justē

justus, a, um, adj. [2. jus], just, upright, righteous.

Lit.:

justus et bonus vir,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 42:

digna esse justo homine, eoque quem virum bonum dicimus,

id. ib. 1, 10, 31:

in amicitia parum justus,

id. Lael. 20, 75:

vir,

Vulg. Gen. 6, 9:

Dominus,

id. Exod. 9, 27:

in socios,

Cic. Planc. 26, 63:

qui omnium justissimus fuisse traditur,

id. Sest. 67, 141.—Of things, in accordance with law or right, equitable, just:

bella,

Cic. Deiot. 5, 13:

causa,

id. Phil. 2, 22, 53:

supplicia,

id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

querela,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 22:

bella,

id. M. 8, 58:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 54; Suet. Calig. 48; Liv. 33, 22:

justissimos triumphos videre,

Cic. Pis. 19, 44.—

Transf.

Lawful, rightful, true:

uxor,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:

hymenaei,

Verg. G. 3, 60:

matrimonium,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16:

nuptiae,

id. ib. 1, 90 sq.:

liberi,

legitimate, id. ib. 3, 72:

filius,

id. ib. 1, 77:

justā matrefamilias ortus, opp. pellice,

Liv. 39, 53:

justissima causa faciendi aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16:

imperium,

id. ib. 1, 45.—

Esp.:

dies justi,

a delay of thirty days allowed by law in paying debts, Gell. 20, 1, 43.—

Due; esp. in the plur. neutr. subst.: ju-sta, rights, privileges:

servis justa praebere,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41; Col. 4, 3, 5:

justa reddere,

Col. 1, 8, 11; 11, 1, 26.—

In partic.: justa, ōrum, n., due ceremonies or formalities:

omnia justa perficere,

Liv. 9, 8; so,

justis omnibus hospitalibus fungi,

id. 9, 6.—Esp. of funeral rites, obsequies (cf. exsequiae):

justa facere uxori,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 28:

more regio justa magnifice facere,

Sall. J. 11, 2:

justis funebribus confectis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

paterno funeri justa solvere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8:

peragere,

Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248:

praestare,

Curt. 10, 8:

persolvere,

id. 6, 6:

ferre avis positis,

Ov. F. 5, 480:

dare manibus alicujus,

Flor. 4, 2.—

Proper, perfect, complete, reasonable, suitable, sufficient, right:

vidulus,

i. e. full, with all its contents, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 23:

timor,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:

proelium,

Liv. 39, 2:

victoria,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3:

iter conficere,

a regular day's march, Caes. B. C. 1, 23:

exercitus,

complete, in full number, Liv. 9, 43:

muri altitudo,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

volumina,

Vell. 2, 119:

aetas,

Dig. 12, 4, 8:

eloquentia,

Cic. Brut. 90: loca, i. q. aequa, even, level (opp. iniquus, uneven), Tac. A. 2, 5.—

Moderate, mild, gentle, easy:

ut justioribus utamur iis, qui, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 2:

justa et clemens servitus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 9.—Hence,

Subst.: justum, i, n., that which is right or just, justice:

justum ac jus colere,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5:

plus justo,

more than is right, too much, Hor. C. 3, 7, 24; so,

ulterius justo,

Ov. M. 6, 470:

gravius justo dolere,

id. ib. 3, 333:

justo longius,

too long, Quint. 9, 4, 125:

praeter justum,

Lucr. 4, 1241.— Plur.:

ergo est lex justorum injustorumque distinctio,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13.—

Adv.: justē, rightly, justly, equitably, duly:

juste et legitime imperare,

Cic. Off. 1, 4:

aestimare aliquid,

Curt. 10, 5:

timere,

Ov. H. 17, 168.— Comp.:

justius,

Phaedr. 4, 25, 8:

reprehendi,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 86.— Sup.:

justissime,

Quint. 10, 1, 82.

justus, a, um, adj. [2. jus], just, upright, righteous.

Lit.:

justus et bonus vir,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 42:

digna esse justo homine, eoque quem virum bonum dicimus,

id. ib. 1, 10, 31:

in amicitia parum justus,

id. Lael. 20, 75:

vir,

Vulg. Gen. 6, 9:

Dominus,

id. Exod. 9, 27:

in socios,

Cic. Planc. 26, 63:

qui omnium justissimus fuisse traditur,

id. Sest. 67, 141.—Of things, in accordance with law or right, equitable, just:

bella,

Cic. Deiot. 5, 13:

causa,

id. Phil. 2, 22, 53:

supplicia,

id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

querela,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 22:

bella,

id. M. 8, 58:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 54; Suet. Calig. 48; Liv. 33, 22:

justissimos triumphos videre,

Cic. Pis. 19, 44.—

Transf.

Lawful, rightful, true:

uxor,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:

hymenaei,

Verg. G. 3, 60:

matrimonium,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16:

nuptiae,

id. ib. 1, 90 sq.:

liberi,

legitimate, id. ib. 3, 72:

filius,

id. ib. 1, 77:

justā matrefamilias ortus, opp. pellice,

Liv. 39, 53:

justissima causa faciendi aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16:

imperium,

id. ib. 1, 45.—

Esp.:

dies justi,

a delay of thirty days allowed by law in paying debts, Gell. 20, 1, 43.—

Due; esp. in the plur. neutr. subst.: ju-sta, rights, privileges:

servis justa praebere,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41; Col. 4, 3, 5:

justa reddere,

Col. 1, 8, 11; 11, 1, 26.—

In partic.: justa, ōrum, n., due ceremonies or formalities:

omnia justa perficere,

Liv. 9, 8; so,

justis omnibus hospitalibus fungi,

id. 9, 6.—Esp. of funeral rites, obsequies (cf. exsequiae):

justa facere uxori,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 28:

more regio justa magnifice facere,

Sall. J. 11, 2:

justis funebribus confectis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

paterno funeri justa solvere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8:

peragere,

Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248:

praestare,

Curt. 10, 8:

persolvere,

id. 6, 6:

ferre avis positis,

Ov. F. 5, 480:

dare manibus alicujus,

Flor. 4, 2.—

Proper, perfect, complete, reasonable, suitable, sufficient, right:

vidulus,

i. e. full, with all its contents, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 23:

timor,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:

proelium,

Liv. 39, 2:

victoria,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3:

iter conficere,

a regular day's march, Caes. B. C. 1, 23:

exercitus,

complete, in full number, Liv. 9, 43:

muri altitudo,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

volumina,

Vell. 2, 119:

aetas,

Dig. 12, 4, 8:

eloquentia,

Cic. Brut. 90: loca, i. q. aequa, even, level (opp. iniquus, uneven), Tac. A. 2, 5.—

Moderate, mild, gentle, easy:

ut justioribus utamur iis, qui, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 2:

justa et clemens servitus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 9.—Hence,

Subst.: justum, i, n., that which is right or just, justice:

justum ac jus colere,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5:

plus justo,

more than is right, too much, Hor. C. 3, 7, 24; so,

ulterius justo,

Ov. M. 6, 470:

gravius justo dolere,

id. ib. 3, 333:

justo longius,

too long, Quint. 9, 4, 125:

praeter justum,

Lucr. 4, 1241.— Plur.:

ergo est lex justorum injustorumque distinctio,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13.—

Adv.: justē, rightly, justly, equitably, duly:

juste et legitime imperare,

Cic. Off. 1, 4:

aestimare aliquid,

Curt. 10, 5:

timere,

Ov. H. 17, 168.— Comp.:

justius,

Phaedr. 4, 25, 8:

reprehendi,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 86.— Sup.:

justissime,

Quint. 10, 1, 82.

discepto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [dis and capio].

Jurid. t. t. (lit., to seize hold of and separate; hence, to stop the dispute), to decide, determine, judge a controversy, = dijudicare (cf.: dissero, disputo;

good prose, but rare): res juste sapienterque,

Cic. Mil. 9:

hanc causam si in foro dicerem eodem audiente et disceptante te,

id. Deiot. 2, 6; cf.:

ipso exercitu disceptante,

Liv. 5, 4:

jus dicebat disceptabatque controversias,

id. 41, 20; cf.:

controversias inter se jure ac judicio, aut... bello,

id. 38, 38 fin.:

inter populum Carthaginiensem et regem in re praesenti,

id. 34, 62 fin.:

inter amicos,

Plin. Ep. 7, 15, 2. al.:

FETIALES BELLA DISCEPTANTO,

i. e. to decide between peace and war, Cic. Leg. 2, 9.—

Beyond the judic. sphere: cum Academici eorum controversias disceptarent, Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6.—Far more freq.,.

Transf., of the parties themselves: to debate, dispute, discuss, strive.

