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  • 1 pro

    1.
    prō (archaic collat. form, posi in posimerium; cf. pono, from posino; cf. Gr. poti and pot with pros), adv. and prep. [root in Sanscr. prep. pra-, before, as in prathamas, first; Gr. pro; cf.: proteros, prôtos, etc.; Lat.: prae, prior, priscus, etc.; perh. old abl. form, of which prae is the loc. ], before, in front of; and, transf., for, with the idea of protection, substitution, or proportion.
    I.
    Adv., found only in the transf. comp. signif. (v. infra, II. B. 3.) in connection with quam and ut: pro quam and pro ut (the latter usually written in one word, prout), like prae quam and prae ut.
    * A.
    Pro quam, in proportion as, just as:

    nec satis est, pro quam largos exaestuat aestus,

    Lucr. 2, 1137. —
    B.
    Pro ut or prout, according as, in proportion, accordingly, proportionably as, just as, as (class.):

    compararat argenti bene facti, prout Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant, satis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

    tuas litteras, prout res postulat, exspecto,

    id. Att. 11, 6 fin.:

    id, prout cujusque ingenium erat, interpretabantur,

    Liv. 38, 50:

    prout locus iniquus aequusve his aut illis, prout animus pugnantium est, prout numerus, varia pugnae fortuna est,

    id. 38, 40 fin. —With a corresp. ita:

    ejusque rationem ita haberi, prout haberi lege liceret,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:

    prout sedes ipsa est, ita varia genera morborum sunt,

    Cels. 4, 4, 5:

    prout nives satiaverint, ita Nilum increscere,

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51.—
    II.
    Prep. with abl. (late Lat. with acc.:

    PRO SALVTEM SVAM,

    Inscr. Grut. 4, 12; 46, 9; Inscr. Orell. 2360), before, in front of.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    sedens pro aede Castoris,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27:

    praesidia, quae pro templis cernitis,

    id. Mil. 1, 2:

    ii qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

    pro castris copias habere,

    id. ib. 7, 66:

    pro castris dimicare,

    id. ib. 5, 16:

    pro oppido,

    id. ib. 7, 71:

    pro opere consistere,

    Sall. J. 92, 9:

    castra pro moenibus locata,

    Liv. 2, 53; 4, 17:

    pro muro,

    id. 30, 10:

    pro castris explicare aciem,

    id. 6, 23:

    pro vallo,

    Plin. 2, 37, 37, § 101; Vell. 2, 19, 1.—With verbs of motion:

    Caesar pro castris suas copias produxit,

    before the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

    hasce tabulas hic ibidem pro pedibus tuis obicito,

    before your feet, App. Mag. p. 337, 36; id. M. 4, p. 155, 2.—
    2.
    In partic., with the accessory idea of presence on the front part, on the edge or brink of a place, on or in the front of, often to be translated by a simple on or in:

    pro censu classis iuniorum, Serv. Tullius cum dixit, accipi debet in censu, ut ait M. Varro, sicuti pro aede Castoris, pro tribunali, pro testimonio,

    Fest. p. 246 Müll.; cf.: pro significat in, ut pro rostris, pro aede, pro tribunali, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll.; and:

    pro sententia ac si dicatur in sententiā, ut pro rostris id est in rostris,

    id. p. 226 Müll.: hac re pro suggestu pronunciata, qs. standing on the front part of the tribune, or, as we would say, on the tribune, Caes. B. G. 6, 3: pro tribunali cum aliquid ageretur, was transacted before or at my tribunal, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 21; so,

    pro tribunali,

    id. Pis. 5, 11; id. Sest. 15, 34: pro contione, before the assembled army; and, in gen., before the assembly:

    laudatus pro contione Jugurtha,

    Sall. J. 8, 2; cf. Curt. 9, 1, 1:

    pro contione laudibus legati militumque tollere animos,

    Liv. 7, 7:

    fortes viros pro contione donantis,

    Curt. 10, 5, 10:

    pro contione litteras recitare,

    id. 4, 10, 16; Liv. 38, 23 fin.:

    pro contione palam utrumque temptavit,

    Suet. Vesp. 7; Tac. A. 3, 9; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 3: [p. 1448] 4, 5, 11; cf.:

    pro comitio,

    Suet. Aug. 43:

    uti pro consilio imperatum erat,

    in the council, Sall. J. 29, 6; cf.:

    supplicatio in triduum pro collegio decemvirūm imperata fuit,

    Liv. 38, 36:

    pontifices pro collegio decrevisse,

    Gell. 11, 3, 2:

    pro collegio pronuntiare,

    Liv. 4, 26, 9:

    suas simultates pro magistratu exercere,

    id. 39, 5:

    pro munimentis castelli manipulos explicat,

    before, on the fortifications, Tac. A. 2, 80; 12, 33: stabat pro litore diversa acies, in front of or upon the shore, id. ib. 14, 30:

    legionem pro ripā componere,

    id. ib. 12, 29:

    velamenta et infulas pro muris ostentant,

    in front of, from the walls, Tac. H. 3, 31; so,

    pro muris,

    id. A. 2, 81:

    ad hoc mulieres puerique pro tectis aedificiorum saxa et alia, quae locus praebebat, certatim mittere,

    standing on the edge of the roofs, from the roofs, Sall. J. 67, 1 Kritz.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To signify a standing before or in front of, for defence or protection; hence an acting for, in behalf of, in favor of, for the benefit of, on the side of (opp. contra, adversum):

    veri inveniendi causā contra omnia dici oportere et pro omnibus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 60; cf.:

    hoc non modo non pro me, sed contra me est potius,

    id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

    partim nihil contra Habitum valere, partim etiam pro hoc esse,

    id. Clu. 32, 88:

    difficillimum videtur quod dixi, pro ipsis esse quibus eveniunt ista, quae horremus ac tremimus,

    Sen. Prov. 3, 2:

    haec cum contra legem proque lege dicta essent,

    Liv. 34, 8: pro Romano populo armis certare, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 6 (Ann. v. 215 Vahl.); cf.: pro vostrā vitā morti occumbant, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 62 (Trag. v. 176 Vahl.): quae ego pro re publica fecissem, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:

    nihil ab eo praetermissum est, quod aut pro re publicā conquerendum fuit, aut pro eā disputandum,

    Cic. Sest. 2, 3:

    omnia me semper pro amicorum periculis, nihil umquam pro me ipso deprecatum,

    id. de Or. 2, 49, 201:

    convenit dimicare pro legibus, pro libertate, pro patriā,

    id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

    dulce et decorum est pro patriā mori,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 3, 19, 2:

    pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 14:

    spondere levi pro paupere,

    id. A. P. 423:

    urbes, quae viris aut loco pro hostibus et advorsum se opportunissumae erant,

    Sall. J. 88, 4:

    nec aliud adversus validissimas gentes pro nobis utilius, quam, etc.,

    Tac. Agr. 12:

    et locus pro vobis et nox erit, Liv 9, 24, 8: et loca sua et genus pugnae pro hoste fuere,

    id. 39, 30, 3:

    pro Corbulone aetas, patrius mos... erant: contra, etc.,

    Tac. A. 3, 31; id. H. 4, 78; Curt. 4, 14, 16.—
    2.
    With the notion of replacement or substitution, in the place of, instead of, for.
    a.
    In gen.: numquam ego argentum pro vino congiario... disdidi, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:

    ego ibo pro te, si tibi non libet,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 10:

    ego pro te molam,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 29; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13:

    mutata (ea dico), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud... ut cum minutum dicimus animum pro parvo, etc.,

    id. Or. 27, 92 sq.; cf.:

    libenter etiam copulando verba jungebant, ut sodes pro si audes, sis pro si vis... ain' pro aisne, nequire pro non quire, malle pro magis velle, nolle pro non velle. Dein etiam saepe et exin pro deinde et exinde dicimus,

