justa

scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.

Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—

Transf.

Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):

nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,

Cic. Fl. 7, 15:

illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:

rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,

Liv. 42, 21 fin.:

adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,

id. 1, 17 fin.:

ad sciscendum plebi,

id. 6, 35:

si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,

Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:

qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:

multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,

id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:

munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,

Sil. 7, 545.—

Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:

qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,

id. Planc. 14, 35. —

To learn, ascertain, know:

ut illi id factum sciscerent,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —

Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:

confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):

hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:

mulier scita atque prudens,

Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):

sycophanta,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:

homo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

convivator,

a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:

scitus bellum (venereum) init,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:

ea mulieris scitae comitas,

Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:

non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:

Nessus scitus vadorum,

acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:

Thalia lyrae,

id. F. 5, 54:

Sthenelus pugnandi,

Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):

scitus accendere corda Laudibus,

Sil. 17, 293:

accendere Martem,

id. 15, 594.—

Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:

pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,

Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.

interrogationes,

Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:

oratio optima et scitissima,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:

si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,

Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:

oratoris dictum,

Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:

scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,

id. Lael. 24, 90;

Scytharum legati,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,

a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

scitum est causam conferre in tempus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—

Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;

syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.

Iphis,

Petr. 63, 3:

mulierculae formae scitioris,

Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):

vox admodum scita et canora,

Gell. 18, 5, 2:

haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—

(Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):

scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,

Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:

quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,

id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:

de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,

Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:

scita plebis injuncta patribus,

id. 3, 67; 22, 26;

Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,

in one word, populiscitum,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:

ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,

Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:

cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,

Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:

decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,

Liv. 1, 20:

quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,

id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

regis,

Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—

Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):

eho, nimium scite scitus es,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:

tondetur nimium scite,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:

satis scite et probe,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):

(rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,

id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:

scite et venuste facta,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

54: non scite (dictum),

id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,

dictum,

Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:

scite loqui,

Liv. 10, 19:

parum scite convivium exornare,

Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:

scitius,

Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:

scitissime,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

sĕpulcrum (less correctly sĕpul-chrum; cf. Charis. p. 56 P.), i, n. [sepelio; cf. fulcrum, from fulcio; lavacrum, from lavo, etc.].

Lit., a burial-place, grave, tomb, sepulchre (cf.:

monumentum, tumulus): sepulcri appellatione omnem sepulturae locum contineri existimandum est,

Dig. 47, 12 (De sepulcro violato), 3, §

2: sepulcrum est ubi corpus ossave hominis condita sunt,

ib. 11, 7, 2; cf. Fest. p. 339 Müll;

Edict. Praet. ap. Dig. l. l.: qui sepulcrum violat, facit, quo quis minus sepultus sit,

ib. 7: siti dicuntur hi, qui conditi sunt: nec tamen eorum ante sepulcrum est, quam justa facta et corpus ingestum est, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

duae sunt leges de sepulcris,

id. ib. 2, 24, 61: neque sepulcrum, quo recipiat, habeat portum corporis, Ubi corpus requiescat malis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.):

(Ennius) in sepulcro Scipionum putatur esse constitutus ex marmore,

Cic. Arch. 9, 22; cf.:

cui (Africano) super Carthaginem Virtus sepulcrum condidit,

Hor. Epod. 9, 26:

in summo sepulcro (Archimedis) sphaeram esse positam cum cylindro, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:

sepulcri Mitte supervacuos honores,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 23:

monumento sepulcri donatus est,

Nep. Dion, 10.—So in sing., Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 7; id. Bacch. 3, 4, 21; id. Mil. 2, 4, 19:

terra rerum commune sepulcrum,

Lucr. 5, 259; Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 24; id. Leg. 2, 25, 62; Verg. A. 2, 542; 2, 646; 3, 67; 4, 29; Hor. S. 2, 3, 84; 2, 5, 104.— Plur., Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55; id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; 1, 14, 31; Verg. E. 8, 98; id. G. 1, 497; Hor. Epod. 17, 47: sepulcra legens, while reading the sepulchres, i. e. the inscriptions on them, Cic. Sen. 7, 21:

magnae moles sepulcrorum,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 20, 5.—

Esp., a place where a corpse is burned (cf. sepelio):

funus interim procedit: ad sepulcrum venimus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101; cf.:

aram sepulcri (i. e. rogus), Congerere,

Verg. A. 6, 177:

alta sepulcri ara,

Sil. 15, 387.—Comically: clam uxorem ubi sepulcrum habeamus et hunc comburamus diem, etc., we may dig a grave for the day (v. comburo fin.), Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 43 sq.—Likewise, jestingly, of an old man:

ex hoc sepulcro vetere viginti minas Effodiam ego hodie,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 19.—

Transf., grave, tomb, etc. ( poet.); of a vulture's maw' (vultur) Heu quam crudeli condebat membra (hominis) sepulcro, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P (Ann. v. 142 Vahl.).—Of Troy:

Troja nefas, commune sepulcrum Europae Asiaeque,

Cat. 68, 89.—Of the dead:

gratum mutis sepulcris,

Cat. 96, 1: placatis sepulcris, Ov F. 2, 33.

sĕpulcrum (less correctly sĕpul-chrum; cf. Charis. p. 56 P.), i, n. [sepelio; cf. fulcrum, from fulcio; lavacrum, from lavo, etc.].

