incipiō

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incĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (archaic incepsit inceperit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 107 Müll.), v. a. and n. [in-capio; lit., to seize upon, lay hold of; opp. to desinere; hence, with the accessory idea of action), to begin to do something, to take in hand (syn. incoho; in class. prose, viz. in Cic., only in the tempp. press., while coepi is used in the tempp. perff.); constr. usually with the inf., less freq. absol., with the acc., ab, or adv. of place or time.

With inf.:

ut homines mortem vel optare incipiant vel certe timere desistant,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117:

huic incipio sententiae diffidere,

id. ib. 5, 1, 3:

prius quam incipit tinnire,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 42:

bella gerere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 9:

leges neglegere,

id. Rep. 1, 43 fin.:

queri cum multis incipiunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

nimis cito diligere,

id. Lael. 21, 78:

amare aliquem,

id. ib. 16, 60:

fossas complere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 51, 4:

rem frumentariam expedire,

id. B. C. 1, 54, 4:

triplicem aciem ducere,

id. ib. 1, 64, 7;

2, 30, 1: cum maturescere frumenta inciperent,

id. ib. 6, 29, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 49, 1:

cum primum pabuli copia esse inciperet,

id. B. G. 2, 2, 2; cf.:

ictus erat, qua crus esse incipit,

Ov. M. 6, 255; 8, 474; 15, 256:

opes pellere dominatione,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 3:

si res explicare incipiam,

Nep. Pelop. 1:

Bessus agere gratias incipit,

Curt. 5, 12, 1:

cenare,

Suet. Aug. 74:

promovere scalas,

Tac. A. 15, 4 fin.:

si dormire incipis ortu luciferi,

Juv. 8, 11:

male quod mulier facere incepit, nisi id efficere perpetrat, etc.... Si bene facere incepit, etc. (shortly afterward, occeperunt),

Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 12 and 14:

satis nequam sum, utpote qui hodie inceperim Amare,

id. Rud. 2, 5, 5.—

Absol.:

ut incipiendi ratio fuerit, ita sit desinendi modus,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 135; cf. Plin. Ep. 9, 4, 1; Sen. Ep. 116:

dum incipimus,

Quint. 11, 3, 144:

dum deliberamus, quando incipiendum sit, incipere jam serum est,

id. 12, 6, 3:

in incipiendo, etc.,

id. 11, 1, 6: ac statim sic rex incipit, thus begins (to speak), Sall. J. 109 fin.; cf.:

nec sic incipies, ut scriptor cyclicus olim: Fortunam Priami, etc.,

Hor. A. P. 136:

sic incipit, with a foll. direct quotation,

id. S. 2, 6, 79; Ov. M. 9, 281;

and simply incipit,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 21:

sapere aude, Incipe,

make a beginning, begin, id. Ep. 1, 2, 41; Juv. 4, 34:

priusquam incipias, consulto opus est,

Sall. C. 1, 6:

turpe inceptu est,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 16:

incipientes atque adhuc teneri (pueri),

who are beginning to learn, beginners, Quint. 1, 2, 26:

incipiens,

id. 2, 5, 18; 2, 6, 5; 8 prooem. § 1; 3;

10, 7, 18: quoties madidum ver incipit,

Juv. 9, 52 al. —

With acc. (once in Cic., once in Cæs., v. infra):

facinus audax incipit,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 1:

facinus,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

pugilatum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 13:

iter,

id. Cas. 4, 4, 2:

aliquid novi negotii,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 29:

bellum (opp. deponere),

Sall. J. 83, 1:

tam prava,

id. ib. 64, 2:

indigna nobis,

id. H. 2, 41, 8:

opus,

Liv. 7, 34, 13:

bellum,

id. 21, 21, 6; 26, 37, 9; 42, 43, 3:

sementem,

Verg. G. 1, 230:

Maenalios versus,

id. E. 8, 21:

si id facere non potueris, quod, ut opinio mea fert, ne incipies quidem,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48; Quint. 1, 12, 5:

iter mihi incepi,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 16:

tantum incepi operis,

id. Men. 2, 3, 80:

mandata,

Tac. A. 12, 10; 4, 46:

auspicia a parricidio,

Just. 26, 2 init.: multa, Cat. ap. Gell. 16, 14, 2.— Pass.:

tanta incepta res est,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 31:

nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 17; 3, 3, 7:

si inceptam oppugnationem reliquissent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 6:

quia dici extremum erat, proelium non inceptum,

Sall. J. 21, 2:

proelium incipitur,

id. ib. 57, 3;

74, 2: saxis proelium incipitur,

Tac. H. 5, 17:

satis cito incipi victoriam,

id. ib. 2, 25; id. A. 2, 5; 2, 76; 12, 67 fin.:

iter inceptum celerant,

Verg. A. 8, 90:

inceptumque decurre laborem,

id. G. 2, 39:

inceptum frustra summitte furorem,

id. A. 12, 832:

deus me vetat Inceptos iambos Ad umbilicum adducere,

Hor. Epod. 14, 7:

in re incipiunda ad defendendam noxiam,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 48:

in contentionibus aut incipiendis aut finiendis,

Quint. 11, 3, 128:

a tantis princeps incipiendus erat,

Ov. F. 5, 570.—

With ab or an adv. of place or time:

a Jove incipiendum putat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 36 (acc. to the Gr. of Aratus, ek Dios archômestha):

ab illis incipit uxor,

Juv. 6, 348; Quint. 10, 1, 46:

incipiamus ab iis,

id. 9, 2, 6:

semper ab excusatione aetatis incipientem,

id. 6, 3, 76:

potissimum incipiam ab ea parte,

id. 3, 7, 1:

optime manus a sinistra parte incipit, in dextra deponitur,

id. 11, 3, 106:

amicitia incepta a parvis cum aetate accrevit simul,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 7.— Pass. impers.:

optime incipitur a longis, recte aliquando a brevibus,

Quint. 9, 4, 92.

Neutr., to begin to be, to begin, commence (rare but class.); constr. with abl. instrum., or absol.

With abl.:

tertius sinus Acrocerauniis incipit montibus,

Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 1:

censere ut principium anni inciperet mense Decembri,

Tac. A. 13, 10:

verbum petere quo incipiant,

Quint. 10, 7, 21.—

Absol.:

cum ver esse coeperat... cum rosam viderat, tum incipere ver arbitrabatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27:

quoties incipit sensus aut desinit,

Quint. 9, 4, 67:

hic annus incipit vicesimus,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 3:

narrationis incipit mihi initium,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 26:

jam tum inceperat turba inter eos,

id. Eun. 4, 4, 58:

tempus erat quo prima quies mortalibus aegris Incipit,

Verg. A. 2, 269:

mox Idumaea incipit et Palaestina,

Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 68:

epistula, quam incipiente febricula scripseras,

Cic. Att. 7, 8, 2:

incipientes curas principis onerari,

Tac. A. 1, 19:

incipiens adhuc et nondum adulta seditio,

id. H. 1, 31:

incipiens omnia sentit amor,

Ov. A. A. 2, 648:

Menander Syracusanus incipientis juventae,

Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 14:

incipiente aestate,

id. 27, 13, 109, § 133:

trixago incipientibus hydropicis efficax,

id. 24, 15, 80, § 131:

quem (honorem) et incipientes principes et desinentes adeo concupis cunt ut auferant,

Plin. Pan. 57.—Hence, in-ceptum, i, n., a beginning, attempt, undertaking (freq. in historians and poets, but not in Cæs.;

also rare in Cic.): cujus ego non modo factum, sed inceptum ullum conatumve contra patriam deprehendero,

Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

servetur ad imum, Qualis ab incepto processerit (persona),

from the beginning onwards, Hor. A. P. 127: permanere in incepto, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14 fin.:

a quo incepto studioque me ambitio mala detinuerat,

Sall. C. 4, 2:

cujus neque consilium neque inceptum ullum frustra erat,

id. J. 7, 6; cf.:

ni ea res longius nos ab incepto traheret,

the subject, id. ib. 7 fin.:

absistere incepto,

Liv. 31, 26, 5:

desistere incepto,

Verg. A. 1, 37:

haerere in incepto,

id. ib. 2, 654:

peragere inceptum,

id. ib. 4, 452; cf.:

perficere inceptum,

Sall. J. 11 fin.:

piget incepti,

Verg. A. 5, 678:

nunc ad inceptum redeo,

Sall. J. 4, 9; 42, 5:

turpe inceptum est,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 16.— In plur.:

cupidus incepta patrandi,

Sall. J. 70, 5:

juventus Catilinae inceptis favebat,

id. C. 17, 6:

incepta mea inpedivit,

id. H. 4, 61, 12; cf.:

inceptis annue, diva, meis,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 56; and:

di nostra incepta secundent,

Verg. A. 7, 259:

gravia et magna professa,

Hor. A. P. 14.

to take in hand, begin, commence.

inceptus, a, um, Part., from incipio.

inceptus, ūs, m. [incipio], a beginning, undertaking (rare):

foedum inceptu, foedum exitu, Liv. praef. 10: magno in omnia inceptu veneram,

Sen. Ep. 108, 15:

eriles,

Val. Fl. 6, 124.

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began, started, undertook, initiated (pres. incipio).

coepĭo, coepi, coeptum, 3 (the tempp. press. only a few times in the ante-class. period, and coepturus, Liv. 30, 5, 6; 42, 47, 3; Quint. 10, 1, 46; Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 98; Suet. Calig. 46; the tempp. perff., both in act. and pass. form, very freq.;

a trisyl. coëpit,

Lucr. 4, 619 Lachm. N. cr.), v. a. and n. [contr. from co-ăpio = apo; hence coapias for coepias in Cod. Ambros.; Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 46; v. in the foll., and cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 248], lit. to lay hold of something on different sides, to lay hold of; hence of an action, to begin, commence, undertake ( = incipio, which is the class. pres.).

Tempp. press.: coepiam seditiosa verba loqui, Cato ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 10 Müll. lubido extemplo coepere est convivium, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 41:

mage si exigere coepias,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 46 Ritschl N. cr.:

neque pugnas neque ego lites coepio,

id. Men. 5, 5, 57:

ubi nihil habeat, alium quaestum coepiat,

id. Truc. 2, 1, 23: mane coepiam, Caecil. ap. Non. p. 89, 17: non Prius olfecissem, quam ille quicquam coeperet, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 43 Fleck.; cf.

Neue, Formenl. 2, 616: se Hasdrubalem adgressurum, ceterum non ante coepturum, quam, etc.,

Liv. 30, 5, 6:

nos rite coepturi ab Homero videmur,

Quint. 10, 1, 46:

nemine opinante quidnam coepturus esset,

Suet. Calig. 46.—

Tempp. perff. act.; the object usu. an inf.; so always in Cic. and Cæs.; mostly an inf. act.; rarely pass.; sometimes the acc. of a noun or pronoun.

With inf. act.:

cum ver esse coeperat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27; Ov. A. A. 1, 615 sq.:

discere coepit, Enn. Ann. ap. Fest. s. v. sam, p. 325, 24 Müll. (v. 228 Vahl.): amare coepi,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 20:

oppugnare,

Caes. B. G. 2, 6:

ire foras coeperunt,

Lucr. 4, 531:

coeperit inter se vesci, etc.,

id. 5, 72 et saep.—

With inf. pass. (in the poets and histt.):

per terrarum orbem fruges coepisse creari,

Lucr. 2, 614:

alia hujuscemodi fieri coepere,

Sall. C. 51, 40:

cum Lacedaemoniis pugnari coepit,

Nep. Epam. 10, 3; so,

urbanus haberi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 27:

verti,

id. ib. 2, 1, 149:

institui,

id. A. P. 21:

moveri,

Ov. M. 3, 106; Suet. Tib. 75:

expleri,

id. Caes. 26:

eligi,

Tac. H. 1, 16:

occidi,

id. ib. 3, 34:

prohiberi,

Just. 14, 5, 9: coeptum est fieri, Auct. B. Afr. 69; 78; Liv. 24, 49, 4; 25, 34, 13; 27, 42, 5.—

With acc. (rare in prose; cf. B. infra): coepit cursum, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:

novam mapalibus urbem,

Sil. 15, 420:

cur non ego id perpetrem, quod coepi?

