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  • 1 teneo

    tĕnĕo, tĕnŭi, tentum, 2 ( perf. subj. tetinerim, Pac. ap. Non. 178, 15:

    tetinerit,

    Att. ib. 178, 12:

    tetinisse,

    Pac. ib. 178, 11; fut. perf. tetinero, acc. to Fest. p. 252 Müll. Another collat. form of the perf. tenivi, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; Diom. pp. 363 and 369 ib.), v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan-; Gr. tanumai, teinô; Sanscr. tanomi, to stretch, spread; this root appears in many derived meanings; cf. Lat.: tendo, tenuis, tener, tenor, tenus].
    I.
    Act., to hold, keep, have in the hand, in the mouth, etc.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Eu. Porrige bracchium, prehende: jam tenes? Cha. Teneo. Eu. Tene, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 42; cf.

    argentum,

    id. Pers. 3, 3, 9:

    cum pyxidem teneret in manu,

    Cic. Cael. 26, 63;

    for which: aliquid manu,

    Quint. 10, 7, 31; Ov. M. 11, 560; id. A. A. 1, 320; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 34:

    aliquid dextrā,

    Ov. F. 1, 99:

    digitis,

    id. ib. 2, 102; id. M. 9, 86; 9, 522:

    lacertis,

    id. ib. 2, 100 al.:

    radicem ore,

    Cic. Div. 2, 68, 141:

    cibum ore,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 6;

    for which: decoctum diu in ore,

    Plin. 25, 13, 105, § 166:

    aliquem in sinu,

    Ov. H. 3, 114;

    for which: aliquem sinu,

    id. ib. 13, 157:

    flabellulum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

    facem,

    Verg. A. 6, 224:

    telum,

    Liv. 2, 19. — Prov.: manu tenere aliquid, to seize, grasp, or comprehend a thing which is palpable or evident: aliter leges, aliter philosophi tollunt astutias: leges, quātenus manu tenere possunt;

    philosophi, quātenus ratione et intellegentiā,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; cf.:

    cum res non conjecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur,

    id. Clu. 7, 20. —
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    With the accessory idea of possession, to hold, i. e. to be master of, have in one ' s power, possess, etc. (syn.:

    possideo, habeo): multa hereditatibus, multa emptionibus, multa dotibus tenebantur sine injuriā,

    Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

    quae tenuit dives Achaemenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 21:

    Evander qui multis ante tempestatibus tenuerat loca,

    Liv. 1, 5:

    provinciam a praedonibus liberam,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 32:

    colles praesidiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 43:

    Formiarum moenia et Lirim,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 8:

    tenente Caesare terras,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 15:

    rem publicam,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83; id. Sest. 19, 44:

    summam imperii,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 22:

    equitum centurias,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3:

    alterum cornu,

    to command, Nep. Pelop. 4, 3:

    provincias aliaque omnia,

    Sall. C. 39, 2: scenam, to have sole possession of. [p. 1854] rule over, Suet. Tit. 7. —

    Of the possession of the object of affection: te tenet,

    Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52; Verg. E. 1, 32; Ov. H. 2, 103 Ruhnk.; 15, 88; id. Am. 3, 7, 3; Phaedr. 2, 2, 4.—In colloq. lang., teneo te, I have you once more, of again seeing the beloved person:

    teneone te, Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 27 Ruhnk.; Sen. Ben. 7, 4; Ov. H. 18, 183; cf.:

    et comitem Aenean juxta natumque tenebat Ingrediens,

    Verg. A. 8, 308.—Also like our I have you (fast, bound, etc.):

    teneo te, inquam, nam ista Academiae est propria sententia,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; id. Quint. 20, 63.— Absol.: qui tenent (sc. rem publicam), who are in possession of the State, of public affairs:

    qui tenent, qui potiuntur,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 2, 18, 1. —
    b.
    With the accessory idea of firmness, persistence, to hold fast, occupy; to watch, guard, defend; to maintain, retain a thing:

    legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    montes teneri,

    id. B. G. 3, 2:

    haec noctu firmis praesidiis tenebantur,

    id. ib. 7, 69:

    Capitolia celsa tenebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 653:

    quo teneam Protea nodo?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90:

    te neque intra Claustra tenebo,

    id. C. 3, 11, 44; cf.:

    in manicis et Compedibus saevo te sub custode tenebo,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 77: laqueis (se) sensit teneri... fugam frustra tentabat;

    at illam Lenta tenet radix exsultantemque coërcet,

    Ov. M. 11, 74 sq.; 1, 535:

    Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

    agri qui diu aquam tenent,

    Pall. Apr. 2, 4:

    classem ibi tenebat,

    Liv. 31, 46, 8: secundissimo vento cursum tenere, to hold or keep one ' s course, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:

    vento intermisso cursum non tenuit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 4, 28; so,

    cursum,

    Cic. Planc. 21, 52; id. Rep. 1, 2, 3 fin.; Quint. 4, 3, 13:

    quo iter,

    Verg. A. 1, 370; Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 10:

    (lunam) fingunt cursus viam sub sole tenere,

    Lucr. 5, 714:

    tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar,

    Liv. 29, 32, 6.—
    c.
    With the accessory idea of reaching the object aimed at, to reach, attain a place:

    montes effuso cursu Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere,

    Liv. 1, 37, 4:

    regionem,

    id. 30, 25, 11:

    Tenum,

    id. 36, 21, 1:

    terram,

    id. 37, 16, 4; 37, 11, 5; 37, 13, 4;

    26, 29, 4: Hesperiam,

    Ov. F. 1, 498:

    portus,

    id. H. 18, 198; Tac. Agr. 38 fin.:

    cum quibus (navibus) Cythnum insulam tenuit,

    id. H. 2, 9.—
    d.
    With the accessory idea of movement impeded, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay, etc.:

    naves, quae vento tenebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

    quid hic agatur, scire poteris ex eo, qui litteras attulit, quem diutius tenui, quia, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1:

    si id te non tenet, advola,

    id. Fam. 16, 19:

    septimum jam diem Corcyrae tenebamur,

    id. ib. 16, 7 init.:

    Marcellum ab gerundis rebus valetudo adversa Nolae tenuit,

    Liv. 24, 20, 7:

    non tenebo te pluribus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; cf. absol.:

    ne diutius teneam,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 13, § 34: solutum (corpus) tenere, Cels. praef. med.; cf.

    ventrem,

    id. 4, 19 med.:

    tene linguam,

    Ov. F. 2, 602:

    pecus omne tenendum,

    Verg. G. 2, 371:

    vix a te videor posse tenere manus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10; so,

    manus,

    id. M. 13, 203; cf.:

    manum stomachumque teneto,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 44:

    saeva tene cum Berecyntio Cornu tympana,

    id. C. 1, 18, 13:

    et Phoebi tenuere viam,

    i. e. impeded, closed up, Luc. 5, 136:

    quo me decet usque teneri?

    Verg. A. 5, 384:

    lacrimas,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; so,

    lacrimas in morte miserā non tenebamus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

    dictator exercitum in stativis tenebat,

    Liv. 6, 14, 1. —
    (β).
    Esp.: se tenere, to keep back, remain, stay:

    Sabinus castris sese tenebat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 45, 2:

    nullā clade acceptā castris se pavidus tenebat,

    id. 3, 26, 3:

    Hasdrubal procul ab hoste intervallo tenebat se,

    id. 23, 26, 2:

    se domi a conventu remotum tenere,

    Nep. Dion, 9, 1:

    ego tamen teneo ab accusando vix me hercule: sed tamen teneo,

    restrain myself, refrain, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

    nec se tenuit, quin, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 4, 12; cf.

    mid.: teneri non potui, quin tibi apertius illud idem his litteris declararem,

    id. Att. 15, 14, 2; Just. 6, 7, 10; cf.:

    se intra silentium tenuit,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8:

    multum me intra silentium tenui,

    id. ib. 7, 6, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to hold, contain in the mind, to conceive, comprehend, know (syn.:

    percipio, intellego): nunc ego teneo, nunc scio, Quid sit hoc negotii,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 39: tenes Quorsum haec tendant quae loquor, id. Ps. 1, 2, 81:

    tenes, quid dicam?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 22:

    teneo,

    I understand, id. And. 1, 1, 59:

    teneo quid erret,

    id. 3, 2, 18; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37; cf.: quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 5:

    quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus... Lyciis tenentur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 15, 25:

    quoniam ea, quae tenebatis ipsi, etiam ex me audire voluistis,

    id. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

    alicujus reconditos sensus,

    id. Sest. 10, 22:

    quo pacto cuncta tenerem,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 8:

    et teneo melius ista,

    Mart. 4, 37, 7.—With inf.:

    nullus frugi esse homo potest, nisi qui et bene facere et male tenet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 10; Lucr. 3, 647.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To have possession of, have the mastery of, to control any thing:

    cum rem publicam opes paucorum non virtutes tenere coeperunt,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51.—
    b.
    To hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist (syn. servo):

    sin consuetudinem meam, quam in re publicā semper habui, tenuero,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27:

    ordinem,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 35:

    portum,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

    statum,

    id. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

    non tenebat ornatum suum civitas,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    si jus suum populi teneant,

    id. ib. 1, 32, 48:

    nec diutius umquam tenetur idem rei publicae modus,

    id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

    est boni viri, haec duo tenere in amicitiā, etc.,

    id. Lael. 18, 65:

    morem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 44; so id. Fl. 7, 15; Verg. A. 3, 408:

    foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    tenebat non modo auctoritatem, sed etiam imperium in suos,

    id. Sen. 11, 37:

    silentium,

    Liv. 1, 28, 8.—
    c.
    To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist:

    illud arcte tenent accurateque defendunt, voluptatem esse summum bonum,

    hold fast, maintain, Cic. Par. 1, 3, 14; cf.:

    illud, quod multos annos tenuisset,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 71; and:

    quod idem Peripatetici non tenent,

    id. Fin. 3, 13, 44:

    propositum tenere,

    to maintain, Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 1:

    suas leges,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 13:

    causam apud centumviros,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    quo causae teste tenentur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 43:

    locum quendam cum aliquo,

    Cic. Brut. 21, 81.— With ne:

    plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur,

    Liv. 4, 30, 16:

    ne quid ferretur ad populum, patres tenuere,

    id. 3, 29, 8; 24, 19, 7. — With ut:

    tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur,

    Liv. 2, 42, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    scripseram tenuisse Varenum ut sibi evocare testes liceret,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1.—
    d.
    Of memory:

    alicujus memoriam cum summā benevolentiā tenere,

    to recollect, preserve a recollection of, Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1.—Esp.:

    memoriā tenere: memoriā tenetis, compluris in Capitolio res de caelo esse percussas,

    you remember, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 1, 9, 12; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; cf.:

    memoriā teneo, C. Sulpicium Gallum, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 14, 21; v. memoria; so without memoria, to bear in mind, remember, recollect:

    satin' haec meministi et tenes?