Lit., a burial-place, grave, tomb, sepulchre (cf.:

monumentum, tumulus): sepulcri appellatione omnem sepulturae locum contineri existimandum est,

Dig. 47, 12 (De sepulcro violato), 3, §

2: sepulcrum est ubi corpus ossave hominis condita sunt,

ib. 11, 7, 2; cf. Fest. p. 339 Müll;

Edict. Praet. ap. Dig. l. l.: qui sepulcrum violat, facit, quo quis minus sepultus sit,

ib. 7: siti dicuntur hi, qui conditi sunt: nec tamen eorum ante sepulcrum est, quam justa facta et corpus ingestum est, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

duae sunt leges de sepulcris,

id. ib. 2, 24, 61: neque sepulcrum, quo recipiat, habeat portum corporis, Ubi corpus requiescat malis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.):

(Ennius) in sepulcro Scipionum putatur esse constitutus ex marmore,

Cic. Arch. 9, 22; cf.:

cui (Africano) super Carthaginem Virtus sepulcrum condidit,

Hor. Epod. 9, 26:

in summo sepulcro (Archimedis) sphaeram esse positam cum cylindro, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:

sepulcri Mitte supervacuos honores,

Hor. C. 2, 20, 23:

monumento sepulcri donatus est,

Nep. Dion, 10.—So in sing., Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 7; id. Bacch. 3, 4, 21; id. Mil. 2, 4, 19:

terra rerum commune sepulcrum,

Lucr. 5, 259; Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 24; id. Leg. 2, 25, 62; Verg. A. 2, 542; 2, 646; 3, 67; 4, 29; Hor. S. 2, 3, 84; 2, 5, 104.— Plur., Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55; id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; 1, 14, 31; Verg. E. 8, 98; id. G. 1, 497; Hor. Epod. 17, 47: sepulcra legens, while reading the sepulchres, i. e. the inscriptions on them, Cic. Sen. 7, 21:

magnae moles sepulcrorum,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 20, 5.—

Esp., a place where a corpse is burned (cf. sepelio):

funus interim procedit: ad sepulcrum venimus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101; cf.:

aram sepulcri (i. e. rogus), Congerere,

Verg. A. 6, 177:

alta sepulcri ara,

Sil. 15, 387.—Comically: clam uxorem ubi sepulcrum habeamus et hunc comburamus diem, etc., we may dig a grave for the day (v. comburo fin.), Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 43 sq.—Likewise, jestingly, of an old man:

ex hoc sepulcro vetere viginti minas Effodiam ego hodie,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 19.—

Transf., grave, tomb, etc. ( poet.); of a vulture's maw' (vultur) Heu quam crudeli condebat membra (hominis) sepulcro, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P (Ann. v. 142 Vahl.).—Of Troy:

Troja nefas, commune sepulcrum Europae Asiaeque,

Cat. 68, 89.—Of the dead:

gratum mutis sepulcris,

Cat. 96, 1: placatis sepulcris, Ov F. 2, 33.

servĭtūs, ūtis ( gen. plur. servitutium, Dig. 8, 2, 32 fin.; 8, 3, 1 fin.; and acc. to Ritschl also Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 14), f. [id.], the condition of a servus; slavery, serfdom, service, servitude (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

servitus est constitutio juris gentium, quā quis dominio alieno contra naturam subicitur,

Dig. 1, 5, 4; Just. Inst. 1, 3, 2:

servitutem servire,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 31 (v. this freq. occurring phrase under servio, I. d): quibus nunc aerumna mea libertatem paro, Quibus servitutem mea miseria deprecor? Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 16, 9 (Trag. v. 173 Vahl.):

domi fuistis liberi: Nunc servitus si evenit, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:

qui hodie fuerim liber, eum nunc potivit pater servitutis,

id. Am. 1, 1, 24 Fleck.: quis hoc imperium, quis hanc servitutem ferre potest? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

ipsam (mulierem) in servitutem adjudicare,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 56:

ista corruptela servi si impunita fuerit... fit in dominatu servitus, in servitute dominatus,

id. Deiot. 11, 30:

mors servituti anteponenda,

id. Off. 1, 23, 81:

servitutem perpessi,

id. Phil. 8, 11, 32:

aliae nationes servitutem pati possunt, populi Romani est propria libertas,

id. ib. 6, 7, 19:

servitutem pati,

id. ib. 6, 7, 19: similitudo servitutis id. Rep. 1, 27, 43: hunc nimis liberum populum libertas ipsā servitute afficit, etc... Nimia illa libertas in nimiam servitutem cadit, id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

socios nostros in servitutem abduxerunt,

id. Pis. 34, 84:

servitutis jugum,

id. Rep. 2, 25, 47:

Themistocles cum servitute Graeciam liberasset,

id. Lael. 12, 42:

conjuges in servitutem abstrahi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14;

addicere aliquem in servitutem,

Liv. 3, 56; Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

liberum populum servitute adficere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

asserere aliquem in servitutem,

Liv. 3, 44, 5; 34, 18, 2; Suet. Tib. 2.—

As a verbal noun with dat.: opulento homini hoc servitus dura est, this serving or being servant of a rich man, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 12.—

Transf.

In gen. (acc to servio, II.), servitude, subjection: numquam salvis suis exuitur servitus muliebris;

et ipsae libertatem, quam viduitas et orbitas facit, detestantur,

Liv. 34, 7 Drak.:

silvestres gallinae in servitute non foetant,

in confinement, Col. 8, 12; so id. 8, 15, 7:

hujus tanti officii servitutem astringebam testimonio sempiterno,

Cic. Planc. 30, 74:

est enim in illis ipsa merces auctoramentum servitutis,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150; cf.:

ut se homines ad servitutem juris astringerent,

Quint. 2, 16, 9; 7, 3, 16.—

The government, rule, dominion of a master:

tibi Apud me justa et clemens servitus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 9.—

