pollicitātio

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prō-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (sync. forms:

promisti for promisisti,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17; Cat. 110, 3:

promisse for promisisse,

id. 110, 5:

promissem,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 12; archaic inf. pass. promittier, id. ib. 4, 8, 32), v. a.

Lit., to let go forward, to send or put forth, to let hang down, let grow, etc. (rare;

not in Cic.): ramos vel ferro compescunt vel longius promittunt,

suffer to grow longer, Col. 5, 6, 11.—Reflex., to grow:

nec ulla arborum avidius se promittit,

Plin. 16, 26, 44, § 107.—Of the hair, the beard, to let hang down, let grow:

satis constat multos mortales capillum ac barbam promisisse,

Liv. 6, 16, 4; 5, 41; cf.:

pogoniae, quibus inferiore ex parte promittitur juba,

Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89.— Transf.:

(Sonus lusciniae) promittitur revocato spiritu,

is drawn out, prolonged, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82;

Gallia est longe et a nostris litoribus huc usque promissa,

Mel. 1, 3; v. infra, P. a.—

Trop., of speech.

To say beforehand, to forebode, foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare):

praesertim cum, si mihi alterum utrum de eventu rerum promittendum esset, id futurum, quod evenit, exploratius possem promittere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5:

ut (di) primis minentur extis, bene promittant secundis,

id. Div. 2, 17, 38.—Of signs or omens, to forebode, portend:

pari in meliora praesagio in Caesaris castris omnia aves victimaeque promiserant,

Flor. 4, 7, 9:

promittunt omina poenas,

Val. Fl. 6, 730: clarum fore (Servium) visa circa caput flamma promiserat, Flor 1, 6, 1; 1, 7, 9.—Also, in gen., to denote beforehand:

stella... vindemiae maturitatem promittens,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 309.—

To promise, hold out, cause to expect, give hope or promise of, assure (class. and freq.; syn.: polliceor, spondeo, recipio), constr. with acc., an object-clause, or de:

domum,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 28:

sestertia septem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 81:

carmen,

id. Epod. 14, 7, dona, Ov Tr. 4, 2, 7:

auxilium alicui,

id. M. 13, 325:

opem,

id. F 5, 247:

salutem,

Luc. 4, 235:

ea quae tibi promitto ac recipio,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5:

si Neptunus quod Theseo promiserat, non fecisset,

id. Off. 1, 10, 32:

dii faxint, ut faciat ea quae promittit!

id. Att. 16, 1, 6.— With inf. (usu. fut. inf.):

promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.:

promitto, in meque recipio fore eum, etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 10, 3:

quem inimicissimum futurum esse promitto et spondeo,

id. Mur. 41, 90:

surrepturum pallam promisit tibi,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 80; id. Aul. 2, 2, 42; cf. id. Men. 5, 4, 6:

promisit Apollo Ambiguam tellure novā Salamina futuram,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 28; id. S. 1, 6, 34.—With inf. pres.:

si operam dare promittitis,

Plaut. Trin. prol. 5; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 79; id. Rud. 2, 6, 56: magorum vanitas ebrietati eas resistere [p. 1465] promittit, Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124; cf.:

se remedium afferer tantamque vim morbi levaturum esse promisit,

Curt. 3, 6, 2 monstrare, Amm. 22, 7, 5:

promittere oratorem,

to give promise of becoming, Sen. Contr 4, 29, 10; cf.:

per ea scelera se parricidam,

excite fears lest he become, Quint. Decl. 1, 6:

me Promisi ultorem,

Verg. A. 2, 96.—With de:

de alicujus voluntate promittere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

de me tibi sic promitto atque confirmo, me, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 10, 1; Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

promittere damni infecti,

i. e. to promise indemnification for, become answerable for the possible damage, Cic. Top 4, 22.—

With ut and subj.:

promiserat ut daret,

Vulg. 2 Par. 21, 7.—Of things' terra ipsa promittit (aquas), gives promise of, leads one to expect water, Plin. 31, 3, 27, § 45:

debet extremitas (picturae) sic desinere, ut promittat alia post se,

to lead one to suppose, to suggest, id. 35, 10, 36, § 68; Sen. Hippol. 569.—

In partic.

