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  • 1 crīminor

        crīminor ātus, ārī, dep.    [crimen], to accuse of crime, complain of, impeach, calumniate: me tibi, T.: apud alqm nos: alios apud populum, L.—To complain of, charge, denounce: potentiam meam invidiose: nescio quid de illā tribu: (amicitiam) a me violatam esse: Carthaginiensīs ante tempus digressos, S.
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    criminari, criminatus sum V DEP
    accuse, denounce; charge (with); allege with accusation; make accusations

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  • 2 dē-ferō

        dē-ferō tulī, lātus, ferre,    to bring away, carry off, take down, carry, take, remove: quae (dolia) amnis defert, V.: secundo Tiberi deferri, L.: ramalia arida tecto, O.: argentum ad eam, T.: litteras ad Caesarem, Cs.: natos ad flumina, V.: Germani ad castra Romanorum delati, Cs.: aurum in aerarium, L.: acies in praeceps deferri, L.: deferor hospes, drift, H.: praeceps in undas deferar, shall throw myself, V.: alqm in barathrum, Ct.: puerum huc, T.: hunc sub aequora, i. e. submerge, O.: huc impetus illam (hastam) Detulerat, drove, V.: quod (iaculum) detulit error in Idan, O.—To drive away, drive down, drive, force: una (navis) delata Oricum, Cs.: (Labienus) longius delatus aestu, Cs.: quem tempestas in desertum litus detulisset. — Fig., to bring, lead, carry: fortunae pignora in discrimen, L.: hac re ad consilium delatā, into consideration, Cs.—To bring, give, grant, confer, allot, offer, transfer, deliver: ad hunc totius belli summam deferri, Cs.: omnia ad unum: sibi a Caesare regnum civitatis deferri, Cs.: honores mihi: de pace deferendā hostibus, L.: si quid petet, ultro Defer, H.: Delatis capsis, i. e. deposited (in a public library), H.—To give account of, report, announce, signify, state: rem, Cs.: falsum numerum equitum, Cs.: nostra consilia ad adversarios: defertur ea res ad Caesarem, Cs.: haec Senecae, Ta.: id Carthaginem, N.: ad Caesarem, me paenitere consili mei: armari classem, V.: delatum est ad vos, quem ad modum fecerit.—In beginning a prosecution, with nomen, to report one's name (to the praetor), indict, impeach, complain of, accuse: nomen huius de parricidio: de pecuniis repetundis nomen cuiuspiam: Sopatro eiusdem rei nomen, bring the same charge against Sopater: cur tibi nomen non deferrem?—With crimen, to lodge an accusation: quod crimen, cum primum ad me delatum est: crimina in dominum delaturum se esse.—With causam (poet.), to present, report: si iustae defertur causa querelae, Iu. —In gen.: quae apud vos de me deferunt, the charges they make.—To register, return, enter for registry (in the public archives): horum (iudicum) nomina ad aerarium: censum Romam: in beneficiis ad aerarium delatus est, recommended among the beneficiaries of the state: senatūs consultum factum ad aerarium, L.: senatūs consulta in aedem Cereris, L.: alqd in censum, to return for appraisal, L.

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  • 3 diēs

        diēs gen. diēī or diē (rarely diei, disyl., T., or diī, V.), m sometimes in sing f.    [DIV-], a day, civil day: Quae tot res in unum conclusit diem, T.: eo die, Cs.: in posterum diem, Cs.: paucos dies ibi morati, Cs.: alter et tertius dies absumitur, Ta.— Fem. (in prose only of a fixed term): diebus XXX, a quā die materia caesa est, Cs.: posterā die, S.: suprema, H.: atra, V.: tarda, O. —In phrases: paucis ante diebus, a few days earlier, S.: paucis post diebus, S.: postridie eius diei, the next day, Cs.: post diem tertium eius diei, the next day but one, L.: diem ex die exspectabam, from day to day: diem de die prospectans, L.: in dies, every day, Cs., C.: in diem rapto vivit, L.: cui licet in diem dixisse Vixi, etc., H.—Abl. diē, in a day, in one day, V.; rarely diē (i. e. cottidie or in diem), daily, V.—In dates: ante diem XII Kal. Nov., the twenty - first of October: in ante diem V Kal. Dec., till November 28.— A set day, appointed time, term: hic nuptiis dictus est dies, T.: pecuniae, C., L.: iis certum diem conveniendi dicit, Cs.: die certo, S.: negotio proxumum diem constituit, S.: conloquio decretus, O.: ad diem praestitutum venire, L.: die tuo exspectabam, etc., your fever day: supremus vitae: obire diem supremum, die, N. — Fem. (only sing.): deportandi dies praestituta: certa eius rei constituta, Cs.: stata, L.: ubi ea dies venit, Cs.: praeteritā die, quā, etc., Cs.: esse in lege, quam ad diem, proscriptiones fiant. — In the phrase, dicere diem, with dat, to impeach, lay an accusation against: diem mihi, credo, dixerat: Domitium Silano diem dixisse scimus.— A dying-day, time to die, destined time (poet.): Stat sua cuique dies, V.: Hic dolor ante diem Pandiona misit ad umbras, prematurely, O. — A natural day, day (opp. night): cum horā diei decimā venire: quantum scribam die (opp. noctibus), in the daytime: die et nocte concoqui, in a single day and night: multo denique die, late in the day, Cs.: in diem (somnum) extrahere, Ta.: exercere diem, work by daylight, V.: currūs rogat In diem, for a day, O.: diem noctemque procul navem tenuit, a day and a night, N.: Saturnalia diem ac noctem clamata, all day and all night, L.: diem noctemque, uninterruptedly, Cs.: Dies noctīsque me ames, T.: dies noctīsque iter faciens, N.: noctīs ac dies: et noctīs et dies.— With iter, of distances, a day's march, day's journey: huius silvae latitudo novem dierum iter expedito patet, forced marches, Cs.: quinque dierum iter aberant, L. — Daybreak, day: cum die, O.: ante diem, H. — An anniversary: quo die ad Aliam pugnatum, a clade Aliensem appellarunt, L.: diem meum scis esse III Non. Ian., birthday. —Meton., a day's work, event, day: is dies honestissimus nobis fuerat in senatu: dare illius diei poenas: ille dies Etruscorum fregit opes, Cs.: imponite quinquaginta annis magnum diem, Ta. — A time, space of time, period, interval: diem se ad deliberandum sumpturum, Cs.: diem tempusque forsitan ipsum leniturum iras, L.: ut sexenni die pecuniae solvantur, Cs.: in longiorem diem conlaturus, a later day, Cs.: perexigua, a brief interval: nulla, O.: (indutiarum) dies, the term, L.: messis, season, V.: Optuma aevi, period (i. e. youth), V.: Sole dies referente siccos, season, H.: diem adimere aegritudinem hominibus, T.: diem festum Dianae per triduum agi, a festival, L.: malum in diem abiit, to a future time, T.: nos in diem vivimus, for the moment.—Light of day, daylight (poet.): Inmissus quo dies terreat umbras, O.: volumina fumi Infecere diem, O.: oriens occiduusque dies, the East and the West, i. e. the world, O. — Personified, the god of day, O.— Fem.: Venus primo Caelo et Die nata.
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    day; daylight; festival; time; lifetime, age

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  • 4 īn-simulō

        īn-simulō āvī, ātus, āre,    to make suspected, charge, accuse, blame, impeach: tu me insimulas, bring a charge against: Criminibus virum, O.: vilicus cum impulso tuo insimulatus esset: insimulatus falso crimine senatus, L.: Verrem avaritiae: proditionis insimulatus, Cs.: insimulant hominem fraudandi causā discessisse.—To bring as a charge: id quod ego iniuratus insimulo: neque aliud quam patientia insimulari posset, be laid to his charge, L.

