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1 gravitas
weight, seriousness, dignity, importance. -
2 pondus
pondus, ĕris, n. [pendo], a weight.I.Lit.A.In gen., a weight used in a scale, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:2.pondera ab Gallis allata iniqua,
Liv. 5, 48 fin.:utuntur taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis pro numo,
Caes. B. G. 5, 12; Dig. 19, 1, 32: pondera publica, Paul. ex Fest. p. 246 Müll.—In partic., the weight of a pound, a pound (very rare for the usual pondo):B.dupondius a duobus ponderibus, quod unum pondus assipondium dicebatur. Id ideo, quod as erat libra pondus,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 169 Müll.:argenti pondera quinque,
Mart. 7, 53, 12.—Transf.1.In abstr.a.Heaviness, weight of a body:b.moveri gravitate et pondere,
Cic. Fat. 11, 24; 10, 22; 20, 46; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:magni ponderis saxa,
Caes. B. G. 2, 29; 7, 22:emere aliquid pondere,
by weight, Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 29; 35, 17, 57, § 197; Tac. A. 6, 26; cf.:in his quae pondere constant,
Dig. 18, 1, 35 med.; Gai. Inst. 2, 196:id, quod pondere continetur,
Dig. 30, 1, 47.—In plur.: pondera, balance, equipoise, equilibrium:2.pendebat in aëre tellus Ponderibus librata suis,
Ov. M. 1, 13; so Luc. 1, 57; cf. Lucr. 2, 218 and 6, 574:trans pondera (corporis) dextram Porrigere (= ultra libramentum sive aequilibrium corporis),
out of balance, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 51; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 380 sq.; cf.also: quis libravit in pondere montes et colles in staterā?
Vulg. Isa. 40, 12.—In concr.a.A heavy body, a weight, mass, load, burden:b.in terram feruntur omnia suo nutu pondera,
Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:grande auri pondus,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45; so,innumerabile pondus auri,
id. Sest. 43, 93:magnum argenti pondus expositum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 96:aeris magnum pondus,
id. ib. 3, 103; Stat. Th. 6, 648:immania pondera baltei,
Verg. A. 10, 496:Spartani pondera disci,
Mart. 14, 164, 1.— Poet., of the fruit of the womb, Ov. M. 9, 684; id. Am. 2, 14, 14; Prop. 4, 1, 96 (5, 1, 100); Mart. 14, 151;of the privy parts,
Cat. 63, 5; Stat. S. 3, 4, 77.—A quantity, number, multitude (anteclass. and very rare): magnum pondus omnium artificum, Varr. ap. Non. 466, 5.—II.Trop.A.Weight, consequence, importance, consideration, influence, authority, etc. (class.; cf.B.momentum): persona non qualiscumque testimonii pondus habet,
Cic. Top. 19, 73:grave ipsius conscientiae pondus est,
id. N. D. 3, 35, 85; cf.:(honestas) aut sola expetenda est... aut certe omni pondere gravior habenda quam reliqua omnia,
id. Off. 3, 8, 35:id est maximi momenti et ponderis,
id. Vatin. 4, 9:qui pondus habent,
id. Att. 11, 6, 1: habet vim in ingenio [p. 1396] et pondus in vitā, id. de Or. 2, 74, 302:magnum pondus accessit ad tollendum dubitationem, judicium et consilium tuum,
id. Fam. 11, 29, 1:ut is intellegat, hanc meam commendationem magnum apud te pondus habuisse,
id. ib. 13, 25; cf.:ut is intellegat meas apud te litteras maximum pondus habuisse,
id. Fam. 12, 27; 13, 35, 2:tuae litterae maximi sunt apud me ponderis,
id. ib. 2, 19, 2:ejus filius eodem est apud me pondere, quo fuit ille,
id. Att. 10, 1. 1.—Of style:omnium verborum ponderibus est utendum,
Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72:fabula sine pondere et arte,
Hor. A. P. 320; cf.:nugis addere pondus,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 42.—Oppressive weight, burden ( poet. for onus):C.curarum,
Luc. 9, 951; Stat. Th. 4, 39:rerum,
Ov. Tr. 2, 237; Mart. 6, 64, 14:tauri ruentis In Venerem tolerare pondus,
Hor. C. 2, 5, 4:amara senectae Pondera,
Ov. M. 9, 438:Constantius, insolentiae pondera gravius librans,
Amm. 14, 5, 1.—Weight of character, i. e. firmness, constancy ( poet.):nulla diu femina pondus habet,
Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 22:nostri reverentia ponderis obstat,
Stat. Th. 1, 289:hilaris, tamen cum pondere, virtus,
id. S. 2, 3, 65; cf. id. ib. 5, 3, 246. -
3 pondus
pondus eris, n [PAND-], a weight: pondera ab Gallis adlata iniqua, L.: taleae ferreae ad certum pondus examinatae, Cs.— A heavy body, weight, mass, load, burden: in terram feruntur omnia suo nutu pondera: innumerabile auri: magnum argenti, Cs.: immania pondera baltei, V.: gravis maturo pondere venter, O.— Weight, gravity, heaviness: gravitate ferri et pondere: magni ponderis saxa, Cs.— Plur, balance, equilibrium: pendebat in aëre tellus Ponderibus librata suis, O.: trans pondera dextram Porrigere, out of balance, i. e. so as to fall over, H.—Fig., weight, consequence, importance, consideration, influence, authority: si tutoris auctoritas apud te ponderis nihil habebat: grave ipsius conscientiae pondus est: id est maximi ponderis: omnium verborum ponderibus est utendum, verbal effects: fabula sine pondere et arte, H.: nulla diu femina pondus habet, i. e. firmness, Pr.— A burden, load, weight: rerum, O.: amara senectae Pondera, O.* * *weight, burden, impediment -
4 pondo
A.In gen.:B.neque piscium ullam unciam hodie pondo cepi,
an ounce weight, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 8:ut exercitus coronam auream dictatori libram pondo decreverit,
a pound in weight, weighing a pound, Liv. 3, 29; 4, 20:vettonicae tusae pondo libra,
Plin. 26, 7, 19, § 33:pretium in pondo libras denarii duo,
id. 33, 12, 56, § 158:styracis, resinae terebinthinae pondo sextantes,
Cels. 5, 25, 16:sextarium aquae cum dodrante pondo mellis diluunt,
Col. 12, 12:argenti in convivio plus pondo quam libras centum inferre,
Gell. 2, 24, 2.—In partic., with numerals, as the usual measure of weight, as subst. indecl., pounds (sc. libra;freq. and class.): COMPEDIBVS QVINDECIM PONDO... VINCITO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: quot pondo te censes esse nudum?
