obj

error, ōris, m. [id.], a wandering.

In gen., a wandering, straying or strolling about (rare and mostly poet.).

Lit.:

ad quos Ceres m illo errore venisse dicitur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 108:

error ac dissipatio civium (sc. mercatorum),

id. Rep. 2, 4, 7 Mos. (cf. erratio, I.): navium pars ex errore eodem conferebatur, Auct. B. Afr. 11; cf. Ov. H. 16, 29; id. M. 14, 484; id. Tr. 4, 10, 100; Verg. A. 1, 755; 6, 532 et saep.— Transf., of the motion of atoms, Lucr. 2, 132; of the meanderings of rivers, Ov. M. 1, 582; of the mazes of the labyrinth, id. ib. 8, 161; 167.—

Trop., a wavering, uncertainty:

fluctuat incertis erroribus ardor amantum,

Lucr. 4, 1077: [p. 658] nec, quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio, tantus cum cura meo est error animo, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 13; cf. Liv. 9, 15; 45; 27, 47; Ov. F. 5, 362 al.; so, too, with obj. gen.:

viarum,

uncertainty, ignorance, Liv. 24, 17; cf.

veri,

Tac. H. 2, 72.—

In partic., a wandering from the right way, a going astray.

Lit. (very seldom):

reduxit me usque ex errore in viam,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 2; Curt. 5, 13 fin. —

Trop., a departing from the truth, an error, mistake, delusion (class.; cf.:

erratum, vitium, peccatum): erroris ego illos et. dementiae complebo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 8:

opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem nec vera cernimus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 17, 43; cf.:

inducere imperitos in errorem,

id. Brut. 85, 293; Nep. Hann. 9, 3:

errore quodam fallimur in disputando,

Cic. Rep. 3, 35:

si errorem velis tollere,

id. ib. 1, 24:

errorem tollere,

id. ib. 2, 10; id. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

deponere,

id. Phil. 8, 11, 32:

eripere alicui,

id. Att. 10, 4, 6:

demere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 140 et saep.:

mentis,

i. e. distraction, insanity, Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2; cf. Hor. A. P. 454; Verg. G. 3, 513; so poet. of other kinds of mental perturbation, as fear, Ov. F. 3, 555;

love,

Verg. E. 8, 41; Ov. Am. 1, 10, 9; cf. ib. 1, 2, 35; id. M. 10, 342: aut aliquis latet error;

equo ne credite, Teucri,

some deception, Verg. A. 2, 48; cf. Liv. 22, 1:

par forma aut aetas errorem agnoscentibus fecerat,

Tac. A. 4, 63:

jaculum detulit error in Idam,

Ov. M. 5, 90.—

Esp., an error in language, a solecism, Quint. 1, 5, 47.—

Rarely a moral error, fault (cf. erro, I. B. 2.), Ov. Pont. 4, 8, 20; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 57; 2, 3, 92.—

Error, personif., = Atê, the inspirer of folly or judicial blindness, Ov. M. 12, 59.

exspectātĭo ( expect-), ōnis, f. [id.], an awaiting, expecting, expectation (very freq. and class.; in sing. and plur.).

With gen. obj.:

si spes est exspectatio boni, mali exspectationem esse necesse est metum,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 80:

harum rerum,

id. Rab. Perd. 5, 16:

acerbior reliquorum,

id. Brut. 76, 266; cf.

poenarum,

Quint. 12, 1, 7:

tanta vel animi vel ingenii tui, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

sustines non parvam exspectationem imitandae industriae nostrae,

id. Off. 3, 2, 6:

majorem exspectationem mei faciam quam, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 10; cf.:

Varronis sermo facit exspectationem Caesaris,

id. Att. 3, 15, 3:

quotidiana rerum novarum,

id. ib. 3, 14, 2:

maximi belli,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 5:

rerum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21 fin.:

ejus rei,

id. ib. 3, 19, 4:

desiderii,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 205:

nostri consilii,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 1:

audiendi,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 18 et saep. —In plur.:

crebras exspectationes nobis tui commoves,

Cic. Att. 1, 4, 1.—

With de:

quantam tu mihi moves exspectationem de sermone Bibuli!

