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Graeci, ōrum, m., = Graikoi, the Grecians, Greeks: contendunt Graecos, Graios memorare solent sos, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

eos septem, quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7:

apud Graecos,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5; id. Fl. 27, 64:

quia Graecorum sunt antiquissima quaeque Scripta vel optima, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 28.— Sing.: Graecus, i, m., a Greek:

processit ille, et Graecus apud Graecos non de culpa sua dixit, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 7, 17:

ignobilis,

Liv. 39, 8, 3:

Graecus Graecaque,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12.—

Derivv.

Graecus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Greeks, Greek, Grecian:

plus te operae Graecis dedisse rebus video... deinde nullam Graecarum rerum significationem daret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152 sq.; cf.

litterae,

id. Brut. 20, 78.—In neutr. absol.:

Graeca leguntur in omnibus fere gentibus,

Cic. Arch. 10, 23:

lingua (opp. Latina),

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

ludi,

founded on Greek subjects, id. Fam. 7, 1, 3 (opp. Osci); id. Att. 16, 5, 1:

homines,

Grecian people, Greeks, id. Mil. 29, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 27, 65:

testis,

id. Fl. 5, 11:

more bibere,

i. e. to drink healths, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

Graeca fide mercari,

i. e. without credit, with ready money, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47: nux, i. e. an almond, Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 44: pantherae, from Asiatic Greece, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

rosa,

a kind of rose, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18: ovis, perh. Tarentine, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 27: via, perh. to Magna Graecia, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3.—Prov.: ad Calendas Graecas, i. q. our next day after never (since the Greeks had no Calends), August. ap. Suet. Aug. 87.—Hence, subst.: Graecum, i, n., the Greek language, Greek (rare):

Graeco melius usuri,

Quint. 5, 10, 1:

librum e Graeco in Latinum convertere,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 87.— Adv. in two forms,

Graece, in the Greek language, in Greek:

cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

Acilius qui Graece scripsit historiam,

id. Off. 2, 32, 115:

loqui,

id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:

optime scire,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 265; cf.

nescire,

id. Fl. 4, 10:

licet legatum Graece scriptum non valeat,

Ulp. Fragm. 25, 9:

omnia Graece,

Juv. 6, 188.—

Graecātim, in the Greek manner:

amiciri,

Tert. Pall. 4.—

Graecĭa, ae, f., the country of the Greeks, Greece: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

quod de Corintho dixi, id haud scio an liceat de cuncta Graecia verissime dicere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156:

magna,

Ov. H. 16, 340.—In apposition:

terra,

Gell. 1, 1, 2; M. Aur. ap. Fronto Ep. 2, 9 Mai.—

Transf.: Magna Graecia, Lower Italy, inhabited by Greeks, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 3, 5, 6, § 42; Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; 3, 34, 139; id. Lael. 4, 13; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; called also Mājor Graecia, Liv. 31, 7, 11; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6 med.; Sil. 11, 21; whereas by a Greek proper it is called Parva Graecia, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 55; and absol.:

Graecia,

Cic. Arch. 5, 10.— Poet.: Major Graecia, in gen., for Italy:

Itala nam tellus Graecia major erat,

Ov. F. 4, 64.—

Graecānĭcus, a, um, adj., of Greek origin, in the Greek manner or fashion, Grecian, Greek (rare;

not in Cic.): alia (verba) Graeca, alia Graecanica,

i. e. words borrowed from the Greeks, Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll.:

torcula,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

pavimentum,

id. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

color,

id. 34, 9, 20, § 98:

toga, i. e. pallium,

Suet. Dom. 4: milites, living in the Greek manner, voluptuously, Vulc. Avid. Cass. 5.—Hence, adv.: Graēcānĭce, in Greek:

dicere,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 89 Müll.—

Graecŭlus, a, um, adj. dim., Grecian, Greek (mostly in a depreciating, contemptuous sense): ineptum sane negotium et Graeculum, thorough Greek, Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

motus quidam temerarius Graeculae contionis,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

cautio chirographi,

i. e. not to be relied upon, id. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

homines,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47:

ferrum,

Flor. 2, 7, 9:

civitas Massilia,

id. 4, 2, 24 Duk.— Subst.:

Graecŭlus, i, m.

A paltry Greek, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Pis. 29, 70.—Prov.:

Graeculus esuriens in caelum, jusseris, ibit,

Juv. 3, 78.—In the form Graecŭlĭo, Petr. 76 fin. —

Post-Aug., without any odious accessory notion, for Graecus:

vitis,

Col. 3, 2, 24:

mala,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 50:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—

Graecŭla, ae, f., a Greekling, a weak imitator of Greek women, Juv. 6, 186.—

Graecĭensis, e, adj., Grecian (post-Aug. and very rare):

mare,

Plin. 4, 21, 18, § 51:

scimpodium,

Gell. 19, 10, 1.—

Graecālis, e, adj., Grecian, Greek (late Lat.):

lapides,

inscribed with Greek letters, Front. de Col. p. 116 Goes.

mŏdus, i, m. [root med-, measure, weigh; Gr. medomai, medontes, mêstôr, medimnos; cf.: modius, modestus, moderor], a measure with which, or according to which, any thing is measured, its size, length, circumference, quantity (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

modi, quibus metirentur rura,

Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 1:

is modus acnua Latine appellatur,

id. ib. 1, 10, 2:

filio agri reliquit ei non magnum modum,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 13:

hoc erat in votis, modus agri non ita magnus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 1:

de modo agri scripsit,

Cic. Att. 13, 33, 2:

de modo agri (actio), cum a venditore emptor deceptus est,

Paul. Sent. 1, 19, 1:

modus hic agri nostro non sufficit horto,

Juv. 14, 172:

modus altitudinis et latitudinis (sulcorum),

Col. 11, 3, 4:

collis modum jugeri continens,

Col. Arbor. 1, 6:

ut omnium par modus sit,

Cels. 3, 27; cf. Col. 12, 23:

falsus,

false measure, Dig. 11, 6: magnus legionum, Vell. 2, 73, 2: hic mihi conteritur vitae modus, measure or term of life, Prop. 1, 7, 9.—

In partic.