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 33:auri quinque pondo abstulit,
Cic. Clu. 64, 179:argenti pondo viginti millia,
Caes. B. C. 2, 18; Plin. 33, 3, 15, § 51; 11, 42, 97, § 241:fulmen aureum quinquaginta pondo auri,
Liv. 22, 1, 17.— Gen.: rettuli auri pondo mille octingentūm septuaginta, Varr. ap. Non. 149, 19:corona aurea pondo ducentūm,
id. ib. 163, 33. -
5 gravitās
gravitās ātis, f [gravis], weight, heaviness: <*>er inane moveri gravitate: navium, Cs.: ignavā <*>equeunt gravitate moveri, O.— Pregnancy, O.— Unwholesomeness, oppressiveness, severity, heaviness, <*>ulness: caeli: loci, L.: morbi: soporis, O.: seniis, O.: annonae, dearness, Ta.: odoris, disagree<*>bleness, Ta.— Disease, sickness: corporis: mem<*>rorum.—Fig., heaviness, slowness: linguae.— Harshness, severity: belli, L.: crudelitatem gravi<*>ati addidit, L.—Of things, weight, importance: <*>rovinciae Galliae: civitatis, Cs.: sententiarum: versūs gravitate minores, H.—Of persons, weight, dignity, gravity, presence, influence: inauditā gravitate praeditus: comitate condīta gravitas: cum gravitate loqui: oris, L.: Incolumi gravitate, without loss of dignity, H.* * *weight; dignity; gravity; importances, oppressiveness; pregnancy; sickness -
6 pondō
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7 as
as, assis, m. (nom. assis, Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 9, and Schol. ad Pers. 2, 59; old form assārĭus, ii, m.; and in the gen. plur. assariūm, Varr. L. L. 8, § 71 Müll.; Charis. p. 58 P.) [heis, Dor. ais, Tarent. as, Hinter].I.In gen., unity, a unit; as a standard for different coins, weight, measure, etc. (in Vitr. 3, 1, p. 61 Rode, perfectus numerus, the perfect number, fundamental number), acc. to the duodecimal system, divided into 12 parts, or uncias, with the following particular designations: uncia = 1s./12 duodecima (sc. pars) sextans = 2/12 = 1s./6 sexta quadrans = 3/12 = 1s./4 quarta, also teruncius or triuncis triens = 4/12 = 1s./3 tertia or quincunx = 5s./12 sextans cum quadrante semissis s. semis = 6/12 = 1s./2 dimidia septunx = 7s./12 quadrans cum triente bessis s. bes = 8/12 = 2/3, for beis s. binae partes assis. dodrans = 9/12 = 3s./4 terni quadrantes dextans s. decunx = 10/12 = 5s./6 quini sextantes deunx = 11s./12 undecim unciaeThe uncia was again divided into smaller parts: semuncia = 1/2 uncia = 1/24 assis. duella = 1/3 uncia = 1/36 assis. sicilicus (-um) = 1/4 uncia = 1/48 assis. sextula = 1/6 uncia = 1/72 assis. drachma = 1/8 uncia = 1/96 assis. hemisecla = 1/12 uncia = 1/144 assis. scripulum = 1/24 uncia = 1/288 assis.The multiples of the as received the following designations: dupondius = 2 asses. tripondius s. tressis = 3 asses. (quadressis) = 4 asses. quinquessis = 5 asses. sexis (only in the connection decussissexis in Vitr. 1. c.) = 6 asses. septissis = 7 asses. octussis = 8 asses. nonussis (novissis?) = 9 asses. decussis = 10 asses. bicessis = 20 asses. tricessis = 30 asses, and so on to centussis = 100 asses. (Cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 169 sq. Müll.)II.Esp.A.1.. As a copper coin, the as was, acc. to the ancient custom of weighing money, originally a pound (asses librales or aes grave), of the value of about 8 8 d. /89, or 16 2/3 cents, and was uncoined (aes rude) until Servius Tullius stamped it with the figures of animals (hence pecunia, from pecus); cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 42 sqq. In the first Punic war, on account of the scarcity of money, the as was reduced to a sixth part of its original weight, i. e. two ounces; hence asses sextantarii (of the value of about 1 103 d. /297, or 2.8 cents), and the state gained five sixths. In the second Punic war, and the dictatorship of Fabius, the as was again reduced one half, to one ounce; hence asses unciales, about equal to 200 d. /297, or 1.4 cents. Finally, the Lex Papiria (A.U.C. 563, B.C. 191) reduced the as to half an ounce; hence asses semiunciales = 100 d. /297, or 7.9 1/3 mills, which continued as a standard even under the emperors. In all these reductions, however, the names of coins remained, independent of the weight of the as: uncia, sextans, quadrans, etc.; cf. Grotef. Gr. II. p. 253 sq.—From the small value of the as after the last reduction, the following phrases arose: quod non opus est, asse carum est, Cato ap. Sen. Ep. 94:2.Quod (sc. pondus auri) si comminuas, vilem redigatur ad assem,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 43:viatica ad assem Perdiderat,
to the last farthing, id. Ep. 2, 2, 27:ad assem impendium reddere,
Plin. Ep. 1, 15:rumores Omnes unius aestimemus assis,
Cat. 5, 3:Non assis facis?
