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ex-postŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.

To demand vehemently or urgently, to demand, require (mostly post-Aug. for class. exposco; not in Cic., since in Rosc. Com. 17, 50, the true read. is: et postulare; cf.

also: peto, exigo, flagito, postulo): aures meae auxilium expostulant,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 25:

quae ne civilium quidem bellorum victores expostulaverint,

Tac. A. 1, 19:

primas sibi partes,

id. ib. 15, 53:

cum quid expostulabit usus,

Col. 12, 2, 3:

tarda sunt quae in commune expostulantur,

Tac. A. 1, 28:

Armeniam praesidiis vacuam fieri, expostulabat,

id. ib. 15, 17:

expostulat, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 12, 46:

quibus clamoribus expostulatum est, ne, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 75, 4.— Absol.:

expostulante consensu populi, pax inita,

Vell. 2, 77, 1.—

In partic. (cf. exposco, II.), to require to be delivered up, to demand one for punishment:

Marium Celsum ad supplicium expostulabant,

Tac. H. 1, 45; cf. id. ib. 1, 73:

auctores caedis ad poenam,

Suet. Dom. 23.—

Cum aliquo ( de aliqua re or aliquid) or absol., to find fault, dispute, expostulate with one respecting something; to complain of one (class.; syn.: calumnior, reprehendo, vitupero, increpo, improbo, etc.).—With acc. rei, and cum with abl. pers.:

lenis a te et facilis existimari debeo, qui nihil tecum de his ipsis rebus expostulem,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 6:

cum illo injuriam,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 15:

ne illum quidem Juventium tecum expostulavi,

Cic. Planc. 24, 58. —With acc. alone:

qui putant sibi fieri injuriam ultro, si quam fecere ipsi, expostules,

Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 4.—With acc. and inf. as object:

tum obstetrix expostulavit mecum, parum missum sibi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 103:

sed locus esse videtur tecum expostulandi,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6.—With de and abl. rei:

regna omnia de nostris cupiditatibus et injuriis expostulant,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207.—With quia or cur:

expostulare, quia, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 88:

mittebat oratores, qui suo nomine expostularent, cur, etc.,

Tac. A. 13, 37:

cur non mecum questus es? aut... iracundius ac vehementius expostulasti?

Cic. Sull. 15, 44; cf.:

ne expostulent et querantur, se, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 5, 14:

verecunde,

Dig. 1, 12, 1, § 8.

făcultas, ātis ( gen. plur.:

facultatum,

Cic. Off. 1, 9, 29 al.:

facultatium,

Dig. 32, 1, 78, § 1; Col. 1, 4, 8), f. [facul, facilis; cf.: difficultas, simultas], capability, possibility, power, means, opportunity; skill, ability to do any thing easily (class.; syn.: dotes, virtutes, [p. 719] ingenium, indoles).

Lit.:

facultates sunt, aut quibus facilius fit, aut sine quibus aliquid confici non potest,

Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 41.—Constr. with gen., ad, ut, inf., or absol.

With gen. of gerund.:

facultas pariendi,

Ter. And. 1, 4, 5:

summa copia facultasque dicendi,

Cic. Quint. 2, 8:

sibi facultatem dicendi parare,

Quint. 11, 2, 49:

Miloni manendi nulla facultas,

Cic. Mil. 17, 45:

suscipiendi maleficii,

id. Rosc. Am. 33, 92:

laedendi,

id. Fl. 8, 19:

redimendi,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 18:

facultatem judicandi facere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 179 et saep.—So with ellipsis of dicendi:

extemporalis facultas,

of extemporaneous speaking, Suet. Aug. 84; cf.:

facultas summa,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 18; id. ib. 6, 29, 5.—With a gen. subst.:

talium sumptuum facultatem fructum divitiarum putat,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

quod reliquis fugae facultas daretur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32 fin.:

Demostheni facultatem defuisse hujus rei,

Quint. 6, 3, 2: si facultas tui praesentis esset, if I could but meet you face to face, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 4:

facultates medicamentorum,

virtue, efficacy, Cels. 5 praef. init.; id. ib. 17.—

With ad:

ne irato facultas ad dicendum data esse videatur,

Cic. Font. 10, 22 (6, 12); cf.:

ad explicandas tuas litteras,

id. Rep. 1, 9; and:

ad ducendum bellum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 4.— In plur.:

ingenii facultates,

Cic. Att. 3, 10:

multae mihi ad satis faciendum reliquo tempore facultates dabuntur,

Cic. Clu. 4, 10.—Rarely with dat.:

si facultas sit alendis sarmentis,

Col. 4, 29, 1.—

With in:

modica in dicendo facultas,

Suet. Galb. 3. —

With ut:

nonnumquam improbo facultas dari, ut, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 25, 71; id. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:

L. Quintius oblatam sibi facultatem putavit, ut, etc.,

id. Clu. 28, 77; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4:

erit haec facultas in eo, quem volumus esse eloquentem, ut, etc.,

id. Or. 33, 117.—

With inf. (post-Aug. and very rare):

nobis saevire facultas,

Stat. Th. 4, 513; 12, 36; Val. Fl. 3, 16; Auct. B. Afr. 78.—

Absol.:

cave quicquam, quod ad meum commodum attineat, nisi maximo tuo commodo et maxima tua facultate cogitaris,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 4:

urges istam occasionem et facultatem,

id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:

poëtica quaedam,

id. Rep. 1, 14:

facultas ex ceteris rebus comparata,

id. de Or. 2, 12, 50:

si facultas erit,

id. de Inv. 1, 46 fin.; cf.:

hinc abite, dum est facultas,

while you can, Caes. B. G. 7, 50 fin.:

quoad facultas feret,

Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.

Transf., concr., for copia, opes, a sufficient or great number, abundance, plenty, supply, stock, store; plur., goods, riches, property (syn.: opes, bona, silva, divitiae, fortunae, copia, vis).

Sing.:

nummorum facultas,

Cic. Quint. 4, 16:

cujus generis (virorum) erat in senatu facultas maxima,

id. Sull. 14, 42:

facultas vacui ac liberi temporis,

id. de Or. 3, 15, 57:

omnium rerum, quae ad bellum usui erant, summa erat in eo oppido facultas,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 3:

navium,

id. ib. 3, 9, 6:

si facultas ejus succi sit copiosior,

Col. 12, 38, 8 al.: pro facultate quisque, in proportion to his ability or wealth, Suet. Aug. 29.—

Plur.:

anquirunt ad facultates rerum atque copias, ad potentiam, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

mutandis facultatibus et commodis,

id. ib. 2, 4, 15:

facultates commodorum praetermittere,

id. Att. 1, 17, 5:

me tuae facultates sustinent,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7:

videndum ne major benignitas sit quam facultates,

id. Off. 1, 14, 42:

facultates ad largiendum magnas comparasse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 4:

facultates patrimonii nostri aliis relinquemus,

Quint. 6 praef. §

16: Gaius attritis facultatibus urbe cessit,

Suet. Galb. 3:

modicus facultatibus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2 et saep.:

Tantas videri Italiae facultates, ut, etc.,

supplies, resources, Caes. B. G. 6, 1, 3;

with copia,

id. B. C. 1, 49, 2:

ministrare alicui de facultatibus suis,

Vulg. Luc. 8, 3:

qui facultates suas suspectas habet,

i. e. doubts his own solvency, Gai. Inst. 2, 154.

languesco, gŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [langueo], to become faint, weak, languid (class.; syn.: torpesco, marcesco).

Lit.

In gen.:

corpore languescit,

Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 65:

orator metuo ne languescat senectute,

id. de Sen. 9, 28:

corpora,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 39; Plin. Pan. 18:

vites languescunt,

Plin. 18, 15, 37, § 138:

cum flos, succisus aratro, languescit moriens,

droops, withers, Verg. A. 9, 436: Bacchus in amphora Languescit, becomes mild or mellow, Hor. C. 3, 16, 34:

luna languescit,

becomes obscured, Tac. A. 1, 28:

color in luteum languescens,

inclining to, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133.—

In partic., to be enfeebled by disease, to be ill, to languish ( poet. and post-Aug.):

nec mea languescent corpora,

Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 39:

ter omnino per quatuordecim annos languit,

Suet. Ner. 51.—

Trop., to grow languid, listless, or inactive, to decline, decrease:

consensus populi, si nos languescimus debilitetur necesse est,

Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 4:

Martia legio hoc nuntio languescet et mollietur,

id. ib. 12, 3, 8:

quare non est, cur eorum spes infringatur aut languescat industria,

should relax, id. Or. 2, 6:

militaria studia,

are on the decline, Plin. Pan. 18:

affectus omnes,

Quint. 11, 3, 2:

mens languescit,

id. 1, 2, 18: omnium rerum cupido languescit, cum facilis occasio est, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 1:

paulatim atrocibus irae languescunt animis,

Sil. 13, 325:

illa rabies languit,

Luc. 7, 246.

per-făcĭlis, e, adj.

