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61 Лора-дель-Рио

( Испания) Lora del Río

Русско-английский географический словарь > Лора-дель-Рио
62 Пишин-Лора

р. (Пакистан) Pishin Lora

Русско-английский географический словарь > Пишин-Лора
63 allora

avv [al'lora]
1) (in quel momento) then, at that moment, (a quel tempo) then, in those days, at that time

proprio allora ha squillato il telefono — just at that moment the phone rang

è stato allora che ho capito che tipo era — it was then that I realized what kind of person he was

allora non lo sapevo — I didn't know about it then

da allora non l'ho più visto — I haven't seen him since then

da allora in poi — since then, from then on

allora aveva ancora i capelli lunghi — at that time she still had long hair

la gente di allora — people then o in those days

2) (in questo caso) then, in that case, so, (dunque) well then, so

hai paura? - allora dillo! — are you frightened? - (well) then, say so!

allora, che facciamo stasera? — so, what are we going to do this evening?

allora? Com'è andata? — so, how did it go?

allora vieni? — well (then), are you coming?

e allora? — (che fare?) what now?, (e con ciò?) so what?

Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese > allora
64 malora

sf [ma'lora]
fam

andare in malora — to go to the dogs

alla malora! — hell!

va in malora! — go to hell!

è un tirchio della malora! — he's a bloody miser!

Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese > malora
65 qualora

cong [kwa'lora]
in case, if

qualora cambiassi idea — should you (happen to) change your mind

Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese > qualora
66 talora

avv [ta'lora]
See:

talvolta

Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese > talora
67 adjuncta

ad-jungo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a., to add, join, annex, or bind to any thing.
I.
Lit., of cattle, to yoke, to harness (cf.:
jugo, jugum, jungo, etc.): adjunxere feras (preceded by bijugos agitare leones),
Lucr. 2, 604:
tauros aratro,
Tib. 1, 9, 7:
plostello mures,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 247:
tigribus adjunctis aurea lora dabat,
Ov. A. A. 1, 552; so id. Am. 1, 1, 26; Gell. 20, 1.—Hence,
II.
Transf.
A.
Of persons or things, to join or add to. —With ad or dat.:
ad probos te adjunxeris,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 59;
where the figure of yoking is closely adhered to (v. the connection): adjunge te ad currum,
Vulg. Act. 8, 29:
socium quaerit, quem adjungat sibi,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 22:
comitem T. Volturcium,
Cic. Cat. 3, 4:
se comitem fugae,
id. Att. 9, 10, 2:
ei proxime adjunctus frater fuit,
id. Brut. 28:
viro se,
Verg. A. 8, 13:
adjuncti sunt Paulo et Silae,
Vulg. Act. 17, 4:
accessionem aedibus,
Cic. Off. 1, 39:
ulmis vites,
Verg. G. 1, 2:
classem lateri castrorum,
id. A. 9, 69; so esp. freq. of places, lying near, adjacent:
huic fundo continentia quaedam praedia et adjuncta mercatur,
Cic. Caec. 4; Nep. Dion. 5; Curt. 8, 1; cf. id. 5, 4; Sil. 8, 642.— Trop.: ad malam aetatem adjungere cruciatum, Pac. ap. Non. 2, 1:
imperium credat gravius esse, vi quod fit, quam illud quod amicitia adjungitur,
the command which is put upon him, given him, with kind feeling, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 42.—Hence, adjungere aliquem sibi, to bind to one's self, to enter into friendship with, to make one a friend:
familiam colere, adjuvare, adjungere,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 4; Cic. Mur. 19; so Q. Cic. Pet. 7; Nep. Alc. 5, 9; id. Eum. 2; so,
agros populo Romano,
Cic. Agr. 1, 2:
totam ad imperium pop. R. Ciliciam,
id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:
urbem in societatem,
Liv. 37, 15: sibi aliquem beneficio, to lay one under obligation to one's self, to oblige:
quem beneficio adjungas,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 47;
also without beneficio: ut parentes propinquosque eorum adjungeret,
Tac. A. 3, 43.—
B.
Met. of mental objects, to apply to, to direct to (very freq. and class.):
animum ad aliquod studium,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 29:
fidem visis,
to give credit to, Cic. Ac. 1, 11; id. Div. 2, 55:
huc animum ut adjungas tuum,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 61:
diligentia vestra nobis adjungenda est,
Cic. Clu. 1:
ut aliquis metus adjunctus sit ad gratiam,
id. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24:
suspicionem potius ad praedam quam ad egestatem,
to direct suspicion rather to him who possesses the booty, than to him who lives in poverty, id. Rosc. Am. 31.—
C.
To add or join something to a thing as an accompaniment, to annex, to subjoin, to let follow or attend: audi atque auditis hostimentum adjungito, hear and let requital follow what is heard, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 154 Vahl.):
huic voluptati hoc adjunctum est odium,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 34:
istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,
Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236.— Hence of a new thought or circumstance, to add it to the preceding:
quod cum dicerem, illud adjunxi: mihi tecum ita, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2:
satis erit dictum, si hoc unum adjunxero,
Nep. Epam. 10:
His adjungit, Hylan nautae quo fonte relictum Clamassent,
Verg. E. 6, 43 (v. addo, adjicio, etc.):
ad ceteras summas utilitates, haec quoque opportunitas adjungatur, ut, etc.,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:
Adjuncto vero, ut iidem etiam prudentes haberentur,
id. Off. 2, 12.—Hence,
D.
In rhet.: adjuncta, n., collateral circumstances:
loci argumentorum ex adjunctis repeti possunt, ut quaeratur, quid ante rem, quid cum re, quid postea evenerit,
Cic. Top. 12; so id. ib. 18; cf. consequens.—Hence, adjunctus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Joined, added to, or connected with a thing:
quae propiora hujus causae et adjunctiora sunt,
Cic. Clu. 10:
ventum ad veram et adjunctissimam quaestionem,
Arn. 7, p. 243.—Hence,
B.
adjuncta, ōrum, n., additional circumstances, adjuncts, things closely connected with, belonging or suitable to:
semper in adjunctis aevoque morabimur aptis,
Hor. A. P. 178.— Adv. not used.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adjuncta
68 adjunctus

