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  • 1 mercenario

    adj.
    1 mercenary, avaricious, covetous, venal.
    2 mercenary, hired for a salary.
    m.
    1 mercenary, soldier of fortune, professional soldier hired with a salary to serve in a foreign army, free lance.
    2 mercenary, hireling, someone who serves merely for wages, wage earner.
    * * *
    1 mercenary
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 mercenary
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    SM (Mil) mercenary; (Agr) day labourer; pey (=asalariado) hireling
    * * *
    I
    - ria adjetivo (Mil) mercenary
    II
    - ria masculino, femenino
    a) (Mil) mercenary
    b) (pey) ( persona interesada)
    * * *
    = mercenary, jungle fighter.
    Ex. The article 'Centurions and mercenaries: reflections on good usage of interdisciplinarity in the theory and practice of information sciences' records the text of the opening address at the 18th Congress held by the Corporation of Professional Librarians of Quebec.
    Ex. The jungle fighter views his life and work in terms of winners and losers, with power as his goal.
    * * *
    I
    - ria adjetivo (Mil) mercenary
    II
    - ria masculino, femenino
    a) (Mil) mercenary
    b) (pey) ( persona interesada)
    * * *
    = mercenary, jungle fighter.

    Ex: The article 'Centurions and mercenaries: reflections on good usage of interdisciplinarity in the theory and practice of information sciences' records the text of the opening address at the 18th Congress held by the Corporation of Professional Librarians of Quebec.

    Ex: The jungle fighter views his life and work in terms of winners and losers, with power as his goal.

    * * *
    1 ( Mil) mercenary
    2 ( pey) (interesado) mercenary ( pej)
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Mil) mercenary
    2 ( pey)
    (persona interesada): es un mercenario he's very mercenary ( pej)
    * * *

    mercenario
    ◊ - ria adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Mil) mercenary

    mercenario,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino mercenary: es una forma muy mercenaria de entender la amistad, it's a very mercenary way of looking at friendship

    ' mercenario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mercenaria
    - comerciante
    - cualquiera
    - negociante
    English:
    mercenary
    * * *
    mercenario, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [soldado] mercenary
    2. Pey [vendido] mercenary
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [soldado] mercenary
    2. Pey [persona vendida]
    ser un mercenario to be mercenary
    * * *
    m/adj mercenary
    * * *
    mercenario, - ria adj & n
    : mercenary

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  • 2 mercenario

    mercenario
    ◊ - ria adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Mil) mercenary

    mercenario,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino mercenary: es una forma muy mercenaria de entender la amistad, it's a very mercenary way of looking at friendship ' mercenario' also found in these entries: Spanish: mercenaria - comerciante - cualquiera - negociante English: mercenary

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  • 3 mercenaria

    mercenario,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino mercenary: es una forma muy mercenaria de entender la amistad, it's a very mercenary way of looking at friendship ' mercenaria' also found in these entries: Spanish: mercenario

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  • 4 mercenaria


    mercenario,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino mercenary: es una forma muy mercenaria de entender la amistad, it's a very mercenary way of looking at friendship
    ' mercenaria' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mercenario

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  • 5 conduco

    con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

    populum in forum,

    Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

    exercitum in unum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

    eo copias omnes,

    id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

    copias suas,

    id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

    auxilia,

    Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

    dispersas suorum copias,

    Tac. H. 4, 71:

    virgines unum in locum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

    omnis clientes suos eodem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    milites in unum,

    Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—
    2.
    Of inanimate objects:

    vineas,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

    nubila,

    Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.
    a.
    Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

    partes in unum,

    Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

    cortice ramos,

    Ov. M. 4, 375:

    lac,

    to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

    conducere musculum aut laxare,

    to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

    ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

    Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

    vulnera cerā,

    to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —
    b.
    Trop.:

    propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

    omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

    Arn. 4, p. 146:

    dies adeo conductus,

    i. e. short, Sol. 22.—
    2.
    T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).
    a.
    To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

    aedes aliquas mihi,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

    hortum,

    id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

    qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

    id. Caecin. 32, 94:

    habitationem in annum,

    Dig. 19, 2, 19:

    ad certum tempus,

    ib. 19, 2, 14:

    insulam,

    ib. 19, 2, 30:

    conduxi domum a te,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

    nummos,

    to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

    pecuniam,

    Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

    ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

    cocum,

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

    fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

    id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

    meretricem,

    id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

    torum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

    consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

    praeceptores publice,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

    choragum,

    Suet. Aug. 70:

    homines,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

    tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

    could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

    mercede aliquem,

    Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

    mercede diurnā conductus,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    pictorem magno pretio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.
    (α).
    conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

    bella conducta,

    carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —
    (β).
    conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

    locati conducti,

    ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—
    b.
    To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

    caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

    caedundos agnos,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

    redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

    Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

    locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

    Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

    mulierem vehendam nave,

    ib. 19, 2, 19:

    aliquem docendum,

    ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

    praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

    to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

    vectigalia,

    to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

    tabulas in Italiam portandas,

    Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

    portorium,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —
    II.
    Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With in:

    quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

    in commune,

    Tac. A. 2, 38.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    ad ventris victum,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

    ad vitae commoditatem,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—
    (γ).
    With dat. (so most freq.):

    huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

    maxime rei publicae,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

    neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

    omnibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

    tuae laudi,

    id. Fam. 13, 48:

    nostris rationibus,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    maxime sibi,

