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1 commeo

com-mĕo ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to go and come, pass to and fro: remeare redire, ut commeare ultro citroque ire, unde commeatus (leave of absence;
v. commeatus, II. B.) dari dicitur, id est tempus, quo ire et redire commode quis possit,
Fest. p. 276, 5, and p. 277, 25.—Hence freq. with ultro and citro (in good prose; freq. in Cic. and the histt.; not in Quint.).
I.
In gen.
A.
Usu. of living beings:
pisciculi ultro ac citro commeant,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 84; Liv. 25, 30, 5; Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104; Suet. Calig. 19:
cum terra in aquam se vertit et cum ex aquā oritur aër, ex aëre aether, cumque eadem vicissim retro commeant,
Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31; 2, 19, 49:
ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 36 fin.:
inter Veios Romamque,
Liv. 5, 47, 11; cf.:
commeantibus invicem nuntiis,
Tac. A. 13, 38:
quā viā omnes commeabant,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6. —
B.
Transf., of inanim. and abstr. objects: alterum (genus siderum) spatiis inmutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans. Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: (fossam) latitudinis, [p. 378] quā contrariae quinqueremes commearent, pass to and fro, Suet. Ner. 31; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46; Tac. A. 2, 28; 4, 41:
quadrigae inter se occurrentes, sine periculo commeare dicuntur,
Curt. 5, 1, 25:
spiritum a summo ore in pulmonem, atque inde sursum in os commeare,
Gell. 17, 11, 3.— Impers. commeatur, we, they, etc., go, Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 21 al.—
C.
Rarely with cognate acc. vias, Dig. 48, 10, 27, § 2 (for Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 82, v. 1. commeto).—
II.
With particular reference to the terminus ad quem, to go, come, travel somewhere repeatedly or frequently; to visit a place often, to frequent:
insula Delos, quo omnes undique cum mercibus commeabant,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3; Gell. 6, 10:
in urbem,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 100; Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 14; Tac. A. 1, 46.—
B.
Transf. to inanim. or abstr. things:
nam illaec catapultae ad me crebro commeant,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 28:
cujus in hortos, domum, Baias jure suo libidines omnium commearent,
Cic. Cael. 16, 38:
crebro illius litterae ab aliis ad nos commeant,
id. Att. 8, 9, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 41.

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2 conmeo

com-mĕo ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to go and come, pass to and fro: remeare redire, ut commeare ultro citroque ire, unde commeatus (leave of absence;
v. commeatus, II. B.) dari dicitur, id est tempus, quo ire et redire commode quis possit,
Fest. p. 276, 5, and p. 277, 25.—Hence freq. with ultro and citro (in good prose; freq. in Cic. and the histt.; not in Quint.).
I.
In gen.
A.
Usu. of living beings:
pisciculi ultro ac citro commeant,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 84; Liv. 25, 30, 5; Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104; Suet. Calig. 19:
cum terra in aquam se vertit et cum ex aquā oritur aër, ex aëre aether, cumque eadem vicissim retro commeant,
Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31; 2, 19, 49:
ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 36 fin.:
inter Veios Romamque,
Liv. 5, 47, 11; cf.:
commeantibus invicem nuntiis,
Tac. A. 13, 38:
quā viā omnes commeabant,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6. —
B.
Transf., of inanim. and abstr. objects: alterum (genus siderum) spatiis inmutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans. Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49: (fossam) latitudinis, [p. 378] quā contrariae quinqueremes commearent, pass to and fro, Suet. Ner. 31; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46; Tac. A. 2, 28; 4, 41:
quadrigae inter se occurrentes, sine periculo commeare dicuntur,
Curt. 5, 1, 25:
spiritum a summo ore in pulmonem, atque inde sursum in os commeare,
Gell. 17, 11, 3.— Impers. commeatur, we, they, etc., go, Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 21 al.—
C.
Rarely with cognate acc. vias, Dig. 48, 10, 27, § 2 (for Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 82, v. 1. commeto).—
II.
With particular reference to the terminus ad quem, to go, come, travel somewhere repeatedly or frequently; to visit a place often, to frequent:
insula Delos, quo omnes undique cum mercibus commeabant,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3; Gell. 6, 10:
in urbem,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 100; Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 14; Tac. A. 1, 46.—
B.
Transf. to inanim. or abstr. things:
nam illaec catapultae ad me crebro commeant,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 28:
cujus in hortos, domum, Baias jure suo libidines omnium commearent,
Cic. Cael. 16, 38:
crebro illius litterae ab aliis ad nos commeant,
id. Att. 8, 9, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 41.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conmeo
3 com-meō (conm-)

com-meō (conm-) āvī, ātus, āre, to go and come, pass to and fro, move back and forth, go about: ultro citro: tuto ab hostium incursu, Cs.: quā viā omnes commeabant, N.: illo mari, Ta.: ad ea furta quae reliquisses.—To come, have recourse, make frequent visits, frequent: huc raro in urbem, T.: minime ad eos, Cs.: quo omnes cum mercibus commeabant: illius litterae ad nos.

