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1 inter-dum

inter-dum adv., sometimes, occasionally, now and then: Pecuniam neglegere est interdum lucrum, T.: saepe gratiā interdum iurgiis trahendo tempus, S.: lacrimas tenere, Cs.: dicere: interdum... interdum, now... now, at one time... at another, O.: modo... interdum, S.: interdum... alias.

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2 inter

inter, adv., and prep. with acc. [kindred to in, intra; Sanscr. antar; Goth. undar; Germ. unter; Engl. under].
I.
Adv., in the midst, in between ( poet. and rare):
dumque pii petit ora patris stetit arduus inter pontus,
Val. Fl. 5, 337:
tot montibus inter diviso,
id. 6, 220; 8, 382. —
II.
Prep., with acc., between, belwixt, among, amid, surrounded by.
A.
Lit., in space.
1.
Of position only.
a.
Referring to two places or objects, between:
qui (mons Jura) est inter Sequanos et Helvetios,
Caes. B. G. 1, 2:
cum inter me et Brundisium Caesar esset,
Cic. Att. 9, 2:
inter Padum atque Alpes,
Liv. 5, 35:
ager Tarquiniorum, qui inter urbem ac Tiberim fuit,
id. 2, 5:
locus inter duos lucos,
id. 1, 8, 5:
apud Artemisium inter Euboeam continentemque terram,
id. 2, 5, 2; so,
inter haec maria Asia,
Curt. 3, 1, 13.—
b.
Referring to more than two places or objects, among, in the midst of:
inter hostium tela versari,
Cic. de Or. 1, 46:
inter multos saucios spe incertae vitae relictus,
Liv. 2, 17, 4:
rex inter primos constiterat,
Curt. 5, 3, 9:
inter multitudinem,
Liv. 22, 13, 2:
inter lignarios,
id. 35, 41, 10:
repertae inter spolia catenae,
Tac. A. 2, 18:
vicos aut inter vias manere,
Suet. Caes. 39:
inter ingentes solitudines,
Sall. J 89, 4:
inter deserta ferarum Lustra domosque,
Verg. A. 3, 646.— So, even with a noun in the sing., in the midst of, surrounded by:
erat inter ceteram planitiem mons,
Sall. J. 92, 5:
tibicines inter exercitum positi,
Gell. 1, 11, 3:
inter caedem aquila,
Tac. A. 1, 60; cf.:
inter ceteram praedam,
Liv. 22, 16, 7; 8, 10, 10:
inter purpuram atque aurum,
id. 9, 17, 16. —
2.
With verbs of motion.
a.
Between, through, among:
inter medias stationes hostium erupere,
Liv. 35, 11:
acies inter bina castra procedunt,
id. 4, 18, 3; Tac. A. 14, 33:
inter oppositas classes transmisit,
Suet. Caes. 58:
spatiabatur in nemore Parmenion medius inter duces,
Curt. 7, 2, 23:
medios inter hostes Londinium perrexit,
Tac. A. 14, 33.—
b.
Pregn., including motion to and position between or among things mentioned, among, into the midst of:
inter densas, umbrosa cacumina, fagos Adsidue veniebat,
Verg. E. 2, 3:
te mea dextera magna inter praemia ducet,
id. A. 12, 437:
dico te priore nocte venisse inter falcarios in Laecae domum,
among the scythe-makers, into the street of the scythe-makers, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 8.—
B.
Transf., of relations conceived as local.
1.
In discrimination (doubt, choice, etc.), between two or more objects:
judicium inter deas tres,
Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114; cf.:
inter Marcellos et Claudios patricios judicare,
id. de Or. 1, 39, 176:
inter has sententias dijudicare,
id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:
inter diversas opiniones electio, Quint. prooem. 2: discrimen inter gratiosos cives atque fortes,
id. Balb. 21, 49:
inter optime valere et gravissime aegrotare nihil prorsus interesse,
id. Fin. 2, 13, 43:
qui bellum et pacem inter dubitabant,
Tac. A. 12, 32:
trepidare inter scelus metumque,
id. H. 3, 39:
inter pugnae fugaeque consilium,
Liv. 1, 27.—So, with inter repeated:
ut nihil inter te atque inter quadrupedem aliquam putes interesse,
Cic. Par. 1; id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:
quid intersit inter popularem civem et inter constantem, severum et gravem,
id. Lael. 25, 95.—
2.
In expressing any relation which connects two or more persons, conceived as between or among them (strife, rivalry, friendship, intercourse, etc.).
(α).
In gen.:
quos inter magna fuit contentio,
Nep. Mil. 4, 4:
Nestor componere lites Inter Peliden festinat et inter Atriden,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 12:
certamen inter primores civitates,
Liv. 10, 6.—Esp., with pronouns, to express all reciprocal relations, among, with, or between one another; mutually, together:
quasi nunc non norimus nos inter nos,
Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58; id. Att. 10, 4, 10; id. N. D. 1, 26, 51:
quod colloquimur inter nos,
with one another, id. de Or. 1, 8, 32; cf.:
inter nos naturā ad civilem communitatem conjuncti sumus,
id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:
vobis inter vos voluntatem fuisse conjunctam,
id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 34: Ciceronis pueri amant inter se, love one another (like the Fr. s ' entr ' aimer), id. Att. 6, 1, 12:
inter se consultare,
id. de Or. 2, 3, 13:
inter se amare,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:
neque solum se colent inter se ac diligent,
id. Lael. 22, 82:
Di inter se diligunt,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 122:
furtim inter se aspiciebant,
id. Cat. 3, 5, 13:
complecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,
Liv. 7, 42:
haec inter se cum repugnent, plerique non vident,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 72:
inter se nondum satis noti,
Liv. 21, 39:
ratio et oratio conciliat homines inter se,
Cic. Off. 1, 16, 50:
ne nostra nobiscum aut inter nos cessatio vituperetur,
id. Fam. 9, 3, 4:
quae res eos in magno diuturnoque bello inter se habuit,
Sall. J. 79, 3.—Sometimes pleon., the reciprocal relation being sufficiently expressed by the context:
manus conserentis inter se Romanos exercitus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch:
Ulixes cum Ajace summa vi contendere inter se,
Dict. Cret. 5, 14:
conferti inter se,
id. 2, 46.—
(β).
So of things:
ita effici complexiones atomorum inter se,
mutual, reciprocal, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19:
colles duos inter se propinquos occupat,
near one another, Sall. J. 98, 3:
haud procul inter se erant,
id. ib. 41, 2:
multum inter se distant istae facultates,
Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 215:
res inter se similes,
Quint. 9, 2, 51:
inter se dissimilis,
id. 9, 4, 17.—
(γ).
Of a common privacy, secrecy, etc.: inter nos, between or among ourselves, confidentially, like the Fr. entre nous:
nec consulto dicis occulte, sed quod inter nos liceat, ne tu quidem intellegis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 74:
quod inter nos liceat dicere,
id. Att. 2, 4:
quod inter nos sit,
but let that be between ourselves, Sen. Ep. 12, 2. —
(δ).
With nouns denoting a multitude of persons, like apud (not ante-Aug.):
haudquaquam inter id genus contemptor habebatur,
Liv. 6, 34, 5:
inter hostes variae fuere sententiae,
id. 4, 18, 1:
credula fama inter gaudentes,
Tac. H. 1, 34:
more inter veteres recepto,
id. ib. 2, 85.—
3.
Of a class of persons or things to which the subject is referred.
a.
In gen., among:
homines inter suos nobiles,
Cic. Fl. 22, 52:
inter suos et honestus et nobilis,
id. Clu. 5, 11:
in oratoribus vero admirabile est, quantum inter omnes unus excellat,
id. Or. 2, 6:
inter philosophos (Xenophon) reddendus est,
Quint. 10, 1, 37:
ille Croesus, inter reges opulentissimus,
Sen. Contr. 2, 9:
Borysthenes inter Scythiae amnes amoenissimus,
Mel. 2, 1, 6.— So freq. with sup., inter and acc. take the place of a gen.:
honestissimus inter suos numerabatur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:
plurimum inter eos valere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 4:
maximum imperium inter finitimos,
Liv. 5, 3, 10:
inter Atheniensīs longe clarissimi,
Curt. 4, 13, 15; Plin. 34, 8, 21, § 81; Petr. 78; Sen. Suas. 2, 7; 2, 12; Just. 12, 7, 2; 36, 2, 6.
b.
Esp.: inter paucos, etc., [p. 977] among few, i. e. among the few select ones, eminently, especially:
pingunt et vestes in Aegypto inter pauca mirabili genere,
Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150; cf.:
sternutamento utilis inter pauca,
id. 24, 11, 58, § 97:
pugna inter paucas memorata populi Romani clades,
Liv. 22, 7; cf.:
inter paucos disertus,
Quint. 10, 3, 13:
inter paucos familiarium Neroni assumptus est,
Tac. A. 16, 18:
claritudine paucos inter senum regum,
id. ib. 11, 10; so, inter alios: judicatur inter alios omnes beatus, qui in proelio profuderit animam, among all others to be noticed, i. e. especially, in the highest degree, Amm. 2, 3, 6; so,
inter cuncta,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 96:
inter omnia,
Curt. 3, 3, 18:
inter cetera,
Liv. 37, 12.—
c.
In judic. lang., t. t.: inter sicarios, on the charge of assassination:
cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset,
Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54; id. Clu. 53, 147; cf.:
in recuperatorio judicio ejus maleficii, de quo inter sicarios quaeritur,
id. Inv. 2, 20, 60:
longo intervallo judicium inter sicarios hoc primum committitur,
id. Rosc. Am. 5, 11:
sexcenti sunt, qui inter sicarios et de veneficiis accusabant,
id. ib. 32, 90:
si ostenderis, quomodo sis eos inter sicarios defensurus,
id. Phil. 2, 4, 8.—
4.
In some idiomatic phrases.
a.
Inter manus, within reach, i. e. close at hand:
ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras,
Verg. A. 11, 311; also, upon or in the hands:
inter manus domum ablatus,
Liv. 3, 13:
inter quas (manus) collapsus extinguitur,
Curt. 8, 2, 39:
inter manus auferri,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:
inter manus meas crevit,
under my hands, Sen. Ep. 12:
manus inter maestorumque ora parentum,
before their faces and within their reach, Verg. A. 2, 681.—
b.
Inter viam, vias, on the way:
dum rus eo, coepi egomet mecum inter vias,
Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43:
si se inter viam obtulerit,
Cic. Att. 4, 3, 5. —
C.
Of time.
a.
Between two dates or periods specified:
dies XLV. inter binos ludos,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52 fin.; Liv. 1, 3.—
b.
During, in the course of, within; for which, in English, we sometimes use by or at:
quot prandia inter continuum perdidi triennium,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 61:
omnia agentur, quae inter decem annos nefarie flagitioseque facta sunt,
Cic. Verr. 1, 13; cf.:
qui inter annos tot unus inventus sit, quem, etc.,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:
inter ipsum pugnae tempus,
Liv. 36, 20:
inter noctem lux orta,
id. 32, 29:
qui plus cernant oculis per noctem quam inter diem,
Gell. 9, 4.—
c.
Freq., with substt., to denote an act performed at a certain time, in the course of, while:
haec inter cenam Tironi dictavi,
at table, Cic. Quint. Fragm. 3, 1, 6; cf.:
illuseras heri inter scyphos,
id. Fam. 7, 22:
inter fulmina et tonitrua,
id. Phil. 5, 6, 15:
promptior inter tenebras affirmatio,
Tac. A. 2, 82:
inter initia,
at the beginning, Cels. 3, 25.—
d.
During, and hence under the circumstances described, i. e. in spite of, notwithstanding:
nobis inter has turbas senatus tamen frequens flagitavit triumphum,
amid, in spite of these commotions, Cic. Fam. 16, 11:
utrumque consilium aspernatus, quod inter ancipitia deterrimum est, dum media sequitur,
Tac. H. 3, 40:
senum coloniae inter male parentes et injuste imperantes aegra municipia et discordantia,
id. Agr. 32; cf.:
ita neutris cura posteritatis inter infensos vel obnoxios,
id. H. 1, 1.—
e.
Inter haec, inter quae, meanwhile, during this time:
= interea, inter haec major alius terror,
in the mean time, Liv. 2, 24; cf.:
inter haec jam praemissi Albam erant equites,
id. 1, 29; 3, 57, 7; 44, 10, 5; Curt. 3, 1, 1; Suet. Tib. 8; 63:
inter quae tribuni plebei petivere, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 15; 2, 34; 58; 3, 33; id. H. 1, 78; Curt. 4, 2, 10:
inter quae unctione uti licet,
Cels. 4, 2, 3.—
So with gerunds and gerundives: inter agendum,
at, while, Verg. E. 9, 24; Quint. 12, 3, 10:
inter disceptandum,
id. 12, 7, 6:
inter res agendas,
Suet. Caes. 45.—
D.
In composition its final r is assimilated in intellego and its derivatives.
a.
Between; as, intercedere, interponere. —
b.
At intervals, from time to time; as, interaestuare, intermittere, intervisere.—
c.
Under, down, to the bottom; as, interire, interficere.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inter
3 inter-cēdō

inter-cēdō cessī, cessus, ere, to come between, intervene, be between: palus, quae intercedebat, Cs.: inter singulas legiones impedimentorum numerum intercedere, Cs.—To occur, happen, come to pass: neque ullam rem intercessisse me indignam, T.: saepe in bello parvis momentis magni casūs intercedunt, Cs.: inter bellorum curas intercessit res parva, L.: nullum dictum intercessit: huic continentia bella intercesserant, Cs.— Of time, to intervene, pass: ut spatium intercederet, dum, etc., an interval, Cs.: nox nulla intercessit.—In order or rank, to come between: etsi nemo intercedebat, etc.—Fig., of personal relations, to intervene, come between, be reciprocal: ira inter eas intercessit, T.: ut ei cum genere humano quasi civile ius intercederet: inter nos officia paria intercedunt: inter quos aemulatio intercedebat, N.: huic cum reliquis civitatibus bella intercesserant, Cs.—To interpose one's credit, become surety: promisit, intercessit, dedit: pro aliquo magnam pecuniam, guaranty.—To interpose, intercede, bring about as mediator: cum vestra auctoritas intercessisset, ut ego regem tuerer.—To oppose, withstand, protest against (esp. of the tribunes, against a decree of the senate): intercedit Antonius, Cs.: rogationi: ea auctoritas, cui scis intercessum esse: senatūs consulto, L.—To obstruct, hinder, interrupt: huic gaudio, T.: non quia intercedendum putem imaginibus, Ta.

Latin-English dictionary > inter-cēdō
4 inter-veniō

inter-veniō vēnī, ventus, īre, to come between, come upon, come in, intervene, interrupt: dum sedemus, intervenit, T.: casu equites interveniunt, Cs.: ex occulto: quotiens lascivum intervenit illud, etc., is introduced, Iu.: sponsae pater intervenit, T.: orationi, L.: nonnullorum querelis.— Pass impers.: si interventum est casu: Ubi est interventum mulieri, was taken by surprise, T.— To interfere, interrupt, put a stop to: ni nox proelio intervenisset, L.: verbo intervenit omni plangor, O.: dies ludorum qui cognitionem intervenerant, Ta.—To take place, happen, occur: Nulla mihi res posthac potest iam intervenire tanta, quae, etc., T.: casus mirificus quidam intervenit, has taken place: sapienti: intervenit his cogitationibus regni cupido, L.—To stand in the way, oppose, hinder, prevent, disturb: res negitare; foedus intervenisse, S.: bellum coeptis intervenit, L.

Latin-English dictionary > inter-veniō
5 Dum inter homines sumus, colamus humanitatem

• As long as we are among humans, let us be humane. (Seneca)

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6 interdum

inter-dum, adv., sometimes, occasionally, now and then, = nonnumquam:
interdum fio Juppiter, quando lubet,
Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 4:
interdum cursus est in oratione incitatior, interdum moderata ingressio,
Cic. Or. 59:
modo-interdum,
Suet. Calig. 43:
modo-modo-interdum,
id. Ner. 49.—
II.
I. q. per aliquod tempus, for some time (post-Aug.): acribus custodiis domum et vias saepserat Livia;
laetique interdum nuntii vulgabantur, donec,
Tac. A. 1, 5:
occulere interdum et terrae mandare parabat,
Sil. 6, 30; id. 4, 490.—
III.
I. q. interea, interim, meanwhile, in the meantime (post-class.):
interdum cognito strepitu procurrit cubiculo,
App. M. 9, p. 226, 17; 4, p. 149, 14; Dig. 4, 8, 16, § 1; Cod. Th. 4, 3, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > interdum
7 intercedo

inter-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., to go or come between, to intervene, to be between (syn. intervenio).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
si quis intercedat tertius,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56:
intercedente lunā,
Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 49:
palus intercedebat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 26:
sylvae paludesque intercedebant,
id. ib. 5, 52:
inter singulas legiones impedimentorum magnum numerum intercedere,
id. ib. 2, 17, 2.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To occur, happen, come to pass:
saepe in bello parvis momentis magni casus intercedunt,
Caes. B. C. 1, 21:
inter bellorum curas res parva intercessit,
Liv. 34, 1:
nullum dictum intercessit,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Of time, to intervene, pass:
vix annus intercesserat, cum, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 21:
intercessere pauci dies,
Liv. 2, 64:
nox nulla intercessit,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2:
una nox intercesserat,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 36; id. Clu. 20.—
B.
To be, exist, or come between persons.
1.
In order or rank:
etsi nemo intercedebat, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 47, 173.—
2.
In feelings or conduct:
ira inter eas intercessit,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 25:
tacebit dum intercedat familiaritas,
as long as our friendship lasts, id. Phorm. 4, 1, 17:
inter nosmetipsos vetus usus intercedit,
Cic. Fam. 13, 23, 1:
ut ei cum genere humano quasi civile jus intercederet,
id. Fin. 3, 20:
nisi intercederent mihi inimicitiae cum istius mulieris viro,
id. Cael. 13:
inter nos officia paria intercedunt,
id. Fam. 13, 65, 1; Nep. Att. 20:
huic cum reliquis... bella intercesserant,
Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—
C.
To interpose one ' s credit, become surety for a person:
promisit, intercessit, dedit,
Cic. Att. 1, 16:
pro aliquo,
id. Phil. 2, [p. 978] 18, 45:
pro aliquo magnam pecuniam,
to procure for a person by becoming surety for him, id. Att. 6, 1, 5:
in omni genere negotiorum et obligationum... intercedere mulieres prohibentur,
Paul. Sent. 2, 11, 1. —
D.
To oppose, withstand, protest against; of the tribunes of the people, who interposed their veto against a decree of the senate:
cum intercedere vellent rogationi,
Cic. Or. 2, 47:
nisi mihi levissimus tribunus plebis intercessisset,
id. Leg. 3, 8:
ea lege, qua intercedi de provinciis non licebit,
id. Prov. Cons. 8:
ea quae de reductione regis scripta est auctoritas, cui scis intercessum esse,
id. Fam. 1, 7:
praetori,
Liv. 38, 60:
tribuni plebis intercedentes pro se (Caesare),
Suet. Caes. 30; cf. At. Cap. ap. Gell. 4, 14, 6. This right of protest was also possessed by other magistrates; v. Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7; Ascon. ap. Pis. 26; Liv. 5, 9.—So fig.:
si status condictus cum hoste intercedit dies, tamen est eundum,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 7.—
2.
In gen., to interpose, interfere.
(α).
For or in behalf of a person, to intercede, interpose:
cum enim vestra auctoritas intercessisset, ut ego regem tuerer,
Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 4; Suet. Dom. 11.—
(β).
To obstruct, hinder, interrupt:
si nulla aegritudo huic gaudio intercesserit,
Ter. And. 5, 5, 5:
intercessit et, quominus in acta sua juraretur, ut ne mensis September Tiberius vocaretur,
Suet. Tib. 26:
de cognomine intercessit Augustus,
id. ib. 17:
non quia intercedendum putem imaginibus,
Tac. Agr. 46:
consilio,
id. H. 1, 19:
parens noster privatas gratiarum actiones cohibet, intercessurus etiam publicis,
Plin. Pan. 4:
intercedere casibus, occursare fortunae,
id. ib. 25 fin.:
iniquitatibus magistratuum,
id. ib. 80, 4; Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > intercedo
8 intervenio

inter-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4, v. n., rarely a., to come between, come upon, to come in during, to intervene, interrupt (class.; syn. intercedo).
I.
Lit., constr. with dat., rarely with acc.
A.
Of persons:
sponsae pater intervenit,
Ter. And. 4, 3, 17:
quin malo abscedas: ne interveneris, quaeso, dum resipiscit,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 23:
verens ne molesti vobis interveniremus,
Cic. de Or. 2, 3:
casu Germani equites interveniunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37:
orationi,
Liv. 1, 48:
Statius intervenit nonnullorum querelis,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1.— With pro:
pro sociis,
Flor. 1, 13, 6. — With ne:
ne quid perperam fieret,
Suet. Tib. 33. —
B.
Of things.
1.
To come, be, or lie between:
medius paries intervenit,
Dig. 33, 3, 4:
interveniente Ascanio lacu,
Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148:
interveniente flumine,
id. 5, 1, 1, § 13; 4, 21, 35, § 115.—
2.
To interfere with, interrupt, put a stop to.
(α).
With dat.:
nox proelio intervenit,
Liv. 23, 18:
continuationi sermonis,
Quint. 9, 3, 23:
verboque intervenit omni plangor,
Ov. M. 11, 708; so, of an oath in conversation: quoties lascivum intervenit illud, etc., Juv. 6, 194.—
(β).
With acc. (only in Tacitus):
ludorum diebus, qui cognitionem intervenerant,
Tac. A. 3, 23.—
II.
Transf.
A.
To take place meanwhile or among other things, to happen, occur:
nulla mihi res posthac potest jam intervenire tanta, quae, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 1:
quae inter vos intervenerint, etc.,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 16:
Epicurus exiguam dicit fortunam intervenire sapienti,
Cic. Fin. 1, 19:
casus mirificus quidam intervenit,
has taken place, id. Fam. 7, 5, 2:
interveniunt motu stellarum grandines, imbres,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 208:
intervenit his cogitationibus avitum malum, regni cupido,
Liv. 1, 6.—
B.
To stand in the way of, to oppose, hinder, prevent, disturb:
Sabinum bellum coeptis intervenit,
Liv. 1, 36:
deliberationi metum pro republica intervenisse,
id. 2, 24:
vilicum intervenientem flagellāsset,
Suet. Claud. 38:
quis vestro Deus intervenit amori?
Calp. Ecl. 3, 23.—
C.
Leg. t. t.
1.
To interpose, become surety, Dig. 15, 1, 3, § 5; 50, 1, 17, § 15 al.—
2.
To conduct a suit in another ' s name, Gai. Inst. 4, 87; cf. 4, 86 init.:
pro debitore,
id. ib. 4, 182.—
D.
To interfere, intermeddle, exercise one ' s authority:
neque senatu interveniente,
Suet. Caes. 30:
praetor interveniet,
Dig. 4, 3, 23. — Pass. impers.:
si interventum est casu,
Cic. Top. 20:
ubi de improviso est interventum mulieri,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 40.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > intervenio
9 interea

intĕr-ĕā, adv.
I.
Meanwhile, in the meantime, in the interim (class.):
saepe interea mihi senex narrabat,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 18:
interea dies advenit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 37:
cum interea,
Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 7; Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 15:
haec dum Romae geruntur, Quintius interea de agro detruditur,
id. Quint. 6.— With loci:
plus triginta natus annis sum, cum interea loci Numquam quicquam facinus feci pejus quam hodie,
Plaut. Men. 3, 1, 1; id. Ps. 1, 3, 32; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 24; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 16; Pac. ap. Non. 488, 14 (Trag. Rel. p. 71 Rib.).—
* B.
(For interdum.) Sometimes, Sil. 7, 395.—
II.
Transf., like Engl. meanwhile (approaching the sense of), nevertheless, however (but in class. prose always retaining a reference to time; cf.
Krebs, Antibarb. p. 611 sq.),
Cic. Fam. 5, 12 fin.; Verg. G. 1, 83:
cum interea,
Cic. Clu. 30, 82; cf.:
tamen interea,
Cat. 101, 7. [p. 980]

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > interea
10 interpello

inter-pello, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to interrupt by speaking, to disturb, molest, etc. (syn. obloquor; class.).
I.
To interrupt by speaking, to disturb a person speaking:
si interpellas, ego tacebo,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 62:
nihil te interpellabo, continentem orationem audire malo,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 16:
tu vero, ut me et appelles, et interpelles, et obloquare, et colloquare, velim,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 10:
quasi interpellamur ab iis,
Quint. 4, 5, 20;
a person engaged in business: si quis te arti tuae intentum sic interpellet,
Curt. 9, 4, 28. — Absol.:
ministri, interpellando,... atrocitatem facti leniebant,
Sall. J. 27, 1; Suet. Tib. 27.—
B.
Esp.
1.
To annoy, importune:
cum a Ceballino interpellatus sum,
Curt. 6, 10, 19:
urbe egrediens, ne quis se interpellaret,
Suet. Tib. 40; molest, disturb one, id. ib. 34. —
2.
To solicit, try to seduce a female:
qui mulierem puellamve interpellaverit,
Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 14 Huschke (Dig. 47, 11, 1, § 2).—
3.
To address, accost, speak to, i. q. alloqui: verum tu quid agis? interpella me, ut sciam, Lucil. ap. Non. 331, 1;
= interjicere, interpellantem admonere,
to object, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 28, § 71. —
4.
To dun, demand payment of, Dig. 26, 7, 44; cf. Amm. 17, 3, 6. —
II.
In gen., to disturb, hinder, obstruct, molest; constr. with acc., quin, quominus, ne, or inf.
(α).
With acc.; of persons:
aliquem in jure suo,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44;
of things: partam jam victoriam,
id. B. C. 3, 73:
poenam,
Liv. 4, 50:
incrementa urbis,
Just. 18, 5, 7:
otium bello,
Curt. 6, 6, 12:
satietatem epularum ludis,
id. 6, 2, 5:
lex Julia non interpellat eam possessionem,
does not disturb, does not abrogate it, Dig. 23, 5, 16.— Pass.:
reperiebat T. Ampium conatum esse tollere pecunias... sed interpellatum adventum Caesaris profugisse,
Caes. B. C. 3, 105:
haec tota res interpellata bello refrixerat,
Cic. Att. 1, 19, 4:
stupro interpellato motus,
Liv. 3, 57.—
(β).
With quin: Caesar numquam interpellavit, quin, quibus vellem, uterer, Matius ad Cic. Fam. 11, 28.—
(γ).
With quominus:
interpellent me, quo minus honoratus sim, dum ne interpellent, quo minus, etc.,
Brut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 1.—
(δ).
With ne: tribunis interregem interpellantibus, ne senatusconsultum fieret, to interpose their veto, Liv. 4, 43.—
(ε).
With inf.:
pransus non avide, quantum interpellet inani Ventre diem durare,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 127.—
(ζ).
Absol.: fameque et siti interpellante, disturbing him, Suet. Ner. 48.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > interpello
11 compono

