pīla

pāgānĭcus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to the country, rural, rustic.

Lit.:

paganicae feriae,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 26 Müll.; cf.

Paganalia: IOVI PAGANICO SACR.,

Inscr. Orell. 1250.— Absol.:

bona habere in paganico (sc. solo or agro),

Cod. Just. 6, 21, 1; cf. paganus: pila paganica, a ball stuffed with down, used at first in the country, but afterwards also in the city, Mart. 7, 32, 7:

pluma,

id. 14, 45, 1; cf. Becker, Gall. 3, p. 94. —

In eccl. Lat., heathenish, pagan, Salv. Gub. 1.

pāpĭlĭo, ōnis, m. [cf. pallô, brandish; palpitare, pila], a butterfly, moth.

Lit.:

ferali mutant cum papilione figuram,

Ov. M. 15, 374; cf. Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65; 21, 14, 47, § 81; 28, 10, 45, § 162.—Also of other winged insects, Plin. 11, 32, 37, § 112; 11, 23, 27, § 77.—

Transf., a tent, pavilion:

in expeditionibus apertis papilionibus prandit atque coenavit,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 51; Spart. Pescen. 11; Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 16; Tert. ad Mart. 3; Vulg. Exod. 33, 8; id. Num. 16, 27; id. 2 Reg. 11, 11. The Fratres Arvales also made use of such tents when making their offerings in the grove of Dia, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. n. 41.

paulŭlus ( paull-), a, um, adj. dim. [1. paulus], very little, very small (most freq. in neutr. and adverb.):

pila,

Cato, R. R. 14, 2:

pecunia,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 24:

de paulo paululum hoc tibi dabo,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

da mihi paululum bibere,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 45; id. Judic. 4, 19:

spatium,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 21:

via,

Liv. 8, 11:

equi hominesque paululi et graciles,

id. 35, 11:

admixto paululo sale,

Pall. 12, 22.—

Subst.: paulŭ-lum, i, n., a little bit, a trifle. —With gen.:

paululum praedae feci,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 7:

paululum pecuniae,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 56:

obsoni,

id. And. 2, 2, 23:

operae,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 50:

morae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9.— Absol.:

nihil aut admodum paululum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

paululum ad beatam vitam deesse,

id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23.—Hence, in abl.: paululo, a little, somewhat:

si nequeas paululo, at quanti queas,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 30: valeo, sicut soleo: paululo tamen etiam deterius quam soleo, Lucc. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1.— Hence, adv.: paulŭlum, a little, a very little, somewhat:

abscede paululum istuc,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 75: concede istuc paululum;

audin'?

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 38:

paululum opperirier si vis,

id. ib. 5, 2, 51:

paululum respirare,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53:

mente paululum inminutā,

Sall. J. 65, 1:

spirans,

id. C. 61, 4:

si paululum intermissa fuerit,

Quint. 1, 6, 8:

paululum tempore nostro superiores,

id. 8, 3, 25.

paulŭlus ( paull-), a, um, adj. dim. [1. paulus], very little, very small (most freq. in neutr. and adverb.):

pila,

Cato, R. R. 14, 2:

pecunia,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 24:

de paulo paululum hoc tibi dabo,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 31:

da mihi paululum bibere,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 45; id. Judic. 4, 19:

spatium,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 21:

via,

Liv. 8, 11:

equi hominesque paululi et graciles,

id. 35, 11:

admixto paululo sale,

Pall. 12, 22.—

Subst.: paulŭ-lum, i, n., a little bit, a trifle. —With gen.:

paululum praedae feci,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 7:

paululum pecuniae,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 56:

obsoni,

id. And. 2, 2, 23:

operae,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 50:

morae,

Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9.— Absol.:

nihil aut admodum paululum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

paululum ad beatam vitam deesse,

id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23.—Hence, in abl.: paululo, a little, somewhat:

si nequeas paululo, at quanti queas,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 30: valeo, sicut soleo: paululo tamen etiam deterius quam soleo, Lucc. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1.— Hence, adv.: paulŭlum, a little, a very little, somewhat:

abscede paululum istuc,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 75: concede istuc paululum;

audin'?

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 38:

paululum opperirier si vis,

id. ib. 5, 2, 51:

paululum respirare,

Cic. Quint. 16, 53:

mente paululum inminutā,

Sall. J. 65, 1:

spirans,

id. C. 61, 4:

si paululum intermissa fuerit,

Quint. 1, 6, 8:

paululum tempore nostro superiores,

id. 8, 3, 25.

pīlātim, adv. [2. pila], pillar-wise, with pillars.

Lit.:

pilatim aedificia agere,

Vitr. 6, 11, 4.—

Transf., in milit. lang., in close bodies, in solid columns: sive pilatim, sive passim iter facere volebat, Asellio ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121: pilatim exercitum duxi, Scaur. ib.; cf. 1. pilo, and, under it, pilatus.

pĭlŭla, ae, f. dim. [3. pila], a little ball, globule.

In gen., Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 28; Pelag. Vet. 14.—

In partic., in medicine, a pill, Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 138.

pollĭo, īre: pollit, pila ludit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 243 Müll.

Pollĭo ( Pōlĭo, v. Lucr. p. 33 Lachm.), ōnis, m., a Roman surname. So esp.,

Asinius Pollio, v. Asinius.—

Trebellius Pollio, v. Trebellius.—

The name of a bad actor, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 37. —

v. Polio.

pōno, pŏsŭi (Plaut. posīvi), pŏsĭtum, 3 (old form of perf. POSEIVEI, Inscr. Orell. 3308:

posivi,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 35: posivimus, id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.:

posiverunt, Cato, R. R. praef. 1: posiveris,

id. ib. 4, 1; Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 108: POSIER unt, Inscr. Orell. 5061:

POSIT, contr. from posivit,

ib. 71; 732; 1475; 3087 al.; part. perf. sync. postus, a, um, Lucr. 1, 1059; 3, 87; 6, 965), v. a. [for posno, posino, from old prep. port, = proti, pros, and sino; cf.: porricio, pollingo, etc., and v. pro, sino], to put or set down a person or thing, to put, place, set, lay, etc. (syn.: colloco, statuo); constr. with acc. alone, or with in and abl., or with adv. of place; sometimes with in and acc., or absol.; v. infra.

Lit.