    Quint. 11, 1, 12:

    alvo citae (vinum),

    Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

    proposito,

    Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

    imbres non conducunt vitibus,

    Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

    conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

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  • 6 conducti

    con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

    populum in forum,

    Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

    exercitum in unum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

    eo copias omnes,

    id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

    copias suas,

    id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

    auxilia,

    Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

    dispersas suorum copias,

    Tac. H. 4, 71:

    virgines unum in locum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

    omnis clientes suos eodem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    milites in unum,

    Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—
    2.
    Of inanimate objects:

    vineas,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

    nubila,

    Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.
    a.
    Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

    partes in unum,

    Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

    cortice ramos,

    Ov. M. 4, 375:

    lac,

    to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

    conducere musculum aut laxare,

    to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

    ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

    Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

    vulnera cerā,

    to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —
    b.
    Trop.:

    propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

    omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

    Arn. 4, p. 146:

    dies adeo conductus,

    i. e. short, Sol. 22.—
    2.
    T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).
    a.
    To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

    aedes aliquas mihi,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

    hortum,

    id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

    qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

    id. Caecin. 32, 94:

    habitationem in annum,

    Dig. 19, 2, 19:

    ad certum tempus,

    ib. 19, 2, 14:

    insulam,

    ib. 19, 2, 30:

    conduxi domum a te,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

    nummos,

    to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

    pecuniam,

    Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

    ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

    cocum,

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

    fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

    id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

    meretricem,

    id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

    torum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

    consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

    praeceptores publice,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

    choragum,

    Suet. Aug. 70:

    homines,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

    tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

    could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

    mercede aliquem,

    Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

    mercede diurnā conductus,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    pictorem magno pretio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.
    (α).
    conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

    bella conducta,

    carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —
    (β).
    conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

    locati conducti,

    ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—
    b.
    To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

    caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

    caedundos agnos,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

    redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

    Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

    locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

    Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

    mulierem vehendam nave,

    ib. 19, 2, 19:

    aliquem docendum,

    ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

    praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

    to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

    vectigalia,

    to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

    tabulas in Italiam portandas,

    Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

    portorium,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —
    II.
    Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With in:

    quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

    in commune,

    Tac. A. 2, 38.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    ad ventris victum,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

    ad vitae commoditatem,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—
    (γ).
    With dat. (so most freq.):

    huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

    maxime rei publicae,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

    neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

    omnibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

    tuae laudi,

    id. Fam. 13, 48:

    nostris rationibus,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    maxime sibi,

    Quint. 11, 1, 12:

    alvo citae (vinum),

    Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

    proposito,

    Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

    imbres non conducunt vitibus,

    Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

    conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

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  • 7 conductum

    con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

    populum in forum,

    Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

    exercitum in unum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

    eo copias omnes,

    id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

    copias suas,

    id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

    auxilia,

    Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

    dispersas suorum copias,

    Tac. H. 4, 71:

    virgines unum in locum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

    omnis clientes suos eodem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    milites in unum,

    Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—
    2.
    Of inanimate objects:

    vineas,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

    nubila,

    Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.
    a.
    Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

    partes in unum,

    Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

    cortice ramos,

    Ov. M. 4, 375:

    lac,

    to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

    conducere musculum aut laxare,

    to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

    ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

    Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

    vulnera cerā,

    to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —
    b.
    Trop.:

    propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

    omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

    Arn. 4, p. 146:

    dies adeo conductus,

    i. e. short, Sol. 22.—
    2.
    T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).
    a.
    To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

    aedes aliquas mihi,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

    hortum,

    id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

    qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

    id. Caecin. 32, 94:

    habitationem in annum,

    Dig. 19, 2, 19:

    ad certum tempus,

    ib. 19, 2, 14:

    insulam,

    ib. 19, 2, 30:

    conduxi domum a te,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

    nummos,

    to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

    pecuniam,

    Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

    ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

    cocum,

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

    fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

    id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

    meretricem,

    id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

    torum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

    consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

    praeceptores publice,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

    choragum,

    Suet. Aug. 70:

    homines,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

    tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

    could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

    mercede aliquem,

    Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

    mercede diurnā conductus,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    pictorem magno pretio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.
    (α).
    conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

    bella conducta,

    carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —
    (β).
    conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

    locati conducti,

    ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—
    b.
    To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

    caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

    caedundos agnos,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

    redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

    Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

    locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

    Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

    mulierem vehendam nave,

    ib. 19, 2, 19:

    aliquem docendum,

    ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

    praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

    to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

    vectigalia,

    to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

    tabulas in Italiam portandas,

    Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

    portorium,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —
    II.
    Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With in:

    quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

    in commune,

    Tac. A. 2, 38.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    ad ventris victum,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

    ad vitae commoditatem,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—
    (γ).
    With dat. (so most freq.):

    huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

    maxime rei publicae,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

    neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

    omnibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

    tuae laudi,

    id. Fam. 13, 48:

    nostris rationibus,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    maxime sibi,

