plead

to plead urgently.

to exempt from blame, excuse, make excuses, plead.

to speak, argue, plead, orate, beg, entreat

dēclāmĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v., freq. n. and a. [declamo], to practise rhetorical delivery or declamation, to declaim (good prose; most frequent in Cic.).

In a good sense.

Absol.:

commentabar declamitans (sic enim nunc loquuntur), saepe cum M. Pisone et cum Q. Pompeio aut cum aliquo cotidie,

Cic. Brut. 90, 310; so id. de Or. 1, 59, 251; id. Fam. 16, 21, 5; Quint. 12, 11, 15.—

With acc.:

causas,

to plead for the sake of practise, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7.—

In a bad sense, to talk violently, to bluster:

de aliquo,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 2, 17.

dē-prĕcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a.

To avert, ward off (from one's self or others) by earnest prayer; to deprecate; also to pray, to intercede for the averting of any evil, or to obtain pardon for any transgression (cf. Gell. 6, 16, 3).

In gen. (for syn. cf.: averto, averrunco, avoco, revoco —freq. and class.), constr. with the acc. (rei v. personae), the inf., the acc. and inf., ne, quominus, quin, and absol.

With acc. rei:

ullam ab sese calamitatem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60 fin.; cf.:

ut a me quandam prope justam patriae querimoniam detester ac deprecer,

id. Cat. 1, 11: quibus servitutem mea miseria deprecor? Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 16, 9; cf.:

ego meae cum vitae parcam, letum inimico deprecer?

id. ib. §

10: qui nullum genus supplicii deprecatus est neque recusavit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

mortem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 6; cf.:

non jam mortem neque aerumnas, tantummodo inimici imperium et cruciatus corporis deprecor,

Sall. J. 24, 10:

periculum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5; Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 3 (with refugere), Liv. 3, 58:

poenam,

id. 40, 15:

ignominiam,

id. 27, 20 fin.:

iram senatus,

id. 39, 35:

praecipiendi munus,

Quint. 2, 12, 12 et saep.—Of abstract subjects:

Claudii invidiam Gracchi caritas deprecabatur,

averted, Cic. Rep. 6, 2 (ap. Gell. 6, 16, 11; and Non. 290, 17).—

With acc. pers., usually in the sense of praying:

quem deprecarentur, cum omnes essent sordidati?

Cic. Sest. 12: in hoc te deprecor, ne, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1:

Patres, ne festinarent decernere, etc.,

Liv. 34, 59:

senatum litteris deprecatus est, ne, etc.,

Suet. Caes. 29:

dispensatorem deprecati sumus, ut, etc.,

Petr. 30, 9:

deos mala (opp. bona rogare),

Sen. Q. N. 2, 33; cf.:

hoc superos, hoc te quoque deprecor,

Val. Fl. 8, 53:

numina versu,

Petr. 133, 2: Dominum, Vulg. [p. 552] Esth. 14, 3 et saep.—Less freq. in the sense of averting:

lecto te solum, lecto te deprecor uno,

Prop. 2, 34, 17 (3, 32, 7 M.).—

With inf.:

umbram accipere,

Stat. Th. 8, 116; Luc. 9, 213.—

With acc. and inf., to plead in excuse:

postquam errasse regem et Jugurthae scelere lapsum deprecati sunt,

Sall. J. 104, 4.—

With ne:

primum deprecor, ne me, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 1:

unum petere ac deprecari... ne se armis despoliaret,

Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 4:

spem ne nostram fieri patiare caducam, deprecor,

Ov. H. 15 (16), 170; cf. no., b; so,

opp. to postulo ut,

Liv. 40, 15, 8.—And with the dat. of the person for whom one entreats: deprecari alicui ne vapulet, Plaut. As. grex 5.—

With quominus:

neque illum se deprecari, quominus pergat,

Liv. 3, 9, 10 (but non precarere is the true reading in Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79 fin.).—So very rarely

with quin:

quin gravedinem ipsi ferat frigus,

Cat. 44, 18.—

With ut (rarely):

deprecatus esse dicitur, ut se tertium in amicitiam reciperent,

Lact. 5, 17, 23; cf.