com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (compostus, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).
I.
In gen., of different objects.
A.
To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.
1.
Of things in gen.:
aridum lignum,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:
composita fronde,
Prop. 1, 20, 22:
uvas in tecto in cratibus,
Cato, R. R. 112, 2:
in quo (loco) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat,
Cic. Deiot. 6, 17:
(amomum) manipulatim leniter componitur,
Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48:
amphoras in culleum,
Cato, R. R. 113, 2:
ligna in caminum,
id. ib. 37, 5.—
b.
To bring into contact, fit together, join:
quid... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque compactum et coagmentatum inveniri potest?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo bibo eodem, amplector, labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28:
tum latus conponit lateri et cum pectore pectus,
id. ib. p. 260, 30:
conponens manibusque manus atque ori bus ora,
Verg. A. 8, 486:
Mercurio Sais fertur Virgineum conposuisse latus,
Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf.
caput,
Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of broken limbs, etc., med. t. t., to set:
ossa,
Cels. 8, 10, 2:
jugulum,
id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—
c.
Esp., to pack up for a journey, etc.:
omnia composta sunt quae donavi,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21:
i ergo intro et compone quae tecum simul Ferantur,
Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5:
dum tota domus raeda componitur una,
Juv. 3, 10.—
2.
Of persons:
is (Saturnus) genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit,
Verg. A. 8, 322:
et tabula una duos poterit componere amantes,
Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. infra.—
B.
To set in opposition.
1.
To bring together in hostility, to oppose, to couple, pair, match in combat (cf. compositio, III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: Samnis, spurcus homo, cum Pacideiano conponitur, optimus multo Post homines natos gladiator qui fuit unus, Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:
Rupili et Persi par pugnat, uti non Compositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius,
Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.:
staturam habere Threcis cum Threce conpositi,
Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8;
and in gen.: si quis casus duos inter se bonos viros composuerit,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:
cuive virum mallem memet componere,
Sil. 10, 70:
componimur Vecordi Decio,
id. 11, 212:
hunc fatis,
id. 1, 39:
cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale genus,
Luc. 3, 196;
and fig.: pergis pugnantia secum Frontibus adversis componere,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 103:
ecce par deo dignum, vir fortis cum fortuna mala conpositus,
Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9:
non illa (rhetorice) secum ipsa componitur,
Quint. 2, 17, 33;
and of a judicial contest: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita,
confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—
2.
To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.
(α).
With acc. and dat.: quid est, cur componere ausis mihi te aut me tibi? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.):
nec divis homines componier aequom'st,
Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis discrepant, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.):
si parva licet conponere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:
parvis conponere magna solebam,
id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, [p. 392] 416:
audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?
id. ib. 15, 530:
divinis humana,
Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—
(β).
With acc. and cum:
ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,
Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.
II.
In partic.
A.
Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.
1.
To bring together, compose, compound, make up, mix, construct.
(α).
With ex:
exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,
Sall. J. 18, 3:
genus humanum ex corpore et anima conpositum,
id. ib. 2, 1:
liber ex alienis orationibus compositus,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47:
antidoton... ex multis atque interim contrariis quoque inter se effectibus,
Quint. 1, 10, 6:
ex quo (umore) componi debet (medicamentum),
Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin. —
(β).
With abl.:
mensam gramine,
Sil. 15, 51.—
(γ).
With acc. alone:
medicamentum,
Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—
2.
Esp., of buildings, etc., to construct, build:
qui cuncta conposuit,
i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13:
urbem,
Verg. A. 3, 387:
illa (templa) deis,
Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.:
aggere conposito tumuli,
Verg. A. 7, 6:
deletas Thebas,
Prop. 2, 6, 5.—
3.
Of words, to compound:
vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),
Quint. 1, 5, 3.—
4.
Of writings, speeches, etc.
a.
To compose, write, construct (very freq.):
leges,
Lucr. 4, 966:
compone hoc, quod postulo, de argento: de reliquo videro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:
quartum librum,
id. de Or. 2, 55, 224:
libros,
id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1:
libellos,
Quint. 12, 8, 5:
actiones,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68:
argumentum,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3:
edictum eis verbis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:
edictum eorum arbitratu,
id. ib. 2, 1, 46, §
119: artes,
books of instruction, id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40:
artificium,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 83:
commentarium consulatus mei,
id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19:
quarum (litterarum) exemplum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:
quandam disciplinae formulam,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 17:
stipulationum et judiciorum formulas,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:
interdictum,
id. Caecin. 21, 59:
poema,
id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:
senatus consultum,
Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:
testimonium,
id. Att. 15, 15, 1:
verba ad religionem deorum immortalium,
id. Dom. 47, 124:
de judicialibus causis aliqua,
Quint. 3, 6, 104:
aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitaque Scapulae composita erant,
Tac. A. 16, 14:
Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos aliqua conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: carmen,
Cic. Mur. 12, 26:
carmina,
Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49:
epistulas,
id. ib. 2, 70:
litteras nomine Marcelli,
Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20:
orationem habere ad conciliandos plebis animos conpositam,
Liv. 1, 35, 2:
blanditias tremula voce,
Tib. 1, 2, 91:
meditata manu verba trementi,
Ov. M. 9, 521:
versus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:
mollem versum,
Prop. 1, 7, 19:
cantus,
Tib. 1, 2, 53:
in morem annalium,
Tac. Or. 22:
orationes adversus aliquem,
id. ib. 37:
litteras ad aliquem,
id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22:
probra in Gaium,
id. ib. 6, 9;
14, 50: multa et atrocia in Macronem,
id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—
b.
Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to write about, treat, celebrate:
tuas laudes,
Tib. 4, 1, 35:
res gestas,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251:
tempora Iliaca,
Vell. 1, 3, 2:
bellum Troicum,
id. 1, 5, 3:
Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum,
Tac. Or. 14:
veteres populi Romani res,
id. A. 4, 32:
Neronis res,
id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—
B.
From the notion of closing.
1.
To put away, put aside, put in place:
armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus,
i. e. folding up the sails and lowering the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80:
(tempus) ad componenda armamenta expediendumque remigem,
Liv. 26, 39, 8:
vela contrahit malosque inclinat et simul armamenta componens, etc.,
id. 36, 44, 2:
arma,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:
tristes istos conpone libellos,
put aside, Prop. 1, 9, 13.—
2.
To store up, put away, collect:
nec... Aut conponere opes norant aut parcere parto,
Verg. A. 8, 317:
ego conposito securus acervo Despiciam dites,
Tib. 1, 1, 77;
so fig.: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to preserve, pack, put up fruits, meat, etc., for future use:
pernas,
Cato, R. R. 162, 12:
tergora (suis),
Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1:
caepam in fidelia,
id. 12, 10, 2:
herbas,
id. 12, 13, 2:
poma,
id. 12, 47, 5:
olivas,
Pall. Nov. 22, 5:
herbam olla nova,
Scrib. Comp. 60:
faenum,
Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:
fructus in urceis, capsellis,
ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—
3.
Of the ashes or remains of the dead, to adjust, lay out, to collect and inurn, inter, bury:
tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt,
Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19):
cinerem,
Ov. F. 3, 547:
cinerem ossaque,
Val. Fl. 7, 203:
sic ego conponi versus in ossa velim,
Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to bury:
quem... prope cognatos conpositum cineres,
Cat. 68, 98:
omnes composui (meos),
Hor. S. 1, 9, 28:
compositi busta avi,
Ov. F. 5, 426:
Pisonem Verania uxor... T. Vinium Crispina filia composuere,
Tac. H. 1, 47:
componi tumulo eodem,
Ov. M. 4, 157:
toro Mortua componar,
id. ib. 9, 504:
alto Conpositus lecto,
Pers. 3, 104:
aliquem terra,
Sil. 9, 95.—
4.
To lay at rest, compose, quiet.
a.
Of things: omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete, Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16:
cum mare compositum est,
Ov. A. A. 3, 259:
aquas,
id. H. 13, 136:
fessum tumentes Composuit pelagus ventis patientibus undas,
Luc. 5, 702.—
b.
Of persons:
nec vigilantibus, sed etiam quiete compositis,
Quint. 11, 2, 5:
ubi jam thalamis se conposuere,
Verg. G. 4, 189:
defessa membra,
id. ib. 4, 438:
si bene conpositus somno vinoque jacebit,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—
5.
To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.
a.
With personal object:
aversos amicos,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
ceteros clementia,
Tac. A. 12, 55:
comitia praetorum,
id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:
juvenes concitatos,
Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:
barbarum animos,
Tac. A. 14, 39:
gentem,
Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the mind:
prima (pars philosophiae) conponit animum,
Sen. Ep. 89, 9:
argumentum conpositae mentis,
id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352:
mentem somno,
id. 3, 162:
religio saevas componit mentis,
id. 13, 317.—
b.
Of places, countries, etc.:
C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,
Tac. A. 2, 4:
Campaniam,
id. H. 4, 3:
Daciam,
id. ib. 3, 53.—
c.
With abstr. or indef. objects:
si possum hoc inter vos conponere,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:
vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17:
gaudens conponi foedere bellum,
Verg. A. 12, 109; so,
bellum,
Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:
bella,
Tac. A. 3, 56:
cum vellet pro communi amico controversias regum componere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 109:
uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur,
id. ib. 1, 9 fin.:
curas,
Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682:
lites,
Verg. E. 3, 108:
seditionem civilem,
Suet. Caes. 4:
statum Orientis,
id. Calig. 1:
Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit,
Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1:
legatorum res et bello turbatas,
id. 45, 16, 2:
res Germanicas,
Suet. Vit. 9:
discordias,
Tac. H. 4, 50:
compositis praesentibus,
id. A. 1, 45:
odia et certamina,
id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., with the result as object:
pacem componi volo Meo patri cum matre,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113:
si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset,
Liv. 30, 40, 13:
at me conposita pace fefellit Amor,
Prop. 2, 2, 2:
pax circa Brundusium composita,
Vell. 2, 75, 3:
pacem cum Pyrrho,
Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. infra.—
d.
Absol.:
coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. pass.:
posteaquam id quod maxime volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:
Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur atque ab armis discederetur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—
C.
Hence, to set right, to set in or restore to the proper place or condition, to adjust, etc.
1.
In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:
aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,
Verg. A. 1, 697:
ad ictum militaris gladii conposita cervice,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2:
diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi,
id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4:
si ad rem pertinet, quomodo caelo adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque animal oriatur,
Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98:
tibi enim gratias agebat, quod signa componenda suscepisses,
id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—
2.
Esp., milit. t. t.:
se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis quisque ordinibus (opp. incompositi),
Liv. 44, 38, 11:
conpositi numero in turmas,
Verg. A. 11, 599:
cunctos licentia vagos compositus invadit = compositis ordinibus,
Tac. H. 4, 35:
agmen,
id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16:
ordines,
id. H. 4, 33:
vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque apud signa, componunt,
id. ib. 3, 35:
pugnae exercitum,
id. A. 13, 40:
auxilia in numerum legionis,
id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.:
equitem per turmas,
id. ib. 15, 29:
insidias in montibus,
Just. 1, 3, 11.—
3.
Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.:
ut aptior sit oratio, ipsa verba compone,
id. Brut. 17, 68.—
4.
With reference to orderly appearance, etc., of the clothing, hair; the expression of the countenance, etc., to lay, smooth, adjust:
suon quisque loco'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97:
composito et delibuto capillo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:
comas,
Ov. R. Am. 679:
crines,
Verg. G. 4, 417:
ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 148:
togam,
to lay in proper folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.:
nec tamen ante adiit... Quam se composuit, quam circumspexit amictus,
Ov. M. 4, 318:
pulvinum facili manu,
id. A. A. 1, 160; cf.
torum,
id. F. 3, 484:
jam libet componere voltus,
id. M. 13, 767:
vultu composito, ne laeti excessu principis, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.:
(Tiberius) compositus ore,
id. ib. 2, 34:
vultum natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,
distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—
5.
In gen., to adjust, arrange, regulate, for the expression of something, or to accord with something; usu. ad aliquid:
ad abstinentiam rursus, non secus ac modo ad balineum animum vultumque conposui,
Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6:
orationis ipsius vultus ad id, quod efficere intendimus, compositus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,
id. 11, 3, 120:
ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis,
id. 1, 11, 19:
figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae,
id. 9, 2, 34:
nec ad votum composita civitas,
Tac. Or. 41:
cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita,
id. H. 1, 71:
cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis,
id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. with dat.:
voltus conponere famae Taedet,
to adapt, Tib. 4, 7, 9:
venturis carbasa ventis,
Luc. 3, 596:
me quoque mittendis rectum componite telis,
id. 3, 717. —With in:
Nero itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus pererrabat,
disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —
D.
To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.
(α).
With acc.:
ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem,
Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3:
quod adest memento Componere aequus,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 33:
conposita atque constituta re publica,
Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:
necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 13, 5:
(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,
Cic. Brut. 22, 87:
tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,
id. Or. 42, 143:
ex sententia omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque,
Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1:
in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita statim decernuntur,
Tac. H. 2, 55:
dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur,
id. A. 12, 68.—
(β).
With ad or in and acc. of the purpose for which, or the example according to which, etc.:
cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32:
omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae,
Quint. 10, 1, 43:
animum ad omnes casus,
id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321:
satis igitur in hoc nos componet multa scribendi exercitatio,
Quint. 9, 4, 114:
cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum mores suadent,
Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —
2.
To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.
(α).
In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29:
quin jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17:
ita causa componitur, ut item palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:
societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse,
Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch:
crimen ab inimicis Romae conpositum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141:
conpositis inter se rebus,
Sall. J. 66, 2:
ita conposito dolo digrediuntur,
id. ib. 111, 4:
conposito jam consilio,
Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant;
convenerat autem, etc.,
id. 25, 9, 8:
sub noctem susurri Composita repetantur hora,
Hor. C. 1, 9, 20:
ictum jam foedus, et omnes Conpositae leges,
Verg. A. 12, 315:
compositis notis,
Tib. 1, 2, 22:
crimen ac dolum ultro,
Tac. H. 1, 34:
proditionem,
id. ib. 2, 100:
seditionem,
id. ib. 4, 14:
insidias,
id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. supra.—
(β).
With rel.-clause:
cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,
Liv. 40, 40, 14.—
(γ).
With inf.:
ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(δ).
Pass. impers.:
ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,
Liv. 2, 37, 1.—
(ε).
With ut and subj.:
compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,
Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —
3.
In gen., to feign, invent, devise, contrive, in order to deceive or delude, etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.):
ne tu istic hodie malo tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211:
nec bene mendaci risus conponitur ore,
Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3):
sed vobis facile'st verba et conponere fraudes,
Prop. 2, 9, 31:
insidias in me conponis inanes,
id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19:
compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur,
Tac. A. 13, 47:
si haec fabulosa et composita videntur,
id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40:
quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in obscuro habentur,
id. A. 15, 16; cf.:
vetustatem, ut cetera, in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse,
exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.— Part. perf. with in and acc., pretending, assuming the appearance or expression:
(Domitianus) paratus simulatione, in adrogantiam compositus audiit preces,
Tac. Agr. 42:
is in maestitiam compositus,
id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54:
in securitatem,
id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely with ad:
tunc compositus ad maestitiam,
Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus ( - postus), a, um.
A.
Well-arranged, ordered, or constituted, orderly, regular:
quae (injuria) dum foris sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec magis compositum quicquam nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus sum... sunchusin litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:
acrior impetu atque animis quam compositior ullo ordine pugna fuit,
Liv. 28, 22, 13:
intellegitur, etiamsi non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque fore talem virum,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:
composita et quieta et beata respublica,
Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings:
quare in his quoque libris erant eadem aliqua... omnia vero compositiora et elaborata,
Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.:
illa quae curam fatentur et ficta atque composita videri etiam volunt,
elaborate, id. 8, pr. § 23.— Transf., of the orator himself:
si aut compositi oratoris bene structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum,
Cic. Or. 70, 232.—
B.
Fitly disposed for any purpose, prepared, apt, fit, adapted, qualified, suitable, ready:
perficiam ut nemo umquam paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so,
equus bene natura compositus,
Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:
arte quadam ab juventa in ostentationem (virtutum) compositus,
Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:
alius historiae magis idoneus, alius compositus ad carmen,
Quint. 2, 8, 7:
aeque in adulationem compositus (sacerdos),
Curt. 4, 7, 26:
(Attici) non maxime ad risum compositi,
Quint. 6, 3, 18:
natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,
Tac. H. 2, 5.—
C.
Quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, calm, composed, unimpassioned, etc.:
ut peractis quae agenda fuerint salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2:
lenis et nitidi et compositi generis amatores,
Quint. 10, 1, 44:
actio,
id. 11, 3, 110:
aetas,
mature, sedate, Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites atque compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9:
supercilium (opp. erectum),
id. 11, 3, 74:
repetitio eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem,
Flor. 3, 23, 3.—
D.
Compound, composite, made up of parts (opp. simplex):
verba,
Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5:
voces,
id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,
(α).
Ex composito, according to agreement, by agreement, in concert, Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch:
tum ex composito orta vis,
Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—
(β).
De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,
(γ).
More rarely in the same sense, composito alone, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ( conp-), in an orderly, regular, or skilful manner, orderly, regularly, properly (class. but rare;
not in Quint.): ambulare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:
indutus,
Gell. 1, 5, 2:
composite et apte dicere,
Cic. Or. 71, 236:
composite, ornate, copiose eloqui,
id. De Or. 1, 11, 48:
composite atque magnifice casum reipublicae miserati,
Sall. C. 51, 9:
bene et composite disseruit,
id. Ib. 52.— Comp.:
compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,
Tac. A. 15, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > compono
12 compositum

com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (compostus, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).
I.
In gen., of different objects.
A.
To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.
1.
Of things in gen.:
aridum lignum,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:
composita fronde,
Prop. 1, 20, 22:
uvas in tecto in cratibus,
Cato, R. R. 112, 2:
in quo (loco) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat,
Cic. Deiot. 6, 17:
(amomum) manipulatim leniter componitur,
Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48:
amphoras in culleum,
Cato, R. R. 113, 2:
ligna in caminum,
id. ib. 37, 5.—
b.
To bring into contact, fit together, join:
quid... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque compactum et coagmentatum inveniri potest?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo bibo eodem, amplector, labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28:
tum latus conponit lateri et cum pectore pectus,
id. ib. p. 260, 30:
conponens manibusque manus atque ori bus ora,
Verg. A. 8, 486:
Mercurio Sais fertur Virgineum conposuisse latus,
Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf.
caput,
Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of broken limbs, etc., med. t. t., to set:
ossa,
Cels. 8, 10, 2:
jugulum,
id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—
c.
Esp., to pack up for a journey, etc.:
omnia composta sunt quae donavi,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21:
i ergo intro et compone quae tecum simul Ferantur,
Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5:
dum tota domus raeda componitur una,
Juv. 3, 10.—
2.
Of persons:
is (Saturnus) genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit,
Verg. A. 8, 322:
et tabula una duos poterit componere amantes,
Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. infra.—
B.
To set in opposition.
1.
To bring together in hostility, to oppose, to couple, pair, match in combat (cf. compositio, III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: Samnis, spurcus homo, cum Pacideiano conponitur, optimus multo Post homines natos gladiator qui fuit unus, Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:
Rupili et Persi par pugnat, uti non Compositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius,
Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.:
staturam habere Threcis cum Threce conpositi,
Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8;
and in gen.: si quis casus duos inter se bonos viros composuerit,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:
cuive virum mallem memet componere,
Sil. 10, 70:
componimur Vecordi Decio,
id. 11, 212:
hunc fatis,
id. 1, 39:
cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale genus,
Luc. 3, 196;
and fig.: pergis pugnantia secum Frontibus adversis componere,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 103:
ecce par deo dignum, vir fortis cum fortuna mala conpositus,
Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9:
non illa (rhetorice) secum ipsa componitur,
Quint. 2, 17, 33;
and of a judicial contest: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita,
confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—
2.
To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.
(α).
With acc. and dat.: quid est, cur componere ausis mihi te aut me tibi? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.):
nec divis homines componier aequom'st,
Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis discrepant, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.):
si parva licet conponere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:
parvis conponere magna solebam,
id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, [p. 392] 416:
audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?
id. ib. 15, 530:
divinis humana,
Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—
(β).
With acc. and cum:
ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,
Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.
II.
In partic.
A.
Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.
1.
To bring together, compose, compound, make up, mix, construct.
(α).
With ex:
exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,
Sall. J. 18, 3:
genus humanum ex corpore et anima conpositum,
id. ib. 2, 1:
liber ex alienis orationibus compositus,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47:
antidoton... ex multis atque interim contrariis quoque inter se effectibus,
Quint. 1, 10, 6:
ex quo (umore) componi debet (medicamentum),
Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin. —
(β).
With abl.:
mensam gramine,
Sil. 15, 51.—
(γ).
With acc. alone:
medicamentum,
Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—
2.
Esp., of buildings, etc., to construct, build:
qui cuncta conposuit,
i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13:
urbem,
Verg. A. 3, 387:
illa (templa) deis,
Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.:
aggere conposito tumuli,
Verg. A. 7, 6:
deletas Thebas,
Prop. 2, 6, 5.—
3.
Of words, to compound:
vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),
Quint. 1, 5, 3.—
4.
Of writings, speeches, etc.
a.
To compose, write, construct (very freq.):
leges,
Lucr. 4, 966:
compone hoc, quod postulo, de argento: de reliquo videro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:
quartum librum,
id. de Or. 2, 55, 224:
libros,
id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1:
libellos,
Quint. 12, 8, 5:
actiones,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68:
argumentum,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3:
edictum eis verbis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:
edictum eorum arbitratu,
id. ib. 2, 1, 46, §
119: artes,
books of instruction, id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40:
artificium,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 83:
commentarium consulatus mei,
id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19:
quarum (litterarum) exemplum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:
quandam disciplinae formulam,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 17:
stipulationum et judiciorum formulas,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:
interdictum,
id. Caecin. 21, 59:
poema,
id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:
senatus consultum,
Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:
testimonium,
id. Att. 15, 15, 1:
verba ad religionem deorum immortalium,
id. Dom. 47, 124:
de judicialibus causis aliqua,
Quint. 3, 6, 104:
aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitaque Scapulae composita erant,
Tac. A. 16, 14:
Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos aliqua conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: carmen,
Cic. Mur. 12, 26:
carmina,
Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49:
epistulas,
id. ib. 2, 70:
litteras nomine Marcelli,
Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20:
orationem habere ad conciliandos plebis animos conpositam,
Liv. 1, 35, 2:
blanditias tremula voce,
Tib. 1, 2, 91:
meditata manu verba trementi,
Ov. M. 9, 521:
versus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:
mollem versum,
Prop. 1, 7, 19:
cantus,
Tib. 1, 2, 53:
in morem annalium,
Tac. Or. 22:
orationes adversus aliquem,
id. ib. 37:
litteras ad aliquem,
id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22:
probra in Gaium,
id. ib. 6, 9;
14, 50: multa et atrocia in Macronem,
id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—
b.
Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to write about, treat, celebrate:
tuas laudes,
Tib. 4, 1, 35:
res gestas,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251:
tempora Iliaca,
Vell. 1, 3, 2:
bellum Troicum,
id. 1, 5, 3:
Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum,
Tac. Or. 14:
veteres populi Romani res,
id. A. 4, 32:
Neronis res,
id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—
B.
From the notion of closing.
1.
To put away, put aside, put in place:
armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus,
i. e. folding up the sails and lowering the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80:
(tempus) ad componenda armamenta expediendumque remigem,
Liv. 26, 39, 8:
vela contrahit malosque inclinat et simul armamenta componens, etc.,
id. 36, 44, 2:
arma,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:
tristes istos conpone libellos,
put aside, Prop. 1, 9, 13.—
2.
To store up, put away, collect:
nec... Aut conponere opes norant aut parcere parto,
Verg. A. 8, 317:
ego conposito securus acervo Despiciam dites,
Tib. 1, 1, 77;
so fig.: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to preserve, pack, put up fruits, meat, etc., for future use:
pernas,
Cato, R. R. 162, 12:
tergora (suis),
Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1:
caepam in fidelia,
id. 12, 10, 2:
herbas,
id. 12, 13, 2:
poma,
id. 12, 47, 5:
olivas,
Pall. Nov. 22, 5:
herbam olla nova,
Scrib. Comp. 60:
faenum,
Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:
fructus in urceis, capsellis,
ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—
3.
Of the ashes or remains of the dead, to adjust, lay out, to collect and inurn, inter, bury:
tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt,
Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19):
cinerem,
Ov. F. 3, 547:
cinerem ossaque,
Val. Fl. 7, 203:
sic ego conponi versus in ossa velim,
Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to bury:
quem... prope cognatos conpositum cineres,
Cat. 68, 98:
omnes composui (meos),
Hor. S. 1, 9, 28:
compositi busta avi,
Ov. F. 5, 426:
Pisonem Verania uxor... T. Vinium Crispina filia composuere,
Tac. H. 1, 47:
componi tumulo eodem,
Ov. M. 4, 157:
toro Mortua componar,
id. ib. 9, 504:
alto Conpositus lecto,
Pers. 3, 104:
aliquem terra,
Sil. 9, 95.—
4.
To lay at rest, compose, quiet.
a.
Of things: omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete, Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16:
cum mare compositum est,
Ov. A. A. 3, 259:
aquas,
id. H. 13, 136:
fessum tumentes Composuit pelagus ventis patientibus undas,
Luc. 5, 702.—
b.
Of persons:
nec vigilantibus, sed etiam quiete compositis,
Quint. 11, 2, 5:
ubi jam thalamis se conposuere,
Verg. G. 4, 189:
defessa membra,
id. ib. 4, 438:
si bene conpositus somno vinoque jacebit,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—
5.
To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.
a.
With personal object:
aversos amicos,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
ceteros clementia,
Tac. A. 12, 55:
comitia praetorum,
id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:
juvenes concitatos,
Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:
barbarum animos,
Tac. A. 14, 39:
gentem,
Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the mind:
prima (pars philosophiae) conponit animum,
Sen. Ep. 89, 9:
argumentum conpositae mentis,
id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352:
mentem somno,
id. 3, 162:
religio saevas componit mentis,
id. 13, 317.—
b.
Of places, countries, etc.:
C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,
Tac. A. 2, 4:
Campaniam,
id. H. 4, 3:
Daciam,
id. ib. 3, 53.—
c.
With abstr. or indef. objects:
si possum hoc inter vos conponere,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:
vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17:
gaudens conponi foedere bellum,
Verg. A. 12, 109; so,
bellum,
Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:
bella,
Tac. A. 3, 56:
cum vellet pro communi amico controversias regum componere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 109:
uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur,
id. ib. 1, 9 fin.:
curas,
Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682:
lites,
Verg. E. 3, 108:
seditionem civilem,
Suet. Caes. 4:
statum Orientis,
id. Calig. 1:
Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit,
Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1:
legatorum res et bello turbatas,
id. 45, 16, 2:
res Germanicas,
Suet. Vit. 9:
discordias,
Tac. H. 4, 50:
compositis praesentibus,
id. A. 1, 45:
odia et certamina,
id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., with the result as object:
pacem componi volo Meo patri cum matre,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113:
si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset,
Liv. 30, 40, 13:
at me conposita pace fefellit Amor,
Prop. 2, 2, 2:
pax circa Brundusium composita,
Vell. 2, 75, 3:
pacem cum Pyrrho,
Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. infra.—
d.
Absol.:
coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. pass.:
posteaquam id quod maxime volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:
Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur atque ab armis discederetur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—
C.
Hence, to set right, to set in or restore to the proper place or condition, to adjust, etc.
1.
In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:
aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,
Verg. A. 1, 697:
ad ictum militaris gladii conposita cervice,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2:
diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi,
id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4:
si ad rem pertinet, quomodo caelo adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque animal oriatur,
Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98:
tibi enim gratias agebat, quod signa componenda suscepisses,
id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—
2.
Esp., milit. t. t.:
se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis quisque ordinibus (opp. incompositi),
Liv. 44, 38, 11:
conpositi numero in turmas,
Verg. A. 11, 599:
cunctos licentia vagos compositus invadit = compositis ordinibus,
Tac. H. 4, 35:
agmen,
id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16:
ordines,
id. H. 4, 33:
vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque apud signa, componunt,
id. ib. 3, 35:
pugnae exercitum,
id. A. 13, 40:
auxilia in numerum legionis,
id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.:
equitem per turmas,
id. ib. 15, 29:
insidias in montibus,
Just. 1, 3, 11.—
3.
Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.:
ut aptior sit oratio, ipsa verba compone,
id. Brut. 17, 68.—
4.
With reference to orderly appearance, etc., of the clothing, hair; the expression of the countenance, etc., to lay, smooth, adjust:
suon quisque loco'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97:
composito et delibuto capillo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:
comas,
Ov. R. Am. 679:
crines,
Verg. G. 4, 417:
ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 148:
togam,
to lay in proper folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.:
nec tamen ante adiit... Quam se composuit, quam circumspexit amictus,
Ov. M. 4, 318:
pulvinum facili manu,
id. A. A. 1, 160; cf.
torum,
id. F. 3, 484:
jam libet componere voltus,
id. M. 13, 767:
vultu composito, ne laeti excessu principis, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.:
(Tiberius) compositus ore,
id. ib. 2, 34:
vultum natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,
distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—
5.
In gen., to adjust, arrange, regulate, for the expression of something, or to accord with something; usu. ad aliquid:
ad abstinentiam rursus, non secus ac modo ad balineum animum vultumque conposui,
Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6:
orationis ipsius vultus ad id, quod efficere intendimus, compositus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,
id. 11, 3, 120:
ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis,
id. 1, 11, 19:
figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae,
id. 9, 2, 34:
nec ad votum composita civitas,
Tac. Or. 41:
cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita,
id. H. 1, 71:
cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis,
id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. with dat.:
voltus conponere famae Taedet,
to adapt, Tib. 4, 7, 9:
venturis carbasa ventis,
Luc. 3, 596:
me quoque mittendis rectum componite telis,
id. 3, 717. —With in:
Nero itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus pererrabat,
disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —
D.
To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.
(α).
With acc.:
ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem,
Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3:
quod adest memento Componere aequus,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 33:
conposita atque constituta re publica,
Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:
necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 13, 5:
(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,
Cic. Brut. 22, 87:
tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,
id. Or. 42, 143:
ex sententia omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque,
Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1:
in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita statim decernuntur,
Tac. H. 2, 55:
dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur,
id. A. 12, 68.—
(β).
With ad or in and acc. of the purpose for which, or the example according to which, etc.:
cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32:
omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae,
Quint. 10, 1, 43:
animum ad omnes casus,
id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321:
satis igitur in hoc nos componet multa scribendi exercitatio,
Quint. 9, 4, 114:
cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum mores suadent,
Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —
2.
To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.
(α).
In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29:
quin jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17:
ita causa componitur, ut item palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:
societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse,
Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch:
crimen ab inimicis Romae conpositum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141:
conpositis inter se rebus,
Sall. J. 66, 2:
ita conposito dolo digrediuntur,
id. ib. 111, 4:
conposito jam consilio,
Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant;
convenerat autem, etc.,
id. 25, 9, 8:
sub noctem susurri Composita repetantur hora,
Hor. C. 1, 9, 20:
ictum jam foedus, et omnes Conpositae leges,
Verg. A. 12, 315:
compositis notis,
Tib. 1, 2, 22:
crimen ac dolum ultro,
Tac. H. 1, 34:
proditionem,
id. ib. 2, 100:
seditionem,
id. ib. 4, 14:
insidias,
id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. supra.—
(β).
With rel.-clause:
cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,
Liv. 40, 40, 14.—
(γ).
With inf.:
ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(δ).
Pass. impers.:
ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,
Liv. 2, 37, 1.—
(ε).
With ut and subj.:
compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,
Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —
3.
In gen., to feign, invent, devise, contrive, in order to deceive or delude, etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.):
ne tu istic hodie malo tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211:
nec bene mendaci risus conponitur ore,
Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3):
sed vobis facile'st verba et conponere fraudes,
Prop. 2, 9, 31:
insidias in me conponis inanes,
id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19:
compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur,
Tac. A. 13, 47:
si haec fabulosa et composita videntur,
id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40:
quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in obscuro habentur,
id. A. 15, 16; cf.:
vetustatem, ut cetera, in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse,
exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.— Part. perf. with in and acc., pretending, assuming the appearance or expression:
(Domitianus) paratus simulatione, in adrogantiam compositus audiit preces,
Tac. Agr. 42:
is in maestitiam compositus,
id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54:
in securitatem,
id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely with ad:
tunc compositus ad maestitiam,
Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus ( - postus), a, um.
A.
Well-arranged, ordered, or constituted, orderly, regular:
quae (injuria) dum foris sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec magis compositum quicquam nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus sum... sunchusin litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:
acrior impetu atque animis quam compositior ullo ordine pugna fuit,
Liv. 28, 22, 13:
intellegitur, etiamsi non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque fore talem virum,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:
composita et quieta et beata respublica,
Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings:
quare in his quoque libris erant eadem aliqua... omnia vero compositiora et elaborata,
Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.:
illa quae curam fatentur et ficta atque composita videri etiam volunt,
elaborate, id. 8, pr. § 23.— Transf., of the orator himself:
si aut compositi oratoris bene structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum,
Cic. Or. 70, 232.—
B.
Fitly disposed for any purpose, prepared, apt, fit, adapted, qualified, suitable, ready:
perficiam ut nemo umquam paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so,
equus bene natura compositus,
Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:
arte quadam ab juventa in ostentationem (virtutum) compositus,
Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:
alius historiae magis idoneus, alius compositus ad carmen,
Quint. 2, 8, 7:
aeque in adulationem compositus (sacerdos),
Curt. 4, 7, 26:
(Attici) non maxime ad risum compositi,
Quint. 6, 3, 18:
natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,
Tac. H. 2, 5.—
C.
Quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, calm, composed, unimpassioned, etc.:
ut peractis quae agenda fuerint salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2:
lenis et nitidi et compositi generis amatores,
Quint. 10, 1, 44:
actio,
id. 11, 3, 110:
aetas,
mature, sedate, Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites atque compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9:
supercilium (opp. erectum),
id. 11, 3, 74:
repetitio eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem,
Flor. 3, 23, 3.—
D.
Compound, composite, made up of parts (opp. simplex):
verba,
Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5:
voces,
id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,
(α).
Ex composito, according to agreement, by agreement, in concert, Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch:
tum ex composito orta vis,
Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—
(β).
De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,
(γ).
More rarely in the same sense, composito alone, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ( conp-), in an orderly, regular, or skilful manner, orderly, regularly, properly (class. but rare;
not in Quint.): ambulare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:
indutus,
Gell. 1, 5, 2:
composite et apte dicere,
Cic. Or. 71, 236:
composite, ornate, copiose eloqui,
id. De Or. 1, 11, 48:
composite atque magnifice casum reipublicae miserati,
Sall. C. 51, 9:
bene et composite disseruit,
id. Ib. 52.— Comp.:
compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,
Tac. A. 15, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > compositum
13 conpono

