interea

sĭno, sīvi, sĭtum, 3 (sinit, as archaic subj. pres. formerly stood, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 27; Verg. Cir. 239; but in the former passage has been corrected to sierit, Fleck.; and in the latter the clause is spurious.— Perf. sii, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 371 P.:

siit,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 24, acc. to Diom. l. l.; another old form of the perf. sini, Scaur. ap. Diom. l. l.; so, too, pluperf. sinisset, Rutil. ib.— Sync. perf. sisti, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 80: sistis, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 57, 122.— Subj. sieris or siris, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106; cf. Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 18; id. Ep. 3, 3, 19; id. Trin. 2, 4, 120;

an old formula,

Liv. 1, 32:

sirit,

id. 28, 28, 11; 28, 34, 24:

siritis,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 20: sirint, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 64; id. Merc. 3, 4, 28.— Pluperf. sisset, Liv. 27, 6:

sissent,

Cic. Sest. 19, 44; Liv. 3, 18; 35, 5, 11), v. a. [etym. dub.], orig., to let, put, lay, or set down; found so only in the P. a. situs (v. infra, P. a.), and in the compound pono (for posino, v. pono); cf. also 2. situs, I.—Hence, transf., and freq. in all styles and periods.

In gen., to let, suffer, allow, permit, give leave (syn.: permitto, patior, tolero, fero); constr. usually with an obj.-clause, the subj., or absol., rarely with ut or an acc.

With obj.clause: exsulare sinitis, sistis pelli, pulsum patimini, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 57, 122: neu reliquias sic meas sieris denudatis ossibus foede divexarier, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106:

quin tu itiner exsequi meum me sinis?

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 88:

nos Transalpinas gentes oleam et vitem serere non sinimus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

non sinam tum nobis denique responderi,

id. Verr. 1, 17, 54 B. and K.:

praecipitem amicum ferri sinere,

id. Lael. 24, 89:

latrocinium in Syriam penetrare,

id. Phil. 11, 13, 32: vinum ad se importari, * Caes. B. G. 4, 2 fin.:

Medos equitare inultos,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 51:

magnum corpus Crescere sinito,

Verg. G. 3, 206; Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 11; cf.:

Cato contionatus est, se comitia haberi non siturum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6:

sine sis loqui me,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 50:

sine me dum istuc judicare,

id. Most. 5, 2, 22; so,

sine dum petere,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 67 et saep.— Pass.:

vinum in dolium conditur et ibi sinitur fermentari,

Col. 12, 17, 1:

neque is tamen inire sinitur,

id. 6, 37, 9:

vitis suci gratiā exire sinitur,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16:

hic accusare eum moderate, per senatus auctoritatem non est situs,

Cic. Sest. 44, 95:

sine te exorari,

Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3.—

With subj. (so for the most part only in the imper.):

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 163:

sine me expurgem,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 29: Ch. At tandem dicat sine. Si. Age dicat;

sino,

id. ib. 5, 3, 24:

ne duit, si non vult: sic sine astet,

let him stand, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 54:

sine pascat durus (captivus) aretque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 70:

sine vivat ineptus,

id. ib. 1, 17, 32:

sine sciam,

let me know, Liv. 2, 40, 5:

sinite abeam viva a vobis,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 92:

sinite instaurata revisam Proelia,

Verg. A. 2, 669 et saep.— Poet. in the verb. finit: natura repugnat;

Nec sinit incipiat,

Ov. M. 3, 377.—

Absol. (syn.: pati, ferre);

suspende, vinci, verbera: auctor sum, sino,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 18:

nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes: non feram, non patiar, non sinam,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10:

domum ire cupio: at uxor non sinit,

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 60: Ba. Ego nolo dare te quicquam. Pi. Sine. Ba. Sino equidem, si lubet, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 66: nate, cave;

dum resque sinit, tua corrige vota,

Ov. M. 2, 89:

moretur ergo in libertate sinentibus nobis,

Plin. Ep. 4, 10 fin. —

With ut:

sivi, animum ut expleret suom,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 17:

sinite, exorator ut sim, id. Hec. prol. alt. 2: neque sinam, ut,

id. ib. 4, 2, 14:

nec dii siverint, ut hoc decus demere mihi quisquam possit,

Curt. 5, 8, 13:

neque di sinant ut Belgarum decus istud sit,

Tac. A. 1, 43.—

With acc.:

sinite arma viris et cedite ferro,

leave arms to men, Verg. A. 9, 620:

per te, vir Trojane, sine hanc animam et miserere precantis,

id. ib. 10, 598:

neu propius tectis taxum sine,

id. G. 4, 47:

serpentium multitudo nisi hieme transitum non sinit,

Plin. 6, 14, 17, § 43:

at id nos non sinemus,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 7; cf.:

non sinat hoc Ajax,

Ov. M. 13, 219; 7, 174.—Sometimes the acc. is used elliptically, as in Engl., and an inf. (to be, remain, do, go, etc.) is to be supplied: Sy. Sineres vero tu illum tuum Facere haec? De. Sinerem illum! Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 42:

dum interea sic sit, istuc actutum sino,

I'll let that by and by go, I don't care for it, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 68:

me in tabernā usque adhuc sineret Syrus,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 14: Ch. Ne labora. Me. Sine me, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 38: quisquis es, sine me, let me ( go), id. Ad. 3, 2, 23.—

In partic.

In colloquial language.

Sine, let:

sine veniat!

let him come! Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 1:

insani feriant sine litora fluctus,

Verg. E. 9, 43.—So simply sine! be it so! granted! very well! agreed, etc.:

pulchre ludificor. Sine!

Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 6; id. As. 5, 2, 48; id. Aul. 3, 2, 11; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 13; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 90 al.:

sic sine,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 4.—

Sine modo, only let, i. e. if only:

cur me verberas?... Patiar. Sine modo adveniat senex! Sine modo venire salvum, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 10.—So with subj.:

sine modo venias domum,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 50 Fleck.—

Rarely like the Greek ean, to give up, cease, leave a thing undone: Al. Vin vocem? Cl. Sine:

nolo, si occupata est,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 14: tum certare odiis, tum res rapuisse licebit. Nunc sinite (sc. certare, etc.), forbear, Verg A. 10, 15.—

Ne di sirint (sinant), ne Juppiter sirit, etc., God forbid! Heaven forefend! Ch. Hoc capital facis... aequalem et sodalem liberum civem enicas. Eu. Ne di sirint, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 64;

for which: ne di siverint,

id. Merc. 2, 2, 51:

illud nec di sinant,

Plin. Ep. 2, 2, 3:

ne istuc Juppiter O. M. sirit, urbem, etc.,

Liv. 28, 28, 11:

nec me ille sierit Juppiter,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 27.—Hence, sĭtus, a, um, P. a., placed, set, lying, situate (syn. positus; freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

(gallinis) meridie bibere dato nec plus aqua sita siet horam unam,

nor let the water be set before them more than an hour, Cato, R. R. 89:

pluma Quae sita cervices circum collumque coronat,

Lucr. 2, 802:

(aurum) probe in latebris situm,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 2; 4, 2, 8:

proba merx facile emptorem reperit, tametsi in abstruso sita est,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 129:

Romuli lituus, cum situs esset in curiā Saliorum, etc.,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30:

in ore sita lingua est finita dentibus,

id. N. D. 2, 59, 149:

inter duo genua naribus sitis,

Plin. 10, 64, 84, § 183:

ara sub dio,

id. 2, 107, 111, § 240:

sitae fuere et Thespiades (statuae) ad aedem Felicitatis,

id. 36, 5, 4, § 39 et saep.—Rarely of persons:

quin socios, amicos procul juxtaque sitos trahunt exciduntque,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch; cf.:

jam fratres, jam propinquos, jam longius sitos caedibus exhaustos,

Tac. A. 12, 10:

nobilissimi totius Britanniae eoque in ipsis penetralibus siti,

id. Agr. 30:

cis Rhenum sitarum gentium animos confirmavit,

Vell. 2, 120, 1; cf.:

gens in convallibus sita,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 28.—

In partic.