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

    numeros memini, si verba tenerem,

    Verg. E. 9, 45:

    dicta tenere,

    Hor. A. P. 336; id. S. 2, 4, 8:

    quem (Cyrum) omnia militum tenuisse creditum est nomina,

    Quint. 11, 2, 50; 11, 2, 45.—
    e.
    To reach an object striven after, to gain, acquire, obtain, attain (syn. assequor):

    per cursum rectum regnum tenere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

    Servium Tullium post hunc captivā natum, ingenio virtute regnum tenuisse,

    Liv. 4, 3, 12:

    teneri res aliter non potest,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

    multa tenuisse,

    Liv. 42, 11, 8:

    causam,

    Ov. M. 13, 190.—
    f.
    To hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter, etc. (syn.:

    refreno, retineo): iracundiam teneat, avaritiam coërceat,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

    dolorem,

    id. Att. 12, 38, 2:

    cupiditates,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:

    somnum,

    id. Brut. 80, 278:

    risum,

    id. Vatin. 8, 20; Hor. A. P. 5:

    iram,

    Curt. 4, 2, 5:

    ea, quae occurrant, tenere,

    to hold back, keep to themselves, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.—
    g.
    Of laws, etc., to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control, etc.:

    quamquam leges eum non tenent,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 11; cf.:

    interdicto non teneri,

    id. Caecin. 14, 41:

    voto quodam et promisso teneri,

    id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

    ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent,

    Liv. 8, 12, 14; cf.:

    olim patricii dicebant se plebi scitis non teneri,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 3:

    cum velut in controverso jure esset, tenerenturne patres plebi scitis, legem tulere, ut quod tributim plebis jussisset, populum teneret,

    Liv. 3, 55, 3:

    teneri alienis foederibus,

    id. 24, 29, 11: poenā teneri, to be subject or liable to, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5:

    testibus in re perspicuā teneri,

    to be convicted, id. Caecin. 2, 4; cf.: nemo ita in manifesto peccatu tenebatur, ut, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191:

    caedis teneri,

    Quint. 5, 14, 11:

    teneri repetundarum,

    Tac. A. 11, 7 fin.:

    furti,

    Dig. 6, 1, 4:

    injuriarum,

    ib. 47, 10, 11:

    mandati,

    ib. 17, 1, 10.— Transf.:

    nisi illi ipsi, qui eas (libidines) frangere deberent, cupiditatis ejusdem tenerentur,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31 Mos. and Orell. N. cr. —
    h.
    Of dispositions, desires, etc., to possess, occupy, control:

    quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc.,

    has had possession of you, Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:

    summum me eorum (librorum) studium tenet,

    id. Att. 1, 11, 3:

    magna me spes tenet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

    de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit,

    id. Att. 7, 2, 6:

    si consilio pulso libidines iracundiaeve tenerent omnia,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciosa libido tenet,

    Sall. J. 3, 4: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled or influenced, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45; so,

    teneri desiderio,

    id. Sen. 10, 33:

    studio philosophiae,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:

    magno amore,

    Verg. A. 1, 675:

    pompā, ludis atque ejusmodi spectaculis teneri,

    to be enchained, fascinated, Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48; cf.:

    ut oculi picturā teneantur, aures cantibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

    is qui audit, ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur,

    id. Or. 62, 210.—With ne, Ov. M. 7, 146. —
    k.
    To take in, comprise, comprehend, include:

    haec magnos formula reges, Excepto sapiente, tenet,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 46.—More freq. pass.: teneri aliquā re, to be contained, comprised, grounded, to consist in a thing:

    ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

    id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate,

    id. Off. 1, 45, 160:

    quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur,

    id. Fam. 13, 29, 1:

    dixi jam antea, ipsam rationem arandi spe magis et jucunditate quadam quam fructu atque emolumento teneri,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227.
    II.
    Neutr. (freq. after the Aug. per.; perh. not in Cic.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    To hold a position anywhere, maintain one ' s self:

    quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat,

    Liv. 32, 5, 12:

    duo extra ordinem milia tenuere,

    id. 3, 62, 7:

    tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis,

    Verg. A. 2, 505.—
    2.
    For cursum tenere, to hold or take one ' s way, to sail, steer in any direction:

    Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse,

    Liv. 1, 1, 4:

    Cassandream petentes, primo ad Mendin tenuere,

    Liv. 31, 45, 14:

    ad Mendaeum,

    id. 21, 49, 2:

    Diam,

    Ov. M. 3, 690:

    Creten,

    id. ib. 13, 706:

    Hesperiam,

    id. F. 1, 498:

    Ausoniam,

    id. ib. 4, 290 al.:

    medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene,

    Ov. M. 2, 140.—
    B.
    Trop., with the accessory idea of continuance (cf. I. A. 2. b. and B. 2. b. supra), to hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail, etc. (cf. obtineo):

    imber per noctem totam tenuit,

    Liv. 23, 44, 6; cf.:

    incendium per duas noctes ac diem unum tenuit,

    id. 24, 47, 15:

    per aliquot dies ea consultatio tenuit,

    id. 2, 3, 5; 3, 47, 6:

    tenet fama, lupam, etc.,

    id. 1, 4, 6:

    quod nunc quoque tenet nomen,

    id. 1, 17, 6:

    fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio,

    id. 23, 12, 2; 21, 46, 10:

    tenuit consuetudo, quae cottidie magis invalescit, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 2, 1, 1 Spald.; so,

    consuetudo, ut, etc.,

    id. 8, 5, 2:

    nomen illud tenet,

    id. 9, 4, 47 Spald.; cf. Ov. M. 1, 712.

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  • 2 teneō

        teneō tenuī, —, ēre    [2 TA-], to hold, keep, have, grasp, hold fast: flabellulum, T.: facem, V. telum, L.: cruentum gladium: manu Fragmina, O.: Dextra tenet ferrum, O.: ore cibum, Ph.: Hanc teneo sinu, O.; cf. cum res non coniecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur, i. e. was palpable. —Fig., to hold in mind, take in, understand, conceive, comprehend, know: rem tenes, you understand the situation, T.: teneo, I understand, T.: quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur: quo pacto cuncta tenerem, H.—Implying possession or control, to hold, possess, be master of, control, occupy: multa hereditatibus tenebantur sine iniuriā: quae tenuit dives Achaemenes, H.: loca, L.: colles praesidiis, Cs.: terras, H.: alterum cornu, command, N.: provincias aliaque omnia, S.: rem p. opes paucorum tenere coeperunt, to control public affairs: ut res p. vi tribuniciā teneretur, should be mastered, cf. qui tenent (sc. rem p.), qui potiuntur, i. e. who are in supreme power: me Galatea tenebat, i. e. held my affections, V.: teneone te? i. e. are you restored to me? T.—Implying persistence, to hold fast, keep, occupy, watch, guard, defend, maintain, retain: legio locum non tenuit, Cs.: Capitolia celsa, V.: in manicis te sub custode, H.: Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt.—Of a way or course, to hold, keep, maintain, follow up: secundissimo vento cursum, to hold one's course: vento intermisso cursum, Cs.: Quove tenetis iter? V.: tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar, L.: Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse (sc. cursum), sailed, L.: medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene, O.; cf. hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus, blows the wrong way, N.—Fig., to hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist on: consuetudinem meam: non tenebat ornatum suum civitas: ius suum: haec duo in amicitiā, etc.: imperium in suos: silentium, L. — To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist: illud arcte tenent, voluptatem esse summum bonum: propositum, maintain, Cs.: suas leges: quo causae teste tenentur, H.: plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, L.: tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, L.— Of the memory, to hold, keep: tui memoriam cum summā benevolentiā, preserve a recollection of: memoriā tenetis, res esse, etc., you remember numeros memini, si verba tenerem, recollect, V.: dicta tenere, H.—Of disposition or desire, to possess, occupy, control: quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc., has had possession of you: magna me spes tenet: nisi forte quem perniciosa libido tenet, S.: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled: pompā, ludis, to be fascinated: ab <*>ratore iam obsessus est ac tenetur.— To hold position, maintain oneself, stay, be posted: quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat, L.: tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis, V.— To hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail: imber per noctem totam tenuit, L.: tenet fama, lupam, etc, L.: fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio, L.—Implying attainment, to reach, arrive at, attain, occupy: montes Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere, L.: portum, L.: Hesperiam, O.—Fig., to reach, gain, acquire, obtain, attain: per cursum rectum regnum tenere: virtute regnum, L.: teneri res aliter non potest: causam, O.—Implying restraint, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay: naves, quae vento tenebantur, Cs.: classem ibi tenebat, L.: si id te non tenet, advola: Marcellum ab gerundis rebus: ne diutius teneam: tene linguam, O.: pecus omne tenendum, V.: manum, H.: quo me decet usque teneri? V.: lacrimas in morte miserā: exercitum in stativis, L.—With pron reflex., to keep back, remain, stay: castris sese, Cs.: castris se pavidus tenebat, L.: a conventu se remotum domi, N.: me ab accusando, refrain.— Fig., to hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter: iracundiam: risum: iram, Cu.: ea, quae occurrunt, keep to themselves: Sed te, ne faceres, tenuit reverentia famae, O.—Implying constraint, to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control: quamquam leges eum non tenent: interdicto non teneri: ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent, L.: teneri alienis foederibus, L.: poenā teneri, to be liable: testibus in re perspicuā teneri, to be convicted.— Implying comprehension, to take in, comprise, comprehend, include: haec magnos formula reges tenet. H.: ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur: id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate.
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    tenere, tenui, tentus V
    hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; represent; support

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  • 3 repraehendo

    rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

    me pallio,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

    hominem,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

    quosdam manu,

    Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

    servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

    veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

    Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

    reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

    Curt. 4, 14, 2:

    membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

    caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

    revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

    res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

    Lucr. 6, 569:

    omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

    to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

    id memori mente,

    id. 3, 858:

    sese (sensus),

    id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

    sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

    have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

    quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—
    B.
    In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

    vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

    id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

    34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

    id. ib. 24, 58:

    non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

    id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

    meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

    Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

    quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

    Quint. 9, 4, 38:

    aliquem communi vituperatione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

    nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

    ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

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

    consilium,

    id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

    temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

    id. B. G. 7, 52:

    delicta,

    Sall. C. 3, 2:

    studia aliena,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

    versus inertes,

    id. A. P. 445:

    carmen,

    id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

    si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

    in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

    Cic. Or. 8, 26:

    tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

    id. Planc. 36, 89:

    omnes istius modi artes in iis,

    id. ib. 25, 62:

    quae in eo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

    dentes albos in iis,

    Quint. 8, 6, 40:

    nihil in magno Homero,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

    verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 3, 11:

    sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

    id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

    visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

    Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

    quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

    id. Lael. 16, 59:

    irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

    id. Planc. 31, 75.—
    2.
    Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

    quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

    si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

    neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—
    3.
    In rhet., to refute:

    expone nunc de reprehendendo,

    Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

    omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

    id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

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  • 4 repraendo

    rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

    me pallio,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

    hominem,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

    quosdam manu,

    Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

    servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

    veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

    Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

    reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

    Curt. 4, 14, 2:

    membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

    caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

    revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

    res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

    Lucr. 6, 569:

    omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

    to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

    id memori mente,

    id. 3, 858:

    sese (sensus),

    id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

    sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

    have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

    quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—
    B.
    In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

    vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

    id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

    34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

    id. ib. 24, 58:

    non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

    id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

    meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

    Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

    quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

    Quint. 9, 4, 38:

    aliquem communi vituperatione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

    nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

    ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

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

    consilium,

    id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

    temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

    id. B. G. 7, 52:

