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  • 1 gero

    1.
    gĕro, gessi, gestum ( Part. gen. plur. sync. gerentum, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 13; imper. ger, like dic, duc, fac, fer, Cat. 27, 2), 3, v. a. [root gas-, to come, go; Zend, jah, jahaiti, come; gero (for geso), in caus. sense, to cause to come; cf. Gr. bastazô, from bastos = gestus], to bear about with one, to bear, carry, to wear, have (in the lit. signif. mostly poet., not in Cic., Cæs., Sall., or Quint.; but instead of it ferre, portare, vehere, sustinere, etc.; but in the trop. signif. freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    (vestem ferinam) qui gessit primus,

    Lucr. 5, 1420; so,

    vestem,

    Ov. M. 11, 276 (with induere vestes), Nep. Dat. 3; cf.:

    coronam Olympiacam capite,

    Suet. Ner. 25:

    ornamenta,

    id. Caes. 84:

    angues immixtos crinibus,

    Ov. M. 4, 792:

    clipeum (laeva),

    id. ib. 4, 782; cf.:

    galeam venatoriam in capite, clavam dextra manu, copulam sinistra,

    Nep. Dat. 3:

    ramum, jaculum,

    Ov. M. 12, 442:

    spicea serta,

    id. ib. 2, 28:

    vincla,

    id. ib. 4, 681:

    venabula corpore fixa,

    id. ib. 9, 206; cf.:

    tela (in pectore fixus),

    id. ib. 6, 228:

    Vulcanum (i. e. ignem) in cornu conclusum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185:

    spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens,

    Liv. 1, 10, 5; cf.:

    Horatius trigemina spolia prae se gerens,

    id. 1, 26, 2:

    onera,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 77 Müll.: uterum or partum gerere, to be pregnant, be with young; so, gerere partum, Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 187:

    uterum,

    id. 8, 40, 62, § 151:

    centum fronte oculos centum cervice gerebat Argus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 19:

    lumen unum media fronte,

    id. M. 13, 773:

    cornua fronte,

    id. ib. 15, 596:

    virginis os habitumque gerens et virginis arma,

    Verg. A. 1, 315:

    virginis ora,

    Ov. M. 5, 553; cf.:

    quae modo bracchia gessit, Crura gerit,

    id. ib. 5, 455 sq.:

    Coae cornua matres Gesserunt tum,

    i. e. were turned into cows, id. ib. 7, 364:

    principio (morbi) caput incensum fervore gerebant,

    Lucr. 6, 1145:

    qui umbrata gerunt civili tempora quercu,

    Verg. A. 6, 772:

    tempora tecta pelle lupi,

    Ov. M. 12, 380:

    (Hector) squalentem barbam et concretos sanguine crines Vulneraque illa gerens, quae, etc.,

    Verg. A. 2, 278:

    capella gerat distentius uber,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 110.—
    b.
    Of inanimate things:

    semina rerum permixta gerit tellus discretaque tradit,

    Lucr. 6, 790; cf.:

    (terram) multosque lacus multasque lacunas In gremio gerere et rupes deruptaque saxa,

    id. ib. 6, 539; Enn. ap. Non. 66, 26 (Sat. 23, p. 157 Vahl.); and:

    quos Oceano propior gerit India lucos,

    Verg. G. 2, 122:

    speciem ac formam similem gerit ejus imago,

    Lucr. 4, 52.—
    B.
    In partic. (very rare).
    1.
    With respect to the term. ad quem, to bear, carry, bring to a place:

    (feminae puerique) saxa in muros munientibus gerunt,

    Liv. 28, 19, 13:

    neque eam voraginem conjectu terrae, cum pro se quisque gereret, expleri potuisse,

    id. 7, 6, 2; cf. id. 37, 5, 1. — Absol.:

    si non habebis unde irriges, gerito inditoque leniter,

    Cato, R. R. 151, 4; Liv. 7, 6, 2 Drak.—Prov.:

    non pluris refert, quam si imbrem in cribrum geras,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100.—
    2.
    With the accessory idea of production, to bear, bring forth, produce:

    quae (terra) quod gerit fruges, Ceres (appellata est),

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.; cf. Tib. 2, 4, 56:

    violam nullo terra serente gerit,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 6:

    arbores (Oete),

    id. M. 9, 230:

    malos (platani),

    Verg. G. 2, 70: frondes (silva), Ov. M. 11, 615:

    terra viros urbesque gerit silvasque ferasque Fluminaque et Nymphas et cetera numina ruris,

    Ov. M. 2, 16.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to bear, have, entertain, cherish: vos etenim juvenes animum geritis muliebrem, illa virago viri, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf.:

    fortem animum gerere,

    Sall. J. 107, 1:

    parem animum,

    id. ib. 54, 1 Kritz.:

    animum invictum advorsum divitias,

    id. ib. 43, 5:

    animum super fortunam,

    id. ib. 64, 2:

    mixtum gaudio ac metu animum,

    Liv. 32, 11, 5; cf. also Verg. A. 9, 311; and v. infra B. 3.: aeque inimicitiam atque amicitiam in frontem promptam gero, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 8, 6 (Trag. v. 8 Vahl.):

    personam,

    to support a character, play a part, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 115; cf.:

    est igitur proprium munus magistratus, intelligere, se gerere personam civitatis debereque ejus dignitatem et decus sustinere,

    id. ib. 1, 34, 132; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 29 init.;

    id. Civ. Dei, 1, 21 al.: mores, quos ante gerebant, Nunc quoque habent,

    Ov. M. 7, 655:

    et nos aliquod nomenque decusque Gessimus,

    Verg. A. 2, 89:

    seu tu querelas sive geris jocos Seu rixam et insanos amores Seu facilem, pia testa (i. e. amphora), somnum,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 2:

    in dextris vestris jam libertatem, opem... geritis,

    Curt. 4, 14 fin.:

    plumbeas iras,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 18:

    iras,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 30: M. Catonem illum Sapientem cum multis graves inimicitias gessisse accepimus propter Hispanorum injurias, Cic. Div. ap. Caecil. 20, 66:

    veteres inimicitias cum Caesare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 4:

    muliebres inimicitias cum aliqua,

    Cic. Cael. 14, 32:

    inimicitias hominum more,

    id. Deiot. 11, 30: simultatem cum aliquo pro re publica, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3; cf. Suet. Vesp. 6; and Verg. A. 12, 48:

    de amicitia gerenda praeclarissime scripti libri,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

    amicitiam,

    Nep. Dat. 10 fin.:

    praecipuum in Romanos gerebant odium,

    Liv. 28, 22, 2:

    cum fortuna mutabilem gerentes fidem,

    id. 8, 24, 6:

    utrique imperii cupiditatem insatiabilem gerebant,

    Just. 17, 1 fin. —Absol.:

    ad ea rex, aliter atque animo gerebat, placide respondit,

    Sall. J. 72, 1.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Gerere se aliquo modo, to bear, deport, behave, or conduct one's self, to act in any manner:

    in maximis rebus quonam modo gererem me adversus Caesarem, usus tuo consilio sum,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 5; cf. id. Off. 1, 28, 98:

    ut, quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,

    id. ib. 1, 26, 90; so,

    se liberius (servi),

    id. Rep. 1, 43:

    se inconsultius,

    Liv. 41, 10, 5:

    se valde honeste,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

    se perdite,

    id. ib. 9, 2, A, 2:

    se turpissime (illa pars animi),

    id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

    se turpiter in legatione,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 4:

    sic in provincia nos gerimus, quod ad abstinentiam attinet, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 5, 17, 2:

    sic me in hoc magistratu geram, ut, etc.,

    id. Agr. 1, 8, 26; cf.:

    nunc ita nos gerimus, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 22, 3:

    uti sese victus gereret, exploratum misit,

    Sall. J. 54, 2:

    se medium gerere,

    to remain neutral, Liv. 2, 27, 3.—
    b.
    In a like sense also post-class.: gerere aliquem, to behave or conduct one's self as any one (like agere aliquem):

    nec heredem regni sed regem gerebat,

    Just. 32, 3, 1; Plin. Pan. 44, 2:

    tu civem patremque geras,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 293:

    aedilem,

    App. M. 1, p. 113:

    captivum,

    Sen. Troad. 714.—
    c.
    Gerere se et aliquem, to treat one's self and another in any manner:

    interim Romae gaudium ingens ortum cognitis Metelli rebus, ut seque et exercitum more majorum gereret,

    Sall. J. 55, 1:

    meque vosque in omnibus rebus juxta geram,

    id. ib. 85, 47.—
    d.
    Pro aliquo se gerere, to assume to be:

    querentes, quosdam non sui generis pro colonis se gerere,

    Liv. 32, 2, 6:

    eum, qui sit census, ita se jam tum gessisse pro cive,

    Cic. Arch. 5, 11 dub.—
    2.
    Gerere prae se aliquid (for the usual prae se ferre), to show, exhibit, manifest:

    affectionis ratio perspicuam solet prae se gerere conjecturam, ut amor, iracundia, molestia, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 30; cf.:

    prae se quandam gerere utilitatem,

    id. ib. 2, 52, 157: animum altum et erectum prae se gerebat, Auct. B. Afr. 10 fin.; Aug. de Lib. Arbit. 3, 21, 61 al.;

    so gerere alone: ita tum mos erat, in adversis voltum secundae fortunae gerere, moderari animo in secundis,

    to assume, Liv. 42, 63, 11.—
    3.
    With the accessory idea of activity or exertion, to sustain the charge of any undertaking or business, to administer, manage, regulate, rule, govern, conduct, carry on, wage, transact, accomplish, perform (cf.: facio, ago).—In pass. also in gen., to happen, take place, be done (hence, res gesta, a deed, and res gestae, events, occurrences, acts, exploits; v. the foll.): tertium gradum agendi esse dicunt, ubi quid faciant;

    in eo propter similitudinem agendi et faciundi et gerundi quidam error his, qui putant esse unum. Potest enim aliquid facere et non agere, ut poëta facit fabulam et non agit: contra actor agit et non facit.... Contra imperator quod dicitur res gerere, in eo neque facit neque agit, sed gerit, id est sustinet, translatum ab his qui onera gerunt, quod hi sustinent,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 77 Müll.:

    omnia nostra, quoad eris Romae, ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut nihil a me exspectes,

    Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:

    gerere et administrare rem publicam,

    id. Fin. 3, 20, 68; cf. id. Rep. 2, 1 and 12:

    rem publicam,

    id. ib. 1, 7; 1, 8; id. Fam. 2, 7, 3 et saep.:

    magistratum,

    id. Sest. 37, 79; cf.

    potestatem,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

    consulatum,

    id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; id. Sest. 16, 37:

    duumviratum,

    id. ib. 8, 19:

    tutelam alicujus,

    Dig. 23, 2, 68; 27, 1, 22 al.: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patria procul, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.); so,

    rem, of private affairs,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 34; Cic. de Sen. 7, 22 al.:

    aliquid per aes et libram gerere,

    to transact by coin and balance, Gai. Inst. 3, 173; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 6, 14.—Of war: etsi res bene gesta est, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 168 (Ann. v. 512 Vahl.): vi geritur res, id. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 272 ib.); cf.:

    gladiis geri res coepta est,

    Liv. 28, 2, 6:

    ubi res ferro geratur,

    id. 10, 39, 12: qui rem cum Achivis gesserunt statim, Enn. ap. Non. 393, 14 (Trag. v. 39 Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 84:

    Alexander... passurus gestis aequanda pericula rebus,

    exploits, Juv. 14, 314:

    miranda quidem, sed nuper gesta referemus,

    id. 15, 28.—Of public affairs, affairs of government:

    magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris summo imperio praeditis, dictatoribus atque consulibus, belli domique gerebantur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 32 fin.; 2, 24:

    a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit,

    id. de Sen. 6, 15; cf. § 17: quid quod homines infima fortuna, nulla spe rerum gerendarum ( public business), opifices denique, delectantur historia? maximeque eos videre possumus res gestas ( public events or occurrences) audire et legere velle, qui a spe gerendi absunt, confecti senectute, id. Fin. 5, 19, 52:

    sin per se populus interfecit aut ejecit tyrannum, est moderatior, quoad sentit et sapit et sua re gesta laetatur,

    their deed, id. Rep. 1, 42:

    ut pleraque senatus auctoritate gererentur,

    id. ib. 2, 32; cf. id. ib. 1, 27:

    haec dum Romae geruntur,

    id. Quint. 6, 28:

    ut iis, qui audiunt, tum geri illa fierique videantur,

    id. de Or. 2, 59, 241:

    susceptum negotium,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 1; cf.:

    si ipse negotium meum gererem, nihil gererem, nisi consilio tuo,

    id. Att. 13, 3, 1:

    negotium bene, male, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; id. Cat. 2, 10, 21; Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 5 et saep.; cf.:

    quid negotii geritur?