In gen.:

tabulas in aerario ponere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 108:

castra,

to pitch, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.:

castra iniquo loco,

id. ib. 1, 81:

milia passuum tria ab eorum castris castra ponit,

id. B. G. 1, 22 fin.: qui indicabantur, in senatu sunt positi, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

tabulas obsignatas in publico,

Cic. Fl. 9, 21:

sejuges in Capitolio aurati a P. Cornelio positi,

Liv. 38, 35, 4:

tyrannicidae imago in gymnasio ponatur,

Quint. 7, 7, 5; cf. id. 1, 7, 12:

collum in Pulvere,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 11; cf.:

artus in litore ponunt,

Verg. A. 1, 173; and with simple abl.:

saxo posuit latus,

Val. Fl. 4, 378:

in curulibus sellis sese posuerunt,

seated themselves, Flor. 1, 13.—With in and acc.: hodierno die primum longo intervallo in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28 B. and K. (Klotz, possessione):

Cyzici in Prytaneum vasa aurea mensae unius posuit,

Liv. 41, 20, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.:

stipes erat, quem... in flammam triplices posuere sorores,

Ov. M. 8, 452:

omnia pone feros in ignes,

id. R. Am. 719:

oleas in solem,

Cato, R. R. 7:

coronam in caput,

Gell. 3, 15, 3.—With sub and abl.:

pone sub curru nimium propinqui,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 21:

fundamenta,

Vulg. 1 Esd. 6, 3:

ubi pedem poneret non habebat,

might set his foot, Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 69:

genu or genua,

to bow the knee, to kneel, Ov. F. 2, 438; 5, 507; Curt. 8, 7, 13:

num genu posuit? num vocem supplicem misit?

id. 4, 6, 28:

oculos,

to cast one's eyes on, Vulg. Jer. 24, 6:

faciem,

to turn one's face, id. ib. 42, 15.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., to place, post, set, station a body of troops:

ibi praesidium ponit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

praesidium ibi,

id. B. C. 1, 47 fin.:

legionem tuendae orae maritimae causā,

id. ib. 3, 34:

insidias contra aliquem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 49.—

To set up, erect, build (mostly poet.):

opus,

Ov. M. 8, 160:

templa,

Verg. A. 6, 19:

aras,

id. ib. 3, 404:

tropaeum,

Nep. Dat. 8, 3; so,

in inscrr., of erecting monuments of any kind: POSVIT, PONENDVM CVRAVIT (usu. abbreviated P. C.), etc.: columna rostrata quae est Duilio in foro posita,

in honor of Duilius, Quint. 1, 7, 12.—

Hence, poet., to form, fashion works of art:

Alcimedon duo pocula fecit... Orpheaque in medio posuit,

Verg. E. 3, 46:

hic saxo liquidis ille coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere, nunc deum,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 8.—

To set, set out, plant trees, etc. ( poet. and in postAug. prose;

syn.: planto, sero): pone ordine vites,

Verg. E. 1, 74:

vitem,

Col. 4, 1; cf.:

ille et nefasto te (arbor) posuit die,

planted thee, Hor. C. 2, 13, 1.—

To lay, stake, wager, as a forfeit; to lay down, propose, as a prize: pono pallium;

Ille suum anulum opposuit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76:

pocula fagina,

Verg. E. 3, 36:

invitat pretiis animos et praemia ponit,

id. A. 5, 292:

praemia,

id. ib. 5, 486:

praemium,

Liv. 41, 23, 10.—

In business lang., to put out at interest, to loan, to invest (less freq. than collocare): pecuniam in praedio ponere, Cic. Tull. § 15 Orell.; cf.:

pecuniam apud aliquem,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 165:

dives positis in fenore nummis,

Hor. A. P. 421:

pecuniam Quaerit Kalendis ponere,

id. Epod. 2, 70.—

To place, set, appoint a person as a watch or guard, accuser, etc. (less freq. than apponere):

Dumnorigi custodes ponit, ut, quae agat, scire possit,

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

custos frumento publico est positus,

Cic. Fl. 19, 45: alicui accusatorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

puer super hoc positus officium,

Petr. 56, 8.—

To serve up, set before one at table (rare for the class. apponere), Cato, R. R. 79; so id. ib. 81:

posito pavone,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 23; 2, 4, 14; 2, 6, 64; 2, 8, 91; id. A. P. 422:

positi Bacchi cornua,

Ov. A. A. 1, 231:

vinum,

Petr. 34, 7:

calidum scis ponere sumen,

Pers. 1, 53:

porcum,

Mart. 8, 22, 1:

da Trebio, pone ad Trebium,

Juv. 5, 135.—

To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down, etc. (as clothing, arms, books, the hair or beard, etc., = deponere):

cum pila ludere vellet tunicamque poneret,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60; cf.:

veste positā,

id. ib. 1, 47, 113:

velamina,

Ov. A. A. 2, 613; cf.:

velamina de corpore,

id. M. 4, 345:

arma,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

sarcinam,

Petr. 117, 11:

barbam,

Suet. Calig. 5; cf.:

bicolor positis membrana capillis,

Pers. 3, 10:

libros de manibus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 23; cf.:

cum posui librum, et mecum ipse coepi cogitare,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—

To lay out for the grave:

toroque Mortua componar, positaeque det oscula frater,

Ov. M. 9, 503; Verg. A. 2, 644.—Also, to lay in the grave, to bury, inter ( poet. and in post-class. prose;

syn.: sepelio, condo): corpore posto,

Lucr. 3, 871:

te... patriā decedens ponere terrā,

Verg. A. 6, 508; Ov. F. 5, 480:

ubi corpus meum positum fuerit,

Dig. 34, 1, 18 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 4370:

IN HAC CVPA MATER ET FILIVS POSITI SVNT,

ib. 4550; 4495:

HIC POSITVS EST, Inscr. in Boeckh. C. I. Gr. 4156: CINERES,

Inscr. Orell. 4393; 4489.—

Ponere calculum or calculos, transf., to weigh carefully, to ponder, consider:

si bene calculum ponas,

Petr. 115, 16:

examina tecum, omnesque, quos ego movi, in utrāque parte calculos pone,

Plin. Ep. 2, 19 fin. —

To arrange, deck, set in order (cf. compono):

qui suas ponunt in statione comas,

Ov. A. A. 3, 434:

quid totiens positas fingis, inepta, comas?

id. ib. 1, 306; cf. id. H. 4, 77; id. M. 1, 477.—

To subdue, calm, allay, quiet:

quo non arbiter Hadriae Major, tollere seu ponere vult freta,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 16:

magnos cum ponunt aequora motus,

Prop. 4 (5), 14, 31.—Hence, neutr., of the winds, to fall, abate ( poet. and late Lat.):

cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit Flatus,

Verg. A. 7, 27:

tum Zephyri posuere,

id. ib. 10, 103:

simul ac ventus posuit,

Gell. 2, 30, 2.

