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  • 1 Pȳthia

        Pȳthia ae, f, Πυτηία, the priestess of the Delphic Apollo, the Pythoness, Pythia, C., N.

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  • 2 Pȳthia

        Pȳthia ōrum, n, Πύτηια, the Pythian games, celebrated at Delphi every fourth year in honor of Apollo, H., O.

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  • 3 Cirra

    Cirrha ( Cirra), ae, f., = Kirra, a very ancient town in Phocis, near Delphi, devoted to Apollo, Liv. 42, 15, 5; Stat. Th. 3, 474; Luc. 3, 172; Mart, 1, 77; cf. Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7.—Hence,
    II.
    Cirrhaeus ( Cirraeus), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cirrha, or (in post-Aug. poets freq.) to Apollo:

    campi,

    Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:

    templa,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 92:

    Cirrhaea vates,

    i. e. of Delphi, Delphic, of the Pythia, Sen. Oedip. 269; cf.

    virgo,

    Stat. Th. 3, 106:

    Cirrhaeus vates,

    of Apollo, Juv. 13, 79:

    antra,

    i.e. the Delphic oracle, Luc. 5, 95; Sil. 3, 9:

    hiatus,

    Stat. Th. 8, 331:

    secreta,

    Luc. 1, 64.

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  • 4 Cirraeus

    Cirrha ( Cirra), ae, f., = Kirra, a very ancient town in Phocis, near Delphi, devoted to Apollo, Liv. 42, 15, 5; Stat. Th. 3, 474; Luc. 3, 172; Mart, 1, 77; cf. Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7.—Hence,
    II.
    Cirrhaeus ( Cirraeus), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cirrha, or (in post-Aug. poets freq.) to Apollo:

    campi,

    Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:

    templa,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 92:

    Cirrhaea vates,

    i. e. of Delphi, Delphic, of the Pythia, Sen. Oedip. 269; cf.

    virgo,

    Stat. Th. 3, 106:

    Cirrhaeus vates,

    of Apollo, Juv. 13, 79:

    antra,

    i.e. the Delphic oracle, Luc. 5, 95; Sil. 3, 9:

    hiatus,

    Stat. Th. 8, 331:

    secreta,

    Luc. 1, 64.

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  • 5 Cirrha

    Cirrha ( Cirra), ae, f., = Kirra, a very ancient town in Phocis, near Delphi, devoted to Apollo, Liv. 42, 15, 5; Stat. Th. 3, 474; Luc. 3, 172; Mart, 1, 77; cf. Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7.—Hence,
    II.
    Cirrhaeus ( Cirraeus), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cirrha, or (in post-Aug. poets freq.) to Apollo:

    campi,

    Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:

    templa,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 92:

    Cirrhaea vates,

    i. e. of Delphi, Delphic, of the Pythia, Sen. Oedip. 269; cf.

    virgo,

    Stat. Th. 3, 106:

    Cirrhaeus vates,

    of Apollo, Juv. 13, 79:

    antra,

    i.e. the Delphic oracle, Luc. 5, 95; Sil. 3, 9:

    hiatus,

    Stat. Th. 8, 331:

    secreta,

    Luc. 1, 64.

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  • 6 Cirrhaeus

    Cirrha ( Cirra), ae, f., = Kirra, a very ancient town in Phocis, near Delphi, devoted to Apollo, Liv. 42, 15, 5; Stat. Th. 3, 474; Luc. 3, 172; Mart, 1, 77; cf. Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7.—Hence,
    II.
    Cirrhaeus ( Cirraeus), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cirrha, or (in post-Aug. poets freq.) to Apollo:

    campi,

    Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:

    templa,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 92:

    Cirrhaea vates,

    i. e. of Delphi, Delphic, of the Pythia, Sen. Oedip. 269; cf.

    virgo,

    Stat. Th. 3, 106:

    Cirrhaeus vates,

    of Apollo, Juv. 13, 79:

    antra,

    i.e. the Delphic oracle, Luc. 5, 95; Sil. 3, 9:

    hiatus,

    Stat. Th. 8, 331:

    secreta,

    Luc. 1, 64.

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  • 7 Pythicus

    1.
    Pytho, ūs, f., = Puthô, the former name of Delphi and its environs, Tib. 2, 3, 27 (Python, Müll.); Luc. 5, 134.—Hence,
    I.
    Pythĭcus, a, um, adj., = Puthikos, another form for Pythius, Pythian:

    Apollo,

    Liv. 5, 21:

    oraculum,

    id. 5, 15:

    sortes,

    id. 5, 23:

    divinatio,

    Val. Max. 1, 8, 10:

    agon,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 6.—
    II.
    Pythĭus, a, um, adj., = Puthios, Pythian, Delphic, Apollonian: Delphis prognatus Pythius Apollo, Naev B. P. 2, 20; so,

    Apollo,

    Cic. Off. 2, 22, 77;

    also incola,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 6;

    and deus,

    Prop. 2, 31 (3, 29), 16:

    oraculum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 1, 3:

    regna,

    i. e. Delphi, Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 52:

    antra,

    Luc. 6, 425: vates, i. e. the Pythoness, [p. 1498] Pythia, Juv. 13, 199; cf. in the foll. —
    B.
    Substt.
    1.
    Pythĭa, ae, f., = hê Puthia, the priestess who uttered the responses of the Delphic Apollo, the Pythoness, Pythia, Cic. Div. 1, 19, 38; Nep. Milt. 1, 3. —
    2.
    Pythĭa, ōrum, n., = ta Puthia (hiera), the Pythian games, celebrated at Delphi every fourth year in honor of Appollo, Ov. M. 1, 447:

    qui Pythia cantat Tibicen,

    Hor. A. P. 414:

    Thessalicae veniunt ad Pythia laurus,

    Luc. 6, 409; Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58.
    2.
    Pytho, ōnis, m., a masculine proper name, Liv. 44, 12.
    3.
    Pytho, ōnis, m., a familiar spirit, the demon possessing a soothsayer (late Lat.), Vulg. Deut. 18, 11:

    puella habens spiritum pythonem,

    id. Act. 16, 16:

    fecit pythonas, et aruspices multiplicavit,

    id. 4 Reg. 21, 6.

