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21 coëō
coëō īvī or iī, itus, īre [com- + eo], to go together, come together, meet, assemble, collect: in Piraeo, T.: matronae ad Venturiam frequentes coëunt, L.: quo populus coibat, H.: certis diebus (ad concilium), Ta.: milia crabronum, O.: populi legationibus coëunt, by their representatives, Ta.— To come together in battle, meet, encounter: inter se, V.: agmina, Cu.: cetera turba coit, joins in the attack, O.—To come together, be united, gather, unite, combine: coëundi in unum spatium, L.: manus coit omnis in unum, V.: qui unā coierunt, Cs.: ut coëat par Iungaturque pari, H.: amnes in artius coëunt, Cu.: membra, O.: coit formidine sanguis, congeals, V.: digiti coëunt, grow together, O.: volnera coiere mea, have closed, Pr.: Inter se capita (arcūs), V.: ut placidis coëant immitia, H.: memini nobis verba coisse, to have been exchanged, Pr.—Fig., to unite, join together, assimilate, combine, agree, ally oneself, conspire: cum hoc: principes tum unā coierunt, Cs.: in foedera dextrae, V.—Of a marriage contract: taedae quoque iure coissent, O.: conubio, nuptiis, Cu.: cum captivā, Cu.: Hac gener atque socer coëant mercede suorum, i. e. in the marriage, V.—With societatem, to enter into partnership, make a compact, become an ally, associate, form a league: societatem laboris: cum Caesare societatem: cum Lacedaemoniis, N.: societatem sceleris: ad eam rem societas coitur.* * *coire, coivi(ii), coitus Vfit together; have sexual intercourse; collect/gather (fluid); meet; rally; enter agreement; unite/assemble/conspire; come/go together; mend/knit (wound) -
22 cōnūbiālis
cōnūbiālis (not connū-), e, adj. [conubium], of wedlock, conjugal: iura, O.* * *conubialis, conubiale ADJof/belonging to marriage/wedlock (or a specific marriage), conjugal/connubial -
23 dē-nūbō
dē-nūbō ūpsī, ūptus, ere, to marry away, go away in marriage: in ullos thalamos, O.—To marry beneath one's rank: in domum Blandi.— Cf a mock marriage: in modum solemnium confugiorum, Ta. -
24 Hymēn
Hymēn (Hȳmēn, O.), —, *(υμήν, the god of marriage, god of weddings, Hymen (only nom sing.): Volgus ‘Hymen Hymenaee’ vocant, O., Ct.* * *Greek wedding chant/refrain; (personified as a god); marriage, wedding, match -
25 Hymenaeus
Hymenaeus ī, m, *(υμέναιοσ, the god of marriage, god of weddings, Hymen, Ct., O.* * *Greek wedding chant/refrain; (personified as a god); marriage, wedding, match -
26 locō
locō āvī (locāssint, for locāverint, C.), ātus, āre [locus], to place, put, lay, set, dispose, arrange: cohortes in fronte, S.: cadavera in arcā, N.: crates adversas locari iubet, Cs.: cum sol ita locatus fuisset, ut, etc.: Fundamenta (urbis), V.: litore Moenia, V.: vicos, Ta.: stipendium, S.—Fig., to place, put, set, lay, fix, establish, constitute: inter recte factum atque peccatum media locabat quaedam: eo loco locati sumus, ut, etc.: prudentia est locata in delectu bonorum et malorum, consists in.—To place in marriage, give away, give in marriage, marry: filiam suam, T.: nuptum virginem adulescenti, T.— To let, lease, hire, farm out: vectigalia: agrum frumento, L.: fundum: vocem, i. e. rant for pay (on the stage), Iu.: disciplina (histrionis) locabat se non minus HS CCCI[C ][C ][C ], yielded.—To give out on contract, contract for making, have done by contract: statuam faciendam: anseribus cibaria publice locantur (sc. praebenda): Iunoni templum (sc. exstruendum), L.: secanda marmora, H. — To put out, place profitably: beneficia apud gratos, L.: Bene facta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. C.* * *Ifor, in the place of, instead ofIIlocare, additional forms Vplace, put, station; arrange; contract (for); farm out (taxes) on contractIIIlocare, locavi, locatus Vplace, put, station; arrange; contract (for); farm out (taxes) on contract -
27 pangō
