prōpāgō

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prō̆pāgo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [pro and root pag- of pango, pêgnumi].

Lit.

To set or fasten down; hence, to set slips, propagate by slips, Cato, R. R. 52, 1:

castanea melius ex vicino pertica declinata propagatur,

Col. 4, 33, 3:

vitem, ficum, oleam, Punicam, malorum genera omnia, laurum, prunos,

Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 96:

abrotonum cacumine suo se propagat,

id. 21, 10, 34, § 60.—Hence,

In gen., to propagate, generate, continue by procreation:

stirpem,

Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13:

cum ipse sui generis initium ac nominis ab se gigni et propagari vellet,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180:

prolem,

Lucr. 2, 996.—

Transf.

In gen., to extend, enlarge, increase:

fines imperii,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21:

finis imperii propagavit,

Nep. Ham. 2, 5:

eo bello terminos populi Romani propagari,

Liv. 36, 1, 3:

terminos Urbis,

Tac. A. 12, 23:

augere et propagare imperium,

Suet. Ner. 18:

propagatae civitates,

Vell. 1, 14, 1:

sumptus cenarum,

Gell. 2, 24, 15:

notitiam Britanniae,

Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102: fidem Christianam propagare, Greg. M. in Job, 27, 37.—

In time, to prolong, continue, extend, preserve (syn.:

prorogo, produco): victu fero vitam propagare,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

haec posteritati propagantur,

are transferred to posterity, id. Sest. 48, 102:

meus consulatus multa saecula propagarit rei publicae,

has preserved the State for many centuries, id. Cat. 2, 5, 11:

vitam aucupio,

to prolong, preserve, id. Fin. 5, 11, 32:

memoriam aeternam alicui,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 49: imperium consuli in annum, to prolong, = prorogare, Liv. 23, 25, 11:

hereditarium bellum, sic facta hominis vita est temporaria, sed longa, quae in mille annos propagaretur,

Lact. 2, 12, 21.—

To add as an appendix or extension, in writing:

Carum cum liberis,

i. e. the life of, Vop. 24, 8.

prō̆pāgo (prŏ-, Lucr. 1, 42; Verg. A. 6, 870; Ov. M. 2, 38:

prō-,

Verg. G. 2, 26), ĭnis, f. (m., Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 13) [1. propago].

Lit.

A set, layer of a plant, Cic. Sen. 15, 52; Col. Arb. 7, 2:

arbores aut semine proveniunt, aut plantis radicis, aut propagine, aut avulsione, aut surculo, aut insito et consecto arboris trunco,

Plin. 17, 10, 9, § 58.—

Of any slip or shoot that may be used for propagating: propagines e vitibus altius praetentos non succidet, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 13; Hor. Epod. 2, 9; Vulg. Gen. 40, 10.—

Transf., of men and beasts, offspring, descendant, child; children, race, breed, stock, progeny, posterity (mostly poet.), Lucr. 5, 1027:

Memmi clara,

id. 1, 42:

alipedis de stirpe dei versuta propago,

Ov. M. 11, 312:

Romana,

Verg. A. 6, 871:

vera,

Ov. M. 2, 38; cf. id. ib. 1, 160:

blanda catulorum,

Lucr. 4, 997.—In prose:

aliorum ejus liberorum propago Liciniani sunt cognominati,

Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 62:

clarorum virorum propagines,

descendants, posterity, Nep. Att. 18, 2. [p. 1468]

to spread, propagate

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blandus, a, um, adj. [for mlandus; akin to meilichos, mollis, mulier; Goth. milds; Engl. mild], of a smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing (class and very freq.).

Lit.:

blanda es parum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21:

nemini credo qui large blandu'st dives pauperi,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

ut unus omnium homo te vivat numquam quisquam blandior,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 21:

scis me minime esse blandum,

Cic. Att. 12, 5, 4:

unum te puto minus blandum esse quam me,

id. ib. 12, 3, 1:

blandum amicum a vero secernere,

id. Lael. 25, 95:

(Alcibiades) affabilis, blandus, temporibus callidissime inserviens,

Nep. Alcib. 1, 3:

an blandiores (mulieres) in publico quam in privato et alienis quam vestris estis?