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  • 8 Pytho

    1.
    Pytho, ūs, f., = Puthô, the former name of Delphi and its environs, Tib. 2, 3, 27 (Python, Müll.); Luc. 5, 134.—Hence,
    I.
    Pythĭcus, a, um, adj., = Puthikos, another form for Pythius, Pythian:

    Apollo,

    Liv. 5, 21:

    oraculum,

    id. 5, 15:

    sortes,

    id. 5, 23:

    divinatio,

    Val. Max. 1, 8, 10:

    agon,

    Tert. adv. Gnost. 6.—
    II.
    Pythĭus, a, um, adj., = Puthios, Pythian, Delphic, Apollonian: Delphis prognatus Pythius Apollo, Naev B. P. 2, 20; so,

    Apollo,

    Cic. Off. 2, 22, 77;

    also incola,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 6;

    and deus,

    Prop. 2, 31 (3, 29), 16:

    oraculum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 1, 3:

    regna,

    i. e. Delphi, Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 52:

    antra,

    Luc. 6, 425: vates, i. e. the Pythoness, [p. 1498] Pythia, Juv. 13, 199; cf. in the foll. —
    B.
    Substt.
    1.
    Pythĭa, ae, f., = hê Puthia, the priestess who uttered the responses of the Delphic Apollo, the Pythoness, Pythia, Cic. Div. 1, 19, 38; Nep. Milt. 1, 3. —
    2.
    Pythĭa, ōrum, n., = ta Puthia (hiera), the Pythian games, celebrated at Delphi every fourth year in honor of Appollo, Ov. M. 1, 447:

    qui Pythia cantat Tibicen,

    Hor. A. P. 414:

    Thessalicae veniunt ad Pythia laurus,

    Luc. 6, 409; Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58.
    2.
    Pytho, ōnis, m., a masculine proper name, Liv. 44, 12.
    3.
    Pytho, ōnis, m., a familiar spirit, the demon possessing a soothsayer (late Lat.), Vulg. Deut. 18, 11:

    puella habens spiritum pythonem,

    id. Act. 16, 16:

    fecit pythonas, et aruspices multiplicavit,

    id. 4 Reg. 21, 6.

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  • 9 nomen

    nōmen, ĭnis (archaic form of gen. sing. NOMINVS, S. C. de Bacch. Corp. Inscr. Lat. 196, 8), n. [for gnōmen, from root gno, whence gnosco, nosco, co-gnosco], a name, appellation (syn. vocabulum).
    I.
    Lit.:

    nomen est, quod unicuique personae datur, quo suo quaeque proprio et certo vocabulo appellatur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 134:

    imponere nova rebus nomina,

    id. Fin. 3, 1, 3:

    qui haec rebus nomina posuerunt,

    id. Tusc. 3, 5, 10:

    appellare aliquem nomine,

    id. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

    huic urbi nomen Epidamno inditum est,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 37; cf. Liv. 7, 2, 6:

    Theophrastus divinitate loquendi nomen invenit,

    Cic. Or. 19, 62:

    lituus ab ejus litui, quo canitur, similitudine nomen invenit,

    id. Div. 1, 17, 30:

    ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13 et saep.:

    ludi, Pythia de domitae serpentis nomine dicti,

    Ov. M. 1, 447:

    clari nominis vir,

    Vell. 2, 34, 4:

    nominis minoris vir,

    id. 2, 100, 5; cf. id. 2, 112, 2; 2, 103, 1: est mihi nomen, inditur mihi nomen, with nom.:

    cui saltationi Titius nomen est,

    Cic. Brut. 62, 225:

    eique morbo nomen est avaritia,

    id. Tusc. 4, 11, 24:

    canibus pigris... Nomen erit pardus, tigris, leo,

    Juv. 8, 36.—With dat.:

    haec sunt aedes, hic habet: Lesbonico'st nomen,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 110:

    juventus nomen fecit Peniculo mihi,

    id. Men. 1, 1, 1:

    nam mihi est Auxilio nomen,

    id. Cist. 1, 3, 6:

    huic ego die nomen Trinummo facio,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 1:

    nomen Arcturo est mihi,

    id. Rud. prol. 5:

    cantus cui nomen neniae,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 62:

    puero ab inopiā nomen Egerio est inditum,

    Liv. 1, 34:

    est illis strigibus nomen,

    Ov. F. 6, 139.—With gen.:

    cujus nomen est Viventis,

    Vulg. Gen. 25, 11.—Rarely with ad:

    ut det nomen ad molas coloniam,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 38.—Nomen dare, edere, profiteri, ad nomina respondere, to give in one's name, be enrolled, enlist; to answer to one's name when summoned to military duty:

    ne nomina darent,

    Liv. 2, 24:

    nomina profiteri,

    id. 2, 24:

    nominis edendi apud consules potestas,

    id. 2, 24:

    virgis caesi, qui ad nomina non respondissent,

    id. 7, 4; also,

    dare nomen in conjurationem,

    to join the conspiracy, Tac. A. 15, 48:

    ab re nomen habet (terra),

    is named for, Liv. 38, 18, 4:

    quae (sapientia) divinarum humanarumque rerum cognitione hoc nomen apud antiquos adsequebatur,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7:

    dea (Viriplaca) nomen hoc a placandis viris fertur adsecuta,

    Val. Max. 2, 1, 6.—Esp.:

    nomen accipere = nominari: turris quae nomen ab insulā accepit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 1; Quint. 3, 3, 13; Just. 1, 5, 1; Tac. A. 6, 37; 15, 74; Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 8.—
    2.
    In partic., the middle name of the three which every freeborn Roman had, as distinguished from the praenomen and cognomen. The nomen distinguished one gens from another, the cognomen one familia from another, and the praenomen one member of the familia from another, Quint. 7, 3, 27.—But sometimes nomen is used in the signif. of praenomen:

    id nomen (sc. Gaja),

    Cic. Mur. 12, 27.—So, too, in the signif. of cognomen:

    Sex. Clodius, cui nomen est Phormio,

    Cic. Caecin. 10, 27; cf.:

    tamquam habeas tria nomina,

    i. e. as if you were a Roman, Juv. 5, 127.—
    3.
    Esp. in phrase: sub nomine, under the assumed name:

    qui litteras exitiales Demetrio sub nomine Flaminini adtulerant,

    Liv. 40, 54, 9:

    sub nomine meo,

    Quint. 7, 2, 24:

    carmina sub alieno nomine edere,

    Suet. Aug. 55:

    multa vana sub nomine celebri vulgabantur,

    Tac. A. 6, 12; 13, 25; id. H. 1, 5; cf.:

    rogatio repente sub unius tribuni nomine promulgatur,

    Liv. 43, 16, 6; Suet. Aug. 29; Plin. Pan. 50, 5; cf. also II. B. infra.—
    4.
    A title of power or honor:

    imperatoris,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 14.—
    5.
    In gram., a noun, Quint. 1, 4, 18; 1, 5, 42 et saep.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Nomen alicu jus deferre, to bring an accusation against, to accuse a person:

    nomen alicujus de parricidio deferre,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28: nomen recipere, to receive the accusation:

    palam de sellā ac tribunali pronuntiat: si quis absentem Sthenium rei capitalis reum facere vellet, sese ejus nomen recepturum: et simul, ut nomen deferret, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; cf. context.—
    2.
    A bond, note, a demand, claim, a debt: tituli debitorum nomina dicuntur praesertim in iis debitis, in quibus hominum nomina scripta sunt, quibus pecuniae commodatae sunt, Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:

    repromittam istoc nomine solutam rem futuram,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 48:

    si neque in tuas tabulas ullum nomen referres, cum tot tibi nominibus acceptum Curtii referrent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 102:

    qui tibi, ut ais, certis nominibus grandem pecuniam debuit,

    on good bonds, good security, id. Quint. 11, 38; cf.:

    egone hos digitos meos impellere potui, ut falsum perscriberent nomen?