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  • 5 postulō

        postulō āvī, ātus, āre    [PREC-], to ask, demand, claim, require, request, desire: incipiunt postulare, minari: nemo inventus est tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet: postulavere plerique, ut proponeret, etc., S.: suom ius postulat, T.: fidem publicam: ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum, Cs.: noctem sibi ad deliberandum: postulatur a te iam diu historia: quod principes civitatum a me postulassent: postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur: legatos mittit postulatum, ne, etc., S.: qui postularent, eos sibi dederent, Cs.: postulo, Appi, consideres, quo progrediare, L.: a senatu de foedere: me ducere istis dictis postulas? expect, T.: quod de argento posse postulem me fallere (eum), i. e. undertake to deceive him, T.: qui adire senatum non postulassent, asked an audience, L.: ante quam bona possideri postularentur, were claimed: hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc., expects: haec cum praetorem postulabas, of the praetor: qui postulat deus credi, Cu. — To summon, arraign before a court, prosecute, accuse, impeach: Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: alqm de ambitu: alqm maiestatis, Ta.: delationem nominis, i. e. ask leave to prosecute: servos in quaestionem, ask that the slaves be examined under torture: quaestionem, the appointment of a special tribunal, L.—Of price, to demand, ask: Accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum, Iu.—Of things, to make necessary, require, demand, call for: Nunc hic dies alios mores postulat, T.: ut temporis exiguitas postulabat, Cs.: mittor, quo postulat usus, O.: res postulare videtur alqd exponere, S.
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    postulare, postulavi, postulatus V
    demand, claim; require; ask/pray for

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  • 6 postulo

    I.
    to ask, demand, require / summon, prosecute, impeach, try
    II.
    to complain / contain, measure / need, require.

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  • 7 arguo

    argŭo, ŭi, ūtum (ŭĭtum, hence arguiturus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.), 3, v. a. [cf. argês, white; argos, bright; Sanscr. árgunas, bright; ragatas, white; and rag, to shine (v. argentum and argilla); after the same analogy we have clarus, bright; and claro, to make bright, to make evident; and the Engl. clear, adj., and to clear = to make clear; v. Curt. p. 171].
    I.
    A.. In gen., to make clear, to show, prove, make known, declare, assert, mênuein:

    arguo Eam me vidisse intus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 66:

    non ex auditu arguo,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 65:

    M. Valerius Laevinus... speculatores, non legatos, venisse arguebat,

    Liv. 30, 23:

    degeneres animos timor arguit,

    Verg. A. 4, 13:

    amantem et languor et silentium Arguit,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 9; id. C. 1, 13, 7.— Pass., in a mid. signif.:

    apparet virtus arguiturque malis,

    makes itself known, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 80:

    laudibus arguitur vini vinosus Homerus,

    betrays himself, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 6.—
    B.
    Esp.
    a.
    With aliquem, to attempt to show something, in one's case, against him, to accuse, reprove, censure, charge with: Indicāsse est detulisse;

    arguisse accusāsse et convicisse,

    Dig. 50, 16, 197 (cf. Fest. p. 22: Argutum iri in discrimen vocari): tu delinquis, ego arguar pro malefactis? Enn. (as transl. of Eurip. Iphig. Aul. 384: Eit egô dikên dô sôn kakôn ho mê sphaleis) ap. Rufin. §

    37: servos ipsos neque accuso neque arguo neque purgo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:

    Pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27; 2, 2, 32:

    hae tabellae te arguunt,

    id. Bacch. 4, 6, 10:

    an hunc porro tactum sapor arguet oris?

    Lucr. 4, 487:

    quod adjeci, non ut arguerem, sed ne arguerer,

    Vell. 2, 53, 4:

    coram aliquem arguere,

    Liv. 43, 5:

    apud praefectum,

    Tac. A. 14, 41:

    (Deus) arguit te heri,

    Vulg. Gen. 31, 42; ib. Lev. 19, 17; ib. 2 Tim. 4, 2; ib. Apoc. 3, 19 al.—
    b.
    With the cause of complaint in the gen.; abl. with or without de; with in with abl.; with acc.; with a clause as object; or with ut (cf. Ramsh. p. 326; Zumpt, § 446).
    (α).
    With gen.:

    malorum facinorum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (cf. infra, argutus, B. 2.):

    aliquem probri, Stupri, dedecoris,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 2:

    viros mortuos summi sceleris,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

    aliquem tanti facinoris,

    id. Cael. 1:

    criminis,

    Tac. H. 1, 48:

    furti me arguent,

    Vulg. Gen. 30, 33; ib. Eccl. 11, 8:

    repetundarum,

    Tac. A. 3, 33:

    occupandae rei publicae,

    id. ib. 6, 10:

    neglegentiae,

    Suet. Caes. 53:

    noxae,

    id. Aug. 67:

    veneni in se comparati,

    id. Tib. 49:

    socordiae,

    id. Claud. 3:

    mendacii,

    id. Oth. 10:

    timoris,

    Verg. A. 11, 384:

    sceleris arguemur,

    Vulg. 4 Reg. 7, 9; ib. Act. 19, 40 al.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    te hoc crimine non arguo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18; Nep. Paus. 3 fin. —
    (γ).
    With de:

    de eo crimine, quo de arguatur,

    Cic. Inv 2, 11, 37:

    de quibus quoniam verbo arguit, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29 fin.:

    Quis arguet me de peccato?

    Vulg. Joan. 8, 46; 16, 8.—
    (δ).
    With in with abl. (eccl. Lat.):

    non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te,

    Vulg. Psa. 49, 8.—
    (ε).
    With acc.: quid undas Arguit et liquidam molem camposque natantīs? of what does he impeach the waves? etc., quid being here equivalent to cujus or de quo, Lucr. 6, 405 Munro.—
    (ζ).
    With an inf.-clause as object:

    quae (mulier) me arguit Hanc domo ab se subripuisse,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 62; id. Mil. 2, 4, 36:

    occidisse patrem Sex. Roscius arguitur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

    auctor illius injuriae fuisse arguebatur?

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 33:

    qui sibimet vim ferro intulisse arguebatur,

    Suet. Claud. 16; id. Ner. 33; id. Galb. 7:

    me Arguit incepto rerum accessisse labori,

    Ov. M. 13, 297; 15, 504.—
    (η).
    With ut, as in Gr. hôs (post-Aug. and rare), Suet. Ner. 7:

    hunc ut dominum et tyrannum, illum ut proditorem arguentes,

    as being master and tyrant, Just. 22, 3.—
    II.
    Transf. to the thing.
    1.
    To accuse, censure, blame:

    ea culpa, quam arguo,

    Liv. 1, 28:

    peccata coram omnibus argue,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 20:

    tribuni plebis dum arguunt in C. Caesare regni voluntatem,

    Vell. 2, 68; Suet. Tit. 5 fin.:

    taciturnitatem pudoremque quorumdam pro tristitiā et malignitate arguens,

    id. Ner. 23; id. Caes. 75:

    arguebat et perperam editos census,

    he accused of giving a false statement of property, census, id. Calig. 38:

    primusque animalia mensis Arguit imponi,

    censured, taught that it was wrong, Ov. M. 15, 73:

    ut non arguantur opera ejus,

    Vulg. Joan. 3, 20.—
    2.
    Trop., to denounce as false:

    quod et ipsum Fenestella arguit,

    Suet. Vit. Ter. p. 292 Roth.—With reference to the person, to refute, confute:

    aliquem,

    Suet. Calig. 8.—Hence, argūtus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Of physical objects, clear.
    1.
    To the sight, bright, glancing, lively:

    manus autem minus arguta, digitis subsequens verba, non exprimens,

    not too much in motion, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220 (cf. id. Or. 18, 59: nullae argutiae digitorum, and Quint. 11, 3, [p. 160] 119-123):

    manus inter agendum argutae admodum et gestuosae,

    Gell. 1, 5, 2:

    et oculi nimis arguti, quem ad modum animo affecti sumus, loquuntur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27:

    ocelli,

    Ov. Am. 3, 3, 9; 3, 2, 83:

    argutum caput,

    a head graceful in motion, Verg. G. 3, 80 (breve, Servius, but this idea is too prosaic): aures breves et argutae, ears that move quickly (not stiff, rigid), Pall. 4, 13, 2:

    argutā in soleā,

    in the neat sandal, Cat. 68, 72.—
    2.
    a.. To the hearing, clear, penetrating, piercing, both of pleasant and disagreeable sounds, clear-sounding, sharp, noisy, rustling, whizzing, rattling, clashing, etc. (mostly poet.): linguae, Naev. ap. Non. p. 9, 24:

    aves,

    Prop. 1, 18, 30:

    hirundo,

    chirping, Verg. G. 1, 377:

    olores,

    tuneful, id. E. 9, 36: ilex, murmuring, rustling (as moved by the wind), id. ib. 7, 1:

    nemus,

    id. ib. 8, 22 al.—Hence, a poet. epithet of the musician and poet, clear-sounding, melodious:

    Neaera,

    Hor. C. 3, 14, 21:

    poëtae,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 90:

    fama est arguti Nemesis formosa Tibullus,

    Mart. 8, 73, 7: forum, full of bustle or din, noisy, Ov. A.A. 1, 80:

    serra,

    grating, Verg. G. 1, 143:

    pecten,

    rattling, id. ib. 1, 294; id. A. 7, 14 (cf. in Gr. kerkis aoidos, Aristoph. Ranae, v. 1316) al.—Hence, of rattling, prating, verbose discourse:

    sine virtute argutum civem mihi habeam pro preaeficā, etc.,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 14:

    [Neque mendaciloquom neque adeo argutum magis],

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 163 Ritschl.—
    b.
    Trop., of written communications, rattling, wordy, verbose:

    obviam mihi litteras quam argutissimas de omnibus rebus crebro mittas,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5: vereor, ne tibi nimium arguta haec sedulitas videatur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1. — Transf. to omens, clear, distinct, conclusive, clearly indicative, etc.:

    sunt qui vel argutissima haec exta esse dicant,

    Cic. Div. 2, 12 fin.:

    non tibi candidus argutum sternuit omen Amor?

    Prop. 2, 3, 24.—
    3.
    To the smell; sharp, pungent:

    odor argutior,

    Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—
    4.
    To the taste; sharp, keen, pungent:

    sapor,

    Pall. 3, 25, 4; 4, 10, 26.—
    B.
    Of mental qualities.
    1.
    In a good sense, bright, acute, sagacious, witty:

    quis illo (sc. Catone) acerbior in vituperando? in sententiis argutior?

    Cic. Brut. 17, 65:

    orator,

    id. ib. 70, 247:

    poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,

    id. Pis. 29; so,

    dicta argutissima,

    id. de Or. 2, 61, 250:

    sententiae,

    id. Opt. Gen. 2:

    acumen,

    Hor. A. P. 364:

    arguto ficta dolore queri,

    dexterously-feigned pain, Prop. 1, 18, 26 al. —
    2.
    In a bad sense, sly, artful, cunning:

    meretrix,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 40: calo. id. Ep. 1, 14, 42:

    milites,

    Veg. Mil. 3, 6.—As a pun: ecquid argutus est? is he cunning? Ch. Malorum facinorum saepissime (i.e. has been accused of), Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (v. supra, I. B. a.).—Hence, adv.: argūtē (only in the signif. of B.).
    a.
    Subtly, acutely:

    respondere,

    Cic. Cael. 8:

    conicere,

    id. Brut. 14, 53:

    dicere,

    id. Or. 28, 98.— Comp.:

    dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 11, 42.— Sup.:

    de re argutissime disputare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18.—
    b.
    Craftily:

    obrepere,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 132; Arn. 5, p. 181.

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  • 8 criminor

    crīmĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [crimen, I.].
    (α).
    With a personal object, to accuse one of crime, to complain of, impeach, calumniate (rare but class.):

    hanc metui ne me criminaretur tibi,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 16; so,

    aliquem alicui,

    Tac. Or. 42; Suet. Calig. 56; cf. under b:

    Q. Metellum apud populum Romanum criminatus est, bellum illum ducere, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf. Liv. 1, 54, 8:

    Patres,

    id. 31, 6, 4:

    auctores,

    Quint. 1, 5, 11:

    inopinantem,

    Suet. Tib. 64 al. —
    (β).
    With things as objects, to complain of, to charge with:

    quibus (contionibus) cotidie potentiam meam invidiose criminabatur,

    Cic. Mil. 5, 12; so,

    res gestas argumentando crimenve dissolvere,

    id. Opt. Gen. 5, 15:

    nescio quid de illā tribu,

    id. Planc. 16, 38:

    auctoritatem Paullini, vigorem Celsi, maturitatem Galli,

    Tac. H. 1, 87 fin.:

    rhetoricen vitiis,

    Quint. 2, 17, 26:

    humilitatem inopiamque ejus apud amicos Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 1, 24:

    senatusconsultum absenti principi,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 13, 2; cf. a supra.—With acc. and inf.:

    de amicitiā, quam a me violatam esse criminatus est, pauca dicam,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 1, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 44; Liv. 2, 31, 5; 2, 37, 3.— With de, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 48.—
    (γ).
    Absol., to accuse, criminate:

    neque ego vos ultum injurias hortor... neque discordias, ut illi criminantur,

    Sall. H. 3, 61, 17 Dietsch:

    Tiberio criminante,

    Suet. Calig. 7; 30.

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  • 9 defero

    dē-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre, v. a., to bear or bring away a thing from a place; to bear, carry, bring down.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Without stating the terminus (not very freq.):

    roseam Auroram per oras Aetheris,

    Lucr. 5, 656; 5, 273; 6, 639:

    Rhodanus amnis segnem deferens Ararim,

    Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 33; 6, 27, 31, § 136; Ov. M. 9, 117;

    ex Helicone coronam,

    Lucr. 1, 119:

    ramalia arida tecto,

    Ov. M. 8, 646. — Absol.:

    flumina liquida ac deferentia,

    Plin. Pan. 82 med. —Far more freq.,
    2.
    Indicating the terminus (by ad, in, an adv. of place, the dat., etc.):

    literas ad Caesarem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 3:

    epistolam ad Ciceronem,

    id. ib. 5, 48, 3 and 8; cf.:

    mandata ad aliquem,

    id. B. C. 1, 9; 3, 22:

    aurum ad gnatum suum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 115; cf. id. Truc. 2, 5, 64; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 18;

    natos ad flumina,

    Verg. A. 9, 604:

    Germani ad castra Romanorum delati,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 42 fin. et saep.:

    semen quod ex arbore per surculos defertur in terram,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4:

    aurum et omnia ornamenta sua in aerarium,

    Liv. 5, 25:

    aedes in planum et colli subicere,

    id. 2, 7: cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    ferrum in pectus,

    Tac. A. 1, 35:

    castra in viam,

    Liv. 22, 15:

    aciem in campos,

    id. 9, 37:

    in praeceps deferri,

    id. 5, 47; cf. id. 44, 5; Quint. 1, 12, 10:

    praeceps in undas deferar,

    Verg. E. 8, 60; Ov. F. 6, 228:

    in vicum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 269 et saep.:

    hunc sub aequora,

    i. e. submerge, Ov. M. 14, 601:

    quasdam (virgines) ex plebe homines domos deferebant,

    Liv. 1, 9:

    si forte eo (sc. Demetriadem) deferret fuga regem,

    id. 36, 20:

    quo pennis delata sit ales,

    Lucr. 6, 822:

    cum pallam mihi Detulisti,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 42; so,

    epistolas alicui,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 109 et saep.
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Naut. t. t., to drive away, drive down, drive a ship, or those on board a ship, to any place:

    onerariae duae paullo infra delatae sunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 36 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 30:

    una (navis) delata Oricum,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 2:

    (Labienus) longius delatus aestu, etc.,

    id. B. G. 5, 8, 2:

    quem cum ex alto ignotas ad terras tempestas et in desertum litus detulisset,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17 fin.; cf. id. Ac. 2, 3, 8.—
    b.
    Rarely in gen., to bring, convey to any place (as a ship, its passengers):

    e portu navis huc nos dormientes detulit,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 69.—
    2.
    Mercant. t. t., to bring to market, to sell (post-Aug.):

    nexos maniplos,

    Col. 10, 315: pallium. Petr. 12, 2:

    videamus hoc, quod concupiscimus, quanti deferatur,

    Sen. Ep. 42.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to bring:

    redde harmoniaī Nomen, ab organicis alto delatum Heliconi,

    brought, Lucr. 3, 133; 5, 65:

    (Alexander) eadem fortunae pignora in discrimen detulisset,

    Liv. 9, 18 fin.; cf.:

    fabulas in certamen,

    Quint. 10, 1, 66: hac re ad consilium delata, having been taken into consideration, Caes. B. G. 3, 23 fin.; so,

    rem ad consilium,

    id. ib. 5, 28, 2:

    qui ad agendum nihil cogitati detulerit,

    Quint. 4, 5, 2:

    (poëta) si foret hoc nostrum delatus in aevum, Detereret sibi multa,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 68. —
    B.
    With particular accessory notions.
    1.
    To bring, give to one, grant, confer upon, allot, to offer to any one, transfer, deliver (for syn. v. do—very freq.).
    (α).
    Aliquid ad aliquem:

    ad hunc totius belli summam omnium voluntate deferri,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 7:

    imperium ad aliquem,

    id. ib. 6, 2; 7, 4, 6; Cic. Leg. 3, 2; id. Lig. 1, 3:

    omnem rem ad Pompeium,

    id. Fam. 1, 1; cf.:

    omnia ad unum,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 67:

    causam ad Galbam,

    id. Brut. 22, 86:

    primas ad aliquem,

    id. N. D. 1, 6, 15 et saep.—
    (β).
    Aliquid alicui:

    sibi a Caesare regnum civitatis deferri,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 6, 2; Fasti ap. Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 87; cf.:

    regnum et diadema uni,

    Hor. Od. 2, 2, 22:

    fasces indigno,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 34:

    praemium dignitatis alicui (opp. denegare),

    Cic. Fl. 1:

    ultro ei legationem (opp. denegare),

    id. Fam. 13, 55; cf. id. ib. 4, 13:

    palmam alicujus rei Crasso,

    id. de Or. 2, 56; cf. Liv. 7, 13; Quint. 10, 1, 53:

    omnem ei auctoritatem,

    Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

    pacem hostibus,

    Liv. 23, 13:

    Octaviam neptem condicionem,

    Suet. Caes. 27 et saep. —
    (γ).
    With acc. alone, or absol.:

    jusjurandum,

    to tender an oath, Quint. 5, 6, 6; cf. ib. § 3 and § 4;

    si quid petet, ultro defer,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 23 et saep.—
    2.
    To bring or give an account of, to report, announce, signify, state (for syn. v. declaro init. —

    very freq.): qui nostra consilia ad adversarios deferat,

    Cic. Clu. 52; so,

    aliquid ad aliquem,

    id. Mil. 9 fin.; id. Cat. 3, 3, 7; Caes. B. G. 2, 17, 4; 5, 25, 4 et saep.:

    ut (haec) per eos ad Caesarem deferrentur,

    id. ib. 7, 17 fin.; so with per, id. B. C. 3, 30, 6; 3, 63, 5 al.:

    qui ad Caesarem detulerint delaturive sint, me poenitere consilii mei,

    Cic. Att. 11, 7, 5; so with acc. and inf., id. Verr. 2, 5, 62; Verg. A. 4, 299 al.—
    b.
    Legal t. t.: nomen, and post-Aug., aliquem, to indict, impeach, accuse before the pretor, as plaintiff or informer (for syn. cf.:

    denuntio, indico): nomen alicujus de parricidio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28:

    nomen amici mei de ambitu,

    id. Cael. 31, 76; id. Rosc. Am. 23; nomen suo familiari (dat.) eadem de re, id. ib. 23:

    nomen tibi,

    id. Pis. 33, 82; cf.:

    illi nonnihil tamen in deferendo nomine secuti,

    id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:

    ad deferendos reos praemio duci,

    Quint. 12, 7, 3:

    reos ad praetorem,

    Tac. A. 14, 41:

    reos ejusdem criminis detulerunt,

    Quint. 11, 1, 79; cf.:

    defertur majestatis,

    Tac. A. 14, 48 (v. Draeger ad loc.):

    adulterii,

    id. ib. 4, 42:

    impietatis in principem,

    id. ib. 6, 47:

    Drusus defertur moliri res novas,

    id. ib. 2, 27; cf.:

    defertur simulavisse partum,

    ib. 3, 22:

    ad deferenda de Perseo crimina,

    Liv. 42, 11; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 98; cf.

    also: et cum occiderentur, detuli sententiam,

    voted to condemn, Vulg. Act. 26, 10. — Absol.:

    et minari et deferre etiam non orator potest,

    Quint. 4, 1, 22.—Of denouncing:

    quae apud vos de me deferunt,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 1.—
    c.
    Pub. law t. t.
    (α).
    Aliquid ad aerarium, and more freq. simply aliquid, to give in at the Aerarium:

    horum nomina ad aerarium detulisset,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 5 fin.:

    quamquam rationes deferre properarim (for which referre is repeatedly used just before),

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 3.—Hence of persons, to recommend them for future consideration and reward, for their services to the state:

    in beneficiis ad aerarium delatus est,

    Cic. Arch. 5 fin.; id. Fam. 5, 20, 7; id. Balb. 28; id. Att. 5, 7:

    senatus consultum factum ad aerarium deferre,

    the public archives, Liv. 39, 4, 8; Tac. A. 3, 51; 13, 28; Suet. Aug. 94, 3.—
    (β).
    Deferre in censum, to report any thing for assessment, to return one's property to the censors:

    mille quingentum aeris in censum,

    Gell. 16, 10, 10;

    for which, deferre censum,

    Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159; Tac. A. 6, 41.— Pass. in mid. force:

    deferri in censum,

    to report one's self for assessment, Eutr. 1, 7.—
    3.
    To ascribe, Amm. 14, 6, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > defero

  • 10 dies

    dĭes (dīes, Liv. Andron. Fragm. Odys. 7), ēi ([etilde]ī, Verg. A. 4, 156; Hor. S. 1, 8, 35 et saep.;

    dissyl.: di-ei,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 31; also gen. dies, die, and dii—dies, as in acies, facies, pernicies, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 9, 14; Ann. v. 401 Vahl.; Cic. Sest. 12, 28 ap. Gell. l. l.:

    die,

    Prisc. p. 780 P.; even in Verg. G. 1, 208, where Gellius reads dies, v. Wagner ad loc., nearly all MSS. have die; cf. Rib. and Forbig. ad loc.; so,

    die,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 59; id. Capt. 4, 2, 20; Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 5; id. B. C. 1, 14, 3; 3, 76, 2; Just. 2, 11, 17; cf. Oud. ad B. G. 2, 23, 1. Die appears to be certain in Sall. J. 52, 3; 97, 3. Also in Cic. Sest. 12, 28, Gellius reads dies, where our MSS., except the Cod. Lamb., have diei;

    perh. those words do not belong to Cicero himself. Form dii,

    Verg. A. 1, 636, Rib. and Forbig. after Serv. and Gell. l. l.— Dat., diēī, saep. die, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 120, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 1, 208; Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 48; id. Capt. 3, 1, 4; id. Trin. 4, 2, 1;