ad-jungo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a., to add, join, annex, or bind to any thing.
I.
Lit., of cattle, to yoke, to harness (cf.:
jugo, jugum, jungo, etc.): adjunxere feras (preceded by bijugos agitare leones),
Lucr. 2, 604:
tauros aratro,
Tib. 1, 9, 7:
plostello mures,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 247:
tigribus adjunctis aurea lora dabat,
Ov. A. A. 1, 552; so id. Am. 1, 1, 26; Gell. 20, 1.—Hence,
II.
Transf.
A.
Of persons or things, to join or add to. —With ad or dat.:
ad probos te adjunxeris,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 59;
where the figure of yoking is closely adhered to (v. the connection): adjunge te ad currum,
Vulg. Act. 8, 29:
socium quaerit, quem adjungat sibi,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 22:
comitem T. Volturcium,
Cic. Cat. 3, 4:
se comitem fugae,
id. Att. 9, 10, 2:
ei proxime adjunctus frater fuit,
id. Brut. 28:
viro se,
Verg. A. 8, 13:
adjuncti sunt Paulo et Silae,
Vulg. Act. 17, 4:
accessionem aedibus,
Cic. Off. 1, 39:
ulmis vites,
Verg. G. 1, 2:
classem lateri castrorum,
id. A. 9, 69; so esp. freq. of places, lying near, adjacent:
huic fundo continentia quaedam praedia et adjuncta mercatur,
Cic. Caec. 4; Nep. Dion. 5; Curt. 8, 1; cf. id. 5, 4; Sil. 8, 642.— Trop.: ad malam aetatem adjungere cruciatum, Pac. ap. Non. 2, 1:
imperium credat gravius esse, vi quod fit, quam illud quod amicitia adjungitur,
the command which is put upon him, given him, with kind feeling, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 42.—Hence, adjungere aliquem sibi, to bind to one's self, to enter into friendship with, to make one a friend:
familiam colere, adjuvare, adjungere,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 4; Cic. Mur. 19; so Q. Cic. Pet. 7; Nep. Alc. 5, 9; id. Eum. 2; so,
agros populo Romano,
Cic. Agr. 1, 2:
totam ad imperium pop. R. Ciliciam,
id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:
urbem in societatem,
Liv. 37, 15: sibi aliquem beneficio, to lay one under obligation to one's self, to oblige:
quem beneficio adjungas,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 47;
also without beneficio: ut parentes propinquosque eorum adjungeret,
Tac. A. 3, 43.—
B.
Met. of mental objects, to apply to, to direct to (very freq. and class.):
animum ad aliquod studium,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 29:
fidem visis,
to give credit to, Cic. Ac. 1, 11; id. Div. 2, 55:
huc animum ut adjungas tuum,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 61:
diligentia vestra nobis adjungenda est,
Cic. Clu. 1:
ut aliquis metus adjunctus sit ad gratiam,
id. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24:
suspicionem potius ad praedam quam ad egestatem,
to direct suspicion rather to him who possesses the booty, than to him who lives in poverty, id. Rosc. Am. 31.—
C.
To add or join something to a thing as an accompaniment, to annex, to subjoin, to let follow or attend: audi atque auditis hostimentum adjungito, hear and let requital follow what is heard, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 154 Vahl.):
huic voluptati hoc adjunctum est odium,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 34:
istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,
Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236.— Hence of a new thought or circumstance, to add it to the preceding:
quod cum dicerem, illud adjunxi: mihi tecum ita, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2:
satis erit dictum, si hoc unum adjunxero,
Nep. Epam. 10:
His adjungit, Hylan nautae quo fonte relictum Clamassent,
Verg. E. 6, 43 (v. addo, adjicio, etc.):
ad ceteras summas utilitates, haec quoque opportunitas adjungatur, ut, etc.,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:
Adjuncto vero, ut iidem etiam prudentes haberentur,
id. Off. 2, 12.—Hence,
D.
In rhet.: adjuncta, n., collateral circumstances:
loci argumentorum ex adjunctis repeti possunt, ut quaeratur, quid ante rem, quid cum re, quid postea evenerit,
Cic. Top. 12; so id. ib. 18; cf. consequens.—Hence, adjunctus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Joined, added to, or connected with a thing:
quae propiora hujus causae et adjunctiora sunt,
Cic. Clu. 10:
ventum ad veram et adjunctissimam quaestionem,
Arn. 7, p. 243.—Hence,
B.
adjuncta, ōrum, n., additional circumstances, adjuncts, things closely connected with, belonging or suitable to:
semper in adjunctis aevoque morabimur aptis,
Hor. A. P. 178.— Adv. not used.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adjunctus
69 adjungo

ad-jungo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a., to add, join, annex, or bind to any thing.
I.
Lit., of cattle, to yoke, to harness (cf.:
jugo, jugum, jungo, etc.): adjunxere feras (preceded by bijugos agitare leones),
Lucr. 2, 604:
tauros aratro,
Tib. 1, 9, 7:
plostello mures,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 247:
tigribus adjunctis aurea lora dabat,
Ov. A. A. 1, 552; so id. Am. 1, 1, 26; Gell. 20, 1.—Hence,
II.
Transf.
A.
Of persons or things, to join or add to. —With ad or dat.:
ad probos te adjunxeris,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 59;
where the figure of yoking is closely adhered to (v. the connection): adjunge te ad currum,
Vulg. Act. 8, 29:
socium quaerit, quem adjungat sibi,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 22:
comitem T. Volturcium,
Cic. Cat. 3, 4:
se comitem fugae,
id. Att. 9, 10, 2:
ei proxime adjunctus frater fuit,
id. Brut. 28:
viro se,
Verg. A. 8, 13:
adjuncti sunt Paulo et Silae,
Vulg. Act. 17, 4:
accessionem aedibus,
Cic. Off. 1, 39:
ulmis vites,
Verg. G. 1, 2:
classem lateri castrorum,
id. A. 9, 69; so esp. freq. of places, lying near, adjacent:
huic fundo continentia quaedam praedia et adjuncta mercatur,
Cic. Caec. 4; Nep. Dion. 5; Curt. 8, 1; cf. id. 5, 4; Sil. 8, 642.— Trop.: ad malam aetatem adjungere cruciatum, Pac. ap. Non. 2, 1:
imperium credat gravius esse, vi quod fit, quam illud quod amicitia adjungitur,
the command which is put upon him, given him, with kind feeling, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 42.—Hence, adjungere aliquem sibi, to bind to one's self, to enter into friendship with, to make one a friend:
familiam colere, adjuvare, adjungere,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 4; Cic. Mur. 19; so Q. Cic. Pet. 7; Nep. Alc. 5, 9; id. Eum. 2; so,
agros populo Romano,
Cic. Agr. 1, 2:
totam ad imperium pop. R. Ciliciam,
id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:
urbem in societatem,
Liv. 37, 15: sibi aliquem beneficio, to lay one under obligation to one's self, to oblige:
quem beneficio adjungas,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 47;
also without beneficio: ut parentes propinquosque eorum adjungeret,
Tac. A. 3, 43.—
B.
Met. of mental objects, to apply to, to direct to (very freq. and class.):
animum ad aliquod studium,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 29:
fidem visis,
to give credit to, Cic. Ac. 1, 11; id. Div. 2, 55:
huc animum ut adjungas tuum,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 61:
diligentia vestra nobis adjungenda est,
Cic. Clu. 1:
ut aliquis metus adjunctus sit ad gratiam,
id. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24:
suspicionem potius ad praedam quam ad egestatem,
to direct suspicion rather to him who possesses the booty, than to him who lives in poverty, id. Rosc. Am. 31.—
C.
To add or join something to a thing as an accompaniment, to annex, to subjoin, to let follow or attend: audi atque auditis hostimentum adjungito, hear and let requital follow what is heard, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 154 Vahl.):
huic voluptati hoc adjunctum est odium,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 34:
istam juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedisequamque adjunxisti,
Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 236.— Hence of a new thought or circumstance, to add it to the preceding:
quod cum dicerem, illud adjunxi: mihi tecum ita, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 5, 2:
satis erit dictum, si hoc unum adjunxero,
Nep. Epam. 10:
His adjungit, Hylan nautae quo fonte relictum Clamassent,
Verg. E. 6, 43 (v. addo, adjicio, etc.):
ad ceteras summas utilitates, haec quoque opportunitas adjungatur, ut, etc.,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:
Adjuncto vero, ut iidem etiam prudentes haberentur,
id. Off. 2, 12.—Hence,
D.
In rhet.: adjuncta, n., collateral circumstances:
loci argumentorum ex adjunctis repeti possunt, ut quaeratur, quid ante rem, quid cum re, quid postea evenerit,
Cic. Top. 12; so id. ib. 18; cf. consequens.—Hence, adjunctus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Joined, added to, or connected with a thing:
quae propiora hujus causae et adjunctiora sunt,
Cic. Clu. 10:
ventum ad veram et adjunctissimam quaestionem,
Arn. 7, p. 243.—Hence,
B.
adjuncta, ōrum, n., additional circumstances, adjuncts, things closely connected with, belonging or suitable to:
semper in adjunctis aevoque morabimur aptis,
Hor. A. P. 178.— Adv. not used.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adjungo
70 amentum

