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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.

ob-nuntio ( - nuncio), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To tell, report, announce any thing bad or unfortunate:

primus rescisco omnia: Primus porro obnuntio,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 7.—

In augury, t. t., to announce an opposing, adverse, or evil omen (used both of the augurs and of the magistrates and tribunes of the people; cf. Smith's Antiq.): proprie obnuntiare dicuntur augures, qui aliquid mali ominis scaevumque viderint, Don. Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 8:

augur auguri, consul consuli obnuntiāsti,

Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

fretus sanctitate tribunatūs obnuntiavit consuli, etc.,

id. Sest. 37, 79.— Impers. pass.:

ut sibi postero die in foro obnuntiaretur,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4.

ob-nuntio ( - nuncio), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To tell, report, announce any thing bad or unfortunate:

primus rescisco omnia: Primus porro obnuntio,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 7.—

In augury, t. t., to announce an opposing, adverse, or evil omen (used both of the augurs and of the magistrates and tribunes of the people; cf. Smith's Antiq.): proprie obnuntiare dicuntur augures, qui aliquid mali ominis scaevumque viderint, Don. Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 8:

augur auguri, consul consuli obnuntiāsti,

Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

fretus sanctitate tribunatūs obnuntiavit consuli, etc.,

id. Sest. 37, 79.— Impers. pass.:

ut sibi postero die in foro obnuntiaretur,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4.

prō-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (archaic produit for prodiderit, = porro dederit, porticum sartam tectamque habeto, prodito, Lex Censor. ap. Fest. p. 229, 17 Müll.; pres. part. abl. sing. prodente, Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 31), v. a.

To give, put, or bring forth (class.;

syn. edo, profero, promo): prodit fumoso con dita vina cado,

Ov. F. 5, 518:

suspiria pectore,

id. M. 1, 656:

hydraulam et choraulam,

to show, Suet. Ner. 54:

exemplum tur pe,

to give a bad example, Vell. 2, 119, 4:

perniciosum exemplum,

Cic. Fl. 11, 25:

prodendi exempli causā,

of setting an example, Liv. 1, 11, 7.—

In partic.

To bring forth, bear, produce ( poet.): parvā prodite patriā, Att. ap. App. de Deo Socr. p. 55:

quae tam festa dies ut cesset prodere furem, Perfidiam, fraudes,

Juv. 13, 23.—

To put forth in writing, i. e. to publish, make known, relate, report, record:

cum decretum proditur, lex veri rectique proditur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27:

Procilius non idem prodidit, quod Piso,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 148:

ea, quae scriptores Graeciae prodiderunt,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 29:

haec monumenta nobis litterae prodiderunt,

id. Planc. 39, 94: Thucydides ossa ejus clam ab amicis esse sepulta, memoriae prodidit, has handed down to memory, i. e. has recorded, Nep. Them. 10, 5:

hujus bella gesta multi memoriae prodiderunt,

id. Hann. 13, 3:

ut produnt,

as they say. Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33: prodere aliquid memoriā, to put forth from memory, i. e. to record, relate:

quos natos in insulā ipsā, memoriā proditum dicunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 12:

ut quod proditum memoriā est,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54.—Esp., to publish, proclaim any one as appointed to an office, i. e. to appoint, elect, create a public officer of any kind (syn.:

creo, designo): cum populo agendi jus esto ei, quem produnt patres consulum creandorum ergo,

Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 10;

flaminem,

id. Mil. 17, 46:

interregem,

id. Dom. 14, 38:

dictatorem,

Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 18; to make known, disclose, discover, betray, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 75:

homine prodente conscios,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 31:

crimen vultu,

Ov. M. 2, 447:

tamquam prodiderim quidquid scio,

Juv. 9, 97:

arcanum,

id. 9, 115.—

To betray perfidiously, surrender treacherously:

si Brutum prodideritis, et deserueritis,

Cic. Phil. 10, 3, 7:

is me deseruit ac prodidit,

id. Fl. 33, 81; id. Sest. 14, 32; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 33, § 84:

prodebas caput et salutem meam,

id. Pis. 24, 56:

classem praedonibus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106:

hosti rempublicam,

Sall. J. 31, 18:

patriam,

Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 32.—

To give up, surrender, abandon: rem summam, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 229 Müll. (Ann. v. 411 Vahl.):

suam vitam, et Pecuniam omnem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 70.—

To extend, permit to go farther.

To put off, defer (anteclass.), Fest. p. 242 Müll.—

To prolong, = produco, de mendico male meretur qui ei dat quod edit, nam illi prodit vitam ad miseriam, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 58 sq.—

To hand down, transmit, bequeath (class.):

qui sacra suis posteris prodiderunt,

Cic. Mil. 30, 83:

jus imaginis ad memoriam posteritatemque prodendae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:

regnum a Tantalo proditum,

id. Off. 3, 21, 84.—

To propagate ( poet.):

qui genus alto a sanguine Teucri Proderet,

Verg. A. 4, 230.

prō-nuntĭo ( prōnunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to make publicly known, to publish, proclaim, announce (cf.: edico, promulgo).

Lit.

In gen.: palam [p. 1467] de sellā ac tribunali pronuntiat, sese ejus nomen recepturum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94:

cum consules amplius de consilii sententiā pronuntiavissent,

id. Brut. 22, 86:

sententiam,

to deliver the verdict, id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

judex ita pronuntiavit,

pronounced the decision, id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

re auditā, pronuntiare,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 24:

leges,

id. Phil. 1, 10, 24:

signum,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

proelium in posterum diem,

Liv. 24, 14:

iter,

id. 30, 10; Curt. 4, 8, 16; 7, 2, 1:

rem in venundando,

to notify at the time of sale, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

jusserunt pronuntiare, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 33, 3; cf.:

pronuntiare jusserunt, ne quis ab loco discederet,

id. ib. 5, 34:

rerum omnium maximus judex, cujus est non argumentari sed pronuntiare verum,

Lact. 3, 1, 11.—Of a public crier:

pronuntiare victorum nomina,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 8; Suet. Dom. 10.—

In partic.

To nominate, appoint as public officer:

aliquem praetorem,

Liv. 24, 27; Suet. Caes. 41.—

To sentence (post-class.); with inf.:

protectores pronuntiati vertere solum in exilio,

Amm. 15, 3, 12; cf.:

ad bestias,

Tert. Res. Carn. 16; Dig. 40, 1, 23.—

To promise, proclaim, offer as a reward:

praemia militi,

Liv. 2, 20; 31, 45:

pecuniam,

Cic. Clu. 29, 78:

tribunis vocatis nummos,

Sen. Ep. 118, 3; Suet. Caes. 19:

militibus donativum,

id. Galb. 16:

beneficia,

id. Ner. 24:

munus populo,

id. Caes. 26:

quippe Darius mille talenta interfectori Alexandri daturum pronuntiari jusserat,

Curt. 3, 5, 15.— Absol.:

pronuntiasse (sc. nummos),

Cic. Planc. 18, 45.—

Transf.