    Quint. 11, 1, 12:

    alvo citae (vinum),

    Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

    proposito,

    Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

    imbres non conducunt vitibus,

    Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

    conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

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  • 8 ξένος

    Grammatical information: m.
    Meaning: `foreigner, guest, guestfriend, host' (Il.), `mercenary, soldier' (ξ 102, Att.); ξένη (scil. γυνή, γῆ) f. `the foreign, foreign country' (trag., X.); adj. `foreign' (posthom.).
    Other forms: ep. Ion. poet. ξεῖνος, Dor. ξένϜος (in Cor. ΞενϜοκλῆς, Corc. El. ΞενϜάρης), ξῆνος (Cyr. Φιλόξηνος), (hyper)Aeol. ξέννος (Hdn.; vgl. Schwyzer 228), (?),
    Dialectal forms: Myc. kesenuwo \/ ksenwos\/
    Compounds: Many compp., e.g. ξενο-, ξεινο-δόκος m. `receiving foreigners, guests, host' (Il.), φιλό-ξε(ι)νος `loving guests, hospitable' (Od.; on the verbal function of the 1. element Schwyzer 442), πρόξενος, Corc. πρόξενϜος m. `deputy guest, state guest' (posthom.; Risch IF 59, 38 f.); on Εὔξεινος ( πόντος) s. v.
    Derivatives: A. Adj. 1. ξένιος, ξείνιος `regarding the foreigner', τὰ ξε(ί)νια `gust-gifts (Il.; Myc. kesenuwija); 2. younger ξε(ι)νικός `id.' (IA.; Chantraine Études, s. Index) ; 3. ξεινήϊος in τὰ ξεινήϊα ( τὸ ξ-ον) = τὰ ξείνια (Hom.), after πρεσβήϊα (Risch ̨ 46); 4. ξενόεις `full of foreigners' (E. in lyr.). B. Subst. 1. ξε(ι)νίη, - ία f. `guest-friendship, guest-right' (since ω); 2. ξεινοσύνη f. `hospitality' (φ 35; Porzig Satzinhalte 226, Wyss - συνη 26); 3. ξενών, - ῶνος m. `guest-room, -house' (E., Pl.; cf. H.Bolkestein Ξενών [MAWNeth. 84 B: 3] 1937); ξενῶνες οἱ ἀνδρῶνες ὑπὸ Φρυγῶν H.; after Pisani AnFilCl 6, 211ff. to the family of χθών(?); 4. ξενίς, - ίδος f. `road leading into foreign countries' (Delph. IIa); 5. ξενίδιον n. `small guesthous' (pap. IIIp); 6. ξεν-ύδριον (Men.), - ύλλιον (Plu.) depreciatory dimin. of ξένος (Chantraine Form. 73 f.). C. Verbs. 1. ξε(ι)νίζω `receive guestly, hospitalize' (Il.), also `wonder' (hell.) with ξένισις f. `hospitality' (Th.), ξενισμός m. `id.' (Pl., inscr., Luc.), also `wonder, innovation' (Plb., D. S., Dsc.); ξενιστής m. `host' (sch.). 2. ξε(ι)νόομαι `accept s.body as a guest' (Pi., IA.), also `live in foreign country, go in..' (S., E.), - όω `embessle' (Hld.); ξένωσις f. `residence abroad' (E. HF 965; cf. v. Wilamowitz ad loc.). 3. ξενιτεύομαι `serve as soldier abroad' (Isoc., Antiph.), -ω `live abroad' (Timae. Hist., J.); after πολιτεύομαι, -ω: πολίτης: πόλις (Georgacas Glotta 36, 173); ξενιτ-εία f. `mercenary, live abroad' (Democr., LXX), - ευτής m. `who lives abroad' (VIp).
    Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
    Etymology: Isolated. The semantic agreement with the old word for `foreigner, guest' in Lat. hostis m. `foreigner, enemy', Germ., e.g. Goth. gasts `guest', OCS gostь `id.', IE * ghosti-s, led to attempts, to connect them also formally, which is possible omly with a mechanic and arbitrary analysis: *ξ-εν-Ϝος to a sero grade and nasalized present *ghs-en-u̯ō (Brugmann IF 1, 172ff.; s also Schwyzer 329 and Pisani Ist. Lomb. 73: 2, 30). Other explanations, also to be rejected, in Bq, WP. 1, 640f., W.-Hofmann s. hostis. -- Jokl (IF 37, 93, after Pedersen) wants to find a lengthened grade * ghsēn- in Alb. huai `foreign'. Very uncertein Newphryg. voc. ξευνε; on it with a Illyrian hypothesis v. Blumenthal Glotta 20, 288. Is it Pre-Greek?
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  • 9 Д-410

    влезать/влезть (лезть, залезать/залезть) в душу чью, кого, (к) кому VP subj: human
    1. coll to understand the inner world of another person, anticipate his thoughts, moods, feelings
    x влез Y-y в душу = x got inside Y's head (soul).
    2. coll, usu. disapprov to inquire in very close detail about s.o. 's personal life, interfere in s.o. 's private affairs
    x лезет к Y-y в душу — x pries into Yls feelings
    x pries into Yls (very) soul.
    «Зачем он все это мне рассказывает? - закипала в Андрее лютая и необъяснимая для него самого злость. - Что ему надо от меня? Какие такие у него права есть влезать ко мне в душу?» (Максимов 3). A fierce anger, which he couldn't have explained to himself, took hold of Andrei. "Why is he telling me all this? What does he want from me? What right has he got to come prying into my feelings?" (3a).
    (Сангвиник:) Послушайте, батенька, а как вы сюда попали? (Холерик:) Не ваше дело! Я к вам в душу не лезу! (Аксенов 11). (S..) Listen, old buddy, how did you get here? (Ch.:) None of your business! I don't go prying into your soul (1 la).
    Сначала старухи переберут весь околоток, кто как живет, кто что делает они проникнут не только в семейный быт, в закулисную жизнь, но в сокровенные помыслы и намерения каждого, влезут в душу... (Гончаров 1). The ladies would begin by talking over the whole neighborhood, discussing how this one lived, what that one did, not only going into everyone's domestic life and what went on behind the scenes, but prying into their innermost thoughts and motives, into their very souls... (1b)
    3. coll to (try to) win s.o. 's confidence by any means, (try to) obtain s.o. 's favor ( usu. out of selfish or mercenary motives)
    x влез к Y-y в душу - x wormed (weaseled, wheedled) his way into Y4s confidence
    x wormed himself into Y's confidence x gained Y4s confidence.
    (Мурзавецкая:) Я тебя свезу сегодня к Купавиной: подружись с ней, да в душу-то к ней влезь: она женщина не хитрая а тебя учить нечего (Островский 5). (М..) I'm going to take you with me to-day to Madam Kupavin's. Make friends with her, gain her confidence. She is not a clever woman, - but I needn't instruct you (5a).
    4. substand to become the object of s.o. 's affection, love, respect etc, become very dear to s.o.: x влез Y-y в душу = x won Y's heart
    x won Y over (in limited contexts) Y fell for x.