pangō pepigī or pēgī (old panxī), pāctus, ere [PAC-], to fasten, make fast, fix, drive in: ut clavum pangat, L.—Fig., to make, compose, write, record: maxuma facta patrum, celebrate, Enn. ap. C.: poëmata, H.: de pangendo, quod me adhortaris, nihil fieri potest: Temptamenta tui, contrive, V.— To fix, settle, determine, agree upon, agree, covenant, conclude, stipulate, contract (only perf. stem): terminos, quos Socrates pegerit: quos (finīs) lex pepigerat: ne medicamento uteretur: pacem nobiscum pepigistis, ut, etc., L.: pepigere, capesserent, etc., Ta.: obsides dare, L.: fraudem ulcisci, Ta.: nec quae pepigere recusent, V.: pretium, quo pepigerant, L.: tanti enim pepigerat, L.— To promise in marriage, betroth: alquam lecto nostro, O.: quae pepigere viri, the marriage contract, Ct.* * *Ipangere, panxi, panctus V TRANScompose; insert, drive in, fasten; plant; fix, settle, agree upon, stipulateIIpangere, pegi, pactus V TRANScompose; insert, drive in, fasten; plant; fix, settle, agree upon, stipulateIIIpangere, pepigi, pactus V TRANScompose; insert, drive in, fasten; plant; fix, settle, agree upon, stipulate -
28 thalamus
thalamus ī, m, τηάλαμοσ, an inner room, chamber, apartment: Pars secreta domūs... Trīs habuit thalamos, O.: Ferrei Eumenidum thalami, i. e. abode, V.: ubi iam thalamis se conposuere, in their cells (of bees), V.—A sleeping-room, bedchamber: natae, V.: thalami limina, O.—A bridal-bed, Pr.—Marriage, wedlock: thalami expers vitam Degere, V.: thalamos ne desere pactos, i. e. your promised bride, V.: quid thalamos alieni concipis orbis? i. e. in a distant land, O.* * *bedroom; marriage -
29 affinis
Irelation (by marriage); neighbor; accompliceIIaffinis, affine ADJneighboring, adjacent, next, bordering; related (marriage), akin, connected -
30 connubialis
connubialis, connubiale ADJof/belonging to marriage/wedlock (or a specific marriage), conjugal/connubial -
31 connubium
marriage/wedlock; right to marry; act/ceremony of marriage (usu. pl.) -
32 disponsatio
marriage; espousal (in the sense of marriage) (Douay/KJames) -
33 adfinis
af-fīnis (better adf-), e, adj. (abl. adfini, Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 66;I.once adfine,
Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 9; cf. Schneid. Gram. II. 222).Lit., that is neighboring or a neighbor to one (ADFINES: in agris vicini, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.), bordering on, adjacent, contiguous:II.gens adfinis Mauris, = confinis,
Liv. 28, 17:saevisque adfinis Sarmata Moschis,
Luc. 1, 430; also, near by family relationship, allied or related to by marriage, kêdesteis; and subst., a relation by marriage (opp. consanguinei, sungeneis), as explained by Modestin. Dig. 38, 10, 4:adfines dicuntur viri et uxoris cognati. Adfinium autem nomina sunt socer, socrus, gener, nurus, noverca, vitricus, privignus, privigna, glos, levir, etc.: ego ut essem adfinis tibi, tuam petii gnatam, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. numero, p. 170 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 201 Rib.): Megadorus meus adfinis,
my son-in-law, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 14; Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 63:tu me, adfinem tuum, repulisti,
Cic. Red. in Sen. 7: ex tam multis cognatis et adfinibus, id. Clu. 14; id. ad Quir. 5:Caesarem ejus adfinem esse audiebant, Auct. B. Afr. 32: quanto plus propinquorum, quo major adfinium numerus,
Tac. G. 20, 9:per propinquos et adfines suos,
Suet. Caes. 1:adfinia vincula,
Ov. P. 4, 8, 9.—Fig., partaking, taking part in, privy to, sharing, associated with; constr. with dat. or gen.; in Pac. with ad: qui sese adfines esse ad causandum volunt, Pac.ap.Non. 89, 11 (Trag. Rel. p. 80 Rib.):publicis negotiis adfinis, i. e. implicitus, particeps,
taking part in, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 1:duos solos video adfines et turpitudini judicari,
Cic. Clu. 45:huic facinori,
id. Cat. 4, 3:culpae,
id. Rosc. Am. 7, 18; id. Inv. 2, 44, 129; 2, 10:noxae,
Liv. 39, 14. -
34 adfinitas
