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1 centum capita

centum căpĭta, a plant, also called erynginm, Plin. 22, 8, 9, § 20.—Also cen-tum căput, Plin. 1, epit. 22, n. 9.

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2 Per capita

• Per head

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3 caput

caput itis, n [CAP-], the head: Capillus circum caput Reiectus, T.: caput obnubito, L.: capitis nives, H.: capite operto: aperire: velare, L.: abscindere cervicibus: capite demisso: attollere, O.: extollere, to become bold: breve (equi), H.: coronatum (bovis), Tb.: per caput pedesque ire, heels over head, Ct.: dux cum exercitu supra caput est, i. e. is ready to fall upon us, S.: capita conferre, to lay heads together, i. e. to confer in secret, L.: caput aut collum petere, strike at the vital parts: haec alias inter caput extulit urbes, towers, i. e. excels, V.: aliena negotia Per caput saliunt, run through the head, i. e. the mind, H.: capitis labor, mental exertion, H. — Meton., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity: iocur sine capite (of a sacrifice), L.: in extis, O.: tignorum, Cs.: cornu duxit, donec curvata coirent capita, the ends, V. — The origin, source, spring, head (of a river), L.: caput unde erumpit Enipeus, V.: celsis caput urbibus exit, my source springs among great cities, V.—The mouth, embouchure (rare): multis capitibus in Oceanum influit, Cs.—Of plants: diducere terram ad capita, the roots, V.: papavera demisere caput, the heads, V.: capitum iugatio, branches (of the vine). — Of mountains, the summit: capita aspera montis, V. — Of persons, a head, person: ridiculum caput! T.: carum, V.: duo haec capita taeterrima: ignota, L.: di capiti ipsius reservent, for himself, V.: capiti cane talia Dardanio rebusque tuis, i. e. for Aeneas and yourself, V.: Perfidum, H.: de sacrando cum bonis capite alcuius, L.: ut caput Iovi sacraretur, L.—With numerals: capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII, souls, Cs.: nullum caput Proserpina fugit, H.: in capita, to each person, L.; cf. sus Triginta capitum fetūs enixa, V.—Fig., life, physical life: Capitis periculum adire, to risk life, T.: caput obiectare periclis, V.: capitis poena, capital punishment, Cs.: certamen capitis et famae: ut capite dimices tuo, L.: caput offerre pro patriā: patrium tibi crede caput (i. e. patris vitam), O.: accusatus capitis absolvitur, of a capital crime, N.: Sthenium capite damnare.—Civil life, personality, civil rights, liberty and citizenship: capitis causae, involving citizenship: iudicium capitis: capitis deminutio, loss of civil rights, Cs.—Poet.: capitis minor, H.—Of persons, a leader, chief, guide: concitandorum Graecorum: capita nominis Latini, heads, chiefs, L.: ut se Suevorum caput credant, chief tribe, Ta.: capita coniurationis securi percussi, L.: illic est huic rei caput, author, contriver, T.: ab illo fonte et capite Socrate: corpori valido caput deerat, leader, L.: ipsum Expugnare caput, the great man himself, H. —A head, chief, capital: Thebae totius Graeciae, first city, N.: Roma, orbis terrarum, L.: castellum eius regionis, principal place, L.: Romam caput Latio esse, L.: ius nigrum, cenae caput, principal dish: fundus, vestrae pecuniae, chief source of income: caput esse artis, decere, the note, characteristic: ad consilium de re p. dandum caput est nosse rem p., first qualification: caput litterarum cum alquo, reason for corresponding: Epicuri, chief dogma: caput belli et summa, V.—In writings, a division, paragraph, chapter: legis: caput Annianum de hereditatibus, passage in the will of A.— Of money, the principal sum, capital, stock: quibus ille de capite dempsisset, reduced their debts: de capite deducite alqd, L.: Quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecet, extort sixty per centum, H.
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capitis N N

head; person; life; leader; top; source/mouth (river); capital (punishment); heading; chapter, principal division

caput super pedibus -- head over heels

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4 capud

căpŭt ( kăp-căpud), ĭtis ( abl. sing. regularly capite:
capiti,
Cat. 68, 124; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 72 Huschk., where the MSS., as well as Caes. German. Arat. 213, vary between the two forms), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. kap-āla; Gr. keph-alê; Goth. haubith; Germ. Haupt].
I.
The head, of men and animals:
oscitat in campis caput a cervice revolsum,
Enn. Ann. 462 Vahl.: i lictor, conliga manus, caput obnubito, form. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:
tun' capite cano amas, homo nequissume?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 34; so,
cano capite,
id. As. 5, 2, 84; id. Cas. 3, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Pers. 1, 83 al.; cf. Tib. 1, 10, 43, and:
capitis nives,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 12, and Quint. 8, 6, 17 Spald.:
raso capite calvus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306:
irraso,
id. Rud. 5, 2, 16:
intonsum,
Quint. 12, 10, 47:
amputare alicui,
Suet. Galb. 20; Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 9:
capite operto,
Cic. Sen. 10, 34, 34:
obvoluto,
id. Phil. 2, 31, 77 Klotz:
caput aperire,
id. ib.:
abscindere cervicibus,
id. ib. 11, 2, 5:
demittere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 32; Cat. 87, 8; Verg. A. 9, 437: attollere. Ov. M. 5, 503:
extollere,
to become bold, Cic. Planc. 13, 33: efferre, to raise one ' s head, to be eminent, Verg. E. 1, 25 al.—Of animals, Tib. 2, 1, 8; Hor. S. 1, 2, 89; 2, 3, 200; id. Ep. 1, 1, 76 al.—
b.
Prov.: supra caput esse, to be over one ' s head, i. e. to be at one ' s very doors, to threaten in consequence of nearness ( = imminere, impendere), Sall. C. 52, 24; Liv. 3, 17, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. Kritz ad Sall. l. l.: capita conferre (like our phrase to put heads together, i. e to confer together in secret), Liv. 2, 45, 7:
ire praecipitem in lutum, per caputque pedesque,
over head and ears, Cat. 17, 9:
nec caput nec pedes,
neither beginning nor end, good for nothing, Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2; cf. Cato ap. Liv. Epit. lib. 50; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139 sq.—
c.
Capita aut navia (al. navim), heads or tails, a play of the Roman youth in which a piece of money is thrown up, to see whether the figure-side (the head of Janus) or the reverse - side (a ship) will fall uppermost, Macr. S. 1, 7; Aur. Vict. Orig. 3; cf. Ov. F. 1, 239; Paul. Nol. Poëm. 38, 73.—
d.
Poet., the head, as the seat of the understanding:
aliena negotia Per caput saliunt,
run through the head, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34; so id. ib. 2, 3, 132; id. A. P. 300.—
e.
Ad Capita bubula, a place in Rome in the tenth region, where Augustus was born, Suet. Aug. 5.—
2.
Transf., of inanimate things.
a.
In gen., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity (beginning or end):
ulpici,
Cato, R. R. 71:
allii,
Col. 6, 34, 1:
porri,
id. 11, 3, 17:
papaveris,
Liv. 1, 54, 6; Verg. A. 9, 437:
bulborum,
Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 94:
caulis,
id. 19, 8, 41, § 140 al.:
jecoris (or jecinoris, jocinoris),
Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf. id. 27, 26, 14; 41, 14, 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.:
extorum,
Ov. M. 15, 795; Luc. 1, 627; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189: pontis, tēte de pont, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 4; cf. Front. Arat. 2, 13, 5:
tignorum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 9:
columnae,
Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13:
molis,
the highest point of the mole, Curt. 4, 2, 23:
xysti,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 20:
porticus,
id. ib. 5, 6, 19 al.—
b.
Esp., of rivers,
(α).
The origin, source, spring ( head):
caput aquae illud est, unde aqua nascitur,
Dig. 43, 20, 1, § 8; so Lucr. 5, 270; 6, 636; 6, 729; Tib. 1, 7, 24; Hor. C. 1, 1, 22; id. S. 1, 10, 37; Verg. G. 4, 319; 4, 368; Ov. M. 2, 255; Hirt. B. G. 8, 41; Liv. 1, 51, 9; 2, 38, 1; 37, 18, 6:
fontium,
Vitr. 8, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 8; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 5; 10, 91, 1 al.—
(β).
(more rare) The mouth, embouchure, Caes. B. G. 4, 10; Liv. 33, 41, 7; Luc. 2, 52; 3, 202.—
c.
Also of plants, sometimes the root, Cato, R. R. 36; 43; 51:
vitis,
id. ib. 33, 1; 95, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; Verg. G. 2, 355.—
d.
Also, in reference to the vine, vine branches, Col. 3, 10, 1; Cic. Sen. 15, 53.— Poet., also the summit, top of trees, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, and ap. Non. 195, 24; Ov. M. 1, 567; Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 90; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 370. —
e.
Of mountains, rocks, Verg. A. 4, 249; 6, 360.—
f.
Of a boil that swells out, Cels. 8, 9;
hence, facere,
to come to a head, Plin. 22, 25, 76, § 159; 26, 12, 77, § 125; cf.: capita deorum appellabantur fasciculi facti ex verbenis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64 Müll.—
II.
Per meton. (pars pro toto), a man, person, or animal (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf. kara, kephalê,, in the same signif.;
v. Liddell and Scott and Robinson): pro capite tuo quantum dedit,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 54; id. Pers. 1, 1, 37:
hoc conruptum'st caput,
id. Ep. 1, 1, 85:
siquidem hoc vivet caput, i. e. ego,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 33; so id. Stich. 5, 5, 10; cf. id. Capt. 5, 1, 25:
ridiculum caput!
Ter. And. 2, 2, 34:
festivum,
id. Ad. 2, 3, 8:
lepidum,
id. ib. 5, 9, 9:
carum,
Verg. A. 4, 354; Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:
liberum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:
vilia,
Liv. 25, 6, 9:
viliora,
id. 9, 26, 22:
vilissima,
id. 24, 5, 13:
ignota,
id. 3, 7, 7; cf. id. 2, 5, 6:
liberorum servorumque,
id. 29, 29, 3 al. —In imprecations:
istic capiti dicito,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 47; cf.:
vae capiti tuo,
id. Most. 4, 3, 10; so id. Poen. 3, 3, 32; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 2, 12; Verg. A. 8, 484; 11, 399 al.—With numerals:
capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII.,
souls, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; 4, 15:
quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum Milia,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 27; id. Ep. 2, 2, 189; cf. id. C. 1, 28, 20 al.; so, in capita, in distribution, to or for each person (cf. in Heb. also, for each head, poll, = for each individual, v. Robinson in h. v.), Liv. 2, 33, 11; 32, 17, 2; 34, 50, 6 al. (cf.:
in singulos,
id. 42, 4, 5).—Of. the poll-tax:
exactio capitum,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5; so,
capite censi, v. censeo.—Of animals,
Verg. A. 3, 391; Col. 6, 5, 4 fin.; 8, 5, 4; 8, 5, 7; 8, 11, 13; Veg. Vet. 1, 18.—
III.
Trop.
1.
Life, and specif.,
a.
Physical life:
carum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 33 sq.; 5, 1, 26:
si capitis res siet,
if it is a matter of life and death, id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: capitis periculum adire, to risk one ' s life, Ter. And. 4, 1, 53; id. Hec. 3, 1, 54; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 6 Runnk.:
capitis poena,
capital punishment, Caes. B. G. 7, 71:
pactum pro capite pretium,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:
cum altero certamen honoris et dignitatis est, cum altero capitis et famae,
id. ib. 1, 12, 38:
cum dimicatione capitis,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:
suo capite decernere,
id. Att. 10, 9, 2; so Liv. 2, 12, 10; Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64; Liv. 9, 5, 5:
caput offerre pro patriā,
Cic. Sull. 30, 84:
patrium tibi crede caput, i. e. patris vitam et salutem,
Ov. M. 8, 94; so,
capitis accusare,
to accuse of a capital crime, Nep. Paus. 2 fin.:
absolvere,
id. Milt. 7, 6:
damnare,
id. Alcib. 4, 5; id. Eum. 5, 1:
tergo ac capite puniri,
Liv. 3, 55, 14:
caput Jovi sacrum,
id. 3, 55, 7:
sacratum,
id. 10, 38, 3 al.; cf. Ov. M. 9, 296.—
b.
Civil or political life, acc. to the Roman idea, including the rights of liberty, citizenship, [p. 290] and family (libertatis, civitatis, familiae): its loss or deprivation was called deminutio or minutio capitis, acc. to the foll. jurid. distinction: capitis deminutionis tria genera sunt: maxima, media, minima; tria enim sunt, quae habemus: libertatem, civitatem, familiam. Igitur cum omnia haec amittimus (as by servitude or condemnation to death), maximam esse capitis deminutionem; cum vero amittimus civitatem (as in the interdictio aquae et ignis) libertatem retinemus, mediam esse capitis deminutionem;
cum et libertas et civitas retinetur, familia tantum mutatur (as by adoption, or, in the case of women, by marriage) minimam esse capitis deminutionem constat,
Dig. 4, 5, 11; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 16, 4; Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 181; 1, 54, 231; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; Liv. 3, 55, 14; 22, 60, 15:
capitis minor,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 42:
servus manumissus capite non minuitur, quia nulnum caput habuit,
Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1.—Of the deminutio media, Cic. Brut. 36, 136; id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, §§ 98 and 99; id. Quint. 2, 8 al.—Of the deminutio minima, Cic. Top. 4, 18; cf. Gai Inst. 1, 162.—
2.
The first or chief person or thing, the head, leader, chief, guide (very freq.).
(α).
With gen.:
scelerum,
an arrant knave, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 14; id. Ps. 1, 5, 31; 4, 5, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 54:
perjuri,
id. ib. 4, 4, 55:
concitandorum Graecorum,
Cic. Fl. 18, 42:
consilil,
Liv. 8, 31, 7:
conjurationis,
id. 9, 26, 7:
caput rei Romanae Camillus,
id. 6, 3, 1; cf.:
caput rerum Masinissam fuisse,
id. 28, 35, 12; so id. 26, 40, 13:
reipublicae,
Tac. A. 1, 13:
nominis Latini,
heads, chiefs, Liv. 1, 52, 4:
belli,
id. 45, 7, 3:
Suevorum,
chieftribe, Tac. G. 39 fin. al.—The predicate in gen. masc.:
capita conjurationis ejus virgis caesi ac securi percussi,
Liv. 10, 1, 3.—
(β).
With esse and dat.:
ego caput fui argento reperiundo,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 138; cf.:
illic est huic rei caput,
author, contriver, Ter. And. 2, 6, 27; so id. Ad. 4, 2, 29 al.—
(γ).
Absol.:
urgerent philosophorum greges, jam ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:
corpori valido caput deerat,
guide, leader, Liv. 5, 46, 5:
esse aliquod caput (i. e. regem) placebat,
id. 1, 17, 4; cf. id. 1, 23, 4; Hor. S. 2, 5, 74 al.—Of things, head, chief, capital, etc.;
thus of cities: Thebas caput fuisse totius Graeciae,
head, first city, Nep. Epam. 10 fin.; so with gen., Liv. 9, 37, 12; 10, 37, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 23, 11, 11; 37, 18, 3 (with arx); cf.:
pro capite atque arce Italiae, urbe Romanā,
Liv. 22, 32, 5; and with dat.:
Romam caput Latio esse,
id. 8, 4, 5; and:
brevi caput Italiae omni Capuam fore,
id. 23, 10, 2 Drak. N. cr. —Of other localities:
castellum quod caput ejus regionis erat,
the head, principal place, Liv. 21, 33, 11.—Of other things:
jus nigrum, quod cenae caput erat,
the principal dish, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98; cf. id. Fin. 2, 8, 25:
patrimonii publici,
id. Agr. 1, 7, 21; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 80; Liv. 6, 14, 10: caput esse artis, decere, the main or principal point, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132:
caput esse ad beate vivendum securitatem,
id. Lael. 13, 45: ad consilium de re publicā dandum caput est nosse rem publicam;
ad dicendum vero probabiliter, nosse mores civitatis,
id. de Or. 2, 82, 337; 1, 19, 87:
litterarum,
summary, purport, substance, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:
caput Epicuri,
the fundamental principle, dogma, id. Ac. 2, 32, 101; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 27: rerum, the chief or central point, head, Cic. Brut. 44, 164.—So in writings, a division, section, paragraph, chapter, etc.:
a primo capite legis usque ad extremum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 26; id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 118 Ascon.; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; Gell. 2, 15, 4 al.; Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223; id. Fam. 7, 22 med.; Quint. 10, 7, 32:
id quod caput est,
Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4; so id. Fam. 3, 7, 4.—Of money, the principal sum, the capital, stock (syn. sors;
opp. usurae),
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 11; 2, 3, 35, § 80 sq.; id. Att. 15, 26, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 10; 6, 35, 4; Hor. S. 1, 2, 14 al.