    id. Rosc. Com. 1, 1:

    volo persolvere, ut expungatur nomen, ne quid debeam,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 40; so,

    solvere,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2, 7:

    expedire, exsolvere,

    id. ib. 16, 6, 3:

    nomina sua exigere,

    to collect one's debts, id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:

    hoc nomen, quod urget, nunc, cum petitur, dissolvere,

    id. Planc. 28, 68:

    transcribere in alium,

    Liv. 35, 7:

    qui venit ad dubium grandi cum codice nomen,

    comes with a huge ledger to sue for a doubtful debt, Juv. 7, 110.—
    b.
    Nomina facere, in the case of written obligations, to set down or book the items of debt in the account-book:

    nomina se facturum, qua ego vellem die,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1:

    emit homo cupidus (Canius) tanti, quanti Pythius voluit et emit instructos: nomina facit (Pythius), negotium conficit,

    id. Off. 3, 14, 59:

    nomina facturi diligenter in patrimonium et vasa debitoris inquirimus,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 2.—
    c.
    Nomen locare, to offer as surety, Phaedr. 1, 16, 1 (dub.).—
    d.
    Transf., an item of debt; and hence, a debtor:

    hoc sum assecutus, ut bonum nomen existimer,

    i. e. a good payer, Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2:

    lenta nomina non mala,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 22, 1; cf. id. ib. 7, 29, 2; Col. 1, 7, 2.—
    3.
    A family, race, stock, people, nation:

    C. Octavium in familiam nomenque adoptavit,

    Suet. Caes. 83:

    Crispum C. Sallustius in nomen ascivit,

    Tac. A. 3, 30; Luc. 7, 584.—
    4.
    With national names: nomen Romanum, whatever is called Roman, i. e. the Roman dominion, nation, power; esp. of the army:

    gens infestissuma nomini Romano,

    Sall. C. 52, 24: CEIVIS ROMANVS NEVE NOMINVS LATINI NEVE SOCIVM QVISQVAM, etc., S. C. de Bacch.; so,

    concitatis sociis et nomine Latino,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 31; 3, 29, 41:

    ubi deletum omnibus videretur nomen Romanum,

    Liv. 23, 6, 3:

    relicum Romani nominis,

    id. 22, 55, 5; 27, 33, 11; 1, 10, 3; cf. id. 9, 7, 1:

    Aeolio regnatas nomine terras,

    Sil. 14, 70:

    Volscūm nomen prope deletum est,

    Liv. 3, 8, 10:

    nomen Atheniensium tueri,

    Just. 5, 6, 9.—
    5.
    Poet.
    a.
    A thing:

    infaustum interluit Allia nomen,

    Verg. A. 7, 717.—
    b.
    A person:

    popularia nomina Drusos,

    Luc. 6, 759; 1, 311:

    nec fidum femina nomen,

    Tib. 3, 4, 61:

    in diversa trahunt unum duo nomina pectus,

    i. e. the love of a mother and sister, Ov. M. 8, 464; id. H. 8, 30.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Name, fame, repute, reputation, renown (syn.:

    existimatio, fama): hujus magnum nomen fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

    nomen habere,

    id. ib. 69, 244:

    magnum in oratoribus nomen habere,

    id. Or. 6, 22:

    officere nomini alicujus, Liv. praef. § 3: et nos aliquod nomenque decusque Gessimus,

    Verg. A. 2, 89:

    nomen gerere,

    Lact. 1, 20, 3; 4, 29, 15 al.:

    multi Lydia nominis Romanā vigui clarior Iliā,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 7:

    nomen alicujus stringere,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 350:

    homines nonnullius in litteris nominis, Plin Ep. 7, 20, 3: parentes, quorum maximum nomen in civitatibus est suis,

    Liv. 22, 22, 13.—Of ill repute, bad reputation: malum nomen (only rare and late Lat.): magis eligendum in paupertate nomen bonum quam in divitiis nomen pessimum, Hier. Com. Ep. Tit., Paris, 1546, p. 104 H.—
    2.
    Of inanimate things:

    ne vinum nomen perdat,

    Cato, R. R. 25:

    nec Baccho genus aut pomis sua nomina servat,

    Verg. G. 2, 240.—
    B.
    A title, pretext, pretence, color, excuse, account, sake, reason, authority, behalf, etc.: alio nomine et aliā de causā abstulisse. Cic. Rosc. Com. [p. 1214] 14, 40:

    legis agrariae simulatione atque nomine,

    id. Agr. 2, 6, 15:

    classis nomine pecuniam imperatam queruntur,

    id. Fl. 12, 27:

    haec a te peto amicitiae nostrae nomine,

    id. Fam. 12, 12, 3; 2, 1, 1:

    nomine sceleris conjurationisque damnati,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:

    nomine neglegentiae suspectum esse,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    quid exornamus philosophiam, aut quid ejus nomine gloriosi sumus?

    id. Tusc. 2, 14, 33:

    qui cum luxuriose viverent, non reprehenderentur eo nomine,

    id. Fin. 2, 7, 21:

    gratias boni viri agebant et tuo nomine gratulabantur,

    on your account, id. Phil. 1, 12, 30:

    Antonio tuo nomine gratias egi,

    on your behalf, id. Att. 1, 16, 16:

    legationes tuo nomine proficiscentes,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    quem quidem tibi etiam suo nomine commendo,

    for his own sake, id. ib. 13, 21, 2:

    meo nomine,

    Tac. H. 1, 29:

    feminarum suarum nomine,

    id. G. 8:

    bellum populo Romano suo nomine indixit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 14:

    decretae eo nomine supplicationes,

    Tac. A. 14, 59;

    but: acceptā ex aerario pecuniā tuo nomine,

    on your responsibility, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7.—
    C.
    A name, as opposed to the reality:

    me nomen habere duarum legionum exilium (opp. exercitum habere tantum),

    Cic. Att. 5, 15, 1:

    Campani magis nomen ad praesidium sociorum, quam vires cum attulissent,

    Liv. 7, 29:

    nomen amicitia est, nomen inane fides,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 740.—
    III.
    In eccl. Lat.,
    1.
    Periphrastically:

    invocavit nomen Domini,

    Vulg. Gen. 13, 4:

    omnipotens nomen ejus,

    ib. Exod. 15, 3:

    psallam nomini Domini,

    ib. Psa. 7, 18:

    blasphemare nomen ejus,

    ib. Apoc. 13, 6.—
    2.
    Delegated power:

    in nomine tuo daemones eicimus,

    Vulg. Matt. 7, 22:

    in quo nomine fecistis,

    ib. Act. 4, 7:

    locuti sunt in nomine Domini,

    ib. Jacob. 5, 10.

