obviam currere

ob-viam, Adv., in den Weg = entgegen, mit Verben des Gehens, Eilens usw., zur Bezeichnung des friedlichen u. feindlichen Begegnens, obv. alci ire od. prodire od. procedere, Cic. u.a., od. occedere, Plaut., od. proficisci, Caes., ob. se ferre, Cic., od. se offerre, Ter., od. occurrere, Liv.: od. egredi, Curt.: obv. vadere (rücken) alci, Iustin.: alci obv. currere, Ter.: obv. dari, Ter., obv. alci fieri, Ter. u. Cic., od. esse, Plaut., begegnen: obv. effundi, entgegenströmen (v. einer Menschenmenge), Liv.: obv. venire, entgegenkommen, Cic. (u. so alius alii obviam venientes, die einander Begegnenden, Vitr.): obv. advenire alci, Gracch. fr.: alqm forte habere obv., jmdm. zufällig begegnen, Gell.: obv. mittere, Cic.: pecora alci obv. agere, Liv. – u. bildl., obv. alci esse = zur Hand sein (von Pers.u. Dingen) u. = hinderlich sein (v. Kümmernis usw.), Plaut. – obv. ire alci rei, α) einer Sache entgegengehen, -treten, sich widersetzen, periculis, Sall.: irae, Liv.: cupiditati hominum, Cic.: m. folg. ne u. Konj., agendum atque obviam eundum est, ne spolia vostra penes illos sint, Sall. hist. fr. 1, 41 (45), 7. – β) einem Übel begegnen, steuern, abhelfen, timori, Tac.: infecunditati terrae, Tac.: nullis plebis scitis (Abl.) obviam itum fraudibus (Dat.), Tac.: absol., ni Caesar obviam isset, Tac. – in obviam, Eccl., s. Rönsch Itala S. 233.

curro, cucurrī, cursum, ere (currus, vgl. mhd. hurren, sich rasch bewegen), laufen, rennen, rennen u. jagen, im Laufe (auch zu Pferd, Wagen, Schiff) eilen, u. im Passiv curritur unpers. = man läuft, rennt, eilt (Ggstz. stare, ingredi, ire, ambulare, reptare u. vgl.), currens (miles), Ggstz. is qui stat, Veget. mil.: si stas, ingredere; si ingrederis, curre; si curris, advola, Cic.: neque currentem se nec cognoscit euntem (weder im Laufen erkennt er sich [= seine alte Kraft] wieder, noch im Gehen); genua labant etc., Verg.: multum ambulandum est, currendum aliquando, Cels.: senex infirmi corporis est, qui cum ambulare vult currit, Sen.: aves, quae magis currunt, quam volant, Cels.: frequentior currentibus quam reptantibus lapsus, Plin. ep.: exercitatio ambulandi currendique necessaria est, Cels.: claudis non modo gradiendi, sed etiam currendi facultatem dare, Lact.: currendo se rumpere alcis causā, Plaut.: superare currendo omnes (v. einem Hunde), Ov. – c. propere, Ter.: c. solito velocius, Ov.: c. spiritu retento, Cels.: c. rigidā cervice et extento capite (von Pferden), Fronto: singulis cruribus saltatim, Gell.: catervatim (noch immer in einzelnen Haufen), Liv.: recte (aufrecht), v. Affen, Plin.: u. (im Bilde) incomposito dixi pede currere versus, Hor. – dicta erat aegra mihi; praeceps amensque cucurri, Ov.: ne qua periret redemptionis hora, prae-

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ceps cucurrit, Ps. Quint. decl. – per invia saxa, Curt.: per totum conclave pavidi currunt (v. Mäusen), Hor.: c. per flammam, auch sprichw., wie unser »für jmd. durchs Feuer laufen« = sich jeder Mühe u. Gefahr unterziehen, s. Cic. Tusc. 2, 62. – c. tenuissinus et adversis funibus, Sen.: u. (im Bilde) non datur ad Musas currere latā viā, Prop.: ebenso latā viā, Cic.: im Bilde, proclivi currit oratio, venit ad extremum, haeret in salebra, Cic. de fin. 5, 84. – c. circum loculos, Hor.: ad alcis vehiculum vel equum, Eutr.: ad essedum alcis per aliquot passuum milia, Suet.: unde (= a quo) uxor media currit de nocte vocata, Hor.: nunc huc, nunc illuc, et utroque sine ordine curro, Ov.: cogito, quonam ego curram illum quaeritatum, Plaut.: tu pueris curre obviam, Ter.: intro huc curro, Plaut.: quo celeriter curratur, Plaut.: c. in Palatium, Suet.: in ordines suos, Curt.: raptim in eam sententiam, Cic. – ad litus, Ov.: ad muros, Liv.: protinus ad regem, Curt.: cursim ad Numisium, Afran. fr.: c. ad me et volare, Fronto: c. titulo officii ad exsequias, Iustin.: ad necem (v. Hirsch), Phaedr.: ad complexum meae Tulliae, ad osculum Atticae, in die Arme, an den Hals fliegen, Cic.: ad complectendum eum, Curt.: ad consulendos hariolos, Phaedr.: usque sub Orchomenon, Ov. – canis currens post cervum, hinter dem H. herlaufend, Augustin. – c. domum, Plaut.: c. Puteolos, Cic.: ad matrem Neapolim, Cic.: im Passiv unpers., curritur