id. 42, 13.—Hence,The proverbs,a.Assem habeas, assem valeas, your worth is estimated by your possessions, Petr. 77, 6:b.crumena plena assium,
Gell. 20, 1.—Assem elephanto dare, to give something (as a petition, and the like) with trembling to a superior (a metaphor derived from trained elephants, which, after playing their parts, were accustomed to take pay for themselves, which was given them with fear by the multitude; cf. Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 14), Augustus ap. Quint. 6, 3, 59, and Macr. S. 2, 4; Varr. ap. Non. p. 531, 10 sq.—B.In inheritances and other money matters, where a division was made, the as, with its parts, was used to designate the portions. Thus haeres ex asse, sole heir; haeres ex semisse, he who receives one half of the inheritance; haeres ex dodrante, he who receives three fourths; and so, haeres ex besse, triente, quadrante, sextante, etc.;C.ex semiunciā, ex sextulā, ex duabus sextulis, etc.,
Dig. 28, 5, 50; 34, 9, 2; Suet. Caes. 83; Cic. Caecin. 6 et saep.:Nerva constituit, ut tu ex triente socius esses, ego ex besse,
Dig. 17, 2, 76:bessem fundi emere ab aliquo,
ib. 26, 21, 2, § 39:quadrans et semissis fundi,
ib. 6, 1, 8 al.;hence, in assem, in asse, or ex asse,
in all, entirely, completely, Dig. 36, 45:vendere fundum in assem,
ib. 20, 6, 9; so Col. 3, 3, 8 and 9:in asse,
id. 2, 12, 7:sic in asse flunt octo menses et dies decem,
id. 2, 12, 7:ex asse aut ex parte possidere,
Dig. 2, 8, 15; Sid. Ep. 2, 1; 6, 12; 8, 6 al.—As a measure of extent.a.An acre, acc. to the same divisions as above, from scripulum to the as, Col. 5, 1, 9 sq.:b.proscindere semissem, iterare assem,
Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 178.—A foot, Col. 5, 3.—D.Of weight, a pound, acc. to the same division; cf.Fann. Pond. 41: In haec solide sexta face assis eat,
Ov. Med. Fac. 60.↠Mathematicians (v. Vitr. l. c.) called the number 6 perfectus numerus (since 1 + 2 + 3 = 6), and formed, accordingly, the following terminology: 1 = sextans, as a dice-number. unio. 2 = triens.......... binio. 3 = semissis.......... ternio. 4 = bessis (dimoiros)..... quaternio. 5 = quintarius....... quinio. 6 = perfectus numerus.... senio. 7 = ephektos, sex adjecto asse = 6 + 1. 8 = adtertiarius, sex adjectā tertiā = 6 + 2 (epitritos). 9 = sesquialter, sex adjectā dimidiā = 6 + 3 (hêmiolios). 10 = bes alter, sex duabus partibus additis = 6 + 4 (epidimoiros). 11 = adquintarius, sex quinque partibus additis = 6 + 5 (epipentamoiros). 12 = duplio (diplasiôn). -
8 mōmentum
mōmentum ī, n [1 MV-], a movement, motion: astra figurā suā momenta sustentant: momenta parva sequi, O.: animus momenta sumit utroque, i. e. fluctuates, O.— An alteration, change, disturbance, movement, revolution: perleve fortunae: annonae, alteration in the price of corn, L. — A make-weight, over-weight, that which turns the scales: eo (bello) quantumcumque virium momentum addiderint, rem omnem inclinaturos, L.— An expenditure of strength, decisive effort, exertion: haud maiore momento fusi Galli sunt, quam, etc., L.— A short time, brief space, moment, instant: parvis momentis multa natura adfingit: momento temporis, in a moment, L.: horae momento, on the instant, H.: momento unius horae, L.: momentum ut horae pereat, that a short hour be lost, Ph.— A little way: parvo momento antecedere, Cs.—Fig., a cause, circumstance, weight, influence, importance, moment: saepe in bello parvis momentis magni casūs intercederent, by trifling circumstances, Cs.: momenta omnia observare, all the circumstances: unam quamque rem momento suo ponderare, according to its importance: magnum in utramque partem momentum habere, influence, Cs.: nullum momentum in dando regno facere, decisive influence, L.: magnum attulit nostris ad salutem momentum, contributed largely, Cs.: cave quicquam habeat momenti gratia, influence: perpendens momenta officiorum, motives: parva momenta in spem metumque inpellere animos, trifling occasions, L.: momenta potentia, motives, O.: praebe nostrae momenta saluti, promote, O.: levi momento aestimare, prize lightly, Cs.: nullius momenti apud exercitum futurum, N.: levioris momenti consultatio, unimportant, L.: res maximi ad omnia momenti, L.: iuvenis, maximum momentum rerum civitatis, a power in the state, L.* * *moment, importance, influence; motion, movement; impulse, effort -
9 auctoritas
auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,I.In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;II.syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),
originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,
Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—Esp.,A.A view, opinion, judgment:B.errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,
Cic. Clu. 50, 139:reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,
id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,
id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,
id. Lael. 4, 13.—Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.C.auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,
id. Off. 3, 27, 100:jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,
id. Att. 10, 1, 1:his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:2.si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,
id. ib. 18, 52:legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,
id. Phil. 3, 3:nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,
under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,Esp., in political lang., t. t.a.Senatūs auctoritas,(α).The will of the senate:(β).agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:b.Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109:Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,
id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,
Liv. 7, 31:imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,
id. 26, 2:Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,
Suet. Claud. 12:citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,
id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;the latter, one that is passed without opposition,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:c.isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,publica,
Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—D.Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:E.qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,
id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,
id. Phil. 8, 8.—Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):F.ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,
id. Off. 3, 29, 105:Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,
Vell. 2, 32:optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,
Suet. Caes. 11; so,auctoritatem habere,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:adripere,
id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:facere,
to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:imminuere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:levare,
id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:fructus capere auctoritatis,
id. Sen. 18, 62:Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?
id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5:sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,
more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,
id. Fl. 4:utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,
id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),
Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:unguentorum,
id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:auctoritas dignitasque formae,
Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,
that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—An example, pattern, model:G.omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,
id. Sest. 6, 14:valuit auctoritas,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,
id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:2.cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,
Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,
id. Fl. 22, 53:Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?
id. Div. 2, 54, 110:tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,
id. ib. 2, 59, 123:cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,
id. Lael. 25, 94.—Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.a.A record, document:b.videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,
id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—The name of a person who is security for something, authority:H.cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,
Cic. Sull. 13, 37:sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,
id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,
Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):J.lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,
Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,
id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17. -
10 authoritas
auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,I.In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;II.syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),
originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,
Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—Esp.,A.A view, opinion, judgment:B.errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,
Cic. Clu. 50, 139:reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,
id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,
id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,
id. Lael. 4, 13.—Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.C.auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,
id. Off. 3, 27, 100:jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,
id. Att. 10, 1, 1:his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:2.si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,
id. ib. 18, 52:legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,
id. Phil. 3, 3:nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,
under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,Esp., in political lang., t. t.a.Senatūs auctoritas,(α).The will of the senate:(β).agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:b.Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109:Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,
id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,
Liv. 7, 31:imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,
id. 26, 2:Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,
Suet. Claud. 12:citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,
id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;the latter, one that is passed without opposition,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:c.isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,publica,
Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—D.Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:E.qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,
id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,
id. Phil. 8, 8.—Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):F.ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,
id. Off. 3, 29, 105:Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,
Vell. 2, 32:optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,
Suet. Caes. 11; so,auctoritatem habere,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:adripere,
id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:facere,
to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:imminuere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:levare,
id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:fructus capere auctoritatis,
id. Sen. 18, 62:Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?