Pregn., a proper measure, due measure:

in modo fundi non animadverso lapsi sunt multi,

Varr. R. R. 1, 11:

suus cuique (rei) modus est,

Cic. Or. 22, 73:

ordine et modo,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

modum alicujus rei habere,

to observe measure in a thing, not exceed the bounds of moderation, id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144:

vox quasi extra modum absona,

beyond measure, immoderately, id. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

cum lacus praeter modum crevisset,

id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

ii sine dubio fidem et modum transeunt,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102:

supra modum in servos suos saevire,

Gai. Inst. 1, 53:

sine modo modestiāque,

without measure, without moderation, Sall. J. 41, 9:

sine modo ac modestia agi,

Liv. 26, 48, 11.—

The measure of tones, measure, rhythm, melody, harmony, time; in poetry, measure, metre, mode:

vocum,

Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

musici,

Quint. 1, 10, 14:

lyrici,

Ov. H. 15, 6:

fidibus Latinis Thebanos aptare modos,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 12: Bacchico exsultas (i. e. exsultans) modo, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P. (Trag. v. 152 Vahl.):

flebilibus modis concinere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106: saltare ad tibicinis modos, to the music or sound of the flute, Liv. 7, 2:

nectere canoris Eloquium vocale modis,

Juv. 7, 19.—Fig.:

verae numerosque modosque ediscere vitae,

moral harmonies, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 144.—

Transf.

A measure which is not to be exceeded, a bound, limit, end, restriction, etc.:

modus muliebris nullust, neque umquam lavando et fricando modum scimus facere,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 21:

quis modus tibi tandem exilio eveniet,

id. Merc. 3, 4, 67:

modum aliquem et finem orationi facere,

to set bounds to, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 118:

ludendi est quidem modus retinendus,

id. Off. 1, 29, 104:

imponere alicui,

Liv. 4, 24, 4:

cum modum irae nullum faceret,

id. 4, 50, 4:

modum transire,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 4:

cupidinibus statuat natura modum quem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 111:

inimicitiarum modum facere,

Cic. Sull. 17, 48:

modum statuarum haberi nullum placet,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 144:

qui rebus infinitis modum constituant,

id. Fin. 1, 1, 2:

constituere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145: modus vitae, tou biou telos, Prop. 1, 7, 9. —With gen. gerund.:

modum lugendi aliquando facere,

to make an end of mourning, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 6.— Poet. with inf.:

nam quis erit saevire modus?

Stat. Th. 12, 573; cf. the foll.—

A way, manner, mode, method:

modus est, in quo quem ad modum, et quo animo factum sit, quaeritur, Ejus partes sunt prudentia, et imprudentia,

Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 41:

nullum modum esse hominis occidendi quo ille non aliquot occiderit,

id. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:

nec enim semper (hae partes) tractantur uno modo,

id. Or. 35, 122:

vitae,

way of life, id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

caelestium ordinem... imitari vitae modo,

id. Sen. 21, 77: quibus modis, by what method of acting, i. e. what means, Sall. C. 5, 6:

cultores has Alpis modo tuto transmittere,

Liv. 21, 30, 8.— Poet. with inf.:

nec modus inserere atque oculos imponere simplex,

Verg. G. 2, 73.—

Esp. freq.: modo, in modum, or ad modum, with a gen. or adj., in the manner of, like:

servorum modo,

in the manner of, like slaves, Liv. 39, 26:

pecorum modo trahi,

Tac. A. 4, 25:

in modum ramorum,

Col. Arbor. 22:

in nostrum modum,

in our manner, Tac. H. 3, 25:

servilem in modum cruciari,

like slaves, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13; Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Suet. Calig. 56:

mirum in modum,

in a wonderful manner, wonderfully, Caes. B. G. 1, 41:

ad hunc modum distributis legionibus,

in this manner, id. ib. 5, 24:

naves ad hunc modum factae,

id. ib. 3, 13:

nos nostras more nostro et modo instruximus legiones,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 66:

non tuo hoc fiet modo,

id. Men. 2, 1, 25:

si humano modo, si usitato more peccāsset,

after the manner of men, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 8; cf.:

Carneadeo more et modo disputata,

id. Univ. 1; for which with gen.:

apis Matinae More modoque,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 28; and:

agendi more ac modo,

Quint. 11, 1, 29:

tali modo,

in such a manner, in such wise, Nep. Att. 21, 1:

nullo modo,

in no wise, by no means, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 186:

omni modo egi cum rege et ago cotidie,

in every way, earnestly, urgently, id. Att. 6, 2, 7: omnibus modis tibi esse rem salvam [p. 1157] ut scias, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 13:

omnibus modis miser sum,

every way, wholly, completely, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 79:

miris modis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9; Liv. 1, 57, 6; Hor. C. 2, 17, 21:

mille modis amor ignorandust,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 30:

hoc multis modis reprehendi potest,

Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 82 (v. Madv. ad h. l.); so,

filium multis modis jam exspecto, ut redeat domum,

very much, Ter. Hec. 2, 3, 7; cf.

multimodis: mira miris modis,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 5; cf.

mirimodis: eum tibi commendo in majorem modum,

very much, greatly, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12 (14), 3:

nullo modo,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 102; Col. 9, 8; Suet. Tit. 2:

bono modo,

moderately, Cato, R. R. 5:

bono modo desiderare aliquid,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3: ejus modi, of that kind, of such a kind or sort (freq.):

ejusmodi sunt tempestates consecutae, ut,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 2:

in ejusmodi casu,

id. ib. 5, 33, 4;

6, 34, 7: erant ejusmodi fere situs oppidorum, ut,

id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

petitionis nostrae hujusmodi ratio est,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; so,

cujusquemodi, cujusdammodi, cujusmodicumque, cuimodi, cuicuimodi, v. Zumpt, § 678: cujusmodi,

of what sort, Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 3:

cujuscemodi,

of what sort soever, id. Inv. 2, 45, 134: hujusmodi, hujuscemodi, of this kind, such:

hujusmodi casus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

hujuscemodi verba,

Sall. J. 9 fin.:

illiusmodi,

of that kind, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68; so,

istiusmodi amicos,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 15.—

In gram., a form of a verb, a voice or mood:

in verbo fiunt soloecismi per genera, tempora, personas, modos, etc.,

Quint. 1, 5, 41: patiendi modus ( the passive voice)... faciendi modus ( the active voice), id. 9, 3, 7; cf. 1, 6, 26.

