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  • 1 abiciō (a usu. long by position) or abiiciō

       abiciō (a usu. long by position) or abiiciō iēcī, iectus, ere    [ab + iacio], to throw from one, cast away, throw away, throw down: abiecit hastas, has given up the fight: in proelio... scutum: arma, Cs.: se ad pedes: ego me plurimis pro te supplicem abieci, to many in your behalf: vastificam beluam, dash to the earth: se abiecit exanimatus, he threw himself down as if lifeless: si te uret sarcina, abicito, throw it away, H.; of weapons, to discharge, cast, throw, fling: priusquam telum abici possit (al. adici), Cs.: tragulam intra munitionem, Cs. — Fig., to cast off, throw away, give up: (psaltria) aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid of, T.: salutem pro aliquo.—In partic., to throw off, cast aside, give up, abandon: consilium belli faciendi: petitionem, to resign one's candidacy: abicio legem, I reject the technical defence: abiectis nugis, nonsense apart, H.—To cast down, degrade, humble, lower: suas cogitationes in rem tam humilem: hic annus senatūs auctoritatem abiecit. — With se, to give up in despair: abiiciunt se atque ita adflicti et exanimati iacent.—To throw away, sell for a trifle, sell cheap: agros abiciet moecha, ut ornatum paret, Ph.

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  • 2 longus

    longus, a, um, adj. [cf. langazô, longazô], long.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    longo interjecto intervallo,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 30:

    longissima epistula,

    id. Att. 16, 11:

    Rhenus longo spatio citatus fertur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    proficisci longissimo agmine,

    id. ib. 5, 31:

    stant longis annixi hastis,

    Verg. A. 9, 229:

    umbilicus septem pedes longus,

    Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212:

    longa folia habet fere ad tres digitos,

    id. 27, 12, 86, § 110:

    ferrum autem tres longum habebat pedes,

    in length, Liv. 21, 8:

    scrobes faciemus tribus pedibus longas,

    Pall. 2, 10: longa navis, a war-ship, manof-war, on account of its shape, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 326 (Ann. v. 468 Vahl.); [p. 1077] Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 5: longus versus, the heroic hexameter, Enn. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68; Diom. p. 493 P.; Isid. Orig. 1, 38:

    longa atque insignis honorum pagina,

    Juv. 10, 57:

    sesquipede est quam tu longior,

    taller, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 58:

    longus homo, i. q. longurio,

    a tall fellow, long-shanks, Cat. 67, 47; so,

    Maura,

    Juv. 10, 223: longa manus, a long, far-reaching, mighty hand:

    an nescis longas regibus esse manus,

    Ov. H. 17, 166;

    on the contrary: attulimus longas in freta vestra manus,

    unmutilated, uninjured, Prop. 3, 5, 14 (4, 6, 60).—
    B.
    In partic., far off, remote, distant, = longinquus (post-Aug. and very rare):

    remeans longis oris,

    Sil. 6, 628:

    longa a domo militia,

    Just. 18, 1: longas terras peragrare, Auct. Decl. Quint. 320.—
    C.
    Great, vast, spacious ( poet.):

    pontus,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 37; 3, 27, 43:

    Olympus,

    Verg. G. 3, 223:

    classemque ex aethere longo prospexit,

    id. A. 7, 288:

    caelum,

    Ov. M. 6, 64.—
    II.
    Transf., of time, long, of long duration or continuance, tedious:

    in tam longa aetate,

    Cic. de Sen. 19, 66:

    vita longior,

    id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

    horae quibus exspectabam longae videbantur,

    id. Att. 12, 5, 4:

    uno die longior mensis,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129:

    longa interjecta mora,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

    post longum tempus,

    Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 2; 9, 28, 12:

    per longum tempus,

    Suet. Ner. 57:

    vita,

    Liv. 2, 40, 6; 9, 17, 6:

    spatium (sc. temporis),

    id. 9, 18, 10:

    error,

    protracted, id. 5, 33:

    caedes,

    id. 6, 8, 7:

    longi aliorum principatus,

    Tac. H. 2, 55:

    longae pacis mala,

    Juv. 6, 292:

    bellum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 56:

    memoriam nostri longam efficere,

    Sall. C. 1, 3:

    morbus,

    Liv. 27, 23, 6; Cels. 3, 1, 1:

    longo tempore,

    after a long interval, Verg. A. 3, 309; cf.:

    longo post tempore,

    id. E. 1, 29:

    longa dies,

    length of days, a long life, Juv. 10, 265:

    longa syllaba,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 183:

    littera,

    id. Or. 48, 159:

    syllabae,

    Quint. 9, 4, 36:

    vocalis,

    id. 9, 4, 85:

    longae pretium virtutis,

    Luc. 2, 258:

    longa Lethe,

    id. 6, 769: in rebus apertissimis nimis longi sumus; Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 85:

    exordium nimis longum,

    Auct. Her. 1, 7, 11:

    longior quam oportet sermo,

    Quint. 8, 3, 53:

    nulla de morte hominis cunctatio longa est,

    Juv. 6, 221:

    quantis longa senectus plena malis,

    id. 10, 190; 14, 251.—Hence:

    longum est,

    it would take long, it would be tedious, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60, § 156:

    longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,

    id. Sest. 5, 12: experire;

    non est longum,

    id. Phil. 3, 2, 10:

    arcessere tormenta longum videbatur,

    Tac. H. 3, 71. —Ellipt., without inf., Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19: ne longum sit, ne longum faciam, not to be tedious, to speak briefly:

    ac, ne longum sit, Quirites, tabellas proferri jussimus,

    id. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

    ac ne longum fiat, videte,

    id. Leg. 2, 10, 24:

    ne longum faciam: dum tu quadrante lavatum Rex ibis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 137: longius facere, to defer or put off any longer:

    nihil opus est exemplis id facere longius,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 16; id. Leg. 1, 7, 22: nihil est mihi longius, nothing makes time seem longer to me than, i. e. I am full of impatience, can hardly wait for:

    respondit, nihil sibi longius fuisse, quam ut me viderit,

    id. Fam. 11, 27, 1; id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39;

    but: nec mihi longius quicquam est quam videre hominum voltus,

    nothing is more tedious, id. Rab. Post. 12, 35: in longum, long, for a long time:

    nec in longum dilata res,

    Liv. 5, 16:

    in longum dilata conclusio,

    drawn out tediously, Quint. 8, 2, 22:

    causando nostros in longum ducis amores,

    Verg. E. 9, 56:

    otium ejus rei haud in longum paravit,

    Tac. A. 3, 27; 11, 20:

    in longum sufficere,

    id. H. 4, 22:

    odia in longum jaciens, ia. A. 1, 69: nec in longius consultans,

    id. H. 2, 95: per longum, for a long time:

    per longum celata fames,

    Sil. 2, 465: ex longo, for a long time back:

    collecta fatigat edendi Ex longo rabies,

    Verg. A. 9, 64: longa spes, that looks far ahead, reaching far into futurity:

    vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; Stat. Th. 1, 322.—Of persons, prolix, tedious:

    nolo esse longus,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    in verbis nimius et compositione nonnumquam longior,

    Quint. 10, 1, 118:

    (testis) longus protrahi potest,

    id. 5, 7, 26:

    longus spe ( = tardus et difficilis ad sperandum),

    slow to hope, Hor. A. P. 172.— Hence, adv., in three forms.
    A.
    Form longē, long, in length.
    1.
    Lit., a long way off, far, far off, at a distance, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 95: ab eo oppido non longe fanum est Junonis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103:

    longe absum, audio sero,

    id. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

    quam longe est hinc in saltum Gallicanum,

    id. Quint. 25, 79:

    longe mihi obviam processerunt,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65: longe lateque collucere, in length and breadth, i. e. far and wide, everywhere, id. N D. 2, 15, 40:

    Di vim suam longe lateque dmundunt,

    id. Div. 1, 36, 79:

    longe gradi,

    to take long steps, Verg. A. 10, 572:

    Vercingetorix locum castris delegit ab Avarico longe millia passuum XVI.,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 16:

    Rhenum non longe a mari transire,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 1:

    tu autem abes longe gentium,

    Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1; cf. id. Fam. 12, 22, 2.— Comp.:

    fontes longius a praesidiis aberant,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5:

    longius non discedam,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 2 fin.:

    longius meare,

    Col. 9, 8, 9.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, long, for a long period (but, acc. to some, not in positive; and the foll. passages are to be understood locally; v. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 5, 406; 10, 317):

    longe prospicere futuros casus,

    Cic. Lael. 12, 40:

    stupet Dares, longeque recusat,

    Verg. A. 5, 406:

    nec longe,

    id. ib. 10, 317:

    quae venientia longe ante videris,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29.— Comp.:

    Varro vitam Naevii producit longius,

    Cic. Brut. 15, 60:

    paulo longius tolerare,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

    longius anno remanere,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 7; Nep. Att. 2, 4; Sall. C. 29, 1.— Sup.: quamdudum in portum venis huc? Ep. Longissime, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 24:

    quid longissime meministi in patria tua,

    id. Men. 5, 9, 52:

    quoad longissime potest mens mea respicere,

    Cic. Arch. 1, 1.—
    b.
    Of speech, long, at length, diffusely:

    haec dixi longius quam instituta ratio postulabat,

    Cic. Or. 48, 162:

    longius aliquid circumducere,

    Quint. 10, 2, 17.—
    c.
    Longe esse, abesse.
    (α).
    To be far away, i. e. to be of no assistance, of no avail:

    longe iis fraternum nomen populi Romani afuturum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

    longe illi dea mater erit,

    Verg. A. 12, 52:

    quam tibi nunc longe regnum dotale Creusae,

    Ov. H. 12, 53:

    longe conjugia, ac longe Tyrios hymenaeos Inter Dardanias acies fore,

    Sil. 17, 80; Petr. 58.—
    (β).
    Longe esse ab aliqua re, to be far from, i. e. destitute of a thing:

    ut ab eloquentia longissime fuerint,

    Quint. 8 prooem. § 3.—
    d.
    Widely, greatly, much, very much, by far; esp. with sup. and ( poet. and post-Aug. = multo) comp.:

    errat longe,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40:

    longe ante videre,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 14; Liv. 1, 19, 12:

    longe melior,

    Verg. A. 9, 556:

    minor,

    Liv. 24, 28, 5:

    longe acrius,

    Tac. A. 4, 40:

    praestantior,

    Curt. 10, 3, 10; Suet. Calig. 5; Quint. 10, 1, 67:

    tumultuosior,

    Vell. 2, 74:

    proelium longe magis prosperum,

    id. 2, 51:

    longe omnium longissima est,

    Plaut. Most. 8, 3, 8:

    longe nobilissimus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

    longe doctissimus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 3:

    longe plurimum ingenio valuisse videtur,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 35:

    longe princeps,

    id. Fam. 13, 13:

    longe praestare,

    id. Brut. 64, 230:

    ceteris antecellere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

    anteponere alicui rei aliquid,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 98:

    dissentire,

    id. Lael. 9, 32 init.:

    quod longe secus est,

    id. ib. 9, 29 fin.:

    longe aliter se habet ac,

    id. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    longe dissimilis contentio,

    id. Sull. 17, 49:

    longe ante alias specie insignis,

    Liv. 1, 9:

    sciunt longe aliud esse virgines rapere, aliud pugnare cum viris,

    id. 1, 12, 8:

    longe mihi alia mens est,

    Sall. C. 52, 2:

    a quo mea longissime ratio... abhorrebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10:

    longissime diversa ratio est,

    id. Phil. 5, 18, 49:

    (istae facultates) longe sunt diversae,

    id. de Or. 1, 49, 215:

    longe omnes multumque superare,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115:

    longe et multum antecellere,

    id. Mur. 13, 29.—Repeated:

    plurimum et longe longeque plurimum tribuere honestati,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 68:

    sed longe cunctis longeque potentior illa,

    Ov. M. 4, 325; so Gell. 14, 1.—
    e.
    In post-class. Lat. = valde:

    longe gravis,

    Stat. Th. 10, 140:

    longe opulentus,

    App. M. 1, p. 112, 1:

    par studiis aevique modis sed robore longe (sc. impar),

    far from equal, Stat. Achill. 1, 176.—
    * B.
    Form longĭter, far:

    non, ut opinor, id a leto jam longiter errat,

    Lucr. 3, 676.—
    C.
    Form longum, long, a long while ( poet.):

    nimis longum loquor,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 40:

    nimis diu et longam loquor,

    id. Ps. 2, 3, 21:

    nec longum laetabere,

    Verg. A. 10, 740; Ov. M. 5, 65:

    clamare,

    Hor. A. P. 459; Juv. 6, 65; Stat. Th. 7, 300; 10, 467.

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  • 3 longē

        longē adv. with comp. and sup.    [longus], a long way off, far, far off, at a distance: ab eo oppido non longe fanum est: longe absum: longe lateque conlucere, far and wide: longe gradi, take long steps, V.: Rhenum non longe a mari transire, Cs.: longius prodire, Cs.: fontes longius a praesidiis aberant, Cs.: a cultu provinciae longissime absunt, Cs.— Away, distant: tria milia passuum longe ab castris, Cs.: minus V et XX milibus longe ab Uticā, Cs.—Fig., far away, out of reach, of no avail: longe iis fraternum nomen populi R. afuturum, Cs.: Longe illi dea mater erit, V.: Quam tibi nunc longe regnum dotale Creüsae, O.— Long, for a long period: longe prospicere futuros casūs: stupet Dares, longeque recusat, V.: Varro vitam Naevi producit longius: longius anno remanere, Cs.: longissime respicere: haec dixi longius quam, etc., at greater length.—Widely, greatly, much, very much, by far: errat, T.: nobilissimus, Cs.: doctissimus, H.: longe plurimum ingenio valuisse videtur: quod longe secus est: dissimilis contentio: longe mihi alia mens est, S.: longissime diversa ratio est: longe omnīs multumque superare: Sed longe cunctis longeque potentior illa, O.: longe melior, V.: minor, L.
    * * *
    longius, longissime ADV
    far (off), distant, a long way; by far; for a long while, far (in future/past)

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  • 4 tam diu

    tam-dĭū (also separately, tam diu; and less correctly, tandiu), adv., so long, for so long a time.
    I.
    With comp.-clause understood (cf. tam, II. B.): quid illaec nunc tam diu intus Remoratur? as long as she does, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 10:

    haud quidquam est quod cupiam tam diu,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 15:

    quid tam intus fuisse te dicam diu?

    id. Mil. 4, 5, 2:

    quid illic tam diu restitisti?

    id. Most. 3, 2, 100:

    credo ego miseram fuisse Penelopam quae tam diu viro suo caruit,

    id. Stich. 1, 1, 2:

    sed quid haec hic autem tam diu ante aedes stetit?

    id. Truc. 2, 3, 14:

    in ludo qui fuisti tam diu,

    id. As. 1, 3, 73:

    ubi te oblectasti tam diu?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 9:

    quae tam permansit diu,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 25:

    abs te tam diu nihil litterarum?

