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1 jubeo

jŭbĕo, jussi, jussum (jusso for jussero, Verg. A. 11, 467; Sil. 12, 175:
justi for jussisti,
Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 15.— Inf.:
jusse,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 48:
jussitur for jubetur,
Cato, R. R. 14), 2, v. a. [perh. = jus habere, to regard as right, hence], to order one to do something, to bid, tell, command (syn.: mando, impero, praecipio).
I.
In gen.:
jubesne? jubeo, cogo atque impero,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97:
ut justi (jussisti),
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 85:
defessa jubendo, est saeva Jovis conjux,
Ov. M. 9, 198:
sic jubeo, stat pro ratione voluntas,
Juv. 6, 223.
(α).
With an objectclause:
jubeto, istos foras exire,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 16:
hae me litterae Dolabellae jubent ad pristinas cogitationes reverti,
Cic. Att. 9, 13, 2:
Perdicca pueros equos jussit conscendere,
Curt. 10, 8, 4:
eos suum adventum exspectare jussit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 27 so with pass.:
deos iratos Tarentinis relinqui jussit,
Liv. 27, 16, 8.—
(β).
With ut or ne:
jubet sententiam ut dicat suam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 50:
jubere ut haec quoque referret, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 28; Liv. 28, 36, 2; Curt. 8, 5, 38; 5, 13, 19; Suet. Tib. 22:
jussitque ut quae venissent naves Euboeam peterent,
Liv. 32, 16; Hor. S. 1, 4, 121.—
Esp. of decrees of the people: senatus decrevit populusque jussit, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67, § 161; id. Pis. 29, 72; id. Dom. 17, 44; Gell. 5, 19 (cf. II. B. infra):
quod ne fieret, consules jusserunt,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 52. —
(γ).
With subj. alone (ante-class. and postAug., Madv. Gr. §
390): jube, mihi denuo respondeat,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 24; Liv. 30, 19, 2; 24, 10, 4; cf. esp. Ter. Eun. 3, 27, 3 sq. Weissenb.;
28, 36, 2: rescribat multa jubeto,
Ov. Am. 1, 11, 19; id. M. 8, 795: 11, 588 al.—
(δ).
With dat. pers.:
qui scribae... deos iratos Tarentinis relinqui jussit,
Liv. 27, 16, 8:
Hercules sacrorum custodibus jussit, ne mulierem interesse permitterent,
Macr. S. 1, 12, 28:
quibus jusserat, ut instantibus resisterent,
Tac. A. 13, 40:
Britannico jussit, exsurgeret,
id. ib. 13, 15:
suis rex cultu feminarum abstinere jussit,
Curt. 5, 6, 8.—
(ε).
With acc. pers. vel rei:
jube famulos, rem divinam mihi apparent,
Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 71:
litterae non quae te aliquid juberent, sed, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 26:
sed tu jussisses Eurysthea,
Mart. 9, 66, 7:
neque jubere caedem fratris palam audebat,
Tac. A. 13, 15:
Nero jussit scelera,
id. Agr. 45.—
(ζ).
With acc. rei and dat. pers.:
tributum iis Drusus jusserat modicum,
imposed, Tac. A. 4, 72; cf.
II. B. 2. infra: pacem jubebo Omnibus,
Stat. Th. 7, 32.—
(η).
Pass.:
quod jussi sunt faciunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 6:
consules jubentur scribere exercitum,
Liv. 3, 30:
opto ut ea potissimum jubear, quae, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 9, 26:
Germanos non juberi, non regi,
Tac. H. 4, 76:
jussi sunt aegri deferri,
Suet. Tib. 11; cf.:
locus lautiaque legatis praeberi jussa,
Liv. 28, 39, 19.—
II.
In partic.
A.
To wish, desire, entreat, bid:
jubeto habere bonum animum,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 2:
sperare nos amici jubent,
Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 2: valde jubeo gaudere te, id. ib. 7, 2, 3:
Caesar te sine cura esse jussit,
id. Att. 12, 6, 3:
Dionysium jube salvere,
salute him for me, id. ib. 4, 14. —So ellipt.:
jubeo Chremetem,
Ter. And. 3, 3, 1.—
B.
In polit. lang.
1.
To order, decree, ratify, approve the introduction of a proposed law:
quae scisceret plebs aut quae populus juberet,
Cic. Flac. 7, 15; Sall. J. 40, 3:
legem populus Romanus jussit de civitate tribuenda,
Cic. Balb. 17, 38:
dicere apud populum de legibus jubendis aut vetandis,
id. de Or. 1, 14, 60.— Absol. with de:
de omnibus his—populum jussisse,
Liv. 38, 45.—
2.
To designate, appoint, assign:
Tullum Hostilium regem populus jussit,
Liv. 1, 22, 1 Weissenb.:
id modo excepere ne postea eosdem tribunos juberent,
id. 3, 30:
quem vos imperatorem jussistis,
Sall. J. 85, 11:
postquam ei provinciam Numidiam populus jussit,
allotted, id. ib. 84, 1.—
3.
Hence the formula, Velitis, jubeatis, with which the magistrates called upon the people to confirm any thing proposed to them:
rogationem promulgavit: vellent, juberent Philippo regi bellum indici,
Liv. 31, 6.—
C.
Med. t. t., to prescribe, order:
quod jussi ei dari bibere, date,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 4; Petr. 56, 3:
aegrotus, qui jussus sit vinum sumere,
Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 78.—
D.
Transf.:
qui modo, si volucres habuissem regna jubentes, In populo potui maximus esse meo,
Ov. F. 5, 461.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > jubeo
2 jubeo

jubere, jussi, jussus V

order, command, decree; appoint

salvere jubeo -- greet, welcome

Latin-English dictionary > jubeo
3 fide jubeo

fĭdĕ-jŭbĕo (also separately fide ju-beo), jussi, jussum, 2, v. n. [fides], jurid. t. t., to be surety or bail, to give or go bail for any one:
filiusfamilias pro patre poterit fidejubere,
Dig. 46, 1, 10:
servus inscio domino pro quodam fidejusserat et eo nomine pecuniam solverat,
ib. 19; Ambros. de Tob. 12, 59.—Separate:
fidejussores et ita interrogantur: ID FIDE TVA ESSE IVBES?
Dig. 45, 1, 75, § 6; cf. Gai. Inst. 3, 115:
quare scias, quodcumque ab ea ex hac causa stipulatus fueris, id me mea fide jussisse,
ib. 17, 1, 60.— Pass. impers.:
pro quibus fidejussum est,
Dig. 46, 1, 2:
qui fidejusserit,
ib. 46, 3, 38 fin.

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4 impero

impĕro ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic form, imperassit, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6, and induperantum = imperantium, Enn. Ann. v. 413 Vahl.), v. a. and n. [in-paro], to command, order, enjoin (cf.: jubeo, praecipio, mando).
I.
In gen., constr. with acc., an inf. or an object-clause, a relative-clause, with ut, ne, or the simple subj., with the simple dat. or absol.
(α).
With acc. (and dat. personæ):
faciendum id nobis quod parentes imperant,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 53:
fac quod imperat,
id. Poen. 5, 3, 29; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 2:
quae imperarentur, facere dixerunt,
Caes. B. G. 2, 32, 3:
numquid aliud imperas?
Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 7; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 26:
sto exspectans, si quid mihi imperent,
id. Eun. 3, 5, 46:
nonnumquam etiam puerum vocaret: credo, cui cenam imperaret,
i. e. ordered to get him his supper, Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:
imperat ei nuptias,
Quint. 7, 1, 14:
vigilias,
id. 11, 3, 26:
certum modum,
id. 11, 2, 27:
moram et sollicitudinem initiis impero,
id. 10, 3, 9: graves dominae cogitationum libidines infinita quaedam cogunt atque imperant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 424, 30 (Rep. 6, 1 Mos.):
utque Imperet hoc natura potens,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 51.—In pass.:
arma imperata a populo Romano,
Liv. 40, 34, 9:
quod ipsum imperari optimum est,
Quint. 2, 5, 6:
imperata pensa,
id. 3, 7, 6:
exemplar imperatae schemae,
Suet. Tib. 43.—
(β).
With inf. or an object-clause (esp. freq. in the post-Aug. per.; in Cic. and Cæs. only with inf. pass. or dep.):
animo nunc jam otioso esse impero,
Ter. And. 5, 2, 1:
imperavi egomet mihi omnia assentari,
id. Eun. 2, 2, 21:
jungere equos Titan velocibus imperat Horis,
Ov. M. 2, 118; 3, 4:
nec minus in certo dentes cadere imperat aetas Tempore,
Lucr. 5, 672:
has omnes actuarias imperat fieri,
Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 3:
pericula vilia habere,
Sall. C. 16, 2:
frumentum conportare,
id. J. 48, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; Curt. 10, 1, 19; Tac. A. 2, 25:
Liviam ad se deduci imperavit,
Suet. Calig. 25; id. Aug. 27; id. Tib. 60.—In pass.: in has lautumias, si qui publice custodiendi sunt, ex ceteris oppidis deduci imperantur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69.—
* With inf.
act.:
haec ego procurare et idoneus imperor,
Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 21. —
(γ).
With a rel.-clause (very rare):
imperabat coram, quid opus facto esset puerperae,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 10:
quin tu, quod faciam, impera,
id. Phorm. 1, 4, 46; Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 3 and 6; id. Capt. 2, 3, 10.—
(δ).
With ut, ne, or the simple subj.:
ecce Apollo mihi ex oraculo imperat, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 87:
his, uti conquirerent et reducerent, imperavit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28, 1:
consulibus designatis imperavit senatus, ut, etc.,
Liv. 42, 28, 7: quibus negotium a senatu est imperatum, ut, etc., S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 104; Petr. 1:
mihi, ne abscedam, imperat,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 30:
Caesar suis imperavit, ne, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 2; 2, 32, 2; 3, 89, 4:
letoque det imperat Argum,
Ov. M. 1, 670; 13, 659. —
(ε).
With simple dat.:
si huic imperabo, probe tectum habebo,
Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 14 (cf. above a):
aliquid alicui,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 46; Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59. —
(ζ).
Absol.: Pa. Jubesne? Ch. Jubeo, cogo atque impero, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97:
si quid opus est, impera,
Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 1:
impera, si quid vis,
id. Aul. 2, 1, 23:
omnia faciam: impera,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 11:
quidvis oneris impone, impera,
id. And. 5, 3, 26.
II.
In partic.
A.
In publicists' lang., to order to be furnished or supplied, to give orders for, make a requisition for:
cum frumentum sibi in cellam imperavisset (Verrem),
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30:
quem (numerum frumenti) ei civitati imperas emendum,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 173:
negas fratrem meum pecuniam ullam in remiges imperasse,
id. Fl. 14, 33:
pecuniam,
id. ib. § 32; cf.:
argenti pondo ducenta milia Jugurthae,
Sall. J. 62, 5:
arma,
Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.:
equites civitatibus,
id. B. G. 6, 4 fin.; cf.:
quam maximum militum numerum provinciae toti,
id. ib. 1, 7, 2:
obsides reliquis civitatibus,
id. ib. 7, 64, 1; so, obsides Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35; Suet. Caes. 25. —
B.
In publicists' and milit. lang., alicui or absol., to command, govern, rule over:
his (magistratibus) praescribendus est imperandi modus... qui modeste paret, videtur, qui aliquando imperet, dignus esse,
Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5; cf.:
sic noster populus in pace et domi imperat,
id. Rep. 1, 40:
nulla est tam stulta civitas, quae non injuste imperare malit, quam servire juste,
id. ib. 3, 18; cf.
also: cum is, qui imperat aliis, servit ipse nulli cupiditati,
id. ib. 1, 34:
omnibus gentibus ac nationibus terra marique imperare,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 56; cf.:
jus esse belli, ut, qui vicissent, iis, quos vicissent, quemadmodum vellent imperarent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 1:
Jugurtha omni Numidiae imperare parat,
Sall. J. 13, 2:
quot nationibus imperabat,
Quint. 11, 2, 50:
clarus Anchisae Venerisque sanguis Imperet,
Hor. Carm. Sec. 51; cf. id. C. 3, 6, 5:
recusabat imperare,
i. e. to be emperor, Plin. Pan. 5, 5; cf.:
ipsum quandoque imperaturum,
Suet. Claud. 3; id. Galb. 4; id. Oth. 4; id. Vit. 14; id. Tit. 2 et saep.— Hence,
b.
Ad imperandum, to receive orders or instructions:
nunc ades ad imperandum, vel ad parendum potius: sic enim antiqui loquebantur,
Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 2; cf.:
cum ipse ad imperandum Tisidium vocaretur,
Sall. J. 62, 8 Kritz.—
2.
Transf., beyond the publicist's sphere, to command, master, govern, rule, control:
liberis,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 51:
imperare sibi, maximum imperium est,
Sen. Ep. 113 fin.:
ut nobismet ipsis imperemus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 47:
cum homines cupiditatibus iis, quibus ceteri serviunt, imperabunt,
id. Lael. 22, 82:
accensae irae,
Ov. M. 9, 28:
dolori,
Plin. Ep. 8, 19, 2:
lacrimis,
Sil. 2, 652:
amori suo,
Petr. 83:
ingenio suo,
Sen. Contr. 1 praef. med.; cf.:
imperare animo nequivi, quin, priusquam perirem, cur periturus essem, scirem,
Liv. 34, 31, 2: quibus egestas imperat, rules, governs, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 357 Vahl.): imperat arvis, holds control over, i. e. forces to be productive, Verg. G. 1, 99; cf.:
sola terrae seges imperatur,
Tac. G. 26:
fertilibus agris non est imperandum,
Sen. Tranq. 15:
sic imperant vitibus et eas multis palmitibus onerant,
Col. 3, 3, 6:
alius patrimonio suo plus imperavit quam ferre possit,
Sen. Tranq. 4; cf.
also trop.: tamquam nescias, cui imperem: Epicurum,
id. Ep. 29 fin.:
dum per continuos dies nimis imperat voci, rursus sanguinem reddidit,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6: imperat ergo viro [p. 902] (mulier), Juv. 6, 224.— Absol.:
animum rege, qui, nisi paret, Imperat,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63:
permittat, an vetet an imperet (lex),
Quint. 7, 7, 7:
(eloquentia) hic regnat, hic imperat, hic sola vincit,
id. 7, 4, 24.—
C.
In publicists' lang., to order the citizens to assemble, to summon:
dein consul eloquitur ad exercitum: Impero qua convenit ad comitia centuriata,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 88 Müll.; Gell. 15, 27, 4;
so comically,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 52; cf. id. Cist. 1, 1, 60.—
D.
In medic. lang., to order, prescribe: non idem imperassem omnibus per diversa aegrotantibus, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16; Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 5:
si vires patiuntur, imperanda tridui abstinentia est,
Cels. 7, 20.—
E.
In gram.:
imperandi declinatus,
i. e. inflections of the imperative, Varr. L. L. 10, § 32 Müll.— Hence, impĕ-rātum, i, n., that which is commanded, a command, order:
jussus arma abicere, imperatum facit,
executes the order, obeys, Caes. B. G. 5, 37, 1; freq. in plur.:
imperata facere,
id. ib. 2, 3, 3; 5, 20 fin.; 6, 10, 3; id. B. C. 1, 60, 1; 2, 12, 4; 3, 34, 2 al.; cf.:
imperata detrectare,
Suet. Caes. 54:
Senones ad imperatum non venire,
according to orders, as ordered, Caes. B. G. 6, 2, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > impero
5 inpero