    delicta,

    Sall. C. 3, 2:

    studia aliena,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

    versus inertes,

    id. A. P. 445:

    carmen,

    id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

    si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

    in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

    Cic. Or. 8, 26:

    tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

    id. Planc. 36, 89:

    omnes istius modi artes in iis,

    id. ib. 25, 62:

    quae in eo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

    dentes albos in iis,

    Quint. 8, 6, 40:

    nihil in magno Homero,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

    verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 3, 11:

    sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

    id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

    visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

    Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

    quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

    id. Lael. 16, 59:

    irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

    id. Planc. 31, 75.—
    2.
    Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

    quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

    si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

    neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—
    3.
    In rhet., to refute:

    expone nunc de reprehendendo,

    Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

    omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

    id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

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  • 5 reprehendo

    rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

    me pallio,

    id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

    hominem,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

    quosdam manu,

    Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

    servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

    veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

    Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

    reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

    Curt. 4, 14, 2:

    membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

    caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

    revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

    res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

    Lucr. 6, 569:

    omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

    to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

    id memori mente,

    id. 3, 858:

    sese (sensus),

    id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

    sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

    have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

    quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—
    B.
    In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

    vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

    id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

    34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

    id. ib. 24, 58:

    non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

    id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

    meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

    Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

    quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

    Quint. 9, 4, 38:

    aliquem communi vituperatione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

    nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

    ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

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

    consilium,

    id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

    temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

    id. B. G. 7, 52:

    delicta,

    Sall. C. 3, 2:

    studia aliena,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

    versus inertes,

    id. A. P. 445:

    carmen,

    id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

    si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

    in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

    Cic. Or. 8, 26:

    tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

    id. Planc. 36, 89:

    omnes istius modi artes in iis,

    id. ib. 25, 62:

    quae in eo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

    dentes albos in iis,

    Quint. 8, 6, 40:

    nihil in magno Homero,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

    verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 3, 11:

    sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

    id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

    visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

    Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

    quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

    id. Lael. 16, 59:

    irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

    id. Planc. 31, 75.—
    2.
    Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

    quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

    si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

    neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—
    3.
    In rhet., to refute:

    expone nunc de reprehendendo,

    Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

    omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

    id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

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  • 6 retineō

        retineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [re-+teneo], to hold back, keep back, keep, detain, retain, restrain: me, T.: concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet, Cs.: in loco milites, Cs.: venit id tempus, ut retinendus esset, must be kept (to dinner): biduum tempestate retentus, detained, Cs.: nisi iam profecti sunt, retinebis homines: euntem, O.: consulem, L.: naves pro bonis Tarquiniorum ab Aristodemo retentae sunt, i. e. as security, L.: manūs ab ore, O.— To hold fast, keep possession of, retain, keep: arcum manu: retentā utrāque nave, Cs.: mansuetudine provinciam: oppidum, Cs.—Fig., to hold in check, keep within bounds, restrain, check, repress: Pudore liberos, i. e. control, T.: cursum in suā potestate: Gaudia, O.: verba dolore, O.: quos natura retinere in officio non potuisset: si ab hostibus metu retenti sumus, L.: lingua retenta metu, O.: aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum inrumperent, Cs.— To hold fast, keep, retain: amicos observantiā: gravitatem: ferociam animi in voltu, S.: proeliorum memoriam, Cs.: Nec retinent patulae commissa fideliter aures, H.— To keep, preserve, maintain, uphold: retinere in vitā: integram causam: suum ius: pristinam virtutem, Cs.: caritatem in pastores: de finibus retentae defensaeque sententiae: vehementer id retinebatur, ne, etc., was insisted on. —To occupy, engross, fix the attention of: studium in legendo erectum retinetur: animos hominum in legendo: Ore suo volucrīs vagas, O.
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    retinere, retinui, retentus V
    hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve

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  • 7 contineō

        contineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [com-+teneo], to hold together, bound, limit, comprise, enclose, surround, environ: ut trabes artē contineantur, Cs.: oppidum pons continebat, made a connection with, Cs.: hiberna milibus passuum C continebantur, were comprised within, Cs.: loci naturā continentur, are shut in, Cs.: artes inter se continentur, hang together: Zonarum trium contentus fine, O. —To keep together, keep in a body: uno in loco legiones, Cs.: navīs ibi, Cs.: exercitum, L.—To shut in, hem in, surround, hold: munitionibus contineri, Cs.: angustissime Pompeium, Cs.—To hold fast, keep, hold in place, retain: quod recepit: merces (opp. partiri): (naves) copulis continebantur, Cs.: parta a maioribus, Ta.—To keep, detain, shut in, hold, restrain, repress: manūs, keep hands off, T.: unde manum continuit? H.: sub pellibus milites, Cs.: nostros in castris, Cs.: ora frenis, Ph.: ventos carcere, O.: animam in dicendo: se domi, to stay: suo se loco, Cs.: agricolam si continet imber, keeps in doors, V.: suis intra munitionem, Cs.: alqm dextrā prehensum, V.: deprensum hostem, O.: gradum, to halt, V. — To comprise, contain, comprehend: in se vim caloris: genitalia corpora mundus, O.—Fig., to hold together, keep, retain: rem p.: Belgas in officio, Cs.: ceteros in armis, L.: eius hospitio contineri, N.—To hold back, detain, repress, check, curb, stay, stop, subdue: adpetitiones animi: insolentiam suam: Etruriam terrore, L.: animum a consuetā libidine, S.: hos flumina continebant, Cs.: manum iuventus Metu deorum, H.: se male, O.: vix me contineo, quin, etc., T.: non posse milites contineri, quin, etc., Cs.: vix contineor, refrain, T.: Quae vera audivi, keep to myself, T.: libros, keep back: odia tacitis nunc discordiis continentur, are confined within the limits of.—To comprehend, embrace, include, comprise: liber continet res gestas regum, N.: (comitia) rem militarem continent (i. e. in their jurisdiction), L.: fabula continet aestūs, H.: quo more caerimonia continetur, consists, Cs.: quae maxime rem continerent, the principal points, L.: forum, in quo aequitas continetur.
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    continere, continui, contentus V TRANS
    secure, maintain, sustain; fasten/hold in position; retain, keep safe, preserve; hinder, contain/shut in/confine; stay; restrain/hold back; comprise/form basis; keep/hold/hang together/fast; surround, enclose, contain, limit; concentrate

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  • 8 re-prehendō

        re-prehendō    (reprēndō, O., H.), endī, ēnsus, ere, to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch: quosdam manu, L.: alqm elapsum semel, Ph.: reprehensi ex fugā Persae, Cu.: Membra reprensa, caught fast, O.—Fig., to hold fast, take hold of, restrain, check, recover: revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu: cursūs vestros, Pr.: locus Reprensus, qui praeteritus neglegentiāst, taken up anew, T.: quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti.—To blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend: reprehendendi potestas: quis erit tam iniquus, qui reprehendat?: dare sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum: Haec, T.: alios reprehendissent: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo: meum discessum: nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.: ea res omnium iudicio reprehendebatur, Cs.: adrogantiam, Cs.: delicta, S.: maior reprensis, superior to correction, H.: id in me, quod Metello laudi datum est: nihil in Homero, H.—In law, to prosecute, conviet, condemn judicially: multa, quae nemo possit reprehendere: neque id ullo modo senatoriis iudiciis reprehendi posse.—In rhet., to refute: expone nunc de reprehendendo: omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si, etc.

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  • 9 haereo

    haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n. [etym. dub.], to hang or hold fast, to hang, stick, cleave, cling, adhere, be fixed, sit fast, remain close to any thing or in any manner (class. and very freq., esp. in the trop. sense; cf. pendeo); usually constr. with in, the simple abl. or absol., less freq. with dat., with ad, sub, ex, etc.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ut videamus, terra penitusne defixa sit, et quasi radicibus suis haereat, an media pendeat?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122; so,

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    linguam ad radices ejus haerens excipit stomachus,

    id. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

    scalarum gradus male haerentes,

    holding, adhering, id. Fam. 6, 7, 3; cf.:

    haerent parietibus scalae,

    Verg. A. 2, 442:

    haerere in equo,

    sit fast, keep his seat, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28;

    for which: nescit equo rudis Haerere ingenuus puer,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 55:

    male laxus In pede calceus haeret,

    id. S. 1, 3, 32; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 144:

    haeret nonnumquam telum illud occultum,

    id. 9, 2, 75:

    pugnus in mala haeret,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 17:

    haesitque in corpore ferrum,

    Verg. A. 11, 864;

    for which: tergo volucres haesere sagittae,

    id. ib. 12, 415; cf.:

    scindat haerentem coronam crinibus,

    Hor. C. 1, 17, 27; and:

    haerentem capiti cum multa laude coronam,

    id. S. 1, 10, 49:

    carinae,

    Ov. M. 8, 144:

    alae,

    id. ib. 12, 570:

    (fames) utero haeret meo,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 16:

    haeret pede pes,

    Verg. A. 10, 361:

    ubi demisi retem atque hamum, quicquid haesit, extraho,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 45; cf.:

    os devoratum fauce cum haereret lupi,

    Phaedr. 1, 8, 4; and:

    graves currus illuvie et voraginibus haerebant,

    Curt. 8, 4:

    classis in vado haerebat,

    id. 9, 19:

    haerentes adverso litore naves,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 205:

    gremioque in Jasonis haerens,

    Ov. M. 7, 66; cf.:

    haeret in complexu liberorum,

    Quint. 6, 1, 42;

    for which: Avidisque amplexibus haerent,

    Ov. M. 7, 143;

    cupide in Veneris compagibus haerent,

    Lucr. 4, 1113;

    for which: validis Veneris compagibus haerent,

    id. 4, 1204; and:

    (anulus) caecis in eo (lapide) compagibus haesit,

    id. 6, 1016:

    communibus inter se radicibus haerent,

    id. 3, 325; 5, 554:

    foliis sub omnibus haerent (Somnia),

    Verg. A. 6, 284:

    gladius intra vaginam suam haerens,

    Quint. 8 praef. §

    15: ipse inter media tela hostium evasit. Duo turmae haesere,

    i. e. failed to break through, Liv. 29, 33, 7:

    alii globo illati haerebant,

    id. 22, 5, 5.—
    b.
    Prov.
    (α).
    Haerere in luto, i. e. to be in trouble, difficulty:

    tali in luto haerere,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 66 (for [p. 838] which:

    nunc homo in medio luto est,

    id. Ps. 4, 2, 28); cf. haesito, I.—In salebra: proclivi currit oratio: venit ad extremum: haeret in salebra, runs aground, i. e. is at a loss, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84.—In a like sense,
    (β).
    Aqua haeret, the water (in the waterclock) stops; v. aqua.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to hold fast, remain attached or fixed, to keep firm, adhere:

    improbis semper aliqui scrupus in animis haereat,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 16; cf.:

    infixus animo haeret dolor,

    id. Phil. 2, 26, 64:

    haerent infixi pectore vultus,

    Verg. A. 4, 4:

    haerere in memoria,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

    quae mihi in visceribus haerent,

    i. e. firmly impressed upon my heart, memory, id. Att. 6, 1, 8; and:

    in medullis populi Romani ac visceribus haerere,

    id. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

    mihi haeres in medullis,

    id. Fam. 15, 16, 2:

    in omnium gentium sermonibus ac mentibus semper haerere,

    id. Cat. 4, 10, 22:

    hi in oculis haerebunt,

    i. e. will be always present, id. Phil. 13, 3, 5:

    in te omnis haeret culpa,

    adheres, cleaves, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 32:

    ut peccatum haereat, non in eo, qui monuerit, sed in eo, qui non obtemperarit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 30.—With dat.:

    potest hoc homini huic haerere peccatum?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17:

    quod privatarum rerum dedecus non haeret infamiae (tuae)?

