post+one's+self

căvĕo, cāvi, cautum, (2 d pers. sing. scanned cavĕs, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 19; imper. cavĕ, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Capt. 2, 3, 71; id. Most. 1, 4, 13 et saep.: Cat. 50, 19; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38; Prop. 1, 7, 25; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 435; old sup. CAVĬTVM, C. I. L. 1, 200, 6 sq.), 3, v. n. and a. [root SKOF- or KOF-, to be wary; whence Gr. thuoskoos, akouô, etc.; Lat. causa, cura; cf. also Germ. scheuen; Engl. shy], to be on one ' s guard, either for one's self or (more rarely) for another; hence,

In gen., with and without sibi, to be on one ' s guard, to take care, take heed, beware, guard against, avoid, = phulassomai, and the Fr. se garder, prendre garde, etc.; constr., absol., with ub, and in a course of action with ne or ut (also ellipt. with the simple subj.); or, as in Greek, with acc. (= phulassomai ti); hence also pass. and with inf., and once with cum.

Absol.:

qui consulte, docte, atque astute cavet,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:

faciet, nisi caveo,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 8:

ego cavebo,

id. Ad. 4, 2, 12; 1, 1, 45:

erunt (molesti) nisi cavetis. Cautum est, inquit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93; Quint. 8, 3, 47:

cum animum attendisset ad cavendum,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; Suet. Claud. 37:

metues, doctusque cavebis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 68.—Esp. freq. in the warning cave, look out! be careful! Ter. And. 1, 2, 34; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 51; Hor. C. 1, 14, 16; Ov. M. 2, 89.—

With ab and abl.:

eo mi abs te caveo cautius,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 42; id. Ps. 1, 5, 59; 4, 7, 128:

si abs te modo uno caveo,

id. Most. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 44:

sibi ab eo,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 87:

navis Aps quă cavendum nobis sane censeo,

id. Men. 2, 2, 70:

pater a me petiit Ut mihi caverem a Pseudolo servo suo,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 108:

a crasso infortunio,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 53:

ille Pompeium monebat, ut meam domum metueret, atque a me ipso caveret,

Cic. Sest. 64, 133:

caveo ab homine impuro,

id. Phil. 12, 10, 25:

a Cassio,

Suet. Calig. 57:

a veneno,

Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64:

ab insidiis,

Sall. J. 108, 2:

monitum ut sibi ab insidiis Rufini caveret,

App. Mag. 87, p. 329, 16; id. M. 2, p. 117, 3.—

With the simple abl.:

caveo malo,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 39:

infortunio,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 48: id. Cas. 2, 6, 59; id. Men. 1, 2, 13; id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:

ipsus sibi cavit loco,

i. e. got out of the way, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 12.—

With cum (rare):

Hercle, mihi tecum cavendum est,

with you, I must look out for myself, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 21.—

With adversus, Quint. 9, 1, 20. —

Followed by a final clause.

With ne, to take heed that... not, to be on one ' s guard lest: qui cavet ne decipiatur, vix cavet;

cum etiam cavet, etiam cum cavisse ratus est, saepe is cautor captus est,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 5 and 6:

caves, ne videat, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6:

ego me scio cavisse, ne ulla merito contumelia Fieri a nobis posset,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 20; Afran. ap. Non. p. 111, 14; Lucr. 4, 1141:

cavete, judices, ne nova... proscriptio instaurata esse videatur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; id. Div. 2, 40, 84; id. Fam. 3, 12, 4; 11, 21, 4; Sall. J. 55, 3; Suet. Tib. 37:

cave, ne,

Cat. 61, 152; Hor. C. 3, 7, 24; id. S. 2, 3, 177; id. Ep. 1, 6, 32; 1, 13, 19; Ov. M. 2, 89; 10, 685:

cave sis, ne,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 215:

caveto ne,

Cato, R. R. 5, 6:

caveas, ne,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 80:

caveant, ne,

id. A. P. 244:

cavendum est, ne,

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 140; Quint. 4, 3, 8; 12, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 67; Quint. 9, 4, 23; 5, 11, 27.—

With ut ne (rare):

quod ut ne accidat cavendum est,

Cic. Lael. 26, 99.—

With a simple subj.; so only imper.: cave or cavete (cf. age), beware of, take care not, etc.:

cave geras,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:

dixeris,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 12:

faxis cave,

id. And. 4, 4, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 13; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38:

sis,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29:

contingas,

Lucr. 2, 755:

despuas,

Cat. 50, 19:

ignoscas,

Cic. Lig. 5, 14:

existimes,

id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:

putes,

id. ib. 10, 12, 1 al.—Rarely with 1 st pers.:

cave posthac, si me amas, umquam istuc verbum ex te audiam,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 9.—With 3 d pers.:

resciscat quisquam,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 37:

te fratrum misereatur,

Cic. Lig. 5, 14:

roget te,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 75:

cave quisquam flocci fecerit,

Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 5:

armis concurrant arma cavete,

Verg. A. 11, 293.—And like age, cave with a verb in plur.:

cave dirumpatis,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 117.—

With ut, to take care that:

cauto opu'st, Ut sobrie hoc agatur,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 29; cf.

D. 2, infra: tertium est, ut caveamus, ut ea, quae, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 141:

quaero quid sit, quod... tam accurate caveat et sanciat, ut heredes sui dent, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 101:

caverat sibi ille adulter omnium ut suorum scelerum socium te adjutoremque praebeas,

id. Pis. 12, 28; Liv. 3, 10, 14; Plin. Pan. 39, 1:

cavebitur ut, etc.,

Col. 2, 8, 3; cf. under II. A.—Very rarely with ut omitted, take care to, be sure to (late Lat.):

sed heus tu... cave regrediare cenā maturius,

App. M. 2, p. 122, 32; 2, p. 124, [p. 306] 35.—

As act.

With acc. of pers. or thing against which warning is given or beed taken, to guard against, to be aware of, to beware of, etc.:

profecto quid nunc primum caveam, nescio,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 104:

tu, quod cavere possis, stultum admittere'st,

Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 23; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 23:

caveamus fulminis ictum,

Lucr. 6, 406: cave canem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 153, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4320;

v. canis: interventum alicujus,

Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1:

omnia,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

me,

id. Dom. 11, 28:

vallum caecum fossasque,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28:

quam sit bellum cavere malum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

vim atque opes,

Tac. A. 11, 1; cf. Suet. Tib. 72:

male praecinctum puerum,

id. Caes. 456:

periculum,

id. ib. 81; id. Galb. 19:

insidias,

id. Caes. 86; Tac. A. 13, 13:

exitum,

Suet. Tib. 83:

annum,

id. Ner. 40:

maculas,

Hor. A. P. 353:

jurgia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 591:

hunc tu caveto,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 85:

proditorem,

Quint. 7, 1, 30:

hoc caverat mens provida Reguli,

had prevented, Hor. C. 3, 5, 13:

cave quicquam,

be a little careful, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 61.—

Pass.: quid cavendum tibi censere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 22:

cavenda est etiam gloriae cupiditas,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

cetera, quae quidem consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur,

id. Att. 10, 16, 2; Quint. 8, 2, 2; 9, 4, 143; 11, 3, 27 (cf. id. 6, 5, 2):

in hoc pestifero bello cavendo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

quod multis rationibus caveri potest,

id. Off. 2, 24, 84; Sall. J. 67, 2:

prius quod cautum oportuit, Postquam comedit rem, post rationem putat,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 14:

ego tibi cautum volo,

id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:

satis cautum tibi ad defensionem fore,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35, § 88:

quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis Cautum est,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 14:

id modo simul orant ac monent, ut ipsis ab invidiā caveatur,

Liv. 3, 52, 11; cf.

B. 1. supra: cauto opus est,

care must be taken, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64; id. Most. 4, 2, 21; id. Merc. 2, 3, 133.—

With inf.:

in quibus cave vereri ( = noli),

Cic. Att. 3, 17, 3:

caveret id petere a populo Romano, quod, etc.,

Sall. J. 64, 2:

caveto laedere,

Cat. 50, 21:

occursare capro caveto,

Verg. E. 9, 25:

commisisse cavet, quod, etc.,

Hor. A. P. 168:

cave Spem festinando praecipitare meam,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 139:

ut pedes omnino caveant tinguere,

Plin. 8, 42, 68, § 169.

Esp.

Law t. t., to take care for, provide, order something, legally, or (of private relations) to order, decree, dispose of in writing, by will, to stipulate, etc.:

cum ita caverent, si, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31:

duae sunt praeterea leges de sepulcris, quarum altera privatorum aedificiis, altera ipsis sepulcris cavet,

id. Leg. 2, 24, 61:

cautum est in Scipionis legibus ne plures essent, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:

cautum est lege XII. Tab., ut, etc.,

Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 15:

cavebatur ut, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 1;

so,

id. ib. 65; id. Tib. 75:

quae legibus cauta sunt,

Quint. 5, 10, 13:

aliā in lege cautum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 119:

cautum est de numero,

Suet. Caes. 10; cf. id. Aug. 40:

heredi caveri,

Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 120; cf. id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:

si hoc, qui testamentum faciebat, cavere noluisset,

id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

testamento cavere ut dies natalis ageretur,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 103; cf. Suet. Aug. 59; id. Dom. 9; id. Tib. 50:

sibi se privatim nihil cavere... militibus cavendum, quod apud patres semel plebi, iterum legionibus cautum sit ne fraudi secessio esset,

to make conditions, stipulate, Liv. 7, 41, 2.—

In the lang. of business.

Cavere ab aliquo, to make one ' s self secure, to procure bail or surety:

tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero, amplius, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 5, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 55; cf. infra 2.; and cautio, II.—So absol.:

quid ita Flavio sibi cavere non venit in mentem,

to take security, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.—

To make one secure by bail or surety (either written or oral), to give security, to guarantee (cf. supra 1., and cautio;

syn.: spondeo, cautionem praesto),

Cic. Clu. 59, 162; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142:

pecunia, quam mihi Stichus Titii servus caverat,

Dig. 46, 3, 89:

cavere summam,

ib. 29, 2, 97:

chirographum,

ib. 46, 3, 89:

cautionem,

ib. 46, 8, 6:

civitates obsidibus de pecuniā cavent,

Caes. B. G. 6, 2:

quoniam de obsidibus inter se cavere non possent,

id. ib. 7, 2; cf. Liv. 9, 42; 24, 2:

cavere capite pro re aliquā,

Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38:

jurejurando et chirographo de eā re,

Suet. Calig. 12:

cavere in duplum,

id. Aug. 41; Tac. A. 6, 17.—Rarely, cavere personae publicae, to give security before a public authority, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 3.—

In boxing, etc., to parry, to ward off a blow:

adversos ictus cavere ac propulsare,

Quint. 9, 1, 20; 5, 13, 54; cf. id. 9, 4, 8; 4, 2, 26.—

Cavere alicui.

To keep something from one, to protect, have a care for, make safe, take care of (cf.:

prohibeo, defendo, provideo): scabiem pecori et jumentis caveto,

Cato, R. R. 5, 7:

melius ei cavere volo, quam ipse aliis solet,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3:

mihi meisque,

id. Top. 1, 4; id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:

veterani, quibus hic ordo diligentissime caverat,

id. Phil. 1, 2, 6; cf.: qui in Oratore tuo caves tibi per Brutum, Caes. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

quique aliis cavit, non cavet ipsi sibi,

Ov. A. A. 1, 84:

securitati,

Suet. Tit. 6:

concordiae publicae,

Vell. 2, 48, 5; Petr. 133; Sil. 8, 493.—

Affirmatively, to take care for, attend to a thing for a person, provide: Ba. Haec ita me orat sibi qui caveat aliquem ut hominem reperiam... Id, amabo te, huic caveas. Pi. Quid isti caveam? Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8; 1, 1, 10; cf. I. C. 3. supra.—Hence, cautus, a, um, P. a.

Neutr., careful, circumspect, wary, cautious, provident (syn.: providus, prudens;

class. in prose and poetry): ut cautus est, ubi nihil opu'st,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 3:

parum cauti providique,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117:

cauti in periculis,

id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

in scribendo,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3:

in credendo,

id. Att. 10, 9, 3:

in verbis serendis,

Hor. A. P. 46:

mensor,

Ov. M. 1, 136:

mariti,

id. ib. 9, 751:

lupus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50:

vulpes,

id. ib. 1, 1, 73 et saep.:

quem certi homines monuerunt, ut cautior esset,

Cic. Sest. 18, 41:

dubium cautior an audentior,

Suet. Caes. 58.—Constr. with ad:

ad praesentius malum cautiores,

Liv. 24, 32, 3; Tib. 1, 9, 46; Quint. 6, 1, 20. —With adversus:

parum cautus adversus colloquii fraudem,

Liv. 38, 25, 7.—With erga:

erga bona sua satis cautus,

Curt. 10, 1, 40.—With contra:

contra quam (fortunam) non satis cauta mortalitas est,

Curt. 8, 4, 24.—With inf.:

cautum dignos assumere,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 51.—With gen.:

rei divinae,

Macr. S. 1, 15.—

Transf. to inanimate things:

consilium,

Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 6; Tac. A. 11, 29:

cautissima senectus,

id. H. 2, 76:

pectus,

Prop. 3 (4), 5, 8:

manus,

Ov. F. 2, 336:

terga,

id. Tr. 1, 9, 20:

arma,

Sil. 14, 188:

timor,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 65.— Subst.: cauta, ōrum, n.:

legum,

the provisions, Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.—

Pass. (acc. to I. B. 1., and II. B.), made safe, secured:

cautos nominibus rectis expendere nummos,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105:

cautus ab incursu belli,

Luc. 4, 409: quo mulieri esset res cautior ( that her property might be made more secure), curavit, ut, etc., Cic. Caecin. 4, 11.—

Trop., safe, secure (rare):

in eam partem peccare, quae est cautior,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

(civitates) murorum firmitate cautissimae,

Amm. 14, 8, 13.— Adv.: cau-tē.

