not inclined to one side

pectus, ŏris, n. [kindred with the Sanscr. vakshas, pectus], the breast, in men and animals.

Lit., the breast, the breastbone:

pectus, hoc est ossa praecordiis et vitalibus natura circumdedit,

Plin. 11, 37, 82, § 207; cf. Cels. 8, 7 fin.; 8, 8, 2:

meum cor coepit in pectus emicare,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 4:

dignitas, quae est in latitudine pectoris,

Quint. 11, 3, 141:

summis digitis pectus appetere,

id. 11, 3, 124; 11, 3, 122:

pectore adverso,

id. 2, 15, 7:

aequo pectore,

upright, not inclined to one side, id. 11, 3, 125:

pectore in adverso ensem Condidit,

Verg. A. 9, 347:

in pectusque cadit pronus,

Ov. M. 4, 578:

latum demisit pectore clavum,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; 2, 8, 90 et saep.; Vulg. Gen. 3, 14.—In the poets freq., in plur., of a person's breast: hasta volans perrumpit pectora ferro, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 760 P.; Ov. M. 4, 554.—

Transf.

The stomach ( poet.):

reserato pectore diras Egerere inde dapes... gestit,

Ov. M. 6, 663.—

As the seat of affection, courage, etc., the heart, feelings, disposition:

somnum socordiamque ex pectore oculisque amovere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 11:

Ah, guttula Pectus ardens mi adspersisti,

i. e. a little comforted, id. Ep. 4, 1, 32:

in amicitiā, nisi, ut dicitur, apertum pectus videas, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 26, 97:

si non ipse amicus per se amatur toto pectore ut dicitur,

id. Leg. 1, 18, 49:

pietate omnium pectora imbuere,

Liv. 1, 21, 1:

metus insidens pectoribus,

id. 10, 41, 2; 1, 56, 4:

quinam pectora semper impavida repens terror invaserit,

id. 21, 30, 2:

in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

Quint. 12, 1, 4; 2, 5, 8:

te vero... jam pectore toto Accipio,

Verg. A. 9, 276:

his ubi laeta deae permulsit pectora dictis,

id. ib. 5, 816:

robur et aes triplex circa pectus erat,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; 2, 12, 15:

pectoribus mores tot sunt quot in orbe figurae,

id. A. A. 1, 759:

mollities pectoris,

tender-heartedness, id. Am. 3, 8, 18; id. H. 19, 192; so,

pectus amicitiae,

a friendly heart, a friend, Mart. 9, 15, 2; Stat. S. 4, 4, 103; Manil. 2, 600.— Of courage, bravery:

cum tales animos juvenum et tam certa tulistis Pectora,

Verg. A. 9, 249:

te vel per Alpium juga... Forti sequemur pectore,

Hor. Epod. 1, 11; Val. Fl. 6, 288.—Of conscience:

vita et pectore puro,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 64:

pectora casta,

Ov. H. 13, 30.—

The soul, spirit, mind, understanding:

de hortis toto pectore cogitemus,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 4; so,

incumbe toto pectore ad laudem,

id. Fam. 10, 10, 2:

onerandum complendumque pectus maximarum rerum et plurimarum suavitate,

id. de Or. 3, 30, 121:

quod verbum in pectus Jugurthae altius descendit,

Sall. J. 11, 7; Liv. 1, 59:

(stultitiam tuam) in latebras abscondas pectore penitissumo,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 64:

multipotens pectus habere, ut copias... pectore promat suo,

id. Bacch. 4, 1, 8 Fleck.: haben' tu amicum quoi pectus sapiat? id. Trin. 1, 2, 53; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 12:

at Cytherea novas artes, nova pectore versat Consilia,

Verg. A. 1, 657:

oculis pectoris aliquid haurire,

Ov. M. 15, 63; id. Tr. 3, 1, 64:

memori referas mihi pectore cuncta,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 90:

nunc adbibe puro Pectore verba,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 68; 2, 1, 128:

pectore arripere artes,

Tac. Or. 28:

pectus est quod disertos facit, et vis mentis,

Quint. 10, 7, 15; Ov. P. 2, 4, 24:

succinctaque pectora curis,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 77:

rara occulti pectoris vox,

i. e. a reserved disposition, Tac. A. 4, 52:

dicere de summo pectore,

i.e. without much reflection, Gell. 17, 13, 7.—Of inspired persons:

incaluitque deo quem clausum pectore habebat,

Ov. M. 2, 641; Verg. A. 6, 48; Stat. Th. 4, 542.—

The person, individual, regarded as a being of feeling or passion:

cara sororum Pectora,

Verg. A. 11, 216:

mihi Thesea pectora juncta fide,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 66:

pectus consulis gerere,

Liv. 4, 13; cf. Mart. 9, 15; Manil. 2, 600; Stat. S. 4, 4, 103.

ac-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. ( fut. perf. accepso = accepero, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31, or Rib. Trag. Rel. 118) [capio], to accept.

In gen., to take a person or thing to one's self: leno ad se accipiet hominem et aurum, will take the man and his money to himself (into his house), Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51.

