morbum+nep

qui, quae, quod (old forms: nom. quei; gen. quojus; dat. quoi, and in inscrr. QVOEI, QVOIEI, and QVEI; abl. qui; plur. ques or queis; fem. QVAI; neutr. qua; dat. and abl. queis and quĭs.—Joined with cum: quocum, quācum, quicum, quibuscum;

rarely cum quo,

Liv. 7, 33:

cum quibus,

id. 4, 5. — Placed also before other prepositions: quas contra, quem propter, etc.; v. h. praepp.), pron.

Interrog., who? which? what? what kind or sort of a? (adjectively; while quis, quid is used substantively; qui, of persons, asks for the character, quis usu. for the name).

In direct questions: quae haec daps est? qui festus dies? what sort of a feast? what kind of a festival? Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 752 P. (a transl. of Hom. Od. 1, 225: tis daïs, tis de homilos hod epleto; cf. Herm. Doctr. Metr. p. 619): Th. Quis fuit igitur? Py. Iste Chaerea. Th. Qui Chaerea? what Chærea? Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 8:

qui color, nitor, vestitus?

id. ib. 2, 2, 11:

qui cantus dulcior inveniri potest? quod carmen aptius? qui actor in imitandā veritate jucundior?

Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 34:

virgo, quae patria est tua?

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 88:

occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?

what sort of a person? Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96.—

In indirect discourse:

scribis te velle scire, qui sit rei publicae status,

what is the state of the country, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:

quae cura boum, qui cultus habendo Sit pecori... Hinc canere incipiam,

Verg. G. 1, 3:

iste deus qui sit da, Tityre, nobis,

id. E. 1, 18; 2, 19; 3, 8; id. A. 3, 608:

nescimus qui sis,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 20:

qui sit, qui socium fraudarit, consideremus,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 17.—

Rel., who, which, what, that, referring to a substantive or pronoun as antecedent.

As a simple rel.

With antecedent expressed:

habebat ducem Gabinium, quīcum quidvis rectissime facere posset,

Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

ille vir, cui patriae salus dulcior fuit,

id. Balb. 5, 11:

vir acer, cui, etc.,

id. Brut. 35, 135:

vir optimus, qui, etc.,

id. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

Priscus, vir cujus, etc.,

Liv. 4, 46, 10; 23, 7, 4:

quod ego fui ad Trasimenum, id tu hodie es,

id. 30, 30, 12:

collaria, quae vocantur maelium,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 15:

coloniam, quam Fregellas appellent,

Liv. 8, 23:

sucus, quem opobalsamum vocant,

Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 116:

sidere, quod Caniculam appellavimus,

id. 18, 28, 68, § 272. —

With pronom. antecedent understood: QVI IN IVS VOCABIT, IVMENTVM DATO, Lex XII. Tabularum: SI ADORAT FVRTO, QVOD NEC MANIFESTVM ESCIT, ib. tab. 2, 1. 8:

novistine hominem? ridicule rogitas, quīcum una cibum capere soleo,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60:

beati, quīs contigit, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 95:

fac, qui ego sum, esse te,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1. —

The rel. freq. agrees with the foll. word:

est locus in carcere, quod Tullianum appellatur,

Sall. C. 55, 3:

ealoca, quae Numidia appellatur,

id. J. 18, 11:

exstat ejus peroratio, qui epilogus dicitur,

Cic. Brut. 33, 127:

justa gloria, qui est fructus virtutis,

id. Pis. 24, 57:

domicilia conjuncta, quas urbes dicimus,

id. Sest. 42, 91. —

Sometimes it agrees with the logical, not the grammatical antecedent:

ne tu me arbitrare beluam, qui non novisse possim, quīcum aetatem exegerim,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 112:

ubi est scelus qui me perdidit?

Ter. And. 3, 5, 1:

hoc libro circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11:

abundantia earum rerum, quae prima mortales ducunt,

Sall. J. 41, 1; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:

illa furia muliebrium relligionum, qui, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 9, 15: alteram alam mittit, qui satagentibus occurrerent, Auct. B. Afr. 78. —

Relating to a remote subject:

annis ferme DX post Romam conditam Livius fabulam dedit... anno ante natum Ennium: qui (sc. Livius) fuit major natu quam Plautus et Naevius,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; v. the commentators ad loc.; Liv. 21, 26, 2; 31, 38, 10; 37, 14, 2; cf. Krehl ad Prisc. 2, 9, § 48, p. 91.—

The antecedent is sometimes repeated after the rel.:

erant itinera duo, quibus itineribus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6. —

In a question, with ne affixed: sed ubi Artotrogus hic est? Art. Stat propter virum fortem... Mil. Quemne ego servavi in campis Curculioniis? whom I saved? Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 9:

quemne ego vidi?

whom I saw? Ter. And. 4, 4, 29.—

With an accessory signif., causal or final, joined to the subj.

As, because, seeing that, since:

Actio maluimus iter facere pedibus, qui incommodissime navigassemus,

Cic. Att. 5, 9, 1:

hospes, qui nihil suspicaretur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64;

ingrata es, ore quae caput nostro Incolume abstuleris,

Phaedr. 1, 8, 11.—

Qui, with the subj., also follows dignus, indignus, aptus, idoneus, etc., answering the question, to or for what? dignus est, qui imperet, i. e. to, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

dignum esse dicunt, quīcum in tenebris mices,

id. Off. 3, 19, 77:

socios haud indignos judicas, quos in fidem receptos tuearis,

Liv. 23, 43:

idoneus nemo fuit quem imitarere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41.—

Also after demonstrr. or clauses expressing or implying a quality or degree which is defined or explained in the rel.-clause:

qui potest temperantiam laudare is, qui ponat summum bonum in voluptate?

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:

nullo modo videre potest quicquam esse utile, quod non honestum sit,

id. ib. 3, 19, 77:

non sumus ii, quibus nihil verum esse videatur,

id. N. D. 1, 5, 12:

nunc dicis aliquid quod ad rem pertineat,

id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:

quis potest esse tam mente captus, qui neget?

as that, that, to, id. Cat. 3, 9.—

To express a purpose, design, in order that, to:

sunt autem multi, qui eripiunt aliis, quod aliis largiantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 14, 43:

Caesar equitatum praemisit, qui viderent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15:

domi creant decem praetores, qui exercitui praeessent,

Nep. Milt. 1, 4. —

The rel. serves as a connective, instead of is, ea, id, with a conj.:

res loquitur ipsa, quae semper valet plurimum,

and this, Cic. Mil. 20, 53:

ratio docet esse deos, quo concesso, confitendum est, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 30, 75.—

The rel. sometimes means, by virtue of, according to, such:

quae tua natura est,

according to your disposition, Cic. Fam. 13, 78, 2:

qui meus amor in te est,

such is my love, id. ib. 7, 2, 1.—

In neutr. sing.