Of places, lying, situate:

locus in mediā insulā situs,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106:

in quo (sinu) sita Carthago est,

Liv. 30, 24, 9:

urbes in orā Graeciae,

Nep. Alcib. 5:

urbs ex adverso (Carthaginis),

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 4:

insulae ante promunturium,

id. 9, 59, 85, § 180:

regio contra Parthiae tractum,

id. 6, 16, 18, § 46 et saep.—

Of the dead, lying, laid, buried, interred (syn. conditus):

declarat Ennius de Africano, hic est ille situs. Vere: nam siti dicuntur hi, qui conditi sunt,

Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57; cf.:

redditur terrae corpus et ita locatum ac situm quasi operimento matris obducitur,

id. ib. 2, 22, 56: siticines appellati qui apud sitos canere soliti essent, hoc est vitā functos et sepultos, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 20, 2:

C. Marii sitae reliquiae,

Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 56:

(Aeneas) situs est... super Numicium flumen,

Liv. 1, 2 Drak.:

Cn. Terentium offendisse arcam, in quā Numa situs fuisset,

Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 84.—Hence the common phrase in epitaphs:

HIC SITVS EST, HIC SITI SVNT, etc.,

Inscr. Orell. 654; 4639 sq.; Tib. 3, 2, 29.—

Comically: noli minitari: scio crucem futuram mihi sepulcrum: Ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avus, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 20.—

A few times in Tacitus for conditus, built, founded:

urbem Philippopolim, a Macedone Philippo sitam circumsidunt,

Tac. A. 3, 38 fin.; 6, 41:

veterem aram Druso sitam disjecerant,

id. ib. 2, 7 fin.:

vallum duabus legionibus situm,

id. H. 4, 22.—

Trop.

In gen., placed, situated, present, ready: hoc erit tibi argumentum semper in promptu situm, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 29, 20 (Sat. v. 37 Vahl.):

in melle sunt linguae sitae vostrae,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 76:

quae ceteris in artibus aut studiis sita sunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 65:

quas (artes) semper in te intellexi sitas,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 6:

(voluptates) in medio sitas esse dicunt,

within the reach of all, Cic. Tusc. 5, 33, 94.—

In partic.: situm esse in aliquo or in aliquā re, to rest with, depend upon some one or something (a favorite figure with Cic., and found not unfreq. in other writers):

in patris potestate est situm,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 52; cf.:

assensio quae est in nostrā potestate sita,

Cic. Ac. 2, 12, 37:

hujusce rei potestas omnis in vobis sita est, judices,

id. Mur. 39, 83; cf.:

huic ipsi (Archiae), quantum est situm in nobis, opem ferre debemus,

id. Arch. 1, [p. 1709] 1:

est situm in nobis, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 1, 17, 57; cf.

also: si causa appetitus non est sita in nobis, ne ipse quidem appetitus est in nostrā potestate, etc.,

id. Fat. 17, 40:

summam eruditionem Graeci sitam censebant in nervorum vocumque cantibus,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4:

in officio colendo sita vitae est honestas omnis et in neglegendo turpitudo,

id. Off. 1, 2, 4:

qui omnem vim divinam in naturā sitam esse censet,

id. N. D. 1, 13, 35:

cui spes omnis in fugā sita erat,

Sall. J. 54, 8:

in armis omnia sita,

id. ib. 51, 4:

in unius pernicie ejus patriae sitam putabant salutem,

Nep. Epam. 9 et saep.:

res omnis in incerto sita est,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4. 4:

tu in eo sitam vitam beatam putas?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 35:

jam si pugnandum est, quo consilio in temporibus situm est,

id. Att. 7, 9, 4:

laus in medio,

Tac. Or. 18.

spēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To hope (something desirable), to look for, trust, expect; to promise or flatter one's self (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: confido, exspecto).

Absol.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potes sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):

quoad Pompeius in Italiā fuit, sperare non destiti,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

sperat animus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 36:

ut neque accusator timere neque reus sperare debuerit,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20:

jubes bene sperare et bono esse animo,

id. Deiot. 14, 38:

Attica nostra quid agat, scire cupio: etsi tuae litterae recte sperare jubent,

id. Att. 13, 17:

tu jam, ut spero et ut promittis, aderis,

id. ib. 16, 3, 4:

omnia experiar et, ut spero, assequar... Sed, ut spero, valebis,

id. ib. 7, 2, 6:

ut mihi detis hanc veniam accommodatam huic reo, vobis, quemadmodum spero, non molestam,

id. Arch. 2, 3:

Argyrippus exorari spero poterit, ut sinat, etc.,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 67; cf.: Ch. Non usus veniet, spero. Sy. Spero hercle ego quoque, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 42:

interea fiet aliquid, spero,

id. And. 2, 1, 14: salvus sit;

spero,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 57.—

With acc.:

his omnibus victoriam sperantibus pacis nomen adferemus,

Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 10:

consulatum,

id. ib. 12, 6, 14:

gloriam sperabit a latronum gregibus,

id. ib. 12, 10, 26: magis adversos rerum exitus metuens quam sperans secundos, id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

id ego et speraram prudentiā tuā fretus, et, ut confiderem, fecerunt tuae litterae,

id. ib. 12, 18: a quo nihil speres boni rei publicae, quia non vult;

nihil metuas mali, quia non audet,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

a quo genere hominum victoriam sperasset,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96 fin.:

omnia ex victoriā et ex suā liberalitate sperarent,

id. ib. 3, 6; cf. id. ib. 3, 60:

quibus (tormentis) ipsi magna speravissent,

id. ib. 2, 16 fin.:

spero meliora,

Cic. Att. 14, 16, 3:

aliquid sibi,

id. Tusc. 1, 36, 86; Sall. C. 37, 6:

bona alicuius,

Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13:

hoc sperans, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

sperare victoriam ab aliquo,

id. B. C. 3, 96: quod sapienter speravimus, perseveranter consectari, have expected, Col. praef. §

