nancisci

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ăd-ĭpiscor, eptus, 3, v. dep. [apiscor], to arrive at, to reach.

Lit.: occepi sequi;

vix adipiscendi potestas fuit,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 13.—Hence also with acc., to reach, to overtake:

fugientes Gallos Macedones adepti ceciderunt,

Liv. 44, 28; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 2, 30, 14.—Far oftener,

Fig., to attain to by effort, to get, obtain, acquire, to get possession of (by overcoming natural obstacles; diff. from impetrare, to reach or obtain by victory over another's will; and nancisci, by accident, Doed. Syn. III. pp. 145, 146;

IV. p. 369): nuptias effugere ego istas malo quam tu adipiscier,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 32: senectutem ut adipiscantur, omnes optant;

eandem accusant adepti,

Cic. de Sen. 2, 4:

summos honores a populo Romano,

id. Clu. 43:

amplissimos dignitatis gradus,

id. Fam. 10, 6:

gloriam,

Vulg. Eccli. 44, 7; 46, 3:

quanta instrumenta (homo) habeat ad obtinendam adipiscendamque sapientiam,

id. Leg. 1, 22, 59 al.; so Caes. B. G. 5, 39; Nep. Them. 9; id. Chabr. 2; Sall. C. 11, 7; Liv. 1, 32; Vell. 2, 116; Tac. A. 11, 22; Suet. Aug. 16; Vulg. Heb. 6, 15.— With ex:

adeptum esse omnia e natura et animo et corpore et vitā,

Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19; cf. id. Leg. 1, 13, 35; 2, 23, 59.—With ut. adepti sunt, ut dies festos agitare possent, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21.— Absol.:

non potestis adipisci,

Vulg. Jac. 4, 2.

iis adipiscendi magistratus, they should strive for public honors (the consequens for the antecedens), Cic. Off. 1, 21, 72.—

Nero in adipiscenda morte (Epaphroditi) manu adjutus existimabatur, i. e. consciscenda, in committing suicide, Suet. Dom. 14 Oud.; cf. Ov. Tr. 2, 92; Front. 4, 4, 15; and:

invenire mortem,

Verg. A. 2, 645. —

Pass.:

non aetate, verum ingenio, adipiscitur sapientia,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 88: haec [p. 37] adipiscuntur, C. Fannius ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.: amitti magis quam adipisci, Fab. Maximus, ib.;

so esp. adeptus,

Cic. de Sen. 2, 4; Sall. C. 7; id. J. 101; Tac. A. 1, 7, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; cf. Gell. 15, 13; Prisc. 790 sq.; Rudd. I. p. 288; Kritz ad Sall. C. 7, 3.—

With gen.:

arma, quīs Galba rerum adeptus est,

Tac. A. 3, 55; ib. 6, 45 (here Halm reads apisceretur); Rudd. II. p. 120; Zumpt, § 466.

lŏcus (old form stlocus, like stlis for lis, Quint. 1, 4, 16), i, m. ( lŏcum, i, n., Inscr. ap. Grut. 129, 14; plur. loci, single places; loca, places connected with each other, a region; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 666 sq., and v. infra), a place, spot.

Lit.

In gen.:

adsedistis in festivo loco,

i. e. the theatre, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 83:

locum sibi velle liberum praeberier, ubi nequam faciat clam,

id. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 3, 44; cf.

3, 2, 25: omnes copias in unum locum convenire,

Cic. Att. 8, 16, 2:

Galli qui ea loca incolerent,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

locorum situm naturam regionis nosse,

Liv. 22, 38:

Romae per omnes locos,

Sall. J. 32:

facere alicui locum in turba,

Ov. A. A. 2, 210:

ex loco superiore agere, of an orator speaking from the rostra, or of a judge pronouncing judgment: de loco superiore dicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:

ex aequo loco, of one speaking in the Senate or conversing with another: et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habiti,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

ex inferiore loco,

to speak before a judge, id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: primus locus aedium, a dwelling on the ground-floor, Nep. praef. 6.— A post, position: loco movere, to drive from a place or post, Ter. Phorm. prol. 32; so,

loco deicere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30:

loco cedere,

to give way, abandon one's post, retire, Sall. C. 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 15.—

In partic.

A place, seat, in the theatre, the circus, or the forum:

Servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus,

room, seats, Plaut. Cas. prol. 23.—

Esp. the place assigned by the Senate to foreign ambassadors: locum ad spectandum dare,

Cic. Mur. 35, 73; 34, 72; so Liv. 30, 17. — Plur. loca, Liv. 34, 44, 5; Vell. 2, 32, 3; Suet. Claud. 21; id. Ner. 11; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21.—But plur. loci, Tac. A. 15, 32.—

So of the lodging, quarters, place of abode assigned to foreign ambassadors for their residence:

locus inde lautiaque legatis praeberi jussa,

Liv. 28, 39, 19; 30, 17, 14; 42, 26, 5; Symm. Ep. 4, 56; Sid. Ep. 8, 12:

loca lautia,

App. M. 3, p. 140, 30.—

A piece or part of an estate:

stricte loquendo locus non est fundus sed pars aliqua fundi,

Dig. 50, 16, 60:

locus certus ex fundo possideri potest,

ib. 41, 2, 26.—

A place, spot, locality; a country region: hau longe abesse oportet homines hinc;

ita hic lepidust locus,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 35:

nunc hoc ubi abstrudam cogito solum locum,

id. Aul. 4, 6, 7:

non hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10; Verg. A. 1, 530; Caes. B. G. 5, 12.— Poet. of the inhabitants of a place, a neighborhood:

numina vicinorum odit uterque locus,

Juv. 15, 37.—Of a place where a city once stood, a site:

locus Pherae,

Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13:

locus Buprasium, Hyrmine,

id. ib.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 280.— Plur. rarely loci:

quos locos adiisti,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86:

locos tenere,

Liv. 5, 35, 1:

occupare,

Sall. J. 18, 4; 76, 1; Lucr. 4, 509; Verg. A. 1, 306; 2, 28; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 22; Tac. A. 1, 61; 13, 36; Suet. Tib. 43.—Usually loca:

loca haec circiter,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8:

venisse in illa loca,

Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 5; id. Fin. 5, 1, 2 sq.; Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 2; Lucr. 1, 373; 2, 146; Cat. 9, 7; 63, 3; Sall. J. 18, 11; 54, 3; Verg. G. 2, 140; id. A. 1, 51; 2, 495; Hor. C. 1, 22, 7; Tib. 4, 1, 97; Ov. M. 10, 29; Liv. 1, 1, 5; 1, 5, 2; 1, 6, 4 et saep.—

In war [p. 1075] or battle, a post, station (plur. loca):

tum loca sorte legunt,

Verg. A. 5, 132:

loca jussa tenere,

id. ib. 10, 238:

loca servare,

Amm. 25, 6, 14.—

Loci and loca, of parts of the body:

loci nervosi,

Cels. 5, 26, 26.—Esp.:

muliebres,

Varr. L. L. 5, 2, 15; and without adj., in females, the womb:

si ea lotio locos fovebit,

Cato, R. R. 157, 11:

cum in locis semen insederit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51; Cels. 2, 8. —Of animals, Col. 6, 27, 10.—Of birds, Col. 8, 11, 8; Lucr. 14, 1246; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17:

genitalia,

Col. 7, 7, 4; cf. id. 8, 7, 2; 8, 11, 8;

in males,

Lucr. 4, 1034; 4, 1045.—

Communis locus,

The place of the dead:

qui nunc abierunt hinc in communem locum,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 19.—

A public place:

Sthenius... qui oppidum non maximum maximis ex pecunia sua locis communibus monumentisque decoravit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 112.—

A burial-place, grave; very freq. in epitaphs; v. Inscr. Orell. 8; 4499; 4500 sq.

Trop.