    Cic. Att. 1, 2, 1:

    te abfuisse tam diu a nobis dolui,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 2: ducenti ferme et decem anni colliguntur: tam diu Germania vincitur. for so long a time as this has Germany been defeated, Tac. G. 37. —
    II.
    As antecedent of a temporal clause, introduced by quam diu (diu repeated, cf. tam, I. B. 2.), quam, dum, quoad: tam diu... quam diu, etc., as long as.
    A.
    By quam diu (both clauses take the same tense; and if in past time, the perf. indic.):

    ego tam diu requiesco quam diu aut ad te scribo aut tuas litteras lego,

    Cic. Att. 9, 4, 1:

    ratio tam diu potens est, quam diu deducta est ab affectibus,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 7, 3:

    (Verres) tam diu in imperio suo classem vidit quam diu convivium ejus praetervecta est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    (Bibulus) se oppido munitissimo tam diu tenuit quam diu in provinciā Parthi fuerunt,

    id. Fam. 12, 19, 2:

    quorum (oratorum) quam diu mansit imitatio, tam diu genus illud dicendi vixit,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 94:

    cur ea (signa) quam diu alium praetorem de te in judicium iturum putasti, tam diu domi fuerunt?

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 51:

    ignominia illa tam diu in illo homine fuit, quam diu iste in provinciā mansit,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 27, §

    67: manebit ergo amicitia tam diu, quam diu sequetur utilitas,

    id. Fin. 2, 24, 78:

    qui urcus, cum recipit salem... tam diu jam torretur, quam diu strepitum edit,

    Col. 12, 21, 2.—With subj.:

    tam diu discendum est, quam diu nescias,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 3; cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25.—
    B.
    By quam:

    Hortensius vixit tam diu quam licuit in civitate bene beateque vivere,

    Cic. Brut. 1, 4:

    M. Piso tenuit locum tam diu quam ferre potuit laborem,

    id. ib. 67, 236.—
    C.
    By dum:

    Claudius usus est hoc Cupidine tam diu dum forum dis immortalibus habuit ornatum,

    only so long, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6:

    Gracchus tam diu laudabitur dum memoria rerum Romanarum manebit,

    id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    eas litteras cum lego, minus mihi turpis videor, sed tam diu dum lego,

    id. Att. 9, 6, 5:

    (Bajae nostrae) tam diu dum tu ades sunt oblitae sui,

    id. Fam. 9, 12, 1.—With subj.:

    ne tam diu quidem dominus erit, dum ex eis (servis) de patris morte quaeratur?

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 78; id. Sen. 12, 41; id. Tusc. 5, 33, 96.—
    D.
    By quoad (very rare):

    tam diu autem velle debebis quoad te, quantum proficias, non poenitebit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—
    E.
    By donec (very rare):

    tam diu incenditur, donec, etc.,

    Col. 12, 18, 6:

    tam diu deferuntur atque incerta sunt, donec in solido resederunt,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 9, 3; 3, 15, 5. —
    F.
    By ut (very rare):

    (Antiochus) didicit apud Philonem tam diu, ut constaret diutius didicisse neminem,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    quae inductio ante tam diu subigenda est, ut rutrum mundum levemus,

    Pall. 1, 15.

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  • 5 tamdiu

    tam-dĭū (also separately, tam diu; and less correctly, tandiu), adv., so long, for so long a time.
    I.
    With comp.-clause understood (cf. tam, II. B.): quid illaec nunc tam diu intus Remoratur? as long as she does, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 10:

    haud quidquam est quod cupiam tam diu,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 15:

    quid tam intus fuisse te dicam diu?

    id. Mil. 4, 5, 2:

    quid illic tam diu restitisti?

    id. Most. 3, 2, 100:

    credo ego miseram fuisse Penelopam quae tam diu viro suo caruit,

    id. Stich. 1, 1, 2:

    sed quid haec hic autem tam diu ante aedes stetit?

    id. Truc. 2, 3, 14:

    in ludo qui fuisti tam diu,

    id. As. 1, 3, 73:

    ubi te oblectasti tam diu?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 9:

    quae tam permansit diu,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 25:

    abs te tam diu nihil litterarum?

    Cic. Att. 1, 2, 1:

    te abfuisse tam diu a nobis dolui,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 2: ducenti ferme et decem anni colliguntur: tam diu Germania vincitur. for so long a time as this has Germany been defeated, Tac. G. 37. —
    II.
    As antecedent of a temporal clause, introduced by quam diu (diu repeated, cf. tam, I. B. 2.), quam, dum, quoad: tam diu... quam diu, etc., as long as.
    A.
    By quam diu (both clauses take the same tense; and if in past time, the perf. indic.):

    ego tam diu requiesco quam diu aut ad te scribo aut tuas litteras lego,

    Cic. Att. 9, 4, 1:

    ratio tam diu potens est, quam diu deducta est ab affectibus,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 7, 3:

    (Verres) tam diu in imperio suo classem vidit quam diu convivium ejus praetervecta est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    (Bibulus) se oppido munitissimo tam diu tenuit quam diu in provinciā Parthi fuerunt,

    id. Fam. 12, 19, 2:

    quorum (oratorum) quam diu mansit imitatio, tam diu genus illud dicendi vixit,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 94:

    cur ea (signa) quam diu alium praetorem de te in judicium iturum putasti, tam diu domi fuerunt?

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 51:

    ignominia illa tam diu in illo homine fuit, quam diu iste in provinciā mansit,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 27, §

    67: manebit ergo amicitia tam diu, quam diu sequetur utilitas,

    id. Fin. 2, 24, 78:

    qui urcus, cum recipit salem... tam diu jam torretur, quam diu strepitum edit,

    Col. 12, 21, 2.—With subj.:

    tam diu discendum est, quam diu nescias,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 3; cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25.—
    B.
    By quam:

    Hortensius vixit tam diu quam licuit in civitate bene beateque vivere,

    Cic. Brut. 1, 4:

    M. Piso tenuit locum tam diu quam ferre potuit laborem,

    id. ib. 67, 236.—
    C.
    By dum:

    Claudius usus est hoc Cupidine tam diu dum forum dis immortalibus habuit ornatum,

    only so long, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6:

    Gracchus tam diu laudabitur dum memoria rerum Romanarum manebit,

    id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    eas litteras cum lego, minus mihi turpis videor, sed tam diu dum lego,

    id. Att. 9, 6, 5:

    (Bajae nostrae) tam diu dum tu ades sunt oblitae sui,

    id. Fam. 9, 12, 1.—With subj.:

    ne tam diu quidem dominus erit, dum ex eis (servis) de patris morte quaeratur?

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 78; id. Sen. 12, 41; id. Tusc. 5, 33, 96.—
    D.
    By quoad (very rare):

    tam diu autem velle debebis quoad te, quantum proficias, non poenitebit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—
    E.
    By donec (very rare):

    tam diu incenditur, donec, etc.,

    Col. 12, 18, 6:

    tam diu deferuntur atque incerta sunt, donec in solido resederunt,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 9, 3; 3, 15, 5. —
    F.
    By ut (very rare):

    (Antiochus) didicit apud Philonem tam diu, ut constaret diutius didicisse neminem,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    quae inductio ante tam diu subigenda est, ut rutrum mundum levemus,

    Pall. 1, 15.