affīnĭtas ( adf-), ātis, f. [affinis] ( gen. plur. adfinitatium, Just. 17, 3), the state or condition of adfinis.I.Relationship or alliance by marriage, esp. between a father and son-in-law, Ter. And. 1, 5, 12 Ruhnk. (cf. affinis):II.adstringere inter aliquos,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 73:effugere,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 12; so id. Hec. 4, 4, 101:caritas generis humani serpit sensim foras, cognationibus primum, tum adfinitatibus, deinde amicitiis, post vicinitatibus,
Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 68:adfinitate se devincire cum aliquo,
id. Brut. 26:cum aliquo adfinitate conjungi,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3:in adfinitatem alicujus pervenire,
id. Att. 19, 1:contrahere,
Vell. 2, 44:facere inter aliquos,
id. 2, 65:jungere cum aliquo,
Liv. 1, 1:adfinitate conjunctus,
allied by marriage, Suet. Ner. 35:in adfinitatis jura succedit,
Just. 7, 3.— Meton., the persons so related, like kindred in Engl.:patriam deseras, cognatos, adfinitatem, amicos,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 75.—Fig., relationship, affinity, union, connection (rare), Varr. R. R. 1, 16:litterarum,
Quint. 1, 6, 24: per adfinitatem litterarum, qui phôr Graece, Latine fur est, Gell. 1, 18, 5:tanta est adfinitas corporibus hominum mentibusque,
id. 4, 13, 4. -
35 affinis
af-fīnis (better adf-), e, adj. (abl. adfini, Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 66;I.once adfine,
Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 9; cf. Schneid. Gram. II. 222).Lit., that is neighboring or a neighbor to one (ADFINES: in agris vicini, Paul. ex Fest. p. 11 Müll.), bordering on, adjacent, contiguous:II.gens adfinis Mauris, = confinis,
Liv. 28, 17:saevisque adfinis Sarmata Moschis,
Luc. 1, 430; also, near by family relationship, allied or related to by marriage, kêdesteis; and subst., a relation by marriage (opp. consanguinei, sungeneis), as explained by Modestin. Dig. 38, 10, 4:adfines dicuntur viri et uxoris cognati. Adfinium autem nomina sunt socer, socrus, gener, nurus, noverca, vitricus, privignus, privigna, glos, levir, etc.: ego ut essem adfinis tibi, tuam petii gnatam, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. numero, p. 170 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 201 Rib.): Megadorus meus adfinis,
my son-in-law, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 14; Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 63:tu me, adfinem tuum, repulisti,
Cic. Red. in Sen. 7: ex tam multis cognatis et adfinibus, id. Clu. 14; id. ad Quir. 5:Caesarem ejus adfinem esse audiebant, Auct. B. Afr. 32: quanto plus propinquorum, quo major adfinium numerus,
Tac. G. 20, 9:per propinquos et adfines suos,
Suet. Caes. 1:adfinia vincula,
Ov. P. 4, 8, 9.—Fig., partaking, taking part in, privy to, sharing, associated with; constr. with dat. or gen.; in Pac. with ad: qui sese adfines esse ad causandum volunt, Pac.ap.Non. 89, 11 (Trag. Rel. p. 80 Rib.):publicis negotiis adfinis, i. e. implicitus, particeps,
taking part in, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 1:duos solos video adfines et turpitudini judicari,
Cic. Clu. 45:huic facinori,
id. Cat. 4, 3:culpae,
id. Rosc. Am. 7, 18; id. Inv. 2, 44, 129; 2, 10:noxae,
Liv. 39, 14. -
36 affinitas
affīnĭtas ( adf-), ātis, f. [affinis] ( gen. plur. adfinitatium, Just. 17, 3), the state or condition of adfinis.I.Relationship or alliance by marriage, esp. between a father and son-in-law, Ter. And. 1, 5, 12 Ruhnk. (cf. affinis):II.adstringere inter aliquos,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 73:effugere,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 12; so id. Hec. 4, 4, 101:caritas generis humani serpit sensim foras, cognationibus primum, tum adfinitatibus, deinde amicitiis, post vicinitatibus,
Cic. Fin. 5, 23, 68:adfinitate se devincire cum aliquo,
id. Brut. 26:cum aliquo adfinitate conjungi,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3:in adfinitatem alicujus pervenire,
