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  • 1 prope

    prŏpe, adv. and prep. [pro and demonstr suff. -pe (cf.: nempe, quippe), = Sanscr. -pa].
    I.
    Adv. ( comp. propius, and sup. proxime, v. under propior), near, nigh (class.).
    A.
    Lit., in space:

    quaenam vox mihi prope hic sonat? Quis hic loquitur prope?

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 10:

    prope ad aliquem adire,

    id. Cas. 3, 5, 32:

    aedes accedere,

    id. Most. 2, 2, 16:

    prope alicubi esse,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 7, 1:

    intueri aliquid (opp. procul),

    id. Sen. 14, 48.—
    2.
    With ab, near to, near by, hard by:

    bellum tam prope a Siciliā,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 6:

    prope a meis aedibus,

    id. Pis. 11, 26:

    prope ab domo detineri,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6.—So, comp.:

    stellae, aliae propius a terris, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    propius visere mala reipublicae,

    Tac. A. 6, 26.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In time, near, not far off: partus instabat prope, was near at hand, Ter Ad. 3, 2, 9.—Esp. with quando, cum, ut, the time is near or not far off, when, etc.:

    prope est, quando herus pretium exsolvet,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 25:

    prope adest, quom alieno more vivendum est mihi,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 125:

    partitudo prope adest, ut fiat palam,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 9; Flor. 3, 17, 2:

    nox prope diremit colloquium,

    i. e. the approach of night, Liv. 34, 33, 3; cf. id. 32, 28, 7; 5, 16, 5.—
    2.
    In degree, nearly, almost, about (cf.:

    pene, ferme, fere): ejus filiam ille amare coepit perdite, Prope jam ut pro uxore haberet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 45; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 10:

    prope funeratus Arboris ictu,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 7:

    prope firmissima earum regionum civitas,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 20:

    annos prope nonaginta natus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62:

    prope desperatis rebus,

    id. Fam. 7, 28, 1:

    sic prope oneratum est sinistrum cornu, ni, etc.,

    Liv. 2, 65, 4; cf. id. 40, 32:

    prope est factum ut exirent,

    id. 25, 21:

    prope est ut aliquid fiat,

    something must be done, Dig. 35, 1, 67:

    prope perditae res,

    Liv. 5, 46, 7:

    Fidenae prope saepius captae, quam, etc.,

    id. 4, 32, 2:

    prope desertum oppidum,

    id. 4, 51, 8.—After the word it qualifies:

    biennium prope,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 62:

    princeps prope Stoicorum,

    id. Ac. 2, 33, 107:

    eisdem prope verbis,

    id. Leg. 2, 25, 64: his prope verbis id. Fin. 4, 6, 15: cursu prope Chalcidem contendit, Liv. 31, 24, 2:

    admirabilior prope,

    id. 22, 37, 3:

    omnes prope,

    id. 1, 14, 4; 23, 49, 14; 30, 30, 8.— Comp.:

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15:

    neque quidquam propius est factum, quam ut, etc.,

    id. Clu. 21, 59.—
    C.
    Trop., comp. propius, with inspicio, considero, nosco, etc., more closely, better (post - Aug.):

    qualis esset ejus (mortis) velut propius inspectae natura,

    Sen. Ep. 30, 8:

    propius inspicere aliquem,

    id. ib. 5, 6:

    dixit futurum ut diviti displiceret propius inspectus,

    id. Contr. 2, 9, 21, B.; 4, 15, 3;

    10, 95, 1: quam (lancem) cum Agamemnon propius consideraret,

    Petr. 1, 50:

    propius noscendum,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 7; cf. penitus.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    Lit., in space, near, near by, hard by:

    prope oppidum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

    prope hostium castra,

    id. ib. 1, 22:

    prope amnem,

    Verg. A. 8, 597:

    non modo prope me, sed plane mecum habitare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 4:

    sedens prope limina tecti,

    Ov. F. 1, 137.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In time, nigh, towards, about:

    prope lucem,

    towards daybreak, Suet. Claud. 44.—
    2.
    Of abstract proximity, near to, almost to, not far from:

    prope metum res fuerat,

    Liv. 1, 25 fin.:

    prope seditionem ventum est,

    Tac. H. 3, 21; Dig. 17, 1, 29.

