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ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris (archaic forms: nom. ĭtĭner, Enn. Pac. Att. Varr. ap. Non. 482, 20; Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 72; Lucr. 6, 339; Mart. Cap. 9, § 897.— Gen. iteris, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 695 P.; id. ap. Non. 485, 3; Jul. Hyg. ap. Charis. p. 108 P.; also, iteneris, Lex Agr., C. I. L. 1, 200, 26.— Abl. itere, Att. and Varr. ap. Non. 485, 8; Lucr. 5, 653), n. [for itiner, from īre, ĭtum], a going, a walk, way.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
dicam in itinere,
on the way, as we go along, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 34:
hoc ipsa in itinere dum narrat,
id. Heaut. 2, 3, 30:
huc quia habebas iter,
Plaut. As. 2, 3, 6:
iter illi saepius in forum,
Plin. Pan. 77:
in diversum iter equi concitati,
Liv. 1, 28. — Hence,
B.
In partic.
1.
A going to a distant place, a journey; and of an army, a march:
cum illi iter instaret et subitum et longum,
Cic. Att. 13, 23, 1; 3, 2 init.:
ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3:
qui eo itineris causa convenerant,
id. ib. 7, 55:
sine ullo maleficio iter per provinciam facere,
id. ib. 1, 7:
in ipso itinere confligere,
Liv. 29, 36, 4; Nep. Eum. 8, 1; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27, 5; Just. 11, 15, 4:
Catilina ex itinere plerisque consularibus litteras mittit,
Sall. C. 34, 2:
committere se itineri,
Cic. Phil. 12, 10:
ingredi pedibus,
id. de Sen. 10:
conficere pulverulentā viā,
id. Att. 5, 14:
iter mihi est Lanuvium,
id. Mil. 10:
iter habere Capuam,
id. Att. 8, 11:
facere in Apuliam,
id. ib.:
agere,
Dig. 47, 5, 6; Salv. Gub. Dei, 1, 9: contendere iter, to hasten one ' s journey, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so,
intendere,
Liv. 21, 29:
maturare,
Caes. B. C. 1, 63:
properare,
Tac. H. 3, 40:
conficere,
Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1; 4, 14, 2; id. Vatin. 5, 12:
constituere,
to determine upon, id. Att. 3, 1 init.:
urgere,
Ov. F. 6, 520: convertere in aliquem locum, to direct one ' s journey to a certain place, Caes. B. G. 7, 56: dirigere ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11:
agere in aliquam partem,
Ov. M. 2, 715: flectere, to change one ' s course, Verg. A. 7, 35:
convertere,
to direct, Cic. Att. 3, 3:
facere,
id. ib. 8, 11, C; Nep. Pel. 2, 5; Suet. Ner. 30 fin.; id. Aug. 64:
comparare,
to prepare for a journey, Nep. Alc. 10; Claud. Eutr. 2, 97:
supprimere,
to stop, break off, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:
retro vertere,
Liv. 28, 3:
ferre per medium mare,
Verg. A. 7, 810:
ferre Inachias urbes,
Stat. Th. 1, 326:
continuare die ac nocte,
to march day and night, Caes. B. C. 3, 36:
desistere itinere,
id. B. G. 5, 11:
coeptum dimittere,
Ov. M. 2, 598:
frangere,
Stat. Th. 12, 232:
impedire,
Ov. H. 21, 74:
instituere,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:
peragere,
Verg. A. 6, 381; Hor. S. 2, 6, 99; Ov. F. 1, 188:
rumpere,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:
itinere prohibere aliquem,
Caes. B. G. 1, 9:
ex itinere redire,
Cic. Att. 15, 24; Suet. Tit. 5:
revertere,
Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26:
Boii ex itinere nostros adgressi,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 6:
tutum alicui praestare,
Cic. Planc. 41.—
2.
Iter terrestre, iter pedestre, a journey by land, a land route (not ante-Aug.):
iter terrestre facturus,
Just. 12, 10, 7:
inde terrestri itinere frumentum advehere,
Tac. H. 4, 35:
terrestri itinere ducere legiones,
Liv. 30, 36, 3; 44, 1, 4; Curt. 9, 10, 2:
pedestri itinere confecto,
Suet. Claud. 17:
pedestri itinere Romam pervenire,
Liv. 36, 21, 6; 37, 45, 2; Amm. 31, 11, 6.—
3.
A journey, a march, considered as a measure of distance: cum abessem ab Amano iter unius diei, a day ' s journey, Cic. Fam. 15, 4:
cum dierum iter quadraginta processerit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 24: quam maximis itineribus potest in Galliam contendit, by making each day ' s journey as long as possible, i. e. forced marches, id. ib. 1, 7:
magnis diurnis nocturnisque itineribus contendere,
id. ib. 1, 38:
itinera multo majora fugiens quam ego sequens,
making greater marches in his flight, Brut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 13.— Hence, justum iter diei, a day's march of a proper length:
confecto justo itinere ejus diei,
Caes. B. C. 3, 76. —
4.
The place in which one goes, travels, etc., a way, passage, path, road: qua ibant ab itu iter appellarant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 35 Müll.; cf.
5, § 22: itineribus deviis proticisci in provinciam,
Cic. Att. 14, 10:
erant omnino itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6:
pedestria itinera concisa aestuariis,
id. ib. 3, 9:
patefacere alicui iter in aliquem locum,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11:
in diversum iter equi concitati,
Liv. 1, 28:
ut deviis itineribus milites duceret,
Nep. Eum. 3, 5:
itinere devio per ignorantiam locorum retardati,
Suet. Galb. 20:
exercitum per insidiosa itinera ducere,
id. Caes. 58:
qua rectum iter in Persidem ducebat,
Curt. 13, 11, 19:
ferro aperire,
Sall. C. 58, 7:
fodiendo, substruendo iter facere,
Dig. 8, 1, 10.— Of the corridors in houses, Vitr. 6, 9.—Of any passage:
iter urinae,
the urethra, Cels. 7, 25:
iter vocis,
Verg. A. 7, 534:
itinera aquae,
Col. 8, 17: carpere iter, to pursue a journey:
Rubos fessi pervenimus utpote longum carpentes iter,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 95:
non utile carpis iter,
Ov. M. 2, 550: alicui iter claudere, to block one ' s way, close the way for him:
ne suus hoc illis clauserit auctor iter,
Ov. P. 1, 1, 6; id. F. 1, 272; id. M. 14, 793: iter ingredi, to enter on a way or road, Suet. Caes. 31:
iter patefacere,
to open a way, Caes. B. G. 3, 1.—
5.
A privilege or legal right of going to a place, the right of way:
aquaeductus, haustus, iter, actus a patre sumitur,
Cic. Caecin. 26, 74:
negat se posse iter ulli per provinciam dare,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 3; cf. Dig. 8, 3, 1, § 1; 8, 3, 7; 12.—
II.
Trop., a way, course, custom, method of a person or thing:
patiamur illum ire nostris itineribus,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3:
verum iter gloriae,
id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:
videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,
id. N. D. 2, 13, 35:
iter amoris nostri et officii mei,
id. Att. 4, 2, 1:
salutis,
Verg. A. 2, 387:
fecit iter sceleri,
Ov. M. 15, 106:
labi per iter declive senectae,
id. ib. 15, 227:
vitae diversum iter ingredi,
Juv. 7, 172:
duo itinera audendi,
Tac. H. 4, 49:
novis et exquisitis eloquentiae itineribus opus est,
id. Or. 19:
pronum ad honores,
Plin. Ep. 8, 10 fin.; cf.:
novum ad principatum,
id. Pan. 7, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > iter
2 iter

iter itineris, n [I-], a going, walk, way: dicam in itinere, on the way, T.—A going, journey, passage, march, voyage: cum illi iter instaret et subitum et longum: ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret, Cs.: in ipso itinere confligere, L.: ex itinere litteras mittere, S.: iter ingressus: tantum itineris contendere, hasten: in Italiam intendere iter, L.: iter, quod constitui, determined upon: iter in provinciam convertere, direct, Cs.: agere in rectum, O.: flectere, change the course, V.: iter ad regem comparare, prepare for, N.: supprimere. break off, Cs.: classe tenere, V.: die ac nocte continuato itinere, Cs.: rumpere, H.: Boi ex itinere nostros adgressi, Cs.: terrestri itinere ducere legiones, by land, L.: Unde iter Italiam, V.—A journey, march (as a measure of distance): cum abessem ab Amano iter unius diei, a day's journey: quam maximis itineribus contendere, forced marches, Cs.: confecto iusto itinere eius diei, full day's march, Cs.—A way, passage, path, road: itineribus deviis proficisci in provinciam: erant itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent, Cs.: in diversum iter equi concitati, L.: ut deviis itineribus milites duceret, N.: vocis, passage, V.: neque iter praecluserat unda, cut off, O.: iter patefieri volebat, opened, Cs.— A right of way: aquaeductus, haustus, iter, actus a patre sumitur: iter alcui per provinciam dare, Cs.—Fig., a road, path, way: declive senectae, O.: vitae diversum, Iu.—A way, course, custom, method, means: patiamur illum ire nostris itineribus: verum gloriae: amoris nostri: salutis, V.: fecit iter sceleri, O.
* * *

itineris N N

journey; road; passage, path; march

route magnum -- forced march

Latin-English dictionary > iter
3 iter

road, route, journey.

Latin-English dictionary of medieval > iter
4 ob-iter

ob-iter adv., on the way, while travelling: leget aut scribet, Iu.—Meanwhile, incidentally: Verberat atque obiter faciem linit (i. e. inter verberandum), Iu.

Latin-English dictionary > ob-iter
5 derigo

dī-rĭgo or dērĭgo (the latter form preferred by Roby, L. G. 2, p. 387; cf. Rib. Proleg. ad Verg. p. 401 sq.; so Liv. 21, 19, 1; 21, 47, 8; 22, 28 Weissenb.; id. 22, 47, 2 Drak.; Lach. ad Lucr. 4, 609; Tac. A. 6, 40 Ritter; acc. to Brambach, s. v., the two forms are different words, de-rigo meaning to give a particular direction to; di-rigo, to arrange in distinct lines, set or move different ways; cf. describo and discribo. But the distinction is not observed in the MSS. and edd. generally), rexi, rectum, 3 ( perf. sync. direxti, Verg. A. 6, 57), v. a. [dis-rego], to lay straight, set in a straight line, to arrange, draw up (class.; cf.: guberno, collineo, teneo).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
coronam si diviseris, arcus erit: si direxeris, virga,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 10:
haec directa materia injecta consternebantur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 8:
crates,
id. B. C. 3, 46, 5:
naves ante portum,
Liv. 37, 31; cf.:
naves in pugnam,
id. 22, 19:
vicos,
i. e. to build regularly, id. 5, 55; cf.
castella,
Flor. 4, 12, 26:
molem recta fronte,
Curt. 4, 3 et saep.:
regiones lituo,
i. e. to lay out, bound, Cic. Div. 1, 17; cf.:
finem alicui veterem viam regiam,
Liv. 39, 27.—Esp. freq.:
aciem,
to draw up the troops in battle array, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 47 fin.; 34, 28; Front. Strat. 1, 12, 3; 2, 1, 4 et saep.; cf.
frontem,
Quint. 2, 13, 3; 5, 13, 11:
membrana plumbo derecta,
ruled with a lead-pencil, Cat. 22, 7.—
* b.
Perh. i. q., to split, cleave in twain:
elephantum machaeră dirigit,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 54 (dub.); cf.: dirigere apud Plautum invenitur pro discidere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 15 Müll.—
B.
In partic., with respect to the terminus, to send in a straight line, to direct to a place (so most freq.):
ex vestigio vela ad castra Corneliana,
Caes. B. C. 2, 25, 6:
aciem ad te,
Cat. 63, 56:
cursum ad litora,
Caes. B. C. 3, 25, 4: iter ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 112 et saep.—Afterwards more freq. with in:
equum in consulem,
Liv. 2, 6:
currum in hostem,
Ov. M. 12, 78:
tela manusque in corpus Aeacidae,
Verg. A. 6, 57; Front. Strat. 3, 3, 4:
hastam in te,
Ov. M. 8, 66; cf.:
dentes in inguina,
id. ib. 8, 400:
cursum in Africam,
Vell. 2, 19 fin.:
cursum per auras in lucos,
Verg. A. 6, 195 et saep.:
navem eo,
Nep. Chabr. 4, 2:
gressum huc,
Verg. A. 5, 162; 11, 855 et saep.; and poet. with the dat.:
Ilo hastam,
Verg. A. 10, 401 et saep.—Without designating the limit:
ab iisdem (Etesiis) maritimi cursus (i. e. navium) celeres et certi diriguntur,
to be directed, steered, Cic. N. D. 2, 53:
iter navis,
Ov. F. 1, 4:
cursum,
Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; esp. freq. of weapons, to aim, direct:
spicula,
Verg. A. 7, 497; Ov. M. 12, 606:
hastile,
Verg. A. 12, 490:
tela,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 18:
sagittas,
Suet. Dom. 19 et saep.— Poet.:
vulnera,
Verg. A. 10, 140; Sil. 2, 92 Drak.; Tac. H. 2, 35; cf.:
vulnera alicui,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to set in order, arrange (very rare):
materias divisione dirigere,
Quint. 2, 6, 1.—Far more freq. (esp. in Cic. and Quint.),
B.
In partic.: aliquid ad or in aliquid; also: aliqua re, to direct, guide, arrange a thing either to something (as its aim, scope) or according to something (as its rule or pattern).
(α).
With ad: meas cogitationes sic dirigo, non ad illam parvulam Cynosuram sed, etc., Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.:
orationem ad exempla,
id. Rep. 2, 31 fin.; Quint. 10, 2, 1:
judicium ad ea,
id. 6, 5, 2:
se ad id quod, etc.,
id. 12, 3, 8; cf.:
se ad ea effingenda,
id. 10, 1, 127:
praecipua rerum ad famam,
Tac. A. 4, 40 et saep.—In a different sense (viz., with ad equiv. to secundum, v. ad):
in verbis et eligendis et collocandis nihil non ad rationem,
Cic. Brut. 37, 140:
vitam ad certam rationis normam,
to conform, id. Mur. 2:
leges hominum ad naturam,
id. Leg. 2, 5 fin.; id. Or. 2 fin. et saep.—
(β).
With in (not so in Cic.):
tota mente (intentionem) in opus ipsum,
Quint. 10, 3, 28:
communes locos in vitia,
id. 2, 1, 11; Front. Strat. 3, 2, 2 et saep.—
(γ).
With abl. (only in Cic.):
quos (fines) utilitate aut voluptate dirigunt,
Cic. Fin. 5, 20 fin.:
omnia voluptate,
id. ib. 2, 22, 71:
utilitatem honestate,
id. Off. 3, 21, 83:
haec normā,
id. de Or. 3, 49, 190.—
(δ).
Without an object:
(divinatio) ad veritatem saepissime dirigit,
Cic. Div. 1, 14 fin. —
(ε).
With acc. only: epistolam (sc. ad aliquem), to write, Capit. Clod. Alb. 2.—
(ζ).
With adversus, Quint. 5, 7, 6.—Hence, dīrectus ( dērectus), a, um, P. a., made straight, straight, direct, whether horizontally or perpendicularly; straight, level; upright, steep.
A.
Lit.:
auditus flexuosum iter habet, ne quid intrare possit, si simplex et directum pateret,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf.
aes (tubae), opp. flexum,
Ov. M. 1, 98:
iter,
Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 2: latera, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf.
trabes,
id. ib. 7, 23, 1:
ordo (olearum),
Cic. Caecin. 8, 22:
arcus (opp. obliquus),
Ov. M. 2, 129:
paries,
i. e. that cuts another at right angles, Cic. Top. 4: ut directiores ictus flant, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 2:
praeruptus locus utraque ex parte directus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 3:
(Henna) ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48 Zumpt N. cr.:
cornu,
Caes. B. G. 6, 26.— Subst.: dī-rectum, i, n., a straight line:
in directo pedum VIII. esse, in anfracto XVI.,
in a straight line, Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll.; so,
altitudo (montis) per directum IV. M. pass.,
Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; cf. id. 3, 5, 9, § 66 al.:
cadere in directum moderate (with exire per devexum),
Sen. Q. N. 6, 20; Vulg. Ezech. 47, 20 al.—
B.
Trop., straightforward, unceremonious, open, simple, direct:
o praeclaram beate vivendi et apertam et simplicem et directam viam,
Cic. Fin. 1, 18; cf.:
iter ad laudem,
id. Cael. 17, 41:
vera illa et directa ratio,
id. ib. 18:
tristis ac directus senex,
id. ib. 16, 38; cf.:
quid est in judicio? Directum, asperum, simplex, SI PARET HS ICCC DARI,
id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:
percunctatio et denuntiatio belli,
Liv. 21, 19; cf.
contiones,
Just. 38, 3 fin. (v. obliquus):
verba,
Cod. Just. 6, 23, 15:
actio,
Dig. 3, 5, 46; 9, 4, 26 et saep.; cf.
institutio (opp. precaria),
id. 29, 1, 19:
libertates (opp. fideicommissariae),
id. 29, 4, 12.— Adv.
a.
dīrectē, directly, straight (very rare):
dicere,
Cic. Part. Or. 7, 24:
ire,
Vulg. Sap. 5, 22.—Far more freq.,
b.
dīrectō, directly, straight:
deorsum ferri,
Cic. N. D. 1, 25:
transversas trabes,
Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2:
ad fidem spectare,
Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46; so id. Div. 2, 61 fin. (opp. anfractus and circuitio); Liv. 1, 11 fin.; Sen. Ep. 66; Dig. 9, 4, 26 al. —
* c.
dīrectā:
quo magis ursimus alte directā,
press deep down perpendicularly, Lucr. 2, 198.—
d.
dīrectim, straightway, directly (post-class.), App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 34; Macr. S. 7, 12 fin.—Comp.:
directius gubernare,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66.— Sup. seems not to occur either in the adj. or in the adv.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > derigo
6 directum

