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prĭor and prĭus (old form also in neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris, adj. comp. [from obsol. prep. pri; v. primus init. ], former, previous, prior, freq. to be translated first; cf. superior; Cicero nearly always uses prior, opp. to posterior, in time; superior in sense of former, in gen. relation to the present, when no other time is expressed; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 921 sq.

Lit.:

ita priori posterius, posteriori superius non jungitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus Romanus faciebat,

id. Pis. 1, 2:

qui prior has angustias occupaverit,

first, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

prior proelio lacessere,

id. ib. 1, 82:

etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio,

Cic. Brut. 21, 84:

priore loco causam dicere,

first, id. Quint. 9, 32:

priore aestate,

in the former summer, last summer, id. Fam. 1, 9, 24:

priore nocte,

id. Cat. 1, 4, 8:

factum est enim meā culpā, ut priore anno non succederetur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

prioribus comitiis,

id. Planc. 22, 54:

priore anno,

the year before, Liv. 3, 9, 7; 3, 10, 14; 4, 56, 5:

prioris anni consules,

id. 4, 13, 10; 4, 17, 9:

Dionysius prior,

the elder, Nep. Dion, 1, 3:

vinum,

of last year, Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120:

priore libro,

in the previous book, Col. 4, 22, 9:

pedes,

the forefeet, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

the forepart, Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—Pleon.:

cum prior Romanus exercitus praevenisset,

Liv. 9, 23, 2:

prius praecepta res erat,

id. 21, 32, 7; cf. id. 9, 23, 2.— Old neutr. prior: hoc senatusconsultum prior factum est, Val. Antias ap. Prisc. p. 767 P.:

prior bellum, Quadrig. ib.: foedus prior,

id. ib. (cf.: bellum Punicum posterior, Cass. Hem. ib.).—

Former, i. e. deceased (late Lat.):

inter prieres fratres,

Amm. 21, 6, 2.—

Subst.: prĭōres, um, m., forefathers, ancestors, the ancients ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

abiturus illuc, quo priores abierunt,

Phaedr. 4, 18, 16:

nomen dixere priores Ortygiam,

Verg. A. 3, 693:

nec ingeniis investigata priorum,

Ov. M. 15, 146; 332:

priores tradiderunt,

Col. 1, 4, 3:

nostri,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4:

more priorum,

Ov. M. 10, 218; Sen. Ep. 52, 2.—

Trop., better, superior, preferable, more excellent or important (not in Cic. and Cæs.):

bellante prior,

Hor. C. S. 51:

color puniceae flore prior rosae,

id. C. 4, 10, 4; Ov. H. 18, 69:

ut nemo haberetur prior,

Liv. 27, 8:

aetate et sapientiā,

Sall. J. 10, 7:

consilio et manu,

id. ib. 96, 3:

neque prius, neque antiquius quidquam habuit, quam, etc.,

Vell. 2, 52, 4.—Esp. with potior:

potius quanto prius potiusque est Philippum nobis conjungere quam hos,

Vell. 36, 7, 6:

nulla (res) prior potiorque visa est,

id. 8, 29, 2:

nihil prius nec potius visum,

id. 39, 47, 4: unus Plinius est mihi priores, i. e. worth more than they all, Sent. Augur. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

artium multitudine prior omnibus, eloquentiā nulli secundus,

App. Flor. 2, p. 346.—Hence, adv. comp.: prĭus.

Before, sooner, first, previously (class.).

Alone:

quem fuit aequius, ut prius introieram in vitam, sic prius exire de vitā,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

regem prius Europā, post et Asiā, expellere,

Liv. 37, 52, 4:

ut vos prius experti estis, nunc Antiochus experitur,

id. 36, 17, 8; so,

prius... nunc,

Verg. G. 3, 362:

prius... tum,

Cato, R. R. 135; Liv. 34, 55, 5:

prius.... postea,

id. 29, 12, 11.—

With quam, and often joined in one word, priusquam.

Before that, before:

prius quam lucet, assunt,

before dawn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115:

prius illi erimus quam tu,

id. Ps. 2, 4, 68:

prius quam plane aspexit ilico eum esse dixit,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 87:

nihil prius mihi faciendum putavi, quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1:

cui prius quam de ceteris rebus respondeo, de amicitiā pauca dicam,

before, id. Phil. 2, 1, 3:

quod ego, prius quam loqui coepisti, sensi,

id. Vatin. 2, 4:

neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

quid potius faciam, prius quam me dormitum conferam, non reperio,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

priusquam aggrediar, etc.,

id. Balb. 7, 18:

prius quam ad portam venias,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44.—

Sooner, rather:

Aegyptii quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibin aut aspidem violent,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. Lig. 12, 34; Caes. B. C. 3, 1.—Sometimes in an inverted order:

ad hoc genus hominum duravi, quam prius me ad plures penetravi,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Prop. 2, 14, 11 (3, 10, 10); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 576.—

In gen., formerly, in former times ( poet.), Cat. 51, 13:

sed haec prius fuere: nunc, etc.,

id. 4, 25; Prop. 1, 1, 18.

prĭor and prĭus (old form also in neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris, adj. comp. [from obsol. prep. pri; v. primus init. ], former, previous, prior, freq. to be translated first; cf. superior; Cicero nearly always uses prior, opp. to posterior, in time; superior in sense of former, in gen. relation to the present, when no other time is expressed; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 921 sq.

Lit.:

ita priori posterius, posteriori superius non jungitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus Romanus faciebat,

id. Pis. 1, 2:

qui prior has angustias occupaverit,

first, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

prior proelio lacessere,

id. ib. 1, 82:

etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio,

Cic. Brut. 21, 84:

priore loco causam dicere,

first, id. Quint. 9, 32:

priore aestate,

in the former summer, last summer, id. Fam. 1, 9, 24:

priore nocte,

id. Cat. 1, 4, 8:

factum est enim meā culpā, ut priore anno non succederetur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

prioribus comitiis,

id. Planc. 22, 54:

priore anno,

the year before, Liv. 3, 9, 7; 3, 10, 14; 4, 56, 5:

prioris anni consules,

id. 4, 13, 10; 4, 17, 9:

Dionysius prior,

the elder, Nep. Dion, 1, 3:

vinum,

of last year, Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120:

priore libro,

in the previous book, Col. 4, 22, 9:

pedes,

the forefeet, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

the forepart, Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—Pleon.:

cum prior Romanus exercitus praevenisset,

Liv. 9, 23, 2:

prius praecepta res erat,

id. 21, 32, 7; cf. id. 9, 23, 2.— Old neutr. prior: hoc senatusconsultum prior factum est, Val. Antias ap. Prisc. p. 767 P.:

prior bellum, Quadrig. ib.: foedus prior,

id. ib. (cf.: bellum Punicum posterior, Cass. Hem. ib.).—

Former, i. e. deceased (late Lat.):

inter prieres fratres,

Amm. 21, 6, 2.—

Subst.: prĭōres, um, m., forefathers, ancestors, the ancients ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

abiturus illuc, quo priores abierunt,

Phaedr. 4, 18, 16:

nomen dixere priores Ortygiam,

Verg. A. 3, 693:

nec ingeniis investigata priorum,

Ov. M. 15, 146; 332:

priores tradiderunt,

Col. 1, 4, 3:

nostri,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4:

more priorum,

Ov. M. 10, 218; Sen. Ep. 52, 2.—

Trop., better, superior, preferable, more excellent or important (not in Cic. and Cæs.):

bellante prior,

Hor. C. S. 51:

color puniceae flore prior rosae,

id. C. 4, 10, 4; Ov. H. 18, 69:

ut nemo haberetur prior,

Liv. 27, 8:

aetate et sapientiā,

Sall. J. 10, 7:

consilio et manu,

id. ib. 96, 3:

neque prius, neque antiquius quidquam habuit, quam, etc.,

Vell. 2, 52, 4.—Esp. with potior:

potius quanto prius potiusque est Philippum nobis conjungere quam hos,

Vell. 36, 7, 6:

nulla (res) prior potiorque visa est,

id. 8, 29, 2:

nihil prius nec potius visum,

id. 39, 47, 4: unus Plinius est mihi priores, i. e. worth more than they all, Sent. Augur. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

artium multitudine prior omnibus, eloquentiā nulli secundus,

App. Flor. 2, p. 346.—Hence, adv. comp.: prĭus.

Before, sooner, first, previously (class.).

Alone:

quem fuit aequius, ut prius introieram in vitam, sic prius exire de vitā,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

regem prius Europā, post et Asiā, expellere,

Liv. 37, 52, 4:

ut vos prius experti estis, nunc Antiochus experitur,

id. 36, 17, 8; so,

prius... nunc,

Verg. G. 3, 362:

prius... tum,

Cato, R. R. 135; Liv. 34, 55, 5:

prius.... postea,

id. 29, 12, 11.—

With quam, and often joined in one word, priusquam.

