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  • 1 legens

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

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

    Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

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

    juste pieque legatus venio,

    Liv. 1, 32:

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

    Sall. J. 21, 4:

    quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

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

    quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

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

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

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

    eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

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

    id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

    istum legatum iri non arbitror,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

    ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    Dolabella me sibi legavit,

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

    Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

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

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

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

    usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

    Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

    id. Top. 3, 14:

    cui argentum omne legatum est,

    Quint. 5, 10, 62:

    in argento legato,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

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

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

    legatos mittere,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

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

    missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

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

    quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

    Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

    qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

    id. Clu. 36, 99:

    Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

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

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

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

    neque se ei legatum defuturum,

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

    hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

    quaestorius,

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

    L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

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

    magnitudo et splendor legati,

    Liv. 38, 58, 9:

    in magna legatum quaere popina,

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

    Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

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

    legatus praetorius,

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

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

    Dig. 30, 116:

    Hortensii legata cognovi,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

    reliqua legata varie dedit,

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

    legatum peto ex testamento,

    Quint. 4, 2, 6:

    jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

    Suet. Dom. 8:

    cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

    Juv. 9, 62:

    legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

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

    oleam,

    Cato, R. R. 144:

    nuces,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    herbas collibus,

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

    roscida mala,

    id. ib. 8, 38:

    flores in calathos,

    Ov. F. 5, 218:

    spolia caesorum,

    Liv. 5, 39:

    quos (montanos asparagos),

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

    ossa,

    Ov. H. 10, 150:

    homini mortuo ossa,

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

    reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

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

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

    Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

    ossa vivis,

    id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

    ossa in capite lecta,

    id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

    ossa e vulneribus,

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

    oleam qui legerit,

    Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

    ficus non erat apta legi,

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

    extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

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

    quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

    Ov. F. 3, 462:

    stamen,

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

    omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

    Verg. G. 1, 373:

    vela legunt socii,

    id. A. 3, 532:

    ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

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

    prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

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

    ancoras classis legit,

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

    majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

    sacra divum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

    soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

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

    nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

    Ov. M. 5, 579:

    pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

    sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

    vada dura lego,

    id. ib. 3, 706:

    freta,

    id. ib. 3, 127:

    aequora Afra,

    Ov. F. 4, 289:

    Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

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

    subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

    et vestigia retro Observata legit,

    Verg. A. 9, 392:

    tortos orbes,

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

    Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

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

    navibus oram Italiae,

    Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

    oram Campaniae,

    Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

    terram,

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

    alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

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

    judices,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

    omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

    id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

    scribam,

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

    condiciones nubendi,

    id. Cael. 15:

    cives in patres,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    viros ad bella,

    Ov. M. 7, 669:

    geminasque legit de classe biremes,

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

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

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

    fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

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

    nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

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

    tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

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

    ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

    Cic. Top. 1:

    defensionem causae,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

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

    id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

    aliquid studiose intenteque,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

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

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

    liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

    orationem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6:

    aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

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

    antiquos et novos,

    Quint. 2, 5, 23:

    antiquos studiosius,

    id. 3, 6, 62:

    poëtas,

    id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

    Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

    id. 10, 1, 116:

    dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

    sepulcra legens,

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

    legentium plerisque,

    Liv. 1 praef. §

    4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

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

    nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

    Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

    legendi usus,

    Lact. 3, 25, 9:

    memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

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

    convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

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

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

    Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

    obturem impune legentibus aures,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

    quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

    with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

    quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

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

    ut scriptum legimus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

    legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

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

    ego vero haec scripta legi,

    id. Planc. 39, 94:

    praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

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

    in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

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

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

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

    argentum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

    ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

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

    uxor lectissima,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

    id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

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

    id. Or. 68, 227:

    juvenum lectissime,

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

    viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

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

    ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

    lectius,

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

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > legens

  • 2 lego

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

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

    Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

    hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

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

    juste pieque legatus venio,

    Liv. 1, 32:

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

    Sall. J. 21, 4:

    quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

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

    quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

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

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

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

    eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

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

    id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

    istum legatum iri non arbitror,

    id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

    ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    Dolabella me sibi legavit,

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

    Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

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

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

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

    usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

    Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

    id. Top. 3, 14:

    cui argentum omne legatum est,

    Quint. 5, 10, 62:

    in argento legato,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

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

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

    legatos mittere,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

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

    missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

    legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

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

    quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

    Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

    qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

    id. Clu. 36, 99:

    Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

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

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

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

    neque se ei legatum defuturum,

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

    hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

    Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

    (Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

    id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

    quaestorius,

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

    L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

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

    magnitudo et splendor legati,

    Liv. 38, 58, 9:

    in magna legatum quaere popina,

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

    Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

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

    legatus praetorius,

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

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

    Dig. 30, 116:

    Hortensii legata cognovi,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

    reliqua legata varie dedit,

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

    legatum peto ex testamento,

    Quint. 4, 2, 6:

    jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

    Suet. Dom. 8:

    cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

    Juv. 9, 62:

    legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

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

    oleam,

    Cato, R. R. 144:

    nuces,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    herbas collibus,

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

    roscida mala,

    id. ib. 8, 38:

    flores in calathos,

    Ov. F. 5, 218:

    spolia caesorum,

    Liv. 5, 39:

    quos (montanos asparagos),

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

    ossa,

    Ov. H. 10, 150:

    homini mortuo ossa,

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

    reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

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

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

    Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

    ossa vivis,

    id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

    ossa in capite lecta,

    id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

    ossa e vulneribus,

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

    oleam qui legerit,

    Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

    ficus non erat apta legi,

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

    extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

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

    quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

    Ov. F. 3, 462:

    stamen,

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

    omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

    Verg. G. 1, 373:

    vela legunt socii,

    id. A. 3, 532:

    ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

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

    prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

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

    ancoras classis legit,

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

    majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

    Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

    sacra divum,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

    soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

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

    nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

    Ov. M. 5, 579:

    pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

    sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

    vada dura lego,

    id. ib. 3, 706:

    freta,

    id. ib. 3, 127:

    aequora Afra,

    Ov. F. 4, 289:

    Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

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

    subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

    et vestigia retro Observata legit,

    Verg. A. 9, 392:

    tortos orbes,

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

    Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

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

    navibus oram Italiae,

    Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

    oram Campaniae,

    Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

    terram,

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

    alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

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

    judices,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

    omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

    id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

    scribam,

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

    condiciones nubendi,

    id. Cael. 15:

    cives in patres,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    viros ad bella,

    Ov. M. 7, 669:

    geminasque legit de classe biremes,

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

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

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

    fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

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

    nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

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

    tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

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

    ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

    Cic. Top. 1:

    defensionem causae,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

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

    id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

    aliquid studiose intenteque,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

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

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

    liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

    orationem,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6:

    aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

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

    antiquos et novos,

    Quint. 2, 5, 23:

    antiquos studiosius,

    id. 3, 6, 62:

    poëtas,

    id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

    Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 96:

    si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

    id. 10, 1, 116:

    dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

    sepulcra legens,

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

    legentium plerisque,

    Liv. 1 praef. §

    4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

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

    nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

    Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

    legendi usus,

    Lact. 3, 25, 9:

    memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

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

    convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

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

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

    Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

    obturem impune legentibus aures,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

    quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

    with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

    quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

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

    ut scriptum legimus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

    legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

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

    ego vero haec scripta legi,

    id. Planc. 39, 94:

    praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

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

    in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

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

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

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

    argentum,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

    ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

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

    uxor lectissima,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    (verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

    id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

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

    id. Or. 68, 227:

    juvenum lectissime,

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

    viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

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

    ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

    lectius,

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

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  • 3 excerpō

        excerpō psī, ptus, ere    [ex + carpo], to pick out, extract: semina pomis, H.—Fig., to pick out, choose, select, gather: ex ipsis (malis), si quid inesset boni: nomina ex tabulis, L.— To take out, leave out, except, omit: eo de numero: me illorum numero, H.: id, quod bonist, T.
    * * *
    excerpere, excerpsi, excerptus V
    pick out; select

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  • 4 dēligō

        dēligō lēgī, lēctus, ere    [de + 1 lego], to choose, pick out, select, elect, designate, single out: ad eas res conficiendas deligi, Cs.: quos Romae relinqueres: ex civitate fortissimum quemque: ex legionibus fabros, Cs.: delecti Latio, V.: melimela Ad lunam delecta, H.: ordine ab omni Centum oratores, V.: sibi domicilio locum, Cs.: alqm socium sibi imperi, L.: Vertumnum socium, O.— To pick out, separate, remove: senes ac fessas aequore matres, V.
    * * *
    I
    deligare, deligavi, deligatus V TRANS
    bind fast, tie (up), fasten; make fast by tying; bandage; tie (bandage)
    II
    deligere, delegi, delectus V TRANS
    pick/pluck off, cull; choose, select, levy (soldiers), enrol; conduct a levy

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  • 5 ēligō

        ēligō lēgī, lēctus, ere    [ex + 1 lego], to pluck out, root out: stirpes trunco everso eligendae sunt: herbas, Cu.—Fig., to root out: superstitionis stirpes.— To pick out, choose, elect, select, single out: iudices ex civitatibus: quemvis mediā turbā, H.: formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae, have a preference for, Ta.: a multis commodissimum quodque, from many authors: equos numero omni, V.: feras, Ta.: ad minima malorum eligenda: urbi condendae locum, L.: utrum velis factum esse necne: fictum Esse Iovem malis, an, etc., O.: haud semper errat fama, aliquando et elegit, i. e. makes a true selection, Ta.
    * * *
    eligere, elegi, electus V
    pick out, choose

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  • 6 legō

        legō lēgī, lēctus, ere    [1 LEG-], to bring together, gather, collect: herbas collibus, O.: mala, nuces, V.: spolia caesorum, L.: quos (asparagos), Iu.: homini mortuo ossa: ficus apta legi, to be plucked, O.: Parcae fila legunt, i. e. spin out, V.: Ore legam (extremum halitum), receive the last breath, i. e. give a parting kiss, V.: Umida vela, to furl, V.: tenerā vela manu, O.— To take, carry off, steal: sacra divum, H.— To go over, traverse, pass, wander through: saltūs, O.: pontum Pone legit, sails through, V.: Aequora Afra, O.: presso vestigia gressu, track, O.: tortos orbīs, wander through, V.— To sail by, skirt, coast along: Inarimen Prochytenque, O.: navibus oram Italiae, L.; cf. primi litoris oram, i. e. of my theme, V.— To choose, pick out, single out, select, elect, appoint: iudices: condiciones: civīs in patres, L.: viros ad bella, O.: geminas de classe biremīs, V.: legit virum vir, man singles out man (in battle), V.: omnīs longo ordine Adversos legere, pass in review, V.—Esp., of the censors: in senatu legendo, making up the roll of the senate.—Fig., to read, peruse, scan: legi ipse animoque notavi, O.: libros: acta maiorum, S.: liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter: Ore legar populi, O.: sepulcra, epitaphs: ut scriptum legimus, find written: relatum legere, quis docuerit, etc., N.: nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata, Iu.— To read out, read aloud, recite: convocatis auditoribus volumen: Obturem impune legentibus aurīs, H.: alqm occidit legendo, with recitation, H.: acta, the news of the day, Iu.
    * * *
    I
    legare, legavi, legatus V
    bequeath, will; entrust, send as an envoy, choose as a deputy
    II
    legere, legi, lectus V
    read; gather, collect (cremated bones); furl (sail), weigh (anchor); pick out

