numbered

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an-nŭmĕro (better adn-), āvi, ātum, 1, v.a.

A.. Lit., to count to, to count out to, to put to a person's account:

mihi talentum argenti adnumerat,

Plaut. Merc. prol. 88: argentum, * Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 15:

et reddere pecuniam mulieri,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 56:

senatus singulos denarios alicui,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 84:

non adnumerare verba sed appendere,

id. Opt. Gen. 5:

cuique sua,

Col. 12, 3, 4.—

To add to, to include with, reckon with.

With dat.:

his libris adnumerandi sunt sex de re publicā,

Cic. Div. 2, 1:

his duobus adnumerabatur nemo tertius,

id. Brut. 57; so Ov. P. 4, 16, 4; Tac. H. 4, 5; Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 27.—

With in:

in grege adnumeror,

I am counted with, numbered with, the multitude, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32; Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 20; Vulg. Heb. 7, 6.—Also

With inter:

servos inter urbanos,

Dig. 32, 97.—

With cum (eccl. Lat.):

adnumeratus est cum undecim apostolis,

Vulg. Act. 1, 26. —In Plin. also, to give the number of something:

Mandorum nomen iis dedit trecentosque eorum vicos adnumerat,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 29.—

Trop.

To attribute, impute to (only post-class.):

imperitia culpae est adnumeranda,

Dig. 19, 2, 9.—

To reckon for, consider equal to:

agni chordi duo pro uno ove adnumerantur,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 5.

an-nŭmĕro (better adn-), āvi, ātum, 1, v.a.

A.. Lit., to count to, to count out to, to put to a person's account:

mihi talentum argenti adnumerat,

Plaut. Merc. prol. 88: argentum, * Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 15:

et reddere pecuniam mulieri,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 56:

senatus singulos denarios alicui,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 84:

non adnumerare verba sed appendere,

id. Opt. Gen. 5:

cuique sua,

Col. 12, 3, 4.—

To add to, to include with, reckon with.

With dat.:

his libris adnumerandi sunt sex de re publicā,

Cic. Div. 2, 1:

his duobus adnumerabatur nemo tertius,

id. Brut. 57; so Ov. P. 4, 16, 4; Tac. H. 4, 5; Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 27.—

With in:

in grege adnumeror,

I am counted with, numbered with, the multitude, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32; Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 20; Vulg. Heb. 7, 6.—Also

With inter:

servos inter urbanos,

Dig. 32, 97.—

With cum (eccl. Lat.):

adnumeratus est cum undecim apostolis,

Vulg. Act. 1, 26. —In Plin. also, to give the number of something:

Mandorum nomen iis dedit trecentosque eorum vicos adnumerat,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 29.—

Trop.

To attribute, impute to (only post-class.):

imperitia culpae est adnumeranda,

Dig. 19, 2, 9.—

To reckon for, consider equal to:

agni chordi duo pro uno ove adnumerantur,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 5.

ob-tĭnĕo ( opt-), tĭnŭi, tentum, 2 (old perf. OPTENVI, fifth Epit. of the Scipios; inf. pass. obtinerier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. Most. 3, 2, 154), v. a. and n. [teneo].

Act. *

To take hold of, hold:

obtine aures, amabo,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16.—

To hold, have, occupy, possess; to preserve, keep, maintain, etc. (class.).

In gen.: sancte Apollo, qui umbilicum certum terrarum obtines, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115 (Trag. Rel. p. 201 Rib.):

suam quisque domum tum obtinebat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

armis Galliam atque Italiam,

Liv. 30, 19:

cum imperio Hispaniam citeriorem,

to have as his province, to be governor in it, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

Galliam et Italiam,

Liv. 30, 19:

Africam,

Nep. Timol. 2, 4; cf.:

ex quā insulā nummus nullus, me obtinente, erogabitur,

during my administration, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 7: QVEI AERARIVM PROVINCIAM OBTINEBIT, who will have the administration of the public treasure, Lex Thor. § 20 Rudorff. p. 168;

Lex de Scribis ap. Haubold, p. 85: necessitudinem cum publicanis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 12, § 35:

vitam et famam,

to preserve, id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

auctoritatem suam,

to maintain, id. ib. 48, 139:

principatum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

regnum,

id. ib. 1, 7:

jus,

to assert, maintain, Tac. A. 1, 32:

causam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 37, 4:

noctem insequentem eadem caligo obtinuit,

occupied, took up, prevailed during, Liv. 29, 27:

quae (fama) plerosque obtinet,

Sall. J. 17, 7:

proverbii locum obtinet,

i. e. is become proverbial, Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 36:

parentis gravitatem,

id. Sull. 6, 19:

numerum deorum,

to be numbered among, id. N. D. 3, 20, 51; so,

aliquem numerum,

id. Brut. 47, 175; cf. id. Off. 2, 12, 43: summam opinionem [p. 1247] m scholis, Quint. 10, 5, 18:

admirationem,

to be admired, Plin. 34, 2, 2, § 2:

patriae nomen,

id. 15, 18, 19, § 69:

firmitudinem animi,

i. e. exhibited, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 54:

pontem,

would not yield, Liv. 2, 10:

silentiam,

to maintain, id. 1, 16.—With inf., to persist in:

earumque artem et disciplinam obtineat colere,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 30.—