To promise to come, to engage one's self to meet any one, to dine, sup, etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 19 sq.; 4, 2, 16:

ad fratrem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 27:

ad cenam mihi,

Phaedr. 4, 23, 15; Petr. 10; so,

tibi me promittere noli,

to expect me, Ov. M. 11, 662.—

To promise something to a deity, i. e. to vow:

donum Jovi dicatum atque promissum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 184:

nigras pecudes Diti,

Tib. 3, 5, 33; Juv 13, 233; Petr 88; Flor. 1, 11, 4.—

To offer as a price (post-Aug.):

pro domo sestertium millies promittens,

Plin. 17. 1, 1, § 3. —Hence, prōmissus, a, um, P a.

Lit., hanging down, long; of the hair: coma, Varr. ap. Non. 362, 32; Liv. 38, 17, 3; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 34:

Britanni capillo sunt promisso,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14; so,

capillus,

Nep. Dat. 3, 1:

barba,

Verg. E. 8, 34; Liv. 2, 23, 4:

barba omnibus promissa erat,

id. 5, 41, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 7; Just. 4, 4, 1.—Of the dewlap:

boves palearibus amplis et paene ad genua promissis,

Col. 6, 1, 3.—Of the belly:

sues ventre promisso,

Col. 7, 9, 1.—

Subst.: prōmissum, i, n., a promise (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf.

promissio, pollicitatio),

Cic. Verr 2, 5, 53, § 139:

voto quodam et promisso teneri,

id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

constantia promissi,

id. ib. 4, 17, 1:

promissum absolvere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 1:

facere,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31; 3, 25, 95:

exigere,

id. ib. 3, 25, 94:

ludere aliquem promisso inani,

Ov. F. 3, 685.—In plur.:

pacta et promissa servare,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92:

illis promissis standum non est, quae, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 10, 32:

promissis manere,

Verg. A. 2, 160:

promissa firmare,

Ov. M. 10, 430:

multa fidem promissa levant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10:

dic aliquid dignum promissis,

id. S. 2, 3, 6:

quo promissa (Ennii) cadant,

i. e. the expectations which he raises, id. Ep. 2, 1, 52:

promissa dare,

to make promises, Cat. 63, 239; to fulfil, Ov. M. 2, 51.

rĕcens, entis ( abl. sing., regularly, recenti; but in the poets sometimes recente, e. g. Cat. 63, 7; Ov. F. 4, 346 al.— Gen. plur., regularly, recentium:

recentum,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 2; Sil. 15, 601), adj. [re and cand-; cf.: candeo, candor; Gr. kainos, kaiô], that has not long existed, fresh, young, recent (opp. vetus, and differing from novus; v. antiquus init. (freq. and class.):

quod si veteris contumeliae oblivisci vellet: num etiam recentium injuriarum memoriam deponere posse?

Caes. B. G. 1, 14; 5, 54:

(Verres) cum e provinciā recens esset invidiāque et infamiā non recenti sed vetere ac diuturnā flagraret,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5:

Regini quidam eo venerunt, Romā sane recentes,

directly from Rome, id. Att. 16, 7, 1:

omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur,

id. Sen. 20, 72; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devoravit,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 2; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 34:

viri,

Cic. Mur. 8, 17:

(piscis) nequam est, nisi recens,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 26; cf. id. Ps. 4, 7, 25:

catuli,

just whelped, young, Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 4:

tonsae (oves),

newly shorn, id. ib. 2, 11, 7:

caespites,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96; cf.

flores,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 43; Ov. F. 4, 346:

herbae,

id. ib. 5, 123:

serta,

Verg. A. 1, 417:

prata,

fresh, green, id. ib. 6, 674 Serv.:

sanguis,

newly shed, Cat. 63, 7: sol, poet. for the rising sun, the east, Pers. 5, 54:

proelium,

Caes. B. G. 4, 13 fin.:

victoria,

id. ib. 1, 31 fin.;