    id. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

    in quo (Caelio) crimen non haerebat,

    id. Cael. 7, 15:

    neque (possit) haerere in tam bona causa tam acerba injuria,

    id. Fam. 6, 5, 2: cum ante illud facetum dictum emissum haerere debeat, quam cogitari potuisse videatur, must have hit (the figure being that of an arrow shot from the bow), id. de Or. 2, 54, 219: in quos incensos ira vitamque domini desperantes cum incidisset, haesit in iis poenis, quas, etc., fell into, incurred those penalties (the figure is that of a bird which is limed, caught), id. Mil. 21, 56:

    nec dubie repetundarum criminibus haerebant,

    Tac. A. 4, 19: in hoc flexu quasi aetatis fama adolescentis paulum haesit ad metas, hung back, was caught (the figure being taken from the race-course), Cic. Cael. 31, 75;

    v. meta: neu quid medios intercinat actus, Quod non proposito conducat et haereat apte,

    i. e. fits, suits, Hor. A. P. 195.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    With the idea of nearness predominating, to keep near or close to a person, to join or attach one's self to, to follow (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    perfice hoc Precibus, pretio, ut haeream in parte aliqua tandem apud Thaidem,

    may keep about her, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 25; cf.:

    ego illum audivi in amorem haerere apud nescio quam fidicinam,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 7:

    haeres ad latus, omnia experiris,

    Cat. 21, 6:

    Antorem comitem, qui missus ab Argis, Haeserat Evandro,

    Verg. A. 10, 780:

    obtinenti Africam comes haeserat,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 2; Quint. 1, 2, 10:

    Curtius Nicia (grammaticus) haesit Cn. Pompeio et C. Memmio,

    Suet. Gramm. 14.— Poet.:

    haeremus cuncti superis, temploque tacente Nil facimus non sponte deo,

    cling to, depend on, Luc. 9, 573.—Hence,
    b.
    In a bad sense: in tergis, tergis, in tergo, to hang upon one's rear, i. e. to pursue closely:

    haerebit in tergis fugientium victor,

    Curt. 4, 15 fin.:

    se cum exercitu tergis eorum haesurum,

    Tac. H. 4, 19:

    Haerens in tergo Romanus,

    Liv. 1, 14 11 Weissenb. (better than terga, the lect. vulg.).—
    2.
    With the idea of duration in time predominating, to remain fixed, to abide or continue anywhere, to keep at, stick to any thing (class.):

    metui, ne haereret hic (Athenis),

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 49:

    in obsidione castelli exigui,

    Curt. 5, 3, 4:

    circa muros unius urbis,

    id. 4, 4; cf.:

    circa libidines,

    Suet. Aug. 71: volitare in foro, haerere in jure ac praetorum tribulibus, to go loitering or dangling about, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173: et siccis vultus in nubibus haerent, hang upon, i. e. remain long looking at, Luc. 4, 331; cf.:

    vultus, dum crederet, haesit,

    id. 9, 1036:

    haerere in eadem commorarique sententia,

    Cic. Or. 40, 137; cf.:

    mea ratio in dicendo haec esse solet, ut boni quod habeat, id amplectar, ibi habitem, ibi haeream,

    id. de Or. 2, 72, 292:

    quonam modo ille in bonis haerebit et habitabit suis?

    id. Or. 15, 49:

    equidem in libris haereo,

    id. Att. 13, 40, 2; cf.:

    valde in scribendo haereo,

    id. ib. 13, 39, 2:

    plurima sunt, nitidis maculam haesuram figentia rebus,

    lasting, durable, Juv. 14, 2.—
    3.
    With the idea of hindrance to free motion predominating, to stick fast, be brought to a stand-still, to be embarrassed, perplexed, at a loss, to hesitate, to be suspended or retarded (class.).
    (α).
    Of persons:

    haerebat nebulo: quo se verteret, non habebat,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; cf.:

    haerebat in tabulis publicis reus et accusator,

    id. Clu. 31, 86:

    cogitate in his iniquitatibus unum haesisse Apollonium: ceteros profecto multos ex his incommodis pecunia se liberasse,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 23:

    in multis nominibus,

    id. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

    in media stultitia,

    id. Tusc. 3, 28, 70; cf.:

    isti physici raro admodum, cum haerent aliquo loco, exclamant, abstrusa esse omnia, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 14:

    in quo etiam Democritus haeret,

    id. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

    at in altero illo, inquit, haeres. Immo habeo tibi gratiam. Haererem enim, nisi tu me expedisses,

    id. Pis. 30, 74:

    in ceteris subvenies, si me haerentem videbis,

    id. Fin. 3, 4, 16:

    quid machiner? quid comminiscar? haereo,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 17; id. Merc. 3, 4, 15; 4, 3, 38; 24; cf.:

    aut quia non firmus rectum defendis et haeres,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 26:

    haesit circa formas litterarum (puer),

    Quint. 1, 1, 21; cf. id. 1, 7, 35:

    haeres et dubitas,

    Juv. 3, 135; 6, 281.—
    (β).
    Of things:

    nunc homo in lutost. Nomen nescit: haeret haec res,

    i. e. is perplexing, cannot be explained, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 28; id. Amph. 2, 2, 182; id. Trin. 4, 2, 59; cf.: occisa est haec res;

    haeret hoc negotium,

    id. Ps. 1, 5, 8:

    nec umquam tanta fuerit loquendi facultas, ut non titubet atque haereat, quotiens ab animo verba dissentiunt,

    Quint. 12, 1, 29:

    Hectoris Aeneaeque manu victoria Graiūm Haesit,

    i. e. was retarded, Verg. A. 11, 290; cf.:

    constitit hic bellum fortunaque Caesaris haesit,

    Luc. 7, 547:

    cum in hac difficultate rerum consilium haereret,

    Liv. 26, 36, 1.

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  • 10 retentō

        retentō —, —, āre, freq.    [retineo], to hold back firmly, keep back, hold fast: agmen, L.: admissos equos, O.— To preserve, maintain: sensūs hominum, C. poët.
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    retentare, retentavi, retentatus V
    hold fast; hold back

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  • 11 retineo

    rĕ-tĭnĕo, ŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. [teneo].
    I.
    (With the signif. of the re predominating.) To hold or keep back, not let go; to detain, retain; to restrain (class.; cf. restringo).
    A.
    Lit.: Ep. Asta, abire hinc non sinam. Th. Quid nunc me retines? Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 61:

    quotiens foras ego ire volo, me retines, revocas,

    id. Men. 1, 2, 5:

    quid, malum, astas? Quin retines altrinsecus?

    id. Mil. 2, 5, 36; id. Stich. 2, 3, 11:

    te dexterā retinens manu Opsecro,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 82: si magis vis, eam omittam. Py. Nolo;

    retine,

    id. Mil. 4, 8, 27:

    retine me,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 11; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 23:

    concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    homines,

    Cic. Att. 13, 14, 1:

    ab his fit initium retinendi Silii, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 8; 3, 9; 3, 10 et saep.:

    milites,

    id. ib. 7, 47; 7, 52; cf.:

    milites in loco,

    id. B. C. 3, 92:

    legiones ad urbem,

    id. ib. 1, 2;

    1, 9: cohortes apud se,

    id. ib. 2, 19:

    venit Varro ad me, et quidem id tempus, ut retinendus esset,

    when he must be kept, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4:

    biduum tempestate retentus,

    detained, Caes. B. C. 3, 102; cf. id. B. G. 7, 1; Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

    aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum irrumperent,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 13 fin.:

    vi me, vi inquam, Plancius et complexu suo retinuit,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 100:

    nisi jam profecti sunt, retinebis homines,

    id. Att. 13, 14, 1:

    euntem,

    Ov. H. 18, 99:

    aliquem vinclis,

    id. R. Am. 213:

    consulem,

    Liv. 37, 51:

    morbo retineri,

    id. 34, 10;

    v. also infra, B.: armorum parte tertiā celatà atque in oppido retentā,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 32 fin.; 2, 33:

    naves pro bonis Tarquiniorum ab Aristodemo retentae sunt,

    i. e. as security, Liv. 2, 34, 4:

    vinum portantes naves tempestatibus retentas esse,

    id. 37, 27, 2; Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 45:

    mercedem,

    to keep back, stop, id. As. 2, 4, 37:

    alienum,

    Cic. Fl. 23, 56:

    lacrimas,

    Ov. M. 1, 647:

    manus ab ore,

    id. ib. 9, 575 et saep.:

    mulierem,

    to hold, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 33; cf.:

    mulierem per vim,

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 2:

    arcum manu,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 74:

    faculas sagittas,

    Prop. 2, 29 (3, 27), 5; cf.:

    injectā manu ferreā et retentā utrāque nave,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 58:

    sudor madidā veste retentus,

    Mart. 5, 79, 3.—
    B.
    Trop., to hold in check, keep within bounds, to restrain, check, repress, etc.: hoc servi esse officium reor, retinere at salutem (erum), Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 8:

    liberos retinere,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 33; Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46; cf.:

    moderantem cursum atque in suā potestate retinentem,

    id. ib. 1, 29, 45:

    gaudia,

    Ov. M. 12, 285:

    rabiem,

    id. ib. 3, 566:

    verba dolore,

    id. ib. 10, 474:

    aliquem in officio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70:

    animos sociorum in fide,

    Liv. 25, 40:

    retineri nequeo quin dicam ea, quae promeres,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 15 (cf. supra, A.):

    quae (varietas) vehementer animos hominum in legendo tuo scripto retinere possit... ordo ipse annalium mediocriter nos retinet,

    binds, enchains, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4 and 5:

    (picus) Ore suo volucres vagas retinere solebat,

    Ov. M. 14, 340:

    lingua retenta metu,

    id. H. 11, 82:

    retinentibus vobis, erumperem,

    Curt. 6, 3, 5.—
    II.
    (With the signif. of the verb predominant.) To hold fast, keep, retain, preserve, maintain, etc. (freq. only since the class. per.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf. obtineo).
    A.
    Lit.: potius mansuetudine et innocentiā imperatoris provinciam quam vi militum aut benignitate deorum retentam atque conservatam esse, Cato ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 5, 2:

    oppidum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 21 fin.:

    arces (Minerva),

    to preserve, protect, Cat. 64, 8:

    id egit, ut amicos observantiā, rem parsimoniā retineret,

    Cic. Quint. 18, 59; cf.:

    retinere servareque amicos,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 89:

    summos cum infimis pari jure,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 41:

    Aegyptum,

    Curt. 4, 1, 30:

    regionem,

    id. 6, 5, 21:

    neque virtutem qui habet virtute retinetur in vitā,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 18, 61 B. and K.: fortunam citius reperias quam retineas, Publ. Syr. 168 Rib. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    retinete (fidem), post factum ut laetemini,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 30:

    existimo jus augurum... rei publicae causā conservatum ac retentum,

    Cic. Div. 2, 35, 75; so,

    jus suum,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 37; Caes. B. C. 1, 5:

    statum suum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43:

    pristinam virtutem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 48, 91; cf.:

    vestigium pristinae dignitatis,

    Cic. Sull. 32, 91:

    officium,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 105:

    justitiam (with colere),

    id. ib. 2, 12, 42 Beier; id. Inv. 1, 1, 3:

    caritatem in pastores,

    id. Lael. 19, 70:

    utilitatem in amicitiā et fidem,

    id. ib. 24, 88:

    hunc morem usque adhuc,

    id. Rep. 2, 20, 36; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 16:

    de finibus retentae defensaeque sententiae,

    id. Tusc. 5, 30, 84:

    gravitatem retinere, iracundiam pellere,

    id. Off. 1, 38, 137:

    ferociam animi in vultu,

    Sall. C. 61, 4:

    memoriam suae pristinae virtutis, tot secundissimorum proeliorum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 21; 7, 62:

    aliquid memoriā,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

    commissa (aures),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 70 et saep.:

    ut Palaemo et Telamo et Plato dicerentur, retinuerunt,

    Quint. 1, 5, 60.— With ne, Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 56.—
    2.
    Post-class. for memoriā retinere, to keep in mind, remember:

    sive ille Hasdrubal est, sive quis alius, non retineo,

    Gell. 17, 9, 16.—With object-clause:

    retineo me dixisse,

    Dig. 35, 1, 92 init. — Hence, rĕtĭnens, entis, P. a., holding fast, tenacious, observant of any thing (class.; cf. tenax); constr. with gen.:

    homo sui juris dignitatisque retinens,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:

    nimium equestris juris et libertatis,

    id. Planc. 23, 55:

    avitae nobilitatis,

    Tac. A. 2, 38 fin.:

    modestiae,

    id. ib. 5, 11:

    Seleuci conditoris (civitas),

    i. e. retaining his institutions, id. ib. 6, 42; cf.:

    antiqui moris,

    id. ib. 16, 5 et saep. — Sup.:

    proprietatum in verbis retinentissimus,

    Gell. 10, 20, 10.

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  • 12 haereō

        haereō haesī, haesūrus, ēre    [HAES-], to hang, stick, cleave, cling, adhere, hold fast, be fixed, sit fast, remain close: lingua haeret metu, T.: terra radicibus suis: scalarum gradūs male haerentes, holding: Haerent parietibus scalae, V.: in equo, keep his seat: pugnus in malā haeret, T.: tergo volucres haesere sagittae, V.: haerens corona Crinibus, H.: leo haeret Visceribus, V.: os fauce cum haereret lupi, Ph.: haerentes litore naves, H.: in limine coniunx Haerebat, V.: gremio in Iasonis, O.: foliis sub omnibus, V.: duo turmae haesere, i. e. failed to break through, L.: oratio haeret in salebrā, i. e. is at a loss.—Fig., to hold fast, remain attached, be fixed, keep firm, adhere, inhere: cum illud dictum haerere debeat, hit the mark: in te haeret culpa, T.: scrupus in animis: quae mihi in visceribus haerent, i. e. fixed in my heart: mihi in medullis: hi in oculis haerebunt, i. e. be present: in te culpa, cleaves, T.: in eis poenis, incur: fama haesit ad metas, hung back: haereret illa rei p. turpitudo: infixus haeret animo dolor: haerent infixi pectore voltūs, V.: in voltu patris, gaze upon, O.: cui omnia vaenum ire in animo haeserat, S.: neu quid intercinat, Quod non haereat apte, i. e. finds its place, H.— To keep near, keep close, join, attach oneself, follow: apud Thaidem, T.: haeret pede pes, V.: in tergo, pursue closely, L.— To remain fixed, abide, continue, keep at, stick to: hic haereo: hic terminus haeret, is fixed, V.: sedibus in isdem, adhere to his purpose, V.: in praetorum tribunalibus, loiter: ut boni quod habeat, id amplectar, ibi haeream: macula haesura, lasting, Iu.— To stick fast, be brought to a stand, be embarrassed, be perplexed, be at a loss, hesitate, be suspended, be retarded: haereo Quid faciam, T.: haerebat in tabulis publicis reus: in multis nominibus: physici cum haerent aliquo loco, etc.: haeret, an haec sit, O.: haeres Et dubitas, Iu.: Hectoris manu victoria Graiūm Haesit, i. e. was retarded, V.: vox faucibus haesit, V.: in hac difficultate rerum consilium haeret, L.
    * * *
    haerere, haesi, haesus V
    stick, adhere, cling to; hesitate; be in difficulties (sticky situation?)

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  • 13 adtineo

    at-tĭnĕo ( adt-, Dietsch, Weissenb.), tĭnui, tentum, 2, v. a. and n. [teneo].
    I.
    Act., (so only ante-class. or in the histt.; most freq. in Plaut. and Tac.).
    A.
    To hold to, to bring or hold near:

    aliquem ante oculos attinere,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 30.—
    B.
    To hold or detain at some point (class. retinere), to hold fast, keep hold of, to hold, keep, detain, hold back, delay:

    testes vinctos,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 63; id. Bacch. 2, 2, 3:

    animum,

    id. Mil. 4, 8, 17:

    lectos viros castris attinere,

    Tac. A. 2, 52; 6, 17:

    prensam dextram vi attinere,

    id. ib. 1, 35; 2, 10; 3, 71 fin.:

    cunctos, qui carcere attinebantur, necari jussit,

    id. ib. 6, 19; 3, 36 fin.; 12, 68; 13, 15; 13, 27;

    15, 57: set ego conperior Bocchum Punicā fide simul Romanum et Numidam spe pacis adtinuisse,

    detained, amused, Sall. J. 108, 3:

    ad ea Corbulo satis comperto Vologesen defectione Hyrcaniae attineri,

    is detained, hindered, Tac. A. 13, 37 fin.; 13, 50; 14, 33; 14, 56 fin.; 16, 19; id. H. 2, 14 fin. —
    C.
    To hold possession of, to occupy, keep, guard, preserve: Quamque at tinendi magni dominatūs sient, Ter. Fragm. ap. Cic. Or. 47, 157:

    ripam Danubii,

    Tac. A. 4, 5.—
    II.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To stretch out to, to reach to:

    nunc jam cultros attinet, i. e. ad cultros,

    now he is reaching forth for, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 17.—Hence, of relations of place, to extend or stretch somewhere:

    Scythae ad Borysthenem atque inde ad Tanain attinent,

    Curt. 6, 2, 9.—
    B.
    To belong somewhere; only in the third person: hoc (res) attinet (more rare, haec attinent) ad me (less freq. simply me), or absol. hoc attinet, this belongs to me, concerns me, pertains or appertains to me, relates or refers to me; cf. Rudd. II. p. 209; Roby, § 1534 (the most usu. class. signif. of the word).
    1.
    Attinet (attinent) ad aliquem:

    negotium hoc ad me attinet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 51:

    num quidnam ad filium haec aegritudo attinet?

    id. ib. 5, 1, 24:

    nunc quam ad rem dicam hoc attinere somnium,

    id. Rud. 3, 1, 19; id. Most. 1, 3, 4:

    Quid istuc ad me attinet?

    id. Poen. 3, 3, 24:

    Quid id ad me attinet?

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 136, and id. ib. 4, 3, 58:

    quod quidem ad nos duas attinuit,

    id. Poen. 5, 4, 9 et saep.:

    comperiebam nihil ad Pamphilum quicquam attinere,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 64; 1, 2, 16:

    Scin tu... ad te attinere hanc Omnem rem?

    id. Eun. 4, 6, 6; id. Ad. 1, 2, 54; 2, 1, 32; 3, 1, 9; id. Phorm. 3, 1, 17:

    nunc nil ad nos de nobis attinet,

    Lucr. 3, 852; 4, 30:

    vobis alio loco, ut se tota res habeat, quod ad eam civitatem attinet, demonstrabitur,

    in respect to that city, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5:

    quod ad me attinet,

    id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 1; so id. Att. 5, 17; id. Fam. 1, 2 al.:

    quod ad provincias attineret,

    Liv. 42, 10; 23, 26 al.:

    tamquam ad rem attineat quicquam,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 27 al.:

    sed quid istae picturae ad me attinent?

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 36: Do. Hae quid ad me? Tox. Immo ad te attinent:

    et tuā refert,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 27:

    tantumne ab re tuast oti tibi, Aliena ut cures eaque nil quae ad te attinent?

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 24:

    cetera quae ad colendam vitem attinebunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38.—And with nunc = ad hoc tempus (eccl. Lat.): Quod nunc attinet, vade, and for this time (Gr. to nun echon), Vulg. Act. 24, 25.—
    2.
    Attinet (attinent) aliquem: neque quemquam attinebat [p. 196] id recusare, Cic. Quinct. 19: de magnitudine vocis nihil nos attinet commonere, Auct. ad Her. 3, 11, 20:

    in his, quae custodiam religionis attinent,

    Val. Max. 1, 1, n. 14.—
    3.
    Hoc attinet (haec attinent), and more freq. attinet with an inf. as subject ( act. and pass.), it concerns, it matters, is of moment, is of consequence, is of importance: ea conquisiverunt, quae nihil attinebant, Auct. ad Her. 1, 1, 1:

    nec patitur Scythas... Parthum dicere, nec quae nihil attinent,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 12:

    de quo quid sentiam, nihil attinet dicere,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 3:

    nihil enim attinet quemquam nominari,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 42:

    quia nec eosdem nominari adtinebat,

    Liv. 23, 3, 13:

    nec adtinuisse demi securim, cum sine provocatione creati essent, interpretabantur,

    id. 3, 36; 2, 41; 6, 23; 6, 38; 34, 3; 36, 11;

    37, 15: Quid attinet tot ora navium gravi Rostrata duci etc.,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 17 al. —And in pregn. signif., it is serviceable, useful, or avails for, etc.:

    quid attinuit cum iis, quibuscum re concinebat, verbis discrepare?

    Cic. Fin. 4, 22, 60:

    eā re non venit, quia nihil attinuit,

    id. Att. 12, 18:

    nec victoribus mitti adtinere puto,

    Liv. 23, 13:

    sin (frumenta) protinus usui destinantur, nihil attinet repoliri,

    Col. 2, 21, 6.