(Acc. to servio, II. B.) Jurid. t. t., of buildings, lands, etc., a liability resting upon them, an easement, servitude:

servitutes praediorum rusticorum sunt hae: iter, actus, via, aquaeductus,

Dig. 8, 3, 1:

jura praediorum urbanorum, quae servitutes vocantur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 14:

servitute fundo illi imposita,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3:

specus servitutis putat aliquid habituros,

id. Att. 15, 26, 4.—

Concr. (for the class. servitium), slaves, servants (collect.); poet. of lovers: adde quod pubes tibi crescit omnis, Servitus crescit nova (= catervae amatorum semper novorum). Hor. C. 2, 8, 18; cf. Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 14 Ritschl.

sŭb-ĕo, ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( perf. subīvit, Ov. F. 1, 314; Stat. S. 2, 1, 155: subivimus, Claud. ap. Tac. A. 11, 24 dub.), v. n. and a., to come or go under any thing; to come or go up to, to approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; to come or go on; to follow, succeed; to go down, sink; to come up, spring up (cf. succedo).

Lit.

In gen.:

subire sub falas,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 10:

in nemoris latebras,

Ov. M. 4, 601; cf.: in aliquem locum, to enter, Auct. B. Alex. 74, 4:

in adversum Romani subiere,

Liv. 1, 12, 1:

in adversos montes,

id. 41, 18, 11:

testudine factā subeunt,

advance, Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 7:

Albani subiere ad montes,

Liv. 1, 28, 5:

subire ad portam castrorum,

id. 34, 16, 2; cf.:

ad urbem subeunt,

id. 31, 45, 4; 39, 27, 10; 36, 19, 1; and:

subeundum erat ad hostes,

id. 2, 31, 4:

ad tecta subibant,

Verg. A. 8, 359.—With dat.:

muro subibant,

Verg. A. 7, 161; so,

muro,

id. ib. 9, 371:

portu Chaonio (with accedere urbem),

id. ib. 3, 292:

luco,

id. ib. 8, 125:

dumis,

Sil. 5, 283:

ingenti feretro,

Verg. A. 6, 222:

age cervici inponere nostrae: Ipse subibo umeris,

id. ib. 2, 708:

per vices subeunt elephanti,

Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:

pone subit conjux,

follows, Verg. A. 2, 725; so Val. Fl. 4, 197; cf.:

dexterae alae sinistra subiit,

Liv. 27, 2, 7:

subeuntis alii aliis in custodiam,

id. 25, 37, 6; and:

subiit argentea proles,

Ov. M. 1, 114:

subit ipse meumque Explet opus,

succeeds me, takes my place, id. ib. 3, 648:

Volscus saxa objacentia pedibus ingerit in subeuntes,

climbing, Liv. 2, 65, 4:

vel eodem amne vel Euphrate subire eos posse,

i. e. sail up stream, Curt. 9, 10, 3; cf.:

adverso amne Babylona subituros,

id. 10, 1, 16.—

Of things:

stamen a stando: subtemen, quod subit stamini,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.:

cum luna sub orbem solis subisset,

Liv. 37, 4, 4:

tertio die mixtum flumini subibat mare,

Curt. 9, 9, 7:

venae nonnumquam incipiente febre subeunt,

the pulse sinks, Cels. 3, 6 med.:

subeunt herbae,

come up, spring up, Verg. G. 1, 180; so,

barba,

i. e. sprouts, grows, Mart. 7, 83, 2:

subisse aquam in caelum,

Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 32.—

In partic., to come on secretly, to advance or approach stealthily, to steal upon, steal into ( poet.), Prop. 1, 9, 26; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 6; id. A. A. 1, 742.—

Trop.

In gen., to come in, succeed, take place; to enter stealthily, come secretly or by degrees: in quarum locum subierunt inquilinae impietas, perfidia, impudentia, Varr. ap. Non. 403, 27:

fugere pudor verumque fidesque: In quorum subiere locum fraudesque dolique,

Ov. M. 1, 130:

pulchra subit facies,

id. ib. 14, 827:

subit ecce priori Causa recens,

id. ib. 3, 259:

an subit (amor) et tacitā callidus arte nocet?

id. Am. 1, 2, 6: subeunt morbi [p. 1775] tristisque senectus, Verg. G. 3, 67:

namque graves morbi subeunt segnisque senectus,

Nemes. Cyn. 117; cf.:

duo pariter subierunt incommoda,

arise, come up, Quint. 5, 10, 100:

ne subeant animo taedia justa tuo,

Ov. P. 4, 15, 30:

regio, quā vero ipsa subit ad Medos,

approaches, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 115. —

In partic., to come into the mind, to occur, suggest itself:

omnes sententiae verbaque omnia sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 151:

cum in loca aliqua post tempus reversi sumus, quae in his fecerimus, reminiscimur personaeque subeunt,

Quint. 11, 2, 17:

cum subeant audita aut cognita nobis,

Ov. M. 15, 307:

subit umbra,

id. ib. 12, 591:

subeunt illi fratresque parensque,

id. ib. 11. 542:

subiit cari genitoris imago... subiit deserta Creusa Et direpta domus et parvi casus Iuli,

Verg. A. 2, 560 sq.; Tac. A. 1, 13:

subeant animo Latmia saxa tuo,

Ov. H. 18, 62:

ne subeant animo taedia,

id. P. 4, 15, 30:

quantum subire animo sustinueris, tantum tecum auferas,

to grasp with the mind, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 7.—

Subit, with subj. - or rel.-clause ( poet. and in postAug. prose), Ov. M. 2, 755:

quo magis ac magis admirari subit,

Plin. 12, prooem. § 2;

35, 7, 31, § 49: misereri sortis humanae subit,

id. 25, 3, 7, § 23:

quid sim, quid fuerimque subit,

Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 38.

Lit.