Trop.

In gen., to set, place, put, lay a thing anywhere: noenum ponebat rumores ante salutem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 314 Vahl.):

pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs,

Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 115:

at te apud eum, di boni! quantā in gratiā posui,

id. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; 6, 1, 22: ponite me ei (Appio) in gratiā, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiā,

Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3 B. and K. (Orell. gratiam):

se quoque in gratiā reconciliatae pacis ponere,

Liv. 44, 14, 7:

in laude positus,

Cic. Sest. 66, 139:

aliquem in metu non ponere,

i. e. not to fear, id. Top. 13, 55:

virtutum fundamenta in voluptate tamquam in aquā ponere,

id. Fin. 2, 22, 72; cf. id. Pis. 4, 9:

aliquid in conspectu animi,

id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf.:

sub uno aspectu ponere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 1, 1: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, to lay down gently, i. e. close gracefully, Cic. Or. 59, 199:

super cor,

to lay to heart, Vulg. Mal. 2, 2.—With in and acc.:

te in crimen populo ponat atque infamiam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 11.—Elliptically: et quidem cum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, when it occurs to Cœsar, he sets me (i. e. my name) to the Senate's decrees, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4.—

In partic.

Ponere aliquid in aliquā re, to put or place a thing in something, to cause a thing to rest or depend upon:

credibile non est, quantum ego in consiliis et prudentiā tuā, quantum in amore et fide ponam,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3:

spem in aliquo,

id. ib. 6, 1, 11:

salutis auxilium in celeritate,

Caes. B. G. 5, 48; cf.:

spem salutis in virtute,

id. ib. 5, 34, 2:

ut in dubio poneret, utrum, etc.,

regarded as doubtful, doubted, Liv. 34, 5, 3: sed haec haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, I shall attach no great importance to it, id. prooem. § 8.—In pass.: positum esse in aliquā re, to be based or founded upon, to rest upon, depend upon:

ut salutem praesentium, spem reliquorum in vestris sententiis positam esse et defixam putetis,

Cic. Fl. 1, 3; id. Agr. 2, 9, 22:

omnia posita putamus in Planci tui liberalitate,

id. Att. 16, 16, F, 2; id. Or. 8, 27:

in te positum est, ut, etc.,

id. Att. 16, 16, B, § 8. —

To lay out, spend, employ a thing, esp. time, in any thing:

tempus in cogitatione ponere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

si in hac curā vita mihi ponenda sit,

id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:

diem totum in considerandā causā,

id. Brut. 22, 87; cf. id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; id. Att. 6, 2, 6:

sumptum,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; id. Fam. 13, 54 fin.; cf.:

totum animum atque omnem curam, operam diligentiamque suam in petitione,

id. Mur. 22, 45:

id multo tum faciemus liberius totosque nos in contemplandis rebus perspiciendisque ponemus,

id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

apud gratissimum hominem beneficium ponere,

id. Fam. 13, 55 fin.:

itinera enim ita facit, ut multos dies in oppidum ponat,

id. Att. 11, 22, 2.—

To put, place, count, reckon, consider a thing in or among certain things:

mortem in malis,

Cic. Fin. 3, 8, 29:

in beneficii loco,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 12; id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

si quis motus populi factus esset, id C. Norbano in fraude capitali esse ponendum,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

in laude,

to regard as praiseworthy, id. Top. 18, 71:

in vitiis poni,

to be regarded as a fault, Nep. Epam. 1, 2.—

To appoint, ordain, make something:

leges,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

festos laetosque ritus,

Tac. H. 5, 5 fin.:

ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

ne tu in spem ponas me bonae frugi fore,

to hope for, reckon upon, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 4 Fleck.: nomen, to apply or give a name (= imponere):

sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina,

Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 44; id. Tusc. 3, 5, 10; Verg. A. 7, 63:

qui tibi nomen Insano posuere,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 48: rationem, to furnish an account, to [p. 1397] reckon, Suet. Oth. 7; cf. Col. 1, 3:

pecuniae,

Dig. 46, 3, 89.—

To make or render vows or votive offerings to the gods:

Veneri ponere vota,

Prop. 3, 12, 18:

nunc ego victrices lauro redimire tabellas, Nec Veneris mediā ponere in aede morer,

Ov. Am. 1, 11, 25:

hic ponite lucida Funalia et vectes,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

libatum agricolae ponitur ante deo,

Tib. 1, 1, 14; Ov. M. 3, 506:

ex praedā tripodem aureum Delphi posuit,

Nep. Paus. 2, 3.—

In speaking or writing, to lay down as true, to state, assume, assert, maintain, allege, take for granted, etc.:

quamobrem, ut paulo ante posui, si, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Fin. 2, 31, 100:

recte Magnus ille noster, me audiente, posuit in judicio, rem publicam, etc.,

id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: verum pono, esse victum eum;

at, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 25:

positum sit igitur in primis, etc.,

Cic. Or. 4, 14:

hoc posito atque concesso, esse quandam vim divinam, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.:

quo posito, et omnium sensu adprobato,

id. Fin. 3, 8, 29; id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

pono satis in eo fuisse orationis atque ingenii,

id. Brut. 45, 165:

aliquid pro certo ponere,

Liv. 10, 9 fin.:

nunc rem ipsam ponamus quam illi non negant... Est haec res posita, quae ab adversario non negatur,

Cic. Caecin. 11, 32.—

Esp.: exemplum ponere, to cite an instance:

eorum quae constant exempla ponemus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 38, 68:

perspicuo et grandi vitio praeditum posuimus exemplum,

id. ib. 1, 47, 88:

ab adjunctis antea posui exemplum,

id. Top. 11, 50:

horum exempla posui ex jure civili,

id. ib. 14, 58:

horum generum ex Cicerone exempla ponamus,

Quint. 5, 11, 11; 6, 3, 108 al.—

To set before the mind, represent, describe:

nec ponere lucum Artifices, nec, etc.,

Pers. 1, 70:

pone Tigellinum,

Juv. 1, 155.—

To propose, offer, fix upon a theme for discussion (= proponere):

mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam, de quā meo arbitratu loquar, ponitis?

Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 1, 2:

ponere aliquid, ad quod audiam, si tibi non est molestum, volo,

id. Fat. 2, 4; cf.:

ponere jubebam, de quo quis audire vellet,

id. Tusc. 1, 4, 7:

ponere praemium,

Liv. 39, 17, 1; and impers. pass.:

doctorum est ista consuetudo eaque Graecorum, ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent quamvis subito,

id. Lael. 5, 17; so,

cum ita positum esset, videri, etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54.—

To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender (= deponere):

vitam propera ponere,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 4:

vitia,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46:

dolorem,

id. Tusc. 3, 28, 66: inimicitias, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:

curas,

Liv. 1, 19:

metum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6:

iram,

Hor. A. P. 160:

moras,

id. C. 4, 12, 25; Ov. F. 2, 816:

animos feroces,

Liv. 8, 1:

corda ferocia,

Verg. A. 1, 302:

vires (flammae),

id. ib. 5, 681:

ipsum rudimentum adulescentiae bello lacessentem Romanos posuisse,

had obtained his first experience, Liv. 31, 11 fin.; Suet. Ner. 22; also,

tirocinium,

Just. 12, 4, 6:

animam,

to lay down life, Vulg. Johan. 10, 15; 17.—Esp., milit. t. t.: arma ponere (= deponere), to lay down arms, yield, surrender:

Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma ponant,

Liv. 6, 10, 5:

dedi imperatorem, arma poni jubet,

id. 4, 10, 3; cf.:

positis armis,

id. 35, 36, 4; id. Epit. 88.—

To make, cause to be (eccl. Lat.):

cornu tuum ponam ferreum,

Vulg. Mich. 4, 13:

posuit me desolatam,

id. Thren. 3, 11; with quasi:

ponam Samariam quasi acervum,

id. Mich. 1, 6; with in and acc.:

posuerunt eam in ruinam,

id. Isa. 23, 13.—

To assume, suppose, put a case (of mere suppositions; only late Lat.; cf. 6 supra): pone tamen ab evangelistis scriptum, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 16, 194; Ps.-Quint. Decl. 273.—Hence, pŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., of localities, placed, situated; situate, standing, lying anywhere:

Roma in montibus posita,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

Delos in Aegaeo mari posita,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

portus ex adverso urbi positus,

Liv. 45, 5:

tumulus opportune ad id positus,

id. 28, 13:

urbs alieno solo posita,

id. 4, 17.— Poet.:

somno positus = sopitus,

lulled to sleep, Verg. A. 4, 527.

pugno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and very rarely a. [root pug-, to thrust, strike, whence pugil, pungo, etc.], to fight, either singly or in armies, to combat, give battle, engage, contend (very freq. and class.).

Lit.:

neque sinistrā impeditā satis commode pugnare poterant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

scutum manu emittere et nudo corpore pugnare,

id. ib. 1, 25:

eminus lapidibus,

Sall. J. 57, 4:

cominus in acie,

Cic. Balb. 9, 23:

ex equo,

on horseback, id. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

de loco, Ter. Hec. alt. prol. 33: de ponte,

Hirt. B. Afr. 33:

pro muro toto,

id. ib. 13:

ex iniquiore loco,

id. ib. 42:

pro commodis patriae,

Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1 al. —With cum and abl.:

elige, cum cive an hoste pugnare malis,

Liv. 10, 36, 8:

cum hoste in acie,

Cic. Balb. 9, 22.—With in and acc.:

ne quis extra ordinem in hostem pugnaret,

Liv. 8, 6, 16:

in hostem imparem ex aequo pugnabant,

id. 10, 43, 6:

qui contra imperium in hostem pugnaverant,

Sall. C. 9, 4; 52, 30.—With adversum and acc.:

saepe ante paucis strenuis advorsum multitudinem bene pugnatum,

Sall. J. 107, 1:

advorsum Gallos,

id. ib. 114, 1.—With a homogeneous object: magnam pugnavimu' pugnam, Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 60; cf.:

haec pugna est pugnata,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 97:

pugna summā contentione pugnata,

Cic. Mur. 16, 34; Nep. Hann. 5, 1: inclitam in ponte pugnam... pugnatam, Liv. 6, 42, 5:

proelia,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 19; Sall. J. 54, 7:

bella,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 4; id. Ep. 1, 16, 25.— Impers. pass.:

pugnatur uno tempore omnibus locis,

the battle is fought, they fight, Caes. B. G. 7, 84:

cominus gladiis pugnatum est,

id. ib. 1, 52:

ut in mari quoque pugnetur velut e muris,

Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 3.—

Transf.

In gen., to contend, conflict, disagree, oppose, contradict; usu. with dat. of person, or with cum:

pugnant Stoici cum Peripateticis,

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 68. —With acc. and inf.:

pugnare non destitit, non esse rerum controversiam, sed nominum,

Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 41:

non magno opere pugnare,

to contend not very strongly, id. N. D. 3, 1, 3:

noli pugnare duobus,

Cat. 62, 64:

ne cupias pugnare puellae,

Prop. 1, 12 (10), 21; cf.:

placitone etiam pugnabis amori?

Verg. A. 4, 38:

pressis pugnat habenis,

id. ib. 11, 600:

ne pugnet vulgus habenis,

Stat. Th. 8, 289:

tam eras excors, ut totā in oratione tuā tecum ipse pugnares,

you contradicted yourself, Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18. —Of things:

pugnat sententia secum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 97:

pugnavit monitis furor,

Sil. 10, 284:

pugnatura fretis pila,

id. 4, 298: frigida pugnabant calidis, umentia siccis, Mollia cum duris, etc., cold bodies contended with hot, moist with dry, etc., Ov. M. 1, 19: humus, Petr. poët. Sat. 123.—

To struggle, strive, to endeavor, take pains, exert one's self for any thing (rare but class.):

illud pugna et enitere, ne, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

id ne impetremus, pugnabis,

id. Lig. 5, 13; cf.:

hoc solum hoc tempore pugnatur, ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:

pugnas, ne reddar, Achille,

Ov. H. 3, 25 Ruhnk.:

pugnaremque collegae, ut, etc.,

Liv. 3, 64.— Poet., with inf.:

pugnat molles evincere somnos,

Ov. M. 1, 685; 7, 772; id. H. 13, 77:

incerto pedum pugnat non stare tumultu,

Luc. 4, 753; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 196; cf.

, of things,

Lucr. 2, 205.—P. a. as subst.: pugnan-tĭa, ium, n., contradictions, inconsistencies:

pugnantia te loqui non vides?

