omnibus+act

dŭbĭus, a, um, adj. [for duhibius, duohabeo, held as two or double, i. e. doubtful; cf. dubito, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 1027].

Moving in two directions alternately, vibrating to and fro, fluctuating (cf. ambiguus, anceps, incertus, perplexus, duplex).

Lit. (very rare):

ut vas non quit constare, nisi humor Destitit in dubio fluctu jactarier intus,

Lucr. 6, 556; cf.:

fluctibus dubiis volvi coeptum est mare,

Liv. 37, 16, 4.—Far more freq. and class.,

Trop., vacillating in mind, uncertain.

Wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful, dubious, uncertain, = ambigens, haesitans, etc.:

sin est is homo, anni multi me dubiam dant,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 17:

quae res est, quae cujusquam animum in hac causa dubium facere possit?

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10.— With an interrog. clause, A. and S. Gr. §

213 R. 4 (1.): temptat dubiam mentem rationis egestas, ecquae nam fuerit mundi genitalis origo,

Lucr. 5, 1211; cf.:

equites procul visi ab dubiis, quinam essent,

Liv. 4, 40:

dubius sum, quid faciam,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 40:

dubius, unde rumperet silentium,

id. Epod. 5, 85:

spemque metumque inter dubii, seu vivere credant, Sive extrema pati,

Verg. A. 1, 218; cf. Liv. 1, 42:

Philippus non dubius, quin, etc.,

id. 31, 42:

haud dubius quin,

id. 42, 14; Curt. 5, 12.—With acc. and inf.:

dictator minime dubius, bellum cum his populis Patres jussuros,

Liv. 6, 14; so,

haud dubius,

id. 31, 24; Curt. 9, 7:

nec sum animi dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum Quam sit,

well aware how hard it is, Verg. G. 3, 289; so,

dubius with the genitives animi, Auct. B. Alex. 56, 2: mentis,

Ov. F. 6, 572:

consilii,

Just. 2, 13:

sententiae,

Liv. 33, 25 Drak.:

salutis,

Ov. M. 15, 438:

vitae,

id. Tr. 3, 3, 25:

fati,

Luc. 7, 611 al.; cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 437; A. and S. Gr. § 213 R. 1 ( a.).—

Wavering in resolution, irresolute, undecided (very rare):

dubio atque haesitante Jugurtha incolumes transeunt,

Sall. J. 107, 6; cf.

hostes (opp. firmi),

id. ib. 51 fin.:

nutantes ac dubiae civitates,

Suet. Caes. 4 fin.:

quid faciat dubius,

Ov. M. 8, 441.— Poet. transf.:

cuspis,

Sil. 4, 188.—

Pass., that is doubted of, uncertain, doubtful, dubious, undetermined (so most freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

videsne igitur, quae dubia sint, ea sumi pro certis atque concessis?

Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106; cf. id. ib. 2, 50 fin.; id. Fin. 4, 24, 67; id. de Or. 1, 20, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; Quint. 3, 4, 8; 7, 8, 6:

nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas Ab dubiis,

Lucr. 4, 468 (cf. verba, vague language, opp. aperta, Quint. 7, 2, 48):

jus, opp. certum,

id. 12, 3, 6;

opp. confessum,

id. 7, 7, 7:

in regno, ubi ne obscura quidem est aut dubia servitus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 31:

dubium vel anceps genus causarum,

Quint. 4, 1, 40; cf. id. 9, 2, 69: dubii variique casus, Auct. ap. Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

et incerta societas,

Suet. Aug. 17 et saep.:

quia sciebam dubiam esse fortunam scenicam, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 8: salus (opp. aperta pernicies),

Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 69:

spes pacis,

id. Att. 8, 13:

victoria,

Caes. B. G. 7, 80, 6; cf.:

victoria, praeda, laus,

Sall. J. 85, 48:

Marte,

Vell. 2, 55, 3:

spes armorum,

id. 2, 71:

discrimen pugnae,

indecisive, Sil. 5, 519:

proelia,

Tac. G. 6:

auctor,

unknown, Ov. M. 12, 61 et saep.:

an auspicia repetenda, ne quid dubiis diis agerem?

i. e. unassured of their favor, Liv. 8, 32:

dubii socii suspensaeque ex fortuna fidei (opp. fideles socii and certi hostes),

id. 44, 18; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 5:

Hispaniae,

Tac. A. 3, 44; cf.:

gens dubiae ad id voluntatis,

Liv. 9, 15:

lux,

i. e. morning twilight, dawn, Ov. M. 11, 596:

sidera,

Juv. 5, 22; cf.

nox,

evening twilight, Ov. M. 4, 401:

caelum,

i. e. over cast, Verg. G. 1, 252:

fulgor solis,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 670; cf.:

et quasi languidus dies,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6:

dubiāque tegens lanugine malas,

i. e. between down and a beard, Ov. M. 9, 398; 13, 754; cf.:

dubia lanuginis umbra, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 42: vina,

not sure to ripen, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 319:

consilia,

wavering, Tac. Agr. 18 et saep.:

hunc annum sequitur annus haud dubiis consulibus (shortly thereafter the contrary: Papirius Semproniusque, quorum de consulatu dubitabatur),

Liv. 4, 8; so,

haud dubius praetor,

id. 39, 39 fin.:

haud dubii hostes,

open enemies, id. 37, 49:

haud dubii Galli (opp. degeneres, mixti, Gallograeci vere),

id. 38, 17: cena dubia, see below, II.—

In the neutr. absol.

(Non, haud) dubium est, it is ( not, not at all) doubtful, uncertain, undecided. (aa) Absol.:

si quid erit dubium,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 40:

haud dubium id quidem est,

id. Poen. 3, 4, 27; Ter. And. 2, 3, 25; cf.

in the interrog.: o! dubiumne id est?

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 49; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 46; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 9; and with the dat.:

an dubium id tibi est?

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 38; Cic. Fam. 4, 15.—(bb) With de:

de Pompeii exitu mihi dubium numquam fuit,

Cic. Att. 11, 6, 5; so,

de eorum jure,

id. de Or. 1, 57:

de re,

Quint. 7, 3, 4; cf. id. 7, 6, 3.—(ng) With an interrog. clause:

illud dubium (est), ad id, quod summum bonum dicitis, ecquaenam fieri possit accessio,

Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67; cf. Quint. 7, 9, 12:

hoc ergo, credo, dubium est, uter nostrum sit verecundior,

Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126:

hoc enim dubium est, utrum... an,

Quint. 6, 3, 83:

Ambiorix copias suas judicione non conduxerit... an tempore exclusus, dubium est,

Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 1:

an dubium vobis fuit inesse vis aliqua videretur necne?

Cic. Caecin. 11, 31 et saep.—Since the Aug. per. freq. dubium, absol. and adv.:

codicilli, dubium ad quem scripti,

Quint. 7, 2, 52:

quo postquam dubium pius an sceleratus, Orestes venerat,

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 69; Suet. Caes. 58; id. Aug. 28; id. Tib. 10; Flor. 1, 1, 12; 2, 14, 3:

Erechtheus, Justitiā dubium validisne potentior armis,

Ov. M. 6, 678; cf. id. Pont. 3, 1, 17:

neque multo post exstincto Maximo, dubium an quaesita morte,

Tac. A. 1, 5; Flor. 1, 1, 8; 4, 2, 91 al.—(dd) Non dubium est quin uxorem nolit filius, Ter. And. 1, 2, 1; id. Eun. 5, 6, 27; Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32; id. Att. 13, 45; Quint. 11, 2, 10 et saep.:

haud dubium est, quin,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 17; 3, 2, 50; id. Ad. 5, 9, 19;

and interrog.,

Quint. 3, 2, 1; 10, 1, 5. —(ee) With acc. and inf.:

periisso me una haud dubium est,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 46; so Liv. 38, 6; Suet. Caes. 52 fin.; cf.

interrog.: an dubium tibi est, eam esse hanc?

