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  • 1 praeverto

    prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.
    I.
    To prefer:

    ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

    si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—
    II. A.
    Lit. ( poet.):

    cursu pedum ventos,

    Verg. A. 7, 807:

    equo ventos,

    id. ib. 12, 345:

    volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

    id. ib. 1, 317:

    vestigia cervae,

    Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

    aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

    has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

    praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

    prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

    celeri praevertit tristia leto,

    Luc. 8, 29:

    quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

    Gell. 17, 10, 6.—
    2.
    To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

    vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

    to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

    neque praevorto poculum,

    take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—
    3.
    To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

    erilis praevertit metus,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

    nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

    Liv. 2, 24.—
    4.
    To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

    to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

    ei rei primum praevorti volo,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

    stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

    to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

    cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

    do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

    etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—
    (β).
    With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

    hoc praevortar principio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

    si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

    to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

    aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

    that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

    praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

    Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —
    (γ).
    With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

    si quando ad interna praeverterent,

    Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

    nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

    Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

    nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

    id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

    ad ea praeverti,

    Col. 3, 7:

    hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

    Gell. 3, 7, 6.—
    (δ).
    With an adverb of place:

    illuc praevertamur,

    let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—
    (ε).
    With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

    do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

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  • 2 praevertor

    prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.
    I.
    To prefer:

    ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

    si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—
    II. A.
    Lit. ( poet.):

    cursu pedum ventos,

    Verg. A. 7, 807:

    equo ventos,

    id. ib. 12, 345:

    volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

    id. ib. 1, 317:

    vestigia cervae,

    Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

    aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

    has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

    praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

    prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

    celeri praevertit tristia leto,

    Luc. 8, 29:

    quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

    Gell. 17, 10, 6.—
    2.
    To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

    vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

    to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

    neque praevorto poculum,

    take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—
    3.
    To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

    erilis praevertit metus,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

    nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

    Liv. 2, 24.—
    4.
    To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

    to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

    ei rei primum praevorti volo,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

    stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

    to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

    cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

    do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

    etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—
    (β).
    With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

    hoc praevortar principio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

    si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

    to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

    aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

    that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

    praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

    Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —
    (γ).
    With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

    si quando ad interna praeverterent,

    Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

    nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

    Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

    nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

    id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

    ad ea praeverti,

    Col. 3, 7:

    hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

    Gell. 3, 7, 6.—
    (δ).
    With an adverb of place:

    illuc praevertamur,

    let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—
    (ε).
    With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

    do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

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  • 3 vortor

    prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.
    I.
    To prefer:

    ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

    si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—
    II. A.
    Lit. ( poet.):

    cursu pedum ventos,

    Verg. A. 7, 807:

    equo ventos,

    id. ib. 12, 345:

    volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

    id. ib. 1, 317:

    vestigia cervae,

    Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

    aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

    has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

    praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

    prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

    celeri praevertit tristia leto,

    Luc. 8, 29:

    quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

    Gell. 17, 10, 6.—
    2.
    To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

    vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

    to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

    neque praevorto poculum,

    take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—
    3.
    To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

    erilis praevertit metus,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

    nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

    Liv. 2, 24.—
    4.
    To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

    to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

    ei rei primum praevorti volo,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

    stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

    to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

    cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

    do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

    etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—
    (β).
    With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

    hoc praevortar principio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

    si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

    to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

    aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

    that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

    praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

    Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —
    (γ).
    With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

    si quando ad interna praeverterent,

    Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

    nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

    Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

    nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

    id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

    ad ea praeverti,

    Col. 3, 7:

    hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

    Gell. 3, 7, 6.—
    (δ).
    With an adverb of place:

    illuc praevertamur,

    let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—
    (ε).
    With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

    do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

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  • 4 frūstror

        frūstror ātus, ārī, dep.    [frustra], to deceive, dis appoint, trick, elude, frustrate: differendo spen impetum, L.: me ipsum: custodes, L.: Iugurthan spes frustrata, S.: sat adhuc tua nos frustratast fides, T.: numquam frustrata vocatūs Hasta meos, failed to obey, V.: inceptus clamor frustratur hiantīs, i. e. dies on their lips, V.: Cocceius vide ne frustretur.— Pass: adeo frustrata spes est, ut, etc., L.— To miss the mark, throw in vain: pauci in pluribus minus frustrati, S.— To make vain, make useless: parentum gaudia lacrimulis, Ct.: rami lento vimine frustrabantur ictūs, Cu.
    * * *
    frustrari, frustratus sum V DEP
    disappoint, frustrate, deceive (w/false hope); escape/elude; baffle/evade; fail; reject; delay; rob/defraud/cheat; pretend; refute (argument); corrupt/falsify

