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  • 1 errō

        errō āvī, ātus, āre,    to wander, stray, rove, roam: cum vagus et exsul erraret: non certis passibus, O.: circum villulas nostras: per urbem, L.— Pass impers.: solis erratur in agris, V.—Of things: quae (stellae) errantes nominarentur, planets: Stellae sponte suā iussaene errent, H.: ubi flexibus errat Mincius, V.: pulmonibus errat Ignis edax, spreads, O.: extremus si quis super halitus errat, flutters, V.: errantibus oculis, wavering, V.: relegens errata retrorsus Litora, V.: erratas dicere terras, O.—To miss the way, lose oneself, go astray: qui erranti monstrat viam, Enn. ap. C.: errare viā, V.—Fig., to wander, stray at random: ne errare cogatur oratio: errans sententia: dubiis adfectibus errat, O.: ne tuus erret honos, be in doubt, O.—To be in error, err, mistake, go wrong, go astray: de nostris verbis, T.: totā viā, T.: non totā re, sed temporibus: procul, S.: valde: cum Platone: errare, si sperent, etc., Cs.: te errantem persequi, S.: errans in ahenos fetūs natura, producing monsters, L.: Teneo quid erret, T.: errabant tempora, in chronology, O.— Pass impers.: si fuit errandum, O.: si erratur in nomine: et in cognomine erratum sit, L.
    * * *
    I
    errare, erravi, erratus V
    wander, go astray; make a mistake, err; vacillate
    II
    truant; vagabond, wanderer

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  • 2 errō

        errō ōnis, m    [1 erro], a wanderer, vagabond: fugitivus erro, H.— A wanderer in love, Tb.
    * * *
    I
    errare, erravi, erratus V
    wander, go astray; make a mistake, err; vacillate
    II
    truant; vagabond, wanderer

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  • 3 offendō

        offendō fendī, fēnsus, ere    [ob+fendo], to hit, thrust, strike, dash against: latus vehementer: caput, L.: offenso pede, having stumbled, O.: in scopulis offendit puppis, strikes on, O.: in redeundo, run aground, Cs.: solido, bite a stone, H.—To hit upon, light upon, come upon, meet with, find, catch: te hic, Enn. ap. C.: imparatum te, come upon you unawares: nondum perfectum templum: omnia aliter ac iusserat offendit.—Fig., to suffer damage, receive an injury: qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat: in causis.—To stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault, offend, be offensive: sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit: apud honestos homines, give offence to: neque in eo solum offenderat, quod, etc., N.—To find fault, be displeased, take offence: si in me aliquid offendistis.—To fail, miscarry, be defeated, suffer misfortune, be unfortunate: apud iudices, lose his cause: primo accessu ad Africam, i. e. met with disaster, L.: si aliquid esset offensum: quo (casu) in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset, a disaster might occur, Cs.—To trespass upon, shock, offend, vex, displease, repel, disgust: Divitiaci animum, Cs.: tuas aurīs: neminem umquam non re, non verbo offendit: hi sermones tuam existimationem non offendunt, injure: si non offenderet unum Quemque limae labor, H.: offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum, provoke, Iu.: multis rebus meus offendebatur animus, was hurt: fidis offendi medicis, H.: ut non offendar subripi (ista munera), am not offended at the loss of, Ph.
    * * *
    offendere, offendi, offensus V
    offend, hurt (feelings)

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  • 4 deerro

    deerrare, deerravi, deerratus V INTRANS
    go astray, wander off; miss, stray from target/goal; err/make a mistake/go wrong

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  • 5 Cuiusvis hominis est errare; nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare

    • Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one

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  • 6 offendo

    1.
    offendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. [obfendo]. to hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    offendere caput ad fornicem,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    latus vehementer,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    coxam,

    to hurt himself in the haunch, Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720:

    solido,

    against something solid, Hor. S. 2, 1, 78:

    in scopulis offendit puppis,

    strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22:

    in redeundo offenderunt,

    ran aground, Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

    in cornua,

    Sol. 40:

    ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

    visco,

    id. Poen. 2, 37.—
    B.
    Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

    paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5:

    si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

    imparatum te offendam,

    will come upon you unawares, will surprise you, Cic. Fam. 2, 3:

    eundem bonorum sensum,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 17:

    nondum perfectum templum offendere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

    omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury:

    quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

    in causis,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 301:

    ad fortunam,

    Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.:

    pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,

    gave offence to, id. Sest. 49, 105:

    se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 8:

    neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin:

    in multis enim offendimus omnes,

    Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive:

    cum nihil aliud offenderit,

    Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—
    C.
    To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing:

    at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    si in me aliquid offendistis,

    have taken any offence at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—
    D.
    To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success:

    apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

    cum multi viri fortes offenderint,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,

    i. e. met with a calamity, Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.— Impers. pass.:

    sin aliquid esset offensum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

    quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,

    might have met with a defeat, Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.:

    nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo... in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,

    id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.:

    at si valetudo ejus offendissit,

    failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—
    E.
    To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one:

    me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    tuam existimationem,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 7:

    neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,

    id. Balb. 26, 59:

    offensus nemo contumeliā,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 3:

    ne offendam patrem,

    id. ib. 6, 3, 9:

    ut eos splendor offendat,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

    extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,

    Lucr. 6, 791:

    offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,

    provoke, Juv. 16, 24:

    polypodion offendit stomachum,

    disagrees with, Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58:

    ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.— Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt:

    multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.:

    ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),

    so that I am not offended at their being taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin. —Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Offensive, odious (cf.:

    invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145:

    offensum et invisum esse alicui,

    id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence:

    offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—
    B.
    Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered:

    offensus et alienatus animus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

    aliena et offensa populi voluntas,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere [p. 1259] deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.— Comp.:

    quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2:

    quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,

    id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.
    2.
    offendo, ĭnis, f. [1. offendo], an offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).

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  • 7 offensum

    1.
    offendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. [obfendo]. to hit, thrust, strike, or dash against something (syn.: illido, impingo; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    offendere caput ad fornicem,

    Quint. 6, 3, 67:

    latus vehementer,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    coxam,

    to hurt himself in the haunch, Col. 5, 9, 1: pedem, Auct. B. Hisp. 23; Ov. F. 2, 720:

    solido,

    against something solid, Hor. S. 2, 1, 78:

    in scopulis offendit puppis,

    strikes on, Ov. P. 4, 14, 22:

    in redeundo offenderunt,

    ran aground, Caes. B. C. 3, 8:

    in cornua,

    Sol. 40:

    ne quem in cursu capite, aut cubito, aut pectore offendam, aut genu,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

    visco,

    id. Poen. 2, 37.—
    B.
    Transf., to hit upon, light upon a person or thing, i. e. to come upon, meet with, find (syn.: deprehendo, invenio): si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.); cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

    haec, cum ego a foro revortar, facite ut offendam parata,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

    paululum si cessassem, Domi non offendissem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5:

    si te in plateā offendero hac post umquam, periisti,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 34; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

    imparatum te offendam,

    will come upon you unawares, will surprise you, Cic. Fam. 2, 3:

    eundem bonorum sensum,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 17:

    nondum perfectum templum offendere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

    omnia aliter ac jusserat offendit,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 59.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to suffer damage, receive an injury:

    quis est tam Lynceus, qui in tantis tenebris nihil offendat, nusquam incurrat?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

    in causis,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 301:

    ad fortunam,

    Phaedr. 4, 14, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., to stumble, blunder, make a mistake, commit a fault; to commit an offence, to be offensive (syn.:

    pecco, delinquo): in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

    sin quid offenderit, sibi totum, tibi nihil offenderit,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    offendebant illi quidem apud gravīs et honestos homines, sed populi judiciis florebant,

    gave offence to, id. Sest. 49, 105:

    se apud plebem offendisse de aerario,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 8:

    neque in eo solum offenderat, quod,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 2: legi, to offend against or violate the law, Dig. 22, 1, 1.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), to offend, commit a sin:

    in multis enim offendimus omnes,

    Vulg. Jac. 3, 2.— Of things, to be offensive:

    cum nihil aliud offenderit,

    Liv. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. 4, 42, 2.—
    C.
    To find fault with, be displeased with, take offence at any thing:

    at credo, in Caesarem probatis, in me offenditis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    si in me aliquid offendistis,

    have taken any offence at me, Cic. Mil. 36, 99.—
    D.
    To fail in any thing, i. e. to have a misfortune, to be unfortunate, meet with ill success:

    apud judices offendere, opp. causam iis probare,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 63:

    cum multi viri fortes offenderint,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    tamquam M. Atilius primo accessu ad Africam offenderit,

    i. e. met with a calamity, Liv. 28, 43, 17; cf. I. A. supra.— Impers. pass.:

    sin aliquid esset offensum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7:

    quoties culpā ducis esset offensum,

    might have met with a defeat, Caes. B. C. 3, 72; cf.:

    nullum ejusmodi casum exspectans, quo... in milibus passuum tribus offendi posset,

    id. B. G. 6, 36 Kraner ad loc.:

    at si valetudo ejus offendissit,

    failed, Gell. 4, 2, 10.—
    E.
    To shock, offend, mortify, vex, displease one:

    me exquisisse aliquid, in quo te offenderem,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    tuam existimationem,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 7:

    neminem umquam non re, non verbo, non vultu denique offendit,

    id. Balb. 26, 59:

    offensus nemo contumeliā,

    id. Att. 6, 3, 3:

    ne offendam patrem,

    id. ib. 6, 3, 9:

    ut eos splendor offendat,

    id. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

    extinctum lumen recens offendit nares,

    Lucr. 6, 791:

    offendere tot caligas, tot Milia clavorum,

    provoke, Juv. 16, 24:

    polypodion offendit stomachum,

    disagrees with, Plin. 26, 8, 37, § 58:

    ne colorum claritas aciem oculorum offenderet,

    id. 35, 10, 36, § 97.— Pass., to be displeased, feel hurt:

    multis rebus meus offendebatur animus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10.— With inf.:

    ut non offendar subripi (ista munera),

    so that I am not offended at their being taken from me, Phaedr. 4, 11, 6: componi aliquid de se, offendebatur, he took it ill, if, etc., Suet. Aug. 8, 9 fin. —Hence, of-fensus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Offensive, odious (cf.:

    invisus, odiosus, infensus): miserum atque invidiosum offensumque ordinem senatorium!

