i+report

dif-fāmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [fama], to spread abroad by an ill report; to publish, divulge.

Prop. (rare and not anteAug.):

vulgat adulterium diffamatumque parenti Indicat,

Ov. M. 4, 236; cf.

prava,

Tac. A. 14, 22:

nomen pessimum super virginem,

Vulg. Deut. 22, 19.—

To decry, defame, malign:

viros feminasque procacibus scriptis,

Tac. A. 1, 72; cf.:

aliquem probroso carmine,

id. ib. 15, 49: aliquem probris, Ap. M. 1, p. 107; Vulg. Matt. 9, 31.— With acc. and inf.: diffamat, incendio repentino domum suam possideri, Ap. M. 4, p. 147.—

To declare, make known, proclaim widely (late Lat.):

Deus diffamatur,

Aug. de Morib. Eccl. 14:

sermonem,

Vulg. Marc. 1, 45.

ē-nuntĭo ( enuncio), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to say out (esp. something that should be kept secret), to divulge, disclose, to report, tell.

Prop. (good prose):

ut, quod meae concreditumst taciturnitati clam, ne enuntiarem, quoiquam,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 106:

sociorum consilia adversariis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 5:

rem Helvetiis per indicium,

id. ib. 1, 4, 1; cf.:

dolum Ciceroni per Fulviam,

Sall. C. 28, 2:

mysteria,

Cic. Mur. 11, 25; id. de Or. 1, 47, 206; cf. Liv. 10, 38; 23, 35; Caes, B. G. 1, 31, 2; 5, 58, 1 et saep.— With acc. and inf., Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 66.— Absol., Caes. B. G. 1, 30 fin. —

Transf., in gen., to speak out, say, express, declare (for the most part only in Cic. and Quint. in the rhetor., dialect., and gram. signif.):

cum inflexo commentatoque verbo res eadem enuntiatur ornatius,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 168:

sententias breviter,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 20:

obscena nudis nominibus,

Quint. 8, 3, 38:

voluntatem aliquam,

id. 3, 3, 1; cf. id. 9, 1, 16; 8, 3, 62: fundamentum dialecticae est, quicquid enuntietur (id autem appellant axiôma, quod est quasi effatum) aut verum esse, aut falsum, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 29 fin. —Cf. in the part. subst.: ēnuntiā-tum, i, n., a proposition, = enuntiatio, Cic. Fat. 9, 19, and 12, 28.—

To pronounce, utter:

(litterae) quae scribuntur aliter quam enuntiantur,

Quint. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. 1, 5, 18; 1, 11, 4; 2, 11, 4 al.: masculino genere cor, ut multa alia, enuntiavit Ennius, Caesell. ap. Gell. 7, 2, 4.

ē-nuntĭo ( enuncio), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to say out (esp. something that should be kept secret), to divulge, disclose, to report, tell.

Prop. (good prose):

ut, quod meae concreditumst taciturnitati clam, ne enuntiarem, quoiquam,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 106:

sociorum consilia adversariis,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 5:

rem Helvetiis per indicium,

id. ib. 1, 4, 1; cf.:

dolum Ciceroni per Fulviam,

Sall. C. 28, 2:

mysteria,

Cic. Mur. 11, 25; id. de Or. 1, 47, 206; cf. Liv. 10, 38; 23, 35; Caes, B. G. 1, 31, 2; 5, 58, 1 et saep.— With acc. and inf., Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 66.— Absol., Caes. B. G. 1, 30 fin. —

Transf., in gen., to speak out, say, express, declare (for the most part only in Cic. and Quint. in the rhetor., dialect., and gram. signif.):

cum inflexo commentatoque verbo res eadem enuntiatur ornatius,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 168:

sententias breviter,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 20:

obscena nudis nominibus,

Quint. 8, 3, 38:

voluntatem aliquam,

id. 3, 3, 1; cf. id. 9, 1, 16; 8, 3, 62: fundamentum dialecticae est, quicquid enuntietur (id autem appellant axiôma, quod est quasi effatum) aut verum esse, aut falsum, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 29 fin. —Cf. in the part. subst.: ēnuntiā-tum, i, n., a proposition, = enuntiatio, Cic. Fat. 9, 19, and 12, 28.—

To pronounce, utter:

(litterae) quae scribuntur aliter quam enuntiantur,

Quint. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. 1, 5, 18; 1, 11, 4; 2, 11, 4 al.: masculino genere cor, ut multa alia, enuntiavit Ennius, Caesell. ap. Gell. 7, 2, 4.

fāma, ae, f. [for, fa-ri], = phêmê, the talk of the multitude, like rumor, either as relating or as judging (v. rumor; cf. also: nomen, gloria, laudatio; clamor, plausus; honos, dignitas, honestas, laus, etc.).

That which people say or tell, the common talk, a report, rumor, saying, tradition (freq. and class.; plur. very rare); absol., or with a statement of the subject-matter annexed with de, or as an object-clause; rarely with gen.

Absol.:

hascine propter res maledicas famas ferunt?

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 149: a Brundisio nulla adhuc fama venerat, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 2:

cum tristis a Mutina fama manaret,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

at fuit fama. Quotusquisque est, qui istam effugere potest in tam maledica civitate?

id. Cael. 16, 38: magna illico fama surrexit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2:

aliquod fama ac nuntiis afferre,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30, 2:

hac fama ad Treviros perlata,

id. ib. 5, 53, 2:

reliquos (deos) ne famā quidem acceperunt,

id. ib. 6, 21, 2; cf.:

quam Eratostheni et quibusdam Graecis famā notam esse video,

id. ib. 6, 24, 2:

concedamus famae hominum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 2:

Daedalus, ut fama est, fugiens, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 14; cf.:

pulsis (vetus est ut fama) Sabellis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 36:

ita fama ferebat,

Ov. M. 12, 197:

duplex inde fama est,

a twofold tradition, Liv. 1, 1, 6.— In plur.:

inhonestas famas adjungere diis,

Arn. 7, 219:

per omnem provinciam magnae atrocesque famae ibant,

Sall. H. 1, 67 Dietsch, ex conj.—

Stating the subject-matter or contents.

With de:

si quis quid de republica a finitimis rumore aut fama acceperit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 20, 1:

si quid ipsi audistis communi fama atque sermone de vi, de manu, de armis, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 6, 13:

de interitu P. Clodii,

id. Mil. 35, 98:

de Afranio fama est,

id. Att. 7, 26, 1:

de Titurii morte,

Caes. B. G. 5, 39, 1; cf.:

de victoria Caesaris,

id. ib. 5, 53, 1;

5, 51, 1: de proelio Dyrrhachino,

id. B. C. 3, 80.— Plur.: ingentes esse famas de Regulo, Arrunt. ap. Sen. Ep. 114, 19 fin. —

With an appos. clause:

ne mihi hanc famam differant, Me... dedisse, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 63;

v. differo, B. 2.: accipere fama et auditione, esse quoddam numen et vim deorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

quod tibi esse antiquissimum constante famā atque omnium sermone celebratum est,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 24; so,

constans fama,

Liv. 6, 25, 4:

cum esse praestantem Numam Pompilium fama ferret,

Cic. Rep. 2, 13:

cum fama per orbem terrarum percrebuisset, illum, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 43 fin.:

fama nuntiabat, te esse in Syria,

Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 2:

fama incerta duos equites venisse,

a vague rumor, Liv. 27, 50, 6:

capsis quem (Cassium) fama est esse librisque Ambustum propriis,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 63 al. —

With gen.:

vix ad aures meas istius suspicionis fama pervenit,

Cic. Sull. 4, 12:

propter incertam famam aeris alieni,

an unsupported rumor, Liv. 6, 27, 3.—

Personified: Fama, a goddess, daughter of Terra, swiftfooted, all-seeing, growing as she runs:

Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum,

Verg. A. 4, 173 sq.; Ov. M. 12, 43 sq.; Val. Fl. 2, 116 sq.; Stat. Th. 3, 426 sq.; Ov. M. 8, 267; 9, 137; 14, 726; 15, 4; 853 al.

The voice or judgment of the many, public opinion; more freq. objectively, the fame, character, reputation which a man has, either in general or in particular, as a good or bad reputation, etc. (very freq. and class.).

In gen.:

famam atque rumores pars altera consensum civitatis et velut publicum testimonium vocat: altera sermonem sine ullo certo auctore dispersum, cui malignitas initium dederit, incrementum credulitas,

Quint. 5, 3; cf.:

adversus famam rumoresque hominum si satis firmus steteris,

Liv. 22, 39, 18:

contra opinionem militum famamque omnium videri proelium defugisse, magnum detrimentum afferebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 82, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 56 fin.: fama popularis, popular fame or favor, Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 4; 5, 16, 46:

forensis,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 17: de bona fama (quam enim appellant eudoxian, aptius est hoc loco bonam famam appellare quam gloriam), Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,

id. Att. 7, 26, 1; cf.:

qui bonam famam bonorum, quae sola vere gloria nominari potest, expetunt,

id. Sest. 66, 139; Sall. C. 7, 6:

si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 70 sq.:

bona,

Cat. 61, 62:

bene loquendi fama,

Cic. Brut. 74, 259:

eloquentiae,

Quint. 7, 1, 41:

sapientiae,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

pudica,

Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 21:

alium mala fama et timor impediebat,

Sall. J. 35, 4:

inconstantiae,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11:

vappae ac nebulonis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 12.—In plur.: inter arma civilia aequi boni famas petit, Sall. Fragm. ap. Sen. Ep. 114, 19 (Hist. inc. lib. 76 Dietsch).—

In partic.

In a good sense, fair fame, reputation, renown, = existumatio, fama bona:

ut vos mihi domi eritis, proinde ego ero famā foris,

Tert. Hec. 2, 1, 21: fundamentum [p. 723] est perpetuae commendationis et famae justitia, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:

fama et existimatio,

id. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

ut ante collectam famam conservet (for which, shortly after: habet existimationem multo sudore collectam),

id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71:

sic ejus (Archiae) adventus celebrabantur, ut famam ingenii exspectatio hominis superaret... hac tanta celebritate famae cum esset jam absentibus notus, etc. (shortly before: celeriter antecellere omnibus ingenii gloriā contigit),

id. Arch. 3, 5;

so corresp. to gloria,

id. Tusc. 1, 46, 110:

fama ingeni abicienda,

id. Fam. 9, 16, 3;

with the latter cf.: anxius de fama ingenii,

Quint. 11, 1, 50; 74:

de alicujus fama detrahere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

famam in tuto collocare,

Quint. 12, 11, 7:

ejus scripta tantum intra famam sunt,

id. 11, 3, 8:

ad famam populi Romani pertinere, eos consules esse, etc.,

Liv. 10, 24, 17:

(ut amicorum) aut caput agatur aut fama,

Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

loco, fortuna, fama superiores,

id. ib. 25, 94:

virtus, fama, decus divitiis parent,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 95:

cui gratia, fama, valetudo, contingat abunde,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 10:

famam dicendi fortius quaerunt,

Quint. 2, 12, 9: Evadne... Occidit Argivae fama pudicitiae, the glory or pride of Argive chastity, i. e. of the chaste women of Argos, Prop. 1, 15, 22.—Esp.: magna fama, great reputation, fame, glory:

magnam famam attulisse Fabio Tarentum rebatur,

Liv. 27, 25, 11:

magnam famam sui relinquere,

Nep. Lys. 1, 1:

habere,

Plin. 36, 21, 39, § 149.—

In a bad sense, illfame, infamy, scandal, = infamia, fama mala (rare): opplere (aliquem) famā ac flagitiis, Turp. ap. Non. 306, 2; Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 10:

neque specie famāve movetur, Nec jam furtivum Dido meditatur amorem,

Verg. A. 4, 172; Sall. C. 3, 5; Tac. A. 12, 49; Plin. Pan. 28, 1; cf.:

laeta apud plerosque, apud quosdam sinistra fama,

Tac. A. 11, 19.

