pollĭce ceram O

1) тащить, влечь ( aliquem comis O); тянуть, привлекать ( aliquem in judiciis C)

2) ощупывать, осязать, касаться, трогать (aliquid manu Pl etc.)

3) обрабатывать ( lanam Just)

4) мять, разминать ( pollĭce ceram O)

5) приготовлять (dapes H; venēna C, H)

6) руководить, заведовать, управлять ( pecuniam publicam C)

7) обращаться, поступать

8) исследовать, изучать, обсуждать, разбирать (definitionem alicujus rei C; quaestionem PM; proeliorum vias T); трактовать ( res tragicas comĭce C)

9) вести переговоры, договариваться, обсуждать ( condiciones Cs или de condicionibus Nep)

1) размягчать, разминать, ( ceram pollĭce O); размачивать ( Cererem in vino O); растоплять, плавить ( ferrum H); разваривать ( herbas flammā O); взрыхлять ( agros C); мягко устилать ( humum foliis O)

2) прясть ( lanam trahendo O)

3) облагораживать, улучшать ( fructūs feros colendo V); облегчать ( opus O); смягчать, облегчать ( poenam O); укрощать ( feroces animos Sl); изнеживать, расслаблять ( aliquem animos C); успокаивать, умерять, унимать (iras L; tristitiam mero H); умерять ( hiemes aestatesque Sen); ослаблять крутизну, делать более отлогим ( clivum Cs)

4) мед. расслаблять, очищать (ventrem CC; alvum PM)

5) делать тоньше или нежнее (vocem C, Q)

6) кастрировать (ferro mollita juventus Lcn)

7) делать привычнее или приятнее (m. verba usu C)

mollio, īvī u. iī, ītum, īre (mollis), beweglich-, biegsam-, geschmeidig-, gelenk machen, weich machen, erweichen, I) eig.: A) übh.: lanam trahendo u. bl. lanam, v. Spinnen, Ov. – artus oleo, Liv., aquis, Ov. – cubilia, Quint.: humum foliis, Ov. – ferrum Hor.: ceram pollice, Ov.: cibum vapore, Lucr.: herbas flammā, weich kochen, Ov.: Cererem (Brot) in vino, Ov. – frigoribus durescit umor et idem mollitur tepefactus, Cic. – B) den Boden erweichen, auflockern, glaebas, Ov.: Nilus recedens agros mollitos oblimatosque ad serendum relinquit, Cic.: mollitum ac subactum terrae gremium, Cic. – C) als mediz. t. t., erweichen (Ggstz. durare), frictione, si vehemens sit, durari corpus, si lenis, molliri, Cels.: bes. v. Heilmitteln, duritias corporum, collectiones, Plin.: ventrem, alvum, erweichend, eröffnend auf den Leib wirken, Cels. u. Plin.: u. so absol., molliunt aes combustum, terra Eretria etc., Cels. – II) übtr., 1) in phys. Hinsicht: a) eine Anhöhe weniger steil machen, sanft ansteigen lassen, clivum anfractibus modicis, Caes.: ad molliendum clivum, Caes. – b) die Schärfe-, Rauheit benehmen, mildern, fructus feros colendo, Verg.: ventos, Plin.: gallinaceorum discoctorum ius acria mollit, Plin.: vitia locorum quaesitis arte remediis mollirentur, Iustin. – 2) in gemütlicher, geistiger u. moralischer Hinsicht, a) weich machen, lacrimae

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meorum me interdum molliunt, Cic. ad Att. 10, 9, 2: paululum adversus praesentem formitudinem mollitus, Tac. ann. 15, 63. – b) weichlich machen, verweichlichen, poëtae molliunt animos nostros, Cic.: aetas iam devexa ad otium domesticarum me rerum delectatione mollivit, Cic.: feroces militum animos (v. einer Gegend), Sall.: legionem, Cic.: vocem, weibisch machen, Cic. fr. u. Quint. – poet., ferro mollita iuventus atque exsecta virum, v. Verschnittenen, Kastraten, Lucan. – c) erträglicher machen, mildern, verba usu, Cic.: translationem (Übertragung), Cic. – imperium, Liv.: ritus, Plin.: dissensiones, Vell.: frumenti et tributorum exactionem aequalitate munerum mollire, Tac.: mores, Mela. -poenam, opus, Ov. – lectio non cruda, sed multā iteratione mollita et velut confecta, Quint. – d) besänftigen, bändigen, zähmen, Hannibalem exsultantem patientiā suā molliebat, Cic.: sedare motus et animos eorum m., Sall.: iras, Liv.: impetum, Liv. – ⇒ Synk. Imperf. mollibat, Acc. tr. 630. Ov. met. 6, 21 u. 8, 199. Apul. met. 10, 13. – Parag. Infin. mollirier, Ter. Phorm. 632.

