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per-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. [facio], to achieve, execute, carry out, accomplish, perform, despatch, bring to an end or conclusion, finish, complete (class.; syn.: absolvo, conficio, exsequor).

Lit.:

comitiis perficiendis undecim dies tribuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

iis comitiis perfectis,

Liv. 24, 43, 9:

bellum,

id. 22, 38, 7:

aliquid absolvi et perfici,

Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35:

multa,

id. Or. 30, 105:

scelus,

to perpetrate, id. Clu. 68, 194:

cogitata,

id. Deiot. 7, 21:

instituta,

id. Div. 2, 5:

poëma,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

conata,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

nihil est simul et inventum et perfectum,

Cic. Brut. 18, 71:

centum annos,

to complete, live, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 39.—So of commissions, orders, to execute:

munus,

Verg. A. 6, 629; 6, 637; Cic. Fam. 6, 7:

jussa,

Val. Fl. 7, 61:

mandata,

Sil. 13, 343.—

Transf.

To bring to completion, finish, perfect (opp. inchoare):

candelabrum perfectum e gemmis clarissimis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

murum,

Liv. 25, 11:

loricam,

Sil. 2, 403:

aedem,

Suet. Aug. 60:

cibos ambulatione,

to digest, Plin. 11, 53, 118, § 283:

cucumeres,

id. 19, 5, 23, § 65: coria, to dress or curry, id. 23, 1, 16, § 22:

lanas,

id. 35, 15, 52, § 190:

minium,

id. 33, 7, 40, § 118.—

To make perfect, to perfect:

aliquem citharā,

Ov. A. A. 1, 11: expleta et perfecta forma honestatis, Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

artem,

Suet. Ner. 41.—

To bring about, to cause, effect; with ut, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 24; Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 127:

perfice ut putem,

convince me, id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; id. Fam. 11, 27, 2:

eloquentia perfecit, ut, etc.,

Nep. Ep. 6, 4.—With ne and subj.:

omnia perfecit, quae senatus salvā re publicā ne fieri possent perfecerat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 55. —

In mal. part., = energein, Mart. 3, 79, 2; cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 389; Capitol. Max. 4, 7.— perfectus, a, um, P. a., finished, complete, perfect, excellent, exquisite (class.).

Of persons:

oratorem plenum atque perfectum esse, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 59:

homines in dicendo,

id. ib. 1, 13, 58:

perfectis et absoluti philosophi,

id. Div. 2, 72, 150:

homines,

id. Off. 1, 15, 46; id. Brut. 30, 114:

in geometriā,

id. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

in arte,

Ov. A. A. 2, 547.—In a religious sense, righteous (eccl. Lat.):

cor perfectum,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 4; id. Matt. 5, 48.—Perfectissimus, a title of honor under the later emperors, Cod. Const. 12, tit. 33; Am. 21, 16 init.; Lact. 5, 14, 18.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

naturae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

ratio,

id. ib. 13, 34:

pulchriora etiam Polycliti et iam plane perfecta (signa),

id. Brut. 18, 70:

perfectum atque absolutum officium,

id. Off. 3, 3, 14:

perfecta cumulataque virtus,

id. Sest. 40, 86: aetas, full or ripe age, the age of fiveand-twenty, Dig. 4, 4, 32 init.—Comp.:

valvae perfectiores,

Cic. Verr. 2, 56:

aliquid perfectius,

id. de Or. 1, 2, 5; id. Brut. 18, 69; Hor. Epod. 5, 59; Quint. 12, 1, 21:

ad perfectiora,

Vulg. Heb. 6, 1.— Sup.:

quod ego summum et perfectissimum judicem,

Cic. Or. 1, 3; 15, 47; id. Brut. 31, 118; Juv. 2, 5.— Adv.: perfectē, fully, completely, perfectly (class.):

eruditus,

Cic. Brut. 81, 282; id. de Or. 1, 28, 130:

veritatem imitari,

id. Div. 1, 13, 23.— Comp., App. Flor. p. 357, 1; Tert. Apol. 45.— Sup., Gell. 11, 16 fin.

prae-for, fātus, 1 (old imper. praefato, Cato, R. R. 134. 1:

praefamino,

id. ib. 141, 2; cf. Müll. ad Fest. p. 87, 10), v. dep. n. and a.

In gen., to say or utter beforehand, to premise, preface:

in parte operis mei licet mihi praefari, quod, etc.,

Liv. 21, 1, 1; Col. 10, praef. 5; 12, 50, 7; Cels. 3, 1: praefatus, de summā se republicā acturum, having first announced by edict that, etc., Suet. Caes. 28:

quae de deorum naturā praefati sumus, etc.,

Cic. Univ. 10 fin.:

cum praefatus fuero, quae, etc.,

Col. 1 prooem. fin.; Gell. 9, 15, 4:

sibi Asiam sufficere praefatus,

Just. 11, 5, 5:

arcana se et silenda afferre praefatus,

Curt. 6, 7, 3:

is cum praefatus esset, scire, etc.,

id. 7, 4, 9; Liv. 43, 7, 7.—

Esp.

In a relig. sense, to utter a preliminary prayer, to address in prayer beforehand:

majores nostri omnibus rebus agendis Quod bonum, faustum, felix fortunatumque esset, praefabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102:

pontifice maximo praefante carmen,

Liv. 5, 41, 3: decemviri carminibus (abl.) praefarentur, should say beforehand ( = praeirent), id. 22, 1, 16 (v. Weissenb. ad h. l.): priusquam hasce fruges condantur... ture, vino Jano, Jovi, Junoni praefato, offering wine and incense, say a prayer to Janus, etc., Cato, R. R. 134, 1.—With the obj.-acc. of the deity:

Janum Jovemque vino praefamino,

id. ib. 141, 2:

divos,

Verg. A. 11, 301.—

Si dicimus, Ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur:

sin de Aureliā aliquid aut Lolliā, honos praefandus est,

we do not preface it by saying, with permission, with respect be it spoken, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4:

veniam,

to ask leave before speaking, App. M. 1 init.; id. Flor. init. —

To name or cite beforehand: Aristoteles, quem in iis magnā secuturus ex parte praefandum reor, to mention or name as an authority in advance, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 43.—

To foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare), Cat. 64, 383.—Hence,

praefātus, a, um, in pass. signif., mentioned or stated before (post-class.):

condemnatus ex praefatis causis,

Dig. 20, 4, 12:

jura,

ib. 10, 3, 19: sic etiam nostro praefatus habebere libro, named at the beginning, Aus. praef. 2 fin.:

sine honoribus praefatis appellare aliquid,

without saying, By your leave, Arn. 5, 176:

vir praefatā reverentiā nominandus,

Vop. Aur. 1.—Hence, subst.: praefātum, i, n., for praefatio, a preface:

praefato opus est,

Symm. Ep. 6, 3.—

praefandus, a, um, P. a., for which must be asked permission or indulgence; that requires apology:

praefandi umoris e corpore effluvium,

Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171.—Hence, subst.: praefanda, ōrum, n., foul expressions:

in praefanda videmur incidere,

Quint. 8, 3, 45.

prae-for, fātus, 1 (old imper. praefato, Cato, R. R. 134. 1:

praefamino,

id. ib. 141, 2; cf. Müll. ad Fest. p. 87, 10), v. dep. n. and a.

In gen., to say or utter beforehand, to premise, preface:

in parte operis mei licet mihi praefari, quod, etc.,

Liv. 21, 1, 1; Col. 10, praef. 5; 12, 50, 7; Cels. 3, 1: praefatus, de summā se republicā acturum, having first announced by edict that, etc., Suet. Caes. 28:

quae de deorum naturā praefati sumus, etc.,

Cic. Univ. 10 fin.:

cum praefatus fuero, quae, etc.,

Col. 1 prooem. fin.; Gell. 9, 15, 4:

sibi Asiam sufficere praefatus,

Just. 11, 5, 5:

arcana se et silenda afferre praefatus,

Curt. 6, 7, 3:

is cum praefatus esset, scire, etc.,

id. 7, 4, 9; Liv. 43, 7, 7.—

Esp.

In a relig. sense, to utter a preliminary prayer, to address in prayer beforehand:

majores nostri omnibus rebus agendis Quod bonum, faustum, felix fortunatumque esset, praefabantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102:

pontifice maximo praefante carmen,

Liv. 5, 41, 3: decemviri carminibus (abl.) praefarentur, should say beforehand ( = praeirent), id. 22, 1, 16 (v. Weissenb. ad h. l.): priusquam hasce fruges condantur... ture, vino Jano, Jovi, Junoni praefato, offering wine and incense, say a prayer to Janus, etc., Cato, R. R. 134, 1.—With the obj.-acc. of the deity:

Janum Jovemque vino praefamino,

id. ib. 141, 2:

divos,

Verg. A. 11, 301.—

Si dicimus, Ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur:

sin de Aureliā aliquid aut Lolliā, honos praefandus est,

we do not preface it by saying, with permission, with respect be it spoken, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4:

veniam,

to ask leave before speaking, App. M. 1 init.; id. Flor. init. —

To name or cite beforehand: Aristoteles, quem in iis magnā secuturus ex parte praefandum reor, to mention or name as an authority in advance, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 43.—

To foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare), Cat. 64, 383.—Hence,

praefātus, a, um, in pass. signif., mentioned or stated before (post-class.):

condemnatus ex praefatis causis,

Dig. 20, 4, 12:

jura,

ib. 10, 3, 19: sic etiam nostro praefatus habebere libro, named at the beginning, Aus. praef. 2 fin.:

sine honoribus praefatis appellare aliquid,

without saying, By your leave, Arn. 5, 176:

vir praefatā reverentiā nominandus,

Vop. Aur. 1.—Hence, subst.: praefātum, i, n., for praefatio, a preface:

praefato opus est,

Symm. Ep. 6, 3.—

praefandus, a, um, P. a., for which must be asked permission or indulgence; that requires apology:

praefandi umoris e corpore effluvium,

Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171.—Hence, subst.: praefanda, ōrum, n., foul expressions:

in praefanda videmur incidere,

Quint. 8, 3, 45.

prae-sĭdĕo, sēdi (praesīdi in best MSS., Tac. A. 1, 76), ēre, v. n. and a. [sedeo], to sit before or in front of.