With de:

de controversiis jure apud se potius, quam inter se armis disceptare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 107 fin.; cf.:

de controversiis suis jure potius quam bello,

Sall. J. 21 fin.; and see under b:

non de aliquo crimine sed de publico jure,

Cic. Balb. 28, 64; cf.:

de foederum jure verbis,

Liv. 21, 19:

de jure vectigalium,

id. 34, 62:

de cunctis negotiis inter se,

Sall. J. 11, 2 al. —Ellipt.:

damni (i. e. de actione damni) disceptare,

Dig. 48, 19, 28, § 12.— Pass. impers.:

quanto periculo de jure publico disceptaretur armis,

Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2; 6, 1, 5:

quorum de re,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 183:

de omnibus condicionibus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:

de agro cum regis legatis,

Liv. 34, 62 al. —With ob:

ob rem pecuniariam cum aliquo,

Tac. A. 6, 5.—With ad:

ad aliquem,

Liv. 8, 23.—

Absol.:

erat non jure, non legibus, non disceptando decertandum,

Cic. Planc. 36; so,

cum palaestritis aequo jure,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 15; cf.:

jure potius quam bellum gerere,

Hirt. B. G. 85 fin.:

armis,

Tac. A. 2, 65.— Pass. impers.:

ut coram imperatore, sicut inter Marcellum Siculosque disceptatum fuerat, disceptaretur,

Liv. 26, 33; cf. id. 38, 35.— Abl. absol.:

multum invicem disceptato,

Tac. A. 15, 14.—

With inanimate subjects:

in uno proelio omnis fortuna rei publicae disceptat,

depends upon, is at stake, Cic. Fam. 10, 10.

ĕrus (less correctly, hĕrus, v. infra), i, m. [Sanscr. root, har-; har-āmi, I seize; har-anam, hand; Gr. cheir, cherês; Lat. heres, hirudo; but the form erus is that of the best MSS.; cf. Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 409; Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 24].

Lit., the master of a house or family, in respect to servants:

erum atque servom saluere,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 34: iis, qui vi oppressos imperio coercent, sit sane adhibenda saevitia, ut eris in famulos, si aliter teneri non possunt, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24; cf.:

non eros nec dominos appellabant eos, quibus juste paruerunt,

id. Rep. 1, 41; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 87:

me meus erus Fecit ut vigilarem,

id. ib. 141:

nonne erae meae nunciare, quod erus meus jussit, licet?

id. ib. 296:

quis erus est igitur tibi?

id. ib. 206;

225: nec victoris eri tetigit captiva cubile,

Verg. A. 3, 324; Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 20; cf.:

O ere, quae res Nec modum habet, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 265: Le. Ubinam est erus? Li. Major apud forum'st minor hic est intus, our old... our young master, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 63; cf. id. Capt. 3, 5, 49 sq.—

Transf.

Of men, a master, lord, owner, proprietor ( poet.):

agellulum hunc erique villulam hortulumque pauperis Tuor,

Cat. 20, 4; cf.:

propriae telluris erus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 129; and:

ne perconteris, fundus meus Arvo pascat erum, an, etc.,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 2:

destinata Aula divitem manet erum,

id. C. 2, 18, 32:

O cubile... quae tuo veniunt ero Quanta gaudia,

Cat. 61, 116.—

Of the gods:

nondum cum sanguine sacro Hostia caelestes pacificasset eros,

Cat. 68, 76.—Of the gods, absol.:

quod temere invitis suscipiatur eris,

Cat. 68, 78.

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).

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.

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.—

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.—

act.:

haec ego procurare et idoneus imperor,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 21. —

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.—

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. —

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. —

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.

In partic.

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. —

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,

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

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).

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.

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.—

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.—

act.:

haec ego procurare et idoneus imperor,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 21. —

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.—

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. —

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. —

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.

In partic.

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. —

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,

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

jŭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [jugum], to bind to laths or rails.

Lit.:

furcas vel palos perticis jugare,

Col. 12, 39; 12, 15, 1:

vineam,

id. 4, 26, 1.—

Transf., to marry ( poet.):

cui pater intactam dederat, primisque jugarat Ominibus,

Verg. A. 1, 345. —

In gen., to join, connect: sol vagus igneas habenas Immittit propius, jugatque terrae, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 1, 18.—Hence, jŭ-gātus, a, um, P. a.

Joined, connected: virtutes inter se nexae et jugatae sunt, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 17.—

Jugata verba, derived from one another (as justus, justitia, juste), Quint. 6, 3, 66; cf. 5, 10, 94.

jugo, ĕre, v. n., to utter the note of the kite (milvus), Varr. ap. Non. 179, 2; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 104 Müll., and jugit iktin boai, Gloss. Philox.

jŭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [jugum], to bind to laths or rails.

Lit.:

furcas vel palos perticis jugare,

Col. 12, 39; 12, 15, 1:

vineam,

id. 4, 26, 1.—

Transf., to marry ( poet.):

cui pater intactam dederat, primisque jugarat Ominibus,

Verg. A. 1, 345. —

In gen., to join, connect: sol vagus igneas habenas Immittit propius, jugatque terrae, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 1, 18.—Hence, jŭ-gātus, a, um, P. a.

Joined, connected: virtutes inter se nexae et jugatae sunt, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 17.—

Jugata verba, derived from one another (as justus, justitia, juste), Quint. 6, 3, 66; cf. 5, 10, 94.

jugo, ĕre, v. n., to utter the note of the kite (milvus), Varr. ap. Non. 179, 2; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 104 Müll., and jugit iktin boai, Gloss. Philox.

lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.

A publicist's t. t.

To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

juste pieque legatus venio,

Liv. 1, 32:

tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

Sall. J. 21, 4:

quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

Gell. 7, 14, 8.—

Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —

Beyond the official sphere:

quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—

To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

istum legatum iri non arbitror,

id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

Dolabella me sibi legavit,

chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

Sall. J. 28.—

A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

id. Top. 3, 14:

cui argentum omne legatum est,

Quint. 5, 10, 62:

in argento legato,

id. 7, 2, 11.—

Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,

lēgātus, i, m.

(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

legatos mittere,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—

(Acc. to lego, I. B.).

An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

id. Clu. 36, 99:

Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

neque se ei legatum defuturum,

id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

quaestorius,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

magnitudo et splendor legati,

Liv. 38, 58, 9:

in magna legatum quaere popina,

Juv. 8, 172.—

Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—

Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

legatus praetorius,

Tac. Agr. 7.—

lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

Dig. 30, 116:

Hortensii legata cognovi,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

reliqua legata varie dedit,

Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

legatum peto ex testamento,

Quint. 4, 2, 6:

jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

Suet. Dom. 8:

cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

Juv. 9, 62:

legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.

lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.

Lit.

In gen.:

oleam,

Cato, R. R. 144:

nuces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

herbas collibus,

Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

roscida mala,

id. ib. 8, 38:

flores in calathos,

Ov. F. 5, 218:

spolia caesorum,

Liv. 5, 39:

quos (montanos asparagos),

Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

ossa,

Ov. H. 10, 150:

homini mortuo ossa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

Suet. Aug. 100. —

Esp.

To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

ossa vivis,

id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

ossa in capite lecta,

id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

ossa e vulneribus,

Quint. 6, 1, 30.—

To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

oleam qui legerit,

Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

ficus non erat apta legi,

Ov. F. 2, 254.—

Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

Ov. F. 3, 462:

stamen,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—

Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

Verg. G. 1, 373:

vela legunt socii,

id. A. 3, 532:

ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

ancoras classis legit,

is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—

To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

sacra divum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—

Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

Ov. M. 5, 579:

pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

vada dura lego,

id. ib. 3, 706:

freta,

id. ib. 3, 127:

aequora Afra,

Ov. F. 4, 289:

Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

et vestigia retro Observata legit,

Verg. A. 9, 392:

tortos orbes,

to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—

To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

navibus oram Italiae,

Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

oram Campaniae,

Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

terram,

id. Aug. 16. —

Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

judices,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

scribam,

to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

condiciones nubendi,

id. Cael. 15:

cives in patres,

Liv. 23, 22:

viros ad bella,

Ov. M. 7, 669:

geminasque legit de classe biremes,

Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—

With inf.:

fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

Stat. Th. 1, 530.

Trop.

To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—

To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.

In gen.:

tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—

In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

Cic. Top. 1:

defensionem causae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

aliquid studiose intenteque,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

orationem,

Quint. 1, 1, 6:

aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

antiquos et novos,

Quint. 2, 5, 23:

antiquos studiosius,

id. 3, 6, 62:

poëtas,

id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

Quint. 10, 1, 96:

si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

id. 10, 1, 116:

dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

sepulcra legens,

when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

legentium plerisque,

Liv. 1 praef. §

4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

legendi usus,

Lact. 3, 25, 9:

memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—

In partic.

To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

obturem impune legentibus aures,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—

To find in an author or a writing:

ut scriptum legimus,

Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

ego vero haec scripta legi,

id. Planc. 39, 94:

praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—

A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

argentum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

uxor lectissima,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

id. Or. 68, 227:

juvenum lectissime,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

lectius,

Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

lēgĭtĭmus, a, um, adj. [lex; cf. Cic. Top. 8, 36], fixed or appointed by law, according to law, lawful, legal, legitimate.