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ad me, Ter., ad praetorium, Cic.: curritur certatim ad hoc opus, Cic.: curritur ex omnibus locis urbis in forum, Liv. – c. alci subsidio (zu H.), Cic. u. Prop.: pro se quisque currere ad sua tutanda, Liv. – ad vocem praeceps amensque cucurri, ich stürzte sinnlos der Stimme nach, Ov. met. 7, 844. – m. Acc. der Strecke, uno die MCCCV stadia (v. einem Läufer), Plin. 7, 84: eosdem cursus c. (im Bilde = denselben Weg einschlagen), Cic. agr. 2, 44: beim Passiv mit Nom., campus curritur, s. Quint. 1, 4, 28. – Imperat. curre mit volg. Imperat., curre, nuntia venire, Afran. fr.: curre, obstetricem arcesse, Ter. (vgl. Ribbeck Coroll. ad comic. Rom. fr. p. LXIX). – curro m. Infin. = laufen, um zu usw., eilen, sich beeilen, zu usw., ecquid currit pollinctorem arcessere? Plaut. asin. 910: quis illam (dexteram) osculari non curreret? Val. Max. 5, 1. ext. 1. – Sprichw., currentem hortari, incitare od. instigare, od. addere calcaria sponte currenti, einen an sich schon Eifrigen zu noch größerem Eifer aufmuntern, antreiben (griech. σπεύδοντα ὀτρύνειν; vgl. unser »dem Vogel noch Flügel ansetzen«), s. Cic. ad Att. 5, 9, 1; 6, 7, 1. Cic. ad Q. fr. 1, 1, 16. § 45. Plin. ep. 3, 7, 15; 1, 8, 1: auch mit dem Zusatz ut dicitur, ut aiunt, zB. currentem, ut dicitur, incitavi, Cic. Phil. 3, 19: facilius est currentem, ut aiunt, incitare quam commovere languentem, Cic. de or. 2, 186: alqm ad pacem currentem, ut aiunt, incitare, Cic. ep.

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15, 15, 3.

So nun bes.: a) v. Wettlaufen, Wettrennen, laufen, rennen, qui currere coeperint, Cornif. rhet.: currentes equi, Plin. ep.: exerceri plurimum currendo et luctando, Nep.: c. bene, male (v. Rennpferden), Ov.: c. in sacro certamine, Lampr.: ›circus maximus‹ dictus, quod ibi circum metas equi currunt, Varro LL. – bildl., per hunc circulum curritur, darum dreht sich alles, Sen. ep. 77, 6. – m. Acc. der Strecke, qui Stadium currit, Cic. de off. 3, 42. – b) v. der Schiffahrt, fahren, segeln, iniecto ter pulvere curras (magst du weiter fahren). Hor.: c. bene minimam ad auram (v. Fahrzeuge), Ov.: c. per placidas aquas (v. Fahrz.), Ov.: per omne mare (v. Pers.), Hor.: Colchā aquā (v. Fahrz.), Ov.: in immensum salum (v. Fahrz.), Ov.: extremos ad Indos (v. Kaufmann), Hor.: c. trans mare (v. Pers.), Hor. – m. Acc. des Wegs usw., c. Caphaream aquam (v. Fahrzeug), Ov.: c. cavā trabe vastum aequor (v. Pers.), Verg.: currit iter tutum non secius aequore classis, Verg. – c) v. Laufe, Umlaufe des Rades, si mea sincero curreret axe rota, Ov.: u. (v. Töpferrade) currente rotā urceus exit, Hor. – d) v. Laufe des Wassers, bes. eines Flusses, laufen, rinnen, aqua currens, Prop. u. (Ggstz. aqua stans) Pallad.: currentes aquae, Ov.: prope currens flumen, Ov.: rivus palustri et voraginoso solo currens, Auct. b. Hisp.: c. per ultima Indiae (v. einem Fl.), Curt.: in ae-

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quora, in mare vastum (v. Fl.), Verg. u. Ov.- m. Acc. der Strecke, et sciat indociles currere lympha vias, wie unlenksam die Quelle die Wege sich bahnt, Prop. – ex Aetnae verticibus quondam effusis crateribus per declivia incendio divino torrentis vice flammarum flumina cucurrerunt, Apul. – e) v. Fluge, medio ut limite curras, Icare, moneo, Ov. met. 8, 203. – f) v. Laufe der Himmelskörper, umlaufen, den Umlauf halten, quae (loca) proxima sol currendo deflagrat, Vitr.: quaecumque vides supra nos currere, Sen.: libera currebant et inobservata per annum sidera, Ov. – g) v. Dingen, die sich in einer Richtung um od. über od. durch etwas hinziehen, non quo multa parum communis littera currat, sich hinzieht, erscheint, Lucr.: chlamys aurata, quam plurima circum purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit, um den sich ein meliböischer Purpurstreifen in doppelten mäandrischen Krümmungen herumzog, Verg.:iniula currit per crines, Stat.: linea transversa currat per medium, Plin.: limes currit per agrum, Plin.: supercilia usque ad malarum scripturam currentia, Petron.: privatis generum funiculis in orbem, in obliquum, in ambitum (sich schlängelnd) quaedam coronae per coronas currunt, Plin. – v. Tönen, vox currit conchato parietum spatio, Plin. 11, 270: varius per ora cucurrit Ausonidum turbata fremor (Gemurr), Verg. Aen. 11, 296 sq.: carmina dulci modulatione currentia, Lact. 5,

