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  • 1 requiro

    rĕ-quīro, sīvi or sii, sītum, 3, v. a. [quaero], to seek again; to look after, to seek or search for; to seek to know, to ask or inquire after (class.; cf.: repeto, reposco, exploro).
    I.
    In gen.: Ph. Quid quaeritas? Ha. Vestigium hic requiro, Qua, etc., Plaut. Cist. 4. 2, 58:

    ego illam requiram jam, ubi ubi est,

    id. Ep. 3, 4, 56; so,

    aliquem,

    id. As. 2, 2, 1; id. Capt. 3, 1, 13; id. Bacch. 3, 5, 2; id. Pers. 4, [p. 1575] 6, 14; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 65; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 79; 5, 6, 41; Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44; Sall. C. 40, 1: legatos Allobrogum, Greg. M. in Job, 31, 54; Amm. 23, 6 al.; cf.:

    juvenem oculisque animoque,

    Ov. M. 4, 129:

    oculis terram,

    Curt. 4, 7, 11:

    cerva requisita,

    Gell. 15, 22, 6:

    libros,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10; cf.:

    scripta SCtis abolita,

    Suet. Calig. 16:

    extractum anulum,

    id. Tib. 73:

    membra omnia,

    Quint. 11, 2, 13:

    artus, ossa,

    Ov. M. 2, 336:

    portus Velinos,

    Verg. A. 6, 366:

    cibos,

    Col. 8, 8, 1:

    vinum generosum et lene,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 18:

    animi neque admirantur neque requirunt rationes earum rerum, quas semper vident,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96:

    causam tam facilis eventus,

    Front. Strat. 3, 1, 2; cf.

    causam,

    Ov. M. 10, 388:

    vera,

    Lucr. 1, 640:

    tua facta,

    Ov. H. 6, 31:

    mea facta,

    id. M 13, 211:

    quaedam requisita se occultant, et eadem forte succurrunt,

    Quint. 11, 2, 7; cf. id. 8, prooem. § 30 Zumpt N. cr.; id. 5, 10, 121:

    quod si quis parum credat, apud ipsum (Lucilium) in nono requirat,

    id. 1, 7, 19.—With dependent clause:

    requireres, rogitares, quis esset, aut unde esset, etc.,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 48:

    (bestiae) ut requirant atque appetant, ad quas se applicent ejusdem generis animantes,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 81:

    illud quoque requisivi, quā ratione, etc.,

    id. Quint. 29, 88; cf. id. N. D. 1, 22, 60:

    requirunt, num aliquid, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 9, 17:

    forsitan et, Priami fuerint quae fata, requiras,

    Verg. A. 2, 506:

    cum requisisset ubinam esset,

    Nep. Att. 10, 4:

    secum, cur sit bis rapta, requirit,

    Ov. M. 15, 233.— Impers. pass.:

    requiretur fortasse nunc, quemadmodem, etc.,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22. — Absol.:

    videmusne, ut pueri... pulsi requirant et aliquid scire se gaudeant?

    Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48:

    subito res vetustas reddere se et offerre, nec tantum requirentibus, sed etiam sponte interim,

    Quint. 11, 2, 5:

    pande requirenti nomen terraeque tuumque,

    Ov. M. 4, 679. —
    b.
    Requirere ex or ab aliquo (aliquid), to ask, demand, inquire any thing of a person; to question a person about any thing:

    ex quibus requiram, quonam modo latuerint aut ubi, etc.,

    Cic. Cael. 28, 67:

    si quis requirit cur Romae non sim,

    id. Att. 12, 40, 3; cf.:

    saepe ex me requiris, cur, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 1:

    quoniam nihil ex te hi requirunt,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 38, 64; Quint. 1, 6, 31:

    facilia sunt ea, quae a me de Vatinio requiris,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19; cf.:

    ut id a me neve in hoc reo neve in aliis requiras,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 19:

    illud mihi numquam in mentem venit a te requirere,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 5:

    aliquid de antiquitate ab aliquo,

    Nep. Att. 20, 2. —
    II.
    In partic., with the accessory idea of need, to ask for something needed; to need, want, lack, miss, be in want of, require (syn. desidero):