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  • 10 влезать в душу

    • ВЛЕЗАТЬ/ВЛЕЗТЬ (ЛЕЗТЬ, ЗАЛЕЗАТЬ/ЗАЛЕЗТЬ) В ДУШУ чью, кого, (к) кому
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. coll to understand the inner world of another person, anticipate his thoughts, moods, feelings:
    - X влез Y-y в душу≈ X got inside Y's head (soul).
    2. coll, usu. disapprov to inquire in very close detail about s.o.'s personal life, interfere in s.o.'s private affairs:
    - X лезет к Y-y в душу≈ X pries into Y's feelings;
    - X pries into Y's (very) soul.
         ♦ "Зачем он все это мне рассказывает? - закипала в Андрее лютая и необъяснимая для него самого злость. - Что ему надо от меня? Какие такие у него права есть влезать ко мне в душу?" (Максимов 3). A fierce anger, which he couldn't have explained to himself, took hold of Andrei. "Why is he telling me all this? What does he want from me? What right has he got to come prying into my feelings?" (3a).
         ♦ [Сангвиник:] Послушайте, батенька, а как вы сюда попали? [Холерик:] Не ваше дело! Я к вам в душу не лезу! (Аксёнов 11). [S..] Listen, old buddy, how did you get here? [Ch.:] None of your business! I don't go prying into your soul (11a).
         ♦ Сначала старухи переберут весь околоток, кто как живёт, кто что делает; они проникнут не только в семейный быт, в закулисную жизнь, но в сокровенные помыслы и намерения каждого, влезут в душу... (Гончаров 1). The ladies would begin by talking over the whole neighborhood, discussing how this one lived, what that one did, not only going into everyone's domestic life and what went on behind the scenes, but prying into their innermost thoughts and motives, into their very souls... (1b)
    3. coll to (try to) win s.o.'s confidence by any means, (try to) obtain s.o.'s favor (usu. out of selfish or mercenary motives):
    - X влез к Y-y в душу≈ X wormed (weaseled, wheedled) his way into Y's confidence;
    - X gained Y's confidence.
         ♦ [Мурзавецкая:] Я тебя свезу сегодня к Купавиной: подружись с ней, да в душу-то к ней влезь: она женщина не хитрая; а тебя учить нечего (Островский 5). [М..] I'm going to take you with me to-day to Madam Kupavin's. Make friends with her; gain her confidence. She is not a clever woman, - but I needn't instruct you (5a).
    4. substand to become the object of s.o.'s affection, love, respect etc, become very dear to s.o.:
    - X влез Y-y в душу≈ X won Y's heart;
    - [in limited contexts] Y fell for X.

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  • 11 влезть в душу

    • ВЛЕЗАТЬ/ВЛЕЗТЬ (ЛЕЗТЬ, ЗАЛЕЗАТЬ/ЗАЛЕЗТЬ) В ДУШУ чью, кого, (к) кому
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. coll to understand the inner world of another person, anticipate his thoughts, moods, feelings:
    - X влез Y-y в душу≈ X got inside Y's head (soul).
    2. coll, usu. disapprov to inquire in very close detail about s.o.'s personal life, interfere in s.o.'s private affairs:
    - X лезет к Y-y в душу≈ X pries into Y's feelings;
    - X pries into Y's (very) soul.
         ♦ "Зачем он все это мне рассказывает? - закипала в Андрее лютая и необъяснимая для него самого злость. - Что ему надо от меня? Какие такие у него права есть влезать ко мне в душу?" (Максимов 3). A fierce anger, which he couldn't have explained to himself, took hold of Andrei. "Why is he telling me all this? What does he want from me? What right has he got to come prying into my feelings?" (3a).
         ♦ [Сангвиник:] Послушайте, батенька, а как вы сюда попали? [Холерик:] Не ваше дело! Я к вам в душу не лезу! (Аксёнов 11). [S..] Listen, old buddy, how did you get here? [Ch.:] None of your business! I don't go prying into your soul (11a).
         ♦ Сначала старухи переберут весь околоток, кто как живёт, кто что делает; они проникнут не только в семейный быт, в закулисную жизнь, но в сокровенные помыслы и намерения каждого, влезут в душу... (Гончаров 1). The ladies would begin by talking over the whole neighborhood, discussing how this one lived, what that one did, not only going into everyone's domestic life and what went on behind the scenes, but prying into their innermost thoughts and motives, into their very souls... (1b)
    3. coll to (try to) win s.o.'s confidence by any means, (try to) obtain s.o.'s favor (usu. out of selfish or mercenary motives):
    - X влез к Y-y в душу≈ X wormed (weaseled, wheedled) his way into Y's confidence;
    - X gained Y's confidence.
         ♦ [Мурзавецкая:] Я тебя свезу сегодня к Купавиной: подружись с ней, да в душу-то к ней влезь: она женщина не хитрая; а тебя учить нечего (Островский 5). [М..] I'm going to take you with me to-day to Madam Kupavin's. Make friends with her; gain her confidence. She is not a clever woman, - but I needn't instruct you (5a).
    4. substand to become the object of s.o.'s affection, love, respect etc, become very dear to s.o.:
    - X влез Y-y в душу≈ X won Y's heart;
    - [in limited contexts] Y fell for X.