id. Att. 19, 1:contrahere,
Vell. 2, 44:facere inter aliquos,
id. 2, 65:jungere cum aliquo,
Liv. 1, 1:adfinitate conjunctus,
allied by marriage, Suet. Ner. 35:in adfinitatis jura succedit,
Just. 7, 3.— Meton., the persons so related, like kindred in Engl.:patriam deseras, cognatos, adfinitatem, amicos,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 75.—Fig., relationship, affinity, union, connection (rare), Varr. R. R. 1, 16:litterarum,
Quint. 1, 6, 24: per adfinitatem litterarum, qui phôr Graece, Latine fur est, Gell. 1, 18, 5:tanta est adfinitas corporibus hominum mentibusque,
id. 4, 13, 4. -
37 camelae
cămēlae, ārum, f. [gamêlios, pertaining to gamos = a marriage], of or pertaining to a marriage festival: virgines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 63 Müll. -
38 condicio
condĭcĭo (in many MSS. and edd. incorrectly condĭtĭo, and hence falsely derived from condo; cf. 2. conditio), ōnis, f. [condico], an agreement, stipulation, condition, compact, proposition, terms, demand.I.Prop.(α).Absol.:(β).alicui condicionem ferre,
to offer terms, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 51; cf. id. ib. 4, 3, 91 sq.; id. Mil. 4, 1, 6; id. Men. 4, 2, 24; Liv. 37, 45, 13 al.:cognitis suis postulatis atque aequitate condicionum perspectā,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40; Cic. Caecin. 14, 40:non respuit condicionem,
Caes. B. G. 1, 42; so Cic. Cael. 6, 14:ne si pax cum Romanis fieret, ipse per condiciones ad supplicium traderetur,
Sall. J. 61 fin.:condiciones pacis, quas adfertis, si accepero,
Curt. 4, 11, 19:posse condicionibus bellum poni,
Sall. J. 112, 1:dum de condicionibus tractat,
Nep. Eum. 5 fin.:his condicionibus conpositā pace,
Liv. 2, 13, 4:aliquot populos aut vi subegit aut condicionibus in societatem accepit,
id. 9, 15, 2:ex quā condicione,
in consequence of, id. 23, 35, 9:sub condicionibus eis pacem agere,
id. 21, 12, 4:accipe sub certā condicione preces,
Ov. F. 4, 320:sub condicione,
conditionally, Liv. 6, 40, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; usu. without a prep.:eā enim condicione acceperas,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93:eādem condicione,
id. Div. 2, 44, 93; id. Or. 71, 235; id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12; Sall. J. 79, 8:istā quidem condicione,
id. de Or. 2, 7, 27:nullā condicione,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 137:ullā condicione,
id. Fl. 18, 43:his legibus, his condicionibus erit quisquam tam stultus, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 29, § 70.—With ut or ne: fert illam condicionem, ut ambo exercitus tradant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:(γ).eā accepisse condicione, ut, etc.,
Auct. Her. 4, 24, 34:hac condicione, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 13, 38; Phaedr. 4, 5, 8; Suet. Galb. 15; id. Vit. 15:jubere ei praemium tribui sed eā condicione, ne quid postea scriberet,
Cic. Arch. 10, 25 B. and K.:permisit eā solā condicione, ne, etc.,
Suet. Tib. 26:fecit pacem his condicionibus: ne qui, etc.,
Nep. Thras. 3, 1; so Liv. 23, 7, 1; Suet. Tib. 13 al.—With si (rare; not in Cic.): librum tibi eā condicione daret, si reciperes te correcturum, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4; Suet. Caes. 68; id. Claud. 24; id. Vit. 6.—(δ).With dum (rare):B.jam vero istā condicione, dum mihi liceat negare, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 101.— Also transf. subject., free choice, option:quorum condicio erat,
who had their choice, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 20.—From the conditions made in marriage,Esp., a marriage, match; sometimes, by meton., = the person married (freq. and class.).1.In an honorable sense, in full:2.condicio uxoria,