Lit. (mostly postclass. and rare):

pro aede Capitolini Jovis praesidere,

Suet. Aug. 26.—

Transf., in time, to sit beforehand:

in cujus (Mutini) sinu nubentes praesident, ut, etc.,

Lact. 1, 20 fin. —

Trop.

To guard, watch, protect, defend.

With dat.:

ego hic tibi praesidebo,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 47:

ego hic restitrix praesidebo,

id. Truc. 4, 2, 5; id. Rud. 4, 4, 7:

urbi,

Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20; Liv. 22, 11, 9; cf. id. 10, 17; 23, 32 init.; 24, 40 init.; 36, 5, 5;

38, 51, 8: Gallia, quae semper praesidet atque praesedit huic imperio libertatique communi,

Cic. Phil. 5, 13, 37:

huic urbi, atque huic imperio,

id. Sull. 31, 86.—

With acc.:

socios,

Sall. H. 2, 28 Dietsch:

agros suos,

id. ib. 3, 66:

proximum Galliae litus,

Tac. A. 4, 5:

civium manus litora oceani praesidebat,

id. ib. 4, 72.—

To preside over, to have the care or management of, to superintend, direct, command (syn. praesum).

With dat.:

ut idem ad portas urbanis praesideat rebus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 85:

Mars...praesidet armis,

Ov. F. 3, 85:

Actiacis ludis,

Suet. Tib. 6:

spectaculis,

id. Claud. 7.—

With acc.:

P. Atellio, qui Pannoniam praesidebat,

who commanded in Pannonia, Tac. A. 12, 29:

exercitum,

to command, id. ib. 3, 39.—

With in and abl.:

Metellus in agro Piceno praesidebat,

Sall. C. 57, 2.—

Absol.:

(in senatu) princeps praesidebat,

presided, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 10.—Hence, praesĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst.: a president, director, ruler (post-Aug. for praeses):

superbia praesidentium,

governors, Tac. A. 3, 40: praesidentium apparitores, Cod. Th. 8, 7, 13.

prō-mōvĕo, mōvi, mōtum ( pluperf. promorat. Hor Epod. 11, 14:

promosset,

Ov. Am 2, 9, 17 Jahn), 2, v. a., to move forward, cause to advance, push onward, advance.

Lit.

In gen.:

saxa vectibus, Caes B. C. 2, 11: onera,

Col. 11, 1, 8; Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 64:

assa in alterum apodyterii anguium,

Cic. Q. Fr 3, 1, 1, § 2:

legiones,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 16: castra ad Carthaginem, to move onward, Liv 28, 44 fin.:

exercitu in Aetoliam promoto,

Just. 14, 1, 6:

cornua utrimque (in acie),

Quint. 2, 13, 3:

scalas et machinamenta,

Tac. A. 15, 4 fin.:

calculum,

to push forward, move, Quint. 11, 2, 38; 11, 3, 113:

unum pedem triclinio,

to put forth, move from, Phaedr. 4, 23, 28:

ibi te videbo et promovebo,

will take you along with me, Cic. Att. 4, 12 fin. —

In partic., to extend, enlarge. moenia Ostia tenus, Suet Ner 16:

imperium, Ov P 2, 2, 72: vires in immensum orbem,

id. Am. 2, 9, 17.—

Med. t. t., to put out of joint, dislocate, displace:

in palmā quoque ossa interdum suis sedibus promoventur,

Cels. 8, 18 init.:

femur in omnes quattuor partes promovetur, saepissime in interiorem,

id. 8, 20 init. —

Trop.

In gen., to bring to pass, effect, accomplish (ante- and post-class.):

promovere parum,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 81:

aliquis dicat, Nihil promoveris,

id. And. 4, 1, 17:

meditatio nihil ad vitam tuendam promovens,

Gell. 10, 22, 24; cf.

in a lusus verbb. with movere se,

Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 4.— Absol.:

cum in studio facundiae abunde promovisset,

Gell. 5, 10, 7.—

In partic.

To enlarge, increase: doctrina vim promovet insitam, Hor C. 4, 4, 33; so, promovere aliquem, to advance, prefer, promote (post-Aug.; cf.:

perduco, produco, proveho): vetus miles ad eum gradum promotus,

Curt. 6, 11, 1:

promotus ad amplissimas procurationes,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3; Suet. Oth. 1; id. Vesp. 16; Lampr. Elag. 12; 20; Plin. Pan. 90, 6; Vulg. Dan. 3, 97.—

To bring to light, reveal: arcana promorat loco (i. e. ex intimo corde), Hor Epod. 11, 14.—

To put off, defer, postpone:

nuptias alicui,

Ter. And. 4, 2, 28.—Hence, prōmōtus, a, um, P a.

Of time, advanced, i. e. late:

nocte promotā,

late at night, far into the night, App. M. 4, p. 152, 38; 7, p. 190, 30.—

Subst.: prōmōta, ōrum, n., in the lang. of the Stoics, things that are to be preferred, pref. erable things, as being next in degree to absolute good; a literal transl. of the Gr. proêgmeua, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52.

quantus, a, um, adj. [quam], how great.

Bellum, Nep. Dat. 5, 1:

calamitates,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

homo in dicendo,

id. de Or. 2, 12, 51:

gravitas,

Vell. 2, 129, 2.—Corresp. with tantus:

videre mihi videor tantam dimicationem, quanta numquam fuit,

Cic. Att. 7, 1, 2.—With sup.:

tanta est inter eos, quanta maxima esse potest, morum studiorumque distantia,

the greatest possible difference, Cic. Lael. 20, 74.—Without tantus:

quantus non unquam antea, exercitus venit,

Liv. 9, 37, 2:

quanta maxime poterat vi perculit,

id. 9, 10, 10; cf. id. 7, 9, 8; 42, 15, 1; 24, 35, 5; Verg. A. 12, 701; 3, 641:

quanta mea sapientia est,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 62.—Quantus quantus, for quantuscumque, how great or much soever (ante-class.):

denegabit quantum quantum ad eum erit delatum,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 28:

tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40:

quanta quanta haec mea paupertas est, tamen,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 10. — In quantum, as far as, according as, in how far, in so far as, to whatever extent:

in quantum satis erat,

Tac. Or. 2:

declamatio, in quantum maxime potest, imitetur eas actiones,

Quint. 2, 10, 4; Sen. Ben. 2, 23, 1:

pedum digitos, in quantum quaeque secuta est, Traxit,

Ov. M. 11, 71:

in quantum potuerit,

as far as possible, Plin. Ep. 10, 75. — With a preceding in tantum, as greatly... as:

vir in tantum laudandus, in quantum intellegi virtus potest,

Vell. 1, 9.—

Of number, value, etc., how much, how many:

quanta milia,

Prop. 1, 5, 10; Val. Fl. 3, 261. —And with or without tantus, as much as, as many as, Caes. B. G. 6, 19; Liv. 23, 21.—

As a designation of multitude, quantum = emphatic omnis: ut te quidem omnes di deaeque, quantum est, perduint,

as many as there are of them, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 6:

quantum in terra degit, hominum perjurissime!

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 117.— quantum, subst., with gen., as much of... as:

quantum est frumenti hornotini, exaraverunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 45.— Quanti, as gen. pretii, how high, how dear, or as dear as, as high as: quanti emi potest minime, how cheap? Ep. Ad quadraginta minas, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 110:

quanti emit?