dī-rĭgo or dērĭgo (the latter form preferred by Roby, L. G. 2, p. 387; cf. Rib. Proleg. ad Verg. p. 401 sq.; so Liv. 21, 19, 1; 21, 47, 8; 22, 28 Weissenb.; id. 22, 47, 2 Drak.; Lach. ad Lucr. 4, 609; Tac. A. 6, 40 Ritter; acc. to Brambach, s. v., the two forms are different words, de-rigo meaning to give a particular direction to; di-rigo, to arrange in distinct lines, set or move different ways; cf. describo and discribo. But the distinction is not observed in the MSS. and edd. generally), rexi, rectum, 3 ( perf. sync. direxti, Verg. A. 6, 57), v. a. [dis-rego], to lay straight, set in a straight line, to arrange, draw up (class.; cf.: guberno, collineo, teneo).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
coronam si diviseris, arcus erit: si direxeris, virga,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 10:
haec directa materia injecta consternebantur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 8:
crates,
id. B. C. 3, 46, 5:
naves ante portum,
Liv. 37, 31; cf.:
naves in pugnam,
id. 22, 19:
vicos,
i. e. to build regularly, id. 5, 55; cf.
castella,
Flor. 4, 12, 26:
molem recta fronte,
Curt. 4, 3 et saep.:
regiones lituo,
i. e. to lay out, bound, Cic. Div. 1, 17; cf.:
finem alicui veterem viam regiam,
Liv. 39, 27.—Esp. freq.:
aciem,
to draw up the troops in battle array, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 47 fin.; 34, 28; Front. Strat. 1, 12, 3; 2, 1, 4 et saep.; cf.
frontem,
Quint. 2, 13, 3; 5, 13, 11:
membrana plumbo derecta,
ruled with a lead-pencil, Cat. 22, 7.—
* b.
Perh. i. q., to split, cleave in twain:
elephantum machaeră dirigit,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 54 (dub.); cf.: dirigere apud Plautum invenitur pro discidere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 15 Müll.—
B.
In partic., with respect to the terminus, to send in a straight line, to direct to a place (so most freq.):
ex vestigio vela ad castra Corneliana,
Caes. B. C. 2, 25, 6:
aciem ad te,
Cat. 63, 56:
cursum ad litora,
Caes. B. C. 3, 25, 4: iter ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 112 et saep.—Afterwards more freq. with in:
equum in consulem,
Liv. 2, 6:
currum in hostem,
Ov. M. 12, 78:
tela manusque in corpus Aeacidae,
Verg. A. 6, 57; Front. Strat. 3, 3, 4:
hastam in te,
Ov. M. 8, 66; cf.:
dentes in inguina,
id. ib. 8, 400:
cursum in Africam,
Vell. 2, 19 fin.:
cursum per auras in lucos,
Verg. A. 6, 195 et saep.:
navem eo,
Nep. Chabr. 4, 2:
gressum huc,
Verg. A. 5, 162; 11, 855 et saep.; and poet. with the dat.:
Ilo hastam,
Verg. A. 10, 401 et saep.—Without designating the limit:
ab iisdem (Etesiis) maritimi cursus (i. e. navium) celeres et certi diriguntur,
to be directed, steered, Cic. N. D. 2, 53:
iter navis,
Ov. F. 1, 4:
cursum,
Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; esp. freq. of weapons, to aim, direct:
spicula,
Verg. A. 7, 497; Ov. M. 12, 606:
hastile,
Verg. A. 12, 490:
tela,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 18:
sagittas,
Suet. Dom. 19 et saep.— Poet.:
vulnera,
Verg. A. 10, 140; Sil. 2, 92 Drak.; Tac. H. 2, 35; cf.:
vulnera alicui,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to set in order, arrange (very rare):
materias divisione dirigere,
Quint. 2, 6, 1.—Far more freq. (esp. in Cic. and Quint.),
B.
In partic.: aliquid ad or in aliquid; also: aliqua re, to direct, guide, arrange a thing either to something (as its aim, scope) or according to something (as its rule or pattern).
(α).
With ad: meas cogitationes sic dirigo, non ad illam parvulam Cynosuram sed, etc., Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.:
orationem ad exempla,
id. Rep. 2, 31 fin.; Quint. 10, 2, 1:
judicium ad ea,
id. 6, 5, 2:
se ad id quod, etc.,
id. 12, 3, 8; cf.:
se ad ea effingenda,
id. 10, 1, 127:
praecipua rerum ad famam,
Tac. A. 4, 40 et saep.—In a different sense (viz., with ad equiv. to secundum, v. ad):
in verbis et eligendis et collocandis nihil non ad rationem,
Cic. Brut. 37, 140:
vitam ad certam rationis normam,
to conform, id. Mur. 2:
leges hominum ad naturam,
id. Leg. 2, 5 fin.; id. Or. 2 fin. et saep.—
(β).
With in (not so in Cic.):
tota mente (intentionem) in opus ipsum,
Quint. 10, 3, 28:
communes locos in vitia,
id. 2, 1, 11; Front. Strat. 3, 2, 2 et saep.—
(γ).
With abl. (only in Cic.):
quos (fines) utilitate aut voluptate dirigunt,
Cic. Fin. 5, 20 fin.:
omnia voluptate,
id. ib. 2, 22, 71:
utilitatem honestate,
id. Off. 3, 21, 83:
haec normā,
id. de Or. 3, 49, 190.—
(δ).
Without an object:
(divinatio) ad veritatem saepissime dirigit,
Cic. Div. 1, 14 fin. —
(ε).
With acc. only: epistolam (sc. ad aliquem), to write, Capit. Clod. Alb. 2.—
(ζ).
With adversus, Quint. 5, 7, 6.—Hence, dīrectus ( dērectus), a, um, P. a., made straight, straight, direct, whether horizontally or perpendicularly; straight, level; upright, steep.
A.
Lit.:
auditus flexuosum iter habet, ne quid intrare possit, si simplex et directum pateret,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf.
aes (tubae), opp. flexum,
Ov. M. 1, 98:
iter,
Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 2: latera, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf.
trabes,
id. ib. 7, 23, 1:
ordo (olearum),
Cic. Caecin. 8, 22:
arcus (opp. obliquus),
Ov. M. 2, 129:
paries,
i. e. that cuts another at right angles, Cic. Top. 4: ut directiores ictus flant, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 2:
praeruptus locus utraque ex parte directus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 3:
(Henna) ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48 Zumpt N. cr.:
cornu,
Caes. B. G. 6, 26.— Subst.: dī-rectum, i, n., a straight line:
in directo pedum VIII. esse, in anfracto XVI.,
in a straight line, Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll.; so,
altitudo (montis) per directum IV. M. pass.,
Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; cf. id. 3, 5, 9, § 66 al.:
cadere in directum moderate (with exire per devexum),
Sen. Q. N. 6, 20; Vulg. Ezech. 47, 20 al.—
B.
Trop., straightforward, unceremonious, open, simple, direct:
o praeclaram beate vivendi et apertam et simplicem et directam viam,
Cic. Fin. 1, 18; cf.:
iter ad laudem,
id. Cael. 17, 41:
vera illa et directa ratio,
id. ib. 18:
tristis ac directus senex,
id. ib. 16, 38; cf.:
quid est in judicio? Directum, asperum, simplex, SI PARET HS ICCC DARI,
id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:
percunctatio et denuntiatio belli,
Liv. 21, 19; cf.
contiones,
Just. 38, 3 fin. (v. obliquus):
verba,
Cod. Just. 6, 23, 15:
actio,
Dig. 3, 5, 46; 9, 4, 26 et saep.; cf.
institutio (opp. precaria),
id. 29, 1, 19:
libertates (opp. fideicommissariae),
id. 29, 4, 12.— Adv.
a.
dīrectē, directly, straight (very rare):
dicere,
Cic. Part. Or. 7, 24:
ire,
Vulg. Sap. 5, 22.—Far more freq.,
b.
dīrectō, directly, straight:
deorsum ferri,
Cic. N. D. 1, 25:
transversas trabes,
Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2:
ad fidem spectare,
Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46; so id. Div. 2, 61 fin. (opp. anfractus and circuitio); Liv. 1, 11 fin.; Sen. Ep. 66; Dig. 9, 4, 26 al. —
* c.
dīrectā:
quo magis ursimus alte directā,
press deep down perpendicularly, Lucr. 2, 198.—
d.
dīrectim, straightway, directly (post-class.), App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 34; Macr. S. 7, 12 fin.—Comp.:
directius gubernare,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66.— Sup. seems not to occur either in the adj. or in the adv.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > directum
7 dirigo

dī-rĭgo or dērĭgo (the latter form preferred by Roby, L. G. 2, p. 387; cf. Rib. Proleg. ad Verg. p. 401 sq.; so Liv. 21, 19, 1; 21, 47, 8; 22, 28 Weissenb.; id. 22, 47, 2 Drak.; Lach. ad Lucr. 4, 609; Tac. A. 6, 40 Ritter; acc. to Brambach, s. v., the two forms are different words, de-rigo meaning to give a particular direction to; di-rigo, to arrange in distinct lines, set or move different ways; cf. describo and discribo. But the distinction is not observed in the MSS. and edd. generally), rexi, rectum, 3 ( perf. sync. direxti, Verg. A. 6, 57), v. a. [dis-rego], to lay straight, set in a straight line, to arrange, draw up (class.; cf.: guberno, collineo, teneo).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
coronam si diviseris, arcus erit: si direxeris, virga,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 10:
haec directa materia injecta consternebantur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 8:
crates,
id. B. C. 3, 46, 5:
naves ante portum,
Liv. 37, 31; cf.:
naves in pugnam,
id. 22, 19:
vicos,
i. e. to build regularly, id. 5, 55; cf.
castella,
Flor. 4, 12, 26:
molem recta fronte,
Curt. 4, 3 et saep.:
regiones lituo,
i. e. to lay out, bound, Cic. Div. 1, 17; cf.:
finem alicui veterem viam regiam,
Liv. 39, 27.—Esp. freq.:
aciem,
to draw up the troops in battle array, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 47 fin.; 34, 28; Front. Strat. 1, 12, 3; 2, 1, 4 et saep.; cf.
frontem,
Quint. 2, 13, 3; 5, 13, 11:
membrana plumbo derecta,
ruled with a lead-pencil, Cat. 22, 7.—
* b.
Perh. i. q., to split, cleave in twain:
elephantum machaeră dirigit,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 54 (dub.); cf.: dirigere apud Plautum invenitur pro discidere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 69, 15 Müll.—
B.
In partic., with respect to the terminus, to send in a straight line, to direct to a place (so most freq.):
ex vestigio vela ad castra Corneliana,
Caes. B. C. 2, 25, 6:
aciem ad te,
Cat. 63, 56:
cursum ad litora,
Caes. B. C. 3, 25, 4: iter ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 112 et saep.—Afterwards more freq. with in:
equum in consulem,
Liv. 2, 6:
currum in hostem,
Ov. M. 12, 78:
tela manusque in corpus Aeacidae,
Verg. A. 6, 57; Front. Strat. 3, 3, 4:
hastam in te,
Ov. M. 8, 66; cf.:
dentes in inguina,
id. ib. 8, 400:
cursum in Africam,
Vell. 2, 19 fin.:
cursum per auras in lucos,
Verg. A. 6, 195 et saep.:
navem eo,
Nep. Chabr. 4, 2:
gressum huc,
Verg. A. 5, 162; 11, 855 et saep.; and poet. with the dat.:
Ilo hastam,
Verg. A. 10, 401 et saep.—Without designating the limit:
ab iisdem (Etesiis) maritimi cursus (i. e. navium) celeres et certi diriguntur,
to be directed, steered, Cic. N. D. 2, 53:
iter navis,
Ov. F. 1, 4:
cursum,
Front. Strat. 3, 13, 6; esp. freq. of weapons, to aim, direct:
spicula,
Verg. A. 7, 497; Ov. M. 12, 606:
hastile,
Verg. A. 12, 490:
tela,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 18:
sagittas,
Suet. Dom. 19 et saep.— Poet.:
vulnera,
Verg. A. 10, 140; Sil. 2, 92 Drak.; Tac. H. 2, 35; cf.:
vulnera alicui,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 160.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to set in order, arrange (very rare):
materias divisione dirigere,
Quint. 2, 6, 1.—Far more freq. (esp. in Cic. and Quint.),
B.
In partic.: aliquid ad or in aliquid; also: aliqua re, to direct, guide, arrange a thing either to something (as its aim, scope) or according to something (as its rule or pattern).
(α).
With ad: meas cogitationes sic dirigo, non ad illam parvulam Cynosuram sed, etc., Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.:
orationem ad exempla,
id. Rep. 2, 31 fin.; Quint. 10, 2, 1:
judicium ad ea,
id. 6, 5, 2:
se ad id quod, etc.,
id. 12, 3, 8; cf.:
se ad ea effingenda,
id. 10, 1, 127:
praecipua rerum ad famam,
Tac. A. 4, 40 et saep.—In a different sense (viz., with ad equiv. to secundum, v. ad):
in verbis et eligendis et collocandis nihil non ad rationem,
Cic. Brut. 37, 140:
vitam ad certam rationis normam,
to conform, id. Mur. 2:
leges hominum ad naturam,
id. Leg. 2, 5 fin.; id. Or. 2 fin. et saep.—
(β).
With in (not so in Cic.):
tota mente (intentionem) in opus ipsum,
Quint. 10, 3, 28:
communes locos in vitia,
id. 2, 1, 11; Front. Strat. 3, 2, 2 et saep.—
(γ).
With abl. (only in Cic.):
quos (fines) utilitate aut voluptate dirigunt,
Cic. Fin. 5, 20 fin.:
omnia voluptate,
id. ib. 2, 22, 71:
utilitatem honestate,
id. Off. 3, 21, 83:
haec normā,
id. de Or. 3, 49, 190.—
(δ).
Without an object:
(divinatio) ad veritatem saepissime dirigit,
Cic. Div. 1, 14 fin. —
(ε).
With acc. only: epistolam (sc. ad aliquem), to write, Capit. Clod. Alb. 2.—
(ζ).
With adversus, Quint. 5, 7, 6.—Hence, dīrectus ( dērectus), a, um, P. a., made straight, straight, direct, whether horizontally or perpendicularly; straight, level; upright, steep.
A.
Lit.:
auditus flexuosum iter habet, ne quid intrare possit, si simplex et directum pateret,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf.
aes (tubae), opp. flexum,
Ov. M. 1, 98:
iter,
Caes. B. C. 3, 79, 2: latera, id. B. G. 7, 72, 1; cf.
trabes,
id. ib. 7, 23, 1:
ordo (olearum),
Cic. Caecin. 8, 22:
arcus (opp. obliquus),
Ov. M. 2, 129:
paries,
i. e. that cuts another at right angles, Cic. Top. 4: ut directiores ictus flant, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 2:
praeruptus locus utraque ex parte directus,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 3:
(Henna) ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48 Zumpt N. cr.:
cornu,
Caes. B. G. 6, 26.— Subst.: dī-rectum, i, n., a straight line:
in directo pedum VIII. esse, in anfracto XVI.,
in a straight line, Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll.; so,
altitudo (montis) per directum IV. M. pass.,
Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; cf. id. 3, 5, 9, § 66 al.:
cadere in directum moderate (with exire per devexum),
Sen. Q. N. 6, 20; Vulg. Ezech. 47, 20 al.—
B.
Trop., straightforward, unceremonious, open, simple, direct:
o praeclaram beate vivendi et apertam et simplicem et directam viam,
Cic. Fin. 1, 18; cf.:
iter ad laudem,
id. Cael. 17, 41:
vera illa et directa ratio,
id. ib. 18:
tristis ac directus senex,
id. ib. 16, 38; cf.:
quid est in judicio? Directum, asperum, simplex, SI PARET HS ICCC DARI,
id. Rosc. Com. 4, 11:
percunctatio et denuntiatio belli,
Liv. 21, 19; cf.
contiones,
Just. 38, 3 fin. (v. obliquus):
verba,
Cod. Just. 6, 23, 15:
actio,
Dig. 3, 5, 46; 9, 4, 26 et saep.; cf.
institutio (opp. precaria),
id. 29, 1, 19:
libertates (opp. fideicommissariae),
id. 29, 4, 12.— Adv.
a.
dīrectē, directly, straight (very rare):
dicere,
Cic. Part. Or. 7, 24:
ire,
Vulg. Sap. 5, 22.—Far more freq.,
b.
dīrectō, directly, straight:
deorsum ferri,
Cic. N. D. 1, 25:
transversas trabes,
Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2:
ad fidem spectare,
Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46; so id. Div. 2, 61 fin. (opp. anfractus and circuitio); Liv. 1, 11 fin.; Sen. Ep. 66; Dig. 9, 4, 26 al. —
* c.
dīrectā:
quo magis ursimus alte directā,
press deep down perpendicularly, Lucr. 2, 198.—
d.
dīrectim, straightway, directly (post-class.), App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 34; Macr. S. 7, 12 fin.—Comp.:
directius gubernare,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66.— Sup. seems not to occur either in the adj. or in the adv.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dirigo
8 diēs