    omnes hoc loco cives Romani vestram severitatem desiderant, vestram fidem implorant, vestrum auxilium requirunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

    qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23:

    habuit, non habet: desiderat, requirit, indiget,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 87: isto bono utare, dum assit;

    cum absit, ne requiras: nisi forte adulescentes pueritiam, paulum aetate progressi adulescentiam debent requirere,

    id. Sen. 10, 33; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

    magnam res diligentiam requirebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 34:

    non ex liberis populis reges requiri,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

    mala causa est quae requirit misericordiam, Publ. Syr. v. 312 Rib.: divitias,

    Tib. 1, 1, 41.—
    b.
    Pass., to be required, i. e. to be requisite, necessary:

    in hoc bello Asiatico virtutes animi magnae et multae requiruntur,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

    haec in altercatione,

    Quint. 6, 3, 46:

    aliquae orationes ad cognoscendam litium rationem requiruntur,

    id. 10, 1, 23; Col. 1, 7, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., like desiderare, to perceive to be wanting, to look in vain for, to miss:

    qui (oculi) quocumque inciderunt, veterem consuetudinem fori et pristinum morem judiciorum requirunt,

    Cic. Mil. 1, 1:

    libertatem meam,

    id. Planc. 38, 93:

    et pacis ornamenta et subsidia belli,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6: unum historikon, id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

    Caesaris in se indulgentiam,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

    quae nonnumquam requirimus,

    Cic. Mur. 29, 61:

    aliquid,

    Quint. 2, 10, 15:

    multos, Quos quondam vidi,

    Ov. M. 7, 515:

    vereor, ne desideres officium meum... sed tamen vereor, ne litterarum a me officium requiras,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 1:

    in quo equidem majorum nostrorum saepe requiro prudentiam,

    id. Par. 1, 1, 7.— Hence, rĕquīsītum, i, n., P. a., as subst. (acc. to II.), a want, need, requirement (rare): ad requisita naturae, i. e. to the calls, Sall. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 59 (Hist. 1, 54 Dietsch); Spart. Car. 6.

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  • 2 perquiro

    per-quīro, sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [quaero].
    I.
    To ask or inquire after diligently, to make diligent search for any thing:

    perquirunt, quid causae siet,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 49:

    vasa,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 58, § 134; id. Cael. 22, 53:

    a contemplandis rebus perquirendisque deterreri,

    id. Fin. 5, 18, 48:

    aditus viasque in Suevos perquirit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 9 fin.; Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 23.— Absol.:

    perquirite et videte si, etc.,

    make inquiry, Vulg. 4 Reg. 10, 23.— Impers. pass.:

    perquiritur a coactoribus,

    Cic. Clu. 64, 180. —
    II.
    To examine:

    cognitionem rei,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 29, 112.—Hence, perquīsītē, adv., exactly, accurately; in comp.:

    perquisitius conscribere,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 41, 77.

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  • 3 perquisite

    per-quīro, sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [quaero].
    I.
    To ask or inquire after diligently, to make diligent search for any thing:

    perquirunt, quid causae siet,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 49:

    vasa,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 58, § 134; id. Cael. 22, 53:

    a contemplandis rebus perquirendisque deterreri,

    id. Fin. 5, 18, 48:

    aditus viasque in Suevos perquirit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 9 fin.; Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 23.— Absol.:

    perquirite et videte si, etc.,

    make inquiry, Vulg. 4 Reg. 10, 23.— Impers. pass.:

    perquiritur a coactoribus,

    Cic. Clu. 64, 180. —
    II.
    To examine:

    cognitionem rei,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 29, 112.—Hence, perquīsītē, adv., exactly, accurately; in comp.:

    perquisitius conscribere,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 41, 77.

