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actĭo, ōnis, f. [ago], a doing, performing, acting, action, act.

In gen.:

non modo deos spoliat motu et actione divina, sed etiam homines inertes efficit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37; 2, 16;

virtutis laus omnis in actione consistit,

id. Off. 1, 6; id. Fin. 5, 19, 54.—With subject. gen.:

ad eas res parandas, quibus actio vitae continetur,

active, practical life, id. Off. 1, 5:

corporis,

id. Div. 1, 32:

mentis,

id. N. D. 1, 17; and with object. gen.: itaque nec actio rerum illarum ( the public performance of those things) apertā petulantiā vacat, id. ib. 1, 35, 127; ib. 1, 43:

actio ullius rei,

id. Ac. 2, 33, 108; and so plur.: periculosae rerum actiones sunt, Off. 1, 2, 4;

hence: actio gratiarum,

the giving of thanks, id. Fam. 10, 19 (cf.: gratias agere).—

Esp.

Public functions, civil acts, proceedings, or duties.

In gen., Cic. Fam. 9, 8:

tribunorum,

their official duties, Liv. 5, 11; so,

consularis,

id. 4, 55 al.:

actiones nostras scriptis mandamus,

Cic. Off. 2, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 5.—Hence negotiation, deliberation:

discessu consulum actio de pace sublata est,

Cic. Att. 9. 9.—Esp.

Of judicial proceedings.

An action, suit, process ( in abstr.), with a gen. more precisely defining it, e. g. actio furti, injuriarum; also with de:

actio de repetundis, de arboribus succisis, etc.: actionem alicui intendere,

Cic. Mil. 14:

instituere,

to bring an action against one, id. Mur. 9: multis actiones ( processes, suits) et res ( the property in suit) peribant, Liv. 39, 18 al.—

The accusation ( in concr.), the statement of the crime, the indictment, charge, accusation:

Inde illa actio, OPE CONSILIOQVE TVO FVRTVM AIO FACTVM ESSE,

Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74; cf. id. Caecin. 3; id. de Or. 1, 36, 167.—Hence, in gen., judicial forms (the omission of which rendered a suit null and void): actiones Manilianae, forms relative to purchase and sale; cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 246:

Hostilianae,

ib. 1, 57, 245.—Hence,

A pleading of a case (spoken or written); so Cic. calls his Orats. against Verres, actiones, pleas, simply dividing them into actio prima and actio secunda:

actio causae,

Cic. Caecin. 2, 4;

actiones litium,

id. Phil. 9, 5, 11; so,

Suet. continuae actiones, Ner. 15: in prima parte actionis,

Quint. 10, 1, 20 al. —

Permission for a suit:

dare alicui actionem (which was the right or duty of the praetor or judge),

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27.—

The judicial management of a suit, the trial, the day of trial:

prima, altera, tertia,

Cic. Verr. 1, 30; 2, 2, 6.—

Of an orator; the exterior air or bearing, the action, delivery: Demosthenem ferunt ei qui quaesivisset quid primum esset in dicendo, actionem;

quid secundum, idem et idem tertium respondisse,

Cic. Brut. 38; cf. id. de Or. 1, 18;

so that it often includes even the voice: actio ejus (Pompeii) habebat et in voce magnum splendorem et in motu summam dignitatem,

id. Brut. 68; cf. id. Or. 17:

est actio quasi sermo corporis,

id. de Or. 3, 59; cf. ib. 2, 17 al.—Hence, also —

Of an actor, action:

in quo tanta commoveri actio non posset,

id. de Or. 3, 26.—

In dramatic lang., the action, the connection or series of events, the plot, in a play:

habet enim (fabula) varios actus multasque actiones et consiliorum et temporum,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 6.

ad-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to call or summon one to a place, esp. for counsel, aid, etc.; constr. absol., with ad, in, or dat.

In gen.

Lit.:

ego Tiresiam advocabo et consulam quid faciendum censeat,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76:

contionem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80:

aliquem ad obsignandum,

id. Att. 12, 18; so Liv. 1, 39:

viros primarios in consilium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7, § 18; so Liv. 42, 33:

ego vos, quo pauca monerem, advocavi,

Sall. C. 60:

eo (i. e. in aedem Concordiae) senatum advocat,

id. ib. 47:

(Deus) advocabit caelum desursum,

Vulg. Psa. 49, 4:

advocari gaudiis,

to be invited, Hor. C. 4, 11, 13:

aegro,

Ov. R. Am. 110:

causis,

Quint. 11, 1, 38.—

Trop.:

animum ad se ipsum advocamus,

we turn the mind upon itself, call the thoughts home, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31:

non desiderat fortitudo advocatam iracundiam,

id. ib. 4, 23; so id. Ac. 2, 27; id. Tusc. 5, 38. —

Esp.

In judicial lang., t. t., to avail one's self of some one in a cause, as aid, assistant, witness, counsellor, etc., to call in:

aliquem alicui,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 6; so id. Bacch. 2, 3, 28; id. Ps. 4, 7, 59:

aliquot mihi Amicos advocabo,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 83:

viros bonos complures advocat,

Cic. Quint. 21:

in his, quos tibi advocasti,

id. ib. 2 al.—Also used of the friend of the plaintiff or defendant, who calls in his friends to aid in the suit:

Oppianicus in judicio Scamandri aderat, frequens advocabat,

Cic. Clu. 19.—Hence, transf. to other things, to call to one's aid, to call to for help, to summon:

desuper Alcides telis premit omniaque arma Advocat,

Verg. A. 8, 249:

secretas artes,

Ov. M. 7, 138:

ad conamina noctem,

Sil. 9, 82; Sen. Troad. 613:

aliquid in tutelam securitatis suae,

Vell. 2, 108:

vires suas,

Sen. Ben. 6, 2.—

To get a respite, to delay, Plin. Ep. 5, 8; v. advocatio, II. C. —

To give consolation, to console (in imitation of the Gr. parakalein), Tert. adv. Marc. 14.

(Gr. II. 290) explains advocapit as an old imperat., instead of advocabite.Hence, advŏcātus, i, m.

In the class. per., in judicial lang., one who is called by one of the parties in a suit to aid as a witness or counsel, a legal assistant, counsellor (diff. from patronus or orator, who spoke for a client engaged in a suit; from cognitor, who appeared in the name of such parties as had themselves been at first in court;

and from procurator, who appeared for such as were absent,

Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4; Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 48; Heind. ad Hor. S. 2, 5, 38;

v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.): quaeso, ut advocatus mihi adsis neve abeas,

Plaut. Am. 4, 3, 3; so id. Men. 5, 2, 47; id. Mil. 5, 26; id. Poen. 3, 1, 23; 6, 11; id. Trin. 5, 2, 37 al.:

adversusne illum causam dicerem, cui veneram advocatus?

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 43; so id. Eun. 2, 3, 49; 4, 6, 26; id. Ad. 4, 5, 11:

quis eum umquam non modo in patroni, sed in laudatoris aut advocati loco viderat,

Cic. Clu. 40; id. Phil. 1, 7:

venire advocatum alicui in rem praesentem,

id. Off. 1, 10, etc.; Liv. 42, 33, 1.—

In the post-Aug. per., for patronus, orator, etc., who conducted a process for any one, an advocate, attorney, etc., Quint. 12, 1, 13; cf. id. 12, 1, 25; 5, 6 fin.; 9, 3, 22; Plin. Ep. 7, 22; Tac. A. 11, 5, 6; Suet. Claud. 15 and 33.—

Esp., in eccl. Lat., of Christ as our intercessor, advocate:

advocatum habemus apud Patrem, Jesum Christum,

Vulg. 1 Joan. 2, 1.—

Transf., in gen., an assistant, helper, friend:

se in fugam conferunt unā amici advocatique ejus,

Cic. Caecin. 8, 22.

antĕā, temp. adv. (old form * antidĕā or anteidĕā, MS., Liv. 22, 10, 6; v. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 680) [ante-eā like antehāc, posteā, posthāc, proptereā, quāpropter, etc., in which Corssen, Ausspr. I. p. 769, regards the pron. as an old acc. with the a final long; Key, Gr. § 802, regards these suffixes as corrupted from the acc. of pronouns in -am; cf. quam], of some (past or pres.) time, before, formerly, earlier, aforetime, in time past, etc. (relative; while antehac demonstr. is used only in ref. to present time. The use of antea for prius is censured by Atticus in Cic. Att. 15, 13).