Liv. 34, 2, 10:

tum neque subjectus solito nec blandior esto,

Ov. A. A. 2, 411:

canes,

Verg. G. 3, 496:

catulorum blanda propago,

Lucr. 4, 999; Nemes. Cyneg. 215; 230:

columba,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 56:

tigres,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 604; Quint. 9, 4, 133; 11, 1, 30; 11, 3, 72 al.—

Poet. constr.

With gen.:

precum,

Stat. Achill. 2, 237.—

With acc.:

genas vocemque,

Stat. Th. 9, 155.—

With inf.:

blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456. —

With abl.:

chorus implorat..doctā prece blandus ( = blande supplicans dis carmine quod poëta eum docuit. Orell. ad loc.),

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.—

Trop. (mostly of things).

Flattering, pleasant, agreeable, enticing, alluring, charming, seductive (cf. blandior, II. B.; blanditia, II.): blandā voce vocare, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.):

ne blandā aut supplici oratione fallamur,

Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; Lucr. 6, 1245:

voces,

Verg. A. 1, 670; Cat. 64, 139:

preces,

Tib. 3, 6, 46; Hor. C. 4, 1, 8; id. A. P. 395; Ov. M. 10, 642:

querelae,

Tib. 3, 4, 75:

laudes,

Verg. G. 3, 185:

verba,

Ov. M. 2, 575; 6, 360:

dicta,

id. ib. 3, 375;

9, 156: os,

id. ib. 13, 555: pectus, Afran. ap. Non. p. 515.—So, voluptas, Lucr. 2, 966; 4, 1081; 4, 1259; 5, 179; Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6:

amor,

Lucr. 1, 20; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 49:

Veneris blandis sub armis,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 137:

amaracini liquor,

Lucr. 2, 847:

tura,

Tib. 3, 3, 2:

manus,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 18; cf. Ov. M. 2, 691:

aquae,

id. ib. 4, 344:

caudae,

id. ib. 14, 258 al.:

otium consuetudine in dies blandius,

Liv. 23, 18, 12:

blandiores suci,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4; Suet. Tib. 27:

blandissima litora, Baiae,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 96; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32:

actio,

Quint. 7, 4, 27: ministerium, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 12, § 1.— With dat.:

et blandae superūm mortalibus irae,

Stat. Th. 10, 836:

neque admittunt orationes sermonesve... jucunda dictu aut legentibus blanda,

Plin. 1, prooem. § 12.—

Of persons:

filiolus,

Quint. 6, prooem. § 8; cf.: nam et voluptates, blandissimae dominae ( the most alluring mistresses), majores partes animi a virtute detorquent, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—

Persuading by caressing, persuasive:

nunc experiemur, nostrum uter sit blandior,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56. —Hence, adv., in three forms, soothingly, flatteringly, courteously, etc.

Anteclass. form blandĭter, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3; Titin. ap. Non. p. 210, 6 (also id. ib. p. 256, 15), and ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form blandē, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 9:

compellare hominem,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 72:

me adpellare,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 61:

adloqui,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 22:

dicere,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 24; cf.:

blande, leniter, dulciter dicere,

Quint. 12, 10, 71;

and blande ac benedice,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 54:

rogare,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

excepti hospitio ab Tullo blande ac benigne,

Liv. 1, 22, 5:

quaerere,

Suet. Calig. 32:

linguā lambere,

Lucr. 5, 1066:

et satiati agni ludunt blandeque coruscant,

id. 2, 320:

colere fructus,

to treat carefully, gently, id. 5, 1368 (cf. blandimentum, II. B.):

flectere cardinem sonantem,

softly, carefully, Quint. Decl. 1, 13 al. — Comp.:

blandius petere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112: ad aurem invocabat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124:

moderere fidem,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 13 al. — Sup.:

blandissime appellat hominem,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72.—

blandum = blande:

ridere,

Petr. 127, 1.

blandus, a, um, adj. [for mlandus; akin to meilichos, mollis, mulier; Goth. milds; Engl. mild], of a smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing (class and very freq.).