tracto, āvī, ātum, āre (Frequ. von traho), I) schleppen, herumschleppen, -zerren, -ziehen (s. Lorenz Plaut. mil. 489), qui te sic tractavere, Enn. fr.: hospita tractata et ludificata, Plaut.: tractata comis antistita, Ov.: malis morsuque tractari ferarum, Lucr.: eiusmodi persona, quae propter otium ac studium minime in iudiciis periculisque tractata est, Cic. Arch. 3. – II) betasten, berühren, 1) eig.: a) übh.: manu od. manibus alqd, Plaut., Cic. fr.: vulnera, Cic.: fila lyrae, schlagen, spielen, Ov. – b) behandeln, mit etw. sich beschäftigen, umgehen, etw. in die Hand nehmen, bearbeiten, handhaben, regieren, Plaut., Hor. u. Colum.: res igni, Lucr.: ceram pollice, Ov.: ferrum, Iustin.: gubernacula, Cic.: terram, Lucr.: agrum, Colum.: arma, mit Waffen umgehen, sie tragen, Cic. u.a.: tela, Liv.: pecuniam publicam, besorgen, Cic.: bibliothecam, unter den Händen haben, Cic.: ignarus sua se tractare pericla, daß er mit seinen eigenen G. spiele (tändele), Ov. – 2) übtr.: a) im allg., α) betreiben, behandeln, handhaben, leiten, führen, verwalten, artem, Ter.: suam rem minus caute et cogitate, Plaut.: causas amicorum tractare atque agere, führen u. verhandeln, Cic. (u. so numquam tractasse causam difficiliorem, Cic.): bellum, Liv.: tr. condiciones, verhandeln über usw., Caes.: u. so condiciones pacis, Liv.: orationem, Cic.: animos, Cic.: alcis personam in

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scaena praeclare, spielen, vom Schauspieler, Cic.: partes secundas, spielen, Hor.: Atreum, behandeln, handelnd einführen (v. Dichter), Cic.: rem publicam, Sall.: regnum, Tac.: aerarium, Tac.: pauca admodum vi tractata, nur in seltenen Fällen habe man Gewalt angewandt, Tac. ann. 1, 9: vitam hominum, entwickeln, Cic. de rep. 2, 20: vitam honeste, zubringen, Cornif. rhet. 4, 33 (wo Kayser unnötig transactam emendiert hat): vitam more ferarum, Lucr. 5, 929: verba vetera, gebrauchen, Quint. 11, 1, 6. – β) intr., verhandeln, unterhandeln, Unterhandlung pflegen, de condicionibus, Nep.: cum alqo de negotiis ad frequentem senatum referendis, Suet. – b) insbes.: α) jmd. behandeln, sich gegen ihn betragen, aspere, Cic.: honorificentius, Cic.: honorificentissime, Cic. ep.: se benignius, sich gütlich tun, Hor. Vgl. Ruhnken Ter. heaut. 2, 3, 125. – β) se, sich benehmen, ita se tractare (sich so benehmen, eine solche Haltung beobachten), ut etc., Cic. Cat. 3, 29; ep. 13, 12, 1. – γ) behandeln, vornehmen, in die Hand nehmen, untersuchen, überdenken, überlegen, definitionem, Cic.: tractatos locos, Cic. – m. folg. an, anxiā deliberatione tractatur, an peregrinum invitari conveniet, Amm. 14, 6, 14. – δ) behandeln, abhandeln, besprechen, erörtern, res tragicas comice, Cic.: haec copiose, Quint.: partem philosophiae, Cic.: de alqa re, von etwas handeln, Quint. – mit folg. indir. Frage-

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satz, cum tractaret (er sich darüber ausließ), quinam adipisci principem locum suffecturi abnuerent aut impares vellent, Tac. ann. 1, 13. – prägn. = die Bibel auslegen, Prud. perist. 13, 101.

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fingo, finxi, fictum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. dih-, dēhmi, smear; Gr. thig, thinganô, touch; whence figulus, figura, etc.; prop., to handle].

Lit.

To touch, handle, stroke, touch gently (rare):

mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere lingua,

Verg. A. 8, 634:

saepe manus aegras manibus fingebat amicis,

Ov. F. 5, 409.—

Esp., to form, shape, fashion, frame, make (class.), whence also figulus:

esse aliquam vim, quae finxerit, vel, ut tuo verbo utar, quae fabricata sit hominem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87; cf.:

ab aliquo deo ficti esse videantur,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

fingere et construere nidos,

build, id. ib. 2, 6, 23:

favos,

id. Off. 1, 44, 157:

ut illa bestia fetum ederet informem, lambendo postgea fingeret, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 3.—

In partic.

Of the plastic art, to form or fashion by art (in wax, clay, stone, etc.), to mould or model, as a statuary:

quorum alterum fingere opinor e cera solitum esse, alterum esse pictorem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30; cf.:

in ceris aut fictilibus figuris,

id. N. D. 1, 26, 71:

similitudines ex argilla,

Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151; cf.

, sarcastically: hic homullus, ex argilla et luto fictus Epicurus,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

pocula de humo,

Ov. Tr. 2, 489:

Alexander ab Apelle potissimum pingi et a Lysippo fingi volebat... qui neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf.:

fingendi ars,

of making statues, statuary, id. de Or. 3, 7, 26:

corpora fingendo pingendove efficere,

Quint. 5, 12, 21.—

With the access. notion of arranging, adorning, etc., to set to rights, arrange; to adorn, dress, trim ( poet. syn.:

componere, excolere, ornare): Bene cum lauta est (mulier), tersa, ornata, ficta est: infecta est tamen,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4:

cum se non finxerit ulli,

Ov. R. Am. 341:

isti ficti, compositi, crispi cincinni,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

canas fingere comas,

Tib. 1, 2, 92:

comas presso pollice,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 306; Mart. 6, 57; cf.:

comas auro,

Stat. Th. 5, 228:

crinem,

Verg. A. 4, 148; cf. also Phaedr. 2, 2, 9:

vitem putando,

Verg. G. 2, 407 Forbig.—

With the access. notion of untruth, to alter, change, for the purpose of dissembling:

hi neque vultum fingere, neque interdum lacrimas tenere poterant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

vultus quoque hominum fingit scelus,

i. e. makes men change countenance, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14.

