mānus

rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).

Lit.:

deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:

manus una (navem) regit,

Lucr. 4, 903:

onera navium velis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

arte ratem,

Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.

clavum,

Verg. A. 10, 218:

te ventorum regat pater,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:

vela,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:

coërcet et regit beluam,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

equum,

Liv. 35, 11:

equos,

Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.

quadrupedes,

id. M. 2, 86:

spumantia ora (equi),

id. ib. 8, 34:

frena,

id. P. 4, 12, 24:

equi impotentes regendi,

Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:

currus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:

rege tela per auras,

Verg. A. 9, 409:

tela per viscera Caesaris,

Luc. 7, 350; cf.:

missum jaculum,

Ov. M. 7, 684:

sagittas nusquam,

Luc. 7, 515:

regens tenui vestigia filo,

Cat. 64, 113; cf.:

Daedalium iter lino duce,

Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:

caeca filo vestigia,

Verg. A. 6, 30:

diverso flamina tractu,

Ov. M. 1, 59:

gressus,

Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—

In partic., jurid. t. t.:

regere fines,

to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—

Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.

In gen.:

Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,

Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:

domum,

id. ib. 1, 39, 61:

rem consilio,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:

belli fera munera Mavors regit,

Lucr. 1, 33; cf.

bella,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:

omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:

alicujus animum atque ingenium,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:

animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),

Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:

mores,

Ov. M. 15, 834:

animos dictis,

Verg. A. 1, 153:

animum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

ut me ipse regam,

id. ib. 1, 1, 27:

consilia senatus,

Quint. 12, 1, 26:

valetudines principis,

Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:

valetudinem arbitratu suo,

Suet. Tib. 68 al.:

neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,

Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:

jam regi leges, non regere,

Liv. 10, 13:

utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:

vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,

Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:

Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,

Tac. H. 3, 50:

nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,

Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—

Transf.

To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:

quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?

Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,

rem publicam,

id. ib. 1, 26, 41;

1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,

id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;

2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,

id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:

Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,

id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

Frisios,

Tac. A. 4, 72:

populos imperio,

Verg. A. 6, 851:

imperiis Italiam,

id. ib. 4, 230:

legiones,

Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.

cohortes,

id. H. 4, 12:

exercitum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:

domum,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:

diva, quae regis Antium,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:

Diana, quae silentium regis,

id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:

animi partes consilio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,

id. ib. 2, 23, 43:

rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,

id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:

Tiberio regente,

Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:

stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,

Quint. 3, 8, 47:

quo regente,

Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:

Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,

i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—

To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):

errantem regere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 57:

rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,

P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:

contemptus regentium,

Tac. A. 12, 54:

in obsequium regentis,

id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:

vita regentis,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:

excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,

Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:

in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—

rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.

Lit., of horizontal direction:

pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),

Lucr. 4, 439:

sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,

id. 2, 249 Munro:

rectā regione iter instituere,

Liv. 21, 31:

India, rectā regione spatiosa,

Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:

ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:

via,

id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.

platea,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:

porta,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:

ostium,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:

ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),

Lucr. 4, 93:

cursus hinc in Africam,

Liv. 26, 43:

saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:

recto flumine,

Verg. A. 8, 57:

recto ad Iberum itinere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:

ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,

Verg. A. 8, 209:

recto grassetur limite miles,

Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

velut rectae acies concurrissent,

in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,

acies,

id. 35, 28:

qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,

Quint. 8, 3, 9:

hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:

adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,

Sen. Const. 5, 5:

rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,

id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:

oculi,

Suet. Aug. 16; cf.

acies,

Ov. M. 2, 776:

lumen,

Luc. 9, 638:

vultus,

Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:

ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,

in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

saxa,

perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:

rectae prope rupes,

id. 38, 20:

truncus,

Ov. M. 7, 640:

ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:

caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,

Quint. 11, 3, 69:

homines,

straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,

Quintia,

id. 86, 1:

puella,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:

senectus,

Juv. 3, 26:

iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,

does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:

vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,

Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:

crus Rectius,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:

rectior coma,

smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:

longā trabe rectior exstet,

Ov. M. 3, 78:

crura,

Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:

rectissima linea,

Quint. 3, 6, 83:

via,

id. 12, 2, 27. —

Trop.

In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):

ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:

rectā viā depelli,

Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;

so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,

Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:

recta consilia dare,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,

Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:

quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,

id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:

sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,

id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:

(oratio) recta an ordine permutato,

id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:

per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),

id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:

recto ac justo proelio dimicare,

Liv. 35, 4 fin.:

rectarum cenarum consuetudo,

a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,

cena,

Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:

recta,

Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:

domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),

Sen. Ep. 100, 6:

nominibus rectis expendere nummos,

i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):

absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,

suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:

rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,

id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,

Quint. 6, 3, 89:

cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,

id. 8, 5, 6;

so (opp. durum et incomptum),

id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:

mutare aliquid a recto,

id. 2, 13, 11:

recta et vera loquere,

i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:

qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,

Quint. 10, 5, 12:

ea plerumque recta sunt,

id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:

rectior divisio,

Quint. 7, 2, 39:

si quid novisti rectius istis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:

rectissima ratio,

Quint. 2, 13, 3.—

In partic.

Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):

honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,

Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:

nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,

id. Lael. 22, 82;

so with honestum,

id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:

(opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:

recta consilia (opp. prava),

Liv. 1, 27:

in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),

Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

curvo dignoscere rectum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:

mens sibi conscia recti,

Verg. A. 1, 604:

fidem rectumque colebat,

Ov. M. 1, 90:

recta ingenia (opp. perversa),

Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:

in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,

Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:

animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

natura,

id. S. 1, 6, 66:

ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,

Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:

judex,

Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.

auditor,

Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:

vir rectus et sanctus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:

beatus judicii rectus,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:

rectum est gravitatem retinere,

Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—

In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;

opp. obliqui casus),

Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,

rectā,

rectō,

rectē.

rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):

hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:

jam ad regem rectā me ducam,

id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:

tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:

Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —

rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):

appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,

Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—

rectē.

Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):

vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,

Cato, R. R. 33, 4:

sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—

Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):

recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:

fecisti edepol et recte et bene,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;

so with commode,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:

recte et sapienter facit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:

recte atque ordine factum,

Cic. Quint. 7, 28:

recte atque ordine facere,

id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;

v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

recte atque in loco constare,

id. Mur. 12, 26:

recte factum,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:

seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:

seu recte seu perperam facere,

Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:

recte dictum (opp. absurde),

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:

recte concludere (opp. vitiose),

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:

recte factum (opp. turpiter),

Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:

recte rationem tenes,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:

hercle quin tu recte dicis,

id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:

non recte judicas de Catone,

Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:

rectissime quidem judicas,

id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:

tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:

monere,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:

admonere recte,

id. Men. 5, 9, 33:

suis amicis recte res suas narrare,

properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:

hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,

consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:

aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,

duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:

alicui recte dare epistulam,

correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:

cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,

safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,

sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,

id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:

alicui suam salutem recte committere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:

si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,

goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:

ludi recte facti,

id. 36, 2:

ver sacrum non esse recte factum,

id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:

valere,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:

apud matrem recte est,

i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,

recte esse,

id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:

recte sit oculis tuis,

Gell. 13, 30, 11:

olivetum recte putare,

properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:

solet illa recte sub manus succedere,

well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:

recte cavere,

to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:

deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,

well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,

vortere,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:

nec recte loqui alicui,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:

nec recte dicere in aliquem,

id. As. 1, 3, 3;

and simply nec recte dicere,

id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:

ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:

hic tibi erit rectius,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:

rectius bella gerere,

Liv. 3, 2 fin.:

non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —

With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:

locus recte ferax,

Cato, R. R. 44:

salvus sum recte,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:

morata recte,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:

oneratus recte,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:

non recte vinctus est,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—

Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—

So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:

rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,

i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,

in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!

Hor. A. P. 4, 28.

rĕ-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to let go back, send back, despatch back, drive back, cause to return (class. and very freq.; cf. reddo).

Lit.

In gen.: Al. Redde mihi illam (filiam)... Non remissura es mihi illam?... non remittes? Me. Non remittam! Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 29 sq.:

a legione omnes remissi sunt domum Thebis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 22:

aliquem domum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43 fin.; 4, 21; 7, 4 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 27 fin.:

mulieres Romam,

Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2:

paucos in regnum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

Fabium cum legione in sua hiberna,

id. B. G. 5, 53:

partem legionum in sua castra,

id. B. C. 3, 97:

ad parentes aliquem nuntium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 15:

aliquem ad aliquem,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 1; Cic. Fam. 16, 5, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 24; 26:

obsides alicui,

id. B. G. 3, 8 fin.; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 14:

is argentum huc remisit,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 69:

librum tibi remisi,

Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2: pila intercepta, to cast or hurl back, Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so,

tractum de corpore telum,

Ov. M. 5, 95:

epistulam ad aliquem,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 43:

litteras Caesari,

Caes. B. G. 5, 47; cf.:

scripta ad eum mandata per eos,

id. B. C. 1, 10:

naves ad aliquem,

id. B. G. 5, 23; so,

naves,

id. B. C. 1, 27:

obsides,

id. B. G. 3, 8; 3, 29:

nonne vides etiam, quantā vi tigna trabesque Respuat umor aquae?.. Tam cupide sursum revomit magis atque remittit,

drives back, Lucr. 2, 199; so,

aquas longe (cautes),

Sen. Hippol. 583:

calces (equi),

i. e. kick out behind, Nep. Eum. 5, 5.—

To send forth from itself, give out, yield:

ut melius muriā, quam testa marina remittit,

gives forth, yields, Hor. S. 2, 8, 53:

muriam,

Col. 12, 9 init.:

minimum seri,

id. 12, 13:

umorem (humus),

id. 12, 15 init.:

aeruginem (vasa aenea),

id. 12, 20, 2:

nec umenti sensit tellure remitti (nebulas),

Ov. M. 1, 604:

umorem ex se ipsa remittit,

Verg. G. 2, 218:

quod baca remisit olivae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 69:

sanguinem e pulmone,

Ov. P. 1, 3, 19.—

In partic.

To let go back, to loosen, slacken, relax any thing strained, bound, rigid, etc. (syn. relaxo;

opp. intendo, adduco): in agro ambulanti ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum recidisse,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123; cf.:

habenas vel adducere vel remittere,

id. Lael. 13, 45:

frena,

Ov. M. 2, 191 (opp. retinere);

6, 228: lora,

id. ib. 2, 200; id. Am. 3, 2, 14; cf.:

vela pennarum,

Lucr. 6, 743:

ira contractis, hilaritas remissis (superciliis) ostenditur,

Quint. 11, 3, 79:

quattuor remissis (digitis) magis quam tensis,

id. 11, 3, 99:

digitis,

Ov. H. 19, 197:

remissis,

id. M. 4, 229: junctasque manus remisit;

vinclis remissis, etc.,

i. e. to loose, id. ib. 9, 314 sq.:

digitum contrahens ac remittens,

Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 94: bracchia, i. e. to let sink or fall down, Verg. G. 1, 202: remissas manus, sinking or failing, Vulg. Heb. 12, 12:

frigore mella Cogit hiems eademque calor liquefacta remittit,

dissolves again, melts, Verg. G. 4, 36; cf.:

cum se purpureo vere remittit humus,

opens again, thaws, Tib. 3, 5, 4:

vere remissus ager,

Ov. F. 4, 126. —

To leave behind, produce:

veluti tractata notam labemque remittunt Atramenta,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 235.—

Jurid. t. t.: remittere nuntium or repudium, to send a bill of divorce, to dissolve a marriage or betrothal; v. nuntius and repudium.—

Trop.

