prīvā-tō

prīvus, a, um, adj.

Single (archaic):

veteres priva dixerunt, quae nos singula dicimus,

Gell. 10, 20, 4:

in dies privos,

Lucr. 5, 733:

privas mutari in horas,

id. 5, 274:

in privas quoniam (vox) se dividit aures,

id. 4, 566.—

Transf.

Each, every individual: privam quamque particulam venti sentire, Lucr. 4, 261.—Distributively, one each:

item his discipulis privos custodes dabo,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 75: ut privos lapides silices privasque verbenas secum ferrent, each a stone, Senatus Consultum ap. Liv. 30, 43, 9: abdomina thynni, Lucil. ap. Non. 35, 22:

in praesentia bubus privis binisque tunicis donati,

Liv. 7, 37, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.: privos privasque antiqui dicebant pro singulis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226, 6.—

One's own, private, peculiar, particular:

(viden' ut pauper) conducto navigio aeque Nauseat, ac locuples, quem ducit priva triremis?

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 92:

turdus, Sive aliud privum dabitur tibi,

id. S. 2, 5, 10:

opercula doliis priva,

Cato, R. R. 10, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 5:

privum aliquid da, quod possim titulis, incidere,

Juv. 8, 68:

Graeci ea dicunt privis vocibus,

Gell. 11, 16, 1.—

Deprived of, without:

privus ipse militiae,

Sall. H. 1, 100 Dietsch:

turba imperitorum priva verae rationis,

App. de Deo Socr. 3, p. 43, 2.

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exordĭum, ii, n. [exordior, I.].

Prop., the beginning, the warp of a web (rare):

non possum togam praetextam sperare, cum exordium pullum videam,

Quint. 5, 10, 71.—

Transf., in gen., a beginning, commencement (the usual meaning; syn.: initium, principium, primordium): neve inde navis inchoandae exordium Coepisset, quae, etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 282 ed. Vahl.):

hujus quoque exordium mali, quoniam principium boni diximus, explicemus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 3; cf.: institutae rei publicae clarum ac tam omnibus notum, id. Rep. 2, 2:

a qua totius vitae ducat exor dium,

id. Fin. 5, 7, 18; cf.:

a quibus tempo ribus scribendi capiat exordium,

id. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

paene ab exordio Urbis,

Suet. Vesp. 8; id. Tib. 42:

tertius (annus) a prima vigilia sumens exordium,

Amm. 26, 1, 9.—In plur.:

rerum,

Lucr. 2, 333; 3, 31; 4, 114; cf. Verg. E. 6, 33:

priva animaï,

Lucr. 3, 380:

solis lunaeque,

id. 5, 471:

rationis,

id. 1, 149:

primae pugnae,

Verg. A. 7, 40 et saep.—

In partic., of speech:

saepe animadverti, summos oratores in dicendi exordio permoveri,

Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 122:

ergo ita nascetur exordium,

id. Tusc. 1, 4 fin. —As part of a speech or writing, the introduction, exordium, proëm, preface (syn.:

prooemium, praefatio, prologus): exordium est principium orationis, per quod animus auditoris aut judicis constituitur vel apparatur ad audiendum,

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 4; cf. Quint. 4, 1, 1 sq.:

tum denique id, quod primum est dicendum, postremum soleo cogitare, quo utar exordio,

Cic. de Or. 2, 77 fin.:

proximus liber a prima parte, id est exordio incipiet,

Quint. 3, 11, 28; 1, 12, 19:

in exordio pro Milone,

id. 9, 4, 133; 9, 4, 74 et saep.— In plur., Quint. 11, 3, 161:

quae prima exordia sumat?

Verg. A. 4, 284.—

Transf., a writing, treatise, in gen., Col. 5, 11, 13; 7, 5, 1; 7, 12, 1 al.

prīvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [privus].

To bereave, deprive, rob, strip of any thing (class.; cf.: orbo, viduo).