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4 dubito

dŭbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [for duhibitare, freq. from duhibeo, i. e. duohabeo (cf. habitare from habeo), to have or hold, as two, v. dubius; cf. also Gr. doiazô from doioi; Germ. zweifeln from zwei], to vibrate from one side to the other, to and fro, in one's opinions or in coming to a conclusion (freq. in all periods and sorts of composition; in class. prose usually with negations or in a negative interrogation, as: non dubito, haud dubito, quis dubitat? etc.
I.
To waver in opinion or judgment, to be uncertain, to be in doubt, to doubt, question.
(α).
Absol. (rare but class.): ne vinolenti quidem quae faciunt eadem approbatione faciunt qua sobrii;
dubitant, haesitant, revocant se interdum,
Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 72:
et interrogamus et dubitamus et affirmamus,
Quint. 6, 3, 70; cf. id. 10, 1, 19; 10, 3, 19:
Livius frequentissime dubitat,
id. 2, 4, 19; 9, 2, 20: vivo equidem, ne dubita;
nam vera vides,
Verg. A. 3, 316:
ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque (= sine ulla dubitatione) dicere,
Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26; id. Fam. 5, 16, 4 Madv.; so id. Div. 1, 55, 125.—
(β).
With de (class.):
de indicando dubitat,
Cic. Sull. 18, 52; id. Fam. 12, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 29; 4, 5, 13.—With a negation:
nec vero de hoc quisquam dubitare posset, nisi, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:
de aliqua re,
id. N. D. 1, 8:
de divina ratione,
id. ib. 2, 39, 99:
de tua erga me voluntate,
id. Fam. 13, 45 fin.; cf. id. Att. 12, 26:
de ejus fide,
Caes. B. G. 7, 21, 1: cf. id. ib. 7, 77, 10; 1, 40 fin.:
de carminibus,
Quint. 10, 5, 4:
de ultima illa (parte),
id. 12, 2, 10: de se, Pompei ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 A et saep.— Pass. impers.:
de armis dubitatum est,
Cic. Caecin. 13, 38:
de judicio Panaetii dubitari non potest,
id. Off. 3, 3; so, de auctore, Quint. 7, 2, 8:
de hac (virtute) nihil dubitabitur,
id. 2, 20, 7.—
(γ).
With acc. (in class. prose only with a neutr. pron.):
haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustici quidem dubitant?
Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; Quint. 2, 17, 2; Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 2; Ov. H. 17, 37; id. M. 6, 194; id. Tr. 2, 331.—In the pass.:
causa prorsus, quod dubitari posset, nihil habebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22; cf. id. ib. 28; Liv. 5, 3:
dubitati tecta parentis,
Ov. M. 2, 20:
sidera,
Stat. S. 1, 4, 2:
ne auctor dubitaretur,
Tac. A. 14, 7; cf. infra, e:
dicta haud dubitanda,
Verg. A. 3, 170.—
(δ).
With an interrog. pron. (good prose, but rare):
ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum,
Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 29:
non dubito, quid nobis agendum putes,
Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2; id. Fam. 11, 17, 2; 15, 9; Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 10:
cur dubitas, quid de re publica sentias?
Cic. Rep. 1, 38 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 17 fin.; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16 fin. —
(ε).
With interrog. particles (very freq. and class.):
si me non improbissime tractasset, dubitassem fortasse utrum, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1:
desinite dubitare, utrum sit utilius, etc.... an, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89; cf. impers., id. Att. 4, 15, 7; Liv. 5, 3:
honestumne factu sit an turpe dubitant,
Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:
dubitavi, hos homines emerem, an non emerem,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 95; cf. Sall. J. 74, 2; Hor. C. 1, 12, 35:
recte necne, etc.,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 80:
licet et dubitare num quid nos fugerit,
Quint. 6, 1, 3:
dubito, num, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 1; Tac. H. 2, 37;
de L. Bruto fortasse dubitarim, an, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50 et saep.—Cf. respecting the expression dubito an, the art. an, II., and Zumpt, Gramm. § 354.— Poet. in pass. (cf. supra, g):
an dea sim, dubitor,
Ov. M. 6, 208.—
(ζ).
Non dubito, quin (very freq. and class.):
non hercle dubito, quin tibi ingenio nemo praestiterit,
Cic. Rep. 1, 23; id. Div. 1, 57, 129; id. de Sen. 10, 31; id. Att. 6, 2, 3; id. Fam. 13, 73 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 40: numquid tu dubitas quin ego nunc perpetuo perierim? Have you a doubt? etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 4; 1, 31, 15; Quint. 12, 1, 42; Suet. Tib. 17; Ov. H. 17, 11; 245; id. Tr. 5, 7, 59 et saep.; cf. pass. impers.:
dubitari (non) potest, quin, etc.,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23 fin.; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; Quint. 10, 2, 1:
dubitari potest quin usque eo eicienda sit,
Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 1:
illud cave dubites, quin, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6;
quid dubitas, quin sit, etc.,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 42;
so in an interrog.,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 55; 4, 2, 59; Quint. 7, 6, 10; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 8.—
(η).
With acc. and inf. (freq. only since the Aug. period, and in gen. only negatively; not found in Plaut., Ter., or Cic.;
but usual in Nepos): neque humorem dubitavi aurasque perire,
Lucr. 5, 249:
gratos tibi esse qui de me rumores afferuntur, non dubito,
Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2 (cf., on the contrary, §
7: noli dubitare, quin te sublevaturus sim): ignorabant aut dubitabant animas hominum immortales esse,
Lact. 6, 3, 5: non dubito, fore plerosque qui, etc., Nep. praef. § 1; id. Milt. 3, 6; id. Lys. 3, 5; id. Alcib. 9, 5; id. Ages. 3, 1; id. Eum. 2, 3; id. Hann. 11, 2; Liv. 2, 64; 22, 55 Drak. et saep.; Quint. 3, 7, 5; 5, 10, 76; 9, 4, 114; Suet. Claud. 35 et saep.; cf.
in an interrog.: an est quisquam qui dubitet, tribunos offensos esse?
Liv. 5, 3; so,
quis dubitat,
Quint. 9, 4, 68; 130; 10, 1, 81. — Pass. impers.: an dubitabitur, ibi partes oratoris esse praecipuas? id. prooem. § 12. —Affirm.: piraticam ut musicam, fabricam dici adhuc dubitabant mei praeceptores, Quint. 8, 3, 34.—
2.
Transf., of inan. and abstr. subjects, to be uncertain, doubtful:
si tardior manus dubitet,
Quint. 5, 10, 124:
suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio,
id. 10, 7, 22:
aut vincere aut, si fortuna dubitabit (= adversabit), etc.,
Liv. 21, 44 fin.:
nec mox fama dubitavit, cum, etc.,
Flor. 1, 1, 2.—
B.
Meton., to reflect upon, to ponder, consider, deliberate:
in utramque partem cogitare, deliberare, etc. (very rare): haec dum dubitas, menses abierunt decem,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 57:
restat, judices, ut hoc dubitemus, uter, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 88:
percipe porro, quid dubitem,
Verg. A. 9, 191:
dubitaverat Augustus Germanicum rei Romanae imponere,
had considered whether he should, Tac. A. 4, 57.
II.
To waver in coming to a conclusion, to be irresolute; to hesitate, delay.
(α).
With inf. (so most commonly): non dubitaverim [p. 614] me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 4;
so with a negation,
id. ib. 1, 15; id. Lael. 1; id. de Or. 1, 40 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 2, 23, 2: flumen transire, 6, 8, 1; id. B. C. 1, 71, 2; 2, 33, 2 and fin.; Verg. A. 7, 311; 8, 614 et saep.:
quid dubitamus pultare atque huc evocare ambos foras?
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29;
so in an interrog.,
id. Mil. 4, 2, 17; id. Ps. 2, 2, 30; id. Poen. 3, 5, 44; Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 4; Quint. 12, 5, 3; 12, 10, 63; Verg. A. 6, 807 al.—Very seldom affirmatively:
quod ea illi nubere dubitabat,
Sall. C. 15, 2:
accusat fratrem, quod dubitet omnia quae ad beatam vitam pertineant ventre metiri,
Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113:
dubitat agnoscere matrem,
Stat. Achill. 1, 250:
si forte dubitaret quod afferretur accipere,
Curt. 4, 5:
isdem mandatum ut occiderent, si venire dubitaret,
id. 10, 8.—Ellipt.:
quod dubitas, ne feceris,
Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5.—
(β).
Non dubito quin (rare in Cic. and Caes.):
nemo dubitabat, quin, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:
tum dubitandum non existimavit, quin proficisceretur,
Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 71, 1; cf.:
nolite dubitare, quin huic uni credatis omnia,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68;
and in an interrog.: dubitabitis, judices, quin? etc.,
id. Fl. 17, 40; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
(γ).
Absol. (rare):
te neque umquam dubitasse, neque timuisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 3:
sed mora damnosa est, nec res dubitare remittit,
Ov. M. 11, 377:
quid igitur ego dubito?
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 283;
so in an interrog.,
id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 3; Verg. A. 9, 12:
magnitudine supplicii dubitantes cogit,
Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 9; id. ib. 7, 63, 3; Sall. C. 28, 1 al.:
dubitantia lumina,
failing, Sil. 10, 154. —Hence,
A.
dŭbĭtanter, adv.
* 1.
Doubtingly:
sine ulla affirmatione, dubitanter unum quodque dicemus,
Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.—
2.
Hesitatingly, with hesitancy (very rare):
illum verecunde et dubitanter recepisse,
Cic. Brut. 22, 87; cf. Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—
B.
dŭbĭ-tātim, adv. (i. q. dubitanter, 2.), hesitatingly, with hesitation (only in the foll. passages), Sisenn. ap. Non. 98, 33; so Cael. Ann. ib.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dubito
5 re-ferō

