it+is+something

cŏ-hĭbĕo, ui ( perf. subj. cohibessit, Lucr. 3, 444 Lachm.), ĭtum, 2, v. a. [habeo].

To hold together, to hold, contain, confine, embrace, comprise (class.;

syn. contineo): omnes naturas ipsa (universa natura) cohibet et continet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35; Lucr. 3, 441 sq.; 1, 517; 1, 536:

(nubes) ut fumus constare nequirent, Nec cohibere nives gelidas et grandinis imbres,

id. 6, 107:

aliquid in se,

id. 2, 1031; cf. Cic. Fat. 9, 19:

at Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris,

Verg. A. 3, 424:

semen occaecatum,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:

nodo crinem,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 22:

namque marem cohibent callosa (ova) vitellum,

id. S. 2, 4, 14:

auro lacertos,

to encircle, Ov. H. 9, 59:

bracchium togā,

Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

deos parietibus,

Tac. G. 9.—

Trop. (very rare): sed interest inter causas fortuito antegressas, et inter causas cohibentis in se efficientiam naturalem, Cic. Fat. 9, 19.—

With the access. idea of hindering free motion, to hold, keep, keep back, hinder, stay, restrain, stop, etc. (in a lit. sense in prose rare, but trop. very freq.).

Prop.:

cohibete intra limen etiam vos parumper,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 1:

nec muris cohibet patriis media Ardea Turnum,

Verg. A. 9, 738:

carcere ventos,

Ov. M. 14, 224:

ventos in antris,

id. ib. 15, 346: cervos arcu, to stop, poet. for to kill, Hor. C. 4, 6, 34:

nec Stygiā cohibebor undā,

id. ib. 2, 20, 8:

tempestatibus in portibus cohiberi, Auct. B. Afr. 98: cohiberi in vinculis,

Curt. 6, 2, 11:

Pirithoum cohibent catenae,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 80:

claustra cohibentia Janum,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 255:

ab aliquā re,

Liv. 22, 3, 9; Tac. A. 1, 56:

sanguis spongiā in aceto tinctā cohibendus est,

Cels. 8, 4; cf. Plin. 27, 11, 69, § 93:

alvum,

id. 29, 3, 11, § 49:

milites intra castra,

Curt. 10, 3, 6:

aquilones jugis montium,

id. 8, 9, 12.—

Trop.

Cohibere aliquid or cohibere se, to stop something (or one ' s self), to hold in check, to restrain, limit, confine, keep back, repress, tame, subdue (syn.:

contineo, refreno, arceo, coerceo): motus animi perturbatos,

Cic. Off. 2, 5, 18:

furentis impetus crudelissimosque conatus,

id. Phil. 3, 2, 5; cf.:

furorem alicujus,

id. ib. 5, 13, 37:

temeritatem,

id. Ac. 1, 12, 45:

gaudia clausa in sinu tacito,

Prop. 2 (3), 25, 30:

iras,

Verg. A. 12, 314:

pravas aliorum spes,

Tac. A. 3, 56:

ac premeret sensus suos,

id. ib. 3, 11:

bellum,

Liv. 9, 29, 5:

malum,

Tac. A. 6, 16:

sumptus,

Arn. 2, p. 91:

violentias effrenati doloris,

Gell. 12, 5, 3:

altitudinem aedificiorum,

Tac. A. 15, 43:

(provinciae) quae procuratoribus cohibentur,

i. e. are ruled, id. H. 1, 11: non tu te cohibes? be moderate in grief, * Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 46; so Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Gell. 4, 9, 3.—

With quominus:

vix cohibuere amici, quominus eodem mari oppeteret,

Tac. A. 2, 24.— Pass.:

ne flumine quidem interjecto, cohiberi quominus, etc.,

Tac. A. 2, 10.—

With inf., Calp. Ecl. 4, 20 (but in Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 60; id. Caecin. 23, 66; Auct. B. G. 8, 23, prohibere is the true reading).—

Aliquid ab aliquā re or aliquo, to keep something from something (or somebody), to ward off:

manus ab alieno,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 12:

manus, oculos, animum ab auro gazāque regiā,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66:

effrenatas suas libidines a liberis et a conjugibus vestris,

id. Mil. 28, 76:

adsensionem a rebus incertis,

id. N. D. 1, 1, 1.—Hence, cŏhĭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., confined, limited, moderate:

dicendi genus,

Gell. 7, 14, 7.— Comp.:

habitudo cohibitior,

Aus. Grat. Act. 27, 2.

con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.

In gen.:

nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,

id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:

concipit Iris aquas,

draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:

madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,

Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:

Alsietinam aquam,

Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:

pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,

Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:

amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,

i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:

cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

ventum veste,

Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:

plurimum ventorum,

Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:

magnam vim venti,

Curt. 4, 3, 2:

auram,

id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:

aëra,

id. ib. 1, 337:

ignem,

Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:

ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,

Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:

lapidibus igne concepto,

struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:

flammam,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

flammas,

Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.

of the flame of love: flammam pectore,

Cat. 64, 92:

ignem,

Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:

validos ignes,

id. ib. 7, 9:

medicamentum venis,

Curt. 3, 6, 11:

noxium virus,

Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:

morbum,

Col. 7, 5, 14:

in eā parte nivem concipi,

is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:

is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,

Col. 7, 5, 14:

si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,

id. 7, 5, 2.—

In partic.

To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.

Absol.:

more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,

Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:

cum concepit mula,

Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:

ex illo concipit ales,

Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:

(arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,

Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—

With acc.:

ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,

Ov. M. 4, 611:

aliquem ex aliquo,

Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:

ex adulterio,

id. Tib. 62:

de aliquo,

Ov. M. 3, 214:

alicujus semine,

id. ib. 10, 328:

ova (pisces),

Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:

concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,

Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):

omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:

ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,

Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:

coacta conceptum a se abigere,

Suet. Dom. 22.—

In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:

Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,

Ov. M. 11, 222.—

Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—

Trop.

To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):

haec tanta oculis bona concipio,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,

To perceive in mind.

In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:

agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,

Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,

aliquid animo,

id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:

imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,

Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:

quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?

Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:

quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,

Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:

de aliquo summa concipere,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,

id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—

In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:

quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:

fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,

id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:

concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:

quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,

Ov. M. 2, 77:

concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,

Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —

To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;

hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,

mente vaticinos furores,

Ov. M. 2, 640:

animo ingentes iras,

id. ib. 1, 166:

spem,

id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:

spemque metumque,

id. F. 1, 485:

aliquid spe,

Liv. 33, 33, 8:

amorem,

Ov. M. 10, 249:

pectore tantum robur,

Verg. A. 11, 368:

auribus tantam cupiditatem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:

re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:

malum aut scelus,

id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

scelus in sese,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:

flagitium cum aliquo,

id. Sull. 5, 16.—

To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):

quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:

vadimonium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:

jusjurandum,

Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:

jurisjurandi verba,

id. ib. 4, 31;

and verba,

Liv. 7, 5, 5:

edictum,

Dig. 13, 6, 1:

libellos,

ib. 48, 19, 9:

stipulationem,

ib. 41, 1, 38:

obligationem in futurum,

ib. 5, 1, 35:

actionem in bonum et aequum,

ib. 4, 5, 8:

foedus,

Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:

concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),

to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:

ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

dum vota sacerdos Concipit,

Ov. M. 7, 594:

sic verba concipito,

repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:

Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),

Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):

auspicia,

id. 22, 1, 7:

locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:

ut justum conciperetur bellum,

id. ib. 5, §

86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,

Tac. H. 4, 41:

vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:

verbis conceptissimis jurare,

Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

concĭlĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [concilium].

To bring together several objects into one whole, to unite, connect (class. in prose and poetry, not in Hor.).

Prop. (thus several times in Lucr. of the union of atoms):

primordia Non ex illarum conventu conciliata,

not formed by the union of separate parts, Lucr. 1, 612; 2, 901:

dispersa,

id. 6, 890:

omnia in alto,

id. 5, 466; cf. also id. 1, 1042; 2, 552.—Of physical union of other kinds:

traduces bini inter se obvii miscentur alliganturque unā conciliati,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211;

of medic. mixtures: gramen hyoscyami cerae,

to mix, Ser. Samm. 40, 754.—

Of the fulling of cloth:

vestimentum,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 43 Müll.—

Trop.

To unite in thought or feeling, to make friendly, to procure the favor of, to make inclined to, to gain, win over; constr. aliquos inter se, aliquem alicui or absol. (in this sense very freq.).

Aliquos inter se:

quin res publica nos inter nos conciliatura conjuncturaque sit,

Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 2; so,

conciliare et conjungere homines inter se,

id. Off. 1, 16, 50:

feras inter sese,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63.—

Aliquem ( aliquid) alicui:

conciliare sibi, avertere ab adversario judicem,

Quint. 6, 1, 11:

quas (legiones) sibi conciliare pecuniā cogitabat,

Cic. Fam. 12, 23, 2:

Pammenem sibi similitudine fortunae,

Tac. A. 16, 14:

homines sibi,

Nep. Ages. 2 fin.; id. Them. 10, 1:

simulatque natum sit animal, ipsum sibi conciliari et commendari ad se conservandum,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 16:

eam civitatem Arvernis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 7; cf.:

reliquas civitates amicitia Caesari,

id. B. C. 3, 55 fin.:

per quam (causam) cum universo ordini tum primoribus se patrum concilient,

Liv. 4, 48, 9:

arma sibi,

Verg. A. 10, 151:

deos homini,

Ov. F. 1, 337:

audientem exordio,

Quint. 8, prooem. 11:

judicem probationibus nostris,

id. 4, 3, 9:

Maurorum animos Vitellio,

Tac. H. 2, 58; cf.:

quas res quosque homines quibus rebus aut quibus hominibus vel conciliasset vel alienasset ipsa natura,

Quint. 5, 10, 17: omne animal primum constitutioni suae conciliari, i. e. governs itself in accordance with, etc., Sen. Ep. 124, 14; cf. id. ib. §

15 sqq.: primum sibi ipsum conciliatur animal,

id. ib. §

17: frui iis rebus, quas primas homini natura conciliet,

Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 131; cf. conciliatio, I. B. 2.—Without dat.:

conciliabat ceteros reges,

Nep. Hann. 10, 2; so,

accusatorem,

Quint. 6, 1, 12:

conciliare, docere, movere judicem,

id. 11, 1, 61; cf. id. 2, 5, 7; 3, 9, 7:

plures,

Tac. A. 15, 51:

animos hominum,

Cic. Off. 2, 5, 17; cf. id. de Or. 3, 53, 204:

animum judicis,

Quint. 4, 1, 25; cf.:

animos judicum (opp. alienare),

id. 11, 1, 8:

animos plebis,

Liv. 1, 35, 2:

animos militum pollicitationibus,

Suet. Oth. 6; cf. Tac. H. 1, 18, —

( Aliquem) ad aliquid: Labienum praefecit togatae, quo majore commendatione conciliaretur ad consulatūs petitionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 52.—

Absol.:

nihil est ad conciliandum gratius verecundiā,

Quint. 11, 3, 161:

conciliare, narrare,

id. 3, 4, 15.—

= commendo, to represent something to one as agreeable, pleasant, etc., i. e. to recommend:

et dictis artes conciliasse suas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 42.—

With acc. and dat. (aliquid alicui) or absol., to procure, provide, prepare, produce something for one.

With physical objects.

Of the procuring of a maiden, an object of love, in an honorable and (more freq.) in a dishonorable sense, to unite, procure, couple (cf. Lucr. 5, 961):

tute ad eum adeas, tute concilies, tute poscas,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 111:

num me nupsisti conciliante seni?

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 42:

conciliata viro,

Cat. 68, 130:

existimabatur Servilia etiam filiam suam Tertiam Caesari conciliare,

to give as a mistress, Suet. Caes. 50:

cum ei dignatio Juliā genitam Atiam conciliasset uxorem,

Vell. 2, 59, 2.—Once with ad:

a tuā me uxore dicam delatum, ut sese ad eum conciliarem,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 206.—

To procure, obtain by purchase or otherwise, to purchase, acquire, win, gain:

illum mihi,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 25; cf.:

male habiti et male conciliati,

i. e. at a bad bargain, id. Ps. 1, 2, 1:

prodi, male conciliate,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 2: Mi. Estne empta mihi haec? Pe. His legibus habeas licet, Conciliavisti pulcre, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 39 sq.:

ut tibi recte conciliandi primo facerem copiam,

a chance for a good bargain, id. Pers. 4, 3, 69:

si ullo pacto ille (filius) huc conciliari potest,

can be brought here, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 22 (cf. id. ib. prol. 33):

HS. viciens ex hoc uno genere,

to extort, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58, § 142; cf.

pecunias,

id. ib. 2, 2, 55, § 137; 2, 3, 30, § 71; 2, 3, 84, § 194;

and, in a more gen. sense: summum bonum esse frui rebus iis, quas primas natura conciliavisset,

id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—

With abstr. objects, to cause, bring about, procure, acquire, make, produce, etc.:

affinitatem et gratiam,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 42; cf.

gratiam,

Suet. Calig. 3:

pacem inter cives,

Cic. Fam. 10, 27, 1; cf. Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 2:

amorem sibi,

Cic. Arch. 8, 17; cf. id. de Or. 2, 51, 206:

favorem ad vulgum,

Liv. 29, 22, 8; cf.:

favorem populi,

Suet. Caes. 11:

amicitiam cum aliquo,

Cic. Deiot. 14, 39:

gloriam,

id. Mur. 20, 41:

laudem,

Quint. 2, 7, 4:

dignitatem auctoribus suis,

Tac. Or. 9:

famam clementiae,

Liv. 21, 60, 4:

majestatem nomini Romano,

id. 29, 11, 4:

odium,

Quint. 5, 13, 38; 6, 2, 16:

risus,

to cause, id. 6, 3, 35:

otium,

Nep. Timol. 3, 2:

otii nomine servitutem,

id. Epam. 5, 3:

nuptias,

to bring about, id. Att. 5, 3; Just. 7, 6, 10; cf.:

jugales toros,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 70.—Hence, concĭlĭātus, a, um, P. a. (in acc. with I. B.), friendly; in partic. in a pass. sense.

Beloved:

(Hasdrubal) flore aetatis primo Hamilcari conciliatus,

Liv. 21, 2, 3:

juvenis aetatis flore conciliatus sibi,

Curt. 7, 9, 19; cf. Suet. Vit. Ter. 1; id. Vit. 7.—In sup.:

est nobis conciliatissimus,

Symm. Ep. 9, 37.—

In an act. sense, favorably inclined, devoted, favorable to something; comp.:

ut judex ad rem accipiendam fiat conciliatior,

Quint. 4, 2, 24:

(homo) voluptati a naturā conciliatus, a dolore autem abjunctus alienatusque est,

Gell. 12, 5, 18.— Adv. not in use.

con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.

In gen.:

nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,

id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:

concipit Iris aquas,

draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:

madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,

Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:

Alsietinam aquam,

Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:

pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:

ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,

Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:

amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,

i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:

cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

ventum veste,

Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:

plurimum ventorum,

Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:

magnam vim venti,

Curt. 4, 3, 2:

auram,

id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:

aëra,

id. ib. 1, 337:

ignem,

Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:

ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,

Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:

lapidibus igne concepto,

struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:

flammam,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

flammas,

Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.

of the flame of love: flammam pectore,

Cat. 64, 92:

ignem,

Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:

validos ignes,

id. ib. 7, 9:

medicamentum venis,

Curt. 3, 6, 11:

noxium virus,

Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:

morbum,

Col. 7, 5, 14:

in eā parte nivem concipi,

is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:

is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,

Col. 7, 5, 14:

si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,

id. 7, 5, 2.—

In partic.

To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.

Absol.:

more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,

Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:

cum concepit mula,

Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:

ex illo concipit ales,

Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:

(arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,

Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—

With acc.:

ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,

Ov. M. 4, 611:

aliquem ex aliquo,

Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:

ex adulterio,

id. Tib. 62:

de aliquo,

Ov. M. 3, 214:

alicujus semine,

id. ib. 10, 328:

ova (pisces),

Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:

concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,

Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):

omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,

Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,

Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:

ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,

Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:

coacta conceptum a se abigere,

Suet. Dom. 22.—

In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:

Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,

Ov. M. 11, 222.—

Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—

Trop.

To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):

haec tanta oculis bona concipio,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,

To perceive in mind.

In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:

agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,

Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,

aliquid animo,

id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:

imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,

Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:

quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?

Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:

quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,

Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:

de aliquo summa concipere,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,

id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—

In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:

quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:

fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,

id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:

concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:

quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,

Ov. M. 2, 77:

concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,

Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —

To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;

hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,

mente vaticinos furores,

Ov. M. 2, 640:

animo ingentes iras,

id. ib. 1, 166:

spem,

id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:

spemque metumque,

id. F. 1, 485:

aliquid spe,

Liv. 33, 33, 8:

amorem,

Ov. M. 10, 249:

pectore tantum robur,

Verg. A. 11, 368:

auribus tantam cupiditatem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:

re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:

malum aut scelus,

id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

scelus in sese,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:

flagitium cum aliquo,

id. Sull. 5, 16.—

To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):

quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:

vadimonium,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:

jusjurandum,

Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:

jurisjurandi verba,

id. ib. 4, 31;

and verba,

Liv. 7, 5, 5:

edictum,

Dig. 13, 6, 1:

libellos,

ib. 48, 19, 9:

stipulationem,

ib. 41, 1, 38:

obligationem in futurum,

ib. 5, 1, 35:

actionem in bonum et aequum,

ib. 4, 5, 8:

foedus,

Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:

concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),

to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:

ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

dum vota sacerdos Concipit,

Ov. M. 7, 594:

sic verba concipito,

repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:

Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),

Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):

auspicia,

id. 22, 1, 7:

locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:

ut justum conciperetur bellum,

id. ib. 5, §

86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,

Tac. H. 4, 41:

vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:

verbis conceptissimis jurare,

Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

con-scĭus, a, um, adj. [scio], that knows something in company with others or by himself, knowing with others or self-knowing (freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Knowing or conscious of something with another, privy to; and subst., a (male or female) participant in a thing, an accessory, accomplice, confidant, etc.; constr. with the gen., dat., in, and de aliquā re, an obj.- or rel.-clause, or absol. (cf. Rudd. II. p. 71).