    Cic. Quint. 13, 42: annos multos bellum gerentes summum summā industriā, Enn. ap. Non. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 Vahl.); cf.:

    bello illo maximo, quod Athenienses et Lacedaemonii summa inter se contentione gesserunt,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 16; so,

    bella,

    id. ib. 5, 2: pacem an bellum gerens, v. Andrews and Stoddard's Gram. § 323, 1 (2); Sall. J. 46 fin.:

    bella multa felicissime,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

    bellum cum aliquo,

    id. Sest. 2, 4; id. Div. 1, 46, 103; Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 4 et saep.:

    bello gesto,

    Liv. 5, 43, 1: mea mater de ea re gessit morem morigerae mihi, performed my will, i. e. complied with my wishes, gratified, humored me, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 87; cf.:

    geram tibi morem et ea quae vis, ut potero, explicabo,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 17: morem alicui (in aliqua re), Enn. ap. Non. 342, 24 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.):

    sine me in hac re gerere mihi morem,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 74; Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 44; id. Men. 5, 2, 37; id. Mil. 2, 1, 58; Cic. Rep. 3, 5; id. N. D. 2, 1, 3; Ov. Am. 2, 2, 13 et saep.; also without dat., Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 36; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 77.— Pass.:

    ut utrique a me mos gestus esse videatur,

    Cic. Att. 2, 16, 3; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 69; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 108; id. Ad. 2, 2, 6; Nep. Them. 7, 3 al.—With a play upon this meaning and that in II. A.: magna, inquit, [p. 813] bella gessi:

    magnis imperiis et provinciis praefui. Gere igitur animum laude dignum,

    Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37.— Absol.:

    cum superiores alii fuissent in disputationibus perpoliti, quorum res gestae nullae invenirentur, alii in gerendo probabiles, in disserendo rudes,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 8; cf.

    the passage,

    id. Fin. 5, 19, 52 supra:

    Armeniam deinde ingressus prima parte introitus prospere gessit,

    Vell. 2, 102, 2 (where others unnecessarily insert rem), Liv. 25, 22, 1; cf.

    also: sive caesi ab Romanis forent Bastarnae... sive prospere gessissent,

    id. 40, 58 fin.:

    cum Persis et Philippus qui cogitavit, et Alexander, qui gessit, hanc bellandi causam inferebat, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 9.—
    4.
    Of time, to pass, spend (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.): ut (Tullia) cum aliquo adolescente primario conjuncta aetatem gereret, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; cf.:

    pubertatis ac primae adolescentiae tempus,

    Suet. Dom. 1:

    vitam,

    Petr. 63; Val. Fl. 6, 695:

    annum gerens aetatis sexagesimum et nonum,

    Suet. Vesp. 24.—Hence, gĕrens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 3.), managing, conducting, etc.; with gen.:

    rei male gerentes,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 43:

    sui negotii bene gerens,

    Cic. Quint. 19, 62.
    2.
    gĕro, ōnis, m. [1. gero], a carrier; connected per hyphen with foras:

    ite, ite hac, simul eri damnigeruli, foras gerones, Bonorum hamaxagogae,

    that carry off, ravishers, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gero

  • 2 intersum

    inter-sum, fŭi, esse (interfŭtūrus, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35;

    in tmesi: interque esse desiderat pugnis,

    Arn. 7, 255), v. n., to be between, lie between (class.; syn. interjaceo).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Of space:

    quas (segetes) inter et castra unus omnino collis intererat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    ut Tiberis inter eos et pons interesset,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 2:

    via interest perangusta,

    Liv. 22, 4:

    morari victoriam rati, quod interesset amnis,

    id. 21, 5:

    quod interest spatii,

    Plin. 6, 9, 10, § 28.—
    B.
    Of time:

    cujus inter primum et sextum consulatum sex et quadraginta anni interfuerunt,

    elapsed, Cic. de Sen. 17, 60:

    inter Laviniam et Albam Longam coloniam deductam triginta ferme interfuere anni,

    Liv. 1, 3; Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 8.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To be apart; with abl. of distance (syn. disto):

    clathros interesse oportet pede,

    Cato, R. R. 4.—
    B.
    To be different, to differ:

    ut inter eos, ne minimum quidem intersit,

    there is not the slightest difference, Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52: inter hominem et beluam hoc maxime interest, quod, men differ chiefly from brutes in this, that, etc., id. Off. 1, 4, 11:

    vide, quantum interfuturum sit inter meam atque tuam accusationem,

    how great a difference there will be, id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

    in his rebus nihil omnino interest,

    there is no difference whatever, id. Ac. 2; 15, 47:

    hoc pater ac dominus interest,

    there is this difference, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 51:

    tantum id interest, veneritne eo itinere ad urbem, an ab urbe in Campaniam redierit,

    Liv. 26, 11.— With ab (like differo, rare):

    negant quidquam a falsis interesse,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27; cf.:

    quod intersit aut differat, aliud ab alio,

    id. Fin. 3, 7, 25:

    quod ab eo nihil intersit, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 26, 83.—With dat.:

    ut matrona Intererit Satyris paulum pudibunda protervis,

    Hor. A. P. 232:

    quid dimidium dimidiato intersit,

    Gell. 3, 14, 4.—With gen. (in analogy with the Gr. diapherein tinos): quoniam to nemesan interest (= diapherei) tou phthonein, i. e. anger differs from envy, Cic. Att. 5, 19 fin. —
    C.
    To be present at, take part in, attend; constr. absol., with dat. or in and abl.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    ac si ipse interfuerit, ac praesens viderit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 54, 104:

    interfuisse me memini,

    Suet. Dom. 12.—
    (β).
    With dat. rei:

    consiliis,

    Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2; 2, 23, 3:

    crudelitati,

    id. ib. 9, 6, 7:

    negotiis,

    id. Fam. 1, 6:

    lacrimis patris,

    Verg. A. 11, 62:

    ludis,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    caedi,

    id. Dom. 47:

    rebus gerendis,

    Gell. 5, 18, 1:

    sermoni,

    id. 11, 7, 1:

    senatui,

    Cic. Dom. 11; Suet. Claud. 46:

    populo Quirini,

    to be among, live with, Hor. C. 1, 2, 46:

    rebus divinis,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4:

    proelio,

    id. ib. 7, 87:

    bello,

    Liv. 36, 4:

    spectaculo,

    id. 2, 38.— Also, with dat. loci:

    curiae,

    Suet. Aug. 38:

    contubernio patris,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 27, 1.—Also, with dat. pers.:

    sacrificanti interfuit,

    attended him, Suet. Oth. 6.—
    (γ).
    With in and abl.:

    in convivio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 39:

    in testamento faciendo,

    id. Clu. 59, 162:

    voluerunt eos in suis rebus ipsos interesse,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 14:

    quibus in rebus,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9.— Also used of time, to live in:

    quisquis illis temporibus interfuit,

    Vell. 2, 114, 2:

    cui tempori Saturninus interfuit,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 3, 3; cf.:

    ea (ratiocinatio) dicitur interfuisse tum, cum aliquid vitasse aut secutus esse animus videbitur,

    to have taken place, Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 18.—
    D.
    To interest, be of interest to one (very rare as pers. verb):

    non quo mea interesset natura loci,

    Cic. Att. 3, 19, 1 (cf. interest, impers. infra). —
    III.
    Esp.: intĕrest, impers., it makes a difference, interests, concerns, imports; is of interest, importance; constr. with gen. pers. or meā, tuā, suā, and with a subj. or rel. clause, ut or ne, or with ad:

    ea vos rata habeatis, ne magis reipublicae interest, quam mea,

    Liv. 26, 31, 10:

    quanto opere reipublicae communisque salutis intersit, manus hostium distineri,

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

    semper ille, quantum interesset P. Clodii, se perire, cogitabat,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    quid illius interest, ubi sis?

    id. Att. 10, 4, 10:

    quis enim est hodie, cujus intersit istam legem manere?

    id. Phil. 1, 9:

    hoc vehementer interest rei publicae,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

    quod ego et mea et rei publicae interesse arbitror,

    id. Fam. 2, 19 fin.:

    multum interest rei familiaris tuae, te quam primum venire,

    id. Fam. 4, 10, 2:

    tuā et meā maxime interest, te valere,

    id. ib. 16, 4:

    id ignorare eos velis, quorum intersit id scire,

    id. Off. 3, 13, 57.— With ut or ne:

    illud meā magni interest, te ut videam,

    Cic. Att. 11, 22, 2:

    quod ut facias tuā interesse arbitror,

    id. Fam. 12, 18, 2:

    vestrā interest, ne imperatorem pessimi faciant,

    Tac. H. 1, 30:

    non tam suā quam reipublicae interesse ut salvus esset,

    Suet. Caes. 86; so,

    utriusque nostrum magni interest ut te videam,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 4 B. and K. (dub.).— With gen. pretii:

    quod meus familiaris tanti suā interesse arbitraretur,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 10.—With rel. or interrog.-clause:

    in omnibus novis conjunctionibus interest, qualis primus aditus sit,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 4: non tam interest, quo animo scribatur, quam quo accipiatur, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 1:

    neque multum interest, quod nondum per numeros distributi sunt,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 30, 2; cf. with utrum... an: quid interfuit, homo audacissime, utrum hoc decerneres, an, etc., what mattered it? Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141:

    nihil interest nunc, an violaverim, etc.,

    Liv. 26, 31.— With ad:

    ad honorem interesse,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 1:

    ad decus et ad laudem civitatis,

    id. N. D. 1, 4, 7:

    ad laudem nostram,

    id. ib. 5, 12, 2:

    ad beate vivendum,

    id. Fin. 2, 28, 90.