Quod signifies,

As much as, as far as, what, = quantum:

adjutabo quod potero,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 7:

cura, quod potes, ut valeas,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6:

quae tibi mandavi, velim ut cures, quod sine molestiā tuā facere poteris,

id. Att. 1, 5, 7:

tu tamen, quod poteris, nos consiliis juvabis,

id. ib. 10, 2, 2; 11, 2, 2; 11, 12, 4; id. Fam. 3, 2, 2:

nihil cuiquam, quod suum dici vellet,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36:

(Epicurus) se unus, quod sciam, sapientem profiteri est ausus,

id. Fin. 2, 3, 7:

quod tuo commodo fiat,

id. Fam 4, 2, 4: quod litteris exstet, [p. 1511] id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:

quod sciam,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 14:

quod ad me attinet,

as far as depends on me, for my part, Cic. Rosc. Am. 42, 122.— With ellips. of attinet: quod ad Caesarem crebri et non belli de eo rumores, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7; Varr. L. L. 5, § 57 Müll.—With gen.:

quod operae,

so much trouble, Cic. Off. 1, 6, 19:

quod aeris,

Liv. 8, 20. —

Wherein:

si quid est, Quod mea opera opus sit vobis,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 23.—

Quo, abl. neutr., with compp. (with or without hoc, eo, or tanto): quo... eo, by how much, by so much, the... the:

quo difficilius, hoc praeclarius,

Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64.—

Indef., any one, any; with si, num, ne, v. quis:

quaeritur, num quod officium aliud alio majus sit,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 7:

si qui graviore vulnere accepto equo deciderat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

nisi si qui publice ad eam rem constitutus esset,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65:

(BACANALIA) SEI QVA SVNT, S. C. de Bacchan.: ne qui forte putet,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 8.

quī, adv. interrog., rel. and indef. [old abl. of 1. qui].

Interrog., in what manner? how? whereby? by what means? why?

In direct questions:

quī minus eadem histrioni sit lex quae summo viro?

Plaut. Am. prol. 76:

Quī, amabo?

id. Bacch. 1, 1, 19:

quī scire possum?

id. ib. 2, 2, 13:

Quī in mentem venit tibi istuc facinus facere?

id. ib. 4, 4, 31:

Quī non?

id. ib. 5, 2, 44:

quī vero dupliciter?

id. Mil. 2, 3, 25:

quī vero?

id. Merc. 2, 3, 60:

quī scis?

Ter. And. 2, 1, 2:

quī istuc facere potuit?

id. Eun. 4, 3, 15:

quī potui melius?

id. Ad. 2, 2, 7:

sed nos deum nisi sempiternum intellegere quī possumus?

Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 25:

quī potest esse in ejusmodi trunco sapientia?

id. ib. 1, 30, 84:

quī potest?

id. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

quī ego minus in Africam traicerem,

Liv. 28, 43, 18.—

In indirect questions:

nimis demiror, quī illaec me donatum esse aureā paterā sciat,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 133:

quī istuc credam ita esse, mihi dici velim,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 15:

nec quī hoc mihi eveniat scio,

id. Hec. 2, 3, 6:

neque videre, quī conveniat,

Liv. 42, 50. —

In curses (cf. Gr. pôs, and Lat. utinam), how, would that, if but: quī illum di deaeque magno mactassint malo, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 14 (Trag. Rel. v. 377 Vahl.):

quī te Juppiter dique omnes perduint!

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 31:

quī istum di perdant!

id. Trin. 4, 2, 78:

quī te di omnes perdant!

id. ib. 4, 2, 155; Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 73.—Ellipt.:

quī illi di irati!

Cic. Att. 4, 7, 1.—

Rel., wherewith, whereby, wherefrom, how (referring to all genders and both numbers).

In gen.: date ferrum, quī me animā privem, Enn. ap. Non. p. 474, 30 (Trag. Rel. v. 233 Vahl.):

patera, quī Pterela potitare rex est solitus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 104; 1, 3, 37:

sucophantia, quī admutiletur miles,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 172; id. Capt. 1, 1, 33; 3, 4, 24:

mihi dari... vehicla quī vehar,

id. Aul. 3, 5, 28:

multa concurrunt simul, Quī conjecturam hanc facio,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 32:

in tantā paupertate decessit, ut quī efferretur, vix reliquerit,

Nep. Arist. 3, 2.—

Esp., of price, at what price, for how much, = quanti:

indica minumo daturus quī sis, quī duci queat,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 41:

quī datur, tanti indica,

id. ib. 4, 4, 109:

ut quantum possit quīque liceat veneant,

id. Men. 3, 3, 25.—

Transf., that, in order that: Ca. Restim volo mihi emere. Ps. Quam ob rem? Ca. Quī me faciam pensilem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 87:

ut det, quī fiamus liberi,

id. Aul. 2, 4, 31:

facite, fingite, invenite, efficite, quī detur tibi: Ego id agam, mihi quī ne detur,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 34 sq. —

Indef. (only with particles of emphasis and assurance; cf. Gr. pôs, and v. Fleck. Krit. Misc. p. 28; Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 811; Brix ad Plaut. Capt. 550), in some way, somehow, surely (ante-class.); with hercle:

hercle quī, ut tu praedicas, Cavendumst me aps te irato,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 58:

hercle quī multo improbiores sunt, quam a primo credidi,

id. Most. 3, 2, 139:

hercle quī aequom postulabat senex,

id. Stich. 4, 1, 53; id. Men. 2, 3, 74.—With edepol:

edepol quī te de isto multi cupiunt nunc mentirier,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 184:

edepol quī quom hanc magis contemplo, magis placet,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 15; id. Am. 2, 2, 144.—With at (cf. atquī), and yet, but somehow: Gr. Non audio. Tr. At pol quī audies, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 9; id. Am. 2, 2, 73.— With quippe: horum tibi istic nihil eveniet, quippe quī ubi quod subripias nihil est, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 22:

ea nimiast ratio, quippe quī certo scio, etc.,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 49:

quippe quī Magnarum saepe id remedium aegritudinumst,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 27.—With ut:

an id est sapere, ut quī beneficium a benevolente repudies?