com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (compostus, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).
I.
In gen., of different objects.
A.
To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.
1.
Of things in gen.:
aridum lignum,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:
composita fronde,
Prop. 1, 20, 22:
uvas in tecto in cratibus,
Cato, R. R. 112, 2:
in quo (loco) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat,
Cic. Deiot. 6, 17:
(amomum) manipulatim leniter componitur,
Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48:
amphoras in culleum,
Cato, R. R. 113, 2:
ligna in caminum,
id. ib. 37, 5.—
b.
To bring into contact, fit together, join:
quid... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque compactum et coagmentatum inveniri potest?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo bibo eodem, amplector, labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28:
tum latus conponit lateri et cum pectore pectus,
id. ib. p. 260, 30:
conponens manibusque manus atque ori bus ora,
Verg. A. 8, 486:
Mercurio Sais fertur Virgineum conposuisse latus,
Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf.
caput,
Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of broken limbs, etc., med. t. t., to set:
ossa,
Cels. 8, 10, 2:
jugulum,
id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—
c.
Esp., to pack up for a journey, etc.:
omnia composta sunt quae donavi,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21:
i ergo intro et compone quae tecum simul Ferantur,
Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5:
dum tota domus raeda componitur una,
Juv. 3, 10.—
2.
Of persons:
is (Saturnus) genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit,
Verg. A. 8, 322:
et tabula una duos poterit componere amantes,
Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. infra.—
B.
To set in opposition.
1.
To bring together in hostility, to oppose, to couple, pair, match in combat (cf. compositio, III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: Samnis, spurcus homo, cum Pacideiano conponitur, optimus multo Post homines natos gladiator qui fuit unus, Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:
Rupili et Persi par pugnat, uti non Compositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius,
Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.:
staturam habere Threcis cum Threce conpositi,
Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8;
and in gen.: si quis casus duos inter se bonos viros composuerit,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:
cuive virum mallem memet componere,
Sil. 10, 70:
componimur Vecordi Decio,
id. 11, 212:
hunc fatis,
id. 1, 39:
cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale genus,
Luc. 3, 196;
and fig.: pergis pugnantia secum Frontibus adversis componere,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 103:
ecce par deo dignum, vir fortis cum fortuna mala conpositus,
Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9:
non illa (rhetorice) secum ipsa componitur,
Quint. 2, 17, 33;
and of a judicial contest: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita,
confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—
2.
To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.
(α).
With acc. and dat.: quid est, cur componere ausis mihi te aut me tibi? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.):
nec divis homines componier aequom'st,
Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis discrepant, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.):
si parva licet conponere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:
parvis conponere magna solebam,
id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, [p. 392] 416:
audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?
id. ib. 15, 530:
divinis humana,
Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—
(β).
With acc. and cum:
ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,
Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.
II.
In partic.
A.
Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.
1.
To bring together, compose, compound, make up, mix, construct.
(α).
With ex:
exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,
Sall. J. 18, 3:
genus humanum ex corpore et anima conpositum,
id. ib. 2, 1:
liber ex alienis orationibus compositus,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47:
antidoton... ex multis atque interim contrariis quoque inter se effectibus,
Quint. 1, 10, 6:
ex quo (umore) componi debet (medicamentum),
Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin. —
(β).
With abl.:
mensam gramine,
Sil. 15, 51.—
(γ).
With acc. alone:
medicamentum,
Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—
2.
Esp., of buildings, etc., to construct, build:
qui cuncta conposuit,
i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13:
urbem,
Verg. A. 3, 387:
illa (templa) deis,
Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.:
aggere conposito tumuli,
Verg. A. 7, 6:
deletas Thebas,
Prop. 2, 6, 5.—
3.
Of words, to compound:
vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),
Quint. 1, 5, 3.—
4.
Of writings, speeches, etc.
a.
To compose, write, construct (very freq.):
leges,
Lucr. 4, 966:
compone hoc, quod postulo, de argento: de reliquo videro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:
quartum librum,
id. de Or. 2, 55, 224:
libros,
id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1:
libellos,
Quint. 12, 8, 5:
actiones,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68:
argumentum,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3:
edictum eis verbis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:
edictum eorum arbitratu,
id. ib. 2, 1, 46, §
119: artes,
books of instruction, id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40:
artificium,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 83:
commentarium consulatus mei,
id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19:
quarum (litterarum) exemplum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:
quandam disciplinae formulam,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 17:
stipulationum et judiciorum formulas,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:
interdictum,
id. Caecin. 21, 59:
poema,
id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:
senatus consultum,
Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:
testimonium,
id. Att. 15, 15, 1:
verba ad religionem deorum immortalium,
id. Dom. 47, 124:
de judicialibus causis aliqua,
Quint. 3, 6, 104:
aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitaque Scapulae composita erant,
Tac. A. 16, 14:
Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos aliqua conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: carmen,
Cic. Mur. 12, 26:
carmina,
Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49:
epistulas,
id. ib. 2, 70:
litteras nomine Marcelli,
Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20:
orationem habere ad conciliandos plebis animos conpositam,
Liv. 1, 35, 2:
blanditias tremula voce,
Tib. 1, 2, 91:
meditata manu verba trementi,
Ov. M. 9, 521:
versus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:
mollem versum,
Prop. 1, 7, 19:
cantus,
Tib. 1, 2, 53:
in morem annalium,
Tac. Or. 22:
orationes adversus aliquem,
id. ib. 37:
litteras ad aliquem,
id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22:
probra in Gaium,
id. ib. 6, 9;
14, 50: multa et atrocia in Macronem,
id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—
b.
Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to write about, treat, celebrate:
tuas laudes,
Tib. 4, 1, 35:
res gestas,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251:
tempora Iliaca,
Vell. 1, 3, 2:
bellum Troicum,
id. 1, 5, 3:
Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum,
Tac. Or. 14:
veteres populi Romani res,
id. A. 4, 32:
Neronis res,
id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—
B.
From the notion of closing.
1.
To put away, put aside, put in place:
armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus,
i. e. folding up the sails and lowering the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80:
(tempus) ad componenda armamenta expediendumque remigem,
Liv. 26, 39, 8:
vela contrahit malosque inclinat et simul armamenta componens, etc.,
id. 36, 44, 2:
arma,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:
tristes istos conpone libellos,
put aside, Prop. 1, 9, 13.—
2.
To store up, put away, collect:
nec... Aut conponere opes norant aut parcere parto,
Verg. A. 8, 317:
ego conposito securus acervo Despiciam dites,
Tib. 1, 1, 77;
so fig.: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to preserve, pack, put up fruits, meat, etc., for future use:
pernas,
Cato, R. R. 162, 12:
tergora (suis),
Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1:
caepam in fidelia,
id. 12, 10, 2:
herbas,
id. 12, 13, 2:
poma,
id. 12, 47, 5:
olivas,
Pall. Nov. 22, 5:
herbam olla nova,
Scrib. Comp. 60:
faenum,
Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:
fructus in urceis, capsellis,
ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—
3.
Of the ashes or remains of the dead, to adjust, lay out, to collect and inurn, inter, bury:
tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt,
Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19):
cinerem,
Ov. F. 3, 547:
cinerem ossaque,
Val. Fl. 7, 203:
sic ego conponi versus in ossa velim,
Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to bury:
quem... prope cognatos conpositum cineres,
Cat. 68, 98:
omnes composui (meos),
Hor. S. 1, 9, 28:
compositi busta avi,
Ov. F. 5, 426:
Pisonem Verania uxor... T. Vinium Crispina filia composuere,
Tac. H. 1, 47:
componi tumulo eodem,
Ov. M. 4, 157:
toro Mortua componar,
id. ib. 9, 504:
alto Conpositus lecto,
Pers. 3, 104:
aliquem terra,
Sil. 9, 95.—
4.
To lay at rest, compose, quiet.
a.
Of things: omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete, Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16:
cum mare compositum est,
Ov. A. A. 3, 259:
aquas,
id. H. 13, 136:
fessum tumentes Composuit pelagus ventis patientibus undas,
Luc. 5, 702.—
b.
Of persons:
nec vigilantibus, sed etiam quiete compositis,
Quint. 11, 2, 5:
ubi jam thalamis se conposuere,
Verg. G. 4, 189:
defessa membra,
id. ib. 4, 438:
si bene conpositus somno vinoque jacebit,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—
5.
To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.
a.
With personal object:
aversos amicos,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
ceteros clementia,
Tac. A. 12, 55:
comitia praetorum,
id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:
juvenes concitatos,
Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:
barbarum animos,
Tac. A. 14, 39:
gentem,
Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the mind:
prima (pars philosophiae) conponit animum,
Sen. Ep. 89, 9:
argumentum conpositae mentis,
id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352:
mentem somno,
id. 3, 162:
religio saevas componit mentis,
id. 13, 317.—
b.
Of places, countries, etc.:
C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,
Tac. A. 2, 4:
Campaniam,
id. H. 4, 3:
Daciam,
id. ib. 3, 53.—
c.
With abstr. or indef. objects:
si possum hoc inter vos conponere,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:
vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17:
gaudens conponi foedere bellum,
Verg. A. 12, 109; so,
bellum,
Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:
bella,
Tac. A. 3, 56:
cum vellet pro communi amico controversias regum componere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 109:
uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur,
id. ib. 1, 9 fin.:
curas,
Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682:
lites,
Verg. E. 3, 108:
seditionem civilem,
Suet. Caes. 4:
statum Orientis,
id. Calig. 1:
Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit,
Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1:
legatorum res et bello turbatas,
id. 45, 16, 2:
res Germanicas,
Suet. Vit. 9:
discordias,
Tac. H. 4, 50:
compositis praesentibus,
id. A. 1, 45:
odia et certamina,
id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., with the result as object:
pacem componi volo Meo patri cum matre,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113:
si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset,
Liv. 30, 40, 13:
at me conposita pace fefellit Amor,
Prop. 2, 2, 2:
pax circa Brundusium composita,
Vell. 2, 75, 3:
pacem cum Pyrrho,
Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. infra.—
d.
Absol.:
coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. pass.:
posteaquam id quod maxime volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:
Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur atque ab armis discederetur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—
C.
Hence, to set right, to set in or restore to the proper place or condition, to adjust, etc.
1.
In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:
aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,
Verg. A. 1, 697:
ad ictum militaris gladii conposita cervice,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2:
diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi,
id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4:
si ad rem pertinet, quomodo caelo adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque animal oriatur,
Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98:
tibi enim gratias agebat, quod signa componenda suscepisses,
id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—
2.
Esp., milit. t. t.:
se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis quisque ordinibus (opp. incompositi),
Liv. 44, 38, 11:
conpositi numero in turmas,
Verg. A. 11, 599:
cunctos licentia vagos compositus invadit = compositis ordinibus,
Tac. H. 4, 35:
agmen,
id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16:
ordines,
id. H. 4, 33:
vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque apud signa, componunt,
id. ib. 3, 35:
pugnae exercitum,
id. A. 13, 40:
auxilia in numerum legionis,
id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.:
equitem per turmas,
id. ib. 15, 29:
insidias in montibus,
Just. 1, 3, 11.—
3.
Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.:
ut aptior sit oratio, ipsa verba compone,
id. Brut. 17, 68.—
4.
With reference to orderly appearance, etc., of the clothing, hair; the expression of the countenance, etc., to lay, smooth, adjust:
suon quisque loco'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97:
composito et delibuto capillo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:
comas,
Ov. R. Am. 679:
crines,
Verg. G. 4, 417:
ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 148:
togam,
to lay in proper folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.:
nec tamen ante adiit... Quam se composuit, quam circumspexit amictus,
Ov. M. 4, 318:
pulvinum facili manu,
id. A. A. 1, 160; cf.
torum,
id. F. 3, 484:
jam libet componere voltus,
id. M. 13, 767:
vultu composito, ne laeti excessu principis, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.:
(Tiberius) compositus ore,
id. ib. 2, 34:
vultum natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,
distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—
5.
In gen., to adjust, arrange, regulate, for the expression of something, or to accord with something; usu. ad aliquid:
ad abstinentiam rursus, non secus ac modo ad balineum animum vultumque conposui,
Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6:
orationis ipsius vultus ad id, quod efficere intendimus, compositus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,
id. 11, 3, 120:
ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis,
id. 1, 11, 19:
figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae,
id. 9, 2, 34:
nec ad votum composita civitas,
Tac. Or. 41:
cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita,
id. H. 1, 71:
cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis,
id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. with dat.:
voltus conponere famae Taedet,
to adapt, Tib. 4, 7, 9:
venturis carbasa ventis,
Luc. 3, 596:
me quoque mittendis rectum componite telis,
id. 3, 717. —With in:
Nero itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus pererrabat,
disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —
D.
To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.
(α).
With acc.:
ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem,
Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3:
quod adest memento Componere aequus,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 33:
conposita atque constituta re publica,
Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:
necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 13, 5:
(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,
Cic. Brut. 22, 87:
tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,
id. Or. 42, 143:
ex sententia omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque,
Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1:
in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita statim decernuntur,
Tac. H. 2, 55:
dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur,
id. A. 12, 68.—
(β).
With ad or in and acc. of the purpose for which, or the example according to which, etc.:
cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32:
omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae,
Quint. 10, 1, 43:
animum ad omnes casus,
id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321:
satis igitur in hoc nos componet multa scribendi exercitatio,
Quint. 9, 4, 114:
cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum mores suadent,
Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —
2.
To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.
(α).
In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29:
quin jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17:
ita causa componitur, ut item palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:
societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse,
Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch:
crimen ab inimicis Romae conpositum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141:
conpositis inter se rebus,
Sall. J. 66, 2:
ita conposito dolo digrediuntur,
id. ib. 111, 4:
conposito jam consilio,
Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant;
convenerat autem, etc.,
id. 25, 9, 8:
sub noctem susurri Composita repetantur hora,
Hor. C. 1, 9, 20:
ictum jam foedus, et omnes Conpositae leges,
Verg. A. 12, 315:
compositis notis,
Tib. 1, 2, 22:
crimen ac dolum ultro,
Tac. H. 1, 34:
proditionem,
id. ib. 2, 100:
seditionem,
id. ib. 4, 14:
insidias,
id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. supra.—
(β).
With rel.-clause:
cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,
Liv. 40, 40, 14.—
(γ).
With inf.:
ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(δ).
Pass. impers.:
ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,
Liv. 2, 37, 1.—
(ε).
With ut and subj.:
compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,
Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —
3.
In gen., to feign, invent, devise, contrive, in order to deceive or delude, etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.):
ne tu istic hodie malo tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211:
nec bene mendaci risus conponitur ore,
Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3):
sed vobis facile'st verba et conponere fraudes,
Prop. 2, 9, 31:
insidias in me conponis inanes,
id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19:
compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur,
Tac. A. 13, 47:
si haec fabulosa et composita videntur,
id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40:
quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in obscuro habentur,
id. A. 15, 16; cf.:
vetustatem, ut cetera, in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse,
exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.— Part. perf. with in and acc., pretending, assuming the appearance or expression:
(Domitianus) paratus simulatione, in adrogantiam compositus audiit preces,
Tac. Agr. 42:
is in maestitiam compositus,
id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54:
in securitatem,
id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely with ad:
tunc compositus ad maestitiam,
Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus ( - postus), a, um.
A.
Well-arranged, ordered, or constituted, orderly, regular:
quae (injuria) dum foris sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec magis compositum quicquam nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus sum... sunchusin litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:
acrior impetu atque animis quam compositior ullo ordine pugna fuit,
Liv. 28, 22, 13:
intellegitur, etiamsi non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque fore talem virum,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:
composita et quieta et beata respublica,
Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings:
quare in his quoque libris erant eadem aliqua... omnia vero compositiora et elaborata,
Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.:
illa quae curam fatentur et ficta atque composita videri etiam volunt,
elaborate, id. 8, pr. § 23.— Transf., of the orator himself:
si aut compositi oratoris bene structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum,
Cic. Or. 70, 232.—
B.
Fitly disposed for any purpose, prepared, apt, fit, adapted, qualified, suitable, ready:
perficiam ut nemo umquam paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so,
equus bene natura compositus,
Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:
arte quadam ab juventa in ostentationem (virtutum) compositus,
Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:
alius historiae magis idoneus, alius compositus ad carmen,
Quint. 2, 8, 7:
aeque in adulationem compositus (sacerdos),
Curt. 4, 7, 26:
(Attici) non maxime ad risum compositi,
Quint. 6, 3, 18:
natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,
Tac. H. 2, 5.—
C.
Quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, calm, composed, unimpassioned, etc.:
ut peractis quae agenda fuerint salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2:
lenis et nitidi et compositi generis amatores,
Quint. 10, 1, 44:
actio,
id. 11, 3, 110:
aetas,
mature, sedate, Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites atque compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9:
supercilium (opp. erectum),
id. 11, 3, 74:
repetitio eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem,
Flor. 3, 23, 3.—
D.
Compound, composite, made up of parts (opp. simplex):
verba,
Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5:
voces,
id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,
(α).
Ex composito, according to agreement, by agreement, in concert, Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch:
tum ex composito orta vis,
Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—
(β).
De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,
(γ).
More rarely in the same sense, composito alone, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ( conp-), in an orderly, regular, or skilful manner, orderly, regularly, properly (class. but rare;
not in Quint.): ambulare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:
indutus,
Gell. 1, 5, 2:
composite et apte dicere,
Cic. Or. 71, 236:
composite, ornate, copiose eloqui,
id. De Or. 1, 11, 48:
composite atque magnifice casum reipublicae miserati,
Sall. C. 51, 9:
bene et composite disseruit,
id. Ib. 52.— Comp.:
compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,
Tac. A. 15, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conpono
14 conposite