(Acc. to caveo, I. A.) Cautiously:

caute et cogitate rem tractare,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:

pedetentimque dicere,

Cic. Clu. 42, 118:

et cum judicio,

Quint. 10, 2, 3 et saep. — Comp., Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; Quint. 2, 15, 21; 9, 2, 76; Hor. C. 1, 8, 10 al.— Sup., Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3.—

(Acc. to caveo, I. B. 1.) With security, cautiously, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

aliter nec caute nec jure fieri potest,

id. Att. 15, 17, 1.

căvĕo, cāvi, cautum, (2 d pers. sing. scanned cavĕs, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 19; imper. cavĕ, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Capt. 2, 3, 71; id. Most. 1, 4, 13 et saep.: Cat. 50, 19; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38; Prop. 1, 7, 25; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 435; old sup. CAVĬTVM, C. I. L. 1, 200, 6 sq.), 3, v. n. and a. [root SKOF- or KOF-, to be wary; whence Gr. thuoskoos, akouô, etc.; Lat. causa, cura; cf. also Germ. scheuen; Engl. shy], to be on one ' s guard, either for one's self or (more rarely) for another; hence,

In gen., with and without sibi, to be on one ' s guard, to take care, take heed, beware, guard against, avoid, = phulassomai, and the Fr. se garder, prendre garde, etc.; constr., absol., with ub, and in a course of action with ne or ut (also ellipt. with the simple subj.); or, as in Greek, with acc. (= phulassomai ti); hence also pass. and with inf., and once with cum.

Absol.:

qui consulte, docte, atque astute cavet,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:

faciet, nisi caveo,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 8:

ego cavebo,

id. Ad. 4, 2, 12; 1, 1, 45:

erunt (molesti) nisi cavetis. Cautum est, inquit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93; Quint. 8, 3, 47:

cum animum attendisset ad cavendum,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; Suet. Claud. 37:

metues, doctusque cavebis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 68.—Esp. freq. in the warning cave, look out! be careful! Ter. And. 1, 2, 34; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 51; Hor. C. 1, 14, 16; Ov. M. 2, 89.—

With ab and abl.:

eo mi abs te caveo cautius,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 42; id. Ps. 1, 5, 59; 4, 7, 128:

si abs te modo uno caveo,

id. Most. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 44:

sibi ab eo,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 87:

navis Aps quă cavendum nobis sane censeo,

id. Men. 2, 2, 70:

pater a me petiit Ut mihi caverem a Pseudolo servo suo,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 108:

a crasso infortunio,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 53:

ille Pompeium monebat, ut meam domum metueret, atque a me ipso caveret,

Cic. Sest. 64, 133:

caveo ab homine impuro,

id. Phil. 12, 10, 25:

a Cassio,

Suet. Calig. 57:

a veneno,

Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64:

ab insidiis,

Sall. J. 108, 2:

monitum ut sibi ab insidiis Rufini caveret,

App. Mag. 87, p. 329, 16; id. M. 2, p. 117, 3.—

With the simple abl.:

caveo malo,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 39:

infortunio,

id. Rud. 3, 5, 48: id. Cas. 2, 6, 59; id. Men. 1, 2, 13; id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:

ipsus sibi cavit loco,

i. e. got out of the way, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 12.—

With cum (rare):

Hercle, mihi tecum cavendum est,

with you, I must look out for myself, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 21.—

With adversus, Quint. 9, 1, 20. —

Followed by a final clause.

With ne, to take heed that... not, to be on one ' s guard lest: qui cavet ne decipiatur, vix cavet;

cum etiam cavet, etiam cum cavisse ratus est, saepe is cautor captus est,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 5 and 6:

caves, ne videat, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6:

ego me scio cavisse, ne ulla merito contumelia Fieri a nobis posset,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 20; Afran. ap. Non. p. 111, 14; Lucr. 4, 1141:

cavete, judices, ne nova... proscriptio instaurata esse videatur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; id. Div. 2, 40, 84; id. Fam. 3, 12, 4; 11, 21, 4; Sall. J. 55, 3; Suet. Tib. 37:

cave, ne,

Cat. 61, 152; Hor. C. 3, 7, 24; id. S. 2, 3, 177; id. Ep. 1, 6, 32; 1, 13, 19; Ov. M. 2, 89; 10, 685:

cave sis, ne,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 215:

caveto ne,

Cato, R. R. 5, 6:

caveas, ne,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 80:

caveant, ne,

id. A. P. 244:

cavendum est, ne,

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 140; Quint. 4, 3, 8; 12, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 67; Quint. 9, 4, 23; 5, 11, 27.—

With ut ne (rare):

quod ut ne accidat cavendum est,

Cic. Lael. 26, 99.—

With a simple subj.; so only imper.: cave or cavete (cf. age), beware of, take care not, etc.:

cave geras,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:

dixeris,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 12:

faxis cave,

id. And. 4, 4, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 13; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38:

sis,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29:

contingas,

Lucr. 2, 755:

despuas,

Cat. 50, 19:

ignoscas,

Cic. Lig. 5, 14:

existimes,

id. Fam. 9, 24, 4:

putes,

id. ib. 10, 12, 1 al.—Rarely with 1 st pers.:

cave posthac, si me amas, umquam istuc verbum ex te audiam,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 9.—With 3 d pers.:

resciscat quisquam,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 37:

te fratrum misereatur,

Cic. Lig. 5, 14:

roget te,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 75:

cave quisquam flocci fecerit,

Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 5:

armis concurrant arma cavete,

Verg. A. 11, 293.—And like age, cave with a verb in plur.:

cave dirumpatis,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 117.—

With ut, to take care that:

cauto opu'st, Ut sobrie hoc agatur,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 29; cf.

D. 2, infra: tertium est, ut caveamus, ut ea, quae, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 141:

quaero quid sit, quod... tam accurate caveat et sanciat, ut heredes sui dent, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 101:

caverat sibi ille adulter omnium ut suorum scelerum socium te adjutoremque praebeas,

id. Pis. 12, 28; Liv. 3, 10, 14; Plin. Pan. 39, 1:

cavebitur ut, etc.,

Col. 2, 8, 3; cf. under II. A.—Very rarely with ut omitted, take care to, be sure to (late Lat.):

sed heus tu... cave regrediare cenā maturius,

App. M. 2, p. 122, 32; 2, p. 124, [p. 306] 35.—

As act.

With acc. of pers. or thing against which warning is given or beed taken, to guard against, to be aware of, to beware of, etc.:

profecto quid nunc primum caveam, nescio,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 104:

tu, quod cavere possis, stultum admittere'st,

Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 23; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 23:

caveamus fulminis ictum,

Lucr. 6, 406: cave canem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 153, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4320;

v. canis: interventum alicujus,

Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1:

omnia,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

me,

id. Dom. 11, 28:

vallum caecum fossasque,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28:

quam sit bellum cavere malum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

vim atque opes,

Tac. A. 11, 1; cf. Suet. Tib. 72:

male praecinctum puerum,

id. Caes. 456:

periculum,

id. ib. 81; id. Galb. 19:

insidias,

id. Caes. 86; Tac. A. 13, 13:

exitum,

Suet. Tib. 83:

annum,

id. Ner. 40:

maculas,

Hor. A. P. 353:

jurgia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 591:

hunc tu caveto,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 85:

proditorem,

Quint. 7, 1, 30:

hoc caverat mens provida Reguli,

had prevented, Hor. C. 3, 5, 13:

cave quicquam,

be a little careful, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 61.—

Pass.: quid cavendum tibi censere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 22:

cavenda est etiam gloriae cupiditas,

Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

cetera, quae quidem consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur,

id. Att. 10, 16, 2; Quint. 8, 2, 2; 9, 4, 143; 11, 3, 27 (cf. id. 6, 5, 2):

in hoc pestifero bello cavendo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

quod multis rationibus caveri potest,

id. Off. 2, 24, 84; Sall. J. 67, 2:

prius quod cautum oportuit, Postquam comedit rem, post rationem putat,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 14:

ego tibi cautum volo,

id. Pers. 3, 1, 41:

satis cautum tibi ad defensionem fore,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35, § 88:

quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis Cautum est,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 14:

id modo simul orant ac monent, ut ipsis ab invidiā caveatur,

Liv. 3, 52, 11; cf.

B. 1. supra: cauto opus est,

care must be taken, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64; id. Most. 4, 2, 21; id. Merc. 2, 3, 133.—

With inf.:

in quibus cave vereri ( = noli),

Cic. Att. 3, 17, 3:

caveret id petere a populo Romano, quod, etc.,

Sall. J. 64, 2:

caveto laedere,

Cat. 50, 21:

occursare capro caveto,

Verg. E. 9, 25:

commisisse cavet, quod, etc.,

Hor. A. P. 168:

cave Spem festinando praecipitare meam,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 139:

ut pedes omnino caveant tinguere,

Plin. 8, 42, 68, § 169.

Esp.

Law t. t., to take care for, provide, order something, legally, or (of private relations) to order, decree, dispose of in writing, by will, to stipulate, etc.:

cum ita caverent, si, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31:

duae sunt praeterea leges de sepulcris, quarum altera privatorum aedificiis, altera ipsis sepulcris cavet,

id. Leg. 2, 24, 61:

cautum est in Scipionis legibus ne plures essent, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:

cautum est lege XII. Tab., ut, etc.,

Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 15:

cavebatur ut, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 1;

so,

id. ib. 65; id. Tib. 75:

quae legibus cauta sunt,

Quint. 5, 10, 13:

aliā in lege cautum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 119:

cautum est de numero,

Suet. Caes. 10; cf. id. Aug. 40:

heredi caveri,

Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 120; cf. id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:

si hoc, qui testamentum faciebat, cavere noluisset,

id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

testamento cavere ut dies natalis ageretur,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 103; cf. Suet. Aug. 59; id. Dom. 9; id. Tib. 50:

sibi se privatim nihil cavere... militibus cavendum, quod apud patres semel plebi, iterum legionibus cautum sit ne fraudi secessio esset,

to make conditions, stipulate, Liv. 7, 41, 2.—

In the lang. of business.

Cavere ab aliquo, to make one ' s self secure, to procure bail or surety:

tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero, amplius, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 5, 18; id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 55; cf. infra 2.; and cautio, II.—So absol.:

quid ita Flavio sibi cavere non venit in mentem,

to take security, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.—

To make one secure by bail or surety (either written or oral), to give security, to guarantee (cf. supra 1., and cautio;

syn.: spondeo, cautionem praesto),

Cic. Clu. 59, 162; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142:

pecunia, quam mihi Stichus Titii servus caverat,

Dig. 46, 3, 89:

cavere summam,

ib. 29, 2, 97:

chirographum,

ib. 46, 3, 89:

cautionem,

ib. 46, 8, 6:

civitates obsidibus de pecuniā cavent,

Caes. B. G. 6, 2:

quoniam de obsidibus inter se cavere non possent,

id. ib. 7, 2; cf. Liv. 9, 42; 24, 2:

cavere capite pro re aliquā,

Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38:

jurejurando et chirographo de eā re,

Suet. Calig. 12:

cavere in duplum,

id. Aug. 41; Tac. A. 6, 17.—Rarely, cavere personae publicae, to give security before a public authority, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 3.—

In boxing, etc., to parry, to ward off a blow:

adversos ictus cavere ac propulsare,

Quint. 9, 1, 20; 5, 13, 54; cf. id. 9, 4, 8; 4, 2, 26.—

Cavere alicui.

To keep something from one, to protect, have a care for, make safe, take care of (cf.:

prohibeo, defendo, provideo): scabiem pecori et jumentis caveto,

Cato, R. R. 5, 7:

melius ei cavere volo, quam ipse aliis solet,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3:

mihi meisque,

id. Top. 1, 4; id. Fam. 7, 6, 2:

veterani, quibus hic ordo diligentissime caverat,

id. Phil. 1, 2, 6; cf.: qui in Oratore tuo caves tibi per Brutum, Caes. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

quique aliis cavit, non cavet ipsi sibi,

Ov. A. A. 1, 84:

securitati,

Suet. Tit. 6:

concordiae publicae,

Vell. 2, 48, 5; Petr. 133; Sil. 8, 493.—

Affirmatively, to take care for, attend to a thing for a person, provide: Ba. Haec ita me orat sibi qui caveat aliquem ut hominem reperiam... Id, amabo te, huic caveas. Pi. Quid isti caveam? Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8; 1, 1, 10; cf. I. C. 3. supra.—Hence, cautus, a, um, P. a.

Neutr., careful, circumspect, wary, cautious, provident (syn.: providus, prudens;

class. in prose and poetry): ut cautus est, ubi nihil opu'st,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 3:

parum cauti providique,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117:

cauti in periculis,

id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

in scribendo,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3:

in credendo,

id. Att. 10, 9, 3:

in verbis serendis,

Hor. A. P. 46:

mensor,

Ov. M. 1, 136:

mariti,

id. ib. 9, 751:

lupus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50:

vulpes,

id. ib. 1, 1, 73 et saep.:

quem certi homines monuerunt, ut cautior esset,

Cic. Sest. 18, 41:

dubium cautior an audentior,

Suet. Caes. 58.—Constr. with ad:

ad praesentius malum cautiores,

Liv. 24, 32, 3; Tib. 1, 9, 46; Quint. 6, 1, 20. —With adversus:

parum cautus adversus colloquii fraudem,

Liv. 38, 25, 7.—With erga:

erga bona sua satis cautus,

Curt. 10, 1, 40.—With contra:

contra quam (fortunam) non satis cauta mortalitas est,

Curt. 8, 4, 24.—With inf.:

cautum dignos assumere,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 51.—With gen.:

rei divinae,

Macr. S. 1, 15.—

Transf. to inanimate things:

consilium,

Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 6; Tac. A. 11, 29:

cautissima senectus,

id. H. 2, 76:

pectus,

Prop. 3 (4), 5, 8:

manus,

Ov. F. 2, 336:

terga,

id. Tr. 1, 9, 20:

arma,

Sil. 14, 188:

timor,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 65.— Subst.: cauta, ōrum, n.:

legum,

the provisions, Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.—

Pass. (acc. to I. B. 1., and II. B.), made safe, secured:

cautos nominibus rectis expendere nummos,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105:

cautus ab incursu belli,

Luc. 4, 409: quo mulieri esset res cautior ( that her property might be made more secure), curavit, ut, etc., Cic. Caecin. 4, 11.—

Trop., safe, secure (rare):

in eam partem peccare, quae est cautior,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

(civitates) murorum firmitate cautissimae,

Amm. 14, 8, 13.— Adv.: cau-tē.

(Acc. to caveo, I. A.) Cautiously:

caute et cogitate rem tractare,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46:

pedetentimque dicere,

Cic. Clu. 42, 118:

et cum judicio,

Quint. 10, 2, 3 et saep. — Comp., Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; Quint. 2, 15, 21; 9, 2, 76; Hor. C. 1, 8, 10 al.— Sup., Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3.—

(Acc. to caveo, I. B. 1.) With security, cautiously, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 53:

aliter nec caute nec jure fieri potest,

id. Att. 15, 17, 1.

in-fĕro, intŭli, illātum, inferre, v. a., to carry, bring, put, or throw into or to a place (class.); constr. with in and acc., ad, or the dat.

Lit.