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 9.—Ellipt.:

si exploratum tibi sit posse te, etc., non esse cunctandum: si dubium sit, non esse conandum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5.—

Dubium habere, to regard as uncertain, to doubt:

an tu dubium habebis, etiam sancte quom jurem tibi?

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 112:

an dubium habetis, num obficere quid vobis possit? etc.,

Sall. H. Fragm. III. 61, 8 Dietsch; cf.:

haec habere dubia, neque, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 9 fin. —

In dubium:

in dubium vocare,

to call in question, Cic. de Or. 2, 34; cf.: illud me dixisse nemo vocabit in dubium, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 5. Vid. also under 3. b.:

venire in dubium,

Cic. Quint. 2; id. ib. 21, 67; Liv. 3, 13; cf.:

alii non veniunt in dubium de voluntate,

i. e. there is no doubt what their wish is, Cic. Att. 11, 15, 2. Vid. also under 3. b.—

In dubio, in doubt, in question, undetermined:

dum in dubio est animus,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 31; cf. Luc. 7, 247:

in dubioque fuere utrorum ad regna cadendum esset, etc.,

Lucr. 3, 836; cf. id. 1085; Quint. 7, 9, 9:

aestate potius quam hieme dandum, non est in dubio,

Plin. 25, 5, 24, § 59 et saep.:

ut in dubio poneret, utrum... an, etc.,

Liv. 34, 5. Vid. also 3. b.—

Sine dubio, without doubt, doubtless, indisputably, certainly (very freq.; in Cic. more than twenty times; not in Caes. and Sall.): Th. Numquid dubitas quin? etc. Gn. Sine dubio, opinor, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2; 47; id. Cat. 2, 1; id. Balb. 24, 55; id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18; id. Off. 1, 29, 102; id. N. D. 1, 9, 23; id. Att. 1, 19, 2 et saep. Vid. the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 134 sq. Sometimes, esp. in Quint., with adversative particles: sed, verum, at, etc., no doubt, doubtless... but, yet, etc.: cum te togatis omnibus sine dubio anteferret... sed, etc.. Cic. N. D. 1, 21, 58; so with sed, id. de Or, 3, 57; Quint. 1, 6, 38; 5, 10, 53; 6, 3, 64;

with sed tamen,

id. 12, 6, 7;

with tamen,

id. 3, 8, 21; 5, 7, 28; 6, 4, 12;

with verum,

id. 8 prooem. § 33;

with at,

id. 8, 3, 67;

with autem,

id. 1, 6, 12 Spald.—

Procul dubio, beyond question, undoubtedly (very rare), Lucr. 3, 638; Liv. 39, 40 fin.; Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 187; and:

dubio procul,

Lucr. 1, 812; 2, 261.—

Meton., like anceps (4), doubtful, dubious, i. e. precarious, dangerous, critical, difficult (freq. but mostly poet.):

res dubias, egenas, inopiosas consili,

critical condition, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 2; so,

res,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Most. 5, 1, 1; Sall. C. 10, 2; 39, 3; id. J. 14, 5; Liv. 2, 50 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 62; Verg. A. 6, 196; 11, 445 al.; cf.

pericla (with advorsae res),

Lucr. 3, 55; 1076:

tempora (opp. secunda),

Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

mons erat ascensu dubius,

Prop. 4, 4, 83; cf.:

quae (loca) dubia nisu videbantur,

Sall. J. 94, 2.—

In the neutr. absol. (i. q. discrimen, II. B. 2, and periculum):

mea quidem hercle certe in dubio vita est,

is in danger, Ter. And. 2, 2, 10 Ruhnk.; Sall. C. 52, 6; cf. Ov. Am. 2, 13, 2:

sese suas exercitusque fortunas in dubium non devocaturum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 7, 6; cf. Cic. Caecin. 27, 76:

tua fama et gnatae vita in dubium veniet,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 42; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 35; Ov. H. 16, 138 Loers.— Plur. as subst.:

hinc Italae gentes in dubiis responsa petunt,

Verg. A. 7, 86:

mens dubiis percussa pavet,

Luc. 6, 596.

For the syn. varius, manifold, various (only in the foll. passages): o multimodis variūm et dubiūm et prosperūm copem diem, Pac. ap. Non. 84, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 115, ed. Rib.). And so prob. is to be explained dubia cena, a multifarious, richly provided supper, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 28 (for the subjoined explanation of Terence: ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum, is only outwardly adapted to the meaning of dubius); so,

dubia cena,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 77; and:

fercula dubiae cenae,

Aus. Mos. 102; Hier. Ep. 22, no. 16.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

dŭbĭe (acc. to I. B. 1.), doubtfully, dubiously (not in Plaut., Ter., or Caes.):

potest accidere, ut aliquod signum dubie datum pro certo sit acceptum,

Cic. Div. 1, 55.—Esp. freq. (particularly since the Aug. per.) with negatives: haud (rarely non) dubie, undoubtedly, indisputably, positively, certainly:

etsi non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transisse Euphratem, tamen, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 15, 1 (nowhere else as an adv. in Cic.):

non dubie,

Quint. 7, 2, 6; 9, 4, 67; Front. Strat. 2, 3, 16; and with sed (cf. dubius, I. B. 2. b. e), Quint. 11, 2, 1; so,

too, nec dubie,

Liv. 2, 23 fin.; Quint. 2, 14, 2;

and with verum,

id. 3, 4, 1;

with sed,

Tac. A. 4, 19 fin.: haud dubie jam victor, [p. 615] Sall. J. 102, 1 (cf. on the contrary in Cic.: sine ulla dubitatione hostis, Phil. 14, 4, 10; cf. Liv. 3, 38; Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 5); so,

haud dubie,

Liv. 1, 9; 13; 3, 24; 38; 53; 4, 2; 23; 5, 10 fin.; 33 fin.; 49 fin. et saep. (about 70 times; see the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 138); Quint. 10, 1, 85; Tac. A. 2, 43; 88; id. H. 1, 7; 46; 72; 3, 86; 4, 27 fin.; 80; id. G. 28; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Calig. 9; id. Galb. 2; Vulg. Lev. 13, 43.—

dubio = dubie, App. M. 9, 2.

ex-curro, cŭcurri (Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 12; Liv. 1, 15 et saep.;

less freq. curri,

Liv. 25, 30), cursum, 3, v. n. and a.

Neut., to run out or forth, to hasten forwards.

Lit.:

cum se excucurrisse illuc frustra sciverit,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 125:

excurrat aliquis, qui hoc tantum mali filio suo nuntiet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67:

mandavi utrique eorum, ut ante ad me excurrerent, ut tibi obviam prodire possem,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 4: excurristi a Neapoli, Caes. ap. Prisc. p. 901 P.:

dum panes et cetera in navem parantur, excurro in Pompeianum,

make an excursion, Cic. Att. 10, 15, 4;

so of a long journey: in Graeciam,

id. ib. 14, 16, 3;

of eagerness in applauding a speaker: proni atque succincti ad omnem clausulam non exsurgunt modo, verum etiam excurrunt,

Quint. 2, 2, 12:

in crucem,

to go to destruction, go to the devil, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 12:

ad hominem Dei,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 22.—

In partic., milit. t. t., to sally forth, to make an excursion or irruption:

sine signis omnibus portis,

Liv. 29, 34, 11:

in fines Romanos excucurrerunt populandi magis quam justi more belli,

id. 1, 15, 1 Drak. N. cr.:

Carthago excurrere ex Africa videbatur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

excursurus cum valida manu fuerat,

Just. 13, 5.—

Transf., of inanim. or abstr. things.