Cic. Att. 2, 14, 1:

plenus sum exspectatione de Pompeio,

id. ib. 3, 14, 1.—

With a rel.-clause:

eo me major exspectatio tenet, quibusnam rationibus ea tanta vis comparetur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 74. —In plur.:

nunc has exspectationes habemus duas: unam, etc., alteram, etc.,

Cic. Att. 7, 16, 2.—

Absol.:

ne sis in exspectatione,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 64:

pendeo animi exspectatione Corfiniensi, in qua de salute rei publicae decernitur,

Cic. Att. 8, 5, 2:

nolo plebem Romanam obscura spe et caeca exspectatione pendere,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66; cf.:

omnia spe et exspectatione laudata,

id. Or. 30, 107:

aliquem in summam exspectationem adducere,

id. Tusc. 1, 17, 39:

permagnam exspectationem imponere orationi,

id. Rep. 1, 23 fin.:

M'. Curii causa nuper qua exspectatione defensa est?

id. de Or. 1, 39, 180:

praeter exspectationem,

unexpectedly, id. de Or. 2, 70, 284:

supra exspectationem,

Quint. 3, 7, 16:

exspectatione minor,

id. 4, 1, 39:

contra exspectationem omnium,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 1.—In plur.:

exspectationibus decipiendis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289. —

The object of expectation or longing:

gentium,

Vulg. Gen. 49, 10:

Israel,

id. Jer. 17, 13:

pistorum laetitia,

id. Prov. 10, 28.

ignōrantĭa, ae, f. [ignorans, from ignoro], want of knowledge or information, ignorance (mostly post-Aug.; only once in Cic., for Cic. Fl. 20, 46, is a gloss; cf.

Klotz,

Cic. Lael. 19, 70; syn. ignoratio).

With gen. obj.: ignorantia loci, * Caes. B. C. 3, 68, 2:

locorum,

Suet. Galb. 20; cf.:

imperii Romani,

Tac. A. 1, 59:

scripturae,

Suet. Calig. 41:

discriminis sui,

Quint. 6, 1, 47:

praeteritae culpae,

Ov. H. 20, 189:

veri,

id. M. 7, 92:

recti,

Tac. Agr. 1:

bonarum rerum,

Nep. Ages. 8, 5.—

Absol.: errorem et temeritatem et ignorantiam et opinationem et suspicionem... a virtute sapientiaque removebat, * Cic. Acc. 1, 11, 42:

hoc est maximum ignorantiae malum, quod, etc.,

Quint. 12, 3, 3; 5, 10, 34; cf. id. 7, 2, 40; 7, 4, 14:

mutua ignorantia fallentes,

Tac. H. 1, 75:

sancta ignorantia, quid sit illud quod, etc.,

id. G. 40:

ignorantiā lapsus,

Plin. Ep. 10, 59; 10, 97, 1:

si debitor meus manumisso dispensatori meo per ignorantiam solverit, liberari eum,

Gai. Inst. 3, 160.

ignōrātĭo, ōnis, f. [ignoro], want of knowledge or acquaintance, ignorance (freq. in Cic.; elsewh. rare).

With gen. obj.:

timentibus ceteris propter ignorationem locorum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 29; so,

numquam antea visi regis,

Curt. 3, 12, 17:

stirpis et generis,

Cic. Lael. 19, 70:

dialecticae,

id. Fin. 3, 12, 41:

causarum,

id. Div. 2, 22, 49:

juris,

id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

maximarum rerum (with summus error),

id. N. D. 1, 1, 2 fin.:

veritatis,

id. ib. 1, 16, 43:

sui,

id. Clu. 39, 109:

virtutis,

id. Rep. 1, 34:

decori,

id. Or. 21, 70:

facti,

Dig. 16, 1, 7.—

With de:

cujus scientiam de omnibus constat fuisse, ejus ignoratio de aliquo purgatio debet videri,

Cic. Sull. 13, 39 fin.

illĕcĕbra ( inl-), ae, f. [illicio], an enticement, in a good or bad sense, an inducement, attraction, charm, allurement, bait, lure.

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; a favorite word of Cic.; cf.: invitatio, invitamentum).

With gen. (subj. or obj.):

quae tanta in ullo homine juventutis illecebra fuit, quanta in illo?