Of things received by the hand, to take, receive: cette manus vestras measque accipite, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 1 (Trag. v. 320 ed. Vahl.):

ex tua accepi manu pateram,

Plaut. Amph. 2, 2, 132; hence, trop. of the word given, the promise, with which a grasping of the hand was usually connected: accipe daque fidem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.; so in the Gr. pista dounai kai labein); cf. Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 87; so Verg. A. 8, 150;

in Ter. of a person to be protected: hanc (virginem) accepi, acceptam servabo,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 62; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 5, and Sall. C. 6, 5, —

Of things received or taken by different parts of the body: accipite hoc onus in vestros collos, Cato ap. Non. 200, 23:

gremio,

Verg. A. 1, 685:

oculis aut pectore noctem (i. e. somnum),

id. ib. 4, 531.—

In gen., very freq.,

as implying action, to take, to take possession of, to accept (Gr. dechesthai);

of something that falls to one's share, to get, to receive, to be the recipient of (Gr. lambanein).—

To take, accept:

hanc epistulam accipe a me,

take this letter from me, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 52; 4, 2, 26; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 26:

persuasit aliis, ut pecuniam accipere mallent,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82:

condicionem pacis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

armis obsidibusque acceptis Crassus profectus est,

after he had taken into his possession the arms and hostages, id. ib. 3, 23:

divitias,

Nep. Epam. 4, 3:

aliquid a patre,

to inherit, id. Timoth. 1, 1; id. Att. 1:

accipe et haec, manuum tibi quae monumenta mearum sint,

Verg. A. 3, 486 al. —Hence to receive or entertain as guest:

haec (tellus) fessos placidissima portu accipit,

Verg. A. 3, 78:

Laurentes nymphae, accipite Aenean,

id. ib. 8, 71; 155; Ov. M. 8, 655 al.—Of admittance to political privileges:

Nomentani et Pedani in civitatem accepti,

Liv. 8, 14; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:

magnifice volo summos viros accipere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 34:

in loco festivo sumus festive accepti,

id. ib. 5, 19; so id. Cist. 1, 1, 12; id. Men. 5, 2, 44; id. Pers. 1, 1, 32, etc.; Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 52; Lucr. 3, 907; Cic. Att. 16, 6; Ov. F. 2, 725 al.—Hence also ironically, to entertain, to treat, deal with:

ego te miseris jam accipiam modis,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 3:

hominem accipiam quibus dictis maeret,

id. Men. 5, 1, 7:

indignis acceptus modis,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 12. Perh. also Lucil. ap. Non. 521, 1: adeo male me accipiunt decimae, treat or use me ill, deal harshly with me; and ib. 240, 8: sic, inquam, veteratorem illum vetulum lupum Hannibalem acceptum (Non. explains the latter in a very unusual manner, by deceptum).—

To get, to receive, to be the recipient of, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31; Lucr. 1, 819, 909; 2, 762, 885, 1009:

ictus,

id. 4, 1048 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 243: vulnera accipiunt tergo): aridior nubes accipit ignem, takes or catches fire, Lucr. 6, 150; Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

humanitatem iis tribuere debemus, a quibus accepimus,

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

pecuniam ob rem judicandam,

id. Verr. 1, 38:

luna lumen solis accipit,

id. de Or. 3, 45; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

praeclarum accepimus a majoribus morem,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44: praecepta, Caes. B. G. 2, 6: accepi tuas litteras (in another sense than above), I have received your letter, it has reached me (allatae sunt ad me), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; 2, 1, 1; 10, 1 al.:

acceptā injuriā ignoscere quam persequi malebant,

Sall. C. 9, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

calamitatem,

ib. 1, 31:

detrimenta,

ib. 5, 22; cf. Cic. Mur. 21, 44 al. So often of dignities and offices:

provinciam,

id. Fam. 2, 10, 2:

consulatum,

Suet. Aug. 10:

Galliam,

id. Caes. 22 al.

In partic.

To take a thing by hearing, i. e.,

To hear, to perceive, to observe, to learn (cf. opp. do = I give in words, i. e. I say): hoc simul accipe dictum, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 204): quod ego inaudivi, accipite, Pac. ap. Non. 126, 22 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 81): hoc etiam accipe quod dico, Lucil. ap. Non. 240, 1:

carmen auribus,

Lucr. 4, 983 (so id. 6, 164); 1, 270; cf. Verg. A. 2, 65:

voces,

Lucr. 4, 613 (so 6, 171):

si te aequo animo ferre accipiet,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 23:

quae gerantur, accipies ex Pollione,

Cic. Fam. 1, 6; 1, 9, 4; Liv. 1, 7. —Hence very freq. in the histt., to get or receive intelligence of any thing, to learn:

urbem Romam, sicuti ego accepi, condidere atque habuere initio Trojani,

as I have learned, Sall. C. 6, 1, and so al.—

To comprehend or understand any thing communicated:

haud satis meo corde accepi querelas tuas,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 18:

et si quis est, qui haec putet arte accipi posse,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:

ut non solum celeriter acciperet, quae tradebantur, etc.,

Nep. Att. 1, 3; so Quint. 1, 3, 3; 2, 9, 3 al.—

With the accessory idea of judging, to take a thing thus or thus, to interpret or explain, usually constr. with ad or in c. acc.:

quibus res sunt minus secundae... ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis,

the more unfortunate one is, the more inclined is he to regard every thing as an insult, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 15:

in eam partem accipio,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 37; cf. Cic. Fam. 10, 6; id. Att. 16, 6; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 2:

non recte accipis,

you put a wrong construction upon this, id. And. 2, 2, 30:

quae sibi quisque facilia factu putat, aequo animo accipit,

Sall. C. 3, 2.— Hence: accipere aliquid omen, or in omen, to regard a thing as a ( favorable) omen, to accept the omen (cf. dechesthai ton oiônon), Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103; 2, 40, 83; Liv. 1, 7, 11; 21, 63 fin.; Tac. H. 1, 62; id. A. 1, 28; 2, 13; Flor. 4, 12, 14 al.—Hence poet.:

accipio agnoscoque deos,

Verg. A. 12, 260; cf. Ov. M. 7, 620.—

To take a thing upon one's self, to undertake (syn. suscipio):

accipito hanc ad te litem,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 23: meā causā causam accipite, Ter. Hec. alt. prol. 47; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 24; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 22; Quint. 20 al.—Hence also,

To bear, endure, suffer any thing disagreeable or troublesome:

hanccine ego ut contumeliam tam insignem ad me accipiam!