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  • 7 excerpo

    ex-cerpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [carpo], to pick or take out. *
    I.
    Lit.:

    semina pomis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 272.—
    II.
    Trop. (class.).
    A.
    To pick out, choose, select, gather:

    non solum ex malis eligere minima oportere, sed etiam excerpere ex ipsis, si quid inesset boni,

    Cic. de Off. 3, 1, 3:

    quod quisque (scriptorum) commodissime praecipere videbatur, excerpsimus,

    made extracts, selections, id. Inv. 2, 2, 4; so, verba ex Originibus Catonis, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

    nihil umquam legit, quod non excerperet,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 6, 20, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 2; Quint. 9, 1, 24; 10, 2, 13:

    ex libris qui chronici appellantur... easque excerptiones digerere,

    Gell. 17, 21, 1 et saep.:

    paucos enim, qui sunt eminentissimi, excerpere in animo est,

    to single out, make prominent, Quint. 10, 1, 45; 7, 1, 29.—Hence, subst.: excerptum, i, n., an extract, selection, excerpt from a book or writing:

    ex Gorgiā Platonis,

    Quint. 2, 15, 24: Coelianum. M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 9.— Plur., M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 3.—
    B.
    To take out, strike or leave out, except, omit:

    non enim, si est facilius, eo de numero quoque est excerpendum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 47; cf.:

    me illorum excerpam numero,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 40:

    tu id, quod boni est, excerpis: dicis, quod mali est,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 18.—
    C.
    To withdraw one's self:

    se consuetudini hominum,

    Sen. Ep. 5:

    se vulgo,

    id. Brev. Vit. 18;

    and simply se,

    id. Ep. 18.

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  • 8 excerptum

    ex-cerpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [carpo], to pick or take out. *
    I.
    Lit.:

    semina pomis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 272.—
    II.
    Trop. (class.).
    A.
    To pick out, choose, select, gather:

    non solum ex malis eligere minima oportere, sed etiam excerpere ex ipsis, si quid inesset boni,

    Cic. de Off. 3, 1, 3:

    quod quisque (scriptorum) commodissime praecipere videbatur, excerpsimus,

    made extracts, selections, id. Inv. 2, 2, 4; so, verba ex Originibus Catonis, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

    nihil umquam legit, quod non excerperet,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 6, 20, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 2; Quint. 9, 1, 24; 10, 2, 13:

    ex libris qui chronici appellantur... easque excerptiones digerere,

    Gell. 17, 21, 1 et saep.:

    paucos enim, qui sunt eminentissimi, excerpere in animo est,

    to single out, make prominent, Quint. 10, 1, 45; 7, 1, 29.—Hence, subst.: excerptum, i, n., an extract, selection, excerpt from a book or writing:

    ex Gorgiā Platonis,

    Quint. 2, 15, 24: Coelianum. M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 9.— Plur., M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 3.—
    B.
    To take out, strike or leave out, except, omit:

    non enim, si est facilius, eo de numero quoque est excerpendum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 47; cf.:

    me illorum excerpam numero,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 40:

    tu id, quod boni est, excerpis: dicis, quod mali est,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 18.—
    C.
    To withdraw one's self:

    se consuetudini hominum,

    Sen. Ep. 5:

    se vulgo,

    id. Brev. Vit. 18;

    and simply se,

    id. Ep. 18.

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  • 9 sēligō

        sēligō lēgī, lēctus, ere    [2 se-+lego], to single out, separate, choose out, cull, select: omnia expendet et seliget: selectae sententiae: selecta pectora Patres dixit, O.: selecti iudices, judges selected by the praetor (in criminal cases).
    * * *
    seligere, selegi, selectus V TRANS
    select, choose, pick out; weed out

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  • 10 desumo

    desumere, desumpsi, desumptus V TRANS
    choose, pick out, select, take; pick (fight); take for/upon one's self (L+S)

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  • 11 intervallum

    inter-vallum, i, n., prop., the open space within the mound or breastwork of a camp, the space between two palisades.
    I.
    Lit.: opus, pedum sexaginta, quod est inter vallum et legiones... a quibusdam intervallum [p. 987] cognominatum, Hyg. de Munit. Cast. 6:

    intervalla sunt spatia inter capita vallorum,

    Isid. 15, 9, 2.—
    B.
    In gen., space between, interval, distance:

    trabes directae, paribus intervallis in solo collocantur. Ea autem intervalla grandibus saxis effarciuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

    pari intervallo,

    at an equal distance, id. ib. 1, 43:

    respiciens videt magnis intervallis sequentes,

    Liv. 1, 25:

    unius signi,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 20:

    digitorum,

    Suet. Dom. 19:

    sonorum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 18:

    locorum et temporum,

    id. Fam. 1, 7:

    ex intervallo,

    from a distance, Liv. 48, 44, 8:

    proximus longo intervallo insequi,

    Verg. A. 5, 320:

    juvenes modicis intervallis disponere,

    Suet. Aug. 49:

    quinque milium intervallo,

    Liv. 23, 29:

    mille passuum intervallo distantes,

    id. 33, 1 saep.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Interval of time, intermission, respite:

    annuum regni,

    an interregnum, Liv. 1, 17:

    sine intervallo loquacitas,

    i. e. incessant, Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

    dolor si longus, levis, dat enim intervalla,

    relaxes sometimes, id. Fin. 2, 29, 94:

    litterarum,

    id. Fam. 7, 18:

    intervallum jam hos dies multos fuit,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 28:

    distinctio et aequalium et saepe variorum intervallorum numerum conficit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186; cf. the context. —
    B.
    A pause:

    flumen aliis verborum volubilitasque cordi est: distincta alios et interpuncta intervalla, morae, respirationesque delectant,