Before that, before:

prius quam lucet, assunt,

before dawn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115:

prius illi erimus quam tu,

id. Ps. 2, 4, 68:

prius quam plane aspexit ilico eum esse dixit,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 87:

nihil prius mihi faciendum putavi, quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1:

cui prius quam de ceteris rebus respondeo, de amicitiā pauca dicam,

before, id. Phil. 2, 1, 3:

quod ego, prius quam loqui coepisti, sensi,

id. Vatin. 2, 4:

neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

quid potius faciam, prius quam me dormitum conferam, non reperio,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

priusquam aggrediar, etc.,

id. Balb. 7, 18:

prius quam ad portam venias,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44.—

Sooner, rather:

Aegyptii quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibin aut aspidem violent,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. Lig. 12, 34; Caes. B. C. 3, 1.—Sometimes in an inverted order:

ad hoc genus hominum duravi, quam prius me ad plures penetravi,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Prop. 2, 14, 11 (3, 10, 10); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 576.—

In gen., formerly, in former times ( poet.), Cat. 51, 13:

sed haec prius fuere: nunc, etc.,

id. 4, 25; Prop. 1, 1, 18.

rĕ-fĕro, rettŭli (also written retuli), rĕlātum (rēlātum or rellatum, Lucr. 2, 1001), rĕferre, v. a. irr., to bear, carry, bring, draw, or give back (very freq. and class.; cf.: reduco, reporto, retraho).

Lit.

Ingen.: zonas, quas plenas argenti extuli, eas ex provinciā inanes rettuli, C. Gracchus ap. Gell. 15, 12 fin.:

arma,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 25:

vasa domum,

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

pallam domum,

id. Men. 5, 7, 59; 4, 2, 97; 98; cf.:

anulum ad me,

id. Cas. 2, 1, 1;

and simply pallam, spinther,

id. Men. 3, 3, 16; 5, 1, 5; 5, 2, 56:

secum aurum,

id. Aul. 4, 5, 4:

exta,

id. Poen. 2, 44:

uvidum rete sine squamoso pecu,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 5:

aestus aliquem in portum refert,

id. As. 1, 3, 6:

Auster me ad tribulos tuos Rhegium rettulit,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3: ut naves eodem, unde erant profectae, reterrentur, Caes. B. G. 4, 28:

me referunt pedes in Tusculanum,

Cic. Att. 15, 16, B; cf.:

aliquem lecticae impositum domum,

Suet. Caes. 82; and:

in Palatium,

id. Vit. 16: intro referre pedem, to turn one ' s feet back, to return, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 50; cf.:

incertus tuum cave ad me rettuleris pedem,

id. Ep. 3, 4, 3:

caelo rettulit illa pedem,

Ov. H. 16, 88; 15, 186:

fertque refertque pedes,

id. F. 6, 334 (for a different use of the phrase, v. infra B. 2.):

in decimum vestigia rettulit annum (victoria),

Verg. A. 11, 290:

in convivia gressum,

Sil. 11, 355:

in thalamos cursum,

id. 8, 89:

ad nomen caput ille refert,

turns his head, looks back, Ov. M. 3, 245:

suumque Rettulit os in se,

drew back, concealed, id. ib. 2, 303:

ad Tuneta rursum castra refert,

Liv. 30, 16:

corpus in monumentum,

Petr. 113:

relatis Lacedaemona (ossibus),

Just. 3, 3, 12:

gemmam non ad os, sed ad genas,

Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 5: digitos ad os referre, to draw back (v. digitus), Quint. 11, 3, 103:

digitos ad frontem saepe,

Ov. M. 15, 567:

manum ad capulum,

Tac. A. 15, 58 fin.:

rursus enses vaginae,

Sil. 7, 508:

pecunias monumentaque, in templum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 21:

caput ejus in castra,

id. B. G. 5, 58:

vulneratos in locum tutum,

id. B. C. 2, 41:

cornua (urorum) in publicum,

id. B. G. 6, 28:

frumentum omne ad se referri jubet,

id. ib. 7, 71:

signa militaria, scutum, litteras ad Caesarem,

id. ib. 7, 88; id. B. C. 3, 53; 3, 99; id. B. G. 1, 29; 5, 49:

Caesaris capite relato,

id. B. C. 3, 19 fin. —

Esp.: referre se, to go back, return:

Romam se rettulit,

Cic. Fl. 21, 50:

sese in castra,

Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.:

se huc,

id. ib. 2, 8, 2:

domum me Ad porri catinum,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 115:

sese ab Argis (Juno),

Verg. A. 7, 286:

se ab aestu,

Ov. M. 14, 52; cf.:

se de Britannis ovans,

Tac. A. 13, 32:

causam Cleanthes offert, cur se sol referat,

Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 37.—

Pass. in mid. sense, to return, arrive:

sin reiciemur, tamen eodem paulo tardius referamur necesse est,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119:

classem relatam,

Verg. A. 1, 390:

nunc Itali in tergum versis referuntur habenis,

Sil. 4, 317; 7, 623.—

To withdraw, remove:

fines benignitatis introrsus referre,

to narrow, Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 5:

Seleucia ab mari relata,

remote, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93. —

In partic.

To give back something due; to give up, return, restore, pay back, repay (= reddere):

scyphos, quos utendos dedi Philodamo, rettuleritne?

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 34; cf. id. Aul. 4, 10, 29; 37; 38;

and, pateram (surreptam),

Cic. Div. 1, 25, 54:

argentum,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 29; so (with reddere) id. Curc. 5, 3, 45:

mercedem (with reddere),

id. As. 2, 4, 35; cf.:

octonis idibus aera,

to pay the money for tuition. Hor. S. 1, 6, 75 (v. idus):

si non Rettuleris pannum,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 32; 1, 6, 60:

verum, si plus dederis, referam,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 112.—

Referre pedem or gradum, as a milit. t. t., to draw back, retire, withdraw, retreat (different from the gen. signif., to return, and the above passages):

vulneribus defessi pedem referre coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25; cf.:

ut paulatim cedant ac pedem referant,

id. B. C. 2, 40; Liv. 7, 33; so,

referre pedem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 44 (with loco excedere); Cic. Phil. 12, 3 (opp. insistere); Liv. 3, 60 (opp. restituitur pugna);

21, 8 al.— For the sake of euphony: referre gradum: cum pedes referret gradum,

Liv. 1, 14. —

And, in a like sense, once mid.: a primā acie ad triarios sensim referebatur,

Liv. 8, 8, 11.—

Transf., out of the milit. sphere:

feroque viso retulit retro pedem (viator),

Phaedr. 2, 1, 8; cf.:

viso rettulit angue pedem,

Ov. F. 2, 342; 6, 334:

rettulit ille gradus horrueruntque comae,

id. ib. 2, 502:

(in judiciis) instare proficientibus et ab iis, quae non adjuvant, quam mollissime pedem oportet referre,

Quint. 6, 4, 19.

Trop., to bear or carry back, to bring, draw, or give back.

In gen.: (Saxum) ejulatu... Resonando mutum flebiles voces refert, Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94 (Trag. Rel. p. 176 Rib.); cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42:

sonum,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 144; id. Or. 12, 38; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 201 al.:

voces,

Ov. M. 12, 47; cf.:

Coëamus rettulit Echo,

id. ib. 3, 387: cum ex CXXV. judicibus reus L. referret, restored to the list, i. e. retained, accepted (opp. quinque et LXX. reiceret), Cic. Planc. 17:

o mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos!

Verg. A. 8, 560; cf.: tibi tempora, Hor. C. 4, 13, 13:

festas luces (sae culum),

id. ib. 4, 6, 42:

dies siccos (sol),

id. ib. 3, 29, 20 et saep.:

hoc quidem jam periit: Ni quid tibi hinc in spem referas,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 3:

ad amicam meras querimonias referre,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 65:

hic in suam domum ignominiam et calamitatem rettulit,

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138; cf.:

pro re certā spem falsam domum rettulerunt,

id. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

rem publicam sistere negat posse, nisi ad equestrem ordinem judicia referantur,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

servati civis decus referre,

Tac. A. 3, 21:

e cursu populari referre aspectum in curiam,

to turn back, turn towards, Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

oculos animumque ad aliquem,

id. Quint. 14, 47:

animum ad studia,

id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

animum ad veritatem,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48:

animum ad firmitudinem,

Tac. A. 3, 6 et saep.:

multa dies variique labor mutabilis aevi Rettulit in melius,

brought to a better state, Verg. A. 11, 426:

uterque se a scientiae delectatione ad efficiendi utilitatem refert,

Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5; so,

se ad philosophiam referre,

to go back, return, id. Off. 2, 1, 4:

ut eo, unde digressa est, referat se oratio,

id. ib. 2, 22, 77.—

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) To pay back, give back, repay (syn. reddo):

denique Par pari referto,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55; cf.:

quod ab ipso adlatum est, id sibi esse relatum putet,

id. Phorm. prol. 21:

ut puto, non poteris ipsa referre vicem,

pay him back in his own coin, Ov. A. A. 1, 370; Sen. Herc. Fur. 1337. — Esp. in the phrase referre gratiam (rarely gratias), to return thanks, show one ' s gratitude (by deeds), to recompense, requite (cf.:

gratiam habeo): spero ego mihi quoque Tempus tale eventurum, ut tibi gratium referam parem,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 39:

parem gratiam,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 51:

et habetur et refertur, Thais, a me ita, uti merita es, gratia,

id. ib. 4, 6, 12; cf.:

meritam gratiam debitamque,

Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 14:

justam ac debitam gratiam,

id. Balb. 26, 59:

pro eo mihi ac mereor relaturos esse gratiam,

id. Cat. 4, 2, 3; 1, 11, 28; id. Off. 2, 20, 69:

fecisti ut tibi numquam referre gratiam possim,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 12; id. Most. 1, 3, 57; id. Pers. 5, 2, 71; id. Ps. 1, 3, 86; id. Rud. 5, 3, 36 al.; Cic. Lael. 15, 53; Caes. B. G. 1, 35:

alicui pro ejus meritis gratiam referre,

id. ib. 5, 27 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 39; 3, 1, fin.:

gratiam emeritis,

Ov. P. 1, 7, 61:

gratiam factis,

id. Tr. 5, 4, 47.— Plur.:

pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores ei habeantur gratiaeque referantur,