id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5:sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,
more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,
id. Fl. 4:utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,
id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),
Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:unguentorum,
id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:auctoritas dignitasque formae,
Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,
that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—An example, pattern, model:G.omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,
id. Sest. 6, 14:valuit auctoritas,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,
id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:2.cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,
Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,
id. Fl. 22, 53:Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?
id. Div. 2, 54, 110:tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,
id. ib. 2, 59, 123:cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,
id. Lael. 25, 94.—Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.a.A record, document:b.videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,
id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—The name of a person who is security for something, authority:H.cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,
Cic. Sull. 13, 37:sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,
id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,
Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):J.lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,
Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,
id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17. -
11 autoritas
auctōrĭtas (not autōr- nor authōr-), ātis, f. [auctor], acc. to the different signiff. of that word,I.In gen., a producing, production, invention, cause (very rare;II.syn.: auctoramentum, sententia, judicium, consilium, vis, pondus, favor, gratia): quod si exquiratur usque ab stirpe auctoritas (sc. rumoris),
originator, inventor, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 180:ejus facti qui sint principes et inventores, qui denique auctoritatis ejus et inventionis comprobatores,
Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 43:utrum poëtae Stoicos depravārint, an Stoici poëtis dederint auctoritatem, non facile dixerim,
id. N. D. 3, 38, 91.—Esp.,A.A view, opinion, judgment:B.errat vehementer, si quis in orationibus nostris auctoritates nostras consignatas se habere arbitratur,
Cic. Clu. 50, 139:reliquum est, ut de Q. Catuli auctoritate et sententiā dicendum esse videatur,
id. Imp. Pomp. 20; 22:Mihi quidem ex animo eximi non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum est auctoritate majorum, cur ita sit, nihil tu me doces,
id. N. D. 3, 3, 7:plus apud me antiquorum auctoritas valet,
id. Lael. 4, 13.—Counsel, advice, persuasion, encouragement to something (esp. if made with energy and sustained by the authority and influence of the counsellor; cf.C.auctor, I. C.): auctoritatem defugere,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19:Jubeo, cogo atque impero. Numquam defugiam auctoritatem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 99 Ruhnk.: attende jam, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei, how little pleased (ironically) I am that the occurrences of my consulship are ascribed to my exertions, my influence, Cic. Sull. 11, 33:cujus (Reguli) cum valuisset auctoritas, captivi retenti sunt,
id. Off. 3, 27, 100:jure, legibus, auctoritate omnium, qui consulebantur, testamentum fecerat,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 42:ejus (Sexti) mihi vivit auctoritas,
id. Att. 10, 1, 1:his rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3: ut per auctoritatem earum civitatium suae preces nuper repudiatae faciliorem aditum ad senatum haberent, i. e. agentibus, intervenientibus, Liv. 38, 3 al.—Also consolatory exhortation, consolation, comfort:his autem litteris animum tuum...amicissimi hominis auctoritate confirmandum etiam atque etiam puto,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—Will, pleasure, decision, bidding, command, precept, decree:2.si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, consilium autem eorum, qui scripserunt, et rationem et auctoritatem relinquamus?
Cic. Caecin. 18, 51:verba servire hominum consiliis et auctoritatibus,
id. ib. 18, 52:legio auctoritatem Caesaris persecuta est,
id. Phil. 3, 3:nisi legiones ad Caesaris auctoritatem se contulissent,
under his command, guidance, id. Fam. 10, 28 fin. —Hence,Esp., in political lang., t. t.a.Senatūs auctoritas,(α).The will of the senate:(β).agrum Picenum contra senatūs auctoritatem dividere,
Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—More freq.,A decree of the senate, = Senatūs consultum:b.Senatūs vetus auctoritas de Bacchanalibus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:sine senatūs auctoritate foedus facere,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109:Senatūs auctoritas gravissima intercessit,
id. Fam. 1, 2 fin.:responditque ita ex auctoritate senatūs consul,
Liv. 7, 31:imperio non populi jussu, non ex auctoritate patrum dato,
id. 26, 2:Neminem exulum nisi ex Senatūs auctoritate restituit,
Suet. Claud. 12:citra senatūs populique auctoritatem,
id. Caes. 28 al. —Hence the superscription to the decrees of the Senate:SENATVS. CONSVLTI. AVCTORITAS., abbrev., S. C. A.,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Sometimes between senatūs auctoritas and senatūs consultum this distinction is to be made, that the former designates a decision of the senate, invalidated by the protestation of the tribune of the people or by the people themselves;the latter, one that is passed without opposition,
Cic. Fam. 8, 8; Liv. 4, 57.—Auctoritas populi, the popular will or decision:c.isti principes et sibi et ceteris populi universi auctoritati parendum esse fateantur,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22; so,publica,
Vell. 2, 62, 3; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—Auctoritas collegii (pontificum), Liv. 34, 44; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 19 and 21.—D.Liberty, ability, power, authority to do according to one's pleasure:E.qui habet imperium a populo Romano auctoritatem legum dandarum ab senatu,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49:Verres tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publicā suscepit, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 58: Invita in hoc loco versatur oratio;videtur enim auctoritatem adferre peccandi,
id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:Senatūs faciem secum attulerat auctoritatemque populi Romani,
id. Phil. 8, 8.—Might, power, authority, reputation, dignity, influence, weight (very freq.):F.ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati fautrix adjutrixque sit, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 40: aequitate causae et auctoritate suā aliquem commovere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48:id maximā auctoritate philosophi adfirmant,
id. Off. 3, 29, 105:Digna est memoriā Q. Catuli cum auctoritas tum verecundia,
Vell. 2, 32:optimatium auctoritatem deminuere,
Suet. Caes. 11; so,auctoritatem habere,
Cic. Phil. 11, 10 fin.; id. Sen. 17, 60:adripere,
id. ib. 18, 62; id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:facere,
to procure, obtain, id. Imp. Pomp. 15: Grandis auctoritatis es et bene regis regnum Israël, * Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7:imminuere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 37 fin.:levare,
id. Ac. 2, 22, 69:fructus capere auctoritatis,
id. Sen. 18, 62:Quae sunt voluptates corporis cum auctoritatis praemiis comparandae?