    Cic. Or. 16:

    trochaeus temporibus et intervallis est par iambo,

    id. ib. 57:

    ut te tanto intervallo viderem,

    after so long a time, id. Fam. 15, 14:

    vocem paululum attenuata crebris intervallis et divisionibus oportet uti,

    Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24:

    tanto ex intervallo,

    Quint. 11, 2, 5; Liv. 3, 38:

    intervallo dicere,

    after a pause, Cic. Or. 66: ex intervallo, farther on, lower down (in the discourse), Gell. 15, 12, 4:

    sine intervallo cibum dare,

    without loss of time, Varr. R. R. 2, 1: dare quippiam alicui per intervalla, at intervals, i. e. from time to time, Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 164 (al. intervalla dantur):

    per intervallum adventantes,

    Tac. A. 4, 73:

    scelerum,

    time for the perpetration of crimes, id. ib. 3.—
    C.
    Difference, dissimilitude:

    videte, quantum intervallum sit interjectum inter majorum consilia, et istorum dementiam,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 89; id. Rab. Perd. 5, 15.—
    D.
    An interval in music, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146.
    inter-vectus,.
    a, um, adj. [veho], carried up, raised up (post-class.):

    arbores,

    Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. M. 3, 38.
    inter-vello,.
    vulsi (rarely velli, v. infra), vulsum, 3, v. a., to pluck, pull, or pick out here and there, to lop, prune (post-Aug.).
    I.
    In partic., to pluck out here and there, to thin. —Of wings:

    ne ego homo infelix fui qui non alas intervelli (sc. vocis),

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 170.—Of the beard:

    isti, qui aut vellunt barbam, aut intervellunt,

    Sen. Ep. 114, 20. — Of fruit and trees, to pluck here and there, to prune:

    poma intervelli melius est, ut quae relicta sint, grandescant,

    Plin. 17, 27, 47, § 260:

    arbores,

    Col. 5, 10:

    semina,

    id. 4, 33, 3. —
    II.
    In gen., to tear out, take away:

    num aliquid ex illis intervelli, atque ex tempore dicendis inseri possit,

    Quint. 12, 9, 17:

    quae ita sunt natura copulata, ut mutari aut intervelli sine confusione non possint,

    id. 10, 7, 5.

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  • 12 selego

    selegere, selegi, selectus V TRANS
    select, choose, pick out; weed out

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  • 13 electa

    ē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [lĕgo], to pick out, choose, elect (class.; esp. in the trop. sense; cf.:

    coöpto, designo, deligo, seligo): pedes e capite et e collo pullorum,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14:

    uvam ad edendum (with legere),

    id. ib. 1, 54, 2:

    herbas,

    to pluck up, to weed out, id. ib. 1, 47; Col. 4, 5; cf.

    trop.,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83 and 84:

    ex malis minima,

    Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3: ut de tribus Antoniis eligas quem velis, id. Phil. 10, 2, 5:

    a multis commodissimum quodque,

    id. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis,

    id. Rep. 1, 35 fin. et saep.— Absol., to choose correctly, make a proper selection: haud semper errat fama;

    aliquando et elegit,

    Tac. Agr. 9 fin. —Hence, ēlectus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    In gen., picked, selected; select, choice, excellent:

    par columbarum,

    Petr. 85, 6:

    viri electissimi civitatis,

    Cic. Quint. 2:

    pugiles,

    Suet. Calig. 18:

    quisque,

    id. ib. 49:

    electissima verba,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 7 fin. Madv. N. cr.; Auct. Her. 4, 26, 36; cf.:

    electius verbum,

    id. ib.;

    scripta,

    Cat. 36, 6:

    res,

    Petr. 36, 4 et saep.—In the neutr. subst.: ēlecta, ōrum, selections, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17.— Adv.: ēlecte choicely, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.— Comp., Gell. 18, 7, 2.—
    II.
    In eccl. Lat., chosen of God, elected to be saved, Vulg. Col. 3, 12 et saep.

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  • 14 eligo

    ē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. [lĕgo], to pick out, choose, elect (class.; esp. in the trop. sense; cf.:

    coöpto, designo, deligo, seligo): pedes e capite et e collo pullorum,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14:

    uvam ad edendum (with legere),

    id. ib. 1, 54, 2:

    herbas,

    to pluck up, to weed out, id. ib. 1, 47; Col. 4, 5; cf.

    trop.,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83 and 84:

    ex malis minima,

    Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3: ut de tribus Antoniis eligas quem velis, id. Phil. 10, 2, 5:

    a multis commodissimum quodque,

    id. Inv. 2, 2, 5:

    ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis,

    id. Rep. 1, 35 fin. et saep.— Absol., to choose correctly, make a proper selection: haud semper errat fama;

    aliquando et elegit,

    Tac. Agr. 9 fin. —Hence, ēlectus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    In gen., picked, selected; select, choice, excellent:

    par columbarum,

    Petr. 85, 6:

    viri electissimi civitatis,

    Cic. Quint. 2:

    pugiles,

    Suet. Calig. 18:

    quisque,

    id. ib. 49:

    electissima verba,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 7 fin. Madv. N. cr.; Auct. Her. 4, 26, 36; cf.:

    electius verbum,

    id. ib.;

    scripta,

    Cat. 36, 6:

    res,

    Petr. 36, 4 et saep.—In the neutr. subst.: ēlecta, ōrum, selections, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17.— Adv.: ēlecte choicely, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.— Comp., Gell. 18, 7, 2.—
    II.
    In eccl. Lat., chosen of God, elected to be saved, Vulg. Col. 3, 12 et saep.

