praebenda

praebeo, uī, itum, ēre (= praehibeo, von prae u. habeo), I) hinhalten, hinreichen, darreichen, os, Ter.: crus alterum, Cic.: immotam cervicem, Liv. fr.: terga, den Rücken zeigen, die Flucht ergreifen, Curt.: os ad contumeliam, sich öffentlich beschimpfen lassen, Liv.: manum verberibus, Ov.: aurem, aures, s. auris: parvulo ubera, Iustin.: cibum de manu, Colum.: aquam pedibus, Plaut. – II) übtr.: A) überlassen, preisgeben, se telis hostium, Liv.: alqm hosti ad caedem, Liv.: se continendum, sich halten lassen, Curt.: in hac altissima specula conspiciendum se monstrandumque, sich sehen und mit Fingern auf sich zeigen lassen, Plin. ep.: se captandum, sich den Erbschleichern hingeben, Plin. ep. – B) zeigen, sehen lassen, nudam suam pulchritudinem, Apul.: dah. beweisen, zeigen, erweisen, operam alci, jmdm. dienen, Liv.: honorem alci, Plin.: fidem alci, Nep. – refl. mit u. ohne se = sich beweisen, -zeigen, m. folg. Acc. des Prädikats, als den u. den, se misericordem, Cic.: se aequum, Eutr.: se talem, Cic.: se virum, Cic.: praebuit strenuum virum, Ter.: in eos se severum vehementemque, Cic.: se dissimilem in utroque, Cic.: in litteris mittendis nimis exorabilem se, Cic.: m. Dat., utrisque se aequum, gegen beide Parteien neutral bleiben, Eutr.: bene de se meritis se gratum, Cic. Vgl. Wesenberg Cic. Sest. 107. p. 44. – C) geben, reichen, dar-

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reichen, liefern, aquam, Hor.: equos, Liv.: alci naves, Liv.: panem alci, Nep.: annua, das Jahrgeld, Suet.: convivia sumptuosiora, Vopisc.: omnia large ad epulas, Curt.: alimenta terris, Curt.: haec studia rebus adversis perfugium ac solacium praebent, Cic.: eundem usum, eben den Nutzen haben, Plin.: se ducem sceleri, sich zum Anführer beim Frevel hergeben, Curt. – Partiz. subst., α) praebita, ōrum, n., das zum Unterhalt Gereichte, das Nahrungsgeld, Traktament, der Gehalt, Colum. 1, 8, 17. – β) praebenda, ae, f., das einem von Staats wegen zukommende Nahrungsgeld, die Präbende, Cassiod. var. 5, 39, 12: stipes est praebenda militum, Eugraph. Ter. heaut. 5, 1, 4. – dah. a) darbieten, gewähren, machen, verursachen, erregen, speciem horribilem, Caes.: speciem pugnantium, Caes., ridentis, Liv.: speciem insulae, Curt.: suspicionem, Nep.: terrorem, tumultum, Liv.: opinionem timoris, Caes.: metum defectionis, Liv.: sonitum, Geräusch machen, Liv.: sponsalia alci, Cic.: modum, Musik machen, Ov.: ludos, Spaß machen, Gelegenheit zum Lachen geben, Ter. – vicem postium, die Stelle der Pf. vertreten, zu Pf. dienen, Plin. – b) erlauben, geschehen lassen, lassen, m. folg. Infin., praebuit ipsa rapi, hat sich rauben, entführen lassen, Ov.: praebet tibi vellere barbam Iuppiter, Pers. – ⇒ Parag. Infin. praeberier, Plaut. Amph. 1027; Poen. 177 u. 657.

1) собирать, стягивать (copias Cs; exercitūs in unum locum Cs, T; equites ex Aquitania Cs); сводить, переводить ( dispersas cohortes in una castra T); стягивать, закрывать ( vulnera cerā VF)

2) образовывать

3) сжато изложить, свести

4) снимать, арендовать (domum ab aliquo Sen; locum secretum Pt); нанимать (militem QC; pictorem magno pretio C)

5) брать взаймы (conducta pecunia J)

6) приобретать, покупать ( librum AG)