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 145:

    offensum et invisum esse alicui,

    id. Sest. 58, 125.—As subst.: offensum, i, n., the offence:

    offensum est quod eorum, qui audiunt, voluntatem laedit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 49, 92.—
    B.
    Offended, displeased, vexed, incensed, imbittered:

    offensus et alienatus animus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7:

    aliena et offensa populi voluntas,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106: offensos merere [p. 1259] deos, Ov. H. 21, 48: offensi animi regum, Auct. B. Alex. 32.— Comp.:

    quem cum esse offensiorem arbitrarer,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 2:

    quem sibi offensiorem sciebat esse,

    id. Clu. 62, 172; id. Att. 1, 5, 5.
    2.
    offendo, ĭnis, f. [1. offendo], an offence, Afran. ap. Non. 146, 32 (offendo, offensio, Non.).

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  • 8 peccō

        peccō āvī    (peccāris for peccāveris, Pr.), ātus, āre, to miss, mistake, do amiss, transgress, commit a fault, offend, sin: quid peccavi? T.: alius magis alio vel peccat vel recte facit: plura in hac re, T.: multa alia: tantumdem idemque, H.: si quid in te peccavi: quod in eo (Valerio) peccandi Germahis causa non esset, Cs.: in servo necando peccatur: libidine, Iu.: ne Peccet (equus) ad extremum ridendus, br<*>ak down, H.—Esp., of impurity, to go astray, be licentious: peccare docentes historiae, H.: inlecebrae peccantium, Ta.
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    peccare, peccavi, peccatus V INTRANS
    sin; do wrong, commit moral offense; blunder, stumble; be wrong; make mistake; make slip in speaking; act incorrectly; go wrong, be faulty

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  • 9 pecco

    pecco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [often referred to Sanscr. pāpa, pāpaka, wicked; but better to root pik-, to be angry; cf.: piget, pigeo, and Fick, Vergl. Wört. 632], to miss or mistake any thing; to do amiss, to transgress, to commit a fault, to offend, sin:

    peccare est tamquam transilire lineas,

    Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:

    alius magis alio vel peccat vel recte facit,

    id. Fin. 3, 14, 48; id. Or. 47, 157:

    peccare largiter,

    to make a great mistake, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 8; id. Ep. 3, 4, 53.—With acc.:

    si unam peccavisses syllabam,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 29: aliquid, to offend in any respect:

    plura in aliquā re,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 44:

    Empedocles multa alia peccat,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29:

    eadem fere,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 31:

    talia peccandi jam mihi finis erit,

    Ov. P. 3, 7, 10.—With in and acc.:

    si quid in te peccavi... in me ipsum peccavi vehementius,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4:

    in rem publicam,

    id. ib. 7, 1, 3 (al. in re publicā).—With erga aliquem, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 62.— In aliquo or in aliquā re:

    quod in eo (Valerio) peccandi Germanis causa non esset,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 47:

    in servo necando semel peccatur,

    Cic. Par. 3, 2, 25:

    in hoc eodem peccat Hieronymus,

    id. Fin. 2, 10, 32:

    non modo in vitā sed saepissime et in poëmatis et in oratione peccatur,

    id. Or. 21, 70.—With abl. alone:

    et pecuniā et mollibus consultis,

    Tac. A. 1, 40:

    libidine,

    Juv. 6, 135.—With dat. of person (late Lat.):

    Domino,

    Vulg. Deut. 1, 41; id. 2 Reg. 12, 13.— De aliquă re, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 13.—
    B.
    In partic., of sexual sin:

    quid inter-Est in matronā, ancillā, peccesve togatā?

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 63; Ov. H. 16, 295; Mart. 1, 35, 2.—
    II.
    Transf., of animals and inanim. things, to fail, miscarry:

    ne Peccet (equus) ad extremum ridendus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9:

    unus de toto peccaverat orbe comarum Anulus,

    Mart. 2, 66, 1:

    si senseris vina peccatura,

    Pall. 11, 14.—Hence, peccans, antis, P. a., sinful, full of sin:

    unus dies bene actus peccanti immortalitati anteponendus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5.— Comp.:

    peccantius,

    more faulty, worse, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 88.—
    B.
    As subst.: peccans, antis, comm., an offender, sinner: non prodest latere peccantibus. Sen. Ep. 97, 13:

    peccantium poena,

    id. ib. 97, 14:

    ad officium peccantes redire cogeret,

    Nep. Ages. 5, 3.— Adv.: peccanter, wrongly, incorrectly, falsely, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 40:

    definire aliquid,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 5.