To speak any thing in public, to recite, rehearse, declaim, deliver, pronounce, etc.:

versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; 1, 19, 88; 2, 19, 79; id. Div. 2, 5, 14; Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69; Quint. 11, 3, 12 sq.; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12 et saep.—

Esp., to act, perform on the stage:

intente instanterque,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 16:

actores pronuntiare dicuntur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 58 Müll.:

Lucceia mima centum annis in scenā pronuntiavit,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 158.—

To tell, announce, relate, narrate, report:

cum eam rem scisset et non pronuntiasset,

Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

mercatores quibus ex regionibus veniant, pronuntiare cogunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 5, 2:

quae gesta sunt pronuntiare,

id. ib. 7, 38:

aliquid sincere,

id. ib. 7, 20:

alius jam capta castra pronuntiat,

id. ib. 6, 36.—

To utter, pronounce (cf.:

appello, dico): neque tamen ad particula accentu acuto pronuntiatur,

Gell. 6 (7), 8, 8, §

2: Castorem mediă syllabă productă,

Quint. 1, 5, 60; 9, 4, 34:

verba corrupte,

Gell. 13, 30, 2.—Hence, prōnuntĭātum ( prōnunc-), i, n. In logic, a proposition, axiom; a translation of the Gr. axiôma, Cic. Tusc. 1, 7, 14; cf. Gell. 16, 8, 8.

prō-nuntĭo ( prōnunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to make publicly known, to publish, proclaim, announce (cf.: edico, promulgo).

Lit.

In gen.: palam [p. 1467] de sellā ac tribunali pronuntiat, sese ejus nomen recepturum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94:

cum consules amplius de consilii sententiā pronuntiavissent,

id. Brut. 22, 86:

sententiam,

to deliver the verdict, id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

judex ita pronuntiavit,

pronounced the decision, id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

re auditā, pronuntiare,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 24:

leges,

id. Phil. 1, 10, 24:

signum,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

proelium in posterum diem,

Liv. 24, 14:

iter,

id. 30, 10; Curt. 4, 8, 16; 7, 2, 1:

rem in venundando,

to notify at the time of sale, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

jusserunt pronuntiare, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 33, 3; cf.:

pronuntiare jusserunt, ne quis ab loco discederet,

id. ib. 5, 34:

rerum omnium maximus judex, cujus est non argumentari sed pronuntiare verum,

Lact. 3, 1, 11.—Of a public crier:

pronuntiare victorum nomina,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 8; Suet. Dom. 10.—

In partic.

To nominate, appoint as public officer:

aliquem praetorem,

Liv. 24, 27; Suet. Caes. 41.—

To sentence (post-class.); with inf.:

protectores pronuntiati vertere solum in exilio,

Amm. 15, 3, 12; cf.:

ad bestias,

Tert. Res. Carn. 16; Dig. 40, 1, 23.—

To promise, proclaim, offer as a reward:

praemia militi,

Liv. 2, 20; 31, 45:

pecuniam,

Cic. Clu. 29, 78:

tribunis vocatis nummos,

Sen. Ep. 118, 3; Suet. Caes. 19:

militibus donativum,

id. Galb. 16:

beneficia,

id. Ner. 24:

munus populo,

id. Caes. 26:

quippe Darius mille talenta interfectori Alexandri daturum pronuntiari jusserat,

Curt. 3, 5, 15.— Absol.:

pronuntiasse (sc. nummos),

Cic. Planc. 18, 45.—

Transf.

To speak any thing in public, to recite, rehearse, declaim, deliver, pronounce, etc.:

versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; 1, 19, 88; 2, 19, 79; id. Div. 2, 5, 14; Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69; Quint. 11, 3, 12 sq.; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12 et saep.—

Esp., to act, perform on the stage:

intente instanterque,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 16:

actores pronuntiare dicuntur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 58 Müll.:

Lucceia mima centum annis in scenā pronuntiavit,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 158.—

To tell, announce, relate, narrate, report:

cum eam rem scisset et non pronuntiasset,

Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

mercatores quibus ex regionibus veniant, pronuntiare cogunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 5, 2:

quae gesta sunt pronuntiare,

id. ib. 7, 38:

aliquid sincere,

id. ib. 7, 20:

alius jam capta castra pronuntiat,

id. ib. 6, 36.—

To utter, pronounce (cf.:

appello, dico): neque tamen ad particula accentu acuto pronuntiatur,

Gell. 6 (7), 8, 8, §

2: Castorem mediă syllabă productă,

Quint. 1, 5, 60; 9, 4, 34:

verba corrupte,

Gell. 13, 30, 2.—Hence, prōnuntĭātum ( prōnunc-), i, n. In logic, a proposition, axiom; a translation of the Gr. axiôma, Cic. Tusc. 1, 7, 14; cf. Gell. 16, 8, 8.

prō-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a., to put or set forth, to set or lay out, to place before, expose to view, to display (class.).

Lit.:

proponere vexillum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

pallentesque manus, sanguineumque caput,

Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 30:

i puer et citus haec aliquā propone columnā,

Prop. 3 (4), 23, 23:

aliquid venale,

to expose for sale, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; cf. Suet. Ner. 16:

geminum pugnae proponit honorem,

proposes, offers, Verg. A. 5, 365:

singulis diebus ediscendos fastos populo proposuit,

Cic. Mur. 11, 25:

legem in publicum,

id. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

in publico epistulam,

id. Att. 8, 9, 2; id. Pis. 36, 88:

vectigalia,

to publish, publicly advertise, Suet. Calig. 41:

oppida Romanis proposita ad copiam commeatūs,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

ne quid volucre proponeretur, praeter, etc.,

should be served up, Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 139 (al. poneretur).—

Trop.

To set before the eyes, to propose mentally; to imagine, conceive:

propone tibi duos reges,

Cic. Deiot. 14, 40:

aliquid sibi exemplar,

id. Univ. 2:

sibi aliquem ad imitandum,

id. de Or. 2, 22, 93:

vos ante oculos animosque vestros... Apronii regnum proponite,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 58:

eam (vitam) ante oculos vestros proponite,

id. Sull. 26, 72:

condicio supplicii in bello timiditati militis proposita,

id. Clu. 46, 129; 56, 154; 12, 42:

vim fortunae animo,

Liv. 30, 30:

spem libertatis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 15:

nihil ad scribendum,

id. Att. 5, 10, 4.—

To expose:

omnibus telis fortunae proposita est vita nostra,

Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 2:

tabernis apertis proposita omnia in medio vidit,

Liv. 6, 25, 9.—

To point out, declare, represent, report, say, relate, set forth, publish, etc. (cf.:

indico, denuntio): ut proponat, quid dicturus sit,

Cic. Or. 40, 137; id. Brut. 60, 217:

extremum illud est de iis, quae proposueram,

id. Fam. 15, 14, 6:

contione habitā, rem gestam proponit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 50:

in exemplum proponere,

Quint. 7, 1, 41; 12, 2, 27.—With de:

de Galliae Germaniaeque moribus, et quo differant eae nationes inter se,

Caes. B. G. 6, 11.—With object-clause:

quod ante tacuerat, proponit, esse nonnullos, quorum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 17:

cui (morbo) remedia celeria faciliaque proponebantur,

were proposed, suggested, believed to be efficient, Nep. Att. 21, 2.—

To offer, propose as a reward:

Xerxes praemium proposuit, qui invenisset novam voluptatem,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:

populo congiarium, militi donativum,

Suet. Ner. 7.—

In a bad sense, to threaten, denounce:

cui cum publicatio bonorum, exsilium, mors proponeretur,

Cic. Planc. 41, 97:

injuriae, quae propositae sunt a Catone,

id. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2:

contentiones, quae mihi proponuntur,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

improbis poenam,

id. Fin. 2, 17, 57:

damnationem et mortem sibi proponat ante oculos,

Liv. 2, 54, 6; Just. 16, 5, 2.—

To lay before, to propose for an answer: aliquam quaestionem, Nep Att. 20, 2:

aenigma,

Vulg. Ezech. 17, 2.—

To purpose, resolve, intend, design, determine:

consecutus id, quod animo proposuerat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47:

cum id mihi propositum initio non fuisset,

I had not proposed it to myself, had not intended it, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6.— With inf.:

neque propositum nobis est hoc loco (laudare), etc.,

I am resolved, Cic. Brut. 6, 25.—With ut:

propositum est, non ut eloquentiam meam perspicias, sed ut,

the design is, Cic. Brut. 92, 318.—

To say or mention beforehand (post-Aug.), Col. 8, 17, 8.—

To state the first premise of a syllogism:

cum proponimus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 70; 1, 40, 72.—

To impose (post-class.):

novam mihi propono dicendi legem,

Mamert. Genethl. 5.—Hence, prōpŏsĭtum, i, n.

A plan, intention, design, resolution, purpose (class.):

quidnam Pompeius propositi aut voluntatis ad dimicandum haberet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84:

assequi,

to attain, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 22:

est enim propositum, ut iratum efficiat judicem,

id. Part. 4, 14:

tenere,

to keep to one's purpose, Nep. Eum. 3, 5; Liv. 3, 41, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 83; 3, 42; 64:

propositum peragere,

Nep. Att. 22, 2:

tenax propositi,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 1: in proposito manere. Suet. Gram. 24:

reprehendendi habere,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 7:

omne propositum operis a nobis destinati,

Quint. 2, 10, 15; 2, 19, 1; 12, 9, 14.—

The first premise of a syllogism, Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215; Sen. Q. N. 1, 8, 4.—

An argument: nam est in proposito finis fides, Cic. Part. 3, 9.—

The main point, principal subject, theme:

a proposito declinare aliquantulum,

Cic. Or. 40, 137:

egredi a proposito ornandi causā,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

a proposito aberrare,

id. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

redire ad propositum,

id. de Or. 3, 53, 203:

ad propositum revertamur,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

a proposito aversus,

Liv. 2, 8, 8:

propositum totius operis,

Sen. Ep. 65, 4 sq.; 65, 8:

vitae,

Cels. 5, 26, 6:

meum,

Phaedr. 1, 5, 2:

tuum,

Sen. Ep. 68, 3.—

A way, manner, or course of life ( poet. and post-Aug.):

mutandum tibi propositum est et vitae genus,

Phaedr. prol. 3, 15:

vir proposito sanctissimus,

Vell. 2, 2, 2.

rĕ-cĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

In the best prose, a publicist's t. t., to read out, recite a document, statement, report, etc., in public proceedings:

alicujus testimonium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23; cf.:

testimonia tabulasve,

Quint. 7, 10, 13:

litteras in concione,

Cic. Att. 8, 9, 2:

litteras in senatu,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 1; Sall. C. 34, 3; cf. Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1; 12, 25, 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 48:

edictum,

Cic. Quint. 29, 89; id. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 26:

orationem,

id. Planc. 30, 74:

nolo cetera recitare,

id. ib.:

epistulam meam,

id. Sull. 24, 67:

quid ego nunc hic Chlori testimonium recitem?

id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23:

rogationem suam populo,

Quint. 10, 5, 13:

testamentum,

id. 9, 2, 35:

recitet ex codice,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 26; so,

responsum ex scripto,

Liv. 23, 11:

de tabulis publicis,

Cic. Fl. 17, 40:

auctionem populi Romani de legis scripto,

id. Agr. 2, 18, 48:

elogium de testamento,

id. Clu. 48, 135.—

Of persons: testamento si recitatus heres esset pupillus Cornelius,

Cic. Caecin. 19, 54; so,

heres,

Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177:

aliquem praeterire in recitando senatu,

in the list of senators, Cic. Dom. 32, 84; so,

senatum,

Liv. 29, 37: aut recitatis in actione, aut nominatis testibus, by reading over the witnesses (i. e. their testimony) or by simply naming them, Quint. 5, 7, 25; v. Spald. ad h. l. —

In gen., to read out, recite any thing in public (freq. since the Aug. per., after which it became customary to recite one's own works before audiences; cf.: pronuntio, declamo): To. At clare recitato. Do. Tace, dum perlego, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 30:

postquam recitasti quod erat cerae creditum,

id. ib. 4, 3, 59:

in medio, qui Scripta foro recitent, sunt multi,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 75; cf. id. ib. 1, 4, 23; id. Ep. 1, 19, 42; 2, 1, 223; Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 45; id. P. 3, 5, 39; Juv. 8, 126; 3, 9; Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 1; 1, 5, 4; 1, 13; 2, 10, 6 et saep. al.—With dat.:

nec recitem cuiquam nisi amicis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 73:

Quinctilio si quid recitares,

id. A. P. 438:

nec illi... verba ultra suppeditavere quam ut sacramentum recitaret,

Tac. H. 4, 59.—

To repeat from memory, say by heart, recite:

quin etiam recitare, si qua meminerunt, cogendi sunt (phrenetici),

Cels. 3, 18, 39; Mart. 9, 83, 4. —

Of prayers, to say, offer (eccl. Lat.):

orationes,

Vulg. Tob. 3, 25.

red-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (old fut. reddibo = reddam, Plaut. Cas. 1, 41; id. Men. 5, 7, 49, acc. to Non. 476, 27; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 508, 9; pass. reddibitur, id. Ep. 1, 1, 22), v. a.

Lit., to give back, return, restore (freq. and class.;

syn. restituo): reddere est quod debeas ei cujus est volenti dare,

Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 2:

ut mihi pallam reddat, quam dudum dedi,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 109; 4, 3, 5; cf.:

potes nunc mutuam drachmam dare mihi unam, quam cras reddam tibi?

id. Ps. 1, 1, 84;

so corresp. to dare,

id. ib. 1, 1, 89; id. Stich. 4, 1, 42:

quid si reddatur illi, unde empta est,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 83; id. Men. 3, 3, 21 sq.; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 24 sq. et saep.; cf.