With in and acc.: in equum, to bring or set upon a horse, Caes. B. G. 6, 29:

coronam in curiam,

Liv. 44, 14, 3:

Scipio lecticula in aciem inlatus,

id. 24, 42, 5:

in portum quinqueremes,

id. 28, 17, 5; cf. id. 26, 21, 6; 10, 2, 13:

arma in Italiam,

Nep. Ham. 4, 2:

bello in provinciam illato,

Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 1; id. Sest. 27, 58; Liv. 9, 25, 2.—

With dat.:

semina arvis,

Tac. A. 11, 54:

fontes urbi,

id. ib. 11, 13; cf.: pedem aliquo, to go or proceed to a place, Cic. Caecin. 14, 39:

spolia opima templo,

id. 4, 20.—

With ad:

scalas ad moenia,

to set against the walls, Liv. 32, 24, 5.—

Absol.:

inferri mensam secundam jussi,

to be served up, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:

gressus,

Verg. G. 4, 360.—

To throw upon, apply to any thing; esp. of fire, to set fire to:

tectis et templis ignes inferre conati sunt,

to set fire to, Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 22; cf.:

aliquid in ignem,

Caes. B. G. 6, 18.—

In partic.

To bring to a place for burial, to bury, inter:

ne quis sepulcra deleat, neve alienum inferat,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 64:

reliquias ejus majorum tumulis inferri jussit,

Just. 11, 15.—

To furnish, pay (a tribute or tax):

tributum alicui,

Col. 1, 1, 11:

vicesimam,

Plin. Pan. 39, 6:

septingenta milia aerario inferenda,

id. Ep. 2, 11, 20.—

To give in, enter (an account):

sumptum civibus,

Cic. Fl. 19, 45:

rationes falsas,

id. ib. 9, 20:

rationibus,

to bring into account, Col. 1, 7, 7:

aliquid in rationes,

Dig. 34, 3, 12.—

Milit.: signa (arma) in hostem, or hosti, to bear the standards against the enemy, to attack, make an attack upon:

conversa signa in hostes inferre,

to wheel about and attack, Caes. B. G. 2, 26; Liv. 6, 29, 2; 9, 27, 12; saep. with dat.:

trepidantibus inferunt signa Romani,

id. 3, 18, 8; 8, 30, 7; Curt. 8, 14, 15:

signa patriae urbi,

Cic. Fl. 2, 5; Liv. 28, 3, 13; so,

inferre arma,

Nep. Dat. 6, 5:

pedem,

to advance, attack, Liv. 10, 33, 4; so,

gradum: gradum acrius intulere Romani,

id. 35, 1, 9:

bellum alicui,

to make war upon, to wage war against, Cic. Pis. 34:

bellum Italiae,

id. Att. 9, 1, 3:

bellum contra patriam,

id. Phil. 2, 22, 53:

arma,

to begin a war, commence hostilities, Liv. 1, 30, 8.—

Se, to betake one ' s self to, repair to, go into, enter, esp. with the accessory notion of haste and rapidity.— With dat.: visa vi quadam sua inferunt sese hominibus noscitanda, present, offer themselves, Gell. 19, 1, 15:

lucus erat, quo se Numa sine arbitris inferebat,

Liv. 1, 21, 3:

se foribus,

Verg. A. 11, 36:

se flammae,

Vell. 2, 74.—With a play upon I. b, supra:

me inferre Veneri vovi jam jentaculum (cf. the context),

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 72.—With in and acc.: se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen, to rush upon, expose one ' s self to, Cic. Balb. 10, 25:

cum se in mediam contionem intulisset,

Liv. 5, 43, 8; 4, 33, 7; 7, 17, 5; 24, 16, 1 al. — Absol.:

viden' ignavum, ut se inferat!

how he struts! how proudly he walks! Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 54:

ut magnifice infert sese,

id. Ps. 4, 1, 7:

atque etiam se ipse inferebat,

presented himself, came unbidden, Cic. Caecin. 5; Liv. 2, 30, 13; 22, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 66; id. Agr. 37; Curt. 4, 12, 14 al.—

Trop.

In gen., to bring forward, introduce; to produce, make, excite, occasion, cause, inflict:

in re severa delicatum aliquem inferre sermonem,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:

mentionem,

to make mention, to mention, Liv. 4, 1, 2:

spem alicui,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

quam maximum terrorem hostibus,

id. ib. 7, 8:

alicui injuriam,

id. ib. 54; Val. Max. 8, 1, 6; cf.:

injuriis in socios nostros inferendis,

Cic. Sest. 27, 58:

calamitatem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12:

turpitudines,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 9:

crimen proditionis alicui,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106:

periculum civibus,

id. Sest. 1, 2:

probrum castis, labem integris, infamiam bonis,

id. Cael. 18, 42:

moram et impedimentum alicui rei,

id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

mortem alicui per scelus,

id. Mil. 7, 17:

pestilentiam agris,

Liv. 5, 14, 3: vim vitae suae, to lay violent hands upon one ' s self, Vell. 2, 45:

vim et manus alicui,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21:

vim alicui,

Tac. A. 15, 5; Suet. Claud. 16; 37:

vulnera hostibus,

to give wounds to, to wound, Caes. B. C. 2, 6:

delectari criminibus inferendis,

Cic. Lael. 18, 65:

litem capitis in aliquem,

id. Clu. 41, 116:

alicui crimen proditionis,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106: judicium, to judge (post-class.), Dig. 5, 2, 4:

prima peregrinos obscena pecunia mores intulit,

Juv. 6, 299. —

In partic., to conclude, infer, draw an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87; Quint. 5, 11, 27.

pĕnē̆tro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [root pa- of pasco; v. penates].

To put, place, or set any thing into any thing (ante- and post-class.; v. Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109).

Lit.:

penetrare pedem intra aedes,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 64; 2, 3, 49: quo illic homo foras se penetrat ex aedibus? to betake one's self, go in any direction, id. Trin. 2, 2, 1:

me ad pluris penetravi,

id. ib. v. 14:

se in fugam,

to take to flight, id. Am. 1, 1, 94:

in eam (specum) me penetro et recondo,

Gell. 5, 14, 18.— To enter, penetrate:

ea intra pectus se penetravit potio,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 23.—In the same sense, mid.:

quae penetrata queunt sensum progignere acerbum,

having entered, having penetrated, Lucr. 4, 670; 1246.—

Trop.:

Labeo Antistius in grammaticam sese atque dialecticam litterasque antiquiores altioresque penetraverat,

had penetrated into, Gell. 13, 10, 1.—

Aliquid, to pierce into any thing; to enter, penetrate any thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit., Lucr. 4, 894:

(semen) penetrare locos nequit,

id. 4, 1246:

vox aures penetrat,

id. 4, 613:

hominem cum vini vis penetravit Acris,

id. 3, 476:

Illyricos sinus,

Verg. A. 1, 243:

nave Aegyptum,

Suet. Caes. 52:

mediae cryptam Suburrae,

Juv. 5, 106. — Pass.:

ut (India) penitus nequeat penetrari,

Lucr. 2, 539:

penetratae cum victoriā Media, Albania, etc.,

Vell. 2, 40, 1:

penetrata limina montis,

Stat. S. 4, 6, 104:

iter L. Lucullo penetratum,

Tac. A. 15, 27.—

Trop.:

id Tiberii animum altius penetravit,

Tac. A. 1, 69; cf. id. ib. 3, 4.—With subject-clause:

tum penetrabat eos, posse haec, etc.,

it entered their thoughts, it occurred to them, Lucr. 5, 1262.—

Neutr., to enter, penetrate into any place or thing, betake one's self (class.; cf.: pervado, permano).

Lit.:

in palaestram,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 32:

sub terras,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

ad os Pelusii,

Curt. 4, 1, 29:

in ipsum portum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96:

in castra hostium,

Liv. 2, 12, 3:

in artissimas fauces,

Curt. 5, 3, 17:

ad urbes,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

per angustias,

id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

intra vallum,

Liv. 39, 31:

in urbem,

id. 2, 53:

cum eo penetrasset,

thus far, Nep. Chabr. 4:

astra per caelum penetrantia,

Cic. Univ. 9:

penetrat vox ad aures,

Ov. M. 12, 42:

usque ad nares,

Cels. 7, 7.— Impers. pass.:

in eam speluncam penetratum cum signis est,

Liv. 10, 1.—

Trop.:

Romuli animus haec ipsa in templa penetravit,

Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

hominum ratio in caelum usque penetravit,

id. N. D. 2, 61, 163:

nulla res magis penetrat in animos,

id. Brut. 38, 142:

penetrare ad sensum judicis opinionemque,

id. Part. 36:

quo non ars penetrat?

Ov. A. A. 3, 291:

in provincias quoque grammatica penetraverat,

Suet. Gram. 3.

praecĭpĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [praeceps], to throw or cast down headlong, to precipitate (class.; syn.. deicio, deturbo, proruo).

Lit.:

pilae in mare praecipitatae,

Nep. Alcib. 6 fin.:

truncas rupes in tecta domosque,

Stat. Th. 10, 881: currum scopulis, hurl or dash against, Ov. M. 15, 518:

pinus,

Stat. Achill. 2, 546.— Freq. with se or pass. in middle sense:

se e Leucade,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41:

se a tecto,

Sen. Ep. 4, 4:

se de turri,

Liv. 23, 37:

sese in fossas,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

praecipitasse se quosdam constabat (sc. de muro),

threw themselves from the wall, Liv. 23, 19, 6; Hor. S. 2, 3, 277:

plerique semet ipsi praecipitaverunt,

Liv. 21, 14, 1:

se in Tiberim,

id. 4, 12, 11; Caes. B. G. 4, 15; Curt. 4, 16, 16; 6, 6, 32;

Auct. B. Alex. 18: ubi Nilus praecipitans se fragore auditum accolis aufert,

Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 118:

praecipitare volens etiam pulcherrima,

to throw overboard, Juv. 12, 38.—Mid.:

cum alii super vallum praecipitarentur,

threw themselves down, Sall. J. 58, 6; Ov. F. 4, 164; id. M. 7, 760; 11, 556:

lux Praecipitatur aquis,

sinks in the ocean, sets, id. ib. 4, 92; cf.:

hac te praecipitato,

run this way, for life! Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 36.— Absol.: si quando iis (parvis) ludentes minamur, praecipitaturos alicunde, extimescunt, that we will throw them down from any place (= nos eos dejecturos), Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31.—

Transf., in gen., to bend a thing down:

vitem,

Cato, R. R. 32, 2:

partem (vitis),

Col. 4, 20, 4:

palmitem,

id. 5, 6, 33.—

Trop.

To throw, hurl, or cast down, to precipitate: [p. 1414] praecipitari ex altissimo dignitatis gradu, Cic. Dom. 37, 98; cf.:

in tanta mala praeeipitatus ex patrio regno,

Sall. J. 14, 23.— Esp. with reflex. pron.:

semet ipse praecipitare,

to hasten to ruin, destroy one's self, Sall. J. 41, 9:

se in exitium,

Cels. 3, 21:

se in insidias,

Liv. 3, 18, 7 dub. (Madv. omits se):

furor iraque mentem Praecipitant,

carry away, urge onward, sway violently, Verg. A. 2, 317:

spem festinando praecipitare,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 140:

in senectam praecipitare,

to cause to grow old prematurely, Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 94:

quosdam praecipitat subjecta potentia magnae Invidiae,

Juv. 10, 56.—In pass., Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43: nox praecipitata, declining, i. e. drawing to a close, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 47; cf.: aetas praecipitata (opp. adulescens), declining age, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 5.—

To hasten, hurry a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae Praecipitent obitum,

hasten their setting, Cic. Arat. 349:

vindemiam,

Col. 3, 21, 10:

consulta viri,

Sil. 3, 166:

ne praecipitetur editio,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2:

consilia raptim praecipitata,

precipitate, Liv. 31, 32.— Poet.:

moras,

i. e. exchange delay for haste, Verg. A. 8, 443; 12, 699:

Tiphyn pelago parari praecipitat,

Val. Fl. 2, 390:

cursum,

Juv. 15, 78.—

With acc. and inf., to hasten, press, urge to do any thing ( poet.):

dare tempus Praecipitant curae,

Verg. A. 11, 3:

si praecipitant miserum cognoscere curae,

Stat. Th. 1, 679. —

Neutr., to hasten or rush down, to throw one's self down, rush headlong, sink rapidly, to fall (class., but only of involuntary falling; cf. I. A.).

Lit.:

praecipitare istuc quidem est, non descendere,

Cic. N. D. 1, 32, 90:

de montibus altis ad terram,

Lucr. 4, 1021:

ubi Nilus praecipitat ex altissimis montibus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 19; cf.:

Fibrenus... statim praecipitat in Lirem,

id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: and:

in amni praecipitante,

id. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

nimbi In vada praecipitant,

Verg. A. 9, 670; 11, 617:

in fossam,

Liv. 25, 11, 6; 7, 6, 9; 38, 2, 14;

39, 2, 3: in insidias,

id. 2, 51; 5, 18; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82:

non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecipitare potestas?

Verg. A. 4, 565:

sol praecipitans,

Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 209:

jam nox caelo Praecipitat,

is sinking, draws to a close, Verg. A. 2, 9:

hiems jam praecipitaverat,

had closed, come to an end, Caes. B. C. 3, 25.—

Trop.

To fall down, to fall, rush, or sink to ruin:

qui in amorem Praecipitavit, pejus perit quam si saxo saliat,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31:

praecipitantes impellere, certe est inhumanum,

Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2; so,

praecipitantem impellamus,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

ubi non subest, quo praecipitet ac decidat,

he may tumble down, id. Rep. 1, 45, 69:

praecipitante re publicā,

id. Sull. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 31, 87; and:

cum ad Cannas praecipitasset Romana res,

Liv. 27, 40:

ad exitium praecipitans,

Cic. Att. 3, 15, 7.—

To be too hasty:

cum vitiosum sit adsentiri quicquam aut falsum aut incognitum, sustinenda est potius omnis adsensio, ne praecipitet, si temere processerit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 21, 68.—Hence, praecĭpĭ-tanter, adv., hastily, precipitately:

agens mannos ad villam,

Lucr. 3, 1063.

prō-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3, v. a.

Lit.