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  • 10 confessi

    confĭtĕor, fessus, 2 (arch. inf. confiterier, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22), v. dep. [fateor], to acknowledge, confess, own, avow (an error, mistake, or a fact previously denied or doubted, etc., implying a sacrifice of will or a change of conviction; while fateor expresses a simple acknowledgment, and profiteor a voluntary avowal), to concede, allow, grant (class. in prose and poetry):

    quid confitetur, atque ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri sed etiam profiteri videatur?

    Cic. Caecin. 9, 24; cf.: hic ego non solum confiteor, verum etiam profiteor, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 434, 30:

    tacendo loqui, non infitiando confiteri videbantur,

    id. Sest. 18, 40.
    I.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    et genus et divitias meas,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 52:

    peccatum suum,

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

    amorem nutrici,

    Ov. M. 14, 703; cf.:

    amorem patris nutrici,

    Quint. 9, 2, 64:

    crimen,

    Curt. 6, 11, 31:

    facinus,

    id. 8, 8, 2: singula, * Cat. 86, 2: se, to make one's self known (sc. Jovem), Ov. M. 3, 2; cf.

    deam,

    Verg. A. 2, 591.—With two accs.:

    se victos, Cacs. B. C. 1, 84: se imperitum,

    Quint. 1, 10, 19:

    causam Caesaris meliorem,

    id. 5, 11, 42:

    hoc de statuis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 149:

    summam infirmitatem de se,

    Quint. 2, 4, 28:

    de se quid voluerit,

    id. 8, 4, 23.—
    (β).
    With acc. and inf.:

    hoc confiteor jure mi obtigisse,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 1; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 97; 5, 3, 12:

    me abs te cupisse laudari aperte atque ingenue confitebar,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2; 1, 9, 18; id. N. D. 1, 7, 44; Lucr. 1, 271; 1, 826; 2, 691 al.; Quint. 2, 17, 19; 11, 1, 85; Suet. Caes. 52 et saep.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut eampse vos audistis confiterier,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 5, 9 (8), 46:

    confitentem audire Torquatum,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21; Ov. M. 2, 52; 13, 270; Curt. 6, 11, 14; Tac. A. 11, 28:

    vere,

    Ov. R. Am. 318; cf.:

    confessae manus,

    i. e. confessing defeat, id. M. 5, 215.—
    (δ).
    With de:

    de maleficio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; so id. ib. 42, 123; Tac. A. 14, 59; cf. supra, a fin. —
    b.
    Part. perf.: confessus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: aes, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 11, and 20, 1, 45; Dig. 42, 1, 15; v. under P. a.—Hence,
    II.
    Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    confessa vultibus iram,

    Ov. M. 6, 35:

    motum animi sui lacrimis,

    Quint. 6, 1, 23:

    admirationem suam plausu,

    id. 8, 3, 3; 9, 4, 39:

    cupidinem coëundi,

    id. 1, 28, 2. —
    (β).
    With acc. and inf., Quint. 1, 6, 15; 4, 2, 122; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 3; Pall. Jun. 7, 6.—
    III.
    In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:

    tibi, Domine,

    Vulg. Psa. 137, 1:

    nomini tuo,

    id. ib. 141, 8.— Absol., Cypr. Ep. 15.— confessus, a, um, P. a.
    1.
    Act., confessing, that has acknowledged, pleaded guilty, etc.:

    reus,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 56:

    in judicio reus,

    Dig. 48, 4, 4, § 1.— Subst.: confessi, ōrum, m., criminals who have confessed their guilt:

    de confessis supplicium sumere,

    Sall. C. 52, 36.—
    2.
    Pass., lit., acknowledged; hence, undoubted, evident, certain, incontrovertible (most freq. in the post-Aug. per.):

    ut omnes intellegant, quam improbam, quam manifestam, quam confessam rem pecuniā redimere conetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 130:

    confessā in re,

    Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 164; 20, 11, 45, § 116.—Esp., subst.: confessum, i, n., an undoubted, certain, acknowledged thing, matter:

    a confessis transeamus ad dubiā,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 21, 1:

    adhuc versamur in confessis,

    Quint. 7, 1, 48:

    de confessis disserere,

    Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 138 al. —Hence the phrases:

    ex confesso,

    confessedly, beyond doubt, Quint. 3, 5, 3; Sen. Ep. 76, 12:

    in confesso esse,

    to be notorious, everywhere known, id. Ben. 3, 11, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 2, 3; id. Q. N. 2, 22, 2; Vell. 2, 85, 4; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54; Tac. Or. 25; 27:

    vita cervis in confesso longa est,

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 191; Amm. 21, 1, 3:

    in confessum venire,

    to be generally acknowledged, be well known, Plin. Ep. 10, 81 (85), 8; cf.:

    ad liquidum confessumque perducere omnia,

    Quint. 5, 14, 28:

    pro confesso habere aliquid,

    Lact. 2, 8.

