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    Opusculum, opusculi, pen. corr. Diminutiuum. Cic. Petit ouvrage, Besongnette, Opuscule, Petit oeuvre.

exāmen, minis, n. (st. exagimen zu exigo, d.i. *exago), I) der herausgehende, ausfliegende Schwarm der Bienen u.a. Insekten, A) eig.: apium od. apum, Cic. u. Liv.: vesparum, Liv. – B) übtr., wie Schwarm = bewegte große Menge, Schar, Haufen, piscium, Plin.: iuvenum, Hor.: servorum, Cic.: Iudaeûm, Iudaeorum, Tert. u. Lact. – spätlat. v. Abstr., maerorum, Arnob.: dilationum, Amm. – II) das Abwägende, Prüfende, A) eig., das Zünglein an der Wage, Verg., Suet., Vitr. u.a. – aequali examine undique, auf allen Seiten ganz gleichmäßig, Plin. – B) übtr. = die Untersuchung, Prüfung, examen improbum in illa castiges trutina, Pers.: examen opusculi istius tibi potissimum dare, Solin.: meritorum facere (anstellen) examen, Lact.: examina legum servare (anstellen), Ov.: longae examina vitae poscere, Stat. – ⇒ Nbf. exāmina, ae, f., Vict. Vit. 1, 23.

prīncipātus, ūs, m. (princeps), die erste Stelle, der Vorzug, I) im allg., Cic.: tenere principatum sententiae, seine Meinung (seine Stimme) eher abgeben können als andere, Cic.: so auch belli propulsandi, Cic. – II) insbes.: A) die oberste Stelle, der erste Rang, die hohe ( höchste) Stellung im Staate, bes. die erste Befehlshaberstelle, die Obergewalt, Cassio principatum dari, Cic.: principatum in civitate obtinere, Caes.: principatum agere, den Herrn spielen, Suet.: Plur., Vell. 2, 128, 3. – unter den Kaisern = die kaiserliche Regierung, imago principatus eius, Vell.: principatum alci deferre, Tac.: meton., der Herrscher selbst, Tac. – B) in der Philosophie, das leitende Prinzip der Handlungen, die Grundkraft, griech. το ἡγεμονικόν, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 29 sq.: animi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 20. – C) der Anfang, Ursprung, ab illo temporis principatu, Zeitursprung, Cic. Tim. 5 M. – und der Anfang eines Buches, totius opusculi, Diom. 300, 14.

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lex, lēgis, f. [perh. Sanscr. root lag-, lig-, to fasten; Lat. ligo, to bind, oblige; cf. religio], a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill (cf. institutum).

Lit.:

legem ferre: antiquare,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73:

rogare,

id. Phil. 2, 29, 72:

leges ac jura ferre,

Juv. 2, 72:

legem promulgavit pertulitque, ut, etc.,

Liv. 33, 46:

Antonius fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam, qua, etc.,

Cic. Att. 14, 12:

legem sciscere de aliqua re,

id. Planc. 14, 35:

populus R. jussit legem de civitate tribuenda,

id. Balb. 17, 38:

repudiare,

id. Lael. 25, 96.—

Transf.

A bill which has become a law in consequence of its adoption by the people in the comitia, a law (cf.: jus, fas; decretum, edictum, scitum): legem constituere alicui, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40:

legem gravem alicui imponere,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

legem neglegere, evertere, perfringere,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

neglegere, perrumpere,

id. Leg. 1, 15, 42:

leges ac jura labefactare,

id. Caecin. 25, 70:

legem condere,

Liv. 3, 34: leges duodecim tabularum, the laws composed by the decemvirs, the foundation of Roman legislation, Liv. 3, 33 sq.:

nunc barbaricā lege certumst jus meum omne persequi,

i. e. by the Roman law, that of the Twelve Tables, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 32.—

Esp. in phrases.