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1:

nil satis firmi video, quamobrem accipere hunc me expediat metum,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 96; 5, 1, 59; id. Eun. 4, 6, 24; id. Ad. 2, 1, 53; id. Ph. 5, 2, 4; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 56:

calamitatem,

id. Off. 3, 26:

injuriam,

id. ib. 1, 11 al.—

To accept a thing, to be satisfied with, to approve: dos, Pamphile, est decem talenta; Pam.:

Accipio,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 48:

accepit condicionem, dein quaestum accipit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 52:

visa ista... accipio iisque interdum etiam assentior, nec percipio tamen,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

preces suas acceptas ab dis immortalibus ominati,

Liv. 42, 30, 8 Drak. Cf. Herz, Caes. B. G. 5, 1: “equi te esse feri similem, dico.” Ridemus et ipse Messius: “accipio.” I allow it, Exactly so, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.—

In mercant. lang., t. t., to receive or collect a sum:

pro quo (frumento) cum a Varinio praetore pecuniam accepisset,

Cic. Fl. 45; hence subst.: acceptum, i, n., the receipt, and in account-books the credit side:

in acceptum referre alicui,

to carry over to the credit side, to place to one's credit, Cic. Verr. 1, 36, 57; id. Rosc. Com. 2; id. Phil. 2, 16; id. Caec. 6, 17; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234 (opp. datum or expensum).—Hence also trop., to owe or be indebted to one, in a good or a bad sense:

ut esset nemo qui non mihi vitam suam, liberos, remp. referret acceptam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 5:

omnia mala, quae postea vidimus, uni accepta referemus Antonio,

ascribe, id. ib. 22; Caes. B. G. 8, 58; id. B. C, 3, 57: Acceptum [p. 18] refero versibus, esse nocens, Ov. Trist. 2, 10. —

In the gram m., to take a word or phrase thus or thus, to explain a word in any manner:

adversus interdum promiscue accipitur,

Charis. p. 207 P. al.—(Syn. nanciscor and adipiscor: he to whom something is given, accipit; he who gets by a fortunate occurrence, nanciscitur; he who obtains it by exertion, adipiscitur. “ Sumimus ipsi: accipimus ab alio,” Vel. Long. p. 2243 P.—“Inter tenere, sumere et accipere hoc interest, quod tenemus quae sunt in nostra potestate: sumimus posita: accipimus data,” Isid. Diff. 1).—Hence, acceptus, a, um, P. a., welcome, agreeable, acceptable (syn. gratus. Acceptus is related to gratus, as the effect to the cause; he who is gratus, i. e. dear, is on that account acceptus, welcome, acceptable;

hence the usual position: gratus atque acceptus).—First, of persons: essetne apud te is servus acceptissimus?

Plaut. Cap. 3, 5, 56:

plebi acceptus erat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13;

acceptus erat in oculis,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5.—

Of things: dis et hominibus est acceptum quod, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5:

quod vero approbaris. id gratum acceptumque habendum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

munus eorum gratum acceptumque esse,

Nep. Hann. 7, 3:

quorum mihi dona accepta et grata habeo,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 56:

rem populo Romano gratam acceptamque,

Cic. Phil. 13, 50;

tempore accepto exaudivi,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 2.— Comp., Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 96; Cic. Rep. 6, 13; Tac. A. 6, 45 al.— Sup., see above.— Adv. accepte does not occur.

ac-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. ( fut. perf. accepso = accepero, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31, or Rib. Trag. Rel. 118) [capio], to accept.

In gen., to take a person or thing to one's self: leno ad se accipiet hominem et aurum, will take the man and his money to himself (into his house), Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51.

Of things received by the hand, to take, receive: cette manus vestras measque accipite, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 1 (Trag. v. 320 ed. Vahl.):

ex tua accepi manu pateram,

Plaut. Amph. 2, 2, 132; hence, trop. of the word given, the promise, with which a grasping of the hand was usually connected: accipe daque fidem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.; so in the Gr. pista dounai kai labein); cf. Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 87; so Verg. A. 8, 150;

in Ter. of a person to be protected: hanc (virginem) accepi, acceptam servabo,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 62; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 5, and Sall. C. 6, 5, —

Of things received or taken by different parts of the body: accipite hoc onus in vestros collos, Cato ap. Non. 200, 23:

gremio,

Verg. A. 1, 685:

oculis aut pectore noctem (i. e. somnum),

id. ib. 4, 531.—

In gen., very freq.,

as implying action, to take, to take possession of, to accept (Gr. dechesthai);

of something that falls to one's share, to get, to receive, to be the recipient of (Gr. lambanein).—

To take, accept:

hanc epistulam accipe a me,

take this letter from me, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 52; 4, 2, 26; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 26:

persuasit aliis, ut pecuniam accipere mallent,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82:

condicionem pacis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

armis obsidibusque acceptis Crassus profectus est,

after he had taken into his possession the arms and hostages, id. ib. 3, 23:

divitias,

Nep. Epam. 4, 3:

aliquid a patre,

to inherit, id. Timoth. 1, 1; id. Att. 1:

accipe et haec, manuum tibi quae monumenta mearum sint,

Verg. A. 3, 486 al. —Hence to receive or entertain as guest:

haec (tellus) fessos placidissima portu accipit,

Verg. A. 3, 78:

Laurentes nymphae, accipite Aenean,

id. ib. 8, 71; 155; Ov. M. 8, 655 al.—Of admittance to political privileges:

Nomentani et Pedani in civitatem accepti,

Liv. 8, 14; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:

magnifice volo summos viros accipere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 34:

in loco festivo sumus festive accepti,

id. ib. 5, 19; so id. Cist. 1, 1, 12; id. Men. 5, 2, 44; id. Pers. 1, 1, 32, etc.; Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 52; Lucr. 3, 907; Cic. Att. 16, 6; Ov. F. 2, 725 al.—Hence also ironically, to entertain, to treat, deal with:

ego te miseris jam accipiam modis,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 3:

hominem accipiam quibus dictis maeret,

id. Men. 5, 1, 7:

indignis acceptus modis,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 12. Perh. also Lucil. ap. Non. 521, 1: adeo male me accipiunt decimae, treat or use me ill, deal harshly with me; and ib. 240, 8: sic, inquam, veteratorem illum vetulum lupum Hannibalem acceptum (Non. explains the latter in a very unusual manner, by deceptum).—

To get, to receive, to be the recipient of, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31; Lucr. 1, 819, 909; 2, 762, 885, 1009:

ictus,

id. 4, 1048 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 243: vulnera accipiunt tergo): aridior nubes accipit ignem, takes or catches fire, Lucr. 6, 150; Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

humanitatem iis tribuere debemus, a quibus accepimus,

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

pecuniam ob rem judicandam,

id. Verr. 1, 38:

luna lumen solis accipit,

id. de Or. 3, 45; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

praeclarum accepimus a majoribus morem,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44: praecepta, Caes. B. G. 2, 6: accepi tuas litteras (in another sense than above), I have received your letter, it has reached me (allatae sunt ad me), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; 2, 1, 1; 10, 1 al.:

acceptā injuriā ignoscere quam persequi malebant,

Sall. C. 9, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

calamitatem,

ib. 1, 31:

detrimenta,

ib. 5, 22; cf. Cic. Mur. 21, 44 al. So often of dignities and offices:

provinciam,

id. Fam. 2, 10, 2:

consulatum,

Suet. Aug. 10:

Galliam,

id. Caes. 22 al.

In partic.

To take a thing by hearing, i. e.,

To hear, to perceive, to observe, to learn (cf. opp. do = I give in words, i. e. I say): hoc simul accipe dictum, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 204): quod ego inaudivi, accipite, Pac. ap. Non. 126, 22 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 81): hoc etiam accipe quod dico, Lucil. ap. Non. 240, 1:

carmen auribus,

Lucr. 4, 983 (so id. 6, 164); 1, 270; cf. Verg. A. 2, 65:

voces,

Lucr. 4, 613 (so 6, 171):

si te aequo animo ferre accipiet,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 23:

quae gerantur, accipies ex Pollione,

Cic. Fam. 1, 6; 1, 9, 4; Liv. 1, 7. —Hence very freq. in the histt., to get or receive intelligence of any thing, to learn:

urbem Romam, sicuti ego accepi, condidere atque habuere initio Trojani,

as I have learned, Sall. C. 6, 1, and so al.—

To comprehend or understand any thing communicated:

haud satis meo corde accepi querelas tuas,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 18:

et si quis est, qui haec putet arte accipi posse,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:

ut non solum celeriter acciperet, quae tradebantur, etc.,

Nep. Att. 1, 3; so Quint. 1, 3, 3; 2, 9, 3 al.—

With the accessory idea of judging, to take a thing thus or thus, to interpret or explain, usually constr. with ad or in c. acc.:

quibus res sunt minus secundae... ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis,

the more unfortunate one is, the more inclined is he to regard every thing as an insult, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 15:

in eam partem accipio,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 37; cf. Cic. Fam. 10, 6; id. Att. 16, 6; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 2:

non recte accipis,

you put a wrong construction upon this, id. And. 2, 2, 30:

quae sibi quisque facilia factu putat, aequo animo accipit,

Sall. C. 3, 2.— Hence: accipere aliquid omen, or in omen, to regard a thing as a ( favorable) omen, to accept the omen (cf. dechesthai ton oiônon), Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103; 2, 40, 83; Liv. 1, 7, 11; 21, 63 fin.; Tac. H. 1, 62; id. A. 1, 28; 2, 13; Flor. 4, 12, 14 al.—Hence poet.:

accipio agnoscoque deos,

Verg. A. 12, 260; cf. Ov. M. 7, 620.—

To take a thing upon one's self, to undertake (syn. suscipio):

accipito hanc ad te litem,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 23: meā causā causam accipite, Ter. Hec. alt. prol. 47; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 24; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 22; Quint. 20 al.—Hence also,

To bear, endure, suffer any thing disagreeable or troublesome:

hanccine ego ut contumeliam tam insignem ad me accipiam!