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  • 12 залезать в душу

    • ВЛЕЗАТЬ/ВЛЕЗТЬ (ЛЕЗТЬ, ЗАЛЕЗАТЬ/ЗАЛЕЗТЬ) В ДУШУ чью, кого, (к) кому
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. coll to understand the inner world of another person, anticipate his thoughts, moods, feelings:
    - X влез Y-y в душу≈ X got inside Y's head (soul).
    2. coll, usu. disapprov to inquire in very close detail about s.o.'s personal life, interfere in s.o.'s private affairs:
    - X лезет к Y-y в душу≈ X pries into Y's feelings;
    - X pries into Y's (very) soul.
         ♦ "Зачем он все это мне рассказывает? - закипала в Андрее лютая и необъяснимая для него самого злость. - Что ему надо от меня? Какие такие у него права есть влезать ко мне в душу?" (Максимов 3). A fierce anger, which he couldn't have explained to himself, took hold of Andrei. "Why is he telling me all this? What does he want from me? What right has he got to come prying into my feelings?" (3a).
         ♦ [Сангвиник:] Послушайте, батенька, а как вы сюда попали? [Холерик:] Не ваше дело! Я к вам в душу не лезу! (Аксёнов 11). [S..] Listen, old buddy, how did you get here? [Ch.:] None of your business! I don't go prying into your soul (11a).
         ♦ Сначала старухи переберут весь околоток, кто как живёт, кто что делает; они проникнут не только в семейный быт, в закулисную жизнь, но в сокровенные помыслы и намерения каждого, влезут в душу... (Гончаров 1). The ladies would begin by talking over the whole neighborhood, discussing how this one lived, what that one did, not only going into everyone's domestic life and what went on behind the scenes, but prying into their innermost thoughts and motives, into their very souls... (1b)
    3. coll to (try to) win s.o.'s confidence by any means, (try to) obtain s.o.'s favor (usu. out of selfish or mercenary motives):
    - X влез к Y-y в душу≈ X wormed (weaseled, wheedled) his way into Y's confidence;
    - X gained Y's confidence.
         ♦ [Мурзавецкая:] Я тебя свезу сегодня к Купавиной: подружись с ней, да в душу-то к ней влезь: она женщина не хитрая; а тебя учить нечего (Островский 5). [М..] I'm going to take you with me to-day to Madam Kupavin's. Make friends with her; gain her confidence. She is not a clever woman, - but I needn't instruct you (5a).
    4. substand to become the object of s.o.'s affection, love, respect etc, become very dear to s.o.:
    - X влез Y-y в душу≈ X won Y's heart;
    - [in limited contexts] Y fell for X.

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  • 13 залезть в душу

    • ВЛЕЗАТЬ/ВЛЕЗТЬ (ЛЕЗТЬ, ЗАЛЕЗАТЬ/ЗАЛЕЗТЬ) В ДУШУ чью, кого, (к) кому
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. coll to understand the inner world of another person, anticipate his thoughts, moods, feelings:
    - X влез Y-y в душу≈ X got inside Y's head (soul).
    2. coll, usu. disapprov to inquire in very close detail about s.o.'s personal life, interfere in s.o.'s private affairs:
    - X лезет к Y-y в душу≈ X pries into Y's feelings;
    - X pries into Y's (very) soul.
         ♦ "Зачем он все это мне рассказывает? - закипала в Андрее лютая и необъяснимая для него самого злость. - Что ему надо от меня? Какие такие у него права есть влезать ко мне в душу?" (Максимов 3). A fierce anger, which he couldn't have explained to himself, took hold of Andrei. "Why is he telling me all this? What does he want from me? What right has he got to come prying into my feelings?" (3a).
         ♦ [Сангвиник:] Послушайте, батенька, а как вы сюда попали? [Холерик:] Не ваше дело! Я к вам в душу не лезу! (Аксёнов 11). [S..] Listen, old buddy, how did you get here? [Ch.:] None of your business! I don't go prying into your soul (11a).
         ♦ Сначала старухи переберут весь околоток, кто как живёт, кто что делает; они проникнут не только в семейный быт, в закулисную жизнь, но в сокровенные помыслы и намерения каждого, влезут в душу... (Гончаров 1). The ladies would begin by talking over the whole neighborhood, discussing how this one lived, what that one did, not only going into everyone's domestic life and what went on behind the scenes, but prying into their innermost thoughts and motives, into their very souls... (1b)
    3. coll to (try to) win s.o.'s confidence by any means, (try to) obtain s.o.'s favor (usu. out of selfish or mercenary motives):
    - X влез к Y-y в душу≈ X wormed (weaseled, wheedled) his way into Y's confidence;
    - X gained Y's confidence.
         ♦ [Мурзавецкая:] Я тебя свезу сегодня к Купавиной: подружись с ней, да в душу-то к ней влезь: она женщина не хитрая; а тебя учить нечего (Островский 5). [М..] I'm going to take you with me to-day to Madam Kupavin's. Make friends with her; gain her confidence. She is not a clever woman, - but I needn't instruct you (5a).
    4. substand to become the object of s.o.'s affection, love, respect etc, become very dear to s.o.:
    - X влез Y-y в душу≈ X won Y's heart;
    - [in limited contexts] Y fell for X.

