lector

quālis-cumque, quale-cumque, or - cunque (separated:

quale id cumque est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 76; Ov. P. 4, 13, 6), adj. [qualis].

Rel., of what quality soever, of whatever kind (class.).

With verb:

licet videre, qualescumque summi civitatis viri fuerunt, talem civitatem fuisse,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 31:

sed homines benevolos, qualescumque sunt, grave est insequi contumeliā,

be they as they may, id. Att. 14, 14, 5. —

Absol. by ellipsis of verb, in emphatic expressions (v. Zumpt, §

706): qualicumque urbis statu sisti potuisse,

Liv. 2, 44, 10:

pluris qualemcunque vitam honestā morte aestimare,

Curt. 5, 8, 6:

si libertatem sequimur, qui locus hoc dominatu vacat? Sin qualemcunque locum, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2; id. Att. 9, 6, 4:

imperatores voto expetere, qualescumque tolerare,

Tac. H. 4, 8; id. A. 11, 4:

carmina lector Commendet dulci qualiacumque sono,

Ov. A. A. 2, 283; Liv. 38, 9, 2; Quint. 9, 10, 1; 11, 1, 14; Curt. 5, 9, 12; Suet. Calig. 8; Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141. —

Transf., indef., any without exception, any whatever:

sin qualemcumque locum sequimur, quae est domestica sede jucundior?

Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2; Manil. 2, 856. — Hence, adv.: quālĭtercumquē or - cunquē, in what way soever, howsoever, be it as it may (post-Aug.), i. q. utcunque, Col. 2, 10, 2:

proeliare,

Just. 2, 11, 11; Flor. 3, 19, 1; Col. 11, 3, 34; Dig. 27, 1, 21.

quālis-cumque, quale-cumque, or - cunque (separated:

quale id cumque est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 76; Ov. P. 4, 13, 6), adj. [qualis].

Rel., of what quality soever, of whatever kind (class.).

With verb:

licet videre, qualescumque summi civitatis viri fuerunt, talem civitatem fuisse,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 31:

sed homines benevolos, qualescumque sunt, grave est insequi contumeliā,

be they as they may, id. Att. 14, 14, 5. —

Absol. by ellipsis of verb, in emphatic expressions (v. Zumpt, §

706): qualicumque urbis statu sisti potuisse,

Liv. 2, 44, 10:

pluris qualemcunque vitam honestā morte aestimare,

Curt. 5, 8, 6:

si libertatem sequimur, qui locus hoc dominatu vacat? Sin qualemcunque locum, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2; id. Att. 9, 6, 4:

imperatores voto expetere, qualescumque tolerare,

Tac. H. 4, 8; id. A. 11, 4:

carmina lector Commendet dulci qualiacumque sono,

Ov. A. A. 2, 283; Liv. 38, 9, 2; Quint. 9, 10, 1; 11, 1, 14; Curt. 5, 9, 12; Suet. Calig. 8; Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141. —

Transf., indef., any without exception, any whatever:

sin qualemcumque locum sequimur, quae est domestica sede jucundior?

Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2; Manil. 2, 856. — Hence, adv.: quālĭtercumquē or - cunquē, in what way soever, howsoever, be it as it may (post-Aug.), i. q. utcunque, Col. 2, 10, 2:

proeliare,

Just. 2, 11, 11; Flor. 3, 19, 1; Col. 11, 3, 34; Dig. 27, 1, 21.

quālis-cumque, quale-cumque, or - cunque (separated:

quale id cumque est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 76; Ov. P. 4, 13, 6), adj. [qualis].

Rel., of what quality soever, of whatever kind (class.).

With verb:

licet videre, qualescumque summi civitatis viri fuerunt, talem civitatem fuisse,

Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 31:

sed homines benevolos, qualescumque sunt, grave est insequi contumeliā,

be they as they may, id. Att. 14, 14, 5. —

Absol. by ellipsis of verb, in emphatic expressions (v. Zumpt, §

706): qualicumque urbis statu sisti potuisse,

Liv. 2, 44, 10:

pluris qualemcunque vitam honestā morte aestimare,

Curt. 5, 8, 6:

si libertatem sequimur, qui locus hoc dominatu vacat? Sin qualemcunque locum, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2; id. Att. 9, 6, 4:

imperatores voto expetere, qualescumque tolerare,

Tac. H. 4, 8; id. A. 11, 4:

carmina lector Commendet dulci qualiacumque sono,

Ov. A. A. 2, 283; Liv. 38, 9, 2; Quint. 9, 10, 1; 11, 1, 14; Curt. 5, 9, 12; Suet. Calig. 8; Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141. —

Transf., indef., any without exception, any whatever:

sin qualemcumque locum sequimur, quae est domestica sede jucundior?

Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2; Manil. 2, 856. — Hence, adv.: quālĭtercumquē or - cunquē, in what way soever, howsoever, be it as it may (post-Aug.), i. q. utcunque, Col. 2, 10, 2:

proeliare,

Just. 2, 11, 11; Flor. 3, 19, 1; Col. 11, 3, 34; Dig. 27, 1, 21.

quis-que, quaeque, quodque, and subst. quicque (quidque), pron. indef., whoever or whatever it be, each, every, every body, every one, every thing (prop. of more than two persons or things; cf.

uterque): non tute incommodam rem, ut quaeque est, in animum induces pati?

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 27;

ut in quo quisque artificio excelleret, is in suo genere Roscius diceretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 130; id. Rep. 6, 24, 26:

tantum quisque laudat, quantum se posse sperat imitari,

id. Or. 7, 24:

quod cuique obtigit, id quisque teneat,

id. Off. 1, 7, 21:

magni est judicis statuere, quid quemque cuique praestare oporteat,

id. ib. 3, 17, 70:

sibi quoque tendente, ut periculo prius evaderet,

Liv. 21, 33:

ut quaeque stellae in iis, finitimisque partibus sint quoque tempore,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

quamcumque rem a quoque cognorit,

id. de Or. 1, 15, 67:

scrobes ternorum pedum in quamque partem,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 167:

proximis quibusque correptis,

Flor. 1, 9:

prout quique monitione indigerent,

Suet. Aug. 89.—With gen.:

tuorum quisque necessariorum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25:

quantulum enim summae curtabit quisque dierum, Si,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 124.—With comp.:

quo quisque est sollertior, hoc docet laboriosius,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 31:

quo majus quodque animal, eo, etc.,

Cels. 2, 18:

ut quique (pedes) sunt temporibus pleniores, hoc, etc.,

Quint. 9, 4, 83:

bonus liber melior est quisque, quo major,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 4.—With sup., to express universality (quisque is then placed after the sup.; class. with sing. and neutr. plur.; rare with plur. masc. and fem.): doctissimus quisque, every learned man, i. e. all the learned, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 77:

recentissima quaeque sunt correcta et emendata maxime,

id. Ac. 1, 4, 13:

in omni arte optimum quidque rarissimum est,

id. Fin. 2, 25, 81:

asperrima quaeque ad laborem deposcimus,

Liv. 25, 6, 23; Suet. Caes. 44; Tac. A. 1, 24; Sen. Ep. 31, 1; Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 13:

summum quodque spectate, milites, decus,

Liv. 7, 32, 14; 23, 3, 14:

antiquissimum quodque tempus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 45:

gravissima quaeque grana serere,

Plin. 18, 8, 20, § 85.—With plur. masc. and fem.: optumi quique expetebant a me doctrinam sibi, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 76:

fortissimis quibusque amissis,

Just. 5, 6, 3; Lact. Epit. 51, 2:

multi mortales convenere... maxime proximi quique,

Liv. 1, 9, 8; cf.:

tot leges et proximae quaeque duriores,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 75; id. Lael. 10, 34:

litterae longissimae quaeque,

id. Fam. 7, 33, 2; id. Att. 16, 11, 2.—

With ordinal numerals, to denote generality, universality (placed after the ordinal): vix decimus quisque est, qui ipsus se noverit,

scarcely one in ten, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 17:

tertio quoque verbo excitabatur,

at every other word, Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 34: quinto quoque anno, every fifth year, i. e. every four years, id. Verr. 2, 2, 56, § 139:

quinto quoque palo,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 169.—Rarely of time (days, years, etc.), without an ordinal numeral:

notentur, quae (ova) quoque die sint edita,

Col. 8, 5, 4:

annis quibusque,

every year, Plin. 33, 3, 15, § 52.—With primus, the very first, the first possible:

primo quoque tempore,

as soon as possible, Cic. Phil. 3, 15, 39:

primo quoque die,

at the earliest day, as soon as possible, id. ib. 8, 11, 33:

exercitui diem primam quamque dicere,

the earliest day possible, Liv. 42, 48:

primum quicque videamus,

the very first, Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 7.— Quisque stands freq. in app. with plur. subst.:

ubi quisque vident, eunt obviam,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 2:

sibi quisque habeant, quod suom est,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 24:

decimus quisque ad supplicium lecti,

Liv. 2, 59:

octo delecti notissimus quisque,

id. 7, 19, 2:

(consules) in suas quisque provincias proficiscerentur,

id. 25, 12, 2; 1, 44, 1;

viri in vestibulo suarum quisque aedium stabant,

Curt. 4, 4, 14:

ultimi cum suis quisque ducibus,

id. 3, 3, 25; 5, 2, 6; 6, 11, 20.— Often in connection with se, suus (in good prose almost always placed after the pron., Zumpt, Gram. § 701; cf.