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 57:

si quicquam hodie hic turbae coeperis,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 30:

quae coeperamus,

Quint. 6, prooem. 15:

hujuscemodi orationem,

Tac. A. 4. 37:

(Sabinus) obsidium coepit per praesidia,

id. ib. 4, 39.—

Absol.:

nam primum... Non coepisse fuit: coepta expugnare secundum est,

Ov. M. 9, 619:

dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

Titus Livius hexametri exordio coepit,

Quint. 9, 4, 74; cf. id. 9, 4, 117:

si coepisset a toto corpore,

id. 9, 4, 23; cf. id. 7, 1, 2; 8, 6, 50:

pro vallo castrorum ita coepit (sc. dicere),

Tac. H. 1, 36:

Civilis ita coepit,

id. ib. 5, 26; id. A. 1, 41; 2, 37.—

With an ellipsis for dicere coepi, to begin to speak:

ita coepit tyrannus,

Liv. 34, 31, 1; 39, 15, 2:

coram data copia fandi, Maximus Ilioneus placido sic pectore coepit,

Verg. A. 1, 521; 6, 372:

tum ita coepit: numquam mihi, etc.,

Liv. 28, 27, 1; Tac. A. 1, 41 fin.:

ad hunc modum coepit,

id. ib. 2, 37; id. H. 1, 36 fin.; Phaedr. 4, 23, 2.—

Pass. in the tempp. perff. and with the inf. pass. (cf. Zumpt, Gram, §

221): jure coepta appellari est Canis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 18:

ante petitam esse pecuniam, quam esset coepta deberi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168; id. Div. 2, 2, 7; id. Brut. 67, 236; 88, 301; id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 209; 2, 5, 4, § 9; id. Fam. 13, 29, 1; id. Att. 3, 15, 5; 6, 1, 3; Liv. 1, 57, 3; 2, 1, 4; 3, 38, 2;

9, 7, 7: quae (res) inter eos agi coeptae, neque perfectae essent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 47; 4, 18:

bello premi sunt coepti,

Nep. Timoth. 3, 1; Cat. 95, 2.—With inf. act.:

mitescere discordiae intestinae coeptae,

Liv. 5, 17, 10; cf. Weissenb. ad loc.— Hence, coeptus, a, um, Part., begun, commenced, undertaken. consilium fraude coeptum, Liv. 35, 36, 5:

coeptum atque patratum bellum foret,

Sall. J. 21, 2:

jussis Carmina coepta tuis,

Verg. E. 8, 12; so,

coepti fiducia belli,

id. A. 2, 162; Liv. 35, 23, 1:

amor,

Ov. H. 17, 189:

iter,

id. F. 1, 188:

arma,

Tac. H. 2, 6; 4, 61:

coeptam deinde omissam actionem repetere,

id. ib. 4,44:

dies,

id. A. 4, 25 (cf. infra II.):

luce,

id. ib. 1, 65;

15, 55: nocte,

id. ib. 2, 13:

hieme,

id. ib. 12, 31. —Hence, subst.: coeptum, i, n., a work begun, a beginning, undertaking (most freq. after the Aug. per. and in the plur.; perh. never in Cic.;

also not in Hor.): ut repetam coeptum pertexere dictis,

Lucr. 1, 418:

nec taedia coepti Ulla mei capiam,

Ov. M. 9, 616:

coepti paenitentia,

Quint. 12, 5, 3; Suet. Oth. 5:

manus ultima coepto Defuit,

Ov. Tr. 2, 555: ne audaci coepto deessent; Liv. 42, 59, 7; cf. Verg. G. 1, 40:

feroci,

Sil. 11, 202.—With adv.:

bene coepto,

Liv. 45, 15, 7:

bene coepta,

Vell. 2, 14; and:

temere coepta,

Liv. 36, 15, 2.— Plur.:

coeptis meis,

Ov. M. 1, 2:

nostris,

id. ib. 9, 486:

immanibus,

Verg. A. 4, 642 al. —Without adj., Ov. M. 8, 67; 8, 463; Liv. 23, 35, 16; 23, 41, 4; 24, 13, 4; Tac. H. 2, 85; 3, 52; Suet. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 6 et saep.—