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  • 3 gerō

        gerō gessī, gestus, ere    [GES-], to bear about, bear, carry, wear, have, hold, sustain: vestem, N.: ferarum pelles, Ta.: anguīs inmixtos crinibus, O.: in capite galeam, N.: spolia ducis, L.: dextrā sceptrum, V.: Virginis os habitumque, V.: cornua matres Gesserunt, i. e. became cows, O.: tempora tecta pelle, O.: squalentem barbam gerens, with, V.: distentius uber, H.: Seu tu querelas sive geris iocos (of a jar), contain, H.— To bear, carry, bring: saxa in muros, L.: cum pro se quisque (terram) gereret, L.— To bear, bring forth, produce: arbores, O.: mālos, V.: quos gerit India lucos, V.: Terra viros gerit, O.—Fig., to bear, have, keep, entertain, cherish, experience: pro noxiis iras, T.: fortem animum, S.: mixtum gaudio animum, L.: Ante annos animum, V.: personam, support a character: Mores, O.: aliquod nomenque decusque, V.: veteres inimicitias cum Caesare, Cs.: de amicitiā gerendā libri: in Romanos odium, L.: aliter atque animo gerebat, respondit, i. e. with dissimulation, S.— To exhibit, display, assume: in adversis voltum secundae fortunae, L.: prae se quandam utilitatem.— To carry out, administer, manage, regulate, rule, govern, conduct, carry on, wage, transact, accomplish, do, perform: rem p.: res p. egregie gesta est, L.: magistratum: terrā rem, i. e. to be in command, L.: se et exercitum more maiorum, S.: male rem, manage business: dum ea geruntur, meanwhile, Cs.: dum haec Romae geruntur, happen, S.: etsi res bene gesta est, the war, Enn. ap. C.: in conspectu Caesaris res gerebatur, the action, Cs.: occasio rei bene gerendae, for a successful blow, Cs.: gladio comminus rem gerit, fights, Cs.: gestis aequanda pericula rebus, exploits, Iu.: a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit, public affairs: quid negoti geritur?: bello gesto, L.: auctores in gerendo probabiles: a spe gerendi abesse: intus Digna geri, off the stage, H.: geram tibi morem, gratify: gerere mihi morem, please myself, T.: ut homost, ita morem geras, every man to his humor, T.: ut utrique a me mos gestus esse videatur.—With se, to bear, act, behave, deport oneself: nos summissius: truculentius se quam ceteri: se turpissime: me in hoc magistratu: ita nos, ut, etc.: se medium gerere, remain neutral, L.: pro colonis se gerere, claim to be, L.: se pro cive: Dis te minorem, i. e. revere, H.: meque vosque in omnibus rebus iuxta, treat you as myself, S.: nec tecum talia gessi, treat you thus, V.
    * * *
    gerere, gessi, gestus V
    bear, carry, wear; carry on; manage, govern; (se gerere = to conduct oneself)

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  • 4 avoco

    ā-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (arch. inf., AVOCARIER, C. I. L. I. p. 198), to call off or away.
    I.
    In gen.:

    partem exercitūs ad bellum,

    Liv. 4, 61, 3:

    pubem in arcem praesidio armisque obtinendam,

    id. 1, 6, 1: Consul ab omnibus magistratibus et comitiatum et contionem avocare potest. Messala ap. Gell. 13, 16, 1.—With dat. (for ab aliquo): nec avocare alius alii posset, si contionem habere volunt, Messala ap. Gell. 13, 16, 1.— Trop.:

    a rebus occultis avocare philosophiam,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15:

    ut (orator) a propriis personis et temporibus avocet controversiam,

    id. Or. 14, 45:

    quibusdam ad Antiochum multitudinis animos avocantibus,

    Liv. 37, 9, 1.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To call one off from an action, purpose, wish, etc., i. e. to withdraw, divert, turn, remove, separate (the usual signif. of the word):

    aliquem ab aliquā re voluptas avocat,

    Cic. Arch. 6, 12:

    si te laus adlicere ad recte faciendum non potest, ne metus quidem a foedissimis factis potest avocare?

    id. Phil. 2, 45:

    aliquem ab alicujus conjunctione,

    id. ib. 2, 10:

    quos jam aetas a proeliis avocabat,

    id. Rosc. Am. 32, 90:

    senectus avocat a rebus gerendis,

    id. Sen. 5, 15; so id. Balb. 26, 59:

    qui omnino avocent a philosophiā,

    id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; id. Leg. 2, 4, 9 hos a bello avocas, Nep. Epam. 5, 3:

    avocat a curā vocis ille adfectus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 25; Suet. Aug. 40.—
    B. 1.
    To withdraw by interrupting, to interrupt, hinder:

    multum distringebar frigidis negotiis, quae simul et avocant animum et comminuunt,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 2, 1.—
    2.
    To divert by cheering, to divert, cheer, amuse:

    ab iis quae avocant abductus, et liber et mihi relictus,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 2; hence, se, to divert, entertain one ' s self, Arn. 7, p. 215; and pass. with mid. sense: illic avocare et illic lude, * Vulg. Eccli. 32, 15.—
    C.
    1.. In the Lat. of the jurists = revocare, to reclaim, recall:

    partem ejus, quod in fraudem datum esset,

    Dig. 22, 3, 6; so,

    possessionem,

    ib. 19, 1, 3; also with dat. (for ab aliquo):

    non potest avocari ei res,

    ib. 35, 2, 1.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    factum,

    to revoke, disavow, Dig. 39, 5, 6:

    arma,

    to make a feint in fighting, Quint. 9, 1, 20.

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  • 5 abs - trahō

        abs - trahō trāxī, tractus, ere,    to drag away, draw off, pull away, detach: me a Glycerio, T.: liberos ab aliquo, Cs.: hanc (navem) remulco, by means of, Cs.: iumenta, L.—Fig., to draw away, divert, withdraw, exclude, cut off: me ab illā cogitatione: manibus abstracta piis: alqm a malis: a rebus gerendis: omnia in duas partes, torn asunder, S.

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  • 6 an

       an    conj.    I. Prop., in a disjunctive question introducing the latter clause; in Engl. represented by or and the interrog. form of the clause.—After utrum, in direct questions: utrum has corporis an Pythagorae tibi malis viris ingeni dari?: utrum superbiam prius commemorem an crudelitatem?: utrumne iussi persequemur otium, an, etc., H.—In indirect questions, whether... or: intellegere utrum pudor an timor valeret, Cs.: quaero, utrum clemens an inhumanissimus videatur: agitamus utrumne... an, etc., H.—After enclitic -ne in direct questions: vosne Domitium an vos Domitius deseruit? Cs.: uter... isne, qui... an ille, qui? etc.—Annon (an non) in the latter clause simply negatives the former: hocine agis an non? T.—Indirect, whether... or: agitur liberine vivamus an mortem obeamus: quaeso sitne aliqua actio an nulla.—Rarely annon: Roga velitne an non uxorem, T. — After a clause without correl. interrog. particle, in direct questions: ipse percussit an aliis occidendum dedit?: eloquar an sileam? V.—So with -ne pleonast.: obtrectatum esse, Gabinio dicam anne Pompeio, an utrique?—By ellips. of verb, an becomes simply disjunctive between two words: cum Simonides an quis alius polliceretur: cum id constaret, iure an iniuriā eripiendos esse reos, L.—Indirect: vivat an mortuus sit, quis curat?: hoc quaeramus, verum sit an falsum?— With ellips. of verb: neque, recte an perperam (sc. fiat), interpretor, L.; cf. discrimine recte an perperam facti confuso, L.—The former interrog. clause is often implied in a previous affirmation, and the clause with an expects a negative answer: quid enim actum est? an litteris pepercisti? (was it as I have said?), or did you, etc., i. e. you surely did not, etc.: at Pompeii voluntatem a me abalienabat oratio mea. An ille quemquam plus dilexit? or rather: sive vetabat, ‘an hoc inhonestum... necne sit addubites?’ (where an addubites asks a direct question, and hoc... sit an indirect question dependent on it), H.: quas Kalendas Iunias expectasti? an eas, ad quas, etc.?: an Scipio Gracchum interfecit, Catilinam... nos perferemus? or (if what I have said be questioned) while Scipio slew... are we to tolerate Catiline?—After a question, with num, an introduces a new question, correcting or denying the former, or rather: num iniquom postulo? an ne hoc quidem ego adipiscar...? or rather am I not even to get, etc., T.: num Homerum coegit obmutescere senectus? an studiorum agitatio vitae aequalis fuit? or was not rather? etc.—Sometimes the former interrog. clause, to be supplied, expects a negative answer, and the clause with an is an implied affirmation: a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit? Quibus? an iis, etc.: unde ordiar? an eadem attingam, quae, etc.—So often annon? or is it not so? hem quo fretus sim... annon dixi, etc., T.: annon sensistis triumphatum hodie de vobis esse? or have you not? etc., L. — Ellipt.: cuium pecus? an Meliboei? Meliboeus's, I suppose, V.—    II. Meton., without disjunctive force.—With expressions of doubt, ignorance, uncertainty, the former interrog. clause is regularly omitted, the latter with an expressing the belief or opinion of the speaker, I know not but, I incline to think, I suspect, perhaps, probably: hau scio an quae dixit sint vera, T.: res nescio an maxima, L.: dubito an Apronio data sit merces: haud sciam an ne opus sit quidem, etc., possibly it may not be desirable: is mortuus est, nescio an antequam, etc.: Qui scis, an, quae iubeam, sine vi faciat, T.—In indirect questions, whether: quaesivi an misisset: quae in discrimine fuerunt, an ulla post hanc diem essent, L.—With an repeated: animo nunc huc nunc fluctuat illuc, an sese mucrone... Induat... Fluctibus an iaciat, V.: temptare an sit Corpus an illud ebur, O.
    * * *
    can it be that (introduces question expecting negative answer/further question); whether; (utrum... an = whether... or); or; either

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  • 7 prōmptus

        prōmptus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of promo], set forth, brought forward, disclosed, exposed, manifest: aliud clausum in pectore, aliud promptum in linguā habere, S.: prompta et aperta: nihil quod non istius cupiditati promptissimum esset.— At hand, prepared, ready, quick, prompt, inclined, disposed: homo: audacia, S.: sagittae, O.: promptissimus quisque interciderunt, ablest, Ta.: ad bella suscipienda animus, Cs.: ad usum forensem promptior esse: ad lacessendum certamen, L.: promptior in spem, Ta.: celeritas in agendo: in rebus gerendis, N.: utemini nobis etiam promptioribus pro patriā, L.: manu promptior, L.: promptior linguā quam manu, S.: nullam gentem promptiorem veniae dandae fuisse, L.— Bold, enterprising: promptissimus quisque, Ta.: post eventum, Ta.— Easy, practicable: defensio: aditus, Ta.: moenia haudquaquam prompta oppugnanti, L.: sed nec mihi dicere promptum, Nec facere est isti, O.: an promptum effectu aut certe non arduum sit, Ta.
    * * *
    prompta -um, promptior -or -us, promptissimus -a -um ADJ
    set forth, brought forward, manifest, disclosed; willing, ready, eager, quick