com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (compostus, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).
I.
In gen., of different objects.
A.
To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.
1.
Of things in gen.:
aridum lignum,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:
composita fronde,
Prop. 1, 20, 22:
uvas in tecto in cratibus,
Cato, R. R. 112, 2:
in quo (loco) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat,
Cic. Deiot. 6, 17:
(amomum) manipulatim leniter componitur,
Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48:
amphoras in culleum,
Cato, R. R. 113, 2:
ligna in caminum,
id. ib. 37, 5.—
b.
To bring into contact, fit together, join:
quid... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque compactum et coagmentatum inveniri potest?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo bibo eodem, amplector, labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28:
tum latus conponit lateri et cum pectore pectus,
id. ib. p. 260, 30:
conponens manibusque manus atque ori bus ora,
Verg. A. 8, 486:
Mercurio Sais fertur Virgineum conposuisse latus,
Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf.
caput,
Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of broken limbs, etc., med. t. t., to set:
ossa,
Cels. 8, 10, 2:
jugulum,
id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—
c.
Esp., to pack up for a journey, etc.:
omnia composta sunt quae donavi,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21:
i ergo intro et compone quae tecum simul Ferantur,
Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5:
dum tota domus raeda componitur una,
Juv. 3, 10.—
2.
Of persons:
is (Saturnus) genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit,
Verg. A. 8, 322:
et tabula una duos poterit componere amantes,
Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. infra.—
B.
To set in opposition.
1.
To bring together in hostility, to oppose, to couple, pair, match in combat (cf. compositio, III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: Samnis, spurcus homo, cum Pacideiano conponitur, optimus multo Post homines natos gladiator qui fuit unus, Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:
Rupili et Persi par pugnat, uti non Compositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius,
Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.:
staturam habere Threcis cum Threce conpositi,
Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8;
and in gen.: si quis casus duos inter se bonos viros composuerit,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:
cuive virum mallem memet componere,
Sil. 10, 70:
componimur Vecordi Decio,
id. 11, 212:
hunc fatis,
id. 1, 39:
cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale genus,
Luc. 3, 196;
and fig.: pergis pugnantia secum Frontibus adversis componere,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 103:
ecce par deo dignum, vir fortis cum fortuna mala conpositus,
Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9:
non illa (rhetorice) secum ipsa componitur,
Quint. 2, 17, 33;
and of a judicial contest: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita,
confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—
2.
To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.
(α).
With acc. and dat.: quid est, cur componere ausis mihi te aut me tibi? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.):
nec divis homines componier aequom'st,
Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis discrepant, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.):
si parva licet conponere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:
parvis conponere magna solebam,
id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, [p. 392] 416:
audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?
id. ib. 15, 530:
divinis humana,
Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—
(β).
With acc. and cum:
ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,
Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.
II.
In partic.
A.
Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.
1.
To bring together, compose, compound, make up, mix, construct.
(α).
With ex:
exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,
Sall. J. 18, 3:
genus humanum ex corpore et anima conpositum,
id. ib. 2, 1:
liber ex alienis orationibus compositus,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47:
antidoton... ex multis atque interim contrariis quoque inter se effectibus,
Quint. 1, 10, 6:
ex quo (umore) componi debet (medicamentum),
Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin. —
(β).
With abl.:
mensam gramine,
Sil. 15, 51.—
(γ).
With acc. alone:
medicamentum,
Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—
2.
Esp., of buildings, etc., to construct, build:
qui cuncta conposuit,
i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13:
urbem,
Verg. A. 3, 387:
illa (templa) deis,
Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.:
aggere conposito tumuli,
Verg. A. 7, 6:
deletas Thebas,
Prop. 2, 6, 5.—
3.
Of words, to compound:
vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),
Quint. 1, 5, 3.—
4.
Of writings, speeches, etc.
a.
To compose, write, construct (very freq.):
leges,
Lucr. 4, 966:
compone hoc, quod postulo, de argento: de reliquo videro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:
quartum librum,
id. de Or. 2, 55, 224:
libros,
id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1:
libellos,
Quint. 12, 8, 5:
actiones,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68:
argumentum,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3:
edictum eis verbis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:
edictum eorum arbitratu,
id. ib. 2, 1, 46, §
119: artes,
books of instruction, id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40:
artificium,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 83:
commentarium consulatus mei,
id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19:
quarum (litterarum) exemplum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:
quandam disciplinae formulam,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 17:
stipulationum et judiciorum formulas,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:
interdictum,
id. Caecin. 21, 59:
poema,
id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:
senatus consultum,
Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:
testimonium,
id. Att. 15, 15, 1:
verba ad religionem deorum immortalium,
id. Dom. 47, 124:
de judicialibus causis aliqua,
Quint. 3, 6, 104:
aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitaque Scapulae composita erant,
Tac. A. 16, 14:
Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos aliqua conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: carmen,
Cic. Mur. 12, 26:
carmina,
Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49:
epistulas,
id. ib. 2, 70:
litteras nomine Marcelli,
Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20:
orationem habere ad conciliandos plebis animos conpositam,
Liv. 1, 35, 2:
blanditias tremula voce,
Tib. 1, 2, 91:
meditata manu verba trementi,
Ov. M. 9, 521:
versus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:
mollem versum,
Prop. 1, 7, 19:
cantus,
Tib. 1, 2, 53:
in morem annalium,
Tac. Or. 22:
orationes adversus aliquem,
id. ib. 37:
litteras ad aliquem,
id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22:
probra in Gaium,
id. ib. 6, 9;
14, 50: multa et atrocia in Macronem,
id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—
b.
Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to write about, treat, celebrate:
tuas laudes,
Tib. 4, 1, 35:
res gestas,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251:
tempora Iliaca,
Vell. 1, 3, 2:
bellum Troicum,
id. 1, 5, 3:
Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum,
Tac. Or. 14:
veteres populi Romani res,
id. A. 4, 32:
Neronis res,
id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—
B.
From the notion of closing.
1.
To put away, put aside, put in place:
armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus,
i. e. folding up the sails and lowering the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80:
(tempus) ad componenda armamenta expediendumque remigem,
Liv. 26, 39, 8:
vela contrahit malosque inclinat et simul armamenta componens, etc.,
id. 36, 44, 2:
arma,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:
tristes istos conpone libellos,
put aside, Prop. 1, 9, 13.—
2.
To store up, put away, collect:
nec... Aut conponere opes norant aut parcere parto,
Verg. A. 8, 317:
ego conposito securus acervo Despiciam dites,
Tib. 1, 1, 77;
so fig.: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to preserve, pack, put up fruits, meat, etc., for future use:
pernas,
Cato, R. R. 162, 12:
tergora (suis),
Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1:
caepam in fidelia,
id. 12, 10, 2:
herbas,
id. 12, 13, 2:
poma,
id. 12, 47, 5:
olivas,
Pall. Nov. 22, 5:
herbam olla nova,
Scrib. Comp. 60:
faenum,
Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:
fructus in urceis, capsellis,
ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—
3.
Of the ashes or remains of the dead, to adjust, lay out, to collect and inurn, inter, bury:
tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt,
Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19):
cinerem,
Ov. F. 3, 547:
cinerem ossaque,
Val. Fl. 7, 203:
sic ego conponi versus in ossa velim,
Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to bury:
quem... prope cognatos conpositum cineres,
Cat. 68, 98:
omnes composui (meos),
Hor. S. 1, 9, 28:
compositi busta avi,
Ov. F. 5, 426:
Pisonem Verania uxor... T. Vinium Crispina filia composuere,
Tac. H. 1, 47:
componi tumulo eodem,
Ov. M. 4, 157:
toro Mortua componar,
id. ib. 9, 504:
alto Conpositus lecto,
Pers. 3, 104:
aliquem terra,
Sil. 9, 95.—
4.
To lay at rest, compose, quiet.
a.
Of things: omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete, Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16:
cum mare compositum est,
Ov. A. A. 3, 259:
aquas,
id. H. 13, 136:
fessum tumentes Composuit pelagus ventis patientibus undas,
Luc. 5, 702.—
b.
Of persons:
nec vigilantibus, sed etiam quiete compositis,
Quint. 11, 2, 5:
ubi jam thalamis se conposuere,
Verg. G. 4, 189:
defessa membra,
id. ib. 4, 438:
si bene conpositus somno vinoque jacebit,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—
5.
To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.
a.
With personal object:
aversos amicos,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
ceteros clementia,
Tac. A. 12, 55:
comitia praetorum,
id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:
juvenes concitatos,
Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:
barbarum animos,
Tac. A. 14, 39:
gentem,
Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the mind:
prima (pars philosophiae) conponit animum,
Sen. Ep. 89, 9:
argumentum conpositae mentis,
id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352:
mentem somno,
id. 3, 162:
religio saevas componit mentis,
id. 13, 317.—
b.
Of places, countries, etc.:
C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,
Tac. A. 2, 4:
Campaniam,
id. H. 4, 3:
Daciam,
id. ib. 3, 53.—
c.
With abstr. or indef. objects:
si possum hoc inter vos conponere,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:
vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17:
gaudens conponi foedere bellum,
Verg. A. 12, 109; so,
bellum,
Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:
bella,
Tac. A. 3, 56:
cum vellet pro communi amico controversias regum componere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 109:
uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur,
id. ib. 1, 9 fin.:
curas,
Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682:
lites,
Verg. E. 3, 108:
seditionem civilem,
Suet. Caes. 4:
statum Orientis,
id. Calig. 1:
Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit,
Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1:
legatorum res et bello turbatas,
id. 45, 16, 2:
res Germanicas,
Suet. Vit. 9:
discordias,
Tac. H. 4, 50:
compositis praesentibus,
id. A. 1, 45:
odia et certamina,
id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., with the result as object:
pacem componi volo Meo patri cum matre,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113:
si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset,
Liv. 30, 40, 13:
at me conposita pace fefellit Amor,
Prop. 2, 2, 2:
pax circa Brundusium composita,
Vell. 2, 75, 3:
pacem cum Pyrrho,
Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. infra.—
d.
Absol.:
coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. pass.:
posteaquam id quod maxime volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:
Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur atque ab armis discederetur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—
C.
Hence, to set right, to set in or restore to the proper place or condition, to adjust, etc.
1.
In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:
aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,
Verg. A. 1, 697:
ad ictum militaris gladii conposita cervice,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2:
diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi,
id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4:
si ad rem pertinet, quomodo caelo adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque animal oriatur,
Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98:
tibi enim gratias agebat, quod signa componenda suscepisses,
id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—
2.
Esp., milit. t. t.:
se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis quisque ordinibus (opp. incompositi),
Liv. 44, 38, 11:
conpositi numero in turmas,
Verg. A. 11, 599:
cunctos licentia vagos compositus invadit = compositis ordinibus,
Tac. H. 4, 35:
agmen,
id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16:
ordines,
id. H. 4, 33:
vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque apud signa, componunt,
id. ib. 3, 35:
pugnae exercitum,
id. A. 13, 40:
auxilia in numerum legionis,
id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.:
equitem per turmas,
id. ib. 15, 29:
insidias in montibus,
Just. 1, 3, 11.—
3.
Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.:
ut aptior sit oratio, ipsa verba compone,
id. Brut. 17, 68.—
4.
With reference to orderly appearance, etc., of the clothing, hair; the expression of the countenance, etc., to lay, smooth, adjust:
suon quisque loco'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97:
composito et delibuto capillo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:
comas,
Ov. R. Am. 679:
crines,
Verg. G. 4, 417:
ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 148:
togam,
to lay in proper folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.:
nec tamen ante adiit... Quam se composuit, quam circumspexit amictus,
Ov. M. 4, 318:
pulvinum facili manu,
id. A. A. 1, 160; cf.
torum,
id. F. 3, 484:
jam libet componere voltus,
id. M. 13, 767:
vultu composito, ne laeti excessu principis, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.:
(Tiberius) compositus ore,
id. ib. 2, 34:
vultum natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,
distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—
5.
In gen., to adjust, arrange, regulate, for the expression of something, or to accord with something; usu. ad aliquid:
ad abstinentiam rursus, non secus ac modo ad balineum animum vultumque conposui,
Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6:
orationis ipsius vultus ad id, quod efficere intendimus, compositus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,
id. 11, 3, 120:
ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis,
id. 1, 11, 19:
figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae,
id. 9, 2, 34:
nec ad votum composita civitas,
Tac. Or. 41:
cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita,
id. H. 1, 71:
cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis,
id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. with dat.:
voltus conponere famae Taedet,
to adapt, Tib. 4, 7, 9:
venturis carbasa ventis,
Luc. 3, 596:
me quoque mittendis rectum componite telis,
id. 3, 717. —With in:
Nero itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus pererrabat,
disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —
D.
To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.
(α).
With acc.:
ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem,
Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3:
quod adest memento Componere aequus,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 33:
conposita atque constituta re publica,
Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:
necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 13, 5:
(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,
Cic. Brut. 22, 87:
tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,
id. Or. 42, 143:
ex sententia omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque,
Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1:
in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita statim decernuntur,
Tac. H. 2, 55:
dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur,
id. A. 12, 68.—
(β).
With ad or in and acc. of the purpose for which, or the example according to which, etc.:
cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32:
omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae,
Quint. 10, 1, 43:
animum ad omnes casus,
id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321:
satis igitur in hoc nos componet multa scribendi exercitatio,
Quint. 9, 4, 114:
cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum mores suadent,
Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —
2.
To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.
(α).
In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29:
quin jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17:
ita causa componitur, ut item palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:
societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse,
Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch:
crimen ab inimicis Romae conpositum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141:
conpositis inter se rebus,
Sall. J. 66, 2:
ita conposito dolo digrediuntur,
id. ib. 111, 4:
conposito jam consilio,
Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant;
convenerat autem, etc.,
id. 25, 9, 8:
sub noctem susurri Composita repetantur hora,
Hor. C. 1, 9, 20:
ictum jam foedus, et omnes Conpositae leges,
Verg. A. 12, 315:
compositis notis,
Tib. 1, 2, 22:
crimen ac dolum ultro,
Tac. H. 1, 34:
proditionem,
id. ib. 2, 100:
seditionem,
id. ib. 4, 14:
insidias,
id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. supra.—
(β).
With rel.-clause:
cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,
Liv. 40, 40, 14.—
(γ).
With inf.:
ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(δ).
Pass. impers.:
ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,
Liv. 2, 37, 1.—
(ε).
With ut and subj.:
compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,
Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —
3.
In gen., to feign, invent, devise, contrive, in order to deceive or delude, etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.):
ne tu istic hodie malo tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211:
nec bene mendaci risus conponitur ore,
Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3):
sed vobis facile'st verba et conponere fraudes,
Prop. 2, 9, 31:
insidias in me conponis inanes,
id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19:
compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur,
Tac. A. 13, 47:
si haec fabulosa et composita videntur,
id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40:
quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in obscuro habentur,
id. A. 15, 16; cf.:
vetustatem, ut cetera, in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse,
exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.— Part. perf. with in and acc., pretending, assuming the appearance or expression:
(Domitianus) paratus simulatione, in adrogantiam compositus audiit preces,
Tac. Agr. 42:
is in maestitiam compositus,
id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54:
in securitatem,
id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely with ad:
tunc compositus ad maestitiam,
Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus ( - postus), a, um.
A.
Well-arranged, ordered, or constituted, orderly, regular:
quae (injuria) dum foris sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec magis compositum quicquam nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus sum... sunchusin litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:
acrior impetu atque animis quam compositior ullo ordine pugna fuit,
Liv. 28, 22, 13:
intellegitur, etiamsi non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque fore talem virum,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:
composita et quieta et beata respublica,
Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings:
quare in his quoque libris erant eadem aliqua... omnia vero compositiora et elaborata,
Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.:
illa quae curam fatentur et ficta atque composita videri etiam volunt,
elaborate, id. 8, pr. § 23.— Transf., of the orator himself:
si aut compositi oratoris bene structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum,
Cic. Or. 70, 232.—
B.
Fitly disposed for any purpose, prepared, apt, fit, adapted, qualified, suitable, ready:
perficiam ut nemo umquam paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so,
equus bene natura compositus,
Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:
arte quadam ab juventa in ostentationem (virtutum) compositus,
Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:
alius historiae magis idoneus, alius compositus ad carmen,
Quint. 2, 8, 7:
aeque in adulationem compositus (sacerdos),
Curt. 4, 7, 26:
(Attici) non maxime ad risum compositi,
Quint. 6, 3, 18:
natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,
Tac. H. 2, 5.—
C.
Quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, calm, composed, unimpassioned, etc.:
ut peractis quae agenda fuerint salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2:
lenis et nitidi et compositi generis amatores,
Quint. 10, 1, 44:
actio,
id. 11, 3, 110:
aetas,
mature, sedate, Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites atque compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9:
supercilium (opp. erectum),
id. 11, 3, 74:
repetitio eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem,
Flor. 3, 23, 3.—
D.
Compound, composite, made up of parts (opp. simplex):
verba,
Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5:
voces,
id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,
(α).
Ex composito, according to agreement, by agreement, in concert, Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch:
tum ex composito orta vis,
Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—
(β).
De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,
(γ).
More rarely in the same sense, composito alone, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ( conp-), in an orderly, regular, or skilful manner, orderly, regularly, properly (class. but rare;
not in Quint.): ambulare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:
indutus,
Gell. 1, 5, 2:
composite et apte dicere,
Cic. Or. 71, 236:
composite, ornate, copiose eloqui,
id. De Or. 1, 11, 48:
composite atque magnifice casum reipublicae miserati,
Sall. C. 51, 9:
bene et composite disseruit,
id. Ib. 52.— Comp.:
compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,
Tac. A. 15, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conposite
15 conpositum

com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (compostus, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).
I.
In gen., of different objects.
A.
To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.
1.
Of things in gen.:
aridum lignum,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:
composita fronde,
Prop. 1, 20, 22:
uvas in tecto in cratibus,
Cato, R. R. 112, 2:
in quo (loco) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat,
Cic. Deiot. 6, 17:
(amomum) manipulatim leniter componitur,
Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48:
amphoras in culleum,
Cato, R. R. 113, 2:
ligna in caminum,
id. ib. 37, 5.—
b.
To bring into contact, fit together, join:
quid... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque compactum et coagmentatum inveniri potest?
Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo bibo eodem, amplector, labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28:
tum latus conponit lateri et cum pectore pectus,
id. ib. p. 260, 30:
conponens manibusque manus atque ori bus ora,
Verg. A. 8, 486:
Mercurio Sais fertur Virgineum conposuisse latus,
Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf.
caput,
Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of broken limbs, etc., med. t. t., to set:
ossa,
Cels. 8, 10, 2:
jugulum,
id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—
c.
Esp., to pack up for a journey, etc.:
omnia composta sunt quae donavi,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21:
i ergo intro et compone quae tecum simul Ferantur,
Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5:
dum tota domus raeda componitur una,
Juv. 3, 10.—
2.
Of persons:
is (Saturnus) genus indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit,
Verg. A. 8, 322:
et tabula una duos poterit componere amantes,
Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. infra.—
B.
To set in opposition.
1.
To bring together in hostility, to oppose, to couple, pair, match in combat (cf. compositio, III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: Samnis, spurcus homo, cum Pacideiano conponitur, optimus multo Post homines natos gladiator qui fuit unus, Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17:
Rupili et Persi par pugnat, uti non Compositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius,
Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.:
staturam habere Threcis cum Threce conpositi,
Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8;
and in gen.: si quis casus duos inter se bonos viros composuerit,
Quint. 2, 17, 34:
cuive virum mallem memet componere,
Sil. 10, 70:
componimur Vecordi Decio,
id. 11, 212:
hunc fatis,
id. 1, 39:
cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale genus,
Luc. 3, 196;
and fig.: pergis pugnantia secum Frontibus adversis componere,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 103:
ecce par deo dignum, vir fortis cum fortuna mala conpositus,
Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9:
non illa (rhetorice) secum ipsa componitur,
Quint. 2, 17, 33;
and of a judicial contest: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita,
confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—
2.
To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.
(α).
With acc. and dat.: quid est, cur componere ausis mihi te aut me tibi? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.):
nec divis homines componier aequom'st,
Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis discrepant, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.):
si parva licet conponere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:
parvis conponere magna solebam,
id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, [p. 392] 416:
audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?
id. ib. 15, 530:
divinis humana,
Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—
(β).
With acc. and cum:
ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,
Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.
II.
In partic.
A.
Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.
1.
To bring together, compose, compound, make up, mix, construct.
(α).
With ex:
exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,
Sall. J. 18, 3:
genus humanum ex corpore et anima conpositum,
id. ib. 2, 1:
liber ex alienis orationibus compositus,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47:
antidoton... ex multis atque interim contrariis quoque inter se effectibus,
Quint. 1, 10, 6:
ex quo (umore) componi debet (medicamentum),
Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin. —
(β).
With abl.:
mensam gramine,
Sil. 15, 51.—
(γ).
With acc. alone:
medicamentum,
Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—
2.
Esp., of buildings, etc., to construct, build:
qui cuncta conposuit,
i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13:
urbem,
Verg. A. 3, 387:
illa (templa) deis,
Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.:
aggere conposito tumuli,
Verg. A. 7, 6:
deletas Thebas,
Prop. 2, 6, 5.—
3.
Of words, to compound:
vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),
Quint. 1, 5, 3.—
4.
Of writings, speeches, etc.
a.
To compose, write, construct (very freq.):
leges,
Lucr. 4, 966:
compone hoc, quod postulo, de argento: de reliquo videro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:
quartum librum,
id. de Or. 2, 55, 224:
libros,
id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1:
libellos,
Quint. 12, 8, 5:
actiones,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68:
argumentum,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3:
edictum eis verbis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:
edictum eorum arbitratu,
id. ib. 2, 1, 46, §
119: artes,
books of instruction, id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40:
artificium,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 83:
commentarium consulatus mei,
id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19:
quarum (litterarum) exemplum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:
quandam disciplinae formulam,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 17:
stipulationum et judiciorum formulas,
id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:
interdictum,
id. Caecin. 21, 59:
poema,
id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:
senatus consultum,
Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:
testimonium,
id. Att. 15, 15, 1:
verba ad religionem deorum immortalium,
id. Dom. 47, 124:
de judicialibus causis aliqua,
Quint. 3, 6, 104:
aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitaque Scapulae composita erant,
Tac. A. 16, 14:
Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos aliqua conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: carmen,
Cic. Mur. 12, 26:
carmina,
Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49:
epistulas,
id. ib. 2, 70:
litteras nomine Marcelli,
Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20:
orationem habere ad conciliandos plebis animos conpositam,
Liv. 1, 35, 2:
blanditias tremula voce,
Tib. 1, 2, 91:
meditata manu verba trementi,
Ov. M. 9, 521:
versus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 8:
mollem versum,
Prop. 1, 7, 19:
cantus,
Tib. 1, 2, 53:
in morem annalium,
Tac. Or. 22:
orationes adversus aliquem,
id. ib. 37:
litteras ad aliquem,
id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22:
probra in Gaium,
id. ib. 6, 9;
14, 50: multa et atrocia in Macronem,
id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—
b.
Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to write about, treat, celebrate:
tuas laudes,
Tib. 4, 1, 35:
res gestas,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251:
tempora Iliaca,
Vell. 1, 3, 2:
bellum Troicum,
id. 1, 5, 3:
Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum,
Tac. Or. 14:
veteres populi Romani res,
id. A. 4, 32:
Neronis res,
id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—
B.
From the notion of closing.
1.
To put away, put aside, put in place:
armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus,
i. e. folding up the sails and lowering the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80:
(tempus) ad componenda armamenta expediendumque remigem,
Liv. 26, 39, 8:
vela contrahit malosque inclinat et simul armamenta componens, etc.,
id. 36, 44, 2:
arma,
Hor. C. 4, 14, 52:
tristes istos conpone libellos,
put aside, Prop. 1, 9, 13.—
2.
To store up, put away, collect:
nec... Aut conponere opes norant aut parcere parto,
Verg. A. 8, 317:
ego conposito securus acervo Despiciam dites,
Tib. 1, 1, 77;
so fig.: condo et compono quae mox depromere possim,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to preserve, pack, put up fruits, meat, etc., for future use:
pernas,
Cato, R. R. 162, 12:
tergora (suis),
Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1:
caepam in fidelia,
id. 12, 10, 2:
herbas,
id. 12, 13, 2:
poma,
id. 12, 47, 5:
olivas,
Pall. Nov. 22, 5:
herbam olla nova,
Scrib. Comp. 60:
faenum,
Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:
fructus in urceis, capsellis,
ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—
3.
Of the ashes or remains of the dead, to adjust, lay out, to collect and inurn, inter, bury:
tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt,
Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19):
cinerem,
Ov. F. 3, 547:
cinerem ossaque,
Val. Fl. 7, 203:
sic ego conponi versus in ossa velim,
Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to bury:
quem... prope cognatos conpositum cineres,
Cat. 68, 98:
omnes composui (meos),
Hor. S. 1, 9, 28:
compositi busta avi,
Ov. F. 5, 426:
Pisonem Verania uxor... T. Vinium Crispina filia composuere,
Tac. H. 1, 47:
componi tumulo eodem,
Ov. M. 4, 157:
toro Mortua componar,
id. ib. 9, 504:
alto Conpositus lecto,
Pers. 3, 104:
aliquem terra,
Sil. 9, 95.—
4.
To lay at rest, compose, quiet.
a.
Of things: omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete, Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16:
cum mare compositum est,
Ov. A. A. 3, 259:
aquas,
id. H. 13, 136:
fessum tumentes Composuit pelagus ventis patientibus undas,
Luc. 5, 702.—
b.
Of persons:
nec vigilantibus, sed etiam quiete compositis,
Quint. 11, 2, 5:
ubi jam thalamis se conposuere,
Verg. G. 4, 189:
defessa membra,
id. ib. 4, 438:
si bene conpositus somno vinoque jacebit,
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—
5.
To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.
a.
With personal object:
aversos amicos,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
ceteros clementia,
Tac. A. 12, 55:
comitia praetorum,
id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:
juvenes concitatos,
Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:
barbarum animos,
Tac. A. 14, 39:
gentem,
Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the mind:
prima (pars philosophiae) conponit animum,
Sen. Ep. 89, 9:
argumentum conpositae mentis,
id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352:
mentem somno,
id. 3, 162:
religio saevas componit mentis,
id. 13, 317.—
b.
Of places, countries, etc.:
C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,
Tac. A. 2, 4:
Campaniam,
id. H. 4, 3:
Daciam,
id. ib. 3, 53.—
c.
With abstr. or indef. objects:
si possum hoc inter vos conponere,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:
vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17:
gaudens conponi foedere bellum,
Verg. A. 12, 109; so,
bellum,
Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:
bella,
Tac. A. 3, 56:
cum vellet pro communi amico controversias regum componere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 109:
uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur,
id. ib. 1, 9 fin.:
curas,
Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682:
lites,
Verg. E. 3, 108:
seditionem civilem,
Suet. Caes. 4:
statum Orientis,
id. Calig. 1:
Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit,
Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1:
legatorum res et bello turbatas,
id. 45, 16, 2:
res Germanicas,
Suet. Vit. 9:
discordias,
Tac. H. 4, 50:
compositis praesentibus,
id. A. 1, 45:
odia et certamina,
id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., with the result as object:
pacem componi volo Meo patri cum matre,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113:
si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset,
Liv. 30, 40, 13:
at me conposita pace fefellit Amor,
Prop. 2, 2, 2:
pax circa Brundusium composita,
Vell. 2, 75, 3:
pacem cum Pyrrho,
Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. infra.—
d.
Absol.:
coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant,
Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. pass.:
posteaquam id quod maxime volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:
Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur atque ab armis discederetur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—
C.
Hence, to set right, to set in or restore to the proper place or condition, to adjust, etc.
1.
In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:
aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,
Verg. A. 1, 697:
ad ictum militaris gladii conposita cervice,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2:
diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi,
id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4:
si ad rem pertinet, quomodo caelo adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque animal oriatur,
Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98:
tibi enim gratias agebat, quod signa componenda suscepisses,
id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—
2.
Esp., milit. t. t.:
se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis quisque ordinibus (opp. incompositi),
Liv. 44, 38, 11:
conpositi numero in turmas,
Verg. A. 11, 599:
cunctos licentia vagos compositus invadit = compositis ordinibus,
Tac. H. 4, 35:
agmen,
id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16:
ordines,
id. H. 4, 33:
vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque apud signa, componunt,
id. ib. 3, 35:
pugnae exercitum,
id. A. 13, 40:
auxilia in numerum legionis,
id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.:
equitem per turmas,
id. ib. 15, 29:
insidias in montibus,
Just. 1, 3, 11.—
3.
Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.:
ut aptior sit oratio, ipsa verba compone,
id. Brut. 17, 68.—
4.
With reference to orderly appearance, etc., of the clothing, hair; the expression of the countenance, etc., to lay, smooth, adjust:
suon quisque loco'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97:
composito et delibuto capillo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:
comas,
Ov. R. Am. 679:
crines,
Verg. G. 4, 417:
ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 148:
togam,
to lay in proper folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.:
nec tamen ante adiit... Quam se composuit, quam circumspexit amictus,
Ov. M. 4, 318:
pulvinum facili manu,
id. A. A. 1, 160; cf.
torum,
id. F. 3, 484:
jam libet componere voltus,
id. M. 13, 767:
vultu composito, ne laeti excessu principis, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.:
(Tiberius) compositus ore,
id. ib. 2, 34:
vultum natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,
distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—
5.
In gen., to adjust, arrange, regulate, for the expression of something, or to accord with something; usu. ad aliquid:
ad abstinentiam rursus, non secus ac modo ad balineum animum vultumque conposui,
Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6:
orationis ipsius vultus ad id, quod efficere intendimus, compositus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,
id. 11, 3, 120:
ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis,
id. 1, 11, 19:
figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae,
id. 9, 2, 34:
nec ad votum composita civitas,
Tac. Or. 41:
cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita,
id. H. 1, 71:
cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis,
id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. with dat.:
voltus conponere famae Taedet,
to adapt, Tib. 4, 7, 9:
venturis carbasa ventis,
Luc. 3, 596:
me quoque mittendis rectum componite telis,
id. 3, 717. —With in:
Nero itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui compositus pererrabat,
disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —
D.
To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.
(α).
With acc.:
ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem,
Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3:
quod adest memento Componere aequus,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 33:
conposita atque constituta re publica,
Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:
necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,
Liv. 4, 13, 5:
(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,
Cic. Brut. 22, 87:
tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,
id. Or. 42, 143:
ex sententia omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque,
Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1:
in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita statim decernuntur,
Tac. H. 2, 55:
dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur,
id. A. 12, 68.—
(β).
With ad or in and acc. of the purpose for which, or the example according to which, etc.:
cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita,
Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32:
omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae,
Quint. 10, 1, 43:
animum ad omnes casus,
id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321:
satis igitur in hoc nos componet multa scribendi exercitatio,
Quint. 9, 4, 114:
cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum mores suadent,
Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —
2.
To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.
(α).
In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29:
quin jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17:
ita causa componitur, ut item palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:
societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse,
Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch:
crimen ab inimicis Romae conpositum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141:
conpositis inter se rebus,
Sall. J. 66, 2:
ita conposito dolo digrediuntur,
id. ib. 111, 4:
conposito jam consilio,
Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant;
convenerat autem, etc.,
id. 25, 9, 8:
sub noctem susurri Composita repetantur hora,
Hor. C. 1, 9, 20:
ictum jam foedus, et omnes Conpositae leges,
Verg. A. 12, 315:
compositis notis,
Tib. 1, 2, 22:
crimen ac dolum ultro,
Tac. H. 1, 34:
proditionem,
id. ib. 2, 100:
seditionem,
id. ib. 4, 14:
insidias,
id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. supra.—
(β).
With rel.-clause:
cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,
Liv. 40, 40, 14.—
(γ).
With inf.:
ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,
Tac. A. 3, 40.—
(δ).
Pass. impers.:
ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,
Liv. 2, 37, 1.—
(ε).
With ut and subj.:
compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,
Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —
3.
In gen., to feign, invent, devise, contrive, in order to deceive or delude, etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.):
ne tu istic hodie malo tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211:
nec bene mendaci risus conponitur ore,
Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3):
sed vobis facile'st verba et conponere fraudes,
Prop. 2, 9, 31:
insidias in me conponis inanes,
id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19:
compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur,
Tac. A. 13, 47:
si haec fabulosa et composita videntur,
id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40:
quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in obscuro habentur,
id. A. 15, 16; cf.:
vetustatem, ut cetera, in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse,
exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.— Part. perf. with in and acc., pretending, assuming the appearance or expression:
(Domitianus) paratus simulatione, in adrogantiam compositus audiit preces,
Tac. Agr. 42:
is in maestitiam compositus,
id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54:
in securitatem,
id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely with ad:
tunc compositus ad maestitiam,
Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus ( - postus), a, um.
A.
Well-arranged, ordered, or constituted, orderly, regular:
quae (injuria) dum foris sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec magis compositum quicquam nec magis elegans,
Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus sum... sunchusin litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:
acrior impetu atque animis quam compositior ullo ordine pugna fuit,
Liv. 28, 22, 13:
intellegitur, etiamsi non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque fore talem virum,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:
composita et quieta et beata respublica,
Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings:
quare in his quoque libris erant eadem aliqua... omnia vero compositiora et elaborata,
Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.:
illa quae curam fatentur et ficta atque composita videri etiam volunt,
elaborate, id. 8, pr. § 23.— Transf., of the orator himself:
si aut compositi oratoris bene structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum,
Cic. Or. 70, 232.—
B.
Fitly disposed for any purpose, prepared, apt, fit, adapted, qualified, suitable, ready:
perficiam ut nemo umquam paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so,
equus bene natura compositus,
Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:
arte quadam ab juventa in ostentationem (virtutum) compositus,
Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:
alius historiae magis idoneus, alius compositus ad carmen,
Quint. 2, 8, 7:
aeque in adulationem compositus (sacerdos),
Curt. 4, 7, 26:
(Attici) non maxime ad risum compositi,
Quint. 6, 3, 18:
natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,
Tac. H. 2, 5.—
C.
Quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, calm, composed, unimpassioned, etc.:
ut peractis quae agenda fuerint salvo jam et composito die possis ibi manere,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2:
lenis et nitidi et compositi generis amatores,
Quint. 10, 1, 44:
actio,
id. 11, 3, 110:
aetas,
mature, sedate, Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites atque compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9:
supercilium (opp. erectum),
id. 11, 3, 74:
repetitio eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem,
Flor. 3, 23, 3.—
D.
Compound, composite, made up of parts (opp. simplex):
verba,
Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5:
voces,
id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,
(α).
Ex composito, according to agreement, by agreement, in concert, Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch:
tum ex composito orta vis,
Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—
(β).
De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,
(γ).
More rarely in the same sense, composito alone, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ( conp-), in an orderly, regular, or skilful manner, orderly, regularly, properly (class. but rare;
not in Quint.): ambulare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:
indutus,
Gell. 1, 5, 2:
composite et apte dicere,
Cic. Or. 71, 236:
composite, ornate, copiose eloqui,
id. De Or. 1, 11, 48:
composite atque magnifice casum reipublicae miserati,
Sall. C. 51, 9:
bene et composite disseruit,
id. Ib. 52.— Comp.:
compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,
Tac. A. 15, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conpositum
16 convenio