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5 caput

căpŭt ( kăp-căpud), ĭtis ( abl. sing. regularly capite:
capiti,
Cat. 68, 124; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 72 Huschk., where the MSS., as well as Caes. German. Arat. 213, vary between the two forms), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. kap-āla; Gr. keph-alê; Goth. haubith; Germ. Haupt].
I.
The head, of men and animals:
oscitat in campis caput a cervice revolsum,
Enn. Ann. 462 Vahl.: i lictor, conliga manus, caput obnubito, form. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:
tun' capite cano amas, homo nequissume?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 34; so,
cano capite,
id. As. 5, 2, 84; id. Cas. 3, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Pers. 1, 83 al.; cf. Tib. 1, 10, 43, and:
capitis nives,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 12, and Quint. 8, 6, 17 Spald.:
raso capite calvus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306:
irraso,
id. Rud. 5, 2, 16:
intonsum,
Quint. 12, 10, 47:
amputare alicui,
Suet. Galb. 20; Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 9:
capite operto,
Cic. Sen. 10, 34, 34:
obvoluto,
id. Phil. 2, 31, 77 Klotz:
caput aperire,
id. ib.:
abscindere cervicibus,
id. ib. 11, 2, 5:
demittere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 32; Cat. 87, 8; Verg. A. 9, 437: attollere. Ov. M. 5, 503:
extollere,
to become bold, Cic. Planc. 13, 33: efferre, to raise one ' s head, to be eminent, Verg. E. 1, 25 al.—Of animals, Tib. 2, 1, 8; Hor. S. 1, 2, 89; 2, 3, 200; id. Ep. 1, 1, 76 al.—
b.
Prov.: supra caput esse, to be over one ' s head, i. e. to be at one ' s very doors, to threaten in consequence of nearness ( = imminere, impendere), Sall. C. 52, 24; Liv. 3, 17, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. Kritz ad Sall. l. l.: capita conferre (like our phrase to put heads together, i. e to confer together in secret), Liv. 2, 45, 7:
ire praecipitem in lutum, per caputque pedesque,
over head and ears, Cat. 17, 9:
nec caput nec pedes,
neither beginning nor end, good for nothing, Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2; cf. Cato ap. Liv. Epit. lib. 50; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139 sq.—
c.
Capita aut navia (al. navim), heads or tails, a play of the Roman youth in which a piece of money is thrown up, to see whether the figure-side (the head of Janus) or the reverse - side (a ship) will fall uppermost, Macr. S. 1, 7; Aur. Vict. Orig. 3; cf. Ov. F. 1, 239; Paul. Nol. Poëm. 38, 73.—
d.
Poet., the head, as the seat of the understanding:
aliena negotia Per caput saliunt,
run through the head, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34; so id. ib. 2, 3, 132; id. A. P. 300.—
e.
Ad Capita bubula, a place in Rome in the tenth region, where Augustus was born, Suet. Aug. 5.—
2.
Transf., of inanimate things.
a.
In gen., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity (beginning or end):
ulpici,
Cato, R. R. 71:
allii,
Col. 6, 34, 1:
porri,
id. 11, 3, 17:
papaveris,
Liv. 1, 54, 6; Verg. A. 9, 437:
bulborum,
Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 94:
caulis,
id. 19, 8, 41, § 140 al.:
jecoris (or jecinoris, jocinoris),
Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf. id. 27, 26, 14; 41, 14, 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.:
extorum,
Ov. M. 15, 795; Luc. 1, 627; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189: pontis, tēte de pont, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 4; cf. Front. Arat. 2, 13, 5:
tignorum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 9:
columnae,
Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13:
molis,
the highest point of the mole, Curt. 4, 2, 23:
xysti,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 20:
porticus,
id. ib. 5, 6, 19 al.—
b.
Esp., of rivers,
(α).
The origin, source, spring ( head):
caput aquae illud est, unde aqua nascitur,
Dig. 43, 20, 1, § 8; so Lucr. 5, 270; 6, 636; 6, 729; Tib. 1, 7, 24; Hor. C. 1, 1, 22; id. S. 1, 10, 37; Verg. G. 4, 319; 4, 368; Ov. M. 2, 255; Hirt. B. G. 8, 41; Liv. 1, 51, 9; 2, 38, 1; 37, 18, 6:
fontium,
Vitr. 8, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 8; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 5; 10, 91, 1 al.—
(β).
(more rare) The mouth, embouchure, Caes. B. G. 4, 10; Liv. 33, 41, 7; Luc. 2, 52; 3, 202.—
c.
Also of plants, sometimes the root, Cato, R. R. 36; 43; 51:
vitis,
id. ib. 33, 1; 95, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; Verg. G. 2, 355.—
d.
Also, in reference to the vine, vine branches, Col. 3, 10, 1; Cic. Sen. 15, 53.— Poet., also the summit, top of trees, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, and ap. Non. 195, 24; Ov. M. 1, 567; Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 90; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 370. —
e.
Of mountains, rocks, Verg. A. 4, 249; 6, 360.—
f.
Of a boil that swells out, Cels. 8, 9;
hence, facere,
to come to a head, Plin. 22, 25, 76, § 159; 26, 12, 77, § 125; cf.: capita deorum appellabantur fasciculi facti ex verbenis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64 Müll.—
II.
Per meton. (pars pro toto), a man, person, or animal (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf. kara, kephalê,, in the same signif.;
v. Liddell and Scott and Robinson): pro capite tuo quantum dedit,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 54; id. Pers. 1, 1, 37:
hoc conruptum'st caput,
id. Ep. 1, 1, 85:
siquidem hoc vivet caput, i. e. ego,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 33; so id. Stich. 5, 5, 10; cf. id. Capt. 5, 1, 25:
ridiculum caput!
Ter. And. 2, 2, 34:
festivum,
id. Ad. 2, 3, 8:
lepidum,
id. ib. 5, 9, 9:
carum,
Verg. A. 4, 354; Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:
liberum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:
vilia,
Liv. 25, 6, 9:
viliora,
id. 9, 26, 22:
vilissima,
id. 24, 5, 13:
ignota,
id. 3, 7, 7; cf. id. 2, 5, 6:
liberorum servorumque,
id. 29, 29, 3 al. —In imprecations:
istic capiti dicito,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 47; cf.:
vae capiti tuo,
id. Most. 4, 3, 10; so id. Poen. 3, 3, 32; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 2, 12; Verg. A. 8, 484; 11, 399 al.—With numerals:
capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII.,
souls, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; 4, 15:
quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum Milia,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 27; id. Ep. 2, 2, 189; cf. id. C. 1, 28, 20 al.; so, in capita, in distribution, to or for each person (cf. in Heb. also, for each head, poll, = for each individual, v. Robinson in h. v.), Liv. 2, 33, 11; 32, 17, 2; 34, 50, 6 al. (cf.:
in singulos,
id. 42, 4, 5).—Of. the poll-tax:
exactio capitum,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5; so,
capite censi, v. censeo.—Of animals,
Verg. A. 3, 391; Col. 6, 5, 4 fin.; 8, 5, 4; 8, 5, 7; 8, 11, 13; Veg. Vet. 1, 18.—
III.
Trop.
1.
Life, and specif.,
a.
Physical life:
carum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 33 sq.; 5, 1, 26:
si capitis res siet,
if it is a matter of life and death, id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: capitis periculum adire, to risk one ' s life, Ter. And. 4, 1, 53; id. Hec. 3, 1, 54; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 6 Runnk.:
capitis poena,
capital punishment, Caes. B. G. 7, 71:
pactum pro capite pretium,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:
cum altero certamen honoris et dignitatis est, cum altero capitis et famae,
id. ib. 1, 12, 38:
cum dimicatione capitis,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:
suo capite decernere,
id. Att. 10, 9, 2; so Liv. 2, 12, 10; Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64; Liv. 9, 5, 5:
caput offerre pro patriā,
Cic. Sull. 30, 84:
patrium tibi crede caput, i. e. patris vitam et salutem,
Ov. M. 8, 94; so,
capitis accusare,
to accuse of a capital crime, Nep. Paus. 2 fin.:
absolvere,
id. Milt. 7, 6:
damnare,
id. Alcib. 4, 5; id. Eum. 5, 1:
tergo ac capite puniri,
Liv. 3, 55, 14:
caput Jovi sacrum,
id. 3, 55, 7:
sacratum,
id. 10, 38, 3 al.; cf. Ov. M. 9, 296.—
b.
Civil or political life, acc. to the Roman idea, including the rights of liberty, citizenship, [p. 290] and family (libertatis, civitatis, familiae): its loss or deprivation was called deminutio or minutio capitis, acc. to the foll. jurid. distinction: capitis deminutionis tria genera sunt: maxima, media, minima; tria enim sunt, quae habemus: libertatem, civitatem, familiam. Igitur cum omnia haec amittimus (as by servitude or condemnation to death), maximam esse capitis deminutionem; cum vero amittimus civitatem (as in the interdictio aquae et ignis) libertatem retinemus, mediam esse capitis deminutionem;
cum et libertas et civitas retinetur, familia tantum mutatur (as by adoption, or, in the case of women, by marriage) minimam esse capitis deminutionem constat,
Dig. 4, 5, 11; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 16, 4; Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 181; 1, 54, 231; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; Liv. 3, 55, 14; 22, 60, 15:
capitis minor,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 42:
servus manumissus capite non minuitur, quia nulnum caput habuit,
Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1.—Of the deminutio media, Cic. Brut. 36, 136; id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, §§ 98 and 99; id. Quint. 2, 8 al.—Of the deminutio minima, Cic. Top. 4, 18; cf. Gai Inst. 1, 162.—
2.
The first or chief person or thing, the head, leader, chief, guide (very freq.).
(α).
With gen.:
scelerum,
an arrant knave, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 14; id. Ps. 1, 5, 31; 4, 5, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 54:
perjuri,
id. ib. 4, 4, 55:
concitandorum Graecorum,
Cic. Fl. 18, 42:
consilil,
Liv. 8, 31, 7:
conjurationis,
id. 9, 26, 7:
caput rei Romanae Camillus,
id. 6, 3, 1; cf.:
caput rerum Masinissam fuisse,
id. 28, 35, 12; so id. 26, 40, 13:
reipublicae,
Tac. A. 1, 13:
nominis Latini,
heads, chiefs, Liv. 1, 52, 4:
belli,
id. 45, 7, 3:
Suevorum,
chieftribe, Tac. G. 39 fin. al.—The predicate in gen. masc.:
capita conjurationis ejus virgis caesi ac securi percussi,
Liv. 10, 1, 3.—
(β).
With esse and dat.:
ego caput fui argento reperiundo,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 138; cf.:
illic est huic rei caput,
author, contriver, Ter. And. 2, 6, 27; so id. Ad. 4, 2, 29 al.—
(γ).
Absol.:
urgerent philosophorum greges, jam ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:
corpori valido caput deerat,
guide, leader, Liv. 5, 46, 5:
esse aliquod caput (i. e. regem) placebat,
id. 1, 17, 4; cf. id. 1, 23, 4; Hor. S. 2, 5, 74 al.—Of things, head, chief, capital, etc.;
thus of cities: Thebas caput fuisse totius Graeciae,
head, first city, Nep. Epam. 10 fin.; so with gen., Liv. 9, 37, 12; 10, 37, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 23, 11, 11; 37, 18, 3 (with arx); cf.:
pro capite atque arce Italiae, urbe Romanā,
Liv. 22, 32, 5; and with dat.:
Romam caput Latio esse,
id. 8, 4, 5; and:
brevi caput Italiae omni Capuam fore,
id. 23, 10, 2 Drak. N. cr. —Of other localities:
castellum quod caput ejus regionis erat,
the head, principal place, Liv. 21, 33, 11.—Of other things:
jus nigrum, quod cenae caput erat,
the principal dish, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98; cf. id. Fin. 2, 8, 25:
patrimonii publici,
id. Agr. 1, 7, 21; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 80; Liv. 6, 14, 10: caput esse artis, decere, the main or principal point, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132:
caput esse ad beate vivendum securitatem,
id. Lael. 13, 45: ad consilium de re publicā dandum caput est nosse rem publicam;
ad dicendum vero probabiliter, nosse mores civitatis,
id. de Or. 2, 82, 337; 1, 19, 87:
litterarum,
summary, purport, substance, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:
caput Epicuri,
the fundamental principle, dogma, id. Ac. 2, 32, 101; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 27: rerum, the chief or central point, head, Cic. Brut. 44, 164.—So in writings, a division, section, paragraph, chapter, etc.:
a primo capite legis usque ad extremum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 26; id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 118 Ascon.; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; Gell. 2, 15, 4 al.; Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223; id. Fam. 7, 22 med.; Quint. 10, 7, 32:
id quod caput est,
Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4; so id. Fam. 3, 7, 4.—Of money, the principal sum, the capital, stock (syn. sors;
opp. usurae),
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 11; 2, 3, 35, § 80 sq.; id. Att. 15, 26, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 10; 6, 35, 4; Hor. S. 1, 2, 14 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > caput
6 kaput