    once dii,

    id. Merc. 1, Prol. 13; cf. Roby, Gram. 1, 121 sq.); m. (in sing. sometimes f., esp. in the signif. no. I. B. 1.) [root Sanscr. dī, gleam: dinas, day; Gr. dios, heavenly; cf. Lat. Jovis (Diovis), Diana, deus, dīvus, etc. Old form, dius (for divus); cf.: nudius, diu, etc. The word also appears in composition in many particles, as pridem, hodie, diu, etc., v. Corss. Auspr. 2, 855 sq.], a day (cf.: tempus, tempestas, aetas, aevum, spatium, intervallum).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., the civil day of twenty-four hours.
    (α).
    Masc.:

    dies primus est veris in Aquario... dies tertius... dies civiles nostros, etc.,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; cf. Plin. 2, 77, 79, § 188; Macr. S. 1, 3; Gell. 3, 2: REBVS IVRE IVDICATIS TRIGINTA DIES IVSTI SVNTO, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; and 15, 13 fin.; for which;

    per dies continuos XXX., etc.,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 78: multa dies in bello conficit unus, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 297 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

    non uno absolvam die,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 73:

    hic dies,

    id. Aul. 4, 9, 11:

    hic ille est dies,

    id. Capt. 3, 3, 3:

    ante hunc diem,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 101:

    illo die impransus fui,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 98; cf.:

    eo die,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.; 2, 6; 2, 32 fin.; 4, 11, 4; 5, 15 fin. et saep.:

    postero die,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 1; 3, 6, 3 et saep.; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17; Sall. J. 29, 5; 38, 9 et saep.:

    in posterum diem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 41 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 65 fin. et saep.:

    diem scito esse nullum, quo die non dicam pro reo,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3:

    domi sedet totos dies,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34:

    paucos dies ibi morati,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 5, 4:

    dies continuos XXX. sub bruma esse noctem,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 3:

    hosce aliquot dies,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 4; cf. id. Eun. 1, 2, 71 et saep.:

    festo die si quid prodegeris,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 10; so,

    festus,

    id. Cas. 1, 49; id. Poen. 3, 5, 13; 4, 2, 26 et saep.—
    (β).
    Fem. (freq. in poetry metri gratiā; rare in prose), postrema, Enn. ap. Gell. 9, 14:

    omnia ademit Una dies,

    Lucr. 3, 912; cf. id. 3, 921; 5, 96 and 998: homines, qui ex media nocte ad proximam mediam noctem in his horis XXIV. nati sunt, una die nati dicuntur, Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 2, 2 (uno die, Macr. S. 1, 3):

    quibus effectis armatisque diebus XXX., a qua die materia caesa est,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 36 fin.:

    Varronem profiteri, se altera die ad colloquium venturum,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 4 (for which, shortly before: quo cum esset postero die ventum); cf.:

    postera die,

    Sall. J. 68, 2 (for which, in the same author, more freq.:

    postero die): pulchra,

    Hor. Od. 1, 36, 10:

    suprema,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 20:

    atra,

    Verg. A. 6, 429:

    tarda,

    Ov. M. 15, 868 et saep.—(But Caes. B. C. 3, 26, 1; 3, 37, 1, read altero, tertio.)—
    b.
    Connections:

    postridie ejus diei, a favorite expression of Caesar,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 23, 1: 1, 47, 2; 1, 48, 2 et saep., v. postridie;

    and cf.: post diem tertium ejus diei,

    Cic. Att. 3, 7; Sulpic. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Liv. 27, 35:

    diem ex die exspectabam,

    from day to day, id. ib. 7, 26 fin.; cf.:

    diem ex die ducere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 5; for which also: diem de die prospectans, Liv. 5, 48; and: diem de die differre, id. 25, 25: LIBRAS FARRIS ENDO DIES DATO, for every day, day by day, daily, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf.:

    affatim est hominum, in dies qui singulas escas edunt,

    Plaut. Men. 3, 1, 10; so,

    in dies,

    every day, Cic. Top. 16, 62; Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7; 5, 58, 1; 7, 30, 4; Vell. 2, 52, 2; Liv. 21, 11 Drak.; 34, 11 al.; less freq. in sing.:

    nihil usquam sui videt: in diem rapto vivit,

    Liv. 22, 39; cf.:

    mutabilibus in diem causis (opp. natura perpetua),

    id. 31, 29 (in another signif. v. the foll., no. II. A. 3); and: cui licet in diem ( = singulis diebus, daily) dixisse Vixi, etc., Hor. Od. 3, 29, 42. And still more rarely: ad diem, Treb. Gallien. 17; Vop. Firm. 4:

    ante diem, v. ante.—Die = quotidie or in diem,

    daily, Verg. E. 2, 42; 3, 34:

    quos mille die victor sub Tartara misi,

    id. A. 11, 397:

    paucissimos die composuisse versus,

    Quint. 10, 3, 8:

    saepius die,

    Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 22: die crastini, noni, pristini, quinti, for die crastino, nono, etc., v. h. vv. crastinus, nonus, etc.; and cf. Gell. 10, 24; Macr. S. 1, 4.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A set day, appointed time, term in the widest sense of the word (for appearing before court, in the army, making a payment, etc.).
    (α).
    Masc.: MORBVS SONTICVS... STATVS DIES CVM HOSTE... QVID HORVM FVIT VNVM IVDICI ARBITROVE REOVE DIES DIFFISVS ESTO, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12; Fest. p. 273, 26 Müll.; for which: STATVS CONDICTVSVE DIES CVM HOSTE, acc. to Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 4;

    and with comic reference to the words of this law,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 5 (found also in Macr. S. 1, 16);

    and freq.: status dies,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 1; Suet. Claud. 1; Flor. 1, 13, 16 et saep.:

    hic nuptiis dictus est dies,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 75; cf.:

    dies colloquio dictus est ex eo die quintus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 42, 4; so,

    dictus,

    id. ib. 5, 27, 5:

    iis certum diem conveniendi dicit,

    id. ib. 5, 57, 2:

    die certo,

    Sall. J. 79, 4; cf.

    constituto,

    id. ib. 13 fin.:

    decretus colloquio,

    id. ib. 113, 3:

    praestitutus,

    Liv. 3, 22:

    praefinitus,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109; Gell. 16, 4, 3:

    ascriptus,

    Phaedr. 4, 11, 8 et saep.:

    quoniam advesperascit, dabis diem nobis aliquem, ut contra ista dicamus,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 40; Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 5; id. B. C. 1, 11, 2; Sall. J. 109, 3; Liv. 35, 35 et saep.:

    dies ater,

    an unlucky day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 25.—
    (β).
    Fem. (so commonly in this sense in class. prose, but only in sing., v. Mützell ad Curt. 3, 1, 8):

    ut quasi dies si dicta sit,

    Plaut. As. 5, 1, 11; so,

    dicta,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 10 fin.; cf.:

    edicta ad conveniendum,

    Liv. 41, 10 fin.:

    praestituta,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 140; 2, 2, 28; Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 38; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14 fin.; id. Vatin. 15, 37; id. Tusc. 1, 39; Liv. 45, 11 et saep.; cf.

    constituta,

    Cic. Caecin. 11, 32; Caes. B. G. 1, 4, 2; 1, 8, 3: certa eius rei constituta, id. B. C. 3, 33, 1:

    pacta et constituta,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24:

    statuta,

    Liv. 31, 29:

    stata,

    id. 27, 23 fin.:

    certa,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 4, 5, 1, 8; id. B. C. 1, 2, 6; Nep. Chabr. 3 et saep.:

    annua,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 23; id. Att. 12, 3 fin.; cf.