Lege and legibus, according to law, by law, legally:

ejus morte ea ad me lege redierunt bona,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 4:

Athenas deductus est, ut ibi de eo legibus fieret judicium,

Nep. Phoc. 3, 4.—

Legis actio, a statutory process:

actiones quas in usu veteres habuerunt legis actiones appellabantur, vel ideo quod legibus proditae sunt,... vel ideo quia ipsarum legum verbis accommodatae erant, et ideo inmutabiles proinde atque leges observabantur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 11; cf. § 12 sqq.—

Hence, in partic.: lege agere, to proceed strictly according to law.

Of the lictor, to execute a sentence:

Fulvius praeconi imperavit, ut lictorem lege agere juberet,

Liv. 26, 15, 9. —

To bring a legal or statutory action: una injuria est tecum. Chr. Lege agito ergo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 90: lege agito dicebatur ei cujus intentio contemptibilis adversario videbatur, Don. ad Ter. l. l.: lege agito mecum;

molestus ne sis,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 11:

lege egit in hereditatem paternam exheres filius,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175; 1, 36, 167; id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115.—

Fraudem legi facere, to evade the law:

ut ne legi fraudem faciant aleariae, adcuratote ut, etc.,

the law against dicing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9:

quod emancupando filium fraudem legi fecisset,

Liv. 7, 16, 9; cf. Val. Max. 8, 6, 3; cf.

also: facio fraudem senatus consulto,

Cic. Att. 4, 12, 1.—

In gen., a law, precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner:

qui disciplinam suam legem vitae putet,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

communis condicio lexque vitae,

id. ib. 4, 29, 62; id. Balb. 7, 18:

haec lex in amicitia sauciatur,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

quaero cur vir bonus has sibi tam gravis leges imposuerit,

id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

lex veri rectique,

id. ib. 2, 9, 27:

aliquam legem vitae accipere,

Sen. Ep. 108, 6:

ad legem naturae revertamur,

id. ib. 25, 4:

leges in historia observandae,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 5:

quis nescit primam esse historiae legem, ne quid falsi dicere audeat?

id. de Or. 2, 15, 62; id. Fam. 5, 12, 3:

vetus est lex amicitiae, ut idem amici semper velint,

id. Planc. 2, 5:

hanc ad legem formanda est oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

versibus est certa quaedam et definita lex,

id. Or. 58:

legibus suis (i. e. philosophiae) parere,

id. Tusc. 5, 7, 19:

leges Epicuri,

id. ib. 5, 37, 108; 4, 4, 7; Sen. Ep. 94, 15; Suet. Ner. 24:

vetus lex sermonis,

Quint. 1, 5, 29:

contra leges loquendi,

id. 1, 8, 13:

lex et ratio loquendi,

Juv. 6, 453:

secundum grammaticam legem,

Gell. 13, 21, 22:

legem esse aiunt disciplinae dialecticae, etc.,

id. 16, 2, 1:

citharae leges,

Tac. A. 16, 4:

beneficii,

Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 4:

sic ingens rerum numerus jubet atque operum lex,

Juv. 7, 102:

scimus hujus opusculi illam esse legem, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 5:

qui titulus sola metri lege constringitur,

id. ib. 4, 14, 8.—Of things:

quā sidera lege mearent,

by what law, what rule, Ov. M. 15, 71.—Hence, sine lege, without order, in confusion, confusedly:

exspatiantur equi... quaque impetus egit, Hac sine lege ruunt,

Ov. M. 2, 204:

jacent collo sparsi sine lege capilli,

id. H. 15, 73:

haec in lege loci commoda Circus habet,

quality, nature, id. Am. 3, 2, 20; cf.:

sub lege loci sumit mutatque figuras,

id. Hal. 32.—

A contract, agreement, covenant:

oleam faciundam hac lege oportet locare, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 145:

in mancipii lege,

a contract of sale, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178; cf.:

Manilianas venalium vendendorum leges ediscere,

id. ib. 1, 58, 246: collegii Aesculapii, Inscr. ap. Fabrett. p. 724, n. 443.—

A condition, stipulation (cf. condicio).