Krebs, Antibarb. p. 983): pro se quisque,

Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 26:

pro se quisque ad populum loquebatur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 68:

ut quanti quisque se ipse faciat, tanti fiat ab amicis,

id. Lael. 16, 56:

suam quisque homo rem meminit,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 5, 51:

cum suo cuique judicio sit utendum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

edixit, ut quod quisque a sacris haberet, id in suum quidque fanum referret,

id. ib. 3, 34, 84:

quo feret natura sua quemque,

id. Brut. 56, 204:

dicere quos cupio nomine quemque suo,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 64:

quisque suos patimur Manes,

Verg. A. 6, 743:

suum quisque flagitium aliis objectantes,

Tac. H. 2, 44:

quos Poenus in civitates quemque suas dimisit,

Liv. 21, 48, 2; cf. Just. 13, 6, 2; 33, 2, 8; Tac. A. 6, 37.—Quisque, of two, for uterque, each:

oscula quisque suae matri properata tulerunt,

Ov. F 2, 715:

duas civitates ex unā factas: suos cuique parti magistratus, suas leges esse,

Liv. 2, 44, 9; 2, 7, 1; 10, 12, 3; 27, 35, 3;

for utercumque: ut cujusque populi cives vicissent, etc.,

id. 1, 24, 3 (dub. al. cujus) — Quisque as fem. for quaeque, like quis (ante - class.):

omnes meretrices, ubi quisque habitant, invenit,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 107:

quo quisque pacto hic vitam vostrarum exigat,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 19.—

Transf., for quicunque, whosoever, every one who, all that (ante- and postclass.):

quemque videritis hominem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 5; id. As. 1, 3, 47; 2, 3, 24; Liv. 1, 24:

at tu, quisque doles, amice lector,

Sid. Ep. 4, 11 in carm.

scĭo, īvi, ītum, 4 (old imperf. scibam, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 34; 2, 4, 89; id. Ps. 1, 5, 84; 1, 5, 86; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 68; id. Phorm. 4, 1, 16:

scibas,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 24; id. Ps. 1, 5, 85:

scibat,

id. Am. prol. 22; Lucr. 5, 934:

scibatis,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 47:

scibant,

Lucr. 5, 949; 5, 953; Cat. 68, 85.— Fut. scibo, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 13; id. Most. 4, 3, 5; id. Men. 2, 3, 35; 5, 2, 57; id. Ps. 1, 2, 41; 1, 5, 65; id. Truc. 2, 6, 69; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 58; id. Ad. 3, 3, 7; 5, 2, 5; id. Hec. 2, 2, 4:

scibis,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 22; id. Ep. 2, 2, 101; 5, 1, 49; id. Mil. 4, 8, 55; id. Ps. 4, 4, 2; id. Poen. 5, 4, 57; id. Pers. 2, 2, 37; id. Rud. 2, 3, 35; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 35; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 43:

scibit,

Cato, R. R. 5, 5; Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 69; 1, 2, 51; id. Mil. 3, 2, 46; Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 38:

scibimus,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 57:

scibunt,

id. Poen. 2, 16.— Perf. sciit, Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 17.— Pass. scibitur, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 5:

scin' for scisne,

id. Am. 1, 1, 200; 2, 2, 39; 5, 1, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 113; id. Aul. 1, 1, 8 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 47; 3, 1, 47; 4, 6, 6; 4, 7, 30 et saep.— Perf. sync. scisti, Ov. A. A. 1, 131; id. F. 4, 527:

scirint,

Tac. Dial. 33; so, regularly, inf. scisse, e. g. Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 17), v. a. [root sci-; Gr. keiô (for skeiô), keazô, to split, divide; cf.: scisco, plebiscitum, etc., prop. to distinguish, discern].

Lit.

In gen., to know, in the widest signif. of the word; to understand; perceive; to have knowledge of or skill in any thing, etc.:

plurimā mutatione figuramus, Scio, Non ignoro, et Non me fugit, et Non me praeterit, et Quis nescit? et Nemini dubium est. Sed etiam ex proximo mutuari licet. Nam et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,

Quint. 10, 1, 13 (freq. in all styles and periods; cf. nosco).

