legitimate

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lēgĭtĭmus, a, um, adj. [lex; cf. Cic. Top. 8, 36], fixed or appointed by law, according to law, lawful, legal, legitimate.

Lit.

Adj.:

dies is erat legitimus comitiis habendis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:

legitimum imperium habere,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 26:

potestas,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:

scriptum,

id. Inv. 2, 43, 125:

controversiae legitimae et civiles,

which come under and are settled by the laws, id. Or. 34, 120: justus et legitimus hostis, a lawful adversary, as distinguished from pirates and other outlaws, id. Off. 3, 29, 109:

aetas legitima ad petendam aedilitatem,

Liv. 25, 2: horae, allowed by law (for transacting any business), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

impedimentum,

a legal impediment, id. Agr. 2, 9, 24:

poena,

Suet. Claud. 14:

crimen,

laid down in the laws, Dig. 47, 20, 3:

filius (opp. nothus),

legitimate, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 5, 14, 16;

Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: matrimonia,

ib. 6, 4, 2:

conjux,

Ov. M. 10, 437:

legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis amare,

Juv. 6, 200.—

Subst.: lēgĭtĭma, ōrum, n., usages prescribed by law, precepts (very rare):

legitimis quibusdam confectis,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 2:

custodite legitima mea,

precepts, statutes, Vulg. Lev. 18, 26; also in sing.:

legitimum sempiternum erit,

id. Exod. 28, 43.—

Transf., in gen.

l. q. legalis, of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.):

quaestiones,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; 7, 3, 13:

verba,

Gell. 11, 1, 4:

scientia, Just. Inst. prooem. § 4: actio injuriarum, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 5, 5: judicia,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103 sq. —

Right, just, proper, appropriate (class.):

numerus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, 57:

in omnibus meis epistolis, legitima quaedam est accessio commendationis tuae,

id. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

illa oratorum propria et quasi legitima tractavit, ut delectaret, ut moveret, ut augeret, etc.,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

poëma facere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109:

sonus,

id. A. P. 274:

insania,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178:

verba,

Ov. F. 2, 527:

partus,

right, regular, Plin. 8, 43, 64, § 168; cf.:

spectavit studiosissime pugiles, non legitimos et ordinarios modo, sed et catervarios, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 45:

olus,

Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80.—In neutr.: legitimum est, with a subject-clause, it is right, proper, suitable (post-Aug.):

fistulas denum pedum longitudinis esse, legitimum est,

Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; 33, 3, 20, § 64:

seruntur lactucae anno toto: legitimum tamen, a bruma semen jacere,

but the proper way is, id. 19, 8, 39, § 130.—Hence, adv.: lēgĭtĭmē.

According to law, lawfully, legally, legitimately:

is qui legitime procurator dicitur,

Cic. Caecin. 20, 57:

juste et legitime imperanti,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

non nisi legitime vult nubere,

Juv. 10, 338.—

Transf., duly, properly:

faex legitime cocta,

Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64:

studere,

Tac. Or. 32:

legitime fixis tabellis,

Juv. 12, 100.

lēgĭtĭmus, a, um, adj. [lex; cf. Cic. Top. 8, 36], fixed or appointed by law, according to law, lawful, legal, legitimate.

Lit.

Adj.:

dies is erat legitimus comitiis habendis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:

legitimum imperium habere,

id. Phil. 11, 10, 26:

potestas,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74:

scriptum,

id. Inv. 2, 43, 125:

controversiae legitimae et civiles,

which come under and are settled by the laws, id. Or. 34, 120: justus et legitimus hostis, a lawful adversary, as distinguished from pirates and other outlaws, id. Off. 3, 29, 109:

aetas legitima ad petendam aedilitatem,

Liv. 25, 2: horae, allowed by law (for transacting any business), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

impedimentum,

a legal impediment, id. Agr. 2, 9, 24:

poena,

Suet. Claud. 14:

crimen,

laid down in the laws, Dig. 47, 20, 3:

filius (opp. nothus),

legitimate, Quint. 3, 6, 72; 5, 14, 16;

Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: matrimonia,

ib. 6, 4, 2:

conjux,

Ov. M. 10, 437:

legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis amare,

Juv. 6, 200.—

Subst.: lēgĭtĭma, ōrum, n., usages prescribed by law, precepts (very rare):

legitimis quibusdam confectis,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 2:

custodite legitima mea,

precepts, statutes, Vulg. Lev. 18, 26; also in sing.:

legitimum sempiternum erit,

id. Exod. 28, 43.—

Transf., in gen.

l. q. legalis, of or belonging to the law, legal (post-Aug.):

quaestiones,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; 7, 3, 13:

verba,

Gell. 11, 1, 4:

scientia, Just. Inst. prooem. § 4: actio injuriarum, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 2, 5, 5: judicia,

Gai. Inst. 4, 103 sq. —

Right, just, proper, appropriate (class.):

numerus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, 57:

in omnibus meis epistolis, legitima quaedam est accessio commendationis tuae,

id. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

illa oratorum propria et quasi legitima tractavit, ut delectaret, ut moveret, ut augeret, etc.,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

poëma facere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109:

sonus,

id. A. P. 274:

insania,

Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178:

verba,

Ov. F. 2, 527:

partus,

right, regular, Plin. 8, 43, 64, § 168; cf.:

spectavit studiosissime pugiles, non legitimos et ordinarios modo, sed et catervarios, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 45:

olus,

Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80.—In neutr.: legitimum est, with a subject-clause, it is right, proper, suitable (post-Aug.):

fistulas denum pedum longitudinis esse, legitimum est,

Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; 33, 3, 20, § 64:

seruntur lactucae anno toto: legitimum tamen, a bruma semen jacere,

but the proper way is, id. 19, 8, 39, § 130.—Hence, adv.: lēgĭtĭmē.

According to law, lawfully, legally, legitimately:

is qui legitime procurator dicitur,

Cic. Caecin. 20, 57:

juste et legitime imperanti,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

non nisi legitime vult nubere,

Juv. 10, 338.—

Transf., duly, properly:

faex legitime cocta,

Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64:

studere,

Tac. Or. 32:

legitime fixis tabellis,

Juv. 12, 100.

lawful, licit, right, proper, legitimate

justus, a, um, adj. [2. jus], just, upright, righteous.

Lit.:

justus et bonus vir,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 42:

digna esse justo homine, eoque quem virum bonum dicimus,

id. ib. 1, 10, 31:

in amicitia parum justus,

id. Lael. 20, 75:

vir,

Vulg. Gen. 6, 9:

Dominus,

id. Exod. 9, 27:

in socios,

Cic. Planc. 26, 63:

qui omnium justissimus fuisse traditur,

id. Sest. 67, 141.—Of things, in accordance with law or right, equitable, just:

bella,

Cic. Deiot. 5, 13:

causa,

id. Phil. 2, 22, 53:

supplicia,

id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

querela,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 22:

bella,

id. M. 8, 58:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 54; Suet. Calig. 48; Liv. 33, 22:

justissimos triumphos videre,

Cic. Pis. 19, 44.—

Transf.