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  • 6 tandiu

    tam-dĭū (also separately, tam diu; and less correctly, tandiu), adv., so long, for so long a time.
    I.
    With comp.-clause understood (cf. tam, II. B.): quid illaec nunc tam diu intus Remoratur? as long as she does, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 10:

    haud quidquam est quod cupiam tam diu,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 15:

    quid tam intus fuisse te dicam diu?

    id. Mil. 4, 5, 2:

    quid illic tam diu restitisti?

    id. Most. 3, 2, 100:

    credo ego miseram fuisse Penelopam quae tam diu viro suo caruit,

    id. Stich. 1, 1, 2:

    sed quid haec hic autem tam diu ante aedes stetit?

    id. Truc. 2, 3, 14:

    in ludo qui fuisti tam diu,

    id. As. 1, 3, 73:

    ubi te oblectasti tam diu?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 9:

    quae tam permansit diu,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 25:

    abs te tam diu nihil litterarum?

    Cic. Att. 1, 2, 1:

    te abfuisse tam diu a nobis dolui,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 2: ducenti ferme et decem anni colliguntur: tam diu Germania vincitur. for so long a time as this has Germany been defeated, Tac. G. 37. —
    II.
    As antecedent of a temporal clause, introduced by quam diu (diu repeated, cf. tam, I. B. 2.), quam, dum, quoad: tam diu... quam diu, etc., as long as.
    A.
    By quam diu (both clauses take the same tense; and if in past time, the perf. indic.):

    ego tam diu requiesco quam diu aut ad te scribo aut tuas litteras lego,

    Cic. Att. 9, 4, 1:

    ratio tam diu potens est, quam diu deducta est ab affectibus,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 7, 3:

    (Verres) tam diu in imperio suo classem vidit quam diu convivium ejus praetervecta est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86:

    (Bibulus) se oppido munitissimo tam diu tenuit quam diu in provinciā Parthi fuerunt,

    id. Fam. 12, 19, 2:

    quorum (oratorum) quam diu mansit imitatio, tam diu genus illud dicendi vixit,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 94:

    cur ea (signa) quam diu alium praetorem de te in judicium iturum putasti, tam diu domi fuerunt?

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 51:

    ignominia illa tam diu in illo homine fuit, quam diu iste in provinciā mansit,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 27, §

    67: manebit ergo amicitia tam diu, quam diu sequetur utilitas,

    id. Fin. 2, 24, 78:

    qui urcus, cum recipit salem... tam diu jam torretur, quam diu strepitum edit,

    Col. 12, 21, 2.—With subj.:

    tam diu discendum est, quam diu nescias,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 3; cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25.—
    B.
    By quam:

    Hortensius vixit tam diu quam licuit in civitate bene beateque vivere,

    Cic. Brut. 1, 4:

    M. Piso tenuit locum tam diu quam ferre potuit laborem,

    id. ib. 67, 236.—
    C.
    By dum:

    Claudius usus est hoc Cupidine tam diu dum forum dis immortalibus habuit ornatum,

    only so long, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6:

    Gracchus tam diu laudabitur dum memoria rerum Romanarum manebit,

    id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    eas litteras cum lego, minus mihi turpis videor, sed tam diu dum lego,

    id. Att. 9, 6, 5:

    (Bajae nostrae) tam diu dum tu ades sunt oblitae sui,

    id. Fam. 9, 12, 1.—With subj.:

    ne tam diu quidem dominus erit, dum ex eis (servis) de patris morte quaeratur?

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 78; id. Sen. 12, 41; id. Tusc. 5, 33, 96.—
    D.
    By quoad (very rare):

    tam diu autem velle debebis quoad te, quantum proficias, non poenitebit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2.—
    E.
    By donec (very rare):

    tam diu incenditur, donec, etc.,

    Col. 12, 18, 6:

    tam diu deferuntur atque incerta sunt, donec in solido resederunt,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 9, 3; 3, 15, 5. —
    F.
    By ut (very rare):

    (Antiochus) didicit apud Philonem tam diu, ut constaret diutius didicisse neminem,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69:

    quae inductio ante tam diu subigenda est, ut rutrum mundum levemus,

    Pall. 1, 15.

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  • 7 captō

        captō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [capio], to strive to seize, lay hold of, catch at, snatch, chase, hunt, capture: fugientia Flumina, H.: simulacra fugacia, O.: laqueis feras, V.: naribus auras, V.: auribus aëra, listen eagerly for, V.: captata Hesperie, watched for, O.—Fig., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, catch at, grasp: solitudines: quid cum illo consili captet, T.: plausūs: risūs, provoke: populi suffragia, H.: incerta pro certis, S.: nubīs et inania, H.: tempus, opportunity, L.: occasionem, to watch for, L.: prendique et prendere captans, O.: laedere aliquem, Ph.—To watch for craftily, lie in wait for, entice, allure: quā viā te captent, T.: emolumento alqm: hostem insidiis, L.—To court, plot for: testamenta senum, H.: Coranum, Iu. — To take up, begin: ubi captat<*> sermone, etc., O.
    * * *
    captare, captavi, captatus V TRANS
    try/long/aim for, desire; entice; hunt legacy; try to catch/grasp/seize/reach

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  • 8 dēsīderō

        dēsīderō āvī, ātus, āre    [cf. considero], to long for, ask, demand, call for, wish for, desire, require, expect: me, T.: tribuni imperium, Cs.: ea (beneficia), S.: quod satis est, H.: ullam rem ad se inportari, Cs.: alqd ex vobis audire: ab milite modestiam, Cs.: desiderando pendēre animis: nullam aliam mercedem laborum: Capitolium sic ornare ut templi dignitas desiderat.— To miss, lack, feel the want of: alqm, T.: quid a peritioribus rei militaris desiderari videbatur, Cs.: alqd in oratione: Sextilem totum mendax desideror, am waited for, H.: virīs adulescentis.— To lose: ut (exercitus) ne unum quidem militem desiderarit: in eo proelio CC milites, Cs.— Pass, to be missing, be lost, be wanting: ut nulla navis desideraretur, Cs.: perpaucis desideratis quin cuncti caperentur, almost every one, Cs.: neque quicquam ex fano desideratum est.
    * * *
    desiderare, desideravi, desideratus V TRANS
    desire/want, long/wish for, request, require/need; miss, lack; lose; want to know; investigete/examine/discuss (L+S); raise the question

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  • 9 cupiō

        cupiō īvī, ītus, ere    [CVP-], to long for, desire, wish: Qui cupit, i. e. is possessed by a master-passion, H.: omnibus cupientibus ad castra contendit, Cs.: nuptias, T.: domum alius, alius agros, S.: triumphum: cupio omnia quae vis, your wishes are mine, H.: imperia minime cupiunda, S.: corde cupitus, Enn. ap. C.: hanc visamque cupit potiturque cupitā, O.: quidquid cupitum foret, L.: Emori, T.: audire: videre qui audeat dicere: quid possent perspici, Cs.: haberi formosus, H.: me esse clementem: me non mendacem putari: et se cupit ante videri, V.: ut peccet, etc.: cuperem ipse adesset (i. e. vellem), V.—To be well disposed, be favorable, favor, wish well, be interested for: ipsi Glycerio, T.: Helvetiis, Cs.: quid ego Fundanio non cupio?—With causā (alcuius), to be at the service of, be devoted to, be zealous for: alquem suā causā: qui te neque velle suā causā, nec, si cupias, posse arbitrantur: cuius causā omnia cupio, to whom I am wholly devoted.
    * * *
    cupere, cupivi, cupitus V TRANS
    wish/long/be eager for; desire/want, covet; desire as a lover; favor, wish well