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  • 15 optatum

    opto, āvi, ātum, 1 (optassis for optaveris, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 75), v. a. [root op, whence Gr. OPTÔ, opsomai; qs. to look out, pick out, = legere, eligere], to choose, select (anteclass. and poet.;

    syn. deligo): utrum vis, opta, dum licet,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 14; id. Aul. prol. 11:

    sapientius opta,

    Ov. M. 2, 102: non video hic, quid magnopere optem, Lucil. ap. Non. 358, 13:

    inhoneste parare divitias,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 2:

    locum tecto,

    Verg. A. 1, 425:

    locum regno,

    id. ib. 3, 109:

    externos duces,

    id. ib. 8, 503:

    L. Furium optavit,

    Liv. 6, 25.—Hence, in relig. lang.:

    optatam hostiam, alii optimam, appellant eam, quam aedilis tribus constitutis hostiis optat, quam immolari velit,

    Fest. p. 186 Müll. —
    II.
    Transf., to wish, wish for, desire (the predominant signification of the word; cf.:

    volo, cupio, desidero, aveo): tua vita optanda est, Ter Phorm. 1, 3, 12: nihil nisi quod honestum sit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66:

    aliquid votis,

    Verg. A. 10, 279:

    vestitus, quem cupimus optamusque,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 2:

    fortunam,

    id. Pis. 14, 32.—With ut (class. and freq.):

    (Phaëthon) optavit, ut in currum patris tolleretur,

    Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94:

    numquam a dis immortalibus optabo. ut, etc.,

    id. Cat. 2, 7, 15.—With subj.:

    optavi, peteres caelestia sidera tarde,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 57.—With inf.:

    hunc videre saepe optabamus diem,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 29:

    cujus integrā re consilium exquirere optassem,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2:

    officia mandare, deponere optantibus,

    id. Pan. 87, 2:

    Darius equestri proelio decernere optabat,

    Curt. 3, 11, 1; 4, 12, 4:

    meliores liberos habere,

    Suet. Oth. 1 fin.; Tac. Or. 9.—With acc. and inf.:

    impleri sinus optabamus,

    Quint. 10, 7, 23:

    ex Indiā sospitem ipsum reverti,

    Curt. 10, 1, 7:

    quem te esse opto,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 3: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, Enn. ap. Aug. Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.). — Absol.:

    optare hoc quidem est, non docere,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 30; cf. id. Ac. 2, 38, 121; id Fat. 20, 47: optare alicui aliquid, to wish one any thing, in a good sense:

    equidem tibi bona optavi omnia,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 25:

    tibi optamus eam rem publicam, in quā, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 331;

    but mostly in a bad sense (= imprecari): si totum exercitum mortem mihi optasse crederem, Liv 28, 27, 10: quid mali feci, ut mihi pejorem reditum quam exitum optares?

    Sen. Ben. 6, 37, 2:

    furorem et insaniam optare alicui,

    id. Pis. 20, 46; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107: aliquid ab aliquo, to desire, require, demand any thing of any one:

    quodvis donum et praemium a me optato, id optatum feres,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 27:

    hoc et pallidus optas,

    pray for, Juv. 10, 189.—Hence, op-tātus, a, um, P. a., wished, desired, longed for, agreeable, pleasing, pleasant, dear (class.):

    optati cives, populares, incolae,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 1:

    rumores,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 1:

    gloria,

    Juv. 10, 187.— Comp.:

    nihil mihi fuit optatius, quam, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 1.— Sup.:

    vale, mi optime et optatissime frater,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 2.—
    B.
    Subst.: optātum, i, n., a wish, desire:

    di tibi semper omnia optata offerant,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 21; cf.

    afferant,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 105: eveniunt optata deae. Ov. M. 6, 370:

    impetrare optatum,

    Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94:

    praeter optatum meum,

    against my wish, id. Pis. 20, 46:

    meis optatis fortuna respondit,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    mihi in optatis est,

    it is my wish, I wish, id. ib. 2, 13, 2.—Hence, adv.: optā-tō, according to one's wish (class.):

    optato venire,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 26:

    mihi veneris,

    Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3:

    optato ventis aestate coortis,

    Verg. A. 10, 405. ‡† optostrōtum, i, n. [optos-strôton], a brick pavement, Not. Tir. p. 164.

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  • 16 opto

    opto, āvi, ātum, 1 (optassis for optaveris, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 75), v. a. [root op, whence Gr. OPTÔ, opsomai; qs. to look out, pick out, = legere, eligere], to choose, select (anteclass. and poet.;

    syn. deligo): utrum vis, opta, dum licet,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 14; id. Aul. prol. 11:

    sapientius opta,

    Ov. M. 2, 102: non video hic, quid magnopere optem, Lucil. ap. Non. 358, 13:

    inhoneste parare divitias,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 2:

    locum tecto,

    Verg. A. 1, 425:

    locum regno,

    id. ib. 3, 109:

    externos duces,

    id. ib. 8, 503:

    L. Furium optavit,

    Liv. 6, 25.—Hence, in relig. lang.:

    optatam hostiam, alii optimam, appellant eam, quam aedilis tribus constitutis hostiis optat, quam immolari velit,

    Fest. p. 186 Müll. —
    II.
    Transf., to wish, wish for, desire (the predominant signification of the word; cf.:

    volo, cupio, desidero, aveo): tua vita optanda est, Ter Phorm. 1, 3, 12: nihil nisi quod honestum sit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66:

    aliquid votis,

    Verg. A. 10, 279:

    vestitus, quem cupimus optamusque,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 2:

    fortunam,

    id. Pis. 14, 32.—With ut (class. and freq.):

    (Phaëthon) optavit, ut in currum patris tolleretur,

    Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94:

    numquam a dis immortalibus optabo. ut, etc.,

    id. Cat. 2, 7, 15.—With subj.:

    optavi, peteres caelestia sidera tarde,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 57.—With inf.:

    hunc videre saepe optabamus diem,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 29:

    cujus integrā re consilium exquirere optassem,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2:

    officia mandare, deponere optantibus,

    id. Pan. 87, 2:

    Darius equestri proelio decernere optabat,

    Curt. 3, 11, 1; 4, 12, 4:

    meliores liberos habere,

    Suet. Oth. 1 fin.; Tac. Or. 9.—With acc. and inf.:

    impleri sinus optabamus,

    Quint. 10, 7, 23:

    ex Indiā sospitem ipsum reverti,

    Curt. 10, 1, 7:

    quem te esse opto,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 3: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, Enn. ap. Aug. Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.). — Absol.:

    optare hoc quidem est, non docere,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 30; cf. id. Ac. 2, 38, 121; id Fat. 20, 47: optare alicui aliquid, to wish one any thing, in a good sense:

    equidem tibi bona optavi omnia,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 25:

    tibi optamus eam rem publicam, in quā, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 331;

    but mostly in a bad sense (= imprecari): si totum exercitum mortem mihi optasse crederem, Liv 28, 27, 10: quid mali feci, ut mihi pejorem reditum quam exitum optares?