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  • 10 canto

    canto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cano], freq. in form, but mostly agrees in meaning with cano.
    I.
    Neutr., to produce melodious sounds (by the voice or an instrument), to sound, sing, play (class. in prose and poetry; rare in Cic.).
    A.
    Of men:

    Pamphilam Cantatum provocemus,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 53:

    saltare et cantare,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

    neque enim vocum suavitate videntur aut novitate quădam cantandi revocare eos solitae (sirenes),

    id. Fin. 5, 18, 49:

    Arcades ambo Et cantare pares,

    Verg. E. 7, 5; 10, 32:

    cantando victus,

    id. ib. 3, 21; Tib. 2, 1, 66:

    adimam cantare severis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 9:

    ut (cantores) numquam inducant animum cantare rogati,

    id. S. 1, 3, 2; Suet. Tit. 3: non est Cantandum, there is no occasion for singing, i. e. for imagination, fiction, Juv. 4, 35.—Of an actor:

    cantante eo (Nerone) ne necessariă quidem causă excedere theatro licitum erat,

    Suet. Ner. 23; 20; id. Vesp. 4 al.; cf.

    under II. B. 2.: conducta veni, ut fidibus cantarem seni,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 64:

    structis avenis,

    Ov. M. 1, 677:

    ad chordarum sonum,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 1.—Less freq. of instrumental music, and only with abl. of the instrument (cf. cano):

    tibiis,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 1; id. ib. praef. § 1; Vulg. Luc. 7, 32:

    lituo, tubă,

    Gell. 20, 2, 2:

    calamo,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 5: ad manum histrioni, in comedy, to sing and play while the actor accompanies the song with gestures or dancing, Liv. 7, 2, 10; cf. Val. Max. 2, 4, 4.— Pass. impers.:

    in caelo cantatur et psallitur,

    Arn. 3, 21.—Prov.:

    surdo,

    Prop. 4 (5), 8, 47, and ad surdas aures, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 61, to preach to deaf ears; cf. cano, II. B.—
    2.
    Of the singing pronunciation of an orator, to declaim in a singing tone, to sing, drawl: si cantas, male cantas, si legis, cantas, C. Caesar ap. Quint. 1, 8, 2; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 57; 11, 3, 58; 11, 3, 59; 11, 3, 60; cf. Juv. 10, 178.—Hence, to recite, declaim:

    quaecumque sedens modo legerat, haec eadem... cantabit versibus isdem,

    Juv. 7, 153.—
    B.
    Of birds and fowls:

    prius quam galli cantent,

    crow, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 96; so,

    deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57:

    cantantes aves,

    Prop. 4 (5), 9, 30.—
    C.
    Transf., of instruments, to sound, resound:

    pastoris bucina cantat,

    Prop. 4 (5), 10, 30:

    cantabat fanis, cantabat tibia ludis,

    Ov. F. 6, 659 sq. —
    II. A.
    With the song itself, carmen, versus, etc., as object, to sing, play, recite:

    carmina non prius Audita canto,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 4:

    rustica verba,

    Tib. 2, 1, 52:

    Hymen cantatus,

    Ov. H. 12, 137; cf.:

    Hymenaeum qui cantent,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 7:

    obscena,

    Ov. F. 3, 676.—
    B.
    With particular persons or things, the subjects of song, as objects, to sing, to celebrate or praise in song, sing of, write poetry upon, etc.:

    celebrem deum,

    Tib. 2, 1, 83:

    absentem amicam,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 15:

    rivos,

    id. C. 2, 19, 11:

    convivia, proelia virginum,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 19:

    Augusti tropaea,

    id. ib. 2, 9, 19:

    Pythia (sc. certamina),

    id. A. P. 414:

    cantari dignus,

    Verg. E. 5, 54:

    per totum cantabimur orbem,

    Ov. Am. 1, 3, 25; 2, 17, 33; cf.:

    illa meis multum cantata libellis,

    Mart. 9, 50, 1:

    cantatus Achilles,

    Ov. Am. 2, 1, 29:

    laudes tuas,

    id. F. 2, 658. —Esp.,
    2.
    Of an actor, to represent a part, to act (cf. supra, I. A.):

    cantavit (Nero) Orestem matricidam, Oedipodem excaecatum, etc.,

    Suet. Ner. 21:

    Nioben,

    id. ib. 21:

    tragoedias,

    id. ib. 21:

    fabulam,

    id. ib. 46 fin.:

    epinicia,

    id. ib. 43 fin. —
    C.
    Hence, because the oracles were of old uttered in verse, of any mysterious, prophetic, or warning utterance, to predict, warn, point out, indicate, make known, say:

    vera cantas? vana vellem,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 64. —Of inanimate things:

    urna haec litterata est: ab se cantat cuja sit,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 21:

    civi inmoeni scin quid cantari solet?

    id. Trin. 2, 2, 69; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 61.—
    2.
    To bring something repeatedly to recollection, to reiterate, harp upon, forewarn of or against:

    haec dies noctes canto, ut caveas,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 12:

    harum mores,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 19:

    nam, ut scis, jam pridem istum canto Caesarem,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 1:

    quid fati provida cantet avis,

    Tib. 2, 5, 12:

    quae me juvene utique cantare solebant,

    Quint. 8, 3, 76.—
    III.
    In the lang. of religion, as v. n. or a., to use enchantments, charms, incantations, to enchant, to charm, Cato, R. R. 160, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 27:

    frigidus in pratis cantando rumpitur anguis,

    Verg. E. 8, 71:

    cantata Luna,

    exorcised by magic, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 13:

    falx,

    Ov. H. 6, 84:

    herbae,

    id. M. 7, 98:

    ignis,

    Sil. 1, 430:

    tum quoque cantato densetur carmine caelum,

    an incantation, Ov. M. 14, 369.—
    B.
    To call forth, produce by charms:

    et chelydris cantare soporem,

    Sil. 8, 498:

    cantata umbra,

    Luc. 6, 767.

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  • 11 respondeo

    rē-spondĕo, di, sum, 2, v. a.
    I.
    Lit., to promise a thing in return for something else; to offer or present in return. So, only in a few examples, the phrase par pari (dat.) respondere, to return like for like: par pari respondes dicto, you return tit for tat with your tongue (syn. refero), Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 41; cf.: istuc serva; et verbum verbo par pari ut respondeas, Ter Phorm. 1, 4, 35; and:

    paria paribus respondimus,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23.— Pass.: provide, si cui quid debetur, ut sit, unde par pari respondeatur, i. e. that there be wherewithal to meet the demand, Atticus ap. Cic. Att. 16, 7, 6; cf. also under II. A. 1, the lusus verbb. with spondeo; and II. B. init. —
    II.
    In a more general signification.
    A.
    To answer, reply, respond (either to a question, or to any statement or remark, and either in a friendly or hostile signif.); constr. aliquid alicui, ad, adversus, contra aliquem ( aliquid).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    Lit.: Th. Aliud te rogo. Tr. Aliud ergo nunc tibi respondeo, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 70; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 73.— Absol.:

    prius respondes, quam rogo,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 119:

    eā legatione Papirius auditā... respondit,

    Liv. 9, 14, 2; 27, 40, 8; 33, 38, 7; Nep. Milt. 1, 4:

    ille appellatus respondit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 36; 5, 41; Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 30; id. Verr. 2, 4, 62, § 138; id. Fam. 3, 6, 2; 5, 2, 8; 7, 24, 2;