re-ferō rettulī (not retulī), relātus (rellātus, T.), referre, to bear back, bring back, drive back, carry back: nihil domum praeter os: ut naves eodem, unde erant profectae, referrentur, Cs.: me referunt pedes in Tusculanum, i. e. I feel a strong impulse to go: in decimum vestigia rettulit annum (victoria), V.: Ad nomen caput ille refert, looks back, O.: suumque Rettulit os in se, drew back, O.: ad Tyneta rursus castra refert, L: digitos ad frontem saepe, O.: pecunias in templum, Cs.: frumentum omne ad se referri iubet, Cs.: Caesaris capite relato, Cs.: cum sanguine mixta Vina refert moriens, spits out, V.—With pron reflex., to go back, return: Romam se rettulit: sese in castra, Cs.: se ad philosophiam: domum me Ad porri catinum, H.: se ob ora Fert refertque, flits to and fro, V.: causa, cur se sol referat. — Pass reflex., to return, arrive: sin reiciemur, tamen eodem paulo tardius referamur necesse est: classem relatam Nuntio, V.: a primā acie ad triarios sensim referebantur, L.—With pedem or (rarely) gradum, to go back, draw back, retire, withdraw, retreat: volneribus defessi pedem referre coeperunt, Cs.: ut paulatim cedant ac pedem referant, Cs.: cum pedes referret gradum, L.: fertque refertque pedes, paces to and fro, O.: pedem referens, V.: Feroque viso retulit retro pedem (viator), Ph.—To give back, give up, return, restore, pay back, pay in return, repay: pateram (subreptam): Par pro pari, tit for tat, T.: Ut puto, non poteras ipsa referre vicem, O.: pannum, H.—Of sound, to bring back, give back, return, answer, echo: (Saxum) eiulata Resonando mutum flebilīs voces refert, Att. ap. C.: ex locis inclusis (soni) referuntur ampliores: referunt quem (sonum) nostra theatra, H.: ‘coëamus’ rettulit Echo, O.—Fig., to bring back, restore, renew, revive, repeat: in suam domum ignominiam: pro re certā spem falsam domum: consuetudo longo intervallo repetita ac relata: Multa labor... rettulit in melius, has improved, V.: quasdam ex magno intervallo caerimonias, L.: rem iudicatam, i. e. cause to be reconsidered: idem illud responsum, repeated, L.: veterem Valeriae gentis in liberandā patriā laudem, restore: neque amissos colores Lana refert, H.—Of the mind or look, to bring back, direct, turn: e cursu populari referre aspectum in curiam, turn towards: animum ad veritatem.—Of time, to bring back, bring again, cause to return, renew: mihi praeteritos annos, V.: Saeculo festas referente luces, H.—In the phrase, referre gratiam (rarely gratias), to return thanks, show gratitude, recompense, requite: Inveniam, parem ubi referam gratiam, a way to pay him off, T.: Et habetur et referetur tibi gratia, T.: pro eo mihi ac mereor relaturos esse gratiam: Caesari pro eius meritis gratiam referre, Cs.: gratiam factis, O.: pro tantis eorum in rem p. meritis eis gratiae referantur. —To present again, set forth anew, represent, repeat: Hecyram ad vos, T.: Actia pugna per pueros refertur, is rehearsed, H.: parentis sui speciem, L.: robora parentum liberi referunt, Ta.: (Tellus) figuras Rettulit antiquas, O.: parvulus Aeneas, qui te tamen ore referret, V.: Marsigni sermone Suevos referunt, recall, Ta.—To say in return, rejoin, answer, reply, respond: id me illorum defensioni rettulisse: ego tibi refero, I reply to you: retices, nec mutua nostris Dicta refers, O.: Anna refert, V.: Tandem pauca refert, V.—To repeat, report, announce, relate, recount, assert, tell, say: quantum, inquam, debetis? respondent CVI; refero ad Scaptium, report it: saepe aliter est dictum, aliter ad nos relatum: abi, quaere, et refer, H.: talīs miserrima fletūs Fertque refertque soror (sc. ad Aeneam), V.: pugnam referunt, O.: factum dictumve, L.: Aut agitur res in scaenis aut acta refertur, or related, H.: multum referens de Maecenate, Iu.: inveni qui se vidisse referret, O.: pugnatum (esse) in annalīs referre, L.—To repeat to oneself, call to mind, think over: tacitāque recentia mente Visa refert, O.: Haec refer, O.: Mente memor refero, O.—To make known officially, report, announce, notify: haec ad suos, Cs.: legationem Romam, L.: capitum numerus ad eum relatus est, Cs.: rumores excipere et ad se referre. —To submit for consideration, propose for decision, make a motion, offer a proposition, consult, refer, move, bring forward, propose: de consularibus provinciis ad senatum referre, lay before the senate the question of, etc.: de quo legando consules spero ad senatum relaturos: de eā re postulant uti referatur, S.: tunc relata de integro res ad senatum, L.: referunt consules de re p., Cs.: de signo dedicando ad pontificum collegium: eam rem ad consilium, L.: referre se dixit, quid de Nabidis bello placeret, put the question, L.: id postea referendum ad populum non arbitrari, should be referred again: tu non ad Lucilium rettulisti, did not consult.—To note down, enter, inscribe, register, record, enroll: ut nec triumviri accipiundo nec scribae referundo sufficerent, L.: in tabulas quodcumque commodum est: nomen in codicem accepti et expensi relatum: tuas epistulas in volumina, i. e. admit: in reos, in proscriptos referri, to be registered: senatūs consulta pecuniā acceptā falsa referebat, recorded: cum ex CXXV iudicibus reus L referret (opp. reicere), i. e. accepted.— Of accounts: rationes totidem verbis referre ad aerarium, to account to the treasury: in rationibus referendis, in accounting: relatis ad eum publicis cum fide rationibus, faithful accounts, Cs.: si hanc ex faenore pecuniam populo non rettuleris, reddas societati, account for this money to the people: (pecuniam) in aerarium, pay in, L.: pecuniam operi publico, charge as expended for a public building; cf. octonis referentes idibus aera, i. e. paying the school-fees, H.—With acceptum, to credit, see accipio.—To account, reckon, regard, consider: imagines in deorum numero: terram et caelum in deos: libri in eundem librorum numerum referendi: hi tamen inter Germanos referuntur, Ta.: refert inter meritorum maxima, demptos Aesonis esse sitūs, O.: eodem Q. Caepionem referrem, should place in the same category.—To ascribe, refer, attribute: pecudum ritu ad voluptatem omnia: omnia ad igneam vim: tuum est, quid mihi nunc animi sit, ad te ipsum referre: id, quo omnia, quae recte fierent, referrentur: origines suas ad deos referre auctores, L.: Hinc omne principium, huc refer exitum, H.: eius, in quem referet crimen, culpa: alius in alium culpam referebant, imputed, Cu.