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8:

maxima est illecebra peccandi impunitatis spes,

id. Mil. 16, 43:

voluptas est illecebra turpitudinis,

id. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

fallax illecebra admirationum,

Gell. 10, 12, 4:

quaestionis,

id. 12, 5, 5.—In plur.:

habet etiam amoenitas ipsa vel sumptuosas vel desidiosas illecebras multas cupiditatum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4:

voluptatis,

id. de Sen. 12, 40; id. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

vitiorum (with lenocinia cupiditatum),

id. Sest. 66, 138:

corruptelarum,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 13.—

Absol.:

munditia illecebra animo est amantūm,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 4: ad quam illecebiam cum commoveretur nemo, etc., Liv. 10, 4.—In plur.:

suis te oportet illecebris ipsa virtus trahat ad verum decus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 23; 6, 1:

jocum tentavit, eo quod Illecebris erat et grata novitate morandus Spectator,

Hor. A. P. 223.—

Transf., concr.

Of an alluring, seductive person, an enticer, a decoy-bird, Plaut. As. 1, 2, 25; id. Truc. 1, 2, 82; 4, 2, 46.—

A plant, called also andrachne agria, Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162; 26, 12, 79, § 128.

indulgentĭa, ae, f. [indulgens], indulgence, gentleness, complaisance, tenderness, fondness (class.).

Of persons:

quid est dignius, in quo omnis nostra diligentia indulgentiaque consumatur?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 112:

in hujus (matris) sinu indulgentiaque educatus,

Tac. Agr. 4:

a corporis obsequio indulgentiaque discedere,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60;

with benevolentia,

id. ib. 13, 35:

materiam sibi ducis indulgentia quaerit,

Juv. 7, 21.—With in and acc.:

Caesaris in se,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 8: ejus nimia indulgentia in Lepidum, Planc. ad Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 4: pro sua indulgentia in suos, Balb. et Opp. ad Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 2.—With gen. obj.:

qui simili sensu atque indulgentia filiarum commovemini, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 112. —

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things (post-Aug.):

caeli,

i. e. mild weather, Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 16; 18, 21, 50, § 186:

fortunae,

Vell. 2, 80.—

A remission (post-class.).

Of punishment, Capitol. Anton. 6, § 3. —

Of taxation, Amm. 16, 5, 16.

in-gĕmisco, ŭi, 3. v. a. and n., to groan or sigh over a thing.

With acc. and inf.:

quid ingemiscis hostem Dolabellam judicatum,

Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 23:

ingemuit citro non satis esse suo,

Mart. 9, 59, 10. —

With acc. obj.:

suos casus,

App. M. 8, p. 235.—Hence, ingĕmiscendus, a, um, lamentable:

clades,

Amm. 30, 7, 26.—

Neutr.:

pueri Spartani non ingemiscunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:

quantum ingemiscant patres nostri, si, etc.,

Liv. 21, 53, 5:

in quo tu ingemiscis,

id. Att. 7, 23, 1.—With dat.:

ulli malo,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 21 (a transl. from Sophocles):

ingemiscamus illis, quae patiebamur,

Plin. Pan. 53, 5.—With ad:

ad aliquid,

Suet. Aug. 65 ext. —With abl.:

(luce) repertā,

Verg. A. 4, 692:

morte alicujus,

Curt. 9, 3, 20. —

Transf., of inanim. things:

ignis ingemiscit,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1732.

in-gĕmisco, ŭi, 3. v. a. and n., to groan or sigh over a thing.

With acc. and inf.:

quid ingemiscis hostem Dolabellam judicatum,

Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 23:

ingemuit citro non satis esse suo,

Mart. 9, 59, 10. —

With acc. obj.:

suos casus,

App. M. 8, p. 235.—Hence, ingĕmiscendus, a, um, lamentable:

clades,

Amm. 30, 7, 26.—

Neutr.:

pueri Spartani non ingemiscunt,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:

quantum ingemiscant patres nostri, si, etc.,

Liv. 21, 53, 5:

in quo tu ingemiscis,

id. Att. 7, 23, 1.—With dat.:

ulli malo,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 21 (a transl. from Sophocles):

ingemiscamus illis, quae patiebamur,

Plin. Pan. 53, 5.—With ad:

ad aliquid,

Suet. Aug. 65 ext. —With abl.:

(luce) repertā,

Verg. A. 4, 692:

morte alicujus,

Curt. 9, 3, 20. —

Transf., of inanim. things:

ignis ingemiscit,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1732.

illĕcĕbra ( inl-), ae, f. [illicio], an enticement, in a good or bad sense, an inducement, attraction, charm, allurement, bait, lure.