With abl.:

haec meretrix meum erum... privavit bonis, luce, honore,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 20:

donis privatus sum,

id. ib. 2, 7, 56:

aliquem approbatione,

Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

praepositio in privat verbum eā vi, quam haberet, si in praepositum non fuisset,

id. Top. 11, 48:

aliquem somno,

id. Att. 9, 10, 1:

se oculis,

id. Fin. 5, 29, 87:

aliquem vitā,

id. Phil. 9, 4, 8:

aliquem communi luce,

id. Quint. 23, 74:

patriam aspectu suo,

id. Fam. 4, 9, 3:

cibo,

Lucr. 1, 1038:

lumine,

Ov. P. 1, 1, 53:

fide,

Stat. Th. 2, 695.—

With gen. (anteclass.): me cum privares tui, Afran. ap. Non. 498, 17 (Com. Rel. p. 156 Rib.).—

With acc. (ante-class.): quod res vis hunc privari pulcras quas uti solet? Nov. ap. Non. 500, 16 (l. l. p. 224 Rib.).—

To free, release, deliver from any thing; with abl.:

aliquem injuriā,

Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 13:

exsilio,

id. Att. 1, 16, 9:

molestiā,

id. ib. 12, 26, 2:

dolore,

id. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

dolore,

Lucr. 1, 60:

dominis superbis,

id. 2, 1091:

formidine,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 77.—Hence,

prīvantĭa, ĭum, n., privatives, a transl. of the Gr. sterêtika: sunt enim alia contraria, quae privantia licet appellemus Latine, Graece appellantur sterêtika, Cic. Top. 11, 48.—

prīvātus, a, um, P. a.

Apart from the State, peculiar to one's self, of or belonging to an individual, private (opp. publicus or communis; cf. domesticus;

class.): nihil privati ac separati agri,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

utatur privatis ut suis,

Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

privatus illis census erat brevis, Commune magnum,

Hor. C. 2, 15, 13:

vestem mutare privato consensu, opp. publico consilio,

Cic. Sest. 12, 27:

de communi quicquid poterat, ad se in privatam domum sevocabat,

id. Quint. 3, 13:

res quae ipsius erant privatae,

private property, id. ib. 4, 15:

privatae feriae vocantur sacrorum propriorum, velut dies natales,

Fest. p. 242 Müll.—

Esp., of persons, not in public or official life, private, deprived of office:

cum projectis fascibus et deposito imperio, privatus et captus ipse in alienam venisset potestatem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32; Liv. 3, 41: vir privatus, a private individual, one who is not a magistrate, or in any public office:

privato viro imperium extra ordinem dare,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 25:

Bibulus ex iis, qui privati sunt,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

privatus an cum potestate,

id. Inv. 1, 25, 35:

privati, opp. reges,

id. Div. 1, 40, 89.—

Of things:

aedificia,

isolated, apart from the villages, Caes. B. G. 1, 5:

vita privata et quieta,

a private life, withdrawn from State affairs, Cic. Sen. 7, 22.—

Neutr. absol. in the phrases in privato, in private, opp. in publico, in public, Liv. 39, 18: in privatum, for private use:

tabernas vendidit in privatum,

id. 40, 51: ex privato, from one's private property:

tributum ex privato conferre,

id. 30, 44.—

Subst.: prīvātus, i, m. (sc. homo), a man in private life, citizen (opp. magistratus):

hic qualis imperator nunc privatus est,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 63: an vero P. Scipio pontifex maximus Ti. Gracchum privatus interfecit;

Catilinam nos consules perferemus?

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3.— Plur., Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 43:

consilium dedimus Sullae, privatus ut altum Dormiret,

Juv. 1, 16.—

In the time of the emperors, private, i. e. not imperial, not belonging to the emperor or to the imperial family:

id sibi (Domitiano) maxime formidolosum, privati hominis (i. e. Agricolae) nomen supra principis attolli,

Tac. Agr. 39:

ut summum fastigium privati hominis impleret, cum principis noluisset,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 2:

spectacula,

not given by the emperor, Suet. Ner. 21.— Adv.: prīvā-tō, at home (very rare for the class. privatim, q. v.): privato nos tenuissemus, Liv. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 1009 P.