Lit.:

blanda es parum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21:

nemini credo qui large blandu'st dives pauperi,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

ut unus omnium homo te vivat numquam quisquam blandior,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 21:

scis me minime esse blandum,

Cic. Att. 12, 5, 4:

unum te puto minus blandum esse quam me,

id. ib. 12, 3, 1:

blandum amicum a vero secernere,

id. Lael. 25, 95:

(Alcibiades) affabilis, blandus, temporibus callidissime inserviens,

Nep. Alcib. 1, 3:

an blandiores (mulieres) in publico quam in privato et alienis quam vestris estis?

Liv. 34, 2, 10:

tum neque subjectus solito nec blandior esto,

Ov. A. A. 2, 411:

canes,

Verg. G. 3, 496:

catulorum blanda propago,

Lucr. 4, 999; Nemes. Cyneg. 215; 230:

columba,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 56:

tigres,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 604; Quint. 9, 4, 133; 11, 1, 30; 11, 3, 72 al.—

Poet. constr.

With gen.:

precum,

Stat. Achill. 2, 237.—

With acc.:

genas vocemque,

Stat. Th. 9, 155.—

With inf.:

blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456. —

With abl.:

chorus implorat..doctā prece blandus ( = blande supplicans dis carmine quod poëta eum docuit. Orell. ad loc.),

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.—

Trop. (mostly of things).

Flattering, pleasant, agreeable, enticing, alluring, charming, seductive (cf. blandior, II. B.; blanditia, II.): blandā voce vocare, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.):

ne blandā aut supplici oratione fallamur,

Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; Lucr. 6, 1245:

voces,

Verg. A. 1, 670; Cat. 64, 139:

preces,

Tib. 3, 6, 46; Hor. C. 4, 1, 8; id. A. P. 395; Ov. M. 10, 642:

querelae,

Tib. 3, 4, 75:

laudes,

Verg. G. 3, 185:

verba,

Ov. M. 2, 575; 6, 360:

dicta,

id. ib. 3, 375;

9, 156: os,

id. ib. 13, 555: pectus, Afran. ap. Non. p. 515.—So, voluptas, Lucr. 2, 966; 4, 1081; 4, 1259; 5, 179; Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6:

amor,

Lucr. 1, 20; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 49:

Veneris blandis sub armis,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 137:

amaracini liquor,

Lucr. 2, 847:

tura,

Tib. 3, 3, 2:

manus,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 18; cf. Ov. M. 2, 691:

aquae,

id. ib. 4, 344:

caudae,

id. ib. 14, 258 al.:

otium consuetudine in dies blandius,

Liv. 23, 18, 12:

blandiores suci,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4; Suet. Tib. 27:

blandissima litora, Baiae,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 96; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32:

actio,

Quint. 7, 4, 27: ministerium, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 12, § 1.— With dat.:

et blandae superūm mortalibus irae,

Stat. Th. 10, 836:

neque admittunt orationes sermonesve... jucunda dictu aut legentibus blanda,

Plin. 1, prooem. § 12.—

Of persons:

filiolus,

Quint. 6, prooem. § 8; cf.: nam et voluptates, blandissimae dominae ( the most alluring mistresses), majores partes animi a virtute detorquent, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—

Persuading by caressing, persuasive:

nunc experiemur, nostrum uter sit blandior,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56. —Hence, adv., in three forms, soothingly, flatteringly, courteously, etc.

Anteclass. form blandĭter, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3; Titin. ap. Non. p. 210, 6 (also id. ib. p. 256, 15), and ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form blandē, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 9:

compellare hominem,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 72:

me adpellare,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 61:

adloqui,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 22:

dicere,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 24; cf.:

blande, leniter, dulciter dicere,

Quint. 12, 10, 71;

and blande ac benedice,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 54:

rogare,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

excepti hospitio ab Tullo blande ac benigne,

Liv. 1, 22, 5:

quaerere,

Suet. Calig. 32:

linguā lambere,

Lucr. 5, 1066:

et satiati agni ludunt blandeque coruscant,

id. 2, 320:

colere fructus,

to treat carefully, gently, id. 5, 1368 (cf. blandimentum, II. B.):

flectere cardinem sonantem,

softly, carefully, Quint. Decl. 1, 13 al. — Comp.:

blandius petere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112: ad aurem invocabat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124:

moderere fidem,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 13 al. — Sup.:

blandissime appellat hominem,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72.—

blandum = blande:

ridere,

Petr. 127, 1.

consŭesco, suēvi, suētum, 3 (in the tempp. perff. the sync. forms prevail: consuesti, consuestis, consuerunt; consueram, etc.; consuero, etc.; consuerim, etc.; consuessem, etc.;

consuesse. Thus also consuēmus = consuevimus,

Prop. 1, 7, 5), v. a. and n.