ne-scĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a., not to know, to be ignorant (syn. ignoro):

hunc nescire sat scio de illā amicā,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 48:

nescis cui maledicas nunc viro,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29:

nec me pudet fateri nescire, quod nesciam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

de Oropo opinor, sed certum nescio,

id. Att. 12, 23, 2:

quid nobis agendum sit, nescio,

id. ib. 7, 12, 2:

anima sit (animus) ignisve, nescio,

id. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

nescis quantā cum expectatione sim te auditurus,

you cannot think, id. N. D. 3, 1, 2:

nescis, temeraria, nescis, Quem fugias,

Ov. M. 1, 514:

nobis omnia de te Quaerere, si nescis, maxima cura fuit,

id. H. 17, 197; 20, 150:

quod scis or scies, nescis, a formula used in advising another to keep a secret: ne tu hercle linguam comprimes Posthac: etiam illud quod scies nesciveris,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 89:

tu nescis id quod scis, Dromo, si sapies,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 26; id. Eun. 4, 4, 55.—With acc. and inf.:

nescibam id dicere illam,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 10:

nescit Agenorides natam parvumque nepotem Aequoris esse deos,

Ov. M. 4, 562.—With inf. alone:

nescire Tarquinios privatos vivere,

Liv. 2, 2, 3:

gens, quae victa quiescere nesciat,

id. 9, 3, 12; 22, 51, 4; Curt. 7, 7, 16; Just. 28, 3, 12; Aug. Serm. 330, 3.—

Pass.:

utrum consistere uspiam velit an mare transire nescitur,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 2:

talibus locis pruinarum vis et natura nescitur,

Pall. 11, 4, 2:

lis antea nescita,

unknown, Sid. Ep. 8, 6.—

Nescio quis, nescio quid, nescio quomodo, nescio an, used in an assertion to express uncertainty with regard to some particular contained [p. 1204] in it; and usually without influencing the mood of the following verb: nescio quis, I know not who, some one, somebody, a certain person: nescio quid, I know not what, something, some, a certain:

prope me hic nescio quis loquitur,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 9:

nescio quid profecto mihi animus praesagit mali,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 7:

nisi me forte Paconii nescio cujus querelis moveri putes,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6:

o pastores nescio quos cupidos litterarum,

id. Flacc. 17, 39; in affected ignorance, to denote that a thing is insignificant, small, mean, etc.:

fortasse non jejunum hoc nescio quid quod ego gessi, et contemnendum videtur,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 14:

quia nescio quid in philosophiā dissentiret,

a little, id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

nescio quid litterularum,

a short letter, id. Att. 15, 4, 1:

rumoris nescio quid afflavit,

id. ib. 16, 5, 1:

causidicum nescio quem,

id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

nescio quid e quercu exsculpseram,

id. Att. 13, 28, 2:

sententiae nescio unde ex abdito erutae,

id. Or. 24, 79:

nescio quid etiam de Locrorum proelio,

id. N. D. 3, 5, 11:

mente nescio quā effrenatā atque praecipiti,

id. Cael. 15, 35:

illud nescio quod non fortuitum, sed divinum videbatur,

id. Fam. 7, 5, 2: nescio quid praeclarum, remarkable or extraordinary excellence, id. Arch. 7, 15:

fit enim, nescio quomodo, ut, etc.,

I know not how, id. Off. 1, 41, 146:

boni nescio quomodo tardiores sunt,

id. Sest. 47, 100:

qui, nescio quo modo, conspirant,

Nep. Alcib. 11, 1; id. Thras. 1, 3:

casu nescio quo,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 3:

alii nescio quo pacto obduruerunt,

id. ib. 5, 15, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 18:

sed ita fato nescio quo contigisse arbitror, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 13, 2; cf.:

contra rem suam me nescio quando venisse questus est,

id. Phil. 2, 2, 3: nescio an, I know not whether, probably, perhaps:

constantiam dico? nescio an melius patientiam possim dicere,

id. Lig. 9, 26:

sin illam alteram, nescio an amplius mihi negotii contrahatur,

id. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

ingens eo die res et nescio an maxima illo bello gesta sit,

Liv. 23, 16; v. the art. an.—

In partic.

Not to know, to be unacquainted with a person or thing (mostly poet.):

illa illum nescit,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 16:

non nescire hiemem,

Verg. G. 1, 391:

deos,

Luc. 1, 453:

litteras,

Sen. Clem. 2, 1:

vinum toto nescire Decembri,

i. e. to abstain from, Juv. 7, 97.—

Not to understand; to be unable:

non tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140; Juv. 6, 188:

stare loco nescit, said of a horse,

Verg. G. 3, 84:

nescit vox missa reverti,

cannot be unsaid, Hor. A. P. 390.—

To be incapable:

Stoici omnino irasci nesciunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 65:

qui nesciat irasci,

Juv. 10, 360.—Hence, nescĭens, entis, P. a., unknowing, ignorant, unaware (class. nescius):

ut nescientem sentiat te id sibi dare,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 59:

nesciens sui,

unconscious, App. Mag. p. 301, 9.—Hence, adv.: nescĭenter, unknowingly, ignorantly, Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 40.

opportūnus ( obp-), a, um, adj. [obportus, lit., at or before the port; hence],

In gen., fit, meet, convenient, suitable, seasonable, opportune (class.; syn.: commodus, utilis): tempus actionis opportunum, Graece eukairia, Latine appellatur occasio, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142:

aetas opportunissima,

id. Fam. 7, 7, 2:

nihil opportunius accidere vidi,

id. ib. 10, 16, 1.— Subst.: op-portūna, ōrum, n., fit or convenient things:

locorum opportuna,

Tac. A. 4, 24.—

In partic.