Lawful, rightful, true:

uxor,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:

hymenaei,

Verg. G. 3, 60:

matrimonium,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16:

nuptiae,

id. ib. 1, 90 sq.:

liberi,

legitimate, id. ib. 3, 72:

filius,

id. ib. 1, 77:

justā matrefamilias ortus, opp. pellice,

Liv. 39, 53:

justissima causa faciendi aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16:

imperium,

id. ib. 1, 45.—

Esp.:

dies justi,

a delay of thirty days allowed by law in paying debts, Gell. 20, 1, 43.—

Due; esp. in the plur. neutr. subst.: ju-sta, rights, privileges:

servis justa praebere,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41; Col. 4, 3, 5:

justa reddere,

Col. 1, 8, 11; 11, 1, 26.—

In partic.: justa, ōrum, n., due ceremonies or formalities:

omnia justa perficere,

Liv. 9, 8; so,

justis omnibus hospitalibus fungi,

id. 9, 6.—Esp. of funeral rites, obsequies (cf. exsequiae):

justa facere uxori,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 28:

more regio justa magnifice facere,

Sall. J. 11, 2:

justis funebribus confectis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

paterno funeri justa solvere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8:

peragere,

Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248:

praestare,

Curt. 10, 8:

persolvere,

id. 6, 6:

ferre avis positis,

Ov. F. 5, 480:

dare manibus alicujus,

Flor. 4, 2.—

Proper, perfect, complete, reasonable, suitable, sufficient, right:

vidulus,

i. e. full, with all its contents, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 23:

timor,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:

proelium,

Liv. 39, 2:

victoria,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3:

iter conficere,

a regular day's march, Caes. B. C. 1, 23:

exercitus,

complete, in full number, Liv. 9, 43:

muri altitudo,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

volumina,

Vell. 2, 119:

aetas,

Dig. 12, 4, 8:

eloquentia,

Cic. Brut. 90: loca, i. q. aequa, even, level (opp. iniquus, uneven), Tac. A. 2, 5.—

Moderate, mild, gentle, easy:

ut justioribus utamur iis, qui, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 2:

justa et clemens servitus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 9.—Hence,

Subst.: justum, i, n., that which is right or just, justice:

justum ac jus colere,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5:

plus justo,

more than is right, too much, Hor. C. 3, 7, 24; so,

ulterius justo,

Ov. M. 6, 470:

gravius justo dolere,

id. ib. 3, 333:

justo longius,

too long, Quint. 9, 4, 125:

praeter justum,

Lucr. 4, 1241.— Plur.:

ergo est lex justorum injustorumque distinctio,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13.—

Adv.: justē, rightly, justly, equitably, duly:

juste et legitime imperare,

Cic. Off. 1, 4:

aestimare aliquid,

Curt. 10, 5:

timere,

Ov. H. 17, 168.— Comp.:

justius,

Phaedr. 4, 25, 8:

reprehendi,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 86.— Sup.:

justissime,

Quint. 10, 1, 82.

justus, a, um, adj. [2. jus], just, upright, righteous.

Lit.:

justus et bonus vir,

Cic. Off. 2, 12, 42:

digna esse justo homine, eoque quem virum bonum dicimus,

id. ib. 1, 10, 31:

in amicitia parum justus,

id. Lael. 20, 75:

vir,

Vulg. Gen. 6, 9:

Dominus,

id. Exod. 9, 27:

in socios,

Cic. Planc. 26, 63:

qui omnium justissimus fuisse traditur,

id. Sest. 67, 141.—Of things, in accordance with law or right, equitable, just:

bella,

Cic. Deiot. 5, 13:

causa,

id. Phil. 2, 22, 53:

supplicia,

id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

querela,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 22:

bella,

id. M. 8, 58:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 54; Suet. Calig. 48; Liv. 33, 22:

justissimos triumphos videre,

Cic. Pis. 19, 44.—

Transf.

Lawful, rightful, true:

uxor,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:

hymenaei,

Verg. G. 3, 60:

matrimonium,

Gai. Inst. 4, 16:

nuptiae,

id. ib. 1, 90 sq.:

liberi,

legitimate, id. ib. 3, 72:

filius,

id. ib. 1, 77:

justā matrefamilias ortus, opp. pellice,

Liv. 39, 53:

justissima causa faciendi aliquid,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16:

imperium,

id. ib. 1, 45.—

Esp.:

dies justi,

a delay of thirty days allowed by law in paying debts, Gell. 20, 1, 43.—

Due; esp. in the plur. neutr. subst.: ju-sta, rights, privileges:

servis justa praebere,

Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41; Col. 4, 3, 5:

justa reddere,

Col. 1, 8, 11; 11, 1, 26.—

In partic.: justa, ōrum, n., due ceremonies or formalities:

omnia justa perficere,

Liv. 9, 8; so,

justis omnibus hospitalibus fungi,

id. 9, 6.—Esp. of funeral rites, obsequies (cf. exsequiae):

justa facere uxori,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 28:

more regio justa magnifice facere,

Sall. J. 11, 2:

justis funebribus confectis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

paterno funeri justa solvere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8:

peragere,

Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248:

praestare,

Curt. 10, 8:

persolvere,

id. 6, 6:

ferre avis positis,

Ov. F. 5, 480:

dare manibus alicujus,

Flor. 4, 2.—

Proper, perfect, complete, reasonable, suitable, sufficient, right:

vidulus,

i. e. full, with all its contents, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 23:

timor,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:

proelium,

Liv. 39, 2:

victoria,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3:

iter conficere,

a regular day's march, Caes. B. C. 1, 23:

exercitus,

complete, in full number, Liv. 9, 43:

muri altitudo,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

volumina,

Vell. 2, 119:

aetas,

Dig. 12, 4, 8:

eloquentia,

Cic. Brut. 90: loca, i. q. aequa, even, level (opp. iniquus, uneven), Tac. A. 2, 5.—

Moderate, mild, gentle, easy:

ut justioribus utamur iis, qui, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 2:

justa et clemens servitus,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 9.—Hence,

Subst.: justum, i, n., that which is right or just, justice:

justum ac jus colere,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5:

plus justo,

more than is right, too much, Hor. C. 3, 7, 24; so,

ulterius justo,

Ov. M. 6, 470:

gravius justo dolere,

id. ib. 3, 333:

justo longius,

too long, Quint. 9, 4, 125:

praeter justum,

Lucr. 4, 1241.— Plur.:

ergo est lex justorum injustorumque distinctio,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13.—

Adv.: justē, rightly, justly, equitably, duly:

juste et legitime imperare,

Cic. Off. 1, 4:

aestimare aliquid,

Curt. 10, 5:

timere,

Ov. H. 17, 168.— Comp.:

justius,

Phaedr. 4, 25, 8:

reprehendi,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 86.— Sup.:

justissime,

Quint. 10, 1, 82.

līber, ĕra, ĕrum (old form, loebesum et loebertatem antiqui dicebant liberum et libertatem. Ita Graeci loibên et leibein, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.; cf. 2. Liber), adj. [Gr. root liph-, liptô, to desire; cf. Sanscr. lub-dhas, desirous; Lat. libet, libido], that acts according to his own will and pleasure, is his own master; free, unrestricted, unrestrained, unimpeded, unshackled; independent, frank, open, bold (opp. servus, servilis).

In gen.; constr. absol., with ab, the abl., and poet. also with gen.

Absol.:

dictum est ab eruditissimis viris, nisi sapientem liberum esse neminem. Quid est enim libertas? Potestas vivendi ut velis,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

an ille mihi liber, cui mulier imperat, cui leges imponit, praescribit, jubet, vetat? etc.,

id. ib. 5, 2, 36:

ad scribendi licentiam liber,

id. N. D. 1, 44, 123:

agri immunes ac liberi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 166:

integro animo ac libero causam defendere,

unprejudiced, unbiased, id. Sull. 31, 86:

liberi ad causas solutique veniebant,

not under obligations, not bribed, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78 § 192; cf.:

libera lingua,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 9:

cor liberum,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 43:

vocem liberam mittere adversus aliquem,

Liv. 35, 32, 6:

libera verba animi proferre,

Juv. 4, 90: judicium [p. 1057] audientium relinquere integrum ac liberum, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

aliquid respuere ingenuo liberoque fastidio,

id. Brut. 67, 236:

libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

tibi uni vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

pars quaestionum vaga et libera et late patens,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 67:

liberum arbitrium eis populo Romano permittente,

Liv. 31, 11 fin.; cf. id. 37, 1, 5:

mandata,

full powers, unlimited authority, id. 37, 56; 38, 8:

fenus,

unlimited, id. 35, 7: custodia, free custody (i. e. confinement to a house or to a town), id. 24, 45; Vell. 1, 11, 1;

v. custodia, II.: legatio, v. legatio: suffragia,

the right of voting freely, Juv. 8, 211:

locus,

free from intruders, undisturbed, secure, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 2, 25; id. Cas. 3, 2, 4: aedes, a free house, free dwelling (assigned to the use of ambassadors of friendly nations during their stay in Rome), Liv. 30, 17 fin.; 35, 23; 42, 6:

lectulus,

i. e. not shared with a wife, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5: toga ( poet. for virilis toga), a man's (prop. of one who is his own master), Ov. F. 3, 771:

vestis,

id. ib. 3, 777:

libera omnia sibi servare,

to reserve to one's self full liberty, Plin. Ep. 1, 5.— Comp.:

hoc liberiores et solutiores sumus, quod, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 8:

est finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo, verborum licentia liberior,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

liberiores litterae,

id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

freer, more unrestrained, more cheerful, id. Lael. 18 fin.:

paulo liberior sententia,

Quint. 4, 2, 121:

liberior in utramque partem disputatio,

id. 7, 2, 14:

fusiores liberioresque numeri,

id. 9, 4, 130:

officia liberiora plenioraque,

id. 6, 1, 9:

(flumina) campo recepta Liberioris aquae,

freer, less impeded, Ov. M. 1, 41; cf.:

(Tiberinus) campo liberiore natat,

freer, opener, id. F. 4, 292:

liberiore frui caelo,

freer, opener, id. M. 15, 301.— Sup.:

liberrimum hominum genus, comici veteres tradunt, etc.,

the frankest, most free-spoken, Quint. 12, 2, 22; cf.:

liberrime Lolli,

most frank, most ingenuous, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 1:

indignatio,

id. Epod. 4, 10.—

Free or exempt from, void of; with ab:

Mamertini vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23; cf.:

(consul) solutus a cupiditatibus, liber a delictis,

id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

ab observando homine perverso liber,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

liber a tali irrisione Socrates, liber Aristo Chius,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

ab omni animi perturbatione liber,

id. Off. 1, 20, 67; id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

loca abdita et ab arbitris libera,

id. Att. 15, 16, B:

libera a ferro crura,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 32:

animus liber a partibus rei publicae,

Sall. C. 4.—

With abl.:

animus omni liber curā et angore,

free from, without, Cic. Fin. 1, 15:

animus religione,

Liv. 2, 36:

animus cogitationibus aliis,

Quint. 11, 2, 35:

mens omnibus vitiis,

id. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

liberis odio et gratia mentibus,

id. 5, 11, 37:

omni liber metu,

Liv. 7, 34:

liber invidia,

Quint. 12, 11, 7:

equus carcere,

Ov. Am. 2, 9, 20.—

With gen. ( poet.):

liber laborum,

Hor. A. P. 212:

fati gens Lydia,

Verg. A. 10, 154:

curarum,

Luc. 4, 384. — Comp.:

liberior campi,

having a wider space, Stat. S. 4, 2, 24.—

Liberum est, with subject-clause:

quam (opinionem) sequi magis probantibus liberum est,

it is free, permitted, allowable, Quint. 6, 3, 112; Plin. Ep. 1, 8:

dies eligere certos liberum erat,

Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16.—So in abl. absol.:

libero, quid firmaret mutaretve,

Tac. A. 3, 60.

In partic.

Free, in a social point of view, not a slave (opp. servus;

also to ingenuus): neque vendendam censes quae libera est,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40; cf. id. ib. v. 28:

dis habeo gratiam quom aliquot affuerunt liberae, because slaves were not permitted to testify,

id. And. 4, 4, 32; opp. ingenuus, free-born:

quid ea? ingenuan' an festucā facta e servā liberast?

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 14:

in jure civili, qui est matre liberā, liber est,

Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Caecin. 36, 96:

si neque censu, neque vindictā, nec testamento liber factus est (servus), non est liber,

id. Top. 2, 10:

quae (assentatio) non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,

of a freeman, id. Lael. 24, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 43:

liberorum hominum alii ingenui sunt, alii libertini,

Gai. Inst. 1, 10; cf. sqq.: ex ancilla et libero jure gentium servus nascitur, id. ib. 1, 82; cf. § 85; Paul. Sent. 2, 24, 1 sqq.—

Free, in a political point of view;

said both of a people not under monarchical rule and of one not in subjection to another people,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48; cf.:

ut ex nimia potentia principum oritur interitus principum, sic hunc nimis liberum populum libertas ipsa servitute afficit,

id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

liber populus,

id. ib. 3, 34, 46:

(Demaratus) vir liber ac fortis,

democratic, republican, fond of liberty, id. ib. 2, 19, 34:

civitates liberae atque immunes,

free from service, Liv. 37, 55:

provinciae civitatesque liberae,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

libera ac foederata oppida,

id. Calig. 3:

Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit,

Juv. 8, 244.—

In a bad sense, esp. with reference to sensual pleasure, unbridled, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious:

quam liber harum rerum multarum siet (Juppiter),

Plaut. Am. prol. 105:

adulescens imprudens et liber,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 40; cf.:

sit adulescentia liberior,

somewhat freer, Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

amores soluti et liberi,

id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

consuetudo peccandi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrē, freely, unrestrictedly, without let or hinderance; frankly, openly, boldly:

qui nihil dicit, nihil facit, nihil cogitat denique, nisi libenter ac libere,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34:

animus somno relaxatus solute movetur et libere,

id. Div. 2, 48, 100:

respirare,

id. Quint. 11, 39:

constanter et libere (me gessi),

id. Att. 4, 16, 9:

consilium dare,

id. Lael. 13, 44:

aliquid magis accusatorie quam libere dixisse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:

omnia libere fingimus et impune,

Quint. 6, 1, 43:

ut ingredi libere (oratio), non ut licenter videatur errare,

Cic. Or. 23, 77.— Comp.:

liberius vivendi fuit potestas,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 23:

loqui,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33:

fortius liberiusque defendere,

Quint. 12, 1, 21:

liberius si Dixero quid,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

maledicere,

id. ib. 2, 8, 37:

longius et liberius exseritur digitus,

Quint. 11, 3, 92; cf. id. 11, 3, 97:

ipsaque tellus Omnia liberius, nullo poscente, ferebat,

freely, of itself, spontaneously, Verg. G. 1, 127.

līber, ĕri ( gen. plur. liberūm, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 9; Turp. ap. Non. 495, 26; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; 2, 1, 30, § 77; Tac. A. 2, 38; 3, 25 saep.; cf. Cic. Or. 46, 155;

but also: liberorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 76; 2, 5, 42, § 109), m. [1. liber], a child.

Sing. (post-class. and rare):

si quis maximam portionem libero relinquat,

Cod. Just. 3, 28, 33; 5, 9, 8 fin.; Quint. Decl. 2, 8.—

Plur., children (freq.; but in class. Lat. only of children with reference to their parents: pueri = children in general, as younger than adulescentes; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 657 sq.).

Lit.: liberorum genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 Vahl.): liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, id. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):

cum conjugibus et liberis,

Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3:

eum ex C. Fadii filiā liberos habuisse,

id. ib. 16, 11, 1:

liberos procreare,

id. Tusc. 5, 37, 109:

suscipere liberos,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161:

per liberos te precor,

Hor. Epod. 5, 5:

dulces,

id. ib. 2, 40:

parvuli,

Quint. 2, 15, 8;

opp. parentes,

id. 11, 1, 82; 3, 7, 18; 26; 6, 1, 18; 6, 5 al.: mater quae liberos, quasi oculos (amisit), orba est, Sulp. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 182 Müll.: jus trium liberorum, under the emperors, a privilege enjoyed by those who had three legitimate children (it consisted in the permission to fill a public office before one's twenty-fifth year, and in freedom from personal burdens); this privilege was sometimes also bestowed on those who had fewer than three children, or even none at all; also of one child:

non est sine liberis, cui vel unus filius unave filia est,

Dig. 50, 16, 148; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 6; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 99; id. And. 5, 3, 20; Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 2; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; ib. 30, § 76 Zumpt; cf. also Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5:

neque ejus legendam filiam (virginem Vestalem)... qui liberos tres haberet,

Gell. 1, 12, 8:

uxores duxerant, ex quibus plerique liberos habebant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110, 2.—Of grandchildren and great-grandchildren:

liberorum appellatione nepotes et pronepotes ceterique qui ex his descendunt, continentur,

Dig. 50, 16, 220; cf.:

liberi usque ad trinepotem, ultra hos posteriores vocantur,

ib. 38, 10, 10, § 7:

habitus sis in liberum loco,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40.—

Esp.