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  • 14 attineo

    at-tĭnĕo ( adt-, Dietsch, Weissenb.), tĭnui, tentum, 2, v. a. and n. [teneo].
    I.
    Act., (so only ante-class. or in the histt.; most freq. in Plaut. and Tac.).
    A.
    To hold to, to bring or hold near:

    aliquem ante oculos attinere,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 30.—
    B.
    To hold or detain at some point (class. retinere), to hold fast, keep hold of, to hold, keep, detain, hold back, delay:

    testes vinctos,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 63; id. Bacch. 2, 2, 3:

    animum,

    id. Mil. 4, 8, 17:

    lectos viros castris attinere,

    Tac. A. 2, 52; 6, 17:

    prensam dextram vi attinere,

    id. ib. 1, 35; 2, 10; 3, 71 fin.:

    cunctos, qui carcere attinebantur, necari jussit,

    id. ib. 6, 19; 3, 36 fin.; 12, 68; 13, 15; 13, 27;

    15, 57: set ego conperior Bocchum Punicā fide simul Romanum et Numidam spe pacis adtinuisse,

    detained, amused, Sall. J. 108, 3:

    ad ea Corbulo satis comperto Vologesen defectione Hyrcaniae attineri,

    is detained, hindered, Tac. A. 13, 37 fin.; 13, 50; 14, 33; 14, 56 fin.; 16, 19; id. H. 2, 14 fin. —
    C.
    To hold possession of, to occupy, keep, guard, preserve: Quamque at tinendi magni dominatūs sient, Ter. Fragm. ap. Cic. Or. 47, 157:

    ripam Danubii,

    Tac. A. 4, 5.—
    II.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To stretch out to, to reach to:

    nunc jam cultros attinet, i. e. ad cultros,

    now he is reaching forth for, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 17.—Hence, of relations of place, to extend or stretch somewhere:

    Scythae ad Borysthenem atque inde ad Tanain attinent,

    Curt. 6, 2, 9.—
    B.
    To belong somewhere; only in the third person: hoc (res) attinet (more rare, haec attinent) ad me (less freq. simply me), or absol. hoc attinet, this belongs to me, concerns me, pertains or appertains to me, relates or refers to me; cf. Rudd. II. p. 209; Roby, § 1534 (the most usu. class. signif. of the word).
    1.
    Attinet (attinent) ad aliquem:

    negotium hoc ad me attinet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 51:

    num quidnam ad filium haec aegritudo attinet?

    id. ib. 5, 1, 24:

    nunc quam ad rem dicam hoc attinere somnium,

    id. Rud. 3, 1, 19; id. Most. 1, 3, 4:

    Quid istuc ad me attinet?

    id. Poen. 3, 3, 24:

    Quid id ad me attinet?

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 136, and id. ib. 4, 3, 58:

    quod quidem ad nos duas attinuit,

    id. Poen. 5, 4, 9 et saep.:

    comperiebam nihil ad Pamphilum quicquam attinere,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 64; 1, 2, 16:

    Scin tu... ad te attinere hanc Omnem rem?

    id. Eun. 4, 6, 6; id. Ad. 1, 2, 54; 2, 1, 32; 3, 1, 9; id. Phorm. 3, 1, 17:

    nunc nil ad nos de nobis attinet,

    Lucr. 3, 852; 4, 30:

    vobis alio loco, ut se tota res habeat, quod ad eam civitatem attinet, demonstrabitur,

    in respect to that city, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5:

    quod ad me attinet,

    id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 1; so id. Att. 5, 17; id. Fam. 1, 2 al.:

    quod ad provincias attineret,

    Liv. 42, 10; 23, 26 al.:

    tamquam ad rem attineat quicquam,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 27 al.:

    sed quid istae picturae ad me attinent?

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 36: Do. Hae quid ad me? Tox. Immo ad te attinent:

    et tuā refert,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 27:

    tantumne ab re tuast oti tibi, Aliena ut cures eaque nil quae ad te attinent?

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 24:

    cetera quae ad colendam vitem attinebunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38.—And with nunc = ad hoc tempus (eccl. Lat.): Quod nunc attinet, vade, and for this time (Gr. to nun echon), Vulg. Act. 24, 25.—
    2.
    Attinet (attinent) aliquem: neque quemquam attinebat [p. 196] id recusare, Cic. Quinct. 19: de magnitudine vocis nihil nos attinet commonere, Auct. ad Her. 3, 11, 20:

    in his, quae custodiam religionis attinent,

    Val. Max. 1, 1, n. 14.—
    3.
    Hoc attinet (haec attinent), and more freq. attinet with an inf. as subject ( act. and pass.), it concerns, it matters, is of moment, is of consequence, is of importance: ea conquisiverunt, quae nihil attinebant, Auct. ad Her. 1, 1, 1:

    nec patitur Scythas... Parthum dicere, nec quae nihil attinent,

    Hor. C. 1, 19, 12:

    de quo quid sentiam, nihil attinet dicere,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 3:

    nihil enim attinet quemquam nominari,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 42:

    quia nec eosdem nominari adtinebat,

    Liv. 23, 3, 13:

    nec adtinuisse demi securim, cum sine provocatione creati essent, interpretabantur,

    id. 3, 36; 2, 41; 6, 23; 6, 38; 34, 3; 36, 11;

    37, 15: Quid attinet tot ora navium gravi Rostrata duci etc.,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 17 al. —And in pregn. signif., it is serviceable, useful, or avails for, etc.:

    quid attinuit cum iis, quibuscum re concinebat, verbis discrepare?

    Cic. Fin. 4, 22, 60:

    eā re non venit, quia nihil attinuit,

    id. Att. 12, 18:

    nec victoribus mitti adtinere puto,

    Liv. 23, 13:

    sin (frumenta) protinus usui destinantur, nihil attinet repoliri,

    Col. 2, 21, 6.

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  • 15 sedeō

        sedeō sēdī, sessum, ēre    [SED-], to sit: cum tot summi oratores sedeant, remain sitting: sedens iis adsensi: ante forīs, O.: ducis sub pede, O.: gradu post me uno, H.: plausor usque sessurus, donec, etc., who will keep his place, H.: Sedilibus in primis eques sedet, H.: in illā tuā sedeculā: in saxo, O.: in conclavi, T.: in temone, Ph.: caelestes sedibus altis sedent, O.: eburneis sellis, L.: carpento, L.: delphine, O.: columbae viridi solo, V. —Of magistrates, esp. of judges, to sit, occupy an official seat, preside, be a judge, hold court, act as juror: (tribuno) in Rostris sedente: si idcirco sedetis, ut, etc.: sedissem forsitan unus De centum index in tua verba viris, O.: iudex sedit simius, Ph.: in tribunali Pompei praetoris urbani, assist — To continue sitting, sit still, continue, remain, tarry, wait, abide, sit idle, be inactive, delay, linger, loiter: isdem consulibus sedentibus lata lex est, etc.: an sedere oportuit Domi, T.: totos dies in villā: sedemus desides domi, L.: tam diu uno loco, N.: Sedit qui timuit, ne non succederet, stayed at home, H.: meliora deos sedet omina poscens, waits, V.: ante sacras fores, Tb.: ad mea busta sedens, Pr.—Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, sit with folded hands, L.—Of troops, to sit down, remain encamped, be entrenched, keep the field: ante moenia, L.: ad Trebiam, L.: sedendo expugnare urbem, L.: sedend<*> bellum gerere, by inactivity, L.: sedendo supera <*>ri eum, qui, etc., L.: qui sedet circum castella sub armis, V.— Fig., to sink, settle, subside, rest, lie: Sederunt medio terra fretumquo solo, O.: nebula campo quam montibus densior sederet, was thicker on the plain, L.: esca, Quae simplex olim tibi sederit, sat well upon your stomach, H.— To sit, sit close, hold fast, be firm, be fixed, be settled, be established: tempus fuit, quo navit in undis, Nunc sedet Ortygie, O.: in liquido sederunt ossa cerebro, stuck fast, O.: clava sedit in ore viri, stuck fast, O.: librata cum sederit (glans), L.: plagam sedere Cedendo arcebat, from sinking deeply, O.—In the mind, to be fixed, be impressed, be determined: in ingenio Cressa relicta tuo, O.: Idque pio sedet Aeneae, V.
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    sedere, sedi, sessus V
    sit, remain; settle; encamp

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  • 16 contineo

    con-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. and n. [teneo].
    I.
    Act., to hold or keep together.
    A.
    In gen. (rare).
    1.
    Lit. (syn.:

    coërceo, conjungo): contine quaeso caput,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 26:

    quod omnem continet amplexu terram,

    Lucr. 5, 319; cf.:

    mundus omnia conplexu suo coërcet et continet,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58:

    vitem levi nodo,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:

    magni refert primordia saepe cum quibus... contineantur,

    Lucr. 1, 818; 1, 908; 2, 761;

    2, 1008: pars oppidi, mari dijuncta angusto, ponte adjungitur et continetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117.—
    b.
    Of places, to bound, limit, enclose (very rare in act.):

    reliquum spatium mons continet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    Oceanus ponto qua continet orbem,

    Tib. 4, 1, 147; but more freq. in pass., to be comprised, enclosed, surrounded, encompassed, environed by:

    qui vicus altissimis montibus undique continetur,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 1; so,

    undique loci naturā Helvetii,

    id. ib. 1, 2:

    mare montibus angustis,

    id. ib. 4, 23:

    una pars Galliae Garumnā flumine, Oceano, finibus Belgarum,

    id. ib. 1, 1.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    omnes artes quasi cognatione quādam inter se continentur,

    hang together, Cic. Arch. 1, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods and species of composition.,
    B.
    With partic. access. ideas.
    1.
    With the access. idea of firmness, quiet, permanence, etc., to hold or keep together, to keep, hold fast, preserve, retain (syn. servo).
    a.
    Lit.:

    (alvus) arcet et continet... quod recepit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:

    merces (opp. partiri),

    id. Vatin. 5, 12; cf.

    exercitum (opp. dividere),

    Liv. 28, 2, 16:

    arida continent odorem diutius,

    Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    nec ulla res vehementius rem publicam continet quam fides,

    Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:

    Remos reliquosque Belgas in officio,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 11:

    in officio Dumnorigem,

    id. ib. 5, 7:

    te in exercitatione,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 19 fin.:

    te in tuis perenuibus studiis,

    id. Brut. 97, 332:

    ceteros in armis (plaga),

    Liv. 9, 41, 15:

    alicujus hospitio,

    Nep. Lys. 1, 5.—
    2.
    With the access. idea of hindering, preventing motion, to keep, keep still, detain, restrain, repress, enclose.
    a.
    Lit.: milites [p. 449] sub pellibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; cf.:

    pecudem sub tecto,

    Col. 7, 10, 3:

    exercitum castris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 11; Liv. 31, 26, 6; 28, 9, 14 al.; cf.:

    nostros in castris (tempestates),

    Caes. B. G. 4, 34; 6, 36; and:

    copias in castris,

    id. B. C. 1, 66; 3, 30; Auct. B. Afr. 1; 7; Liv. 36, 17, 9:

    Pompeium quam angustissime,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

    aliquem limine,

    Liv. 34, 1, 5:

    ora frenis,

    Phaedr. 3, 6, 7:

    ventos carcere,

    Ov. M. 11, 432:

    animam in dicendo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261 et saep.:

    se ruri,

    to stay, remain, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 17; cf.:

    se domi,

    Suet. Caes. 81:

    suo se loco,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 34:

    oppido sese,

    id. ib. 2, 30:

    castris se continere,

    id. B. C. 3, 37:

    se vallo,

    id. B. G. 5, 44:

    se finibus Romanis,

    Liv. 39, 17, 4; 34, 58, 3:

    moenibus sese,

    id. 42, 7, 4:

    agrorum suorum terminis se,

    id. 38, 40, 2:

    se moenibus,

    Ov. M. 13, 208:

    sese intra silvas,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

    suos intra munitionem,

    id. ib. 5, 57;

    5, 58: milites intra castrorum vallum,

    id. B. C. 3, 76; Liv. 31, 34, 9;

    Auct. B. Afr. 24: intra castra militem,

    Tac. H. 4, 19:

    praesidibus provinciarum propagavit imperium, ut a peritis et assuetis socii continerentur,

    Suet. Aug. 23 et saep.:

    an te auspicium commoratum est? an tempestas continet?