In gen., to go forth, issue forth:

fons ex summo montis cacumine excurrens,

Curt. 3, 1, 3; Pall. Nov. 15, 1:

nec recisis qui a lateribus excurrant pampinis,

shoot forth, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212:

quorum animi spretis corporibus evolant atque excurrunt foras,

Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114.—

In partic.

Of localities, to run out, project, extend:

ab intimo sinu paeninsula excurrit,

Liv. 26, 42, 8:

Sicania tribus excurrit in aequora linguis,

Ov. M. 13, 724:

promontorium in altum,

Liv. 32, 23, 10 Drak.:

dorsum montis in Persidem,

Curt. 5, 3:

promontorium per Creticum mare,

Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 32.—

In specifications of measure, to be over and above, to exceed (late Lat.; cf.

Krebs, Antibarb. p. 435): decem (auri pondo) et quod excurrit,

and something over, Dig. 16, 3, 26:

viginti et quod excurrit annorum pax,

of twenty years and upwards, Veg. Mil. 1, 28. —

Trop., to run or spread out, to extend, display itself:

campus, in quo excurrere virtus posset,

Cic. Mur. 8, 18: quid est, cur insistere orationem malint quam cum sententia pariter excurrere? qs. to keep pace with, id. Or. 51, 170:

ne oratio excurrat longius,

to run out to too great length, be prolix, id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

extra ordinem excurrens tractatio,

Quint. 4, 3, 14:

paeone dochmioque, quorum prior in quatuor, secundus in quinque (syllabas) excurrit,

id. 9, 4, 79:

praecoces germinationes,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 16: in hos quoque studiorum secessus excurrit, qs. makes excursions, Quint. 10, 5, 16:

in pericula,

Sen. Ben. 2, 34 fin.:

quia in hoc tempus excurrit donationis eventus, quo,

extends, Dig. 24, 1, 10: quaedam (in periodo) quasi decurtata... productiora alia et quasi immoderatius excurrentia, running out, stretched out (the figure being taken from places which run out or project, v. above), Cic. Or. 53, 178.—

To run out, end, terminate, of verses:

in quatuor syllabas,

Quint. 9, 4, 79.—

Act. (very rare).

To run through a place;

trop.: prope jam excurso spatio,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 210.—

To pass over, omit something in speaking:

a quo multa improbe sed venuste dicta, ne modum excedam, excurro,

Sen. Contr. 5, 34 med., p. 374 Bip.

ex-ercĕo, ŭi, itum, 2, v. a. [arceo], to drive on, keep busy, keep at work; to oversee, superintend; with an inanimate object, to work, work at, employ one's self about a thing.

Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose):

quod in opere faciundo operae consumis tuae, Si sumas in illis (servis) exercendis, plus agas,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 22; cf.:

homines qui agrum colunt, et qui eos exercent praepositive sunt his, quorum in numero sunt vilici et monitores,

who oversee them, Dig. 33, 7, 8:

exercete, viri, tauros,

Verg. G. 1, 210:

i sane, ego te exercebo hodie, ut dignus es,

keep agoing, exercise, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 48:

corpora assiduo varioque exercita motu, etc.,

driven, impelled, Lucr. 2, 97; cf. id. 4, 862; 2, 120; and:

exercita cursu Flumina (with fontes liquidi),

Verg. G. 3, 529 Wagn.:

(Maeandros) Incertas exercet aquas,

Ov. M. 8, 165:

exercere feras,

to drive, hunt, Dig. 7, 1, 62: Mi. Gestiunt pugni mihi. So. Si in me exercituru's, quaeso in parietem ut primum domes, to let loose, set them at me, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 168:

litus arant Rutulosque exercent vomere colles,

work, till, Verg. A. 7, 798:

solum presso sub vomere,

id. G. 2, 356:

rura bubus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 3:

humum in messem,

Verg. G. 1, 219:

vineas, arbusta, campos (with curare),

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 16:

agrum multis arationibus,

Pall. Jan. 13, 2:

pinguia culta,

Verg. A. 10, 142:

ferrum vasto in antro (Cyclopes),

id. ib. 8, 424:

telas (aranea),

Ov. M. 6, 145 al.; cf.: neque arva nobis aut metalla aut portus sunt, quibus exercendis reservemur, Tac. Agr. 31.— Poet.:

ut possint (aratores), sole reducto, Exercere diem,

i. e. employ the day in labor, perform their day's work, Verg. A. 10, 808.

Trop. (freq. and class.).

To engage busily, to occupy, employ, exercise a person or thing in some action.

Aliquem or aliquid ( in aliqua re, ad aliquid, aliqua re, etc.):

me adolescentem multos annos in studio ejusdem laudis (Hortensius) exercuit,

Cic. Brut. 64, 230:

quod genus belli esse potest, in quo illum non exercuerit fortuna rei publicae,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

a Diodoto studiosissime in dialectica exercebar,

id. Brut. 90, 309; cf. id. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

hanc (animi vim) tu exerce in optimis rebus,

id. Rep. 6, 26:

haec aetas (juvenum) exercenda in labore patientiaque et animi et corporis,

id. Off. 1, 34, 122:

animos in armis,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 41:

in gramineis exercent membra palaestris,

Verg. A. 6, 642:

vocem et vires in hoc,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 149 et saep.:

Aristoteles adolescentes... ad copiam rhetorum in utramque partem exercuit,

id. Or. 14, 46:

ad hanc te amentiam natura peperit, voluntas exercuit,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 25:

facultatem dicendi his exercuerunt,

Quint. 2, 4, 41:

ingenium multiplici variaque materia,

id. 2, 4, 20:

linguas litibus,

Ov. M. 6, 375 et saep.—With simple acc.:

quid te exercuit Pammenes?

Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

Induciomarus copias cogere, exercere coepit,

to exercise, drill, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3:

juventutis exercendae causa,

id. ib. 6, 23, 6:

ingenium nostrum,

Auct. Her. 3, 21, 34:

corpus,

Cic. de Off. 1, 23, 79:

exercendae memoriae gratia,

id. de Sen. 11, 38:

exercendi stili,

Quint. 10, 5, 15:

exercendus est spiritus,

id. 11, 3, 54 et saep.—

With se, or pass. in mid. force; and in part. praes. and gerund., to exercise or train one's self, to practise:

si ad hoc unum est natus aut in hoc solo se exercuit, etc.,

Cic. Or. 28, 99:

se vehementissime in his subitis dictionibus,

id. de Or. 1, 33, 152:

se in consultationibus,

id. Att. 9, 4, 3:

sese ad cursuram,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 5:

se ad velitationem,

id. Rud. 2, 6, 41:

sese quotidianis commentationibus,

Cic. Brut. 71, 249:

se genere pugnae,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 4:

se genere venationis,

id. ib. 6, 28, 3:

se saliendo,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25:

cur non in utrumque protinus locum se exerceant?