    9, 14, 2. — So usu. of an oral answer: tibi non rescribam, sed respondeam,

    Sen. Ep. 67, 2;

    but also of writing: epistulae,

    Cic. Att. 9, 9, 1 et saep.; v. infra:

    ab his sermo oritur, respondet Laelius,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 5; Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 28: olli respondit rex Albaï Longaï, Enn. ap. Fortun. p. 2691 P. (Ann. v. 34 Vahl.):

    cui orationi Caepionis ore respondit Aelius,

    Cic. Brut. 46, 169:

    criminibus,

    id. Planc. 2, 4:

    supremae tuae paginae,

    id. Att. 6, 2, 1:

    cui opinioni,

    Quint. 4, 4, 1:

    tam aequae postulationi,

    id. 7, 1, 47 al.:

    summā constantiā ad ea, quae quaesita erant, respondebat,

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

    arbitrabar me satis respondisse ad id quod quaesierat Laelius,

    id. Rep. 2, 39, 65:

    nec absurde adversus utrosque respondisse visus est,

    Liv. 35, 50; 8, 32:

    adversus haec imperator respondit,

    id. 30, 31; 33, 35 fin. — With acc. of neutr. pron.:

    illud respondere cogam,

    to make answer to that, Cic. Cael. 28, 67; cf. id. Vatin. 7, 18; 17, 41:

    multa contra patronos venuste testis saepe respondet,

    Quint. 5, 7, 31; 5, 7, 24; cf.:

    accipe, quid contra juvenis responderit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 233.— With object-clause:

    respondent, bello se et suos tutari posse,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 59; id. Curc. 2, 3, 54; id. Mil. 2, 2, 23; id. Merc. 5, 2. 102 al. —Introducing a direct answer:

    cum dixisset, Quid agis, Grani? respondit, Immo vero tu, Druse, quid agis!

    Cic. Planc. 14, 33; id. Att. 5, 21, 12; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Tusc. 5, 19, 56.— In impers. perf.:

    postquam mihi responsum est, abeo, etc.,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 57; cf. id. Mil. 4, 2, 93: quid nunc renunciem abs te responsum? Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 18:

    sic existimet: Responsum non dictum esse, quia laesit prior,

    id. Eun. prol. 6.— In plur.:

    multa ejus et in senatu et in foro vel provisa prudenter vel acta constanter vel responsa acute ferebantur,

    Cic. Lael. 2, 6.— In the sup.:

    (haec) quam brevia responsu,

    Cic. Clu. 59 fin. — In a lusus verbb. with spondeo: Er. Sponden' tu istud? He. Spondeo. Er. At ego, tuum tibi advenisse filium, respondeo, and in return I promise you, i. e. assure you, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 119; cf.:

    fideiussores, qui salvam rempublicam fore responderunt, etc.,

    promised, gave assurance, Dig. 50, 1, 17 fin. —
    b.
    Trop., to answer, respond, reply to, re-echo, resound, etc.:

    saxa et solitudines voci respondent,

    Cic. Arch. 8, 19;

    respondent flebile ripae,

    Ov. M. 11, 53; and:

    respondentia tympana,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 175: urbes coloniarum respondebunt Catilinae tumulis silvestribus, will give an answer to, i. e. will prove a match for, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Of lawyers, priests, oracles, etc., to give an opinion, advice, decision, response:

    quaeris, num juris consultus (sit)? quasi quisquam sit, qui sibi hunc falsum de jure respondisse dicat,

    Cic. Planc. 25, 62; so,

    de jure,

    id. Brut. 30, 113; cf.:

    de jure consulentibus respondere,

    id. Mur. 4, 9;

    in a like signif., also simply jus,

    id. Leg. 1, 4, 12:

    facultas respondendi juris,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 29; id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 3 al.; cf.:

    civica jura,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 24; and:

    quae consuluntur, minimo periculo respondentur, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 13, 28; id. Brut. 89, 306. — Absol., Dig. 2, 14, 7; and so very freq. of the jurists in the Digests;

    v. responsum: pater Roscii ad haruspices retulit: qui responderunt, nihil illo puero clarius fore,

    Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

    cum ex prodigiis haruspices respondissent,

    Sall. C. 47, 2; Liv. 27, 37; 31, 5; 5, 54; Vell. 2, 24, 3:

    responsum est,

    Suet. Aug. 94, 97:

    deliberantibus Pythia respondit, ut moenibus ligneis se munirent,

    gave advice, Nep. Them. 2, 6; cf. Just. 11, 11, § 11:

    possumus seniores amici quiete respondere,

    to give advice, Tac. A. 14, 54 fin. —
    b.
    Of the answering of a person summoned when his name is called; hence, meton., to appear: citatus neque respondit neque excusatus est, Varr. ap. Gell. 11, 1, 4; cf.:

    cives, qui ad nomina non respondissent,

    Liv. 7, 4:

    quia Romae non respondebant,

    id. 39, 18; Val. Max. 6, 3, 4; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Ner. 44; Hor. S. 1, 9, 36 (vadato, dat., i.e. ei qui eum vadatus erat; v. vador); Dig. 3, 3, 35; 41, 1, 14 et saep.—
    (β).
    Esp., to appear before a tribunal, to answer an accusation, meet a charge, etc.:

    perfectus in exsilium Tubulus est nec respondere ausus,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    Verrem alterā actione responsurum non esse,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:

    nemo Epaminondam responsurum putabat,

    Nep. Epam. 8, 1.—
    (γ).
    Transf., in gen., to appear, be present:

    ipsi (sc. paeon et herous) se offerent et respondebunt non vocati,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191:

    verba (with res se ostendent),

    Quint. 10, 3, 9:

    ut ii, qui debent, non respondeant ad tempus,

    Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2; cf.:

    podagra ad tempus (with venit ad horam),

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 16, 1:

    sanguis per menstrua,

    Cels. 4, 4, 5.—
    B.
    To answer to; to meet, agree, accord, or correspond with a thing; constr. usually with dat. or absol.:

    ut omnia omnibus paribus paria respondeant,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 50:

    ut horum auctoritatibus illorum orationi, qui dissentiunt, respondere posse videamur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

    ut verba verbis quasi demensa et paria respondeant,

    id. Or. 12, 38; and:

    respondent extrema primis, media utrisque, omnia omnibus,

    id. Fin. 5, 28, 83: (Aristoteles dicit) illam artem (sc. rhetoricam) quasi ex alterā parte respondere dialecticae, that it corresponds to, i. e. forms the counterpart of, id. Or. 32, 114:

    aedificare alteram porticum quae Palatio responderet,

    id. Har. Resp. 23, 49; cf.