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; a favorite word of Cic.; cf.: invitatio, invitamentum).

With gen. (subj. or obj.):

quae tanta in ullo homine juventutis illecebra fuit, quanta in illo?

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8:

maxima est illecebra peccandi impunitatis spes,

id. Mil. 16, 43:

voluptas est illecebra turpitudinis,

id. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

fallax illecebra admirationum,

Gell. 10, 12, 4:

quaestionis,

id. 12, 5, 5.—In plur.:

habet etiam amoenitas ipsa vel sumptuosas vel desidiosas illecebras multas cupiditatum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4:

voluptatis,

id. de Sen. 12, 40; id. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

vitiorum (with lenocinia cupiditatum),

id. Sest. 66, 138:

corruptelarum,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 13.—

Absol.:

munditia illecebra animo est amantūm,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 4: ad quam illecebiam cum commoveretur nemo, etc., Liv. 10, 4.—In plur.:

suis te oportet illecebris ipsa virtus trahat ad verum decus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 23; 6, 1:

jocum tentavit, eo quod Illecebris erat et grata novitate morandus Spectator,

Hor. A. P. 223.—

Transf., concr.

Of an alluring, seductive person, an enticer, a decoy-bird, Plaut. As. 1, 2, 25; id. Truc. 1, 2, 82; 4, 2, 46.—

A plant, called also andrachne agria, Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162; 26, 12, 79, § 128.

irrītātĭo ( inr-), ōnis, f. [1. irrito], an incitement, incentive, provocative, irritation, stimulant (not ante-Aug.).

Physical: tenesmos est irritatio ultimae partis directi intestini, Scrib. 142 init.:

tamquam edendi irritationes quasdam repertas esse,

Gell. 7, 16, 6.—

Of the feelings or passions.

In gen.:

ad amicitiam naturalis irritatio,

Sen. Ep. 9, 17:

vinum multum... irritationem et iram facit,

Vulg. Sir. 31, 38.—With gen. subj.:

(feminae) nullis conviviorum irritationibus corruptae,

Tac. G. 19.— With gen. obj.:

inesse irritationem animis commutandi sedes,

a restless desire, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6, 5.—

Esp., wrath, anger, irritation:

animorum,

Liv. 31, 14, 6.

in-scĭentĭa, ae, f.

Want of knowledge, ignorance, inexperience (cf. inscitia init.):

in tantis tenebris erroris et inscientiae,

Cic. Sull. 14, 40:

mea,

id. de Or. 1, 46, 203:

alicujus,

id. ib. 3, 35, 142; id. Ac. 2, 47, 146.—With gen.

Subj.:

vulgi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 3:

hostium,

id. ib. 3, 19, 3:

temeritas et inscientia ducum,

Liv. 22, 25, 12.—

Obj.:

locorum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 3:

belli,

Nep. Epam. 7:

dicendi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 233.—

Ignorance, philosophically speaking;

opp. fundamental knowledge: de qua (natura Deorum) tam variae sunt doctissimorum hominum tamque discrepantes sententiae, ut magno argumento esse debeat, causam, i. e. principium philosophiae esse inscientiam,

Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 1; id. Ac. 1, 11, 41.—

Blameworthy ignorance, neglect (only in Tac.; cf.

inscitia): praecipientium,

Tac. Or. 28:

desidia ac inscientia,

id. ib. 33.

invĭdĭa, ae, f. [invidus], envy, grudge, jealousy, act. and pass.; cf.:

ut effugiamus ambiguum nomen invidiae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 20:

quoniam invidia non in eo qui invidet solum dicitur, sed etiam in eo cui invidetur,

id. ib. 4, 7, 16; Quint. 6, 2, 21 (whereas invidentia is only act.; class.).