Trop.

In gen., to form, fashion, make: Ly. multa eveniunt homini quae [p. 751] volt, quae nevolt. Ph. Mentire, gnate, nam sapiens quidem pol ipsus fingit fortunam sibi, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 84; cf.

the vv. foll.: natura fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219:

animos fingere, formare,

id. Brut. 38, 142: cf.:

moderari et fingere mentem ac voluntates,

id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:

ea quae nobis non possumus fingere, vultus, facies, sonus,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: formam totius rei publicae velim mittas, ex qua me fingere possim, regulate myself, i. e. proceed, act, id. Att. 6, 3, 4; cf.:

ad eorum (qui audiunt) arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et accommodant,

id. Or. 8, 24:

ea (verba) nos sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.

also: arbitrio fingere,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54; cf.:

vitam subito flecti fingique posse,

shaped, directed, Cic. Sull. 28, 79; cf. id. ib. 25, 69:

jure erat semper idem voltus, cum mentis, a qua is fingitur, nulla fieret mutatio,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

circumspexit amictus et finxit vultum,

composed, Ov. M. 4, 318:

lingua vocem immoderate profusam fingit et terminat,

forms, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

Peripateticorum institutis commodius fingeretur oratio,

id. Brut. 31, 119: ego apis Matinae more modoque operosa parvus carmina fingo (like the Gr. plattô), make, compose, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32:

carmina,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331; 240:

versus,

id. ib. 382:

poëmata,

Suet. Tit. 3:

opprobria in quemvis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30.—

In partic.

With a double predicate, to form, make into something or in a certain manner:

finxit te ipsa natura ad honestatem, gravitatem... ad omnes denique virtutes magnum hominem et excelsum,

Cic. Mur. 29, 60:

nec, si miserum fortuna Sinonem Finxit, vanum etiam mendacemque improba finget,

Verg. A. 2, 79:

(illum) spissae nemorum comae Fingent Aeolio carmine nobilem,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 12:

di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli Finxerunt animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 18: timui, mea me finxisse minora putarer Dissimulator opis propriae, to have lessened, i. e. purposely disparaged it, id. Ep. 1, 9, 8.—

To form by instruction, to instruct, teach, train:

idem mire finxit filium,

i. e. caused him to play his part, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 25; cf.:

voce paterna Fingeris ad rectum,

Hor. A. P. 367:

fingitur artibus,

id. C. 3, 6, 22:

fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister Ire viam, qua monstret eques,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 64.—

To form mentally or in speech, to represent in thought, to imagine, conceive, think, suppose; to sketch out:

fingite animis... fingite cogitatione imaginem hujus condicionis meae, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 29, 79; cf.:

omnia quae cogitatione nobismet ipsi possumus fingere,

id. N. D. 3, 18, 47:

fingere animo,

id. de Sen. 12, 41: cf.

also: animo et cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

ex sua natura ceteros,

to conceive of, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

quid magis exercitum dici aut fingi potest?

id. Mil. 2, 5:

maleficium,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

tu, stulta, deos, tu fingis inania vera,

Prop. 3, 20 (4, 19), 5:

qui utilitatum causa fingunt amicitias,

suppose, Cic. Lael. 14, 51:

principatum sibi ipse opinionis errore finxerat,

had imagined to himself, id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

in summo oratore fingendo,

in representing, sketching out, id. Or. 2, 7:

finge tamen te improbulum,

Juv. 5, 72.—

With double acc.:

quod si qui me astutiorem fingit,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

Tiresiam sapientem fingunt poetae... at vero Polyphemum Homerus immanem finxit,

id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115.—

With an object-clause, and in pass., with a subject-clause:

finge, aliquem nunc fierisapientem, nondum esse,

suppose, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117:

finge solum natum nothum,

Quint. 3, 6, 100.—Ellipt.: interfecti aliqui sunt;

finge a nobis,

assume, grant, Liv. 39, 37, 11:

fingamus Alexandrum dari nobis,

Quint. 1, 1, 24:

non omnia corpora fingunt in medium niti,

Lucr. 1, 1083; cf. id. 2, 175:

qui naufragus fingitur se suspendisse,

Quint. 8, 5, 22:

qui suos artus morsu lacerasset, fingitur in scholis supra se cubasse,

id. 8, 2, 20.—

Pregn., with the access. notion of creating by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent, feign something (esp. untrue):

argento comparando fingere fallaciam,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 2; 4:

fallacias,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 22:

fallaciam,

id. And. 1, 3, 15; cf.: nonne ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit? id. Heaut. 3, 2, 34:

fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 58:

falsas causas ad discordiam,

id. Hec. 4, 4, 71:

si mihi aliquam (rem publicam), ut apud Platonem Socrates, ipse finxero,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 11:

ex eventis fingere,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 4:

(crimina) in istum fingere,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 15:

ea quae sunt in usu vitaque communi, non ea, quae finguntur aut optantur,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

in faciem moresque meos nova crimina fingis,

Ov. H. 12, 177:

fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere Qui nequit,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 84:

quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere,

id. Ep. 1, 15, 30:

finguntur et testamenta,

Quint. 7, 4, 39:

nemo dolorem fingit in hoc casu,

Juv. 13, 132: qui sub obtentu monituum deorum scientes eos fingunt, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6. —With double acc.:

bonois se ac liberales,

Sen. Ben. 4, 17, 3.—With inf.:

ignorare fingit,

Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 306.—Hence, fic-tus, a, um, P. a., feigned, fictitious, false:

in amicitia nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 18, 65:

ficto officio et simulata sedultiate conjunctus,

id. Caecin. 5, 14:

in re ficta (opp. in vera),

id. Lael. 7, 24:

falsum est id totum neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. Rep. 2, 15:

commenticii et ficti dii,

id. N. D. 2, 28, 70:

fabula,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

in rebus fictis et adumbratis,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

amor,

Lucr. 4, 1192:

gemitus,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

cunctatio,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

ficto pectore fatur,

Verg. A. 2, 107.— Poet. and in post-Aug. prose also, of persons:

pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

dissembling, false, Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:

alii fictum (eum), ingratum, immemorem loquuntur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 3;

but: ficta pellice plorat,

imaginary, Juv. 6, 272.— Poet., subst.: fictum, i, n., deception, fiction:

ficti pravique tenax,

Verg. A. 4, 188:

jam consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti,

Ov. M. 9, 767.—Adverb.:

fictumque in colla minatus, Crura subit,

Stat. Th. 6, 876.— Adv.: ficte, feignedly, fictitiously:

ficte et simulate quaestus causa insusurrare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13:

ficte reconciliata gratia,

id. Fam. 3, 12, 4.

fingo, finxi, fictum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. dih-, dēhmi, smear; Gr. thig, thinganô, touch; whence figulus, figura, etc.; prop., to handle].

Lit.

To touch, handle, stroke, touch gently (rare):

mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere lingua,

Verg. A. 8, 634:

saepe manus aegras manibus fingebat amicis,

Ov. F. 5, 409.—

Esp., to form, shape, fashion, frame, make (class.), whence also figulus:

esse aliquam vim, quae finxerit, vel, ut tuo verbo utar, quae fabricata sit hominem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87; cf.:

ab aliquo deo ficti esse videantur,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

fingere et construere nidos,

build, id. ib. 2, 6, 23:

favos,

id. Off. 1, 44, 157:

ut illa bestia fetum ederet informem, lambendo postgea fingeret, etc.,

Gell. 17, 10, 3.—

In partic.

Of the plastic art, to form or fashion by art (in wax, clay, stone, etc.), to mould or model, as a statuary:

quorum alterum fingere opinor e cera solitum esse, alterum esse pictorem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30; cf.:

in ceris aut fictilibus figuris,

id. N. D. 1, 26, 71:

similitudines ex argilla,

Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151; cf.

, sarcastically: hic homullus, ex argilla et luto fictus Epicurus,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

pocula de humo,

Ov. Tr. 2, 489:

Alexander ab Apelle potissimum pingi et a Lysippo fingi volebat... qui neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf.:

fingendi ars,

of making statues, statuary, id. de Or. 3, 7, 26:

corpora fingendo pingendove efficere,

Quint. 5, 12, 21.—

With the access. notion of arranging, adorning, etc., to set to rights, arrange; to adorn, dress, trim ( poet. syn.:

componere, excolere, ornare): Bene cum lauta est (mulier), tersa, ornata, ficta est: infecta est tamen,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4:

cum se non finxerit ulli,

Ov. R. Am. 341:

isti ficti, compositi, crispi cincinni,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; cf.:

canas fingere comas,

Tib. 1, 2, 92:

comas presso pollice,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 306; Mart. 6, 57; cf.:

comas auro,

Stat. Th. 5, 228:

crinem,

Verg. A. 4, 148; cf. also Phaedr. 2, 2, 9:

vitem putando,

Verg. G. 2, 407 Forbig.—

With the access. notion of untruth, to alter, change, for the purpose of dissembling:

hi neque vultum fingere, neque interdum lacrimas tenere poterant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4; cf.:

vultus quoque hominum fingit scelus,

i. e. makes men change countenance, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14.

Trop.