A topic of discussion or thought; a matter, subject, point, head or division of a subject.

In gen.:

cum fundamentum esset philosophiae positum in finibus bonorum, perpurgatus est is locus a nobis quinque libris,

Cic. Div. 2, 1, 2:

Theophrastus cum tractat locos ab Aristotele ante tractatos,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:

hic locus, de natura usuque verborum,

id. Or. 48, 162:

philosophiae noti et tractati loci,

id. ib. 33, 118:

ex quattuor locis in quos honesti naturam vimque divisimus,

id. Off. 1, 6, 18; id. Inv. 2, 3, 11; 2, 5, 16; 2, 8, 26 et saep.; Quint. 2, 4, 27; 2, 11, 6; 5, 8, 4; Juv. 6, 245; Tac. Or. 31.—

Esp.: loci, the grounds of proof, the points on which proofs are founded or from which they are deduced:

cum pervestigare argumentum aliquod volumus, locos nosse debemus,

Cic. Top. 2, 7; id. de Or. 1, 13, 56; 3, 55, 210:

traditi sunt ex quibus argumenta ducantur duplices loci,

id. Or. 35; so sing.:

itaque licet definire, locum esse argumenti sedem,

id. Top. 2.—

Esp.: loci communes, general arguments, which do not grow out of the particular facts of a case, but are applicable to any class of cases:

pars (argumentorum) est pervagatior et aut in omnis ejusdem generis aut in plerasque causas adcommodata: haec ergo argumenta, quae transferri in multas causas possunt, locos communis nominamus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 47 sq.; cf. the passage at length; id. ib. 2, 16, 50 sq.; 2, 18, 56; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; Quint. 2, 1, 9; 3, 1, 12; 5, 1, 3; 5, 13, 57 al.— Sing.:

vix ullus est tam communis locus, qui possit cohaerere cum causa, nisi aliquo proprio quaestionis vinculo copulatus,

Quint. 2, 4, 30:

locus, for communis locus,

id. 4, 2, 117; 5, 7, 32.—

A passage in a book or author; plur. loci (Zumpt, Gram. §

99): locos quosdam transferam,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 1, 1, 36; 1, 4, 4; 5, 13, 42; 6, 3, 36; Tac. Or. 22:

locos Lucreti plurimos sectare,

Gell. 1, 21, 7;

but rarely loca: loca jam recitata,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 223; Amm. 29, 2, 8.—

Room, opportunity, cause, occasion, place, time, etc., for any thing:

et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 6:

avaritia paululum aliquid loci rationi et consilio dedisset,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53:

de tuo in me animo iniquis secus existimandi videris nonnihil dedisse loci,

to have given occasion, cause, reason, id. Fam. 3, 6, 6:

dare suspicioni locum,

id. Cael. 4, 9:

dare locum dubitationis,

id. Balb. 6, 16; Val. Fl. 4, 451: locum habere, to find a place:

qui dolorem summum malum dicit, apud eum, quem locum habet fortitudo?

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:

in hoc altero dicacitatis quid habet ars loci?

id. de Or. 2, 54, 219; so,

locus est alicui rei: legi Aquiliae locus est adversus te,

Dig. 9, 2, 27; cf.:

huic edicto locus est,

ib. 37, 10, 6; cf.:

meritis vacat hic tibi locus,

Verg. A. 11, 179:

cum defendendi negandive non est locus,

Quint. 5, 13, 8:

quaerendi,

id. 3, 8, 21.—Also in the sense of there is place for any thing, it finds acceptance:

in poëtis non Homero soli locus est aut Archilocho, etc.,

Cic. Or. 1, 4:

si in mea familiaritate locus esset nemini nisi, etc.,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

maledicto nihil loci est,

id. Mur. 5, 12: locum non relinquere, to leave no room for, not to admit, to exclude:

vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,

id. Quint. 15, 49; so,

nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 2: nancisci locum, to find occasion:

nactus locum resecandae libidinis,

id. Att. 1, 18, 2:

valde gaudeo, si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus,

id. ib. 9, 7, 6.—

In aliquo loco esse, to be in any place, position, situation, condition, state, relation:

si ego in istoc siem loco, dem potius aurum, quam, etc.,

position, place, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 116:

tanta ibi copia venustatum aderat, in suo quaeque loco sita munde,

id. Poen. 5, 4, 8:

in uxoris loco habere,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 52:

in liberūm loco esse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 200; id. Planc. 11, 28; id. Brut. 1, 1; but more freq. without in:

is si eo loco esset, negavit se facturum,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

eodem loco esse,

Sen. Ben. 3, 8, 2; 7, 14, 6.—Esp. with a gen.:

parentis loco esse,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61:

hostium loco esse,

Liv. 2, 4, 7:

fratris loco esse,

Cic. Fam. 5, 3, 1; 7, 3, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 7:

nec vero hic locus est, ut, etc.,

not the proper occasion, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 1; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33.— Hence, loco or in loco, at the right place or time, seasonably, suitably:

posuisti loco versus Attianos,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4:

epistolae non in loco redditae,

id. ib. 11, 16, 1:

dulce est desipere in loco,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 28; so,

locis: non insurgit locis? non figuris gaudet?

Quint. 12, 10, 23:

quo res summa loco?

in what condition? Verg. A. 2, 322:

quo sit fortuna loco,

id. ib. 9, 723:

quo sit Romana loco res,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 25:

quo tua sit fortuna loco,

Stat. Th. 7, 558:

missis nuntiis, quo loco res essent,

Liv. 2, 47, 5:

primo loco,

in the first place, first in order, Juv. 5, 12.—Freq. as a partit. gen.:

quo loci for quo loco,

Cic. Att. 8, 10; id. Div. 2, 66:

eo loci for eo loco,

id. Sest. 31, 68; Tac. A. 15, 74:

eodem loci,

Suet. Calig. 53:

ubi loci,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 26:

ibidem loci,

id. Cist. 3, 1, 53:

interea loci for interea,

meanwhile, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 46:

postea loci,

after that, afterwards, Sall. J. 102:

ubicumque locorum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 34:

adhuc locorum,

hitherto, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 25:

ad id locorum,

to that time, till then, hitherto, Sall. J. 63, 6; 73, 2; Liv. 22, 38, 12:

post id locorum,

after that, thereupon, Plaut. Cas. 1, 32:

inde loci,

since then, Lucr. 5, 437.—

Place, position, degree, rank, order, office, of persons or things:

summus locus civitatis,

Cic. Clu. 55, 150:

tua dignitas suum locum obtinebit,

id. Fam. 3, 9, 2:

quem locum apud ipsum Caesarem obtinuisti?

id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:

res erat et causa nostra eo jam loci, ut, etc.,

id. Sest. 31, 68:

Socrates voluptatem nullo loco numerat,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:

codem loco habere, quo, etc.,

id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; Caes. B. G. 1, 26, 6; 7, 77, 3; id. B. C. 1, 84, 2:

indignantes eodem se loco esse, quo, etc.,

Liv. 42, 37, 8:

sed esto, neque melius quod invenimus esse, neque par, est certe proximus locus,

Quint. 10, 5, 6:

erat ordine proximus locus,

id. 7, 3, 36:

humili loco,

id. 4, 2, 2.— Plur. loca:

ut patricii recuperarent duo consularia loca,

Liv. 10, 15, 8:

quinque augurum loca,

id. 10, 8, 3; 42, 34, 15:

omnia loca obtinuere, ne cui plebeio aditus esset,

id. 4, 57, 11; Tac. A. 2, 55:

Vesta loca prima tenet,

Ov. F. 6, 304.—Esp. of birth:

infimo loco natus,

Cic. Fl. 11, 24:

esse summo loco natus,

id. Planc. 25, 60:

Tanaquil summo loco nata,

Liv. 1, 34.—

Loco, adverbially, in the place of, instead of, for:

criminis loco putant esse, quod vivam,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 6:

haec filium suum sibi praemii loco deposcit,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 144.

lŏcus (old form stlocus, like stlis for lis, Quint. 1, 4, 16), i, m. ( lŏcum, i, n., Inscr. ap. Grut. 129, 14; plur. loci, single places; loca, places connected with each other, a region; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 666 sq., and v. infra), a place, spot.