id. ib. 18, 64 et saep. — Transf. to things, importance, significance, weight, power, worth, value, estimation:bos in pecuariā maximā debet esse auctoritate,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5:sunt certa legum verba... quo plus auctoritatis habeant, paulo antiquiora,
more weight, force, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 18:totius hujusce rei quae sit vis, quae auctoritas, quod pondus, ignorant,
id. Fl. 4:utilitatis species falsa ab honestatis auctoritate superata est,
id. Off. 3, 30, 109: cum antea per aetatem nondum hujus auctoritatem loci attingere auderem, of this honorable place, i. e. the rostra, id. Imp. Pomp 1:bibliothecas omnium philosophorum mihi videtur XII. tabularum libellus auctoritatis pondere superare,
id. de Or. 1, 44, 195; id. Fam. 1, 7; Dolab. ap. Cic. ib. 9, 9 fin.:auctoritas praecipua lupo (pisci),
Plin. 9, 17, 28, § 61: Post eum (Maecenatum) interiit auctoritas sapori (pullorum [p. 200] asinorum), id. 8, 43, 68, § 170 Jan:unguentorum,
id. 13, 1, 2, § 4:auctoritas dignitasque formae,
Suet. Claud. 30.—Also of feigned, assumed authority:nec cognovi quemquam, qui majore auctoritate nihil diceret,
that said nothing with a greater air of authority, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139.—An example, pattern, model:G.omnium superiorum auctoritatem repudiare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19:memoriā digna juventuti rei publicae capessendae auctoritas disciplinaque,
id. Sest. 6, 14:valuit auctoritas,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 93; 2, 5, 32:tu is es qui in disputando non tuum judicium sequare, sed auctoritati aliorum pareas,
id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16 al.—A warrant, security for establishing a fact, assertion, etc., credibility:2.cum ea (justitia) sine prudentiā satis habeat auctoritatis,
Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:desinant putare, auctoritatem esse in eo testimonio, cujus auctor inventus est nemo,
id. Fl. 22, 53:Quid vero habet auctoritatis furor iste, quem divinum vocatis?
id. Div. 2, 54, 110:tollitur omnis auctoritas somniorum,
id. ib. 2, 59, 123:cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas,
id. Lael. 25, 94.—Meton., the things which serve for the verification or establishment of a fact.a.A record, document:b.videt legationes, cum publicis auctoritatibus convenisse,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:nihil putas valere in judiciis civitatum auctoritates ac litteras,
id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146.—The name of a person who is security for something, authority:H.cum auctoritates principum conjurationis colligeret,
Cic. Sull. 13, 37:sed tu auctoritates contemnis, ratione pugnas,
id. N. D. 3, 4, 9.—Hence for the names of persons present at the drawing up of a decree of the senate:quod in auctoritatibus praescriptis exstat,
Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: Senatūs consultum, quod tibi misi, factum est auctoritatesque perscriptae, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8.—Right of possession (cf. auctor, II. F. 1.):J.lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium,
Cic. Caecin. 19, 54:usūs auctoritas fundi biennium est,
id. Top. 4, 23; so id. Caecin. 26, 74; id. Har. Resp. 7; Lex Atin. ap. Gell. 17, 6; cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 217 sq.—So in the laws of the XII. Tables: ADVERSVS. HOSTEM. AETERNA. AVCTORITAS., against a stranger the right of possession is perpetual (i. e. a stranger cannot, by prescription, obtain the right of possession to the property of a Roman), ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37.—In jurid. lang., a guaranty, security, Paul. Sent. 2, 17. -
12 gravitas
I.Lit., in gen.:B.omnibus ejus (terrae) partibus in medium vergentibus nihil interrumpat, quo labefactari possit tanta contentio gravitatis et ponderum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116; cf.:per inane moveri gravitate et pondere,
id. Fat. 11, 24; Lucr. 3, 1054; cf.also: cuncta necesse est Aut gravitate sua ferri primordia rerum, Aut, etc.,
id. 2, 84:nostros propter gravitatem armorum, quod, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 16, 1:tum etiam gravitate et tarditate navium impediebantur,
id. B. C. 1, 58, 3:ignava nequeunt gravitate moveri,
Ov. M. 2, 821:me mea defendit gravitas (corresp. to moles and pondus),
id. ib. 9, 39.—Transf.1.Of smell, rankness, offensiveness, fetidness:2.quorundam odorum suavitati gravitas inest,
Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 37:a quibusdam vocatur cynozolon propter gravitatem odoris (shortly before: odore gravissimo),
id. 22, 18, 21, § 47:animae,
id. 20, 9, 35, § 91:halitus,
id. 30, 6, 15, § 44:oris,
id. 28, 12, 51, § 190.—Of bodily condition, health, severity, vehemence, violence, unwholesomeness; heaviness, dulness, faintness, sickness:3. 4.corpore vix sustineo gravitatem hujus caeli,
Cic. Att. 11, 22, 2:caeli aquarumque,
Liv. 23, 34, 11:loci,
id. 25, 26, 13:morbi,
Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:pressus gravitate soporis,
Ov. M. 15, 21; cf. id. ib. 11, 618:an quod corporis gravitatem et dolorem animo judicamus, animi morbum corpore non sentimus?
painful, diseased condition, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2 Kühn.; cf.membrorum,
id. Fin. 4, 12, 31; and Lucr. 3, 478:capitis,
Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 130:aurium,
id. 20, 11, 44, § 115; cf.auditus,
id. 23, 4, 42, § 85:audiendi,
id. 28, 11, 48, § 176:oris et dentium,
id. 37, 10, 54, § 143.—The burden of pregnancy:II.tendebat gravitas uterum mihi,
Ov. M. 9, 287 (cf. onus, id. ib. 10, 504). —Trop.A.In a bad sense, heaviness, slowness, severity:B.gaudere gravitate linguae sonoque vocis agresti,
Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 42: injuria gravitate tutior est, severity, cruelty, Sall. Orat. Licin. (Hist. Fragm. 3, 22 Gerl.):fessi diuturnitate et gravitate belli,
Liv. 31, 7, 3: crudelitatem quoque gravitati addidit, id. 24, 45, 13 Weissenb. —In a good sense, weight, dignity, importance, seriousness, gravity (syn.: magnitudo, dignitas, auctoritas, pondus): hos cum Suevi propter amplitudinem gravitatemque civitatis finibus expellere non potuissent, importance, i. e. power, Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 4; cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 32:omnium sententiarum gravitate, omnium verborum ponderibus est utendum,
importance, weight, id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 12, 34:genus hoc sermonum positum in hominum veterum auctoritate plus videtur habere gravitatis,
id. Lael. 1, 4:quanta illa, di immortales, fuit gravitas! quanta in oratione majestas!
