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  • 21 exigo

    ex-igo, ēgī, āctum, ere (ex u. ago), I) heraus-, wegtreiben, herausjagen, A) eig.: 1) leb. Wesen: a) im allg.: cervam e montibus, Liv.: reges ex civitate, Cic.: regibus exactis, Sall. hist. fr.: hostem e campo, Liv.: capellas a grege in campos, Varro: pecus in bucita (= buceta) circum antiquom oppidum, Varro LL.: pastum sues, auf die Weide treiben, Varro: e stratis corpus, emporspringen von usw., Stat.: exactus furiis suis, fortgetrieben von usw., Ov. – b) insbes., α) uxorem (matrimonio), eine Gattin verstoßen, Plaut., Ter. u. Suet.: ebenso virum ab se, Plaut. – β) (wie εκβάλλω) einen Schauspieler (u. somit auch sein Stück) durch Zischen, Pochen usw. von der Bühne treiben, also durchfallen lassen, im Passiv exigi = durchfallen, Ter. Andr. prol. 27 (u. dazu Spengel). Ter. Hec. prol. 12 u. 15. – 2) Lebl.: a) ins Meer ergießen, et sacer admissas exigit Hebrus aquas, Ov. her. 2, 114. – b) vertreiben = verkaufen, agrorum fructus, Liv. 34, 9, 9: merces, Col. poët. 10, 317. – c) (hervor)treiben, radices, Cels.: brevem materiam, durum et latum folium, Col.: duplices uvas, Col. – d) poet., mit etwas ausholen, etwas in Schwung setzen, ensem, Ov. met. 5, 171. – B) übtr.: a) leb. Wesen: hic damnatos cum dedecore et traductione vitā exigit, bringt vom Leben zum Tode, Sen. de ira 1, 6, 4. – b) Lebl., heraustreiben, vertreiben, wegbrin gen, ubi labore lassitudo est exigunda ex corpore, Plaut.: iam ego ex corpore exigam omnes maculas maerorum tibi, Plaut.: nec potuisse (maculam ex corpore) umquam exigi, Suet.: Liber tenues e corpore curas exiget, Gratt.: ex. morbos, Macr.: otium, verdrängen, Hor.: telis senectam, Ov.

    II) ganz hintreiben, A) eig.: tela in alqm, Sen.: manum, einen Hieb anbringen, Quint. – dah. ganz hineinstoßen, ensem per iuvenem, Verg.: ferrum per praecordia, Ov.: ferrum per viscera, Lucan. – prägn., durchbohren, durchstoßen, illum exigit hasta, Val. Flacc. Vgl. Gronov Sen. de cons. ad Marc. 16. – B) übtr., zu etwas zwingen, exigi in poenas, Stat. Theb. 1, 215.

    III) etwas hinaustreiben = etwas zurücklegen, A) eig.: Athon, Val. Flacc.: mare, Plin.: mediam dies exegerat horam, Ov.: Phoebe, qui aestivos spatiosius exigis ignes, d.i. lange Sommertage machst, Prop. – B) übtr., zu Ende bringen, vollbringen, vollenden, a) übh.: monumentum aere perennius, Hor.: exactus tenui pumice versus eat, Prop.: commentarii ita sunt exacti, ut etc., Quint.: eandem gracilitatem stilo, zustande bringen, nachbilden, Quint.: opus, Ov. rem. 811; met. 15, 871 (vgl. unten no. IV, A, b): per hiemes aestusque et inaequales autumnos et breve ver spatiis exegit quattuor annum, brachte durch vier Zeiträume zu Ende, vollendete in vier Z., Ov. – b) eine Zeit zurücklegen, α) hin- od. zubringen, verleben, exquirit, qualem diem supremum noctemque exegisset, Tac.: ex. triginta dies in exspectatione mortis, Sen.: exacto per (unter) scelera die, Tac.: ex. sine metu reliquam noctem, Petron.: in Tuscis otium aestatis, Plin. ep.: ex. malam aetatem, Plaut.: totam aetatem in armis, Sen.: vitam in peregrinatione, Sen.: omnibus scortis abiectiorem et obsceniorem vitam, Val. Max.: senectutem Cypri profugus exegit, Val. Max.: ex. vitam taetre, Cato fr.: dispersam et vagam vitam miserabiliter, Val. Max.: cibo agresti vescendo vitam, Vitr.: vitam sine cura, Lucil.: uti boni honestique vitam exigerent, Sall.: quo studio vitam suam te absente exegerit, Ter.: ut sint, qui omne vitae tempus nudi exigant, Val. Max. – β) eine Zeit vollends zubringen, vollenden, exegit annum tribus spatiis, führte zu Ende, Ov. met. 1, 118: erant, de quibus plura dici vellem, nisi iam dies exactus esset (verstrichen wäre), Tac. dial.: iam dies exactus erat, Ov.: exactis mensibus, Verg.: aestas exacta erat, war zu Ende, Caes.: tribus aestatibus exactis, Verg.: exacto iam mense octavo, Iustin.: iam aestatem exactam esse, Sall.: ante exactam hiemem, Caes.: exacto quoque anno, Cels.: iam ad pariendum temporibus exactis, Cic.: exactā pueritiā, Iustin.: exactā aetate, am Ende seiner Tage, im hohen Alter, hochbetagt (zB. mori), Cic.: grandaevi senes, exactā aetate feminae, Tac.: eodem anno Q. Fabius Maximus moritur exactae aetatis, als hochbetagter Greis, Liv. – c) erdulden, alcis causā hanc aerumnam, Plaut. capt. 1009.

    IV) auftreiben, beitreiben = einfordern, einkassieren, verlangen, fordern, A) eig.: a) Gelder: pecunias, Cic.: vectigalia, Cic.: m. dopp. Acc., Mesopotamenos non exegit tributum, Spart. Hadr. 21, 12: unum quemque iuxta vires exegit tam argentum quam aurum de populo terrae, Vulg. 4. regg. 23, 35. – Passiv exigor m. Acc. rei, exigor portorium, der Zoll wird von mir verlangt, Caecil. com. 92; sese pecunias maximas exactos esse, Q. Metell. Num. fr. bei Gell. 15, 14, 2 (vgl. unten no. B, a). – b) eine Leistung: ex. opus, beaufsichtigen, leiten, Ov. met. 14, 268. Col. 3, 13, 11 (vgl. no. III, B, a): aedes privatas velut publicum opus, den Bau von Privathäusern wie öffentliche Bauten beaufsichtigen u. betreiben (v. den Zensoren), Liv. 6, 4, 6. – Insbes., α) den Bau (Ausbau) von etw. verlangen, viam, Cic.: sarta tecta sacris publicis, sie in Dach u. Fach, im baulichen Zustande erhalten, Liv.: u. so omnia sarta tecta, Cic. – β) die Stellung von etwas verlangen, etw. requirieren, aufbieten, equitum peditumque certum numerum a civitatibus, Caes.: obsides ab Apolloniatibus, Caes.: custodiae in portis, vigiliae vicatim exactae, Liv.: vehicula (Transportfuhrwerke), Plin. pan. – B) übtr.: a) verlangen, fordern, auf etw. dringen, α) v. Pers.: insiurandum, Liv.: rationem (Rechenschaft), Ggstz. reddere, Val. Max.: Sen. u.a.: u. so ab alqo rationem alienae culpae, Sen. rhet.: veritatem a teste, Cic.: promissum ab alqo, Cic.: duplices ab alqo mercedes, Quint.: disciplinam severissime, Suet.: poenas de alqo oder alci, jmd. strafen (weil Strafen anfangs in Vieh od. einer Summe Geld bestanden), Ov.: so auch supplicium de alqo, Flor.: piacula ab alqo, Liv.; exigerem nostrae qualia damna notae? sollt' ich Rache nehmen für die Schmach, die mich zeichnete? Ov. – Passiv exigor m. Acc. rei (vgl. oben no. A, a), intellegeres, quod minora exigaris ab eo, Vulg. Iob 11, 6: ferus sacrae viae vastator poenas exactus est vastationis suae, Cassiod. hist. eccl. 6, 45: ex. m. folg. ut u. Konj., Ov. fast. 6, 358. Curt. 8, 4 (16), 21. Iuven. 7, 238: ex. m. bl. Konj., Plin. ep. 6, 8, 5: ex. alqm (von jmd.) m. folg. ut u. Konj., Nepot. epit. Val. Max. 9, 20 (wo exigere Simonidem, ut prodiret): ex. ab alqo m. folg. ne u. Konj., Suet. Ner. 49, 4. Iuven. 13, 35: ex. m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Suet. Cal. 43. Paul. dig. 29, 7, 8. § 2: im Passiv m. Nom. u. Infin., ubi exigitur argentarius rationes edere, Ulp. dig. 2, 13, 8. – β) v. Lebl., prout res exigit, es erfordert, nötig macht, Plin.: si quid res exigeret, Suet.: si ita res familiaris (Hausstand) exigat, Tac. dial.: ubi res vigiliam exigeret, wenn sich Wachsamkeit nötig machte, Vell. – b) fragen, facta alcis, Ov. art. am. 2, 130: ab alqo, cur etc., Tac. ann. 2, 85.