In gen., to come or go under, to enter; to submit to; to approach, etc.:

exercitatissimi in armis, qui inter annos XIV. tectum non subissent,

had not come under a roof, Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

tecta,

Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 6, 669:

jam subeunt Triviae lucos atque aurea tecta,

Verg. A. 6, 13:

limina victor Alcides subiit,

id. ib. 8, 363:

domos,

Ov. M. 1, 121:

penates,

id. ib. 5, 650:

macra cavum repetes artum, quem macra subisti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 33:

cum novies subiere paludem,

had plunged under, Ov. M. 15, 358; id. F. 1, 314:

et juncti currum dominae subiere leones,

Verg. A. 3, 313:

leones jugum subeant,

Plin. 10, 45, 62, § 128:

asellus gravius dorso subiit onus,

i. e. submits to, receives, Hor. S. 1, 9, 21:

subire iniquissimum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27: iniquum locum, Auct. B. Alex. 76, 2; id. B. Hisp. 24, 3:

collem,

to go up, mount, climb, scale, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

consules utrimque aciem subeuntium jam muros adgrediuntur,

Liv. 7, 12, 3:

muros,

id. 27, 18:

impositum saxis Anxur,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 25:

si subeuntur prospera castra,

Juv. 16, 2 et saep.:

perfurit, Fadumque Herbesumque subit,

comes up to, attacks, assails, Verg. A. 9, 344; cf.:

interim fallendus est judex et variis artibus subeundus,

Quint. 4, 5, 5:

precibus commota Tonantem Juno subit,

approaches, Stat. Th. 9, 510:

subit ille minantem,

id. ib. 8, 84:

Aeneae mucronem,

Verg. A. 10, 798:

qui procul hostium conspectu subibant aquam,

Curt. 4, 13, 10:

Hispo subit juvenes, i. e. paedicat,

Juv. 2, 50.—

Of things:

umbra subit terras,

Ov. M. 11, 61:

quos (lucos) aquae subeunt et aurae,

enter, Hor. C. 3, 4, 8:

montes Trasimenus,

Liv. 22, 4, 2:

litora pelagus, Mel. praef. 2: mare quod Ciliciam subit,

Curt. 7, 3, 19:

radices (petrae) Indus amnis subit,

id. 8, 11, 7:

clarus subit Alba Latinum,

succeeds, Ov. M. 14, 612 (al. clarus subit ecce Latinum Epytus); cf. id. ib. 1, 114:

furcas subiere columnae,

come into the place of, succeed, id. ib. 8, 700:

aqua subit altitudinem exortus sui,

rises to, reaches, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57:

lunamque deficere cum aut terram subiret aut sole premeretur,

Curt. 4, 10, 5.—

In partic., to approach secretly, to steal upon or into (cf. supra, I. A. 2.):

multi Nomine divorum thalamos subiere pudicos,

Ov. M. 3, 282:

subit furtim lumina fessa sopor,

id. H. 19, 56.—

Trop.

In gen. (very rare):

sera deinde poenitentia subiit regem,

came upon, overtook, Curt. 3, 2, 19.—

In partic.

To come into, enter, occur to one's mind (cf. supra, I. B. 2.):

deinde cogitatio animum subiit, indignum esse, etc.,

Liv. 36, 20:

ut beneficiorum memoria subiret animos patrum,

id. 37, 49, 3:

spes animum subibat deflagrare iras vestras posse,

id. 40, 8, 9:

otiosum animum aliae cogitationes,

Quint. 11, 2, 33:

majora intellectu animos non subibunt,

id. 1, 2, 28:

mentem subit, quo praemia facto, etc.,

Ov. M. 12, 472; 7, 170:

subit ergo regem verecundia,

Curt. 5, 2, 15:

me recordantem miseratio,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10: feminas voluptas, id. Pan. 22, 3:

horum cogitatio subibat exercitum,

Curt. 7, 1, 4.—

To follow in speech, interrupt, answer (post - class. and rare):

dicturum plura parentem Voce subis,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 352:

subit ille loquentem talibus,

id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 173; id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 133.—

(The figure taken from stooping under a load, under blows, etc.) To subject one's self to, take upon one's self an evil; to undergo, submit to, sustain, endure, suffer it (class.;

a favorite expression of Cic.): omnes terrores periculaque omnia succurram atque subibo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

omnia tela intenta in patriam subire atque excipere,

id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

quis est non ultro appetendus, subeundus, excipiendus dolor?

id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14:

subire vim atque injuriam,

id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:

inimicitiae sunt: subeantur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182:

maximas rei publicae tempestates,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

invidiam, pericula, tempestates,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

nefarias libidinum contumelias turpitudinesque,

id. Pis. 35, 86:

potentiam, victoriam,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

contumeliarum verbera,

id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

majora Verbera,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 120:

non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae condicionem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

fortunam,

id. Fam. 14, 5, 1:

judicium multitudinis imperitae,

id. Fl. 1, 2:

odium eorum,

id. Att. 11, 17, 2:

usum omnium,

id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

aliquid invidiae aut criminis,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 3:

quemque casum,

id. Att. 8, 1, 3:

quamvis carnificinam,

id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

dupli poenam,

id. Off. 3, 16, 65:

legis vim,

id. Caecin. 34, 100:

summae crudelitatis famam,

id. Cat. 4, 6, 12; cf.:

minus sermonis,

id. Att. 11, 6, 2:

poenam exsilii,

Val. Max. 6, 5, 3:

simultates,

Plin. Ep. 2, 18, 5:

offensas,

id. ib. 13, 9, 26:

periculum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 7:

jam tum peregrinos ritus novā subeunte fortunā,

Curt. 4, 6, 29. —With inf., to attempt, try, undertake:

adversa tela pellere,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 105:

clavum torquere,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 46.— Hence, sŭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., that has come on suddenly or unexpectedly, i. e. sudden, unexpected (freq. and class.; cf.:

repens, improvisus): res subita,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 23:

in rebus tam subitis,

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2:

maris subita tempestas,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

subita et improvisa formido,

id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

laetitia, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 8, 13:

subita pugna, non praeparata,

Quint. 7, 1, 35:

ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

novae rei ac subitae admiratio,

Liv. 2, 2:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

incursiones hostium,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 11:

ministeria belli,

Liv. 4, 27:

imbres,

Lucr. 5, 216:

vis,

id. 1, 286; 4, 1210:

res,

id. 6, 1282:

mors,

Quint. 7, 2, 14:

casus,

id. 10, 3, 3; Suet. Aug. 73:

tristia,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 12:

silentium,

Quint. 12, 5, 3: miles, hastily collected (opp. vetus expertusque;

syn. subitarius),

Tac. H. 4, 76; cf.:

aqua mulsa subita ac recens (opp. inveterata),

Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 110: imagines non subitae, not newly sprung up, i. e. old, ancient, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

homo,

rash, Cic. Pis. Fragm. 5: clivi, sudden, i. e. steep, Stat. Th. 6, 258.—Esp., = subito (post-Aug.):

non percussor ille subitus erumpet?

Quint. 6, 2, 31; so,

manūs dux Trapezuntem subitus irrupit,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

subitum inopinatumque venisse,

Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 3:

evadere,

Flor. 4, 2, 59.—

As subst.: sŭbĭtum, i. n., a sudden or unexpected thing, a sudden occurrence, etc.:

Lesbonicum foras evocate: ita subitum'st, propere eum conventum volo,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 51; cf.:

subitum est ei remigrare,

Cic. Fam. 13, 2:

si tibi subiti nihil est,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 36:

in subito,

Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143.—In plur.:

ut subitis ex tempore occurrant,

Quint. 10, 7, 30; cf.:

etiam fortes viros subitis terreri,

Tac. A. 15, 59:

quamvis non deficeretur ad subita extemporali facultate,

Suet. Aug. 84:

si repentina ac subita dominantur,

Sen. Ep. 16, 6: sive meditata sive subita proferret, whether he spoke after deliberation or off-hand, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—With gen.:

ad subita rerum,

Liv. 9, 43:

ad subita belli,

id. 6, 32; 25, 15, 20; Flor. 1, 1, 11.—

Adverb., suddenly, unexpectedly:

per subitum erumpit clamor,

Sil. 10, 505; so,

per subitum,

id. 7, 594; 8, 628; 12, 654; 14, 330; 15, 145;

15, 404: in subitum,

id. 7, 527: ad subitum, Cassiod. Var. praef. med. —Hence, adv.: sŭbĭtō, suddenly, unexpectedly (freq. and class.; cf.: repente, extemplo, ilico): ut subito, ut propere, ut valide tonuit! Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 4:

nova res subito mihi haec objecta est,

id. Ps. 2, 2, 7:

ita abripuit repente sese subito,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 21:

subito tanta te impendent mala,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 2:

cum tot bella subito atque improviso nascantur,

Cic. Font. 19, 42:

ex oculis subito fugit,

Verg. G. 4, 499:

cum subito ecce,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 30:

ut subito nostras Hymen cantatus ad aures Venit,

Ov. H. 12, 137; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

subito deficere,

Quint. 7, 2, 14:

quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

subito opprimi,

Liv. 41, 3:

si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 17 et. saep.:

subito dicere,

without preparation, extempore, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

quod vox et gestus subito sumi non potest,

id. ib. 1, 59, 252:

neque potest quisquam nostrum subito fingi,

id. Sull. 25, 69:

aliquid subito ex tempore conjectura explicare,

id. Div. 1, 33, 72; so,

dicere,

Quint. 10, 3, 30; 11, 3, 12:

inventa (opp. domo allata),

id. 4, 5, 4:

cum subito evaserunt,

Col. 9, 9, 3:

tam subito copias contrahere non potuit,

so quickly, Nep. Dat. 7, 3.

sup-pĕto ( subp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. n.

To go or come to one, i. e.,

Lit., to be at hand or in store, to be present (class.):

ut mihi supersit, suppetat, superstitet,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 3:

si cui haec suppetunt,

Cic. Off 2, 8, 31:

cui res non suppetat,

id. de Or. 3, 35, 142:

vererer, ne mihi crimina non suppeterent,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31:

ne pabuli quidem satis magna copia suppetebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

copia frumenti,

id. ib. 1, 3:

frumentum copiaeque,

Liv. 5, 26, 9:

quibus rebus numquam tanta suppeteret victoriae fiducia, Auct. B. Afr. 31: ut mihi ad remunerandum nihil suppetat praeter voluntatem,

Cic. Fam. 15, 13, 2:

quibuscumque vires suppetebant ad arma ferenda, praesto fuere,

Liv. 4, 22, 1; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 46:

neque quo manus porrigeret suppetebat,

Nep. Dion, 7, 2:

nondum suppetente ad haurien, dum ultra justa vi,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 46:

si vita suppetet,

Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 11; so,

vita,

Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 8:

vita longior,

Liv. 40, 56, 7: quoad vita suppetet, Auct. B. Afr. 92; Vop. Aur. 24.—With pers. subject:

deos oro, ut vitae tuae superstes suppetat (uxor),

that she may survive you, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 19:

nec consilium sibi suppetere diceret,

Liv. 4, 48, 13.—

Transf., to be equal to or sufficient for; to suffice, to agree with, correspond to any thing;

= sufficere: ut amori, ut ambitioni, ut cottidianis sumptibus copiae suppetant,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 89:

pauper enim non est, cui rerum suppetit usus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 4:

utinam quae dicis, dictis facta suppetant,

i. e. I wish you may be as good as your word, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 106:

rudis lingua non suppetebat libertati,

Liv. 2, 56, 8:

ut plagae possint suppetere ipsae,

Lucr. 1, 1050. — Poet., with pers. subject:

novis ut usque suppetas doloribus,

you may be exposed to, Hor. Epod. 17, 64. —

To ask in place of another, to personate another in asking:

si silignario quis dixerit, ut quisquis nomine ejus siliginem petisset, ei daret... furti actionem adversus eum qui suppetet, etc.,

Dig. 47, 2, 52, § 11.

sup-pĕto ( subp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. n.