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  • 2 appetō (ad-p-)

        appetō (ad-p-) īvī or iī, ītus, ere.—     Trans, to strive for, reach after, grasp at: (solem) manibus: salutari, appeti: mare terram appetens: munitionibus loca, taking in, L.—Esp., to fall upon, attack, assault, assail: umerum gladio, Cs.: oculos rostro, L.: ferro corpora, V.: ignominiis.—Fig., to strive after, long for, desire, seek, court: populi R. amicitiam, Cs.: bona naturā: inimicitias potentiorum pro te: nihil sibi: agere aliquid. — Intrans, to draw nigh, approach, be at hand: dies appetebat, Cs.: nox, L.: fatum, Cu.

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  • 3 appropinquō (ad-p-)

        appropinquō (ad-p-) āvī, ātus, āre,    to come near, approach, draw nigh: ad aquam: finibus Bellovacorum, Cs.: suspicio adlata hostem appropinquare, N.: cum locis esset adpropinquatum, Cs. — Fig.: hiemps, Cs.: imperii occasus: illi poena, nobis libertas: primis ordinibus, i. e. to be near promotion to, Cs.: ut videat, i. e. to come near seeing.

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  • 4 comminus

        comminus (not cōminus), adv.    [com- + manus], in close contest, hand to hand, at close quarters: acriter instare, S.: eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uti: unum ense ferit, O.: comminus eminus petunt, L.: locus pugnandi, Cs.: conferre signa, L.: falcati enses, for hand-to-hand fighting, V.: in apros ire, O.: cervos obtruncant ferro, V.: arva Insequitur, V.—Fig., at close quarters, hand to hand: agamus. — Nigh at hand, near to, near: aspicit Getas, O.: monstratā captivitate, Ta.
    * * *
    hand to hand (fight), in close combat/quarters; close at hand; in presence of

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  • 5 ferē

        ferē adv.    [3 FER-], closely, quite, entirely, fully, altogether, just: grandicula, T.: ornatus fere militaris, quite: paria esse fere peccata, H.: Iamque fere, just at this time, V.: tum fere.—Of time, in general, usually, commonly, mostly: ruri fere Se continebat, T.: Fit fere, ut, etc.: quod fere libenter homines id, quod volunt, credunt, Cs.: Nigra fere terra, V.: quod non fere ante auctumnum solet, etc., not usually, Cs.: non sunt vitiosiores, quam fere plerique, qui, etc.—Of degree, nearly, almost, well-nigh, within a little, for the most part, about: abhinc mensīs decem fere, T.: quinta fere hora: tertiā fere vigiliā, Cs.: meus fere aequalis: totius fere Galliae legati, Cs.: fere omnes, Cs.: mihi fere satis est quod vixi: tantum fere, almost only: hoc fere ab reliquis differunt, quod, chiefly, Cs.—With negatives, scarcely, hardly: nec rei fere sane amplius quicquam fuit, T.: nemo fere saltat sobrius: (Catone) erat nemo fere senior.
    * * *
    almost; about, nearly; generally, in general; (w/negatives) hardly ever

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  • 6 fermē

        fermē adv.    [for * ferimē, sup of fere], closely, quite, entirely, fully, altogether, just: iam ferme moriens me vocat, just dying, T.: quod ferme dirum in tempus cecidere Latinae.—Of time, in general, usually, commonly: parentum iniuriae Unius modi sunt ferme, T.: quod ferme evenit: inculta ferme vestiuntur virgultis, L.—Of degree, nearly, almost, well-nigh, about: ferme eadem omnia, quae, etc., T.: pars ferme dimidia, L.: aberat mons ferme milia viginti, S.—With a negative, hardly, scarcely: hoc non ferme sine magnis principum vitiis evenit: nec ferme res antiqua alia est nobilior, L.: ut eo nihil ferme quisquam addere posset.
    * * *
    nearly, almost, about; (with negatives) hardly ever