Act., envy jealousy, ill-will. —With gen. of person envying:

invidiā ducum perfidiāque militum Antigono est deditus,

Nep. Eum. 10:

nobilium,

Liv. 9, 46.—With gen. of obj.:

invidia atque obtrectatio laudis suae,

Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

divitiarum,

Liv. 10, 3. More freq. absol.:

invidia adducti,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

invidiam sequi,

Sall. J. 55, 3:

virtus digna imitatione, non invidiā,

Cic. Phil. 14, 6:

invidia Siculi non invenere tyranni majus tormentum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 58; Verg. G. 3, 38; Liv. 9, 46. —

Esp., in phrases: sine invidia, without ill-will, ungrudgingly:

laudem invenire,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 39:

dare oscula,

willingly, with pleasure, Mart. 3, 65, 10.—

Transf., an object of envy or illwill:

invidiae fucinus,

Prop. 1, 12, 9.—

Pass., envy, ill-will, odium, unpopularity:

ne quae me illius temporis invidia attingeret,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

in invidia esse,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14; Sall. J. 25, 5:

in invidiam invidia magna esse,

Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 41:

habere,

to be hated, Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 283:

reformidare,

id. Rab. Post. 17, 48:

in summam invidiam adducere,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 4:

extinguere,

id. Balb. 6, 16:

in eum... invidia quaesita est,

id. Rab. Post. 17, 46:

invidiam placare paras, virtute relictā,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 13: non erit invidiae victoria nostra ferendae, not sufficient to endure, i. e. not so great as to justify so odious a result, Ov. M. 10, 628; cf. id. Am. 3, 6, 21:

venire in invidiam,

Nep. Epam. 7, 3:

invidiā onerare quemquam,

Suet. Tib. 8:

cumulare alicui invidiam,

id. Ner. 34:

conflare,

Liv. 3, 12:

invidiae alicui esse,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9:

invidiam a se removere,

Ov. M. 12, 626:

sedare,

Cic. Clu. 33:

lenire,

Sall. C. 22:

pati,

Ov. H. 20, 67: intacta invidiā media sunt: ad summa [p. 996] ferme tendit, Liv. 45, 35, 5:

Ciceronis,

the unpopularity of, Sall. C. 22, 3:

Caesaris,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 53; Suet. Rhet. 6:

fraterna,

Sall. J. 39, 5:

Decemviralis,

Liv. 3, 43.—

Esp., in phrase: absit invidia verbo,

to be said without boasting, Liv. 9, 19, 15; 36, 7, 7.— Plur.:

vita remota a procellis invidiarum,

Cic. Clu, 56, 153; Amm. 17, 5.

īra, ae ( gen. iraï

for irae,

Lucr. 3, 303), f. [kindred to Sanscr. īr, tremere, commoveri; cf.: ir-ya, vigorous; iras-yati, to be angry; Gr. eris, erethô].

Prop., anger, wrath, rage, ire:

ira est libido poeniendi ejus, qui videatur laesisse injuriā,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 21:

ira, quae quamdiu perturbationem habet, dubitationem non habet,

id. ib. 4, 36, 77:

ira furor brevis est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

ira est cupiditas ulciscendae injuriae, Sen. de Ira, 1, 2, 4: facit ira nocentem Hunc sexum,

Juv. 6, 647:

facere aliquid per iram,

in anger, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 79:

plus irae suae quam utilitati communi paruisse,

to his anger, Nep. Alc. 4, 6:

irā et dolore incensus,

id. Pelop. 5, 4:

irā commotus,

Sall. C. 31, 6:

acuere iram,

id. ib. 12, 590:

attollere,

id. ib. 2, 381:

concipere,

Just. 5, 10:

concitare,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 41:

evomere in aliquem,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 14:

vertere in aliquem,

Hor. Epod. 5, 54:

non sufficit irae occidisse aliquem,

Juv. 15, 169:

indulgere irae,

Liv. 23, 3:

iram exstinguere,

Petr. 94:

contundere,

Col. 6, 2:

frangere,

Quint. 6, 3, 9:

lenire,

id. 3, 8, 12:

ponere,

Hor. A. P. 160:

moderari irae,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 59:

pone irae frena modumque,

Juv. 8, 88:

quantulacumque est occasio, sufficit irae,

id. 13, 183:

dum defervescat ira,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 78: deflagrat, Liv. [p. 1000] 40, 8:

decedit,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 55:

irae sunt inter aliquos,

id. And. 3, 3, 20:

ira inter eas intercessit,

id. Hec. 3, 1, 25:

in Romanos, propter obsides nuper interfectos,

Liv. 25, 15, 7:

adversus Romanos,

id. 36, 6, 1:

ira deorum,

Ov. M. 1, 378; Juv. 13, 100:

numinis,

Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 23:

deūm,

Verg. A. 3, 215:

Junonis,

id. ib. 1, 4:

in quorum mente pares sunt Et similes ira atque fames,

Juv. 15, 131.— Plur.:

veteres in Populum Romanum irae,

Liv. 21, 25, 2:

excitare iras,

Verg. A. 2, 594:

horribiles exercere iras,

id. G. 3, 152:

mollire iras,

Liv. 1, 9:

induere,

Stat. Th. 1, 38:

quicquid ex foedere rupto irarum in nos caelestium fuit,

Liv. 9, 1:

iras plumbeas gerere,

heavy, Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 18:

inde irae et lacrimae,

Juv. 1, 168.— With obj.-gen., on account of:

ob iram fugae,

Liv. 27, 7:

amissae praedae,

id. 1, 5:

diremptae pacis,

id. 9, 8; 21, 2; 37, 51:

ereptae virginis,

Verg. A. 2, 413.—So, plur.:

irae imperatorum,

against the commanders, Liv. 8, 30:

cladum,

because of, indignation at, Sil. 12, 271.—

Transf.

A cause of anger, provocation:

aut age, dic aliquam, quae te mutaverit, iram,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 21. —

An object of anger or hatred:

justae quibus est Mezentius irae,

Verg. A. 10, 714 Jan. ad loc.:

Hannibal est irae tibi,

Sil. 11, 604.—

A passion inspired by anger ( poet.):

subit ira cadentem Ulcisci patriam,

Verg. A. 2, 575.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things, violence, impetuosity, fury (mostly poet.):

belli,

Sall. Hist. Fragm. 4, 61, 3 Dietsch:

ira belli desenuit,

id. ib. 1, 93:

flagelli,

Val. Fl. 7, 149:

maris,

id. 1, 37:

dant mucronibus iras,

Sil. 7, 344:

nimborum,

id. 17, 253:

grandinis,

id. 12, 610. —

Personified:

comunt Furor Iraque cristas,

Stat. Th. 3, 424.— Plur.:

Iraeque Insidiaeque, dei (Mavortis) comitatus,

Verg. A. 12, 336:

atraeque genis pallentibus Irae,

Val. Fl. 2, 205; Sil. 4. 437.

irrītātĭo ( inr-), ōnis, f. [1. irrito], an incitement, incentive, provocative, irritation, stimulant (not ante-Aug.).

Physical: tenesmos est irritatio ultimae partis directi intestini, Scrib. 142 init.:

tamquam edendi irritationes quasdam repertas esse,

Gell. 7, 16, 6.—

Of the feelings or passions.

In gen.:

ad amicitiam naturalis irritatio,

Sen. Ep. 9, 17:

vinum multum... irritationem et iram facit,

Vulg. Sir. 31, 38.—With gen. subj.:

(feminae) nullis conviviorum irritationibus corruptae,

Tac. G. 19.— With gen. obj.:

inesse irritationem animis commutandi sedes,

a restless desire, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 6, 5.—

Esp., wrath, anger, irritation:

animorum,

Liv. 31, 14, 6.

lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.

A publicist's t. t.

To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

juste pieque legatus venio,

Liv. 1, 32:

tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

Sall. J. 21, 4:

quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

Gell. 7, 14, 8.—

Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —

Beyond the official sphere:

quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—

To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

istum legatum iri non arbitror,

id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

Dolabella me sibi legavit,

chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

Sall. J. 28.—

A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

id. Top. 3, 14:

cui argentum omne legatum est,

Quint. 5, 10, 62:

in argento legato,

id. 7, 2, 11.—

Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,

lēgātus, i, m.

(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

legatos mittere,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—

(Acc. to lego, I. B.).