    of a locality: contra elata mari respondet Gnosia tellus,

    i. e. lies opposite, Verg. A. 6, 23:

    Pachyni pulsata Ionio respondent saxa profundo,

    Sil. 14, 73:

    est mihi magnae curae, ut ita erudiatur (Lucullus), ut et patri et Caepioni nostro et tibi tam propinquo respondeat,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 8: satis Graecorum [p. 1582] gloriae responderunt, id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

    tua virtus opinioni hominum,

    id. Fam. 2, 5, 2; id. Lael. 16, 56:

    fortuna meis optatis,

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

    seges votis,

    Verg. G. 1, 47:

    arma Caesaris non responsura lacertis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 48:

    favor meritis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 9:

    ne prior officio quisquam respondeat,

    id. S. 2, 6, 24:

    par fama labori,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 66:

    fructus labori,

    Ov. F. 4, 641:

    non mihi respondent veteres in carmine vires,

    id. H. 15, 197 al.:

    familiam nemo speciosiorem producet, sed hominibus non respondet,

    he does not pay his debts, Sen. Ep. 87, 6:

    amori amore respondere,

    i. e. to return it, repay it, Cic. Fam. 15, 21, 4; cf.:

    Quinti fratris liberalitati subsidiis amicorum,

    id. Att. 4, 3, 6:

    qui ex vico ortus est, eam patriam intellegitur habere, cui reipublicae vicus ille respondet,

    to which it belongs, Dig. 50, 1, 30.—

    In mal. part.: mulieribus,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 17.—With ad:

    respondere ad parentum speciem,

    resemble, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 9:

    deformentur directiones, ut longitudines ad regulam et lineam, altitudines ad perpendiculum, anguli ad normam respondentes exigantur,

    Vitr. 7, 3; cf.:

    structuram ad perpendiculum respondere oportet,

    Plin. 36, 22, 51, § 172:

    quia non tota ad animum responderat (villa),

    Suet. Caes. 48:

    ad spem eventus respondit,

    Liv. 28, 6.—With dat.:

    Papirio quoque brevi ad spem eventus respondit,

    Liv. 9, 15.— With ex:

    quicquid non ex voluntate respondet, iram provocat,

    Sen. Ep. 47, 19:

    speculum quocumque obvertimus oris, Res sibi respondent simili formā atque colore,

    i. e. correspond, are reflected, Lucr. 4, 167.— Absol.:

    sidera respondent in aquā,

    Lucr. 4, 213:

    quia raro verba belle respondeant,

    Quint. 6, 3, 48: medicus aliquid oportet inveniat, quod non ubique fortasse, sed saepius tamen etiam respondeat, may answer, be suitable, Cels. praef.—
    C.
    To return, make a return, yield:

    frumenta quando cum quarto responderint (sc. colono),

    have returned, yielded, Col. 3, 3, 4; cf. with abl. and dat.:

    humus cum est repetita cultu, magno fenore colono respondet,

    id. 2, 1, 3:

    vitis, nisi praepingui solo, non respondet,

    id. 3, 2, 11; cf.:

    metalla plenius responsura fodienti,

    Sen. Ep. 23, 5.—Hence, rēspon-sum, i, n., an answer, reply, response (equally freq. in sing. and plur.).
    1.
    In gen.:

    suis postulatis responsa exspectare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5 fin.:

    haec paucis diebus ex illius ad nostra responsa responsis intellegentur, quorsum evasura sint,

    Cic. Att. 7, 17, 4:

    responsum senatūs,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    sine responso legatos dimisit,

    id. 9, 38:

    nullo ab nostris dato responso,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    responsum dedisti tantis de rebus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 40; 2, 4, 39, § 85; so,

    dare responsum,

    Liv. 5, 32, 8; Val. Max. 9, 5, ext. 3; Curt. 3, 12, 9; Liv. 3, 50, 12:

    reddere alicui,

    Cic. Planc. 14, 34; cf.:

    triste redditum,

    Liv. 9, 16:

    ferre (ab aliquo),

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

    referre (ab aliquo),

    to deliver, Cic. Att. 7, 17, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 23; Liv. 37, 6:

    elicere,

    Quint. 5, 7, 20:

    petere,

    Hor. C. S. 55:

    responsum accipere,

    Liv. 5, 36, 4; Just. 12, 2, 8:

    responsum non fuit in eis,

    Vulg. Jer. 5, 13.—
    2.
    In partic. (acc. to II. A. 2.), an answer, reply of a lawyer, priest, oracle, etc.; an opinion, response, oracle:

    cum responsumque ab eo (Crasso) verum magis, quam ad suam rem accommodatum abstulisset, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

    res judicatae, decreta, responsa,

    id. ib. 2, 27, 116; id. Mur. 13, 29.—

    The responsa prudentium, or authoritative opinions of leading lawyers, were an important source of the Roman law,

    Just. Inst. 1, 2, 8 Sandars ad loc.:

    haruspicum responsa,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 9; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 30; Ov. M. 3, 340; 527:

    legatus a Delphis Romam rediit, responsumque ex scripto recitavit,

    Liv. 23, 11; cf. id. 1, 56; Quint. 3, 7, 11; 5, 7, 35; Tac. H. 1, 10; 4, 65 al.; Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 65; Ter. And. 4, 2, 15; Verg. A. 7, 86 et saep.—

    In eccl. Lat.: responsum Dei, ab angelo, etc.,

    Vulg. Mich. 3, 7; id. Luc. 2, 26; id. Act. 10, 22.

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  • 12 tripūs

        tripūs podis, m, τρίπουσ, a three-footed seat, tripod: Donarem tripodas, praemia fortium Graiorum, H.: sacri tripodes, V.—The tripod of Pythia at Delphi: concertare cum Apolline de tripode, V., O.: Mittitur ad tripodas, i. e. to the Delphic oracle, O.
    * * *
    I
    three-legged stand, tripod; the oracle at Delphi; oracles in general
    II
    tripodos/is N M
    three-legged stand, tripod; the oracle at Delphi; oracles in general