Lit.

In gen.:

adsedistis in festivo loco,

i. e. the theatre, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 83:

locum sibi velle liberum praeberier, ubi nequam faciat clam,

id. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 3, 44; cf.

3, 2, 25: omnes copias in unum locum convenire,

Cic. Att. 8, 16, 2:

Galli qui ea loca incolerent,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

locorum situm naturam regionis nosse,

Liv. 22, 38:

Romae per omnes locos,

Sall. J. 32:

facere alicui locum in turba,

Ov. A. A. 2, 210:

ex loco superiore agere, of an orator speaking from the rostra, or of a judge pronouncing judgment: de loco superiore dicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:

ex aequo loco, of one speaking in the Senate or conversing with another: et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habiti,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

ex inferiore loco,

to speak before a judge, id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: primus locus aedium, a dwelling on the ground-floor, Nep. praef. 6.— A post, position: loco movere, to drive from a place or post, Ter. Phorm. prol. 32; so,

loco deicere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30:

loco cedere,

to give way, abandon one's post, retire, Sall. C. 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 15.—

In partic.

A place, seat, in the theatre, the circus, or the forum:

Servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus,

room, seats, Plaut. Cas. prol. 23.—

Esp. the place assigned by the Senate to foreign ambassadors: locum ad spectandum dare,

Cic. Mur. 35, 73; 34, 72; so Liv. 30, 17. — Plur. loca, Liv. 34, 44, 5; Vell. 2, 32, 3; Suet. Claud. 21; id. Ner. 11; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21.—But plur. loci, Tac. A. 15, 32.—

So of the lodging, quarters, place of abode assigned to foreign ambassadors for their residence:

locus inde lautiaque legatis praeberi jussa,

Liv. 28, 39, 19; 30, 17, 14; 42, 26, 5; Symm. Ep. 4, 56; Sid. Ep. 8, 12:

loca lautia,

App. M. 3, p. 140, 30.—

A piece or part of an estate:

stricte loquendo locus non est fundus sed pars aliqua fundi,

Dig. 50, 16, 60:

locus certus ex fundo possideri potest,

ib. 41, 2, 26.—

A place, spot, locality; a country region: hau longe abesse oportet homines hinc;

ita hic lepidust locus,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 35:

nunc hoc ubi abstrudam cogito solum locum,

id. Aul. 4, 6, 7:

non hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10; Verg. A. 1, 530; Caes. B. G. 5, 12.— Poet. of the inhabitants of a place, a neighborhood:

numina vicinorum odit uterque locus,

Juv. 15, 37.—Of a place where a city once stood, a site:

locus Pherae,

Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13:

locus Buprasium, Hyrmine,

id. ib.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 280.— Plur. rarely loci:

quos locos adiisti,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86:

locos tenere,

Liv. 5, 35, 1:

occupare,

Sall. J. 18, 4; 76, 1; Lucr. 4, 509; Verg. A. 1, 306; 2, 28; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 22; Tac. A. 1, 61; 13, 36; Suet. Tib. 43.—Usually loca:

loca haec circiter,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8:

venisse in illa loca,

Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 5; id. Fin. 5, 1, 2 sq.; Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 2; Lucr. 1, 373; 2, 146; Cat. 9, 7; 63, 3; Sall. J. 18, 11; 54, 3; Verg. G. 2, 140; id. A. 1, 51; 2, 495; Hor. C. 1, 22, 7; Tib. 4, 1, 97; Ov. M. 10, 29; Liv. 1, 1, 5; 1, 5, 2; 1, 6, 4 et saep.—

In war [p. 1075] or battle, a post, station (plur. loca):

tum loca sorte legunt,

Verg. A. 5, 132:

loca jussa tenere,

id. ib. 10, 238:

loca servare,

Amm. 25, 6, 14.—

Loci and loca, of parts of the body:

loci nervosi,

Cels. 5, 26, 26.—Esp.:

muliebres,

Varr. L. L. 5, 2, 15; and without adj., in females, the womb:

si ea lotio locos fovebit,

Cato, R. R. 157, 11:

cum in locis semen insederit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51; Cels. 2, 8. —Of animals, Col. 6, 27, 10.—Of birds, Col. 8, 11, 8; Lucr. 14, 1246; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17:

genitalia,

Col. 7, 7, 4; cf. id. 8, 7, 2; 8, 11, 8;

in males,

Lucr. 4, 1034; 4, 1045.—

Communis locus,

The place of the dead:

qui nunc abierunt hinc in communem locum,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 19.—

A public place:

Sthenius... qui oppidum non maximum maximis ex pecunia sua locis communibus monumentisque decoravit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 112.—

A burial-place, grave; very freq. in epitaphs; v. Inscr. Orell. 8; 4499; 4500 sq.

Trop.

A topic of discussion or thought; a matter, subject, point, head or division of a subject.

In gen.:

cum fundamentum esset philosophiae positum in finibus bonorum, perpurgatus est is locus a nobis quinque libris,

Cic. Div. 2, 1, 2:

Theophrastus cum tractat locos ab Aristotele ante tractatos,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:

hic locus, de natura usuque verborum,

id. Or. 48, 162:

philosophiae noti et tractati loci,

id. ib. 33, 118:

ex quattuor locis in quos honesti naturam vimque divisimus,

id. Off. 1, 6, 18; id. Inv. 2, 3, 11; 2, 5, 16; 2, 8, 26 et saep.; Quint. 2, 4, 27; 2, 11, 6; 5, 8, 4; Juv. 6, 245; Tac. Or. 31.—

Esp.: loci, the grounds of proof, the points on which proofs are founded or from which they are deduced:

cum pervestigare argumentum aliquod volumus, locos nosse debemus,

Cic. Top. 2, 7; id. de Or. 1, 13, 56; 3, 55, 210:

traditi sunt ex quibus argumenta ducantur duplices loci,

id. Or. 35; so sing.:

itaque licet definire, locum esse argumenti sedem,

id. Top. 2.—

Esp.: loci communes, general arguments, which do not grow out of the particular facts of a case, but are applicable to any class of cases:

pars (argumentorum) est pervagatior et aut in omnis ejusdem generis aut in plerasque causas adcommodata: haec ergo argumenta, quae transferri in multas causas possunt, locos communis nominamus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 47 sq.; cf. the passage at length; id. ib. 2, 16, 50 sq.; 2, 18, 56; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; Quint. 2, 1, 9; 3, 1, 12; 5, 1, 3; 5, 13, 57 al.— Sing.:

vix ullus est tam communis locus, qui possit cohaerere cum causa, nisi aliquo proprio quaestionis vinculo copulatus,

Quint. 2, 4, 30:

locus, for communis locus,

id. 4, 2, 117; 5, 7, 32.—

A passage in a book or author; plur. loci (Zumpt, Gram. §

99): locos quosdam transferam,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 1, 1, 36; 1, 4, 4; 5, 13, 42; 6, 3, 36; Tac. Or. 22:

locos Lucreti plurimos sectare,

Gell. 1, 21, 7;

but rarely loca: loca jam recitata,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 223; Amm. 29, 2, 8.—

Room, opportunity, cause, occasion, place, time, etc., for any thing:

et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 6:

avaritia paululum aliquid loci rationi et consilio dedisset,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53:

de tuo in me animo iniquis secus existimandi videris nonnihil dedisse loci,

to have given occasion, cause, reason, id. Fam. 3, 6, 6:

dare suspicioni locum,

id. Cael. 4, 9:

dare locum dubitationis,

id. Balb. 6, 16; Val. Fl. 4, 451: locum habere, to find a place:

qui dolorem summum malum dicit, apud eum, quem locum habet fortitudo?