In gen., to send back, give back, return, restore, dismiss, remove, etc.:

(specula) simulacra remittunt,

Lucr. 4, 337 Lachm.:

vocem late nemora alta remittunt,

Verg. A. 12, 929; cf.:

totidemque remisit Verba locus,

Ov. M. 3, 500:

chorda sonum... remittit acutum (with reddere),

Hor. A. P. 349:

vos me imperatoris nomine appellavistis: cujus si vos paenitet, vestrum vobis beneficium remitto, mihi meum restituite nomen,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

quin etiam ipsis (imperium) remittere,

id. B. G. 7, 20: integram causam ad senatum remittit, refers, Tac. A. 3, 10:

a quibus appellatum erit, si forte ad eosdem remittemur,

Quint. 11, 1, 76; 12, 10, 21:

veniam,

to return, repay, Verg. A. 4, 436:

quae nisi respuis ex animo longeque remittis,

Lucr. 6, 68; cf.:

opinionem animo,

to dismiss, reject, cast off, Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto,

resign it, id. Sull. 30, 84:

utramque provinciam remitto, exercitum depono,

id. Phil. 8, 8, 25:

Galliam togatam,

id. ib. 8, 9, 27.—

In partic.

(Acc. to I A. 2. a.) To slacken, relax, relieve, release, abate, remit (freq. and class.):

omnes sonorum tum intendens tum remittens persequetur gradus,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; cf.:

(sonorum vis) tum remittit animos, tum contrahit,

id. Leg. 2, 15, 38: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed quibus relaxem ac remittam, relieve, recreate, refresh, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 383, 23:

ut requiescerem curamque animi remitterem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 61, § 137:

animum per dies festos licentius,

Liv. 27, 31; and in a like sense with se, Nep. Alcib. 1 fin.;

and mid.: mirum est, ut opusculis animus intendatur remittaturque,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 13:

animos a contentione pugnae,

Liv. 5, 41:

animos a certamine,

id. 9, 12:

animos a religione,

id. 5, 25; cf.:

nihil apud milites remittitur a summo certamine,

id. 6, 24, 10:

superioris temporis contentionem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14 fin.; cf. Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

diligentiam in perdiscendo ac memoriam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14; cf.:

curam et diligentiam remittunt,

id. B. C. 2, 13:

summum illud suum studium remisit,

Cic. Brut. 93, 320:

ea studia remissa temporibus revocavi,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1:

belli opera,

Liv. 30, 3:

bellum,

id. 30, 23:

pugnam,

Sall. J. 60, 3 al.:

urguent tamen et nihil remittunt,

Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 77: equites petere ut sibi laxaret aliquid laboris;

quibus ille, ne nihil remissum dicatis, remitto, etc.,

Liv. 9, 16:

cottidie aliquid iracundiae remittebat,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 19; cf. id. Att. 10, 4, 2:

aliquid de suo,

id. Rab. Post. 11, 31:

horam de meis legitimis horis,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

aliquid de severitate cogendi,

id. Phil. 1, 5, 12; 13, 17, 36:

nihil de saevitiā,

Tac. A. 6, 25 al.; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

ex eo, quod ipse potest in dicendo, aliquantum remittet,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

aliquid ex pristinā virtute,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28:

aliquid ex curā verborum,

Quint. 10, 7, 22; 7, 1, 22.—With ellipsis of aliquid, etc.:

illum viris fortissimis remittere de summā non potuisse, te mulieri deterrimae recte remississe, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 82; Liv. 4, 43, 11:

de voluntate nihil,

Cic. Brut. 5, 17:

nihil e solito luxu,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

nihil ex arrogantiā,

id. Agr. 27 al. — Impers.:

tum aequo animo remittendum de celeritate existumabat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49.—

With inf., to cease, leave off, omit to do any thing (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): si cogites, remittas jam me onerare injuriis,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 8:

neque remittit quid ubique hostis ageret explorare,

Sall. J. 52, 5; cf.:

quid bellicosus Cantaber cogitet, remittas Quaerere,

Hor. C. 2, 11, 3.—

With se, or mid., to relax, abate:

ubi dolor et inflammatio se remiserunt,

Cels. 4, 24 fin.; cf.:

cum se furor ille remisit,

Ov. H. 4, 51:

quae (febres) certum habent circuitum et ex toto remittuntur,

Cels. 3, 12; cf. under II.—

Mid., to recreate one ' s self:

eundem, cum scripsi, eundem etiam cum remittor, lego,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 7; cf.:

fas est et carmine remitti,

id. ib. 7, 9, 9; cf.

supra: animus remittatur,

id. ib. 7, 9, 13.—

To give free course to (opp. continere):

animi appetitus, qui tum remitterentur, tum continerentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 34.—

With respect to a person, to free one from any thing; to give up, grant, forgive, yield, resign, concede, surrender, sacrifice a thing to any one (= concedere, condonare); with acc. of the offence:

Tranioni remitte quaeso hanc noxiam causā meā,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47:

injuriam,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 2 Dietsch:

quare tum cito senex ille remisit injuriam?

Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 1:

ut ex animo tibi volens omne delictum remittam,

App. M. 3, p. 137, 29; so freq. in late Lat., to remit, forgive a sin or offence:

peccata,

Vulg. Matt. 9, 2:

blasphemia,

id. ib. 12, 31:

cogitationem,

id. Act. 8, 22. — Freq. with acc. of the penalty:

multam,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

poenam alicui,

Liv. 40, 10, 9: ipso remittente Verginio ultimam poenam, id. 3, 59, 10; 8, 35, 1:

omnia tibi ista concedam et remittam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22; cf. id. Ac. 2, 33, 106; and:

alicui remittere atque concedere, ut, etc.,

id. Planc. 30, 73: meam animadversionem et suppli cium... remitto tibi et condono, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:

quod natura remittit, Invida jura negant,

Ov. M. 10, 330:

si per populum Romanum stipendium remittatur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

pecunias, quas erant in publicum Varroni cives Romani polliciti, remittit,

id. B. C. 2, 21; cf. Liv. 42, 53: aedes (venditas) alicui, to give up, resign a purchase, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 111:

tempus vobis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 30:

ut patria tantum nobis in nostrum privatum usum, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,

id. Rep. 1, 4, 8:

navem imperare debuisti ex foedere: remisisti in triennium: militem nullum umquam poposcisti per tot annos,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 21:

tibi remittunt omnes istam voluptatem et eā se carere patiuntur,

resign that pleasure to you, id. de Or. 1, 58, 246:

ut memoriam simultatium patriae remitteret,

sacrifice to his country, Liv. 9, 38; cf.:

privata odia publicis utilitatibus remittere,

Tac. A. 1, 10:

ut sibi poenam magistri equitum remitteret (dictator),

that he would remit for their sake, Liv. 8, 35:

dictator consulibus in senatu magnifice conlaudatis et suarum quoque rerum illis remisso honore, dictaturā se abdicavit,

having been resigned in their favor, id. 7, 11:

jus ipsi remittent,

will abandon their claim, id. 6, 18, 7.— Absol.:

remittentibus tribunis plebis comitia per interregem sunt habita,

withdrawing their opposition, Liv. 6, 36, 3:

de tributo remiserunt,

id. 5, 12, 13; cf. Tac. A. 1, 8:

si hoc ipsi remitti vellent, remitterent ipsi de maritumis custodiis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17.—

Poet., with inf., to allow, permit:

sed mora damnosa est nec res dubitare remittit,

Ov. M. 11, 376; cf.:

(Fides) occulte saevire vetat, prodesse remittit,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 37. —

Neutr., to decrease, abate (very rare, but class.):

si forte ventus remisisset,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

imbres,

Liv. 40, 33, 4:

pestilentia,

id. 2, 34, 6:

cum remiserant dolores pedum,

Cic. Brut. 34, 130; cf.:

si remittent quippiam Philumenae dolores,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 14:

tumor remittens,

Cels. 7, 18:

vapor calidus primo non remittit propter levitatem,

does not sink, Vitr. 8, 2.— Hence, rĕmissus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. A. 2. a.), slack, loose, relaxed, languid (opp. contentus, contendere):

membra,

Lucr. 5, 852.

Lit.:

ut onera contentis corporibus facilius feruntur, remissis opprimunt,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

vox, ut nervi, quo remissior, hoc gravior et plenior,

Quint. 11, 3, 42:

ridens Venus et remisso Filius arcu,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 67:

ammoniacum,

i. e. liquid, Pall. 1, 41, 2; cf.

adeps,

Veg. 1, 11, 4. —

Trop., relaxed, not rigid, strict, or hard, both in a good and bad sense.

Mild, gentle, soft, indulgent, cheerful, good-humored, gay, etc. (syn.:

lenis, mitis, dulcis): remissior ventus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

remissiora frigora,

id. B. G. 5, 12 fin.:

cantūs remissiores,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254; cf.:

tum intentis tum remissis modis,

Quint. 11, 3, 17:

si me non improbissime Dolabella tractasset, dubitassem fortasse, utrum remissior essem, an summo jure contenderem,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1:

in eo sermone non remissi sumus,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

remissus et subridens,

Tac. Or. 11 init.:

nisi magistratus valde lenes et remissi sint,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

in ulciscendo remissior,

id. Red. ad Quir. 7, 23:

animus (with lenis),

id. de Or. 2, 46, 193; cf.:

remississimo ad otium et ad omnem comitatem animo,

i. e. most prone, Suet. Aug. 98:

remissus et mitis,

Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 5:

cum tristibus severe, cum remissis jucunde vivere,

Cic. Cael. 6, 13; cf. Suet. Galb. 14; id. Claud. 21:

decorus est sermo senis quietus et remissus,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28:

remissius genus dicendi,

id. Sest. 54, 115:

amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

id. Lael. 18, 66; cf.

affectus,

Quint. 10, 1, 73:

egressiones dulces et remissae,

id. 11, 3, 164: joci, gay, merry (opp. curae graves), Ov. M. 3, 319; cf.:

remissiores hilarioresque sermones,

Suet. Tib. 21:

opus,

Ov. Tr. 2, 547. —

Slack, negligent, remiss (syn. languidus):

esse remisso ac languido animo,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf.:

nostris languentibus atque animo remissis,

id. ib. 2, 14: dolus Numidarum [p. 1563] nihil languidi neque remissi patiebatur, i. e. no negligence, Sall. J. 53, 6; 88, 2:

in labore,

Nep. Iphic. 3, 1:

oderunt agilem gnavumque remissi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90:

remissior in petendo,

Cic. Mur. 26, 52:

vita remissior,

Suet. Tib. 52.—

Lower, cheaper:

remissior aliquanto ejus fuit aestimatio quam annona,

below the market price, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 214. — Hence, adv.: rĕ-missē (acc. to B. 1.), gently, mildly (with leniter, urbane;

opp. severe, graviter, vehementer, etc.),

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102; id. Cael. 14, 33; Col. 1, 8, 10; Quint. 10, 2, 23; 12, 10, 71; Suet. Claud. 30.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255; id. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 76; Quint. 9, 2, 91.— Sup. is not found.

rĕ-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 (sync. pluperf. remorant, Hor. S. 2, 1, 71; Sil. 11, 175; inf. remosse, Lucr. 3, 69; perf. remorunt, Ov. Ib. 240), v. a., to move back, draw back; to take away, set aside, withdraw, remove (freq. and class.; syn.: amolior, repono, segrego).