Cic. Phil. 3, 15, 39; 10, 11, 1:

dis advenientem gratias pro meritis agere,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 27; v. gratia.—

To bring back any thing; to repeat, renew, restore, = repetere, retractare, renovare, etc.:

(Hecyram) Iterum referre,

to produce it again, Ter. Hec. prol. 7; id. ib. prol. alt. 21 and 30; cf. Hor. A. P. 179.— So, to bring up for reconsideration:

rem judicatam,

Cic. Dom. 29, 78:

ludunt... Dictaeos referunt Curetas,

Lucr. 2, 633:

Actia pugna per pueros refertur,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 62: institutum referri ac renovari, Civ. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68; cf.:

consuetudo longo intervallo repetita ac relata,

id. ib. 21, 67:

te illud idem, quod tum explosum et ejectum est, nunc rettulisse demiror,

Cic. Clu. 31, 86:

cum ad idem, unde semel profecta sunt, cuncta astra redierint eandemque totius caeli descriptionem longis intervallis retulerint,

id. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

mysteria ad quae biduo serius veneram,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

quasdam caerimonias ex magno intervallo,

Liv. 3, 55:

antiquum morem,

Suet. Caes. 20:

consuetudinem antiquam,

id. Tib. 32 et saep.:

cum aditus consul idem illud responsum rettulit,

repeated, Liv. 37, 6 fin.:

veterem Valeriae gentis in liberandā patriā laudem,

to restore, Cic. Fl. 1, 1:

hunc morem, hos casus atque haec certamina primus Ascanius Rettulit,

Verg. A. 5, 598:

O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,

id. ib. 8, 560.—

To represent, set forth anew, reproduce, etc.:

referre Naturam, mores, victum motusque parentum,

to reproduce, Lucr. 1, 597:

majorum vultus vocesque comasque,

id. 4, 1221:

mores, os vultusque ejus (sc. patris),

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9:

parentis sui speciem,

Liv. 10, 7; cf.:

(Tellus) partim figuras Rettulit antiquas, partim nova monstra creavit,

Ov. M. 1, 437:

faciem demptā pelle novam,

Tib. 1, 8, 46:

temporis illius vultum,

Ov. M. 13, 443: si quis mihi parvulus aulā Luderet Aeneas, qui te tamen ore [p. 1545] referret, might represent, resemble thee, Verg. A. 4, 329; cf.:

nomine avum referens, animo manibusque parentem,

id. ib. 12, 348:

Marsigni sermone vultuque Suevos referunt,

Tac. G. 43:

neque amissos colores lana refert,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 28.—

To convey a report, account, intelligence, by speech or by writing; to report, announce, relate, recite, repeat, recount; to mention, allege (class.;

in late Lat. saepissime): certorum hominum sermones referebantur ad me,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10 Orell. N. cr.:

tales miserrima fletus Fertque refertque soror (sc. ad Aeneam),

Verg. A. 4, 438:

pugnam referunt,

Ov. M. 12, 160:

factum dictumve,

Liv. 6, 40:

si quis hoc referat exemplum,

Quint. 5, 11, 8:

in epistulis Cicero haec Bruti refert verba,

id. 6, 3, 20:

quale refert Cicero de homine praelongo, caput eum, etc.,

id. 6, 3, 67 et saep.:

quaecunque refers,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 60; 2, 1, 130:

sermones deorum,

id. C. 3, 3, 71:

multum referens de Maecenate,

Juv. 1, 66. —With obj.-clause, Suet. Caes. 30; Ov. M. 1, 700; 4, 796:

Celso gaudere et bene rem gerere refer,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 2 al.; cf. poet. by Greek attraction:

quia rettulit Ajax Esse Jovis pronepos,

Ov. M. 13, 141; and:

referre aliquid in annales,

Liv. 4, 34 fin., and 43, 13, 2:

ut Proetum mulier perfida credulum Falsis impulerit criminibus, refert,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 16.— Absol.:

quantum, inquam, debetis? Respondent CVI. Refero ad Scaptium,

I report, announce it to Scaptius, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12:

in quo primum saepe aliter est dictum, aliter ad nos relatum,

reported, stated, id. Brut. 57, 288:

(Hortensius) nullo referente, omnia adversariorum dicta meminisset,

id. ib. 88, 301:

abi, quaere, et refer,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 53. —

Poet. (mostly in Ovid), to repeat to one ' s self, call to mind:

tacitāque recentia mente Visa refert,

Ov. M. 15, 27:

si forte refers,

id. Am. 2, 8, 17:

haec refer,

id. R. Am. 308:

saepe refer tecum sceleratae facta puellae,

id. ib. 299:

mente memor refero,

id. M. 15, 451:

foeda Lycaoniae referens convivia mensae,

id. ib. 1, 165; cf.:

illam meminitque refertque,

id. ib. 11, 563.—

Pregn., to say in return, to rejoin, answer, reply (syn. respondeo):

id me non ad meam defensionem attulisse, sed illorum defensioni rettulisse,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 85:

ego tibi refero,

I reply to you, id. ib. 29, 85, §

84: ut si esset dictum, etc., et referret aliquis Ergo, etc.,

id. Fat. 13, 30:

quid a nobis autem refertur,

id. Quint. 13, 44: retices;

nec mutua nostris Dicta refers,

Ov. M. 1, 656; 14, 696:

Musa refert,

id. ib. 5, 337; id. F. 5, 278:

Anna refert,

Verg. A. 4, 31:

talia voce,

id. ib. 1, 94:

pectore voces,

id. ib. 5, 409:

tandem pauca refert,

id. ib. 4, 333 et saep. —

Publicists' t. t.

To bring, convey, deliver any thing as an official report, to report, announce, notify, = renuntiare:

legati haec se ad suos relaturos dixerunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 9; cf.:

cujus orationem legati domum referunt,

id. B. C. 1, 35: responsa (legati), Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 380, 31:

legationem Romam,

Liv. 7, 32:

mandata ad aliquem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 57:

responsa,

id. B. G. 1, 35; cf.:

mandata alicui,

id. ib. 1, 37:

numerum capitum ad aliquem,

id. ib. 2, 33 fin.:

rumores excipere et ad aliquem referre,

Cic. Deiot. 9, 25; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 47:

Ubii paucis diebus intermissis referunt, Suevos omnes, etc.,

id. ib. 6, 10; Liv. 3, 38, 12.—

Ad senatum de aliquā re referre (less freq with acc., a rel.-clause, or absol.), to make a motion or proposition in the Senate; to consult, refer to, or lay before the Senate; to move, bring forward, propose: VTI L. PAVLVS C. MARCELLVS COSS... DE CONSVLARIBVS PROVINCIIS AD SENATVM REFERRENT, NEVE QVID PRIVS... AD SENATVM REFERRENT, NEVE QVID CONIVNCTVM DE EA RE REFERRETVR A CONSVLIBVS, S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq.: de legibus abrogandis ad senatum referre. Cic. Cornel. 1, Fragm. 8 (p. 448 Orell.); cf.:

de quo legando consules spero ad senatum relaturos,

id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

de ejus honore ad senatum referre,

id. Phil. 8, 11, 33:

de eā re postulant uti referatur. Itaque consulente Cicerone frequens senatus decernit, etc.,

Sall. C. 48, 5, 6:

rem ad senatum refert,

id. ib. 29, 1; cf.:

tunc relata ex integro res ad senatum,

Liv. 21, 5:

rem ad senatum,

id. 2, 22:

consul convocato senatu refert, quid de his fieri placeat, qui, etc.,

Sall. C. 50, 3: ut ex litteris ad senatum referretur, impetrari (a consulibus) non potuit. Referunt consules de re publicā, Caes. B. C. 1, 1; cf.:

refer, inquis, ad senatum. Non referam,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20.—

Of other bodies than the Senate (cf.: defero, fero): C. Cassium censorem de signo Concordiae dedicando ad pontificum collegium rettulisse,

Cic. Dom. 53, 136: eam rem ad consilium cum rettulisset Fabius. Liv. 24, 45, 2; 30, 4, 9:

est quod referam ad consilium,

id. 30, 31, 9; 44, 2, 5; Curt. 4, 11, 10.— Per syllepsin: DE EA RE AD SENATVM POPVLVMQVE REFERRI, since referre ad populum was not used in this sense (for ferre ad populum); v. fero, and the foll. g:

de hoc (sc. Eumene) Antigonus ad consilium rettulit,

Nep. Eum. 12, 1.— Transf., to make a reference, to refer (class.): de rebus et obscuris et incertis ad Apollinem censeo referendum;

ad quem etiam Athenienses publice de majoribus rebus semper rettulerunt,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 122; cf. Nep. Lys. 3; Cic. Quint. 16, 53.— Different from this is, *