supra,

Petr. 30, 9.—

Absol.:

pro amico, pro republica deprecari,

Cic. Sest. 12 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 21; id. Vit. 14:

arma deponat, roget, deprecetur,

Cic. Phil. 5, 1, 3; id. Or. 40, 138; Caes. B. G. 4, 7, 3; Quint. 5, 13, 2; *Verg. A. 12, 931 al.—

In relig. lang., to imprecate: diras devotiones in eum deprecata, Ap. M. 9, p. 227.—

Transf.:

quasi non totidem mox deprecor illi Assidue,

execrate, Cat. 92, 3 (dictum est quasi detestor vel exsecror vel depello vel abominor, Gell. 6, 16, 5).—

To pray for, intercede in behalf of (that which is in danger):

vitam alicujus ab aliquo,

Cic. Sull. 26; cf. vitam sibi, Auct. B. Afr. 89, 3;

paucos dies exsolvendo donativo deprecatum,

Tac. H. 1, 41:

quos senatus non ad pacem deprecandam, sed ad denuntiandum bellum miserat,

Cic. Fam. 12, 24. Also with personal objects:

a vobis deprecor custodem salutis meae,

Cic. Planc. 42, 102:

nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,

id. Agr. 2, 36 fin.:

te assiduae lacrimae C. Marcelli deprecantur,

id. Fam. 4, 7 fin. —Sometimes, by zeugma, deprecor is used in both senses, I. and II., with different objects: non mortem sed dilationem mortis deprecantur, Justin. 11, 9, 14; Gronov. ad loc.

► dēprĕcātus, in pass. signif.:

deprecatum bellum,

Just. 8, 5, 4: deprecato summo numine, Ap. M. 11, p. 270.

dē-prĕcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a.

To avert, ward off (from one's self or others) by earnest prayer; to deprecate; also to pray, to intercede for the averting of any evil, or to obtain pardon for any transgression (cf. Gell. 6, 16, 3).

In gen. (for syn. cf.: averto, averrunco, avoco, revoco —freq. and class.), constr. with the acc. (rei v. personae), the inf., the acc. and inf., ne, quominus, quin, and absol.

With acc. rei:

ullam ab sese calamitatem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60 fin.; cf.:

ut a me quandam prope justam patriae querimoniam detester ac deprecer,

id. Cat. 1, 11: quibus servitutem mea miseria deprecor? Enn. ap. Gell. 6, 16, 9; cf.:

ego meae cum vitae parcam, letum inimico deprecer?

id. ib. §

10: qui nullum genus supplicii deprecatus est neque recusavit,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:

mortem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 6; cf.:

non jam mortem neque aerumnas, tantummodo inimici imperium et cruciatus corporis deprecor,

Sall. J. 24, 10:

periculum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5; Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 3 (with refugere), Liv. 3, 58:

poenam,

id. 40, 15:

ignominiam,

id. 27, 20 fin.:

iram senatus,

id. 39, 35:

praecipiendi munus,

Quint. 2, 12, 12 et saep.—Of abstract subjects:

Claudii invidiam Gracchi caritas deprecabatur,

averted, Cic. Rep. 6, 2 (ap. Gell. 6, 16, 11; and Non. 290, 17).—

With acc. pers., usually in the sense of praying:

quem deprecarentur, cum omnes essent sordidati?

Cic. Sest. 12: in hoc te deprecor, ne, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1:

Patres, ne festinarent decernere, etc.,

Liv. 34, 59:

senatum litteris deprecatus est, ne, etc.,

Suet. Caes. 29:

dispensatorem deprecati sumus, ut, etc.,

Petr. 30, 9:

deos mala (opp. bona rogare),

Sen. Q. N. 2, 33; cf.:

hoc superos, hoc te quoque deprecor,

Val. Fl. 8, 53:

numina versu,

Petr. 133, 2: Dominum, Vulg. [p. 552] Esth. 14, 3 et saep.—Less freq. in the sense of averting:

lecto te solum, lecto te deprecor uno,

Prop. 2, 34, 17 (3, 32, 7 M.).—

With inf.:

umbram accipere,

Stat. Th. 8, 116; Luc. 9, 213.—

With acc. and inf., to plead in excuse:

postquam errasse regem et Jugurthae scelere lapsum deprecati sunt,

Sall. J. 104, 4.—

With ne:

primum deprecor, ne me, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 1:

unum petere ac deprecari... ne se armis despoliaret,

Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 4:

spem ne nostram fieri patiare caducam, deprecor,

Ov. H. 15 (16), 170; cf. no., b; so,

opp. to postulo ut,

Liv. 40, 15, 8.—And with the dat. of the person for whom one entreats: deprecari alicui ne vapulet, Plaut. As. grex 5.—