fĕro, tuli, latum, ferre (ante-class. redupl. form in the tempp. perff.:

tetuli,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84; 168; id. Men. 4, 2, 25; 66; id. Rud. prol. 68: tetulisti, Att. and Caecil. ap. Non. 178, 17 sq.:

tetulit,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 40; id. Men. 2, 3, 30; Ter. And. 5, 1, 13:

tetulerunt,

Lucr. 6, § 672:

tetulissem,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 13:

tetulisse,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 2:

tetulero,

id. Cist. 3, 19:

tetulerit,

id. Poen. 3, 1, 58; id. Rud. 4, 3, 101), v. a. and n. [a wide-spread root; Sanscr. bhar-, carry, bharas, burden; Gr. pherô; Goth. bar, bairo, bear, produce, whence barn, child; Anglo-Saxon beran, whence Engl. bear, birth; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300; Fick, Vergl. Wort. p. 135. The perf. forms, tuli, etc., from the root tul-, tol-; Sanscr. tol-jami, lift, weigh; Gr. tlênai, endure, cf. talas, talanton; Lat. tollo, tolerare, (t)latus, etc. Cf. Goth. thulan, Germ. dulden, Geduld; Anglo-Sax. tholian, suffer. Supine latum, i. e. tlatum; cf. supra; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 220; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 73], to bear, carry, bring. (For syn. cf.: gero, porto, bajulo, veho; effero, infero; tolero, patior, sino, permitto, etc.)

Lit.

In gen.:

ferri proprie dicimus, quae quis suo corpore bajulat, portari ea, quae quis in jumento secum ducit, agi ea, quae animalia sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 235: oneris quidvis feret, Ter. Ph. 3, 3, 29:

quin te in fundo conspicer fodere aut arare aut aliquid ferre,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 17:

numerus eorum, qui arma ferre possent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 29, 1:

arma et vallum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 13:

sacra Junonis,

id. S. 1, 3, 11:

cadaver nudis humeris (heres),

id. ib. 2, 5, 86:

argentum ad aliquem,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 142; cf.:

symbolum filio,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 30:

olera et pisciculos minutos ferre obolo in cenam seni,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

vina et unguenta et flores,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 14:

discerpta ferentes Memora gruis,

id. S. 2, 8, 86; cf.:

talos, nucesque sinu laxo,

id. ib. 2, 3, 172:

in Capitolium faces,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

iste operta lectica latus per oppidum est ut mortuus,

id. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

lectica in Capitolium latus est,

Suet. Claud. 2:

circa judices latus (puer),

Quint. 6, 1, 47:

prae se ferens (in essedo) Darium puerum,

Suet. Calig. 19.— Poet. with inf.:

natum ad Stygios iterum fero mergere fontes,

Stat. Ach. 1, 134.—Prov.:

ferre aliquem in oculis, or simply oculis,

i. e. to hold dear, love exceedingly, Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9; Q. Cic. Fam. 16, 27, 2.—

In partic.

With the idea of motion predominating, to set in motion, esp. to move onward quickly or rapidly, to bear, lead, conduct, or drive away; with se or mid. (so esp. freq.), to move or go swiftly, to haste, speed, betake one's self; and of things, to flow, mount, run down.

Act.:

ubi in rapidas amnis dispeximus undas: Stantis equi corpus transvorsum ferre videtur Vis, et in advorsum flumen contrudere raptim: Et, quocumque oculos trajecimus, omnia ferri Et fluere assimili nobis ratione videntur,

Lucr. 4, 422 sq.:

ubi cernimus alta Exhalare vapore altaria, ferreque fumum,

to send up, id. 3, 432; cf.:

vis ut vomat ignes, Ad caelumque ferat flammai fulgura rursum,

id. 1, 725; and:

caelo supinas si tuleris manus,

raisest, Hor. C. 3, 23, 1:

te rursus in bellum resorbens Unda fretis tulit aestuosis,

id. ib. 2, 7, 16; cf.:

ire, pedes quocumque ferent,

id. Epod. 16, 21; and:

me per Aegaeos tumultus Aura feret,

id. C. 3, 29, 64:

signa ferre,

to put the standards in motion, to break up, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40, 12; Liv. 10, 5, 1 al.:

pol, si id scissem, numquam huc tetulissem pedem,

have stirred foot, have come, Ter. And. 4, 5, 13:

pedem,

Verg. A. 2, 756; Val. Fl. 7, 112:

gressum,

to walk, Lucr. 4, 681; cf.:

agiles gressus,

Sil. 3, 180:

vagos gradus,

Ov. M. 7, 185:

vestigia,

Sil. 9, 101:

vagos cursus,

id. 9, 243.— Absol.:

quo ventus ferebat,

bore, drove, Caes. B. G. 3, 15, 3:

interim, si feret flatus, danda sunt vela,

Quint. 10, 3, 7:

itinera duo, quae extra murum ad portum ferebant,

led, Caes. B. C. 1, 27, 4:

pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,

Liv. 1, 7, 6.—Prov.:

in silvam ligna ferre,

to carry coals to Newcastle, Hor. S. 1, 10, 34.—

With se or mid., to move or go swiftly, to hasten, rush:

cum ipsa paene insula mihi sese obviam ferre vellet,

to meet, Cic. Planc. 40, 96; cf.:

non dubitaverim me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre,

id. Rep. 1, 4:

hinc ferro accingor rursus... meque extra tecta ferebam,

Verg. A. 2, 672; 11, 779:

grassatorum plurimi palam se ferebant,

Suet. Aug. 32.—Of things as subjects:

ubi forte ita se tetulerunt semina aquarum,

i. e. have collected themselves, Lucr. 6, 672.—Mid.:

ad eum omni celeritate et studio incitatus ferebatur,

proceeded, Caes. B. C. 3, 78, 2:

alii aliam in partem perterriti ferebantur,

betook themselves, fled, id. B. G. 2, 24, 3:

(fera) supra venabula fertur,

rushes, springs, Verg. A. 9, 553:

huc juvenis nota fertur regione viarum,

proceeds, id. ib. 11, 530:

densos fertur moribundus in hostes,

rushes, id. ib. 2, 511:

quocumque feremur, danda vela sunt,

Cic. Or. 23, 75; cf.:

non alto semper feremur,

Quint. 12, 10, 37:

ego, utrum Nave ferar magna an parva, ferar unus et idem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 200:

non tenui ferar Penna biformis per liquidum aethera Vates,

fly, id. C. 2, 20, 1.—Of inanimate subjects:

(corpuscula rerum) ubi tam volucri levitate ferantur,

move, Lucr. 4, 195; cf.:

quae cum mobiliter summa levitate feruntur,

id. 4, 745; cf.:

tellus neque movetur et infima est, et in eam feruntur omnia nutu suo pondera,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17 fin.:

Rhenus longo spatio per fines Nantuatium, etc.... citatus fertur,

flows, Caes. B. G. 4, 10, 3; cf. Hirt. B. [p. 738] G. 8, 40, 3:

ut (flamma) ad caelum usque ferretur,

ascended, arose, Suet. Aug. 94.—

Rarely ferre = se ferre: quem procul conspiciens ad se ferentem pertimescit,

Nep. Dat. 4 fin. —

To carry off, take away by force, as a robber, etc.: to plunder, spoil, ravage:

alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

Verg. A. 2, 374:

postquam te (i. e. exstinctum Daphnin) fata tulerunt,

snatched away, id. E. 5, 34. So esp. in the phrase ferre et agere, of taking booty, plundering, where ferre applies to portable things, and agere to men and cattle; v. ago.—

To bear, produce, yield:

plurima tum tellus etiam majora ferebat, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 942 sq.; cf.:

quae autem terra fruges ferre, et, ut mater, cibos suppeditare possit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 67:

quem (florem) ferunt terrae solutae,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 10:

quibus jugera fruges et Cererem ferunt,

id. ib. 3, 24, 13:

angulus iste feret piper et thus,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 23:

(olea) fructum ramis pluribus feret,

Quint. 8, 3, 10.— Absol.:

ferundo arbor peribit,

Cato, R. R. 6, 2.—

Of a woman or sheanimal, to bear offspring, be pregnant:

ignorans nurum ventrem ferre,

Liv. 1, 34, 3;

of animals: equa ventrem fert duodecim menses, vacca decem, ovis et capra quinque, sus quatuor,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; cf.:

cervi octonis mensibus ferunt partus,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 112:

nec te conceptam saeva leaena tulit,

Tib. 3, 4, 90.— Poet.:

quem tulerat mater claro Phoenissa Laconi,

i. e. had borne, Sil. 7, 666.—

To offer as an oblation:

liba et Mopsopio dulcia melle feram,

Tib. 1, 7, 54; so,

liba,

id. 1, 10, 23:

lancesque et liba Baccho,

Verg. G. 2, 394:

tura superis, altaribus,

Ov. M. 11, 577.—

To get, receive, acquire, obtain, as gain, a reward, a possession, etc.:

quod posces, feres,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 106; cf.: quodvis donum et praemium a me optato;

id optatum feres,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 27:

fructus ex sese (i. e. re publica) magna acerbitate permixtos tulissem,

Cic. Planc. 38, 92:

partem praedae,

id. Rosc. Am. 37, 107:

ille crucem pretium sceleris tulit, hic diadema,

Juv. 13, 105:

coram rege sua de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44.

Trop.

In gen., to bear, carry, bring:

satis haec tellus morbi caelumque mali fert,

bears, contains, Lucr. 6, 663;

veterrima quaeque, ut ea vina, quae vetustatem ferunt, esse debent suavissima,

which carry age, are old, Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

scripta vetustatem si modo nostra ferent,

will have, will attain to, Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 8:

nomen alicujus,

to bear, have, Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; cf.:

insani sapiens nomen ferat, aequus iniqui,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 15:

nomen,

Suet. Aug. 101; id. Calig. 47:

cognomen,

id. Aug. 43; id. Galb. 3; cf.:

ille finis Appio alienae personae ferendae fuit,

of bearing an assumed character, Liv. 3, 36, 1:

Archimimus personam ejus ferens,

personating, Suet. Vesp. 19; cf.

also: (Garyophyllon) fert et in spinis piperis similitudinem,

Plin. 12, 7, 15, § 30: fer mi auxilium, bring assistance, aid, help, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 29 (Trag. v. 50 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

alicui opem auxiliumque ferre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9:

auxilium alicui,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5; Ter. And. 1, 1, 115; Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 19; Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 5; 4, 12, 5; Hor. Epod. 1, 21 et saep.: opem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 86 ed. Vahl.):

opem alicui,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 23; Ter. And. 3, 1, 15; id. Ad. 3, 4, 41; Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3 (with succurrere saluti); id. Fin. 2, 35, 118 (with salutem); id. Fam. 5, 4, 2:

subsidium alicui,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 2:

condicionem,

to proffer, id. ib. 4, 11, 3; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 30:

Coriolanus ab sede sua cum ferret matri obviae complexum,

offered, Liv. 2, 40, 5:

si qua fidem tanto est operi latura vetustas,

will bring, procure, Verg. A. 10, 792:

ea vox audita laborum Prima tulit finem,

id. ib. 7, 118: suspicionem falsam, to entertain suspicion, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5 (Trag. v. 348 ed. Vahl.).—

