of Menenius Agrippa

Mĕnēnĭus, name of a Roman gens. Its most celebrated member was Menenius Agrippa, who told the people the fable of the belly and the limbs, Liv. 2, 16, 7; 2, 32, 8; 2, 33, 10.— Another Menenius in the time of Horace, noted as a foolish person, Hor. S. 2, 3, 287.—

Hence,

Mĕnēnĭus, a, um, adj., Menenian:

tribus,

a Roman tribe, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2.—

Mĕnēnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Menenius, Menenian:

judicium,

i. e. of Menenius Agrippa, Liv. 2, 52, 8.

Agrippa, ae, m., a Roman family name.

Menenius Agrippa, who related to the people upon Mons Sacer the fable of the Belly and the Limbs, Liv. 2, 32.—

Vipsanius Agrippa, son-in-law of Augustus, husband of Julia, and father of Agrippina, Tac. A. 4, 40; v. Frandsen, Life of M. Vipsanius Agrippa, Alton. 1836.—

The name of a king in Judœa, Tac. A. 12, 23.

sĕquester, tris (orig. form sequester, tri. ante- and post - class., and in the poets), m. [id.], jurid. t. t., a depositary, trustee, into whose hands the thing contested was placed until the dispute was settled:

sequester dicitur, apud quem plures eandem rem, de quă controversia est, deposuerunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 110: nunc ut apud sequestrum vidulum posivimus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; Dig. 16, 3, 33:

tu istunc hodie non feres, nisi das sequestrum aut arbitrum, Quoius haec res arbitratu fiat,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 65:

jam sequestri placebant,

Petr. 14, 4:

cum sequestro recte agetur depositi sequestrariā actione,

Dig. 16, 3, 12; cf.: in sequestrum depositi actio competit;

si tamen cum sequestro convenit, ut, etc.,

ib. 16, 3, 5.— Subst.: sĕ-questrum, i (rarely sĕquestre, is), n., the deposit of a subject of dispute with a third person: vitulum hic apponite: ego servabo quasi sequestro detis: neutri reddibo, donicum res judicata erit haec, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 692 P.:

sequestro data,

id. Merc. 4, 3, 36:

sequestro ponere: quod apud sequestrem depositum erat, sequestro positum per adverbium dicebant,

Gell. 20, 11, 5:

aut ad arbitrum redditur aut sequestro ponitur,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 79;

and in later jurid. Lat.: in sequestro deponere (aliquid),

to put in sequestration, Dig. 16, 3, 6. —Form sequestre: pecuniam sequestre [p. 1677] ponere, Dig. 16, 3, 33: in sequestri deponere, Ps. - Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 12.—

Transf.

In cases of bribery of judges, electors, etc., an agent or go-between, with whom the money promised was deposited (so always in Cic.; cf.

internuntius): aut sequestres aut interpretes corrumpendi judicii,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; so (with interpres) id. ib. 2, 2, 44, § 108; Quint. 12, 8, 4:

venditor et corruptor et sequester,

Cic. Planc. 16, 38; 19, 48:

aliquo sequestre in indice corrumpendo uti,

id. Clu. 8, 25; 26, 72:

adulter, impudicus, sequester, convicium est, non accusatio,

id. Cael. 13, 30:

candidatus per sequestrem agit,

Sen. Ep. 118, 3:

gregarii,

Amm. 15, 5, 31.—

After the Aug. period, a mediator.

Lit.:

Menenius Agrippa, qui inter patres et plebem publicae gratiae sequester fuit,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 12, 4:

pacis,

Sil. 6, 347; Luc. 10, 472:

ego sequester et medius fui,

Vulg. Deut. 5, 5.—In this sense also a fem. form, sĕquestra, ae, a mediatress:

ubi nunc fidei pacisque sequestra Mater eras?

Stat. Th. 7, 542:

anus quaedam stupri sequestra et adulterorum internuntia,

App. M. 9, p. 224, 1;

and, in apposition: bis senos pepigere dies et pace sequestrā Per silvas Teucri mixtique impune Latini Erravere jugis,

i. e. under the protection of the truce, Verg. A. 11, 133; so,

pace sequestrā,

Stat. Th. 2, 425.—

Trop., a means of negotiating, i. e. price, etc.:

qui suam pudicitiam sequestrem perjurii fieri passi sunt,

Val. Max. 9, 1, 7.

sĕquester, tris (orig. form sequester, tri. ante- and post - class., and in the poets), m. [id.], jurid. t. t., a depositary, trustee, into whose hands the thing contested was placed until the dispute was settled:

sequester dicitur, apud quem plures eandem rem, de quă controversia est, deposuerunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 110: nunc ut apud sequestrum vidulum posivimus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; Dig. 16, 3, 33:

tu istunc hodie non feres, nisi das sequestrum aut arbitrum, Quoius haec res arbitratu fiat,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 65:

jam sequestri placebant,

Petr. 14, 4:

cum sequestro recte agetur depositi sequestrariā actione,

Dig. 16, 3, 12; cf.: in sequestrum depositi actio competit;

si tamen cum sequestro convenit, ut, etc.,

ib. 16, 3, 5.— Subst.: sĕ-questrum, i (rarely sĕquestre, is), n., the deposit of a subject of dispute with a third person: vitulum hic apponite: ego servabo quasi sequestro detis: neutri reddibo, donicum res judicata erit haec, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 692 P.:

sequestro data,

id. Merc. 4, 3, 36:

sequestro ponere: quod apud sequestrem depositum erat, sequestro positum per adverbium dicebant,

Gell. 20, 11, 5:

aut ad arbitrum redditur aut sequestro ponitur,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 79;

and in later jurid. Lat.: in sequestro deponere (aliquid),

to put in sequestration, Dig. 16, 3, 6. —Form sequestre: pecuniam sequestre [p. 1677] ponere, Dig. 16, 3, 33: in sequestri deponere, Ps. - Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 12.—

Transf.

