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lēgātum

  • 1 lēgātum

        lēgātum ī, n    [P. of 1 lego], a bequest, legacy: digito legata delevit: Hortensi: Cymbala pulsantis legatum amici, Iu.
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    bequest, legacy

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  • 2 legatum

    lēgātum, i, n., v. 1. lego fin. 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > legatum

  • 3 legens

    1.
    lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
    I.
    A publicist's t. t.
    A.
    To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

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

    Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

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

    juste pieque legatus venio,

    Liv. 1, 32:

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

    Sall. J. 21, 4:

    quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

    quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

    what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
    b.
    Beyond the official sphere:

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

    committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
    B.
    To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

    eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

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

    id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

    istum legatum iri non arbitror,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

    ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    Dolabella me sibi legavit,

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

    Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

    Sall. J. 28.—
    II.
    A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

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

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

    usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

    Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

    id. Top. 3, 14:

    cui argentum omne legatum est,

    Quint. 5, 10, 62:

    in argento legato,

    id. 7, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

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

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

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

    id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
    1.
    lēgātus, i, m.
    A.
    (Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    legatos mittere,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

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

    missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

    Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
    B.
    (Acc. to lego, I. B.).
    a.
    An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

    quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

    Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

    qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

    id. Clu. 36, 99:

    Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

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

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

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

    neque se ei legatum defuturum,

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

    hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

    quaestorius,

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

    L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

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

    magnitudo et splendor legati,

    Liv. 38, 58, 9:

    in magna legatum quaere popina,

    Juv. 8, 172.—
    b.
    Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
    (β).
    Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

    Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

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

    legatus praetorius,

    Tac. Agr. 7.—
    2.
    lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

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

    Dig. 30, 116:

    Hortensii legata cognovi,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

    reliqua legata varie dedit,

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

    legatum peto ex testamento,

    Quint. 4, 2, 6:

    jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

    Suet. Dom. 8:

    cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

    Juv. 9, 62:

    legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
    2.
    lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    oleam,

    Cato, R. R. 144:

    nuces,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    herbas collibus,

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

    roscida mala,

    id. ib. 8, 38:

    flores in calathos,

    Ov. F. 5, 218:

    spolia caesorum,

    Liv. 5, 39:

    quos (montanos asparagos),

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

    ossa,

    Ov. H. 10, 150:

    homini mortuo ossa,

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

    reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

    Suet. Aug. 100. —
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

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

    Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

    ossa vivis,

    id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

    ossa in capite lecta,

    id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

    ossa e vulneribus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
    2.
    To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

    oleam qui legerit,

    Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

    ficus non erat apta legi,

    Ov. F. 2, 254.—
    3.
    Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

    extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

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

    quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

    Ov. F. 3, 462:

    stamen,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
    4.
    Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

    omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

    Verg. G. 1, 373:

    vela legunt socii,

    id. A. 3, 532:

    ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

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

    prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

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

    ancoras classis legit,

    is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
    5.
    To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

    majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

    sacra divum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

    soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

    Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
    6.
    Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

    nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

    Ov. M. 5, 579:

    pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

    sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

    vada dura lego,

    id. ib. 3, 706:

    freta,

    id. ib. 3, 127:

    aequora Afra,

    Ov. F. 4, 289:

    Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

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

    subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

    et vestigia retro Observata legit,

    Verg. A. 9, 392:

    tortos orbes,

    to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
    7.
    To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

    Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

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

    navibus oram Italiae,

    Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

    oram Campaniae,

    Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

    terram,

    id. Aug. 16. —
    8.
    Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

    alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

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

    judices,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

    omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

    id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

    scribam,

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

    condiciones nubendi,

    id. Cael. 15:

    cives in patres,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    viros ad bella,

    Ov. M. 7, 669:

    geminasque legit de classe biremes,

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

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

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

    fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

    Stat. Th. 1, 530.
    II.
    Trop.
    * A.
    To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

    nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
    B.
    To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
    * 1.
    In gen.:

    tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

    Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
    2.
    In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

    ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

    Cic. Top. 1:

    defensionem causae,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

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

    id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

    aliquid studiose intenteque,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

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

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

    liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

    orationem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6:

    aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

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

    antiquos et novos,

    Quint. 2, 5, 23:

    antiquos studiosius,

    id. 3, 6, 62:

    poëtas,

    id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

    Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

    id. 10, 1, 116:

    dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

    sepulcra legens,

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

    legentium plerisque,

    Liv. 1 praef. §

    4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

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

    nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

    Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

    legendi usus,

    Lact. 3, 25, 9:

    memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

    Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

    convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

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

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

    Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

    obturem impune legentibus aures,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

    quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

    with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

    quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

    to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
    (β).
    To find in an author or a writing:

    ut scriptum legimus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

    legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

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

    ego vero haec scripta legi,

    id. Planc. 39, 94:

    praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

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

    in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

    Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
    C.
    A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

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

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

    argentum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

    ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

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

    uxor lectissima,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

    id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

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

    id. Or. 68, 227:

    juvenum lectissime,

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

    viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

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

    ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

    lectius,

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

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > legens

  • 4 lego

    1.
    lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
    I.
    A publicist's t. t.
    A.
    To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

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

    Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

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

    juste pieque legatus venio,

    Liv. 1, 32:

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

    Sall. J. 21, 4:

    quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

    quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

    what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
    b.
    Beyond the official sphere:

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

    committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
    B.
    To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

    eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

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

    id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

    istum legatum iri non arbitror,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

    ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    Dolabella me sibi legavit,

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

    Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

    Sall. J. 28.—
    II.
    A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

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

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

    usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

    Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

    id. Top. 3, 14:

    cui argentum omne legatum est,

    Quint. 5, 10, 62:

    in argento legato,

    id. 7, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

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

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

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

    id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
    1.
    lēgātus, i, m.
    A.
    (Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    legatos mittere,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

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

    missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

    Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
    B.
    (Acc. to lego, I. B.).
    a.
    An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

    quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

    Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

    qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

    id. Clu. 36, 99:

    Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

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

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

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

    neque se ei legatum defuturum,

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

    hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

    quaestorius,

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

    L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

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

    magnitudo et splendor legati,

    Liv. 38, 58, 9:

    in magna legatum quaere popina,

    Juv. 8, 172.—
    b.
    Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
    (β).
    Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

    Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

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

    legatus praetorius,

    Tac. Agr. 7.—
    2.
    lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

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

    Dig. 30, 116:

    Hortensii legata cognovi,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

    reliqua legata varie dedit,

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

    legatum peto ex testamento,

    Quint. 4, 2, 6:

    jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

    Suet. Dom. 8:

    cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

    Juv. 9, 62:

    legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
    2.
    lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    oleam,

    Cato, R. R. 144:

    nuces,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    herbas collibus,

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

    roscida mala,

    id. ib. 8, 38:

    flores in calathos,

    Ov. F. 5, 218:

    spolia caesorum,

    Liv. 5, 39:

    quos (montanos asparagos),

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

    ossa,

    Ov. H. 10, 150:

    homini mortuo ossa,

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

    reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

    Suet. Aug. 100. —
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

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

    Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

    ossa vivis,

    id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

    ossa in capite lecta,

    id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

    ossa e vulneribus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
    2.
    To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

    oleam qui legerit,

    Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

    ficus non erat apta legi,

    Ov. F. 2, 254.—
    3.
    Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

    extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

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

    quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

    Ov. F. 3, 462:

    stamen,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
    4.
    Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

    omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

    Verg. G. 1, 373:

    vela legunt socii,

    id. A. 3, 532:

    ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

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

    prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

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

    ancoras classis legit,

    is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
    5.
    To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

    majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

    sacra divum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

    soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

    Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
    6.
    Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

    nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

    Ov. M. 5, 579:

    pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

    sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

    vada dura lego,

    id. ib. 3, 706:

    freta,

    id. ib. 3, 127:

    aequora Afra,

    Ov. F. 4, 289:

    Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

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

    subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

    et vestigia retro Observata legit,

    Verg. A. 9, 392:

    tortos orbes,

    to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
    7.
    To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

    Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

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

    navibus oram Italiae,

    Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

    oram Campaniae,

    Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

    terram,

    id. Aug. 16. —
    8.
    Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

    alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

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

    judices,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

    omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

    id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

    scribam,

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

    condiciones nubendi,

    id. Cael. 15:

    cives in patres,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    viros ad bella,

    Ov. M. 7, 669:

    geminasque legit de classe biremes,

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

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

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

    fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

    Stat. Th. 1, 530.
    II.
    Trop.
    * A.
    To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

    nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
    B.
    To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
    * 1.
    In gen.:

    tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

    Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
    2.
    In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

    ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

    Cic. Top. 1:

    defensionem causae,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

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

    id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

    aliquid studiose intenteque,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

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

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

    liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

    orationem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6:

    aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

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

    antiquos et novos,

    Quint. 2, 5, 23:

    antiquos studiosius,

    id. 3, 6, 62:

    poëtas,

    id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

    Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

    id. 10, 1, 116:

    dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

    sepulcra legens,

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

    legentium plerisque,

    Liv. 1 praef. §

    4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

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

    nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

    Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

    legendi usus,

    Lact. 3, 25, 9:

    memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

    Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

    convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

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

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

    Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

    obturem impune legentibus aures,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

    quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

    with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

    quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

    to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
    (β).
    To find in an author or a writing:

    ut scriptum legimus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

    legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

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

    ego vero haec scripta legi,

    id. Planc. 39, 94:

    praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

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

    in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

    Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
    C.
    A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

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

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

    argentum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

    ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

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

    uxor lectissima,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

    id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

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

    id. Or. 68, 227:

    juvenum lectissime,

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

    viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

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

    ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

    lectius,

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

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  • 5 lēgō

        lēgō āvī (lēgāssit for lēgāverit, XII Tabb. ap. C.), ātus, āre    [lex], to send with a commission, send as ambassador, depute, commission, despatch: ut legati ex eius ordinis auctoritate legarentur: eos privatae rei causā legari: iuste pieque legatus venio, L.: in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, S.— To appoint as deputy, commission as lieutenant: eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius: me legatum iri non arbitror: me sibi legavit, chose me for his lieutenant: sibi homines nobilīs, S.— To bequeath, leave by will: Numitori regnum, L.: usum et fructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae: Nil sibi legatum, H.: uxori grandem pecuniam a filio, to be paid by the son.
    * * *
    I
    legare, legavi, legatus V
    bequeath, will; entrust, send as an envoy, choose as a deputy
    II
    legere, legi, lectus V
    read; gather, collect (cremated bones); furl (sail), weigh (anchor); pick out