the foll.: ea, quae utenda acceperis, majore mensurā, si modo possis, jubet reddere Hesiodus,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48;

so corresp. to accipere,

id. Lael. 8, 26; 16, 58; id. Rep. 2, 5, 10; Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 13:

accipe quod nunquam reddas mihi,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 66; Verg. G. 4, 172; id. A. 8, 450 et saep.:

si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto,

I give it back and renounce it, Cic. Sull. 30, 84: Th. Redde argentum aut virginem. Ph. Quod argentum, quam tu virginem, me reposcis? Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 14:

ut (virginem) suis Restituam ac reddam,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67;

so with restituere,

Liv. 3, 68 al.; cf.:

reddere alias tegulas, i. e. restituere,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 29: obsides, Naev. ap. Non. 474, 19; so Caes. B. G. 1, 35; 1, 36; 6, 12:

captivos,

id. ib. 7, 90; Liv. 26, 50:

ho mines,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7 al.:

corpora (mor tuorum),

Verg. A. 11, 103; cf. id. ib. 2, 543:

equos,

Cic. Rep. 4, 2, 2; Suet. Aug. 38:

suum cuique,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

hereditatem mulieri,

id. Fin. 2, 18, 58:

sive paribus paria redduntur,

i. e. are set against, opposed to, id. Or. 49, 164:

nosmet ipsos nobis reddidistis,

id. Red. in Sen. 1, 1:

redditus Cyri solio Phraates,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 17:

reddas incolumem, precor,

id. ib. 1, 3, 7:

ut te reddat natis carisque,

id. S. 1, 1, 83:

redditus terris Daedalus,

Verg. A. 6, 18; cf.:

patriis aris,

id. ib. 11, 269:

oculis nostris,

id. ib. 2, 740:

tenebris,

id. ib. 6, 545:

sed jam urbi votisque publicis redditus,

Plin. Pan. 60, 1:

ex magnā desperatione saluti redditus,

Just. 12, 10, 1:

quin tu primum salutem reddis, quam dedi,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 11:

operam da, opera reddibitur tibi,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 22; so id. Men. 4, 2, 101: cum duo genera liberalitatis sint, unum dandi beneficii, alterum reddendi, demus nec ne, in nostrā potestate est;

non reddere viro bono non licet,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48; so Sen. Ben. 1, 1 sq.; and cf. Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 10:

redde his libertatem,

id. Poen. 5, 4, 17; so,

Lyciis libertatem ademit, Rhodiis reddidit,

Suet. Claud. 25:

patriam,

Liv. 5, 51 fin.:

sibi ereptum honorem,

Verg. A. 5, 342:

conspectum,

id. ib. 9, 262 al.:

se ipse convivio reddidit,

betook himself again to the banquet, returned, Liv. 23, 9 fin.:

quae belua reddit se catenis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 71:

se reddidit astris,

Sil. 4, 119; so,

lux terris,

Verg. A. 8, 170:

se iterum in arma,

id. ib. 10, 684.—

Poet., with inf.:

sua monstra profundo Reddidit habere Jovi,

Stat. Th. 1, 616.—

Absol. (rare and poet.), of a river:

sic modo conbibitur, modo Redditur ingens Erasinus,

is swallowed up... reappears, Ov. M. 15, 275. —

Transf.

To give up, hand over, deliver, impart, assign; to yield, render, give, grant, bestow, pay, surrender, relinquish, resign (syn.:

trado, refero): Cincius eam mihi abs te epistulam reddidit, quam tu dederas,

Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1; so,

litteras (alicui),

id. ib. 2, 1, 1; id. Fam. 2, 17, 1:

litteras a te mihi reddidit stator tuus,

id. ib. 2, 1, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 1; 2, 20; 3, 33; Sall. C. 34, 3; cf.

mandata,

Suet. Tib. 16:

pretium alicui pro benefactis ejus,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 20:

hoccine pretii,

id. As. 1, 2, 2; cf.:

praemia debita (along with persolvere grates),

Verg. A. 2, 537:

cetera praemia (with dare),

id. ib. 9, 254:

primos honores,

id. ib. 5, 347:

gratiam alicui (for the usual referre gratiam),

Sall. J. 110, 4:

reddunt ova columbae,

Juv. 3, 202:

obligatam Jovi dapem,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 17:

o fortunata mors, quae naturae debita, pro patriā est potissimum reddita,

Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 31; cf.:

vitam naturae reddendam,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 5; so, vitam. Lucr. 6, 1198:

debitum naturae morbo,

i. e. to die by disease, Nep. Reg. 1 fin.:

lucem,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 35:

ultimum spiritum,

Vell. 2, 14, 2; cf. id. 2, 22, 2; 2, 35 fin.;

2, 87, 2: animam caelo,

id. ib. 123 fin.; cf.

animas (with moriuntur),

Verg. G. 3, 495:

hanc animam, vacuas in auras,

Ov. P. 2, 11, 7:

caute vota reddunto,

to pay, offer, render, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; so,

vota,

Verg. E. 5, 75; Just. 11, 10, 10:

tura Lari,

Tib. 1, 3, 34:

liba deae,

Ov. F. 6, 476:

fumantia exta,

Verg. G. 2, 194; Tac. H. 4, 53; cf.:

graves poenas,

i. e. to suffer, Sall. J. 14, 21:

promissa viro,

Verg. A. 5, 386 al.:

tibi ego rationem reddam?

will render an account, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 6; so,

rationem,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 114; Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 38;

v. ratio: animam a pulmonibus respirare et reddere,

to give off, exhale, id. N. D. 2, 54, 136; cf.:

ut tibiae sonum reddunt,

give forth, Quint. 11, 3, 20; so,

sonum,

id. 9, 4, 40; 66; Sen. Ep. 108; Hor. A. P. 348:

vocem,

Verg. A. 3, 40; 7, 95; 8, 217 (with mugiit); Hor. A. P. 158:

stridorem,

Ov. M. 11, 608:

murmura,

id. ib. 10, 702:

flammam,

Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 36 et saep.; so,

alvum,

Cels. 2, 12, 2:

bilem,

id. 7, 23:

sanguinem,

to vomit, Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6 (just before:

sanguinem rejecit): urinam,

Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165:

calculum,

id. 28, 15, 61, § 217:

catulum partu,

Ov. M. 15, 379; cf.

so of parturition,

id. ib. 10, 513; id. H. 16, 46:

fructum, quem reddunt praedia,

yield, produce, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 75; Ov. P. 1, 5, 26; Col. 2, 16, 2; Pall. Febr. 9, 4; Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 87; cf. Tib. 2, 6, 22; Quint. 12, 10, 25:

generi nostro haec reddita est benignitas,

is imparted to, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 27; cf.: nulla quies est [p. 1539] Reddita corporibus primis, Lucr. 2, 96. — Hence, poet., redditum esse, in gen., = factum esse, esse:

una superstitio, superis quae reddita divis,

which is given, belongs to the gods, Verg. A. 12, 817:

quibus et color et sapor una reddita sunt cum odore,

Lucr. 2, 681; cf. id. 2, 228 Munro ad loc.; Juv. 1, 93; Orell. ad Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 216:

neque iis petentibus jus redditur,

is dispensed, granted, Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

alicui jus,

Quint. 11, 2, 50; cf.:

alicui testimonium reddere industriae,

id. 11, 1, 88:

quod reliquum vitae virium, id ferro potissimum reddere volebant,

to yield, sacrifice, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:

quibus ille pro meritis... jura legesque reddiderat,

had conferred upon it the power of self-jurisdiction, Caes. B. G. 7, 76; cf Liv. 9, 43, 23 Drak.:

Lanuvinis sacra sua reddita,

id. 8, 14:

conubia,

to bestow, grant, id. 4, 5:

peccatis veniam,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 75:

nomina facto vera,

to call by the right name, Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 36.— Hence,

Jurid. t. t.:

judicium,

to appoint, grant, fix the time for a trial, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 57; Caes. B. C. 2, 18; Quint. 7, 4, 43; Tac. A. 1, 72:

jus,

to administer justice, pronounce sentence, id. ib. 6, 11; 13, 51; id. H. 3, 68; id. G. 12; Suet. Vit. 9 et saep.—

To give up, yield, abandon to one that which has not been taken away, but only threatened or in danger:

Thermitanis urbem, agros legesque suas reddere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 90 ( = relinquere, id. ib. 2, 2, 36, §

88): Orestis leges suae redditae,

left undisturbed, Liv. 33, 34, 6; 9, 43, 23 (cf. restituere); 29, 21, 7.—

To give back, pay back; hence, to take revenge for, punish, inflict vengeance for:

per eum stare quominus accepta ad Cannas redderetur hosti clades,

Liv. 24, 17, 7:

reddidit hosti cladem,

id. 24, 20, 2:

redditaque aequa Cannensi clades,

id. 27, 49, 5.—

To give back in speech or writing, i. e.