    V) nach einem Maßstabe, Maße etw. ganz genau abmessen, abwägen, untersuchen, A) eig.: columnas ad perpendiculum, Cic.: materiam ad regulam et libellam, Plin.: pondus margaritarum manu, Plin. – B) übtr.: 1) im allg., nach etwas abmessen, abwägen, beurteilen, prüfen, ad illam summam veritatem legitimum ius, Cic.: ad suas leges atque instituta ea, quae Lacedaemone fiunt, Liv.: opus ad vires suas, Ov.: omnia argumenta ad obrussam, Sen.: illa nonnisi aure exiguntur, quae fiunt per sonos, Quint. – 2) insbes.: a) etw. erwägen, überlegen, über etwas mit sich od. jmd. zu Rate gehen, sich beraten, verhandeln, tempus secum ipsa modumque exigit, Verg.: mecum exigo, Sen.: talia secum, Ov.: – de his rebus ut exigeret cum eo, Planc. in Cic. ep.: quo (die) de his coram exigere possimus, Plin. ep.: haec exigentes (sc. inter se), Liv. – dah. non satis exactum, quid agam, ausgemacht, gewiß, Cic.: nec satis exactum est, corpus an umbra forem, Ov. – b) nach etwas abmessend einrichten, suo equorumque cultu ad luxuriam magis quam ad magnificentiam exacto, Curt.: opus est aliquo, ad quem mores nostri se ipsi exigant, sich bilden, Sen.

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  • 22 exigo

    ex-igo, ēgī, āctum, ere (ex u. ago), I) heraus-, wegtreiben, herausjagen, A) eig.: 1) leb. Wesen: a) im allg.: cervam e montibus, Liv.: reges ex civitate, Cic.: regibus exactis, Sall. hist. fr.: hostem e campo, Liv.: capellas a grege in campos, Varro: pecus in bucita (= buceta) circum antiquom oppidum, Varro LL.: pastum sues, auf die Weide treiben, Varro: e stratis corpus, emporspringen von usw., Stat.: exactus furiis suis, fortgetrieben von usw., Ov. – b) insbes., α) uxorem (matrimonio), eine Gattin verstoßen, Plaut., Ter. u. Suet.: ebenso virum ab se, Plaut. – β) (wie εκβάλλω) einen Schauspieler (u. somit auch sein Stück) durch Zischen, Pochen usw. von der Bühne treiben, also durchfallen lassen, im Passiv exigi = durchfallen, Ter. Andr. prol. 27 (u. dazu Spengel). Ter. Hec. prol. 12 u. 15. – 2) Lebl.: a) ins Meer ergießen, et sacer admissas exigit Hebrus aquas, Ov. her. 2, 114. – b) vertreiben = verkaufen, agrorum fructus, Liv. 34, 9, 9: merces, Col. poët. 10, 317. – c) (hervor)treiben, radices, Cels.: brevem materiam, durum et latum folium, Col.: duplices uvas, Col. – d) poet., mit etwas ausholen, etwas in Schwung setzen, ensem, Ov. met. 5, 171. – B) übtr.: a) leb. Wesen: hic damnatos cum dedecore et traductione vitā exigit, bringt vom Leben zum Tode, Sen. de ira 1, 6, 4. – b) Lebl., heraustreiben, vertreiben, wegbrin-
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    gen, ubi labore lassitudo est exigunda ex corpore, Plaut.: iam ego ex corpore exigam omnes maculas maerorum tibi, Plaut.: nec potuisse (maculam ex corpore) umquam exigi, Suet.: Liber tenues e corpore curas exiget, Gratt.: ex. morbos, Macr.: otium, verdrängen, Hor.: telis senectam, Ov.
    II) ganz hintreiben, A) eig.: tela in alqm, Sen.: manum, einen Hieb anbringen, Quint. – dah. ganz hineinstoßen, ensem per iuvenem, Verg.: ferrum per praecordia, Ov.: ferrum per viscera, Lucan. – prägn., durchbohren, durchstoßen, illum exigit hasta, Val. Flacc. Vgl. Gronov Sen. de cons. ad Marc. 16. – B) übtr., zu etwas zwingen, exigi in poenas, Stat. Theb. 1, 215.
    III) etwas hinaustreiben = etwas zurücklegen, A) eig.: Athon, Val. Flacc.: mare, Plin.: mediam dies exegerat horam, Ov.: Phoebe, qui aestivos spatiosius exigis ignes, d.i. lange Sommertage machst, Prop. – B) übtr., zu Ende bringen, vollbringen, vollenden, a) übh.: monumentum aere perennius, Hor.: exactus tenui pumice versus eat, Prop.: commentarii ita sunt exacti, ut etc., Quint.: eandem gracilitatem stilo, zustande bringen, nachbilden, Quint.: opus, Ov. rem. 811; met. 15, 871 (vgl. unten no. IV, A, b): per hiemes aestusque et inaequales autumnos et breve ver spatiis exegit quattuor annum, brachte durch vier Zeiträume zu Ende, vollendete in vier Z., Ov. – b)
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    eine Zeit zurücklegen, α) hin- od. zubringen, verleben, exquirit, qualem diem supremum noctemque exegisset, Tac.: ex. triginta dies in exspectatione mortis, Sen.: exacto per (unter) scelera die, Tac.: ex. sine metu reliquam noctem, Petron.: in Tuscis otium aestatis, Plin. ep.: ex. malam aetatem, Plaut.: totam aetatem in armis, Sen.: vitam in peregrinatione, Sen.: omnibus scortis abiectiorem et obsceniorem vitam, Val. Max.: senectutem Cypri profugus exegit, Val. Max.: ex. vitam taetre, Cato fr.: dispersam et vagam vitam miserabiliter, Val. Max.: cibo agresti vescendo vitam, Vitr.: vitam sine cura, Lucil.: uti boni honestique vitam exigerent, Sall.: quo studio vitam suam te absente exegerit, Ter.: ut sint, qui omne vitae tempus nudi exigant, Val. Max. – β) eine Zeit vollends zubringen, vollenden, exegit annum tribus spatiis, führte zu Ende, Ov. met. 1, 118: erant, de quibus plura dici vellem, nisi iam dies exactus esset (verstrichen wäre), Tac. dial.: iam dies exactus erat, Ov.: exactis mensibus, Verg.: aestas exacta erat, war zu Ende, Caes.: tribus aestatibus exactis, Verg.: exacto iam mense octavo, Iustin.: iam aestatem exactam esse, Sall.: ante exactam hiemem, Caes.: exacto quoque anno, Cels.: iam ad pariendum temporibus exactis, Cic.: exactā pueritiā, Iustin.: exactā aetate, am Ende seiner Tage, im hohen Alter, hochbetagt (zB. mori), Cic.: grandaevi senes, exactā aetate feminae, Tac.:
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    eodem anno Q. Fabius Maximus moritur exactae aetatis, als hochbetagter Greis, Liv. – c) erdulden, alcis causā hanc aerumnam, Plaut. capt. 1009.
    IV) auftreiben, beitreiben = einfordern, einkassieren, verlangen, fordern, A) eig.: a) Gelder: pecunias, Cic.: vectigalia, Cic.: m. dopp. Acc., Mesopotamenos non exegit tributum, Spart. Hadr. 21, 12: unum quemque iuxta vires exegit tam argentum quam aurum de populo terrae, Vulg. 4. regg. 23, 35. – Passiv exigor m. Acc. rei, exigor portorium, der Zoll wird von mir verlangt, Caecil. com. 92; sese pecunias maximas exactos esse, Q. Metell. Num. fr. bei Gell. 15, 14, 2 (vgl. unten no. B, a). – b) eine Leistung: ex. opus, beaufsichtigen, leiten, Ov. met. 14, 268. Col. 3, 13, 11 (vgl. no. III, B, a): aedes privatas velut publicum opus, den Bau von Privathäusern wie öffentliche Bauten beaufsichtigen u. betreiben (v. den Zensoren), Liv. 6, 4, 6. – Insbes., α) den Bau (Ausbau) von etw. verlangen, viam, Cic.: sarta tecta sacris publicis, sie in Dach u. Fach, im baulichen Zustande erhalten, Liv.: u. so omnia sarta tecta, Cic. – β) die Stellung von etwas verlangen, etw. requirieren, aufbieten, equitum peditumque certum numerum a civitatibus, Caes.: obsides ab Apolloniatibus, Caes.: custodiae in portis, vigiliae vicatim exactae, Liv.: vehicula (Transportfuhrwerke), Plin. pan. – B) übtr.: a) verlangen, fordern, auf etw. dringen, α)
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    v. Pers.: insiurandum, Liv.: rationem (Rechenschaft), Ggstz. reddere, Val. Max.: Sen. u.a.: u. so ab alqo rationem alienae culpae, Sen. rhet.: veritatem a teste, Cic.: promissum ab alqo, Cic.: duplices ab alqo mercedes, Quint.: disciplinam severissime, Suet.: poenas de alqo oder alci, jmd. strafen (weil Strafen anfangs in Vieh od. einer Summe Geld bestanden), Ov.: so auch supplicium de alqo, Flor.: piacula ab alqo, Liv.; exigerem nostrae qualia damna notae? sollt' ich Rache nehmen für die Schmach, die mich zeichnete? Ov. – Passiv exigor m. Acc. rei (vgl. oben no. A, a), intellegeres, quod minora exigaris ab eo, Vulg. Iob 11, 6: ferus sacrae viae vastator poenas exactus est vastationis suae, Cassiod. hist. eccl. 6, 45: ex. m. folg. ut u. Konj., Ov. fast. 6, 358. Curt. 8, 4 (16), 21. Iuven. 7, 238: ex. m. bl. Konj., Plin. ep. 6, 8, 5: ex. alqm (von jmd.) m. folg. ut u. Konj., Nepot. epit. Val. Max. 9, 20 (wo exigere Simonidem, ut prodiret): ex. ab alqo m. folg. ne u. Konj., Suet. Ner. 49, 4. Iuven. 13, 35: ex. m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Suet. Cal. 43. Paul. dig. 29, 7, 8. § 2: im Passiv m. Nom. u. Infin., ubi exigitur argentarius rationes edere, Ulp. dig. 2, 13, 8. – β) v. Lebl., prout res exigit, es erfordert, nötig macht, Plin.: si quid res exigeret, Suet.: si ita res familiaris (Hausstand) exigat, Tac. dial.: ubi res vigiliam exigeret, wenn sich Wachsamkeit nötig machte, Vell. – b) fragen, facta alcis, Ov. art. am. 2, 130: ab
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    alqo, cur etc., Tac. ann. 2, 85.
    V) nach einem Maßstabe, Maße etw. ganz genau abmessen, abwägen, untersuchen, A) eig.: columnas ad perpendiculum, Cic.: materiam ad regulam et libellam, Plin.: pondus margaritarum manu, Plin. – B) übtr.: 1) im allg., nach etwas abmessen, abwägen, beurteilen, prüfen, ad illam summam veritatem legitimum ius, Cic.: ad suas leges atque instituta ea, quae Lacedaemone fiunt, Liv.: opus ad vires suas, Ov.: omnia argumenta ad obrussam, Sen.: illa nonnisi aure exiguntur, quae fiunt per sonos, Quint. – 2) insbes.: a) etw. erwägen, überlegen, über etwas mit sich od. jmd. zu Rate gehen, sich beraten, verhandeln, tempus secum ipsa modumque exigit, Verg.: mecum exigo, Sen.: talia secum, Ov.: – de his rebus ut exigeret cum eo, Planc. in Cic. ep.: quo (die) de his coram exigere possimus, Plin. ep.: haec exigentes (sc. inter se), Liv. – dah. non satis exactum, quid agam, ausgemacht, gewiß, Cic.: nec satis exactum est, corpus an umbra forem, Ov. – b) nach etwas abmessend einrichten, suo equorumque cultu ad luxuriam magis quam ad magnificentiam exacto, Curt.: opus est aliquo, ad quem mores nostri se ipsi exigant, sich bilden, Sen.