In gen., to roll or tumble forwards, to roll along, roll over and over, roll away (class., but not in Cic.):

aliquem in viam mediam,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 37:

corpora,

Lucr. 6, 1264:

ubi glaeba e terrā provolvitur ingens,

id. 6, 553:

cupas ardentes in opera,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 42:

congestas lapidum moles,

Tac. A. 4, 51:

Galba projectus e sellā ac provolutus est,

id. H. 1, 41; Verg. A. 12, 533; 10, 556.—

In partic., with se or mid., to cast one's self down, fall down, prostrate one's self at another's feet (syn. prosterno):

se alicui ad pedes,

Liv. 6, 3:

flentes ad genua consulis provolvuntur,

id. 34, 11:

provolutae ad pedes,

Curt. 3, 12, 11:

genibus ejus provolutus,

Tac. A. 12, 18; 11, 30; Just. 11, 9, 14.—

Trop., to snatch away, carry away, hurry on (post-Aug.):

multi fortunis provolvebantur,

i. e. are ruined, Tac. A. 6, 17.—

Mid., to humble one's self:

usque ad libita Pallantis provoluta,

submitting to the desires of, Tac. A. 14, 2:

provolutus effususque in iram,

Gell. 1, 26, 7.

pūblĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [publicus].

To make public property, to seize and adjudge to the public use, to confiscate (class.; cf.

proscribo): regnum Jubae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25:

bona Cingetorigis,

id. B. G. 5, 54; 7, 43:

privata,

Cic. Agr. 2, 21, 57:

bona,

id. Cat. 4, 4, 8:

Ptolemaeum,

id. Dom. 8, 20:

censeo publicandas eorum pecunias,

Sall. C. 51, 43; Nep. Thras. 1, 5; Liv. 3, 58; 29, 19; Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 13:

aurarias,

Tac. A. 6, 19.—

To show or tell to the people, to impart to the public, make public or common (freq. only in the post-Aug. period, not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf.

vulgo): Aventinum,

i. e. to open for building, Liv. 3, 31, 1:

bibliothecas Graecas et Latinas,

to furnish for the use of the public, throw open to the public, Suet. Caes. 44; Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 115; Suet. Aug. 43.—With se, to let one's self be heard in public, to come before the public, Suet. Ner. 21:

oratiunculam,

to publish, Plin. Ep. 5, 13, 1:

epistulas,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

librum,

id. ib. 1, 5, 2:

libellos,

Suet. Caes. 56; id. Aug. 43.—

In partic.

To make known, publish, reveal, disclose (very rare):

reticenda,

Just. 1, 7, 5; 2, 15, 17:

dies fasti publicati,

Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 17.—

Corpus publicare, to expose one's self to common use, prostitute one's self, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 22:

publicata pudicitia,

Tac. G. 19; Quint. 7, 9, 4.—

To lay waste, destroy, make a ruin of:

domus,

Vulg. 1 Esdr. 6, 11; id. Dan. 2, 5.

verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).

Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

turbinem puer,

Tib. 1, 5, 4:

turdos in igni,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:

ova non acri favillā,

Ov. M. 8, 667:

cum versati appositi essent pisces,

Quint. 6, 3, 90:

vinclorum inmensa volumina,

Verg. A. 5, 408:

manum,

Ov. M. 12, 493:

lumina,

id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;

7, 579: cardinem,

id. ib. 4, 93:

fusum,

id. ib. 4, 221;

6, 22: corpus,

id. Am. 1, 2, 4:

sortem urnā,

to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

ligonibus glaebas,

to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,

rura (juvenci),

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:

terram,

Ov. R. Am. 173:

desectum gramen,

hay, id. M. 14, 646:

currum in gramine,

i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:

oves,

to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:

pulsat versatque Dareta,

id. A. 5, 460:

me versant in litore venti,

id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:

et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,

handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:

satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,

I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:

mundum versari circum axem caeli,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:

qui (orbes) versantur retro,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,

Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:

suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,

Cic. Fat. 18, 42:

ne versari aves possent,

Col. 8, 7, 1.—

Trop.

In gen., to turn, twist, bend:

versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,

Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

eadem multis modis,

id. Or. 40, 137:

causas,

i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:

non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?

id. 5, 14, 32:

verba,

to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:

fors omnia versat,

turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;

so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,

Tib. 1, 5, 70:

huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:

in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,

id. ib. 5, 28, 86:

versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,

Curt. 6, 6, 27.—

In partic. (rare in Cic.).

Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:

versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:

haerere homo, versari, rubere,

to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):

miserum toto cubili,

Prop. 1, 14, 21:

illum toto versant suspiria lecto,

id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):

odiis domos,

to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:

ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,

i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:

sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,

alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:

pectora,

id. ib. 2, 45:

muliebrem animum in omnes partes,

Liv. 1, 58, 3:

patrum animos,

id. 1, 17, 1:

pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),

id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:

spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,

Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—

To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:

volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:

versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,

Liv. 3, 34, 4:

illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,

Verg. A. 4, 563; so,

dolos,

id. ib. 2, 62:

versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,

Hor. A. P. 39:

ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,

Quint. 8, 3, 13:

versenturque omni modo numeri,

examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:

somnia decies,

to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:

multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,

examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—

Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.

Lit.:

vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,

Plaut. Am. prol. 128:

in medio pariete,

id. Cas. 1, 52:

non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,

Cic. Quint. 18, 59:

in fundo,

id. Mil. 20, 53:

in castris,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

inter aciem,

id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:

nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:

intra vallum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

alicui inter femina,

Suet. Tib. 44:

nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;

apud praefectos regis,

Nep. Con. 2, 4.—

Trop.

In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:

nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

Cat. 64, 149:

ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,

Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:

in clarissimā luce,

id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,

id. Planc. 10, 26:

in simili culpā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:

nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,

i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,

id. Sest. 21, 47:

haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,

id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

aliquid in dubitatione versatur,

id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:

Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,

waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—

In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.

Of persons.

With in and abl. (class.):

opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

in omnibus ingenuis artibus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

versabor in re difficili,

id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,

id. Arch. 12, 30;

ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

si diutius in hoc genere verser,

id. ib. 1, 46, 70:

multum in imperiis,

Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—

With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?

Quint. 2, 21, 19.—

With inter:

inter arma ac studia versatus,

Vell. 1, 13, 3.—

Of abstract subjects.

With in and abl. (class.):

haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,

depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,

is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:

imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,

Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;

quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

omnia quae in causā versarentur,

Quint. 7, 1, 4:

epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,

id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:

praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,

id. 5, 2, 1.—

With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,

Quint. 6, 2, 20:

circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,

id. 3, 6, 23:

quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,

id. 2, 15, 15.—

With abl.:

itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,

Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—

Part. perf.:

homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,

Cic. Quint. 1, 3:

viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,

id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

semper inter arma ac studia versatus,

Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:

is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,

Tac. Agr. 7.

verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).

Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

turbinem puer,

Tib. 1, 5, 4:

turdos in igni,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:

ova non acri favillā,

Ov. M. 8, 667:

cum versati appositi essent pisces,

Quint. 6, 3, 90:

vinclorum inmensa volumina,

Verg. A. 5, 408:

manum,

Ov. M. 12, 493:

lumina,

id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;

7, 579: cardinem,

id. ib. 4, 93:

fusum,

id. ib. 4, 221;

6, 22: corpus,

id. Am. 1, 2, 4:

sortem urnā,

to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

ligonibus glaebas,

to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,

rura (juvenci),

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:

terram,

Ov. R. Am. 173:

desectum gramen,

hay, id. M. 14, 646:

currum in gramine,

i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:

oves,

to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:

pulsat versatque Dareta,

id. A. 5, 460:

me versant in litore venti,

id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:

et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,

handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:

satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,

I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:

mundum versari circum axem caeli,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:

qui (orbes) versantur retro,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,

Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:

suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,

Cic. Fat. 18, 42:

ne versari aves possent,

Col. 8, 7, 1.—

Trop.

In gen., to turn, twist, bend:

versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,

Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

eadem multis modis,

id. Or. 40, 137:

causas,

i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:

non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?

id. 5, 14, 32:

verba,

to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:

fors omnia versat,

turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;

so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,

Tib. 1, 5, 70:

huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:

in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,

id. ib. 5, 28, 86:

versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,

Curt. 6, 6, 27.—

In partic. (rare in Cic.).

Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:

versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:

haerere homo, versari, rubere,

to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):

miserum toto cubili,

Prop. 1, 14, 21:

illum toto versant suspiria lecto,

id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):

odiis domos,

to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:

ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,

i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:

sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,

alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:

pectora,

id. ib. 2, 45:

muliebrem animum in omnes partes,

Liv. 1, 58, 3:

patrum animos,

id. 1, 17, 1:

pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),

id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:

spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,

Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—

To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:

volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:

versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,

Liv. 3, 34, 4:

illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,

Verg. A. 4, 563; so,

dolos,

id. ib. 2, 62:

versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,

Hor. A. P. 39:

ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,

Quint. 8, 3, 13:

versenturque omni modo numeri,

examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:

somnia decies,

to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:

multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,

examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—

Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.

Lit.:

vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,

Plaut. Am. prol. 128:

in medio pariete,

id. Cas. 1, 52:

non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,

Cic. Quint. 18, 59:

in fundo,

id. Mil. 20, 53:

in castris,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

inter aciem,

id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:

nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:

intra vallum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

alicui inter femina,

Suet. Tib. 44:

nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;

apud praefectos regis,

Nep. Con. 2, 4.—

Trop.

In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:

nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

Cat. 64, 149:

ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,

Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:

in clarissimā luce,

id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,

id. Planc. 10, 26:

in simili culpā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:

nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,

i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,

id. Sest. 21, 47:

haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,

id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

aliquid in dubitatione versatur,

id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:

Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,

waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—

In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.

Of persons.

With in and abl. (class.):

opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

in omnibus ingenuis artibus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

versabor in re difficili,

id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,

id. Arch. 12, 30;

ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

si diutius in hoc genere verser,

id. ib. 1, 46, 70:

multum in imperiis,

Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—

With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?

Quint. 2, 21, 19.—

With inter:

inter arma ac studia versatus,

Vell. 1, 13, 3.—

Of abstract subjects.

With in and abl. (class.):

haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,

depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,

is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:

imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,

Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;

quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

omnia quae in causā versarentur,

Quint. 7, 1, 4:

epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,

id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:

praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,

id. 5, 2, 1.—

With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,

Quint. 6, 2, 20:

circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,

id. 3, 6, 23:

quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,

id. 2, 15, 15.—

With abl.:

itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,

Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—

Part. perf.:

homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,

Cic. Quint. 1, 3:

viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,

id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

semper inter arma ac studia versatus,

Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:

is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,

Tac. Agr. 7.

pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; 5, 1, 2; 5, 2, 26 al.; Lucr. 1, 580; 2, 5 et saep.; Verg. A. 2, 709; 751; 3, 711 et saep.; Juv. 6, 94), i, n. [root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. peraô, to pierce; poros. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr], a trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).

Lit.:

fac periculum in litteris,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23:

miser est homo qui amat... Scio qui periclum feci,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:

priusquam periclum faceret,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

ex aliis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36:

alicujus fidei periculum facere,

to make trial of, to try, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 34:

quā in re tute tui periculum fecisti,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: legionum, Auct. B. Afr. 79.—

Transf.

Concr., an attempt in writing, an essay:

faciunt imperite, qui in isto periculo non ut a poëtā, sed ut a teste, veritatem exigent (speaking of a poem in honor of Marius),

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 10, 215.—

Risk, hazard, danger, peril (which acompanies an attempt;

the common signif. of the word): meo periclo rem gero,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100:

tuo ego istaec dicam illi periculo,

id. ib. 4, 2, 17:

periculum facere,

to run a risk, id. ib. 1, 1, 63:

si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

discriminum et periculorum comites,

id. N. D. 2, 66, 166:

obire pericula ac labores,

Liv. 1, 54:

periculum adire capitis,

to run the risk of one's life, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

in periculo animarum suarum,

Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 19:

subire pro amico,

Cic. Part. 19, 66:

suscipere,

to take upon one's self, id. Mur. 36, 76:

ingredi,

id. ib. 2, 4:

conflare alicui,

to cause, occasion, id. Sull. 4, 13:

intendere in aliquem,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

intendere alicui,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

mortis alicui inicere,

id. Caecin. 29, 83:

facessere innocenti,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

facere alicui,

Sall. C. 33, 1; cf.:

ego nihil facio tibi periculi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:

creare alicui,

Cic. Att. 22, 2:

comparare alicui,

id. Fl. 38, 96:

moliri optimis civibus,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

amici depellere,

id. Clu. 6, 8:

subterfugere,

id. Fam. 15, 1, 4:

adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen,

id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen inferre,

id. Balb. 10, 25:

arcessere aliquem in summum capitis periculum,

id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

includere in periculum,

id. Clu. 55, 155:

in periculum se committere,

to get into danger, id. Inv. 2, 8, 37:

eripere ex periculo,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

extrahere ex periculo,

to release from danger, id. Sest. 4, 11:

rem publicam a periculo prohibere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

liberare periculis,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

res in periculo vertitur,

the affair becomes perilous, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 12:

esse in periculo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2:

in periculo versari,

id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

a securi negat ei periculum esse,

that danger threatens him, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

periculum est, ne,

there is danger that, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; so id. Verr. 1, 11, 32: periculo meo, tuo, suo, at my, your, his risk:

meo periculo,

id. Sest. 52, 111:

crede audacter meo periculo,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:

meo periculo rem gero,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 100; id. As. 2, 4, 51:

des ei nummos fide et periculo meo,

Dig. 46, 1, 24:

navem sumptu periculoque suo armatam mittere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50; id. Fl. 17, 41:

rem periculi sui facere,

to do a thing at one's own risk, Dig. 23, 5, 16: bono periculo, safely, without danger (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 16.—

In partic.

A trial, action, suit at law (class.):

meus labor in privatorum periculis caste integreque versatus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

aliquem in periculis defendere,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 3.—

A writ of judgment, a sentence:

unum ab iis petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc.,

Nep. Ep. 8:

pericula magistratuum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183.—

A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.):

in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum,

Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—

Ruin, destruction (postclass.):

tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates,

Arn. 1, 4.

pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; 5, 1, 2; 5, 2, 26 al.; Lucr. 1, 580; 2, 5 et saep.; Verg. A. 2, 709; 751; 3, 711 et saep.; Juv. 6, 94), i, n. [root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. peraô, to pierce; poros. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr], a trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).

Lit.:

fac periculum in litteris,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23:

miser est homo qui amat... Scio qui periclum feci,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:

priusquam periclum faceret,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

ex aliis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36:

alicujus fidei periculum facere,

to make trial of, to try, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 34:

quā in re tute tui periculum fecisti,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: legionum, Auct. B. Afr. 79.—

Transf.