In partic., of speech, to assert, maintain, i. e. to show, prove, demonstrate:

possumus hoc teste... quod dicimus, obtinere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 168:

duas contrarias sententias,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78:

diu pugnare in iis, quae obtinere non possis,

Quint. 6, 4, 15:

recta apud turpes,

id. 3, 8, 38:

quaedam (leges) an obtineri possint,

id. 2, 4, 39; 6, 1, 7:

quod orator praecipue sibi obtinendum intellegit,

id. 3, 6, 9 Spald. N. cr. (al. proponendum); cf. id. 12, 10, 53:

si defecerint omnia, tum videndum erit, an obtineri possit, ne illud quidem recte factum,

id. 5, 13, 24; 2, 5, 18.—

To get possession of; to gain, acquire, obtain something (syn.: assequor, adipiscor, impetro;

class.): quanta instrumenta habeat (homo) ad obtinendam adipiscendamque sapientiam,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

impetrare et obtinere,

Gell. 12, 14, 6; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 5:

malas causas semper obtinuit, in optimā concidit,

gained, id. Att. 7, 25, 1; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 4, 10:

jus suum contra aliquem,

id. Quint. 9, 34:

Romani si rem obtinuerint,

if they gained the victory, Caes. B. G. 7, 85: voluimus quaedam;

obtenta non sunt,

Cic. Balb. 27, 61:

apud eum causam obtinuit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 37:

aditu regis obtento,

Just. 21, 6, 5.—Hence, to conquer, overcome (eccl. Lat.):

melius est ut pugnemus contra eos in campestribus, et obtinebimus eos,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 20, 23; 20, 25; id. Judith, 1, 5.—

Neutr. (cf. teneo, II.), to maintain itself; to hold, prevail, last, stand, continue, obtain (not in Cic.):

quod et plures tradidere auctores et fama obtinuit,

Liv. 21, 46, 10; cf. with a subject-clause: pro vero antea obtinebat, regna atque imperia Fortunam dono dare, Sall. Rep. Ordin. init.:

non ipsos quoque fuisse pastores obtinebit, quod? etc.,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9:

si dissentirent, sententia plurium obtineret,

would prevail, Dig. 42, 1, 36:

quod merito obtinuit,

ib. 2, 4, 4.— Absol.:

obtinuit (sc. consuetudo),

Dig. 1, 13, 1.—With de: quia de intercalando non obtinuerat, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5.—With ut or ne:

his obtinuit, ut praeferretur candidato,

Liv. 35, 10; Suet. Claud. 41:

obtinuit, ne reus fieret,

id. Caes. 23.—With quin, Suet. Tib. 31.

ob-tĭnĕo ( opt-), tĭnŭi, tentum, 2 (old perf. OPTENVI, fifth Epit. of the Scipios; inf. pass. obtinerier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. Most. 3, 2, 154), v. a. and n. [teneo].

Act. *

To take hold of, hold:

obtine aures, amabo,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16.—

To hold, have, occupy, possess; to preserve, keep, maintain, etc. (class.).

In gen.: sancte Apollo, qui umbilicum certum terrarum obtines, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115 (Trag. Rel. p. 201 Rib.):

suam quisque domum tum obtinebat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

armis Galliam atque Italiam,

Liv. 30, 19:

cum imperio Hispaniam citeriorem,

to have as his province, to be governor in it, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

Galliam et Italiam,

Liv. 30, 19:

Africam,

Nep. Timol. 2, 4; cf.:

ex quā insulā nummus nullus, me obtinente, erogabitur,

during my administration, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 7: QVEI AERARIVM PROVINCIAM OBTINEBIT, who will have the administration of the public treasure, Lex Thor. § 20 Rudorff. p. 168;

Lex de Scribis ap. Haubold, p. 85: necessitudinem cum publicanis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 12, § 35:

vitam et famam,

to preserve, id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

auctoritatem suam,

to maintain, id. ib. 48, 139:

principatum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

regnum,

id. ib. 1, 7:

jus,

to assert, maintain, Tac. A. 1, 32:

causam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 37, 4:

noctem insequentem eadem caligo obtinuit,

occupied, took up, prevailed during, Liv. 29, 27:

quae (fama) plerosque obtinet,

Sall. J. 17, 7:

proverbii locum obtinet,

i. e. is become proverbial, Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 36:

parentis gravitatem,

id. Sull. 6, 19:

numerum deorum,

to be numbered among, id. N. D. 3, 20, 51; so,

aliquem numerum,

id. Brut. 47, 175; cf. id. Off. 2, 12, 43: summam opinionem [p. 1247] m scholis, Quint. 10, 5, 18:

admirationem,

to be admired, Plin. 34, 2, 2, § 2:

patriae nomen,

id. 15, 18, 19, § 69:

firmitudinem animi,

i. e. exhibited, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 54:

pontem,

would not yield, Liv. 2, 10:

silentiam,

to maintain, id. 1, 16.—With inf., to persist in:

earumque artem et disciplinam obtineat colere,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 30.—

