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lay under obligation

  • 1 devincio

    dē-vincĭo, nxi, nctum, 4 ( perf. sync. devinxti, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 21), v. a., to bind fast, tie up (class.; esp. freq. in trop. signif.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    servum,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 92; cf.

    leonem,

    Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 54:

    Dircam ad taurum,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 65:

    aliquem fasciis,

    Cic. Brut. 60, 217; cf.:

    opercula plumbo,

    Liv. 40, 29.—In Greek constr.:

    devinctus tempora lauro,

    encircled, crowned, Tib. 2, 5, 5 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop., to bind together, to unite closely; to engage, to oblige, lay under obligation:

    totam Italiam omnibus vinclis devinctam et constrictam teneretis,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

    illud vinculum, quod primum homines inter se rei publicae societate devinxit,

    id. Rep. 1, 26; cf.:

    eloquentia nos juris, legum, urbium societate devinxit,

    id. N. D. 2, 59, 148:

    nec acervatim multa frequentans una complexione devinciet,

    id. Or. 25, 85; cf. id. Brut. 37, 140; Quint. 7 prooem. §

    1: istoc me facto tibi devinxti,

    Plaut. As. 5, 1, 21;

    so of laying under an obligation by kindness, beneficence, etc.: ambo nobis sint obnoxii, nostri devincti beneficio,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 19; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31; id. Fam. 13, 7 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 29, 3 et saep.; cf.:

    suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 45 fin.:

    homines benevolentia et caritate,

    id. Off. 1, 17, 54:

    virum sibi praestanti in eum liberalitate,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 3:

    animos centurionum pignore,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 39 fin. et saep.:

    aliquem omni cautione, foedere, exsecratione,

    Cic. Sest. 7, 15:

    se cum aliquo affinitate,

    id. Brut. 26, 98; cf. Ter. And. 3, 3, 29:

    ubi animus semel se cupiditate devinxit mala,

    id. Heaut. 1, 2, 34; cf.:

    animum misericordia,

    id. Hec. 1, 2, 93: devinctus Domitiae nuptiis, Suet. Dom. 22:

    se vino,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 85; cf.:

    animum ebrietate,

    Sen. Ep. 83 med.:

    membra sopore,

    Lucr. 4, 453; cf. ib. 1027.—Hence, dē-vinctus, a, um, P. a., devoted, greatly attached to (very rare):

    quibus (studiis) uterque nostrum devinctus est,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 2:

    studiis a pueritia dediti ac devincti,

    id. ib. 15, 4, 16:

    uxori devinctus,

    Tac. A. 11, 28:

    devinctior alicui,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 42.

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  • 2 obstricte

    ob-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To bind to or about; to bind, tie, or fasten up (rare):

    follem obstringit ob gulam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

    quom ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 72:

    cervice obstrictā,

    Juv. 10, 88:

    tauros aratro,

    to yoke, Val. Fl. 7, 602.—
    II.
    To bind, bind up, close up by binding.
    1.
    Lit. (rare):

    laqueo collum,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 12. —
    2.
    Transf.
    (α).
    To shut in, confine:

    ventos,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 4:

    viminibus,

    Col. 4, 29.—
    (β).
    To hold together by:

    purpurea vestis ingentibus obstricta gemmis,

    in which precious stones were the fastenings, Flor. 4, 11, 3.—
    III.
    Trop., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper; to oblige, lay under obligation (the class. signif. of the word;

    syn.: obligo, devincio): donis aliquem obstringere,

    Cic. Clu. 66, 190:

    civitatem jurejurando,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    legibus,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

    foedere,

    id. Pis. 13, 29:

    aliquem aere alieno,

    to bring into debt, id. Fam. 11, 10, 5:

    jurejurando,

    to bind by an oath, Tac. A. 1, 14:

    animam suam,

    Vulg. Num. 30, 9:

    quam plurimas civitates suo sibi beneficio habere obstrictas volebat,

    bound, under obligation, Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

    Atticum officiis,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 18, 2:

    qui se tot sceleribus obstrinxerit,

    has been guilty of so many crimes, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

    se parricidio,

    to commit, perpetrate, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

    se perjurio,

    Liv. 26, 48:

    aliquem conscientiā,

    to bind by privity, by participation, Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5:

    aliquem societate scelerum,

    Tac. A. 4, 57:

    fidem suam alicui,

    to pledge one's word, to promise positively, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14.—Mid.: qui alienum... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21:

    eidem sceleri obstrictus est,

    Lact. 3, 18, 6.—Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged.— Comp.:

    obstrictior Debitor,

    Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145.—Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.