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  • 10 concupīscō

        concupīscō cupīvī （sync. cupīstī, etc.), ītus, ere, inch.    [com- + cupio], to long for, be very desirous of, covet, aspire to, strive after: alqd: pecuniam: haec ad insaniam: domum aut villam, S.: tribunos plebis, L.: eloquentiam, Ta.: maiora, N.: alqd tale, H.: mundum ornare: quo magis concupisceret, Ta.
    * * *
    concupiscere, concupivi, concupitus V
    desire eagerly/ardently; covet, long for; aim at; conceive a strong desire for

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  • 11 tam diū or tam-diū

        tam diū or tam-diū (not tandiū), adv.    I. Of a definite time, so long, for so long a time.— Followed by quam diu (both clauses take the same tense; and if in past time, the perf indic.): ego tam diu requiesco quam diu ad te scribo: manebit ergo amicitia tam diu, quam diu sequetur utilitas. —Followed by quam: (Hortensius) vixit tam diu, quam licuit in civitate bene beateque vivere.— Followed by dum: Claudius usus est hoc Cupidine tam diu, dum forum dis inmortalibus habuit ornatum, only so long.—Followed by quoad: tam diu autem velle debebis quoad te non paenitebit.—Followed by ut: (Antiochus) didicit apud Philonem tam diu, ut constaret diutius didicisse neminem. —    II. So long, so very long: ubi te oblectasti tam diu? T.: abs te tam diu nihil litterarum?: ducenti ferme et decem anni conliguntur: tam diu Germania vincitur, all this time, Ta.

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  • 12 exspecto

    ex-specto ( expect-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to look out for a thing (syn.: prospecto, opperior, maneo, moror, praestolor).
    1.
    Objectively, to await, expect something that is to come or to take place, to be waiting for, etc. (very freq. and class.). —Constr. with the acc., with rel.-clauses, with dum, si, ut, quin, or absol.; very rarely with object-clause.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    With acc.:

    caritatem,

    Cato, R. R. 3, 2:

    alicujus mortem,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 28:

    cum ea Scipio dixisset silentioque omnium reliqua ejus exspectaretur oratio,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 38:

    injurias,

    id. ib. 1, 5:

    transitum tempestatis,

    id. Att. 2, 21, 2:

    adventum alicujus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 27, 2; 2, 16, 2:

    eventum pugnae,

    id. ib. 7, 49 fin.:

    scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est,

    Ov. M. 3, 136:

    cenantes haud animo aequo Exspectans comites,

    i. e. waiting till they have done eating, Hor. S. 1, 5, 9 et saep.; cf.:

    exspectandus erit annus,

    I must wait a year, Juv. 16, 42. —
    2.
    With relative and esp. interrogative clauses: exspectabat populus atque ora tenebat rebus, utri magni victoria sit data regni, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. s. 90, ed. Vahl.):

    exspecto, quo pacto, etc.,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 1:

    exspecto, quid ad ista,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 46; id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92:

    quid hostes consilii caperent, exspectabat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24, 1:

    exspectante Antonio, quidnam esset actura,

    Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 121:

    ne utile quidem, quam mox judicium fiat, exspectare,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 28, 85; so,

    quid exspectas quam mox ego dicam, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

    et, quam mox signis collatis dimicandum sit, in dies exspectet,

    id. 34, 11, 4; 3, 37, 5:

    exspectans, quando, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159.—
    3.
    With dum, si, ut, etc.:

    ne exspectetis meas pugnas dum praedicem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 1:

    ne exspectemus quidem, dum rogemur,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 44:

    exspectas fortasse, dum dicat, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 2, 7, 17:

    exspectare, dum hostium copiae augerentur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 13, 2:

    nec dum repetatur, exspectat,

    Quint. 4, 2, 45:

    Caesar non exspectandum sibi statuit, dum, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11 fin.; cf.:

    nec vero hoc loco exspectandum est, dum, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

    rusticus exspectat, dum defluat amnis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 42:

    jam dudum exspecto, si tuum officium scias,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 12:

    exspecto si quid dicas,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 61:

    hanc (paludem) si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 9, 1; id. B. C. 2, 34, 1:

    nisi exspectare vis ut eam sine dote frater conlocet,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 7:

    mea lenitas hoc exspectavit, ut id quod latebat, erumperet,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    nisi forte exspectatis ut illa diluam, quae, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29, 82:

    neque exspectant, ut de eorum imperio ad populum feratur,

    Caes. ib. 1, 6, 6:

    quare nemo exspectet, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 10, 14; Liv. 23, 31, 7; 26, 18, 5; 35, 8, 5 al.— Pass. impers.:

    nec ultra exspectato, quam dum Claudius Ostiam proficisceretur,

    Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

    cum omnium voces audirentur, exspectari diutius non oportere, quin ad castra iretur,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24 fin. —
    4.
    Absol.:

    comites ad portam exspectare dicunt,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 17, 1:

    diem ex die exspectabam, ut statuerem, quid esset faciendum,

    id. Att. 7, 26, 3:

    exspectent paullum et agi ordine sinant,

    Quint. 4, 5, 19.—
    5.
    With object-clause:

    cum expectaret effusos omnibus portis Aetolos in fidem suam venturos,

    Liv. 43, 22, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    venturum istum,

    Aug. Conf. 5, 6.—
    * B.
    Transf., of an abstract subject, like maneo, to await:

    seu me tranquilla senectus Exspectat seu, etc.,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 58.
    II.
    To look for with hope, fear, desire, expectation, to hope for, long for, expect, desire; to fear, dread, anticipate, apprehend.
    1.
    With acc.:

    reliquum est, ut tuam profectionem amore prosequar, reditum spe exspectem,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 21 fin.; cf.:

    quod magna cum spe exspectamus,

    id. Att. 16, 16 E. fin.:

    ego jam aut rem aut ne spem quidem exspecto,

    id. ib. 3, 22 fin.: magnum inceptas, si id exspectas, quod nusquam'st, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 56:

    quam (rem) avidissime civitas exspectat,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:

    longiores (epistolas) exspectabo vel potius exigam,

    id. Fam. 15, 16, 1:

    finem laborum omnium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 4:

    illum ut vivat, optant, meam autem mortem exspectant scilicet,

    to wish, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 20:

    fama mortis meae non accepta solum sed etiam exspectata est,

    Liv. 28, 27, 9; cf.

    in the pun with I.: cum Proculeius quereretur de filio, quod is mortem suam exspectaret, et ille dixisset, se vero non exspectare: Immo, inquit, rogo exspectes,

    Quint. 9, 3, 68 Spald.:

    nescio quod magnum hoc nuntio exspecto malum,

    dread, Ter. Ph. 1, 4, 16:

    mortem,

    id. Hec. 3, 4, 8:

    multis de causis Caesar majorem Galliae motum exspectans,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 1, 1: 7, 43 fin. —With a personal object:

    pater exspectat aut me aut aliquem nuntium,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 22:

    ite intro, filii vos exspectant intus,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 86:

    hic ego mendacem usque puellam Ad mediam noctem exspecto,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 83; cf. Ov. M. 14, 418:

    video jam, illum, quem exspectabam, virum, cui praeficias officio et muneri,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 42.—
    2.
    Aliquid ab (rarely ex) aliquo (a favorite expression of Cicero):

    a te hoc civitas vel omnes potius gentes non exspectant solum, sed etiam postulant,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 5, 3; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 1:

    dixi Servilio, ut omnia a me majora exspectaret,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 4:

    alimenta a nobis,

    id. Rep. 1, 4:

    ab aliquo gloriam,

    id. ib. 6, 19 fin.:

    tristem censuram ab laeso,

    Liv. 39, 41, 2:

    ut ex iis (proletariis) quasi proles civitatis exspectari videretur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—
    3.
    Aliquid ab or ex aliqua re (rare):

    aliquid ab liberalitate alicujus,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 28, 3:

    dedecus a philosopho,

    id. Tusc. 2, 12, 28:

    omnia ex sua amicitia,

    id. ib. 3, 60, 1.—
    4.
    Aliquid aliquem (very rare): ne quid exspectes amicos, quod tute agere possies, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 29; Sat. v. 38 Vahl.—
    5.
    With object-clause:

    quid mihi hic adfers, quam ob rem exspectem aut sperem porro non fore?