Latin-English dictionary > re-ferō
6 discurro

dis-curro, curri and cucurri ( perf. discucurri, Liv. 25, 25, 9; Sen. Contr. 4, 2; Suet. Calig. 32:
discurrisse,
Curt. 4, 15, 5;
oftener curri,
Liv. 34, 37; 3, 7, 32; Sen. Ep. 90, 36; Curt. 4, 15, 10 al.), cursum, 3, v. n.
I.
To run different ways, to run to and fro, run about (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; in Cic not at all): in muris armata civitas, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 3:
deus in montibus altis,
Ov. F. 2, 285:
plebs pileata tota Urbe,
Suet. Ner. 57:
circa deum delubra,
Liv. 26, 9; cf.:
circa vias,
id. 25, 9:
per omnes silvas,
Ov. M. 14, 419; cf.:
per ambitum lacus,
Suet. Claud. 21; and:
per Baianum sinum equis,
id. Calig. 19:
more victorum cum palma discucurrit,
id. ib. 32 et saep.—Designating [p. 590] the term. ad quem:
ad portas,
Liv. 25, 37; Verg. A. 12, 577:
ad arma,
Liv. 5, 36:
ad praedam,
Curt. 4, 15:
ad officia,
Petr. 114:
ad rapiendas virgines,
Liv. 1, 9 et saep.:
in latera,
Front. Strat. 2, 3, 10; cf.:
a media in utramque partem,
Quint. 2, 4, 15.— Pass. impers.:
ilicet in muros tota discurritur urbe,
Verg. A. 11, 468:
in tribus ad suffragium ferendum,
Liv. 25, 2:
ab caede ad diripiendam urbem,
id. 27, 16 al. —
In the pass., with a homogeneous subject: discursis magnis itineribus,
Amm. 29, 5.—
B.
Of inanimate and abstract subjects:
discurrentes maculae in gemma,
Plin. 37, 1, 3, § 5; 13, 21, 37, § 117:
catenae circa latera,
id. 33, 3, 12, § 40 al.:
(Nilus) diversa ruens septem discurrit in ora,
Verg. G. 4, 291; Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 182:
fama tota urbe discurrit,
Curt. 4, 1:
mens discurret utroque,
Ov. R. Am. 443.—
II.
Transf., to traverse, run through or over, hasten through (post-class.):
latius arva,
Avien. Descr. Orb. 516:
Gallias,
Amm. 15, 5, 4:
tramite aliquo discurso,
id. 16, 2, 10:
discursis itineribus magnis,
id. 29, 5, 17.—
III.
Trop., like Gr. dielthein, to speak at length of a thing, to discourse of (post-class.):
super quo nunc pauca discurram,
Amm. 17, 4 (cf. in this sense the Romance discorrere, discourir, and v. 2, discursus, II.).

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7 dubio

dŭbĭus, a, um, adj. [for duhibius, duohabeo, held as two or double, i. e. doubtful; cf. dubito, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 1027].
I.
Moving in two directions alternately, vibrating to and fro, fluctuating (cf. ambiguus, anceps, incertus, perplexus, duplex).
A.
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.,
B.
Trop., vacillating in mind, uncertain.
1.
Act.
a.
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.).—
b.
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.—
2.
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.—
b.
In the neutr. absol.
(α).
(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.—
(β).
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. —
(γ).
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.—
(δ).
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.—
(ε).
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.—
(ζ).
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.—
3.
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.—
b.
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.
II.
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.
(α).
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.—
(β).
dubio = dubie, App. M. 9, 2.

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8 dubium

dŭbĭus, a, um, adj. [for duhibius, duohabeo, held as two or double, i. e. doubtful; cf. dubito, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 1027].
I.
Moving in two directions alternately, vibrating to and fro, fluctuating (cf. ambiguus, anceps, incertus, perplexus, duplex).
A.
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.,
B.
Trop., vacillating in mind, uncertain.
1.
Act.
a.
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.).—
b.
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.—
2.
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.—
b.
In the neutr. absol.
(α).
(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.—
(β).
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. —
(γ).
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.—
(δ).
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.—
(ε).
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.—
(ζ).
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.—
3.
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.—
b.
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.
II.
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.
(α).
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.—
(β).
dubio = dubie, App. M. 9, 2.

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9 dubius

dŭbĭus, a, um, adj. [for duhibius, duohabeo, held as two or double, i. e. doubtful; cf. dubito, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 1027].
I.
Moving in two directions alternately, vibrating to and fro, fluctuating (cf. ambiguus, anceps, incertus, perplexus, duplex).
A.
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.,
B.
Trop., vacillating in mind, uncertain.
1.
Act.
a.
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.).—
b.
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.—
2.
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.—
b.
In the neutr. absol.
(α).
(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.—
(β).
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. —
(γ).
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.—
(δ).
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.—
(ε).
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.—
(ζ).
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.—
3.
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.—
b.
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.
II.
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.
(α).
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.—
(β).
dubio = dubie, App. M. 9, 2.