In gen. (mostly ante-class.):

ego dabo ei talentum, primus qui in crucem excucurrerit, Set ca lege, ut offigantur bis pedes,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 13:

quia nequit, qua lege licuit velle dixit fieri,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 58: estne empta mi haec? Pe. His legibus [p. 1056] habeas licet, id. Ep. 3, 4, 39:

hac lege tibi adstringo meam fidem,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22:

legibus dictis,

Liv. 9, 5, 3:

dicta tibi est lex,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18:

sed vos saevas imponite leges,

Juv. 7, 229.—

Hence of conditions or terms of peace:

pax data Philippo in has leges est,

Liv. 33, 30:

quibus ante dictum est legibus, pacem fecerunt,

id. 30, 43:

pacemque his legibus constituerunt,

Nep. Tim. 2:

se sub leges pacis iniquae Tradere,

Verg. A. 4, 618:

leges et foedera jungere,

id. ib. 12, 822:

in leges ire,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 27.—

In eccl. Lat. esp., the law of Moses:

nolite putare quoniam veni solvere legem,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 17; 11, 13;

often called lex Moysi,

id. Luc. 2, 22; id. Act. 15, 5;

but more freq. lex Domini,

id. Luc. 2, 23; id. Psa. 4, 2:

lex Dei,

id. 2 Esdr. 10, 28 sq.;

also cf.: lex Altissimi,

id. Eccl. 19, 21:

lex tua,

id. Psa. 39, 8; 118, 18:

lex mea,

id. Prov. 3, 1.—Also of a precept of the Mosaic law:

ista est lex animantium,

Vulg. Lev. 11, 46:

istae sunt leges quas constituit Dominus,

id. Num. 30, 17.

princĭpātus, ūs, m. [princeps], the first place, pre-eminence, preference (class.).

In gen.: omnem naturam necesse est.. habere aliquem in se principatum, ut in homine mentem... in arborum autem radicibus inesse principatus putatur. Principatum autem id dico, quod Graeci hêgemonikon vocant, quo nihil in quoque genere nec potest, nec debet esse praestantius, Cic. N. D. 2, 11, 29 sq.:

animi,

id. Tusc. 1, 10, 20:

ut quisque aetate antecedit, ita sententiae principatum tenet,

id. Sen. 18, 64:

Gallia hujus belli sustinendi principatum tenet, i. e. in bello sustinendo,

id. Phil. 12, 4, 9:

eloquentiae dignitatis principatum dare,

id. Off. 2, 19, 49:

qui tibi detulerat ex latronibus suis principatum,

id. Phil. 2, 3, 5: sol astrorum obtinet principatum, id. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

principatum in oleo obtinuit Italia,

Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 8; 16, 36, 64, § 156; 37, 13, 76, § 198.—

In partic.

The chief place in the state or the army, the post of commander-in-chief:

Cassio dominatum et principatum dari,

Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 36:

Cingetorigi principatus atque imperium est traditum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8 fin.:

obtinere principatum totius Galliae,

id. ib. 7, 4:

se dejectos principatu,

id. ib. 7, 63:

de principatu contendere,

Nep. Arist. 1.—

Of the empire (post-Aug.), reign, empire, dominion, sovereignty:

Nero toto principatu suo hostis generis humani,

Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46:

Fenestella, qui obiit novissimo Tiberii Caesaris principatu,

id. 33, 11, 52, § 146:

Nerva res olim dissociabiles miscuit, principatum et libertatem,

Tac. Agr. 3; Plin. Pan. 36, 3; 45, 3; Suet. Calig. 22; id. Tib. 24.—

A beginning, origin (class. but very rare):

an mundus ab aliquo temporis principatu ortus est?

Cic. Univ. 2; cf.:

totius opusculi principatus,

the beginning, Diom. 375 P.—

The hosts of angels, good or bad (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Rom. 8, 38; id. Col. 1, 16.