Lit.:

tolle hanc patinam, remove pernam,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 163 sq.:

pecora,

Caes. B. C. 1, 48:

equos,

Sall. C. 59, 1:

equos ex conspectu,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

dapes,

Ov. M. 8, 571:

mensam,

id. ib. 13, 676:

frena, Hor.S.2, 7, 74: tegimen,

to lay aside, Ov. M. 1, 674:

Aurora removerat ignes,

had driven away, id. ib. 4, 81:

monstra,

id. ib. 5, 216:

remoto atque ablegato viro,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 82:

remotis arbitris,

id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

custode remoto,

Hor. A. P. 161:

remoto Hannibale,

Just. 31, 5, 1:

quae jam infantem removerit,

i. e. has weaned, Plin. 28, 7, 21, § 72:

naves longas ab onerariis navibus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

cupas furcis ab opere,

id. B. C. 2, 11:

castra sex milia ab oppido,

Liv. 9, 24:

quae natura occultavit ab oculis,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 127:

bracchia a latere modice,

Quint. 11, 3, 159:

comas a fronte ad aures,

Ov. M. 5, 488:

se a corpore,

Lucr. 3, 895:

se a vulgo,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 71:

parvos natos a se,

id. C. 3, 5, 43:

se a conspectu, Auct. B. Afr. 62: plura de medio (with auferre),

Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23:

togam inde,

Quint. 11, 3, 124:

oculos,

Cic. Balb. 5, 11:

arcanis oculos profanos,

Ov. M. 7, 256:

tactu viriles virgineo manus,

id. ib. 13, 467:

toto sumus orbe remoti,

id. P. 2, 2, 123: mensae remotae, Verg. A. 1, 216; Ov. M. 13, 676:

cum paulum ab legionibus nostros removissent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16:

aliquem ab exercitu, Auct. B. Afr. 54: praesidia ex iis locis, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 3:

se in montes ex urbe,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 16:

ex oculis manus,

Ov. M. 9, 390:

ut propinquis suis ultra ducentesimum lapidem removeretur,

Tac. A. 2, 50.—

Trop.:

removete moram,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 37; Quint. 8, prooem. §

3: sumptum removit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

hominum conscientiā remotā,

id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

remotā subtilitate disputandi,

id. ib. 2, 38, 98:

omnia removistis, avaritiam, imperitiam, superbiam,

Sall. J. 85, 45; cf.:

remoto metu,

id. ib. 87, 4; Tac. Agr. 15:

remoto joco,

jesting aside, Cic. Fam. 7, 11, 3:

remoto personarum complexu,

Quint. 3, 6, 57; 12, 11, 30:

formam anilem,

Ov. M. 6, 43:

soporem,

id. ib. 6, 493:

obstantia fata,

id. ib. 13, 373: remove istaec, no more of that (i. e. do not speak of it), Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 49 fin.:

aliquem ab studio, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 14: aliquem ab republicā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 21; Liv. 5, 11:

aliquem ab hoc sermone,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

aliquem a legibus (sc. ferendis),

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

aliquem a vitā (natura),

Lucr. 5, 350:

se a negotiis publicis,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 69:

se ab omni ejusmodi negotio,

id. Clu. 15, 43:

se ab amicitiā alicujus,

id. Lael. 21, 77; cf.:

se ab aliquo,

id. Att. 4, 8, b, 3:

se a suspitione,

id. Agr. 2, 8, 22; cf.:

illam suspitionem ab sese removere,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

invidiam a se,

Ov. M. 12, 626:

vim procul hinc,

id. Am. 1, 14, 29:

(levissima) secerni arbitror oportere atque ex oratione removeri,

Cic. de Or. 2, 76, 309:

quartum (statum) ex generalibus,

Quint. 3, 6, 67:

omnes tribu remoti,

Liv. 45, 15 Drak. N. cr.:

ordine,

Tac. A. 13, 11:

quaesturā,

Suet. Tib. 35:

pudorem thalamis,

Ov. M. 8, 157; cf.:

se artibus suis,

Cic. Or. 2, 5:

se ministerio sceleris,

Ov. M. 3, 645:

aliquem tutelā,

Dig. 26, 10, 4.— Absol., Dig. 26, 10, 3. —

To deduct, subtract:

si de quincunce remota est Uncia,

Hor. A. P. 327.—Hence, rĕmōtus, a, um, P. a., removed, i. e. afar off, distant, remote.

Lit.:

silvestribus ac remotis locis,

distant, retired, Caes. B. G. 7, 1; cf.:

remoto loco,

Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 2:

terrae,

Lucr. 2, 534:

Gades,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 10:

Britanni,

id. ib. 4, 14, 47:

fontes,

id. S. 2, 4, 94:

gramen,

id. C. 2, 3, 6:

rupes,

id. ib. 2, 19, 1:

domūs pars, i. e. penetralia,

Ov. M. 6, 638. — Neutr. as subst.:

in remoto,

far away, Sen. Q. N. 3, 26, 1:

remotius antrum,

Ov. F. 6, 121:

sedes, remotas a Germanis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

ab arbitris remoto loco,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 80:

civitas a conspectu remota,

id. ib. 2, 3, 37, §

85: in quibus (studiis) remoti ab oculis populi omne otiosum tempus contrivimus,

id. Lael. 27, 104:

ab aulā,

Ov. M. 11, 764.— With abl.:

civitatis oculis remotus,

Suet. Tib. 42:

quamvis longā regione remotus Absim,

by however great a distance I am removed from you, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 73; cf.:

licet caeli regione remotus,

id. M. 15, 62.—

Trop., removed, disconnected, separate, clear, free from, strange to any thing:

quae jam diu gesta et a memoriā remota,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

genus (narrationum) remotum a civilibus causis,

id. ib. 1, 19, 27:

natura deūm longe remota Sensibus ab nostris,

Lucr. 5, 148:

scientia remota ab justitiā,

Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:

(defensio) remota ab utilitate rei publicae,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 193:

a verā ratione longe remotum,

Lucr. 6, 853:

(fabula) non a veritate modo, sed etiam a formā veritatis remota,

Quint. 2, 4, 2:

naturae jura a vulgari intellegentiā remotiora,

Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 67:

sermo a forensi strepitu remotissimus,

id. Or. 9, 32; Quint. 11, 1, 89 Spald. N. cr.:

(Vestorium) hominem remotum a dialecticis, in arithmeticis satis versatum,

Cic. Att. 14, 12, 3:

homines maxime ab injuriis nostrorum magistratuum remoti,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160:

a Tib. Gracchi aequitate ac pudore longissime remotus,

id. Agr. 2, 12, 31:

hic a culpā est remotus,

id. Mur. 35, 73:

ab inani laude et sermonibus vulgi,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 13:

a vulgo longe lateque,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 18:

vitio ab omni,

id. A. P. 384:

ab omni minimi errati suspicione remotissimus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40:

(vilica) a vino, ab escis, a superstitionibus remotissima sit,

Col. 12, 1, 3 et saep.—

In the philos. lang. of the Stoics, remota, a transl. of the Gr. proêgmena, things not to be preferred; [p. 1564] things to be rejected or postponed (opp. promota), Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52.—Hence, adv.: rĕmōtē, at a distance, afar off, remotely (very rare).— Comp.:

stellae eundem orbem tenentes aliae propius a terris, aliae remotius ab eisdem principiis eadem spatia conficiunt,

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87.— Sup.:

remotissime,

Aug. Trin. 12, 5.

rēstringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.