With quominus:

neque illum se deprecari, quominus pergat,

Liv. 3, 9, 10 (but non precarere is the true reading in Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79 fin.).—So very rarely

with quin:

quin gravedinem ipsi ferat frigus,

Cat. 44, 18.—

With ut (rarely):

deprecatus esse dicitur, ut se tertium in amicitiam reciperent,

Lact. 5, 17, 23; cf.

supra,

Petr. 30, 9.—

Absol.:

pro amico, pro republica deprecari,

Cic. Sest. 12 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 21; id. Vit. 14:

arma deponat, roget, deprecetur,

Cic. Phil. 5, 1, 3; id. Or. 40, 138; Caes. B. G. 4, 7, 3; Quint. 5, 13, 2; *Verg. A. 12, 931 al.—

In relig. lang., to imprecate: diras devotiones in eum deprecata, Ap. M. 9, p. 227.—

Transf.:

quasi non totidem mox deprecor illi Assidue,

execrate, Cat. 92, 3 (dictum est quasi detestor vel exsecror vel depello vel abominor, Gell. 6, 16, 5).—

To pray for, intercede in behalf of (that which is in danger):

vitam alicujus ab aliquo,

Cic. Sull. 26; cf. vitam sibi, Auct. B. Afr. 89, 3;

paucos dies exsolvendo donativo deprecatum,

Tac. H. 1, 41:

quos senatus non ad pacem deprecandam, sed ad denuntiandum bellum miserat,

Cic. Fam. 12, 24. Also with personal objects:

a vobis deprecor custodem salutis meae,

Cic. Planc. 42, 102:

nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,

id. Agr. 2, 36 fin.:

te assiduae lacrimae C. Marcelli deprecantur,

id. Fam. 4, 7 fin. —Sometimes, by zeugma, deprecor is used in both senses, I. and II., with different objects: non mortem sed dilationem mortis deprecantur, Justin. 11, 9, 14; Gronov. ad loc.

► dēprĕcātus, in pass. signif.:

deprecatum bellum,

Just. 8, 5, 4: deprecato summo numine, Ap. M. 11, p. 270.

dictĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. intens. a. [dicto], to say often or emphatically; to declare, maintain, assert repeatedly (good prose).

In gen.:

non, obsecro, es, quem semper te esse dictitasti,

Ter. Ph. 5, 1, 16.; cf. Liv. 3, 20; 9, 18:

qui ita dictitat, iis esse metuendum, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 4; 1, 3, 8; 1, 10, 28;

2, 1, 8: ut Lacedaemonii suos omnes agros esse dictitarint, quos spiculo possent attingere,

id. Rep. 3, 9: Caelius profectus, ut dictitabat, ad Caesarem pervenit, as he alleged, or pretended, Caes. B. C. 3, 22, 3; cf. id. ib. 3, 32, 4 and 6; Sall. C. 22, 2 Kritz.; Nep. Lys. 1, 4; Liv. 1, 49; 5, 2; Tac. A. 1, 72 al.— Pass. impers.:

male dictitatur tibi volgo in sermonibus,

there are bad rumors about you, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 62.—

In partic., in jurid. lang.:

causas,

to plead frequently, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56.

ex-cūso ( excuss-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [causa; cf. accuso, from ad-causa; qs. to release from a charge, to free from blame; hence], to excuse a person or thing.

Lit.