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  • 4 inquiro

    inquīro, sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [in-quaero], to seek after, search for, inquire into any thing (cf. anquirere).
    I.
    Lit.:

    vera illa honestas, quam natura maxime inquirit,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

    omnia ordine,

    Liv. 22, 7, 11:

    sedes,

    Just. 3, 4:

    inquire in ea quae memoriae sunt prodita,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4:

    de opere,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    verborum originem,

    id. 1, 6, 28:

    aliquibus inquirenda quaedam mandare,

    id. 10, 1, 128:

    vitia (alicujus),

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 28:

    quid sit furere,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 41.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Jurid., to search for grounds of accusation against one:

    cum ego diem inquirendi in Siciliam perexiguam postulavissem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 6:

    in competitores,

    id. Mur. 21:

    de rebus capitalibus,

    Curt. 6, 8, 17:

    inquisitum missi de iis, quorum, etc.,

    Liv. 40, 20, 3.—
    B.
    To search, pry, examine, or inquire into any thing:

    si quis habet causam celebritatis, in eum quid agat inquiritur, etc.,

    Cic. de Off. 2, 13, 44:

    nimium inquirens in se, atque ipse sese observans,

    Cic. Brut. 82, 283:

    filius ante diem patrios inquirit in annos,

    to inquire how long his father will live, Ov. M. 1, 148:

    totum in orbem,

    id. ib. 12, 63:

    obstitit oceanus in se simul et in Herculem inquiri,

    Tac. G. 34.— Hence, inquīsītus, a, um, P. a., searched into or for:

    res,

    Liv. 10, 40, 10:

    corpus magna cum cura inquisitum,

    searched for, id. 22, 7, 5:

    istanc rem inquisitam certumst non amittere,

    not to neglect inquiry, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 217.— Hence, adv.: inquīsītē, with investigation, thoroughly, Gell. 1, 3, 9; comp., id. 1, 3, 21.

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  • 5 inquisite

    inquīro, sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [in-quaero], to seek after, search for, inquire into any thing (cf. anquirere).
    I.
    Lit.:

    vera illa honestas, quam natura maxime inquirit,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

    omnia ordine,

    Liv. 22, 7, 11:

    sedes,

    Just. 3, 4:

    inquire in ea quae memoriae sunt prodita,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4:

    de opere,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    verborum originem,

    id. 1, 6, 28:

    aliquibus inquirenda quaedam mandare,

    id. 10, 1, 128:

    vitia (alicujus),

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 28:

    quid sit furere,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 41.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Jurid., to search for grounds of accusation against one:

    cum ego diem inquirendi in Siciliam perexiguam postulavissem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 6:

    in competitores,

    id. Mur. 21:

    de rebus capitalibus,

    Curt. 6, 8, 17:

    inquisitum missi de iis, quorum, etc.,

    Liv. 40, 20, 3.—
    B.
    To search, pry, examine, or inquire into any thing:

    si quis habet causam celebritatis, in eum quid agat inquiritur, etc.,

    Cic. de Off. 2, 13, 44:

    nimium inquirens in se, atque ipse sese observans,

    Cic. Brut. 82, 283:

    filius ante diem patrios inquirit in annos,

    to inquire how long his father will live, Ov. M. 1, 148:

    totum in orbem,

    id. ib. 12, 63:

    obstitit oceanus in se simul et in Herculem inquiri,

    Tac. G. 34.— Hence, inquīsītus, a, um, P. a., searched into or for:

    res,

    Liv. 10, 40, 10:

    corpus magna cum cura inquisitum,

    searched for, id. 22, 7, 5:

    istanc rem inquisitam certumst non amittere,

    not to neglect inquiry, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 217.— Hence, adv.: inquīsītē, with investigation, thoroughly, Gell. 1, 3, 9; comp., id. 1, 3, 21.