Absol.:

nam antea Quī scire posses aut ingenium noscere?

Ter. And. 1, 1, 25:

antea, cum equester ordo judicaret, improbi et rapaces magistratus in provinciis inserviebant publicanis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41:

ac fuit antea tempus, cum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 24:

cum antea semper factiosus fuisset,

Nep. Lys. 1, 3:

et antea laudatus et hoc tempore laudandus,

Cic. Phil. 10, 6, 13; so id. Fam. 12, 30; 13, 17 al.:

hunc audiebant antea, nunc praesentem vident, etc.,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 57; id. Fam. 9, 16; Liv. 5, 17; 13, 41 al.:

si antea fuit ignotum, nuper est cognitum,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23:

quales antea fuerant,

Vulg. Ex. 34, 4; ib. Jer. 36, 32; ib. Luc. 23, 12 et saep.—

Freq. opp. to postea, post, posthac, tum, tunc, etc.:

et clari fuerunt, et antea fuerant, nec postea defecerunt,

Cic. Or. 2, 6; so id. Fam. 1, 9, 74; Suet. Dom. 2:

hanc consuetudinem jam antea minuebamus, post Sullae victoriam penitus amisimus,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 27; so id. Att. 1, 11:

non accusabimur posthac: neque antea neglegentes fuimus,

id. ib. 7, 3:

semper ille antea cum uxore, tum sine eā,

id. Mil. 21; so Liv. 23, 19; so,

antea... tunc,

id. 29, 9.—

Rarely for ante followed by deinde, mox, etc.: clipeis antea Romani usi sunt, deinde scuta pro clipeis fecere, formerly, at an earlier period... then, in process of time, etc., Liv. 8, 8:

Poneropolis antea, mox Philippopolis, nunc Trimontium dicta,

Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41.—

Rarely also for ante, followed by quam:

te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,

Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 2 B. and K.:

Achaei non antea ausi capessere bellum, quam ab Romā revertissent legati,

Liv. 35, 25, 3 Weissenb.

cesso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [1. cedo]; lit., to stand back very much; hence, to be remiss in any thing, to delay, loiter, or, in gen., to cease from, stop, give over (indicating a blamable remissness; while desinere, intermittere, requiescere do not include that idea: cessat desidiosus, requiescit fessus, Don. ad Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 15. Diff. from cunctari in this, that the latter designates inaction arising from want of resolution, but cessare that which is the result of slothfulness; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, p. 300 sq.;

class. in prose and poetry): paulum si cessassem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5; 4, 6, 16; id. Ad. 4, 2, 49:

si tabellarii non cessarint,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 7, 15:

in suo studio atque opere,

id. Sen. 5, 13:

ne quis in eo, quod me viderit facientem, cesset,

Liv. 35, 35, 16; cf. id. 35, 18, 8:

ab apparatu operum ac munitionum nihil cessatum,

id. 21, 8, 1; 34, 16, 3; 31, 12, 2; Tac. A. 3, 28:

quidquid apud durae cessatum est moenia Trojae,

whatever delay there was, Verg. A. 11, 288:

audaciā,

to be deficient in spirit, Liv. 1, 46, 6; cf.:

nullo umquam officio,

id. 42, 6, 8:

ad arma cessantes Concitet,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 15 et saep.—So in admonitions:

quid cessas?

Ter. And. 5, 6, 15; Tib. 2, 2, 10:

quid cessatis?

Curt. 4, 16, 5:

quor cessas?

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 69; cf.: cessas in vota precesque ( poet. for cessas facere vota), Tros, ait, Aenea? cessas? Verg. A. 6, 51 sq.; Tib. 3, 6, 57.— With dat. incommodi: it dies;

ego mihi cesso,

i. e. to my own injury, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 12 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Ep. 3, 2, 8:

sed ego nunc mihi cesso, qui non umerum hunc onero pallio,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4.—

With inf.:

ego hinc migrare cesso,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 6 sq.:

numquid principio cessavit verbum docte dicere?

id. Pers. 4, 4, 3; so,

alloqui,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 6; 5, 2, 4:

adoriri,

id. Heaut. 4, 5, 9:

pultare ostium,

id. ib. 3, 1, 1; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 30:

introrumpere,

id. Eun. 5, 5, 26:

detrahere de nobis,

Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2:

mori,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 58 et saep.—

In gen.

To be inactive, idle, at leisure, to do nothing:

cur tam multos deos nihil agere et cessare patitur? cur non rebus humanis aliquos otiosos deos praeficit?

Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 22; id. Off. 3, 1, 1: nisi forte ego vobis cessare nunc videor;

cum bella non gero,

id. de Sen. 6, 18:

et si quid cessare potes, requiesce sub umbrā,

Verg. E. 7, 10:

cessabimus una,

Prop. 3 (4), 23, 15; Ov. M. 4, 37:

cur alter fratrum cessare et ludere et ungi praeferat, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 183 (cessare otiari et jucunde vivere, Schol. Crucq.); so id. ib. 1, 7, 57:

per hibernorum tempus,

Liv. 36, 5, 1:

cessatum usque adhuc est: nunc porro expergiscere,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 23:

cessatum ducere curam,

put to rest, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 31:

non timido, non ignavo cessare tum licuit,

Curt. 3, 11, 5.—

Of things, to be at rest, to rest, be still, inactive, unemployed, or unused, etc.:

si cessare putas rerum primordia posse, Cessandoque novos rerum progignere motus,

Lucr. 2, 80 sq.:

quid ita cessarunt pedes?

Phaedr. 1, 9, 5:

et grave suspenso vomere cesset opus,

Tib. 2, 1, 6; Ov. F. 6, 348:

Achilles cessare in Teucros pertulit arma sua,

Prop. 2, 8, 30:

cur Berecyntiae Cessant flamina tibiae,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 19:

cessat voluntas?

id. ib. 1, 27, 13:

cessat ira deae,

Liv. 29, 18, 10:

solas sine ture relictas Praeteritae cessasse ferunt Letoïdos aras,

i. e. remained unsought, unapproached, Ov. M. 8, 278; cf.:

at nunc desertis cessant sacraria lucis,

Prop. 3 (4), 13, 47; and:

cessaturae casae,

Ov. F. 4, 804:

cessans honor,

a vacant office, Suet. Caes. 76.—

Of land, to lie uncultivated, fallow (cf. cessatio):

alternis idem tonsas cessare novales,

Verg. G. 1, 71; Plin. 18, 23, 52, § 191; cf. Suet. Aug. 42.— Pass.:

cessata arva,

Ov. F. 4, 617.— Trop., of a barren woman, Paul. Nol. Carm. 6, 48.—

Sometimes cessare alicui rei, like vacare alicui rei, to have leisure for something, i.e. to attend to, apply one ' s self to:

amori,

Prop. 1, 6, 21.—

Rarely (prob. not ante-Aug.), not to be at hand or present, to be wanting:

cessat voluntas? non aliā bibam Mercede,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 13:

augendum addendumque quod cessat,

Quint. 2, 8, 10.—Hence,

Judic. t. t.

Of persons, not to appear before a tribunal, to make default:

culpāne quis an aliquā necessitate cessasset,

Suet. Claud. 15 (where, [p. 323] just before, absentibus; cf.

absum, 8.): quoties delator adesse jussus cessat,

Dig. 49, 14, 2, § 4; so ib. 47, 10, 17, § 20.—

Of things (a process, verdict), to be invalid, null, void:

cessat injuriarum actio,

Dig. 47, 10, 17, § 1:

revocatio,

ib. 42, 8, 10, § 1:

edictum,

ib. 39, 1, 1:

senatus consultum,

ib. 14, 6, 12 et saep.—

Also rare, in a moral view, to depart from a right way, i.e. to mistake, err:

ut scriptor si peccat... Sic qui multum cessat,

Hor. A. P. 357:

oratoris perfecti illius, ex nullā parte cessantis,

Quint. 1, 10, 4.

cīvīlis, e, adj. [civis].