con-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4 ( fut. convenibo, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 18), v. n. and a.
I.
To come together, meet together, assemble (class. and freq.).
A.
In gen.:
milites, qui ex provinciā convenerant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8:
omnes... eo convenerant,
id. ib. 3, 16:
totius fere Galliae legati ad Caesarem gratulatum convenerunt,
id. ib. 1, 30:
quanto multitudo hominum ad hoc judicium,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 11:
amici privatique hospites ad eum defendendum convenerunt,
Nep. Timoth. 4, 2:
ad clamorem hominum,
Caes. B. G. 4, 37:
ad delectationem,
Quint. 3, 4, 6:
Pericles, cum haberet collegam Sophoclem, iique de communi officio convenissent,
id. Off. 1, 40, 144:
nunc ita convenimus, ut possemus dicere, etc.,
id. Phil. 3, 2, 5:
quoniam convenimus ambo,
Verg. E. 5, 1; id. A. 1, 361 al.—With the place to or at which, usu. designated by in and acc.:
mei capitis servandi causā Romam Italia tota convenit,
Cic. Pis. 15, 34; id. Div. 2, 23, 50:
unum in locum omnes,
Caes. B. G. 4, 19:
in coetus scholarum,
Quint. 2, 9, 2:
in consilium frequentes,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 71:
reguli in unum convenere,
Sall. J. 11, 2:
tribuni plebis non desistebant clam inter se convenire,
Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 12:
et ex proximis hibernis et a Caesare conventura subsidia,
Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.: convenientis manus dissipare, Auct. B. G. 8, 6.—Rarely with in and abl., or with advv. of place (mostly post-Aug.):
uno in loco omnes adversariorum copiae convenissent,
Cic. Div. 2, 24, 52 B. and K.; cf.: quanta illic multitudo convenisse dicebatur, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160 B. and K. (al. illuc):
in coloniā Agrippiensi in domum privatam conveniunt,
Tac. H. 4, 55.—
2.
Transf., of inanim. and abstr. subjects:
munera multa huc ab amatoribus,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 44:
huc convenit utrumque bivium,
Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; cf.:
oppi dum in quo omnis negotiatio ejus (Arabiae) convenit,
id. 6, 28, 32, § 157:
cum multae causae convenisse unum in locum atque inter se congruere videntur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62; so id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Publicist. t. t. of civil communities which belong in jurisdiction to some chief city:
ex his civitatibus, quae in id forum convenirent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 38:
Carthaginem conveniunt populi LXV.,
Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 25; cf.:
ibi Aethiopicae convenere naves,
id. 5, 28, 29, § 105.—
2.
Jurid. t. t.:
in manum, of a woman who in marriage (by usus, confarreatio, or coëmptio, q. v.) comes into the hands (manus) of her husband,
Cic. Fl. 34, 84; id. Top. 3, 14; Quint. 5, 10, 62; Gai Inst. 3, 84:
viro in manum,
Cic. Top. 4, 23:
in manum flaminis,
Tac. A. 4, 16 et saep.—
In the same sense: in matrimonium alicujus,
Dig. 45, 1, 121, § 1:
in matrimonium cum viro,
to marry, Gell. 18, 6, 8; or, in nuptias, Cod. Th. 3, 7, 11.—
3.
Act., to go to one to speak to him, make a request of him, etc., to address, accost, meet, visit:
haut multos homines nunc videre et convenire quam te mavellem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 16; id. Pers. 5, 2, 74 al.; Ter. And. 1, 3, 22:
(Helvetii) cum eum (sc. Caesarem) in itinere convenissent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 27:
adversarios ejus,
Nep. Dion, 8, 3:
illum Atilium,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:
neminem conveni—convenio autem cottidie plurimos—quin omnes, etc.,
id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:
Bruti pueri Laodiceae me convenerunt,
id. ib. 3, 7, 1.— Pass.:
Balbus tantis pedum doloribus afficitur, ut se conveniri nolit,
Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 2:
nec eum (Lentulum) a minore Balbo conventum,
id. Att. 9, 6, 1:
quod conveniundi patris me tempus capere jubebat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 7; Nep. Dion, 9, 3 al. — Absol.:
aditum petentibus conveniendi non dabat,
Nep. Paus. 3, 3.—
b.
Jurid. t. t., to meet one judicially, to sue, bring an action against, summon before a tribunal:
ut heredes ex stipulatu conveniri possint,
Dig. 10, 2, 20; 50, 1, 17:
de peculio,
Paul. Sent. 2, 31:
pro parte dimidiā,
Dig. 17, 1, 59 et saep.—Also with abstr. objects:
dolum aut culpam eorum,
Dig. 26, 7, 38:
nomen,
ib. 42, 1, 15.
II.
Pregn.
A.
To come together, to unite, join, combine, couple (cf. coëo, II.).
1.
Lit., so mostly of the coition of animals, Lucr. 2, 922; Plin. 11, 24, 29, § 85; App. M. 6, p. 177, 38 al.—Of the union of atoms:
Tandem conveniant ea (primordia) quae convecta repente Magnarum rerum fiunt exordia,
Lucr. 5, 429.—
2.
Trop.
a.
With personal subject, to agree with in wishes, decisions, etc., to accord, harmonize (rare;
late Lat.),
Hyg. Astr. 2, 4; Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 29; Paul. Sent. 1, 1, § 5 (but in Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, the v. 130 is spurious; v. Ritschl, prol. ad Trin. p. 131).—Far more freq.,
b.
Res convenit or impers. convenit, it is agreed upon, or there is unanimity in respect to something, the matter is decided.
(α).
Res convenit, constr. alicui cum aliquo, inter aliquos, or absol.:
cum his mihi nec locus nec sermo convenit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 10:
haec fratri mecum non conveniunt neque placent,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 34:
de dote mecum conveniri nil potest,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 168:
hoc mihi cum tuo fratre convenit,
Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87; Liv. 2, 39, 8; Quint. 3, 6, 91:
pax, quae cum T. Quinctio convenisset,
Liv. 34, 43, 2; cf.:
pax convenit,
Sall. J. 38 fin.; Liv. 1, 3, 5; 30, 43, 8:
in eas condiciones cum pax conveniret,
id. 29, 12, 14 al.; and:
cum imperatoribus Romanis pacem conventam fuisse,
Sall. J. 112, 2:
ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 146:
eo signo quod convenerat revocantur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28:
quod tempus inter eos committendi proelii convenerat,
id. B. G. 2, 19:
neminem voluerunt majores nostri esse judicem, nisi qui inter adversarios convenisset,
Cic. Clu. 43, 120; so,
judex inter eos,
Val. Max. 2, 8, 2:
posse rem convenire... si posset inter eos aliquid convenire,
Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:
dum rem conventuram putamus,
id. Att. 9, 6, 2:
si in eo manerent, quod convenisset,
Caes. B. G. 1, 36: [p. 463] in colloquium convenit;
condiciones non convenerunt,
Nep. Hann. 6, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 40, 14; 38, 11, 1 al.:
postquam ardentia vidit castra magister equitum (id convenerat signum),
id. 9, 23, 15:
signum,
Suet. Oth. 6:
omnia conventura,
Sall. J. 83, 2.— Pass.:
pacem conventam frustra fuisse,
Sall. J. 112, 2:
quibus conventis,
Liv. 30, 43, 7.—
(β).
Convenit, constr. alicui cum aliquo, inter aliquos, with ut, the acc. and inf., with de and abl., or absol.:
mihi cum Deiotaro convenit, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 14:
idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:
quicum optime convenisset,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 147:
nunc ita convenit inter me atque hunc, ut, etc.,
Plaut. Capt. 2. 3, 19:
non modo inter Patres, sed ne inter consules quidem ipsos satis conveniebat,
Liv. 2, 23, 14:
conveniat mihi tecum necesse est, ipsum fecisse, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; Sen. Ben. 7, 4, 5; id. Brev. Vit. 7, 3:
inter omnis vero convenit, Sibyllam ad Tarquinium Superbum tris libros attulisse,
Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88; cf. Suet. Vesp. 25: convenit, jam inde per consules reliqua belli perfecta, it is generally asserted, homologeitai, Liv. 9, 16, 1; cf. Suet. Claud. 44 et saep.:
cum de facto convenit, et quaeritur, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 8, 11; id. Fin. 4, 26, 72:
de duobus minus convenit,
Liv. 2, 33, 2; Quint. 1, 4, 17; Col. 2, 9 init.; Sen. Clem. 2, 7, 4; Gell. 2, 22, 2:
quamquam de hoc parum convenit,
Quint. 5, 10, 2:
quaedam sunt, de quibus inter omnes convenit,
id. 2, 12, 2; 4, 5, 28; Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 9; Liv. 42, 25, 11; Sen. Q. N. 2, 12, 2; Plin. Pan. 29, 5:
ubi de pace non convenit, signa cecinere,
Flor. 2, 6, 59 al.:
convenit, victi utri sint eo proelio, Urbem, agrum, etc.... seque uti dederent,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 70:
convenerat, ne interloquereris,
Sen. Clem. 1, 9, 9; cf.:
quibus consulibus interierit non convenit,
Nep. Hann. 13, 1:
pacto convenit, etc.,
Liv. 24, 6, 7; Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 80:
omnis exercitus, uti convenerat. Numidiā deductus, etc.,
Sall. J. 39, 4:
Patres igitur jurati (ita enim convenerat),
Liv. 30, 40, 12:
pro argento si aurum dare mallent, darent convenit,
id. 38, 11, 8.—
B.
To fit with, in, or to something, to suit, be adapted to.
1.
Lit. (rare):
quae (cupa) inter orbes conveniat... quae (fistula) in columellam conveniat,
Cato, R. R. 21, 1:
conveniebatne in vaginam tuam machaera militis?
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 85:
si cothurni laus illa esset, ad pedem apte convenire,
Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.—More freq.,
2.
Transf.: res convenit, or impers. convenit, the thing (or it) is fit, becoming, seemly, suitable, appropriate, proper, serviceable for something, it becomes, = consentit, congruit.
a.
Res convenit, constr. with in or ad aliquid, cum aliquā re, the dat., acc., acc. and inf., or absol.
(α).
In or ad aliquid:
ceterae vites in quemvis agrum conveniunt,
Cato, R. R. 6 fin.; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 19, 1:
quid minus in hunc ordinem convenit? etc.,
Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8:
convenire quae vitia in quemvis videntur potius, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65:
hoc in te unum,
id. N. D. 2, 29, 74 Orell. N. cr. nullam contumeliam jacere potueris, quae non ad maximam partem civium conveniret, id. Sull. 7, 23.—
(β).
Cum aliquā re:
haec tua deliberatio non mihi convenire visa est cum oratione Largi,
Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 2; so id. Fin. 3, 22, 73 al.—
(γ).
With dat.:
num videntur convenire haec nuptiis?
Ter. And. 2, 2, 29; so Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; id. Fin. 3, 22, 74; Sall. J. 85, 40; Quint. 6, 3, 25; Suet. Galb. 14 et saep.—
(δ).
With acc.:
itidem ut tempus anni, aetatem aliam aliud factum convenit,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 24 dub. (Lachm. ap. Lucr. p. 64, conj. condecet).—
(ε).
With acc. and inf.:
hoc non convenit, me... agrum habere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 55; so Prop. 2, 1, 41.—
(ζ).
With in and abl.:
nihil autem minus in perfecto duce quam festinationem... convenire arbitrabatur,
Suet. Aug. 25.—
(η).
Absol.: hanc mi expetivi, contigit;
conveniunt mores, etc.,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:
nomen non convenit,
id. ib. 5, 4, 39; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 3 (cf. impers.: rationes conferatis; adsidunt;
subducunt: ad nummum convenit,
Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12):
non bene conveniunt, nec in unā sede morantur Majestas et amor,
Ov. M. 2, 846:
medius ille orationis modus maxime convenit,
Quint. 6, 2, 19 et saep.—
b.
Convenit, impers., constr. with a clause as subject (so esp. freq. in Lucr. and the elder Pliny).
(α).
Haud convenit, unā ire cum amicā imperatorem in viā, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 41:
convenit illud in his rebus obsignatum habere, Lucr 2, 582: per se sibi vivere,
id. 3, 685:
dicere causas leti,
id. 6, 708 et saep.:
quo maxime contendi conveniat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 2:
convenit Evandri victos discedere ad urbem,
Verg. A. 12, 184; so Hor. A. P. 226; Vell. 1, 3, 2; Quint. 7, 3, 9; Plin. 18, 13, 33, § 126; cf. id. 33, 1, 5, § 15 Sillig.—
(β).
With ut:
quī enim convenit, ut? etc.,
Cic. Phil. 7, 2, 4 (al. evenit):
si tibi curae Quantae conveniat Munatius,
Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 31; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 63. —To express assent:
convenit,
well, it is agreed, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 54.—Hence,
1.
convĕnĭens, entis, P. a.
A.
(Acc. to II. A. 2.) Agreeing, consistent, accordant, harmonious (syn.:
consentiens, concors, congruens): bene convenientes propinqui,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 58; cf.:
convenientes optime propinqui cognatique,
id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96; Suet. Tib. 7:
recta et convenientia et constantia natura desiderat,
Cic. Off. 3, 8, 35:
conveniens et conjuncta constantia inter augures,
id. Div. 2, 39, 82:
motus,
Lucr. 1, 1029; cf.:
inter se motus,
id. 2, 941.—More frequently,
B.
(Acc. to II. B. 2.) Fitting to something, appropriate to, meet, fit, suitable, = congruens; constr. with cum, the dat., ad aliquid, inter se, in and acc. or abl., or absol.
(α).
With cum (rare): motus oris conveniens cum ipsius verbi demonstratione, Nigid. ap. Gell. 10, 4, 4:
dies conveniens cum populi vultu,
Ov. P. 2, 1, 28.—
(β).
With dat. (very freq.):
nihil in hac praeclarā epistulā scriptum ab Epicuro congruens et conveniens decretis ejus reperietis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99; Quint. 3, 11, 20; 6, 3, 102 al.; Suet. Tib. 50; Hor. A. P. 316; Ov. P. 3, 9, 36 et saep.:
aut sibi convenientia finge,
Hor. A. P. 119; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 11:
bono civi convenientissimum credidi amplecti, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 1:
disciplina convenientissima,
Vell. 1, 6, 3.—
(γ).
Ad aliquid (rare):
nihil est tam conveniens ad res vel secundas vel adversas,
Cic. Lael. 5, 17:
sonus ad formam tauri,
Ov. Ib. 436.—
(δ).
In aliquid (very rare):
forma in illam conveniens amplitudinem,
Vell. 2, 29, 2.—
(ε).
In aliquā re:
gratulatio conveniens in eā victoriā,
Liv. 45, 19, 3.—
(ζ).
Inter se (rare):
in vitā omnia sint apta inter se et convenientia,
Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:
inter se motus,
Lucr. 2, 941.—
(η).
Absol. (rare):
quod sit aptum atque conveniens,
Quint. 5, 10, 123:
toga,
fitting, fitting close, Ov. A. A. 1, 514:
nihil convenientius ducens, quam, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 10.—
b.
Conveniens est = convenit, consentaneum est, it is fit, proper, becoming, suitable (post-Aug. and rare; cf.
congruens): convenientius est dici,
Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 35.— Sup., Plin. Pan. 87, 1; id. Ep. 10, 3 (20), 2.— Adv.: convĕnĭen-ter, fitly, suitably, conformably, consistently (syn.. congruenter, constanter; class.;
most freq. in Cic.): convenienter cum naturā vivere (with congruere),
Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 82:
convenienter naturae vivere (with congruenter),
id. Fin. 3, 7, 26; cf. id. Off. 3, 3, 13 al.; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 12:
convenienter sibi dicere (with constanter),
Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Ov. A. A. 3, 546:
convenienter ad praesentem fortunae statum loqui,
Liv. 23, 5, 4.— Sup., Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 44.—
2.
con-ventum, i, n. (acc. to II. A. 2.), an agreement, compact, covenant, convention, accord (in good prose):
facere promissa, stare conventis, reddere deposita,
Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95; 1, 10, 32; id. Part. Or. 37, 130; Liv. 29, 24, 3; Sil. 1, 10 al.—As a jurid. expression, very freq. in the connection pactum conventum (for which the MSS. sometimes, perh. through interpolation, give pactum et conventum), Cic. Part. Or. 37, 130; id. de Or. 2, 24, 100; id. Caecin. 18, 51; id. Att. 6, 3, 1; Juv. 6, 25; v. pactum.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > convenio
17 sermo

sermo, ōnis, m. [2. sero, qs. serta, conserta oratio], a speaking or talking with any one; talk, conversation, discourse:
sermo est a serie: sermo enim non potest in uno homine esse solo, sed ubi oratio cum altero conjuncta,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll. (very freq. in prose and poetry).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen. (syn. colloquium): quoniam magna vis orationis est eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis: contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum, contionum, senatus: sermo in circulis, disputationibus, congressionibus familiarium versetur;
sequatur etiam convivia, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:
quod mihi servus sermonem serat,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37:
sermones serere,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 106:
multa inter sese vario sermone serebant,
Verg. A. 6, 160:
sermonem nobiscum ibi copulat,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 42:
dum sermones fabulandi conferant,
id. ib. prol. 34:
caput et pes sermonis,
id. As. 3, 3, 139:
cum ea tu sermonem nec joco nec serio Tibi habeas,
id. Am. 3, 2, 25; Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 1:
ibi illa cum sermonem occipit,
id. Eun. 4, 1, 8:
dum sermones caedimus,
id. Heaut. 2, 3, 1:
sermonem cum aliquo conferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 38, 136; id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:
in nostris sermonibus collocutionibusque,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 4:
mature veniunt, discumbitur: fit sermo inter eos,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:
dum longior consulto ab Ambiorige instituitur sermo,
Caes. B. G. 5, 37:
sermonis aditum cum aliquo habere,
id. ib. 5, 41:
nullum tibi omnino cum Albinovano sermonem ullā de re fuisse,
Cic. Vatin. 1, 3; id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:
erat in ore, in sermone omnium,
id. Phil. 10, 7, 14; cf.: memini in eum sermonem illum incidere, qui tum fere multis erat in ore, id. Lael. 1, 2:
aestivam sermone benigno tendere noctem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 11:
referre sermones deorum,
id. C. 3, 3, 71 (cf.:
consiliantibus divis,
id. ib. 3, 3, 18):
et euntem multa loquendo Detinuit sermone diem,
Ov. M. 1, 683:
nunc inter eos tu sermo es,
you are the talk, Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 7:
jucundus est mihi sermo litterarum tuarum,
the conversing with you by letter, Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 3; cf.:
littera sermonis fida ministra mei,
Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 2.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Literary conversation, discourse, disputation, discussion (cf. oratio): tum Furius: Quid vos agitis? num sermonem vestrum aliquem diremit noster interventus? Minime vero, Africanus;
soles enim tu haec studiose investigare, quae sunt in hoc genere, de quo instituerat paulo ante Tubero quaerere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 11, 17; cf. id. ib. 1, 13, 19:
in sermonem ingredi (just before: in disputationem ingredi),
id. ib. 1, 24, 38:
(Scaevola) exposuit nobis sermonem Laelii de amicitiā habitum ab illo secum... Ejus disputationis sententias memoriae mandavi, etc.... ut tamquam a praesentibus haberi sermo videretur,
id. Lael. 1, 3:
rebus his, de quibus hic sermo est,
id. Fin. 3, 12, 40:
feci sermonem inter nos habitum in Cumano. Tibi dedi partes Antiochinas, etc.,
id. Fam. 9, 8, 1:
in quo (circulo) de philosophiā sermo haberetur,
Nep. Epam. 3, 3:
Socratici sermones,
Hor. C. 3, 21, 9; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 44; 2, 15, 26:
in longum sermonem me vocas, Attice,
Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13:
nunc enim sermo de naturā est,
our subject, Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67; 3, 1, pr. § 2; 16, 32, 58, § 134; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 17, 15; Capitol. Gord. 3, 3 init. —
b.
Concr., a talk, speech, discourse (more informal and unpretending than oratio):
meos multos et illustres et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 2; Quint. 11, 2, 24.—
2.
Ordinary speech, speaking, talking, the language of conversation (opp. contentio):
sermo est oratio remissa et finitima cottidianae locutioni,
Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132:
mollis est oratio philosophorum et umbratilis, etc.... Itaque sermo potius quam oratio dicitur,
id. Or. 19, 64: in argumentis Caecilius poscit palmam, in sermonibus Plautus, i. e. in dialogue, Varr. ap. Non. 374, 9:
soluta oratio, qualis in sermone et epistulis,
Quint. 9, 4, 19:
C. Piso, statarius et sermonis plenus orator,
Cic. Brut. 68, 239:
si quis scribat, uti nos, Sermoni propiora,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 42:
vocem sermoni proximam,
Quint. 11, 3, 162:
ut litigantes quoque a sermone incipiant, ad vociferationem transeant,
Sen. Ep. 15, 6.—Of prose as opposed to poetry:
comoedia... nisi quod pede certo Differt sermoni sermo merus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 48:
et tragicus plerumque dolet sermone pedestri Telephus et Peleus, etc.,
id. A. P. 95.—
b.
Concr., of verses in a conversational style, a satire:
ille (delectatur) Bioneis sermonibus et sale nigro,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 60:
Albi, nostrorum sermonum candide judex,
id. ib. 1, 4, 1:
nec sermones ego mallem Repentes per humum quam res componere gestas,
id. ib. 2, 1, 250.—
3.
With reference to some particular object, common talk respecting any thing, report, rumor (syn.:
fama, rumor): vulgi sermo,
Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 1:
nunc per urbem solus sermo est omnibus, Eum, etc.,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 4:
sermo est totā Asiā dissipatus, Cn. Pompeium, etc.,
Cic. Fl. 6, 14:
mihi venit in mentem multum fore sermonem, me, etc.,
id. Att. 7, 23, 2:
si istiusmodi sermones ad te delati de me sunt, non debuisti credere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 5 sq.:
in sermonem hominum venire,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 7, § 13:
audita et percelebrata sermonibus res est,
id. Cael. 29, 69; cf.:
vix feram sermones hominum, si, etc.,
id. Cat. 1, 9, 23:
vestrae perigrinantur aures, neque in hoc pervagato civitatis sermone versantur,
this talk of the town, id. Mil. 12, 33:
refrigerato jam levissimo sermone hominum,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
sermones inimicorum effugere,
id. Cael. 16, 38:
sermones lacessere, reprimere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 7: retudit sermones, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:
ne putet aliquid oratione meā sermonis in sese aut invidiae esse quaesitum,
of slander, calumny, Cic. Fl. 5, 13:
dabimus sermonem iis, qui, etc.,
give them something to talk about, id. Fam. 9, 3; so,
materiam sermonibus praebere,
Tac. H. 4, 4: cataplus ille Puteolanus, sermo illius temporis, Cic. [p. 1680] Rab. Post. 14, 40 B. and K. dub.; v. Orell. N. cr. —
II.
Transf., a manner of speaking, mode of expression, language, style, diction, etc. (cf. lingua):
sermone eo debemus uti, qui notus est nobis, ne, ut quidam Graeca verba inculcantes jure optimo rideamur,
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111:
cujus (Terentii) fabellae propter elegantiam sermonis putabantur a C. Laelio scribi,
id. Att. 7, 3, 10:
et sane quid est aliud vetus sermo quam vetus loquendi consuetudo?
Quint. 1, 6, 43; 12, 2, 3.—
B.
A language, the speech of a nation, etc.:
cui (Catulo) non solum nos Latini sermonis, sed etiam Graeci ipsi solent suae linguae subtilitatem elegantiamque concedere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 28:
in Latino sermone,
id. ib. 3, 11, 42:
quae philosophi Graeco sermone tractavissent, ea Latinis litteris mandaremus,
id. Fin. 1, 1, 1:
patrii sermonis egestas,
Lucr. 1, 832; 3, 260:
cum lingua Catonis et Enni Sermonem patrium ditaverit,
Hor. A. P. 57:
aves, quae sermonem imitantur humanum... Agrippina turdum habuit imitantem sermones hominum... lusciniae Graeco atque Latino sermone dociles,
Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 120.—
C.
Of a single expression:
si quis ita legaverit: Fructus annuos, etc., perinde accipi debet hic sermo, ac si, etc.,
Dig. 7, 1, 20; 11, 7, 2, § 1; 28, 5, 29.— Hence, of a single word (late Lat.): deos sermo Graecus est, Cassiod. in Psa. 21, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sermo
18 tunc