With acc.:

aut scire istarum rerum nihil, aut, etiam si maxime sciemus, nec, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

ut vilicus naturam agri novit, dispensator litteras scit, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 3, 5:

quod nec didicerint nec umquam scire curaverint,

id. ib. 1, 6, 11:

ego omnem rem scio Quemadmodum est,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 69:

id equidem ego certo scio,

id. ib. 3, 3, 33:

quod pro certo sciam,

id. ib. 3, 4, 13: Mi. Ubi ipse est? Ch. Nescio. Nihil jam me oportet scire... nescio etiam id quod scio, id. ib. 4, 6, 21:

haec scivisti et me celavisti?

id. Pers. 5, 2, 19:

is omnes linguas scit: sed dissimulat sciens, Se scire,

id. Poen. prol. 112 (cf. supra, litteras, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5): comoediam, Titin. ap. Non. 277, 26:

bene id opus,

id. ib. 3, 21:

artem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 44:

juventutis mores qui sciam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 2: remuneremini nos, ac quae scitis, proferatis in me dium:

nemo enim omnia potest scire,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

nec scire fas est omnia,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 22:

SENATVOSQVE SENTENTIAM VTEI SCIENTES ESETIS, S. C. de Bacch. 23, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173: quod scio, omne ex hoc scio,

I know all from him, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 7:

aliquid ex aliquo,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 45; id. Most. 3, 2, 58; Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1; id. Att. 5, 2, 3 al. (v. infra, g and d; and cf. in the foll., with de instead of ex):

quod sciam,

for aught I know, as far as I know, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 70; 2, 2, 15; id. Most. 4, 3, 19; id. Men. 2, 2, 23; 3, 2, 35 al.; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 7; Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; Quint. 9, 1, 17; 9, 4, 63 al.; cf.:

quantum ego quidem sciam,

Quint. 3, 1, 19.— Pass.:

quod quom scibitur, per urbem irridebor,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 5:

ars earum rerum est, quae sciuntur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 30:

an nihil certum sciri possit,

id. ib. 1, 51, 222: id de Marcello aut certe de Postumiā sciri potest, can be learned from Marcellus, etc., id. Att. 12, 22, 2.—

With inf., or more freq. with object-clause:

qui uti sciat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

si sciret regibus uti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 14:

antequam declamare sciat,

Quint. 2, 1, 3:

si docere sciant et velint,

id. 10, 5, 19:

digredi a re et redire ad propositum suum scierit,

id. 9, 2, 4 et saep.:

vincere scis, Hannibal,

Liv. 22, 51, 4:

qui nec ipse consulere nec alteri parere sciat,

id. 22, 29, 8:

qui tegere liberos sciat,

id. 1, 53, 8; 38, 52, 2; Curt. 4, 2, 14:

scio, fortunas secundas neglegentiam prendere solere, Cato ap. Fest, s.v. parsi, p. 210: dii sciunt, culpam meam istanc non esse ullam,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 41:

scio, tibi ita placere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 30, 46:

quas (leges) scitis exstare,

id. ib. 5, 2, 3: scimus L. Atilium appellatum esse sapientem id. Lael. 2, 6:

scis, In breve te cogi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 7: scire licet, nobis venas et sanguen... alienigenis ex partibus esse, it is easy to see that, etc., Lucr. 1, 860 (shortly before and after, scilicet); so,

scire licet,

id. 1, 894; 2, 930; 2, 967; 3, 873 et saep.; Liv. 1, 39, 3; Cels. 1, 1 fin.; 1, 2; 3, 2 al.—So, in familiar style, imper. scito, be assured, I reply that, remember, etc.: fenestrarum angustias quod reprehendis, scito te Kurou paideian reprehendere, Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2; 12, 21, 5:

scito hoc nos in eo judicio consecutos esse, ut, etc.,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 24; 5, 20, 7; cf.:

istis contumeliis scitote Q. Lollium coactum, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62; 2, 3, 56, § 129.—Esp., introducing a conclusion, after si, sin, nisi:

si venturus es, scito necesse esse te venire,

Cic. Fam. 9, 4 init.:

sin ista pax perditum hominem restitutura est, hoc animo scito omnis sanos, etc.,

id. ib. 10, 27, 1:

si vos semel finem legis transieritis, scitote vos nullum ceteris in aestimando finem improbitatis reliquisse,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 95, § 220; 2, 4, 30, § 68; id. Cat. 2, 10, 23.—Rarely in part. pres. (postAug.; cf. P. a., infra):

interrogant an vir daturus sit beneficium ingrato, sciens ingratum esse,

Sen. Ben. 4, 26, 1:

Laqueo vitam finiit, sciens et in Maximino multum esse roboris,

Capitol. in Max. 19:

totam hereditatem sciens ad se non pertinere,

Gai. Inst. 4, 144.— Impers.:

hoc scitis omnes, usque adeo hominem in periculo fuisse, quoad scitum sit, Sestium vivere,

Cic. Sest. 38, 82.— Pass., with nom. and inf.:

Christus scitur vocis simplicis jussione ambulatum dedisse contractis,

Arn. 1, 48.—

With a rel.-clause:

isti jam sciunt, negotii quid sit,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 13:

ut sciamus, quid dicamus mox pro testimonio,

id. ib. 3, 2, 19:

scin' quam iracundus siem?

id. Bacch. 4, 2, 12:

cuivis facile scitu est, quam fuerim miser,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 15:

cum sciatis, quo quaeque res inclinet,

Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

Sestium quanti faciam, ipse optime scio,

id. Fam. 13, 8, 1:

ex tribus istis modis rerum publicarum velim scire quod optimum judices,

id. ib. 1, 30, 46:

ut eum (hostem) non modo esse, sed etiam, quis et unde sit, scire possimus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 6:

coqua est haec quidem: Scit muriatica ut maceret,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 39; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 18; Cic. Mur. 9, 22; Hor. C. 3, 4, 42 al.:

scire velis, mea cur opuscula lector Laudet,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 35; 2, 2, 187:

quī scis, an, quae jubeam, sine vi faciat?