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  • 13 nōmen

        nōmen inis, n    [GNA-], a means of knowing, name, appellation: qui haec rebus nomina posuerunt: ludi, Pythia perdomitae serpentis nomine dicti, O.: eique morbo nomen est avaritia: canibus pigris... Nomen erit pardus, tigris, leo, Iu.: puero ab inopiā nomen Egerio est inditum, L.: Aeneadasque meo nomen de nomine fingo, V.: Nomine quemque vocans, by name, V.: nomina dare, enlist, L.: ab re nomen habet (terra), is named for, L.: turris quae nomen ab insulā accepit (i. e. nominatur), Cs.: qui litteras exitialīs Demetrio sub nomine Flaminini adtulerant, in the name of, L.: me imperatoris nomine appellare, hail me imperator, Cs.: infaustum interluit Allia nomen, V.: Et diversa trahunt unum duo nomina pectus, i. e. mother and sister, O.— A gentile name (the middle name of a Roman freeman): apud illos Fabrorum nomen est amplissimum; cf. tamquam habeas tria nomina, i. e. as if you were a Roman, Iu.—In law: nomen alicuius deferre, to bring an accusation against, accuse: nomen huius de parricidio deferre: nomen recipere, to entertain an accusation: si quis Sthenium reum facere vellet, sese eius nomen recepturum.—Meton., a bond, note, demand, claim, debt. tibi certis nominibus pecuniam debere, on good bonds: falsum perscribere nomen?: nomina sua exigere, collect one's debts: in socios nomina transcribere, substitute the names of socii as debtors, L.: Qui venit ad dubium grandi cum codice nomen, to sue for a doubtful debt, Iu.: nomina se facturum, quā ego vellem die, create a written obligation by a bookentry.—A debtor: hoc sum adsecutus, ut bonum nomen existimer, i. e. a good payer.—With a gentile adj., a dominion, nation, power, army: gens infestissuma nomini Romano, S.: concitatis sociis et nomine Latino: Volscum nomen prope deletum est, L.—Poet., of one person: Silvius, Albanum nomen, tua proles, V.—Fig., name, fame, repute, reputation, renown: huius maius nomen fuit: magnum in oratoribus nomen habere: qui nomini officient meo, L.: Multi Lydia nominis, H.: sine nomine plebs, inglorious, V.—Poet., of things: Nec Baccho genus aut pomis sua nomina servat, V.— A title, pretext, pretence, color, excuse, account, sake, reason, authority, behalf: alio nomine abstulisse: legis agrariae simultatione atque nomine: haec a te peto amicitiae nostrae nomine: eo nomine, on that account: Quocumque nomine, for whatsoever purpose, H.: tuo nomine gratulabantur, on your account: Antonio tuo nomine gratias egi, on your behalf: quem tibi suo nomine commendo, for his own sake: aetatis nomine ‘filia’ dixit, on account of, O.: acceptā ex aerario pecuniā tuo nomine, on your responsibility: aes alienum meis nominibus solvere, contracted by me, S.— A name (opp. to reality): me nomen habere duarum legionum exilium (opp. exercitum habere tantum): magis nomen ad praesidium quam vires adferre, L.: sunt nomina ducum, L.: Nomen amicitia est, nomen inane fides, O.
    * * *
    name, family name; noun; account, entry in debt ledger; sake; title, heading

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  • 14 perihodus

    pĕrĭŏdus ( pĕrĭhŏdus, Fest. p. 217 Müll.), i, f., = periodos.
    I.
    A complete sentence, a period: in toto circuitu illo orationis, quem Graeci periodon, nos tum ambitum, tum circuitum, tum comprehensionem, aut continuationem, aut circumscriptionem dicimus, Cic. Or. 61, 204; cf. id. Brut. 8, 34; 44, 162; Quint. 9, 4, 14; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4.—
    II.
    The circuit of the four Grecian games (the Pythian, Isthmian, Nemean, and Olympian):

    in gymnicis certaminibus periodon vicisse dicitur, qui Pythia, Isthmia, Nemea, Olympia vicit, a circumitu eorum spectaculorum,

    Fest. p. 217 Müll.

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  • 15 periodus

    pĕrĭŏdus ( pĕrĭhŏdus, Fest. p. 217 Müll.), i, f., = periodos.
    I.
    A complete sentence, a period: in toto circuitu illo orationis, quem Graeci periodon, nos tum ambitum, tum circuitum, tum comprehensionem, aut continuationem, aut circumscriptionem dicimus, Cic. Or. 61, 204; cf. id. Brut. 8, 34; 44, 162; Quint. 9, 4, 14; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4.—
    II.
    The circuit of the four Grecian games (the Pythian, Isthmian, Nemean, and Olympian):

    in gymnicis certaminibus periodon vicisse dicitur, qui Pythia, Isthmia, Nemea, Olympia vicit, a circumitu eorum spectaculorum,

    Fest. p. 217 Müll.

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  • 16 tripus

    trĭpūs, pŏdis (abl. tripodi, Lucr. 1, 739), m., = tripous, a three-footed seat, a tripod.
    I.
    In gen.:

    donarem tripodas, praemia fortium Graiorum,

    Hor. C. 4, 8, 3; Verg. A. 5, 110; Sid. Ep. 4, 24; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 1. —
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Lit., the tripod of Pythia, the priestess of Apollo, at Delphi, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Verg. A. 3, 360; Ov. A. A. 3, 789; Luc. 5, 121; Sen. Med. 86.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The oracle at Delphi:

    mittitur ad tripodas,

    Ov. F. 3, 855.—
    2.
    An oracle, in gen.:

    salve, prisca fides tripodum,

    Stat. Th. 1, 509; Val. Fl. 1, 544; Sen. Med. 785.

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  • 17 re-spondeō

        re-spondeō spondī, spōnsus, ēre,    to answer, reply, respond, make answer: in respondendo exposuit, etc.: non inhumaniter: ille appellatus respondit, Cs.: par pari ut respondeas, give tit for tat, T.: paria paribus: antiquissimae cuique (epistulae) primum respondebo: ad ea, quae quaesita erant: adversus utrosque, L.: quin respondes, vetuerimne te, etc., L.: mihi quis esset: cum dixisset, Quid agis, Grani? respondit, Immo vero, etc.: tibi pauca: Accipe, quid contra iuvenis responderit, H.: Quid nunc renunciem abs te responsum? T.: (haec) quam brevia responsu.—To give an opinion, give advice, decide, answer: falsum de iure: te ad ius respondendum dare: civica iura, H.: quae consuluntur, minimo periculo respondentur, etc.: cum ex prodigiis haruspices respondissent, S.: deliberantibus Pythia respondit, ut moenibus ligneis se munirent, advised, N.—To answer to one's name, answer, attend, appear: ad nomina, L.: vadato, H.: Verrem alterā actione responsurum non esse: nemo Epaminondam reresponsurum putabat, N.: ad tempus.—Fig., to answer, reply, re-echo, resound: saxa voci respondent: respondent flebile ripae, O.—To answer, be equal to, be a match for, suffice to meet: urbes coloniarum respondebunt Catilinae tumulis silvestribus.—To answer, correspond, accord, agree: ut omnia omnibus paribus paria respondeant: respondent extrema primis: illam artem (sc. rhetoricam) quasi ex alterā parte respondere dialecticae, i. e. is the counterpart of: Contra elata mari respondet Gnosia tellus, i. e. lies opposite, V.: ita erudiri, ut patri respondeat, resemble: ut nostra in amicos benevolentia illorum erga vos benevolentiae respondeat: seges votis, V.: arma Caesaris non responsura lacertis, H.: officio, to suffice for, H.: Non mihi respondent veteres in carmina vires, O.: amori amore respondere, i. e. return: provide, ut sit, unde par pari respondeatur, i. e. that there be enough to meet the demand: ad spem eventus respondit, L.