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 11:

et eum morbum mi esse, ut quī med opus sit insputarier?

id. Capt. 3, 4, 21; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 49.

sē-jungo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a., to disunite, disjoin (cf.: abjungo and disjungo); to part, sever, separate, divide (class.; syn.: sepono, secerno, removeo).

Lit.:

sejungi seque gregari,

Lucr. 1, 452; cf.:

sejunge te aliquando ab iis, cum quibus te non tuum judicium, sed temporum vincla conjunxerunt,

Cic. Fam. 10, 6, 2:

Alpes quae Italiam a Galliā sejungunt,

Nep. Hann. 3, 4:

sejuncta sint omnia a principiis,

Lucr. 2, 861; cf. id. 1, 432 (with secretum):

aliquem ex fortissimorum civium numero,

Cic. Vatin. 10, 26.—With abl.:

sejungere matrem Jam gelidis nequeo bustis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 241 (cf. infra, II., and v. segrego, II. B.). —With simple acc.:

quae (intervalla) non animalia solum Corpora sejungunt, sed terras ac mare totum Secernunt,

Lucr. 2, 728; cf.

mid.: discedere ac sejungi promunturia, quae antea juncta fuerant, arbitrere,

to part, separate, Just. 4, 1, 18.—

Trop., to separate, part, sever, etc. (a favorite word of Cic.):

quam (Fortunam) nemo ab inconstantiā et temeritate sejunget, quae digna certe non sunt deo,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 61; cf.:

(divum natura) Semota a nostris rebus sejunctaque longe,

Lucr. 2, 648:

defensio sejuncta a voluntate ac sententiā legis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 193:

orator a philosophorum eloquentiā,

id. Or. 20, 68:

rhetorice a bono viro atque ab ipsā virtute,

Quint. 2, 17, 31:

exercitatio procul a veritate,

id. 8, 3, 23:

fortuna ab eo,

Nep. Att. 10, 5:

a spe pariendarum voluptatum sejungi,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 66:

liberalitatem ac benignitatem ab ambitu atque largitione,

id. de Or. 2, 25, 105:

morbum ab aegrotatione,

id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29:

istam calamitatem a rei publicae periculis,

id. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

se a verborum libertate,

id. Cael. 3, 8 (but in Tac. Or. 11 the correct read. is dejungere).—With abl.:

cui Corpore sejunctus dolor absit,

Lucr. 2, 18:

laribus sejuncta potestas Exulat,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 407.

augĕo, auxi, auctum, 2, v. a. and n. ( perf subj. auxitis = auxeritis, Liv. 29, 27: auceta: saepe aucta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 25 Müll.; v. Müll. ad h. l.) [Gr. auxô auxanô; Lith. augu, and augmu = growth; Sanscr. vaksh; Goth. vahsjan, and auka = growth; Germ. wachsen; Engl. wax; also allied to vegeo vegetus, vigeo vigor, vigil [p. 204] v. Curt. pp. 67, 186 sq., and Bopp, Gloss. p. 304 b].

Act., to increase, to nourish (orig., to produce, bring forth that not already in existence; in which signification only the derivative auctor is now found).

1.. To increase, enlarge, augment, strengthen, advance that which is already in existence (class. in prose and poetry; syn.: adaugeo, amplio, amplifico): Quicquid est hoc, omnia animat, format, alit, auget, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131:

cibus auget corpus alitque,

Lucr. 1, 859:

redductum (animale genus) daedala tellus alit atque auget generatim pabula praebens,

id. 1, 229; 5, 220; 5, 322;

6, 946: virīs,

id. 6, 342:

in augendā re,

Cic. Rab. Post. 2; 14; so,

in augendā obruitur re,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 68:

rem strenuus auge,

increase your gains, id. ib. 1, 7, 71:

opes,

Nep. Thras. 2, 4:

possessiones,

id. Att. 12, 2:

divitias,

Vulg. Prov 22, 16:

dotem et munera,

ib. Gen. 34, 12:

rem publicam agris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 18; so Tac. H 1, 79:

aerarium,

id. A. 3, 25:

vallum et turres,

id. H. 4, 35:

classem,

Suet. Ner. 3:

tributa,

id. Vesp. 16:

pretium,

Vulg. Ezech. 16, 31:

numerum,

Suet. Aug. 37, and Vulg. Deut. 20, 19 al.:

morbum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 54:

suspitionem,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 46; Suet. Tit. 5:

industriam,

Ter. Ad. prol. 25:

molestiam,

Cic. Fl. 12:

dolorem alicui,

id. Att. 11, 22 vitium ventris, id. Cael. 19:

peccatum,

Vulg. Exod. 9, 34:

furorem,

ib. Num. 32, 14:

benevolentiam,

Cic. Lael. 9, 30: animum alicujus, to increase one ' s courage, id. Att. 10, 14; so,

animos,

Stat. Th. 10, 23:

vocem,

to strengthen, raise, Suet. Claud. 33; id. Ner. 20' hostias, to increase, multiply, id. Aug. 96:

ego te augebo et multiplicabo,

Vulg. Gen. 48, 4 al. — Poet.:

nuper et istae Auxerunt volucrum victae certamine turbam,

i. e. have been changed into birds, Ov. M. 5, 301.—

Trop., to magnify, to exalt, to extol, embellish, to praise (syn.:

laudo, laude afficere, verbis extollere, orno): homo tenuis non verbis auget suum munus, sed etiam extenuat,

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

aliquid augere atque ornare,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94; so,

rem laudando,

id. Brut. 12, 47:

munus principis,

Plin. Pan. 38 al. —

Aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re, to furaish abundantly with something, to heap upon, give to, to enrich, endow, bless, load with: lunae pars ignibus aucta, the part that is entirely filled with fire, Lucr 5, 722: 3. 630: Tantā laetitiā auctus sum, ut nil constet, poët, ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14 oaque vos omnia bene juvetis, bonis auctibus auxitis, old form of prayer in Liv. 29, 27:

alter te scientia augere potest, altera exemplis,

the one can enrich you with learning, the other furnish you with examples, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1:

aliquid divitiis,

id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

commodis,

id. Phil. 11, 14 fin.:

senectus augeri solet consilio, auctoritate, sententiā,

id. Sen. 6, 17:

gratulatione,

id. Phil. 14, 6:

honore,

id. ib. 9, 6:

honoribus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 11; so Tac. A. 6, 8:

honoribus praemiisque,

Suet. Caes. 52; id. Vit. 5: augeri damno, to be enriched with a loss (said comically), Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 15:

liberalitate,

Tac. A. 3, 8:

largitione,

id. ib. 13, 18:

nomine imperatorio,

id. ib. 1, 3:

cognomento Augustae,

id. ib. 12, 26 et saep.—Also without abl.:

Di me equidem omnes adjuvant, augent, amant,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 27, and id. Ep. 2, 2, 8:

aliquem augere atque ornare,

to advance, Cic. Fam. 7, 17:

aut augendi alterius aut minuendi sui causā aliquid dicere,

id. Part. Or. 6, 22 solum te commendat augetque temporis spatium, honors, Plin. Pan. 24; so id. ib. 26; Suet. Claud. 12.—

In the lang. of religion, t. t. (like mactare, adolere, etc.), to honor, reverence, worship by offerings:

Aliquid cedo, Qui vicini hanc nostram augeam aram [Apoliinis],

Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 10:

si quā ipse meis venatibus auxi, etc.,

Verg. A. 9, 407.—

Neutr., to grow, increase, become greater (rare; syn.: augesco, cresco, incresco; on this use of vbs. com. act., v. Ellis ad Cat. 22, 11): eo res eorum auxit, Cato ap. Gell. 18, 12, 7:

usque adeo parcunt fetus augentque labore,

Lucr. 2, 1163:

ignoscendo populi Romani magnitudinem auxisse,

Sall. H. 1 (Fragm. Orat. Philipp. contra Lepid. §

6): O decus eximium magnis virtutibus augens,

Cat. 64, 323:

balnea Romae ad infinitum auxere numerum,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; 2, 16, 13, § 71:

veram potentiam augere,

Tac. A. 4, 41 (Halm, augeri).—Hence, auctus, a, um, P. a., enlarged, increased, great, abundant; in posit. only as subst.:

auctum vocabatur spatium, quod super definitum modum victoriae adjungitur,

Paul. Ex Fest. p. 14 Müll. — Comp.:

tanto mi aegritudo auctior est in animo,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 2:

auctior est animi vis,

Lucr. 3, 450:

auctior et amplior majestas,

Liv. 4, 2; 3, 68; 25, 16:

auctius atque Di melius fecere,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 3.—

* Sup.: auctissima basis, Treb. Gall. 18.— Adv. probably not in use, for in App. Met. 4, p. 290 Oud., altius is the correct reading.

prĕcor, ātus ( gen. plur. precantūm, Ov. M. 12, 33; Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 2), 1, v. dep. n. and a. [root Sanscr. pracch- prask-, to ask; Germ. fragen; v. posco].

To ask, beg, entreat, pray, supplicate, request, invoke, call upon, beseech; to sue, say, or speak as a suppliant (class.; syn.: oro, rogo, supplico).

With acc. of the person addressed:

qui ne precari quidem Jovem optimum maximum possit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71; id. Balb. 24, 55:

deos colere, precari, venerarique,

id. N. D. 1, 42, 119:

quid veneramur, quid precamur deos,

id. ib. 1, 44, 122; id. Cat. 2, 13, 29:

deos tacite malumus et intra nos ipsos precari,

Sen. Ben. 2, 1, 4:

Nyctelium patrem precare,

Ov. A. A. 1, 567.—

With dat. of person in whose behalf:

bona omnia populo Romano,

Liv. 24, 16, 10:

longum Augusto precare diem,

Prop. 3, 9, 49 (4, 10, 50).—

With pro and abl. of person prayed for:

ut jure sacerdotii precari deos pro te publice possim, quos nunc precor pietate privatā,

Plin. Ep. 10, 13 (8) fin.:

pro necessario ac propinquo suo,

Curt. 5, 3, 14:

pro nobis mitte precari,

Ov. M. 3, 614:

pro te,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1; Aug. Ep. 175, 5.—

With acc. of thing prayed for:

haec precatus sum,

Cic. Pis. 20, 46:

hortatur pater veniam precari,

Verg. A. 3, 144:

tibi di, quaecunque preceris commoda dent,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 75:

date quae precamur,

id. C. S. 3:

vitam,

Vell. 2, 79, 5; 2, 85, 5:

saepe precor mortem,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 59.—So with two acc.:

quod precarer deos,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 9:

ut quod deos precati eritis,

Liv. 40, 46, 9:

quid habeo aliud deos immortales precari, quam ut, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 58 fin. —

With ut, ne, quominus, or ( poet.) subj. alone:

ut fas sit vidisse, tacitus precatur,

Sen. Ep. 115, 4:

deosque precetur et oret, ut,

Hor. A. P. 200; Cic. Dom. 57, 144; Curt. 7, 2, 31; Liv. 24, 5, 5; 25, 25, 6; 26, 25, 13:

pro se quisque precari coepere, ne festinatione periculum augeret,

Curt. 3, 5, 14:

precare ne jubeant, etc.,

Ov. A. A. 1, 568:

si id non probares, quominus ambo unā necaremini non precarere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

hoc quoque, dux operis, moneas, precor,

Ov. F. 4, 247:

det solum miserae mite, precare, fuge,

id. P. 2, 2, 68:

tandem venias precamur,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 30:

reddas incolumem precor,

id. ib. 1, 3, 7; id. Epod. 3, 20.—

With ab and abl. of person addressed:

precor ab iis ut, etc.,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 5:

hoc a diis immortalibus precari, ut, etc.,

Nep. Timol. 5, 2:

quae precatus a diis sum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1: ab indigno, id. [p. 1440] Lael. 16, 57:

esse stultitiam, a quibus bona precaremur, ab iis dantibus nolle sumere,

id. N. D. 3, 34, 84.—

With acc. of the prayer:

te bonas preces precor, uti sies volens propitius mihi,

Cato, R. R. 139; cf. id. ib. 132, 2.—

With object-clause:

sibi et vicinis serere se,

Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 131:

numquam placidas esse precarer aquas,

Ov. H. 19, 82.—

With ad:

di, ad quos precentur ac supplicent,

make supplications, Liv. 38, 43.—

Absol.:

fata deūm flecti precando,

Verg. A. 6, 376; so freq. in part. pres.:

mitis precanti,

Stat. Th. 1, 189:

verba precantia,

Ov. M. 7, 590:

manum precantem Protendere,

Verg. A. 12, 930:

oliva,

Stat. Th. 2, 478:

eum sororem dedisse Prusiae precanti,

Liv. 42, 12, 4;

and parenthetically: gnatique patrisque, Alma, precor, miserere,

Verg. A. 6, 117:

parce, precor,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 2; Ov. H. 16, 11; id. Am. 3, 9, 67:

per hoc decus, precor,

Hor. Epod. 5, 7.—

In partic., to wish well or ill to any one, to hail, salute, or address one with a wish, alicui aliquid (class.).