Advantageous, serviceable, useful:

ceterae res, quae expetuntur, opportunae sunt singulae rebus singulis,

Cic. Lael. 6, 22.—

Fit, suitable, adapted to any thing: ad omnia haec magis opportunus nemo est, Ter Eun. 5, 8, 47.—

Exposed, liable to any thing:

Romanus cedentem hostem effuse sequendo opportunus huic eruptioni fuit,

Liv. 6, 24:

injuriae,

Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 98:

opportuniora morbis corpora,

id. 18, 7, 12, § 68.—Hence, adv.: opportūnē, fitly, seasonably, opportunely [p. 1272] (class.), Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 1:

venisse,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

locus opportune captus ad eam rem,

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

opportune, importune,

in season and out of season, Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 2.— Comp.:

opportunius alio loco referemus,

Gai. Inst. 2, 97.— Sup.:

nuntiis opportunissime allatis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Liv. 32, 18.

Osci, ōrum, m., the Oscans, a primitive people of Campania; in more ancient times called also Opici and Opsci ( Obsci), Verg. A. 7, 730; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll. —Hence,

Oscus, a, um, adj., Oscan:

ludi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1:

lingua,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll.; Verg. A. 7, 730; Liv. 10, 20, 8:

ludicrum,

Tac. A. 4, 14.— Adv.: Oscē, in Oscan: qui Osce et Volsce fabulantur: nam Latine nesciunt, Titin. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll.:

dicere aliquid,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.:

scire,

Gell. 17, 17, 1.

occāsĭo, ōnis, f. [occĭdo, a falling out, a happening, hap; hence], an occasion, opportunity, fit time, convenient season, favorable moment for doing any thing; eukairia, kairos (syn.: opportunitas, locus, facultas).

In gen.:

occasio est pars temporis, habens in se alicujus rei idoneam faciendi aut non faciendi opportunitatem... in occasione, ad spatium temporis, faciendi quaedam opportunitas intellegitur adjuncta,

Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40: tempus actionis opportunum Graece eukairia, Latine appellatur occasio, id. Off. 1, 40, 142: occasio opportunitas temporis casu quodam provenientis est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.:

dum datur mihi occasio Tempusque,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 30; cf.:

nunc occasio est et tempus,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 3; Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 4:

an ego occasionem tantam, tam brevem, tam optatam, tam insperatam Amitterem?

id. Eun. 3, 5, 56:

minima,

Suet. Calig. 14; cf.

summa,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 2 infra: occasionem nancisci, Afran. ap. Non. 308, 13:

quem, si interficere voluisset, quantae quoties occasiones, quam praeclarae fuerunt,

Cic. Mil. 14, 38:

occasio opprimendi,

id. ib. 15:

inrumpendi in urbem,

Curt. 4, 5, 16:

resistendi,

id. 7, 4, 4: majores occasiones ad opitulandum haberem, more opportunities, Planc [p. 1250] up. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

ut primum occasio data est rem publicam defendendi,

as soon as an opportunity presented itself, Cic. Fam. 12, 242:

occasionem sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblatam esse arbitratur,

has presented itself, id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 61:

occasio mirifica,

id. Att. 2, 14, 2:

opportuna,

Val. Max. 5, 4, 3:

quo faciliorem occasionem Salvio praebuit perficiendi conata,

Suet. Galb. 17:

occasio minor opinione,

id. Caes. 3:

tam bona,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:

lepida,

id. Mil. 4, 1, 30:

bellissima,

Petr. S. 25:

occasionem amittere,

to lose, let slip, Cic. Caecin. 5, 15:

omittere,

Suet. Cal. 14; so,

praetermittere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

capere,

to seize, Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

arripere,

Liv. 35, 12, 17:

occasiones quaerere,

Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 4:

rapere de die,

Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

amplecti,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 1:

sumere,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

occasione uti,

Just. 38, 5, 1:

non deesse occasioni,

not to miss, to profit by, Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

cunctationem hostium suam fore occasionem rati,

Curt. 4, 6, 13:

dum datur mihi occasio tempusque,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 29:

ne a fortunā datam occasionem liberandae Graeciae dimitterent,

Nep. Milt. 3, 3; id. Alc. 8, 5:

cujus (rei) se occasio dederit,

Quint. 12, 2, 12: (paratus) depugnare, si occasio tulerit, mori, si casus inciderit, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6:

occasionem aperire ad invadendum,

Liv. 4, 53, 9:

occasionem sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblatam esse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

occasione datā,

should an opportunity offer, id. Phil. 7, 6, 18; cf.:

occasione oblatā simultates deponere,

Suet. Caes. 73:

praebere,

id. Galb. 17:

offerre,

id. Aug. 16:

per occasionem,

on a favorable opportunity, Liv. 30, 3:

rem inmaturam nisi per occasionem aperire noluerat,

id. 1, 5, 5; 1, 53, 7; 2, 11, 2; Sall. C. 51, 6:

fratris memoriā per omnem occasionem celebratā,

on every occasion, Suet. Claud. 11; id. Aug. 67:

ad occasionem aurae evehi,

the wind being fair, taking advantage of a fair wind, id. ib. 97:

levia proelia ex occasione hujus aut illius partis oriebantur,

Liv. 24, 3, 17:

ex occasione,

as occasion offered, Suet. Caes. 60:

occasione omni,

on every occasion, id. Claud. 42.—With inf.:

nunc adest occasio Benefacta cumulare = occasio cumulandi,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 63:

nunc est illa occasio inimicum ulcisci,

id. Pers. 4, 7, 15:

agere tuam rem occasio est,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 46; 5, 4, 42; id. Curc. 1, 1, 60; cf.:

summa eludendi occasio'st mihi nunc senes Et Phaedriae curam adimere,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 45.—With ut and subj.:

fuit occasio, si vellet, jam pridem argentum ut daret,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 51:

quoniam occasio fuit Mea virtute parta ut quantum velles sumeres,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 22:

rara haec occasio est, ut referri possint divini honores,

Quint. 3, 7, 17.—

Personified: Occasio, Opportunity, as a goddess, Phaedr. 5, 8; Aus. Epigr. 12, 3.—

In partic.