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  • 5 redigo

    rĕd-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago].
    I.
    To drive, lead, or bring back (syn. reduco).
    A.
    Lit.:

    (Sol) Disjectos redegit equos,

    Lucr. 5, 403:

    si materiem nostram collegerit aetas Post obitum, rursumque redegerit, ut sita nunc est,

    bring it back, restore it to its present condition, id. 3, 848:

    filia parva duas redigebat rupe capellas,

    Ov. F. 4, 511:

    tauros in gregem,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; cf.:

    in sua rura boves,

    Ov. F. 3, 64:

    oppidani (hostem) fusum fugatumque in castra redigunt,

    Liv. 21, 9:

    hostium equitatum in castra,

    id. 26, 10:

    turbam ferro in hostes,

    id. 37, 43:

    aliquem Capuam,

    id. 26, 12 fin.:

    aliquem in exsilium,

    Just. 9, 4, 7. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    rem ad pristinam belli rationem redegit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 76 fin.:

    annum neglegentia conturbatum ad pristinam rationem,

    Suet. Aug. 31:

    disciplinam militarem ad priscos mores,

    Liv. 8, 6 fin.: aliquid ad ultimam sui generis formam speciemque, Cic. Or. 3, 10:

    omnia redegit in singulas rationes praeceptionis,

    Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3:

    aliquem in concordiam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

    vos in gratiam,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 73:

    tu, qui ais, redige in memoriam,

    recall it to my mind, id. ib. 2, 3, 36:

    in memoriam,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 18; id. Fam. 1, 9, 9:

    (poëtae) formidine fustis Ad bene dicendum delectandumque redacti,

    brought back, reduced, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 155.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    (With the idea of agere predominant; cf. recido and redeo, II.) To get together, call in, collect, raise, receive, take a sum of money or the like by selling, etc.:

    cum omnem pecuniam ex aerario exhausissetis, ex vectigalibus redegissetis, ab omnibus regibus coëgissetis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98; cf.:

    pecuniam ex bonis patriis,

    id. Phil. 13, 5, 10;

    and simply pecuniam,

    id. Rab. Post. 13, 37; Hor. Epod. 2, 69:

    omne argentum tibi,

    to scrape together, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 23:

    bona vendit, pecuniam redigit... pecunia, quam ex Agonidis bonis redegisset,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 56; cf. Liv. 5, 16:

    quod omnis frumenti copia decumarum nomine penes istum esset redacta, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171:

    fructus,

    Dig. 36, 4, 5, § 22 (after colere agros); 22, 1, 46; cf.:

    pars maxima (praedae) ad quaestorem redacta est,

    Liv. 5, 19:

    fructus ad eum,

    Dig. 10, 2, 51:

    quicquid captum ex hostibus est, vendidit Fabius, consul, ac redegit in publicum,

    paid it into the public treasury, Liv. 2, 42:

    venditum sub hastā in aerarium,

    id. 4, 53:

    (patres) victi irā vetuere reddi (bona regia), vetuere in publicum redigi,

    id. 2, 5, 1; cf.:

    praedam in fiscum,

    Tac. H. 4, 72:

    aliquid in commune,

    Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 6.—
    B.
    To bring or reduce a thing to any condition, circumstance, etc.; to make or render it so and so (cf. reddo); constr. with in (so most freq.), ad, sub, an adv. of place, absol., or with a double acc.
    (α).
    With in:

    viros in servitutem,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 47:

    Aeduos in servitutem,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 14, 3:

    in pristinam sortem servitutis,

    Just. 6, 5, 1:

    vidulum in potestatem alicujus,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 22:

    civitatem in potestatem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24 fin.; 45; Cic. Quint. 55, 152; id. Phil. 5, 17, 46; id. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33; Tac. Agr. 18; Vell. 2, 94, 4; cf.:

    civitatem in dicionem potestatemque populi Romani,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 34 fin.:

    aliquos in dicionem,

    Cic. Balb. 10, 25; Liv. 41, 19:

    gentes in dicionem hujus imperii,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 13:

    Arvernos in provinciam,

    to reduce to a province, Caes. B. G. 1, 45; 7, 77 fin.; cf.:

    partem Britanniae, etc., in formam provinciae,

    Tac. Agr. 14; Suet. Caes. 25; id. Aug. 18; id. Tib. 37 fin.; id. Calig. 1; Liv. Epit. 45; 93:

    in formulam provinciae,

    Vell. 2, 38, 1:

    in formam praefecturae,

    id. 2, 44, 4:

    in id redactus sum loci, Ut, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 86; cf.:

    republicā in tranquillum redactā,

    Liv. 3, 40; and:

    mentem in veros timores,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 15:

    si hoc genus (pecuniarum) in unum redigatur,

    be brought into one mass, Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 13:

    dispositio est, per quam illa, quae invenimus, in ordinem redigimus,

    reduce to order, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 16; cf.:

    arbores in ordinem certaque intervalla,

    Quint. 8, 3, 9; but: ut veteres grammatici auctores alios in ordinem redegerint, alios omnino exemerint numero, brought, admitted into the rank of classics (cf. Gr. enkrinein; opp. numero eximere = ekkrinein):

    libertinos in equestrem ordinem,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 18; Just. 5, 6, 5; Quint. 1, 4, 3;

    for which: redigere aliquem (poëtam) in numerum,

    id. 10, 1, 54;

    also,

    to lower, degrade, Suet. Vesp. 15; v. ordo; cf. Liv. ap. Prisc. 1173 P.; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5:

    quod prosa scriptum redigere in quaedam versiculorum genera,

    Quint. 9, 4, 52:

    in hanc consuetudinem memoriā exercitatione redigendā,

    id. 11, 2, 45:

    servos, in dominium nostrum,

    Dig. 1, 5, 5:

    in nihilum redigam te, et non eris,

    Vulg. Ezech. 26, 21:

    in cinerem,

    id. 2 Pet. 2, 6: provinciam in solitudinem, Lact. de Ira Dei, 5, 4.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    aliquem ad inopiam redigere,

    to reduce to poverty, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 56:

    aliquem ad incitas,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 85; id. Trin. 2, 4, 136:

    genus id ad interitum,

    Lucr. 5, 877; Cic. ap. Lact. 7, 11, 5; cf.:

    prope ad internecionem gente ac nomine Nerviorum redacto,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

    ad nihilum redigere,

    Vulg. Psa. 72, 20:

    victoriam ad vanum et irritum,

    to render empty and useless, Liv. 26, 37 fin.: cf.: [p. 1541] spem ad irritum, id. 28, 31:

    aliquid ante dubium ad certum,

    to render certain, id. 44, 15:

    carnes excrescentes ad aequalitatem,

    Plin. 30, 13, 39, § 113 (shortly afterwards reducunt); cf.:

    cicatrices ad planum,

    id. 20, 9, 36, § 93:

    aliquem ad desperationem,

    Suet. Aug. 81; Just. 6, 5, 7 et saep.:

    redegit se ad pallium et crepidas,

    Suet. Tib. 13.—
    (γ).
    With sub:

    Galliam sub populi Romani imperium,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 4:

    Corcyram sub imperium Atheniensium,

    Nep. Timoth. 2, 1:

    barbaros sub jus dicionemque,

    Liv. 28, 21:

    incolas ejus insulae sub potestatem Atheniensium,

    Nep. Milt. 1, 4; 2 fin.; id. Paus. 2, 4; id. Pelop. 5:

    totam Italiam sub se,

    id. Flor. 1, 9, 8:

    GENTES SVB IMPERIVM,

    Inscr. Grut. 226.—
    (δ).
    With adv. of place:

    eo redigis me, ut, etc.,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 23:

    eo, ut,

    Flor. 1, 2, 4:

    hem! Quo redactus sum!

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 7.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: ut credam, redigunt animum mihi argumenta, Att. ap. Non. 174, 10 (Trag. Rel. v. 516 Rib.): ut ejus animum retundam, redigam, ut, quo se vortat, nesciat, bring it down, so that, etc., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 73; Lucr. 1, 553.—
    (ζ).
    With double acc., to make or render a thing something (very rare;

    more freq. reddere): quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.:

    (Ubios) Suevi multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 3 fin.; Aus. Mos. 224.—
    2.
    In designations of number, etc., pregn., to bring within a number or extent; to lessen, diminish, reduce:

    familiam jam ad paucos redactam paene ab interitu vindicasti,

    Cic. Marcell. 4, 10; cf.:

    redigere omnis fere in quadrum numerumque sententias,

    id. Or. 61, 208:

    hosce ipsos (libros octo) utiliter ad sex libros redegit Diophanes,

    reduced, abridged, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 10:

    ex hominum milibus LX. vix ad D.... sese redactos esse dixerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

    ad semuncias redacta,

    Tac. A. 6, 16:

    judicia ad duo genera judicum redegit,

    Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 10:

    non ad numerum redigar duorum,

    Ov. M. 6, 199:

    quod si comminuas vilem redigatur ad assem,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 43:

    ne res ad nilum redigantur funditus omnes,

    Lucr. 1, 791; 2, 752; cf. Ov. M. 14, 149:

    rem maximam redigere ad minimum,

    Lact. 3, 9, 15.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > redigo

  • 6 redigō

        redigō ēgī, āctus, ere    [red-+ago], to drive back, force back, lead back, bring back: Filia duas redigebat rupe capellas, O.: in castra hostium equitatum, L.: Capuam redigi, L.—Fig., to bring back, force back: rem ad pristinam belli rationem, Cs.: disciplinam militarem ad priscos mores, L.: in memoriam, recall: (poëtae) formidine fustis Ad bene dicendum redacti, coerced, H.— To get together, call in, collect, raise, receive, take up: bona vendit, pecuniam redigit: (spolia) sub hastā veniere, quodque inde redactum, etc., L.: pecuniam ex bonis patriis: quicquid captum ex hostibus est, vendidit ac redegit in publicum, paid into the public treasury, L.—Of number or quantity, to reduce, bring down, diminish: familia ad paucos redacta: ex hominum milibus LX vix ad D... sese redactos esse, Cs.: Non ad numerum redigar duorum, O.: Quod si comminuas vilem redigatur ad assem, H.— To bring down, bring, reduce, force, compel, subdue: eius animum, ut, quo se vortat, nesciat, bring down, T.: Aeduos in servitutem, Cs.: insulam in potestatem, Ta.: alquos in dicionem nostram: Arvernos in provinciam, reduce to a province, Cs.: re p. in tranquillum redactā, L.: mentem in veros timores, H.: ad inopiam patrem, reduce to poverty, T.: prope ad internicionem nomine Nerviorum redacto, Cs.: ad vanum et inritum victoriam, render empty and useless, L.: si ante dubium fuisset, legatorum verba ad certum redegisse, had made it certain, L.: Galliam sub populi R. imperium, Cs.: barbaros sub ius dicionemque, L.: en Quo redactus sum! T.—With two acc., to make, render, cause to be: quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat, Cs.
    * * *
    redigere, redegi, redactus V
    drive back; reduce; render

    Latin-English dictionary > redigō

  • 7 frustror

    frustror, ātus, 1, v. dep.; also: fru-stro, āre, 1, v. a. [frustra], to deceive, disappoint, trick, frustrate (syn.: decipio, deludo, fraudo, fallo, etc.).
    I.
    Lit. (class.).
    (α).
    In the dep. form:

    nescio quis praestigiator hanc frustratur mulierem,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 200:

    aut certare cum aliis pugnaciter aut frustrari cum alios, tum etiam me ipsum velim,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 65:

    ne frustretur ipse se,

    Ter. Eun. prol. 14:

    se ipsum,

    Nep. Hann. 2, 6: o bone, ne te Frustrere;

    insanis et tu,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 32:

    Tarquinios spe auxilii,

    Liv. 2, 15, 5:

    Cloelia frustrata custodes,

    id. 2, 13, 6:

    saepe jam me spes frustrata est,

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 37; Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1; cf.:

    sat adhuc tua nos frustrata est fides,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 11:

    exspectationem frustrari et differre,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 2:

    improbas spes hominum,

    id. ib. 8, 18, 3:

    spem mercantium (opp. explere),

    Suet. Aug. 75:

    frustratus vincula,

    i. e. escaped from them, Sol. 1.— Poet.:

    o numquam frustrata vocatus hasta meos,

    hast never deceived me invoking thee, Verg. A. 12, 95; cf. Stat. S. 1, 2, 62: inceptus clamor frustratur hiantes, deceives, i. e. dies away from their lips, Verg. A. 6, 493.— Absol.:

    Cocceius vide ne frustretur,

    Cic. Att. 12, 18, 3; Lucr. 4, 571.—
    (β).
    In the act. form:

    non frustrabo vos, milites, Caes. Fragm. ap. Diomed. p. 395 P.: atque i se quom frustrant, frustrari alios stolidi existumant,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 19; Liv. 7, 38, 9; cf.: qui ventrem frustrarunt suum, Pompon. ap. Non. 473, 18:

    frustrantia dona,

    fruitless, bootless, Prud. Apoth. 640. — Pass.: frustramur, irridemur, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.: ignavissimi quique tenuissima spe frustrantur, Sall. Or. Licin. med.; so,

    frustratus spe continuandi consulatus,

    Vell. 2, 21, 2; for which: frustratus a spe, Fenest. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

    variis dilationibus frustratus,

    Just. 8, 3, 9.—With gen.:

    captionis versutae et excogitatae frustratus,

    Gell. 5, 10, 16.—
    II.
    Transf., to make vain, of no effect, or useless (post-Aug. and very rare):

    imprudenter facta opera frustrantur impensas,

    Col. 1, 1, 2; cf.

    laborem, id. praef. § 22: in se implicati arborum rami lento vimine frustrabantur ictus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > frustror

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