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 36:

    exspecto cupioque te ita illud defendere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 151.—With inf. alone (cf. cupio), Front. ad Ver. Imp. p. 137, ed. Rom.—
    6.
    Absol. (very rare):

    cum mihi nihil improviso, nec gravius quam exspectavissem pro tantis meis factis evenisset,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 4:

    aliquando ad verum, ubi minime exspectavimus, pervenimus,

    Quint. 12, 8, 11.—
    B.
    Poet. transf., of an abstr. subject, to have need of, require:

    silvarumque aliae pressos propaginis arcus Exspectant,

    Verg. G. 2, 27:

    neque illae (oleae) procurvam exspectant falcem rastrosque tenaces,

    id. ib. 2, 421; cf.:

    lenta remedia et segnes medicos non exspectant tempora mea,

    Curt. 3, 5, 13.—Hence, exspectātus ( expect-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), anxiously expected, longed for, desired, welcome (class.):

    carus omnibus exspectatusque venies,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 7; cf.:

    venies exspectatus omnibus,

    id. ib. 4, 10, 1; Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 11:

    quibus Hector ab oris exspectate venis?

    Verg. A. 2, 282:

    sensi ego in exspectatis ad amplissimam dignitatem fratribus tuis,

    who were expected to arrive at the highest dignities of the state, Cic. de Sen. 19, 68:

    ubi te exspectatum ejecisset foras,

    i. e. whose death is waited, longed for, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 29 Ruhnk.— Comp.:

    nimis ille potuit exspectatior venire,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 12.— Sup.:

    adventus suavissimus exspectatissimusque,

    Cic. Att. 4, 4 a:

    litterae,

    id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

    triumphus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin. —
    b.
    In the neutr. absol.:

    quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque exspectatis aut speret aut timeat?

    Vell. 2, 75, 2:

    hosti Ante exspectatum positis stat in agmine castris,

    before it was expected, Verg. G. 3, 348; so,

    ante exspectatum,

    Ov. M. 4, 790; 8, 5; Sen. Ep. 114:

    ille ad patrem patriae exspectato revolavit maturius,

    than was expected, Vell. 2, 123, 1.

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  • 13 tamdiu

    so long, for so long a time; so very long; all this time

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  • 14 desidero

    dē-sīdĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. considero], to long for, greatly wish for, to desire something not possessed (freq. and class.—for syn. cf.: opto, requiro, expeto, appeto, affecto, cupio, concupisco, aveo, gestio, capto, volo).
    I.
    In gen., with acc.:

    Dies noctesque me ames, me desideres,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 113:

    quam tu filium tuom, tam pater me meus desiderat,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 66:

    natura quid velit, anquirat, desideret,

    Cic. Lael. 24:

    nec sitio honores, nec desidero gloriam,

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

    dum illa desideramus, ab aliis avertimur,

    Quint. 10, 6, 7:

    quid desideremus aut deprecemur,

    id. 4, 1, 52:

    nec nunc vires desidero adolescentis non plus quam adolescens tauri aut elephanti desiderabam,

    Cic. de Sen. 9; Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 2:

    desiderantem quod satis est,

    Hor. Od. 3, 1, 25:

    Sextilem totum mendax desideror,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 2 et saep.—
    (β).
    With acc. and inf.:

    me gratiam aps te inire verbis nil desidero,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 10:

    mihi dari haud desidero,

    id. Merc. 1, 2, 37:

    quo ullam rem ad se importari desiderent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 2.— With inf. alone:

    mori,

    Vulg. Apoc. 9, 6.—
    (γ).
    With ab or in:

    ab Chrysippo nihil magnum desideravi,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 8; id. Att. 8, 14, 2; Quint. 3, 1, 2 al.:

    ab milite modestiam et continentiam,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 52 fin.:

    in quo (Catone) summam eloquentiam,

    Cic. Brut. 31, 118; id. Fin. 5, 5, 13; id. Fam. 8, 5, 1; id. Lael. 22, 82; Quint. 7, 2, 55 al.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    misere amans desiderat,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 30; id. Mil. 4, 6, 29; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 16 al.—
    B.
    Of inanimate subjects:

    desiderarunt te oculi mei,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 13:

    nullam virtus aliam mercedem laborum desiderat praeter, etc.,

    id. Arch. 11, 28:

    ut desiderat laus probationem, sic, etc.,

    Quint. 3, 7, 4 et saep.:

    desiderant rigari arbores,

    Plin. 17, 26, 40, § 249.
    II.
    With predominant idea of lacking, wanting, to miss any thing:

    ex me audies, quid in oratione tua desiderem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 38:

    si non est, nolis esse neque desideres,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 73:

    quid a peritioribus rei militaris desiderari videbatur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 3 et saep.—Esp. with quominus:

    praeter quercum Dodonaeam nihil desideramus, quo minus Epirum ipsum possidere videamur,

    Cic. Att. 2, 4, 5. —
    B.
    Meton. (effectus pro causa), to lose something; and more freq. pass., to be missing, to be lost:

    in eo proelio non amplius CC milites desideravit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99; cf. id. ib. 3, 71:

    ut nulla navis desideraretur,

    id. B. G. 5, 23, 3; 7, 11, 8 et saep.:

    neque quicquam ex fano praeter unum signum desideratum est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44; Vell. 2, 52, 6:

    ex peditibus triginta,

    Curt. 3, 29, 27.—
    C.
    With the notion of inquiring, searching; to investigate, examine, discuss (rare):

    sequitur ut morbo laborantibus remedia desiderentur,

    Col. 9, 13, 1:

    examina,

    id. 9, 8, 1.— Impers.:

    antequam desideraretur,

    before the question should be raised, Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—Hence,
    1.
    dēsīdĕrans, antis, P. a., in Sup. desiderantissimus, in the later writers for desideratissimus, as a term of endearment, heart's desire, best beloved:

    vale, domine dulcissime, desiderantissime,

    Fronto Ep. 5, 40; M. Aur. ib. 1, 5;

    L. Aur. Verus,

    ib. 2, 8; Inscr. Orell. 4644.— Adv.: dēsīdĕranter, acc. to no. I., with desire, eagerly (late Lat.):

    appetere,

    Cassiod. Var. 1, 4.— Comp.:

    quanto desiderantius desideras,

    Fronto Ep. ad Ver. Imp. 13.—
    2.
    dēsīdĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wished for, longed for, welcome (very rare):

    et veniet desideratus cunctis gentibus,

    Vulg. Aggaei, 2, 8: blandissima et desideratissimi promissa. Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2:

    fratres desideratissimi,

    Vulg. Philip. 4, 1;

    and in inscrr. applied to a beloved person: FILIO DESIDERATISSIMO,

    Inscr. Orell. 5068; id. Grut. 681, 2 al.