    Sen. Ben. 6, 37, 2:

    furorem et insaniam optare alicui,

    id. Pis. 20, 46; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107: aliquid ab aliquo, to desire, require, demand any thing of any one:

    quodvis donum et praemium a me optato, id optatum feres,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 27:

    hoc et pallidus optas,

    pray for, Juv. 10, 189.—Hence, op-tātus, a, um, P. a., wished, desired, longed for, agreeable, pleasing, pleasant, dear (class.):

    optati cives, populares, incolae,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 1:

    rumores,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 1:

    gloria,

    Juv. 10, 187.— Comp.:

    nihil mihi fuit optatius, quam, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 1.— Sup.:

    vale, mi optime et optatissime frater,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 2.—
    B.
    Subst.: optātum, i, n., a wish, desire:

    di tibi semper omnia optata offerant,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 21; cf.

    afferant,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 105: eveniunt optata deae. Ov. M. 6, 370:

    impetrare optatum,

    Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94:

    praeter optatum meum,

    against my wish, id. Pis. 20, 46:

    meis optatis fortuna respondit,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    mihi in optatis est,

    it is my wish, I wish, id. ib. 2, 13, 2.—Hence, adv.: optā-tō, according to one's wish (class.):

    optato venire,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 26:

    mihi veneris,

    Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3:

    optato ventis aestate coortis,

    Verg. A. 10, 405. ‡† optostrōtum, i, n. [optos-strôton], a brick pavement, Not. Tir. p. 164.

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  • 17 optostrotum

    opto, āvi, ātum, 1 (optassis for optaveris, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 75), v. a. [root op, whence Gr. OPTÔ, opsomai; qs. to look out, pick out, = legere, eligere], to choose, select (anteclass. and poet.;

    syn. deligo): utrum vis, opta, dum licet,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 14; id. Aul. prol. 11:

    sapientius opta,

    Ov. M. 2, 102: non video hic, quid magnopere optem, Lucil. ap. Non. 358, 13:

    inhoneste parare divitias,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 2:

    locum tecto,

    Verg. A. 1, 425:

    locum regno,

    id. ib. 3, 109:

    externos duces,

    id. ib. 8, 503:

    L. Furium optavit,

    Liv. 6, 25.—Hence, in relig. lang.:

    optatam hostiam, alii optimam, appellant eam, quam aedilis tribus constitutis hostiis optat, quam immolari velit,

    Fest. p. 186 Müll. —
    II.
    Transf., to wish, wish for, desire (the predominant signification of the word; cf.:

    volo, cupio, desidero, aveo): tua vita optanda est, Ter Phorm. 1, 3, 12: nihil nisi quod honestum sit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66:

    aliquid votis,

    Verg. A. 10, 279:

    vestitus, quem cupimus optamusque,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 2:

    fortunam,

    id. Pis. 14, 32.—With ut (class. and freq.):

    (Phaëthon) optavit, ut in currum patris tolleretur,

    Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94:

    numquam a dis immortalibus optabo. ut, etc.,

    id. Cat. 2, 7, 15.—With subj.:

    optavi, peteres caelestia sidera tarde,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 57.—With inf.:

    hunc videre saepe optabamus diem,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 29:

    cujus integrā re consilium exquirere optassem,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2:

    officia mandare, deponere optantibus,

    id. Pan. 87, 2:

    Darius equestri proelio decernere optabat,

    Curt. 3, 11, 1; 4, 12, 4:

    meliores liberos habere,

    Suet. Oth. 1 fin.; Tac. Or. 9.—With acc. and inf.:

    impleri sinus optabamus,

    Quint. 10, 7, 23:

    ex Indiā sospitem ipsum reverti,

    Curt. 10, 1, 7:

    quem te esse opto,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 3: omnes mortales sese laudarier optant, Enn. ap. Aug. Trin. 13, 6 (Ann. v. 551 Vahl.). — Absol.:

    optare hoc quidem est, non docere,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 30; cf. id. Ac. 2, 38, 121; id Fat. 20, 47: optare alicui aliquid, to wish one any thing, in a good sense:

    equidem tibi bona optavi omnia,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 25:

    tibi optamus eam rem publicam, in quā, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 331;

    but mostly in a bad sense (= imprecari): si totum exercitum mortem mihi optasse crederem, Liv 28, 27, 10: quid mali feci, ut mihi pejorem reditum quam exitum optares?

    Sen. Ben. 6, 37, 2:

    furorem et insaniam optare alicui,

    id. Pis. 20, 46; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107: aliquid ab aliquo, to desire, require, demand any thing of any one:

    quodvis donum et praemium a me optato, id optatum feres,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 27:

    hoc et pallidus optas,

    pray for, Juv. 10, 189.—Hence, op-tātus, a, um, P. a., wished, desired, longed for, agreeable, pleasing, pleasant, dear (class.):

    optati cives, populares, incolae,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 1:

    rumores,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 1:

    gloria,

    Juv. 10, 187.— Comp.:

    nihil mihi fuit optatius, quam, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 1.— Sup.:

    vale, mi optime et optatissime frater,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 2.—
    B.
    Subst.: optātum, i, n., a wish, desire:

    di tibi semper omnia optata offerant,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 21; cf.

    afferant,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 105: eveniunt optata deae. Ov. M. 6, 370:

    impetrare optatum,

    Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94:

    praeter optatum meum,

    against my wish, id. Pis. 20, 46:

    meis optatis fortuna respondit,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    mihi in optatis est,

    it is my wish, I wish, id. ib. 2, 13, 2.—Hence, adv.: optā-tō, according to one's wish (class.):

    optato venire,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 26:

    mihi veneris,

    Cic. Att. 13, 28, 3:

    optato ventis aestate coortis,

    Verg. A. 10, 405. ‡† optostrōtum, i, n. [optos-strôton], a brick pavement, Not. Tir. p. 164.