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  • 7 īn-stō

        īn-stō stitī, statūrus, āre,    to stand upon, take a position: iugis, V.—To draw nigh, approach, be at hand, impend: partus instabat prope, T.: nox instabat, S.: ea quae videntur instare: instant ludi: cum illi iter instaret: quidquid subiti instat, Iu.: illud quod instet agi oportere, the subject in hand: quod instat, i. e. our purpose, V.: cum legionibus instare Varum, Cs.: quantae caedes Laurentibus instant, V.—To press upon, harass, molest, menace, threaten: comminus acriter, S.: rursus, Cs.: ferro: hinc Pallas instat, Hinc contra Lausus, V.: hostibus dubiis, S.: noli mihi instare: praecedentibus, H.: cedenti instaturus, L.: instantem regi cometen videre, Iu.—Fig., to urge, press, insist, pursue: quam ob rem urge, insta, perfice: addit et instat, H.: ille instat factum (esse), insists upon the fact, T.: accusatori.—To follow up eagerly, pursue, be intent upon, urge forward, drive: vox domini instantis, Iu.: Instant ardentes Tyrii, V.: instant operi, V.: talibus instans monitis (parens), Iu.: non ignarus instandum famae, Ta.: Marti currum, to work hard at, V.—To demand earnestly, solicit, insist upon: num ego insto? T.: unum de indutiis, make one demand, Cs.: quod te instante faciet, at your instance: instat Scandilius poscere recuperatores: tibi instat Hortensius, ut eas in consilium: profecto, si instetur, suo milite vinci Romam posse, L.

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  • 8 iūxtā

        iūxtā adv.    [for * iūgistā, abl f. sup. from iūgis], near to, nigh, near at hand, near, near by, hard by, close to, by the side of: legio, quae iuxta constiterat, Cs.: sellam iuxta ponere, S.: furiarum maxima iuxta Accubat, V.: accedere iuxta, O.— In like manner, equally, alike on a par: eorum ego vitam mortemque iuxta aestimo, S.: ceteri iuxta insontes, L.: res parva ac iuxta magnis difficilis, L.: iuxta eam rem aegre passi patres, quam cum viderent, etc., i. e. were just as indignant, L.: iuxta mecum omnes intellegitis, S.: absentium bona iuxta atque interemptorum diyisa fuere, L.: iuxta ac si meus frater esset, just as if: iuxta ac si hostes adessent, S.: litteris Graecis atque Latinis iuxta eruditus, S.

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  • 9 prope

        prope adv.    with comp. propius (for sup., see proximē); also praep. with acc.—In space, near, nigh: tam prope Italiam videre: adulescentia voluptates prope intuens (opp. procul): prope est spelunca quaedam: bellum tam prope a Siciliā, so near to: prope a meis aedibus, close by: propius accedamus, T.: paulo propius accedere: ubi propius ventum est, S.—With acc, near, near to, hard by: prope oppidum, Cs.: prope amnem, V.: non modo prope me sed plane mecum habitare: nec propius urbem admovere: castra propius hostem movit, L.: hi propius mare Africum agitabant, S.—With dat. (only comp.): propius stabulis armenta tenere, V.: propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis, N.—In time, near, at hand: partus instabat prope, T.: Prope adest, quom alieno more vivendumst mihi, the time is at hand, T.: nox prope diremit conloquium, i. e. the approach of night, L. —With acc, near, in the phrase, prope diem (less correctly, propediem), at an early day, very soon, shortly, presently: vero nuntio hoc prope diem sentiemus: sperabat prope diem se habiturum, etc., S.: similes prope diem exitūs sequerentur, L.—Fig., in degree, nearly, almost, about: filiam amare, Prope iam ut pro uxore haberet, T.: dolor prope maior quam ceterorum: prope funeratus Arboris ictu, H.: annos prope nonaginta natus: cum hostes prope ad portas essent, L.: prope moenibus succedere, almost to the walls, L.: prope desertum oppidum, L.: princeps prope Stoicorum: his prope verbis: iam prope erat, ut ne consulum maiestas coërceret iram, it had almost come to this, L.: nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequerentur.—With acc, near to: prope metum res fuerat, almost a panic, L.: ea contentio cum prope seditionem veniret, L.: ut propius periculum fuerint, qui vicerunt, L.—In the phrase, prope modum (less correctly, propemodum), nearly, almost, just about: quid enim sors est! idem prope modum, quod micare: adsentior.
    * * *
    I II
    propius, proxime ADV
    near, nearly; close by; almost

