hereditates dig

testāmentārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to wills, testamentary.

Adj.:

(lex) Cornelia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 108:

adoptio,

by will, Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 8:

hereditates,

Dig. 50, 16, 130.—

Subst.: testā-mentārĭus, ii, m.

Ingen., one who draws up a will: si testamentarius contra voluntatem testatoris condicionem detraxit. Dig. 28, 5, 9, §§ 3 and 6; 29, 6, 1; 36, 1, 3 fin. —

In a bad sense, one who forges a will, Cic. Sest. 17, 39; id. Off. 3, 18, 73.

dē-pŏpŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a., to lay waste, ravage, plunder, pillage (class.).

Prop.:

ut Ambiorigis fines depopularentur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 42 fin.; cf.:

ad fines depopulandos,

id. ib. 7, 64, 6; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24, 4; Liv. 10, 12 al.:

agros,

Caes. B. G. 2, 7, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 36; Liv. 5, 4 fin. et saep.; cf.:

extrema agri Romani,

Liv. 4, 1:

eam regionem,

Caes. B. G. 6, 33, 2:

vicinam humum late,

Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 56 et saep.:

multas domos, plurimas urbes, omnia fana,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 11:

quos fidos nobis rebatur,

Tac. A. 13, 37.—

Transf., in gen., to waste, lay waste, dissipate, destroy, sweep away: quos impune depopulatur et dispoliatur dedecus, Afran. ap. Non. 480, 13:

Cerealia dona,

Ov. F. 1, 684:

hereditates,

Dig. 47, 4, 1:

in qua (sc. urbe) omne mortalium genus vis pestilentiae depopulabatur,

Tac. A. 16, 13:

aras,

Vulg. Osee, 10, 2.

Active form dēpopulo, āre: agros audaces depopulant servi, Enn. ap. Non. 471, 19 (Trag. v. 3 Rib.):

macellum,

Caecil. ib. 18 (Com. v. 13 Rib.):

agros provinciamque, Auct. B. Hisp. 42, 6: greges,

Val. Fl. 6, 531.—

depopulor, ari, in pass. signif.:

communi latrocinio terra omnis depopulabitur,

Lact. Ira D. 16 fin.:

depopulata est regio,

Vulg. Joel, 1, 10. In class. lang. only in the Part. perf.:

depopulatis agris,

laid waste, Caes. B. G. 1, 11, 4:

depopulata Gallia,

id. ib. 7, 77, 14;

late depopulato agro,

Liv. 9, 36:

omnis ora maritima depopulata ab Achaeis erat, 37, 4: regiones,

id. 10, 15 et saep.; Justin. 42, 2; Plin. 2, 53, 54, § 140.

hērēdĭtas, ātis ( gen. plur. hereditatium, Cic. Dom. 15, 35; Inscr. Orell. 107 al.;

but usu. hereditatum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7, § 16; id. Agr. 1, 3, 8), f. [heres], heirship, inheritance.

Abstr.:

hereditas est successio in universum jus, quod defunctus habebat tempore mortis,

Dig. 50, 16, 24:

si istiusmodi mi fundus hereditate obvenerit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 2; Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 4; cf.:

quoniam habes istum equum, aut emeris oportet aut hereditate possideas aut, etc.... sed neque emisti, neque hereditate venit, neque, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 45, 84:

de hereditatibus,

Gai. Inst. 2, 99 sqq.; 3, 1 sqq.—

Concr., an inheritance (cf. patrimonium).

Lit.:

hereditas est pecunia, quae morte alicujus ad quempiam pervenit jure, nec ea aut legata testamento aut possessione retenta,

Cic. Top. 6, 29:

si qua mihi obtigerit hereditas magna atque luculenta,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 23; cf.:

cum ejus filio hereditas a propinquo permagna venisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27:

de hereditate ea, quae pupillo venit,

id. Inv. 2, 21, 62:

hereditates mihi negasti venire,

id. Phil. 2, 16, 40:

communem hereditatem concedere,

id. Fl. 36, 89:

mentio hereditatum... hereditatem adire,

id. Phil. 2, 16, 42:

adire hereditatem,

id. Rosc. Com. 18, 55:

obire,

id. Agr. 1, 3, 8:

cernere,

id. Att. 11, 2, 1; id. Agr. 2, 15, 40; cf.

cerno: capere ab aliquo,

id. Caecin. 35, 102:

usurpare,

Tac. A. 2, 19 fin.:

acquirere, repudiare, omittere,

Dig. 24, 3, 58:

tradere alicui,

Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:

transmittere alicui,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7:

quem nisi in via caducae hereditates retardassent,

i. e. that fall to heirs who have children, Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; v. caducus.—Prov.: hereditas sine sacris, i. e. a great advantage without trouble, without expense (because the maintaining of the sacred family rites was attended with great expense), Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 8; id. Trin. 2, 4, 83; cf. Fest. p. 290 Müll.—

Trop.:

a quo quidem rei familiaris ad paucos, cupiditatum ad multos improbos venit hereditas,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28:

hereditas hujus gloriae,

id. ib. 1, 22, 78; cf.:

optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis omnique patrimonio praestantior gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum,

id. ib. 1, 33, 121 fin.:

paternae scientiae,

Just. 36, 2.

bŏnĭtas, ātis, f. [bonus], the good quality of a thing, goodness, excellence (cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 28 Herz.; class., but mostly in prose).