Of sons (opp. daughters):

procreavit liberos septem totidemque filias,

Hyg. Fab. 9.—

Of children in gen. = pueri:

praecepta Chrysippi de liberorum educatione,

Quint. 1, 11, 17; cf.: Catus aut de liberis educandis, the title of a book by Varro, v. Gell. 4, 19, 2; Macr. S. 3, 6, 5.—

Transf., of animals, young:

liberis orbas oves,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 38.—Comically:

quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos: alia aliam scandit,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 23.

Līber, ĕri (Sabine collat. form, loebasius, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 1, 7; cf. 1. liber, and libertas init.), m. [Gr. leibô, to pour; loibê, a drink - offering; Lat. libare], an old Italian deity, who presided over planting and fructification; afterwards identified with the Greek Bacchus:

hunc dico Liberum Semelā natum, non eum, quem nostri majores auguste sancteque Liberum cum Cerere et Libera consecraverunt. Sed quod ex nobis natos liberos appellamus, idcirco Cerere nati nominati sunt Liber et Libera: quod in Libera servant, in Libero non item,

Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

tertio (invocabo) Cererem et Liberum, quod horum fructus maxime necessarii ad victum: ab his enim cibus et potio venit e fundo,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5:

Liber et alma Ceres,

Verg. G. 1, 7:

ex aede Liberi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 128;

in a pun with 1. liber,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 46; cf. id. Curc. 1, 2, 21; id. Stich. 5, 4, 17; so in a pun with liber, free:

quiaque adeo me complevi flore Liberi, Magis libera uti lingua collibitum est mihi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

salve, anime mi, lepos Liberi, ut veteris ego sum cupida, etc.,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 3.— Connected with pater:

sic factum, ut Libero patri repertori vitis hirci immolarentur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 19:

Romulus et Liber pater,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

per vestigia Liberi patris,

Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 39:

patre favente Libero fetis palmitibus,

Col. 3, 21, 3:

Libero patri in monte res divina celebratur,

Macr. S. 1, 18, 4.—

Meton., wine:

illud, quod erat a deo donatum, nomine ipsius dei nuncupabant: ut cum fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum: ex quo illud Terentii (Eun. 4, 5, 6): sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane,

Quint. 8, 6, 24; cf. also Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 4 supra:

sed pressum Calibus ducere Liberum Si gestis, etc.,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 14:

condita cum verax aperit praecordia Liber,

id. S. 1, 4, 89.

lĭber, bri, m. [Gr. lepein, to peel; lepos, lepis; cf. lobos], the inner bark or rind of a tree.

Lit.

In gen.:

obducuntur libro aut cortice trunci,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

colligatae libris (arundines),

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4:

udoque docent (germen) inolescere libro,

Verg. G. 2, 77:

natam libro et silvestri subere clausam,

id. A. 11, 554; id. E. 10, 67:

quam denso fascia libro,

Juv. 6, 263.—

Esp., because the ancients used the bark or rind of trees to write upon; usually the thin rind of the Egyptian papyrus, on which the books of the Greeks and Romans were usually written (v. Dict. of Antiq. p. 587 sq.):

antea non fuisse chartarum usum. In palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum, dein quarundam arborum libris,

Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 69.—Hence,

Transf.

Paper, parchment, or rolls of any substance used to write upon (cf.:

charta, membrana): quasi quom in libro scribuntur calamo litterae,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131.—

Most freq. a book, work, treatise:

Demetrii liber de concordia,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 6:

quas (sententias) hoc libro exposui,

id. Lael. 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 5:

dixi in eo libro, quem de rebus rusticis scripsi,

id. de Sen. 15, 54:

libros pervolutare,

id. Att. 5, 12, 2:

evolvere,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

volvere,

id. Brut. 87, 298:

legere,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 8:

edere,

id. Fat. 1, 1:

libri confectio,

id. de Sen. 1, 1:

tempus ad libros vacuum,

id. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

cujus (Platonis) in libris,

id. ib. 1, 10, 16:

in Graecorum libris,

id. ib. 2, 11, 21:

librum, si malus est, nequeo laudare,

Juv. 3, 41:

actorum libri,

the official gazette, id. 9, 84; cf. 2, 136; and v. Dict. Antiq. s. v. Acta.—

In partic.

A division of a work a look:

tres libri perfecti sunt de Natura Deorum,

Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3:

hi tres libri (de Officiis),

id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

sermo in novem libros distributus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1:

dictum est in libro superiore,

id. Off. 2, 13, 43 [p. 1058] sicut superiore libro continetur, Quint. 11, 1, 1:

versus de libro Ennii annali sexto,

id. 6, 3, 86:

liber primus, secundus, tertius, etc.,

id. 8, 1, 2; 10, 2, 20; 11, 1, 4 al. —Sometimes, in this latter case, liber is omitted:

in T. Livii primo,

Quint. 9, 2, 37:

in tertio de Oratore,

id. 9, 1, 26:

legi tuum nuper quartum de Finibus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32.—

In relig. or pub. law lang., a religious book, scriptures; a statute - book, code:

decemviris adire libros jussis,

i. e. the Sibylline books, Liv. 34, 55; 21, 62; 25, 12:

se cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

ut in libris est Etruscorum,

id. Div. 2, 23, 50; id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

caerimoniarum,

rituals, Tac. A. 3, 38.—

A list, catalogue, register, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—

A letter, epistle, Nep. Lys. 4, 2; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5.—

A rescript, decree (post-Aug.):

liber principis severus et tamen moderatus,

Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 8.

līber, ĕra, ĕrum (old form, loebesum et loebertatem antiqui dicebant liberum et libertatem. Ita Graeci loibên et leibein, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.; cf. 2. Liber), adj. [Gr. root liph-, liptô, to desire; cf. Sanscr. lub-dhas, desirous; Lat. libet, libido], that acts according to his own will and pleasure, is his own master; free, unrestricted, unrestrained, unimpeded, unshackled; independent, frank, open, bold (opp. servus, servilis).

In gen.; constr. absol., with ab, the abl., and poet. also with gen.

Absol.:

dictum est ab eruditissimis viris, nisi sapientem liberum esse neminem. Quid est enim libertas? Potestas vivendi ut velis,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

an ille mihi liber, cui mulier imperat, cui leges imponit, praescribit, jubet, vetat? etc.,

id. ib. 5, 2, 36:

ad scribendi licentiam liber,

id. N. D. 1, 44, 123:

agri immunes ac liberi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 166:

integro animo ac libero causam defendere,

unprejudiced, unbiased, id. Sull. 31, 86:

liberi ad causas solutique veniebant,

not under obligations, not bribed, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78 § 192; cf.:

libera lingua,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 9:

cor liberum,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 43:

vocem liberam mittere adversus aliquem,

Liv. 35, 32, 6:

libera verba animi proferre,

Juv. 4, 90: judicium [p. 1057] audientium relinquere integrum ac liberum, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

aliquid respuere ingenuo liberoque fastidio,

id. Brut. 67, 236:

libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

tibi uni vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

pars quaestionum vaga et libera et late patens,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 67:

liberum arbitrium eis populo Romano permittente,

Liv. 31, 11 fin.; cf. id. 37, 1, 5:

mandata,

full powers, unlimited authority, id. 37, 56; 38, 8:

fenus,

unlimited, id. 35, 7: custodia, free custody (i. e. confinement to a house or to a town), id. 24, 45; Vell. 1, 11, 1;

v. custodia, II.: legatio, v. legatio: suffragia,

the right of voting freely, Juv. 8, 211:

locus,

free from intruders, undisturbed, secure, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 2, 25; id. Cas. 3, 2, 4: aedes, a free house, free dwelling (assigned to the use of ambassadors of friendly nations during their stay in Rome), Liv. 30, 17 fin.; 35, 23; 42, 6:

lectulus,

i. e. not shared with a wife, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5: toga ( poet. for virilis toga), a man's (prop. of one who is his own master), Ov. F. 3, 771:

vestis,

id. ib. 3, 777:

libera omnia sibi servare,

to reserve to one's self full liberty, Plin. Ep. 1, 5.— Comp.:

hoc liberiores et solutiores sumus, quod, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 8:

est finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo, verborum licentia liberior,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

liberiores litterae,

id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

freer, more unrestrained, more cheerful, id. Lael. 18 fin.:

paulo liberior sententia,

Quint. 4, 2, 121:

liberior in utramque partem disputatio,

id. 7, 2, 14:

fusiores liberioresque numeri,

id. 9, 4, 130:

officia liberiora plenioraque,

id. 6, 1, 9:

(flumina) campo recepta Liberioris aquae,

freer, less impeded, Ov. M. 1, 41; cf.:

(Tiberinus) campo liberiore natat,

freer, opener, id. F. 4, 292:

liberiore frui caelo,

freer, opener, id. M. 15, 301.— Sup.:

liberrimum hominum genus, comici veteres tradunt, etc.,

the frankest, most free-spoken, Quint. 12, 2, 22; cf.:

liberrime Lolli,

most frank, most ingenuous, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 1:

indignatio,

id. Epod. 4, 10.—

Free or exempt from, void of; with ab:

Mamertini vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23; cf.:

(consul) solutus a cupiditatibus, liber a delictis,

id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

ab observando homine perverso liber,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

liber a tali irrisione Socrates, liber Aristo Chius,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

ab omni animi perturbatione liber,

id. Off. 1, 20, 67; id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

loca abdita et ab arbitris libera,

id. Att. 15, 16, B:

libera a ferro crura,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 32:

animus liber a partibus rei publicae,

Sall. C. 4.—

With abl.:

animus omni liber curā et angore,

free from, without, Cic. Fin. 1, 15:

animus religione,

Liv. 2, 36:

animus cogitationibus aliis,

Quint. 11, 2, 35:

mens omnibus vitiis,

id. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

liberis odio et gratia mentibus,

id. 5, 11, 37:

omni liber metu,

Liv. 7, 34:

liber invidia,

Quint. 12, 11, 7:

equus carcere,

Ov. Am. 2, 9, 20.—

With gen. ( poet.):

liber laborum,

Hor. A. P. 212:

fati gens Lydia,

Verg. A. 10, 154:

curarum,

Luc. 4, 384. — Comp.:

liberior campi,

having a wider space, Stat. S. 4, 2, 24.—

Liberum est, with subject-clause:

quam (opinionem) sequi magis probantibus liberum est,

it is free, permitted, allowable, Quint. 6, 3, 112; Plin. Ep. 1, 8:

dies eligere certos liberum erat,

Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16.—So in abl. absol.:

libero, quid firmaret mutaretve,

Tac. A. 3, 60.

In partic.

Free, in a social point of view, not a slave (opp. servus;

also to ingenuus): neque vendendam censes quae libera est,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40; cf. id. ib. v. 28:

dis habeo gratiam quom aliquot affuerunt liberae, because slaves were not permitted to testify,

id. And. 4, 4, 32; opp. ingenuus, free-born:

quid ea? ingenuan' an festucā facta e servā liberast?

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 14:

in jure civili, qui est matre liberā, liber est,

Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Caecin. 36, 96:

si neque censu, neque vindictā, nec testamento liber factus est (servus), non est liber,

id. Top. 2, 10:

quae (assentatio) non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,

of a freeman, id. Lael. 24, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 43:

liberorum hominum alii ingenui sunt, alii libertini,

Gai. Inst. 1, 10; cf. sqq.: ex ancilla et libero jure gentium servus nascitur, id. ib. 1, 82; cf. § 85; Paul. Sent. 2, 24, 1 sqq.—

Free, in a political point of view;

said both of a people not under monarchical rule and of one not in subjection to another people,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48; cf.:

ut ex nimia potentia principum oritur interitus principum, sic hunc nimis liberum populum libertas ipsa servitute afficit,

id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

liber populus,

id. ib. 3, 34, 46:

(Demaratus) vir liber ac fortis,

democratic, republican, fond of liberty, id. ib. 2, 19, 34:

civitates liberae atque immunes,

free from service, Liv. 37, 55:

provinciae civitatesque liberae,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

libera ac foederata oppida,

id. Calig. 3:

Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit,

Juv. 8, 244.—

In a bad sense, esp. with reference to sensual pleasure, unbridled, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious:

quam liber harum rerum multarum siet (Juppiter),

Plaut. Am. prol. 105:

adulescens imprudens et liber,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 40; cf.:

sit adulescentia liberior,

somewhat freer, Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

amores soluti et liberi,

id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

consuetudo peccandi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrē, freely, unrestrictedly, without let or hinderance; frankly, openly, boldly:

qui nihil dicit, nihil facit, nihil cogitat denique, nisi libenter ac libere,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34:

animus somno relaxatus solute movetur et libere,

id. Div. 2, 48, 100:

respirare,

id. Quint. 11, 39:

constanter et libere (me gessi),

id. Att. 4, 16, 9:

consilium dare,

id. Lael. 13, 44:

aliquid magis accusatorie quam libere dixisse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:

omnia libere fingimus et impune,

Quint. 6, 1, 43:

ut ingredi libere (oratio), non ut licenter videatur errare,

Cic. Or. 23, 77.— Comp.:

liberius vivendi fuit potestas,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 23:

loqui,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33:

fortius liberiusque defendere,

Quint. 12, 1, 21:

liberius si Dixero quid,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

maledicere,

id. ib. 2, 8, 37:

longius et liberius exseritur digitus,

Quint. 11, 3, 92; cf. id. 11, 3, 97:

ipsaque tellus Omnia liberius, nullo poscente, ferebat,

freely, of itself, spontaneously, Verg. G. 1, 127.

līber, ĕri ( gen. plur. liberūm, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 9; Turp. ap. Non. 495, 26; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; 2, 1, 30, § 77; Tac. A. 2, 38; 3, 25 saep.; cf. Cic. Or. 46, 155;

but also: liberorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 76; 2, 5, 42, § 109), m. [1. liber], a child.

Sing. (post-class. and rare):

si quis maximam portionem libero relinquat,

Cod. Just. 3, 28, 33; 5, 9, 8 fin.; Quint. Decl. 2, 8.—

Plur., children (freq.; but in class. Lat. only of children with reference to their parents: pueri = children in general, as younger than adulescentes; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 657 sq.).

Lit.: liberorum genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 Vahl.): liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, id. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):

cum conjugibus et liberis,

Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3:

eum ex C. Fadii filiā liberos habuisse,

id. ib. 16, 11, 1:

liberos procreare,

id. Tusc. 5, 37, 109:

suscipere liberos,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161:

per liberos te precor,

Hor. Epod. 5, 5:

dulces,

id. ib. 2, 40:

parvuli,

Quint. 2, 15, 8;

opp. parentes,

id. 11, 1, 82; 3, 7, 18; 26; 6, 1, 18; 6, 5 al.: mater quae liberos, quasi oculos (amisit), orba est, Sulp. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 182 Müll.: jus trium liberorum, under the emperors, a privilege enjoyed by those who had three legitimate children (it consisted in the permission to fill a public office before one's twenty-fifth year, and in freedom from personal burdens); this privilege was sometimes also bestowed on those who had fewer than three children, or even none at all; also of one child:

non est sine liberis, cui vel unus filius unave filia est,

Dig. 50, 16, 148; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 6; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 99; id. And. 5, 3, 20; Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 2; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; ib. 30, § 76 Zumpt; cf. also Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5:

neque ejus legendam filiam (virginem Vestalem)... qui liberos tres haberet,

Gell. 1, 12, 8:

uxores duxerant, ex quibus plerique liberos habebant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110, 2.—Of grandchildren and great-grandchildren:

liberorum appellatione nepotes et pronepotes ceterique qui ex his descendunt, continentur,

Dig. 50, 16, 220; cf.:

liberi usque ad trinepotem, ultra hos posteriores vocantur,

ib. 38, 10, 10, § 7:

habitus sis in liberum loco,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40.—

Esp.