impĕro ( inp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic form, imperassit, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6, and induperantum = imperantium, Enn. Ann. v. 413 Vahl.), v. a. and n. [in-paro], to command, order, enjoin (cf.: jubeo, praecipio, mando).
I.
In gen., constr. with acc., an inf. or an object-clause, a relative-clause, with ut, ne, or the simple subj., with the simple dat. or absol.
(α).
With acc. (and dat. personæ):
faciendum id nobis quod parentes imperant,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 53:
fac quod imperat,
id. Poen. 5, 3, 29; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 2:
quae imperarentur, facere dixerunt,
Caes. B. G. 2, 32, 3:
numquid aliud imperas?
Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 7; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 26:
sto exspectans, si quid mihi imperent,
id. Eun. 3, 5, 46:
nonnumquam etiam puerum vocaret: credo, cui cenam imperaret,
i. e. ordered to get him his supper, Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:
imperat ei nuptias,
Quint. 7, 1, 14:
vigilias,
id. 11, 3, 26:
certum modum,
id. 11, 2, 27:
moram et sollicitudinem initiis impero,
id. 10, 3, 9: graves dominae cogitationum libidines infinita quaedam cogunt atque imperant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 424, 30 (Rep. 6, 1 Mos.):
utque Imperet hoc natura potens,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 51.—In pass.:
arma imperata a populo Romano,
Liv. 40, 34, 9:
quod ipsum imperari optimum est,
Quint. 2, 5, 6:
imperata pensa,
id. 3, 7, 6:
exemplar imperatae schemae,
Suet. Tib. 43.—
(β).
With inf. or an object-clause (esp. freq. in the post-Aug. per.; in Cic. and Cæs. only with inf. pass. or dep.):
animo nunc jam otioso esse impero,
Ter. And. 5, 2, 1:
imperavi egomet mihi omnia assentari,
id. Eun. 2, 2, 21:
jungere equos Titan velocibus imperat Horis,
Ov. M. 2, 118; 3, 4:
nec minus in certo dentes cadere imperat aetas Tempore,
Lucr. 5, 672:
has omnes actuarias imperat fieri,
Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 3:
pericula vilia habere,
Sall. C. 16, 2:
frumentum conportare,
id. J. 48, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; Curt. 10, 1, 19; Tac. A. 2, 25:
Liviam ad se deduci imperavit,
Suet. Calig. 25; id. Aug. 27; id. Tib. 60.—In pass.: in has lautumias, si qui publice custodiendi sunt, ex ceteris oppidis deduci imperantur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69.—
* With inf.
act.:
haec ego procurare et idoneus imperor,
Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 21. —
(γ).
With a rel.-clause (very rare):
imperabat coram, quid opus facto esset puerperae,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 10:
quin tu, quod faciam, impera,
id. Phorm. 1, 4, 46; Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 3 and 6; id. Capt. 2, 3, 10.—
(δ).
With ut, ne, or the simple subj.:
ecce Apollo mihi ex oraculo imperat, Ut, etc.,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 87:
his, uti conquirerent et reducerent, imperavit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28, 1:
consulibus designatis imperavit senatus, ut, etc.,
Liv. 42, 28, 7: quibus negotium a senatu est imperatum, ut, etc., S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 104; Petr. 1:
mihi, ne abscedam, imperat,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 30:
Caesar suis imperavit, ne, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 2; 2, 32, 2; 3, 89, 4:
letoque det imperat Argum,
Ov. M. 1, 670; 13, 659. —
(ε).
With simple dat.:
si huic imperabo, probe tectum habebo,
Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 14 (cf. above a):
aliquid alicui,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 46; Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59. —
(ζ).
Absol.: Pa. Jubesne? Ch. Jubeo, cogo atque impero, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97:
si quid opus est, impera,
Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 1:
impera, si quid vis,
id. Aul. 2, 1, 23:
omnia faciam: impera,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 11:
quidvis oneris impone, impera,
id. And. 5, 3, 26.
II.
In partic.
A.
In publicists' lang., to order to be furnished or supplied, to give orders for, make a requisition for:
cum frumentum sibi in cellam imperavisset (Verrem),
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30:
quem (numerum frumenti) ei civitati imperas emendum,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 173:
negas fratrem meum pecuniam ullam in remiges imperasse,
id. Fl. 14, 33:
pecuniam,
id. ib. § 32; cf.:
argenti pondo ducenta milia Jugurthae,
Sall. J. 62, 5:
arma,
Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.:
equites civitatibus,
id. B. G. 6, 4 fin.; cf.:
quam maximum militum numerum provinciae toti,
id. ib. 1, 7, 2:
obsides reliquis civitatibus,
id. ib. 7, 64, 1; so, obsides Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35; Suet. Caes. 25. —
B.
In publicists' and milit. lang., alicui or absol., to command, govern, rule over:
his (magistratibus) praescribendus est imperandi modus... qui modeste paret, videtur, qui aliquando imperet, dignus esse,
Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5; cf.:
sic noster populus in pace et domi imperat,
id. Rep. 1, 40:
nulla est tam stulta civitas, quae non injuste imperare malit, quam servire juste,
id. ib. 3, 18; cf.
also: cum is, qui imperat aliis, servit ipse nulli cupiditati,
id. ib. 1, 34:
omnibus gentibus ac nationibus terra marique imperare,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 56; cf.:
jus esse belli, ut, qui vicissent, iis, quos vicissent, quemadmodum vellent imperarent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 1:
Jugurtha omni Numidiae imperare parat,
Sall. J. 13, 2:
quot nationibus imperabat,
Quint. 11, 2, 50:
clarus Anchisae Venerisque sanguis Imperet,
Hor. Carm. Sec. 51; cf. id. C. 3, 6, 5:
recusabat imperare,
i. e. to be emperor, Plin. Pan. 5, 5; cf.:
ipsum quandoque imperaturum,
Suet. Claud. 3; id. Galb. 4; id. Oth. 4; id. Vit. 14; id. Tit. 2 et saep.— Hence,
b.
Ad imperandum, to receive orders or instructions:
nunc ades ad imperandum, vel ad parendum potius: sic enim antiqui loquebantur,
Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 2; cf.:
cum ipse ad imperandum Tisidium vocaretur,
Sall. J. 62, 8 Kritz.—
2.
Transf., beyond the publicist's sphere, to command, master, govern, rule, control:
liberis,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 51:
imperare sibi, maximum imperium est,
Sen. Ep. 113 fin.:
ut nobismet ipsis imperemus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 47:
cum homines cupiditatibus iis, quibus ceteri serviunt, imperabunt,
id. Lael. 22, 82:
accensae irae,
Ov. M. 9, 28:
dolori,
Plin. Ep. 8, 19, 2:
lacrimis,
Sil. 2, 652:
amori suo,
Petr. 83:
ingenio suo,
Sen. Contr. 1 praef. med.; cf.:
imperare animo nequivi, quin, priusquam perirem, cur periturus essem, scirem,
Liv. 34, 31, 2: quibus egestas imperat, rules, governs, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 357 Vahl.): imperat arvis, holds control over, i. e. forces to be productive, Verg. G. 1, 99; cf.:
sola terrae seges imperatur,
Tac. G. 26:
fertilibus agris non est imperandum,
Sen. Tranq. 15:
sic imperant vitibus et eas multis palmitibus onerant,
Col. 3, 3, 6:
alius patrimonio suo plus imperavit quam ferre possit,
Sen. Tranq. 4; cf.
also trop.: tamquam nescias, cui imperem: Epicurum,
id. Ep. 29 fin.:
dum per continuos dies nimis imperat voci, rursus sanguinem reddidit,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6: imperat ergo viro [p. 902] (mulier), Juv. 6, 224.— Absol.:
animum rege, qui, nisi paret, Imperat,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 63:
permittat, an vetet an imperet (lex),
Quint. 7, 7, 7:
(eloquentia) hic regnat, hic imperat, hic sola vincit,
id. 7, 4, 24.—
C.
In publicists' lang., to order the citizens to assemble, to summon:
dein consul eloquitur ad exercitum: Impero qua convenit ad comitia centuriata,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 88 Müll.; Gell. 15, 27, 4;
so comically,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 52; cf. id. Cist. 1, 1, 60.—
D.
In medic. lang., to order, prescribe: non idem imperassem omnibus per diversa aegrotantibus, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16; Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 5:
si vires patiuntur, imperanda tridui abstinentia est,
Cels. 7, 20.—
E.
In gram.:
imperandi declinatus,
i. e. inflections of the imperative, Varr. L. L. 10, § 32 Müll.— Hence, impĕ-rātum, i, n., that which is commanded, a command, order:
jussus arma abicere, imperatum facit,
executes the order, obeys, Caes. B. G. 5, 37, 1; freq. in plur.:
imperata facere,
id. ib. 2, 3, 3; 5, 20 fin.; 6, 10, 3; id. B. C. 1, 60, 1; 2, 12, 4; 3, 34, 2 al.; cf.:
imperata detrectare,
Suet. Caes. 54:
Senones ad imperatum non venire,
according to orders, as ordered, Caes. B. G. 6, 2, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inpero
6 jussus

1.
jussus, a, um, Part., from jubeo.
2.
jussus, ūs (used only in abl. sing.), m. [jubeo], an order, command, decree (class.):
tuo jussu profectus sum,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 50:
Jovis jussu venio,
id. Am. prol. 19:
vestro jussu coactus,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 9, 26:
aut ab regibus lecti aut post reges exactos jussu populi,
Liv. 4, 4, 7:
sine populi jussu,
Sall. C. 29, 3:
Romano jussu,
Val. Max. 9, 2, 4:
Timotheus populi jussu bellum gessit,
Nep. Timoth. 4:
Neronis,
Juv. 10, 15:
patris dominive negotium gerere,
Gai. Inst. 4, 70.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > jussus
7 salveo

salvĕo, ēre, v. n. [salvus].
I.
To be well, or in good health; so in the verb. finit. only once in a lusus verbb. with the foll.; v. II. 1. fin. —
II.
In partic., as a term of salutation.
1.
Salve, salveto, salvete, God save you; how are you? I hope you are well; and, salvere jubeo, I bid you good-day, goodday, welcome, etc. (very freq. and class.; cf.: haveo, valeo): Ly. Charmidem Lysiteles salutat. Ca. Non ego sum salutis dignus? Ly. Immo salve, Callicles, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 29: Ph. Curculio exoptate, salve. Cu. Salve. Ph. Salvum gaudeo te advenire, id. Curc. 2, 3, 27: Cr. O Mysis, salve. My. Salvus sis, Crito, Ter. And. 4, 5, 7: He. Ergasile, salve. Er. Di te bene ament, Hegio, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 35: Am. Salve, adulescens. Sc. Et tu multum salveto, adulescentula, id. Rud. 2, 4, 3: Pl. Pater, salveto, amboque adeo. Dac. Salvos sies, id. ib. 1, 2, 15: Le. Gymnasium flagri, salveto. Li. Quid agis, custos carceris? id. As. 2, 2, 31; cf. id. Curc. 2, 1, 19:
accessi ad adulescentes in foro: Salvete, inquam, etc.,
id. Capt. 3, 1, 19:
salvete, Athenae, te video libens,
id. Stich. 5, 2, 1:
salvete, fures maritimi,
id. Rud. 2, 2, 5:
ibo advorsum... Jubeo te salvere voce summā,
id. As. 2, 2, 30:
salvere jussi,
id. ib. 2, 4, 4:
jusseram salvere te,
id. Curc. 4, 4, 4: Dionysium jube salvere, greet (for me), Cic. Att. 4, 14, 2; cf.:
Alexin salvere jubeas velim,
id. ib. 7, 7, 7:
salvere jubet prior,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 66:
regem parentemque urbis Romanae salvere omnes jubent,
Liv. 1, 16.—Hence, also, once, salvebis, i. e. you are saluted:
salvebis a meo Cicerone,
Cic. Att. 6, 2, 10.—Of a salutation, i. e. adoration of a divinity:
salve, vera Jovis proles (sc. Hercules),
Verg. A. 8, 301.— Poet., in a solemn address to any revered object:
salve, magna parens frugum, Saturnia tellus,
Verg. G. 2, 173; Hor. C. 1, 32, 15:
o salve Lapithaeae gloria gentis,
Ov. M. 12, 530:
salve, laeta dies,
id. F. 1, 87.—Also on one's sneezing, God bless you! Giton ter continuo sternutavit... Eumolpus salvere Gitona jubet, Petr. 98, 4. —In a lusus verbb. alluding to the prim. signif.: Ph. Salve. Le. Egon' salva sim, quae siti sicca sum? Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 26; cf. infra, 2.—With a similar allusion, in the verb. finit.: As. Salve. St. Sat mihi'st tuae salutis, nihil moror, sat salveo;
Aegrotare malim, quam esse tuā salute sanior,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 4 sq. —
2.
Sometimes with vale, in taking leave, farewell, goodby, adieu:
vale atque salve,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 86; cf.:
vale, salve,
Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 4:
salveto tu, tu vale,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 17;
in reply to salvus sis,
id. Stich. 2, 1, 44.— Hence, also, in bidding farewell to the dead: ideo mortuis Salve et Vale dici, non quod aut valere aut salvi esse possunt, sed quod ab his recedimus, eos numquam visuri, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 97:
salve aeternum mihi, maxime Palla, Aeternumque vale,
Verg. A. 11, 97; cf.
, in imitation: salve supremum, senior mitissime patrum, Supremumque vale,
Stat. S. 3, 3, 208; Inscr. Orell. 4747.—In allusion to the literal signif. (v. supra): Ar. Salve. Ph. Salvere me jubes, quoi tu abiens affers morbum, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > salveo
8 suadeo

