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Cŏmāna, ōrum, n., = Komana.

A town in Cappadocia, on the Sarus, now El Bostan, Plin. 6, 3, 3, § 8; Auct. B. Alex. 66; Just. Nov 31, 2.—Hence, Cŏmānenses, its inhabitants, Cod. Just. 11, 47, 10.—

A town in Pontus, on the Iris, now Gumenek, near Tokat, Plin. 6, 3, 4, § 10; Auct. B. Alex. 34; 35; Just. Nov. 31, 1.

com-mĭniscor ( con-m-), mentus, 3, v. a. dep. [miniscor, whence also reminiscor, stem men, whence mens, memini; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 44] (lit. to ponder carefully, to reflect upon; hence, as a result of reflection; cf. 1. commentor, II.), to devise something by careful thought, to contrive, invent, feign.

(Class., of something untrue;

esp. freq. in Plaut.) Reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71:

fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere,

id. As. 1, 1, 89:

mendacium,

id. Ps. 2, 3, 23:

dolum docte,

id. ib. 4, 7, 64:

maledicta,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:

quid agam? aut quid comminiscar,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7:

nec me hoc commentum putes,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8: tantum scelus, * Quint. 5, 13, 30.—With relative - clause:

neque quo pacto celem probrum queo comminisci,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 30; 1, 1, 37:

fac Amphitruonem ab aedibus Ut abigas quovis pacto commentus sies,

id. Am. 3, 3, 24 (cf. infra, P. a.).—

Of philosophic fiction (cf. commenticius), as antith. to actual, real:

Epicurus monogrammos deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59; so,

occurrentia nescio quae,

id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:

quaedam,

id. Fat. 3, 5.—

In gen., to devise, invent, contrive:

nihil adversus tale machinationis genus parare aut comminisci oppidani conabantur,

Liv. 37, 5, 5:

id vectigal commentum alterum ex censoribus satis credebant,

id. 29, 37, 4:

novas litteras,

Suet. Claud. 41:

novum balinearum usum,

id. Calig. 37; Flor. 2, 6, 27:

Phoenices, litteras et litterarum operas, aliasque etiam artes, maria navibus adire, classe confligere, etc.,

Mel. 1, 12, 1:

excubias nocturnas vigilesque,

Suet. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 23.

P. a.: commentus, a, um, in pass. signif., devised, invented, feigned, contrived, fictitious:

dat gemitus fictos commentaque funera narrat,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

sacra,

id. ib. 3, 558; 4, 37; id. A. A. 1, 319:

crimen,

Liv. 26, 27, 8:

fraus,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 8.—Hence,

Subst.: commentum, i, n.

(Class.) An invention, fabrication, fiction, falsehood:

ipsis commentum placet,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

opinionum commenta delet dies,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (cf. just before:

opiniones fictas atque vanas): non sine aliquo commento miraculi,

Liv. 1, 19, 5:

mixta rumorum,

Ov. M. 12, 54:

animi,

id. ib. 13, 38.—

Since the Aug. per., sometimes, a contrivance, Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.—

Nefanda, a project, plan, Just. 21, 4, 3:

callidum,

Dig. 27, 9, 9. —

A stratagem, in war, Flor. 1, 11, 2.—

A rhetorical figure, equiv. to commentatio, = enthumêma, Vitellius ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1.

com-mĭniscor ( con-m-), mentus, 3, v. a. dep. [miniscor, whence also reminiscor, stem men, whence mens, memini; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 44] (lit. to ponder carefully, to reflect upon; hence, as a result of reflection; cf. 1. commentor, II.), to devise something by careful thought, to contrive, invent, feign.

(Class., of something untrue;

esp. freq. in Plaut.) Reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71:

fabricare quidvis, quidvis comminiscere,

id. As. 1, 1, 89:

mendacium,

id. Ps. 2, 3, 23:

dolum docte,

id. ib. 4, 7, 64:

maledicta,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 58:

quid agam? aut quid comminiscar,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 7:

nec me hoc commentum putes,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8: tantum scelus, * Quint. 5, 13, 30.—With relative - clause:

neque quo pacto celem probrum queo comminisci,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 30; 1, 1, 37:

fac Amphitruonem ab aedibus Ut abigas quovis pacto commentus sies,

id. Am. 3, 3, 24 (cf. infra, P. a.).—

Of philosophic fiction (cf. commenticius), as antith. to actual, real:

Epicurus monogrammos deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59; so,

occurrentia nescio quae,

id. Fin. 4, 16, 43:

quaedam,

id. Fat. 3, 5.—

In gen., to devise, invent, contrive:

nihil adversus tale machinationis genus parare aut comminisci oppidani conabantur,

Liv. 37, 5, 5:

id vectigal commentum alterum ex censoribus satis credebant,

id. 29, 37, 4:

novas litteras,

Suet. Claud. 41:

novum balinearum usum,

id. Calig. 37; Flor. 2, 6, 27:

Phoenices, litteras et litterarum operas, aliasque etiam artes, maria navibus adire, classe confligere, etc.,

Mel. 1, 12, 1:

excubias nocturnas vigilesque,

Suet. Aug. 30; id. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 23.

P. a.: commentus, a, um, in pass. signif., devised, invented, feigned, contrived, fictitious:

dat gemitus fictos commentaque funera narrat,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

sacra,

id. ib. 3, 558; 4, 37; id. A. A. 1, 319:

crimen,

Liv. 26, 27, 8:

fraus,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 8.—Hence,

Subst.: commentum, i, n.

(Class.) An invention, fabrication, fiction, falsehood:

ipsis commentum placet,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

opinionum commenta delet dies,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (cf. just before:

opiniones fictas atque vanas): non sine aliquo commento miraculi,

Liv. 1, 19, 5:

mixta rumorum,

Ov. M. 12, 54:

animi,

id. ib. 13, 38.—

Since the Aug. per., sometimes, a contrivance, Liv. 29, 37, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18; Just. 22, 4, 3 al.—

Nefanda, a project, plan, Just. 21, 4, 3:

callidum,

Dig. 27, 9, 9. —

A stratagem, in war, Flor. 1, 11, 2.—

A rhetorical figure, equiv. to commentatio, = enthumêma, Vitellius ap. Quint. 9, 2, 107; cf. id. ib. 5, 10, 1.

consĭlĭum, ii, n. [from con and root sal-; Sanscr. sar-; cf. consul], deliberation, consultation, a considering together, counsel (cf. concilium; very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Prop.:

consulta sunt consilia,

are finished, at an end, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 7:

quid in consilio consuluistis?

id. Bacch. 1, 1, 6 Ritschl:

consilium volo capere unā tecum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66:

neque pol consili locum habeo neque ad auxilium copiam,

id. And. 2, 1, 20:

cum aliquo consilia conferre,

Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 38 (v. confero, I. B.):

saepe in senatu consilia versata sunt,

Quint. 12, 2, 21; 7, 4, 2:

quasi vero consilii sit res, et non necesse sit, etc.,

as if the matter were yet open for deliberation, Caes. B. G. 7, 38; cf. Nep. Con. 4, 2:

quid efficere possis, tui consilii est,

is for you to consider, Cic. Fam. 3, 2, 2:

vestrum jam consilium est. non solum meum, quid sit vobis faciendum,

id. ib. 14, 14, 1: quid aetati credendum sit, quid nomini, magni consilii est, id. Att. 15, 12, 2; cf.:

nihil mihi adhuc accidit, quod majoris consilii esset,

id. ib. 10, 1, 3:

in consilio habere,

Quint. 8, 2, 23:

fit publici consilii particeps,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2; cf. Quint. 12, 3, 1; 3, 8, 4:

nocturna,

Sall. C. 42, 2:

arcanis ut interesset,

Liv. 35, 18, 2 et saep.—

Meton.

In abstr.

A conclusion made with consideration, a determination, resolution, measure, plan, purpose, intention, Quint. 6, 5, 3; cf.:

consilium est aliquid faciendi aut non faciendi excogitata ratio,

Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36; 2, 9, 31:

certum,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 16:

callidum,

id. ib. 3, 4, 10:

ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

aliquid communi consilio agere,

id. ib.:

consilium communicaverunt perfeceruntque,

Suet. Calig. 56:

aedificandi consilium abicere,

Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6; Liv. 33, 41, 5; Tac. A. 4, 4:

deponere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 103.—And of the purpose. as opp. to the act, etc.:

quod initio scripsi, totius facti tui judicium non tam ex consilio tuo quam ex eventu homines esse facturos,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5:

quasi exitus rerum, non hominum consilia, legibus vindicentur,

id. Mil. 7, 19:

mentem peccare, non corpus, et unde consilium afuerit culpam abesse,

Liv. 1, 58, 9. —Often with epithets characterizing the person who forms the purpose, etc.:

amentissimum,

Cic. Att. 7, 10 init.:

audax,

Liv. 25, 38, 18; 35, 32, 13:

fortissima cousilia,

id. 25, 38, 18:

fidele,

Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 4, 8:

providens,

Gell. 3, 7, 8:

malum,

id. 4, 5, 5:

temerarium,

Vell. 2, 120, 2:

incautum,

Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3:

lene,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 41:

praeceps,

Suet. Aug. 8:

repudio quod consilium primum intenderam,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 18:

eo consilio, uti frumento Caesarem intercluderet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 9; Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72 fin.; Sall. C. 57, 1:

quo consilio huc imus?

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1;

also: hoc consilio ut,

Nep. Milt. 5, 3: privato consilio, on one's own account (opp. publico consilio, in the name or behalf of the state):

qui contra consulem privato consilio exercitus comparaverunt,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; Caes. B. C. 3, 14; Nep. Pelop. 1, 2.—Sometimes absol. consilio adverbially, intentionally, designedly:

casu potius quam consilio,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 8:

consul, seu forte, seu consilio, Venusiam perfugit,

Liv. 22, 49, 14; 35, 14, 4; Verg. A. 7, 216.—

Esp. in the phrases,

Consilium capere, to form a purpose or plan, to resolve, decide, determine:

neque, quid nunc consili capiam, scio, De virgine istac,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 27: consilium capere with a gen. gerund., Caes. B. G. 3, 2; 5, 29; Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6; Liv. 39, 51, 3; 43, 3, 7; 35, 34, 4; 10, 38, 6; Sall. C. 16, 4; Curt. 8, 6, 8; 8, 7, 1; Tac. A. 6, 26; Suet. Vesp. 6; Quint. 11, 3, 180; Just. 2, 13, 5; 34, 4, 1; cf. with gen.:

profectionis et reversionis meae,

Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1.—With inf., Cic. Quint. 16, 53 fin.; Caes. B. G. 7, 71; Nep. Lys. 3, 1; Liv. 44, 11, 6 al.—With ut:

capio consilium, ut senatum congerronum convocem,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 8:

consilium ceperunt plenum sceleris, ut nomen hujus deferrent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28; id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140:

consilium cepi, ut antequam luceret exirem,

id. Att. 7. 10; id. Tull. 14, 34; Liv. 25, 34, 7.—And with inf.:

consilium cepit... iter in urbem patefacere,

Liv. 44, 11, 7:

hominis fortunas evertere,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53:

Heraclius capit consilium... non adesse ad judicium,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 41:

ex oppido profugere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26; 7, 71; Just. 35, 1, 3.—

In the same sense, inire consilium, with similar construction:

inita sunt consilia urbis delendae,

Cic. Mur. 37, 80; 38, 81:

regni occupandi consilium inire,

Liv. 2, 8, 2; 6, 17, 7; 7, 38, 5:

jus gentium cujus violandi causā consilium initum erat,

id. 38, 25, 8; 4, 11, 4:

sceleris conandi consilia inierat,

Vell. 2, 35, 5; 2, 80, 6:

Graeci consilium ineunt interrumpendi pontis,

Just. 2, 13, 5; Suet. Calig. 48:

iniit consilia reges Lacedaemoniorum tollere,

Nep. Lys. 3, 1:

consilia inibat, quemadmodum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 43:

de bello consilia inire incipiunt,

id. ib. 7, 1:

cum de recuperandā libertate consilium initum videretur,

id. ib. 5, 27:

consilia inita de regno,

Liv. 4, 15, 4:

atrox consilium init, ut, etc.,

Tac. H. 3, 41.—

Freq. consilium est, with and without inf., I purpose:

ita facere,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 73; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 44; Cic. Att. 5, 5, 1; Sall. C. 4, 1; 53, 6; Liv. 21, 63, 2; Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch. —Rarely with ut:

ut filius Cum illà habitet... hoc nostrum consilium fuit,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 41:

ea uti acceptā mercede deseram, non est consilium,

Sall. J. 85, 8; and absol.:

quid sui consilii sit, ostendit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21.—Hence,

In partic., in milit. lang., a warlike measure, device, stratagem: consilium imperatorium quod Graeci stratêgêma appellant, Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15; so Caes. B. G. 7, 22; Nep. Dat. 6, 8; id. Iphicr. 1, 2; cf.:

opportunus consiliis locus (= insidiis),

Quint. 5, 10, 37.—

With special reference to the person for whose advantage a measure is devised, counsel, advice:

tu quidem antehac aliis solebas dare consilia mutua,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 98; so,

dare,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

quid das consili?