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1:

nil satis firmi video, quamobrem accipere hunc me expediat metum,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 96; 5, 1, 59; id. Eun. 4, 6, 24; id. Ad. 2, 1, 53; id. Ph. 5, 2, 4; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 56:

calamitatem,

id. Off. 3, 26:

injuriam,

id. ib. 1, 11 al.—

To accept a thing, to be satisfied with, to approve: dos, Pamphile, est decem talenta; Pam.:

Accipio,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 48:

accepit condicionem, dein quaestum accipit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 52:

visa ista... accipio iisque interdum etiam assentior, nec percipio tamen,

Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

preces suas acceptas ab dis immortalibus ominati,

Liv. 42, 30, 8 Drak. Cf. Herz, Caes. B. G. 5, 1: “equi te esse feri similem, dico.” Ridemus et ipse Messius: “accipio.” I allow it, Exactly so, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.—

In mercant. lang., t. t., to receive or collect a sum:

pro quo (frumento) cum a Varinio praetore pecuniam accepisset,

Cic. Fl. 45; hence subst.: acceptum, i, n., the receipt, and in account-books the credit side:

in acceptum referre alicui,

to carry over to the credit side, to place to one's credit, Cic. Verr. 1, 36, 57; id. Rosc. Com. 2; id. Phil. 2, 16; id. Caec. 6, 17; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234 (opp. datum or expensum).—Hence also trop., to owe or be indebted to one, in a good or a bad sense:

ut esset nemo qui non mihi vitam suam, liberos, remp. referret acceptam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 5:

omnia mala, quae postea vidimus, uni accepta referemus Antonio,

ascribe, id. ib. 22; Caes. B. G. 8, 58; id. B. C, 3, 57: Acceptum [p. 18] refero versibus, esse nocens, Ov. Trist. 2, 10. —

In the gram m., to take a word or phrase thus or thus, to explain a word in any manner:

adversus interdum promiscue accipitur,

Charis. p. 207 P. al.—(Syn. nanciscor and adipiscor: he to whom something is given, accipit; he who gets by a fortunate occurrence, nanciscitur; he who obtains it by exertion, adipiscitur. “ Sumimus ipsi: accipimus ab alio,” Vel. Long. p. 2243 P.—“Inter tenere, sumere et accipere hoc interest, quod tenemus quae sunt in nostra potestate: sumimus posita: accipimus data,” Isid. Diff. 1).—Hence, acceptus, a, um, P. a., welcome, agreeable, acceptable (syn. gratus. Acceptus is related to gratus, as the effect to the cause; he who is gratus, i. e. dear, is on that account acceptus, welcome, acceptable;

hence the usual position: gratus atque acceptus).—First, of persons: essetne apud te is servus acceptissimus?

Plaut. Cap. 3, 5, 56:

plebi acceptus erat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13;

acceptus erat in oculis,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5.—

Of things: dis et hominibus est acceptum quod, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5:

quod vero approbaris. id gratum acceptumque habendum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:

munus eorum gratum acceptumque esse,

Nep. Hann. 7, 3:

quorum mihi dona accepta et grata habeo,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 56:

rem populo Romano gratam acceptamque,

Cic. Phil. 13, 50;

tempore accepto exaudivi,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 2.— Comp., Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 96; Cic. Rep. 6, 13; Tac. A. 6, 45 al.— Sup., see above.— Adv. accepte does not occur.

ap-pōno ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Lachm., Baiter, Halm; app-, Merk., Kayser, K. and H., Weissenb.), pōsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a. ( perf. apposivi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; App. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; cf. pono), to place, put, or lay at, near or by the side of a thing; to apply to, add, unite, etc. (class. in prose and poetry; syn.: addo, adicio, adjungo).

Lit.

In gen.:

adpone hic mensulam,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150:

appositas instruxere epulis mensas,

Ov. M. 8, 570; so id. ib. 8, 831:

sitellam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 11: Sy. Onus urget. Mi. At tu adpone, put it down then, id. Poen. 4, 2, 35:

illam alteram apud me, quod bonist, adponito,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 60:

munera eorum illis apponentur,

Vulg. Bar 6, 26:

At istos rastros interea tamen adpone,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 37; so id. And. 4, 3, 10 al.:

aër Omnibus est rebus circumdatus adpositusque,

Lucr. 6, 1036; 3, 373:

omnes columnae machinā appositā dejectae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 144:

notam ad malum versum,

id. Pis. 30; so id. Fam. 13, 6; cf. Suet. Claud. 16: manus ad os (eorum more, qui secreto aliquid narrant, Manut.), Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1:

scalis appositis urbem defenderunt,

Liv. 37, 5:

adpositā aure ad glaciem,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 103: adpositum in mensā lumen, Tac. A. 2, 31:

paenulam ad vulnus,

Suet. Ner. 49 et saep.:

dominum Adpositum flavis in Simoenta vadis,

Prop. 2, 9, 12.—So freq. of the putting on of garments, crowns, etc.:

cur tamen appositā velatur janua lauro,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 39:

gemmas toris,

id. H. 9, 60 Loers; cf.

the same,

id. ib. 7, 100:

meretrix Appositā populum submovet ante serā,

id. Am. 3, 14, 10 (cf.:

ponere seram,

Juv. 6, 347):

candelam valvis,

i. e. to set fire to, Juv. 9, 98 al. —

Esp.

Freq. as t. t. of food, dishes, to serve up, set before one (cf. Gr. paratithêmi;

the simple verb pono is often so used, q. v.): adposita sit cena,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 69:

apposuit eis mensam,

Vulg. Act. 16, 34:

adpositum est ampliter,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 160:

apposuit patellam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22:

Cenabat apud eum: argentum ille ceterum purum apposuerat, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 22, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91; id. Att. 6, 1; 14, 21; Liv. 1, 7; Plin. 8, 51, 78, § 210:

convivis panem et obsonia apponere,

Suet. Calig. 37; id. Caes. 43; id. Tib. 34; id. Galb. 12; Vitr. 13:

Appositaque est eis ciborum magna praeparatio,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 6, 23 al.;

Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 17; 2, 8, 69 al.—

Aliquem alicui or alicui rei, to appoint or designate one to any service or duty, to place in any station, to join to as an aid:

custodem Tullio me apponite,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51; so Tac. A. 4, 60; cf.: adpositus custodiae (dat.), id. ib. 1, 6;