suādĕo, si, sum, 2 (scanned as a trisyl., sŭādent, Lucr. 4, 1157: suavis, Key, § 972), v. n. and a. [Sanscr. svad-, to taste, please; Gr. had-, handanô, to please; Lat. suavis, suadela, etc.; Germ. süsz; Engl. sweet], to advise, recommend, exhort, urge, persuade (freq. and class.; cf.: hortor, moneo).
I.
In gen., constr. absol., with dat. of pers., and with acc. rei, an obj.-clause, ut or ne, or the simple subj.; rarely with acc. pers.
(α).
Absol.:
non jubeo, sed, si me consulis, suadeo,
Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 13:
instare, Suadere, orare,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 37; Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 37:
recte suadere,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 43:
pulchre,
id. Phorm. 3, 3, 9:
itane suades?
id. Eun. 1, 1, 31:
ita faciam, ut suades,
Cic. Att. 11, 16, 1:
male suadendo lacerant homines,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 22:
bene suadere,
Cic. Lael. 13, 44.—
(β).
With dat. pers.:
an C. Trebonio persuasi? cui ne suadere quidem ausus essem,
Cic. Phil. 2, 11, 27:
alicui sapientius suadere,
id. Fam. 2, 7, 1.—
(γ).
With acc. rei:
modo quod suasit, dissuadet,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 10:
pacem,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:
digito silentia,
Ov. M. 9, 692:
longe diversa,
Vell. 2, 52, 2:
asperiora,
Suet. Caes. 14:
quietem et concordiam,
id. Oth. 8.—So with dat. pers.:
quod tibi suadeam, suadeam meo patri,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 40:
multa multis saepe suasit perperam,
id. ib. 2, 2, 78:
tu quod ipse tibi suaseris, idem mihi persuasum putato,
Cic. Att. 13, 38, 2:
quid mi igitur suades?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 101.— Pass.:
minus placet, magis quod suadetur: quod dissuadetur placet,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 44.—
(δ).
With inf. or obj.-clause (mostly poet.):
vide ne facinus facias, cum mori suadeas,
Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95:
nemo suaserit studiosis dicendi adulescentibus in gestu discendo elaborare,
id. de Or. 1, 59, 251:
Juturnam misero fateor succurrere fratri Suasi,
Verg. A. 12, 814; Aus. Idyll. 2, 53:
ne hoc quidem suaserim, uni se alicui proprie addicere,
Quint. 10, 2, 24: praesidibus onerandas [p. 1771] tributo provincias suadentibus, Suet. Tib. 32.—With dat. pers.:
nisi mihi ab adulescentiā suasissem, nihil esse in vitā magnopere expetendum nisi laudem,
persuaded, convinced, Cic. Arch. 6, 14:
suadebant amici nullam esse rationem, etc.,
id. Caecin. 5, 15; Quint. 2, 5, 23.—Cf. pass.:
nec potest aliquid suaderi perdere,
Arn. 2, n. 26:
Megadorus a sorore suasus ducere uxorem,
Plaut. Aul. Arg. 1, v. 6.—
(ε).
With ut or ne:
interea, ut decumbamus, suadebo,
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 64; Cic. Att. 11, 16, 4:
suadebimus, ut laudem humanitatis potius concupiscat,
Quint. 5, 13, 6:
orat, ut suadeam Philolacheti, Ut istas remittat sibi,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 110; id. Ep. 3, 2, 19:
postea me, ut sibi essem legatus non solum suasit, verum etiam rogavit,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 42; cf. in the foll. z:
qui suadet, ne praecipitetur editio,
Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1:
cum acerrime suasisset Lepido, ne se cum Antonio jungeret,
Vell. 2, 63, 2:
suadere Prisco, ne supra principem scanderet,
Tac. H. 4, 8 fin. —
(ζ).
With simple subj.:
proinde istud facias ipse, quod faciamus, nobis suades,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 54:
suadeo cenemus,
Petr. 35 fin.:
se suadere, Pharnabazo id negotii daret,
Nep. Con. 4, 1.—
(η).
With acc. pers. (very rare):
ego neque te jubeo, neque veto neque suadeo,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 120:
uxorem ejus tacite suasi ac denique persuasi, secederet paululum,
App. M. 9, p. 228, 37; so,
aliquem,
Tert. Hab. Mul. 1; cf. also supra. e, the pass. Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 42.—Hence, part. pass.:
paucorum asseverationibus suasi,
Arn. 1, 64.—
(θ).
With de and abl.:
suasuri de pace,
Quint. 3, 8, 14.—
B.
Transf., of things (mostly poet.), to urge, induce, impel:
autumno suadente,
Lucr. 1, 175:
fames,
Verg. A. 9, 340; 10, 724:
suadente pavore,
Sil. 7, 668; 12, 12:
ita suadentibus annis,
Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 6:
verba suadentia,
Stat. Th. 11, 435:
tantum religio potuit suadere malorum!
Lucr. 1, 101:
suadent cadentia sidera somnos,
Verg. A. 2, 9: cui nulla malum sententia suadet, Ut faceret facinus, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 248 Vahl.):
me pietas matris potius commodum suadet sequi,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:
tua me virtus quemvis sufferre laborem Suadet,
Lucr. 1, 142; 1, 175:
saepe levi somnum suadebit inire susurro,
Verg. E. 1, 56. —
II.
In partic., in publicists' lang.: suadere legem, rogationem, etc., to recommend, advocate, speak in favor of a proposed law or bill:
legem Voconiam magnā voce et bonis lateribus suasi,
Cic. Sen. 5, 14; so,
legem,
id. Brut. 23, 89; Liv. 45, 21 (opp. dissuadere):
rogationem,
Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; id. Off. 3, 30, 109; cf.:
in hac rogatione suadendā,
id. Mil. 18, 47:
suadere de pace, bello, etc.,
Quint. 3, 8, 14.— Absol.:
in suadendo et dissuadendo tria primum spectanda,
Quint. 3, 8, 15.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: suāsum, i, n., a persuasion, persuasive saying (late Lat.):
serpentis suasa loquentis accepi,
Tert. Gen. 103; cf. id. ad Uxor. 2, 1.— suādenter, adv., persuasively:
loqui in litibus,
Arn. 2, p. 71.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > suadeo
9 aveo

avere, -, - V INTRANS

hail; fare/be well; (IMP/INF; greeting/leaving); be eager or anxious; desire, wish for, long after, crave

aveo jubeo -- I send greetings

Latin-English dictionary > aveo
10 jubo

jubere, additional forms V

order, command, decree; appoint

salvere jubeo -- greet, welcome

Latin-English dictionary > jubo
11 adjubeo

ad-jŭbĕo, ēre, 2, v. a., false read. in Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 50, instead of ut jubeat (Ritschl); and in Cat. 32, 4, inst. of adjuvato.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adjubeo
12 arbitum

arbŭtum ( arbĭtum, Lucr. 5, 941), i, n. [id.], the fruit of the arbute or strawberrytree, the wild strawberry.
I.
Lit.:
quae nunc hiberno tempore cernis Arbita puniceo fieri matura colore,
Lucr. 5, 941: glandes atque arbuta vel pira lecta (as the food of man in the state of nature; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 4), id. 5, 963; so Verg. G. 1, 148; 2, 520.—
II.
Meton.
A.
= arbutus, the arbute or strawberry-tree:
jubeo frondentia capris Arbuta sufficere, i. e. frondes arbuti,
that you give the goats a supply of arbuteshoots, Verg. G. 3, 300; cf. id. E. 3, 82; so id. G. 4, 181.—
B.
A tree, in gen., Rutil. Itin. 1, 31. (The gram. Phocas considers arbuta in the signif. A. and B. as heterogen. from arbutus; v. Phoc. Ars, p. 1706 P., p. 338 Lind.)

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > arbitum
13 arbutum

arbŭtum ( arbĭtum, Lucr. 5, 941), i, n. [id.], the fruit of the arbute or strawberrytree, the wild strawberry.
I.
Lit.:
quae nunc hiberno tempore cernis Arbita puniceo fieri matura colore,
Lucr. 5, 941: glandes atque arbuta vel pira lecta (as the food of man in the state of nature; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 4), id. 5, 963; so Verg. G. 1, 148; 2, 520.—
II.
Meton.
A.
= arbutus, the arbute or strawberry-tree:
jubeo frondentia capris Arbuta sufficere, i. e. frondes arbuti,
that you give the goats a supply of arbuteshoots, Verg. G. 3, 300; cf. id. E. 3, 82; so id. G. 4, 181.—
B.
A tree, in gen., Rutil. Itin. 1, 31. (The gram. Phocas considers arbuta in the signif. A. and B. as heterogen. from arbutus; v. Phoc. Ars, p. 1706 P., p. 338 Lind.)

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > arbutum
14 auctoritas

auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
I.
In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;
syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),
originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:
ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,
Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:
utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
II.
Esp.,
A.
A view, opinion, judgment:
errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,
Cic. Clu. 50, 139:
reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,
id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:
Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,
id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:
plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,
id. Lael. 4, 13.—
B.
Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.
auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:
Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:
cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,
id. Off. 3, 27, 100:
jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:
ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,
id. Att. 10, 1, 1:
his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:
his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
C.
Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:
si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:
verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,
id. ib. 18, 52:
legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,
id. Phil. 3, 3:
nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,
under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
2.
Esp., in political lang., t. t.
a.
Senatūs auctoritas,
(α).
The will of the senate:
agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
(β).
A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:
Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:
sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109:
Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,
id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:
responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,
Liv. 7, 31:
imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,
id. 26, 2:
Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,
Suet. Claud. 12:
citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,
id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:
SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;
the latter, one that is passed without opposition,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
b.
Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:
isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,
publica,
Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
c.
Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
D.
Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:
qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:
Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;
videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,
id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:
Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,
id. Phil. 8, 8.—
E.
Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):
ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:
id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,
id. Off. 3, 29, 105:
Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,
Vell. 2, 32:
optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,
Suet. Caes. 11; so,
auctoritatem habere,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:
adripere,
id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:
facere,
to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:
imminuere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:
levare,
id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:
fructus capere auctoritatis,
id. Sen. 18, 62:
Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?
id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:
bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5:
sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,
more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:
totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,
id. Fl. 4:
utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:
bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,
id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:
auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),
Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:
unguentorum,
id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:
auctoritas dignitasque formae,
Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:
nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,
that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
F.
An example, pattern, model:
omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:
memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,
id. Sest. 6, 14:
valuit auctoritas,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:
tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,
id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
G.
A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:
cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,
Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:
desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,
id. Fl. 22, 53:
Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?
id. Div. 2, 54, 110:
tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,
id. ib. 2, 59, 123:
cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,
id. Lael. 25, 94.—
2.
Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
a.
A record, document:
videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:
nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,
id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
b.
The name of a person who is security for something, authority:
cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,
Cic. Sull. 13, 37:
sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,
id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:
quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,
Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
H.
Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):
lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,
Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:
usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,
id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
J.
In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > auctoritas
15 authoritas

auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
I.
In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;
syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),
originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:
ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,
Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:
utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
II.
Esp.,
A.
A view, opinion, judgment:
errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,
Cic. Clu. 50, 139:
reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,
id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:
Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,
id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:
plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,
id. Lael. 4, 13.—
B.
Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.
auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:
Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:
cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,
id. Off. 3, 27, 100:
jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:
ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,
id. Att. 10, 1, 1:
his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:
his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
C.
Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:
si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:
verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,
id. ib. 18, 52:
legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,
id. Phil. 3, 3:
nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,
under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
2.
Esp., in political lang., t. t.
a.
Senatūs auctoritas,
(α).
The will of the senate:
agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
(β).
A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:
Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:
sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109:
Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,
id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:
responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,
Liv. 7, 31:
imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,
id. 26, 2:
Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,
Suet. Claud. 12:
citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,
id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:
SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;
the latter, one that is passed without opposition,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
b.
Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:
isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,
publica,
Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
c.
Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
D.
Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:
qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:
Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;
videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,
id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:
Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,
id. Phil. 8, 8.—
E.
Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):
ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:
id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,
id. Off. 3, 29, 105:
Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,
Vell. 2, 32:
optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,
Suet. Caes. 11; so,
auctoritatem habere,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:
adripere,
id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:
facere,
to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:
imminuere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:
levare,
id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:
fructus capere auctoritatis,
id. Sen. 18, 62:
Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?
id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:
bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5:
sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,
more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:
totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,
id. Fl. 4:
utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:
bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,
id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:
auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),
Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:
unguentorum,
id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:
auctoritas dignitasque formae,
Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:
nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,
that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
F.
An example, pattern, model:
omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:
memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,
id. Sest. 6, 14:
valuit auctoritas,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:
tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,
id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
G.
A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:
cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,
Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:
desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,
id. Fl. 22, 53:
Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?
id. Div. 2, 54, 110:
tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,
id. ib. 2, 59, 123:
cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,
id. Lael. 25, 94.—
2.
Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
a.
A record, document:
videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:
nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,
id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
b.
The name of a person who is security for something, authority:
cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,
Cic. Sull. 13, 37:
sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,
id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:
quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,
Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
H.
Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):
lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,
Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:
usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,
id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
J.
In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > authoritas
16 autoritas

auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,
I.
In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;
syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),
originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:
ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,
Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:
utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—
II.
Esp.,
A.
A view, opinion, judgment:
errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,
Cic. Clu. 50, 139:
reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,
id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:
Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,
id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:
plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,
id. Lael. 4, 13.—
B.
Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.
auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:
Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:
cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,
id. Off. 3, 27, 100:
jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:
ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,
id. Att. 10, 1, 1:
his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:
his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—
C.
Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:
si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:
verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,
id. ib. 18, 52:
legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,
id. Phil. 3, 3:
nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,
under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,
2.
Esp., in political lang., t. t.
a.
Senatūs auctoritas,
(α).
The will of the senate:
agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,
(β).
A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:
Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:
sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109:
Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,
id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:
responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,
Liv. 7, 31:
imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,
id. 26, 2:
Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,
Suet. Claud. 12:
citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,
id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:
SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;
the latter, one that is passed without opposition,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—
b.
Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:
isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,
publica,
Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—
c.
Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—
D.
Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:
qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:
Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;
videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,
id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:
Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,
id. Phil. 8, 8.—
E.
Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):
ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:
id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,
id. Off. 3, 29, 105:
Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,
Vell. 2, 32:
optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,
Suet. Caes. 11; so,
auctoritatem habere,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:
adripere,
id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:
facere,
to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:
imminuere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:
levare,
id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:
fructus capere auctoritatis,
id. Sen. 18, 62:
Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?
id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:
bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5:
sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,
more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:
totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,
id. Fl. 4:
utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:
bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,
id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:
auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),
Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:
unguentorum,
id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:
auctoritas dignitasque formae,
Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:
nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,
that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—
F.
An example, pattern, model:
omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:
memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,
id. Sest. 6, 14:
valuit auctoritas,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:
tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,
id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—
G.
A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:
cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,
Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:
desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,
id. Fl. 22, 53:
Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?
id. Div. 2, 54, 110:
tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,
id. ib. 2, 59, 123:
cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,
id. Lael. 25, 94.—
2.
Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.
a.
A record, document:
videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:
nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,
id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—
b.
The name of a person who is security for something, authority:
cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,
Cic. Sull. 13, 37:
sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,
id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:
quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,
Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—
H.
Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):
lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,
Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:
usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,
id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—
J.
In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17.