Referre ad populum (for denuo ferre), to propose or refer any thing anew to the people (cf. supra, II. B. 2.;

v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1006): factum est illorum aequitate et sapientiā consulum, ut id, quod senatus decreverat, id postea referendum ad populum non arbitrarentur,

Cic. Clu. 49, 137; cf. Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 29; Liv. 22, 20; Val. Max. 8, 10, 1.—

A mercantile and publicists' t. t., to note down, enter any thing in writing; to inscribe, register, record, etc.:

cum scirem, ita indicium in tabulas publicas relatum,

Cic. Sull. 15, 42:

in tabulas quodcumque commodum est,

id. Fl. 9, 20:

nomen in tabulas, in codicem,

id. Rosc. Com. 1, 4:

quod reliquum in commentarium,

id. Att. 7, 3, 7:

quid in libellum,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:

tuas epistulas in volumina,

i. e. to admit, id. Fam. 16, 17 init.; cf.:

orationem in Origines,

id. Brut. 23, 89 al.:

in reos, in proscriptos referri,

to be set down among, id. Rosc. Am. 10, 27:

absentem in reos,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 109; cf.:

aliquem inter proscriptos,

Suet. Aug. 70:

anulos quoque depositos a nobilitate, in annales relatum est,

Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 18:

senatūs consulta falsa (sc. in aerarium),

enter, register, Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1; id. Phil. 5, 4, 12. —Entirely absol.:

ut nec triumviri accipiundo nec scribae referundo sufficerent,

Liv. 26, 36 fin. —Here, too, belongs referre rationes or aliquid (in rationibus, ad aerarium, ad aliquem, alicui), to give, present, or render an account:

rationes totidem verbis referre ad aerarium,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2;

and rationes referre alone: in rationibus referendis... rationum referendarum jus, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 20, 1; id. Pis. 25, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77; 2, 3, 71, § 167:

referre rationes publicas ad Caesarem cum fide,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20 fin.:

si hanc ex fenore pecuniam populo non rettuleris, reddas societati,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167:

(pecuniam) in aerarium,

Liv. 37, 57, 12; cf.: pecuniam operi publico, to charge to, i. e. to set down as applied to, Cic. Fl. 19, 44.— So, too, acceptum and in acceptum referre, to place to one ' s credit, in a lit. and trop. sense (v. accipio).— Hence, transf.: aliquem (aliquid) in numero (as above, in rationibus), in numerum, etc., to count or reckon a person or thing among:

Democritus, qui imagines eorumque circuitus in deorum numero refert,

Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29:

(Caesar, Claudius) in deorum numerum relatus est,

Suet. Caes. 88; id. Claud. 45:

Ponticus Heraclides terram et caelum refert in deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 13, 34:

nostri oratorii libri in Eundem librorum numerum referendi videntur,

id. Div. 2, 1, 4: hoc nomen in codicem relatum, id. Rosc. Com. B. and K. (al. in codice).—With inter (postAug. and freq.):

ut inter deos referretur (August.),

Suet. Aug. 97:

diem inter festos, nefastos,

Tac. A. 13, 41 fin.:

hi tamen inter Germanos referuntur,

id. G. 46; Suet. Claud. 11; id. Tib. 53:

dumque refert inter meritorum maxima, demptos Aesonis esse situs,

Ov. M. 7, 302:

intellectum est, quod inter divos quoque referretur,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 14:

inter sidera referre,

Hyg. Fab. 192:

inter praecipua crudelitatis indicia referendus,

Val. Max. 9, 2, ext. 5:

inter insulas,

Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48:

dicebat quasdam esse quaestiones, quae deberent inter res judicatas referri,

Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 12:

eodem Q. Caepionem referrem,

I should place in the same category, Cic. Brut. 62, 223.—

Referre aliquid ad aliquid, to trace back, ascribe, refer a thing to any thing:

qui pecudum ritu ad voluptatem omnia referunt,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

omnia ad igneam vim,

id. N. D. 3, 14, 35:

omnia ad incolumitatem et ad libertatem suam,

id. Rep. 1, 32, 49; 1, 26, 41:

in historiā quaeque ad veritatem, in poëmate pleraque ad delectationem,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 5; id. Off. 1, 16, 52 et saep. al.:

hunc ipsum finem definiebas id esse, quo omnia, quae recte fierent, referrentur, neque id ipsum usquam referretur,

id. Fin. 2, 2, 5; cf.

nusquam,

id. ib. 1, 9, 29:

ad commonendum oratorem, quo quidque referat,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 145:

hinc omne principium, huc refer exitum,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 6.— With dat.:

cujus adversa pravitati ipsius, prospera ad fortunam referebat,

Tac. A. 14, 38 fin. — In Tac. once with in:

quidquid ubique magnificum est, in claritatem ejus (sc. Herculis) referre consensimus,

Tac. G. 34.—Rarely of persons;

as: tuum est Caesar, quid nunc mihi animi sit, ad te ipsum referre,

Cic. Deiot. 2, 7.— Absol.: ita inserere oportet referentem ad fructum, meliore genere ut sit surculus, etc., one who looks to or cares for the fruit, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6.—

Culpam in aliquem referre, to throw the blame upon, accuse, hold responsible for, etc. (post-Aug.):

hic, quod in adversis rebis solet fieri, alius in alium culpam referebant,

Curt. 4, 3, 7; Aug. contr. Man. 2, 17, 25 Hier. Epp. 1, 9 fin.: cf.:

augere ejus, in quem referet crimen, culpam,

Cic. Inv. 2, 28, 83:

causa ad matrem referebatur,

Tac. A. 6, 49:

causam abscessus ad Sejani artes,

id. ib. 4, 57.

scīpĭo, ōnis, m. [root skap-; Gr. skêptô, to support, skipôn, = skêptron, a staff; cf.: scāpus, scopio, scamnum], a staff (carried by persons of wealth, rank, high official station, etc.):

unde ornatu hoc advenis? quid fecisti scipione?

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 6; id. Am. 1, 3, 22; id. As. 1, 1, 111; id. Men. 5, 2, 103; Cat. 37, 10; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:

eburneus, carried by the viri triumphales,

Liv. 5, 41 fin.; cf. Val. Max. 4, 4, 5; in the time of the emperors, also by the consuls, Val. Imp. ap. Vop. Aur. 13 fin.; Amm. 29, 2, 15; given as a present from the Roman nation to friendly princes;

so to Masinissa,

Liv. 30, 15; 31, 11;

to Eumenes,

id. 42, 14 fin.

Scīpĭo, ōnis, m. [1. scipio], the name of a celebrated family in the gens Cornelia, the most famous members of which were the two conquerors of the Carthaginians, P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus major, in the second, and P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus minor, in the third Punic war. —In hexameter verse scanned nom. Scīpĭŏ, Luc. 4, 658; Sil. 8, 548; 10, 427; 13, 386; 13, 449 al.; cf., in the foll., 3. init. —Hence,

Scīpĭōnĕus, a, um, adj., of the Scipios (late Lat.), Fab. Cl. Gord. Fulg. Act. Mundi, 11, p. 141.—

Scīpĭŏnārĭus, a, um, adj.:

a Scipione quidam male dicunt Scipioninos: nam est Scipionarios,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 71 Müll.—

Scīpĭădes or - as, ae, m. (cf. Prisc. p. 582 P), one of the Scipio family, a Scipio ( poet. for Scipio, the oblique cases of which could not stand in hexameter verse):

Scipiadas, belli fulmen, Carthaginis horror,

Lucr. 3, 1034; v. Lachm. ad h. 1.; Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. scurrae, p. 294 Müll.; nom. Scipiades, Claud. III. Cons. Stil. praef. 1; gen., dat. Scipiadae, Prop. 3, 11, 59 (4, 10, 67); Hor. S. 2, 1, 72; Claud. B. Get. 141; acc. Scipiadem, Hor. S. 2, 1, 17; v. Heind. and Duntz. ad h. 1.; plur. nom. Scipiadae, Manil. 2, 790; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 381; gen. Scipiadum, id. Laud. Seren. 42; acc. Scipiadas, Verg. G. 2, 170; Claud. ap. Prop. et Olybr. 149.

scīpĭo, ōnis, m. [root skap-; Gr. skêptô, to support, skipôn, = skêptron, a staff; cf.: scāpus, scopio, scamnum], a staff (carried by persons of wealth, rank, high official station, etc.):

unde ornatu hoc advenis? quid fecisti scipione?

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 6; id. Am. 1, 3, 22; id. As. 1, 1, 111; id. Men. 5, 2, 103; Cat. 37, 10; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:

eburneus, carried by the viri triumphales,

Liv. 5, 41 fin.; cf. Val. Max. 4, 4, 5; in the time of the emperors, also by the consuls, Val. Imp. ap. Vop. Aur. 13 fin.; Amm. 29, 2, 15; given as a present from the Roman nation to friendly princes;

so to Masinissa,

Liv. 30, 15; 31, 11;

to Eumenes,

id. 42, 14 fin.