To draw back tightly; to bind back, bind fast, tighten, etc. (in the verb. finit. not anteAug., but in the P. a. class.; syn. religo).

Lit.:

laevam,

Quint. 11, 3, 131:

restrictis ad terga manibus,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 93:

manus,

Petr. 73, 4:

lacertos,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 35; cf.:

restringitur vinculis,

Tac. A. 14, 64; and:

si manus manicis restringantur,

App. Flor. 17, p. 357, 29; cf.

also: Prometheus quondam silici restrictus membra catenā,

Cat. 64, 297:

vinclo fasciae in modum laquei restricto,

Tac. A. 15, 57.—

Trop., to restrain, confine, restrict, check, etc. (syn. retineo):

homines ad custodiam pecuniae,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 9:

liberalitatem,

Sen. Ben. 1, 4:

sumptus candidatorum ambitūs lege,

Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4:

delicias frugalitate,

id. ib. 5, 19 fin.:

animum maestitiā,

Tac. A. 16, 16:

morsus phalangiorum,

Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154 (Jahn, restinguit):

praecipitationem nimbi,

App. Mund. p. 61, 21.—

To draw back, unfasten, unclose, open (rare):

dentes restringere,

to show the teeth, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 26.—

Of dogs: rabie restrictā minari,

Lucr. 5, 1065:

restrictis forte si labellis riseris, App. poët. Mag. p. 277: restrictis labris,

Quint. Decl. 12, 27. — Hence, rēstrictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), bound fast, bound up, tight, close.

Lit.:

togis neque restrictis neque fusis,

Suet. Aug. 73:

alvus,

i. e. costive, Ser. Samm. 28, 519.— Comp.. restrictiores digiti (pedum), i. e. shorter, Suet. Dom. 18.—

Trop.

Close, niggardly, stingy (cf.:

parcus, tenax): in aliquo esse restrictus,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62; id. Att. 10, 11, 2; id. Planc. 22, 54.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8.—

Moderate, modest:

an restrictius arbitraris per orbem terrarum legendum dare memoriam suam, quam, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 6.—

Strict, stern, rigorous, severe, stringent:

summum imperium non restrictum nec perseverum volunt,

Tac. A. 15, 48.— Comp.:

judicatio,

App. Flor. p. 364, 39.— Sup.: restrictissimis regulis, Cod. 1, 17 (2), 10.— Adv.: rēstrictē.

Closely, sparingly:

facere (with parce),

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42:

vivere,

Nazar. Pan. Constant. 15. — Comp.:

restrictius uti rebus praetereuntibus,

Aug. Doctr. Chr. 3, 12.— Sup.:

restrictissime facere (opp. plenissime),

Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 13.—

Strictly, exactly, precisely:

cetera non tam restricte praefinio,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

restricte tenent illud nomen (sapientium),

id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:

observare, ne plus reddat quam acceperit,

id. Lael. 16, 58. — Sup. of the adj. prob. not found.

sā̆crĭlĕgus, a, um, adj. [sacer-lego], that steals sacred things, that robs a temple, sacrilegious:

sacrilegas admovere manus,

Liv. 29, 18:

altare sacrilegum,

Vulg. Jos. 22, 16; cf.:

quorum templis et religionibus iste bellum sacrilegum habuit indictum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188.—As subst. (so usually): sā̆crĭlĕgus, i, m., one who robs or steals from a temple, one who commits sacrilege:

sacrilego poena est, neque ei soli, qui sacrum abstulerit, sed etiam ei, qui sacro commendatum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

non sacrilegum, sed hostem sacrorum religionumque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9: an sacrilegus, qui, ut hostes urbe expelleret, arma [p. 1613] templo affixa detraxit? Quint. 5, 10, 36; cf. id. 3, 6, 38; 3, 6, 41; 4, 2, 68 (v. sacrilegium init.):

cavendum ne fortiori subjungatur aliquid infirmius, ut sacrilego fur,

Quint. 9, 4, 23:

punit furta sacrilegus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 8; Vulg. Act. 19, 37.—

Transf., in gen., that violates or profanes sacred things, sacrilegious, impious, profane (freq. since the Aug. per.).

Adj.:

hominem perditum Miserumque, et illum sacrilegum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 29; Ov. M. 4, 23; cf.:

o genera sacrilega!

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 6:

quorum civis Romanus nemo erat sed Graeci sacrilegi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69:

sacrilegos ignes admovere templis,

Tib. 3, 5, 11:

manus,

id. 2, 4, 26; Hor. C. 2, 13, 2; Ov. F. 3, 700; id. Am. 1, 7, 28:

dextra,

id. M. 14, 539:

meretricum artes,

id. A. A. 1, 435:

nefas (Catilinae),

Mart. 9, 70, 2:

hami (on account of the preceding sacris piscibus),

id. 4, 30, 12.— Sup.:

exi e fano, sacrilegissime,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 1.—

Subst., an impious, wicked, or profane person:

parricida, sacrilege, perjure, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 129; Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 1; id. Eun. 5, 3, 2; 5, 3, 13; Sall. C. 14, 3; Ov. M. 8, 792; 8, 817.—With gen.:

nuptiarum,

i. e. a violator of marriage vows, an adulterer, Cod. Just. 9, 9, 29 fin. —In fem.: sā̆crĭlĕga, ae, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 13; Ov. M. 11, 41.— Adv.: sā̆crĭlĕgē, sacrilegiously, impiously (late Lat.), Tert. Apol. 12.