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  • 6 Legataria

    lēgātārĭus, a, um, adj. [legatum], enjoined by a last will or testament (postclass.).
    I.
    Adj.:

    editiones,

    Tert. Spect. 6. —
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    Lēgātārĭus, ii, m., one to whom something is left by will, a legatee, Suet. Galb. 5; Dig. 41, 3, 14; Gai. Inst. 2, 195:

    antequam legatarius admittat legatum,

    id. ib. 2, 200.—
    B.
    Lēgātārĭa, ae, f., a female legatee, Dig. 19, 11, 43; 33, 4, 2.

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  • 7 Legatarius

    lēgātārĭus, a, um, adj. [legatum], enjoined by a last will or testament (postclass.).
    I.
    Adj.:

    editiones,

    Tert. Spect. 6. —
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    Lēgātārĭus, ii, m., one to whom something is left by will, a legatee, Suet. Galb. 5; Dig. 41, 3, 14; Gai. Inst. 2, 195:

    antequam legatarius admittat legatum,

    id. ib. 2, 200.—
    B.
    Lēgātārĭa, ae, f., a female legatee, Dig. 19, 11, 43; 33, 4, 2.

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  • 8 legatarius

    lēgātārĭus, a, um, adj. [legatum], enjoined by a last will or testament (postclass.).
    I.
    Adj.:

    editiones,

    Tert. Spect. 6. —
    II.
    Subst.
    A.
    Lēgātārĭus, ii, m., one to whom something is left by will, a legatee, Suet. Galb. 5; Dig. 41, 3, 14; Gai. Inst. 2, 195:

    antequam legatarius admittat legatum,

    id. ib. 2, 200.—
    B.
    Lēgātārĭa, ae, f., a female legatee, Dig. 19, 11, 43; 33, 4, 2.

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  • 9 relinquo

    rĕ-linquo, līqui, lictum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    (With the idea of the re predominating.) To leave behind (cf. desero, omitto).
    A.
    In gen., to leave behind by removing one's self; to leave, move away from; to leave, abandon (a person or thing).
    1.
    Lit.:

    puerum apud matrem domi,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 28:

    ipse abiit foras, me reliquit pro atriensi in sedibus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 4:

    me filiis Relinquont quasi magistrum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 22:

    dicerent non me plane de provinciā decessisse, quoniam alterum me reliquissem,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 4:

    C. Fabium legatum cum legionibus II. castris praesidio relinquit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

    cum me servum in servitute pro te hic reliqueris,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 75; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 18:

    fratrem, sc. in provinciā,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 4:

    post tergum hostem relinquere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22; cf. id. ib. 7, 11:

    ille omnibus precibus petere contendit, ut in Galliā relinqueretur,

    might be left behind, id. ib. 5, 6:

    greges pecorum... sub opacā valle reliquit,

    Ov. M. 11, 277 et saep.:

    ea causa miles hic reliquit symbolum,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 53:

    hic exemplum reliquit ejus,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 56:

    (Hecuba) Hectoris in tumulo canum de vertice crinem... relinquit,

    leaves behind, Ov. M. 13, 428:

    (cacumina silvae) limum tenent in fronde relictum,

    left behind, remaining, id. ib. 1, 347.— To leave behind one's self by moving away:

    longius delatus aestu, sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    jamque hos, jamque illos, populo mirante, relinquit,

    Sil. 16, 503; cf. in pass., to remain or be left behind, Lucr. 5, 626.—
    2.
    Trop.: hanc eram ipsam excusationem relicturus ad Caesarem, was about to leave behind me just this excuse (for my departure), Cic. Att. 9, 6, 1:

    aculeos in animis,

    id. Brut. 9, 38:

    quod coeptum est dici, relinquitur in cogitatione audientium,

    Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41:

    aetate relictā,

    Ov. M. 7, 170:

    repetat relicta,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 97.—

    Of rank or merit: (Homerus) omnes sine dubio et in omni genere eloquentiae procul a se reliquit,

    Quint. 10, 1, 51.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1. a.
    Lit.:

    ea mortua est: reliquit filiam adulescentulam,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 41:

    cum pauper cum duobus fratribus relictus essem,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 2; cf.:

    pauper jam a majoribus relictus,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 1:

    agri reliquit ei non magnum modum,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 13:

    heredem testamento reliquit hunc P. Quintium,

    Cic. Quint. 4, 15:

    cum ei testamento sestertiūm milies relinquatur,

    id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

    non, si qui argentum omne legavit, videri potest signatam quoque pecuniam reliquisse,