To translate, render (syn.:

converto, transfero): cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

verbum pro verbo,

id. Opt. Gen. 5:

verbo verbum,

Hor. A. P. 133; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 54.—

To repeat, declare, report, narrate, recite, rehearse (freq. in Quint.):

ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto verbis iisdem redderet, quibus cogitasset,

Cic. Brut. 88, 301; cf. Quint. 10, 6, 3:

sive paria (verba) paribus redduntur, sive opponuntur contraria,

Cic. Or. 49, 164:

reddere quae restant,

id. Brut. 74, 258:

tertium actum de pastionibus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 1:

nomina per ordinem audita,

Quint. 11, 2, 23:

causas corruptae eloquentiae,

id. 8, 6, 76:

quid cuique vendidissent,

id. 11, 2, 24:

dictata,

to repeat, rehearse, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 14; id. S. 2, 8, 80:

carmen,

to recite, deliver, id. C. 4, 6, 43:

cum talia reddidit hospes,

Ov. M. 6, 330; Lucr. 2, 179:

causam,

id. F. 1, 278:

insigne exemplum suo loco,

Tac. H. 4, 67.—

To answer, reply ( poet.):

veras audire et reddere voces,

Verg. A. 1, 409; 6, 689:

Aeneas contra cui talia reddit,

id. ib. 10, 530;

2, 323: auditis ille haec placido sic reddidit ore,

id. ib. 11, 251 et saep.; cf.

responsa,

id. G. 3, 491:

responsum,

Liv. 38, 9; 3, 60; Verg. A. 6, 672.—

To give back or render a thing according to its nature or qualities; to represent, imitate, express, resemble ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose):

quas hominum reddunt facies,

Lucr. 6, 812:

faciem locorum,

Ov. M. 6, 122; 7, 752:

lux aemula vultum Reddidit,

gave back, reflected, Stat. Achill. 2, 191:

formam alicujus,

Sil. 3, 634:

et qui te nomine reddet Silvius Aeneas,

Verg. A. 6, 768; cf.:

jam Phoebe toto fratrem cum redderet orbe,

Luc. 1, 538:

paternam elegantiam in loquendo,

Quint. 1, 1, 6; 6, 3, 107; cf.:

odorem croci saporemque,

i. e. to smell and taste like saffron, Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177:

imaginem quandam uvae,

id. 34, 12, 32, § 123:

flammam excellentis purpurae et odorem maris,

id. 35, 6, 27, § 46:

Apelleā redditus arte Mentor,

Mart. 11, 10, 2.—

To give back, return a thing changed in some respect:

senem illum Tibi dedo ulteriorem lepide ut lenitum reddas,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 31; cf.:

quas tu sapienter mihi reddidisti opiparas opera tua,

id. Poen. 1, 1, 4.— Hence, in gen.,

To make or cause a thing to be or appear something or somehow; to render (very freq. and class.; cf.:

facio, redigo): reddam ego te ex ferā fame mansuetem,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 19; id. Capt. 4, 2, 42:

eam (servitutem) lenem reddere,

id. ib. 2, 5, 1: tutiorem et opulentiorem vitam reddere, Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

haec itinera infesta reddiderat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

aliquem insignem,

Verg. A. 5, 705:

obscuraque moto Reddita forma lacu est,

dimmed by the disturbance of the water, Ov. M. 3, 476:

homines ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2: omnes Catilinas Acidinos postea reddidit, has made all the Catilines seem to be Acidini, i. e. patriots, in comparison with himself, id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

aliquid perfectum,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 109:

aliquid effectum,

to accomplish, id. Ps. 1, 3, 152; 1, 5, 116; 5, 2, 14:

omne transactum,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 95:

actum,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 90:

dictum ac factum,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 12.— With ut and subj.:

hic reddes omnia Quae sunt certa ei consilia incerta ut sient,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 15.— Pass. = fieri scripsit fasciculum illum epistularum totum sibi aquā madidum redditum esse, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 4; Just. 16, 4, 6; 22, 7, 2:

per sudorem corpus tantum imbecillius redditur,

Cels. 3, 3, 19; cf. Just. 29, 4, 3; 42, 5, 4; 44, 1, 10; Flor. 3, 5, 17; Val. Max. 4, 3 prooem.; Lact. 4, 26, 33.

rĕlātus, a, um, Part., from refero.

rĕlātus, ūs, m. [refero].

An official report:

abnuentibus consulibus eā de re relatum,

Tac. A. 15, 22.—

In gen., a narration, recital:

carmina, quorum relatu, quem baritum vocant, accendunt animos,

with the delivery of which, Tac. G. 3:

virtutum,

id. H. 1, 30:

incredibilium relatu commendationem parare,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1; Sedul. 1, 80; Symm. Ep. 5, 64.

rĕnuntĭātĭo ( rĕnunc-), ōnis, f. [renuntio].

Publicists' and jurid. t. t., a report, declaration, proclamation, notice, announcement (class.), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 88:

Caesio renuntiat, se dedisse: cognoscite renuntiationem ex litteris publicis,

id. ib. 2, 3, 39, §

89: suffragiorum,

id. Planc. 6, 14:

non eundem esse ordinem dignitatis et renuntiationis (sc. magistratus), propterea quod renuntiatio gradus habeat,

id. Mur. 8, 18:

alicujus,

Plin. Pan. 77, 1:

interest nostrā, ne fallamur in modi renuntiatione,

Dig. 11, 6, 1.—

A giving notice or warning (post-class.):

voluntate distrahitur societas renuntiatione,

Dig. 17, 2, 63 fin.; 17, 2, 65, § 3; 6 al.

rĕnuntĭātĭo ( rĕnunc-), ōnis, f. [renuntio].

Publicists' and jurid. t. t., a report, declaration, proclamation, notice, announcement (class.), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 88:

Caesio renuntiat, se dedisse: cognoscite renuntiationem ex litteris publicis,

id. ib. 2, 3, 39, §

89: suffragiorum,

id. Planc. 6, 14:

non eundem esse ordinem dignitatis et renuntiationis (sc. magistratus), propterea quod renuntiatio gradus habeat,

id. Mur. 8, 18:

alicujus,

Plin. Pan. 77, 1:

interest nostrā, ne fallamur in modi renuntiatione,

Dig. 11, 6, 1.—

A giving notice or warning (post-class.):

voluntate distrahitur societas renuntiatione,

Dig. 17, 2, 63 fin.; 17, 2, 65, § 3; 6 al.

rĕ-porto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bear, carry, or bring back (class.; syn. refero).