Of good wishes:

sic exire e patriā, ut omnes sui cives salutem, incolumitatem, reditum precentur,

Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

cape, Roma, triumphum, Et longum Augusto salva precare diem,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 50:

nos perpetuam felicitatem reipublicae precari,

Suet. Aug. 58: sibi et suis euthanasian similem precabatur, id. ib. 97:

alicui immortalitatem,

Curt. 8, 5, 16:

permittamus vela ventis et oram solventibus bene precemur,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—

Of evil wishes, imprecations; with mala, male, etc., to curse, invoke evil upon:

neque, si umquam vobis mala precarer, morbum aut mortem aut cruciatum precarer,

Cic. Pis. 19, 43:

quod tibi evenit, ut omnes male precarentur,

id. ib. 14, 33:

(Ajax) mala multa precatus Atridis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 203:

male precari,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 11:

pergin' precari pessimo,

id. As. 2, 4, 71; cf.:

audisti quae malo principi precamur,

Plin. Pan. 94, 2.—( Act. form prĕco, āre, Prisc. p. 779 P.; partic. precatus, as passive, Juvenc. 3, 85; cf. Varr. ap. Non. 480, 27.)

rĕcĭdo, reccidi (better than recidi; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14), cāsum (recasurus, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 12; Suet. Aug. 96; Gai. Inst. 1, 127), 3 (with e long, Lucr. 1, 857; 1063; 5, 280; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44; Ov. M. 6, 212; 10, 18; 180; id. R. Am. 611; Juv. 12, 54; Phaedr. 3, 18, 15 al.;

prob., also,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54, and Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39; v. the art. re), v. n., to fall back (class., and very freq., esp. in the trop. signif.; but not found in Virg. or Hor.).

Lit.: neque posse e terris in loca caeli Recidere inferiora, Lucr. 1, 1063:

quia et recidant omnia in terras et oriantur e terris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum reccidisse,

had sprung back, recoiled, id. Div. 1, 54, 123:

quem (discum) libratum in auras Misit... Recidit in solidam longo post tempore terram Pondus,

Ov. M. 10, 180:

etiam si recta recciderat (navis),

Liv. 24, 34; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44 et saep.:

in collum Benjamin,

Vulg. Gen. 45, 14.— Absol.:

amictum recidentem,

Quint. 11, 3, 162.—

Trop., to fall back, return:

in graviorem morbum recidere,

to relapse, Liv. 24, 29;

so alone: ab his me remediis noli in istam turbam vocare, ne recidam,

Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; cf.:

(quartanae) ne recidant,

Plin. 28, 16, 66, § 228:

post interitum Tatii cum ad eum (sc. Romulum) potentatus omnis reccidisset,

Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

praestat in eandem illam recidere fortunam,

id. Sest. 69, 146; cf.:

Syracusae in antiquam servitutem recciderunt,

Liv. 24, 32 fin.:

quippe celebratam Macedonum fortitudinem ad ludibrium reccidisse verebatur,

Curt. 9, 7, 23:

in invidiam,

Nep. Alcib. 7, 1.—So freq. of an evil, to fall back, recoil upon any one, esp. upon the author of it: omnes in te istaec recident contumeliae, * Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54:

ut hujus amentiae poena in ipsum familiamque ejus recidat,

Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 10:

suspicionem in vosmet ipsos recidere,

id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79: hunc casum ad ipsos recidere posse demonstrant, * Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

quae in adversarios recidunt,

Quint. 9, 2, 49:

quod in ipsam recidat,

Ov. M. 6, 212:

consilia in ipsorum caput recidentia,

Liv. 36, 29; cf. Curt. 9, 5, 25:

periculosa et adversa cuncta in illos recasura,

Suet. Aug. 96:

in me haec omnia mala recciderunt,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 36. —

(With the idea of cadere predominating.) To fall somewhere, to light upon, happen, occur, = redigi; constr. with ad, in, or an adv. of direction.

With ad:

ex laetitiā et voluptate ad ludum et lacrimas,

Cic. Sull. 32, 91: ex liberatore patriae ad Aquilios se Vitelliosque reccidisse, had sunk to a level with the Aquilii and Vitellii, i. e. had come to be regarded as a traitor, Liv. 2, 7: sinere artem musicam Recidere ad paucos, to fall into the possession of a few, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39:

tantum apparatum ad nihilum recidere,

to come to naught, Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

ad nilum,

Lucr. 1, 857; Cic. Or. 70, 233:

ad nihil,

id. Att. 4, 16, 12.—

With in, Lucr. 5, 280:

quae (tela), si viginti quiessem dies, in aliorum vigiliam consulum reccidissent,

Cic. Planc. 37, 90; cf. id. Att. 1, 1, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19:

rex ut in eam fortunam recideret,

Liv. 44, 31 fin.:

omnis impensa in cassum recidat,

Col. 4, 3, 5:

mundi, In quem reccidimus, quidquid mortale creamur,

Ov. M. 10, 18.—

With an adv. of direction:

huccine tandem omnia recciderunt, ut civis Romanus... in foro virgis caederetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:

eo regiae majestatis imperium,

Liv. 4, 2:

eo res,

Quint. 2, 10, 3:

illuc, ut, etc.,

Juv. 12, 54:

ex quantis opibus quo reccidissent Carthaginiensium res,

Liv. 30, 42:

pleraque, quo debuerint, reccidisse,

id. 25, 31; cf. id. 4, 2:

quorsum responsum recidat,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 43.

rĕ-cīdo, di, sum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut away, cut down, cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

vepres,

Cato, R. R. 2, 4; cf.:

malleolos ad imum articulum,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160:

sceptrum imo de stirpe,

Verg. A. 12, 208;

for which: laurum imā stirpe,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 76 (cf. II.):

ceras inanes,

empty cells, Verg. G. 4, 241:

hirsutam barbam falce,

Ov. M. 13, 766:

caput,

id. ib. 9, 71:

immedicabile vulnus Ense recidendum est,

id. ib. 1, 191:

pollicem alicui,

Quint. 8, 5, 12:

comas,

Mart. 1, 32, 4; cf.