Ter. Eun. 5, 6 (5), 14:

quanti locaverint, tantam pecuniam redemptori solvendam,

Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

vide, quanti apud me sis,

how highly I prize you, how dear you are to me, id. Fam. 7, 19 init.:

noli spectare, quanti sit homo,

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

(tu) qui scias quanti Tulliam faciam,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:

quanti est ista hominum gloria,

of how trifling worth, id. Rep. 6, 23, 25; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 37, 109:

quanti est sapere!

what a fine thing it is! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 21:

quanti ejus intersit,

Dig. 43, 18, 3.—Quanti quanti, at whatever price:

sed quanti quanti, bene emitur quod necesse est,

Cic. Att. 12, 23, 3.—Quanto opere, sometimes as one word, quantopere (q. v.), with what care, how greatly, how much (answering to tanto opere or tantopere, so greatly, so much):

quanto se opere custodiant bestiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:

quantoque opere ejus municipii causā laborarem,

id. Fam. 13, 7, 1.—Hence,

quantum, adv., as much as, so much as:

scribe, quantum potes,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 7.—Quantum possum or potest, as soon as possible:

domum me rursum, quantum potero, tantum recipiam,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 40: rescribas ad me, quantum potest, Cic. Att. 4, 13, 1:

erus, quantum audio, uxore excidit,

so far as I hear, Ter. And. 2, 5, 12:

quantum suspicor,

as far as I can conjecture, id. Eun. 1, 2, 62.—Quantum in or ad me, so far as concerns me:

non igitur adhuc, quantum quidem in te est, intellego deos esse,

i. e. for all you have shown to the contrary, Cic. N. D. 3, 7, 15; cf. id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

quantum ad Pirithoum, Phaedra pudica fuit,

as far as concerned, with respect to, Ov. A. A. 1, 744:

quantum ad jus attinet,

Sen. Contr. 5, 34, 16; 3, 16, 1.—With compp. for quanto, the more, the greater, etc. (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 488, A, 2).—Followed by eo:

quantum juniores patrum plebi se magis insinuabant, eo acrius contra tribuni tenebant,

Liv. 3, 15, 2; 44, 7, 6; Col. 12, 23 init. —Followed by tanto:

quantum augebatur militum numerus, tanto majore, etc.,

Liv. 5, 10, 5; 6, 38, 5; 27, 47, 11; cf. id. 32, 5, 1. — Also without a correl.:

quantum... et minus,

Liv. 44, 36, 5.—

quantō, adv., by how much, by as much as, according as, the:

quanto diutius Abest, magis cupio tanto,

the longer he is away, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 15:

quanto gravior oppugnatio, tanto crebriores,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

quanto magis philosophi delectabunt, si, etc.,

how greatly, Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10:

quanto praeclarior vita, tanto,

Sall. J. 85, 22 Kritz. — With verbs which contain the idea of comparison:

Hannibalem tanto praestitisse ceteros imperatores prudentiā, quanto populus Romanus antecedebat fortitudine cunctas nationes,

Nep. Hann. 1, 1.—With posit.:

tanto acceptius in vulgum, quanto modicus privatis aedificationibus,

inasmuch as, Tac. A. 6, 45:

quanto frequenter impellitur, tanto firmiter roboratur,

Lact. 5, 7, 9.—With ante, secus, aliud:

quo minus exponam, quam multa ad me detulerit, quanto ante providerit,

Cic. Sest. 3, 8: videtote, quanto secus ego fecerim, how differently, Cato ap. Charis. p. 192 P.:

ut manifesto appareat, quanto sit aliud proximum esse, aliud secundum,

Quint. 10, 1, 53.

rătĭo, onis (abl. rationi, Lucr. 6, 66), f. [reor, ratus], a reckoning, account, calculation, computation.

Lit.

Sing.: Les. Nequaquam argenti ratio conparet tamen. Sta. Ratio quidem hercle adparet: argentum oichetai, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 15 sq.:

rationem putare... bene ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos convenit,

id. Most. 1, 3, 141; 146; cf.: ad calculos vocare amicitiam, ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

itur, putatur ratio cum argentario... Ubi disputata est ratio cum argentario,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 53 sq.:

dextera digitis rationem computat,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 49:

magna ratio C. Verruci,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 188:

direptio ejus pecuniae, cujus ratio in aede Opis confecta est,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 16; cf.:

quibus in tabulis nominatim, ratio confecta erat, qui numerus domo exisset, etc.,... Quarum omnium rerum summa erat, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 29: auri ratio constat: aurum in aerario est, the account agrees, i. e. is correct, Cic. Fl. 28, 69 (v. consto):

decumo post mense, ut rationem te dictare intellego,

to make the reckoning, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 38 (al. ductare):

rationem ducere,

to make a computation, to compute, calculate, reckon, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; so, rationem habere, to take an account, make a computation:

omnium proeliorum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 53; cf.:

hujus omnis pecuniae conjunctim ratio habetur,

id. B. G. 6, 19; and:

piratarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:

rationem inire,

to cast up, reckon, calculate, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

quattuor minae periere, ut ratio redditur,

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 23; cf.:

tibi ego rationem reddam?

id. Aul. 1, 1, 6; id. Trin. 2, 4, 114:

rationem referre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 98:

rationem repetere de pecuniis repetundis,

id. Clu. 37, 104: Py. Quanta istaec hominum summa est? Ar. Septem millia. Py. Tantum esse oportet:

recte rationem tenes,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47 et saep.:

drachumae, quas de ratione debuisti,

according to the account, id. Trin. 2, 4, 24:

grandem (pecuniam) quemadmodum in rationem inducerent, non videbant,

how they should bring it into their accounts, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 106.—

Plur.: rationes putare argentariam, frumentariam, pabuli causa quae parata sunt;

rationem vinariam, oleariam, quid venierit, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 2, 5:

rationes ad aerarium continuo detuli... quas rationes si cognoris, intelleges, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 25, 61:

ut rationes cum publicanis putarent,

id. Att. 4, 11, 1:

rationes a colono accepit,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

quid opus est? inquam. Rationes conferatis. Assidunt, subducunt, ad nummum convenit,

id. Att. 5, 21, 12:

rationes referre... rationes deferre,

id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:

Romani pueri longis rationibus assem Discunt in partes centum diducere,

Hor. A. P. 325 et saep.:

A RATIONIBVS,

an accountant, Inscr. Orell. 1494; 2973; 2986; 4173 et saep. (cf. ab).—

Transf.

A list, roll, register (rare):

cedo rationem carceris, quae diligentissime conficitur, quo quisque die datus in custodiam, quo mortuus, quo necatus sit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:

rationes imperii, ab Augusto proponi solitas, sed a Tiberio intermissas, publicavit (sc. Caligula),

Suet. Calig. 16 ( = breviarium) totius imperii, id. Aug. 101 fin.:

rationarium imperii,

id. ib. 28.—

A sum, number (rare), Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 11:

nunc lenonum et scortorum plus est fere Quam olim muscarum est. Ea nimia est ratio,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 49:

pro ratione pecuniae liberalius est Brutus tractatus quam Pompeius,

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 5; cf. II. B. 1. c. infra.—

A business matter, transaction, business; also, a matter, affair, in gen. (a favorite word of Cicero):

res rationesque eri Ballionis curo,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 31:

res rationesque vestrorum omnium,

id. Am. prol. 4:

re ac ratione cum aliquo conjunctus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 172:

de tota illa ratione atque re Gallicana inter se multa communicare,

id. Quint. 4, 15:

cum (Druides) in reliquis fere rebus, publicis privatisque rationibus, Graecis utantur litteris,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14 (metaphrast. pragmasi):

ratio nummaria,

Cic. Att. 10, 11, 2:

aeraria ratio,

id. Quint. 4, 15:

ratio domestica... bellica,

id. Off. 1, 22, 76:

quod ad popularem rationem attinet,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 4:

rationes familiares componere,

Tac. A. 6, 16 fin.:

fori judiciique rationem Messala suscepit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149; cf.:

in explicandis rationibus rerum civilium,

id. Rep. 1, 8, 13:

rationes civitatis,

id. ib. 1, 6, 11:

quantos aestus habet ratio comitiorum... nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum,

id. Mur. 17, 35:

propter rationem Gallici belli,

id. Prov. Cons. 8, 19; so id. ib. 8, 14, 35:

ad omnem rationem humanitatis,

id. Mur. 31, 66: in hac ratione quid res, quid causa, quid tempus ferat, tu facillime perspicies, id. Fam. 1, 7, 6 fin.:

ad eam rationem existimabam satis aptam naturam meam,

id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—

Pregn.: meae (tuae, etc.) rationes, my ( thy, etc.) interest, my ( thy, etc.) advantage (cf. in Engl. to find one's account in any thing):

me ad ejus rationes adjungo, quem tu in meis rationibus tibi esse adjungendum putasti,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 2; cf.:

exemplum meis alienissimum rationibus,

id. Corn. Fragm. 1, 7 B. and K.:

consideres, quid tuae rationes postulent,

Sall. C. 44, 5: servitia repudiabat... alienum suis rationibus existimans videri causam civium cum servis fugitivis communicasse, inconsistent with his policy or interests, id. ib. 56, 5:

si meas rationes unquam vestrae saluti anteposuissem,

Cic. Red. ad Quir. 1, 1.