Facility or means of having a thing:

solitudinis,

Tac. A. 15, 50.—

A supply, stock (post-Aug.):

oleae,

Col. 9, 1:

lapidum,

Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191:

vetusti olei,

id. 23, 4, 40, § 82.—

A pretext, plea, plausible explanation:

hāc illi opus est occasione, ne illum talium precum pudeat,

Quint. 3, 8, 47:

occasiones et ex causis et ex dictis adversariorum oriuntur,

id. 6, 1, 5; 12, 10, 13:

quantulacunque adeo est occasio, sufficit irae,

Juv. 13, 183.—

Occasion, motive, reason:

non habeo ullam occasionem, ut apud te falsa fabuler,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 38.—

Milit. t. t., a dash, raid, surprise:

occasionis esse rem, non proelii,

they were undertaking a surprise, not a battle, Caes. B. G. 7, 45, 9:

cujus (belli) maxima momenta in occasionibus sunt,

Sen. Ira, 3, 21, 1:

occasionibus imminere,

Front. 2, 5, 22. —

A cause (late Lat.): cum calcis ictu mortis occasio praebita videatur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 10, 1.

Osci, ōrum, m., the Oscans, a primitive people of Campania; in more ancient times called also Opici and Opsci ( Obsci), Verg. A. 7, 730; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll. —Hence,

Oscus, a, um, adj., Oscan:

ludi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1:

lingua,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll.; Verg. A. 7, 730; Liv. 10, 20, 8:

ludicrum,

Tac. A. 4, 14.— Adv.: Oscē, in Oscan: qui Osce et Volsce fabulantur: nam Latine nesciunt, Titin. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll.:

dicere aliquid,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.:

scire,

Gell. 17, 17, 1.

opportūnus ( obp-), a, um, adj. [obportus, lit., at or before the port; hence],

In gen., fit, meet, convenient, suitable, seasonable, opportune (class.; syn.: commodus, utilis): tempus actionis opportunum, Graece eukairia, Latine appellatur occasio, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142:

aetas opportunissima,

id. Fam. 7, 7, 2:

nihil opportunius accidere vidi,

id. ib. 10, 16, 1.— Subst.: op-portūna, ōrum, n., fit or convenient things:

locorum opportuna,

Tac. A. 4, 24.—

In partic.

Advantageous, serviceable, useful:

ceterae res, quae expetuntur, opportunae sunt singulae rebus singulis,

Cic. Lael. 6, 22.—

Fit, suitable, adapted to any thing: ad omnia haec magis opportunus nemo est, Ter Eun. 5, 8, 47.—

Exposed, liable to any thing:

Romanus cedentem hostem effuse sequendo opportunus huic eruptioni fuit,

Liv. 6, 24:

injuriae,

Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 98:

opportuniora morbis corpora,

id. 18, 7, 12, § 68.—Hence, adv.: opportūnē, fitly, seasonably, opportunely [p. 1272] (class.), Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 1:

venisse,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

locus opportune captus ad eam rem,

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

opportune, importune,

in season and out of season, Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 2.— Comp.:

opportunius alio loco referemus,

Gai. Inst. 2, 97.— Sup.:

nuntiis opportunissime allatis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Liv. 32, 18.

opportūnus ( obp-), a, um, adj. [obportus, lit., at or before the port; hence],

In gen., fit, meet, convenient, suitable, seasonable, opportune (class.; syn.: commodus, utilis): tempus actionis opportunum, Graece eukairia, Latine appellatur occasio, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142:

aetas opportunissima,

id. Fam. 7, 7, 2:

nihil opportunius accidere vidi,

id. ib. 10, 16, 1.— Subst.: op-portūna, ōrum, n., fit or convenient things:

locorum opportuna,

Tac. A. 4, 24.—

In partic.

Advantageous, serviceable, useful:

ceterae res, quae expetuntur, opportunae sunt singulae rebus singulis,

Cic. Lael. 6, 22.—

Fit, suitable, adapted to any thing: ad omnia haec magis opportunus nemo est, Ter Eun. 5, 8, 47.—

Exposed, liable to any thing:

Romanus cedentem hostem effuse sequendo opportunus huic eruptioni fuit,

Liv. 6, 24:

injuriae,

Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 98:

opportuniora morbis corpora,

id. 18, 7, 12, § 68.—Hence, adv.: opportūnē, fitly, seasonably, opportunely [p. 1272] (class.), Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 1:

venisse,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16:

locus opportune captus ad eam rem,

id. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

opportune, importune,

in season and out of season, Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 2.— Comp.:

opportunius alio loco referemus,

Gai. Inst. 2, 97.— Sup.:

nuntiis opportunissime allatis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Liv. 32, 18.

Osci, ōrum, m., the Oscans, a primitive people of Campania; in more ancient times called also Opici and Opsci ( Obsci), Verg. A. 7, 730; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll. —Hence,

Oscus, a, um, adj., Oscan:

ludi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1:

lingua,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll.; Verg. A. 7, 730; Liv. 10, 20, 8:

ludicrum,

Tac. A. 4, 14.— Adv.: Oscē, in Oscan: qui Osce et Volsce fabulantur: nam Latine nesciunt, Titin. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll.:

dicere aliquid,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.:

scire,

Gell. 17, 17, 1.

Osci, ōrum, m., the Oscans, a primitive people of Campania; in more ancient times called also Opici and Opsci ( Obsci), Verg. A. 7, 730; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll. —Hence,

Oscus, a, um, adj., Oscan:

ludi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1:

lingua,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll.; Verg. A. 7, 730; Liv. 10, 20, 8:

ludicrum,

Tac. A. 4, 14.— Adv.: Oscē, in Oscan: qui Osce et Volsce fabulantur: nam Latine nesciunt, Titin. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll.:

dicere aliquid,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.:

scire,

Gell. 17, 17, 1.