Act., to accustom, inure, habituate a person or thing (ante-class. and postAug.):

tum bracchia consuescunt firmantque lacertos,

Lucr. 6, 397:

juvencum plostro aut aratro,

Col. 6, 2, 9:

vitem largo umori,

id. Arb. 1, 5:

semina falcem pati,

Plin. 17, 10, 14, § 70; in perf. part. pass. (mostly poet.): qui consuetus in armis Aevom agere, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48 (Trag. Rel. v. 261 Rib.):

gallus auroram vocare,

Lucr. 4, 713; so with inf., id. 5, 209; 6, 788:

consueta domi catulorum blanda propago,

id. 4, 997 Lachm. N. cr.:

copias habebat in Galliā bellare consuetas locis campestribus, Auct. B. Afr. 73, 2: quibus consueti erant uterque agrestibus ferramentis,

Liv. 1, 40, 5:

socors genus mancipiorum otiis, campo consuetum,

Col. 1, 8, 2:

proinde ut consuetus antehac,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 18:

populus si perperam est consuetus, etc.,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.:

grex comparatus ex consuetis unā (capellis),

those accustomed to one another, id. R. R. 2, 3, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods,

To accustom one's self; and (esp. freq.) in temp. perf. (to have accustomed one's self, i. e.), to be accustomed, to be wont; constr. in gen. with the inf., rarely absol., with ad, the dat., or abl.

With inf.:

disjungamus nos a corporibus, id est, consuescamus mori,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

id. de Or. 1, 61, 261: cum minus idoneis (verbis) uti consuescerem, id ib. 1, 34, 154; 1, 22, 99:

alils parere suā vo luntate,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 3:

qui mentiri solet pe jerare consuevit,

id. Rose. Com. 16, 46:

paulatim Rhenum transire, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33:

in Britanniam navigare,

id. ib. 3, 8:

obsides accipere, non dare,

id. ib. 1, 14:

quo magno cum periculo mercatores ire consuerant,

id. ib. 3, 1:

quem ipse procuratorem relinquere antea consuesset,

Cic. Quint. 28, 87:

consuesso deos immortales... his secundiores interdum res concedere, quos, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14 et saep.:

quam rem pro magnis hominum officiis consuesse tribui docebat,

id. ib. 1, 43:

qui reges consueris tollere,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 34:

mulier quae cum eo vivere consuerat,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 6; Cels. 6, 6, 8; Suet. Tit. 34; id. Ner. 12.—Sometimes with ellips. of inf. (cf. b infra):

quin eo (equo) quo consuevit libentius utatur (sc. uti),

Cic. Lael. 19, 68:

eo die quo consuerat intervallo hostes sequitur (sc. sequi),

Caes. B. G. 1, 22.— Impers. (rare):

sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fieri consuevit,

is wont, Sall. C. 22, 2. —

Absol.:

bene salutando consuescunt,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69 (cf. adsuescunt, id. ib. 1, 3, 65):

pabulum quod dabis, amurcā conspergito, primo paululum, dum consuescant, postea magis,

Cato, R. R. 103:

adeo in teneris consuescere multum est,

Verg. G. 2, 272.— Usu. with adv. of manner or time:

si liberius, ut consuesti, agendum putabis,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4: ut consuevi, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 3:

ut consuemus,

Prop. 1, 7, 5:

sicut consuerat,

Suet. Caes. 73:

quo minus pro capite et fortunis alterius, quemadmodum consuerunt, causam velint dicere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Off. 2, 15, 55.—In Gr. attraction: cum scribas et aliquid agas eorum, quorum consuesti, gaudeo, Lucceius ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1.—

With ad:

ad aciem justam,

Quint. 2, 10, 8.—

With abl.:

quae (aves) consuevere libero victu,

Col. 8, 15 fin.; so id. 8, 13, 1; 10, 153.—

With dat.:

ne gravissimo dolori timore consuescerem,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 8.—

To have carnal in tercourse with, to cohabit with, in an honorable, or more freq. in a dishonorable sense (freq. and class.); with aliquā or aliquo, with or without cum, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 89:

quid illi... qui illā consuevit prior?