āmentum, i, n. [hamma, haptô; v. apo], a strap or thong, esp. upon missile weapons, by means of which they were thrown with greater force (cf. amento): amenta, quibus, ut mitti possint, vinciuntur jacula sive solearum lora, Paul. ex Fest. p. 12 Müll.:
epistola ad amentum deligata,
Caes. B. G. 5, 48 Herz.:
inserit amento digitos,
Ov. M. 12, 321:
amenta torquent,
Verg. A. 9, 665:
umor jaculorum amenta emollierat,
Liv. 37, 41 al. —Rarely, a shoe-string:
soleae sine amento,
Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 31.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > amentum
71 capio

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio
72 Capta

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Capta
73 concutio

con-cŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3, v. a. [quatio, as cur = quāre].
I.
To strike one upon another, to strike together (rare): utrum cavae manus concutiantur, an planae, Sen. Q. N. 2, 28, 1:
concussā manu dare signa,
Ov. M. 11, 465:
frameas,
Tac. G. 11.—
II.
To shake violently, to shake, agitate (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).
A.
Lit. (mostly poet.): concutit ungula terram, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 419 Vahl.): tonitru concussa aequora caeli, Att. ap. Non. p. 505, 8 (Trag. Rel. v. 224 Rib.); cf.:
templa caeli summa sonitu (in a parodying of pathos),
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 42; cf.:
serena caeli sonitu,
Lucr. 2, 1101; 6, 358:
grandi tonitru concussa repente Terra,
id. 5, 551; cf. id. 6, 544:
terra ingenti motu concussa est,
Liv. 3, 10, 6; Ov. M. 8, 781:
concussae cadunt urbes,
Lucr. 5, 1236: concusso terrae motu theatro, * Suet. Ner. 20:
moenia,
Ov. M. 13, 175:
freta,
id. ib. 6, 691;
7, 201: undas,
id. ib. 8, 605:
artus,
Lucr. 5, 1076; 6, 595; cf. id. 2, 949:
corpora risu,
id. 1, 918; 2, 976; cf. Juv. 3, 101; Quint. 6, 3, 9:
caput,
Ov. M. 2, 50:
caesariem,
id. ib. 1, 179; cf.
comam,
id. F. 2, 846:
tempora,
id. M. 13, 644:
manum,
id. ib. 11, 465:
pectus,
id. ib. 2, 755:
arma manu,
to hurl, id. ib. 1, 143; 7, 130; cf.:
tela lacertis,
id. ib. 12, 79:
te certo arcu,
to hit surely, Prop. 1, 7, 15:
inmissis aurigae undantia lora Concussere jugis,
Verg. A. 5, 147:
in calicibus concussis,
Plin. 35, 16, 55, § 193 Sillig N. cr.:
munimenta arietibus admotis,
Curt. 8, 2, 22:
aures Caesaris concutit fragor,
Luc. 6, 163:
corpus concutit gestatio,
Sen. Ep. 15, 6:
pectora planctu,
Stat. S. 5, 1, 179.— Pass.:
quorum (ignium) ictu concuti aera verum est,
Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 112:
corpus concutitur gestatione,
Cels. 3, 21:
majore cachinno Concutitur,
Juv. 3, 100:
concutitur sanguis,
Lucr. 3, 249.—Esp. in part. perf.:
mugitibus aether,
Verg. G. 3, 151:
risu tremulo (ora),
Lucr. 1, 919; 2, 976:
rates,
shattered, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:
coma,
id. F. 2, 846:
corpus vulnere,
Stat. S. 3, 4, 70:
fores,
Ov. Am. 1, 6, 50:
ilex,
Verg. G. 4, 81:
quercus,
id. ib. 1, 159:
materies per artus,
Lucr. 2, 949:
Lyrnesia moenia dextrā,
Ov. M. 13, 175:
mons,
Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 53:
paries,
Dig. 39, 2, 18, § 11:
remo concusso tollere ratem,
Val. Fl. 1, 340.— With Gr. acc.:
pectus concussa crebris verberibus,
Luc. 2, 335.—
2.
Se, to examine by shaking one's self; the figure taken from the searching of a thief, etc., by shaking his garments; hence, trop. equiv. to search, examine (cf. excutio):
te ipsum Concute, num qua tibi vitiorum inseverit olim Natura,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 35 Orell. ad loc. and cf. B. 3. infra.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To shake the power of, shake to its foundation, to shatter, cause to waver, to impair, disturb, distract:
rem publicam,
Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 109; Plin. Pan. 6, 3:
provincias magnis momentis,
Vell. 2, 78:
regnum,
Liv. 33, 19, 1:
orbem,
Tac. H. 1, 16:
opes Lacedaemoniorum,
Nep. Epam. 6, 4:
provincias magnis molimentis,
Vell. 2, 78, 1:
concusso jam et paene fracto Hannibale,
Liv. 28, 44, 11:
domum,
Tac. H. 3, 45:
concussā Transrhenanorum fide,
id. ib. 5, 25:
nondum concusso senatusconsulto,
id. A. 14, 43:
imperium Persarum,
Curt. 4, 14, 20; cf. Plin. Ep. 10, 114 (115), 3:
concussa fides,
Luc. 1, 182.—
2.
To shake in feeling, to agitate violently.
a.
Usually, to put in fear, terror, or anxiety, to terrify, alarm, trouble:
terrorem metum concutientem definiunt,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:
consules declarantur M. Tullius et C. Antonius, quod factum primo populares conjurationis concusserat,
Sall. C. 24, 1:
populum Romanum terrore Numantini belli,
Vell. 2, 90, 3; Quint. 4, 2, 37:
urbem,
Verg. A. 4, 666:
totam Asiam,
Curt. 4, 1, 20:
ingens barbaros pavor concusserat,
id. 8, 2, 24:
casu concussus acerbo,
Verg. A. 5, 700; Tac. H. 2, 99 fin.:
extemplo turbati animi concussaque vulgi Pectora,
Verg. A. 11, 451. — Poet. in a Greek constr.:
casu animum concussus amici,
Verg. A. 5, 869:
hoc concussa metu mentem Juturna virago,
id. ib. 12, 468; so Hor. S. 2, 3, 295.—
(β).
In the jurists: aliquem, to terrify one by threats, etc., in order to extort money from him, Dig. 1, 18, 6, § 3; Paul. Sent. 5, 25, 12; Cod. Th. 9, 27, 6; cf. concussio, II., concussor, and concussura.—
b.
In gen., of any excitement of the passions: magnum et summum est deoque vicinum, non concuti. Hanc stabilem animi sedem Graeci euthumian vocant... ego tranquillitatem voco, Sen. Tranq. 2, 3:
hoc agite: Poenas petite violatae Stygis: Concutite pectus,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 105.—
3.
To urge, excite, rouse to activity, = excitare, commovere (rare and not ante-Aug.):
fecundum concute pectus,
Verg. A. 7, 338:
tu concute plebem,
Petr. Poet. 124, 288:
se concussere ambae,
Juv. 10, 328:
non leviter se Numidia concussit,
Flor. 3, 1, 2.—Hence, * concussus, a, um, P. a., stirred up, restless:
Pallas aliquanto concussior,
Mart. Cap. 4, § 332.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > concutio
74 conripio