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  • 3 obstringo

    ob-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To bind to or about; to bind, tie, or fasten up (rare):

    follem obstringit ob gulam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

    quom ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 72:

    cervice obstrictā,

    Juv. 10, 88:

    tauros aratro,

    to yoke, Val. Fl. 7, 602.—
    II.
    To bind, bind up, close up by binding.
    1.
    Lit. (rare):

    laqueo collum,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 12. —
    2.
    Transf.
    (α).
    To shut in, confine:

    ventos,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 4:

    viminibus,

    Col. 4, 29.—
    (β).
    To hold together by:

    purpurea vestis ingentibus obstricta gemmis,

    in which precious stones were the fastenings, Flor. 4, 11, 3.—
    III.
    Trop., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper; to oblige, lay under obligation (the class. signif. of the word;

    syn.: obligo, devincio): donis aliquem obstringere,

    Cic. Clu. 66, 190:

    civitatem jurejurando,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    legibus,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

    foedere,

    id. Pis. 13, 29:

    aliquem aere alieno,

    to bring into debt, id. Fam. 11, 10, 5:

    jurejurando,

    to bind by an oath, Tac. A. 1, 14:

    animam suam,

    Vulg. Num. 30, 9:

    quam plurimas civitates suo sibi beneficio habere obstrictas volebat,

    bound, under obligation, Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

    Atticum officiis,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 18, 2:

    qui se tot sceleribus obstrinxerit,

    has been guilty of so many crimes, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

    se parricidio,

    to commit, perpetrate, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

    se perjurio,

    Liv. 26, 48:

    aliquem conscientiā,

    to bind by privity, by participation, Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5:

    aliquem societate scelerum,

    Tac. A. 4, 57:

    fidem suam alicui,

    to pledge one's word, to promise positively, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14.—Mid.: qui alienum... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21:

    eidem sceleri obstrictus est,

    Lact. 3, 18, 6.—Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged.— Comp.:

    obstrictior Debitor,

    Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145.—Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.

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  • 4 ad-ligō (all-)

        ad-ligō (all-) āvī, ātus, āre,    to bind to, tie to: reliquos ad palum.—Esp., to bind up, bandage: volnus, L.—To fetter, shackle: adligari se patitur, Ta.—To hold fast: adligat ancora (navīs), V.— Fig., to hinder, detain, keep back: illi filium, i. e. keep at home, T.: populum... novo quaestionis genere, to hamper: palus inamabilis undā Adligat (sc. eos), keeps imprisoned, V.—To bind, oblige, lay under obligation: alqm beneficio: nuptiis adligatus: lex omnīs adligat: furti se adligat, convicts himself, T.—To impugn, accuse: adligatum Oppianici nomen esse. — Of words: verba certā lege versūs, by a fixed metrical form.

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  • 5 beneficium

        beneficium ī, n    [bene+2 FAC-], a favor, benefit, service, kindness: Pro maleficio beneficium reddere, T.: alcui dare: apud bonos beneficium conlocare, lay under obligation: Iugurtham beneficiis vincere, S.: in regem: erga me: Abs quivis homine beneficium accipere, T.: adfici beneficio: beneficio sum tuo usus, have received from you: benefici memor esse, S.: beneficio tuo salvus, thanks to you: nostri consulatūs beneficio, by means of: hoc beneficio, by this means, T.: sortium beneficio incolumis, by the lucky turn of, Cs.: alqd per beneficium civitatibus concedere, as a favor: (alqd illis) in benefici loco deferendum, offered as a kindness: coöptatio collegiorum ad populi beneficium transferebatur, i. e. the power to choose was vested in: in beneficiis ad aerarium delatus est, i. e. among those who had done service to the state: ne qua tabula benefici figeretur, no man posted as privileged. —An honor, distinction, office, promotion: beneficio populi R. ornatus: vestris beneficiis praeditus: quae antea dictatorum fuerant beneficia, in the gift of, L.: beneficia vostra penes optumos forent, S.
    * * *
    kindness, favor, benefit, service, help; privilege, right

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  • 6 dē-mereor

        dē-mereor itus, ērī, dep.,    to deserve well of, lay under obligation: beneficio civitatem, L.: dum demeremur, while we try to oblige, Ta.