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 20; Hor. C. 4, 7, 17; id. A. P. 462; cf. the phrase haud scio an, under an.— Pass.:

hinc sciri potuit, Quo studio vitam suam te absente exegerit,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 38: scito... nec, [p. 1644] quando futura sint comitia, sciri, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 2.—With indic. in the rel.-clause (ante-class.): Ba. Scio, quid ago. Pi. Et pol ego scio, quid metuo, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 45; cf.:

scitin' quid ego vos rogo?

id. Men. 5, 9, 92:

scis tu, ut confringi vas cito Samium solet,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 24:

jam ego ex hoc, ut factum est, scibo,

id. Men. 5, 2, 57; instead of which, with subj.:

ex me primo prima scires, rem ut gessissem publicam,

id. Am. 1, 3, 26:

ex hoc scibo quid siet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 59; id. Hec. 4, 2, 4.—

With de:

jam vero de legibus, de bello, de pace... scisse,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58.—

Absol.:

hi sciunt, qui hic affuerunt,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 31:

quom videbis, tum scies,

id. Bacch. 1, 2, 37: Pi. Quī scire possum? Ch. Nullus plus, id. ib. 2, 2, 13:

quem, ut scitis, unice dilexi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 1; so,

ut scitis, parenthetically,

id. ib. 1, 14, 21; 2, 31, 54; 6, 9, 9; id. Lael. 21, 77; cf.

scio alone, parenthetically: injurato scio plus credet mihi quam jurato tibi,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 281:

ego abeo: tu jam scio patiere,

id. As. 2, 2, 111:

quam tu propediem effliges scio,

id. ib. 4, 2, 9 et saep.:

scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter,

Pers. 1, 27:

nemo ex me scibit,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 38.— Pass.:

non opus est dicto... at scito huic opus est,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 14:

plus, quam opus est scito, sciet,

id. ib. 4, 1, 18; so, with adv. or adverb.-clause:

non tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140; so,

Latine,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 13; Liv. 1, 27:

luculenter Graece,

Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

Graece,

id. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

ubi hanc forma videt honesta virginem, Et fidibus scire,

and that she was skilled in music, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 53 (cf.: docere aliquem fidibus. Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

discere fidibus,

id. Lael. 8, 26).—

With de:

de legibus instituendis, de bello, de pace, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58:

cum is, qui de omnibus scierit, de Sullā se scire negavit,

id. Sull. 13, 39.—

With non (very rare for nescio; cf.:

non scire barbarum jam videtur, nescire dulcius,

Cic. Or. 47, 157):

quis enim erat qui non sciret studiosiorem Mithridatem fuisse, etc.,

id. Fl. 25, 59:

tam imperitus, ut non sciret, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

quid? non sciunt ipsi viam, domum quā veniant?

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 25; Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37; Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3; Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 19.—

Ellipt.: scin' quomodo? do you know how (I shall serve you)? a threatening phrase in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 200; id. Aul. 5, 21; id. Rud. 3, 5, 18.—

In partic., of a woman, to know carnally a man (cf. of a man, cognosco), Treb. xxx. Tyr. 30.—

Transf., publicists' t. t. for the usual scisco (v. h. v. II.), of the people, to ordain, decree, appoint any thing after knowledge obtained regarding it:

ut tribunus plebis rogationem ferret sciretque plebs, uti, etc.,

Liv. 26, 33, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

a scire for asciscere,

Tac. Agr. 19; id. H. 4, 80.—Hence, scĭens, entis, P. a., knowing, i. e.

Pregn., knowingly, wittingly, purposely, intentionally, etc. (freq. and class.): tu verbis conceptis conjuravisti sciens sciente animo tuo, Scip. Afric. minor ap. Gell. 7, 11, 9:

ubi verbis conceptis sciens libenter perjuraris,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 16:

amore ardeo et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27; so (with prudens) Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin.:

equidem plus hodie boni Feci imprudens, quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; so (opp. imprudens) id. Phorm. 4, 3, 55; Cic. Planc. 16, 41; (opp. insciens) id. Balb. 5, 13:

habebit igitur te sciente et vidente curia senatorem, etc.,

id. Clu. 46, 129:

an ille me tentat sciens?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 29; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 40; id. Ps. 1, 1, 90; id. Poen. prol. 112; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13; id. Heaut. 5, 5, 6 al.:

heia vero, inquit, geram morem vobis et me oblinam sciens,

Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8 et saep.—So the formula: si sciens fallo; v. fallo.—

Knowing, understanding, acquainted with, skilled, versed, or expert in any thing (class.).