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  • 23 ratiō

        ratiō ōnis, f    [RA-], a reckoning, numbering, casting up, account, calculation, computation: ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum: quibus in tabulis ratio confecta erat, qui numerus domo exisset, etc., Cs.: auri ratio constat, the account tallies: rationem argenti ducere, reckoning: pecuniae habere rationem, to take an account: ratione initā, on casting up the account, Cs.: mihimet ineunda ratio est: (pecuniam) in rationem inducere, bring into their accounts: aeraria, the rate of exchange (the value of money of one standard in that of another): rationes ad aerarium continuo detuli, rendered accounts: rationes cum publicanis putare: rationes a colono accepit: longis rationibus assem in partīs diducere, calculations, H.— A list, manifest, protocol, report, statement: cedo rationem carceris, quae diligentissime conficitur.— A transaction, business, matter, affair, concern, circumstance: re ac ratione cum aliquo coniunctus: in publicis privatisque rationibus, Cs.: nummaria: popularis: comitiorum: ad omnem rationem humanitatis: meam.—Plur., with pron poss., account, interest, advantage: alquis in meis rationibus tibi adiungendus: alienum suis rationibus existimans, etc., inconsistent with his interests, S.—Fig., a reckoning, account, settlement, computation, explanation: rationem reddere earum rerum: secum has rationes putare, T.: initā subductāque ratione scelera meditantes, i. e. after full deliberation: quod posteaquam iste cognovit, hanc rationem habere coepit, reflection: totius rei consilium his rationibus explicabat, ut si, etc., upon the following calculation, Cs.: ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me convenias, etc., i. e. means of determining: semper ita vivamus, ut rationem reddendam nobis arbitremur, must account to ourselves: si gravius quid acciderit, abs te rationem reposcent, will hold you responsible, Cs.— Relation, reference, respect, connection, community: (agricolae) habent rationem cum terrā, quae, etc., have to do: cum omnibus Musis rationem habere: omnes, quibuscum ratio huic est.— A respect, regard, concern, consideration, care: utriusque (sc. naturae et fortunae) omnino habenda ratio est in deligendo genere vitae: (deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem: sauciorum et aegrorum habitā ratione, Cs.: propter rationem brevitatis, out of regard for: habeo rationem, quid a populo R. acceperim, consider: neque illud rationis habuisti, provinciam ad summam stultitiam venisse? did you not consider?—Course, conduct, procedure, mode, manner, method, fashion, plan, principle: tua ratio est, ut... mea, ut, etc.: defensionis ratio viaque: itaque in praesentiā Pompei sequendi rationem omittit, Cs.: in philosophiā disserendi: ut, quo primum curreretur, vix ratio iniri possit, Cs.: hoc aditu laudis vitae meae rationes prohibuerunt, plan of life.—Arrangement, relation, condition, kind, fashion, way, manner, style: ratio atque usus belli, the art and practice of war, Cs.: novae bellandi rationes, Cs.: quorum operum haec erat ratio, etc., Cs.: rationem pontis hanc instituit; tigna bina, etc., Cs.: iuris: haec eadem ratio est in summā totius Galliae, Cs.: eādem ratione, quā pridie, ab nostris resistitur, Cs: quid refert, quā me ratione cogatis?: nullā ratione, Cs.: tota ratio talium largitionum genere vitiosa est, principle.—The faculty of computing, judgment, understanding, reason, reasoning, reflection: Ita fit, ut ratio praesit, appetitus obtemperet: homo, quod rationis est particeps, causas rerum videt: lex est ratio summa: ut, quos ratio non posset, eos ad officium religio duceret: si ratio et prudentia curas aufert, H.: mulier abundat audaciā, consilio et ratione deficitur: Arma amens capio, nec sat rationis in armis, V.: ratione fecisti, sensibly.—Ground, motive, reason: quid tandem habuit argumenti aut rationis res, quam ob rem, etc.: nostra confirmare argumentis ac rationibus: noverit orator argumentorum et rationum locos: ad eam sententiam haec ratio eos deduxit, quod, etc., Cs.: rationibus conquisitis de voluptate disputandum putant: Num parva causa aut prava ratiost? reason, excuse, T.— Reasonableness, reason, propriety, law, rule, order: omnia, quae ratione docentur et viā, reasonably and regularly: ut ratione et viā procedat oratio: quae res ratione modoque Tractari non volt, H.: intervallis pro ratā parte ratione distinctis, divided proportionally by rule: vincit ipsa rerum p. natura saepe rationem, system.—A theory, doctrine, system, science: haec nova et ignota ratio, solem lunae oppositum solere deficere: Epicuri, doctrine: Stoicorum: ratio vivendi... ratio civilis, the art of living... statesmanship.—Knowledge, science. si qua (est in me) huiusce rei ratio aliqua.— A view, opinion, conviction: Mea sic est ratio, T.: cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu loqueretur: cuius ratio etsi non valuit, N.
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    I II
    account, reckoning; plan; prudence; method; reasoning; rule; regard

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  • 24 Fors

    fors, fortis, f. [fero, to bring, whence fortuna, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300 sq.], chance, hap, luck, hazard.
    I.
    Subst.
    A.
    As an appellative noun (used only in the nom. and abl.; syn.: fortuna, casus, sors): quo saxum impulerit fors, eo cadere Fortunam autumant, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 368 Rib., who regards this verse as spurious); cf.: quibus natura prava magis quam fors aut fortuna obfuit, Att. ap. Non. 425, 13 (Trag. Rel. ed. Rib. v. 110): cui parilem fortuna locum fatumque tulit fors, Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 15; cf.

    also: casumque timent quem cuique ferat fors,

    Lucr. 3, 983 Lachm. N. cr.:

    unum hoc scio: Quod fors feret, feremus aequo animo,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 88:

    sed haec, ut fors tulerit,

    Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.:

    sed haec fors viderit,

    id. ib. 14, 13, 3;

    4, 10, 1: quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 2:

    quia tam incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10:

    telum quod cuique fors offerebat, arripuit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43; Hor. S. 1, 6, 54; 2, 1, 59:

    forte quadam divinitus super ripas Tiberis effusus lenibus stagnis,

    Liv. 1, 4, 4:

    fors fuit, ut, etc.,

    it happened that, Gell. 12, 8, 2:

    fors fuat pol!

    so be it! God grant it! Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 4;

    post-class.: fors fuat, ut his remediis convalescamus,

    Symm. Ep. 2, 7; Aus. Ep. 16: fors fuat, an, etc., it might so happen that; perchance, i. q. forsitan, Symm. Ep. 1, 39; 4, 28 and 29; cf.

    also: pretio fors fuat officiove, etc.,

    perhaps, Sid. Ep. 9, 7 (but not in Lucr. 1, 486, v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—
    B.
    Personified, Fors, the goddess of chance:

    dea Fors,

    Ov. F. 6, 775; also in the connection Fors Fortuna, whose temple was situated on the Tiber, outside of the city: vosne velit an me regnare, era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. de Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 ed. Vahl.); so,

    sit sane Fors domina campi,

    Cic. Pis. 2, 3:

    fors, in quo incerti casus significantur magis (different from Fortuna),

    id. Leg. 2, 11 fin. Mos. N. cr.:

    sed de illa ambulatione Fors viderit, aut si qui est qui curet deus,

    id. Att. 4, 10, 1:

    saeva,

    Cat. 64, 170:

    dies Fortis Fortunae appellatus ab Servio Tullio rege, quod is fanum Fortis Fortunae secundum Tiberim extra urbem Romam dedicavit Junio mense,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.; cf.;

    aedis Fortis Fortunae,

    Liv. 10, 46, 14; Tac. A. 2, 41:

    Fortunae Fortis honores,

    Ov. F. 6, 773:

    o Fortuna! o Fors Fortuna! quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem!