Very easy (class.):

perfacilis et expedita defensio,

Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 36 Madv. N. cr.:

disciplina cognitu perfacilis,

id. Tusc. 4, 3, 6; id. Leg. 2, 7, 17:

perfacile factu esse conata perficere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3.—

In partic., very courteous (class.):

perfacilis in audiendo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 93.—Hence, adv., in two forms: perfacile (class.) and ‡ perfacul.

perfăcĭlē.

Very easily (class.):

perfacile hunc hominem de medio tolli posse,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

sese tueri,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 8:

apparere,

id. Fin. 2, 33, 209.—

Very willingly (ante-class.): perfacile patior, Att. ap. Non. 5, 40 (Trag. Rel. v. 9 Rib.); Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 93.—

perfăcŭl antiqui et per se facul dicebant, quod nunc facile dicimus, Fest. p. 214 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 215 Müll.

per-făcĭlis, e, adj.

Very easy (class.):

perfacilis et expedita defensio,

Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 36 Madv. N. cr.:

disciplina cognitu perfacilis,

id. Tusc. 4, 3, 6; id. Leg. 2, 7, 17:

perfacile factu esse conata perficere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3.—

In partic., very courteous (class.):

perfacilis in audiendo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 93.—Hence, adv., in two forms: perfacile (class.) and ‡ perfacul.

perfăcĭlē.

Very easily (class.):

perfacile hunc hominem de medio tolli posse,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

sese tueri,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 8:

apparere,

id. Fin. 2, 33, 209.—

Very willingly (ante-class.): perfacile patior, Att. ap. Non. 5, 40 (Trag. Rel. v. 9 Rib.); Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 93.—

perfăcŭl antiqui et per se facul dicebant, quod nunc facile dicimus, Fest. p. 214 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 215 Müll.

transĭtus, a, um, Part. of transeo.

transĭtus, ūs, m. [transeo], a going over, passing over, passage (class.; syn. trajectus).

Lit.

In gen.:

fossae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

flumine impeditus transitus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 20; 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 5, 55; 6, 7; 7, 57; Liv. 21, 20, 2; 28, 1, 1; Tac. A. 15, 10; id. H. 1, 70; 3, 59; 4, 65; Just. 1, 8, 2; 15, 4, 12:

in urbem nostram Junonis,

removal, Val. Max. 1, 8, 3.—

Concr., a passage-way, passage:

spiritus,

i. e. the windpipe, Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 111; cf.

auditus,

the auditory passage, id. 23, 2, 28, § 59. —

In partic.

A passing over, desertion to another party:

facilis ad proximos et validiores,

Tac. H. 1, 76:

transitūs mora,

id. Agr. 38:

ad Vitellium,

id. H. 1, 76:

in alienam familiam,

a passing over, adoption into, Gell. 5, 19, 8.—

Law t. t., a transfer of possession, Cod. Just. 2, 13, 20. —

A passing over, passing away:

tempestatis,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2.—

A passing by:

capta in transitu urbs Ninos,

Tac. A. 12, 13.—

Trop.

In gen., a passing over, passing, change:

in illo a pueritiā ad adulescentiam transitu,

Quint. 11, 3, 28:

opportunos magnis conatibus transitus rerum,

revolutions, Tac. H. 1, 21. —

In partic.

A means of passing, a transition from one step to another:

medius quidem gradus, nihil ipse significans sed praebens transitum,

Quint. 8, 6, 38:

in figuras alias,

Plin. 11, 36, 43, § 120. — Of the transition of colors in shading, Plin. 35, 5, 11, § 29; 37, 2, 8, § 21; Ov. M. 6, 66.—Of transition in sound, Quint. 12, 10, 68.—

In speaking.

A transition:

hinc erit ad alia transitus,

Quint. 7, 6, 5:

ad diversa,

id. 9, 3, 65: metabolê, id est transitus in aliud genus rhythmi, id. 9, 4, 50:

in Armeniam transitum facimus,

Just. 42, 2, 7.—In plur.:

unde venusti transitus fiunt,

Quint. 9, 2, 61.—

In transitu, in passing, by the way:

quae leviter in transitu attigeram,

Quint. 7, 3, 27:

in transitu aliquid tractare,

id. 6, 2, 2:

in transitu non omittemus,

id. 2, 10, 15.