Absol.:

id ego jam nunc tibi renuntio, ut sis sciens,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 28:

quod me non scientem feceris,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 34;

Ter Heaut. 4, 8, 32: vites pampinari: sed a sciente,

Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:

quis igitur hoc homine scientior umquam fuit?

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

scientior venefica,

Hor. Epod. 5, 72:

quae (navis) scientissimo gubernatore utitur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 58.— Sup.: sit oportet idem scientissimus, Col. 11, 1.—

With gen.:

dominum scientem esse oportet earum rerum, quae, etc.,

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

locorum,

Sall. J. 97, 3:

pugnae,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 24:

citharae,

id. ib. 3, 9, 10:

Latinae linguae,

Tac. A. 2, 13:

juris,

id. ib. 3, 70; 6, 26 et saep.— Sup.:

M. Scaurus, vir regendae rei publicae scientissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214; Vulg. 2 Par. 2, 13.—

Poet., with inf.:

quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 25.— Adv.: scĭenter (acc. to B.), knowingly, understandingly, wisely, skilfully, expertly, etc.:

scienter et perite et ornate dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

uti (with modice),

id. ib. 1, 29, 132; id. Off. 2, 5, 18:

sese distribuunt in duas partes,

Caes. B. C. 1, 55.— Comp.:

neminem in eo genere scientius versatum Isocrate,

Cic. Or. 52, 175; Caes. B. G. 7, 22.— Sup.:

coepit rationem hujus operis (sphaerae) scientissime Gallus exponere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22; id. Div. 1, 41, 92.

scrūpŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [scrupulus].

Lit., full of small sharp or pointed stones, rough, rugged, jagged (rare but class.): specus, Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 713 P.: tamquam e scrupulosis cotibus enavigavit oratio, * Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 33:

ruminatio corticis,

Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 94:

saltibus degressi scrupulosis et inviis,

Amm. 19, 13, 1:

vulnera aurium,

for wearing jewelled drops, Tert. Cult. Fem. 10, 2.—

Trop. (only post-Aug.), very nice, exact, precise, anxious, careful, scrupulous:

disputatio,

Quint. 9, 1, 7:

inquisitio,

Front. Aquaed. 64; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 7:

scrupulosa quaedam et anxia in his commentariis, Gell. praef. § 13: locus,

Aus. Grat. Act. 24:

cura,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 8:

lector,

App. M. 9, p. 230, 37:

scrupulosus in deferendis potestatibus celsis,

Amm. 30, 9, 3. — Comp.:

fides quorundam,

Tert. Spect. 3:

ratio ventorum,

Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 325.— Sup.:

cultus deorum,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 2.— Hence, adv.: scrūpŭlōsē (acc. to II.), carefully, accurately, diligently, scrupulously:

scrupulose in partes sectā divisionis diligentiā,

Quint. 4, 5, 6.— Comp.:

minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,

Quint. 5, 14, 28: scrupulosius tractabo ventos, Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 118.— Sup.: requirant corporis gesticulatorem, Col. praef. § 3.

subtīlis, e, adj. [sub-tela; and therefore, prop., woven fine; hence], fine, not thick or coarse, thin, slender, minute (syn. tenuis).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

not in Cic.): quae vulgo volitant subtili praedita filo,

Lucr. 4, 88:

ventus subtili corpore tenuis,

id. 4, 901; cf. id. 3, 195; Cat. 54, 3:

acies gladii,

Sen. Ep. 76, 14:

farina,

Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 74:

mitra,

Cat. 64, 63:

ignis,

Lucr. 6, 225:

subtilia et minuta primordia rerum,

id. 4, 122; 4, 114.— Subst.: subtīlĭa, ĭum, n. plur., fine goods or stuffs, Vulg. Isa. 19, 9:

indui te subtilibus,

id. Ezech. 16, 10.— Comp.:

harundo,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168:

semen raporum,

id. 18, 13, 34, § 129.— Sup.:

sucus subtilissimus,

Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11.—

Transf., of the senses, fine, nice, acute, delicate, exqui site (rare):

palatum,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 38:

subtilior gula,

Col. 8, 16, 4.—

Trop., fine, nice, precise, exact, accurate, keen, subtle (class.; syn.: elegans, concinnus).