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1 (quoted by Varr. ap. Non. 425, 19; for Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18, v. II. B. 1. infra).
    II.
    Adverb., in the nom. and abl.
    A.
    fors, ellipt., for fors sit, it might happen, i. e. perchance, perhaps, peradventure (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

    similiter fors, cum sit nominativus, accipitur pro adverbio,

    Prisc. p. 1015 P.:

    et fors aequatis cepissent praemia rostris, Ni, etc.,

    Verg. A. 5, 232; 6, 535:

    cesserit Ausonio si fors victoria Turno,

    if perchance, id. ib. 12, 183; Val. Fl. 3, 665; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 2.—Esp. in the connection fors et, i. q. fortasse etiam, perhaps too:

    iste quod est, ego saepe fui, sed fors et in hora Hoc ipso ejecto carior alter erit,

    Prop. 2, 9, 1:

    et nunc ille quidem spe multum captus inani, Fors et vota facit cumulatque altaria donis,

    Verg. A. 11, 50; 2, 139:

    fors et Debita jura vicesque superbae Te maneant ipsum,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Stat. S. 3, 4, 4.—Less freq.:

    fors etiam,

    Val. Fl. 4, 620.—
    B.
    forte, by chance, by accident, casually, accidentally; freq. with casu, temere, fortuna (freq. and class.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? etc.,

    Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:

    forte fortuna per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 75: aut forte omnino ac fortuna vincere bello: Si forte et temere omnino, quid cursum ad honorem? Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 16 sq.:

    si forte, temere, casu aut pleraque fierent aut omnia, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 3, 6; cf.:

    nisi ista casu nonnumquam, forte, temere concurrerent,

    id. Div. 2, 68, 141:

    quam saepe forte temere Eveniunt, quae non audeas optare,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 30; cf. Liv. 41, 2, 7:

    nec quicquam raptim aut forte temere egeritis,

    id. 23, 3, 3: perpulere, ut forte temere in adversos montes erigeret, 2, 31, 5; 25, 38, 12;

    39, 15, 11: quibus forte temere humana negotia volvi persuasum est,

    Curt. 5, 11, 10:

    captivi quidam pars forte pars consilio oblati,

    Liv. 9, 31, 7:

    dumque hoc vel forte, vel providentia, vel utcumque constitutum rerum naturae corpus, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 66, 5; cf.:

    mihi haec et talia audienti in incerto judicium est, fatone res mortalium et necessitate immutabili, an forte volvantur,

    Tac. A, 6, 22: [p. 771] si adhuc dubium fuisset, forte casuque rectores terris, an aliquo numine darentur, Plin. Pan. 1, 4:

    seu dolo seu forte surrexerit, parum compertum,

    Tac. H. 2, 42; cf.:

    seu forte seu tentandi causa,

    Suet. Aug. 6:

    donec advertit Tiberius forte an quia audiverat,

    Tac. A. 4, 54:

    cum casu diebus iis itineris faciendi causa, Puteolos forte venissem,

    Cic. Planc. 26, 65:

    cum cenatum forte apud Vitellios esset,

    Liv. 2, 4, 5:

    ibi cum stipendium forte militibus daretur,

    id. 2, 12, 6:

    forte aspicio militem,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 58; cf.:

    fit forte obviam mihi Phormio,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 11:

    rus ut ibat forte,

    id. ib. 63:

    forte ut assedi in stega,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 44:

    lucernam forte oblitus fueram exstinguere,

    id. Most. 2, 2, 56:

    forte evenit, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Liv. 1, 7, 13:

    Tarenti ludi forte erant,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 29:

    erat forte brumae tempus,

    Liv. 21, 54, 7:

    et pernox forte luna erat,

    id. 32, 11, 9:

    per eos forte dies consul copias Larisam ducere tribunos militum jussit,

    i. e. it came to pass on one of those days, id. 36, 14, 1:

    per eosdem forte dies, etc.,

    id. 37, 20, 1; 37, 34, 1; cf. Tac. A. 4, 59:

    in locum tribuni plebis forte demortui candidatum se ostendit,

    Suet. Aug. 10. —So nearly = aliquando (mostly poet. and post - Aug.):

    forte per angustam tenuis vulpecula rimam repserat in cumeram frumenti,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

    ibam forte via sacra,

    id. S. 1, 9, 1; Mart. 1, 54, 7:

    forte quondam in disponendo mane die praedixerat, etc.,

    Suet. Tib. 11; Aur. Vict. de Caes. 17, 5.—
    2.
    Transf., to denote uncertainty, corresp. to the Gr. an, perhaps, perchance, peradventure.
    a.
    In conditional and causal sentences.
    (α).
    With si:

    irae si quae forte eveniunt hujusmodi,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 60:

    si quis vestrum, judices, aut eorum qui assunt, forte miratur, etc.,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:

    hicine vir usquam, nisi in patria, morietur? aut, si forte, pro patria?

    id. Mil. 38, 104:

    si forte est domi,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 104; Liv. 1, 7, 6:

    si forte eos primus aspectus mundi conturbaverat, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90:

    si te Latina forte deficient,

    id. Ac. 1, 7, 25:

    si qui me forte locus admonuerit,

    id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:

    si quae te forte res aliquando offenderit,

    id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    quod si forte ceciderint,

    id. Lael. 15, 53:

    si quando, si forte, tibi visus es irasci alicui,

    id. Rep. 1, 38 Mos. N. cr.; cf. id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—Rarely forte si:

    forte si tussire occepsit, ne sic tussiat, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 49:

    ita demum novatio fit... forte si condicio vel sponsor vel dies adiciatur,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 177.—Rarely with ellipsis of si:

    protinus Aeneas celeri certare sagitta invitat qui forte velint, i. e. si qui forte velint,

    Verg. A, 5, 485.—
    (β).
    With nisi ironically:

    hoc te monitum, nisi forte ipse non vis, volueram,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 59:

    nemo fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit,

    Cic. Mur. 6, 13:

    propensior benignitas esse debebit in calamitosos, nisi forte erunt digni calamitate,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 62; 3, 24, 93: is constantiam teneat;

    nisi forte se intellexerit errasse, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 33, 120:

    negare hoc, nisi forte negare omnia constituisti, nullo modo potes,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149: accedam ad omnia tua, Torquate;

    nisi memoria forte defecerit,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—In indirect locution with an inf.:

    nisi forte clarissimo cuique plures curas, majora pericula subeunda, delenimentis curarum et periculorum carendum esse,

    Tac. A. 2, 33.— Ironically, unless indeed, unless to be sure:

    Erucii criminatio tota, ut arbitror, dissoluta est, nisi forte exspectatis, ut illa diluam, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82; cf.:

    immo vero te audiamus, nisi forte Manilius interdictum aliquod inter duo soles putat esse componendum,

    id. Rep. 1, 13:

    ortum quidem amicitiae videtis nisi quid ad haec forte vultis,

    id. Lael. 9, 32; id. Mil. 7, 17; 31, 84; id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149; id. Leg. 1, 1, 2; id. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Fat. 16, 37; Sall. C. 20, 17; Quint. 10, 1, 70; Tac. H. 4, 74.—
    (γ).
    With ne:

    ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 24 and 26; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 56:

    pacem ab Aesculapio Petas, ne forte tibi eveniat magnum malum,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 21:

    qui metuo, ne te forte flagitent,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1:

    metuens, ne forte deprehensus retraheretur,

    Liv. 2, 12, 4:

    comperisse me non audeo dicere, ne forte id ipsum verbum ponam, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4: ac ne forte hoc magnum ac mirabile esse videatur, hominem toties irasci, id. de Or. 2, 46, 191; id. Att. 2, 18, 2.—Rarely with ut non instead of ne, Quint. 1, 3, 1.—
    b.
    In relat. clauses (very rare):

    nisi si quispiamst Amphitruo alius, qui forte te hic absente tamen tuam rem curet,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 195:

    unus in hoc non est populo, qui forte Latine reddere verba queat,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 53:

    nam qui forte Stichum et Erotem emerit, recte videtur ita demonstrare,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 59; Aur. Vict. Caes. 10, 3; 39, 45.—
    c.
    In gen. (rare; not in Cic., for in Off. 2, 20, 70, the true read. is: in uno illo aut, si forte, in liberis ejus manet gratia, B. and K.;

    and in the corrupt passage,

    id. Att. 10, 12, 5; Orelli reads: fortiter ac tempestive;

    Kayser, fortiter vel cum tempestate): quid si apud te veniat de subito prandium aut potatio Forte, aut cena,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 47:

    neque solum alium pro alio pedem metrorum ratio non recipit, sed ne dactylum quidem aut forte spondeum alterum pro altero,

    Quint. 9, 4, 49:

    sive non trino forte nundino promulgata, sive non idoneo die, etc.,

    id. 2, 4, 35:

    ut sciant, an ad probandum id quod intendimus forte respondeant,

    id. 5, 10, 122; cf. id. 7, 3, 20: quo casu licet uxori vel in omnes res, vel in unam forte aut duas (optare), Gai Inst. 1, 150; 4, 74:

    forte quid expediat, communiter aut melior pars Malis carere quaeritis laboribus,

    what may perhaps be of some use, Hor. Epod. 16, 15:

    alii nulli rem obligatam esse quam forte Lucio Titio,

    than for instance, Dig. 20, 1, 15, § 2; 30, 1, 67; 48, 22, 7, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 179.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Fors

  • 25 fors

    fors, fortis, f. [fero, to bring, whence fortuna, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300 sq.], chance, hap, luck, hazard.
    I.
    Subst.
    A.
    As an appellative noun (used only in the nom. and abl.; syn.: fortuna, casus, sors): quo saxum impulerit fors, eo cadere Fortunam autumant, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 368 Rib., who regards this verse as spurious); cf.: quibus natura prava magis quam fors aut fortuna obfuit, Att. ap. Non. 425, 13 (Trag. Rel. ed. Rib. v. 110): cui parilem fortuna locum fatumque tulit fors, Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 15; cf.