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  • 18 sepono

    sē-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 ( part. perf. sync. sepostus, Sil. 8, 378; 17, 281; but, sepositus, Hor. S. 2, 6, 84), v. a., to lay apart or aside; to put by, separate, pick out, select, etc. (class.; not in Cæs.; syn.: sejungo, segrego, recondo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    seponi et occultari,

    Cic. Att. 11, 24, 2; cf.:

    aliquid habere sepositum et reconditum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23; so (with conditus) id. Div. 2, 54, 112; cf.:

    ornamenta seposita (for which, just before, recondita),

    id. de Or. 1, 35, 162:

    id ego ad illud fanum (sc. ornandum) sepositum putabam,

    id. Att. 15, 15, 3:

    captivam pecuniam in aedificationem templi,

    Liv. 1, 53, 3:

    primitias magno Jovi,

    Ov. F. 3, 730:

    nonnullos ex principibus legit ac seposuit ad pompam,

    Suet. Calig. 47:

    se et pecuniam et frumentum in decem annos seposuisse,

    Liv. 42, 52, 12:

    sors aliquem seponit ac servat, qui cum victore contendat,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 21:

    interesse pugnae imperatorem an seponi melius foret, dubitavere,

    to place himself at a distance, withdraw, Tac. H. 2, 33:

    de mille sagittis Unam seposuit,

    picked out, selected, Ov. M. 5, 381.—
    B.
    In partic., to send into banishment, to banish, exile (post-Aug.; cf.

    relego): aliquem a domo,

    Tac. A. 3, 12:

    aliquem in provinciam specie legationis,

    id. H. 1, 13 fin.:

    aliquem in secretum Asiae,

    id. ib. 1, 10:

    in insulam,

    id. ib. 1, 46 fin.; 1, 88; 2, 63; id. A. 4, 44; Suet. Aug. 65; id. Tib. 15; id. Oth. 3; id. Tit. 9.—
    II.
    Trop., to lay or set aside mentally:

    id quod primum se obtulerit,

    Quint. 7, 1, 27.—
    B.
    To set apart, assign, appropriate, reserve, for any purpose, etc.:

    ut alius aliam sibi partem, in quā elaboraret, seponeret,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 132:

    sibi ad eam rem tempus,

    to fix, id. Or. 42, 143; cf.:

    quod temporis hortorum aut villarum curae seponitur,

    Tac. A. 14, 54:

    materiam senectuti seposui,

    have set apart, reserved for my old age, id. H. 1, 1:

    seposuit Aegyptum,

    he sequestered Egypt, made it forbidden ground, id. A. 2, 59 fin.:

    sepositus servilibus poenis locus,

    id. ib. 15, 60:

    quā de re sepositus est nobis locus,

    made it a special division of the subject, Quint. 1, 10, 26.—
    C.
    To remove, take away from others, exclude, select, etc.: Jovem diffusum nectare curas Seposuisse graves, had laid aside, i. e. had discarded for a while, Ov. M. 3, 319:

    (Graecos) seposuisse a ceteris dictionibus eam partem dicendi, quae, etc.,

    to have separated, Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 22:

    ratio suadendi ab honesti quaestione seposita est,

    Quint. 12, 2, 16.— Poet. with simple abl.: si modo Scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto, to separate, i. e. distinguish, Hor. A. P. 273.—Hence, sē-pŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a. (only poet. and rare).
    A.
    Distant, remote, = remotus:

    fons,

    Prop. 1, 20, 24:

    gens,

    Mart. Spect. 3, 1:

    mare,

    Sen. Med. 339.—
    B.
    Distinct, special:

    mea seposita est et ab omni milite dissors Gloria,

    Ov. Am. 2, 12, 11.—
    C.
    Select, choice:

    vestis,

    sumptuous garments, Tib. 2, 5, 8:

    seposito de grege,

    Mart. 2, 43, 4.