Of sons (opp. daughters):

procreavit liberos septem totidemque filias,

Hyg. Fab. 9.—

Of children in gen. = pueri:

praecepta Chrysippi de liberorum educatione,

Quint. 1, 11, 17; cf.: Catus aut de liberis educandis, the title of a book by Varro, v. Gell. 4, 19, 2; Macr. S. 3, 6, 5.—

Transf., of animals, young:

liberis orbas oves,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 38.—Comically:

quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos: alia aliam scandit,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 23.

Līber, ĕri (Sabine collat. form, loebasius, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 1, 7; cf. 1. liber, and libertas init.), m. [Gr. leibô, to pour; loibê, a drink - offering; Lat. libare], an old Italian deity, who presided over planting and fructification; afterwards identified with the Greek Bacchus:

hunc dico Liberum Semelā natum, non eum, quem nostri majores auguste sancteque Liberum cum Cerere et Libera consecraverunt. Sed quod ex nobis natos liberos appellamus, idcirco Cerere nati nominati sunt Liber et Libera: quod in Libera servant, in Libero non item,

Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

tertio (invocabo) Cererem et Liberum, quod horum fructus maxime necessarii ad victum: ab his enim cibus et potio venit e fundo,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5:

Liber et alma Ceres,

Verg. G. 1, 7:

ex aede Liberi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 128;

in a pun with 1. liber,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 46; cf. id. Curc. 1, 2, 21; id. Stich. 5, 4, 17; so in a pun with liber, free:

quiaque adeo me complevi flore Liberi, Magis libera uti lingua collibitum est mihi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

salve, anime mi, lepos Liberi, ut veteris ego sum cupida, etc.,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 3.— Connected with pater:

sic factum, ut Libero patri repertori vitis hirci immolarentur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 19:

Romulus et Liber pater,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

per vestigia Liberi patris,

Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 39:

patre favente Libero fetis palmitibus,

Col. 3, 21, 3:

Libero patri in monte res divina celebratur,

Macr. S. 1, 18, 4.—

Meton., wine:

illud, quod erat a deo donatum, nomine ipsius dei nuncupabant: ut cum fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum: ex quo illud Terentii (Eun. 4, 5, 6): sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane,

Quint. 8, 6, 24; cf. also Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 4 supra:

sed pressum Calibus ducere Liberum Si gestis, etc.,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 14:

condita cum verax aperit praecordia Liber,

id. S. 1, 4, 89.

lĭber, bri, m. [Gr. lepein, to peel; lepos, lepis; cf. lobos], the inner bark or rind of a tree.

Lit.

In gen.:

obducuntur libro aut cortice trunci,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

colligatae libris (arundines),

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4:

udoque docent (germen) inolescere libro,

Verg. G. 2, 77:

natam libro et silvestri subere clausam,

id. A. 11, 554; id. E. 10, 67:

quam denso fascia libro,

Juv. 6, 263.—

Esp., because the ancients used the bark or rind of trees to write upon; usually the thin rind of the Egyptian papyrus, on which the books of the Greeks and Romans were usually written (v. Dict. of Antiq. p. 587 sq.):

antea non fuisse chartarum usum. In palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum, dein quarundam arborum libris,

Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 69.—Hence,

Transf.

Paper, parchment, or rolls of any substance used to write upon (cf.:

charta, membrana): quasi quom in libro scribuntur calamo litterae,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131.—

Most freq. a book, work, treatise:

Demetrii liber de concordia,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 6:

quas (sententias) hoc libro exposui,

id. Lael. 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 5:

dixi in eo libro, quem de rebus rusticis scripsi,

id. de Sen. 15, 54:

libros pervolutare,

id. Att. 5, 12, 2:

evolvere,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

volvere,

id. Brut. 87, 298:

legere,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 8:

edere,

id. Fat. 1, 1:

libri confectio,

id. de Sen. 1, 1:

tempus ad libros vacuum,

id. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

cujus (Platonis) in libris,

id. ib. 1, 10, 16:

in Graecorum libris,

id. ib. 2, 11, 21:

librum, si malus est, nequeo laudare,

Juv. 3, 41:

actorum libri,

the official gazette, id. 9, 84; cf. 2, 136; and v. Dict. Antiq. s. v. Acta.—

In partic.

A division of a work a look:

tres libri perfecti sunt de Natura Deorum,

Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3:

hi tres libri (de Officiis),

id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

sermo in novem libros distributus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1:

dictum est in libro superiore,

id. Off. 2, 13, 43 [p. 1058] sicut superiore libro continetur, Quint. 11, 1, 1:

versus de libro Ennii annali sexto,

id. 6, 3, 86:

liber primus, secundus, tertius, etc.,

id. 8, 1, 2; 10, 2, 20; 11, 1, 4 al. —Sometimes, in this latter case, liber is omitted:

in T. Livii primo,

Quint. 9, 2, 37:

in tertio de Oratore,

id. 9, 1, 26:

legi tuum nuper quartum de Finibus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32.—

In relig. or pub. law lang., a religious book, scriptures; a statute - book, code:

decemviris adire libros jussis,

i. e. the Sibylline books, Liv. 34, 55; 21, 62; 25, 12:

se cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

ut in libris est Etruscorum,

id. Div. 2, 23, 50; id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

caerimoniarum,

rituals, Tac. A. 3, 38.—

A list, catalogue, register, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—

A letter, epistle, Nep. Lys. 4, 2; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5.—

A rescript, decree (post-Aug.):

liber principis severus et tamen moderatus,

Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 8.

Nōmentum, i, n., a city in the country of the Sabines, now Mentana, Liv. 1, 38; 4, 22; 32; Verg. A. 6, 773.—

Hence,

Nōmentānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nomentum:

ager,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48:

vina,

Mart. 13, 119:

via,

the road leading from Rome to Nomentum, Liv. 3, 52.— Plur. subst.: Nōmentāni, ōrum, m., the Nomentans, Liv. 8, 14; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.—

Nōmentānus, i, m., a Roman surname:

L. Cassius Nomentanus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 102; 1, 8, 11 et saep. ‡† nŏmĭmus, a, um, adj., = nomimos, lawful, legitimate, = legitimus:

PATER NOMIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 5059.

Nōmentum, i, n., a city in the country of the Sabines, now Mentana, Liv. 1, 38; 4, 22; 32; Verg. A. 6, 773.—

Hence,

Nōmentānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nomentum:

ager,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48:

vina,

Mart. 13, 119:

via,

the road leading from Rome to Nomentum, Liv. 3, 52.— Plur. subst.: Nōmentāni, ōrum, m., the Nomentans, Liv. 8, 14; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.—

Nōmentānus, i, m., a Roman surname:

L. Cassius Nomentanus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 102; 1, 8, 11 et saep. ‡† nŏmĭmus, a, um, adj., = nomimos, lawful, legitimate, = legitimus:

PATER NOMIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 5059.

Nōmentum, i, n., a city in the country of the Sabines, now Mentana, Liv. 1, 38; 4, 22; 32; Verg. A. 6, 773.—

Hence,

Nōmentānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nomentum:

ager,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48:

vina,

Mart. 13, 119:

via,

the road leading from Rome to Nomentum, Liv. 3, 52.— Plur. subst.: Nōmentāni, ōrum, m., the Nomentans, Liv. 8, 14; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.—

Nōmentānus, i, m., a Roman surname:

L. Cassius Nomentanus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 102; 1, 8, 11 et saep. ‡† nŏmĭmus, a, um, adj., = nomimos, lawful, legitimate, = legitimus:

PATER NOMIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 5059.