29: sperata gloria (opp. parta),

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15; Liv. 28, 41, 6:

sperata praeda,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8:

spem speratam quom optulisti,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 2:

civitatem optandam magis quam sperandam quam minimam posuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 52; Liv. 4, 15, 5:

exitum malis sperare,

Sall. C. 40, 2:

amicitiam, regnum,

id. J. 24, 5:

mortem honestam,

id. H. 2, 41, 2 Dietsch:

salutem,

id. C. 58, 16:

spes,

Curt. 5, 10, 1:

mali poenam, Lact. de Ira, 16, 8: perpetuam felicitatem,

Suet. Aug. 94; id. Vesp. 12; Sen. Ira, 3, 31, 2; Just. 21, 2, 5:

sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem bene praeparatum Pectus,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 13:

grata superveniat, quae non sperabitur hora,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 14 et saep.: dis sum fretus, deos sperabimus, we will hope or trust in the gods, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38; cf. id. Mil. 4, 5, 10; id. Cist. 2, 3, 52.—

With obj.-clause (so most freq.; usually with inf. fut.; less freq. but class. with inf. pres. or perf.).—With inf. fut.:

ego me confido liberum fore, tu te numquam speras,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 15; Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33:

ex quibus sperant se maximum fructum esse capturos,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

quod amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 15:

tu fac animo forti magnoque sis, speresque fore, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 5, 6 fin.; cf.:

spero fore, ut contingat id nobis,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82 et saep.— With inf. pres.:

qui istoc te speras modo Potesse dissimulando infectum hoc reddere,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 22:

spero me habere, qui hunc excruciem,

Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 11:

sperat se a me avellere,

id. ib. 3, 3, 14:

totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

spero, quae tua prudentia est, et hercule, ut me jubet Acastus, confido te jam, ut volumus, valere,

Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:

sperabam tuum adventum appropinquare,

id. Fam. 4, 6, 3:

speremus, nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

spero te mihi ignoscere, si, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

spero esse, ut volumus,

id. Att. 12, 6 b, 4:

ita quiddam spero nobis profici, cum, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 1; Sall. H. 4, 61, 2 Dietsch:

speramus carmina fingi posse,

Hor. A. P. 331: neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam, I did not hope or expect, Verg. A. 4, 338.—So esp. when used like Engl. hope, in the sense trust, believe:

spero nostram amicitiam non egere testibus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 2:

id enim deos immortalis spero aequissimum judicare,

id. Phil. 11, 15, 39; cf. infra, II. fin. —With inf. perf.:

speravi miser Ex servitute me exemisse filium,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 99:

me ejus spero fratrem propemodum Jam repperisse,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 123:

sperabam jam defervisse adulescentiam,

id. Ad. 1, 2, 72: spero tibi me causam probasse;

cupio quidem certe,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4:

spero cum Crassipede nos confecisse,

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

et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum,

Cat. 84, 3:

sperasse libertatem se civium suorum emisse,

Liv. 4, 15, 6:

sperabam ita notata me reliquisse genera, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1; id. Att. 2, 21, 2; 10, 7, 3. —Ellipt.:

qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem Sperat (sc. te fore),

Hor. C. 1, 5, 11.—

With ut and subj.:

quoniam, ut salvum vellent tyrannum, sperare non poterat,

Liv. 34, 27, 3:

ut patiatur... nec sperandum ulli nec concupiscendum est,

Sen. ad Polyb. 18, 6; Just. 5, 3, 3.—() In a Greek construction, with fut. part.:

visura et quamvis numquam speraret Ulixen, etc. (for se visuram esse),

Prop. 2, 9, 7 Paley ad loc.—

With de (very rare):

neque de otio nostro spero jam,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; id. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6: de eo bene sperare (with obj.clause, cf. g supra), Nep. Milt. 1, 1.—

To look for, expect, apprehend that which is undesired, elpizô (rare, and mostly poet.;

in Cic. only with non, and ironically): nam quod tu speres, propulsabo facile,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 21:

mihi non hoc miserae sperare jubebas, Sed conubia laeta,

Cat. 64, 140:

haec merui sperare? dabis mihi, perfida, poenas,

Prop. 2, 5, 3:

hunc ego si potui tantum sperare dolorem, Et perferre, soror, potero,

Verg. A. 4, 419 (cf. Quint. 8, 2, 3); cf. Flor. 3, 1, 1:

haec adeo ex illo mihi jam speranda fuerunt Tempore, cum, etc.,

Verg. A. 11, 275:

mene efferre pedem, genitor, te posse relicto Sperasti?

id. ib. 2, 658; cf. Suet. Caes. 60:

si genus humanum et mortalia temnitis arma, At sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi,

expect, fear, Verg. A. 1, 543:

exstinguine mea Speravi te posse manu,

Val. Fl. 3, 295:

aliquod in Africā bellum,

Flor. 3, 1, 1:

jam quartanam sperantibus aegris,

Juv. 4, 57.—With a negative particle: Sc. Moneo ego te: te deseret ille aetate et satietate. Ph. Non spero. Sc. Insperata accidunt magis saepe quam quae speres, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 40: id quod non spero, Afran ap. Charis. p. 195 P.:

sin a vobis, id quod non spero, deserar,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: te tam mobili in me meosque esse animo non sperabam, Q. Metell. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 2:

non speravi te sequi,

Stat. Th. 6, 139.—Ironically:

quoniam haec satis spero vobis molesta videri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 51.—Hence, spērātus, a, um, P. a., that is hoped or longed for; as subst.: spērātus, i, m.; spērāta, ae, f., a betrothed, intended, a lover; a bride (ante- and post-class.): curre et nuntia Venire me et mecum speratum adducere, Afran. ap. Non. 174, 31:

sperata, salve,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 97; so, sperata, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 71; Afran. ap. Non. 174, 33; Arn. 4, 140; Hyg. Fab. 31; 33.—Once also of a wife not seen for a long time:

Amphitruo uxorem salutat laetus speratam suam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 53.

spēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To hope (something desirable), to look for, trust, expect; to promise or flatter one's self (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: confido, exspecto).

Absol.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potes sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):

quoad Pompeius in Italiā fuit, sperare non destiti,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

sperat animus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 36:

ut neque accusator timere neque reus sperare debuerit,

Cic. Clu. 7, 20:

jubes bene sperare et bono esse animo,

id. Deiot. 14, 38:

Attica nostra quid agat, scire cupio: etsi tuae litterae recte sperare jubent,

id. Att. 13, 17:

tu jam, ut spero et ut promittis, aderis,

id. ib. 16, 3, 4:

omnia experiar et, ut spero, assequar... Sed, ut spero, valebis,

id. ib. 7, 2, 6:

ut mihi detis hanc veniam accommodatam huic reo, vobis, quemadmodum spero, non molestam,

id. Arch. 2, 3:

Argyrippus exorari spero poterit, ut sinat, etc.,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 67; cf.: Ch. Non usus veniet, spero. Sy. Spero hercle ego quoque, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 42:

interea fiet aliquid, spero,

id. And. 2, 1, 14: salvus sit;

spero,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 57.—

With acc.:

his omnibus victoriam sperantibus pacis nomen adferemus,

Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 10:

consulatum,

id. ib. 12, 6, 14:

gloriam sperabit a latronum gregibus,

id. ib. 12, 10, 26: magis adversos rerum exitus metuens quam sperans secundos, id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

id ego et speraram prudentiā tuā fretus, et, ut confiderem, fecerunt tuae litterae,

id. ib. 12, 18: a quo nihil speres boni rei publicae, quia non vult;

nihil metuas mali, quia non audet,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

a quo genere hominum victoriam sperasset,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96 fin.:

omnia ex victoriā et ex suā liberalitate sperarent,

id. ib. 3, 6; cf. id. ib. 3, 60:

quibus (tormentis) ipsi magna speravissent,

id. ib. 2, 16 fin.:

spero meliora,

Cic. Att. 14, 16, 3:

aliquid sibi,

id. Tusc. 1, 36, 86; Sall. C. 37, 6:

bona alicuius,

Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13:

hoc sperans, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

sperare victoriam ab aliquo,

id. B. C. 3, 96: quod sapienter speravimus, perseveranter consectari, have expected, Col. praef. §