With gen. with or without dat. pers. (cf. b infra):

qui tam audacis facinoris mi conscius,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 4; cf.:

alius alii tanti facinoris conscii,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

si conscius Dymno tanti sceleris fuissem,

Curt. 6, 10, 20; and:

nondum tot flagitiorum exercitui meo conscius,

Tac. A. 1, 43:

T. Pomponius, homo omnium meorum in te studiorum et officiorum maxime conscius,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 1; so,

maleficii,

id. Clu. 22, 59:

conjurationis,

Sall. C. 37, 1:

ante actae vitae,

Liv. 9, 26, 14:

infirmitatis nostrae,

Quint. 10, 3, 19:

interficiendi Postumi Agrippae,

Tac. A. 3, 30; cf.:

Caesarianae necis,

Suet. Ner. 3;

and necis (opp. auctor),

id. ib. 33:

peccati erilis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 60:

adjutores quosdam, conscios sui ( = sui consilii) nactus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 2.— Poet.:

arva versi regis,

Ov. M. 7, 385; cf.:

quorum nox conscia sola est,

id. ib. 13, 15:

fati sidera,

Verg. A. 4, 519:

mentis,

Ov. H. 17, 265 al. —

With dat.:

huic facinori tanto tua mens liberalis conscia esse non debuit,

Cic. Cael. 21, 52:

temeritati et mendacio meo,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124 (quoted in Arus. Mess. p. 220 Lind.):

Fabricium quem... conscium illi facinori fuisse arbitrabatur,

Cic. Clu. 20, 56 al.:

verbis,

Tib. 1, 9, 41:

coeptis,

Ov. M. 7, 194.— Poet.:

sacris nox,

Ov. M. 6, 588 Heins.:

deliciis meis antra,

id. H. 15, 138:

conubiis aether,

Verg. A. 4, 168 Wagn. N. cr.:

gens nascenti conscia Nilo,

Luc. 1, 20.—

With in:

mihi in privatis omnibus conscius,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1; so,

conscius vestris in lacrimis adfueram,

Prop. 1, 10, 2.—

With de:

addit ad extremum, se audisse a Curione his de rebus conscium esse Pisonem,

Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf. conscientia, II. A. b.—

With rel.-clause:

multis consciis quae gereretur,

Nep. Dion, 8, 4.—

Absol.:

nec mihi conscius est ullus homo,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 21; id. Truc. 1, 1, 40; cf.:

fac me consciam,

id. Cist. 2, 3, 46; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 69; Cic. Att. 2, 24, 1; cf. Nep. Milt. 3, 6; Quint. 5, 7, 37; Tac. A. 1, 5; Hor. C. 3, 6, 29.— Poet.:

cetera nox et nos et turris conscia novit,

Ov. H. 18, 105:

silva,

id. M. 2, 438:

rubor,

Cat. 65, 24 al. —Hence, subst.: conscĭus, i, m., of those who are participants in a crime, conspiracy, etc., a partaker, jointconspirator, accessory, accomplice, confidant, etc., Nep. Dion, 9, 1; Quint. 4, 2, 48; 9, 2, 81 sq.; Suet. Dom. 10:

consciorum nomina exponere,

Curt. 8, 6, 24:

Othonis,

Tac. H. 1, 39 al.:

se (sacerdotes Germanorum) ministros deorum, illos (equos) conscios putant (sc. deorum),

id. G. 10.—

With sibi, knowing something in one's self, conscious of.

In gen., in a good and bad sense.

With gen.:

qui (sc. populus Romanus) si alicujus injuriae sibi conscius fuisset, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14; so,

sibi nullius culpae,

Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73:

mihi dissimulati in ullā parte judicii,

Quint. 3, 6, 64:

sibi irae et iracundiae,

Suet. Claud. 38:

sermonis adversus majestatem tuam habiti nullius conscii sumus nobis,

Curt. 7, 1, 21:

mens sibi recti,

Verg. A. 1, 604; cf.

without sibi,

Ov. F. 4, 311:

admissae nequitiae,

Prop. 1, 15, 38:

audacis facti (lupus),

Verg. A. 11, 812.—

With dat.:

sibi factis mens,

Lucr. 3, 1018.—

With in:

nuila sibi turpi in re,

Lucr. 6, 393.—

With acc. and inf. as object, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 50: etsi mihi sum conscius, numquam [p. 427] me nimis cupidum fuisse vitae, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10; Quint. 12, 11, 8.—

With rel. - or subj.-clause:

cum sibi conscius esset, quam inimicum deberet Caesarem habere,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 44 fin. —With adv.:

mulieres male sibi consciae,

Just. 2, 5, 7.— Absol.:

ego pol, quae mihi sum conscia, hoc certo scio, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 119:

conscia mens ut cuique sua est, etc.,

Ov. F. 1, 485.— Poet.:

virtus,

Verg. A. 12, 668.— Constrr. analogous to the Greek: conscius sum mihi benefacienti and benefaciens (sunoida emautôi pepoiêkoti or poiôn), are mentioned by Prisc. p. 1205 P., as much used earlier, but without exs. in proof.—

In partic., conscious to one's self of wrong (rare, and mostly poet.):

nihil est miserius quam animus hominis conscius,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 13:

animus,

Lucr. 4, 1131; Sall. C. 14, 3; Sen. Hippol. 496.— Poet.:

vultus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 692.

con-stĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [statuo], to cause to stand, put or lay down, to set, put, place, fix, station, deposit a person or thing somewhere (esp. firmly or immovably), etc. (the act. corresponding to consistere; class.).

In gen.

Prop.:

hominem ante pedes Q. Manilii constituunt,

Cic. Clu. 13, 38:

vobis (dīs) candentem taurum ante aras,

Verg. A. 5, 237:

impedimenta,

Liv. 44, 36, 6:

reliquias praedonum contractas in urbibus,

Vell. 2, 32 fin.:

unum aliquem lectorem,

Quint. 2, 5, 6:

velut in aliquā sublimi speculā constitutus,

Lact. 2, 2, 18.—

Trop.:

cum hujus vobis adulescentiam proposueritis, constituitote vobis ante oculos etiam hujus miseri senectutem,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79.—

Esp.,

Milit. t. t.

To station or post troops somewhere, to draw up, set in order:

legionem Caesar passibus CC. ab eo tumulo constituit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

legiones pro castris in acie,

id. ib. 2, 8 fin.;

4, 35: aciem ordinesque intra silvas,

id. ib. 2, 19:

octo cohortes in fronte,

Sall. C. 59, 2:

quod reliquum peditum erat, obliquo constituerunt colle,

Liv. 28, 33, 8 al.:

naves ad latus apertum hostium,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25; cf.:

naves aperto ac plano litore,

id. ib. 4, 23 fin.:

naves nisi in alto,

id. ib. 4, 24:

subsidiarias (naves) in secundo ordine, Auct. B. Alex. 14, 3: classem apud Salamina exadversum Athenas,

Nep. Them. 3, 4; cf. id. Alcib. 8, 1:

praesidia in Rutenis provincialibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 7.—Rarely of a single person: se constituere, to station or post one's self: dum se Gallus iterum eodem pacto constituere studet, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 17.—

In contrast with a march, to cause to halt:

paulisper agmen constituit,

Sall. J. 49, 5; so,

agmen,

Liv. 35, 28, 8; 38, 25, 12:

signa paulisper novitate rei,

id. 33, 10, 3; so,

signa,

id. 34, 20, 4.—And trop.:

si constituitur aliquando (narratio) ac non istā brevitate percurritur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328.—

With the access. idea of preparation, to set up, erect, establish, found, build, construct, prepare, make, create, constitute (class. and very freq.).

Lit.:

genus humanum, quorum omnia causā constituisse deos,

Lucr. 2, 175:

aggerem apparare, vineas agere, turres duas constituere coepit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

turres,

id. ib. 2, 12:

turrim,

id. ib. 2, 30:

castella ad extremas fossas,

id. ib. 2, 8:

vineas ac testudines,

Nep. Milt. 7, 2:

locis certis horrea,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42:

inane sepulcrum,

Ov. M. 6, 568:

feralis cupressos,

Verg. A. 6, 216:

ingentem quercum in tumulo,

id. ib. 11, 6:

pyras curvo in litore,

id. ib. 11, 185:

quattuor aras ad alta delubra dearum,

id. G. 4, 542; Suet. Aug. 59 fin.:

aedem in foro geminis fratribus,

id. Caes. 10:

castra Romae,

id. Tib. 37 et saep.:

oppidum,

to found, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Nep. Cim. 2, 2; so,

nova moenia,

Verg. A. 12, 194; cf.:

moenia in Aside terrā,

Ov. M. 9, 449:

domicilium sibi Magnesiae,

Nep. Them. 10, 2:

triplex Piraeei portus constitutus est,

id. ib. 6, 1:

hiberna omnium legionum in Belgis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 38:

di primum homines humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituerunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140.—

Trop., to bring about, effect, establish, appoint, etc., freq. of judicial determinations, etc.: videte, [p. 438] per deos immortalis, quod jus nobis, quam condicionem vobismet ipsis, quam denique civitati legem constituere velitis, to establish, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40:

jus melius Sullanis praediis quam paternis,

id. Agr. 3, 3, 10:

judicium,

id. Part. Or. 28, 99:

judicium de pecuniis repetundis,

id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11:

judicium capitis in se,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

controversiam,

id. de Or. 1, 31, 143:

quaestionem,

Quint. 3, 11, 17; 4, 2, 10:

ratiocinationem,

id. 5, 14, 12:

in hac accusatione comparandā constituendāque laborare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; and of persons, to designate, appoint, select, put forward, etc.:

accusatorem,

id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 10; Quint. 3, 10, 3 (cf.:

comparare accusatorem,

Cic. Clu. 67, 191):

testis,

Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 55:

tutores pupillis,

Dig. 2, 1, 1 et saep.:

nuper apud C. Orchivium collegam meum locus ab judicibus Fausto Sullae de pecuniis residuis non est constitutus,

no trial of him was permitted, Cic. Clu. 34, 94:

reum statim fecit, utique ei locus primus constitueretur impetravit,

id. ib. 20, 56:

fidem,

id. Part. Or. 9, 31; cf. id. Sen. 18, 62:

concordiam,

id. Att. 8, 11, D, 1:

si utilitas amicitiam constituet, tollet eadem,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 78:

amicitiam tecum,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 7, 27 (cf. id. ib. §

25: amicitiae permultae comparantur): libertatem,

Cic. Fl. 11, 25:

victoriam,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

pacem (opp. bellum gerere),

id. ib. 8, 22:

quantum mali sibi ac liberis suis,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 65.—

With the access. idea of ordering, contriving, to establish, fix, appoint, settle, order, manage; to confirm, regulate, arrange, dispose.

Lit.:

Ti. et C. Gracchos plebem in agris publicis constituisse,

to have established, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 2, 31, 83:

ibi futuros Helvetios, ubi eos Caesar constituisset,

should assign them a permanent abode, Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

reges in civitate,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. Off. 2, 12, 41:

Commium regem ibi,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

decemviralem potestatem in omnibus urbibus,

Nep. Lys. 2, 1; cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 17:

curatores legibus agrariis,

id. ib.; cf.:

publice patronum huic causae,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

regnum alicui,

Nep. Chabr. 2, 1 al.:

composita et constituta res publica,

Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42; cf.:

bene morata et bene constituta civitas,

id. Brut. 2, 7; so id. Agr. 2, 5, 10 fin.:

civitates,

to organize, id. de Or. 1, 9, 35:

quis tibi concesserit... reliquas utilitates in constituendis civitatibus... a disertis ornateque dicentibus esse constitutas,

id. ib. 1, 9, 36:

Chersoneso tali modo constituto,

Nep. Milt. 2, 4:

res summā aequitate,

id. ib. 2, 2; cf.:

rem nummariam,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80:

rem familiarem,

id. Phil. 11, 2, 4.—

Trop.:

ineuntis aetatis inscitia senum constituenda et regenda prudentiā est,

Cic. Off. 1, 34, 122; cf.:

majores vestri majestatis constituendae gratiā bis Aventinum occupavere,

Sall. J. 31, 17; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6:

jam perfectis constitutisque viribus,

Quint. 10, 1, 57.— Pass. impers.: non tam sinistre constitutum est, ut non, etc., i. e. we are not so badly off as not, etc., Plin. Pan. 45, 5.—Of persons:

Athenaeum in maximā apud regem auctoritate gratiāque,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6:

aliquem sibi quaestoris in loco,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77:

in potestate aliquem,

Lact. Epit. 55, 6:

constituuntur in honoribus, cum magistratus creantur,

Aug. Cont. adv. Leg. 1, 45 al. —

With the access. idea of limiting, fixing, allotting, to fix, appoint something ( for or to something), to settle, agree upon, define, determine.

Lit.:

propter dissensionem placuerat dividi thesauros finesque imperii singulis constitui,

Sall. J. 12, 1:

summum pretium,

Cic. Att. 12, 31, 2; cf.:

pretium frumento,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171:

certam pecuniam proconsulibus,

Suet. Aug. 36; id. Ner. 10:

propria loca senatoribus,

id. Claud. 21:

diem nuptiis,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 180; cf.:

nuptias in hunc diem,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 34:

diem concilio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30:

diem colloquio,

id. ib. 1, 47:

posterum diem pugnae,

id. ib. 3, 23 fin.:

negotio proximum diem,

Sall. J. 93, 8:

certum tempus ei rei,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum,

Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 47:

tempus in posterum diem locumque,

Liv. 38, 25, 2:

postquam ad constitutam non venerat diem,

id. 27, 16, 16:

locus, tempus constitutum est,

Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 3:

modum credendi,

Cic. Rab. Post. 3, 5: de numero pastorum alii angustius, alii laxius constituunt:

ego in octogenas hirtas oves singulos pastores constitui, Atticus in centenas,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 10.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to accord, agree with one in a thing, to appoint, fix, to concert, agree upon, assent to (cf. Gron. Obss. p. 14 sq.); constr. aliquid cum aliquo, alicui, inter se, or with acc. only, or absol.

Cum aliquo:

ubiea dies, quam constituerat cum legatis venit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8:

pactam et constitutam esse cum Manlio diem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24:

constitui cum quodam hospite, Me esse illum conventuram,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 120:

constitui cum hominibus, quo die mihi Messanae praesto essent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65: cum aliquo, ut, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Calig. 8; cf. under P. a., B. 2.—

Alicui:

L. Cincio HS. XXCD. constitui me curaturum Idibus Febr.,

Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; id. Off. 1, 10, 32:

ubi nocturnae Numa constituebat amicae,

Juv. 3, 12; cf.:

sane, inquit, vellem non constituissem, in Tusculanum me hodie venturum esse, Laelio,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 265.—

With acc. only or absol.:

vadimonia constituta,

Cic. Sen. 7, 21:

de pecuniā constitutā,

Dig. 13, tit. 5; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 4:

(Vaccenses) compositis inter se rebus in diem tertiam constituunt,

Sall. J. 66, 2:

sic constituunt, sic condicunt,

Tac. G. 11; Juv. 6, 487.— Pass. impers.:

Avillius, ut erat constitutum, simulat se aegrotare,

Cic. Clu. 13, 37.—

Trop.:

constituendi sunt qui sint in amicitiā fines deligendi,

Cic. Lael. 16, 56:

si forte quaereretur quae esset ars imperatoris, constituendum putarem principio, quis esset imperator: qui cum esset constitutus administrator quidam belli gerendi, tum adjungerem, etc. (for which, soon after, definire),

id. de Or. 1, 48, 210; cf. C. 1. supra, and Quint. 12, 1, 1:

nondum satis constitui molestiaene plus an voluptatis attulerit mihi Trebatius noster,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 1:

ut constitueret, honestum esse aliquid quod, etc.,

id. Off. 2, 3, 9:

bona possessa non esse constitui,

id. Quint. 29, 89:

de hoc Antigonus cum solus constituere non auderet, ad consilium retulit,

Nep. Eum. 12, 1.—

With the access. idea of resolving, to determine to do something, to take a resolution, to resolve, decide, determine.

With inf.:

si quis mare Neptunum Cereremque vocare Constituit fruges,

Lucr. 2, 656:

cohortes duas in Nantuatibus collocare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1:

bellum cum Germanis gerere,

id. ib. 4, 6:

Romanorum adventum exspectare atque ibi decertare,

id. ib. 4, 19:

desciscere a rege,

Nep. Dat. 5, 5.—

With acc. and inf.:

audio constitutum esse Pompeio et ejus consilio in Siciliam me mittere,

Cic. Att. 7, 7, 4. —

With interrog.-clause:

quantum pecuniae quaeque civitas daret, Aristides delectus est, qui constitueret,

Nep. Arist. 3, 1. —

With ut:

rus uti irem, jam heri constitueram,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 136:

constitueram, ut pridie Idus Aquini manerem,

Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:

constituimus inter nos ut ambulationem conficeremus,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:

Lentulus cum ceteris constituerant, uti, etc.,

Sall. C. 43, 1.—Hence, constĭtūtus, a, um, P. a.

Adj. (acc. to B.), constituted, arranged, disposed:

bene constitutum corpus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 17:

viri sapientes et bene naturā constituti,

id. Sest. 65, 137:

quotus quisque philosophorum invenitur, qui sit ita moratus, ita animo ac vitā constitutus, ut ratio postulat,

id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

qui integri sunt et sani et bene constituti de rebus domesticis,

id. Sest. 45, 97.—

(Acc. to C.) Fixed, established:

cursus siderum,

Quint. 1, 10, 46:

discrimina (opp. fortuita),

id. 5, 10, 42:

jam confirmatae constitutaeque vocis,

id. 11, 3, 29.—

Subst.: constĭtūtum, i, n.

(Acc. to B.) An institution, ordinance, law (mostly postclass.), Cod. Th. 1, 11, 5; 12, 41, 1.—

Trop.:

cum videas ordinem rerum et naturam per constituta procedere,

according to established laws, Sen. Q. N. 3, 16, 2.—

(Acc. to D. 1. b.) An agreement, appointment, accommodation; a compact (in good prose):

ante rem quaeruntur, quae talia sunt, apparatus, conloquia, locus, constitutum, convivium,

Cic. Top. 12, 52; so absol., id. Att. 11, 16, 2; id. Cael. 8, 20:

rescripsit constitutum se cum eo habere,

id. Att. 12, 23, 3:

constitutum factum esse cum servis, ut venirent, etc.,

id. Cael. 25, 61; and humorously: si quod constitutum cum podagra habes, fac ut in alium diem differas, id. Fam. 7, 4; so,

ad constitutum venire,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 1; Cic. Caecin. 12, 33:

se proripu it,

Suet. Oth. 6;

and without a verb,

Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1; Flor. 2, 6, 16 (but in Vell. 2, 110, 1, the better read. is consili).

con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.

Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

arcum,

Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31:

tenacia vincla,

Verg. G. 4, 412:

ilia risu,

Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

oculi contendunt se,

Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings:

ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit,

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—

Meton.

(Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw:

infensam hastam,

Verg. A. 10, 521:

tela,

id. ib. 12, 815:

sagittas nervo,

Sil. 1, 323:

telum aërias in auras,

Verg. A. 5, 520. —

Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend:

haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 30:

Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit,

Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—

Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.

In gen.

With acc.:

magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:

contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc.,

id. Fat. 10, 21:

summas vires de palmā,

Lucr. 4, 990:

animum in curas,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 11:

quo se dira libido,

Lucr. 4, 1043:

tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:

id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—

With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to:

hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 21:

summā vi transcendere in hostium naves,

id. ib. 3, 15:

fugā salutem petere,

id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125:

neque ego nunc hoc contendo... mutare animum, sed, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—

Neutr.:

quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere... tantum fac ut efficias,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut:

quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat,

Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so,

remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.:

contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42.— Absol.:

vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem,

Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.:

non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare),

to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—

In partic.,

To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.