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:

in hoc altero dicacitatis quid habet ars loci?

id. de Or. 2, 54, 219; so,

locus est alicui rei: legi Aquiliae locus est adversus te,

Dig. 9, 2, 27; cf.:

huic edicto locus est,

ib. 37, 10, 6; cf.:

meritis vacat hic tibi locus,

Verg. A. 11, 179:

cum defendendi negandive non est locus,

Quint. 5, 13, 8:

quaerendi,

id. 3, 8, 21.—Also in the sense of there is place for any thing, it finds acceptance:

in poëtis non Homero soli locus est aut Archilocho, etc.,

Cic. Or. 1, 4:

si in mea familiaritate locus esset nemini nisi, etc.,

id. Planc. 33, 82:

maledicto nihil loci est,

id. Mur. 5, 12: locum non relinquere, to leave no room for, not to admit, to exclude:

vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,

id. Quint. 15, 49; so,

nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 2: nancisci locum, to find occasion:

nactus locum resecandae libidinis,

id. Att. 1, 18, 2:

valde gaudeo, si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus,

id. ib. 9, 7, 6.—

In aliquo loco esse, to be in any place, position, situation, condition, state, relation:

si ego in istoc siem loco, dem potius aurum, quam, etc.,

position, place, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 116:

tanta ibi copia venustatum aderat, in suo quaeque loco sita munde,

id. Poen. 5, 4, 8:

in uxoris loco habere,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 52:

in liberūm loco esse,

Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 200; id. Planc. 11, 28; id. Brut. 1, 1; but more freq. without in:

is si eo loco esset, negavit se facturum,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

eodem loco esse,

Sen. Ben. 3, 8, 2; 7, 14, 6.—Esp. with a gen.:

parentis loco esse,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61:

hostium loco esse,

Liv. 2, 4, 7:

fratris loco esse,

Cic. Fam. 5, 3, 1; 7, 3, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 7:

nec vero hic locus est, ut, etc.,

not the proper occasion, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 1; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33.— Hence, loco or in loco, at the right place or time, seasonably, suitably:

posuisti loco versus Attianos,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4:

epistolae non in loco redditae,

id. ib. 11, 16, 1:

dulce est desipere in loco,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 28; so,

locis: non insurgit locis? non figuris gaudet?

Quint. 12, 10, 23:

quo res summa loco?

in what condition? Verg. A. 2, 322:

quo sit fortuna loco,

id. ib. 9, 723:

quo sit Romana loco res,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 25:

quo tua sit fortuna loco,

Stat. Th. 7, 558:

missis nuntiis, quo loco res essent,

Liv. 2, 47, 5:

primo loco,

in the first place, first in order, Juv. 5, 12.—Freq. as a partit. gen.:

quo loci for quo loco,

Cic. Att. 8, 10; id. Div. 2, 66:

eo loci for eo loco,

id. Sest. 31, 68; Tac. A. 15, 74:

eodem loci,

Suet. Calig. 53:

ubi loci,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 26:

ibidem loci,

id. Cist. 3, 1, 53:

interea loci for interea,

meanwhile, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 46:

postea loci,

after that, afterwards, Sall. J. 102:

ubicumque locorum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 34:

adhuc locorum,

hitherto, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 25:

ad id locorum,

to that time, till then, hitherto, Sall. J. 63, 6; 73, 2; Liv. 22, 38, 12:

post id locorum,

after that, thereupon, Plaut. Cas. 1, 32:

inde loci,

since then, Lucr. 5, 437.—

Place, position, degree, rank, order, office, of persons or things:

summus locus civitatis,

Cic. Clu. 55, 150:

tua dignitas suum locum obtinebit,

id. Fam. 3, 9, 2:

quem locum apud ipsum Caesarem obtinuisti?

id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:

res erat et causa nostra eo jam loci, ut, etc.,

id. Sest. 31, 68:

Socrates voluptatem nullo loco numerat,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:

codem loco habere, quo, etc.,

id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; Caes. B. G. 1, 26, 6; 7, 77, 3; id. B. C. 1, 84, 2:

indignantes eodem se loco esse, quo, etc.,

Liv. 42, 37, 8:

sed esto, neque melius quod invenimus esse, neque par, est certe proximus locus,

Quint. 10, 5, 6:

erat ordine proximus locus,

id. 7, 3, 36:

humili loco,

id. 4, 2, 2.— Plur. loca:

ut patricii recuperarent duo consularia loca,

Liv. 10, 15, 8:

quinque augurum loca,

id. 10, 8, 3; 42, 34, 15:

omnia loca obtinuere, ne cui plebeio aditus esset,

id. 4, 57, 11; Tac. A. 2, 55:

Vesta loca prima tenet,

Ov. F. 6, 304.—Esp. of birth:

infimo loco natus,

Cic. Fl. 11, 24:

esse summo loco natus,

id. Planc. 25, 60:

Tanaquil summo loco nata,

Liv. 1, 34.—

Loco, adverbially, in the place of, instead of, for:

criminis loco putant esse, quod vivam,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 6:

haec filium suum sibi praemii loco deposcit,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 144.

morbus, i, m. [Sanscr. mar-, die; Gr. brotos (for mrotos), marainô; cf. morior, marceo], a sickness, disease, disorder, distemper, ailment, illness, malady, of body or mind (class.).

Corporeal:

morbum appellant totius corporis corruptionem: aegrotationem morbum cum imbecillitate: vitium cum partes corporis inter se dissident: ex quo pravitas membrorum, distortio, deformitas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 28: morbus est habitus cujusque corporis contra naturam, qui usum ejus facit deteriorem, Labeo ap. Gell. 4, 2, 3:

morbi aegrotationesque,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

aeger morbo gravi,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

in morbo esse,

to be sick, id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9:

morbo affectum esse,

id. Div. 1, 30, 63:

corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 59:

animi valentes morbo tentari non possunt, corpora possunt,

id. Tusc. 4, 14, 31:

affligi,

id. Pis. 35, 85:

urgeri,

id. Fat. 9, 17:

tabescere,

id. N. D. 3, 35, 84:

languere,

Lucr. 6, 1221:

conflictari,

Nep. Dion. 2, 4:

in morbum cadere,

to fall sick, Cic. Tusc. 1, 32, 79:

incidere,

id. Clu. 62, 175:

delabi,

id. Att. 7, 5, 1:

morbum nancisci,

Nep. Att. 21, 1:

morbo consumi,

id. Reg. 2, 1:

perire,

id. ib. 3, 3:

mori,

id. Them. 10, 4:

absumi,

Sall. J. 5, 6:

confici,

id. ib. 9, 4:

opprimi,

Cic. Clu. 7, 22:

homo aeger morbo gravi,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

ex morbo convalescere,

to recover, id. Fam. 13, 29, 4:

a morbo valere,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26:

morbum depellere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2:

levare,

to alleviate, relieve, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 57:

amplior fit,

becomes more violent, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 50:

adgravescit,

id. ib. 3, 2, 2:

ingravescit,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

comitialis or major,

epilepsy, Cels. 3, 23:

regius,

the jaundice, id. 3, 24: in morbo consumat, a form of imprecation, may he spend it (the money) in sickness, Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 2.—

Mental.