29: sperata gloria (opp. parta),

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15; Liv. 28, 41, 6:

sperata praeda,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8:

spem speratam quom optulisti,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 2:

civitatem optandam magis quam sperandam quam minimam posuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 52; Liv. 4, 15, 5:

exitum malis sperare,

Sall. C. 40, 2:

amicitiam, regnum,

id. J. 24, 5:

mortem honestam,

id. H. 2, 41, 2 Dietsch:

salutem,

id. C. 58, 16:

spes,

Curt. 5, 10, 1:

mali poenam, Lact. de Ira, 16, 8: perpetuam felicitatem,

Suet. Aug. 94; id. Vesp. 12; Sen. Ira, 3, 31, 2; Just. 21, 2, 5:

sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem bene praeparatum Pectus,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 13:

grata superveniat, quae non sperabitur hora,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 14 et saep.: dis sum fretus, deos sperabimus, we will hope or trust in the gods, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38; cf. id. Mil. 4, 5, 10; id. Cist. 2, 3, 52.—

With obj.-clause (so most freq.; usually with inf. fut.; less freq. but class. with inf. pres. or perf.).—With inf. fut.:

ego me confido liberum fore, tu te numquam speras,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 15; Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33:

ex quibus sperant se maximum fructum esse capturos,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

quod amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 15:

tu fac animo forti magnoque sis, speresque fore, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 5, 6 fin.; cf.:

spero fore, ut contingat id nobis,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82 et saep.— With inf. pres.:

qui istoc te speras modo Potesse dissimulando infectum hoc reddere,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 22:

spero me habere, qui hunc excruciem,

Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 11:

sperat se a me avellere,

id. ib. 3, 3, 14:

totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

spero, quae tua prudentia est, et hercule, ut me jubet Acastus, confido te jam, ut volumus, valere,

Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:

sperabam tuum adventum appropinquare,

id. Fam. 4, 6, 3:

speremus, nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

spero te mihi ignoscere, si, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

spero esse, ut volumus,

id. Att. 12, 6 b, 4:

ita quiddam spero nobis profici, cum, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 1; Sall. H. 4, 61, 2 Dietsch:

speramus carmina fingi posse,

Hor. A. P. 331: neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam, I did not hope or expect, Verg. A. 4, 338.—So esp. when used like Engl. hope, in the sense trust, believe:

spero nostram amicitiam non egere testibus,

Cic. Fam. 2, 2:

id enim deos immortalis spero aequissimum judicare,

id. Phil. 11, 15, 39; cf. infra, II. fin. —With inf. perf.:

speravi miser Ex servitute me exemisse filium,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 99:

me ejus spero fratrem propemodum Jam repperisse,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 123:

sperabam jam defervisse adulescentiam,

id. Ad. 1, 2, 72: spero tibi me causam probasse;

cupio quidem certe,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4:

spero cum Crassipede nos confecisse,

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

et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum,

Cat. 84, 3:

sperasse libertatem se civium suorum emisse,

Liv. 4, 15, 6:

sperabam ita notata me reliquisse genera, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1; id. Att. 2, 21, 2; 10, 7, 3. —Ellipt.:

qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem Sperat (sc. te fore),

Hor. C. 1, 5, 11.—

With ut and subj.:

quoniam, ut salvum vellent tyrannum, sperare non poterat,

Liv. 34, 27, 3:

ut patiatur... nec sperandum ulli nec concupiscendum est,

Sen. ad Polyb. 18, 6; Just. 5, 3, 3.—() In a Greek construction, with fut. part.:

visura et quamvis numquam speraret Ulixen, etc. (for se visuram esse),

Prop. 2, 9, 7 Paley ad loc.—

With de (very rare):

neque de otio nostro spero jam,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; id. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6: de eo bene sperare (with obj.clause, cf. g supra), Nep. Milt. 1, 1.—

To look for, expect, apprehend that which is undesired, elpizô (rare, and mostly poet.;

in Cic. only with non, and ironically): nam quod tu speres, propulsabo facile,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 21:

mihi non hoc miserae sperare jubebas, Sed conubia laeta,

Cat. 64, 140:

haec merui sperare? dabis mihi, perfida, poenas,

Prop. 2, 5, 3:

hunc ego si potui tantum sperare dolorem, Et perferre, soror, potero,

Verg. A. 4, 419 (cf. Quint. 8, 2, 3); cf. Flor. 3, 1, 1:

haec adeo ex illo mihi jam speranda fuerunt Tempore, cum, etc.,

Verg. A. 11, 275:

mene efferre pedem, genitor, te posse relicto Sperasti?

id. ib. 2, 658; cf. Suet. Caes. 60:

si genus humanum et mortalia temnitis arma, At sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi,

expect, fear, Verg. A. 1, 543:

exstinguine mea Speravi te posse manu,

Val. Fl. 3, 295:

aliquod in Africā bellum,

Flor. 3, 1, 1:

jam quartanam sperantibus aegris,

Juv. 4, 57.—With a negative particle: Sc. Moneo ego te: te deseret ille aetate et satietate. Ph. Non spero. Sc. Insperata accidunt magis saepe quam quae speres, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 40: id quod non spero, Afran ap. Charis. p. 195 P.:

sin a vobis, id quod non spero, deserar,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: te tam mobili in me meosque esse animo non sperabam, Q. Metell. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 2:

non speravi te sequi,

Stat. Th. 6, 139.—Ironically:

quoniam haec satis spero vobis molesta videri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 51.—Hence, spērātus, a, um, P. a., that is hoped or longed for; as subst.: spērātus, i, m.; spērāta, ae, f., a betrothed, intended, a lover; a bride (ante- and post-class.): curre et nuntia Venire me et mecum speratum adducere, Afran. ap. Non. 174, 31:

sperata, salve,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 97; so, sperata, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 71; Afran. ap. Non. 174, 33; Arn. 4, 140; Hyg. Fab. 31; 33.—Once also of a wife not seen for a long time:

Amphitruo uxorem salutat laetus speratam suam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 53.

suādĕo, si, sum, 2 (scanned as a trisyl., sŭādent, Lucr. 4, 1157: suavis, Key, § 972), v. n. and a. [Sanscr. svad-, to taste, please; Gr. had-, handanô, to please; Lat. suavis, suadela, etc.; Germ. süsz; Engl. sweet], to advise, recommend, exhort, urge, persuade (freq. and class.; cf.: hortor, moneo).

In gen., constr. absol., with dat. of pers., and with acc. rei, an obj.-clause, ut or ne, or the simple subj.; rarely with acc. pers.