Scīpĭo, ōnis, m. [1. scipio], the name of a celebrated family in the gens Cornelia, the most famous members of which were the two conquerors of the Carthaginians, P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus major, in the second, and P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus minor, in the third Punic war. —In hexameter verse scanned nom. Scīpĭŏ, Luc. 4, 658; Sil. 8, 548; 10, 427; 13, 386; 13, 449 al.; cf., in the foll., 3. init. —Hence,

Scīpĭōnĕus, a, um, adj., of the Scipios (late Lat.), Fab. Cl. Gord. Fulg. Act. Mundi, 11, p. 141.—

Scīpĭŏnārĭus, a, um, adj.:

a Scipione quidam male dicunt Scipioninos: nam est Scipionarios,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 71 Müll.—

Scīpĭădes or - as, ae, m. (cf. Prisc. p. 582 P), one of the Scipio family, a Scipio ( poet. for Scipio, the oblique cases of which could not stand in hexameter verse):

Scipiadas, belli fulmen, Carthaginis horror,

Lucr. 3, 1034; v. Lachm. ad h. 1.; Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. scurrae, p. 294 Müll.; nom. Scipiades, Claud. III. Cons. Stil. praef. 1; gen., dat. Scipiadae, Prop. 3, 11, 59 (4, 10, 67); Hor. S. 2, 1, 72; Claud. B. Get. 141; acc. Scipiadem, Hor. S. 2, 1, 17; v. Heind. and Duntz. ad h. 1.; plur. nom. Scipiadae, Manil. 2, 790; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 381; gen. Scipiadum, id. Laud. Seren. 42; acc. Scipiadas, Verg. G. 2, 170; Claud. ap. Prop. et Olybr. 149.

scīpĭo, ōnis, m. [root skap-; Gr. skêptô, to support, skipôn, = skêptron, a staff; cf.: scāpus, scopio, scamnum], a staff (carried by persons of wealth, rank, high official station, etc.):

unde ornatu hoc advenis? quid fecisti scipione?

Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 6; id. Am. 1, 3, 22; id. As. 1, 1, 111; id. Men. 5, 2, 103; Cat. 37, 10; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:

eburneus, carried by the viri triumphales,

Liv. 5, 41 fin.; cf. Val. Max. 4, 4, 5; in the time of the emperors, also by the consuls, Val. Imp. ap. Vop. Aur. 13 fin.; Amm. 29, 2, 15; given as a present from the Roman nation to friendly princes;

so to Masinissa,

Liv. 30, 15; 31, 11;

to Eumenes,

id. 42, 14 fin.

Scīpĭo, ōnis, m. [1. scipio], the name of a celebrated family in the gens Cornelia, the most famous members of which were the two conquerors of the Carthaginians, P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus major, in the second, and P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus minor, in the third Punic war. —In hexameter verse scanned nom. Scīpĭŏ, Luc. 4, 658; Sil. 8, 548; 10, 427; 13, 386; 13, 449 al.; cf., in the foll., 3. init. —Hence,

Scīpĭōnĕus, a, um, adj., of the Scipios (late Lat.), Fab. Cl. Gord. Fulg. Act. Mundi, 11, p. 141.—

Scīpĭŏnārĭus, a, um, adj.:

a Scipione quidam male dicunt Scipioninos: nam est Scipionarios,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 71 Müll.—

Scīpĭădes or - as, ae, m. (cf. Prisc. p. 582 P), one of the Scipio family, a Scipio ( poet. for Scipio, the oblique cases of which could not stand in hexameter verse):

Scipiadas, belli fulmen, Carthaginis horror,

Lucr. 3, 1034; v. Lachm. ad h. 1.; Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. scurrae, p. 294 Müll.; nom. Scipiades, Claud. III. Cons. Stil. praef. 1; gen., dat. Scipiadae, Prop. 3, 11, 59 (4, 10, 67); Hor. S. 2, 1, 72; Claud. B. Get. 141; acc. Scipiadem, Hor. S. 2, 1, 17; v. Heind. and Duntz. ad h. 1.; plur. nom. Scipiadae, Manil. 2, 790; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 381; gen. Scipiadum, id. Laud. Seren. 42; acc. Scipiadas, Verg. G. 2, 170; Claud. ap. Prop. et Olybr. 149.

sēmis, issis (in Vitr., Front., and Pall. indecl., e.g. duo semis pedes, Pall. Febr. 9, 10:

duobus semis pedibus,

id. Jan. 10, 3; 13, 7:

diametros octo semis,

Vitr. 4, 1:

passuum milium et semis,

Front. Aquaed. 7; cf.:

habere duos et semis cubitos,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 10 al.), m. [cf. semi-; Gr. hêmi-, hêmisu], a half, half-unity, a semi-unit (v. as, I.).

In gen. (very rare for the usual dimidium):

sex domini semissem Africae possidebant,

Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 35:

patrimonii,

Dig. 36, 1, 78, § 7:

e libertorum defunctorum bonis,

Suet. Ner. 32:

cum alter semissem, alter universa fratre excluso (sibi vindicaret),

Quint. 7, 1, 62:

panem semissem ponebat supra torum,

Petr. 64, 6.—

In partic. (freq. and class.).

As a coin,

Half an as, a semi -as, Varr. L. L. 5, § 171 Müll.; cf. Prisc. p. 708 P.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44:

lex frumentaria de semissibus et trientibus,

Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Cic. Sest. 25, 55; Liv. Epit. 60; Ascon. ap. Cic. Pis. 4, p. 9 Orell.; hence, non semissis homo, not worth a groat, i. e. good for nothing, worthless, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 a, 1:

quid fit! Semis,

Hor. A. P. 330.—

In the times of the later emperors, as a gold coin, a half aureus (containing 59.8 grains of gold, or the present value of 10 s. 6 3/4 d. sterling), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39.—

As a rate of interest, one half per cent. a month, or, acc. to our mode of computation, six per cent. a year (cf.:

bes, triens, etc.): semissibus magna copia (pecuniae) est,

Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2:

usura multiplicata semissibus,

Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56:

usura semissium,

Col. 3, 3, 9 sq.;

for which also, reversely: semisses usurarum,

id. 3, 3, 9;

and in apposition: semisses usuras promisit,

Dig. 22, 1, 13; 22, 45, 134; 46, 3, 102 fin. —

As a measure of dimension.

Half a juger of land:

bina jugera et semisses agri assignati,

Liv. 6, 16 fin.; cf. Col. 5, 1, 11; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 178.—

A half-foot, half a foot:

interesse sesquipedes inter bina semina in latitudinem, in longitudinem semisses,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160:

campestris locus alte duos pedes et semissem infodiendus est,

Col. 3, 13, 8; Vitr. 4, 1; Front. Aquaed. 7; Pall. Jan. 10, 2; 10, 4; 13, 7; id. Febr. 9, 10 et saep.; Veg. 5, 40, 3; 3, 11, 4.—

Half a cubit:

cubitum ac semissem,

Vulg. Exod. 25, 17.—

Among mathematicians, the number three, Vitr. 3, 1, 6; cf. as fin.

sĭno, sīvi, sĭtum, 3 (sinit, as archaic subj. pres. formerly stood, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 27; Verg. Cir. 239; but in the former passage has been corrected to sierit, Fleck.; and in the latter the clause is spurious.— Perf. sii, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 371 P.:

siit,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 24, acc. to Diom. l. l.; another old form of the perf. sini, Scaur. ap. Diom. l. l.; so, too, pluperf. sinisset, Rutil. ib.— Sync. perf. sisti, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 80: sistis, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 57, 122.— Subj. sieris or siris, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106; cf. Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 18; id. Ep. 3, 3, 19; id. Trin. 2, 4, 120;

an old formula,

Liv. 1, 32:

sirit,

id. 28, 28, 11; 28, 34, 24:

siritis,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 20: sirint, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 64; id. Merc. 3, 4, 28.— Pluperf. sisset, Liv. 27, 6:

sissent,

Cic. Sest. 19, 44; Liv. 3, 18; 35, 5, 11), v. a. [etym. dub.], orig., to let, put, lay, or set down; found so only in the P. a. situs (v. infra, P. a.), and in the compound pono (for posino, v. pono); cf. also 2. situs, I.—Hence, transf., and freq. in all styles and periods.

In gen., to let, suffer, allow, permit, give leave (syn.: permitto, patior, tolero, fero); constr. usually with an obj.-clause, the subj., or absol., rarely with ut or an acc.

With obj.clause: exsulare sinitis, sistis pelli, pulsum patimini, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 57, 122: neu reliquias sic meas sieris denudatis ossibus foede divexarier, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106:

quin tu itiner exsequi meum me sinis?