With a personal object, aliquem alicui:

Atticae meae velim me ita excuses, ut omnem culpam in te transferas,

Cic. Att. 15, 28; cf.:

aliquem alicui per litteras,

id. Fam. 11, 15, 1; and:

his omnibus me vehementer excusatum volo,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 40, § 103.—With quod:

Titium excusavit Vespa Terentius, quod eum brachium fregisse diceret,

id. de Or. 2, 62, 253:

Libo excusat Bibulum, quod is, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 16, 3:

primum me tibi excuso in eo ipso, in quo te accuso,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1:

se de aliqua re,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1:

de me excusando apud Apuleium, dederam ad te litteras,

Cic. Att. 12, 14, 1:

se alicui,

Plaut. As. 4, 2, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 75 et saep.—In pass.:

cura, ut excuser morbi causa in dies singulos,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2: si citatus judex non responderit excuseturque Areopagites esse, etc., excuses himself as being, etc., id. Phil. 5, 5, 14:

dixi, cur excusatus abirem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7:

apud Appuleium in dies ut excuser videbis,

Cic. Att. 12, 15, 1:

me excusatum esse apud Appuleium a Laterense,

id. ib. 12, 17, 1.—

With inanim. or abstr. objects, to excuse, apologize for:

Varroni memineris excusare tarditatem litterarum mearum,

Cic. Att. 15, 26 fin.:

habitum permutatum,

Quint. 3, 7, 6:

palliolum, fascias, etc. (sola valetudo),

id. 11, 3, 144:

commentarios,

id. 10, 7, 31:

missos ignes,

Ov. M. 2, 397;

dolorem,

id. ib. 4, 256:

toros,

Stat. Th. 2, 256:

reditum Agrippinae ob imminentem partum et hiemem,

her not returning, Tac. A. 1, 44.

Transf.

Aliquid (alicui), i. q. se propter aliquid, to allege in excuse, to plead as an excuse, to excuse one's self with.

With acc.:

propinquitatem excusavit,

Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 1:

morbum,

id. ib. 9, 4, 8:

inopiam (with calamitatem queri),

Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3:

valetudinem,

Liv. 6, 22 fin.:

imbecillitatem,

Suet. Tib. 6:

vires,

Ov. M. 14, 462:

diversa,

Tac. A. 3, 11 et saep.:

ille Philippo Excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla, Quod non mane domum venisset, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67:

dictatorem se apud patres excusare solitum,

Liv. 6, 39, 4:

aliquid apud aliquem,

Curt. 5, 10, 8; Suet. Tib. 68.— Pass.:

quae apud Vitellium excusanda erant,

Tac. H. 2, 85:

excusata necessitas praesentium,

id. ib. 1, 78:

excusata rei familiaris mediocritate,

Suet. Aug. 101:

excusatus languor faucium, propter quem non adesset,

id. Ner. 41 et saep.—

With an object-clause:

si prehensi sumus, excusemus, ebrios Nos fecisse, etc.,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 19 (but in id. Merc. 2, 3, 126, the correct reading is incusato, v. Ritschl ad h. l.): excusanti, minus datum ad occultandam facinoris invidiam, Suet. Ner. 33; id. Aug. 69.—

Aliquem ab aliqua re, aliqua re, or alicui rei, to excuse, absolve one from any thing; to discharge, dispense with one (postAug.):

a coepta (tutela) excusari,

Dig. 27, 1, 11:

collegarum filiorum tutela excusari,

ib. 9; cf. Ambros. in Psa. 1, § 46:

cui excusari mallet,

Tac. A. 1. 12; Vulg. Luc. 14, 19. But (class.):

se de aliqua re: legati venerunt, qui se de superioris temporis consilio excusarent, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1.—

Se ab aliqua re, to shelter, protect one's self from any thing (post-class.):

ut invicom se a calore excusent (plantae),

Pall. Nov. 7, 2. —Hence,

Aliquid aliqua re, to compensate, atone for any thing (post-Aug. and rare):

nefas armis,

Claud. de Bell. Get. 562; Stat. Th. 6, 44; Plin. Pan. 32, 4.—Hence, excūsātus, a, um, P. a., excused (postAug. and rare):

hoc et ego excusatior, si forte sum lapsus, et tu dignior laude,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 11; 4, 5, 4:

excusatissimus essem, etiamsi, etc.,

Sen. Const. Sap. 29.— Adv.: excūsātē, without blame, excusably:

fieri id videtur excusate,

Quint. 2, 1, 13.— Comp.:

quod exoratus excusatius facies,

Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3; Tac. A. 3, 68; Just. 32, 2.

ex-cūso ( excuss-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [causa; cf. accuso, from ad-causa; qs. to release from a charge, to free from blame; hence], to excuse a person or thing.