Absol.:

non jubeo, sed, si me consulis, suadeo,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 13:

instare, Suadere, orare,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 37; Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 37:

recte suadere,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 43:

pulchre,

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 9:

itane suades?

id. Eun. 1, 1, 31:

ita faciam, ut suades,

Cic. Att. 11, 16, 1:

male suadendo lacerant homines,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 22:

bene suadere,

Cic. Lael. 13, 44.—

With dat. pers.:

an C. Trebonio persuasi? cui ne suadere quidem ausus essem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 11, 27:

alicui sapientius suadere,

id. Fam. 2, 7, 1.—

With acc. rei:

modo quod suasit, dissuadet,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 10:

pacem,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:

digito silentia,

Ov. M. 9, 692:

longe diversa,

Vell. 2, 52, 2:

asperiora,

Suet. Caes. 14:

quietem et concordiam,

id. Oth. 8.—So with dat. pers.:

quod tibi suadeam, suadeam meo patri,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 40:

multa multis saepe suasit perperam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 78:

tu quod ipse tibi suaseris, idem mihi persuasum putato,

Cic. Att. 13, 38, 2:

quid mi igitur suades?

Hor. S. 1, 1, 101.— Pass.:

minus placet, magis quod suadetur: quod dissuadetur placet,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 44.—

With inf. or obj.-clause (mostly poet.):

vide ne facinus facias, cum mori suadeas,

Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95:

nemo suaserit studiosis dicendi adulescentibus in gestu discendo elaborare,

id. de Or. 1, 59, 251:

Juturnam misero fateor succurrere fratri Suasi,

Verg. A. 12, 814; Aus. Idyll. 2, 53:

ne hoc quidem suaserim, uni se alicui proprie addicere,

Quint. 10, 2, 24: praesidibus onerandas [p. 1771] tributo provincias suadentibus, Suet. Tib. 32.—With dat. pers.:

nisi mihi ab adulescentiā suasissem, nihil esse in vitā magnopere expetendum nisi laudem,

persuaded, convinced, Cic. Arch. 6, 14:

suadebant amici nullam esse rationem, etc.,

id. Caecin. 5, 15; Quint. 2, 5, 23.—Cf. pass.:

nec potest aliquid suaderi perdere,

Arn. 2, n. 26:

Megadorus a sorore suasus ducere uxorem,

Plaut. Aul. Arg. 1, v. 6.—

With ut or ne:

interea, ut decumbamus, suadebo,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 64; Cic. Att. 11, 16, 4:

suadebimus, ut laudem humanitatis potius concupiscat,

Quint. 5, 13, 6:

orat, ut suadeam Philolacheti, Ut istas remittat sibi,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 110; id. Ep. 3, 2, 19:

postea me, ut sibi essem legatus non solum suasit, verum etiam rogavit,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 42; cf. in the foll. z:

qui suadet, ne praecipitetur editio,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1:

cum acerrime suasisset Lepido, ne se cum Antonio jungeret,

Vell. 2, 63, 2:

suadere Prisco, ne supra principem scanderet,

Tac. H. 4, 8 fin. —

With simple subj.:

proinde istud facias ipse, quod faciamus, nobis suades,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 54:

suadeo cenemus,

Petr. 35 fin.:

se suadere, Pharnabazo id negotii daret,

Nep. Con. 4, 1.—

With acc. pers. (very rare):

ego neque te jubeo, neque veto neque suadeo,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 120:

uxorem ejus tacite suasi ac denique persuasi, secederet paululum,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 37; so,

aliquem,

Tert. Hab. Mul. 1; cf. also supra. e, the pass. Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 42.—Hence, part. pass.:

paucorum asseverationibus suasi,

Arn. 1, 64.—

With de and abl.:

suasuri de pace,

Quint. 3, 8, 14.—

Transf., of things (mostly poet.), to urge, induce, impel:

autumno suadente,

Lucr. 1, 175:

fames,

Verg. A. 9, 340; 10, 724:

suadente pavore,

Sil. 7, 668; 12, 12:

ita suadentibus annis,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 6:

verba suadentia,

Stat. Th. 11, 435:

tantum religio potuit suadere malorum!

Lucr. 1, 101:

suadent cadentia sidera somnos,

Verg. A. 2, 9: cui nulla malum sententia suadet, Ut faceret facinus, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 248 Vahl.):

me pietas matris potius commodum suadet sequi,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

tua me virtus quemvis sufferre laborem Suadet,

Lucr. 1, 142; 1, 175:

saepe levi somnum suadebit inire susurro,

Verg. E. 1, 56. —

In partic., in publicists' lang.: suadere legem, rogationem, etc., to recommend, advocate, speak in favor of a proposed law or bill:

legem Voconiam magnā voce et bonis lateribus suasi,

Cic. Sen. 5, 14; so,

legem,

id. Brut. 23, 89; Liv. 45, 21 (opp. dissuadere):

rogationem,

Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; id. Off. 3, 30, 109; cf.:

in hac rogatione suadendā,

id. Mil. 18, 47:

suadere de pace, bello, etc.,

Quint. 3, 8, 14.— Absol.:

in suadendo et dissuadendo tria primum spectanda,

Quint. 3, 8, 15.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: suāsum, i, n., a persuasion, persuasive saying (late Lat.):

serpentis suasa loquentis accepi,

Tert. Gen. 103; cf. id. ad Uxor. 2, 1.— suādenter, adv., persuasively:

loqui in litibus,

Arn. 2, p. 71.

tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 ( perf. terii, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; perf. sync. tristi, Cat. 66, 30), v. a. [root ter; Gr. teirô, truô, tribô, to rub; cf. Lat. tribulare, triticum; akin to terên, tender, Lat. teres], to rub, rub to pieces; to bruise, grind, bray, triturate (syn.: frico, tundo, pinso).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

In gen.: num me illuc ducis, ubi lapis lapidem terit? (i. e. into a mill), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 16:

lacrimulam oculos terendo vix vi exprimere,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23:

teritur lignum ligno ignemque concipit attritu,

Plin. 16, 40, 77. § 208: sed nihil hederā praestantius quae [p. 1860] teritur, lauro quae terat, id. ib.:

aliquid in mortario,

id. 34, 10, 22, § 104:

aliquid in farinam,

id. 34, 18, 50, § 170:

bacam trapetis,

Verg. G. 2, 519:

unguibus herbas,

Ov. M. 9, 655:

dentes in stipite,

id. ib. 8, 369:

lumina manu,

Cat. 66, 30:

sucina trita redolent,

Mart. 3, 64, 5:

piper,

Petr. 74:

Appia trita rotis,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 44:

cibum in ventre,

i. e. to digest, Cels. 1 praef. med. — Poet.: labellum calamo, i. e. to rub one ' s lip (in playing), Verg. E. 2, 34:

calcemque terit jam calce Diores,

treads upon, id. A. 5, 324:

crystalla labris,

Mart. 9, 23, 7.—

In partic.