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 88:

nos Transalpinas gentes oleam et vitem serere non sinimus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

non sinam tum nobis denique responderi,

id. Verr. 1, 17, 54 B. and K.:

praecipitem amicum ferri sinere,

id. Lael. 24, 89:

latrocinium in Syriam penetrare,

id. Phil. 11, 13, 32: vinum ad se importari, * Caes. B. G. 4, 2 fin.:

Medos equitare inultos,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 51:

magnum corpus Crescere sinito,

Verg. G. 3, 206; Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 11; cf.:

Cato contionatus est, se comitia haberi non siturum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6:

sine sis loqui me,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 50:

sine me dum istuc judicare,

id. Most. 5, 2, 22; so,

sine dum petere,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 67 et saep.— Pass.:

vinum in dolium conditur et ibi sinitur fermentari,

Col. 12, 17, 1:

neque is tamen inire sinitur,

id. 6, 37, 9:

vitis suci gratiā exire sinitur,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16:

hic accusare eum moderate, per senatus auctoritatem non est situs,

Cic. Sest. 44, 95:

sine te exorari,

Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3.—

With subj. (so for the most part only in the imper.):

sine te exorem, sine te prendam auriculis, sine dem savium,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 163:

sine me expurgem,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 29: Ch. At tandem dicat sine. Si. Age dicat;

sino,

id. ib. 5, 3, 24:

ne duit, si non vult: sic sine astet,

let him stand, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 54:

sine pascat durus (captivus) aretque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 70:

sine vivat ineptus,

id. ib. 1, 17, 32:

sine sciam,

let me know, Liv. 2, 40, 5:

sinite abeam viva a vobis,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 92:

sinite instaurata revisam Proelia,

Verg. A. 2, 669 et saep.— Poet. in the verb. finit: natura repugnat;

Nec sinit incipiat,

Ov. M. 3, 377.—

Absol. (syn.: pati, ferre);

suspende, vinci, verbera: auctor sum, sino,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 18:

nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes: non feram, non patiar, non sinam,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10:

domum ire cupio: at uxor non sinit,

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 60: Ba. Ego nolo dare te quicquam. Pi. Sine. Ba. Sino equidem, si lubet, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 66: nate, cave;

dum resque sinit, tua corrige vota,

Ov. M. 2, 89:

moretur ergo in libertate sinentibus nobis,

Plin. Ep. 4, 10 fin. —

With ut:

sivi, animum ut expleret suom,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 17:

sinite, exorator ut sim, id. Hec. prol. alt. 2: neque sinam, ut,

id. ib. 4, 2, 14:

nec dii siverint, ut hoc decus demere mihi quisquam possit,

Curt. 5, 8, 13:

neque di sinant ut Belgarum decus istud sit,

Tac. A. 1, 43.—

With acc.:

sinite arma viris et cedite ferro,

leave arms to men, Verg. A. 9, 620:

per te, vir Trojane, sine hanc animam et miserere precantis,

id. ib. 10, 598:

neu propius tectis taxum sine,

id. G. 4, 47:

serpentium multitudo nisi hieme transitum non sinit,

Plin. 6, 14, 17, § 43:

at id nos non sinemus,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 7; cf.:

non sinat hoc Ajax,

Ov. M. 13, 219; 7, 174.—Sometimes the acc. is used elliptically, as in Engl., and an inf. (to be, remain, do, go, etc.) is to be supplied: Sy. Sineres vero tu illum tuum Facere haec? De. Sinerem illum! Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 42:

dum interea sic sit, istuc actutum sino,

I'll let that by and by go, I don't care for it, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 68:

me in tabernā usque adhuc sineret Syrus,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 14: Ch. Ne labora. Me. Sine me, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 38: quisquis es, sine me, let me ( go), id. Ad. 3, 2, 23.—

In partic.

In colloquial language.

Sine, let:

sine veniat!

let him come! Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 1:

insani feriant sine litora fluctus,

Verg. E. 9, 43.—So simply sine! be it so! granted! very well! agreed, etc.:

pulchre ludificor. Sine!

Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 6; id. As. 5, 2, 48; id. Aul. 3, 2, 11; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 13; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 90 al.:

sic sine,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 4.—

Sine modo, only let, i. e. if only:

cur me verberas?... Patiar. Sine modo adveniat senex! Sine modo venire salvum, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 10.—So with subj.:

sine modo venias domum,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 50 Fleck.—

Rarely like the Greek ean, to give up, cease, leave a thing undone: Al. Vin vocem? Cl. Sine:

nolo, si occupata est,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 14: tum certare odiis, tum res rapuisse licebit. Nunc sinite (sc. certare, etc.), forbear, Verg A. 10, 15.—

Ne di sirint (sinant), ne Juppiter sirit, etc., God forbid! Heaven forefend! Ch. Hoc capital facis... aequalem et sodalem liberum civem enicas. Eu. Ne di sirint, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 64;

for which: ne di siverint,

id. Merc. 2, 2, 51:

illud nec di sinant,

Plin. Ep. 2, 2, 3:

ne istuc Juppiter O. M. sirit, urbem, etc.,

Liv. 28, 28, 11:

nec me ille sierit Juppiter,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 27.—Hence, sĭtus, a, um, P. a., placed, set, lying, situate (syn. positus; freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

(gallinis) meridie bibere dato nec plus aqua sita siet horam unam,

nor let the water be set before them more than an hour, Cato, R. R. 89:

pluma Quae sita cervices circum collumque coronat,

Lucr. 2, 802:

(aurum) probe in latebris situm,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 2; 4, 2, 8:

proba merx facile emptorem reperit, tametsi in abstruso sita est,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 129:

Romuli lituus, cum situs esset in curiā Saliorum, etc.,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30:

in ore sita lingua est finita dentibus,

id. N. D. 2, 59, 149:

inter duo genua naribus sitis,

Plin. 10, 64, 84, § 183:

ara sub dio,

id. 2, 107, 111, § 240:

sitae fuere et Thespiades (statuae) ad aedem Felicitatis,

id. 36, 5, 4, § 39 et saep.—Rarely of persons:

quin socios, amicos procul juxtaque sitos trahunt exciduntque,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch; cf.:

jam fratres, jam propinquos, jam longius sitos caedibus exhaustos,

Tac. A. 12, 10:

nobilissimi totius Britanniae eoque in ipsis penetralibus siti,

id. Agr. 30:

cis Rhenum sitarum gentium animos confirmavit,

Vell. 2, 120, 1; cf.:

gens in convallibus sita,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 28.—

In partic.

Of places, lying, situate:

locus in mediā insulā situs,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106:

in quo (sinu) sita Carthago est,

Liv. 30, 24, 9:

urbes in orā Graeciae,

Nep. Alcib. 5:

urbs ex adverso (Carthaginis),

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 4:

insulae ante promunturium,

id. 9, 59, 85, § 180:

regio contra Parthiae tractum,

id. 6, 16, 18, § 46 et saep.—

Of the dead, lying, laid, buried, interred (syn. conditus):

declarat Ennius de Africano, hic est ille situs. Vere: nam siti dicuntur hi, qui conditi sunt,

Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57; cf.:

redditur terrae corpus et ita locatum ac situm quasi operimento matris obducitur,

id. ib. 2, 22, 56: siticines appellati qui apud sitos canere soliti essent, hoc est vitā functos et sepultos, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 20, 2:

C. Marii sitae reliquiae,

Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 56:

(Aeneas) situs est... super Numicium flumen,

Liv. 1, 2 Drak.:

Cn. Terentium offendisse arcam, in quā Numa situs fuisset,

Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 84.—Hence the common phrase in epitaphs:

HIC SITVS EST, HIC SITI SVNT, etc.,

Inscr. Orell. 654; 4639 sq.; Tib. 3, 2, 29.—

Comically: noli minitari: scio crucem futuram mihi sepulcrum: Ibi mei sunt majores siti, pater, avus, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 20.—

A few times in Tacitus for conditus, built, founded:

urbem Philippopolim, a Macedone Philippo sitam circumsidunt,

Tac. A. 3, 38 fin.; 6, 41:

veterem aram Druso sitam disjecerant,

id. ib. 2, 7 fin.:

vallum duabus legionibus situm,

id. H. 4, 22.—

Trop.

In gen., placed, situated, present, ready: hoc erit tibi argumentum semper in promptu situm, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 29, 20 (Sat. v. 37 Vahl.):

in melle sunt linguae sitae vostrae,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 76:

quae ceteris in artibus aut studiis sita sunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 65:

quas (artes) semper in te intellexi sitas,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 6:

(voluptates) in medio sitas esse dicunt,

within the reach of all, Cic. Tusc. 5, 33, 94.—

In partic.: situm esse in aliquo or in aliquā re, to rest with, depend upon some one or something (a favorite figure with Cic., and found not unfreq. in other writers):

in patris potestate est situm,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 52; cf.:

assensio quae est in nostrā potestate sita,

Cic. Ac. 2, 12, 37:

hujusce rei potestas omnis in vobis sita est, judices,

id. Mur. 39, 83; cf.:

huic ipsi (Archiae), quantum est situm in nobis, opem ferre debemus,

id. Arch. 1, [p. 1709] 1:

est situm in nobis, ut, etc.,

id. Fin. 1, 17, 57; cf.

also: si causa appetitus non est sita in nobis, ne ipse quidem appetitus est in nostrā potestate, etc.,

id. Fat. 17, 40:

summam eruditionem Graeci sitam censebant in nervorum vocumque cantibus,

id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4:

in officio colendo sita vitae est honestas omnis et in neglegendo turpitudo,

id. Off. 1, 2, 4:

qui omnem vim divinam in naturā sitam esse censet,

id. N. D. 1, 13, 35:

cui spes omnis in fugā sita erat,

Sall. J. 54, 8:

in armis omnia sita,

id. ib. 51, 4:

in unius pernicie ejus patriae sitam putabant salutem,

Nep. Epam. 9 et saep.:

res omnis in incerto sita est,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4. 4:

tu in eo sitam vitam beatam putas?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 35:

jam si pugnandum est, quo consilio in temporibus situm est,

id. Att. 7, 9, 4:

laus in medio,

Tac. Or. 18.

sub-sto, āre, v. n.