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  • 14 лезть в душу

    • ВЛЕЗАТЬ/ВЛЕЗТЬ (ЛЕЗТЬ, ЗАЛЕЗАТЬ/ЗАЛЕЗТЬ) В ДУШУ чью, кого, (к) кому
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. coll to understand the inner world of another person, anticipate his thoughts, moods, feelings:
    - X влез Y-y в душу≈ X got inside Y's head (soul).
    2. coll, usu. disapprov to inquire in very close detail about s.o.'s personal life, interfere in s.o.'s private affairs:
    - X лезет к Y-y в душу≈ X pries into Y's feelings;
    - X pries into Y's (very) soul.
         ♦ "Зачем он все это мне рассказывает? - закипала в Андрее лютая и необъяснимая для него самого злость. - Что ему надо от меня? Какие такие у него права есть влезать ко мне в душу?" (Максимов 3). A fierce anger, which he couldn't have explained to himself, took hold of Andrei. "Why is he telling me all this? What does he want from me? What right has he got to come prying into my feelings?" (3a).
         ♦ [Сангвиник:] Послушайте, батенька, а как вы сюда попали? [Холерик:] Не ваше дело! Я к вам в душу не лезу! (Аксёнов 11). [S..] Listen, old buddy, how did you get here? [Ch.:] None of your business! I don't go prying into your soul (11a).
         ♦ Сначала старухи переберут весь околоток, кто как живёт, кто что делает; они проникнут не только в семейный быт, в закулисную жизнь, но в сокровенные помыслы и намерения каждого, влезут в душу... (Гончаров 1). The ladies would begin by talking over the whole neighborhood, discussing how this one lived, what that one did, not only going into everyone's domestic life and what went on behind the scenes, but prying into their innermost thoughts and motives, into their very souls... (1b)
    3. coll to (try to) win s.o.'s confidence by any means, (try to) obtain s.o.'s favor (usu. out of selfish or mercenary motives):
    - X влез к Y-y в душу≈ X wormed (weaseled, wheedled) his way into Y's confidence;
    - X gained Y's confidence.
         ♦ [Мурзавецкая:] Я тебя свезу сегодня к Купавиной: подружись с ней, да в душу-то к ней влезь: она женщина не хитрая; а тебя учить нечего (Островский 5). [М..] I'm going to take you with me to-day to Madam Kupavin's. Make friends with her; gain her confidence. She is not a clever woman, - but I needn't instruct you (5a).
    4. substand to become the object of s.o.'s affection, love, respect etc, become very dear to s.o.:
    - X влез Y-y в душу≈ X won Y's heart;
    - [in limited contexts] Y fell for X.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лезть в душу

  • 15 calculador

    adj.
    1 calculating, computing.
    2 calculating, scheming, designing.
    m.
    calculator, estimator, reckoner.
    * * *
    1 calculating
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 calculator
    \
    calculadora de bolsillo pocket calculator
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [gen] calculating
    2) LAm (=egoísta) selfish, mercenary
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo calculating
    * * *
    = calculating, matter-of-fact.
    Ex. Very common among young people is the belief that taken precautions in advance of intercourse is cold, calculating and unromantic.
    Ex. The videotape of the interviews showed the offender to be impassive and matter-of-fact in describing what he had done.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo calculating
    * * *
    = calculating, matter-of-fact.

    Ex: Very common among young people is the belief that taken precautions in advance of intercourse is cold, calculating and unromantic.

    Ex: The videotape of the interviews showed the offender to be impassive and matter-of-fact in describing what he had done.

    * * *
    calculating
    * * *

    calculador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    calculating
    calculador,-ora
    I adjetivo (persona, mente) calculating
    II sustantivo femenino calculator

    ' calculador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    calculadora
    - cerebral
    English:
    calculating
    * * *
    calculador, -ora adj
    calculating;
    una persona fría y calculadora a cold and calculating person
    * * *
    adj fig
    calculating
    * * *
    : calculating