To rub grain from the ears by treading, to tread out, thresh:

frumentum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5:

milia frumenti tua triverit area centum,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 45:

area dum messes teret,

Tib. 1, 5, 22:

teret area culmos,

Verg. G. 1, 192; cf.:

ut patria careo, bis frugibus area trita est,

i. e. it has twice been harvest-time, Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 19.—

To cleanse or beautify by rubbing, to smooth, furbish, burnish, polish, sharpen (syn.:

polio, acuo): oculos,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 103:

crura mordaci pumice,

Ov. A. A. 1, 506:

hinc radios trivere rotis,

smoothed, turned, Verg. G. 2, 444:

vitrum torno,

Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193:

catillum manibus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 90:

tritus cimice lectus,

Mart. 11, 33, 1.—

To lessen by rubbing, to rub away; to wear away by use, wear out:

(navem) ligneam, saepe tritam,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 52:

hoc (tempus) rigidas silices, hoc adamanta terit,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6. 14:

ferrum,

to dull, id. M. 12, 167:

mucronem rubigine silicem liquore,

Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 15:

trita labore colla,

Ov. M. 15, 124:

trita subucula,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96:

trita vestis,

id. ib. 1, 19, 38:

librum,

i. e. to read often, Mart. 8, 3, 4; 11, 3, 4; cf.:

quid haberet, Quod legeret tereretque viritim publicus usus?

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 92:

pocula labris patrum trita,

Mart. 11, 12, 3: ut illum di terant, qui primum olitor caepam protulit, crush, annihilate, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 681 P.—

Of persons, pass., to be employed in. occupied with:

nos qui in foro verisque litibus terimur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5:

litibus,

id. ib. 10, 12, 3.—

To tread often, to visit, frequent a way or place (cf.:

calco, calcito): angustum formica terens iter,

Verg. G. 1, 380:

iter propositum,

Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 14:

Appiam mannis,

Hor. Epod. 4, 14:

viam,

Ov. A. A. 1, 52; Lucr. 1, 927:

via trita pede,

Tib. 4, 13, 10:

ambulator porticum terit,

Mart. 2, 11, 2:

limina,

id. 10, 10, 2:

mea nocturnis trita fenestra dolis,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 16:

nec jam clarissimorum virorum receptacula habitatore servo teruntur,

Plin. Pan. 50, 3: flavaeque terens querceta Maricae Liris, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr 259. —

In mal. part.:

Bojus est, Bojam terit,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108; so Prop. 3, 11 (4. 10), 30; Petr. 87. —

Trop. (freq. in good prose).

To wear away, use up, i. e. to pass, spend time; usu. to waste, spend in dissipation, etc. (syn.:

absumo, consumo): teritur dies,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 20:

diem sermone terere segnities merast,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 67:

naves diem trivere,

Liv. 37, 27, 8:

tempus in convivio luxuque,

id. 1, 57, 9:

tempus ibi in secreto,

id. 26, 19, 5:

omnem aetatem in his discendis rebus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

teretur interea tempus,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 30:

jam alteram aetatem bellis civilibus,

Hor. Epod. 16, 1:

omne aevum ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 609:

spe otia,

id. ib. 4, 271:

otium conviviis comissationibusque inter se,

Liv. 1, 57, 5. —

To expend, employ (late Lat.):

qui operam teri frustra,

Amm. 27, 12, 12. —

To exert greatly, exhaust:

ne in opere longinquo sese tererent, Liv 6, 8, 10: ut in armis terant plebem,

id. 6, 27, 7.—

Of language, to wear out by use, i. e. to render common, commonplace, or trite (in verb finit. very rare, but freq. as a P. a.):

jam hoc verbum satis hesterno sermone trivimus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

quae (nomina) nunc consuetudo diurna trivit,

id. Fin. 3, 4, 15.—

To tread under foot, i. e. to injure, violate a thing:

jurata deorum majestas teritur,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 228. — Hence, P. a.: trītus, a, um.

Prop. of a road or way, oft-trodden, beaten, frequented, common:

iter,

Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7:

via,

id. Brut. 81, 281:

quadrijugi spatium,

Ov. M. 2, 167. — Sup.:

tritissima quaeque via,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 2. —

Fig.

Practised, expert:

tritas aures habere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4; so id. Brut. 32, 124.— Comp.:

tritiores manūs ad aedificandum perficere,

Vitr. 2, 1, 6. —

Of language, used often or much, familiar, common, commonplace, trite:

quid in Graeco sermone tam tritum atque celebratum est, quam, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

nomen minus tritum sermone nostro,

id. Rep. 2, 29, 52:

ex quo illud: summum jus summā injuriā factum est jam tritum sermone proverbium,

id. Off. 1, 10, 33.— Comp.:

faciamus tractando usitatius hoc verbum ac tritius,

Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

compedes, quas induere aureas mos tritior vetat,

Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152.

urbs, urbis (dat. VRBEI, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 206), f. [Sanscr. vardh-, to make strong; cf. Pers. vard-ana, city], a walled town, a city.

Lit.

In gen.:

hi coetus sedem primum certo loco domiciliorum causā constituerunt: quam cum locis manuque sepsissent, ejusmodi conjunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt, delubris distinctam spatiisque communibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41; cf.:

post ea qui fiebat orbis, urbis principium,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.: urbs dicitur ab orbe, quod antiquae civitates in orbem flebant, id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 12:

interea Aeneas urbem designat aratro,

Verg. A. 5, 755 Serv.:

veni Syracusas, quod ab eā urbe... quae tamen urbs, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7: certabant urbem Romam Remoramne vocarent, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 85 Vahl.): arce et urbe sum orba, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 ib.):

urbes magnae et imperiosae,

id. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

urbs illa praeclara (Syracusae),

id. ib. 3, 31, 43:

duabus urbibus eversis inimicissimis huic imperio,

id. Lael. 3, 11.— Rarely, and mostly poet., with the name of the city in gen.:

urbs Patavi, Buthroti,

Verg. A. 1, 247; 3, 293:

Cassius in oppido Antiochiae cum omni exercitu,

Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1.—With adj. prop.: urbs Romana = Roma, Liv. 9, 41, 16; 22, 37, 12; 40, 36, 14; Flor. 1, 13, 21.—Of other cities (rare and post-class.):

Lampsacenae urbis salus,

Val. Max. 7, 3, ext. 4: in urbe Aquilejensi, Paul. v. S. Ambros. 32:

urbs urbium,

a metropolis, Flor. 2, 6, 35.—

In partic., the city of Rome (like astu, of Athens):

postquam Urbis appellationem, etiamsi nomen proprium non adiceretur, Romam tamen accipi sit receptum,

Quint. 6, 3, 103; cf. id. 8, 2, 8; 8, 5, 9:

hujus urbis condendae principium profectum a Romulo,

Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 47, 71; 1, 1, 1;

1, 37, 58: (Caesar) maturat ab urbe proficisci,

Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

de urbe augendā quid sit promulgatum, non intellexi,

Cic. Att. 13, 20, 1:

conditor urbis (Romulus),

Ov. F. 1, 27:

(pater) Dextera sacras jaculatus arces Terruit urbem,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 4:

minatus urbi vincla,

id. Epod. 9, 9;

called also urbs aeterna,

Amm. 14, 6, 1.— Ad urbem esse, to stop at or near Rome; in publicists' lang., of returning generals, who had to remain outside of the city till the Senate decreed them the right of entrance;

or of provincial magistrates who were preparing for departure to their provinces,

Cic. Verr. 1, 15, 45 Ascon.; 2, 2, 6, § 17; Sall. C. 30, 4; Caes. B. C. 6, 1.—

Transf., as in Engl.