Trop., a reckoning, account, computation:

postquam hanc rationem cordi ventrique edidi,

presented this reckoning, Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 12:

itidem hic ut Acheronti ratio accepti scribitur,

i.e. things are taken only, nothing is given back, id. Truc. 4, 2, 36:

nomen (comoediae) jam habetis, nunc rationes ceteras Accipite,

an account of the rest, id. Poen. prol. 55; cf.:

census quom sum, juratori recte rationem dedi,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 30; so,

rationem dare, for the more usual rationem reddere,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 86 Mull.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92 Zumpt:

(argentarii) ratione utuntur,

make a reckoning, settle up, Plaut. Cas. prol. 27:

cum eam mecum rationem puto,

go into that calculation, think over the matter, id. ib. 3, 2, 25; cf.:

frustra egomet mecum has rationes puto,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 54:

(Medea et Atreus) inita subductaque ratione nefaria scelera meditantes,

Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 71:

quod posteaquam iste cognovit hanc rationem habere coepit,

to make the following calculation, reflection, id. Verr. 2, 5, 39, § 101; cf.: totius rei consilium his rationibus explicavit, ut si, etc.,... si, etc.,... sin, etc., drew the plan of the whole undertaking according to the following calculation, that if, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 78;

and herewith cf.: rationem consilii mei accipite,

id. ib. 3, 86:

ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me convenias, etc.,

that you may calculate, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 6:

semper ita vivamus, ut rationem reddendam nobis arbitremur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 28; cf.:

nihil est, quod minus ferendum sit, quam rationem ab altero vitae reposcere eum, qui non possit suae reddere,

id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 28;

and with this cf.: si gravius quid acciderit, abs te rationem reposcent,

will call you to account, Caes. B. G. 5, 30: clarorum virorum atque magnorum non minus otii, quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, an account must be capable of being given, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66:

tam otii quam negotii rationem reddere majores censuisse,

Col. 11 fin.: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio constet, quam si uni reddatur, that the account is not correct unless, etc., Tac. A. 1, 6 fin.:

mirum est quam singulis diebus in urbe ratio aut constet aut constare videatur,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 1; 1, 5, 16 et saep.; cf. Just. praef. 5.—

Transf.

Relation, reference, respect to a thing:

(agricolae) habent rationem cum terra, quae nunquam recusat imperium,

have an account, have to do, have dealings with the earth, Cic. Sen. 15, 51; cf.:

ubi ratio cum Orco habetur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 3;

for which: ubi sit cum Orco ratio ponenda,

Col. 1, 3, 2:

cum omnibus Musis rationem habere cogito,

Cic. Att. 2, 5, 2:

cum hac (muliere) aliquid adulescentem hominem habuisse rationis,

id. Cael. 20, 50; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190. omnes, quibuscum ratio huic aut est aut fuit, assunt, defendunt, id. Quint. 23, 75; cf.

. quae ratio tibi cum eo intercesserat?

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41:

pacis vero quae potest esse cum eo ratio, in quo est incredibilis crudelitas, fides nulla?

id. Phil. 4, 6, 14:

quod si habenda cum M. Antonii latrocinio pacis ratio fuit, etc.,

id. ib. 12, 7, 17:

fontes ad nostrorum annalium rationem veteres, ad ipsorum sane recentes,

in respect to our annals, id. Brut. 13, 49.—

Pregn., a respect, regard, concern, consideration, care for a thing (usu. in the connection habere and ducere alicujus rei rationem): ad hanc rationem quoniam maximam vim natura habet, fortuna proximam: utriusque omnino habenda ratio est in deligendo genere vitae, Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:

quorum (civium Romanorum) nobis pro vestra sapientia, Quirites, habenda est ratio diligenter,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

(deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem,

id. Leg. 2, 7, 15:

cujus absentis rationem haberi proximis comitiis populus jussisset,

Caes. B. C. 1, 9; so,

absentis,

id. ib. 1, 32; 3, 82 fin.:

sauciorum et aegrorum habita ratione,

id. ib. 3, 75:

moneret, frumenti rationem esse habendam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34;

so (al. frumentandi), rationem habere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 75 Oud.; cf. id. ib. 7, 71:

alicujus vel dignitatis vel commodi rationem non habere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17: ut summae rei publicae rationem habeamus, Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, c, 3:

alicujus salutis rationem habere,

i. e. to regard, care for, be concerned about, Caes. B. G. 7, 71; so id. B. C. 1, 20:

turpissimae fugae rationem habere,

id. ib. 2, 31:

ut in ceteris habenda ratio non sui solum sed etiam aliorum, sic, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

proinde habeat rationem posteritatis et periculi sui,

Caes. B. C. 1, 13:

habere nunc se rationem officii pro beneficiis Caesaris,

id. B. G. 5, 27:

non ullius rationem sui commodi ducit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

cum hujusce periculi tum ceterorum quoque officiorum et amicitiarum ratio,

id. Clu. 42, 117:

omnis hac in re habenda ratio et diligentia est, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 24, 89; cf.:

didici ex tuis litteris, te omnibus in rebus habuisse rationem, ut mihi consuleres,

id. Fam. 3, 5, 1:

habeo rationem, quid a populo Romano acceperim,

bring into consideration, consider, id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:

ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me salva lege Cornelia convenias, ego veni, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 6:

neque illud rationis habuisti, eam provinciam ad summam stultitiam nequitiamque venisse,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 38; cf.:

hoc rationis habebant, facere eos nullo modo posse, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 29, e70.—

Relation to a thing, i. e.

Subject., course, conduct, procedure, mode, manner, method, fashion, plan, etc. (cf. consilium):

nunc sic rationem incipissam, hanc instituam astutiam, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 82; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 175 sqq.:

ubi cenas hodic, si hanc rationem instituis?

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 26; id. Truc. 1, 1, 3:

tua ratio est, ut secundum binos ludos mihi respondere incipias: mea, ut ante primos ludos comperendinem. Ita fiet, ut tua ista ratio existimetur astuta, meum hoc consilium necessarium,

Cic. Verr. 1, 11, 34; cf.:

ratio viaque defensionis,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 4:

itaque in praesentia Pompeii insequendi rationem omittit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 30:

mea autem ratio in dicendo haec esse solet, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 292:

haec in philosophia ratio contra omnia disserendi,

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

dicendi,

id. Or. 32, 114; id. de Or. 3, 15, 56; cf.:

aliquot ante annis inita ratio est, ut, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 36, 61:

ut, quo primum occurreretur, vix ratio iniri possit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 24:

quia reponendarum (tegularum) nemo artifex inire rationem potuerit,

Liv. 42, 3 fin. —In plur.:

hoc aditu laudis non mea me voluntas sed meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae prohibuerunt,

plan of life, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:

de rationibus rerum publicarum aut constituendarum aut tuendarum,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 11.—

Object., relation, condition, nature, kind, sort, fashion, way, etc. (cf. modus):

sed ratio ordoque agminis aliter se habebat ac Belgae ad Nervios detulerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19; cf.:

ut rei militaris ratio atque ordo postulabat,

id. ib. 2, 22; so,

rei militaris,

id. ib. 4, 23:

ratio atque usus belli,

the art and practice of war, id. ib. 4, 1; id. B. C. 1, 76 fin.; 2, 18; 3, 17 et saep. al.; cf.:

novae rationes bellandi,

id. ib. 3, 50:

ratio equestris proelii,

id. B. G. 5, 16:

quorum operum haec erat ratio, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 25; cf.: rationem pontis hanc instituit;

tigna bina, etc.,

id. B. G. 4, 17:

serpit per omnium vitas amicitia, nec ullam aetatis degendae rationem patitur esse expertem sui,

Cic. Lael. 23, 87; cf.:

ita ratio comparata est vitae naturaeque nostrae, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 27, 101; id. Ac. 2, 43, 132:

civitas (Platonis) non quae possit esse, sed in qua ratio rerum civilium perspici posset,

id. Rep. 2, 30, 52 init.; cf.:

reliqui disseruerunt de generibus et de rationibus civitatum,

id. ib. 2, 11, 22;

1, 8, 13: quam creberrimis litteris faciam ut tibi nota sit omnis ratio dierum atque itinerum meorum,

id. Fam. 3, 5, 4: quoniam eadem est ratio juris in utroque, id. Rep. 3, 12, 21; cf.:

haec eadem ratio est in summa totius Galliae,

Caes. B. G. 6, 11 fin.:

ab nostris eadem ratione, qua pridie, resistitur,

id. ib. 5, 40; id. B. C. 3, 100; cf. id. ib. 3, 101:

docet, longe alia ratione esse bellum gerendum atque antea sit gestum,

id. B. G. 7, 14:

hoc si Romae fieri posset, certe aliqua ratione expugnasset iste,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, ee130:

quid refert, qua me ratione cogatis?

id. Lael. 8, 26:

quod fuit illis conandum atque omni ratione efficiendum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 65 fin.; 1, 67 fin.:

simili ratione Pompeius in suis castris consedit,

id. ib. 3, 76:

auxilium ferri nulla ratione poterat,

id. ib. 1, 70:

nec quibus rationibus superare possent, sed quem ad modum uti victoria deberent, cogitabant,

id. ib. 3, 83 fin.; 3, 58; 3, 18 fin. et saep.—

With gen. of a subst. in circumlocution for the subst. itself (v. Zumpt, Gram. §

678): vereor ne oratio mea aliena ab judiciorum ratione esse videatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, ee109:

multa autem propter rationem brevitatis praetermittenda,

id. ib. 2, 1, 40, ee

103: quantas perturbationes et quantos aestus habet ratio comitiorum?