In gen.:

sollers subtilisque descriptio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

definitio,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 109:

observatio,

Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 132:

sententia,

id. 18, 17, 46, § 165:

argumentatio,

id. 2, 108, 112, § 247:

quaestio,

id. 11, 16, 16, § 46:

Graecia,

Manil. 4, 718.— Comp.:

reliquae (epistulae) subtiliores erunt,

more particular, Cic. Att. 5, 14, 3.— Sup.:

quae (curatio manus) inter subtilissimas haberi potest,

Cels. 7, 7, 13:

inventum,

Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 40:

Democritus, subtilissimus antiquorum,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 3, 2.—

Transf., of taste or judgment, fine, keen, delicate, exquisite (syn.:

sagax, acutus): judicium,

Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 242; cf.:

subtilis veterum judex,

id. S. 2, 7, 101:

sapiens subtilisque lector,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 7:

vir subtilis, dispositus, acer, disertus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 17; 4, 17, 4.—

In partic., in rhet., of speech or of the speaker, plain, simple, unadorned (syn. simplex):

genus dicendi,

Cic. Or. 21, 69; cf.:

acutissimum et subtilissimum dicendi genus,

id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:

oratio,

id. Or. 5, 20; cf. id. ib. 23, 78:

Stoicorum non ignoras, quam sit subtile vel spinosum potius dicendi genus,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 3: subtile quod ischnon vocant, Quint. 12, 10, 58:

disputator,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

quis illo (Catone) in docendo edisserendoque subtilior?

id. Brut. 17, 65:

oratione limatus atque subtilis,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 180; cf. id. de Or. 3, 8, 31: Lysias subtilis scriptor atque [p. 1785] elegans, id. Brut. 9, 35; Quint. 10, 1, 78:

praeceptor,

id. 1, 4, 25; 12, 10, 51.—Hence, adv.: subtīlĭter, finely, minutely.

Lit.:

subtiliter insinuatus ad parvas partes aër,

Lucr. 6, 1031:

conexae res,

closely, intimately, id. 3, 739:

dividere aliquid,

Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67:

fodere,

lightly, superficially, Pall. Febr. 21 fin. —

Trop., finely, acutely, minutely, accurately, subtly.

In gen.:

subtiliter judicare,

finely, acutely, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127:

de re publicā quid ego tibi subtiliter? tota periit,

minutely, particularly, id. Att. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

haec ad te scribam alias subtilius,

id. ib. 1, 13, 4:

subtiliter exsequi numerum,

Liv. 3, 5:

de aliquā re subtiliter disserere,

Cic. Fl. 17, 41:

aliquid persequi,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 98; cf.:

id persequar subtilius,

id. Rep. 2, 23, 42:

subtilius haec disserunt,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

subtilius ista quaerunt,

id. ib. 2, 7 et saep. —

In partic., in rhet., plainly, simply, without ornament:

humilia subtiliter et magna graviter et mediocria temperate dicere,

Cic. Or. 29, 100:

versute et subtiliter dicere,

id. ib. 7, 22:

privatas causas agere subtilius: capitis aut famae ornatius,

id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

magnifice an subtiliter dicere,

Quint. 8, 3, 40.

subtīlis, e, adj. [sub-tela; and therefore, prop., woven fine; hence], fine, not thick or coarse, thin, slender, minute (syn. tenuis).

Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;

not in Cic.): quae vulgo volitant subtili praedita filo,

Lucr. 4, 88:

ventus subtili corpore tenuis,

id. 4, 901; cf. id. 3, 195; Cat. 54, 3:

acies gladii,

Sen. Ep. 76, 14:

farina,

Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 74:

mitra,

Cat. 64, 63:

ignis,

Lucr. 6, 225:

subtilia et minuta primordia rerum,

id. 4, 122; 4, 114.— Subst.: subtīlĭa, ĭum, n. plur., fine goods or stuffs, Vulg. Isa. 19, 9:

indui te subtilibus,

id. Ezech. 16, 10.— Comp.:

harundo,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168:

semen raporum,

id. 18, 13, 34, § 129.— Sup.:

sucus subtilissimus,

Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11.—

Transf., of the senses, fine, nice, acute, delicate, exqui site (rare):

palatum,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 38:

subtilior gula,

Col. 8, 16, 4.—

Trop., fine, nice, precise, exact, accurate, keen, subtle (class.; syn.: elegans, concinnus).