Graeci, ōrum, m., = Graikoi, the Grecians, Greeks: contendunt Graecos, Graios memorare solent sos, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

eos septem, quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7:

apud Graecos,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5; id. Fl. 27, 64:

quia Graecorum sunt antiquissima quaeque Scripta vel optima, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 28.— Sing.: Graecus, i, m., a Greek:

processit ille, et Graecus apud Graecos non de culpa sua dixit, etc.,

Cic. Fl. 7, 17:

ignobilis,

Liv. 39, 8, 3:

Graecus Graecaque,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12.—

Derivv.

Graecus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Greeks, Greek, Grecian:

plus te operae Graecis dedisse rebus video... deinde nullam Graecarum rerum significationem daret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152 sq.; cf.

litterae,

id. Brut. 20, 78.—In neutr. absol.:

Graeca leguntur in omnibus fere gentibus,

Cic. Arch. 10, 23:

lingua (opp. Latina),

id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

ludi,

founded on Greek subjects, id. Fam. 7, 1, 3 (opp. Osci); id. Att. 16, 5, 1:

homines,

Grecian people, Greeks, id. Mil. 29, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 27, 65:

testis,

id. Fl. 5, 11:

more bibere,

i. e. to drink healths, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

Graeca fide mercari,

i. e. without credit, with ready money, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 47: nux, i. e. an almond, Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 44: pantherae, from Asiatic Greece, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

rosa,

a kind of rose, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 18: ovis, perh. Tarentine, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 27: via, perh. to Magna Graecia, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3.—Prov.: ad Calendas Graecas, i. q. our next day after never (since the Greeks had no Calends), August. ap. Suet. Aug. 87.—Hence, subst.: Graecum, i, n., the Greek language, Greek (rare):

Graeco melius usuri,

Quint. 5, 10, 1:

librum e Graeco in Latinum convertere,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 87.— Adv. in two forms,

Graece, in the Greek language, in Greek:

cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

Acilius qui Graece scripsit historiam,

id. Off. 2, 32, 115:

loqui,

id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:

optime scire,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 265; cf.

nescire,

id. Fl. 4, 10:

licet legatum Graece scriptum non valeat,

Ulp. Fragm. 25, 9:

omnia Graece,

Juv. 6, 188.—

Graecātim, in the Greek manner:

amiciri,

Tert. Pall. 4.—

Graecĭa, ae, f., the country of the Greeks, Greece: ad Trojam cum misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.):

quod de Corintho dixi, id haud scio an liceat de cuncta Graecia verissime dicere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156:

magna,

Ov. H. 16, 340.—In apposition:

terra,

Gell. 1, 1, 2; M. Aur. ap. Fronto Ep. 2, 9 Mai.—

Transf.: Magna Graecia, Lower Italy, inhabited by Greeks, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95; 3, 5, 6, § 42; Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; 3, 34, 139; id. Lael. 4, 13; id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; called also Mājor Graecia, Liv. 31, 7, 11; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6 med.; Sil. 11, 21; whereas by a Greek proper it is called Parva Graecia, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 55; and absol.:

Graecia,

Cic. Arch. 5, 10.— Poet.: Major Graecia, in gen., for Italy:

Itala nam tellus Graecia major erat,

Ov. F. 4, 64.—

Graecānĭcus, a, um, adj., of Greek origin, in the Greek manner or fashion, Grecian, Greek (rare;

not in Cic.): alia (verba) Graeca, alia Graecanica,

i. e. words borrowed from the Greeks, Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll.:

torcula,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317:

pavimentum,

id. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

color,

id. 34, 9, 20, § 98:

toga, i. e. pallium,

Suet. Dom. 4: milites, living in the Greek manner, voluptuously, Vulc. Avid. Cass. 5.—Hence, adv.: Graēcānĭce, in Greek:

dicere,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 89 Müll.—

Graecŭlus, a, um, adj. dim., Grecian, Greek (mostly in a depreciating, contemptuous sense): ineptum sane negotium et Graeculum, thorough Greek, Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

motus quidam temerarius Graeculae contionis,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

cautio chirographi,

i. e. not to be relied upon, id. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

homines,

id. de Or. 1, 11, 47:

ferrum,

Flor. 2, 7, 9:

civitas Massilia,

id. 4, 2, 24 Duk.— Subst.:

Graecŭlus, i, m.

A paltry Greek, Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; id. Pis. 29, 70.—Prov.:

Graeculus esuriens in caelum, jusseris, ibit,

Juv. 3, 78.—In the form Graecŭlĭo, Petr. 76 fin. —

Post-Aug., without any odious accessory notion, for Graecus:

vitis,

Col. 3, 2, 24:

mala,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 50:

rosa,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 18.—

Graecŭla, ae, f., a Greekling, a weak imitator of Greek women, Juv. 6, 186.—

Graecĭensis, e, adj., Grecian (post-Aug. and very rare):

mare,

Plin. 4, 21, 18, § 51:

scimpodium,

Gell. 19, 10, 1.—

Graecālis, e, adj., Grecian, Greek (late Lat.):

lapides,

inscribed with Greek letters, Front. de Col. p. 116 Goes.

plānus, a, um, adj. [for placnus; root plac-; Gr. plakous; cf. 2. plaga, planca], even, level, flat, plane (class.; cf. aequor).

Lit.:

facilis et plana via,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 19: cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis circulus aut orbis, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47:

planum et aequabile corpus universitatis,

id. Univ. 5:

planus et aequus locus,

id. Caecin. 17, 50:

litus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23:

carina,

id. ib. 3, 13:

pisces,

flat-fish, Plin. 9, 20, 37, § 73:

aedificia, quae plano pede instituuntur,

on level ground, Vitr. 6, 11:

postquam jacuit planum mare,

Juv. 12, 62:

planā faciem contundere palmā,

flat, id. 13, 128.— Comp.:

aditus planior,

Liv. 34, 29.— Sup.:

planissimus locus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96. —

Subst.: plānum, i, n., level ground, a plain:

aciem in planum deducit,

Sall. J. 49, 6:

per planum ire,

Ov. A. A. 2, 243:

cadere in plano,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 17:

in planum deferre aliquid,

Sen. Tranq. 10, 6:

castra in plano erant,

Flor. 4, 12, 59:

de plano,

on level ground, Dig. 13, 6, 5; Aus. Grat. Act. 21:

ad planiora,

Vulg. Judic. 1, 34.—In partic., jurid. t. t.: e plano or de plano, on level ground, below, not on the bench, i. e. out of court, extrajudicially:

aut e plano aut e quaesitoris tribunali,

Suet. Tib. 33:

custodiae non solum pro tribunali, sed et de plano audiri possunt,

Dig. 48, 18, 18; ib. 37, 1, 3.—

Trop.