Lit.

With a personal object, aliquem alicui:

Atticae meae velim me ita excuses, ut omnem culpam in te transferas,

Cic. Att. 15, 28; cf.:

aliquem alicui per litteras,

id. Fam. 11, 15, 1; and:

his omnibus me vehementer excusatum volo,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 40, § 103.—With quod:

Titium excusavit Vespa Terentius, quod eum brachium fregisse diceret,

id. de Or. 2, 62, 253:

Libo excusat Bibulum, quod is, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 16, 3:

primum me tibi excuso in eo ipso, in quo te accuso,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1:

se de aliqua re,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1:

de me excusando apud Apuleium, dederam ad te litteras,

Cic. Att. 12, 14, 1:

se alicui,

Plaut. As. 4, 2, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 75 et saep.—In pass.:

cura, ut excuser morbi causa in dies singulos,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2: si citatus judex non responderit excuseturque Areopagites esse, etc., excuses himself as being, etc., id. Phil. 5, 5, 14:

dixi, cur excusatus abirem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7:

apud Appuleium in dies ut excuser videbis,

Cic. Att. 12, 15, 1:

me excusatum esse apud Appuleium a Laterense,

id. ib. 12, 17, 1.—

With inanim. or abstr. objects, to excuse, apologize for:

Varroni memineris excusare tarditatem litterarum mearum,

Cic. Att. 15, 26 fin.:

habitum permutatum,

Quint. 3, 7, 6:

palliolum, fascias, etc. (sola valetudo),

id. 11, 3, 144:

commentarios,

id. 10, 7, 31:

missos ignes,

Ov. M. 2, 397;

dolorem,

id. ib. 4, 256:

toros,

Stat. Th. 2, 256:

reditum Agrippinae ob imminentem partum et hiemem,

her not returning, Tac. A. 1, 44.

Transf.

Aliquid (alicui), i. q. se propter aliquid, to allege in excuse, to plead as an excuse, to excuse one's self with.

With acc.:

propinquitatem excusavit,

Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 1:

morbum,

id. ib. 9, 4, 8:

inopiam (with calamitatem queri),

Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3:

valetudinem,

Liv. 6, 22 fin.:

imbecillitatem,

Suet. Tib. 6:

vires,

Ov. M. 14, 462:

diversa,

Tac. A. 3, 11 et saep.:

ille Philippo Excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla, Quod non mane domum venisset, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67:

dictatorem se apud patres excusare solitum,

Liv. 6, 39, 4:

aliquid apud aliquem,

Curt. 5, 10, 8; Suet. Tib. 68.— Pass.:

quae apud Vitellium excusanda erant,

Tac. H. 2, 85:

excusata necessitas praesentium,

id. ib. 1, 78:

excusata rei familiaris mediocritate,

Suet. Aug. 101:

excusatus languor faucium, propter quem non adesset,

id. Ner. 41 et saep.—

With an object-clause:

si prehensi sumus, excusemus, ebrios Nos fecisse, etc.,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 19 (but in id. Merc. 2, 3, 126, the correct reading is incusato, v. Ritschl ad h. l.): excusanti, minus datum ad occultandam facinoris invidiam, Suet. Ner. 33; id. Aug. 69.—

Aliquem ab aliqua re, aliqua re, or alicui rei, to excuse, absolve one from any thing; to discharge, dispense with one (postAug.):

a coepta (tutela) excusari,

Dig. 27, 1, 11:

collegarum filiorum tutela excusari,

ib. 9; cf. Ambros. in Psa. 1, § 46:

cui excusari mallet,

Tac. A. 1. 12; Vulg. Luc. 14, 19. But (class.):

se de aliqua re: legati venerunt, qui se de superioris temporis consilio excusarent, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1.—