id. Mur. 17, 35:

nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum,

id. ib. 17, 36:

praedicere tempestatum rationem et praedonum,

id. ib. 2, 4:

tota ratio talium largitionum genere vitiosa est,

id. Off. 2, 17, 60.—

Pregn., that faculty of the mind which forms the basis of computation and calculation, and hence of mental action in general, i. e. judgment, understanding, reason: duplex est vis animorum atque natura: una pars in appetitu posita est, quae est hormê Graece, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit;

altera in ratione, quae docet et explanat, quid faciendum, quid fugiendum sit. Ita fit, ut ratio praesit, appetitus obtemperet,

Cic. Off. 1, 28, 101:

homo, quod rationis est particeps, per quam consequentia cernit, causas rerum videt earumque progressus et quasi antecessiones non ignorat, similitudines comparat rebusque praesentibus adjungit atque annectit futuras, facile totius vitae cursum videt ad eamque degendam praeparat res necessarias. Eademque natura vi rationis hominem concilia homini et ad orationis et ad vitae societatem, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 4, 11 sq.:

haud scio, an melius fuerit, humano generi motum istum celerem cogitationis, acumen, sollertiam, quam rationem vocamus, non dari omnino quam tam munifice et tam large dari, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 27, 69:

lex est ratio summa, insita in natura, quae jubet ea, quae facienda sunt, prohibetque contraria. Eadem ratio, cum est in hominis mente confirmata et confecta, lex est,

id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

ut, quos ratio non posset, eos ad officium religio duceret,

id. N. D. 1, 42, 118:

mens et ratio et consilium in senibus est,

id. Sen. 19, 67; cf. Liv. 28, 28:

si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit, si ratio, consilium, prudentia, Pompeius antistat,

Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; cf. id. Quint. 16, 53; and:

si ratio et prudentia curas aufert,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 25:

quibus in rebus temeritas et casus, non ratio nec consilium valet,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85; cf.:

illa de urbis situ revoces ad rationem quae a Romulo casu aut necessitate facta sunt,

id. Rep. 2, 11, 22; and:

moneo ut agentem te ratio ducat, non fortuna,

Liv. 22, 39 fin.: mulier abundat audacia;

consilio et ratione deficitur,

Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

Ariovistum magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse. Cui rationi contra homines barbaros locus fuisset, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40: arma amens capio;

nec sat rationis in armis,

Verg. A. 2, 314:

rationis egens,

id. ib. 8, 299 et saep.:

iracundia dissidens a ratione,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

majora quam hominum ratio consequi possit,

id. ib. 1, 10, 15:

quantum ratione provideri poterat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.:

quantumque in ratione esset, exploratum habuit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 6 init.:

nec majore ratione bellum administrari posse,

Caes. B. C. 7, 21:

minari divisoribus ratio non erat,

it was not reasonable, was contrary to reason, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24; so, nulla ratio est, with an objectclause, id. Caecin. 5, 15; so,

too, minime rationis est,

Col. 3, 5, 3; cf. with dat.:

Vitellianus exercitus, cui acquiescere Cremonae ratio fuit,

which, as reason dictated, ought to have rested at Cremona, Tac. H. 3, 22:

quod domi te inclusisti, ratione fecisti,

reasonably, sensibly, judiciously, Cic. Att. 12, [p. 1527] 14, 3.—

The reasonable cause of a thing, a ground, motive, reason:

ratio est causa, quae demonstrat, verum esse id, quod intendimus, brevi subjectione. Rationis confirmatio est ea, quae pluribus argumentis corroborat breviter expositam rationem,

Auct. Her. 2, 18, 28:

quid tandem habuit argumenti aut rationis res, quamobrem, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115; cf.:

nostra confirmare argumentis ac rationibus: deinde contraria refutare,

id. de Or. 2, 19, 80:

noverit orator argumentorum et rationum locos,

id. Or. 14, 44 (v. also argumentum):

si mei consilii causam rationemque cognoverit,

id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1; cf.:

ad eam sententiam cum reliquis causis haec quoque ratio eos deduxit, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 2, 10 fin.:

quam habet rationem, non quaero aequitatis, sed ipsius improbitatis atque impudentiae?... facti, si non bonam, at aliquam rationem afferre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, e196; cf.:

deinde nihil rationis affert, quamobrem, etc.,

id. Caecin. 33, 96:

non deest hoc loco copia rationum, quibus docere velitis, humanas esse formas deorum: primum quod, etc.... deinde quod, etc.... tertiam rationem affertis, quod, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 27, 76:

et quidem, cur sic opinetur, rationem subicit,

id. Div. 2, 50, 104:

idcirco minus existimo te nihil nisi summa ratione fecisse,

id. Att. 8, 11, D, §

5: nunc non modo agendi rationem nullam habeo, sed ne cogitandi quidem,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

rationes in ea disputatione a te collectae vetabant me rei publicae penitus diffidere,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 3; cf. id. Ac. 2, 36, 116:

rationibus conquisitis de voluptate et dolore disputandum putant,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 31; cf.:

quod cum disputando rationibusque docuisset,

id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

his rationibus tam certis tamque illustribus opponuntur ab his, qui contra disputant primum labores, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 3, 4 et saep.:

num parva causa aut prava ratio est?

reason, excuse, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 27.—

In rhet., a showing cause, argument, reasoning in support of a proposition:

ratio est, quae continet causam, quae si sublata sit, nihil in causa controversiae relinquatur, hoc modo: Orestes si accusetur matricidii, nisi hoc dicat, Jure feci, illa enim patrem meum occiderat, non habet defensionem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18:

ad propositum subjecta ratio, et item in distributis supposita ratio,

id. de Or. 3, 54, 207; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 4; 5, 14, 1; 16; 7, 8, 3.—

Reasonableness, reason, propriety, law, rule, order, conformity, etc.:

in omnibus, quae ratione docentur et via, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,

in a reasonable, regular manner, Cic. Or. 33, 116; cf.:

ut ratione et via procedat oratio,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 29:

modo et ratione aliquid facere (along with recte atque ordine facere),

id. Quint. 7, 28; cf.:

quae res Nec modum habet neque consilium, ratione modoque Tractari non vult,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 266:

nihil est, quod ratione et numero moveri possit sine consilio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 43:

intervallis imparibus, sed tamen pro rata parte ratione distinctis,

divided proportionally by rule, id. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf.:

ex summis et infimis et mediis interjectis ordinibus ut sonis moderata ratione civitas concinit,

in symmetrical proportion, id. ib. 2, 42, 69:

in quo defuit fortasse ratio, sed tamen vincit ipsa rerum publicarum natura saepe rationem,

order, system, id. ib. 2, 33, 57;

5, 5, 7: declinatio si cum ratione fiet,

reasonably, id. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

ratio et distributio,

a reasonable division, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1, 1.—

A theory, doctrine, or system based upon reason; science, and (less freq.), subject., knowledge:

erat enim tunc haec nova et ignota ratio, solem lunae oppositum solere deficere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; cf.:

nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

id. ib. 1, 8, 13;

2, 39, 66: si animum contulisti in istam rationem et quasi artem,

id. ib. 1, 23, 37; cf.:

omnes tacito quodam sensu sine ulla arte aut ratione, quae sint in artibus ac rationibus recta ac prava dijudicant,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 195; id. Brut. 74, 258:

continet enim totam hanc quaestionem ea ratio, quae est de natura deorum,

id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

Epicuri ratio, quae plerisque notissima est,

doctrine, system, philosophy, id. Fin. 1, 5, 13; cf.:

Stoicorum ratio disciplinaque,

id. Off. 3, 4, 20:

Cynicorum ratio,

id. ib. 1, 41, 148; so id. Fin. 3, 20, 68: ratio vivendi... ratio civilis et disciplina populorum, the art of living... statesmanship, id. Rep. 3, 3, 4; cf.:

etiamsi cui videbitur illa in optimis studiis et artibus quieta vitae ratio beatior, haec civilis laudabilior est certe et illustrior,

id. ib. 3, 3, 4:

improba navigii ratio tum caeca jacebat,

Lucr. 5, 1004: saltationis ac musicae rationis studiosi, Col. prooem. e3 al.—Subject., knowledge:

si qua (est in me) exercitatio dicendi aut si hujus rei ratio aliqua, ab optimarum artium studiis ac disciplina profecta,

Cic. Arch. 1, 1.—

A view or opinion resting upon reasonable grounds:

mea sic est ratio,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 43; cf.:

inventus est nemo, cujus non haec et sententia esset et oratio, non esse metuendum, etc.... Haec cum omnes sentirent et cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu ac dolore loqueretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 68 sq.; and with this cf. id. Att. 1, 11, 1:

cujus ratio etsi non valuit,

Nep. Milt. 3, 6 (just before: hujus cum sententiam plurimi essent secuti).—

In philos. lang., a production of proof, argumentation, reasoning: (Epicurus) tollit definitiones; nihil de dividendo ac partiendo docet;

non, quo modo efficiatur concludaturque ratio, tradit,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22; cf. id. Div. 2, 10, 25; id. de Or. 2, 38, 158:

ratio ipsa coget, et ex aeternitate quaedam esse vera et ea non esse nexa causis aeternis, etc.,

id. Fat. 16, 38; cf.:

ergo, ubi tyrannus est, ibi non vitiosam ut heri dicebam, sed, ut nunc ratio cogit, dicendum est, plane nullam esse rem publicam,

id. Rep. 3, 31, 43.

sānĭtas, ātis, f. [sanus], soundness of body, health (class., = valetudo bona; opp. valetudo mala, imbecillitas; cf.

also salus): est enim corporis temperatio, cum ea congruunt inter se, e quibus constamus, sanitas: sic animi dicitur, cum ejus judicia opinionesque concordant,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30; cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 10.