In gen., to form, fashion, make: Ly. multa eveniunt homini quae [p. 751] volt, quae nevolt. Ph. Mentire, gnate, nam sapiens quidem pol ipsus fingit fortunam sibi, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 84; cf.

the vv. foll.: natura fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219:

animos fingere, formare,

id. Brut. 38, 142: cf.:

moderari et fingere mentem ac voluntates,

id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:

ea quae nobis non possumus fingere, vultus, facies, sonus,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: formam totius rei publicae velim mittas, ex qua me fingere possim, regulate myself, i. e. proceed, act, id. Att. 6, 3, 4; cf.:

ad eorum (qui audiunt) arbitrium et nutum totos se fingunt et accommodant,

id. Or. 8, 24:

ea (verba) nos sicut mollissimam ceram ad nostrum arbitrium formamus et fingimus,

id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.

also: arbitrio fingere,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54; cf.:

vitam subito flecti fingique posse,

shaped, directed, Cic. Sull. 28, 79; cf. id. ib. 25, 69:

jure erat semper idem voltus, cum mentis, a qua is fingitur, nulla fieret mutatio,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

circumspexit amictus et finxit vultum,

composed, Ov. M. 4, 318:

lingua vocem immoderate profusam fingit et terminat,

forms, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

Peripateticorum institutis commodius fingeretur oratio,

id. Brut. 31, 119: ego apis Matinae more modoque operosa parvus carmina fingo (like the Gr. plattô), make, compose, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32:

carmina,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331; 240:

versus,

id. ib. 382:

poëmata,

Suet. Tit. 3:

opprobria in quemvis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 30.—

In partic.

With a double predicate, to form, make into something or in a certain manner:

finxit te ipsa natura ad honestatem, gravitatem... ad omnes denique virtutes magnum hominem et excelsum,

Cic. Mur. 29, 60:

nec, si miserum fortuna Sinonem Finxit, vanum etiam mendacemque improba finget,

Verg. A. 2, 79:

(illum) spissae nemorum comae Fingent Aeolio carmine nobilem,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 12:

di bene fecerunt, inopis me quodque pusilli Finxerunt animi,

id. S. 1, 4, 18: timui, mea me finxisse minora putarer Dissimulator opis propriae, to have lessened, i. e. purposely disparaged it, id. Ep. 1, 9, 8.—

To form by instruction, to instruct, teach, train:

idem mire finxit filium,

i. e. caused him to play his part, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 25; cf.:

voce paterna Fingeris ad rectum,

Hor. A. P. 367:

fingitur artibus,

id. C. 3, 6, 22:

fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister Ire viam, qua monstret eques,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 64.—

To form mentally or in speech, to represent in thought, to imagine, conceive, think, suppose; to sketch out:

fingite animis... fingite cogitatione imaginem hujus condicionis meae, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 29, 79; cf.:

omnia quae cogitatione nobismet ipsi possumus fingere,

id. N. D. 3, 18, 47:

fingere animo,

id. de Sen. 12, 41: cf.

also: animo et cogitatione,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68:

ex sua natura ceteros,

to conceive of, id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

quid magis exercitum dici aut fingi potest?

id. Mil. 2, 5:

maleficium,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

tu, stulta, deos, tu fingis inania vera,

Prop. 3, 20 (4, 19), 5:

qui utilitatum causa fingunt amicitias,

suppose, Cic. Lael. 14, 51:

principatum sibi ipse opinionis errore finxerat,

had imagined to himself, id. Off. 1, 8, 26:

in summo oratore fingendo,

in representing, sketching out, id. Or. 2, 7:

finge tamen te improbulum,

Juv. 5, 72.—

With double acc.:

quod si qui me astutiorem fingit,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

Tiresiam sapientem fingunt poetae... at vero Polyphemum Homerus immanem finxit,

id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115.—

With an object-clause, and in pass., with a subject-clause:

finge, aliquem nunc fierisapientem, nondum esse,

suppose, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117:

finge solum natum nothum,

Quint. 3, 6, 100.—Ellipt.: interfecti aliqui sunt;

finge a nobis,

assume, grant, Liv. 39, 37, 11:

fingamus Alexandrum dari nobis,

Quint. 1, 1, 24:

non omnia corpora fingunt in medium niti,

Lucr. 1, 1083; cf. id. 2, 175:

qui naufragus fingitur se suspendisse,

Quint. 8, 5, 22:

qui suos artus morsu lacerasset, fingitur in scholis supra se cubasse,

id. 8, 2, 20.—

Pregn., with the access. notion of creating by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent, feign something (esp. untrue):

argento comparando fingere fallaciam,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 2; 4:

fallacias,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 22:

fallaciam,

id. And. 1, 3, 15; cf.: nonne ad senem aliquam fabricam fingit? id. Heaut. 3, 2, 34:

fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 58:

falsas causas ad discordiam,

id. Hec. 4, 4, 71:

si mihi aliquam (rem publicam), ut apud Platonem Socrates, ipse finxero,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 11:

ex eventis fingere,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 4:

(crimina) in istum fingere,

id. Verr. 1, 5, 15:

ea quae sunt in usu vitaque communi, non ea, quae finguntur aut optantur,

id. Lael. 5, 18:

in faciem moresque meos nova crimina fingis,

Ov. H. 12, 177:

fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere Qui nequit,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 84:

quaelibet in quemvis opprobria fingere,

id. Ep. 1, 15, 30:

finguntur et testamenta,

Quint. 7, 4, 39:

nemo dolorem fingit in hoc casu,

Juv. 13, 132: qui sub obtentu monituum deorum scientes eos fingunt, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6. —With double acc.:

bonois se ac liberales,

Sen. Ben. 4, 17, 3.—With inf.:

ignorare fingit,

Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 306.—Hence, fic-tus, a, um, P. a., feigned, fictitious, false:

in amicitia nihil fictum est, nihil simulatum,

Cic. Lael. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 18, 65:

ficto officio et simulata sedultiate conjunctus,

id. Caecin. 5, 14:

in re ficta (opp. in vera),

id. Lael. 7, 24:

falsum est id totum neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

id. Rep. 2, 15:

commenticii et ficti dii,

id. N. D. 2, 28, 70:

fabula,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

in rebus fictis et adumbratis,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

amor,

Lucr. 4, 1192:

gemitus,

Ov. M. 6, 565:

cunctatio,

Tac. A. 1, 46:

ficto pectore fatur,

Verg. A. 2, 107.— Poet. and in post-Aug. prose also, of persons:

pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

dissembling, false, Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:

alii fictum (eum), ingratum, immemorem loquuntur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 3;

but: ficta pellice plorat,

imaginary, Juv. 6, 272.— Poet., subst.: fictum, i, n., deception, fiction:

ficti pravique tenax,

Verg. A. 4, 188:

jam consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti,

Ov. M. 9, 767.—Adverb.:

fictumque in colla minatus, Crura subit,

Stat. Th. 6, 876.— Adv.: ficte, feignedly, fictitiously:

ficte et simulate quaestus causa insusurrare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 13:

ficte reconciliata gratia,

id. Fam. 3, 12, 4.

imprĭmo ( inpr-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [in-premo], to press into or upon, to stick, stamp, or dig into, to impress, imprint (class.).

Lit.:

si in ejusmodi cera centum sigilla hoc anulo impressero,

Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86:

locus ubi vestigium impresserit,

id. Caecin. 27, 76; id. Phil. 13, 15, 30:

sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

id. Div. 1, 13, 23:

ne imprimatur jacentibus molibus solum,

Col. 3, 13, 1: imprimitque genae genam, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 686 (Trag. v. 436):

os cucurbitulae corpori,

Cels. 2, 11:

signa tabellis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:

impressit dente labris notam,

id. C. 1, 13, 12; cf.:

dentes alicui,

Luc. 9, 806:

muris aratrum,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 20:

stigmata captivorum frontibus,

Petr. 105:

(Dido) os impressa toro,

Verg. A. 4, 659:

impressa orbita,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:

sulcus altius impressus,

id. Div. 2, 23, 50:

monimenta impressa saxis,

Tac. A. 11, 14:

puteum,

i. e. to sink, dig, Pall. 1, 34:

nudo ecce jugulum, convertite huc manus, imprimite mucrones,

Petr. 80:

dentem,

Tib. 1, 6, 14; cf.:

morsum,

i. e. to bite, Col. 6, 17, 33; Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 89:

vulnus,

i. e. to make, Col. 7, 11, 2:

basia,

Mart. 10, 42, 5:

staminaque impresso fatalia pollice nentes,

pressed upon, Ov. M. 8, 453; cf.:

impressoque genu nitens,

Verg. A. 12, 303:

humidaque impressa siccabat lumina lana,

Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 17:

exempta scutula cortici, imprimitur ex alia cortex par,

Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 118. —

Transf.: aliquid (aliqua re), to press in, give an impression to a thing, to engrave, stamp, mark: an imprimi quasi ceram animum putamus? Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61:

hoc munus habebis, Cratera impressum signis,

Verg. A. 5, 536; cf.:

impressas auro quas gesserat olim Exuvias,

i. e. embroidered, Luc. 9, 176:

non levior cippus nunc imprimit ossa?

Pers. 1, 37:

transtra per et remos impressaque terga virorum,

pressed down, bended, Stat. Th. 5, 403.—

Trop., to impress, engrave, stamp, mark:

quod in omnium animis eorum notionem impressisset ipsa natura,

Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 43; cf.:

visa in animis,

id. Ac. 2, 18, 58:

quaeque in animis imprimuntur incohatae intellegentiae, similiter in omnibus imprimuntur,

id. Leg. 1, 10, 30; id. Fat. 19, 43:

verum illud quidem impressum in animo atque mente,

id. Ac. 2, 11, 34:

nisi omnes ii motus in ipso oratore impressi esse atque inusti videbuntur,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:

quo e genere nobis notitiae rerum imprimuntur,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 21:

in quibus (curriculis) Platonis primum sunt impressa vestigia,

id. Or. 3, 12; cf.:

(memoria) constat ex notis litterarum, et ex eo, in quo imprimuntur illae notae,

id. Part. Or. 7, 26:

menti impressa,

id. ib. 2, 11, 34:

quaedam vestigia animo,

Quint. 11, 2, 4:

memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

impressa animo rudi memoria,

Quint. 1, 1, 36:

quorum lectione duplex imprimeretur rei publicae dedecus,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

cum fortitudinis, tum vero humanitatis... impressa vestigia,

id. Balb. 5, 13.—

Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to stamp, mark:

horum flagitiorum iste vestigiis omnia municipia, praefecturas... impressit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 58; id. Fam. 5, 20, 5.—Hence, impressē, adv., strongly, forcibly, impressively (postclass.).