Quint. 4, 2, 29 Zumpt N. cr.:

Jovem Olympium, eum ipsum, cui se exercebit, implorabit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

cum athletas se exercentes in curriculo videret,

id. de Sen. 9, 27; so,

ad virtutem,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 4, 7.—

Mid.: ut exerceamur in venando,

Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161:

ut in utrumque locum simul exerceamur,

Quint. 5, 13, 50:

faciunt idem, cum exercentur, athletae,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56:

Ciceronis pueri amant inter se, discunt, exercentur,

id. Att. 6, 1, 12:

ne aliter exerceri velint,

Quint. 3, 8, 70:

in mandatis tuis exercebor,

Vulg. Psa. 118, 15.— Act. part. in mid. force:

cum, ceteris in campo exercentibus, in herba ipse recubuisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287; so,

ipsique dictata exercentibus darent,

Suet. Caes. 26:

spectavit assidue et exercentes ephebos,

id. Aug. 98; cf.:

si ludicra exercendi aut venandi consuetudine adamare solemus,

of exercising ourselves, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 69, v. Madv. ad h. l.—

To practise, follow, exercise any employment; to employ one's self about, to make use of any thing:

medicinae exercendae causa,

Cic. Clu. 63, 178:

hoc civile quod vocant eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

rhetoricen,

Quint. 2, 1, 3; 2, 15, 27:

eloquentiam,

id. 1, 4, 6:

artem,

id. 3, 6, 18; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 44:

exercere atque exigere vectigalia,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 16:

cauponam vel stabulum,

Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 5:

navem,

ib. 14, 1, 1:

auri, argenti, sulphuris, etc.... fodinas,

ib. 7, 1, 13, § 5:

negotiationem per libertos,

ib. 26, 7, 58:

commercium turis,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 54:

arma,

Verg. A. 4, 87:

arma contra patriam,

Tac. A. 11, 16:

gymnasia et otia et turpes amores,

id. ib. 6, 1:

acies pueriles,

batiles in sport, Juv. 15, 60:

pharetram et arcum,

Val. Fl. 3, 161:

vocem (with clamare),

Plaut. Poen. prol. 13.—

To follow up, follow out, prosecute, carry into effect, practise, administer:

judicium,

Cic. Arch. 12, 32:

latam legem,

Liv. 4, 51, 4:

Tiberius exercendas leges esse respondit,

Tac. A. 1, 72: [p. 684] legem praecipue sumptuariam, Suet. Caes. 43; id. Tib. 58:

quaestionem inter sicarios,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

regnum,

Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 47; cf.

imperia,

Verg. G. 2, 370:

crudelitatem non solum in vivo sed etiam in mortuo,

Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 8:

inimicitias,

id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 13; cf.:

graves inimicitias cum aliquo,

Sall. C. 49, 2:

gratiam aut inimicitias in tanta re,

id. ib. 51, 16:

jurgia, discordia, simultates cum hostibus,

id. ib. 9, 2:

cui exercita cum Pisone amicitia,

Tac. A. 1, 14:

licentiam,

id. ib. 13, 47:

amicitiam,

id. ib. 15, 60:

odium,

id. ib. 13, 37:

odium in aliquo,

Ov. M. 9, 275 et saep.:

facilitatem et lenitudinem animi,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88:

juris aequabilitatem,

id. ib.; cf.

justitiam,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 10:

scelus, libidinem, avaritiam in socios,

Liv. 29, 17, 13; cf.:

avaritiam (juvenes) exercere jubentur,

Juv. 14, 108:

foede victoriam in captis,

Liv. 6, 22, 4:

acerrume victoriam nobilitatis in plebem,

Sall. J. 16, 2:

foede et crudeliter victoriam,

id. C. 38:

amores ad aliquem,

Cat. 68, 69:

pacem et hymenaeos,

to celebrate, solemnize, Verg. A. 4, 99:

nomen patris,

to bear his name, Plin. Pan. 21, 4 et saep.—

Pregn., to disturb, disquiet, vex, plague (the figure being taken from the baiting of wild beasts):

meos casus, in quibus me fortuna vehementer exercuit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

nunc me reliquiae vestrae exercent,

id. Fam. 12, 4, 1:

non te nullius exercent numinis irae,

Verg. G. 4, 453:

aliquem odiis,

id. A. 4, 622 et saep.:

te de praedio Oviae exerceri, moleste fero,

Cic. Att. 13, 22, 4:

ergo exercentur poenis,

Verg. A, 6, 739:

hominum vitam curis,

Lucr. 5, 1424:

ambitio animos hominum exercet,

Sall. C. 11, 1:

simultates nimio plures et exercuerunt eum et ipse exercuit eas,

Liv. 39, 40, 9.—In the part. perf.:

nate, Iliacis exercite fatis,

Verg. A. 3, 182:

Venus exercita curis,

id. ib. 5, 779; cf.:

curis exercita corpora,

Ov. M. 7, 634:

adversis probitas exercita rebus,

id. Tr. 5, 5, 49: habere aliquem exercitum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 6, 4.—Hence, exercĭ-tus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. C.).

Vexed, harassed:

scito nihil tam exercitum esse nunc Romae quam candidatos omnibus iniquitatibus,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 2:

Tiberius tantis rebus,

Tac. A. 4, 11.— Hence,

Vexatious, severe:

quid magis sollicitum, magis exercitum dici potest?

Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

finem tam exercitae militiae orabant,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

dura hiems, exercita aestas,

id. ib. 1, 17:

aestas (with inquieta),

Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 2:

infantiam pueritiamque habuit laboriosam et exercitam,

Suet. Tib. 6 init. —

Disciplined:

(miles) exercitatus et vetus ob eam rem fortior (opp. rudis et inexercitatus),

Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38:

mirum in modum juventus,

Flor. 1, 3, 2:

proprio in metu, qui exercitam quoque eloquentiam debilitat,

Tac. A. 3, 67:

militia,

id. ib. 3, 20:

ad omne flagitium,

id. ib. 14, 2:

ingenium adulatione,

id. H. 4, 4:

Graeca doctrina ore tenus,

id. A. 15, 45.— Comp. and sup.: exercitiorem, exercitissimum (dicebant antiqui), Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 8 Müll. — Adv.: exercĭtē, in a practised manner; in comp.:

cogitare,

App. M. 11, p. 272, 6.

ex-pĕto, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. a. and n.

To long for, seek after, aspire to, desire, covet, wish a thing (freq. and class.; syn.: appeto, affecto, cupio, concupisco, aveo, gestio, volo, opto, desidero, requiro).

With acc.: assunt, me expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 49, ed. Vahl.):

nihil hominem, nisi quod honestum sit, aut admirari aut optare aut expetere debere,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66:

unum ab omnibus ad id bellum imperatorem deposci atque expeti,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5:

Italia ab hoc auxilium absente expetivit,

id. ib. 11, 30; cf.: Apollo unde sibi populi et reges consilium expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 186, ed. Vahl.):

nunc a Flacco Lentuli poenae per vos expetuntur,

are demanded, Cic. Fl. 38, 95:

poenas ab aliquo,

id. Pis. 7, 16; Liv. 1, 23, 4; cf.:

jus ab invitis,

id. 3, 40, 4:

facinora ab aliquo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

Plautinas fabulas,

id. Cas. prol. 12:

pecunia tantopere expetitur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 172; cf.:

expetuntur divitiae ad usus vitae necessarios,

id. Off. 1, 8, 25:

mortem pro vita civium,

id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116: ea vita expetitur, quae sit animi corporisque expleta virtutibus, id. Fin. 5, 13, 37:

in qua (societate) omnia insunt, quae putant homines expetenda, honestas, gloria, etc.,

id. Lael. 22, 84:

non ficto crimine insectari, non expetere vitam, non capitis arcessere,

to attempt one's life, id. Deiot. 11, 30:

stulta sibi consilia,

to seek out, contrive, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 4.—Of an inanimate subject: mare medium terrae locum expetens, striving or tending towards, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116.—

With an object-clause (mostly poet.): quem quisque odit, periisse expetit, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23 (Trag. v. 403, ed. Vahl.); cf.:

audire expetis?