căpŭt ( kăp-căpud), ĭtis ( abl. sing. regularly capite:
capiti,
Cat. 68, 124; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 72 Huschk., where the MSS., as well as Caes. German. Arat. 213, vary between the two forms), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. kap-āla; Gr. keph-alê; Goth. haubith; Germ. Haupt].
I.
The head, of men and animals:
oscitat in campis caput a cervice revolsum,
Enn. Ann. 462 Vahl.: i lictor, conliga manus, caput obnubito, form. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:
tun' capite cano amas, homo nequissume?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 34; so,
cano capite,
id. As. 5, 2, 84; id. Cas. 3, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Pers. 1, 83 al.; cf. Tib. 1, 10, 43, and:
capitis nives,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 12, and Quint. 8, 6, 17 Spald.:
raso capite calvus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306:
irraso,
id. Rud. 5, 2, 16:
intonsum,
Quint. 12, 10, 47:
amputare alicui,
Suet. Galb. 20; Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 9:
capite operto,
Cic. Sen. 10, 34, 34:
obvoluto,
id. Phil. 2, 31, 77 Klotz:
caput aperire,
id. ib.:
abscindere cervicibus,
id. ib. 11, 2, 5:
demittere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 32; Cat. 87, 8; Verg. A. 9, 437: attollere. Ov. M. 5, 503:
extollere,
to become bold, Cic. Planc. 13, 33: efferre, to raise one ' s head, to be eminent, Verg. E. 1, 25 al.—Of animals, Tib. 2, 1, 8; Hor. S. 1, 2, 89; 2, 3, 200; id. Ep. 1, 1, 76 al.—
b.
Prov.: supra caput esse, to be over one ' s head, i. e. to be at one ' s very doors, to threaten in consequence of nearness ( = imminere, impendere), Sall. C. 52, 24; Liv. 3, 17, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. Kritz ad Sall. l. l.: capita conferre (like our phrase to put heads together, i. e to confer together in secret), Liv. 2, 45, 7:
ire praecipitem in lutum, per caputque pedesque,
over head and ears, Cat. 17, 9:
nec caput nec pedes,
neither beginning nor end, good for nothing, Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2; cf. Cato ap. Liv. Epit. lib. 50; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139 sq.—
c.
Capita aut navia (al. navim), heads or tails, a play of the Roman youth in which a piece of money is thrown up, to see whether the figure-side (the head of Janus) or the reverse - side (a ship) will fall uppermost, Macr. S. 1, 7; Aur. Vict. Orig. 3; cf. Ov. F. 1, 239; Paul. Nol. Poëm. 38, 73.—
d.
Poet., the head, as the seat of the understanding:
aliena negotia Per caput saliunt,
run through the head, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34; so id. ib. 2, 3, 132; id. A. P. 300.—
e.
Ad Capita bubula, a place in Rome in the tenth region, where Augustus was born, Suet. Aug. 5.—
2.
Transf., of inanimate things.
a.
In gen., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity (beginning or end):
ulpici,
Cato, R. R. 71:
allii,
Col. 6, 34, 1:
porri,
id. 11, 3, 17:
papaveris,
Liv. 1, 54, 6; Verg. A. 9, 437:
bulborum,
Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 94:
caulis,
id. 19, 8, 41, § 140 al.:
jecoris (or jecinoris, jocinoris),
Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf. id. 27, 26, 14; 41, 14, 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.:
extorum,
Ov. M. 15, 795; Luc. 1, 627; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189: pontis, tēte de pont, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 4; cf. Front. Arat. 2, 13, 5:
tignorum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 9:
columnae,
Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13:
molis,
the highest point of the mole, Curt. 4, 2, 23:
xysti,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 20:
porticus,
id. ib. 5, 6, 19 al.—
b.
Esp., of rivers,
(α).
The origin, source, spring ( head):
caput aquae illud est, unde aqua nascitur,
Dig. 43, 20, 1, § 8; so Lucr. 5, 270; 6, 636; 6, 729; Tib. 1, 7, 24; Hor. C. 1, 1, 22; id. S. 1, 10, 37; Verg. G. 4, 319; 4, 368; Ov. M. 2, 255; Hirt. B. G. 8, 41; Liv. 1, 51, 9; 2, 38, 1; 37, 18, 6:
fontium,
Vitr. 8, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 8; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 5; 10, 91, 1 al.—
(β).
(more rare) The mouth, embouchure, Caes. B. G. 4, 10; Liv. 33, 41, 7; Luc. 2, 52; 3, 202.—
c.
Also of plants, sometimes the root, Cato, R. R. 36; 43; 51:
vitis,
id. ib. 33, 1; 95, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; Verg. G. 2, 355.—
d.
Also, in reference to the vine, vine branches, Col. 3, 10, 1; Cic. Sen. 15, 53.— Poet., also the summit, top of trees, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, and ap. Non. 195, 24; Ov. M. 1, 567; Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 90; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 370. —
e.
Of mountains, rocks, Verg. A. 4, 249; 6, 360.—
f.
Of a boil that swells out, Cels. 8, 9;
hence, facere,
to come to a head, Plin. 22, 25, 76, § 159; 26, 12, 77, § 125; cf.: capita deorum appellabantur fasciculi facti ex verbenis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64 Müll.—
II.
Per meton. (pars pro toto), a man, person, or animal (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf. kara, kephalê,, in the same signif.;
v. Liddell and Scott and Robinson): pro capite tuo quantum dedit,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 54; id. Pers. 1, 1, 37:
hoc conruptum'st caput,
id. Ep. 1, 1, 85:
siquidem hoc vivet caput, i. e. ego,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 33; so id. Stich. 5, 5, 10; cf. id. Capt. 5, 1, 25:
ridiculum caput!
Ter. And. 2, 2, 34:
festivum,
id. Ad. 2, 3, 8:
lepidum,
id. ib. 5, 9, 9:
carum,
Verg. A. 4, 354; Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:
liberum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:
vilia,
Liv. 25, 6, 9:
viliora,
id. 9, 26, 22:
vilissima,
id. 24, 5, 13:
ignota,
id. 3, 7, 7; cf. id. 2, 5, 6:
liberorum servorumque,
id. 29, 29, 3 al. —In imprecations:
istic capiti dicito,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 47; cf.:
vae capiti tuo,
id. Most. 4, 3, 10; so id. Poen. 3, 3, 32; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 2, 12; Verg. A. 8, 484; 11, 399 al.—With numerals:
capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII.,
souls, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; 4, 15:
quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum Milia,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 27; id. Ep. 2, 2, 189; cf. id. C. 1, 28, 20 al.; so, in capita, in distribution, to or for each person (cf. in Heb. also, for each head, poll, = for each individual, v. Robinson in h. v.), Liv. 2, 33, 11; 32, 17, 2; 34, 50, 6 al. (cf.:
in singulos,
id. 42, 4, 5).—Of. the poll-tax:
exactio capitum,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5; so,
capite censi, v. censeo.—Of animals,
Verg. A. 3, 391; Col. 6, 5, 4 fin.; 8, 5, 4; 8, 5, 7; 8, 11, 13; Veg. Vet. 1, 18.—
III.
Trop.
1.
Life, and specif.,
a.
Physical life:
carum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 33 sq.; 5, 1, 26:
si capitis res siet,
if it is a matter of life and death, id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: capitis periculum adire, to risk one ' s life, Ter. And. 4, 1, 53; id. Hec. 3, 1, 54; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 6 Runnk.:
capitis poena,
capital punishment, Caes. B. G. 7, 71:
pactum pro capite pretium,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:
cum altero certamen honoris et dignitatis est, cum altero capitis et famae,
id. ib. 1, 12, 38:
cum dimicatione capitis,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:
suo capite decernere,
id. Att. 10, 9, 2; so Liv. 2, 12, 10; Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64; Liv. 9, 5, 5:
caput offerre pro patriā,
Cic. Sull. 30, 84:
patrium tibi crede caput, i. e. patris vitam et salutem,
Ov. M. 8, 94; so,
capitis accusare,
to accuse of a capital crime, Nep. Paus. 2 fin.:
absolvere,
id. Milt. 7, 6:
damnare,
id. Alcib. 4, 5; id. Eum. 5, 1:
tergo ac capite puniri,
Liv. 3, 55, 14:
caput Jovi sacrum,
id. 3, 55, 7:
sacratum,
id. 10, 38, 3 al.; cf. Ov. M. 9, 296.—
b.
Civil or political life, acc. to the Roman idea, including the rights of liberty, citizenship, [p. 290] and family (libertatis, civitatis, familiae): its loss or deprivation was called deminutio or minutio capitis, acc. to the foll. jurid. distinction: capitis deminutionis tria genera sunt: maxima, media, minima; tria enim sunt, quae habemus: libertatem, civitatem, familiam. Igitur cum omnia haec amittimus (as by servitude or condemnation to death), maximam esse capitis deminutionem; cum vero amittimus civitatem (as in the interdictio aquae et ignis) libertatem retinemus, mediam esse capitis deminutionem;
cum et libertas et civitas retinetur, familia tantum mutatur (as by adoption, or, in the case of women, by marriage) minimam esse capitis deminutionem constat,
Dig. 4, 5, 11; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 16, 4; Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 181; 1, 54, 231; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; Liv. 3, 55, 14; 22, 60, 15:
capitis minor,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 42:
servus manumissus capite non minuitur, quia nulnum caput habuit,
Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1.—Of the deminutio media, Cic. Brut. 36, 136; id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, §§ 98 and 99; id. Quint. 2, 8 al.—Of the deminutio minima, Cic. Top. 4, 18; cf. Gai Inst. 1, 162.—
2.
The first or chief person or thing, the head, leader, chief, guide (very freq.).
(α).
With gen.:
scelerum,
an arrant knave, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 14; id. Ps. 1, 5, 31; 4, 5, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 54:
perjuri,
id. ib. 4, 4, 55:
concitandorum Graecorum,
Cic. Fl. 18, 42:
consilil,
Liv. 8, 31, 7:
conjurationis,
id. 9, 26, 7:
caput rei Romanae Camillus,
id. 6, 3, 1; cf.:
caput rerum Masinissam fuisse,
id. 28, 35, 12; so id. 26, 40, 13:
reipublicae,
Tac. A. 1, 13:
nominis Latini,
heads, chiefs, Liv. 1, 52, 4:
belli,
id. 45, 7, 3:
Suevorum,
chieftribe, Tac. G. 39 fin. al.—The predicate in gen. masc.:
capita conjurationis ejus virgis caesi ac securi percussi,
Liv. 10, 1, 3.—
(β).
With esse and dat.:
ego caput fui argento reperiundo,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 138; cf.:
illic est huic rei caput,
author, contriver, Ter. And. 2, 6, 27; so id. Ad. 4, 2, 29 al.—
(γ).
Absol.:
urgerent philosophorum greges, jam ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:
corpori valido caput deerat,
guide, leader, Liv. 5, 46, 5:
esse aliquod caput (i. e. regem) placebat,
id. 1, 17, 4; cf. id. 1, 23, 4; Hor. S. 2, 5, 74 al.—Of things, head, chief, capital, etc.;
thus of cities: Thebas caput fuisse totius Graeciae,
head, first city, Nep. Epam. 10 fin.; so with gen., Liv. 9, 37, 12; 10, 37, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 23, 11, 11; 37, 18, 3 (with arx); cf.:
pro capite atque arce Italiae, urbe Romanā,
Liv. 22, 32, 5; and with dat.:
Romam caput Latio esse,
id. 8, 4, 5; and:
brevi caput Italiae omni Capuam fore,
id. 23, 10, 2 Drak. N. cr. —Of other localities:
castellum quod caput ejus regionis erat,
the head, principal place, Liv. 21, 33, 11.—Of other things:
jus nigrum, quod cenae caput erat,
the principal dish, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98; cf. id. Fin. 2, 8, 25:
patrimonii publici,
id. Agr. 1, 7, 21; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 80; Liv. 6, 14, 10: caput esse artis, decere, the main or principal point, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132:
caput esse ad beate vivendum securitatem,
id. Lael. 13, 45: ad consilium de re publicā dandum caput est nosse rem publicam;
ad dicendum vero probabiliter, nosse mores civitatis,
id. de Or. 2, 82, 337; 1, 19, 87:
litterarum,
summary, purport, substance, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:
caput Epicuri,
the fundamental principle, dogma, id. Ac. 2, 32, 101; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 27: rerum, the chief or central point, head, Cic. Brut. 44, 164.—So in writings, a division, section, paragraph, chapter, etc.:
a primo capite legis usque ad extremum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 26; id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 118 Ascon.; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; Gell. 2, 15, 4 al.; Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223; id. Fam. 7, 22 med.; Quint. 10, 7, 32:
id quod caput est,
Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4; so id. Fam. 3, 7, 4.—Of money, the principal sum, the capital, stock (syn. sors;
opp. usurae),
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 11; 2, 3, 35, § 80 sq.; id. Att. 15, 26, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 10; 6, 35, 4; Hor. S. 1, 2, 14 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > kaput
7 confero