    id. ib. 45, 154:

    pro vitulā statuis dulcem Aulide natam, Hor S. 2, 3, 199: pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 61; cf. Suet. Caes. 70:

    pro ope ferendā sociis pergit ipse ire, etc.,

    Liv. 23, 28, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.; Zumpt, Gram. § 667; cf.:

    pro eo, ut ipsi ex alieno agro raperent, suas terras, etc.,

    Liv. 22, 1, 2.—
    b.
    Esp. freq. in connection with the title of any officer, to denote his substitute' pro consule, pro praetore, pro quaestore, pro magistro, etc. (afterwards joined into one word, as proconsul, propraetor, proquaestor, promagister, etc.), proconsul, proprœtor, proquœstor, vice-director:

    cum pro consule in Ciliciam proficiscens Athenas venissem,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 82; cf.:

    cum L. Philippus pro consulibus eum se mittere dixit, non pro consule,

    instead of the consuls, not as proconsul, id. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    nec pro praetore, Caesarem (vocat),

    id. ib. 13, 10, 22; Liv. 35, 1. cum Alexandriae pro quaestore essem, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11' cf.:

    litteris Q. Caepionis Bruti pro consule... Q. Hortensii pro consule opera, etc.,

    id. Phil. 10, 11, 26: P. Terentius operas in portu et scripturā Asiae pro magistro dedit, id. Att. 11, 10, 1; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; id. Fam. 13, 65, 1; see also the words proconsul, promagister, propraetor, proquaestor, etc.—
    c.
    So of price, penalty, etc., in exchange, in return for:

    tres minas pro istis duobus dedi,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 138; id. Aul. 3, 3, 8:

    pro hujus peccatis ego supplicium sufferam,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 17:

    dimidium ejus quod pactus esset, pro carmine daturum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 351:

    pro vitā hominis nisi hominis vita reddatur, non posse deorum inmortalium numen placari,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

    id pro immolatis in foro Tarquiniensium Romanis poenae hostibus redditum,

    Liv. 7, 19, 3:

    vos, pro paternis sceleribus, poenas date,

    Sen. Med. 925; Lact. 2, 7, 21:

    pro crimine poenas,

    Ov. Ib. 621.—
    3.
    Pro is also frequently used to denote the viewing, judging, considering, representing of a thing as something, for, the same as, just as, as:

    pro sano loqueris, quom me appellas nomine,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 24:

    sese ducit pro adulescentulo,

    id. Stich. 3, 1, 65; id. Cist. 1, 3, 24:

    hunc Eduxi a parvulo, habui, amavi pro meo,

    as my own, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 23:

    Cato ille noster qui mihi unus est pro centum milibus,

    whose voice I regard as equal to that of thousands, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 1:

    Siciliam nobis non pro penariā cellā, sed pro aerario fuisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5:

    P. Sestio pro occiso relictus est,

    id. Sest. 38, 81; Caes. B. G. 3, 109:

    cum pro damnato mortuoque esset,

    as good as condemned and dead, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

    summa ratio, quae sapientibus pro necessitate est,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3:

    negotia pro solatiis accipiens,

    Tac. A. 4, 13:

    consuli pro hostibus esse,

    Liv. 43, 5, 4:

    adeo incredibilis visa res, ut non pro vano modo, sed vix pro sano nuncius audiretur,

    as a boaster, Liv. 39, 49: quoniam de adventu Caesaris pro certo habebamus, to consider as certain, Mat. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, 6 et saep.; v. certus.—
    4.
    Esp. in certain phrases: pro eo, for the same thing, as just the same:

    ut si a Caesare, quod speramus, impetrarimus, tuo beneficio nos id consecutos esse judicemus: sin minus, pro eo tantum id habeamus, cum a te data sit opera, ut impetraremus,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 7, 5.—With the particles of comparison: atque ( ac), ac si, quasi, just the same as, even as, as though: pro eo ac debui, just as was my duty, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:

    pro eo ac si concessum sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 32, 54:

    pro eo est atque si adhibitus non esset,

    Dig. 28, 1, 22:

    pro eo erit quasi ne legatum quidem sit,

    ib. 30, 1, 38: pro eo quod, for the reason that, because:

    pro eo quod ejus nomen erat magnā apud omnes gloriā,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75: pro eo quod pluribus verbis vos quam volui fatigavi, veniam a vobis petitam velim, Liv 38, 49 fin. —
    5.
    On account of, for the sake of:

    dolor pro patriā,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24:

    tumultus pro recuperandā re publicā,

    id. Brut. 90, 311 dub. (B. and K. omit pro):

    dedit pro corpore nummos, i. e. to rescue his person,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 43:

    aliquem amare pro ejus eximiā suavitate,

    Cic. de Or 1, 55, 234:

    pro quibus meritis quanto opere dilectus sit,

    Suet. Aug. 57:

    cum pro incolumitate principis vota susceperunt,

    Tac. A. 4, 17:

    pro bono (= bene),

    Sall. J. 22, 4.—
    6.
    Pro is used in its most general sense in stating the relation between two objects or actions, in proportion, in comparison with, according to or as, conformably to, by virtue of, for, etc.:

    meus pater nunc pro hujus verbis recte et sapienter facit,

    according to his story, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133:

    tu pro oratione nec vir nec mulier mihi's,

    id. Rud. 4, 4, 71: pro viribus tacere ac fabulari, according to one's ability, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 4 (Trag. v. 181 Vahl.):

    facere certum'st pro copiā ac sapientiā,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 8:

    agere pro viribus,

    Cic. Sen. 9, 27:

    aliquem pro dignitate laudare,

    id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

    proelium atrocius quam pro numero pugnantium fuit,

    Liv. 21, 29: pro imperio, by virtue of his office or authority:

    quia pro imperio palam interfici non poterat,

    Liv. 1, 51, 2; hence, imperatively, dictatorially, summarily:

    nec illum ipsum submovere pro imperio posse more majorum,

    id. 2, 56, 12 ' hem! satis pro imperio, quisquis es, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 18:

    pro tuā prudentiā,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2; 11, 12, 2:

    cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu ac dolore loqueretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69:

    quibus aliquid opis fortasse ego pro meā, tu pro tuā, pro suā quisque parte ferre potuisset,

    id. Fam. 15, 15, 3: pro virili parte, according to one's ability, id. Sest. 66, 138; Liv. praef. 2; Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 23. —Esp. freq.: pro ratā parte and pro ratā, in proportion, proportionably; v. ratus:

    pro se quisque,

    each according to his ability, each one for himself, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 25; Verg. A. 12, 552 et saep.:

    pro tempore et pro re,

    according to time and circumstances, Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    pro facultatibus,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 5.—Pro eo, quantum, or ut, in proportion to, as, according to, according as:

    eāque pro eo, quantum in quoque sit ponderis, esse aestimanda,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 21, 58:

    equidem pro eo, quanti te facio, quicquid feceris, approbabo,

    id. Fam. 3, 3, 2: tamen pro eo ut temporis difficultas tulit, etc., L. Metell. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 126.
    ► In composition the o is long in some words, in others short (through the influence of the Gr.
    pro-): prōdeo, prŏfiteor; and even in words borrowed from the Greek, as prōlogus.—Its signification has reference either to place, before, forwards; or to protection, for; procedo, procurro, profanus; procuro, propugno, prosum, protego.
    2.
    prō (less correctly prōh), interj., an exclamation of wonder or lamentation, O! Ah! Alas! (class.).
    (α).
    With nom.:

    proh! bonae frugi hominem te jam pridem esse arbitror,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 4: pro Juppiter! Enn. ap. Varr L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. (Trag. v 225 Vahl.); Ter. And. 4, 3, 17; id. Eun. 3, 5, 2; id. Ad. 1, 2, 31; cf.:

    pro supreme Juppiter,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 42:

    pro Juppiter, Hominis stultitiam!

    id. ib. 3, 3, 12:

    pro di immortales,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 1; cf.: pro, dii immortales: Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

    pro curia inversique mores!