    Spanish-English dictionary > calculador

  • 16 भरतः _bharatḥ

    भरतः [भरं तनोति तन्-ड]
    1 N. of the son of Duṣyanta and Śakuntalā, who became a universal monarch (चक्रवर्तिन्), India being called Bharatavarṣa after him. He was one of the remote ancestors of the Kau- ravas and Pāṇḍavas; cf. Ś.7.33.
    -2 N. of a brother of Rāma, son of Kaikeyī, the youngest wife of Daśa- ratha. He was very pious and righteous, and was so much devoted to Rāma that when the latter prepared to go to the forest in accordance with the wicked demand of Kaikeyī, he was very much grieved to find that his own mother had sent his brother into exile, and refusing the sovereignty that was his own, ruled the kingdom in the name of Rāma (by bringing from him his two sandals and making them the 'regents' of the realm) till he returned after his fourteen years' exile. भरतो नाम कैकेय्यां जज्ञे सत्यपराक्रमः । साक्षाद्विष्णोश्चतुर्भागः सर्वैः समुदितो गुणैः ॥ Rām.1.18.13.
    -3 N. of an ancient sage who is supposed to have been the founder of the science of music and dramaturgy.
    -4 An actor, a stage-player; तत्किमित्युदासते भरताः Māl.1.
    -5 A hired soldier, mercenary.
    -6 A barbarian, mountaineer.
    -7 An epithet of Agni.
    -8 A weaver.
    -9 N. of the sage Jaḍabharata.
    -Comp. -अग्रजः 'the elder brother of Bharata', an epithet of Rāma; अस्त्येव मन्युर्भरताग्रजे मे R.14.73.
    -ऋषभः N. of Viśvāmitra.
    ऋषभः, -शार्दूलः, -श्रेष्ठः the best or most distinguished of the descendants of Bharata.
    -खण़्डम् N. of a part of India; भरतवर्षे भरतखण्डे जम्बुद्वीपे दण्डकारण्ये.
    -ज्ञ a. knowing the science of Bharata or the dramatic science.
    -पुत्रः, -पुत्रकः an actor; a mime.
    -वर्षः 'the country of Bharata', i. e. India.
    -वाक्यम् the last verse or verses in a drama, a sort of benediction (said to be in honour of Bharata, the founder of the dramatic science); तथापीदमस्तु भरत- वाक्यम् (occurring in every play); cf. Nāg.5 (end.)
    -शास्त्रम् = नाट्यशास्त्रम्.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > भरतः _bharatḥ

  • 17 have an eye for (or to) the main chance

       пpecлeдoвaть кopыcтныe цeли, cтpeмитьcя к выгoдe, нaживe, oбoгaщeнию
        Gerald. She's a very nice woman but she has rather a keen eye for the main chance (W. S. Maugham). With the mercenary soldier's eye to the main chance Grane took very good care of himself when no superior was present... and seemed to be fighting like a tiger whenever an officer was about (R. Aldington)

    Concise English-Russian phrasebook > have an eye for (or to) the main chance

  • 18 aventurero

    adj.
    venturesome, adventuresome, adventurous, audacious.
    m.
    1 adventurer, chancer, fortune hunter, gambler.
    2 adventurer, happy-go-lucky, swashbuckler, swasher.
    * * *
    1 adventurous
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) adventurer; (mujer) adventuress
    \
    de espíritu aventurero adventurous, venturesome
    * * *
    aventurero, -a
    1.
    ADJ adventurous, enterprising
    2.
    SM / F adventurer/adventuress
    3.
    SM (Mil) mercenary, soldier of fortune; pey (=arribista) social climber
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo adventurous
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino adventurer
    * * *
    = adventurous, buccaneering.
    Ex. Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo adventurous
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino adventurer
    * * *
    = adventurous, buccaneering.

    Ex: Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.

    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    adventurous
    masculine, feminine
    adventurer
    * * *

    aventurero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    adventurous
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    adventurer
    aventurero,-a adjetivo adventurous

    ' aventurero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aventurera
    English:
    adventurous
    - swashbuckler
    * * *
    aventurero, -a
    ♦ adj
    adventurous
    ♦ nm,f
    adventurer, f adventuress
    * * *
    I adj adventurous;
    espíritu aventurero sense o spirit of adventure
    II m, aventurera f adventurer
    * * *
    aventurero, -ra adj
    : adventurous
    aventurero, -ra n
    : adventurer
    * * *
    aventurero1 adj adventurous
    no eres muy aventurero, ¿verdad? you're not very adventurous, are you?
    aventurero2 n adventurer

    Spanish-English dictionary > aventurero

  • 19 comerciante

    adj.
    trading.
    f. & m.
    1 tradesman, (f) tradeswoman.
    pequeños comerciantes small businessmen
    2 merchant, dealer, trader, tradesman.
    * * *
    1 business-minded
    1 merchant
    2 (interesado) moneymaker
    * * *
    noun mf.
    •
    * * *
    SMF
    1) [gen] trader, dealer; [a gran escala] merchant; (=tendero) shopkeeper, storekeeper (EEUU)
    2) (=interesado)
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (Com) ( dueño de tienda) storekeeper (AmE), shopkeeper (BrE); ( negociante) dealer, trader
    b) ( mercenario) money-grubber (colloq)
    * * *
    = dealer, merchant, trader, tradesman [tradesmen, -pl.], marketer, marketeer, profit maker.
    Ex. If the supplier is a dealer, then ensure that this is a reputable and dependable dealer who can provide help with installation, maintenance and support.
    Ex. A considerable amount of archival material relating to Africa, Asia and Oceania has been created by the various activities of Austrian diplomats, merchants and pilgrims since the early modern period.
    Ex. Both farmers and traders, such as grain merchants, need to have highly current information at their fingertips.
    Ex. In practice, however, the gilds were federations of tradesmen who, in return for monopolistic privileges, co-operated with the government in its censorship of the press.
    Ex. Branding is the means by which marketers differentiate their product from alternative services and products.
    Ex. Their aim was to mount a spirited attack on a consumer driven and marketeers' approach to reading and books, and on relativism and populism.
    Ex. Ethics was embodied by ivory-towered theoreticians with an undisguised contempt for profit makers.
    ----
    * comerciante de puesto de mercadillo = market trader, stall-holder.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) (Com) ( dueño de tienda) storekeeper (AmE), shopkeeper (BrE); ( negociante) dealer, trader
    b) ( mercenario) money-grubber (colloq)
    * * *
    = dealer, merchant, trader, tradesman [tradesmen, -pl.], marketer, marketeer, profit maker.