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) To move, to bring, lead, conduct, drive, raise:

quem tulit ad scenam ventoso gloria curru,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 177; so,

animi quaedam ingenita natura... recta nos ad ea, quae conveniunt causae, ferant,

Quint. 5, 10, 123; cf. absol.:

nisi illud, quod eo, quo intendas, ferat deducatque, cognoris,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135:

exstincti ad caelum gloria fertur,

Lucr. 6, 8; cf.:

laudibus aliquem in caelum ferre,

to extol, praise, Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; cf. id. Rep. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 99; Suet. Otho, 12; id. Vesp. 6:

eam pugnam miris laudibus,

Liv. 7, 10, 14; cf.:

saepe rem dicendo subiciet oculis: saepe supra feret quam fieri possit,

wilt exalt, magnify, Cic. Or. 40, 139:

ferte sermonibus et multiplicate fama bella,

Liv. 4, 5, 6:

ferre in majus vero incertas res fama solet,

id. 21, 32, 7:

crudelitate et scelere ferri,

to be impelled, carried away, Cic. Clu. 70, 199:

praeceps amentia ferebare,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121; cf.:

ferri avaritia,

id. Quint. 11, 38:

orator suo jam impetu fertur,

Quint. 12 praef. §

3: eloquentia, quae cursu magno sonituque ferretur,

Cic. Or. 28, 97; cf.:

(eloquentia) feratur non semitis sed campis,

Quint. 5, 14, 31:

oratio, quae ferri debet ac fluere,

id. 9, 4, 112; cf.:

quae (historia) currere debet ac ferri,

id. 9, 4, 18; so often: animus fert (aliquem aliquo), the mind moves one to any thing:

quo cujusque animus fert, eo discedunt,

Sall. J. 54, 4; cf.:

milites procurrentes consistentesque, quo loco ipsorum tulisset animus,

Liv. 25, 21, 5; and:

qua quemque animus fert, effugite superbiam regiam,

id. 40, 4, 14:

si maxime animus ferat,

Sall. C. 58, 6; cf. Ov. M. 1, 775.—With an object-clause, the mind moves one to do any thing, Ov. M. 1, 1; Luc. 1, 67; Suet. Otho, 6; cf.

also: mens tulit nos ferro exscindere Thebas,

Stat. Th. 4, 753.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To carry off, take away:

omnia fert aetas, animum quoque,

Verg. E. 9, 51:

postquam te fata tulerunt,

id. ib. 5, 34:

invida Domitium fata tulere sibi,

Anthol. Lat. 4, 123, 8;

like efferre,

to carry forth to burial, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 89.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To bear, bring forth, produce:

haec aetas prima Athenis oratorem prope perfectum tulit,

Cic. Brut. 12, 45:

aetas parentum, pejor avis, tulit Nos nequiores,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 46:

Curium tulit et Camillum Saeva paupertas,

id. ib. 1, 12, 42.—

(Acc. to I. B. 6.) To bear away, to get, obtain, receive:

Cotta et Sulpicius omnium judicio facile primas tulerunt,

Cic. Brut. 49, 183:

palmam,

to carry off, win, id. Att. 4, 15, 6:

victoriam ex inermi,

to gain, Liv. 39, 51, 10; 2, 50, 2; 8, 8, 18:

gratiam et gloriam annonae levatae,

id. 4, 12, 8:

maximam laudem inter suos,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 4:

centuriam, tribus,

i. e. to get their votes, Cic. Planc. 20, 49; 22, 53; id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:

suffragia,

Suet. Caes. 13 (diff. from 8. a.):

responsum ab aliquo,

to receive, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; Caes. B. G. 6, 4 fin.:

repulsam a populo,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 54:

repulsam,

id. de Or. 2, 69 fin.; id. Phil. 11, 8, 19; id. Att. 5, 19 al.: calumniam, i. e. to be convicted of a false accusation, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1:

ita ut filius partem dimidiam hereditatis ferat,

Gai. Inst. 3, 8:

singulas portiones,

id. ib. 3, 16; 61.—

To bear, support any thing unpleasant; or pregn., to suffer, tolerate, endure.

To bear in any manner.

With acc.: servi injurias nimias aegre ferunt, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

(onus senectutis) modice ac sapienter sicut omnia ferre,

Cic. de Sen. 1, 2:

aegre ferre repulsam consulatus,

id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40:

hoc moderatiore animo ferre,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

aliquid toleranter,

id. ib. 4, 6, 2:

clementer,

id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

quod eo magis ferre animo aequo videmur, quia, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 126:

ut tu fortunam, sic nos te, Celse, feremus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 17.—

With an object-clause:

ut si quis aegre ferat, se pauperem esse,

take it ill, Cic. Tusc. 4, 27, 59:

hoc ereptum esse, graviter et acerbe ferre,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152:

quomodo ferant veterani, exercitum Brutum habere,

id. Phil. 10, 7, 15.—

With de:

de Lentulo scilicet sic fero, ut debeo,

Cic. Att. 4, 6, 1:

quomodo Caesar ferret de auctoritate perscripta,

id. ib. 5, 2, 3:

numquid moleste fers de illo, qui? etc.,

id. ib. 6, 8, 3.—

Absol.:

sin aliter acciderit, humaniter feremus,

Cic. Att. 1, 2, 1:

si mihi imposuisset aliquid, animo iniquo tulissem,

id. ib. 15, 26, 4.—

Pregn., to bear or put up with, to suffer, tolerate, endure, sustain, resist.

With acc.: quis hanc contumeliam, quis hoc imperium, quis hanc servitutem ferre potest? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

qui potentissimorum hominum contumaciam numquam tulerim, ferrem hujus asseclae?

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6:

cujus desiderium civitas ferre diutius non potest,

id. Phil. 10, 10, 21:

cogitandi non ferebat laborem,

id. Brut. 77, 268:

unum impetum nostrorum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 3:

vultum atque aciem oculorum,

id. ib. 1, 39, 1:

cohortatio gravior quam aures Sulpicii ferre didicissent,

to hear unmoved, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 9:

vultum,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 121:

multa tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit,

id. A. P. 413:

spectatoris fastidia,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 215:

fuisse (Epaminondam) patientem suorumque injurias ferentem civium,

Nep. Epam. 7.—Of personal objects:

quem ferret, si parentem non ferret suum?

brook, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 28:

optimates quis ferat, qui, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33:

vereor, ut jam nos ferat quisquam,

Quint. 8, 3, 25:

an laturi sint Romani talem regem,

id. 7, 1, 24:

quis enim ferat puerum aut adolescentulum, si, etc.,

id. 8, 5, 8.—

With an object-clause:

ferunt aures hominum, illa... laudari,

Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344:

non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes,

Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Ov. M. 2, 628:

illa quidem in hoc opere praecipi quis ferat?

Quint. 11, 3, 27; 11, 1, 69:

servo nubere nympha tuli,

Ov. H. 5, 12; cf.:

alios vinci potuisse ferendum est,

id. M. 12, 555. —

With quod:

quod rapta, feremus, dummodo reddat eam,

Ov. M. 5, 520:

illud non ferendum, quod, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 131. —

With the access, notion of publicity, to make public, to disclose, show, exhibit:

eum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,

Cic. Planc. 14, 34; cf.:

laetitiam apertissime tulimus omnes,

id. Att. 14, 13, 2:

neque id obscure ferebat nec dissimulare ullo modo poterat,

id. Clu. 19, 54:

haud clam tulit iram adversus praetorem,

Liv. 31, 47, 4; cf.:

tacite ejus verecundiam non tulit senatus, quin, etc.,

id. 5, 28, 1.—

Prae se ferre, to show, manifest, to let be seen, to declare:

cujus rei tantae facultatem consecutum esse me, non profiteor: secutum me esse, prae me fero,

Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 12:

noli, quaeso, prae te ferre, vos plane expertes esse doctrinae,

id. ib. 2, 18, 47:

non mediocres terrores... prae se fert et ostentat,

id. Att. 2, 23, 3:

hanc virtutem prae se ferunt,

Quint. 2, 13, 11:

liberalium disciplinarum prae se scientiam tulit,

id. 12, 11, 21:

magnum animum (verba),

id. 11, 1, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

(comae) turbatae prae se ferre aliquid affectus videntur,

Quint. 11, 3, 148:

oratio prae se fert felicissimam facilitatem,

id. 10, 1, 11.—

Of speech, to report, relate, make known, assert, celebrate:

haec omnibus ferebat sermonibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 2:

alii alia sermonibus ferebant Romanos facturos,

Liv. 33, 32, 3:

ferte sermonibus et multiplicate fama bella,

id. 4, 5, 6:

patres ita fama ferebant, quod, etc.,

id. 23, 31, 13; cf. with acc.:

hascine propter res maledicas famas ferunt,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 149:

famam,

id. Pers. 3, 1, 23:

fama eadem tulit,

Tac. A. 1, 5; cf. id. ib. 15, 60:

nec aliud per illos dies populus credulitate, prudentes diversa fama, tulere,

talk about, id. ib. 16, 2:

inimici famam non ita, ut nata est, ferunt,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 23:

quod fers, cedo,

tell, say, Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 17:

nostra (laus) semper feretur et praedicabitur, etc.,

Cic. Arch. 9, 21.—With an object-clause:

cum ipse... acturum se id per populum aperte ferret,

Liv. 28, 40, 2; id. ib. §

1: saepe homines morbos magis esse timendos ferunt quam Tartara leti,

Lucr. 3, 42:

Prognen ita velle ferebat,

Ov. M. 6, 470; 14, 527:

ipsi territos se ferebant,

Tac. H. 4, 78; id. A. 4, 58; 6, 26 (32); cf.:

mihi fama tulit fessum te caede procubuisse, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 503:

commentarii ad senatum missi ferebant, Macronem praesedisse, etc.,

Tac. A. 6, 47 (53).—

Ferunt, fertur, feruntur, etc., they relate, tell, say; it is said, it appears, etc.—With inf.:

quin etiam Xenocratem ferunt, cum quaereretur ex eo, etc... respondisse, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2:

fuisse quendam ferunt Demaratum, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 19:

quem ex Hyperboreis Delphos ferunt advenisse,

id. N. D. 3, 23, 57; Hor. C. 3, 17, 2:

homo omnium in dicendo, ut ferebant, accrrimus et copiosissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45:

Ceres fertur fruges... mortalibus instituisse,

Lucr. 5, 14:

in Syria quoque fertur item locus esse, etc.,

id. 6, 755:

is Amulium regem interemisse fertur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

qui in contione dixisse fertur,

id. ib. 2, 10 fin.:

quam (urbem) Juno fertur terris omnibus unam coluisse,

Verg. A. 1, 15:

non sat idoneus Pugnae ferebaris,

you were accounted, held, Hor. C. 2, 19, 27:

si ornate locutus est, sicut fertur et mihi videtur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 49; cf.: cum quaestor ex Macedonia venissem Athenas florente [p. 739] Academia, ut temporibus illis ferebatur, id. ib. § 45.—

To give out, to pass off a person or thing by any name or for any thing; and, in the pass., to pass for any thing, to pass current:

hunc (Mercurium) omnium inventorem artium ferunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 1:

ut Servium conditorem posteri fama ferrent,

Liv. 1, 42, 4:

qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

set himself up for, boast, Vell. 1, 11, 1:

avum M. Antonium, avunculum Augustum ferens,

boasting of, Tac. A. 2, 43; cf.:

qui ingenuum se et Lachetem mutato nomine coeperat ferre,

Suet. Vesp. 23:

ante Periclem, cujus scripta quaedam feruntur,

Cic. Brut. 7, 27 (quoted paraphrastically, Quint. 3, 1, 12): sub nomine meo libri ferebantur artis rhetoricae, Quint. prooem. 7; cf.:

cetera, quae sub nomine meo feruntur,

id. 7, 2, 24; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Aug. 31; id. Caes. 20:

multa ejus (Catonis) vel provisa prudenter vel acta constanter vel responsa acute ferebantur,

Cic. Lael. 2, 6:

qua ex re in pueritia nobilis inter aequales ferebatur,

Nep. Att. 1, 3.—

Polit. and jurid. t. t.