Of or pertaining to citizens, civil, civic (class. in prose and poetry, and very freq.): sanguine civili rem conflant, by the blood of citizens, * Lucr. 3, 70; Cic. Fam. 15, 15, 1:

conjuratio,

id. ib. 5, 12, 2:

bellum,

id. Att. 7, 13, 1; id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

bella,

Hor. Epod. 16, 1; Luc. 1, 1:

genus belli,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1; Sall. C. 47, 2; Quint. 12, 1, 16; Flor. 3, 22, 10; 3, 23, 7:

facinus,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1.—So De Bello Civili, the title of a portion of the Commentaries of Julius Cæsar, Flor. 4, 2, 4:

discordia,

Sall. C. 5, 2:

dissensio,

id. J. 41 fin.:

discidii specie,

Tac. A. 14, 60:

irae,

id. ib. 1, 43:

acies,

Ov. M. 7, 142:

arma,

civil war, Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6; Tac. A. 1, 9:

aestus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 47:

Mars,

Ov. H. 6, 35:

busta,

Prop. 2, 1, 27:

victoria,

Nep. Epam. 10, 3; Sall. J. 95, 4; Tac. H. 4, 38 fin.:

praeda,

id. ib. 3, 15 et saep.:

mos consuetudoque,

Cic. Off. 1, 41,148; cf.

just before: instituta civilia: conciliatio et societas,

id. N. D. 2, 31, 78:

facinus,

id. Att. 7, 13, 1:

clamor,

Liv. 3, 28, 4; cf.

robur,

id. 28, 44, 5:

curae,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 17:

quercus = corona civica (v. civicus, I.),

Verg. A. 6, 772: civilis dies, the civil day ( from midnight to midnight; opp. to the naturalis dies, from the rising to the setting of the sun), Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; Plin. 2, 77, 79, § 188; Macr. S. 1, 3:

amor (opp. to naturalis),

between citizens, Gell. 12, 1, 23.—

Esp.: jus civile.

In gen., private rights, the law, as it protects citizens in their status, property, etc.:

jus civile est aequitas constituta iis, qui ejusdem civitatis sunt, ad res suas obtinendas,

Cic. Top. 2, 9:

sit ergo in jure civili finis hic: legitimae atque usitatae in rebus causisque civium aequabilitatis conservatio,

id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

qui jus civile contemnendum putat, is vincula revellit judiciorum, etc.,

id. Caecin. 25, 70; id. Off. 3, 17, 69; id. Balb. 11, 28; Gai Inst. 1, 1; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 1 sq.;

opp. jus naturale: quodam tempore homines nondum neque naturali neque civili jure descripto fusi, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 42, 91.—

The body of Roman law relating to private rights, the Civil Law:

ut si quis dicat jus civile id esse, quod in legibus, senatūs consultis, rebus judicatis, juris peritorum auctoritate, edictis magistratuum, more, aequitate consistat,

Cic. Top. 5, 28:

hoc civile (jus) quod dicimus (opp. causa universi juris ac legum),

id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

de jure civili si quis novi quid instituit,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 109;

opp. jus nationum,

id. Div in Caecil. 5, 18;

opp. jus praetorium, the precedents of decisions by the prætor: nam quod agas mecum ex jure civili ac praetorio non habes,

id. Caecin. 12, 34; 2, 4; cf. Dig. 1, 1, 7 pr. and § 1.—

In narrower sense, the code of procedure, the forms of process in the Roman law:

civile jus, repositum in penetralibus pontificum, evulgavit (Licinius),

Liv. 9, 46, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jus civile per multa saecula inter sacra caerimoniasque deorum abditum, Cn. Flavius vulgavit,

Val. Max. 2, 5, 2; cf. Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 5 sqq.; plur.:

inteream si... novi civilia jura,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 39.—

Relating to public or political life, political, public, state-:

scientia,

politics, political science, Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 6; Quint. 2, 15, 33:

quaestiones,

id. 2, 15, 36:

officia,

id. 2, 15, 36, and 2, 4, 27:

civilium rerum peritus,

Tac. H. 2, 5:

mersor civilibus undis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16: vir, a statesman, politikos, Quint. prooem. § 10; 11, 10, 15; 12, 2, 7; 12, 2, 21; 11, 1, 35.—

Esp. civil, opp. military (first in Livy):

is gravis annis non militaribus solum sed civilibus quoque abscesserat muneribus,

Liv. 9, 3, 5; cf.:

civilis res haud magnopere obeuntem bella excitabant,

id. 6, 22, 7.—

Trop. (cf. popularis, and the Gr. koinos), demeaning one ' s self as a citizen; hence of distinguished persons, courteous, polite, civil, affable, urbane (so not before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Suet.;

in Quint. only once): quid enim civilius illo?

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 13:

sermo,

Liv. 6, 40, 15:

animus,

id. 45, 32, 5; Tac. A. 1, 72; Suet. Caes. 75; id. Claud. 1; id. Dom. 12; cf. id. Calig. 3; id. Vesp. 12:

parumque id non civile modo sed humanum etiam visum,

unbecoming a private citizen, Liv. 5, 23, 5:

et humano ingressu,

Quint. 3, 8, 59 Spald.:

incessu,

Plin. Pan. 83, 7:

civile ingenium, mira comitas,

Tac. A. 1, 33; cf. id. ib. 2, 82: arma, id. H. 4, 3:

civile rebatur, misceri voluptatibus vulgi,

id. A. 1, 54; cf. id. ib. 2, 34; 3, 22; Plin. Pan. 78, 4; 87, 1:

civilis circa amicos,

Eutr. 7, 13:

in cunctos,

id. 10, 16.— Sup., Eutr. 8, 1; Spart. Had. 20, 1.—As subst.: cīvīle, is, n., courtesy:

si quicquam in vobis non dico civilis sed humani esset,

Liv. 5, 3, 9.—Hence, adv.: cīvīlĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Citizen-like: vivere, Cic. ap. Lact. 3, 14: certare, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 3; Liv. 38, 56, 9; 33, 46, 3; Juv. 5, 112; Gell. praef. § 13.—

In judicial language, civilly (opp. criminally):

agere,

Dig. 47, 2, 92; 11, 6, 1; 47, 10, 37.—

(Acc. to 2.) As becomes a citizen, courteously, kindly, Ov. M. 12, 583; id. Tr. 3, 8, 41; Tac. A. 3, 76; 4, 21; id. H. 2, 91.— Comp.:

civilius,

Plin. Pan. 29, 2; App. M. 9, p. 236, 10.— Sup.:

civilissime,

Eutr. 7, 8.

Cīvīlis, is, m., a proper name, e. g. Julius Civilis, chief of the Batavi, Tac. H. 4, 13 sq.; abl. Civile, id. ib. 4, 35.

cīvīlis, e, adj. [civis].

