jurists

căpĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [caput];

in the Lat. of jurists,

a poll-tax, Dig. 50, 15, 3; 50, 4, 18 fin.; Amm. 17, 3, 2 (ap. Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5: exactio capitum).—

The outlay of the state for beasts used in the public service, Cod. Th. 7, 4, 8; 7, 4, 11.

căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

capsimus,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].

Lit.

In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

cape hoc flabellum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

cepit manibus tympanum,

Cat. 6, 3, 8:

tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

Verg. A. 2, 717:

cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

id. G. 3, 420:

flammeum,

Cat. 61, 8:

acria pocula,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

lora,

Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

baculum,

Ov. M. 2, 789:

colum cum calathis,

id. ib. 12, 475:

florem ternis digitis,

Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

pignera,

Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

rem pignori,

Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

scutum laeva,

Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

capias tu illius vestem,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

and of particular weapons: ensem,

Ov. M. 13, 435:

tela,

id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

lauti cibum capiunt,

Tac. G. 22.—

In partic.

Of living objects.

To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.

Of persons:

oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

reges capiuntur,

Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

Liv. 22, 49, 18:

quos Byzantii ceperat,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

captos ostendere civibus hostes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

captus Tarento Livius,

Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

servus ex hoste captus,

Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

in captos clementia uti,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

inludere capto,

Verg. A. 2, 64:

quae sit fiducia capto,

id. ib. 2, 75:

ex captorum numero,

Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—

Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

nisi quid concharum capsimus,

id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

cervum,

Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

Verg. G. 4, 396.—

To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

quamvis voluptate capiatur,

id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

id. Att. 4, 1:

nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

Hor. A. P. 362:

hunc capit argenti splendor,

id. S. 1, 4, 28:

te conjux aliena capit,

id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

Prop. 1, 1, 1:

carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

Tib. 3, 1, 7:

munditiis capimur,

Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

Liv. 30, 12, 18:

dulcedine vocis,

Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

voce nova,

id. ib. 1, 678:

temperie aquarum,

id. ib. 4, 344:

(bos) herba captus viridi,

Verg. E. 6, 59:

amoenitate loci,

Tac. A. 18, 52:

auro,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

splendore hominis,

id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—

To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

eodem captus errore quo nos,

involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

ne quo errore milites caperentur,

Liv. 8, 6, 16:

capere ante dolis Reginam,

Verg. A. 1, 673:

captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

id. ib. 2, 196:

ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

Sall. J. 14, 11:

adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

id. C. 14, 5:

capi alicujus dolo,

Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

Liv. 23, 35, 2:

quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

Ov. M. 7, 301.—

To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

id. Brut. 48, 178.—

To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.

Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

captus omnibus membris,

id. 2, 36, 8:

capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

id. 21, 58, 5:

oculis membrisque captus,

Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

habuit filium captum altero oculo,

Suet. Vit. 6:

censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

lumine,

Ov. F. 6, 204:

princeps pedibus captus,

Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

captum leto posuit caput,

Verg. A. 11, 830;

and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

id. G. 1, 183.—

Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

rarely mentibu' capti,

Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

animo,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

captus animi,

Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

virgines captae furore,

Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

Liv. 39, 13, 12:

captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

capti et stupentes animi,

id. 6, 36, 8.—

To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

de istac sum judex captus,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

Liv. 3, 71, 2:

me cepere arbitrum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

quom illum generum cepimus,

id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

Gell. 1, 12, 15:

jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—

Of places.

To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

loca capere, castra munire,

Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

castris locum capere,

Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

locum capere castris,

Quint. 12, 2, 5:

ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

Liv. 34, 14, 1:

neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

id. 35, 14, 9:

erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

id. 35, 28, 1:

locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

Sall. J. 58, 3:

duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

Liv. 7, 26, 5:

quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

tumulum suis cepit,

Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

Liv. 1, 6, 4;

for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

id. 9, 43, 20:

Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—

To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

CORSICAM,

Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

Troja capta,

Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

urbem opulentissimam,

id. 5, 20, 1:

ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

castra hostium,

Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

Liv. 42, 63, 6:

plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

id. 28, 39, 10:

sedem belli,

Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

oppressa captaque re publica,

Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—

To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

insulam capere non potuerant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

id. ib. 4, 36:

accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

id. ib. 5, 23:

nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—

Of things of value, property, money, etc.

In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

de praedonibus praedam capere,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

agros de hostibus,

Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

Liv. 4, 48, 2:

quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

Nep. Con. 4, 4:

classem,

id. Cim. 2, 2:

magnas praedas,

id. Dat. 10, 2:

ex hostibus pecuniam,

Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

cape cedo,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

id. Att. 7, 2:

quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—

In particular connections.

With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

id. ib. §

27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

id. Clu. 42, 120:

nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

id. Pis. 16, 38:

si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

ab regibus Illyriorum,

Liv. 42, 45, 8:

saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—

Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

Quint. 3, 6, 96:

aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

id. 5, 14, 16:

si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

Juv. 1, 55:

qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—

Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

stipendium jure belli,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

Liv. 28, 39, 13:

quadragena annua ex schola,

Suet. Gram. 23:

si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—

Trop.

Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

id. Div. 2, 5:

ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

id. Pis. 14, 31:

aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

usuram alicujus corporis,

Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—

Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

gestum atque voltum novom,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

figuras Datque capitque novas,

id. ib. 15, 309:

formam capit quam lilia,

id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

duritiam ab aere,

id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

radicem capere,

to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

siliculam capere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

maturitatem capere,

Col. 4, 23, 1:

radix libere capit viris,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

vires cepisse nocendi,

Ov. M. 7, 417:

(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—

Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

consuetudinem exercitationemque,

id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

misericordiam,

id. Quint. 31, 97:

quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

disciplinam principum,

Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—

Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

consulatum,

id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

honores,

Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

imperium,

id. Claud. 10:

magistratum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

magistratus,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

Ov. M. 3, 644:

rerum moderamen,

id. ib. 6, 677:

pontificatum maximum,

Suet. Vit. 11:

rem publicam,

Sall. C. 5, 6:

neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

Liv. 2, 33, 1:

ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

Liv. 7, 1, 2.—

In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

augurium ex arce,

Liv. 10, 7, 10:

augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

omen,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

Liv. 9, 4, 1:

rursus impetu capto enituntur,

id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

nec vestra capit discordia finem,

Verg. A. 10, 106:

fugam,

to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—

Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

si occassionem capsit,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—

Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

conjecturam capere,

Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

capti consili memorem mones,

id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

temerarium consilium,

Liv. 25, 34, 7:

tale capit consilium,

Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

ut ego rationem oculis capio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

cepi rationem ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—

Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

praesagia a sole,

Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—

Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

laborem inanem ipsus capit,

id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

hic potitur gaudia,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

id. ib. prol. 114:

angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

id. Sen. 15, 54:

opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

id. Brut. 1, 1:

itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

id. ib. 40, 147:

ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

Liv. 27, 40, 9:

ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

id. 5, 20, 2:

ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

Liv. 33, 27, 10:

voluptatem animi,

Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—

Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

Liv. 1, 6, 3:

cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

id. 40, 21, 2:

etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

Liv. 27, 13, 2:

oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

id. 38, 46, 12:

tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

Liv. 27, 8, 6:

hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

id. 44, 12, 1:

tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

Verg. A. 2, 384:

infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

Liv. 1, 57, 10:

ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

id. 25, 22, 1:

tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

id. 23, 20, 7:

senatum metus cepit,

id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

Liv. 43, 11, 9.—

Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

calamitatem,

Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.

To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.

Lit.

In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

Lucr. 6, 1030:

jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

id. ib. 1, 75:

dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

id. ib. 8, 558:

cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

id. ib. 5, 324.—

Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

volat vapor ater ad auras,

Verg. A. 7, 466:

non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

non capit se mare,

Sen. Agam. 487:

neque enim capiebant funera portae,

Ov. M. 7, 607:

officium populi vix capiente domo,

id. P. 4, 4, 42:

si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

Curt. 7, 8, 12:

ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

Just. 2, 10, 19.—

Trop.

To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—

To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.

Affirmatively (rare):

quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

Curt. 9, 3, 7:

si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

Quint. 2, 4, 17:

dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

Dig. 40, 12, 15.—

With negatives:

non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

Lucr. 3, 298:

nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

Ov. M. 6, 466:

vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

id. ib. 11, 118:

ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

Curt. 7, 8, 13:

majora quam capit spirat,

id. 6, 9, 11:

ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

id. 3, 12, 20:

infirma aetas majora non capiet,

Quint. 1, 11, 13.—

Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

Dig. 4, 4, 19.—

With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

Prud. Apoth. 154:

crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—

Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

Quint. 11, 1, 45:

nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

id. 2, 6, 2:

quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

Liv. 9, 17, 14:

somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.

căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,

A taking:

dominii,

Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—

= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

casso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cassus] (late Lat.).

In gen., to bring to naught, destroy, trop., Sid. Ep. 1 fin. —

In the Lat. of the jurists, to annul, make null or void, = abrogo, Cod. Th. 11, 1, 3 al.

casso ( caso), avi, atum, 1, v. n., rare collat. form of quasso (only in Plautus), to shake, waver:

ubi bacchabatur aula, cassabant cadi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41; cf.

v. 37: capitibus cassantibus,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 71; cf. quasso, II.

cautēla, ae, f. [cautus, caveo] (mostly post - class.), caution, precaution.

In gen.:

si minus cum curā aut cautelā locus loquendi lectus est,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 6 dub. (bracketed by Brix); App. M. 2, p. 117, 7; 5, p. 160, 36.—

Esp., in the jurists, = cautio, a surety, security, Dig. 3, 3, 15; 13, 7, 6; 16, 3, 14.

cĭbārĭus, a, um, adj. [cibus], pertaining to or suitable for food (class.):

res,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 1: leges, i. e. sumptuary laws, laws restraining luxury, Cato ap. Macr. S. 2, 13: uva, suitable only for eating, not for wine, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 37; cf.:

uva vilitatis cibariae,

id. 14, 2, 4, § 35.—

Subst.: cĭbārĭa, ōrum, n., food, nutriment, victuals, provisions, fare, ration, fodder (in the jurists a more restricted idea than alimenta, which comprises every thing necessary for sustaining life, Dig. 34, 1, 6; cf. ib. 34, 1, 12; 34, 1, 15;

and in gen. the whole tit. 1: de alimentis vel cibariis legatis),

Plaut. Truc. 5, 43; Cato, R. R. 56; Col. 12, 14; Suet. Tib. 46:

congerere,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 32;

Dig. l. l. al.—Of soldiers,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.; Caes. B. G. 1, 5; 3, 18; Nep. Eum. 8, 7; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 8; Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37; Quint. 5, 13, 17; Suet. Galb. 7 al.—Of the provincial magistrates, corn allowed to deputies:

cibaria praefecti,

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6; id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 72; 2, 3, 93, §§ 216 and 217; id. Fam. 5, 20, 9.—Of cattle, Cato. R. R. 60; Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 6; 3, 16, 4; Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56; Col. 4, 8, 5 al. —In sing., Sen. Ben. 3, 21, 2.—

Meton. (in accordance with the fare given to servants), ordinary, common:

panis,

black bread, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97 (cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 2, 15: panis cibarius est, qui ad cibum servis datur, nec delicatus); so subst.: cĭbā-rĭum, ii, n., also called cibarium secundarium, the coarser meal which remains after the fine wheat flour, shorts, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 87: vinum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 93, 14:

oleum,

Col. 12. 50, 18 sq.:

sapor,

id. 12, 11, 2 Schneid.—

Trop.: cibarius Aristoxenus, i. e. an ordinary musician, Varr. ap. Non. p. 93, 15.

circum-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4, v. a., lit., to come around something; hence (the coming being considered as accomplished; cf. advenio and adventus, II.).