    Quint. 5, 11, 33:

    qui mihi reliquit haec quae habeo omnia,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 40:

    cedo, quid reliquit Phania,

    id. Hec. 3, 5, 8 and 13:

    fundos decem et tres reliquit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    aliquantum aeris alieni,

    id. Quint. 4, 15:

    servus aut donatus aut testamento relictus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 67:

    alicui arva, greges, armenta,

    Ov. M. 3, 585:

    se testamento liberum relictum,

    Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 16.—
    b.
    Trop., to leave, leave behind one:

    consiliorum ac virtutum nostrarum effigiem,

    Cic. Arch. 12, 30:

    qui sic sunt, haud multum heredem juvant, Sibi vero hanc laudem relinquont: vixit, dum vixit, bene,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 11:

    rem publicam nobis,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70; cf.:

    statum civitatis,

    id. ib. 1, 21, 34; id. Par. 1, 2, 10:

    opus alicui,

    id. Rep. 1, 22, 35: memoriam [p. 1558] aut brevem aut nullam, id. Off. 2, 16, 55:

    monumentum audaciae suae aeternum,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 129:

    quae scripta nobis summi ex Graeciā sapientissimique homines reliquerunt,

    id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

    scriptum in Originibus,

    id. Brut. 19, 75:

    scripta posteris,

    Quint. 1, praef. 1:

    in scriptis relictum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 194:

    orationes reliquit et annales,

    id. Brut. 27, 106:

    duo tantum volumina,

    Suet. Gram. 7:

    librum de suis rebus imperfectum,

    id. ib. 12; cf.:

    si non omnia vates Ficta reliquerunt,

    Ov. M. 13, 734:

    pater, o relictum Filiae nomen,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 34.—
    2.
    To leave a thing behind; to leave remaining; to allow or permit to remain, to let remain, leave; pass., to be left, to remain.
    a.
    Lit.:

    nihil relinquo in aedibus, Nec vas, nec vestimentum,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 88:

    multis autem non modo granum nullum, sed ne paleae quidem ex omni fructu atque ex annuo labore relinquerentur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114:

    nihil de tanto patrimonio,

    id. Rosc. Am. 3, 10:

    equitatus partem illi adtribuit, partem sibi reliquit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 34:

    angustioribus portis relictis,

    id. ib. 7, 70;

    41: unam (filiam) minimamque relinque,

    leave to me, Ov. M. 6, 299:

    jam pauca aratro jugera regiae Moles relinquent,

    Hor. C. 2, 15, 2:

    dapis meliora relinquens,

    id. S. 2, 6, 89:

    magis apta tibi tua dona relinquam,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 43:

    haec porcis hodie comedenda relinquis,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 19; cf.:

    habitanda fana Apris reliquit,

    id. Epod. 16, 20:

    relinquebatur una per Sequanos via,

    remained, Caes. B. G. 1, 9; cf.:

    unā ex parte leniter acclivis aditus relinquebatur,

    id. ib. 2, 29:

    se cum paucis relictum videt,

    Sall. C. 60, 7:

    nec aliud dicionis Atheniensium praeter ipsam urbem reliquit,

    Just. 5, 7, 3.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    quasi corpori reliqueris Tuo potestatem coloris ulli capiendi mala,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 37:

    quam igitur relinquis populari rei publicae laudem?

    Cic. Rep. 3, 35, 48:

    ut vobis non modo dignitatis retinendae, sed ne libertatis quidem recuperandae spes relinquatur,

    id. Agr. 1, 6, 17:

    ceterorum sententiis semotis, relinquitur non mihi cum Torquato, sed virtuti cum voluptate certatio,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 44; cf.:

    ne qua spes in fugā relinqueretur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 51:

    nullā provocatione ad populum contra necem et verbera relicta,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 62; Hor. S. 1, 10, 51:

    quis igitur relictus est objurgandi locus?

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 127; cf.:

    nihil est preci loci relictum,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 22; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 14;

    and, in another sense: plane nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum,

    i. e. he leaves no occasion for them, renders them superfluous, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2:

    ne cui iniquo relinqueremus vituperandi locum,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:

    Aedui nullum sibi ad cognoscendum spatium relinquunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

    spatium deliberandi,

    Nep. Eun, 12, 3:

    vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,

    Cic. Quint. 15, 49; Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 33; cf. Cic. Brut. 72, 253 (v. Bernhardy ad loc.):

    vita relicta est tantum modo,

    Ov. P. 4, 16, 49:

    quod munitioni castrorum tempus relinqui volebat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 9 fin.:

    mihi consilium et virtutis vestrae regimen relinquite,

    Tac. H. 1, 84:

    suspicionem alicui relinquere,

    Suet. Caes. 86:

    aliquem veniae vel saevitiae alicujus,

    Tac. H. 1, 68 fin.:

    aliquem poenae,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 20:

    aliquem poenae,

    Ov. M. 7, 41: leto, poenaeque, id. id. 14, 217; cf.:

    urbem direptioni et incendiis,

    to give up, surrender, abandon, Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:

    neu relinquas hominem innocentem ad alicujus tui dissimilis quaestum,

    do not leave, id. ib. 13, 64:

    aliquid in alicujus spe,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 4, 16. — Poet., with obj.-clause:

    (metus) Omnia suffundens mortis nigrore, neque ullam Esse voluptatem liquidam puramque relinquit,

    Lucr. 3, 40; 1, 703; Ov. M. 14, 100:

    dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 52; Sil. 3, 708: nihil relinquitur nisi fuga, there is nothing left, nothing remains, but, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 6:

    relinquitur illud, quod vociferari non destitit, non debuisse, etc.,

    Cic. Fl. 34, 85; cf.:

    mihi nihil relicti quicquam aliud jam esse intellego,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 81.— Impers. relinquitur, with ut (Zumpt, Gram. §