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  • 15 ex-spectō or expectō

        ex-spectō or expectō āvī, ātus, āre,    to look out for, await, wait for: diem ex die, ut statuerem: alius alium exspectantes, S.: eventum pugnae, Cs.: ultima semper Exspectandi dies homini est, O.: cenantes comites, i. e. till they have done eating, H.: seu me tranquilla senectus Exspectat, H.: exspectandus erit annus, I must wait a year, Iu.: quid velis, await your pleasure, T.: utri victoria sit data regni, Enn. ap. C.: quid hostes consili caperent, Cs.: quam mox comitia edicerentur, L.: dum cognatus veniret, T.: dum hostium copiae augerentur, Cs.: exspectem, libeat dum proelia Turno pati? V.: exspectavere eum fata, dum, etc., respited him, Cu.: quoad ne vestigium quidem relinquatur: si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant, Cs.: mea lenitas hoc exspectavit, ut id erumperet: exspectaverant, uti consul comitia haberet, L.: exspectari diutius non oportere, quin iretur, there should be no delay in going, Cs.: Karthagine qui nunc Exspectat, loiters, V.: cum expectaret Aetolos in fidem suam venturos, L.—To hope for, long for, expect, desire, anticipate, fear, dread, apprehend: ubi te expectatum eiecisset foras, after waiting in hope of your death, T.: (rem) avidissime: finem laborum, Cs.: fama mortis meae exspectata est, L.: nescio quod exspecto malum, dread, T.: miseriis suis remedium mortem, S.: qui classem exspectabant, whose minds were fixed on, Ta.: Exspectate solo Laurenti, V.: ex suā amicitiā omnia: a te hoc: quae (pauca) ab suā liberalitate, Cs.: quam ob rem exspectem non fore? T.: te ita illud defendere: Silvarumque aliae pressos propaginis arcūs Exspectant, await, (for their growth), i. e. need, V.

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  • 16 adpeto

    1.
    ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    solem manibus adpetere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

    placentam,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

    hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

    urbem,

    Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

    crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

    by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

    Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

    only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—
    B.
    Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

    peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

    Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

    ferro atque insidiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

    umerum gladio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

    aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

    morsu,

    Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

    ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

    Cic. Quint. 31:

    me amor appetit,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

    (uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

    Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—
    C.
    Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

    ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

    idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

    id. Phil. 3, 14:

    inimicitias potentium appetere,

    id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

    alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

    amicitiam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    adulescentium familiaritates,

    Sall. C. 14, 5:

    hereditates,

    Suet. Aug. 60:

    divitias,

    Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

    nihil ornamentorum,

    Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

    alienum,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

    nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

    Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

    appetitur vilis oliva,

    Mart. 9, 27:

    pisciculos minutos, caseum,

    Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

    ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

    syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

    dies adpetebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    nox jam adpetebat,

    Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

    tempus anni,

    id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

    lux,

    Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

    partitudo cui appetit,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

    consularia comitia adpetebant,

    Liv. 41, 28:

    adpetit finis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,
    A.
    In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

    appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

    nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

    turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

    Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

    homo non cupidus neque appetens,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

    grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

    ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.
    2.
    appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

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  • 17 appeto

    1.
    ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    solem manibus adpetere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

    placentam,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

    hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

    urbem,

    Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

    crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

    by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

    Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

    only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—
    B.
    Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

    peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

    Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

    ferro atque insidiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

    umerum gladio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

    aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

    morsu,

    Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

    ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

    Cic. Quint. 31:

    me amor appetit,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

    (uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

    Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—
    C.
    Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

    ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

    idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

    id. Phil. 3, 14:

    inimicitias potentium appetere,

    id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

    alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

    amicitiam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    adulescentium familiaritates,

    Sall. C. 14, 5:

    hereditates,

    Suet. Aug. 60:

    divitias,

    Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

    nihil ornamentorum,

    Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

    alienum,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

    nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

    Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

    appetitur vilis oliva,

    Mart. 9, 27:

    pisciculos minutos, caseum,

    Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

    ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

    syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

    dies adpetebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    nox jam adpetebat,

    Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

    tempus anni,

    id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

    lux,

    Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

    partitudo cui appetit,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

    consularia comitia adpetebant,

    Liv. 41, 28:

    adpetit finis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,
    A.
    In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

    appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

    nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

    turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

    Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

    homo non cupidus neque appetens,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

    grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

    ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.
    2.
    appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

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  • 18 capto

    capto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. act. [capio].
    I.
    Prop., to strive to seize, lay hold of a thing with zeal, longing, etc., to catch at, snatch, chase, etc.:

    (syn. aucupor, venor): Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 68; so id. ib. 1, 2, 108; Ov. M. 3, 432; 10, 42; cf.:

    aquam hianti ore,

    Curt. 4, 16, 12; and:

    imbrem ore hianti,

    id. 4, 7, 14:

    laqueo volucres, harundine pisces,

    Tib. 2, 6, 23; Verg. G. 1, 139; Hor. Epod. 2, 36; Ov. M. 8, 217; cf.:

    (meretrices) occurrebant amatoribus: Eos captabant,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

    muscas,

    Suet. Dom. 3:

    modo cervicem, modo crura,

    Ov. M. 9, 37:

    collum,

    id. ib. 3, 428:

    patulis naribus auras,

    Verg. G. 1, 376; Ov. M. 7, 557; 4, 72:

    plumas ore,

    id. ib. 8, 198:

    umbras et frigora,

    Verg. E. 2, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 53:

    auribus aëra,

    to catch the breeze, id. A. 3, 514:

    captata Hesperie,

    watched, sought for, Ov. M. 11, 768.—
    II.
    Figuratively.
    A.
    In gen., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, try or seek to obtain (syn.: consector, appeto, aucupor;

    class.): sermonem,

    to watch, listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 8; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 29:

    sonitum aure admota,

    Liv. 38, 7, 8;

    solitudines,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

    quid consili,

    to adopt, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 91; Ter. And. 1, 1, 143; 2, 4, 1:

    assensiones alicujus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51:

    plausus,

    to covet, id. Pis. 25, 60:

    misericordiam,

    id. Phil. 2, 34, 86; id. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

    voluptatem,

    id. Fin. 1, 7, 24 (opp. praeterire):

    risus,

    to provoke, strive to excite, id. Tusc. 2, 7, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 26; Phaedr. 1, 29, 1:

    favorem,

    Quint. 6, 1, 25; Suet. Tib. 57: nomen imperatorium, D. Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 4:

    incerta pro certis,

    Sall. C. 20, 2; cf.:

    nubes et inania,

    Hor. A. P. 230:

    libertatis auram,

    Liv. 3, 37, 1; cf.:

    auram incertae famae,

    Curt. 4, 5, 8:

    occasionem,

    to watch for, Liv. 38, 44, 3; Suet. Caes. 7:

    tempus rei,

    Quint. 4, 2, 70; Liv. 4, 36, 3:

    tempestates,

    id. 5, 6, 4:

    brevitatem,

    Quint. 10, 1, 32:

    elegantiam actoris,

    id. 11, 3, 184:

    leporem propositionum ac partitionum,

    id. 11, 1, 53:

    solas sententias multas,

    id. 8, 5, 30:

    auctoritatem contemptu ceterorum,

    id. 12, 3, 12; 9, 2, 98; cf. id. 11, 3, 142:

    vox non captata, sed velut oblata,

    id. 9, 3, 73. —With inf. as object:

    prendique et prendere captans,

    Ov. M. 10, 58:

    laedere aliquem,

    Phaedr. 4, 8, 6:

    opprimere,

    id. 5, 3, 2:

    acquirere voluptates,

    Col. 8, 11, 1.—

    With a clause as object: cum, an marem editura esset variis captaret (i. e. magno studio quaereret) ominibus,