With acc. (very rare):

rectā plateā cursum suum,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:

nocte unā tantum itineris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—

With inf. (freq.):

Bibracte ire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,

ire cum his legionibus,

id. ib. 1, 10:

in Britanniam proficisci,

id. ib. 4, 20:

in provinciam reverti,

id. ib. 3, 6 fin.:

Dyrrhachium petere,

Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.:

proxima litora petere cursu,

Verg. A. 1, 158; and:

iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—

Neutr. (so most freq.):

in Italiam magnis itineribus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.:

huc magnis itineribus,

id. ib. 1, 38 fin.:

huc magno cursu,

id. ib. 3, 19:

inde in Italiam,

id. ib. 1, 33:

in fines Sigambrorum,

id. ib. 4, 18:

in castra,

id. ib. 4, 37:

ex eo loco ad flumen,

id. ib. 2, 9:

ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum,

id. ib. 1, 27 fin.:

ad oppidum Noviodunum,

id. ib. 2, 12:

ad castra,

id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.:

ad hostes,

id. ib. 5, 9:

ad Amanum,

Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19:

Lacedaemonem,

Nep. Cim. 3, 3:

domum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.:

ad ultimum animo,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.:

magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere,

id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis,

id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ad salutem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin. —

( Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.

Cum aliquo:

neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36:

cum Sequanis bello,

id. ib. 7, 67 fin.:

cum eo armis,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

cum magnis legionibus parvā manu,

Sall. C. 53, 3:

cum barbaro,

Nep. Con. 4, 3:

cum victore,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 42:

mecum ingenio et arte,

Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.:

cum eo de principatu,

Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.:

divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis,

Sall. J. 4, 7:

humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.:

tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere?

Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—

Contra aliquem:

contra populum Romanum armis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

contra vim gravitatemque morbi,

id. Phil. 9, 7, 15:

nihil contra naturam universam,

id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—

Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—

With dat. ( poet.):

hirundo cycnis,

Lucr. 3, 6:

Homero,

Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:

Pindaricis plectris,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—

Inter se:

hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3:

viribus inter se,

Lucr. 3, 784.— Impers.:

interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur,

the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—

Absol.:

proelio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.;

3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo,

id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.— Impers.:

summo jure contenditur,

Cic. Caecin. 23, 65:

de his lite contenditur,

Quint. 3, 4, 8:

de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur,

id. 10, 5, 13.—

In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit;

illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.—

( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.

With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1:

id cum defensione nostrā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93:

rationem meam cum tuā ratione,

id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—

With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—

With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30:

vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—

With [p. 447] acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29:

ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

leges,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes,

Tac. A. 12, 1:

vetera et praesentia,

id. ib. 13, 3.—

( Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain:

cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem,

Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so,

ab aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.:

a magistris de proferendo die,

id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

ne quid contra aequitatem,

id. Off. 2, 20, 71:

omni opere, ut, etc.,

Suet. Dom. 2:

magno opere, ne, etc.,

id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3:

pertinaciter,

id. Caes. 1.—

( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.

With acc. and inf.:

sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15:

apud eos contendit falsa esse delata,

Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1:

illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos... scientes fuisse,

Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—

Absol. (very rare):

si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,

Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight:

qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:

acies oculorum,

Lucr. 1, 325; cf.:

contentis oculis prosequi aliquem,

Suet. Tib. 7:

contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa),

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves),

Verg. G. 3, 536:

Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia,

with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—

Trop., eager, intent:

contenta mens fuit in eā ratione,

Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515:

et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus,

id. Sest. 6, 13.— Sup.:

contentissimā voce clamitans,

App. M. 4, p. 147.— Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently:

pro se dicere... mittere contentius,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.:

acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare,

Gell. 18, 1, 2:

contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius,

id. de Or. 3, 55, 212:

aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare,

Gell. 3, 3, 1.

con-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. and n. [teneo].

Act., to hold or keep together.

In gen. (rare).

Lit. (syn.:

coërceo, conjungo): contine quaeso caput,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 26:

quod omnem continet amplexu terram,

Lucr. 5, 319; cf.:

mundus omnia conplexu suo coërcet et continet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58:

vitem levi nodo,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:

magni refert primordia saepe cum quibus... contineantur,

Lucr. 1, 818; 1, 908; 2, 761;

2, 1008: pars oppidi, mari dijuncta angusto, ponte adjungitur et continetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117.—

Of places, to bound, limit, enclose (very rare in act.):

reliquum spatium mons continet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

Oceanus ponto qua continet orbem,

Tib. 4, 1, 147; but more freq. in pass., to be comprised, enclosed, surrounded, encompassed, environed by:

qui vicus altissimis montibus undique continetur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1; so,

undique loci naturā Helvetii,

id. ib. 1, 2:

mare montibus angustis,

id. ib. 4, 23:

una pars Galliae Garumnā flumine, Oceano, finibus Belgarum,

id. ib. 1, 1.—

Trop.:

omnes artes quasi cognatione quādam inter se continentur,

hang together, Cic. Arch. 1, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods and species of composition.,

With partic. access. ideas.

With the access. idea of firmness, quiet, permanence, etc., to hold or keep together, to keep, hold fast, preserve, retain (syn. servo).

Lit.:

(alvus) arcet et continet... quod recepit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:

merces (opp. partiri),

id. Vatin. 5, 12; cf.

exercitum (opp. dividere),

Liv. 28, 2, 16:

arida continent odorem diutius,

Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39.—

Trop.:

nec ulla res vehementius rem publicam continet quam fides,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:

Remos reliquosque Belgas in officio,

Caes. B. G. 3, 11:

in officio Dumnorigem,

id. ib. 5, 7:

te in exercitatione,

Cic. Fam. 7, 19 fin.:

te in tuis perenuibus studiis,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

ceteros in armis (plaga),

Liv. 9, 41, 15:

alicujus hospitio,

Nep. Lys. 1, 5.—

With the access. idea of hindering, preventing motion, to keep, keep still, detain, restrain, repress, enclose.

Lit.: milites [p. 449] sub pellibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; cf.:

pecudem sub tecto,

Col. 7, 10, 3:

exercitum castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 11; Liv. 31, 26, 6; 28, 9, 14 al.; cf.:

nostros in castris (tempestates),

Caes. B. G. 4, 34; 6, 36; and:

copias in castris,

id. B. C. 1, 66; 3, 30; Auct. B. Afr. 1; 7; Liv. 36, 17, 9:

Pompeium quam angustissime,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

aliquem limine,

Liv. 34, 1, 5:

ora frenis,

Phaedr. 3, 6, 7:

ventos carcere,

Ov. M. 11, 432:

animam in dicendo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261 et saep.:

se ruri,

to stay, remain, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 17; cf.:

se domi,

Suet. Caes. 81:

suo se loco,

Caes. B. G. 4, 34:

oppido sese,

id. ib. 2, 30:

castris se continere,

id. B. C. 3, 37:

se vallo,

id. B. G. 5, 44:

se finibus Romanis,

Liv. 39, 17, 4; 34, 58, 3:

moenibus sese,

id. 42, 7, 4:

agrorum suorum terminis se,

id. 38, 40, 2:

se moenibus,

Ov. M. 13, 208:

sese intra silvas,

Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

suos intra munitionem,

id. ib. 5, 57;

5, 58: milites intra castrorum vallum,

id. B. C. 3, 76; Liv. 31, 34, 9;

Auct. B. Afr. 24: intra castra militem,

Tac. H. 4, 19:

praesidibus provinciarum propagavit imperium, ut a peritis et assuetis socii continerentur,

Suet. Aug. 23 et saep.:

an te auspicium commoratum est? an tempestas continet?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 67.—

Trop., to hold back, detain, repress, hold in check, curb, check, stay, stop, tame, subdue, etc. (syn. cohibeo):

adpetitiones animi,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22:

omnis cupiditates,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32:

modeste insolentiam suam,

id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

risum,

id. Fin. 4, 25, 71 et saep.:

formido mortales omnes,

Lucr. 1, 151:

Etruriam non tam armis quam judiciorum terrore,

Liv. 29, 36, 10:

oppida magis metu quam fide,

id. 30, 20, 5; cf.:

quosdam continet metus,

Quint. 1, 3, 6:

solo metu,

id. 12, 7, 2 et saep.:

animum a consuetā libidine,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

temeritatem ab omni lapsu (with cohibere),

Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 45:

suos a proelio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15:

manum juventus Metu deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 37 al.:

se ab adsentiendo,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104; so,

se ab exemplis,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

temperans, qui se in aliquā libidine continuerit,

id. Par. 3, 1, 21:

se male continet amens,

Ov. M. 4, 351:

male me, quin vera faterer, Continui,

id. ib. 7, 729:

nequeo continere quin loquar,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 28.—

Mid.: contineri, quin complectar, non queo,

restrain myself, refrain, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 128; cf.:

vix me contineo, quin, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 20:

jam nequeo contineri,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 60; cf.:

vix contineor,

Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 9:

quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo optime,

keep it to myself, conceal it, id. Eun. 1, 2, 23:

ea quae continet, neque adhuc protulit, explicet nobis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 206:

dicta,

id. ib. 2, 55, 222.—

With the access. idea of containing, to comprise, contain, involve, comprehend something in itself (syn. complector):

(aqua gelum) quod continet in se, mittit,

Lucr. 6, 877; cf.:

ut omnia, quae aluntur et crescunt, contineant in se vim caloris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23; so,

in se,

Quint. 1, 6, 31; 2, 10, 2:

Quattuor aeternus genitalia corpora mundus Continet,

Ov. M. 15, 240:

rem militarem,

Liv. 5, 52, 16:

panis innumeras paene continet medicinas,

Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138:

(linea) centum continet (pedes),

Quint. 1, 10, 44:

Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent,

Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2:

paucas species (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 18:

tales res, quales hic liber continet,

Cic. Or. 43, 148; Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

narrationes, quae summam criminis contineant,

Quint. 4, 2, 10:

fabula stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

liber primus ea continebit, quae, etc., Quint. prooem. § 21: tertia epistula continebat, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 5.—With subj.-clause:

quando ipsos loqui deceat, quartus liber continet,

Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Esp. freq.,

In pass.: contineri aliquā re, to be contained in something, be composed of, consist of or in, to rest upon, to be supported by, etc.:

terreno corpore,

Lucr. 1, 1085:

non venis et nervis et ossibus continentur (dii),

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

artem negabat esse ullam, nisi quae cognitis penitusque perspectis... rebus contineretur,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 92:

forma honestatis, quae tota quattuor his virtutibus... continetur,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

versus paucis (pedibus) continetur,

Quint. 9, 4, 60: quae philosophorum libris continentur, id. prooem. § 11; cf. id. 5, 10, 111 et saep.: artes, quae conjecturā continentur et sunt opinabiles, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

foedere,

Liv. 41, 23, 9:

actu,

Quint. 2, 18, 5; 12, 9, 1; 3, 7, 28.—Rarely with in and abl.:

forum, in quo omnis aequitas continetur,

Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2; cf.:

quibus (legibus) in singulis civitatibus res publica continetur,

id. Off. 3, 5, 23.—

Neutr., to hold together in itself, to hang together (in the verb. finit. very rare; but freq. as P. a.; cf. also the deriv. continuus):

per hortum utroque commeatus continet,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 43.—Hence,

contĭnens, entis, P. a.

(Acc. to II.) Holding or hanging together (freq. and class.).

Bordering upon, neighboring, contiguous, lying near, adjacent (syn.: junctus, adjunctus, contiguus); constr. with dat., cum, or absol.

Prop.:

aër mari,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 117:

continentia atque adjuncta praedia huic fundo,

id. Caecin. 4, 11:

(mare) dissimile est proximo ei continenti,

id. Ac. 2, 33, 105 al.:

Cappadociae pars ea, quae cum Cilicià continens est,

id. Fam. 15, 2, 2:

(Morini) continentes silvas ac paludes habebant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28; cf. so absol.:

parum locuples continente ripā,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 22; cf.:

pars eorum, qui propiores erant continenti litori,

Liv. 44, 28, 12.— Subst.: contĭnentĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. loca), adjoining places, the neighborhood:

Cherronesum et continentia usque Atho montem,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 215 al.:

urbis,

the suburbs, Dig. 50, 16, 147.—

Trop., in time, following, next:

continentibus diebus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84;

and of other abstract things: motus sensui junctus et continens,

Cic. N. D. 1, 11, 26:

timori perpetuo ipsum malum continens fuit,

followed at its heels, Liv. 5, 39, 8.—

Holding together, cohering in itself, connected, continuous, uninterrupted.

Prop.:

continens agmen migrantium,

Liv. 1, 29, 4:

agmen,

id. 2, 50, 7; 8, 8, 13 al.:

ruinae,

id. 21, 8, 5; terra, the mainland, continent, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 274, 6; Nep. Them. 3, 2; and in the same sense far more freq. subst.: contĭnens, entis, f. (rarely masc., Curt. 4, 2, 1 Zumpt, dub.; abl. in e and i equally used;

v. the 4th and 5th books of Caes. B. G.),

Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 4, 28; 4, 31; 4, 36 bis et saep.; Nep. Milt. 7, 3; Liv. 35, 43, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128; Suet Aug. 65; id. Tib. 40 et saep.—

Trop., in time, continual, consecutive, uninterrupted:

labor omnium dierum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Liv. 42, 54, 3:

bella,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

imperium usque ad nos,

Liv. 7, 30, 8:

imber per noctem totam,

id. 23, 44, 6:

biduo,

Suet. Calig. 19:

febres sine intermissione,

Cels. 3, 5 fin.:

e continenti genere,

in continuous descent, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

spiritus,

id. de Or. 3, 57, 216 et saep.: ex continenti (sc. tempore), instantly, immediately, = continuo, statim, Just. 1, 9; so,

in continenti,

Dig. 44, 5, 1.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2. b.) That restrains his passions, continent, moderate, temperate, enkratês (rare, but in good prose):

continentior in vitā hominum quam in pecuniā,

Caes. B. C. 1, 23:

cum reges tam sint continentes, multo magis consularis esse oportere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1:

puer,

id. Att. 6, 6, 3:

Epaminondas,

Nep. Epam. 3, 2 al. — Sup., Cic. Par. 1, 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 71.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) In rhet., subst.: contĭnens, entis, n., that on which something rests or depends, the chief point, hinge:

causae,

Cic. Part. Or. 29, 103; id. Top. 25, 95:

intuendum videtur, quid sit quaestio, ratio, judicatio, continens, vel ut alii vocant, firmamentum,

Quint. 3, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. § 18 sqq.— Adv.: contĭnen-ter.

(Acc. to A. 2.)

In space, in unbroken succession, in a row. continenter sedetis, Cat. 37, 6.—More freq. and class.,

In time, continuously, without interruption:

totā nocte ierunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

jam amplius horis sex pugnaretur,

id. ib. 3, 5:

biduum lapidibus pluit,

Liv. 25, 7, 7:

usque ad ipsum negotium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 37:

ferri imagines,

id. N. D. 1, 39, 109.—

(Acc. to B.) Temperately, moderately (rare):

vivere,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; in sup.:

vivere,

Aug. Ep. 199; id. Conf. 6, 12.—Hence also,

contentus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2. b.); medial., satisfying one's self with, contented, satisfied, content (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. in gen. with the abl.; more rarely absol.; after the Aug. per. very freq. with the inf.

With abl.: his versibus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 264, 3:

suis rebus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51:

paucis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 16:

illā (sorte),

id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

viverem uti contentus eo quod mī ipse parasset,

id. ib. 1, 4, 108; cf. Suet. Aug. 82:

solā Dianā,

Verg. A. 11, 582.—

Absol.:

cum ipsum audires sine comparatione, non modo contentus esses, sed melius non quaereres,

Cic. Brut. 35, 134; so comp., Plaut. Poen. 2, 15.—

With inf.:

indagare,

Ov. M. 1, 461:

edidicisse,

id. ib. 2, 638:

retinere titulum provinciae,

Vell. 2, 49:

hostes sustinuisse,

id. 2, 112:

indicare,

Quint. 4, 2, 128:

ostendere,

id. 5, 10, 31:

id consequi, quod imiteris,

id. 10, 2, 7 et saep.— Adv.: contentē (ante-and post-class., and rare), in a restrained manner, closely:

arte contenteque habere aliquem,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63:

parce contenteque vivere,

Pacat. Pan. Theod. 13.

dē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (the syncop. forms decreram, etc., decrerim, etc., decresse are freq. in Cicero and Liv., also Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 25; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 73; 2, 1, 15, but not in Caes., where is only decreverat, B. G. 4, 17; 5, 5 fin.; 5, 53, 2), v. a. and n.

(acc. to cerno, no. II. 3.) To decide, determine any thing disputed or doubtful. For syn. cf.: scisco, jubeo, statuo, constituo, dico, sancio, consilium capio, destino, obstino, definio, determino.

Prop., of a judge, magistrate, etc., to pronounce a decision respecting something; to decide, judge, determine, decree; to vote for any thing (very freq. and class.).—Const. with acc., with acc. et inf., a relat. clause, with de, or absol.:

alias (Verres praetor) revocabat eos, inter quos jam decreverat decretumque mutabat, alias, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46:

si quod est admissum facinus, si caedes facta, idem (Druides) decernunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 5:

consules de consilii sententia decreverunt secundum Buthrotios,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, § 11: decernere vindicias secundum servitutem, in favor of slavery, i. e. restore the slave to his master, Liv. 3, 47, 5; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4:

cum senatus triumphum Africano decerneret,

id. Fin. 4, 9, 22; cf.

of a single senator: non decrevi solum, sed etiam ut vos decerneretis laboravi,

id. Prov. Cons. 11, 28;

so supplicationem decernere,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 11;

so also: Crassus tres legatos decernit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

D. Junius silanus supplicium sumendum decreverat,

Sall. C. 50, 4:

quando id bellum senatus decrevisset, quando id bellum populus R. jussisset?

Liv. 41, 7; 42, 36; id. 5, 36; id. 26, 2:

id quod senatus me auctore decrevit,

Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 2:

qui ordo decrevit invitus,

on compulsion, Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13:

Ligures ambobus consulibus decernuntur,

id. Liv. 42, 10; cf.:

provinciam desponsam non decretam habere,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 15 (v. the whole passage in connection):

provinciae privatis decernuntur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 6, 4 et saep.:

ex annuo sumptu, qui mihi decretus esset,

Cic. Att. 7, 1, 6 et saep.:

mea virtute atque diligentia perditorum hominum patefactam esse conjurationem decrevistis,

id. Cat. 4, 3: cum pontifices decressent ita;

SI, etc.,

id. Att. 4, 2, 3:

senatus decrevit populusque jussit, ut, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 67: in jure dicundo, ita decrevit, ut, etc., Suet. Galb. 7; cf.

of individuals: Hortensii et mea et Luculli sententia... tibi decernit, ut regem reducas, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3.— Impers.:

in parricidas rei publicae decretum esse,

Sall. Cat. 51, 25.—Esp. of the emperor, to determine the law by deciding a case:

quodcumque imperator cognoscens decrevit, legem esse constat,

Dig. 1, 4, 1, § 1; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6.

Transf., beyond the judicial sphere, to decide, determine, judge: qui nequeas nostrorum uter sit Amphitruo decernere, Plaut. fragm. ap. Non. 285, 26:

rem dubiam decrevit vox opportune emissa,

Liv. 5, 55; cf.:

primus clamor atque impetus rem decrevit,

id. 25, 41; Plin. 17, 27, 46, § 258:

de his Catonis praecepta decernent,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 190:

duo talenta pro re nostra ego esse decrevi satis,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 67; id. Hec. 4, 1, 27:

quam decrerim me non posse diutius habere,

id. ib. 1, 2, 73:

in quo omnia mea posita esse decrevi,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 3; id. Att. 3, 15, 7:

illum decrerunt dignum, suos cui liberos committerent,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15:

in ejus controversiis quid decernas, non a te peto,

Cic. Fam. 13, 59: aliquem decernere hostem, to proclaim one an enemy by a formal decree, id. Phil. 11, 7, 16.— Absol.:

nequeo satis decernere,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 5.