diēs gen. diēī or diē (rarely diei, disyl., T., or diī, V.), m sometimes in sing f. [DIV-], a day, civil day: Quae tot res in unum conclusit diem, T.: eo die, Cs.: in posterum diem, Cs.: paucos dies ibi morati, Cs.: alter et tertius dies absumitur, Ta.— Fem. (in prose only of a fixed term): diebus XXX, a quā die materia caesa est, Cs.: posterā die, S.: suprema, H.: atra, V.: tarda, O. —In phrases: paucis ante diebus, a few days earlier, S.: paucis post diebus, S.: postridie eius diei, the next day, Cs.: post diem tertium eius diei, the next day but one, L.: diem ex die exspectabam, from day to day: diem de die prospectans, L.: in dies, every day, Cs., C.: in diem rapto vivit, L.: cui licet in diem dixisse Vixi, etc., H.—Abl. diē, in a day, in one day, V.; rarely diē (i. e. cottidie or in diem), daily, V.—In dates: ante diem XII Kal. Nov., the twenty - first of October: in ante diem V Kal. Dec., till November 28.— A set day, appointed time, term: hic nuptiis dictus est dies, T.: pecuniae, C., L.: iis certum diem conveniendi dicit, Cs.: die certo, S.: negotio proxumum diem constituit, S.: conloquio decretus, O.: ad diem praestitutum venire, L.: die tuo exspectabam, etc., your fever day: supremus vitae: obire diem supremum, die, N. — Fem. (only sing.): deportandi dies praestituta: certa eius rei constituta, Cs.: stata, L.: ubi ea dies venit, Cs.: praeteritā die, quā, etc., Cs.: esse in lege, quam ad diem, proscriptiones fiant. — In the phrase, dicere diem, with dat, to impeach, lay an accusation against: diem mihi, credo, dixerat: Domitium Silano diem dixisse scimus.— A dying-day, time to die, destined time (poet.): Stat sua cuique dies, V.: Hic dolor ante diem Pandiona misit ad umbras, prematurely, O. — A natural day, day (opp. night): cum horā diei decimā venire: quantum scribam die (opp. noctibus), in the daytime: die et nocte concoqui, in a single day and night: multo denique die, late in the day, Cs.: in diem (somnum) extrahere, Ta.: exercere diem, work by daylight, V.: currūs rogat In diem, for a day, O.: diem noctemque procul navem tenuit, a day and a night, N.: Saturnalia diem ac noctem clamata, all day and all night, L.: diem noctemque, uninterruptedly, Cs.: Dies noctīsque me ames, T.: dies noctīsque iter faciens, N.: noctīs ac dies: et noctīs et dies.— With iter, of distances, a day's march, day's journey: huius silvae latitudo novem dierum iter expedito patet, forced marches, Cs.: quinque dierum iter aberant, L. — Daybreak, day: cum die, O.: ante diem, H. — An anniversary: quo die ad Aliam pugnatum, a clade Aliensem appellarunt, L.: diem meum scis esse III Non. Ian., birthday. —Meton., a day's work, event, day: is dies honestissimus nobis fuerat in senatu: dare illius diei poenas: ille dies Etruscorum fregit opes, Cs.: imponite quinquaginta annis magnum diem, Ta. — A time, space of time, period, interval: diem se ad deliberandum sumpturum, Cs.: diem tempusque forsitan ipsum leniturum iras, L.: ut sexenni die pecuniae solvantur, Cs.: in longiorem diem conlaturus, a later day, Cs.: perexigua, a brief interval: nulla, O.: (indutiarum) dies, the term, L.: messis, season, V.: Optuma aevi, period (i. e. youth), V.: Sole dies referente siccos, season, H.: diem adimere aegritudinem hominibus, T.: diem festum Dianae per triduum agi, a festival, L.: malum in diem abiit, to a future time, T.: nos in diem vivimus, for the moment.—Light of day, daylight (poet.): Inmissus quo dies terreat umbras, O.: volumina fumi Infecere diem, O.: oriens occiduusque dies, the East and the West, i. e. the world, O. — Personified, the god of day, O.— Fem.: Venus primo Caelo et Die nata.
* * *

diei N C

day; daylight; festival; time; lifetime, age

multo dies -- late in the day

Latin-English dictionary > diēs
9 carpo

carpo, psi, ptum, 3 [cf.: rapio, harpazô, karpos; Engl. grab, grip, grasp].
I.
Lit., of plants, flowers, fruits, etc., to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather (class.; in prose and poetry, esp. in the latter very freq.; syn. decerpere).
A.
In gen.:
(flos) tenui carptus ungui,
Cat. 62, 43; Hor. C. 3, 27, 44; Ov. M. 9, 342:
ab arbore flores,
id. ib. 9, 380; cf.
infra, II.: rosam, poma,
Verg. G. 4, 134:
violas et papavera,
id. E. 2, 47:
violas, lilia,
Ov. M. 5, 392:
frondes uncis manibus,
id. G. 2, 366:
plenis pomaria ramis,
Ov. H. 4, 29:
vindemiam de palmite,
Verg. G. 2, 90:
fructus,
id. ib. 2, 501:
frumenta manu,
id. ib. 3, 176.—
B.
Esp.
1.
Of animals, to take something as nourishment (cf. Burm. ad Phaedr. 1, 28, 4); first, of nourishment from plants, to crop, pluck off, browse, graze on, etc. (syn. depascere); also of flesh, to eat, devour (rare):
alia (animalia) sugunt, alia carpunt, alia vorant, alia mandunt,
Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:
carpunt gramen equi,
Verg. A. 9, 353; id. G. 2, 201; Ov. M. 1, 299:
herbam,
Verg. G. 3, 296; 3, 465; Ov. M. 13, 927:
pabula,
id. ib. 4, 217; id. F. 4, 750:
alimenta,
id. M. 15, 478:
apes carpunt ex oleā arbore ceram, e fico mel, etc.,
gather, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 24 sq.; cf.:
apis carpens thyma,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 29.— Poet.:
Invidia (personif. envy) summa cacumina carpit,
Ov. M. 2, 792:
nec carpsere jecur volucres,
id. ib. 10, 43; cf. Phaedr. 1, 28, 4.—Sometimes transf., of men:
prandium,
Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52:
carpe cibos digitis,
Ov. A. A. 3, 755: pisces, pulles, Mart. 3, 13, 1.—Also, to carve; hence the pun in Petr. 36 fin. —
2.
Poet., of other things, to tear off, tear away:
summas carpens media inter cornua saetas,
Verg. A. 6, 245.—Of wool, to pluck; hence, poet., to spin:
vellera,
Verg. G. 4, 335:
pensa,
id. ib. 1, 390; Prop. 3 (4), 6, 16; Hor. C. 3, 27, 64:
lana carpta,
carded, Cels. 6, 6, 1 (hence, facete: stolidum pecus, to pluck, i. e. to fleece rich lovers, Prop. 2 (3), 16, 8; Ov. A. A. 1, 420):
ex collo furtim coronas,
to pull off, Hor. S. 2, 3, 256:
crinem genasque,
to tear, rend, lacerate, Val. Fl. 8, 7;
so acc. to Servius's inaccurate account, in a fragment of the Twelve Tables: mulier faciem ne carpito,
Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 606 (instead of the real words: MVLIERES. GENAS. NE. RADVNTO.; cf.
Dirks. Fragm. XII. Tab. p. 668): artus in parva frusta,
Sen. Thyest. 1061.—
II.
Trop.
A.
(Acc. to I. A.) To pluck, snatch, etc.:
ut omni ex genere orationem aucuper, et omnes undique flosculos carpam atque delibem,
Cic. Sest. 56, 119; id. de Or. 1, 42, 191:
atque in legendo carpsi exinde quaedam,
Gell. 9, 4, 5: oscula, to pluck, as it were, from the lips, to snatch, Prop. 1, 20, 27; Ov. H. 11, 117 Loers. N. cr.; id. M. 4, 358; Phaedr. 3, 8, 12 al.:
basia,
Mart. 5, 46, 1:
gaudia,
Ov. A. A. 3, 661:
dulcia,
Pers. 5, 151:
regni commoda carpe mei,
Ov. F. 3, 622:
fugitivaque gaudia carpe,
and snatch pleasures as they fly, Mart. 7, 47, 11:
delicias,
Prop. 2 (3), 34, 74.—
B.
Esp.
1.
(Acc. to I. B. 1.) In a good sense, to enjoy, use, make use of (mostly poet.;
syn.: fruor, capio): breve ver et primos carpere flores,
Ov. M. 10, 85 (cf.:
flore aetatis frui,
Liv. 21, 3, 4):
illa mihi sedes, illic mea carpitur aetas,
spent, lived, passed, Cat. 68, 35:
diem,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:
honores virtutis,
Val. Fl. 1, 177:
auras vitales,
Verg. A. 1, 388; cf. Sil. 3, 712:
sub dio somnos,
Verg. G. 3, 435:
quietem,
id. A. 7, 414:
soporem,
id. ib. 4, 522:
noctes securas,
Val. Fl. 5, 48; a poet. circumlocution for vivere, degere, etc.—
b.
In a bad sense.
(α).
To gnaw at or tear character or reputation, to carp at, slander, calumniate, revile:
more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant: non illo inimico, sed hoc maledico dente carpunt,
Cic. Balb. 26, 57:
nam is carpebatur a Bibulo, Curione, Favonio,
id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:
Paulum obtrectatio carpsit,
Liv. 45, 35, 5:
imperatorem,
id. 44, 38, 2:
quae non desierunt carpere maligni,
Quint. 11, 1, 24:
maligno sermone,
Suet. Aug. 27:
obliquis orationibus,
id. Dom. 2:
nonnihil vocibus,
Caes. B. G. 3, 17:
aliquem sermonibus,
Liv. 7, 12, 12:
sinistris sermonibus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:
Ciceronem in his,
Quint. 9, 4, 64:
te ficto quaestu,
Cat. 62, 36 and 37:
et detorquere recte facta,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 6:
famam vitamque,
id. Pan. 53, 4; Suet. Calig. 34.—
(β).
To rob of strength, to weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume; or poet., with the idea extended (cf. absumo), to consume completely, to destroy:
vires,
Verg. G. 3, 215; Liv. 9, 27, 6:
quid si carpere singula (jura) et extorquere... patiemini,
id. 34, 3, 2;
esp. of in ward care, anxiety, longing, etc.: at regina, gravi jamdudum saucia curā, Volnus alit venis et caeco carpitur igni,
Verg. A. 4, 2; Ov. M. 3, 490; 10, 370:
solane perpetua maerens carpere juventā?
Verg. A. 4, 32:
curā carpitur ista mei,
Ov. A. A. 3, 680:
aegra assiduo mens carpitur aestu,
Val. Fl. 3, 305; Lucr. 9, 744; Sil. 15, 1:
invidia carpit et carpitur unā,
Ov. M. 2, 781; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 5, 3:
non ego Tot tuos patiar labores carpere lividas Obliviones,
to wear away, Hor. C. 4, 9, 33; cf.: otia corpus alunt, animus quoque pascitur illis;
Inmodicus contra carpit utrumque labor,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 21 sq.:
aras etiam templaque demolitur et obscurat oblivio, neglegit carpitque posteritas,
Plin. Pan. 55, 9:
totum potest excedere quod potest carpi,
Sen. N. Q. 2, 13, 2.—So,
(γ).
In milit. lang., to inflict injury upon an enemy (esp. by single, repeated attacks), to weaken, harass:
agmen adversariorum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 63:
hostes carpere multifariam vires Romanas,
Liv. 3, 5, 1; 22, 32, 2; 27, 46, 6; cf. id. 3, 61, 13 infra; Weissenb. ad Liv. 22, 16, 2; Tac. A. 12, 32; Luc. 4, 156:
novissimum agmen,
Caes. B. C. 1, 78 fin.:
novissimos,
Liv. 8, 38, 6:
extrema agminis,
id. 6, 32, 11. —
2.
To separate a whole into single parts, to cut to pieces, divide (syn.: dividere, distribuere): neque semper utendum est perpetuitate, sed saepe carpenda membris minutioribus [p. 295] oratio est, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:
in multas parvasque partes carpere exercitum,
Liv. 26, 38, 2:
summam unius belli in multa proelia parvaque,
id. 3, 61, 13:
Erymanthus... ab accolis rigantibus carpitur,
is drawn off into canals, Curt. 8, 9, 410. —With a reference to the meaning
(α).
supra:
si erunt plures qui ob innocentem condemnandum pecuniam acceperint, tu non animadvertes in omnis, sed carpes ut velis, et paucos ex multis ad ignominiam sortiere?
distinguish, single out, Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:
in multorum peccato carpi paucos ad ignominiam,
id. ib. —
3.
Viam, iter, etc., or with definite local substantives, terram, mare, litora, etc., to go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail along or through, to take or pursue one ' s way (syn. ire):
viam,
Verg. A. 6, 629; Hor. S. 2, 6, 93; Ov. M. 8, 208; 11, 139:
iter,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 95; Ov. H. 18, 34; id. M. 2, 549; 10, 709:
supremum iter = mori,
Hor. C. 2, 17, 12:
gyrum,
to go in a circle, Verg. G. 3, 191:
fugam,
to fly, Sil. 10, 62; cf.:
prata fugā,
Verg. G. 3, 142:
pede viam,
Ov. A. A. 2, 230:
pede iter,
id. F. 3, 604:
pedibus terras, pontum remis,
Prop. 1, 6, 33:
pede campos,
Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 23:
mare,
id. M. 11, 752:
litora,
id. ib. 12, 196;
15, 507: aëra alis,
id. ib. 4, 616; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311:
aethera,
Ov. M. 8, 219:
carpitur acclivis per muta silentia trames,
id. ib. 10, 53.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > carpo
10 habeo