To go or come to one, i. e.,

Lit., to be at hand or in store, to be present (class.):

ut mihi supersit, suppetat, superstitet,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 3:

si cui haec suppetunt,

Cic. Off 2, 8, 31:

cui res non suppetat,

id. de Or. 3, 35, 142:

vererer, ne mihi crimina non suppeterent,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31:

ne pabuli quidem satis magna copia suppetebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

copia frumenti,

id. ib. 1, 3:

frumentum copiaeque,

Liv. 5, 26, 9:

quibus rebus numquam tanta suppeteret victoriae fiducia, Auct. B. Afr. 31: ut mihi ad remunerandum nihil suppetat praeter voluntatem,

Cic. Fam. 15, 13, 2:

quibuscumque vires suppetebant ad arma ferenda, praesto fuere,

Liv. 4, 22, 1; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 46:

neque quo manus porrigeret suppetebat,

Nep. Dion, 7, 2:

nondum suppetente ad haurien, dum ultra justa vi,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 46:

si vita suppetet,

Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 11; so,

vita,

Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 8:

vita longior,

Liv. 40, 56, 7: quoad vita suppetet, Auct. B. Afr. 92; Vop. Aur. 24.—With pers. subject:

deos oro, ut vitae tuae superstes suppetat (uxor),

that she may survive you, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 19:

nec consilium sibi suppetere diceret,

Liv. 4, 48, 13.—

Transf., to be equal to or sufficient for; to suffice, to agree with, correspond to any thing;

= sufficere: ut amori, ut ambitioni, ut cottidianis sumptibus copiae suppetant,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 89:

pauper enim non est, cui rerum suppetit usus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 4:

utinam quae dicis, dictis facta suppetant,

i. e. I wish you may be as good as your word, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 106:

rudis lingua non suppetebat libertati,

Liv. 2, 56, 8:

ut plagae possint suppetere ipsae,

Lucr. 1, 1050. — Poet., with pers. subject:

novis ut usque suppetas doloribus,

you may be exposed to, Hor. Epod. 17, 64. —

To ask in place of another, to personate another in asking:

si silignario quis dixerit, ut quisquis nomine ejus siliginem petisset, ei daret... furti actionem adversus eum qui suppetet, etc.,

Dig. 47, 2, 52, § 11.

sustĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. [subs for sub, and teneo], to hold up, hold upright, uphold, to bear up, keep up, support, sustain (syn. fulcio).

Lit.

In gen.:

onus alicui,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 68:

quantum hominum terra sustinet,

id. Poen. prol. 90; id. Men. 1, 1, 13:

cum Milo umeris sustineret bovem vivum,

Cic. Sen. 10, 33:

arma membraque,

Liv. 23, 45, 3; Curt. 6, 1, 11; 7, 5, 8:

infirmos baculo artus,

to support, Ov. M. 6, 27:

furcis spectacula,

Liv. 1, 35, 9:

ingenuā speculum manu,

Ov. A. A. 2, 216:

fornice exstructo, quo pons sustinebatur, Auct. B. Alex. 19, 4: manibus clipeos et hastam Et galeam,

Ov. H. 3, 119:

vix populum tellus sustinet illa suum,

id. ib. 15 (16), 182:

lapis albus Pocula cum cyatho duo sustinet,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 117:

vas ad sustinenda opsonia,

Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 140:

aër volatus alitum sustinet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: lacus omnia illata pondera sustinens, bearing on its surface, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 127:

ecce populus Romanus universus veluti duobus navigiis inpositus binis cardinibus sustinetur,

id. 36, 15, 24, § 119:

domum pluribus adminiculis fulcit ac sustinet,

Plin. Ep. 4, 21, 3: se, to support one ' s self, hold one ' s self up, stand, etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 25; so,

se a lapsu,

Liv. 21, 35:

se alis,

Ov. M. 4, 411. —

In partic., to hold or keep back, to keep in, stay, check, restrain, control, etc. (syn.: refreno, supprimo, moror): currum equosque, Lucil. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3:

currum,

id. Lael. 17, 63 (v. infra, II. B. 3.):

equos,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

remos,

Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3:

manum,

Ov. F. 5, 302:

sustinet a jugulo dextram,

Verg. A. 11, 750:

a jugulo nitentem sustinet hastam,

Stat. Th. 2, 648:

flumina Threiciā lyrā,

Prop. 3, 2, 2 (4, 1, 42):

nunc agendo, nunc sustinendo agmen,

Liv. 25, 36, 1:

aliud simile miraculum eos sustinuit,

id. 5, 39, 2:

signa,

id. 31, 24, 8:

gradum,

Ov. F. 6, 398:

perterritum exercitum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 71:

se,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41; Val. Fl. 3, 100:

se ab omni assensu,

i. e. to refrain, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 48:

se a respondendo,

id. ib. 2, 32, 104. — Poet.:

celeres vias,

i. e. to halt, Sen. Hippol. 794.—

Trop.