Neutr., to begin, take a beginning, commence, originate, arise (most freq. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): neve inde navis incohandae exordium coepisset, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 282 Vahl.):

sic odium coepit glandis,

Lucr. 5, 1416:

post, ubi silentium coepit... verba facit, etc.,

Sall. J. 33, 4:

cum primum deditio coepit,

id. ib. 62, 7:

ubi dies coepit,

id. ib. 91, 4 (cf. supra, I. 2. d):

vere coepturo,

Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 98:

postquam apud Cadmiam pugna coepit,

Nep. Epam. 10, 3; so,

pugna,

Liv. 2, 6, 10; Quint. 2, 4, 42; 9, 4, 50; cf. id. 9, 4, 55:

quando coeperit haec ars,

id. 2, 17, 8:

obsidium coepit per praesidia,

Tac. A. 4, 49:

a quo jurgium coepit,

Quint. 5, 10, 72; so with ab, Tac. H. 2, 47; and with ex, id. A. 15, 54 and 68; cf.:

quibus, uti mihi, ex virtute nobilitas coepit,

Sall. J. 85, 17.

con-sīdo, sēdi (also -sīdi, Enn. ap. Gell. 4, 7, v. Sat., v. 14 Vahl.; Tac. A. 1, 30 fin.; Gell. 5, 4, 1; cf. Wagner ad Verg. E. 7, 1; Neue, Formenl. II. p. 501), sessum, 3, v. n., to sit down (esp. of a multitude), take a seat, be seated, to settle (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. with in and abl., sub and abl., ante, the simple abl., or absol.

Lit.

In gen.

Absol.:

salutatio hospitalis... fuit, positisque sedibus consederunt,

Liv. 42, 39, 8:

scio apud vos filio in conspectu matris nefas esse considere,

Curt. 5, 2, 22:

illi jussi considere affirmant, etc.,

id. 7, 6, 6:

nec aut recubet aut considat pastor,

Col. 7, 3, 26:

vix consideramus, et nox, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 14.—

With designation of place:

si videtur, considamus hic in umbrā,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7; cf.:

in pratulo propter Platonis statuam,

id. Brut. 6, 24:

certo in loco,

id. Sen. 18, 63:

in arā,

Nep. Paus. 4, 4:

in molli herbā,

Verg. E. 3, 55:

in illo caespite,

Ov. M. 13, 931:

examen in arbore consederat,

Liv. 21, 46, 2:

in rupe,

Curt. 3, 1, 4:

in sellā,

id. 5, 2, 13:

in turre consedit avis,

id. 4, 6, 11:

dormienti in labellis (apes),

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78:

sub argutā ilice,

Verg. E. 7, 1:

hic corylis mixtas inter ulmos,

id. ib. 5, 3:

ante focos scamnis longis,

Ov. F. 6, 305:

super ripam stagni,

id. M. 6, 373:

transtris,

Verg. A. 4, 573:

ipsae (apes) medicatis sedibus,

id. G. 4, 65:

solio medius consedit avito,

id. A. 7, 169:

mecum saxo,

Ov. M. 1, 679:

tergo tauri,

id. ib. 2, 869.— Impers.:

in silvam venitur et ibi considitur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 18.—Of soldiers in battle array:

triarii sub vexillis considebant, sinistro crure porrecto, scuta innixa umeris... tenentes,

Liv. 8, 8, 10.—

In partic.