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  • 7 dē-vinciō

        dē-vinciō nxī, nctus, ere,    to bind fast, tie up, fetter, clamp: aliquem fasciis: operculis plumbo devinctis, L.—Fig., to bind fast, unite closely, oblige, lay under obligation: (Italiam) omnibus vinclis devinctam tenere: ab isto donis devinciri: Hispania beneficiis devincta, Cs.: suos praemiis: se cum aliquo adfinitate: Coniugio liberali devinctus, T. aeterno devinctus amore, V.—In rhet., to comprise, condense: verba comprehensione.

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  • 8 ob-stringō

        ob-stringō strinxī, strictus, ere,    to shut in, confine: ventos, H.—Fig., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper, lay under obligation: (Oppianicum) donis: civitatem iure iurando, Cs.: amicos aere alieno, bring into debt: alqm pecuniā in flagitium, Ta.: se tot sceleribus, to be guilty of: se parricidio, perpetrate: iis vinculis fugae obstricti stabant, preventives of flight, L.: clementiam suam orationibus, to attest, Ta.

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  • 9 demereor

    demereri, demeritus sum V DEP
    oblige/please, win favor of; earn/merit, deserve (well of); lay under obligation

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  • 10 adligati

    al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    A.. Lit., to bind to something:

    ad statuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

    ad palum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

    so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

    Macr. S. 2, 3:

    leones adligati,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—
    B.
    In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

    dolia,

    Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

    adligatum vulnus,

    Liv. 7, 24:

    oculus adligatus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

    adliga, inquam, colliga,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

    cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

    Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

    adligari se ac venire patitur,

    Tac. G. 24:

    adligetur vinculo ferreo,

    Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

    catenis,

    ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

    adligare caput lanā,

    Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

    lac adligatum,

    curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—
    II.
    Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

    very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

    jure jurando adligare aliquem,

    id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

    hic furti se adligat,

    shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

    homo furti se astringet,

    Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

    1324): adligare se scelere,

    Cic. Planc. 33:

    adligatus sponsu,

    Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

    nuptiis adligari,

    Cic. Clu. 179:

    lex omnes mortales adligat,

    id. ib. 54:

    non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

    id. Planc. 33, 81:

    stipulatione adligari,

    id. Q. Rosc. 34:

    more majorum,

    id. Sest. 16:

    ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 12, 42:

    ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

    id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

    adligatus es uxori,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

    legi,

    ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—
    *

    Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

    a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

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  • 11 adligo

    al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    A.. Lit., to bind to something:

    ad statuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

    ad palum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

    so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

    Macr. S. 2, 3:

    leones adligati,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—
    B.
    In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

    dolia,

    Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

    adligatum vulnus,

    Liv. 7, 24:

    oculus adligatus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

    adliga, inquam, colliga,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

    cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

    Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

    adligari se ac venire patitur,

    Tac. G. 24:

    adligetur vinculo ferreo,

    Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

    catenis,

    ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

    adligare caput lanā,

    Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

    lac adligatum,

    curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—
    II.
    Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

    very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

    jure jurando adligare aliquem,

    id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

    hic furti se adligat,

    shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

    homo furti se astringet,

    Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

    1324): adligare se scelere,

    Cic. Planc. 33:

    adligatus sponsu,

    Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

    nuptiis adligari,

    Cic. Clu. 179:

    lex omnes mortales adligat,

    id. ib. 54:

    non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

    id. Planc. 33, 81:

    stipulatione adligari,

    id. Q. Rosc. 34:

    more majorum,

    id. Sest. 16:

    ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 12, 42:

    ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

    id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

    adligatus es uxori,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

    legi,

    ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—
    *

    Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

    a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

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  • 12 alligati

    al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    A.. Lit., to bind to something:

    ad statuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

    ad palum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

    so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

    Macr. S. 2, 3:

    leones adligati,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—
    B.
    In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

    dolia,

    Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

    adligatum vulnus,

    Liv. 7, 24:

    oculus adligatus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

    adliga, inquam, colliga,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

    cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

    Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

    adligari se ac venire patitur,

    Tac. G. 24:

    adligetur vinculo ferreo,

    Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

    catenis,

    ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

    adligare caput lanā,

    Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

    lac adligatum,

    curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—
    II.
    Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

    very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

    jure jurando adligare aliquem,

    id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

    hic furti se adligat,

    shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

    homo furti se astringet,

    Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

    1324): adligare se scelere,

    Cic. Planc. 33:

    adligatus sponsu,

    Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

    nuptiis adligari,

    Cic. Clu. 179:

    lex omnes mortales adligat,

    id. ib. 54:

    non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

    id. Planc. 33, 81:

    stipulatione adligari,

    id. Q. Rosc. 34:

    more majorum,

    id. Sest. 16:

    ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 12, 42:

    ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

    id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

    adligatus es uxori,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

    legi,

    ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—
    *

    Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

    a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

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  • 13 alligo

    al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    A.. Lit., to bind to something:

    ad statuam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

    ad palum,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

    so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

    Macr. S. 2, 3:

    leones adligati,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—
    B.
    In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

    dolia,

    Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

    adligatum vulnus,

    Liv. 7, 24:

    oculus adligatus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

    adliga, inquam, colliga,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

    cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

    Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

    adligari se ac venire patitur,

    Tac. G. 24:

    adligetur vinculo ferreo,

    Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

    catenis,

    ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

    adligare caput lanā,

    Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

    lac adligatum,

    curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—
    II.
    Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

    very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

    jure jurando adligare aliquem,

    id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

    hic furti se adligat,

    shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

    homo furti se astringet,

    Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

    1324): adligare se scelere,

    Cic. Planc. 33:

    adligatus sponsu,

    Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

    nuptiis adligari,

    Cic. Clu. 179:

    lex omnes mortales adligat,

    id. ib. 54:

    non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

    id. Planc. 33, 81:

    stipulatione adligari,

    id. Q. Rosc. 34:

    more majorum,

    id. Sest. 16:

    ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 12, 42:

    ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

    id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

    adligatus es uxori,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

    legi,

    ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—
    *

    Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

    a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

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  • 14 demereo

    dē-mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a.
    I.
    With acc. rei, to merit, deserve a thing (ante-and post-class., and very rare):

    aliquid mercedis domino,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 90:

    grandem pecuniam,

    Gell. 1, 8, 3:

    demeritae laetitiae,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 14.—
    II.
    (Since the Aug. per.) With acc. pers., to deserve well of, to oblige:

    avunculum magnopere,

    Suet. Aug. 8:

    nec tibi sit servos demeruisse pudor,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 252:

    crimine te potui demeruisse meo,

    id. Her. 2, 28:

    matrona amoenitate aliqua demerenda erit,

    Col. 1, 4, 8. In this signif. usually in the deponent form, dē-mĕrĕor (not ante-Aug.): ut pleniori obsequio demererer amantissimos meos, Quint. prooem. § 3; so,

    Pompeium et Caesarem, quorum nemo alterum offendere audebat, nisi ut alterum demereretur, simul provocavit,

    lay under obligation, Sen. Ep. 104, 33; id. Ben. 1, 2, 5:

    demerendi beneficio tam potentem civitatem occasio,

    Liv. 3, 18:

    in Regulo demerendo,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 2, 4; Suet. Vit. 2; id. Oth. 4; Quint. 9, 2, 29; Tac. A. 15, 21 al.