Lit.

Adj.:

dies is erat legitimus comitiis habendis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:

legitimum imperium habere,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 26:

potestas,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:

scriptum,

id. Inv. 2, 43, 125:

controversiae legitimae et civiles,

which come under and are settled by the laws, id. Or. 34, 120: justus et legitimus hostis, a lawful adversary, as distinguished from pirates and other outlaws, id. Off. 3, 29, 109:

aetas legitima ad petendam aedilitatem,

Liv. 25, 2: horae, allowed by law (for transacting any business), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

impedimentum,

a legal impediment, id. Agr. 2, 9, 24:

poena,

Suet. Claud. 14:

crimen,

laid down in the laws, Dig. 47, 20, 3:

filius (opp. nothus),

legitimate, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 5, 14, 16;

Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: matrimonia,

ib. 6, 4, 2:

conjux,

Ov. M. 10, 437:

legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis amare,

Juv. 6, 200.—

Subst.: lēgĭtĭma, ōrum, n., usages prescribed by law, precepts (very rare):

legitimis quibusdam confectis,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 2:

custodite legitima mea,

precepts, statutes, Vulg. Lev. 18, 26; also in sing.:

legitimum sempiternum erit,

id. Exod. 28, 43.—

Transf., in gen.

l. q. legalis, of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.):

quaestiones,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; 7, 3, 13:

verba,

Gell. 11, 1, 4:

scientia, Just. Inst. prooem. § 4: actio injuriarum, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 5, 5: judicia,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103 sq. —

Right, just, proper, appropriate (class.):

numerus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, 57:

in omnibus meis epistolis, legitima quaedam est accessio commendationis tuae,

id. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

illa oratorum propria et quasi legitima tractavit, ut delectaret, ut moveret, ut augeret, etc.,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

poëma facere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109:

sonus,

id. A. P. 274:

insania,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178:

verba,

Ov. F. 2, 527:

partus,

right, regular, Plin. 8, 43, 64, § 168; cf.:

spectavit studiosissime pugiles, non legitimos et ordinarios modo, sed et catervarios, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 45:

olus,

Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80.—In neutr.: legitimum est, with a subject-clause, it is right, proper, suitable (post-Aug.):

fistulas denum pedum longitudinis esse, legitimum est,

Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; 33, 3, 20, § 64:

seruntur lactucae anno toto: legitimum tamen, a bruma semen jacere,

but the proper way is, id. 19, 8, 39, § 130.—Hence, adv.: lēgĭtĭmē.

According to law, lawfully, legally, legitimately:

is qui legitime procurator dicitur,

Cic. Caecin. 20, 57:

juste et legitime imperanti,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

non nisi legitime vult nubere,

Juv. 10, 338.—

Transf., duly, properly:

faex legitime cocta,

Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64:

studere,

Tac. Or. 32:

legitime fixis tabellis,

Juv. 12, 100.

lēgĭtĭmus, a, um, adj. [lex; cf. Cic. Top. 8, 36], fixed or appointed by law, according to law, lawful, legal, legitimate.

Lit.

Adj.:

dies is erat legitimus comitiis habendis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:

legitimum imperium habere,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 26:

potestas,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:

scriptum,

id. Inv. 2, 43, 125:

controversiae legitimae et civiles,

which come under and are settled by the laws, id. Or. 34, 120: justus et legitimus hostis, a lawful adversary, as distinguished from pirates and other outlaws, id. Off. 3, 29, 109:

aetas legitima ad petendam aedilitatem,

Liv. 25, 2: horae, allowed by law (for transacting any business), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

impedimentum,

a legal impediment, id. Agr. 2, 9, 24:

poena,

Suet. Claud. 14:

crimen,

laid down in the laws, Dig. 47, 20, 3:

filius (opp. nothus),

legitimate, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 5, 14, 16;

Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: matrimonia,

ib. 6, 4, 2:

conjux,

Ov. M. 10, 437:

legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis amare,

Juv. 6, 200.—

Subst.: lēgĭtĭma, ōrum, n., usages prescribed by law, precepts (very rare):

legitimis quibusdam confectis,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 2:

custodite legitima mea,

precepts, statutes, Vulg. Lev. 18, 26; also in sing.:

legitimum sempiternum erit,

id. Exod. 28, 43.—

Transf., in gen.

l. q. legalis, of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.):

quaestiones,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; 7, 3, 13:

verba,

Gell. 11, 1, 4:

scientia, Just. Inst. prooem. § 4: actio injuriarum, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 5, 5: judicia,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103 sq. —

Right, just, proper, appropriate (class.):

numerus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, 57:

in omnibus meis epistolis, legitima quaedam est accessio commendationis tuae,

id. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

illa oratorum propria et quasi legitima tractavit, ut delectaret, ut moveret, ut augeret, etc.,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

poëma facere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109:

sonus,

id. A. P. 274:

insania,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178:

verba,

Ov. F. 2, 527:

partus,

right, regular, Plin. 8, 43, 64, § 168; cf.:

spectavit studiosissime pugiles, non legitimos et ordinarios modo, sed et catervarios, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 45:

olus,

Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80.—In neutr.: legitimum est, with a subject-clause, it is right, proper, suitable (post-Aug.):

fistulas denum pedum longitudinis esse, legitimum est,

Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; 33, 3, 20, § 64:

seruntur lactucae anno toto: legitimum tamen, a bruma semen jacere,

but the proper way is, id. 19, 8, 39, § 130.—Hence, adv.: lēgĭtĭmē.

According to law, lawfully, legally, legitimately:

is qui legitime procurator dicitur,

Cic. Caecin. 20, 57:

juste et legitime imperanti,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

non nisi legitime vult nubere,

Juv. 10, 338.—

Transf., duly, properly:

faex legitime cocta,

Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64:

studere,

Tac. Or. 32:

legitime fixis tabellis,

Juv. 12, 100.

lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.

A publicist's t. t.

To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

juste pieque legatus venio,

Liv. 1, 32:

tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

Sall. J. 21, 4:

quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

Gell. 7, 14, 8.—

Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —

Beyond the official sphere:

quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—

To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

istum legatum iri non arbitror,

id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

Dolabella me sibi legavit,

chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

Sall. J. 28.—

A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

id. Top. 3, 14:

cui argentum omne legatum est,

Quint. 5, 10, 62:

in argento legato,

id. 7, 2, 11.—

Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,

lēgātus, i, m.

(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

legatos mittere,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—

(Acc. to lego, I. B.).

An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

id. Clu. 36, 99:

Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

neque se ei legatum defuturum,

id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

quaestorius,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

magnitudo et splendor legati,

Liv. 38, 58, 9:

in magna legatum quaere popina,

Juv. 8, 172.—

Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—

Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

legatus praetorius,

Tac. Agr. 7.—

lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

Dig. 30, 116:

Hortensii legata cognovi,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

reliqua legata varie dedit,

Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

legatum peto ex testamento,

Quint. 4, 2, 6:

jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

Suet. Dom. 8:

cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

Juv. 9, 62:

legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.

lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.

Lit.

In gen.:

oleam,

Cato, R. R. 144:

nuces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

herbas collibus,

Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

roscida mala,

id. ib. 8, 38:

flores in calathos,

Ov. F. 5, 218:

spolia caesorum,

Liv. 5, 39:

quos (montanos asparagos),

Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

ossa,

Ov. H. 10, 150:

homini mortuo ossa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

Suet. Aug. 100. —

Esp.

To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

ossa vivis,

id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

ossa in capite lecta,

id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

ossa e vulneribus,

Quint. 6, 1, 30.—

To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

oleam qui legerit,

Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

ficus non erat apta legi,

Ov. F. 2, 254.—

Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

Ov. F. 3, 462:

stamen,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—

Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

Verg. G. 1, 373:

vela legunt socii,

id. A. 3, 532:

ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

ancoras classis legit,

is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—

To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

sacra divum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—

Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

Ov. M. 5, 579:

pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

vada dura lego,

id. ib. 3, 706:

freta,

id. ib. 3, 127:

aequora Afra,

Ov. F. 4, 289:

Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

et vestigia retro Observata legit,

Verg. A. 9, 392:

tortos orbes,

to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—

To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

navibus oram Italiae,

Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

oram Campaniae,

Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

terram,

id. Aug. 16. —

Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

judices,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

scribam,

to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

condiciones nubendi,

id. Cael. 15:

cives in patres,

Liv. 23, 22:

viros ad bella,

Ov. M. 7, 669:

geminasque legit de classe biremes,

Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—

With inf.:

fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

Stat. Th. 1, 530.

Trop.

To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—

To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.