capillos,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27 fin.:

ungues,

Plin. 10, 35, 52, § 106:

columnas,

to hew out, Hor. C. 2, 18, 4:

fustes,

id. ib. 3, 6, 40:

ancile ab omni parte recisum,

Ov. F. 3, 377:

mella,

i. e. to take out, Pall. Jun. 7, 2.—

Of persons: cuncti simul ense recisi,

cut down, Luc. 2, 194.— Poet.:

fulgorem sideribus,

to rob the stars of their brightness, Stat. Th. 12, 310:

gramina morsu,

to devour, Calp. Ecl. 2, 45.—

Trop. (borrowed from agriculture), to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish:

perquam multa recidam ex orationibus Ciceronis,

Quint. 12, 10, 52; cf. id. 12, 10, 55:

inanem loquacitatem,

id. 10, 5, 22: ambitiosa [p. 1532] ornamenta, Hor. A. P. 447:

omne quod ultra Perfectum traheretur,

id. S. 1, 10, 69: nationes partim recisas, partim repressas, * Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31:

mercedes scaenicorum,

Suet. Tib. 34 init.:

armaturas mirmillonum,

to lessen, id. Calig. 55:

ornandi potestatem,

Quint. 2, 16, 4:

facultatem aliter acquirendi,

id. 12, 7, 10:

impedimenta,

to diminish, obviate, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; cf.

occupationes,

Sen. Q. N. 3 praef.:

culpam supplicio,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 34; cf.:

cum magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,

id. S. 1, 3, 123: vitia a stirpe, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 56; and:

aliquid priscum ad morem,

i. e. to reduce within the limits of ancient manners, Tac. A. 3, 53.—Hence, rĕcīsus, a, um, P.a., shortened, abridged; short, brief:

opus,

Vell. 2, 89, 1:

ea recisa in unum librum coartasse,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 8.— Comp.:

tempus recisius (opp. longius),

Dig. 47, 21, 2.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

vĕl, conj. and adv. [old imv. of volo] prop., will, choose, take your choice; hence,

As disjunctive conjunction, to introduce an alternative as a matter of choice or preference, or as not affecting the principal assertion (while aut introduces an absolute or essential opposition; cf. Madv. Gr. § 436; Zumpt, Gr. § 339; Fischer, Gr. § 383).

Singly.

In gen., or (if you will), or else, or (at your pleasure), or (at least), or (it is indifferent), or (what is the same thing), etc.:

dic igitur me passerculum... haedillum me tuom dic esse vel vitellum,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 77: viginti minis? Ba. Utrum vis, vel quater quinis minis, id. Ps. 1, 3, 111:

lege vel tabellas redde,

id. ib. 1, 1, 29:

in solem ponito vel sine sale in defrutum condito,

Cato, R. R. 7: orabant (sc. Ubii), ut sibi auxilium ferret... vel... exercitum modo Rhenum transportaret, or at least, i. e. or, if he preferred it, Caes. B. G. 4, 16:

ejusmodi conjunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:

in unius voluntate vel moribus,

id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

in unā urbe vel in hac ipsā,

id. ib. 3, 10, 17:

constituere vel conservare,

id. ib. 2, 38, 64:

in ardore caelesti, qui aether vel caelum nominatur,

id. N. D. 2, 15, 41:

transfer idem ad modestiam vel temperantiam,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 60; cf. Madv. ad id. ib. 2, 25, 81:

unum illud extimescebam, ne quid turpiter facerem, vel dicam, jam effecissem,

id. Att. 9, 7, 1: haec neque confirmare argumentis neque refellere in animo est;

ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem,

Tac. G. 3.—

Esp.

With potius, to correct or make more precise what has been said, or rather:

ex hoc populo indomito vel potius immani,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

post obitum vel potius excessum Romuli,

id. ib. 2, 30, 53:

cessit auctoritati amplissimi viri vel potius paruit,

id. Lig. 7, 22:

vide quid licentiae nobis tua liberalitas det, vel potius audaciae,

id. ib. 8, 23:

ludorum plausus vel testimonia potius,

id. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

quam valde ille reditu vel potius reversione meā laetatus!

id. Att. 16, 7, 5; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19:

novem tibi orbibus, vel potius globis conexa sunt omnia,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

plurimas vel potius omnes ex se ipso virtutes contulit,

Quint. 10, 1, 109.—In climax after a negative:

tu certe numquam in hoc ordine vel potius numquam in hac urbe mansisses,

Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 38.—

So corrective, without potius:

sed haec tu melius vel optime omnium,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 7:

clariore vel plane perspicua,

id. Fin. 5, 20, 55; id. Lael. 12, 41:

Capua ab duce eorum Capye, vel. quod propius vero est, a campestri agro appellata,

Liv. 4, 37, 1:

cum P. Decius se in Samnium vel in Etruriam proficisci paratum esse ostendisset,

id. 10, 26, 4.—Esp. in the phrase vel dicam, or let me rather say, or rather:

quando enim nobis, vel dicam aut oratoribus bonis aut poëtis, ullus... ornatus defuit?

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10; id. Brut. 57, 207; id. Cael. 31, 75; id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; id. Att. 9, 7, 1; Suet. Calig. 13.—So intensive, or I may even say (cf. II. A. 3. infra):

omnes binos consules, vel dicam amplius, omnia nomina,

Varr. L. L. 8, p. 106 Bip.:

a plerisque vel dicam ab omnibus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 3; id. Brut. 70, 246.—

Vel etiam, or even:

ut expositio quarundam rerum gestarum vel etiam fabulosarum,

Quint. 4, 3, 12. —

= aut, or else.

With an alternative necessary consequence:

id autem nec nasci potest nec mori, vel concidat omne caelum omnisque natura consistat necesse est,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54 Tischer ad loc.:

vel tu ne faceres tale in adulescentiā,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 22.—

In gen. ( poet. and post class.):

si copias armatorum... secum expenderent, vincendum illā acie vel cadendum esse,

Tac. A. 14, 35:

mortem omnibus ex naturā aequalem oblivione apud posteros vel gloriă distingui,

id. H. 1, 21; cf. id. A. 14, 61; 14, 62:

quod imperium variā sorte laetum rei publicae aut atrox, principibus prosperum vel exitio fuit,

id. H. 2, 1 init.; 2, 10; 2, 68; cf. Ov. M. 9, 624 sq.; 15, 601 sq.—

In a subordinate alternative after aut:

nec aut tibi ipsi aut huic Secundo vel huic Apro ignotas,

Tac. Or. 28:

ne contra Gai quidem aut Claudii vel Neronis... domum,

id. H. 2, 76:

abscedens in hortos aut Tusculanum vel Antiatem in agrum,

id. A. 14, 3 init.:

dementiae quoque judicia aut propter id quod factum est aut propter id quod adhuc fieri vel non fieri potest instituuntur,

Quint. 7, 4, 29.—

As co-ordinate.