    longa,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 18:

    die caecā emere, oculatā vendere,

    i. e. to buy on credit and sell for cash, id. Ps. 1, 3, 67, v. caecus, no. II. B.:

    haec dies summa hodie est, mea amica sitne libera, an, etc.,

    id. Pers. 1, 1, 34:

    puto fore istam etiam a praecone diem,

    Cic. Att. 13, 3:

    ubi ea dies venit (preceded by tempore ejus rei constituto),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 3:

    praeterita die, qua suorum auxilia exspectaverant,

    id. ib. 7, 77, 1; cf. id. ib. 6, 33, 4:

    esse in lege, quam ad diem proscriptiones fiant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128 et saep.—
    (γ).
    Both genders together:

    diem dicunt, qua die ad ripam Rhodani omnes conveniant: is dies erat a. d. V. Kal. Apr., etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6 fin.; Cic. Att. 2, 11; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3; Liv. 34, 35 al.—
    b.
    Hence: dicere diem alicui, to impeach, lay an accusation against:

    diem mihi, credo, dixerat,

    Cic. Mil. 14, 36:

    Domitium Silano diem dixisse scimus,

    id. Div. in Caec. 20, 67.—
    2.
    A natural day, a day, as opp. to night: ut vel, quia est aliquid, aliud non sit, ut Dies est, nox non est; vel, quia est aliquid, et aliud sit: Sol est super terram, dies est, Quint. 5, 8, 7: pro di immortales, quis hic illuxit dies, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 76:

    credibile non est, quantum scribam die, quin etiam noctibus,

    in the daytime, id. Att. 13, 26:

    negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

    in a single day and night, id. N. D. 2, 9, 24; cf.

    in this signif.: die ac nocte,

    Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 113:

    nocte et die,

    Liv. 25, 39;

    and simply die,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 4; Quint. 10, 3, 8; cf.

    also: currus rogat ille paternos, Inque diem alipedum jus et moderamen equorum,

    Ov. M. 2, 48; and, connected with nox:

    (Themistocles) diem noctemque procul ab insula in salo navem tenuit in ancoris,

    Nep. Them. 8 fin.; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59; Liv. 22, 1 fin. —But more freq.: diem noctemque, like our day and night, i. q. without ceasing, uninterruptedly; Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 11; 7, 42 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 62;

    for which less freq.: diem et noctem,

    Hirt. B. Hisp. 38, 1;

    diem ac noctem,

    Liv. 27, 4 and 45:

    noctemque diemque,

    Verg. A. 8, 94; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 23:

    continuate nocte ac die itinere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 11, 1; 3, 36, 8; and in plur.:

    dies noctesque,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 49; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 113; Cic. Att. 7, 9 fin.; Nep. Dat. 4, 4 et saep.; also, reversing the order: noctesque diesque, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 338 ed. Vahl.); Hor. S. 1, 1, 76:

    noctesque et dies,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 52; id. Eun. 5, 8, 49:

    noctes atque dies,

    Lucr. 2, 12; 3, 62; Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 51; Verg. A. 6, 127 al.:

    noctes diesque,

    id. ib. 9, 488:

    noctes ac dies,

    Cic. Arch. 11, 29:

    noctes et dies,

    id. Brut. 90, 308; id. de Or. 1, 61, 260; id. Tusc. 5, 25 and 39; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 49; cf.

    also: neque noctem neque diem intermittit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 38:

    Galli dies... sic observant, ut noctem dies subsequatur,

    id. ib. 6, 18, 2 Herz ad loc. So, too, in gen.:

    qui nocte dieque frequentat Limina,

    Mart. 10, 58, 11:

    cum die,

    at break of day, Ov. M. 13, 677:

    orto die ( = orta luce),

    Tac. A. 1, 20; 1, 68; id. H. 2, 21:

    ante diem ( = ante lucem),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 35:

    dies fit, late Lat. for lucescit,

    Vulg. Luc. 22, 66: de die, in open day, broad day; v. de.—
    3.
    Dies alicujus (like the Heb. ; v. Gesen. Lex. s. h. v.).
    a.
    I. q. dies natalis, a birthday:

    diem meum scis esse III. Non. Jan. Aderis igitur,

    Cic. Att. 13, 42, 2; cf.

    in full: natali die tuo,

    id. ib. 9, 5 al. So the anniversary day of the foundation of a city is, dies natalis urbis, Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98.—
    b.
    I. q. dies mortis, dying-day:

    quandocumque fatalis et meus dies veniet statuarque tumulo,

    Tac. Or. 13 fin. Called, also: supremus dies. Suet. Aug. 99; id. Tib. 67; cf.:

    supremus vitae dies,

    Cic. de Sen. 21, 78; Suet. Aug. 61. Hence:

    diem suum obire,

    to die, Sulp. in Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2;

    and in the same sense: obire diem supremum,

    Nep. Milt. 7 fin.; id. Dion. 2 fin.; Suet. Claud. 1:

    exigere diem supremum,

    Tac. A. 3, 16:

    explere supremum diem,

    id. ib. 1, 6; 3, 76;

    and simply: obire diem,

    Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248; Suet. Tib. 4; id. Vesp. 1; id. Gr. 3; cf.

    also: fungi diem,

    Just. 19, 1, 1.—
    c.
    I. q. dies febris, fever-day: etsi Non. Mart., [p. 574] die tuo, ut opinor, exspectabam epistolam a te longiorem, Cic. Att. 9, 2 init.; 7, 8, 2 al.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen. (from no. I. A.).
    1.
    A day, for that which is done in it (cf. the Hebr., the Gr. eleutheron êmar, etc.):

    is dies honestissimus nobis fuerat in senatu,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 3:

    non tam dirus ille dies Sullanus C. Mario,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 7:

    equites Romanos daturos illius diei poenas,

    id. Sest. 12, 28:

    hic dies et Romanis refecit animos et Persea perculit,

    Liv. 42, 67 Drak.; cf. id. 9, 39 fin.; Vell. 2, 35 Ruhnk.; 2, 86; Just. 9, 3 fin.; Flor. 2, 6, 58 Duker.:

    imponite quinquaginta annis magnum diem,

    Tac. Agr. 34:

    quid pulchrius hac consuetudine excutiendi totum diem?... totum diem mecum scrutor, facta ac dicta mea remetior, etc., Sen. de Ira, 3, 36: dies Alliensis, i. q. pugna Alliensis,

    Liv. 6, 1; Suet. Vit. 11:

    Cannensis,

    Flor. 4, 12, 35 al. And so even of one's state of mind on any particular day:

    qualem diem Tiberius induisset,

    what humor, temper, Tac. A. 6, 20. —
    2.
    A day's journey:

    hanc regionem, dierum plus triginta in longitudinem, decem inter duo maria in latitudinem patentem,

    Liv. 38, 59; Just. 36, 2, 14 al.—
    3.
    In gen. (like, hêmera, and our day, for) time, space of time, period:

    diem tempusque forsitan ipsum leniturum iras,

    Liv. 2, 45;

    so with tempus,

    id. 22, 39; 42, 50: amorem intercapedine ipse lenivit dies, Turp. ap. Non. 522, 7;

    so in the masc. gender: longus,

    Stat. Th. 1, 638; Luc. 3, 139;

    but also longa,

    Plaut. Epid. 4, 1, 18; Plin. Ep. 8, 5 fin.; cf.