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  • 11 confessum

    confĭtĕor, fessus, 2 (arch. inf. confiterier, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22), v. dep. [fateor], to acknowledge, confess, own, avow (an error, mistake, or a fact previously denied or doubted, etc., implying a sacrifice of will or a change of conviction; while fateor expresses a simple acknowledgment, and profiteor a voluntary avowal), to concede, allow, grant (class. in prose and poetry):

    quid confitetur, atque ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri sed etiam profiteri videatur?

    Cic. Caecin. 9, 24; cf.: hic ego non solum confiteor, verum etiam profiteor, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 434, 30:

    tacendo loqui, non infitiando confiteri videbantur,

    id. Sest. 18, 40.
    I.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    et genus et divitias meas,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 52:

    peccatum suum,

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

    amorem nutrici,

    Ov. M. 14, 703; cf.:

    amorem patris nutrici,

    Quint. 9, 2, 64:

    crimen,

    Curt. 6, 11, 31:

    facinus,

    id. 8, 8, 2: singula, * Cat. 86, 2: se, to make one's self known (sc. Jovem), Ov. M. 3, 2; cf.

    deam,

    Verg. A. 2, 591.—With two accs.:

    se victos, Cacs. B. C. 1, 84: se imperitum,

    Quint. 1, 10, 19:

    causam Caesaris meliorem,

    id. 5, 11, 42:

    hoc de statuis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 149:

    summam infirmitatem de se,

    Quint. 2, 4, 28:

    de se quid voluerit,

    id. 8, 4, 23.—
    (β).
    With acc. and inf.:

    hoc confiteor jure mi obtigisse,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 1; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 97; 5, 3, 12:

    me abs te cupisse laudari aperte atque ingenue confitebar,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2; 1, 9, 18; id. N. D. 1, 7, 44; Lucr. 1, 271; 1, 826; 2, 691 al.; Quint. 2, 17, 19; 11, 1, 85; Suet. Caes. 52 et saep.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut eampse vos audistis confiterier,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 5, 9 (8), 46:

    confitentem audire Torquatum,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21; Ov. M. 2, 52; 13, 270; Curt. 6, 11, 14; Tac. A. 11, 28:

    vere,

    Ov. R. Am. 318; cf.:

    confessae manus,

    i. e. confessing defeat, id. M. 5, 215.—
    (δ).
    With de:

    de maleficio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; so id. ib. 42, 123; Tac. A. 14, 59; cf. supra, a fin. —
    b.
    Part. perf.: confessus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: aes, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 11, and 20, 1, 45; Dig. 42, 1, 15; v. under P. a.—Hence,
    II.
    Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    confessa vultibus iram,

    Ov. M. 6, 35:

    motum animi sui lacrimis,

    Quint. 6, 1, 23:

    admirationem suam plausu,

    id. 8, 3, 3; 9, 4, 39:

    cupidinem coëundi,

    id. 1, 28, 2. —
    (β).
    With acc. and inf., Quint. 1, 6, 15; 4, 2, 122; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 3; Pall. Jun. 7, 6.—
    III.
    In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:

    tibi, Domine,

    Vulg. Psa. 137, 1:

    nomini tuo,

    id. ib. 141, 8.— Absol., Cypr. Ep. 15.— confessus, a, um, P. a.
    1.
    Act., confessing, that has acknowledged, pleaded guilty, etc.:

    reus,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 56:

    in judicio reus,

    Dig. 48, 4, 4, § 1.— Subst.: confessi, ōrum, m., criminals who have confessed their guilt:

    de confessis supplicium sumere,

    Sall. C. 52, 36.—
    2.
    Pass., lit., acknowledged; hence, undoubted, evident, certain, incontrovertible (most freq. in the post-Aug. per.):

    ut omnes intellegant, quam improbam, quam manifestam, quam confessam rem pecuniā redimere conetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 130:

    confessā in re,

    Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 164; 20, 11, 45, § 116.—Esp., subst.: confessum, i, n., an undoubted, certain, acknowledged thing, matter:

    a confessis transeamus ad dubiā,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 21, 1:

    adhuc versamur in confessis,

    Quint. 7, 1, 48:

    de confessis disserere,

    Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 138 al. —Hence the phrases:

    ex confesso,

    confessedly, beyond doubt, Quint. 3, 5, 3; Sen. Ep. 76, 12:

    in confesso esse,

    to be notorious, everywhere known, id. Ben. 3, 11, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 2, 3; id. Q. N. 2, 22, 2; Vell. 2, 85, 4; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54; Tac. Or. 25; 27:

    vita cervis in confesso longa est,

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 191; Amm. 21, 1, 3:

    in confessum venire,

    to be generally acknowledged, be well known, Plin. Ep. 10, 81 (85), 8; cf.:

    ad liquidum confessumque perducere omnia,

    Quint. 5, 14, 28:

    pro confesso habere aliquid,

    Lact. 2, 8.

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  • 12 confiteor

    confĭtĕor, fessus, 2 (arch. inf. confiterier, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22), v. dep. [fateor], to acknowledge, confess, own, avow (an error, mistake, or a fact previously denied or doubted, etc., implying a sacrifice of will or a change of conviction; while fateor expresses a simple acknowledgment, and profiteor a voluntary avowal), to concede, allow, grant (class. in prose and poetry):

    quid confitetur, atque ita libenter confitetur, ut non solum fateri sed etiam profiteri videatur?

