internuntius

inter-nuntĭus ( internunc-), a, um, that serves as a messenger or mediator between two parties or persons; only subst., a mediator, messenger, go-between.

in-ternuntĭus, i, m. (class.):

egone ut ad te ab libertina esse auderem internuntius?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 16:

internuntiis ultro citroque missis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 20:

totius internuntius et minister rei,

Liv. 33, 28:

pacis,

Curt. 8, 2, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6:

inter absentes negotia contrahuntur, veluti per epistulam aut per internuntium,

Gai. Inst. 3, 136.—

The augurs are called Jovis interpretes internuntiique,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5.—

internuntĭa, ae, f.:

aves internuntiae Jovis,

Cic. Div. 2, 34; Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 39:

columbae internuntiae fuere,

Plin. 10, 37, 53, § 110:

Judaea, summi fida internuntia caeli,

Juv. 6, 545.—

internuntĭum, i, n., a medium, means:

ea, quae sunt internuntia sentiendi,

the organs of sense, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 10, 34.

inter-nuntĭus ( internunc-), a, um, that serves as a messenger or mediator between two parties or persons; only subst., a mediator, messenger, go-between.

in-ternuntĭus, i, m. (class.):

egone ut ad te ab libertina esse auderem internuntius?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 16:

internuntiis ultro citroque missis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 20:

totius internuntius et minister rei,

Liv. 33, 28:

pacis,

Curt. 8, 2, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6:

inter absentes negotia contrahuntur, veluti per epistulam aut per internuntium,

Gai. Inst. 3, 136.—

The augurs are called Jovis interpretes internuntiique,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5.—

internuntĭa, ae, f.:

aves internuntiae Jovis,

Cic. Div. 2, 34; Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 39:

columbae internuntiae fuere,

Plin. 10, 37, 53, § 110:

Judaea, summi fida internuntia caeli,

Juv. 6, 545.—

internuntĭum, i, n., a medium, means:

ea, quae sunt internuntia sentiendi,

the organs of sense, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 10, 34.

inter-nuntĭus ( internunc-), a, um, that serves as a messenger or mediator between two parties or persons; only subst., a mediator, messenger, go-between.

in-ternuntĭus, i, m. (class.):

egone ut ad te ab libertina esse auderem internuntius?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 16:

internuntiis ultro citroque missis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 20:

totius internuntius et minister rei,

Liv. 33, 28:

pacis,

Curt. 8, 2, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6:

inter absentes negotia contrahuntur, veluti per epistulam aut per internuntium,

Gai. Inst. 3, 136.—

The augurs are called Jovis interpretes internuntiique,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5.—

internuntĭa, ae, f.:

aves internuntiae Jovis,

Cic. Div. 2, 34; Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 39:

columbae internuntiae fuere,

Plin. 10, 37, 53, § 110:

Judaea, summi fida internuntia caeli,

Juv. 6, 545.—

internuntĭum, i, n., a medium, means:

ea, quae sunt internuntia sentiendi,

the organs of sense, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 10, 34.

inter-prĕs, ĕtis, com. [inter, and Sanscr. root prath-, to spread abroad; cf. platus, latus].

An agent between two parties, a broker, factor, negotiator (class.):

quod te praesente isti egi, teque interprete,

through your agency, Plaut. Curc. 3, 64:

quasi ego ei rei sim interpres,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 203:

quasi ea res per me interpretem curetur,

id. ib. 3, 3, 36;

4, 1, 6: interpretes corrumpendi judicii,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12:

pacis,

Liv. 21, 12: divūm, the messenger of the gods, i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 356; 3, 359:

harum curarum,

i. e. Juno, the goddess of marriage, id. ib. 608.—

An explainer, expounder, translator, interpreter (syn. internuntius):

juris,

Cic. Top. 1:

legum,

Juv. 4, 79; 6, 544:

grammatici interpretes poëtarum,

Cic. Div. 1, 18:

caeli,

an astronomer, id. ib. 2, 44:

mentis est oratio,

id. Leg. 1, 10; cf.

lingua,

Hor. A. P. 111:

metus interpres semper in deteriora inclinatus,

Liv. 27, 44: comitiorum, i. e. the Haruspices, who can tell whether or not the comitia are properly held, Cic. N. D. 2, 4:

portentorum,

a soothsayer, id. Div. 2, 28:

nec converti, ut interpres, sed ut orator,

a translator, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 14:

indiserti,

id. Fin. 3, 4:

interpres veridica,

Liv. 1, 7.—

Esp., an interpreter, dragoman:

quotidianis interpretibus remotis, per C. Valerium cum eo (Divitiaco) colloquitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19:

appellare aliquem per interpretem,

Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 6:

audire aliquem cum interprete,

Cic. Fin. 5, 29:

litteraeque lectae per interpretem sunt,

Liv. 27, 43 al.