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 7:

    pro scelus,

    Mart. 2, 46, 8.—
    (β).
    Parenthet.:

    pro, quanta potentia regni Est, Venus alma, tui,

    Ov. M. 13, 758:

    et mea, pro! nullo pondere verba cadunt,

    id. H. 3, 98:

    tantum, pro! degeneramus a patribus,

    Liv. 22, 14, 6; Curt. 4, 16, 10.—
    (γ).
    With acc.: pro divom fidem! Enn. ap. Don. ad. Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. v. 30 Vahl.); Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28; cf.:

    pro deum atque hominum fidem!

    id. And. 1, 5, 2; 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48;

    instead of which, ellipt.: pro deum immortalium!

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 4:

    pro deum atque hominum,

    id. Hec. 2, 1, 1:

    pro fidem deum! facinus foedum,

    id. Eun. 5, 4, 21.—
    (δ).
    With gen.: pro malae tractationis! Tert. Poen. fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pro

  • 2 portiō

        portiō ōnis, f    [2 PAR-], a share, part, portion, lot: brevissima vitae, Iu.— A proportion, ratio: eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio, the same proportion, Cu.—In the phrase, pro portione, in proportion, proportionally, relatively: adice nunc pro portione, quot, etc., L.: causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere.
    * * *
    part, portion, share; proportion

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  • 3 ad portionem

    portĭo, ōnis ( abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. [kindr. with pars and porô, to share, impart], a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Luna aequā portione divisa,

    Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2:

    hereditatis,

    id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2:

    quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,

    Juv. 3, 61:

    mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,

    Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

    pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,

    Cels. 4, 24; cf.:

    glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,

    id. 5, 18, 4:

    nil natura portionibus parit,

    by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

    portio brevissima vitae,

    Juv. 9, 127:

    pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,

    as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1:

    vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,

    id. 5, 2, 9:

    magna mortalium portio,

    Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—
    II.
    Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—
    A.
    In gen., adverb.
    1.
    prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively:

    pro portione ea omnia facito,

    Cato, R. R. 106 fin.:

    pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3:

    Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50:

    oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,

    in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so,

    pro ratā portione,

    Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

    pro suā scilicet portione,

    Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—
    2.
    portĭōne (post-Aug.):

    cerebrum omnia habent animalia, quae sanguinem: sed homo portione maximum,

    proportionally, Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 2, 1, § 2; cf.:

    hac portione mediocribus agris semina praebenda,

    Col. 2, 9, 1:

    quādam portione,

    Quint. 6, 1, 26:

    eādem portione,

    id. 11, 3, 139.—
    3.
    ad portiō-nem (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46:

    ad suam quisque portionem,

    id. 36, 16, 25, § 9:

    supra portionem,

    Col. 7, 1, 2.—
    B.
    Subst.:

    eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,

    the same proportion, Curt. 7, 11, 12:

    portionem servare,

    Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.:

    proportione servatā,

    id. 8, 11, 6.

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  • 4 portio

    portĭo, ōnis ( abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. [kindr. with pars and porô, to share, impart], a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Luna aequā portione divisa,

    Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2:

    hereditatis,

    id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2:

    quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,

    Juv. 3, 61:

    mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,

    Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

    pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,

    Cels. 4, 24; cf.:

    glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,

    id. 5, 18, 4:

    nil natura portionibus parit,

    by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

    portio brevissima vitae,

    Juv. 9, 127:

    pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,

    as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1:

    vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,

    id. 5, 2, 9:

    magna mortalium portio,

    Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—
    II.
    Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—
    A.
    In gen., adverb.
    1.
    prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively:

    pro portione ea omnia facito,

    Cato, R. R. 106 fin.:

    pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3:

    Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50:

    oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,

    in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so,

    pro ratā portione,

    Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

    pro suā scilicet portione,

    Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—
    2.
    portĭōne (post-Aug.):

    cerebrum omnia habent animalia, quae sanguinem: sed homo portione maximum,

    proportionally, Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 2, 1, § 2; cf.:

    hac portione mediocribus agris semina praebenda,

    Col. 2, 9, 1:

    quādam portione,

    Quint. 6, 1, 26:

    eādem portione,

    id. 11, 3, 139.—
    3.
    ad portiō-nem (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46:

    ad suam quisque portionem,

    id. 36, 16, 25, § 9:

    supra portionem,

    Col. 7, 1, 2.—
    B.
    Subst.:

    eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,

    the same proportion, Curt. 7, 11, 12:

    portionem servare,

    Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.:

    proportione servatā,

    id. 8, 11, 6.

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  • 5 portione

    portĭo, ōnis ( abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. [kindr. with pars and porô, to share, impart], a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Luna aequā portione divisa,

    Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2:

    hereditatis,

    id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2:

    quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,

    Juv. 3, 61:

    mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,

    Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

    pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,

    Cels. 4, 24; cf.:

    glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,

    id. 5, 18, 4:

    nil natura portionibus parit,

    by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

    portio brevissima vitae,

    Juv. 9, 127:

    pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,

    as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1:

    vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,

    id. 5, 2, 9:

    magna mortalium portio,

    Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—
    II.
    Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—
    A.
    In gen., adverb.
    1.
    prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively:

    pro portione ea omnia facito,

    Cato, R. R. 106 fin.:

    pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3:

    Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50:

    oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,

    in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so,

    pro ratā portione,

    Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

    pro suā scilicet portione,

    Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—
    2.
    portĭōne (post-Aug.):

    cerebrum omnia habent animalia, quae sanguinem: sed homo portione maximum,

    proportionally, Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 2, 1, § 2; cf.:

    hac portione mediocribus agris semina praebenda,

    Col. 2, 9, 1:

    quādam portione,

    Quint. 6, 1, 26:

    eādem portione,

    id. 11, 3, 139.—
    3.
    ad portiō-nem (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46:

    ad suam quisque portionem,

    id. 36, 16, 25, § 9:

    supra portionem,

    Col. 7, 1, 2.—
    B.
    Subst.:

    eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,

    the same proportion, Curt. 7, 11, 12:

    portionem servare,

    Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.:

    proportione servatā,

    id. 8, 11, 6.

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  • 6 pro portione

    portĭo, ōnis ( abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. [kindr. with pars and porô, to share, impart], a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    Luna aequā portione divisa,

    Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2:

    hereditatis,

    id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2:

    quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,

    Juv. 3, 61:

    mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,

    Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

    pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,

    Cels. 4, 24; cf.:

    glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,

    id. 5, 18, 4:

    nil natura portionibus parit,

    by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

    portio brevissima vitae,

    Juv. 9, 127:

    pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,

    as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1:

    vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,

    id. 5, 2, 9:

    magna mortalium portio,

    Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—
    II.
    Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—
    A.
    In gen., adverb.
    1.
    prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively:

    pro portione ea omnia facito,

    Cato, R. R. 106 fin.:

    pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3:

    Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50:

    oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,

    in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so,

    pro ratā portione,

    Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

    pro suā scilicet portione,

    Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—
    2.
    portĭōne (post-Aug.):

    cerebrum omnia habent animalia, quae sanguinem: sed homo portione maximum,

    proportionally, Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 2, 1, § 2; cf.:

    hac portione mediocribus agris semina praebenda,

    Col. 2, 9, 1:

    quādam portione,

    Quint. 6, 1, 26:

    eādem portione,

    id. 11, 3, 139.—
    3.
    ad portiō-nem (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46:

    ad suam quisque portionem,

    id. 36, 16, 25, § 9:

    supra portionem,

    Col. 7, 1, 2.—
    B.
    Subst.:

    eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,

    the same proportion, Curt. 7, 11, 12:

    portionem servare,

    Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.:

    proportione servatā,

    id. 8, 11, 6.