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  • 8 ab

    ăb, ā, abs, prep. with abl. This IndoEuropean particle (Sanscr. apa or ava, Etr. av, Gr. upo, Goth. af, Old Germ. aba, New Germ. ab, Engl. of, off) has in Latin the following forms: ap, af, ab (av), au-, a, a; aps, abs, as-. The existence of the oldest form, ap, is proved by the oldest and best MSS. analogous to the prep. apud, the Sanscr. api, and Gr. epi, and by the weakened form af, which, by the rule of historical grammar and the nature of the Latin letter f, can be derived only from ap, not from ab. The form af, weakened from ap, also very soon became obsolete. There are but five examples of it in inscriptions, at the end of the sixth and in the course of the seventh century B. C., viz.:

    AF VOBEIS,

    Inscr. Orell. 3114;

    AF MVRO,

    ib. 6601;

    AF CAPVA,

    ib. 3308;

    AF SOLO,

    ib. 589;

    AF LYCO,

    ib. 3036 ( afuolunt =avolant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 26 Mull., is only a conjecture). In the time of Cicero this form was regarded as archaic, and only here and there used in account-books; v. Cic. Or. 47, 158 (where the correct reading is af, not abs or ab), and cf. Ritschl, Monum. Epigr. p. 7 sq.—The second form of this preposition, changed from ap, was ab, which has become the principal form and the one most generally used through all periods—and indeed the only oue used before all vowels and h; here and there also before some consonants, particularly l, n, r, and s; rarely before c, j, d, t; and almost never before the labials p, b, f, v, or before m, such examples as ab Massiliensibus, Caes. B. C. 1, 35, being of the most rare occurrence.—By changing the b of ab through v into u, the form au originated, which was in use only in the two compounds aufero and aufugio for abfero, ab-fugio; aufuisse for afuisse, in Cod. Medic. of Tac. A. 12, 17, is altogether unusual. Finally, by dropping the b of ab, and lengthening the a, ab was changed into a, which form, together with ab, predominated through all periods of the Latin language, and took its place before all consonants in the later years of Cicero, and after him almoet exclusively.—By dropping the b without lengthening the a, ab occurs in the form a- in the two compounds a-bio and a-perio, q. v.—On the other hand, instead of reducing ap to a and a, a strengthened collateral form, aps, was made by adding to ap the letter s (also used in particles, as in ex, mox, vix). From the first, aps was used only before the letters c, q, t, and was very soon changed into abs (as ap into ab):

    abs chorago,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 79 (159 Ritschl):

    abs quivis,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 1:

    abs terra,

    Cato, R. R. 51;

    and in compounds: aps-cessero,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 24 (625 R.); id. ib. 3, 2, 84 (710 R): abs-condo, abs-que, abs-tineo, etc. The use of abs was confined almost exclusively to the combination abs te during the whole ante-classic period, and with Cicero till about the year 700 A. U. C. (=B. C. 54). After that time Cicero evidently hesitates between abs te and a te, but during the last five or six years of his life a te became predominant in all his writings, even in his letters; consequently abs te appears but rarely in later authors, as in Liv. 10, 19, 8; 26, 15, 12;

    and who, perhaps, also used abs conscendentibus,

    id. 28, 37, 2; v. Drakenb. ad. h. l. (Weissenb. ab).—Finally abs, in consequence of the following p, lost its b, and became ds- in the three compounds aspello, as-porto, and as-pernor (for asspernor); v. these words.—The late Lat. verb abbrevio may stand for adbrevio, the d of ad being assimilated to the following b.The fundamental signification of ab is departure from some fixed point (opp. to ad. which denotes motion to a point).
    I.
    In space, and,
    II.
    Fig., in time and other relations, in which the idea of departure from some point, as from source and origin, is included; Engl. from, away from, out of; down from; since, after; by, at, in, on, etc.
    I.
    Lit., in space: ab classe ad urbem tendunt, Att. ap. Non. 495, 22 (Trag. Rel. p. 177 Rib.):

    Caesar maturat ab urbe proficisci,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

    fuga ab urbe turpissima,

    Cic. Att. 7, 21:

    ducite ab urbe domum, ducite Daphnim,

    Verg. E. 8, 68. Cicero himself gives the difference between ab and ex thus: si qui mihi praesto fuerit cum armatis hominibus extra meum fundum et me introire prohibuerit, non ex eo, sed ab ( from, away from) eo loco me dejecerit....Unde dejecti Galli? A Capitolio. Unde, qui cum Graccho fucrunt? Ex Capitolio, etc., Cic. Caecin. 30, 87; cf. Diom. p. 408 P., and a similar distinction between ad and in under ad.—Ellipt.: Diogenes Alexandro roganti, ut diceret, si quid opus esset: Nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole, a little out of the sun, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92. —Often joined with usque:

    illam (mulierem) usque a mari supero Romam proficisci,

    all the way from, Cic. Clu. 68, 192; v. usque, I.—And with ad, to denote the space passed over: siderum genus ab ortu ad occasum commeant, from... to, Cic. N. D. 2, 19 init.; cf. ab... in:

    venti a laevo latere in dextrum, ut sol, ambiunt,

    Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 128.
    b.
    Sometimes with names of cities and small islands, or with domus (instead of the usual abl.), partie., in militnry and nautieal language, to denote the marching of soldiers, the setting out of a flcet, or the departure of the inhabitants from some place:

    oppidum ab Aenea fugiente a Troja conditum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33:

    quemadmodum (Caesar) a Gergovia discederet,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 43 fin.; so id. ib. 7, 80 fin.; Sall. J. 61; 82; 91; Liv. 2, 33, 6 al.; cf.:

    ab Arimino M. Antonium cum cohortibus quinque Arretium mittit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 11 fin.; and:

    protinus a Corfinio in Siciliam miserat,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 2:

    profecti a domo,

    Liv. 40, 33, 2;

    of setting sail: cum exercitus vestri numquam a Brundisio nisi hieme summa transmiserint,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 32; so id. Fam. 15, 3, 2; Caes. B. C. 3, 23; 3, 24 fin.:

    classe qua advecti ab domo fuerant,

    Liv. 8, 22, 6;

    of citizens: interim ab Roma legatos venisse nuntiatum est,

    Liv. 21, 9, 3; cf.:

    legati ab Orico ad M. Valerium praetorem venerunt,

    id. 24, 40, 2.
    c.
    Sometimes with names of persons or with pronouns: pestem abige a me, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 50 Vahl.):

    Quasi ad adulescentem a patre ex Seleucia veniat,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 41; cf.:

    libertus a Fuflis cum litteris ad Hermippum venit,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

    Nigidium a Domitio Capuam venisse,

    id. Att. 7, 24:

    cum a vobis discessero,

    id. Sen. 22:

    multa merces tibi defluat ab Jove Neptunoque,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 29 al. So often of a person instead of his house, lodging, etc.: videat forte hic te a patre aliquis exiens, from the father, i. e. from his house, Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6:

    so a fratre,

    id. Phorm. 5, 1, 5:

    a Pontio,

    Cic. Att. 5, 3 fin.:

    ab ea,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 21; and so often: a me, a nobis, a se, etc., from my, our, his house, etc., Plaut. Stich. 5, 1, 7; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 50; Cic. Att. 4, 9, 1 al.
    B.
    Transf., without the idea of motion. To designate separation or distance, with the verbs abesse, distare, etc., and with the particles longe, procul, prope, etc.
    1.
    Of separation:

    ego te afuisse tam diu a nobis dolui,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 2:

    abesse a domo paulisper maluit,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39:

    tum Brutus ab Roma aberat,

    Sall. C. 40, 5:

    absint lacerti ab stabulis,

    Verg. G. 4, 14.—
    2.
    Of distance:

    quot milia fundus suus abesset ab urbe,

    Cic. Caecin. 10, 28; cf.:

    nos in castra properabamus, quae aberant bidui,

    id. Att. 5, 16 fin.; and:

    hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris Ariovisti et Caesaris aberat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 1:

    terrae ab hujusce terrae, quam nos incolimus, continuatione distantes,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

    non amplius pedum milibus duobus ab castris castra distabant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 82, 3; cf. id. lb. 1, 3, 103.—With adverbs: annos multos longinque ab domo bellum gerentes, Enn. ap. Non. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 103 Vahl.):

    cum domus patris a foro longe abesset,

    Cic. Cael. 7, 18 fin.; cf.:

    qui fontes a quibusdam praesidiis aberant longius,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5:

    quae procul erant a conspectu imperii,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87; cf.:

    procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 17, 1; and:

    tu procul a patria Alpinas nives vides,

    Verg. E. 10, 46 (procul often also with simple abl.;

    v. procul): cum esset in Italia bellum tam prope a Sicilia, tamen in Sicilia non fuit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 6; cf.:

    tu apud socrum tuam prope a meis aedibus sedebas,

    id. Pis. 11, 26; and:

    tam prope ab domo detineri,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6.—So in Caesar and Livy, with numerals to designate the measure of the distance:

    onerariae naves, quae ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo vento tenebatur,

    eight miles distant, Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 4; and without mentioning the terminus a quo: ad castra contenderunt, et ab milibus passunm minus duobus castra posuerunt, less than two miles off or distant, id. ib. 2, 7, 3; so id. ib. 2, 5, 32; 6, 7, 3; id. B. C. 1, 65; Liv. 38, 20, 2 (for which:

    duo milia fere et quingentos passus ab hoste posuerunt castra,

    id. 37, 38, 5). —
    3.
    To denote the side or direction from which an object is viewed in its local relations,=a parte, at, on, in: utrum hacin feriam an ab laeva latus? Enn. ap. Plaut. Cist. 3, 10 (Trag. v. 38 Vahl.); cf.:

    picus et cornix ab laeva, corvos, parra ab dextera consuadent,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12: clamore ab ea parte audito. on this side, Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 4: Gallia Celtica attingit ab Sequanis et Helvetiis flumen Rhenum, on the side of the Sequani, i. e. their country, id. ib. 1, 1, 5:

    pleraque Alpium ab Italia sicut breviora ita arrectiora sunt,

    on the Italian side, Liv. 21, 35, 11:

    non eadem diligentia ab decumuna porta castra munita,

    at the main entrance, Caes. B. G. 3, 25 fin.:

    erat a septentrionibus collis,

    on the north, id. ib. 7, 83, 2; so, ab oriente, a meridie, ab occasu; a fronte, a latere, a tergo, etc. (v. these words).
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    In time.
    1.
    From a [p. 3] point of time, without reference to the period subsequently elapsed. After:

    Exul ab octava Marius bibit,

    Juv. 1,40:

    mulieres jam ab re divin[adot ] adparebunt domi,

    immediately after the sucrifice, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 4:

    Caesar ab decimae legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1:

    ab hac contione legati missi sunt,

    immediately after, Liv. 24, 22, 6; cf. id. 28, 33, 1; 40, 47, 8; 40, 49, 1 al.:

    ab eo magistratu,

    after this office, Sall. J. 63, 5:

    a summa spe novissima exspectabat,

    after the greatest hope, Tac. A. 6, 50 fin. —Strengthened by the adverbs primum, confestim, statim, protinus, or the adj. recens, immediately after, soon after:

    ut primum a tuo digressu Romam veni,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4; so Suet. Tib. 68:

    confestim a proelio expugnatis hostium castris,

    Liv. 30, 36, 1:

    statim a funere,

    Suet. Caes. 85;

    and followed by statim: ab itinere statim,

    id. ib. 60:

    protinus ab adoptione,

    Vell. 2, 104, 3:

    Homerus qui recens ab illorum actate fuit,

    soon after their time, Cic. N. D. 3, 5; so Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2; Verg. A. 6, 450 al. (v. also primum, confestim, etc.).—

    Sometimes with the name of a person or place, instead of an action: ibi mihi tuae litterae binae redditae sunt tertio abs te die,

    i. e. after their departure from you, Cic. Att. 5, 3, 1: in Italiam perventum est quinto mense a Carthagine Nov[adot ], i. e. after leaving (=postquam a Carthagine profecti sunt), Liv. 21, 38, 1:

    secundo Punico (bello) Scipionis classis XL. die a securi navigavit,

    i. e. after its having been built, Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192. —Hence the poct. expression: ab his, after this (cf. ek toutôn), i. e. after these words, hereupon, Ov. M. 3, 273; 4, 329; 8, 612; 9, 764.
    2.
    With reference to a subsequent period. From, since, after:

    ab hora tertia bibebatur,

    from the third hour, Cic. Phil. 2, 41:

    infinito ex tempore, non ut antea, ab Sulla et Pompeio consulibus,

    since the consulship of, id. Agr. 2, 21, 56:

    vixit ab omni aeternitate,

    from all eternity, id. Div. 1, 51, 115:

    cum quo a condiscipulatu vivebat conjunctissime,

    Nep. Att. 5, 3:

    in Lycia semper a terrae motu XL. dies serenos esse,

    after an earthquake, Plin. 2, 96, 98, § 211 al.:

    centesima lux est haec ab interitu P. Clodii,

    since the death of, Cic. Mil. 35, 98; cf.:

    cujus a morte quintus hic et tricesimus annus est,

    id. Sen. 6, 19; and:

    ab incenso Capitolio illum esse vigesumiun annum,

    since, Sall. C. 47, 2:

    diebus triginta, a qua die materia caesa est,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 36.—Sometimes joined with usque and inde:

    quod augures omnes usque ab Romulo decreverunt,

    since the time of, Cic. Vat. 8, 20:

    jam inde ab infelici pugna ceciderant animi,

    from the very beginning of, Liv. 2, 65 fin. —Hence the adverbial expressions ab initio, a principio, a primo, at, in, or from the beginning, at first; v. initium, principium, primus. Likewise ab integro, anew, afresh; v. integer.—Ab... ad, from (a time)... to:

    ab hora octava ad vesperum secreto collocuti sumus,

    Cic. Att. 7, 8, 4; cf.:

    cum ab hora septima ad vesperum pugnatum sit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26, 2; and:

    a quo tempore ad vos consules anni sunt septingenti octoginta unus,

    Vell. 1, 8, 4; and so in Plautus strengthened by usque:

    pugnata pugnast usque a mane ad vesperum,

    from morning to evening, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 97; id. Most. 3, 1, 3; 3, 2, 80.—Rarely ab... in: Romani ab sole orto in multum diei stetere in acie, from... till late in the day, Liv. 27, 2, 9; so Col. 2, 10, 17; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 2, 103, 106, § 229; 4, 12, 26, § 89.
    b.
    Particularly with nouns denoting a time of life:

    qui homo cum animo inde ab ineunte aetate depugnat suo,

    from an early age, from early youth, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 24; so Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44 al.:

    mihi magna cum co jam inde a pueritia fuit semper famillaritas,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 9; so,

    a pueritia,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 11, 27 fin.; id. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

    jam inde ab adulescentia,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 16:

    ab adulescentia,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 1:

    jam a prima adulescentia,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

    ab ineunte adulescentia,

    id. ib. 13, 21, 1; cf.

    followed by ad: usque ad hanc aetatem ab incunte adulescentia,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 20:

    a primis temporibus aetatis,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 3:

    a teneris unguiculis,

    from childhood, id. ib. 1, 6, 2:

    usque a toga pura,

    id. Att. 7, 8, 5:

    jam inde ab incunabulis,

    Liv. 4, 36, 5:

    a prima lanugine,

    Suet. Oth. 12:

    viridi ab aevo,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17 al.;

    rarely of animals: ab infantia,

    Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 182.—Instead of the nom. abstr. very often (like the Greek ek paioôn, etc.) with concrete substantives: a pucro, ab adulescente, a parvis, etc., from childhood, etc.:

    qui olim a puero parvulo mihi paedagogus fuerat,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 90; so,

    a pausillo puero,

    id. Stich. 1, 3, 21:

    a puero,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 115; id. Fam. 13, 16, 4 (twice) al.:

    a pueris,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; id. de Or. 1, 1, 2 al.:

    ab adulescente,

    id. Quint. 3, 12:

    ab infante,

    Col. 1, 8, 2:

    a parva virgine,

    Cat. 66, 26 al. —Likewise and in the same sense with adject.: a parvo, from a little child, or childhood, Liv. 1, 39, 6 fin.; cf.:

    a parvis,

    Ter. And. 3, 3, 7; Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9:

    a parvulo,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 8; id. Ad. 1, 1, 23; cf.:

    ab parvulis,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 3:

    ab tenero,

    Col. 5, 6, 20;

    and rarely of animals: (vacca) a bima aut trima fructum ferre incipit,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 13.
    B.
    In other relations in which the idea of going forth, proceeding, from something is included.
    1.
    In gen. to denote departure, separation, deterring, avoiding, intermitting, etc., or distance, difference, etc., of inanimate or abstract things. From: jus atque aecum se a malis spernit procul, Enn. ap. Non. 399, 10 (Trag. v. 224 Vahl.):

    suspitionem et culpam ut ab se segregent,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 42:

    qui discessum animi a corpore putent esse mortem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18:

    hic ab artificio suo non recessit,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 20 al.:

    quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:

    condicionem quam ab te peto,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 87; cf.:

    mercedem gloriae flagitas ab iis, quorum, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34:

    si quid ab illo acceperis,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 90:

    quae (i. e. antiquitas) quo propius aberat ab ortu et divina progenie,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab defensione desistere,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 12, 4:

    ne quod tempus ab opere intermitteretur,

    id. B. G. 7, 24, 2:

    ut homines adulescentis a dicendi studio deterream,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117, etc.—Of distance (in order, rank, mind, or feeling):

    qui quartus ab Arcesila fuit,

    the fourth in succession from, Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 46:

    tu nunc eris alter ab illo,

    next after him, Verg. E. 5, 49; cf.:

    Aiax, heros ab Achille secundus,

    next in rank to, Hor. S. 2, 3, 193:

    quid hoc ab illo differt,

    from, Cic. Caecin. 14, 39; cf.:

    hominum vita tantum distat a victu et cultu bestiarum,

    id. Off. 2, 4, 15; and:

    discrepare ab aequitate sapientiam,

    id. Rep. 3, 9 fin. (v. the verbs differo, disto, discrepo, dissideo, dissentio, etc.):

    quae non aliena esse ducerem a dignitate,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7:

    alieno a te animo fuit,

    id. Deiot. 9, 24 (v. alienus). —So the expression ab re (qs. aside from the matter, profit; cf. the opposite, in rem), contrary to one's profit, to a loss, disadvantageous (so in the affirmative very rare and only ante-class.):

    subdole ab re consulit,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 12; cf. id. Capt. 2, 2, 88; more frequently and class. (but not with Cicero) in the negative, non, haud, ab re, not without advantage or profit, not useless or unprofitable, adcantageous:

    haut est ab re aucupis,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 71:

    non ab re esse Quinctii visum est,

    Liv. 35, 32, 6; so Plin. 27, 8, 35; 31, 3, 26; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Dom. 11; Gell. 18, 14 fin.; App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 31, 22 al. (but in Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 44, ab re means with respect to the money matter).
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To denote an agent from whom an action proceeds, or by whom a thing is done or takes place. By, and in archaic and solemn style, of. So most frequently with pass. or intrans. verbs with pass. signif., when the active object is or is considered as a living being: Laudari me abs te, a laudato viro, Naev. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 67: injuria abs te afficior, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:

    a patre deductus ad Scaevolam,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

    ut tamquam a praesentibus coram haberi sermo videretur,

    id. ib. 1, 3:

    disputata ab eo,

    id. ib. 1, 4 al.:

    illa (i. e. numerorum ac vocum vis) maxime a Graecia vetere celebrata,

    id. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

    ita generati a natura sumus,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 103; cf.:

    pars mundi damnata a rerum natura,

    Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88:

    niagna adhibita cura est a providentia deorum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 51 al. —With intrans. verbs:

    quae (i. e. anima) calescit ab eo spiritu,

    is warmed by this breath, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138; cf. Ov. M. 1, 417: (mare) qua a sole collucet, Cic. Ac. 2, 105:

    salvebis a meo Cicerone,

    i. e. young Cicero sends his compliments to you, id. Att. 6, 2 fin.:

    a quibus (Atheniensibus) erat profectus,

    i. e. by whose command, Nep. Milt. 2, 3:

    ne vir ab hoste cadat,

    Ov. H. 9, 36 al. —A substantive or adjective often takes the place of the verb (so with de, q. v.):

    levior est plaga ab amico quam a debitore,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7; cf.:

    a bestiis ictus, morsus, impetus,

    id. Off. 2, 6, 19:

    si calor est a sole,

    id. N. D. 2, 52:

    ex iis a te verbis (for a te scriptis),

    id. Att. 16, 7, 5:

    metu poenae a Romanis,

    Liv. 32, 23, 9:

    bellum ingens a Volscis et Aequis,

    id. 3, 22, 2:

    ad exsolvendam fldem a consule,

    id. 27, 5, 6.—With an adj.:

    lassus ab equo indomito,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 10:

    Murus ab ingenic notior ille tuo,

    Prop. 5, 1, 126:

    tempus a nostris triste malis,

    time made sad by our misfortunes, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 36.—Different from per:

    vulgo occidebantur: per quos et a quibus?

    by whom and upon whose orders? Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80 (cf. id. ib. 34, 97: cujus consilio occisus sit, invenio; cujus manu sit percussus, non laboro); so,

    ab hoc destitutus per Thrasybulum (i. e. Thrasybulo auctore),

    Nep. Alc. 5, 4.—Ambiguity sometimes arises from the fact that the verb in the pass. would require ab if used in the active:

    si postulatur a populo,

    if the people demand it, Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58, might also mean, if it is required of the people; on the contrary: quod ab eo (Lucullo) laus imperatoria non admodum exspectabatur, not since he did not expect military renown, but since they did not expect military renown from him, Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2, and so often; cf. Rudd. II. p. 213. (The use of the active dative, or dative of the agent, instead of ab with the pass., is well known, Zumpt, § 419. It is very seldom found in prose writers of the golden age of Roman liter.; with Cic. sometimes joined with the participles auditus, cognitus, constitutus, perspectus, provisus, susceptus; cf. Halm ad Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 71, and ad ejusdem, Cat. 1, 7 fin.; but freq. at a later period; e. g. in Pliny, in Books 2-4 of H. N., more than twenty times; and likewise in Tacitus seventeen times. Vid. the passages in Nipperd. ad Tac. A. 2, 49.) Far more unusual is the simple abl. in the designation of persons:

    deseror conjuge,

    Ov. H. 12, 161; so id. ib. 5, 75; id. M. 1, 747; Verg. A. 1, 274; Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; 1, 6, 2;

    and in prose,

    Quint. 3, 4, 2; Sen. Contr. 2, 1; Curt. 6, 7, 8; cf. Rudd. II. p. 212; Zumpt ad Quint. V. p. 122 Spalding.—Hence the adverbial phrase a se=uph heautou, sua sponte, of one's own uccord, spontaneously:

    ipsum a se oritur et sua sponte nascitur,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 78:

    (urna) ab se cantat quoja sit,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 21 (al. eapse; cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 66); so Col. 11, 1, 5; Liv. 44, 33, 6.
    b.
    With names of towns to denote origin, extraction, instead of gentile adjectives. From, of:

    pastores a Pergamide,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 1:

    Turnus ab Aricia,

    Liv. 1, 50, 3 (for which Aricinus, id. 1, 51, 1):

    obsides dant trecentos principum a Cora atque Pometia liberos,

    Liv. 2, 22, 2; and poet.: O longa mundi servator ab Alba, Auguste, thou who art descended from the old Alban race of kings (=oriundus, or ortus regibus Albanis), Prop. 5, 6, 37.
    c.
    In giving the etymology of a name: eam rem (sc. legem, Gr. nomon) illi Graeco putant nomine a suum cuique tribuendo appellatam, ego nostro a legendo, Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 19: annum intervallum regni fuit: id ab re... interregnum appellatum, Liv. 1, 17, 6:

    (sinus maris) ab nomine propinquae urbis Ambracius appellatus,

    id. 38, 4, 3; and so Varro in his Ling. Lat., and Pliny, in Books 1-5 of H. N., on almost every page. (Cf. also the arts. ex and de.)
    d.
    With verbs of beginning and repeating: a summo bibere, in Plaut. to drink in succession from the one at the head of the table:

    da, puere, ab summo,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 41; so,

    da ab Delphio cantharum circum, id Most. 1, 4, 33: ab eo nobis causa ordienda est potissimum,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21:

    coepere a fame mala,

    Liv. 4, 12, 7:

    cornicem a cauda de ovo exire,

    tail-foremost, Plin. 10, 16, 18:

    a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18 al.
    e.
    With verbs of freeing from, defending, or protecting against any thing:

    a foliis et stercore purgato,

    Cato, R. R. 65 (66), 1:

    tantumne ab re tuast oti tibi?

    Ter. Heaut. 1, [p. 4] 1, 23; cf.:

    Saguntini ut a proeliis quietem habuerant,

    Liv. 21, 11, 5:

    expiandum forum ab illis nefarii sceleris vestigiis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 11:

    haec provincia non modo a calamitate, sed etiam a metu calamitatis est defendenda,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14 (v. defendo):

    ab incendio urbem vigiliis munitam intellegebat,

    Sall. C. 32:

    ut neque sustinere se a lapsu possent,

    Liv. 21, 35, 12:

    ut meam domum metueret atque a me ipso caveret,

    Cic. Sest. 64, 133.
    f.
    With verbs of expecting, fearing, hoping, and the like, ab =a parte, as, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 4: cum eadem metuam ab hac parte, since I fear the same from this side; hence, timere, metuere ab aliquo, not, to be afraid of any one, but, to fear something (proceeding from) from him:

    el metul a Chryside,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 79; cf.:

    ab Hannibale metuens,

    Liv. 23, 36; and:

    metus a praetore,

    id. 23, 15, 7;

    v. Weissenb. ad h. l.: a quo quidem genere, judices, ego numquam timui,

    Cic. Sull. 20, 59:

    postquam nec ab Romanis robis ulla est spes,

    you can expect nothing from the Romans, Liv. 21, 13, 4.
    g.
    With verbs of fastening and holding:

    funiculus a puppi religatus,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

    cum sinistra capillum ejus a vertice teneret,

    Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 3.
    h.
    Ulcisci se ab aliquo, to take vengeance on one:

    a ferro sanguis humanus se ulciscitur,

    Plin. 34, 14, 41 fin.
    i.
    Cognoscere ab aliqua re to knoio or learn by means of something (different from ab aliquo, to learn from some one):

    id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22.
    j.
    Dolere, laborare, valere ab, instead of the simple abl.:

    doleo ab animo, doleo ab oculis, doleo ab aegritudine,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 62:

    a morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 26; cf. id. Aul. 2, 2, 9:

    a frigore et aestu ne quid laborent,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 17; so,

    a frigore laborantibus,

    Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 133; cf.:

    laborare ab re frumentaria,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 1; id. B. C. 3, 9; v. laboro.
    k.
    Where verbs and adjectives are joined with ab, instead of the simple abl., ab defines more exactly the respect in which that which is expressed by the verb or adj. is to be understood, in relation to, with regard to, in respect to, on the part of:

    ab ingenio improbus,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59:

    a me pudica'st,

    id. Curc. 1, 1, 51:

    orba ab optimatibus contio,

    Cic. Fl. 23, 54; ro Ov. H. 6,156: securos vos ab hac parte reddemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24 fin. (v. securus):

    locus copiosus a frumento,

    Cic. Att. 5, 18, 2; cf.:

    sumus imparati cum a militibas tum a pecunia,

    id. ib. 7, 15 fin.:

    ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior,

    id. Brut. 16, 63:

    ab una parte haud satis prosperuin,

    Liv. 1, 32, 2 al.;

    so often in poets ab arte=arte,

    artfully, Tib. 1, 5, 4; 1, 9, 66; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 30.
    l.
    In the statement of the motive instead of ex, propter, or the simple abl. causae, from, out of, on account of, in consequence of: ab singulari amore scribo, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B fin.:

    linguam ab irrisu exserentem,

    thrusting out the tongue in derision, Liv. 7, 10, 5:

    ab honore,

    id. 1, 8; so, ab ira, a spe, ab odio, v. Drak. ad Liv. 24, 30, 1: 26, 1, 3; cf. also Kritz and Fabri ad Sall. J. 31, 3, and Fabri ad Liv. 21, 36, 7.
    m.
    Especially in the poets instead of the gen.:

    ab illo injuria,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 129:

    fulgor ab auro,

    Lucr. 2, 5:

    dulces a fontibus undae,

    Verg. G. 2, 243.
    n.
    In indicating a part of the whole, for the more usual ex, of, out of:

    scuto ab novissimis uni militi detracto,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1:

    nonnuill ab novissimis,

    id. ib.; Cic. Sest. 65, 137; cf. id. ib. 59 fin.: a quibus (captivis) ad Senatum missus (Regulus).
    o.
    In marking that from which any thing proceeds, and to which it belongs:

    qui sunt ab ea disciplina,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 7:

    ab eo qui sunt,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 7:

    nostri illi a Platone et Aristotele aiunt,

    id. Mur. 30, 63 (in imitation of oi upo tinos).
    p.
    To designate an office or dignity (with or without servus; so not freq. till after the Aug. period;

    in Cic. only once): Pollex, servus a pedibus meus,

    one of my couriers, Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1; so,

    a manu servus,

    a secretary, Suet. Caes. 74: Narcissum ab eplstulis ( secretary) et Pallantem a rationibus ( accountant), id. Claud. 28; and so, ab actis, ab admissione, ab aegris, ab apotheca, ab argento, a balneis, a bibliotheca, a codicillis, a jumentis, a potione, etc. (v. these words and Inscr. Orell. vol. 3, Ind. xi. p. 181 sq.).
    q.
    The use of ab before adverbs is for the most part peculiar to later Latinity:

    a peregre,

    Vitr. 5, 7 (6), 8:

    a foris,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37; Vulg. Gen, 7, 16; ib. Matt. 23, 27:

    ab intus,

    ib. ib. 7, 15:

    ab invicem,

    App. Herb. 112; Vulg. Matt. 25, 32; Cypr. Ep. 63, 9: Hier. Ep. 18:

    a longe,

    Hyg. Fab. 257; Vulg. Gen. 22, 4; ib. Matt. 26, 58:

    a modo,

    ib. ib. 23, 39;

    Hier. Vit. Hilar.: a nune,

    Vulg. Luc. 1, 48:

    a sursum,

    ib. Marc. 15, 38.
    ► a.
    Ab is not repeated like most other prepositions (v. ad, ex, in, etc.) with pron. interrog. or relat. after subst. and pron. demonstr. with ab:

    Arsinoen, Stratum, Naupactum...fateris ab hostibus esse captas. Quibus autem hostibus? Nempe iis, quos, etc.,

    Cic. Pis. 37, 91:

    a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit. Quibus? An iis, quae in juventute geruntur et viribus?

    id. Sen. 6:

    a Jove incipiendum putat. Quo Jove?

    id. Rep. 1, 36, 56:

    res publica, quascumque vires habebit, ab iis ipsis, quibus tenetur, de te propediem impetrabit,

    id. Fam. 4, 13, 5.—
    b.
    Ab in Plantus is once put after the word which it governs: quo ab, As. 1, 1, 106.—
    c.
    It is in various ways separated from the word which it governs:

    a vitae periculo,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 313:

    a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo,

    id. Arch. 6, 12:

    a minus bono,

    Sall. C. 2, 6:

    a satis miti principio,

    Liv. 1, 6, 4:

    damnis dives ab ipsa suis,

    Ov. H. 9, 96; so id. ib. 12, 18; 13, 116.—
    d.
    The poets join a and que, making aque; but in good prose que is annexed to the following abl. (a meque, abs teque, etc.):

    aque Chao,

    Verg. G. 4, 347:

    aque mero,

    Ov. M. 3, 631:

    aque viro,

    id. H. 6, 156:

    aque suis,

    id. Tr. 5, 2, 74 al. But:

    a meque,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1:

    abs teque,

    id. Att. 3, 15, 4:

    a teque,

    id. ib. 8, 11, §

    7: a primaque adulescentia,

    id. Brut. 91, 315 al. —
    e.
    A Greek noun joined with ab stands in the dat.: a parte negotiati, hoc est pragmatikê, removisse, Quint. 3, 7, 1.
    III.
    In composition ab,
    1.
    Retains its original signif.: abducere, to take or carry away from some place: abstrahere, to draw auay; also, downward: abicere, to throw down; and denoting a departure from the idea of the simple word, it has an effect apparently privative: absimilis, departing from the similar, unlike: abnormis, departing from the rule, unusual (different from dissimilis, enormis); and so also in amens=a mente remotus, alienus ( out of one's senses, without self-control, insane): absurdus, missounding, then incongruous, irrational: abutor (in one of its senses), to misuse: aborior, abortus, to miscarry: abludo; for the privative force the Latin regularly employs in-, v. 2. in.—
    2.
    It more rarely designates completeness, as in absorbere, abutor ( to use up). (The designation of the fourth generation in the ascending or descending line by ab belongs here only in appearance; as abavus for quartus pater, great-great-grandfather, although the Greeks introduced upopappos; for the immutability of the syllable ab in abpatrnus and abmatertera, as well as the signif. Of the word abavus, grandfather's grandfather, imitated in abnepos, grandchild's grandchild, seems to point to a derivation from avi avus, as Festus, p. 13 Mull., explains atavus, by atta avi, or, rather, attae avus.)