2, 68: accusator apponitur civis Romanus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 29, § 74; so id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 41 fin.:

calumniatores,

id. ib. 2, 2, 10:

praevaricatorem,

id. Phil. 2, 11:

non illicitatorem venditor adponet,

id. Off. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54:

custodes,

Nep. Dion, 4, 5:

moderator et magister consulibus appositus,

Liv. 2, 18, 6; so,

rectorem,

Suet. Aug. 48:

scrutatores,

id. Claud. 35 al. —

To put to something by way of increase, to add to, superadd (rare; cf.

addo, adicio): nihil his novum adposivi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; id. Trin. 4, 3, 18:

aetas illi, quos tibi dempserit, adponet annos,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 15:

exemplum,

Gell. 1, 13, 9:

si quis apposuerit ad haec, apponet Deus super illum etc.,

Vulg. Apoc. 22, 18; ib. Gen. 49, 32.—

Trop.

Of the mind, to apply (eccl. Lat.):

appone cor ad doctrinam,

Vulg. Prov. 22, 17:

apposui cor meum, ut etc.,

ib. Eccl. 8, 16.—

In eccl. Lat., after the Hebrew, of an act, to do further, also to do something:

non apponet, ut complacitior sit adhuc?

Vulg. Psa. 76, 8; so ib. Act. 12, 3:

apposuerunt adhuc peccare,

ib. Psa. 77, 17; 88, 23.—

With a dat. of end, to set down for something, count, reckon, or consider as, to hold as (very rare):

cum is nil promereat, postulare id gratiae adponi sibi,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 32 (addi in gratiam suam, Don.):

aliquid lucro,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 15.—Hence, appŏsĭ-tus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., put or applied to, etc.

Of relations of space, placed or situated at or near to, contiguous to, bordering upon; constr. with dat.:

regio mari adposita,

Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126:

platanus itineri,

id. 12, 1, 5, § 9:

castellum Lupiae flumini adpositum,

Tac. A. 2, 7.— Trop.:

audacia fidentiae non contrarium, sed appositum ac propinquum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165.—

Metaph.

Fit, proper, suitable, appropriate, apposite, etc. (like aptus, q. v.; hence in MSS. freq. interchanged with it; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 3, 11, 9); constr. with ad (in this signif. very freq. in Varr. and Cic.;

elsewhere very rare, perh. not found except in Quint. and Gell.): ager ad vitem adpositus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 5:

loca adposita ad faenum, ad vinum, ad oleum,

id. ib. 1, 23, 1:

equus ad medendum adpositus,

id. ib. 2, 7, 5:

(gallinae) adpositissimae ad partum,

id. ib. 3, 9, 9;

2, 10, 4: menses ad agendum maxime appositi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; 2, 5, 41 fin.; id. Att. 3, 14:

multo appositior ad deferenda,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 57:

argumentatio appositissima ad judicationem,

id. Inv. 1, 14. —

Inclined to; constr. with dat.:

judex juri magis an aequo sit adpositus,

Quint. 4, 3, 11 (cf.:

adclinis falsis animus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 6).—

Subst.: appŏsĭtum, i, n., in rhet. and gram., an epithet, adjective:

adposita, quae epitheta dicuntur, ut dulce mustum,

Quint. 8, 2, 10; 2, 14, 3; 9, 4, 24.—Hence, appŏsĭtē, adv., suitably, fitly, etc.:

ad persuasionem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 5; cf. Spald ad Quint. 2, 15, 3 praeclare et apposite et facete scribere, Gell. 2, 23, 11 ( comp. and sup not used).

ap-pōno ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Lachm., Baiter, Halm; app-, Merk., Kayser, K. and H., Weissenb.), pōsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a. ( perf. apposivi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; App. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; cf. pono), to place, put, or lay at, near or by the side of a thing; to apply to, add, unite, etc. (class. in prose and poetry; syn.: addo, adicio, adjungo).

Lit.

In gen.:

adpone hic mensulam,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150:

appositas instruxere epulis mensas,

Ov. M. 8, 570; so id. ib. 8, 831:

sitellam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 11: Sy. Onus urget. Mi. At tu adpone, put it down then, id. Poen. 4, 2, 35:

illam alteram apud me, quod bonist, adponito,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 60:

munera eorum illis apponentur,

Vulg. Bar 6, 26:

At istos rastros interea tamen adpone,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 37; so id. And. 4, 3, 10 al.:

aër Omnibus est rebus circumdatus adpositusque,

Lucr. 6, 1036; 3, 373:

omnes columnae machinā appositā dejectae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 144:

notam ad malum versum,

id. Pis. 30; so id. Fam. 13, 6; cf. Suet. Claud. 16: manus ad os (eorum more, qui secreto aliquid narrant, Manut.), Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1:

scalis appositis urbem defenderunt,

Liv. 37, 5:

adpositā aure ad glaciem,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 103: adpositum in mensā lumen, Tac. A. 2, 31:

paenulam ad vulnus,

Suet. Ner. 49 et saep.:

dominum Adpositum flavis in Simoenta vadis,

Prop. 2, 9, 12.—So freq. of the putting on of garments, crowns, etc.:

cur tamen appositā velatur janua lauro,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 39:

gemmas toris,

id. H. 9, 60 Loers; cf.

the same,

id. ib. 7, 100:

meretrix Appositā populum submovet ante serā,

id. Am. 3, 14, 10 (cf.:

ponere seram,

Juv. 6, 347):

candelam valvis,

i. e. to set fire to, Juv. 9, 98 al. —

Esp.