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17 bene

bĕnĕ, adv. of manner and intensity [bonus; the first vowel assimilated to the e of the foll. syllable; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 366], well ( comp. melius, better; sup. optime [v. bonus init. ], best; often to be rendered by more specific Engl. adverbs).
I.
As adjunct of verbs.
A.
In gen.
1.
Of physical or external goodness, usefulness, ornament, and comfort:
villam rusticam bene aedificatam habere expedit,
Cato, R. R. 3:
villam bonam beneque aedificatam,
Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:
quid est agrum bene colere? Bene arare,
Cato, R. R. 61:
agro bene culto nihil potest esse... uberius,
Cic. Sen. 16, 57:
ubi cocta erit bene,
Cato, R. R. 157; 3; 4;
32 et saep.: te auratam et vestitam bene,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 50: ornatus hic satis me condecet? Ps. Optume, it is very becoming, id. Ps. 4, 1, 26:
me bene curata cute vises,
well tended, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 15:
bene olere,
Verg. E. 2, 48:
bene sonare,
Quint. 8, 3, 16:
neque tamen non inprimis bene habitavit,
in the very best style, Nep. Att. 13, 1:
a Catone cum quaereretur, quid maxime in re familiari expediret, respondet Bene pascere? Quid secundum? Satis bene pascere,
Cic. Off. 2, 25, 89: so,
bene cenare,
Cat. 13, 17; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 56:
bene de rebus domesticis constitutum esse,
to be in good circumstances, Cic. Sest. 45, 97;
similarly: rem (i. e. familiarem) bene paratam comitate perdidit,
well arranged, Plaut. Rud. prol. 38.—
2.
With respect to the mind.
a.
Perception, knowledge, ability:
quas tam bene noverat quam paedagogos nostros novimus,
Sen. Ep. 27, 5:
quin melius novi quam te et vidi saepius,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 22:
novi optime (Bacchus) et saepe vidi,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:
qui optime suos nosse deberet,
Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 1; id. S. 1, 9, 22: satin' haec meministi et tenes? Pa. Melius quam tu qui docuisti, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 2:
quod eo mihi melius cernere videor quo ab eo proprius absum,
Cic. Sen. 21, 77:
ut hic melius quam ipse illa scire videatur,
id. de Or. 1, 15, 66; id. Or. 38, 132:
cum Sophocles vel optime scripserit Electram suam,
id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:
gubernatoris ars quia bene navigandi rationem habet,
of able seamanship, id. ib. 1, 13, 42:
melius in Volscis imperatum est,
better generalship was displayed, Liv. 2, 63, 6:
nihil melius quam omnis mundus administratur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59: de medico bene existimari scribis, that he is well thought ( spoken) of, i. e. his ability, id. Fam. 16, 14, 1:
prudentibus et bene institutis,
well educated, id. Sen. 14, 50:
sapientibus et bene natura constitutis,
endowed with good natural talent, id. Sest. 65, 137:
quodsi melius geruntur ea quae consilio geruntur quam, etc.,
more ably, id. Inv. 1, 34, 59:
tabulas bene pictas collocare in bono lumine,
good paintings, id. Brut. 75, 261:
canere melius,
Verg. E. 9, 67; Quint. 10, 1, 91:
bene pronuntiare,
id. 11, 3, 12:
bene respondere interrogationibus,
id. 5, 7, 28; 6, 3, 81.—
b.
Of feeling, judgment, and will:
similis in utroque nostrum, cum optime sentiremus, error fuit,
when we had the best intentions, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 3; so id. ib. 6, 4, 2; so,
bene sentire,
id. ib. 6, 1, 3; so,
bene, optime de re publica sentire,
to hold sound views on public affairs, id. Off. 1, 41, 149; id. Fam. 4, 14, 1; id. Phil. 3, 9, 23:
bene animatas eas (insulas) confirmavit,
well disposed, Nep. Cim. 2, 4:
ei causae quam Pompeius animatus melius quam paratus susceperat,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 10; so, optime animati, Varr. ap. Non. p. 201, 7:
quod bene cogitasti aliquando, laudo,
that you had good intentions, Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 34:
se vero bene sperare (i. e. de bello),
had good hopes, Liv. 6, 6, 18:
sperabis omnia optime,
Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 7:
tibi bene ex animo volo,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 6; so freq.: bene alicui velle, v. volo: bene aliquid consulere, to plan something well:
vigilando, agendo, bene consulendo prospera omnia cedunt,
Sall. C. 52, 29:
omnia non bene consulta,
id. J. 92, 2. —
c.
Of morality, honesty, honor, etc.
(α).
Bene vivere, or bene beateque vivere ( = kalôs kagathôs), to lead a moral and happy life:
qui virtutem habeat, eum nullius rei ad bene vivendum indigere,
Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93:
in dialectica vestra nullam esse ad melius vivendum vim,
id. Fin. 1, 19, 63:
quod ni ita accideret et melius et prudentius viveretur,
id. Sen. 19, 67; cf. id. Ac. 1, 4, 15; id. Fin. 1, 13, 45; id. Off. 1, 6, 19; id. Fam. 4, 3, 3 et saep. (for another meaning of bene vivere, cf. e. infra).—
(β).
Bene mori, to die honorably, bravely, creditably, gloriously:
qui se bene mori quam turpiter vivere maluit,
Liv. 22, 50, 7:
ne ferrum quidem ad bene moriendum oblaturus est hostis,
id. 9, 3, 3; so id. 21, 42, 4:
tum potui, Medea, mori bene,
Ov. H. 12, 5.—
(γ).
Bene partum, what is honestly, honorably earned or acquired:
multa bona bene parta habemus,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 65:
mei patris bene parta indiligenter Tutatur,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 5:
res familiaris primum bene parta sit, nullo neque turpi quaestu, neque odioso,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92:
diutine uti bene licet partum bene,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 15; Sall. C. 51, 42 (cf.:
mala parta,
Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 65:
male par tum,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 22).—
(δ).
Apud bonos bene agier, an old legal formula: bona fide agi (v. bonus), to be transacted in good faith among good men. ubi erit illa formula fiduciae ut inter bonos bene agier oportet? Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 61; 3, 17, 70.—
(ε).
Non bene = male, not faithfully:
esse metus coepit ne jura jugalia conjunx Non bene servasset,
Ov. M. 7, 716.—
d.
Representing an action as right or correct, well, rightly, correctly: bene mones, Ibo, you are right ( to admonish me), Ter. And. 2, 2, 36:
sequi recusarunt bene monentem,
Liv. 22, 60, 17:
quom mihi et bene praecipitis, et, etc.,
since you give sound advice, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 55; so Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 6; 3, 3, 80; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 372, 7:
bene enim majores accubitionem epularem amicorum convivium nominarunt, melius quam Graeci,
Cic. Sen. 13, 45:
hoc bene censuit Scaevola,
correctly, Dig. 17, 1, 48.—
e.
Pleasantly, satisfactorily, profitably, prosperously, fortunately, successfully:
nunc bene vivo et fortunate atque ut volo atque animo ut lubet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 111:
nihil adferrent quo jucundius, id est melius, viveremus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 41, 72:
si bene qui cenat, bene vivit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 56: quamobrem melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, is better or more profitably invested, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:
perdenda sunt multa beneficia ut semel ponas bene, Sen. Ben. poet. 1, 2, 1: etiamsi nullum (beneficium) bene positurus sit,
id. ib. 1, 2, 2:
quando hoc bene successit,
Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 23: bene ambulatum'st? Di. Huc quidem, hercle, ad te bene, Quia tui vivendi copia'st, has your walk been pleasant? Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 18:
melius ominare,
use words of better omen, id. Rud. 2, 3, 7; Cic. Brut. 96, 329:
qui se suamque aetatem bene curant,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 36.—So, bene (se) habere: ut bene me haberem filiai nuptiis, have a good time at, etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 2:
qui se bene habet suisque amicis usui est,
who enjoys his life and is a boon companion, id. Mil. 3, 1, 128:
nam hanc bene se habere aetatem nimio'st aequius,
id. Merc. 3, 2, 6: bene consulere alicui, to take good care for somebody ' s interests:
tuae rei bene consulere cupio,
id. Trin. 3, 2, 9:
ut qui mihi consultum optume velit esse,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1:
me optime consulentem saluti suae,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2:
qui se ad sapientes viros bene consulentes rei publicae contulerunt,
id. Off. 2, 13, 46.—So, bene mereri, and rarely bene merere, to deserve well of one, i. e. act for his advantage; absol. or with de:
addecet Bene me, renti bene referre gratiam,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 36:
Licinii aps te bene merenti male refertur gratia?
id. Ps. 1, 3, 86:
ut memorem in bene meritos animum praestarem,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:
cogor nonnumquam homines non optime de me meritos rogatu eorum qui bene meriti sunt, defendere,
id. ib. 7, 1, 4:
tam bene meritis de nomine Punico militibus,
Liv. 23, 12, 5:
si bene quid de te merui,
Verg. A. 4, 317; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; id. Sest. 1, 2; 12, 39; 66, 139; 68, 142; id. Mil. 36, 99; id. Phil. 2, 14, 36 et saep.; v. mereo, D. and P. a.—So esp. referring to price: bene emere, to buy advantageously, i. e. cheaply; bene vendere, to sell advantageously, i. e. at a high price: bene ego hercle vendidi te, Plaut. [p. 230] Durc. 4, 2, 34:
et quoniam vendat, velle quam optime vendere,
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:
ita nec ut emat melius, nec ut vendat quidquam, simulabit vir bonus,
id. ib. 3, 15, 61: vin' bene emere? Do. Vin' tu pulcre vendere? Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 38:
melius emetur,
Cato, R. R. 1: quo melius emptum sciatis, Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 50 fin.:
qui vita bene credat emi honorem,
cheaply, Verg. A. 9, 206; Sil 4, 756.—
f.
Expressing kindness, thanks, etc.: bene facis, bene vocas, bene narras, I thank you, am obliged to you for doing, calling, saying (colloq.): merito amo te. Ph. Bene facis, thanks! Ter Eun. 1, 2, 106; cf.:
in consuetudinem venit, bene facis et fecisti non mdicantis esse, sed gratias agentis, Don. ad loc.' placet, bene facitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 43: dividuom talentum faciam. La. Bene facis, id. ib. 5, 3, 52: si quid erit dubium, immutabo Da. Bene fecisti, id. Ep. 5, 1, 40 Lo. Adeas, si velis. La. Bene hercle factum vobis habeo gratiam. Accedam propius, id. Rud. 3, 6, 2; Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 10.—With gratiam habere: bene fecisti;
gratiam habeo maximam,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 61; cf.
bene benigneque arbitror te facere,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 130: quin etiam Graecis licebit utare cum voles... Bene sane facis, sed enitar ut Latine loquar, I thank you for the permission, but, etc., Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 25: an exitum Cassi Maelique expectem? Bene facitis quod abominamini... sed, etc., I am much obliged to you for abhorring this, but, etc., Liv. 6, 18, 9: bene edepol narras; nam illi faveo virgini, thanks for telling me, for, etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 7 (cf.:
male hercule narras,
I owe you little thanks for saying so, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 10):
bene, ita me di ament, nuntias,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 20:
benenarras,
Cic. Att. 16, 14, 4; 13, 33, 2: tu ad matrem adi. Bene vocas; benigne dicis Cras apud te, thanks for your invitation, but, etc., Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 108: eamus intro ut prandeamus. Men. Bene vocas, tam gratia'st, id. Men. 2, 3, 41.—
g.
Of accuracy, etc., well, accurately, truly, completely:
cum ceterae partes aetatis bene descriptae sint,
Cic. Sen. 2, 5:
cui bene librato... Obstitit ramus,
Ov. M. 8, 409:
at bene si quaeras,
id. ib. 3, 141:
tibi comprimam linguam. Hau potes: Bene pudiceque adservatur,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 196:
bene dissimulare amorem,
entirely, Ter. And. 1, 1, 105:
quis enim bene celat amorem?
Ov. H. 12, 37.—So with a negation, = male restat parvam quod non bene compleat urnam, Ov. M. 12, 615: non bene conveniunt... Majestas et amor, id. ib 2, 846.—Redundant, with vix (Ovid.):
vix bene Castalio descenderat antro, Incustoditam lente videt ire juvencam ( = vix descenderat cum, etc.),
Ov. M. 3, 14:
tactum vix bene limen erat, Aesonides, dixi, quid agit meus?
id. H. 6, 24:
vix bene desieram, rettulit illa mihi,
id. F 5, 277.—
h.
Sup., most opportunely, at the nick of time (comic):
sed eccum meum gnatum optume video,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 57:
sed optume eccum exit senex,
id. Rud. 3, 3, 44. optume adveniens, puere, cape Chlamydem, etc., id. Merc. 5, 2, 69: Davum optume Video, Ter And. 2, 1, 35; 4, 2, 3; Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 25; 4, 5, 19; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 66; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 9; 5, 5, 2.—
i.
Pregn.: bene polliceri = large polliceri, to make liberal promises ' praecepit ut ceteros adeant, bene polliceantur, Sall. C. 41, 5; cf.: bene promittere, to promise success:
quae autem inconstantia deorum ut primis minentur extis, bene promittant secundis?
Cic. Div. 2, 17, 38.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Bene dicere.
a.
To speak well, i. e. eloquently:
qui optime dicunt,
the most eloquent, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119; 2, 2, 5:
etiam bene dicere haud absurdum est,
Sall. C. 3, 1:
abunde dixit bene quisquis rei satisfecit,
Quint. 12, 9, 7;
cf: bene loqui,
to use good language, speak good Latin, Cic. Brut. 58, 212, 64, 228.—
b.
To speak ably:
multo oratorem melius quam ipsos illos quorum eae sint artes esse dicturum,
Cic. Or. 1, 15, 65; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 4. bene dicendi scientia, Quint. 7, 3, 12.—
c.
To speak correctly or elegantly:
eum et Attice dicere et optime, ut..bene dicere id sit, Attice dicere,
Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 13 ' optime dicta, Quint. 10, 1, 19.—So, bene loqui:
ut esset perfecta illa bene loquendi laus,
Cic. Brut. 72, 252:
at loquitur pulchre. Num melius quam Plato?
id. Opt. Gen. 5, 16.—
d.
To speak well, i e. kindly, of one, to praise him; absol. or with dat., or reflex., with inter (less correctly as one word, benedicere): cui bene dixit umquam bono? Of what good man has he ever spoken well, or, what good man has he ever praised, Cic. Sest. 52, 110. bene, quaeso, inter vos dicatis, et amice absenti tamen, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 31.—Ironically:
bene equidem tibi dico qui te digna ut eveniant precor,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 26:
nec tibi cessaret doctus bene dicere lector,
Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 9: cui a viris bonis bene dicatur, Metell. Numid. ap. Gell. 6, 11, 3.— And dat understood:
si bene dicatis (i. e. mihi) vostra ripa vos sequar,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 18 ' omnes bene dicunt (ei), et amant (eum), Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 11:
ad bene dicendum (i e. alteri) delectandumque redacti,
Hor. Ep 2, 1, 155 —Part. ' indignis si male dicitur, male dictum id esse duco;
Verum si dignis dicitur, bene dictum'st,
is a praise, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27 sq.: nec bene nec male dicta profuerunt ad confirmandos animos, Liv 23, 46, 1; cf. Ter. Phorm. prol. 20 infra. —Bene audio = bene dicitur mihi, I am praised:
bene dictis si certasset, audisset bene,
Ter. Phorm. prol. 20; v. audio, 5.—
e.
To use words of good omen (euphêmein): Ol. Quid si fors aliter quam voles evenerit? St. Bene dice, dis sum fretus ( = fave lingua, melius ominare), Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38 heja, bene dicito, id. As. 3, 3, 155.—
f.
Bene dixisti, a formula of approbation: ne quan do iratus tu alio conferas. Th. Bene dixti, you are right, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 61. bene et sapienter dixti dudum, etc., it was a good and wise remark of yours that, etc., id. Ad. 5, 8, 30.—
g.
Bene dicta, fine or specious, plausible words (opp. deeds):
bene dictis tuis bene facta aures meae expostulant,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 25; so,
bene loqui: male corde consultare, Bene lingua loqui,
use fine words, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 16.—
2.
Bene facere.
a.
Bene aliquid facere, to do, make, something well, i. e. ably (v. I. A. 2. a. supra):
vel non facere quod non op time possis, vel facere quod non pessime facias,
Cic. Or. 2, 20, 86:
non tamen haec quia possunt bene aliquando fieri passim facienda sunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 70:
Jovem Phidias optime fecit,
id. 2, 3, 6; so, melius facere, Afran. ap. Macr. 6, 1.— P. a.:
quid labor aut bene facta juvant?
his labor and well-done works are no pleasure to him, Verg. G. 3, 525. —
b.
Bene facere, with dat. absol., with in and abl., or with erga, to do a good action, to benefit somebody, to impart benefits (less cor rectly as one word, benefacio)
(α).
With dat.:
bonus bonis bene feceris,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:
bene si amico feceris, ne pigeat fecisse,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 66:
malo bene facere tantumdem est periculum quantum bono male facere,
id. Poen. 3, 3, 20:
homini id quod tu facis bene,
id. Ep 1, 2, 33:
tibi lubens bene faxim,
Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 8; 5, 8, 25:
at tibi di semper... faciant bene,
may the gods bless you, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 32:
di tibi Bene faciant,
Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 20; so Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 18.— Pass.:
quod bonis bene fit beneficium,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 108:
pulchrum est bene facere reipublicae,
Sall. C. 3, 1:
ego ne ingratis quidem bene facere absistam,
Liv. 36, 35, 4.—Reflexively. sibi bene facere, enjoy one ' s self, have a good time, genio indulgere (v. I. A. 2. e. supra): nec quisquam est tam ingenio duro quin, ubi quidquam occasionis sit sibi faciat bene, Plaut. As. grex 5.—
(β).
With in and abl.:
quoniam bene quae in me fecerunt, ingrata ea habui,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 30.—
(γ).
With erga:
si quid amicum erga bene feci,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 4.—
(δ).
With ellipsis of dat., to impart benefits:
ingrata atque irrita esse omnia intellego Quae dedi et quod bene feci,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 11:
quod bene fecisti, referetur gratia,
id. Capt. 5, 1, 20:
ego quod bene feci, male feci,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 34; id. Trin. 2, 2, 41:
si beneficia in rebus, non in ipsa benefaciendi voluntate consisterent,
Sen. Ben. 1, 7, 1:
benefaciendi animus,
id. ib. 2, 19, 1.—So esp. in formula of thanks, etc.' bene benigneque arbitror te facere, I thank you heartily, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 129: Jup. Jam nunc irata non es? Alc. Non sum. Jup. Bene facis, id. Am. 3, 2, 56; v Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 384.—P. a. as subst.: bĕnĕ facta, orum, n., benefits, benefactions (cf. beneficium): bene facta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v 429 Vahl.): pol, bene facta tua me hortantur tuo ut imperio paream, Plaut Pers. 5, 2, 65: pro bene factis ejus uti ei pretium possim reddere. id. Capt. 5, 1, 20;
bene facta referre,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 182 tenere, id. ib. 2, 42.—So freq. in eccl. writ ers:
et si bene feceritis his qui vobis bene faciunt,
Vulg. Luc. 6, 33:
bene facite his qui oderunt vos,
id. Matt. 5, 44.—
(ε).
Absol., to do good, perform meritorious acts (in fin. verb only eccl. Lat.)' discite bene facere, Vulg. Isa. 1, 17:
interrogo vos si licet sabbatis bene facere an male,
id. Luc. 6, 9:
qui bene facit, ex Deo est,
id. Joan. Ep. 3, 11.— In P a. (class.): bene facta (almost always in plur.), merits, meritorious acts, brave deeds:
bene facta recte facta sunt,
Cic. Par 3, 1, 22:
omnia bene facta in luce se collocari volunt,
id. Tusc. 2, 26, 64; id. Sen. 3, 9:
bene facta mea reipublicae procedunt,
Sall. J 85, 5, cf. id. C. 8, 5; id. H. Fragm. 1, 19: veteribus bene factis nova pensantes maleficia, Liv 37, 1, 2; cf. Quint. 3, 7, 13, 12, 1, 41; Prop. 2, 1, 24; Ov. M. 15, 850, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 386.— Sing.: bene factum a vobis, dum vivitis non abscedet, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4.—
(ζ).
In medical language, to be of good effect, benefit, do good:
id bene faciet et alvum bonam faciet,
Cato, R. R. 157, 6.—So with ad: ad capitis dolorem bene facit serpyllum, Scrib Comp. 1; so id. ib. 5; 9; 13; 41.—
(η).
In the phrase bene facis, etc., as a formula of thanks, v I A. 2. f. supra.—
(θ).
Expressing joy, I am glad of it, I am glad that etc. (comic.) Da. Tua quae fuit Palaestra, ea filia inventa'st mea. La. Bene meher cule factum'st, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 9: bis tanto valeo quam valui prius. Ly. Bene hercle factum et gaudeo, id. Merc. 2, 2, 27; Ter And. 5, 6, 11; id. Hec. 5, 4, 17; id. Eun. 5, 8, 7:
bene factum et volup est hodie me his mulierculis Tetulisse auxilium,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 1; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 11; so, bene factum gaudeo: nam hic noster pater est Ant. Ita me Juppiter bene amet, benefac tum gaudeo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 47; Ter Phorm. 5, 6, 43; cf.: Me. Rex Creo vigiles nocturnos singulos semper locat. So. Bene facit, quia nos eramus peregri, tutatu'st domum, I am glad of it, etc., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 19. bene fecit A. Silius qui transegerit: neque enim ei deesse volebam, et quid possem timebam, I am glad that A. Silius, etc., Cic. Att. 12, 24, 1.—
3.
With esse.
a.
Bene est, impers., it is well.
(α).
In the epistolary formula: si vales bene est; or, si vales bene est, (ego) valeo (abbrev. S.V.B.E.V.), Afran. ap Prisc. p 804 P; Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1; 10, 34, 1; 4, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 5, 7, 1; 5, 9, 1; 5, 10, 1; 10, 33, 1; 10, 14, 8; 10, 14, 11;
14, 14, 1, 14, 14, 16: si valetis gaudeo,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 41 —These formulas were obsolete at Seneca's time: mos antiquis fuit, usque ad meam servatus aetatem, primis epistulae verbis adicere: Si vales, bene est;
ego valeo,
Sen. Ep. 15, 1.—
(β).
= bene factum est (cf. I. 2. k. supra): oculis quoque etiam plus jam video quam prius: Ly. Bene est, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 26: hic est intus filius apud nos tuus. De. Optume'st, id. ib. 5, 4, 49; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 48, 5, 5, 3; id. Hec. 5, 4, 31.—
b.
Bene est alicui, impers., it is ( goes) well with one, one does well, is well off, enjoys himself, is happy: nam si curent, bene bonis sit, male malis, quod nunc abest, Enn ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 79 (Trag. v. 355 Vahl.):
bona si esse veis, bene erit tibi,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 12:
quia illi, unde huc abvecta sum, malis bene esse solitum'st,
id. ib. 3, 1, 13:
qui neque tibi bene esse patere, et illis qui bus est invides,
id. Ps. 4, 7, 35 (so id. Trin. 2, 2, 71): num quippiam aluit me vis? De. Ut bene sit tibi, id Pers. 4, 8, 5; id. Poen. 4, 2, 90; Ter Phorm. 1, 2, 101: nemini nimium bene est, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.:
si non est, jurat bene solis esse maritis,
Hor. Ep 1, 1, 88:
nec tamen illis bene erit, quia non bono gaudent,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 11, 4: BENE SIT NOBIS, Inscr Orell. 4754; Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 95; 4, 2, 36; id. Curc. 4, 2, 31; id. Pers. 5, 2, 74; id. Stich. 5, 5, 12; id. Merc. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 9.— Comp.: istas minas decem, qui me procurem dum melius sit mi, des. Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 40:
spero ex tuis litteris tibi melius esse,
that your health is better, Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 1; Ter And. 2, 5, 16.—With dat. understood: patria est ubi cumque est bene (i. e. cuique), where one does well, there is his country, Poet. ap. Cic Tusc 5, 37, 108 (Trag. Rel. inc. p. 248 Rib). [p. 231] —With abl., to be well off in, to feast upon a thing:
ubi illi bene sit ligno, aqua calida, cibo, vestimentis,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 39:
at mihi bene erat, non piscibus, Sed pullo atque hoedo,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 120.—
c.
Bene sum = bene mihi est:
minore nusquam bene fui dispendio,
Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 20:
de eo (argento) nunc bene sunt tua virtute,
id. Truc. 4, 2, 28: dato qui bene sit;
ego ubi bene sit tibi locum lepidum dabo,
id. Bacch. 1, 1, 51:
scis bene esse si sit unde,
id. Capt. 4, 2, 70.—
4.
Bene habere.
a.
With subj. nom.
(α).
To enjoy, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 35 al.; v. I. A. 2. e. supra.—
(β).
To be favorable, to favor:
bene habent tibi principia,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 82. —
(γ).
With se, to be well, well off. imperator se bene habet, it is well with, Sen. Ep. 24, 9; cf.:
si te bene habes,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 122 Brix ad loc.—
b.
Hoc bene habet, or bene habet, impers. ( = res se bene habet), it is well, matters stand well:
bene habet: jacta sunt fundamenta defensionis,
Cic. Mur. 6, 14:
bene habet: di pium movere bellum,
Liv. 8, 6, 4:
atque bene habet si a collega litatum est,
id. 8, 9, 1; Juv. 10, 72; Stat. Th. 11, 557.— So pers.: bene habemus nos, si in his spes est;
opinor, aliud agamus,
we are well off, Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1.—
5.
Bene agere, with cum and abl.
(α).
To treat one well:
bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3.—
(β).
Impers.: bene agitur cum aliquo, it goes well with one, he is fortunate:
bene dicat secum esse actum,
that he has come off well, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 2:
non tam bene cum rebus humanis agitur ut meliora pluribus placeant,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 1.— With ellipsis of cum and abl.:
si hinc non abeo intestatus, bene agitur pro noxia (sc. mecum),
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—
6.
Rem (negotium) bene gerere.
(α).
To administer well private or public affairs: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patria procul, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 295 Vahl.):
non ut multis bene gestae, sed, ut nemini, conservatae rei publicae,
Cic. Pis. 3, 6; so,
qui ordo bene gestae rei publicae testimonium multis, mihi uni conservatae dedit,
id. Phil. 2, 1, 2:
rem publicam,
id. Pis. 19, 45:
Apollini republica vestra bene gesta servataque... donum mittitote,
Liv. 23, 11, 3.—
(β).
To be successful, meet with success, acquit one ' s self well; usu. of war;
also of private affairs: bello extincto, re bene gesta, vobis gratis habeo, etc.,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 2:
quando bene gessi rem, volo hic in fano supplicare,
id. Curc. 4, 2, 41;
quasi re bene gesta,
Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 13:
rem te valde bene gessisse rumor erat,
that you had met with great success, Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 7; id. Planc. 25, 61:
conclamant omnes occasionem negotii bene gerendi amittendam non esse,
Caes. B. G. 5, 57:
haec cogitanti accidere visa est facultas bene rei gerendae,
id. ib. 7, 44:
res bello bene gestae,
success in war, Liv. 23, 12, 11:
laeti bene gestis corpora rebus Procurate,
Verg. A. 9, 157; cf. Cic. Planc. 25, 61; Liv. 1, 37, 6; 4, 47, 1; 8, 30, 5; 22, 25, 4; 23, 36, 2.—
7.
Bene vertere, in wishes.
(α).
With the rel. quod or quae res as subject, to turn out well; absol. or with dat.:
quae res tibi et gnatae tuae bene feliciterque vortat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:
quod utrisque bene vertat,
Liv. 8, 5, 6:
quod bene verteret,
id. 3, 26, 9; cf. id. 3, 35, 8; 3, 62, 5; 7, 39, 10; v. verto; cf.:
quod bene eveniat,
Cato, R. R. 141.—
(β).
With di as subject:
di bene vortant,
may the gods let it turn out well, may the gods grant success, Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 5; cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 10; id. Hec. 1, 2, 121; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 19; v. verte.—
8.
Bene, colloquially in leave-taking: bene ambula, walk well, i. e. have a pleasant walk! Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 166: De. Bene ambulato! Ly. Bene vale! id. Merc 2, 2, 55:
bene valete et vivite!
id. Mil. 4, 8, 30:
cives bene valete!
id. Merc. 5, 2, 25; cf. id. Ep. 5, 1, 40; id. Merc. 2, 4, 28; 5, 4, 65; id. Curc. 4, 2, 30; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 115; id. Hec. 1, 2, 122:
salvere jubeo te, mi Saturides, bene,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 35: LAGGE, FILI, BENE QVIESCAS, Sepulch. Inscr. Orell. p. 4755.—
9.
In invocations to the gods, often redundant (cf. bonus):
ita me Juppiter bene amet,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 47:
di te bene ament, Hegio,
id. Capt. 1, 2, 29:
ita me di bene ament,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 43; id. Hec. 2, 1, 9; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 13:
Jane pater uti te... bonas preces bene precatus siem,
Cato, R. R. 134: bene sponsis, beneque volueris in precatione augurali Messala augur ait significare spoponderis, volueris, Fest. p. 351 Mull. (p. 267 Lind.).—
10.
Elliptical expressions.
(α).
Bene, melius, optime, instead of bene, etc., dicit, dicis, or facit, facis, etc.:
bene Pericles (i.e. dixit),
Cic. Off. 1,40, 144:
bene (Philippus) ministrum et praebitorem,
id. ib. 2, 14, 53:
existimabatur bene, Latine (i. e. loqui),
id. Brut. 74, 259; so id. Sen. 14, 47:
at bene Areus,
Quint. 2, 15, 36; cf. id. 10, 1, 56:
nam ante Aristippus, et ille melius (i.e. hoc dixerat),
Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 26:
sed haec tu melius vel optime omnium (i.e. facies),
id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61; 1, 19, 63; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. Sen. 20, 73; id. Opt. Gen. 6, 18; Quint. 10, 3, 25; 10, 2, 24; 6, 1, 3; 9, 4, 23.—
(β).
In applauding answers' bene and optime, good! bravo! excellent! euge, euge! Perbene! Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 75: huc respice. Da. Optume! id. ib. 3, 4, 3; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 114; 5, 4, 16.—
(γ).
In drinking health, with acc. or dat., health to you, your health! bene vos! bene nos! bene te! bene me! bene nostram etiam Stephanium! Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 27; Tib 2, 1, 31: bene te, pater optime Caesar, etc.; Ov. F. 2, 637:
bene mihi, bene vobis, bene amicae meae!
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 21; Ov.A.A. 1, 601.—
11.
Pregn., in ellipt. predicate: quod (imperium) si (ei) sui bene crediderint cives... credere et Latinos debere, if his own citizens did well to intrust the supreme power to him, etc., Liv. 1, 50, 5:
in Velia aedificent quibus melius quam P. Valerio creditur libertas,
to whom it will be safer to intrust liberty, id. 2, 7, 11:
melius peribimus quam sine alteris vestrum viduae aut orbae vivemus,
it will be better for us to perish, id. 1, 13, 3:
bene Arruntium morte usum,
that it was right for Arruntius to die, Tac. A. 6, 48; Liv. 2, 30, 6; Quint. 9, 4, 92; Tac. A. 2, 44.—
II.
Adv. of intensity, = valde, very, with adjj. and advv.
1.
With adjj.: bene tempestate serena, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.): foedus feri bene firmum, id. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. C. 3, 24, 50 (Ann. v. 33 ib.); cf.:
bene firmus,
Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1; id. Phil. 6, 7, 18:
bene robustus,
id. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
bene morigerus fuit puer,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 13:
bene ergo ego hinc praedatus ibo,
id. Ps. 4, 7, 39:
bene lautum,
id. Rud. 3, 3, 39:
bene et naviter oportet esse impudentem,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 3:
id utrum Romano more locutus sit, bene nummatum te futurum, an, etc.,
id. ib. 7, 16, 3:
bene sanos,
id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; 1, 21, 71; Hor. S. 1, 3, 61; 1, 9, 44:
bene longinquos dolores,
Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94:
sermonem bene longum,
id. Or. 2, 88, 361:
bene magna caterva,
id. Mur. 33, 69:
magna multitudo,
Hirt. B. Hisp. 4:
barbatus,
Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22:
fidum pectus,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 15:
cautus,
Ov. H. 1, 44:
multa,
Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 15: multi, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam 10, 33, 4:
homo optime dives,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 23, 2.—
2.
With advv.: bene saepe libenter, Enn. Ann. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 239 Vahl.); cf.:
bene libenter victitas,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 44:
bene mane haec scripsi,
Cic. Att. 4, 9, 2; 4, 10, 16:
bene penitus,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:
bene longe,
Hirt. B. Hisp. 25:
bene gnaviter,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 1 (28), 5.—With adverb. phrase:
siad te bene ante lucem venisset,
Cic. Or. 2, 64, 259.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > bene
18 bene facta