In gen., to uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve:

dignitatem et decus civitatis,

Cic. Off. 1, 34, 124:

causam rei publicae,

id. Fam. 9, 8, 2; cf.:

causam publicam,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27:

exspectationem,

id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

tris personas unus sustineo,

characters, id. de Or. 2, 24, 102:

personam magistri,

to personate, Suet. Gram. 24:

quid muneris in rem publicam fungi ac sustinere velitis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199:

historiam veterem atque antiquam haec mea senectus sustinet,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 100: vitam, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 101, 11.— Poet.:

(arbor) ingentem sustinet umbram,

Verg. G. 2, 297.—

In partic.

To sustain, support, maintain, by food, money, or other means:

hac (sc. re frumentariā) alimur et sustinemur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 5, § 11:

veterem amicum suum labentem excepit, fulsit et sustinuit re, fortunā, fide,

id. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

qui ager non amplius hominum quinque milia potest sustinere,

id. Att. 2, 16, 1:

alicujus munificentiā sustineri,

Liv. 39, 9, 6:

hinc patriam parvosque nepotes Sustinet,

Verg. G. 2, 515:

necessitates aliorum,

Liv. 6, 15, 9:

plebem,

id. 3, 65, 6:

penuriam temporum,

Col. 9, 14, 17.—

To bear, undergo, endure; to hold out against, withstand (so most freq.;

syn.: fero, tolero, patior): mala ferre sustinereque,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

non tu scis, quantum malarum rerum sustineam,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 8:

innocens suspitionem hanc sustinet causā meā,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 32:

labores,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3:

aestatem,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 39, 3:

dolorem pedum,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 5:

dolores,

id. ib. 1, 12, 8:

certamen,

Liv. 33, 36, 12:

vim hostium,

Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

periculum,

Dig. 18, 6, 1:

o dii, quis hujus potentiam poterit sustinere?

Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17:

alicujus imperia,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

vulnera,

id. ib. 1, 45:

Philo ea sustinere vix poterat, quae contra Academicorum pertinaciam dicebantur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:

Peloponnesum,

Cic. Att. 10, 12, 7: eos (rogantes), Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3; Liv. 31, 13:

senatus querentes eos non sustinuit,

id. 31, 13, 4:

justa petentem deam,

Ov. M. 14, 788:

ferrum ignemque Jovemque,

id. ib. 13, 385 et saep.— Absol.: expectes et sustineas necesse est, Mart. 9, 3, 13:

neque jam sustineri poterat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 6; cf. Cic. Fam. 12, 6, 4; Liv. 29, 6, 17.—

With obj.-clause (mostly with a negative: non sustinet, he cannot bear, cannot endure; he does not take upon himself, does not venture):

non sustineo esse conscius mihi dissimulati judicii mei,

Quint. 3, 6, 64:

non impositos supremis ignibus artus Sustinuit spectare parens,

Ov. M. 13, 584;

so negatively,

id. ib. 1, 530; 6, 367; 6, 606; 9, 439; 10, 47; id. F. 4, 850; Vell. 2, 86, 2. —

In a negative interrog.: sustinebant tales viri, se tot senatoribus, etc.... non credidisse? tantae populi Romani voluntati restitisse? Sustineant. Reperiemus, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

hoc quidem quis hominum sustineat petulans esse ad alterius arbitrium?

Quint. 12, 9, 10; 3, 6, 64:

deserere officii sui partes,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 16; 9, 13, 6:

Parmenionem rursus castigare non sustinebat,

Curt. 4, 13, 8; 6, 1, 15:

nec solus bibere sustineo,

id. 7, 5, 12; 7, 6, 15; 8, 5, 7; Vell. 2, 86, 2; Suet. Caes. 75.—Affirmatively:

quem in vinculis habituri erant, sustinuere venerari,

Curt. 5, 10, 13:

colloqui cum eo, quem damnaverat, sustinuit,

id. 6, 8, 16; 7, 5, 38; 10, 5, 25:

quae se praeferre Dianae Sustinuit,

took upon herself, presumed, Ov. M. 11, 322; so,

sustinet ire illuc,

id. ib. 4, 447; 6, 563; id. H. 5, 32; Phaedr. 4, 16, 8: aliquem videre, Auct. Cons. Liv. 135:

si quis aquam... haurire sustineat,

Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 64:

mentiri,

Petr. 116.—

(Acc. to I. B.) To hold in, stop, stay, check, restrain; to keep back, put off, defer, delay:

est igitur prudentis sustinere ut currum sic impetum benevolentiae,

Cic. Lael. 17, 63; so,

impetum hostis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 26; 2, 11;

3, 2 et saep.: subitas hostium incursiones,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 11; cf.:

Curio praemittit equites, qui primum impetum sustineant ac morentur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

bellum consilio,

Liv. 3, 60, 1:

assensus lubricos,

Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108:

sustinenda solutio est nominis Caerelliani,

id. Att. 12, 51, 3:

oppugnationem ad noctem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 37, 6:

rem in noctem,

Liv. 5, 35, 7:

iram,

id. 2, 19, 4.

testāmentum, i, n. [testor], the publication of a last will or testament; a will, testament (cf. codicilli).