Vel... vel, either... or, be it... or; in gen. (class.; but where the alternatives are necessary and exclusive, that is, where one must be right and the other wrong, aut... aut is used; v. infra, and cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 11, 27): sed hic numquis adest? Pa. Vel adest vel non, i. e. just as you please, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28 Brix ad loc.:

paucis me misit ad eam... vel ut ducentos Philippos reddat aureos, vel ut hinc eat secum,

id. Bacch. 4, 1, 18 sq.:

ubi illic biberit, vel servato meum modum vel ego dabo,

id. Stich. 5, 4, 37:

vel tu me vende, vel face quod tibi lubet,

id. Pers. 3, 1, 70:

nunc quamobrem huc sum missa, amabo, vel tu mihi ajas, vel neges,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 44:

Allobrogibus sese vel persuasuros... existimabant, vel vi coacturos, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6:

ut (Romani) vel sibi agros attribuant vel patiantur eos tenere, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 7:

vel sumptuosae vel desidiosae illecebrae,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8:

in omni vel officio vel sermone sollers,

id. ib. 2, 21, 37:

maximum virtutis vel documentum, vel officium,

id. ib. 1, 20, 33:

pace vel Quirini vel Romuli dixerim,

id. Off. 3, 10, 42:

erant quaestiones vel de caede vel de vi,

id. Mil. 5, 13; 7, 20; id. Leg. 3, 14, 32; id. Lig. 6, 17; id. Deiot. 1, 1; 5, 13; id. Brut. 69, 242:

animus vel bello vel paci paratus,

Liv. 1, 1, 8:

hunc ordinem ex censu descripsit vel paci decorum vel bello,

id. 1, 42, 5: Etruriam et Samnium provincias esse;

utram mallet eligeret: suo exercitu se vel in Etruriā vel in Samnio rem gesturum,

id. 10, 19, 9:

gladioque ruptis omnibus loris, oraculi sortem vel elusit vel implevit,

Curt. 3, 1, 18:

nihil illo fuisset excellentius vel in vitiis vel in virtutibus,

Nep. Alcib. 1, 1; 2, 1; id. Milt. 3, 4.—

Connected with aut, but not corresponding to it (cf. infra, 2. e.):

num aut tuum aut cujusquam nostrum nomen vel Caucasum hunc transcendere potuit vel illum Gangem transnatare?

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22:

ubi enim potest illa aetas aut calescere vel apricatione melius vel igni aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius?

id. Sen. 16, 57:

si velim scribere quid aut legere aut canere vel voce vel fidibus, aut geometricum quiddam aut physicum aut dialecticum explicare, etc.,

id. Div. 2, 59, 122.—

Esp.

With weakened disjunctive force (nearly = et... et). quemadmodum ille vel Athenis vel Rhodi se doctissimorum hominum sermonibus dedisset, Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 3:

multos sine ratione, sine litteris, quā vel inpudentia vel fames duxit, ruentes,

Quint. 2, 20, 2:

affectus vel illos mites vel hos concitatos in suā potestate habuisse,

id. 10, 1, 48: eadem quaestio potest eundem vel accusatorem facere vel reum, id. 3, 6, 18: et nundina vetera ex ordine instituit, vel dies vel tempora, Lampr Alex. Sev. 43: pestilentia tanta exstiterat vel Romae, vel Achaicis urbibus, ut, etc., Treb. Gall. 5.—

More than twice, either... or... or, etc. tu vel suda, vel peri algu, vel tu aegrota, vel vale, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 24:

hance tu mihi vel vi vel clam vel precario Fac tradas: meā nil re fert, dum potiar modo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

vel in tempestate, vel in agris, vel in corporibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

vel quod ita vivit vel quod ita rem publicam gerit vel quod ita factus est,

id. Phil. 2, 5, 10:

vel spectator laudum tuarum vel particeps vel socius vel minister consiliorum,

id. Fam. 2, 7, 2; id. Red. Quir. 9, 23;

so eight times,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 6. —

The second (or last) vel strengthened,

By etiam:

quae vel ad usum vitae vel etiam ad ipsam rem publicam conferre possumus,

or even, Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 30; so id. ib. 1, 29, 45; 2, 1, 1; cf.:

ut vel ea defendam, quae Pompejus velit, vel taceam, vel etiam ad nostra me studia referam litterarum,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 3.—

By vero etiam:

in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis, vel vero etiam negotiis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4.—

By omnino: haec vel ad odium, vel ad misericordiam, vel omnino ad animos judicum movendos ex iis quae sunt ante posita, sumentur ( or in general), Cic. Part. Or. 36, 128.—

Rarely after a negative = neque, nor:

neque satis Bruto... vel tribunis militum constabat, quid agerent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14.—

In irregular construction, without the second vel:

utrumque est in his, quod ab hoc oratore abhorreat: vel quod omnis, qui sapientes non sint, insanos esse dicunt... accedit quod, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 65; id. Att. 11, 7, 5; cf. esp. Lucr. 5, 383 sqq. Munro ad loc. —

Vel... vel = aut... aut:

habere ea, quae secundum naturam sint, vel omnia vel plurima et maxima,

i. e. so nearly all that the difference is unimportant, Cic. Fin. 4, 11, 27; cf.

Madv. ad loc.: cum bonā quidem spe, ut ait idem, vel vincendi vel in libertate moriendi,

id. Att. 7, 9, 4.—For vel... vel, in a subordinate alternative after aut, v. the examples under I. B. 1. b. supra.—

Vel, correl. with aut (post-Aug. and rare):

verborum quoque vis ac proprietas confirmatur vel praesumptione... aut reprehensione,

Quint. 9, 2, 18:

voces... aut productione tantum vel correptione mutatae,

id. 9, 3, 69 (but the line Ov. M. 1, 546, is spurious); so,

aut... aut... vel: ut aut de nomine aut scripto et sententiā vel ratiocinatione quaeratur,

Quint. 3, 6, 72:

aut... aut... aut... aut... vel,

id. 8, 6, 68 sq.; cf.:

ubi regnat Protogenes aliquis vel Diphilus aut Erimarchus,

Juv. 3, 120.