In assemblies of the people, courts of justice, theatres, etc., to take one's place, take a seat, sit, hold sessions, to be in session:

cum in theatro imperiti homines consederant,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16;

so of senators,

Suet. Aug. 35.—Of judges:

quo die primum judices, citati in hunc reum consedistis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 19; Liv. 26, 48, 9; Ov. M. 11, 157; 12, 627:

ad jus dicendum,

Liv. 34, 61, 15:

introductum in tabernaculum (Persea) adversus advocatos in consilium considere jussit,

id. 45, 7, 5; Suet. Calig. 38:

in orchestrā,

id. Aug. 44:

inter patres,

Tac. A. 13, 54.—

Milit. t. t., to encamp, pitch a camp, take post somewhere; with in and abl.:

quo in loco Germani consederant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; so Sall. J. 49, 1; Liv. 4, 17, 12; 10, 4, 11.—With sub: sub monte consedit, Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 21; Sall. C. 57, 3:

trans flumen,

Caes. B. G. 2, 16:

contra eum duūm milium spatio,

id. ib. 3, 17:

nuntiant Jugurtham circiter duūm milium intervallo ante eos consedisse,

Sall. J. 106, 5:

prope Cirtam haud longe a mari,

id. ib. 21, 2:

inter virgulta,

id. ib. 49, 5:

superioribus locis,

id. ib. 51, 3:

ubi cuique vallis abdita spem praesidii aut salutis aliquam offerebat, consederat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 34; cf. Curt. 7, 7, 31:

haud procul,

id. 4, 12, 4.—

To settle down for a long time or permanently, to take up one's abode, to establish one's self:

qui etiam dubitem, an hic Antii considam,

Cic. Att. 2, 6, 2:

antequam aliquo loco consedero, neque longas a me neque semper meā manu litteras exspectabis,

id. ib. 5, 14, 1:

Belgas propter loci fertilitatem ibi consedisse,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

in Ubiorum finibus,

id. ib. 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 31:

vultis et his mecum pariter considere regnis?

Verg. A. 1, 572:

terrā,

id. ib. 4, 349.—With in and acc.:

in novam urbem,

Curt. 7, 4, 23.—

Of inanim. objects, esp. of places, to settle, sink down, sink in, give way, subside, etc.:

in Veliterno agro terra ingentibus cavernis consedit arboresque in profundum haustae,

Liv. 30, 38, 8; cf.:

terra in ingentem sinum consedit,

id. 30, 2, 12:

(Alpes) jam licet considant!

may now sink down, Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

omne mihi visum considere in ignis Ilium,

to sink down, Verg. A. 2, 624; 9, 145; cf.:

Ilium ardebat, neque adhuc consederat ignis,

Ov. M. 13, 408:

in cinerem,

Stat. Th. 3, 185:

cum omnia sacra profanaque in ignem considerent,

Tac. H. 3, 33 fin.: quā mitescentia Alpium juga considunt, sink, i. e. are lower, Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147:

patiemur picem considere, et cum siderit, aquam eliquabimus,

Col. 12, 24, 2:

donec consideret pulvis,

Curt. 5, 13, 12:

cum in cacuminibus montium nubes consident,

Plin. 18, 35, 82, § 356:

tumidi considunt fluctus,

Sil. 17, 291.—

Trop.

In gen.:

multa bona in pectore consident,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 24; Cic. Univ. 2:

justitia cujus in mente consedit,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 50; id. Har. Resp. 12, 24.— Poet.: totam videmus Consedisse urbem luctu, sunk or immersed in grief, Verg. A. 11, 350 (in luctum esse demersum, Serv.). —

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To settle down permanently, sink:

in otio,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2:

hoc totum (genus dicendi) in eā mediocritate consedit,

id. Or. 27, 96:

antequam ego incipio secedere et in aliā parte considere,

i. e. change the subject, Sen. Ep. 117, 4.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) To lose force, abate, subside, diminish; to be appeased, quieted, to cease:

ardor animi cum consedit, omnis illa vis et quasi flamma oratoris exstinguitur,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

consederit furor,

id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:

ferocia ab re bene gestā,

Liv. 42, 62, 3:

primus terror ab necopinato visu,

id. 33, 7, 5:

bella,

Sil. 16, 218:

quia praesentia satis consederant,

Tac. A. 1, 30 fin.:

consedit utriusque nomen in quaesturā,

i. e. has since that time ceased, Cic. Mur. 8, 18.—

Of discourse, to sink; to conclude, end:

eorum verborum junctio nascatur a proceris numeris ac liberis... sed varie distincteque considat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191.