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 32:

quācum tot consuesset annos,

id. Hec. 4. 1, 40:

mulieres quibuscum iste consuerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 70; Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 10; cf.

in a double sense,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 113; id. Capt. 4, 2, 88.—Hence, consŭētus (in the poets trisyl.), a, um, P. a.; of inanim. things which one is accustomed to, commonly employs, uses, possesses, etc., used, accustomed; usual, ordinary, wonted, customary (mostly poet.;

not in Cic.): amor,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 108:

antra,

Verg. G, 4, 429:

cubilia,

Ov. M. 11, 259:

lectus,

id. Tr. 3, 3, 39:

in auras,

id. M. 2, 266:

pectora,

id. ib. 13, 491: canistris, * Juv. 5, 74:

finis,

Ov. H. 20, 242 al.:

labores, pericula,

Sall. J. 85, 7:

libido,

id. ib. 15, 3:

numerus,

Vulg. Exod. 5, 18; id. Num. 16, 29.— Sup.:

consuetissima cuique Verba,

Ov. M. 11, 638.—

* Adv.: consŭētē, in the usual manner, according to custom:

suscipere pabulum,

Amm. 23, 2, 8.

contemptrix ( - temt-), īcis, f. [contemptor], she who puts small value upon a thing, a despiser, contemner (rare; not in Cic.): mea, * Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 2: superūm propago, * Ov. M. 1, 161.—

Of inanimate and abstract subjects:

contemptrix frigorum eruca,

Plin. 19, 8, 44, § 154; 37, 4, 15, § 59:

fortitudo contemptrix timendorum est,

Sen. Ep. 88, 29:

turba periculi,

Sil. 17, 411.

contemptrix ( - temt-), īcis, f. [contemptor], she who puts small value upon a thing, a despiser, contemner (rare; not in Cic.): mea, * Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 2: superūm propago, * Ov. M. 1, 161.—

Of inanimate and abstract subjects:

contemptrix frigorum eruca,

Plin. 19, 8, 44, § 154; 37, 4, 15, § 59:

fortitudo contemptrix timendorum est,

Sen. Ep. 88, 29:

turba periculi,

Sil. 17, 411.

pignus, ŏris and ĕris (old form in plur.:

pignosa pignora eodem modo quo valesii, auselii... dicebantur,

Fest. p. 213 Müll.), n. [root pac-, of pango; cf. paciscor], a pledge, gage, pawn, security, mortgage (of persons as well as things).

Lit.:

opponere se pigneri,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 85:

ager oppositus est pignori,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56:

servus, quem hic reliqueram Pignus pro me,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 19:

quo facto pignore animos centurionum devinxit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 39:

rem alicujus pignori accipere,

Tac. H. 3, 65:

pignora apud se deposita persequi et vindicare,

Paul. Sent. 5, 26, 4:

sub pignoribus mutuas pecunias accipere,

Dig. 13, 7, 12:

habere aliquid pignori,

ib. 20, 4, 2:

liberare pignus a creditore,

ib. 20, 4, 4:

pignoribus cavere alicui,

ib. 43, 3, 2: aurum [p. 1376] pignori apud aliquem ponere, ib. 13, 7, 27:

viginti milia faenus pignoribus positis,

income from mortgages, Juv. 9, 141.—Esp., of the security for the payment of his fine, which was taken by the consul of a senator who failed to attend in the Senate:

pignus auferre,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4: pignoribus terreri, Crass. ib.; so,

senatores pignoribus cogere,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

pignora capere,

Liv. 3, 38, 12;

of hostages,

id. 33, 22:

marium pignora,

male hostages, Suet. Aug. 21: pignus praetorium, the security which the prœtor took as a guarantee for the preservation of a thing when he put it in the possession of a creditor, or fidei commissarius, Dig. 13, 7, 26; 41, 5, 12.—

Esp., in phrases.