Lit.

In gen., to be around (a thing), to encircle, encompass, surround (rare):

quibus succensis circumventi flammā exanimantur homines,

Caes. B. G. 6, 16; cf.:

donec ignium jactu circumveniretur,

Tac. A. 15, 11; 15, 38:

illum frequentia ingens circumvenit cum plausu,

Petr. 92, 8: Cocytos sinu labens circumvenit atro, * Verg. A. 6, 132:

omnium operum magnitudinem circumveniunt cavernae ingentes,

Curt. 5, 1, 28:

Rhenus insulas circumveniens,

flowing around, Tac. A. 2, 6:

planities locis paulo superioribus circumventa,

Sall. J. 68, 2:

rami, quos comprehensos manus possit circumvenire,

to grasp, Col. 5, 9, 2; cf. id. 4, 29, 10; Val. Fl. 1, 400; Petr. 114:

singulas urbes,

to go around from one city to another, Sall. J. 88, 4 Dietsch.—Far more freq. (esp. in the histt.),

Specif., to surround in a hostile manner, to encompass, beset, invest:

ex itinere nostros latere aperto aggressi circumvenere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

ne per insidias ab eo circumveniretur,

id. ib. 1, 42:

consulem,

Nep. Hann. 4, 3: aciem. Curt. 5, 13, 30:

montem opere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 97:

multos ab tergo,

Sall. J. 97, 5:

cuncta moenia exercitu,

id. ib. 57, 2; cf. id. ib. 76, 2:

legio circumventa,

Liv. 10, 26, 9; cf. id. 10, 2, 11; Tac. A. 3, 74:

armis regiam,

id. ib. 12, 50 fin.; cf. id. ib. 1, 25;

12, 16: cerva circumventa lupis,

Stat. Th. 5, 165:

hostili custodiā,

Sen. Ep. 9, 6.—

Trop.

To encompass, beset, oppress, distress, afflict, overthrow: circumventus morbo, exilio atque inopiā, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 58, 218; cf. id. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (Trag. v. 42 Vahl.);

Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 46: quasi committeret contra legem, quo quis judicio circumveniretur,

Cic. Brut. 12, 48; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; Quint. 5, 13, 32; 6, 2, 31:

aliquem per arbitrum circumvenire,

i. e. to lay hold of, Cic. Rosc. Com. 9, 25:

jam te non Siculi, non aratores circumveniunt,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 93:

te a Siciliae civitatibus circumveniri atque opprimi dicis?

id. ib. 2, 4, 8, §

17: potentis alicujus opibus circumveniri urgerique,

id. Off. 2, 14, 51:

ut neque tenuiores proper humilitatem circumveniantur,

id. ib. 2, 24, 85; so,

falsis criminibus,

Sall. C. 34, 2:

omnibus necessitudinibus,

id. ib. 21, 3; cf. Tac. A. 1, 13:

his difficultatibus,

Sall. J. 7, 1:

odio accolarum, simul domesticis discordiis,

Tac. A. 12, 29:

securitate pacis et belli malo,

id. H. 2, 12:

testimonio,

id. ib. 4, 10: multa senem circumveniunt incommoda, * Hor. A. P. 169.—

(Cf. circumeo, II. B.) To circumvent, deceive, cheat, defraud one (syn.:

decipio, fraudo, fallo): circumventum esse innocentem pecuniā,

Cic. Clu. 29, 79:

an placeret, fenore circumventa plebs,

Liv. 6, 36, 12:

ignorantiam alicujus,

Dig. 17, 1, 29:

aliquem falso testimonio,

ib. 42, 1, 33:

non sine calliditate circumventus,

ib. 43, 28, 3; cf. ib. 23, 3, 12.—

In the jurists, to evade, to violate by evading:

leges,

Dig. 30, 123, § 1; 1, 3, 29:

voluntatem defuncti,

ib. 29, 4, 4:

orationem,

ib. 2, 15, 8; 1, 3, 29.—

To obtain possession of, to grasp:

omne stagnum,

Plin. Pan. 50, 1.

commŏdŏ, adv., v. commodus, adv. B. 2.

commŏdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. commodus].