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  • 6 anquīrō

        anquīrō sīvī, sītus, ere    [am- (for ambi-) + quaero], to seek on all sides, look about, search after: aliquem: omnia, quae sunt, etc.—Fig., to inquire diligently, examine into: alqd: conducat id necne: quid valeat id, anquiritur: de alio.— Esp., to conduct a judicial inquiry: de perduellione, L. — To prosecute (with gen. or abl. of the punishment): cum capitis anquisissent, L.: pecuniā anquirere, for a fine, L.
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    anquirere, anquisivi, anquisitus V
    seek, search diligently after, inquire into, examine judicially; indict

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  • 7 cōgnōscō

        cōgnōscō gnōvī (often contr., cōgnōstī, cōgnōrō, cōgnōsse, etc.), gnitus, ere    [com- + (g)nōscō], to become acquainted with, acquire knowledge of, ascertain, learn, perceive, understand ; perf., to know: regiones, Cs.: domūs atque villas, S.: amnem, V.: quam (antiquitatem) habuit cognitam, N.: casūs nostros, V.: miserias sociorum: quis sim, ex eo, S.: per exploratores montem teneri, Cs.: furto postridie cognito: quibus (scriptis) cognitis, after reading, N.: id se a Gallicis armis cognovisse, knew by their weapons, Cs.: fide cognitā, tested, N.: ab his, non longe oppidum abesse, Cs.: sed Metello experimentis cognitum erat, genus infidum esse, S.: quem plane perditum cognorat: vos fortīs, S.: aliter ac sperarat rem p. se habentem, N.: alqm magni animi: alqm paratissimo animo: tandem qui siem, T.: id socordiāne an casu acciderit, S.: cognito, vivere Ptolemaeum, L.—Poet.: casus multis hic cognitus, experienced by, Iu. — Supin. acc.: promissa eius cognitum ex praesentibus inisit, S.—Supin. abl.: pleraque digna cognitu. — To recognize, acknowledge, identify: in eā re utilitatem meam, T.: alii, ne cognoscerentur, ad necem rapiebantur: inter ceteras Veturiam, L.: ostendimus Cethego signum, cognovit: signa sua, S.: cognoscenti similis fuit, seemed to recognize him, O.: pecus exceptum est, quod cognovissent, identified, L.: neque currentem se cognoscit, is like himself, V.: eum Syracusis, to identify.—To seek to know, inquire into, investigate, examine: Verres cognoscebat, Verres iudicabat: accusationem causamque: numerum militum: de agro Campano: de hereditate.—To criticise, appreciate: ut neque spectari neque cognosci (fabula) potuerit, T.: et cognoscendi et ignoscendi peccati locus, T. — To reconnoitre, spy, act as scout: qualis esset natura montis, qui cognoscerent, misit, Cs.
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    cognoscere, cognovi, cognitus V TRANS
    become acquainted with/aware of; recognize; learn, find to be; inquire/examine

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  • 8 inquīrō

        inquīrō sīvī (-sīsse, -sīssent, L.), sītus, ere    [<*> in + quaero], to seek after, search for: corpus funeris causā inquisitum, L.—To search into, examine, investigate, scrutinize: honestas, quam natura maxime inquirit: omnia ordine, L.: vitia tua, H.: rem inquisitam ad consulem detulit, after investigating it, L.: inquire in ea quae, etc.: patrios in annos, how long the father will live, O.: obstitit oceanus in se simul et in Herculem inquiri, Ta.: quid sit furere, H.: Cui placeas, O.: in eum quid <*>gat inquiritur, etc.—In law, to make an investigation, seek grounds of accusation: diem inquirendi postulare: de rebus capitalibus, Cu.: inquisitum missi de iis, quorum, etc., L.
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    inquirere, inquisivi, inquisitus V
    examine, investigate, scrutinize; seek grounds for accusation; search, seek