    Cic. Caecin. 9, 24; cf.: hic ego non solum confiteor, verum etiam profiteor, id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 434, 30:

    tacendo loqui, non infitiando confiteri videbantur,

    id. Sest. 18, 40.
    I.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    et genus et divitias meas,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 52:

    peccatum suum,

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

    amorem nutrici,

    Ov. M. 14, 703; cf.:

    amorem patris nutrici,

    Quint. 9, 2, 64:

    crimen,

    Curt. 6, 11, 31:

    facinus,

    id. 8, 8, 2: singula, * Cat. 86, 2: se, to make one's self known (sc. Jovem), Ov. M. 3, 2; cf.

    deam,

    Verg. A. 2, 591.—With two accs.:

    se victos, Cacs. B. C. 1, 84: se imperitum,

    Quint. 1, 10, 19:

    causam Caesaris meliorem,

    id. 5, 11, 42:

    hoc de statuis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 149:

    summam infirmitatem de se,

    Quint. 2, 4, 28:

    de se quid voluerit,

    id. 8, 4, 23.—
    (β).
    With acc. and inf.:

    hoc confiteor jure mi obtigisse,

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 1; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 97; 5, 3, 12:

    me abs te cupisse laudari aperte atque ingenue confitebar,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2; 1, 9, 18; id. N. D. 1, 7, 44; Lucr. 1, 271; 1, 826; 2, 691 al.; Quint. 2, 17, 19; 11, 1, 85; Suet. Caes. 52 et saep.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    ut eampse vos audistis confiterier,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 22; Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 5, 9 (8), 46:

    confitentem audire Torquatum,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21; Ov. M. 2, 52; 13, 270; Curt. 6, 11, 14; Tac. A. 11, 28:

    vere,

    Ov. R. Am. 318; cf.:

    confessae manus,

    i. e. confessing defeat, id. M. 5, 215.—
    (δ).
    With de:

    de maleficio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 119; so id. ib. 42, 123; Tac. A. 14, 59; cf. supra, a fin. —
    b.
    Part. perf.: confessus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: aes, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13, 11, and 20, 1, 45; Dig. 42, 1, 15; v. under P. a.—Hence,
    II.
    Esp., after the Aug. per., sometimes, to reveal, manifest, make known, show.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    confessa vultibus iram,

    Ov. M. 6, 35:

    motum animi sui lacrimis,

    Quint. 6, 1, 23:

    admirationem suam plausu,

    id. 8, 3, 3; 9, 4, 39:

    cupidinem coëundi,

    id. 1, 28, 2. —
    (β).
    With acc. and inf., Quint. 1, 6, 15; 4, 2, 122; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 3; Pall. Jun. 7, 6.—
    III.
    In eccl. writers, to confess, own, acknowledge: Christum, Prud. steph. 5, 40.— With dat.:

    tibi, Domine,

    Vulg. Psa. 137, 1:

    nomini tuo,

    id. ib. 141, 8.— Absol., Cypr. Ep. 15.— confessus, a, um, P. a.
    1.
    Act., confessing, that has acknowledged, pleaded guilty, etc.:

    reus,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 56:

    in judicio reus,

    Dig. 48, 4, 4, § 1.— Subst.: confessi, ōrum, m., criminals who have confessed their guilt:

    de confessis supplicium sumere,

    Sall. C. 52, 36.—
    2.
    Pass., lit., acknowledged; hence, undoubted, evident, certain, incontrovertible (most freq. in the post-Aug. per.):

    ut omnes intellegant, quam improbam, quam manifestam, quam confessam rem pecuniā redimere conetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 130:

    confessā in re,

    Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 164; 20, 11, 45, § 116.—Esp., subst.: confessum, i, n., an undoubted, certain, acknowledged thing, matter:

    a confessis transeamus ad dubiā,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 21, 1:

    adhuc versamur in confessis,

    Quint. 7, 1, 48:

    de confessis disserere,

    Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 138 al. —Hence the phrases:

    ex confesso,

    confessedly, beyond doubt, Quint. 3, 5, 3; Sen. Ep. 76, 12:

    in confesso esse,

    to be notorious, everywhere known, id. Ben. 3, 11, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 2, 3; id. Q. N. 2, 22, 2; Vell. 2, 85, 4; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54; Tac. Or. 25; 27:

    vita cervis in confesso longa est,

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 191; Amm. 21, 1, 3:

    in confessum venire,

    to be generally acknowledged, be well known, Plin. Ep. 10, 81 (85), 8; cf.:

    ad liquidum confessumque perducere omnia,

    Quint. 5, 14, 28:

    pro confesso habere aliquid,

    Lact. 2, 8.