To adjust according to a measure, to make fit, suitable, or right, to adapt, accommodate, put in order (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

trapetum,

Cato, R. R. 135 fin.; Col. 4, 22, 5; Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3 al.—

Trop.:

commoda loquelam tuam,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 75:

ita praeceptorem eloquentiae... se commodaturum singulis,

Quint. 2, 8, 4:

si te commodaveris mihi,

Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 2:

(arithmetica) avaritiae commodat digitos,

fits, adapts, id. Ep. 88, 10:

(servi) nulli sceleri manus commodabunt,

id. Ben. 3, 20, 2:

operam suam Prisco ad turpissimum ministerium commodasse,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23:

orationi oculos, vocem, manum,

id. Pan. 71, 6.— Absol.:

caecus claudo pede commodat,

Aus. Epigr. 133.—

Commodare aliquid ( alicui), to give something to one for his convenience or use, to give, bestow, lend (acc. to accurate jurid. distinction, of things that are themselves, in natura, to be returned, while mutuum dare is used of things for which an equivalent is given; cf. Dig. 44, 7, 1;

freq. and class.): aquam hosti, operam civi,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 21 sq.; cf. Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23:

nam meritus de me est, quod queam illi ut commodem,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 34:

quibus tu quaecumque commodaris, erunt mihi gratissima,

Cic. Fam. 13, 48 init.:

quicquid sine detrimento possit commodari, id tribuatur vel ignoto,

id. Off. 1, 16, 51:

ut dando et accipiendo mutuandisque facultatibus et commodandis nullā re egeremus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 15 B. and K.; cf. Non. p. 275, 15:

paenulam,

Quint. 6, 3, 64:

testes falsos,

to furnish, supply, Sall. C. 16, 2:

manum morituro,

Vell. 2, 70 fin.:

aurum Caelio,

Cic. Cael. 13, 32; cf. Quint. 5, 13,30:

aedes ad nuptias,

Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64:

nomen suum alicui,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 91; cf. Tac. A. 15, 53:

vires suas aliis eas commodando, minuere,

Liv. 34, 12, 5:

sanguinem alienae dominationi,

Tac. Agr. 32 Orell. N. cr.: parvis peccatis veniam, magnis severitatem, id. ib. 19: aurem patientem culturae, as in Engl., to lend an ear to, * Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 40; Ov. Am. 1, 8, 86; Stat. Th. 4, 75 (opp. donare):

ut haec a virtute donata, cetera a fortunā commodata esse videantur,

Cic. Marcell. 6, 19 al. —Hence,

Of time for a payment, to grant, allow:

ut rei publicae, ex quā crevissent, tempus commodarent,

Liv. 23, 48, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.—

Commodare alicui, aliquā re, in aliquā re, or absol., to please one, be kind or obliging to, to serve, favor (class.):

ut omnibus rebus, quod sine molestiā tuā facere possis, ei commodes,

Cic. Fam. 13, 35, 2; 13, 53, 1; cf.:

alicui omnibus in rebus,

id. ib. 13, 32, 2; and:

commodare tantum ei in hac re,

id. ib. 13, 37 fin.:

si tuam ob causam cuiquam commodes,

id. Fin. 2, 35, 117:

ut eo libentius iis commodes,

id. Fam. 13, 54: credetur;

commodabo,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 19:

publice commodasti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20:

illis benignis usus est ad commodandum, id. ib, 2, 4, 3, § 6: studiis commodandi favetur,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 207: cui ego quibus cumque rebus potero lubentissime commodabo, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 275, 17.—Hence, commŏdā-tum, i, n.; in the jurists,

A thing lent, a loan:

commodatum accipere,

Dig. 13, 6, 3, § 3; cf. the whole title 6.—

A contract for a loan, Dig. 13, 6, 1, § 1; 13, 6, 17, § 3; Gai Inst. 4, 33.

con-curro, curri, cursum, 3 ( perf. redupl. concucurrit, Flor. 4, 2, 33 Duker N. cr.: concucurrisse, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 901 P., and Suet. Caes. 15; cf. Liv. 1, 12 Oud., and Ind. Flor. s. h. v. Duker), v. n.

To run together (of several persons), to come or assemble together in multitudes, to rush or flock together in crowds (very freq., and class.).

Prop.

Absol.:

tota Italia concurret,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16: video hac tempestate concurrisse omnis adversarios, Cato ap. Prisc. 10, p. 901 P.:

concurrunt jussu meo plures uno tempore librarii,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

cum omnes, ut mos est, concurrerent,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65:

licet concurrant omnes plebei philosophi, nihil tam eleganter explicabunt, etc.,

unite, id. Tusc. 1, 23, 55:

multi concurrerant,

Nep. Dion, 10, 1; Sall. J. 60, 6:

concurrite, concurrite, cives,

Val. Max. 4, 1, 12.— Impers.: contionem inprimis advocari jubet;

summā cum expectatione concurritur,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13.—

Designating the place from which, or the place or purpose to or for which:

non solum qui in urbe erant, sed etiam undique ex agris concurrerunt,

Nep. Pelop. 3, 3:

undique gentes,

Luc. 3, 321:

concurrunt laeti mi obviam cupedinarii omnes,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 25: ad hos (sc. Druides) magnus adulescentium numerus disciplinae causā concurrit, Caes. B. G. 6, 13; cf. Quint. 1, 2, 16:

ad eum magnae copiae,

Sall. C. 56, 5:

ad eum homines omnium ordirum corruptissimi,

id. H. 1, 48, 7 Dietsch:

ad curiam,

Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 18 (corresp. to convolare ad Rostra); Liv. 4, 60, 1; Suet. Tit. 11:

domum tuam cuncta civitas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 80:

ad arma milites,

Caes. B. G. 3, 22 fin.; so id. ib. 5, 39 fin.:

ad non dubiam mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

ad auxilium sociae,

Luc. 3, 663:

signum dedit, ut ad me restituendum Romam concurrerent,

Cic. Mil. 15, 39:

omnes concurrerunt ad Perdiccam opprimendum,

united together, Nep. Eum. 3, 1; id. Phoc. 2, 5:

ad aliquem audiendum,

Suet. Caes. 32. — Impers.:

concurritur undique ad commune incendium restinguendum,

Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 21:

concurrendum ad curiam putare,

id. Rab. Post. 7, 18:

cum ad arma concurri oporteret,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

ex proximis castellis eo concursum est,

id. ib. 2, 33:

concursum ad curiam esse,

Liv. 4, 60, 1: Suet. Calig. 6; Quint. 1, 2, 16.—

Poet., to run in attendance upon, to accompany:

est quibus Eleae concurrit palma quadrigae, as it were,

follows him on foot, accompanies, Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 17.—