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 25:

aliquid facere,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 48:

periisse expetunt,

Liv. 40, 10, 5:

dum nostram gloriam tua virtute augeri expeto,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2: di me etsi perdunt, tamen esse adjutam expetunt, Pac. ap. Non. 104, 7:

videre expeto te,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 20; cf.:

hoc prius scire expeto, quid perdideris,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 17; id. Hec. 5, 1, 1; Hor. Epod. 11, 3; Ov. M. 7, 476; 9, 550 al.:

quod et scire expeto et quaerere pudet,

Curt. 4, 10, 32; 9, 3, 8; Plin. praef. 14.—

With ut and subj.:

fatebor et fuisse me et Sejano amicum et ut essem expetisse,

Tac. A. 6, 8.—

Absol.:

ne legaretur A. Gabinius Cn. Pompeio expetenti ac postulanti,

requesting, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57.—

To reach, attain to any thing; with respect to time, to outlast:

malo si quid bene facias, id beneficium interit: Bono si quid male facias, aetatem expetit,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 23.— Hence, expĕtendus, a, um, P. a., desirable, excellent:

forma expetunda mulier,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 60.

Intr. (perh. only ante-class.; cf. Liv. 1, 22, 7 Weisenb. ad loc.).

To light upon, fall upon, befall a person.

With in aliquem:

delictum suum suamque culpam expetere in mortalem,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 33:

illius ira et maledicta in hanc,

id. ib. 3, 2, 15: omnes clades hujus belli in eum, Tullus ap. Liv. 1, 22, 7:

quojus ego hodie in tergum faxo ista expetant mendacia,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 42.—

With alicui:

mea sit culpa, si id Alcumenae innocenti expetat,

Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 12.—

Absol., to fall out, happen, occur, result:

nequiter paene expetivit prima parasitatio,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 22 Lamb. (al. expedivit):

in servitute expetunt multa iniqua,

befall, id. ib. 1, 1, 20; so,

eadem in vigilanti expetunt,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 40 (not vigilantes, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).

ex-pĕto, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. a. and n.

To long for, seek after, aspire to, desire, covet, wish a thing (freq. and class.; syn.: appeto, affecto, cupio, concupisco, aveo, gestio, volo, opto, desidero, requiro).

With acc.: assunt, me expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 49, ed. Vahl.):

nihil hominem, nisi quod honestum sit, aut admirari aut optare aut expetere debere,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66:

unum ab omnibus ad id bellum imperatorem deposci atque expeti,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5:

Italia ab hoc auxilium absente expetivit,

id. ib. 11, 30; cf.: Apollo unde sibi populi et reges consilium expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 186, ed. Vahl.):

nunc a Flacco Lentuli poenae per vos expetuntur,

are demanded, Cic. Fl. 38, 95:

poenas ab aliquo,

id. Pis. 7, 16; Liv. 1, 23, 4; cf.:

jus ab invitis,

id. 3, 40, 4:

facinora ab aliquo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

Plautinas fabulas,

id. Cas. prol. 12:

pecunia tantopere expetitur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 172; cf.:

expetuntur divitiae ad usus vitae necessarios,

id. Off. 1, 8, 25:

mortem pro vita civium,

id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116: ea vita expetitur, quae sit animi corporisque expleta virtutibus, id. Fin. 5, 13, 37:

in qua (societate) omnia insunt, quae putant homines expetenda, honestas, gloria, etc.,

id. Lael. 22, 84:

non ficto crimine insectari, non expetere vitam, non capitis arcessere,

to attempt one's life, id. Deiot. 11, 30:

stulta sibi consilia,

to seek out, contrive, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 4.—Of an inanimate subject: mare medium terrae locum expetens, striving or tending towards, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116.—

With an object-clause (mostly poet.): quem quisque odit, periisse expetit, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23 (Trag. v. 403, ed. Vahl.); cf.:

audire expetis?

Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 25:

aliquid facere,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 48:

periisse expetunt,

Liv. 40, 10, 5:

dum nostram gloriam tua virtute augeri expeto,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2: di me etsi perdunt, tamen esse adjutam expetunt, Pac. ap. Non. 104, 7:

videre expeto te,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 20; cf.:

hoc prius scire expeto, quid perdideris,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 17; id. Hec. 5, 1, 1; Hor. Epod. 11, 3; Ov. M. 7, 476; 9, 550 al.:

quod et scire expeto et quaerere pudet,

Curt. 4, 10, 32; 9, 3, 8; Plin. praef. 14.—

With ut and subj.:

fatebor et fuisse me et Sejano amicum et ut essem expetisse,

Tac. A. 6, 8.—

Absol.:

ne legaretur A. Gabinius Cn. Pompeio expetenti ac postulanti,

requesting, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57.—

To reach, attain to any thing; with respect to time, to outlast:

malo si quid bene facias, id beneficium interit: Bono si quid male facias, aetatem expetit,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 23.— Hence, expĕtendus, a, um, P. a., desirable, excellent:

forma expetunda mulier,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 60.

Intr. (perh. only ante-class.; cf. Liv. 1, 22, 7 Weisenb. ad loc.).

To light upon, fall upon, befall a person.

With in aliquem:

delictum suum suamque culpam expetere in mortalem,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 33:

illius ira et maledicta in hanc,

id. ib. 3, 2, 15: omnes clades hujus belli in eum, Tullus ap. Liv. 1, 22, 7:

quojus ego hodie in tergum faxo ista expetant mendacia,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 42.—

With alicui:

mea sit culpa, si id Alcumenae innocenti expetat,

Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 12.—

Absol., to fall out, happen, occur, result:

nequiter paene expetivit prima parasitatio,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 22 Lamb. (al. expedivit):

in servitute expetunt multa iniqua,

befall, id. ib. 1, 1, 20; so,

eadem in vigilanti expetunt,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 40 (not vigilantes, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).

fūnestus, a, um, adj. [funus].

Act., causing death, destruction, or calamity; causing grief; deadly, fatal, destructive, calamitous, mournful, dismal (class.; syn.: nefarius, perniciosus;

fatalis, fatifer): ad ejus (C. Verris) funestam securem servati,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 123; cf.:

deorum templis atque delubris funestos ac nefarios ignes inferre,

id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:

arma,

Ov. F. 1, 521:

venenum,

id. M. 3, 49:

morsus,

id. ib. 11, 373:

munus,

id. ib. 2, 88:

taxus,

id. ib. 4, 432; cf.

taeda,

Verg. A. 7, 322:

scelus,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 50.— Comp.:

funestior dies Alliensis pugnae, quam urbis captae,

Cic. Att. 9, 5, 2.— Sup.:

Caligula sceleratissimus ac funestissimus,

Eutr. 7, 12.—

With dat.:

aquilam argenteam, quam tibi perniciosam et funestam futuram confido,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24:

o diem illum funestum senatui bonisque omnibus!

id. Sest. 12, 27; cf.:

nox nobis,

id. Fl. 41, 103: victoria orbi terrarum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 3.—

Neutr., filled with misfortune or grief, fatal, mournful, sad (class.;

syn.: infaustus, infelix, etc.): agros funestos reddere,

Lucr. 6, 1139:

capilli,

Ov. F. 6, 493:

utque manus funestas arceat aris,

i. e. polluted with blood, id. M. 11, 584:

familia,

in mourning, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55; Liv. 2, 8, 8; 2, 47, 10:

adeo ut annales velut funesti nihil praeter nomina consulum suggerant,

as if they were lists of the dead, id. 4, 20, 9; cf. epistolae, announcing misfortune or sad tidings, Vell. 2, 117, 1:

funestior advolat alter Nuntius,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 474; cf.:

nocturna volucris funesta querela,

Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 5;

hence also: omen,

id. 2, 28, 38 (3, 25, 4 M.):

littera,

denoting death, mourning, Ov. M. 10, 216: manus, mourning (of a dowager), id. ib. 11, 585:

funestum est a forti atque honesto viro jugulari, funestius ab eo, cujus vox, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 31, 95.