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  • 13 cesso

    cesso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [1. cedo]; lit., to stand back very much; hence, to be remiss in any thing, to delay, loiter, or, in gen., to cease from, stop, give over (indicating a blamable remissness; while desinere, intermittere, requiescere do not include that idea: cessat desidiosus, requiescit fessus, Don. ad Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 15. Diff. from cunctari in this, that the latter designates inaction arising from want of resolution, but cessare that which is the result of slothfulness; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, p. 300 sq.;

    class. in prose and poetry): paulum si cessassem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5; 4, 6, 16; id. Ad. 4, 2, 49:

    si tabellarii non cessarint,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 7, 15:

    in suo studio atque opere,

    id. Sen. 5, 13:

    ne quis in eo, quod me viderit facientem, cesset,

    Liv. 35, 35, 16; cf. id. 35, 18, 8:

    ab apparatu operum ac munitionum nihil cessatum,

    id. 21, 8, 1; 34, 16, 3; 31, 12, 2; Tac. A. 3, 28:

    quidquid apud durae cessatum est moenia Trojae,

    whatever delay there was, Verg. A. 11, 288:

    audaciā,

    to be deficient in spirit, Liv. 1, 46, 6; cf.:

    nullo umquam officio,

    id. 42, 6, 8:

    ad arma cessantes Concitet,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 15 et saep.—So in admonitions:

    quid cessas?

    Ter. And. 5, 6, 15; Tib. 2, 2, 10:

    quid cessatis?

    Curt. 4, 16, 5:

    quor cessas?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 69; cf.: cessas in vota precesque ( poet. for cessas facere vota), Tros, ait, Aenea? cessas? Verg. A. 6, 51 sq.; Tib. 3, 6, 57.— With dat. incommodi: it dies;

    ego mihi cesso,

    i. e. to my own injury, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 12 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Ep. 3, 2, 8:

    sed ego nunc mihi cesso, qui non umerum hunc onero pallio,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4.—
    b.
    With inf.:

    ego hinc migrare cesso,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 6 sq.:

    numquid principio cessavit verbum docte dicere?

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 3; so,

    alloqui,

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 6; 5, 2, 4:

    adoriri,

    id. Heaut. 4, 5, 9:

    pultare ostium,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 1; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 30:

    introrumpere,

    id. Eun. 5, 5, 26:

    detrahere de nobis,

    Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2:

    mori,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 58 et saep.—
    II.
    In gen.
    A.
    To be inactive, idle, at leisure, to do nothing:

    cur tam multos deos nihil agere et cessare patitur? cur non rebus humanis aliquos otiosos deos praeficit?

    Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 22; id. Off. 3, 1, 1: nisi forte ego vobis cessare nunc videor;

    cum bella non gero,

    id. de Sen. 6, 18:

    et si quid cessare potes, requiesce sub umbrā,

    Verg. E. 7, 10:

    cessabimus una,

    Prop. 3 (4), 23, 15; Ov. M. 4, 37:

    cur alter fratrum cessare et ludere et ungi praeferat, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 183 (cessare otiari et jucunde vivere, Schol. Crucq.); so id. ib. 1, 7, 57:

    per hibernorum tempus,

    Liv. 36, 5, 1:

    cessatum usque adhuc est: nunc porro expergiscere,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 23:

    cessatum ducere curam,

    put to rest, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 31:

    non timido, non ignavo cessare tum licuit,

    Curt. 3, 11, 5.—
    b.
    Of things, to be at rest, to rest, be still, inactive, unemployed, or unused, etc.:

    si cessare putas rerum primordia posse, Cessandoque novos rerum progignere motus,

    Lucr. 2, 80 sq.:

    quid ita cessarunt pedes?

    Phaedr. 1, 9, 5:

    et grave suspenso vomere cesset opus,

    Tib. 2, 1, 6; Ov. F. 6, 348:

    Achilles cessare in Teucros pertulit arma sua,

    Prop. 2, 8, 30:

    cur Berecyntiae Cessant flamina tibiae,

    Hor. C. 3, 19, 19:

    cessat voluntas?

    id. ib. 1, 27, 13:

    cessat ira deae,

    Liv. 29, 18, 10:

    solas sine ture relictas Praeteritae cessasse ferunt Letoïdos aras,

    i. e. remained unsought, unapproached, Ov. M. 8, 278; cf.:

    at nunc desertis cessant sacraria lucis,

    Prop. 3 (4), 13, 47; and:

    cessaturae casae,

    Ov. F. 4, 804:

    cessans honor,

    a vacant office, Suet. Caes. 76.—
    (β).
    Of land, to lie uncultivated, fallow (cf. cessatio):

    alternis idem tonsas cessare novales,

    Verg. G. 1, 71; Plin. 18, 23, 52, § 191; cf. Suet. Aug. 42.— Pass.:

    cessata arva,

    Ov. F. 4, 617.— Trop., of a barren woman, Paul. Nol. Carm. 6, 48.—
    c.
    Sometimes cessare alicui rei, like vacare alicui rei, to have leisure for something, i.e. to attend to, apply one ' s self to:

    amori,

    Prop. 1, 6, 21.—
    B.
    Rarely (prob. not ante-Aug.), not to be at hand or present, to be wanting:

    cessat voluntas? non aliā bibam Mercede,

    Hor. C. 1, 27, 13:

    augendum addendumque quod cessat,

    Quint. 2, 8, 10.—Hence,
    2.
    Judic. t. t.
    a.
    Of persons, not to appear before a tribunal, to make default:

    culpāne quis an aliquā necessitate cessasset,

    Suet. Claud. 15 (where, [p. 323] just before, absentibus; cf.