Trop. = confugere, to run for refuge or help, to take refuge (rare):

ad C. Aquilium,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53 B. and K.:

nulla sedes, quo concurrant,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 4:

ne darem perditis civibus hominem, quo concurrerent,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 2, 3:

interea servitia repudiabat (Catilina), opibus conjurationis fretus,

Sall. C. 56, 5; Just. 19, 1, 9.—

Of words, as under military command:

ante enim circumscribitur mente sententia confestimque verba concurrunt, quae mens eadem... statim dimittit, ut suo quodque loco respondeat,

Cic. Or. 59, 200.—

To run upon one another, to meet or dash together (class.).

Of corporeal objects.

In gen.:

concurrunt nubes ventis,

Lucr. 6, 97; cf. id. 6, 116:

ne prorae concurrerent,

Liv. 37, 30, 4 (al. prorā; cf. Weissenb. ad loc.); cf. id. 44, 42, 5; Luc. 3, 663:

mediis concurrere in undis (montes, viz., the Symplegades),

Ov. M. 7, 62; cf. id. Am. 2, 11, 3:

concurrere montes duo inter se,

Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199: actor cum stetit in scaenā, concurrit dextera laevae (viz., in applauding), Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 205:

labra concurrunt,

draw together, close, Sen. Ep. 11, 2: os concurrit, id. Ira, 3, 15, 1; id. Ben. 2, 1, 3:

os,

Quint. 10, 7, 8; 11, 3, 121.— Transf., of letters and words:

aspere concurrunt litterae,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 172 (opp. diduci); so id. Or. 45, 154.—Hence,

In partic., milit. t. t., to rush together in hostility, to engage in combat, to join battle, to fight (most freq. in the histt.); constr. inter se, cum aliquo, adversus, in, contra aliquem, alicui, and absol.

Inter se:

concurrunt equites inter se,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25; so Liv. 26, 51, 4; 29, 18, 10; Suet. Oth. 12; Verg. G. 1, 489; id. A. 10, 436.—

Cum aliquo:

cum hoc concurrit ipse Eumenes,

Nep. Eum. 4, 1; so Liv. 8, 8, 15; Vell. 2, 70, 1; Suet. Oth. 10; Ov. M. 13, 87.—

Adversus, in, or contra aliquem:

recenti milite adversus fessos longo itinere concurrerat,

Liv. 35, 1, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:

in aliquem,

Sall. J. 97, 4; Just. 4, 1, 10: equites contra tantam multitudinem audacissime concurrunt, run upon, against, etc., Auct. B. Afr. 6.—

Alicui (freq. in the poets):

audet viris concurrere virgo,

Verg. A. 1, 493; 10, 8; Ov. M. 5, 89; 12, 595 al.:

quibus (equitibus) cum inpigre, Numidae concurrissent,

Liv. 24, 15, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.—

Absol.: repente Antonius in aciem suas copias de vico produxit et sine morā concurrit, Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

cum infestis signis concurrunt,

Sall. C. 60, 2; so Liv. 6, 7, 6; 8, 7, 9 al.; Tac. A. 6, 35; id. H. 2, 42; Suet. Claud. 21:

ex insidiis,

Liv. 9, 25, 8; 2, 11, 9:

mutuis vulneribus,

Sen. Suas. 7, 14.— Impers. pass.:

ubi propius ventum est, utrimque magno clamore concurritur,

Sall. J. 53, 2; so Liv. 10, 40, 13; Hor. S. 1, 1, 7.— Transf.:

adversus has concurrentis belli minas, legati vallum murosque firmabant,

Tac. H. 4, 22 init. —

Not in war; in the jurists, to make the same claim, enter into competition with:

si non sit, qui ei concurrat, habeat solus bonorum possessionem,

Dig. 37, 1, 2:

in hereditatem fratri concurrere,

ib. 5, 2, 16:

in pignus,

ib. 20, 4, 7: in pignore, ib.—

Trop. (rare): in tantā causarum varietate cum alia colligantur vel ipsa inter se concurrant, vel in diversum ambiguitate ducantur, Quint. 12, 2, 15:

cum dolore,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 2:

concurrit illinc publica, hinc regis salus,

Sen. Oedip. 830.—

Of abstract objects (occurrences, circumstances, points of time, etc.), to meet, concur, fall out at the same time, happen:

multa concurrunt simul,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 31; so,

concurrunt multae opiniones,

id. Heaut. 2, 2, 3:

tot verisimilia,

id. Ad. 4, 4, 19:

res contrariae,

Cic. Fin. 5, 10, 28:

ista casu,

id. Div. 2, 68, 141:

quae ut concurrant omnia, optabile est,

id. Off. 1, 14, 45:

saepe concurrunt aliquorum bene de me meritorum inter ipsos contentiones,

id. Planc. 32, 78:

si quid tale accidisset, ut non concurrerent nomina,

that the reciprocal accounts do not meet, become due on the same day, id. Att. 16, 3, 5; cf.:

sponsalia in idem tempus,

Dig. 3, 2, 13:

concurrit actio legis Aquiliae et injuriarum,

to have place together, to be coincident, ib. 9, 2, 5.—

Pregn., to accord, agree with (in jurid. Lat.):

concurrit cum veritate,

Dig. 29, 2, 30:

cum summā,

ib. 29, 30, 53.

con-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3, v. a. [quatio, as cur = quāre].