Lit.:

dehinc rursus defricandus tenacius quidem, sed non impressius,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 7, 87. —

Trop.:

alte et impresse recogitare,

Tert. Exhort. Cast. 3:

ut impressius dixerim,

id. Car. Christ. 12.

imprĭmo ( inpr-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [in-premo], to press into or upon, to stick, stamp, or dig into, to impress, imprint (class.).

Lit.:

si in ejusmodi cera centum sigilla hoc anulo impressero,

Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86:

locus ubi vestigium impresserit,

id. Caecin. 27, 76; id. Phil. 13, 15, 30:

sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

id. Div. 1, 13, 23:

ne imprimatur jacentibus molibus solum,

Col. 3, 13, 1: imprimitque genae genam, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 686 (Trag. v. 436):

os cucurbitulae corpori,

Cels. 2, 11:

signa tabellis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:

impressit dente labris notam,

id. C. 1, 13, 12; cf.:

dentes alicui,

Luc. 9, 806:

muris aratrum,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 20:

stigmata captivorum frontibus,

Petr. 105:

(Dido) os impressa toro,

Verg. A. 4, 659:

impressa orbita,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:

sulcus altius impressus,

id. Div. 2, 23, 50:

monimenta impressa saxis,

Tac. A. 11, 14:

puteum,

i. e. to sink, dig, Pall. 1, 34:

nudo ecce jugulum, convertite huc manus, imprimite mucrones,

Petr. 80:

dentem,

Tib. 1, 6, 14; cf.:

morsum,

i. e. to bite, Col. 6, 17, 33; Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 89:

vulnus,

i. e. to make, Col. 7, 11, 2:

basia,

Mart. 10, 42, 5:

staminaque impresso fatalia pollice nentes,

pressed upon, Ov. M. 8, 453; cf.:

impressoque genu nitens,

Verg. A. 12, 303:

humidaque impressa siccabat lumina lana,

Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 17:

exempta scutula cortici, imprimitur ex alia cortex par,

Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 118. —

Transf.: aliquid (aliqua re), to press in, give an impression to a thing, to engrave, stamp, mark: an imprimi quasi ceram animum putamus? Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61:

hoc munus habebis, Cratera impressum signis,

Verg. A. 5, 536; cf.:

impressas auro quas gesserat olim Exuvias,

i. e. embroidered, Luc. 9, 176:

non levior cippus nunc imprimit ossa?

Pers. 1, 37:

transtra per et remos impressaque terga virorum,

pressed down, bended, Stat. Th. 5, 403.—

Trop., to impress, engrave, stamp, mark:

quod in omnium animis eorum notionem impressisset ipsa natura,

Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 43; cf.:

visa in animis,

id. Ac. 2, 18, 58:

quaeque in animis imprimuntur incohatae intellegentiae, similiter in omnibus imprimuntur,

id. Leg. 1, 10, 30; id. Fat. 19, 43:

verum illud quidem impressum in animo atque mente,

id. Ac. 2, 11, 34:

nisi omnes ii motus in ipso oratore impressi esse atque inusti videbuntur,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:

quo e genere nobis notitiae rerum imprimuntur,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 21:

in quibus (curriculis) Platonis primum sunt impressa vestigia,

id. Or. 3, 12; cf.:

(memoria) constat ex notis litterarum, et ex eo, in quo imprimuntur illae notae,

id. Part. Or. 7, 26:

menti impressa,

id. ib. 2, 11, 34:

quaedam vestigia animo,

Quint. 11, 2, 4:

memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

impressa animo rudi memoria,

Quint. 1, 1, 36:

quorum lectione duplex imprimeretur rei publicae dedecus,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

cum fortitudinis, tum vero humanitatis... impressa vestigia,

id. Balb. 5, 13.—

Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to stamp, mark:

horum flagitiorum iste vestigiis omnia municipia, praefecturas... impressit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 58; id. Fam. 5, 20, 5.—Hence, impressē, adv., strongly, forcibly, impressively (postclass.).

Lit.:

dehinc rursus defricandus tenacius quidem, sed non impressius,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 7, 87. —

Trop.:

alte et impresse recogitare,

Tert. Exhort. Cast. 3:

ut impressius dixerim,

id. Car. Christ. 12.

tracto, āvi, ātum ( gen. plur. part. tractantum, Ov. P. 3, 3, 20), 1, v. freq. a. [traho].

To draw violently, to drag, tug, haul, etc. (so, very rare): qui te (Hectorem) sic tractavere? Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 96 Vahl.):

tractatus per aequora campi,

id. Ann. v. 140 Vahl.:

tractata comis antistita Phoebi,

Ov. M. 13, 410:

malis morsuque ferarum Tractari,

to be torn, rent, lacerated, Lucr. 3, 889.—

To touch, take in hand, handle, manage, wield; to exercise, practise, transact, perform, etc. (freq. and class.; cf.: tango, ago, perago).