Nōmentum, i, n., a city in the country of the Sabines, now Mentana, Liv. 1, 38; 4, 22; 32; Verg. A. 6, 773.—

Hence,

Nōmentānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nomentum:

ager,

Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48:

vina,

Mart. 13, 119:

via,

the road leading from Rome to Nomentum, Liv. 3, 52.— Plur. subst.: Nōmentāni, ōrum, m., the Nomentans, Liv. 8, 14; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.—

Nōmentānus, i, m., a Roman surname:

L. Cassius Nomentanus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 102; 1, 8, 11 et saep. ‡† nŏmĭmus, a, um, adj., = nomimos, lawful, legitimate, = legitimus:

PATER NOMIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 5059.

vērus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Zend var, believe; Sanscr. var, choose, wish], true, real, actual, genuine, etc. (opp. falsus, fictus).

Lit.:

secerni blandus amicus a vero et internosci tam potest adhibitā diligentiā, quam omnia fucata et simulata a sinceris atque veris,

Cic. Lael. 25, 95:

perspicere, quid in quāque re verum sincerumque sit,

id. Off. 2, 5, 18:

vera an falsa,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 19:

res vera (opp. ficta),

Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

verus ac germanus Metellus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 147; cf.:

ipsus verus Harpax,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 111:

vera mea uxor,

id. As. 1, 1, 46 (dub.;

al. verum): color,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27:

vultus,

id. And. 5, 1, 20:

via,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 17:

vera et perfecta amicitia,

Cic. Lael. 6, 22:

vera, gravis, solida gloria,

id. Phil. 5, 18, 50:

decus,

id. Rep. 6, 23, 25:

causa verissima,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10:

virtus,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 29:

dolores,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 57:

amicus,

id. A. P. 425:

nati,

legitimate, Prop. 2, 9, 17:

verius ergo quid sit,

Mart. 8, 76, 7:

ut verum esset, suā voluntate sapientem descendere, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11:

id si ita est, ut, etc.... sin autem illa veriora, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 4, 14.—

Subst.: vērum, i, n., what is true or real, the truth, the reality, the fact:

interesse oportet, ut inter rectum et pravum, sic inter verum et falsum,

Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33:

notionem veri et falsi nullam habere,

id. ib.:

verum dicere,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 89; Ter. And. 2, 6, 6:

si simile veri quid invenerim,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; id. Rep. 3, 5, 8:

si verum scire vis,

id. Att. 12, 41, 3:

si verum quaerimus,

id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55:

verum quidem si audire volumus,

id. Brut. 73, 256:

verum non libenter audire,

Mart. 8, 76, 8:

minor est tua gloria vero,

Ov. H. 15 (16), 143:

ut quid hujus veri sit, sciam,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 72; cf.:

non pervident quid sit in vero,

actually, really, Lact. 1, 17, 1.—So the freq. construction of the gen. veri with similis, similiter, and similitudo (by many also joined together [p. 1979] in one word, verisimilis, etc.):

narrationem jubent veri similem esse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 80:

id quod veri simile occurrit,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

veri simillimum mihi videtur, quodam tempore, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

veri similiora,

id. N. D. 1, 24, 66:

res similis veri,

Liv. 26, 38, 9:

simillimum veri,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 4, 11:

quod est magis verisimile,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

veri similiter fingere,

App. Mag. p. 293:

veri similius,

id. ib. and p. 312; Tert. Apol. 16:

veri similitudinem sequi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 107; Sen. Ben. 4, 33, 2; genuine, Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 66; cf.

, in a reversed order: similitudo veri,

Cic. Part. Or. 11, 40; id. Univ. 3:

res facit controversiam aut de vero aut de recto aut de nomine,

respecting fact, id. Or. 34, 121:

nec procul a vero est, quod,

from the truth, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 27:

ex vero positum permansit Equiria nomen,

id. F. 2, 859:

in vero esse,

to be true, Lact. 1, 11, 31; 1, 17, 1:

teneras aures mordaci radere vero,

Pers. 1, 107.— Plur.:

recta et vera loquere,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:

vera dico,

id. Am. 1, 1, 239; 2, 1, 12; 2, 2, 55 al.:

artem se tradere vera ac falsa dijudicandi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 157:

qui species alias veris... caput (= alias ab iis quae verae sunt, Orell.),

Hor. S. 2, 3, 208:

adjecta veris credibilis rerum imago,

Quint. 4, 2, 123:

vis dicam tibi veriora veris?

Mart. 6, 30, 6.

Transf.

Like rectus, consonant with reason or good morals, i. e. right, proper, fitting, suitable, reasonable, just (class.):

ah, Idnest verum?

Ter. And. 4, 1, 5:

cum aliquid verum ac rectum esse dicitur,

Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:

quod est rectum, verum quoque est,

id. ib. 2, 5, 11:

omnia recta, vera,

id. Tusc. 3, 27, 64:

lex vera atque princeps,

id. Leg. 2, 4, 10:

quibus peritia et verum ingenium est,

Sall. H. 1, 111 Dietsch:

ea, si vera existimare voles, maxume hortabuntur,

id. ib. 4, 61, 3 ib.:

nil Grosphus nisi verum orabit et aequum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 23.—

Esp., verum est, with subject-clause (so most freq. = aequum est, etc.):

neque verum esso, qui suos fines tueri non potuerint, alienos occupare,

Caes. B. G. 4, 8:

(Cato) negat verum esse, allici benevolentiam cibo,

Cic. Mur. 35, 74:

verum est, (agrum) habere eos, quorum sanguine ac sudore partus sit,

Liv. 2, 48, 2; 3, 40, 11; 24, 48, 11;

28, 13, 7: metiri se quemque suo modulo ac pede, verum est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 98; id. S. 2, 3, 212:

verius esse, Ti. Sempronio imperium habenti tradi exercitum quam legato,

Liv. 35, 8, 6:

me verius unum Pro vobis foedus luere,

Verg. A. 12, 694: si verum est, with acc. and inf., if the view is correct, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 77; Liv. 30, 26, 7.— Rarely with ut:

praeclarum illud est, et, si quaeris, rectum quoque et verum, ut, etc.,

right and just, Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 73:

si verum est, quod nemo dubitat, ut populus Romanus superarit, etc.,

Nep. Hann. 1, 1.—

Subst.: vērum, i, n., honor, duty:

in senatu parsilla, quae vero pretium aut gratiam anteferebat,

Sall. J. 16, 1.—

Speaking or containing the truth, true, veracious, = veridicus (rare):

sum verus?

Ter. And. 2, 5, 12:

vates,

Ov. H. 16, 123:

Apollinis os,

id. M. 10, 209:

judicium viri eruditissimi ac super ista verissimi,

Plin. Ep. 9, 25, 2; 2, 9, 4; cf.:

quo viro nihil firmius, nihil verius,

id. ib. 4, 22, 3:

verissimus et sapientissimus judex,

most conscientious, Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 84.— Advv.

vērum.

Lit., truly, just so, certainly, doubtless, even so, yes, as a confirmatory reply (ante-class. and rare, while vero is classical; v. vero init.): So. Facies? Ch. Verum, Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 11; Plaut. As. 4, 2, 45. Ct. Men' quaerit? Sy. Verum, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 4; id. Eun. 2, 3, 56; 5, 6, 18.—

Transf.