cor-rĭpĭo ( conr-), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize or snatch up, to collect, to seize upon, take hold of (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
hominem conripi ac suspendi jussit in oleastro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57; Caes. B. C. 3, 109; cf. Ov. M. 9, 217 al.:
arcumque manu celeresque sagittas,
Verg. A. 1, 188; cf.:
lora manu,
Ov. M. 2, 145:
fasces,
Sall. C. 18, 5:
arma,
Vell. 2, 110 et saep.: corpus, to rise up quickly, start up:
ex somno,
Lucr. 3, 164; Verg. A. 4, 572:
de terrā,
Lucr. 4, 1000:
e stratis,
Verg. A. 3, 176: se, to get or rise up hastily, to betake one's self somewhere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 76; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 5; Verg. A. 6, 472.— Poet.: viam, gradum, spatium, etc., to set out quickly, to pursue hastily, to hasten, hasten through or over:
viam,
Verg. A. 1, 418; Ov. M. 2, 158; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6:
gradum,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 33:
spatia,
Verg. A. 5, 316:
campum,
id. G. 3, 104:
aequora,
Val. Fl. 1, 132 al.:
correptā luce diei,
collected, Lucr. 4, 81.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of robbery, etc., to carry off, rob, plunder, take possession of, usurp:
pecunias undique quasi in subsidium,
Tac. A. 13, 18; cf.:
bona vivorum ac mortuorum usquequaque,
Suet. Dom. 12:
pecunias,
Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Tac. A. 13, 31 fin.:
sacram effigiem,
Verg. A. 2, 167:
praefecturas,
Tac. A. 11, 8 al. —
2.
In Tac. freq. of accusations, to bring to trial, accuse, inform against:
Vitellius accusatione corripitur, deferente Junio Lupo senatore,
Tac. A. 12, 42; 2, 28; 3, 49; 6, 40 al.—
3.
Of fire, etc., or of diseases, to attack, seize, sweep, or carry away (freq. after the Aug. per.):
turbine caelesti subito correptus et igni,
Lucr. 6, 395; cf. Verg. A. 1, 45:
flamma Corripuit tabulas,
id. ib. 9, 537; so Ov. M. 2, 210 al.;
and transf. to the person: ipsas ignes corripuere casas,
id. F. 2, 524:
nec singula morbi Corpora corripiunt,
Verg. G. 3, 472; Cels. 6, 18, 9; Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:
morbo bis inter res agendas correptus est,
Suet. Caes. 45:
pedum dolore,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4;
rarely of death: subitā morte,
Flor. 3, 17, 2:
(ales) caeco correpta veneno,
Lucr. 6, 823:
(segetes) modo sol nimius, nimius modo corripit imber,
Ov. M. 5, 483.— Absol.:
si (paralytici) correpti non sunt, diutius quidem vivunt, sed, etc.,
Cels. 3, 47, 4.—
4.
With the access. idea of lessening by compressing, to draw together, draw in, contract, shorten, abridge, diminish (rare; mostly post-Aug.): singulos a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit. Suet. Dom. 4:
impensas,
id. Tib. 34;
of discourse: quae nimium corripientes omnia sequitur obscuritas,
Quint. 4, 2, 44;
of words in the number of syllables (trabs from trabes),
Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll.;
or in the length of syllables,
Quint. 9, 4, 89; 10, 1, 29;
and so of syllables (opp. producere),
id. 1, 5, 18;
opp. porrigere,
id. 1, 6, 32, and later grammarians.—In time:
numina corripiant moras,
shorten, Ov. M. 9, 282:
ut difficiles puerperiorum tricas Juno mulceat corripiatque Lucina?
Arn. 3, 21.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To reproach, reprove, chide, blame (first freq. after the Aug. per.;
not in Cic.): hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 2: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so with abl., Suet. Aug. 53:
impransi correptus voce magistri,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 257:
hunc cetera turba suorum corripiunt dictis,
Ov. M. 3, 565 al.:
ut eum non inimice corripere, sed paene patrie monere videatur,
Quint. 11, 1, 68; Liv. 2, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 45; Ov. M. 13, 69 al.:
corripientibus amicis,
Suet. Ner. 35.—As a figure of speech, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104.—
B.
Of the passions, emotions, etc., to seize upon, attack (rare, [p. 474] and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):
hunc plausus hiantem... plebisque patrumque Corripuit ( = animum commovit),
Verg. G. 2, 510:
correpta cupidine,
Ov. M. 9, 734; so id. ib. 9, 455:
duplici ardore (sc. amoris et vini),
Prop. 1, 3, 13:
misericordiā,
Suet. Calig. 12:
irā,
Gell. 1, 26, 8: militiā ( poet. for militiae studio), Verg. A. 11, 584:
imagine visae formae,
seized, fascinated, Ov. M. 4, 676.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conripio
75 corripio