To strike one upon another, to strike together (rare): utrum cavae manus concutiantur, an planae, Sen. Q. N. 2, 28, 1:

concussā manu dare signa,

Ov. M. 11, 465:

frameas,

Tac. G. 11.—

To shake violently, to shake, agitate (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit. (mostly poet.): concutit ungula terram, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 419 Vahl.): tonitru concussa aequora caeli, Att. ap. Non. p. 505, 8 (Trag. Rel. v. 224 Rib.); cf.:

templa caeli summa sonitu (in a parodying of pathos),

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 42; cf.:

serena caeli sonitu,

Lucr. 2, 1101; 6, 358:

grandi tonitru concussa repente Terra,

id. 5, 551; cf. id. 6, 544:

terra ingenti motu concussa est,

Liv. 3, 10, 6; Ov. M. 8, 781:

concussae cadunt urbes,

Lucr. 5, 1236: concusso terrae motu theatro, * Suet. Ner. 20:

moenia,

Ov. M. 13, 175:

freta,

id. ib. 6, 691;

7, 201: undas,

id. ib. 8, 605:

artus,

Lucr. 5, 1076; 6, 595; cf. id. 2, 949:

corpora risu,

id. 1, 918; 2, 976; cf. Juv. 3, 101; Quint. 6, 3, 9:

caput,

Ov. M. 2, 50:

caesariem,

id. ib. 1, 179; cf.

comam,

id. F. 2, 846:

tempora,

id. M. 13, 644:

manum,

id. ib. 11, 465:

pectus,

id. ib. 2, 755:

arma manu,

to hurl, id. ib. 1, 143; 7, 130; cf.:

tela lacertis,

id. ib. 12, 79:

te certo arcu,

to hit surely, Prop. 1, 7, 15:

inmissis aurigae undantia lora Concussere jugis,

Verg. A. 5, 147:

in calicibus concussis,

Plin. 35, 16, 55, § 193 Sillig N. cr.:

munimenta arietibus admotis,

Curt. 8, 2, 22:

aures Caesaris concutit fragor,

Luc. 6, 163:

corpus concutit gestatio,

Sen. Ep. 15, 6:

pectora planctu,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 179.— Pass.:

quorum (ignium) ictu concuti aera verum est,

Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 112:

corpus concutitur gestatione,

Cels. 3, 21:

majore cachinno Concutitur,

Juv. 3, 100:

concutitur sanguis,

Lucr. 3, 249.—Esp. in part. perf.:

mugitibus aether,

Verg. G. 3, 151:

risu tremulo (ora),

Lucr. 1, 919; 2, 976:

rates,

shattered, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:

coma,

id. F. 2, 846:

corpus vulnere,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 70:

fores,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 50:

ilex,

Verg. G. 4, 81:

quercus,

id. ib. 1, 159:

materies per artus,

Lucr. 2, 949:

Lyrnesia moenia dextrā,

Ov. M. 13, 175:

mons,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 53:

paries,

Dig. 39, 2, 18, § 11:

remo concusso tollere ratem,

Val. Fl. 1, 340.— With Gr. acc.:

pectus concussa crebris verberibus,

Luc. 2, 335.—

Se, to examine by shaking one's self; the figure taken from the searching of a thief, etc., by shaking his garments; hence, trop. equiv. to search, examine (cf. excutio):

te ipsum Concute, num qua tibi vitiorum inseverit olim Natura,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 35 Orell. ad loc. and cf. B. 3. infra.—

Trop.

To shake the power of, shake to its foundation, to shatter, cause to waver, to impair, disturb, distract:

rem publicam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109; Plin. Pan. 6, 3:

provincias magnis momentis,

Vell. 2, 78:

regnum,

Liv. 33, 19, 1:

orbem,

Tac. H. 1, 16:

opes Lacedaemoniorum,

Nep. Epam. 6, 4:

provincias magnis molimentis,

Vell. 2, 78, 1:

concusso jam et paene fracto Hannibale,

Liv. 28, 44, 11:

domum,

Tac. H. 3, 45:

concussā Transrhenanorum fide,

id. ib. 5, 25:

nondum concusso senatusconsulto,

id. A. 14, 43:

imperium Persarum,

Curt. 4, 14, 20; cf. Plin. Ep. 10, 114 (115), 3:

concussa fides,

Luc. 1, 182.—

Usually, to put in fear, terror, or anxiety, to terrify, alarm, trouble:

terrorem metum concutientem definiunt,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

consules declarantur M. Tullius et C. Antonius, quod factum primo populares conjurationis concusserat,

Sall. C. 24, 1:

populum Romanum terrore Numantini belli,

Vell. 2, 90, 3; Quint. 4, 2, 37:

urbem,

Verg. A. 4, 666:

totam Asiam,

Curt. 4, 1, 20:

ingens barbaros pavor concusserat,

id. 8, 2, 24:

casu concussus acerbo,

Verg. A. 5, 700; Tac. H. 2, 99 fin.:

extemplo turbati animi concussaque vulgi Pectora,

Verg. A. 11, 451. — Poet. in a Greek constr.:

casu animum concussus amici,

Verg. A. 5, 869:

hoc concussa metu mentem Juturna virago,

id. ib. 12, 468; so Hor. S. 2, 3, 295.—

In the jurists: aliquem, to terrify one by threats, etc., in order to extort money from him, Dig. 1, 18, 6, § 3; Paul. Sent. 5, 25, 12; Cod. Th. 9, 27, 6; cf. concussio, II., concussor, and concussura.—