In gen.:

tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—

In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

Cic. Top. 1:

defensionem causae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

aliquid studiose intenteque,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

orationem,

Quint. 1, 1, 6:

aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

antiquos et novos,

Quint. 2, 5, 23:

antiquos studiosius,

id. 3, 6, 62:

poëtas,

id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

Quint. 10, 1, 96:

si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

id. 10, 1, 116:

dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

sepulcra legens,

when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

legentium plerisque,

Liv. 1 praef. §

4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

legendi usus,

Lact. 3, 25, 9:

memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—

In partic.

To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

obturem impune legentibus aures,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—

To find in an author or a writing:

ut scriptum legimus,

Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

ego vero haec scripta legi,

id. Planc. 39, 94:

praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—

A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

argentum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

uxor lectissima,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

id. Or. 68, 227:

juvenum lectissime,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

lectius,

Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

lĭcet, cŭit and cĭtum est, 2 (old form, licessit for licuerit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13; imp. liceto, Lex ap. Inscr. Grut. 202, 508 al.), v. n. and impers. [root lic-; Gr. lip-; v. 1. liceo], it is lawful, it is allowed or permitted; one may or can, one is at liberty to do so and so; constr. with neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron., with inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat., or dat. and inf., with ut or (more freq.) with the simple subj., or entirely absol.

With neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron. as a subject, with or without a dat.:

licere id dicimus, quod legibus, quod more majorum institutisque conceditur. Neque enim quod quisque potest, id ei licet,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non lubere,

id. Att. 14, 19, 4:

quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis,

id. Rab. Post. 5, 11; cf.:

si hominibus tantum licere judicas, quantum possunt: vide, ne, etc.,

id. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit,

Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12: neque idem ubique aut licet aut decorum est, Quint. 5, 10, 40:

quod in foro non expedit, illic nec liceat,

id. 9, 2, 67:

sin et poterit Naevius id quod lubet et ei lubebit, quod non licet, quid agendum est?

Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

nihil, quod per leges liceret,

id. Mil. 16, 43:

cui tantum de te licuit?

Verg. A. 6, 502; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 150:

cui tantum fata licere In generum voluere tuum,

Luc. 9, 1025; cf.:

tantumque licere horruit,

Sil. 14, 670.—Rarely in plur.:

cum in servum omnia liceant, est, etc.,

Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—

With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.: neque terram inicere, neque cruenta Convestire corpora mihi licuit, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.):

licet nemini contra patriam ducere exercitum,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

ut tibi id facere liceat,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

M. Catoni licuit Tusculi se in otio delectare,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

sceleris crimine liceat Cn. Pompeio mortuo, liceat multis aliis carere,

id. Lig. 6, 18; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

quaerere, qui licuerit aedificare navem senatori,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45:

meamet facta mihi dicere licet,

Sall. J. 85, 24.—Without a dat.:

introire in aedes numquam licitum est,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 70:

impune optare istuc licet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 14:

modo liceat vivere,

id. Heaut. 5, 2, 28:

licetne scire ex te?

id. Hec. 5, 4, 33:

hic subitam rerum commutationem videre licuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 1; 3, 96, 4:

si facere omnino non licebit,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

licet ora ipsa cernere iratorum,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Div. 1, 41, 91:

licet hoc videre,

id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Div. 1, 7, 13; id. Inv. 1, 15, 21; 2, 23, 71; 2, 9, 29:

veretur ne non liceat tenere hereditatem,

id. Att. 13, 48, 1:

licetne extra ordinem in provocantem hostem pugnare?

Liv. 23, 47, 1:

poscere ut perculsis instare liceat,

id. 2, 65, 2. —With inf. pass. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 660 sq.):

intellegi jam licet, nullum fore imperium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

idque e pontificio jure intellegi licet,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; cf.:

his cognosci licuit, quantum, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28; Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

evocari ex insula Cyprios non licet,

id. Att. 5, 21, 6:

in senatu dici nihil liceat,

id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

coöptari sacerdotem licebat,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 9:

in eum ordinem coöptari licet,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

id primum in poëtis cerni licet,

id. de Or. 3, 7, 27; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—The noun of the subject-clause is regularly in the acc.:

licet me id scire quid sit?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 14:

non licet hominem esse, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

si licet me latere,

id. ib. 4, 2, 5:

hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui!

id. ib. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, id. Hec. prol. alt. 3: non licet me isto tanto bono uti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

cum non liceret Romae quemquam esse, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

100: ex eis locis, in quibus te habere nihil licet,

id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §

45: quare licet etiam mortalem esse animum judicantem aeterna moliri,

id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

cur his per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberos non licet?

id. Fl. 29, 71 B. and K. (al. liberis; v. infra).—So with esse:

liceat esse miseros,

Cic. Lig. 6, 18; cf.:

medios esse jam non licebit,

id. Att. 10, 8, 4; id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; 1, 38, 91 Klotz N. cr.; also with fieri:

ut eum liceat ante tempus consulem fieri,

Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque dicere, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

haec praescripta servantem licet magnifice vivere,

id. Off. 1, 26, 92:

licet tamen opera prodesse multis, beneficia petentem, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 19, 67.—So with acc. with a subject-inf., esse or fieri, even when licet is accompanied by the dat.:

si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum,

Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

potest incidere quaestio, An huic esse procuratorem liceat?

Quint. 7, 1, 19:

procuratorem tibi esse non licuit,

id. 4, 4, 6 Zumpt N. cr.:

mihi non licet esse piam,

Ov. H. 14, 64: is erat annus, quo per leges ei consulem fieri liceret Caes. B. C. 3, 1 Oud. N. cr. —But more freq., in this case, there is an attraction of the predicate-noun to the dative dependent on licet.—Hence,

Licet alicui with inf., esp. with esse:

per hanc tibi cenam incenato esse hodie licet,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 31:

per hanc curam quieto tibi licet esse,

id. Ep. 3, 2, 2:

licuit esse otioso Themistocli,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; cf.:

ut tibi abesse liceat, et esse otioso,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: quare [p. 1063] judici mihi non esse liceat, id. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

ut iis ingratis esse non liceat,

id. Off. 2, 18, 63:

quo in genere mihi neglegenti esse non licet,

id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

cur iis per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberis non licet?

id. Fl. 29, 71 (B. and K. liberos; v. supra):

quibus otiosis ne in communi quidem otio liceat esse,

id. Cael. 1, 1:

quibus licet jam esse fortunatissimis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 8:

illis timidis et ignavis licet esse,

Liv. 21, 44, 3.—With other verbs than esse:

ut sibi per te liceat innocenti vitam in egestate degere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

cum postulasset... ut sibi triumphanti urbem invehi liceret,

Liv. 38, 44 fin. —

Very rarely, in this construction, the dative with licet is wanting, and is to be supplied from the connection: atqui licet esse beatis (sc. iis),

Hor. S. 1, 1, 19:

licet eminus esse Fortibus,

Ov. M. 8, 405:

Hannibal precatur deos ut incolumi cedere atque abire liceat,

Liv. 26, 41, 16:

sibi vitam filiae suā cariorem fuisse, si liberae ac pudicae vivere licitum fuisset,

id. 3, 50, 6. Cf. on this and the preced. construction, Krüger, Untersuchungen, vol. iii. p. 359 sq.; Ruddim. 2, p. 15; Zumpt, Gram. § 601; Madv. Gram. § 393, c. and obs. 1.—

With ut, and more freq. with the simple subj.:

neque jam mihi licet neque est integrum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

facto nunc laedat licet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

mea quidem causa salvos sis licet,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 51:

ludas licet,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

fremant omnes licet,

Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 195:

sed omnia licet concurrant,

id. Att. 14, 4, 2:

ex qua licet pauca degustes,

id. ib. 1, 16, 8:

vel ipsi hoc dicas licet,

id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

quamvis licet insectemur istos, metuo ne soli philosophi sint,

id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; cf. id. Leg. 3, 10, 24; id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

sequatur Hermagoram licebit,

id. Inv. 1, 51, 97; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

sis pecore et multa dives tellure licebit,

Hor. Epod. 15, 19:

detrahat auctori multum fortuna licebit,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 3; Verg. A. 6, 400. Cf. also under II. a.—

As a v. impers. absol., with or without dat.:

immo, aliis si licet, tibi non licet,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 15, 49:

cum licitum est ei,

id. And. 2, 6, 12:

nec crederem mihi impunius Licere,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 50:

quod profecto faciam, si mihi per ejusdem amicitiam licebit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3: Ph. Sed quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi. He. Licet, that may be or may be done, I have no objection, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 29:

si per vos licet,

id. As. prol. 12:

id quod postea, si per vos, judices, licitum erit, aperietur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 127:

dum per aetatem licet,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 28:

fruare, dum licet,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 104; cf.:

dum licet, loquimini mecum,

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 16:

sic ut quimus, aiunt, quando, ut volumus, non licet,

id. And. 4, 5, 10:

ut id, quoad posset, quod fas esset, quoad liceret, populi ad partes daret,

Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19.