    perexigua,

    a brief respite, Cic. Verr. 1, 2 fin.:

    nulla,

    Ov. M. 4, 372 al.:

    ex ea die ad hanc diem quae fecisti, in judicium voco,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12 fin.:

    ut infringatur hominum improbitas ipsa die, quae debilitat cogitationes, etc.,

    id. Fam. 1, 6; cf. id. ib. 7, 28 fin.; id. Tusc. 3, 22, 53 al.: indutiae inde, non pax facta;

    quarum et dies exierat, et ante diem rebellaverant,

    i. e. the term of the truce, Liv. 4, 30 fin.; 30, 24; 42, 47 fin. (for which: quia tempus indutiarum cum Veienti populo exierat, id. 4, 58).—Prov.:

    dies adimit aegritudinem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 13: dies festus, festival-time, festival:—diem festum Dianae per triduum agi, Liv. 25, 23 et saep.:

    die lanam et agnos vendat,

    at the right time, Cato R. R. 150, 2:

    praesens quod fuerat malum, in diem abiit,

    to a future time, Ter. Ph. 5, 2, 16; so in diem, opp. statim, Q. Cic. Pet. cons. 12, 48;

    and simply in diem,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 48; Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 19; Cic. Cael. 24.—Esp. freq. in diem vivere, to live on from day to day, regardless of the future, Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 169; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 33; Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 4 et saep; cf. the equivoque with de die, under de.—
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2— poet., and in postAug. prose).
    1.
    Light of day, daylight:

    contraque diem radiosque micantes Obliquantem oculos,

    Ov. M. 7, 411; 5, 444; 13, 602:

    multis mensibus non cernitur dies,

    Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 70; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6; 9, 36, 2 al.; also of the eyesight, Stat. Th. 1, 237;

    and trop. of the conscience: saeva dies animi scelerumque in pectore Dirae,

    id. ib. 1, 52.—
    2.
    For caelum, the sky, the heavens:

    sub quocumque die, quocumque est sidere mundi,

    Luc. 7, 189; 1, 153:

    incendere diem nubes oriente remotae,

    id. 4, 68; 8, 217; Stat. Th. 1, 201.—Hence, like caelum,
    b.
    The weather:

    totumque per annum Durat aprica dies,

    Val. Fl. 1, 845:

    tranquillus,

    Plin. 2, 45, 44, § 115:

    mitis,

    id. 11, 10, 10, § 20:

    pestilens,

    id. 22, 23, 49, § 104.—
    3.
    The air:

    nigrique volumina fumi Infecere diem,

    Ov. M. 13, 600:

    cupio flatu violare diem,

    Claud. in Ruf. 1, 63.
    III.
    Dies personified.
    A.
    I. q. Sol, opp. Luna, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21;

    coupled with Mensis and Annus,

    Ov. M. 2, 25.—
    B.
    As fem., the daughter of Chaos, and mother of Heaven and Earth, Hyg. Fab. praef.; of the first Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59.

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  • 11 monstro

    monstro, āvi, ātum, (archaic mostro; v. Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 61), 1, v. a. [like monstrum, from moneo], to show, point out, to indicate, intimate, inform, advise, teach, instruct, tell any thing (in class. prose very rare, and only in the lit. signif.; in Cic. only a few times; in Cæs. and Sall. not at all; syn.: indico, significo, ostendo, exhibeo).
    I.
    In gen.: qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51 (Trag. v. 387 Vahl.); cf.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, id. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

    iter,

    Curt. 5, 13, 9:

    palmam,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

    digito,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 26; Pers. 1, 28:

    monstra quod bibam,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 42; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 31:

    tu... si quid librari... non intellegent, monstrabis, i. e. dices,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1:

    res gestae... Quo scribi possent numero, monstravit Homerus,

    Hor. A. P. 73:

    inulas ego primus amaras Monstravi incoquere,

    id. S. 2, 8, 51 sq.:

    monstrate mearum Vidistis si quam hic errantem forte sororum,

    Verg. A. 1, 321:

    cujus prudentia monstrat Summos posse viros... nasci, etc.,

    Juv. 10, 48.— Pass.:

    quod monstror digito praetereuntium,

    Hor. C. 4, 3, 22.— Impers. pass.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.).—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To ordain, institute, appoint ( poet.):

    monstratas excitat aras,

    appointed, Verg. G. 4, 549:

    piacula,

    id. A. 4, 636:

    ignis,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 53.—
    B.
    To indict, impeach for a crime, to denounce, accuse, inform against (post-Aug.):

    alii ab amicis monstrabantur,

    were pointed out, informed against, Tac. H. 4, 1:

    Nerone Scribonios fratres... ad exitium,

    id. ib. 4, 41.—
    C.
    To advise a person in any manner, or to do any thing:

    alicui bene,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 25:

    non periclumst ne quid recte monstres,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 55:

    conferre manum pudor iraque monstrat,

    advise, urge, Verg. A. 9, 44.—Hence, monstrātus, a, um, P. a., conspicuous, distinguished, remarkable (Tacitean):

    et hostibus simul suisque monstrati,

    Tac. G. 31:

    propinquitate Galbae monstratus,

    id. H. 1, 88.

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  • 12 postulata

    postŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [posco], to ask, demand, require, request, desire (syn.: posco, flagito, peto); constr. with aliquid, aliquid ab aliquo, aliquem aliquid, with ut ( ne), de, with inf., or absol.
    I.
    In gen.:

    incipiunt postulare, poscere, minari,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78:

    nemo inventus est tam audax, qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44; cf. Liv. 2, 45; 3, 19:

    tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo,

    Cic. Quint. 3, 13:

    postulabat autem magis quam petebat, ut, etc.,

    Curt. 4, 1, 8:

    dehinc postulo, sive aequom est, te oro, ut, etc.,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 19:

    ita volo itaque postulo ut fiat,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 27:

    suom jus postulat,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 47; cf.:

    aequom postulat, da veniam,

    id. And. 5, 3, 30; and:

    quid est? num iniquom postulo?

    id. Phorm. 2, 3, 64:

    nunc hic dies alios mores postulat,

    id. And. 1, 2, 18:

    fidem publicam,

    Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2:

    istud, quod postulas,

    id. Rep. 1, 20, 33; id. Lael. 2, 9:

    ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    deliberandi sibi unum diem postulavit,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; cf.:

    noctem sibi ad deliberandum postulavit,

    id. Sest. 34, 74:

    postulo abs te, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 18:

    postulatur a te jam diu vel flagitatur potius historia,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 5:

    quom maxime abs te postulo atque oro, ut, etc.,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 4; and:

    quidvis ab amico postulare,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 35; cf. in pass.:

    cum aliquid ab amicis postularetur,

    id. ib.:

    orationes a me duas postulas,

    id. Att. 2, 7, 1:

    quod principes civitatum a me postulassent,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; cf. infra the passages with an object-clause.—With ut ( ne):

    quodam modo postulat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2:

    postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 1 (for other examples with ut, v. supra):

    legatos ad Bocchum mittit postulatum, ne sine causā hostis populo Romano fieret,

    Sall. J. 83, 1.—With subj. alone:

    qui postularent, eos qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent, sibi dederent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 3.—With de:

    sapientes homines a senatu de foedere postulaverunt,

    Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    Ariovistus legatos ad eum mittit, quod antea de colloquio postulasset, id per se fieri licere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 42.—With inf., freq. to be rendered, to wish, like, want: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 32 Vahl.):

    hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 138:

    o facinus impudicum! quam liberam esse oporteat, servire postulare,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; id. Men. 2, 3, 88:

    me ducere istis dictis postulas?