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  • 18 praecipio

    prae-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or seize beforehand, to get or receive in advance (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: anticipo, praeoccupo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Lucr. 6, 1050:

    nisi aquam praecepimus ante,

    id. 6, 804:

    a publicanis pecuniam insequentis anni mutuam praeceperat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 31:

    aliquantum viae,

    to get the start somewhat, Liv. 36, 19:

    longius spatium fugā,

    id. 22, 41 fin.:

    iter,

    id. 3, 46:

    Piraeeum quinqueremibus,

    to preoccupy, id. 32, 16, 5: mons a Lusitanis praeceptus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 3:

    si lac praeceperit aestus,

    i. e. have previously dried up, Verg. E. 3, 98.—
    B.
    In partic., in jurid. lang, to receive (esp. an inheritance or bequest) in advance, Plin. Ep. 5, 7, 4:

    si heres centum praecipere jussus sit,

    Dig. 30, 122; so ib. 36, 1, 63:

    quantitatem dotis,

    ib. 17, 2, 81:

    dotem,

    ib. 10, 2, 46:

    per praeceptionem hoc modo legamus: Lucius Titius hominem Stichum praecipito,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 216. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to take or obtain in advance, to anticipate:

    aliquantum ad fugam temporis Syphax et Hasdrubal praeceperunt,

    gained some advantage in time, Liv. 30, 8 fin.:

    tempus,

    id. 1, 7:

    celeres neu praecipe Parcas,

    do not hasten in advance of, do not anticipate, Stat. Th. 8, 328; so,

    veneno fata praecepit,

    Flor. 3, 9, 4: praecipio gaudia suppliciorum vestrorum, I rejoice in advance, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 20, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 51; cf. Liv. 45, 1, 1:

    jam animo victoriam praecipiebant,

    figured to themselves beforehand, Caes. B. C. 3, 87 fin.; Liv. 10, 26:

    spe jam praecipit hostem,

    Verg. A. 11, 491: praecipere cogitatione futura, to conjecture or imagine beforehand, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81:

    omnia,

    Verg. A. 6, 105; cf.:

    haec usu ventura opinione praeceperat,

    had already suspected, Caes. B. G. 7, 9:

    sed alterum mihi est certius, nec praecipiam tamen,

    Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2.—
    B.
    In partic., to give rules or precepts to any one, to advise, admonish, warn, inform, instruct, teach; to enjoin, direct, bid, order, etc. (syn.:

    mando, impero, doceo): vilici officia, quae dominus praecepit,

    Cato, R. R. 142:

    Philocomasio id praecipiendum est, ut sciat,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 92:

    quoi numquam unam rem me licet semel praecipere,

    id. As. 2, 4, 15:

    quae ego tibi praecipio, ea facito,

    id. Trin. 2, 2, 17:

    docui, monui, bene praecepi semper quae potui omnia,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 6:

    quicquid praecipies, esto brevis,

    Hor. A. P. 335:

    de eloquentiā,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 48:

    de agriculturā,

    Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 201:

    alicui aliquid praecipere,

    Cic. Mur. 2, 4: glossemata nobis, Asin. Gall. ap. Suet. Gram. 22:

    numerumque modumque carinis Praecipiant,

    Verg. A. 11, 329:

    cantus lugubres,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:

    artem nandi,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 486:

    humanitatem,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2, etc.:

    mitem animum et mores modicis erroribus aequos Praecipit,

    enjoins, recommends, Juv. 14, 16.—With inf.:

    justitia praecipit, parcere omnibus,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21; so,

    paeoniam praecipiunt eruere noctu,

    Plin. 25, 4, 10, § 29:

    codicillos aperiri testator praecepit,

    Dig. 31, 1, 89.—With ut:

    illud potius praecipiendum fuit, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 60:

    recte etiam praecipi potest in amicitiis, ne, etc.,

    id. ib. 20, 75:

    consulentibus Pythia praecepit, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Milt. 1, 3.—With subj. alone:

    praecipit atque interdicit, omnes unum peterent Indutiomarum,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    his praecepit, omnes mortales pecuniā aggrediantur,

    Sall. J. 28, 1.—With acc. and inf.:

    etiam scelere convictos nonnisi ad opus damnari praeceperat,

    Suet. Ner. 31:

    D. Claudius edicto praecepit,

    decreed, commanded, Dig. 48, 10, 15. —As subst.: praecĭpĭens, entis, m., a teacher, Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

    jam prope consummata fuerit praecipientis opera,

    Quint. 2, 6, 6:

    in numero praecipientium,

    id. 2, 3, 5.—Hence, praeceptum, i, n. (acc. to II. B.), a maxim, rule, precept; an order, direction, command, bidding; an injunction, etc. (class.):

    quo praecepto ab iis diligentissime observato,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

    sine praecepto ullius suā sponte struebatur acies,

    Liv. 9, 31:

    transvectae praecepto ducis alae,

    Tac. Agr. 37:

    hoc praeceptum patet latius,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; cf.:

    hoc praeceptum officii diligenter tenendum est,

    id. Off. 2, 14, 51.—In plur.:

    tuis monitig praeceptisque,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

    in quam (partem) praecepta nobis danda sunt,

    id. Inv. 2, 17, 53; 2, 34, 105:

    abundare praeceptis philosophiae,

    id. Off. 1, 1, 1:

    dare praecepta dicendi,

    id. Brut. 76, 273; cf.

    studiosis dicendi praecepta tradere,

    id. Or. 41, 141:

    deūm praecepta secuti,

    orders, commands, Verg. G. 4, 448:

    sine vi non ulla dabit (Nereus) praecepta,

    id. ib. 4, 398.

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  • 19 cantō

        cantō āvī, ātus, āre. freq.    [cano].    I. Intrans., of men, to produce melodious sounds, sound, sing, play: Pamphilam Cantatum provocemus, T.: saltare et cantare: Arcades ambo Et cantare pares, V.: cantando victus, V.: non est Cantandum, i. e. there is no occasion for fiction, Iu.: structis avenis, O.: ad chordarum sonum, N.: tibiis, N.: ad manum histrioni, to accompany the actor, L.: gallis signum dedisse cantandi, to crow.—Of instruments, to sound, resound: Cantabat fanis, cantabat tibia ludis, O. —    II. Trans., with cognate acc., to sing, play, recite: Hymenaeum, T.: haec versibus isdem, drawl, Iu.: Nil praeter Calvum (i. e. Calvi carmina), H.: cantatum carmen, an incantation, O. —With definite obj., to sing, celebrate, praise in song<*> amicam, H.: proelia virginum, H.: Pythia (sc. certamina), H.: deum, Tb.: cantari dignus, V.—To reiterate, harp upon, warn against: harum mores, T.: istum Caesarem: totā cantabitur urbe, become a byword, H.—To use enchantments, practise incantations, enchant, charm: cantando rumpitur anguis, V.: cantata Luna, exorcised by magic, Pr.
    * * *
    I
    cantare, cantavi, cantatus V
    sing; play (roles/music); recite; praise, celebrate; forewarn; enchant, bewitch
    II

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