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  • 15 demereor

    dē-mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a.
    I.
    With acc. rei, to merit, deserve a thing (ante-and post-class., and very rare):

    aliquid mercedis domino,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 90:

    grandem pecuniam,

    Gell. 1, 8, 3:

    demeritae laetitiae,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 14.—
    II.
    (Since the Aug. per.) With acc. pers., to deserve well of, to oblige:

    avunculum magnopere,

    Suet. Aug. 8:

    nec tibi sit servos demeruisse pudor,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 252:

    crimine te potui demeruisse meo,

    id. Her. 2, 28:

    matrona amoenitate aliqua demerenda erit,

    Col. 1, 4, 8. In this signif. usually in the deponent form, dē-mĕrĕor (not ante-Aug.): ut pleniori obsequio demererer amantissimos meos, Quint. prooem. § 3; so,

    Pompeium et Caesarem, quorum nemo alterum offendere audebat, nisi ut alterum demereretur, simul provocavit,

    lay under obligation, Sen. Ep. 104, 33; id. Ben. 1, 2, 5:

    demerendi beneficio tam potentem civitatem occasio,

    Liv. 3, 18:

    in Regulo demerendo,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 2, 4; Suet. Vit. 2; id. Oth. 4; Quint. 9, 2, 29; Tac. A. 15, 21 al.

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  • 16 emereo

    ē-mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., and (perh. not ante-Aug.) ē-mĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. dep. a.
    I. A.
    In gen. (rare;

    not in Cic.): quid ego emerui mali?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 5:

    honores,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 61:

    mihi altior sollicitudo, quale judicium hominum, emererer, accessit,

    Quint. 4, prooem. § 1; cf.:

    emerendi favoris gratia canunt,

    id. 4, 1, 2: pecuniam ex eo quaestu uberem, Gell, 6, 7, 5.— Poet., with inf. clause as object:

    Ennius emeruit Contiguus poni, Scipio magne, tibi,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 410; cf. id. F. 4, 58.— Pass., in the part. perf.:

    emerito caput insere caelo,

    Sil. 7, 19; so id. 11, 464; Sid. Carm. 2, 209.—
    B.
    In Tib. and Ov. emerere aliquem, like demereri aliquem, to gain the favor of any one, to deserve well of, to lay under obligation:

    viros,

    Tib. 1, 9, 60; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 52; id. Am. 2, 8, 24; id. Her. 6, 138.—Far more frequent,
    II.
    To serve out, complete one's term of service.
    A.
    Prop., in milit. lang.:

    spes emerendi stipendia,

    Liv. 25, 6; in part. perf.:

    emerita stipendia,

    Sall. J. 84, 2 Kritz.; Cic. de Sen. 14, 49; Liv. 3, 57; 21, 43 al.:

    militia,

    Suet. Calig. 44:

    arma,

    Plin. Pan. 15, 3:

    anni,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 21; cf. id. F. 3, 43.—As a v. dep.:

    stipendia emeritus,

    Val. Max. 6, 1, 10.—Hence, subst. ēmĕrĭ-tus, i, m., a soldier who has served out his time, a veteran, an exempt, Tac. A. 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 24; Luc. 1, 344 al.—
    B.
    Transf. beyond the milit. sphere:

    annuum tempus (sc. magistratus) emeritum habere,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3; cf.:

    annuae operae emerentur,

    id. ib. 6, 2, 6:

    spatium juventae (homo) transit, et emeritis medii quoque temporis annis, etc.,

    Ov. M. 15, 226.—In part. perf.: emeritus, a, um (since the Aug. per. in the mid. signif.), that has become unfit for service, worn out:

    equi,

    Ov. F. 4, 688; cf.:

    apes fessae et jam emeritae,

    Plin. 11, 11, 11, § 27; so,

    palmes,

    id. 17, 23, 35, § 206:

    aratrum,

    Ov. F. 1, 665:

    latus (with invalidum),

    id. Am. 3, 11, 14:

    acus,

    Juv. 6, 498:

    rogus,

    i. e. burned out, extinguished, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 72.