confĕro, contŭli, collātum (conl-), conferre, v. a.
I.
To bring, bear, or carry together, to collect, gather (freq. and class.).
A.
In gen.:
ligna circa casam,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:
arma,
Vell. 2, 114, 4:
cibos ore suo (aves),
Quint. 2, 6, 7:
undique collatis membris,
Hor. A. P. 3 al.:
sarcinas in unum locum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 24; cf. id. ib. 2, 25:
collatis militaribus signis,
id. ib. 7, 2:
ut premerer sacrā Lauroque collatāque myrto,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 19:
quo (sc. in proximum horreum) omne rusticum instrumentum,
Col. 1, 6, 7:
illuc (sc. in castella) parentes et conjuges,
Tac. A. 4, 46 fin.:
dentes in corpore (canes),
Ov. M. 3, 236:
materiam omnem, antequam dicere ordiamur,
Quint. 3, 9, 8:
summas (scriptorum) in commentarium et capita,
id. 10, 7, 32:
plura opera in unam tabulam,
id. 8, 5, 26:
quae in proximos quinque libros conlata sunt,
id. 8, prooem. 1: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Just. pr. 1; cf. Suet. Caes. 44; cf. I. B. 5. infra.; Quint. 4, 1, 23:
rogus inimicis collatus manibus,
Petr. 115 fin. —
B.
In partic.
1.
To collect money, treasures, etc., for any object, to bring offerings, contribute:
dona mihi,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:
contulit aes populus,
Ov. F. 4, 351;
so freq. on monuments: AERE CONLATO,
Inscr. Orell. 3648; 74; Suet. Aug. 59:
EX AERE CONLATO,
Inscr. Orell. 3991:
aurum argentumque in publicum,
Liv. 28, 36, 3:
munera ei,
Nep. Ages. 7, 3:
tributa quotannis ex censu,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131:
conferre eo minus tributi,
Liv. 5, 20, 5:
in commune,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145; id. Quint. 3, 12:
quadringena talenta quotannis Delum,
Nep. Arist. 3, 1:
(pecunia) ad ejus honores conlata,
Cic. Fl. 25, 59:
ad honorem tuum pecunias maximas contulisse,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157:
sextantes in capita,
Liv. 2, 33, 11:
pecunias,
Suet. Caes. 19; id. Aug. 57; 30; Just. 3, 6:
vinum alius, alius mel,
Dig. 41, 1, 7; 47, 7, 3 pr.:
sua bona in medium,
ib. 37, 6, 1 pr.:
magnam partem patrimonii alicui rei,
ib. 50, 4, 5:
cum et Socrati collatum sit ad victum,
Quint. 12, 7, 9.— Absol.:
nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 39.—Hence,
b.
Trop., like the Gr. sumpherô (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. 5.), to be useful, profitable, to profit, serve, be of use to ( = prosum; cf. also conduco, II.; post-Aug., and only in the third person; most freq. in Quint.); constr. with ad, in, the dat., inf., or absol.
(α).
With ad:
naturane plus ad eloquentiam conferat an doctrina,
Quint. 2, 19, 1; so id. 1, 8, 7; 2, 5, 1; 3, 6, 7 al.; Cels. 6, 6, 1; Col. 12, prooem. § 6; Suet. Tib. 4.—
* (β).
With in:
rursus in alia plus prior (exercitatio) confert,
Quint. 10, 7, 26.—
(γ).
With dat.:
Gracchorum eloquentiae multum contulisse matrem,
Quint. 1, 1, 6; so id. prooem. § 6; 2, 9, 2; 3, 7, 12 al.; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 23, 98, § 261; 29, 1, 6, § 13; Suet. Vesp. 6.—
(δ).
With subj. inf.:
incipiente incremento confert alterna folia circum obruere,
Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83.—
(ε).
Absol.:
multum veteres etiam Latini conferunt, imprimis copiam verborum,
Quint. 1, 8, 8; 2, 5, 16; 4, 2, 123 al.; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—
2.
To bring into connection, to unite, join, connect:
membris collatis, of an embrace,
Lucr. 4, 1101; cf.
ora,
App. M. 5, p. 161, 17:
fontes e quibus collatae aquae flumen emittunt,
Curt. 7, 11, 3: capita, to lay heads together (in conferring, deliberating, etc.), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; Liv. 2, 45, 7: pedem, to go or come with one, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 41; so,
gradum ( = congredi),
id. Men. 3, 3, 30; id. Ps. 2, 4, 17; Verg. A. 6, 488.—Of chemical union:
dissimiles et dispares res in unam potestatem,
Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—
b.
Trop.:
collatis viribus,
Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 17; cf.:
conferre vires in unum,
Liv. 33, 19, 7:
collata omnium vota in unius salutem,
Plin. Pan. 23, 5:
e singulis frustis collata oratio,
Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 2, 9, 3:
velut studia inter nos conferebamus,
id. 4, prooem. § 1.— So esp. of conferences, consultations, etc., to consult together, confer, consider or talk over together:
si quid res feret, coram inter nos conferemus,
Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1:
sollicitudines nostras inter nos,
id. Fam. 6, 21, 2:
rationes,
id. Att 5, 21, 12: familiares sermones cum aliquo, to unite in familiar conversation with, id. Off. 2, 11, 39:
cum hoc in viā sermonem contulit,
id. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.:
cum aliquo aut sermones aut consilia,
id. Phil. 2, 15, 38:
consilia ad adulescentes,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 64; cf.:
consilia dispersim antea habita,
Suet. Caes. 80:
injurias,
to deliberate together concerning, Tac. Agr. 15; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.— Absol.:
omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 8.—With a rel.clause:
fusi contulerimus inter nos... quid finis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 4:
ibi conferentibus, quid animorum Hispanis esset,
Liv. 27, 20, 4.—
3.
To bring or join together in a hostile manner, to set together (most freq. in milit. lang.):
(Galli) cum Fontejo ferrum ac manus contulerunt,
Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):
signa cum Alexandrinis,
id. Pis. 21, 49; cf.:
collatis signis depugnare,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66:
arma cum aliquo,
Nep. Eum. 11, 5; 3, 6; cf.:
arma inter se,
Liv. 21, 1, 2:
castra cum hoste,
id. 26, 12, 14; cf.:
castra castris,
id. 23, 28, 9; 8, 23, 9; Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114; Caes. B. C. 3, 79:
pedem cum pede,
to fight foot to foot, Liv. 28, 2, 6; cf.:
pede conlato,
id. 6, 12, 10; 10, 29, 6; 26, 39, 12 al.:
gradum cum aliquo,
id. 7, 33, 11:
pectora luctantia nexu pectoribus,
Ov. M. 6, 242:
stat conferre manum Aeneae,
Verg. A. 12, 678:
prima movet Cacus collatā proelia dextrā,
Ov. F. 1, 569:
collatis cursibus hastas conicere,
Val. Fl. 6, 270:
seque viro vir contulit,
Verg. A. 10, 735.— Poet.:
inter sese duri certamina belli,
Verg. A. 10, 147:
contra conferre manu certamina pugnae,
Lucr. 4, 843:
collato Marte,
Ov. M. 12, 379.— Absol.:
mecum confer, ait,
fight with me, Ov. M. 10, 603.—
b.
Transf. from milit. affairs to lawsuits: pedem, to encounter, come in contact with one, to attack:
non possum magis pedem conferre, ut aiunt, aut propius accedere?
Cic. Planc. 19, 48:
pedem cum singulis,
Quint. 5, 13, 11; cf. id. 8, 6, 51; cf.:
qui illi concedi putem utilius esse quod postulat quam signa conferri,
Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5.— Poet.:
lites,
to contend, quarrel, Hor. S. 1, 5, 54.—
4.
To bring together for comparison, to compare; constr. with cum, inter se, ad, the dat., or acc. only.
(α).
With cum:
quem cum eo (sc. Democrito) conferre possumus non modo ingenii magnitudine sed etiam animi?
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 115:
ut non conferam vitam neque existimationem tuam cum illius,
id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 45; id. Sull. 26, 72:
cum maximis minima,
id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17; Quint. 5, 13, 12; 8, 4, 2 al.:
nostras leges cum illorum Lycurgo et Dracone et Solone,
Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 197; cf.:
illa cum Graeciā,
id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; v. also d. —
(β).
With inter se (rare):
vitam inter se utriusque conferte,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.—
* (γ).
With ad:
bos ad bovem collatus,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 28 Müll.—
(δ).
With dat.:
tempora praesentia praeteritis,
Lucr. 2, 1166:
parva magnis,
Cic. Or. 4, 14:
alicui illud,
id. Inv. 2, 50, 151:
lanam tinctam Tyriae lacernae,
Quint. 12, 10, 75:
ingenia ingeniis,
Sen. Contr. 5, 33:
illam puellis,
Prop. 1, 5, 7; 1, 4, 9:
nil jucundo amico,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 44:
(Pausanias et Lysander) ne minimā quidem ex parte Lycurgi legibus et disciplinae conferendi sunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76; cf. supra, a.—
(ε).
With acc. only:
tesseram hospitalem,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 88:
conferte Verrem: non ut hominem cum homine comparetis, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121:
exemplum,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 85; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 7, 696:
nec cum quaereretur gener Tarquinio, quisquam Romanae juventutis ullā arte conferri potuit,
Liv. 1, 39, 4; Suet. Caes. 47:
census,
Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159.—Of documents:
haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et conlata sunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190.—
5.
With the idea of shortening by bringing together (cf. colligo), to compress, abridge, condense, make or be brief:
quam potero in verba conferam paucissima,
Plaut. Men. prol. 6; cf.:
in pauca, ut occupatus nunc sum, confer, quid velis,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 44:
rem in pauca,
id. Poen. 5, 4, 68; and:
in pauca verba,
id. As. 1, 1, 75; id: Pers. 4, 4, 109:
totam Academiam... ex duobus libris contuli in quattuor,
Cic. Att. 13, 13, 1:
ut in pauca conferam,
id. Caecin. 6, 17:
sua verba in duos versus,
Ov. F. 1, 162:
ex immensā diffusāque legum copiā optima quaeque et necessaria in paucissimos libros,
Suet. Caes. 44.— [p. 412] *
6.
To join in bringing forward, to propose unitedly (as a law; cf.
fero, II. B. 8. b.): cur enim non confertis, ne sit conubium divitibus et pauperibus,
Liv. 4, 4, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.
II.
(Con intens.) To bear, carry, convey, direct a thing somewhere (in haste, for protection, etc.); and conferre se, to betake or turn one's self anywhere, to go (very freq. and class.).
A.
Prop.
1.
In gen.
(α).
With the designation of the goal: quo me miser conferam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:
qui cum se suaque omnia in oppidum Bratuspantium contulissent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:
se suaque eo,
id. ib. 3, 28:
se suaque in naves,
Nep. Them. 2, 7 al.:
iter Brundisium versus,
Cic. Att. 3, 4 med.; cf.: iter eo, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:
suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legiones in mediam aciem, Auct. B. Alex. 39;
Auct. B. Afr. 60: quos eodem audita Cannensis clades contulerat,
Liv. 23, 17, 8:
parentes illuc,
Tac. A. 4, 46:
se Rhodum conferre,
Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: se Laodiceam, Lent. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 4:
se Colonas,
Nep. Paus. 3, 3:
quo se fusa acies,
Liv. 9, 16, 1 al.:
se ad Tissaphernem,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; so,
se ad Pharnabazum,
id. Con. 2, 1:
se in fugam,
Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: sese in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7 (cf.:
conicere se in pedes,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13).—Of things:
pituita eo se umorve confert,
Cels. 2, 12.—
(β).
Absol.:
pulcre haec confertur ratis,
is borne away, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 27.—
2.
Esp., in Ov. M. (cf. abeo, II.): aliquem in aliquid, to change into, transform to something:
aliquem in saxum,
Ov. M. 4, 278: versos vultus ( poet. circumlocution for se) in hanc, id. ib. 9, 348:
corpus in albam volucrem,
id. ib. 12, 145.—
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to bring, turn, direct something to; and conferre se, to turn, apply, devote one's self to, etc.:
quo mortuo me ad pontificem Scaevolam contuli,
Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
(Crassus) cum initio aetatis ad amicitiam se meam contulisset,
id. Brut. 81, 281; id. Fam. 11, 29, 2:
qui se ad senatūs auctoritatem, ad libertatem vestram contulerunt,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; id. Ac. 1, 9, 34:
se ad studium scribendi,
id. Arch. 3, 4:
se ad studia litterarum,
id. ib. 7, 16; cf. Suet. Gram. 24:
meus pater eam seditionem in tranquillum conferet (the figure taken from the sea when in commotion),
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16: verba ad rem, to bring words to actions, i. e. to pass from words to deeds, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 4; id. Hec. 3, 1, 17:
suspitionem in Capitonem,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:
ut spes votaque sua non prius ad deos quam ad principum aures conferret,
Tac. A. 4, 39:
lamentationes suas etiam in testamentum,
id. ib. 15, 68.—More freq., in partic.,
2.
With the access. idea of application or communication, to devote or apply something to a certain purpose, to employ, direct, confer, bestow upon, give, lend, grant, to transfer to (a favorite word with Cic.).
(α).
With dat.:
dona quid cessant mihi Conferre?
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:
tibi munera,
Prop. 2, 3, 25; Nep. Ages. 7, 3:
victoribus praemia,
Suet. Calig. 20:
puellae quinquaginta milia nummūm,
Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2:
fructum alio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 60; Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 24.—
(β).
With ad and acc.:
hostiles exuvias ornatum ad urbis et posterum gloriam,
Tac. A. 3, 72:
Mithridates omne reliquum tempus non ad oblivionem veteris belli, sed ad comparationem novi contulit,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:
omne studium atque omne ingenium ad populi Romani gloriam laudemque celebrandam,
id. Arch. 9, 19; id. Fam. 10, 1, 3:
omnem meam curam atque operam ad philosophiam,
id. ib. 4, 3, 4:
omnem tuum amorem omnemque tuam prudentiam... confer ad eam curam,
id. Att. 7, 1, 2:
animum ad fodiendos puteos, Auct. B. Alex. 9: ad naturae suae non vitiosae genus consilium vivendi omne,
Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:
orationem omnem ad misericordiam,
id. Lig. 1, 1.—
(γ).
With in:
omnes curas cogitationesque in rem publicam,
Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2:
diligentiam in valetudinem tuam,
id. Fam. 16, 4, 4:
praedas ac manubias suas non in monumenta deorum immortalium, neque in urbis ornamenta conferre, sed, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 23, 60:
in eos, quos speramus nobis profuturos, non dubitamus officia conferre,
id. Off. 1, 15, 48; so,
plurimum benignitatis in eum,
id. ib. 1, 16, 50; id. Lael. 19, 70: curam restituendi Capitolii in L. Vestinum confert, i. e. assigns to, charges with, Tac. H. 4, 53:
in unius salutem collata omnium vota,
Plin. Pan. 23, 5.—
(δ).
With erga:
commemoratio benevolentiae ejus, quam erga me a pueritiā contulisses,
Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 1.—
3.
With aliquid ad or in aliquem or aliquid, to refer or ascribe something to a person or thing as its possessor, author (in a good, and freq. in a bad sense), to attribute, impute, assign, ascribe to one, to lay to the charge of:
species istas hominum in deos,
Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77:
res ad imperium deorum,
Lucr. 6, 54:
permulta in Plancium, quae ab eo numquam dicta sunt, conferuntur... Stomachor vero, cum aliorum non me digna in me conferuntur,
Cic. Planc. 14, 35; id. Fam. 5, 5, 2:
mortis illius invidiam in L. Flaccum,
id. Fl. 17, 41:
suum timorem in rei frumentariae simulationem angustiasque itinerum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:
sua vitia et suam culpam in senectutem,
Cic. Sen. 5, 14:
hanc ego de re publicā disputationem in Africani personam et Phili contuli,
id. Att. 4, 16, 2.—So esp.:
culpam in aliquem,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 156; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97; Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 1:
causam in aliquem,
id. ib. 12, 31, 1; Liv. 5, 11, 6; cf.:
causam in tempus,
Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
4.
To transfer to a fixed point of time, fix, assign, refer, appoint, put off, defer, postpone (cf. differo):
Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum,
Liv. 27, 7, 5: in posterum diem iter suum contulit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3:
omnia in mensem Martium,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 24:
aliquid in ambulationis tempus,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:
eam pecuniam in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus,
id. Off. 3, 24, 93:
quod in longiorem diem conlaturus fuisset,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.:
alicujus consulatum in annum aliquem,
Plin. Pan. 61.—Rarely of place:
idoneum locum in agris nactus... ibi adventum expectare Pompei eoque omnem belli rationem conferre constituit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 81 fin. —
5.
To bring on, cause, occasion, induce:
pestem alicui,
Col. 1, 5, 4:
candorem mollitiamque,
Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 175.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > confero
8 submisse

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
I.
With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
1.
In gen.
a.
To set, put, or place under or below:
singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,
Col. 7, 4, 3:
vaccas tauris (for breeding),
Pall. Jul. 4:
vaccas in feturam,
id. ib. 4, 1:
equas alternis annis,
id. Mart. 13, 6:
canterium vitibus,
Col. 4, 14, 1.—
b.
To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:
tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:
pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:
quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:
summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,
palmas,
id. 4, 411:
manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.
in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—
2.
In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):
arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:
tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:
pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:
vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:
materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:
frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;
3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
3.
Trop.
(α).
To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):
huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:
interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:
necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
(β).
To cherish, court:
aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,
Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
B.
To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
1.
Lit.:
se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:
se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:
latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:
caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.
verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:
genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:
poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:
aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:
oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:
faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:
fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:
capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:
crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:
Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
2.
Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:
summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:
summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:
ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:
ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:
quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:
(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:
ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:
animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:
se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:
alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:
se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:
furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:
neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:
proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:
nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:
animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:
ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
II.
The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:
summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:
iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:
summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
B.
In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):
summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:
subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,
subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:
auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:
sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:
vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
A.
Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):
scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:
Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:
bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:
capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:
purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:
oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
B.
Trop. (class. and freq.).
1.
Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:
lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:
murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:
oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,
oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:
lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:
actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:
forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:
in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
2.
Of character or disposition.
a.
In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):
videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:
vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
b.
In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:
humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:
causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:
civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:
preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:
summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:
tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
2.
(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:
summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
1.
Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:
dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):
sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —
2.
Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:
alicui summisse supplicare,
Cic. Planc. 5, 12:
scribere alicui,
Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:
loqui (opp. aspere),
Quint. 6, 5, 5:
agere (opp. minanter),
Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:
summissius se gerere,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:
dolere,
Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > submisse
9 submitto