gĕro, gessi, gestum ( Part. gen. plur. sync. gerentum, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 13; imper. ger, like dic, duc, fac, fer, Cat. 27, 2), 3, v. a. [root gas-, to come, go; Zend, jah, jahaiti, come; gero (for geso), in caus. sense, to cause to come; cf. Gr. bastazô, from bastos = gestus], to bear about with one, to bear, carry, to wear, have (in the lit. signif. mostly poet., not in Cic., Cæs., Sall., or Quint.; but instead of it ferre, portare, vehere, sustinere, etc.; but in the trop. signif. freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

(vestem ferinam) qui gessit primus,

Lucr. 5, 1420; so,

vestem,

Ov. M. 11, 276 (with induere vestes), Nep. Dat. 3; cf.:

coronam Olympiacam capite,

Suet. Ner. 25:

ornamenta,

id. Caes. 84:

angues immixtos crinibus,

Ov. M. 4, 792:

clipeum (laeva),

id. ib. 4, 782; cf.:

galeam venatoriam in capite, clavam dextra manu, copulam sinistra,

Nep. Dat. 3:

ramum, jaculum,

Ov. M. 12, 442:

spicea serta,

id. ib. 2, 28:

vincla,

id. ib. 4, 681:

venabula corpore fixa,

id. ib. 9, 206; cf.:

tela (in pectore fixus),

id. ib. 6, 228:

Vulcanum (i. e. ignem) in cornu conclusum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185:

spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens,

Liv. 1, 10, 5; cf.:

Horatius trigemina spolia prae se gerens,

id. 1, 26, 2:

onera,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 77 Müll.: uterum or partum gerere, to be pregnant, be with young; so, gerere partum, Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 187:

uterum,

id. 8, 40, 62, § 151:

centum fronte oculos centum cervice gerebat Argus,

Ov. Am. 3, 4, 19:

lumen unum media fronte,

id. M. 13, 773:

cornua fronte,

id. ib. 15, 596:

virginis os habitumque gerens et virginis arma,

Verg. A. 1, 315:

virginis ora,

Ov. M. 5, 553; cf.:

quae modo bracchia gessit, Crura gerit,

id. ib. 5, 455 sq.:

Coae cornua matres Gesserunt tum,

i. e. were turned into cows, id. ib. 7, 364:

principio (morbi) caput incensum fervore gerebant,

Lucr. 6, 1145:

qui umbrata gerunt civili tempora quercu,

Verg. A. 6, 772:

tempora tecta pelle lupi,

Ov. M. 12, 380:

(Hector) squalentem barbam et concretos sanguine crines Vulneraque illa gerens, quae, etc.,

Verg. A. 2, 278:

capella gerat distentius uber,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 110.—

Of inanimate things:

semina rerum permixta gerit tellus discretaque tradit,

Lucr. 6, 790; cf.:

(terram) multosque lacus multasque lacunas In gremio gerere et rupes deruptaque saxa,

id. ib. 6, 539; Enn. ap. Non. 66, 26 (Sat. 23, p. 157 Vahl.); and:

quos Oceano propior gerit India lucos,

Verg. G. 2, 122:

speciem ac formam similem gerit ejus imago,

Lucr. 4, 52.—

In partic. (very rare).

With respect to the term. ad quem, to bear, carry, bring to a place:

(feminae puerique) saxa in muros munientibus gerunt,

Liv. 28, 19, 13:

neque eam voraginem conjectu terrae, cum pro se quisque gereret, expleri potuisse,

id. 7, 6, 2; cf. id. 37, 5, 1. — Absol.:

si non habebis unde irriges, gerito inditoque leniter,

Cato, R. R. 151, 4; Liv. 7, 6, 2 Drak.—Prov.:

non pluris refert, quam si imbrem in cribrum geras,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100.—

With the accessory idea of production, to bear, bring forth, produce:

quae (terra) quod gerit fruges, Ceres (appellata est),

Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.; cf. Tib. 2, 4, 56:

violam nullo terra serente gerit,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 6:

arbores (Oete),

id. M. 9, 230:

malos (platani),

Verg. G. 2, 70: frondes (silva), Ov. M. 11, 615:

terra viros urbesque gerit silvasque ferasque Fluminaque et Nymphas et cetera numina ruris,

Ov. M. 2, 16.

Trop.

In gen., to bear, have, entertain, cherish: vos etenim juvenes animum geritis muliebrem, illa virago viri, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf.:

fortem animum gerere,

Sall. J. 107, 1:

parem animum,

id. ib. 54, 1 Kritz.:

animum invictum advorsum divitias,

id. ib. 43, 5:

animum super fortunam,

id. ib. 64, 2:

mixtum gaudio ac metu animum,

Liv. 32, 11, 5; cf. also Verg. A. 9, 311; and v. infra B. 3.: aeque inimicitiam atque amicitiam in frontem promptam gero, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 8, 6 (Trag. v. 8 Vahl.):

personam,

to support a character, play a part, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 115; cf.:

est igitur proprium munus magistratus, intelligere, se gerere personam civitatis debereque ejus dignitatem et decus sustinere,

id. ib. 1, 34, 132; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 29 init.;

id. Civ. Dei, 1, 21 al.: mores, quos ante gerebant, Nunc quoque habent,

Ov. M. 7, 655:

et nos aliquod nomenque decusque Gessimus,

Verg. A. 2, 89:

seu tu querelas sive geris jocos Seu rixam et insanos amores Seu facilem, pia testa (i. e. amphora), somnum,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 2:

in dextris vestris jam libertatem, opem... geritis,

Curt. 4, 14 fin.:

plumbeas iras,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 18:

iras,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 30: M. Catonem illum Sapientem cum multis graves inimicitias gessisse accepimus propter Hispanorum injurias, Cic. Div. ap. Caecil. 20, 66:

veteres inimicitias cum Caesare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 4:

muliebres inimicitias cum aliqua,

Cic. Cael. 14, 32:

inimicitias hominum more,

id. Deiot. 11, 30: simultatem cum aliquo pro re publica, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3; cf. Suet. Vesp. 6; and Verg. A. 12, 48:

de amicitia gerenda praeclarissime scripti libri,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

amicitiam,

Nep. Dat. 10 fin.:

praecipuum in Romanos gerebant odium,

Liv. 28, 22, 2:

cum fortuna mutabilem gerentes fidem,

id. 8, 24, 6:

utrique imperii cupiditatem insatiabilem gerebant,

Just. 17, 1 fin. —Absol.:

ad ea rex, aliter atque animo gerebat, placide respondit,

Sall. J. 72, 1.—

In partic.

Gerere se aliquo modo, to bear, deport, behave, or conduct one's self, to act in any manner:

in maximis rebus quonam modo gererem me adversus Caesarem, usus tuo consilio sum,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 5; cf. id. Off. 1, 28, 98:

ut, quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,

id. ib. 1, 26, 90; so,

se liberius (servi),

id. Rep. 1, 43:

se inconsultius,

Liv. 41, 10, 5:

se valde honeste,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

se perdite,

id. ib. 9, 2, A, 2:

se turpissime (illa pars animi),

id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

se turpiter in legatione,

Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 4:

sic in provincia nos gerimus, quod ad abstinentiam attinet, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 5, 17, 2:

sic me in hoc magistratu geram, ut, etc.,

id. Agr. 1, 8, 26; cf.:

nunc ita nos gerimus, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 22, 3:

uti sese victus gereret, exploratum misit,

Sall. J. 54, 2:

se medium gerere,

to remain neutral, Liv. 2, 27, 3.—

In a like sense also post-class.: gerere aliquem, to behave or conduct one's self as any one (like agere aliquem):

nec heredem regni sed regem gerebat,

Just. 32, 3, 1; Plin. Pan. 44, 2:

tu civem patremque geras,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 293:

aedilem,

App. M. 1, p. 113:

captivum,

Sen. Troad. 714.—

Gerere se et aliquem, to treat one's self and another in any manner:

interim Romae gaudium ingens ortum cognitis Metelli rebus, ut seque et exercitum more majorum gereret,