sĕquester, tris (orig. form sequester, tri. ante- and post - class., and in the poets), m. [id.], jurid. t. t., a depositary, trustee, into whose hands the thing contested was placed until the dispute was settled:

sequester dicitur, apud quem plures eandem rem, de quă controversia est, deposuerunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 110: nunc ut apud sequestrum vidulum posivimus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; Dig. 16, 3, 33:

tu istunc hodie non feres, nisi das sequestrum aut arbitrum, Quoius haec res arbitratu fiat,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 65:

jam sequestri placebant,

Petr. 14, 4:

cum sequestro recte agetur depositi sequestrariā actione,

Dig. 16, 3, 12; cf.: in sequestrum depositi actio competit;

si tamen cum sequestro convenit, ut, etc.,

ib. 16, 3, 5.— Subst.: sĕ-questrum, i (rarely sĕquestre, is), n., the deposit of a subject of dispute with a third person: vitulum hic apponite: ego servabo quasi sequestro detis: neutri reddibo, donicum res judicata erit haec, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 692 P.:

sequestro data,

id. Merc. 4, 3, 36:

sequestro ponere: quod apud sequestrem depositum erat, sequestro positum per adverbium dicebant,

Gell. 20, 11, 5:

aut ad arbitrum redditur aut sequestro ponitur,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 79;

and in later jurid. Lat.: in sequestro deponere (aliquid),

to put in sequestration, Dig. 16, 3, 6. —Form sequestre: pecuniam sequestre [p. 1677] ponere, Dig. 16, 3, 33: in sequestri deponere, Ps. - Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 12.—

Transf.

In cases of bribery of judges, electors, etc., an agent or go-between, with whom the money promised was deposited (so always in Cic.; cf.

internuntius): aut sequestres aut interpretes corrumpendi judicii,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; so (with interpres) id. ib. 2, 2, 44, § 108; Quint. 12, 8, 4:

venditor et corruptor et sequester,

Cic. Planc. 16, 38; 19, 48:

aliquo sequestre in indice corrumpendo uti,

id. Clu. 8, 25; 26, 72:

adulter, impudicus, sequester, convicium est, non accusatio,

id. Cael. 13, 30:

candidatus per sequestrem agit,

Sen. Ep. 118, 3:

gregarii,

Amm. 15, 5, 31.—

After the Aug. period, a mediator.

Lit.:

Menenius Agrippa, qui inter patres et plebem publicae gratiae sequester fuit,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 12, 4:

pacis,

Sil. 6, 347; Luc. 10, 472:

ego sequester et medius fui,

Vulg. Deut. 5, 5.—In this sense also a fem. form, sĕquestra, ae, a mediatress:

ubi nunc fidei pacisque sequestra Mater eras?

Stat. Th. 7, 542:

anus quaedam stupri sequestra et adulterorum internuntia,

App. M. 9, p. 224, 1;

and, in apposition: bis senos pepigere dies et pace sequestrā Per silvas Teucri mixtique impune Latini Erravere jugis,

i. e. under the protection of the truce, Verg. A. 11, 133; so,

pace sequestrā,

Stat. Th. 2, 425.—

Trop., a means of negotiating, i. e. price, etc.:

qui suam pudicitiam sequestrem perjurii fieri passi sunt,

Val. Max. 9, 1, 7.

sĕquester, tris (orig. form sequester, tri. ante- and post - class., and in the poets), m. [id.], jurid. t. t., a depositary, trustee, into whose hands the thing contested was placed until the dispute was settled:

sequester dicitur, apud quem plures eandem rem, de quă controversia est, deposuerunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 110: nunc ut apud sequestrum vidulum posivimus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; Dig. 16, 3, 33:

tu istunc hodie non feres, nisi das sequestrum aut arbitrum, Quoius haec res arbitratu fiat,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 65:

jam sequestri placebant,

Petr. 14, 4:

cum sequestro recte agetur depositi sequestrariā actione,

Dig. 16, 3, 12; cf.: in sequestrum depositi actio competit;

si tamen cum sequestro convenit, ut, etc.,

ib. 16, 3, 5.— Subst.: sĕ-questrum, i (rarely sĕquestre, is), n., the deposit of a subject of dispute with a third person: vitulum hic apponite: ego servabo quasi sequestro detis: neutri reddibo, donicum res judicata erit haec, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 692 P.:

sequestro data,

id. Merc. 4, 3, 36:

sequestro ponere: quod apud sequestrem depositum erat, sequestro positum per adverbium dicebant,

Gell. 20, 11, 5:

aut ad arbitrum redditur aut sequestro ponitur,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 79;

and in later jurid. Lat.: in sequestro deponere (aliquid),

to put in sequestration, Dig. 16, 3, 6. —Form sequestre: pecuniam sequestre [p. 1677] ponere, Dig. 16, 3, 33: in sequestri deponere, Ps. - Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 12.—

Transf.