Lit.:

Apollo, quaeso te, ut des Salutem et sanitatem nostrae familiae,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 13 (for which, in the old formula of prayer in Cato, R. R. 141, 3: duis bonam salutem valetudinemque; v. salus, I. A. init.): ut alimenta sanis corporibus agricultura, sic sanitatem aegris medicina promittit, Cels. prooem. init.:

qui incorruptā sanitate sunt,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8 (for which, shortly before:

contenti bonā valetudine): aegro interim nil ventura sanitas prodest,

Sen. Ep. 117, 26; Tac. A. 1, 68 fin.:

si robur corporibus bonum, non est minus sanitas,

Quint. 5, 10, 89 N. cr.; so, corporis (with integritas), Gell. 18, 1, 5:

pecoris,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 21:

hostiae,

id. ib. 2, 5, 11: donec sanitate ossis dolor finiatur, by the healthy condition of the bone, i. e. by the bone ' s being completely healed, Cels. 8, 8 fin.:

ad sanitatem dum venit curatio,

while the cure is being perfected, Phaedr. 5, 7, 12; cf.:

folia ligni ad sanitatem gentium,

Vulg. Apoc. 22, 2:

redire in statum pristinum sanitatis,

Ambros. in Psa. 40, 12:

restitui sanitati,

to recover, Vulg. Matt. 12, 13; Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 13 fin.:

sanitatem reddere,

Cels. 2, 8; Arn. 7, 39:

pristinae aliquem sanitati restituere,

Hier. Ep. 76, 8; Sulp. Sev. Vit. St. Mart. 21:

recipere sanitatem,

Just. 11, 8, 9; Cels. 6, 15 fin.:

recuperare sanitatem,

Just. 20, 2, 9; 32, 3, 9.—

Trop.

Soundness of mind (opp. to passionate excitement), right reason, good sense, discretion, sanity, etc. (v. Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30 supra):

sanitatem enim animorum positam in tranquillitate quādam constantiāque censebant,...quod in perturbato animo, sicut in corpore, sanitas esse non posset,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 4, 9:

sua quemque fraus, suum scelus de sanitate ac mente deturbat,

id. Pis. 20, 46; pravarum opinionum conturbatio et ipsarum inter se repugnantia sanitate spoliat animum morbisque perturbat, id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

plebem ad furorem impellit, ut facinore admisso ad sanitatem pudeat reverti,

Caes. B. G. 7, 42; 1, 42:

ad sanitatem se convertere,

Cic. Sull. 5, 17:

ad sanitatem redire,

id. Fam. 12, 10, 1:

ad sanitatem reducere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 98:

perducere ad sanitatem,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; Liv. 2, 29; 2, 45; Phaedr. 4, 25, 35:

est omnino Priscus dubiae sanitatis,

Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 3.—

Of style, soundness or correctness of style, propriety, regularity, purity, etc.:

insulsitatem et insolentiam, tamquam insaniam orationis odit, sanitatem autem et integritatem quasi religionem et verecundiam orationis probat,

Cic. Brut. 82, 284:

summi oratoris vel sanitate vel vitio,

id. ib. 80, 278:

ut (eloquentia) omnem illam salubritatem Atticae dictionis et quasi sanitatem perderet,

lost all the healthy vigor and soundness, as it were, of Attic speech, id. ib. 13, 51 (v. salubritas, I. fin.; and cf. id. Opt. Gen. 3, 8):

qui suae imbecillitati sanitatis appellationem, quae est maxime contraria, obtendunt,

Quint. 12, 10, 15; cf. Tac. Or. 23:

eloquentiae,

id. ib. 25.—

Rarely of other abstract things:

victoriae,

solidity, permanence, Tac. H. 2, 28 fin.:

metri,

regularity, correctness, Macr. S. 5, 17 fin.

sībĭlus, i (collat. form, abl., sibilu, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.—In plur. in the poets, prob. merely for the sake of the metre: sībĭla, ōrum; cf. 2. sibilus init.; but in Cic. sibili), m. [cf. siphnos, siblos, hollow; Angl. S. and Engl. sipan, sip; O. H. Germ. sip, Germ. Sieb, a sieve; regarded by the ancients as imitation of a natural sound; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 31; Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42], a hissing, a whistling (class.)

In gen.

Sing., of men:

sibilo dare signum,

Liv. 25, 8 fin. —Of cattle:

(boves) sibilo allectari,

Col. 2, 3, 2.—Of things: clamor tonitruum et rudentum sibilus, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1:

(arbor) Loquente saepe sibilum edidit coma,

Cat. 4, 12:

venientis sibilus austri,

Verg. E. 5, 82: sibilu significare alicui, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.—

Plur., of wind instruments:

calamorum sibila,

Lucr. 5, 1382; cf.

pastoria,

Ov. M. 13, 785; Stat. Th. 6, 338.—Of snakes, etc.:

serpens horrenda sibila misit,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

sibila dant,

id. ib. 4, 493:

mittere,

id. ib. 15, 670;

15, 684: sibila torsit draco,

Val. Fl. 7, 726:

angues stridula fuderunt vibratis sibila linguis,

Luc. 9, 631:

sibila effundere,

id. 9, 724:

vibrare,

Sil. 3, 185; Corn. Sev. and Macer ap. Charis. p. 61 P.—Of a flying missile:

stridentis sibila teli,

Sil. 9, 247; Val. Fl. 6, 201. —

In partic., a contemptuous hissing, a hissing at or off (usually in plur.).

Sing.:

sibilum metuis?

Cic. Pis. 27, 65.—

Plur.:

e scaenā sibilis explodi,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30:

aliquem sibilis consectari,

id. Att. 2, 18, 1:

crebris totius contionis sibilis vexatus,

Val. Max. 7, 3, 6 ext.; Cic. Sest. 59, 126; cf.: gladiatorii sibili, id. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.:

quā dominus, quā advocati sibilis conscissi,

id. Att. 2, 19, 3.

sībĭlus, a, um, adj. [1. sibilus], hissing, whistling ( poet.; occurring, on account of the metre, only in the form sibila; cf. 1. sibilus init.):

colla (colubrae),

Verg. G. 3, 421; id. A. 5, 277; cf.

ora (anguium),

id. ib. 2, 211:

coma torvae frontis (Panis),

Val. Fl. 3, 50.

sībĭlus, i (collat. form, abl., sibilu, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.—In plur. in the poets, prob. merely for the sake of the metre: sībĭla, ōrum; cf. 2. sibilus init.; but in Cic. sibili), m. [cf. siphnos, siblos, hollow; Angl. S. and Engl. sipan, sip; O. H. Germ. sip, Germ. Sieb, a sieve; regarded by the ancients as imitation of a natural sound; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 31; Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42], a hissing, a whistling (class.)

In gen.

Sing., of men:

sibilo dare signum,

Liv. 25, 8 fin. —Of cattle:

(boves) sibilo allectari,

Col. 2, 3, 2.—Of things: clamor tonitruum et rudentum sibilus, Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1:

(arbor) Loquente saepe sibilum edidit coma,

Cat. 4, 12:

venientis sibilus austri,

Verg. E. 5, 82: sibilu significare alicui, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.—

Plur., of wind instruments:

calamorum sibila,

Lucr. 5, 1382; cf.

pastoria,

Ov. M. 13, 785; Stat. Th. 6, 338.—Of snakes, etc.:

serpens horrenda sibila misit,

Ov. M. 3, 38:

sibila dant,

id. ib. 4, 493:

mittere,

id. ib. 15, 670;

15, 684: sibila torsit draco,

Val. Fl. 7, 726:

angues stridula fuderunt vibratis sibila linguis,

Luc. 9, 631:

sibila effundere,

id. 9, 724:

vibrare,

Sil. 3, 185; Corn. Sev. and Macer ap. Charis. p. 61 P.—Of a flying missile:

stridentis sibila teli,

Sil. 9, 247; Val. Fl. 6, 201. —

In partic., a contemptuous hissing, a hissing at or off (usually in plur.).

Sing.:

sibilum metuis?

Cic. Pis. 27, 65.—

Plur.:

e scaenā sibilis explodi,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30:

aliquem sibilis consectari,

id. Att. 2, 18, 1:

crebris totius contionis sibilis vexatus,

Val. Max. 7, 3, 6 ext.; Cic. Sest. 59, 126; cf.: gladiatorii sibili, id. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.:

quā dominus, quā advocati sibilis conscissi,

id. Att. 2, 19, 3.

sībĭlus, a, um, adj. [1. sibilus], hissing, whistling ( poet.; occurring, on account of the metre, only in the form sibila; cf. 1. sibilus init.):

colla (colubrae),

Verg. G. 3, 421; id. A. 5, 277; cf.

ora (anguium),

id. ib. 2, 211:

coma torvae frontis (Panis),

Val. Fl. 3, 50.

sīs.