    Suet. Tib. 14.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to capio, II. 2.) To seek to catch or take one in a crafty manner, to lie in wait for, seek to entrap, to entice, allure (constr. quem, quod, quem cujus rei, cum quo, inter se, or absol.):

    magnum hoc vitium vino'st: Pedes captat primum, luctator dolosu'st,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 6; cf.

    captatio: quā viā te captent, eādem ipsos capi?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16:

    tu si me impudicitiae captas, capere non potes,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189; 1, 1, 266; 2, 2, 163; id. Men. 4, 2, 83:

    astutemihi captandum'st cum illoc,

    id. Most. 5, 1, 21:

    quid ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum tacentem irretiat te an loquentem?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

    est quiddam quod suā vi nos adliciat ad sese, non emolumento captans aliquo, sed trahens suā dignitate,

    id. Inv. 2, 52, 157:

    hostem insidiis,

    Liv. 2, 50, 3:

    inter se,

    id. 44, 24, 8; 44, 25, 12: verba ( to interpret sophistically; cf. captio), Dig. 10, 4, 19.— Absol.: contra est eundum cautim et captandum mihi, Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 12; p. 512, 50: in colloquiis insidiari [p. 289] et captare, Liv. 32, 33, 11 ( = captionibus uti, studere fallere).—Hence,
    2.
    A standing expression, to practise legacy - hunting, to hunt for legacies (aliquem or aliquod):

    testamenta senum,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 23; cf.

    hereditatem,

    Dig. 29, 6, 1:

    homines,

    Petr. 116, 6; Mart. 6, 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 7; 4, 2, 2; Juv. 16, 56 al.; cf. captator and captatorius.—
    3.
    To take up, begin, of discourse:

    ubi captato sermone diuque loquendo ad nomen venere Jovis,

    Ov. M. 3, 279.

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  • 19 prurio

    prūrĭo, īre, v. n. [etym. dub.; cf. pruna], to itch.
    I.
    Lit.:

    si prurit frictus ocelli angulus,

    Juv. 6, 578:

    os prurit,

    Scrib. Comp. 193.—
    II.
    Transf., to itch or long for a thing.
    1.
    For blows, stripes, etc., Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 139; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 75; id. Mil. 2, 4, 44:

    vitulus prurit in pugnam,

    is eager for the combat, Mart. 3, 58, 11.—
    2.
    For pleasure, to be wanton, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 32; id. Stich. 5, 5, 15; Cat. 88, 2; Mart. 3, 93, 20; 6, 37, 3; 9, 91, 8:

    incipiant prurire choro puellae,

    to make a wanton display, Juv. 11, 163:

    ad sua desideria coacervabunt sibi magistros, prurientes auribus,

    Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 3 al.;

    in this sense also of things,

    Mart. 1, 36, 11; 12, 96, 3.

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  • 20 sitio

    sĭtĭo, īvi or ĭi, 4, v. n. and a. [sitis].
    I.
    Neutr., to thirst, be thirsty (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    ego esurio et sitio,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 6; 4, 3, 4:

    sitit haec anus,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 14:

    in medio sitit flumine potans,

    Lucr. 4, 1100:

    ne homines sitirent,

    Suet. Aug. 42.—With gen.:

    cochleae cum sitiunt aëris,

    Symm. Ep. 1, 27.—Prov.:

    sitire mediis in undis,

    i. e. to be poor in the midst of wealth, Ov. M. 9, 760.—
    B.
    Transf. (esp. in the lang. of country people), of things (the earth, plants, etc.), to be dried up or parched, to want moisture:

    siquidem est eorum (rusticorum) gemmare vites, sitire agros, laetas esse segetes, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 24, 81; cf.:

    sitire segetes,

    Quint. 8, 6, 6: tosta sitit tellus, Ov. [p. 1713] F. 4, 940:

    colles,

    Front. Aquaed. 87; cf. infra, P. a.: aret ager;

    vitio moriens sitit aëris herba,

    Verg. E. 7, 57:

    cum sitiunt herbae,

    id. G. 4, 402:

    arbores,

    Plin. 17, 26, 40, § 249:

    cacumina oleae,

    id. 17, 14, 24, § 103 et saep.:

    ipsi fontes jam sitiunt,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 11:

    nec pati sitire salgama,

    to be dry, Col. 12, 9, 2.—
    II.
    Act., to thirst after a thing (rare, but in the trop. signif. class.; cf.: cupio, desidero).
    A.
    Lit.:

    auriferum Tagum sitiam patriumque Salonem,

    Mart. 10, 96, 3.— Pass.:

    quo plus sunt potae, plus sitiuntur aquae,

    are thirsted for, Ov. F. 1, 216:

    umor quomodo sititur destillans,

    Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 15.—
    B.
    Trop., as in all langg., to long for, thirst for, desire eagerly, covet:

    sanguinem nostrum sitiebat,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 20; cf. Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

    sanguinem,

    Just. 1, 8 fin. (opp. satiare); Sen. Thyest. 103: cruorem, Poët. ap. Suet. Tib. 59; cf.:

    sitit hasta cruores,

    Stat. Th. 12, 595:

    honores,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 3:

    populus libertatem sitiens,

    id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

    ultionem,

    Val. Max. 7, 3 ext. 6; Vulg. Psa. 41, 3.—With gen.:

    non quidem fallacis undae sitit, sed verae beatitudinis esurit et sitit,

    App. de Deo Socr. 54, 27.—Hence, sĭtĭens, entis, P. a., thirsting, thirsty, athirst.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ut ipse ad portam sitiens pervenerim,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 61:

    quae (pocula) arenti sitientes hausimus ore,

    Ov. M. 14, 277:

    Tantalus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 68:

    viator,

    Ov. Am. 3, 6, 97:

    saecla ferarum,

    Lucr. 5, 947:

    sitienti aqua datur,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 23.—
    2.
    Transf. (acc. to I. B.), of places, plants, etc., dry, parched, arid, without moisture (syn. aridus):

    hortus,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 60.—By metonymy also, Afri, Verg. E. 1, 65:

    olea,

    Plin. 15, 3, 3, § 9:

    luna,

    i. e. cloudless, bright, id. 17, 9, 8, § 57; 17, 14, 24, § 112:

    Canicula,

    arid, parching, Ov. A. A. 2, 231.— Neutr. plur. absol.:

    lonchitis nascitur in sitientibus,

    in dry, arid places, Plin. 25, 11, 88, § 137; so,

    in sitientibus aut siccis asperis,

    id. 12, 28, 61, § 132.—With gen.:

    sitientia Africae,

    Plin. 10, 73, 94, § 201.—
    B.
    Trop., thirsting for, desiring eagerly, greedy:

    gravius ardentiusque sitiens,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

    (amator) avidus sitiensque,

    Ov. R. Am. 247:

    regna Ditis, Petr. poët. 121, 116: aures,

    Cic. Att. 2, 14, 1.— Poet.:

    modice sitiens lagena,

    of moderate capacity, Pers. 3, 92.—With gen.:

    virtutis,

    Cic. Planc. 5, 13:

    famae,

    Sil. 3, 578:

    pecuniae (with avarus et avidus),

    Gell. 12, 2, 13:

    sermonis,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 251.—Hence, adv.: sĭtĭenter, thirstily, eagerly, greedily (acc. to B.):

    sitienter quid expetens,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37; so,

    incumbere hauriendis voluptatibus,

    Lact. 2, 1, 3:

    haurire salutares illas aquas,

    App. M. 9, p. 218 fin.; 3, p. 135, 35.

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