dē-sĭno, sĭi (rarely īvi, Sol. 35, 4, v. Neue, Form. II. 404; also, sync. perf.:

desit,

Mart. 6, 26, 3:

desisse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 24, 2; Suet. Ner. 33; 46; Gell. 15, 16, 2:

desissem, Catull. 36, 5 al.: DESI, dissyl.,

Inscr. Orell. 71), sĭtum, 3, v. a. and n.—Prop., to put or set down; hence, to leave off, give over, cease, desist (opp. coepi, the construction of which it for the most part follows; cf. for syn.: cesso, cunctor, tergiversor, defugio, haesito, moror, tardor; desisto, omitto, intermitto, praetermitto, praetereo, etc.).

With inf. act.:

illud jam mirari desino,

Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 59:

te uti teste,

id. Rep. 1, 39:

commemorare eos,

id. ib. 1, 1:

amare,

Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 67:

lacessere,

Ter. Eun. prol. 16:

maledicere,

id. And. prol. 22: de compositione loqui, *Caes. B. C. 3, 19 fin. et saep.—Less freq.,

with inf. pass.:

ubi ipsi Desierunt vorti,

Lucr. 4, 403:

moveri,

Cic. Rep. 6, 25:

fieri,

id. Att. 1, 19, 9:

cerni,

Quint. 8, 5, 29:

quaeri ab eo,

id. 11, 3, 6:

inquiri,

Ov. M. 6, 616 al. —

With acc. (mostly poet.):

artem,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 4; Suet. Tib. 36; Gell. 15, 16, 2:

seditionem,

id. 2, 12, 3:

versus,

Verg. E. 8, 61; cf.

plura,

id. ib. 5, 19;

9, 66: Titania bella,

Sil. 12, 725: lugubres voces, Ap. Mag. 5, p.170 al.—

Pass. (usually in the tempp. perff.):

veteres orationes a plerisque legi sunt desitae,

Cic. Brut. 32, 123; cf. id. Off. 2, 8, 27; and:

Persei numquam desitum celebrari nomen,

Liv. 42, 49:

censores creari desitos,

Suet. Aug. 37:

sermone abhinc multis annis jam desito,

Gell. 1, 10, 2:

nectier postea desitum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34; cf. id. Fin. 2, 13, 43: coeptum per eos qui volebant, desitum est per hunc, qui decessit, id. Cornel. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 809 P.— In the pres.:

tunc bene desinitur,

Ov. A. A. 1, 411.—

Neutr., to cease, stop, end, close (not freq. till after the Aug. period).

In gen.:' omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere, Sall. J. 83, 2:

ferrea primum desinet gens,

Verg. E. 4, 9:

desierant imbres,

Ov. M. 5, 285:

desinat ira,

id. H. 3, 89:

cetera, fragilia et caduca occidunt desinuntque,

perish, Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 4 et saep.:

cauda desinit in piscem,

Ov. M. 4, 727; cf. Hor. A. P. 4; Verg. A. 10, 211; Sen. Ep. 92, 10; 24, 26: Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 121:

(gemma) ad vini colorem accedens, prius quam eum degustet, in viola desinit fulgor,

Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 121:

Pyrenaeus desinens,

i. e. their extreme end, Flor. 4, 12, 46.—

With abl. and in:

in quo desinimus,

Ov. M. 8, 597; or abl. alone:

desine quaeso communibus locis,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80.—With gen., poet. (like the Gr. pauein and lêgein):

querelarum,

Hor. Od. 2, 9, 17:

irae,

Sil. 10, 84.— Absol.: Mi. Ah! pergisne? De. Jam jam desino, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 67:

ut incipiendi (sc. sermonem) ratio fuerit, ita sit desinendi modus,

Cic. Off. 1, 37 fin.;

so opp. incipere,

Quint. 9, 2, 19; 11, 3, 35:

quo ex genere coeperis translationes, hoc desinas,

id. 8, 6, 50: cantasse eum publice Oedipodem exsulem atque in hoc desisse versu: Thanein m anôige, etc., Suet. Ner. 46 fin.:

a praeceptis incipio, desino in exemplis,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 2, 1.—In colloq. lang. desine sometimes like the Gr. paue (cf. Lidd. and Scott, under pauô, no. II.), leave off! give over! stop! be still! etc.: Ba. Heu, heu, heu! Ps. Desine, Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 51; so Ter. And. 5, 6, 8; id. Eun. 2, 3, 56 al. —