Lit.

In gen.: alii vini amphoras, quas plenas tulerunt, eas argento repletas domum reportaverunt, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 4; so,

aurum ab Theotimo domum,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 92:

candelabrum secum in Syriam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

infantem suam,

Quint. 6, 1, 39:

spolia opima Feretrio Jovi,

Flor. 1, 1, 11:

naves, quibus (milites) reportari possent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin.:

milites navibus in Siciliam,

id. B. C. 2, 43:

exercitum duobus commeatibus,

id. B. G. 5, 23:

legiones classe,

Tac. A. 1, 63; 4, 23:

exercitum Britanniā,

Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3; Just. 31, 3, 2:

exercitum,

Liv. 38, 50:

legiones,

id. 38, 42; 42, 34:

ducem,

Hor. Epod. 9, 24:

cineres Lolliae Paulinae,

Tac. A. 14, 12:

atrae massam picis urbe reportat,

Verg. G. 1, 275:

cubiculum me reporto,

App. M. 1, p. 114, 5: se ad Didium, to return, Auct. B. Hisp. 40, 2; for which, poet.:

reportare pedem (with redire),

Verg. A. 11, 764.— Poet., with an inanimate subject:

quos variae viae reportant,

lead back, Cat. 46, 11.—

In partic., as a victor, to carry off, bear away; to get, gain, obtain (cf. deporto):

nihil ex praedā domum suam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 15:

a rege insignia victoriae, non victoriam,

id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 8:

nihil praeter laudem neque ex hostibus, neque a sociis,

id. Leg. 3, 8, 18:

gloriam ex proconsulatu Asiae,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 3:

veram ac solidam gloriam,

id. Pan. 16, 3:

triumphum (imperator), Plin. praef. § 30: praedam ac manubias suas ad decemviros, tamquam ad dominos, reportare,

Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 61:

praemium,

App. M. 11, p. 264, 1; cf.:

non reducti sumus in patriam, sicut nonnulli clarissimi cives, sed equis insignibus et curru aurato reportati,

Cic. Red. in Sen. 11, 28.—

Trop.

In gen., to bring back:

non ex litibus aestimatis tuis pecuniam domum, sed ex tuā calamitate cineri atque ossibus filii sui solatium vult aliquod reportare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128:

spem bonam certamque domum reporto,

Hor. C. S. 74:

(Echo) Ingeminat voces auditaque verba reportat,

gives back, returns, Ov. M. 3, 369:

gaudium parentibus,

Just. 11, 14, 12:

gaudia mente,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 13.—

In partic., to bring back, carry back an account; to report (mostly poet.;

not in Cic.): adytis haec tristia dicta reportat,

Verg. A. 2, 115:

pacem,

id. ib. 7, 285:

mea mandata,

Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 37:

fidem,

a certain account, Verg. A. 11, 511:

haud mollia ad socerum,

App. Mag. p. 323, 29.—With object-clause:

nuntius ingentes ignotā in veste reportat Advenisse viros,

Verg. A. 7, 167.

sermo, ōnis, m. [2. sero, qs. serta, conserta oratio], a speaking or talking with any one; talk, conversation, discourse:

sermo est a serie: sermo enim non potest in uno homine esse solo, sed ubi oratio cum altero conjuncta,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll. (very freq. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen. (syn. colloquium): quoniam magna vis orationis est eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis: contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum, contionum, senatus: sermo in circulis, disputationibus, congressionibus familiarium versetur;

sequatur etiam convivia, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

quod mihi servus sermonem serat,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37:

sermones serere,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 106:

multa inter sese vario sermone serebant,

Verg. A. 6, 160:

sermonem nobiscum ibi copulat,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 42:

dum sermones fabulandi conferant,

id. ib. prol. 34:

caput et pes sermonis,

id. As. 3, 3, 139:

cum ea tu sermonem nec joco nec serio Tibi habeas,

id. Am. 3, 2, 25; Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 1:

ibi illa cum sermonem occipit,

id. Eun. 4, 1, 8:

dum sermones caedimus,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 1:

sermonem cum aliquo conferre,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 136; id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

in nostris sermonibus collocutionibusque,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 4:

mature veniunt, discumbitur: fit sermo inter eos,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

dum longior consulto ab Ambiorige instituitur sermo,

Caes. B. G. 5, 37:

sermonis aditum cum aliquo habere,

id. ib. 5, 41:

nullum tibi omnino cum Albinovano sermonem ullā de re fuisse,

Cic. Vatin. 1, 3; id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

erat in ore, in sermone omnium,

id. Phil. 10, 7, 14; cf.: memini in eum sermonem illum incidere, qui tum fere multis erat in ore, id. Lael. 1, 2:

aestivam sermone benigno tendere noctem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

referre sermones deorum,

id. C. 3, 3, 71 (cf.:

consiliantibus divis,

id. ib. 3, 3, 18):

et euntem multa loquendo Detinuit sermone diem,

Ov. M. 1, 683:

nunc inter eos tu sermo es,

you are the talk, Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 7:

jucundus est mihi sermo litterarum tuarum,

the conversing with you by letter, Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 3; cf.:

littera sermonis fida ministra mei,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 2.—

In partic.

Literary conversation, discourse, disputation, discussion (cf. oratio): tum Furius: Quid vos agitis? num sermonem vestrum aliquem diremit noster interventus? Minime vero, Africanus;

soles enim tu haec studiose investigare, quae sunt in hoc genere, de quo instituerat paulo ante Tubero quaerere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 11, 17; cf. id. ib. 1, 13, 19:

in sermonem ingredi (just before: in disputationem ingredi),

id. ib. 1, 24, 38:

(Scaevola) exposuit nobis sermonem Laelii de amicitiā habitum ab illo secum... Ejus disputationis sententias memoriae mandavi, etc.... ut tamquam a praesentibus haberi sermo videretur,

id. Lael. 1, 3:

rebus his, de quibus hic sermo est,

id. Fin. 3, 12, 40:

feci sermonem inter nos habitum in Cumano. Tibi dedi partes Antiochinas, etc.,

id. Fam. 9, 8, 1:

in quo (circulo) de philosophiā sermo haberetur,

Nep. Epam. 3, 3:

Socratici sermones,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 9; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 44; 2, 15, 26:

in longum sermonem me vocas, Attice,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13:

nunc enim sermo de naturā est,

our subject, Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67; 3, 1, pr. § 2; 16, 32, 58, § 134; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 17, 15; Capitol. Gord. 3, 3 init. —

Concr., a talk, speech, discourse (more informal and unpretending than oratio):

meos multos et illustres et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 2; Quint. 11, 2, 24.—

Ordinary speech, speaking, talking, the language of conversation (opp. contentio):

sermo est oratio remissa et finitima cottidianae locutioni,

Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:

mollis est oratio philosophorum et umbratilis, etc.... Itaque sermo potius quam oratio dicitur,

id. Or. 19, 64: in argumentis Caecilius poscit palmam, in sermonibus Plautus, i. e. in dialogue, Varr. ap. Non. 374, 9:

soluta oratio, qualis in sermone et epistulis,

Quint. 9, 4, 19:

C. Piso, statarius et sermonis plenus orator,

Cic. Brut. 68, 239:

si quis scribat, uti nos, Sermoni propiora,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 42:

vocem sermoni proximam,

Quint. 11, 3, 162:

ut litigantes quoque a sermone incipiant, ad vociferationem transeant,

Sen. Ep. 15, 6.—Of prose as opposed to poetry:

comoedia... nisi quod pede certo Differt sermoni sermo merus,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 48:

et tragicus plerumque dolet sermone pedestri Telephus et Peleus, etc.,

id. A. P. 95.—

Concr., of verses in a conversational style, a satire:

ille (delectatur) Bioneis sermonibus et sale nigro,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 60:

Albi, nostrorum sermonum candide judex,

id. ib. 1, 4, 1:

nec sermones ego mallem Repentes per humum quam res componere gestas,

id. ib. 2, 1, 250.—

With reference to some particular object, common talk respecting any thing, report, rumor (syn.:

fama, rumor): vulgi sermo,

Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 1:

nunc per urbem solus sermo est omnibus, Eum, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 4:

sermo est totā Asiā dissipatus, Cn. Pompeium, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

mihi venit in mentem multum fore sermonem, me, etc.,

id. Att. 7, 23, 2:

si istiusmodi sermones ad te delati de me sunt, non debuisti credere,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 5 sq.:

in sermonem hominum venire,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13:

audita et percelebrata sermonibus res est,

id. Cael. 29, 69; cf.:

vix feram sermones hominum, si, etc.,

id. Cat. 1, 9, 23:

vestrae perigrinantur aures, neque in hoc pervagato civitatis sermone versantur,

this talk of the town, id. Mil. 12, 33:

refrigerato jam levissimo sermone hominum,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

sermones inimicorum effugere,

id. Cael. 16, 38:

sermones lacessere, reprimere,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 7: retudit sermones, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

ne putet aliquid oratione meā sermonis in sese aut invidiae esse quaesitum,

of slander, calumny, Cic. Fl. 5, 13:

dabimus sermonem iis, qui, etc.,

give them something to talk about, id. Fam. 9, 3; so,

materiam sermonibus praebere,

Tac. H. 4, 4: cataplus ille Puteolanus, sermo illius temporis, Cic. [p. 1680] Rab. Post. 14, 40 B. and K. dub.; v. Orell. N. cr. —

Transf., a manner of speaking, mode of expression, language, style, diction, etc. (cf. lingua):

sermone eo debemus uti, qui notus est nobis, ne, ut quidam Graeca verba inculcantes jure optimo rideamur,

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111:

cujus (Terentii) fabellae propter elegantiam sermonis putabantur a C. Laelio scribi,

id. Att. 7, 3, 10:

et sane quid est aliud vetus sermo quam vetus loquendi consuetudo?

Quint. 1, 6, 43; 12, 2, 3.—

A language, the speech of a nation, etc.:

cui (Catulo) non solum nos Latini sermonis, sed etiam Graeci ipsi solent suae linguae subtilitatem elegantiamque concedere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

in Latino sermone,

id. ib. 3, 11, 42:

quae philosophi Graeco sermone tractavissent, ea Latinis litteris mandaremus,

id. Fin. 1, 1, 1:

patrii sermonis egestas,

Lucr. 1, 832; 3, 260:

cum lingua Catonis et Enni Sermonem patrium ditaverit,

Hor. A. P. 57:

aves, quae sermonem imitantur humanum... Agrippina turdum habuit imitantem sermones hominum... lusciniae Graeco atque Latino sermone dociles,

Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 120.—

Of a single expression:

si quis ita legaverit: Fructus annuos, etc., perinde accipi debet hic sermo, ac si, etc.,

Dig. 7, 1, 20; 11, 7, 2, § 1; 28, 5, 29.— Hence, of a single word (late Lat.): deos sermo Graecus est, Cassiod. in Psa. 21, 1.

sermuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [sermo].

(Acc. to sermo, I. B. 3.) Common talk, tittletattle, report, rumor (rare but class.):

urbani sermunculi,

Cic. Deiot. 12, 33:

sermunculis fabellisque duci,

Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 4:

sermunculum omnem aut restinxerit aut sedarit,

Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

non deterreor sermunculis istorum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 14.—

A little discourse (late Lat.), Hier. Ep. 32, 1.

vărĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v.a. and n. [varius].

Act., to diversify, variegate, change (class.).

Lit.:

(principia) omne genus gignunt variantque colores,

Lucr. 2, 759:

maculis ortum (sol),

Verg. G. 1, 441:

caeruleis corpora guttis,

Ov. M. 4, 578:

tempora cani,

id. ib. 12, 465:

capillos (gemma),

id. Am. 1, 2, 41:

ubi caeruleum variabunt sidera caelum,

id. F. 3, 449:

variare virgis et loris,

to beat of all colors, black and blue, Plaut. Poen. prol. 26:

putrida pectora palmis,

Cat. 64, 352:

vestes picto auro,

Val. Fl. 3, 11:

variante se uvā,

becoming colored, turning, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 189; for which mid.:

simulatque uva variari coeperit,

Col. Arb. 12, 1.—In part. perf.:

vestis priscis hominum variata figuris,

variegated, embroidered, Cat. 64, 50:

pluribus ille (anguis) notis variatam pingitur alvum,

Luc. 9, 713:

arcus vix ullā variatus luce colorem,

id. 4, 79:

eluere calculos nigros paulum candore variatos,

Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 157.— Poet.: formas variatus in omnes, changed, metamorphosed, Ov. M. 12, 559.—

Trop., to cause to change, make different or various; to alter, change, vary, interchange, cause to alternate, etc.:

vocem variare et mutare,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; so,

aliquid (with mutare),

Gell. 14, 1, 9:

orationem variare et distinguere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

ergo ille variabit (vocem) et mutabit,

id. Or. 18, 59:

voluptatem (with distinguere),

id. Fin. 1, 11, 38:

qui variare cupit rem prodigialiter unam,

Hor. A. P. 29:

in oratione multa summittere, variare, disponere,

Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 2, 13, 8; 11, 3, 152:

cum timor atque ira in vicem sententias variassent,

Liv. 2, 57, 2:

vices,

Verg. A. 9, 164:

bellum variante fortunā eventum ferre,

with varying success, Liv. 23, 5, 8:

et variebant secundae adversaeque res non fortunam magis quam animos hominum,

id. 25, 1, 6:

fremitus variantis multitudinis fuit partim adsensu partim indignatione,

id. 35, 31, 13:

ex vernā intemperie variante calores frigoraque,

id. 22, 2, 10:

laborem otio, otium labore,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 4:

variatis hominum sententiis,

i. e. various, at variance, Cic. Mil. 3, 8:

quae de Marcelli morte variant auctores,

report differently, vary, Liv. 27, 27, 12; cf.:

certe variata memoria actae rei,

id. 21, 28, 5.— Impers. pass.:

sitne ea (beata vita) in potestate sapientis, an, etc.... in eo nonnumquam variari inter eos et dubitari videtur,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12: senatus consuli coeptus;

ibi cum sententiis variaretur,

were of different opinions, Liv. 22, 60, 3; cf.:

variatum deinde proeliis,

fought with varying success, Vell. 2, 51, 3:

nisi de familiae condicione variatum esset,

i. e. differently reported, Suet. Vit. 1.—

Neutr., to be diversified, variegated; to change, alter, waver, vary, etc.