    621): relinquitur, ut, si vincimur in Hispaniā, quiescamus,

    it remains, that, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2; cf.: relinquebatur, ut neque longius ab agmine legionum discedi Caesar pateretur, Caes. B. G. 5, 19 fin. — In a logical conclusion: relinquitur ergo, ut omnia tria genera sint causarum, hence it follows that, etc., Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; id. Div. 2, 5, 14.—
    3.
    With double predicate, to leave a thing behind in a certain state; to leave, let remain, suffer to be, etc.:

    eum Plautus locum Reliquit integrum,

    has left untouched, Ter. Ad. prol. 10:

    praesertim cum integram rem et causam reliquerim,

    have left unaltered, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.:

    Scaptius me rogat, ut rem sic relinquam,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 13, §

    12: Morini, quos Caesar in Britanniam proficiscens pacatos reliquerat,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 37; cf.:

    amici, quos incorruptos Jugurtha reliquerat,

    Sall. J. 103, 2:

    reliquit (eam) Incertam et tristi turbatam volnere mentis,

    Verg. A. 12, 160:

    (naves) in litore deligatas ad ancoram relinquebat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 9:

    erat aeger in praesidio relictus,

    id. ib. 6, 38:

    in mediis lacerā nave relinquor aquis,

    Ov. P. 2, 3, 28:

    quod insepultos reliquissent eos, quos, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 8, 26; 2, 11, 21:

    aliquid incohatum,

    id. ib. 1, 35, 55; cf.:

    inceptam oppugnationem,

    to give up, abandon, quit, Caes. B. G. 7, 17:

    incoepta fila,

    Ov. M. 6, 34:

    infecta sacra,

    id. ib. 6, 202:

    opus incoeptum,

    id. A. A. 2, 78:

    verba imperfecta,

    id. H. 13, 13:

    pro effectis relinquunt, vixdum incohata,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

    aliquid injudicatum,

    id. 10, 1, 67:

    aliquid neglectum,

    id. 1, 1, 29:

    incertum,

    id. 2, 10, 14:

    tantas copias sine imperio,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 20 init.; cf.:

    sine ture aras,

    Ov. M. 8, 277:

    verbum in ambiguo,

    Lucr. 4, 1137:

    mulierem nullam nominabo: tantum in medio relinquam,

    Cic. Cael. 20, 48; cf.:

    correptio in dubio relicta,

    Quint. 7, 9, 13.
    II.
    (With the idea of the verb predominant.) To leave behind one, to leave, go away from; to forsake, abandon, desert a person or thing.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Lit.:

    ubi illaec obsecrost quae me hic reliquit,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 32: relinquamus nebulonem hunc, Scip. Afr. ap. Gell. 4, 18, 3; cf.:

    non ego te hic lubens relinquo neque abeo abs te,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 33:

    domum propinquosque reliquisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44; cf. id. ib. 1, 30:

    relictis locis superioribus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 36:

    loci relinquendi facultas,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 4 fin.:

    Ilio relicto,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 14:

    urbes,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 5:

    moenia,

    id. Epod. 17, 13:

    litus relictum Respicit,

    Ov. M. 2, 873:

    Roma relinquenda est,

    id. Tr. 1, 3, 62:

    colles clamore relinqui (sc.: a bubus),

    were left behind, Verg. A. 8, 216 Wagn.:

    limen,

    id. ib. 5, 316:

    mensas,

    id. ib. 3, 213:

    dominos,

    Cat. 61, 51:

    volucres Ova relinquebant,

    Lucr. 5, 802 et saep.—
    2.
    Trop.: me somnu' reliquit, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 52 Vahl.); cf.:

    quem vita reliquit,

    Lucr. 5, 63: reliquit aliquem vita, for to die, Ov. M. 11, 327:

    ubi vita tuos reliquerit artus,

    id. Ib. 339;

    for which, also, reversely: animam relinquam potius, quam illas deseram,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 52; so,

    vitam,

    Verg. G. 3, 547; cf. Tac. A. 4, 34:

    lucem,

    Verg. A. 4, 452:

    lumen vitale,

    Ov. M. 14, 175:

    consitus sum senectute, vires Reliquere,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 6:

    aliquem animus,

    id. Mil. 4, 8, 37; Caes. B. G. 6, 38:

    animus reliquit euntem,

    Ov. M. 10, 459:

    aliquem anima,

    Nep. Eum. 4, 2:

    ab omni honestate relictus,

    abandoned, destitute of, Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 23:

    ab alterā (quartanā) relictum esse,

    id. Att. 8, 6, 3; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 290.—
    B.
    In partic., pregn., to leave in the lurch; to forsake, abandon, desert, etc. (v. desero, destituo, prodo).
    1.
    Lit.:

    qui... Reliquit deseruitque me,

    has forsaken me, has given me the slip, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 45; cf.:

    reliquit me homo atque abiit,

    Ter. And. 4, 4, 5:

    succurrere relictae,

    Verg. A. 9, 290.—

    Of the forsaking of a lover by his mistress,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 64; Tib. 3, 6, 40; Prop. 1, 6, 8; Ov. H. 10, 80; id. M. 8, 108:

    paucos, qui ex fugā evaserant, reliquerunt,

    i. e. let them escape, Caes. B. G. 3, 19. — Of things, to leave, give up, abandon, etc.:

    argentum si relinquo ac non peto, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 31:

    auctores signa relinquendi et deserendi castra,

    Liv. 5, 6; cf.:

    relictā non bene parmulā,

    Hor. C. 2, 7, 10.—
    2.
    Trop., to leave, let alone, give up, resign, neglect, forsake, abandon, relinquish:

    rem et causam et utilitatem communem non relinquere solum, sed etiam prodere,

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 50 (for which:

    derelinquo jam communem causam,

    id. ib. 35, 103):

    jus suum dissolute,

    id. ib. 36, 103:

    affectum, cum ad summum perduxerimus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 29:

    (puella) Quod cupide petiit, mature plena reliquit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 100: eum rogato, ut relinquat alias res et huc veniat, to leave or lay aside every thing else, Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 8; cf.:

    omnibus relictis rebus,

    id. Cist. 1, 1, 6; so,

    relictis rebus (omnibus),

    id. Ep. 4, 2, 35; id. Truc. 2, 1, 25; Ter. And. 2, 5, 1; id. Eun. 1, 2, 86; id. Heaut. 4, 7, 12; Lucr. 3, 1071; Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 51; Caes. B. C. 3, 102; cf.

    also: res omnes relictas habeo prae quod tu velis,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 38:

    omnia relinques, si me amabis, cum, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 14:

    et agrorum et armorum cultum,

    to give up, abandon, neglect, id. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    si tu ea relinquis et deseris,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 36, § 80:

    studium exquirendi,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 7:

    agrum alternis annis,

    to suffer to lie fallow, Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 3:

    loca relicta,

    uncultivated, wild lands, Front. Limit. p. 42 Goes.; so,

    relictae possessiones,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 3:

    milites bellum illud, quod erat in manibus, reliquisse,

    abandoned, relinquished, id. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf. possessionem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:

    obsidionem,

    to raise the siege, Liv. 5, 48:

    caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo,

    leave unmentioned, Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 6:

    consulto relinquere (locum), opp. praetermittere,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 9; cf.:

    hoc certe neque praetermittendum neque relinquendum est,

    id. Cat. 3, 8, 18; and:

    audistis haec, judices, quae nunc ego omnia praetereo et relinquo,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106;

    in this sense also,

    id. Brut. 45, 165; cf. id. ib. 19, 76; Hor. A. P. 150:

    cur injurias tuas conjunctas cum publicis reliquisti?

    left unnoticed, uncensured, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 33, § 84; cf.:

    vim et causam efficiendi reliquerunt,

    id. Fin. 1, 6, 18:

    vos legatum omni supplicio interfectum relinquetis?

    id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

    quis est, qui vim hominibus armatis factam relinqui putet oportere,

    id. Caecin. 3, 9.— Poet., with obj.clause:

    quod si plane contueare, mirari multa relinquas,

    leave off, cease, Lucr. 6, 654.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > relinquo

  • 10 statu liber

    stătūlīber (also separate, stătū lī-ber), bĕri, m. [prob. instead of statuto liber; v. infra], a slave to whom liberty is granted under a certain condition or from a certain time, generally by testament:

    statuliber est qui statutam et destinatam in tempus vel condicionem libertatem habet,

    Dig. 40, 7, 1:

    qui sub condicione testamento liber esse jussus est, statu liber appellatur,

    Ulp. Fragm. 2, 1; cf. Titin. 2 passim:

    statuliber est qui testamento certā condicione propositā jubetur esse liber, Fest. s. v. statuliber, p. 249 L.: statuliberi, id est ejus servi quo testamento sub aliquā condicione liber esse jussus est, quem constat interea heredis servum esse,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 200: cum statuliber sub condicione legatus est, et pendente condicione legati condicio statutae libertatis deficit, legatum utile fit;

    nam, sicut statuta libertas tunc perimit legatum cum vires accipit, ita, etc.,

    Dig. 30, 1, 81, § 9; cf. ib. 33, 5, 9; 30, 1, 44, § 8; and the whole title of the Dig. 40, 7, De statuliberis.—The word perhaps occurred in the XII. Tables:

    sub hac condicione liber esse jussus... ad libertatem perveniet: idque lex duodecim tabularum jubet,

    Ulp. Fragm. 2, 4.

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  • 11 statuliber

    stătūlīber (also separate, stătū lī-ber), bĕri, m. [prob. instead of statuto liber; v. infra], a slave to whom liberty is granted under a certain condition or from a certain time, generally by testament:

    statuliber est qui statutam et destinatam in tempus vel condicionem libertatem habet,

    Dig. 40, 7, 1:

    qui sub condicione testamento liber esse jussus est, statu liber appellatur,

    Ulp. Fragm. 2, 1; cf. Titin. 2 passim:

    statuliber est qui testamento certā condicione propositā jubetur esse liber, Fest. s. v. statuliber, p. 249 L.: statuliberi, id est ejus servi quo testamento sub aliquā condicione liber esse jussus est, quem constat interea heredis servum esse,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 200: cum statuliber sub condicione legatus est, et pendente condicione legati condicio statutae libertatis deficit, legatum utile fit;

    nam, sicut statuta libertas tunc perimit legatum cum vires accipit, ita, etc.,

    Dig. 30, 1, 81, § 9; cf. ib. 33, 5, 9; 30, 1, 44, § 8; and the whole title of the Dig. 40, 7, De statuliberis.—The word perhaps occurred in the XII. Tables:

    sub hac condicione liber esse jussus... ad libertatem perveniet: idque lex duodecim tabularum jubet,

    Ulp. Fragm. 2, 4.