Se ab aliqua re, to shelter, protect one's self from any thing (post-class.):

ut invicom se a calore excusent (plantae),

Pall. Nov. 7, 2. —Hence,

Aliquid aliqua re, to compensate, atone for any thing (post-Aug. and rare):

nefas armis,

Claud. de Bell. Get. 562; Stat. Th. 6, 44; Plin. Pan. 32, 4.—Hence, excūsātus, a, um, P. a., excused (postAug. and rare):

hoc et ego excusatior, si forte sum lapsus, et tu dignior laude,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 11; 4, 5, 4:

excusatissimus essem, etiamsi, etc.,

Sen. Const. Sap. 29.— Adv.: excūsātē, without blame, excusably:

fieri id videtur excusate,

Quint. 2, 1, 13.— Comp.:

quod exoratus excusatius facies,

Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3; Tac. A. 3, 68; Just. 32, 2.

pĕr-ōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to speak from beginning to end, to plead or argue throughout, to harangue at length (class.).

Prop.: QVOM PERORANT AMBO PRAESENTES, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10:

contra tales oratores tantam causam perorare,

Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

a Quinto Hortensio causa est P. Sestii perorata,

id. Sest. 2, 3:

et breviter peroratum esse potuit, nihil me commisisse,

Liv. 34, 31:

jus perorandi,

Tac. A. 2, 30; 3, 17:

tribus horis,

Cic. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. Clu. 51, 145:

in Proculas,

Juv. 2, 67.—

In partic., to bring a speech to a close, to wind up, conclude, finish:

strepitu senatūs coactus est, aliquando perorare,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4:

alii jubent antequam peroretur digredi,

id. de Or. 2, 19, 80:

dicta est a me causa et perorata,

id. Cael. 29, 70; id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; id. Leg. 2, 27, 69:

brevi,

id. Inv. 1, 48, 90:

peroratā narratione,

Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17:

quoniam satis multa dixi, est mihi perorandum,

id. Ac. 2, 48, 147:

de ceteris perorare,

Nep. Epam. 6, 3.—

In gen., to bring to an end; to conclude, finish a thing:

res illo die non peroratur, dimittitur judicium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 70:

de quā cum dixero totum hoc crimen decumanum perorabo,

id. ib. 2, 3, 66, § 154; id. Att. 5, 10, 2.—

To persuade:

vultus adest precibus faciesque incesta perorat,

Luc. 10, 105.—

(Acc. to oro, II. B.) To pray, to bring a prayer to an end:

et hic quidem ita peroravit,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 24.

rĕ-cūso, āvi, ātum, 1 ( gen. plur. of the part. pres. recusantūm, Verg. A. 7, 16), v. a. [causa].

In gen., to make an objection against, in statement or reply; to decline, reject, refuse, be reluctant or unwilling to do a thing, etc. (freq. and class.; cf.: abnuo, renuo, denego); constr. with acc., an inf., an object-clause, with de, ne, quin, quominus, or absol.

With acc.: uxorem, * Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 16; Hor. S. 1, 4, 50:

me judicem,

Tac. Or. 5 al.; cf.:

populum Romanum disceptatorem,

Cic. Fl. 38, 97:

populi Romani amicitiam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

nec quae pepigere recusent,

Verg. A. 12, 12:

nullum periculum communis salutis causā,

Caes. B. G. 7, 2; so,

nullum periculum,

id. ib. 7, 19; id. B. C. 3, 26:

laborem,

id. ib. 1, 68 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 26; 12, 11, 10:

nihil nisi hiberna,

Caes. B. G. 5, 41:

legumina,

id. B. C. 3, 47 fin.:

servitutem,

Sall. J. 31, 20:

vincla (leones),

Verg. A. 7, 16:

jussa,

id. ib. 5, 749 et saep.:

nihil tibi a me postulanti recusabo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 29, 128; so,

psalteria virginibus probis,

Quint. 1, 10, 31:

nihil de poenā,

Cic. Planc. 1, 3; cf.:

de stipendio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

qui quod ab altero postularent, in se recusarent,

id. B. C. 1, 32, 5:

Ptolemaeus recusabat regem Aridaeum,

rejected, Just. 13, 2, 11. —

Of things: terra numquam recusat imperium,

Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

genua impediunt cursumque recusant,

Verg. A. 12, 747:

rapax ignis non umquam alimenta recusat,

Ov. M. 8, 837:

(falsae gemmae) recusant limae probationem,

Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 200 et saep. —

With inf. (in class. prose, only in negative sentences or questions implying a negative):

mori recusare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 22; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6; 10, 17, 2; Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 25; Liv. 22, 60, 17:

hoc facere,

id. 5, 53, 9:

ad minora se demittere, Quint. prooem. § 5: prodere voce suā quemquam aut opponere morti,

Verg. A. 2, 126:

praeceptis parere,

id. ib. 2, 607:

quicquam tentare,

id. ib. 11, 437:

tibi comes ire,

id. ib. 2. 704:

facere ipse,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 208; Plin. [p. 1538] Pan. 5; Curt. 6, 11, 36; Just. 14, 1, 6.—

Of things: pedes vitiosum ferre recusant Corpus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 108; so id. Ep. 2, 1, 259; id. A. P. 39.—

With object-clause:

non rem (medicam) antiqui damnabant, sed artem. Maxime vero quaestum esse manipretio vitae recusabant,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 16:

Velinum lacum obstrui recusantes,

refusing to permit, Tac. A. 1, 79; cf. infra, II.—

With de:

de judiciis transferendis recusare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6.—

With ne:

Servilius et recusare et deprecari, ne iniquis judicibus... judicium capitis in se constitueretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

sententiam ne diceret, recusavit,

id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

reliqui... ne unus omnes antecederet, recusarent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82 fin. —

With quin:

si absim, haud recusem, quin mihi male sit,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 8:

non possumus, quin alii a nobis dissentiant, recusare,

Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 7:

non recuso quin, etc.,

id. Fam. 6, 18, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8; Caes. B. C. 3, 45 fin.:

neque recusare... quin armis contendant,

id. B. G. 4, 7; Liv. 8, 7, 19.—

With quominus:

nec recusabo, quominus omnes mea legant,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 31:

... quominus perpetuo sub illorum dicione essent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

neque recusavit quo minus poenam subiret,

Nep. Epam. 8, 2.—

Absol.:

non recuso, non abnuo, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 36, 100:

recusandi aut deprecandi causā legatos mittere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6; Verg. E. 3, 29 et saep. —

In partic.

To refute, disprove:

nativitatis mendacium,

Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 11.—

In jurid. lang., to protest against a complaint; to object, take exception, plead in defence:

causa omnis, in quā pars altera agentis est, altera recusantis,

Quint. 3, 10, 1:

numquid recusas contra me?

Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18:

tu me ad verbum vocas: non ante venio, quam recusaro... Quoniam satis recusavi, veniam jam quo vocas,

Cic. Caecin. 28, 8 sq.:

cum reus recusare vellet, sub usuris creditam esse pecuniam, etc.,

Dig. 17, 1, 48; cf. recusatio, II. B.

vincŭlum, or (also in class. prose), contr., vinclum, i, n. [id.], that with which any thing is bound, a band, bond, rope, cord, fetter, tie (cf.: catena, manica, compes).

Lit.:

corpora constricta vinculis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

nodos et vincula rupit,

Verg. A. 5, 510:

hic fessas non vincula naves Ulla tenent,

id. ib. 1, 168:

Chio solvite vincla cado,

Tib. 2, 1, 28:

tunicarum vincla relaxat,

Ov. F. 2, 321:

quamvis Charta sit a vinclis non labefacta suis,

i. e. the seal, id. P. 3, 7, 6:

chartae sua vincula dempsi,

id. Tr. 4, 7, 7:

epistolae laxare,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1:

pennarum vincula,

Ov. M. 8, 226:

et Tyrrhena pedum circumdat vincula plantis,

Verg. A. 8, 458;

so of sandals,

Tib. 1, 5, 66; Ov. F. 1, 410; 2, 324; 3, 823.—

Esp. in the plur., of the fetters of prisoners, and hence sometimes to be rendered prison; and vincula publica, the state-prison:

mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque mandare,

id. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

de convivio in vincla atque in tenebras abripi,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24: in vincula conjectus, Caes. B. G, 3, 9;