Cic. Lael. 10, 34; usu. alone: tu condicionem hanc accipe;ausculta mihi, Atque eam desponde mihi,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 60; so id. ib. 3, 5, 2; id. Stich. 1, 2, 61:ut eam in se dignam condicionem conlocem,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 122:hanc condicionem si quoi tulero extrario,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 13:aliam quaerere,
Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:condicionem filiae quaerendam esse,
Liv. 3, 45, 11; Nep. Att. 12, 1:alicui deferre,
Suet. Caes. 27; id. Aug. 63; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 8; 1, 14, 9; Mart. 3, 33; 5, 17; Just. 11, 7, 8.—Hence, in the jurists, the formula of separation:condicione tuā non utor,
I will not have you, Dig. 24, 2, 2. —In a bad sense, an amour, the relation of lover or mistress:II.accepit condicionem, dein quaestum occipit,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 52; cf.:quae tibi Condicio nova, luculenta, fertur per me,
id. Mil. 4, 1, 5; and hence, meton., a lover, paramour:habeo hortos... hinc licet condiciones cottidie legas,
Cic. Cael. 15, 36; Suet. Aug. 69; Capitol. Anton. Phil. 19; Lampr. Elag. 5, 8.—In gen., the external position, situation, condition, rank, place, circumstances (very freq. and class.).A.Of persons:B.est haec condicio liberorum populorum. etc.,
Cic. Planc. 4, 11:condicio infirma et fortuna servorum,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41; cf.:tolerabilis servitutis,
id. Cat. 4, 8, 16:condicione eo meliore est senex quam adulescens,
id. Sen. 19, 68:humana,
id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:ista condicio est testium, ut quibus creditum non sit negantibus, eisdem credatur dicentibus,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 35:alia oratoris,
Quint. 10, 3, 8; 3, 8, 37:alicujus condicio vitaque,
id. 3, 8, 50: abjectae extremaeque sortis. Suet. Calig. 35: fuit intactis quoque cura condicione super communi, solicitude concerning their common condition or circumstances, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 152; Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Sen. Ot. Sap. 31, 1; Quint. Decl. 308; Lact. 3, 28, 5.—Of things, a situation, condition, nature, mode, manner:quae consuerint gigni gignentur eādem Condicione,
Lucr. 2, 301:agri,
Cic. Agr. 2, 21, 57:frumenti,
Plin. 24, 17, 101, § 158: aliquam vitae sequi, mode or manner of living, Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 16:earum (frugum) cultus et condiciones tradere,
id. Div. 1, 51, 116 B. and K.; cf.:haec vivendi,
Hor. S. 2, 8, 65:diversa causarum inter ipsas,
Quint. 10, 2, 23:duplex ejus disceptationis,
id. 7, 5, 2:litium,
id. 5, 1, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 36:vel temporum vel locorum,
id. 12, 10, 2 et saep. -
39 conjugalis
conjŭgālis, e, adj. [conjunx], relating to marriage, conjugal (prob. not ante-Aug.).I.Prop.:b.amor,
Tac. A. 11, 4:licentia,
id. ib. 11, 27:di,
who preside over marriage, id. G. 18; Sen. Thyest. 1103; Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 9, 3.—Esp., faithful:II.CONIVX,
Inscr. Grut. 602, 5; Inscr. Murat. 1296, 8.—Transf., of animals:gregem protegere debent galli,
Col. 8, 2, 11.— -
40 conjugium
conjŭgĭum, ii, n. [conjugo], a connection, union.I.Lit.:II.corporis atque animae (opp. discidium),
Lucr. 3, 845:inter has (feminas) et Theodorum quasi conjugium animosi spiritūs esse potuit,
Val. Max. 6, 2, ext. 3.—Trop., a connection by marriage, marriage, wedlock (considered in a physical point of view, while conubium is regarded as a civil or political institution; cf. conubium;B.class. in prose and poetry),
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54; id. Fin. 4, 7, 17; id. Att. 6, 8, 1; Ter. And. 3, 3, 29; Nep. Cim. 1, 3; Cat. 66, 28; Verg. A. 3, 475; 4, 172; Ov. M. 2, 804.—Of animals, Ov. F. 4, 336; Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 104 al.; cf.: sine ullis Conjugiis [p. 423] vento gravidae (equae), Verg. G. 3, 275. —Meton.1.Concubinage, Ov. M. 14, 298; 10, 295.—2.
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