7) принимать на себя, подрядиться

8) приносить пользу, быть целесообразным ( alicui rei или in и ad aliquam rem)

con-dūco, dūxī, ductum, ere, I) tr.: A) zusammenführen od. -ziehen, führend-, leitend zusammenbringen, vereinigen, 1) im allg.: a) leb. Wesen (bes. als milit. t. t.), copias suas, Caes.: magnam manum, Caes.: omnes clientes obaeratosque eodem, Caes.: eo copias omnes auxiliaque, Caes.: populum in forum, Varr. fr.: virgines unum in locum, Cic.: exercitum od. exercitus in unum locum, Caes. u. Tac.: dispersas per urbem cohortes in una castra, Tac.: festinatim de castellis ad castra maxima pedites, Sisenn. fr. – b) lebl. Objj.: partes, Lucr.: vineas, Cic.: nubila (Dünste), v. einem Flusse, Ov.: aquam cisternis, Pallad.: cortice ramos, Ov.: molli vulnera cerā, schließen, Val. Flacc.: plures puteos per specus in unum, Vitr.: aquam in unum lacum, ICt. – übtr. auf abstr. Objj., zusammenfassen, propositionem et assumptionem in unum, Cic. de inv. 1, 73: omnia probra in (zu) deorum maledicta, Arnob. 4, 27. – 2) insbes.: a) verkürzend zusammenziehen, coria et carnem trahit et conducit in unum, zieht zusammen u. verschrumpft, Lucr. 6, 967: usquedum vulnus conducatur in cicatricem, verharscht, Solin. 32, 31: u. so incisa peritonaei membrana in cicatricem facile conducitur, Cael. Aur. chron. 5, 10, 127. – frigida (kaltes Wasser) densat atque conducit vias, Cael. Aur. acut. 2, 9, 52: interiores (nervi) conducunt membra, superiores revocant

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(strecken sie), Plin. 11, 218: conducitur musculus aut laxatur, Cael. Aur. chron. 2, 1, 8: conducto inferiore palpebro, ibid.: cutis conducta (angespannte), Cael. Aur. chron. 4, 3, 20: u. so contortus vel conductus vultus, Cael. Aur. chron. 2, 1, 5: vultus conductus atque concurrentibus superciliis caperatus (gerunzelt), Cael. Aur. acut. 2, 3, 16. – Partiz. v. Pers., subst., contracti atque conducti, Cael. Aur. chron. 5, 1, 4. – b) zusammenlaufen-, gerinnen machen, im Passiv = zusammenlaufen, gerinnen, id (lac) plerumque cogi agni aut haedi coagulo; quamvis possit et agrestis cardui flore conduci, Col. 7, 8, 1.

B) um einen Preis an sich bringen, 1) durch Lohn, Sold od. Pacht an sich bringen, mieten, dingen, pachten, a) leb. Wesen: coquum, Plaut: praeceptores publice, Plin. ep.: conducta multitudo, Sall.: conductae operae, Cic.: qui conducti plorant in funere, Hor. – alqm mercede, Cic. (u. so mercede conductus, Caecil. com. fr.: u. homo mercede conductus, Curt.): alqm mercede diurnā, Hor.: alqm nummo, Plaut.: pictorem magno pretio, Cic.: saga pretio conducta, Turpil. com. fr. – m. Ang. wozu? durch ad m. Gerund. od. durch 1. Supin., consulem ad caedem faciendam, Cic. prov. cons. 9: coctum (zum Kochen) ego huc, non vapulatum, dudum conductus fui, Plaut. aul. 457. – durch folg. ut u. Konj. = dazu dingen od. übh. dazu bringen, qui ab eis conducebantur, ut ali-

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quem occiderent, Cic. Rosc. Am. 93: frusto panis conduci potest, vel uti taceat vel uti loquatur, Cato orat. 40. fr. 2 ( bei Gell. 1, 15, 10). – bei vorhergeh. Negation durch folg. quin u. Konj., tribus non conduci possum libertatibus, quin ego illis hodie comparem magnum malum, Plaut. Cas. 504 sq.; vgl. ellipt. non edepol conduci possum vitā uxoris annuā (sc. quin deferam pallam ad te), Plaut. asin. 886. – So nun insbes.: α) (als milit. t. t.) als Söldner mieten, homines, Caes.: equites ex Aquitania, Caes.: militem, Curt.: auxilia, Liv.: viginti milia peditum, Liv. – militem ex Peloponneso, Curt.: ex Graecia conductorum tria milia, Curt. – milites Gallos mercede, Liv.: Graeci pedites mercede conducti, Curt. – poet., bella conducta, mit angeworbenen Soldaten geführte, Sil. 5, 196. – β) eine od. als Buhldirne dingen, scortum, Plaut: u. (poet.) torum, Ov.: meretricem totum annum, Plaut. – viduam mercede, Nep.: puellam pretio parvo, Priap. – b) lebl. Ggstde.: α) zur Benutzung auf Zeit mieten, pachten (Ggstz. locare), navem putridam, Caecil. com. fr.: domum, hortum, Cic.: navem, Komik.: telas, Tibull.: nummos, leihen, Hor.: u. so pecuniam, Iuven. – sibi aedes, Plaut.: alci domum Romae, Val. Max.: alci locum, Cic. – fundum de alqo, Cic., ab alqo, ICt.: domum ab alqo, ICt.: raedam ab alqo, Sen. – domum non magno, Cic.: habitationem in annum, ICt. – bes. (als publiz. t. t.) einen