In gen., as a strongly corroborative adversative particle, but in truth, but not with standing, but yet; and after negative clauses, but even, but:

merito maledicas mihi, si id ita factum est: Verum haud mentior, resque uti facta, dico,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 23; 1, 2, 22; Ter. And. prol. 4; id. Eun. 1, 2, 103; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 37:

in optimorum consiliis posita est civitatium salus: praesertim cum, etc.... Verum hunc optimum statum pravis hominum opinionibus eversum esse dicunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51:

quod ejus (Hermagorae) peccatum reprehendendum videtur, verum brevi,

id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

quae non dicunt, verum intellegi volunt,

Quint. 8, 5, 12:

sed nos non, quid nobis utile, verum quid oratori necessarium sit, quaerimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254: ea sunt omnia non a naturā, verum a magistro, id. Mur. 29, 61; Verg. E. 3, 35.—

In the construction non modo (solum, tantum)... verum etiam (quoque), not only... but also:

non modo agendo, verum etiam cogitando,

Cic. Cael. 19, 45; id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 161:

non solum naturā et moribus, verum etiam studio et doctrinā,

id. Lael. 2, 6:

non ingrato tantum, verum etiam invido et crudeli animo,

Just. 21, 6, 7:

servavit ab omni Non solum facto, verum opprobrio quoque turpi,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 84: non modo... verum ne... quidem, not only not... but not even, Cic. Rep. 3, 30, 42.—

In partic.

In a transition, but, yet, still (freq. and class.):

non edepol nunc, ubi terrarum sim scio, si quis roget... Ilicet, mandata eri perierunt una et Sosia, Verum certum'st confidenter hominem contra adloqui,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 183:

deinde hoc vobis confirmo, etc.... verum quod ego laboribus, etc.... me persecuturum esse polliceor, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 51: verum schemata lexeôs duorum sunt generum, Quint. 9, 3, 2:

verum etiamsi quis summa desperet,

id. 12, 11, 26:

verum veniat sane,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 76 et saep.—Strengthened by enim, vero, and (in class. prose) enimvero, but truly, but indeed:

verum enim, quando bene promeruit, fiat,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 47: verum vero inter offam atque herbam, ibi vero longum intervallum est, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1:

verum hercle vero,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 5:

si ullo in loco ejus provinciae frumentum tanti fuit, quanti, etc. Verum enim vero cum, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194; so,

verum enim vero,

id. de Or. 3, 14, 54 N. cr.; Sall. C. 20, 10; Liv. 4, 4, 8.—

In breaking off the current of discourse (cf. sed), but however, but:

exspectabantur Calendae Januariae, fortasse non recte. Verum praeterita omittamus,

Cic. Phil. 5, 12, 31: verum quidem haec hactenus;

cetera quotiescumque voletis,

id. Tusc. 3, 34, 84:

sed hoc nihil ad me... Verum hoc (ut dixi) nihil ad me. Illud ad me, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 32, 139.—

vērō, in truth, in fact, certainly, truly, to be sure, surely, assuredly:

eho, mavis vituperari falso, quam vero extolli?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 21:

iste eum sese ait, qui non est, esse: et qui vero est negat,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 35: Tox. Amplectere sis. Lemn. Ego vero, id. Pers. 5, 1, 12; cf. Curt. 6, 3, 5: As. Ego non novi adulescentem vostrum. St. Veron'? As. Serio, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 47:

veron' serio?

id. Merc. 4, 1, 19:

itane vero obturbat?

Ter. And. 5, 4, 23: Ch. Vah, gloriare evenisse ex sententiā? Sy. Non hercle vero, verum dico, id. Heaut. 4, 5, 18:

quod de domo scribis... ego vero tum denique mihi videbor restitutus, si, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3; cf.

even at the beginning of a letter: ego vero cupio te ad me venire,

I do really wish, id. ib. 14, 16, 10; so,

ego vero vellem,

id. ib. 4, 6, 1:

cum effusis gaudio lacrimis cupere vero diceret, etc.,

Liv. 27, 19, 12; Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 1.—

Esp., in apodosis, tum vero: postea quam ad causam dicendam ventum est, tum vero sine metu omnes erant, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 70; Sall. J. 94, 3; Stat. Th. 1, 412; cf.

tum, III. B. 1.—Ironically: sane quia vero hae mihi patent semper fores,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 9:

multum vero haec eis jura profuerunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

turpem vero actionem, etc.,

id. Phil. 13, 11, 25:

egregiam vero laudem refertis,

Verg. A. 4, 93.—With immo:

immo vero indignum facinus faxo ex me audies,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 13. —

In corroborative replies, yes, certainly, by all means, assuredly, etc. (class.; while verum in this sense is only ante-class.): De. An quid est etiam amplius? He. Vero amplius, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 23; id. Eun. 3, 1, 12: M. Fuisti saepe, credo, in scholis philosophorum. A. Vero, ac libenter quidem, Cic. Tusc. 2, 11, 26:

sed tu orationes nobis veteres explicabis? Vero, inquam, Brute,

id. Brut. 87, 300:

tu vero, inquam, Tite,

id. ib. 85, 292:

nos vero, inquit ille,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 80: M. Cadere, opinor, in sapientem aegritudinem tibi dixisti videri. A. Et vero ita existimo, id. Tusc. 3, 6, 12.—With immo, nay rather: De. Quin tu mi argentum cedo. Ph. Immo vero uxorem tu cedo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 43:

sed da mihi nunc, satisne probas? Immo vero et haec, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10:

immo vero, inquit, ii vivunt, qui, etc.,

id. Rep. 6, 14, 14: S. Quid domi? pluresne praesunt negotiis tuis? L. Immo vero unus, inquit, id. ib. 1, 39, 61.—And, to strengthen negative answers, joined with minime: S. Quid? totam domum num quis alter, praeter te, regit? L. Minime vero, Cic. Rep. 1, 39, 61; 3, 32, 44; id. Ac. 1, 1, 2; id. Off. 3, 6, 29 al.—

In urgent or encouraging expostulation, but, though, however, etc.: Ni. Cape hoc tibi aurum, Chrysale, i, fer filio. Ch. Non equidem accipiam. Ni. Cape vero:

odiose facis,

take it though, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 139:

respice vero,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 3:

ostende vero,

id. ib. 5, 2, 58:

minue vero iram,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 88.—

To indicate a climax, even, indeed:

neque solum in tantis rebus, sed etiam in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis, vel vero etiam negotiis contemnendum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

quod cum tam multi homines audissent, statim ad me defertur: immo vero, ut quisque me viderat, narrabat,

id. Verr. 1, 7, 19:

nec vero jam meo nomine abstinent,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 6:

neque vero id satis habuit,

Nep. Epam. 4, 5.—

Transf., as a strongly corroborative adversative particle, but in fact, but indeed, however (always placed after a word):

ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo: de re publicā vero non minus vehemens orator, quam bellator fuit,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269:

non vero tam isti (sc. mortui sunt) quam tu ipse, nugator,

id. Sen. 9, 27:

dixisti non auxilium mihi, sed me auxilio defuisse. Ego vero fateor hercule, quod viderim mihi auxilium non deesse, idcirco me illi auxilio pepercisse,

id. Planc. 35, 86; id. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

ubi per exploratores Caesar certior factus est, tres jam copiarum partes Helvetios id flumen transduxisse, quartam vero partem citra flumen Ararim reliquam esse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12.—In transitions:

age vero ceteris in rebus quali sit temperantiā, considerate,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 40:

nec vero tibi de versibus respondebo,

id. Phil. 2, 8, 20.—

vērē, according to truth, truly, really, in fact; properly, rightly, aright:

hoc quom fit, ibi non vere vivitur,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 102 Fleck.:

honestum, quod proprie vereque dicitur, id in sapientibus est solis,

Cic. Off. 3, 3, 13:

quis putare vere potest, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

vere ducere,

id. ib. 1, 38, 60:

verene hoc memoriae proditum est? etc.,

id. ib. 2, 15, 28:

immo, si vere volumus dicere, jam incohavit bellum,

Liv. 41, 23, 13:

omnia vere vates locuta est,

Verg. A. 6, 188:

vere an dolo,

Spart. Sev. 5.— Comp.:

libentius quam verius,

Cic. Mil. 29, 78:

Ligures latrones verius quam justi hostes,

Liv. 40, 27, 10.— Sup.:

verissime loquor,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 7:

verissime dicere,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 8.