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  • 10 propinquō

        propinquō —, —, āre    [propinquus], to draw near, come nigh, approach: vis inimica propinquat, V.: scopulo, V.: ripae, V.— To bring near, bring on, hasten, accelerate: rite Augurium, V.
    * * *
    propinquare, propinquavi, propinquatus V
    bring near; draw near

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  • 11 propinquus

        propinquus adj. with comp.    [prope], near, nigh, neighboring: rus, T.: loca, S.: urbs: nimium Sol, H.: urbi montes, N.: itinera loca, L.: exsilium paulo propinquius, O.—As subst n., neighborhood, vicinity: ex propinquo cognoscit Hannonem <*>rofectum, from being in the neighborhood, L.: in propinquo esse, L.—In time, near, at hand, not far off: reditus: stipendi spem propinquam facere, i. e. of speedy payment, L.—Fig., kindred, related, near: homo: mulier: tibi genere, S.: consanguinitate, V.—As subst m. and f a relation, relative, kinsman: societas propinquorum: propinquus et amicus: te reddere caris propinquis, H.: virgo huius propinqua, kinswoman.
    * * *
    I
    propinqua, propinquum ADJ
    near, neighboring
    II

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  • 12 adpropinquo

    adpropinquare, adpropinquavi, adpropinquatus V INTRANS
    approach (w/DAT or ad+ACC); come near to, draw near/nigh (space/time); be close

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  • 13 adpropio

    adpropiare, adpropiavi, adpropiatus V INTRANS
    approach (w/DAT or ad+ACC); come near to, draw near/nigh (space/time); be close

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  • 14 appropinquo

    appropinquare, appropinquavi, appropinquatus V INTRANS
    approach (w/DAT or ad+ACC); come near to, draw near/nigh (space/time); be close

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  • 15 appropio

    appropiare, appropiavi, appropiatus V INTRANS
    approach (w/DAT or ad+ACC); come near to, draw near/nigh (space/time); be close

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  • 16 adpeto

    1.
    ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    solem manibus adpetere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

    placentam,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

    hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

    urbem,

    Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

    crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

    by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

    Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

    only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—
    B.
    Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

    peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

    Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

    ferro atque insidiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

    umerum gladio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

    aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

    morsu,

    Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

    ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

    Cic. Quint. 31:

    me amor appetit,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

    (uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

    Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—
    C.
    Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

    ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

    idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

    id. Phil. 3, 14:

    inimicitias potentium appetere,

    id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

    alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

    amicitiam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    adulescentium familiaritates,

    Sall. C. 14, 5:

    hereditates,

    Suet. Aug. 60:

    divitias,

    Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

    nihil ornamentorum,

    Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

    alienum,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

    nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

    Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

    appetitur vilis oliva,

    Mart. 9, 27:

    pisciculos minutos, caseum,

    Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

    ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

    syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

    dies adpetebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    nox jam adpetebat,

    Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

    tempus anni,

    id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

    lux,

    Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

    partitudo cui appetit,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

    consularia comitia adpetebant,

    Liv. 41, 28:

    adpetit finis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,
    A.
    In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

    appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

    nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

    turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

    Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

    homo non cupidus neque appetens,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

    grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

    ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.
    2.
    appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

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  • 17 adpropinquo

    ap-prŏpinquo ( adp-, Baiter, Weissenb.; app-, Kayser), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to come near, draw nigh to, to approach.
    I.
    Of place.
    a.
    With ad:

    ad summam aquam adpropinquare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: ad portam, Auct. B. Hisp. 3; so id. ib. 2 al.:

    ad juga montium adpropinquare,

    Liv. 40, 58.—
    b.
    With dat.:

    finibus Bellovacorum adpropinquare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 10 fin.:

    munitionibus,

    id. ib. 7, 82:

    cum ejusmodi locis esset adpropinquatum,

    id. B. C. 1, 79 (in id. B. G. 4, 10, and Auct. B. Hisp. 5, the readings vary between the dat. and acc.):

    moenibus,

    Flor. 1, 13, 8:

    castris,

    Suet. Galb. 10 fin. al.— Trop.:

    illi poena, nobis libertas appropinquat,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 4 fin.:

    catulus ille, qui jam adpropinquat, ut videat,

    is near seeing, will soon see, id. Fin. 3, 14, 48:

    Erant centuriones, qui jam primis ordinibus adpropinquarent,

    were near obtaining the first rank, Caes. B. G. 5, 44.—
    II.
    Of time:

    jamque hiems adpropinquabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

    cum dies comitiorum adpropinquaret,

    Liv. 3, 34, 7; 5, 39, 8 al.:

    tempus,

    Suet. Dom. 14 al.:

    tuus adventus adpropinquat,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 6:

    rei maturitas,

    id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 8 al.

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  • 18 appeto

    1.
    ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    solem manibus adpetere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

    placentam,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

    hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

    urbem,

    Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

    crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

    by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

    Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

    only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—
    B.
    Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

    peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

    Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

    ferro atque insidiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

    umerum gladio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

    aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

    morsu,

    Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

    ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

    Cic. Quint. 31:

    me amor appetit,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

    (uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

    Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—
    C.
    Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

    ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

    idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

    id. Phil. 3, 14:

    inimicitias potentium appetere,

    id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

    alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

    amicitiam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    adulescentium familiaritates,

    Sall. C. 14, 5:

    hereditates,

    Suet. Aug. 60:

    divitias,

    Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

    nihil ornamentorum,

    Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

    alienum,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

    nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

    Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

    appetitur vilis oliva,

    Mart. 9, 27:

    pisciculos minutos, caseum,

    Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

    ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

    syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

    dies adpetebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    nox jam adpetebat,

    Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

    tempus anni,

    id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

    lux,

    Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

    partitudo cui appetit,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

    consularia comitia adpetebant,

    Liv. 41, 28:

    adpetit finis,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,
    A.
    In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

    appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

    nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

    turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

    Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—
    B.
    Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

    homo non cupidus neque appetens,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

    grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

    id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

    ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.
    2.
    appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > appeto

  • 19 appropinquo

    ap-prŏpinquo ( adp-, Baiter, Weissenb.; app-, Kayser), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to come near, draw nigh to, to approach.
    I.
    Of place.
    a.
    With ad:

    ad summam aquam adpropinquare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: ad portam, Auct. B. Hisp. 3; so id. ib. 2 al.:

    ad juga montium adpropinquare,

    Liv. 40, 58.—
    b.
    With dat.:

    finibus Bellovacorum adpropinquare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 10 fin.:

    munitionibus,

    id. ib. 7, 82:

    cum ejusmodi locis esset adpropinquatum,

    id. B. C. 1, 79 (in id. B. G. 4, 10, and Auct. B. Hisp. 5, the readings vary between the dat. and acc.):

    moenibus,

    Flor. 1, 13, 8:

    castris,

    Suet. Galb. 10 fin. al.— Trop.:

    illi poena, nobis libertas appropinquat,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 4 fin.:

    catulus ille, qui jam adpropinquat, ut videat,

    is near seeing, will soon see, id. Fin. 3, 14, 48:

    Erant centuriones, qui jam primis ordinibus adpropinquarent,

    were near obtaining the first rank, Caes. B. G. 5, 44.—
    II.
    Of time:

    jamque hiems adpropinquabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

    cum dies comitiorum adpropinquaret,

    Liv. 3, 34, 7; 5, 39, 8 al.:

    tempus,

    Suet. Dom. 14 al.:

    tuus adventus adpropinquat,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 6:

    rei maturitas,

    id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 8 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > appropinquo

  • 20 comminus

    com-mĭnus (less correctly cōmĭ-nus), adv. [manus; cf. Beda, Orth. p. 2331 P.; Fronto, Diff. p. 2193 ib.]; orig. belonging to milit. lang., of conflict, in close contest, hand to hand (with the sword, etc.), Gr. sustadon; opp. eminus, also to missilia, sagittae, etc. (class.; most freq. in the histt.): quae mea comminus machaera atque hasta hostibit e manu, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 270, 29 Müll.:

    nec eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uteretur,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 19; Ov. M. 3, 119:

    undique ex insidiis barbari a fronte ab tergo coörti comminus eminus petunt,

    Liv. 21, 34, 6; 31, 24, 15; Tac. A. 6, 35; 15, 4; App. M. 5, p. 164, 1:

    neque ictu comminus neque conjectione telorum (pulsi),

    Cic. Caecin. 15, 43:

    jacula inutilia esse... gladio comminus geri rem,

    Liv. 44, 35, 12:

    dum locus comminus pugnandi daretur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 58:

    veterani... comminus acriter instare,

    Sall. C. 60, 3; Liv. 27, 18, 14:

    conferre signa,

    id. 1, 33, 4:

    conferre vires,

    id. 42, 47, 8:

    adversus resistentes niti,

    Tac. A. 4, 51:

    trucidato hostium duce,

    Suet. Tib. 3.—
    2.
    Poet., of copulation, Lucr. 4, 1051;

    of fighting,

    Stat. Th. 10, 213; App. M. 2, p. 122, 14.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    sed haec fuerit nobis tamquam levis armaturae prima orationis excursio: nunc comminus agamus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26:

    qui me epistulā petivit, ad te, ut video, comminus accessit,

    has approached you in person, id. Att. 2, 2, 2:

    in apros ire,

    Ov. F. 5, 176; cf.:

    agrestes comminus ire sues (for in sues),

    Prop. 2 (3), 19, 22;

    and so also of game: cervos obtruncant ferro,

    Verg. G. 3, 374;

    and of the preparation of the soil (considered as a contest with the same): jacto qui semine comminus arva Insequitur, i. e. manu sive rastro urget, exercet,

    id. ib. 1, 104; cf. App. M. 2, p. 117, 16; Hand, Turs. II. p. 96.—
    II.
    In gen., without the access. idea of contest, nigh at hand, near to, near, = prope, in or ex propinquo (not freq. before the Aug. per.):

    prius Eminus ardescunt quam comminus imbuat ignis,

    Lucr. 6, 904:

    aspicit hirsutos comminus ursa Getas,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 74; Tac. A. 12, 12:

    viso comminus armatorum agmine,

    id. H. 1, 41; id. G. 8:

    sole per eos dies comminus facto,

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 55: aliquid comminus judicantur, near at hand, i.e. by the eyesight, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240; 35, 3, 6, § 17:

    recipere a debitore suo pecuniam,

    Dig. 13, 7, 3.—
    B.
    Transf., of time, immediately, = statim, sine intermissione; a very common provincialism in Cisalpine Gaul, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 104.—
    III.
    In postAug. poetry sometimes = ad manus, at hand:

    comminus arma habere,

    Val. Fl. 5, 583.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > comminus

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