Sall. J. 55, 1:

meque vosque in omnibus rebus juxta geram,

id. ib. 85, 47.—

Pro aliquo se gerere, to assume to be:

querentes, quosdam non sui generis pro colonis se gerere,

Liv. 32, 2, 6:

eum, qui sit census, ita se jam tum gessisse pro cive,

Cic. Arch. 5, 11 dub.—

Gerere prae se aliquid (for the usual prae se ferre), to show, exhibit, manifest:

affectionis ratio perspicuam solet prae se gerere conjecturam, ut amor, iracundia, molestia, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 30; cf.:

prae se quandam gerere utilitatem,

id. ib. 2, 52, 157: animum altum et erectum prae se gerebat, Auct. B. Afr. 10 fin.; Aug. de Lib. Arbit. 3, 21, 61 al.;

so gerere alone: ita tum mos erat, in adversis voltum secundae fortunae gerere, moderari animo in secundis,

to assume, Liv. 42, 63, 11.—

With the accessory idea of activity or exertion, to sustain the charge of any undertaking or business, to administer, manage, regulate, rule, govern, conduct, carry on, wage, transact, accomplish, perform (cf.: facio, ago).—In pass. also in gen., to happen, take place, be done (hence, res gesta, a deed, and res gestae, events, occurrences, acts, exploits; v. the foll.): tertium gradum agendi esse dicunt, ubi quid faciant;

in eo propter similitudinem agendi et faciundi et gerundi quidam error his, qui putant esse unum. Potest enim aliquid facere et non agere, ut poëta facit fabulam et non agit: contra actor agit et non facit.... Contra imperator quod dicitur res gerere, in eo neque facit neque agit, sed gerit, id est sustinet, translatum ab his qui onera gerunt, quod hi sustinent,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 77 Müll.:

omnia nostra, quoad eris Romae, ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut nihil a me exspectes,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:

gerere et administrare rem publicam,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 68; cf. id. Rep. 2, 1 and 12:

rem publicam,

id. ib. 1, 7; 1, 8; id. Fam. 2, 7, 3 et saep.:

magistratum,

id. Sest. 37, 79; cf.

potestatem,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

consulatum,

id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; id. Sest. 16, 37:

duumviratum,

id. ib. 8, 19:

tutelam alicujus,

Dig. 23, 2, 68; 27, 1, 22 al.: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patria procul, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.); so,

rem, of private affairs,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 34; Cic. de Sen. 7, 22 al.:

aliquid per aes et libram gerere,

to transact by coin and balance, Gai. Inst. 3, 173; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 6, 14.—Of war: etsi res bene gesta est, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 168 (Ann. v. 512 Vahl.): vi geritur res, id. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 272 ib.); cf.:

gladiis geri res coepta est,

Liv. 28, 2, 6:

ubi res ferro geratur,

id. 10, 39, 12: qui rem cum Achivis gesserunt statim, Enn. ap. Non. 393, 14 (Trag. v. 39 Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 84:

Alexander... passurus gestis aequanda pericula rebus,

exploits, Juv. 14, 314:

miranda quidem, sed nuper gesta referemus,

id. 15, 28.—Of public affairs, affairs of government:

magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris summo imperio praeditis, dictatoribus atque consulibus, belli domique gerebantur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 32 fin.; 2, 24:

a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit,

id. de Sen. 6, 15; cf. § 17: quid quod homines infima fortuna, nulla spe rerum gerendarum ( public business), opifices denique, delectantur historia? maximeque eos videre possumus res gestas ( public events or occurrences) audire et legere velle, qui a spe gerendi absunt, confecti senectute, id. Fin. 5, 19, 52:

sin per se populus interfecit aut ejecit tyrannum, est moderatior, quoad sentit et sapit et sua re gesta laetatur,

their deed, id. Rep. 1, 42:

ut pleraque senatus auctoritate gererentur,

id. ib. 2, 32; cf. id. ib. 1, 27:

haec dum Romae geruntur,

id. Quint. 6, 28:

ut iis, qui audiunt, tum geri illa fierique videantur,

id. de Or. 2, 59, 241:

susceptum negotium,

id. Fam. 13, 5, 1; cf.:

si ipse negotium meum gererem, nihil gererem, nisi consilio tuo,

id. Att. 13, 3, 1:

negotium bene, male, etc.,

id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; id. Cat. 2, 10, 21; Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 5 et saep.; cf.:

quid negotii geritur?

Cic. Quint. 13, 42: annos multos bellum gerentes summum summā industriā, Enn. ap. Non. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 Vahl.); cf.:

bello illo maximo, quod Athenienses et Lacedaemonii summa inter se contentione gesserunt,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16; so,

bella,

id. ib. 5, 2: pacem an bellum gerens, v. Andrews and Stoddard's Gram. § 323, 1 (2); Sall. J. 46 fin.:

bella multa felicissime,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

bellum cum aliquo,

id. Sest. 2, 4; id. Div. 1, 46, 103; Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 4 et saep.:

bello gesto,

Liv. 5, 43, 1: mea mater de ea re gessit morem morigerae mihi, performed my will, i. e. complied with my wishes, gratified, humored me, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 87; cf.:

geram tibi morem et ea quae vis, ut potero, explicabo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 17: morem alicui (in aliqua re), Enn. ap. Non. 342, 24 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.):

sine me in hac re gerere mihi morem,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 74; Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 44; id. Men. 5, 2, 37; id. Mil. 2, 1, 58; Cic. Rep. 3, 5; id. N. D. 2, 1, 3; Ov. Am. 2, 2, 13 et saep.; also without dat., Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 36; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 77.— Pass.:

ut utrique a me mos gestus esse videatur,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 3; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 69; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 108; id. Ad. 2, 2, 6; Nep. Them. 7, 3 al.—With a play upon this meaning and that in II. A.: magna, inquit, [p. 813] bella gessi:

magnis imperiis et provinciis praefui. Gere igitur animum laude dignum,

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37.— Absol.:

cum superiores alii fuissent in disputationibus perpoliti, quorum res gestae nullae invenirentur, alii in gerendo probabiles, in disserendo rudes,

Cic. Rep. 1, 8; cf.

the passage,

id. Fin. 5, 19, 52 supra:

Armeniam deinde ingressus prima parte introitus prospere gessit,

Vell. 2, 102, 2 (where others unnecessarily insert rem), Liv. 25, 22, 1; cf.

also: sive caesi ab Romanis forent Bastarnae... sive prospere gessissent,

id. 40, 58 fin.:

cum Persis et Philippus qui cogitavit, et Alexander, qui gessit, hanc bellandi causam inferebat, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 3, 9.—

Of time, to pass, spend (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.): ut (Tullia) cum aliquo adolescente primario conjuncta aetatem gereret, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; cf.:

pubertatis ac primae adolescentiae tempus,

Suet. Dom. 1:

vitam,

Petr. 63; Val. Fl. 6, 695:

annum gerens aetatis sexagesimum et nonum,

Suet. Vesp. 24.—Hence, gĕrens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 3.), managing, conducting, etc.; with gen.:

rei male gerentes,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 43:

sui negotii bene gerens,

Cic. Quint. 19, 62.

gĕro, ōnis, m. [1. gero], a carrier; connected per hyphen with foras:

ite, ite hac, simul eri damnigeruli, foras gerones, Bonorum hamaxagogae,

that carry off, ravishers, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 1.

grātus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. har-jami, love, desire; Gr. chairô, charma, charis].

Pass., beloved, dear, acceptable, pleasing, agreeable (syn.: acceptus, jucundus, optatus, dulcis, blandus, suavis; in this signif. in ante-Aug. prose, viz. in Cic. and Cæs., only of things; gratiosus, mostly of persons).