Milit., to decide by combat; hence (like cernere and certare), in gen., to fight, combat, contend:

castra castris conferamus, et Samnis Romanusne imperio Italiam regant, decernamus,

Liv. 8, 23, 9; id. 1, 23, 9:

in ipso illo gladiatorio vitae certamine, quod ferro decernitur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:

proelium,

id. Fam. 10, 10:

pugnam,

Liv. 28, 14; cf. id. ib. 33: de bello decernere, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin. Oud. N. cr.:

ne armis decernatur,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; cf.:

ferro ancipiti decernunt,

Verg. A. 7, 525:

and armis, ferro,

id. ib. 11, 218; 12, 282; 695 (cf. et cernere ferro, id. ib. 709):

cursibus et crudo caestu,

id. G. 3, 20:

cornibus inter se,

id. ib. 218:

lapidibus et subselliorum fragminibus,

Suet. Ner. 26 et saep.:

contra magnam vim hostium, artificio magis quam viribus, Auct. B. Afr. 14: acie,

Liv. 2, 14; Nep. Milt. 4, 4:

proelio cum proditore,

Just. 13, 8, 4:

classe decreturi,

Nep. Hann. 10, 4:

integriore exercitu,

id. Eum. 9 fin.—Absol.:

decernendi potestatem Pompeio fecit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 41; cf. Liv. 21, 41.

Transf., beyond the milit. sphere:

decernite criminibus, mox ferro decreturi,

Liv. 40, 8 fin. —So of a judicial contest:

uno judicio de fortunis omnibus decernit,

Cic. Quint. 2, 6; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 29;

and qui judicio decernent,

id. 12, 7, 5:

de salute reipublicae,

Cic. Att. 8, 5, 2:

pro mea omni fama fortunisque,

id. de Or. 2, 49:

utinam meo solum capite decernerem,

id. Att. 10, 9; Caes. B. C. 1, 35, 3.

With reference to one's own acts, to decide, determine on doing something; to determine, resolve on something (freq. in all periods and styles).—Constr., with inf. and with acc. and inf.:

si tu fluctus e gurgite tollere decreris, Lucil. ap. Rufin. § 26 (p. 238 ed. Frotsch.): quicquid peperisset decreverunt tollere,

Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 14:

Caesar his de causis Rhenum transire decreverat,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17 et saep.:

eos me decretum est persequi mores patris,

Plaut. Asin. 1, 1, 58; id. Stich. 1, 3, 65; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56; cf.:

certum atque decretum est non dare signum,

Liv. 2, 45:

reliquam aetatem a republica procul habendam decrevi,

Sall. C. 4. With ut and subjunct.:

hic decernit ut miser sit,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 65.—With accus.:

quicquam decernere,

id. ib. —Hence, dē-crētum, i, n.

(Acc. to no. I. A.) A decree, decision, ordinance of any political or judicial body (for syn. cf.:

scitum, edictum, consilium, jus): senatus Caelium ab rep. removendum censuit. Hoc decreto eum consul senatu prohibuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 3:

si qui eorum (sc. Druidum) decreto non stetit, sacrificiis interdicunt,

id. B. G. 6, 13, 5; cf. id. ib. §

10: vestra responsa atque decreta evertuntur saepe dicendo,

Cic. Mur. 13 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48:

decurionum,

id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25 et saep.:

Caesaris,

Vulg. Act. 17, 7.—Esp. leg. t. t., a decision of the emperor as judge, a precedent (cf. rescriptum), Gai. 1, 5; Just. Inst. 2, 15, 4.—

Transf., in philos. lang. as a translation of the Gr. dogma, principle, doctrine, precept, Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27; id. ib. § 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 2 sq. and 95, 9 sq. (quis philoso, phorum) decretis suis paret? Lact. 3, 15, 3.

ex-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio].

(With the notion of the ex predominating.) To take or draw out.

Lit. (rarely): aliquem e mari, to draw out, fish out, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 293, 26 (Rep. 4, 8, 8 Baiter):

vidulum (e mari),

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 140 sq.:

dens manu, forcipe,

Cels. 7, 12, 1:

telum (e vulnere),

id. 7, 5, 1:

clipeum cristasque rubentes Excipiam sorti,

to withdraw, exempt, Verg. A. 9, 271.—

Trop.

In gen.: servitute exceptus, withdrawn, i. e. rescued from slavery, Liv. 33, 23, 2:

nihil jam cupiditati, nihil libidini exceptum,

exempt, Tac. Agr. 15.—

In partic.

To except, make an exception of (freq. and class.):

hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter,

Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

qui (Democritus) ita sit ausus ordiri: Haec loquor de universis. Nihil excipit, de quo non profiteatur,

id. Ac. 2, 23, 73; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 28:

Lacedaemonii ipsi, cum omnia concedunt in amore juvenum praeter stuprum, tenui sane muro dissaepiunt id, quod excipiunt,

id. Rep. 4, 4:

senex talos elidi jussit conservis meis: sed me excepit,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 13.—With ne:

Licinia lex, quae non modo eum, qui, etc.... sed etiam collegas ejus, cognatos, affines excipit, ne eis ea potestas curatiove mandetur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 21;

so in legal limitations,

id. ib. 2, 9, 24; id. Balb. 14, 32; see also exceptio.—With ut, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, 26:

excepi de antiquis praeter Xenophanem neminem,

id. Div. 1, 39, 87:

ut in summis tuis laudibus excipiant unam iracundiam,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, 37:

dolia, in horreis defossa, si non sint nominatim in venditione excepta, etc.,

Dig. 18, 1, 76; so ib. 77.—In the abl. absol.:

omnium mihi videor, exceptis, Crasse, vobis duobus, eloquentissimos audisse Ti. et C. Sempronios,

you two excepted, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38; cf.:

vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitia praestabilius esse putetis,

id. Lael. 27 fin.:

exceptā sapientiā,

id. ib. 6, 20. — Neutr. absol.:

excepto, quod non simul esses, cetera laetus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 50:

excepto, si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur,

Quint. 8, 3, 38; Pers. 5, 90; Aug. Serm. 17, 3; 46, 2.—Hence,

Jurid. t. t., said of the defendant, to except, to make a legal exception to the plaintiff's statement:

verum est, quod qui excipit, probare debeat, quod excipitur,

Dig. 22, 3, 9; so ib. 18:

adversus aliquem,

ib. 16, 1, 17 et saep.; cf. exceptio and the authorities there cited.—

In an oration, a law, etc., to express by name, to make particular mention of, to state expressly (rare, and perh. not anteAug.):

cum Graecos Italia pellerent, excepisse medicos,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 16: vites in tantum sublimes, ut vindemitor auctoratus rogum ac tumulum excipiat, expressly stipulates for (in case he should fall and break his neck), id. 14, 1, 3, § 10.

(With the notion of the verb predominating.) To take a thing to one's self (in a good or bad sense), to catch, capture, take, receive.

Lit.

In gen.:

sanguinem paterā,

Cic. Brut. 11, 43; cf. Col. 9, 15, 9:

e longinquo sucum,

Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 78:

labentem excepit,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43: se in pedes, to take to one's feet, i. e. spring to the ground, Liv. 4, 19, 4:

filiorum extremum spiritum ore,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; cf.:

tunicis fluentibus auras,

Ov. A. A. 3, 301:

omnium tela,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177; so,

tela,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 3:

vulnera,

Cic. Sest. 10, 23; cf.:

vulnus ore,

Quint. 6, 3, 75; and:

plagae genus in se,

Lucr. 2, 810:

o terram illam beatam, quae hunc virum exceperit!

Cic. Mil. 38, 105; cf.: hunc (Mithridatem) in timore et fuga Tigranes excepit, id de. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

aliquem benigno vultu,

Liv. 30, 14, 3; cf.

also: hic te polenta excipiet,

Sen. Ep. 21 med.:

aliquem epulis,

Tac. G. 21:

multos ex fuga dispersos excipiunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6. alios vagos per hiberna milites excipiebant, Liv. 33, 29, 2: speculator, exceptus a juvenibus mulcatur, id. 40, 7, 4: cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 5:

servos in pabulatione,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 9:

incautum,

Verg. A. 3, 332:

(uri) mansuefieri ne parvuli quidem excepti possunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 4:

aprum latitantem,

Hor. C. 3, 12, 10:

caprum insidiis,

Verg. E. 3, 18:

fugientes feras,

Phaedr. 1, 11, 6:

aprum, feram venabulo,

Quint. 4, 2, 17; Sen. Prov. 2 et saep.—

Of inanimate subjects:

postero die patenti itinere Priaticus campus eos excepit,

received them, Liv. 38, 41, 8:

silva tum excepit ferum,

Phaedr. 1, 12, 9; Quint. 2, 12, 2. —

In partic.

To come next to, to follow after, succeed a thing:

linguam ad radices ejus haerens excipit stomachus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135: quinque milia passuum proxima intercedere itineris campestris;

inde excipere loca aspera et montuosa,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66 fin.:

alios alii deinceps,

id. B. G. 5, 16 fin. — Poet.:

porticus excipiebat Arcton,

i. e. was turned to the north, looked towards the north, Hor. C. 2, 15, 16.—

In medic. lang.: aliquid aliqua re, to take something in something, i. e. mixed with something:

quae (medicamenta) excipiuntur cerato ex rosa facto,

Cels. 5, 18, 20; 5, 25, 5; 6; 12 et saep.—

Trop.

In gen., to take or catch up, to intercept:

genus divinationis naturale, quod animus arripit aut excipit extrinsecus ex divinitate,

Cic. Div. 2, 11, 26; cf.:

posteaquam vidit, illum excepisse laudem ex eo, quod,

i. e. obtained, id. Att. 1, 14, 3: subire coëgit et excipere pericula, to take upon one's self, to receive, support, sustain (the figure being taken from the reception of an enemy's blows or shots), Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

Germani celeriter phalange facta impetus gladiorum exceperunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52, 4; so,

impetus,

id. B. C. 1, 58, 1:

vim frigorum hiememque,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42:

labores magnos,

id. Brut. 69, 243 et saep.:

excipimus nova illa cum favore et sollicitudine,

receive, Quint. 10, 1, 15:

verba risu,

id. 1, 2, 7:

praecepta ad excipiendas hominum voluntates,

for taking captive, Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32:

invidiam,

to draw upon one's self, Nep. Dat. 5, 2.—

Of inanim. or abstr. subjects:

quae (sublicae) cum omni opere conjunctae vim fluminis exciperent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 9; 3, 13, 1:

quid reliquis accideret, qui quosque eventus exciperent,

i. e. would befall, overtake them, Caes. B. C. 1, 21 fin.; Verg. A. 3, 318; Liv. 1, 53, 4.—

In partic.

To catch with the ear, esp. eagerly or secretly, to catch up, listen to, overhear:

maledicto nihil facilius emittitur, nihil citius excipitur,

Cic. Planc. 23, 57; id. Sest. 48, 102:

assensu populi excepta vox consulis,

Liv. 8, 6, 7:

ad has excipiendas voces speculator missus,

id. 40, 7, 4; 2, 4, 5; 4, 30, 3:

laudem avidissimis auribus excipit,

Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 3:

notis quoque excipere velocissime solitum,

i. e. to write down in shorthand, Suet. Tit. 3:

rumores,

Cic. Deiot. 9, 25; cf.

voces,

Liv. 40, 7, 4:

sermonem eorum,

id. 2, 4, 5:

furtivas notas,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 18.—

To follow after, to succeed a thing in time or the order of succession (cf. above, A. 2. a.):

tristem hiemem pestilens aestas excepit,

Liv. 5, 13, 4:

Herculis vitam et virtutem immortalitas excepisse dicitur,

Cic. Sest. 68, 143:

violis succedit rosa: rosam cyanus excipit, cyanum amarantus,

Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68:

excipit Pompilium Numam Tullus Hostilius,

Flor. 1, 3, 1:

hunc (locutum) Labienus excepit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 87, 1.— Absol.:

turbulentior inde annus excepit,

succeeded, followed, Liv. 2, 61, 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 88, 2:

re cognita tantus luctus excepit, ut, etc.,

id. B. C. 2, 7, 3.—Hence,

Transf.: aliquid, to continue, prolong a thing:

memoriam illius viri excipient omnes anni consequentes,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 19; Liv. 38, 22, 3:

vices alicujus,

Just. 11, 5.— Poet. with inf., Sil. 13, 687.

sīc (old form sīce, Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 12; also seic, C. I. L. 818), adv. [for si - ce; si, locat. form of pron. stem sa- = Gr. ho, ha, or hê, and demonstr. -ce; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 777], so, thus, in this or that manner, in such a manner, in the same way or manner, in like manner, likewise, to this or that extent or degree, to such a degree, in this or that state or condition, in such a condition (syn. ita); sic refers, I. To a previous fact, description, or assumption.—II. To a subsequent independent sentence, = thus, as follows. —III. As a local demonstrative (deiktikôs), referring to something done or pointed out by the speaker, = thus, as I do it; thus, as you see, etc.—IV. As a correlative, preceding or following clauses introduced by conjunctions. —V. In certain idiomatic connections.

Referring to something said before, = hoc modo: sic ille annus duo firmamenta rei publicae evertit, so, i. e. in the manner mentioned, Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3:

sic et nata et progressa eloquentia videtur,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 3:

facinus indignum Sic circumiri,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:

sic deinceps omne opus contexitur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

arare mavelim quam sic amare,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 21:

sic se res habet,

Cic. Brut. 18, 71:

sic regii constiterant,

Liv. 42, 58:

sic res Romana in antiquum statum rediit,

id. 3, 9, 1:

sic ad Alpes perventum est,

Tac. H. 1, 84; cf. Enn. Ann. 1, 104; Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 88; Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 11; Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86; 2, 32, 100; id. de Or. 1, 32, 146; 2, 49, 201; 3, 29, 117; id. Brut. 40, 149; id. Rep. 2, 14, 27; 2, 20, 35; id. Lael. 9, 32; Liv. 4, 11, 5; 6, 17, 1; Caes. B. G. 3, 19; 6, 30; 7, 62.—Often sic does not qualify the main predicate, but a participle or adjective referring to it:

sic igitur instructus veniat ad causas,

Cic. Or. 34, 121:

cum sic affectos dimisisset,

Liv. 21, 43, 1:

sic omnibus copiis fusis se in castra recipiunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 6:

sic milites consolatus eodem die reducit in castra,

id. ib. 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 7, 62; Ov. M. 1, 32.—

In a parenthet. clause (= ita):

quae, ut sic dicam, ad corpus pertinent civitatis,

so to speak, Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 168:

commentabar declamitans—sic enim nunc loquuntur,

id. Brut. 90, 310; cf. id. Att. 12, 39, 2; id. Lael. 11, 39; Liv. 7, 31; Ov. M. 4, 660; 13, 597; 13, 866.—

Referring not to the predicate, but to some intermediate term understood (= ita; cf.

Engl. so): sic provolant duo Fabii (= sic loquentes),

Liv. 2, 46, 7:

sic enim nostrae rationes postulabant (sic = ut sic agerem),

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6:

tibi enim ipsi sic video placere (sic = sic faciendo),

id. ib. 4, 6, 2:

sic enim concedis mihi proximis litteris (= ut sic agam),

id. ib. 5, 20, 1:

sic enim statuerat (= hoc faciendum esse),

id. Phil. 5, 7, 208:

Quid igitur? Non sic oportet? Equidem censeo sic (sic = hoc fieri),

id. Fam. 16, 18, 1:

sic soleo (i. e. bona consilia reddere),

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 25:

sic soleo amicos (i. e. beare),

id. Eun. 2, 2, 48:

sic memini tamen (= hoc ita esse),

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 48:

haec sic audivi (= ita esse),

id. Ep. 3, 1, 79:

sic prorsus existimo (= hoc ita esse),

Cic. Brut. 33, 125:

quoniam sic cogitis ipsi (= hoc facere),

Ov. M. 5, 178.—

As completing object, = hoc:

iis litteris respondebo: sic enim postulas (= hoc postulas),

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 1:

hic adsiste. Sic volo (= hoc volo, or hoc te facere volo),

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15:

sic fata jubent (= hoc jubent, or hoc facere jubent),

Ov. M. 15, 584:

hic apud nos hodie cenes. Sic face,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 8:

sic faciendum est,

Cic. Att. 4, 6, 2.—

Predicatively with esse (appellari, videri, etc.), in the sense of talis:

sic vita hominum est (= talis),

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 84:

vir acerrimo ingenio—sic enim fuit,

id. Or. 5, 18:

familiaris noster—sic est enim,

id. Att. 1, 18, 6:

sic est vulgus,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 20:

sic, Crito, est hic,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 16: sic sum;

si placeo, utere,

id. Phorm. 3, 2, 42:

sic sententiest,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 90:

sic est (= sic res se habet),

that is so, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 21:

qui sic sunt (i. e. vivunt) haud multum heredem juvant,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 10:

nunc hoc profecto sic est,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 42:

sic est. Non muto sententiam,

Sen. Ep. 10; cf. Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 35; id. Am. 2, 1, 60; id. Aul. 2, 4, 43; id. As. 5, 2, 12; id. Most. 4, 3, 40; Ter. And. 1, 1, 35; id. Eun. 3, 1, 18; id. Ad. 3, 3, 44; Cic. Lael. 1, 5; id. de Or. 1, 19, 86; id. Or. 14, 46.—

Rarely as subject (mostly representing a subject-clause):

sic commodius esse arbitror quam manere hanc (sic = abire),

Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 31:

si sic (= hoc) est factum, erus damno auctus est,

id. Heaut. 4, 1, 15: Pe. Quid? Concidit? Mi. Sic suspicio est (= eam concidisse), Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 57:

mihi sic est usus (= sic agere),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 28:

sic opus est (= hoc facere),

Ov. M. 1, 279; 2, 785.—

To express relations other than manner (rare).

Of consequence; un der these circumstances, accordingly, hence:

sic Numitori ad supplicium Remus deditur,

Liv. 1, 5, 4:

sic et habet quod uterque eorum habuit, et explevit quod utrique defuit,

Cic. Brut. 42, 154:

sic victam legem esse, nisi caveant,

Liv. 4, 11, 5:

suavis mihi ructus est. Sic sine modo,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 17. —

Of condition; on this condition, if this be done, etc.:

reliquas illius anni pestes recordamini, sic enim facillime perspicietis, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 25, 55: displiceas aliis;

sic ego tutus ero (sic = si displicebis),

Tib. 4, 13, 6:

Scironis media sic licet ire via (sic = si amantes eunt),

Prop. 4, 15 (3, 16), 12:

sic demum lucos Stygios Aspicies (= non aspicies, nisi hoc facies),

Verg. A. 6, 154 (for sic as antecedent of si, v. infra, IV. 5).—

Of intensity:

non latuit scintilla ingenii: sic erat in omni sermone sollers (= tam sollers erat ut non lateret ingenium),

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37; cf. infra, IV. 4.