Freq. as t. t. of food, dishes, to serve up, set before one (cf. Gr. paratithêmi;

the simple verb pono is often so used, q. v.): adposita sit cena,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 69:

apposuit eis mensam,

Vulg. Act. 16, 34:

adpositum est ampliter,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 160:

apposuit patellam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22:

Cenabat apud eum: argentum ille ceterum purum apposuerat, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 22, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91; id. Att. 6, 1; 14, 21; Liv. 1, 7; Plin. 8, 51, 78, § 210:

convivis panem et obsonia apponere,

Suet. Calig. 37; id. Caes. 43; id. Tib. 34; id. Galb. 12; Vitr. 13:

Appositaque est eis ciborum magna praeparatio,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 6, 23 al.;

Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 17; 2, 8, 69 al.—

Aliquem alicui or alicui rei, to appoint or designate one to any service or duty, to place in any station, to join to as an aid:

custodem Tullio me apponite,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51; so Tac. A. 4, 60; cf.: adpositus custodiae (dat.), id. ib. 1, 6;

2, 68: accusator apponitur civis Romanus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 29, § 74; so id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 41 fin.:

calumniatores,

id. ib. 2, 2, 10:

praevaricatorem,

id. Phil. 2, 11:

non illicitatorem venditor adponet,

id. Off. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54:

custodes,

Nep. Dion, 4, 5:

moderator et magister consulibus appositus,

Liv. 2, 18, 6; so,

rectorem,

Suet. Aug. 48:

scrutatores,

id. Claud. 35 al. —

To put to something by way of increase, to add to, superadd (rare; cf.

addo, adicio): nihil his novum adposivi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; id. Trin. 4, 3, 18:

aetas illi, quos tibi dempserit, adponet annos,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 15:

exemplum,

Gell. 1, 13, 9:

si quis apposuerit ad haec, apponet Deus super illum etc.,

Vulg. Apoc. 22, 18; ib. Gen. 49, 32.—

Trop.

Of the mind, to apply (eccl. Lat.):

appone cor ad doctrinam,

Vulg. Prov. 22, 17:

apposui cor meum, ut etc.,

ib. Eccl. 8, 16.—

In eccl. Lat., after the Hebrew, of an act, to do further, also to do something:

non apponet, ut complacitior sit adhuc?

Vulg. Psa. 76, 8; so ib. Act. 12, 3:

apposuerunt adhuc peccare,

ib. Psa. 77, 17; 88, 23.—

With a dat. of end, to set down for something, count, reckon, or consider as, to hold as (very rare):

cum is nil promereat, postulare id gratiae adponi sibi,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 32 (addi in gratiam suam, Don.):

aliquid lucro,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 15.—Hence, appŏsĭ-tus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., put or applied to, etc.

Of relations of space, placed or situated at or near to, contiguous to, bordering upon; constr. with dat.:

regio mari adposita,

Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126:

platanus itineri,

id. 12, 1, 5, § 9:

castellum Lupiae flumini adpositum,

Tac. A. 2, 7.— Trop.:

audacia fidentiae non contrarium, sed appositum ac propinquum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165.—

Metaph.

Fit, proper, suitable, appropriate, apposite, etc. (like aptus, q. v.; hence in MSS. freq. interchanged with it; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 3, 11, 9); constr. with ad (in this signif. very freq. in Varr. and Cic.;

elsewhere very rare, perh. not found except in Quint. and Gell.): ager ad vitem adpositus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 5:

loca adposita ad faenum, ad vinum, ad oleum,

id. ib. 1, 23, 1:

equus ad medendum adpositus,

id. ib. 2, 7, 5:

(gallinae) adpositissimae ad partum,

id. ib. 3, 9, 9;

2, 10, 4: menses ad agendum maxime appositi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; 2, 5, 41 fin.; id. Att. 3, 14:

multo appositior ad deferenda,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 57:

argumentatio appositissima ad judicationem,

id. Inv. 1, 14. —

Inclined to; constr. with dat.:

judex juri magis an aequo sit adpositus,

Quint. 4, 3, 11 (cf.:

adclinis falsis animus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 6).—

Subst.: appŏsĭtum, i, n., in rhet. and gram., an epithet, adjective:

adposita, quae epitheta dicuntur, ut dulce mustum,

Quint. 8, 2, 10; 2, 14, 3; 9, 4, 24.—Hence, appŏsĭtē, adv., suitably, fitly, etc.:

ad persuasionem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 5; cf. Spald ad Quint. 2, 15, 3 praeclare et apposite et facete scribere, Gell. 2, 23, 11 ( comp. and sup not used).

ap-pōno ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Lachm., Baiter, Halm; app-, Merk., Kayser, K. and H., Weissenb.), pōsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a. ( perf. apposivi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; App. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; cf. pono), to place, put, or lay at, near or by the side of a thing; to apply to, add, unite, etc. (class. in prose and poetry; syn.: addo, adicio, adjungo).

Lit.