bĕnĕ, adv. of manner and intensity [bonus; the first vowel assimilated to the e of the foll. syllable; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 366], well ( comp. melius, better; sup. optime [v. bonus init. ], best; often to be rendered by more specific Engl. adverbs).
I.
As adjunct of verbs.
A.
In gen.
1.
Of physical or external goodness, usefulness, ornament, and comfort:
villam rusticam bene aedificatam habere expedit,
Cato, R. R. 3:
villam bonam beneque aedificatam,
Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:
quid est agrum bene colere? Bene arare,
Cato, R. R. 61:
agro bene culto nihil potest esse... uberius,
Cic. Sen. 16, 57:
ubi cocta erit bene,
Cato, R. R. 157; 3; 4;
32 et saep.: te auratam et vestitam bene,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 50: ornatus hic satis me condecet? Ps. Optume, it is very becoming, id. Ps. 4, 1, 26:
me bene curata cute vises,
well tended, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 15:
bene olere,
Verg. E. 2, 48:
bene sonare,
Quint. 8, 3, 16:
neque tamen non inprimis bene habitavit,
in the very best style, Nep. Att. 13, 1:
a Catone cum quaereretur, quid maxime in re familiari expediret, respondet Bene pascere? Quid secundum? Satis bene pascere,
Cic. Off. 2, 25, 89: so,
bene cenare,
Cat. 13, 17; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 56:
bene de rebus domesticis constitutum esse,
to be in good circumstances, Cic. Sest. 45, 97;
similarly: rem (i. e. familiarem) bene paratam comitate perdidit,
well arranged, Plaut. Rud. prol. 38.—
2.
With respect to the mind.
a.
Perception, knowledge, ability:
quas tam bene noverat quam paedagogos nostros novimus,
Sen. Ep. 27, 5:
quin melius novi quam te et vidi saepius,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 22:
novi optime (Bacchus) et saepe vidi,
Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2:
qui optime suos nosse deberet,
Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 1; id. S. 1, 9, 22: satin' haec meministi et tenes? Pa. Melius quam tu qui docuisti, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 2:
quod eo mihi melius cernere videor quo ab eo proprius absum,
Cic. Sen. 21, 77:
ut hic melius quam ipse illa scire videatur,
id. de Or. 1, 15, 66; id. Or. 38, 132:
cum Sophocles vel optime scripserit Electram suam,
id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:
gubernatoris ars quia bene navigandi rationem habet,
of able seamanship, id. ib. 1, 13, 42:
melius in Volscis imperatum est,
better generalship was displayed, Liv. 2, 63, 6:
nihil melius quam omnis mundus administratur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59: de medico bene existimari scribis, that he is well thought ( spoken) of, i. e. his ability, id. Fam. 16, 14, 1:
prudentibus et bene institutis,
well educated, id. Sen. 14, 50:
sapientibus et bene natura constitutis,
endowed with good natural talent, id. Sest. 65, 137:
quodsi melius geruntur ea quae consilio geruntur quam, etc.,
more ably, id. Inv. 1, 34, 59:
tabulas bene pictas collocare in bono lumine,
good paintings, id. Brut. 75, 261:
canere melius,
Verg. E. 9, 67; Quint. 10, 1, 91:
bene pronuntiare,
id. 11, 3, 12:
bene respondere interrogationibus,
id. 5, 7, 28; 6, 3, 81.—
b.
Of feeling, judgment, and will:
similis in utroque nostrum, cum optime sentiremus, error fuit,
when we had the best intentions, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 3; so id. ib. 6, 4, 2; so,
bene sentire,
id. ib. 6, 1, 3; so,
bene, optime de re publica sentire,
to hold sound views on public affairs, id. Off. 1, 41, 149; id. Fam. 4, 14, 1; id. Phil. 3, 9, 23:
bene animatas eas (insulas) confirmavit,
well disposed, Nep. Cim. 2, 4:
ei causae quam Pompeius animatus melius quam paratus susceperat,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 10; so, optime animati, Varr. ap. Non. p. 201, 7:
quod bene cogitasti aliquando, laudo,
that you had good intentions, Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 34:
se vero bene sperare (i. e. de bello),
had good hopes, Liv. 6, 6, 18:
sperabis omnia optime,
Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 7:
tibi bene ex animo volo,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 6; so freq.: bene alicui velle, v. volo: bene aliquid consulere, to plan something well:
vigilando, agendo, bene consulendo prospera omnia cedunt,
Sall. C. 52, 29:
omnia non bene consulta,
id. J. 92, 2. —
c.
Of morality, honesty, honor, etc.
(α).
Bene vivere, or bene beateque vivere ( = kalôs kagathôs), to lead a moral and happy life:
qui virtutem habeat, eum nullius rei ad bene vivendum indigere,
Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93:
in dialectica vestra nullam esse ad melius vivendum vim,
id. Fin. 1, 19, 63:
quod ni ita accideret et melius et prudentius viveretur,
id. Sen. 19, 67; cf. id. Ac. 1, 4, 15; id. Fin. 1, 13, 45; id. Off. 1, 6, 19; id. Fam. 4, 3, 3 et saep. (for another meaning of bene vivere, cf. e. infra).—
(β).
Bene mori, to die honorably, bravely, creditably, gloriously:
qui se bene mori quam turpiter vivere maluit,
Liv. 22, 50, 7:
ne ferrum quidem ad bene moriendum oblaturus est hostis,
id. 9, 3, 3; so id. 21, 42, 4:
tum potui, Medea, mori bene,
Ov. H. 12, 5.—
(γ).
Bene partum, what is honestly, honorably earned or acquired:
multa bona bene parta habemus,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 65:
mei patris bene parta indiligenter Tutatur,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 5:
res familiaris primum bene parta sit, nullo neque turpi quaestu, neque odioso,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92:
diutine uti bene licet partum bene,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 15; Sall. C. 51, 42 (cf.:
mala parta,
Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 65:
male par tum,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 22).—
(δ).
Apud bonos bene agier, an old legal formula: bona fide agi (v. bonus), to be transacted in good faith among good men. ubi erit illa formula fiduciae ut inter bonos bene agier oportet? Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 61; 3, 17, 70.—
(ε).
Non bene = male, not faithfully:
esse metus coepit ne jura jugalia conjunx Non bene servasset,
Ov. M. 7, 716.—
d.
Representing an action as right or correct, well, rightly, correctly: bene mones, Ibo, you are right ( to admonish me), Ter. And. 2, 2, 36:
sequi recusarunt bene monentem,
Liv. 22, 60, 17:
quom mihi et bene praecipitis, et, etc.,
since you give sound advice, Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 55; so Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 6; 3, 3, 80; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 372, 7:
bene enim majores accubitionem epularem amicorum convivium nominarunt, melius quam Graeci,
Cic. Sen. 13, 45:
hoc bene censuit Scaevola,
correctly, Dig. 17, 1, 48.—
e.
Pleasantly, satisfactorily, profitably, prosperously, fortunately, successfully:
nunc bene vivo et fortunate atque ut volo atque animo ut lubet,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 111:
nihil adferrent quo jucundius, id est melius, viveremus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 41, 72:
si bene qui cenat, bene vivit,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 56: quamobrem melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, is better or more profitably invested, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:
perdenda sunt multa beneficia ut semel ponas bene, Sen. Ben. poet. 1, 2, 1: etiamsi nullum (beneficium) bene positurus sit,
id. ib. 1, 2, 2:
quando hoc bene successit,
Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 23: bene ambulatum'st? Di. Huc quidem, hercle, ad te bene, Quia tui vivendi copia'st, has your walk been pleasant? Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 18:
melius ominare,
use words of better omen, id. Rud. 2, 3, 7; Cic. Brut. 96, 329:
qui se suamque aetatem bene curant,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 36.—So, bene (se) habere: ut bene me haberem filiai nuptiis, have a good time at, etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 2:
qui se bene habet suisque amicis usui est,
who enjoys his life and is a boon companion, id. Mil. 3, 1, 128:
nam hanc bene se habere aetatem nimio'st aequius,
id. Merc. 3, 2, 6: bene consulere alicui, to take good care for somebody ' s interests:
tuae rei bene consulere cupio,
id. Trin. 3, 2, 9:
ut qui mihi consultum optume velit esse,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1:
me optime consulentem saluti suae,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2:
qui se ad sapientes viros bene consulentes rei publicae contulerunt,
id. Off. 2, 13, 46.—So, bene mereri, and rarely bene merere, to deserve well of one, i. e. act for his advantage; absol. or with de:
addecet Bene me, renti bene referre gratiam,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 36:
Licinii aps te bene merenti male refertur gratia?
id. Ps. 1, 3, 86:
ut memorem in bene meritos animum praestarem,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:
cogor nonnumquam homines non optime de me meritos rogatu eorum qui bene meriti sunt, defendere,
id. ib. 7, 1, 4:
tam bene meritis de nomine Punico militibus,
Liv. 23, 12, 5:
si bene quid de te merui,
Verg. A. 4, 317; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; id. Sest. 1, 2; 12, 39; 66, 139; 68, 142; id. Mil. 36, 99; id. Phil. 2, 14, 36 et saep.; v. mereo, D. and P. a.—So esp. referring to price: bene emere, to buy advantageously, i. e. cheaply; bene vendere, to sell advantageously, i. e. at a high price: bene ego hercle vendidi te, Plaut. [p. 230] Durc. 4, 2, 34:
et quoniam vendat, velle quam optime vendere,
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:
ita nec ut emat melius, nec ut vendat quidquam, simulabit vir bonus,
id. ib. 3, 15, 61: vin' bene emere? Do. Vin' tu pulcre vendere? Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 38:
melius emetur,
Cato, R. R. 1: quo melius emptum sciatis, Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 50 fin.:
qui vita bene credat emi honorem,
cheaply, Verg. A. 9, 206; Sil 4, 756.—
f.
Expressing kindness, thanks, etc.: bene facis, bene vocas, bene narras, I thank you, am obliged to you for doing, calling, saying (colloq.): merito amo te. Ph. Bene facis, thanks! Ter Eun. 1, 2, 106; cf.:
in consuetudinem venit, bene facis et fecisti non mdicantis esse, sed gratias agentis, Don. ad loc.' placet, bene facitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 43: dividuom talentum faciam. La. Bene facis, id. ib. 5, 3, 52: si quid erit dubium, immutabo Da. Bene fecisti, id. Ep. 5, 1, 40 Lo. Adeas, si velis. La. Bene hercle factum vobis habeo gratiam. Accedam propius, id. Rud. 3, 6, 2; Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 10.—With gratiam habere: bene fecisti;
gratiam habeo maximam,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 61; cf.
bene benigneque arbitror te facere,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 130: quin etiam Graecis licebit utare cum voles... Bene sane facis, sed enitar ut Latine loquar, I thank you for the permission, but, etc., Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 25: an exitum Cassi Maelique expectem? Bene facitis quod abominamini... sed, etc., I am much obliged to you for abhorring this, but, etc., Liv. 6, 18, 9: bene edepol narras; nam illi faveo virgini, thanks for telling me, for, etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 7 (cf.:
male hercule narras,
I owe you little thanks for saying so, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 10):
bene, ita me di ament, nuntias,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 20:
benenarras,
Cic. Att. 16, 14, 4; 13, 33, 2: tu ad matrem adi. Bene vocas; benigne dicis Cras apud te, thanks for your invitation, but, etc., Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 108: eamus intro ut prandeamus. Men. Bene vocas, tam gratia'st, id. Men. 2, 3, 41.—
g.
Of accuracy, etc., well, accurately, truly, completely:
cum ceterae partes aetatis bene descriptae sint,
Cic. Sen. 2, 5:
cui bene librato... Obstitit ramus,
Ov. M. 8, 409:
at bene si quaeras,
id. ib. 3, 141:
tibi comprimam linguam. Hau potes: Bene pudiceque adservatur,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 196:
bene dissimulare amorem,
entirely, Ter. And. 1, 1, 105:
quis enim bene celat amorem?
Ov. H. 12, 37.—So with a negation, = male restat parvam quod non bene compleat urnam, Ov. M. 12, 615: non bene conveniunt... Majestas et amor, id. ib 2, 846.—Redundant, with vix (Ovid.):
vix bene Castalio descenderat antro, Incustoditam lente videt ire juvencam ( = vix descenderat cum, etc.),
Ov. M. 3, 14:
tactum vix bene limen erat, Aesonides, dixi, quid agit meus?
id. H. 6, 24:
vix bene desieram, rettulit illa mihi,
id. F 5, 277.—
h.
Sup., most opportunely, at the nick of time (comic):
sed eccum meum gnatum optume video,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 57:
sed optume eccum exit senex,
id. Rud. 3, 3, 44. optume adveniens, puere, cape Chlamydem, etc., id. Merc. 5, 2, 69: Davum optume Video, Ter And. 2, 1, 35; 4, 2, 3; Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 25; 4, 5, 19; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 66; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 9; 5, 5, 2.—
i.
Pregn.: bene polliceri = large polliceri, to make liberal promises ' praecepit ut ceteros adeant, bene polliceantur, Sall. C. 41, 5; cf.: bene promittere, to promise success:
quae autem inconstantia deorum ut primis minentur extis, bene promittant secundis?
Cic. Div. 2, 17, 38.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Bene dicere.
a.
To speak well, i. e. eloquently:
qui optime dicunt,
the most eloquent, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119; 2, 2, 5:
etiam bene dicere haud absurdum est,
Sall. C. 3, 1:
abunde dixit bene quisquis rei satisfecit,
Quint. 12, 9, 7;
cf: bene loqui,
to use good language, speak good Latin, Cic. Brut. 58, 212, 64, 228.—
b.
To speak ably:
multo oratorem melius quam ipsos illos quorum eae sint artes esse dicturum,
Cic. Or. 1, 15, 65; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 4. bene dicendi scientia, Quint. 7, 3, 12.—
c.
To speak correctly or elegantly:
eum et Attice dicere et optime, ut..bene dicere id sit, Attice dicere,
Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 13 ' optime dicta, Quint. 10, 1, 19.—So, bene loqui:
ut esset perfecta illa bene loquendi laus,
Cic. Brut. 72, 252:
at loquitur pulchre. Num melius quam Plato?
id. Opt. Gen. 5, 16.—
d.
To speak well, i e. kindly, of one, to praise him; absol. or with dat., or reflex., with inter (less correctly as one word, benedicere): cui bene dixit umquam bono? Of what good man has he ever spoken well, or, what good man has he ever praised, Cic. Sest. 52, 110. bene, quaeso, inter vos dicatis, et amice absenti tamen, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 31.—Ironically:
bene equidem tibi dico qui te digna ut eveniant precor,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 26:
nec tibi cessaret doctus bene dicere lector,
Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 9: cui a viris bonis bene dicatur, Metell. Numid. ap. Gell. 6, 11, 3.— And dat understood:
si bene dicatis (i. e. mihi) vostra ripa vos sequar,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 18 ' omnes bene dicunt (ei), et amant (eum), Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 11:
ad bene dicendum (i e. alteri) delectandumque redacti,
Hor. Ep 2, 1, 155 —Part. ' indignis si male dicitur, male dictum id esse duco;
Verum si dignis dicitur, bene dictum'st,
is a praise, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27 sq.: nec bene nec male dicta profuerunt ad confirmandos animos, Liv 23, 46, 1; cf. Ter. Phorm. prol. 20 infra. —Bene audio = bene dicitur mihi, I am praised:
bene dictis si certasset, audisset bene,
Ter. Phorm. prol. 20; v. audio, 5.—
e.
To use words of good omen (euphêmein): Ol. Quid si fors aliter quam voles evenerit? St. Bene dice, dis sum fretus ( = fave lingua, melius ominare), Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38 heja, bene dicito, id. As. 3, 3, 155.—
f.
Bene dixisti, a formula of approbation: ne quan do iratus tu alio conferas. Th. Bene dixti, you are right, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 61. bene et sapienter dixti dudum, etc., it was a good and wise remark of yours that, etc., id. Ad. 5, 8, 30.—
g.
Bene dicta, fine or specious, plausible words (opp. deeds):
bene dictis tuis bene facta aures meae expostulant,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 25; so,
bene loqui: male corde consultare, Bene lingua loqui,
use fine words, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 16.—
2.
Bene facere.
a.
Bene aliquid facere, to do, make, something well, i. e. ably (v. I. A. 2. a. supra):
vel non facere quod non op time possis, vel facere quod non pessime facias,