Referring to a subsequent sentence, thus, as follows, in the following manner (= hoc modo, hoc pacto, hujusmodi, ad hunc modum):

ingressus est sic loqui Scipio: Catonis hoc senis est, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 1 (cf.:

tum Varro ita exorsus est,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 15): hunc inter pugnas Servilius sic compellat, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 256 Vahl.):

puero sic dicit pater: Noster esto,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38:

sic faciam: adsimulabo quasi quam culpam in sese admiserint,

id. Stich. 1, 2, 27 dub.:

salem candidum sic facito: amphoram puram impleto, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 88: sic enim dixisti:

Vidi ego tuam lacrimulam,

Cic. Planc. 31, 76:

res autem se sic habet: composite et apte sine sententiis dicere insania est,

the truth is this, id. Or. 71, 236:

sic loquere, sic vive: vide, ne te ulla res deprimat,

Sen. Ep. 10, 4; cf. id. ib. 10, 1; Cato, R. R. 77 sqq.; Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 177; Ter. Phorm. prol. 13; Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; 4, 21, 29; 4, 4, 30; Cic. [p. 1691] Inv. 1, 39, 71; id. Or. 1, 45, 198; 2, 40, 167; 2, 40, 172; id. Att. 2, 22, 1; 5, 1, 3; 6, 1, 3; Verg. A. 1, 521.—

Esp., with ellipsis of predicate:

ego sic: diem statuo, etc. (sc. ago),

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 16.—Sometimes sic introduces detached words: sic loqui nosse, judicasse vetant, novisse jubent et judicavisse (= they forbid to say nosse, etc.), Cic. Or. 47, 157.—

For instance (= hoc modo, hoc pacto, ut hoc, verbi gratia, ut si; cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 91 sq. infra):

disjunctum est, cum unumquodque certo concluditur verbo,

Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37:

mala definitio est... cum aliquid non grave dicit, sic: Stultitia est immensa gloriae cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 91.

As a local demonstrative, thus, so, etc. (deiktikôs; colloq.;

mostly comice): ne hunc ornatum vos meum admiremini, quod ego processi sic cum servili schema,

as you see me now, Plaut. Am. prol. 117:

sed amictus sic hac ludibundus incessi,

id. Ps. 5, 1, 31:

nec sic per totam infamis traducerer urbem,

Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 7:

sic ad me, miserande, redis?

Ov. M. 11, 728; cf. Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 4.—So accompanied with a corresponding gesture:

Quid tu igitur sic hoc digitulis duobus sumebas primoribus?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 25: Pe. Quid si curram? Tr. Censeo. Pe. An sic potius placide? (the speaker imitating the motion), id. Rud. 4, 8, 10:

non licet te sic placidule bellam belle tangere?

id. ib. 2, 4, 12:

quod non omnia sic poterant conjuncta manere,

Lucr. 5, 441.—

Here belong the phrases sic dedero, sic dabo, sic datur, expressing a threat of revenge, or satisfaction at another's misfortune: sic dedero! aere militari tetigero lenunculum,

I will give it to him, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 6; id. As. 2, 4, 33:

sic dabo!

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 38:

doletne? hem, sic datur si quis erum servos spernit,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 21:

sic furi datur,

id. Stich. 5, 5, 25; so id. Men. 4, 2, 46.—Referring to an act just performed by the speaker:

sic deinde quicunque alius transiliet moenia mea (= sic pereat, quicunque deinde, etc.),

Liv. 1, 7, 2:

sic eat quaecunque Romana lugebit hostem,

so will every one fare who, id. 1, 26, 5:

sic... Cetera sit fortis castrorum turba tuorum (= sic ut interfeci te),

Ov. M. 12, 285.—So with a comp.-clause expressed:

sic stratas legiones Latinorum dabo, quemadmodum legatum jacentem videtis,

Liv. 8, 6, 6; cf. id. 1, 24, 8 (v. IV. 1. infra).

As correlative, with, 1. A comparative clause (sic far more frequent than ita); 2. A contrasted clause, mostly with ut; 3. A modal clause, with ut (ita more freq. than sic); 4. A clause expressing intensity, introduced by ut; 5. A conditional clause (rare; ita more freq.); 6. With a reason, introduced by quia (ante-class. and very rare); 7. With an inf. clause; 8. With ut, expressing purpose or result.

With comp. clauses, usu. introduced by ut, but also by quemadmodum (very freq.), sicut, velut, tamquam, quasi, quomodo, quam (rare and poet.), ceu (rare; poet. and post-class.), quantus (rare and poet.), qualis (ante-class. and rare).

With ut:

ut cibi satietas subamara aliqua re relevatur, sic animus defessus audiendi admiratione redintegratur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 17, 25:

ut non omnem frugem, neque arborem in omni agro reperire possis, sic non omne facinus in omni vita nascitur,

id. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

ex suo regno sic Mithridates profugit ut ex eodem Ponto Medea quondam profugisse dicitur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22:

ut tu nunc de Coriolano, sic Clitarchus de Themistocle finxit,

id. Brut. 11, 42:

sic moneo ut filium, sic faveo ut mihi, sic hortor ut et pro patria et amicissimum,

id. Fam. 10, 5, 3:

ut vita, sic oratione durus fuit,

id. Brut. 31, 117:

de Lentulo sic fero ut debeo,

id. Att. 4, 6, 1:

sic est ut narro tibi,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 40; Cic. Inv. 2, 8, 28; id. Div. 2, 30, 93; id. de Or. 1, 33, 153; 3, 51, 198; Liv. 1, 47, 2; 2, 52, 7; Ov. M. 1, 495; 1, 539; 2, 165 et saep.—So in the formula ut quisque... sic (more freq. ita), rendered by according as, or the more... the...:

ut quisque rem accurat suam, sic ei procedunt postprincipia denique,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 3:

ut quaeque res est tur pissima, sic maxime et maturissime vindicanda est,

Cic. Caecin. 2, 7; v. Fischer, Gr. II. p. 751.—

With quemadmodum: quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere, sic orator, nisi multitudine audiente, eloquens esse non potest, Cic. Or. 2, 83, 338:

quemadmodum se tribuni gessissent in prohibendo dilectu, sic patres in lege prohibenda gerebant,

Liv. 3, 11, 3:

sic vestras hallucinationes fero, quemadmodum Juppiter ineptias poetarum,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 6; cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 23, 33; 2, 8, 28; 2, 27, 82; id. Or. 3, 52, 200; id. Lael. 4, 16; id. Rosc. Com. 1, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5; Liv. 2, 13, 8; 5, 3, 8; Sen. Ep. 5, 6 (bis); id. Clem. 1, 3, 5; id. Vit. Beat. 23, 4.—

With sicut:

tecum simul, sicut ego pro multis, sic ille pro Appio dixit,

Cic. Brut. 64, 230; 46, 112; id. Or. 2, 44, 186; id. Clu. 2; Caes. B. G. 6, 30; Liv. 4, 57, 11; 7, 13, 8; Sen. Vit. Beat. 9, 2.—

With velut:

velut ipse in re trepida se sit tutatus, sic consulem loca tutiora castris cepisse,

Liv. 4, 41, 6; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; Verg. A. 1, 148; Ov. M. 4, 375; 4, 705.—

With tamquam:

tamquam litteris in cera, sic se ajebat imaginibus quae meminisse vellet, perscribere,

Cic. Or. 2, 88, 360:

quid autem ego sic adhuc egi, tamquam integra sit causa patriciorum?

Liv. 10, 8:

sic Ephesi fui, tamquam domi meae,

Cic. Fam. 13, 69, 1; cf. id. Or. 2, 42, 180; id. Brut. 18, 71; 58, 213; 66, 235; 74, 258; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16; 2, 14, 1; id. Prov. Cons. 12, 31; Sen. Ep. 101, 7.—

With quasi:

hujus innocentiae sic in hac calamitosa fama, quasi in aliqua perniciosissima flamma subvenire,

Cic. Clu. 1, 4:

ea sic observabo quasi intercalatum non sit,

id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

Quid tu me sic salutas quasi dudum non videris?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 51; cf. Cic. Or. 2, 11, 47; id. Inv. 1, 3, 4; id. Sen. 8, 26:

ego sic vivam quasi sciam, etc.,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 3.—

With quomodo:

quomodo nomen in militiam non daret debilis, sic ad iter quod inhabile sciat, non accedet,

Sen. Ot. Sap. 3 (30), 4:

sic demus quomodo vellemus accipere,

id. Ben. 2, 1, 1; id. Ep. 9, 17; id. Ot. Sap. 6, 2 (32 med.); Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 4.—

With ceu:

ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent... sic Martem indomitum Cernimus,

Verg. A. 2, 438.—

With quam:

non sic incerto mutantur flamine Syrtes, quam cito feminea non constat foedus in ira,

Prop. 2, 9, 33; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 281.—

With quantus:

nec sic errore laetatus Ulixes... nec sic Electra... quanta ego collegi gaudia,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 5 sqq.—

With qualis:

imo sic condignum donum quali'st quoi dono datum est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 40.—

Without a correlative particle, in an independent sentence:

Quis potione uti aut cibo dulci diutius potest? sic omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum est (= ut nemo cibo dulci uti diutius potest, sic, etc.),

Cic. Or. 3, 25, 100; cf. id. ib. 19, 63.—

In contrasted clauses, mostly with ut, which may generally be rendered while: ut ad bella suscipienda Gallorum acer ac promptus est animus, sic mollis ad calamitates perferendas mens eorum est (almost = etsi ad bella suscipienda... tamen mollis est, etc., while, etc.), Caes. B. G. 3, 19: a ceteris oblectationibus ut deseror, sic litteris sustentor et recreor, while I am deserted, I am sustained, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 18, 55; id. Fam. 10, 20, 2; Liv. 4, 57, 11; Ov. M. 4, 131; 11, 76.—So freq. two members of the same sentence are coordinated by ut... sic (ita) with almost the same force as a co-ordination by cum... tum, or by sed:

consul, ut fortasse vere, sic parum utiliter in praesens certamen respondit (= vere fortasse, sed parum utiliter),

Liv. 4, 6, 2:

ut nondum satis claram victoriam, sic prosperae spei pugnam imber diremit,

id. 6, 32, 6:

(forma erat) ut non cygnorum, sic albis proxima cygnis,

Ov. M. 14, 509; cf. Liv. 1, 27, 2; 5, 38, 2; 6, 6, 10; Ov. M. 1, 370.—In this use etiam or quoque is sometimes joined with sic (never by Cic. with ita):

nostri sensus, ut in pace semper, sic tum etiam in bello congruebant (= cum... tum),

Cic. Marcell. 6, 16:

ut sunt, sic etiam nominantur senes,

id. Sen. 6, 20:

utinam ut culpam, sic etiam suspitionem vitare potuisses,

id. Phil. 1, 13, 33:

ut superiorum aetatum studia occidunt, sic occidunt etiam senectutis,

id. Sen. 20, 76:

ut voce, sic etiam oratione,

id. Or. 25, 85; id. Top. 15, 59; id. Leg. 2, 25, 62; id. Lael. 5, 19.—More rarely with quem ad modum, quomodo:

ut, quem ad modum est, sic etiam appelletur tyrannus,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2:

quo modo ad bene vivendum, sic etiam ad beate,

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 37. —

With a clause of manner introduced by ut = so that:

sic fuimus semper comparati ut hominum sermonibus quasi in aliquod judicium vocaremur,

Cic. Or. 3, 9, 32:

eam sic audio ut Plautum mihi aut Naevium videar audire,

id. ib. 3, 12, 45:

sic agam vobiscum ut aliquid de vestris vitiis audiatis,

id. ib. 3, 12, 46:

omnia sic suppetunt ut ei nullam deesse virtutem oratoris putem,

id. Brut. 71, 250:

omnis pars orationis esse debet laudabilis, sic ut verbum nullum excidat,

id. Or. 36, 125:

sic tecum agam ut vel respondendi vel interpellandi potestatem faciam,

id. Rosc. Am. 27, 73:

nec vero sic erat umquam non paratus Milo contra illum ut non satis fere esset paratus,

id. Mil. 21, 56:

sic eum eo de re publica disputavit ut sentiret sibi cum viro forti esse pugnandum,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; cf. Plaut. As. 2, 4, 49; id. Mil. 2, 2, 82; Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245; 2, 1, 3; 2, 6, 23; id. Brut. 22, 88; 40, 148; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Planc. 10, 25; id. Fam. 5, 15, 4; Caes. B. G. 2, 32; 5, 17; id. B. C. 3, 56; Prop. 1, 21, 5.—Sometimes the correlative clause is restrictive, and sic = but so, yet so, only so:

mihi sic placuit ut cetera Antisthenis, hominis acuti magis quam eruditi,

Cic. Att. 12, 38, 4:

sic conveniet reprehendi, ut demonstretur etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 46, 86; id. Brut. 79, 274; id. Marcell. 11, 34; id. Att. 13, 3, 1 (ita is more freq. in this sense).—

With a clause expressing intensity (so both with adjj. and verbs; but far less freq. than ita, tam, adeo), to such a degree, so, so far, etc.:

sic ego illum in timorem dabo, ipse sese ut neget esse eum qui siet,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 20 sq.:

conficior lacrimis sic ut ferre non possim,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1:

sic rem fuisse apertam ut judicium fieri nihil attinuerit,

id. Inv. 2, 28, 84:

cujus responso judices sic exarserunt ut capitis hominem innocentissimum condemnarent,

id. Or. 1, 54, 233; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 29; id. Brut. 88, 302; id. Or. 53, 177; 55, 184; id. Rep. 2, 21, 37; 3, 9, 15; id. Lael. 1, 4; id. Planc. 8, 21; id. Verr. 1, 36, 91; id. Balb. 5, 13; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; 1, 16, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 41; Hor. S. 2, 3, 1.—

Rarely conditional clauses have the antecedent sic.

Poet. and in post-Aug. prose, to represent the result of the condition as sure:

sic invidiam effugies, si te non ingesseris oculis, si bona tua non jactaveris, si scieris in sinu gaudere,

Sen. Ep. 105, 3:

sic hodie veniet si qua negavit heri,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 20.—

Denoting with the proviso that, but only if (usu. ita):

decreverunt ut cum populus regem jussisset, id sic ratum esset si patres auctores fuissent,

that the choice should be valid, but only if the Senate should ratify it, Liv. 1, 17, 9:

sic ignovisse putato Me tibi si cenes hodie mecum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 69.—

Sic quia = idcirco quia (very rare): Th. Quid vos? Insanin' estis? Tr. Quidum? Th. Sic quia foris ambulatis, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 20.—

With inf. clause (freq.):

sic igitur sentio, naturam primum atque ingenium ad dicendum vim afferre maximam,

Cic. Or. 1, 25, 113:

sic a majoribus nostris accepimus, praetorem quaestori suo parentis loco esse oportere,

id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61:

ego sic existimo, in summo imperatore quattuor res inesse oportere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 38; cf. Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 5; Cic. Inv. 2, 55, 167; id. de Or. 1, 20, 93; 2, 28, 122; id. Brut. 36, 138; 41, 152; id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 10; id. Verr. 1, 7, 20; Liv. 5, 15, 11.—Esp., after sic habeto (habe, habeas) = scito (only Ciceron.):

sic habeto, in eum statum tuum reditum incidere ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1; so id. ib. 1, 7, 3; 2, 6, 5; 2, 10, 1; 7, 18, 1; 9, 16, 2; id. Att. 2, 25, 1; 5, 1, 5; 5, 20, 1 et saep.—

With ut, expressing purpose or result:

nunc sic faciam, sic consilium est, ad erum ut veniam docte atque astu,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 23:

ab Ariobarzane sic contendi ut talenta, quae mihi pollicebatur, illi daret,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3:

sic accidit ut ex tanto navium numero nulla omnino navis... desideraretur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23; cf. Cato, R. R. 1, 1; Cic. Att. 8, 1, 4; id. Or. 2, 67, 271.

Idiomatic usages of sic.

In a wish, expressed as a conclusion after an imperative ( poet.):

parce: sic bene sub tenera parva quiescat humo (= si parces, bene quiescat),

Tib. 2, 6, 30:

annue: sic tibi sint intonsi, Phoebe, capilli,

id. 2, 5, 121:

pone, precor, fastus... Sic tibi nec vernum nascentia frigus adurat Poma, nec excutiant rapidi florentia venti,

Ov. M. 14, 762: dic [p. 1692] mihi de nostra quae sentis vera puella:

Sic tibi sint dominae, Lygdame, dempta juga,

Prop. 4, 5, 1; Tib. 2, 6, 30.—The imperative may follow the clause with sic:

sic tua Cyrneas fugiant examina taxos... Incipe (sc. cantare) si quid habes (= si incipies cantare, opto tibi ut tua examina, etc.),

Verg. E. 9, 30:

sic tibi (Arethusa) Doris amara suam non intermisceat undam: Incipe (= si incipies, opto tibi ut Doris, etc.),

id. ib. 10, 4:

sic mare compositum, sic sit tibi piscis in unda Credulus... Dic ubi sit,

Ov. M. 8, 857; Sen. Troad. 702; cf.:

sic te Diva potens Cypri... Ventorumque regat pater, Navis... Reddas incolumem Vergilium (= si tu, navis, reddes Vergilium, prosperum precor tibi cursum),

Hor. C. 1, 3, 1; cf.

also: sic venias hodierne: tibi dem turis honores (=si venies, tibi dem),

Tib. 1, 7, 53; cf. Ov. H. 3, 135; 4, 148.—

Sic (like ita) with ut in strong asseveration ( poet.):

sic me di amabunt, ut me tuarum miseritum'st fortunarum (= by the love of the gods, I pity, etc.),

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 54:

Diespiter me sic amabit ut ego hanc familiam interire cupio,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 47:

sic has deus aequoris artes Adjuvet, ut nemo jamdudum littore in isto constitit,

Ov. M. 8, 866:

sic mihi te referas levis, ut non altera nostro limine intulit ulla pedes,

Prop. 1, 18, 11; cf. id. 3, 15 (4, 14), 1; cf.:

vera cano, sic usque sacras innoxia laurus vescar,

Tib. 2, 5, 63.—

In a demonstrative temporal force, like the Gr. houtôs, so, as the matter stands now, as it now is, as it then was, etc.