Esp., in rhetor., of the close of a period, to end, close:

illa, quae similiter desinunt, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 54; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 79; 9, 4, 42 et saep.; cf. cado, no. II.

dĭaeta ( zaeta or zēta, Lampr. Heliog. 29 fin.; 30; and in many MSS. in the foll. passages; cf. the letter D), ae, f., = diaita.

A mode of living prescribed by a physician, diet:

sola diaeta curari,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 12, 146.— Trop.:

sed ego diaeta curari incipio, chirurgiae taedet,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3.—

A dwelling - place, dwelling room, summer-house, etc. (post-Aug.), Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 15; Suet. Claud. 10; Stat. S. 2, 2, 83; Dig. 7, 1, 13; 32, 55, § 3; Orell. Inscr. 4373 et saep.

inceptĭo, ōnis, f. [incipio], a beginning, undertaking (rare but class.):

tam praeclari operis,

Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

patrociniorum,

App. Mag. p. 317, 5.— Absol. (opp. depositio), Quint. 11, 3, 46.—

Transf., enterprise, undertaking:

inceptio est amentium, non amantium,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 13.

ordĭor, orsus, 4 ( fut. ordibor for ordiar: non parvam rem ordibor, Att. ap. Non. 39, 22; part. perf. orditus, Sid. Ep. 2, 9; Vulg. Isa. 25, 7), v. dep., lit., to begin a web, to lay the warp; hence, also, in gen., to begin, undertake a thing:

ordiri est rei principium facere, unde et togae vocantur exordiae,

Fest. p. 185 Müll.; cf. Isid. 19, 29, 7:

telam,

Hier. in Isa. 9, 30, v. 1; Vulg. Isa. 25, 7.

Lit., to begin to weave a web, to weave, spin:

araneus orditur telas,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80.—So of the Fates:

Lachesis plenā orditur manu,

Sen. Apoc. 4:

(Parca) hominis vitam orditur,

Lact. 2, 10, 20.—

In gen., to begin, commence, set about, undertake (class.; syn.: incipio, incoho, infit); constr. with acc., de, inf., or absol.

With acc.:

reliquas res,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2:

alterius vitae quoddam initium ordimur,

id. Att. 4, 1:

reliquos,

to relate, describe, Nep. Alc. 11, 6:

querelae ab initio tantae ordiendae rei absint. Liv. praef. § 12: majorem orsa furorem,

Verg. A. 7, 386.—

With de:

paulo altius de re ordiri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105.—

With inf.:

ea, de quā disputare ordimur,

Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

cum adulescens orsus esset in foro dicere,

id. ib. 88, 301:

cum sic orsa loqui vates,

Verg. A. 6, 125:

et orsa est Dicere Leuconoë,

Ov. M. 4, 167:

tunc sic orsa loqui,

id. ib. 4, 320.—

Absol., to begin, commence, set out, take or have a beginning:

unde est orsa, in eodem terminetur oratio,

Cic. Marcell. 11, 33: Veneris contra sic filius orsus, thus began (to speak), Verg. A. 1, 325:

sic Juppiter orsus,

id. ib. 12, 806; so commonly with specification of the point from which:

unde ordiri rectius possumus quam a naturā?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37 init.:

a principio,

id. Phil. 2, 18, 44:

a facillimis,

id. Fin. 1, 5, 13:

a capite,

Plin. 25, 11, 83, § 132.—

Of things or subjects, to begin, to be begun (where the verb may be taken in pass. sense):

tormina ab atrā bile orsa mortifera sunt,

Cels. 2, 8:

cum ex depressiore loco fuerint orsa fundamenta,

Col. 1, 5, 9: sed ab initio est ordiendus (Themistocles), i. e. I must begin ( his life) at the beginning, Nep. Them. 1, 2; cf.:

ab eo nobis causa ordienda est,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21.