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 67.—
    b.
    Trop., to hold back, detain, repress, hold in check, curb, check, stay, stop, tame, subdue, etc. (syn. cohibeo):

    adpetitiones animi,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22:

    omnis cupiditates,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32:

    modeste insolentiam suam,

    id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

    risum,

    id. Fin. 4, 25, 71 et saep.:

    formido mortales omnes,

    Lucr. 1, 151:

    Etruriam non tam armis quam judiciorum terrore,

    Liv. 29, 36, 10:

    oppida magis metu quam fide,

    id. 30, 20, 5; cf.:

    quosdam continet metus,

    Quint. 1, 3, 6:

    solo metu,

    id. 12, 7, 2 et saep.:

    animum a consuetā libidine,

    Sall. J. 15, 3:

    temeritatem ab omni lapsu (with cohibere),

    Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 45:

    suos a proelio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15:

    manum juventus Metu deorum,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 37 al.:

    se ab adsentiendo,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104; so,

    se ab exemplis,

    id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

    temperans, qui se in aliquā libidine continuerit,

    id. Par. 3, 1, 21:

    se male continet amens,

    Ov. M. 4, 351:

    male me, quin vera faterer, Continui,

    id. ib. 7, 729:

    nequeo continere quin loquar,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 28.—

    Mid.: contineri, quin complectar, non queo,

    restrain myself, refrain, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 128; cf.:

    vix me contineo, quin, etc.,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 20:

    jam nequeo contineri,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 60; cf.:

    vix contineor,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 9:

    quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo optime,

    keep it to myself, conceal it, id. Eun. 1, 2, 23:

    ea quae continet, neque adhuc protulit, explicet nobis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 206:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 2, 55, 222.—
    3.
    With the access. idea of containing, to comprise, contain, involve, comprehend something in itself (syn. complector):

    (aqua gelum) quod continet in se, mittit,

    Lucr. 6, 877; cf.:

    ut omnia, quae aluntur et crescunt, contineant in se vim caloris,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23; so,

    in se,

    Quint. 1, 6, 31; 2, 10, 2:

    Quattuor aeternus genitalia corpora mundus Continet,

    Ov. M. 15, 240:

    rem militarem,

    Liv. 5, 52, 16:

    panis innumeras paene continet medicinas,

    Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138:

    (linea) centum continet (pedes),

    Quint. 1, 10, 44:

    Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent,

    Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2:

    paucas species (vox),

    Quint. 11, 3, 18:

    tales res, quales hic liber continet,

    Cic. Or. 43, 148; Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

    narrationes, quae summam criminis contineant,

    Quint. 4, 2, 10:

    fabula stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

    liber primus ea continebit, quae, etc., Quint. prooem. § 21: tertia epistula continebat, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 5.—With subj.-clause:

    quando ipsos loqui deceat, quartus liber continet,

    Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Esp. freq.,
    b.
    In pass.: contineri aliquā re, to be contained in something, be composed of, consist of or in, to rest upon, to be supported by, etc.:

    terreno corpore,

    Lucr. 1, 1085:

    non venis et nervis et ossibus continentur (dii),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

    artem negabat esse ullam, nisi quae cognitis penitusque perspectis... rebus contineretur,

    id. de Or. 1, 20, 92:

    forma honestatis, quae tota quattuor his virtutibus... continetur,

    id. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

    versus paucis (pedibus) continetur,

    Quint. 9, 4, 60: quae philosophorum libris continentur, id. prooem. § 11; cf. id. 5, 10, 111 et saep.: artes, quae conjecturā continentur et sunt opinabiles, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

    foedere,

    Liv. 41, 23, 9:

    actu,

    Quint. 2, 18, 5; 12, 9, 1; 3, 7, 28.—Rarely with in and abl.:

    forum, in quo omnis aequitas continetur,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2; cf.:

    quibus (legibus) in singulis civitatibus res publica continetur,

    id. Off. 3, 5, 23.—
    II.
    Neutr., to hold together in itself, to hang together (in the verb. finit. very rare; but freq. as P. a.; cf. also the deriv. continuus):

    per hortum utroque commeatus continet,

    Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 43.—Hence,
    1.
    contĭnens, entis, P. a.
    A.
    (Acc. to II.) Holding or hanging together (freq. and class.).
    1.
    Bordering upon, neighboring, contiguous, lying near, adjacent (syn.: junctus, adjunctus, contiguus); constr. with dat., cum, or absol.
    a.
    Prop.:

    aër mari,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 117:

    continentia atque adjuncta praedia huic fundo,

    id. Caecin. 4, 11:

    (mare) dissimile est proximo ei continenti,

    id. Ac. 2, 33, 105 al.:

    Cappadociae pars ea, quae cum Cilicià continens est,

    id. Fam. 15, 2, 2:

    (Morini) continentes silvas ac paludes habebant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28; cf. so absol.:

    parum locuples continente ripā,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 22; cf.:

    pars eorum, qui propiores erant continenti litori,

    Liv. 44, 28, 12.— Subst.: contĭnentĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. loca), adjoining places, the neighborhood:

    Cherronesum et continentia usque Atho montem,

    Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 215 al.:

    urbis,

    the suburbs, Dig. 50, 16, 147.—
    b.
    Trop., in time, following, next:

    continentibus diebus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 84;

    and of other abstract things: motus sensui junctus et continens,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 11, 26:

    timori perpetuo ipsum malum continens fuit,

    followed at its heels, Liv. 5, 39, 8.—
    2.
    Holding together, cohering in itself, connected, continuous, uninterrupted.
    a.
    Prop.:

    continens agmen migrantium,

    Liv. 1, 29, 4:

    agmen,

    id. 2, 50, 7; 8, 8, 13 al.:

    ruinae,

    id. 21, 8, 5; terra, the mainland, continent, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 274, 6; Nep. Them. 3, 2; and in the same sense far more freq. subst.: contĭnens, entis, f. (rarely masc., Curt. 4, 2, 1 Zumpt, dub.; abl. in e and i equally used;

    v. the 4th and 5th books of Caes. B. G.),

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 4, 28; 4, 31; 4, 36 bis et saep.; Nep. Milt. 7, 3; Liv. 35, 43, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128; Suet Aug. 65; id. Tib. 40 et saep.—
    b.
    Trop., in time, continual, consecutive, uninterrupted:

    labor omnium dierum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Liv. 42, 54, 3:

    bella,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

    imperium usque ad nos,

    Liv. 7, 30, 8:

    imber per noctem totam,

    id. 23, 44, 6:

    biduo,

    Suet. Calig. 19:

    febres sine intermissione,

    Cels. 3, 5 fin.:

    e continenti genere,

    in continuous descent, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

    spiritus,

    id. de Or. 3, 57, 216 et saep.: ex continenti (sc. tempore), instantly, immediately, = continuo, statim, Just. 1, 9; so,

    in continenti,

    Dig. 44, 5, 1.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2. b.) That restrains his passions, continent, moderate, temperate, enkratês (rare, but in good prose):

    continentior in vitā hominum quam in pecuniā,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 23:

    cum reges tam sint continentes, multo magis consularis esse oportere,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1:

    puer,

    id. Att. 6, 6, 3:

    Epaminondas,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 2 al. — Sup., Cic. Par. 1, 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 71.—
    C.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) In rhet., subst.: contĭnens, entis, n., that on which something rests or depends, the chief point, hinge:

    causae,

    Cic. Part. Or. 29, 103; id. Top. 25, 95:

    intuendum videtur, quid sit quaestio, ratio, judicatio, continens, vel ut alii vocant, firmamentum,

    Quint. 3, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. § 18 sqq.— Adv.: contĭnen-ter.
    1.
    (Acc. to A. 2.)
    a.
    In space, in unbroken succession, in a row. continenter sedetis, Cat. 37, 6.—More freq. and class.,
    b.
    In time, continuously, without interruption:

    totā nocte ierunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    jam amplius horis sex pugnaretur,

    id. ib. 3, 5:

    biduum lapidibus pluit,

    Liv. 25, 7, 7:

    usque ad ipsum negotium,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 37:

    ferri imagines,

    id. N. D. 1, 39, 109.—
    2.
    (Acc. to B.) Temperately, moderately (rare):

    vivere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; in sup.:

    vivere,

    Aug. Ep. 199; id. Conf. 6, 12.—Hence also,
    2.
    contentus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2. b.); medial., satisfying one's self with, contented, satisfied, content (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. in gen. with the abl.; more rarely absol.; after the Aug. per. very freq. with the inf.
    (α).
    With abl.: his versibus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 264, 3:

    suis rebus,

    Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51:

    paucis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 16:

    illā (sorte),

    id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

    viverem uti contentus eo quod mī ipse parasset,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 108; cf. Suet. Aug. 82:

    solā Dianā,

    Verg. A. 11, 582.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    cum ipsum audires sine comparatione, non modo contentus esses, sed melius non quaereres,

    Cic. Brut. 35, 134; so comp., Plaut. Poen. 2, 15.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    indagare,

    Ov. M. 1, 461:

    edidicisse,

    id. ib. 2, 638:

    retinere titulum provinciae,

    Vell. 2, 49:

    hostes sustinuisse,

    id. 2, 112:

    indicare,

    Quint. 4, 2, 128:

    ostendere,

    id. 5, 10, 31:

    id consequi, quod imiteris,

    id. 10, 2, 7 et saep.— Adv.: contentē (ante-and post-class., and rare), in a restrained manner, closely:

    arte contenteque habere aliquem,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63:

    parce contenteque vivere,

    Pacat. Pan. Theod. 13.