hăbĕo, ui, itum, 2 (archaic perf. subj. habessit, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19; inf. haberier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 111), v. a. and n. [etym. dub.; cf. Gr. kôpê, handle; Lat. capio; Germ. haben, Haft; Engl. have], to have, in the widest sense of the word, to hold, keep, possess, cherish, entertain, occupy, enclose, contain (cf.: teneo, possideo, etc.).
I.
In gen.
A.
Of personal subjects.
1.
With persons or things as objects: SI INTESTATO MORITVR, CVI SVVS HERES NEC SIT, AGNATVS PROXIMVS FAMILIAM HABETO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Ulp. Fragm. 26, 1: ex tui animi sententia tu uxorem habes? Cato ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 260; cf.:
aliquam habere in matrimonio, Cic. Scaur. § 8: ipsum ex Helvetiis uxorem habere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 6:
si et prudentes homines et non veteres reges habere voluerunt,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37 fin.:
quae cum patrem clarissimum, amplissimos patruos, ornatissimum fratrem haberet,
id. Rosc. Am. 50, 147:
cum ille haberet filium delicatiorem,
id. de Or. 2, 64, 257:
quod non ingenuous habeat clarosque parentes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 91:
habebat saepe ducentos, saepe decem servos,
id. ib. 1, 3, 11:
fundum habere, Cic. Tull. § 14: cur pecuniam non habeat mulier?
id. Rep. 3, 10:
tantas divitias habet,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 99; so,
aurum,
id. ib. 2, 3, 35; and:
vectigalia magna Divitiasque,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 101:
tantum opum,
Cic. Rep. 1, 48:
classes,
id. Phil. 9, 2, 4:
naves,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104:
denique sit finis quaerendi, cumque habeas plus, Pauperiem metuas minus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 92:
tacitus pasci si posset corvus, haberet Plus dapis,
id. Ep. 1, 17, 50:
Dionysii equus quid attulit admirationis, quod habuit apes in juba?
Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67: faenum habet in cornu;
longe fuge,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 34:
leges in monumentis habere,
Cic. Rep. 2, 14:
hostis habet muros,
Verg. A. 2, 290:
hostis habet portus,
Val. Fl. 3, 45 al.:
quam vellem Panaetium nostrum nobiscum haberemus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 10:
Ciceronem secum,
id. Att. 4, 9, 2; cf.:
ea legione, quam secum habebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 1:
secum senatorem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 77; cf.
also: magnum numerum equitatus circum se,
Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 5:
haec si habeat aurum, quod illi renumeret, faciat lubens,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12; cf.:
quid non habuisti quod dares? Habuisse se dicet, Cic. Scaur. § 19: quod non desit, habentem,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 52:
qui in foro turbaque, quicum colloqui libeat, non habeant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17.—
2.
With abstr. objects: quid illos, bono genere gnatos, opinanimi animi habuisse atque habituros dum vivent? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:
quod uno et eodem temporis puncto nati dissimiles et naturas et vitas et casus habent,
Cic. Div. 2, 45, 95:
febrim,
id. Fam. 7, 26, 1:
instrumenta animi,
id. Rep. 3, 3:
nec vero habere virtutem satis est, quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare,
id. ib. 1, 2:
in populos perpetuam potestatem,
id. ib. 2, 27; cf.:
in populum vitae necisque potestatem,
id. ib. 3, 14; so,
potestatem,
id. ib. 2, 29; 32;
36: eo plus auctoritatis,
id. ib. 3, 16:
ornamenta dicendi,
id. de Or. 2, 28, 122; cf.:
summam prudentiam summamque vim dicendi,
id. ib. 1, 20, 89:
Q. Lucilius Balbus tantos progressus habebat in Stoicis, ut, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 6, 15:
neque quem usum belli haberent aut quibus institutis uterentur, reperiri poterat,
Caes. B. G. 4, 20 fin.:
nonnullam invidiam ex eo, quod, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 283: nimiam spem, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1:
spem in fide alicujus,
Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 71; cf.:
tantum spei ad vivendum,
id. Att. 15, 20, 2; id. N. D. 3, 6, 14; cf.
also: summam spem de aliquo,
id. Lael. 3, 11:
odium in equestrem ordinem,
id. Clu. 55, 151:
metum,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 6: consolationem [p. 834] semper in ore atque in animo, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 2; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 56 Mull.:
rogavi, ut diceret, quid haberet in animo,
Cic. Att. 8, 10:
neque modum neque modestiam victores habere,
observe no bounds, Sall. C. 11, 4;
v. modus: haec habebam fere, quae te scire vellem,
Cic. Att. 1, 6; cf.:
haec habui de amicitia quae dicerem,
this is what I had to say, id. Lael. 27 fin.: fidem, gratiam, honorem, rationem; v. these nouns.—In a play on the word lumen: Arge, jaces; quodque in tot lumina lumen habebas Exstinctum est, the light for so many lights ( eyes), Ov. M. 1, 720.—
(β).
With inf. (analog. to the Gr. echô), to have something to do, be able to do something:
habeo etiam dicere quem contra morem majorum dejecerit, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:
de re publica nihil habeo ad te scribere,
id. Att. 2, 22, 6.—So with inf. or with the part. fut. pass. (ante-class. and post-Aug.), to have or be obliged to do something, I must do something:
rogas, ut id mihi habeam curare,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:
filius hominis, quod carne indui haberet in terra,
Lact. 4, 12, 15:
habemus humiliare eum in signo,
id. 4, 18, 22:
quod plurimae haereses haberent existere,
id. 4, 30, 2:
etiam Filius Dei mori habuit,
Tert. Hab. Mul. 1:
si inimicos jubemur diligere, quem habemus odisse?
id. Apol. 37:
de spatiis ordinum eatenus praecipiendum habemus, ut intelligant agricolae, etc.,
Col. 5, 5, 3:
praesertim cum enitendum haberemus, ut, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 12:
si nunc primum statuendum haberemus,
Tac. A. 14, 44:
cum respondendum haberent,
id. Or. 36.—
B.
Of inanim. or abstr. subjects:
prima classis LXXXVIII. centurias habeat,
Cic. Rep. 2, 22:
locus ille nihil habet religionis,
id. Leg. 2, 22, 57:
humani animi eam partem, quae sensum habeat,
id. Div. 1, 32, 70:
animus incorruptus agit atque habet cuncta, neque ipse habetur,
Sall. J. 2, 3:
divinus animus mortale nihil habuit, Cic. Scaur. § 50: habet statum res publica de tribus secundarium,
id. Rep. 1, 42; cf.:
nullum est genus illarum rerum publicarum, quod non habeat iter ad finitimum quoddam malum,
id. ib. 1, 28:
ipsa aequabilitas est iniqua, cum habeat nullos gradus dignitatis,
id. ib. 1, 27:
nulla alia in civitate...ullum domicilium libertas habet,
id. ib. 1, 31:
nostri casus plus honoris habuerunt quam laboris,
id. ib. 1, 4; cf.:
viri excellentis ancipites variique casus habent admirationem,
id. Fam. 5, 12, 5:
habet etiam amoenitas ipsa illecebras multas cupiditatum,
id. Rep. 2, 4:
quid habet illius carminis simile haec oratio?
id. ib. 1, 36:
magnam habet vim disciplina verecundiae,
id. ib. 4, 6 et saep.:
quomodo habere dicimur febrem, cum illa nos habeat,
Sen. Ep. 119 med.; cf.:
animalia somnus habebat,
Verg. A. 3, 147; Ov. M. 7, 329:
me somno gravatum Infelix habuit thalamus,
Verg. A. 6, 521; cf.:
non me impia namque Tartara habent,
id. ib. 5, 734:
habentque Tartara Panthoiden,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 9:
qui (metus) major absentes habet,
id. Epod. 1, 18; Sen. Const. Sap. 7:
et habet mortalia casus,
Luc. 2, 13:
terror habet vates,
Stat. Th. 3, 549.
II.
In partic.
A.
Pregn., to have or possess property (mostly absol.):
miserum istuc verbum et pessumum'st, habuisse et nihil habere,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 34; cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 10: qui habet, ultro appetitur: qui est pauper, aspernatur, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:
habet idem in nummis, habet idem in urbanis praediis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199; so,
in nummis,
id. Att. 8, 10:
in Salentinis aut in Brutiis,
i. e. to have possessions, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 132; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45: nos quod simus, quod habeamus, etc., Curius ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1:
et belli rabies et amor successit habendi,
Verg. A. 8, 327; cf.:
amore senescit habendi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 85; Phaedr. 3 prol. 21; Juv. 14, 207: quid habentibus auri nunquam exstincta sitis? Sil. 5, 264; so, habentes = hoi echontes, the wealthy, Lact. 5, 8, 7. —
2.
With an object - or relative-clause, to have the means, ability, or knowledge, i. e. to be in a condition, to be able, to know how to do or say any thing.
(α).
With an objectclause:
de Alexandrina re tantum habeo polliceri, me tibi cumulate satisfacturum,
Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 3:
de re publica nihil habeo ad te scribere,
id. Att. 2, 22, 6:
haec fere dicere habui de natura deorum,
this is the substance of what I had to say, id. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf.:
quid habes igitur dicere de Gaditano foedere?
id. Balb. 14, 33:
habeo etiam dicere, quem de ponte in Tiberim dejecerit,
id. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:
illud affirmare pro certo habeo, etc.,
Liv. 44, 22, 4:
sic placet, an melius quis habet suadere?
Hor. Epod. 16, 23.—
(β).
With a relat.-clause (usually with a negative: non habeo, quid faciam;
or: nihil habeo, quod faciam, dicam, etc.): de quibus habeo ipse, quid sentiam: non habeo autem, quid tibi assentiar,
Cic. N. D. 3, 25, 64:
de pueris quid agam, non habeo,
id. Att. 7, 19:
usque eo quid arguas non habes,
id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45:
quid huic responderet, non habebat,
id. Mur. 12, 26:
nec quid faceret habebat,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:
qui, quo se reciperent, non haberent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 38, 2:
nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam,
Cic. Att. 7, 19:
nil habeo, quod agam,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 19; and:
nihil habeo, quod cum amicitia Scipionis possim comparare,
Cic. Lael. 27, 103.—
B.
To have in use, make use of, use (very rare, for the usual uti, opp. abuti):
anulus in digito subter tenuatur habendo,
i. e. by use, by wearing, Lucr. 1, 312; cf.:
aera nitent usu: vestis bona quaerit haberi,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 51:
quippe quas (divitias) honeste habere licebat, abuti per turpitudinem properabant,
Sall. C. 13, 2 Kritz; cf.:
magnae opes innocenter paratae et modeste habitae,
Tac. A. 4, 44.—Hence,
2.
To hold, use, wield, handle, manage:
nec inmensa barbarorum scuta, enormis hastas, inter truncos arborum perinde haberi quam pila,
Tac. A. 2, 14.— Trop.:
quo modo rem publicam habuerint (majores), disserere,
Sall. C. 5, 9; cf.:
reipublicae partes,
Tac. A. 4, 6 init. —
C.
To hold or keep a person or thing in any condition; to have, hold, or regard in any light:
aliquem in obsidione,
Caes. B. C. 3, 31, 3:
aliquem in liberis custodiis,
Sall. C. 47, 3; so,
aliquem in custodiis,
id. ib. 52, 14:
aliquem in vinculis,
id. ib. 51 fin.;
for which also: in custodiam habitus,
i. e. put into prison and kept there, Liv. 22, 25; Tac. H. 1, 87; cf.:
quo facilius omne Hadriaticum mare in potestatem haberet,
Caes. B. C. 1, 25 Oud. N. cr. (al. in potestate):
cum talem virum in potestatem habuisset,
Sall. J. 112 fin. Kritz N. cr.:
quae res eos in magno diuturnoque bello inter se habuit,
id. ib. 79, 3:
alios in ea fortuna haberent, ut socii esse quam cives mallent,
Liv. 26, 24:
aegros in tenebris,
Cels. 3, 18:
aquam caelestem sub dio in sole,
Col. 12, 12, 1:
in otio militem,
Liv. 39, 2, 6; cf.:
legiones habebantur per otium,
Tac. H. 1, 31:
externa sine cura habebantur,
id. A. 1, 79 init.:
exercitus sine imperio et modestia habitus,
Sall. J. 44, 1:
quos ille postea magno in honore habuit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2;
for which: quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit,
id. B. G. 5, 54, 4:
habeo Junium (mensem) et Quintilem in metu,
i. e. I fear, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 14.— So with an adj. or a perf. part., to denote a lasting condition:
ita me mea forma habet sollicitum,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 95 Lorenz; id. Men. 4, 2, 12; 21:
miserrimum ego hunc habebo amasium,
id. Cas. 3, 3, 27 al.:
laetum Germanicum,
Tac. A. 2, 57; 65:
sollicitum habebat cogitatio,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1; 2, 16, 2.—Hence,
2.
With a double object, esp. freq. with the part. perf. pass., to have, hold, or possess a person or thing in any quality or capacity, as any thing; to have, hold, or possess an action as completed, finished (a pregn. circumlocution for the perf.):
cum haberet collegam in praetura Sophoclem,
Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 93:
an heredem habuerit eum, a quo, etc.,
id. 7, 2, 37:
istaec illum perdidit assentatio, nam absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8:
cur ergo unus tu Apollonidenses miseriores habes quam pater tuus habuit umquam?
Cic. Fl. 29, 71:
obvium habuerunt patrem,
Quint. 7, 1, 29:
reliquas civitates stipendiarias,
Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3:
quod (cognomen) habes hereditarium,
Cic. Rep. 6, 11:
quae habuit venalia,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11, 1:
qui auro habeat soccis suppactum solum,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 98:
me segregatum habuisse, uxorem ut duxit, a me Pamphilum,
have kept him away, aloof, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 25; cf.:
inclusum in curia senatum habuerunt,
Cic. Att. 6, 2, 8:
(Romulus) habuit plebem in clientelas principum descriptam,
id. Rep. 2, 9: satis mihi videbar habere cognitum Scaevolam ex iis rebus, quas, etc., id. Brut. 40, 147; cf.:
si nondum eum satis habes cognitum,
id. Fam. 13, 17, 3; ib. 15, 20 fin.: fidem spectatam jam et diu cognitam, id. Div. ap. Caecil. 4, 11:
decumas ad aquam deportatas,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 36:
domitas habere libidines,
id. de Or. 1, 43, 194:
omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,
id. Or. 33, 118; id. Rep. 2, 6:
innumerabilia, quae collecta habent Stoici,
id. Div. 2, 70, 145: quantum in acie tironi sit committendum, nimium saepe expertum habemus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 3:
quare velim ita statutum habeas, me, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1: habeo absolutum suave epos ad Caesarem, id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 6:
in adversariis scriptum habere (nomen),
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:
de Caesare satis dictum habebo,
id. Phil. 5, 19, 52:
bellum habere susceptum,
id. Agr. 2, 6, 14:
quam (domum) tu iam dimensam et exaedificatam animo habebas,
id. Att. 1, 6, 1:
ut omnes labores, pericula consueta habeam,
Sall. J. 85, 7:
compertum ego habeo,
id. Cat. 58, 1; cf. Nep. Att. 17 fin.; 18, 1: neque ea res falsum ( part. perf. pass.) me habuit, Sall. J. 10, 1 al. From this use is derived the compound perf. of the Romance languages: ho veduto, j'ai vu, qs. habeo visum, I have seen).—
3.
Also, with a double object, to make, render:
praecipit ut dent operam, uti eos quam maxime manifestos habeant,
Sall. C. 41, 5:
qui pascua publica infesta habuerant,
Liv. 39, 29, 9; 34, 36, 3:
necdum omnia edita facinora habent,
id. 39, 16, 3; 31, 42, 1:
anxium me et inquietum habet petitio Sexti,
Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 1:
sed Pompeium gratia impunitum habuit,
kept, Vell. 2, 1, 5.—
4.
Hence:
in aliquo (aliqua re), aliquem (aliquid) habere (rare): ea si fecissem, in vestra amicitia exercitum, divitias, munimenta regni me habiturum,
Sall. J. 14, 1:
in vobis liberos, parentes, consanguineos habeo,
Curt. 6, 9, 12:
majora in eo obsequia habiturus,
Just. 8, 6, 6; cf. Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 5.—
5.
To have or hold a person in any manner, to treat, use:
is, uti tu me hic habueris, proinde illum illic curaverit,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 64:
equitatu agmen adversariorum male habere et carpere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 63, 2; cf. Cels. 3, 20; 3, 21:
exercitum luxuriose nimisque liberaliter habere,
Sall. C. 11, 5 Kritz; cf.:
eos ille non pro vanis hostibus, ut meriti erant, sed accurate et liberaliter habuit,
id. J. 103, 5; 113, 2:
Fabiis plurimi (saucii) dati, nec alibi majore cura habiti,
Liv. 2, 47, 12; 29, 8, 6; 37, 34, 5:
video quam molliter tuos habeas,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 1:
militant vobiscum, qui superbe habiti rebellassent,
Curt. 8, 8, 11:
virgines tam sancte habuit,
id. 3, 12, 21; 4, 10, 33:
male habere aliquem,
Nep. Eum. 12, 1:
neque conjugem et filium ejus hostiliter haberi,
Tac. A. 2, 10.—
6.
With se, and sometimes mid. or neut., to hold or keep himself or itself in a certain manner, i. e. to be constituted or situated, to find one's self, to be, in any manner.
(α).
Habere se:
Tironem Patris aegrum reliqui...et quamquam videbatur se non graviter habere, tamen sum sollicitus, etc.,
Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3:
praeclare te habes, cum, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149:
ipsi se hoc melius habent quam nos, quod, etc.,
id. Att. 11, 7, 4:
Bene habemus nos,
id. ib. 2, 8, 1:
ego me bene habeo,
am well, Tac. A. 14, 51: praeclare se res habeat ( is well), si, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:
male se res habet, cum, quod virtute effici debet, id tentatur pecunia,
id. Off. 2, 6, 22; cf. id. de Or. 2, 77, 313:
quae cum ita se res haberet, tamen, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 124; cf.:
ita se res habet, ut ego, etc.,
id. Quint. 1, 2:
sic profecto res se habet,
id. de Or. 2, 67, 271:
scire aveo, quomodo res se habeat,
id. Att. 13, 35, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 32, 140:
ut se tota res habeat,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 15; cf.:
ut meae res sese habent,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 1.—
(β).
Mid.:
virtus clara aeternaque habetur,
exhibits itself, is, continues, Sall. C. 1, 4:
sicuti pleraque mortalium habentur,
as for the most part happens in human affairs, id. ib. 6, 3.—
(γ).
Neutr. (as also the Gr echô): Tullia nostra recte valet: Terentia minus belle habuit, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:
volui animum tandem confirmare hodie meum, Ut bene haberem filiae nuptiis,
I might enjoy myself, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 2: qui bene habet suisque amicis est volup, id. [p. 835] Mil. 3, 1, 130:
bene habent tibi principia,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 82:
bene habet: jacta sunt fundamenta defensionis,
it is well, Cic. Mur. 6, 14; Liv. 8, 6:
magnum narras, vix credibile! atqui sic habet,
so it is, it is even so, Hor. S. 1, 9, 53: illasce sues sanas esse habereque recte licere spondesne? Formula emendi, ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 5; 2, 3, 5.—
D.
To hold, account, esteem, consider, regard a person or thing in any manner or as any thing; to think or believe a person or thing to be so or so:
aliquem fidelem sibi habere,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 87:
deos aeternos et beatos,
Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45:
id habent hodie vile et semper habuerunt,
id. Balb. 22, 51:
maximam illam voluptatem habemus, quae, etc.,
id. Fin. 1, 11, 37:
eum nos ut perveterem habemus... nec vero habeo quemquam antiquiorem,
id. Brut. 15, 61:
Ut et rex et pater habereter omnium,
id. Rep. 1, 36; 2, 21:
parentem Asiae et dici et haberi,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10 fin.:
eos dicit esse habitos deos, a quibus, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 15, 38:
cum esset habendus rex, quicumque genere regio natus esset,
id. Rep. 1, 33; cf. id. ib. 2, 12 fin.: non habeo nauci Marsum augurem, Poet. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132:
cujus auctoritas in iis regionibus magni habebatur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 21, 7:
nihil pensi habere,
Quint. 11, 1, 29; cf.
also: an perinde habenda sit haec atque illa,
id. 7, 3, 11:
sese illum non pro amico, sed pro hoste habiturum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19; so,
aliquem pro hoste,
Liv. 2, 20; Curt. 6, 2 al.:
nisi in provincia relictas rationes pro relatis haberem,
Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2:
licet omnia Italica pro Romanis habeam,
Quint. 1, 5, 56; 12, 10, 73:
istuc jam pro facto habeo,
Cic. Att. 13, 1, 2:
Pompeium pro certo habemus per Illyricum proficisci in Galliam,
to consider as certain, id. ib. 10, 6 fin.:
id obliviscendum, pro non dicto habendum,
Liv. 23, 22, 9:
hoc velim in maximis rebus et maxime necessariis habeas,
Cic. Att. 5, 5 fin.:
aliquem in deorum numero,
id. N. D. 1, 14, 36:
aliquem in hostium numero,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28, 1:
aliquem suorum In numero,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 41;
for which also: hostium numero haberi,
Cic. Att. 11, 6, 6:
numero impiorum ac sceleratorum haberi,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7; cf. also Quint. 3, 7, 2:
quem Aegyptii nefas habent nominare,
Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:
mutare nefas habent,
Quint. 12, 8, 6:
nec tamen est habendum religioni, nocentem aliquando defendere,
to scruple, make a conscience of, Cic. Off. 2, 14, 51; cf.:
nec eam rem habuit religioni,
id. Div. 1, 35, 77:
quando tu me bene merentem tibi habes despicatui,
you despise, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 19:
non sic ludibrio tuis factis habitus essem,
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 11.—Hence: sic habeto, or sic habeas aliquid, or with an object-clause, hold or judge thus, be convinced or persuaded, believe, know:
sed hoc nihil ad te: illud velim sic habeas, uod intelliges, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 2:
unum hoc sic habeto: si, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 6 fin.:
sic habeto: omnibus, etc.,
id. Rep. 6, 13:
enitere et sic habeto, non esse te mortalem, sed corpus hoc,
id. ib. 6, 24; so with an object-clause, id. Fam. 2, 10, 1; 16, 4, 4.—Without sic:
id primum ergo habeto, non sine magna causa, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 2:
tantum habeto, civem egregium esse Pompeium, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 8, 2.—
2.
To take, accept, bear, submit to, endure:
neque cuiquam mortalium injuriae suae parvae videntur: multi eas gravius aequo habuere,
Sall. C. 51, 11:
egestas facile habetur sine damno,
id. ib. 6, 37:
quae in praesens Tiberius civiliter habuit, sed, etc.,
Tac. A. 4, 21:
neque tantum maleficium impune habendum,
id. ib. 3, 70;
12, 48: nec ita aegre habuit filium id pro parente ausum,
Liv. 7, 5, 7 Weissenb.—
E.
To hold, have possession of, occupy, a place:
urbem Romam condidere atque habuere initio Trojani,
Sall. C. 6, 1:
qui mortales initio Africam habuerint,
id. J. 17, 7; 18, 1; cf.
Siciliam et Sardiniam per legatos habuit,
rule, administer, Flor. 4, 2, 22:
urbem Romanam a principio reges habuere,
Tac. A. 1, 1:
Hispaniae tribus legionibus habebantur,
id. ib. 4, 5; 12, 54.—
2.
More freq. neutr., to dwell, live anywhere (perh. only ante-class.; in good prose habito is used instead): quae Corinthum arcem altam habetis, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 294 Vahl.):
ille geminus qui Syracusis habet,
Plaut. Men. prol. 69: quis istic habet? id. Bacch. 1, 2, 6:
ubi nunc adulescens habet?
id. Trin. 1, 2, 156:
apud aedem Junonis Lucinae, ubi aeditumus habere solet,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Mull.; cf.:
situm formamque et universorum castrorum et partium, qua Poeni, qua Numidae haberent...specularentur,
Liv. 30, 4, 2 (but v. Weissenb. ad loc.).—
F.
To spend, pass (time, etc.):
aetatem procul a republica,
Sall. C. 4, 1:
vitam,
id. ib. 51, 12 al.—
G.
To have in one's mind, to know, be acquainted with:
siquidem istius regis (Anci) matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 18 fin.: habes consilia nostra;
nunc cognosce de Bruto,
there you have, such are, id. Att. 5, 21, 10:
habetis igitur primum ortum tyranni,
id. Rep. 2, 27:
habetis sermonem bene longum hominis,
id. de Or. 2, 88, 361; cf.
also: habes nostras sententias,
Suet. Claud. 4:
habes, quae fortissime de beata vita dici putem,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 28 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 2, 71, 291. —
H.
To have as a habit, peculiarity, or characteristic:
habebat hoc omnino Caesar: quem plane perditum aere alieno egentemque cognorat, hunc in familiaritatem libentissime recipiebat,
Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 78; id. Pis. 32, 81.—
K.
To hold, to make, do, perform, prepare, utter, pronounce, produce, cause:
alium quaerebam, iter hac habui,
made, directed, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 35; cf.:
ex urbe profectus iter ad legiones habebat,
Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 3; so,
iter,
id. ib. 1, 51, 1; 3, 11, 2; 3, 106, 1; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 2:
vias,
Luc. 2, 439:
C. Cato contionatus est, comitia haberi non siturum, si, etc.,
to be held, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6:
senatum,
id. ib. 2, 13, 3; id. Fam. 1, 4, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 1:
concilia,
id. B. G. 5, 53, 4:
contionem,
Cic. Att. 4, 1, 6:
censum,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:
delectum (militum),
id. Phil. 5, 12, 31; id. Fam. 15, 1 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 1;
v. delectus: ludos,
Suet. Rhet. 1:
sermonem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; cf.:
orationem,
to deliver, id. Rep. 1, 46:
multis verbis ultro citroque habitis,
id. ib. 6, 9 fin.:
disputationem,
id. ib. 1, 7; Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 1:
dialogum,
Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1:
verba,
id. de Or. 2, 47, 190:
querelam de aliquo apud aliquem,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 2:
controversiam de fundo cum aliquo,
id. Fam. 13, 69, 2 et saep.:
deinde adventus in Syriam primus equitatus habuit interitum,
caused, occasioned, Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9; cf. id. Div. 2, 46, 96:
latrocinia nullam habent infamiam, quae extra fines cujusque civitatis fiunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 23, 6.—
L.
Habere in animo (or simply animo), with an objectclause, to have in mind, to intend, to be disposed, inclined to do any thing (=propositum habere, constituisse, decrevisse):
istum exheredare in animo habebat,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 52; id. Att. 1, 17, 11:
hoc (flumen) neque ipse transire in animo habebat neque hostes transituros existimabat,
Caes. B. G. 6, 7, 5:
neque bello eum invadere animo habuit,
Liv. 44, 25, 1 dub (al. in animo), v. Drak. ad h. l.—
M.
Habere sibi or secum aliquid, to keep to one's self (lit. and trop.):
clamare coeperunt, sibi ut haberet hereditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 47:
per vindicationem his verbis legamus: DO LEGO, CAPITO, SUMITO, SIBI HABETO,
Ulp. Fragm. 24, 3; cf. ib. § 5; Gai. Inst. 2, 209.—So the formula used in divorces:
res tuas tibi habeas or habe,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 47; Sen. Suas. 1, § 7:
illam suam suas res sibi habere jussit ex duodecim tabulis,
Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69. —Comic. transf.:
apage sis amor: tuas tibi res habeto,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 32.— Trop.:
secreto hoc audi, tecum habeto, ne Apellae quidem liberto tuo dixeris,
Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 2:
verum haec tu tecum habeto,
id. Att. 4, 15, 6.—
N.
Of a sweetheart, to have, to possess, enjoy:
postquam nos Amaryllis habet, Galatea reliquit,
Verg. E. 1, 31; Tib. 1, 2, 65; Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 22:
duxi, habui scortum,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 6; Ter. And. 1, 1, 58: cum esset objectum, habere eum Laida;
habeo, inquit, non habeor a Laide,
Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2.—
O.
Gladiatorial t. t., of a wounded combatant: hoc habet or habet, he has that (i. e. that stroke), he is hit:
desuper altus equo graviter ferit atque ita fatur: Hoc habet,
Verg. A. 12, 296; Prud. Psych. 53.—
2.
Transf.:
hoc habet: reperi, qui senem ducerem,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 26; id. Rud. 4, 4, 99: egomet continuo mecum;
Certe captus est! Habet!
Ter. And. 1, 1, 56 (id est vulneratus est. Habet enim qui percussus est: et proprie de gladiatoribus dicitur, Don.).—Hence: hăbĭtus, a, um, P. a., held or kept in a certain condition, state, humor (ante-class.).
A.
In gen.
1.
Lit.: equus nimis strigosus et male habitus, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11; v. in the foll.—
2.
Trop.:
ut patrem tuum vidi esse habitum, diu etiam duras (lites) dabit,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 22.—
B.
In partic., physically, well kept, well conditioned, fleshy, corpulent:
corpulentior videre atque habitior,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 8:
si qua (virgo) est habitior paulo, pugilem esse aiunt, deducunt cibum,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23: (censores) equum nimis strigosum et male habitum, sed equitem ejus uberrimum et habitissimum viderunt, etc., Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > habeo
11 intendo