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10 agito

ăgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [ago], as if the supine were agitu; cf.: quaero quaerito.
I.
Lit., to put a thing in motion, to drive or impel (mostly poet., or in more elevated prose; from poetry it passed, after the Aug. per., into common prose).
A.
Of cattle, to drive, conduct (cf. ago):
calcari quadrupedem agitabo advorsum clivom,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 118:
stimulo boves agitat,
Vulg. Eccli. 38, 26:
hanc in curru bijugos agitare leones,
drives her span of lions, Lucr. 2, 602:
agitantur quadrigae,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 41 Müll.:
ad flumina currus,
Verg. G. 3, 18:
jussit agitari currum suum,
Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 4: lanigeros greges hirtasque capellas, to drive, poet. for to tend, Verg. G. 3, 287:
sacros jugales (dracones),
Ov. M. 5, 661:
quadrigas bigasque et equos desultorios,
Suet. Caes. 39.—
B.
Of the motion of other things, to move, impel, shake:
triremem in portu,
Nep. Dion, 9, 2:
alas,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 21:
manibusque leves agitavit habenas,
id. M. 7, 221:
hastam,
id. ib. 3, 667: caput, to move the head ( in token of assent = annuere), id. ib. 1, 567:
arundinem vento agitatam,
Vulg. Matt. 11, 7.—Esp., of animals, to hunt, chase, pursue: etiamsi excitaturus [p. 72] non sis nec agitaturus feras, Cic. Off. 3, 17:
aquila insectans alias aves atque agitans,
id. Div. 2, 70:
trepidas columbas,
Ov. M. 5, 606; 11, 300:
damas,
id. ib. 10, 539:
cursu timidos onagros,
Verg. G. 3, 409 al. —
C.
Of the motion caused by the wind, to drive to and fro, toss about, agitate, disturb:
ventus enim fit, ubi est agitando percitus aër,
when the air is violently agitated and driven, Lucr. 6, 686:
mare ventorum vi agitari atque turbari,
Cic. Clu. 49 fin.; id. Univ. 3, 7:
freta ponti Incipiunt agitata tumescere,
Verg. G. 1, 357:
aristas,
Ov. A. A. 1, 553:
Zephyris agitata Tempe,
Hor. C. 3, 1, 24:
ventis agitatur pinus,
id. ib. 2, 10, 9:
veteres agitantur orni,
id. ib. 1, 9, 12:
agitaret aura capillos,
id. Epod. 15, 9.—
D.
Of the motion caused by the water: agitata numina Trojae, tossed or driven about upon the sea, Verg. A. 6, 68; Prop. 3, 21, 5.—
E.
In gen., of the motion caused by other things:
magnes (lapis) agitat (ferri ramenta) per aes,
Lucr. 6, 1054:
agitari inter se concursu,
Cic. N. D. 1, 39: pulsu externo agitari, Macr Somn. Scip. 9.— Poet. of mist, to produce it by motion or agitation: dejectuque (Peneus) gravi tenues agitantia fumos Nubila conducit, and by its impetuous descent (into the valley) raises clouds producing mist, Ov. M. 1, 571—
II.
Trop.
A.
To rouse up, excite, move, urge, drive, impel one to something: aliquem, sometimes in aliquid (so in Florus very freq.):
in furias agitantur equae,
are excited to fury, Ov. A. A. 2, 487:
agitare plebem,
to stir up, rouse, Liv. 3, 11:
populum,
Flor. 2, 12, 2; so id. 11, 6, 2 al.:
agitatus cupiditate regni,
id. 3, 1:
gens sacratis legibus agitata in exitium urbis,
id. 1, 16, 7.—
B.
To disquiet, disturb, to drive hither and thither, to vex, trouble, torment (the fig. taken from the sea agitated by storm; cf. Gernh. and Beier upon Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82):
dii deaeque te agitant irati,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 115:
atra bilis agitat hominem,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 64; so id. Curc. 1, 1, 92; 2, 1, 24:
ut eos agitent furiae, neque usquam consistere patiantur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 24 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 331:
scelerum furiis agitatus Orestes,
id. ib. 4, 471):
suum quemque scelus agitat amentiaque afficit,
id. ib. 24:
agitare et insequi poëtas,
Tac. Or. 4; 25 and 41:
multis injuriis jactata atque agita ta,
Cic. Quint. 2:
est magni viri, rebus agitatis (= perturbatis, Beier) punire sontes,
id. Off. 1, 24, 82:
agitabatur animus inopiā rei familiaris et conscientiā scelerum,
Sall. C. 5, 7:
quos conscientia defectionis agitabat,
Tac. Agr. 16:
commotus metu atque libidine diversus agitabatur,
was drawn in different directions, Sall. J 25, 6; Liv. 22, 12. ne te semper inops agitet vexetque cupido, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 98:
quos agitabat timor,
Tac. Agr. 16:
timore et metu agitati,
Vulg. Judith, 15, 1:
injuriis agitatus,
Flor. 1, 8, 7:
seditionibus,
Just. 12, 4, 12.—
C.
To assail with reproach, derision, insult; to reprove, blame, scoff, deride, insult, mock:
agitat rem militarem, insectatur totam legationem,
attacks, ridicules, Cic. Mur. 9, 21; id. Brut. 28, 109: mea saevis agitat fastidia verbis, Hor Epod. 12, 13; without verbis:
agitant expertia frugis,
id. A. P. 341:
vesanum poëtam agitant pueri,
id. ib. 456.—
D.
In gen., to drive or urge on a thing, to accomplish or do, to drive at, to be employed in, be engaged in, to have, hold, keep, to celebrate; v. ago, II. D. (in the historians, esp. Sallust, very freq.):
Haec ego non agitem?
should I not drive at? Juv. 1, 52:
vigilias,
to keep, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 27; so,
custodiam,
id. Rud. 3, 6, 20; so Tac. A. 11, 18:
hoc agitemus convivium vino et sermone suavi,
let us celebrate, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 7:
Dionysia,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 18:
convivia,
Ov. M. 7, 431; Suet. Claud. 32 festa gaudia, Sil. 15, 423:
meum natalem,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 16;
so festos dies,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63:
jocos,
Ov. M. 3, 319:
agraria lex a Flavio tribuno plebis vehementer agitabatur,
was powerfully urged, supportcd, Cic. Att. 1, 19:
quae cum praecepta parentis mei agitarem,
was striving to comply with, Sall. J. 14, 2 (modestius dictum pro:
studere, ut agerem, Cort.): laeti pacem agitabamus,
were at peace, enjoyed the delights of peace, id. ib. 14, 10:
dicit se missum a consule venisse quaesitum ab eo, pacem an bellum agitaturus foret,
id. ib. 109, 2:
quoniam deditionis morā induciae agitabantur,
there was a truce, id. ib. 29, 4; id. C. 24, 2.— Poet.:
ceu primas agitant acies, certamina miscent,
as if they formed the front rank, Sil. 9, 330.—Hence of time, esp. life, to pass, spend (cf. ago, II. D 5.):
vita hominum sine cupiditate agitabatur,
Sall. C. 2, 1:
agitare aevum,
Verg. G. 4, 154; id. A. 10, 235:
festos dies,
Tac. H. 3, 78.—In Sall., Tac., Flor., et al., agitare absol., to live, dwell, abide, sojourn, be:
hi propius mare Africum agitabant,
Sall. J 18, 9; cf id. ib. 19, 5; id. Fragm. H. 3, 11; so id. J. 54, 2; 59, 1; 94, 4:
laeti Germant agitabant,
Tac. A. 1, 50:
secretus agitat,
id. ib. 11, 21:
montium editis sine cultu atque eo ferocius agitabant,
id. ib. 4, 46; Flor. 4, 12, 48.—
E.
Of the mind: agitare aliquid or de aliquā re (in corde, in mente, animo, cum animo, secum, etc.), to drive at a thing in the mind, i. e. to turn over, revolve, to weigh, consider, meditate upon, and with the idea of action to be performed or a conclusion to be made, to deliberate upon, to devise, contrive, plot, to be occupied with, to design, intend, etc.: id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, Att ap. Non. 256, 20:
quom eam rem in corde agito,
Plaut. Truc 2, 5, 3:
id agitans mecum,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 10; so Sall. J. 113, 3:
habet nihil aliud quod agitet in mente,
Cic. N. D. 1, 41:
est tuum sic agitare animo, ut, etc.,
id. Fam. 6, 1:
quae omnes animo agitabant,
Tac. A. 6, 9:
provincias secretis imaginationibus agitans,
id. ib. 15, 36 in animo bellum, Liv 21, 2; Vell. 1, 16; Quint. 12, 2, 28.—With inf., as object:
ut mente agitaret bellum renovare,
Nep. Ham. 1, 4.— Poet.:
aliquid jamdudum invadere magnum Mens agitat mihi,
Verg. A 9, 187. —Sometimes also without mente, animo, and the like, agitare aliquid, in the same signif:
quodsi ille hoc unum agitare coeperit, esse, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96:
rem a me saepe deliberatam et multum agitatam requiris,
id. Ac. 1, 2: oratori omnia quaesita, disputata, tractata, agitata ( well considered or weighed) esse debent, id. de Or. 3, 14:
fugam,
Verg. A. 2, 640.—So esp. freq. in Tac.:
Britanni agitare inter se mala servitutis, Agr 15: bellum adversus patrem agitare,
id. H. 4, 86, id. A. 1, 5; 1, 12.—With de:
de bello,
Tac. H. 2, 1:
agitanti de Claudio,
id. A. 6, 46:
de tempore ac loco caedis agitabant,
id. ib. 15, 50; 1, 12; id. H. 4, 59.—With num:
agitavere, num Messalinam depellerent amore Silli,
Tac. A. 11, 29; id. H. 1, 19.— With - ne:
agitavere placeretne, etc.,
Tac. H. 3, 1.—With an:
an Artaxata pergeret, agitavit,
Tac. A. 13, 41 —With quomodo, Tac. A. 2, 12.—With ut (of purpose):
ut Neronem pudor caperet, insita spe agitari,
Tac. A. 16, 26.—
F.
To treat or speak of or concerning a thing, to confer about, deliberate upon. Romae per omnīs locos et conventus de facto consulis agitart ( impers., for agitabatur), discussions were had, Sall. J 30, 1;
cum de foedere victor agitaret,
Liv. 9, 5; 30, 3.—
* G.
Sat agitare, with gen., in Plaut., = sat agere, to have enough to do, to have trouble with: nunc agitas sat tute tuarum rerum, Bacch. 4, 3, 23.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > agito
11 concurso