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Eun. 1, 1, 16:

    (lupinum) ne spargi quidem postulat decidens sponte,

    Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 135:

    si me tibi praemandere postulas,

    Gell. 4, 1, 11.—With a double object: quas (sollicitudines) levare tua te prudentia postulat, demands of you, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2. —With nom. and inf.:

    qui postulat deus credi,

    Curt. 6, 11, 24.—
    II.
    In partic., in jurid. lang.
    A.
    To summon, arraign before a court, to prosecute, accuse, impeach (syn.: accuso, insimulo); constr. class. usu. with de and abl., post-Aug. also with gen.):

    Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: L. Lentulus, qui jam de majestate postulavit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

    aliquem apud praetorem de pecuniis repetundis,

    id. Cornel. Fragm. 1:

    aliquem repetundis,

    Tac. A. 3, 38:

    aliquem majestatis,

    id. ib. 1, 74:

    aliquem repetundarum,

    Suet. Caes. 4: aliquem aliquā lege, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

    aliquem ex aliquā causā reum,

    Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33:

    aliquem impietatis reum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7:

    aliquem injuriarum,

    Suet. Aug. 56 fin.:

    aliquem capitis,

    Dig. 46, 1, 53:

    qui (infames) postulare prohibentur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 1.—
    B.
    To demand a writ or leave to prosecute, from the prætor or other magistrate:

    postulare est desiderium suum vel amici sui in jure apud eum qui jurisdictioni praeest exponere vel alterius desiderio contradicere, etc.,

    Dig. 3, 1, 1; cf.

    this whole section: De postulando: in aliquem delationem nominis postulare,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64:

    postulare servos in quaestionem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

    quaestionem,

    Liv. 2, 29, 5.—
    C.
    For the usual expostulare, to complain of one:

    quom patrem adeas postulatum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38 (but in id. Mil. 2, 6, 35, the correct read. is expostulare; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—
    * D.
    Postulare votum (lit. to ask a desire, i. e.), to vow, App. Flor. init. —
    E.
    Of the seller, to demand a price, ask (post-class. for posco):

    pro eis (libris) trecentos Philippeos postulasse,

    Lact. 1, 6, 10; cf.:

    accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum,

    Juv. 7, 243. —
    III.
    Transf., of things.
    A.
    To contain, measure:

    jugerum sex modios seminis postulat,

    Col. 2, 9, 17.—
    B.
    To need, require:

    cepina magis frequenter subactam postulat terram,

    Col. 11, 3, 56.—Hence, po-stŭlātum, i, n.; usually in plur.: po-stŭlāta, ōrum, a demand, request (class.):

    intolerabilia postulata,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1; id. Phil. 12, 12, 28: deferre postulata alicujus ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

    cognoscere de postulatis alicujus,

    id. B. G. 4, 11 fin.:

    postulata facere,

    Nep. Alcib. 8, 4.

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  • 13 postulo

    postŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [posco], to ask, demand, require, request, desire (syn.: posco, flagito, peto); constr. with aliquid, aliquid ab aliquo, aliquem aliquid, with ut ( ne), de, with inf., or absol.
    I.
    In gen.:

    incipiunt postulare, poscere, minari,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78:

    nemo inventus est tam audax, qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44; cf. Liv. 2, 45; 3, 19:

    tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo,

    Cic. Quint. 3, 13:

    postulabat autem magis quam petebat, ut, etc.,

    Curt. 4, 1, 8:

    dehinc postulo, sive aequom est, te oro, ut, etc.,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 19:

    ita volo itaque postulo ut fiat,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 27:

    suom jus postulat,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 47; cf.:

    aequom postulat, da veniam,

    id. And. 5, 3, 30; and:

    quid est? num iniquom postulo?

    id. Phorm. 2, 3, 64:

    nunc hic dies alios mores postulat,

    id. And. 1, 2, 18:

    fidem publicam,

    Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2:

    istud, quod postulas,

    id. Rep. 1, 20, 33; id. Lael. 2, 9:

    ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    deliberandi sibi unum diem postulavit,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; cf.:

    noctem sibi ad deliberandum postulavit,

    id. Sest. 34, 74:

    postulo abs te, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 18:

    postulatur a te jam diu vel flagitatur potius historia,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 5:

    quom maxime abs te postulo atque oro, ut, etc.,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 4; and:

    quidvis ab amico postulare,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 35; cf. in pass.:

    cum aliquid ab amicis postularetur,

    id. ib.:

    orationes a me duas postulas,

    id. Att. 2, 7, 1:

    quod principes civitatum a me postulassent,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; cf. infra the passages with an object-clause.—With ut ( ne):

    quodam modo postulat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2:

    postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 1 (for other examples with ut, v. supra):

    legatos ad Bocchum mittit postulatum, ne sine causā hostis populo Romano fieret,

    Sall. J. 83, 1.—With subj. alone:

    qui postularent, eos qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent, sibi dederent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 3.—With de:

    sapientes homines a senatu de foedere postulaverunt,

    Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    Ariovistus legatos ad eum mittit, quod antea de colloquio postulasset, id per se fieri licere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 42.—With inf., freq. to be rendered, to wish, like, want: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 32 Vahl.):

    hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 138:

    o facinus impudicum! quam liberam esse oporteat, servire postulare,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; id. Men. 2, 3, 88:

    me ducere istis dictis postulas?

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Eun. 1, 1, 16:

    (lupinum) ne spargi quidem postulat decidens sponte,

    Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 135:

    si me tibi praemandere postulas,

    Gell. 4, 1, 11.—With a double object: quas (sollicitudines) levare tua te prudentia postulat, demands of you, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2. —With nom. and inf.:

    qui postulat deus credi,

    Curt. 6, 11, 24.—
    II.
    In partic., in jurid. lang.
    A.
    To summon, arraign before a court, to prosecute, accuse, impeach (syn.: accuso, insimulo); constr. class. usu. with de and abl., post-Aug. also with gen.):

    Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: L. Lentulus, qui jam de majestate postulavit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

    aliquem apud praetorem de pecuniis repetundis,

    id. Cornel. Fragm. 1:

    aliquem repetundis,

    Tac. A. 3, 38:

    aliquem majestatis,

    id. ib. 1, 74:

    aliquem repetundarum,

    Suet. Caes. 4: aliquem aliquā lege, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

    aliquem ex aliquā causā reum,

    Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33:

    aliquem impietatis reum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7:

    aliquem injuriarum,

    Suet. Aug. 56 fin.:

    aliquem capitis,

    Dig. 46, 1, 53:

    qui (infames) postulare prohibentur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 1.—
    B.
    To demand a writ or leave to prosecute, from the prætor or other magistrate:

    postulare est desiderium suum vel amici sui in jure apud eum qui jurisdictioni praeest exponere vel alterius desiderio contradicere, etc.,

    Dig. 3, 1, 1; cf.

    this whole section: De postulando: in aliquem delationem nominis postulare,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64:

    postulare servos in quaestionem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

    quaestionem,

    Liv. 2, 29, 5.—
    C.
    For the usual expostulare, to complain of one:

    quom patrem adeas postulatum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38 (but in id. Mil. 2, 6, 35, the correct read. is expostulare; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—
    * D.
    Postulare votum (lit. to ask a desire, i. e.), to vow, App. Flor. init. —
    E.
    Of the seller, to demand a price, ask (post-class. for posco):

    pro eis (libris) trecentos Philippeos postulasse,

    Lact. 1, 6, 10; cf.:

    accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum,

    Juv. 7, 243. —
    III.
    Transf., of things.
    A.
    To contain, measure:

    jugerum sex modios seminis postulat,

    Col. 2, 9, 17.—
    B.
    To need, require:

    cepina magis frequenter subactam postulat terram,

    Col. 11, 3, 56.—Hence, po-stŭlātum, i, n.; usually in plur.: po-stŭlāta, ōrum, a demand, request (class.):

    intolerabilia postulata,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1; id. Phil. 12, 12, 28: deferre postulata alicujus ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

    cognoscere de postulatis alicujus,

    id. B. G. 4, 11 fin.:

    postulata facere,

    Nep. Alcib. 8, 4.

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  • impeach — ► VERB 1) call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice). 2) Brit. charge with treason or another crime against the state. 3) chiefly US charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct. DERIVATIVES impeachable adjective… …   English terms dictionary

  • impeach — [im pēch′] vt. [ME empechen < OFr empechier, to hinder < LL impedicare, to fetter, entangle < L in , in + pedica, a fetter < pes, FOOT] 1. to challenge or discredit (a person s honor, reputation, etc.) 2. to challenge the practices or …   English World dictionary

  • impeach — v. (D; tr.) to impeach for (to impeach smb. for taking bribes) * * * [ɪm piːtʃ] (D; tr.) to impeach for (to impeach smb. for taking bribes) …   Combinatory dictionary

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