Subj. of sum.—

Contr. from si vis; v. volo init. —

I. q. suis, v. suus init.

sōl, sōlis, m. [Sanscr. svar, shine; cf. Gr. Seirios, seir, selas, Helenê; and Lat. serenus].

Sing., the sun, as a heavenly body.

In gen.:

tempora duorum generum sunt, unum annale, quod sol circuitu suo finit,

Varr. R. R. 1, 27:

solis cursus lunaeque meatus,

Lucr. 5, 77:

annum ad cursum solis accommodavit,

Suet. Caes. 40:

liquidi fons luminis aetherius sol,

Lucr. 5, 282:

quid potest esse sole majus?

Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 82:

illud dubium esse nulli potest quin arcus imago solis sit,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 11.—

Esp.

Sol oriens or solis ortus, the east, as a quarter of the heavens:

spectant in septemtrionem et orientem solem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 5, 13; 7, 69; cf.:

a sole exoriente supra Maeotis paludes, Cic. poët. Tusc. 5, 17, 49: si illud signum solis ortum conspiceret,

id. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

facem stellae ab ortu solis ad occidentem porrigi visam,

Liv. 29, 14, 3:

ab ortu solis flare venti,

id. 25, 27, 6.—

Sol occidens or solis occasus, the west:

alterum (litus) vergit ad solem occidentem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13:

laborant ut spectent sua triclinaria ad solem occidentem,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13 fin.:

spectat inter occasum solis et septemtriones,

north-west, Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

quae (pars insulae) est propius solis occasum,

id. ib. 4, 28.—Cf. poet.:

sub sole cadente,

Manil. 4, 791.—In phrases, sol is often omitted by ellipsis: unde sol oritur oriens nuncupatur aut ortus;

quo demergitur occidens vel occasus,

Mel. 1, 1 init.; v. orior, ortus, occĭdo.—

Sol oriens or sol (solis) ortus= sunrise; sol occidens or solis (sol) occasus = sunset:

qui solem nec occidentem umquam viderint, nec orientem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

sole orto Gracchus copias educit,

Liv. 24, 15, 1:

prius orto Sole,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113:

certi solis lunaeque et ortus et occasus sunt,

Liv. 44, 37, 7:

numquam ab orto sole ad occidentem... a curiā abscessit,

id. 27, 50, 4:

ut, equis insidentes, solis ortu cursum in quemdam locum dirigerent,

Val. Max. 7, 3, 2 ext.:

solis occasu,

Caes. B. G. 1, 50; Liv. 24, 17, 7:

ad (sub) solis occasum,

towards sunset, Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 2, 11:

in occasum declivi sole,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203.— Poet.:

surgente a sole,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 29.—For sol occasus, v. occidere, and Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 87 (ante solem occasum); id. ib. 5, 7, 35 (ad solem occasum); cf.:

ab exortu ad occasum perstare contuentis solem,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 22.—

To designate a clime, country, etc., as eastern or southern (post-Aug.):

ille Liberi currus triumphantem usque ad Thebas a solis ortu vehat,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 4:

terminos civitatis nostrae cum sole metimur,

id. Ot. Sap. 4 (31), 1. it tamen ultra oceanum solemque, id. Ep. 94, 63:

sub alio sole,

in another clime, Manil. 4, 171; cf.:

ut sua orientis occidentisque terminis finiat (sc. solis),

Sen. Ep. 92, 32.—

Trop., of a great good or a great man:

sol excidisse mihi e mundo videtur,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

solem e mundo tollere videntur qui, etc.,

id. Lael. 13, 47:

P. Africanus, sol alter (with sole geminato),

id. N. D. 2, 5, 14; cf. Hor. S. 1, 7, 24:

neque mundum posse duobus solibus regi, neque orbem, etc.,

Just. 11, 12.—

Prov.:

et sceleratis sol oritur,

Sen. Ben. 4, 26, 1; cf.:

qui solem suum oriri facit super bonos et malos,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 45: nondum omnium dierum sol occidit (Germ. Es ist noch nicht aller Tage Abend) = there are more days yet to come, sc. when the tables may be turned, Liv. 39, 26, 9.—

The poets reckon time in many ways by the movement, etc., of the sun:

bis me sol adiit gelidae post frigora brumae,

two years, Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 1:

donec sol annuus omnes conficeret metas,

within a year, Stat. Achill. 1, 455; cf. Nemes. Cyn. 122:

octavo lumine solis,

on the eighth day, Lucr. 6, 1195:

sol septimus,

Juv. 15, 44:

cum sol Herculei terga leonis adit,

in midsummer, Ov. A. A. 1, 68: O sol Pulcher, O laudande (= dies;

sc. Augusti reditus),

Hor. C. 4, 2, 46; cf. id. S. 1, 9, 72:

supremo sole,

at noon, id. Ep. 1, 5, 3:

sub medium solem,

Manil. 4, 651; cf. id. 4, 593:

sol abit,

it is growing late, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 32; cf.:

a primo ad ultimum solem,

all day long, Amm. 14, 6, 10.—

Transf., the sun, sunlight, sunshine, heat of the sun:

ager soli ostentus,

exposed to the sun, Cato, R. R. 6:

sarmenta imponito quae frigus defendant et solem,

id. ib. 48 (49):

uvas ponite in sole biduum,

id. ib. 112 (113):

sol semper hic est a mani ad vesperum,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 80:

quin exta inspicere in sole etiam vivo licet,

id. Aul. 3, 6, 29:

nec res posse in sole videri, ni, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 292:

nunc quidem paululum a sole,

out of the sun, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92:

cum in sole ambulem,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 60:

apricatio in illo Lucretino tuo sole,

id. Att. 7, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 6, 1:

iter in calescente sole factum erat,

Liv. 44, 36 init.:

torrente meridiano sole,

id. 44, 38:

ex vehementi sole,

id. 28, 15, 11:

urente assiduo sole,

id. 44, 33 fin.:

ut veniens dextrum latus aspiciat sol,

light of the morning sun, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 6:

reformidant insuetum lumina solem,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 49; cf.:

nam et solem lumina aegra formidant,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 6:

adversi solis ab ictu,

sunstroke, Ov. M. 3, 183:

altera (spelunca) solem non recipit,

Sen. Ep. 55, 6:

sole correptis,

Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 119:

pisces, quos sole torreant,

id. 7, 2, 2, § 30:

siccatur in sole,

id. 19, 1, 3, § 16:

in agmine (Caesar) anteibat capite detecto, seu sol seu imber esset,

Suet. Caes. 57:

patiens pulveris atque solis,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 4.— And trop.: in solem ac pulverem procedere, or producere, into heat and dust, i. e. into practical life (opp. umbra eruditorum), Cic. Brut. 9, 37; id. Leg. 3, 6, 14.—In a similar sense:

cedat stilus gladio, umbra soli,

Cic. Mur. 14, 30.—Prov.:

clarior quam solis radii,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 2:

sole ipso est clarius,

Arn. 1, n. 47; cf.

the class. luce clarius, and: cum id solis luce videatur clarius,

Cic. Div. 1, 3, 6.

Suns, images of the sun (class.):

neque pauci neque leves sunt qui se duo soles vidisse dicant,

Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15:

Albae duos soles visos ferebant,

Liv. 28, 11, 3:

et rursus plures soles simul cernuntur,

Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99:

quid eas vocem? imagines solis? Historici soles vocant, et binos ternosque adparuisse memoriae tradunt,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 11, 2.—

Poet. = days (v. I. C.):

nec tamen illis solibus ulla comparebat avis,

Lucr. 6, 1219:

saepe ego longos Cantando puerum memini me condere soles,

to spend the long summer days in singing, Verg. E. 9, 52:

tres soles... Erramus,

id. A. 3, 203; cf. Sil. 3, 554:

Bajani soles,

the sunny days of Bajœ, Mart. 6, 43, 5:

O soles!

id. 10, 51, 6: soles fulsere quondam tibi candidi, Cat. 8, 3, 8:

soles occidere et redire possunt,

id. 5, 4:

longis solibus,

Stat. Th. 5, 460:

solibus arctis,

short winter days, id. S. 1, 3, 88.—So, to describe certain seasons:

solibus hibernis... gratior,

than the sun in winter, Ov. M. 13, 793:

si numeres anno soles et nubila toto,

the sunny and cloudy days, id. Tr. 5, 8, 31.—

Light or heat of the sun ( poet. and in postAug. prose; cf.