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  • 12 stipulor

    stĭpŭlor, ātus, 1 ( inf. paragog. stipularier, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 14), v. dep. [acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll., kindr. with stips: qui pecuniam alligat, stipulari et restipulari; cf.

    also: cum spondetur pecunia, stipulari dicitur,

    Fest. p. 297 Müll.—More prob. from unused adj. stipulus, firm, from root stip-; v. stipo], jurid. t. t., to demand a formal promise; to bargain, covenant, stipulate.
    I.
    Lit.:

    stipularier,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 14 sq.; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 115; Gai. Inst. 3, 92 sq.:

    itaque stipulantur sic, Illas capras hodie recte esse et bibere posse habereque recte licere, haec spondesne?

    Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 11:

    si is, cui legatum est, stipulatus est id ipsum, quod legatum est, ut ea pecunia ex stipulatione debeatur,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

    reliquum est, ut stipulatum se esse dicat.... Stipulatus es? ubi? quo praesente? quis spopondisse me dicit?

    id. Rosc. Com. 5, 13:

    quantumvis stipulare, et protinus accipe quod do,

    i. e. ask, demand, Juv. 7, 165:

    quod stipulanti spoponderam,

    Col. 10 praef.; Dig. 45, 1, 4; 46, 7, 3.—
    II.
    Sometimes transf., of him who gives the promise or pledges himself (for the usu. promittere), to promise, engage, pledge one's self:

    si quis usuras solverit, quas non erat stipulatus,

    Dig. 46, 3, 5; so ib. 12, 6, 26 fin.; 13, 4, 7.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > stipulor

  • 13 alter

        alter tera, terum, gen. terīus or terius, dat. alterī (f rarely alterae), pronom adj.    [2 AL-], one, another, the one, the other (of two): necesse est sit alterum de duobus: altera ex duabus legionibus, Cs.: alter consulum, L.: in alterā parte fluminis legatum reliquit, on the other side, Cs.: ut consules alter ambove cognoscerent, one or both: absente consulum altero ambobusve, L. — Alter... alter, the one... the other, the former... the latter: curemus aequam uterque partem; ut alterum, ego item alterum, T.: quorum alter exercitum perdidit, alter vendidit: nec ad vivos pertineat, nec ad mortuos; alteri nulli sunt, alteros non attinget: quorum alteri adiuvabant, alteri, etc., Cs.: qui noxii ambo, alter in alterum causam conferant, L.—Unus... alter, one... the other: Ph. Una iniuria est tecum... altera est tecum, T.: uni epistulae respondi, venio ad alteram. — Opp. to other distributive words: alter gladiator habetur, hic autem, etc.: lateris alter angulus ad orientem solem, inferior ad, etc., Cs.: ne alteruter alterum praeoccuparet, N.: uterque suo studio delectatus contempsit alterum: neutrum eorum contra alterum iuvare, Cs.—Esp., as a numeral, the second, next (cf. secundus): primo die... alter dies... tertius dies: proximo, altero, tertio, reliquis consecutis diebus: sive iterum Sulla sive alter Marius: alteris Te mensis adhibet deum, i. e. at the dessert, H. — So, alterā die, the next day: altero die quam, on the next day after, L. — With praepp.: qui tum regnabat alter post Alexandream conditam, next after: Fortunate puer, tu nunc eris alter ab illo, the next after him, V.—In compound numbers: litteras altero vicensimo die reddidit, on the twenty-second day.—Of a number collectively: hos libros alteros quinque mittemus, a second series of five: Aurea mala decem misi; cras altera (sc. decem) mittam, V. — In the phrase, unus et alter, unus atque alter, unus alterque, the one and the other.—Usu. of an indef. number, one and another, a couple, one or two: Unus et item alter, T.: unum et alterum diem desiderari: versus paulo concinnior unus et alter, H.—Rarely of a definite number, two: unus et alter dies intercesserat.—Alterum tantum, as much more, as much again, twice as much: altero tanto longior, N.: numero tantum alterum adiecit, L. — Of quality or character, a second, another, i. e. very like: Verres, alter Orcus: alter ego: amicus est tamquam alter idem, a second self.—The one of two, either of two (for alteruter): non uterque sed alter: sine alteris vestrum vivere, L. — Meton., another (for alius): victis non ad alterius praescriptum imperare, Cs.: si nullius alterius nos pudet, nobody else, L.—Hence, a neighbor, fellow-creature: ex incommodis Alterius sua ut conparent commoda, T.: nihil alterius causā facere.—The other, the opposite: alterius factionis principes, the leaders of the opposite party, N.—Different, changed: quotiens et specula videris alterum, H.
    * * *
    I
    the_one... the_other (alter... alter); otherwise
    II
    altera, alterum ADJ
    one (of two); second/another; former/latter

    unus et alter-- one or two/other

    III
    second/further/next/other/latter/some person/thing (actually PRON); either

    Latin-English dictionary > alter

  • 14 combūrō (conb-)

        combūrō (conb-) ūssī, ūstus, ere    [PVR-], to burn up, consume: subsellia: navīs, Cs.: legatum vivum: puerum.—Fig., to ruin: alqm iudicio.