    Ex: If the supplier is a dealer, then ensure that this is a reputable and dependable dealer who can provide help with installation, maintenance and support.

    Ex: A considerable amount of archival material relating to Africa, Asia and Oceania has been created by the various activities of Austrian diplomats, merchants and pilgrims since the early modern period.
    Ex: Both farmers and traders, such as grain merchants, need to have highly current information at their fingertips.
    Ex: In practice, however, the gilds were federations of tradesmen who, in return for monopolistic privileges, co-operated with the government in its censorship of the press.
    Ex: Branding is the means by which marketers differentiate their product from alternative services and products.
    Ex: Their aim was to mount a spirited attack on a consumer driven and marketeers' approach to reading and books, and on relativism and populism.
    Ex: Ethics was embodied by ivory-towered theoreticians with an undisguised contempt for profit makers.
    * comerciante de puesto de mercadillo = market trader, stall-holder.

    * * *
    1 ( Com) (dueño de una tienda) storekeeper ( AmE), shopkeeper ( BrE); (negociante) dealer, trader
    2 (mercenario) money-grubber ( colloq)
    es un comerciante, incapaz de dar por dar he's so mercenary o he's such a money-grubber, he'd never give anything away just for the sake of it
    Compuestos:
    ● comerciante maderero or de madera
    timber merchant
    ● comerciante filatélico, comerciante filatélica
    masculine, feminine stamp dealer
    * * *

     

    comerciante sustantivo masculino y femenino

    ( negociante) dealer, trader
    b) ( mercenario) money-grubber (colloq)

    comerciante mf merchant: los impuestos municipales perjudican especialmente al pequeño comerciante, municipal taxes are especially hard on small businesses
    ' comerciante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    comisión
    - abusador
    - carero
    - establecer
    - quebrado
    English:
    dealer
    - merchant
    - trader
    - wholesaler
    - receiver
    - shop
    - trade
    * * *
    1. [negociante] tradesman, f tradeswoman
    2. [tendero] shopkeeper;
    pequeños comerciantes small businessmen
    * * *
    m/f trader
    * * *
    : merchant, dealer
    * * *
    1. (de tienda) shopkeeper
    2. (negociante) dealer / trader

    Spanish-English dictionary > comerciante

  • 20 भरत


    bharatá
    m. « to be orﾠ being maintained»

    N. of Agni (kept alive by the care of men) RV. Br. Kauṡ. ;
    of a partic. Agni (father of Bharata andﾠ Bharatī) MBh. ;
    a priest (= ṛitvij) Naigh. III, 18 ;
    an actor, dancer, tumbler Yājñ. Mālatīm. Prab. ;
    a weaver L. ;
    a hireling, mercenary L. ;
    a barbarian, mountaineer (= ṡabara) L. ;
    the fire in which the rice for Brāhmans is boiled L. ;
    N. of Rudra (the Maruts are called his sons) RV. II, 36, 8 ;
    of an Āditya Nir. VIII, 13 ;
    of a son of Agni Bharata MBh. ;
    of a celebrated hero andﾠ monarch of India (son of Dushyanta andﾠ Ṡakuntalā, the first of 12 Cakra-vartins orﾠ Sārvabhaumas i.e. universal emperors) RV. Br. MBh. etc.;
    of a son of Dhruvasaṃdhi andﾠ father of Asita R. ;
    of a son of Daṡaratha andﾠ Kaikeyī ( andﾠ younger brother of Rāma, to whom he was very much devoted) MBh. R. etc.;
    of a son of Ṛishabha, Bur.;
    of a son of Vītihotra VP. ;
    of a Manu (who gave the name to the country Bhārata) ib. ;
    of a son of Manu Bhautya MārkP. ;
    of a king of Aṡmaka Vās. Introd. ;
    of various teachers andﾠ authors (esp. of an ancient Muni supposed author of a manual of the dramatic art called Nāṭya-ṡāstra orﾠ Bharata-ṡāstra);
    = Jaḍabharata (q.v.) A.;
    = Bharata-mallīka ( below);
    pl. « the descendants of Bharata»
    N. of a tribe RV. etc. etc.;
    (ā) f. N. of an Apsaras VP. ;
    (ī) f. N. of a daughter of Agni Bharata MBh. ;
    of a river VP. ;
    n. pl. N. of a partic. Varsha L. ;
    - भरतऋषभ
    - भरतखण्ड
    - भरतज्ञ
    - भरतत्व
    - भरतद्वादशाह
    - भरतद्विरूपकोश
    - भरतपाल
    - भरतपुत्र
    - भरतपुत्रक
    - भरतपुर
    - भरतप्रसू
    - भरतमल्ल
    - भरतमल्लिक
    - भरतरोह
    - भरतर्षभ
    - भरतवर्ष
    - भरतवाक्य
    - भरतशार्दूल
    - भरतशास्त्र
    - भरतश्रेष्ठ
    - भरतसत्तम
    - भरतसूत्र
    - भरतसेन
    - भरतस्वामिन्

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > भरत

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