In gen., of any excitement of the passions: magnum et summum est deoque vicinum, non concuti. Hanc stabilem animi sedem Graeci euthumian vocant... ego tranquillitatem voco, Sen. Tranq. 2, 3:

hoc agite: Poenas petite violatae Stygis: Concutite pectus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 105.—

To urge, excite, rouse to activity, = excitare, commovere (rare and not ante-Aug.):

fecundum concute pectus,

Verg. A. 7, 338:

tu concute plebem,

Petr. Poet. 124, 288:

se concussere ambae,

Juv. 10, 328:

non leviter se Numidia concussit,

Flor. 3, 1, 2.—Hence, * concussus, a, um, P. a., stirred up, restless:

Pallas aliquanto concussior,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 332.

condĭcĭo (in many MSS. and edd. incorrectly condĭtĭo, and hence falsely derived from condo; cf. 2. conditio), ōnis, f. [condico], an agreement, stipulation, condition, compact, proposition, terms, demand.

Prop.

Absol.:

alicui condicionem ferre,

to offer terms, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 51; cf. id. ib. 4, 3, 91 sq.; id. Mil. 4, 1, 6; id. Men. 4, 2, 24; Liv. 37, 45, 13 al.:

cognitis suis postulatis atque aequitate condicionum perspectā,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40; Cic. Caecin. 14, 40:

non respuit condicionem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 42; so Cic. Cael. 6, 14:

ne si pax cum Romanis fieret, ipse per condiciones ad supplicium traderetur,

Sall. J. 61 fin.:

condiciones pacis, quas adfertis, si accepero,

Curt. 4, 11, 19:

posse condicionibus bellum poni,

Sall. J. 112, 1:

dum de condicionibus tractat,

Nep. Eum. 5 fin.:

his condicionibus conpositā pace,

Liv. 2, 13, 4:

aliquot populos aut vi subegit aut condicionibus in societatem accepit,

id. 9, 15, 2:

ex quā condicione,

in consequence of, id. 23, 35, 9:

sub condicionibus eis pacem agere,

id. 21, 12, 4:

accipe sub certā condicione preces,

Ov. F. 4, 320:

sub condicione,

conditionally, Liv. 6, 40, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; usu. without a prep.:

eā enim condicione acceperas,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93:

eādem condicione,

id. Div. 2, 44, 93; id. Or. 71, 235; id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12; Sall. J. 79, 8:

istā quidem condicione,

id. de Or. 2, 7, 27:

nullā condicione,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 137:

ullā condicione,

id. Fl. 18, 43:

his legibus, his condicionibus erit quisquam tam stultus, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 29, § 70.—

With ut or ne: fert illam condicionem, ut ambo exercitus tradant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:

eā accepisse condicione, ut, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 24, 34:

hac condicione, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 13, 38; Phaedr. 4, 5, 8; Suet. Galb. 15; id. Vit. 15:

jubere ei praemium tribui sed eā condicione, ne quid postea scriberet,

Cic. Arch. 10, 25 B. and K.:

permisit eā solā condicione, ne, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 26:

fecit pacem his condicionibus: ne qui, etc.,

Nep. Thras. 3, 1; so Liv. 23, 7, 1; Suet. Tib. 13 al.—

With si (rare; not in Cic.): librum tibi eā condicione daret, si reciperes te correcturum, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4; Suet. Caes. 68; id. Claud. 24; id. Vit. 6.—

With dum (rare):

jam vero istā condicione, dum mihi liceat negare, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 101.— Also transf. subject., free choice, option:

quorum condicio erat,

who had their choice, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 20.—From the conditions made in marriage,

Esp., a marriage, match; sometimes, by meton., = the person married (freq. and class.).

In an honorable sense, in full:

condicio uxoria,

Cic. Lael. 10, 34; usu. alone: tu condicionem hanc accipe;

ausculta mihi, Atque eam desponde mihi,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 60; so id. ib. 3, 5, 2; id. Stich. 1, 2, 61:

ut eam in se dignam condicionem conlocem,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 122:

hanc condicionem si quoi tulero extrario,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 13:

aliam quaerere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

condicionem filiae quaerendam esse,

Liv. 3, 45, 11; Nep. Att. 12, 1:

alicui deferre,

Suet. Caes. 27; id. Aug. 63; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 8; 1, 14, 9; Mart. 3, 33; 5, 17; Just. 11, 7, 8.—Hence, in the jurists, the formula of separation:

condicione tuā non utor,

I will not have you, Dig. 24, 2, 2. —

In a bad sense, an amour, the relation of lover or mistress:

accepit condicionem, dein quaestum occipit,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 52; cf.:

quae tibi Condicio nova, luculenta, fertur per me,

id. Mil. 4, 1, 5; and hence, meton., a lover, paramour:

habeo hortos... hinc licet condiciones cottidie legas,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36; Suet. Aug. 69; Capitol. Anton. Phil. 19; Lampr. Elag. 5, 8.—

In gen., the external position, situation, condition, rank, place, circumstances (very freq. and class.).