Lit.:

prima mihi variat liventibus uva racemis,

becomes variegated, colored, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 13:

bacae,

Col. 12, 52, 9:

variant ostrea coloribus,

are different, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60:

universitas (arietum) tergoris maculis,

Col. 7, 3, 2:

inter se multum variare figurae Non possunt,

Lucr. 2, 484; cf. id. 4, 648:

variantes edere formas,

id. 5, 722; cf.:

volucres variantibu' formis,

id. 5, 825:

non ita Carpathiae variant Aquilonibus undae,

fluctuate, Prop. 2, 5, 11.—

Trop., to be various or different; to change, vary; absol.:

variante fortunā,

Liv. 23, 5, 8:

inpatiens variantis caeli,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28:

sic abeunt redeuntque mei variantque timores,

Ov. Tr. 2, 153:

dissidet et variat sententia,

id. M. 15, 648:

ita fama variat, ut, etc.,

Liv. 27, 27, 14. —With abl.:

haec de tanto viro, quamquam et opinionibus et monumentis litterarum variarent, proponenda erant,

Liv. 38, 57, 8:

si (lex) nec causis nec personis variet,

id. 3, 45, 2.— Impers.:

ibi si variaret,

if there were a difference of opinion, Liv. 1, 43, 11; cf.:

nec variatum comitiis est,

id. 7, 22, 10.—With adverb. acc.:

si nunc quoque fortuna aliquid variaverit,

Liv. 23, 13, 4.—Of differences in the text of an author (late Lat.):

ipsi codices Graeci variant,

Aug. in Psa. 118, 7:

nulla in eo variat codicum auctoritas,

id. C. Faust. 11, 4.—Hence, P. a.: vărĭans, antis, varied, manifold:

(terra) fudit aërias volucres variantibus formis,

Lucr. 5, 822:

variantis edere formas,

id. 5, 720:

astra,

Manil. 2, 466.

vărĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v.a. and n. [varius].

Act., to diversify, variegate, change (class.).

Lit.:

(principia) omne genus gignunt variantque colores,

Lucr. 2, 759:

maculis ortum (sol),

Verg. G. 1, 441:

caeruleis corpora guttis,

Ov. M. 4, 578:

tempora cani,

id. ib. 12, 465:

capillos (gemma),

id. Am. 1, 2, 41:

ubi caeruleum variabunt sidera caelum,

id. F. 3, 449:

variare virgis et loris,

to beat of all colors, black and blue, Plaut. Poen. prol. 26:

putrida pectora palmis,

Cat. 64, 352:

vestes picto auro,

Val. Fl. 3, 11:

variante se uvā,

becoming colored, turning, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 189; for which mid.:

simulatque uva variari coeperit,

Col. Arb. 12, 1.—In part. perf.:

vestis priscis hominum variata figuris,

variegated, embroidered, Cat. 64, 50:

pluribus ille (anguis) notis variatam pingitur alvum,

Luc. 9, 713:

arcus vix ullā variatus luce colorem,

id. 4, 79:

eluere calculos nigros paulum candore variatos,

Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 157.— Poet.: formas variatus in omnes, changed, metamorphosed, Ov. M. 12, 559.—

Trop., to cause to change, make different or various; to alter, change, vary, interchange, cause to alternate, etc.:

vocem variare et mutare,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; so,

aliquid (with mutare),

Gell. 14, 1, 9:

orationem variare et distinguere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

ergo ille variabit (vocem) et mutabit,

id. Or. 18, 59:

voluptatem (with distinguere),

id. Fin. 1, 11, 38:

qui variare cupit rem prodigialiter unam,

Hor. A. P. 29:

in oratione multa summittere, variare, disponere,

Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 2, 13, 8; 11, 3, 152:

cum timor atque ira in vicem sententias variassent,

Liv. 2, 57, 2:

vices,

Verg. A. 9, 164:

bellum variante fortunā eventum ferre,

with varying success, Liv. 23, 5, 8:

et variebant secundae adversaeque res non fortunam magis quam animos hominum,

id. 25, 1, 6:

fremitus variantis multitudinis fuit partim adsensu partim indignatione,

id. 35, 31, 13:

ex vernā intemperie variante calores frigoraque,

id. 22, 2, 10:

laborem otio, otium labore,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 4:

variatis hominum sententiis,

i. e. various, at variance, Cic. Mil. 3, 8:

quae de Marcelli morte variant auctores,

report differently, vary, Liv. 27, 27, 12; cf.:

certe variata memoria actae rei,

id. 21, 28, 5.— Impers. pass.:

sitne ea (beata vita) in potestate sapientis, an, etc.... in eo nonnumquam variari inter eos et dubitari videtur,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12: senatus consuli coeptus;

ibi cum sententiis variaretur,

were of different opinions, Liv. 22, 60, 3; cf.:

variatum deinde proeliis,

fought with varying success, Vell. 2, 51, 3:

nisi de familiae condicione variatum esset,

i. e. differently reported, Suet. Vit. 1.—

Neutr., to be diversified, variegated; to change, alter, waver, vary, etc.

Lit.:

prima mihi variat liventibus uva racemis,

becomes variegated, colored, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 13:

bacae,

Col. 12, 52, 9:

variant ostrea coloribus,

are different, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 60:

universitas (arietum) tergoris maculis,

Col. 7, 3, 2:

inter se multum variare figurae Non possunt,

Lucr. 2, 484; cf. id. 4, 648:

variantes edere formas,

id. 5, 722; cf.:

volucres variantibu' formis,

id. 5, 825:

non ita Carpathiae variant Aquilonibus undae,

fluctuate, Prop. 2, 5, 11.—

Trop., to be various or different; to change, vary; absol.:

variante fortunā,

Liv. 23, 5, 8:

inpatiens variantis caeli,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28:

sic abeunt redeuntque mei variantque timores,

Ov. Tr. 2, 153:

dissidet et variat sententia,

id. M. 15, 648:

ita fama variat, ut, etc.,

Liv. 27, 27, 14. —With abl.:

haec de tanto viro, quamquam et opinionibus et monumentis litterarum variarent, proponenda erant,

Liv. 38, 57, 8:

si (lex) nec causis nec personis variet,

id. 3, 45, 2.— Impers.:

ibi si variaret,

if there were a difference of opinion, Liv. 1, 43, 11; cf.:

nec variatum comitiis est,

id. 7, 22, 10.—With adverb. acc.:

si nunc quoque fortuna aliquid variaverit,

Liv. 23, 13, 4.—Of differences in the text of an author (late Lat.):

ipsi codices Graeci variant,

Aug. in Psa. 118, 7:

nulla in eo variat codicum auctoritas,

id. C. Faust. 11, 4.—Hence, P. a.: vărĭans, antis, varied, manifold:

(terra) fudit aërias volucres variantibus formis,

Lucr. 5, 822:

variantis edere formas,

id. 5, 720:

astra,

Manil. 2, 466.