Suffragium or sententiam, to give in one's vote, to vote, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1; cf.:

ferunt suffragia,

Cic. Rep. 1, 31; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

de quo foedere populus Romanus sententiam non tulit,

id. Balb. 15, 34; cf.:

de quo vos (judices) sententiam per tabellam feretis,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104;

so of the voting of judges,

id. Clu. 26, 72;

of senators: parcite, ut sit qui in senatu de bello et pace sententiam ferat,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 76; cf. id. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—

Legem (privilegium, rogationem) ad populum, or absol., to bring forward or move a proposition, to propose a law, etc.:

perniciose Philippus in tribunatu, cum legem agrariam ferret, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73; cf. id. Sull. 23, 65:

quae lex paucis his annis lata esset,

id. Corn. 1, 3 (vol. xi. p. 10 B. and K.):

familiarissimus tuus de te privilegium tulit, ut, etc.,

id. Par. 4, 32:

Sullam illam rogationem de se nolle ferri (shortly before: Lex ferri coepta),

id. Sull. 23, 65:

rogationem de aliquo, contra or in aliquem, ad populum, ad plebem,

id. Balb. 14, 33; id. Clu. 51, 140; id. Brut. 23, 89; Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 4; Liv. 33, 25, 7:

nescis, te ipsum ad populum tulisse, ut, etc.,

proposed a bill, Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 100:

ut P. Scaevola tribunus plebis ferret ad plebem, vellentne, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 54; cf. Liv. 33, 25, 6:

quod Sulla ipse ita tulit de civitate, ut, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 35, 102:

nihil de judicio ferebat,

id. Sull. 22, 63:

cum, ut absentis ratio haberetur, ferebamus,

id. Att. 7, 6, 2.— Impers.:

lato ut solet ad populum, ut equum escendere liceret,

Liv. 23, 14, 2. —

Judicem, said of the plaintiff, to offer or propose to the defendant as judge:

quem ego si ferrem judicem, refugere non deberet,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45; id. de Or. 2, 70, 285.—Hence, judicem alicui, in gen., to propose a judge to, i. e. to bring a suit against, to sue a person:

se iterum ac saepius judicem illi ferre,

Liv. 3, 57, 5; 3, 24, 5; 8, 33, 8.—

Mercant. t. t., to enter, to set or note down a sum in a book:

quod minus Dolabella Verri acceptum rettulit, quam Verres illi expensum tulerit, etc.,

i. e. has set down as paid, has paid, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 100 sq., v. expendo.—

Absol., of abstr. subjects, to require, demand, render necessary; to allow, permit, suffer:

ita sui periculi rationes ferre ac postulare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 105; cf.:

gravioribus verbis uti, quam natura fert,

id. Quint. 18, 57: quid ferat Fors, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. 203 ed. Vahl.):

quamdiu voluntas Apronii tulit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57:

ut aetas illa fert,

as is usual at that time of life, id. Clu. 60, 168:

ad me, ut tempora nostra, non ut amor tuus fert, vere perscribe,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5:

quod ita existimabam tempora rei publicae ferre,

id. Pis. 2, 5:

si ita commodum vestrum fert,

id. Agr. 2, 28, 77:

prout Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

si vestra voluntas feret,

if such be your pleasure, id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

ut opinio et spes et conjectura nostra fert,

according to our opinion, hope, and belief, id. Att. 2, 25, 2:

ut mea fert opinio,

according to my opinion, id. Clu. 16, 46: si occasio tulerit, if occasion require, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6:

dum tempus ad eam rem tulit, sivi, animum ut expleret suum,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 17: in hac ratione quid res, quid causa, quid tempus ferat, tu perspicies, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

natura fert, ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent,

id. Rep. 6, 18.— Impers.:

sociam se cujuscumque fortunae, et, si ita ferret, comitem exitii promittebat (sc. res or fortuna),

Tac. A. 3, 15; so,

si ita ferret,

id. H. 2, 44.

frăgor, ōris, m. [id.], a breaking, breaking to pieces.

Lit. (very rare):

pausam stare fragori,

to fragility, Lucr. 1, 747:

so,

id. 5, 109; 317.—

Transf., a crashing (as when something is broken to pieces), a crash, noise, din (the usual signif. of the word; mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.:

sonus, sonor): ut crebram silvam cum flamina Cauri Perflant, dant sonitum frondes ramique fragorem,

Lucr. 6, 136:

sternitur nemus, et propulsa fragorem silva dat,

Ov. M. 8, 340:

fragor tectorum, quae diruebantur,

Liv. 1, 29, 4:

ruentium tectorum,

Quint. 8, 3, 68:

venti procella dat fragorem,

Lucr. 6, 129:

multus geli,

id. 6, 156:

pelagi,

Verg. A. 1, 154; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17:

subitoque fragore intonuit laevum,

Verg. A. 2, 692; 9, 541; cf. 8, 527; cf.:

quem (Periclea) fulminibus et caelesti fragori comparant comici,

Quint. 12, 10, 24:

Nilus praecipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert,

Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 181:

sublimitas profecto et magnificentia et nitor et auctoritas expressit illum fragorem,

those thunders of applause, Quint. 8, 3, 3:

exornatio significandae rei causa, sic: Postquam iste in rem publicam fecit impetum, fragor civitatis imprimis est auditus. Hoc genere raro utendum est, ne novi verbi assiduitas odium pariat, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42:

terra continens adventus hostium non modo exspectatos, sed etiam repentinos multis indiciis et quasi fragore quodam et sonitu ipso ante denuntiat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3 Mos.— Poet. for report, rumor, Val. Fl. 1, 753.

gesto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. and n. [gero].

Act., to bear, to carry, to have; to wear, wield (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; for fero, porto, gero, habeo).

Lit.:

quae olim parva gestavit crepundia,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 36:

quae nisi fecissem, frustra Telamone creatus Gestasset laeva taurorum tergora septem (i. e. scutum),

Ov. M. 13, 347:

clavos trabales et cuneos manu ahena (Necessitas),

Hor. C. 1, 35, 19:

gemmam digito,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 158:

coronam lauream capite,

Suet. Tib. 69; cf. Ov. M. 2, 366:

ferrum et scopulos gestare in corde,

id. ib. 7, 33:

non obtunsa adeo gestamus pectora,

Verg. A. 1, 567; cf.:

neque jam livida gestat armis Brachia,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 10:

mercem sine fucis,

id. S. 1, 2, 83:

quem ego puerum tantillum in manibus gestavi meis,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 24: post cervicibus fractis caput abscidit, idque affixum gestari jussit in pilo, * Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5; cf. Vell. 2, 27, 3:

agnam lecticā,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 214:

dorso, sicut jumenta, onera gestare,

Curt. 4, 2; cf.:

arma umeris,

Liv. 27, 48, 16:

in umeris,

Vulg. Isa. 46, 7:

suum in pectore testem,

Juv. 13, 198:

cur in hoc digito gestaretur annulus,

Macr. Sat. 7, 13, 11:

lorum in collo pro bullae decore,

id. ib. 1, 6, 13.— Absol.:

(elephantos) decem annis gestare in utero vulgus existimat,

to go with young, Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 28:

ex urbe atque Italia irritamenta gulae gestabantur,

Tac. H. 2, 62; cf. Sen. Q. N. 5 fin. —

In partic., gestari, to be carried about (in a litter, carriage, boat, etc.), to take the air, to ride, drive, sail, etc., for pleasure:

nunc exerceamur, nunc gestemur, nunc prandeamus,

Sen. Ep. 122 med.; cf. Mart. 12, 17, 3:

gestatus bijugis Regulus esset equis,

id. 1, 13, 8:

porticus in qua gestetur dominus,

Juv. 7, 179:

equus gestandi gratia commodatum,

for the sake of a ride, Gai. Inst. 3, 196; cf. in the foll. II.—

Trop.:

hicine non gestandus in sinu est?

i. e. to be dearly loved, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 75:

tu quidem Meum animum gestas: scis, quid acturus siem,

know my wish, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 11; cf.:

rex te ergo in oculis... gestare,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 11.—

In partic., to carry about, to report, blab, tell:

homines qui gestant quique auscultant crimina,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 12:

pessimum genus hominum videbatur, qui verba gestarent: sunt qui vitia gestant,

Sen. Ep. 123.—

Neutr., like veho, in the signif. of I. A. 2., to be carried out, to ride, drive, sail, etc., to take the air (very rare):

simul gestanti, conspecto delatore ejus, Vis, inquit, etc.,

Suet. Dom. 11:

ne ad gestandum quidem umquam aliter iter ingressus, quam ut, etc.,

id. Galb. 8.

călumnĭa (old form kălumnĭa; v. the letter K), ae, f. [perh. for calvomnia, from calvor; cf. incīlo], trickery, artifice, chicanery, cunning device.

Lit.

In gen.:

per obtrectatores Lentuli calumniā extracta res est,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 3:

(Lucullus) inimicorum calumniā triennio tardius quam debuerat triumphavit,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:

inpediti ne triumpharent calumniā paucorum, quibus omnia honesta atque inhonesta vendere mos erat,

Sall. C. 30, 4:

Metellus calumniā dicendi tempus exemit,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:

cum omni morā, ludificatione, calumniā senatūs auctoritas impediretur,

id. Sest. 35, 75.— Plur.:

res ab adversariis nostris extracta est variis calumniis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 4, 1.—

In partic.