Of or pertaining to citizens, civil, civic (class. in prose and poetry, and very freq.): sanguine civili rem conflant, by the blood of citizens, * Lucr. 3, 70; Cic. Fam. 15, 15, 1:

conjuratio,

id. ib. 5, 12, 2:

bellum,

id. Att. 7, 13, 1; id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

bella,

Hor. Epod. 16, 1; Luc. 1, 1:

genus belli,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1; Sall. C. 47, 2; Quint. 12, 1, 16; Flor. 3, 22, 10; 3, 23, 7:

facinus,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1.—So De Bello Civili, the title of a portion of the Commentaries of Julius Cæsar, Flor. 4, 2, 4:

discordia,

Sall. C. 5, 2:

dissensio,

id. J. 41 fin.:

discidii specie,

Tac. A. 14, 60:

irae,

id. ib. 1, 43:

acies,

Ov. M. 7, 142:

arma,

civil war, Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6; Tac. A. 1, 9:

aestus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 47:

Mars,

Ov. H. 6, 35:

busta,

Prop. 2, 1, 27:

victoria,

Nep. Epam. 10, 3; Sall. J. 95, 4; Tac. H. 4, 38 fin.:

praeda,

id. ib. 3, 15 et saep.:

mos consuetudoque,

Cic. Off. 1, 41,148; cf.

just before: instituta civilia: conciliatio et societas,

id. N. D. 2, 31, 78:

facinus,

id. Att. 7, 13, 1:

clamor,

Liv. 3, 28, 4; cf.

robur,

id. 28, 44, 5:

curae,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 17:

quercus = corona civica (v. civicus, I.),

Verg. A. 6, 772: civilis dies, the civil day ( from midnight to midnight; opp. to the naturalis dies, from the rising to the setting of the sun), Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; Plin. 2, 77, 79, § 188; Macr. S. 1, 3:

amor (opp. to naturalis),

between citizens, Gell. 12, 1, 23.—

Esp.: jus civile.

In gen., private rights, the law, as it protects citizens in their status, property, etc.:

jus civile est aequitas constituta iis, qui ejusdem civitatis sunt, ad res suas obtinendas,

Cic. Top. 2, 9:

sit ergo in jure civili finis hic: legitimae atque usitatae in rebus causisque civium aequabilitatis conservatio,

id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

qui jus civile contemnendum putat, is vincula revellit judiciorum, etc.,

id. Caecin. 25, 70; id. Off. 3, 17, 69; id. Balb. 11, 28; Gai Inst. 1, 1; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 1 sq.;

opp. jus naturale: quodam tempore homines nondum neque naturali neque civili jure descripto fusi, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 42, 91.—

The body of Roman law relating to private rights, the Civil Law:

ut si quis dicat jus civile id esse, quod in legibus, senatūs consultis, rebus judicatis, juris peritorum auctoritate, edictis magistratuum, more, aequitate consistat,

Cic. Top. 5, 28:

hoc civile (jus) quod dicimus (opp. causa universi juris ac legum),

id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

de jure civili si quis novi quid instituit,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 109;

opp. jus nationum,

id. Div in Caecil. 5, 18;

opp. jus praetorium, the precedents of decisions by the prætor: nam quod agas mecum ex jure civili ac praetorio non habes,

id. Caecin. 12, 34; 2, 4; cf. Dig. 1, 1, 7 pr. and § 1.—

In narrower sense, the code of procedure, the forms of process in the Roman law:

civile jus, repositum in penetralibus pontificum, evulgavit (Licinius),

Liv. 9, 46, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jus civile per multa saecula inter sacra caerimoniasque deorum abditum, Cn. Flavius vulgavit,

Val. Max. 2, 5, 2; cf. Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 5 sqq.; plur.:

inteream si... novi civilia jura,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 39.—

Relating to public or political life, political, public, state-:

scientia,

politics, political science, Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 6; Quint. 2, 15, 33:

quaestiones,

id. 2, 15, 36:

officia,

id. 2, 15, 36, and 2, 4, 27:

civilium rerum peritus,

Tac. H. 2, 5:

mersor civilibus undis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16: vir, a statesman, politikos, Quint. prooem. § 10; 11, 10, 15; 12, 2, 7; 12, 2, 21; 11, 1, 35.—

Esp. civil, opp. military (first in Livy):

is gravis annis non militaribus solum sed civilibus quoque abscesserat muneribus,

Liv. 9, 3, 5; cf.:

civilis res haud magnopere obeuntem bella excitabant,

id. 6, 22, 7.—

Trop. (cf. popularis, and the Gr. koinos), demeaning one ' s self as a citizen; hence of distinguished persons, courteous, polite, civil, affable, urbane (so not before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Suet.;

in Quint. only once): quid enim civilius illo?

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 13:

sermo,

Liv. 6, 40, 15:

animus,

id. 45, 32, 5; Tac. A. 1, 72; Suet. Caes. 75; id. Claud. 1; id. Dom. 12; cf. id. Calig. 3; id. Vesp. 12:

parumque id non civile modo sed humanum etiam visum,

unbecoming a private citizen, Liv. 5, 23, 5:

et humano ingressu,

Quint. 3, 8, 59 Spald.:

incessu,

Plin. Pan. 83, 7:

civile ingenium, mira comitas,

Tac. A. 1, 33; cf. id. ib. 2, 82: arma, id. H. 4, 3:

civile rebatur, misceri voluptatibus vulgi,

id. A. 1, 54; cf. id. ib. 2, 34; 3, 22; Plin. Pan. 78, 4; 87, 1:

civilis circa amicos,

Eutr. 7, 13:

in cunctos,

id. 10, 16.— Sup., Eutr. 8, 1; Spart. Had. 20, 1.—As subst.: cīvīle, is, n., courtesy:

si quicquam in vobis non dico civilis sed humani esset,

Liv. 5, 3, 9.—Hence, adv.: cīvīlĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Citizen-like: vivere, Cic. ap. Lact. 3, 14: certare, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 3; Liv. 38, 56, 9; 33, 46, 3; Juv. 5, 112; Gell. praef. § 13.—

In judicial language, civilly (opp. criminally):

agere,

Dig. 47, 2, 92; 11, 6, 1; 47, 10, 37.—

(Acc. to 2.) As becomes a citizen, courteously, kindly, Ov. M. 12, 583; id. Tr. 3, 8, 41; Tac. A. 3, 76; 4, 21; id. H. 2, 91.— Comp.:

civilius,

Plin. Pan. 29, 2; App. M. 9, p. 236, 10.— Sup.:

civilissime,

Eutr. 7, 8.

Cīvīlis, is, m., a proper name, e. g. Julius Civilis, chief of the Batavi, Tac. H. 4, 13 sq.; abl. Civile, id. ib. 4, 35.

cīvīlis, e, adj. [civis].

Of or pertaining to citizens, civil, civic (class. in prose and poetry, and very freq.): sanguine civili rem conflant, by the blood of citizens, * Lucr. 3, 70; Cic. Fam. 15, 15, 1:

conjuratio,

id. ib. 5, 12, 2:

bellum,

id. Att. 7, 13, 1; id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

bella,

Hor. Epod. 16, 1; Luc. 1, 1:

genus belli,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1; Sall. C. 47, 2; Quint. 12, 1, 16; Flor. 3, 22, 10; 3, 23, 7:

facinus,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1.—So De Bello Civili, the title of a portion of the Commentaries of Julius Cæsar, Flor. 4, 2, 4:

discordia,

Sall. C. 5, 2:

dissensio,

id. J. 41 fin.:

discidii specie,

Tac. A. 14, 60:

irae,

id. ib. 1, 43:

acies,

Ov. M. 7, 142:

arma,

civil war, Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6; Tac. A. 1, 9:

aestus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 47:

Mars,

Ov. H. 6, 35:

busta,

Prop. 2, 1, 27:

victoria,

Nep. Epam. 10, 3; Sall. J. 95, 4; Tac. H. 4, 38 fin.:

praeda,

id. ib. 3, 15 et saep.:

mos consuetudoque,

Cic. Off. 1, 41,148; cf.

just before: instituta civilia: conciliatio et societas,

id. N. D. 2, 31, 78:

facinus,

id. Att. 7, 13, 1:

clamor,

Liv. 3, 28, 4; cf.

robur,

id. 28, 44, 5:

curae,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 17:

quercus = corona civica (v. civicus, I.),

Verg. A. 6, 772: civilis dies, the civil day ( from midnight to midnight; opp. to the naturalis dies, from the rising to the setting of the sun), Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; Plin. 2, 77, 79, § 188; Macr. S. 1, 3:

amor (opp. to naturalis),

between citizens, Gell. 12, 1, 23.—

Esp.: jus civile.