    absum, 8.): quoties delator adesse jussus cessat,

    Dig. 49, 14, 2, § 4; so ib. 47, 10, 17, § 20.—
    b.
    Of things (a process, verdict), to be invalid, null, void:

    cessat injuriarum actio,

    Dig. 47, 10, 17, § 1:

    revocatio,

    ib. 42, 8, 10, § 1:

    edictum,

    ib. 39, 1, 1:

    senatus consultum,

    ib. 14, 6, 12 et saep.—
    C.
    Also rare, in a moral view, to depart from a right way, i.e. to mistake, err:

    ut scriptor si peccat... Sic qui multum cessat,

    Hor. A. P. 357:

    oratoris perfecti illius, ex nullā parte cessantis,

    Quint. 1, 10, 4.

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  • 14 mentior

    mentĭor, ītus, 4 ( fut. mentibitur, for mentietur, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 35; 2, 2, 99; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 448), v. dep. n. and a. [prob. from root men-, whence mens, memini, q. v. Original meaning, to invent; hence],
    I.
    Neutr., to lie, cheat, deceive, etc.:

    mentiri palam,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 89:

    mentire,

    id. Poen. 3, 5, 18:

    adversus aliquem,

    id. Aul. 4, 7, 9:

    apud aliquem,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 24:

    sibi,

    id. Am. 1, 2, 6:

    mihi,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 46; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 35:

    aperte,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

    in re aliquā,

    id. Att. 12, 21, 4:

    de re aliquā,

    id. N. D. 3, 6, 14:

    adeo veritatis diligens, ut ne joco quidem mentiretur,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 1.—With acc. and inf., to pretend, to declare falsely:

    certam me sum mentitus habere Horam, quae, etc.,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 53; Plin. 12, 15, 34, § 67: mentior nisi or si mentior, a form of asseveration, I am a liar, if, etc.:

    mentior, nisi et quae alunt illud, corpora sunt,

    Sen. Ep. 106, 5:

    si mentiar, inquit, Ultima, quā fallam, sit Venus illa mihi,

    Ov. F. 4, 227.—Of things, to deceive, impose upon: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur, oratio vero saepissime, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6:

    in quibus nihil umquam... vetustas mentita sit,

    id. N. D. 2, 5, 15.—
    B.
    To deceive one's self, mistake:

    mentire, gnate,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 83 Brix ad loc.—
    II.
    Act., to lie or speak falsely about, to assert falsely, make a false promise about; to feign, counterfeit, imitate a shape, nature, etc.:

    cujus consilio tantam rem mentitus esset,

    had devised such a falsehood, Sall. C. 48:

    originem alicujus,

    Just. 35, 2, 4:

    auspicium,

    Liv. 10, 40:

    titulum Lyciscae,

    to assume falsely, Juv. 6, 123:

    noctem,

    to promise falsely, Prop. 3, 9, 1:

    cur sese daemonia mentiuntur,

    Tert. Apol. 23; also, to invent, feign, of a poetical fiction:

    ita mentitur (sc. Homerus),

    Hor. A. P. 151; cf.:

    poëtae Orionem mentiuntur in pelago incidentem,

    Lact. 4, 15, 21.— Pass.:

    si a debitore, praelato die, pignoris obligatio mentiatur,

    Dig. 48, 10, 28.—
    B.
    Trop., of inanim. subjects: semel fac illud, Mentitur tua quod subinde tussis, do what your cough keeps falsely promising, i. e. die, Mart. 5, 39, 6:

    mentiris juvenem tinctis capillis,

    id. 3, 43, 1:

    color, qui chrysocollam mentitur,

    Plin. 35, 6, 29, § 48:

    nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,

    Verg. E. 4, 42: sexum viris denegatum muliebri motu, Col. praef. 1.—Hence, *
    1.
    mentĭens, entis, m. subst., a fallacy, sophism: quomodo mentientem, quem pseudomenon vocant, dissolvas, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11. —
    2.
    mentītus, a, um, Part., in pass. signif., imitated, counterfeit, feigned ( poet.):

    mentita tela,

    Verg. A. 2, 422:

    figurae,

    Ov. M. 5, 326:

    fama,

    id. ib. 10, 28:

    nomen,

    id. ib. 10, 439; id. H. 11, 73; Sen. Contr. 5, 5, 3; Luc. 2, 512; Val. Fl. 6, 698; 7, 155; Sil. 15, 796; Stat. S. 4, 6, 21; id. Th. 1, 256; 7, 303; 10, 875; Poët. ap. Suet. Oth. 3; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 58:

    mentiti fictique terrores,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 15; id. Pan. 81, 3:

    divinitas,

    Lact. 2, 16, 2; Quint. 12, 10, 76.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mentior

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