The city, for the citizens (rare; cf.

civitas): invadunt urbem somno vinoque sepultam,

Verg. A. 2, 265:

maesta attonitaque,

Juv. 11, 198: bene moratae, Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 24.—

The capital city, metropolis (post-class.):

si tam vicinum urbi municipium sit, ut, etc.,

Dig. 39, 2, 4 fin.; Cod. Th. 14, 1, 3.—

Trop.:

urbem philosophiae, mihi crede, proditis, dum castella defenditis,

i. e. the main point, Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37.

verto ( vorto), ti, sum, 3 ( inf. vortier, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 48; Lucr. 1, 710; 2, 927; 5, 1199 al.), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. root vart-, to apply one's self, turn; cf. vart-ukas, round].

Act., to turn, to turn round or about (syn.: verso, contorqueo).

Lit.:

(luna) eam partem, quaecumque est ignibus aucta, Ad speciem vertit nobis,

Lucr. 5, 724:

speciem quo,

id. 4, 242:

ora huc et huc,

Hor. Epod. 4, 9:

terga,

Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 6:

gradu discedere verso,

id. M. 4, 338:

verso pede,

id. ib. 8, 869:

pennas,

i. e. to fly away, Prop. 2, 24, 22 (3, 19, 6):

cardinem,

Ov. M. 14, 782:

fores tacito cardine,

Tib. 1, 6, 12: cadum, to turn or tip up, Hor. C. 3, 29, 2:

versā pulvis inscribitur hastā,

inverted, Verg. A. 1, 478:

verte hac te, puere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 29; cf.:

verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus,

Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:

cum haesisset descendenti (virgini) stola, vertit se et recollegit,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9:

ante tuos quotiens verti me, perfida, postes,

Prop. 1, 16, 43:

Pompeiani se verterunt et loco cesserunt,

turned about, wheeled about, fled, Caes. B. C. 3, 51; cf.:

vertere terga,

to turn one's back, run away, betake one's self to flight, id. B. G. 1, 53; 3, 21; id. B. C. 1, 47; 3, 63 fin.; Liv. 1, 14, 9; cf.

also: hostem in fugam,

to put to flight, rout, id. 30, 33, 16;

Auct. B. Afr. 17: iter retro,

Liv. 28, 3, 1:

hiems (piscis) ad hoc mare,

Hor. Epod. 2, 52: fenestrae in viam versae, turned or directed towards, looking towards, Liv. 1, 41, 4; cf.:

mare ad occidentem versum,

id. 36, 15, 9:

Scytharum gens ab oriente ad septentrionem se vertit,

Curt. 7, 7, 3:

(Maeander) nunc ad fontes, nunc in mare versus,

Ov. M. 8, 165: terram aratro, to turn up or over, to plough, etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 28:

ferro terram,

Verg. G. 1, 147:

glaebas (aratra),

Ov. M. 1, 425; 5, 477:

solum bidentibus,

Col. 4, 5:

agros bove,

Prop. 3, 7, 43 (4, 6, 43):

collem,

Col. 3, 13, 8:

freta lacertis (in rowing),

Verg. A. 5, 141:

ex illā pecuniā magnam partem ad se vortit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57.—Mid.: vertier ad lapidem, to turn or incline one's self towards, Lucr. 5, 1199:

congressi... ad caedem vertuntur,

Liv. 1, 7, 2; so,

versi in fugam hostes,

Tac. H. 2, 26; cf.:

Philippis versa acies retro,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 26:

sinit hic violentis omnia verti Turbinibus,

to whirl themselves about, Lucr. 5, 503:

magnus caeli si vortitur orbis,

id. 5, 510:

vertitur interea caelum,

revolves, Verg. A. 2, 250:

squamarum serie a caudā ad caput versā,

reaching, Plin. 28, 8, 30, § 119.—

Trop.

In gen., to turn:

ne ea, quae reipublicae causa egerit, in suam contumeliam vertat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 8:

in suam rem litem vertendo,

Liv. 3, 72, 2:

usum ejus (olei) ad luxuriam vertere Graeci,

Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19; cf.:

aliquid in rem vertere,

turn to account, make profitable, Dig. 15, 3, 1 sqq.:

edocere, quo sese vertant sortes,

Enn. Trag. v. 64 Vahl.; Verg. A. 1, 671:

ne sibi vitio verterent, quod abesset a patriā,

Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

idque omen in Macedonum metum verterunt Tyrii,

Curt. 4, 2, 13:

in religionem vertentes comitia biennic habita,

making a matter of religious scruple, Liv. 5, 14, 2:

aquarum insolita magnitudo in religionem versa,

id. 30, 38, 10; cf. id. 26, 11, 3:

id ipsum quod iter belli esset obstructum, in prodigium et omen imminentium cladium vertebatur,

Tac. H. 1, 86 fin.:

vertere in se Cotyi data,

to appropriate, id. A. 2, 64:

perii! quid agam? quo me vertam?

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 1:

quo se verteret, non habebat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; id. Div. 2, 72, 149:

Philippus totus in Persea versus,

inclined towards him, Liv. 40, 5, 9:

toti in impetum atque iram versi,

id. 25, 16, 19:

si bellum omne eo vertat,

id. 26, 12, 13:

di vortant bene, Quod agas,

cause to turn out well, prosper, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 121; cf. infra, II. B.; so,

in melius somnia,

Tib. 3, 4, 95.—

In partic.

To turn, i. e. to change, aller, transform (syn. muto):

Juppiter In Amphitruonis vortit sese imaginem,

Plaut. Am. prol. 121:

in anginam ego nunc me velim vorti,

id. Most. 1. 3, 61:

omnes natura cibos in corpora viva Vertit,

Lucr. 2, 880: vertunt se fluvii frondes et pabula laeta In pecudes; vertunt pecudes [p. 1978] in corpora nostra Naturam, id. 2, 875 sq.; cf.:

cum terra in aquam se vertit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31:

verte omnis tete in facies,

Verg. A. 12, 891:

ego, quae memet in omnia verti,

id. ib. 7, 309:

tot sese vertit in ora,

id. ib. 7, 328:

inque deum de bove versus erat,

Ov. F. 5, 616:

Auster in Africum se vertit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26 fin.; cf. Liv. 30, 24, 7:

semina malorum in contrarias partes se vertere,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

omnia versa et mutata in pejorem partem,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 103:

cur nunc tua quisquam Vertere jussa potest,

Verg. A. 10, 35:

hic continentiam et moderationem in superbiam ac lasciviam vertit,

Curt. 6, 6, 1; cf.:

fortuna hoc militiae probrum vertit in gloriam,

id. 9, 10, 28:

versus civitatis status,

Tac. A. 1, 4:

versis ad prospera fatis,

Ov. H. 16, 89: solum, to change one's country, i. e. to emigrate or go into exile, Cic. Balb. 11, 28; Amm. 15, 3, 11 et saep.; v. solum. —With abl. (rare and poet.):

nullā tamen alite verti Dignatur,

Ov. M. 10, 157; cf.

muto.—Prov.: in fumum et cinerem vertere,

to turn into smoke, dissipate, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39.—Mid.:

omnia vertuntur: certe vertuntur amores,

Prop. 2, 8, 7 (9):

saevus apertam In rabiem coepit verti jocus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 149.—