id. ib. 25, 96:tristitia et in omni re severitas habet illa quidem gravitatem,
id. ib. 18, 66; cf.:erat in illo viro comitate condita gravitas,
id. de Sen. 4, 10:gravitate mixtus lepos,
id. Rep. 2, 1; cf. also id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:illud me praeclare admones, cum illum videro, ne nimis indulgenter et ut cum gravitate potius loquar,
id. Att. 9, 9, 2; 9, 19, 3; id. Fam. 5, 16, 5:de virtute et gravitate Caesaris, quam in summo dolore adhibuisset,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3:personae gravitatem intuentes,
id. Tusc. 2, 21, 49; cf.:ego has partes lenitatis et misericordiae semper egi libenter: illam vero gravitatis severitatisque personam non appetivi,
id. Mur. 3, 6:haec genera dicendi in senibus gravitatem non habent,
id. Brut. 95, 326; id. Rep. 1, 10 fin.:majestas quam vultus gravitasque oris prae se ferebat,
Liv. 5, 41, 8:(senarius) quantum accipit celeritatis, tantum gravitatis amittit,
Quint. 9, 4, 140. -
13 momentum
mōmentum, i, n. [for movimentum, from moveo], a movement, motion (as an indwelling force; cf.: motio, motus; class.).I.Lit.:II.astra forma ipsa figuraque sua momenta sustentant,
Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 117:pisces levi caudae in utrumque momento velocitatem suam flectunt,
Sen. Ep. 90, 24:utque leves tactus momentaque parva sequantur,
Ov. M. 4, 180.—Transf.A.An alteration, change, disturbance, movement, revolution:B.cetera populi Romani vectigalia, perlevi saepe momento fortunae, inclinatione temporis pendere,
Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:nullum momentum annonae facere,
to effect no alteration in the price of corn, Liv. 4, 12:animi,
id. 39, 5:provincias magnis momentis concusserat,
Vell. 2, 78, 1:sine momento rerum, partisque ruinā cadere,
Luc. 7, 118.—A particle sufficient to turn the scales:b.momentum staterae,
Vulg. Isa. 40, 15; id. Sap. 11, 23; hence, a particle, a part, a point:myrrhae momentum,
Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 87:quibus (regnis) pro ignobili momento erat accessura Macedonia,
a make-weight, Just. 7, 3, 1:sol cotidie ex alio caeli momento, quam pridie, oritur,
a point, part, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 333:corpus orationis in parva momenta diducendo consumere,
Quint. 3, 11, 23; to lose the main subject in minute divisions:ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est,
id. 5, 10, 71:officiorum,
parts, Cic. Mur. 2, 3. —In partic.(α).Of time, a short time, brief space, moment (syn. punctum):(β).parvis momentis multa natura affingit,
instants, moments, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118:momentis certis dimensis,
at certain fixed times, Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 3:non cunctandum ratus Hannibal, totis viribus adgressus urbem momento cepit,
Liv. 21, 14, 3:momento temporis,
in a moment, id. 21, 33; 35, 11, 13:momento horae,
in quick lapse of time, Hor. S. 1, 1, 7; cf.:momento unius horae,
Curt. 9, 6, 21:horae momento,
Liv. 5, 7, 3; 9, 16:Maecenati triennio supremo nullo horae momento contigit somnus,
could not sleep a single hour, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:brevi horarum momento,
in a few hours, Just. 2, 14, 9:ut momentum horae pereat,
that a short hour be lost, Phaedr. 3 prol. 5:momento fit cinis diu silva,
in a moment, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 3:in momento, in ictu oculi,
Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 52:in momento indignationis,
id. Isa. 54, 8:pruna stomacho non utilissima, sed brevi momento,
are hurtful, but only for a short time, Plin. 23, 7, 66, § 132:quantum quoquo momento temporis adiciatur,
Gai. Inst. 2, 70:hoc fit dicis gratia uno momento,
id. ib. 1, 141.—Transf., of space, distance, a little way:2.parvo momento antecedere,
Caes. B. C. 2, 6:visūs nostri tarditas non subsequitur momenta currentis (sc. stellae), sed videt simul et unde exsilierit et quo pervenerit,
does not trace the successive points of its course, but sees the whole at once, Sen. Q. N. 1, 14, 4.—Trop., a cause, a circumstance; weight, influence, importance, moment:minimis momentis maximae inclinationes temporum fiunt,
from the slightest causes spring the greatest changes, Cic. Phil. 5, 10, 26:momenta omnia observare,
all the circumstances, id. Fam. 6, 10, 5:unamquamque rem momento suo ponderare,
according to its importance, id. Font. 6, 21; cf.:ut omnia verborum momentis, non rerum ponderibus examinet,
id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:ita parvae res magnum in utramque partem momentum habuerunt,
influence, Caes. B. C. 3, 70:quorum adventus hoc tamen momenti fecit, ut Scipio abscederet inde, etc.,
Liv. 29, 35:nullum momentum in dando adimendoque regno habere,
no decisive influence, id. 1, 47, 6:momenti aliquid apud Magnetas ad repetendam societatem Romanam facere,
id. 35, 39, 3:cave quidquam habeat momenti gratia,
weight, influence, Cic. Mur. 30, 62:magno ad persuadendum momento esse,
id. Inv. 2, 26, 77:potentia,
motives, Ov. M. 11, 285:Leonis (sideris),
influence, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16:praebe nostrae momenta saluti,
promote, Ov. P. 4, 13, 49:erant octo cohortes... tum discordiā temporum a legione digressae, prout inclinassent, grande momentum sociae aut adversae,
Tac. H. 1, 59:levi momento aestimare aliquid,
to consider of little moment, to prize lightly, Caes. B. G. 7, 39:nullius momenti aliquid putare,
of no moment, unimportant, Cic. Vatin. 1, 1: nullius momenti apud exercitum futurum, Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:quod (oppidum) per se parvum magni momenti locum obtinuit,
Tac. H. 3, 8:id est maximi momenti et ponderis,
of the greatest moment, Cic. Vatin. 4, 19:exponunt, se tentāsse etiam haud magni momenti finitimarum gentium auxilia,
Liv. 10, 16, 5:sed in bello nihil tam leve est, quod non magnae interdum rei momentum faciat,
id. 25, 18, 3; 28, 17, 10; 27, 45, 5:inpensam in rem maximi ad omnia momenti facere,
id. 43, 23, 8:nullā in re nisi in virtute propensionem ne minimi quidem momenti esse ad, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 47:omnino nihil habere momenti,
id. ib. 2, 12, 38. -
14 rependo
rĕ-pendo, di, sum, 3, v. a., to weigh back (syn. compenso).I.Lit. (rare):II.aequaque formosae pensa rependis erae,
you weigh back, return by weight, the wool weighed out, Ov. H. 9, 78:pensa,
Prop. 4 (5), 7, 41:Ravenna ternos (asparagos) libris rependit,
i. e. produces them three to the pound, Plin. 19, 4, 4, § 54. —Transf., to weigh in return, to pay with the same weight, purchase a thing with its weight in money.A.Lit.: cui (Septumuleio) pro C. Gracchi capite erat aurum repensum, * Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 269:B.cum Septumuleius Gai Gracchi auro rependendum caput abscisum ad Opimium tulerit, etc.,
Plin. 33, 3, 14, § 48; Val. Max. 9, 4, 3:Aethiopico (magneti) laus summa datur, pondusque argento rependitur,
Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 129:(balsamum) duplo rependebatur argento,
id. 12, 25, 54, § 117: auro repensus Miles, ransomed (syn. redemptus), Hor. C. 3, 5, 25. —Trop.1.To pay in kind, pay back, repay, requite, recompense, return, reward, in a good and bad sense ( poet. and in postAug. prose):* 2.hac vitam servatae dote rependis?