Lit.:

ut ea, quae gustemus, olfaciamus, tractemus, audiamus, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111:

numquam temere tinnit tintinnabulum, nisi qui illud tractat,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163:

aliquid manibus,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 103:

tractavisti hospitam ante aedes meas,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 30:

mateilionem Corinthium cupidissime tractans,

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

volucra, quae non possum tractare sine magno gemitu,

id. Att. 12, 22, 1:

aret Pellis et ad tactum tractanti dura resistit,

Verg. G. 3, 502:

puer unctis Tractavit calicem manibus,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 79:

vitulos consuescere manu tractari,

Col. 6, 2, 1:

tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae,

i. e. strikes, plays upon, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 60: necdum res igni scibant tractare, to prepare, i. e. to cook, dress, Lucr. 5, 953:

solum terrae aere,

id. 5, 1289; cf.:

lutosum agrum,

i. e. to till, Col. 2, 4, 5:

tractari tuerique vites,

Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

ceram pollice,

Ov. M. 10, 285; cf. id. ib. 8, 196:

lanam,

Just. 1, 3:

lanuginem,

Suet. Ner. 34:

gubernacula,

to manage, Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

tela,

to wield, Liv. 7, 32, 11; cf.:

speciosius arma,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53:

servus, qui meam bibliothecen multorum nummorum tractavit,

has taken care of, had charge of, Cic. Fam. 13, 77, 3; cf.: eras tu quaestor;

pecuniam publicam tu tractabas,

id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32:

rationem Prusensium,

Plin. Ep. 10, 28, 5.—

Trop., to handle, manage, practise, conduct, lead, etc.

In gen.: ut ne res temere tractent turbidas, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 189 Vahl.):

suam rem minus caute et cogitate,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:

causas amicorum tractare atque agere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 170:

causam difficiliorem,

id. Fam. 3, 12, 3:

condiciones,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28:

bellum,

to conduct, carry on, Liv. 23, 28, 4; Tac. A. 1, 59; Just. 9, 8, 12; 22, 5, 4:

proelia,

Sil. 15, 466; cf.:

vitam vulgivago more ferarum,

to lead, pass, spend, Lucr. 5, 930; so,

vitam,

Auct. Her. 4, 24, 33 (al. transactam):

imperium,

Just. 1, 2, 1:

regna,

id. 2, 4, 20:

pauca admodum vi tractata, quo ceteris quies esset,

Tac. A. 1, 9 fin.:

artem,

to practise, Ter. Phorm. prol. 17; Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22:

verba vetera,

to employ, Quint. 11, 1, 6:

personam in scenā,

to perform, act, represent, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; so,

partes secundas (mimus),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 14:

animos,

Cic. Or. 28, 97; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 85.—Reflex.:

quo in munere ita se tractavit, ut, etc.,

has so conducted himself, Cic. Fam. 13, 12, 1; so,

ita me in re publicā tractabo, ut meminerim, etc.,

id. Cat. 3, 12, 29.—

In partic.

To treat, use, or conduct one ' s self towards a person in any manner:

ego te, ut merita es de me, tractare exsequar,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 8: haec arte tractabat virum, ut, etc., Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 125:

omnibus rebus eum ita tractes, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 1, 3:

non tractabo ut consulem,

id. Phil. 2, 5, 10:

aliquem liberaliter,

id. Verr. 1, 8, 23:

nec liberalius nec honorificentius potuisse tractari,

id. Fam. 13, 27, 2:

pater parum pie tractatus a filio,

id. Cael. 2, 3:

mercatores ac navicularii injuriosius tractati,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:

pauloque benignius ipsum Te tractare voles,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 12. —

To handle, treat, investigate, discuss any thing, mentally, orally, or in writing (cf.: dissero, disputo, ago). ( a) With acc.:

quem ad modum quamque causam tractare conveniat,

Auct. Her. 2, 2, 2:

oratori omnia quaesita, audita, lecta, disputata, tractata, agitata esse debent,

Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 54:

habeat omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,

id. Or. 33, 118:

causas amicorum,

id. de Or. 1, 37, 170:

tractata res,

id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

definitiones fortitudinis,

id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53:

partem philosophiae,

id. Ac. 1, 8, 30:

constantiam,

id. Lael. 18, 65; cf. id. ib. 22, 82:

ibi consilia decem legatorum tractabantur,

Liv. 33, 31, 7:

fama fuit... tractatas inter Eumenen et Persea condiciones amicitiae,

id. 44, 13, 9:

scrupulosius tractabo ventos,

Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 118: prima elementa, Quint. prooem. 21;

1, 1, 23: locus, qui copississime a Cicerone tractatur,

id. 1, 4, 24; 7, 2, 43:

aliquid memori pectore,

to ponder, reflect upon, Juv. 11, 28; cf.:

tractare proeliorum vias,

Tac. A. 2, 5: ut quaestio diligentius tractaretur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 21, 1.—

With de and abl. (mostly postAug.):

de officii parte,

Sen. Contr. 2, 1 (9), 20 (dub.;

Madv. and Kiessl. partem): quoniam de religionibus tractabatur,

Tac. A. 3, 71:

ubi de figuris orationis tractandum erit,

Quint. 1, 5, 5; 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 10:

de negotiis,

to discuss, Suet. Aug. 35 fin. —

With interrog.-clause:

quo tractatur amicus an inimicus,

Quint. 5, 10, 29; 7, 2, 56:

utra sit antiquior (lex),

id. 7, 7, 8:

cum tractaret, quinam adipisci principem locum abnuerent, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 13.—

To negotiate, treat:

dum de condicionibus tractat,

Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Suet. Claud. 26:

de Asiā,

Just. 37, 3, 4:

de redimendo filio,

id. 31, 7, 7.