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 93:

Cethegum minus ei fidele consilium dedisse,

Cic. Clu. 31, 85:

vos lene consilium datis,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 41; 3, 5, 45 et saep.:

juvabo aut re aut operā aut consilio bono,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 17;

imitated by Ter.: aut consolando aut consilio aut re juvero,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 34 (quoted ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 4); cf. Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 29; Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2; 15, 2, 2; id. Att. 13, 31, 3:

te hortor ut omnia moderere prudentiā tuā, ne te auferant aliorum consilia,

id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

sin aliquid impertivit tibi sui consilii,

id. ib. 5, 2, 9:

consiliis, non curribus utere nostris,

Ov. M. 2, 146:

facile ratio tam salubris consilii accepta est,

Curt. 3, 7, 10:

saniora consilia pati,

id. 4, 1, 9.—

As a mental quality, understanding, judgment, wisdom, sense, penetration, prudence:

et dominari in corpore toto Consilium quod nos animum mentemque vocamus,

Lucr. 3, 139; 3, 450:

acta illa res est animo virili, consilio puerili,

Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3; cf. id. Caecin. 7, 18:

ut popularis cupiditas a consilio principum dissideret,

id. Sest. 49, 103:

majore studio quam consilio ad bellum proficisci,

Sall. H. 2, 96, 4 Dietsch:

res forte quam consilio melius gestae,

id. J. 92, 6:

quae quanto consilio gerantur, nullo consilio adsequi possumus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

simul consilium cum re amisisti?

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10; cf.:

miseros prudentia prima relinquit, Et sensus cum re consiliumque fugit,

Ov. P. 4, 12, 48:

mulieres omnes propter infirmitatem consilii majores in tutorum potestate esse voluerunt,

Cic. Mur. 12, 27:

vir et consilii magni et virtutis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5:

cum plus in illo senili animo non consilii modo sed etiam virtutis esse dicerent,

Liv. 4, 13, 13; so,

tam iners, tam nulli consili Sum,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 2:

est hoc principium improbi animi, miseri ingenii, nulli consilii,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48:

omnes gravioris aetatis, in quibus aliquid consilii aut dignitatis fuit,

Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 6, 40:

misce stultitiam consiliis brevem,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 27:

quae res in se neque consilium neque modum Habet ullum, eam consilio regere non potes,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13. —

Poet., transf., of inanim. things:

consilii inopes ignes,

indiscreet, Ov. M. 9, 746:

vis consili expers,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 65; id. S. 2, 3, 266.—

In concr., the persons who deliberate, a council; of the Roman senate:

senatum, id est orbis terrae consilium, delere gestit,

Cic. Phil. 4, 6, 14; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; id. de Or. 2, 82, 333; id. Sest. 65, 137:

summum consilium orbis terrae,

id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; Liv. 1, 8, 7; 23, 22, 2; Vell. 1, 8, 6:

di prohibeant, ut hoc, quod majores consilium publicum vocari voluerunt, praesidium sectorum existimetur,

i. e. a court of justice, Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151; cf.:

qui ex civitate in senatum propter dignitatem, ex senatu in hoc consilium delecti estis propter severitatem,

id. ib. 3, 8.—Of the division of the centumviri, who sat for ordinary cases in four consilia:

sedebant centum et octoginta judices, tot enim quattuor consiliis colliguntur,

Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 2:

omnibus non solum consiliis sed etiam sententiis superior discessit,

Val. Max. 7, 7, 1:

Galba consilio celeriter convocato sententias exquirere coepit,

a council of war, Caes. B. G. 3, 3; cf.:

consilio advocato,

Liv. 25, 31, 3; 43, 22, 9 al.:

castrense,

id. 44, 35, 4:

mittunt (Carthaginienses) triginta seniorum principes: id erat sanctius apud illos consilium,

id. 30, 16, 3; cf. id. 35, 34, 2:

consilium Jovis,

Hor. C. 3, 25, 6:

bonorum atque sapientium,

Quint. 3, 8, 2 al. —

Facetiously:

paulisper tace, Dum ego mihi consilia in animum convoco, et dum consulo,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 44.—

(Acc. to II. A. [p. 433] 1. c.) A counsellor:

ille ferox hortator pugnae consiliumque fuit,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 32:

Clymene, Aethraque, Quae mihi sunt comites consiliumque duae,

id. H. 16 (17), 268; id. F. 3, 276.

corpus, ŏris, n. [cf. Sanscr. kar-, to make; Lat. creo], any object composed of materials perceptible by the senses, body, substance (opp. anima and animus; cf. the definition in Dig. 41, 3, 30 pr.).