In gen., private rights, the law, as it protects citizens in their status, property, etc.:

jus civile est aequitas constituta iis, qui ejusdem civitatis sunt, ad res suas obtinendas,

Cic. Top. 2, 9:

sit ergo in jure civili finis hic: legitimae atque usitatae in rebus causisque civium aequabilitatis conservatio,

id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

qui jus civile contemnendum putat, is vincula revellit judiciorum, etc.,

id. Caecin. 25, 70; id. Off. 3, 17, 69; id. Balb. 11, 28; Gai Inst. 1, 1; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 1 sq.;

opp. jus naturale: quodam tempore homines nondum neque naturali neque civili jure descripto fusi, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 42, 91.—

The body of Roman law relating to private rights, the Civil Law:

ut si quis dicat jus civile id esse, quod in legibus, senatūs consultis, rebus judicatis, juris peritorum auctoritate, edictis magistratuum, more, aequitate consistat,

Cic. Top. 5, 28:

hoc civile (jus) quod dicimus (opp. causa universi juris ac legum),

id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

de jure civili si quis novi quid instituit,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 109;

opp. jus nationum,

id. Div in Caecil. 5, 18;

opp. jus praetorium, the precedents of decisions by the prætor: nam quod agas mecum ex jure civili ac praetorio non habes,

id. Caecin. 12, 34; 2, 4; cf. Dig. 1, 1, 7 pr. and § 1.—

In narrower sense, the code of procedure, the forms of process in the Roman law:

civile jus, repositum in penetralibus pontificum, evulgavit (Licinius),

Liv. 9, 46, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.:

jus civile per multa saecula inter sacra caerimoniasque deorum abditum, Cn. Flavius vulgavit,

Val. Max. 2, 5, 2; cf. Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 5 sqq.; plur.:

inteream si... novi civilia jura,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 39.—

Relating to public or political life, political, public, state-:

scientia,

politics, political science, Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 6; Quint. 2, 15, 33:

quaestiones,

id. 2, 15, 36:

officia,

id. 2, 15, 36, and 2, 4, 27:

civilium rerum peritus,

Tac. H. 2, 5:

mersor civilibus undis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16: vir, a statesman, politikos, Quint. prooem. § 10; 11, 10, 15; 12, 2, 7; 12, 2, 21; 11, 1, 35.—

Esp. civil, opp. military (first in Livy):

is gravis annis non militaribus solum sed civilibus quoque abscesserat muneribus,

Liv. 9, 3, 5; cf.:

civilis res haud magnopere obeuntem bella excitabant,

id. 6, 22, 7.—

Trop. (cf. popularis, and the Gr. koinos), demeaning one ' s self as a citizen; hence of distinguished persons, courteous, polite, civil, affable, urbane (so not before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Suet.;

in Quint. only once): quid enim civilius illo?

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 13:

sermo,

Liv. 6, 40, 15:

animus,

id. 45, 32, 5; Tac. A. 1, 72; Suet. Caes. 75; id. Claud. 1; id. Dom. 12; cf. id. Calig. 3; id. Vesp. 12:

parumque id non civile modo sed humanum etiam visum,

unbecoming a private citizen, Liv. 5, 23, 5:

et humano ingressu,

Quint. 3, 8, 59 Spald.:

incessu,

Plin. Pan. 83, 7:

civile ingenium, mira comitas,

Tac. A. 1, 33; cf. id. ib. 2, 82: arma, id. H. 4, 3:

civile rebatur, misceri voluptatibus vulgi,

id. A. 1, 54; cf. id. ib. 2, 34; 3, 22; Plin. Pan. 78, 4; 87, 1:

civilis circa amicos,

Eutr. 7, 13:

in cunctos,

id. 10, 16.— Sup., Eutr. 8, 1; Spart. Had. 20, 1.—As subst.: cīvīle, is, n., courtesy:

si quicquam in vobis non dico civilis sed humani esset,

Liv. 5, 3, 9.—Hence, adv.: cīvīlĭter.

(Acc. to I.) Citizen-like: vivere, Cic. ap. Lact. 3, 14: certare, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 3; Liv. 38, 56, 9; 33, 46, 3; Juv. 5, 112; Gell. praef. § 13.—

In judicial language, civilly (opp. criminally):

agere,

Dig. 47, 2, 92; 11, 6, 1; 47, 10, 37.—

(Acc. to 2.) As becomes a citizen, courteously, kindly, Ov. M. 12, 583; id. Tr. 3, 8, 41; Tac. A. 3, 76; 4, 21; id. H. 2, 91.— Comp.:

civilius,

Plin. Pan. 29, 2; App. M. 9, p. 236, 10.— Sup.:

civilissime,

Eutr. 7, 8.

Cīvīlis, is, m., a proper name, e. g. Julius Civilis, chief of the Batavi, Tac. H. 4, 13 sq.; abl. Civile, id. ib. 4, 35.

dē-nuntĭo ( - cĭo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. Orig. t. t. in the lang. of pub. law, relig., and jurispr., to give an official intimation, to make an official announcement or declaration of one's intentions (by means of a messenger, herald, etc.); to announce, intimate, declare, = nuntiando declarare; and with a foll. ut or merely the subjunctive, to intimate, order, command (for syn. cf.: edico, indico, narro, nuntio, refero, defero, renuntio, enuntio, dico).

Prop.

Polit. lang.

With acc.:

ut omne bellum, quod denuntiatum indictumque non esset, id injustum esse atque impium judicaretur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17;

so with indictum,

id. ib. 2, 23 fin. (Fragm. ap. Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 3); id. Off. 1, 11, 36; cf.:

quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat,

id. Fam. 12, 24:

utrum paucorum ea denuntiata an universae civitatis essent,

Liv. 24, 37 fin. —

With acc. and inf.:

quod sibi Caesar denuntiaret, se Aeduorum injurias non neglecturum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 6:

cum se scire quae fierent denuntiaret,

id. ib. 5, 54; Liv. 45, 1 fin. et saep. —And with inf. alone:

denuntiat centurionibus exsequi caedem,

Tac. A. 11, 37.—

With ut or ne: Gaditanos denuntiavisse Gallonio, ut sua sponte excederet Gadibus;

si id non fecisset, sibi consilium capturos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20, 3; cf. Liv. 7, 31:

nationibus denuntiare, uti auxilia mittant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 10; cf.:

per vicos urbesque, ut commeatus expedirent,

Liv. 44, 26:

simul denuntiavit ut essent animi parati,

Caes. B. C. 3, 86 fin.: cf.:

dictator magistro equitum denuntiavit, ut sese loco teneret, neu, etc.,

Liv. 8, 30; and so with ne, id. 9, 36 fin.; Vulg. Act. 4, 18.—

With simp. subj.:

(legati) denuntient Gallicis populis, multitudinem suam domi contineant,

Liv. 39, 54 fin.; cf. Suet. Calig. 55:

(Alcibiades) denuntiavit his (militibus), qui in stationibus erant, observarent lumen, etc.,

Front. Strat. 3, 12, 1 al. —

In relig. lang.

With acc.:

quibus portentis magna populo Romano bella denuntiabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 43, 97:

caedem Caesari evidentibus prodigiis,

Suet. Caes. 81 init.; cf. id. Aug. 94; 96; Verg. A. 3, 366 al.—

With ut:

si quid tale acciderit, ut a deo denuntiatum videatur, ut exeamus e vita,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 118.—

In jurid. lang.

Alicui testimonium, to summon a witness:

si accusator voluerit testimonium eis denuntiare,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110 (cf.:

denuntiatio testimonii,

id. Fl. 6, 14); so,

testibus: quoniam duo genera sunt testium, aut voluntariorum aut eorum, quibus in judiciis publicis lege denuntiatur,

Quint. 5, 7, 9; cf. ib. § 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 2.— Absol.:

non denuntiavi,

Cic. Fl. 15, 35.—

To give notice of a suit or process, Dig. 5, 3, 20, § 6 fin.:

de isto fundo, Cic. Caecin., 32, 95: in foro denuntiat fundum illum suum esse,

id. ib. 7, 19.—

Litem denuntiare, to summon for immediate trial (late Lat.), Symm. Ep. 10, 52; Aur. Vict. Caes. 16, 11.—

Transf. beyond the technical sphere, to announce, intimate, declare; to denounce, menace, threaten; with ut, or merely the subjunct., to intimate, order, command. —

Of personal subjects.