Transf. When licet introduces a subordinate proposition, which makes a concession, without abandoning the main proposition, it is used as a conjunction corresponding to quamvis, quamquam, etsi. In late Latin it is, like these, connected with the indicative, and in the class. per. it is not unfreq. opposed to tamen and certe in the main proposition; even if, although, notwithstanding.

With subj. (class.):

quoniam quidem semel suscepi, licet hercules undique omnes mihi minae et terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

improbitas, licet adversario molesta sit, judici invisa est,

Quint. 6, 4, 15: in comoedia maxime claudamus: licet Varro Musas Plautino dicat sermone locuturas fuisse, si Latine loqui vellent;

licet, etc.,

id. 10, 1, 99:

vita brevis est, licet supra mille annos exeat,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:

licet ingens janitor... exsanguis terreat umbras,

Verg. A. 6, 400. —With part. for subj.:

isque, licet caeli regione remotos, mente deos adiit,

Ov. M. 15, 62.—With a corresp. tamen:

licet laudem Fortunam, tamen, ut ne Salutem culpem,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 28:

licet saepius tibi hujus generis litteras mittam... sed tamen, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

licet tibi significarim, ut ad me venires, tamen, etc.,

id. Att. 3, 12, 3; Quint. 2, 2, 8; 8, 3, 69:

licet ergo non sint confirmati testamento, a me tamen, ut confirmati, observabuntur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 3; Quint. 7 praef. § 2: constet illi licet fides et benevolentia, tranquillitas tamen, etc., Sen. Tranq. Anim. 7, 6.—With ellips. of subj.:

immatura licet, tamen huc non noxia veni (sc. venias),

Prop. 5, 11, 17.—With a corresp. certe:

licet enim haec quivis arbitratu suo reprehendat... certe levior reprehensio est,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 102.—

With indic. (post-class.):

licet inter gesta et facta videtur quaedam esse subtilis differentia, attamen, etc.,

Dig. 50, 16, 58; 2, 15, 8, § 25:

licet directae libertates deficiunt, attamen, etc.,

ib. 29, 7, 2: obduxi licet arma, sum Priapus, Poëta ap. Anth. Lat. 5, 218; Macr. S. 1, 11; App. M. 2, p. 117, 25.—

As an adv. with adj. or part., although (post-class.):

licet contumacissimum, tamen efficacissimum, etc.,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 8, 1:

miles, licet membris vigentibus firmus, se solum circumspicit,

Amm. 14, 10, 12; 17, 12, 11; Claud. Mam. Paneg. Max. 1.—Hence,

lĭcens, entis, P. a., free, unrestrained, uncurbed, bold, forward, presumptuous, licentious.

Of persons (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

quam audaces et quam licentes sumus qui, etc.,

Gell. 15, 9, 4:

unde licens Fabius sacra Lupercus habet,

Prop. 4, 1, 26:

turba licens, Naides improbae,

Sen. Hippol. 777.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things (once in Cic.; elsewh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

licentior dithyrambus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

hic tibi multa licet sermone licentia tecto Dicere,

Ov. A. A. 1, 569:

joci,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 93:

licentior epistula, Plin. N. H. prooem. § 1: imperium,

Val. Max. 6, 4, 2:

vita,

id. 9, 1, 3. —Hence, adv.: lĭcenter, freely, according to one's own pleasure or fancy; and, in a bad sense, without restraint, boldly, impudently, licentiously (class.):

at quam licenter!

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

id. Or. 23, 77:

Graeci licenter multa,

Quint. 1, 8, 6:

aliquid facere,

Liv. 26, 10.— Comp.:

(servos) licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

Romanos, remoto metu, laxius licentiusque futuros,

more remiss in their discipline, Sall. J. 87 fin.:

gerere res communes,

id. ib. 108:

ausi aliquid,

Quint. 2, 4, 14:

si quid licentius dixerint,

id. 1, 2, 7:

translata,

id. 8, 3, 37; 12, 10, 50:

Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane licentius, quam ut fori severitas ferat,

id. 8, 6, 24; Tac. A. 6, 13.—

lĭcĭtus, a, um, P. a., permitted, allowed, allowable, lawful ( poet. and post-Aug. for permissus, honestus):

sermo,

Verg. A. 8, 468:

torus,

Petr. 34, 8:

acies,

Stat. Th. 11, 123:

negotiatio,

Dig. 37, 14, 2:

contractus,

ib. 50, 14, 3.—In plur. as subst.: lĭcĭta, ōrum, n., things that are lawful:

ipse per licita atque illicita foedatus,

Tac. A. 15, 37.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭcĭtē and lĭcĭtō, rightfully, lawfully (post-class. for juste, honeste, legitime).—Form licite, Dig. 30, 114, § 5.—

Form licito,

Sol. 11, 8; Cod. Th. 11, 8, 3.

lĭcet, cŭit and cĭtum est, 2 (old form, licessit for licuerit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13; imp. liceto, Lex ap. Inscr. Grut. 202, 508 al.), v. n. and impers. [root lic-; Gr. lip-; v. 1. liceo], it is lawful, it is allowed or permitted; one may or can, one is at liberty to do so and so; constr. with neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron., with inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat., or dat. and inf., with ut or (more freq.) with the simple subj., or entirely absol.

With neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron. as a subject, with or without a dat.:

licere id dicimus, quod legibus, quod more majorum institutisque conceditur. Neque enim quod quisque potest, id ei licet,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non lubere,

id. Att. 14, 19, 4:

quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis,

id. Rab. Post. 5, 11; cf.:

si hominibus tantum licere judicas, quantum possunt: vide, ne, etc.,

id. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit,

Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12: neque idem ubique aut licet aut decorum est, Quint. 5, 10, 40:

quod in foro non expedit, illic nec liceat,

id. 9, 2, 67:

sin et poterit Naevius id quod lubet et ei lubebit, quod non licet, quid agendum est?

Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

nihil, quod per leges liceret,

id. Mil. 16, 43:

cui tantum de te licuit?

Verg. A. 6, 502; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 150:

cui tantum fata licere In generum voluere tuum,

Luc. 9, 1025; cf.:

tantumque licere horruit,

Sil. 14, 670.—Rarely in plur.:

cum in servum omnia liceant, est, etc.,

Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—

With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.: neque terram inicere, neque cruenta Convestire corpora mihi licuit, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.):

licet nemini contra patriam ducere exercitum,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

ut tibi id facere liceat,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

M. Catoni licuit Tusculi se in otio delectare,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

sceleris crimine liceat Cn. Pompeio mortuo, liceat multis aliis carere,

id. Lig. 6, 18; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

quaerere, qui licuerit aedificare navem senatori,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45:

meamet facta mihi dicere licet,

Sall. J. 85, 24.—Without a dat.:

introire in aedes numquam licitum est,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 70:

impune optare istuc licet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 14:

modo liceat vivere,

id. Heaut. 5, 2, 28:

licetne scire ex te?

id. Hec. 5, 4, 33:

hic subitam rerum commutationem videre licuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 1; 3, 96, 4:

si facere omnino non licebit,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

licet ora ipsa cernere iratorum,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Div. 1, 41, 91:

licet hoc videre,

id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Div. 1, 7, 13; id. Inv. 1, 15, 21; 2, 23, 71; 2, 9, 29:

veretur ne non liceat tenere hereditatem,

id. Att. 13, 48, 1:

licetne extra ordinem in provocantem hostem pugnare?

Liv. 23, 47, 1:

poscere ut perculsis instare liceat,

id. 2, 65, 2. —With inf. pass. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 660 sq.):

intellegi jam licet, nullum fore imperium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

idque e pontificio jure intellegi licet,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; cf.:

his cognosci licuit, quantum, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28; Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

evocari ex insula Cyprios non licet,

id. Att. 5, 21, 6:

in senatu dici nihil liceat,

id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

coöptari sacerdotem licebat,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 9:

in eum ordinem coöptari licet,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

id primum in poëtis cerni licet,

id. de Or. 3, 7, 27; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—The noun of the subject-clause is regularly in the acc.:

licet me id scire quid sit?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 14:

non licet hominem esse, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

si licet me latere,

id. ib. 4, 2, 5:

hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui!

id. ib. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, id. Hec. prol. alt. 3: non licet me isto tanto bono uti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

cum non liceret Romae quemquam esse, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

100: ex eis locis, in quibus te habere nihil licet,

id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §

45: quare licet etiam mortalem esse animum judicantem aeterna moliri,

id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

cur his per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberos non licet?

id. Fl. 29, 71 B. and K. (al. liberis; v. infra).—So with esse:

liceat esse miseros,

Cic. Lig. 6, 18; cf.:

medios esse jam non licebit,

id. Att. 10, 8, 4; id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; 1, 38, 91 Klotz N. cr.; also with fieri:

ut eum liceat ante tempus consulem fieri,

Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque dicere, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

haec praescripta servantem licet magnifice vivere,

id. Off. 1, 26, 92:

licet tamen opera prodesse multis, beneficia petentem, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 19, 67.—So with acc. with a subject-inf., esse or fieri, even when licet is accompanied by the dat.:

si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum,

Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

potest incidere quaestio, An huic esse procuratorem liceat?