In gen.:

e Graecis cavendae sunt quaedam familiaritates, praeter hominum perpaucorum, si qui sunt vetere Graecia digni. Sic vero fallaces sunt permulti et leves,

but as things now stand, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 16:

at sic citius qui te expedias his aerumnis reperias,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 8: Pe. Pol tibi istuc credo nomen actutum fore. Tr. Dum interea sic sit, istuc actutum sino, provided it be as it is, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 71:

quotiens hoc tibi ego interdixi, meam ne sic volgo pollicitarere operam,

thus, as you are doing now, id. Mil. 4, 2, 65:

si utrumvis tibi visus essem, Non sic ludibrio tuis factis habitus essem,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 11:

non sic nudos in flumen deicere (voluerunt),

naked, as they are, Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:

sub alta platano... jacentes sic temere,

Hor. C. 2, 11, 14.—Esp., with sine and abl.:

me germanam meam sororem tibi sic sine dote dedisse,

so as she is, without a dowry, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 65:

sic sine malo,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 2:

at operam perire meam sic... perpeti nequeo,

without result, id. Trin. 3, 2, 34 Ritschl, Fleck. (Brix omits sic): nec sic de nihilo fulminis ira cadit (= without cause), Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 52: mirabar hoc si sic abiret, so, i. e. without trouble, Ter. And. 1, 2, 4:

hoc non poterit sic abire,

Cic. Fin. 5, 3, 7; so,

sic abire,

id. Att. 14, 1, 1; Cat. 14, 16; Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 39. —Hence,

With imperatives, esp. with sine: Quid ego hoc faciam postea? sic sine eumpse, just let him alone, i. e. leave him as he is, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 32:

si non vult (numerare), sic sine adstet,

id. As. 2, 4, 54:

sine fores sic, abi,

let the door alone, id. Men. 2, 3, 1; so id. Cas. 3, 6, 36; id. Ps. 1, 5, 62.—

Pregn., implying a concession (= kai houtôs), even as it is now, even without doing so, in spite of it:

nolo bis iterare, sat sic longae fiunt fabulae,

narratives are long enough anyhow, as they are, without saying them twice over, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 154:

sed sic quoque erat tamen Acis,

even as it was, in spite of what has been said, Ov. M. 13, 896; so,

sic quoque fallebat,

id. ib. 1, 698:

sed sic me et libertatis fructu privas et diligentiae,

anyhow, not taking into account what is mentioned, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 4: exhibeas molestiam si quid debeam, qui nunc sic tam es molestus, who art so troublesome even as it is, i. e. without my owing you any thing, Plaut. Pers. 2, 44:

sic quoque parte plebis affecta, fides tamen publica potior senatui fuit,

Liv. 7, 27; cf. Ov. F. 2, 642; Suet. Aug. 78.—

Ellipt., referring to something in the mind of the speaker:

Quod si hoc nunc sic incipiam? Nihil est. Quod si sic? Tantumdem egero. At sic opinor? Non potest,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 8: illa quae aliis sic, aliis secus videntur, to some in one way, to others in another (= aliis aliter), Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47: Quid vini absumpsit! Sic hoc dicens, asperum hoc est, aliud lenius, = this wine is so (the speaker not saying what he thinks of it), Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49: deinde quod illa (quae ego dixi) sive faceta sunt, sive sic, fiunt narrante te venustissima, or so, i. e. or otherwise, Cic. Fam. 15, 21, 2:

monitorem non desiderabit qui dicat, Sic incede, sic cena... sic amico utere, sic cive, sic socio,

Sen. Ep. 114.—

In answers, yes = the French, Italian, and Spanish si (ante - class. and rare): Ph. Phaniam relictam ais? Ge. Sic, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 2: De. Illa maneat? Ch. Sic, id. ib. 5, 3, 30: Ch. Sicine est sententia? Me. Sic, id. Heaut. 1, 1, 114.

sīc (old form sīce, Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 12; also seic, C. I. L. 818), adv. [for si - ce; si, locat. form of pron. stem sa- = Gr. ho, ha, or hê, and demonstr. -ce; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 777], so, thus, in this or that manner, in such a manner, in the same way or manner, in like manner, likewise, to this or that extent or degree, to such a degree, in this or that state or condition, in such a condition (syn. ita); sic refers, I. To a previous fact, description, or assumption.—II. To a subsequent independent sentence, = thus, as follows. —III. As a local demonstrative (deiktikôs), referring to something done or pointed out by the speaker, = thus, as I do it; thus, as you see, etc.—IV. As a correlative, preceding or following clauses introduced by conjunctions. —V. In certain idiomatic connections.

Referring to something said before, = hoc modo: sic ille annus duo firmamenta rei publicae evertit, so, i. e. in the manner mentioned, Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3:

sic et nata et progressa eloquentia videtur,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 3:

facinus indignum Sic circumiri,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:

sic deinceps omne opus contexitur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

arare mavelim quam sic amare,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 21:

sic se res habet,

Cic. Brut. 18, 71:

sic regii constiterant,

Liv. 42, 58:

sic res Romana in antiquum statum rediit,

id. 3, 9, 1:

sic ad Alpes perventum est,

Tac. H. 1, 84; cf. Enn. Ann. 1, 104; Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 88; Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 11; Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86; 2, 32, 100; id. de Or. 1, 32, 146; 2, 49, 201; 3, 29, 117; id. Brut. 40, 149; id. Rep. 2, 14, 27; 2, 20, 35; id. Lael. 9, 32; Liv. 4, 11, 5; 6, 17, 1; Caes. B. G. 3, 19; 6, 30; 7, 62.—Often sic does not qualify the main predicate, but a participle or adjective referring to it:

sic igitur instructus veniat ad causas,

Cic. Or. 34, 121:

cum sic affectos dimisisset,

Liv. 21, 43, 1:

sic omnibus copiis fusis se in castra recipiunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 6:

sic milites consolatus eodem die reducit in castra,

id. ib. 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 7, 62; Ov. M. 1, 32.—

In a parenthet. clause (= ita):

quae, ut sic dicam, ad corpus pertinent civitatis,

so to speak, Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 168:

commentabar declamitans—sic enim nunc loquuntur,

id. Brut. 90, 310; cf. id. Att. 12, 39, 2; id. Lael. 11, 39; Liv. 7, 31; Ov. M. 4, 660; 13, 597; 13, 866.—

Referring not to the predicate, but to some intermediate term understood (= ita; cf.

Engl. so): sic provolant duo Fabii (= sic loquentes),

Liv. 2, 46, 7:

sic enim nostrae rationes postulabant (sic = ut sic agerem),

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6:

tibi enim ipsi sic video placere (sic = sic faciendo),

id. ib. 4, 6, 2:

sic enim concedis mihi proximis litteris (= ut sic agam),

id. ib. 5, 20, 1:

sic enim statuerat (= hoc faciendum esse),

id. Phil. 5, 7, 208:

Quid igitur? Non sic oportet? Equidem censeo sic (sic = hoc fieri),

id. Fam. 16, 18, 1:

sic soleo (i. e. bona consilia reddere),

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 25:

sic soleo amicos (i. e. beare),

id. Eun. 2, 2, 48:

sic memini tamen (= hoc ita esse),

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 48:

haec sic audivi (= ita esse),

id. Ep. 3, 1, 79:

sic prorsus existimo (= hoc ita esse),

Cic. Brut. 33, 125:

quoniam sic cogitis ipsi (= hoc facere),

Ov. M. 5, 178.—

As completing object, = hoc:

iis litteris respondebo: sic enim postulas (= hoc postulas),

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 1:

hic adsiste. Sic volo (= hoc volo, or hoc te facere volo),

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15:

sic fata jubent (= hoc jubent, or hoc facere jubent),

Ov. M. 15, 584:

hic apud nos hodie cenes. Sic face,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 8:

sic faciendum est,

Cic. Att. 4, 6, 2.—

Predicatively with esse (appellari, videri, etc.), in the sense of talis:

sic vita hominum est (= talis),

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 84:

vir acerrimo ingenio—sic enim fuit,

id. Or. 5, 18:

familiaris noster—sic est enim,

id. Att. 1, 18, 6:

sic est vulgus,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 20:

sic, Crito, est hic,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 16: sic sum;

si placeo, utere,

id. Phorm. 3, 2, 42:

sic sententiest,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 90:

sic est (= sic res se habet),

that is so, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 21:

qui sic sunt (i. e. vivunt) haud multum heredem juvant,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 10:

nunc hoc profecto sic est,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 42:

sic est. Non muto sententiam,

Sen. Ep. 10; cf. Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 35; id. Am. 2, 1, 60; id. Aul. 2, 4, 43; id. As. 5, 2, 12; id. Most. 4, 3, 40; Ter. And. 1, 1, 35; id. Eun. 3, 1, 18; id. Ad. 3, 3, 44; Cic. Lael. 1, 5; id. de Or. 1, 19, 86; id. Or. 14, 46.—

Rarely as subject (mostly representing a subject-clause):

sic commodius esse arbitror quam manere hanc (sic = abire),

Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 31:

si sic (= hoc) est factum, erus damno auctus est,

id. Heaut. 4, 1, 15: Pe. Quid? Concidit? Mi. Sic suspicio est (= eam concidisse), Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 57:

mihi sic est usus (= sic agere),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 28:

sic opus est (= hoc facere),

Ov. M. 1, 279; 2, 785.—

To express relations other than manner (rare).

Of consequence; un der these circumstances, accordingly, hence:

sic Numitori ad supplicium Remus deditur,

Liv. 1, 5, 4:

sic et habet quod uterque eorum habuit, et explevit quod utrique defuit,

Cic. Brut. 42, 154:

sic victam legem esse, nisi caveant,

Liv. 4, 11, 5:

suavis mihi ructus est. Sic sine modo,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 17. —

Of condition; on this condition, if this be done, etc.:

reliquas illius anni pestes recordamini, sic enim facillime perspicietis, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 25, 55: displiceas aliis;

sic ego tutus ero (sic = si displicebis),

Tib. 4, 13, 6:

Scironis media sic licet ire via (sic = si amantes eunt),

Prop. 4, 15 (3, 16), 12:

sic demum lucos Stygios Aspicies (= non aspicies, nisi hoc facies),

Verg. A. 6, 154 (for sic as antecedent of si, v. infra, IV. 5).—

Of intensity:

non latuit scintilla ingenii: sic erat in omni sermone sollers (= tam sollers erat ut non lateret ingenium),

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37; cf. infra, IV. 4.

Referring to a subsequent sentence, thus, as follows, in the following manner (= hoc modo, hoc pacto, hujusmodi, ad hunc modum):

ingressus est sic loqui Scipio: Catonis hoc senis est, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 1 (cf.:

tum Varro ita exorsus est,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 15): hunc inter pugnas Servilius sic compellat, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 256 Vahl.):

puero sic dicit pater: Noster esto,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38:

sic faciam: adsimulabo quasi quam culpam in sese admiserint,

id. Stich. 1, 2, 27 dub.:

salem candidum sic facito: amphoram puram impleto, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 88: sic enim dixisti:

Vidi ego tuam lacrimulam,

Cic. Planc. 31, 76:

res autem se sic habet: composite et apte sine sententiis dicere insania est,

the truth is this, id. Or. 71, 236:

sic loquere, sic vive: vide, ne te ulla res deprimat,

Sen. Ep. 10, 4; cf. id. ib. 10, 1; Cato, R. R. 77 sqq.; Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 177; Ter. Phorm. prol. 13; Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; 4, 21, 29; 4, 4, 30; Cic. [p. 1691] Inv. 1, 39, 71; id. Or. 1, 45, 198; 2, 40, 167; 2, 40, 172; id. Att. 2, 22, 1; 5, 1, 3; 6, 1, 3; Verg. A. 1, 521.—

Esp., with ellipsis of predicate:

ego sic: diem statuo, etc. (sc. ago),

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 16.—Sometimes sic introduces detached words: sic loqui nosse, judicasse vetant, novisse jubent et judicavisse (= they forbid to say nosse, etc.), Cic. Or. 47, 157.—

For instance (= hoc modo, hoc pacto, ut hoc, verbi gratia, ut si; cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 91 sq. infra):

disjunctum est, cum unumquodque certo concluditur verbo,

Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37:

mala definitio est... cum aliquid non grave dicit, sic: Stultitia est immensa gloriae cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 91.

As a local demonstrative, thus, so, etc. (deiktikôs; colloq.;

mostly comice): ne hunc ornatum vos meum admiremini, quod ego processi sic cum servili schema,

as you see me now, Plaut. Am. prol. 117:

sed amictus sic hac ludibundus incessi,

id. Ps. 5, 1, 31:

nec sic per totam infamis traducerer urbem,

Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 7:

sic ad me, miserande, redis?

Ov. M. 11, 728; cf. Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 4.—So accompanied with a corresponding gesture:

Quid tu igitur sic hoc digitulis duobus sumebas primoribus?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 25: Pe. Quid si curram? Tr. Censeo. Pe. An sic potius placide? (the speaker imitating the motion), id. Rud. 4, 8, 10:

non licet te sic placidule bellam belle tangere?

id. ib. 2, 4, 12:

quod non omnia sic poterant conjuncta manere,

Lucr. 5, 441.—

Here belong the phrases sic dedero, sic dabo, sic datur, expressing a threat of revenge, or satisfaction at another's misfortune: sic dedero! aere militari tetigero lenunculum,

I will give it to him, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 6; id. As. 2, 4, 33:

sic dabo!

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 38:

doletne? hem, sic datur si quis erum servos spernit,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 21:

sic furi datur,

id. Stich. 5, 5, 25; so id. Men. 4, 2, 46.—Referring to an act just performed by the speaker:

sic deinde quicunque alius transiliet moenia mea (= sic pereat, quicunque deinde, etc.),

Liv. 1, 7, 2:

sic eat quaecunque Romana lugebit hostem,

so will every one fare who, id. 1, 26, 5:

sic... Cetera sit fortis castrorum turba tuorum (= sic ut interfeci te),

Ov. M. 12, 285.—So with a comp.-clause expressed:

sic stratas legiones Latinorum dabo, quemadmodum legatum jacentem videtis,

Liv. 8, 6, 6; cf. id. 1, 24, 8 (v. IV. 1. infra).

As correlative, with, 1. A comparative clause (sic far more frequent than ita); 2. A contrasted clause, mostly with ut; 3. A modal clause, with ut (ita more freq. than sic); 4. A clause expressing intensity, introduced by ut; 5. A conditional clause (rare; ita more freq.); 6. With a reason, introduced by quia (ante-class. and very rare); 7. With an inf. clause; 8. With ut, expressing purpose or result.

With comp. clauses, usu. introduced by ut, but also by quemadmodum (very freq.), sicut, velut, tamquam, quasi, quomodo, quam (rare and poet.), ceu (rare; poet. and post-class.), quantus (rare and poet.), qualis (ante-class. and rare).

With ut:

ut cibi satietas subamara aliqua re relevatur, sic animus defessus audiendi admiratione redintegratur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 17, 25:

ut non omnem frugem, neque arborem in omni agro reperire possis, sic non omne facinus in omni vita nascitur,

id. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

ex suo regno sic Mithridates profugit ut ex eodem Ponto Medea quondam profugisse dicitur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22:

ut tu nunc de Coriolano, sic Clitarchus de Themistocle finxit,

id. Brut. 11, 42:

sic moneo ut filium, sic faveo ut mihi, sic hortor ut et pro patria et amicissimum,

id. Fam. 10, 5, 3:

ut vita, sic oratione durus fuit,

id. Brut. 31, 117:

de Lentulo sic fero ut debeo,

id. Att. 4, 6, 1:

sic est ut narro tibi,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 40; Cic. Inv. 2, 8, 28; id. Div. 2, 30, 93; id. de Or. 1, 33, 153; 3, 51, 198; Liv. 1, 47, 2; 2, 52, 7; Ov. M. 1, 495; 1, 539; 2, 165 et saep.—So in the formula ut quisque... sic (more freq. ita), rendered by according as, or the more... the...:

ut quisque rem accurat suam, sic ei procedunt postprincipia denique,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 3:

ut quaeque res est tur pissima, sic maxime et maturissime vindicanda est,

Cic. Caecin. 2, 7; v. Fischer, Gr. II. p. 751.—

With quemadmodum: quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere, sic orator, nisi multitudine audiente, eloquens esse non potest, Cic. Or. 2, 83, 338:

quemadmodum se tribuni gessissent in prohibendo dilectu, sic patres in lege prohibenda gerebant,

Liv. 3, 11, 3:

sic vestras hallucinationes fero, quemadmodum Juppiter ineptias poetarum,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 6; cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 23, 33; 2, 8, 28; 2, 27, 82; id. Or. 3, 52, 200; id. Lael. 4, 16; id. Rosc. Com. 1, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5; Liv. 2, 13, 8; 5, 3, 8; Sen. Ep. 5, 6 (bis); id. Clem. 1, 3, 5; id. Vit. Beat. 23, 4.—

With sicut:

tecum simul, sicut ego pro multis, sic ille pro Appio dixit,

Cic. Brut. 64, 230; 46, 112; id. Or. 2, 44, 186; id. Clu. 2; Caes. B. G. 6, 30; Liv. 4, 57, 11; 7, 13, 8; Sen. Vit. Beat. 9, 2.—

With velut:

velut ipse in re trepida se sit tutatus, sic consulem loca tutiora castris cepisse,

Liv. 4, 41, 6; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; Verg. A. 1, 148; Ov. M. 4, 375; 4, 705.—

With tamquam:

tamquam litteris in cera, sic se ajebat imaginibus quae meminisse vellet, perscribere,

Cic. Or. 2, 88, 360:

quid autem ego sic adhuc egi, tamquam integra sit causa patriciorum?