Disease, a fault, vice, etc.: animi morbi sunt cupiditates immensae, et inanes, divitiarum, etc., Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 59:

morbum et insaniam,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

nomen insaniae significat mentis aegrotationem et morbum,

id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9:

hic morbus qui est in re publicā, ingravescet,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

ut, si qui aegrotet, quo morbo Barrus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 30:

maxima pars hominum morbo jactatur eodem,

id. ib. 2, 3, 121:

qui vultu morbum incessuque fatetur,

Juv. 2, 17.—

Grief, sorrow, distress:

quod mulier facere incepit, nisi id efficere perpetrat, Id illi morbo, id illi senio est,

affliction, distress, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 12; cf.:

salvere me jubes, quoi tu abiens offers morbum?

id. As. 3, 3, 3.—

Trop., of trees, plants, etc.:

infestantur namque et arbores morbis,

a disease, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 116 al. —

Morbus, personified as a deity, the son of Erebus and Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. praef.; Sen. Herc. Fur. 694; cf. Verg. A. 6, 275; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 323.

morbus, i, m. [Sanscr. mar-, die; Gr. brotos (for mrotos), marainô; cf. morior, marceo], a sickness, disease, disorder, distemper, ailment, illness, malady, of body or mind (class.).

Corporeal:

morbum appellant totius corporis corruptionem: aegrotationem morbum cum imbecillitate: vitium cum partes corporis inter se dissident: ex quo pravitas membrorum, distortio, deformitas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 28: morbus est habitus cujusque corporis contra naturam, qui usum ejus facit deteriorem, Labeo ap. Gell. 4, 2, 3:

morbi aegrotationesque,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

aeger morbo gravi,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

in morbo esse,

to be sick, id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9:

morbo affectum esse,

id. Div. 1, 30, 63:

corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 59:

animi valentes morbo tentari non possunt, corpora possunt,

id. Tusc. 4, 14, 31:

affligi,

id. Pis. 35, 85:

urgeri,

id. Fat. 9, 17:

tabescere,

id. N. D. 3, 35, 84:

languere,

Lucr. 6, 1221:

conflictari,

Nep. Dion. 2, 4:

in morbum cadere,

to fall sick, Cic. Tusc. 1, 32, 79:

incidere,

id. Clu. 62, 175:

delabi,

id. Att. 7, 5, 1:

morbum nancisci,

Nep. Att. 21, 1:

morbo consumi,

id. Reg. 2, 1:

perire,

id. ib. 3, 3:

mori,

id. Them. 10, 4:

absumi,

Sall. J. 5, 6:

confici,

id. ib. 9, 4:

opprimi,

Cic. Clu. 7, 22:

homo aeger morbo gravi,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

ex morbo convalescere,

to recover, id. Fam. 13, 29, 4:

a morbo valere,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26:

morbum depellere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2:

levare,

to alleviate, relieve, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 57:

amplior fit,

becomes more violent, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 50:

adgravescit,

id. ib. 3, 2, 2:

ingravescit,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

comitialis or major,

epilepsy, Cels. 3, 23:

regius,

the jaundice, id. 3, 24: in morbo consumat, a form of imprecation, may he spend it (the money) in sickness, Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 2.—

Mental.

Disease, a fault, vice, etc.: animi morbi sunt cupiditates immensae, et inanes, divitiarum, etc., Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 59:

morbum et insaniam,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

nomen insaniae significat mentis aegrotationem et morbum,

id. Tusc. 3, 4, 9:

hic morbus qui est in re publicā, ingravescet,

id. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

ut, si qui aegrotet, quo morbo Barrus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 30:

maxima pars hominum morbo jactatur eodem,

id. ib. 2, 3, 121:

qui vultu morbum incessuque fatetur,

Juv. 2, 17.—

Grief, sorrow, distress:

quod mulier facere incepit, nisi id efficere perpetrat, Id illi morbo, id illi senio est,

affliction, distress, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 12; cf.:

salvere me jubes, quoi tu abiens offers morbum?

id. As. 3, 3, 3.—

Trop., of trees, plants, etc.:

infestantur namque et arbores morbis,

a disease, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 116 al. —

Morbus, personified as a deity, the son of Erebus and Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. praef.; Sen. Herc. Fur. 694; cf. Verg. A. 6, 275; Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 323.

occāsĭo, ōnis, f. [occĭdo, a falling out, a happening, hap; hence], an occasion, opportunity, fit time, convenient season, favorable moment for doing any thing; eukairia, kairos (syn.: opportunitas, locus, facultas).

In gen.:

occasio est pars temporis, habens in se alicujus rei idoneam faciendi aut non faciendi opportunitatem... in occasione, ad spatium temporis, faciendi quaedam opportunitas intellegitur adjuncta,

Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40: tempus actionis opportunum Graece eukairia, Latine appellatur occasio, id. Off. 1, 40, 142: occasio opportunitas temporis casu quodam provenientis est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll.:

dum datur mihi occasio Tempusque,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 30; cf.:

nunc occasio est et tempus,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 3; Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 4:

an ego occasionem tantam, tam brevem, tam optatam, tam insperatam Amitterem?

id. Eun. 3, 5, 56:

minima,

Suet. Calig. 14; cf.

summa,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 2 infra: occasionem nancisci, Afran. ap. Non. 308, 13:

quem, si interficere voluisset, quantae quoties occasiones, quam praeclarae fuerunt,

Cic. Mil. 14, 38:

occasio opprimendi,

id. ib. 15:

inrumpendi in urbem,

Curt. 4, 5, 16:

resistendi,

id. 7, 4, 4: majores occasiones ad opitulandum haberem, more opportunities, Planc [p. 1250] up. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

ut primum occasio data est rem publicam defendendi,

as soon as an opportunity presented itself, Cic. Fam. 12, 242:

occasionem sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblatam esse arbitratur,

has presented itself, id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 61:

occasio mirifica,

id. Att. 2, 14, 2:

opportuna,

Val. Max. 5, 4, 3:

quo faciliorem occasionem Salvio praebuit perficiendi conata,

Suet. Galb. 17:

occasio minor opinione,

id. Caes. 3:

tam bona,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:

lepida,

id. Mil. 4, 1, 30:

bellissima,

Petr. S. 25:

occasionem amittere,

to lose, let slip, Cic. Caecin. 5, 15:

omittere,

Suet. Cal. 14; so,

praetermittere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

capere,

to seize, Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 5:

arripere,

Liv. 35, 12, 17:

occasiones quaerere,

Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 4:

rapere de die,

Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

amplecti,

Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 1:

sumere,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

occasione uti,

Just. 38, 5, 1:

non deesse occasioni,

not to miss, to profit by, Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

cunctationem hostium suam fore occasionem rati,

Curt. 4, 6, 13:

dum datur mihi occasio tempusque,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 29:

ne a fortunā datam occasionem liberandae Graeciae dimitterent,

Nep. Milt. 3, 3; id. Alc. 8, 5:

cujus (rei) se occasio dederit,

Quint. 12, 2, 12: (paratus) depugnare, si occasio tulerit, mori, si casus inciderit, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6:

occasionem aperire ad invadendum,

Liv. 4, 53, 9:

occasionem sibi ad occupandam Asiam oblatam esse,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

occasione datā,

should an opportunity offer, id. Phil. 7, 6, 18; cf.:

occasione oblatā simultates deponere,

Suet. Caes. 73:

praebere,

id. Galb. 17:

offerre,

id. Aug. 16:

per occasionem,

on a favorable opportunity, Liv. 30, 3:

rem inmaturam nisi per occasionem aperire noluerat,

id. 1, 5, 5; 1, 53, 7; 2, 11, 2; Sall. C. 51, 6:

fratris memoriā per omnem occasionem celebratā,

on every occasion, Suet. Claud. 11; id. Aug. 67:

ad occasionem aurae evehi,

the wind being fair, taking advantage of a fair wind, id. ib. 97:

levia proelia ex occasione hujus aut illius partis oriebantur,

Liv. 24, 3, 17:

ex occasione,

as occasion offered, Suet. Caes. 60:

occasione omni,

on every occasion, id. Claud. 42.—With inf.:

nunc adest occasio Benefacta cumulare = occasio cumulandi,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 63:

nunc est illa occasio inimicum ulcisci,

id. Pers. 4, 7, 15:

agere tuam rem occasio est,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 46; 5, 4, 42; id. Curc. 1, 1, 60; cf.:

summa eludendi occasio'st mihi nunc senes Et Phaedriae curam adimere,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 45.—With ut and subj.:

fuit occasio, si vellet, jam pridem argentum ut daret,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 51:

quoniam occasio fuit Mea virtute parta ut quantum velles sumeres,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 22:

rara haec occasio est, ut referri possint divini honores,

Quint. 3, 7, 17.—

Personified: Occasio, Opportunity, as a goddess, Phaedr. 5, 8; Aus. Epigr. 12, 3.—

In partic.