Of persons:

est haec condicio liberorum populorum. etc.,

Cic. Planc. 4, 11:

condicio infirma et fortuna servorum,

id. Off. 1, 13, 41; cf.:

tolerabilis servitutis,

id. Cat. 4, 8, 16:

condicione eo meliore est senex quam adulescens,

id. Sen. 19, 68:

humana,

id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:

ista condicio est testium, ut quibus creditum non sit negantibus, eisdem credatur dicentibus,

id. Rab. Post. 12, 35:

alia oratoris,

Quint. 10, 3, 8; 3, 8, 37:

alicujus condicio vitaque,

id. 3, 8, 50: abjectae extremaeque sortis. Suet. Calig. 35: fuit intactis quoque cura condicione super communi, solicitude concerning their common condition or circumstances, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 152; Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Sen. Ot. Sap. 31, 1; Quint. Decl. 308; Lact. 3, 28, 5.—

Of things, a situation, condition, nature, mode, manner:

quae consuerint gigni gignentur eādem Condicione,

Lucr. 2, 301:

agri,

Cic. Agr. 2, 21, 57:

frumenti,

Plin. 24, 17, 101, § 158: aliquam vitae sequi, mode or manner of living, Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 16:

earum (frugum) cultus et condiciones tradere,

id. Div. 1, 51, 116 B. and K.; cf.:

haec vivendi,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 65:

diversa causarum inter ipsas,

Quint. 10, 2, 23:

duplex ejus disceptationis,

id. 7, 5, 2:

litium,

id. 5, 1, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 36:

vel temporum vel locorum,

id. 12, 10, 2 et saep.

con-dīco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.

To talk a thing over together, to agree upon, to concert, to promise (most freq. as publicists' t. t.): condixit pater patratus populi Romani Quiritium patri patrato priscorum Latinorum, etc., old form ap. Liv. 1, 32, 11: status condictusve dies cum hoste, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 4; Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 5; cf.:

quoniam pactum atque condictum cum rege populi Romani perfide ruperat,

Gell. 20, 1, 54:

sic constituunt, sic condicunt,

Tac. G. 11:

inducias,

Just. 3, 7, 14:

tempus et locum coëundi,

id. 15, 2, 16:

ruptā quiete condictā,

the truce, Amm. 20, 1, 1:

in diem tertium,

Gell. 10, 24, 9:

in vendendo fundo quaedam etiam si non condicantur praestanda sunt,

Dig. 18, 1, 66.—

Trop.: cum hanc operam (scribendi) condicerem, obligated myself to it, i. e. undertook it, Plin. praef. § 6 Jan.—Hence,

Esp.

To proclaim, announce, publish: condicere est dicendo denuntiare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 16 Müll.; cf.:

sacerdotes populi Romani cum condicunt in diem tertium, diem perendini dicunt,

Gell. 10, 24, 9.—

Condicere alicui ad cenam or cenam, to engage one's self as guest at an entertainment:

ad cenam aliquo condicam foras,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 16; id. Stich. 3, 1, 38:

seni cenam eā lege condixit,

Suet. Tib. 42; cf.:

velut ad subitam condictamque cenulam invitare,

i. e. without previous preparation, id. Claud. 21.— Absol.:

nam cum mihi condixisset, cenavit apud me in mei generi hortis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20:

ad balneas,

Tert. adv. Uxor. 2, 4.—

In the jurists: condicere aliquid alicui, lit., to give notice that something should be returned; hence, to demand back, make a formal claim of restitution (from any one):

rem,

Dig. 39, 6, 13:

pecuniam alicui,

ib. 12, 1, 11; or for satisfaction: quia extinctae res, licet vindicari non possunt, condici tamen furibus et quibusdam aliis possessoribus possunt, Gai Inst. 2, 79; cf. id. 4, 5, and v. condictio and condicticius.—

In late Lat., to assent or agree unanimously, = consentire, Tert. Anim. 8; id. adv. Marc. 2, 2; id. Coron. 11.

consanguĭnĭtas, ātis, f. [consanguineus], blood-relationship, consanguinity (rare; perh. not ante-Aug.).

In a restricted sense, the relationship between brothers and sisters (mostly in the jurists), Dig. 38, 8, 4; 1, 7, 44.—

In a more extended sense, relationship, in gen., Liv. 7, 19, 6; 8, 5, 4; Verg. A. 2, 86.—

Trop.: doctrinae, affinity, similarity, Tert. adv. Haeret. c. 32 fin.

contemplātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], an attentive considering, a viewing, surveying, contemplation (in good prose).

Physical.

In gen.:

caeli,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

injecit contemplationem super umeros,

cast a look over, Petr. 12, 4.—

In partic., an aiming with a weapon, a taking aim:

sagittis praecipuā contemplatione utantur,

Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 194; cf. contemplabilis.—

Mental.

In gen., a contemplation, survey:

est animorum ingeniorumque naturale quoddam quasi pabulum consideratio contemplatioque naturae,

Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 127:

rerum naturae,

Cels. 1 praef.:

ipsius naturae,

Quint. 3, 6, 86; in plur.:

naturae,

Gell. 20, 5, 3:

recti pravique,

Quint. 2, 4, 20:

veri,

id. 6, 2, 5:

iniqui,

id. 12, 1, 35:

rerum, scripti,

id. 3, 6, 89:

sui,

id. 2, 18, 4:

virtutum,

Tac. Agr. 46:

publicae felicitatis,

Curt. 10, 9, 7:

summa vis infinitatis et magnā ac diligenti contemplatione dignissima est,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 50; so absol., id. ib. 1, 12, 18; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 12.—Hence,

In partic., a consideration, regard (mostly late Lat.;

freq. in the jurists): liberorum,

Just. 7, 5, 7:

justitiae ejus,

id. 8, 3, 14:

personarum,

Dig. 2, 15, 8; 3, 5, 5; 18, 1, 58; Inscr. Orell. 3161 et saep.:

contemplatione mortis donatio facta, = mortis causā,

Paul. Sent. 2, 23, 6.