An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

id. Clu. 36, 99:

Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

neque se ei legatum defuturum,

id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

quaestorius,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

magnitudo et splendor legati,

Liv. 38, 58, 9:

in magna legatum quaere popina,

Juv. 8, 172.—

Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—

Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

legatus praetorius,

Tac. Agr. 7.—

lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

Dig. 30, 116:

Hortensii legata cognovi,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

reliqua legata varie dedit,

Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

legatum peto ex testamento,

Quint. 4, 2, 6:

jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

Suet. Dom. 8:

cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

Juv. 9, 62:

legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.

lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.

Lit.

In gen.:

oleam,

Cato, R. R. 144:

nuces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

herbas collibus,

Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

roscida mala,

id. ib. 8, 38:

flores in calathos,

Ov. F. 5, 218:

spolia caesorum,

Liv. 5, 39:

quos (montanos asparagos),

Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

ossa,

Ov. H. 10, 150:

homini mortuo ossa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

Suet. Aug. 100. —

Esp.

To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

ossa vivis,

id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

ossa in capite lecta,

id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

ossa e vulneribus,

Quint. 6, 1, 30.—

To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

oleam qui legerit,

Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

ficus non erat apta legi,

Ov. F. 2, 254.—

Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

Ov. F. 3, 462:

stamen,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—

Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

Verg. G. 1, 373:

vela legunt socii,

id. A. 3, 532:

ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

ancoras classis legit,

is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—

To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

sacra divum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—

Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

Ov. M. 5, 579:

pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

vada dura lego,

id. ib. 3, 706:

freta,

id. ib. 3, 127:

aequora Afra,

Ov. F. 4, 289:

Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

et vestigia retro Observata legit,

Verg. A. 9, 392:

tortos orbes,

to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—

To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

navibus oram Italiae,

Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

oram Campaniae,

Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

terram,

id. Aug. 16. —

Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

judices,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

scribam,

to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

condiciones nubendi,

id. Cael. 15:

cives in patres,

Liv. 23, 22:

viros ad bella,

Ov. M. 7, 669:

geminasque legit de classe biremes,

Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—

With inf.:

fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

Stat. Th. 1, 530.

Trop.

To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—

To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.

In gen.:

tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—

In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

Cic. Top. 1:

defensionem causae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

aliquid studiose intenteque,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

orationem,

Quint. 1, 1, 6:

aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

antiquos et novos,

Quint. 2, 5, 23:

antiquos studiosius,

id. 3, 6, 62:

poëtas,

id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

Quint. 10, 1, 96:

si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

id. 10, 1, 116:

dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

sepulcra legens,

when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

legentium plerisque,

Liv. 1 praef. §

4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

legendi usus,

Lact. 3, 25, 9:

memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—

In partic.

To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

obturem impune legentibus aures,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—

To find in an author or a writing:

ut scriptum legimus,

Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

ego vero haec scripta legi,

id. Planc. 39, 94:

praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—

A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

argentum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

uxor lectissima,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

id. Or. 68, 227:

juvenum lectissime,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

lectius,

Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.

A publicist's t. t.

To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

juste pieque legatus venio,

Liv. 1, 32:

tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

Sall. J. 21, 4:

quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

Gell. 7, 14, 8.—

Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —

Beyond the official sphere:

quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—

To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

istum legatum iri non arbitror,

id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

Dolabella me sibi legavit,

chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

Sall. J. 28.—

A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

id. Top. 3, 14:

cui argentum omne legatum est,

Quint. 5, 10, 62:

in argento legato,

id. 7, 2, 11.—

Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,

lēgātus, i, m.

(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

legatos mittere,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—

(Acc. to lego, I. B.).

An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

id. Clu. 36, 99:

Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

neque se ei legatum defuturum,

id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

quaestorius,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

magnitudo et splendor legati,

Liv. 38, 58, 9:

in magna legatum quaere popina,

Juv. 8, 172.—

Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—

Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

legatus praetorius,

Tac. Agr. 7.—

lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

Dig. 30, 116:

Hortensii legata cognovi,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

reliqua legata varie dedit,

Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

legatum peto ex testamento,

Quint. 4, 2, 6:

jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

Suet. Dom. 8:

cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

Juv. 9, 62:

legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.

lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.