Cic. Or. 2, 20, 86:
non tamen haec quia possunt bene aliquando fieri passim facienda sunt,
Quint. 4, 1, 70:
Jovem Phidias optime fecit,
id. 2, 3, 6; so, melius facere, Afran. ap. Macr. 6, 1.— P. a.:
quid labor aut bene facta juvant?
his labor and well-done works are no pleasure to him, Verg. G. 3, 525. —
b.
Bene facere, with dat. absol., with in and abl., or with erga, to do a good action, to benefit somebody, to impart benefits (less cor rectly as one word, benefacio)
(α).
With dat.:
bonus bonis bene feceris,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:
bene si amico feceris, ne pigeat fecisse,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 66:
malo bene facere tantumdem est periculum quantum bono male facere,
id. Poen. 3, 3, 20:
homini id quod tu facis bene,
id. Ep 1, 2, 33:
tibi lubens bene faxim,
Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 8; 5, 8, 25:
at tibi di semper... faciant bene,
may the gods bless you, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 32:
di tibi Bene faciant,
Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 20; so Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 18.— Pass.:
quod bonis bene fit beneficium,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 108:
pulchrum est bene facere reipublicae,
Sall. C. 3, 1:
ego ne ingratis quidem bene facere absistam,
Liv. 36, 35, 4.—Reflexively. sibi bene facere, enjoy one ' s self, have a good time, genio indulgere (v. I. A. 2. e. supra): nec quisquam est tam ingenio duro quin, ubi quidquam occasionis sit sibi faciat bene, Plaut. As. grex 5.—
(β).
With in and abl.:
quoniam bene quae in me fecerunt, ingrata ea habui,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 30.—
(γ).
With erga:
si quid amicum erga bene feci,
Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 4.—
(δ).
With ellipsis of dat., to impart benefits:
ingrata atque irrita esse omnia intellego Quae dedi et quod bene feci,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 11:
quod bene fecisti, referetur gratia,
id. Capt. 5, 1, 20:
ego quod bene feci, male feci,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 34; id. Trin. 2, 2, 41:
si beneficia in rebus, non in ipsa benefaciendi voluntate consisterent,
Sen. Ben. 1, 7, 1:
benefaciendi animus,
id. ib. 2, 19, 1.—So esp. in formula of thanks, etc.' bene benigneque arbitror te facere, I thank you heartily, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 129: Jup. Jam nunc irata non es? Alc. Non sum. Jup. Bene facis, id. Am. 3, 2, 56; v Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 384.—P. a. as subst.: bĕnĕ facta, orum, n., benefits, benefactions (cf. beneficium): bene facta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v 429 Vahl.): pol, bene facta tua me hortantur tuo ut imperio paream, Plaut Pers. 5, 2, 65: pro bene factis ejus uti ei pretium possim reddere. id. Capt. 5, 1, 20;
bene facta referre,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 182 tenere, id. ib. 2, 42.—So freq. in eccl. writ ers:
et si bene feceritis his qui vobis bene faciunt,
Vulg. Luc. 6, 33:
bene facite his qui oderunt vos,
id. Matt. 5, 44.—
(ε).
Absol., to do good, perform meritorious acts (in fin. verb only eccl. Lat.)' discite bene facere, Vulg. Isa. 1, 17:
interrogo vos si licet sabbatis bene facere an male,
id. Luc. 6, 9:
qui bene facit, ex Deo est,
id. Joan. Ep. 3, 11.— In P a. (class.): bene facta (almost always in plur.), merits, meritorious acts, brave deeds:
bene facta recte facta sunt,
Cic. Par 3, 1, 22:
omnia bene facta in luce se collocari volunt,
id. Tusc. 2, 26, 64; id. Sen. 3, 9:
bene facta mea reipublicae procedunt,
Sall. J 85, 5, cf. id. C. 8, 5; id. H. Fragm. 1, 19: veteribus bene factis nova pensantes maleficia, Liv 37, 1, 2; cf. Quint. 3, 7, 13, 12, 1, 41; Prop. 2, 1, 24; Ov. M. 15, 850, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 386.— Sing.: bene factum a vobis, dum vivitis non abscedet, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4.—
(ζ).
In medical language, to be of good effect, benefit, do good:
id bene faciet et alvum bonam faciet,
Cato, R. R. 157, 6.—So with ad: ad capitis dolorem bene facit serpyllum, Scrib Comp. 1; so id. ib. 5; 9; 13; 41.—
(η).
In the phrase bene facis, etc., as a formula of thanks, v I A. 2. f. supra.—
(θ).
Expressing joy, I am glad of it, I am glad that etc. (comic.) Da. Tua quae fuit Palaestra, ea filia inventa'st mea. La. Bene meher cule factum'st, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 9: bis tanto valeo quam valui prius. Ly. Bene hercle factum et gaudeo, id. Merc. 2, 2, 27; Ter And. 5, 6, 11; id. Hec. 5, 4, 17; id. Eun. 5, 8, 7:
bene factum et volup est hodie me his mulierculis Tetulisse auxilium,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 1; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 11; so, bene factum gaudeo: nam hic noster pater est Ant. Ita me Juppiter bene amet, benefac tum gaudeo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 47; Ter Phorm. 5, 6, 43; cf.: Me. Rex Creo vigiles nocturnos singulos semper locat. So. Bene facit, quia nos eramus peregri, tutatu'st domum, I am glad of it, etc., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 19. bene fecit A. Silius qui transegerit: neque enim ei deesse volebam, et quid possem timebam, I am glad that A. Silius, etc., Cic. Att. 12, 24, 1.—
3.
With esse.
a.
Bene est, impers., it is well.
(α).
In the epistolary formula: si vales bene est; or, si vales bene est, (ego) valeo (abbrev. S.V.B.E.V.), Afran. ap Prisc. p 804 P; Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1; 10, 34, 1; 4, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 5, 7, 1; 5, 9, 1; 5, 10, 1; 10, 33, 1; 10, 14, 8; 10, 14, 11;
14, 14, 1, 14, 14, 16: si valetis gaudeo,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 41 —These formulas were obsolete at Seneca's time: mos antiquis fuit, usque ad meam servatus aetatem, primis epistulae verbis adicere: Si vales, bene est;
ego valeo,
Sen. Ep. 15, 1.—
(β).
= bene factum est (cf. I. 2. k. supra): oculis quoque etiam plus jam video quam prius: Ly. Bene est, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 26: hic est intus filius apud nos tuus. De. Optume'st, id. ib. 5, 4, 49; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 48, 5, 5, 3; id. Hec. 5, 4, 31.—
b.
Bene est alicui, impers., it is ( goes) well with one, one does well, is well off, enjoys himself, is happy: nam si curent, bene bonis sit, male malis, quod nunc abest, Enn ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 79 (Trag. v. 355 Vahl.):
bona si esse veis, bene erit tibi,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 12:
quia illi, unde huc abvecta sum, malis bene esse solitum'st,
id. ib. 3, 1, 13:
qui neque tibi bene esse patere, et illis qui bus est invides,
id. Ps. 4, 7, 35 (so id. Trin. 2, 2, 71): num quippiam aluit me vis? De. Ut bene sit tibi, id Pers. 4, 8, 5; id. Poen. 4, 2, 90; Ter Phorm. 1, 2, 101: nemini nimium bene est, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.:
si non est, jurat bene solis esse maritis,
Hor. Ep 1, 1, 88:
nec tamen illis bene erit, quia non bono gaudent,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 11, 4: BENE SIT NOBIS, Inscr Orell. 4754; Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 95; 4, 2, 36; id. Curc. 4, 2, 31; id. Pers. 5, 2, 74; id. Stich. 5, 5, 12; id. Merc. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 9.— Comp.: istas minas decem, qui me procurem dum melius sit mi, des. Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 40:
spero ex tuis litteris tibi melius esse,
that your health is better, Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 1; Ter And. 2, 5, 16.—With dat. understood: patria est ubi cumque est bene (i. e. cuique), where one does well, there is his country, Poet. ap. Cic Tusc 5, 37, 108 (Trag. Rel. inc. p. 248 Rib). [p. 231] —With abl., to be well off in, to feast upon a thing:
ubi illi bene sit ligno, aqua calida, cibo, vestimentis,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 39:
at mihi bene erat, non piscibus, Sed pullo atque hoedo,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 120.—
c.
Bene sum = bene mihi est:
minore nusquam bene fui dispendio,
Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 20:
de eo (argento) nunc bene sunt tua virtute,
id. Truc. 4, 2, 28: dato qui bene sit;
ego ubi bene sit tibi locum lepidum dabo,
id. Bacch. 1, 1, 51:
scis bene esse si sit unde,
id. Capt. 4, 2, 70.—
4.
Bene habere.
a.
With subj. nom.
(α).
To enjoy, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 35 al.; v. I. A. 2. e. supra.—
(β).
To be favorable, to favor:
bene habent tibi principia,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 82. —
(γ).
With se, to be well, well off. imperator se bene habet, it is well with, Sen. Ep. 24, 9; cf.:
si te bene habes,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 122 Brix ad loc.—
b.
Hoc bene habet, or bene habet, impers. ( = res se bene habet), it is well, matters stand well:
bene habet: jacta sunt fundamenta defensionis,
Cic. Mur. 6, 14:
bene habet: di pium movere bellum,
Liv. 8, 6, 4:
atque bene habet si a collega litatum est,
id. 8, 9, 1; Juv. 10, 72; Stat. Th. 11, 557.— So pers.: bene habemus nos, si in his spes est;
opinor, aliud agamus,
we are well off, Cic. Att. 2, 8, 1.—
5.
Bene agere, with cum and abl.
(α).
To treat one well:
bene egissent Athenienses cum Miltiade si, etc.,
Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3.—
(β).
Impers.: bene agitur cum aliquo, it goes well with one, he is fortunate:
bene dicat secum esse actum,
that he has come off well, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 2:
non tam bene cum rebus humanis agitur ut meliora pluribus placeant,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 1.— With ellipsis of cum and abl.:
si hinc non abeo intestatus, bene agitur pro noxia (sc. mecum),
Plaut. Mil. 5, 23.—
6.
Rem (negotium) bene gerere.
(α).
To administer well private or public affairs: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patria procul, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 295 Vahl.):
non ut multis bene gestae, sed, ut nemini, conservatae rei publicae,
Cic. Pis. 3, 6; so,
qui ordo bene gestae rei publicae testimonium multis, mihi uni conservatae dedit,
id. Phil. 2, 1, 2:
rem publicam,
id. Pis. 19, 45:
Apollini republica vestra bene gesta servataque... donum mittitote,
Liv. 23, 11, 3.—
(β).
To be successful, meet with success, acquit one ' s self well; usu. of war;
also of private affairs: bello extincto, re bene gesta, vobis gratis habeo, etc.,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 2:
quando bene gessi rem, volo hic in fano supplicare,
id. Curc. 4, 2, 41;
quasi re bene gesta,
Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 13:
rem te valde bene gessisse rumor erat,
that you had met with great success, Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 7; id. Planc. 25, 61:
conclamant omnes occasionem negotii bene gerendi amittendam non esse,
Caes. B. G. 5, 57:
haec cogitanti accidere visa est facultas bene rei gerendae,
id. ib. 7, 44:
res bello bene gestae,
success in war, Liv. 23, 12, 11:
laeti bene gestis corpora rebus Procurate,
Verg. A. 9, 157; cf. Cic. Planc. 25, 61; Liv. 1, 37, 6; 4, 47, 1; 8, 30, 5; 22, 25, 4; 23, 36, 2.—
7.
Bene vertere, in wishes.
(α).
With the rel. quod or quae res as subject, to turn out well; absol. or with dat.:
quae res tibi et gnatae tuae bene feliciterque vortat,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58:
quod utrisque bene vertat,
Liv. 8, 5, 6:
quod bene verteret,
id. 3, 26, 9; cf. id. 3, 35, 8; 3, 62, 5; 7, 39, 10; v. verto; cf.:
quod bene eveniat,
Cato, R. R. 141.—
(β).
With di as subject:
di bene vortant,
may the gods let it turn out well, may the gods grant success, Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 5; cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 10; id. Hec. 1, 2, 121; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 19; v. verte.—
8.
Bene, colloquially in leave-taking: bene ambula, walk well, i. e. have a pleasant walk! Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 166: De. Bene ambulato! Ly. Bene vale! id. Merc 2, 2, 55:
bene valete et vivite!
id. Mil. 4, 8, 30:
cives bene valete!
id. Merc. 5, 2, 25; cf. id. Ep. 5, 1, 40; id. Merc. 2, 4, 28; 5, 4, 65; id. Curc. 4, 2, 30; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 115; id. Hec. 1, 2, 122:
salvere jubeo te, mi Saturides, bene,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 35: LAGGE, FILI, BENE QVIESCAS, Sepulch. Inscr. Orell. p. 4755.—
9.
In invocations to the gods, often redundant (cf. bonus):
ita me Juppiter bene amet,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 47:
di te bene ament, Hegio,
id. Capt. 1, 2, 29:
ita me di bene ament,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 43; id. Hec. 2, 1, 9; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 13:
Jane pater uti te... bonas preces bene precatus siem,
Cato, R. R. 134: bene sponsis, beneque volueris in precatione augurali Messala augur ait significare spoponderis, volueris, Fest. p. 351 Mull. (p. 267 Lind.).—
10.
Elliptical expressions.
(α).
Bene, melius, optime, instead of bene, etc., dicit, dicis, or facit, facis, etc.:
bene Pericles (i.e. dixit),
Cic. Off. 1,40, 144:
bene (Philippus) ministrum et praebitorem,
id. ib. 2, 14, 53:
existimabatur bene, Latine (i. e. loqui),
id. Brut. 74, 259; so id. Sen. 14, 47:
at bene Areus,
Quint. 2, 15, 36; cf. id. 10, 1, 56:
nam ante Aristippus, et ille melius (i.e. hoc dixerat),
Cic. Fin. 1, 8, 26:
sed haec tu melius vel optime omnium (i.e. facies),
id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61; 1, 19, 63; id. Off. 3, 11, 49; id. Sen. 20, 73; id. Opt. Gen. 6, 18; Quint. 10, 3, 25; 10, 2, 24; 6, 1, 3; 9, 4, 23.—
(β).
In applauding answers' bene and optime, good! bravo! excellent! euge, euge! Perbene! Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 75: huc respice. Da. Optume! id. ib. 3, 4, 3; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 114; 5, 4, 16.—
(γ).
In drinking health, with acc. or dat., health to you, your health! bene vos! bene nos! bene te! bene me! bene nostram etiam Stephanium! Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 27; Tib 2, 1, 31: bene te, pater optime Caesar, etc.; Ov. F. 2, 637:
bene mihi, bene vobis, bene amicae meae!
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 21; Ov.A.A. 1, 601.—
11.
Pregn., in ellipt. predicate: quod (imperium) si (ei) sui bene crediderint cives... credere et Latinos debere, if his own citizens did well to intrust the supreme power to him, etc., Liv. 1, 50, 5:
in Velia aedificent quibus melius quam P. Valerio creditur libertas,
to whom it will be safer to intrust liberty, id. 2, 7, 11:
melius peribimus quam sine alteris vestrum viduae aut orbae vivemus,
it will be better for us to perish, id. 1, 13, 3:
bene Arruntium morte usum,
that it was right for Arruntius to die, Tac. A. 6, 48; Liv. 2, 30, 6; Quint. 9, 4, 92; Tac. A. 2, 44.—
II.
Adv. of intensity, = valde, very, with adjj. and advv.
1.
With adjj.: bene tempestate serena, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82 (Ann. v. 517 Vahl.): foedus feri bene firmum, id. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. C. 3, 24, 50 (Ann. v. 33 ib.); cf.:
bene firmus,
Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1; id. Phil. 6, 7, 18:
bene robustus,
id. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:
bene morigerus fuit puer,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 13:
bene ergo ego hinc praedatus ibo,
id. Ps. 4, 7, 39:
bene lautum,
id. Rud. 3, 3, 39:
bene et naviter oportet esse impudentem,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 3:
id utrum Romano more locutus sit, bene nummatum te futurum, an, etc.,
id. ib. 7, 16, 3:
bene sanos,
id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; 1, 21, 71; Hor. S. 1, 3, 61; 1, 9, 44:
bene longinquos dolores,
Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94:
sermonem bene longum,
id. Or. 2, 88, 361:
bene magna caterva,
id. Mur. 33, 69:
magna multitudo,
Hirt. B. Hisp. 4:
barbatus,
Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22:
fidum pectus,
Hor. C. 2, 12, 15:
cautus,
Ov. H. 1, 44:
multa,
Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 15: multi, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam 10, 33, 4:
homo optime dives,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 23, 2.—
2.
With advv.: bene saepe libenter, Enn. Ann. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 239 Vahl.); cf.:
bene libenter victitas,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 44:
bene mane haec scripsi,
Cic. Att. 4, 9, 2; 4, 10, 16:
bene penitus,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:
bene longe,
Hirt. B. Hisp. 25:
bene gnaviter,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 1 (28), 5.—With adverb. phrase:
siad te bene ante lucem venisset,
Cic. Or. 2, 64, 259.