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1, 10. – von körperlichen Zuständen, frigus per ossa cucurrit, Ov. – rubor calefacta per ora cucurrit, Verg. – h) v. den Augen, rollen, oculi currentes, huc illucque directi et furiose respicientes, Cassiod. hist. eccl. 7, 2. p. 281 (a) ed. Garet. – i) v. der Zeit u. v. Zeitereignissen, schnell dahineilen, enteilen, schnell verlaufen, currit ferox aetas, Hor.: hic tibi bisque aestas bisque cucurrit hiems, Ov.: nox inter pocula currat, Prop.: quasi saeculum illud eversionibus urbium (unter Z. von St.) curreret, Flor.: currentes ex voto prosperitates, Amm. 20, 8, 6: facile est, ubi omnia quadrata currunt, alles am Schnürchen läuft, Petron. 43, 7. – u. v. Pers., eine Zeit dahinrollen lassen, durchlaufen, talia saecula currite, Verg. ecl. 4, 16. – k) (im Bilde s. oben aus Cic. de fin. 5, 84), v. raschen Gang der Rede usw., rasch fortschreiten, fortlaufen, perfacile currens oratio, Cic.: historia currere debet et ferri, Quint.: acria currere, delicata fluere, Quint.: trochaeum ut nimis currentem damnat, Quint.: est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia, Hor.: modulatus aliquis currentis facundiae sonitus, Gell.: illi (rhythmi) currunt usque ad μεταβολήν, Quint. – ⇒ Perf. bei Spät. auch curri, zB. currissem, Verus bei Fronto ep. ad Ver. 1, 3. p. 116, 19 N.: curristi, Tert. de fuga in pers. 12: currēre, Arnob. 4, 4 cod. P (Reiff. cucurrēre).

aetas, ātis, f. [contr. from the anteclass. aevitas from aevum, q. v.; Prisc. 595 P.; cf. Welsh oet] ( gen. plur. aetatum;

but freq. also aetatium,

Liv. 1, 43; 9, 17; 26, 9; cf. Oud. ad Suet. Aug. 31; Vell. 2, 89; Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2; Gell. 14, 1).

The period of life, time of life, life, age (divided, acc. to Varr. ap. Censor. 14, into pueritia, from birth to the 15th year; adulescentia, from that time to the 30th; juventus, to the 45th; the age of the seniores, to the 60th; and, finally, senectus, from that time till death. Others make a different division, v. Flor. 1 prooem.; Isid. Orig. 11, 2; Gell. 10, 28; 15, 20):

a primo tempore aetatis,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 13:

prima aetas,

id. Off. 2, 13:

ineuntis aetatis inscientia,

id. ib. 1, 34;

so 2, 13: flos aetatis,

the bloom of life, id. Phil. 2, 2; Liv. 21; Suet. Caes. 49; so,

bona aetas,

Cic. Sen. 14; and poet. in the plur.:

ambo florentes aetatibus,

Verg. E. 7, 4: quamquam aetas senet, satis habeo tamen virium, ut te arā arceam, Pac. ap. Prisc. 1, 10; id. ap. Non. 159, 19:

mala aetas,

old age, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 6; and absol.: aetas, aevitas = senectus, old age, SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT, Fragm. of the XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25: aetate ( through age) non quis obtuerier, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 154; 1, 3, 130; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 5:

sed ipse morbo atque aetate confectus,

Sall. J. 9:

graves aetate,

Liv. 7, 39.—Sometimes also absol. = adulescentia, youth:

fui ego illā aetate et feci illa omnia,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 4; id. Most. 5, 2, 27:

damna, dedecora aetas ipsius pertulit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12:

tua autem aetas (of his son),

id. Off. 2, 13:

(mulier) non formā, non aetate, non opibus maritum invenerit,

Tac. G. 19:

expers belli propter aetatem,

Suet. Aug. 8: aetas consularis, the legal age for the consulship, i. e. the 43d year, Cic. Phil. 5, 17:

id aetatis jam sumus,

we have now reached that time of life, id. Fam. 6, 20, 3.—

Transf.

In gen., the lifetime of man, without reference to its different stages; life, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 16:

aetas acta honeste et splendide,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25:

gerere,

id. Fam. 4, 5 al.:

tempus aetatis,

id. Sen. 19:

aetatem consumere in studio aliquo,

id. Off. 1, 1:

conterere in litibus,

id. Leg. 1, 20:

degere omnem in tranquillitate,

id. Fin. 2, 35; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 53 al.—In Ov. M. 12, 188, aetas = centum annos.—

A space of time, an age, generation, time:

heroicae aetates,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7:

haec aetas,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5; id. Rep. 1, 1:

alia,

id. Lael. 27, 101 Beier:

nostrā aetate,

in our times, Quint. 1, 4, 20:

cum primis aetatis suae comparabatur,

Nep. Iphicr. 1; Vell. 1, 16:

incuriosa suorum aetas,

Tac. Agr. 1:

omnia fert aetas,

time, Verg. E. 9, 51; so Hor. C. 4, 9, 10:

crastina aetas,

the morrow, Stat. Th. 3, 562. — Of the four ages of the world ( the golden age, silver age, etc.), Ov. M. 1, 89 sq.; v. aureus, argenteus, etc.—

Abstr. pro concreto, the time or period of life, for the man himself, the age, for the men living in it (mostly poet., and in prose after the Aug. per.; cf.

saeculum): sibi inimicus magis quam aetati tuae, i. e. tibi,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 1:

vae aetati tuae,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 105:

quid nos dura refugimus Aetas?

Hor. C. 1, 35, 34:

impia,

id. Epod. 16, 9:

veniens,

Ov. F. 6, 639:

omnis aetas currere obviam,

Liv. 27, 51:

omnis sexus, omnis aetas,

Tac. A. 13, 16:

innoxiam liberorum aetatem miserarentur, i. e. innocentes liberos,

id. H. 3, 68:

sexum, aetatem, ordinem omnem,

Suet. Calig. 4.—

Also of things without life, e. g. of wine, its age: bibite Falernum hoc: annorum quadraginta est. Bene, inquit, aetatem fert, it keeps well, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 2, 3; Plin. 23, 1, 20, § 33; 15, 2, 3, § 7.—So of buildings:

aetates aedificiorum,

Dig. 30, 58.—

Aetatem, a dverb. (ante-class.).