With acc.:

ille inimicitias mihi denuntiavit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19; cf.:

populo Romano servitutem,

id. ib. 5, 8, 21:

proscriptionem, caedem, direptionem,

id. Sest. 20, 46; cf. id. ib. 17 fin.; id. Mur. 24 fin. et saep.:

oculis et aspectu vim tribuniciam,

id. Agr. 2, 5, 13; id. Att. 13, 12, 3.—

With acc. and inf.:

Sex. Alfenus denuntiat, sese procuratorem esse,

Cic. Quint. 6, 27; cf. id. Phil. 6, 3 (with testificor and ante praedico):

cum se ad omnia, de quibus quisque audire vellet esse paratum denuntiaret,

id. de Or. 1, 22, 103; id. Rep. 3, 11 fin. et saep.—

With a relative clause:

denuntiasti homo adulescens, quid de summa reipublicae sentires,

Cic. Planc. 22.—

With ut: mihi Lupus noster subito denuntiavit, ut ad to [p. 548] scriberem, Cic. Fam. 11, 25.—

With simple subjunctive, = moneo, praedico, ante denuntio, abstineant, etc., Cic. Verr. 1, 12 fin. —

With de:

de isto fundo,

Cic. Caecin. 32 fin. —

Absol.:

monente et denuntiante te,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3; id. Quint. 17. —

Of subjects not personal, to give notice, make known, signify, indicate:

terra continens adventus hostium multis indiciis ante denuntiat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

illa arma non periculum nobis sed praesidium denuntiant,

id. Mil. 1, 3:

si ante exortum nubes globabuntur, hiemem asperam denuntiabunt, etc.,

Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 344:

caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat, igneus euros,

Verg. G. 1, 453:

hoc juncti boves, hoc paratus equus, hoc data arma denuntiant,

Tac. G. 18 fin.:

arbor statim pestem denuntians,

Plin. 13, 22, 38, § 118.

dē-nuntĭo ( - cĭo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. Orig. t. t. in the lang. of pub. law, relig., and jurispr., to give an official intimation, to make an official announcement or declaration of one's intentions (by means of a messenger, herald, etc.); to announce, intimate, declare, = nuntiando declarare; and with a foll. ut or merely the subjunctive, to intimate, order, command (for syn. cf.: edico, indico, narro, nuntio, refero, defero, renuntio, enuntio, dico).

Prop.

Polit. lang.

With acc.:

ut omne bellum, quod denuntiatum indictumque non esset, id injustum esse atque impium judicaretur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17;

so with indictum,

id. ib. 2, 23 fin. (Fragm. ap. Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 3); id. Off. 1, 11, 36; cf.:

quos senatus ad denuntiandum bellum miserat,

id. Fam. 12, 24:

utrum paucorum ea denuntiata an universae civitatis essent,

Liv. 24, 37 fin. —

With acc. and inf.:

quod sibi Caesar denuntiaret, se Aeduorum injurias non neglecturum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 6:

cum se scire quae fierent denuntiaret,

id. ib. 5, 54; Liv. 45, 1 fin. et saep. —And with inf. alone:

denuntiat centurionibus exsequi caedem,

Tac. A. 11, 37.—

With ut or ne: Gaditanos denuntiavisse Gallonio, ut sua sponte excederet Gadibus;

si id non fecisset, sibi consilium capturos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20, 3; cf. Liv. 7, 31:

nationibus denuntiare, uti auxilia mittant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 10; cf.:

per vicos urbesque, ut commeatus expedirent,

Liv. 44, 26:

simul denuntiavit ut essent animi parati,

Caes. B. C. 3, 86 fin.: cf.:

dictator magistro equitum denuntiavit, ut sese loco teneret, neu, etc.,

Liv. 8, 30; and so with ne, id. 9, 36 fin.; Vulg. Act. 4, 18.—

With simp. subj.:

(legati) denuntient Gallicis populis, multitudinem suam domi contineant,

Liv. 39, 54 fin.; cf. Suet. Calig. 55:

(Alcibiades) denuntiavit his (militibus), qui in stationibus erant, observarent lumen, etc.,

Front. Strat. 3, 12, 1 al. —

In relig. lang.

With acc.:

quibus portentis magna populo Romano bella denuntiabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 43, 97:

caedem Caesari evidentibus prodigiis,

Suet. Caes. 81 init.; cf. id. Aug. 94; 96; Verg. A. 3, 366 al.—

With ut:

si quid tale acciderit, ut a deo denuntiatum videatur, ut exeamus e vita,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 118.—

In jurid. lang.

Alicui testimonium, to summon a witness:

si accusator voluerit testimonium eis denuntiare,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110 (cf.:

denuntiatio testimonii,

id. Fl. 6, 14); so,

testibus: quoniam duo genera sunt testium, aut voluntariorum aut eorum, quibus in judiciis publicis lege denuntiatur,

Quint. 5, 7, 9; cf. ib. § 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 2.— Absol.:

non denuntiavi,

Cic. Fl. 15, 35.—

To give notice of a suit or process, Dig. 5, 3, 20, § 6 fin.:

de isto fundo, Cic. Caecin., 32, 95: in foro denuntiat fundum illum suum esse,

id. ib. 7, 19.—

Litem denuntiare, to summon for immediate trial (late Lat.), Symm. Ep. 10, 52; Aur. Vict. Caes. 16, 11.—

Transf. beyond the technical sphere, to announce, intimate, declare; to denounce, menace, threaten; with ut, or merely the subjunct., to intimate, order, command. —

Of personal subjects.

With acc.:

ille inimicitias mihi denuntiavit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19; cf.:

populo Romano servitutem,

id. ib. 5, 8, 21:

proscriptionem, caedem, direptionem,

id. Sest. 20, 46; cf. id. ib. 17 fin.; id. Mur. 24 fin. et saep.:

oculis et aspectu vim tribuniciam,

id. Agr. 2, 5, 13; id. Att. 13, 12, 3.—

With acc. and inf.:

Sex. Alfenus denuntiat, sese procuratorem esse,

Cic. Quint. 6, 27; cf. id. Phil. 6, 3 (with testificor and ante praedico):

cum se ad omnia, de quibus quisque audire vellet esse paratum denuntiaret,

id. de Or. 1, 22, 103; id. Rep. 3, 11 fin. et saep.—

With a relative clause:

denuntiasti homo adulescens, quid de summa reipublicae sentires,

Cic. Planc. 22.—

With ut: mihi Lupus noster subito denuntiavit, ut ad to [p. 548] scriberem, Cic. Fam. 11, 25.—

With simple subjunctive, = moneo, praedico, ante denuntio, abstineant, etc., Cic. Verr. 1, 12 fin. —

With de:

de isto fundo,

Cic. Caecin. 32 fin. —

Absol.:

monente et denuntiante te,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3; id. Quint. 17. —

Of subjects not personal, to give notice, make known, signify, indicate:

terra continens adventus hostium multis indiciis ante denuntiat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

illa arma non periculum nobis sed praesidium denuntiant,

id. Mil. 1, 3:

si ante exortum nubes globabuntur, hiemem asperam denuntiabunt, etc.,

Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 344:

caeruleus (color) pluviam denuntiat, igneus euros,

Verg. G. 1, 453:

hoc juncti boves, hoc paratus equus, hoc data arma denuntiant,

Tac. G. 18 fin.:

arbor statim pestem denuntians,

Plin. 13, 22, 38, § 118.

Euphorbus, i, m., = Euphorbos.