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  • 9 abstraho

    abs-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. (abstraxe = abstraxisse, Lucr. 3, 650), to draw away from a place or person, to drag or pull away.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ut me a Glycerio miserum abstrahat,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 8; so,

    liberos ab aliquo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2, 5:

    aliquem de matris complexu avellere atque abstrahere,

    Cic. Font. 21 (17):

    aliquem e gremio e sinuque patriae,

    id. Cael. 24, 59;

    for which, aliquem gremio,

    Ov. M. 13, 658:

    aliquem raptim ex oculis hominum,

    Liv. 39, 49, 12:

    naves e portu,

    id. 37, 27, 6 (al. a portu):

    aliquem a conspectu omnium in altum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 145 (corresp. with, a terra abripuit).— Absol.:

    bona civium Romanorum diripiunt... in servitutem abstrahunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 42, 3:

    navem remulco abstraxit,

    id. B. C. 2, 23. —
    B.
    Esp., to withdraw, alienate from a party:

    copias a Lepido,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

    Germanicum suetis legionibus,

    Tac. A. 2, 5.
    II.
    Trop., to draw away, withdraw, divert:

    animus se a corpore abstrahet,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 26:

    a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit (for which in the preced., avocare),

    id. de Sen. 6:

    me a nullius commodo,

    id. Arch. 6, 12:

    aliquem a malis, non a bonis,

    id. Tusc. 1, 34 fin. al.:

    magnitudine pecuniae a bono honestoque in pravum abstractus est,

    Sall. J. 29, 2:

    omnia in duas partes abstracta sunt, respublica, quae media fuerat, dilacerata,

    id. ib. 41, 5.—Hence, abstractus, a, um, P. a.; in the later philosophers and grammarians, abstract (opp. concrete):

    quantitas,

    Isid. Or. 2, 24, 14.

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  • 10 industrius

    industrĭus, a, um, adj. [perh. indo for in, and struo; lit. building within, i. e. active within; hence], active, diligent, assiduous, industrious (class.):

    homo gnavus et industrius,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

    homines vigilantes, sobrii, industrii,

    id. Cael. 31, 74; id. Att. 8, 11, 13, § 1:

    vir acer et industrius in rebus gerendis,

    id. Tusc. 5, 20, 57:

    industrios ac ignavos pax in aequo tenet,

    Tac. A. 12, 12:

    petit aquilas armis industrius,

    Juv. 8, 52.— Comp.:

    industrior or industriior (ante-class.): quo neque industrior de juventute erat,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 72: imperator exercitum industriiorem facit, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 601 P. — Adv.: industrĭē, diligently, industriously: rem publicam curare, Cato ap. Charis. p. 181 P.: ut ea diligenter industrieque administrarent, Caes. B. G. 7, 60:

    tueri Siciliam,

    Quint. 5, 13, 35:

    causas actitare,

    Suet. Galb. 3.

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  • 11 intempestus

    intempestus, a, um, adj. [2. in-tempus], unseasonable.
    I.
    Lit.:

    intempesta nox,

    the dead of night, Cic. Phil. 1, 3; id. Pis. 38; id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; Verg. A. 3, 587; id. G. 1, 247 al.; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 7; 7, § 72:

    nox intempesta, quae non habet idoneum tempus rebus gerendis,

    Macr. S. 1, 3, p. 209 Bip.—Hence, personified:

    intempesta silet Nox,

    dismal Night, the mother of the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 846.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Unwholesome, unhealthy:

    Graviscae,

    Verg. A. 10, 184.—
    B.
    Stormy, tempestuous:

    Tonans,

    Stat. Th. 2, 153.

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  • 12 promo

    prōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [pro-emo], to take, give, or bring out or forth, to produce (freq. and class.; syn.: profero, effero)
    I.
    Lit.:

    si quid tibi opus erit promptu, promito,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 113: Pa. Prompsisti tu illi vinum? Lu. Non prompsi, id. Mil. 3, 2, 16:

    pecuniam ex aerario,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 195:

    signa ex aerario prompta,

    Liv. 3, 69 fin.:

    medicamenta de narthecio,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 22:

    aurum ex armario,

    id. Cael. 21, 52:

    libros inde,

    id. Fin. 3, 2, 7:

    vina dolio,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 47:

    promptum vagina pugionem,

    Tac. A. 15, 54 aliquid in usus, Col. 2, 10, 16: se, to come forth or out:

    laetique cavo se robore promunt,

    Verg. A. 2, 260:

    vites promunt se,

    put forth, shoot out, Col. 3, 12, 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to bring, put, or draw forth est aliquid, quod non ex usu forensi...sit promendum et assumendum, Cic. de Or 1, 14, 59:

    loci, e quibus argumenta promuntur,

    id. Top. 2, 7:

    nunc promenda tibi sunt consilia,

    id. Att. 9, 18, 2:

    promere et exercere justitiam,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 10:

    nunc illas promite vires,

    Verg. A. 5, 191.—
    B.
    In partic., to bring to light, disclose, utter, tell, express, relate, etc.: percuntanti promere omnia. Plaut. As. 1, 1, 10:

    rerum ordinem,

    Vell. 2, 48, 6:

    magnificam orationem de semet ipso prompsit,

    Tac. H. 2, 90. verba, quae sensum animi nostri optime promunt, Quint. 8 praef. §

    32: animi voluntatem,

    id. 12, 10, 40: promere aliquid loquendo, id. 2, 16, 15:

    quid ipse sim secutus promam,

    id. 7, 1, 3: qui pueris utile carmen prompturus est, wishes to publish, App. Flor. p 358 med.; cf.:

    insignem attenuat deus, Obscura promens,

    raising into notice, Hor. C. 1, 34, 14.—Hence, promp-tus ( promtus), a, um, P. a., prop. brought to light, exposed to view; hence,
    A.
    Visible, apparent, evident, manifest (rare but class.): inimicitiam atque amicitiam in frontem promptam gero, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 8, 6 (Trag. v 8 Vahl.):

    aliud clausum in pectore, aliud promptum in linguā habere,

    Sall. C. 10, 5:

    tametsi hoc minime latet, quod ita promptum et propositum est, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am 40, 118 prompta et aperta, id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

    eminentia et prompta,

    id. de Or. 3, 57, 215:

    consilia, locos, prompta, occulta noverat,

    Tac. A. 2, 20.— Sup.:

    nihil se tam clausum neque tam reconditum posse habere, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum promptissimumque esset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 42.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    At hand, i. e. prepared, ready, quick, prompt, inclined or disposed to or for any thing = paratus, expeditus.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    laudat promptos, segniores castigat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3:

    promptissimus homo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37:

    cetera, quae tibi a multis prompta esse certo scio, a me sunt paratissima,

    id. Fam. 4, 13, 6:

    fidem alicui promptam expositamque praebere,

    id. Caecin. 27, 78:

    quorum cognoverat promptam audaciam,

    Sall. C. 32, 2:

    quod cuique promptum, arma, equos, aurum offerentes,

    Tac. A. 1, 71:

    sagittae,

    Ov. M. 3, 188:

    prompta et profluens eloquentia,

    Tac. A. 13, 3.— Sup., Just. 22, 2, 12.—
    (β).
    With ad or in aliquid (rarely in aliquū re):

    ad bella suscipienda Gallorum aiacer et promptus est animus,

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

    animus ad defendendam rem publicam, Cic Fam. 3, 11, 4. esse animo prompto ad jocandum,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 1:

    homines ad vim prompti, ad seditionem parati,

    id. Agr 2, 30, 82:

    paratior ad usum forensem promptiorque esse,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 41:

    promptiores ad nostra pericula,

    id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

    promptus ad lacessendum certamen, Liv 44, 4, 2: ad injurias vicinorum,

    Just. 23, 1, 3:

    promptus in pavorem,

    Tac. A. 15, 25 fin.:

    in adulationes,

    id. ib. 15, 61: in latrocinia, Flor 4, 12, 10; cf. in comp.:

    promptior in spem,

    Tac. Agr. 35 fin.; and in sup.:

    Dalmatae in latrocinia promptissimi, Flor 4, 12, 10: celeritas prompta et parata in agendo,

    Cic. Brut. 42, 154:

    in rebus gerendis promptus,

    Nep. Them. 1, 4.—
    (γ).
    With pro or adversus (very rare):

    utemini nobis etiam promptioribus pro patriā,

    Liv. 22, 59, 11:

    promptus adversus insontes,

    Tac. A. 6, 48 fin. —
    (δ).
    With abl.:

    non promptus ingenio,

    Liv. 4, 3:

    linguā promptus,

    id. 2, 45 fin.; cf.:

    sermone promptus,

    Tac. H. 2, 86:

    promptus audaciā,

    id. A. 1, 57; 14, 40:

    promptus animo,

    id. ib. 14, 58.— Comp.:

    haud quisquam manu promptior erat,

    Liv. 2, 56:

    promptior linguā quam manu,

    Sall. J. 44, 1.—
    (ε).
    With gen.:

    promptus animi,

    Tac. H. 2, 23.— Sup.:

    belli promptissimos delegebant, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus Mess. (H. 2, 13 Dietsch): Plato veritatis omnibus exhibendae promptissimus,

    Gell. 10, 22, 1.—
    (ζ).
    With dat. (rare except in Tacitus):

    promptus libertati aut ad mortem animus,

    Tac. A. 4, 46:

    seditioni,

    id. ib. 1, 48:

    cuicumque fiagitio,

    id. ib. 15, 45:

    ultioni,

    id. ib. 11, 32:

    nullam gentem promptiorem veniae dandae fuisse,

    Liv. 25, 16, 12. —
    (η).
    With inf. ( poet.):

    promptus metuenda pati,

    Luc. 7, 105:

    scis ipse, quam promptae superos incessere Thebae,

    Stat. Th. 7, 209.—
    b.
    In gen., brave, courageous: maxime vellem, rem publicam in periculis a promptissumo quoque defendi, Sall. Or. Phil. cont. Lep. (H. 1, 48 Dietsch); Tac. Agr. 3; id. H. 2, 25; 3, 69.—
    2.
    Easy, practicable:

    facilis et prompta defensio,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237:

    moenia haudquaquam prompta oppugnanti,

    Liv. 23, 1 fin.:

    regnum,

    Just. 29, 2, 5:

    expugnatio,

    Tac. A. 1, 68:

    possessio,

    id. ib. 2, 5:

    aditus, obvia comitas,

    id. ib. 2, 2 fin.:

    promptissima mortis via,

    id. ib. 16, 17: promptum est, with inf., it is easy: sed nec mihi dicere promptum, Nec facere est illi, Ov M. 13, 10; Tac. A. 15, 41.—Hence, adv.: promptē (perh. not ante-Aug.).
    1.
    Readily, quickly, without delay, willingly, promptly:

    dare operam,

    Tac. A. 15, 52: distribuere pecuniam legatis, Val. Max. 4, 3, 9.— Comp.:

    promptius adversari,

    Tac. A. 2, 38:

    dirumpere imagines (opp. cunctanter),

    id. H. 1, 55.— Sup.:

    promptissime adesse alicui,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 11.—
    2.
    Easily:

    promptius expediam,

    Juv. 10, 220:

    victoria promptissime licentiam sumministrat,

    Val. Max. 6, 5, 1.