con-curso, āre, v. freq. n. and a.
I.
To come violently together, to rush together, clash:
concursare, coire et dissultare vicissim (semina),
Lucr. 3, 396.—Far more freq. and class.,
II.
To go to and fro, run about, rush hither and thither, travel about (cf. commeo).
A.
Neutr.:
nunc hinc, nunc illinc,
Lucr. 2, 215:
Titurius trepidare, concursare, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 33:
concursabant barbatuli juvenes,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:
dies noctesque,
id. Rosc. Am. 29, 81; Liv. 4, 6, 9; 5, 8, 8:
circum tabernas,
Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17:
per viam,
Liv. 9, 24, 12: cum concursant ceteri praetores, to travel about (corresp. with tempus in itineribus consumere), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; and impers. pass.:
in his administrandis rebus quam maxime concursari jubet,
Caes. B. G. 5, 50. —
2.
In milit. lang., to skirmish: in proelio, [p. 406] Liv. 28, 2, 7; cf. concursatio, III. 2., and concursator.—
B.
Act.: concursare aliquid, to rove or ramble somewhere, to visit a place, to frequent (only in Cic.; sometimes interchanged with circumcurso;
v. h. v.): cum jam hoc novo more omnes fere domos omnium concursent,
to go from house to house, Cic. Mur. 21, 44:
concursare et obire provinciam (praetores),
id. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 80; cf.
the preced.: concursare omnium mortalium non modo lectos, verum etiam grabatos,
id. Div. 2, 63, 129; cf.:
concursare lecticula mecum,
id. Fam. 7, 1, 5.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > concurso
12 commeatus

commĕātus ( conm-), ūs, m. [id.].
I.
A going to and fro, passing freely, going at will:
in eo conclavid ego perfodi parietem, Quā conmeatus clam esset hinc huc mulieri,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 65; cf.:
commeatum vocis exercent fauces,
Pall. 1, 3.—
II.
Meton.
A.
A place through which one can pass back and forth, a thoroughfare, passage (rare; cf.:
abitus, aditus, circuitus, etc.): nimis beat, quod conmeatus transtinet trans parietem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 58:
per hortum utroque conmeatus continet,
id. Stich. 3, 1, 44; Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 25.—
B.
A leave of absence from one ' s station for a definite time, a furlough:
commeare, ultro citro ire: unde commeatus dari dicitur, id est tempus, quo ire, redire quis posset,
Fest. p. 277, 27 Müll.:
dare commeatum totius aestatis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 62:
petere,
Vell. 2, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 10; id. Ner. 35; id. Galb. 6; id. Claud. 23:
sumere,
Liv. 3, 46, 10:
dare,
id. 3, 46, 9; Suet. Calig. 29:
accipere,
Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2:
in commeatu esse,
to be on furlough, Liv. 33, 29, 4:
commeatu abesse,
Suet. Tib. 72; Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 9:
in iis stativis satis liberi commeatus erant,
Liv. 1, 57, 4:
(legiones) promiscuis militum commeatibus infirmaverat,
Tac. A. 15, 10; cf. id. H. 1, 46:
cum miles ad commeatus diem non adfuit,
on the day when the furlough expired, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24:
commeatūs spatium excedere,
Dig. 49, 16, 14:
ultra commeatum abesse,
ib. 50, 1, 2, § 6.— Transf.:
cras igitur (sc. proficiscar), nisi quid a te commeatus,
Cic. Att. 13, 41 fin. dub. (al. commeat); v. Orell. N. cr.:
longum mihi commeatum dederat mala valetudo,
rest, Sen. Ep. 54, 1:
servitus assidua... sine intervallo, sine commeatu,
id. Q. N. 3, praef. § 16.—
C.
A train, a convoy, caravan, a company carried, a transportation, trip, passage:
Londinium copiā negotiatorum et commeatuum maxime celebre,
Tac. A. 14, 33; 13, 39; Suet. Ner. 20:
duobus commeatibus exercitum reportare instituit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 23: secundum commeatum in Africam mittit ad Caesarem, Auct. B. Afr. 34: commeatibus per municipia ac colonias dispositis, supplies of provisions, relays of horses, etc., Suet. Tib. 38:
cerneres canes... per omnem nostrum commeatum morsibus ambulare,
App. M. 8, p. 209, 18.—
D.
Provisions, supplies (very freq., esp. in the histt., in sing. and plur.): interclude inimicis commeatum;
tibi muni viam, Quā cibatus commeatusque ad te et legiones tuas Tuto possit pervenire,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 sq.; cf.:
importare in coloniam,
id. Ep. 3, 2, 7:
ex omnibus provinciis commeatu et publico et privato prohibebamur,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53:
ne foro quidem et commeatu juvare populum Romanum,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 52:
commeatu nostros prohibere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9 fin.:
neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse,
id. ib. 1, 34; Quint. 8, 6, 26:
maritimi,
Liv. 5, 54, 4:
ex montibus invecti,
id. 9, 13, 10:
advecti,
id. 9, 32, 2:
convecto,
id. 2, 14, 3 al.; Suet. Calig. 43:
magni commeatus frumenti Romam subvecti,
Liv. 28, 4, 7.—
2.
Freq. opp. frumentum, the remaining supplies of war:
ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatūsque causā moratur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39:
uti frumento commeatuque Caesarem intercluderet,
id. ib. 1, 48; 3, 6; 3, 23 fin.; cf. Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 supra.—
* E.
Transf.:
commeatus argentarius,
gain acquired by money transactions, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 9.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > commeatus
13 conmeatus