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
I.
With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
1.
In gen.
a.
To set, put, or place under or below:
singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,
Col. 7, 4, 3:
vaccas tauris (for breeding),
Pall. Jul. 4:
vaccas in feturam,
id. ib. 4, 1:
equas alternis annis,
id. Mart. 13, 6:
canterium vitibus,
Col. 4, 14, 1.—
b.
To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:
tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:
pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:
quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:
summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,
palmas,
id. 4, 411:
manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.
in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—
2.
In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):
arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:
tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:
pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:
vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:
materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:
frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;
3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
3.
Trop.
(α).
To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):
huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:
interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:
necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
(β).
To cherish, court:
aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,
Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
B.
To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
1.
Lit.:
se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:
se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:
latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:
caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.
verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:
genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:
poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:
aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:
oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:
faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:
fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:
capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:
crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:
Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
2.
Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:
summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:
summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:
ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:
ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:
quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:
(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:
ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:
animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:
se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:
alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:
se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:
furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:
neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:
proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:
nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:
animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:
ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
II.
The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:
summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:
iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:
summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
B.
In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):
summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:
subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,
subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:
auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:
sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:
vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
A.
Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):
scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:
Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:
bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:
capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:
purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:
oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
B.
Trop. (class. and freq.).
1.
Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:
lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:
murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:
oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,
oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:
lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:
actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:
forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:
in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
2.
Of character or disposition.
a.
In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):
videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:
vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
b.
In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:
humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:
causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:
civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:
preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:
summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:
tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
2.
(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:
summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
1.
Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:
dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):
sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —
2.
Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:
alicui summisse supplicare,
Cic. Planc. 5, 12:
scribere alicui,
Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:
loqui (opp. aspere),
Quint. 6, 5, 5:
agere (opp. minanter),
Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:
summissius se gerere,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:
dolere,
Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > submitto
10 summissa

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
I.
With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
1.
In gen.
a.
To set, put, or place under or below:
singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,
Col. 7, 4, 3:
vaccas tauris (for breeding),
Pall. Jul. 4:
vaccas in feturam,
id. ib. 4, 1:
equas alternis annis,
id. Mart. 13, 6:
canterium vitibus,
Col. 4, 14, 1.—
b.
To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:
tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:
pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:
quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:
summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,
palmas,
id. 4, 411:
manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.
in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—
2.
In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):
arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:
tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:
pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:
vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:
materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:
frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;
3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
3.
Trop.
(α).
To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):
huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:
interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:
necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
(β).
To cherish, court:
aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,
Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
B.
To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
1.
Lit.:
se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:
se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:
latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:
caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.
verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:
genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:
poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:
aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:
oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:
faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:
fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:
capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:
crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:
Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
2.
Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:
summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:
summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:
ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:
ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:
quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:
(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:
ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:
animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:
se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:
alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:
se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:
furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:
neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:
proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:
nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:
animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:
ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
II.
The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:
summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:
iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:
summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
B.
In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):
summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:
subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,
subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:
auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:
sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:
vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
A.
Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):
scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:
Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:
bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:
capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:
purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:
oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
B.
Trop. (class. and freq.).
1.
Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:
lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:
murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:
oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,
oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:
lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:
actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:
forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:
in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
2.
Of character or disposition.
a.
In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):
videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:
vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
b.
In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:
humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:
causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:
civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:
preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:
summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:
tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
2.
(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:
summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
1.
Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:
dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):
sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —
2.
Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:
alicui summisse supplicare,
Cic. Planc. 5, 12:
scribere alicui,
Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:
loqui (opp. aspere),
Quint. 6, 5, 5:
agere (opp. minanter),
Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:
summissius se gerere,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:
dolere,
Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > summissa
11 summitto

sum-mitto ( subm-), mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
I.
With the force of sub predominating (mostly poet. and in post- Aug. prose; cf. subicio).
1.
In gen.
a.
To set, put, or place under or below:
singuli agni binis nutricibus submittuntur: nec quicquam subtrahi submissis expedit,
Col. 7, 4, 3:
vaccas tauris (for breeding),
Pall. Jul. 4:
vaccas in feturam,
id. ib. 4, 1:
equas alternis annis,
id. Mart. 13, 6:
canterium vitibus,
Col. 4, 14, 1.—
b.
To send or put forth below, or from below, to cause to spring forth, to send up, produce, raise:
tellus submittit flores,
puls forth, produces, Lucr. 1, 8: fetus (tellus), id. 1, 193:
pabula pascendis equis (tellus),
Luc. 4, 411:
quo colores (humus formosa),
Prop. 1, 2, 9; cf. poet.: non monstrum summisere Colchi Majus, did not produce (from the sowing of the dragon's teeth), Hor. C. 4, 4, 63:
summissas tendunt alta ad Capitolia dextras,
upraised, Sil. 12, 640; so,
palmas,
id. 4, 411:
manus,
Sen. Oedip. 226; cf.
in a Gr. construction: summissi palmas,
Sil. 1, 673.—
2.
In partic., an econom. t. t., of animals or plants, to bring up, rear, raise; to let grow, not kill or cut off (cf. alo):
arictes,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; 2, 3, 4; 2, 3, 8:
tauros,
Verg. E. 1, 46:
pullos equorum,
id. G. 3, 73:
vitulos,
id. ib. 3, 159; Col. 7, 9, 4; Dig. 7, 1, 70:
materiam vitis constituendae causā,
Col. Arb. 5, 1:
frutices in semen,
id. ib. 11, 3, 36; 4, 31, 2; 4, 14, 3;
3, 10, 15: prata in faenum,
to let grow for hay, Cato, R. R. 8, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; Col. 11, 2, 27.—
3.
Trop.
(α).
To put in the place of, substitute for, supersede (rare):
huic vos non summittetis? hunc diutius manere patiemini?
Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:
interim tamen, quamdiu summittantur et suppleantur capita quae demortua sunt,
Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 1:
necesse habebit alios fetus summittere,
ib. 7, 1, 70, §§ 2 and 5.—
(β).
To cherish, court:
aetatem omnem in stipite conteres submittendo,
Amm. 14, 6, 13.—
B.
To let down, lower, sink, drop, = demittere (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
1.
Lit.:
se ad pedes,
Liv. 45, 7:
se patri ad genua,
Suet. Tib. 20:
latus in herbā,
Ov. M. 3, 23:
caput in herbā,
id. ib. 3, 502; cf.
verticem,
id. ib. 8, 638:
genu,
id. ib. 4, 340; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3; cf.:
poplitem in terrā,
Ov. M. 7, 191:
aures (opp. surrigere),
Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132:
oculos,
Ov. F. 3, 372:
faciem,
Suet. Calig. 36; cf. id. Aug. 79:
fasces,
Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112; cf. Cic. Brut. 6, 22:
capillum,
to let grow, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14; Sen. Cons. ad Pol. 36, 5:
crinem barbamque,
Tac. G. 31; Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 47.—Mid.:
Tiberis aestate summittitur,
sinks, falls, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12.—
2.
Trop., to lower, let down, make lower, reduce, moderate, etc.:
ut ii, qui superiores sunt, summittere se debent in amicitiā: sic quodammodo inferiores extollere,
condescend, Cic. Lael. 20, 72:
tributim summisi me et supplicavi,
id. Planc. 10, 24:
summittere se in humilitatem causam dicentium,
Liv. 38, 52, 2:
summittere se in privatum fastigium,
id. 27, 31, 6:
ut in actoribus Graecis fieri videmus, saepe illum, qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium, cum possit aliquanto clarius dicere, quam ipse primarium, multum summittere, ut ille princeps quam maxime excellat,
to moderate his efforts, restrain himself, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
inceptum frustra submitte furorem,
Verg. A. 12, 832: orationem tam summittere quam attollere decet, to sink, i. e. speak in a plain style, Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 4:
ut illud lene aut ascendit ad fortiora aut ad tenuiora summittitur,
Quint. 12, 10, 67; cf.:
quando attollenda vel summittenda sit vox,
id. 1, 8, 1:
(soni) cum intentione summittendā sunt temperandi,
id. 11, 3, 42: (praeceptorem) summittentem se ad mensuram discentis, accommodating his instructions to the capacity, etc., id. 2, 3, 7:
ad calamitates animos,
to submit, bow, Liv. 23, 25: animum periculo, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:
animos amori,
to surrender, Verg. A. 4, 414:
se temporibus,
Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
verba summittere,
to speak humbly, id. Ep. 11, 7; id. Vit. Beat. 17, 1:
alicui se,
to yield precedence, Just. 13, 2, 3:
se culpae,
i. e. to commit, Ov. H. 4, 151:
furorem,
to put down, quell, Verg. A. 12, 832:
neque enim pudor sed aemuli pretia submittunt,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21:
proinde ne submiseris te,
be not disheartened, Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6.—With dat.:
nimis videtur submisisse temporibus se Athenodorus,
yielded, Sen. Tranq. An. 4, 1:
neutri fortunae se submittere,
id. Ep. 66, 6:
animum saevienti fortunae,
Tac. A. 2, 72:
ut ei aliquis se submitteret,
accept his sovereignty, Just. 13, 2, 3.
II.
The signif. of the verb predominating, to send or despatch secretly, provide secretly:
summittebat iste Timarchidem, qui moneret eos, si, etc.,
secretly despatched, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69.— Absol.:
iste ad pupillae matrem summittebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:
summissis consularibus viris, qui peierarent,
suborned, Suet. Ner. 28 init. —
B.
In gen., to send, send off, despatch, supply (class.):
summittit cohortes equitibus praesidio,
Caes. B. G. 5, 58:
subsidium alicui,
id. ib. 2, 6; so,
subsidium,
id. ib. 2, 25; 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 43:
auxilium laborantibus,
id. ib. 7, 85: quoad exercitus huc summittatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6; Juv. 1, 36:
sibi destinatum in animo esse, imperium alicui,
to transfer, resign, Liv. 6, 6, 7:
vinea summittit capreas non semper edules,
furnishes, supplies, Hor. S. 2, 4, 43. —Hence, summissus ( subm-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
A.
Lit., let down, lowered, low (very rare):
scutis super capita densatis, stantibus primis, secundis submissioribus,
stooping lower, Liv. 44, 9, 6:
Caelicolae Summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
Ov. M. 8, 638:
bracchia,
id. P. 3, 1, 150; Col. 6, 30, 5:
capillo summissiore,
hanging lower down, Suet. Tib. 68:
purpura,
Quint. 11, 3, 159:
oculi,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145.—
B.
Trop. (class. and freq.).
1.
Of the voice or of speech in gen., low, soft, gentle, calm, not vehement (syn.:
lenis, suppressus): et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissa leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
vox (with lenis),
Quint. 11, 3, 63; Ov. M. 7, 90 al.:
murmur,
Quint. 11, 3, 45:
oratio placida, summissa, lenis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183; so,
oratio,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Quint. 11, 1, 9. — Comp.:
lenior atque summissior oratio,
Quint. 11, 1, 64:
(sermo) miscens elata summissis,
id. 11, 3, 43:
actio,
id. 7, 4, 27. — Transf., of an orator:
forma summissi oratoris,
Cic. Or. 26, 90; so (with humilis) id. ib. 23, 76:
in prooemiis plerumque summissi,
Quint. 9, 4, 138.—
2.
Of character or disposition.
a.
In a bad sense, low, mean, grovelling, abject (syn. abjectus):
videndum est, ne quid humile, summissum, molle, effeminatum, fractum abjectumque faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64:
vivere neque summissum et abjectum, neque se efferentem,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
adulatio,
Quint. 11, 1, 30. —
b.
In a good sense, humble, submissive (syn.:
humilis, supplex): submissi petimus terram,
Verg. A. 3, 93:
causae reorum,
Quint. 11, 3, 154:
civitates calamitate summissiores,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 31, 2:
preces,
Luc. 8, 594; cf.:
summissa precatur,
Val. Fl. 7, 476:
tristem viro summissus honorem Largitur vitae,
yielding, overcome, Stat. Th. 1, 662.—The sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, subst.: summissa, ōrum, n. (acc. to I. A. 3. supra), substitutes (sc. capita), Dig. 7, 1, 70, § 5. —
2.
(Sc. verba.) Calm passages, quiet sayings:
summissa, qualia in epilogis sunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 137.— Adv.: sum-missē ( subm-).
1.
Of speech, softly, gently, calmly, not loudly or harshly:
dicere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 212 (opp. contentius):
sciscitari,
Petr. 105 fin. —
2.
Of character, calmly, quietly, modestly, humbly, submissively:
alicui summisse supplicare,
Cic. Planc. 5, 12:
scribere alicui,
Tac. H. 3, 9 fin.:
loqui (opp. aspere),
Quint. 6, 5, 5:
agere (opp. minanter),
Ov. A. A. 3, 582.— Comp.:
summissius se gerere,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:
dolere,
Claud. B. Gild. 247.—No sup.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > summitto
12 cōn-ferō

cōn-ferō contulī, conlātus (coll-), cōnferre. I. To bring together, collect, gather, unite, join: ligna circa casam, N.: undique conlatis membris, H.: signis in unum locum conlatis, Cs.: dentes in corpore, join, O.: capita, lay heads together: gradum, to walk together, V.—To pay in, contribute: aes, O.: alqd in tuam statuam: aurum in publicum, L.: munera ei, N.: tributa quotannis: (pecuniam) ad statuam: ad honorem tuum pecunias: sextantes in capita, L.—To bring together, match, set in opposition, oppose, set together: cum Fonteio ferrum ac manus contulerunt: conlatis signis exercitūs superare: arma cum aliquo, N.: castra cum hoste, L.: castris Scipionis castra conlata habere, Cs.: pedem cum pede, to fight foot to foot, L.: pede conlato, L.: non possum magis pedem conferre (in court): gradum, L.: pectora luctantia nexu pectoribus, O.: manum Aeneae, V.: inter sese certamina belli, V.: conlato Marte, O.: mecum confer, ait, fight with me, O.: lites, to quarrel, H.—Fig., to bring together in thought, compare, contrast: conferte Verrem: si conferendum exemplumst, cited, T.: faciem moresque duarum, O.: nec quisquam iuventutis conferri potuit, L.: omnia summā diligentiā conlata sunt: hanc pacem cum illo bello: cum Dracone nostras leges: cum illo te dominandi cupiditate: vitam inter se utriusque, pārva magnis: nil iucundo amico, H.—To consult, confer, consider, deliberate, talk over: alqd coram: cum aliquo sermones, unite in: consilia ad adulescentīs, advise with, T.: iniurias, t<*> counsel on, Ta.: inter nos, quid finis: quid ammorum Hispanis esset, L.—To compress, abridge, condense, sum up, make brief: Academiam in quattuor (libros): ut in pauca conferam: sua verba in duos versūs, O.—To join in moving, propose unitedly: cur enim non confertis, ne sit, etc., L.— II. To bear, carry, convey, direct, take, bring: copias in provinciam: quos eodem audita clades contulerat, L.—With se, to betake oneself, turn, have recourse: quo me miser conferam?: se suaque omnia in oppidum, Cs.: quo se fusa acies, L.: se in fugam<*> me in gregem sicariorum, join.—Fig., to change, transform, turn, metamorphose: aliquem in saxum, O.: corpus in albam volucrem, O. — To bring, turn, direct: verba si ad rem conferentur, be changed for deeds, T.: suspitionem in Capitonem.—With se, to devote oneself, apply, engage: me ad pontificem: se ad studium scribendi: se in salutem rei p.—To devote, apply, employ, direct, confer, bestow upon, give, lend, grant, transfer: cum maxima munera ei ab regibus conferrentur, N.: fructum alio, T.: tempus ad oblivionem belli: orationem ad misericordiam: curas in rem p.: pecuniam in rei p. tempus, for some service: fructum ingeni in proximum quemque: Quid damnatio confert? avail, Iu.—To refer, ascribe, attribute, impute, assign, throw blame, lay to the charge of: species istas hominum in deos: mortis illius invidiam in L. Flaccum: culpam in me, T.: in alterum causam, throw the blame, L.—To transfer, assign, refer, put off, defer, postpone: expugnationem in hunc annum, L.: omnia in mensem Martium: alqd in longiorem diem, Cs.: eo omnem belli rationem conferre, to transfer, Cs.