As intens. particle (prop. ellipt., implying an alternative the first member of which is omitted, something else or even this, etc.).

In gen., or even, if you will, or indeed, or... itself, even, assuredly, certainly.

With subst.:

tum opsonium autem pol vel legioni sat est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 24; id. Capt. 1, 2, 23; id. Curc. 5, 2, 13:

ita me di ament, vel in lautumiis, vel in pistrino mavelim Agere aetatem, Quam, etc.,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 5: Ep. Si arte poteris accubare. Ge. Vel inter cuneos ferreos, id. Stich. 4, 2, 39:

vel rex semper maxumas Mihi agebat gratias,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 7:

sed tamen vel regnum malo quam liberum populum,

Cic. Rep. 3, 34, 46:

isto quidem modo vel consulatus vituperabilis est,

id. Leg. 3, 10, 23:

cum se vel principes ejus consilii fore profiterentur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 37:

vel Priamo miseranda manus,

Verg. A. 11, 259:

ego vel Prochytam praepono Suburae,

Juv. 3, 5:

facile me paterer vel illo ipso acerrimo judice quaerente vel apud Cassianos judices... pro Sex. Roscio dicere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85:

populus Romanus auctoritatem suam vel contra omnes defendere potest,

even if necessary, id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63:

id se probaturum vel ipso Verginio judice,

Liv. 3, 44, 10:

belli necessitatibus eam patientiam non adhibebimus, quam vel lusus ac voluptas elicere solet?

id. 5, 6, 3:

timebant ne Romana plebs... vel cum servitute pacem acciperet,

even if it should involve their enslavement, id. 2, 9, 5.—

With adjj.: Ch. Pax, te tribus verbis volo. Sy. Vel trecentis, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 122: Ca. Ut opperiare hos sex dies saltem modo... Ba. Animo bono es. Vel sex mensis opperibor, id. Ps. 1, 3, 89; cf.: jam hercle vel ducentae [p. 1964] minae, id. ib. 1, 3, 68;

1, 3, 111: hoc ascensu vel tres armati quamlibet multitudinem arcuerint,

Liv. 9, 24, 7: Ph. Dane suavium? Di. Immo vel decem, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 22:

ego illum eunuchum, si opus sit, vel sobrius,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 26:

si sit opus, vel totum triduom,

id. ib. 2, 1, 17:

haec sunt omnia ingenii vel mediocris,

Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 119.—

With verbs: namque edepol quamvis desubito vel cadus vorti potest, may even be turned over, i. e. will be empty, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 39:

ubi ego hinc abiero, vel occidito,

if you will, even, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 93:

per me vel stertas licet, inquit Carneades, non modo quiescas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93:

ut ipsis sententiis, quibus proluserunt, vel pugnare possint,

id. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

cum vel abundare debeam, cogor mutuari,

id. Att. 15 15, 3—

With pronn.:

videndum erit, quid quisque vel sine nobis aut possit consequi aut non possit,

Cic. Off. 1, 18, 59:

existiment quod velint, ac vel hoc intellegant,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 33:

est tibi ex his ipsis qui assunt bella copia, vel ut a te ipso ordiare,

especially as you can begin with yourself, id. Rep. 2, 40, 67.—

With superlatives, to denote the highest possible degree, the very; the utmost; the most...possible.

With adjj.: hoc invenisset unum ad morbum illum homini vel bellissimum, the very loveliest, the most beautiful possible, Lucil. ap. Non. 527, 28:

vidi in dolore podagrae ipsum vel omnium maximum Stoicorum Posidonium,

Cic. Fragm. ib. 32:

hoc in genere nervorum vel minimum, suavitatis autem est vel plurimum,

the very least... the utmost possible, id. Or. 26, 91:

quarum duarum (civitatum) si adessent (legationes), duo crimina vel maxima minuerentur,

id. Div. in Caecil. 5, 14:

patre meā sententiā vel eloquentissimo temporibus illis,

the most eloquent possible, id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:

quod erat ad obtinendam potentiam nobilium vel maximum, vehementer id retinebatur,

id. Rep. 2, 32, 56:

cujus (sc. Hannibalis) eo tempore vel maxima apud regem auctoritas erat,

Liv. 36, 41, 2:

vident unum senatorem vel tenuissimum esse damnatum,

Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 46:

fora templaque occupabantur, ut vel exspectatissimi triumphi laetitia praecipi posset,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 51:

sed vel potentissima apud Amphictyonas aequi tractatio est,

Quint. 5, 10, 118; 11, 1, 81.—

With advv.:

vel studiosissime quaerere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15:

cum Sophocles vel optime scripserit Electram,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

vel maxime confirmare,

id. N. D. 2, 65, 162; so,

vel maxime,

id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; id. de Or. 1, 8, 32; id. Att. 9, 12, 3; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 4, 3, 4.—

In adding an instance implying that other instances might be mentioned at will, or this one; for instance, for example, as for example, in particular:

Per pol quam paucos reperias Fideles amatores... Vel hic Pamphilus jurabat quotiens Bacchidi, etc.,

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 3:

vel heri in vino quam inmodestus fuisti,

id. Heaut. 3, 3, 7: nullast tam facilis res quin difficilis siet Quom invitus facias;

vel me haec deambulatio... ad languorum dedit,

id. ib. 4, 6, 1:

sed suavis accipio litteras, vel quas proxime acceperam, quam prudentis!

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 1:

cujus innumerabilia sunt exempla, vel Appii majoris illius, qui, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 70, 284.—

Concessive.

With superlatives, perhaps:

adulescens vel potentissimus nostrae civitatis,

Cic. Rosc. A. 2, 6:

domus vel optima Messanae, notissima quidem certe,

the best known, at any rate, if not the finest, id. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3.—

= saltem, at least:

quā re etsi minus veram causam habebis, tamen vel probabilem aliquam poteris inducere,

Cic. Fam. 11, 22, 2:

plurimi semetipsos exhortantur vel aliquas partes earum (scientiarum) addiscere, quamvis universas percipere non possint,

Col. 11, 1, 11:

ac, ni flexisset animos, vel Aegypti praefecturam concedi sibi oraret,

Suet. Ner. 47:

ut messe vel unā releves colla perusta,

Mart. 10, 12, 5; Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 8; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 43.