= semper, perpetuo, through the whole of life, during lifetime, continually:

ut aetatem ambo nobis sint obnoxii,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 18:

at tu aegrota, si lubet, per me aetatem quidem,

id. Curc. 4, 3, 22:

Quid, malum, me aetatem censes velle id adsimularier,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 38.—

= diu, longo tempore, an age, a long time, a long while:

an abiit jam a milite? Jamdudum aetatem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 8:

quod solis vapor aetatem non posse videtur efficere,

what the heat of the sun cannot perhaps effect for years, Lucr. 6, 236.—

In aetate, adverb. (ante-class.).

At times, sometimes, now and then, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 2.—

At any time, always, ever, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61.

fĕro, tuli, latum, ferre (ante-class. redupl. form in the tempp. perff.:

tetuli,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84; 168; id. Men. 4, 2, 25; 66; id. Rud. prol. 68: tetulisti, Att. and Caecil. ap. Non. 178, 17 sq.:

tetulit,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 40; id. Men. 2, 3, 30; Ter. And. 5, 1, 13:

tetulerunt,

Lucr. 6, § 672:

tetulissem,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 13:

tetulisse,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 2:

tetulero,

id. Cist. 3, 19:

tetulerit,

id. Poen. 3, 1, 58; id. Rud. 4, 3, 101), v. a. and n. [a wide-spread root; Sanscr. bhar-, carry, bharas, burden; Gr. pherô; Goth. bar, bairo, bear, produce, whence barn, child; Anglo-Saxon beran, whence Engl. bear, birth; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300; Fick, Vergl. Wort. p. 135. The perf. forms, tuli, etc., from the root tul-, tol-; Sanscr. tol-jami, lift, weigh; Gr. tlênai, endure, cf. talas, talanton; Lat. tollo, tolerare, (t)latus, etc. Cf. Goth. thulan, Germ. dulden, Geduld; Anglo-Sax. tholian, suffer. Supine latum, i. e. tlatum; cf. supra; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 220; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 73], to bear, carry, bring. (For syn. cf.: gero, porto, bajulo, veho; effero, infero; tolero, patior, sino, permitto, etc.)

Lit.

In gen.:

ferri proprie dicimus, quae quis suo corpore bajulat, portari ea, quae quis in jumento secum ducit, agi ea, quae animalia sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 235: oneris quidvis feret, Ter. Ph. 3, 3, 29:

quin te in fundo conspicer fodere aut arare aut aliquid ferre,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 17:

numerus eorum, qui arma ferre possent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 29, 1:

arma et vallum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 13:

sacra Junonis,

id. S. 1, 3, 11:

cadaver nudis humeris (heres),

id. ib. 2, 5, 86:

argentum ad aliquem,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 142; cf.:

symbolum filio,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 30:

olera et pisciculos minutos ferre obolo in cenam seni,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

vina et unguenta et flores,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 14:

discerpta ferentes Memora gruis,

id. S. 2, 8, 86; cf.:

talos, nucesque sinu laxo,

id. ib. 2, 3, 172:

in Capitolium faces,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

iste operta lectica latus per oppidum est ut mortuus,

id. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

lectica in Capitolium latus est,

Suet. Claud. 2:

circa judices latus (puer),

Quint. 6, 1, 47:

prae se ferens (in essedo) Darium puerum,

Suet. Calig. 19.— Poet. with inf.:

natum ad Stygios iterum fero mergere fontes,

Stat. Ach. 1, 134.—Prov.:

ferre aliquem in oculis, or simply oculis,

i. e. to hold dear, love exceedingly, Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9; Q. Cic. Fam. 16, 27, 2.—

In partic.

With the idea of motion predominating, to set in motion, esp. to move onward quickly or rapidly, to bear, lead, conduct, or drive away; with se or mid. (so esp. freq.), to move or go swiftly, to haste, speed, betake one's self; and of things, to flow, mount, run down.

Act.:

ubi in rapidas amnis dispeximus undas: Stantis equi corpus transvorsum ferre videtur Vis, et in advorsum flumen contrudere raptim: Et, quocumque oculos trajecimus, omnia ferri Et fluere assimili nobis ratione videntur,

Lucr. 4, 422 sq.:

ubi cernimus alta Exhalare vapore altaria, ferreque fumum,

to send up, id. 3, 432; cf.:

vis ut vomat ignes, Ad caelumque ferat flammai fulgura rursum,

id. 1, 725; and:

caelo supinas si tuleris manus,

raisest, Hor. C. 3, 23, 1:

te rursus in bellum resorbens Unda fretis tulit aestuosis,

id. ib. 2, 7, 16; cf.:

ire, pedes quocumque ferent,

id. Epod. 16, 21; and:

me per Aegaeos tumultus Aura feret,

id. C. 3, 29, 64:

signa ferre,

to put the standards in motion, to break up, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40, 12; Liv. 10, 5, 1 al.:

pol, si id scissem, numquam huc tetulissem pedem,

have stirred foot, have come, Ter. And. 4, 5, 13:

pedem,

Verg. A. 2, 756; Val. Fl. 7, 112:

gressum,

to walk, Lucr. 4, 681; cf.:

agiles gressus,

Sil. 3, 180:

vagos gradus,

Ov. M. 7, 185:

vestigia,

Sil. 9, 101:

vagos cursus,

id. 9, 243.— Absol.:

quo ventus ferebat,

bore, drove, Caes. B. G. 3, 15, 3:

interim, si feret flatus, danda sunt vela,

Quint. 10, 3, 7:

itinera duo, quae extra murum ad portum ferebant,

led, Caes. B. C. 1, 27, 4:

pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,

Liv. 1, 7, 6.—Prov.:

in silvam ligna ferre,

to carry coals to Newcastle, Hor. S. 1, 10, 34.—

With se or mid., to move or go swiftly, to hasten, rush:

cum ipsa paene insula mihi sese obviam ferre vellet,

to meet, Cic. Planc. 40, 96; cf.:

non dubitaverim me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre,

id. Rep. 1, 4:

hinc ferro accingor rursus... meque extra tecta ferebam,

Verg. A. 2, 672; 11, 779:

grassatorum plurimi palam se ferebant,

Suet. Aug. 32.—Of things as subjects:

ubi forte ita se tetulerunt semina aquarum,

i. e. have collected themselves, Lucr. 6, 672.—Mid.:

ad eum omni celeritate et studio incitatus ferebatur,

proceeded, Caes. B. C. 3, 78, 2:

alii aliam in partem perterriti ferebantur,

betook themselves, fled, id. B. G. 2, 24, 3:

(fera) supra venabula fertur,

rushes, springs, Verg. A. 9, 553:

huc juvenis nota fertur regione viarum,

proceeds, id. ib. 11, 530:

densos fertur moribundus in hostes,

rushes, id. ib. 2, 511:

quocumque feremur, danda vela sunt,

Cic. Or. 23, 75; cf.:

non alto semper feremur,

Quint. 12, 10, 37:

ego, utrum Nave ferar magna an parva, ferar unus et idem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 200:

non tenui ferar Penna biformis per liquidum aethera Vates,

fly, id. C. 2, 20, 1.—Of inanimate subjects:

(corpuscula rerum) ubi tam volucri levitate ferantur,

move, Lucr. 4, 195; cf.:

quae cum mobiliter summa levitate feruntur,

id. 4, 745; cf.:

tellus neque movetur et infima est, et in eam feruntur omnia nutu suo pondera,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17 fin.:

Rhenus longo spatio per fines Nantuatium, etc.... citatus fertur,

flows, Caes. B. G. 4, 10, 3; cf. Hirt. B. [p. 738] G. 8, 40, 3:

ut (flamma) ad caelum usque ferretur,

ascended, arose, Suet. Aug. 94.—

Rarely ferre = se ferre: quem procul conspiciens ad se ferentem pertimescit,

Nep. Dat. 4 fin. —

To carry off, take away by force, as a robber, etc.: to plunder, spoil, ravage:

alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

Verg. A. 2, 374:

postquam te (i. e. exstinctum Daphnin) fata tulerunt,

snatched away, id. E. 5, 34. So esp. in the phrase ferre et agere, of taking booty, plundering, where ferre applies to portable things, and agere to men and cattle; v. ago.—

To bear, produce, yield:

plurima tum tellus etiam majora ferebat, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 942 sq.; cf.:

quae autem terra fruges ferre, et, ut mater, cibos suppeditare possit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 67:

quem (florem) ferunt terrae solutae,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 10:

quibus jugera fruges et Cererem ferunt,

id. ib. 3, 24, 13:

angulus iste feret piper et thus,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 23:

(olea) fructum ramis pluribus feret,

Quint. 8, 3, 10.— Absol.:

ferundo arbor peribit,

Cato, R. R. 6, 2.—

Of a woman or sheanimal, to bear offspring, be pregnant:

ignorans nurum ventrem ferre,

Liv. 1, 34, 3;

of animals: equa ventrem fert duodecim menses, vacca decem, ovis et capra quinque, sus quatuor,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 19; cf.:

cervi octonis mensibus ferunt partus,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 112:

nec te conceptam saeva leaena tulit,

Tib. 3, 4, 90.— Poet.:

quem tulerat mater claro Phoenissa Laconi,

i. e. had borne, Sil. 7, 666.—

To offer as an oblation:

liba et Mopsopio dulcia melle feram,

Tib. 1, 7, 54; so,

liba,

id. 1, 10, 23:

lancesque et liba Baccho,

Verg. G. 2, 394:

tura superis, altaribus,

Ov. M. 11, 577.—

To get, receive, acquire, obtain, as gain, a reward, a possession, etc.:

quod posces, feres,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 106; cf.: quodvis donum et praemium a me optato;

id optatum feres,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 27:

fructus ex sese (i. e. re publica) magna acerbitate permixtos tulissem,

Cic. Planc. 38, 92:

partem praedae,

id. Rosc. Am. 37, 107:

ille crucem pretium sceleris tulit, hic diadema,

Juv. 13, 105:

coram rege sua de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44.

Trop.

In gen., to bear, carry, bring:

satis haec tellus morbi caelumque mali fert,

bears, contains, Lucr. 6, 663;

veterrima quaeque, ut ea vina, quae vetustatem ferunt, esse debent suavissima,

which carry age, are old, Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

scripta vetustatem si modo nostra ferent,

will have, will attain to, Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 8:

nomen alicujus,

to bear, have, Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; cf.:

insani sapiens nomen ferat, aequus iniqui,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 15:

nomen,

Suet. Aug. 101; id. Calig. 47:

cognomen,

id. Aug. 43; id. Galb. 3; cf.:

ille finis Appio alienae personae ferendae fuit,

of bearing an assumed character, Liv. 3, 36, 1:

Archimimus personam ejus ferens,

personating, Suet. Vesp. 19; cf.

also: (Garyophyllon) fert et in spinis piperis similitudinem,

Plin. 12, 7, 15, § 30: fer mi auxilium, bring assistance, aid, help, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 29 (Trag. v. 50 ed. Vahl.); cf.:

alicui opem auxiliumque ferre,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9:

auxilium alicui,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 5; Ter. And. 1, 1, 115; Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 19; Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 5; 4, 12, 5; Hor. Epod. 1, 21 et saep.: opem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 86 ed. Vahl.):

opem alicui,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 23; Ter. And. 3, 1, 15; id. Ad. 3, 4, 41; Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3 (with succurrere saluti); id. Fin. 2, 35, 118 (with salutem); id. Fam. 5, 4, 2:

subsidium alicui,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26, 2:

condicionem,

to proffer, id. ib. 4, 11, 3; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 30:

Coriolanus ab sede sua cum ferret matri obviae complexum,

offered, Liv. 2, 40, 5:

si qua fidem tanto est operi latura vetustas,

will bring, procure, Verg. A. 10, 792:

ea vox audita laborum Prima tulit finem,

id. ib. 7, 118: suspicionem falsam, to entertain suspicion, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5 (Trag. v. 348 ed. Vahl.).—

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) To move, to bring, lead, conduct, drive, raise:

quem tulit ad scenam ventoso gloria curru,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 177; so,

animi quaedam ingenita natura... recta nos ad ea, quae conveniunt causae, ferant,

Quint. 5, 10, 123; cf. absol.:

nisi illud, quod eo, quo intendas, ferat deducatque, cognoris,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135:

exstincti ad caelum gloria fertur,

Lucr. 6, 8; cf.:

laudibus aliquem in caelum ferre,

to extol, praise, Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; cf. id. Rep. 1, 43; Quint. 10, 1, 99; Suet. Otho, 12; id. Vesp. 6:

eam pugnam miris laudibus,

Liv. 7, 10, 14; cf.:

saepe rem dicendo subiciet oculis: saepe supra feret quam fieri possit,

wilt exalt, magnify, Cic. Or. 40, 139:

ferte sermonibus et multiplicate fama bella,

Liv. 4, 5, 6:

ferre in majus vero incertas res fama solet,

id. 21, 32, 7:

crudelitate et scelere ferri,

to be impelled, carried away, Cic. Clu. 70, 199:

praeceps amentia ferebare,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121; cf.:

ferri avaritia,

id. Quint. 11, 38:

orator suo jam impetu fertur,

Quint. 12 praef. §

3: eloquentia, quae cursu magno sonituque ferretur,

Cic. Or. 28, 97; cf.:

(eloquentia) feratur non semitis sed campis,

Quint. 5, 14, 31:

oratio, quae ferri debet ac fluere,

id. 9, 4, 112; cf.:

quae (historia) currere debet ac ferri,

id. 9, 4, 18; so often: animus fert (aliquem aliquo), the mind moves one to any thing:

quo cujusque animus fert, eo discedunt,

Sall. J. 54, 4; cf.:

milites procurrentes consistentesque, quo loco ipsorum tulisset animus,

Liv. 25, 21, 5; and:

qua quemque animus fert, effugite superbiam regiam,

id. 40, 4, 14:

si maxime animus ferat,

Sall. C. 58, 6; cf. Ov. M. 1, 775.—With an object-clause, the mind moves one to do any thing, Ov. M. 1, 1; Luc. 1, 67; Suet. Otho, 6; cf.

also: mens tulit nos ferro exscindere Thebas,

Stat. Th. 4, 753.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To carry off, take away:

omnia fert aetas, animum quoque,

Verg. E. 9, 51:

postquam te fata tulerunt,

id. ib. 5, 34:

invida Domitium fata tulere sibi,

Anthol. Lat. 4, 123, 8;

like efferre,

to carry forth to burial, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 89.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To bear, bring forth, produce:

haec aetas prima Athenis oratorem prope perfectum tulit,

Cic. Brut. 12, 45:

aetas parentum, pejor avis, tulit Nos nequiores,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 46:

Curium tulit et Camillum Saeva paupertas,

id. ib. 1, 12, 42.—

(Acc. to I. B. 6.) To bear away, to get, obtain, receive:

Cotta et Sulpicius omnium judicio facile primas tulerunt,

Cic. Brut. 49, 183:

palmam,

to carry off, win, id. Att. 4, 15, 6:

victoriam ex inermi,

to gain, Liv. 39, 51, 10; 2, 50, 2; 8, 8, 18:

gratiam et gloriam annonae levatae,

id. 4, 12, 8:

maximam laudem inter suos,

Caes. B. G. 6, 21, 4:

centuriam, tribus,

i. e. to get their votes, Cic. Planc. 20, 49; 22, 53; id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:

suffragia,

Suet. Caes. 13 (diff. from 8. a.):

responsum ab aliquo,

to receive, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; Caes. B. G. 6, 4 fin.:

repulsam a populo,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 54:

repulsam,

id. de Or. 2, 69 fin.; id. Phil. 11, 8, 19; id. Att. 5, 19 al.: calumniam, i. e. to be convicted of a false accusation, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1:

ita ut filius partem dimidiam hereditatis ferat,

Gai. Inst. 3, 8:

singulas portiones,

id. ib. 3, 16; 61.—

To bear, support any thing unpleasant; or pregn., to suffer, tolerate, endure.

To bear in any manner.

With acc.: servi injurias nimias aegre ferunt, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

(onus senectutis) modice ac sapienter sicut omnia ferre,

Cic. de Sen. 1, 2:

aegre ferre repulsam consulatus,

id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40:

hoc moderatiore animo ferre,

id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

aliquid toleranter,

id. ib. 4, 6, 2:

clementer,

id. Att. 6, 1, 3:

quod eo magis ferre animo aequo videmur, quia, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 126:

ut tu fortunam, sic nos te, Celse, feremus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 17.—

With an object-clause:

ut si quis aegre ferat, se pauperem esse,

take it ill, Cic. Tusc. 4, 27, 59:

hoc ereptum esse, graviter et acerbe ferre,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152:

quomodo ferant veterani, exercitum Brutum habere,

id. Phil. 10, 7, 15.—

With de:

de Lentulo scilicet sic fero, ut debeo,

Cic. Att. 4, 6, 1:

quomodo Caesar ferret de auctoritate perscripta,

id. ib. 5, 2, 3:

numquid moleste fers de illo, qui? etc.,

id. ib. 6, 8, 3.—

Absol.:

sin aliter acciderit, humaniter feremus,

Cic. Att. 1, 2, 1:

si mihi imposuisset aliquid, animo iniquo tulissem,

id. ib. 15, 26, 4.—

Pregn., to bear or put up with, to suffer, tolerate, endure, sustain, resist.