Lit. (very frequent in every period and species of composition).

In gen., a body, whether living or lifeless:

tangere aut tangi nisi corpus nulla potest res,

Lucr. 1, 305:

animi voluptates et dolores nasci fatemur e corporis voluptatibus et doloribus, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 55; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

vita, quae corpore et spiritu continetur,

id. Marcell. 9, 28:

parvissima quaeque Corpora constabunt ex partibus infinitis,

Lucr. 1, 617:

ignea rerum,

id. 1, 680:

terraï,

id. 5, 236:

acerbum Neptuni,

id. 2, 472:

aquae,

id. 2, 232 et saep.— Poet., plur. for sing.:

nudabant corpora (nymphae) venti,

Ov. M. 1, 527; Tib. 1, 8, 52 (cf. sômata, Soph. Elec. 1232).—

In partic.

The flesh of animal bodies:

ossa subjecta corpori,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139; cf. Quint. 1, prooem. § 24;

12, 10, 5: amittere,

to become poor, lean, Lucr. 1, 1038; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2 fin.; cf.:

abiit corpusque colorque,

Ov. H. 3, 141;

and the opp. facere,

to become fat, to thrive, Cels. 7, 3 fin.; cf.:

quo cibo fecisti tantum corporis,

Phaedr. 3, 7, 5.—In a play upon words:

inque omni nusquam corpore corpus erat,

Mart. Spect. 7, 6.—

Transf., the wood under the bark of a tree, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 234.—Of discourse:

nervis illis, quibus causa continetur, adiciunt superinducti corporis speciem,

the covering, integument, Quint. 5, 8, 2; 2, 10, 5:

corpus eloquentiae facere,

the substance, the most essential part, id. 10, 1, 87; cf.:

corpus orationis enervatur,

Petr. 2.—

A lifeless body, a corpse, Caes. B. G. 2, 10; 2, 27; Liv. 32, 13, 8 et saep.; Ov. M. 7, 548; id. F. 2, 835 al.—In a double sense, Cic. Sull. 31, 89 Halm.— Poet., the souls of the dead, the shades or departed spirits, Verg. A. 6, 303; 6, 306.—

As opposed to the head, the trunk, Ov. M. 11, 794.—

In mal. part., the body, person:

usuram ejus corporis cepit sibi,

Plaut. Am. prol. 108:

illa quae corpus puplicat volgo suum,

id. Bacch. 4, 8, 22; id. Cist. 2, 3, 21; cf.:

corpore quaestum facere,

id. Poen. 5, 3, 21 al.;

v. quaestus.— Hence also,

the testicles, Phaedr. 3, 11, 3; Hor. S. 1, 2, 43.—

Periphrastically for the individual, the person (esp. poet., to suggest that which is physically admirable or excellent;

also freq. in the histt.): delecta virum corpora,

Verg. A. 2, 18; cf.:

lectissima matrum,

id. ib. 9, 272:

quo pulchrior alter non fuit, excepto corpore Turni,

id. ib. 7, 650;

11, 690: septena quot annis Corpora natorum,

id. ib. 6, 22:

ultor vestrae, fidissima corpora, mortis,

Ov. M. 3, 58; 7, 655:

sororum,

Sil. 14, 105; Val. Fl. 2, 653:

conjugum vestraque ac liberorum vestrorum,

Liv. 21, 13, 7; Tac. A. 4, 72 et saep.:

uti corpora nostra ab injuriā tuta forent,

Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 9, 8, 5; 31, 46, 16:

qui liberum corpus (sc. Virginiam) in servitutem addixissent,

id. 3, 56, 8; so,

liberum,

Sall. C. 33, 2; Liv. 5, 22, 1; 29, 21, 6; Plin. Pan. 33, 1.—Of animals: corpora [p. 473] magna boum, heads, Verg. G. 3, 369:

seu quis Pascit equos... Corpora praecipue matrum legat,

id. ib. 3, 51; id. A. 1, 193:

pro tribus corporibus triginta milia talentum auri precatur accipias,

Curt. 4, 11, 6.—

Meton., a whole composed of parts united, a body, frame, system, structure, community, corporation, etc.;

of ships,

the framework, Caes. B. C. 1, 54.—Of fortifications:

totum corpus coronā militum cingere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72.—Of a land:

Sicilia dirempta velut a corpore majore,

Just. 4, 1, 1.—Of the state:

alterum (praeceptum Platonis), ut totum corpus rei publicae curent, nec dum partem aliquam tuentur, reliquas deserant,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85:

quae (multitudo) coalescere in populi unius corpus poterat,

Liv. 1, 8, 1; cf. id. 34, 9, 3; and:

nullum civitatis,

a political body, id. 26, 16, 9; 38, 9, 12; Tac. G. 39; Just. 3, 2, 2:

totum corpus Macedoniae,

id. 7, 1, 12; Liv. 26, 16, 9:

sui corporis regem creari,

id. 1, 17, 2:

corpus mercatorum,

guild, Ambros. Ep. 20, 6:

corpori valido caput deerat (sc. exercitui dux),

Liv. 5, 46, 5:

oriundi ab Sabinis sui corporis creari regem volebant,

id. 1, 17, 2; cf. id. 4, 9, 4; 6, 34, 5 al.:

fabrorum et naviculariorum,

Dig. 50, 6, 5:

utros ejus habueris libros... duo enim sunt corpora... an utrosque, nescio,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4; so of a book, id. Fam. 5, 12, 4; Sen. Tranq. 9, 6; Suet. Gram. 6; Dig. 32, 50 al.; cf.:

corpus omnis Romani juris,

Liv. 3, 34, 7;

hence, Corpus Juris,

title of a Roman collection of laws, Cod. Just. 5, 13:

rationum,

Dig. 40, 5, 37:

patrimonii,

ib. 4, 2, 20:

omnia maternae hereditatis,

ib. 4, 31, 79.

crŭentus, a, um, adj. [cruor], spotted, covered, or stained with blood, bloody.

Prop. (freq. and class.):

cruentus sanguine civium Romanorum,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 4; cf.:

sanguine fraterno,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 15:

caede filii,

Just. 38, 8, 4:

cadaver Clodii,

Cic. Mil. 13, 33:

vehiculum,

Liv. 1, 48, 8:

gladius,

Quint. 4, 2, 13; 6, 1, 30:

praetexta C. Caesaris,

id. ib. §

31: vestis,

id. 5, 9, 1:

busta,

Prop. 2, 13 (3, 5), 38:

sputa,

id. 4 (5), 5, 68 et saep.:

victoria,

Sall. C. 58, 21: pax, Tac. A. 1, 10:

iter,

id. H. 1, 6:

epistulae,

id. A. 3, 44:

aspectu Oceanus,

id. ib. 14, 32 et saep.:

gaudens Bellona cruentis,

in shedding blood, Hor. S. 2, 3, 223.— Comp.:

vomica,

Cels. 2, 8. —

Transf.

Delighting in blood, blood-thirsty, cruel ( poet.):

Mars,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 13:

hostis,

id. ib. 1, 2, 39; Sen. Cons. Marc. 20, 3:

ille (Achilles) ferox belloque cruentior ipso,

Ov. M. 12, 592.—

Of abstract subjects, bloody, cruel:

ira,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 11:

bella,

Just. 29, 3, 3.— Comp.:

bellum,

Vell. 2, 71, 2.— Sup.:

ille cruentissimus Romano nomine dies,

Vell. 2, 52, 2.—

Spotted or stained with blood, polluted: insigne summi capitis, * Lucr. 5, 1137.—

Bloodred, red:

myrta,

the red myrtle-berry, Verg. G. 1, 306.— Advv.

crŭentē (post-Aug.), cruelly, severely, Just. 39, 3, 8; 23, 2, 7.— Comp., Sen. Ben. 5, 16, 5; Vop. Aur. 21.— Sup., Oros. 1, 17.—

crŭenter, the same, App. M. 3, p. 73.

cursus, ūs, m. [id.], a running ( on foot, on a horse, chariot, ship, etc.), a course, way, march, passage, voyage, journey, etc. (very freq.).