D. supra): pars terrai perusta solibus assiduis,

Lucr. 5, 253; cf. Ov. H. 5, 112:

pluviis et solibus icta,

Lucr. 6, 1101:

quae carent ventis et solibus,

i. e. are buried, Hor. Epod. 16, 13; 2, 41:

et soles melius nitent,

id. C. 4, 5, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

ex imbri soles Prospicere... poteris,

Verg. G. 1, 393:

inque novos soles audent se gramina tuto Credere,

id. ib. 2, 332;

similarly,

Ov. F. 4, 404; Stat. Th. 1, 363; 4, 421; 4, 831:

tum blandi soles,

Ov. F. 1, 157:

frigore soles juvant,

id. R. Am. 405; so Mart. 10, 42:

Romulus et frater... Solibus et campo corpora nuda dabant,

Ov. F. 2, 366:

aequora semper solibus orba tument,

id. P. 1, 3, 54:

solibus rupta glacies,

Juv. 4, 43:

geminā pereunt caligine soles,

Stat. Th. 5, 154:

aestivos quo decipis aere soles?

id. S. 4, 4, 19:

tacent exhausti solibus amnes,

id. Th. 3, 2, 59; 4, 56; Mart. 10, 12, 7; 8, 14, 4; 14, 28; Ov. M. 1, 435:

cura soles assiduo quaerendi,

Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16:

perpeti soles,

id. 36, 22, 45, § 162:

evitatis solibus,

id. 28, 12, 50, § 186:

(sal) siccatur aestivis solibus,

id. 31, 7, 39, § 73:

merguntur in aquam solibus tepefactam,

id. 19, 1, 3, § 17:

nec campi minus soles accipiunt,

id. 17, 4, 3, § 29:

sarculatio novos soles admittit,

id. 18, 21, 50, § 184; cf. id. 12, 5, 11, § 23; 12, 7, 14, § 26:

aurea pellebant tepidos umbracula soles,

Ov. F. 2, 311:

dum patula defendimus arbore soles,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 70.—Very rarely of the sun's revolution, without reference to light or heat:

quae via soles praecipitet,

Stat. Th. 6, 362.—In class. prose sometimes solis ardores, with the force of the poet. soles:

et nimios solis defendit ardores,

Cic. Sen. 15, 53; cf.:

propter nimios solis ardores,

Sen. Ep. 90, 17.

Sol, the Sun-god.

Lit.

The ancient Italian deity Sol, represented as driving the four-horse sun-chariot from east to west; later identified with the Greek Helios, and hence often called Titan or Phœbus by the poets:

signi dic quid est? Cum quadrigis Sol exoriens,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 269:

Sol... aeternam suscepit lampada mundi,

Lucr. 5, 402:

rapax vis Solis equorum,

id. 5, 402:

quod magni filia Solis eram,

Ov. R. Am. 276; id. M. 14, 346:

Solis currus,

id. P. 4, 6, 48:

secundum (invocabis) Solem et Lunam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.:

grates tibi ago, summe Sol,

Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:

Sol Phaëthonti filio facturum se esse dixit quidquid optasset,

id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

Quid? illum filium Solis nonne patris ipsius luce indignum putas?

id. Tusc. 3, 12, 26:

qui Solem aurigando aequiperare existimaretur,

Suet. Ner. 53:

Solis colossus Rhodi,

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 41; 34, 8, 19, § 63.—Comic.:

credo edepol equidem dormire Solem atque adpotum probe,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 129.—

The Phœnician sun-god Heliogabalus (Elagabal), whose worship was introduced by the later emperors (Aurelianus, Heliogabalus):

ad templum Heliogabali tetendit... et Romae Soli templum posuit,

Vop. Aur. 25; cf. id. ib. 4; 14; 35; 39; Lampr. Heliog. 1; 3; afterwards called Sol Invictus, whose birthday, acc. to the Calendar. Const., was celebrated December 25th; cf. Julian. Or. 4, p. 156.—

Of the sun-worship of other nations:

(Germani) deorum numero ducunt Solem et Vulcanum et Lunam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21; cf.:

rex regum, frater Solis et Lunae,

of the king of Persia, Amm. 17, 5, 3.—

The sun-god as emblem of omniscience:

non potuit reperire, si ipsi Soli quaerundas dares, lepidiores ad hanc rem quam ego dabo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 206:

meliorem neque tu reperis, neque Sol videt,

id. Stich. 1, 2, 53:

at vigiles mundi... Sol et Luna,

Lucr. 5, 1435:

si hoc uno quicquam Sol vidisset iniquius,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 28:

O Solem ipsum beatissimum, qui antequam se abderet fugientem vidit Antonium,

id. Phil. 14, 10, 27:

Solem consule, qui late facta diurna videt,

Ov. F. 4, 582:

quis Solem fallere possit?

id. A. A. 2, 573; cf. Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 21; Sen. Herc. Fur. 595.—Hence represented as betrayer of conspiracies: propiusque honos [p. 1718] Boli, qui occulta conjurationis retexisset, Tac. A. 15, 74;

to him was commended the detection of murderers, in inscriptions over the slain: SOL, TIBI COMMENDO QVI MANVS INTVLIT EI,

Inscr. Orell. 4791:

SOL, TV INDICES EIVS MORTEM,

ib. 4792.—

Poet., to describe the times of the day: solverat flagrantes Sol pronus equos, = it was night, Stat. Th. 3, 408: Sol operum medius summo librabat Olympo Lucentes, ceu staret, equos, = it was mid-day, id. ib. 5, 85.

In gen., solis as an appellation.

DIES SOLIS, Sunday (late Lat.), Inscr. Orell. 508.—

Solis gemma, a precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.—

Solis insula, off the coast of Gedrosia, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 86; 6, 23, 26, § 97.—

Solis fons, in Marmorica, Curt. 4, 7, 22; Mela, 1, 8, 1; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31.—

Solis promunturium, in Africa, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9.—

Solis oppidum, a town in Ægina, Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 61.

sos, arch. contr. form.

For eos; v. is init. —

For suos; v. suus init.

Suēvi or Suēbi (in inscrr. always; but most MSS. have Suevi), ōrum, m., the Suevi, a powerful people in the north-eastern part of Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 1; Tac. G. 38; Luc. 2, 51.—Hence,

Suēvus or Suēbus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Suevi, Suevan:

natio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

crinis,

worn in the manner of the Suevi, Sil. 5, 134. — Subst.: Suēvus, i, m., one of the Suevi ( poet.), Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 655.—

Suēvĭa or Suēbĭa, ae, f., the country of the Suevi, Tac. G. 43 init. and 45 fin. —

Suēvĭcus or Suēbĭcus, a, um, adj., Suevic:

mare,

Tac. G. 45 init.

Suēvi or Suēbi (in inscrr. always; but most MSS. have Suevi), ōrum, m., the Suevi, a powerful people in the north-eastern part of Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 1; Tac. G. 38; Luc. 2, 51.—Hence,

Suēvus or Suēbus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Suevi, Suevan:

natio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

crinis,

worn in the manner of the Suevi, Sil. 5, 134. — Subst.: Suēvus, i, m., one of the Suevi ( poet.), Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 655.—

Suēvĭa or Suēbĭa, ae, f., the country of the Suevi, Tac. G. 43 init. and 45 fin. —

Suēvĭcus or Suēbĭcus, a, um, adj., Suevic:

mare,

Tac. G. 45 init.

Suēvi or Suēbi (in inscrr. always; but most MSS. have Suevi), ōrum, m., the Suevi, a powerful people in the north-eastern part of Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 1; Tac. G. 38; Luc. 2, 51.—Hence,

Suēvus or Suēbus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Suevi, Suevan:

natio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

crinis,

worn in the manner of the Suevi, Sil. 5, 134. — Subst.: Suēvus, i, m., one of the Suevi ( poet.), Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 655.—

Suēvĭa or Suēbĭa, ae, f., the country of the Suevi, Tac. G. 43 init. and 45 fin. —

Suēvĭcus or Suēbĭcus, a, um, adj., Suevic:

mare,

Tac. G. 45 init.

Suēvi or Suēbi (in inscrr. always; but most MSS. have Suevi), ōrum, m., the Suevi, a powerful people in the north-eastern part of Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 1; Tac. G. 38; Luc. 2, 51.—Hence,

Suēvus or Suēbus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Suevi, Suevan:

natio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

crinis,

worn in the manner of the Suevi, Sil. 5, 134. — Subst.: Suēvus, i, m., one of the Suevi ( poet.), Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 655.—

Suēvĭa or Suēbĭa, ae, f., the country of the Suevi, Tac. G. 43 init. and 45 fin. —

Suēvĭcus or Suēbĭcus, a, um, adj., Suevic:

mare,

Tac. G. 45 init.

Suēvi or Suēbi (in inscrr. always; but most MSS. have Suevi), ōrum, m., the Suevi, a powerful people in the north-eastern part of Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 1; Tac. G. 38; Luc. 2, 51.—Hence,

Suēvus or Suēbus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Suevi, Suevan:

natio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

crinis,

worn in the manner of the Suevi, Sil. 5, 134. — Subst.: Suēvus, i, m., one of the Suevi ( poet.), Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 655.—

Suēvĭa or Suēbĭa, ae, f., the country of the Suevi, Tac. G. 43 init. and 45 fin. —

Suēvĭcus or Suēbĭcus, a, um, adj., Suevic:

mare,

Tac. G. 45 init.

Suēvi or Suēbi (in inscrr. always; but most MSS. have Suevi), ōrum, m., the Suevi, a powerful people in the north-eastern part of Germany, Caes. B. G. 4, 1; Tac. G. 38; Luc. 2, 51.—Hence,

Suēvus or Suēbus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Suevi, Suevan:

natio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

crinis,

worn in the manner of the Suevi, Sil. 5, 134. — Subst.: Suēvus, i, m., one of the Suevi ( poet.), Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 655.—

Suēvĭa or Suēbĭa, ae, f., the country of the Suevi, Tac. G. 43 init. and 45 fin. —

Suēvĭcus or Suēbĭcus, a, um, adj., Suevic:

mare,

Tac. G. 45 init.