Cic. Tusc. 1, 7, 13; cf. Hor. S. 1, 2, 73; 1, 1, 102.

pulso, āvi, ātum ( inf. parag. pulsarier, Lucr. 4, 931), 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to push, strike, beat (cf.: tundo, ferio, pello).

Lit.:

cum pulsetur agiteturque incursione atomorum sempiternā,

Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114:

semine in pila pulsato,

Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 158:

lictores ad pulsandos verberandosque homines exercitatissimi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142; cf.:

pulsari alios et verberari,

id. ib. 2, 3, 26, §

66: pulsatus parens,

Verg. A. 6, 609:

legatos pulsasse dicebantur,

Liv. 38, 42; Tac. H. 4, 45:

ubi tu pulsas, ego vapulo tantum,

Juv. 3, 289:

ostium,

to knock, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 7:

ostia,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 10; cf.

ostiatim,

Quint. 5, 10, 122:

fores,

Ov. M. 5, 448; so,

pulso alone: pulsate, et aperietur vobis,

Vulg. Matt. 7, 7:

humum ter pede,

to stamp upon the ground, Ov. F. 6, 330:

gyrum pulsat equis,

Prop. 4, 13, 11; cf.:

tellurem pede libero,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 1:

prata choreis,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 381.—Of military engines:

ariete muros,

Verg. A. 12, 706:

ariete turres,

Sil. 16, 696:

moenia Romae,

id. 6, 643:

cuspide portas,

id. 12, 565:

pulsabant turrim ariete,

Amm. 20, 11, 21:

moenia Leptitana,

id. 28, 6, 15.—Of musical instruments:

chordas digitis et pectine eburno,

to strike, play upon, Verg. A. 6, 647:

chelyn,

Val. Fl. 1, 139:

pectine nervos,

Sil. 5, 463:

cymbala,

Juv. 9, 62.—Of things:

pulsant arva ligones,

Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31; id. M. 11, 529:

nervo pulsante sagittae,

Verg. G. 4, 313.—

Transf., to strike against, to strike, touch any thing ( poet.):

ipse arduus altaque pulsat Sidera,

Verg. A. 3, 619; 10, 216; Sil. 9, 450:

vasto qui vertice nubila pulsat,

Val. Fl. 4, 149.—Of abstract subjects:

ululatus pulsat aures,

Claud. B. Get. 625.—

Trop.

In gen., to urge or drive on, to impel, to set in violent motion, to move, agitate, disturb, disquiet:

dormientium animos,

Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120:

multa in unum locum confluunt, quae meum pectus pulsant,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 3:

quae te vecordia pulsat,

Ov. M. 12, 228:

corda pavor pulsans,

Verg. G, 3, 105; cf.:

curru Phoebe medium pulsabat Olympum,

id. A. 10, 216:

variā meritos formidine pulsant,

Val. Fl. 3, 390:

urbes rumoribus,

to disturb, Petr. p. 679:

invidia pulsat pectus,

Sen. Agam. 134:

aliquem querelis,

Stat. Th. 8, 249; cf.: astra querelis, Claud. in Eutr. 2, prooem. §

51: superos vocibus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1671.—

In partic.

To attack before a tribunal, i. e. to arraign, accuse:

ex contractu ejus obligatus, pro quo pulsabatur,

Dig. 11, 1, 11:

non imponitur necessitas aliis pulsantibus respondere,

ib. 5, 1, 2 med. —

Transf., in gen., to accuse, defame:

pulsari crimine falso,

Claud. B. Gild. 170:

injusta Tartara,

to accuse, charge, Stat. S. 5, 5, 77:

apud principis aures existimationem viri fortis invidiā gravi pulsarent,

Amm. 18, 4, 4.—

To drive away, remove, put out of the way, Dig. 19, 2, 15, § 1:

pericula,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 465.—

To injure, insult:

pulsatos infecto foedere divos,

Verg. A. 12, 286:

pulsatae majestatis imperii reus,

of treason, Amm. 14, 7, 7.

raptim, adv. [raptus, from rapio], by snatching or hurrying away, i. e.,

Violently, greedily, rapaciously (very rare): ludunt raptim pila, Nov. ap. Non. 96, 20:

semine raptim avium fame devorato,

Plin. 17, 14, 22, § 99.—Far more freq. and class.,

Hastily, suddenly, speedily, hurriedly:

mittere,

Lucr. 1, 662:

haec scripsi raptim, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1:

cui donet inpermissa raptim Gaudia,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 27:

aliquem sequi, Liv 26, 5: omnia raptim atque turbate aguntur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5; cf.:

raptim omnia praepropere agendo,

Liv. 22, 19:

praecipitata raptim consilia,

id. 31, 32:

proelium inire raptim et avide,

id. 9, 35:

ignis raptim factus,

id. 21, 14:

agmen ducere,

Curt. 5, 13, 1; Tac. A. 1, 56:

illa levem fugiens raptim secat aethera pennis,

swiftly flying, Verg. G. 1, 409:

fruaris tempore raptim,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 198 et saep. (old form raptē, Ven. Fort. Vit. S. Mart. 4, 651).

raptim, adv. [raptus, from rapio], by snatching or hurrying away, i. e.,

Violently, greedily, rapaciously (very rare): ludunt raptim pila, Nov. ap. Non. 96, 20:

semine raptim avium fame devorato,

Plin. 17, 14, 22, § 99.—Far more freq. and class.,

Hastily, suddenly, speedily, hurriedly:

mittere,

Lucr. 1, 662:

haec scripsi raptim, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1:

cui donet inpermissa raptim Gaudia,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 27:

aliquem sequi, Liv 26, 5: omnia raptim atque turbate aguntur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5; cf.:

raptim omnia praepropere agendo,

Liv. 22, 19:

praecipitata raptim consilia,

id. 31, 32:

proelium inire raptim et avide,

id. 9, 35:

ignis raptim factus,

id. 21, 14:

agmen ducere,

Curt. 5, 13, 1; Tac. A. 1, 56:

illa levem fugiens raptim secat aethera pennis,

swiftly flying, Verg. G. 1, 409:

fruaris tempore raptim,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 198 et saep. (old form raptē, Ven. Fort. Vit. S. Mart. 4, 651).

rĕ-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to let go back, send back, despatch back, drive back, cause to return (class. and very freq.; cf. reddo).

Lit.