5, 47: clades,

Liv. 2, 22, 4 Drak. N. cr.:

pollicitatio,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57 fin.:

arma,

fresh, newly whetted, Ov. M. 8, 370:

umbrae,

of those newly deceased, id. ib. 4, 434:

animae,

id. ib. 8, 488;

anima,

id. ib. 15, 846 et saep.; cf.: non erit in te Deus recens, newly devised, and hence false, Vulg. Psa. 80, 9.— Comp.:

epistula recentior,

Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 1:

recentiore memoriā,

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

unus ex amicis recentioribus,

Quint. 6, 3, 92.— Sup.:

recentissima tua est epistula Kal. data,

Cic. Att. 8, 15, 3:

recentissima quaeque sunt correcta et emendata maxime,

id. Ac. 1. 4, 13:

Senones recentissimi advenarum,

Liv. 5, 35.—

With ab, immediately after, fresh from, shortly after, etc.:

pullum asininum a partu recentem subiciunt equae,

newly foaled, Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 2:

Homerus, qui recens ab illorum aetate fuit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 5:

recens a vulnere Dido,

i. e. with her wound still fresh, Verg. A. 6, 450:

Poenum recentem ab excidio opulentissimae urbis Iberum transire,

Liv. 21, 16 fin.:

alti spiritus viros, ut ita dicam, a diis recentes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 44:

haec vox, a quā recens sum: sonat adhuc et vibrat in auribus meis,

id. Prov. 3, 3.—

With in and abl., or (more freq.) with simple abl.:

alius alio recentior sit in dolore,

Auct. Her. 2, 7, 10:

quod comitatum Agrippinae longo maerore fessum obvii et recentes in dolore anteibant,

yet fresh in grief, whose grief was still fresh, Tac. A. 3, 1 fin.: quaedam (verba) in usu perquam recentia, Quint. 8, 3, 34:

ut erat recens dolore et irā,

Tac. A. 1, 41 fin.; so,

recens praeturā,

id. ib. 4, 52:

stipendiis,

ib. ib. 15, 59:

caede,

id. H. 3, 19:

victoriā,

id. ib. 3, 77.—

With ad and acc.:

recentes sumus ad id quod incipimus,

Quint. 1, 12, 5.—

Recenti re, while the matter is fresh, forthwith, immediately:

quid si recenti re aedes pultem,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 18:

re recenti,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 8; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139;

for which also, recenti negotio,

id. ib. 2, 1, 39, § 101;

and, in recenti,

Dig. 48, 19, 25.—

Recentiores ( subst. and adj.), the moderns (said of authors):

attulisti aliud humanius horum recentiorum,

modern writers, Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 82; Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 74; also,

Graeci recentiores,

modern, id. 4, 16, 30, § 103.—

Trop., fresh in strength, not exhausted by fatigue, vigorous:

ut integri et recentes defatigatis succederent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16 fin.; so,

integer et recens (opp.: fusus et saucius),

Flor. 3, 1, 13;

and in the order: recentes atque integri (opp. defatigati),

Caes. B. G. 7, 48 fin.;

and, opp. defessi,

id. B. C. 3, 94; id. B. G. 7, 25:

equitatus,

id. ib. 7, 9:

recens animus (consulis),

Liv. 21, 52:

equi,

id. 29, 34 (along with integrae vires); 38, 25 (opp. fessi); Ov. M. 2, 63:

clamor,

Plin. Pan. 23, 5.— Comp.: sauciis ac defatigatis integros recentioribusque viribus subministrare, Auct. B. Afr. 78, 6. — Hence, advv.: recens and recenter, lately, freshly, newly, just, recently, etc.

Form rĕcens (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

puerum recens natum,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 17:

captum hominem,

id. Capt. 3, 5, 60:

scaena perfusa croco,

Lucr. 2, 416:

exstinctum lumen,

id. 6, 792:

coria recens detracta,

Sall. H. 4, 2 Dietsch:

inter recens domitos,

id. ib. 3, 53: portentum conflatum est recens, Bass. ap. Gell. 15, 4, 3:

beluae recens captae,

Liv. 38, 17, 15; 2, 22, 4:

acceptum vulnus,

Tac. A. 2, 21:

perdomita Hispania,

id. ib. 4, 5:

cognita,

id. ib. 4, 69 et saep.:

condita Roma,

Suet. Tib. 1.—

Form rĕcen-ter (post-class.):

capti turdi,

Pall. 1, 26, 2:

lecta poma,

id. 5, 4 fin. —

Sup.:

quam recentissime stercorato solo,

Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 192; so,

res gestae,

Just. 30, 4, 8.