Son of Panthus, a brave Trojan, whose soul Pythagoras asserted had descended to himself, through the process of transmigration, Ov. M. 15, 161; Gell. 4, 11 fin. —

A celebrated Greek physician, after whom was named the plant euphorbea; cf. Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16.

formŭla, ae, f. dim. [forma, I. B.], acc. to the different signiff. of forma.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) A fine form, beauty:

formula atque aetatula,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 47.—

(Acc. to forma, I. B. 2.)

A small pattern, mould, last, acc. to which any thing is formed:

calcei,

Amm. 31, 2, 6.—

Transf., any thing made in a mould, a form, of cheese:

solidatae,

Pall. Mai. 9, 2. —

(Acc. to forma, I. B. 3.) A conduit, pipe of an aqueduct, Front. Aquaed. 36.—

(Acc. to forma, I. B. 4.) Jurid. t. t., a form, rule, method, formula for regulating judicial proceedings (the usual meaning; cf.:

norma, regula, praescriptum): ut stipulationum et judiciorum formulas componam?

Cic. Leg. 1, 4 fin.:

in testamentorum formulis, hoc est, in medio jure civili versari,

id. de Or. 1, 39 fin.; cf.

antiquae,

id. Brut. 52, 195:

postulationum,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 147:

angustissima sponsionis,

id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12:

fiduciae,

id. Fam. 7, 12, 2:

de dolo malo,

id. Off. 3, 14, 60:

illa gloria militaris vestris formulis atque actionibus anteponenda est,

id. Mur. 13, 29 init.:

sunt jura, sunt formulae de omnibus rebus constitutae,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24: a praetore postulat, ut sibi Quinctius judicatum solvi [p. 770] satis det ex formula:

QVOD AB EO PETAT, CVIVS EX EDICTO PRAETORIS BONA DIES XXX. POSSESSA SINT,

id. Quint. 8, 30:

quod in foro atrocitate formularum dijudicatur,

Quint. 7, 1, 37:

vis hanc formulam cognitionis esse, ut, etc.,

the rule of evidence on which the inquiry is conducted, Liv. 40, 12, 20.— On the formulae of actions, constituting a sort of code of procedure, v. Gai. Inst. 4, 30-48; and on the legal forms of the Romans in general, cf. Rein's Röm. Privatr. p. 440 sq.—

Transf.

In gen., for causa, a lawsuit, action, process (post-Aug.):

quid enim aliud agitis, cum eum, quem interrogatis, scientes in fraudem impellitis, quam ut formulā cecidisse videatur,

Sen. Ep. 48 fin.:

formulā cadere,

Quint. 3, 6, 69 (for which, in Cic., causā cadere):

formulā excidere,

Suet. Claud. 14.—

Esp.:

for mula letalis,

a death-warrant, Amm. 14, 1, 3.—

Beyond the legal sphere.

In publicists' lang., any form of contract, covenant, agreement, regulation:

Acarnanas restituturum se in antiquam formulam jurisque ac dicionis eorum,

Liv. 26, 24, 6 Drak.:

citaverunt legatos, quaesiveruntque ab iis, ecquid milites ex formula paratos haberent?

id. 27, 10, 2 sq.:

aliquos in sociorum formulam referre,

id. 43, 6, 10:

(oppidum) Paracheloïda, quae sub Athamania esset, nullo iure Thessalorum formulae factam (= inique juris Thessalorum factum),

id. 39, 26, 2.—

In gen., a rule, principle:

ut sine ullo errore dijudicare possimus, si quando cum illo, quod honestum intelligimus, pugnare id videbitur, quod appellamus utile, formula quaedam constituenda est... erit autem haec formula Stoicorum rationi disciplinaeque maxime consentanea, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 4, 19 sq.:

certa quaedam disciplinae formula,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 17:

formulam exprimere,

id. Or. 11, 36:

cujusque generis nota et formula,

id. ib. 23, 75:

consuetudinis nostrae,

id. Opt. Gen. 7, 20.—

A condition, relation (post-Aug.):

natio redacta in formulam provinciae,

Vell. 2, 28, 1.

in-dĭco, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. (indicasso, is, for indicavero, is, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 66; id. Rud. 4, 3, 89), to point out, indicate (class.).

In gen., to show, declare, disclose, make known, reveal, betray.

Of persons:

rem omnem dominae indicavit,

Cic. Clu. 64, 180:

Catilina non se purgavit, sed indicavit,

id. Mur. 25, 51:

conscios delendae tyrannidis,

id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: jam me vobis indicabo, will betray or accuse myself, id. Arch. 11, 28:

indicabo meum consilium tibi,

id. Fam. 10, 21, 2:

rem patri,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 19:

causam publicae pestis,

Liv. 8, 18, 4:

de conjuratione,

to give information, inform, Sall. C. 48, 4:

quis tibi de epistulis istis indicavit,

Cic. Fl. 37, 92; Sall. C. 30, 6:

aliquid in vulgus,

to make publicly known, Cic. Univ. 2:

satis est actori sic indicare,

Quint. 4, 2, 7.—With rel. clause:

contentus indicare quid facti sit,

Quint. 4, 2, 128.—With acc. and inf.:

digitis ita figuratis ut temporis et aevi (Janum) esse deum indicent,

Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33.—

Of things concr. and abstr.:

vultus indicat mores,

shows, indicates, Cic. Leg. 1, 9; id. Brut. 94, 324:

lacrimis dolorem,

Nep. Att. 4 fin.:

hoc res ipsa indicat,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 16:

id esse verum parva haec fabella indicat,

Phaedr. 1, 15, 3:

supercilia maxime indicant factum,

Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

ut epularum sollemnium fides ac tibiae... indicant,

Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 197. — Pass.:

aetas veterinorum indicatur dentibus,

Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 168:

cum res non gesta indicatur, sed ut sit gesta ostenditur,

Quint. 9, 2, 40. —

In partic.

To intimate, give a hint of, to state briefly, mention:

indicare convenit, quae prodit Onesicritus,

Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 96:

aliquid obiter,

id. 33, 1, 5, § 15:

nominatim,

id. 15, 14, 15, § 49:

ut indicavimus,

id. 36, 15, 24, § 115.—

To set or tell the price of a thing, to value, put a price on: hanc eme. Do. Modo ut sciam, quanti indicet, etc., Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 25:

indica, fac pretium,

id. ib. 37:

cum postulasset, ut sibi fundus semel indicaretur,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 62. —

In jurid. Lat., to carry on a judicial process to conviction:

Indicasse est detulisse, arguisse, accusasse et convicisse,

Dig. 50, 16, 197.

in-dīco, xi, ctum, 3 ( imp. indice, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 132:

indixti for indixisti,

Front. de Cels. Ep. 3), v. a. [in-dico], to declare publicly, to proclaim, publish, announce, to appoint (class.):

totius Galliae concilium Bibracte indicitur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63; Liv. 1, 50, 4:

forum,

Verg. A. 5, 758: Romae [p. 934] dierum viginti supplicatio indicitur, Caes. B. G. 7, 90:

exercitum in aliquem locum,

to order it to, Liv. 6, 12; cf.

of time: comitia in trinum nundinum,

id. 3, 35, 1:

bellum populo Romano suo nomine indixit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 14; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 61 Müll.:

dies indicta pugnae,

Liv. 10, 27, 3:

justitium,

Cic. Phil. 5, 12, 31: familiaribus cenas, to invite one ' s self as their guest, Suet. Ner. 27:

iter alicui,

Verg. A. 7, 468:

funus,

to invite to a funeral, Varr. L. L. 6, § 61 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 61; Suet. Caes. 84:

simul divom templis indicit honorem,

a thanksgiving, Verg. A. 1, 632; 3, 264; Sil. 7, 90.—With ut:

in diem certam ut ad lucum Ferentinae conveniant indicit,

Liv. 1, 50, 1. —

Trop.:

qui ipsi sibi bellum indixissent,

are their own enemies, Cic. Fin. 5, 10, 29:

philosophiae bellum indicere,

id. de Or. 2, 37, 55.—

Esp.