Facility or means of having a thing:

solitudinis,

Tac. A. 15, 50.—

A supply, stock (post-Aug.):

oleae,

Col. 9, 1:

lapidum,

Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191:

vetusti olei,

id. 23, 4, 40, § 82.—

A pretext, plea, plausible explanation:

hāc illi opus est occasione, ne illum talium precum pudeat,

Quint. 3, 8, 47:

occasiones et ex causis et ex dictis adversariorum oriuntur,

id. 6, 1, 5; 12, 10, 13:

quantulacunque adeo est occasio, sufficit irae,

Juv. 13, 183.—

Occasion, motive, reason:

non habeo ullam occasionem, ut apud te falsa fabuler,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 38.—

Milit. t. t., a dash, raid, surprise:

occasionis esse rem, non proelii,

they were undertaking a surprise, not a battle, Caes. B. G. 7, 45, 9:

cujus (belli) maxima momenta in occasionibus sunt,

Sen. Ira, 3, 21, 1:

occasionibus imminere,

Front. 2, 5, 22. —

A cause (late Lat.): cum calcis ictu mortis occasio praebita videatur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 10, 1.

tūtēla, ae, f. [1. tutor], a watching, keeping, charge, care, safeguard, defence, protection (syn.: praesidium, cura).

Lit.

In gen.:

tutelam januae gerere,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 43:

foribus tutelam gerere,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 28:

viae,

Dig. 31, 1, 30:

suo tergo tutelam gerere,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 51:

nunc de septis, quae tutandi causā fundi fiant dicam. Earum tutelarum genera quattuor, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 1:

pecudum silvestrium,

care, management, Col. 9, praef. §

1: boum,

id. 6, 2, 15:

aselli,

id. 7, 1, 2:

tenuiorum,

support, maintenance, Suet. Caes. 68:

lanae tutelam praestant contra frigora,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30:

ut villarum tutela non sit oneri,

id. 18, 5, 6, § 31; 35, 3, 4, § 14:

classis,

Just. 16, 3, 9:

cum de hominis summo bono quaererent, nullam in eo neque animi neque corporis partem vacuam tutela reliquerunt,

Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 36:

tutela ac praesidium bellicae virtutis,

id. Mur. 10, 22:

Apollo, cujus in tutelā Athenas antiqui historici esse voluerunt,

id. N. D. 3, 22, 55; cf.:

quare sit in ejus tutela Gallia, cujus, etc.,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

intellegi volumus salutem hominum in ejus (Jovis) esse tutela,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

Juno, cujus in tutelā Argi sunt,

Liv. 34, 24, 2; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 18:

subicere aliquid tutelae alicujus,

Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:

filios suos parvos tutelae populi commendare,

id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

dii, quorum tutelae ea loca essent,

Liv. 1, 6, 4:

quae suae fidei tutelaeque essent,

id. 24, 22, 15:

publicae tutelae esse,

id. 42, 19, 5; 21, 41, 12:

te Jovis impio Tutela Saturno Eripuit,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 23:

ut dicar tutelā pulsa Minervae,

Ov. M. 2, 563:

dique deaeque omnes, quibus est tutela per agros,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 41:

ut te generi humano, cujus tutela et securitas saluti tuae innisa est, incolumem praestarent,

Plin. Ep. 10, 52 (60).— With gen. obj.:

loci,

protection, Just. 41, 5, 3.—

In partic., jurid. t. t., the office of a guardian, guardianship, wardship, tutelage of minors, insane persons, etc.:

tutela est, ut Servius definit, vis ac potestas in capite libero ad tuendum eum, qui propter aetatem suā sponte se defendere nequit, jure civili data ac permissa,

Dig. 26, 1 (De tutelis), 1: tradere aliquem in tutelam alicujus, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193:

in suam tutelam venire,

to become one's own master, come of age, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180; Dig. 37, 11, 8, § 1; Cic. Top. 10, 44; id. Brut. 52, 195; 53, 197; id. Inv. 2, 21, 62; Gai. 2, 179; Nep. Eum. 2, 1;

rarely in the order, in tutelam suam venire,

Cic. Inv. 2, 42, 122: tutelae suae fieri, Sen. Ep. 33, 10:

fraudare pupillum, qui in tutelam pervenit,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 16:

alicujus tutelam accipere,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17:

ad sanos abeat tutela propinquos,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 218:

rei publicae,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85:

tutelam filiorum servo committere,

Just. 4, 2, 5:

tutelam pupilli suscipere,

id. 30, 2, 8:

gerere,

Val. Max. 6, 6, 1:

nancisci,

to become guardian, Just. Inst. 1, 12, 6:

administrare,

Dig. 26, 7, 3, § 2:

reddere,

ib. 5, 1, 2, § 3.—

Transf., concr.

Act., like our watch, of that which guards or protects, a keeper, warder, guardian, protector (mostly poet.):

(Philemon et Baucis) templi tutela fuere,

Ov. M. 8, 711: prorae tutela Melanthus, i. e. the pilot at the prow, = proreta, id. ib. 3, 617:

o tutela praesens Italiae (Augustus),

Hor. C. 4, 14, 43:

(Achilles) decus et tutela Pelasgi Nominis,

Ov. M. 12, 612:

rerum tutela mearum Cum sis (shortly before: curator a praetore datus),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 103.—Of the image of the tutelar deity of a ship:

navis, cujus tutela ebore caelata est, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13; Lact. 1, 11, 19; cf. Sil. 14, 543; Petr. 105 and 108.—Of the tutelar deity of a place, Petr. 57; Auct. Priap. 37; Hier. in Isa. 57, 7; Inscr. Orell. 1698 sq.; 1736.—

A remedy against, cure:

si qua est tutela podagrae,

Grat. Cyn. 478.—

Pass., of that which is guarded or protected, a charge, care.

In gen. ( poet.):

virginum primae puerique claris Patribus orti, Deliae tutela deae,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 33:

Lanuvium annosi vetus est tutela draconis,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 3:

sit, precor, tutela Minervae Navis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 1 sq. —

In partic., in jurid. lang., that which is under guardianship or tutelage: in officiis apud majores ita observatum est: primum tutelae, deinde hospiti, deinde clienti, tum cognato, postea affini, a ward, Massur. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 5.—Of the property of a ward:

mirabamur, te ignorare, de tutelā legitimā... nihil usucapi posse,

Cic. Att. 1, 5, 6:

nihil potest de tutelā legitimā sine omnium tutorum auctoritate deminui,

id. Fl. 34, 84; Dig. 26, 7, 5.

văco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. vacui, Tert. Pall. 4; id. Pud. 8 fin.; id. adv. Val. 9), v. n. [etym. dub.], to be empty, void, or vacant; to be void of, or without; not to contain (class.; cf.: careo, egeo).

In gen.

Lit., of space, etc.