    also: casumque timent quem cuique ferat fors,

    Lucr. 3, 983 Lachm. N. cr.:

    unum hoc scio: Quod fors feret, feremus aequo animo,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 88:

    sed haec, ut fors tulerit,

    Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.:

    sed haec fors viderit,

    id. ib. 14, 13, 3;

    4, 10, 1: quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 2:

    quia tam incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10:

    telum quod cuique fors offerebat, arripuit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43; Hor. S. 1, 6, 54; 2, 1, 59:

    forte quadam divinitus super ripas Tiberis effusus lenibus stagnis,

    Liv. 1, 4, 4:

    fors fuit, ut, etc.,

    it happened that, Gell. 12, 8, 2:

    fors fuat pol!

    so be it! God grant it! Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 4;

    post-class.: fors fuat, ut his remediis convalescamus,

    Symm. Ep. 2, 7; Aus. Ep. 16: fors fuat, an, etc., it might so happen that; perchance, i. q. forsitan, Symm. Ep. 1, 39; 4, 28 and 29; cf.

    also: pretio fors fuat officiove, etc.,

    perhaps, Sid. Ep. 9, 7 (but not in Lucr. 1, 486, v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—
    B.
    Personified, Fors, the goddess of chance:

    dea Fors,

    Ov. F. 6, 775; also in the connection Fors Fortuna, whose temple was situated on the Tiber, outside of the city: vosne velit an me regnare, era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. de Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 ed. Vahl.); so,

    sit sane Fors domina campi,

    Cic. Pis. 2, 3:

    fors, in quo incerti casus significantur magis (different from Fortuna),

    id. Leg. 2, 11 fin. Mos. N. cr.:

    sed de illa ambulatione Fors viderit, aut si qui est qui curet deus,

    id. Att. 4, 10, 1:

    saeva,

    Cat. 64, 170:

    dies Fortis Fortunae appellatus ab Servio Tullio rege, quod is fanum Fortis Fortunae secundum Tiberim extra urbem Romam dedicavit Junio mense,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.; cf.;

    aedis Fortis Fortunae,

    Liv. 10, 46, 14; Tac. A. 2, 41:

    Fortunae Fortis honores,

    Ov. F. 6, 773:

    o Fortuna! o Fors Fortuna! quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem!

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1 (quoted by Varr. ap. Non. 425, 19; for Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18, v. II. B. 1. infra).
    II.
    Adverb., in the nom. and abl.
    A.
    fors, ellipt., for fors sit, it might happen, i. e. perchance, perhaps, peradventure (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

    similiter fors, cum sit nominativus, accipitur pro adverbio,

    Prisc. p. 1015 P.:

    et fors aequatis cepissent praemia rostris, Ni, etc.,

    Verg. A. 5, 232; 6, 535:

    cesserit Ausonio si fors victoria Turno,

    if perchance, id. ib. 12, 183; Val. Fl. 3, 665; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 2.—Esp. in the connection fors et, i. q. fortasse etiam, perhaps too:

    iste quod est, ego saepe fui, sed fors et in hora Hoc ipso ejecto carior alter erit,

    Prop. 2, 9, 1:

    et nunc ille quidem spe multum captus inani, Fors et vota facit cumulatque altaria donis,

    Verg. A. 11, 50; 2, 139:

    fors et Debita jura vicesque superbae Te maneant ipsum,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Stat. S. 3, 4, 4.—Less freq.:

    fors etiam,

    Val. Fl. 4, 620.—
    B.
    forte, by chance, by accident, casually, accidentally; freq. with casu, temere, fortuna (freq. and class.).
    1.
    Lit.:

    quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? etc.,

    Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:

    forte fortuna per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 75: aut forte omnino ac fortuna vincere bello: Si forte et temere omnino, quid cursum ad honorem? Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 16 sq.:

    si forte, temere, casu aut pleraque fierent aut omnia, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 3, 6; cf.:

    nisi ista casu nonnumquam, forte, temere concurrerent,

    id. Div. 2, 68, 141:

    quam saepe forte temere Eveniunt, quae non audeas optare,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 30; cf. Liv. 41, 2, 7:

    nec quicquam raptim aut forte temere egeritis,

    id. 23, 3, 3: perpulere, ut forte temere in adversos montes erigeret, 2, 31, 5; 25, 38, 12;

    39, 15, 11: quibus forte temere humana negotia volvi persuasum est,

    Curt. 5, 11, 10:

    captivi quidam pars forte pars consilio oblati,

    Liv. 9, 31, 7:

    dumque hoc vel forte, vel providentia, vel utcumque constitutum rerum naturae corpus, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 66, 5; cf.:

    mihi haec et talia audienti in incerto judicium est, fatone res mortalium et necessitate immutabili, an forte volvantur,

    Tac. A, 6, 22: [p. 771] si adhuc dubium fuisset, forte casuque rectores terris, an aliquo numine darentur, Plin. Pan. 1, 4:

    seu dolo seu forte surrexerit, parum compertum,

    Tac. H. 2, 42; cf.:

    seu forte seu tentandi causa,

    Suet. Aug. 6:

    donec advertit Tiberius forte an quia audiverat,

    Tac. A. 4, 54:

    cum casu diebus iis itineris faciendi causa, Puteolos forte venissem,

    Cic. Planc. 26, 65:

    cum cenatum forte apud Vitellios esset,

    Liv. 2, 4, 5:

    ibi cum stipendium forte militibus daretur,

    id. 2, 12, 6:

    forte aspicio militem,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 58; cf.:

    fit forte obviam mihi Phormio,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 11:

    rus ut ibat forte,

    id. ib. 63:

    forte ut assedi in stega,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 44:

    lucernam forte oblitus fueram exstinguere,

    id. Most. 2, 2, 56:

    forte evenit, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Liv. 1, 7, 13:

    Tarenti ludi forte erant,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 29:

    erat forte brumae tempus,

    Liv. 21, 54, 7:

    et pernox forte luna erat,

    id. 32, 11, 9:

    per eos forte dies consul copias Larisam ducere tribunos militum jussit,

    i. e. it came to pass on one of those days, id. 36, 14, 1:

    per eosdem forte dies, etc.,

    id. 37, 20, 1; 37, 34, 1; cf. Tac. A. 4, 59:

    in locum tribuni plebis forte demortui candidatum se ostendit,

    Suet. Aug. 10. —So nearly = aliquando (mostly poet. and post - Aug.):

    forte per angustam tenuis vulpecula rimam repserat in cumeram frumenti,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

    ibam forte via sacra,

    id. S. 1, 9, 1; Mart. 1, 54, 7:

    forte quondam in disponendo mane die praedixerat, etc.,

    Suet. Tib. 11; Aur. Vict. de Caes. 17, 5.—
    2.
    Transf., to denote uncertainty, corresp. to the Gr. an, perhaps, perchance, peradventure.
    a.
    In conditional and causal sentences.
    (α).
    With si:

    irae si quae forte eveniunt hujusmodi,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 60:

    si quis vestrum, judices, aut eorum qui assunt, forte miratur, etc.,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:

    hicine vir usquam, nisi in patria, morietur? aut, si forte, pro patria?

    id. Mil. 38, 104:

    si forte est domi,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 104; Liv. 1, 7, 6:

    si forte eos primus aspectus mundi conturbaverat, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90:

    si te Latina forte deficient,

    id. Ac. 1, 7, 25:

    si qui me forte locus admonuerit,

    id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:

    si quae te forte res aliquando offenderit,

    id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

    quod si forte ceciderint,

    id. Lael. 15, 53:

    si quando, si forte, tibi visus es irasci alicui,

    id. Rep. 1, 38 Mos. N. cr.; cf. id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—Rarely forte si:

    forte si tussire occepsit, ne sic tussiat, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 49:

    ita demum novatio fit... forte si condicio vel sponsor vel dies adiciatur,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 177.—Rarely with ellipsis of si:

    protinus Aeneas celeri certare sagitta invitat qui forte velint, i. e. si qui forte velint,

    Verg. A, 5, 485.—
    (β).
    With nisi ironically:

    hoc te monitum, nisi forte ipse non vis, volueram,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 59:

    nemo fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit,

    Cic. Mur. 6, 13:

    propensior benignitas esse debebit in calamitosos, nisi forte erunt digni calamitate,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 62; 3, 24, 93: is constantiam teneat;

    nisi forte se intellexerit errasse, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 33, 120:

    negare hoc, nisi forte negare omnia constituisti, nullo modo potes,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149: accedam ad omnia tua, Torquate;

    nisi memoria forte defecerit,

    id. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—In indirect locution with an inf.:

    nisi forte clarissimo cuique plures curas, majora pericula subeunda, delenimentis curarum et periculorum carendum esse,

    Tac. A. 2, 33.— Ironically, unless indeed, unless to be sure:

    Erucii criminatio tota, ut arbitror, dissoluta est, nisi forte exspectatis, ut illa diluam, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82; cf.:

    immo vero te audiamus, nisi forte Manilius interdictum aliquod inter duo soles putat esse componendum,

    id. Rep. 1, 13:

    ortum quidem amicitiae videtis nisi quid ad haec forte vultis,

    id. Lael. 9, 32; id. Mil. 7, 17; 31, 84; id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149; id. Leg. 1, 1, 2; id. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Fat. 16, 37; Sall. C. 20, 17; Quint. 10, 1, 70; Tac. H. 4, 74.—
    (γ).
    With ne:

    ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 24 and 26; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 56:

    pacem ab Aesculapio Petas, ne forte tibi eveniat magnum malum,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 21:

    qui metuo, ne te forte flagitent,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1:

    metuens, ne forte deprehensus retraheretur,

    Liv. 2, 12, 4:

    comperisse me non audeo dicere, ne forte id ipsum verbum ponam, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4: ac ne forte hoc magnum ac mirabile esse videatur, hominem toties irasci, id. de Or. 2, 46, 191; id. Att. 2, 18, 2.—Rarely with ut non instead of ne, Quint. 1, 3, 1.—
    b.
    In relat. clauses (very rare):

    nisi si quispiamst Amphitruo alius, qui forte te hic absente tamen tuam rem curet,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 195:

    unus in hoc non est populo, qui forte Latine reddere verba queat,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 53:

    nam qui forte Stichum et Erotem emerit, recte videtur ita demonstrare,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 59; Aur. Vict. Caes. 10, 3; 39, 45.—
    c.
    In gen. (rare; not in Cic., for in Off. 2, 20, 70, the true read. is: in uno illo aut, si forte, in liberis ejus manet gratia, B. and K.;

    and in the corrupt passage,

    id. Att. 10, 12, 5; Orelli reads: fortiter ac tempestive;

    Kayser, fortiter vel cum tempestate): quid si apud te veniat de subito prandium aut potatio Forte, aut cena,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 47:

    neque solum alium pro alio pedem metrorum ratio non recipit, sed ne dactylum quidem aut forte spondeum alterum pro altero,

    Quint. 9, 4, 49:

    sive non trino forte nundino promulgata, sive non idoneo die, etc.,

    id. 2, 4, 35:

    ut sciant, an ad probandum id quod intendimus forte respondeant,

    id. 5, 10, 122; cf. id. 7, 3, 20: quo casu licet uxori vel in omnes res, vel in unam forte aut duas (optare), Gai Inst. 1, 150; 4, 74:

    forte quid expediat, communiter aut melior pars Malis carere quaeritis laboribus,

    what may perhaps be of some use, Hor. Epod. 16, 15:

    alii nulli rem obligatam esse quam forte Lucio Titio,

    than for instance, Dig. 20, 1, 15, § 2; 30, 1, 67; 48, 22, 7, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 179.

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  • 26 legens

    1.
    lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
    I.
    A publicist's t. t.
    A.
    To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

    ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

    Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    juste pieque legatus venio,

    Liv. 1, 32:

    tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

    Sall. J. 21, 4:

    quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

    quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

    what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm.
    b.
    Beyond the official sphere:

    quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

    committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
    B.
    To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

    eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

    ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

    istum legatum iri non arbitror,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

    ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    Dolabella me sibi legavit,

    chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

    Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

    Sall. J. 28.—
    II.
    A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

    Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

    Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

    usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

    Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

    id. Top. 3, 14:

    cui argentum omne legatum est,

    Quint. 5, 10, 62:

    in argento legato,

    id. 7, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

    uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

    si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

    id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
    1.
    lēgātus, i, m.
    A.
    (Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    legatos mittere,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

    id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

    missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

    Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
    B.
    (Acc. to lego, I. B.).
    a.
    An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

    quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

    Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

    qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

    id. Clu. 36, 99:

    Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

    Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

    id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

    neque se ei legatum defuturum,

    id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

    hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

    quaestorius,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

    L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

    id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

    magnitudo et splendor legati,

    Liv. 38, 58, 9:

    in magna legatum quaere popina,

    Juv. 8, 172.—
    b.
    Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
    (β).
    Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

    Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

    legatus praetorius,

    Tac. Agr. 7.—
    2.
    lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

    legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

    Dig. 30, 116:

    Hortensii legata cognovi,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

    reliqua legata varie dedit,

    Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

    legatum peto ex testamento,

    Quint. 4, 2, 6:

    jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

    Suet. Dom. 8:

    cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

    Juv. 9, 62:

    legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
    2.
    lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    oleam,

    Cato, R. R. 144:

    nuces,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    herbas collibus,

    Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

    roscida mala,

    id. ib. 8, 38:

    flores in calathos,

    Ov. F. 5, 218:

    spolia caesorum,

    Liv. 5, 39:

    quos (montanos asparagos),

    Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

    ossa,

    Ov. H. 10, 150:

    homini mortuo ossa,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

    reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

    Suet. Aug. 100. —
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

    quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

    Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

    ossa vivis,

    id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

    ossa in capite lecta,

    id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

    ossa e vulneribus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
    2.
    To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

    oleam qui legerit,

    Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

    ficus non erat apta legi,

    Ov. F. 2, 254.—
    3.
    Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

    extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

    i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

    quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

    Ov. F. 3, 462:

    stamen,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
    4.
    Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

    omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

    Verg. G. 1, 373:

    vela legunt socii,

    id. A. 3, 532:

    ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

    Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

    prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

    draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

    ancoras classis legit,

    is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
    5.
    To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

    majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

    sacra divum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

    soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

    Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
    6.
    Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

    nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

    Ov. M. 5, 579:

    pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

    sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

    vada dura lego,

    id. ib. 3, 706:

    freta,

    id. ib. 3, 127:

    aequora Afra,

    Ov. F. 4, 289:

    Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

    id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

    subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

    et vestigia retro Observata legit,

    Verg. A. 9, 392:

    tortos orbes,

    to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
    7.
    To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

    Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

    Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

    navibus oram Italiae,

    Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

    oram Campaniae,

    Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

    terram,

    id. Aug. 16. —
    8.
    Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

    alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

    pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

    judices,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

    omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

    id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

    scribam,

    to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

    condiciones nubendi,

    id. Cael. 15:

    cives in patres,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    viros ad bella,

    Ov. M. 7, 669:

    geminasque legit de classe biremes,

    Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

    senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

    Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
    * (β).
    With inf.:

    fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

    Stat. Th. 1, 530.
    II.
    Trop.
    * A.
    To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

    nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
    B.
    To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
    * 1.
    In gen.:

    tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

    Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
    2.
    In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

    ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

    Cic. Top. 1:

    defensionem causae,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

    legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

    aliquid studiose intenteque,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

    significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

    id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

    liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

    orationem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6:

    aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

    antiquos et novos,

    Quint. 2, 5, 23:

    antiquos studiosius,

    id. 3, 6, 62:

    poëtas,

    id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

    Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

    id. 10, 1, 116:

    dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

    sepulcra legens,

    when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

    legentium plerisque,

    Liv. 1 praef. §

    4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

    to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

    nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

    Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

    legendi usus,

    Lact. 3, 25, 9:

    memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

    Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

    convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

    audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

    obturem impune legentibus aures,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

    quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

    with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

    quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

    to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
    (β).
    To find in an author or a writing:

    ut scriptum legimus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

    legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

    ego vero haec scripta legi,

    id. Planc. 39, 94:

    praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

    Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

    in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

    Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
    C.
    A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

    v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

    Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

    argentum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

    ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

    uxor lectissima,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

    id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

    nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

    id. Or. 68, 227:

    juvenum lectissime,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

    viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

    Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

    ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

    lectius,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

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  • 27 lego

    1.
    lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
    I.
    A publicist's t. t.
    A.
    To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

    ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

    Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

    juste pieque legatus venio,

    Liv. 1, 32:

    tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

    Sall. J. 21, 4:

    quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
    2.
    Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

    quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

    what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm.
    b.
    Beyond the official sphere:

    quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

    committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
    B.
    To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

    eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

    ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

    istum legatum iri non arbitror,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

    ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    Dolabella me sibi legavit,

    chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

    Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

    Sall. J. 28.—
    II.
    A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

    Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

    Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

    usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

    Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

    id. Top. 3, 14:

    cui argentum omne legatum est,

    Quint. 5, 10, 62:

    in argento legato,

    id. 7, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

    uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

    si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

    id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
    1.
    lēgātus, i, m.
    A.
    (Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    legatos mittere,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

    id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

    missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

    Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
    B.
    (Acc. to lego, I. B.).
    a.
    An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

    quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

    Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

    qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

    id. Clu. 36, 99:

    Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

    Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

    id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

    neque se ei legatum defuturum,

    id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

    hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

    quaestorius,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

    L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

    id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

    magnitudo et splendor legati,

    Liv. 38, 58, 9:

    in magna legatum quaere popina,

    Juv. 8, 172.—
    b.
    Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
    (β).
    Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

    Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

    legatus praetorius,

    Tac. Agr. 7.—
    2.
    lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

    legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

    Dig. 30, 116:

    Hortensii legata cognovi,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

    reliqua legata varie dedit,

    Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

    legatum peto ex testamento,

    Quint. 4, 2, 6:

    jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

    Suet. Dom. 8:

    cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

    Juv. 9, 62:

    legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
    2.
    lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    oleam,

    Cato, R. R. 144:

    nuces,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    herbas collibus,

    Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

    roscida mala,

    id. ib. 8, 38:

    flores in calathos,

    Ov. F. 5, 218:

    spolia caesorum,

    Liv. 5, 39:

    quos (montanos asparagos),

    Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

    ossa,

    Ov. H. 10, 150:

    homini mortuo ossa,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

    reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

    Suet. Aug. 100. —
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

    quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

    Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

    ossa vivis,

    id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

    ossa in capite lecta,

    id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

    ossa e vulneribus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
    2.
    To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

    oleam qui legerit,

    Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

    ficus non erat apta legi,

    Ov. F. 2, 254.—
    3.
    Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

    extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

    i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

    quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

    Ov. F. 3, 462:

    stamen,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
    4.
    Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

    omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

    Verg. G. 1, 373:

    vela legunt socii,

    id. A. 3, 532:

    ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

    Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

    prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

    draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

    ancoras classis legit,

    is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
    5.
    To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

    majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

    sacra divum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

    soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

    Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
    6.
    Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

    nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

    Ov. M. 5, 579:

    pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

    sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

    vada dura lego,

    id. ib. 3, 706:

    freta,

    id. ib. 3, 127:

    aequora Afra,

    Ov. F. 4, 289:

    Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

    id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

    subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

    et vestigia retro Observata legit,

    Verg. A. 9, 392:

    tortos orbes,

    to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
    7.
    To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

    Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

    Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

    navibus oram Italiae,

    Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

    oram Campaniae,

    Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

    terram,

    id. Aug. 16. —
    8.
    Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

    alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

    pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

    judices,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

    omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

    id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

    scribam,

    to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

    condiciones nubendi,

    id. Cael. 15:

    cives in patres,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    viros ad bella,

    Ov. M. 7, 669:

    geminasque legit de classe biremes,

    Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

    senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

    Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
    * (β).
    With inf.:

    fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

    Stat. Th. 1, 530.
    II.
    Trop.
    * A.
    To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

    nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
    B.
    To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
    * 1.
    In gen.:

    tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

    Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
    2.
    In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

    ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

    Cic. Top. 1:

    defensionem causae,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

    legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

    aliquid studiose intenteque,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

    significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

    id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

    liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

    orationem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6:

    aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

    antiquos et novos,

    Quint. 2, 5, 23:

    antiquos studiosius,

    id. 3, 6, 62:

    poëtas,

    id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

    Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

    id. 10, 1, 116:

    dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

    sepulcra legens,

    when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

    legentium plerisque,

    Liv. 1 praef. §

    4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

    to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

    nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

    Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

    legendi usus,

    Lact. 3, 25, 9:

    memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

    Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

    convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

    audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

    obturem impune legentibus aures,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

    quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

    with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

    quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

    to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
    (β).
    To find in an author or a writing:

    ut scriptum legimus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

    legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

    ego vero haec scripta legi,

    id. Planc. 39, 94:

    praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

    Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

    in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

    Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
    C.
    A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

    v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

    Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

    argentum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

    ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

    uxor lectissima,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

    id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

    nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

    id. Or. 68, 227:

    juvenum lectissime,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

    viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

    Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

    ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

    lectius,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

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  • 28 severum

    1.
    sĕvērus, a, um, adj. [perh. kindr. with serius], serious, grave, strict, austere, stern, severe in aspect, demeanor, conduct, etc. (of persons and things; serius regularly only of things; v. serius; class. and freq.).
    I.
    Of persons:

    nam te omnes saevom severumque commemorant,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

    quam severus!

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 21; id. Eun. 2, 1, 21:

    civis severus et gravis,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 95; cf.:

    omnium gravissimus et severissimus, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

    Tubero (Stoicus) vitā severus,

    id. Brut. 31, 117; cf.:

    Stoicorum secta severissima,

    Quint. 1, 10, 15:

    agricolae,

    hardended by toil, rugged, Lucr. 5, 1357:

    Cures,

    Verg. A. 8, 638:

    Zethus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 42; cf. in comp.:

    rumores senum severiorum,

    Cat. 5, 2.—Of those who live a sober and temperate life:

    at vos hinc abite, lymphae, Vini pernicies et ad severos Migrate,

    Cat. 27, 6:

    adimam cantare severis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 10; 1, 5, 13:

    legis custodes,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18: neque severus esse (potest) in judicando, qui [p. 1687] alios in se severos esse judices non vult, id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 38; so,

    judices severi in eos solos,

    id. Clu. 20, 56; cf.:

    severissimos atque integerrimos judices,

    id. Verr. 1, 10, 30:

    ex familiā ad judicandum severissimā,

    id. ib.:

    ubi haec severus te palam laudaveram,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 19:

    auctor e severissimis,

    Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:

    Aristolaus e severissimis pictoribus fuit,

    id. 35, 11, 40, § 137 (for which, just before: austerior colore).—
    B.
    In a bad sense, harsh, rough, crabbed, rigid, severe (rare):

    Neptunus saevus severusque,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

    idem acerbe severus in filium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112 dub. (a passage bracketed by B. and K.):

    in me severior quam in vos,

    Liv. 7, 40, 7; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21:

    Eumenidum turba,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 22; cf. II. B.—
    II.
    Of things, grave, serious, severe, austere, etc.:

    severā fronte curas cogitans,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46:

    vultus severior et tristior,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf. Hor. A. P 107:

    frons,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 241: Falernum, rough, sharp, tart (syn. austerum), Hor. C. 1, 27, 9:

    divaeque (Palladis) severas Fronde ligare comas,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 288:

    animus (opp. mitis),

    Quint. 3, 9, 7:

    disciplina maxime severa,

    id. 1, 2, 5:

    imperia severiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

    judicia severa,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 133:

    lex,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 57:

    severiora judicia,

    Quint. 4, 2, 122:

    severiores leges,

    id. 12, 1, 40; cf.:

    Lycurgus severissimarum justissimarumque legum auctor,

    Vell. 1, 6, 3:

    imperii severissimi vir,

    Liv. 4, 26:

    quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

    linque severa,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 28:

    paulo severior poena,

    Sall. C. 51, 15.—Of style:

    sententiae graves et severae,

    Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

    triste et severum genus dicendi,

    id. ib. 30, 113; so Quint. 2, 4, 6; 6, 3, 102; 9, 4, 63 sq.; 10, 1, 131 al.; cf.:

    severae Musa tragoediae,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 9:

    fidibus voces crevere severis,

    id. A. P. 216.—
    B.
    Severe, dreadful, gloomy:

    severus Uncus abest,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 19:

    silentia noctis,

    Lucr. 4, 460:

    heims,

    Quint. Decl. 4, 14:

    amnem Cocyti metuet,

    Verg. G. 3, 37; cf. absol.: Si. Accurrite, Ne se interimat... Me. Hau! voluisti istuc severum facere? this horrible deed, Plaut. Cist. 3, 15 (but in Lucr. 5, 35 the correct read. is pelage sonora; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—Hence, adv., in three forms, severe (class.), severiter (anteand post-class.), and severum (post-class.).
    A.
    sĕvērē, gravely, seriously, austerely, rigidly, severely, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

    graviter et severe voluptatem secernit a bono,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

    vetuit (with graviter),

    Quint. 11, 3, 148:

    uti judicio,

    id. 1, 3, 4:

    aestimatae lites,

    Cic. Mur. 20, 42; 25, 51:

    vindicare Hiempsalis mortem,

    Sall. J. 15, 3:

    dicere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134; Quint. 6, 3, 101; 8, 3, 40:

    domesticam disciplinam regere,

    Suet. Caes. 48.— Comp.:

    ad aliquem severius scribere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    adhibere aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 10, 12, 3:

    coërcere matrimonia,

    Just. 3, 3, 8. — Sup.:

    sunt qui voluptatem severissime contemnant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71; so,

    exacta aetas,

    id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

    dicere jus,

    Suet. Caes. 43.—
    B.
    sĕvērĭter, gravely, seriously, severely: sermonem cum aliquo conferre, Titin. ap. Non. 509, 33; and in Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Plaut., acc. to Prisc. 1. 1.; App. M. 2, p. 126, 33.—
    * C.
    sĕvērum, harshly, austerely:

    nunc severum vivitur,

    Prud. Cath. 2, 33.
    2.
    Sĕvērus, i, m. [1. severus], a proper name.
    A.
    Of several men.
    1.
    Cornelius Severus, a poet in the Augustan age, Quint. 10, 1, 89; Ov. P. 4, 2, 2 sqq.; 4, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor, A.D. 193-211.—
    3.
    Alexander Severus, a Roman emperor, A. D. 222-235, Eutr. 8, 10; Spart. Sev. 1 sqq.—
    4.
    T. Cassius Severus, a Roman orator, in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, Quint. 10, 1, 116; Tac. Or. 19.—
    5.
    Sulpicius Severus, a bishop in Gaul, author of a Historia Sacra, and of the Vita S. Martini, and several smaller works.
    B.
    Mons Severus, a mountain in the country of the Sabines, Verg. A. 7, 713.

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  • 29 Severus

    1.
    sĕvērus, a, um, adj. [perh. kindr. with serius], serious, grave, strict, austere, stern, severe in aspect, demeanor, conduct, etc. (of persons and things; serius regularly only of things; v. serius; class. and freq.).
    I.
    Of persons:

    nam te omnes saevom severumque commemorant,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

    quam severus!

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 21; id. Eun. 2, 1, 21:

    civis severus et gravis,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 95; cf.:

    omnium gravissimus et severissimus, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

    Tubero (Stoicus) vitā severus,

    id. Brut. 31, 117; cf.:

    Stoicorum secta severissima,

    Quint. 1, 10, 15:

    agricolae,

    hardended by toil, rugged, Lucr. 5, 1357:

    Cures,

    Verg. A. 8, 638:

    Zethus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 42; cf. in comp.:

    rumores senum severiorum,

    Cat. 5, 2.—Of those who live a sober and temperate life:

    at vos hinc abite, lymphae, Vini pernicies et ad severos Migrate,

    Cat. 27, 6:

    adimam cantare severis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 10; 1, 5, 13:

    legis custodes,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18: neque severus esse (potest) in judicando, qui [p. 1687] alios in se severos esse judices non vult, id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 38; so,

    judices severi in eos solos,

    id. Clu. 20, 56; cf.:

    severissimos atque integerrimos judices,

    id. Verr. 1, 10, 30:

    ex familiā ad judicandum severissimā,

    id. ib.:

    ubi haec severus te palam laudaveram,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 19:

    auctor e severissimis,

    Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:

    Aristolaus e severissimis pictoribus fuit,

    id. 35, 11, 40, § 137 (for which, just before: austerior colore).—
    B.
    In a bad sense, harsh, rough, crabbed, rigid, severe (rare):

    Neptunus saevus severusque,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

    idem acerbe severus in filium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112 dub. (a passage bracketed by B. and K.):

    in me severior quam in vos,

    Liv. 7, 40, 7; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21:

    Eumenidum turba,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 22; cf. II. B.—
    II.
    Of things, grave, serious, severe, austere, etc.:

    severā fronte curas cogitans,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46:

    vultus severior et tristior,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf. Hor. A. P 107:

    frons,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 241: Falernum, rough, sharp, tart (syn. austerum), Hor. C. 1, 27, 9:

    divaeque (Palladis) severas Fronde ligare comas,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 288:

    animus (opp. mitis),

    Quint. 3, 9, 7:

    disciplina maxime severa,

    id. 1, 2, 5:

    imperia severiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

    judicia severa,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 133:

    lex,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 57:

    severiora judicia,

    Quint. 4, 2, 122:

    severiores leges,

    id. 12, 1, 40; cf.:

    Lycurgus severissimarum justissimarumque legum auctor,

    Vell. 1, 6, 3:

    imperii severissimi vir,

    Liv. 4, 26:

    quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

    linque severa,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 28:

    paulo severior poena,

    Sall. C. 51, 15.—Of style:

    sententiae graves et severae,

    Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

    triste et severum genus dicendi,

    id. ib. 30, 113; so Quint. 2, 4, 6; 6, 3, 102; 9, 4, 63 sq.; 10, 1, 131 al.; cf.:

    severae Musa tragoediae,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 9:

    fidibus voces crevere severis,

    id. A. P. 216.—
    B.
    Severe, dreadful, gloomy:

    severus Uncus abest,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 19:

    silentia noctis,

    Lucr. 4, 460:

    heims,

    Quint. Decl. 4, 14:

    amnem Cocyti metuet,

    Verg. G. 3, 37; cf. absol.: Si. Accurrite, Ne se interimat... Me. Hau! voluisti istuc severum facere? this horrible deed, Plaut. Cist. 3, 15 (but in Lucr. 5, 35 the correct read. is pelage sonora; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—Hence, adv., in three forms, severe (class.), severiter (anteand post-class.), and severum (post-class.).
    A.
    sĕvērē, gravely, seriously, austerely, rigidly, severely, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

    graviter et severe voluptatem secernit a bono,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

    vetuit (with graviter),

    Quint. 11, 3, 148:

    uti judicio,

    id. 1, 3, 4:

    aestimatae lites,

    Cic. Mur. 20, 42; 25, 51:

    vindicare Hiempsalis mortem,

    Sall. J. 15, 3:

    dicere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134; Quint. 6, 3, 101; 8, 3, 40:

    domesticam disciplinam regere,

    Suet. Caes. 48.— Comp.:

    ad aliquem severius scribere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    adhibere aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 10, 12, 3:

    coërcere matrimonia,

    Just. 3, 3, 8. — Sup.:

    sunt qui voluptatem severissime contemnant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71; so,

    exacta aetas,

    id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

    dicere jus,

    Suet. Caes. 43.—
    B.
    sĕvērĭter, gravely, seriously, severely: sermonem cum aliquo conferre, Titin. ap. Non. 509, 33; and in Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Plaut., acc. to Prisc. 1. 1.; App. M. 2, p. 126, 33.—
    * C.
    sĕvērum, harshly, austerely:

    nunc severum vivitur,

    Prud. Cath. 2, 33.
    2.
    Sĕvērus, i, m. [1. severus], a proper name.
    A.
    Of several men.
    1.
    Cornelius Severus, a poet in the Augustan age, Quint. 10, 1, 89; Ov. P. 4, 2, 2 sqq.; 4, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor, A.D. 193-211.—
    3.
    Alexander Severus, a Roman emperor, A. D. 222-235, Eutr. 8, 10; Spart. Sev. 1 sqq.—
    4.
    T. Cassius Severus, a Roman orator, in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, Quint. 10, 1, 116; Tac. Or. 19.—
    5.
    Sulpicius Severus, a bishop in Gaul, author of a Historia Sacra, and of the Vita S. Martini, and several smaller works.
    B.
    Mons Severus, a mountain in the country of the Sabines, Verg. A. 7, 713.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Severus

  • 30 severus

    1.
    sĕvērus, a, um, adj. [perh. kindr. with serius], serious, grave, strict, austere, stern, severe in aspect, demeanor, conduct, etc. (of persons and things; serius regularly only of things; v. serius; class. and freq.).
    I.
    Of persons:

    nam te omnes saevom severumque commemorant,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

    quam severus!

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 21; id. Eun. 2, 1, 21:

    civis severus et gravis,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 95; cf.:

    omnium gravissimus et severissimus, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

    Tubero (Stoicus) vitā severus,

    id. Brut. 31, 117; cf.:

    Stoicorum secta severissima,

    Quint. 1, 10, 15:

    agricolae,

    hardended by toil, rugged, Lucr. 5, 1357:

    Cures,

    Verg. A. 8, 638:

    Zethus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 42; cf. in comp.:

    rumores senum severiorum,

    Cat. 5, 2.—Of those who live a sober and temperate life:

    at vos hinc abite, lymphae, Vini pernicies et ad severos Migrate,

    Cat. 27, 6:

    adimam cantare severis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 10; 1, 5, 13:

    legis custodes,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 18: neque severus esse (potest) in judicando, qui [p. 1687] alios in se severos esse judices non vult, id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 38; so,

    judices severi in eos solos,

    id. Clu. 20, 56; cf.:

    severissimos atque integerrimos judices,

    id. Verr. 1, 10, 30:

    ex familiā ad judicandum severissimā,

    id. ib.:

    ubi haec severus te palam laudaveram,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 19:

    auctor e severissimis,

    Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 274:

    Aristolaus e severissimis pictoribus fuit,

    id. 35, 11, 40, § 137 (for which, just before: austerior colore).—
    B.
    In a bad sense, harsh, rough, crabbed, rigid, severe (rare):

    Neptunus saevus severusque,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 6:

    idem acerbe severus in filium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112 dub. (a passage bracketed by B. and K.):

    in me severior quam in vos,

    Liv. 7, 40, 7; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21:

    Eumenidum turba,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 22; cf. II. B.—
    II.
    Of things, grave, serious, severe, austere, etc.:

    severā fronte curas cogitans,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46:

    vultus severior et tristior,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf. Hor. A. P 107:

    frons,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 241: Falernum, rough, sharp, tart (syn. austerum), Hor. C. 1, 27, 9:

    divaeque (Palladis) severas Fronde ligare comas,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 288:

    animus (opp. mitis),

    Quint. 3, 9, 7:

    disciplina maxime severa,

    id. 1, 2, 5:

    imperia severiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

    judicia severa,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 133:

    lex,

    Ov. P. 3, 3, 57:

    severiora judicia,

    Quint. 4, 2, 122:

    severiores leges,

    id. 12, 1, 40; cf.:

    Lycurgus severissimarum justissimarumque legum auctor,

    Vell. 1, 6, 3:

    imperii severissimi vir,

    Liv. 4, 26:

    quod ego dixi per jocum, Id eventurum esse et severum et serium,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 51:

    linque severa,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 28:

    paulo severior poena,

    Sall. C. 51, 15.—Of style:

    sententiae graves et severae,

    Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

    triste et severum genus dicendi,

    id. ib. 30, 113; so Quint. 2, 4, 6; 6, 3, 102; 9, 4, 63 sq.; 10, 1, 131 al.; cf.:

    severae Musa tragoediae,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 9:

    fidibus voces crevere severis,

    id. A. P. 216.—
    B.
    Severe, dreadful, gloomy:

    severus Uncus abest,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 19:

    silentia noctis,

    Lucr. 4, 460:

    heims,

    Quint. Decl. 4, 14:

    amnem Cocyti metuet,

    Verg. G. 3, 37; cf. absol.: Si. Accurrite, Ne se interimat... Me. Hau! voluisti istuc severum facere? this horrible deed, Plaut. Cist. 3, 15 (but in Lucr. 5, 35 the correct read. is pelage sonora; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—Hence, adv., in three forms, severe (class.), severiter (anteand post-class.), and severum (post-class.).
    A.
    sĕvērē, gravely, seriously, austerely, rigidly, severely, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19:

    graviter et severe voluptatem secernit a bono,

    id. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

    vetuit (with graviter),

    Quint. 11, 3, 148:

    uti judicio,

    id. 1, 3, 4:

    aestimatae lites,

    Cic. Mur. 20, 42; 25, 51:

    vindicare Hiempsalis mortem,

    Sall. J. 15, 3:

    dicere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134; Quint. 6, 3, 101; 8, 3, 40:

    domesticam disciplinam regere,

    Suet. Caes. 48.— Comp.:

    ad aliquem severius scribere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    adhibere aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 10, 12, 3:

    coërcere matrimonia,

    Just. 3, 3, 8. — Sup.:

    sunt qui voluptatem severissime contemnant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 21, 71; so,

    exacta aetas,

    id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

    dicere jus,

    Suet. Caes. 43.—
    B.
    sĕvērĭter, gravely, seriously, severely: sermonem cum aliquo conferre, Titin. ap. Non. 509, 33; and in Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Plaut., acc. to Prisc. 1. 1.; App. M. 2, p. 126, 33.—
    * C.
    sĕvērum, harshly, austerely:

    nunc severum vivitur,

    Prud. Cath. 2, 33.
    2.
    Sĕvērus, i, m. [1. severus], a proper name.
    A.
    Of several men.
    1.
    Cornelius Severus, a poet in the Augustan age, Quint. 10, 1, 89; Ov. P. 4, 2, 2 sqq.; 4, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor, A.D. 193-211.—
    3.
    Alexander Severus, a Roman emperor, A. D. 222-235, Eutr. 8, 10; Spart. Sev. 1 sqq.—
    4.
    T. Cassius Severus, a Roman orator, in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, Quint. 10, 1, 116; Tac. Or. 19.—
    5.
    Sulpicius Severus, a bishop in Gaul, author of a Historia Sacra, and of the Vita S. Martini, and several smaller works.
    B.
    Mons Severus, a mountain in the country of the Sabines, Verg. A. 7, 713.

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