Latin-English dictionary > cōn-ferō
13 in

1.
in (old forms endŏ and indŭ, freq. in ante-class. poets; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 9, 20; Lucr. 2, 1096; 5, 102; 6, 890 et saep.), prep. with abl. and acc. [kindr. with Sanscr. an; Greek en, en-tha, en-then, eis, i. e. en-s, ana; Goth. ana; Germ. in], denotes either rest or motion within or into a place or thing; opp. to ex; in, within, on, upon, among, at; into, to, towards.
I.
With abl.
A.
In space.
1.
Lit., in (with abl. of the place or thing in which):
aliorum fructus in terra est, aliorum et extra,
Plin. 19, 4, 22, § 61:
alii in corde, alii in cerebro dixerunt animi esse sedem et locum,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:
eo in rostris sedente suasit Serviliam legem Crassus,
id. Brut. 43, 161:
qui sunt cives in eadem re publica,
id. Rep. 1, 32 fin.:
facillimam in ea re publica esse concordiam, in qua idem conducat omnibus,
id. ib.:
T. Labienus ex loco superiore, quae res in nostris castris gererentur, conspicatus,
Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 4:
quod si in scaena, id est in contione verum valet, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 26, 97:
in foro palam Syracusis,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:
plures in eo loco sine vulnere quam in proelio aut fuga intereunt,
Caes. B. C. 2, 35:
tulit de caede, quae in Appia via facta esset,
Cic. Mil. 6, 15:
in via fornicata,
Liv. 22, 36:
vigebat in illa domo mos patrius et disciplina,
Cic. de Sen. 11, 37:
in domo furtum factum ab eo qui domi fuit,
Quint. 5, 10, 16:
nupta in domo,
Liv. 6, 34, 9:
copias in castris continent,
in, within, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:
cum in angusto quodam pulpito stans diceret,
Quint. 11, 3, 130:
se ac suos in vehiculo conspici,
Liv. 5, 40, 10:
malo in illa tua sedecula sedere, quam in istorum sella curuli,
Cic. Att. 4, 10:
sedere in solio,
id. Fin. 2, 21, 66:
Albae constiterant, in urbe opportuna,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 6. —
Sometimes, also, with names of places: omnes se ultro sectari in Epheso memorat mulieres,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 182:
heri aliquot adolescentuli coiimus in Piraeo,
Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 1:
navis et in Cajeta est parata nobis et Brundisii,
Cic. Att. 8, 3, 6:
complures (naves) in Hispali faciendas curavit,
Caes. B. C. 2, 18:
caesos in Marathone ac Salamine,
Quint. 12, 10, 24:
in Berenice urbe Troglodytarum,
Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183.—
2.
In indicating a multitude or number, of, in, or among which a person or thing is, in, among (= gen. part.):
in his poeta hic nomen profitetur suum,
Ter. Eun. prol. 3:
Thales, qui sapientissimus in septem fuit,
Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 26:
peto ut eum complectare, diligas, in tuis habeas,
id. Fam. 13, 78, 2; cf.:
in perditis et desperatis,
id. ib. 13, 56, 1:
omnia quae secundum naturam fiunt, sunt habenda in bonis,
id. de Sen. 19, 71:
dolor in maximis malis ducitur,
id. Leg. 1, 11, 31:
justissimus unus in Teucris,
Verg. A. 2, 426:
cecidere in pugna ad duo milia... in his quatuor Romani centuriones,
Liv. 27, 12, 16:
in diis et feminae sunt,
Lact. 1, 16, 17.—
3.
Of analogous relations of place or position:
sedere in equo,
on horseback, id. Verr. 2, 5, 10:
quid legati in equis,
id. Pis. 25, 60:
sedere in leone,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109:
in eo flumine pons erat,
on, over, Caes. B. G. 2, 5:
in herboso Apidano,
on the banks of, Prop. 1, 3, 6:
in digitis,
on tiptoe, Val. Fl. 4, 267:
castra in limite locat,
on the rampart, Tac. A. 1, 50:
ipse coronam habebat unam in capite, alteram in collo,
on, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27:
oleae in arbore,
Cels. 2, 24:
Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius,
among, Caes. B. C. 1, 61:
in ceteris nationibus, Cels. praef. 1: qui in Brutiis praeerat,
Liv. 25, 16, 7:
in juvenibus,
Quint. 11, 1, 32:
nutus in mutis pro sermone est,
id. 11, 3, 66.—Of dress, like cum, q. v.:
in veste candida,
Liv. 45, 20, 5; 34, 7, 3:
in calceis,
id. 24, 38, 2:
in insignibus,
id. 5, 41, 2:
in tunicis albis,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13:
in Persico et vulgari habitu,
Curt. 3, 3, 4:
in lugubri veste,
id. 10, 5, 17:
in Tyriis,
Ov. A. A. 2, 297:
in Cois,
id. ib. v. 298; cf.:
homines in catenis Romam mittere,
Liv. 29, 21, 12; 32, 1, 8: quis multa te in rosa urget, etc., Hor C. 1, 5, 1; so, in viola aut in rosa, Cic. Tusc. [p. 912] 5, 26, 73.—So of arms:
duas legiones in armis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 6; cf. Verg. A. 3, 395:
in armis hostis,
under arms, Ov. M. 12,65:
quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt (= coram),
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81; so,
in oculis provinciae,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2:
in oculis omnium,
id. ib. 1, 3, 7:
divitiae, decus, gloria in oculis sita sunt,
Sall. C. 20, 14; Curt. 4, 13, 1; Liv. 22, 12, 6:
Julianus in ore ejus (Vitellii) jugulatur,
Tac. H. 3, 77; Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 7.—Of a passage in any writing (but when the author is named, by meton., for his works, apud is used, Krebs, Antibarb. p. 561):
in populorum institutis aut legibus,
Cic. Leg. 1, 15, 42:
in illis libris qui sunt de natura deorum,
id. Fat. 1, 1:
in Timaeo dicit,
id. N. D. 1, 12, 30:
epistula, in qua omnia perscripta erant,
Nep. Pelop. 3, 2:
perscribit in litteris, hostes ab se discessisse,
Caes. B. G. 5, 49; but in is also used with an author's name when, not a place in his book, but a feature of his style, etc., is referred to:
in Thucydide orbem modo orationis desidero,
Cic. Or. 71, 234:
in Herodoto omnia leniter fluunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 18.—Of books:
libri oratorii diu in manibus fuerunt,
Cic. Att. 4, 13, 2; id. Lael. 25, 96; but more freq. trop.: in manibus habere, tenere, etc., to be engaged, occupied with, to have under control or within reach:
philosophi quamcunque rem habent in manibus,
id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18:
quam spem nunc habeat in manibus, exponam,
id. Verr. 1, 6, 16:
rem habere in manibus,
id. Att. 6, 3, 1; cf.:
neque mihi in manu fuit Jugurtha qualis foret,
in my power, Sall. J. 14, 4:
postquam nihil esse in manu sua respondebatur,
Liv. 32, 24, 2:
quod ipsorum in manu sit,... bellum an pacem malint,
Tac. A. 2, 46; but, cum tantum belli in manibus esset, was in hand, busied (cf.:
inter manus),
Liv. 4, 57, 1; so,
quorum epistulas in manu teneo,
Cic. Phil. 12, 4, 9; cf. id. Att. 2, 2, 2:
in manu poculum tenens,
id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71:
coronati et lauream in manu tenentes,
Liv. 40, 37, 3; Suet. Claud. 15 fin. —Of that which is thought of as existing in the mind, memory, character, etc.:
in animo esse,
Cic. Fam. 14, 11:
in animo habere,
id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:
lex est ratio insita in natura,
id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:
in memoria sedere,
id. de Or. 2, 28, 122; cf.:
tacito mutos volvunt in pectore questus,
Luc. 1, 247:
quanta auctoritas fuit in C. Metello!
Cic. de Sen. 17, 61. —So freq. of a person's qualities of mind or character:
erat in eo summa eloquentia, summa fides,
Cic. Mur. 28, 58; cf.:
in omni animante est summum aliquid atque optimum, ut in equis,
id. Fin. 4, 41, 37:
si quid artis in medicis est,
Curt. 3, 5, 13; cf.:
nibil esse in morte timendum,
Lucr. 3, 866.— Esp., in eo loco, in that state or condition:
in eo enim loco res sunt nostrae, ut, etc.,
Liv. 7, 35, 7: si vos in eo loco essetis, quid aliud fecissetis? Cat. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 21; so,
quo in loco, etc.: cum ex equitum et calonum fuga, quo in loco res essent, cognovissent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 26:
videtis, quo in loco res haec siet, Ter Phorm. 2, 4, 6: quod ipse, si in eodem loco esset, facturus fuerit,
Liv. 37, 14, 5.—Hence, without loco, in eo esse ut, etc., to be in such a condition, etc.:
non in eo esse Carthaginiensium res, ut Galliam armis obtineant,
Liv. 30, 19, 3:
cum res non in eo esset, ut Cyprum tentaret,
id. 33, 41, 9; 8, 27, 3; 2, 17, 5; Nep. Mil. 7, 3; id. Paus. 5, 1 (cf. I. C. 1. infra).—
B.
In time, indicating its duration, in, during, in the course of:
feci ego istaec itidem in adulescentia,
in my youth, when I was young, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 6:
in tempore hoc,
Ter. And. 4, 5, 24:
in hoc tempore,
Tac. A. 13, 47:
in tali tempore,
Sall. C. 48, 5; Liv. 22, 35; 24, 28 al.:
in diebus paucis,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 77:
in brevi spatio,
id. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Vesp. 4:
in qua aetate,
Cic. Brut. 43 fin.:
in ea aetate,
Liv. 1, 57:
in omni aetate,
Cic. de Sen. 3, 9:
in aetate, qua jam Alexander orbem terrarum subegisset,
Suet. Caes. 7:
qua (sc. Iphigenia) nihil erat in eo quidem anno natum pulchrius,
in the course of, during the year, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95 (al. eo quidem anno):
nihil in vita se simile fecisse,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 91: nihil in vita vidit calamitatis A. Cluentius. id. Clu. 6, 18:
in tota vita inconstans,
id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29.—
b.
In tempore, at the right or proper time, in time (Cic. uses only tempore; v. tempus): eccum ipsum video in tempore huc se recipere, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 24:
ni pedites equitesque in tempore subvenissent,
Liv. 33, 5:
spreta in tempore gloria interdum cumulatior redit,
id. 2, 47:
rebellaturi,
Tac. A. 12, 50:
atque adeo in ipso tempore eccum ipsum obviam,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 52: in tempore, opportune. Nos sine praepositione dicimus tempore et tempori, Don. ad Ter. And. 4, 4, 19.—
c.
In praesentia and in praesenti, at present, now, at this moment, under these circumstances:
sic enim mihi in praesentia occurrit,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 14:
vestrae quidem cenae non solum in praesentia, sed etiam postero die jucundae sunt,
id. ib. 5, 35, 100:
id quod unum maxime in praesentia desiderabatur,
Liv. 21, 37:
haec ad te in praesenti scripsi, ut, etc.,
for the present, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 4.—
d.
With gerunds and fut. pass. participles, to indicate duration of time, in:
fit, ut distrahatur in deliberando animus,
Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9; id. Fam. 2, 6, 2:
vitiosum esse in dividendo partem in genere numerare,
id. Fin. 2, 9, 26:
quod in litteris dandis praeter consuetudinem proxima nocte vigilarat,
id. Cat. 3, 3, 6:
ne in quaerendis suis pugnandi tempus dimitteret,
Caes. B. G. 2, 21:
in agris vastandis incendiisque faciendis hostibus,
in laying waste, id. ib. 5, 19:
in excidenda Numantia,
Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76:
cum in immolanda Iphigenia tristis Calchas esset,
id. Or. 21, 74.—
C.
In other relations, where a person or thing is thought of as in a certain condition, situation, or relation, in:
qui magno in aere alieno majores etiam possessiones habent,
Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18:
se in insperatis repentinisque pecuniis jactare,
id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:
Larinum in summo timore omnium cum armatis advolavit,
id. Clu. 8, 25.—
So freq., of qualities or states of mind: summa in sollicitudine ac timore Parthici belli,
Caes. B. C. 3, 31:
torpescentne dextrae in amentia illa?
Liv. 23, 9, 7:
hunc diem perpetuum in laetitia degere,
Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 5; Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2:
in metu,
Tac. A. 14, 43:
in voluptate,
Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 62:
alicui in amore esse,
beloved, id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 3:
alicui in amoribus esse,
id. Att. 6, 1, 12:
res in invidia erat,
Sall. J. 25, 5; Liv. 29, 37, 17: sum in expectatione omnium rerum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 10:
num... Diogenem Stoicum coegit in suis studiis obmutescere senectus?
in his studies, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:
mirificam cepi voluptatem ex tua diligentia: quod in summis tuis occupationibus mihi tamen rei publicae statum per te notum esse voluisti,
even in, notwithstanding your great occupations, id. Fam. 3, 11, 4.—
So freq., of business, employment, occupations, etc.: in aliqua re versari,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105:
similia iis, quae in consilio dixerat,
Curt. 5, 5, 23:
in certamine armorum atque in omni palaestra quid satis recte cavetur,
Quint. 9, 4, 8:
agi in judiciis,
id. 11, 1, 78:
tum vos mihi essetis in consilio,
Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28:
in actione... dicere,
Quint. 8, 2, 2.—Of an office, magistracy:
in quo tum magistratu forte Brutus erat,
Liv. 1, 59, 7; 4, 17, 1:
in eo magistratu pari diligentia se praebuit,
Nep. Han. 7, 5 (cf. B. 1. supra):
in ea ipsa causa fuit eloquentissimus,
Cic. Brut, 43, 160:
qui non defendit nec obsistit, si potest, injuriae, tam est in vitio, quam, etc.,
is in the wrong, acts wrongly, id. Off. 1, 7, 23:
etsi hoc quidem est in vitio, dissolutionem naturae tam valde perhorrescere,
is wrong, id. Fin. 5, 11, 31:
non sunt in eo genere tantae commoditates corporis,
id. ib. 4, 12, 29; cf.:
an omnino nulla sit in eo genere distinctio,
id. Or. 61, 205:
Drusus erat de praevaricatione absolutus in summa quatuor sententiis,
on the whole, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16; cf.:
et in omni summa, ut mones, valde me ad otium pacemque converto,
id. ib. 3, 5, 5;
but, in summa, sic maxime judex credit, etc.,
in a word, in fine, Quint. 9, 2, 72; Auct. B. Alex. 71; Just. 37, 1, 8:
horum (juvenum) inductio in parte simulacrum decurrentis exercitus erat: ex parte elegantioris exercitii quam militaris artis,
in part, Liv. 44, 9, 5; cf.:
quod mihi in parte verum videtur,
Quint. 2, 8, 6:
patronorum in parte expeditior, in parte difficilior interrogatio est,
id. 5, 7, 22:
hoc facere in eo homine consueverunt,
in the case of, Caes. B. G. 7, 21:
in furibus aerarii,
Sall. C. 52, 12:
Achilles talis in hoste fuit,
Verg. A. 2, 540:
in hoc homine saepe a me quaeris, etc.,
in the case of, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6: in nominibus impiis, Sall. C. 51, 15:
suspectus et in morte matris fuit,
Suet. Vit. 14:
qui praesentes metuunt, in absentia hostes erunt, = absentes,
Curt. 6, 3, 8 (cf. I. B. c. supra).—Of the meaning of words, etc.:
non solum in eodem sensu, sed etiam in diverso, eadem verba contra,
Quint. 9, 3, 36:
aliter voces aut eaedem in diversa significatione ponuntur,
id. 9, 3, 69:
Sallustius in significatione ista non superesse sed superare dicit,
Gell. 1, 22, 15:
stips non dicitur in significatione trunci,
Charis. 1, 18, 39:
semper in significatione ea hortus,
Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 50. —
2.
In with abl. of adjj. is used with the verbs esse and habere to express quality:
cum exitus haud in facili essent, i. e. haud faciles,
Liv. 3, 8, 9:
adeo moderatio tuendae libertatis in difficili est,
id. 3, 8, 11; 3, 65, 11; but mostly with adjj. of the first and second declension:
in obscuro esse, Liv. praef. § 3: in dubio esse,
id. 2, 3, 1; 3, 19, 8; Ov. H. 19, 174:
dum in dubiost animus,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 31; 2, 2, 10:
in integro esse,
Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3; id. Att. 11, 15, 4:
in incerto esse,
Liv. 5, 28, 5:
in obvio esse,
id. 37, 23, 1:
in tuto esse,
id. 38, 4, 10; cf.:
videre te in tuto,
Cat. 30, 6:
in aequo esse,
Liv. 39, 37, 14; Tac. A. 2, 44:
in expedito esse,
Curt. 4, 2, 22:
in proximo esse,
Quint. 1, 3, 4:
in aperto esse,
Sall. C. 5, 3:
in promisco esse,
Liv. 7, 17, 7:
in augusto esse,
Cels. 5, 27, 2:
in incerto haberi,
Sall. J. 46, 8; Tac. A. 15, 17:
in levi habitum,
id. H. 2, 21; cf.:
in incerto relinquere,
Liv. 5, 28, 5; Tac. H. 2, 83.
II.
With acc.
A.
In space, with verbs of motion, into or to a place or thing (rarely with names of towns and small islands;
v. Zumpt, Gram. § 398): influxit non tenuis quidam e Graecia rivulus in hanc urbem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 19:
in Ephesum advenit,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 35:
in Epirum venire,
Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:
ibo in Piraeeum, visamque, ecquae advenerit in portum ex Epheso navis mercatoria,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 2: venio ad Piraeea, in quo magis reprehendendus sum, quod... Piraeea scripserim, non Piraeeum, quam in quod addiderim;
non enim hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10:
se contulisse Tarquinios, in urbem Etruriae florentissimam,
id. Rep. 2, 19:
remigrare in domum veterem e nova,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 13:
cum in sua rura venerunt,
id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102:
a te ipso missi in ultimas gentes,
id. Fam. 15, 9:
in Ubios legatos mittere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 11:
dein Thalam pervenit, in oppidum magnum et opulentum,
Sall. J. 75, 1:
Regillum antiquam in patriam se contulerat,
Liv. 3, 58, 1:
abire in exercitum,
Plaut. Am. prol. 102.— With nuntio:
cum id Zmyrnam in contionem nuntiatum est,
Tac. A. 4, 56:
nuntiatur in castra,
Lact. Most. Pers. 46; cf.:
allatis in castra nuntiis,
Tac. H. 4, 32: in manus sumere, tradere, etc., into one's hands:
iste unumquodque vas in manus sumere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63:
Falerios se in manus Romanis tradidisse,
Liv. 5, 27, 3.—Rarely with the verbs ponere, collocare, etc. (pregn., i. e. to bring into... and place there):
in crimen populo ponere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 10:
ut liberos, uxores suaque omnia in silvas deponerent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 19:
duplam pecuniam in thesauros reponi,
Liv. 29, 19, 7:
prius me collocavi in arborem,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 6:
sororem et propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates collocasse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18.— Motion in any direction, up to, to, into, down to:
in caelum ascendere,
Cic. Lael. 23 fin.:
filium ipse paene in umeros suos extulisset,
id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:
tamquam in aram confugitis ad deum,
up to the altar, id. Tusc. 3, 10, 25:
Saturno tenebrosa in Tartara misso,
Ov. M. 1, 113:
in flumen deicere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; Nep. Chab. 4, 3.—
2.
Denoting mere direction towards a place or thing, and hence sometimes joined with versus, towards:
quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:
si in latus aut dextrum aut sinistrum, ut ipsi in usu est, cubat,
Cels. 2, 3:
Belgae spectant in septentriones et orientem solem,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
in orientem Germaniae, in occidentem Hispaniae obtenditur, Gallis in meridiem etiam inspicitur,
Tac. Agr. 10:
in laevum prona nixus sedet Inachus urna,
Stat. Th. 2, 218.—With versus:
castra ex Biturigibus movet in Arvernos versus,
towards, Caes. B. G. 7, 8 fin.:
in Galliam versus movere,
Sall. C. 56, 4: in [p. 913] ltaliam versus, Front. Strat. 1, 4, 11:
si in urbem versus venturi erant,
Plin. Ep. 10, 82. —
3.
So of that which is thought of as entering into the mind, memory, etc. (cf. I. A. 2. fin.):
in memoriam reducere,
Cic. Inv 1, 52, 98:
in animum inducere,
Liv. 27, 9:
in mentem venire,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3:
frequens imitatio transit in mores,
Quint. 1, 11, 3. —
Or into a writing or speech: in illam Metellinam orationem addidi quaedam,
Cic. Att. 1, 13, 5.—
B.
In time, into, till, for:
dormiet in lucem,
into the daylight, till broad day, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 34:
statim e somno, quem plerumque in diem extrahunt, lavantur,
Tac. G. 22: sermonem in multam noctem produximus, deep into the night, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess. p. 239 Lindem.:
in multam noctem luxit,
Suet. Tib. 74:
si febris in noctem augetur,
Cels. 7, 27:
dixit in noctem atque etiam nocte illatis lucernis,
Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 14:
indutias in triginta annos impetraverunt,
for thirty years, Liv. 9, 37, 12; 7, 20, 8:
nisi id verbum in omne tempus perdidissem,
forever, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1:
ad cenam hominem in hortos invitavit in posterum diem,
for the following day, id. Off. 3, 14, 58:
audistis auctionem constitutam in mensem Januarium,
id. Agr. 1, 2, 4:
subito reliquit annum suum seque in annum proximum transtulit,
id. Mil. 9, 24:
solis defectiones itemque lunae praedicuntur in multos annos,
for many years, id. Div. 2, 6, 17:
postero die Romani ab sole orto in multum diei stetere in acie,
Liv. 27, 2:
qui ab matutino tempore duraverunt in occasum,
Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99:
seritur (semen lini) a Kalendis Octobribus in ortum aquilae,
Col. 2, 10, 17.—With usque:
neque illi didicerunt haec usque in senectutem,
Quint. 12, 11, 20:
in illum usque diem servati,
id. 8, 3, 68:
in serum usque patente cubiculo,
Suet. Oth. 11:
regnum trahat usque in tempora fati,
Sil. 11, 392: in posterum (posteritatem) or in futurum, in future, for the future: in praesens, for the present: in perpetuum or in aeternum, forever:
sancit in posterum, ne quis, etc.,
Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:
res dilata est in posterum,
id. Fam. 10, 12, 3:
video quanta tempestas invidiae nobis, si minus in praesens, at in posteritatem impendeat,
id. Cat. 1, 9, 22:
id aegre et in praesentia hi passi et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 34, 27, 10; cf.:
ingenti omnium et in praesens laetitia et in futurum spe,
id. 30, 17, 1:
effugis in futurum,
Tac. H. 1, 71:
quod eum tibi quaestoris in loco constitueras, idcirco tibi amicum in perpetuum fore putasti?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30; cf.:
oppidum omni periculo in perpetuum liberavit,
id. Fam. 13, 4, 2:
quae (leges) non in tempus aliquod, sed perpetuae utilitatis causa in aeternum latae sunt,
Liv. 34, 6, 4: in tempus, for a while, for a short time, for the occasion (postAug.):
sensit miles in tempus conficta,
Tac. A. 1, 37:
ne urbs sine imperio esset, in tempus deligebatur, qui jus redderet,
id. ib. 6, 11:
scaena in tempus structa,
id. ib. 14, 20. —So in diem, for the day, to meet the day's want:
nihil ex raptis in diem commeatibus superabat,
Liv. 22, 40, 8:
rapto in diem frumento,
id. 4, 10, 1;
but, cum illa fundum emisset in diem,
i. e. a fixed day of payment, Nep. Att. 9, 5: in singulos dies, or simply in dies, with comparatives and verbs denoting increase, from day to day, daily:
vitium in dies crescit,
Vell. 2, 5, 2:
in dies singulos breviores litteras ad te mitto,
Cic. Att. 5, 7:
qui senescat in dies,
Liv. 22, 39, 15: in diem, daily:
nos in diem vivimus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:
in diem et horam,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 47;
and in horas,
hourly, id. C. 2, 13, 14; id. S. 2, 7, 10.—
C.
In other relations, in which an aiming at, an inclining or striving towards a thing, is conceivable, on, about, respecting; towards, against; for, as; in, to; into:
id, quod apud Platonem est in philosophos dictum,
about the philosophers, Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28:
Callimachi epigramma in Ambraciotam Cleombrotum est,
id. Tusc. 1, 34, 84; cf.:
cum cenaret Simonides apud Scopam cecinissetque id car men, quod in eum scripsisset, etc.,
id. de Or. 2, 86, 352:
quo amore tandem inflammati esse debemus in ejus modi patriam,
towards, id. ib. 1, 44, 196:
in liberos nostros indulgentia,
id. ib. 2, 40, 168:
de suis meritis in rem publicam aggressus est dicere,
id. Or. 38, 133: ita ad impietatem in deos, in homines adjunxit injuriam, against, id. N. D. 3, 34 fin.:
in dominum quaeri,
to be examined as a witness against, id. Mil. 22, 60:
in eos impetum facere,
id. Att. 2, 22, 1:
invehi in Thebanos,
Nep. Epam. 6, 1; id. Tim. 5, 3:
quaecumque est hominis definitio, una in omnes valet,
id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:
num etiam in deos immortales inauspicatam legem valuisse?
Liv. 7, 6, 11:
vereor coram in os te laudare amplius,
to your face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:
si in me exerciturus (pugnos), quaeso, in parietem ut primum domes,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 168:
in puppim rediere rates,
Luc. 3, 545 Burm. (cf.:
sic equi dicuntur in frena redire, pulsi in terga recedere, Sulp. ad loc.): Cumis eam vidi: venerat enim in funus: cui funeri ego quoque operam dedi,
to the funeral, to take charge of the funeral, Cic. Att. 15, 1, B:
se quisque eum optabat, quem fortuna in id certamen legeret,
Liv. 21, 42, 2:
quodsi in nullius mercedem negotia eant, pauciora fore,
Tac. A. 11, 6:
haec civitas mulieri redimiculum praebeat, haec in collum, haec in crines,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33:
Rhegium quondam in praesidium missa legio,
Liv. 28, 28; so,
datae in praesidium cohortes,
Tac. H. 4, 35: hoc idem significat Graecus ille in eam sententiam versus, to this effect or purport, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25; cf. id. Fam. 9, 15, 4:
haec et in eam sententiam cum multa dixisset,
id. Att. 2, 22:
qui omnia sic exaequaverunt, ut in utramque partem ita paria redderent, uti nulla selectione uterentur,
id. Fin. 3, 4, 12:
in utramque partem disputat,
on both sides, for and against, id. Off. 3, 23, 89: te rogo, me tibi in omnes partes defendendum putes, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 fin.:
facillime et in optimam partem cognoscuntur adulescentes, qui se ad claros et sapientes viros contulerunt,
id. Off. 2, 13, 46:
cives Romani servilem in modum cruciati et necati,
in the manner of slaves, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13; cf.:
miserandum in modum milites populi Romani capti, necati sunt,
id. Prov. Cons. 3, 5:
senior quidam Veiens vaticinantis in modum cecinit,
Liv. 5, 15, 4;
also: domus et villae in urbium modum aedificatae,
Sall. C. 12, 3:
perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia legitima sint,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:
judicium quin acciperet in ea ipsa verba quae Naevius edebat, non recusasse,
id. Quint. 20, 63; cf.:
senatusconsultum in haec verba factum,
Liv. 30, 43, 9:
pax data Philippo in has leges est,
id. 33, 30:
Gallia omnis divisa est in partes tres,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf.:
quae quidem in confirmationem et reprehensionem dividuntur,
Cic. Part. Or. 9, 33: describebat censores binos in singulas civitates, i. e. for or over each state, id. Verr. 2, 2, 53; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 26:
itaque Titurium Tolosae quaternos denarios in singulas vini amphoras portorii nomine exegisse,
id. Font. 5, 9:
extulit eum plebs sextantibus collatis in capita,
a head, for each person, Liv. 2, 33 fin.:
Macedonibus treceni nummi in capita statutum est pretium,
id. 32, 17, 2; cf.:
Thracia in Rhoemetalcen filium... inque liberos Cotyis dividitur (i. e. inter),
Tac. A. 2, 67.—
2.
Of the object or end in view, regarded also as the motive of action or effect:
non te in me illiberalem, sed me in se neglegentem putabit,
Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 16:
neglegentior in patrem,
Just. 32, 3, 1:
in quem omnes intenderat curas,
Curt. 3, 1, 21:
quos ardere in proelia vidi,
Verg. A. 2, 347:
in bellum ardentes,
Manil. 4, 220:
nutante in fugam exercitu,
Flor. 3, 10, 4:
in hanc tam opimam mercedem agite ( = ut eam vobis paretis, Weissenb. ad loc.),
Liv. 21, 43, 7:
certa praemia, in quorum spem pugnarent,
id. 21, 45, 4:
in id sors dejecta,
id. 21, 42, 2:
in id fide accepta,
id. 28, 17, 9:
in spem pacis solutis animis,
id. 6, 11, 5 et saep.:
ingrata misero vita ducenda est in hoc, ut, etc.,
Hor. Epod. 17, 63:
nec in hoc adhibetur, ut, etc.,
Sen. Ep. 16, 3:
alius non in hoc, ut offenderet, facit, id. de Ira, 2, 26, 3: in quod tum missi?
Just. 38, 3, 4.—So, like ad, with words expressing affections or inclination of the mind:
in obsequium plus aequo pronus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 10:
paratus in res novas,
Tac. H. 4, 32:
in utrumque paratus,
Verg. A. 2, 61.—
3.
Of the result of an act or effort:
denique in familiae luctum atque in privignorum funus nupsit,
Cic. Clu. 66, 188:
paratusque miles, ut ordo agminis in aciem adsisteret,
Tac. A. 2, 16: excisum Euboicae latus ingens rupis in antrum, Verg. A. 6, 42:
portus ab Euroo fluctu curvatus in arcum,
id. ib. 3, 533:
populum in obsequia principum formavit,
Just. 3, 2, 9:
omnium partium decus in mercedem conruptum erat,
Sall. H. 1, 13 Dietsch:
commutari ex veris in falsa,
Cic. Fat. 9, 17; 9, 18:
in sollicitudinem versa fiducia est,
Curt. 3, 8, 20.—
4.
Esp. in the phrase: in gratiam or in honorem, alicujus, in kindness, to show favor, out of good feeling, to show honor, etc., to any one (first in Liv.; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 28, 21, 4;
Krebs, Antibarb. p. 562): in gratiam levium sociorum injuriam facere,
Liv. 39, 26, 12:
pugnaturi in gratiam ducis,
id. 28, 21, 4:
quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,
id. 28, 39, 13; cf. id. 35, 2, 6; 26, 6, 16:
oratio habita in sexus honorem,
Quint. 1, 1, 6:
convivium in honorem victoriae,
id. 11, 2, 12:
in honorem Quadratillae,
Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7:
in honorem tuum,
Sen. Ep. 20, 7; 79, 2; 92, 1; Vell. 2, 41 al.—
5.
In the phrase, in rem esse, to be useful, to avail (cf.: e re esse;
opp.: contra rem esse): ut aequom est, quod in rem esse utrique arbitremur,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 10:
si in rem est Bacchidis,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 27; 2, 2, 7:
hortatur, imperat, quae in rem sunt,
Liv. 26, 44, 7:
cetera, quae cognosse in rem erat,
id. 22, 3, 2; 44, 19, 3:
in rem fore credens universos adpellare,
Sall. C. 20, 1; cf.:
in duas res magnas id usui fore,
Liv. 37, 15, 7:
in hos usus,
Verg. A. 4, 647.—
6.
To form adverbial expressions:
non nominatim, qui Capuae, sed in universum qui usquam coissent, etc.,
in general, Liv. 9, 26, 8; cf.:
terra etsi aliquanto specie differt, in universum tamen aut silvis horrida aut paludibus foeda,
Tac. G. 5:
in universum aestimanti, etc.,
id. ib. 6:
aestate in totum, si fieri potest, abstinendum est (Venere),
wholly, entirely, Cels. 1, 3 fin.; cf. Col. 2, 1, 2:
in plenum dici potest, etc.,
fully, Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 217:
Marii virtutem in majus celebrare,
beyond due bounds, Sall. J. 73, 5:
aliter se corpus habere atque consuevit, neque in pejus tantum, sed etiam in melius,
for the worse, for the better, Cels. 2, 2:
in deterius,
Tac. A. 14, 43:
in mollius,
id. ib. 14, 39:
quid enim est iracundia in supervacuum tumultuante frigidius? Sen. de Ira, 2, 11: civitas saepta muris neque in barbarum corrupta (v. barbarus),
Tac. A. 6, 42; cf.:
aucto in barbarum cognomento,
id. H. 5, 2:
priusquam id sors cerneret, in incertum, ne quid gratia momenti faceret, in utramque provinciam decerni,
while the matter was uncertain, Liv. 43, 12, 2:
nec puer Iliaca quisquam de gente Latinos In tantum spe tollet avos,
so much, Verg. A. 6, 876:
in tantum suam felicitatem virtutemque enituisse,
Liv. 22, 27, 4; cf.:
quaedam (aquae) fervent in tantum, ut non possint esse usui,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 24:
viri in tantum boni, in quantum humana simplicitas intellegi potest,
Vell. 2, 43, 4:
quippe pedum digitos, in quantum quaeque secuta est, Traxit,
Ov. M. 11, 71:
meliore in omnia ingenio animoque quam fortuna usus,
in all respects, Vell. 2, 13:
ut simul in omnia paremur,
Quint. 11, 3, 25:
in antecessum dare,
beforehand, Sen. Ep. 118.—
7.
Sometimes with esse, habere, etc., in is followed by the acc. (constr. pregn.), to indicate a direction, aim, purpose, etc. (but v. Madvig. Gram. § 230, obs. 2, note, who regards these accusatives as originating in errors of pronunciation); so, esse in potestatem alicujus, to come into and remain in one ' s power: esse in mentem alicui, to come into and be in one ' s mind: esse in conspectum, to appear to and be in sight: esse in usum, to come into use, be used, etc.:
quod, qui illam partem urbis tenerent, in eorum potestatem portum futurum intellegebant,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 38:
ut portus in potestatem Locrensium esset,
Liv. 24, 1, 13; 2, 14, 4:
eam optimam rem publicam esse duco, quae sit in potestatem optimorum,
Cic. Leg. 3, 17:
neque enim sunt motus in nostram potestatem,
Quint. 6, 2, 29:
numero mihi in mentem fuit,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 25; cf.:
ecquid in mentem est tibi?
id. Bacch. 1, 2, 53:
nec prius surrexisse ac militibus in conspectum fuisse, quam, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 16:
quod satis in usum fuit, sublato, ceterum omne incensum est,
Liv. 22, 20, 6: ab hospitibus clientibusque suis, ab exteris nationibus, quae in amicitiam populi Romani dicionemque essent, injurias propulsare, Cic. Div. ap. Caecil. 20, 66: adesse in senatum [p. 914] jussit a. d. XIII. Kal. Octobr., id. Phil. 5, 7, 19.—Less freq. with habere: facito in memoriam habeas tuam majorem filiam mihi te despondisse, call or bring to mind, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 108:
M. Minucium magistrum equitum, ne quid rei bellicae gereret, prope in custodiam habitum,
put in prison, kept in prison, Liv. 22, 25, 6:
reliquos in custodiam habitos,
Tac. H. 1, 87.—So rarely with other verbs:
pollicetur se provinciam Galliam retenturum in senatus populique Romani potestatem,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 8. —
III.
In composition, n regularly becomes assimilated to a foll. l, m, or r, and is changed before the labials into m: illabor, immitto, irrumpo, imbibo, impello.—As to its meaning, according as it is connected with a verb of rest or motion, it conveys the idea of existence in a place or thing, or of motion, direction, or inclination into or to a place or thing: inesse; inhibere, inferre, impellere, etc. See Hand, Turs. III. pp. 243- 356.
2.
in (before b and p, im; before l, m, and r, the n assimilates itself to these consonants), an inseparable particle [kindred with Sanscr. a-, an-; Gr. a-, an; Goth. and Germ. un-], which negatives the meaning of the noun or participle with which it is connected; Engl. un-, in-, not: impar, unequal: intolerabilis, unbearable, intolerable: immitis, not mild, rude, etc.