In gen.: Al. Redde mihi illam (filiam)... Non remissura es mihi illam?... non remittes? Me. Non remittam! Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 29 sq.:

a legione omnes remissi sunt domum Thebis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 22:

aliquem domum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43 fin.; 4, 21; 7, 4 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 27 fin.:

mulieres Romam,

Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2:

paucos in regnum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

Fabium cum legione in sua hiberna,

id. B. G. 5, 53:

partem legionum in sua castra,

id. B. C. 3, 97:

ad parentes aliquem nuntium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 15:

aliquem ad aliquem,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 1; Cic. Fam. 16, 5, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 24; 26:

obsides alicui,

id. B. G. 3, 8 fin.; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 14:

is argentum huc remisit,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 69:

librum tibi remisi,

Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2: pila intercepta, to cast or hurl back, Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so,

tractum de corpore telum,

Ov. M. 5, 95:

epistulam ad aliquem,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 43:

litteras Caesari,

Caes. B. G. 5, 47; cf.:

scripta ad eum mandata per eos,

id. B. C. 1, 10:

naves ad aliquem,

id. B. G. 5, 23; so,

naves,

id. B. C. 1, 27:

obsides,

id. B. G. 3, 8; 3, 29:

nonne vides etiam, quantā vi tigna trabesque Respuat umor aquae?.. Tam cupide sursum revomit magis atque remittit,

drives back, Lucr. 2, 199; so,

aquas longe (cautes),

Sen. Hippol. 583:

calces (equi),

i. e. kick out behind, Nep. Eum. 5, 5.—

To send forth from itself, give out, yield:

ut melius muriā, quam testa marina remittit,

gives forth, yields, Hor. S. 2, 8, 53:

muriam,

Col. 12, 9 init.:

minimum seri,

id. 12, 13:

umorem (humus),

id. 12, 15 init.:

aeruginem (vasa aenea),

id. 12, 20, 2:

nec umenti sensit tellure remitti (nebulas),

Ov. M. 1, 604:

umorem ex se ipsa remittit,

Verg. G. 2, 218:

quod baca remisit olivae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 69:

sanguinem e pulmone,

Ov. P. 1, 3, 19.—

In partic.

To let go back, to loosen, slacken, relax any thing strained, bound, rigid, etc. (syn. relaxo;

opp. intendo, adduco): in agro ambulanti ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum recidisse,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123; cf.:

habenas vel adducere vel remittere,

id. Lael. 13, 45:

frena,

Ov. M. 2, 191 (opp. retinere);

6, 228: lora,

id. ib. 2, 200; id. Am. 3, 2, 14; cf.:

vela pennarum,

Lucr. 6, 743:

ira contractis, hilaritas remissis (superciliis) ostenditur,

Quint. 11, 3, 79:

quattuor remissis (digitis) magis quam tensis,

id. 11, 3, 99:

digitis,

Ov. H. 19, 197:

remissis,

id. M. 4, 229: junctasque manus remisit;

vinclis remissis, etc.,

i. e. to loose, id. ib. 9, 314 sq.:

digitum contrahens ac remittens,

Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 94: bracchia, i. e. to let sink or fall down, Verg. G. 1, 202: remissas manus, sinking or failing, Vulg. Heb. 12, 12:

frigore mella Cogit hiems eademque calor liquefacta remittit,

dissolves again, melts, Verg. G. 4, 36; cf.:

cum se purpureo vere remittit humus,

opens again, thaws, Tib. 3, 5, 4:

vere remissus ager,

Ov. F. 4, 126. —

To leave behind, produce:

veluti tractata notam labemque remittunt Atramenta,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 235.—

Jurid. t. t.: remittere nuntium or repudium, to send a bill of divorce, to dissolve a marriage or betrothal; v. nuntius and repudium.—

Trop.

In gen., to send back, give back, return, restore, dismiss, remove, etc.:

(specula) simulacra remittunt,

Lucr. 4, 337 Lachm.:

vocem late nemora alta remittunt,

Verg. A. 12, 929; cf.:

totidemque remisit Verba locus,

Ov. M. 3, 500:

chorda sonum... remittit acutum (with reddere),

Hor. A. P. 349:

vos me imperatoris nomine appellavistis: cujus si vos paenitet, vestrum vobis beneficium remitto, mihi meum restituite nomen,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

quin etiam ipsis (imperium) remittere,

id. B. G. 7, 20: integram causam ad senatum remittit, refers, Tac. A. 3, 10:

a quibus appellatum erit, si forte ad eosdem remittemur,

Quint. 11, 1, 76; 12, 10, 21:

veniam,

to return, repay, Verg. A. 4, 436:

quae nisi respuis ex animo longeque remittis,

Lucr. 6, 68; cf.:

opinionem animo,

to dismiss, reject, cast off, Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto,

resign it, id. Sull. 30, 84:

utramque provinciam remitto, exercitum depono,

id. Phil. 8, 8, 25:

Galliam togatam,

id. ib. 8, 9, 27.—

In partic.

(Acc. to I A. 2. a.) To slacken, relax, relieve, release, abate, remit (freq. and class.):

omnes sonorum tum intendens tum remittens persequetur gradus,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; cf.:

(sonorum vis) tum remittit animos, tum contrahit,

id. Leg. 2, 15, 38: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed quibus relaxem ac remittam, relieve, recreate, refresh, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 383, 23:

ut requiescerem curamque animi remitterem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 61, § 137:

animum per dies festos licentius,

Liv. 27, 31; and in a like sense with se, Nep. Alcib. 1 fin.;

and mid.: mirum est, ut opusculis animus intendatur remittaturque,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 13:

animos a contentione pugnae,

Liv. 5, 41:

animos a certamine,

id. 9, 12:

animos a religione,

id. 5, 25; cf.:

nihil apud milites remittitur a summo certamine,

id. 6, 24, 10:

superioris temporis contentionem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14 fin.; cf. Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

diligentiam in perdiscendo ac memoriam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14; cf.:

curam et diligentiam remittunt,

id. B. C. 2, 13:

summum illud suum studium remisit,

Cic. Brut. 93, 320:

ea studia remissa temporibus revocavi,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1:

belli opera,

Liv. 30, 3:

bellum,

id. 30, 23:

pugnam,

Sall. J. 60, 3 al.:

urguent tamen et nihil remittunt,

Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 77: equites petere ut sibi laxaret aliquid laboris;

quibus ille, ne nihil remissum dicatis, remitto, etc.,

Liv. 9, 16:

cottidie aliquid iracundiae remittebat,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 19; cf. id. Att. 10, 4, 2:

aliquid de suo,

id. Rab. Post. 11, 31:

horam de meis legitimis horis,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

aliquid de severitate cogendi,

id. Phil. 1, 5, 12; 13, 17, 36:

nihil de saevitiā,

Tac. A. 6, 25 al.; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

ex eo, quod ipse potest in dicendo, aliquantum remittet,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

aliquid ex pristinā virtute,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28:

aliquid ex curā verborum,

Quint. 10, 7, 22; 7, 1, 22.—With ellipsis of aliquid, etc.:

illum viris fortissimis remittere de summā non potuisse, te mulieri deterrimae recte remississe, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 82; Liv. 4, 43, 11:

de voluntate nihil,

Cic. Brut. 5, 17:

nihil e solito luxu,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

nihil ex arrogantiā,

id. Agr. 27 al. — Impers.:

tum aequo animo remittendum de celeritate existumabat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49.—