Quint. 7, 1, 19:

procuratorem tibi esse non licuit,

id. 4, 4, 6 Zumpt N. cr.:

mihi non licet esse piam,

Ov. H. 14, 64: is erat annus, quo per leges ei consulem fieri liceret Caes. B. C. 3, 1 Oud. N. cr. —But more freq., in this case, there is an attraction of the predicate-noun to the dative dependent on licet.—Hence,

Licet alicui with inf., esp. with esse:

per hanc tibi cenam incenato esse hodie licet,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 31:

per hanc curam quieto tibi licet esse,

id. Ep. 3, 2, 2:

licuit esse otioso Themistocli,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; cf.:

ut tibi abesse liceat, et esse otioso,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: quare [p. 1063] judici mihi non esse liceat, id. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

ut iis ingratis esse non liceat,

id. Off. 2, 18, 63:

quo in genere mihi neglegenti esse non licet,

id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

cur iis per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberis non licet?

id. Fl. 29, 71 (B. and K. liberos; v. supra):

quibus otiosis ne in communi quidem otio liceat esse,

id. Cael. 1, 1:

quibus licet jam esse fortunatissimis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 8:

illis timidis et ignavis licet esse,

Liv. 21, 44, 3.—With other verbs than esse:

ut sibi per te liceat innocenti vitam in egestate degere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

cum postulasset... ut sibi triumphanti urbem invehi liceret,

Liv. 38, 44 fin. —

Very rarely, in this construction, the dative with licet is wanting, and is to be supplied from the connection: atqui licet esse beatis (sc. iis),

Hor. S. 1, 1, 19:

licet eminus esse Fortibus,

Ov. M. 8, 405:

Hannibal precatur deos ut incolumi cedere atque abire liceat,

Liv. 26, 41, 16:

sibi vitam filiae suā cariorem fuisse, si liberae ac pudicae vivere licitum fuisset,

id. 3, 50, 6. Cf. on this and the preced. construction, Krüger, Untersuchungen, vol. iii. p. 359 sq.; Ruddim. 2, p. 15; Zumpt, Gram. § 601; Madv. Gram. § 393, c. and obs. 1.—

With ut, and more freq. with the simple subj.:

neque jam mihi licet neque est integrum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

facto nunc laedat licet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

mea quidem causa salvos sis licet,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 51:

ludas licet,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

fremant omnes licet,

Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 195:

sed omnia licet concurrant,

id. Att. 14, 4, 2:

ex qua licet pauca degustes,

id. ib. 1, 16, 8:

vel ipsi hoc dicas licet,

id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

quamvis licet insectemur istos, metuo ne soli philosophi sint,

id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; cf. id. Leg. 3, 10, 24; id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

sequatur Hermagoram licebit,

id. Inv. 1, 51, 97; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

sis pecore et multa dives tellure licebit,

Hor. Epod. 15, 19:

detrahat auctori multum fortuna licebit,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 3; Verg. A. 6, 400. Cf. also under II. a.—

As a v. impers. absol., with or without dat.:

immo, aliis si licet, tibi non licet,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 15, 49:

cum licitum est ei,

id. And. 2, 6, 12:

nec crederem mihi impunius Licere,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 50:

quod profecto faciam, si mihi per ejusdem amicitiam licebit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3: Ph. Sed quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi. He. Licet, that may be or may be done, I have no objection, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 29:

si per vos licet,

id. As. prol. 12:

id quod postea, si per vos, judices, licitum erit, aperietur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 127:

dum per aetatem licet,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 28:

fruare, dum licet,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 104; cf.:

dum licet, loquimini mecum,

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 16:

sic ut quimus, aiunt, quando, ut volumus, non licet,

id. And. 4, 5, 10:

ut id, quoad posset, quod fas esset, quoad liceret, populi ad partes daret,

Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19.

Transf. When licet introduces a subordinate proposition, which makes a concession, without abandoning the main proposition, it is used as a conjunction corresponding to quamvis, quamquam, etsi. In late Latin it is, like these, connected with the indicative, and in the class. per. it is not unfreq. opposed to tamen and certe in the main proposition; even if, although, notwithstanding.

With subj. (class.):

quoniam quidem semel suscepi, licet hercules undique omnes mihi minae et terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

improbitas, licet adversario molesta sit, judici invisa est,

Quint. 6, 4, 15: in comoedia maxime claudamus: licet Varro Musas Plautino dicat sermone locuturas fuisse, si Latine loqui vellent;

licet, etc.,

id. 10, 1, 99:

vita brevis est, licet supra mille annos exeat,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:

licet ingens janitor... exsanguis terreat umbras,

Verg. A. 6, 400. —With part. for subj.:

isque, licet caeli regione remotos, mente deos adiit,

Ov. M. 15, 62.—With a corresp. tamen:

licet laudem Fortunam, tamen, ut ne Salutem culpem,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 28:

licet saepius tibi hujus generis litteras mittam... sed tamen, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

licet tibi significarim, ut ad me venires, tamen, etc.,

id. Att. 3, 12, 3; Quint. 2, 2, 8; 8, 3, 69:

licet ergo non sint confirmati testamento, a me tamen, ut confirmati, observabuntur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 3; Quint. 7 praef. § 2: constet illi licet fides et benevolentia, tranquillitas tamen, etc., Sen. Tranq. Anim. 7, 6.—With ellips. of subj.:

immatura licet, tamen huc non noxia veni (sc. venias),

Prop. 5, 11, 17.—With a corresp. certe:

licet enim haec quivis arbitratu suo reprehendat... certe levior reprehensio est,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 102.—

With indic. (post-class.):

licet inter gesta et facta videtur quaedam esse subtilis differentia, attamen, etc.,

Dig. 50, 16, 58; 2, 15, 8, § 25:

licet directae libertates deficiunt, attamen, etc.,

ib. 29, 7, 2: obduxi licet arma, sum Priapus, Poëta ap. Anth. Lat. 5, 218; Macr. S. 1, 11; App. M. 2, p. 117, 25.—

As an adv. with adj. or part., although (post-class.):

licet contumacissimum, tamen efficacissimum, etc.,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 8, 1:

miles, licet membris vigentibus firmus, se solum circumspicit,

Amm. 14, 10, 12; 17, 12, 11; Claud. Mam. Paneg. Max. 1.—Hence,

lĭcens, entis, P. a., free, unrestrained, uncurbed, bold, forward, presumptuous, licentious.

Of persons (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

quam audaces et quam licentes sumus qui, etc.,

Gell. 15, 9, 4:

unde licens Fabius sacra Lupercus habet,

Prop. 4, 1, 26:

turba licens, Naides improbae,

Sen. Hippol. 777.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things (once in Cic.; elsewh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

licentior dithyrambus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

hic tibi multa licet sermone licentia tecto Dicere,

Ov. A. A. 1, 569:

joci,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 93:

licentior epistula, Plin. N. H. prooem. § 1: imperium,

Val. Max. 6, 4, 2:

vita,

id. 9, 1, 3. —Hence, adv.: lĭcenter, freely, according to one's own pleasure or fancy; and, in a bad sense, without restraint, boldly, impudently, licentiously (class.):

at quam licenter!

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

id. Or. 23, 77:

Graeci licenter multa,

Quint. 1, 8, 6:

aliquid facere,

Liv. 26, 10.— Comp.:

(servos) licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

Romanos, remoto metu, laxius licentiusque futuros,

more remiss in their discipline, Sall. J. 87 fin.:

gerere res communes,

id. ib. 108:

ausi aliquid,

Quint. 2, 4, 14:

si quid licentius dixerint,

id. 1, 2, 7:

translata,

id. 8, 3, 37; 12, 10, 50:

Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane licentius, quam ut fori severitas ferat,

id. 8, 6, 24; Tac. A. 6, 13.—

lĭcĭtus, a, um, P. a., permitted, allowed, allowable, lawful ( poet. and post-Aug. for permissus, honestus):

sermo,

Verg. A. 8, 468:

torus,

Petr. 34, 8:

acies,

Stat. Th. 11, 123:

negotiatio,

Dig. 37, 14, 2:

contractus,

ib. 50, 14, 3.—In plur. as subst.: lĭcĭta, ōrum, n., things that are lawful:

ipse per licita atque illicita foedatus,

Tac. A. 15, 37.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭcĭtē and lĭcĭtō, rightfully, lawfully (post-class. for juste, honeste, legitime).—Form licite, Dig. 30, 114, § 5.—

Form licito,

Sol. 11, 8; Cod. Th. 11, 8, 3.

lĭcet, cŭit and cĭtum est, 2 (old form, licessit for licuerit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13; imp. liceto, Lex ap. Inscr. Grut. 202, 508 al.), v. n. and impers. [root lic-; Gr. lip-; v. 1. liceo], it is lawful, it is allowed or permitted; one may or can, one is at liberty to do so and so; constr. with neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron., with inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat., or dat. and inf., with ut or (more freq.) with the simple subj., or entirely absol.

With neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron. as a subject, with or without a dat.:

licere id dicimus, quod legibus, quod more majorum institutisque conceditur. Neque enim quod quisque potest, id ei licet,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non lubere,

id. Att. 14, 19, 4:

quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis,

id. Rab. Post. 5, 11; cf.:

si hominibus tantum licere judicas, quantum possunt: vide, ne, etc.,

id. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit,

Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12: neque idem ubique aut licet aut decorum est, Quint. 5, 10, 40:

quod in foro non expedit, illic nec liceat,

id. 9, 2, 67:

sin et poterit Naevius id quod lubet et ei lubebit, quod non licet, quid agendum est?

Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

nihil, quod per leges liceret,

id. Mil. 16, 43:

cui tantum de te licuit?

Verg. A. 6, 502; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 150:

cui tantum fata licere In generum voluere tuum,

Luc. 9, 1025; cf.:

tantumque licere horruit,

Sil. 14, 670.—Rarely in plur.:

cum in servum omnia liceant, est, etc.,

Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—

With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.: neque terram inicere, neque cruenta Convestire corpora mihi licuit, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.):

licet nemini contra patriam ducere exercitum,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

ut tibi id facere liceat,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

M. Catoni licuit Tusculi se in otio delectare,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

sceleris crimine liceat Cn. Pompeio mortuo, liceat multis aliis carere,

id. Lig. 6, 18; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

quaerere, qui licuerit aedificare navem senatori,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45:

meamet facta mihi dicere licet,

Sall. J. 85, 24.—Without a dat.:

introire in aedes numquam licitum est,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 70:

impune optare istuc licet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 14:

modo liceat vivere,

id. Heaut. 5, 2, 28:

licetne scire ex te?

id. Hec. 5, 4, 33:

hic subitam rerum commutationem videre licuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 1; 3, 96, 4:

si facere omnino non licebit,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

licet ora ipsa cernere iratorum,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Div. 1, 41, 91:

licet hoc videre,

id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Div. 1, 7, 13; id. Inv. 1, 15, 21; 2, 23, 71; 2, 9, 29:

veretur ne non liceat tenere hereditatem,

id. Att. 13, 48, 1:

licetne extra ordinem in provocantem hostem pugnare?

Liv. 23, 47, 1:

poscere ut perculsis instare liceat,

id. 2, 65, 2. —With inf. pass. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 660 sq.):

intellegi jam licet, nullum fore imperium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

idque e pontificio jure intellegi licet,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; cf.:

his cognosci licuit, quantum, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28; Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

evocari ex insula Cyprios non licet,

id. Att. 5, 21, 6:

in senatu dici nihil liceat,

id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

coöptari sacerdotem licebat,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 9:

in eum ordinem coöptari licet,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

id primum in poëtis cerni licet,

id. de Or. 3, 7, 27; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—The noun of the subject-clause is regularly in the acc.:

licet me id scire quid sit?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 14:

non licet hominem esse, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

si licet me latere,

id. ib. 4, 2, 5:

hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui!

id. ib. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, id. Hec. prol. alt. 3: non licet me isto tanto bono uti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

cum non liceret Romae quemquam esse, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

100: ex eis locis, in quibus te habere nihil licet,

id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §

45: quare licet etiam mortalem esse animum judicantem aeterna moliri,

id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

cur his per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberos non licet?

id. Fl. 29, 71 B. and K. (al. liberis; v. infra).—So with esse:

liceat esse miseros,

Cic. Lig. 6, 18; cf.:

medios esse jam non licebit,

id. Att. 10, 8, 4; id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; 1, 38, 91 Klotz N. cr.; also with fieri:

ut eum liceat ante tempus consulem fieri,

Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque dicere, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

haec praescripta servantem licet magnifice vivere,

id. Off. 1, 26, 92:

licet tamen opera prodesse multis, beneficia petentem, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 19, 67.—So with acc. with a subject-inf., esse or fieri, even when licet is accompanied by the dat.:

si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum,

Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

potest incidere quaestio, An huic esse procuratorem liceat?

Quint. 7, 1, 19:

procuratorem tibi esse non licuit,

id. 4, 4, 6 Zumpt N. cr.:

mihi non licet esse piam,

Ov. H. 14, 64: is erat annus, quo per leges ei consulem fieri liceret Caes. B. C. 3, 1 Oud. N. cr. —But more freq., in this case, there is an attraction of the predicate-noun to the dative dependent on licet.—Hence,

Licet alicui with inf., esp. with esse:

per hanc tibi cenam incenato esse hodie licet,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 31:

per hanc curam quieto tibi licet esse,

id. Ep. 3, 2, 2:

licuit esse otioso Themistocli,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; cf.:

ut tibi abesse liceat, et esse otioso,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: quare [p. 1063] judici mihi non esse liceat, id. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

ut iis ingratis esse non liceat,

id. Off. 2, 18, 63:

quo in genere mihi neglegenti esse non licet,

id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

cur iis per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberis non licet?

id. Fl. 29, 71 (B. and K. liberos; v. supra):

quibus otiosis ne in communi quidem otio liceat esse,

id. Cael. 1, 1:

quibus licet jam esse fortunatissimis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 8:

illis timidis et ignavis licet esse,

Liv. 21, 44, 3.—With other verbs than esse:

ut sibi per te liceat innocenti vitam in egestate degere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

cum postulasset... ut sibi triumphanti urbem invehi liceret,

Liv. 38, 44 fin. —

Very rarely, in this construction, the dative with licet is wanting, and is to be supplied from the connection: atqui licet esse beatis (sc. iis),

Hor. S. 1, 1, 19:

licet eminus esse Fortibus,

Ov. M. 8, 405:

Hannibal precatur deos ut incolumi cedere atque abire liceat,

Liv. 26, 41, 16:

sibi vitam filiae suā cariorem fuisse, si liberae ac pudicae vivere licitum fuisset,

id. 3, 50, 6. Cf. on this and the preced. construction, Krüger, Untersuchungen, vol. iii. p. 359 sq.; Ruddim. 2, p. 15; Zumpt, Gram. § 601; Madv. Gram. § 393, c. and obs. 1.—

With ut, and more freq. with the simple subj.:

neque jam mihi licet neque est integrum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

facto nunc laedat licet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

mea quidem causa salvos sis licet,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 51:

ludas licet,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

fremant omnes licet,

Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 195:

sed omnia licet concurrant,

id. Att. 14, 4, 2:

ex qua licet pauca degustes,

id. ib. 1, 16, 8:

vel ipsi hoc dicas licet,

id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

quamvis licet insectemur istos, metuo ne soli philosophi sint,

id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; cf. id. Leg. 3, 10, 24; id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

sequatur Hermagoram licebit,

id. Inv. 1, 51, 97; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

sis pecore et multa dives tellure licebit,

Hor. Epod. 15, 19:

detrahat auctori multum fortuna licebit,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 3; Verg. A. 6, 400. Cf. also under II. a.—

As a v. impers. absol., with or without dat.:

immo, aliis si licet, tibi non licet,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 15, 49:

cum licitum est ei,

id. And. 2, 6, 12:

nec crederem mihi impunius Licere,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 50:

quod profecto faciam, si mihi per ejusdem amicitiam licebit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3: Ph. Sed quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi. He. Licet, that may be or may be done, I have no objection, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 29:

si per vos licet,

id. As. prol. 12:

id quod postea, si per vos, judices, licitum erit, aperietur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 127:

dum per aetatem licet,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 28:

fruare, dum licet,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 104; cf.:

dum licet, loquimini mecum,

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 16:

sic ut quimus, aiunt, quando, ut volumus, non licet,

id. And. 4, 5, 10:

ut id, quoad posset, quod fas esset, quoad liceret, populi ad partes daret,

Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19.

Transf. When licet introduces a subordinate proposition, which makes a concession, without abandoning the main proposition, it is used as a conjunction corresponding to quamvis, quamquam, etsi. In late Latin it is, like these, connected with the indicative, and in the class. per. it is not unfreq. opposed to tamen and certe in the main proposition; even if, although, notwithstanding.