tunc, adv. demonstr., of time [tum, and demonstr. suffix -ce], then, at that time; but in ante-class. and class. prose tunc is always emphatic, and generally refers to a point of time. In post-Aug. style tunc freq. occurs without emphasis, and is freely used of periods of time. Tunc = deinde occurs first in the class. per. and rarely in prose; but is very freq. after the Aug. per. Tunc in mere co-ordinative use is very rare and not ante-class. (v. I. C.). Tunc coupled with an emphatic or temporal particle is very rare in class. prose, but freq. in the postAug. period. Poets often use tunc instead of tum before vowels for the sake of the metre. In general, tunc is not freq. till after the Aug. period. Cic. has tum about thirty times as often as tunc; Caes. has tunc only five times; Livy, in the first two books, has tunc five times, tum eighty-two times; but Val. Max. has tunc four times as often as tum. Sen. almost always has tunc; tum only in a few passages, mostly in co ordinative use. In Vitr., Suet., Plin., Just., and the jurists, tunc largely predominates; but Nep. has tunc once only, and Tac., who employs both words sparingly, has tum oftener than tunc. The Codd. very freq. vary between the words, and in many passages the reading is still doubtful. Undue weight has been given by some critics to opposition to nunc and connection with cum; cf. Kritz ad Sall. J. 5, 1; Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 64, § 142; 2, 5, 10, § 27. Both tum and tunc are freq. opposed to nunc, and connected with cum.
I.
Absol.
A.
Referring an event to a time before mentioned.
1.
To definite past time.
(α).
To a period of time, = illis temporibus (only post-Aug.):
tunc melius tenuere fidem cum paupere cultu Stabat in exigua ligneus aede deus,
Tib. 1, 10, 19:
nulli tunc subsessores alienorum matrimoniorum oculi metuebantur,
Val. Max. 2, 1, 5:
sed tunc clarissimus quisque juvenum pro amplificanda patria plurimum periculi sustinebat,
id. 3, 2, 6:
nunc quo ventum est? A servis vix impetrari potest ne eam supellectilem fastidiant qua tunc consul non erubuit,
id. 4, 3, 7:
quo pacto inter amicos viguisse tunc justitiam credimus, cum inter accusatores quoque, etc.,
id. 6, 5, 6:
si vere aestimare Macedonas qui tunc erant volumus, fatebimur, etc.,
Curt. 4, 16, 33:
sed civitati nullae tunc leges erant,
Just. 2, 7, 3; 6, 9, 5.—
(β).
Referring to a point of time spoken of: cives Romani [p. 1914] tunc facti sunt Campani, Enn. ap. Censor. 14 (Ann. v. 174 Vahl.): tanto sublatae sunt Augmine tunc lapides, id. ap. Non. p. 211, 8 (Ann. v. 542 ib.): tunc ipsos adoriant, ne quis Spartam referat nuntium, Naev. ap. Prisc. 8, p. 801 P. (Trag. Rel. v. 16 Rib.):
(Sulla) statim ex iis rebus quas tunc vendebat jussit ei praemium tribui, etc.,
Cic. Arch. 10, 25:
neque ego tunc princeps ad salutem esse potuissem si, etc.,
id. Sull. 3, 9:
his tunc cognitis rebus amici regis his... liberaliter responderunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 104:
tunc duces Nerviorum... colloqui sese velle dicunt,
at this time, id. B. G. 5, 41:
quod se facturos minabantur, aegreque tunc sunt retenti quin oppidum irrumperent,
id. B. C. 2, 13 fin.:
Romanus tunc exercitus in agro Larinati erat,
Liv. 22, 24, 1:
itaque cum in ipsum, et innocentia tutum et magistratu in quo tunc erat, impetus fieri non posset, etc.,
id. 4, 44, 6; cf. id. 2, 2, 2; 4, 8, 6; 10, 37, 10;
44, 44, 3: nec, si rescindere posses (sc. jussa Jovis), Tunc aderas,
Ov. M. 2, 679:
tunc ego nec cithara poteram gaudere sonora, nec, etc.,
Tib. 3, 4, 69:
tunc urbis custodiis praepositus C. Maecenas,
Vell. 2, 88, 2:
forte evenit ut tunc summae dignitatis ibi femina veneno consumere se destinarit,
Val. Max. 2, 6, 8:
qui tunc Libitinam exercebant,
id. 5, 2, 10:
Coriolanus ad Volscos, infestos tunc Romanis, confugit,
id. 5, 4, 1; cf. id. 2, 10, 3; 4, 8, 5; 5, 5, 3; 7, 6, 5 fin.;
8, 1 damn. 1: Carthaginiensium legati ad celebrandum sacrum anniversarium more patrio tunc venerant,
Curt. 4, 2, 10:
et tunc aestas erat, cujus calor, etc.,
id. 3, 5, 1:
perierat imperium, quod tunc in extremo stabat, si Fabius, etc.,
Sen. Troad. 1, 11, 5:
tunc,distractis Orientis viribus, casus Mithridati datus est occupandi Armeniam,
Tac. A. 11, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 25:
quidam ex eis qui tunc egerant, decesserunt,
Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 3:
ardente tunc in Africa bello,
Suet. Caes. 70; cf. id. Calig. 48; id. Ner. 20; 21:
Asiam tunc tenebat imperio rex Darius,
Gell. 17, 9, 20:
hostes tunc populi Romani fuerant Fidenates,
id. 17, 21, 17; cf. id. 13, 5, 2 and 3; 14, 1, 8; Ael. Spart. Had. 11; 23; 24.—Repeated by anaphora:
tunc victus abiere feri, tunc consita pomus, tunc bibit inriguas fertilis hortus aquas, Aurea tunc pressos, etc.,
Tib. 2, 1, 43:
tunc Parmenio et Philotas, tunc Amyntas consobrinus, tunc noverca fratresque interfecti, tunc Attalus, Eurylochus... occurrebant,
Just. 12, 6, 14; so id. 43, 3, 2; 43, 4, 2.—Attributively:
regem tunc Lacedaemoniorum,
Just. 6, 2, 4.—
(γ).
Referring to a state no longer in existence:
silvae tunc circa viam erant, plerisque incultis,
Liv. 21, 25, 8:
urbs (Corinthus) erat tunc praeclara ante excidium,
id. 45, 28, 2:
hic (Curio) primo pro Pompei partibus, id est, ut tunc habebatur, pro republica, mox... pro Caesare stetit,
Vell. 2, 48, 3:
certissimum tunc proscriptorum perfugium penetravit,
Val. Max. 7, 3, 9:
docuit in atrio Catulinae domus, quae pars Palatii tunc erat,
Suet. Gram. 17: tunc (i. e. olim) in usu erat, eam hereditatem, etc., Gai Inst. 2, 254 erat autem tunc mos ut cum princeps causam cognosceret... sententiam ex omnium deliberatione proferret, Ael. Spart. Had. 8.—
(δ).
Expressly opposed to present time: tunc igitur pelles, nunc aurum et purpura exercent hominum vitam, Lucr 5, 1423;
ea lege quae tunc erat Sempronia, nunc est Cornelia,
Cic. Clu. 56, 154:
cum vero causam justam deus ipse dederit, ut tunc Socrati, nunc Catoni, etc.,
id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74, cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45; 2, 3, 67, § 156; id. Arch. 3, 5; id. Pis. 13, 30; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34; id. Phil. 7, 5, 14:
cur privati non damus remiges, sicut tunc dedimus?
Liv. 34, 6, 18:
munitiones et locis opportunioribus tunc fuerunt et validiores impositae (i. e. quam nunc),
id. 36, 17, 4:
parva nunc res videri potest quae tunc patres ac plebem accendit,
id. 4, 25, 13; cf. id. 8, 31, 4; 21, 18, 5:
Macedones milites ea tunc erant fama qua nunc Romani feruntur,
Nep. Eum. 3, 4: nunc solvo poenas;
tunc tibi inferias dedi,
Sen. Phoen. 172:
nunc haberent socios quos tunc hostes habuerant,
Just. 6, 7, 5; cf. id. 8, 2, 9:
hoc tunc Veii fuere, nunc fuisse quis meminit?
Flor. 1, 12, 11.—And tunc and tum in co-ordinated sentences: qui ager nunc multo pluris est quam tunc fuit. Tum enim, etc., nunc, etc.;
tum erat ager incultus, nunc est cultissimus,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33: vos etiamsi tunc faciendum non fuerit, nunc utique faciendum putatis;
ego contra, etiamsi tum migrandum fuisset, nunc has ruipas relinquendas non censerem,
Liv. 5, 53, 3 (in such connections tum generally refers to a previous tunc, rarely vice versa).—
(ε).
Opposed to a previous or a later time:
quae ipsum Hannibalem, armis tunc invictum voluptate vicit (i. e. etsi non postea),
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95:
raro alias tribuni popularis oratio acceptior plebi quam tunc severissimi consulis fuit,
Liv. 3, 69, 1:
(Syphax) tunc accessio Punici belli fuerat, sicut Gentius Macedonici,
id. 45, 7, 2; 5, 37, 2; 45, 25, 10:
non ab Scipionibus aliisque veteribus Romanorum ducum quidquam ausum fortius quam tunc a Caesare,
Vell. 2, 80, 3:
et tunc Aeanti, ut deo, immolaverunt, et deinceps, etc.,
Val. Max. 1, 5, ext. 2:
praetor hic Alexandri fuerat, tunc transfuga,
Curt. 3, 11, 18; cf. id. 4, 13, 18:
Cilicum nationes saepe et alias commotae, tunc Troxoboro duce, montes asperos castris cepere,
Tac. A. 12, 55; cf. id. ib. 2, 62; id. H. 3, 58:
ob res et tunc in Africa, et olim in Germania gestas,
Suet. Galb. 8; cf. id. Tib. 10; 18; id. Oth. 4:
idem tunc Faesulae quod Carrhae nuper,
Flor. 1, 5, 8.—
(ζ).
In general statements, applied to the actual state of affairs:
mos est regibus quotiens in societatem coeant, pollices inter se vincire, etc. Sed tunc, qui ea vincula admovebat decidisse simulans, genua Mithridatis invadit,
Tac. A. 12, 47:
legebatur ergo ibi tunc in carmine Latino, etc.,
Gell. 2, 22, 2.— Pregn., as matters then stood:
aptissimum tempus fuerat, delinimentum animis Bolani agri divisionem obici: tunc haec ipsa indignitas angebat animos,
Liv. 4, 51, 6.—
(η).
Of coincidence in time: tunc = cum hoc fieret, on that occasion:
quodsi tu tunc, Crasse, dixisses, omnem eorum importunitatem evellisset oratio tua,
Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 230; id. Clu. 56, 153; id. Lig. 5, 16; id. Phil. 7, 5, 14:
tunc Lacedaemoniis accusantibus respondendum erat, nunc a vobis ipsis accusati sumus,
Liv. 39, 36, 7:
jam Horatius secundam pugnam petebat. Tunc... clamore adjuvant militem suum,
while he was doing so, id. 1, 25, 9; 45, 23, 17:
sed neque... nubes Tunc habuit, nec... imbres,
Ov. M. 2, 310:
quid mihi tunc animi fuit?
id. ib. 7, 582:
quid mihi tunc animi credis, germane, fuisse?
id. H. 11, 87; 12, 31:
quid tunc homines timuerint, quae senatus trepidatio... neque mihi exprimere vacat, neque, etc.,
Vell. 2, 124, 1:
non Catoni tunc praetura, sed praeturae Cato negatus est,
Val. Max. 7, 5, 6; cf. id. 1, 8, 6; 4, 5, 3; 6, 1, 8; 6, 2, 3; 6, 2, 6; 6, 6, ext. 1;
9, 3, 1: tunc ego dicere debui,
Sen. Ep. 63, 15:
non possum dicere aliud tunc mihi quam deos adfuisse,
Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 5:
tunc domus priscorum ducum arserunt,
Suet. Ner. 38; Just. 18, 3, 14; Gell. 6 (7), 3, 48; 12, 13, 21; 19, 1, 11.—Tunc and tum co-ordinate: sanguine tunc (Phaethontis) credunt... Tum facta'st Libya... arida;
tum, etc.,
Ov. M. 2, 235 sqq.: tunc... sorores Debuerant, etc.;
Tum potui Medea mori bene,
id. H. 12, 3 sqq.—And referring to a supposed action at a definite time:
nobis tunc repente trepidandum in acie instruenda erat,
if we had accepted the battle then, Liv. 44, 38, 11.—
(θ).
Redundant (post-class.):
id quale fuerit, neque ipse tunc prodidit, neque cuiquam facile succurrat,
Suet. Tit. 10; cf.: in ejusmodi temporibus tunc eae ambulationes aperiuntur, Vitr 5, 9, 9.—
2.
= nunc, in oblique discourse (rare):
quod si consulatus tanta dulcedo sit, jam tunc ita in animum inducant, consulatum captum a tribunicia potestate esse,
Liv. 2, 54, 5:
ut cum multis saeculis murus urbi civium virtus fuerit, tunc cives salvos se fore non existimaverint nisi intra muros laterent,
Just. 14, 5, 7.—
3.
Referring to indefinite time.
(α).
Then, at such a time of the year, day, etc.; at such a season:
tunc (i. e. autumno) praecidi arbores oportere secundum terram,
Varr. R. R. 1, 27:
ab eo in fastis dies hordicalia nominantur, quod tunc hordae boves immolantur,
id. ib. 2, 5:
omnes (nubes sol) enim sub se tunc (= medio die),
Sen. Q. N. 1, 8, 7:
tunc enim maximae et integrae adhuc nives (= aestate prima),
id. ib. 4, 2, 21:
et tunc potest ventis concitari mare,
id. ib. 4, 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 4, 5, 2.—
(β).
With the force of an indefinite temporal clause:
tunc ignes tenuissimi iter exile designant et caelo producunt, of shooting stars,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 6: nemo observat lunam nisi laborantem. Tunc urbes conclamant, tunc pro se quisque superstitione vana trepidat, id. ib. 7, 1, 2:
adjuvari se tunc (i. e. cum faces vident) periclitantes existimant Pollucis et Castoris numine,
id. ib. 1, 1, 13; cf. id. ib. 1, 8, 3; 2, 55, 2; 5, 3, 1; 6, 12, 2; id. Ep. 42, 4; id. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: si ancilla ex cive Romand conceperit, deinde civis Romana facta sit, et tunc pariat, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 88; 1, 90; Dig. 1, 6, 8; 40, 12, 22, § 3.—
(γ).
With the force of a conditional clause, in this instance: Tr. Erus peregre venit. Si. Tunc tibi actutum chorda tenditur, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55 Lorenz (al. tum):
dominae mentem convertite... Tunc ego crediderim vobis, et sidera et amnes Posse, etc.,
Prop. 1, 1, 23:
itaque tunc dividere optimum erit (= si plura sunt quae nocent),
Quint. 4, 2, 101; so id. 6, 1, 22:
cuperem tecum communicare tam subitam mutationem mei: tunc amicitiae nostrae certiorem fiduciam habere coepissem,
Sen. Ep. 6, 2: nemo est ex inprudentibus qui reliqui sibi debeat. Tunc mala consilia agitant, tunc aut aliis aut ipsis pericula struunt;
tunc cupiditates improbas ordinant, tunc... tunc... denique, etc.,
id. ib. 10, 2;
7, 2: tunc enim (i. e. si cottidie reputes) subit recordatio: Quot dies quam frigidis rebus absumpsi!
Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 3:
propter liberos retentio fit (dotis) si culpa mulieris divortium factum sit, tunc enim sextae retinentur ex dote,
Ulp. Fragm. 6, 10: veluti si a femina manumissa sit: tunc enim e lege Atilia petere debet tutorem, Gai Inst. 1, 195; 1, 76; 1, 40; 3, 181; Fragm. Vat. 52; Dig. 2, 4, 8; 5, 3, 13, § 12; 7, 3, 1; 19, 1, 11, § 15; 11, 1, 20; Just. Inst. 1, 12, § 6; in the jurists, saep.—
4.
Referring to future time.
(α).
In gen.: tunc illud vexillum... coloniae Capuae inferetur;
tunc contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,
Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 86:
tunc, ut quaeque causa crit statuetis, nunc libertatem repeti satis est,
Liv. 3, 53, 10:
senatus consultum adjectum est ut... praetor qui tunc esset... apud eorum quem qui manumitteretur... jusjurandum daret, etc.,
id. 41, 9, 11:
nec taedebit avum parvo advigilare nepoti... Tunc operata deo pubes discumbet in herba, etc.,
Tib. 2, 5, 95:
tunc interea tempus exercitus ex hoc loco educendi habebis,
Gell. 3, 7, 7.—
(β).
With the force of a conditional clause:
tunc me biremis Tutum... Aura feret geminusque Pollux (i. e. si mugiat malus procellis),
Hor. C. 3, 29, 62:
vectabor umeris tunc ego inimicis eques (i. e. si hoc feceris),
id. Epod. 17, 74:
tunc tua me infortunia laedent (i. e. si dolebis tibi),
id. A. P. 103:
tunc ego jurabo quaevis tibi numina... Tunc ego... Efficiam, etc.,
Ov. H. 15 (16), 319:
tunc piger ad nandum, tunc ego cautus ero,
id. ib. 17 (18), 210.—
B.
Representing sequence or succession in events, = deinde.
1.
Simple sequence in time.
(α).
Time proper (rare till after the Aug. per.;
in Cic. perh. only in the foll. passages): Herodotus cum Roma reverteretur, offendit eum mensem qui sequitur mensem comitialem. Tunc Cephaloeditani decrerunt intercalarium XLV dies longum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 130:
veni in eum sermonem ut docerem, etc. Tunc mihi ille dixit quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 3, 5, 3:
dixi ei, me ita facturum esse ut, etc. Tunc ille a me petivit, etc.,
id. ib. 3, 6, 2 is finis pugnae equestris fuit. Tunc adorti peditum aciem, nuntios ad consules rei gestae mittunt, Liv. 3, 70, 8:
tandem curia excesserunt. Tunc sententiae interrogari coeptae,
id. 45, 25, 1:
equites, relictis equis, provolant ante signa... Tunc inter priores duorum populorum res geritur,
id. 7, 8, 1:
iterum deinde interpellatus, in proposito persistit. Tunc Poppedius, abjecturum inde se... minatus est,
Val. Max. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 5, 4, 1; 7, 3, 2; 7, 3, 6: tunc intendit arcum, et ipsum cor adulescentis figit, Sen. de Ira, 3, 14, 2; so id. Ot. Sap. 1, 1; id. Q. N. 1, 12, 1:
Dareum XXX inde stadia abesse praemissi indicabant. Tunc consistere agmen jubet,
Curt. 3, 8, 24:
contionem discedere in manipulos jubet. Tunc a veneratione Augusti orsus flexit ad victorias,
Tac. A. 1, 34; cf. id. ib. 1, 67; 12, 31; 12, 33; 12, 69; id. H. 4, 72; Vitr. 1, 4, 12; 1, 6, 7; 2, 1, 2; 2, 1, 4; 5, 12, 5; 7, praef. 5; 7, 1, 3; 7, 2, 2; 8, 1, 1; Suet. Ner. 49; id. Vit. 15 fin.; id. Dom. 16; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 4; Gell. 1, 22, 6; 6 (7), 17, 6; 13, 31 (30), 6; 14, 2, 9; [p. 1915] Flor. 2, 13 (4, 2), 71; Just. 11, 4, 1; 11, 10, 2; 12, 7, 7; 13, 3, 4; 18, 4, 10 et saep.; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 26.—
(β).
Before an abl. absol. (postclass.):
statuunt tempus quo foedissimum quemque invadant. Tunc, signo inter se dato, inrumpunt contubernia,
Tac. A. 1, 48:
tunc, Campaniae ora proximisque insulis circuitis, Caprearum secessui quadriduum impendit,
Suet. Aug. 98:
tunc, exercitu in Aetoliam promoto, pecunias civitatibus imperat,
Just. 14, 1, 6; 21, 5, 2; 22, 2, 7; 25, 2, 6.—
(γ).
Implying a consequence, then, under these circumstances, hence, accordingly:
caedere januam saxis, instare ferro, ligna circumdare ignemque circumicere coeperunt. Tunc cives Romani, qui Lampsaci negotiabantur, concurrunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69: huc tota Vari conversa acies suos fugere videbat. Tunc Rebilus; Perterritum, inquit, hostem vides;
quid dubitas, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 2, 34:
animadversum est, extra consuetudinem longius a vallo esse aciem Pompei progressum. Tunc Caesar apud suos Differendum est iter, inquit, etc.,
id. ib. 3, 85:
omnium spe celerius Saguntum oppugnari adlatum est. Tunc relata de integro res ad senatum,
Liv. 21, 6, 5; cf. id. 9, 30, 10:
Tisiphoneque Saevit et huc illuc impia turba fugit. Tunc niger in porta serpentum Cerberus ore Stridet,
Tib. 1, 3, 71:
apud patres disseruit, nec posse Orientem nisi Germanici sapientia conponi, etc. Tunc decreto patrum permissae Germanico provinciae,
Tac. A. 2, 43; id. H. 4, 83; Vitr. 2, 8, 14; 2, 9, 16; Just. 39, 3, 11.—Emphatically, = tum vero:
donec ipse quoque longinquo morbo est implicitus. Tunc adeo fracti simul cum corpore sunt spiritus illi feroces ut, etc.,
Liv. 1, 31, 6.—And = tum primum:
multitudo tandem perrumpit ordines hostium. Tunc vinci pertinacia coepta, et averti manipuli quidam,
Liv. 9, 39, 10. —
2.
In enumerations with tum... deinde... postea, etc.
(α).
In gen. (postclass.): ante omnia instituit ut e libertorum bonis dextans... cogeretur; deinde ut ingratorum, etc.;
tunc ut lege majestatis facta omnia... tenerentur,
Suet. Ner. 32 med.; so,
tunc... deinde... tunc, etc.,
Vitr. 1, 6, 12 and 13:
tunc... tunc... deinde... tunc,
id. 3, 5, 5 and 6; cf. id. 5, 12, 4; cf. Suet. Oth. 6; Flor. 4, 2, 88.—With tum: terras primum situmque earum quaerit; deinde condicionem maris;
tunc quidquid inter caelum terrasque interjacet perspicit... tum, peragratis humilioribus, ad summa prorumpit,
Sen. Cons. Helv. 17 fin.; so Gai Inst. 3, 6, 3.—
(β).
Of successive speakers in dialogue (rare):
tu vero abi, inquit, etc. Tunc Mucius Quandoquidem, inquit, est apud te virtuti honos, etc.,
Liv. 2, 12, 15:
apud quem Valerius in hunc modum egit, etc. Tunc Collatinus Quaero inquit, etc.,
Val. Max. 2, 8, 2.—With tum:
tunc poeta... inquit, etc. Tum Fronto ita respondit, etc.,
Gell. 19, 8, 10 and 11; 12, 13, 19; Val. Max. 7, 3, ext. 4.—
C.
In co-ordination (very rare).
1.
= praeterea, and then:
(Romulus) hoc consilio fultus... locupletari civis non destitit. Tunc, id quod retinemus hodie magna cum salute rei publicae, auspiciis plurimum obsecutus est Romulus,
Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 15 sq.:
praeter has, frugalitas et continentia... splendorem illi suum adfunderent. Tunc providentia cum elegantia quantum decoris illi adderent!
Sen. Ep. 115, 3.—
2.
In the connection cum... tunc (v. tum, I. C. 3.):
vivendum recte est cum propter plurima, tunc est Idcirco, etc.,
Juv. 9, 118 ( poet. for tum, on account of the foll. vowel).—
3.
Vid. tunc etiam, III. B. 7. b.
II.
As correlative of dependent clauses.
A.
Of temporal clauses with cum.
1.
Referring to definite past time.
a.
Tunc as antecedent of the clause:
set Stalagmus quojus erat tunc nationis quom hinc abit?
Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108:
etiamne in ara tunc sedebant mulieres Quom ad me profectu's ire?
id. Rud. 3, 6, 8:
quo damnato tunc, cum judicia fiebant, HS. IV milibus lis aestimata est,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 22:
etenim tunc esset hoc animadvertendum cum classis Syracusis proficiscebatur,
id. ib. 2, 5, 43, §
111: atque ille eo tempore paruit cum parere senatui necesse erat: vos tunc paruistis cum paruit nemo nisi qui voluit,
id. Lig. 7, 20: se ita pugnaturos ut Romae pugnaverint in repetenda patria, ut postero die ad Gabios, tunc cum effecerint ne quis hostium, etc., Liv. 6, 28, 9:
et quod tunc fecimus cum hostem Hannibalem in Italia haberemus, id nunc, pulso Hannibale, cunctamur facere?
id. 31, 7, 5:
infelix Dido, nunc te facta impia tangunt? Tunc decuit cum sceptra dabas,
Verg. A. 4, 597 (Rib. tum; v. Prisc. p. 8, 841 P.):
prudenter sensit tunc incrementum Romano imperio petendum fuisse cum intra septimum lapidem triumphi quaerebantur,
Val. Max. 4, 1, 10:
quorum nihil tunc cum diceretur parum aptum fuit,
Quint. 11, 1, 89; cf. Val. Max. 8, 8, ext. 1; 9, 8, ext. 1.—
b.
Introducing the apodosis.
(α).
Of coincident actions:
cum jam adpropinquantium forma lemborum haud dubie esset... tunc injecta trepidatio,
Liv. 44, 28, 10.—
(β).
= deinde:
adversus singula quaeque cum respondere haud facile esset, et quereretur... purgaretque se invicem, tunc Papirius, redintegrata ira, virgas et secures expediri jussit,
Liv. 8, 32, 10:
divus Caesar cum exercitum habuisset circa Alpes, imperavissetque, etc., tunc qui in eo castello fuerunt... noluerunt imperio parere,
Vitr. 2, 9, 15:
cum nuntiatum esset Leonidae a XX milibus hostium summum cacumen teneri, tunc hortatur socios, recedant,
Just. 2, 11, 5.—
2.
Of definite present time, tunc is not found; v. tum.—
3.
Referring to indefinite time.
a.
As antecedent:
arbitror, quo nos etiam tunc utimur cum ea dicimus jurati quae comperta habemus,
Cic. Font. 13, 29 (9, 19):
tunc obsequatur naturae cum senserit, etc.,
id. Fragm. Hort. Phil. 75 B. and K.; id. Tusc. 2, 6, 16; id. Verr. 1, 18, 55; 2, 5, 12, § 29: qui tunc vocat me, cum malum librum legi, only... when, never... unless (= tote dê), Cat. 44, 21 Ellis (Mull. tum):
deum tunc adfuisse cum id evenisset, veteres oratores aiebant,
Quint. 10, 7, 14:
tunc est commovendum theatrum cum ventum est ad illud Plodite,
id. 6, 1, 52; cf. id. 4, 2, 8; 12, 11, 7; Vitr. 2, 9, 3:
voluptas tunc, cum maxime delectat, exstinguitur,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 4; cf. id. Q. N. 1, prol. 3; 5, 3, 3; 6, 3, 1; id. Ep. 10, 5; 85, 38:
in tantam quantitatem tenetur quae tunc in peculio fuit cum sententiam dicebat,
Dig. 5, 1, 15: tunc cum certum esse coeperit neminem ex eo testamento fore heredem, Gai Inst. 3, 13; 4, 71; Dig. 28, 3, 6, § 6; 40, 12, 16, § 2; 40, 7, 34.—
b.
Introducing the apodosis:
cum autem fundamenta ita distantia inter se fuerint constituta, tunc inter ea alia transversa... collocentur,
Vitr. 1, 5, 7; 2, 1, 6; 2, 3, 2; 2, 5, 2;
3, 5, 13: cum folia pauca in acumine germinent, tunc maxime serendas ficus,
Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 245; Just. 41, 2, 9.—
4.
Referring to future time:
ex ceteris autem generibus tunc pecunia expedietur cum legionibus victricibus erunt quae spopondimus persolvenda, Cic. Fragm. Ep. Caes. jun. 1, 8: tunc inter eas fore finem belli dixit cum alterutra urbs in habitum pulveris esset redacta,
Val. Max. 9, 3, ext. 3:
poterant videri tunc incohanda cum omnia quae... peregissem,
Quint. 6, 4, 1; Col. praef. 33; v. infra, III. A. 2. b.—
B.
With temporal clauses introduced by ubi (rare).
1.
Of definite past time:
ad quod bellum ubi consules dilectum habere occipiunt, obstare tunc enixe tribuni,
Liv. 4, 55, 2:
haec ubi convenerunt, tunc vero Philomelus consuetudinem nocte egrediendi frequentiorem facere,
id. 25, 8, 9.—
2.
Of indefinite time.
a.
As antecedent:
tunc autem est consummata infelicitas, ubi turpia non solum delectant, sed etiam placent,
Sen. Ep. 39, 6; id. Ben. 2, 3, 3; 2, 17, 3; id. Ep. 89, 19.—
b.
In apodosis:
stillicidia ubi plura coiere et turba vires dedit, tunc fluere et ire dicuntur,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 4; 6, 17, 2; 6, 18, 2.—
C.
With temporal clauses introduced by postquam (posteaquam); rare.
1.
Of definite past time:
posteaquam ingenuae virgines et ephebi venerunt ad deprecandum, tunc est pollicitus his legibus ut, etc.,
Vitr. 10, 16, 7 (but in Sall. C. 51, 40 Dietsch reads tum).—
2.
Of indefinite time: si vero posteaquam eam destinasses, tunc perierit, etc., Dig 17, 2, 58, § 1.—
D.
With temporal clauses introduced by ut (very rare):
ut vero... casus suorum miseris eluxit, tunc toto littore plangentium gemitus, tunc infelicium matrum ululatus... audiebantur,
Just. 19, 2, 11.—
E.
With temporal clauses introduced by quando (rare).
1.
As antecedent:
tunc quando abiero,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 7, 19 (4, 8, 8): tunc inserentur (cerasi) quando his vel non est, vel desinit gummi effluere, Pall. Oct. 12.—
2.
In apodosis:
quando quodque eorum siderum cursum decorum est adeptum... tunc ex alterius naturae motione transversa... vinci a tardioribus videbantur,
Cic. Univ. 9.—
F.
With temporal clauses introduced by dum (very rare):
tunc tamen utrumque tolerabile est, dum illi vis sua est,
Sen. Ep. 83, 21.—
G.
With conditional clauses.
1.
In gen.
(α).
As antecedent:
consilium istud tunc esset prudens si rationes ad Hispaniensem casum accommodaturi essemus,
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:
sin autem ventus interpellaverit et... tunc habeat canalem longum pedes quinque, etc.,
Vitr. 8, 5, 2:
tunc fidem fallam, tunc inconstantiae crimen audiam si, cum omnia eadem sint quae erant promittente me, non praestitero promissum,
Sen. Ben. 4, 35, 2.—
(β).
In apodosis:
si se simul cum gloria rei gestae exstinxisset, tunc victorem, quidquid licuerit in magistro equitum, in militibus ausurum,
Liv. 8, 31, 7:
quem si inclusit mare, tum ille exitu simul redituque praecluso, volutatur,
Sen. Q. N. 6, 15:
quod si non illum, sed me peccasse putabis, tunc ego te credam cordis habere nihil,
Mart. 2, 8, 6: si nullus sit suorum heredum, tunc hereditas pertinet ad adgnatos, Gai Inst. 3, 9:
si vero dissentiunt, tunc praetoris partes necessariae sunt,
Dig. 2, 14, 7, § 19; Sen. Q. N. 6, 9, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 205; Dig. 1, 3, 22.—
2.
With a supposition contrary to fact:
audivi te cum alios consolareris: tunc conspexissem, si te ipse consolatus esses,
Sen. Prov. 4, 5.—
H.
After abl. absol. (rare):
legatis auditis, tunc de bello referre sese Aemilius dixit,
Liv. 44, 21, 1:
his ita praeparatis, tunc in rotae modiolo tympanum includatur,
Vitr. 10, 9 (14), 2.
III.
Particular connections.
A.
With other particles of time.
1.
Jam tunc (rare):
nisi jam tunc omnia negotia diligentissime confecissem,
Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3: bellum jam tunc ab illis geri coeptum cum sibi Phrygiam ademerint, Trog. Pomp. ap. Just. 38, 53:
At. C. Marius L. Sullam jam tunc, ut praecaventibus fatis, copulatum sibi quaestorem habuit,
Vell. 2, 12, 1:
Archilochum Nepos Cornelius tradit, Tullo Hostilio Romae regnante, jam tunc fuisse poematis clarum et nobilem,
Gell. 17, 21, 8:
palam jam tunc multae civitates libertatem bello vindicandam fremebant,
Just. 13, 5, 5. —
2.
With demum and denique, not until then, then only, then at last.
a.
Tunc demum.
(α).
Absol.:
tunc demum nuntius missus ad tertiam legionem revocandam,
Liv. 41, 3, 5:
tunc demum pectora plangi Contigit,
Ov. H. 11, 91:
tunc demum intrat tabernaculum,
Curt. 4, 13, 20:
tunc demum alia mala (exstiterunt),
Sen. Q. N. 1, 17, 6:
(aquilae) primo deponunt, expertaeque pondus, tunc demum abeunt,
Plin. 10, 3, 4, § 14:
tunc demum... invidiam quae sibi fieret deprecati sunt,
Suet. Calig. 9:
tunc demum ad otium concessit,
id. Claud. 5.—
(β).
With cum clause:
postero die cum circumsessi aqua arceremur, nec ulla... erumpendi spes esset, tunc demum pacti sumus, etc.,
Liv. 21, 59, 6:
et serius cum redisset, tum demum, recepto sospite filio, victoriae tantae gaudium consul sensit,
id. 44, 44, 3:
cum ab his oritur, tunc demum ei ratio constat,
Val. Max. 4, 8 prooem.: quos ordine suo tunc demum persequar cum praefaturus fuero, Col. praef. 33; Sen. Ep. 84, 6; id. Q. N. 7, 13, 1.—
b.
Tunc denique (very rare): hi dicebantur in eo tempore mathêmatikoi. Exinde ad perspicienda principia naturae procedebant ac tunc denique nominabantur phusikoi, Gell. 1, 9, 7.—
3.
Tunc primum:
quia tunc primum superbiae nobilitatis obviam itum est,
Sall. J. 5, 2:
tunc primum circo qui nunc maximus dicitur, designatus locus est,
Liv. 1, 35, 8:
eum dolorem ulta est (plebs) tunc primum plebeis quaestoribus creatis,
id. 4, 54, 2:
tunc primum equo merere equites coeperunt,
id. 5, 7, 13:
lectisternio tunc primum in urbe Romana facto,
id. 5, 13, 6; Tac. A. 11, 38; Suet. Ner. 17; Just. 8, 5, 1; 11, 10, 2; Jul. Capitol. Anton. Phil. 5; 7.—
4.
With deinde (cf.: tum deinde).
(α).
Deinde tunc:
roga bonam mentem, bonam valetudinem animi, deinde tunc corporis,
Sen. Ep. 10, 4; 74, 23; 117, 1.—
(β).
Tunc deinde: primum militiae vinculum est religio et signorum amor, et deserendi nefas; tunc deinde facile cetera [p. 1916] exiguntur, Sen. Ep. 95, 35; 11, 4; Val. Fl. 8, 109; Cels. 4, 15.—So, tunc postea, Vitr. 1, 6, 7.—
5.
Tunc tandem:
simul enim cessit possessione Dii, excitavit hostem, ut tunc tandem sciret recuperanda esse quae prius amissa forent,
Liv. 44, 8, 4.—
B.
With emphatic particles.
1.
Tunc vero (or enimvero):
in turbatos jam hostes equos inmittunt. Tunc vero Celtiberi omnes in fugam effunduntur,
Liv. 40, 40, 10:
cunctantem tamen ingens vis morbi adorta est. Tunc enim vero deorum ira admonuit,
id. 2, 36, 6:
tunc vero impotentis fortunae species conspici potuit,
Curt. 3, 11, 23: Tiberioque suspensa semper verba;
tunc vero nitenti, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 11.—
2.
Tunc quidem: et tunc quidem Perseus copias reduxit;
postero die, etc.,
Liv. 42, 57, 9:
tunc quidem sacrificio rite perpetrato, reliquum noctis rediit, etc.,
Curt. 4, 13, 16; cf. id. 3, 12, 21.—
3.
Ne tunc quidem:
quia ne tunc quidem obsistebatur,
Front. Strat. 3, 17, 9:
ac ne tum quidem senatu aut populo appellato,
Suet. Ner. 41; cf. Just. 27, 3, 6.—
4.
Tunc maxime (or tunc cum maxime).
(α).
Chiefly at that time, especially then:
Theophrastus est auctor, in Ponto quosdam amnes crescere tempore aestivo... aut quia tunc maxime in umorem mutabilis terra est, aut quia, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 26, 2.—
(β).
Just then:
hospitem tunc cum maxime utilia suadentem abstrahi jussit ad capitale supplicium,
Curt. 3, 2, 17:
non incidunt causae quae iram lacessant? sed tunc maxime illi oppugnandae manus sunt, Sen. de Ira, 2, 14, 2: sapiens tunc maxime paupertatem meditatur cum in mediis divitiis constitit,
id. Vit. Beat. 26, 1.—
5.
Tunc interea, Gell. 3, 7, 7; v. supra, I. A. 4. a.—
6.
Etiam tunc.
(α).
Even then:
experiri etiam tunc volens an ullae sibi reliquae vires essent, etc.,
Gell. 15, 16, 3.—
(β).
Still:
quam defunctam praetextatus etiam tunc pro rostris laudavit,
Suet. Calig. 10.— And with cum, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 8; v. supra, II. A. 1. a.—
7.
Tunc etiam.
(α).
Etiam as connective, tum = eo tempore:
in civitate plena religionum, tunc etiam ob recentem cladem superstitiosis principibus, ut renovarentur auspicia, res ad interregnum redit,
Liv. 6, 5, 6.—
(β).
Poet. for tum etiam, on account of the vowel:
ultima prona via est, et eget moderamine certo, Tunc etiam... Tethys solet ipsa vereri,
Ov. M. 2, 68.—
8.
Tunc quoque.
(α).
Also then:
irae adversus Vejentes in insequentem annum dilatae sunt. Tunc quoque ne confestim bellum indiceretur religio obstitit,
Liv. 4, 30, 13; 44, 37, 12: saepe legit flores;
et tunc quoque forte legebat,
Ov. M. 4, 315:
quare et sereno tonat? quia tunc quoque per quassum et scissum aera spiritus prosilit,
Sen. Q. N. 2, 18:
cum quidam histriones producti olim, tunc quoque producerentur,
Suet. Claud. 21:
tunc quoque in Hyrcaniam remittitur,
Just. 38, 9, 9.—
(β).
Even then:
tunc quoque cum antiqui illi viri inclite viverent, cura comere capillum fuit,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 17, 7:
faba vero non antequam trium foliorum. Tunc quoque levi sarculo purgare melius quam fodere,
Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241; Suet. Ner. 26; Flor. 1, 7, 12.—With tum demum:
tametsi ad audiendum pigre coitur. Plerique in stationibus sedent... ac sibi nuntiari jubent an jam recitator intraverit... an ex magna parte evolverit librum: tum demum ac tunc quoque lente cunctanterque veniunt,
Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2.—
(γ).
= sic quoque, even as it was:
quin nisi firmata extrema agminis fuissent, ingens in eo saltu accipienda clades fuerit. Tunc quoque ad extremum periculi ventum est,
Liv. 21, 34, 8.—
C.
Tunc temporis (postclass.;
v. tum, III. E.): ex gente obscura tunc temporis Persarum,
Just. 1, 4, 4:
parvae tunc temporis vires Atheniensibus erant,
id. 3, 6, 6:
ad abolendam invidiae famam qua insignis praeter ceteros tunc temporis habebatur,
id. 8, 3, 7:
erat namque tunc temporis urbs Appulis Brundisium,
id. 12, 2, 7.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tunc
19 homo