Concr., an attempt in writing, an essay:

faciunt imperite, qui in isto periculo non ut a poëtā, sed ut a teste, veritatem exigent (speaking of a poem in honor of Marius),

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 10, 215.—

Risk, hazard, danger, peril (which acompanies an attempt;

the common signif. of the word): meo periclo rem gero,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100:

tuo ego istaec dicam illi periculo,

id. ib. 4, 2, 17:

periculum facere,

to run a risk, id. ib. 1, 1, 63:

si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

discriminum et periculorum comites,

id. N. D. 2, 66, 166:

obire pericula ac labores,

Liv. 1, 54:

periculum adire capitis,

to run the risk of one's life, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

in periculo animarum suarum,

Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 19:

subire pro amico,

Cic. Part. 19, 66:

suscipere,

to take upon one's self, id. Mur. 36, 76:

ingredi,

id. ib. 2, 4:

conflare alicui,

to cause, occasion, id. Sull. 4, 13:

intendere in aliquem,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

intendere alicui,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

mortis alicui inicere,

id. Caecin. 29, 83:

facessere innocenti,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

facere alicui,

Sall. C. 33, 1; cf.:

ego nihil facio tibi periculi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:

creare alicui,

Cic. Att. 22, 2:

comparare alicui,

id. Fl. 38, 96:

moliri optimis civibus,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

amici depellere,

id. Clu. 6, 8:

subterfugere,

id. Fam. 15, 1, 4:

adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen,

id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen inferre,

id. Balb. 10, 25:

arcessere aliquem in summum capitis periculum,

id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

includere in periculum,

id. Clu. 55, 155:

in periculum se committere,

to get into danger, id. Inv. 2, 8, 37:

eripere ex periculo,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

extrahere ex periculo,

to release from danger, id. Sest. 4, 11:

rem publicam a periculo prohibere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

liberare periculis,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

res in periculo vertitur,

the affair becomes perilous, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 12:

esse in periculo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2:

in periculo versari,

id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

a securi negat ei periculum esse,

that danger threatens him, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

periculum est, ne,

there is danger that, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; so id. Verr. 1, 11, 32: periculo meo, tuo, suo, at my, your, his risk:

meo periculo,

id. Sest. 52, 111:

crede audacter meo periculo,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:

meo periculo rem gero,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 100; id. As. 2, 4, 51:

des ei nummos fide et periculo meo,

Dig. 46, 1, 24:

navem sumptu periculoque suo armatam mittere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50; id. Fl. 17, 41:

rem periculi sui facere,

to do a thing at one's own risk, Dig. 23, 5, 16: bono periculo, safely, without danger (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 16.—

In partic.

A trial, action, suit at law (class.):

meus labor in privatorum periculis caste integreque versatus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

aliquem in periculis defendere,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 3.—

A writ of judgment, a sentence:

unum ab iis petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc.,

Nep. Ep. 8:

pericula magistratuum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183.—

A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.):

in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum,

Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—

Ruin, destruction (postclass.):

tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates,

Arn. 1, 4.

sollĭcĭto ( sōlĭ-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sollicitus], to disturb, stir, agitate, move; to distress, harass, make uneasy, vex, solicit, tempt, seduce, attract, induce.

Lit., to stir, put in lively motion, move violently, disturb, shake, exercise ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Histri tela manu jacientes sollicitabant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 438 Vahl.): myropolas omnes sollicito;

ubicumque unguentum est, ungor,

keep them busy, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 10:

nec fas esse, quod sit fundatum perpetuo aevo, sollicitare suis.. ex sedibus,

Lucr. 5, 162:

pinnisque repente sollicitant divum nocturno tempore lucos,

id. 4, 1008; 2, 965: teneram ferro sollicitavit humum, stirred, i. e. by the plough, Tib. 1, 7, 30; so,

tellurem,

Verg. G. 2, 418:

herbae, Quas tellus, nullo sollicitante (i. e. eam) dabat,

Ov. F. 4, 396:

remis freta,

Verg. G. 2, 503:

spicula dextrā,

id. A. 12, 404:

totum tremoribus orbem,

Ov. M. 6, 699:

stamina docto Pollice, pregn.,

excite by handling, id. ib. 11, 169 (v. II. B. 1. infra):

stomachum vomitu, alvum purgatione,

to move, Cels. 1 praef. fin.: mox, velut aurā sollicitante, provecti longius, as if a breeze were moving us on, Quint. 12, prooem. 2:

hic (spiritus naturae), quamdiu non... pellitur, jacet innoxius... ubi illum extrinsecus superveniens causa sollicitat, compellitque et in artum agit, etc.,

stirs up, Sen. Q. N. 6, 18, 2:

sollicitavit aquas remis,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2:

lucus, qui primus anhelis sollicitatur equis,

id. Idyll. 1, 3:

seu remige Medo sollicitatur Athos,

id. Ruf. 1, 336:

Maenalias feras,

to hunt, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 14:

ne salebris sollicitentur apes,

Col. 9, 8, 3.—Of a river:

cum Danubius non jam radices nec media montium stringit, sed juga ipsa sollicitat,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 9.—In mal. part., Ov. Am. 3, 7, 74; Mart. 11, 22, 4; 11, 46, 4; Petr. 20, 2.—

To produce by stirring, excite, cause to come forth, to arouse, draw out (rare): radices in ipsā arbore sollicitando, by starting roots from the tree (cf. the context), Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 98; cf.:

sollicitatur id in nobis quod diximus ante semen,

Lucr. 4, 1037.—

Trop., = sollicitum facere.

With the notion of distress, to cause distress, anxiety, uneasiness, to distress, disturb.

Of the body (very rare and poet.):

mala copia Aegrum sollicitat stomachum,

distresses, Hor. S. 2, 2, 43. —

Of the mind; constr. with acc. of person, with animum, etc.

To fill with apprehension, cause fear, suspense of the mind, and anxiety for the future; and pass., = sollicitum esse, to be distressed, to torment one's self:

nunc ibo ut visam, estne id aurum ut condidi, quod me sollicitat miserum plurimis modis,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 26: certo scio, non ut Flamininum sollicitari te, Tite, sic noctesque diesque, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1:

jamdudum equidem sentio, suspicio quae te sollicitet,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 50:

sicine me atque illam operā tuā nunc miseros sollicitarier?

Ter. And. 4, 2, 6: egon' id timeo? Ph. Quid te ergo aliud sollicitat? id. Eun. 1, 2, 82; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 10:

aut quid sit id quod sollicitere ad hunc modum?

id. Hec. 4, 4, 54:

me autem jam et mare istuc et terra sollicitat,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

an dubitas quin ea me cura (pro genero et filio) vehementissime sollicitet?

id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:

multa sunt quae me sollicitant anguntque,

id. Att. 1, 18, 1:

ne cujus metu sollicitaret animos sociorum,

Liv. 45, 28 med.:

cum Scipionem exspectatio successoris sollicitaret,

id. 30, 36 fin.:

desiderantem quod satis est neque Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, Nec, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 26; cf. Mart. 7, 54, 2.—With de:

de posteris nostris et de illā immortalitate rei publicae sollicitor, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41.— Hence, like verbs of fearing, with ne, that ( lest):

et Quibus nunc sollicitor rebus! ne aut ille alserit, Aut uspiam ceciderit, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11:

sollicitari se simulans, ne in ejus perniciem conspirarent,

Amm. 14, 7, 9.—Also with quod, like verbs of emotion:

me illa cura sollicitat angitque vehementer, quod... nihil a te, nihil ex istis locis... affluxit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1.—

More rarely, to grieve, afflict, make wretched:

istuc facinus quod tuom sollicitat animum, id ego feci,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 8:

sed erile scelus me sollicitat,

id. Rud. 1, 3, 19: cur meam senectutem hujus sollicito amentiā? why do I make my old age miserable by, etc., Ter. And. 5, 3, 16:

haec cura (ob miserum statum rei publicae) sollicitat et hunc meum socium,

Cic. Brut. 97, 331.—With subject-clause:

nihil me magis sollicitat quam... non me ridere tecum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1.—

To disturb the rest or repose of a person or community, to trouble, harass, = perturbare:

quid me quaeris? quid laboras? quid hunc sollicitas?

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 15; so,

quae roget, ne se sollicitare velis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 484:

temeritas et libido et ignavia semper animum excruciant, et semper sollicitant,

Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

anxitudo, prona ad luctum et maerens, semperque ipsa se sollicitans,

id. Rep. Fragm. 2, 41, 68:

quoniam rebellando saepius nos sollicitant,

Liv. 8, 13, 13:

finitimi populi, qui castra, non urbem positam in medio ad sollicitandam omnium pacem crediderant,

to disturb the peace, id. 1, 21, 2:

unde neque ille sollicitare quietae civitatis statum possit,

id. 21, 10, 12; so,

pacem,

id. 34, 16 fin.:

ira Jovis sollicitati prava religione,

id. 1, 31, 8:

ea cura quietos (deos) sollicitat,

Verg. A. 4, 380:

alium ambitio numquam quieta sollicitat,

Sen. Cons. Polyb. 4 (23), 2:

eum non metus sollicitabit,

id. ib. 9 (28), 4: (voluptas) licet alia ex aliis admoveat, quibus totos partesque nostri sollicitet, id. Vit. Beat. 5, 4:

et magnum bello sollicitare Jovem,

Ov. F. 5, 40:

sollicitatque feros non aequis viribus hostes,

Luc. 4, 665:

ut me nutricibus, me aviae educanti, me omnibus qui sollicitare illas aetates solent, praeferret,

Quint. 6, prooem. § 8: sollicitare manes, to disturb the dead by mentioning their names:

parce, precor, manes sollicitare meos,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 32; cf.:

cur ad mentionem defunctorum testamur, memoriam eorum a nobis non sollicitari?

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 23.—Hence, pregn.:

sollicito manes,

I disturb the dead, Ov. M. 6, 699:

sollicitare umbras = ciere, citare, in necromancy,

Manil. 1, 93.—

Without the idea of distress or uneasiness.

To stir, rouse, excite, incite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

unicus est de quo sollicitamur honor,

Ov. F. 6, 10, 76:

sollicitatque deas,

id. M. 4, 473:

vanis maritum sollicitat precibus,

id. ib. 9, 683:

quoque Musarum studium a nocte silenti Sollicitare solet, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. praef. 12: cupidinem lentum sollicitas,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 6:

labris quae poterant ipsum sollicitare Jovem,

Mart. 66, 16:

me nova sollicitat, me tangit serior aetas,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 45:

deinde (luxuria) frugalitatem professos sollicitat,

Sen. Ep. 56, 10.—Hence,

To attract, to tempt, to invite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

si quis dotatam uxorem habet, eum hominem sollicitat sopor,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 15 Lorenz:

nullum sollicitant haec, Flacce, toreumata canem,

Mart. 12, 74, 5:

cum, mira specie, feminarum sollicitaret oculos,

Val. Max. 4, 5, 1 ext.:

non deest forma quae sollicitet oculos,

Sen. Ep. 88, 7:

in his (praediis venalibus) me multa sollicitant,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 1:

quibuscum delinimentis potest animos omnium sollicitat,

Just. 21, 1, 5:

omni studio sollicitatum spe regni,

id. 8, 3, 8:

in Graeciam Philippus cum venisset, sollicitatus paucarum civitatum direptione (i. e. spe diripiendi),

id. 9, 1:

sollicitati praeda,

id. 23, 1, 10; 2, 13 fin.:

te plaga lucida caeli... sollicitet,

Stat. Th. 1, 27:

magno praemio sollicitatus,

bribed, Front. Strat. 3, 6, 4.—So, to attract the attention, occupy the mind:

ut vix umquam ita sollicitari partibus earum debeamus ut non et summae meminerimus,

Quint. 11, 3, 151.—

Transf., to incite one to do something.

To urge to wrong-doing, to inveigle, seduce, incite, stimulate, provoke, tempt, abet (class.).

Absol.:

servum sollicitare verbis, spe promissisque corrumpere, contra dominum armare,

Cic. Deiot. 11, 30:

non sollicitabit rursus agrarios?

id. Phil. 7, 6, 18:

sollicitant homines imperitos Saxo et Cafo,

id. ib. 10, 10, 22: necare eandem voluit: quaesivit venenum;

sollicitavit quos potuit,

id. Cael. 13, 31:

Milo... quos ex aere alieno laborare arbitrabatur, sollicitabat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22: quos ingenti pecuniae spe sollicitaverant vestri (sc. to murder Philip), Curt. 4, 1, 12:

ipsam ingentibus sollicitare datis,

Ov. M. 6, 463:

pretio sperare sollicitari animos egentium,

Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17; Liv. 2, 42, 6; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—So esp. milit. t. t.,= temptare (freq. in the historians), to strive to win over, tempt, instigate, incite to defection, attack, etc.:

ad sollicitandas civitates,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

Germanos Transrhenanos sollicitare dicebantur,

id. ib. 5, 2; so id. B. C. 3, 21; id. B. G. 5, 55; 6, 2; 7, 53;

7, 54: servitia urbana sollicitare,

Sall. C. 24 fin.:

nobilissimos Hispanos in Italiam ad sollicitandos populares... miserunt,

Liv. 24, 49, 8:

vicinos populos haud ambigue sollicitari,

id. 8, 23, 2:

ad continendas urbes, quas illinc Eumenes, hinc Romani sollicitabant,

id. 37, 8, 5:

num sollicitati animi sociorum ab rege Perseo essent,

id. 42, 19 fin.:

omnes sollicitatos legationibus Persei, sed egregie in fide permanere,

id. 42, 26 fin.; so,

diu,

id. 31, 5, 8; 40, 57, 2; 41, 23, 7;

45, 35, 8: interim qui Persas sollicitarent mittuntur,

Curt. 5, 10, 9; Suet. Oth. 5; id. Ner. 13; id. Tit. 9; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—

With ad and acc.:

in servis ad hospitem necandum sollicitatis,

Cic. Cael. 21, 51:

servum ad venenum dandum,

id. Clu. 16, 47:

opifices et servitia ad Lentulum eripiendum,

Sall. C. 50, 1:

qui ultro ad transeundum hostes vocabant sollicitabantque,

Liv. 25, 15, 5.—After in:

cum milites ad proditionem, amicos ad perniciem meam pecunia sollicitet,

Curt. 4, 11, 1.—

With ut: civitates sollicitant [p. 1722] ut in libertate permanere vellent, Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

se sollicitatum esse ut regnare vellet,

Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 6:

missis ad accolas Histri, ut in Italiam irrumperent sollicitandos, Liv 39, 35: Darei litterae quibus Graeci milites sollicitabantur ut regem interficerent,

Curt. 4, 10, 16.—

With gen., gerund., and causa:

comperi legatos Allobrogum tumultus Gallici excitandi causa a P. Lentulo esse sollicitatos,

Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4.—

With in and acc. (post-class.;

the prevailing constr. in Just.): amicum in adulterium uxoris sollicitatum,

Just. 1, 7, 18:

Alexander in Italiam sollicitatus,

urgently invited, id. 12, 2, 1:

Iones sollicitare in partes suas statuit,

id. 2, 12, 1:

qui Peloponnenses in societatem armorum sollicitaret,

id. 13, 5; so id. 13, 5, 10; 32, 4, 1; 29, 4, 5. —

With acc. of abstract objects ( poet.):

nuptae sollicitare fidem (= nuptam sollicitare ad fidem violandam),

to make attempts against, Ov. H. 16 (17), 4; cf. id. Am. 3, 1, 50; id. M. 6, 463; 7, 721; id. P. 3, 3, 50.—

In gen., without implying an evil purpose, to induce, incite, stimulate, solicit, urge, invite, exhort, move ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

antequam est ad hoc opus (historiam scribendi) sollicitatus,

induced to undertake this work, Quint. 10, 1, 74:

quae Hecubae maritum posset ad Hectoreos sollicitare rogos,

Mart. 6, 7, 4:

cum, sollicitatus ex urbe Roma (a Mithridate), praecepta pro se mitteret,

Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 6:

sollicitandi (parentes) ad hunc laborem erant,

it was necessary to give inducements to the parents to undertake this labor, Sen. Ben. 3, 11, 1:

cum juventutem ad imitationem sui sollicitaret,

id. Cons. Helv. 10, 10:

alios Orientis regis ut idem postularent sollicitare temptavit,

Suet. Dom. 2:

juvenum... corpora nunc pretio, nunc ille hortantibus ardens sollicitat dictis,

Stat. Th. 2, 485:

sollicitat tunc ampla viros ad praemia cursu celeres,

id. ib. 6, 550:

ut per praecones susceptores sollicitarent,

Just. 8, 3, 8:

Alexander in Italiam a Tarentinis sollicitatus,

id. 12, 2, 1:

avaritia sollicitatus (= permotus),

id. 32, 2, 1:

sollicitatoque juvene ad colloquium,

allured him to the conference, id. 38, 1, 9:

hoc maxime sollicitatus ad amicitiam,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 85:

serpentes sollicitant ad se avis,

id. 8, 23, 35, § 85:

hyaena ad sollicitandos canes,

id. 8, 30, 44, § 106:

velut vacua possessione sollicitatus,

Just. 31, 3, 2:

remansit in caelibatu, neque sollicitari ulla condicione amplius potuit (i. e. ad uxorem ducendam),

Suet. Galb. 5:

quod me, tamquam tirunculum, sollicitavit ad emendum (signum),

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 4:

ut ex copia studiosorum circumspicias praeceptores quos sollicitare possimus (sc. ut huc veniant),

id. 4, 13, 11.—With inf. ( poet.):

finemque expromere rerum sollicitat superos,

urgently implores to disclose the issue, Luc. 5, 69:

cum rapiant mala facta bonos... sollicitor nullos esse putare deos,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36; cf.:

sollicitat spatium decurrere amoris,

Lucr. 4, 1196.—With ne:

maritum sollicitat precibus, ne spem sibi ponat in arte,

Ov. M. 9, 683.

sub-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( perf. sync. subduxti, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25; inf. subduxe, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6), v. a., to draw from under or from below.

Without the idea of removal.

In gen., to draw or pull up; to lift up, raise (rare):

brassicam ad nasum admoveto: ita subducito susum animam, quam plurimum poteris,

Cato, R. R. 157, 15:

aliquid sursum,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 4:

cataractam funibus,

Liv. 27, 28, 10: subductis (tunicis) usque ad inguen, pulled up (opp. demissis), Hor. S. 1, 2, 26: supercilia, Turp. ap. Non. 399, 30; Varr. ib. 399, 33; Sen. Ep. 48, 5; id. Ben. 1, 1, 6 al.; cf.:

subducto voltu,

Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9.—

In partic., naut. t. t., to draw or haul up on land (a ship out of the water;

class. and freq.): navim in pulvinarium,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 27:

longas naves in aridum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 29:

navis subducta in terrā,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 50:

naves regiae in campo Martio subductae sunt,

Liv. 45, 42:

ab classe, quae Corcyrae subducta erat,

id. 31, 22:

classis, quae subducta esset ad Gytheum,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 49; so,

naves,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11; id. B. C. 2, 23; 3, 23 fin.; Liv. 27, 17, 6; 37, 10; 42, 27:

classem,

id. 45, 2 al.; Vulg. Luc. 5, 11.—

With the idea of removal implied, to draw away from among; to take away, lead away, carry off; to withdraw, remove, etc. (class.; syn. subtraho).

In gen.:

ubi bullabit vinum, ignem subducito,

Cato, R. R. 105, 1:

lapides ex turri,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11:

rerum fundamenta,

Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 42:

conjux fidum capiti subduxerat ensem,

Verg. A. 6, 524:

subduc cibum unum diem athletae,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

et sucus pecori et lac subducitur agnis,

Verg. E. 3, 6:

pugnae Turnum,

id. A. 10, 615;

so,

id. ib. 10, 50:

aliquem manibus Graium,

id. ib. 10, 81:

aliquem praesenti periculo,

Vell. 2, 72, 5:

se pedibus (terra),

Lucr. 1, 1106:

se ab ipso Vulnere (fera),

Ov. M. 7, 781 et saep. —

Esp.

To purge, evacuate:

quoniam is cibus subduceret sensim alvum,

Gell. 4, 11, 4; so,

alvum,

Cels. 3, 4.—

Vela celeriter, to take in, furl, Auct. B. Alex. 45, 3:

rem de judicio,

Dig. 10, 2, 14.—

Milit. t. t., to draw off forces from one position to another (class.):

cohortes aliquot subductas ex dextro cornu post aciem circumducit,

Liv. 27, 48:

Numidas ex mediā acie,

id. 22, 48:

triarios ex postremā acie,

id. 44, 37:

subductis ordinibus,

id. 36, 18; cf. id. 40, 30:

ab his centuriones omnes lectos et evocatos... in primam aciem subducit,

Sall. C. 59, 3:

copias in proximum collem subducit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 22:

milites pleno gradu in collem,

Sall. J. 98, 4:

agmen in aequiorem locum,

Liv. 7, 34.—

With the idea of stealth or secrecy.

To take away secretly or by stealth, to steal, hide: Atreus quam (pecudem auream) sibi Thyestem subduxe queritur, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6:

alicui anulum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 81:

subducta viatica plorat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54:

post ignem aethereā domo Subductum,

id. C. 1, 3, 30:

nec mihi rivalis subducit certos amores,

Prop. 1, 8, 45:

saccularii partem subducunt, partem subtrahunt,

Dig. 47, 11, 7:

obsides furto,

Liv. 9, 11:

cubiculum subductum omnibus ventis,

secured against, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10.—

Esp., with se, me, etc., to take one's self away by stealth, withdraw, steal away:

tempus est subducere hinc me,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 62:

clam te subduxti mihi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25:

de circulo se subduxit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1:

modo se subducere ab ipso Vulnere visa fera est,

Ov. M. 7, 781:

se clam,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 4;

Auct. B. Afr. 93, 1: at nos quaerimus illa (verba), tamquam lateant semper seseque subducant,

Quint. 8, prooem. § 21.— Poet.:

neve terra se pedibus subducat,

Lucr. 1, 1106:

quā se subducere colles Incipiunt,

i. e. to slope down gradually, Verg. E. 9, 7; cf.

mid.: fons subducitur,

i. e. loses itself, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 39.—

Trop.

Rationem, to draw up, cast up, reckon, compute, calculate, or balance an account (by subtracting one set of items from another; class.;

esp. freq. in Cic.): subduxi ratiunculam, Quantum aeris mihi sit, quantumque alieni siet,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 1; cf.:

intus subducam ratiunculam, quantillum argenti mi siet,

id. Capt. 1, 2, 89:

subducamus summam,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11; cf.:

assidunt, subducunt: ad numum convenit,

id. ib. 5, 21, 12.—

In gen.: rationem, to deliberate, calculate:

rationibus subductis summam feci cogitationum mearum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

Medea et Atreus... initā subductāque ratione nefaria scelera meditantes,

id. N. D. 3, 29, 71; cf.: ineundis subducendisque rationibus, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 399, 16;

for which also, calculis subductis,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 60:

bene subductā ratione,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 1:

hoc quid intersit, si tuos digitos novi, certe habes subductum,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 31. —Hence, subductus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. A.) Raised, elevated, upturned: quod vituperones suos subducti supercilii carptores appellavit (Laevius), Gell. 19, 7, 16.—

(Acc. to II. A. 1.) Withdrawn, removed, remote, = remotus (post-Aug. and very rare):

terra subductior,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 591.

as-sĕro ( ads-, K. and H., Müller), sēvi, situm, 3, v. a., to sow, plant, or set near something (very rare;

not in Cic.), Agroet. de Orthogr. p. 2274 P.: vites,

Cato, R. R. 32 fin.:

vitis adsita ad olus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin.:

vites propter cupressos,

id. ib. 1, 26: Lenta quin velut adsitas Vitis implicat arbores, * Cat. 61, 102: populus adsita certis Limitibus, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 170 (quippe quae vitibus maritaretur, Agroet. l. c.).

as-sĕro ( ads-, Ritschl, Fleckeisen, Merk., Halm, Weissenb.), sĕrŭi, sertum, 3, v. a., to join some person or thing to one's self; hence,

As a jurid. t. t. (so this word is most freq. found; cf. assertor and assertio).

Aliquem manu, in libertatem or liberali causā (also merely manu, and finally absol. adserere), to declare one (a slave) to be free by laying hands upon him, to set free, to liberate:

adserere manu in libertatem...,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:

qui in libertatem adserebant,

Suet. Vit. 10:

se adserit in libertatem,

Dig. 47, 10, 11 fin.:

in iis qui adserantur in libertatem, quia quivis lege agere possit, id juris esse,

Liv. 3, 45; so,

in ingenuitatem,

Suet. Aug. 74:

se ingenuitati,

Dig. 40, 14, 2:

manu eas adserat Suas populares liberali causā,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 83:

manuque liberali causā ambas adseras,

id. ib. 5, 2, 142: si quisquam hanc liberali adseruisset manu, id. Curc. 5, 2, 68:

ego liberali illam adsero causā manu,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40: cum in causā liberali eum, qui adserebatur cognatum, suum esse diceret, * Cic. Fl. 17, 40:

neminem venire, qui istas adsereret manu,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 11:

illam a lenone adserito manu,

id. Pers. 1, 3, 83;

and transf.: pisces manu adserere,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 34:

adserui jam me fugique catenas,

Ov. Am. 3, 11, 3 Merk.; Suet. Vesp. 3; id. Gram. 21.—

Aliquem in servitutem, to declare one to be a slave by laying the hand upon him, to claim as a slave:

M. Claudio clienti negotium dedit (Ap. Claudius), ut virginem in servitutem adsereret,

Liv. 3, 44; so Suet. Tib. 2; Liv. 34, 18; 35, 16 fin. —

After the poets of the Aug. per., transf. from the judicial sphere to common life.

(Acc. to I. A.) To free from, to protect, defend, defend against (esp. freq. in Flor. and Suet.):

habe ante oculos mortalitatem, a quā adserere te hoc uno munimento potes,

Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 4:

se ab injuriā oblivionis,

id. ib. 3, 5, 9:

liberatae Italiae adsertique imperii nuntius,

Flor. 3, 3, 19:

post adsertam a Manlio, restitutam a Camillo urbem,

id. 1, 13, 19:

Latini quoque Tarquinios adserebant,

id. 1, 11, 1:

Gracchanas leges,

id. 3, 16, 1:

easdem leges,

id. 3, 17, 1; so id. 2, 18, 16; 3, 3, 19; 3, 17, 4:

dignitatem,

Suet. Caes. 16 (cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 7, and Suet. Caes. 33:

defendere dignitatem,

id. ib. 72:

tueri dignitatem): senatus in adserendā libertate consensit,

in the restoring of freedom, Suet. Calig. 60; id. Claud. 10:

namque adserit urbes sola fames (liberas facit urbes contra dominos, Schol.),

Luc. 3, 56:

hoc focale tuas adserat auriculas,

i. e. guard against the hearing of bad verses, Mart. 14, 142:

non te cucullis adseret caput tectum (sc. a basiis),

id. 11, 99.—

(Acc. to I. B.) Aliquid sibi, to appropriate something to one's self, to claim, declare it one's own possession: nec laudes adsere nostras, claim not for yourself, etc., Ov. M. 1, 462:

haec (gaudia) utrāque manu complexuque adsere toto,

Mart. 1, 16, 9; and (per hypallagen): me adsere caelo, appoint me to the skies, i. e. declare me to be of celestial origin, Ov. M. 1, 761.—In prose, Vell. 2, 60 Runhk.; cf. Val. Max. 4, 4, 4:

Unus hominum ad hoc aevi Felicis sibi cognomen adseruit L. Sulla,

Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 137:

sapientis sibi nomen adseruit,

Quint. 12, 1, 20:

sibi artem figurarum,

id. 9, 3, 64:

ipse te in alto isto pinguique secessu studiis adseris?

are you devoting yourself? Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

dominationem sibi,

Suet. Oth. 9:

divinam majestatem sibi,

id. Calig. 22:

Gallaeci Graecam sibi originem adserunt,

Just. 44, 3.—

In gen., to maintain, affirm, assert, declare; diabebaioumai, Gloss.:

non haec Colchidos adserit furorem, Diri prandia nec refert Thyestae,

Mart. 10, 35:

Epicharmus testium malis hanc utilissime imponi adserit,

Plin. 20, 9, 34, § 89, where Jan conjectures ait:

mollissimum quemque beatum fore adserebant,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 28, 8; so id. ib. 3, 5:

non vacat adserere quae finxeris,

Quint. Decl. 7, 6; Pall. 1, 19, 3; so Veg. 1, 17, 4; 1, 17, 5; 5, 25, 1 al.

as-sĕro ( ads-, K. and H., Müller), sēvi, situm, 3, v. a., to sow, plant, or set near something (very rare;

not in Cic.), Agroet. de Orthogr. p. 2274 P.: vites,

Cato, R. R. 32 fin.:

vitis adsita ad olus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 16 fin.:

vites propter cupressos,

id. ib. 1, 26: Lenta quin velut adsitas Vitis implicat arbores, * Cat. 61, 102: populus adsita certis Limitibus, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 170 (quippe quae vitibus maritaretur, Agroet. l. c.).

as-sĕro ( ads-, Ritschl, Fleckeisen, Merk., Halm, Weissenb.), sĕrŭi, sertum, 3, v. a., to join some person or thing to one's self; hence,

As a jurid. t. t. (so this word is most freq. found; cf. assertor and assertio).