in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
I.
Lit.
A.
In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:
dextram ad statuam,
Cic. Att. 16, 15:
alicui manus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 25:
bracchia,
Ov. M. 10, 58:
manus,
id. ib. 8, 107:
jubet intendi bracchia velis,
Verg. A. 5, 829:
intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,
id. ib. 3, 683:
nervos aut remittere,
Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:
cutem,
id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:
jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,
Val. Fl. 8, 68.—
B.
To bend a bow, etc.:
ballistam in aliquem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:
arcum,
Verg. A. 8, 704:
intentus est arcus in me unum,
Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—
C.
To aim or direct at a thing:
tela in patriam,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:
tela intenta jugulis civitatis,
id. Pis. 2:
sagittam,
Verg. A. 9, 590:
telum in jugulum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
D.
To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:
tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,
pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:
sella intenta loris,
Quint. 6, 3, 25:
stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,
Verg. A. 2, 237:
duro intendere bracchia tergo,
i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:
locum sertis,
encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:
vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,
swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:
intendentibus tenebris,
spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To strain or stretch towards, to extend:
aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,
turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:
aciem longius,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:
quo intendisset oculos,
whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:
aures ad verba,
Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:
numeros intendere nervis,
Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:
strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,
Pers. 6, 4.—
B.
Esp.
1.
To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:
digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:
intendenda in senem est fallacia,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:
ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,
Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:
ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,
Liv. 31, 33, 6:
a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,
id. 36, 21:
coeptum iter in Italiam,
id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:
quo nunc primum intendam,
whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—
2.
Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:
parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:
quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,
id. Verr. 1, 3;
Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 9:
oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,
Caes. B. G. 3, 26:
in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,
id. ib. 3, 22:
intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,
Sall. J. 20, 1:
ad bellum animum intendit,
id. ib. 43, 2:
animum studiis et rebus honestis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:
considerationem in aliquam rem,
Cic. Inv. 2, 33:
omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,
Liv. 40, 5:
omnium eo curae sunt intentae,
Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:
ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:
eruditionem tuam,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —
3.
Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:
intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,
Liv. 24, 37:
aliquem ad custodiae curam,
id. 21, 49:
vis omnis intendenda rebus,
Quint. 10, 7, 21.—
4.
To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:
intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,
Tac. A. 2, 38:
amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,
exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;
4, 11: gloriam,
id. ib. 4, 26;
12, 35: tormentum,
Cels. 4, 15 init. —
C.
Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:
pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:
quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 42:
quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,
Sall. J. 25, 10:
quocumque intenderat,
id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;
102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,
Quint. 10, 1, 45:
ad nuptias,
Just. 13, 6.—
(β).
With inf.:
quo ire intenderant,
Sall. J. 107, 7:
altum petere intendit,
Liv. 36, 44.—
D.
Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:
se ad firmitatem,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:
se in rem,
Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—
E.
Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:
si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,
Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—
F.
To maintain, assert:
eam sese intendit esse,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:
quo modo nunc intendit,
Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —
G.
To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:
alicui actionem perduellionis,
Cic. Mil. 14:
alicui litem,
id. de Or. 1, 10:
periculum in omnes,
id. Rosc. Am. 3:
crimen in aliquem,
Liv. 9, 26:
injuriarum formulam,
Suet. Vit. 7:
probra et minas alicui,
Tac. A. 3, 36:
metum intendere,
id. ib. 1, 28.—
H.
Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—
I.
Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—
K.
In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—
L.
In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:
primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,
Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
1.
inten-tus, a, um.
A.
On the stretch, strained, bent:
arcus,
Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—
B.
Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.
(α).
With dat.:
quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,
Verg. A. 7, 380:
intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,
Liv. 10, 42, 1.—
(β).
With abl.:
aliquo negotio intentus,
Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—
C.
Absol., eager, intent:
at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,
Sall. C. 6, 5:
senatus nihil sane intentus,
id. ib. 16, 5:
intenti exspectant signum,
Verg. A. 5, 137:
intenti ora tenebant,
id. ib. 2, 1:
totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,
Cic. Fl. 11:
intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,
Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:
intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,
Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:
cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,
Liv. 29, 35:
intentissima cura aliquid consequi,
Quint. 10, 1, 111:
haec omnia intentissima cura acta,
Liv. 25, 22, 4. —
D.
Strict:
intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,
Tac. A. 12, 42:
intentius delectum habere,
Liv. 8, 17:
intentiorem fore disciplinam,
Tac. A. 12, 42.—
E.
Raised:
intento alimentorum pretio,
Tac. H. 1, 89. —
F.
Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:
sermo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:
pars orationis,
id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:
pronuntiare,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19:
audire,
Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):
cum delectus intentius haberetur,
Liv. 8, 17:
et quo intentius custodiae serventur,
id. 25, 30, 5:
apparare proelium,
id. 8, 1:
se excusare,
Tac. A. 3, 35:
premere obsessos,
id. ib. 15, 13:
adesse alicui rei,
id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:
exspectans intentissime,
Lampr. Elag. 14. —
2.
intensus, a, um.
A.
Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—
B.
Violent:
intensior impetus,
Sen. Ira, 2, 35:
virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,
Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—
C.
Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:
intensissime,
Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > intendo
12 intense

in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
I.
Lit.
A.
In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:
dextram ad statuam,
Cic. Att. 16, 15:
alicui manus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 25:
bracchia,
Ov. M. 10, 58:
manus,
id. ib. 8, 107:
jubet intendi bracchia velis,
Verg. A. 5, 829:
intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,
id. ib. 3, 683:
nervos aut remittere,
Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:
cutem,
id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:
jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,
Val. Fl. 8, 68.—
B.
To bend a bow, etc.:
ballistam in aliquem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:
arcum,
Verg. A. 8, 704:
intentus est arcus in me unum,
Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—
C.
To aim or direct at a thing:
tela in patriam,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:
tela intenta jugulis civitatis,
id. Pis. 2:
sagittam,
Verg. A. 9, 590:
telum in jugulum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
D.
To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:
tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,
pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:
sella intenta loris,
Quint. 6, 3, 25:
stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,
Verg. A. 2, 237:
duro intendere bracchia tergo,
i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:
locum sertis,
encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:
vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,
swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:
intendentibus tenebris,
spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To strain or stretch towards, to extend:
aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,
turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:
aciem longius,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:
quo intendisset oculos,
whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:
aures ad verba,
Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:
numeros intendere nervis,
Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:
strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,
Pers. 6, 4.—
B.
Esp.
1.
To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:
digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:
intendenda in senem est fallacia,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:
ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,
Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:
ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,
Liv. 31, 33, 6:
a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,
id. 36, 21:
coeptum iter in Italiam,
id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:
quo nunc primum intendam,
whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—
2.
Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:
parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:
quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,
id. Verr. 1, 3;
Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 9:
oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,
Caes. B. G. 3, 26:
in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,
id. ib. 3, 22:
intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,
Sall. J. 20, 1:
ad bellum animum intendit,
id. ib. 43, 2:
animum studiis et rebus honestis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:
considerationem in aliquam rem,
Cic. Inv. 2, 33:
omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,
Liv. 40, 5:
omnium eo curae sunt intentae,
Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:
ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:
eruditionem tuam,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —
3.
Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:
intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,
Liv. 24, 37:
aliquem ad custodiae curam,
id. 21, 49:
vis omnis intendenda rebus,
Quint. 10, 7, 21.—
4.
To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:
intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,
Tac. A. 2, 38:
amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,
exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;
4, 11: gloriam,
id. ib. 4, 26;
12, 35: tormentum,
Cels. 4, 15 init. —
C.
Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:
pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:
quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 42:
quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,
Sall. J. 25, 10:
quocumque intenderat,
id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;
102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,
Quint. 10, 1, 45:
ad nuptias,
Just. 13, 6.—
(β).
With inf.:
quo ire intenderant,
Sall. J. 107, 7:
altum petere intendit,
Liv. 36, 44.—
D.
Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:
se ad firmitatem,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:
se in rem,
Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—
E.
Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:
si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,
Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—
F.
To maintain, assert:
eam sese intendit esse,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:
quo modo nunc intendit,
Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —
G.
To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:
alicui actionem perduellionis,
Cic. Mil. 14:
alicui litem,
id. de Or. 1, 10:
periculum in omnes,
id. Rosc. Am. 3:
crimen in aliquem,
Liv. 9, 26:
injuriarum formulam,
Suet. Vit. 7:
probra et minas alicui,
Tac. A. 3, 36:
metum intendere,
id. ib. 1, 28.—
H.
Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—
I.
Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—
K.
In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—
L.
In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:
primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,
Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
1.
inten-tus, a, um.
A.
On the stretch, strained, bent:
arcus,
Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—
B.
Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.
(α).
With dat.:
quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,
Verg. A. 7, 380:
intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,
Liv. 10, 42, 1.—
(β).
With abl.:
aliquo negotio intentus,
Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—
C.
Absol., eager, intent:
at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,
Sall. C. 6, 5:
senatus nihil sane intentus,
id. ib. 16, 5:
intenti exspectant signum,
Verg. A. 5, 137:
intenti ora tenebant,
id. ib. 2, 1:
totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,
Cic. Fl. 11:
intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,
Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:
intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,
Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:
cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,
Liv. 29, 35:
intentissima cura aliquid consequi,
Quint. 10, 1, 111:
haec omnia intentissima cura acta,
Liv. 25, 22, 4. —
D.
Strict:
intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,
Tac. A. 12, 42:
intentius delectum habere,
Liv. 8, 17:
intentiorem fore disciplinam,
Tac. A. 12, 42.—
E.
Raised:
intento alimentorum pretio,
Tac. H. 1, 89. —
F.
Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:
sermo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:
pars orationis,
id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:
pronuntiare,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19:
audire,
Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):
cum delectus intentius haberetur,
Liv. 8, 17:
et quo intentius custodiae serventur,
id. 25, 30, 5:
apparare proelium,
id. 8, 1:
se excusare,
Tac. A. 3, 35:
premere obsessos,
id. ib. 15, 13:
adesse alicui rei,
id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:
exspectans intentissime,
Lampr. Elag. 14. —
2.
intensus, a, um.
A.
Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—
B.
Violent:
intensior impetus,
Sen. Ira, 2, 35:
virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,
Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—
C.
Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:
intensissime,
Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > intense
13 intensus

