., watchfulness, vigilance: vacuum metu populum R. nostrā vigiliā reddere.—A post, office, term of office: vigiliam meam tibi tradere: aliorum consulum.
    * * *
    watch (fourth part of the night), vigil, wakefulness

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  • 16 excubitor

    excŭbĭtor, ōris, m. [excubo], one who keeps guard, a watchman, guard, sentinel:

    haec eadem (castella) noctu excubitoribus ac firmis praesidiis tenebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 69 fin.:

    tribunus excubitor,

    the captain of the guard, Suet. Claud. 42; id. Ner. 8.—

    Of a dog: quis excubitor inveniri potest vigilantior?

    Col. 7, 12, 1.—Of a cock:

    excubitor ales,

    Verg. M. 2.

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  • 17 munio

    1.
    mūnĭo (old form moenio, v. below), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. munibis for munies, Veg. Vet. 1, 10, 5), v. a. [moenia, lit. to wall; hence], to build a wall around, to defend with a wall, to fortify, defend, protect, secure, put in a state of defence (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    arcem ad urbem obsidendam,

    Nep. Tim. 3, 3:

    palatium,

    Liv. 1, 7:

    locum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 24, 3.—With abl.:

    Alpibus Italiam munierat ante natura,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

    domum praesidiis,

    id. Cat. 1, 4, 10:

    castra vallo fossāque,

    with palisades and a trench, Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

    locum muro,

    id. ib. 29.—With a homogeneous object, prov.:

    magna moenis moenia,

    you are undertaking a great thing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 73:

    duovir urbis moeniendae,

    Inscr. Orell. 7142.— Absol.: quod idoneum ad muniendum putarent, for fortifying, i. e. for use in the fortifications, Nep. Them. 6, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 31. —Also, to surround, guard, for the protection of other things: ignem ita munire ut non evagaretur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 7, 7.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In gen., to defend, guard, secure, protect, shelter:

    Pergamum divinā moenitum manu,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2:

    hortum ab incursu hominum,

    Col. 11, 3, 2:

    spica contra avium morsūs munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    hieme quaternis tunicis et tibialibus muniebatur,

    he defended, protected, covered himself, Suet. Aug. 82. —
    2.
    To make a road, etc., i. e. to make passable by opening, repairing, or paving it:

    quasi Appius Caecus viam munierit,

    Cic. Mil. 7, 17:

    rupem,

    Liv. 21, 37:

    itinera,

    Nep. Hann. 3, 4:

    TEMPE MVNIVIT,

    Inscr. Orell. 587. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To guard, secure, strengthen, support (cf.:

    fulcio, sustineo): meretriculis Muniendis rem cogere,

    to maintain, support, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 54 (dub.; Speng. moenerandis; v. munero).— Am strengthening myself:

    munio me ad haec tempora,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 2:

    imperium,

    to secure, Nep. Reg. 2, 2:

    muniri adversus fraudes,

    to secure one's self, Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198 (dub. moneri, Jahn):

    se contra ruborem,

    Tac. Agr. 45:

    se multorum benevolentiā,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84:

    se contra perfidiam,

    id. Fam. 4, 14, 3:

    aliquid auctoritate,

    Vell. 2, 127, 2:

    domum terrore,

    Plin. Pan. 48, 3.—
    B.
    Munire viam, to make or open a way:

    haec omnia tibi accusandi viam muniebant,

    prepared the way for your accusation, Cic. Mur. 23, 48:

    sibi viam ad stuprum,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64.—Hence, mūnītus, a, um, P. a., defended, fortified, protected, secured, safe (class.):

    nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem et audaciam posset esse,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39.— Neutr. plur. munita as subst.: munita viāi, fortification or breastwork of the mouth (cf. Homer. herkos odontôn), the lips, Lucr. 3, 498.— Comp.:

    se munitiorem ad custodiendam vitam suam fore,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 3.— Sup.:

    munitissima castra,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 55.— Adv.: mūnītē, securely, safely (ante-class.):

    munitius,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 141. Müll.
    2.
    munĭo, ōnis, a false reading for nomionem, v. Orell. and Klotz, ad h. l.; Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251.