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14 ab-dūcō

ab-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere imper. sometimes abdūce, T.), to lead away, take away, carry off, remove, lead aside: filiam abduxit suam, has taken away (from her husband), T.: cohortes secum, Cs.: squalent abductis arva colonis, drafted (for the war), V.: ipsos in lautumias; (poet.): tollite me, Teucri, quascumque abducite terras (i. e. in terras), V.: pluteos ad alia opera, conduct, Cs.: capita retro ab ictu, draw back, V. — Esp., to take home (to dine): tum me convivam solum abducebat sibi, T.—To take (prisoner), arrest: hunc abduce, vinci, T.: e foro abduci, non perduci, arrested for debt, not enticed (by a love-adventure). — To take apart, lead aside (for a private interview): Iugurtham in praetorium, S.—To carry away forcibly, ravish, rob: filia, vi abducta ab tibicine: soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas, steal betrothed damsels from their bosoms, V.; in jurid. lang.: auferre et abducere, to take and drive away (auferre of inanimate things, abducere of living beings), C. — Fig., to lead away, separate, distinguish: animum a corpore: divinationem a coniecturis.—To seduce, alienate: legiones a Bruto: equitatum a consule: servum ab avo.—From a study, pursuit, or duty, to withdraw, draw off, hinder: a quo studio abduci negotiis: aliquem a quaestu: ab isto officio incommodo.—To bring down, reduce, degrade: ad hanc hominum libidinem me.

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15 alternus

alternus adj. [alter], one after the other, alternate, in turn, reciprocal: ex duabus orationibus capita alterna recitare: alternis trabibus ac saxis, beams alternating with stones, Cs.: pes, H.: alterni si congrediamur, every other one of us, V.: in hoc alterno pavore, i. e. panic alternately in either army, L.: fratrem alternā morte redimere, by dying and reviving with him in turn, V.: alternis paene verbis laudans, with almost every other word, L.: amant alterna Camenae, responsive song, V.: alternis aptum sermonibus, dialogue, H.—Of verses, alternate hexameter and pentameter, elegiac: pedes alternos esse oportebit: canere alterno carmine, O. — In courts the parties took turns in challenging judges; hence, alterna consilia reicere, to reject by turns: reiectio iudicum alternorum.
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alterna, alternum ADJ

alternate, one after the/every other, by turns, successive; mutual; reciprocal

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16 attollō (adt-)

attollō (adt-) —, —, ere [ad + tollo], to lift up, raise up, raise, elevate: natum, O.: pallium (i. e. accingere), T.: fracto crure planum, H.: amicum ab humo, V.: oculos humo, O.: oculos contra, i. e. look in the face, O.: mare ventis, Ta.: ad lumina lumen, O.: manūs ad caelum, L.: attolitur unda, V.: capita caelo (of trees), V.: in aegrum se femur, to rise upon, V.: se in auras, O.: fluvio se, out of the river, V.: ex strage se, L.: se ab casu, L.: in caelum attolli, to rise, Ta.: attollit se Lacinia, comes into view, V.—Of buildings, to erect, raise: arcemque attollere tectis, by means of ( high) roofs, V.—To raise, lift up, elevate, exalt: animos. V.: vires in milite, Pr.: ad consulatūs spem animos, L.: alqm praemiis, Ta.: iras, to rise in anger (of a serpent), V.: privati hominis nomen supra principis, Ta.: alcuius progeniem super cunctos, Ta.

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17 coëō

coëō īvī or iī, itus, īre [com- + eo], to go together, come together, meet, assemble, collect: in Piraeo, T.: matronae ad Venturiam frequentes coëunt, L.: quo populus coibat, H.: certis diebus (ad concilium), Ta.: milia crabronum, O.: populi legationibus coëunt, by their representatives, Ta.— To come together in battle, meet, encounter: inter se, V.: agmina, Cu.: cetera turba coit, joins in the attack, O.—To come together, be united, gather, unite, combine: coëundi in unum spatium, L.: manus coit omnis in unum, V.: qui unā coierunt, Cs.: ut coëat par Iungaturque pari, H.: amnes in artius coëunt, Cu.: membra, O.: coit formidine sanguis, congeals, V.: digiti coëunt, grow together, O.: volnera coiere mea, have closed, Pr.: Inter se capita (arcūs), V.: ut placidis coëant immitia, H.: memini nobis verba coisse, to have been exchanged, Pr.—Fig., to unite, join together, assimilate, combine, agree, ally oneself, conspire: cum hoc: principes tum unā coierunt, Cs.: in foedera dextrae, V.—Of a marriage contract: taedae quoque iure coissent, O.: conubio, nuptiis, Cu.: cum captivā, Cu.: Hac gener atque socer coëant mercede suorum, i. e. in the marriage, V.—With societatem, to enter into partnership, make a compact, become an ally, associate, form a league: societatem laboris: cum Caesare societatem: cum Lacedaemoniis, N.: societatem sceleris: ad eam rem societas coitur.
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coire, coivi(ii), coitus V

fit together; have sexual intercourse; collect/gather (fluid); meet; rally; enter agreement; unite/assemble/conspire; come/go together; mend/knit (wound)

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18 contrārius

contrārius adj. [contra].—Of position, lying over against, opposite: ripa: collis huic, Cs.: Phrygiae tellus, O.: contrario ictu transfixus, by a blow from the opposite direction, L.: volnera, in front, Ta. — Opposite, contrary, opposed, conflicting: defendere contrariam partem: inter se pugnantia studia: disputare in contrarias partīs, on both sides: huius virtutis vitiositas: iura omnibus aliis: aestus vento, O.: ex orationibus capita alterna inter se contraria: contrario motu atque caelum, opposite to that of the sky.—As subst n., the opposite, contrary, reverse: contrarium est.. ut frigus calori, the antithesis: lex imperans honesta, prohibens contraria: si ea volt... sin autem contraria, etc., N.: vocant animum in contraria, in opposite directions, V.: in contraria versus, transformed: vitia quae sunt virtutum contraria, the opposites: ex contrario, on the contrary, on the other hand, Cs.: hoc ex contrario contendo: e contrario, N. — Hostile, inimical, antagonistic: Tibi, Ph.: litora litoribus, V.: undis ignis, O.
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I
contraria, contrarium ADJ

opposite, contrary, in contradiction; antithetical; opposed, hostile, adverse; incompatible; reversed, inverted; reciprocal, mutual; counterbalancing
II
contrarii N M

opponent, adversary; antagonist

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19 contus

contus ī, m, κοντόσ, a pole, pike: conti bini a prorā prominentes, L.—As a weapon, V.: contis praefixa capita, Ta.—A boat-hook, V.
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conti N M

long pole esp. used on ship); lance, pike

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20 coruscus

coruscus adj., in waving motion, waving, vibrating, tremulous: silvae, V.: ilices, V.—Flashing, gleaming, glittering: ignis, H.: vis fulminis, C. poet.: sol, V.: radii (solis), O.: Pyrrhus telis, V.: cristis capita alta corusci, V.
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I
corusca, coruscum ADJ

vibrating/waving/tremulous/shaking; flashing, twinkling; brilliant (L+S)
II
coruscus N M

lightening; (2 Ezra 6:2)

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