Lowly, inconsiderable, humble (post-Aug.):

haec magnanimitas melius in tribunali, quam in plano conspicitur,

shows better in one of high than of low station, Sen. Clem. 1, 5, 3:

fortunam suam in planum deferre,

id. Tranq. 10, 6: de plano, without difficulty, easily ( poet.):

hoc tibi de plano possum promittere,

Lucr. 1, 411.—

Plain, clear, distinct, intelligible (class.):

satin' haec sunt tibi plana et certa!

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

narrationes,

Cic. Top. 26, 97:

conjectatio,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 22:

pol planum id quidem est,

it is plain, clear, evident, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 32: planum facere, to make plain, clear, or intelligible, to set forth, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 1, 20, § 52;

2, 5, 64, § 165: planum facere multis testibus,

id. ib. 1, 14, 40:

planum facere atque probare,

Lucr. 2, 932.—

Easy, free from danger:

illam viam vitae, quam ante praecipitem et lubricam esse ducebat, huic planae et stabili praeponendam esse,

Cic. Flac. 42, 105.—Hence, adv.: plānē, plainly, evenly; trop., simply, clearly, distinctly, intelligibly.

Lit. (class.):

videre,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 64:

scribere,

id. As. 4, 1, 10:

scire,

id. Truc. 2, 6, 9:

plane loqui,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 30:

plane et dilucide loqui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 32:

plane et perspicue expedire aliquid,

id. Fin. 3, 5, 19:

plane et Latine loqui,

to speak plainly, right out, without circumlocution, id. Phil. 7, 6, 17.— Comp.:

quo pacto excludi potis est planius, quam, etc.,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 5:

planius dicere (opp. dicere obscurius),

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 329:

planius atque apertius dicere,

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:

quid, hoc planius egissem, si, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27:

ostendere,

Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 273.— Sup.:

apertissime planissimeque explicare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 156.—

Transf., wholly, entirely, completely, quite (class.), Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 55:

perdidisti mulierem,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 115:

illam plane amo,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 6:

carere sensu communi,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 66:

quod reliquos coheredes convenisti, plane bene,

you have acted quite right, Cic. Att. 13, 6, 2:

illud plane moleste tuli, quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 11:

non plane par,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

ex rebus penitus perspectis, planeque cognitis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 108:

propemodum, vel plane potius,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

explicari mihi tuum consilium plane volo, ut penitus intellegam,

thoroughly, id. Att. 8, 12, 1:

planissime perii,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 67:

plane perfecteque eruditus,

Cic. Brut. 81, 282:

plane atque omnino rem defuisse,

id. ib. 59, 214:

plane cum,

particularly as, Inscr. Grut. 208; cf.:

et plane quid rectum esset diutius cogitare malui,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 3.—

By all means, assuredly:

eo acrius te rogo ut plane ad nos advoles,

Cic. Att. 2, 24, 5 fin. —

In partic., in affirmative answers, certainly, to be sure, exactly so (anteclass.): ego et domi privatus sum et perii. Ge. Plane istuc est, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 57; id. Ps. 4, 7, 73: De. Etiam argentum est ultro objectum, ut sit, qui vivat, dum aliud aliquid flagitii conficiat Ge. Planissume, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—

Besides, but (late Lat.), Dig. 9, 2, 7; 32, 1, 52.

plănus, i, m., = planos, a juggler, impostor, cheat (class.; cf.

erro): ille planus improbissimus,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72: fracto [p. 1385] crure planum attollere, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59; Petr. 82.

praeoccŭpātĭo, ōnis, f. [praeoccupo].

A seizing beforehand, preoccupation:

locorum praeoccupatio,

Nep. Eum. 3, 6.—

Rhet. fig., an anticipation of what properly comes afterwards, prolepsis, Beda, Schem. et Tropis init. —

A disease that violently distends the abdomen:

quae passio Graece emphragma, Latine praeoccupatio dicitur,

Veg. Vet. 1, 40.

prae-pōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (old perf. praeposivi, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 11.—Sync. form praepostus, Lucr. 6, 999), v. a., to put or set before, to place first (syn.: praefero, praeficio).

Lit.

In gen.:

versus, in primā fronte libelli,

Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 33:

praeponens ultima primis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 59; Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10:

oportet, ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia proportione rerum praeponere,

id. de Or. 2, 79, 320:

de quā priusquam respondeo, pauca praeponam,

I will first make a few observations, id. Fam. 11, 27, 1.—

In partic., to place or set over as chief, commander, or superintendent, to place at the head of, intrust with the charge or command of; to appoint or depute as:

unum illum ex omnibus delegistis, quem bello praedonum praeponeretis,

to appoint commander in the war, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63:

hibernis Labienum praeposuit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 54:

sinistro cornu Antonium praeposuerat,

id. B. C. 3, 89:

aliquem provinciae,

to appoint as governor, Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 4:

negotio,

to charge with the management of an affair, id. ib. 15, 4, 10:

navibus,

to appoint admiral, id. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 101:

vectigalibus,

to appoint minister of finance, Tac. A. 15, 18:

Bibulus toti officio maritimo praepositus,

superintendent of all maritime affairs, Caes. B. C. 3, 5:

praepositus cubiculo,

chamberlain, Suet. Dom. 16:

sacerdos oraculo praeposita,

that presides over, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 76:

aliquem custodem alicui loco,

to appoint keeper of a place, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 67:

illum exercitibus,

Juv. 10, 92.—

To place or set upon:

fronti praeponere olivam,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 7 (cf.: [p. 1426] comis praetexere frondes, Sen. Med. 70).—