Aliquem manu, in libertatem or liberali causā (also merely manu, and finally absol. adserere), to declare one (a slave) to be free by laying hands upon him, to set free, to liberate:

adserere manu in libertatem...,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:

qui in libertatem adserebant,

Suet. Vit. 10:

se adserit in libertatem,

Dig. 47, 10, 11 fin.:

in iis qui adserantur in libertatem, quia quivis lege agere possit, id juris esse,

Liv. 3, 45; so,

in ingenuitatem,

Suet. Aug. 74:

se ingenuitati,

Dig. 40, 14, 2:

manu eas adserat Suas populares liberali causā,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 83:

manuque liberali causā ambas adseras,

id. ib. 5, 2, 142: si quisquam hanc liberali adseruisset manu, id. Curc. 5, 2, 68:

ego liberali illam adsero causā manu,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40: cum in causā liberali eum, qui adserebatur cognatum, suum esse diceret, * Cic. Fl. 17, 40:

neminem venire, qui istas adsereret manu,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 11:

illam a lenone adserito manu,

id. Pers. 1, 3, 83;

and transf.: pisces manu adserere,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 34:

adserui jam me fugique catenas,

Ov. Am. 3, 11, 3 Merk.; Suet. Vesp. 3; id. Gram. 21.—

Aliquem in servitutem, to declare one to be a slave by laying the hand upon him, to claim as a slave:

M. Claudio clienti negotium dedit (Ap. Claudius), ut virginem in servitutem adsereret,

Liv. 3, 44; so Suet. Tib. 2; Liv. 34, 18; 35, 16 fin. —

After the poets of the Aug. per., transf. from the judicial sphere to common life.

(Acc. to I. A.) To free from, to protect, defend, defend against (esp. freq. in Flor. and Suet.):

habe ante oculos mortalitatem, a quā adserere te hoc uno munimento potes,

Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 4:

se ab injuriā oblivionis,

id. ib. 3, 5, 9:

liberatae Italiae adsertique imperii nuntius,

Flor. 3, 3, 19:

post adsertam a Manlio, restitutam a Camillo urbem,

id. 1, 13, 19:

Latini quoque Tarquinios adserebant,

id. 1, 11, 1:

Gracchanas leges,

id. 3, 16, 1:

easdem leges,

id. 3, 17, 1; so id. 2, 18, 16; 3, 3, 19; 3, 17, 4:

dignitatem,

Suet. Caes. 16 (cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 7, and Suet. Caes. 33:

defendere dignitatem,

id. ib. 72:

tueri dignitatem): senatus in adserendā libertate consensit,

in the restoring of freedom, Suet. Calig. 60; id. Claud. 10:

namque adserit urbes sola fames (liberas facit urbes contra dominos, Schol.),

Luc. 3, 56:

hoc focale tuas adserat auriculas,

i. e. guard against the hearing of bad verses, Mart. 14, 142:

non te cucullis adseret caput tectum (sc. a basiis),

id. 11, 99.—

(Acc. to I. B.) Aliquid sibi, to appropriate something to one's self, to claim, declare it one's own possession: nec laudes adsere nostras, claim not for yourself, etc., Ov. M. 1, 462:

haec (gaudia) utrāque manu complexuque adsere toto,

Mart. 1, 16, 9; and (per hypallagen): me adsere caelo, appoint me to the skies, i. e. declare me to be of celestial origin, Ov. M. 1, 761.—In prose, Vell. 2, 60 Runhk.; cf. Val. Max. 4, 4, 4:

Unus hominum ad hoc aevi Felicis sibi cognomen adseruit L. Sulla,

Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 137:

sapientis sibi nomen adseruit,

Quint. 12, 1, 20:

sibi artem figurarum,

id. 9, 3, 64:

ipse te in alto isto pinguique secessu studiis adseris?

are you devoting yourself? Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

dominationem sibi,

Suet. Oth. 9:

divinam majestatem sibi,

id. Calig. 22:

Gallaeci Graecam sibi originem adserunt,

Just. 44, 3.—

In gen., to maintain, affirm, assert, declare; diabebaioumai, Gloss.:

non haec Colchidos adserit furorem, Diri prandia nec refert Thyestae,

Mart. 10, 35:

Epicharmus testium malis hanc utilissime imponi adserit,

Plin. 20, 9, 34, § 89, where Jan conjectures ait:

mollissimum quemque beatum fore adserebant,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 28, 8; so id. ib. 3, 5:

non vacat adserere quae finxeris,

Quint. Decl. 7, 6; Pall. 1, 19, 3; so Veg. 1, 17, 4; 1, 17, 5; 5, 25, 1 al.

confĕro, contŭli, collātum (conl-), conferre, v. a.

To bring, bear, or carry together, to collect, gather (freq. and class.).

In gen.:

ligna circa casam,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

arma,

Vell. 2, 114, 4:

cibos ore suo (aves),

Quint. 2, 6, 7:

undique collatis membris,

Hor. A. P. 3 al.:

sarcinas in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24; cf. id. ib. 2, 25:

collatis militaribus signis,

id. ib. 7, 2:

ut premerer sacrā Lauroque collatāque myrto,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 19:

quo (sc. in proximum horreum) omne rusticum instrumentum,

Col. 1, 6, 7:

illuc (sc. in castella) parentes et conjuges,

Tac. A. 4, 46 fin.:

dentes in corpore (canes),

Ov. M. 3, 236:

materiam omnem, antequam dicere ordiamur,

Quint. 3, 9, 8:

summas (scriptorum) in commentarium et capita,

id. 10, 7, 32:

plura opera in unam tabulam,

id. 8, 5, 26:

quae in proximos quinque libros conlata sunt,

id. 8, prooem. 1: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Just. pr. 1; cf. Suet. Caes. 44; cf. I. B. 5. infra.; Quint. 4, 1, 23:

rogus inimicis collatus manibus,

Petr. 115 fin. —

In partic.

To collect money, treasures, etc., for any object, to bring offerings, contribute:

dona mihi,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:

contulit aes populus,

Ov. F. 4, 351;

so freq. on monuments: AERE CONLATO,

Inscr. Orell. 3648; 74; Suet. Aug. 59:

EX AERE CONLATO,

Inscr. Orell. 3991:

aurum argentumque in publicum,

Liv. 28, 36, 3:

munera ei,

Nep. Ages. 7, 3:

tributa quotannis ex censu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131:

conferre eo minus tributi,

Liv. 5, 20, 5:

in commune,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145; id. Quint. 3, 12:

quadringena talenta quotannis Delum,

Nep. Arist. 3, 1:

(pecunia) ad ejus honores conlata,

Cic. Fl. 25, 59:

ad honorem tuum pecunias maximas contulisse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157:

sextantes in capita,

Liv. 2, 33, 11:

pecunias,

Suet. Caes. 19; id. Aug. 57; 30; Just. 3, 6:

vinum alius, alius mel,

Dig. 41, 1, 7; 47, 7, 3 pr.:

sua bona in medium,

ib. 37, 6, 1 pr.:

magnam partem patrimonii alicui rei,

ib. 50, 4, 5:

cum et Socrati collatum sit ad victum,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.— Absol.:

nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 39.—Hence,

Trop., like the Gr. sumpherô (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. 5.), to be useful, profitable, to profit, serve, be of use to ( = prosum; cf. also conduco, II.; post-Aug., and only in the third person; most freq. in Quint.); constr. with ad, in, the dat., inf., or absol.

With ad:

naturane plus ad eloquentiam conferat an doctrina,

Quint. 2, 19, 1; so id. 1, 8, 7; 2, 5, 1; 3, 6, 7 al.; Cels. 6, 6, 1; Col. 12, prooem. § 6; Suet. Tib. 4.—

With in:

rursus in alia plus prior (exercitatio) confert,

Quint. 10, 7, 26.—

With dat.:

Gracchorum eloquentiae multum contulisse matrem,

Quint. 1, 1, 6; so id. prooem. § 6; 2, 9, 2; 3, 7, 12 al.; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 23, 98, § 261; 29, 1, 6, § 13; Suet. Vesp. 6.—

With subj. inf.:

incipiente incremento confert alterna folia circum obruere,

Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83.—

Absol.:

multum veteres etiam Latini conferunt, imprimis copiam verborum,

Quint. 1, 8, 8; 2, 5, 16; 4, 2, 123 al.; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—

To bring into connection, to unite, join, connect:

membris collatis, of an embrace,

Lucr. 4, 1101; cf.

ora,

App. M. 5, p. 161, 17:

fontes e quibus collatae aquae flumen emittunt,

Curt. 7, 11, 3: capita, to lay heads together (in conferring, deliberating, etc.), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; Liv. 2, 45, 7: pedem, to go or come with one, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 41; so,

gradum ( = congredi),

id. Men. 3, 3, 30; id. Ps. 2, 4, 17; Verg. A. 6, 488.—Of chemical union:

dissimiles et dispares res in unam potestatem,

Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—

Trop.:

collatis viribus,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 17; cf.:

conferre vires in unum,

Liv. 33, 19, 7:

collata omnium vota in unius salutem,

Plin. Pan. 23, 5:

e singulis frustis collata oratio,

Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 2, 9, 3:

velut studia inter nos conferebamus,

id. 4, prooem. § 1.— So esp. of conferences, consultations, etc., to consult together, confer, consider or talk over together:

si quid res feret, coram inter nos conferemus,

Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1:

sollicitudines nostras inter nos,

id. Fam. 6, 21, 2:

rationes,

id. Att 5, 21, 12: familiares sermones cum aliquo, to unite in familiar conversation with, id. Off. 2, 11, 39:

cum hoc in viā sermonem contulit,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.:

cum aliquo aut sermones aut consilia,

id. Phil. 2, 15, 38:

consilia ad adulescentes,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 64; cf.:

consilia dispersim antea habita,

Suet. Caes. 80:

injurias,

to deliberate together concerning, Tac. Agr. 15; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.— Absol.:

omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 8.—With a rel.clause:

fusi contulerimus inter nos... quid finis,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 4:

ibi conferentibus, quid animorum Hispanis esset,

Liv. 27, 20, 4.—

To bring or join together in a hostile manner, to set together (most freq. in milit. lang.):

(Galli) cum Fontejo ferrum ac manus contulerunt,

Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):

signa cum Alexandrinis,

id. Pis. 21, 49; cf.:

collatis signis depugnare,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66:

arma cum aliquo,

Nep. Eum. 11, 5; 3, 6; cf.:

arma inter se,

Liv. 21, 1, 2:

castra cum hoste,

id. 26, 12, 14; cf.:

castra castris,

id. 23, 28, 9; 8, 23, 9; Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114; Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

pedem cum pede,

to fight foot to foot, Liv. 28, 2, 6; cf.:

pede conlato,

id. 6, 12, 10; 10, 29, 6; 26, 39, 12 al.:

gradum cum aliquo,

id. 7, 33, 11:

pectora luctantia nexu pectoribus,

Ov. M. 6, 242:

stat conferre manum Aeneae,

Verg. A. 12, 678:

prima movet Cacus collatā proelia dextrā,

Ov. F. 1, 569:

collatis cursibus hastas conicere,

Val. Fl. 6, 270:

seque viro vir contulit,

Verg. A. 10, 735.— Poet.:

inter sese duri certamina belli,

Verg. A. 10, 147:

contra conferre manu certamina pugnae,

Lucr. 4, 843:

collato Marte,

Ov. M. 12, 379.— Absol.:

mecum confer, ait,

fight with me, Ov. M. 10, 603.—

Transf. from milit. affairs to lawsuits: pedem, to encounter, come in contact with one, to attack:

non possum magis pedem conferre, ut aiunt, aut propius accedere?

Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

pedem cum singulis,

Quint. 5, 13, 11; cf. id. 8, 6, 51; cf.:

qui illi concedi putem utilius esse quod postulat quam signa conferri,

Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5.— Poet.:

lites,

to contend, quarrel, Hor. S. 1, 5, 54.—

To bring together for comparison, to compare; constr. with cum, inter se, ad, the dat., or acc. only.

With cum:

quem cum eo (sc. Democrito) conferre possumus non modo ingenii magnitudine sed etiam animi?

Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 115:

ut non conferam vitam neque existimationem tuam cum illius,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 45; id. Sull. 26, 72:

cum maximis minima,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17; Quint. 5, 13, 12; 8, 4, 2 al.:

nostras leges cum illorum Lycurgo et Dracone et Solone,

Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 197; cf.:

illa cum Graeciā,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; v. also d. —

With inter se (rare):

vitam inter se utriusque conferte,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.—

With ad:

bos ad bovem collatus,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 28 Müll.—

With dat.:

tempora praesentia praeteritis,

Lucr. 2, 1166:

parva magnis,

Cic. Or. 4, 14:

alicui illud,

id. Inv. 2, 50, 151:

lanam tinctam Tyriae lacernae,

Quint. 12, 10, 75:

ingenia ingeniis,

Sen. Contr. 5, 33:

illam puellis,

Prop. 1, 5, 7; 1, 4, 9:

nil jucundo amico,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 44:

(Pausanias et Lysander) ne minimā quidem ex parte Lycurgi legibus et disciplinae conferendi sunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76; cf. supra, a.—

With acc. only:

tesseram hospitalem,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 88:

conferte Verrem: non ut hominem cum homine comparetis, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121:

exemplum,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 85; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 7, 696:

nec cum quaereretur gener Tarquinio, quisquam Romanae juventutis ullā arte conferri potuit,

Liv. 1, 39, 4; Suet. Caes. 47:

census,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159.—Of documents:

haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et conlata sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190.—

With the idea of shortening by bringing together (cf. colligo), to compress, abridge, condense, make or be brief:

quam potero in verba conferam paucissima,

Plaut. Men. prol. 6; cf.:

in pauca, ut occupatus nunc sum, confer, quid velis,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 44:

rem in pauca,

id. Poen. 5, 4, 68; and:

in pauca verba,

id. As. 1, 1, 75; id: Pers. 4, 4, 109:

totam Academiam... ex duobus libris contuli in quattuor,

Cic. Att. 13, 13, 1:

ut in pauca conferam,

id. Caecin. 6, 17:

sua verba in duos versus,

Ov. F. 1, 162:

ex immensā diffusāque legum copiā optima quaeque et necessaria in paucissimos libros,

Suet. Caes. 44.— [p. 412] *

To join in bringing forward, to propose unitedly (as a law; cf.

fero, II. B. 8. b.): cur enim non confertis, ne sit conubium divitibus et pauperibus,

Liv. 4, 4, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.