cor-rĭpĭo ( conr-), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize or snatch up, to collect, to seize upon, take hold of (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
hominem conripi ac suspendi jussit in oleastro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57; Caes. B. C. 3, 109; cf. Ov. M. 9, 217 al.:
arcumque manu celeresque sagittas,
Verg. A. 1, 188; cf.:
lora manu,
Ov. M. 2, 145:
fasces,
Sall. C. 18, 5:
arma,
Vell. 2, 110 et saep.: corpus, to rise up quickly, start up:
ex somno,
Lucr. 3, 164; Verg. A. 4, 572:
de terrā,
Lucr. 4, 1000:
e stratis,
Verg. A. 3, 176: se, to get or rise up hastily, to betake one's self somewhere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 76; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 5; Verg. A. 6, 472.— Poet.: viam, gradum, spatium, etc., to set out quickly, to pursue hastily, to hasten, hasten through or over:
viam,
Verg. A. 1, 418; Ov. M. 2, 158; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6:
gradum,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 33:
spatia,
Verg. A. 5, 316:
campum,
id. G. 3, 104:
aequora,
Val. Fl. 1, 132 al.:
correptā luce diei,
collected, Lucr. 4, 81.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of robbery, etc., to carry off, rob, plunder, take possession of, usurp:
pecunias undique quasi in subsidium,
Tac. A. 13, 18; cf.:
bona vivorum ac mortuorum usquequaque,
Suet. Dom. 12:
pecunias,
Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Tac. A. 13, 31 fin.:
sacram effigiem,
Verg. A. 2, 167:
praefecturas,
Tac. A. 11, 8 al. —
2.
In Tac. freq. of accusations, to bring to trial, accuse, inform against:
Vitellius accusatione corripitur, deferente Junio Lupo senatore,
Tac. A. 12, 42; 2, 28; 3, 49; 6, 40 al.—
3.
Of fire, etc., or of diseases, to attack, seize, sweep, or carry away (freq. after the Aug. per.):
turbine caelesti subito correptus et igni,
Lucr. 6, 395; cf. Verg. A. 1, 45:
flamma Corripuit tabulas,
id. ib. 9, 537; so Ov. M. 2, 210 al.;
and transf. to the person: ipsas ignes corripuere casas,
id. F. 2, 524:
nec singula morbi Corpora corripiunt,
Verg. G. 3, 472; Cels. 6, 18, 9; Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:
morbo bis inter res agendas correptus est,
Suet. Caes. 45:
pedum dolore,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4;
rarely of death: subitā morte,
Flor. 3, 17, 2:
(ales) caeco correpta veneno,
Lucr. 6, 823:
(segetes) modo sol nimius, nimius modo corripit imber,
Ov. M. 5, 483.— Absol.:
si (paralytici) correpti non sunt, diutius quidem vivunt, sed, etc.,
Cels. 3, 47, 4.—
4.
With the access. idea of lessening by compressing, to draw together, draw in, contract, shorten, abridge, diminish (rare; mostly post-Aug.): singulos a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit. Suet. Dom. 4:
impensas,
id. Tib. 34;
of discourse: quae nimium corripientes omnia sequitur obscuritas,
Quint. 4, 2, 44;
of words in the number of syllables (trabs from trabes),
Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll.;
or in the length of syllables,
Quint. 9, 4, 89; 10, 1, 29;
and so of syllables (opp. producere),
id. 1, 5, 18;
opp. porrigere,
id. 1, 6, 32, and later grammarians.—In time:
numina corripiant moras,
shorten, Ov. M. 9, 282:
ut difficiles puerperiorum tricas Juno mulceat corripiatque Lucina?
Arn. 3, 21.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To reproach, reprove, chide, blame (first freq. after the Aug. per.;
not in Cic.): hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 2: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so with abl., Suet. Aug. 53:
impransi correptus voce magistri,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 257:
hunc cetera turba suorum corripiunt dictis,
Ov. M. 3, 565 al.:
ut eum non inimice corripere, sed paene patrie monere videatur,
Quint. 11, 1, 68; Liv. 2, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 45; Ov. M. 13, 69 al.:
corripientibus amicis,
Suet. Ner. 35.—As a figure of speech, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104.—
B.
Of the passions, emotions, etc., to seize upon, attack (rare, [p. 474] and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):
hunc plausus hiantem... plebisque patrumque Corripuit ( = animum commovit),
Verg. G. 2, 510:
correpta cupidine,
Ov. M. 9, 734; so id. ib. 9, 455:
duplici ardore (sc. amoris et vini),
Prop. 1, 3, 13:
misericordiā,
Suet. Calig. 12:
irā,
Gell. 1, 26, 8: militiā ( poet. for militiae studio), Verg. A. 11, 584:
imagine visae formae,
seized, fascinated, Ov. M. 4, 676.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > corripio
76 deuterius

deutĕrĭus, a, um, adj., = deuterios, secondary (pure Lat. secundarius):
vina ( = lora),
Plin. 14, 10, 12, § 86.