A pretence, evasion, subterfuge:

juris judicium cum erit et aequitatis, cave in istā tam frigidā, tam jejunā calumniā delitescas,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 61:

senatus religionis calumniam non religione, sed malevolentiā... comprobat,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

Carneades... itaque premebat alio modo nec ullam adhibebat calumniam,

id. Fat. 14, 31:

calumniam stultitiamque ejus obtrivit ac contudit,

id. Caecin. 7, 18:

illud in primis, ne qua calumnia, ne qua fraus, ne quis dolus adhibeatur,

id. Dom. 14, 36:

quae major calumnia est, quam venire imberbum adulescentulum... dicere se filium senatorem sibi velle adoptare?

id. ib. 14, 37.—

In discourse, etc., a misrepresentation, false statement, fallacy, cavil (cf.:

cavillatio, perfugium): haec cum uberius disputantur et fusius, facilius effugiunt Academicorum calumniam,

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

(Carneades) saepe optimas causas ingenii calumniā ludificari solet,

id. Rep. 3, 5, 9:

nec Arcesilae calumnia conferenda est cum Democriti verecundiā,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 14:

si in minimis rebus pertinacia reprehenditur, calumnia etiam coërcetur,

id. ib. 2, 20, 65:

altera est calumnia, nullam artem falsis adsentiri opinionibus,

Quint. 2, 17, 18:

si quis tamen... ad necessaria aliquid melius adjecerit, non erit hac calumniā reprendendus,

id. 12, 10, 43.—

A false accusation, malicious charge, esp. a false or malicious information, or action at law, a perversion of justice ( = sukophantia):

jam de deorum inmortalium templis spoliatis qualem calumniam ad pontifices adtulerit?

false report, Liv. 39, 4, 11:

Scythae... cum confecto jam bello supervenissent, et calumniā tardius lati auxilii, mercede fraudarentur,

an unjust charge, Just. 42, 1, 2:

quamquam illa fuit ad calumniam singulari consilio reperta ratio... Quae res cum ad pactiones iniquissimas magnam vim habuit, tum vero ad calumnias in quas omnes inciderent, quos vellent Apronius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

causam calumniae reperire,

id. ib. 2, 2, 8, §

21: (Heraclius), a quo HS. C. milia per calumniam malitiamque petita sunt,

id. ib. 2, 2, 27, §

66: mirari improbitatem calumniae,

id. ib. 2, 2, 15, §

37: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumniā quādam et nimis callidā juris interpretatione,

id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

iste amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 61:

quem iste in decumis, in rebus capitalibus, in omni calumniā praecursorem habere solebat et emissarium,

id. ib. 2, 5, 41, § 108; 2, 2, 9, §

25: ad rapinas convertit animum, vario et exquisitissimo calumniarum et auctionum et vectigalium genere,

Suet. Calig. 38 init.; cf.

the context: calumniā litium alienos fundos petere,

Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

adeo illis odium Romanorum incussit rapacitas proconsulum, sectio publicanorum, calumniae litium,

Just. 38, 7, 8:

calumniarum metum inicere alicui,

Suet. Caes. 20:

principes confiscatos ob tam leve ac tam inpudens calumniarum genus, ut, etc.,

id. Tib. 49:

calumniis rapinisque intendit animum,

id. Ner. 32:

creditorum turbam... nonnisi terrore calumniarum amovit,

id. Vit. 7:

fiscales calumnias magna calumniantium repressit,

id. Dom. 9 fin. — Plur.:

istae calumniae,

App. Mag. 1, p. 273, 9; cf.:

calumnia magiae,

id. ib. 2, p. 274, 10.—

Hence, jurid. t. t., the bringing of an action, whether civil or criminal, in bad faith:

actoris calumnia quoque coërcetur,

litigiousness on the part of the plaintiff, Just. Inst. 4, 16, 1 Sandars ad loc.; Gai Inst. 4, 174: vetus calumniae actio, a prosecution for blackmail or malicious prosecution, id. ib.: calumniam jurare, to take the oath that the action is brought or defence offered in good faith, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 3: sei juraverit calumniae causā non postulare, Lex Acil. Repetund. 19; Dig. 39, 2, 7; cf.: praeter jusjurandum exigere non calumniae causā infitias ire, Gai Inst. 4, 172:

jusjurandum exigere non calumniae causā agere,

id. ib. 4, 176.—Hence:

nec satis habere bello vicisse Hannibalem, nisi velut accusatores calumniam in eum jurarent ac nomen deferrent,

Liv. 33, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc; so,

de calumniā jurare,

Dig. 39, 2, 13, § 3: jusjurandum de calumniā, Gai Inst. 4, 179; Dig. 12, 3, 34 al.: et quidem calumniae judicium adversus omnes actiones locum habet, a conviction in a cross-action for malicious prosecution, Gai Inst. 4, 175:

turpissimam personam calumniae honestae civitati inponere,

to fasten the vile character of a malicious prosecutor upon, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 43:

sine ignominiā calumniae accusationem relinquere non posse,

id. Clu. 31, 86.— The person convicted of this charge was branded on the forehead with the letter K; v. calumniator.—

Transf., a conviction for malicious prosecution ( = calumniae judicium, v. I. A. 4. supra):

hic illo privato judicio, mihi credite, calumniam non effugiet,

Cic. Clu. 59, 163: scito C. Sempronium Rufum, mel ac delicias tuas, calumniam maximo plausu tulisse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1:

accusare alienae dominationis scelerisque socius propter calumniae metum non est ausus,

Cic. Dom. 19, 49:

perinde poenā teneri ac si publico judicio calumniae condemnatus,

Tac. A. 14, 41:

calumniam fictis eludere jocis,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 37.—

Trop.

Of abstr. things: in hac igitur calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento, cum plurima ad alieni sensūs conjecturam, non ad suum judicium scribantur, i. e. when the writer ' s mind is made the fool of his fears, Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4. —

Contra se, a mistaken severity towards one ' s self:

inveni qui Ciceroni crederent, eum (Calvum) nimiā contra se calumniā verum sanguinem perdidisse,

Quint. 10, 1, 115 (referring to Cic. Brut. 82, 283: nimium inquirens in se atque ipse sese observans, metuensque ne vitiosum colligeret, etiam verum sanguinem deperdebat).

lēgātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. lego], the sending of an ambassador; hence, the office of an ambassador, an embassy, legation.

Lit.

In gen.:

cum legatione in provinciam esset profectus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 9:

legationem obire,

id. Ac. 2, 2, 5:

is sibi legationem ad civitates suscepit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

legationis officium conficere,

id. B. C. 3, 103:

in legationem proficisci,

Liv. 21, 63:

in legatione esse,

Quint. 7, 1, 50:

legatio male gesta,

id. 4, 4, 5:

munus legationis recusare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 33: legationem renuntiare, to make a report or give an account of one's embassy, Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 1; Liv. 9, 4; 23, 6; 35, 32; 36, 35; 39, 33; Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 20 al.;

v. renuntio, I. B.: legationem ementiri,

Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 7:

a Treveris Germanos crebris legationibus sollicitari,

Caes. B. G. 6, 2:

per legationes petere foedus,

Tac. A. 2, 45.—

In partic.

Libera legatio, a free legation, i. e. permission granted to a senator to visit one or more provinces on his private affairs in the character of an ambassador, but without performing the duties of one (such an embassy was called free, because while it lasted the holder of it was at liberty to come to the city of Rome and leave it again without resigning his office):

negotiorum suorum causa legatus est in Africam legatione libera,

Cic. Fam. 12, 21:

habent opinor liberae legationes definitum tempus lege Julia,

id. Att. 15, 11;

called simply legatio,

id. Leg. 3, 8, 18; id. Fl. 34:

qui libera legatione abest, non videtur rei publicae causa abesse: hic enim non publici causa, sed sui abest,

Dig. 50, 7, 14.—

Legatio votiva, a free embassy assumed for the purpose (often a mere pretext) of paying a vow in a province, Cic. Att. 4, 2 fin.; 15, 8; 15, 11.—

The charge of a legatus Augusti (v. legatus, B. 2.), Tac. Agr. 9; v. Orell. ad h. l.—

Transf., the persons attached to an embassy, an embassy, legation:

communem legationem ad Crassum mittunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

cujus legationis Divico princeps fuit,

id. ib. 1, 13:

quas legationes Caesar ad se reverti jussit,

id. ib. 2, 35:

ab Eumene legatio de victoria gratulatum venit,

Liv. 45, 13. [p. 1047]

lĕvis, e, adj. [for leg-vis; Sanscr. laghu-s, little; cf. O. H. Germ. ring-i; Germ. gering; Gr. elachus], light in weight, not heavy (opp. gravis).

Lit.:

leviora corpora (opp. graviora),

Lucr. 2, 227:

aether,

id. 5, 459:

aura,

id. 3, 196:

levior quam pluma,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

stipulae,

Verg. G. 1, 289: armatura, light armor:

levis armaturae Numidae,

the light-armed Numidians, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; also, by metonymy, lightarmed troops; v. armatura, and cf.:

sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio,

Cic. Div. 2, 10 fin.; so,

miles,

a light-armed soldier, Liv. 8, 8; cf.

of clothing: nudi, aut sagulo leves,

Tac. G. 6:

flebis in solo levis angiportu,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 10.—Of the earth upon the dead:

terraque securae sit super ossa levis,

Tib. 2, 4, 50;

esp. freq. on tombstones: sit tibi terra levis (abbreviated, S. T. T. L.): per leves populos,

the shades, bodiless persons, Ov. M. 10, 14:

virgaque levem coerces aurea turbam,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 18.— Poet. with inf.: fessis leviora tolli Pergama Grais, a lighter burden, i. e. easier to be destroyed, Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—

Transf.

Light of digestion, easy to digest (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

quae in aqua degunt, leviorem cibum praestant. Inter domesticas quadrupedes levissima suilla est, gravissima bubula,

lightest of digestion, Cels. 1, 18:

leves malvae,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 16 (cf.:

gravi Malvae salubres corpori,

id. Epod. 2, 57).—

Light in motion, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid (syn.:

agilis, alacer, pernix): ipsa (diva) levi fecit volitantem flamine currum (i. e. Argo),

a quick, favorable wind, Cat. 64, 9; cf.:

leves venti,

Ov. M. 15, 346:

flatus,

Sil. 15, 162:

currus,

light, swift, Ov. M. 2, 150:

levi deducens pollice filum,

light, nimble, id. ib. 4, 36; so,

pollex,

id. ib. 6, 22:

saltus,

id. ib. 7, 767;

3, 599: peltam pro parma fecit, ut ad motus concursusque essent leviores,

Nep. Iphicr. 1:

Messapus levis cursu,

Verg. A. 12, 489:

leves Parthi,

id. G. 4, 314:

equus,

Val. Fl. 1, 389:

Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 31:

quaere modos leviore plectro,

nimbler, gayer, id. ib. 2, 1, 40:

et levis erecta consurgit ad oscula plantā,

Juv. 6, 507.—With inf. ( poet.):

omnes ire leves,

Sil. 16, 488:

exsultare levis,

id. 10, 605:

levior discurrere,

id. 4, 549:

nullo levis terrore moveri,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 514:

hora,

fleeting, Ov. M. 15, 181:

terra,

light, thin soil, Verg. G. 2, 92:

et ubi montana (loca) quod leviora et ideo salubriora,

Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3;

so (opp graviora),

id. ib. —

Slight, trifling, small (mostly poet.): ignis, Ov. M. 3, 488:

tactus,

a slight, gentle touch, id. ib. 4, 180:

strepitus,

id. ib. 7, 840:

stridor,

id. ib. 4, 413.

Trop.

Without weight, i. e. of no consequence; hence, in gen., light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty, easy (class.):

nunquam erit alienis gravis qui suis se concinnat levem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:

grave est nomen imperii atque id etiam in levi persona pertimescitur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 45:

leve et infirmum,

id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt;

ad motum animi... leviora,

id. Deiot. 2, 5:

quod alia quaedam inania et levia conquiras,

id. Planc. 26, 63:

auditio,

a light, unfounded report, Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

cui res et pecunia levissima et existimatio sanctissima fuit semper,

something very insignificant, Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

dolor,

id. Fin. 1, 12, 40:

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

periculum,

id. B. C. 3, 26:

in aliquem merita,

id. ib. 2, 32, 10:

leviore de causa,

id. B. G. 7, 4 fin.:

praecordia levibus flagrantia causis,

Juv. 13, 182:

effutire leves indigna tragoedia versus,

Hor. A. P. 231.—As subst.:

in levi habitum,

was made little of, was regarded as a trifle, Tac. H. 2, 21; id. A. 3, 54:

levia sed nimium queror,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 63:

quid leviora loquor? Petr. poët. 134, 12: non est leve tot puerorum observare manus,

no easy matter, Juv. 7, 240:

quidquid levius putaris,

easier, id. 10, 344.—

With gen. ( poet.):

opum levior,

Sil. 2, 102.—

In disposition or character.