(Con intens.) To bear, carry, convey, direct a thing somewhere (in haste, for protection, etc.); and conferre se, to betake or turn one's self anywhere, to go (very freq. and class.).

Prop.

In gen.

With the designation of the goal: quo me miser conferam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:

qui cum se suaque omnia in oppidum Bratuspantium contulissent,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

se suaque eo,

id. ib. 3, 28:

se suaque in naves,

Nep. Them. 2, 7 al.:

iter Brundisium versus,

Cic. Att. 3, 4 med.; cf.: iter eo, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:

suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legiones in mediam aciem, Auct. B. Alex. 39;

Auct. B. Afr. 60: quos eodem audita Cannensis clades contulerat,

Liv. 23, 17, 8:

parentes illuc,

Tac. A. 4, 46:

se Rhodum conferre,

Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: se Laodiceam, Lent. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 4:

se Colonas,

Nep. Paus. 3, 3:

quo se fusa acies,

Liv. 9, 16, 1 al.:

se ad Tissaphernem,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; so,

se ad Pharnabazum,

id. Con. 2, 1:

se in fugam,

Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: sese in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7 (cf.:

conicere se in pedes,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13).—Of things:

pituita eo se umorve confert,

Cels. 2, 12.—

Absol.:

pulcre haec confertur ratis,

is borne away, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 27.—

Esp., in Ov. M. (cf. abeo, II.): aliquem in aliquid, to change into, transform to something:

aliquem in saxum,

Ov. M. 4, 278: versos vultus ( poet. circumlocution for se) in hanc, id. ib. 9, 348:

corpus in albam volucrem,

id. ib. 12, 145.—

Trop.

In gen., to bring, turn, direct something to; and conferre se, to turn, apply, devote one's self to, etc.:

quo mortuo me ad pontificem Scaevolam contuli,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

(Crassus) cum initio aetatis ad amicitiam se meam contulisset,

id. Brut. 81, 281; id. Fam. 11, 29, 2:

qui se ad senatūs auctoritatem, ad libertatem vestram contulerunt,

id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; id. Ac. 1, 9, 34:

se ad studium scribendi,

id. Arch. 3, 4:

se ad studia litterarum,

id. ib. 7, 16; cf. Suet. Gram. 24:

meus pater eam seditionem in tranquillum conferet (the figure taken from the sea when in commotion),

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16: verba ad rem, to bring words to actions, i. e. to pass from words to deeds, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 4; id. Hec. 3, 1, 17:

suspitionem in Capitonem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:

ut spes votaque sua non prius ad deos quam ad principum aures conferret,

Tac. A. 4, 39:

lamentationes suas etiam in testamentum,

id. ib. 15, 68.—More freq., in partic.,

With the access. idea of application or communication, to devote or apply something to a certain purpose, to employ, direct, confer, bestow upon, give, lend, grant, to transfer to (a favorite word with Cic.).

With dat.:

dona quid cessant mihi Conferre?

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:

tibi munera,

Prop. 2, 3, 25; Nep. Ages. 7, 3:

victoribus praemia,

Suet. Calig. 20:

puellae quinquaginta milia nummūm,

Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2:

fructum alio,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 60; Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 24.—

With ad and acc.:

hostiles exuvias ornatum ad urbis et posterum gloriam,

Tac. A. 3, 72:

Mithridates omne reliquum tempus non ad oblivionem veteris belli, sed ad comparationem novi contulit,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:

omne studium atque omne ingenium ad populi Romani gloriam laudemque celebrandam,

id. Arch. 9, 19; id. Fam. 10, 1, 3:

omnem meam curam atque operam ad philosophiam,

id. ib. 4, 3, 4:

omnem tuum amorem omnemque tuam prudentiam... confer ad eam curam,

id. Att. 7, 1, 2:

animum ad fodiendos puteos, Auct. B. Alex. 9: ad naturae suae non vitiosae genus consilium vivendi omne,

Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:

orationem omnem ad misericordiam,

id. Lig. 1, 1.—

With in:

omnes curas cogitationesque in rem publicam,

Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2:

diligentiam in valetudinem tuam,

id. Fam. 16, 4, 4:

praedas ac manubias suas non in monumenta deorum immortalium, neque in urbis ornamenta conferre, sed, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 23, 60:

in eos, quos speramus nobis profuturos, non dubitamus officia conferre,

id. Off. 1, 15, 48; so,

plurimum benignitatis in eum,

id. ib. 1, 16, 50; id. Lael. 19, 70: curam restituendi Capitolii in L. Vestinum confert, i. e. assigns to, charges with, Tac. H. 4, 53:

in unius salutem collata omnium vota,

Plin. Pan. 23, 5.—

With erga:

commemoratio benevolentiae ejus, quam erga me a pueritiā contulisses,

Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 1.—

With aliquid ad or in aliquem or aliquid, to refer or ascribe something to a person or thing as its possessor, author (in a good, and freq. in a bad sense), to attribute, impute, assign, ascribe to one, to lay to the charge of:

species istas hominum in deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77:

res ad imperium deorum,

Lucr. 6, 54:

permulta in Plancium, quae ab eo numquam dicta sunt, conferuntur... Stomachor vero, cum aliorum non me digna in me conferuntur,

Cic. Planc. 14, 35; id. Fam. 5, 5, 2:

mortis illius invidiam in L. Flaccum,

id. Fl. 17, 41:

suum timorem in rei frumentariae simulationem angustiasque itinerum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

sua vitia et suam culpam in senectutem,

Cic. Sen. 5, 14:

hanc ego de re publicā disputationem in Africani personam et Phili contuli,

id. Att. 4, 16, 2.—So esp.:

culpam in aliquem,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 156; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97; Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 1:

causam in aliquem,

id. ib. 12, 31, 1; Liv. 5, 11, 6; cf.:

causam in tempus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—

To transfer to a fixed point of time, fix, assign, refer, appoint, put off, defer, postpone (cf. differo):

Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum,

Liv. 27, 7, 5: in posterum diem iter suum contulit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3:

omnia in mensem Martium,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 24:

aliquid in ambulationis tempus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

eam pecuniam in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus,

id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

quod in longiorem diem conlaturus fuisset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.:

alicujus consulatum in annum aliquem,

Plin. Pan. 61.—Rarely of place:

idoneum locum in agris nactus... ibi adventum expectare Pompei eoque omnem belli rationem conferre constituit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 81 fin. —

To bring on, cause, occasion, induce:

pestem alicui,

Col. 1, 5, 4:

candorem mollitiamque,

Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 175.

līber, ĕra, ĕrum (old form, loebesum et loebertatem antiqui dicebant liberum et libertatem. Ita Graeci loibên et leibein, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.; cf. 2. Liber), adj. [Gr. root liph-, liptô, to desire; cf. Sanscr. lub-dhas, desirous; Lat. libet, libido], that acts according to his own will and pleasure, is his own master; free, unrestricted, unrestrained, unimpeded, unshackled; independent, frank, open, bold (opp. servus, servilis).

In gen.; constr. absol., with ab, the abl., and poet. also with gen.

Absol.:

dictum est ab eruditissimis viris, nisi sapientem liberum esse neminem. Quid est enim libertas? Potestas vivendi ut velis,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

an ille mihi liber, cui mulier imperat, cui leges imponit, praescribit, jubet, vetat? etc.,

id. ib. 5, 2, 36:

ad scribendi licentiam liber,

id. N. D. 1, 44, 123:

agri immunes ac liberi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 166:

integro animo ac libero causam defendere,

unprejudiced, unbiased, id. Sull. 31, 86:

liberi ad causas solutique veniebant,

not under obligations, not bribed, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78 § 192; cf.:

libera lingua,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 9:

cor liberum,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 43:

vocem liberam mittere adversus aliquem,

Liv. 35, 32, 6:

libera verba animi proferre,

Juv. 4, 90: judicium [p. 1057] audientium relinquere integrum ac liberum, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

aliquid respuere ingenuo liberoque fastidio,

id. Brut. 67, 236:

libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

tibi uni vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

pars quaestionum vaga et libera et late patens,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 67:

liberum arbitrium eis populo Romano permittente,

Liv. 31, 11 fin.; cf. id. 37, 1, 5:

mandata,

full powers, unlimited authority, id. 37, 56; 38, 8:

fenus,

unlimited, id. 35, 7: custodia, free custody (i. e. confinement to a house or to a town), id. 24, 45; Vell. 1, 11, 1;

v. custodia, II.: legatio, v. legatio: suffragia,

the right of voting freely, Juv. 8, 211:

locus,

free from intruders, undisturbed, secure, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 2, 25; id. Cas. 3, 2, 4: aedes, a free house, free dwelling (assigned to the use of ambassadors of friendly nations during their stay in Rome), Liv. 30, 17 fin.; 35, 23; 42, 6:

lectulus,

i. e. not shared with a wife, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5: toga ( poet. for virilis toga), a man's (prop. of one who is his own master), Ov. F. 3, 771:

vestis,

id. ib. 3, 777:

libera omnia sibi servare,

to reserve to one's self full liberty, Plin. Ep. 1, 5.— Comp.:

hoc liberiores et solutiores sumus, quod, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 8:

est finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo, verborum licentia liberior,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

liberiores litterae,

id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

freer, more unrestrained, more cheerful, id. Lael. 18 fin.:

paulo liberior sententia,

Quint. 4, 2, 121:

liberior in utramque partem disputatio,

id. 7, 2, 14:

fusiores liberioresque numeri,

id. 9, 4, 130:

officia liberiora plenioraque,

id. 6, 1, 9:

(flumina) campo recepta Liberioris aquae,

freer, less impeded, Ov. M. 1, 41; cf.:

(Tiberinus) campo liberiore natat,

freer, opener, id. F. 4, 292:

liberiore frui caelo,

freer, opener, id. M. 15, 301.— Sup.:

liberrimum hominum genus, comici veteres tradunt, etc.,

the frankest, most free-spoken, Quint. 12, 2, 22; cf.:

liberrime Lolli,

most frank, most ingenuous, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 1:

indignatio,

id. Epod. 4, 10.—

Free or exempt from, void of; with ab:

Mamertini vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23; cf.:

(consul) solutus a cupiditatibus, liber a delictis,

id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

ab observando homine perverso liber,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

liber a tali irrisione Socrates, liber Aristo Chius,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

ab omni animi perturbatione liber,

id. Off. 1, 20, 67; id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

loca abdita et ab arbitris libera,

id. Att. 15, 16, B:

libera a ferro crura,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 32:

animus liber a partibus rei publicae,

Sall. C. 4.—

With abl.:

animus omni liber curā et angore,

free from, without, Cic. Fin. 1, 15:

animus religione,

Liv. 2, 36:

animus cogitationibus aliis,

Quint. 11, 2, 35:

mens omnibus vitiis,

id. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

liberis odio et gratia mentibus,

id. 5, 11, 37:

omni liber metu,

Liv. 7, 34:

liber invidia,

Quint. 12, 11, 7:

equus carcere,

Ov. Am. 2, 9, 20.—

With gen. ( poet.):

liber laborum,

Hor. A. P. 212:

fati gens Lydia,

Verg. A. 10, 154:

curarum,

Luc. 4, 384. — Comp.:

liberior campi,

having a wider space, Stat. S. 4, 2, 24.—

Liberum est, with subject-clause:

quam (opinionem) sequi magis probantibus liberum est,

it is free, permitted, allowable, Quint. 6, 3, 112; Plin. Ep. 1, 8:

dies eligere certos liberum erat,

Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16.—So in abl. absol.:

libero, quid firmaret mutaretve,

Tac. A. 3, 60.

In partic.

Free, in a social point of view, not a slave (opp. servus;

also to ingenuus): neque vendendam censes quae libera est,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40; cf. id. ib. v. 28:

dis habeo gratiam quom aliquot affuerunt liberae, because slaves were not permitted to testify,

id. And. 4, 4, 32; opp. ingenuus, free-born:

quid ea? ingenuan' an festucā facta e servā liberast?

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 14:

in jure civili, qui est matre liberā, liber est,

Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Caecin. 36, 96:

si neque censu, neque vindictā, nec testamento liber factus est (servus), non est liber,

id. Top. 2, 10:

quae (assentatio) non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,

of a freeman, id. Lael. 24, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 43:

liberorum hominum alii ingenui sunt, alii libertini,

Gai. Inst. 1, 10; cf. sqq.: ex ancilla et libero jure gentium servus nascitur, id. ib. 1, 82; cf. § 85; Paul. Sent. 2, 24, 1 sqq.—

Free, in a political point of view;

said both of a people not under monarchical rule and of one not in subjection to another people,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48; cf.:

ut ex nimia potentia principum oritur interitus principum, sic hunc nimis liberum populum libertas ipsa servitute afficit,

id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

liber populus,

id. ib. 3, 34, 46:

(Demaratus) vir liber ac fortis,

democratic, republican, fond of liberty, id. ib. 2, 19, 34:

civitates liberae atque immunes,

free from service, Liv. 37, 55:

provinciae civitatesque liberae,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

libera ac foederata oppida,

id. Calig. 3:

Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit,

Juv. 8, 244.—

In a bad sense, esp. with reference to sensual pleasure, unbridled, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious:

quam liber harum rerum multarum siet (Juppiter),

Plaut. Am. prol. 105:

adulescens imprudens et liber,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 40; cf.:

sit adulescentia liberior,

somewhat freer, Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

amores soluti et liberi,

id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

consuetudo peccandi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrē, freely, unrestrictedly, without let or hinderance; frankly, openly, boldly:

qui nihil dicit, nihil facit, nihil cogitat denique, nisi libenter ac libere,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34:

animus somno relaxatus solute movetur et libere,

id. Div. 2, 48, 100:

respirare,

id. Quint. 11, 39:

constanter et libere (me gessi),

id. Att. 4, 16, 9:

consilium dare,

id. Lael. 13, 44:

aliquid magis accusatorie quam libere dixisse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:

omnia libere fingimus et impune,

Quint. 6, 1, 43:

ut ingredi libere (oratio), non ut licenter videatur errare,

Cic. Or. 23, 77.— Comp.:

liberius vivendi fuit potestas,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 23:

loqui,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33:

fortius liberiusque defendere,

Quint. 12, 1, 21:

liberius si Dixero quid,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

maledicere,

id. ib. 2, 8, 37:

longius et liberius exseritur digitus,

Quint. 11, 3, 92; cf. id. 11, 3, 97:

ipsaque tellus Omnia liberius, nullo poscente, ferebat,

freely, of itself, spontaneously, Verg. G. 1, 127.