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77 fluito

flŭĭto (contract. flūto, Lucr. 3, 189; 4, 77; Varr. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [fluo], to float, swim, or sail about on the water, to flow (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I.
Lit.:
in lacu Apuscidamo omnia fluitant, nihil mergitur (shortly before: in quo stagno nihil innatet),
Plin. 31, 2, 18, § 22:
materies primo sidit, postea fluitare incipit,
id. 13, 7, 14, § 57: rei publicae navem fluitantem in alto tempestatibus, *Cic. Sest. 20, 46:
fluitans alvĕus,
Liv. 1, 4, 6:
fluitantes insulae,
Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168:
ebenus in aquis non fluitat,
id. 16, 40, 76, § 204:
in summo,
id. 28, 9, 35, § 134:
contra aquas,
id. 29, 3, 12, § 52:
fusile aurum per rictus,
to flow, Ov. M. 11, 127:
jucundum utrumque per jocum ludumque fluitantibus,
those who sail about, Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 4.—
B.
Transf., to move in a waving, unsteady manner; to wave, undulate:
fluitantia aplustra,
Lucr. 2, 555:
pleno fluitantia vela theatro,
Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 13:
vela summo fluitantia malo,
Ov. M. 11, 470:
fluitantia lora,
i. e. flowing, slack, id. A. A. 2, 433:
vestis non fluitans sed stricta et singulos artus exprimens,
flowing, loose, Tac. G. 17:
amictus,
Cat. 64, 68:
fluitans labansque miles,
staggering, Tac. H. 5, 18; 3, 27:
vela (in theatris) per malos trabesque trementia flutant namque... cogunt suo fluitare colore,
to wave, Lucr. 4, 77 sq. —
II.
Trop., to be doubtful or uncertain, to waver:
animi incerto errore fluitans,
Lucr. 3, 1052:
spe dubiae horae,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 110:
unde primum creditur Caecinae fides fluitasse,
Tac. H. 2, 93 fin.:
fluitans fides,
Claud. B. G. 247:
citra lectionis exemplum labor ille (scribendi) carens rectore fluitabit, i. e. will be performed at random,
Quint. 10, 1, 2.

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78 fortis

fortis (archaic form FORCTIS, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. sanates, p. 348 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 84; and perh. also in the form FORCTUS; v. id. s. v. horctum, p. 102; cf. Müll. ad Fest. p. 320, b), e, adj. [Sanscr. dhar-; v. forma, firmus], strong, powerful.
I.
Physically (rare;
syn.: firmus, strenuus, incolumis, animosus): ecquid fortis visa est (mulier),
powerful, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 13:
set Bacchis etiam fortis tibi vissast?
id. Bacch. 2, 2, 38: sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, nunc senio confectus quiescit, a powerful horse, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 441 ed. Vahl.); so,
equus,
Lucr. 3, 8; 764; 4, 987; Verg. A. 11, 705.— Poet. transf.:
aquarum,
Lucr. 6, 530:
terrae pingue solum... Fortes invortant tauri,
Verg. G. 1, 65:
contingat modo te filiamque tuam fortes invenire,
i. e. hearty, well, Plin. Ep. 4, 1 fin.; 4, 21, 4; 6, 4, 3:
antecedebat testudo pedum LX., facta item ex fortissimis lignis,
Caes. B. C. 2, 2, 4; so,
ligna fortissima,
Veg. 1, 24 fin.:
invalidissimum urso caput, quod leoni fortissimum,
Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130:
fortiores stomachi,
id. 32, 7, 26, § 80:
plantae fortiores fient,
Pall. Febr. 24, 7:
fortiorem illum (pontem) tueri, Auct. B. Alex. 19, 2: castra,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
aratra,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10:
fortiora remedia,
Tac. A. 1, 29:
humeri,
Val. Fl. 1, 434:
vincula,
Sen. Hippol. 34: sol (with medius), powerful, i. e. fierce, hot, id. Med. 588:
fortiora ad hiemes frumenta, legumina in cibo,
Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 60:
(vites) contra pruinas fortissimae,
id. 14, 2, 4, § 23.—
II.
Mentally, strong, powerful, vigorous, firm, steadfast, stout, courageous, brave, manly, etc., answering to the Gr. andreios (very freq. in all periods and sorts of composition).
A.
Of human beings: fortis et constantis est, non perturbari in rebus asperis nec tumultuantem de gradu deici, ut dicitur;
sed praesenti animo uti et consilio, nec a ratione discedere,
Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:
temperantia libidinem (aspernatur), ignaviam fortitudo: itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes,
id. Lael. 13, 47:
gladiatores fortes et animosos et se acriter ipsos morti offerentes servare cupimus,
id. Mil. 34, 92:
rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis appare,
Hor. C. 2, 10, 22:
viri fortes et magnanimi,
Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:
vir fortis et acris animi magnique,
id. Sest. 20, 45:
boni et fortes et magno animo praediti,
id. Rep. 1, 5; 1, 3:
sapientissimi et fortissimi,
id. ib. 2, 34:
vir liber ac fortis,
id. ib. 2, 19:
horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 3:
fortissimus vir,
id. ib. 2, 25, 1; 2, 33, 4;
3, 20, 2: hunc liberta securi Divisit medium, fortissima Tyndaridarum,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 100:
vis recte vivere? quis non? Si virtus hoc una potest dare, fortis omissis Hoc age deliciis,
id. Ep 1, 6, 30:
seu quis capit acria fortis Pocula,
id. S. 2, 6, 69: cavit, ne umquam infamiae ea res sibi esset, ut virum fortem decet, an honorable or worthy man, Ter. And. 2, 6, 13; cf.: FORCTIS frugi et bonus, sive validus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 84 Müll.; and:
HORCTUM et FORCTUM pro bono dicebant,
id. p. 102:
ego hoc nequeo mirari satis, Eum sororem despondisse suam in tam fortem familiam... Familiam optimam occupavit,
so respectable, honorable a family, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 9;
(cf. bonus): vir ad pericula fortis,
Cic. Font. 15, 33:
nondum erant tam fortes ad sanguinem civilem,
Liv. 7, 40, 2:
vir contra audaciam fortissimus,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85: vidi in dolore podagrae hospitem meum fortiorem, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 527, 33:
imperator in proeliis strenuus et fortis,
Quint. 12, 3, 5:
virum fortem ac strenuum scio dixisse, etc.,
Sall. C. 51, 16:
si fortes fueritis in eo, quem nemo sit ausus defendere,
if you had proceeded with vigor, energy, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 3.— Poet., with dat.:
fugacibus,
Ov. M. 10, 543; and with inf.:
fortis et asperas Tractare serpentes,
Hor. C. 1, 37, 26:
contemnere honores,
id. S. 2, 7, 86:
aurum spernere fortior Quam cogere,
id. C. 3, 3, 50; Stat. Th. 10, 906.—Prov.:
fortes fortuna adjuvat,
fortune favors the brave, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 26; cf.:
fortes enim non modo fortuna adjuvat, ut est in vetere proverbio, sed multo magis ratio,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: audendum est;
fortes adjuvat ipsa Venus,
Tib. 1, 2, 16: fortibus est fortuna viris data, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 262 ed. Vahl.;
for which: audentes fortuna iuvat,
Verg. A. 10, 284; and:
audentes deus ipse juvat,
Ov. M. 10, 586); cf. also elliptically: sedulo, inquam, faciam: sed fortuna fortes;
quare conare, quaeso,
Cic. Fin. 3, 4, 16; id. Fam. 7, 25.—
B.
Of animals (rare):
fortes ad opera boves,
Col. 6, 1, 2:
bestiae et fortiora animalia,
Lact. 6, 10, 13.—
C.
Of inanim. and abstr. things:
ex quo fit, ut animosior senectus sit quam adolescentia et fortior,
Cic. de Sen. 22, 72:
fortibus oculis,
with eyes sparkling with courage, id. Att. 15, 11, 1:
fortissimo et maximo animo ferre,
id. Fam. 6, 13 fin.:
animus,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 20:
pectus,
id. Epod. 1, 14; id. S. 2, 2, 136:
fortissimo quodam animi impetu,
Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 31:
acerrima et fortissima populi Romani libertatis recuperandae cupiditas,
id. Phil. 12, 3, 7:
in re publica forte factum,
id. Att. 8, 14, 2:
ut nullum paulo fortius factum latere posset,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 8:
fortia facta,
Sall. C. 59, 6; id. J. 53, 8; Liv. 26, 39, 3; Curt. 7, 2, 38:
opera,
service, Liv. 40, 36, 11:
consilia,
id. 9, 11, 4; 25, 31, 6; Cic. Sest. 23, 57; Tac. H. 3, 67:
solatia,
id. A. 4, 8:
nulla poterat esse fortior contra dolorem et mortem disciplina,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41:
acerrimae ac fortissimae sententiae,
id. Cat. 3, 6, 13:
oratio fortis et virilis,
id. de Or. 1, 54, 231; cf.:
genus dicendi forte, vehemens,
id. ib. 3, 9, 32:
non semper fortis oratio quaeritur, sed saepe placida, summissa, lenis,
id. ib. 2, 43, 183:
placidis miscentem fortia dictis,
Ov. M. 4, 652:
verba,
Prop. 1, 5, 14.—Hence, adv.: fortĭter.
1.
(Acc. to I.) Strongly, powerfully, vigorously (rare):
astringere,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 25:
verberare virgis uvas,
Pall. Oct. 19.— Comp.:
sublatis fortius manibus,
Petr. 9:
fortius attrahere lora,
Ov. R. Am. 398:
ardere,
id. M. 6, 708.— Sup.:
fortissime urgentes,
Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32:
rigorem fortissime servat ulmus,
id. 16, 40, 77, § 210. —
2.
(Acc. to II.) Strongly, powerfully, boldly, intrepidly, valiantly, bravely, manfully (very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):
quae (vincla, verbera, etc.) tulisse illum fortiter et patienter ferunt,
Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 7; cf.:
fortiter et sapienter ferre,
id. Att. 14, 13, 3:
fortiter excellenterque gesta,
id. Off. 1, 18, 61:
facere quippiam (with animose),
id. Phil. 4, 2, 6:
repudiare aliquid (with constanter),
id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:
bellum gerere,
id. Fl. 39, 98; cf.:
sustinere impetum hostium,
Caes. B. G. 2, 11, 4:
perire,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 42:
absumptis rebus maternis atque paternis,
manfully made away with, id. Ep. 1, 15, 27.— Comp.:
pugnare,
Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 2:
evellere spinas animo an agro,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 4:
et melius secat res,
id. S. 1, 10, 15.— Sup.:
Dolabella injuriam facere fortissime perseverat,
Cic. Quint. 8, 31:
restitit hosti,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 5.