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  • 18 praesidium

    praesĭdĭum, ii, n. [praeses].
    I.
    Lit., a presiding over; hence, defence, protection, help, aid, assistance; esp. of soldiers who are to serve as a guard, garrison, escort, or convoy:

    proficisci praesidio suis,

    Nep. Ages. 3:

    praesidio esse alicui,

    id. ib. 7: Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    hanc sibi rem praesidio sperant futuram,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 65, § 167:

    tectus praesidio firmo amicorum,

    id. Sull. 18, 51:

    absque me foret et meo praesidio, etc.,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 61:

    ut meae stultitiae in justitiā tuā sit aliquid praesidii,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 33:

    in tutelā ac praesidio bellicae virtutis,

    Cic. Mur. 10, 22:

    Veneris praesidio ferox,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 13.—Esp. of soldiers acting as a guard, convoy, escort:

    legiones, quae praesidio impedimentis erant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

    regale,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    That which aids, defends, or protects, defence, assistance, protection:

    ad hoc ipsum judicium cum praesidio venit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:

    armatorum,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 112; cf.:

    O et praesidium,

    protector, Hor. C. 1, 1, 2:

    quantum praesidium perdis,

    Verg. A. 11, 58.—
    2.
    In partic., in milit. lang., those who by their presence protect a place, a camp, or a supply of arms or provisions, a guard, garrison, convoy, escort, troops, soldiers, etc.:

    praesidium est dictum, quia extra castra praesidebant loco aliquo, quo tutior regio esset,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.:

    occupatoque oppido, ibi praesidium collocat,

    garrison, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    (turres) praesidiis firmare,

    with a garrison, with troops, Sall. J. 23, 1:

    quam (Italiam) praesidiis confirmaretis,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

    obsidere atque occupare,

    id. ib. 2, 28, 75:

    ex oppido educere,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 13:

    dimittere,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 3:

    oppido imponere,

    Liv. 24, 7:

    praesidium dedit, ut eo tuto perveniret,

    an escort, Nep. Ep. 4, 5:

    praesidium ex arce expellere,

    a garrison, id. ib. 10, 3:

    praesidium ex regionibus depellere,

    id. Paus. 2, 1:

    praesidia interficere,

    troops, id. Milt. 4, 1:

    praesidia custodiasque disponere,

    posts, pickets, Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

    Italia tota armis praesidiisque tenetur,

    troops, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1:

    praesidia deducere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

    galeatum ponit ubique Praesidium,

    Juv. 8, 239.—
    B.
    Any place occupied by troops, as a hill, a camp, etc.; a post, station, intrenchment, fortification, camp:

    qui propter metum praesidium relinquit,

    leaves his post, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 17:

    praesidio decedere,

    Liv. 4, 29:

    procul in praesidio esse,

    Nep. Timol. 1, 4:

    praesidium occupare et munire,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

    cohortes ex proximis praesidiis deductae,

    id. B. G. 7, 87:

    milites in praesidiis disponere,

    id. ib. 7, 34:

    in praesidiis esse,

    in the camp, with the army, Cic. Lig. 9, 28:

    in adversariorum praesidiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 43, 126:

    posito castello super vestigia paterni praesidii,

    fort, Tac. A. 1, 56:

    obsidium coepit per praesidia,

    redoubts, id. ib. 4, 49.— Trop.:

    de praesidio et statione vitae decedere,

    Cic. Sen. 26, 73.—
    C.
    In gen., aid, help, assistance of any kind, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 45:

    quod satis esset praesidii, dedit,

    every thing needful for his support and safety, Nep. Them. 8, 5:

    quaerere sibi praesidia periculis, et adjumenta honoribus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

    magnum sibi praesidium ad beatam vitam comparare,

    id. Tusc. 2, 1, 2:

    omnibus vel naturae, vel doctrinae praesidiis ad dicendum parati,

    id. de Or. 1, 9, 38:

    me biremis praesidio scaphae tutum aura feret,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 62:

    ad praesidium aquae calidae decurritur,

    Col. 12, 50:

    praesidia afferre navem factura minorem,

    Juv. 12, 56.— Trop., defence, protection, help:

    fortissimum praesidium pudoris,

    Cic. Sull. 28, 77:

    insigne maestis praesidium reis,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 13:

    si qua aliunde putas rerum exspectanda tuarum, Praesidia,

    Juv. 7, 23.—
    2.
    In partic., a remedy against diseases:

    aurium morbis praesidium est,

    Plin. 22, 22, 44, § 90:

    contra serpentes praesidio esse,

    id. 28, 4, 7, § 35.

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  • 19 vigilia

    vĭgĭlĭa, ae, f. ( neutr. collat. form vĭgĭ-lĭum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 232, 4) [vigil].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., wakefulness, sleeplessness, a lying awake:

    ut neque vigilia praecesserit neque ventris resolutio,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    corporum robora nocturnā vigiliā minuere,

    id. 1 init.:

    cui non sunt auditae Demosthenis vigiliae?

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44; id. Par. prooem. § 5.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Lit., a keeping awake for the security of a place, esp. of a city or camp, a watching, watch, guard (cf.:

    excubiae, statio): noctu vigilias agere ad aedes sacras,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 93:

    vestra tecta custodiis vigiliisque defendite,

    id. Cat. 2, 12, 26:

    exercitus stationibus vigiliisque fessus,

    Liv. 5, 48, 6:

    vigiles scutum in vigiliam ferre vetuit,

    to take on guard, id. 44, 33, 8:

    vigiliarum nocturnarum curam per urbem magistratibus mandavimus,

    id. 39, 16, 12.—
    b.
    Transf.
    (α).
    A watch, i. e. the time of keeping watch by night, among the Romans a fourth part of the night:

    nox in quattuor vigilias dividitur, quae singulae trium horarum spatio supputantur,

    Hier. Ep. 140, 8:

    primā vigiliā capite arma frequentes,

    Liv. 5, 44, 7; 10, 34, 13; 21, 27, 2:

    cum puer tuus ad me secundā fere vigiliā venisset,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 4:

    de tertiā vigiliā,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 12:

    tertiā vigiliā,

    id. ib. 2, 33; Liv. 9, 44, 10:

    de quartā vigiliā,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—
    (β).
    The watch, i. e. those standing on guard, watchmen, sentinels:

    milites disponit, non certis spatiis intermissis sed perpetuis vigiliis stationibusque,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21; 2, 19; Cic. Mil. 25, 67; Sall. C. 32, 1; id. J. 45, 2; 100, 4; Liv. 39, 14, 10.—
    2.
    A watching at religious festivals, nightly vigils:

    Cereris vigiliae,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 36; 4, 10, 65.—
    II.
    Trop., watchfulness, vigilance (the figure taken from military sentinels; perh. only in the foll. passages;

    whereas vigilantia is far more freq.): ut vacuum metu populum Romanum nostrā vigiliā et prospicientiā redderemus,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 7, 19; cf.:

    quasi in vigiliā quādam consulari ac senatoriā,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1: cupio jam vigiliam meam, Brute, tibi tradere: sed ita, ut ne desim constantiae meae, my post, i. e. my office, duty, id. Fam. 11, 24, 1.— Plur.: cum summis vigiliis aliquid perficere, Just. Inst. prooem. § 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vigilia

  • 20 ad-servō (ass-)

        ad-servō (ass-) āvī, ātus, āre,    to watch over, keep, preserve, guard: tabulae neglegentius adservatae: navīs: portas, Cs.: cura adservandum vinctum, have him kept under close guard, T.: ius: Vitrubium in carcerem adservari iussit, cast into and kept in, L.

    Latin-English dictionary > ad-servō (ass-)

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