Liv. 10, 8:

sic Ephesi fui, tamquam domi meae,

Cic. Fam. 13, 69, 1; cf. id. Or. 2, 42, 180; id. Brut. 18, 71; 58, 213; 66, 235; 74, 258; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16; 2, 14, 1; id. Prov. Cons. 12, 31; Sen. Ep. 101, 7.—

With quasi:

hujus innocentiae sic in hac calamitosa fama, quasi in aliqua perniciosissima flamma subvenire,

Cic. Clu. 1, 4:

ea sic observabo quasi intercalatum non sit,

id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

Quid tu me sic salutas quasi dudum non videris?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 51; cf. Cic. Or. 2, 11, 47; id. Inv. 1, 3, 4; id. Sen. 8, 26:

ego sic vivam quasi sciam, etc.,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 3.—

With quomodo:

quomodo nomen in militiam non daret debilis, sic ad iter quod inhabile sciat, non accedet,

Sen. Ot. Sap. 3 (30), 4:

sic demus quomodo vellemus accipere,

id. Ben. 2, 1, 1; id. Ep. 9, 17; id. Ot. Sap. 6, 2 (32 med.); Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 4.—

With ceu:

ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent... sic Martem indomitum Cernimus,

Verg. A. 2, 438.—

With quam:

non sic incerto mutantur flamine Syrtes, quam cito feminea non constat foedus in ira,

Prop. 2, 9, 33; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 281.—

With quantus:

nec sic errore laetatus Ulixes... nec sic Electra... quanta ego collegi gaudia,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 5 sqq.—

With qualis:

imo sic condignum donum quali'st quoi dono datum est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 40.—

Without a correlative particle, in an independent sentence:

Quis potione uti aut cibo dulci diutius potest? sic omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum est (= ut nemo cibo dulci uti diutius potest, sic, etc.),

Cic. Or. 3, 25, 100; cf. id. ib. 19, 63.—

In contrasted clauses, mostly with ut, which may generally be rendered while: ut ad bella suscipienda Gallorum acer ac promptus est animus, sic mollis ad calamitates perferendas mens eorum est (almost = etsi ad bella suscipienda... tamen mollis est, etc., while, etc.), Caes. B. G. 3, 19: a ceteris oblectationibus ut deseror, sic litteris sustentor et recreor, while I am deserted, I am sustained, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 18, 55; id. Fam. 10, 20, 2; Liv. 4, 57, 11; Ov. M. 4, 131; 11, 76.—So freq. two members of the same sentence are coordinated by ut... sic (ita) with almost the same force as a co-ordination by cum... tum, or by sed:

consul, ut fortasse vere, sic parum utiliter in praesens certamen respondit (= vere fortasse, sed parum utiliter),

Liv. 4, 6, 2:

ut nondum satis claram victoriam, sic prosperae spei pugnam imber diremit,

id. 6, 32, 6:

(forma erat) ut non cygnorum, sic albis proxima cygnis,

Ov. M. 14, 509; cf. Liv. 1, 27, 2; 5, 38, 2; 6, 6, 10; Ov. M. 1, 370.—In this use etiam or quoque is sometimes joined with sic (never by Cic. with ita):

nostri sensus, ut in pace semper, sic tum etiam in bello congruebant (= cum... tum),

Cic. Marcell. 6, 16:

ut sunt, sic etiam nominantur senes,

id. Sen. 6, 20:

utinam ut culpam, sic etiam suspitionem vitare potuisses,

id. Phil. 1, 13, 33:

ut superiorum aetatum studia occidunt, sic occidunt etiam senectutis,

id. Sen. 20, 76:

ut voce, sic etiam oratione,

id. Or. 25, 85; id. Top. 15, 59; id. Leg. 2, 25, 62; id. Lael. 5, 19.—More rarely with quem ad modum, quomodo:

ut, quem ad modum est, sic etiam appelletur tyrannus,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2:

quo modo ad bene vivendum, sic etiam ad beate,

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 37. —

With a clause of manner introduced by ut = so that:

sic fuimus semper comparati ut hominum sermonibus quasi in aliquod judicium vocaremur,

Cic. Or. 3, 9, 32:

eam sic audio ut Plautum mihi aut Naevium videar audire,

id. ib. 3, 12, 45:

sic agam vobiscum ut aliquid de vestris vitiis audiatis,

id. ib. 3, 12, 46:

omnia sic suppetunt ut ei nullam deesse virtutem oratoris putem,

id. Brut. 71, 250:

omnis pars orationis esse debet laudabilis, sic ut verbum nullum excidat,

id. Or. 36, 125:

sic tecum agam ut vel respondendi vel interpellandi potestatem faciam,

id. Rosc. Am. 27, 73:

nec vero sic erat umquam non paratus Milo contra illum ut non satis fere esset paratus,

id. Mil. 21, 56:

sic eum eo de re publica disputavit ut sentiret sibi cum viro forti esse pugnandum,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; cf. Plaut. As. 2, 4, 49; id. Mil. 2, 2, 82; Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245; 2, 1, 3; 2, 6, 23; id. Brut. 22, 88; 40, 148; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Planc. 10, 25; id. Fam. 5, 15, 4; Caes. B. G. 2, 32; 5, 17; id. B. C. 3, 56; Prop. 1, 21, 5.—Sometimes the correlative clause is restrictive, and sic = but so, yet so, only so:

mihi sic placuit ut cetera Antisthenis, hominis acuti magis quam eruditi,

Cic. Att. 12, 38, 4:

sic conveniet reprehendi, ut demonstretur etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 46, 86; id. Brut. 79, 274; id. Marcell. 11, 34; id. Att. 13, 3, 1 (ita is more freq. in this sense).—

With a clause expressing intensity (so both with adjj. and verbs; but far less freq. than ita, tam, adeo), to such a degree, so, so far, etc.:

sic ego illum in timorem dabo, ipse sese ut neget esse eum qui siet,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 20 sq.:

conficior lacrimis sic ut ferre non possim,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1:

sic rem fuisse apertam ut judicium fieri nihil attinuerit,

id. Inv. 2, 28, 84:

cujus responso judices sic exarserunt ut capitis hominem innocentissimum condemnarent,

id. Or. 1, 54, 233; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 29; id. Brut. 88, 302; id. Or. 53, 177; 55, 184; id. Rep. 2, 21, 37; 3, 9, 15; id. Lael. 1, 4; id. Planc. 8, 21; id. Verr. 1, 36, 91; id. Balb. 5, 13; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; 1, 16, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 41; Hor. S. 2, 3, 1.—

Rarely conditional clauses have the antecedent sic.

Poet. and in post-Aug. prose, to represent the result of the condition as sure:

sic invidiam effugies, si te non ingesseris oculis, si bona tua non jactaveris, si scieris in sinu gaudere,

Sen. Ep. 105, 3:

sic hodie veniet si qua negavit heri,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 20.—

Denoting with the proviso that, but only if (usu. ita):

decreverunt ut cum populus regem jussisset, id sic ratum esset si patres auctores fuissent,

that the choice should be valid, but only if the Senate should ratify it, Liv. 1, 17, 9:

sic ignovisse putato Me tibi si cenes hodie mecum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 69.—

Sic quia = idcirco quia (very rare): Th. Quid vos? Insanin' estis? Tr. Quidum? Th. Sic quia foris ambulatis, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 20.—

With inf. clause (freq.):

sic igitur sentio, naturam primum atque ingenium ad dicendum vim afferre maximam,

Cic. Or. 1, 25, 113:

sic a majoribus nostris accepimus, praetorem quaestori suo parentis loco esse oportere,

id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61:

ego sic existimo, in summo imperatore quattuor res inesse oportere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 38; cf. Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 5; Cic. Inv. 2, 55, 167; id. de Or. 1, 20, 93; 2, 28, 122; id. Brut. 36, 138; 41, 152; id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 10; id. Verr. 1, 7, 20; Liv. 5, 15, 11.—Esp., after sic habeto (habe, habeas) = scito (only Ciceron.):

sic habeto, in eum statum tuum reditum incidere ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1; so id. ib. 1, 7, 3; 2, 6, 5; 2, 10, 1; 7, 18, 1; 9, 16, 2; id. Att. 2, 25, 1; 5, 1, 5; 5, 20, 1 et saep.—

With ut, expressing purpose or result:

nunc sic faciam, sic consilium est, ad erum ut veniam docte atque astu,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 23:

ab Ariobarzane sic contendi ut talenta, quae mihi pollicebatur, illi daret,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3:

sic accidit ut ex tanto navium numero nulla omnino navis... desideraretur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23; cf. Cato, R. R. 1, 1; Cic. Att. 8, 1, 4; id. Or. 2, 67, 271.

Idiomatic usages of sic.

In a wish, expressed as a conclusion after an imperative ( poet.):

parce: sic bene sub tenera parva quiescat humo (= si parces, bene quiescat),

Tib. 2, 6, 30:

annue: sic tibi sint intonsi, Phoebe, capilli,

id. 2, 5, 121:

pone, precor, fastus... Sic tibi nec vernum nascentia frigus adurat Poma, nec excutiant rapidi florentia venti,

Ov. M. 14, 762: dic [p. 1692] mihi de nostra quae sentis vera puella:

Sic tibi sint dominae, Lygdame, dempta juga,

Prop. 4, 5, 1; Tib. 2, 6, 30.—The imperative may follow the clause with sic:

sic tua Cyrneas fugiant examina taxos... Incipe (sc. cantare) si quid habes (= si incipies cantare, opto tibi ut tua examina, etc.),

Verg. E. 9, 30:

sic tibi (Arethusa) Doris amara suam non intermisceat undam: Incipe (= si incipies, opto tibi ut Doris, etc.),

id. ib. 10, 4:

sic mare compositum, sic sit tibi piscis in unda Credulus... Dic ubi sit,

Ov. M. 8, 857; Sen. Troad. 702; cf.:

sic te Diva potens Cypri... Ventorumque regat pater, Navis... Reddas incolumem Vergilium (= si tu, navis, reddes Vergilium, prosperum precor tibi cursum),

Hor. C. 1, 3, 1; cf.

also: sic venias hodierne: tibi dem turis honores (=si venies, tibi dem),

Tib. 1, 7, 53; cf. Ov. H. 3, 135; 4, 148.—

Sic (like ita) with ut in strong asseveration ( poet.):

sic me di amabunt, ut me tuarum miseritum'st fortunarum (= by the love of the gods, I pity, etc.),

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 54:

Diespiter me sic amabit ut ego hanc familiam interire cupio,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 47:

sic has deus aequoris artes Adjuvet, ut nemo jamdudum littore in isto constitit,

Ov. M. 8, 866:

sic mihi te referas levis, ut non altera nostro limine intulit ulla pedes,

Prop. 1, 18, 11; cf. id. 3, 15 (4, 14), 1; cf.:

vera cano, sic usque sacras innoxia laurus vescar,

Tib. 2, 5, 63.—

In a demonstrative temporal force, like the Gr. houtôs, so, as the matter stands now, as it now is, as it then was, etc.

In gen.:

e Graecis cavendae sunt quaedam familiaritates, praeter hominum perpaucorum, si qui sunt vetere Graecia digni. Sic vero fallaces sunt permulti et leves,

but as things now stand, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 16:

at sic citius qui te expedias his aerumnis reperias,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 8: Pe. Pol tibi istuc credo nomen actutum fore. Tr. Dum interea sic sit, istuc actutum sino, provided it be as it is, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 71:

quotiens hoc tibi ego interdixi, meam ne sic volgo pollicitarere operam,

thus, as you are doing now, id. Mil. 4, 2, 65:

si utrumvis tibi visus essem, Non sic ludibrio tuis factis habitus essem,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 11:

non sic nudos in flumen deicere (voluerunt),

naked, as they are, Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:

sub alta platano... jacentes sic temere,

Hor. C. 2, 11, 14.—Esp., with sine and abl.:

me germanam meam sororem tibi sic sine dote dedisse,

so as she is, without a dowry, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 65:

sic sine malo,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 2:

at operam perire meam sic... perpeti nequeo,

without result, id. Trin. 3, 2, 34 Ritschl, Fleck. (Brix omits sic): nec sic de nihilo fulminis ira cadit (= without cause), Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 52: mirabar hoc si sic abiret, so, i. e. without trouble, Ter. And. 1, 2, 4:

hoc non poterit sic abire,

Cic. Fin. 5, 3, 7; so,

sic abire,

id. Att. 14, 1, 1; Cat. 14, 16; Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 39. —Hence,

With imperatives, esp. with sine: Quid ego hoc faciam postea? sic sine eumpse, just let him alone, i. e. leave him as he is, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 32:

si non vult (numerare), sic sine adstet,

id. As. 2, 4, 54:

sine fores sic, abi,

let the door alone, id. Men. 2, 3, 1; so id. Cas. 3, 6, 36; id. Ps. 1, 5, 62.—

Pregn., implying a concession (= kai houtôs), even as it is now, even without doing so, in spite of it:

nolo bis iterare, sat sic longae fiunt fabulae,

narratives are long enough anyhow, as they are, without saying them twice over, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 154:

sed sic quoque erat tamen Acis,

even as it was, in spite of what has been said, Ov. M. 13, 896; so,

sic quoque fallebat,

id. ib. 1, 698:

sed sic me et libertatis fructu privas et diligentiae,

anyhow, not taking into account what is mentioned, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 4: exhibeas molestiam si quid debeam, qui nunc sic tam es molestus, who art so troublesome even as it is, i. e. without my owing you any thing, Plaut. Pers. 2, 44:

sic quoque parte plebis affecta, fides tamen publica potior senatui fuit,

Liv. 7, 27; cf. Ov. F. 2, 642; Suet. Aug. 78.—

Ellipt., referring to something in the mind of the speaker:

Quod si hoc nunc sic incipiam? Nihil est. Quod si sic? Tantumdem egero. At sic opinor? Non potest,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 8: illa quae aliis sic, aliis secus videntur, to some in one way, to others in another (= aliis aliter), Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47: Quid vini absumpsit! Sic hoc dicens, asperum hoc est, aliud lenius, = this wine is so (the speaker not saying what he thinks of it), Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49: deinde quod illa (quae ego dixi) sive faceta sunt, sive sic, fiunt narrante te venustissima, or so, i. e. or otherwise, Cic. Fam. 15, 21, 2:

monitorem non desiderabit qui dicat, Sic incede, sic cena... sic amico utere, sic cive, sic socio,

Sen. Ep. 114.—

In answers, yes = the French, Italian, and Spanish si (ante - class. and rare): Ph. Phaniam relictam ais? Ge. Sic, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 2: De. Illa maneat? Ch. Sic, id. ib. 5, 3, 30: Ch. Sicine est sententia? Me. Sic, id. Heaut. 1, 1, 114.

sīc (old form sīce, Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 12; also seic, C. I. L. 818), adv. [for si - ce; si, locat. form of pron. stem sa- = Gr. ho, ha, or hê, and demonstr. -ce; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 777], so, thus, in this or that manner, in such a manner, in the same way or manner, in like manner, likewise, to this or that extent or degree, to such a degree, in this or that state or condition, in such a condition (syn. ita); sic refers, I. To a previous fact, description, or assumption.—II. To a subsequent independent sentence, = thus, as follows. —III. As a local demonstrative (deiktikôs), referring to something done or pointed out by the speaker, = thus, as I do it; thus, as you see, etc.—IV. As a correlative, preceding or following clauses introduced by conjunctions. —V. In certain idiomatic connections.

Referring to something said before, = hoc modo: sic ille annus duo firmamenta rei publicae evertit, so, i. e. in the manner mentioned, Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3:

sic et nata et progressa eloquentia videtur,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 3:

facinus indignum Sic circumiri,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:

sic deinceps omne opus contexitur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

arare mavelim quam sic amare,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 21:

sic se res habet,

Cic. Brut. 18, 71:

sic regii constiterant,

Liv. 42, 58:

sic res Romana in antiquum statum rediit,

id. 3, 9, 1:

sic ad Alpes perventum est,

Tac. H. 1, 84; cf. Enn. Ann. 1, 104; Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 88; Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 11; Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86; 2, 32, 100; id. de Or. 1, 32, 146; 2, 49, 201; 3, 29, 117; id. Brut. 40, 149; id. Rep. 2, 14, 27; 2, 20, 35; id. Lael. 9, 32; Liv. 4, 11, 5; 6, 17, 1; Caes. B. G. 3, 19; 6, 30; 7, 62.—Often sic does not qualify the main predicate, but a participle or adjective referring to it:

sic igitur instructus veniat ad causas,

Cic. Or. 34, 121:

cum sic affectos dimisisset,

Liv. 21, 43, 1:

sic omnibus copiis fusis se in castra recipiunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 6:

sic milites consolatus eodem die reducit in castra,

id. ib. 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 7, 62; Ov. M. 1, 32.—

In a parenthet. clause (= ita):

quae, ut sic dicam, ad corpus pertinent civitatis,

so to speak, Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 168:

commentabar declamitans—sic enim nunc loquuntur,

id. Brut. 90, 310; cf. id. Att. 12, 39, 2; id. Lael. 11, 39; Liv. 7, 31; Ov. M. 4, 660; 13, 597; 13, 866.—

Referring not to the predicate, but to some intermediate term understood (= ita; cf.

Engl. so): sic provolant duo Fabii (= sic loquentes),

Liv. 2, 46, 7:

sic enim nostrae rationes postulabant (sic = ut sic agerem),

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6:

tibi enim ipsi sic video placere (sic = sic faciendo),

id. ib. 4, 6, 2:

sic enim concedis mihi proximis litteris (= ut sic agam),

id. ib. 5, 20, 1:

sic enim statuerat (= hoc faciendum esse),

id. Phil. 5, 7, 208:

Quid igitur? Non sic oportet? Equidem censeo sic (sic = hoc fieri),

id. Fam. 16, 18, 1:

sic soleo (i. e. bona consilia reddere),

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 25:

sic soleo amicos (i. e. beare),

id. Eun. 2, 2, 48:

sic memini tamen (= hoc ita esse),

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 48:

haec sic audivi (= ita esse),

id. Ep. 3, 1, 79:

sic prorsus existimo (= hoc ita esse),

Cic. Brut. 33, 125:

quoniam sic cogitis ipsi (= hoc facere),

Ov. M. 5, 178.—

As completing object, = hoc:

iis litteris respondebo: sic enim postulas (= hoc postulas),

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 1:

hic adsiste. Sic volo (= hoc volo, or hoc te facere volo),

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 15:

sic fata jubent (= hoc jubent, or hoc facere jubent),

Ov. M. 15, 584:

hic apud nos hodie cenes. Sic face,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 8:

sic faciendum est,

Cic. Att. 4, 6, 2.—

Predicatively with esse (appellari, videri, etc.), in the sense of talis:

sic vita hominum est (= talis),

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 84:

vir acerrimo ingenio—sic enim fuit,

id. Or. 5, 18:

familiaris noster—sic est enim,

id. Att. 1, 18, 6:

sic est vulgus,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 20:

sic, Crito, est hic,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 16: sic sum;

si placeo, utere,

id. Phorm. 3, 2, 42:

sic sententiest,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 90:

sic est (= sic res se habet),

that is so, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 21:

qui sic sunt (i. e. vivunt) haud multum heredem juvant,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 10:

nunc hoc profecto sic est,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 42:

sic est. Non muto sententiam,

Sen. Ep. 10; cf. Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 35; id. Am. 2, 1, 60; id. Aul. 2, 4, 43; id. As. 5, 2, 12; id. Most. 4, 3, 40; Ter. And. 1, 1, 35; id. Eun. 3, 1, 18; id. Ad. 3, 3, 44; Cic. Lael. 1, 5; id. de Or. 1, 19, 86; id. Or. 14, 46.—

Rarely as subject (mostly representing a subject-clause):

sic commodius esse arbitror quam manere hanc (sic = abire),

Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 31:

si sic (= hoc) est factum, erus damno auctus est,

id. Heaut. 4, 1, 15: Pe. Quid? Concidit? Mi. Sic suspicio est (= eam concidisse), Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 57:

mihi sic est usus (= sic agere),

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 28:

sic opus est (= hoc facere),

Ov. M. 1, 279; 2, 785.—

To express relations other than manner (rare).

Of consequence; un der these circumstances, accordingly, hence:

sic Numitori ad supplicium Remus deditur,

Liv. 1, 5, 4:

sic et habet quod uterque eorum habuit, et explevit quod utrique defuit,

Cic. Brut. 42, 154:

sic victam legem esse, nisi caveant,

Liv. 4, 11, 5:

suavis mihi ructus est. Sic sine modo,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 17. —

Of condition; on this condition, if this be done, etc.:

reliquas illius anni pestes recordamini, sic enim facillime perspicietis, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 25, 55: displiceas aliis;

sic ego tutus ero (sic = si displicebis),

Tib. 4, 13, 6:

Scironis media sic licet ire via (sic = si amantes eunt),

Prop. 4, 15 (3, 16), 12:

sic demum lucos Stygios Aspicies (= non aspicies, nisi hoc facies),

Verg. A. 6, 154 (for sic as antecedent of si, v. infra, IV. 5).—

Of intensity:

non latuit scintilla ingenii: sic erat in omni sermone sollers (= tam sollers erat ut non lateret ingenium),

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37; cf. infra, IV. 4.