In cases of bribery of judges, electors, etc., an agent or go-between, with whom the money promised was deposited (so always in Cic.; cf.

internuntius): aut sequestres aut interpretes corrumpendi judicii,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; so (with interpres) id. ib. 2, 2, 44, § 108; Quint. 12, 8, 4:

venditor et corruptor et sequester,

Cic. Planc. 16, 38; 19, 48:

aliquo sequestre in indice corrumpendo uti,

id. Clu. 8, 25; 26, 72:

adulter, impudicus, sequester, convicium est, non accusatio,

id. Cael. 13, 30:

candidatus per sequestrem agit,

Sen. Ep. 118, 3:

gregarii,

Amm. 15, 5, 31.—

After the Aug. period, a mediator.

Lit.:

Menenius Agrippa, qui inter patres et plebem publicae gratiae sequester fuit,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 12, 4:

pacis,

Sil. 6, 347; Luc. 10, 472:

ego sequester et medius fui,

Vulg. Deut. 5, 5.—In this sense also a fem. form, sĕquestra, ae, a mediatress:

ubi nunc fidei pacisque sequestra Mater eras?

Stat. Th. 7, 542:

anus quaedam stupri sequestra et adulterorum internuntia,

App. M. 9, p. 224, 1;

and, in apposition: bis senos pepigere dies et pace sequestrā Per silvas Teucri mixtique impune Latini Erravere jugis,

i. e. under the protection of the truce, Verg. A. 11, 133; so,

pace sequestrā,

Stat. Th. 2, 425.—

Trop., a means of negotiating, i. e. price, etc.:

qui suam pudicitiam sequestrem perjurii fieri passi sunt,

Val. Max. 9, 1, 7.

sĕquester, tris (orig. form sequester, tri. ante- and post - class., and in the poets), m. [id.], jurid. t. t., a depositary, trustee, into whose hands the thing contested was placed until the dispute was settled:

sequester dicitur, apud quem plures eandem rem, de quă controversia est, deposuerunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 110: nunc ut apud sequestrum vidulum posivimus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; Dig. 16, 3, 33:

tu istunc hodie non feres, nisi das sequestrum aut arbitrum, Quoius haec res arbitratu fiat,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 65:

jam sequestri placebant,

Petr. 14, 4:

cum sequestro recte agetur depositi sequestrariā actione,

Dig. 16, 3, 12; cf.: in sequestrum depositi actio competit;

si tamen cum sequestro convenit, ut, etc.,

ib. 16, 3, 5.— Subst.: sĕ-questrum, i (rarely sĕquestre, is), n., the deposit of a subject of dispute with a third person: vitulum hic apponite: ego servabo quasi sequestro detis: neutri reddibo, donicum res judicata erit haec, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 692 P.:

sequestro data,

id. Merc. 4, 3, 36:

sequestro ponere: quod apud sequestrem depositum erat, sequestro positum per adverbium dicebant,

Gell. 20, 11, 5:

aut ad arbitrum redditur aut sequestro ponitur,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 79;

and in later jurid. Lat.: in sequestro deponere (aliquid),

to put in sequestration, Dig. 16, 3, 6. —Form sequestre: pecuniam sequestre [p. 1677] ponere, Dig. 16, 3, 33: in sequestri deponere, Ps. - Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 12.—

Transf.

In cases of bribery of judges, electors, etc., an agent or go-between, with whom the money promised was deposited (so always in Cic.; cf.

internuntius): aut sequestres aut interpretes corrumpendi judicii,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; so (with interpres) id. ib. 2, 2, 44, § 108; Quint. 12, 8, 4:

venditor et corruptor et sequester,

Cic. Planc. 16, 38; 19, 48:

aliquo sequestre in indice corrumpendo uti,

id. Clu. 8, 25; 26, 72:

adulter, impudicus, sequester, convicium est, non accusatio,

id. Cael. 13, 30:

candidatus per sequestrem agit,

Sen. Ep. 118, 3:

gregarii,

Amm. 15, 5, 31.—

After the Aug. period, a mediator.

Lit.:

Menenius Agrippa, qui inter patres et plebem publicae gratiae sequester fuit,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 12, 4:

pacis,

Sil. 6, 347; Luc. 10, 472:

ego sequester et medius fui,

Vulg. Deut. 5, 5.—In this sense also a fem. form, sĕquestra, ae, a mediatress:

ubi nunc fidei pacisque sequestra Mater eras?

Stat. Th. 7, 542:

anus quaedam stupri sequestra et adulterorum internuntia,

App. M. 9, p. 224, 1;

and, in apposition: bis senos pepigere dies et pace sequestrā Per silvas Teucri mixtique impune Latini Erravere jugis,

i. e. under the protection of the truce, Verg. A. 11, 133; so,

pace sequestrā,

Stat. Th. 2, 425.—

Trop., a means of negotiating, i. e. price, etc.:

qui suam pudicitiam sequestrem perjurii fieri passi sunt,

Val. Max. 9, 1, 7.