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  • 17 emereor

    ē-mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., and (perh. not ante-Aug.) ē-mĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. dep. a.
    I. A.
    In gen. (rare;

    not in Cic.): quid ego emerui mali?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 5:

    honores,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 61:

    mihi altior sollicitudo, quale judicium hominum, emererer, accessit,

    Quint. 4, prooem. § 1; cf.:

    emerendi favoris gratia canunt,

    id. 4, 1, 2: pecuniam ex eo quaestu uberem, Gell, 6, 7, 5.— Poet., with inf. clause as object:

    Ennius emeruit Contiguus poni, Scipio magne, tibi,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 410; cf. id. F. 4, 58.— Pass., in the part. perf.:

    emerito caput insere caelo,

    Sil. 7, 19; so id. 11, 464; Sid. Carm. 2, 209.—
    B.
    In Tib. and Ov. emerere aliquem, like demereri aliquem, to gain the favor of any one, to deserve well of, to lay under obligation:

    viros,

    Tib. 1, 9, 60; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 52; id. Am. 2, 8, 24; id. Her. 6, 138.—Far more frequent,
    II.
    To serve out, complete one's term of service.
    A.
    Prop., in milit. lang.:

    spes emerendi stipendia,

    Liv. 25, 6; in part. perf.:

    emerita stipendia,

    Sall. J. 84, 2 Kritz.; Cic. de Sen. 14, 49; Liv. 3, 57; 21, 43 al.:

    militia,

    Suet. Calig. 44:

    arma,

    Plin. Pan. 15, 3:

    anni,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 21; cf. id. F. 3, 43.—As a v. dep.:

    stipendia emeritus,

    Val. Max. 6, 1, 10.—Hence, subst. ēmĕrĭ-tus, i, m., a soldier who has served out his time, a veteran, an exempt, Tac. A. 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 24; Luc. 1, 344 al.—
    B.
    Transf. beyond the milit. sphere:

    annuum tempus (sc. magistratus) emeritum habere,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3; cf.:

    annuae operae emerentur,

    id. ib. 6, 2, 6:

    spatium juventae (homo) transit, et emeritis medii quoque temporis annis, etc.,

    Ov. M. 15, 226.—In part. perf.: emeritus, a, um (since the Aug. per. in the mid. signif.), that has become unfit for service, worn out:

    equi,

    Ov. F. 4, 688; cf.:

    apes fessae et jam emeritae,

    Plin. 11, 11, 11, § 27; so,

    palmes,

    id. 17, 23, 35, § 206:

    aratrum,

    Ov. F. 1, 665:

    latus (with invalidum),

    id. Am. 3, 11, 14:

    acus,

    Juv. 6, 498:

    rogus,

    i. e. burned out, extinguished, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 72.

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  • 18 obligo

    ob-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    To bind or tie around, to bind or fasten to any thing (very rare):

    obligatus corio,

    bound in a leathern sack, Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23:

    articulis muscus obligatus,

    bound upon, Plin. 26, 11, 66, § 105: cibum ovis, to bind or unite with eggs, Apic. 4, 2:

    amylo spisso obligare,

    id. 2, 2; 8, 2.—
    B.
    To bind together, bind up (rare):

    pecua ad hanc collo in crumena ego obligata defero,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 64: age obliga, obsigna cito, tie up (the letter, in order to seal it), id. Bacch. 4, 4, 96:

    manipulos,

    Col. 11, 2, 40.—
    C.
    To bind up, bandage, swathe (class., esp. of wounds):

    crus fractum,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 9:

    vulnus,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57; cf.:

    medicum requirens, a quo obligetur,

    to bind up his wounds, id. Tusc. 2, 16, 38; Suet. Vit. 2:

    venas,

    to bandage the veins, Tac. A. 6, 9:

    surculum libro,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2:

    oculos,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 11, 4:

    ore obligato obsignatoque simulacrum,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 65.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to bind, oblige, put under an obligation, make liable, etc. (cf.:

    obstringo, devincio): aliquem obligare militiae secundo sacramento,

    bind by a second oath, swear in again, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36:

    vadem tribus milibus aeris,

    to bind in the sum of, Liv. 3, 13:

    voti sponsio, quā obligamur deo,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41; Liv. 9, 11:

    se nexu,

    Cic. Mur. 2, 3: se in acta cujusquam, Tib. ap. Suet. Tib. 67:

    se chirographo ad aliquid,

    Dig. 30, 103:

    aliquem sibi liberalitate,

    to bind to one's self, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

    obligabis me,

    will oblige me, lay me under an obligation, Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5:

    obligari foedere,

    Liv. 38, 33: pro amicis alicui obligari, to lay one's self under obligation, i. e. to solicit favors, Plin. Ep. 10, 3, 1:

    obligor ipse tamen,

    Ov. M. 9, 248:

    obligatus ei nihil eram,

    was under no obligation to him, Cic. Fam. 6, 11, 1:

    me obligatum tibi fore,

    id. Att. 13, 18:

    obligati sunt interrogatum,

    Amm. 28, 4, 10.— Poet.:

    Prometheus obligatus aliti,

    devoted, condemned to, Hor. Epod. 17, 67:

    ergo obligatam redde Jovi dapem,

    vowed, due, id. C. 2, 7, 17:

    obligor, ut tangam laevi fera litora Ponti,

    am compelled, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 83.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To render liable through guilt, to make guilly:

    cum populum Romanum scelere obligāsses,

    Cic. Dom. 8, 20:

    votis caput,

    Hor. C. 2, 8, 5:

    se scelere,

    Suet. Caes. 42: se furti, Scaev. ap. Gell. 7, 15, 2.— Pass., to be guilty of, to commit an offence:

    est enim periculum, ne aut neglectis iis impiā fraude, aut susceptis anili superstitione obligemur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 4, 7; cf.:

    lege Corneliā testamentariā obligatur,

    offends against, Dig. 8, 10, 30.—
    2.
    Jurid. t. t.
    a.
    To bind, engage one (cf. obligatio, II. B.):

    obligandi, solvendi sui causā,

    Dig. 2, 13, 6, § 3:

    se obligare,

    ib. 4, 2, 7, § 1; 21, 1, 25, § 9.—
    b.
    To pledge, pawn, mortgage a thing:

    magistratui bona ejus obligantur,

    Vitr. 10 praef.:

    omnia praedia fratri,

    Suet. Vesp. 4:

    omnia bona sua pignori,

    Dig. 20, 4, 21:

    nam fundi et aedis obligatae sunt ob amoris praedium,

    has a mortgage on it, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 4:

    aedes pignori,

    Dig. 39, 2, 44:

    obligata praedia,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9.—
    (β).
    Transf., beyond the jurid. sphere:

    obligare fidem suam,

    to pledge one's word, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51.—
    3.
    To impede, restrain, embarrass: judicio districtum atque obligatum esse, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24.—Hence, oblĭ-gātus, a, um, P. a., bound, obliged:

    iisdem (officiis) me tibi obligatum fore,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2.— Comp.:

    quanto quis melior et probior, tanto mihi obligatior abit,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 8:

    ipsi obligati sunt,

    ensnared, embarrassed, Vulg. Psa. 19, 9.

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  • 19 compraehendo

    com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

    (vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin.:

    cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,

    id. 7, 12, 1:

    mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),

    Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:

    morsu guttura,

    Luc. 4, 727:

    nuces modio,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    naves,

    to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:

    oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,

    Cels. 7, 4, 3:

    comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

    ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

    Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.

    aures,

    Tib. 2, 5, 92:

    nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,

    let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:

    naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,

    assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:

    ignem,

    to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;

    and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,

    Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:

    opera flammā comprehensa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:

    avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,

    Ov. M. 9, 234:

    loca vallo,

    Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:

    comprehensa aedificia,

    Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:

    aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:

    tam capitalem hostem,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:

    hominem,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

    nefarios duces,

    id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    Virginium,

    Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:

    praesidium Punicum,

    id. 26, 14, 7:

    hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:

    in fugā,

    id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:

    comprehensus morbo,

    Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:

    comprehensi pestiferā lue,

    id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:

    aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
    * b.
    Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
    2.
    To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:

    fures,

    Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf. to the crime:

    nefandum adulterium,

    to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

    res ejus indicio,

    id. Clu. 16, 47.—
    3.
    Of plants, to take root; of a graft:

    cum comprehendit (surculus),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,

    in gen.,

    Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
    4.
    Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:

    si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,

    Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
    5.
    Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:

    ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,

    Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
    6.
    In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:

    aliquid melle,

    Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
    7.
    Of the range of a missile:

    quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,

    Sil. 4, 102.—
    8.
    Of the reach of a surgical instrument:

    si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,

    Cels. 8, 3 init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):

    aliquid visu,

    Sil. 3, 408;

    and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
    B.
    To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    omnes animo virtutes,

    id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

    animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:

    omnia animis et cogitatione,

    id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:

    aliquid mente,

    id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:

    aliquid memoriā,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

    qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 50:

    aliquid certis signis,

    Col. 6, 24, 3:

    aliquid experimentis assiduis,

    Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:

    esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:

    virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
    C.
    To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:

    breviter paucis comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:

    breviter comprehensa sententia,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:

    comprehendam brevi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

    perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,

    id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    (Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 1:

    ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

    id. Brut. 8, 34:

    in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:

    emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,

    Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:

    ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 19:

    aliquid dictis,

    Ov. M. 13, 160:

    quae si comprendere coner,

    id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
    2.
    Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:

    neque enim numero comprendere refert,

    Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:

    numerum quorum comprendere non est,

    id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
    D.
    To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;

    mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,

    to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    adulescentem humanitate tuā,

    id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:

    quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,

    id. Planc. 19. 47.—
    E.
    To shut in, include (late Lat.):

    spiritum in effigiem,

    Lact. 4, 8, 9:

    elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,

    id. 2, 6, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > compraehendo

  • 20 compraendo

    com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

    (vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin.:

    cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,

    id. 7, 12, 1:

    mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),

    Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:

    morsu guttura,

    Luc. 4, 727:

    nuces modio,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    naves,

    to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:

    oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,

    Cels. 7, 4, 3:

    comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

    ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

    Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.

    aures,

    Tib. 2, 5, 92:

    nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,

    let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:

    naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,

    assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:

    ignem,

    to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;

    and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,

    Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:

    opera flammā comprehensa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:

    avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,

    Ov. M. 9, 234:

    loca vallo,

    Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:

    comprehensa aedificia,

    Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:

    aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:

    tam capitalem hostem,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:

    hominem,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

    nefarios duces,

    id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    Virginium,

    Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:

    praesidium Punicum,

    id. 26, 14, 7:

    hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:

    in fugā,

    id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:

    comprehensus morbo,

    Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:

    comprehensi pestiferā lue,

    id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:

    aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
    * b.
    Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
    2.
    To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:

    fures,

    Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
    b.
    Transf. to the crime:

    nefandum adulterium,

    to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

    res ejus indicio,

    id. Clu. 16, 47.—
    3.
    Of plants, to take root; of a graft:

    cum comprehendit (surculus),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,

    in gen.,

    Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
    4.
    Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:

    si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,

    Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
    5.
    Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:

    ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

    circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,

    Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
    6.
    In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:

    aliquid melle,

    Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
    7.
    Of the range of a missile:

    quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,

    Sil. 4, 102.—
    8.
    Of the reach of a surgical instrument:

    si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,

    Cels. 8, 3 init. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):

    aliquid visu,

    Sil. 3, 408;

    and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,

    Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
    B.
    To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

    omnes animo virtutes,

    id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

    animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:

    omnia animis et cogitatione,

    id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:

    aliquid mente,

    id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:

    aliquid memoriā,

    id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

    qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 50:

    aliquid certis signis,

    Col. 6, 24, 3:

    aliquid experimentis assiduis,

    Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:

    esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:

    virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
    C.
    To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:

    breviter paucis comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:

    breviter comprehensa sententia,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:

    comprehendam brevi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

    perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,

    id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

    (Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 1:

    ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

    id. Brut. 8, 34:

    in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:

    emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,

    Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:

    ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 19:

    aliquid dictis,

    Ov. M. 13, 160:

    quae si comprendere coner,

    id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
    2.
    Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:

    neque enim numero comprendere refert,

    Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:

    numerum quorum comprendere non est,

    id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
    D.
    To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;

    mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,

    to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    adulescentem humanitate tuā,

    id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:

    quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,

    id. Planc. 19. 47.—
    E.
    To shut in, include (late Lat.):

    spiritum in effigiem,

    Lact. 4, 8, 9:

    elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,

    id. 2, 6, 1.

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