Of things:

non ille (amor tuus) quidem mihi ignotus, sed tamen gratus et optatus: dicerem jucundus, nisi id verbum in omne tempus perdidissem,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1; cf.:

illud tamen dicam, mihi id, quod fecisti, esse gratissimum. Tale enim tuum judicium non potest mihi non summe esse jucundum. Quod cum ita sit, esse gratum necesse est,

id. ib. 13, 8, 2:

ista veritas, etiam si jucunda non est, mihi tamen grata est,

id. Att. 3, 24, 2; cf. also: cujus officia jucundiora licet saepe mihi fuerint, numquam tamen gratiora, id. Fam. 4, 6, 1:

quae omnia mihi jucunda, hoc extremum etiam gratum fuit,

id. ib. 10, 3, 1;

so corresp. or connected with jucundus,

id. ib. 1, 17, 6; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 51; id. Cat. 4, 1, 1; Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 14; Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 1; 8, 23, 5:

quid est, quod aut populo Romano gratius esse debeat aut sociis exterisque nationibus optatius esse possit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 7; so with optatus cf. above, the passage Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1: quod approbaris, id gratum acceptumque habendum. id. Tusc. 5, 15, 45; cf.:

mihi pol grata acceptaque hujus est benignitas,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 49; Cat. 96, 1:

munus eorum gratum acceptumque esse,

Nep. Hann. 7;

rarely in the contrary order: quorum mihi Dona accepta et grata habeo, tuaque ingrata,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 56: Tox. Credidi gratum fore Beneficium meum apud te. Do. Immo equidem gratiam tibi habeo, id. Pers. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

grata tibi esse mea officia non miror: cognovi enim te gratissimum omnium, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 1:

quam multi, ut Galli, ut Poeni homines immolare et pium et diis immortalibus gratissimum esse duxerunt!

Cic. Rep. 3, 9; cf. Caes. B. G. 6, 16, 5; Cic. ap. Non. 398, 28 (Rep. 6, 2 Mos.); cf. in comp.:

sedere in his scholis gratius erat quam ire per solitudines, etc.,

Plin. 26, 2, 6, § 11; cf.

also: hedera est gratissima Baccho,

Ov. F. 3, 767:

dapibus supremi Grata testudo Jovis,

Hor. C. 1, 32, 14:

eoque erat cujusque gratior in re publica virtus, quod, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34 fin.; 2, 35:

o diva, gratum quae regis Antium,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 1; cf.:

grato sub antro,

id. ib. 1, 5, 3:

locus,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 46:

tempus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 198:

hora,

id. ib. 1, 4, 14:

dies,

id. C. 4, 5, 7:

lux,

id. S. 1, 5, 39:

nox,

id. Carm. Sec. 23:

carmina,

id. C. 1, 15, 14; 3, 11, 23:

artes,

id. ib. 4, 13, 22:

error mentis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 140:

protervitas,

id. C. 1, 19, 7 et saep.:

feceris, si de re publica quid sentias explicaris, nobis gratum omnibus,

will do us all a favor, Cic. Rep. 1, 21 fin.; cf.:

quamobrem utrique nostrum gratum admodum feceris,

id. Lael. 4, 16:

quod si eum interfecerit, multis sese nobilibus gratum esse facturum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 20:

quapropter gratissimum mihi feceris, si curaris, ut, etc.... Hoc mihi gratius facere nihil potes,

a very great favor... no greater favor, Cic. Fam. 13, 44:

is adulescens ita locatus est, ut, quae rebus grata erant, gratiora verbis faceret,

Liv. 45, 13, 13:

gratum elocuta consiliantibus Junone divis,

something pleasant, Hor. C. 3, 3, 17.—

Of living beings.

With dat.:

Herophile Phoebo grata,

Tib. 2, 5, 68; cf.:

vates diis gratissima,

Ov. F. 1, 585; and:

superis deorum gratus (Mercurius) et imis,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 20:

donec gratus eram tibi,

id. ib. 3, 9, 1; cf. Prop. 1, 2, 31:

gratus Alexandro regi Magno fuit ille Choerilus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 232; Suet. Caes. 27:

cui (Maecenati) cum se gratum et acceptum in modum amici videret,

id. Gramm. 21:

filio ejus Fausto gratissimus fuit,

id. ib. 12:

(cervus) gratus erat tibi,

Ov. M. 10, 121.—

Absol.:

olim gratus eram,

Prop. 1, 12, 7; Hor. C. 4, 6, 21:

conviva,

id. S. 2, 2, 119:

comitum gratissime,

Ov. M. 14, 221; cf.:

juvenum gratissime Crantor,

id. ib. 12, 367:

o mihi de fratris longe gratissime natis,

id. ib. 12, 586:

quaestor consulibus suis non minus jucundus et gratus quam usui fuit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 5.—Hence, subst.: grātus, i, m., a favorite, darling:

quam (classem) non amicorum sed gratorum appellabat,

Suet. Tib. 46 fin.

Act., thankful, grateful; thankworthy, deserving or procuring thanks (beneficii memor):

cognovi te gratissimum omnium: nec enim tu mihi habuisti modo gratiam, verum etiam cumulatissime retulisti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 1; cf. id. Leg. 1, 18, 49:

quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, cum te re ipsa atque animo scirem esse gratissimum, tamen, etc.,

id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:

si bene de me meritis gratum me praebeo, etc.,

id. Planc. 38, 91 (v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 508); cf.:

ut grati ac memores beneficii esse videantur,

id. Agr. 2, 8, 21:

Hegesaratus, magnis meis beneficiis ornatus in consulatu suo, memor et gratus fuit,

id. Fam. 13, 25; cf. also id. Att. 9, 11, A, 3:

tu quam gratus erga me fueris, ipse existimare potes,

id. Fam. 5, 5, 2; cf.: ut quam gratissimus erga te esse cognoscerer, id. ib. 1, 5, 1; Quint. 11, 2, 12: gratiorem me esse in te, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 1:

si quod adest gratum juvat,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 13; id. C. 1, 12, 39:

laudo vos, Quirites, cum gratissimis animis prosequimini nomen clarissimi adolescentis,

Cic. Phil. 4, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 14, 11, 30, and 10, 3, 7:

tu, quamcumque deus tibi fortunaverit horam, gratā sume manu,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 23:

quod tamen nunc faciam: tum, cum gratum mihi esse potuit, nolui,

i. e. might have procured me thanks, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 21:

est istuc datum Profecto, ut grata mihi sint, quae facio, omnia,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 6 Ruhnk.; cf.:

didicisse, quam sit re pulchrum, beneficio gratum, fama gloriosum, tyrannum occidere,

productive of gratitude, Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 117:

pro quibus beneficiis vix satis gratus videar,

Sall. H. 2, 41, 5 Dietsch.— Hence, adv.: grātē.

(Acc. to I. = jucunde.) With pleasure, agreeably, willingly (rare in the class. period):

praeterita grate meminit et, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 62:

liberti pupillorum grate facient, si, etc.,

Dig. 26, 10, 3:

insignis haec munificentia... nec a debitoribus magis quam a creditoribus gratius excepta,

Just. 12, 11, 2:

gratissime provocari,

Macr. S. 7, 2.—

(Acc. to II.) Thankfully, gratefully (class.):

aliquid et grate et pie facere,

Cic. Planc. 41, 98; cf.:

quid pie, quid grate, quid humaniter, aut fecerit aut tulerit,

id. de Or. 2, 11, 46; Suet. Aug. 66:

natales grate numeras,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 210:

beneficium qui dat, vult accipi grate,

Sen. Ben. 2, 31:

aliquid recipere,

Suet. Ner. 22; and in sup.:

id munus inter censoria opera gratissime acceptum est,

Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 214.