To stand or be under or among, to be present (very rare;

not in Cic.): si pure substante non rumpuntur hi tumores,

Cels. 6, 10 med.:

nullo dolore substante,

id. 2, 7 med.; 2, 12, 2.—

To stand firm, hold out, = subsisto:

metuo, ut substet hospes,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 11.

vīvo, vixi, victum, 3 ( pluperf. subj. syncop. vixet, Verg. A. 11, 118), v. n. [Sanscr. giv-, givami, live; Gr. bios, life; Goth. quius, living; Germ. quicken; Engl. quick], to live, be alive, have life (syn. spiro).

Lit.

In gen.: Ca. Eho, tua uxor quid agit? Me. Immortalis est. Vivit victuraque est, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 18:

valet atque vivit (gnatus),

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 21:

nemo'st hominum qui vivat minus,

id. Eun. 4, 6, 19; id. Ad. 3, 2, 34:

vivere ac spirare,

Cic. Sest. 50, 108:

is demum mihi vivere atque frui animā videtur, qui, etc.,

Sall. C. 2, 9.—With acc. of time:

et pueri annos octingentos vivont... Quin mille annorum perpetuo vivont ab saeclo ad saeclum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 85;

4, 2, 87: Nemo est tam senex, qui se annum non putat posse vivere,

Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

vixi Annos bis centum,

Ov. M. 12, 187:

Aufidius vixit ad summam senectutem,

Cic. Brut. 48, 179:

ad centesimum annum,

id. Sen. 6, 19:

ad vesperum,

id. ib. 19, 67:

triginta annis,

id. Off. 3, 2, 8:

negat Epicurus, jucunde posse vivi, nisi cum virtute vivatur,

live pleasantly unless we live virtuously, id. Tusc. 3, 20, 49.— Subst.: vīventes, ium, the living (opp. mortui), Lact. 5, 19, 25; 5, 3, 25.—With a homogeneous object:

modice et modeste melius est vitam vivere,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18; cf. Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 118; id. Clu. 61, 170:

tamne tibi diu videor vitam vivere?

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 34:

Bacchanalia vivunt,

Juv. 2, 3.— Pass.:

nunc tertia vivitur aetas,

Ov. M. 12, 187.— Transf., of things:

et vivere vitem et mori dicimus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 24, 56:

saepes,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2:

oleae,

Plin. 16, 44, 90, § 241:

cinis,

Ov. R. Am. 732:

ignes,

id. F. 3, 427:

picturatum opus,

lives, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 589.—

In partic.

To survive, be still alive (mostly in secondary tenses):

quas inimicitias si tam cavere potuisset, quam metuere solebat, viveret,

would be still alive, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17:

is jam pridem mortuus est: si viveret, verba ejus audiretis,

id. ib. 14, 42:

Mustius dixisset, si viveret,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139:

si viveret Hortensius cetera fortasse desideraret,

id. Brut. 2, 6:

si viveret, mihi cum illo nulla contentio jam maneret,

id. Att. 14, 13, B, 4; id. Fam. 12, 1, 1:

dixisti paulum tibi esse etiam nunc morae, quod ego viverem,

id. Cat. 1, 4, 9; cf. id. Red. Quir. 4, 10:

utinam L. Caesar valeret, Serv. Sulpicius viveret,

id. Phil. 8, 7, 22:

constitueram, neminem includere in dialogos eorum, qui viverent,

id. Att. 13, 19, 3:

divinat enim, quae futura fuerint, si Philippus vixisset,

Liv. 41, 24, 4; cf.:

quid Philippus, si vixisset, facturus fuerit,

id. 41, 24, 5:

qui censor fuisset, vetustissimusque ex iis, qui viverent, censoriis esset,

id. 23, 22, 10; cf.:

hic tamen vivit. Vivit? Immo vero etiam in senatum venit,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2: vivis;

et vivis non ad deponendam sed ad confirmandam audaciam,

id. ib. 1, 2, 4.—

Euphemistically, vixit, he is done with life, he is dead:

vixisse nimio satiu'st jam quam vivere,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 43; cf. id. Most. 4, 3, 10.—

Ita vivam, as true as I live, as a formula of asseveration:

nam, ita vivam, putavi,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3; 2, 16, 20; id. Att. 5, 15, 2; Sen. Ep. 82, 11 al.—

Ne vivam si, may I not live if, may I die if; as a form of asseveration:

quid poteris, inquies, pro iis dicere? Ne vivam, si scio,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8; id. Fam. 7, 23 fin. —

Si vivo, if I live, a formula of menacing:

erit ubi te ulciscar, si vivo,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 26; id. Cas. 1, 1, 27; Ter. And. 5, 2, 25; id. Eun. 5, 5, 20.—

In the phrases,

Alicui vivere, to live for a person:

haec qui misit, non sibi soli postulat Te vivere et suā causā excludi ceteros,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 28; cf.:

si tibi soli viveres,

Cic. Marcell. 8, 25; cf.: secum vivere, II. B. infra.—

In diem vivere, from hand to mouth, for the present hour, Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 169; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 33; id. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf.:

hi, qui in horam viverent,

id. ib. 5, 9, 25.—

De lucro vivere, a life that is clear gain, i. e. at the mercy of another, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1.—

Pregn.

To live well, live at ease, enjoy life:

quod me cohortaris ad ambitionem et ad laborem, faciam quidem: sed quando vivemus?

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 12: vivite lurcones, comedones, vivite ventres, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 11, 8; Varr. ib. p. 156, 13; Cat. 5, 1; Hor. C. 3, 29, 43; id. Ep. 1, 6, 66.—Hence, in bidding farewell:

vive valeque,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 110; id. Ep. 1, 6, 67 al.; cf.:

vivite, silvae,

fare ye well, Verg. E. 8, 58.—

Like our to live, for to last, endure, remain, be remembered (mostly poet.):

vivet extento Proculeius aevo... Illum aget Fama superstes,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 5:

per omnia saecula famā vivam,

Ov. M. 15, 879: mea semper gloria vivet, Cic. poët. ap. Gell. 15, 6, 3:

tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus,

Verg. A. 4, 67:

spirat adhuc amor Vivuntque commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 32, 3:

carmina,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 2:

scripta,

Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25:

das nostro nomen victurum amori,

id. Am. 3, 1, 65:

odia,

Stat. Th. 12, 441: mihi quidem Scipio, quamquam est subito ereptus, vivit tamen [p. 2002] semperque vivet, Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

vivit vivetque semper, atque etiam latius in memoriā hominum et sermone versabitur, postquam ab oculis recessit,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 11; Sen. Ben. 3, 5, 2.—

Transf.

To live on any thing or in any manner, i. e. to support life; to sustain or maintain one's self:

stirpibus palmarum vivere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

piscibus atque ovis avium vivere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 10 fin.:

lacte atque pecore,

id. ib. 4, 1;

5, 14: cortice ex arboribus,

id. B. C. 3, 49:

coriis herbisque et radicibus vivere,

Liv. 23, 30, 3:

herbis Vivis et urticā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 8:

siliquis et pane secundo,

id. ib. 2, 1, 123:

parvo,

id. S. 2, 2, 1:

rapto,

Verg. A. 7, 749:

de vestro,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 61:

misere,

id. Aul. 2, 4, 36:

parcius,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 49:

suaviter,

id. Ep. 1, 8, 4:

bene,

id. ib. 1, 6, 56;

1, 11, 29: rapto,

Liv. 7, 25, 13; 27, 12, 5:

verbum vivere quidam putant ad cibum pertinere,

Dig. 50, 16, 234.— Impers. pass.:

vivitur ex rapto,

Ov. M. 1, 144. — Trop.:

(sunt) in eo studia illa nostra, quibus antea delectabamur, nunc etiam vivimus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 28, a, 2.—

To live, i. e. to pass one's life, to reside, dwell, be in any place or manner (cf.:

vitam dego): Rhodi,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 4:

extra urbem,

id. Brut. 74, 258:

Cypri,

Nep. Chabr. 3, 4:

in litteris vivere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1; id. Sen. 11, 38:

in maximā celebritate atque in oculis civium,

id. Off. 3, 1, 3:

in paupertate,

id. Part. Or. 18, 63:

in humilitate,

Lact. 7, 9, 17: cum timore, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 3:

unis moribus et numquam mutatis legibus,

Cic. Fl. 26, 63:

e naturā,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 68:

convenienter naturae,

id. ib. 3, 7, 26; id. Off. 3, 3, 13:

valde familiariter cum aliquo,

id. Att. 6, 6, 2; cf.:

Hirtius vivit habitatque cum Balbo,

id. ib. 14, 20, 4:

cum Pansā vixi in Pompeiano,

id. ib.:

ecquis me vivit hodie fortunatior?

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 1:

ego vivo miserrimus,

Cic. Att. 3, 5:

viveret in terris te si quis avarior uno,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 157:

illā sorte Contentus vivat,

id. S. 1, 1, 3.—Prov.:

secum vivere,

to live for one's self, care only for one's self, Cic. Sen. 14, 49.— Impers. pass.:

quoniam vivitur non cum perfectis hominibus, sed, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 46.

vīvo, vixi, victum, 3 ( pluperf. subj. syncop. vixet, Verg. A. 11, 118), v. n. [Sanscr. giv-, givami, live; Gr. bios, life; Goth. quius, living; Germ. quicken; Engl. quick], to live, be alive, have life (syn. spiro).

Lit.