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  • 7 tempero

    tempĕro, āvi, ātum, 1 (old pres. subj. temperint, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 41; collat. dep. form tempĕror, Lact. 7, 5, 12), v. a. and n. [tempus].
    I.
    Act., to divide or proportion duly, mingle in due proportion; to combine or compound properly; to qualify, temper, etc. (class.; cf.: modifico, misceo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    nec vero qui simplex esse debet, ex dissimilibus rebus misceri et temperari potest,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

    qui (orbium motus) acuta cum gravibus temperans varios aequabiliter concentus efficit,

    id. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

    ea cum tria sumpsisset, unam in speciem temperavit,

    id. Univ. 7:

    tale quiddam esse animum, ut sit ex igni atque animă temperatum,

    id. N. D. 3, 14, 36:

    aes conflare et temperare,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 197:

    ferrum,

    id. 34, 14, 41, § 145:

    herbas,

    Ov. F. 5, 402:

    acetum melle,

    Plin. 14, 17, 21, § 114:

    vinum,

    id. 29, 3, 11, § 50: pocula, to flavor, i. e. to fill, Hor. C. 1, 20, 11; id. Epod. 17, 80; Mart. 9, 12, 7:

    venenum,

    Suet. Ner. 2 fin.:

    unguentum,

    Plin. 13, 2, 2, § 18:

    collyrium,

    id. 27, 10, 59, § 83:

    colores,

    id. 2, 18, 16, § 79 et saep.:

    ejusdem solis tum accessus modici tum recessus et frigoris et caloris modum temperant,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    Etesiarum flatu nimii temperantur calores,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 131; cf.:

    vitis solem umbra temperans,

    Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91: quis aquam (i. e. balneum) temperet ignibus, who shall temper, i. e. warm, Hor. C. 3, 19, 6; so, balneum, Mart. 3, 25, 1:

    scatebrisque arentia temperat arva,

    i. e. waters, Verg. G. 1, 110; so,

    arva (Galesus),

    Claud. Cons. Prob. 260.—
    2.
    Transf., to rule, regulate, govern, manage, arrange, order:

    rem publicam institutis et legibus,

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

    constituere et temperare civitates,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:

    Lycurgus, qui Lacedaemoniorum rem publicam temperavit,

    id. Div. 1, 43, 96; cf.:

    qui (Juppiter) res hominum ac deorum, Qui mare ac terras variisque mundum Temperat horis,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 16:

    terram, mare, urbes, etc. (corresp. to regere),

    id. ib. 3, 4, 45:

    mare,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 1:

    aequor,

    Verg. A. 1, 146:

    orbem,

    Ov. M. 1, 770; 15, 869:

    arces aetherias,

    id. ib. 15, 859:

    undas,

    id. ib. 12, 580:

    ratem,

    id. ib. 13, 366:

    solus id navigii genus temperans,

    Vell. 2, 107:

    omnia pretio temperata,

    id. 2, 60:

    senem delirum,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 71:

    ora frenis,

    id. C. 1, 8, 7 et saep.:

    genius qui natale temperat astrum,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 187:

    annum,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 16; Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 13:

    caeli fulgura,

    Cic. Leg. 8, 21:

    fortunam suo arbitrio,

    Petr. 137.— Poet.:

    carmen impositis articulis,

    i. e. to tune, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 80; cf.:

    testudinis aureae strepitum,

    Hor. C. 4, 3, 18:

    Musam pede Archilochi,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 28 sq.:

    citharam nervis,

    i. e. to string, Ov. M. 10, 108.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To regulate, rule, etc.:

    non modice temperatam sed nimis meracam libertatem sitiens haurire,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 96; cf.:

    cujus acerbitas morum immanitasque naturae ne vino quidem permixta temperari solet,

    id. Phil. 12, 11, 26:

    quod (genus) erit aequatum et temperatum ex tribus optimis rerum publicarum modis,

    id. Rep. 1, 45, 69; cf. id. ib. 2, 39, 65:

    ita in variā et perpetuā oratione hi (numeri) sunt inter se miscendi et temperandi,

    id. Or. 58, 197; so,

    joined with miscere,

    id. Off. 3, 33, 119 (on the contrary, opp. miscere, id. Rep. 2, 23, 42); cf.:

    at haec interdum temperanda et varianda sunt,

    id. Or. 29, 103; 18, 60; 52, 176:

    iracundiam cohibere, victoriam temperare,

    id. Marcell. 3, 8:

    amara lento Temperet risu,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 27: annonam macelli quotannis temperandam censuit, to be regulated, i. e. fixed at moderate prices, Suet. Tib. 34:

    (Aeolus) Sceptra tenens mollitque animos et temperat iras,

    soothes, allays, Verg. A. 1, 57:

    sumptus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 3, 10:

    Mercurius temperat astra,

    Stat. Th. 1, 305.—
    2.
    Se temperare ab aliquā re, to refrain from, abstain from, forbear, etc. (late Lat.): temperare se a rectorum suorum reprehensione, Greg. M. in Job, 25, 38 init.; 18, 3: ab utro se temperat, Aug. c. Faust. 6, 5 fin.; id. Trin. 3 prooem.
    II.
    Neutr., to observe proper measure; to moderate or restrain one ' s self; to forbear, abstain; to be moderate or temperate (class.; cf. moderor).
    A.
    In gen., constr. with in aliquā re, alicui rei, ab aliquā re, a simple abl., an inf., or ne or quin with subj.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    jam istoc probior es, cum in amore temperes,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 8:

    in multa temperarunt tribuni,

    Liv. 2, 52, 5; Sall. J. 85, 9.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    linguae tempera,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 28; so,

    linguae,

    Liv. 28, 44, 18:

    linguae,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 2:

    manibus,

    Liv. 2, 23, 9; 4, 3, 6; 32, 20, 3; Curt. 7, 2, 24:

    oculis,

    Liv. 21, 22, 7:

    irae,

    id. 33, 20, 7:

    victoriae,

    Sall. C. 11, 8:

    gulae,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5:

    lacrimis,

    Curt. 7, 2, 7.—
    (γ).
    With ab and abl.:

    temperare ab injuriā et maleficio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    a maleficio,

    Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29:

    a lacrimis,

    Verg. A. 2, 8:

    precibus ducis mitigati ab excidio civitatis temperavere,

    Tac. H. 1, 63.—Rarely with sibi, etc.:

    cum sibi in contionibus credas a mendacio temperaturum?

    Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25:

    ne a necessariis quidem sibi rabies temperat,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 4.—
    (δ).
    With abl. alone:

    lacrimis,

    Liv. 30, 20; Tac. A. 15, 16:

    a venatibus,

    Claud. III. Laud. Stil. 270:

    risu,

    Liv. 32, 34, 3: neque verbis adversus principem neque factis, Suet. Vit. Lucan.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    matronae Canorā hic voce suā tinnire temperent,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 33:

    dormire,

    id. ib. 22:

    maledicere huic,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 76: tollere puerum, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.):

    exordiri rem novam,

    Gell. 4, 9, 5. —
    (ζ).
    With ne and subj.:

    quoi male faciundi est potestas, quom ne id faciat temperat,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 60:

    quod in pluribus libris ne facerem temperavi,

    Lact. 4, 3, 5.—
    (η).
    With quin (post-Aug.):

    non temperante Tiberio quin premeret,

    Tac. A. 3, 67: ne sedato quidem tumultu temperare potuit, quin, etc., Suet. Claud. 41; id. Calig. 54:

    vix temperabat, quin diceret,

    Sen. Contr. 10, 1 (30), 7:

    Arruntius non temperavit, quin, etc.,

    id. Ep. 114, 19.—
    b.
    With sibi or animis (so not in Cicero):

    neque sibi homines feros temperaturos existimabat, quin, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 33:

    vix sibi temperant quin, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 29, 2; Vell. 1, 16, 1: usque mihi temperavi, dum perducerem eo rem, ut, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2:

    nequeo mihi temperare, quominus, etc.,

    Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 41; 1, praef. §

    30: non quivit temperare sibi in eo (signo), etc.,

    id. 34, 8, 19, § 62; Plin. Ep. 6, 17, 1:

    vix temperavere animis, quin, etc.,

    Liv. 5, 45, 7.—
    c.
    Impers. pass.:

    aegre temperatum est, quin, etc.,

    they with difficulty refrained, Liv. 32, 10, 8:

    nec temperatum manibus foret, ni, etc.,

    id. 2, 23, 10:

    jam superfundenti se laetitiae vix temperatum est,

    id. 5, 7, 8:

    ab oppugnatione urbium temperatum,

    id. 7, 20, 9:

    a caedibus,

    id. 25, 25, 9.—
    B.
    In partic., pregn., to forbear, abstain, or refrain from; to spare, be indulgent to any thing (cf.: parco, abstineo); constr. with dat. or ab:

    ut si cuiquam ullā in re umquam temperaverit, ut vos quoque ei temperetis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:

    superatis hostibus (shortly after, parcere),

    id. ib. 2, 2, 2, §

    4: sociis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 59, §

    154: alicui in aliquā re,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 6, §

    17: amicis,

    id. Balb. 27, 60:

    privignis,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 18:

    ingenio suo,

    Quint. 10, 1, 98 al.:

    in quo ab sociis temperaverant,

    Liv. 6, 17, 8:

    ab his sacris,

    id. 39, 10, 9:

    quamvis a plerisque cibis singuli temperemus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 8; cf.:

    a mulso sibi temperare,

    Cels. 4, 31.— Impers. pass.:

    templis deum temperatum est,

    Liv. 1, 29, 6 Drak. N. cr.:

    nec ab ullo temperatum foret,

    id. 24, 31, 11.—Hence,
    A.
    tempĕ-rans, antis, P. a., observing moderation, sober, moderate, temperate (syn.:

    modestus, abstinens): aut temperantem (dices), qui se in aliquā libidine continuerit, in aliquā effuderit?

    Cic. Par. 3, 1, 21:

    homo in omnibus vitae partibus moderatus ac temperans, etc.,

    id. Font. 18, 40; so,

    homo,

    id. Att. 15, 1, 1.— Sup.:

    homo sanctissimus et temperantissimus,

    Cic. Font. 17, 38:

    principes graviores temperantioresque a cupidine imperii,

    refraining, abstaining, Liv. 26, 22, 14 Drak. N. cr. —With gen.:

    famae temperans,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 41:

    temperans gaudii seraeque laetitiae,

    Plin. Pan. 52, 5:

    potestatis temperantior,

    Tac. A. 13, 46.—Hence, adv.: tempĕranter, with moderation, moderately, Tac. A. 4, 33; 15, 29. — Comp., Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 2.— Sup. seems not to occur.—
    B.
    tempĕrātus, a, um, P. a.
    * 1.
    Duly arranged or prepared:

    prela,

    Cato, R. R. 12.—
    2.
    Limited, moderate, temperate.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    temperatae escae modicaeque potiones,

    Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115:

    regiones caeli neque aestuosae neque frigidae sed temperatae,

    Vitr. 1, 4; cf. Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 26.— Comp.:

    loca temperatiora,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 12:

    o temperatae dulce Formiae litus,

    Mart. 10, 30, 1:

    mitis ac temperatus annus,

    Col. 3, 20, 1; cf. in sup.:

    temperatissimum anni tempus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 14.—
    (β).
    Trop., of moral character, of speech, etc., moderate, sober, calm, steady, temperate:

    est autem ita temperatis moderatisque moribus, ut summa severitas summā cum humanitate jungatur,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 27:

    justi, temperati, sapientes,

    id. N. D. 3, 36, 87: in victoriā tem, peratior, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1:

    mens in bonis Ab insolenti temperata Laetitiā,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 3:

    vim temperatam di provehunt In majus,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 66:

    animum temperatum virtutibus fuisse,

    Liv. 1, 18, 4:

    hoc multo fortius est... illud temperatius,

    Sen. Ep. 18, 3:

    aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

    oratio modica ac temperata,

    id. Or. 27, 95.— Comp.:

    temperatior oratio,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212.— Sup.:

    temperatissimi sanctissimique viri monumentum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 83. — Adv.: tempĕrātē, in due proportion, with moderation, moderately, temperately.
    a.
    Lit.:

    tepebit,

    Cato, R. R. 69, 2:

    arbores umoris temperate, parum terreni habentes,

    Vitr. 2, 9 med. —
    b.
    Trop.:

    agere,

    Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

    temperatius scribere,

    id. ib. 13, 1, 1:

    temperatissime et castissime vivere,

    Aug. Mus. 6, 15.

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  • 8 temperor

    tempĕro, āvi, ātum, 1 (old pres. subj. temperint, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 41; collat. dep. form tempĕror, Lact. 7, 5, 12), v. a. and n. [tempus].
    I.
    Act., to divide or proportion duly, mingle in due proportion; to combine or compound properly; to qualify, temper, etc. (class.; cf.: modifico, misceo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    nec vero qui simplex esse debet, ex dissimilibus rebus misceri et temperari potest,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

    qui (orbium motus) acuta cum gravibus temperans varios aequabiliter concentus efficit,

    id. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

    ea cum tria sumpsisset, unam in speciem temperavit,

    id. Univ. 7:

    tale quiddam esse animum, ut sit ex igni atque animă temperatum,

    id. N. D. 3, 14, 36:

    aes conflare et temperare,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 197:

    ferrum,

    id. 34, 14, 41, § 145:

    herbas,

    Ov. F. 5, 402:

    acetum melle,

    Plin. 14, 17, 21, § 114:

    vinum,

    id. 29, 3, 11, § 50: pocula, to flavor, i. e. to fill, Hor. C. 1, 20, 11; id. Epod. 17, 80; Mart. 9, 12, 7:

    venenum,

    Suet. Ner. 2 fin.:

    unguentum,

    Plin. 13, 2, 2, § 18:

    collyrium,

    id. 27, 10, 59, § 83:

    colores,

    id. 2, 18, 16, § 79 et saep.:

    ejusdem solis tum accessus modici tum recessus et frigoris et caloris modum temperant,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    Etesiarum flatu nimii temperantur calores,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 131; cf.:

    vitis solem umbra temperans,

    Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 91: quis aquam (i. e. balneum) temperet ignibus, who shall temper, i. e. warm, Hor. C. 3, 19, 6; so, balneum, Mart. 3, 25, 1:

    scatebrisque arentia temperat arva,

    i. e. waters, Verg. G. 1, 110; so,

    arva (Galesus),

    Claud. Cons. Prob. 260.—
    2.
    Transf., to rule, regulate, govern, manage, arrange, order:

    rem publicam institutis et legibus,

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

    constituere et temperare civitates,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:

    Lycurgus, qui Lacedaemoniorum rem publicam temperavit,

    id. Div. 1, 43, 96; cf.:

    qui (Juppiter) res hominum ac deorum, Qui mare ac terras variisque mundum Temperat horis,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 16:

    terram, mare, urbes, etc. (corresp. to regere),

    id. ib. 3, 4, 45:

    mare,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 1:

    aequor,

    Verg. A. 1, 146:

    orbem,

    Ov. M. 1, 770; 15, 869:

    arces aetherias,

    id. ib. 15, 859:

    undas,

    id. ib. 12, 580:

    ratem,

    id. ib. 13, 366:

    solus id navigii genus temperans,

    Vell. 2, 107:

    omnia pretio temperata,

    id. 2, 60:

    senem delirum,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 71:

    ora frenis,

    id. C. 1, 8, 7 et saep.:

    genius qui natale temperat astrum,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 187:

    annum,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 16; Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 13:

    caeli fulgura,

    Cic. Leg. 8, 21:

    fortunam suo arbitrio,

    Petr. 137.— Poet.:

    carmen impositis articulis,

    i. e. to tune, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 80; cf.:

    testudinis aureae strepitum,

    Hor. C. 4, 3, 18:

    Musam pede Archilochi,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 28 sq.:

    citharam nervis,

    i. e. to string, Ov. M. 10, 108.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To regulate, rule, etc.:

    non modice temperatam sed nimis meracam libertatem sitiens haurire,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 96; cf.:

    cujus acerbitas morum immanitasque naturae ne vino quidem permixta temperari solet,

    id. Phil. 12, 11, 26:

    quod (genus) erit aequatum et temperatum ex tribus optimis rerum publicarum modis,

    id. Rep. 1, 45, 69; cf. id. ib. 2, 39, 65:

    ita in variā et perpetuā oratione hi (numeri) sunt inter se miscendi et temperandi,

    id. Or. 58, 197; so,

    joined with miscere,

    id. Off. 3, 33, 119 (on the contrary, opp. miscere, id. Rep. 2, 23, 42); cf.:

    at haec interdum temperanda et varianda sunt,

    id. Or. 29, 103; 18, 60; 52, 176:

    iracundiam cohibere, victoriam temperare,

    id. Marcell. 3, 8:

    amara lento Temperet risu,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 27: annonam macelli quotannis temperandam censuit, to be regulated, i. e. fixed at moderate prices, Suet. Tib. 34:

    (Aeolus) Sceptra tenens mollitque animos et temperat iras,

    soothes, allays, Verg. A. 1, 57:

    sumptus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 3, 10:

    Mercurius temperat astra,

    Stat. Th. 1, 305.—
    2.
    Se temperare ab aliquā re, to refrain from, abstain from, forbear, etc. (late Lat.): temperare se a rectorum suorum reprehensione, Greg. M. in Job, 25, 38 init.; 18, 3: ab utro se temperat, Aug. c. Faust. 6, 5 fin.; id. Trin. 3 prooem.
    II.
    Neutr., to observe proper measure; to moderate or restrain one ' s self; to forbear, abstain; to be moderate or temperate (class.; cf. moderor).
    A.
    In gen., constr. with in aliquā re, alicui rei, ab aliquā re, a simple abl., an inf., or ne or quin with subj.
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    jam istoc probior es, cum in amore temperes,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 8:

    in multa temperarunt tribuni,

    Liv. 2, 52, 5; Sall. J. 85, 9.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    linguae tempera,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 28; so,

    linguae,

    Liv. 28, 44, 18:

    linguae,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 2:

    manibus,

    Liv. 2, 23, 9; 4, 3, 6; 32, 20, 3; Curt. 7, 2, 24:

    oculis,

    Liv. 21, 22, 7:

    irae,

    id. 33, 20, 7:

    victoriae,

    Sall. C. 11, 8:

    gulae,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5:

    lacrimis,

    Curt. 7, 2, 7.—
    (γ).
    With ab and abl.:

    temperare ab injuriā et maleficio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    a maleficio,

    Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29:

    a lacrimis,

    Verg. A. 2, 8:

    precibus ducis mitigati ab excidio civitatis temperavere,

    Tac. H. 1, 63.—Rarely with sibi, etc.:

    cum sibi in contionibus credas a mendacio temperaturum?

    Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25:

    ne a necessariis quidem sibi rabies temperat,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 4.—
    (δ).
    With abl. alone:

    lacrimis,

    Liv. 30, 20; Tac. A. 15, 16:

    a venatibus,

    Claud. III. Laud. Stil. 270:

    risu,

    Liv. 32, 34, 3: neque verbis adversus principem neque factis, Suet. Vit. Lucan.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    matronae Canorā hic voce suā tinnire temperent,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 33:

    dormire,

    id. ib. 22:

    maledicere huic,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 76: tollere puerum, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.):

    exordiri rem novam,

    Gell. 4, 9, 5. —
    (ζ).
    With ne and subj.:

    quoi male faciundi est potestas, quom ne id faciat temperat,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 60:

    quod in pluribus libris ne facerem temperavi,

    Lact. 4, 3, 5.—
    (η).
    With quin (post-Aug.):

    non temperante Tiberio quin premeret,

    Tac. A. 3, 67: ne sedato quidem tumultu temperare potuit, quin, etc., Suet. Claud. 41; id. Calig. 54:

    vix temperabat, quin diceret,

    Sen. Contr. 10, 1 (30), 7:

    Arruntius non temperavit, quin, etc.,

    id. Ep. 114, 19.—
    b.
    With sibi or animis (so not in Cicero):

    neque sibi homines feros temperaturos existimabat, quin, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 33:

    vix sibi temperant quin, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 29, 2; Vell. 1, 16, 1: usque mihi temperavi, dum perducerem eo rem, ut, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2:

    nequeo mihi temperare, quominus, etc.,

    Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 41; 1, praef. §

    30: non quivit temperare sibi in eo (signo), etc.,

    id. 34, 8, 19, § 62; Plin. Ep. 6, 17, 1:

    vix temperavere animis, quin, etc.,

    Liv. 5, 45, 7.—
    c.
    Impers. pass.:

    aegre temperatum est, quin, etc.,

    they with difficulty refrained, Liv. 32, 10, 8:

    nec temperatum manibus foret, ni, etc.,

    id. 2, 23, 10:

    jam superfundenti se laetitiae vix temperatum est,

    id. 5, 7, 8:

    ab oppugnatione urbium temperatum,

    id. 7, 20, 9:

    a caedibus,

    id. 25, 25, 9.—
    B.
    In partic., pregn., to forbear, abstain, or refrain from; to spare, be indulgent to any thing (cf.: parco, abstineo); constr. with dat. or ab:

    ut si cuiquam ullā in re umquam temperaverit, ut vos quoque ei temperetis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:

    superatis hostibus (shortly after, parcere),

    id. ib. 2, 2, 2, §

    4: sociis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 59, §

    154: alicui in aliquā re,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 6, §

    17: amicis,

    id. Balb. 27, 60:

    privignis,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 18:

    ingenio suo,

    Quint. 10, 1, 98 al.:

    in quo ab sociis temperaverant,

    Liv. 6, 17, 8:

    ab his sacris,

    id. 39, 10, 9:

    quamvis a plerisque cibis singuli temperemus,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 8; cf.:

    a mulso sibi temperare,

    Cels. 4, 31.— Impers. pass.:

    templis deum temperatum est,

    Liv. 1, 29, 6 Drak. N. cr.:

    nec ab ullo temperatum foret,

    id. 24, 31, 11.—Hence,
    A.
    tempĕ-rans, antis, P. a., observing moderation, sober, moderate, temperate (syn.:

    modestus, abstinens): aut temperantem (dices), qui se in aliquā libidine continuerit, in aliquā effuderit?