In gen.:

sollers subtilisque descriptio,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

definitio,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 109:

observatio,

Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 132:

sententia,

id. 18, 17, 46, § 165:

argumentatio,

id. 2, 108, 112, § 247:

quaestio,

id. 11, 16, 16, § 46:

Graecia,

Manil. 4, 718.— Comp.:

reliquae (epistulae) subtiliores erunt,

more particular, Cic. Att. 5, 14, 3.— Sup.:

quae (curatio manus) inter subtilissimas haberi potest,

Cels. 7, 7, 13:

inventum,

Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 40:

Democritus, subtilissimus antiquorum,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 3, 2.—

Transf., of taste or judgment, fine, keen, delicate, exquisite (syn.:

sagax, acutus): judicium,

Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 242; cf.:

subtilis veterum judex,

id. S. 2, 7, 101:

sapiens subtilisque lector,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 7:

vir subtilis, dispositus, acer, disertus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 17; 4, 17, 4.—

In partic., in rhet., of speech or of the speaker, plain, simple, unadorned (syn. simplex):

genus dicendi,

Cic. Or. 21, 69; cf.:

acutissimum et subtilissimum dicendi genus,

id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:

oratio,

id. Or. 5, 20; cf. id. ib. 23, 78:

Stoicorum non ignoras, quam sit subtile vel spinosum potius dicendi genus,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 3: subtile quod ischnon vocant, Quint. 12, 10, 58:

disputator,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

quis illo (Catone) in docendo edisserendoque subtilior?

id. Brut. 17, 65:

oratione limatus atque subtilis,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 180; cf. id. de Or. 3, 8, 31: Lysias subtilis scriptor atque [p. 1785] elegans, id. Brut. 9, 35; Quint. 10, 1, 78:

praeceptor,

id. 1, 4, 25; 12, 10, 51.—Hence, adv.: subtīlĭter, finely, minutely.

Lit.:

subtiliter insinuatus ad parvas partes aër,

Lucr. 6, 1031:

conexae res,

closely, intimately, id. 3, 739:

dividere aliquid,

Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67:

fodere,

lightly, superficially, Pall. Febr. 21 fin. —

Trop., finely, acutely, minutely, accurately, subtly.

In gen.:

subtiliter judicare,

finely, acutely, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127:

de re publicā quid ego tibi subtiliter? tota periit,

minutely, particularly, id. Att. 2, 21, 1; cf.:

haec ad te scribam alias subtilius,

id. ib. 1, 13, 4:

subtiliter exsequi numerum,

Liv. 3, 5:

de aliquā re subtiliter disserere,

Cic. Fl. 17, 41:

aliquid persequi,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 98; cf.:

id persequar subtilius,

id. Rep. 2, 23, 42:

subtilius haec disserunt,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

subtilius ista quaerunt,

id. ib. 2, 7 et saep. —

In partic., in rhet., plainly, simply, without ornament:

humilia subtiliter et magna graviter et mediocria temperate dicere,

Cic. Or. 29, 100:

versute et subtiliter dicere,

id. ib. 7, 22:

privatas causas agere subtilius: capitis aut famae ornatius,

id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

magnifice an subtiliter dicere,

Quint. 8, 3, 40.

văpōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [vapor]

Neutr., to emit steam or vapor, to steam, reek.

Lit.:

aquae vaporant et in mari ipso,

Plin. 31, 2, 2, § 5:

aquae fontanae vaporantes,

Sol. 21.—

Trop., to glow, burn:

invidiā quoniam, ceu fulmine, summa vaporant Plerumque,

Lucr. 5, 1132.—

Act., to fill with steam or vapor, to steam, smoke, fumigate, heat, warm:

vaporatae nebulae (opp. frigidae),

Col. 1, 5, 4: nebula est exhalatio vaporata, filled with vapor, App. de Mundo, p. 61, 6:

templum ture vaporant,

fumigate, perfume, Verg. A. 11, 481:

altaria,

Stat. Th. 1, 455:

vaporato caespite,

Calp. Ecl. 2, 62:

cantharides suspenduntur super acetum fervens, donec per linteolum vaporentur,

i. e. are suffocated by the fumes, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 95:

glebae solibus aestivis vaporatae,

warmed, Col. 2, 15, 6; cf.:

laevum decedens (sol) curru fugiente vaporet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 7:

dum coquuntur carnes oculos vaporari his praecipiunt,

to be steamed, to receive the vapor, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 170:

oculos spongiis expressis,

Scrib. Comp. 20; cf.:

morbi, quos vaporari oportet,

Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128.— Poet.:

inde vaporata lector mihi ferveat aure,

Pers. 1, 126.

   en medio del asunto; ir al grano sin rodeos; en medio de las cosas; en plena acción; en pleno asunto

   ◘ Loc. lat. que significa 'en pleno asunto, en medio de la acción' y se usa especialmente referida al modo de comenzar una narración: "La fábula comienza in medias res, cuando el viajero está ya dentro del cielo, sin referir los episodios que precedieron a su ingreso" (Asín Escatología [Esp. 1919]). Debe evitarse el uso de la formamedia en lugar de la correcta medias: * in media res. [RAE: Diccionario panhispánico de dudas. Madrid: Santillana, 2005, p. 365]