In partic., of speech, to assert, maintain, i. e. to show, prove, demonstrate:

possumus hoc teste... quod dicimus, obtinere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 168:

duas contrarias sententias,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 78:

diu pugnare in iis, quae obtinere non possis,

Quint. 6, 4, 15:

recta apud turpes,

id. 3, 8, 38:

quaedam (leges) an obtineri possint,

id. 2, 4, 39; 6, 1, 7:

quod orator praecipue sibi obtinendum intellegit,

id. 3, 6, 9 Spald. N. cr. (al. proponendum); cf. id. 12, 10, 53:

si defecerint omnia, tum videndum erit, an obtineri possit, ne illud quidem recte factum,

id. 5, 13, 24; 2, 5, 18.—

To get possession of; to gain, acquire, obtain something (syn.: assequor, adipiscor, impetro;

class.): quanta instrumenta habeat (homo) ad obtinendam adipiscendamque sapientiam,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

impetrare et obtinere,

Gell. 12, 14, 6; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 5:

malas causas semper obtinuit, in optimā concidit,

gained, id. Att. 7, 25, 1; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 4, 10:

jus suum contra aliquem,

id. Quint. 9, 34:

Romani si rem obtinuerint,

if they gained the victory, Caes. B. G. 7, 85: voluimus quaedam;

obtenta non sunt,

Cic. Balb. 27, 61:

apud eum causam obtinuit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 37:

aditu regis obtento,

Just. 21, 6, 5.—Hence, to conquer, overcome (eccl. Lat.):

melius est ut pugnemus contra eos in campestribus, et obtinebimus eos,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 20, 23; 20, 25; id. Judith, 1, 5.—

Neutr. (cf. teneo, II.), to maintain itself; to hold, prevail, last, stand, continue, obtain (not in Cic.):

quod et plures tradidere auctores et fama obtinuit,

Liv. 21, 46, 10; cf. with a subject-clause: pro vero antea obtinebat, regna atque imperia Fortunam dono dare, Sall. Rep. Ordin. init.:

non ipsos quoque fuisse pastores obtinebit, quod? etc.,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9:

si dissentirent, sententia plurium obtineret,

would prevail, Dig. 42, 1, 36:

quod merito obtinuit,

ib. 2, 4, 4.— Absol.:

obtinuit (sc. consuetudo),

Dig. 1, 13, 1.—With de: quia de intercalando non obtinuerat, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5.—With ut or ne:

his obtinuit, ut praeferretur candidato,

Liv. 35, 10; Suet. Claud. 41:

obtinuit, ne reus fieret,

id. Caes. 23.—With quin, Suet. Tib. 31.

tessĕra, ae, f., = tesseres, a (lon. for tessares, a, four), a square, square piece of stone, wood, etc., for various purposes.

Most freq., a die for playing, numbered on all the six sides (while the tali, prop. pastern-bones, were marked only on four sides; v. talus;

syn. alea): ludere tesseris,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 21:

ut homines ad pilam se aut ad talos aut ad tesseras conferunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58:

tesseras jacere,

id. Div. 2, 41, 85; id. Sen. 16, 58:

in tesserarum prospero jactu,

Liv. 4, 17, 3; Mart. 14, 15, 1; 4, 66, 15; 14, 17, 1:

mittere,

Ov. A. A. 3, 354; id. Tr. 2, 475; Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 13 al.; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 257 sq. (2d ed.).—

In milit. lang., a square tablet on which the watchword was written, a watchword, parole, countersign:

tessera per castra a Livio consule data erat, ut, etc.,

Liv. 26, 46, 1; 7, 35, 1; 7, 36, 7; 9, 32, 4; Auct. B. Hisp. 36, 5; Suet. Galb. 6: it bello tessera signum, Verg. A. 7, 637; Sil. 15, 475: Stat. Th. 10, 17:

missam ad se tesseram finxit redeundi,

a private token, Amm. 30, 10, 3. — Hence,

Transf., the watchword, signal:

militem levi tesserā colligi posse,

Amm. 25, 7, 2 al. —

Tessera hospitalis, a tally, token, which was divided between two friends, in order that, by means of it, they or their descendants might always recognize each other (the Greek sumbola): Ag. Ego sum ipsus, quem tu quaeris... Ha. Si ita est, tesseram conferre si vis hospitalem, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 87; 5, 1, 25; 5, 2, 92:

TESSERAM HOSPITALEM CVM EQ FECERVNT,

have entered into a bond of friendship, Inscr. Orell. 1079; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 133 (2d ed.);

hence: hic apud nos jam confregisti tesseram,

i.e. have broken our friendship, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 27.—

A square tablet or block, a checker for the construction of pavements, ornamenting garments, etc., Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187 (al. tessella); Pall. 1, 9, 5; Mart. 10, 33; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 62.—

A token, ticket, billet for the distribution of corn or money:

frumentariae,

Suet. Ner. 11; cf.

frumenti,

Juv. 7, 174; Mart. 8, 78, 10; and absol., Suet. Aug. 40:

nummariae,

id. ib. 41.