    Cic. Par. 3, 1, 21:

    homo in omnibus vitae partibus moderatus ac temperans, etc.,

    id. Font. 18, 40; so,

    homo,

    id. Att. 15, 1, 1.— Sup.:

    homo sanctissimus et temperantissimus,

    Cic. Font. 17, 38:

    principes graviores temperantioresque a cupidine imperii,

    refraining, abstaining, Liv. 26, 22, 14 Drak. N. cr. —With gen.:

    famae temperans,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 41:

    temperans gaudii seraeque laetitiae,

    Plin. Pan. 52, 5:

    potestatis temperantior,

    Tac. A. 13, 46.—Hence, adv.: tempĕranter, with moderation, moderately, Tac. A. 4, 33; 15, 29. — Comp., Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 2.— Sup. seems not to occur.—
    B.
    tempĕrātus, a, um, P. a.
    * 1.
    Duly arranged or prepared:

    prela,

    Cato, R. R. 12.—
    2.
    Limited, moderate, temperate.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    temperatae escae modicaeque potiones,

    Cic. Div. 1, 51, 115:

    regiones caeli neque aestuosae neque frigidae sed temperatae,

    Vitr. 1, 4; cf. Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 26.— Comp.:

    loca temperatiora,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 12:

    o temperatae dulce Formiae litus,

    Mart. 10, 30, 1:

    mitis ac temperatus annus,

    Col. 3, 20, 1; cf. in sup.:

    temperatissimum anni tempus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 14.—
    (β).
    Trop., of moral character, of speech, etc., moderate, sober, calm, steady, temperate:

    est autem ita temperatis moderatisque moribus, ut summa severitas summā cum humanitate jungatur,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 27:

    justi, temperati, sapientes,

    id. N. D. 3, 36, 87: in victoriā tem, peratior, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1:

    mens in bonis Ab insolenti temperata Laetitiā,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 3:

    vim temperatam di provehunt In majus,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 66:

    animum temperatum virtutibus fuisse,

    Liv. 1, 18, 4:

    hoc multo fortius est... illud temperatius,

    Sen. Ep. 18, 3:

    aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

    oratio modica ac temperata,

    id. Or. 27, 95.— Comp.:

    temperatior oratio,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212.— Sup.:

    temperatissimi sanctissimique viri monumentum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 83. — Adv.: tempĕrātē, in due proportion, with moderation, moderately, temperately.
    a.
    Lit.:

    tepebit,

    Cato, R. R. 69, 2:

    arbores umoris temperate, parum terreni habentes,

    Vitr. 2, 9 med. —
    b.
    Trop.:

    agere,

    Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1:

    temperatius scribere,

    id. ib. 13, 1, 1:

    temperatissime et castissime vivere,

    Aug. Mus. 6, 15.

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  • 9 prō

        prō praep. with abl.    [PRO-].—Of place, before, in front of, in face of: sedens pro aede Castoris: pro castris dimicare, Cs.: castra pro moenibus locata, L.: pro castris suas copias produxit, before the camp, Cs.: pro tectis aedificiorum, from the roofs, S.—Of conspicuous appearance or publicity, before, in the presence of, on, in, in front of: hac re pro suggestu pronuntiatā, coming forward on the tribune, Cs.: me significasse... idque pro tribunali, in open court: laudatus pro contione Iugurtha, before the assembled army, S.: pro contione litteras recitare, to the assembly, Cu.: uti pro consilio imperatum erat, in the council, S.: pro collegio pronuntiare, L.—Of defence or protection, for, in behalf of, in favor of, for the benefit of, in the service of, on the side of: contra omnia dici et pro omnibus: hoc non modo non pro me, sed contra me est potius: haec contra legem proque lege dicta, L.: labores dolorem pro patriā suscipere: pro patriā mori, H.: urbes pro hostibus et advorsum se opportunissumae, S.: et locus pro vobis et nox erit, L.—Of replacement or substitution, in the place of, instead of, for: ego pro te molam, T.: saepe et exin pro deinde et exinde dicimus: pro bene sano fictum vocamus, H.—Esp., in titles: pro consule in Ciliciam proficiscens, vice-consul: pro consulibus alqm mittere, non pro consule, instead of the consuls, not as proconsul: cum Alexandriae pro quaestore essem: pro magistro: ut, qui pro dictatore fuisset, dictator crederetur, L.—Of compensation, for, in exchange for, in return for: pro huius peccatis ego supplicium sufferam, T.: dimidium eius quod pactus esset, pro carmine daturum: id pro immolatis Romanis poenae hostibus redditum, L.: dedit pro corpore nummos, as a ransom, H.—Of equivalence, for, the same as, just as, as: hunc amavi pro meo, as my own, T.: qui mihi unus est pro centum milibus, of as much weight with me: quos pro nihilo putavit: pro occiso relictus, for dead: cum pro damnato esset, as good as condemned: neque recte neque pro bono facere (i. e. ita, ut pro bono habeatur), S.: pro vano nuntius audiri, as a boaster, L.—Esp., in phrases. —Pro eo, as an equivalent, just the same: sin minus, pro eo tamen id habeamus.—Pro eo atque, just the same as, even as: pro eo ac mereor, just as I deserve: pro eo ac debui, just as was my duty. —Pro eo quod, for the reason that, because: pro eo quod eius nomen erat magnā apud omnīs gloriā. —Of relation or proportion, for, in proportion, in comparison with, in accordance with, according to, conformably to, by virtue of: pro multitudine hominum angusti fines, Cs.: exercitum pro loco atque copiis instruit, S.: agere pro viribus: quia pro imperio palam interfici non poterat, in consideration of, L.: illum submovere pro imperio more maiorum, summarily, L.: satis pro imperio, dictatorially enough, T.: pro tuā prudentiā: pro tempore et pro re, according to time and circumstances, Cs.: pro facultatibus, N.—In phrases, with parte: quibus aliquid opis fortasse, pro suā quisque parte ferre potuisset, each according to his own measure of influence: pro meā tenui parte id defendere, to the best of my poor ability: pro virili parte, manfully: rerum gestarum memoriae pro virili parte consuluisse, i. e. to have done my share towards preserving, L.: beneficio plus quam pro virili parte obligatus, i. e. under more than personal obligations. —For pro ratā parte, see ratus.—With eo: pro magnitudine iniuriae, proque eo quod res p. temptatur, vindicare, as required by the fact that, etc.: pro antiquitate generis sui, pro eo, quod, etc., in view of the fact: ea pro eo, quantum in quoque sit ponderis, esse aestimanda, according to the weight of each.—Pro se quisque, each for himself, each in his measure, individually: pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cum pro se quisque operam navare cuperet, Cs.: pro se quisque viri nituntur, V.
    * * *
    on behalf of; before; in front/instead of; for; about; according to; as, like

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  • 10 commensus

    proportion, relative measurements; in due proportion (L+S); symmetry

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  • 11 proportio

    I II
    proportion, proper spatial relation between parts; symmetry; analogy (grammar)

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  • 12 symmetria

    symmetry; due proportion between parts; relative measure of parts/proportion

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  • 13 temperamentum

    tempĕrāmentum, i, n. [id.], a mixing in due proportion, a proper measure, disposition, or constitution; a measure, mean, moderation; temperament, temperature (mostly post-Aug.; cf. on the other hand, temperatio): inventum est temperamentum, quo tenuiores cum principibus aequari se putarunt, * Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; cf.:

    tanto temperamento inter plebem senatumque egit, ut, etc.,

    Just. 2, 7, 5; 44, 4, 3:

    egregium principatus temperamentum, si demptis utriusque vitiis solae virtutes miscerentur,

    Tac. H. 2, 5:

    fortitudinis,

    id. ib. 1, 83:

    senatus Caesar orationem habuit meditato temperamento,

    with studied moderation, strictness, id. A. 3, 12:

    quod temperamentum omnes in illo subito pietatis calore servavimus,

    Plin. Pan. 3, 1:

    opus est inter has tam diversas inaequalitates magno temperamento,

    Col. 3, 12, 3 sq. eruca jungitur lactucae fere in cibis, ut nimio frigori par fervor immixtus temperamentum aequet, Plin. 19, 8, 44, § 155 eadem est materia, sed distat temperamento, proportion, combination, id. 9, 36, 61, § 130, 12, 25, 54, § 115 caeli, temperateness, Just. 2, 1, 10:

    linistis absque temperamento,

    without having tempered the mortar, Vulg. Ezech. 13, 14; 22, 28.