To appoint a place of gathering, fix, name a destination or rendezvous:

exercitu indicto ad portam Esquilinam in posteram diem,

Liv. 6, 22, 8:

exercitus omnis Aquiloniam est indictus,

id. 10, 38, 4:

exercitus Pisas indictus erat,

id. 40, 41, 7:

clam exercitu indicto,

id. 41, 14, 2.—

To impose, enjoin, inflict:

multam,

to impose a penalty, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11:

tributum,

Liv. 4, 60; cf.:

servorum numerum et pondus argenti senatoribus,

Tac. H. 3, 58:

populo famem indixit,

Suet. Cal. 26 fin.:

sibimet ipse exsilium indixit,

Liv. 39, 52, 9; cf.: sibi patientiam, to enjoin upon one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 123, 5:

iter ad regem Latinum Indicit primis juvenum,

Verg. A. 7, 468:

certum dominis servorum numerum,

Suet. Ner. 44; id. Aug. 25:

libertus, cui patronus operas indicere vellet,

to prescribe, Gai. Inst. 4, 162.

lex, lēgis, f. [perh. Sanscr. root lag-, lig-, to fasten; Lat. ligo, to bind, oblige; cf. religio], a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill (cf. institutum).

Lit.:

legem ferre: antiquare,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73:

rogare,

id. Phil. 2, 29, 72:

leges ac jura ferre,

Juv. 2, 72:

legem promulgavit pertulitque, ut, etc.,

Liv. 33, 46:

Antonius fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam, qua, etc.,

Cic. Att. 14, 12:

legem sciscere de aliqua re,

id. Planc. 14, 35:

populus R. jussit legem de civitate tribuenda,

id. Balb. 17, 38:

repudiare,

id. Lael. 25, 96.—

Transf.

A bill which has become a law in consequence of its adoption by the people in the comitia, a law (cf.: jus, fas; decretum, edictum, scitum): legem constituere alicui, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40:

legem gravem alicui imponere,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

legem neglegere, evertere, perfringere,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

neglegere, perrumpere,

id. Leg. 1, 15, 42:

leges ac jura labefactare,

id. Caecin. 25, 70:

legem condere,

Liv. 3, 34: leges duodecim tabularum, the laws composed by the decemvirs, the foundation of Roman legislation, Liv. 3, 33 sq.:

nunc barbaricā lege certumst jus meum omne persequi,

i. e. by the Roman law, that of the Twelve Tables, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 32.—

Esp. in phrases.

Lege and legibus, according to law, by law, legally:

ejus morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 4:

Athenas deductus est, ut ibi de eo legibus fieret judicium,

Nep. Phoc. 3, 4.—

Legis actio, a statutory process:

actiones quas in usu veteres habuerunt legis actiones appellabantur, vel ideo quod legibus proditae sunt,... vel ideo quia ipsarum legum verbis accommodatae erant, et ideo inmutabiles proinde atque leges observabantur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 11; cf. § 12 sqq.—

Hence, in partic.: lege agere, to proceed strictly according to law.

Of the lictor, to execute a sentence:

Fulvius praeconi imperavit, ut lictorem lege agere juberet,

Liv. 26, 15, 9. —

To bring a legal or statutory action: una injuria est tecum. Chr. Lege agito ergo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 90: lege agito dicebatur ei cujus intentio contemptibilis adversario videbatur, Don. ad Ter. l. l.: lege agito mecum;

molestus ne sis,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 11:

lege egit in hereditatem paternam exheres filius,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; 1, 36, 167; id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115.—

Fraudem legi facere, to evade the law:

ut ne legi fraudem faciant aleariae, adcuratote ut, etc.,

the law against dicing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9:

quod emancupando filium fraudem legi fecisset,

Liv. 7, 16, 9; cf. Val. Max. 8, 6, 3; cf.

also: facio fraudem senatus consulto,

Cic. Att. 4, 12, 1.—

In gen., a law, precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner:

qui disciplinam suam legem vitae putet,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

communis condicio lexque vitae,

id. ib. 4, 29, 62; id. Balb. 7, 18:

haec lex in amicitia sauciatur,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

quaero cur vir bonus has sibi tam gravis leges imposuerit,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

lex veri rectique,

id. ib. 2, 9, 27:

aliquam legem vitae accipere,

Sen. Ep. 108, 6:

ad legem naturae revertamur,

id. ib. 25, 4:

leges in historia observandae,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 5:

quis nescit primam esse historiae legem, ne quid falsi dicere audeat?

id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3:

vetus est lex amicitiae, ut idem amici semper velint,

id. Planc. 2, 5:

hanc ad legem formanda est oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

versibus est certa quaedam et definita lex,

id. Or. 58:

legibus suis (i. e. philosophiae) parere,

id. Tusc. 5, 7, 19:

leges Epicuri,

id. ib. 5, 37, 108; 4, 4, 7; Sen. Ep. 94, 15; Suet. Ner. 24:

vetus lex sermonis,

Quint. 1, 5, 29:

contra leges loquendi,

id. 1, 8, 13:

lex et ratio loquendi,

Juv. 6, 453:

secundum grammaticam legem,

Gell. 13, 21, 22:

legem esse aiunt disciplinae dialecticae, etc.,

id. 16, 2, 1:

citharae leges,

Tac. A. 16, 4:

beneficii,

Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 4:

sic ingens rerum numerus jubet atque operum lex,

Juv. 7, 102:

scimus hujus opusculi illam esse legem, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 5:

qui titulus sola metri lege constringitur,

id. ib. 4, 14, 8.—Of things:

quā sidera lege mearent,

by what law, what rule, Ov. M. 15, 71.—Hence, sine lege, without order, in confusion, confusedly:

exspatiantur equi... quaque impetus egit, Hac sine lege ruunt,

Ov. M. 2, 204:

jacent collo sparsi sine lege capilli,

id. H. 15, 73:

haec in lege loci commoda Circus habet,

quality, nature, id. Am. 3, 2, 20; cf.:

sub lege loci sumit mutatque figuras,

id. Hal. 32.—

A contract, agreement, covenant:

oleam faciundam hac lege oportet locare, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 145:

in mancipii lege,

a contract of sale, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178; cf.:

Manilianas venalium vendendorum leges ediscere,

id. ib. 1, 58, 246: collegii Aesculapii, Inscr. ap. Fabrett. p. 724, n. 443.—

A condition, stipulation (cf. condicio).

In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

ego dabo ei talentum, primus qui in crucem excucurrerit, Set ca lege, ut offigantur bis pedes,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 13:

quia nequit, qua lege licuit velle dixit fieri,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 58: estne empta mi haec? Pe. His legibus [p. 1056] habeas licet, id. Ep. 3, 4, 39:

hac lege tibi adstringo meam fidem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22:

legibus dictis,

Liv. 9, 5, 3:

dicta tibi est lex,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18:

sed vos saevas imponite leges,

Juv. 7, 229.—

Hence of conditions or terms of peace:

pax data Philippo in has leges est,

Liv. 33, 30:

quibus ante dictum est legibus, pacem fecerunt,

id. 30, 43:

pacemque his legibus constituerunt,

Nep. Tim. 2:

se sub leges pacis iniquae Tradere,

Verg. A. 4, 618:

leges et foedera jungere,

id. ib. 12, 822:

in leges ire,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 27.—

In eccl. Lat. esp., the law of Moses:

nolite putare quoniam veni solvere legem,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 17; 11, 13;

often called lex Moysi,

id. Luc. 2, 22; id. Act. 15, 5;

but more freq. lex Domini,

id. Luc. 2, 23; id. Psa. 4, 2:

lex Dei,

id. 2 Esdr. 10, 28 sq.;

also cf.: lex Altissimi,

id. Eccl. 19, 21:

lex tua,

id. Psa. 39, 8; 118, 18:

lex mea,

id. Prov. 3, 1.—Also of a precept of the Mosaic law:

ista est lex animantium,

Vulg. Lev. 11, 46:

istae sunt leges quas constituit Dominus,

id. Num. 30, 17.