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  • 9 propior

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

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  • 10 propiora

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

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  • 11 proximi

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

    Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proximi

  • 12 proximum

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

    Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

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  • 13 cōnsulō

        cōnsulō luī, ltum, ere    [com-+2 SAL-], to meet and consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, consult, take care, have regard, look out, be mindful: tempus consulendi, T.: ad consulendum potestas, L.: ut animi trepidarent magis quam consulerent, L.: praesidium consulenti curiae, H.: inpensius, V.: in longitudinem, to take thought for the future, T.: in commune, for the common good, T.: in medium, V.: de salute suorum: ut illorum solitudo munita sit: custodi et consule longe (with ne), V.: ut urbi satis esset praesidii, consultum est: famae tuae: receptui suo, Cs.: rei p., S.: timori magis quam religioni, Cs.: mi consultum optime esse, T.: rerum summae, O.: male patriae, N. — To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine: de uxore, S.: de nullis quam vobis infestius, L.: gravius in eum, S.: in humiliores libidinose, L.: in deditos durius, Ta.—To consult, inquire of, ask for advice, counsel with, apply to, question: spectatas undas, quid se deceat, O.: pro te hos: si publice consuletur, Ta.: collegium consuli iussit, num, etc., L.: consulta, qualem Optet habere virum, asked, O.: te id, ask your opinion of it. — Supin. acc.: ut esset, quo consultum plebes veniret, L.— To consult (a god, an oracle, etc.): Apollinem de re: deum auguriis, L.: Phoebi oracula, O.: de se ter sortibus consultum, utrum, etc., Cs.: spirantia exta, V.: numen nunc extis nunc per aves, L.: consultus vates, V.— To take counsel (of a lawyer), ask advice: de iure civili consuli: qui consuluntur, i. e. skilled in the law: licet consulere? (a formula of asking advice): consulere licebit? Consule, H.— To refer to (an authority, a legislative body, etc.), consult: senatum, S.: senatum de foedere, Cs.: populum de eius morte: plebem in omnia (tribuni), L. — To deliberate upon, consider: rem ordine, L.: consulere et explorare rem: quid agant, Cs. — To advise, counsel, recommend: tun consulis quicquam? T. — To resolve upon, determine, decide: potestas consulendi quid velis, T.: pessime istuc in te, T.: suae vitae durius, i. e. commit suicide, Cs.: quae reges male consuluerint, S. —In the phrase, boni consulere, to regard favorably, take in good part: tu haec consule missa boni, O.
    * * *
    consulere, consului, consultus V
    ask information/advice of; consult, take counsel; deliberate/consider; advise; decide upon, adopt; look after/out for (DAT), pay attention to; refer to

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  • 14 requīrō

        requīrō sīvī, sītus, ere    [re-+quaero], to seek again, look after, search for: fratrem, T.: iuvenem oculis animoque, O.: terram oculis, Cu.: libros, V.: vinum generosum, H.— To seek to know, ask, inquire for, demand: Pande requirenti nomen tuum, O.: rationes rerum: mea facta, O.: ex quibus requiram, quem ad modum, etc.: ea, quae a me de Vatinio requiris: aliquid de antiquitate ab eo, N.: cur Romae non sim: Forsitan et, Priami fuerint quae fata, requiras, V.: ubinam esset, N.: dolus an virtus, quis in hoste requirat? V.— To need, want, lack, be in want of, require: desiderat, requirit, indiget: isto bono utare, dum adsit; cum absit, ne requiras: qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior: magnam res diligentiam requirebat, Cs.: in hoc bello virtutes animi requiruntur, are called for.—To perceive to be wanting, feel the lack of, look in vain for, miss: pristinum morem iudiciorum: pacis ornamenta: Caesaris indulgentiam in se, Cs.: quae (bona) nonnumquam requirimus, lament the absence of: Amissos longo socios sermone, i. e. lament, V.
    * * *
    requirere, requisivi, requisitus V
    require, seek, ask for; need; miss, pine for

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  • 15 anquiro

    an-quīro, quīsīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [2. anand quaero], to seek on all sides, to look about for, to search after.
    I.
    Lit. and in gen.: anquirere est circum quaerere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

    anquirere aliquem, apud quem evomet virus, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 23, 87; so id. ib. 27, 102; id. Off. 1, 4, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., to inquire about, to examine into:

    aut anquirunt aut consultant, conducat id necne,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    anquirentibus nobis omnique acie ingenii contemplantibus,

    id. de Or. 1, 33; so id. Fat. 9; Tac. A. 12, 6 al. —
    II.
    Esp. in judic. lang. t. t.
    A.
    To institute a careful inquiry or examination:

    de perduellione,

    Liv. 6, 20:

    de morte alicujus,

    Tac. A. 3, 12.—
    B.
    To enter a complaint, to accuse one, with the word designating the punishment in the abl. or gen.:

    capite anquisitus,

    Liv. 8, 33:

    pecuniā anquirere,

    id. 26, 3:

    cum capitis anquisissent,

    id. 2, 52; 26, 3.—Hence, anquīsītē, adv., carefully (only in Gell.):

    satis anquisite satisque sollicite,

    Gell. 1, 3, 9, where Hertz now reads inquisite. — Comp.:

    Theophrastus anquisitius super hac ipsā re et exactius pressiusque quam Cicero disserit,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21, where Hertz now reads inquisitius.