sā̆crĭlĕgus, a, um, adj. [sacer-lego], that steals sacred things, that robs a temple, sacrilegious:

sacrilegas admovere manus,

Liv. 29, 18:

altare sacrilegum,

Vulg. Jos. 22, 16; cf.:

quorum templis et religionibus iste bellum sacrilegum habuit indictum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188.—As subst. (so usually): sā̆crĭlĕgus, i, m., one who robs or steals from a temple, one who commits sacrilege:

sacrilego poena est, neque ei soli, qui sacrum abstulerit, sed etiam ei, qui sacro commendatum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

non sacrilegum, sed hostem sacrorum religionumque,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9: an sacrilegus, qui, ut hostes urbe expelleret, arma [p. 1613] templo affixa detraxit? Quint. 5, 10, 36; cf. id. 3, 6, 38; 3, 6, 41; 4, 2, 68 (v. sacrilegium init.):

cavendum ne fortiori subjungatur aliquid infirmius, ut sacrilego fur,

Quint. 9, 4, 23:

punit furta sacrilegus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 8; Vulg. Act. 19, 37.—

Transf., in gen., that violates or profanes sacred things, sacrilegious, impious, profane (freq. since the Aug. per.).

Adj.:

hominem perditum Miserumque, et illum sacrilegum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 29; Ov. M. 4, 23; cf.:

o genera sacrilega!

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 6:

quorum civis Romanus nemo erat sed Graeci sacrilegi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69:

sacrilegos ignes admovere templis,

Tib. 3, 5, 11:

manus,

id. 2, 4, 26; Hor. C. 2, 13, 2; Ov. F. 3, 700; id. Am. 1, 7, 28:

dextra,

id. M. 14, 539:

meretricum artes,

id. A. A. 1, 435:

nefas (Catilinae),

Mart. 9, 70, 2:

hami (on account of the preceding sacris piscibus),

id. 4, 30, 12.— Sup.:

exi e fano, sacrilegissime,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 1.—

Subst., an impious, wicked, or profane person:

parricida, sacrilege, perjure, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 129; Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 1; id. Eun. 5, 3, 2; 5, 3, 13; Sall. C. 14, 3; Ov. M. 8, 792; 8, 817.—With gen.:

nuptiarum,

i. e. a violator of marriage vows, an adulterer, Cod. Just. 9, 9, 29 fin. —In fem.: sā̆crĭlĕga, ae, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 13; Ov. M. 11, 41.— Adv.: sā̆crĭlĕgē, sacrilegiously, impiously (late Lat.), Tert. Apol. 12.

sā̆cro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sacer], to declare or set apart as sacred; to consecrate, dedicate, or devote to a divinity (class.; cf. consecro).

Lit.:

ne quis agrum consecrato. Auri, argenti, eboris sacrandi modus esto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

eum praedam Veientanam publicando sacrandoque ad nihilum redegisse, ferociter increpant,

Liv. 5, 25:

(agrum) Cypriae,

Ov. M. 10, 644:

Capitolino Jovi donum ex auro,

Suet. Tib. 53 fin.:

(laurum) Phoebo,

Verg. A. 7, 62:

aras,

id. ib. 5, 48:

vigilem ignem,

id. ib. 4, 200:

votum immortale,

id. ib. 8, 715:

inter haec auream aquilam pinnis extendenti similem sacraverant,

Curt. 3, 3, 16:

templum, in quo Helena sacravit calicem ex electro,

Plin. 33, 4, 23, § 81.—In part. perf.:

duabus aris ibi Jovi et Soli sacratis cum immolasset,

Liv. 40, 22:

arae,

Suet. Tib. 14:

sacratas fide manus,

Liv. 23, 9:

sacrata Crotonis Ossa tegebat humus,

Ov. M. 15, 55:

rite pecudes,

Verg. A. 12, 213:

templum,

id. ib. 2, 165 al. —

With a bad accessory signif. (cf. sacer, II.), to devote or doom to destruction, to declare accursed, to condemn:

de sacrando cum bonis capite ejus, qui regni occupandi consilia inisset, gratae in vulgus leges fuere,

Liv. 2, 8; cf.:

caput Jovi,

id. 10, 38.—

Transf., in gen., to set apart, consecrate, devote, give, dedicate a thing to any one ( poet. and rare):

quod patriae vocis studiis nobisque sacrasti, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22: hunc illi honorem Juppiter sacravit,

Verg. A. 12, 141:

tibi sacratum opus,

Ov. Tr. 2, 552.—In a bad sense:

injecere manum Parcae, telisque sacrarunt Evandri (Halaesum),

Verg. A. 10, 419.—

Meton.

To render sacred or inviolable by consecration; to hallow, consecrale:

hoc nemus aeterno cinerum sacravit honore Faenius,

Mart. 1, 117, 1:

foedus, quod in Capitolio sacratum fuisset, irritum per illos esse,

that had been decreed inviolable, Liv. 38, 33; cf.:

sanctiones sacrandae sunt genere ipso aut obtestatione legis, aut, etc.,

Cic. Balb. 14, 33:

sacrata lex,

a law whose violation was punished by devoting the offender to the infernal gods, id. Sest. 7, 16; id. Dom. 17, 43; Liv. 2, 33; 3, 17; 7, 41; 9, 39; 36, 38; cf.:

sacratae leges sunt, quibus sanctum est, qui quid adversus eas fecerit, sacer alicui deorum sit cum familia pecuniaque,

Fest. p. 318 Müll.—

Of a deity, to hold sacred, to worship or honor as sacred:

haud frustra te patrem deum hominumque hac sede sacravimus,

Liv. 8, 6:

Vesta sacrata,

Ov. M. 15, 864.—

Transf., in gen., to render imperishable, to immortalize (rare):

aliquem Lesbio plectro,

Hor. C. 1, 26, 11; cf.:

miratur nihil, nisi quod Libitina sacravit,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 49:

vivit vigetque eloquentia ejus (Catonis), sacrata scriptis omnis generis,

Liv. 39, 40:

avum Sacrārunt carmina tuum,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 64.—Hence, sā̆crātus, a, um, P. a., hallowed, consecrated, holy, sacred:

sacrata jura parentum,

Ov. M. 10, 321:

jura Graiorum,

Verg. A. 2, 157:

vittae Sacrati capitis,

id. ib. 3, 371:

dux,

i. e. Augustus, Ov. F. 2, 60; cf.:

manus (Tiberii),

id. ib. 1, 640:

dies sacratior,

Mart. 4, 1, 1:

numen gentibus sacratissimum,

Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 82:

homines,

devoted to the gods, Macr. S. 3, 7;

Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 26.—At a later per., Sacratissimus,

an epithet of the emperors, Most Worshipful, Dig. 38, 17, 9; Mamert. Pan. ad Maxim. 1 et saep.— Adv.: sā̆crātē, in eccl. Lat.,

Holily, piously:

vivere,

Aug. Ep. 22 fin. —

Mysteriously, mystically, Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 16.

saevĭo, ii, ītum, 4 (old form of the imperf. saevibat, Lucr. 5, 1003; fut. saevibo, Mar. Vict. from Macr. 20, p. 443), v. n. [saevus], to be fierce or furious, to rage, to vent one's rage (very freq. since the Aug. per.; once in Cæs.; not in Cic.; but saevus and saevitia several times in Cic.).

Lit., of animals:

ubi equus saevit,

Lucr. 5, 1075:

(lupus) rabieque fameque,

Ov. M. 11, 369:

anguis,

Verg. G. 3, 434:

panthera,

Phaedr. 3, 2, 14:

leo,

Val. Fl. 6, 613 al.:

aper in pecudes,

Ov. M. 8, 296:

accipiter in omnes aves,

id. ib. 11, 345:

canes in alios saevientes,

Gell. 7, 1, 6.—

Esp., of the cries of enraged animals:

hinc exaudiri gemitus iraeque leonum,... atque in praesepibus ursi Saevire,

Verg. A. 7, 17 Forbig. ad loc. (cf. Rib. ad loc., who conjectures mugire):

agni balant, porcelli gruniunt, ursi saeviunt,

Spart. Get. 5.—

Transf., of any strong, passionate excitement, to rage, rave; to be furious, mad, violent, angry, etc. (cf.: furo, bacchor).

Of persons:

here mi, nimium saevis,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 20; id. Truc. 5, 4; cf. id. Ps. 5, 1, 4:

ah, ne saevi tantopere,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 27:

ne saevi, magna sacerdos,

Verg. A. 6, 544:

si quid saeviunt senes,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 51:

leniter qui saeviunt sapiunt magis,

who control their anger, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 4:

saevire Fortuna ac miscere omnia coepit,

Sall. C. 10, 1:

saeviens turba,

Liv. 8, 24:

seditionibus saevire,

id. 2, 44:

in delectibus saevire solitos,

id. 2, 44 Drak.:

(paedagogi) imperiosi atque interim saevientes,

Quint. 1, 1, 8:

saevire securibus,

Plin. Pan. 52, 4:

saevit animis ignobile vulgus,

Verg. A. 1, 149:

animis acerbis (with procedere longius iras),

id. ib. 5, 462:

pater ardens Saevit, quod, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 49:

saeviat atque novos moveat Fortuna tumultus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 126:

saevire in tergum et in cervices,

Liv. 3, 45:

in obsides innoxios,

id. 28, 34:

in delubra,

id. 31, 30:

in se ipsum,

id. 1, 53:

in conjuges ac liberos,

Tac. Agr. 38; id. A. 3, 31 fin.; Suet. Aug. 13; Ov. M. 4, 712 al.; cf.:

flagellis in aliquem,

Juv. 10, 180; and:

in se (corresp. to manus sibi inferre),

Dig. 29, 5, 1, § 22.— Poet., with dat.:

qui mihi nunc saevit,

Ov. H. 4, 148; Tib. 1, 2, 88.— Poet., with inf. (cf. saevus, II. A.):

cum manus impia saevit Sanguine Caesareo Romanum exstinguere nomen,

Ov. M. 1, 200.— Impers. pass.:

clade saevitum est,

Suet. Ner. 38:

constat Trojā captā in ceteros saevitum esse Trojanos,

Liv. 1, 1:

in aliquid (aliquem),

id. 34, 14; 41, 6; Vell. 2, 74, 44; Tac. Agr. 2; id. A. 1, 49; 4, 20; id. H. 2, 62 al.—

Of things:

saevit minaci murmure ventus,

Lucr. 1, 276; cf.:

frustra mare saepe coortum Saevibat,

id. 5, 1003:

dum longus inter saeviat Ilion Romamque pontus,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 37:

pelagus,

Tac. A. 15, 46:

mare ventis,

Sall. J. 78, 3: ventus, * Caes. B. G. 3, 13 fin.; cf.

Aufidus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 27:

medius dies solstitio,

Sen. Hippol. 766:

venenum in praecordiis,

Hor. Epod. 3, 5:

gula,

Juv. 5, 94; cf.

venter (sc. fame),

App. M. 4, p. 145:

arbor stridoribus,

Sil. 13, 600:

cum tibi flagrans amor... Saeviet circa jecur ulcerosum,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 15:

saevit amor ferri,

Verg. A. 7, 461; 4, 532:

dolor in erepto amore,

Prop. 2, 8, 36 (8 b, 20):

dolor in praecordiis,

Petr. 17, 8:

ira in aliquem,

Ov. M. 14, 193:

quo fortuna magis saevit,

id. P. 2, 3, 51:

fames,

Val. Fl. 4, 499:

morbus,

Gell. 12, 5, 4: acerbus odor. Val. Fl. 4, 493:

acer hinnitus equorum,

Sil. 4, 97: oratio ferociens saeviensque (opp. demissa jacensque), Gell 1, 11, 15.