in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.
I.
Lit.
A.
In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:
dextram ad statuam,
Cic. Att. 16, 15:
alicui manus,
Sen. Clem. 1, 25:
bracchia,
Ov. M. 10, 58:
manus,
id. ib. 8, 107:
jubet intendi bracchia velis,
Verg. A. 5, 829:
intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,
id. ib. 3, 683:
nervos aut remittere,
Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:
cutem,
id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:
jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,
Val. Fl. 8, 68.—
B.
To bend a bow, etc.:
ballistam in aliquem,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:
arcum,
Verg. A. 8, 704:
intentus est arcus in me unum,
Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—
C.
To aim or direct at a thing:
tela in patriam,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:
tela intenta jugulis civitatis,
id. Pis. 2:
sagittam,
Verg. A. 9, 590:
telum in jugulum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
D.
To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:
tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,
pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:
sella intenta loris,
Quint. 6, 3, 25:
stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,
Verg. A. 2, 237:
duro intendere bracchia tergo,
i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:
locum sertis,
encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:
vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,
swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:
intendentibus tenebris,
spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To strain or stretch towards, to extend:
aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,
turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:
aciem longius,
id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:
quo intendisset oculos,
whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:
aures ad verba,
Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:
numeros intendere nervis,
Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:
strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,
Pers. 6, 4.—
B.
Esp.
1.
To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:
digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:
intendenda in senem est fallacia,
id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:
ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,
Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:
ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,
Liv. 31, 33, 6:
a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,
id. 36, 21:
coeptum iter in Italiam,
id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:
quo nunc primum intendam,
whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—
2.
Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:
parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:
quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,
id. Verr. 1, 3;
Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 9:
oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,
Caes. B. G. 3, 26:
in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,
id. ib. 3, 22:
intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,
Sall. J. 20, 1:
ad bellum animum intendit,
id. ib. 43, 2:
animum studiis et rebus honestis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:
considerationem in aliquam rem,
Cic. Inv. 2, 33:
omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,
Liv. 40, 5:
omnium eo curae sunt intentae,
Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:
ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:
eruditionem tuam,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —
3.
Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:
intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,
Liv. 24, 37:
aliquem ad custodiae curam,
id. 21, 49:
vis omnis intendenda rebus,
Quint. 10, 7, 21.—
4.
To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:
intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,
Tac. A. 2, 38:
amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,
exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;
4, 11: gloriam,
id. ib. 4, 26;
12, 35: tormentum,
Cels. 4, 15 init. —
C.
Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:
pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?
Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:
quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 42:
quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,
Sall. J. 25, 10:
quocumque intenderat,
id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;
102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,
Quint. 10, 1, 45:
ad nuptias,
Just. 13, 6.—
(β).
With inf.:
quo ire intenderant,
Sall. J. 107, 7:
altum petere intendit,
Liv. 36, 44.—
D.
Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:
se ad firmitatem,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:
se in rem,
Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—
E.
Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:
si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,
Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—
F.
To maintain, assert:
eam sese intendit esse,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:
quo modo nunc intendit,
Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —
G.
To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:
alicui actionem perduellionis,
Cic. Mil. 14:
alicui litem,
id. de Or. 1, 10:
periculum in omnes,
id. Rosc. Am. 3:
crimen in aliquem,
Liv. 9, 26:
injuriarum formulam,
Suet. Vit. 7:
probra et minas alicui,
Tac. A. 3, 36:
metum intendere,
id. ib. 1, 28.—
H.
Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—
I.
Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—
K.
In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—
L.
In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:
primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,
Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.
1.
inten-tus, a, um.
A.
On the stretch, strained, bent:
arcus,
Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—
B.
Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.
(α).
With dat.:
quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,
Verg. A. 7, 380:
intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,
Liv. 10, 42, 1.—
(β).
With abl.:
aliquo negotio intentus,
Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—
C.
Absol., eager, intent:
at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,
Sall. C. 6, 5:
senatus nihil sane intentus,
id. ib. 16, 5:
intenti exspectant signum,
Verg. A. 5, 137:
intenti ora tenebant,
id. ib. 2, 1:
totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,
Cic. Fl. 11:
intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,
Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:
intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,
Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:
cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,
Liv. 29, 35:
intentissima cura aliquid consequi,
Quint. 10, 1, 111:
haec omnia intentissima cura acta,
Liv. 25, 22, 4. —
D.
Strict:
intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,
Tac. A. 12, 42:
intentius delectum habere,
Liv. 8, 17:
intentiorem fore disciplinam,
Tac. A. 12, 42.—
E.
Raised:
intento alimentorum pretio,
Tac. H. 1, 89. —
F.
Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:
sermo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:
pars orationis,
id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:
pronuntiare,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19:
audire,
Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):
cum delectus intentius haberetur,
Liv. 8, 17:
et quo intentius custodiae serventur,
id. 25, 30, 5:
apparare proelium,
id. 8, 1:
se excusare,
Tac. A. 3, 35:
premere obsessos,
id. ib. 15, 13:
adesse alicui rei,
id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:
exspectans intentissime,
Lampr. Elag. 14. —
2.
intensus, a, um.
A.
Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—
B.
Violent:
intensior impetus,
Sen. Ira, 2, 35:
virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,
Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—
C.
Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:
intensissime,
Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > intensus
14 rectum

rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).
I.
Lit.:
deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,
Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:
manus una (navem) regit,
Lucr. 4, 903:
onera navium velis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13:
arte ratem,
Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.
clavum,
Verg. A. 10, 218:
te ventorum regat pater,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:
vela,
Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:
coërcet et regit beluam,
Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:
equum,
Liv. 35, 11:
equos,
Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.
quadrupedes,
id. M. 2, 86:
spumantia ora (equi),
id. ib. 8, 34:
frena,
id. P. 4, 12, 24:
equi impotentes regendi,
Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:
currus,
Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:
rege tela per auras,
Verg. A. 9, 409:
tela per viscera Caesaris,
Luc. 7, 350; cf.:
missum jaculum,
Ov. M. 7, 684:
sagittas nusquam,
Luc. 7, 515:
regens tenui vestigia filo,
Cat. 64, 113; cf.:
Daedalium iter lino duce,
Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:
caeca filo vestigia,
Verg. A. 6, 30:
diverso flamina tractu,
Ov. M. 1, 59:
gressus,
Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—
B.
In partic., jurid. t. t.:
regere fines,
to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—
II.
Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.
A.
In gen.:
Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,
Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:
domum,
id. ib. 1, 39, 61:
rem consilio,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:
belli fera munera Mavors regit,
Lucr. 1, 33; cf.
bella,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:
omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:
alicujus animum atque ingenium,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:
animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),
Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:
mores,
Ov. M. 15, 834:
animos dictis,
Verg. A. 1, 153:
animum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
ut me ipse regam,
id. ib. 1, 1, 27:
consilia senatus,
Quint. 12, 1, 26:
valetudines principis,
Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:
valetudinem arbitratu suo,
Suet. Tib. 68 al.:
neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,
Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:
jam regi leges, non regere,
Liv. 10, 13:
utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:
vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,
Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:
Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,
Tac. H. 3, 50:
nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,
Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:
quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?
Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,
rem publicam,
id. ib. 1, 26, 41;
1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;
2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,
id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:
Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43:
Frisios,
Tac. A. 4, 72:
populos imperio,
Verg. A. 6, 851:
imperiis Italiam,
id. ib. 4, 230:
legiones,
Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.
cohortes,
id. H. 4, 12:
exercitum,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:
domum,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:
diva, quae regis Antium,
Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:
Diana, quae silentium regis,
id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:
animi partes consilio,
Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:
ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:
rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,
id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:
Tiberio regente,
Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:
stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,
Quint. 3, 8, 47:
quo regente,
Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:
Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,
i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—
2.
To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):
errantem regere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 57:
rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,
I.
P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:
contemptus regentium,
Tac. A. 12, 54:
in obsequium regentis,
id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:
vita regentis,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:
excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,
Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:
in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—
II.
rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.
A.
Lit., of horizontal direction:
pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),
Lucr. 4, 439:
sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,
id. 2, 249 Munro:
rectā regione iter instituere,
Liv. 21, 31:
India, rectā regione spatiosa,
Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:
ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:
via,
id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.
platea,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:
porta,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:
ostium,
id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:
ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),
Lucr. 4, 93:
cursus hinc in Africam,
Liv. 26, 43:
saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:
recto flumine,
Verg. A. 8, 57:
recto ad Iberum itinere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:
ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,
Verg. A. 8, 209:
recto grassetur limite miles,
Ov. Tr. 2, 477:
velut rectae acies concurrissent,
in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,
acies,
id. 35, 28:
qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,
Quint. 8, 3, 9:
hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,
Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:
adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,
Sen. Const. 5, 5:
rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,
id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:
oculi,
Suet. Aug. 16; cf.
acies,
Ov. M. 2, 776:
lumen,
Luc. 9, 638:
vultus,
Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:
ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,
in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:
saxa,
perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:
rectae prope rupes,
id. 38, 20:
truncus,
Ov. M. 7, 640:
ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,
Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:
caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,
Quint. 11, 3, 69:
homines,
straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,
Quintia,
id. 86, 1:
puella,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:
senectus,
Juv. 3, 26:
iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,
does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:
vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,
Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:
crus Rectius,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:
rectior coma,
smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:
longā trabe rectior exstet,
Ov. M. 3, 78:
crura,
Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:
rectissima linea,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:
via,
id. 12, 2, 27. —
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):
ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:
rectā viā depelli,
Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;
so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,
Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:
recta consilia dare,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:
quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:
quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:
sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,
id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:
(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,
id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:
per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),
id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:
recto ac justo proelio dimicare,
Liv. 35, 4 fin.:
rectarum cenarum consuetudo,
a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,
cena,
Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:
recta,
Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:
domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),
Sen. Ep. 100, 6:
nominibus rectis expendere nummos,
i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):
absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,
suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:
rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:
quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,
id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:
aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,
Quint. 6, 3, 89:
cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,
id. 8, 5, 6;
so (opp. durum et incomptum),
id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:
mutare aliquid a recto,
id. 2, 13, 11:
recta et vera loquere,
i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:
qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,
Quint. 10, 5, 12:
ea plerumque recta sunt,
id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:
rectior divisio,
Quint. 7, 2, 39:
si quid novisti rectius istis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:
rectissima ratio,
Quint. 2, 13, 3.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):
honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:
nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,
id. Lael. 22, 82;
so with honestum,
id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:
(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:
recta consilia (opp. prava),
Liv. 1, 27:
in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),
Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:
curvo dignoscere rectum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:
mens sibi conscia recti,
Verg. A. 1, 604:
fidem rectumque colebat,
Ov. M. 1, 90:
recta ingenia (opp. perversa),
Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:
in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,
Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:
animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:
natura,
id. S. 1, 6, 66:
ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:
judex,
Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.
auditor,
Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:
vir rectus et sanctus,
id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:
beatus judicii rectus,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:
rectum est gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—
b.
In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;
opp. obliqui casus),
Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,
A.
rectā,
B.
rectō,
C.
rectē.
A.
rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):
hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:
jam ad regem rectā me ducam,
id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:
tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:
Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —
B.
rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):
appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,
Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—
C.
rectē.
1.
Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):
vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,
Cato, R. R. 33, 4:
sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:
satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,
Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—
2.
Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):
recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:
fecisti edepol et recte et bene,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;
so with commode,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:
recte et sapienter facit,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:
recte atque ordine factum,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:
recte atque ordine facere,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;
v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:
recte atque in loco constare,
id. Mur. 12, 26:
recte factum,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:
seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:
seu recte seu perperam facere,
Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:
recte dictum (opp. absurde),
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:
recte concludere (opp. vitiose),
Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:
recte factum (opp. turpiter),
Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:
recte rationem tenes,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:
hercle quin tu recte dicis,
id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:
non recte judicas de Catone,
Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:
rectissime quidem judicas,
id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:
tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,
Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:
monere,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:
admonere recte,
id. Men. 5, 9, 33:
suis amicis recte res suas narrare,
properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:
hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,
consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:
aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,
duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:
alicui recte dare epistulam,
correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:
cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,
safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,
sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,
id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:
alicui suam salutem recte committere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:
si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,
goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:
ludi recte facti,
id. 36, 2:
ver sacrum non esse recte factum,
id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:
valere,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:
apud matrem recte est,
i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,
recte esse,
id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:
recte sit oculis tuis,
Gell. 13, 30, 11:
olivetum recte putare,
properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:
solet illa recte sub manus succedere,
well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:
recte cavere,
to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:
deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,
well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,
vortere,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:
alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:
nec recte loqui alicui,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:
nec recte dicere in aliquem,
id. As. 1, 3, 3;
and simply nec recte dicere,
id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:
ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:
hic tibi erit rectius,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:
rectius bella gerere,
Liv. 3, 2 fin.:
non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —
b.
With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:
locus recte ferax,
Cato, R. R. 44:
salvus sum recte,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:
morata recte,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:
oneratus recte,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:
non recte vinctus est,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—
c.
Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—
B.
So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:
rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,
i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,
in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!
Hor. A. P. 4, 28.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rectum
15 regens

rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).
I.
Lit.:
deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,
Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:
manus una (navem) regit,
Lucr. 4, 903:
onera navium velis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13:
arte ratem,
Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.
clavum,
Verg. A. 10, 218:
te ventorum regat pater,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:
vela,
Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:
coërcet et regit beluam,
Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:
equum,
Liv. 35, 11:
equos,
Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.
quadrupedes,
id. M. 2, 86:
spumantia ora (equi),
id. ib. 8, 34:
frena,
id. P. 4, 12, 24:
equi impotentes regendi,
Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:
currus,
Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:
rege tela per auras,
Verg. A. 9, 409:
tela per viscera Caesaris,
Luc. 7, 350; cf.:
missum jaculum,
Ov. M. 7, 684:
sagittas nusquam,
Luc. 7, 515:
regens tenui vestigia filo,
Cat. 64, 113; cf.:
Daedalium iter lino duce,
Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:
caeca filo vestigia,
Verg. A. 6, 30:
diverso flamina tractu,
Ov. M. 1, 59:
gressus,
Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—
B.
In partic., jurid. t. t.:
regere fines,
to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—
II.
Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.
A.
In gen.:
Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,
Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:
domum,
id. ib. 1, 39, 61:
rem consilio,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:
belli fera munera Mavors regit,
Lucr. 1, 33; cf.
bella,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:
omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:
alicujus animum atque ingenium,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:
animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),
Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:
mores,
Ov. M. 15, 834:
animos dictis,
Verg. A. 1, 153:
animum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
ut me ipse regam,
id. ib. 1, 1, 27:
consilia senatus,
Quint. 12, 1, 26:
valetudines principis,
Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:
valetudinem arbitratu suo,
Suet. Tib. 68 al.:
neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,
Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:
jam regi leges, non regere,
Liv. 10, 13:
utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:
vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,
Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:
Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,
Tac. H. 3, 50:
nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,
Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:
quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?
Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,
rem publicam,
id. ib. 1, 26, 41;
1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;
2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,
id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:
Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43:
Frisios,
Tac. A. 4, 72:
populos imperio,
Verg. A. 6, 851:
imperiis Italiam,
id. ib. 4, 230:
legiones,
Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.
cohortes,
id. H. 4, 12:
exercitum,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:
domum,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:
diva, quae regis Antium,
Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:
Diana, quae silentium regis,
id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:
animi partes consilio,
Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:
ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:
rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,
id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:
Tiberio regente,
Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:
stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,
Quint. 3, 8, 47:
quo regente,
Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:
Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,
i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—
2.
To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):
errantem regere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 57:
rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,
I.
P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:
contemptus regentium,
Tac. A. 12, 54:
in obsequium regentis,
id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:
vita regentis,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:
excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,
Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:
in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—
II.
rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.
A.
Lit., of horizontal direction:
pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),
Lucr. 4, 439:
sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,
id. 2, 249 Munro:
rectā regione iter instituere,
Liv. 21, 31:
India, rectā regione spatiosa,
Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:
ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:
via,
id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.
platea,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:
porta,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:
ostium,
id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:
ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),
Lucr. 4, 93:
cursus hinc in Africam,
Liv. 26, 43:
saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:
recto flumine,
Verg. A. 8, 57:
recto ad Iberum itinere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:
ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,
Verg. A. 8, 209:
recto grassetur limite miles,
Ov. Tr. 2, 477:
velut rectae acies concurrissent,
in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,
acies,
id. 35, 28:
qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,
Quint. 8, 3, 9:
hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,
Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:
adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,
Sen. Const. 5, 5:
rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,
id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:
oculi,
Suet. Aug. 16; cf.
acies,
Ov. M. 2, 776:
lumen,
Luc. 9, 638:
vultus,
Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:
ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,
in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:
saxa,
perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:
rectae prope rupes,
id. 38, 20:
truncus,
Ov. M. 7, 640:
ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,
Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:
caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,
Quint. 11, 3, 69:
homines,
straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,
Quintia,
id. 86, 1:
puella,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:
senectus,
Juv. 3, 26:
iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,
does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:
vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,
Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:
crus Rectius,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:
rectior coma,
smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:
longā trabe rectior exstet,
Ov. M. 3, 78:
crura,
Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:
rectissima linea,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:
via,
id. 12, 2, 27. —
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):
ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:
rectā viā depelli,
Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;
so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,
Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:
recta consilia dare,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:
quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:
quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:
sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,
id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:
(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,
id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:
per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),
id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:
recto ac justo proelio dimicare,
Liv. 35, 4 fin.:
rectarum cenarum consuetudo,
a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,
cena,
Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:
recta,
Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:
domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),
Sen. Ep. 100, 6:
nominibus rectis expendere nummos,
i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):
absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,
suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:
rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:
quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,
id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:
aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,
Quint. 6, 3, 89:
cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,
id. 8, 5, 6;
so (opp. durum et incomptum),
id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:
mutare aliquid a recto,
id. 2, 13, 11:
recta et vera loquere,
i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:
qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,
Quint. 10, 5, 12:
ea plerumque recta sunt,
id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:
rectior divisio,
Quint. 7, 2, 39:
si quid novisti rectius istis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:
rectissima ratio,
Quint. 2, 13, 3.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):
honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:
nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,
id. Lael. 22, 82;
so with honestum,
id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:
(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:
recta consilia (opp. prava),
Liv. 1, 27:
in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),
Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:
curvo dignoscere rectum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:
mens sibi conscia recti,
Verg. A. 1, 604:
fidem rectumque colebat,
Ov. M. 1, 90:
recta ingenia (opp. perversa),
Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:
in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,
Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:
animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:
natura,
id. S. 1, 6, 66:
ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:
judex,
Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.
auditor,
Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:
vir rectus et sanctus,
id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:
beatus judicii rectus,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:
rectum est gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—
b.
In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;
opp. obliqui casus),
Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,
A.
rectā,
B.
rectō,
C.
rectē.
A.
rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):
hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:
jam ad regem rectā me ducam,
id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:
tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:
Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —
B.
rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):
appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,
Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—
C.
rectē.
1.
Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):
vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,
Cato, R. R. 33, 4:
sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:
satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,
Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—
2.
Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):
recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:
fecisti edepol et recte et bene,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;
so with commode,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:
recte et sapienter facit,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:
recte atque ordine factum,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:
recte atque ordine facere,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;
v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:
recte atque in loco constare,
id. Mur. 12, 26:
recte factum,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:
seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:
seu recte seu perperam facere,
Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:
recte dictum (opp. absurde),
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:
recte concludere (opp. vitiose),
Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:
recte factum (opp. turpiter),
Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:
recte rationem tenes,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:
hercle quin tu recte dicis,
id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:
non recte judicas de Catone,
Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:
rectissime quidem judicas,
id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:
tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,
Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:
monere,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:
admonere recte,
id. Men. 5, 9, 33:
suis amicis recte res suas narrare,
properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:
hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,
consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:
aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,
duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:
alicui recte dare epistulam,
correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:
cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,
safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,
sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,
id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:
alicui suam salutem recte committere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:
si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,
goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:
ludi recte facti,
id. 36, 2:
ver sacrum non esse recte factum,
id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:
valere,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:
apud matrem recte est,
i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,
recte esse,
id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:
recte sit oculis tuis,
Gell. 13, 30, 11:
olivetum recte putare,
properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:
solet illa recte sub manus succedere,
well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:
recte cavere,
to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:
deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,
well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,
vortere,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:
alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:
nec recte loqui alicui,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:
nec recte dicere in aliquem,
id. As. 1, 3, 3;
and simply nec recte dicere,
id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:
ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:
hic tibi erit rectius,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:
rectius bella gerere,
Liv. 3, 2 fin.:
non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —
b.
With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:
locus recte ferax,
Cato, R. R. 44:
salvus sum recte,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:
morata recte,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:
oneratus recte,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:
non recte vinctus est,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—
c.
Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—
B.
So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:
rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,
i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,
in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!
Hor. A. P. 4, 28.

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rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).
I.
Lit.:
deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,
Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:
manus una (navem) regit,
Lucr. 4, 903:
onera navium velis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13:
arte ratem,
Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.
clavum,
Verg. A. 10, 218:
te ventorum regat pater,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:
vela,
Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:
coërcet et regit beluam,
Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:
equum,
Liv. 35, 11:
equos,
Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.
quadrupedes,
id. M. 2, 86:
spumantia ora (equi),
id. ib. 8, 34:
frena,
id. P. 4, 12, 24:
equi impotentes regendi,
Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:
currus,
Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:
rege tela per auras,
Verg. A. 9, 409:
tela per viscera Caesaris,
Luc. 7, 350; cf.:
missum jaculum,
Ov. M. 7, 684:
sagittas nusquam,
Luc. 7, 515:
regens tenui vestigia filo,
Cat. 64, 113; cf.:
Daedalium iter lino duce,
Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:
caeca filo vestigia,
Verg. A. 6, 30:
diverso flamina tractu,
Ov. M. 1, 59:
gressus,
Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—
B.
In partic., jurid. t. t.:
regere fines,
to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—
II.
Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.
A.
In gen.:
Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,
Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:
domum,
id. ib. 1, 39, 61:
rem consilio,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:
belli fera munera Mavors regit,
Lucr. 1, 33; cf.
bella,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:
omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:
alicujus animum atque ingenium,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:
animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),
Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:
mores,
Ov. M. 15, 834:
animos dictis,
Verg. A. 1, 153:
animum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
ut me ipse regam,
id. ib. 1, 1, 27:
consilia senatus,
Quint. 12, 1, 26:
valetudines principis,
Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:
valetudinem arbitratu suo,
Suet. Tib. 68 al.:
neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,
Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:
jam regi leges, non regere,
Liv. 10, 13:
utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:
vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,
Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:
Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,
Tac. H. 3, 50:
nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,
Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:
quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?
Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,
rem publicam,
id. ib. 1, 26, 41;
1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;
2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,
id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:
Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43:
Frisios,
Tac. A. 4, 72:
populos imperio,
Verg. A. 6, 851:
imperiis Italiam,
id. ib. 4, 230:
legiones,
Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.
cohortes,
id. H. 4, 12:
exercitum,
Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:
domum,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:
diva, quae regis Antium,
Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:
Diana, quae silentium regis,
id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:
animi partes consilio,
Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:
ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:
rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,
id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:
Tiberio regente,
Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:
stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,
Quint. 3, 8, 47:
quo regente,
Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:
Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,
i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—
2.
To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):
errantem regere,
Caes. B. C. 3, 57:
rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,
I.
P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:
contemptus regentium,
Tac. A. 12, 54:
in obsequium regentis,
id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:
vita regentis,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:
excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,
Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:
in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—
II.
rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.
A.
Lit., of horizontal direction:
pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),
Lucr. 4, 439:
sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,
id. 2, 249 Munro:
rectā regione iter instituere,
Liv. 21, 31:
India, rectā regione spatiosa,
Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:
ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:
via,
id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.
platea,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:
porta,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:
ostium,
id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:
ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),
Lucr. 4, 93:
cursus hinc in Africam,
Liv. 26, 43:
saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:
recto flumine,
Verg. A. 8, 57:
recto ad Iberum itinere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:
ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,
Verg. A. 8, 209:
recto grassetur limite miles,
Ov. Tr. 2, 477:
velut rectae acies concurrissent,
in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,
acies,
id. 35, 28:
qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,
Quint. 8, 3, 9:
hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,
Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:
adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,
Sen. Const. 5, 5:
rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,
id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:
oculi,
Suet. Aug. 16; cf.
acies,
Ov. M. 2, 776:
lumen,
Luc. 9, 638:
vultus,
Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:
ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,
in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:
saxa,
perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:
rectae prope rupes,
id. 38, 20:
truncus,
Ov. M. 7, 640:
ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,
Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:
caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,
Quint. 11, 3, 69:
homines,
straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,
Quintia,
id. 86, 1:
puella,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:
senectus,
Juv. 3, 26:
iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,
does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:
vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,
Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:
crus Rectius,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:
rectior coma,
smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:
longā trabe rectior exstet,
Ov. M. 3, 78:
crura,
Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:
rectissima linea,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:
via,
id. 12, 2, 27. —
B.
Trop.
1.
In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):
ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:
rectā viā depelli,
Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;
so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,
Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:
recta consilia dare,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:
quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:
quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:
sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,
id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:
(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,
id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:
per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),
id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:
recto ac justo proelio dimicare,
Liv. 35, 4 fin.:
rectarum cenarum consuetudo,
a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,
cena,
Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:
recta,
Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:
domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),
Sen. Ep. 100, 6:
nominibus rectis expendere nummos,
i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):
absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,
suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:
rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:
quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,
id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:
aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,
Quint. 6, 3, 89:
cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,
id. 8, 5, 6;
so (opp. durum et incomptum),
id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:
mutare aliquid a recto,
id. 2, 13, 11:
recta et vera loquere,
i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:
qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,
Quint. 10, 5, 12:
ea plerumque recta sunt,
id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:
rectior divisio,
Quint. 7, 2, 39:
si quid novisti rectius istis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:
rectissima ratio,
Quint. 2, 13, 3.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):
honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,
Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:
nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,
id. Lael. 22, 82;
so with honestum,
id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:
(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:
recta consilia (opp. prava),
Liv. 1, 27:
in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),
Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:
curvo dignoscere rectum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:
mens sibi conscia recti,
Verg. A. 1, 604:
fidem rectumque colebat,
Ov. M. 1, 90:
recta ingenia (opp. perversa),
Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:
in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,
Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:
animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:
natura,
id. S. 1, 6, 66:
ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,
Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:
judex,
Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.
auditor,
Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:
vir rectus et sanctus,
id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:
beatus judicii rectus,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:
rectum est gravitatem retinere,
Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—
b.
In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;
opp. obliqui casus),
Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,
A.
rectā,
B.
rectō,
C.
rectē.
A.
rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):
hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:
jam ad regem rectā me ducam,
id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:
tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:
Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —
B.
rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):
appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,
Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—
C.
rectē.
1.
Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):
vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,
Cato, R. R. 33, 4:
sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:
satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,
Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—
2.
Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):
recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:
fecisti edepol et recte et bene,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;
so with commode,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:
recte et sapienter facit,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:
recte atque ordine factum,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:
recte atque ordine facere,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;
v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:
recte atque in loco constare,
id. Mur. 12, 26:
recte factum,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:
seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:
seu recte seu perperam facere,
Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:
recte dictum (opp. absurde),
Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:
recte concludere (opp. vitiose),
Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:
recte factum (opp. turpiter),
Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:
recte rationem tenes,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:
hercle quin tu recte dicis,
id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:
non recte judicas de Catone,
Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:
rectissime quidem judicas,
id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:
tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,
Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:
monere,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:
admonere recte,
id. Men. 5, 9, 33:
suis amicis recte res suas narrare,
properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:
hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,
consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:
aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,
duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:
alicui recte dare epistulam,
correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:
cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,
safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,
sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,
id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:
alicui suam salutem recte committere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:
si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,
goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:
ludi recte facti,
id. 36, 2:
ver sacrum non esse recte factum,
id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:
valere,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:
apud matrem recte est,
i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,
recte esse,
id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:
recte sit oculis tuis,
Gell. 13, 30, 11:
olivetum recte putare,
properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:
solet illa recte sub manus succedere,
well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:
recte cavere,
to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:
deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,
well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,
vortere,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:
alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:
nec recte loqui alicui,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:
nec recte dicere in aliquem,
id. As. 1, 3, 3;
and simply nec recte dicere,
id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:
ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:
hic tibi erit rectius,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:
rectius bella gerere,
Liv. 3, 2 fin.:
non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —
b.
With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:
locus recte ferax,
Cato, R. R. 44:
salvus sum recte,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:
morata recte,
id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:
oneratus recte,
id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:
non recte vinctus est,
Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—
c.
Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—
B.
So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:
rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,
i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,
in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!
Hor. A. P. 4, 28.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rego
17 sterno

sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3 ( pluperf. sync. strarat, Manil. 1, 774: strasset, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 8), v. a. [Gr. root STOR, storennumi, to spread; stratos, camp; Sanscr. star- strnāmi = sterno; cf.: strages, struo, torus, and lātus, adj., old Lat. stlatus], to spread out, spread abroad; to stretch out, extend.
I.
Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; in Cic. only in the part. perf.; cf.:
effundo, extendo, subicio, subdo): vestes,
Ov. M. 8, 658:
in duro vellus solo,
id. F. 4, 654:
bubulos utres ponte,
Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 176:
hic glarea dura Sternitur,
Tib. 1, 7, 60:
natas sub aequore virgas Sternit,
i. e. scatters, strews, Ov. M. 4, 743:
harenam,
id. F. 3, 813; id. Am. 2, 14, 8:
herbas,
id. M. 7, 254:
poma passim,
Verg. E. 7, 54:
spongeas ad lunam et pruinas,
Plin. 31, 11. [p. 1758] 47, §
123: arma per flores,
Grat. Cyneg. 487:
fessi sternunt corpora,
stretch out their bodies, lie down, Liv. 27, 47, 9; cf.:
sternunt se somno diversae in litore phocae,
Verg. G. 4, 432.—Mid.:
sternimur optatae gremio telluris,
Verg. A. 3, 509; and:
in Capitolinas certatim scanditur arces Sternunturque Jovi,
Sil. 12, 340.— Part. perf.: strātus, a, um, stretched out, lying down, prostrate (syn. prostratus): strata terrae, Enn. ap. Non. 172, 20 (Trag. v. 370 Vahl.):
nos humi strati,
Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 22:
quidam somno etiam strati,
Liv. 37, 20, 5:
ad pedes strati,
Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:
stratum jacere et genua complecti,
Quint. 6, 1, 34:
nunc viridi membra sub arbuto Stratus,
Hor. C. 1, 1, 21.—
2.
Of places, to extend:
insulae Frisiorum, Chaucorum, etc.... sternuntur inter Helium ac Flevum,
stretch out, extend, Plin. 4, 15, 29, § 101; 3, 5, 9, § 60;
hence, vites stratae,
spreading, Col. 5, 4, 2 (for Nep. Milt. 5, 3, v. under rarus, II. A.).—
B.
In partic., to spread a thing out flat, i. e. to smooth, level (mostly poet.):
sternere aequor aquis,
Verg. A. 8, 89; cf.:
placidi straverunt aequora venti,
id. ib. 5, 763:
nunc omne tibi stratum silet aequor,
id. E. 9, 57:
pontum,
Ov. M. 11, 501:
mare,
Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125:
stratoque super discumbitur ostro,
Verg. A. 1, 700:
viam per mare,
smoothed, levelled, Lucr. 3, 1030 (acc. to the Gr. hodon storennumi):
stratum militari labore iter,
Quint. 2, 13, 16; so,
hoc iter Alpes, Hoc Cannae stravere tibi,
Sil. 12, 514;
and trop.: praesens tibi fama benignum Stravit iter,
Stat. Th. 12, 813.—
* 2.
Trop. (the figure borrowed from the sea), to calm, still, moderate:
odia militum,
Tac. H. 1, 58 (cf.:
constrata ira,
Stat. S. 2, 5, 1).—
II.
Transf.
A.
To cover, cover over (by spreading something out; the predom. class. signif. of the word; cf. obtendo).
1.
Of a couch, bed, etc., to spread, prepare, arrange, make:
lectus vestimentis stratus est,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 30; cf.:
strata cubilia sunt herbis,
Lucr. 5, 1417:
rogatus est a Maximo, ut triclinium sterneret... Atque ille stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos Punicanos,
Cic. Mur. 36, 75; so,
lectum, lectos, biclinium, triclinia, etc.,
Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 33; id. Most. 1, 4, 14; id. Men. 2, 3, 3; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 70; id. Ps. 1, 2, 31; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 73; id. Ad. 2, 4, 21; Cic. Clu. 5, 14; id. Tusc. 5, 21, 61; Hirt. B. G. 8, 51:
his foliis cubitus sternere,
Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 59:
torum frondibus,
Juv. 6, 5:
strata cathedra,
cushioned, id. 9, 52; cf. also, ARCERAM NE STERNITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25; and absol.:
jubet sterni sibi in primā domus parte (sc. lectum),
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7.—
2.
Esp., places, to cover; of a way, road, path, etc., to pave:
aspreta erant strata saxis,
Liv. 9, 35, 2:
via strata,
id. 8, 15, 8:
semitam saxo quadrato straverunt,
id. 10, 23 fin.; so,
vias silice... clivum Capitolinum silice... emporium lapide,
id. 41, 27, 5 sq.; and absol.:
locum illum sternendum locare,
Cic. Att. 14, 15, 2:
pavimentum stratum lapide,
Vulg. Ezech. 40, 17:
viam lapide,
Dig. 43, 11, 1.—
3.
To saddle:
equos,
Liv. 37, 20, 12; 37, 20, 4; Veg. 5, 77:
asinum,
Vulg. Gen. 22, 3.—
4.
In gen., to cover, spread:
argento sternunt iter omne viarum,
Lucr. 2, 626:
foliis nemus Multis et algā litus inutili tempestas Sternet,
will strew over, bestrew, Hor. C. 3, 17, 12:
congeriem silvae vellere summam,
Ov. M. 9, 236:
litora nive,
Val. Fl. 5, 175:
harenam Circi chrysocolla,
Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 90:
solum telis,
Verg. A. 9, 666:
Tyrrhenas valles caedibus,
Sil. 6, 602:
strati bacis silvestribus agri,
Verg. G. 2, 183:
ante aras terram caesi stravere juvenci,
covered, id. A. 8, 719.—
B.
To stretch out by flinging down, to throw down, stretch on the ground, throw to the ground, overthrow, prostrate (mostly poet., esp. in Verg.; in prose not before the Aug. period; in Cic. only once in the trop. sense; v. the foll.; cf.
profligo): cujus casus prolapsi cum proximos sterneret,
Liv. 5, 47:
circa jacentem ducem sterne Gallorum catervas,
id. 7, 26, 8:
turbam invadite ac sternite omnia ferro,
id. 24, 38, 7:
alius sit fortis in armis, Sternat et adversos Marte favente duces,
Tib. 1, 10, 30:
caede viros,
Verg. A. 10, 119:
aliquem leto,
id. ib. 8, 566:
morte,
id. ib. 11, 796; Liv. 31, 21, 15; Ov. M. 12, 604:
adversā prensis a fronte capillis Stravit humi pronam,
id. ib. 2, 477: primosque et extremos Stravit humum, Hor. C. 4, 14, 32:
sternitur volnere,
Verg. A. 10, 781:
impetus per stratos caede hostes,
Liv. 4, 29, 1:
aliquem morti,
Verg. A. 12, 464:
irae Thyesten exitio gravi Stravere,
Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:
corpore toto Sternitur in vultus,
Stat. Th. 12, 318:
sternitur, et toto projectus corpore terrae,
Verg. A. 11, 87:
toto praecipitem sternit,
Sil. 4, 182:
hostes,
Just. 2, 11, 13:
Ajax stravit ferro pecus,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 202:
sternitur et procumbit humi bos,
Verg. A. 5, 481:
strata belua texit humum,
Ov. H. 10, 106:
rapidus torrens Sternit agros, sternit sata laeta,
Verg. A. 2, 306:
moenia,
to overthrow, demolish, Ov. M. 12, 550; cf.:
stratis ariete muris,
Liv. 1, 29, 2:
sternit a culmine Trojam,
Verg. A. 2, 603; so,
(elephanti) stabula Indorum dentibus sternunt,
Plin. 8, 9, 9, § 27.—
2.
Trop. (rare):
deorum plagā perculsi, afflictos se et stratos esse fatentur,
cast down, prostrated, Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 72:
mortalia corda Per gentes humiles stravit pavor,
Verg. G. 1, 331:
virtus populi Romani haec omnia strata humi erexit ac sustulit,
Liv. 26, 41, 12:
stratā Germaniā,
subdued, Amm. 16, 1, 5.—Hence, strātus, a, um, P. a.; as substt.
A.
strāta, ae, f. (sc. via), a paved road or way (post-class.), Eutr. 9, 15:
amplas sternite jam stratas,
Juvenc. 1, 315:
in margine stratae,
id. 3, 656.—
B.
strātum, i, n. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; acc. to II. A.).—
1.
A bed-covering, a coverlet, quilt, blanket; a pillow, bolster:
lecti mollia strata,
Lucr. 4, 849:
proripere se e strato,
Suet. Calig. 51; Ov. M. 5, 34; 10, 267.—
b.
Meton. (pars pro toto), a bed, couch:
haud segnis strato surgit Palinurus,
Verg. A. 3, 513; cf. id. ib. 8, 415;
3, 176: tale,
Nep. Ages. 8:
quies neque molli strato neque silentio arcessita,
Liv. 21, 4, 7.— Plur.:
strataque quae membris intepuere tuis,
Ov. H. 10, 54:
dura,
id. Am. 1, 2, 2; Luc. 1, 239.—Once also (sc. lectus) in the masc., Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.—
2.
A horsecloth, housing, a saddle, Ov. M. 8, 33; Liv. 7, 14, 7; Sen. Ep. 80, 9; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202. —Prov.:
qui asinum non potest, stratum caedit (v. asinum),
Petr. 45, 8.—
3.
A pavement:
saxea viarum,
Lucr. 1, 315; 4, 415: extraneum, Petr. poët. 55, 6, 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sterno
18 tendo