Absol.:

quācumque vacat spatium, quod inane vocamus,

Lucr. 1, 507; so,

spatium,

id. 2, 1053; 6, 1029:

inane,

id. 1, 520:

villa ita completa militibus est, ut vix triclinium... vacaret,

Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1:

tota domus superior vacat,

id. ib. 13, 12, 10:

aedes,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 7:

maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros,

to be uninhabited, uncultivated, Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

locus,

id. ib. 1, 28; Quint. 8, 6, 18; 9, 4, 118; 10, 3, 33:

ostia septem Pulverulenta vacant, septem sine flumine valles,

Ov. M. 2, 256:

odi cum late splendida cera vacat,

id. Am. 1, 11, 20:

haec fiunt dum vacat harena,

Sen. Ep. 7, 4.—

With abl. (so most freq.):

illa natura caelestis et terra vacat et umore,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65; cf. id. N. D. 2, 24, 64:

mens vacans corpore,

id. ib. 1, 10, 25:

hoste vacare domos,

Verg. A. 3, 123:

(domus) quae Igne vacet,

Ov. M. 2, 764:

custode vacans,

id. ib. 2, 422:

ora vacent epulis,

i. e. abstain from, id. ib. 15, 478: ea pars oppidi, quae fluminis circuitu vacabat, Auct. B. G. 8, 41. —

With ab:

haec a custodiis classium loca maxime vacabant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—

Transf., to be vacant. free from, without, unoccupied, etc.

With abl.:

ejusmodi (nimiis animi) motibus sermo debet vacare,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 136:

nulla vitae pars vacare officio potest,

id. ib. 1, 2, 4:

omni curatione et administratione rerum (dii),

id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

studiis,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

curā et negotio,

id. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

vitio,

id. ib. 3, 3, 10:

culpā,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 4:

criminibus,

Quint. 10, 1, 34:

febri,

Cels. 2, 14 med.:

morbis,

Dig. 21, 1, 53:

amplitudo animi pulchrior, si vacet populo,

keeps free from, remains aloof from, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

respublica et milite illic et pecuniā vacet,

be free from the necessity of furnishing, Liv. 2, 48, 9.—

With ab and abl.:

nullum tempus illi umquam vacabat aut a forensi dictione aut a scribendo,

Cic. Brut. 78, 272:

(rex) quicquid a bellis populi Romani vacabat, cum hominibus nostris consuetudines jungebat,

id. Deiot. 9, 27:

a publico officio et munere,

id. Div. 2, 2, 7:

ab opere (milites),

Caes. B. C. 3, 76:

ne quando a metu ac periculis vacarent,

Liv. 7, 1:

vacant ab imbecillis valetudinaria,

Col. 12, 3, 8:

a culpā,

Sen. Ep. 97, 1:

a periculo,

id. Q. N. 6, 1, 1:

a negotiis,

Phaedr. 3 prol.—

In partic.

To be free from labor, not busied, idle, at leisure; to have leisure or time:

quamvis occupatus sis, otii tamen plus habes: aut, si ne tu quidem vacas, noli, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 1; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 27:

festus in pratis vacat otioso Cum bove pagus,

Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

si vacabis,

Cic. Att. 12, 38, 2:

si forte vacas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 95.—

After the Aug. per. esp. freq.

Vacare alicui rei, to be free to attend, apply, or devote one's self to something; to have leisure or time for a thing (cf. studeo):

philosophiae, Quinte, semper vaco,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10:

in itinere, quasi solutus ceteris curis, huic uni vacaret,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 15:

huic uni negotio vacare,

Vell. 2, 114, 1:

ille non vacasse sermoni suo regem causatus discessit,

Curt. 6, 7, 21:

paulum etiam palaestricis,

Quint. 1, 11, 15:

studio operis pulcherrimi,

id. 12, 1, 4:

foro,

id. 10, 1, 114:

clientium negotiis,

Tac. A. 16, 22:

non discendo tantum juri, sed etiam docendo,

Quint. 12, 1, 10:

libellis legendis ac rescribendis,

Suet. Aug. 45:

queruntur de superiorum fastidio, quod ipsis adire volentibus non vacaverint,

have no leisure for them, can not attend to them, Sen. Brev. Vit. 2, 5.—Rarely absol.:

dum perago tecum pauca sed apta, vaca,

Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2.—

Vacare ad aliquid:

non vaco ad istas ineptias,

Sen. Ep. 49, 9; cf. ( poet.):

in grande opus,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 36; also, with inf.:

sternere acies,

Stat. Th. 8, 185.—

Vacat (alicui), impers., there is time, room, or leisure for a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

With inf. (so most freq.): si primā repetens ab origine pergam Et vacet annales nostrorum audire laborum, Verg. A. 1, 373:

tunc et elegiam vacabit in manus sumere,

Quint. 10, 1, 58:

non vacabit incohare haec studia,

id. 1, 12, 12: hactenus indulsisse vacat, it is permitted, i. q. licet, Verg. A. 10, 625 Heyne; imitated by Sil. 17, 374.—

With dat., I ( thou, he, etc.) have leisure or time for a thing:

nobis venari nec vacat nec libet,

Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 1:

non vacat exiguis rebus adesse Jovi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 216:

nec nostris praebere vacet tibi cantibus aures,

id. M. 5, 334:

obstat enim diligentiae scribendi etiam fatigatio et abunde, si vacet, lucis spatia sufficiunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 27:

cui esse diserto vacet,

id. 11, 1, 50:

quo magis te, cui vacat, hortor, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 11; 8, 15, 1; Curt. 10, 10, 12; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 124, 1.— Absol.:

teneri properentur amores, Dum vacat,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 70:

si vacat,

Juv. 1, 21. —

Of possessions, lands, etc., to be unoccupied, vacant, ownerless:

cum agri Ligustini... aliquantum vacaret, senatūs consultum est factum, ut is ager viritim divideretur,

Liv. 42, 4, 3:

fundi possessionem nancisci, quae ex neglegentiā domini vacat,

Dig. 41, 3, 37:

si nemo sit, bona vacabunt,

ib. 38, 7, 2 fin. —

Esp., of offices, relations, positions, employments, etc., to be vacant, without incumbent, etc.:

si Piso adesset, nullius philosophiae vacaret locus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16: quid enim nostrā victum esse Antonium, si victus est, ut alii vacaret, quod ille obtinuit? may stand open, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

rogo ut Suram praeturā exornare digneris, cuia locus vacet,

Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7), 1:

rogo dignitati... vel auguratum vel septemviratum, quia vacant, adicere digneris,

id. ib. 10, 13 (8).— Hence, văcans, antis, P. a.

Empty, unoccupied, without an owner, vacant:

locus,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16, 8:

metaphora... vacantem locum occupare debet,

Quint. 8, 6, 18:

regnum,

Just. 42, 4, 2; 25, 2, 4; 27, 3, 1:

saltus,

Verg. G. 3, 477:

balneae,

Tac. H. 3, 11:

bona,

Dig. 30, 1, 93; 30, 1, 111.— Subst.: văcantia, ĭum, n., vacant estates, property without an owner:

ut, si a privilegiis parentum cessaretur, velut parens omnium populus vacantia teneret,

Tac. A. 3, 28.—

Of women, single, unmarried, without a husband:

qui vacantem mulierem rapuit vel nuptam,

Dig. 48, 6, 5; Quint. Decl. 262 (cf. vacua, Ov. H. 20, 149).—

Of persons, at leisure, unoccupied, idle:

nec petiit animum vacantem,

Ov. M. 9, 612.— Subst.: văcantĭa, ĭum, n., that which is superfluous, useless (post-class.):

vacantia ex quāque re ac non necessariā auferre et excidere,

Gell. 6, 5, 6.—Hence, adv.: vă-canter, superfluously, Gell. 17, 10, 16.

văco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( perf. vacui, Tert. Pall. 4; id. Pud. 8 fin.; id. adv. Val. 9), v. n. [etym. dub.], to be empty, void, or vacant; to be void of, or without; not to contain (class.; cf.: careo, egeo).

In gen.

Lit., of space, etc.