4, 27: in vincula duci,

Liv. 3, 13, 4; 3, 49, 2; 3, 56, 4; 3, 57, 5; 5, 9, 4; 9, 34, 24; 38, 56, 9; Vell. 2, 7, 2 al.:

in vinculis et catenis,

Liv. 6, 16, 2;

ex vinculis causam dicere,

i. e. to plead in chains, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

publica,

Nep. Milt. 7, 6; id. Paus. 2, 2; id. Cim. 1, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3; 5, 26, 1.—

Trop., a bond, fetter, tie, band:

qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

vinculum ad astringendam fidem,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111; cf.:

victum ingens vinculum fidei,

Liv. 8, 28, 8:

vincula revellit non modo judiciorum, sed etiam utilitatis vitaeque communis,

Cic. Caecin. 25, 70:

vinculum ingens immodicae cupiditatis injectum est,

Liv. 10, 13, 14: quae (beneficium et gratia) sunt vincula concordiae, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117:

vinculis et propinquitatis et affinitatis conjunctus,

id. Planc. 11, 27:

vincla summae conjunctionis,

id. Att. 6, 2, 1:

accedit maximum vinculum, quod ita rem publicam geris, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 11, 2:

quod vinclum, quaeso, deest nostrae conjunctioni,

id. ib. 5, 15, 2:

ne cui me vinclo vellem jugali,

Verg. A. 4, 16; cf. Ov. M. 9, 549:

excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67.

vincŭlum, or (also in class. prose), contr., vinclum, i, n. [id.], that with which any thing is bound, a band, bond, rope, cord, fetter, tie (cf.: catena, manica, compes).

Lit.:

corpora constricta vinculis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

nodos et vincula rupit,

Verg. A. 5, 510:

hic fessas non vincula naves Ulla tenent,

id. ib. 1, 168:

Chio solvite vincla cado,

Tib. 2, 1, 28:

tunicarum vincla relaxat,

Ov. F. 2, 321:

quamvis Charta sit a vinclis non labefacta suis,

i. e. the seal, id. P. 3, 7, 6:

chartae sua vincula dempsi,

id. Tr. 4, 7, 7:

epistolae laxare,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1:

pennarum vincula,

Ov. M. 8, 226:

et Tyrrhena pedum circumdat vincula plantis,

Verg. A. 8, 458;

so of sandals,

Tib. 1, 5, 66; Ov. F. 1, 410; 2, 324; 3, 823.—

Esp. in the plur., of the fetters of prisoners, and hence sometimes to be rendered prison; and vincula publica, the state-prison:

mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque mandare,

id. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

de convivio in vincla atque in tenebras abripi,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24: in vincula conjectus, Caes. B. G, 3, 9;

4, 27: in vincula duci,

Liv. 3, 13, 4; 3, 49, 2; 3, 56, 4; 3, 57, 5; 5, 9, 4; 9, 34, 24; 38, 56, 9; Vell. 2, 7, 2 al.:

in vinculis et catenis,

Liv. 6, 16, 2;

ex vinculis causam dicere,

i. e. to plead in chains, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

publica,

Nep. Milt. 7, 6; id. Paus. 2, 2; id. Cim. 1, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3; 5, 26, 1.—

Trop., a bond, fetter, tie, band:

qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt,

Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

vinculum ad astringendam fidem,

id. Off. 3, 31, 111; cf.:

victum ingens vinculum fidei,

Liv. 8, 28, 8:

vincula revellit non modo judiciorum, sed etiam utilitatis vitaeque communis,

Cic. Caecin. 25, 70:

vinculum ingens immodicae cupiditatis injectum est,

Liv. 10, 13, 14: quae (beneficium et gratia) sunt vincula concordiae, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117:

vinculis et propinquitatis et affinitatis conjunctus,

id. Planc. 11, 27:

vincla summae conjunctionis,

id. Att. 6, 2, 1:

accedit maximum vinculum, quod ita rem publicam geris, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 11, 2:

quod vinclum, quaeso, deest nostrae conjunctioni,

id. ib. 5, 15, 2:

ne cui me vinclo vellem jugali,

Verg. A. 4, 16; cf. Ov. M. 9, 549:

excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67.