With inf., to cease, leave off, omit to do any thing (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): si cogites, remittas jam me onerare injuriis,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 8:

neque remittit quid ubique hostis ageret explorare,

Sall. J. 52, 5; cf.:

quid bellicosus Cantaber cogitet, remittas Quaerere,

Hor. C. 2, 11, 3.—

With se, or mid., to relax, abate:

ubi dolor et inflammatio se remiserunt,

Cels. 4, 24 fin.; cf.:

cum se furor ille remisit,

Ov. H. 4, 51:

quae (febres) certum habent circuitum et ex toto remittuntur,

Cels. 3, 12; cf. under II.—

Mid., to recreate one ' s self:

eundem, cum scripsi, eundem etiam cum remittor, lego,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 7; cf.:

fas est et carmine remitti,

id. ib. 7, 9, 9; cf.

supra: animus remittatur,

id. ib. 7, 9, 13.—

To give free course to (opp. continere):

animi appetitus, qui tum remitterentur, tum continerentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 34.—

With respect to a person, to free one from any thing; to give up, grant, forgive, yield, resign, concede, surrender, sacrifice a thing to any one (= concedere, condonare); with acc. of the offence:

Tranioni remitte quaeso hanc noxiam causā meā,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47:

injuriam,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 2 Dietsch:

quare tum cito senex ille remisit injuriam?

Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 1:

ut ex animo tibi volens omne delictum remittam,

App. M. 3, p. 137, 29; so freq. in late Lat., to remit, forgive a sin or offence:

peccata,

Vulg. Matt. 9, 2:

blasphemia,

id. ib. 12, 31:

cogitationem,

id. Act. 8, 22. — Freq. with acc. of the penalty:

multam,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

poenam alicui,

Liv. 40, 10, 9: ipso remittente Verginio ultimam poenam, id. 3, 59, 10; 8, 35, 1:

omnia tibi ista concedam et remittam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22; cf. id. Ac. 2, 33, 106; and:

alicui remittere atque concedere, ut, etc.,

id. Planc. 30, 73: meam animadversionem et suppli cium... remitto tibi et condono, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:

quod natura remittit, Invida jura negant,

Ov. M. 10, 330:

si per populum Romanum stipendium remittatur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

pecunias, quas erant in publicum Varroni cives Romani polliciti, remittit,

id. B. C. 2, 21; cf. Liv. 42, 53: aedes (venditas) alicui, to give up, resign a purchase, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 111:

tempus vobis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 30:

ut patria tantum nobis in nostrum privatum usum, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,

id. Rep. 1, 4, 8:

navem imperare debuisti ex foedere: remisisti in triennium: militem nullum umquam poposcisti per tot annos,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 21:

tibi remittunt omnes istam voluptatem et eā se carere patiuntur,

resign that pleasure to you, id. de Or. 1, 58, 246:

ut memoriam simultatium patriae remitteret,

sacrifice to his country, Liv. 9, 38; cf.:

privata odia publicis utilitatibus remittere,

Tac. A. 1, 10:

ut sibi poenam magistri equitum remitteret (dictator),

that he would remit for their sake, Liv. 8, 35:

dictator consulibus in senatu magnifice conlaudatis et suarum quoque rerum illis remisso honore, dictaturā se abdicavit,

having been resigned in their favor, id. 7, 11:

jus ipsi remittent,

will abandon their claim, id. 6, 18, 7.— Absol.:

remittentibus tribunis plebis comitia per interregem sunt habita,

withdrawing their opposition, Liv. 6, 36, 3:

de tributo remiserunt,

id. 5, 12, 13; cf. Tac. A. 1, 8:

si hoc ipsi remitti vellent, remitterent ipsi de maritumis custodiis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17.—

Poet., with inf., to allow, permit:

sed mora damnosa est nec res dubitare remittit,

Ov. M. 11, 376; cf.:

(Fides) occulte saevire vetat, prodesse remittit,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 37. —

Neutr., to decrease, abate (very rare, but class.):

si forte ventus remisisset,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

imbres,

Liv. 40, 33, 4:

pestilentia,

id. 2, 34, 6:

cum remiserant dolores pedum,

Cic. Brut. 34, 130; cf.:

si remittent quippiam Philumenae dolores,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 14:

tumor remittens,

Cels. 7, 18:

vapor calidus primo non remittit propter levitatem,

does not sink, Vitr. 8, 2.— Hence, rĕmissus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. A. 2. a.), slack, loose, relaxed, languid (opp. contentus, contendere):

membra,

Lucr. 5, 852.

Lit.:

ut onera contentis corporibus facilius feruntur, remissis opprimunt,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

vox, ut nervi, quo remissior, hoc gravior et plenior,

Quint. 11, 3, 42:

ridens Venus et remisso Filius arcu,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 67:

ammoniacum,

i. e. liquid, Pall. 1, 41, 2; cf.

adeps,

Veg. 1, 11, 4. —

Trop., relaxed, not rigid, strict, or hard, both in a good and bad sense.