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  • 19 capiō

        capiō cēpī (capsis, old for cēperis, C.), captus, ere    [CAP-], to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp: flabellum, T.: sacra manu, V.: pocula, H.: baculum, O.: pignera, L.: manibus tympanum, Ct.: lora, Pr.: arma capere alii, seized their arms, S.: ensem, O.: tela, O.: omnia arma contra illam pestem, i. e. contend in every way: Manlium arma cepisse, had begun hostilities, S.: capere arma parabat, was on the point of attacking, O.—Of food, to take, partake of: Cibum cum eā, T.: lauti cibum capiunt, Ta. — To take captive, seize, make prisoner: belli duces captos tenetis: unus e filiis captus est, Cs.: capta tria milia peditum, L.: alquos Byzantii, N.: captos ostendere civibus hostes, H.: Num capti (Phryges) potuere capi? could they not, when taken, be taken (once for all)? V.: casus est enim in capiendo (sc. praedones).—To catch, hunt down, take: pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cervum, Ph.: illa pro lepusculis capiebantur, patellae, etc.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate: ut te redimas captum (i. e. amore), T.: quibus (rebus) illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest: te pecuniā captum: quem suā cepit humanitate, N.: hunc capit argenti splendor, H.: dulcedine vocis, O.: (bos) herbā captus viridi, V.: oculis captis.— To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch: Aut quā viā te captent eādem ipsos capi? T.: eodem captus errore, involved in: suis miserum me cepit ocellis, Pr.: carmine formosae capiuntur, Tb.: me dolis, S.: capi alcuius dolo, N.: alqm amicitiae mendacis imagine, O.—To defeat, convict, cast, overcome (in a suit or dispute): ne tui consultores capiantur: in capiendo adversario versutus (orator).—To harm, lame, mutilate, maim, disable, impair, weaken: oculis et auribus captus, blind and deaf: membris omnibus captus: altero oculo capitur, loses an eye, L.: capti auribus metu, L.: lumine, O.: numquam erit tam captus equester ordo: captā re p. — P. pass., of the mind, deprived of sense, silly, insane, crazed, lunatic, mad: mente esse captum: virgines captae furore, L.: capti et stupentes animi, L. — To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept: iudicem populum R., L.: Me arbitrum, T.: inimicos homines, make enemies, T.: sacerdotem sortito: Flaccus flamen captus a Licinio erat, L. — Of places, to occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into: loca capere, to take up a position, Cs.: castris locum capere: locum extra urbem editum capere, N.: locum editiorem, S.: capto monte, Cs.: Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa, L.: montes fugā, for refuge, L.: tumulum, V.: terras captas despectare videntur (cycni), to be settling down on places selected, V. — To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize: pauca (oppida), S.: Troiā captā, L.: quod (agri) de Campanis ceperant: castra hostium, N.: oppida manu, V.; cf. oppressā captāque re p.: patriam suam, L.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake oneself to: insulam, Cs.: oti illum portum.—Of property or money, to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get: agros de hostibus: ager ex hostibus captus, L.: praedas, N.: ex hostibus pecuniam, L.: cape cedo, give and take, T.: de re p. nihil praeter gloriam, N.: ex calamitate populi R. nomen capere, Cs.: regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit, succeeded to, O.— With pecuniam, to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe, take blackmail: contra leges pecuniam cepisse?: pecuniae per vim atque iniuriam captae: aperte pecunias ob rem iudicandam: alqm pecuniae captae arcessere, S.—To take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept: morte testamentove alcuius alqd capere: a civibus Romanis hereditates: si capiendi Ius nullum uxori, Iu.—To collect, receive, obtain: ex eis praediis talenta argenti, T.: stipendium iure belli, Cs.: ex quo (castro) talenta, N.— Fig., to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap: Fructum, T.: fructūs auctoritatis: fructum vestri in me amoris: alquid ex eā re commodi? T.: utilitates ex amicitiā.—To take, assume, acquire, put on: gestūs voltūsque novos, T.: figuras, O.—To take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess: petitoris personam: patris vim: patrium animum.— To undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take up: provinciam duram, T.: consulatum: honores, N.: rerum moderamen, O.: rem p., S.: magistratum, L.—With dat. of person, to obtain for, secure for: patres praeturam Camillo ceperunt, L.—To begin, enter upon, undertake: bellum: labores, T.: augurium ex arce, L.: aliud initium belli, i. e. war on a new plan, Cs.: conatūs ad erumpendum, L.: nec vestra capit discordia finem, V.: ad impetum capiundum spatium, to take a start, L.: somnum, fall asleep.—Poet.: Unde nova ingressūs experientia cepit? i. e. was devised, V.—To seize, embrace, take (an opportunity): si quam causam ceperit, T.: tempus ad te adeundi.—To form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach: sensum verae gloriae: ex lucri magnitudine coniecturam furti: consilium unā tecum, T.: consilium hominis fortunas evertere: consilium equitatum demittere, Cs.: consilium ut exirem: legionis opprimendae consilium, Cs.—To take, derive, draw, obtain: de te exemplum, T.: exemplum ex aliquā re. — To take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience: miseriam omnem, T.: angorem pro amico: ex huius incommodis molestiam: infamiam sine voluptate: invidiam apud patres ex largitione, L.: timorem, V.: voluptatem animi.— With a feeling as subj, to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui, etc.: ut caperet odium illam mei, T.: nos oblivio ceperat: Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae, L.: animum cura cepit, L.: meae si te ceperunt taeda laudis, V.: dementia cepit amantem, V.—Of injury or loss, to suffer, take, be subjected to: calamitatem: incommodi nihil.—Esp., in the formula by which the senate, in great emergencies, gave absolute power to magistrates: videant ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat: senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc., S.—To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for: capit alveus amnes O.: terra feras cepit, O.: quid turbae est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio, T.: unā domo iam capi non possunt: Nec iam se capit unda, V.: Non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus, H.: tot domūs locupletissimas istius domus una capiet? will swallow up.—To contain, hold, suffice for, be strong enough for, bear: eam amentiam: nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas, O.: iram Non capit ipsa suam, O.: Nec te Troia capit, is too small for your glory, V.—To take, receive, hold, comprehend, grasp, embrace: gratia, quantam maximam animi nostri capere possunt: ille unus veram speciem senatūs cepit, L.
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    I
    capere, additional forms V TRANS
    take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
    II
    capere, cepi, captus V TRANS
    take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
    III
    taking/seizing

    Latin-English dictionary > capiō

  • 20 lēgō

        lēgō āvī (lēgāssit for lēgāverit, XII Tabb. ap. C.), ātus, āre    [lex], to send with a commission, send as ambassador, depute, commission, despatch: ut legati ex eius ordinis auctoritate legarentur: eos privatae rei causā legari: iuste pieque legatus venio, L.: in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, S.— To appoint as deputy, commission as lieutenant: eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius: me legatum iri non arbitror: me sibi legavit, chose me for his lieutenant: sibi homines nobilīs, S.— To bequeath, leave by will: Numitori regnum, L.: usum et fructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae: Nil sibi legatum, H.: uxori grandem pecuniam a filio, to be paid by the son.
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    I
    legare, legavi, legatus V
    bequeath, will; entrust, send as an envoy, choose as a deputy
    II
    legere, legi, lectus V
    read; gather, collect (cremated bones); furl (sail), weigh (anchor); pick out

    Latin-English dictionary > lēgō

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