Lit.

Of living beings:

ingressus, cursus, accubitio, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94:

ibi cursu, luctando... sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 24; cf. id. Most. 1, 2, 73, and Hor. A. P. 412:

quique pedum cursu valet, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 67:

cursu superare canem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 51:

milites cursu exanimati,

Caes. B. G. 2, 23:

huc magno cursu intenderunt,

at full speed, id. ib. 3, 19:

magno cursu concitatus,

id. B. C. 1, 70:

cursu incitatus,

id. ib. 1, 79; 3, 46; Auct. B. Alex. 20; cf.:

in cursu esse,

Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1; cf. II. fin. infra:

strictis gladiis cursu in hostem feruntur,

advance at a run, Liv. 9, 13, 2:

effuso cursu,

id. 2, 50, 6:

eo cursu proripere, ut, etc.,

id. 24, 26, 12; 31, 21, 6:

eo cursu, Auct. B. Alex 30: eodem cursu contendere,

right onward, Caes. B. C. 2, 35; cf. id. B. G. 6, 67: citato cursu. Just. 11, 15, 2:

cursus in Graeciam per tuam provinciam,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 10:

quis umquam tam brevi tempore tot loca adire, tantos cursus conficere potuit?

id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

(terrae) tuis non dicam cursibus, sed victoriis lustratae sunt,

id. ib. 2, 5:

agmen cursūs magis quam itineris modo ducit,

Curt. 5, 13, 5; 6, 1, 12; Just. 15, 3, 11; 11, 8, 2:

Miltiades cursum direxit, quo tendebat,

Nep. Milt. 1, 6; Vell. 2, 19, 4; 1, 4, 1:

Ulixi per mare,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 7:

iterare cursus relictos,

id. ib. 1, 34, 4:

Naxon, ait Liber, cursus advertite vestros,

Ov. M. 3, 636 et saep.; cf. B.: cursum per [p. 504] auras Derigere, Verg. A. 6, 194; so of flying, Ov. M. 2, 838; 4, 787 al.—

Cursum tenere (in a march or on shipboard), to hold one's course, to maintain a direct course:

equites cursum tenere atque insulam capere non potuerant,

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

Dionysius cum secundissimo vento cursum teneret,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; Caes. B. G. 5, 8; cf. 2. b. —

Of inanimate objects:

solis cursus lunaeque meatus Expediam,

Lucr. 5, 77; cf. id. 5, 772 al.:

lunae,

id. 5, 629; cf. id. 5, 630:

stellarum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

neque clara suo percurrere fulmina cursu Perpetuo possint,

Lucr. 1, 1003:

si lacus emissus lapsu et cursu suo ad mare profluxisset,

Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; so of the course or flow of a stream, Ov. M. 1, 282; 9, 18; Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 85:

longarum navium,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8; cf. Cic. Mur. 15, 33; id. Off. 3, 12, 50 al.:

Aquilonis et Austri,

Lucr. 5, 688; cf. id. 6, 302:

menstrui,

Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 230:

quadripertiti venarum,

id. 16, 39, 76, § 195 et saep.—

Cursum tenere, as supra, 1. b.:

tanta tempestas subito coorta est, ut nulla earum (navium) cursum tenere posset,

Caes. B. G. 4, 28.—

Meton.

Cursum exspectare, to wait for a fair wind (lit. for a passage), Cic. Att. 5, 8, 1.—

(Abstr. pro concr.) Cursus publici, in the time of the emperors, posts or relays divided into stations, for the speedy transmission of information upon state affairs, Cod. Just. 12, 51; Cod. Th. 8, 5; Inscr. Orell. 3181; 3329; cf.

. equi publici,

Amm. 14, 6, 16:

vehicula publica,

id. 21, 13, 7:

cursus vehicularius,

Capitol. Ant. P. 12, 3:

vehicularis,

Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 4:

cursus fiscalis,

Spart. Had. 7; v. Suet. Aug. 49.—

Trop. (freq. in Cic. and Quint.), a course, progress, direction, way:

qui cursus rerum, qui exitus futurus sit,

Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 3; cf. Tac. H. 4, 34; id. Agr. 39:

implicari aliquo certo genere cursuque vivendi,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 117:

vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,

id. Sest. 21, 47:

reliquus vitae cursus,

id. Phil. 2, 19, 47:

totius vitae cursum videre,

id. Off. 1, 4, 11:

omnem vitae suae cursum conficere,

id. Cael. 17, 39:

in omni vitae cursu optimum visum est, ut, etc.,

Macr. S. 1, 2, 3:

temporum,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 2:

tuorum honorum,

id. ib. 3, 11, 2; cf. Tac. H. 1, 48:

continuus proeliorum,

id. Agr. 27 al.:

cursus vocis per omnis sonos,

Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 227:

cursus verborum,

id. ib. 1, 35, 161; so of the motion or flow of discourse, etc., id. Part. Or. 15, 52; Quint. 8, prooem. § 27;