Mild, gentle, soft, indulgent, cheerful, good-humored, gay, etc. (syn.:

lenis, mitis, dulcis): remissior ventus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

remissiora frigora,

id. B. G. 5, 12 fin.:

cantūs remissiores,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254; cf.:

tum intentis tum remissis modis,

Quint. 11, 3, 17:

si me non improbissime Dolabella tractasset, dubitassem fortasse, utrum remissior essem, an summo jure contenderem,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1:

in eo sermone non remissi sumus,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

remissus et subridens,

Tac. Or. 11 init.:

nisi magistratus valde lenes et remissi sint,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

in ulciscendo remissior,

id. Red. ad Quir. 7, 23:

animus (with lenis),

id. de Or. 2, 46, 193; cf.:

remississimo ad otium et ad omnem comitatem animo,

i. e. most prone, Suet. Aug. 98:

remissus et mitis,

Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 5:

cum tristibus severe, cum remissis jucunde vivere,

Cic. Cael. 6, 13; cf. Suet. Galb. 14; id. Claud. 21:

decorus est sermo senis quietus et remissus,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28:

remissius genus dicendi,

id. Sest. 54, 115:

amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

id. Lael. 18, 66; cf.

affectus,

Quint. 10, 1, 73:

egressiones dulces et remissae,

id. 11, 3, 164: joci, gay, merry (opp. curae graves), Ov. M. 3, 319; cf.:

remissiores hilarioresque sermones,

Suet. Tib. 21:

opus,

Ov. Tr. 2, 547. —

Slack, negligent, remiss (syn. languidus):

esse remisso ac languido animo,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf.:

nostris languentibus atque animo remissis,

id. ib. 2, 14: dolus Numidarum [p. 1563] nihil languidi neque remissi patiebatur, i. e. no negligence, Sall. J. 53, 6; 88, 2:

in labore,

Nep. Iphic. 3, 1:

oderunt agilem gnavumque remissi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90:

remissior in petendo,

Cic. Mur. 26, 52:

vita remissior,

Suet. Tib. 52.—

Lower, cheaper:

remissior aliquanto ejus fuit aestimatio quam annona,

below the market price, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 214. — Hence, adv.: rĕ-missē (acc. to B. 1.), gently, mildly (with leniter, urbane;

opp. severe, graviter, vehementer, etc.),

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102; id. Cael. 14, 33; Col. 1, 8, 10; Quint. 10, 2, 23; 12, 10, 71; Suet. Claud. 30.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255; id. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 76; Quint. 9, 2, 91.— Sup. is not found.

rē-sto, stĭti, 1 ( perf. subj. restaverit, Prop. 2, 34, 53), v. n.

To stop behind, keep back, stand still (very rare and only poet., whereas resisto is class.).

Lit.: si resto, pergit, ut eam: si ire conor, prohibet betere, Pac. ap. Non. 77, 25. —

Trop.: impetus haut longe mediis regionibus restat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 285 Müll. (Ann. v. 475 Vahl.):

nullo dominae teritur molimine amator Restat et immerita sustinet aure minas,

stands firm, holds out, Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 18. —

To withstand, resist, oppose (so less freq. than resisto, and not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Of military resistance, to stand firm, hold out, not yield; constr. usually absol.; rarely with dat. or adversum: Illyrii restant sicis sibinisque fodantes, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 336 Müll. (Ann. v. 496 Vahl.): validam urbem multos dies restantem pugnando vicit, Sall. ap. Non. 526, 12 (id. H. 1, 75 Dietsch):

quia summā vi restare (milites) nunciabantur,

Liv. 4, 58 Drak.:

solā virtute militum restantes caeduntur caeduntque,

id. 6, 30; 32; 8, 39; 23, 45; 26, 3; 29, 2;

34, 14: dum restat Hector,

Prop. 3, 8, 31:

nunc in restantes mucronem comminus urget,

Sil. 10, 25.— Impers. pass.:

ut quā minimā vi restatur, eā parte irrumpat,

Liv. 34, 15. — With dat.:

paucis plures vix restatis,

Liv. 23, 45 fin.:

restando adversis,

Sil. 10, 125.—With adversum:

paulum morae attulere ferrati restantibus laminis adversum pila et gladios,

Tac. A. 3, 46.—

Apart from milit. lang., in gen.:

nunc ratio nulla est restandi, nulla facultas, etc.,

Lucr. 1, 110:

is mihi, dum resto, juvenili guttura pugno Rupit,

Ov. M. 3, 626; 7, 411:

in quā re nunc tam confidenter restas, stulta?

oppose me, Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 7; cf. Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 50. —Of things:

aera claustris restantia vociferantur,

Lucr. 2, 450:

restantia claustra,

Sil. 7, 130.—

To be left, remain (syn. remaneo; the predominant signif. of the word;

most freq. in the third person): hujus generis reliquias Restare video,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 91:

ego conviviis delector nec cum aequalibus solum qui pauci jam admodum restant, sed cum vestrā etiam aetate,

Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

ego vivendo vici mea fata, superstes Restarem ut genitor,

Verg. A. 11, 161:

de bonis quod restat reliquiarum,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 1, 7; cf. id. Cist. 1, 3, 40:

unam sibi spem reliquam in Etruscis restare,

Liv. 10, 16; Cic. Scaur. Fragm. 45, p. 268 Orell.:

quae (studia) sola ei in malis restiterunt,

id. Sull. 26, 74:

omnes composui. Felices! Nunc ego resto,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 28; Pers. 3, 97:

de viginti Restabam solus,

Ov. M. 3, 687:

jam labor exiguus Phoebo restabat,

id. ib. 6, 486:

duae restant noctes de mense secundo,

id. F. 2, 857:

si e nobis aliquid nisi umbra restat,

id. Am. 3, 9, 60:

jam duo restabant fata tum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 35:

qui e divisione tripartitā duas partes absolverit, huic necesse est restare tertiam,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 9:

infinitae caedi,

id. Cat. 3, 10: dona ferens pelago et flammis restantia Trojae, left, remaining from the sea, etc., Verg. A. 1, 679:

unum etiam restat amico nostro ad omne dedecus, ut, etc.,

id. Att. 8, 7:

hoc unum restabat, ut,

Ov. M. 2, 471; cf.:

illud etiam restiterat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 9, 33.— Impers.:

restat, ut aut summa neglegentia tibi obstiterit, aut, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 12, 41; so,

restat, ut,

id. N. D. 2, 16, 44; 17 init.; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 27 al.—With inf. (mostly poet.):

nec aliud restabat quam corrigere, etc.,

Liv. 44, 4, 8:

restabat aliud nihil, nisi oculos pascere,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 35; Ov. M. 1, 700; Stat. S. 4, 1, 40.—

In partic., with reference to the future, to remain for, await one (rare and mostly poet.):

quid restat, nisi porro ut fiam miser,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 20:

placet (vobis) socios sic tractari, quod restat, ut per haec tempora tractatos videtis?

i. e. hereafter, for the future, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 208:

nudus humi jacet infans... ut aequom est, cui tantum in vitā restet transire malorum,

Lucr. 5, 227; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 27:

hoc Latio restare canunt,

Verg. A. 7, 270; Ov. F. 2, 749.