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  • 17 tenaces

    tĕnax, ācis, adj. [id.], holding fast, griping, tenacious.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    prensatque tenaci forcipe ferrum,

    Verg. A. 12, 404; 8, 453; cf.:

    dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

    id. ib. 6, 3:

    vinclum,

    id. G. 4, 412; Ov. M. 11, 252:

    complexus,

    id. ib. 4, 377:

    lappa,

    id. P. 2, 1, 14:

    hedera arborem implicat,

    Cat. 61, 34:

    loca limosa tenacia gravi caeno,

    Tac. A. 1, 63:

    amplexus,

    App. M. 9, p. 219, 17:

    maltha, quae est res omnium tenacissima,

    Plin. 36, 24, 58, § 181.— With gen.:

    herba asperitate etiam vestium tenaci,

    Plin. 27, 5, 15, § 32. — Comp.:

    cutis tenacior capilli,

    Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.—
    b.
    Subst.: tĕnāces, ĭum, m., things that hold fast. i. e. bands, stalks, or pedicles of fruit, etc., Pall. Febr. 18, 1; 25, 9; id. Mart. 10, 4 and 9; id. Sept. 17.—
    B.
    In partic., holding fast to wealth, power, etc., griping, sparing, niggardly, stingy, tenacious (class.;

    syn. parcus): filius familias patre parco ac tenaci,

    Cic. Cael. 15, 36: He. Tenaxne pater ejus est? Phi. Immo edepol pertinax, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39:

    parcus, truculentus, tenax,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

    eosdem restrictos et tenaces fuisse,

    Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

    non tenax in largitate,

    Spart. Car. 5.—With gen.:

    genus Quaesiti tenax,

    Ov. M. 7, 657.— Comp.:

    milites tenaciores eorum (armorum) in proelio,

    Suet. Caes. 67.—
    C.
    Transf., of things, that holds or sticks fast: jacere in tenaci gramine, that clings together, i. e. matted, Hor. Epod. 2, 24.— Sup.:

    glaebis tenacissimum solum,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10:

    cerae,

    sticky, viscid, Verg. G. 4, 161:

    turpe referre pedem nec passu stare tenaci,

    Ov. P. 2, 6, 21.— Comp.:

    pondere tenacior navis,

    Liv. 28, 30, 11:

    panicula glutino tenacior,

    Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Holding fast, retentive, firm, steadfast, persistent, tenacious (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose); usually joined with gen.:

    memoria tenacissima,

    Quint. 1, 1, 19:

    naturā tenacissimi sumus eorum, quae rudibus annis percepimus,

    id. 1, 1, 5:

    pertinacem ultra modum esse tenacem propositi,

    id. 11, 1, 90; so,

    propositi,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 1; Ov. M. 10, 405:

    tenacem esse sui juris debet,

    Col. 1, 7, 2:

    disciplinae tenacissimus,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

    justitiae,

    Juv. 8, 25:

    ficti pravique (Fama),

    Verg. A. 4, 188:

    veri,

    Pers. 5, 48:

    amicitiarum,

    Vell. 2, 29, 3:

    exempli sui,

    id. 2, 84, 3 Ruhnk.:

    animi,

    Manil. 4, 165:

    longa tenaxque fides,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 14.—
    B.
    In a bad sense, stubborn, obstinate:

    equus contra sua vincla tenax,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13; so,

    equus,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13;

    and in a lusus verbb.: si esses equos, esses indomabilis... nimis tenax es,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 13:

    cum video, quam sint mea fata tenacia, frangor,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 63:

    ira Caesaris,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 28:

    morbi,

    Suet. Claud. 2.— Adv.: tĕnācĭter, closely, firmly, strongly, tightly, tenaciously.
    a.
    Lit.:

    pressisse tenaciter ungues,

    Ov. H. 9, 21:

    vincire,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.— Comp.:

    apprehendere,

    Val. Max. 7, 5, 2; Macr. S. 7, 3:

    habitare,

    Aug. Ep. 6.—
    b.
    Trop., persistently, firmly:

    urgere,

    Ov. H. 3, 43.— Comp., Sol. 52, § 44; Amm. 25, 4, 4.— Sup., App. M. 5, p. 167, 22.

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  • 18 tenax

    tĕnax, ācis, adj. [id.], holding fast, griping, tenacious.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    prensatque tenaci forcipe ferrum,

    Verg. A. 12, 404; 8, 453; cf.:

    dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

    id. ib. 6, 3:

    vinclum,

    id. G. 4, 412; Ov. M. 11, 252:

    complexus,

    id. ib. 4, 377:

    lappa,

    id. P. 2, 1, 14:

    hedera arborem implicat,

    Cat. 61, 34:

    loca limosa tenacia gravi caeno,

    Tac. A. 1, 63:

    amplexus,

    App. M. 9, p. 219, 17:

    maltha, quae est res omnium tenacissima,

    Plin. 36, 24, 58, § 181.— With gen.:

    herba asperitate etiam vestium tenaci,

    Plin. 27, 5, 15, § 32. — Comp.:

    cutis tenacior capilli,

    Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.—
    b.
    Subst.: tĕnāces, ĭum, m., things that hold fast. i. e. bands, stalks, or pedicles of fruit, etc., Pall. Febr. 18, 1; 25, 9; id. Mart. 10, 4 and 9; id. Sept. 17.—
    B.
    In partic., holding fast to wealth, power, etc., griping, sparing, niggardly, stingy, tenacious (class.;

    syn. parcus): filius familias patre parco ac tenaci,

    Cic. Cael. 15, 36: He. Tenaxne pater ejus est? Phi. Immo edepol pertinax, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39:

    parcus, truculentus, tenax,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

    eosdem restrictos et tenaces fuisse,

    Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

    non tenax in largitate,

    Spart. Car. 5.—With gen.:

    genus Quaesiti tenax,

    Ov. M. 7, 657.— Comp.:

    milites tenaciores eorum (armorum) in proelio,

    Suet. Caes. 67.—
    C.
    Transf., of things, that holds or sticks fast: jacere in tenaci gramine, that clings together, i. e. matted, Hor. Epod. 2, 24.— Sup.:

    glaebis tenacissimum solum,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10:

    cerae,

    sticky, viscid, Verg. G. 4, 161:

    turpe referre pedem nec passu stare tenaci,

    Ov. P. 2, 6, 21.— Comp.:

    pondere tenacior navis,

    Liv. 28, 30, 11:

    panicula glutino tenacior,

    Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Holding fast, retentive, firm, steadfast, persistent, tenacious (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose); usually joined with gen.:

    memoria tenacissima,

    Quint. 1, 1, 19:

    naturā tenacissimi sumus eorum, quae rudibus annis percepimus,

    id. 1, 1, 5:

    pertinacem ultra modum esse tenacem propositi,

    id. 11, 1, 90; so,

    propositi,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 1; Ov. M. 10, 405:

    tenacem esse sui juris debet,

    Col. 1, 7, 2:

    disciplinae tenacissimus,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

    justitiae,

    Juv. 8, 25:

    ficti pravique (Fama),

    Verg. A. 4, 188:

    veri,

    Pers. 5, 48:

    amicitiarum,

    Vell. 2, 29, 3:

    exempli sui,

    id. 2, 84, 3 Ruhnk.:

    animi,

    Manil. 4, 165:

    longa tenaxque fides,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 14.—
    B.
    In a bad sense, stubborn, obstinate:

    equus contra sua vincla tenax,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13; so,

    equus,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13;

    and in a lusus verbb.: si esses equos, esses indomabilis... nimis tenax es,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 13:

    cum video, quam sint mea fata tenacia, frangor,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 63:

    ira Caesaris,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 28:

    morbi,

    Suet. Claud. 2.— Adv.: tĕnācĭter, closely, firmly, strongly, tightly, tenaciously.
    a.
    Lit.:

    pressisse tenaciter ungues,

    Ov. H. 9, 21:

    vincire,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.— Comp.:

    apprehendere,

    Val. Max. 7, 5, 2; Macr. S. 7, 3:

    habitare,

    Aug. Ep. 6.—
    b.
    Trop., persistently, firmly:

    urgere,

    Ov. H. 3, 43.— Comp., Sol. 52, § 44; Amm. 25, 4, 4.— Sup., App. M. 5, p. 167, 22.

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  • 19 retempto

    1.
    rĕtento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to hold back firmly, to keep back, to hold fast (rare; not in Cic.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cur me retentas?

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 1; id. Rud. 3, 6, 39; cf.

    agmen,

    Liv. 10, 5:

    legiones,

    Tac. H. 4, 13:

    fugientes,

    id. ib. 5, 21:

    admissos equos,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 434; cf.

    frena,

    id. Am. 2, 9, 30:

    puppes,

    Tac. H. 2, 35; Luc. 3, 586:

    vires regni,

    id. 4, 723:

    pecuniam, calones, sarcinas,

    Tac. H. 4, 60:

    caelum a terris,

    i. e. to hold apart, Lucr. 2, 729:

    iste qui retentat sese tacitus, quo sit tutus,

    restrains himself, Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    iras,

    i. e. to suppress, Val. Fl. 3, 97.—
    B.
    Transf., to hold back from destruction, preserve, maintain: (mens divina) Quae penitus sensus hominum vitasque retentat, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 17.
    2.
    rĕ-tento ( - tempto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to try or attempt again, to reattempt (a poet. word of the Aug. per.):

    timide verba intermissa retentat,

    Ov. M. 1, 746:

    preces,

    id. ib. 14, 382:

    fila lyrae,

    id. ib. 5, 117:

    referoque manus iterumque retento,

    id. H.10,11:

    viam leti,

    id. M. 11, 792:

    studium fatale,

    id. Tr. 5, 12, 51:

    arma,

    Luc. 2, 514:

    memoriam meam,

    Sen. Ep. 72, 1:

    nec audent ea retentare, quorum vitia retractando patescunt,

    id. Brev. Vit. 10, 2: nec vana retentet spes Minyas, move or affect again, Val. Fl. 5, 679. —With inf.:

    saepe retentantem totas refringere vestes,

    Ov. M. 9, 208.

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  • 20 retento

    1.
    rĕtento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to hold back firmly, to keep back, to hold fast (rare; not in Cic.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cur me retentas?

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 1; id. Rud. 3, 6, 39; cf.

    agmen,

    Liv. 10, 5:

    legiones,

    Tac. H. 4, 13:

    fugientes,

    id. ib. 5, 21:

    admissos equos,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 434; cf.

    frena,

    id. Am. 2, 9, 30:

    puppes,

    Tac. H. 2, 35; Luc. 3, 586:

    vires regni,

    id. 4, 723:

    pecuniam, calones, sarcinas,

    Tac. H. 4, 60:

    caelum a terris,

    i. e. to hold apart, Lucr. 2, 729:

    iste qui retentat sese tacitus, quo sit tutus,

    restrains himself, Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    iras,

    i. e. to suppress, Val. Fl. 3, 97.—
    B.
    Transf., to hold back from destruction, preserve, maintain: (mens divina) Quae penitus sensus hominum vitasque retentat, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 17.
    2.
    rĕ-tento ( - tempto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to try or attempt again, to reattempt (a poet. word of the Aug. per.):

    timide verba intermissa retentat,

    Ov. M. 1, 746:

    preces,

    id. ib. 14, 382:

    fila lyrae,

    id. ib. 5, 117:

    referoque manus iterumque retento,

    id. H.10,11:

    viam leti,

    id. M. 11, 792:

    studium fatale,

    id. Tr. 5, 12, 51:

    arma,

    Luc. 2, 514:

    memoriam meam,

    Sen. Ep. 72, 1:

    nec audent ea retentare, quorum vitia retractando patescunt,

    id. Brev. Vit. 10, 2: nec vana retentet spes Minyas, move or affect again, Val. Fl. 5, 679. —With inf.:

    saepe retentantem totas refringere vestes,

    Ov. M. 9, 208.

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  • hold fast to something — formal phrase to refuse to stop believing in something Thesaurus: to not change, or to refuse to change your opinionsynonym Main entry: fast * * * hold ˈfast to sth idiom ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • hold fast — Synonyms and related words: adhere to, arrest, be unflappable, bear up, bite, bridle, check, clasp, cleave to, clench, clinch, cling, cling like ivy, clip, clutch, come up fighting, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, curb, curtail,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • hold fast — remain tightly secured. ↘continue to adhere to a principle. → hold …   English new terms dictionary

  • hold fast — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. clasp, lock, clamp; see adhere to , fasten 1 , stick 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • hold fast to something — formal to refuse to stop believing in something …   English dictionary

  • Fast and Loose (con game) — Fast and Loose is a cheating game played at fairs by sharpers. Also known as Pricking the Garter (Renaissance), The Strap (1930 con man argot), and The Old Army Game (World War II). In older periods, the leather or cloth webbing garters that men… …   Wikipedia

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