Light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, unreliable, false:

homo levior quam pluma,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 23:

ne me leviorem erga te putes,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 34:

tu levior cortice,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

vitium levium hominum atque fallacium,

Cic. Lael. 25, 91:

quidam saepe in parva pecunia perspiciuntur quam sint leves,

id. ib. 17, 63:

leves ac nummarii judices,

id. Clu. 28, 75:

sit precor illa levis,

Tib. 1, 6, 56:

levi brachio aliquid agere,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6:

quid levius aut turpius,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.:

auctor,

Liv. 5, 15:

leves amicitiae,

Cic. Lael. 26, 100:

spes,

vain, empty, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

leviores mores,

Ulp. Fragm. 6, 12.—

Mild, gentle, pleasant (rare):

quos qui leviore nomine appellant, percussores vocant,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93; and:

levior reprehensio,

id. Ac. 2, 32, 102:

tandem eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est,

the gentlest, mildest, Liv. 5, 23 fin.:

nec leves somnos timor aut cupido Sordidus aufert,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; id. Epod. 2, 28:

exsilium,

mild, tolerable, Suet. Aug. 51.—Hence, adv.: lĕ-vĭter, lightly, not heavily.

Lit. (rare):

armati,

light-armed, Curt. 4, 13.—Of the blow of a weapon:

levius casura pila sperabat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2.—

Trop.

Slightly, a little, not much, somewhat:

leviter densae nubes,

Lucr. 6, 248:

inflexum bacillum,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30:

genae leviter eminentes (al. leniter),

id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

qui (medici) leviter aegrotantes leniter curant, gravioribus autem morbis, etc.,

id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

saucius,

id. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

non leviter lucra liguriens,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

agnoscere aliquid,

id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:

eruditus,

id. de Or. 3, 6, 24.— Comp.:

quanto constantior idem In vitiis, tanto levius miser,

so much less, Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

dolere,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 30.— Sup.:

ut levissime dicam,

to express it in the mildest manner, Cic. Cat. 3, 7 fin. —

Easily, lightly, without difficulty, with equanimity:

id eo levius ferendum est, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2; cf.:

sed levissime feram, si, etc.,

id. Prov. Cons. 20, 47; Liv. 29, 9.— Comp.:

levius torquetis Arachne,

more dexterously, Juv. 2, 56.

lēvis (erroneously laevis), e, adj. [Gr. leios, leuros], smooth, smoothed, not rough, opp. asper (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 66:

in locis (spectatur): leves an asperi,

id. Part. Or. 10, 36:

Deus levem eum (mundum) fecit et undique aequabilem,

id. Univ. 6:

pocula,

smooth, shining, Verg. A. 5, 91:

pharetrae,

id. ib. 5, 558:

brassica,

Cato, R. R. 15, 7:

levissima corpora,

Lucr. 4, 659:

coma pectine levis,

Ov. M. 12, 409:

nascunturque leves per digitos umerosque plumae,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 11:

levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis,

Ov. M. 13, 792: inimicus pumice levis, rubbed (cf. pumicatus), Juv. 9, 95.— Poet.: levi cum sanguine Nisus labitur infelix, slippery, [p. 1055] Verg. A. 5, 328:

levis Juventas ( = imberbis),

smooth, without hair, beardless, Hor. C. 2, 11, 6; so,

ora,

Tib. 1, 9 (8), 31:

crura,

Juv. 8, 115:

sponsus,

id. 3, 111:

caput,

id. 10, 199; 2, 12; hence, also, poet. for youthful, delicate, beautiful:

pectus,

Verg. A. 11, 40:

frons,

id. E. 6, 51:

umeri,

id. A. 7, 815:

colla,

Ov. M. 10, 698.—Also, finely dressed, spruce, effeminate:

vir,

Ov. A. A. 3, 437; Pers. 1, 82: argentum, smooth, not engraved or chased, Juv. 14, 62.—In neutr. absol.:

externi ne quid valeat per leve morari,

smoothness, Hor. S. 2, 7, 87; so,

per leve,

Pers. 1, 64:

per levia,

Aus. Idyll. 16, 4.—

Transf., rubbed smooth, ground down, softened, soft (rare), Scrib. Comp. 228; Cels. 2, 8.—

Trop., of speech, smooth, flowing (rare but class.):

oratio (opp. aspera),

Cic. Or. 5 fin.; so,

levis verborum concursus (opp. asper),

id. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

levis et aspera (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 15:

levis et quadrata compositio,

id. 2, 5, 9:

levia ac nitida,

id. 5, 12, 18:

(aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur,

id. 9, 4, 116.— Adv. does not occur.

mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form, misti for misisti, Cat. 14, 14: archaic inf. pass. mittier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 78), v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. math-, to set in motion], to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch, etc.

In gen.: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

filium suum foras ad propinquum suum quendam mittit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

signa... quam plurima quam primumque mittas,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

legatos de deditione ad eum miserunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

pabulatum mittebat,

id. B. C. 1, 40:

scitatum oracula,

Verg. A. 2, 114:

Delphos consultum,

Nep. Them. 2, 6:

missus sum, te ut requirerem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 42:

ego huc missa sum ludere,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 48:

equitatum auxilio Caesari Aedui miserant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

alicui subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 6:

ad subsidium,

Hirt. Balb. Hisp. 9, 1:

misi, pro amicitiā, qui hoc diceret,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

qui solveret,

id. Att. 1, 3, 2:

mittite ambo hominem,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—With acc. and inf.:

Deiotarus legatos ad me misit, se cum omnibus copiis esse venturum,

sent me word that, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 5:

ad collegam mittit, opus esse exercitu,

Liv. 24, 19, 3:

Publilius duo milia militum recepta miserat,

id. 8, 23, 1:

Dexagoridas miserat ad legatum Romanum traditurum se urbem,

id. 34, 29, 9:

statim Athenas mittit se cum exercitu venturum,

Just. 5, 3, 7. Missum facere is also used for mittere, to send: ut cohortis ad me missum facias, Pompei. ap. [p. 1153] Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 2:

aliquem morti,

to put to death, despatch, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 34; so,

ad mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

in possessionem,

to put in possession, id. Quint. 26, 83:

aliquem ad cenam,

to invite one to dinner, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65: sub jugum mittere, to send or cause to go under the yoke, Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

sub jugo,

Liv. 3, 28 fin. —

In partic.

To send word, announce, tell, report any thing to any one:

ut mihi vadimonia dilata et Chresti conpilationem mitteres,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur,

id. ib. 16, 9, 3:

mitti ad principes placuit, ut secernerent se ab Etruscis,

Liv. 6, 10, 2:

hodie Spintherem exspecto: misit enim Brutus ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

salutem alicui,

to send greeting to, to greet one, Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 1:

ita existimes velim, me antelaturum fuisse, si ad me misisses, voluntatem tuam commodo meo,

i. e. if you had sent to me for aid, applied to me, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1.—

To send as a compliment, to dedicate to any one, of a book or poem:

liber Antiochi, qui ab eo ad Balbum missus est,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

hunc librum de Senectute ad te misimus,

id. Sen. 1, 3.—

To send, yield, produce, furnish, export any thing (as the product of a country):

India mittit ebur, molles sua tura Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

(Padus) electra nuribus mittit gestanda Latinis,

Ov. M. 2, 366; cf.:

quos frigida misit Nursia,

Verg. A. 7, 715:

hordea, quae Libyci ratibus misere coloni,

Ov. Med. Fac. 53:

quas mittit dives Panchaia merces,

Tib. 3, 2, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 213; id. Am. 1, 12, 10.—

To dismiss a thing from the mind:

maestumque timorem Mittite,

Verg. A. 1, 203:

mittere ac finire odium,

Liv. 40, 46:

leves spes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

missam iram facere,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 14.—

To put an end to, end:

certamen,

Verg. A. 5, 286.—

Esp. in speaking, etc., to pass over, omit, to give over, cease, forbear (cf.:

praetermitto, praetereo, relinquo): quin tu istas mittis tricas?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 45:

mitto proelia, praetereo oppugnationes oppidorum,

omit, Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

maledicta omnia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 9.—With inf.:

jam scrutari mitto,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

mitte male loqui,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 2:

cetera mitte loqui,

Hor. Epod. 13, 7:

illud dicere,

Cic. Quint. 27, 85:

quaerere,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 53:

mitto iam de rege quaerere,

id. Sull. 7, 22:

hoc exsequi mitto,

Quint. 5, 10, 18:

incommoda mortalium deflere,

Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2.— With quod:

mitto, quod omnes meas tempestates subire paratissimus fueris,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12.—With de. mitto de amissā maximā parte exercitūs (sc. dicere), Cic. Pis. 20, 47:

verum, ut haec missa faciam, quae, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 45, 132:

missos facere quaestus triennii,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.—

To let go, let loose, to quit, release, dismiss: mitte rudentem, sceleste, Tr. Mittam, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 77:

unde mittuntur equi, nunc dicuntur carceres,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.:

quadrijuges aequo carcere misit equos,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 66; Plaut. Poen. prol. 100:

mittin' me intro?

will you let me go in? id. Truc. 4, 2, 43:

cutem,

to let go, quit, Hor. A. P. 476:

mitte me,

let me alone, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 5:

nos missos face,

id. And. 5, 1, 14:

missum fieri,

to be let loose, set at liberty, Nep. Eum. 11: eum missum feci, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, G, 2:

nec locupletare amicos umquam suos destitit, mittere in negotium,

to set up in business, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: sub titulum lares, to put a bill on one's house, i. e. to offer it for sale or to be let, Ov. R. Am. 302: in consilium, to let the judges go and consult, i. e. to send the judges to make out their verdict, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

sues in hostes,

to set upon, Lucr. 5, 1309: se in aliquem, to fall upon, assail, attack:

vota enim faceretis, ut in eos se potius mitteret, quam in vestras possessiones,

Cic. Mil. 28, 76 (B. and K. immitteret):

se in foedera,

to enter into, conclude, make, Verg. A. 12, 190:

missos faciant honores,

to let go, renounce, not trouble one's self about, Cic. Sest. 66, 138:

vos missos facio, et quantum potest, abesse ex Africā jubeo,

Hirt. B. Afr. 54:

missam facere legionem,

to dismiss, Suet. Caes. 69:

remotis, sive omnino missis lictoribus,

Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:

Lolliam Paulinam conjunxit sibi, brevique missam fecit,

put her away, Suet. Calig. 25; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 70.—

To let or bring out, to put forth, send out, emit: sanguinem incisā venā, to let blood, to bleed, Cels. 2, 10:

sanguinem alicui,

id. ib.; Petr. 91.— Trop.: mittere sanguinem provinciae, to bleed, i. e. drain, exhaust, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; cf.:

missus est sanguis invidiae sine dolore,

id. ib. 1, 16, 11:

radices,

to put forth roots, to take root, Col. 3, 18:

folium,

to put forth leaves, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58:

florem,

to blossom, bloom, id. 24, 9, 38, § 59:

membranas de corpore,

to throw off, shed, Lucr. 4, 57:

serpens horrenda sibila misit,

gave forth, emitted, Ov. M. 3, 38: mittere vocem, to utter a sound, raise one's voice, speak, say:

vocem pro me ac pro re publica nemo mittit,

speaks a word, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

vocem liberam,

to speak with freedom, Liv. 35, 32:

flens diu vocem non misit,

id. 3, 50, 4:

adeo res miraculo fuit, ut unus ex barbaris miserit vocem, etc.,

Flor. 4, 10, 7:

repente vocem sancta misit Religio,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 4:

nec labra moves, cum mittere vocem debueras,

Juv. 13, 114:

haec Scipionis oratio ex ipsius ore Pompeii mitti videbatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2:

Afranios sui timoris signa misisse,

have showed signs of fear, id. ib. 71:

signa,

Verg. G. 1, 229:

signum sanguinis,

to show signs of blood, look bloody, Lucr. 1, 882.—

To send, throw, hurl, cast, launch:

hastam,

Ov. M. 11, 8:

pila,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

lapides in aliquem,

to throw, Petr. 90:

fulmina,

to hurl, Hor. C. 1, 12, 59:

aliquid igni,

Val. Fl. 3, 313:

de ponte,

to cast, precipitate, Cat. 17, 23:

praecipitem aliquem ex arce,

Ov. M. 8, 250:

se saxo ab alto,

to cast one's self down, id. ib. 11, 340:

se in rapidas aquas,

id. Am. 3, 6, 80:

se in medium,

to plunge into the midst, Quint. 11, 1, 54. —Of nets:

retia misit,

Juv. 2, 148.—Of dice, to throw: talis enim jactatis, ut quisque canem, aut senionem miserat, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71:

talos in phimum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 17:

panem alicui,

to throw to, Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

Alexandrum manum ad arma misisse,

laid his hand on his weapons, Sen. Ira, 2, 2:

pira in vasculo,

Pall. 3, 25, 11:

fert missos Vestae pura patella cibos,

Ov. F. 6, 310:

accidere in mensas ut rosa missa solet,

which one has let fall, id. ib. 5, 360.—

= pempein, to attend, guide, escort:

alias (animas) sub Tartara tristia mittit (Mercurius),

Verg. A. 4, 243; cf.:

sic denique victor Trinacriā fines Italos mittēre relictā,

id. ib. 3, 440.—Hence, P. a.: Missus, a, um; as subst.: Missus, i, m., he that is sent, the messenger or ambassador of God, i. e. Christ, Arn. 2, 73; Isid. 7, 2, 35.

mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (contr. form, misti for misisti, Cat. 14, 14: archaic inf. pass. mittier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 78), v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. math-, to set in motion], to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch, etc.

In gen.: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

filium suum foras ad propinquum suum quendam mittit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

signa... quam plurima quam primumque mittas,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

legatos de deditione ad eum miserunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

pabulatum mittebat,

id. B. C. 1, 40:

scitatum oracula,

Verg. A. 2, 114:

Delphos consultum,

Nep. Them. 2, 6:

missus sum, te ut requirerem,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 42:

ego huc missa sum ludere,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 48:

equitatum auxilio Caesari Aedui miserant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

alicui subsidium,

id. ib. 2, 6:

ad subsidium,

Hirt. Balb. Hisp. 9, 1:

misi, pro amicitiā, qui hoc diceret,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

qui solveret,

id. Att. 1, 3, 2:

mittite ambo hominem,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16.—With acc. and inf.:

Deiotarus legatos ad me misit, se cum omnibus copiis esse venturum,

sent me word that, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 5:

ad collegam mittit, opus esse exercitu,

Liv. 24, 19, 3:

Publilius duo milia militum recepta miserat,

id. 8, 23, 1:

Dexagoridas miserat ad legatum Romanum traditurum se urbem,

id. 34, 29, 9:

statim Athenas mittit se cum exercitu venturum,

Just. 5, 3, 7. Missum facere is also used for mittere, to send: ut cohortis ad me missum facias, Pompei. ap. [p. 1153] Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 2:

aliquem morti,

to put to death, despatch, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 34; so,

ad mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

in possessionem,

to put in possession, id. Quint. 26, 83:

aliquem ad cenam,

to invite one to dinner, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65: sub jugum mittere, to send or cause to go under the yoke, Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

sub jugo,

Liv. 3, 28 fin. —

In partic.

To send word, announce, tell, report any thing to any one:

ut mihi vadimonia dilata et Chresti conpilationem mitteres,

Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur,

id. ib. 16, 9, 3:

mitti ad principes placuit, ut secernerent se ab Etruscis,

Liv. 6, 10, 2:

hodie Spintherem exspecto: misit enim Brutus ad me,

Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

salutem alicui,

to send greeting to, to greet one, Ov. Tr. 5, 13, 1:

ita existimes velim, me antelaturum fuisse, si ad me misisses, voluntatem tuam commodo meo,

i. e. if you had sent to me for aid, applied to me, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1.—

To send as a compliment, to dedicate to any one, of a book or poem:

liber Antiochi, qui ab eo ad Balbum missus est,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

hunc librum de Senectute ad te misimus,

id. Sen. 1, 3.—

To send, yield, produce, furnish, export any thing (as the product of a country):

India mittit ebur, molles sua tura Sabaei,

Verg. G. 1, 57:

(Padus) electra nuribus mittit gestanda Latinis,

Ov. M. 2, 366; cf.:

quos frigida misit Nursia,

Verg. A. 7, 715:

hordea, quae Libyci ratibus misere coloni,

Ov. Med. Fac. 53:

quas mittit dives Panchaia merces,

Tib. 3, 2, 23; Ov. A. A. 3, 213; id. Am. 1, 12, 10.—

To dismiss a thing from the mind:

maestumque timorem Mittite,

Verg. A. 1, 203:

mittere ac finire odium,

Liv. 40, 46:

leves spes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 8:

missam iram facere,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 14.—

To put an end to, end:

certamen,

Verg. A. 5, 286.—

Esp. in speaking, etc., to pass over, omit, to give over, cease, forbear (cf.:

praetermitto, praetereo, relinquo): quin tu istas mittis tricas?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 45:

mitto proelia, praetereo oppugnationes oppidorum,

omit, Cic. Mur. 15, 33:

maledicta omnia,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 9.—With inf.:

jam scrutari mitto,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

mitte male loqui,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 2:

cetera mitte loqui,

Hor. Epod. 13, 7:

illud dicere,

Cic. Quint. 27, 85:

quaerere,

id. Rosc. Am. 19, 53:

mitto iam de rege quaerere,

id. Sull. 7, 22:

hoc exsequi mitto,

Quint. 5, 10, 18:

incommoda mortalium deflere,

Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2.— With quod:

mitto, quod omnes meas tempestates subire paratissimus fueris,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12.—With de. mitto de amissā maximā parte exercitūs (sc. dicere), Cic. Pis. 20, 47:

verum, ut haec missa faciam, quae, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 45, 132:

missos facere quaestus triennii,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104.—

To let go, let loose, to quit, release, dismiss: mitte rudentem, sceleste, Tr. Mittam, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 77:

unde mittuntur equi, nunc dicuntur carceres,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.:

quadrijuges aequo carcere misit equos,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 66; Plaut. Poen. prol. 100:

mittin' me intro?

will you let me go in? id. Truc. 4, 2, 43:

cutem,

to let go, quit, Hor. A. P. 476:

mitte me,

let me alone, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 5:

nos missos face,

id. And. 5, 1, 14:

missum fieri,

to be let loose, set at liberty, Nep. Eum. 11: eum missum feci, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, G, 2:

nec locupletare amicos umquam suos destitit, mittere in negotium,

to set up in business, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: sub titulum lares, to put a bill on one's house, i. e. to offer it for sale or to be let, Ov. R. Am. 302: in consilium, to let the judges go and consult, i. e. to send the judges to make out their verdict, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

sues in hostes,

to set upon, Lucr. 5, 1309: se in aliquem, to fall upon, assail, attack:

vota enim faceretis, ut in eos se potius mitteret, quam in vestras possessiones,

Cic. Mil. 28, 76 (B. and K. immitteret):

se in foedera,

to enter into, conclude, make, Verg. A. 12, 190:

missos faciant honores,

to let go, renounce, not trouble one's self about, Cic. Sest. 66, 138:

vos missos facio, et quantum potest, abesse ex Africā jubeo,

Hirt. B. Afr. 54:

missam facere legionem,

to dismiss, Suet. Caes. 69:

remotis, sive omnino missis lictoribus,

Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:

Lolliam Paulinam conjunxit sibi, brevique missam fecit,

put her away, Suet. Calig. 25; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 70.—

To let or bring out, to put forth, send out, emit: sanguinem incisā venā, to let blood, to bleed, Cels. 2, 10:

sanguinem alicui,

id. ib.; Petr. 91.— Trop.: mittere sanguinem provinciae, to bleed, i. e. drain, exhaust, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; cf.:

missus est sanguis invidiae sine dolore,

id. ib. 1, 16, 11:

radices,

to put forth roots, to take root, Col. 3, 18:

folium,

to put forth leaves, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58:

florem,

to blossom, bloom, id. 24, 9, 38, § 59:

membranas de corpore,

to throw off, shed, Lucr. 4, 57:

serpens horrenda sibila misit,

gave forth, emitted, Ov. M. 3, 38: mittere vocem, to utter a sound, raise one's voice, speak, say:

vocem pro me ac pro re publica nemo mittit,

speaks a word, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

vocem liberam,

to speak with freedom, Liv. 35, 32:

flens diu vocem non misit,

id. 3, 50, 4:

adeo res miraculo fuit, ut unus ex barbaris miserit vocem, etc.,

Flor. 4, 10, 7:

repente vocem sancta misit Religio,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 4:

nec labra moves, cum mittere vocem debueras,

Juv. 13, 114:

haec Scipionis oratio ex ipsius ore Pompeii mitti videbatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2:

Afranios sui timoris signa misisse,

have showed signs of fear, id. ib. 71:

signa,

Verg. G. 1, 229:

signum sanguinis,

to show signs of blood, look bloody, Lucr. 1, 882.—

To send, throw, hurl, cast, launch:

hastam,

Ov. M. 11, 8:

pila,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

lapides in aliquem,

to throw, Petr. 90:

fulmina,

to hurl, Hor. C. 1, 12, 59:

aliquid igni,

Val. Fl. 3, 313:

de ponte,

to cast, precipitate, Cat. 17, 23:

praecipitem aliquem ex arce,

Ov. M. 8, 250:

se saxo ab alto,

to cast one's self down, id. ib. 11, 340:

se in rapidas aquas,

id. Am. 3, 6, 80:

se in medium,

to plunge into the midst, Quint. 11, 1, 54. —Of nets:

retia misit,

Juv. 2, 148.—Of dice, to throw: talis enim jactatis, ut quisque canem, aut senionem miserat, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71:

talos in phimum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 17:

panem alicui,

to throw to, Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

Alexandrum manum ad arma misisse,

laid his hand on his weapons, Sen. Ira, 2, 2:

pira in vasculo,

Pall. 3, 25, 11:

fert missos Vestae pura patella cibos,

Ov. F. 6, 310:

accidere in mensas ut rosa missa solet,

which one has let fall, id. ib. 5, 360.—

= pempein, to attend, guide, escort:

alias (animas) sub Tartara tristia mittit (Mercurius),

Verg. A. 4, 243; cf.:

sic denique victor Trinacriā fines Italos mittēre relictā,

id. ib. 3, 440.—Hence, P. a.: Missus, a, um; as subst.: Missus, i, m., he that is sent, the messenger or ambassador of God, i. e. Christ, Arn. 2, 73; Isid. 7, 2, 35.

narro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [for gnarigo (gnarigavit, Fest. p. 95) from gnarus; Sanscr. gnā, know; Gr. gignôskô; cf.: nosco (gnosco), ignoro], to tell, relate, narrate, report, recount, set forth (syn.: memoro, nuntio, trado).

Lit.:

quid mihi istaec narras?