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79 istim

istim, adv. [iste], thither, to that place (very rare): nolite, hospites, ad me adire! ilico istim! Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Enn. Trag. v. 404 Vahl., and Trag. Rel. v. 303 Rib., isti, in the same meaning):
quod eos usque istim exauditos putem,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4 (Klotz, but Baiter reads istinc):
ite istim, ecferte lora,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 125 (acc. to Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 189; al. istinc).

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80 jaceo

jăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum ( fut. part. jaci-turus, Stat. Th. 7, 777), 2, v. n. [ intr. of jacio; lit., to be thrown or cast; hence], to lie.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
in limine,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118:
stratum ad pedes alicujus,
id. Quint. 31, 96; id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 2:
alicui ad pedes,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129:
in lecto,
id. Phil. 2, 18, 45; Juv. 6, 269:
in ignota harena,
Verg. A. 5, 871:
Tyrio sublimis in ostro,
Ov. H. 12, 179:
in viridi gramine,
id. Am. 1, 14, 22:
in teneris dominae lacertis,
id. ib. 1, 13, 5:
in solo,
id. M. 2, 420:
in viduo toro,
id. H. 16, 316:
in gremio,
id. ib. 9, 136;
11, 4: in servi complexibus,
Juv. 6, 279;
for which: saxum campo quod forte jacebat,
Verg. A. 12, 897:
deserto lecto,
Ov. H. 1, 7:
saxo,
id. M. 6, 100:
gremio mariti,
Juv. 2, 120:
in aversa ora,
Ov. H. 12, 63:
super corpus alicujus,
id. F. 2, 836:
somno,
Verg. E. 6, 14:
spissa harena,
id. A. 6, 336:
humo,
Ov. A. A. 2, 238:
nudus humi jacet,
Lucr. 5, 224; Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26; Ov. Am. 3, 1, 12:
humi ante lectum jacens,
Suet. Oth. 7:
mecum inter salices lenta sub vite jacere,
Verg. E. 10, 40:
sub alta platano,
Hor. C. 2, 11, 14:
strata jacent sub arbore poma,
Verg. E. 7, 54.— Absol.:
Tityos jacet alitis esca,
Verg. Cul. 237:
vittae jacentes,
Tib. 2, 5, 53:
pisces jacentes,
i. e. flatfish, Col. 8, 17, 9.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of sick persons, to lie ill, to be sick:
cura ut valeas, ne ego te jacente bona tua comedim,
Cic. Fam. 9, 20:
cum tristj morbo defessa jaceres,
Tib. 1, 5, 9:
hic facit ut jaceas,
Ov. H. 20, 173:
graviter,
Plin. Ep. 5. 9:
sine spe,
Sen. Ep. 101, 3.—
2.
To lie dead, to have fallen:
Aeacidae telo jacet Hector,
Verg. A. 1, 99; 10, 737:
corpora per campos ferro quae fusa jacebant,
id. ib. 11, 102:
cum primi occidissent, proximi jacentibus insisterent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 27, 3; 7, 25, 3:
neminem jacentem veste spoliavit,
Nep. Thras. 2, 6; cf.:
spolia jacentis hostium exercitus,
Liv. 44, 45:
ne inultos imperatores suos jacere sinerent,
id. 25, 37:
qui bene pro patria cum patriaque jacent,
Ov. H. 3, 106:
Arge, jaces!
id. M. 1, 720: morte jacent merita, id. F. 3, 707:
fratri jacet,
killed by his brother, Sil. 15, 650:
rupto jacuit corpore (rana),
Phaedr. 1, 24, 10:
jacuit Catilina cadavere toto,
Juv. 10, 288.—
3.
To be or lie long anywhere, to linger, tarry, stop at a place:
pernam, glandium, sumen facito in aqua jaceant,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 33:
Brundusii,
to stay long at, Cic. Att. 11, 6, 2.—
4.
Geographically, to lie, be situate, = esse, situm esse (not in Cic. or Cæs.): jacet Vada inter Appenninum et Alpis, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2; Liv. 5, 48, 2; 6, 30, 5; 22, 3, 3:
inter Taurum montem jacet et Hellespontem,
Nep. Eum. 3, 2 saep.:
quae gens jacet supra Ciliciam,
id. Dat. 4:
ad vesperam jacentis terrae,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 216:
summo in vertice montis Planities ignota jacet,
Verg. A. 11, 527:
quod urbes in planis jaceant,
Just. 22, 5, 5:
alio patriam quaerunt sub sole jacentem,
Verg. G. 2, 512:
jacet extra sidera tellus,
id. A. 6, 795; cf.:
pallente sub umbra Cimmerias jacuisse domos,
Sil. 12, 132:
inter eos solemque jacent immania ponti aequora,
Lucr. 4, 412; cf.:
Cyclades et Sporades per quingenta milia in longitudinem... jacent,
extend, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 71.—
5.
To be low, flat, level:
jacentia et plana urbis loca,
Tac. H. 1, 86:
despiciens terras jacentīs,
Verg. A. 1, 224:
praetervehor Thapsum jacentem,
id. ib. 3, 689; Val. Fl. 4, 712:
quaeque jacent valles,
Ov. F. 2, 392; Just. 22, 5, 5:
jacentes campos,
Luc. 4, 52:
summo despexit ab aethere terras Infelix Phaëthon penitus penitusque jacentes,
Ov. M. 2, 178.—
6.
Esp., of the sea, to be level, quiet, lie still:
mediusque jacet sine murmure pontus,
Luc. 1, 260; 5, 434:
servatum bello jacuit mare,
id. 3, 523:
planum mare,
Juv. 12, 62:
stagna jacentia,
Sil. 5, 583.—
7.
To lie in ruins, be broken down: cui nec arae patriae domi stant, fractae et disjectae jacent, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. Rel. v. 115 Vahl.):
jacent, Ilion ingens,
Ov. M. 13, 505:
ausa et jacentem visere regiam vultu sereno,
Hor. C. 1, 37, 25:
Troja jacet certe,
Ov. H. 1, 3:
vetus Thebe jacet,
Juv. 15, 6.—
8.
To hang loose:
vagi crines per colla jacebant,
Ov. M. 2, 673; id. A. A. 3, 236:
jacentia lora,
lying loose on the horse's neck, id. M. 2, 201; cf.
, of clothing, etc.: juvenes timidaeque puellae Praeverrunt latas veste jacente vias,
id. Am. 3, 13, 24:
demissa jacent tibi pallia terrae,
id. ib. 3, 2, 25; id. A. A. 153.—
9.
Of the eyes, face, etc., to be cast down, fixed on the ground:
vultusque attolle jacentes,
Ov. M. 4, 144:
jacentes Vix oculos tollens,
id. ib. 11, 618.
II.
Trop.
A.
To be indolent or inactive, not to come forward:
in pace jacere, quam in bello vigere maluit. Quamquam ille quidem numquam jacuit,
Cic. Phil. 10, 7, 14:
C. Marius cum a spe consulatus longe abesset et jam septimum annum post praeturam jaceret,
id. Off. 3, 20, 79:
ars tua, Tiphy, jacet, si non sit in aequore fluctus,
Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 77:
at mea numina tandem fessa jacent,
Verg. A. 7, 298.—
B.
To be cast down, dejected:
Gnaeus noster ut totus jacet,
Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1:
ne jaceam? quis unquam minus,
id. ib. 12, 40, 2:
jacet in maerore meus frater,
id. ib. 10, 4; id. Phil. 12, 2:
militum jacere animos,
Liv. 10, 35.—
C.
To lie prostrate:
victa jacet pietas,
Ov. M. 1, 149:
nobilitas sub amore jacet,
id. H. 4, 161:
Africani, Marii, Sullae, Pompeii infra Pallantis laudes jacebant,
Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2:
justitia vacillat, vel jacet potius,
Cic. Off. 3, 33, 118:
humana cum vita jaceret, oppressa gravi sub religione,
Lucr. 1, 63.—
D.
To be refuted, overcome, disproved, to fail:
jacent suis testibus, qui Clodium negant Romam fuisse rediturum, etc.,
Cic. Mil. 18, 47:
jacet omnis ratio Peripateticorum,
id. Fin. 5, 28, 86:
jacet igitur tota conclusio,
id. Div. 2, 51, 106.—
E.
To lie dormant, be disused or neglected, to be of no avail:
cum leges nihil valebant, cum judicia jacebant,
Cic. Par. 4, 1:
tota Capua et omnis hic delectus jacet,
id. Att. 7, 22: dici non potest, quomodo hic omnia jaceant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:
justitia jacet,
Cic. Off. 3, 33:
maximas virtutes jacere omnes necesse est voluptate dominante,
id. Fin. 2, 35, 117; Quint. 9, 2, 4.—
F.
To be despised, in no esteem:
cum jacerent pretia praediorum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:
ut neque jacere regem pateremur,
id. Fam. 1, 5, 3:
sed nunc omnia ista jacere puto, propter nummorum caritatem,
are cheap, id. Att. 9, 9, 4: dat census honores, Census amicitias:
pauper ubique jacet,
Ov. F. 1, 218; id. R. Am 139.—
G.
To lie idle, neglected, or unemployed:
cur tamdiu jacet hoc nomen in adversariis,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 3:
quomodo tibi tanta pecunia extraordinaria jacet?
id. ib. 1:
quae (pecuniae) vereor, ne otiosae jaceant,
Plin. Ep. 10, 62, 1:
nonne justius erit proximo cuique bonorum possessionem dari, ne bona jaceant,
that they be not without an owner, Dig. 37, 3, 1.—
H.
To lie open, be obvious, to be known, be at hand:
neque ex alio genere (verborum) ad usum cottidianum, alio ad scenam pompamque sumuntur, sed ea nos cum jacentia sustulimus e medio,
Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 177.—
I.
Of speech or language, to be languid, lifeless, dull:
quibus detractis, jacet (oratio),
Quint. 9, 2, 4:
jacens oratio,
Gell. 1, 11, 15; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 32.

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lora — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. ż Ia, CMc. lorze {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} odkryty wagon kolejowy; platforma kolejowa lub samochodowa <niem. z ang.> {{/stl 7}} … Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień
lora — sustantivo femenino 1. Origen: América. Loro. 2. Uso/registro: restringido en España. Origen: América. Hembra del loro … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

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