In gen., Gell. 7 (6), 12, 1 sqq.:

testamentum est voluntatis nostrae justa sententia de eo, quod quis post mortem suam fieri velit,

Dig. 28, 1, 1:

testamentum legere... obsignare... facere,

Cic. Mil. 18, 48; id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111; cf.:

testamenti factio,

id. Top. 11, 50:

testamenti factionem habere,

id. Fam. 7, 21:

testamentum conscribere,

id. Har. Resp. 20, 42:

obsignare,

id. Clu. 14, 41; Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

signare,

Quint. 4, 2, 87:

mutare,

Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Dig. 29, 6, 1:

rumpere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; id. Caecin. 25, 72; cf.:

testamentorum ruptorum aut ratorum jura,

id. de Or. 1, 38, 173:

constat agnascendo rumpi testamentum,

id. ib. 1, 57, 241; Dig. 28, 2, 22 sqq.:

irritum facere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109:

subicere,

id. ib. 14, 3, 7; id. Par. 6, 2, 46; cf.:

testamentorum subjector,

id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

supponere,

id. Par. 6, 1, 43; cf. id. Leg. 1, 16, 43:

testamento cavere aliquid,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 102:

testamento esse in triente,

id. Att. 7, 8, 3:

eripis hereditatem, quae venerat testamento,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 46:

cum ex testamento HS. milies relinquatur,

id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

testamenta resignare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9:

testamento aliquem adoptare,

Nep. Att. 5, 2: testamenta nuncupare, to announce or acknowledge before witnesses, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141; Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 5.—Concerning the three different kinds of testaments (calatis comitiis, per aes ad libram, and in procinctu), and the laws relating to wills in gen., v. Lübker, Real-Lex., s.v. Testamentum, and esp. Rein, Privatr. p. 363 sq.—

In eccl. Lat: Testamentum vetus et novum, the Old and New Testaments, cf. Lact. 4, 20, 4; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 1:

vetus,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 14:

novum,

ib. 3, 6.

ulciscor, ultus, 3, v. inch. dep. [etym. dub.].

To avenge one's self on, take vengeance on, or punish for wrong done (very freq. and class.; cf.: vindico, punio, persequor).

With a personal object:

ego pol illum ulciscar hodie Thessalum veneficum, Qui, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 4, 5, 9:

ego illum fame, ego illum Siti, maledictis, malefactis, amatorem Ulciscar,

id. Cas. 2, 1, 10:

inimicos,

id. Trin. 3, 1, 18:

aliquem pro scelere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

ulciscendi Romanos pro iis, quas acceperant, injuriis occasio,

id. ib. 5, 38:

odi hominem et odero: utinam ulcisci possem! sed illum ulciscentur mores sui,

Cic. Att. 9, 12, 2:

numquam illum res publica suo jure esset ulta,

id. Mil. 33, 88:

quos ego non tam ulcisci studeo, quam sanare,

id. Cat. 2, 8, 17:

quos intellegis non, ut per te alium, sed ut per alium aliquem te ipsum ulciscantur, laborare,

id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 22:

victos acerbius,

Sall. J. 42, 4:

Alphesiboea suos ulta est pro conjuge fratres,

Prop. 1, 15, 15 (19):

ulta pellicem,

Hor. Epod. 3, 13; 5, 63; cf.:

inimici ulciscendi causā,

Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 18:

ejus casūs, quem ulciscitur,

Quint. 6, 1, 18.— Absol.:

has tris ulciscendi rationes Taurus scriptas reliquit,

Gell. 7, 14, 5.—

To take revenge for, to avenge, punish injustice, wrongs, etc.;

with a non-personal object: quā in re Caesar non solum publicas sed etiam privatas injurias ultus est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12:

statuerunt, istius injurias per vos ulcisci,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9; id. Fam. 12, 1, 2:

injurias rei publicae,

id. Phil. 6, 1, 2:

Etruscorum injurias bello,

id. Rep. 2, 21, 38:

cum alii ulcisci dolorem aliquem suum vellent,

id. Sest. 20, 46:

injuriam,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 28, § 72:

peccata peccatis et injurias injuriis,

id. Inv. 2, 27, 81 al.; cf.:

ultum ire injurias festinare,

to proceed to revenge, to revenge, Sall. J. 68, 1:

ultum ire scelera et injurias,

Quint. 11, 1, 42:

istius nefarium scelus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 68:

patrui mortem,

id. Rab. Perd. 5, 14:

senis iracundiam,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12:

offensas tuas,

Ov. Tr. 2, 134:

barbaras Regum libidines,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 8:

illatum a Persis Graeciae bellum,

Just. 2, 15, 13.—

Transf., with the person to whom wrong has been done as the object, to take vengeance for, to avenge a person (much less freq. but class.):

quos nobis poëtae tradiderunt patris ulciscendi causā supplicium de matre sumpsisse,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 66; Auct. Her. 1, 16, 26:

caesos fratres,

Ov. M. 12, 603:

fratrem,

id. ib. 8, 442:

patrem justa per arma,

id. F. 3, 710:

numen utrumque,

id. ib. 5, 574:

cadentem patriam,

Verg. A. 2, 576:

quibus (armis) possis te ulcisci lacessitus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

se,

id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87; Plin. Ep. 8, 7, 2; Ov. M. 7, 397; id. P. 1, 8, 20:

Hannibal se a transfugis ultus est,

Front. Strat. 3, 16, 4.— Transf., of things:

a ferro sanguis humanus se ulciscitur: contactum namque eo celerius subinde rubiginem trahit,

Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 146.—With the two constructions combined:

non hercle ego is sum, qui sum, ni hanc injuriam meque ultus pulcre fuero,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 7.

Act. collat. form ulcisco, ĕre: nisi patrem materno sanguine exanclando ulciscerem, Enn. ap. Non. 292, 16 (Trag. v. 184 Vahl.).—

ulciscor, ci, in a passive signif.:

quicquid sine sanguine civium ulcisci nequitur, jure factum sit,

Sall. J. 31, 8: ob iras graviter ultas, graviter ultae, Liv 2, 17, 7; so,

ultus,

avenged, Val. Fl. 4, 753:

ulta ossa patris,

Ov. H. 8, 120.