Of concrete objects:

bonitas praediorum,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

agrorum,

id. Agr. 2, 16, 41; Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

agri aut oppidi,

Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 76:

praediorum,

id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20; Dig. 50, 16, 86:

terrae,

Lucr. 5, 1247:

soli,

Quint. 2, 19, 2:

aquae,

Phaedr. 4, 9, 8:

vini,

Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 55:

arboris,

id. 13, 9, 17, § 61:

gemmarum,

id. 37, 8, 37, § 116 al.:

vocis,

Cic. Or. 18, 59:

verborum,

id. ib. 49, 164:

mutuum eādem bonitate solvatur quā datum est,

Dig. 12, 1, 3:

secunda bonitas (amomi),

the second quality, Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48; Dig. 45, 1, 75, § 2.—

Of abstract objects:

ingenii,

Cic. Off. 3, 3, 14:

causae,

id. Dom. 22, 57:

naturae,

id. Off. 1, 32, 118:

sapientiae,

Quint. 5, 10, 75. —

Esp. freq. of character, good, honest, or friendly conduct; goodness, virtue, integrity, blamelessness:

neque ego nunc de illius bonitate, sed de generi impudentiā disputo,

Cic. Agr. 3, 3, 13:

rustici cum fidem alicujus bonitatemque laudant, dignum esse dicunt, quīcum in tenebris mices, id. Off, 3, 19, 77: quae tuae fidei, justitiae bonitatique commendo,

id. Fam. 13, 4, 3; id. N. D. 3, 30, 75:

si recte vestram bonitatem atque prudentiam cognovi,

id. Quint. 17, 54:

nec justitiae ullus esset nec bonitati locus,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

perennis,

Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 27:

eam potestatem bonitate retinebat,

integrity, Nep. Milt. 8, 3; so id. Timol. 5, 1.—

Kindness, friendliness, benevolence, benignity, affability: perpetua naturalis bonitas ( kind-heartedness, benevolence), quae nullis casibus neque agitur, neque minuitur, Nep. Att. 9, 1:

te oro per mei te erga bonitatem patris,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 54; Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

bonitas et beneficentia,

id. ib. 1, 43, 121;

3, 34, 84: homo liberalis et dissolutus et bonitate affluens,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:

utrumque incredibile est, et Roscium quicquam per avaritiam appetisse, et Fannium quicquam per bonitatem amisisse,

id. ib. 7, 21:

multas hereditates nullā aliā re quam bonitate consecutus est,

Nep. Att. 21, 1:

bonitas, humanitas, misericordia,

Quint. 5, 1, 22; Tac. H. 1, 52. —

Esp., parental love, tenderness:

quid dicam... de bonitate in suos,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

facit parentes bonitas, non necessitas,

Phaedr. 3, 15, 18.

cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].

That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

spica,

that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

aqua,

id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

aquae,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

frondes,

Verg. G. 1, 368:

frons,

Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

folia,

id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

lacrimae,

id. M. 6, 396:

poma,

Prop. 2, 32, 40:

oliva,

Col. 12, 52, 22:

fulmen,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

ligna,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

tela,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

moro coma nigrior caduco,

Mart. 8, 64, 7.—

Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—

Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

bello caduci Dardanidae,

Verg. A. 6, 481.—

In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

juvenis,

Verg. A. 10, 622.—

Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,

Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

Veg. 1, 25, 2:

asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

morbus,

the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—

Trop.

In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

ignis,

quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

tituli,

Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

tempus,

id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

labores,

id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

fama,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

spes,

vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

preces,

ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

pars voti,

id. Ib. 88.—

Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

Juv. 9, 88:

caduca occupare,

Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—

Transf., of other things:

nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

Non. p. 91, 1 sq.

cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].

That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

spica,

that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

aqua,

id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

aquae,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

frondes,

Verg. G. 1, 368:

frons,

Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

folia,

id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

lacrimae,

id. M. 6, 396:

poma,

Prop. 2, 32, 40:

oliva,

Col. 12, 52, 22:

fulmen,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

ligna,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

tela,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

moro coma nigrior caduco,

Mart. 8, 64, 7.—

Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—

Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

bello caduci Dardanidae,

Verg. A. 6, 481.—

In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

juvenis,

Verg. A. 10, 622.—

Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,

Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

Veg. 1, 25, 2:

asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

morbus,

the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—

Trop.

In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

ignis,

quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

tituli,

Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

tempus,

id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

labores,

id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

fama,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

spes,

vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

preces,

ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

pars voti,

id. Ib. 88.—

Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

Juv. 9, 88:

caduca occupare,

Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—

Transf., of other things:

nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

Non. p. 91, 1 sq.

ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).

Lit.