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  • 16 anquisite

    an-quīro, quīsīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [2. anand quaero], to seek on all sides, to look about for, to search after.
    I.
    Lit. and in gen.: anquirere est circum quaerere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

    anquirere aliquem, apud quem evomet virus, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 23, 87; so id. ib. 27, 102; id. Off. 1, 4, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., to inquire about, to examine into:

    aut anquirunt aut consultant, conducat id necne,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    anquirentibus nobis omnique acie ingenii contemplantibus,

    id. de Or. 1, 33; so id. Fat. 9; Tac. A. 12, 6 al. —
    II.
    Esp. in judic. lang. t. t.
    A.
    To institute a careful inquiry or examination:

    de perduellione,

    Liv. 6, 20:

    de morte alicujus,

    Tac. A. 3, 12.—
    B.
    To enter a complaint, to accuse one, with the word designating the punishment in the abl. or gen.:

    capite anquisitus,

    Liv. 8, 33:

    pecuniā anquirere,

    id. 26, 3:

    cum capitis anquisissent,

    id. 2, 52; 26, 3.—Hence, anquīsītē, adv., carefully (only in Gell.):

    satis anquisite satisque sollicite,

    Gell. 1, 3, 9, where Hertz now reads inquisite. — Comp.:

    Theophrastus anquisitius super hac ipsā re et exactius pressiusque quam Cicero disserit,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21, where Hertz now reads inquisitius.

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  • 17 arbiter

    arbĭter, tri, m. [ar = ad (v. ad init.) and bito = eo], orig., one that goes to something in order to see or hear it; hence, a spectator, beholder, hearer, an eye-witness, a witness (class. through all periods; used several times by Plaut., but only twice by Ter.; syn.: testis, speculator, conscius).
    I.
    In gen.:

    aequi et justi hic eritis omnes arbitri,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 16:

    mi quidem jam arbitri vicini sunt, meae quid fiat domi, Ita per impluvium introspectant,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 3:

    ne arbitri dicta nostra arbitrari (i. e. speculari, v. arbitror) queant,

    id. Capt. 2, 1, 28; so id. ib. 2, 1, 34; id. Cas. 1, 1, 2; 1, 1, 55; id. Mil. 4, 4, 1; id. Merc. 5, 4, 46; id. Poen. 1, 1, 50; 3, 3, 50; id. Trin. 1, 2, 109:

    aut desine aut cedo quemvis arbitrum,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 43:

    quis est decisionis arbiter?

    Cic. Fl. 36:

    ab arbitris remoto loco,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 31:

    remotis arbitris,

    after the removal of, id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    omnibus arbitris procul amotis,

    Sall. C. 20, 1 Corte:

    arbitros eicit,

    Liv. 1, 41:

    remotis arbitris,

    id. 2, 4:

    sine arbitro,

    id. 27, 28:

    absque arbitris,

    Vulg. Gen. 39, 11:

    loca abdita et ab arbitris libera,

    Cic. Att. 15, 16 B; Just. 21, 4:

    secretorum omnium arbiter, i. e. conscius,

    Curt. 3, 12, 9:

    procul est, ait, arbiter omnis,

    Ov. M. 2, 458 (cf. id. ib. 4, 63: conscius omnis abest).—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    In judic. lang., t. t., prop., he that is appointed to inquire into a cause (cf. adire hiberna, Tac. H. 1, 52, and intervenio) and settle it; hence, an umpire, arbiter, a judge, in an actio bonae fidei (i. e. who decides acc. to equity, while the judex decides acc. to laws), Sen. Ben. 3, 7 (cf. Zimmern, Rechtsgesch. 3 B, § 8; 3 B, § 42; 3 B, § 60 sq., and the jurists there cited).— So in the fragments of the Twelve Tables: JVDICI. ARBITROVE. REOVE. DIES. DIFFISVS. ESTO., ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. reus, p. 227 Müll.: Prae TOR. ARBITROS. TRES. DATO. ap. Fest. s. v. vindiciae, p. 376 Müll., and the ancient judicial formula:

    P. J. A. V. P. V. D., i. e. PRAETOREM JVDICEM ARBITRVMVE POSTVLO VTI DET,

    Val. Prob. p. 1539 P.:

    ibo ad arbitrum,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 101; so id. ib. 4, 3, 104:

    Vicini nostri hic ambigunt de finibus: Me cepere arbitrum,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 90 (arbiter dabatur his, qui de finibus regendis ambigerent, Don.); so,

    arbiter Nolanis de finibus a senatu datus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33.—Of the Hebrew judges:

    subjacebit damno, quantum arbitri judicaverint,

    Vulg. Exod. 21, 22.—Hence, trop.:

    Taurus immensus ipse et innumerarum gentium arbiter,

    that sets boundaries to numerous tribes, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97:

    arbitrum familiae herciscundae postulavit,

    Cic. Caecin. 7: arbitrum illum adegit (i. e. ad arbitrum illum egit; cf.

    adigo),

    id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

    quis in hanc rem fuit arbiter?

    id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12.—In the time of Cicero, when, acc. to the Lex Aebutia, the decisions were given in definite formulae of the praetor, the formal distinction between judex and arbiter disappeared, Cic. Mur. 12 fin. —
    B.
    Transf. from the sphere of judicial proceedings, a judge, an arbitrator, umpire, in gen.: arbiter inter antiquam Academiam et Zenonem. Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:

    Judicet Dominus, arbiter hujus diei, inter etc.,

    Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—So of Paris:

    arbiter formae,

    Ov. H. 16, 69: pugnae, the judge, umpire of the contest, ho brabeutês, Hor. C. 3, 20, 11:

    favor arbiter coronae,

    which adjudged the prize of victory, Mart. 7, 72, 10.—
    C.
    He that rules over, governs, or manages something, a lord, ruler, master (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; syn.: rex, dominus): arbiter imperii (Augustus), Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 47:

    armorum (Mars),

    id. F. 3, 73:

    bibendi,

    Hor. C. 2, 7, 25 (cf. id. ib. 1, 4, 18: nec regna vini sortiere talis, and in Gr. basileus tou sumposiou):

    quo (sc. Noto) non arbiter Hadriae Major,

    who rules over the sea, id. ib. 1, 3, 15:

    arbiter Eurystheus irae Junonis iniquae,

    i. e. the executor, fulfiller of her wrath, Ov. H. 9, 45 al. —In prose, Tac. A. 1, 26:

    regni,

    id. ib. 13, 14, where Halm reads arbitrium:

    rerum,

    id. ib. 2, 73:

    di potentium populorum arbitri,

    id. ib. 15, 24:

    (JOVI) RERVM RECTORI FATORVMQVE ARBITRO,

    Inscr. Orell. 1269 et saep.

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  • 18 requirito

    rĕquīrĭto, āre, v. freq. a., to ask after, inquire for any thing:

    res novas,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 11.

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  • 19 scisco

    scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.
    I.
    Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):

    nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 15:

    illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

    id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

    rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:

    rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,

    Liv. 42, 21 fin.:

    adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,

    id. 1, 17 fin.:

    ad sciscendum plebi,

    id. 6, 35:

    si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,

    Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:

    qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:

    multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),

    Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

    illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:

    munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,

    Sil. 7, 545.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:

    qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,

    id. Planc. 14, 35. —
    B.
    To learn, ascertain, know:

    ut illi id factum sciscerent,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —
    III.
    Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:

    confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    (Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):

    hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:

    mulier scita atque prudens,

    Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):

    sycophanta,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:

    homo,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

    convivator,

    a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:

    scitus bellum (venereum) init,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:

    ea mulieris scitae comitas,

    Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:

    non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:

    Nessus scitus vadorum,

    acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:

    Thalia lyrae,

    id. F. 5, 54:

    Sthenelus pugnandi,

    Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):

    scitus accendere corda Laudibus,

    Sil. 17, 293:

    accendere Martem,

    id. 15, 594.—
    b.
    Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:

    pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

    scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.

    interrogationes,

    Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:

    oratio optima et scitissima,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:

    si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,

    Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:

    oratoris dictum,

    Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:

    scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,

    id. Lael. 24, 90;

    Scytharum legati,

    Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

    scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,

    a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

    hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

    scitum est causam conferre in tempus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
    2.
    Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;

    syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.

    Iphis,

    Petr. 63, 3:

    mulierculae formae scitioris,

    Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):

    vox admodum scita et canora,

    Gell. 18, 5, 2:

    haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):

    scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,

    Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:

    quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

    plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,

    id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:

    de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,

    Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:

    scita plebis injuncta patribus,

    id. 3, 67; 22, 26;

    Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

    Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,

    in one word, populiscitum,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:

    ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,

    Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:

    cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,

    Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:

    decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,

    id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    regis,

    Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):

    eho, nimium scite scitus es,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:

    tondetur nimium scite,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:

    satis scite et probe,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):

    (rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,

    id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:

    scite et venuste facta,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

    illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

    54: non scite (dictum),

    id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,

    dictum,

    Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:

    scite loqui,

    Liv. 10, 19:

    parum scite convivium exornare,

    Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:

    scitius,

    Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:

    scitissime,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > scisco

  • 20 sciscor

    scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.
    I.
    Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):

    nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,

    Cic. Fl. 7, 15:

    illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

    id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

    rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:

    rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,

    Liv. 42, 21 fin.:

    adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,

    id. 1, 17 fin.:

    ad sciscendum plebi,

    id. 6, 35:

    si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,

    Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:

    qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:

    multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),

    Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

    illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:

    munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,

    Sil. 7, 545.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:

    qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

    quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,

    id. Planc. 14, 35. —
    B.
    To learn, ascertain, know:

    ut illi id factum sciscerent,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —
    III.
    Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:

    confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    (Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):

    hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:

    mulier scita atque prudens,

    Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):

    sycophanta,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:

    homo,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

    convivator,

    a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:

    scitus bellum (venereum) init,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:

    ea mulieris scitae comitas,

    Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:

    non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:

    Nessus scitus vadorum,

    acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:

    Thalia lyrae,

    id. F. 5, 54:

    Sthenelus pugnandi,

    Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):

    scitus accendere corda Laudibus,

    Sil. 17, 293:

    accendere Martem,

    id. 15, 594.—
    b.
    Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:

    pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

    scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.

    interrogationes,

    Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:

    oratio optima et scitissima,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:

    si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,

    Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:

    oratoris dictum,

    Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:

    scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,

    id. Lael. 24, 90;

    Scytharum legati,

    Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

    scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,

    a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

    hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

    scitum est causam conferre in tempus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—
    2.
    Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;

    syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.

    Iphis,

    Petr. 63, 3:

    mulierculae formae scitioris,

    Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):

    vox admodum scita et canora,

    Gell. 18, 5, 2:

    haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):

    scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,

    Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:

    quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

    plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,

    id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:

    de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,

    Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:

    scita plebis injuncta patribus,

    id. 3, 67; 22, 26;

    Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

    Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,

    in one word, populiscitum,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:

    ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,

    Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:

    cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,

    Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:

    decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,

    Liv. 1, 20:

    quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,

    id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    regis,

    Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):

    eho, nimium scite scitus es,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:

    tondetur nimium scite,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:

    satis scite et probe,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):

    (rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,

    id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:

    scite et venuste facta,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

    illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

    54: non scite (dictum),

    id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,

    dictum,

    Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:

    scite loqui,

    Liv. 10, 19:

    parum scite convivium exornare,

    Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:

    scitius,

    Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:

    scitissime,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

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