In gen.: Ca. Eho, tua uxor quid agit? Me. Immortalis est. Vivit victuraque est, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 18:

valet atque vivit (gnatus),

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 21:

nemo'st hominum qui vivat minus,

id. Eun. 4, 6, 19; id. Ad. 3, 2, 34:

vivere ac spirare,

Cic. Sest. 50, 108:

is demum mihi vivere atque frui animā videtur, qui, etc.,

Sall. C. 2, 9.—With acc. of time:

et pueri annos octingentos vivont... Quin mille annorum perpetuo vivont ab saeclo ad saeclum,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 85;

4, 2, 87: Nemo est tam senex, qui se annum non putat posse vivere,

Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

vixi Annos bis centum,

Ov. M. 12, 187:

Aufidius vixit ad summam senectutem,

Cic. Brut. 48, 179:

ad centesimum annum,

id. Sen. 6, 19:

ad vesperum,

id. ib. 19, 67:

triginta annis,

id. Off. 3, 2, 8:

negat Epicurus, jucunde posse vivi, nisi cum virtute vivatur,

live pleasantly unless we live virtuously, id. Tusc. 3, 20, 49.— Subst.: vīventes, ium, the living (opp. mortui), Lact. 5, 19, 25; 5, 3, 25.—With a homogeneous object:

modice et modeste melius est vitam vivere,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18; cf. Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 118; id. Clu. 61, 170:

tamne tibi diu videor vitam vivere?

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 34:

Bacchanalia vivunt,

Juv. 2, 3.— Pass.:

nunc tertia vivitur aetas,

Ov. M. 12, 187.— Transf., of things:

et vivere vitem et mori dicimus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 24, 56:

saepes,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2:

oleae,

Plin. 16, 44, 90, § 241:

cinis,

Ov. R. Am. 732:

ignes,

id. F. 3, 427:

picturatum opus,

lives, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 589.—

In partic.

To survive, be still alive (mostly in secondary tenses):

quas inimicitias si tam cavere potuisset, quam metuere solebat, viveret,

would be still alive, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17:

is jam pridem mortuus est: si viveret, verba ejus audiretis,

id. ib. 14, 42:

Mustius dixisset, si viveret,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139:

si viveret Hortensius cetera fortasse desideraret,

id. Brut. 2, 6:

si viveret, mihi cum illo nulla contentio jam maneret,

id. Att. 14, 13, B, 4; id. Fam. 12, 1, 1:

dixisti paulum tibi esse etiam nunc morae, quod ego viverem,

id. Cat. 1, 4, 9; cf. id. Red. Quir. 4, 10:

utinam L. Caesar valeret, Serv. Sulpicius viveret,

id. Phil. 8, 7, 22:

constitueram, neminem includere in dialogos eorum, qui viverent,

id. Att. 13, 19, 3:

divinat enim, quae futura fuerint, si Philippus vixisset,

Liv. 41, 24, 4; cf.:

quid Philippus, si vixisset, facturus fuerit,

id. 41, 24, 5:

qui censor fuisset, vetustissimusque ex iis, qui viverent, censoriis esset,

id. 23, 22, 10; cf.:

hic tamen vivit. Vivit? Immo vero etiam in senatum venit,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2: vivis;

et vivis non ad deponendam sed ad confirmandam audaciam,

id. ib. 1, 2, 4.—

Euphemistically, vixit, he is done with life, he is dead:

vixisse nimio satiu'st jam quam vivere,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 43; cf. id. Most. 4, 3, 10.—

Ita vivam, as true as I live, as a formula of asseveration:

nam, ita vivam, putavi,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3; 2, 16, 20; id. Att. 5, 15, 2; Sen. Ep. 82, 11 al.—

Ne vivam si, may I not live if, may I die if; as a form of asseveration:

quid poteris, inquies, pro iis dicere? Ne vivam, si scio,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8; id. Fam. 7, 23 fin. —

Si vivo, if I live, a formula of menacing:

erit ubi te ulciscar, si vivo,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 26; id. Cas. 1, 1, 27; Ter. And. 5, 2, 25; id. Eun. 5, 5, 20.—

In the phrases,

Alicui vivere, to live for a person:

haec qui misit, non sibi soli postulat Te vivere et suā causā excludi ceteros,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 28; cf.:

si tibi soli viveres,

Cic. Marcell. 8, 25; cf.: secum vivere, II. B. infra.—

In diem vivere, from hand to mouth, for the present hour, Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 169; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 33; id. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf.:

hi, qui in horam viverent,

id. ib. 5, 9, 25.—

De lucro vivere, a life that is clear gain, i. e. at the mercy of another, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1.—

Pregn.

To live well, live at ease, enjoy life:

quod me cohortaris ad ambitionem et ad laborem, faciam quidem: sed quando vivemus?

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 12: vivite lurcones, comedones, vivite ventres, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 11, 8; Varr. ib. p. 156, 13; Cat. 5, 1; Hor. C. 3, 29, 43; id. Ep. 1, 6, 66.—Hence, in bidding farewell:

vive valeque,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 110; id. Ep. 1, 6, 67 al.; cf.:

vivite, silvae,

fare ye well, Verg. E. 8, 58.—

Like our to live, for to last, endure, remain, be remembered (mostly poet.):

vivet extento Proculeius aevo... Illum aget Fama superstes,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 5:

per omnia saecula famā vivam,

Ov. M. 15, 879: mea semper gloria vivet, Cic. poët. ap. Gell. 15, 6, 3:

tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus,

Verg. A. 4, 67:

spirat adhuc amor Vivuntque commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 32, 3:

carmina,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 2:

scripta,

Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25:

das nostro nomen victurum amori,

id. Am. 3, 1, 65:

odia,

Stat. Th. 12, 441: mihi quidem Scipio, quamquam est subito ereptus, vivit tamen [p. 2002] semperque vivet, Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

vivit vivetque semper, atque etiam latius in memoriā hominum et sermone versabitur, postquam ab oculis recessit,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 11; Sen. Ben. 3, 5, 2.—

Transf.

To live on any thing or in any manner, i. e. to support life; to sustain or maintain one's self:

stirpibus palmarum vivere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

piscibus atque ovis avium vivere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 10 fin.:

lacte atque pecore,

id. ib. 4, 1;

5, 14: cortice ex arboribus,

id. B. C. 3, 49:

coriis herbisque et radicibus vivere,

Liv. 23, 30, 3:

herbis Vivis et urticā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 8:

siliquis et pane secundo,

id. ib. 2, 1, 123:

parvo,

id. S. 2, 2, 1:

rapto,

Verg. A. 7, 749:

de vestro,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 61:

misere,

id. Aul. 2, 4, 36:

parcius,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 49:

suaviter,

id. Ep. 1, 8, 4:

bene,

id. ib. 1, 6, 56;

1, 11, 29: rapto,

Liv. 7, 25, 13; 27, 12, 5:

verbum vivere quidam putant ad cibum pertinere,

Dig. 50, 16, 234.— Impers. pass.:

vivitur ex rapto,

Ov. M. 1, 144. — Trop.:

(sunt) in eo studia illa nostra, quibus antea delectabamur, nunc etiam vivimus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 28, a, 2.—

To live, i. e. to pass one's life, to reside, dwell, be in any place or manner (cf.:

vitam dego): Rhodi,

Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 4:

extra urbem,

id. Brut. 74, 258:

Cypri,

Nep. Chabr. 3, 4:

in litteris vivere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1; id. Sen. 11, 38:

in maximā celebritate atque in oculis civium,

id. Off. 3, 1, 3:

in paupertate,

id. Part. Or. 18, 63:

in humilitate,

Lact. 7, 9, 17: cum timore, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 3:

unis moribus et numquam mutatis legibus,

Cic. Fl. 26, 63:

e naturā,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 68:

convenienter naturae,

id. ib. 3, 7, 26; id. Off. 3, 3, 13:

valde familiariter cum aliquo,

id. Att. 6, 6, 2; cf.:

Hirtius vivit habitatque cum Balbo,

id. ib. 14, 20, 4:

cum Pansā vixi in Pompeiano,

id. ib.:

ecquis me vivit hodie fortunatior?

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 1:

ego vivo miserrimus,

Cic. Att. 3, 5:

viveret in terris te si quis avarior uno,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 157:

illā sorte Contentus vivat,

id. S. 1, 1, 3.—Prov.:

secum vivere,

to live for one's self, care only for one's self, Cic. Sen. 14, 49.— Impers. pass.:

quoniam vivitur non cum perfectis hominibus, sed, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 15, 46.

prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.

To prefer:

ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—

To go before, precede, outstrip, outrun.

Lit. ( poet.):

cursu pedum ventos,

Verg. A. 7, 807:

equo ventos,

id. ib. 12, 345:

volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

id. ib. 1, 317:

vestigia cervae,

Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—

Trop.

To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

celeri praevertit tristia leto,

Luc. 8, 29:

quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

Gell. 17, 10, 6.—

To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

neque praevorto poculum,

take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—

To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

erilis praevertit metus,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

Liv. 2, 24.—

To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.

With dat.:

rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

ei rei primum praevorti volo,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—

With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

hoc praevortar principio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —

With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

si quando ad interna praeverterent,

Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

ad ea praeverti,

Col. 3, 7:

hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

Gell. 3, 7, 6.—

With an adverb of place:

illuc praevertamur,

let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—

With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—

Absol.:

in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.