    Latin-English dictionary > combūrō (conb-)

  • 15 frētus

        frētus adj.    [3 FER-], leaning, supported, relying, depending, trusting, daring, confident: malitiā suā, T.: Antoni copiis: meā prudentiā: iuventā, V.: ferro et animis, L.: multitudo nulli rei, L.: satis fretus esse etiam nunc tolerando certamini legatum, L.: excipi posse (hostem), Cu.
    * * *
    freta, fretum ADJ
    relying on, trusting to, supported by (w/ABL)

    Latin-English dictionary > frētus

  • 16 lēgātus

        lēgātus ī, m    [P. of 1 lego], an ambassador, legate: legatos mittere: missitare supplicantīs legatos, S.: missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati, H.: Legati responsa ferunt, V.— A deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general (the second in command): qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt: Caesaris, Cs.: hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses: quaestorius: magnitudo et splendor legati, L.: in magnā legatum quaere popinā, Iu.—In the Empire, an imperial legate, governor of a province, Ta.
    * * *
    envoy, ambassador, legate; commander of a legion; officer; deputy

    Latin-English dictionary > lēgātus

  • 17 obiciō

        obiciō (not obiiciō), iēcī, iectus, ere    [ob+ iacio], to throw before, throw to, cast, offer, present, expose: corpus feris: alcui offam, V.: legatum hominibus feris, Cs.: si tale visum obiectum est a deo dormienti, presented: huic (sicae) obici pro me, be exposed.—To throw before, use as a defence, cast in the way, set against, oppose: Alpium vallum contra ascensum Gallorum: erat obiectus portus ericius, Cs.: se ei, N.: maximo aggere obiecto: cum in obiecto (tela) scuto haesissent, L.: sese ad currum, flung himself before the chariot, V.—Fig., to throw before, put before, present, offer, give up, expose: Unum ex iudicibus selectis, hold up as an example, H.: debilitati obiectā specie voluptatis: delenimentum animis agri divisionem obici, L.: Noctem peccatis, H.: nubem oculis, O.: consulem morti, abandon: obicitur (consulatus) ad periculum: me in tot dimicationes.—To bring upon, inspire, inflict, visit (cf. inicio): nos quibus est obiectus labos, T.: qui sibi eam mentem obiecissent, ut, etc., suggested, L.: furorem Roscio: canibus rabiem, V.— Pass, to be occasioned, befall, happen, occur: mihi mali obici Tantum, T.: tantis difficultatibus obiectis, Cs.: obicitur animo metus. —To throw out against, object, taunt, reproach, upbraid with: ei probris obiectis: exercitu Caesaris luxuriem, Cs.: id adversario, to make such an attack on: Parcius ista viris obicienda memento, V.: obiecit ut probrum Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset: de Cispio mihi igitur obicies?: quod obiectum est de pudicitiā.
    * * *
    obicere, objeci, objectus V TRANS
    throw before/to, cast; object, oppose; upbraid; throw in one's teeth; present

    Latin-English dictionary > obiciō

  • 18 per-timēscō

        per-timēscō muī, —, ere,     inch, to be frightened, be alarmed, fear greatly: Catilina ipse pertimuit: de fortunis suis: cuiusquam vim: legatum, S.: nomen imperi etiam in levi personā pertimescitur: ne quid peccasset: quem habitura sit exitum (contemptio legum).

    Latin-English dictionary > per-timēscō

  • 19 prae-mittō

        prae-mittō mīsī, missus, ere,    to send forward, despatch in advance: legiones in Hispaniam, Cs.: legatum ad flumen, S.: odiosas litteras: ad Boios, qui doceant, etc., Cs.: cum sese Italicam venturum praemisisset, had sent on word, Cs.: praemisit, ut cogitarent, etc., sent word, L.: haec favorabili oratione, premised, Ta.

    Latin-English dictionary > prae-mittō

  • 20 pudeō

        pudeō uī or puditum est, ere    [4 PV-].— Intrans, to be ashamed, feel shame: non simultatem meam Revereri! non pudere! T.: inducitur ad pudendum.— Trans, to make ashamed, put to shame, humiliate: quem neque pudet Quicquam, T.: me quid pudeat, qui? why should I be ashamed?: et sero et nequicquam pudet (sc. te): fratris me Pudet, T.: homines infamiae suae: cuius eos non pudere demiror: Eheu cicatricum et sceleris pudet, H.: pudet deorum hominumque, before gods and men, L.: patris mei meūm factūm pudet, I am ashamed before my father of my deeds, Enn. ap. C.: pudet Dicere hac praesente verbum turpe, T.: nec pudet fateri nescire quod nesciam: Scripta pudet recitare, H.: pudebat Macedones urbem deletam esse, Cu.: nonne esset puditum, legatum dici Maeandrium?—With supin. abl.: pudet dictu, Ta.
    * * *
    pudere, pudui, puditus V
    be ashamed; make ashamed

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