Ov. M. 5, 15; cf.:gratiam facto,
id. ib. 2, 694:gratiam,
Phaedr. 2, prol. 12:magna,
Verg. A. 2, 161:fatis contraria fata,
to balance, id. ib. 1, 239:pretium vitae,
Prop. 4 (5), 11, 100:vices,
id. 4 (5), 4, 58:pro officiis pretium,
Ov. Am. 2, 8, 21:pia vota,
Stat. S. 3, 3, 155:decus suum cuique (posteritas),
Tac. A. 4, 35:exemplum contra singulos utilitate publicā,
id. ib. 14, 44 fin.:ingenio formae damna,
to counterbalance, compensate, Ov. H. 15, 32; cf.:rependere et compensare leve damnum delibatae honestatis majore aliā honestate,
Gell. 1, 3, 23:incolumitatem turpitudine,
to pay for, purchase, Plin. Pan. 44, 5; cf.:honorem servitute, donis, Col. praef. § 10: culpam hanc magno terrore,
Val. Fl. 6, 744:regis pacta magno luctu,
id. 6, 4:moestam noctem (with ulcisci socios),
Stat. Th. 8, 666.—To weigh in the mind, to meditate upon, ponder, consider:qui facta rependens, Consilio punire potest,
Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 228. -
15 talentum
tălentum, i ( gen. plur. talentum, Cic. Rab. Post. 8, 21; Liv. 30, 16, 12 et saep.;I.rarely talentorum,
Suet. Caes. 54), n. [talanton, a thing weighed, a weight; hence], a talent, i. e.,A Grecian weight, varying in different states, usually about half a hundred-weight (very rare):II.auri eborisque talenta,
Verg. A. 11, 333:thynni,
Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 44:turis,
id. 12, 17, 40, § 80.—A sum of money, likewise varying in amount.a.The Attic talent, which is most usually meant, contained sixty minæ, i. e. £243 15 s. sterling ($1182.19 in American gold):b.cum legati ab Alexandro quinquaginta ei talenta attulissent, quae erat pecunia temporibus illis, Athenis praesertim, maxima,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91:decem milia talantum,
id. Rab. Post. 8, 21; Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 114; 4, 2, 10; id. Truc. 5, 60; Varr. ap. Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 136:argenti,
Verg. A. 5, 112; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 34; id. S. 2, 3, 226; 2, 7, 89 al.; cf. Rhem. Fan. Pond. 37 sq.; Fest. p. 359.—Sometimes called also magnum, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10, 6; Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 71; id. Most. 3, 1, 110; id. Cist. 2, 3, 19.—Another talent of eighty minæ, Liv. 38, 38.—c.The Egyptian talent, Varr. ap. Plin. 33, 3, 15, § 52. -
16 auctōritās
auctōritās ātis, f [auctor], origination, production: eius (facti).—Power, authority, supremacy: in re p.: populi R.: legum dandarum: legatos cum auctoritate mittere, plenipotentiaries.—A deliberate judgment, conviction, opinion, decision, resolve, will: in orationibus auctoritates consignatas habere: omissis auctoritatibus, opinions aside: antiquorum: senatūs: senatūs vetus de Bacchanalibus, decree: respondit ex auctoritate senatūs consul, L.: legati ex auctoritate haec renuntiant (sc. senatūs), Cs.: ad ea patranda senatūs auctoritate adnitebatur, by decrees, S.: populi R.: censoria: collegii (pontificum), L.—Warrant, assurance, trustworthiness: in testimonio: somniorum: cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas.—Responsibility, accountability: quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei.—A voucher, security: cum publicis auctoritatibus convenire, credentials: auctoritates praescriptae, attesting signatures: auctoritates principum conligere, responsible names.— In law, a prescriptive title (to property), right by possession: usus et auctoritas fundi: adversus hostem aeterna: iure auctoritatis.—An example, model, precedent: omnium superiorum: alicuius auctoritatem sequi: totius Italiae auctoritatem sequi, Cs. — Counsel, advice, persuasion: omnium qui consulebantur: ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati adiutrix sit, T.: quorum auctoritas apud plebem plurimum valeat, Cs.: quorum auctoritas pollebat, S.: auctoritate suā alqm commovere.—Of persons, influence, weight, dignity, reputation, authority: tanta in Mario fuit, ut, etc.: auctoritatem habere apud alqm: alcui auctoritatem addere, L.: facere, to create: in re militari, prestige, Cs.: a tantā auctoritate approbata, by a person so influential.—Of things, importance, significance, force, weight, power, worth, consequence: nullius (legis) apud te: in hominum fidelitate: huius auctoritatem loci attingere, dignity.* * *title (legal), ownership; right to authorize/sanction, power; decree, order; authority, influence; responsibility; prestige, reputation; opinion, judgment -
17 commodus