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19 cito

1.
cĭtŏ, adv., v. cieo, P. a. fin.
2.
cĭto, āvi, ātum ( part. perf. gen. plur. citatūm, Att. ap. Non. p. 485; inf. pass. citarier, Cat. 61, 42), 1, v. freq. a. [cieo].
I.
To put into quick motion, to move or drive violently or rapidly, to hurl, shake, rouse, excite, provoke, incite, stimulate, promote, etc. (mostly post-Aug. and poet.; in earlier authors usu. only in P. a.):
citat hastam,
Sil. 4, 583:
arma,
Stat. Th. 8, 124:
gradum,
Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 510:
urinam,
Cels. 2, 19:
pus,
id. 5, 28, n. 13:
umorem illuc,
id. 4, 6:
alvum,
Col. 7, 9, 9:
ubi luctandi juvenes animosa citavit gloria,
Stat. Th. 6, 834. —
2.
Of plants, to put or shoot forth:
virgam,
Col. 3, 6, 2; 4, 15, 2:
radices,
id. 5, 5, 5; id. Arb. 10, 3; Pall. Feb. 9, 6.—
B.
Trop.:
isque motus (animi) aut boni aut mali opinione citetur,
be called forth, Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 24 Orell. N. cr. (cf.:
motus cieri,
id. ib. 1, 10, 20).—
II.
(Like cieo, 2.) With reference to the termination ad quem, to urge to, call or summon to (class.; esp. freq. in lang. of business;
syn.: voco, adesse jubeo): patres in curiam per praeconem ad regem Tarquinium citari jussit,
Liv. 1, 47, 8; id. 3, 38, 6 and 12:
senatum,
id. 9, 30, 2:
in fora citatis senatoribus,
id. 27, 24, 2:
tribus ad sacramentum,
Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Cat. 61, 43:
judices citati in hunc reum consedistis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 19:
citari nominatim unum ex iis, etc., i. e. for enrollment for milit. service,
Liv. 2, 29, 2; id. Epit. libr. 14; Val. Max. 6, 3, 4.—
B.
Esp.
1.
In law, to call the parties, to see whether they are present (syn.:
in jus vocare, evocare): citat reum: non respondet. Citat accusatorem... citatus accusator non respondit, non affuit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 98; 2, 2, 38, § 92; id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 41;
so of those accused,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; id. Mil. 19, 50; Suet. Tib. 11; 61.—And of the roll of a gang of slaves:
mancipia ergastuli cottidie per nomina,
Col. 11, 1, 22 al. —Hence, to accuse:
cum equester ordo reus a consulibus citaretur,
Cic. Sest. 15, 35; Vitr. 7 praef.;
and facetiously,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 6.—With gen. of the charge or penalty:
omnes ii... abs te capitis C. Rabirii nomine citantur,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 11, 31; cf.:
ne proditi mysterii reus a philosophis citaretur,
Lact. 3, 16, 5.—Of witnesses:
in hanc rem testem totam Siciliam citabo,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 146; Suet. Caes. 74; Quint. 6, 4, 7.—
b.
Beyond the sphere of judicial proceedings: testem, auctorem, to call one to witness, to call upon, appeal to, quote, cite:
quamvis citetur Salamis clarissimae testis victoriae,
Cic. Off. 1, 22, 75:
quos ego testes citaturus fui rerum a me gestarum,
Liv. 38, 47, 4:
poëtas ad testimonium,
Petr. 2, 5:
libri, quos Macer Licinius citat identidem auctores,
Liv. 4, 20, 8.— To call for votes or opinions in the senate, haec illi, quo quisque ordine citabantur, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 18.—Of an appeal to a god for aid, etc., Ov. F. 5, 683; Cat. 61, 42.—
2.
(Like cieo, II. C.) In gen., to mention any person or thing by name, to name, mention, call out, proclaim, announce (rare but class.;
syn. laudo): omnes Danai reliquique Graeci, qui hoc anapaesto citantur,
Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 18: victorem Olympiae citari; cf. Nep. praef. § 5; Liv. 29, 37, 9; Stat. Th. 6, 922:
paeanem,
to rehearse, recite, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251:
io Bacche,
to call, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7 (cf.:
triumphum ciere,
Liv. 45, 38, 12, infra cieo, II. C. 2.); Col. 11, 1, 22.—Hence, cĭtātus, a, um, part., driven, urged on, hastened, hurried; and P a., quick, rapid, speedy, swift (opp. tardus; class.).
A.
Prop., freq.:
citato equo,
at full gallop, Caes. B. C. 3, 96; Liv. 1, 27, 7; 3, 46, 6; so,
equis,
id. 1, 5, 8; cf. Verg. A. 12, 373 al.:
jumentis,
Suet. Ner. 5:
pede,
Cat. 63, 2:
tripudiis,
id. 63, 26:
citato gradu,
Liv. 28, 14, 17:
passibus,
Sen. Hippol. 9:
axe,
Juv. 1, 60:
citatum agmen,
Liv. 35, 30, 1:
citatiore agmine ad stativa sua pervenit,
id. 27, 50, 1; so,
citatissimo agmine,
id. 22, 6, 10 al.:
amnis citatior,
id. 23, 19, 11:
flumen,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 178:
nautae,
Prop. 1, 8, 23:
rates,
Sen. Hippol. 1048; Luc. 8, 456:
currus,
Sil. 8, 663:
Euro citatior,
Sil. 4, 6:
alvus citatior,
Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63.—Also instead of an adv. (cf. citus, B.):
Rhenus per fines Trevirorum citatus fertur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 10:
ferunt citati signa,
Liv. 41, 3, 8:
penna citatior ibat,
Sil. 10, 11.—
B.
Trop., quick, rapid, vehement, impetuous:
argumenta acria et citata,
Quint. 9, 4, 135;
and transf. to persons: in argumentis citati atque ipso etiam motu celeres sumus,
id. 9, 4, 138:
Roscius citatior, Aesopus gravior fuit,
id. 11, 3, 111; 11, [p. 346] 3, 17:
pronuntiatio (opp. pressa),
id. 11, 3, 111:
citatior manus (opp. lenior),
id. 11, 3, 102:
soni tum placidi tum citati,
Gell. 1, 11, 15.— Adv.: cĭtātē, quickly, speedily, nimbly, rapidly (perh. only in the two foll. examples):
piscatores citatius moventur,
Quint. 11, 3, 112:
ut versus quam citatissime volvant,
id. 1, 1, 37.

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20 conjubeo

con-jŭbĕo, ēre, v. a., to command together with, Edict. Diocl. prooem.

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