Lit.

In gen.:

oleam,

Cato, R. R. 144:

nuces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

herbas collibus,

Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

roscida mala,

id. ib. 8, 38:

flores in calathos,

Ov. F. 5, 218:

spolia caesorum,

Liv. 5, 39:

quos (montanos asparagos),

Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

ossa,

Ov. H. 10, 150:

homini mortuo ossa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

Suet. Aug. 100. —

Esp.

To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

ossa vivis,

id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

ossa in capite lecta,

id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

ossa e vulneribus,

Quint. 6, 1, 30.—

To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

oleam qui legerit,

Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

ficus non erat apta legi,

Ov. F. 2, 254.—

Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

Ov. F. 3, 462:

stamen,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—

Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

Verg. G. 1, 373:

vela legunt socii,

id. A. 3, 532:

ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

ancoras classis legit,

is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—

To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

sacra divum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—

Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

Ov. M. 5, 579:

pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

vada dura lego,

id. ib. 3, 706:

freta,

id. ib. 3, 127:

aequora Afra,

Ov. F. 4, 289:

Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

et vestigia retro Observata legit,

Verg. A. 9, 392:

tortos orbes,

to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—

To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

navibus oram Italiae,

Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

oram Campaniae,

Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

terram,

id. Aug. 16. —

Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

judices,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

scribam,

to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

condiciones nubendi,

id. Cael. 15:

cives in patres,

Liv. 23, 22:

viros ad bella,

Ov. M. 7, 669:

geminasque legit de classe biremes,

Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—

With inf.:

fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

Stat. Th. 1, 530.

Trop.

To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—

To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.

In gen.:

tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—

In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

Cic. Top. 1:

defensionem causae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

aliquid studiose intenteque,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

orationem,

Quint. 1, 1, 6:

aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

antiquos et novos,

Quint. 2, 5, 23:

antiquos studiosius,

id. 3, 6, 62:

poëtas,

id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

Quint. 10, 1, 96:

si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

id. 10, 1, 116:

dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

sepulcra legens,

when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

legentium plerisque,

Liv. 1 praef. §

4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

legendi usus,

Lact. 3, 25, 9:

memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—

In partic.

To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

obturem impune legentibus aures,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—

To find in an author or a writing:

ut scriptum legimus,

Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

ego vero haec scripta legi,

id. Planc. 39, 94:

praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—

A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

argentum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

uxor lectissima,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

id. Or. 68, 227:

juvenum lectissime,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

lectius,

Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

nex, nĕcis, f. [neco], death (syn.: mors, letum).

Lit.

A violent death, murder, slaughter (cf.: caedes, occisio): mater terribilem minatur vitae cruciatum et necem, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 218 (Trag. v. 44 Vahl.):

insidiatori et latroni, quae potest esse injusta nex,

Cic. Mil. 4, 10:

necem sibi consciscere,

id. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

vitae necisque potestatem habere in aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

necem comminari alicui,

Suet. Caes. 14:

neci dedere,

Verg. G. 4, 90:

neci demittere,

id. A. 2, 85:

neci mittere,

id. ib. 12, 513:

neci dare,

id. ib. 12, 341:

necem alicui parare,

Ov. A. A. 1, 73:

neci occumbere,

id. M. 15, 499; id. H. 14, 12:

eripere necem alicui,

Stat. Th. 3, 69:

miscere neces,

to murder, Val. Fl. 3, 381:

gravi nece urgere aliquem,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1833:

devotus neci,

doomed to death, id. Thyest. 693: vitae necisque potestas, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 8, 1.—

With gen. obj.:

multorum civium neces,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18.—

With gen. subj.:

venatorum,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 2.—

In gen., death, a natural death (rare and post-Aug.):

post necem Mithridatis,

Just. 42, 1, 1:

post necem consulis,

Suet. Caes. 5:

fata nobis sensum nostrae necis auferunt,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 21, 7.—

Transf., the blood of the slain:

(manūs) imbutae Phrygia nece,

Ov. A. A. 2, 714.—

In gen., destruction, ruin, = pernicies, exitium (jurid. Lat.):

in necem alicujus,

Dig. 38, 5, 1; 36, 4, 5; 15, 1, 21.