Trop., to set before or above, to prefer:

lucrum praeposivi sopori et quieti,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 11:

se alteri,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 38; id. Eun. 1, 2, 59:

salutem rei publicae vitae suae,

Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 15:

amicitiam patriae,

id. Rab. Perd. 8, 23:

necessaria gloriosis,

Vell. 2, 110, 3:

multum mihi praestat, si me Mazaeo generum praeponit,

Curt. 4, 11, 20:

Prochytam Suburrae,

Juv. 3, 5.—Hence, praepŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a.—As subst.

praepŏsĭtus, i, m., a prefect, president, head, chief, overseer, director, commander:

legatorum tuorum,

Cic. Pis. 36, 88; Tac. H. 1, 36:

quod (milites) praepositos suos occiderant,

Suet. Oth. 1: rerum curae Caesaris, director, S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 13:

aquarum,

water-inspector, Front. Aquaed. 17; 100; 117:

cubiculi,

a chamberlain, Amm. 14, 10, 5.—Of the governor of a province; with dat.:

Illyrico, Dalmatiae, etc.,

Vell. 2, 112, 2; 2, 116, 2; absol., Suet. Galb. 12; 16; id. Oth. 1 al.; Vulg. Act. 7, 10.—

praepŏsĭta, ae, f. (eccl. Lat.), a prioress or abbess, Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 8; id. Ep. 211.—

With the Stoics, praepŏsĭta, ōrum, n., for the Gr. proêgmena, preferable or advantageous things, but which are not to be called absolutely good; such as wealth, beauty, etc. (class.): ista bona non dico, sed dicam Graece proêgmena, Latine autem producta:

sed praeposita, aut praecipua malo,

Cic. Fin. 4, 26, 72 sq.:

bonum negas esse divitias, praepositum esse dicis,

id. ib. 4, 26, 73; cf.

also,

id. ib. 3, 16, 52; 54.

prīvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [privus].

To bereave, deprive, rob, strip of any thing (class.; cf.: orbo, viduo).

With abl.:

haec meretrix meum erum... privavit bonis, luce, honore,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 20:

donis privatus sum,

id. ib. 2, 7, 56:

aliquem approbatione,

Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

praepositio in privat verbum eā vi, quam haberet, si in praepositum non fuisset,

id. Top. 11, 48:

aliquem somno,

id. Att. 9, 10, 1:

se oculis,

id. Fin. 5, 29, 87:

aliquem vitā,

id. Phil. 9, 4, 8:

aliquem communi luce,

id. Quint. 23, 74:

patriam aspectu suo,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 3:

cibo,

Lucr. 1, 1038:

lumine,

Ov. P. 1, 1, 53:

fide,

Stat. Th. 2, 695.—

With gen. (anteclass.): me cum privares tui, Afran. ap. Non. 498, 17 (Com. Rel. p. 156 Rib.).—

With acc. (ante-class.): quod res vis hunc privari pulcras quas uti solet? Nov. ap. Non. 500, 16 (l. l. p. 224 Rib.).—

To free, release, deliver from any thing; with abl.:

aliquem injuriā,

Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 13:

exsilio,

id. Att. 1, 16, 9:

molestiā,

id. ib. 12, 26, 2:

dolore,

id. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

dolore,

Lucr. 1, 60:

dominis superbis,

id. 2, 1091:

formidine,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 77.—Hence,

prīvantĭa, ĭum, n., privatives, a transl. of the Gr. sterêtika: sunt enim alia contraria, quae privantia licet appellemus Latine, Graece appellantur sterêtika, Cic. Top. 11, 48.—

prīvātus, a, um, P. a.

Apart from the State, peculiar to one's self, of or belonging to an individual, private (opp. publicus or communis; cf. domesticus;

class.): nihil privati ac separati agri,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

utatur privatis ut suis,

Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

privatus illis census erat brevis, Commune magnum,

Hor. C. 2, 15, 13:

vestem mutare privato consensu, opp. publico consilio,

Cic. Sest. 12, 27:

de communi quicquid poterat, ad se in privatam domum sevocabat,

id. Quint. 3, 13:

res quae ipsius erant privatae,

private property, id. ib. 4, 15:

privatae feriae vocantur sacrorum propriorum, velut dies natales,

Fest. p. 242 Müll.—

Esp., of persons, not in public or official life, private, deprived of office:

cum projectis fascibus et deposito imperio, privatus et captus ipse in alienam venisset potestatem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32; Liv. 3, 41: vir privatus, a private individual, one who is not a magistrate, or in any public office:

privato viro imperium extra ordinem dare,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 25:

Bibulus ex iis, qui privati sunt,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

privatus an cum potestate,

id. Inv. 1, 25, 35:

privati, opp. reges,

id. Div. 1, 40, 89.—

Of things:

aedificia,

isolated, apart from the villages, Caes. B. G. 1, 5:

vita privata et quieta,

a private life, withdrawn from State affairs, Cic. Sen. 7, 22.—

Neutr. absol. in the phrases in privato, in private, opp. in publico, in public, Liv. 39, 18: in privatum, for private use:

tabernas vendidit in privatum,

id. 40, 51: ex privato, from one's private property:

tributum ex privato conferre,

id. 30, 44.—

Subst.: prīvātus, i, m. (sc. homo), a man in private life, citizen (opp. magistratus):

hic qualis imperator nunc privatus est,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 63: an vero P. Scipio pontifex maximus Ti. Gracchum privatus interfecit;

Catilinam nos consules perferemus?

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3.— Plur., Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 43:

consilium dedimus Sullae, privatus ut altum Dormiret,

Juv. 1, 16.—

In the time of the emperors, private, i. e. not imperial, not belonging to the emperor or to the imperial family:

id sibi (Domitiano) maxime formidolosum, privati hominis (i. e. Agricolae) nomen supra principis attolli,

Tac. Agr. 39:

ut summum fastigium privati hominis impleret, cum principis noluisset,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 2:

spectacula,

not given by the emperor, Suet. Ner. 21.— Adv.: prīvā-tō, at home (very rare for the class. privatim, q. v.): privato nos tenuissemus, Liv. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 1009 P.