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  • 14 aequābilis

        aequābilis e, adj. with comp.    [aequo], like, similar, equal, uniform: ius: praedae partitio: satio. — Consistent, equable, constant, unvarying: nihil eā iurisdictione aequabilius: fortuna, without vicissitude: pulveris vis, permanent, S.: fama, S.— Of style, sustained: orationis genus.
    * * *
    aequabile, aequabilior -or -us, aequabilissimus -a -um ADJ
    equal, alike, uniform, steady; unruffled; equal proportion, fair, just

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  • 15 aequilībritās

        aequilībritās ātis, f    [aequus + libra], equipoise.
    * * *
    equal proportion, equilibrium

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  • 16 cēdō

        cēdō cessī, cessus, ere    [1 CAD-], to go from, give place, remove, withdraw, go away, depart, retire: cedam atque abibo: ex ingratā civitate: patriā: carinā, Ct.: per ora (hominum), i. e. to be seen, H.: Siciliā sibi omni cedi, to be evacuated, L.: cedere foro, to leave the exchange, i. e. be bankrupt, Iu.: alicui hortorum possessione, i. e. to cede, assign: ut possessionibus cederent: loco cedere, to retreat, N.: ex acie, abandon, L.: locum ex quo cesserant repetunt, L.: cedentes insequi, the retreating enemy, Cs.—Fig., to pass away, go from, drop out, vanish: vitā, die: e vitā: horae quidem cedunt et dies, elapse: memoriā, be forgotten, L.: fiducia cessit Quo tibi, diva, mei? V. —To come to, fall ( as a possession), to fall to the lot of, accrue: ut is quaestus huic cederet: quae captae urbi cessura forent, L.: regnorum cessit Pars Heleno, V.: undae cesserunt piscibus habitandae, O.: summa rerum in ducem cessit, Ta.: aurum in paucorum praedam cessisse, L.: quod cedit in altera iura, H.—To result, happen, turn out, fall out, work: gesta quae prospere ei cesserunt, were successful, N.: neque insidiae prospere cessere, S.: prout prima cessissent, in proportion to his success at the outset, Ta.: Quā Parcae sinebant Cedere res Latio, V.: neque si male cesserat, neque si bene, H.—With in and acc, to take the place of, supply the want of, be a substitute for: poena in vicem fidei cesserat, L.: victoribus fortuna in sapientiam cessit, Ta.: epulae pro stipendio cedunt, are taken in commutation, Ta. — To yield, give place: quasi locum dare et cedere: pete cedentem aëra disco, H.: in tutum, L.: cedere nescius, H.: pars cedere, alii insequi, S.: huc omnis aratri Cessit amor, i. e. to warlike zeal, V.— With dat, to yield to, retreat before, submit to, be overcome by: Viriatho exercitūs nostri imperatoresque cesserunt: hosti, N.: comites, quibus ensis et ignis Cesserunt, i. e. who were unharmed, O.: fortunae, S.: loco iniquo, non hosti cessum, L.: Tu ne cede malis, succumb, V.—To yield in rank, be inferior: nullā re cedens caelestibus: virtute nostris, Cs.: laudibus lanificae artis, O.: in re nullā Agesilao, N.: ut non multum Graecis cederetur, were not inferior.—To comply with, yield to, obey, conform to: auctoritati viri: cessit tibi blandienti Cerberus, H.: deae, O.: Cedo equidem, I comply, V.—To grant, concede, allow, give up, yield, permit: aliquid amicitiae: currum ei, L.: cessit patribus, ut in praesentiā tribuni crearentur, L.
    * * *
    I
    give/bring here!/hand over, come (now/here); tell/show us, out with it! behold!
    II
    cedere, cessi, cessus V
    go/pass (from/away); withdraw/retire/leave; step aside/make way; take place of; grant, concede, yield, submit; fall back/to; happen/result; start (period)

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  • 17 com-mētior (conm-)

        com-mētior (conm-) mēnsus, īrī, dep.,    to measure: siderum ambitūs inter se numero. — Fig., to measure, proportion: negotium cum tempore.

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  • 18 commoditās

        commoditās ātis, f    [commodus], fitness, convenience, a fit occasion, advantage, benefit: si corrigitur, quot commoditates vide, T.: ad faciendum idonea: maximas commoditates amicitia continet: cum commoditas iuvaret, L. — Of persons, complaisance, courtesy, forbearance: magnam mi inicit suā commoditate curam, T.: viri, O.—Of discourse, fitness, adequacy, appropriateness: commoditati ingenium (est) impedimento.— Dexterity: corporis aliqua commoditas.—Convenience, ease: ob commoditatem itineris, L.
    * * *
    timeliness; fitness, aptness; convenience; advantage, utility; complaisance; due measure, just proportion; suitable (oratorical expression); symmetry

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  • 19 ob

       ob prep.    with acc.—With verbs of motion, towards, to: cuius ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. C.: Turni se pestis ob ora Fert, V.— With verbs of rest, before, in front of, over against: non mihi mors ob oculos versabatur?: ignis ob os offusus.—On account of, for, because of, by reason of, for the sake of: pretium ob stultitiam fero, T.: tibi ob eam rem bene faxim, T.: ob rem nullam misit (me), for nothing, T.: ob merita carus, S.: ob aliquod emolumentum suum: ob rem iudicandam pecuniam accipere: meliores ob eam scientiam esse, for that knowledge: unius ob iram Prodimur, V.: Aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat, H.—In the phrase, quam ob rem (or quamobrem), on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly: quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc.—With neut. pron., on that account, therefore: ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis, L.: ob haec consuli nihil cunctandum visum, L.: ob ea consul senatum consulebat, S.—In consideration of, in return for, instead of: ager oppositus est pignori Decem ob minas, T.: pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere: tibi has Haudquaquam ob meritum poenas Suscitat, in proportion to, V.—In the phrase, ob rem, to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully: An. non pudet Vanitatis? Do. minime, dum ob rem, T.: id frustra an ob rem faciam, S.
    * * *
    on account of, for the sake of, for; instead of; right before

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  • 20 plūs

        plūs plūris （plur. plūres, plūra, gen. plūrium), adj.    [PLE-].    I. Sing. n as subst, more: ne quid faciam plus, too much, T.: tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet: vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis, and what is more, L.: voltis pecuniae plus habere: Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei, as little courage as fidelity, L.: paene plus quam sat erat, T.: ne plus reddat quam acceperit: de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent, more than the importunate, H.: ex his alius alio plus habet virium: hoc plus ne facito, more than this: annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo, or more than that, T.: plus nimio, overmuch, H.: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, one finger too much: uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie, one man more, L.— Gen of price, of more value, of a higher price, worth more, higher, dearer: ager multo pluris est, is worth far more: quo pluris sint nostra oliveta: pluris emere, dearer: mihi conscientia pluris est, quam, etc.: te cottidie pluris feci, have esteemed more highly. —Repeated: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo, more and more.—    II. Plur., in comparison, more, in greater number: omnes qui aere alieno premuntur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram: Nemini ego plura acerba esse credo oblata quam mihi, T.— A great number, many: plura castella temptaverat, Cs.: summus dolor plures dies manere non potest.—As subst m.: qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consili quam in uno: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures?—As subst n. (sc. verba): pluribus haec exsecutus sum, Ph.: Quid plura? in short.
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    I
    (gen.), pluris ADJ
    more; several. many; (COMP of multus)
    II
    pla, plum ADJ
    X times as great/many (only w/numerical prefix) (proportion), -fold, tuple
    III
    more, too much, more than enough; more than (w/NUM); higher price/value (GEN)

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