In gen.:

adpone hic mensulam,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150:

appositas instruxere epulis mensas,

Ov. M. 8, 570; so id. ib. 8, 831:

sitellam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 11: Sy. Onus urget. Mi. At tu adpone, put it down then, id. Poen. 4, 2, 35:

illam alteram apud me, quod bonist, adponito,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 60:

munera eorum illis apponentur,

Vulg. Bar 6, 26:

At istos rastros interea tamen adpone,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 37; so id. And. 4, 3, 10 al.:

aër Omnibus est rebus circumdatus adpositusque,

Lucr. 6, 1036; 3, 373:

omnes columnae machinā appositā dejectae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 144:

notam ad malum versum,

id. Pis. 30; so id. Fam. 13, 6; cf. Suet. Claud. 16: manus ad os (eorum more, qui secreto aliquid narrant, Manut.), Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1:

scalis appositis urbem defenderunt,

Liv. 37, 5:

adpositā aure ad glaciem,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 103: adpositum in mensā lumen, Tac. A. 2, 31:

paenulam ad vulnus,

Suet. Ner. 49 et saep.:

dominum Adpositum flavis in Simoenta vadis,

Prop. 2, 9, 12.—So freq. of the putting on of garments, crowns, etc.:

cur tamen appositā velatur janua lauro,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 39:

gemmas toris,

id. H. 9, 60 Loers; cf.

the same,

id. ib. 7, 100:

meretrix Appositā populum submovet ante serā,

id. Am. 3, 14, 10 (cf.:

ponere seram,

Juv. 6, 347):

candelam valvis,

i. e. to set fire to, Juv. 9, 98 al. —

Esp.

Freq. as t. t. of food, dishes, to serve up, set before one (cf. Gr. paratithêmi;

the simple verb pono is often so used, q. v.): adposita sit cena,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 69:

apposuit eis mensam,

Vulg. Act. 16, 34:

adpositum est ampliter,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 160:

apposuit patellam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22:

Cenabat apud eum: argentum ille ceterum purum apposuerat, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 22, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91; id. Att. 6, 1; 14, 21; Liv. 1, 7; Plin. 8, 51, 78, § 210:

convivis panem et obsonia apponere,

Suet. Calig. 37; id. Caes. 43; id. Tib. 34; id. Galb. 12; Vitr. 13:

Appositaque est eis ciborum magna praeparatio,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 6, 23 al.;

Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 17; 2, 8, 69 al.—

Aliquem alicui or alicui rei, to appoint or designate one to any service or duty, to place in any station, to join to as an aid:

custodem Tullio me apponite,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51; so Tac. A. 4, 60; cf.: adpositus custodiae (dat.), id. ib. 1, 6;

2, 68: accusator apponitur civis Romanus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 29, § 74; so id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 41 fin.:

calumniatores,

id. ib. 2, 2, 10:

praevaricatorem,

id. Phil. 2, 11:

non illicitatorem venditor adponet,

id. Off. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54:

custodes,

Nep. Dion, 4, 5:

moderator et magister consulibus appositus,

Liv. 2, 18, 6; so,

rectorem,

Suet. Aug. 48:

scrutatores,

id. Claud. 35 al. —

To put to something by way of increase, to add to, superadd (rare; cf.

addo, adicio): nihil his novum adposivi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; id. Trin. 4, 3, 18:

aetas illi, quos tibi dempserit, adponet annos,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 15:

exemplum,

Gell. 1, 13, 9:

si quis apposuerit ad haec, apponet Deus super illum etc.,

Vulg. Apoc. 22, 18; ib. Gen. 49, 32.—

Trop.

Of the mind, to apply (eccl. Lat.):

appone cor ad doctrinam,

Vulg. Prov. 22, 17:

apposui cor meum, ut etc.,

ib. Eccl. 8, 16.—

In eccl. Lat., after the Hebrew, of an act, to do further, also to do something:

non apponet, ut complacitior sit adhuc?

Vulg. Psa. 76, 8; so ib. Act. 12, 3:

apposuerunt adhuc peccare,

ib. Psa. 77, 17; 88, 23.—

With a dat. of end, to set down for something, count, reckon, or consider as, to hold as (very rare):

cum is nil promereat, postulare id gratiae adponi sibi,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 32 (addi in gratiam suam, Don.):

aliquid lucro,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 15.—Hence, appŏsĭ-tus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., put or applied to, etc.

Of relations of space, placed or situated at or near to, contiguous to, bordering upon; constr. with dat.:

regio mari adposita,

Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126:

platanus itineri,

id. 12, 1, 5, § 9:

castellum Lupiae flumini adpositum,

Tac. A. 2, 7.— Trop.:

audacia fidentiae non contrarium, sed appositum ac propinquum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165.—

Metaph.

Fit, proper, suitable, appropriate, apposite, etc. (like aptus, q. v.; hence in MSS. freq. interchanged with it; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 3, 11, 9); constr. with ad (in this signif. very freq. in Varr. and Cic.;

elsewhere very rare, perh. not found except in Quint. and Gell.): ager ad vitem adpositus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 5:

loca adposita ad faenum, ad vinum, ad oleum,

id. ib. 1, 23, 1:

equus ad medendum adpositus,

id. ib. 2, 7, 5:

(gallinae) adpositissimae ad partum,

id. ib. 3, 9, 9;

2, 10, 4: menses ad agendum maxime appositi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; 2, 5, 41 fin.; id. Att. 3, 14:

multo appositior ad deferenda,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 57:

argumentatio appositissima ad judicationem,

id. Inv. 1, 14. —

Inclined to; constr. with dat.:

judex juri magis an aequo sit adpositus,

Quint. 4, 3, 11 (cf.:

adclinis falsis animus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 6).—

Subst.: appŏsĭtum, i, n., in rhet. and gram., an epithet, adjective:

adposita, quae epitheta dicuntur, ut dulce mustum,

Quint. 8, 2, 10; 2, 14, 3; 9, 4, 24.—Hence, appŏsĭtē, adv., suitably, fitly, etc.:

ad persuasionem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 5; cf. Spald ad Quint. 2, 15, 3 praeclare et apposite et facete scribere, Gell. 2, 23, 11 ( comp. and sup not used).