hŏmo, ĭnis (archaic form hemonem hominem dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 100 Müll.; cf. humanus init., and nēmo, from nĕ-hĕmo: homōnem, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P. = [p. 860] Ann. v. 141 Vahl.:
hŏmōnes,
Naev. 1, 1), comm. [root in humus, Gr. chamai; cf. Germ. -gam in Bräutigam; O. H. Germ. gomo; Goth. guma; Old Engl. goom; Engl. groom; cf. also Gr. epichthonioi; Hebr. Adam], a human being, man.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
animal hoc providum, sagax, multiplex, acutum, memor, plenum rationis et consilii quem vocamus hominem, praeclara quadam condicione generatum esse a summo deo, etc.,
Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 22; cf.
, on the natural history of man,
Plin. 7 praef. sq.; § 5 sq.: decem hominibus vitam eripis, indictā causā, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 25 (24), 12: dum quidem unus homo Romanus toga superescit, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 302 Müll. (Ann. v. 486 Vahl.); cf.: unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 313 ib.): navus repertus homo Graio patre Graius homo rex, id. ap. Fest. p. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 183 ib.):
homo jam grandior,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 15:
homo amicus nobis... homo antiqua virtute ac fide,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 86 sq.; cf.:
bonus homo et nobis amicus,
Cic. Fam. 16, 18 fin.: quid est, quod homo masculus lubentius videre debeat bella uxore? Varr. ap. Non. 248, 16:
infelix,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 169:
homo omni doctrina eruditus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 13; cf.:
homo summā prudentiā, multā etiam doctrinā,
id. Fam. 3, 7, 5:
de hujus hominis (i. e. Pompei) felicitate, etc.,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 47:
iners atque inutilis,
id. Off. 3, 6, 31; cf.:
contemptus et abjectus,
id. Agr. 2, 34, 93:
insulsus,
id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; cf.
also: hominum homo stultissime,
Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 10:
quid hoc homine faciatis?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 42:
consulere generi hominum,
the human race, mankind, id. Rep. 3, 12:
genus hominum,
id. ib. 2, 26; id. de Or. 1, 9, 36; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7 et saep. (more freq., genus humanum; v. humanus and genus); cf.:
natura hominem conciliat homini... hominum coetus et celebrationes,
Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12:
placet Stoicis, quae in terris gignantur, ad usum hominum omnia creari, homines autem hominum causa esse generatos,
id. ib. 1, 7, 22:
homines plurimum hominibus et prosunt et obsunt,
id. ib. 2, 5, 17: is dictus popularibus olim, Qui tum vivebant homines, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 308 Vahl.):
homines Romani,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:
lege conciliati homines cum dis putandi sunt,
id. Leg. 1, 7, 23:
pro deum atque hominum fidem!
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 16 et saep.: divumque hominumque pater, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll. (Ann. v. 566 Vahl.); so, id. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4 (Ann. v. 567) and ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 254); but homo, sing., is used of the human race, mankind (= homines, genus humanum), when it has no predicate joined with it:
qua haud scio an quidquam melius sit homini datum,
Cic. Lael. 6, 20; 3, 11:
taces, Monstrum hominis?
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 29; cf.:
odium illud hominis impuri,
Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1:
quid hoc sit hominis?
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 26; cf.:
quid illuc hominus est?
Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 17;
in addresses: nisi caves tu homo, etc.,
id. Heaut. 5, 3, 1:
tu homo adigis me ad insaniam,
id. Ad. 1, 2, 31.—In apposition:
mares homines,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 32:
amanti homini adulescenti,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 94; cf.:
filius homo adulescens,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 52;
v. adulescens: verberare hominem senem,
id. Ad. 4, 2, 23:
servom hominem,
id. Phorm. 2, 1, 62:
oculi hominis histrionis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193:
nemo homo,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 29; cf.:
ut homo nemo velit nisi hominis similis esse,
Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78;
v. nemo. —Of females: mater, cujus ea stultitia est, ut eam nemo hominem appellare possit,
Cic. Clu. 70, 199:
quae (Io) bos ex homine est,
Ov. F. 5, 620; Juv. 6, 284:
dulcissimum ab hominis camelinum lac,
Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123: homines feminae (opp. mares homines), Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 3.—
2.
Prov.
a.
Quot homines, tot sententiae, many men, many minds, i. e. every one has his own opinion, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 14; Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 15.—
b.
Ut homo est, ita morem geras, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 77 (but in Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 36 spurious, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—
c.
Homines, dum docent, discunt, Sen. Ep. 7, 8 fin. —
d.
Aiunt homines plus in alieno negotio videre quam in suo, the lookers-on see farther in the game than the players, id. ib. 109, 16. —
e.
Homo nulli coloris, neither fish nor flesh, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 99.—
f.
Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 25; cf.:
homo ego sum, homo tu es,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 46.—
g.
Lupus homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 88.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Pregn., in a good or a bad sense.
a.
In a good sense (cf. vir), a man, as a reasonable or moral being:
homo es, qui me emunxisti mucidum,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 57:
si homo esset, eum potius legeret,
Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:
nox te expolivit hominemque reddidit,
id. de Or. 2, 10, 40:
si vis homo esse,
id. Att. 4, 15, 2:
homines visi sumus,
id. ib. 13, 52, 2:
nos quod simus, quod habeamus, quod homines existimemur, id omne abs te habere,
id. Fam. 7, 29, 1:
si tu sis homo,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 11:
et tu illum tuom, si esses homo, sineres, etc.,
if you had a man's sense, id. ib. 1, 2, 27:
exuens hominem ex homine,
Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35: cum Socrates Alcibiadi persuasisset, eum nihil hominis esse, that he was nothing of a man (i. e. in no respect such as a man should be), id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77:
(Nero) dicebat se quasi hominem tandem habitare coepisse,
like a human being, Suet. Ner. 31:
me hominem inter homines voluit esse,
Petr. 39. —
b.
In a bad sense, a man, as a weak, mortal being, subject to error, of low condition (rare):
fateor me saepe peccasse, nam et homo sum et adhuc juvenis,
Petr. 130: cf.
homines sumus, non dei,
id. 75:
(Demosthenes, Homerus) summi sunt, homines tamen,
Quint. 10, 1, 25.—In fem.: quae si hoc tempore non diem suum obiisset, paucis post annis tamen ei moriendum fuit, quoniam homo nata fuerat, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4.—Also of servants (as distinguished from a free Roman): homo P. Quinti, Quintus's man, i. e. his slave, servant, Cic. Quint. 19, 61:
vinum familiae... Saturnalibus et Compitalibus in singulos homines congios,
Cato, R. R. 57, 2; Cat. 10, 16.—
2.
In opp. to a woman, a man (anteand post-class., and very rare):
mi homo et mea mulier, vos saluto,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 57; Lact. 2, 12; Dig. 48, 19, 38.—
* 3.
In milit. lang., homines, opp. to cavalry, foot-soldiers, infantry:
capti homines equitesque producebantur,
Caes. B. C. 2, 39, 5; cf. vir. —
4.
Homo novus, v. novus.—
5.
Bodies, corpses:
jam pigritia singulos sepeliendi promisce acervatos cumulos hominum urebant,
Liv. 5, 48, 3.—
6.
Particular phrases.
a.
Paucorum hominum esse, to have but few intimates, be choice in one's company: (Maecenas) paucorum hominum et mentis bene sanae. Hor. S. 1, 9, 44:
homo est Perpaucorum hominum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 19.— Hence, comically, of the favorite but rare fish, acipenser: Scipio vide, quid agas: acipenser iste paucorum hominum est, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12 (see the anecdote in connection).—
b.
Inter homines esse (agere).
(α).
To be among the living, to be alive, to live (very rare):
Hercules numquam abiisset ad deos, nisi cum inter homines esset, eam sibi viam munivisset,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:
inter homines esse desinere,
i. e. to die, Dig. 31, 1, 59; so,
agere inter homines desinere,
Tac. A. 15, 74 fin.:
ab hominibus ereptus est,
Dig. 31, 1, 58.—
(β).
To see the world, be among men:
iste homo qui numquam inter homines fuerit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76.—
II.
Transf., esp. in familiar lang., the man, the fellow, instead of the pron. he, his, him:
haben argentum ab homine?
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 65:
ibi homo coepit me obsecrare, ut, etc.,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 30:
itast homo,
id. Ad. 1, 2, 63:
dixit, se senatui roganti de Marcello ne hominis quidem causa negaturum,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 3:
ei medico imperasti, ut venas hominis incideret,
id. Pis. 34, 83:
tantum esse in homine sceleris,
id. Sest. 9, 22 Halm.; 41, 89; id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:
persuasit homini,
Nep. Dat. 10, 3:
aut insanit homo aut versus facit,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 117:
agnoscit hominem Caesar,
Phaedr. 2, 5, 19 Burm. ad loc.; al.—
B.
Hic homo, this man, = I, myself (ante-class. and poet.):
hunc hominem velles si tradere,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 47:
solus hic homo est, qui sciat, etc.,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 33:
tibi verba, huic homini verbera,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 114 (cf. hic, G.).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > homo
20 acta fori