Referring to a subsequent sentence, thus, as follows, in the following manner (= hoc modo, hoc pacto, hujusmodi, ad hunc modum):

ingressus est sic loqui Scipio: Catonis hoc senis est, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 1 (cf.:

tum Varro ita exorsus est,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 15): hunc inter pugnas Servilius sic compellat, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 256 Vahl.):

puero sic dicit pater: Noster esto,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38:

sic faciam: adsimulabo quasi quam culpam in sese admiserint,

id. Stich. 1, 2, 27 dub.:

salem candidum sic facito: amphoram puram impleto, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 88: sic enim dixisti:

Vidi ego tuam lacrimulam,

Cic. Planc. 31, 76:

res autem se sic habet: composite et apte sine sententiis dicere insania est,

the truth is this, id. Or. 71, 236:

sic loquere, sic vive: vide, ne te ulla res deprimat,

Sen. Ep. 10, 4; cf. id. ib. 10, 1; Cato, R. R. 77 sqq.; Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 177; Ter. Phorm. prol. 13; Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; 4, 21, 29; 4, 4, 30; Cic. [p. 1691] Inv. 1, 39, 71; id. Or. 1, 45, 198; 2, 40, 167; 2, 40, 172; id. Att. 2, 22, 1; 5, 1, 3; 6, 1, 3; Verg. A. 1, 521.—

Esp., with ellipsis of predicate:

ego sic: diem statuo, etc. (sc. ago),

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 16.—Sometimes sic introduces detached words: sic loqui nosse, judicasse vetant, novisse jubent et judicavisse (= they forbid to say nosse, etc.), Cic. Or. 47, 157.—

For instance (= hoc modo, hoc pacto, ut hoc, verbi gratia, ut si; cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 91 sq. infra):

disjunctum est, cum unumquodque certo concluditur verbo,

Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37:

mala definitio est... cum aliquid non grave dicit, sic: Stultitia est immensa gloriae cupiditas,

Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 91.

As a local demonstrative, thus, so, etc. (deiktikôs; colloq.;

mostly comice): ne hunc ornatum vos meum admiremini, quod ego processi sic cum servili schema,

as you see me now, Plaut. Am. prol. 117:

sed amictus sic hac ludibundus incessi,

id. Ps. 5, 1, 31:

nec sic per totam infamis traducerer urbem,

Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 7:

sic ad me, miserande, redis?

Ov. M. 11, 728; cf. Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 4.—So accompanied with a corresponding gesture:

Quid tu igitur sic hoc digitulis duobus sumebas primoribus?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 25: Pe. Quid si curram? Tr. Censeo. Pe. An sic potius placide? (the speaker imitating the motion), id. Rud. 4, 8, 10:

non licet te sic placidule bellam belle tangere?

id. ib. 2, 4, 12:

quod non omnia sic poterant conjuncta manere,

Lucr. 5, 441.—

Here belong the phrases sic dedero, sic dabo, sic datur, expressing a threat of revenge, or satisfaction at another's misfortune: sic dedero! aere militari tetigero lenunculum,

I will give it to him, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 6; id. As. 2, 4, 33:

sic dabo!

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 38:

doletne? hem, sic datur si quis erum servos spernit,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 21:

sic furi datur,

id. Stich. 5, 5, 25; so id. Men. 4, 2, 46.—Referring to an act just performed by the speaker:

sic deinde quicunque alius transiliet moenia mea (= sic pereat, quicunque deinde, etc.),

Liv. 1, 7, 2:

sic eat quaecunque Romana lugebit hostem,

so will every one fare who, id. 1, 26, 5:

sic... Cetera sit fortis castrorum turba tuorum (= sic ut interfeci te),

Ov. M. 12, 285.—So with a comp.-clause expressed:

sic stratas legiones Latinorum dabo, quemadmodum legatum jacentem videtis,

Liv. 8, 6, 6; cf. id. 1, 24, 8 (v. IV. 1. infra).

As correlative, with, 1. A comparative clause (sic far more frequent than ita); 2. A contrasted clause, mostly with ut; 3. A modal clause, with ut (ita more freq. than sic); 4. A clause expressing intensity, introduced by ut; 5. A conditional clause (rare; ita more freq.); 6. With a reason, introduced by quia (ante-class. and very rare); 7. With an inf. clause; 8. With ut, expressing purpose or result.

With comp. clauses, usu. introduced by ut, but also by quemadmodum (very freq.), sicut, velut, tamquam, quasi, quomodo, quam (rare and poet.), ceu (rare; poet. and post-class.), quantus (rare and poet.), qualis (ante-class. and rare).

With ut:

ut cibi satietas subamara aliqua re relevatur, sic animus defessus audiendi admiratione redintegratur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 17, 25:

ut non omnem frugem, neque arborem in omni agro reperire possis, sic non omne facinus in omni vita nascitur,

id. Rosc. Am. 27, 75:

ex suo regno sic Mithridates profugit ut ex eodem Ponto Medea quondam profugisse dicitur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22:

ut tu nunc de Coriolano, sic Clitarchus de Themistocle finxit,

id. Brut. 11, 42:

sic moneo ut filium, sic faveo ut mihi, sic hortor ut et pro patria et amicissimum,

id. Fam. 10, 5, 3:

ut vita, sic oratione durus fuit,

id. Brut. 31, 117:

de Lentulo sic fero ut debeo,

id. Att. 4, 6, 1:

sic est ut narro tibi,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 40; Cic. Inv. 2, 8, 28; id. Div. 2, 30, 93; id. de Or. 1, 33, 153; 3, 51, 198; Liv. 1, 47, 2; 2, 52, 7; Ov. M. 1, 495; 1, 539; 2, 165 et saep.—So in the formula ut quisque... sic (more freq. ita), rendered by according as, or the more... the...:

ut quisque rem accurat suam, sic ei procedunt postprincipia denique,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 3:

ut quaeque res est tur pissima, sic maxime et maturissime vindicanda est,

Cic. Caecin. 2, 7; v. Fischer, Gr. II. p. 751.—

With quemadmodum: quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere, sic orator, nisi multitudine audiente, eloquens esse non potest, Cic. Or. 2, 83, 338:

quemadmodum se tribuni gessissent in prohibendo dilectu, sic patres in lege prohibenda gerebant,

Liv. 3, 11, 3:

sic vestras hallucinationes fero, quemadmodum Juppiter ineptias poetarum,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 6; cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 23, 33; 2, 8, 28; 2, 27, 82; id. Or. 3, 52, 200; id. Lael. 4, 16; id. Rosc. Com. 1, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5; Liv. 2, 13, 8; 5, 3, 8; Sen. Ep. 5, 6 (bis); id. Clem. 1, 3, 5; id. Vit. Beat. 23, 4.—

With sicut:

tecum simul, sicut ego pro multis, sic ille pro Appio dixit,

Cic. Brut. 64, 230; 46, 112; id. Or. 2, 44, 186; id. Clu. 2; Caes. B. G. 6, 30; Liv. 4, 57, 11; 7, 13, 8; Sen. Vit. Beat. 9, 2.—

With velut:

velut ipse in re trepida se sit tutatus, sic consulem loca tutiora castris cepisse,

Liv. 4, 41, 6; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; Verg. A. 1, 148; Ov. M. 4, 375; 4, 705.—

With tamquam:

tamquam litteris in cera, sic se ajebat imaginibus quae meminisse vellet, perscribere,

Cic. Or. 2, 88, 360:

quid autem ego sic adhuc egi, tamquam integra sit causa patriciorum?

Liv. 10, 8:

sic Ephesi fui, tamquam domi meae,

Cic. Fam. 13, 69, 1; cf. id. Or. 2, 42, 180; id. Brut. 18, 71; 58, 213; 66, 235; 74, 258; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16; 2, 14, 1; id. Prov. Cons. 12, 31; Sen. Ep. 101, 7.—

With quasi:

hujus innocentiae sic in hac calamitosa fama, quasi in aliqua perniciosissima flamma subvenire,

Cic. Clu. 1, 4:

ea sic observabo quasi intercalatum non sit,

id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

Quid tu me sic salutas quasi dudum non videris?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 51; cf. Cic. Or. 2, 11, 47; id. Inv. 1, 3, 4; id. Sen. 8, 26:

ego sic vivam quasi sciam, etc.,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 3.—

With quomodo:

quomodo nomen in militiam non daret debilis, sic ad iter quod inhabile sciat, non accedet,

Sen. Ot. Sap. 3 (30), 4:

sic demus quomodo vellemus accipere,

id. Ben. 2, 1, 1; id. Ep. 9, 17; id. Ot. Sap. 6, 2 (32 med.); Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 4.—

With ceu:

ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent... sic Martem indomitum Cernimus,

Verg. A. 2, 438.—

With quam:

non sic incerto mutantur flamine Syrtes, quam cito feminea non constat foedus in ira,

Prop. 2, 9, 33; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 281.—

With quantus:

nec sic errore laetatus Ulixes... nec sic Electra... quanta ego collegi gaudia,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 5 sqq.—

With qualis:

imo sic condignum donum quali'st quoi dono datum est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 40.—

Without a correlative particle, in an independent sentence:

Quis potione uti aut cibo dulci diutius potest? sic omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum est (= ut nemo cibo dulci uti diutius potest, sic, etc.),

Cic. Or. 3, 25, 100; cf. id. ib. 19, 63.—

In contrasted clauses, mostly with ut, which may generally be rendered while: ut ad bella suscipienda Gallorum acer ac promptus est animus, sic mollis ad calamitates perferendas mens eorum est (almost = etsi ad bella suscipienda... tamen mollis est, etc., while, etc.), Caes. B. G. 3, 19: a ceteris oblectationibus ut deseror, sic litteris sustentor et recreor, while I am deserted, I am sustained, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 18, 55; id. Fam. 10, 20, 2; Liv. 4, 57, 11; Ov. M. 4, 131; 11, 76.—So freq. two members of the same sentence are coordinated by ut... sic (ita) with almost the same force as a co-ordination by cum... tum, or by sed:

consul, ut fortasse vere, sic parum utiliter in praesens certamen respondit (= vere fortasse, sed parum utiliter),

Liv. 4, 6, 2:

ut nondum satis claram victoriam, sic prosperae spei pugnam imber diremit,

id. 6, 32, 6:

(forma erat) ut non cygnorum, sic albis proxima cygnis,

Ov. M. 14, 509; cf. Liv. 1, 27, 2; 5, 38, 2; 6, 6, 10; Ov. M. 1, 370.—In this use etiam or quoque is sometimes joined with sic (never by Cic. with ita):

nostri sensus, ut in pace semper, sic tum etiam in bello congruebant (= cum... tum),

Cic. Marcell. 6, 16:

ut sunt, sic etiam nominantur senes,

id. Sen. 6, 20:

utinam ut culpam, sic etiam suspitionem vitare potuisses,

id. Phil. 1, 13, 33:

ut superiorum aetatum studia occidunt, sic occidunt etiam senectutis,

id. Sen. 20, 76:

ut voce, sic etiam oratione,

id. Or. 25, 85; id. Top. 15, 59; id. Leg. 2, 25, 62; id. Lael. 5, 19.—More rarely with quem ad modum, quomodo:

ut, quem ad modum est, sic etiam appelletur tyrannus,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2:

quo modo ad bene vivendum, sic etiam ad beate,

id. Tusc. 3, 17, 37. —

With a clause of manner introduced by ut = so that:

sic fuimus semper comparati ut hominum sermonibus quasi in aliquod judicium vocaremur,

Cic. Or. 3, 9, 32:

eam sic audio ut Plautum mihi aut Naevium videar audire,

id. ib. 3, 12, 45:

sic agam vobiscum ut aliquid de vestris vitiis audiatis,

id. ib. 3, 12, 46:

omnia sic suppetunt ut ei nullam deesse virtutem oratoris putem,

id. Brut. 71, 250:

omnis pars orationis esse debet laudabilis, sic ut verbum nullum excidat,

id. Or. 36, 125:

sic tecum agam ut vel respondendi vel interpellandi potestatem faciam,

id. Rosc. Am. 27, 73:

nec vero sic erat umquam non paratus Milo contra illum ut non satis fere esset paratus,

id. Mil. 21, 56:

sic eum eo de re publica disputavit ut sentiret sibi cum viro forti esse pugnandum,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; cf. Plaut. As. 2, 4, 49; id. Mil. 2, 2, 82; Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245; 2, 1, 3; 2, 6, 23; id. Brut. 22, 88; 40, 148; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Planc. 10, 25; id. Fam. 5, 15, 4; Caes. B. G. 2, 32; 5, 17; id. B. C. 3, 56; Prop. 1, 21, 5.—Sometimes the correlative clause is restrictive, and sic = but so, yet so, only so:

mihi sic placuit ut cetera Antisthenis, hominis acuti magis quam eruditi,

Cic. Att. 12, 38, 4:

sic conveniet reprehendi, ut demonstretur etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 46, 86; id. Brut. 79, 274; id. Marcell. 11, 34; id. Att. 13, 3, 1 (ita is more freq. in this sense).—

With a clause expressing intensity (so both with adjj. and verbs; but far less freq. than ita, tam, adeo), to such a degree, so, so far, etc.:

sic ego illum in timorem dabo, ipse sese ut neget esse eum qui siet,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 20 sq.:

conficior lacrimis sic ut ferre non possim,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1:

sic rem fuisse apertam ut judicium fieri nihil attinuerit,

id. Inv. 2, 28, 84:

cujus responso judices sic exarserunt ut capitis hominem innocentissimum condemnarent,

id. Or. 1, 54, 233; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 29; id. Brut. 88, 302; id. Or. 53, 177; 55, 184; id. Rep. 2, 21, 37; 3, 9, 15; id. Lael. 1, 4; id. Planc. 8, 21; id. Verr. 1, 36, 91; id. Balb. 5, 13; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; 1, 16, 1; Caes. B. G. 6, 41; Hor. S. 2, 3, 1.—

Rarely conditional clauses have the antecedent sic.

Poet. and in post-Aug. prose, to represent the result of the condition as sure:

sic invidiam effugies, si te non ingesseris oculis, si bona tua non jactaveris, si scieris in sinu gaudere,

Sen. Ep. 105, 3:

sic hodie veniet si qua negavit heri,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 20.—

Denoting with the proviso that, but only if (usu. ita):

decreverunt ut cum populus regem jussisset, id sic ratum esset si patres auctores fuissent,

that the choice should be valid, but only if the Senate should ratify it, Liv. 1, 17, 9:

sic ignovisse putato Me tibi si cenes hodie mecum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 69.—

Sic quia = idcirco quia (very rare): Th. Quid vos? Insanin' estis? Tr. Quidum? Th. Sic quia foris ambulatis, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 20.—

With inf. clause (freq.):

sic igitur sentio, naturam primum atque ingenium ad dicendum vim afferre maximam,

Cic. Or. 1, 25, 113:

sic a majoribus nostris accepimus, praetorem quaestori suo parentis loco esse oportere,

id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61:

ego sic existimo, in summo imperatore quattuor res inesse oportere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 38; cf. Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 5; Cic. Inv. 2, 55, 167; id. de Or. 1, 20, 93; 2, 28, 122; id. Brut. 36, 138; 41, 152; id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 10; id. Verr. 1, 7, 20; Liv. 5, 15, 11.—Esp., after sic habeto (habe, habeas) = scito (only Ciceron.):

sic habeto, in eum statum tuum reditum incidere ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1; so id. ib. 1, 7, 3; 2, 6, 5; 2, 10, 1; 7, 18, 1; 9, 16, 2; id. Att. 2, 25, 1; 5, 1, 5; 5, 20, 1 et saep.—

With ut, expressing purpose or result:

nunc sic faciam, sic consilium est, ad erum ut veniam docte atque astu,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 23:

ab Ariobarzane sic contendi ut talenta, quae mihi pollicebatur, illi daret,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3:

sic accidit ut ex tanto navium numero nulla omnino navis... desideraretur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23; cf. Cato, R. R. 1, 1; Cic. Att. 8, 1, 4; id. Or. 2, 67, 271.

Idiomatic usages of sic.

In a wish, expressed as a conclusion after an imperative ( poet.):

parce: sic bene sub tenera parva quiescat humo (= si parces, bene quiescat),

Tib. 2, 6, 30:

annue: sic tibi sint intonsi, Phoebe, capilli,

id. 2, 5, 121:

pone, precor, fastus... Sic tibi nec vernum nascentia frigus adurat Poma, nec excutiant rapidi florentia venti,

Ov. M. 14, 762: dic [p. 1692] mihi de nostra quae sentis vera puella:

Sic tibi sint dominae, Lygdame, dempta juga,

Prop. 4, 5, 1; Tib. 2, 6, 30.—The imperative may follow the clause with sic:

sic tua Cyrneas fugiant examina taxos... Incipe (sc. cantare) si quid habes (= si incipies cantare, opto tibi ut tua examina, etc.),

Verg. E. 9, 30:

sic tibi (Arethusa) Doris amara suam non intermisceat undam: Incipe (= si incipies, opto tibi ut Doris, etc.),

id. ib. 10, 4:

sic mare compositum, sic sit tibi piscis in unda Credulus... Dic ubi sit,

Ov. M. 8, 857; Sen. Troad. 702; cf.:

sic te Diva potens Cypri... Ventorumque regat pater, Navis... Reddas incolumem Vergilium (= si tu, navis, reddes Vergilium, prosperum precor tibi cursum),

Hor. C. 1, 3, 1; cf.

also: sic venias hodierne: tibi dem turis honores (=si venies, tibi dem),

Tib. 1, 7, 53; cf. Ov. H. 3, 135; 4, 148.—

Sic (like ita) with ut in strong asseveration ( poet.):

sic me di amabunt, ut me tuarum miseritum'st fortunarum (= by the love of the gods, I pity, etc.),

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 54:

Diespiter me sic amabit ut ego hanc familiam interire cupio,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 47:

sic has deus aequoris artes Adjuvet, ut nemo jamdudum littore in isto constitit,

Ov. M. 8, 866:

sic mihi te referas levis, ut non altera nostro limine intulit ulla pedes,

Prop. 1, 18, 11; cf. id. 3, 15 (4, 14), 1; cf.:

vera cano, sic usque sacras innoxia laurus vescar,

Tib. 2, 5, 63.—

In a demonstrative temporal force, like the Gr. houtôs, so, as the matter stands now, as it now is, as it then was, etc.

In gen.:

e Graecis cavendae sunt quaedam familiaritates, praeter hominum perpaucorum, si qui sunt vetere Graecia digni. Sic vero fallaces sunt permulti et leves,

but as things now stand, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 16:

at sic citius qui te expedias his aerumnis reperias,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 8: Pe. Pol tibi istuc credo nomen actutum fore. Tr. Dum interea sic sit, istuc actutum sino, provided it be as it is, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 71:

quotiens hoc tibi ego interdixi, meam ne sic volgo pollicitarere operam,

thus, as you are doing now, id. Mil. 4, 2, 65:

si utrumvis tibi visus essem, Non sic ludibrio tuis factis habitus essem,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 11:

non sic nudos in flumen deicere (voluerunt),

naked, as they are, Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:

sub alta platano... jacentes sic temere,

Hor. C. 2, 11, 14.—Esp., with sine and abl.:

me germanam meam sororem tibi sic sine dote dedisse,

so as she is, without a dowry, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 65:

sic sine malo,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 2:

at operam perire meam sic... perpeti nequeo,

without result, id. Trin. 3, 2, 34 Ritschl, Fleck. (Brix omits sic): nec sic de nihilo fulminis ira cadit (= without cause), Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 52: mirabar hoc si sic abiret, so, i. e. without trouble, Ter. And. 1, 2, 4:

hoc non poterit sic abire,

Cic. Fin. 5, 3, 7; so,

sic abire,

id. Att. 14, 1, 1; Cat. 14, 16; Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 39. —Hence,