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].
I.
Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:
plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:
retia (alicui),
Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:
casses alicui,
Tib. 1, 6, 5:
intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,
Col. 6, 14, 4:
chordam,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:
arcum,
to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:
sagittas Arcu,
to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:
spicula cornu,
Verg. A. 9, 606:
pariterque oculos telumque,
id. ib. 5, 508:
barbiton,
to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:
tympana tenta tonant palmis,
Lucr. 2, 618:
validā lora manu,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:
vela (Noti),
to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:
praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,
Ov. H. 10, 30:
praetorium,
to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:
conopia,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:
cubilia,
Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:
bracchia ad caelum,
Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;
for which: bracchia caelo,
id. ib. 2, 580;
9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,
Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,
manus ad aliquem,
id. B. G. 2, 13:
ad sidera palmas,
Verg. A. 1, 93:
super aequora palmas,
Ov. M. 8, 849:
ad aliquem orantia bracchia,
id. P. 2, 9, 65:
manus supplices dis immortalibus,
Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:
vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,
id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,
manus alicui,
Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:
manus supinas,
Liv. 3, 50, 5:
manus ripae ulterioris amore,
Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.
also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,
stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:
(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,
reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:
tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,
id. G. 4, 535:
quo tendant ferrum,
aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:
qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,
stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —
2.
In partic.:
nervum tendere, in mal. part.,
Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—
B.
Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:
insidias alicui,
Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:
omnes insidias animis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:
animum vigilem,
to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:
sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,
i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:
aestivam sermone benigno noctem,
to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:
(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,
to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:
cursum ex acie in Capitolia,
Sil. 9, 216:
cursum ad agmina suorum,
id. 10, 73:
iter ad naves,
Verg. A. 1, 656:
iter pennis,
id. ib. 6, 240:
ad dominum iter,
Ov. M. 2, 547:
cursum unde et quo,
Liv. 23, 34, 5:
iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,
tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—
II.
Neutr.
A.
To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).
1.
Lit.:
dubito an Venusiam tendam,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:
Beneventum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:
cursuque amens ad limina tendit,
Verg. A. 2, 321:
ad castra,
Liv. 9, 37:
in castra,
id. 10, 36:
ad aedes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:
ad domum Bruti et Cassii,
Suet. Caes. 85:
ad portus,
Ov. M. 15, 690:
Ciconum ad oras,
id. ib. 10, 3:
ad metam,
id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:
cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:
unde venis? et Quo tendis?
Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:
quo tendere pergunt,
Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:
tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,
Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —
b.
Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:
in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,
Lucr. 4, 179:
levibus in sublime tendentibus,
Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:
sursum tendit palmes,
Col. 5, 6, 28:
simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,
Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:
tunc aethera tendit,
Luc. 7, 477:
dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,
Verg. A. 6, 541:
gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,
reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:
Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,
id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:
Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,
id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:
seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,
Prop. 1, 6, 31.—
2.
Trop.
a.
In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:
ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,
Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:
ad altiora et non concessa tendere,
Liv. 4, 13, 4:
ad majora,
Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:
ad eloquium,
Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:
ad suum,
Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:
ad Carthaginienses,
id. 24, 5, 8:
cum alii alio tenderent,
id. 24, 28, 1:
in diversum sententiae tendebant,
id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —
(β).
To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:
(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,
Verg. A. 2, 220:
pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:
quod efficere tendimus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:
tendit disertus haberi,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:
aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,
id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:
miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,
insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —
b.
In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):
nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,
Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;
vasto certamine tendunt,
id. ib. 12, 553:
Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,
Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:
summā vi,
Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:
adversus, etc.,
id. 34, 34, 1:
contra,
id. 35, 51, 6:
ultra,
id. 24, 31, 4:
acrius,
Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:
acrius contra, ut, etc.,
Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:
quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,
what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:
nihil illi tendere contra,
Verg. A. 9, 377. —
B.
For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:
qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:
omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,
Luc. 7, 328:
hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,
Verg. A. 2, 29:
legio latis tendebat in arvis,
id. ib. 8, 605:
isdem castris,
Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:
isdem hibernis tendentes,
Tac. H. 1, 55:
Lugduni tendentes,
id. ib. 1, 59:
cum multitudo laxius tenderet,
Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:
tendere in campis,
id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):
rectissima linea tensa,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:
collum,
id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:
remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),
id. 11, 3, 99:
vox tensior (opp. remissior),
id. 11, 3, 42:
lacerti,
Luc. 7, 469:
rudentes,
id. 2, 683:
frons,
Lucr. 6, 1195:
tormento citharāque tensior,
Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tendo
19 tenno

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].
I.
Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:
plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:
retia (alicui),
Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:
casses alicui,
Tib. 1, 6, 5:
intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,
Col. 6, 14, 4:
chordam,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:
arcum,
to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:
sagittas Arcu,
to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:
spicula cornu,
Verg. A. 9, 606:
pariterque oculos telumque,
id. ib. 5, 508:
barbiton,
to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:
tympana tenta tonant palmis,
Lucr. 2, 618:
validā lora manu,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:
vela (Noti),
to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:
praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,
Ov. H. 10, 30:
praetorium,
to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:
conopia,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:
cubilia,
Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:
bracchia ad caelum,
Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;
for which: bracchia caelo,
id. ib. 2, 580;
9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,
Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,
manus ad aliquem,
id. B. G. 2, 13:
ad sidera palmas,
Verg. A. 1, 93:
super aequora palmas,
Ov. M. 8, 849:
ad aliquem orantia bracchia,
id. P. 2, 9, 65:
manus supplices dis immortalibus,
Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:
vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,
id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,
manus alicui,
Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:
manus supinas,
Liv. 3, 50, 5:
manus ripae ulterioris amore,
Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.
also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,
stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:
(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,
reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:
tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,
id. G. 4, 535:
quo tendant ferrum,
aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:
qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,
stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —
2.
In partic.:
nervum tendere, in mal. part.,
Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—
B.
Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:
insidias alicui,
Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:
omnes insidias animis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:
animum vigilem,
to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:
sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,
i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:
aestivam sermone benigno noctem,
to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:
(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,
to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:
cursum ex acie in Capitolia,
Sil. 9, 216:
cursum ad agmina suorum,
id. 10, 73:
iter ad naves,
Verg. A. 1, 656:
iter pennis,
id. ib. 6, 240:
ad dominum iter,
Ov. M. 2, 547:
cursum unde et quo,
Liv. 23, 34, 5:
iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,
tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—
II.
Neutr.
A.
To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).
1.
Lit.:
dubito an Venusiam tendam,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:
Beneventum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:
cursuque amens ad limina tendit,
Verg. A. 2, 321:
ad castra,
Liv. 9, 37:
in castra,
id. 10, 36:
ad aedes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:
ad domum Bruti et Cassii,
Suet. Caes. 85:
ad portus,
Ov. M. 15, 690:
Ciconum ad oras,
id. ib. 10, 3:
ad metam,
id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:
cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:
unde venis? et Quo tendis?
Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:
quo tendere pergunt,
Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:
tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,
Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —
b.
Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:
in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,
Lucr. 4, 179:
levibus in sublime tendentibus,
Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:
sursum tendit palmes,
Col. 5, 6, 28:
simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,
Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:
tunc aethera tendit,
Luc. 7, 477:
dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,
Verg. A. 6, 541:
gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,
reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:
Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,
id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:
Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,
id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:
seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,
Prop. 1, 6, 31.—
2.
Trop.
a.
In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:
ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,
Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:
ad altiora et non concessa tendere,
Liv. 4, 13, 4:
ad majora,
Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:
ad eloquium,
Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:
ad suum,
Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:
ad Carthaginienses,
id. 24, 5, 8:
cum alii alio tenderent,
id. 24, 28, 1:
in diversum sententiae tendebant,
id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —
(β).
To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:
(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,
Verg. A. 2, 220:
pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:
quod efficere tendimus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:
tendit disertus haberi,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:
aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,
id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:
miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,
insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —
b.
In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):
nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,
Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;
vasto certamine tendunt,
id. ib. 12, 553:
Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,
Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:
summā vi,
Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:
adversus, etc.,
id. 34, 34, 1:
contra,
id. 35, 51, 6:
ultra,
id. 24, 31, 4:
acrius,
Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:
acrius contra, ut, etc.,
Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:
quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,
what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:
nihil illi tendere contra,
Verg. A. 9, 377. —
B.
For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:
qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:
omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,
Luc. 7, 328:
hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,
Verg. A. 2, 29:
legio latis tendebat in arvis,
id. ib. 8, 605:
isdem castris,
Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:
isdem hibernis tendentes,
Tac. H. 1, 55:
Lugduni tendentes,
id. ib. 1, 59:
cum multitudo laxius tenderet,
Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:
tendere in campis,
id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):
rectissima linea tensa,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:
collum,
id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:
remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),
id. 11, 3, 99:
vox tensior (opp. remissior),
id. 11, 3, 42:
lacerti,
Luc. 7, 469:
rudentes,
id. 2, 683:
frons,
Lucr. 6, 1195:
tormento citharāque tensior,
Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

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20 tenta

tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].
I.
Act., to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend, etc. (class.; cf.: extendo, explico).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:
plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:
retia (alicui),
Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:
casses alicui,
Tib. 1, 6, 5:
intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,
Col. 6, 14, 4:
chordam,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:
arcum,
to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:
sagittas Arcu,
to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:
spicula cornu,
Verg. A. 9, 606:
pariterque oculos telumque,
id. ib. 5, 508:
barbiton,
to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:
tympana tenta tonant palmis,
Lucr. 2, 618:
validā lora manu,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:
vela (Noti),
to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:
praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,
Ov. H. 10, 30:
praetorium,
to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:
conopia,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:
cubilia,
Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:
bracchia ad caelum,
Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;
for which: bracchia caelo,
id. ib. 2, 580;
9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,
Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,
manus ad aliquem,
id. B. G. 2, 13:
ad sidera palmas,
Verg. A. 1, 93:
super aequora palmas,
Ov. M. 8, 849:
ad aliquem orantia bracchia,
id. P. 2, 9, 65:
manus supplices dis immortalibus,
Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:
vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,
id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,
manus alicui,
Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:
manus supinas,
Liv. 3, 50, 5:
manus ripae ulterioris amore,
Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.
also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,
stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:
(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,
reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:
tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,
id. G. 4, 535:
quo tendant ferrum,
aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:
qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,
stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —
2.
In partic.:
nervum tendere, in mal. part.,
Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—
B.
Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:
insidias alicui,
Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:
omnes insidias animis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:
animum vigilem,
to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:
sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,
i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:
aestivam sermone benigno noctem,
to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:
(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,
to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:
cursum ex acie in Capitolia,
Sil. 9, 216:
cursum ad agmina suorum,
id. 10, 73:
iter ad naves,
Verg. A. 1, 656:
iter pennis,
id. ib. 6, 240:
ad dominum iter,
Ov. M. 2, 547:
cursum unde et quo,
Liv. 23, 34, 5:
iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,
tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—
II.
Neutr.
A.
To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).
1.
Lit.:
dubito an Venusiam tendam,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:
Beneventum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:
cursuque amens ad limina tendit,
Verg. A. 2, 321:
ad castra,
Liv. 9, 37:
in castra,
id. 10, 36:
ad aedes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:
ad domum Bruti et Cassii,
Suet. Caes. 85:
ad portus,
Ov. M. 15, 690:
Ciconum ad oras,
id. ib. 10, 3:
ad metam,
id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:
cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:
unde venis? et Quo tendis?
Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:
quo tendere pergunt,
Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:
tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,
Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —
b.
Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:
in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,
Lucr. 4, 179:
levibus in sublime tendentibus,
Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:
sursum tendit palmes,
Col. 5, 6, 28:
simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,
Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:
tunc aethera tendit,
Luc. 7, 477:
dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,
Verg. A. 6, 541:
gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,
reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:
Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,
id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:
Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,
id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:
seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,
Prop. 1, 6, 31.—
2.
Trop.
a.
In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:
ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,
Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:
ad altiora et non concessa tendere,
Liv. 4, 13, 4:
ad majora,
Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:
ad eloquium,
Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:
ad suum,
Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:
ad Carthaginienses,
id. 24, 5, 8:
cum alii alio tenderent,
id. 24, 28, 1:
in diversum sententiae tendebant,
id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —
(β).
To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:
(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,
Verg. A. 2, 220:
pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:
quod efficere tendimus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:
fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:
tendit disertus haberi,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:
aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,
id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:
miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,
insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —
b.
In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):
nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,
Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;
vasto certamine tendunt,
id. ib. 12, 553:
Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,
Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:
summā vi,
Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:
adversus, etc.,
id. 34, 34, 1:
contra,
id. 35, 51, 6:
ultra,
id. 24, 31, 4:
acrius,
Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:
acrius contra, ut, etc.,
Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:
quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,
what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:
nihil illi tendere contra,
Verg. A. 9, 377. —
B.
For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:
qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:
omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,
Luc. 7, 328:
hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,
Verg. A. 2, 29:
legio latis tendebat in arvis,
id. ib. 8, 605:
isdem castris,
Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:
isdem hibernis tendentes,
Tac. H. 1, 55:
Lugduni tendentes,
id. ib. 1, 59:
cum multitudo laxius tenderet,
Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:
tendere in campis,
id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):
rectissima linea tensa,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:
collum,
id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:
remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),
id. 11, 3, 99:
vox tensior (opp. remissior),
id. 11, 3, 42:
lacerti,
Luc. 7, 469:
rudentes,
id. 2, 683:
frons,
Lucr. 6, 1195:
tormento citharāque tensior,
Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

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