9, 4, 70: cursus hic et sonus rotundae volubilisque sententiae,

Gell. 11, 13, 4:

quem enim cursum industria mea tenere potuisset sine forensibus causis, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 11; cf. id. Or. 1, 4:

nos in eodem cursu fuimus a Sullā dictatore ad eosdem fere consules,

id. Brut. 96, 328; so,

esse in cursu,

to go on, continue, Ov. M. 13, 508; id. F. 6, 362.

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

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

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

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

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46:

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

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

consules de consilii sententia decreverunt secundum Buthrotios,

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

cum senatus triumphum Africano decerneret,

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

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

id. Prov. Cons. 11, 28;

so supplicationem decernere,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 11;

so also: Crassus tres legatos decernit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

D. Junius silanus supplicium sumendum decreverat,

Sall. C. 50, 4:

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

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

id quod senatus me auctore decrevit,

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

qui ordo decrevit invitus,

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

Ligures ambobus consulibus decernuntur,

id. Liv. 42, 10; cf.:

provinciam desponsam non decretam habere,

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

provinciae privatis decernuntur,

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

ex annuo sumptu, qui mihi decretus esset,

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

mea virtute atque diligentia perditorum hominum patefactam esse conjurationem decrevistis,

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

SI, etc.,

id. Att. 4, 2, 3:

senatus decrevit populusque jussit, ut, etc.,

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

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

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3.— Impers.:

in parricidas rei publicae decretum esse,

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

quodcumque imperator cognoscens decrevit, legem esse constat,

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

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

rem dubiam decrevit vox opportune emissa,

Liv. 5, 55; cf.:

primus clamor atque impetus rem decrevit,

id. 25, 41; Plin. 17, 27, 46, § 258:

de his Catonis praecepta decernent,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 190:

duo talenta pro re nostra ego esse decrevi satis,

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

quam decrerim me non posse diutius habere,

id. ib. 1, 2, 73:

in quo omnia mea posita esse decrevi,

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

illum decrerunt dignum, suos cui liberos committerent,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15:

in ejus controversiis quid decernas, non a te peto,

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

nequeo satis decernere,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 5.

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

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

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

in ipso illo gladiatorio vitae certamine, quod ferro decernitur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:

proelium,

id. Fam. 10, 10:

pugnam,

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

ne armis decernatur,

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

ferro ancipiti decernunt,

Verg. A. 7, 525:

and armis, ferro,

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

cursibus et crudo caestu,

id. G. 3, 20:

cornibus inter se,

id. ib. 218:

lapidibus et subselliorum fragminibus,

Suet. Ner. 26 et saep.:

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

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

proelio cum proditore,

Just. 13, 8, 4:

classe decreturi,

Nep. Hann. 10, 4:

integriore exercitu,

id. Eum. 9 fin.—Absol.:

decernendi potestatem Pompeio fecit,

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

Transf., beyond the milit. sphere:

decernite criminibus, mox ferro decreturi,

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

uno judicio de fortunis omnibus decernit,

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

and qui judicio decernent,

id. 12, 7, 5:

de salute reipublicae,

Cic. Att. 8, 5, 2:

pro mea omni fama fortunisque,

id. de Or. 2, 49:

utinam meo solum capite decernerem,

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

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

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

Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 14:

Caesar his de causis Rhenum transire decreverat,

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

eos me decretum est persequi mores patris,

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

certum atque decretum est non dare signum,

Liv. 2, 45:

reliquam aetatem a republica procul habendam decrevi,

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

hic decernit ut miser sit,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 65.—With accus.:

quicquam decernere,

id. ib. —Hence, dē-crētum, i, n.

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

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

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

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

id. B. G. 6, 13, 5; cf. id. ib. §

10: vestra responsa atque decreta evertuntur saepe dicendo,

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

decurionum,

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

Caesaris,

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

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