ăgo, egi, actum, 3, v. a. (axim = egerim, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 22; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. axitiosi, p. 3 Mull.;
axit = egerit,
Paul. Diac. 3, 3;
AGIER = agi,
Cic. Off. 3, 15;
agentum = agentium,
Vulc. Gall. Av. Cass. 4, 6) [cf. agô; Sanscr. ag, aghami = to go, to drive; agmas = way, train = ogmos; agis = race, contest = agôn; perh. also Germ. jagen, to drive, to hunt], to put in motion, to move (syn.: agitare, pellere, urgere).
I.
Lit.
A.
Of cattle and other animals, to lead, drive.
a.
Absol.: agas asellum, Seip. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 258:
jumenta agebat,
Liv. 1, 48:
capellas ago,
Verg. E. 1, 13:
Pars quia non veniant pecudes, sed agantur, ab actu etc.,
Ov. F. 1, 323:
caballum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 36.—
b.
With acc. of place, prep., sup., or inf.:
agere bovem Romam,
Curt. 1, 45:
equum in hostem,
id. 7, 4:
Germani in amnem aguntur,
Tac. H. 5, 21:
acto ad vallum equo,
id. A. 2, 13:
pecora per calles,
Curt. 7, 11:
per devia rura capellas,
Ov. M. 1, 676:
pecus pastum,
Varr. L. L. 6, 41, p. 88 Mull.:
capellas potum age,
Verg. E. 9, 23:
pecus egit altos Visere montes,
Hor. C. 1, 2, 7.—
B.
Of men, to drive, lead, conduct, impel.
a.
Absol.:
agmen agens equitum,
Verg. A. 7, 804.—
b.
With prep., abl., or inf.:
vinctum ante se Thyum agebat,
Nep. Dat. 3:
agitur praeceps exercitus Lydorum in populos,
Sil. 4, 720:
(adulteram) maritus per omnem vicum verbere agit,
Tac. G. 19; Suet. Calig. 27:
captivos prae se agentes,
Curt. 7, 6; Liv. 23, 1:
acti ante suum quisque praedonem catenati,
Quint. 8, 3, 69:
captivos sub curribus agere,
Mart. 8, 26:
agimur auguriis quaerere exilia,
Verg. A. 3, 5;
and simple for comp.: multis milibus armatorum actis ex ea regione = coactis,
Liv. 44, 31.— In prose: agi, to be led, to march, to go:
quo multitudo omnis consternata agebatur,
Liv. 10, 29: si citius agi vellet agmen, that the army would move, or march on quicker, id. 2, 58:
raptim agmine acto,
id. 6, 28; so id. 23, 36; 25, 9.— Trop.:
egit sol hiemem sub terras,
Verg. G. 4, 51:
poemata dulcia sunto Et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto,
lead the mind, Hor. A. P. 100. —Hence, poet.: se agere, to betake one's self, i. e. to go, to come (in Plaut. very freq.;
also in Ter., Verg., etc.): quo agis te?
where are you going? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294:
unde agis te?
id. Most. 1, 4, 28; so id. ib. 3, 1, 31; id. Mil. 3, 2, 49; id. Poen. 1, 2, 120; id. Pers. 4, 3, 13; id. Trin. 4, 3, 71:
quo hinc te agis?
where are you going, Ter. And. 4, 2, 25:
Ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat,
was moving along, Verg. A. 6, 337:
Aeneas se matutinus agebat,
id. ib. 8, 465:
is enim se primus agebat,
for he strode on in front, id. ib. 9, 696.—Also without se:
Et tu, unde agis?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:
Quo agis?
id. Pers. 2, 2, 34:
Huc age,
Tib. 2, 5, 2 (unless age is here to be taken with veni at the end of the line).—
C.
To drive or carry off (animals or men), to steal, rob, plunder (usually abigere):
Et redigunt actos in sua rura boves,
Ov. F. 3, 64.—So esp. freq. of men or animals taken as booty in war, while ferre is used of portable things; hence, ferre et agere (as in Gr. agein kai pherein, Hom. Il. 5, 484; and reversed, pherein kai agein, in Hdt. and Xen.; cf.:
rapiunt feruntque,
Verg. A. 2, 374:
rapere et auferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 14), in gen., to rob, to plunder: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, Liv. 22, 3:
ut ferri agique res suas viderunt,
id. 38, 15; so id. 3, 37;
so also: rapere agereque: ut ex alieno agro raperent agerentque,
Liv. 22, 1, 2; but portari atque agi means to bear and carry, to bring together, in Caes. B. C. 2, 29 (as pherein kai agein in Plat. Phaedr. 279, C):
ne pulcram praedam agat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 3:
urbes, agros vastare, praedas agere,
Sall. J. 20, 8; 32, 3:
pecoris et mancipiorum praedas,
id. ib. 44, 5;
so eccl. Lat.: agere praedas de aliquo,
Vulg. Jud. 9, 16; ib. 1 Reg. 27, 8; cf. Gron. Obs. 3, 22, 633.—
D.
To chase, pursue, press animals or men, to drive about or onwards in flight (for the usual agitare).
a.
Of animals:
apros,
Verg. G. 3, 412:
cervum,
id. A. 7, 481; cf. id. ib. 4, 71:
citos canes,
Ov. H. 5, 20:
feros tauros,
Suet. Claud. 21.—
b.
Of men:
ceteros ruerem, agerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21 (= prosequerer, premerem, Don.):
ita perterritos egerunt, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:
Demoleos cursu palantis Troas agebat,
Verg. A. 5, 265; cf. id. ib. 1, 574:
aliquem in exsilium,
Liv. 25, 2; so Just. 2, 9, 6; 16, 4, 4; 17, 3, 17;
22, 1, 16 al.: aliquem in fugam,
id. 16, 2, 3.—
E.
Of inanimate or abstract objects, to move, impel, push forwards, advance, carry to or toward any point:
quid si pater cuniculos agat ad aerarium?
lead, make, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90:
egisse huc Alpheum vias,
made its way, Verg. A. 3, 695:
vix leni et tranquillo mari moles agi possunt,
carry, build out, Curt. 4, 2, 8:
cloacam maximam sub terram agendam,
to be carried under ground, Liv. 1, 56;
so often in the histt., esp. Caes. and Livy, as t. t., of moving forwards the battering engines: celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis,
pushed forwards, up, Caes. B. G. 2, 12 Herz.; so id. ib. 3, 21; 7, 17; id. B. C. 2, 1; Liv. 8, 16:
accelerant acta pariter testudine Volsci,
Verg. A. 9, 505 al.:
fugere colles campique videntur, quos agimus praeter navem, i. e. praeter quos agimus navem,
Lucr. 4, 391:
in litus passim naves egerunt,
drove the ships ashore, Liv. 22, 19:
ratem in amnem,
Ov. F. 1, 500:
naves in advorsum amnem,
Tac. H. 4, 22.— Poet.: agere navem, to steer or direct a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114; so,
agere currum,
to drive a chariot, Ov. M. 2, 62; 2, 388 al.—
F.
To stir up, to throw out, excite, cause, bring forth (mostly poet.):
scintillasque agere ac late differre favillam,
to throw out sparks and scatter ashes far around, Lucr. 2, 675:
spumas ore,
Verg. G. 3, 203; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66:
piceum Flumen agit,
Verg. A. 9, 814:
qui vocem cubantes sensim excitant, eandemque cum egerunt, etc.,
when they have brought it forth, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —Hence, animam agere, to expel the breath of life, give up the ghost, expire:
agens animam spumat,
Lucr. 3, 493:
anhelans vaga vadit, animam agens,
Cat. 63, 31:
nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19:
Hortensius, cum has litteras scripsi, animam agebat,
id. Fam. 8, 13, 2; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13:
eodem tempore et gestum et animam ageres,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 8:
Est tanti habere animam ut agam?
Sen. Ep. 101, 12; and with a play upon words: semper agis causas et res agis, Attale, semper. Est, non est, quod agas, Attale, semper agis. Si res et causae desunt, agis, Attale, mulas;
Attale, ne quod agas desit, agas animam,
Mart. 1, 80.—
G.
Of plants, to put forth or out, to shoot, extend:
(salices) gemmas agunt,
Varr. R. R. 1, 30:
florem agere coeperit ficus,
Col. R. R. 5, 10, 10:
frondem agere,
Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:
se ad auras palmes agit,
Verg. G. 2, 364:
(platanum) radices trium et triginta cubitorum egisse,
Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 15:
per glebas sensim radicibus actis,
Ov. M. 4, 254; so id. ib. 2, 583:
robora suas radices in profundum agunt,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127.—Metaph.:
vera gloria radices agit,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:
pluma in cutem radices egerat imas,
Ov. M. 2, 582.
II.
Trop.
A.
Spec., to guide, govern:
Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur,
Verg. A. 1, 574; cf. Forbig. ad h. 1., who considers it the only instance of this use, and compares a similar use of agô; v. L. and S. s. v. II. 2.—
B.
In gen., to move, impel, excite, urge to a thing, to prompt or induce to:
si quis ad illa deus te agat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 24:
una plaga ceteros ad certamen egit,
Liv. 9, 41; 8, 7; 39, 15: quae te, germane, furentem Mens agit in facinus? Ov. M. 5, 14:
totis mentibus acta,
Sil. 10, 191:
in furorem agere,
Quint. 6, 1, 31:
si Agricola in ipsam gloriam praeceps agebatur,
Tac. Agr. 41:
provinciam avaritia in bellum egerat,
id. A. 14, 32.—
C.
To drive, stir up, excite, agitate, rouse vehemently (cf. agito, II.):
me amor fugat, agit,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:
agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3:
perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur,
Nep. Att. 9, 1 Brem.:
opportunitas, quae etiam mediocres viros spe praedae transvorsos agit,
i. e. leads astray, Sall. J. 6, 3; 14, 20; so Sen. Ep. 8, 3.— To pursue with hostile intent, to persecute, disturb, vex, to attack, assail (for the usu. agitare; mostly poet.):
reginam Alecto stimulis agit undique Bacchi,
Verg. A. 7, 405:
non res et agentia (i. e. agitantia, vexantia) verba Lycamben,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 25:
acerba fata Romanos agunt,
id. Epod 7, 17:
diris agam vos,
id. ib. 5, 89:
quam deus ultor agebat,
Ov. M. 14, 750:
futurae mortis agor stimulis,
Luc. 4, 517; cf. Matth. ad Cic. Mur. § 21.—
D.
To drive at something, to pursue a course of action, i. e. to make something an object of action; either in the most general sense, like the Engl. do and the Gr. prattein, for every kind of mental or physical employment; or, in a more restricted sense, to exhibit in external action, to act or perform, to deliver or pronounce, etc., so that after the act is completed nothing remains permanent, e. g. a speech, dance, play, etc. (while facere, to make, poiein, denotes the production of an object which continues to exist after the act is completed; and gerere, the performance of the duties of an office or calling).—On these significations, v. Varr. 6, 6, 62, and 6, 7, 64, and 6, 8, 72.—For the more restricted signif. v. Quint. 2, 18, 1 sq.; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 7, 12; Hab. Syn. 426.
1.
In the most gen. signif., to do, act, labor, in opp. to rest or idleness.
a.
With the gen. objects, aliquid, nihil, plus, etc.:
numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (cf. with this, id. Off. 3, 1: numquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus esset): mihi, qui nihil agit, esse omnino non videtur. id. N. D. 2, 16, 46:
post satietatem nihil (est) agendum,
Cels. 1, 2.—Hence,
b.
Without object:
aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi,
Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; Juv. 16, 49:
agendi tempora,
Tac. H. 3, 40:
industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 29.—
c.
In colloquial lang., to do, to fare, get on: quid agis? what are you doing? M. Tulli, quid agis? Cic. Cat. 1, 11:
Quid agis?
What's your business? Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 9; also, How goes it with you? How are you? ti pratteis, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 20; Cic. Fam. 7, 11 al.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4:
vereor, quid agat,
how he is, Cic. Att. 9, 17:
ut sciatis, quid agam,
Vulg. Ephes. 6, 21:
prospere agit anima tua,
fares well, ib. 3 Joan. 2:
quid agitur?
how goes it with you? how do you do? how are you? Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17; 1, 5, 42; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 40:
Quid intus agitur?
is going on, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; id. Ps. 1, 5, 42 al.—
d.
With nihil or non multum, to do, i. e. to effect, accomplish, achieve nothing, or not much (orig. belonging to colloquial lang., but in the class. per. even in oratorical and poet. style): nihil agit;
collum obstringe homini,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 29:
nihil agis,
you effect nothing, it is of no use, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12:
nihil agis, dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 Kuhn.; Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 10: cupis, inquit, abire; sed nihil agis;
usque tenebo,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 15:
[nihil agis,] nihil assequeris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15 B. and K.:
ubi blanditiis agitur nihil,
Ov. M. 6, 685: egerit non multum, has not done much, Curt. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. p. 120.—
e.
In certain circumstances, to proceed, do, act, manage (mostly belonging to familiar style): Thr. Quid nunc agimus? Gn. Quin redimus, What shall we do now? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 41:
hei mihi! quid faciam? quid agam?
what shall I do? how shall I act? id. Ad. 5, 3, 3:
quid agam, habeo,
id. And. 3, 2, 18 (= quid respondeam habeo, Don.) al.:
sed ita quidam agebat,
was so acting, Cic. Lig. 7, 21: a Burro minaciter actum, Burrus [p. 75] proceeded to threats, Tac. A. 13, 21.—
2.
To pursue, do, perform, transact (the most usual signif. of this word; in all periods; syn.: facere, efficere, transigere, gerere, tractare, curare): cui quod agat institutumst nullo negotio id agit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 254 Vahl.): ut quae egi, ago, axim, verruncent bene, Pac. ap. Non. 505, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 114 Rib.):
At nihil est, nisi, dum calet, hoc agitur,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 92:
Ut id agam, quod missus huc sum,
id. Ps. 2, 2, 44: homines quae agunt vigilantes, agitantque, ea si cui in somno accidunt, minus mirum est, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:
observabo quam rem agat,
what he is going to do, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 114:
Id quidem ago,
That is what I am doing, Verg. E. 9, 37:
res vera agitur,
Juv. 4, 35:
Jam tempus agires,
Verg. A. 5, 638:
utilis rebus agendis,
Juv. 14, 72:
grassator ferro agit rem,
does the business with a dagger, id. 3, 305; 6, 659 (cf.:
gladiis geritur res,
Liv. 9, 41):
nihil ego nunc de istac re ago,
do nothing about that matter, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8:
postquam id actumst,
after this is accomplished, id. Am. 1, 1, 72; so,
sed quid actumst?
id. Ps. 2, 4, 20:
nihil aliud agebam nisi eum defenderem,
Cic. Sull. 12:
ne quid temere ac fortuitu, inconsiderate negligenterque agamus,
id. Off. 1, 29:
agamus quod instat,
Verg. E. 9, 66:
renuntiaverunt ei omnia, quae egerant,
Vulg. Marc. 6, 30; ib. Act. 5, 35:
suum negotium agere,
to mind one's business, attend to one's own affairs, Cic. Off. 1, 9; id. de Or. 3, 55, 211; so,
ut vestrum negotium agatis,
Vulg. 1 Thess. 4, 11:
neque satis Bruto constabat, quid agerent,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14:
postquam res in Africa gestas, quoque modo actae forent, fama divolgavit,
Sall. J. 30, 1:
sed tu delibera, utrum colloqui malis an per litteras agere quae cogitas,
Nep. Con. 3, 8 al. —With the spec. idea of completing, finishing: jucundi acti labores, a proverb in Cic. Fin. 2, 32, 105.—
3.
To pursue in one's mind, to drive at, to revolve, to be occupied with, think upon, have in view, aim at (cf. agito, II. E., volvo and voluto):
nescio quid mens mea majus agit,
Ov. H. 12, 212:
hoc variis mens ipsa modis agit,
Val. Fl. 3, 392:
agere fratri proditionem,
Tac. H. 2, 26:
de intranda Britannia,
id. Agr. 13.—
4.
With a verbal subst., as a favorite circumlocution for the action indicated by the subst. (cf. in Gr. agô with verbal subst.):
rimas agere (sometimes ducere),
to open in cracks, fissures, to crack, Cic. Att. 14, 9; Ov. M. 2, 211; Luc. 6, 728: vos qui regalis corporis custodias agitis, keep watch over, guard, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1; so Liv. 5, 10:
vigilias agere,
Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 93; Nep. Thras. 4; Tac. H. 3, 76:
excubias alicui,
Ov. F. 3, 245:
excubias,
Tac. H. 4, 58:
pervigilium,
Suet. Vit. 10:
stationem agere,
to keep guard, Liv. 35, 29; Tac. H. 1, 28:
triumphum agere,
to triumph, Cic. Fam. 3, 10; Ov. M. 15, 757; Suet. Dom. 6:
libera arbitria agere,
to make free decisions, to decide arbitrarily, Liv. 24, 45; Curt. 6, 1, 19; 8, 1, 4:
paenitentiam agere,
to exercise repentance, to repent, Quint. 9, 3, 12; Petr. S. 132; Tac. Or. 15; Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10; Vulg. Lev. 5, 5; ib. Matt. 3, 2; ib. Apoc. 2, 5:
silentia agere,
to maintain silence, Ov. M. 1, 349:
pacem agere,
Juv. 15, 163:
crimen agere,
to bring accusation, to accuse, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 48:
laborem agere,
id. Fin. 2, 32:
cursus agere,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 95:
delectum agere,
to make choice, to choose, Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Quint. 10, 4, 5:
experimenta agere,
Liv. 9, 14; Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:
mensuram,
id. 15, 3, 4, § 14:
curam agere,
to care for, Ov. H. 15, 302; Quint. 8, prooem. 18:
curam ejus egit,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 34:
oblivia agere,
to forget, Ov. M. 12, 540:
nugas agere,
to trifle, Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 29; id. As. 1, 1, 78, and often:
officinas agere,
to keep shop, Inscr. Orell. 4266.—So esp.: agere gratias ( poet. grates; never in sing. gratiam), to give thanks, to thank; Gr. charin echein ( habere gratiam is to be or feel grateful; Gr. charin eidenai; and referre gratiam, to return a favor, requite; Gr. charin apodidonai; cf. Bremi ad Nep. Them. 8, 7):
diis gratias pro meritis agere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26:
Haud male agit gratias,
id. Aul. 4, 4, 31:
Magnas vero agere gratias Thais mihi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 1:
Dis magnas merito gratias habeo atque ago,
id. Phorm. 5, 6, 80: Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter, Cic. Fam. 1, 10: immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam;
nam relaturum me adfirmare non possum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 1: maximas tibi omnes gratias agimus, C. Caesar;
majores etiam habemus,
id. Marcell. 11, 33:
Trebatio magnas ago gratias, quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 28, 8: renuntiate gratias regi me agere;
referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37: grates tibi ago, summe Sol, vobisque, reliqui Caelites, * Cic. Rep. 6, 9:
gaudet et invito grates agit inde parenti,
Ov. M. 2, 152; so id. ib. 6, 435; 484; 10, 291; 681; 14, 596; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10; ib. Matt. 15, 36 al.;
and in connection with this, laudes agere: Jovis fratri laudes ago et grates gratiasque habeo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:
Dianae laudes gratesque agam,
id. Mil. 2, 5, 2; so,
diis immortalibus laudesque et grates egit,
Liv. 26, 48:
agi sibi gratias passus est,
Tac. Agr. 42; so id. H. 2, 71; 4, 51; id. A. 13, 21; but oftener grates or gratis in Tac.:
Tiberius egit gratis benevolentiae patrum, A. 6, 2: agit grates,
id. H. 3, 80; 4, 64; id. A. 2, 38; 2, 86; 3, 18; 3, 24; 4, 15 al.—
5.
Of time, to pass, spend (very freq. and class.): Romulus in caelo cum dis agit aevom, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; so Pac. id. ib. 2, 21, 49, and Hor. S. 1, 5, 101:
tempus,
Tac. H. 4, 62; id. A. 3, 16: domi aetatem, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6:
aetatem in litteris,
Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:
senectutem,
id. Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. ib. 17, 60:
dies festos,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48; Tac. G. 17:
otia secura,
Verg. G. 3, 377; Ov. F. 1, 68; 4, 926:
ruri agere vitam,
Liv. 7, 39, and Tac. A. 15, 63:
vitam in terris,
Verg. G. 2, 538:
tranquillam vitam agere,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 2:
Hunc (diem) agerem si,
Verg. A. 5, 51:
ver magnus agebat Orbis,
id. G. 2, 338:
aestiva agere,
to pass, be in, summer quarters, Liv. 27, 8; 27, 21; Curt. 5, 8, 24.— Pass.:
menses jam tibi esse actos vides,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 2:
mensis agitur hic septimus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 34, and Ov. M. 7, 700:
melior pars acta (est) diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156; Juv. 4, 66; Tac. A. 15, 63:
acta est per lacrimas nox,
Ov. H. 12, 58 Ruhnk.:
tunc principium anni agebatur,
Liv. 3, 6:
actis quindecim annis in regno,
Just. 41, 5, 9:
Nona aetas agitur,
Juv. 13, 28 al. —With annus and an ordinal, to be of a certain age, to be so old:
quartum annum ago et octogesimum,
am eighty-four years old, Cic. Sen. 10, 32:
Annum agens sextum decimum patrem amisit,
Suet. Caes. 1.—Metaph.: sescentesimum et quadragesimum annum urbs nostra agebat, was in its 640 th year, Tac. G. 37.— Hence also absol. (rare), to pass or spend time, to live, to be, to be somewhere:
civitas laeta agere,
was joyful, Sall. J. 55, 2:
tum Marius apud primos agebat,
id. ib. 101, 6:
in Africa, qua procul a mari incultius agebatur,
id. ib. 89, 7:
apud illos homines, qui tum agebant,
Tac. A. 3, 19:
Thracia discors agebat,
id. ib. 3, 38:
Juxta Hermunduros Naristi agunt,
Tac. G. 42:
ultra jugum plurimae gentes agunt,
id. ib. 43:
Gallos trans Padum agentes,
id. H. 3, 34:
quibus (annis) exul Rhodi agit,
id. A. 1, 4:
agere inter homines desinere,
id. ib. 15, 74:
Vitellius non in ore volgi agere,
was not in the sight of the people, id. H. 3, 36:
ante aciem agere,
id. G. 7; and:
in armis agere,
id. A. 14, 55 = versari.—
6.
In the lang. of offerings, t. t., to despatch the victim, to kill, slay. In performing this rite, the sacrificer asked the priest, agone, shall I do it? and the latter answered, age or hoc age, do it:
qui calido strictos tincturus sanguine cultros semper, Agone? rogat, nec nisi jussus agit,
Ov. F. 1. 321 (cf. agonia and agonalia):
a tergo Chaeream cervicem (Caligulae) gladio caesim graviter percussisse, praemissa voce,
hoc age, Suet. Calig. 58; id. Galb. 20. —This call of the priest in act of solemn sacrifice, Hoc age, warned the assembled multitude to be quiet and give attention; hence hoc or id and sometimes haec or istuc agere was used for, to give attention to, to attend to, to mind, heed; and followed by ut or ne, to pursue a thing, have it in view, aim at, design, etc.; cf. Ruhnk. ad Ter. And. 1, 2, 15, and Suet. Calig. 58: hoc agite, Plaut. As. prol. init.:
Hoc age,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 152; id. Ep. 1, 6, 31:
Hoc agite, of poetry,
Juv. 7, 20:
hoc agamus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 12:
haec agamus,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 49:
agere hoc possumus,
Lucr. 1, 41; 4, 969; Juv. 7, 48:
hoccine agis an non? hoc agam,
id. ib., Ter. And. 1, 2, 15; 2, 5, 4:
nunc istuc age,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 3 al.:
Hoc egit civis Romanus ante te nemo,
Cic. Lig. 4, 11:
id et agunt et moliuntur,
id. Mur. 38:
(oculi, aures, etc.) quasi fenestrae sunt animi, quibus tamen sentire nihil queat mens, nisi id agat et adsit,
id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: qui id egerunt, ut gentem... collocarent, aimed at this, that, etc., id. Cat. 4, 6, 12:
qui cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,
keep it in view, that, id. Off. 1, 13, 41:
idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:
Hoc agit, ut doleas,
Juv. 5, 157:
Hoc age, ne mutata retrorsum te ferat aura,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 88:
Quid tuus ille destrictus gladius agebat?
have in view, mean, Cic. Leg. 3, 9:
Quid aliud egimus nisi ut, quod hic potest, nos possemus?
id. ib. 4, 10:
Sin autem id actum est, ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:
certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur,
Nep. Them. 5, 1:
ego id semper egi, ne bellis interessem,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7.—Also, the opp.: alias res or aliud agere, not to attend to, heed, or observe, to pursue secondary or subordinate objects: Ch. Alias res agis. Pa. Istuc ago equidem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 57; id. Hec. 5, 3, 28:
usque eo animadverti eum jocari atque alias res agere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22:
atqui vides, quam alias res agamus,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 51; id. Brut. 66, 233:
aliud agens ac nihil ejusmodi cogitans,
id. Clu. 64.—
7.
In relation to public affairs, to conduct, manage, carry on, administer: agere bellum, to carry on or wage war (embracing the whole theory and practice of war, while bellum gerere designates the bodily and mental effort, and the bearing of the necessary burdens; and bellum facere, the actual outbreak of hostile feelings, v. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 28):
qui longe alia ratione ac reliqui Galli bellum agere instituerunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:
Antiochus si tam in agendo bello parere voluisset consiliis ejus (Hannibalis) quam in suscipiendo instituerat, etc.,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Curt. 4, 10, 29:
aliena bella mercedibus agere,
Mel. 1, 16:
Bellaque non puero tractat agenda puer,
Ov. A. A. 1, 182 (also in id. Tr. 2, 230, Gron. Observ. 2, 3, 227, for the usu. obit, with one MS., reads agit; so Merkel).— Poet.:
Martem for bellum,
Luc. 4, 2: agere proelium, to give battle (very rare):
levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis,
Liv. 22, 9.—Of offices, employments, etc., to conduct, exercise, administer, hold:
forum agere,
to hold court, Cic. Fam. 8, 6; and:
conventus agere,
to hold the assizes, id. Verr. 5, 11, 28; Caes. B. G. 1, 54; 6, 44;
used of the governors of provinces: judicium agere,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:
vivorum coetus agere,
to make assemblies of, to assemble, Tac. A. 16, 34:
censum agere,
Liv. 3, 22; Tac. A. 14, 46; Suet. Aug. 27:
recensum agere,
id. Caes. 41:
potestatem agere,
Flor. 1, 7, 2:
honorem agere,
Liv. 8, 26:
regnum,
Flor. 1, 6, 2:
rem publicam,
Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 8:
consulatum,
Quint. 12, 1, 16:
praefecturam,
Suet. Tib. 6:
centurionatum,
Tac. A. 1, 44:
senatum,
Suet. Caes. 88:
fiscum agere,
to have charge of the treasury, id. Dom. 12:
publicum agere,
to collect the taxes, id. Vesp. 1:
inquisitionem agere,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18:
curam alicujus rei agere,
to have the management of, to manage, Liv. 6, 15; Suet. Claud. 18:
rei publicae curationem agens,
Liv. 4, 13: dilectum agere, to make a levy, to levy (postAug. for dilectum habere, Cic., Caes., Sall.), Quint. 12, 3, 5; Tac. A. 2, 16; id. Agr. 7 and 10; id. H. 2, 16, 12; Suet. Calig. 43. —
8.
Of civil and political transactions in the senate, the forum, before tribunals of justice, etc., to manage or transact, to do, to discuss, plead, speak, deliberate; constr. aliquid or de aliqua re:
velim recordere, quae ego de te in senatu egerim, quae in contionibus dixerim,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2; 1, 9:
de condicionibus pacis,
Liv. 8, 37:
de summa re publica,
Suet. Caes. 28:
cum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia,
id. Aug. 94:
de poena alicujus,
Liv. 5, 36:
de agro plebis,
id. 1, 46.—Hence the phrase: agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people in a public assembly, for the purpose of obtaining their approval or rejection of a thing (while [p. 76] agere ad populum signifies to propose, to bring before the people):
cum populo agere est rogare quid populum, quod suffragiis suis aut jubeat aut vetet,
Gell. 13, 15, 10:
agere cum populo de re publica,
Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12; id. Lael. 25, 96:
neu quis de his postea ad senatum referat neve cum populo agat,
Sall. C. 51, 43.—So also absol.:
hic locus (rostra) ad agendum amplissimus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1:
Metellus cum agere coepisset, tertio quoque verbo orationis suae me appellabat,
id. Fam. 5, 2.— Transf. to common life.
a.
Agere cum aliquo, de aliquo or re or ut, to treat, deal, negotiate, confer, talk with one about a person or thing; to endeavor to persuade or move one, that, etc.: nihil age tecum (sc. cum odore vini);
ubi est ipsus (vini lepos)?
I have nothing to do with you, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 11:
Quae (patria) tecum, Catilina, sic agit,
thus pleads, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 18:
algae Inquisitores agerent cum remige nudo,
Juv. 4, 49:
haec inter se dubiis de rebus agebant,
thus treated together, Verg. A. 11, 445:
de quo et praesens tecum egi diligenter, et scripsi ad te accurate antea,
Cic. Fam. 13, 75:
egi cum Claudia et cum vestra sorore Mucia, ut eum ab illa injuria deterrerent,
id. ib. 5, 2:
misi ad Metellum communes amicos, qui agerent cum eo, ut de illa mente desisteret,
id. ib. 5, 2:
Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut eam (Elpinicen) sibi uxorem daret,
Nep. Cim. 1, 3.—Also absol.:
Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit,
Nep. Alc. 8, 2:
si qua Caesares obtinendae Armeniae egerant,
Tac. A. 15, 14:
ut Lucretius agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit,
Liv. 2, 2.—In Suet. once agere cum senatu, with acc. and inf., to propose or state to the Senate:
Tiberius egit cum senatu non debere talia praemia tribui,
Suet. Tib. 54.—
b.
With the advv. bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with one, to treat or use well or ill:
facile est bene agere cum eis, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 14, 11:
bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade, si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, 3 ext.; Vulg. Jud. 9, 16:
praeclare cum aliquo agere,
Cic. Sest. 23:
Male agis mecum,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 21:
qui cum creditoribus suis male agat,
Cic. Quinct. 84; and:
tu contra me male agis,
Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—Freq. in pass., to be or go well or ill with one, to be well or badly off:
intelleget secum actum esse pessime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50:
praeclare mecum actum puto,
id. Fam. 9, 24; so id. ib. 5, 18: exstat cujusdam non inscitus jocus bene agi potuisse cum rebus humanis, si Domitius pater talem habuisset uxorem, it would have gone well with human affairs, been well for mankind, if, etc., Suet. Ner. 28.—Also absol. without cum: agitur praeclare, si nosmet ipsos regere possumus, it is well done if, etc., it is a splendid thing if, etc., Cic. Fam. 4, 14:
vivitur cum eis, in quibus praeclare agitur si sunt simulacra virtutis,
id. Off. 1, 15:
bene agitur pro noxia,
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—
9.
Of transactions before a court or tribunal.
a.
Aliquid agere ex jure, ex syngrapha, ex sponso, or simply the abl. jure, lege, litibus, obsignatis tabellis, causa, to bring an action or suit, to manage a cause, to plead a case:
ex jure civili et praetorio agere,
Cic. Caecin. 12:
tamquam ex syngrapha agere cum populo,
to litigate, id. Mur. 17:
ex sponso egit,
id. Quint. 9: Ph. Una injuriast Tecum. Ch. Lege agito ergo, Go to law, then, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90:
agere lege in hereditatem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; Ov. F. 1, 48; Liv. 9, 46:
cum illo se lege agere dicebat,
Nep. Tim. 5: summo jure agere, to assert or claim one's right to the full extent of the law, Cic. Off. 1, 11:
non enim gladiis mecum, sed litibus agetur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4:
causa quam vi agere malle,
Tac. A. 13, 37:
tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:
Jure, ut opinor, agat, jure increpet inciletque,
with right would bring her charge, Lucr. 3, 963; so,
Castrensis jurisdictio plura manu agens,
settles more cases by force, Tac. Agr. 9:
ubi manu agitur,
when the case is settled by violent hands, id. G. 36.—
b.
Causam or rem agere, to try or plead a case; with apud, ad, or absol.:
causam apud centumviros egit,
Cic. Caecin. 24:
Caesar cum ageret apud censores,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 10; so with adversus:
egi causam adversus magistratus,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 11:
orator agere dicitur causam,
Varr. L. L. 6, 42: causam isto modo agere, Cic. Lig. 4, 10; Tac. Or. 5; 11; 14; Juv. 2, 51; 14, 132:
agit causas liberales,
Cic. Fam. 8, 9: qui ad rem agendam adsunt, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:
cum (M. Tullius) et ipsam se rem agere diceret,
Quint. 12, 10, 45: Gripe, accede huc;
tua res agitur,
is being tried, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 104; Quint. 8, 3, 13;
and extra-judicially: rogo ad Caesarem meam causam agas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 10:
Una (factio) populi causam agebat, altera optimatum,
Nep. Phoc. 3; so, agere, absol., to plead' ad judicem sic agi solet, Cic. Lig. 10:
tam solute agere, tam leniter,
id. Brut. 80:
tu istuc nisi fingeres, sic ageres?
id. ib. 80; Juv. 7, 143 and 144; 14, 32.— Transf. to common life; with de or acc., to discuss, treat, speak of:
Sed estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam?
of whom I was speaking, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53:
causa non solum exponenda, sed etiam graviter copioseque agenda est,
to be discussed, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; id. Verr. 1, 13, 37:
Samnitium bella, quae agimus,
are treating of, Liv. 10, 31.—Hence,
c.
Agere aliquem reum, to proceed against one as accused, to accuse one, Liv. 4, 42; 24, 25; Tac. A. 14, 18:
reus agitur,
id. ib. 15, 20; 3, 13; and with the gen. of the crime, with which one is charged:
agere furti,
to accuse of theft, Cic. Fam. 7, 22:
adulterii cum aliquo,
Quint. 4, 4, 8:
injuriarum,
id. 3, 6, 19; and often in the Pandects.—
d.
Pass. of the thing which is the subject of accusation, to be in suit or in question; it concerns or affects, is about, etc.:
non nunc pecunia, sed illud agitur, quomodo, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 67:
non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae,
the point in dispute, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 26:
aguntur injuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum, agitur existimatio, veritasque judiciorum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:
si magna res, magna hereditas agetur,
id. Fin. 2, 17: qua de re agitur, what the point of dispute or litigation is, id. Brut. 79.—Hence, trop.,
(α).
Res agitur, the case is on trial, i. e. something is at stake or at hazard, in peril, or in danger:
at nos, quarum res agitur, aliter auctores sumus,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 72:
quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113:
agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima, aguntur bona multorum civium,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6:
in quibus eorum aut caput agatur aut fama,
id. Lael. 17, 61; Nep. Att. 15, 2:
non libertas solum agebatur,
Liv. 28, 19; Sen. Clem. 1, 20 al.:
nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84 (= in periculo versatur, Lambin.):
agitur pars tertia mundi,
is at stake, I am in danger of losing, Ov. M. 5, 372.—
(β).
Res acta est, the case is over (and done for): acta haec res est;
perii,
this matter is ended, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3: hence, actum est de aliquo or aliqua re, it is all over with a person or thing:
actum hodie est de me,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 63:
jam de Servio actum,
Liv. 1, 47:
actum est de collo meo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 4, 194.—So also absol.: actumst;
ilicet me infelicem,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 17:
si animus hominem pepulit, actumst,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 27; Ter. And. 3, 1, 7; Cic. Att. 5, 15:
actumst, ilicet, peristi,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: periimus;
actumst,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 3.—
(γ).
Rem actam agere, to plead a case already finished, i. e. to act to no purpose:
rem actam agis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 27; id. Cist. 4, 2, 36; Liv. 28, 40; so,
actum or acta agere: actum, aiunt, ne agas,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Att. 9, 18:
acta agimus,
id. Am. 22.—
10.
To represent by external action, to perform, pronounce, deliver, etc.
a.
Of an orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 79:
quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat oculis, voce, gestu, inimici ut lacrimas tenere non possent,
id. ib. 3, 56, 214:
agere fortius et audentius volo,
Tac. Or. 18; 39.—
b.
Of an actor, to represent, play, act:
Ipse hanc acturust Juppiter comoediam,
Plaut. Am. prol. 88; so,
fabulam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 12; id. Hec. prol. 22:
dum haec agitur fabula,
Plaut. Men. prol. 72 al.:
partis,
to have a part in a play, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:
Ballionem illum cum agit, agit Chaeream,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 7:
gestum agere in scaena,
id. de Or. 2, 57:
dicitur canticum egisse aliquanto magis vigente motu,
Liv. 7, 2 al. — Transf. to other relations, to represent or personate one, to act the part of, to act as, behave like: has partes lenitatis semper egi, Cic. Mur. 3:
egi illos omnes adulescentes, quos ille actitat,
id. Fam. 2, 9:
amicum imperatoris,
Tac. H. 1, 30:
exulem,
id. A. 1, 4:
socium magis imperii quam ministrum,
id. H. 2, 83:
senatorem,
Tac. A. 16, 28.—So of things poetically:
utrinque prora frontem agit,
serves as a bow, Tac. G. 44.—
11.
Se agere = se gerere, to carry one's self, to behave, deport one's self:
tanta mobilitate sese Numidae agunt,
Sall. J. 56, 5:
quanto ferocius ante se egerint,
Tac. H. 3, 2 Halm:
qui se pro equitibus Romanis agerent,
Suet. Claud. 25:
non principem se, sed ministrum egit,
id. ib. 29:
neglegenter se et avare agere,
Eutr. 6, 9:
prudenter se agebat,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5:
sapienter se agebat,
ib. 4 Reg. 18, 7. —Also absol.:
seditiose,
Tac. Agr. 7:
facile justeque,
id. ib. 9:
superbe,
id. H. 2, 27:
ex aequo,
id. ib. 4, 64:
anxius et intentus agebat,
id. Agr. 5.—
12.
Imper.: age, agite, Ter., Tib., Lucr., Hor., Ov., never using agite, and Catull. never age, with which compare the Gr. age, agete (also accompanied by the particles dum, eia, en, ergo, igitur, jam, modo, nuncjam, porro, quare, quin, sane, vero, verum, and by sis); as an exclamation.
a.
In encouragement, exhortation, come! come on! (old Engl. go to!) up! on! quick! (cf. I. B. fin.).
(α).
In the sing.:
age, adsta, mane, audi, Enn. ap. Delr. Synt. 1, 99: age i tu secundum,
come, follow me! Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 1:
age, perge, quaeso,
id. Cist. 2, 3, 12:
age, da veniam filio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14:
age, age, nunc experiamur,
id. ib. 5, 4, 23:
age sis tu... delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 16:
quanto ferocius ante se egerint, agedum eam solve cistulam,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 151; id. Capt. 3, 4, 39:
Agedum vicissim dic,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 69; id. Eun. 4, 4, 27:
agedum humanis concede,
Lucr. 3, 962:
age modo hodie sero,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 103:
age nuncjam,
id. And. 5, 2, 25:
En age, quid cessas,
Tib. 2, 2, 10:
Quare age,
Verg. A. 7, 429:
Verum age,
id. ib. 12, 832:
Quin age,
id. G. 4, 329:
en, age, Rumpe moras,
id. ib. 3, 43:
eia age,
id. A. 4, 569.—
(β).
In the plur.:
agite, pugni,
up, fists, and at 'em! Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 146:
agite bibite,
id. Curc. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 1, 3, 68:
agite in modum dicite,
Cat. 61, 38:
Quare agite... conjungite,
id. 64, 372; Verg. A. 1, 627:
vos agite... volvite,
Val. Fl. 3, 311:
agite nunc, divites, plorate,
Vulg. Jac. 5, 1:
agitedum,
Liv. 3, 62.—Also age in the sing., with a verb in the plur. (cf. age tamnete, Hom. Od. 3, 332; age dê trapeiomen, id. Il. 3, 441):
age igitur, intro abite,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:
En agedum convertite,
Prop. 1, 1, 21:
mittite, agedum, legatos,
Liv. 38, 47:
Ite age,
Stat. Th. 10, 33:
Huc age adeste,
Sil. 11, 169.—
b.
In transitions in discourse, well then! well now! well! (esp. in Cic. Or. very freq.). So in Plaut. for resuming discourse that has been interrupted: age, tu interea huic somnium narra, Curc. 2, 2, 5: nunc age, res quoniam docui non posse creari, etc., well now, since I have taught, etc., Lucr. 1, 266:
nunc age, quod superest, cognosce et clarius audi,
id. 1, 920; so id. 1, 952; 2, 62; 333; 730; 3, 418;
4, 109 al.: age porro, tu, qui existimari te voluisti interpretem foederum, cur, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22; so id. Rosc. Am. 16; id. Part. 12; id. Att. 8, 3.—And age (as in a.) with a verb in the plur.:
age vero, ceteris in rebus qualis sit temperantia considerate,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Sull. 26; id. Mil. 21; id. Rosc. Am. 37.—
c.
As a sign of assent, well! very well! good! right! Age, age, mansero, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 61: age, age, jam ducat;
dabo,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 57:
Age, veniam,
id. And. 4, 2, 30:
age, sit ita factum,
Cic. Mil. 19:
age sane,
Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 27; Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119.
► Position.
—Age, used with another verb in the imperative, regularly stands before it, but in poetry, for the sake of the metre, it,
I.
Sometimes follows such verb; as,
a.
In dactylic metre:
Cede agedum,
Prop. 5, 9, 54:
Dic age,
Verg. A. 6, 343; Hor. S. 2, 7, 92; Ov. F. 1, 149:
Esto age,
Pers. 2, 42:
Fare age,
Verg. A. 3, 362:
Finge age,
Ov. H. 7, 65:
Redde age,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 80:
Surge age,
Verg. A. 3, 169; 8, 59; 10, 241; Ov. H. 14, 73:
Vade age,
Verg. A. 3, 462; 4, 422; so,
agite: Ite agite,
Prop. 4, 3, 7.—
b.
In other metres (very rarely):
appropera age,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 38:
dic age,
Hor. C. 1, [p. 77] 32, 3; 2, 11, 22;
3, 4, 1.—So also in prose (very rarely): Mittite agedum,
Liv. 38, 47:
procedat agedum ad pugnam,
id. 7, 9.—
II.
It is often separated from such verb:
age me huc adspice,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 118; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:
Age... instiga,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 10; 5, 6, 11:
Quare agite... conjungite,
Cat. 64, 372:
Huc age... veni,
Tib. 2, 5, 2:
Ergo age cervici imponere nostrae,
Verg. A. 2, 707:
en age segnis Rumpe moras,
id. G. 3, 42:
age te procellae Crede,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 62:
Age jam... condisce,
id. ib. 4, 11, 31; id. S. 2, 7, 4.—Hence,
1.
ăgens, entis, P. a.
A.
Adj.
1.
Efficient, effective, powerful (only in the rhet. lang. of Cic.):
utendum est imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:
acre orator, incensus et agens,
id. Brut. 92, 317.— Comp. and sup. not used.
► 2.
Agentia verba, in the grammarians, for verba activa, Gell. 18, 12.—
B.
Subst.: ăgentes, ium.
a.
Under the emperors, a kind of secret police (also called frumentarii and curiosi), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39 fin.; Dig. 1, 12; 1, 20; 21; 22; 23, etc.; Amm. 15, 3; 14, 11 al.—
b.
For agrimensores, land-surveyors, Hyg. Lim. p. 179.—
2.
actus, a, um, P. a. Lit., that has been transacted in the Senate, in the forum, before the courts of justice, etc.; hence,
A.
actum, i, n., a public transaction in the Senate, before the people, or before a single magistrate:
actum ejus, qui in re publica cum imperio versatus sit,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7:
acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
id. ib. 1, 7:
acta tui praeclari tribunatus,
id. Dom. 31.—
B.
acta publĭca, or absol.: acta, orum, n., the register of public acts, records, journal. Julius Caesar, in his consulship, ordered that the doings of the Senate (diurna acta) should be made public, Suet. Caes. 20; cf. Ernest. Exc. 1;
but Augustus again prohibited it,
Suet. Aug. 36. Still the acts of the Senate were written down, and, under the succeeding emperors. certain senators were appointed to this office (actis vel commentariis Senatus conficiendis), Tac. A. 5, 4. They had also public registers of the transactions of the assemblies of the people, and of the different courts of justice;
also of births and deaths, marriages, divorces, etc., which were preserved as sources of future history.—Hence, diurna urbis acta,
the city journal, Tac. A. 13, 31:
acta populi,
Suet. Caes. 20:
acta publica,
Tac. A. 12, 24; Suet. Tib. 8; Plin. Ep. 7, 33:
urbana,
id. ib. 9, 15; which were all comprehended under the gen. name acta.
1.
With the time added:
acta eorum temporum,
Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 60:
illius temporis,
Ascon. Mil. 44, 16:
ejus anni,
Plin. 2, 56, 57, § 147.—
2.
Absol., Cic. Fam. 12, 8; 22, 1; 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 10; 3, 16; Suet. Calig. 8; Quint. 9, 3; Juv. 2, 136: Quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti, i. e. to the actuarius, q. v., id. 7, 104; cf. Bahr's Rom. Lit. Gesch. 303.—
C.
acta triumphōrum, the public record of triumphs, fuller than the Fasti triumphales, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 12.—
D.
acta fŏri (v. Inscr. Grut. 445, 10), the records,
a.
Of strictly historical transactions, Amm. 22, 3, 4; Dig. 4, 6, 33, § 1.—
b.
Of matters of private right, as wills, gifts, bonds (acta ad jus privatorum pertinentia, Dig. 49, 14, 45, § 4), Fragm. Vat. §§ 249, 266, 268, 317.—
E.
acta militarĭa, the daily records of the movements of a legion, Veg. R. R. 2, 19.

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