To exchange, interchange: nos divitem istum meminimus adque iste pauperes nos;

vorterunt sese memoriae,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 11; cf.:

vorsis gladiis depugnarier,

id. Cas. 2, 5, 36.—

Of literary productions, to turn into another language, to translate (syn.:

transfero, interpretor, reddo): Philemo scripsit, Plautus vortit barbare,

Plaut. Trin. prol. 19:

si sic verterem Platonem, ut verteruntnostri poëtae fabulas,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7:

verti etiam multa de Graecis,

id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26:

annales Acilianos ex Graeco in Latinum sermonem vertit,

Liv. 25, 39, 12.—

To ply:

stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo,

i. e. stimulates the fury, Verg. A. 6, 101.—

In partic., like our to turn upside down, i. e. to overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy (= everto):

Callicratidas cum multa fecisset egregie, vertit ad extremum omnia,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84:

agerent, verterent cuncta,

Tac. H. 1, 2; id. A. 2, 42; 3, 36:

Cycnum Vi multā,

Ov. M. 12, 139:

fluxas Phrygiae res fundo,

Verg. A. 10, 88; 1, 20; 2, 652:

vertere ab imo moenia Trojae,

id. ib. 5, 810:

Ilion fatalis incestusque judex... vertit in pulverem,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 20:

proceras fraxinos,

id. ib. 3, 25, 16:

ab imo regna,

Sen. Hippol. 562:

Penates,

id. Troad. 91:

puppem,

Luc. 3, 650:

fortunas,

Amm. 28, 3, 1.—

Mid., from the idea of turning round in a place, to be engaged in, to be in a place or condition; also to turn, rest, or depend upon a thing:

jam homo in mercaturā vortitur,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 109:

res in periculo vortitur,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 12; Phaedr. 2, 8, 19; so,

res vertitur in majore discrimine,

Liv. 6, 36, 7:

ipse catervis Vertitur in mediis,

Verg. A. 11, 683:

omnia in unius potestate ac moderatione vertentur,

Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 20; so,

spes civitatis in dictatore,

Liv. 4, 31, 4:

totum id in voluntate Philippi,

id. 37, 7, 8:

causa in jure,

Cic. Brut. 39, 145:

hic victoria,

Verg. A. 10, 529:

cum circa hanc consultationem disceptatio omnis verteretur,

Liv. 36, 7, 1:

puncto saepe temporis maximarum rerum momenta verti,

id. 3, 27, 7.— Impers.:

vertebatur, utrum manerent in Achaico concilio Lacedaemonii, an, etc.,

Liv. 39, 48, 3.—

To ascribe, refer:

quae fuerunt populis magis exitio quam fames morbique, quaeque alia in deum iras velut ultima malorum vertunt,

Liv. 4, 9, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:

cum omnium secundorum adversorumque in deos verterent,

id. 28, 11, 1.—

= considero; exercitum majorum more vortere, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 408 dub. (Sall. H. inc. 51 Dietsch ad loc.).

Neutr., to turn one's self, direct one's way, to turn about, to turn.

Lit.:

depulsi aemulatione alio vertunt,

Tac. A. 1, 18:

eoque audaciae provectum ut verteret, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 10:

utinam mea vocula dominae vertat in auriculas!

Prop. 1, 16, 28:

versuros extemplo in fugam omnes ratus,

Liv. 38, 26, 8 (but in Lucr. 5, 617 the correct read. is cancri se ut vortat).—

Trop., to turn, change, etc.:

jam verterat fortuna,

Liv. 5, 49, 5:

libertatem aliorum in suam vertisse servitutem conquerebantur,

id. 2, 3, 3:

totae solidam in glaciem vertere lacunae,

Verg. G. 3, 365: verterat pernicies in accusatorem, Tac. A. 11, 37:

quod si esset factum, detrimentum in bonum verteret,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73 fin.:

ea ludificatio veri in verum vertit,

Liv. 26, 6, 16: talia incepta, ni in consultorem vertissent, reipublicae pestem factura, against, Sall. H. inc. 89 Dietsch:

neque inmerito suum ipsorum exemplum in eos versurum,

Liv. 7, 38, 6:

si malus est, male res vortunt, quas agit,

turn out badly, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 5; so,

quae res tibi vertat male,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 37:

quod bene vertat, castra Albanos Romanis castris jungere jubet (= cum bonis omnibus),

Liv. 1, 28, 1; 3, 62, 5; 3, 35, 8:

quod bene verteret,

Curt. 5, 4, 12; 7, 11, 14:

hos illi (quod nec vertat bene), mittimus haedos,

Verg. E. 9, 6.—

Annus, mensis vertens, the course or space of a year, of a month:

anno vertente sine controversiā (petisses),

Cic. Quint. 12, 40; so,

anno vertente,

id. N. D. 2, 20, 53; Nep. Ages. 4, 4; cf.:

apparuisse numen deorum intra finem anni vertentis,

Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 22:

tu si hanc emeris, Numquam hercle hunc mensem vortentem, credo, servibit tibi,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76; Macr. S. 1, 14.—

Pregn.: annus vertens, the great year or cycle of the celestial bodies (a space of 15,000 solar years), Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24.—Hence, ver-sus ( vors-), or (much less freq.) ver-sum ( vors-), adv., turned in the direction of, towards a thing; usu. after the name of a place to which motion is directed (orig. a part., turned towards, facing, etc., and so always in Livy; cf. Liv. 1, 18, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; 1, 41, 4; 9, 2, 15).

Form versus (vors-).

After ad and acc.:

T. Labienum ad Oceanum versus... proficisci jubet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ad Alpes versus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

ad Cercinam insulam versus, Auct. B. Afr. 8, 3: ad Cordubam versus, Auct. B. Hisp. 11: modo ad Urbem, modo in Galliam versus,

Sall. C. 56, 4. —

After in and acc.:

in agrum versus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10:

in forum versus,

Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

in Arvernos versus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 8: si in urbem versus venturi erunt, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 78 (82), 3.—

After acc. alone (class. only with names of towns and small islands):

verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus,

Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:

Brundisium versus,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 3:

Ambraciam versus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 36:

Massiliam versus,

id. ib. 2, 3:

Narbonem versus,

id. B. G. 7, 7.—

After other advv.:

deorsum versus,

Cato, R. R. 156, 4:

sursum versus,

Cic. Or. 39, 135:

dimittit quoquo versus legationes,

Caes. B. G. 7, 4:

ut quaedam vocabula utroque versus dicantur,

Gell. 5, 12, 10; cf. the adverbs deorsum, sursum, etc.—

Form versum (vors-).

After ad and acc.:

animadvertit fugam ad se versum fieri,

Sall. J. 58, 4.—

After other advv.:

cunas rursum vorsum trahere,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 60 (63):

lumbis deorsum versum pressis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5:

vineam sursum vorsum semper ducito,

Cato, R. R. 33, 1:

cum undique versum circumfluat,

Gell. 12, 13, 20:

utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 8.

, but no ancient authority can be safely cited for this use. The true readings are:

in Italiam versus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1:

adversus aedem,

Liv. 8, 20, 8:

in forum versus,

Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 121; and perh. in oppidum, Auct. B. Hisp. 21.