Pignus capere, to take a pledge or security for payment:

certis verbis pignus capiebatur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 29; 26 al.—

Pignora capere, to issue execution, make seizure of property:

Vettium, pignoribus captis, cojecit in carcerem,

Suet. Caes. 17:

eorum, qui debita confessi sunt, pignora capi et distrahi possunt,

Paul. Sent. 5, 5 A, 4:

per vim debitoris sui pignora, cum non haberet obligata, capere,

id. ib. 5, 26, 4.—

Pignoris capio, a proceeding by which the summary collection of certain debts was secured, Gai. Inst. 4, 26 (v. Sandars ad Just. Inst. introd. § 96).—

Transf.

The object of a wager, a wager, stake:

da pignus, ni ea sit filia,

lay a wager, bet, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 34; so id. ib. 36:

cum illo dare,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 133:

pignore certare cum aliquo,

Verg. E. 3, 31:

quovis pignore contendere,

to lay any wager, bet any thing, Cat. 44, 4:

et quaerit posito pignore vincat uter,

Ov. A. A. 1, 168:

in quodvis pignus vocare, ni, etc.,

Gell. 5, 4, 2:

ponere pignus cum aliquo de re aliquā,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 3.—

A contract in which security is given, Dig. 13, 7, 1; 20, 6, 3.—

Trop.

A pledge, token, assurance, proof:

magnum pignus ab eo rei publicae datum, se, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 4:

pignora voluntatis,

id. Cael. 32, 78:

injuriae,

id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

societatis,

Tac. H. 4, 61:

sceleris,

id. ib. 4, 57:

imperii,

id. ib. 3, 72:

reconciliatae gratiae pignus,

Curt. 6, 7, 35:

pignora da, genitor, per quae tua vera propago Credar,

sure tokens, Ov. M. 2, 38; 5, 247; 7, 497:

in vultu pignora mentis habet,

id. A. A. 2, 378:

digito pignus fortasse dedisti,

i. e. a ring, Juv. 6, 27.—

Concr.

Children, parents, brothers and sisters, relatives, as pledges of love (only after the Aug. period):

nunc tibi commendo communia pignora, natos,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73; Ov. M. 11, 543:

prolemque gemellam Pignora bina dedi,

id. H. 6, 121:

tot natos natasque et pignora cara nepotes,

id. M. 3, 134:

ascita pignora,

Stat. S. 2, 1, 86:

pignora conjugum ac liberorum,

Liv. 2, 1, 5:

obsecratio illa judicum, per carissima pignora, utique, si et reo sint liberi, conjux, parentes, utilis erit,

Quint. 6, 1, 33:

habens filiam, uxorem, nepotem, sorores, interque tot pignora veros amicos,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3; Tac. A. 12, 2:

proxima pignora,

id. ib. 15, 36:

ne in conjugem, in familiam, in cetera pignora ejus saeviret,

id. ib. 16, 26; id. G. 7:

frangi aspectu pignorum suorum,

id. Agr. 38.—Hence, in gen.,

Any thing especially valuable or dear:

si quis post pignera tanta Pompeio locus est,

Luc. 7, 376.—

Poet. transf., a graft, scion, Pall. Insit. 109.

prō̆pāgātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. propago], a propagating, propagation.

Lit. (class.):

propagatio vitium,

Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

propagationum genera tria sunt in usu maxime,

Col. Arb. 7:

propagationes facere,

Dig. 19, 2, 24.—

Transf.: quae propagatio et soboles origo est rerum publicarum, Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54.—

Trop.

An extending, prolonging; an extension, enlargement, prolongation (class.):

finium imperii nostri propagatio,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 29:

miserrimi temporis,

id. Fam. 5, 15, 3:

vitae,

id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86:

victoriam, triumphum, propagationem imperii portandi,

Liv. 42, 30, 9. —

An establishing, honoring:

nominis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31.

prō̆pāges, is, f. [id.]

A set, layer; for the usual propago: propages progenies a propagando: ut faciunt rustici, eum vitem vetulam supprimunt, ut ex eā unā plures faciant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 227 Müll.—

Transf., offspring, progeny, posterity (ante- and post-class.): mea propages sanguinis, Pac. ap. Non. 64, 30; Paul. Col. Carm. 5, 19.