commodus adj. with comp. and sup. [cum- + modus], with due measure, full, complete, of full weight: cyathis commodis miscentur pocula, H.— Of things, suitable, fit, convenient, opportune, commodious, easy, appropriate, favorable, friendly: curationi omnia commodiora, L.: seges commoda Baccho, V.: hoc meae commodum famae arbitror, T.: lex omnibus, L.: commodissima belli ratio, Cs.: ad cursūs vestis, O.: longius ceterum commodius iter, L.: commodissimus in Britanniam transiectus, Cs.: tempus, opportune, T.: commodiore iudicio.—In the phrase commodum est, it pleases, is agreeable: si id non commodum est, T.: iudices quos commodum ipsi fuit dedit.—Of persons, serving, useful, serviceable, pleasant, agreeable, obliging, neighborly, friendly, polite, affable, gentle: Catone commodior: aliis inhumanus, isti uni commodus: meis sodalibus, H. — Poet., of iambie verse: spondeos in iura paterna recepit Commodus, kindly, H.* * *commoda -um, commodior -or -us, commodissimus -a -um ADJsuitable, convenient, obliging; opportune/timely; favorable/lucky; advantageous; standard, full weight/size/measure; desirable, agreeable; good (health/news) -
18 gravis
gravis e, adj. with comp. gravior, and sup. gravissimus [2 GAR-], heavy, weighty, ponderous, burdensome, loaded, laden, burdened: gravi onere armorum oppressi, Cs.: corpus: Ipse gravis graviter Concidit, V.: bullae aureae: navigia, Cs.: agmen, L.: gravius dorso subiit onus, H.: robur aratri, V.: tellus, V.: naves spoliis graves, L.: aere dextra, V.: imbre nubes, L.—After the as was reduced in weight: aes grave, heavy money, money of the old standard (a full pound in each as), L. — With young, pregnant: sacerdos Marte, V.: uterus, O.—Of sound, deep, grave, low, bass: sonus, H.: gravissimus sonus: sonus auditur gravior, V.: fragor, O.—Of smell or flavor, strong, unpleasant, offensive: hircus in alis, rank, H.: ellebori, V.: odor caeni, V.: sentina, Iu.— Burdening, oppressive, serious, gross, indigestible, unwholesome, noxious, severe, sick: cibus: cantantibus umbra, V.: anni tempore gravissimo, season: autumnus in Apuliā, Cs.: virus, H.: tempus, weather, L.: graviore tempore anni acto, season, L.: morbo gravis, sick, V.: aetate et viribus gravior, L.: vino, O.: spiritus gemitu, difficult, V.: oculi, heavy, V.—Fig., hard to bear, heavy, burdensome, oppressive, troublesome, grievous, painful, hard, harsh, severe, disagreeable, unpleasant: paupertas, T.: labores: gravissima hiemps, Cs.: volnus: numquam tibi senectutem gravem esse: Appia (via) tardis, H.: miserior graviorque fortuna, Cs.: Principum amicitiae, oppressive, H.: si tibi grave non erit, a trouble: in Caesarem contiones, hostile, Cs.: verbum gravius: ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret, Cs.: gravius est verberari quam necari, S.: edictum, L.: graviora (pericula), more serious, V.: quo inprovisus gravior accederet, more formidable, S.: adversarius imperi.—As subst n.: O passi graviora, greater hardships, V.—Of things, strong, weighty, important, grave, influential: inperium gravius, T.: quae mihi ad spem obtinendae veritatis gravissima sunt: gravissima caerimonia, most solemn, Cs.: nihil sibi gravius esse faciendum, quam ut, etc.: exemplum, H.: gravissima civitas.—Of character, of weight, of authority, eminent, venerable, great: animus natu gravior, T.: auctoritate graviores: omnes gravioris aetatis, more settled, Cs.: homo, sober: gravis Entellum dictis castigat (i. e. graviter), V.* * *grave, gravior -or -us, gravissimus -a -um ADJheavy; painful; important; serious; pregnant; grave, oppressive, burdensome -
19 levis
levis e, adj. with comp. and sup. [2 LEG-]. —Of weight, light, not heavy: terra, light soil, V.: levis armaturae Numidae, light-armed, Cs.: miles, L.: nudi, aut sagulo leves, lightly clad, Ta.: Per levīs populos, shades, O.: virgāque levem coerces Aureā turbam, H.—Of digestion, light, easy to digest: malvae, H.—Of motion, light, swift, quick, fleet, nimble, rapid: venti, O.: pollex, O.: ad motūs leviores, N.: Messapus cursu, V.: Quaere modos leviore plectro, gayer, H.: hora, fleeting, O.— Slight, trifling, small: Ignis, O.: tactus, gentle, O.: querellae, O.—Fig., without weight, of no consequence, light, trifling, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, slight, little, petty: labores, T.: haec leviora fortasse: verba: auditio, unfounded report, Cs.: cui res et pecunia levissima fuit, insignificant: proelium, skirmish, Cs.: leviore de causā, Cs.: praecordia levibus flagrantia causis, Iu.: versūs, H.: Flebis levis, neglected, H.: rati, leviorem futurum apud patres reum, L.— Easy, light: non est leve Observare, no easy matter, Iu.: quidquid levius putaris, easier, Iu.: leviora tolli Pergama, H.—Of character, light, light-minded, capricious, fickle, inconstant, untrustworthy, false: mulieres sunt levi sententiā, T.: homo: tu levior cortice, H.: iudices: quid levius aut turpius, Cs.: auctor, L.: spes, empty, H.— Light, not severe, mild, gentle, pleasant: alquos leviore nomine appellare: audire leviora, milder reproaches, H.: eo, quod levissimum videbatur, decursum est, mildest, L.: Sithoniis non levis Euhius, i. e. hostile, H.* * *leve, levior -or -us, levissimus -a -um ADJlight, thin, trivial, trifling, slight; gentle; fickle, capricious; nimble; smooth; slippery, polished, plain; free from coarse hair/harsh sounds -
20 lībrāmentum
lībrāmentum ī, n [libro], a weight, load: plumbi, L.— A means of balancing: tormentorum, strap, Ta.— A geometrical plane, surface.* * *weight, counterpoise
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