In cases of bribery of judges, electors, etc., an agent or go-between, with whom the money promised was deposited (so always in Cic.; cf.

internuntius): aut sequestres aut interpretes corrumpendi judicii,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; so (with interpres) id. ib. 2, 2, 44, § 108; Quint. 12, 8, 4:

venditor et corruptor et sequester,

Cic. Planc. 16, 38; 19, 48:

aliquo sequestre in indice corrumpendo uti,

id. Clu. 8, 25; 26, 72:

adulter, impudicus, sequester, convicium est, non accusatio,

id. Cael. 13, 30:

candidatus per sequestrem agit,

Sen. Ep. 118, 3:

gregarii,

Amm. 15, 5, 31.—

After the Aug. period, a mediator.

Lit.:

Menenius Agrippa, qui inter patres et plebem publicae gratiae sequester fuit,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 12, 4:

pacis,

Sil. 6, 347; Luc. 10, 472:

ego sequester et medius fui,

Vulg. Deut. 5, 5.—In this sense also a fem. form, sĕquestra, ae, a mediatress:

ubi nunc fidei pacisque sequestra Mater eras?

Stat. Th. 7, 542:

anus quaedam stupri sequestra et adulterorum internuntia,

App. M. 9, p. 224, 1;

and, in apposition: bis senos pepigere dies et pace sequestrā Per silvas Teucri mixtique impune Latini Erravere jugis,

i. e. under the protection of the truce, Verg. A. 11, 133; so,

pace sequestrā,

Stat. Th. 2, 425.—

Trop., a means of negotiating, i. e. price, etc.:

qui suam pudicitiam sequestrem perjurii fieri passi sunt,

Val. Max. 9, 1, 7.

sĕquester, tris (orig. form sequester, tri. ante- and post - class., and in the poets), m. [id.], jurid. t. t., a depositary, trustee, into whose hands the thing contested was placed until the dispute was settled:

sequester dicitur, apud quem plures eandem rem, de quă controversia est, deposuerunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 110: nunc ut apud sequestrum vidulum posivimus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; Dig. 16, 3, 33:

tu istunc hodie non feres, nisi das sequestrum aut arbitrum, Quoius haec res arbitratu fiat,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 65:

jam sequestri placebant,

Petr. 14, 4:

cum sequestro recte agetur depositi sequestrariā actione,

Dig. 16, 3, 12; cf.: in sequestrum depositi actio competit;

si tamen cum sequestro convenit, ut, etc.,

ib. 16, 3, 5.— Subst.: sĕ-questrum, i (rarely sĕquestre, is), n., the deposit of a subject of dispute with a third person: vitulum hic apponite: ego servabo quasi sequestro detis: neutri reddibo, donicum res judicata erit haec, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 692 P.:

sequestro data,

id. Merc. 4, 3, 36:

sequestro ponere: quod apud sequestrem depositum erat, sequestro positum per adverbium dicebant,

Gell. 20, 11, 5:

aut ad arbitrum redditur aut sequestro ponitur,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 79;

and in later jurid. Lat.: in sequestro deponere (aliquid),

to put in sequestration, Dig. 16, 3, 6. —Form sequestre: pecuniam sequestre [p. 1677] ponere, Dig. 16, 3, 33: in sequestri deponere, Ps. - Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 12.—

Transf.

In cases of bribery of judges, electors, etc., an agent or go-between, with whom the money promised was deposited (so always in Cic.; cf.

internuntius): aut sequestres aut interpretes corrumpendi judicii,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; so (with interpres) id. ib. 2, 2, 44, § 108; Quint. 12, 8, 4:

venditor et corruptor et sequester,

Cic. Planc. 16, 38; 19, 48:

aliquo sequestre in indice corrumpendo uti,

id. Clu. 8, 25; 26, 72:

adulter, impudicus, sequester, convicium est, non accusatio,

id. Cael. 13, 30:

candidatus per sequestrem agit,

Sen. Ep. 118, 3:

gregarii,

Amm. 15, 5, 31.—

After the Aug. period, a mediator.

Lit.:

Menenius Agrippa, qui inter patres et plebem publicae gratiae sequester fuit,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 12, 4:

pacis,

Sil. 6, 347; Luc. 10, 472:

ego sequester et medius fui,

Vulg. Deut. 5, 5.—In this sense also a fem. form, sĕquestra, ae, a mediatress:

ubi nunc fidei pacisque sequestra Mater eras?

Stat. Th. 7, 542:

anus quaedam stupri sequestra et adulterorum internuntia,

App. M. 9, p. 224, 1;

and, in apposition: bis senos pepigere dies et pace sequestrā Per silvas Teucri mixtique impune Latini Erravere jugis,

i. e. under the protection of the truce, Verg. A. 11, 133; so,

pace sequestrā,

Stat. Th. 2, 425.—

Trop., a means of negotiating, i. e. price, etc.:

qui suam pudicitiam sequestrem perjurii fieri passi sunt,

Val. Max. 9, 1, 7.