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 18:

ego tibi ea narro quae tu melius scis, quam ipse, qui narro,

Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 6:

garrula pericula,

Juv. 12, [p. 1187] 82.—With acc. and inf.:

mihi Philargyrus narravit, te interdum sollicitum esse vehementius,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

Clitarchus tibi narravit Darium ab Alexandro esse superatum,

id. ib. 2, 10, 3:

ne narres te sudavisse ferendo Carmina,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 16:

narrare virtutem alicujus,

Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 20; Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 84:

cibos suos homini narrabimus,

set forth, explain, id. 20 praef.:

narrat, ut virgo ab se integra etiam tum siet,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 70.— Pass.:

ut ita narrentur ut gestae res erunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 29:

haec inter paucos palam secreto narrantur,

id. Fam. 8, 1, 4:

in comoediis res ipsa narratur,

id. ib. 9, 22, 1:

quae in provinciis facta narrabantur,

Liv. 39, 6, 6; Quint. 3, 8, 11; 4, 2, 76; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 3; Suet. Calig. 22:

rationes... satis narratas,

Tac. A. 11, 11.—With de:

quā (epistulā) Crassi libertum ais tibi de meā sollicitudine macieque narrāsse,

Cic. Att. 3, 15, 1:

mores ejus, de quo narres,

id. de Or. 2, 59, 241:

de quibus nos narrabimus,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24; cf. in the foll.: male, bene narrare, to tell bad or good news:

male narras de Nepotis filio,

Cic. Att. 16, 14, 4:

Othonem quod speras posse vinci, sane bene narras,

id. ib. 13, 33, 2.—Of things:

quid istaec tabellae narrant?

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

si res publica tibi narrare posset, quomodo sese haberet,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1:

cum ejus oratio de animo tuo, de sermonibus, quos de me haberes cotidie, mihi narraret,

id. ib. 3, 1, 1: narratur and narrant, it is said, they say:

Paridis propter narratur amorem Graecia Barbariae lento collisa duello,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 6; Ov. H. 6, 19:

versiculos in me narratur scribere Cinna,

Mart. 3, 9, 1; but narratur with acc. and inf. is rare:

nunc Chamavos et Angrivarios immigrāsse narratur,

Tac. G. 33 init.:

eoque terrore aves tunc siluisse narratur,

Plin. 35, 11, 28, § 121 (Jan. narrantque; cf.

Zumpt, Gram. § 607): narrant, et in Ponto Caecian in se trahere nubes,

Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 126; 2, 106, 110, § 236; 32, 7, 24, § 75 et saep.: narror, narraris = narratur de me, de te, to be the subject of talk, it is said of me, thee, etc.:

rideor ubique, narror, ostendor,

Quint. Decl. 14, 12 init.:

dulcis in Elysio narraris fabula campi,

Mart. 12, 52, 5: Sibi narrare, to inform one's self, learn: Cape has tabellas;

tute hinc narrato tibi, quae me miseria contabefecit,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 18.—

Transf., in gen., to say, speak, tell:

narra, quid est, quid ait?

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 67:

ego quid narres nescio,

Ter. And. 3, 1, 19; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 54:

non possum satis narrare quos ludos praebueris intus,

id. Eun. 5, 7, 9:

quantum distet ab Inacho Codrus,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 3.— Hence, narro tibi, I tell you, I assure you, in fact, seriously, a form of asseveration:

narro tibi: plane relegatus mihi videor, postea quam in Formiano sum,

Cic. Att. 2, 11, 1:

narro tibi, haec loca venusta sunt, abdita certe,

id. ib. 15, 16, B;

15, 21, 1: navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,

talks, Prop. 2, 1, 43:

ne res per quemquam narraretur,

Just. 1, 9, 19.—

Esp., to dedicate: librum alicui, Plin. praef. § 1.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: narrātum, i, n., that which is told or narrated:

hoc quoque, Tiresia, praeter narrata petenti Responde,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 1.

nuntĭo ( nunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [nuntius], to announce, declare, report, relate, narrate, make known, inform, give intelligence of, etc. (cf.: narro, indico, trado, scribo, dico, certiorem facio, etc.).

In gen., alike of verbal and of written communications; constr. acc. of thing and dat. of person; for the acc. may stand an acc. and inf., a clause with ut or ne and subj., or subj. alone, or with de and abl.; for the dat. an acc. with ad (ante-class.); in pass., both personal and impersonal, the latter most usually, esp. in perf. nuntiatum est, [p. 1229] with subj.-clause.

With acc. of thing (dat. of person):

non dubito quin celerius tibi hoc rumor, quam ullius nostrum litterae nuntiārint,

Cic. Att. 1, 15, 1:

horas quinque puer nondum tibi nuntiat,

Mart. 8, 67, 1:

senatui ac populo victoriam,

Suet. Ner. 1:

ut nuntiarem nuntium exoptabilem,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

voluptatem magnam,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 10:

quid est, quod percipi possit, si ne sensus quidem vera nuntiant,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79:

talia tibi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 6:

horas,

to tell the time of day, Mart. 8, 67, 1; 10, 48, 1; cf. Tac. A. 15, 30.—

With clause:

qui nuntiarent, prope omnes naves afflictas esse,

Caes. B. G. 5, 10; 4, 11, 6:

nuntiate regi vestro, regem Romanum deos facere testes,

Liv. 1, 22, 7:

litterae tuae laeta continebant, quod te in urbe teneri nuntiabant,

Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

visus est talis, qualem esse eum tuae mihi litterae nuntiārant,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 11.—With ut, ne, or subj.:

Catilinae nuntiare, ne eum Lentulus aliique terrerent,

Sall. C. 48, 4:

deligit centurionem qui nuntiaret regibus ne armis disceptarent,

Tac. A. 2, 65:

nuntiatum, ut prodiret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 358:

Vibius nuntiavit Pisoni Romam ad dicendam causam veniret,

Tac. A. 2, 79:

jubet nuntiare miserae, dicendam ad causam postero die adesset,

id. ib. 11, 37; Dig. 49, 14, 44.—

With inf.:

ergo nuntiat patri abicere spem et uti necessitate,

Tac. A. 16, 11 init. —

Absol.: Ly. Salutem multam dicito patrono. Cu. Nuntiabo, I will do so, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 38.—

Passive constructions.

Pers.:

utinam meus nunc mortuos pater ad me nuntietur,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 76:

aquatores premi nuntiantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

crebris motibus terrae ruere in agris nuntiabantur tecta,

Liv. 4, 21, 5:

(tribuni) summā vi restare nuntiabantur,

id. 4, 58, 4; 22, 54, 9:

hoc adeo celeriter fecit, ut simul adesse, et venire nuntiaretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 36:

jamjam adesse ejus equites nuntiabantur,

id. ib. 1, 14; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 1.—

Impers.:

conantibus, priusquam id effici posset, adesse Romanos nuntiatur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4, 1:

Caesari nuntiatur Sulmonenses cupere, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 18, 1:

nuntiatur Afranio magnos commeatus ad flumen constitisse,

id. ib. 1, 51, 1:

non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transīsse Euphratem,

Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 87; id. Mil. 18, 48:

nuntiatum est nobis a M. Varrone, venisse eum Romā,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1:

cum paulo esset de hoc incommodo nuntiatum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41:

nuntiatumque Hannibali est,

Liv. 23, 19, 11; Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 1; Tac. A. 2, 79.— Absol.:

occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?

who will be the first bearer of the tidings? Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

bene, ita me di ament, nuntias,

you bring good news, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 20.—

In partic., in jurid. Lat., to denounce, inform against:

causam pecuniae fisco,

Dig. 49, 14, 39; cf.:

cum heres decessisset, exstitit qui bona nuntiaret,

ib. 29, 5, 22: opus novum, to inform against a work undertaken by another to one's injury:

opus novum, si tibi nuntiavero,

ib. 4, 7, 3; 16; 43, 20, 3.

nuntĭo ( nunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [nuntius], to announce, declare, report, relate, narrate, make known, inform, give intelligence of, etc. (cf.: narro, indico, trado, scribo, dico, certiorem facio, etc.).

In gen., alike of verbal and of written communications; constr. acc. of thing and dat. of person; for the acc. may stand an acc. and inf., a clause with ut or ne and subj., or subj. alone, or with de and abl.; for the dat. an acc. with ad (ante-class.); in pass., both personal and impersonal, the latter most usually, esp. in perf. nuntiatum est, [p. 1229] with subj.-clause.

With acc. of thing (dat. of person):

non dubito quin celerius tibi hoc rumor, quam ullius nostrum litterae nuntiārint,

Cic. Att. 1, 15, 1:

horas quinque puer nondum tibi nuntiat,

Mart. 8, 67, 1:

senatui ac populo victoriam,

Suet. Ner. 1:

ut nuntiarem nuntium exoptabilem,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

voluptatem magnam,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 10:

quid est, quod percipi possit, si ne sensus quidem vera nuntiant,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79:

talia tibi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 6:

horas,

to tell the time of day, Mart. 8, 67, 1; 10, 48, 1; cf. Tac. A. 15, 30.—

With clause:

qui nuntiarent, prope omnes naves afflictas esse,

Caes. B. G. 5, 10; 4, 11, 6:

nuntiate regi vestro, regem Romanum deos facere testes,

Liv. 1, 22, 7:

litterae tuae laeta continebant, quod te in urbe teneri nuntiabant,

Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

visus est talis, qualem esse eum tuae mihi litterae nuntiārant,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 11.—With ut, ne, or subj.:

Catilinae nuntiare, ne eum Lentulus aliique terrerent,

Sall. C. 48, 4:

deligit centurionem qui nuntiaret regibus ne armis disceptarent,

Tac. A. 2, 65:

nuntiatum, ut prodiret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 358:

Vibius nuntiavit Pisoni Romam ad dicendam causam veniret,

Tac. A. 2, 79:

jubet nuntiare miserae, dicendam ad causam postero die adesset,

id. ib. 11, 37; Dig. 49, 14, 44.—

With inf.:

ergo nuntiat patri abicere spem et uti necessitate,

Tac. A. 16, 11 init. —

Absol.: Ly. Salutem multam dicito patrono. Cu. Nuntiabo, I will do so, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 38.—

Passive constructions.

Pers.:

utinam meus nunc mortuos pater ad me nuntietur,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 76:

aquatores premi nuntiantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

crebris motibus terrae ruere in agris nuntiabantur tecta,

Liv. 4, 21, 5:

(tribuni) summā vi restare nuntiabantur,

id. 4, 58, 4; 22, 54, 9:

hoc adeo celeriter fecit, ut simul adesse, et venire nuntiaretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 36:

jamjam adesse ejus equites nuntiabantur,

id. ib. 1, 14; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 1.—

Impers.:

conantibus, priusquam id effici posset, adesse Romanos nuntiatur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4, 1:

Caesari nuntiatur Sulmonenses cupere, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 18, 1:

nuntiatur Afranio magnos commeatus ad flumen constitisse,

id. ib. 1, 51, 1:

non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transīsse Euphratem,

Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 87; id. Mil. 18, 48:

nuntiatum est nobis a M. Varrone, venisse eum Romā,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1:

cum paulo esset de hoc incommodo nuntiatum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41:

nuntiatumque Hannibali est,

Liv. 23, 19, 11; Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 1; Tac. A. 2, 79.— Absol.:

occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?

who will be the first bearer of the tidings? Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

bene, ita me di ament, nuntias,

you bring good news, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 20.—

In partic., in jurid. Lat., to denounce, inform against:

causam pecuniae fisco,

Dig. 49, 14, 39; cf.:

cum heres decessisset, exstitit qui bona nuntiaret,

ib. 29, 5, 22: opus novum, to inform against a work undertaken by another to one's injury:

opus novum, si tibi nuntiavero,

ib. 4, 7, 3; 16; 43, 20, 3.