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  • 13 tarditas

    tardĭtas, ātis, f. [id.], slowness, tardiness (class.).
    I.
    Lit., of motion or action:

    celeritati tarditas, non debilitas (contraria est),

    Cic. Top. 11, 47:

    pedum,

    id. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    cursu corrigam tarditatem tum equis tum quadrigis,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2:

    vehiculis tarditati,

    id. Rep. 3, 2, 3:

    navium,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 58:

    onerariae navis,

    Tac. A. 2, 39:

    mula effrenis et tarditatis indomitae,

    Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171:

    occasionis,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 118; cf.:

    moram et tarditatem afferre bello,

    id. ib. 5, 9, 25:

    tarditas et procrastinatio in rebus gerendis,

    id. ib. 6, 3, 7:

    cunctatio ac tarditas,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    nosti hominis tarditatem,

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

    quid si etiam affert tarditatem ista sententia ad Dolabellam persequendum,

    id. Phil. 11, 10, 25; id. Brut. 42, 154:

    propter tarditatem sententiarum moramque rerum,

    id. Fam. 10, 22, 2:

    tanta fuit operis tarditas,

    id. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    audientium,

    dulness, Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 83; so,

    aurium,

    id. 20, 13, 51, § 137; 23, 2, 28, § 59:

    veneni,

    slow effect, Tac. A. 16, 14 fin. —In plur.:

    celeritates tarditatesque,

    Cic. Univ. 9:

    cavendum est, ne tarditatibus utamur in ingressu mollioribus,

    id. Off. 1, 36, 131.—
    II.
    Trop., of the mind, slowness, dulness, heaviness, stupidity:

    ingenii,

    Cic. Or. 68, 229; so,

    ingenii (connected with stupor),

    id. Pis. 1, 1; cf.:

    tarditas animi et stupor,

    Gell. 16, 12, 3:

    ingenii,

    Quint. 1, 1, 1:

    quid adjectius tarditate et stultitiā dici potest?

    Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51:

    hominum,

    id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:

    opinio tarditatis,

    id. de Or. 1, 27, 125.

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  • 14 excogito

    ex-cōgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to find out by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent (freq. and class.; cf.:

    comminiscor, simulo, confingo, fingo, etc.): quid enim mali aut sceleris fingi aut excogitari potest, quod non ille conceperit?

    Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

    ad haec igitur cogita, mi Attice, vel potius excogita,

    id. Att. 9, 6, 7:

    quid igitur causae excogitari potest, cur? etc.,

    id. Deiot. 7, 20:

    novam interregni ineundi rationem,

    id. Rep. 2, 12:

    aliquid dignum dono deorum aut efficere aut excogitare,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 4:

    multa praeterea generatim ad avaritiam excogitabantur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 1:

    aliquid ad ornatum portarum, etc.,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 51, 2:

    o callidos homines! o rem excogitatam!

    Cic. Or. 67, 225:

    quicquid omnino excogitari contra potest,

    Quint. 12, 8, 10:

    res ab illis dicta, non a nobis excogitata,

    id. 5, 13, 49:

    in rebus excogitandis (opp. gerendis),

    Nep. Them. 1 fin.—Impers. with ut:

    excogitatum est a quibusdam ut, etc.,

    Nep. Att. 8, 3; cf. with a subject-sentence:

    cum recenti fico salis vice caseo vesci nuper excogitatum est,

    Plin. 15, 19, 21, § 82.—
    II.
    Transf., to name:

    Alpes Poeninas,

    Amm. 15, 10, 9.—Hence, * excōgĭtātus, a, um, P. a., sought out, choice:

    excogitatissimae hostiae,

    Suet. Calig. 22.

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  • 15 potestas

    pŏtestas, ātis ( gen. plur. potestatium, Sen. Ep. 115, 7; Plin. 29, 4, 20, § 67), f. [possum].
    I.
    Lit., in gen., ability, power of doing any thing (class.):

    SI FVRIOSVS EST AGNATORVM GENTILIVMQVE IN EO PECVNIAQVE EIVS POTESTAS ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: vim tantam in se et potestatem habere tantae astutiae,

    to have such a power of craftiness, to be able to devise such tricks, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 32:

    aut potestas defuit aut facultas aut voluntas,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 7, 24:

    habere potestatem vitae necisque in aliquem,

    id. Dom. 29, 77; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11:

    potestatem alicui deferre beneficiorum tribuendorum,

    id. Balb. 16, 37. — Poet., with inf.:

    potestas occurrere telis... ensem avellere dextrā,

    Stat. Th. 3, 296; Luc. 2, 40.—
    B.
    In phrases.
    1.
    Esse in potestate alicujus, to be in one's power, under one's control, to be subject to (for a description of the relation of potestas under the Roman law, and of the classes of persons to whom it applied, v. Gai. Inst. 1, 49 sqq.):

    mittuntur legati, qui nuntient, ut sit in senatūs populique Romani potestate,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 2, 4:

    esse in dicione ac potestate alicujus,

    id. Quint. 2, 6: habere familiam in potestate, to keep them slaves, not to free them, Liv. 8, 15.—
    2.
    Esse in suā potestate, to be one's own master, Nep. Att. 6, 1; so,

    esse suae potestatis,

    Liv. 31, 45.—
    3.
    Jus potestatemque habere imperandi, Cic. Phil. 11, 12, 30; cf.:

    cum consulis eā de re jus ac potestatem esse dixisset,

    had jurisdiction and authority over it, Liv. 24, 39.—
    4.
    Est mea (tua, etc.) potestas, I have the power, I can, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 1; Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 42; cf.:

    sed volui meam potestatem esse vel petendi, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Political power, dominion, rule, empire, sovereignty (syn.:

    imperium, dicio): Thessaliam in potestatem Thebanorum redigere,

    Nep. Pelop. 5, 1; Liv. 24, 31; so,

    sub potestatem Atheniensium redigere,

    Nep. Milt. 1, 4:

    esse in potestate alicujus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 136:

    tenere aliquem in suā potestate ac dicione,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 38, §

    97: venire in arbitrium ac potestatem alicujus,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 57, § 150.—
    B.
    Magisterial power, authority, office, magistracy (syn.:

    magistratus, auctoritas): potestas praetoria,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 69:

    qui togatus in re publicā cum potestate imperioque versatus sit,

    id. Phil. 1, 7, 18:

    modo ut bonā ratione emerit, nihil pro potestate, nihil ab invito,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10:

    cum potestate aut legatione in provinciam proficisci,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 5, § 9; id. Clu. 27, 74:

    censores dederunt operam, ut ita potestatem gererent, ut, etc.,

    so to administer the office, id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138; id. Agr. 2, 6, 14.—In plur.:

    imperia, potestates, legationes,

    id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    in potestatibus gerendis,

    Auct. Her. 3, 7, 14.—
    b.
    Transf.
    (α).
    A person in office, a public officer, magistrate:

    a magistratu aut ab aliquā potestate legitimā evocatus,

    by some lawful authority, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:

    mavis Fidenarum esse potestas,

    Juv. 10, 100.—
    (β).
    A ruler, supreme monarch:

    hominum rerumque aeterna potestas,

    i. e. Jupiter, Verg. A. 10, 18:

    nihil est quod credere de se Non possit, cum laudatur dis aequa potestas,

    Juv. 4, 71 (v. context): potestates, = archai, the highest magistrates, Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 26; Suet. Ner. 36; Amm. 31, 12, 5:

    celsae potestates,

    officers of state, id. 14, 1, 10:

    jurisdictionem potestatibus per provincias demandare,

    Suet. Claud. 23.—
    C.
    Esp., legal power, right over or to a thing (class.):

    potestatis verbo plura significantur: in personā magistratuum imperium, in personā liberorum patria potestas, in personā servi dominium: at cum agimus de noxae deditione cum eo, qui servum non defendit, praesentis corporis copiam facultatemque significamus. Ex lege Atiniā in potestatem domini rem furtivam venisse videri, et si ejus vindicandae potestatem habuerit, Sabinus et Cassius aiunt,

    Dig. 50, 16, 215.—
    D.
    Of inanimate things, power, force, efficacy, effect, operation, virtue, value:

    potestates colorum,

    Vitr. 7, 14:

    potestates visque herbarum,

    Verg. A. 12, 396; Plin. 25, 2, 5, § 9:

    pecuniarum,

    value, Dig. 13, 4, 3:

    haec potestatibus praesentibus dijudicanda sunt,

    circumstances, state of things, Gell. 1, 3, 24:

    actionum vis et potestas,

    Dig. 9, 4, 1:

    quaternarius numerus suis partibus complet decadis ipsius potestatem (because the first four integers, taken together, = 10),

    compass, fulness, Mart. Cap. 2, § 106:

    plumbi potestas,

    nature, quality, properties, Lucr. 5, 1242:

    naturalis,

    Vitr. 9, 4.—
    E.
    Of a word, meaning, signification (syn.:

    vis, significatio),

    Gell. 10, 29, 1; Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67; Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 4.—
    F.
    Math. t. t., = dunamis, the square root, Mart. Cap. 2, § 106.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    Power, control, command (class.): dum ex tanto gaudio in potestatem nostram redeamus, recover our self-control, come to ourselves, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:

    exisse ex potestate dicimus eos, qui effrenati feruntur aut libidine, aut iracundiā,

    to have lost the control of their reason, to be out of their minds, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; cf.:

    qui exisse ex potestate dicuntur, idcirco dicuntur, quia non sunt in potestate mentis, cui regnum totius animi a natura tributum est,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 11; cf. also id. ib. 4, 36, 77:

    postquam ad te cum omnium rerum tum etiam tui potestatem di transtulerint,

    Plin. Pan. 56, 3.—
    B.
    Power, ability, possibility, opportunity (class.; cf.:

    copia, facultas): ubi mihi potestas primum evenit,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 18:

    liberius vivendi,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 25:

    ut primum potestas data est augendae dignitatis tuae,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 13, 1: quoties mihi certorum hominum potestas erit (al. facultas), whenever I find men on whom I can rely, id. ib. 1, 7, 1: facere potestatem, to give opportunity, leave, permission:

    si quid de his rebus dicere vellet, feci potestatem,

    id. Cat. 3, 5, 11:

    quae potestas si mihi saepius fiet, utar,

    shall present itself, id. Phil. 1, 15, 38:

    alicui potestatem optionemque facere, ut, etc.,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

    facio tibi interpellandi potestatem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 27, 73:

    ego instare, omnium mihi tabularum et litterarum fieri potestatem oportere,

    must be allowed the use of, id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149: potestatem sui facere, to allow others to see or have access to one, to give an opportunity of conversing with one:

    cum neque praetores diebus aliquot adiri possent vel potestatem sui facerent,

    allowed themselves to be spoken to, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15:

    facere omnibus conveniendi sui potestatem,

    to admit to an audience, id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:

    qui potestatem sui non habuissent,

    who had not been able to speak with him, Suet. Tib. 34:

    potestatem sui facere,

    to give an opportunity of fighting with one, Caes. B. G. 1, 40; Nep. Ages. 3, 3.— Poet., with inf.:

    non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecipitare potestas,

    Verg. A. 4, 565:

    nunc flere potestas est,

    Luc. 2, 40:

    soli cui tanta potestas meis occurrere telis,

    Stat. Th. 3, 296.—
    IV.
    In eccl. Lat.:

    potestates,

    angels, angelic powers, authorities in the spiritual world, Vulg. Ephes. 6, 12; id. 1 Pet. 3, 22; sing., id. 1 Cor. 15, 24.—
    V.
    Personified, a daughter of Pallas and Styx, Hyg. Fab. prooem.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > potestas

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