In gen.:

solem manibus adpetere,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

placentam,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

urbem,

Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—

Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

ferro atque insidiis,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

umerum gladio,

Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

morsu,

Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

Cic. Quint. 31:

me amor appetit,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

(uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—

Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

id. Phil. 3, 14:

inimicitias potentium appetere,

id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

amicitiam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

adulescentium familiaritates,

Sall. C. 14, 5:

hereditates,

Suet. Aug. 60:

divitias,

Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

nihil ornamentorum,

Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

alienum,

Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

appetitur vilis oliva,

Mart. 9, 27:

pisciculos minutos, caseum,

Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—

Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

dies adpetebat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

nox jam adpetebat,

Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

tempus anni,

id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

lux,

Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

partitudo cui appetit,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

consularia comitia adpetebant,

Liv. 41, 28:

adpetit finis,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,

In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—

Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

homo non cupidus neque appetens,

Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.

appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).

Lit.

In gen.:

solem manibus adpetere,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

placentam,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

urbem,

Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—

Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

ferro atque insidiis,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

umerum gladio,

Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

morsu,

Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

Cic. Quint. 31:

me amor appetit,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

(uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—

Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

id. Phil. 3, 14:

inimicitias potentium appetere,

id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

amicitiam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

adulescentium familiaritates,

Sall. C. 14, 5:

hereditates,

Suet. Aug. 60:

divitias,

Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

nihil ornamentorum,

Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

alienum,

Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

appetitur vilis oliva,

Mart. 9, 27:

pisciculos minutos, caseum,

Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—

Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

dies adpetebat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

nox jam adpetebat,

Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

tempus anni,

id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

lux,

Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

partitudo cui appetit,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

consularia comitia adpetebant,

Liv. 41, 28:

adpetit finis,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,

In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—

Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

homo non cupidus neque appetens,

Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.

appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

confisco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [fiscus] (post-Aug.).

To lay up in a chest:

quam (summam) et confiscatam semper repositamque habuerat,

Suet. Aug. 101.—

Trop.:

felices pauperes, qui totam animam in confiscato habent,

i. e. in hand, in readiness, Tert. Fuga, 12.—

To seize upon for the public treasury, to confiscate:

HS. milies,

Suet. Calig. 16:

alienissimas hereditates,

id. Dom. 12.—

Transf., of the person whose property has been confiscated:

devictis his et confiscatis,

Suet. Aug. 15; so,

principes,

id. Tib. 49:

duos equites Romanos,

id. Calig. 41; Dig. 27, 3, 9, § 6; cf. confiscatio.

nexus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from necto.

nexus, ūs, m. [necto], a tying or binding together, a fastening, joining, an interlacing, entwining, clasping.

Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et jam contulerant arto luctantia nexu Pectora pectoribus,

Ov. M. 6, 242; cf.:

bracchiorum nexibus elidere aliquem (of a wrestler),

Suet. Ner. 53:

serpens, baculum qui nexibus ambit,

coils, folds, Ov. M. 15, 659; cf. Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32; Tac. A. 4, 62:

salix solido ligat nexu,

Plin. 16, 37, 69, § 177.—

Transf. (with the collat. form nexum, i; v. in the foll.), the state or condition of a nexus (v. necto, I. B.), a personal obligation, an addiction or voluntary assignment of the person for debt, slavery for debt: nexum Manilius scribit, omne, quod per libram et aes geritur, in quo sint mancipia. Mutius, quae per aes et libram fiant, ut obligentur, praeter quae mancipio dentur. Hoc verius esse, ipsum verbum ostendit, de quo quaeritur;

nam idem quod obligatur per libram neque suum fit, inde nexum dictum. Liber qui suas operas in servitutem pro pecuniā quādam debebat, dum solveret, nexus vocatur, ut ab aere obaeratus,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 105 Müll.:

abalienatio est ejus rei, quae mancipi est, aut traditio alteri nexu, aut in jure cessio,

Cic. Top. 5, 28:

QVOM NEXVM FACIET, etc., Lex XII. Tab.: qui se nexu obligavit,

Cic. Mur. 2, 3:

nexum inire,

Liv. 7, 19:

nec civili nexu sed communi lege naturae,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26 Mos. (B. and K., nexo):

Attici proprium te esse scribis mancipio et nexo,

id. Fam. 7, 30, 2:

cum sunt propter unius libidinem omnia nexa civium liberata nectierque postea desitum,

id. Rep. 2, 34, 59:

ut non sustulerit horum nexa atque hereditates,

id. Caecin. 35, 102.—

In gen., a legal obligation of any kind:

acceptilatio est liberatio per mutuam interrogationem, quā utriusque contigit ab eodem nexu absolutio,

Dig. 46, 4, 1:

partem hereditatis a nexu pignoris liberam consequi,

ib. 10, 2, 33.—

Trop.:

legis (= vincula, nodi),

obligations, restraints, Tac. A. 3, 28 fin.;

v. Orell. ad h. l.: nexus naturalium causarum,

id. ib. 6, 22:

causarum latentium,

Curt. 5, 11, 10.