With acc.: quis hanc contumeliam, quis hoc imperium, quis hanc servitutem ferre potest? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

qui potentissimorum hominum contumaciam numquam tulerim, ferrem hujus asseclae?

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6:

cujus desiderium civitas ferre diutius non potest,

id. Phil. 10, 10, 21:

cogitandi non ferebat laborem,

id. Brut. 77, 268:

unum impetum nostrorum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 3:

vultum atque aciem oculorum,

id. ib. 1, 39, 1:

cohortatio gravior quam aures Sulpicii ferre didicissent,

to hear unmoved, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 9:

vultum,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 121:

multa tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit,

id. A. P. 413:

spectatoris fastidia,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 215:

fuisse (Epaminondam) patientem suorumque injurias ferentem civium,

Nep. Epam. 7.—Of personal objects:

quem ferret, si parentem non ferret suum?

brook, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 28:

optimates quis ferat, qui, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33:

vereor, ut jam nos ferat quisquam,

Quint. 8, 3, 25:

an laturi sint Romani talem regem,

id. 7, 1, 24:

quis enim ferat puerum aut adolescentulum, si, etc.,

id. 8, 5, 8.—

With an object-clause:

ferunt aures hominum, illa... laudari,

Cic. de Or. 2, 84, 344:

non feret assiduas potiori te dare noctes,

Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Ov. M. 2, 628:

illa quidem in hoc opere praecipi quis ferat?

Quint. 11, 3, 27; 11, 1, 69:

servo nubere nympha tuli,

Ov. H. 5, 12; cf.:

alios vinci potuisse ferendum est,

id. M. 12, 555. —

With quod:

quod rapta, feremus, dummodo reddat eam,

Ov. M. 5, 520:

illud non ferendum, quod, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 131. —

With the access, notion of publicity, to make public, to disclose, show, exhibit:

eum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,

Cic. Planc. 14, 34; cf.:

laetitiam apertissime tulimus omnes,

id. Att. 14, 13, 2:

neque id obscure ferebat nec dissimulare ullo modo poterat,

id. Clu. 19, 54:

haud clam tulit iram adversus praetorem,

Liv. 31, 47, 4; cf.:

tacite ejus verecundiam non tulit senatus, quin, etc.,

id. 5, 28, 1.—

Prae se ferre, to show, manifest, to let be seen, to declare:

cujus rei tantae facultatem consecutum esse me, non profiteor: secutum me esse, prae me fero,

Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 12:

noli, quaeso, prae te ferre, vos plane expertes esse doctrinae,

id. ib. 2, 18, 47:

non mediocres terrores... prae se fert et ostentat,

id. Att. 2, 23, 3:

hanc virtutem prae se ferunt,

Quint. 2, 13, 11:

liberalium disciplinarum prae se scientiam tulit,

id. 12, 11, 21:

magnum animum (verba),

id. 11, 1, 37.—Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

(comae) turbatae prae se ferre aliquid affectus videntur,

Quint. 11, 3, 148:

oratio prae se fert felicissimam facilitatem,

id. 10, 1, 11.—

Of speech, to report, relate, make known, assert, celebrate:

haec omnibus ferebat sermonibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17, 2:

alii alia sermonibus ferebant Romanos facturos,

Liv. 33, 32, 3:

ferte sermonibus et multiplicate fama bella,

id. 4, 5, 6:

patres ita fama ferebant, quod, etc.,

id. 23, 31, 13; cf. with acc.:

hascine propter res maledicas famas ferunt,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 149:

famam,

id. Pers. 3, 1, 23:

fama eadem tulit,

Tac. A. 1, 5; cf. id. ib. 15, 60:

nec aliud per illos dies populus credulitate, prudentes diversa fama, tulere,

talk about, id. ib. 16, 2:

inimici famam non ita, ut nata est, ferunt,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 23:

quod fers, cedo,

tell, say, Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 17:

nostra (laus) semper feretur et praedicabitur, etc.,

Cic. Arch. 9, 21.—With an object-clause:

cum ipse... acturum se id per populum aperte ferret,

Liv. 28, 40, 2; id. ib. §

1: saepe homines morbos magis esse timendos ferunt quam Tartara leti,

Lucr. 3, 42:

Prognen ita velle ferebat,

Ov. M. 6, 470; 14, 527:

ipsi territos se ferebant,

Tac. H. 4, 78; id. A. 4, 58; 6, 26 (32); cf.:

mihi fama tulit fessum te caede procubuisse, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 503:

commentarii ad senatum missi ferebant, Macronem praesedisse, etc.,

Tac. A. 6, 47 (53).—

Ferunt, fertur, feruntur, etc., they relate, tell, say; it is said, it appears, etc.—With inf.:

quin etiam Xenocratem ferunt, cum quaereretur ex eo, etc... respondisse, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2:

fuisse quendam ferunt Demaratum, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 19:

quem ex Hyperboreis Delphos ferunt advenisse,

id. N. D. 3, 23, 57; Hor. C. 3, 17, 2:

homo omnium in dicendo, ut ferebant, accrrimus et copiosissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45:

Ceres fertur fruges... mortalibus instituisse,

Lucr. 5, 14:

in Syria quoque fertur item locus esse, etc.,

id. 6, 755:

is Amulium regem interemisse fertur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

qui in contione dixisse fertur,

id. ib. 2, 10 fin.:

quam (urbem) Juno fertur terris omnibus unam coluisse,

Verg. A. 1, 15:

non sat idoneus Pugnae ferebaris,

you were accounted, held, Hor. C. 2, 19, 27:

si ornate locutus est, sicut fertur et mihi videtur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 49; cf.: cum quaestor ex Macedonia venissem Athenas florente [p. 739] Academia, ut temporibus illis ferebatur, id. ib. § 45.—

To give out, to pass off a person or thing by any name or for any thing; and, in the pass., to pass for any thing, to pass current:

hunc (Mercurium) omnium inventorem artium ferunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 1:

ut Servium conditorem posteri fama ferrent,

Liv. 1, 42, 4:

qui se Philippum regiaeque stirpis ferebat, cum esset ultimae,

set himself up for, boast, Vell. 1, 11, 1:

avum M. Antonium, avunculum Augustum ferens,

boasting of, Tac. A. 2, 43; cf.:

qui ingenuum se et Lachetem mutato nomine coeperat ferre,

Suet. Vesp. 23:

ante Periclem, cujus scripta quaedam feruntur,

Cic. Brut. 7, 27 (quoted paraphrastically, Quint. 3, 1, 12): sub nomine meo libri ferebantur artis rhetoricae, Quint. prooem. 7; cf.:

cetera, quae sub nomine meo feruntur,

id. 7, 2, 24; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Aug. 31; id. Caes. 20:

multa ejus (Catonis) vel provisa prudenter vel acta constanter vel responsa acute ferebantur,

Cic. Lael. 2, 6:

qua ex re in pueritia nobilis inter aequales ferebatur,

Nep. Att. 1, 3.—

Polit. and jurid. t. t.

Suffragium or sententiam, to give in one's vote, to vote, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1; cf.:

ferunt suffragia,

Cic. Rep. 1, 31; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

de quo foedere populus Romanus sententiam non tulit,

id. Balb. 15, 34; cf.:

de quo vos (judices) sententiam per tabellam feretis,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104;

so of the voting of judges,

id. Clu. 26, 72;

of senators: parcite, ut sit qui in senatu de bello et pace sententiam ferat,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 76; cf. id. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—

Legem (privilegium, rogationem) ad populum, or absol., to bring forward or move a proposition, to propose a law, etc.:

perniciose Philippus in tribunatu, cum legem agrariam ferret, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73; cf. id. Sull. 23, 65:

quae lex paucis his annis lata esset,

id. Corn. 1, 3 (vol. xi. p. 10 B. and K.):

familiarissimus tuus de te privilegium tulit, ut, etc.,

id. Par. 4, 32:

Sullam illam rogationem de se nolle ferri (shortly before: Lex ferri coepta),

id. Sull. 23, 65:

rogationem de aliquo, contra or in aliquem, ad populum, ad plebem,

id. Balb. 14, 33; id. Clu. 51, 140; id. Brut. 23, 89; Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 4; Liv. 33, 25, 7:

nescis, te ipsum ad populum tulisse, ut, etc.,

proposed a bill, Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 100:

ut P. Scaevola tribunus plebis ferret ad plebem, vellentne, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 16, 54; cf. Liv. 33, 25, 6:

quod Sulla ipse ita tulit de civitate, ut, etc.,

Cic. Caecin. 35, 102:

nihil de judicio ferebat,

id. Sull. 22, 63:

cum, ut absentis ratio haberetur, ferebamus,

id. Att. 7, 6, 2.— Impers.:

lato ut solet ad populum, ut equum escendere liceret,

Liv. 23, 14, 2. —

Judicem, said of the plaintiff, to offer or propose to the defendant as judge:

quem ego si ferrem judicem, refugere non deberet,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45; id. de Or. 2, 70, 285.—Hence, judicem alicui, in gen., to propose a judge to, i. e. to bring a suit against, to sue a person:

se iterum ac saepius judicem illi ferre,

Liv. 3, 57, 5; 3, 24, 5; 8, 33, 8.—

Mercant. t. t., to enter, to set or note down a sum in a book:

quod minus Dolabella Verri acceptum rettulit, quam Verres illi expensum tulerit, etc.,

i. e. has set down as paid, has paid, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 100 sq., v. expendo.—

Absol., of abstr. subjects, to require, demand, render necessary; to allow, permit, suffer:

ita sui periculi rationes ferre ac postulare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 105; cf.:

gravioribus verbis uti, quam natura fert,

id. Quint. 18, 57: quid ferat Fors, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. 203 ed. Vahl.):

quamdiu voluntas Apronii tulit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57:

ut aetas illa fert,

as is usual at that time of life, id. Clu. 60, 168:

ad me, ut tempora nostra, non ut amor tuus fert, vere perscribe,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5:

quod ita existimabam tempora rei publicae ferre,

id. Pis. 2, 5:

si ita commodum vestrum fert,

id. Agr. 2, 28, 77:

prout Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

si vestra voluntas feret,

if such be your pleasure, id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

ut opinio et spes et conjectura nostra fert,

according to our opinion, hope, and belief, id. Att. 2, 25, 2:

ut mea fert opinio,

according to my opinion, id. Clu. 16, 46: si occasio tulerit, if occasion require, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6:

dum tempus ad eam rem tulit, sivi, animum ut expleret suum,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 17: in hac ratione quid res, quid causa, quid tempus ferat, tu perspicies, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

natura fert, ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent,

id. Rep. 6, 18.— Impers.:

sociam se cujuscumque fortunae, et, si ita ferret, comitem exitii promittebat (sc. res or fortuna),

Tac. A. 3, 15; so,

si ita ferret,

id. H. 2, 44.