With subj. (class.):

quoniam quidem semel suscepi, licet hercules undique omnes mihi minae et terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

improbitas, licet adversario molesta sit, judici invisa est,

Quint. 6, 4, 15: in comoedia maxime claudamus: licet Varro Musas Plautino dicat sermone locuturas fuisse, si Latine loqui vellent;

licet, etc.,

id. 10, 1, 99:

vita brevis est, licet supra mille annos exeat,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:

licet ingens janitor... exsanguis terreat umbras,

Verg. A. 6, 400. —With part. for subj.:

isque, licet caeli regione remotos, mente deos adiit,

Ov. M. 15, 62.—With a corresp. tamen:

licet laudem Fortunam, tamen, ut ne Salutem culpem,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 28:

licet saepius tibi hujus generis litteras mittam... sed tamen, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

licet tibi significarim, ut ad me venires, tamen, etc.,

id. Att. 3, 12, 3; Quint. 2, 2, 8; 8, 3, 69:

licet ergo non sint confirmati testamento, a me tamen, ut confirmati, observabuntur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 3; Quint. 7 praef. § 2: constet illi licet fides et benevolentia, tranquillitas tamen, etc., Sen. Tranq. Anim. 7, 6.—With ellips. of subj.:

immatura licet, tamen huc non noxia veni (sc. venias),

Prop. 5, 11, 17.—With a corresp. certe:

licet enim haec quivis arbitratu suo reprehendat... certe levior reprehensio est,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 102.—

With indic. (post-class.):

licet inter gesta et facta videtur quaedam esse subtilis differentia, attamen, etc.,

Dig. 50, 16, 58; 2, 15, 8, § 25:

licet directae libertates deficiunt, attamen, etc.,

ib. 29, 7, 2: obduxi licet arma, sum Priapus, Poëta ap. Anth. Lat. 5, 218; Macr. S. 1, 11; App. M. 2, p. 117, 25.—

As an adv. with adj. or part., although (post-class.):

licet contumacissimum, tamen efficacissimum, etc.,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 8, 1:

miles, licet membris vigentibus firmus, se solum circumspicit,

Amm. 14, 10, 12; 17, 12, 11; Claud. Mam. Paneg. Max. 1.—Hence,

lĭcens, entis, P. a., free, unrestrained, uncurbed, bold, forward, presumptuous, licentious.

Of persons (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

quam audaces et quam licentes sumus qui, etc.,

Gell. 15, 9, 4:

unde licens Fabius sacra Lupercus habet,

Prop. 4, 1, 26:

turba licens, Naides improbae,

Sen. Hippol. 777.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things (once in Cic.; elsewh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

licentior dithyrambus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

hic tibi multa licet sermone licentia tecto Dicere,

Ov. A. A. 1, 569:

joci,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 93:

licentior epistula, Plin. N. H. prooem. § 1: imperium,

Val. Max. 6, 4, 2:

vita,

id. 9, 1, 3. —Hence, adv.: lĭcenter, freely, according to one's own pleasure or fancy; and, in a bad sense, without restraint, boldly, impudently, licentiously (class.):

at quam licenter!

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

id. Or. 23, 77:

Graeci licenter multa,

Quint. 1, 8, 6:

aliquid facere,

Liv. 26, 10.— Comp.:

(servos) licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

Romanos, remoto metu, laxius licentiusque futuros,

more remiss in their discipline, Sall. J. 87 fin.:

gerere res communes,

id. ib. 108:

ausi aliquid,

Quint. 2, 4, 14:

si quid licentius dixerint,

id. 1, 2, 7:

translata,

id. 8, 3, 37; 12, 10, 50:

Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane licentius, quam ut fori severitas ferat,

id. 8, 6, 24; Tac. A. 6, 13.—

lĭcĭtus, a, um, P. a., permitted, allowed, allowable, lawful ( poet. and post-Aug. for permissus, honestus):

sermo,

Verg. A. 8, 468:

torus,

Petr. 34, 8:

acies,

Stat. Th. 11, 123:

negotiatio,

Dig. 37, 14, 2:

contractus,

ib. 50, 14, 3.—In plur. as subst.: lĭcĭta, ōrum, n., things that are lawful:

ipse per licita atque illicita foedatus,

Tac. A. 15, 37.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭcĭtē and lĭcĭtō, rightfully, lawfully (post-class. for juste, honeste, legitime).—Form licite, Dig. 30, 114, § 5.—

Form licito,

Sol. 11, 8; Cod. Th. 11, 8, 3.

ob-jurgo (old form objūrĭgo, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 30; 32), āvi, ātum, 1 ( part. pass. objurgatus, as a dep. in the act. signif.: Hirrius Curionem non mediocriter objurgatus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1), v. a., to chide, scold, blame, rebuke, reprove (freq. and class.; syn.: increpo, improbo, vitupero); constr. usually with acc. of the person or thing; post-class. also with dat.

In gen.:

objurgat is, qui id facit (i. e. jurgat) juste,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 93 Müll.:

Menelaus me objurgat, Enn. ap. Rufin. Fig. (Trag. v. 264 Vahl.): quod Chrysalus med objurgavit plurimis verbis malis,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 97:

hanc,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 74:

objurgavit M. Caelium, sicut neminem umquam parens,

Cic. Cael. 11, 25:

monendi amici saepe sunt et objurgandi,

id. Lael. 24, 88; 90:

ne, in quo te objurgem, id ipsum videar imitari,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

aliquem molli bracchio de aliquā re,

moderately, id. Att. 2, 1, 6:

cum objurgarer, quod nimiā laetitiā paene desiperem,

id. Fam. 2, 9, 2.—With an abstract object:

Caesar meam in rogando verecundiam objurgavit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 10; 3, 1, 2, § 5:

si objurgaret populi segnitiem,

Quint. 6, 5, 8:

fatum,

Sen. Ep. 93, 1:

naturam,

id. ib. 107, 9.— Absol.:

recte objurgat,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 15: sic objurgant, quasi oderint, Quint. 2, 2, 7:

cum objurgamus, maledicimus,

id. 3, 4, 3.—

With dat.: objurgo filium veteres dicebant; nos, objurgo filio, ut Graeci (sc. epitiman tini), Diom. p. 305 P.:

objurgavi eos,

Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 25.—With double acc.:

objurgare haec me,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 46.—

Transf.

To dissuade or deter one from any thing, by means of reproof:

objurgans me a peccatis,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54.—

To urge in a tone of reproof, to exhort earnestly:

quā (epistulā) me objurgas, ut firmior sim,

Cic. Att. 3, 15, 1.—

Objurgare aliquem aliquā re, to punish, chastise, correct a person with any thing, = ferire, plectere (postAug.):

colaphis objurgare puerum,

Petr. 34:

verberibus,

Sen. Ira, 3, 12, 6:

flagris,

Suet. Oth. 2:

ferulis,

id. Calig. 20:

soleā rubrā,

Pers. 5, 169: sestertio centies objurgatus, punished, i. e. fined, Sen. Ben. 4, 36, 2.

ob-jurgo (old form objūrĭgo, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 30; 32), āvi, ātum, 1 ( part. pass. objurgatus, as a dep. in the act. signif.: Hirrius Curionem non mediocriter objurgatus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1), v. a., to chide, scold, blame, rebuke, reprove (freq. and class.; syn.: increpo, improbo, vitupero); constr. usually with acc. of the person or thing; post-class. also with dat.

In gen.:

objurgat is, qui id facit (i. e. jurgat) juste,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 93 Müll.:

Menelaus me objurgat, Enn. ap. Rufin. Fig. (Trag. v. 264 Vahl.): quod Chrysalus med objurgavit plurimis verbis malis,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 97:

hanc,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 74:

objurgavit M. Caelium, sicut neminem umquam parens,

Cic. Cael. 11, 25:

monendi amici saepe sunt et objurgandi,

id. Lael. 24, 88; 90:

ne, in quo te objurgem, id ipsum videar imitari,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

aliquem molli bracchio de aliquā re,

moderately, id. Att. 2, 1, 6:

cum objurgarer, quod nimiā laetitiā paene desiperem,

id. Fam. 2, 9, 2.—With an abstract object:

Caesar meam in rogando verecundiam objurgavit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 10; 3, 1, 2, § 5:

si objurgaret populi segnitiem,

Quint. 6, 5, 8:

fatum,

Sen. Ep. 93, 1:

naturam,

id. ib. 107, 9.— Absol.:

recte objurgat,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 15: sic objurgant, quasi oderint, Quint. 2, 2, 7:

cum objurgamus, maledicimus,

id. 3, 4, 3.—

With dat.: objurgo filium veteres dicebant; nos, objurgo filio, ut Graeci (sc. epitiman tini), Diom. p. 305 P.:

objurgavi eos,

Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 25.—With double acc.:

objurgare haec me,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 46.—

Transf.

To dissuade or deter one from any thing, by means of reproof:

objurgans me a peccatis,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54.—

To urge in a tone of reproof, to exhort earnestly:

quā (epistulā) me objurgas, ut firmior sim,

Cic. Att. 3, 15, 1.—

Objurgare aliquem aliquā re, to punish, chastise, correct a person with any thing, = ferire, plectere (postAug.):

colaphis objurgare puerum,

Petr. 34:

verberibus,

Sen. Ira, 3, 12, 6:

flagris,

Suet. Oth. 2:

ferulis,

id. Calig. 20:

soleā rubrā,

Pers. 5, 169: sestertio centies objurgatus, punished, i. e. fined, Sen. Ben. 4, 36, 2.