commĕātus ( conm-), ūs, m. [id.].
I.
A going to and fro, passing freely, going at will:
in eo conclavid ego perfodi parietem, Quā conmeatus clam esset hinc huc mulieri,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 65; cf.:
commeatum vocis exercent fauces,
Pall. 1, 3.—
II.
Meton.
A.
A place through which one can pass back and forth, a thoroughfare, passage (rare; cf.:
abitus, aditus, circuitus, etc.): nimis beat, quod conmeatus transtinet trans parietem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 58:
per hortum utroque conmeatus continet,
id. Stich. 3, 1, 44; Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 25.—
B.
A leave of absence from one ' s station for a definite time, a furlough:
commeare, ultro citro ire: unde commeatus dari dicitur, id est tempus, quo ire, redire quis posset,
Fest. p. 277, 27 Müll.:
dare commeatum totius aestatis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 62:
petere,
Vell. 2, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 10; id. Ner. 35; id. Galb. 6; id. Claud. 23:
sumere,
Liv. 3, 46, 10:
dare,
id. 3, 46, 9; Suet. Calig. 29:
accipere,
Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2:
in commeatu esse,
to be on furlough, Liv. 33, 29, 4:
commeatu abesse,
Suet. Tib. 72; Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 9:
in iis stativis satis liberi commeatus erant,
Liv. 1, 57, 4:
(legiones) promiscuis militum commeatibus infirmaverat,
Tac. A. 15, 10; cf. id. H. 1, 46:
cum miles ad commeatus diem non adfuit,
on the day when the furlough expired, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24:
commeatūs spatium excedere,
Dig. 49, 16, 14:
ultra commeatum abesse,
ib. 50, 1, 2, § 6.— Transf.:
cras igitur (sc. proficiscar), nisi quid a te commeatus,
Cic. Att. 13, 41 fin. dub. (al. commeat); v. Orell. N. cr.:
longum mihi commeatum dederat mala valetudo,
rest, Sen. Ep. 54, 1:
servitus assidua... sine intervallo, sine commeatu,
id. Q. N. 3, praef. § 16.—
C.
A train, a convoy, caravan, a company carried, a transportation, trip, passage:
Londinium copiā negotiatorum et commeatuum maxime celebre,
Tac. A. 14, 33; 13, 39; Suet. Ner. 20:
duobus commeatibus exercitum reportare instituit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 23: secundum commeatum in Africam mittit ad Caesarem, Auct. B. Afr. 34: commeatibus per municipia ac colonias dispositis, supplies of provisions, relays of horses, etc., Suet. Tib. 38:
cerneres canes... per omnem nostrum commeatum morsibus ambulare,
App. M. 8, p. 209, 18.—
D.
Provisions, supplies (very freq., esp. in the histt., in sing. and plur.): interclude inimicis commeatum;
tibi muni viam, Quā cibatus commeatusque ad te et legiones tuas Tuto possit pervenire,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 sq.; cf.:
importare in coloniam,
id. Ep. 3, 2, 7:
ex omnibus provinciis commeatu et publico et privato prohibebamur,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53:
ne foro quidem et commeatu juvare populum Romanum,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 52:
commeatu nostros prohibere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9 fin.:
neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse,
id. ib. 1, 34; Quint. 8, 6, 26:
maritimi,
Liv. 5, 54, 4:
ex montibus invecti,
id. 9, 13, 10:
advecti,
id. 9, 32, 2:
convecto,
id. 2, 14, 3 al.; Suet. Calig. 43:
magni commeatus frumenti Romam subvecti,
Liv. 28, 4, 7.—
2.
Freq. opp. frumentum, the remaining supplies of war:
ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatūsque causā moratur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39:
uti frumento commeatuque Caesarem intercluderet,
id. ib. 1, 48; 3, 6; 3, 23 fin.; cf. Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 supra.—
* E.
Transf.:
commeatus argentarius,
gain acquired by money transactions, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 9.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conmeatus
14 commeo

commeare, commeavi, commeatus V

go to, visit, travel; pass; resort to; go to and fro, come and go; communicate

Latin-English dictionary > commeo
15 libro

lībro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [libra].
I.
To balance, make even, level, to determine a level: aquam, to level water, i. e. to ascertain the fall of water by means of a level, Vitr. 8, 6, 3: collocationem libratam indicare, id 8, 6, 1.— Pass. impers.:
libratur autem dioptris,
Vitr. 8, 6, 1.—
B.
Transf., to make even or level:
pavimenta,
Cato, R. R. 18, 7.—
II.
To hold in equilibrium, to poise, balance:
terra librata ponderibus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:
columnarum turbines ita librati perpenderunt, ut puero circumagente tornarentur,
Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91:
librati pondera caeli orbe tene medio,
Luc. 1, 58.—
B.
To cause to hang or swing, to keep suspended, keep in its place:
vela cadunt primo et dubia librantur ab aura,
are waved to and fro, Ov. F. 3, 585:
et fluctus supra, vento librante, pependit,
Sil. 17, 274:
aëris vi suspensam librari medio spatio tellurem,
Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—
C.
To cause to swing, to swing, sway, brandish, set in motion, hurl, dash, cast, launch, fling, throw:
summā telum librabat ab aure,
Verg. A. 9, 417:
ferro praefixum robur,
id. ib. 10, 479:
caestus,
id. ib. 5, 478:
tum librat ab aure intorquens jaculum,
Sil. 5, 576:
dextra libratum fulmen ab aure misit,
Ov. M. 2, 311; 5, 624; 7, 787; Luc. 3, 433:
librata cum sederit glans,
Liv. 38, 29: librare se, to balance or poise one's self, to fly:
cursum in aëre,
Ov. Am. 2, 6, 11: saepe lapillos Tollunt;
his sese per inania nubila librant,
Verg. G. 4, 196:
haliaeetos librans ex alto sese,
Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8:
corpus in herba,
to stretch one's self out on the grass, Ov. F. 1, 429: incidentis manus libratur artifici temperamento, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115:
librare iter,
to take one's way, Sen. Oed. 899.—
III.
Trop.
A.
To make of even weight, to balance, make equal ( poet.):
orbem horis,
Col. 10, 42:
crimina in antithetis,
Pers. 1, 85.—
B.
To weigh, ponder, consider ( poet. and in post-class. prose):
librabat metus,
Stat. Th. 9, 165: quae omnia meritorum momenta perpendit, librat, examinat, Naz. Pan. ad Const. 7: praescriptiones, Cod. Th. 8, 4, 26.— Hence, lībrātus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Level, horizontal:
aquam non esse libratam, sed sphaeroides habere schema,
Vitr. 8, 6.—
B.
Poised, balanced, swung, hurled, launched; forcible, powerful:
librata cum sederit (glans),
Liv. 38, 29:
librato magis et certo ictu,
violent, powerful, Tac. H. 2, 22:
malleus dextra libratus ab aure,
Ov. M. 2, 624:
per nubes aquila librata volatu,
Sil. 15, 429. — Comp.:
libratior ictus,
Liv. 30, 10; cf. id. 42, 65.—Hence, * adv.: lībrātē, deliberately:
aliquid eligere,
Serv. Verg. A. 2, 713.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > libro
16 natantes

năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [no], to swim, to float.
I.
Lit.:
qui neque in Oceano natare volueris studiosissimus homo natandi,
Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:
natant pisces aequore,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 28: canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natans, Phaedr. 1, 4, 2:
natat uncta carina,
floats, Verg. A. 4, 398:
crura natantia,
palmated feet, Ov. M. 14, 551; cf.:
apta natando crura,
id. ib. 15, 376.—Of storm-tossed or shipwrecked persons, to float about, be tossed about:
naufragus natans,
Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 163; cf.
trop.: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa tuis,
Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115:
cum saepe in portu fracta carina natet,
id. 2, 25, 24 (3, 20, 24):
Ithacum lugere natantem,
Juv. 10, 257.—
(β).
Poet., with acc.:
nocte natat caecā serus freta,
swims across, Verg. G. 3, 260:
aquas,
to swim in, Mart. 14, 196, 2:
Tiberinum,
to swim across, Juv. 8, 265.—Hence, also, pass.:
quot piscibus unda natatur,
Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 25. —
B.
Transf.
1.
To swim or spread about ( poet.):
quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,
Ov. F. 4, 291:
natantibus radicibus,
Col. Arb. 6; Prop. 2, 12, 52 (3, 7, 52):
ingens medio natat umbra profundo,
Stat. Th. 2, 42:
niveo natat ignis in ore,
id. Achill. 1, 161.—
2.
To swim or overflow with any thing, to be overflowed (mostly poet.).
(α).
With abl.:
natabant pavimenta vino,
Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:
plenis Rura natant fossis,
are inundated, Verg. G. 1, 372:
sanieque aspersa natarent Limina,
id. A. 3, 625:
fletibus ora natant,
Stat. Th. 2, 337:
carmina in ipse ore natant,
id. S. 2, 1, 18.—
(β).
Absol.:
exspectant imbres, quorum modo cuncta natabant Impulsu,
Luc. 4, 330:
plana natant,
Sil. 4, 751.—
3.
Of the eyes, to swim (of drunken or dying persons), to be feeble, failing ( poet.):
vinis oculique animique natabant,
Ov. F. 6, 673:
moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,
id. M. 5, 72; Sil. 2, 122; cf.:
ante oculos natant tenebrae,
Ov. M. 12, 136:
oculi natantes et quādam voluptate suffusi,
Quint. 4, 3, 76.—
4.
To move to and fro, not stand still:
nec vagus in laxā pes tibi pelle (i. e. calceo) natet,
Ov. A. A. 1, 516; Calp. Ecl. 6, 43; Nemes. Cyn. 170.—
5.
Of birds, to fly:
ardea sublimis pennae confisa natanti,
Luc. 5, 554.—
II.
Trop., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain ( = titubare, huc atque illuc ferri):
in quo quidem magis tu mihi natare visus es quam ipse Neptunus,
Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:
mutatio voluntatis indicat animum natare,
Sen. Ep. 35, 4:
pars multa (hominum) natat, modo recta capessens, Interdum pravis obnoxia,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 6; Sil. 7, 726; Manil. 4, 256: vitreoque natant praetoria ponto, float or waver reflected in the water, Stat. S. 2, 2, 49.—Hence, nătans, antis, P. a., swimming; hence, nătantes, ūm, poet. for fishes:
genus omne natantum,
Verg. G. 3, 541; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, § 31.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > natantes
17 nato

năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [no], to swim, to float.
I.
Lit.:
qui neque in Oceano natare volueris studiosissimus homo natandi,
Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:
natant pisces aequore,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 28: canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natans, Phaedr. 1, 4, 2:
natat uncta carina,
floats, Verg. A. 4, 398:
crura natantia,
palmated feet, Ov. M. 14, 551; cf.:
apta natando crura,
id. ib. 15, 376.—Of storm-tossed or shipwrecked persons, to float about, be tossed about:
naufragus natans,
Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 163; cf.
trop.: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa tuis,
Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115:
cum saepe in portu fracta carina natet,
id. 2, 25, 24 (3, 20, 24):
Ithacum lugere natantem,
Juv. 10, 257.—
(β).
Poet., with acc.:
nocte natat caecā serus freta,
swims across, Verg. G. 3, 260:
aquas,
to swim in, Mart. 14, 196, 2:
Tiberinum,
to swim across, Juv. 8, 265.—Hence, also, pass.:
quot piscibus unda natatur,
Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 25. —
B.
Transf.
1.
To swim or spread about ( poet.):
quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,
Ov. F. 4, 291:
natantibus radicibus,
Col. Arb. 6; Prop. 2, 12, 52 (3, 7, 52):
ingens medio natat umbra profundo,
Stat. Th. 2, 42:
niveo natat ignis in ore,
id. Achill. 1, 161.—
2.
To swim or overflow with any thing, to be overflowed (mostly poet.).
(α).
With abl.:
natabant pavimenta vino,
Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:
plenis Rura natant fossis,
are inundated, Verg. G. 1, 372:
sanieque aspersa natarent Limina,
id. A. 3, 625:
fletibus ora natant,
Stat. Th. 2, 337:
carmina in ipse ore natant,
id. S. 2, 1, 18.—
(β).
Absol.:
exspectant imbres, quorum modo cuncta natabant Impulsu,
Luc. 4, 330:
plana natant,
Sil. 4, 751.—
3.
Of the eyes, to swim (of drunken or dying persons), to be feeble, failing ( poet.):
vinis oculique animique natabant,
Ov. F. 6, 673:
moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,
id. M. 5, 72; Sil. 2, 122; cf.:
ante oculos natant tenebrae,
Ov. M. 12, 136:
oculi natantes et quādam voluptate suffusi,
Quint. 4, 3, 76.—
4.
To move to and fro, not stand still:
nec vagus in laxā pes tibi pelle (i. e. calceo) natet,
Ov. A. A. 1, 516; Calp. Ecl. 6, 43; Nemes. Cyn. 170.—
5.
Of birds, to fly:
ardea sublimis pennae confisa natanti,
Luc. 5, 554.—
II.
Trop., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain ( = titubare, huc atque illuc ferri):
in quo quidem magis tu mihi natare visus es quam ipse Neptunus,
Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:
mutatio voluntatis indicat animum natare,
Sen. Ep. 35, 4:
pars multa (hominum) natat, modo recta capessens, Interdum pravis obnoxia,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 6; Sil. 7, 726; Manil. 4, 256: vitreoque natant praetoria ponto, float or waver reflected in the water, Stat. S. 2, 2, 49.—Hence, nătans, antis, P. a., swimming; hence, nătantes, ūm, poet. for fishes:
genus omne natantum,
Verg. G. 3, 541; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, § 31.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nato
18 agitō

agitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq. [ago], to set in violent motion, drive onward, move, impel, urge: (Harena) magnā vi agitata, S.: greges, drive to pasture, V.: equum, V.: iugales (dracones), O.: (triremem) in portu agitari iubet, rowed about, N. — To hunt, chase, pursue: aquila alias avīs agitans: dammas, O.: cervos in retia, O. — Fig., to drive, urge forward, press, support, insist on: agrariam legem: hoc unum agitare, esse, etc., keep pressing this one point: pacem an bellum, S.—To attend, keep, celebrate: Dionysia, T.: festos dies. — To observe, obey, carry out, exercise: praecepta parentis mei, S.: secreta consilia, L.—Of time, to pass, spend vitam sine cupiditate, S.: apud aquam noctem, S. — Absol, to live, abide, be: varius atque incertus agitabat, S.: pro muro dies noctīsque, remain, S. —To move to and fro, stir, agitate, shake, disturb, toss: corpora huc et illuc, S.: hastam, brandish, O.: scintilla agitata (ventis), fanned, O.: habenas manibus, wield, O.: caput, nod, O.: mare ventorum vi agitari: freta incipiant agitata tumescere, V.: Zephyris agitata Tempe, H.: agitata numina Troiae, tossed on the sea, V.: agitantia fumos Nubila, tossing up spray, O. — Fig., to stir, rouse, agitate, stimulate, excite, goad: hunc, T.: plebem, L.: mens agitat molem, animates, V. — To vex, disquiet, disturb, distress: nationes: Furiis agitatus Orestes, V.: rebus agitatis, in times of disorder: metu atque libidine divorsus agitabatur, was distracted by, S.: te agitet cupido, H.: fidem aut gentīs, to disturb the loyalty, etc., V. — To insult, scoff, rail at, deride, revile: rem militarem: mea fastidia verbis, H.: (poemata) expertia frugis, H.: ea belle agitata ridentur, neatly mocked. — To prosecute, occupy oneself with, engage in, keep going, stir: cuncta, keep active, S.: mutas artes, V.: iocos, O.: eo modo agitabat, ut, etc., so conducted himself, S.: scaenis agitatus Orestes, i. e. represented, V.—To pursue, consider, deliberate on, meditate: secum multum, S.: haec mecum, H.: in animo bellum, L.: agitare coepit, si posset, etc., L.: ut mente agitaret, bellum renovare, N. — To discuss, debate, sift, investigate: oratori omnia tractata, agitata, i. e. sifted, discussed: omnia ex tabulis, by the accounts: senatus de secessione plebis agitat, L. — Impers: Romae de facto agitari, there were discussions, S.
* * *

agitare, agitavi, agitatus V

stir/drive/shake/move about; revolve; live; control, ride; consider, pursue

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