Absol.:

quācumque vacat spatium, quod inane vocamus,

Lucr. 1, 507; so,

spatium,

id. 2, 1053; 6, 1029:

inane,

id. 1, 520:

villa ita completa militibus est, ut vix triclinium... vacaret,

Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1:

tota domus superior vacat,

id. ib. 13, 12, 10:

aedes,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 7:

maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros,

to be uninhabited, uncultivated, Caes. B. G. 4, 3:

locus,

id. ib. 1, 28; Quint. 8, 6, 18; 9, 4, 118; 10, 3, 33:

ostia septem Pulverulenta vacant, septem sine flumine valles,

Ov. M. 2, 256:

odi cum late splendida cera vacat,

id. Am. 1, 11, 20:

haec fiunt dum vacat harena,

Sen. Ep. 7, 4.—

With abl. (so most freq.):

illa natura caelestis et terra vacat et umore,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65; cf. id. N. D. 2, 24, 64:

mens vacans corpore,

id. ib. 1, 10, 25:

hoste vacare domos,

Verg. A. 3, 123:

(domus) quae Igne vacet,

Ov. M. 2, 764:

custode vacans,

id. ib. 2, 422:

ora vacent epulis,

i. e. abstain from, id. ib. 15, 478: ea pars oppidi, quae fluminis circuitu vacabat, Auct. B. G. 8, 41. —

With ab:

haec a custodiis classium loca maxime vacabant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—

Transf., to be vacant. free from, without, unoccupied, etc.

With abl.:

ejusmodi (nimiis animi) motibus sermo debet vacare,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 136:

nulla vitae pars vacare officio potest,

id. ib. 1, 2, 4:

omni curatione et administratione rerum (dii),

id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

studiis,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

curā et negotio,

id. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

vitio,

id. ib. 3, 3, 10:

culpā,

id. Fam. 7, 3, 4:

criminibus,

Quint. 10, 1, 34:

febri,

Cels. 2, 14 med.:

morbis,

Dig. 21, 1, 53:

amplitudo animi pulchrior, si vacet populo,

keeps free from, remains aloof from, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

respublica et milite illic et pecuniā vacet,

be free from the necessity of furnishing, Liv. 2, 48, 9.—

With ab and abl.:

nullum tempus illi umquam vacabat aut a forensi dictione aut a scribendo,

Cic. Brut. 78, 272:

(rex) quicquid a bellis populi Romani vacabat, cum hominibus nostris consuetudines jungebat,

id. Deiot. 9, 27:

a publico officio et munere,

id. Div. 2, 2, 7:

ab opere (milites),

Caes. B. C. 3, 76:

ne quando a metu ac periculis vacarent,

Liv. 7, 1:

vacant ab imbecillis valetudinaria,

Col. 12, 3, 8:

a culpā,

Sen. Ep. 97, 1:

a periculo,

id. Q. N. 6, 1, 1:

a negotiis,

Phaedr. 3 prol.—

In partic.

To be free from labor, not busied, idle, at leisure; to have leisure or time:

quamvis occupatus sis, otii tamen plus habes: aut, si ne tu quidem vacas, noli, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 1; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 27:

festus in pratis vacat otioso Cum bove pagus,

Hor. C. 3, 18, 11:

si vacabis,

Cic. Att. 12, 38, 2:

si forte vacas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 95.—

After the Aug. per. esp. freq.

Vacare alicui rei, to be free to attend, apply, or devote one's self to something; to have leisure or time for a thing (cf. studeo):

philosophiae, Quinte, semper vaco,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10:

in itinere, quasi solutus ceteris curis, huic uni vacaret,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 15:

huic uni negotio vacare,

Vell. 2, 114, 1:

ille non vacasse sermoni suo regem causatus discessit,

Curt. 6, 7, 21:

paulum etiam palaestricis,

Quint. 1, 11, 15:

studio operis pulcherrimi,

id. 12, 1, 4:

foro,

id. 10, 1, 114:

clientium negotiis,

Tac. A. 16, 22:

non discendo tantum juri, sed etiam docendo,

Quint. 12, 1, 10:

libellis legendis ac rescribendis,

Suet. Aug. 45:

queruntur de superiorum fastidio, quod ipsis adire volentibus non vacaverint,

have no leisure for them, can not attend to them, Sen. Brev. Vit. 2, 5.—Rarely absol.:

dum perago tecum pauca sed apta, vaca,

Ov. Am. 2, 2, 2.—

Vacare ad aliquid:

non vaco ad istas ineptias,

Sen. Ep. 49, 9; cf. ( poet.):

in grande opus,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 36; also, with inf.:

sternere acies,

Stat. Th. 8, 185.—

Vacat (alicui), impers., there is time, room, or leisure for a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

With inf. (so most freq.): si primā repetens ab origine pergam Et vacet annales nostrorum audire laborum, Verg. A. 1, 373:

tunc et elegiam vacabit in manus sumere,

Quint. 10, 1, 58:

non vacabit incohare haec studia,

id. 1, 12, 12: hactenus indulsisse vacat, it is permitted, i. q. licet, Verg. A. 10, 625 Heyne; imitated by Sil. 17, 374.—

With dat., I ( thou, he, etc.) have leisure or time for a thing:

nobis venari nec vacat nec libet,

Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 1:

non vacat exiguis rebus adesse Jovi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 216:

nec nostris praebere vacet tibi cantibus aures,

id. M. 5, 334:

obstat enim diligentiae scribendi etiam fatigatio et abunde, si vacet, lucis spatia sufficiunt,

Quint. 10, 3, 27:

cui esse diserto vacet,

id. 11, 1, 50:

quo magis te, cui vacat, hortor, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 11; 8, 15, 1; Curt. 10, 10, 12; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 124, 1.— Absol.:

teneri properentur amores, Dum vacat,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 70:

si vacat,

Juv. 1, 21. —

Of possessions, lands, etc., to be unoccupied, vacant, ownerless:

cum agri Ligustini... aliquantum vacaret, senatūs consultum est factum, ut is ager viritim divideretur,

Liv. 42, 4, 3:

fundi possessionem nancisci, quae ex neglegentiā domini vacat,

Dig. 41, 3, 37:

si nemo sit, bona vacabunt,

ib. 38, 7, 2 fin. —

Esp., of offices, relations, positions, employments, etc., to be vacant, without incumbent, etc.:

si Piso adesset, nullius philosophiae vacaret locus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16: quid enim nostrā victum esse Antonium, si victus est, ut alii vacaret, quod ille obtinuit? may stand open, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

rogo ut Suram praeturā exornare digneris, cuia locus vacet,

Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7), 1:

rogo dignitati... vel auguratum vel septemviratum, quia vacant, adicere digneris,

id. ib. 10, 13 (8).— Hence, văcans, antis, P. a.

Empty, unoccupied, without an owner, vacant:

locus,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16, 8:

metaphora... vacantem locum occupare debet,

Quint. 8, 6, 18:

regnum,

Just. 42, 4, 2; 25, 2, 4; 27, 3, 1:

saltus,

Verg. G. 3, 477:

balneae,

Tac. H. 3, 11:

bona,

Dig. 30, 1, 93; 30, 1, 111.— Subst.: văcantia, ĭum, n., vacant estates, property without an owner:

ut, si a privilegiis parentum cessaretur, velut parens omnium populus vacantia teneret,

Tac. A. 3, 28.—

Of women, single, unmarried, without a husband:

qui vacantem mulierem rapuit vel nuptam,

Dig. 48, 6, 5; Quint. Decl. 262 (cf. vacua, Ov. H. 20, 149).—

Of persons, at leisure, unoccupied, idle:

nec petiit animum vacantem,

Ov. M. 9, 612.— Subst.: văcantĭa, ĭum, n., that which is superfluous, useless (post-class.):

vacantia ex quāque re ac non necessariā auferre et excidere,

Gell. 6, 5, 6.—Hence, adv.: vă-canter, superfluously, Gell. 17, 10, 16.