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Zoll pachten (Ggstz. locare), portorium, Cic.: publica vectigalia c. u. verb. publica vectigalia redimere et c., Liv. – so auch im Zshg. absol., Asiani, qui de censoribus conduxerant, questi sunt in senatu se cupiditate prolapsos nimium magno conduxisse, Cic. – Partic. Perf. subst., conductum, ī, n., das Gemietete, die Mietung, Pachtung (Ggstz. locatum, dah. verb. locatum conductum, Dig. 19, 2 lemm.), extra portam aliquid conducti habere, Cic. Clu. 175. – nachaug. bes. die Mietwohnung, Miete, das Logis, non conductum alcis intrare, Sen.: in conductum accurrere, Petr.: in conducto habitare, ICt.: manere biennio toto in suo conducto, Vulg. – β) zur Ausführung, zur Lieferung gegen Entgelt übernehmen, in Entreprise nehmen (Ggstz. locare), ultro tributa, Liv.: praebenda quae ad exercitum Hispaniensem opus sunt, Liv.: columnam faciendam de alqo, Cic.: alqd molendum, Pompon. com. fr.: tabulas ac statuas in Italiam deportandas, Vell.: servum docendum, ICt. – certo tamen et levi pretio fultura conducitur, Sen. de ben. 6, 15, 7. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., Simonides... victoris laudem cuidam pyctae ut scriberet, certo conductus pretio secretum petit, Phaedr. 4, 15 (25), 4 sqq. – im Zshg. absol., ad conducendum tres societates aderant, Liv. 23, 49, 1: utroque impetrato conduxerunt, ibid. § 3. – 2) etw. durch Kauf an sich bringen = erhandeln, kaufen, agnum caedundum (zum Schlachten), Plaut. aul. 567:

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pretio magno librum, Gell. 18, 5, 11.

II) v. intr. = συμφέρειν, beitragen, zuträglich-, ersprießlich sein, ea maxime conducunt, quae sunt rectissima, Cic.: conducit nihil, Aur. Vict.: u. (m. Acc. u. Infin. als Subjekt) conducere arbitror talibus aures tuas vocibus undique circumsonare, Cic. – m. Ang. wem? durch Dat., huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus, Plaut.: et virtute (alter Dat.) tuae et caris conducere chartis, Lucil. fr.: non quomodo ambitioni meae conducere arbitrabar, C. Gracch. fr.: neque homini infanti aut impotenti iniuste facta conducunt, Cic.: quae maxime cum mihi tum etiam rei publicae rationibus putem conducere, Cic.: quae saluti tuae conducere arbitror, Cic.: vinum maxime conducit alvo citae, Plin.: u. (m. Acc. u. Infin. als Subjekt) quod hoc maxime rei publicae conducit Syriam Macedoniamque decerni, Cic.: nostris rationibus maxime conducere videtur Thermum fieri (consulem) cum Caesare, Cic. – m. Ang. wozu? wofür? durch ad od. in u. Akk., alia ad eam rem conducentia, Gell.: quae ad ventris victum conducunt, Plaut.: consultant, ad vitae commoditatem iucunditatemque conducat id necne, Cic.: quod in rem recte conducat tuam, Plaut.: quid in rem publicam suam maxime conducere videretur, Sisenn. fr.: quod in commune conducat loco sententiae proferre, Tac. – ⇒ Parag. Infin. Präs. Pass. conducier, Plaut. merc. 663.

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portĭo, ōnis ( abl. sing. portioni, Inscr. Lat. 206, 38), f. [kindr. with pars and porô, to share, impart], a share, part, portion (post-Aug., except in the phrase pro portione; v. in foll. II.).

Lit.:

Luna aequā portione divisa,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 42: ex his portio in Italiā consedit, portio in Illyricos sinus penetravit, Just. 24, 4, 2:

hereditatis,

id. 36, 2, 5; cf. id. 21, 1, 2:

quamvis quota portio faecis Achaei,

Juv. 3, 61:

mox in proflatum additur tertia portio aeris collectanei,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

pari portione inter se mixta pix, cera, alumen, etc.,

Cels. 4, 24; cf.:

glandis cortex et nitrum paribus portionibus,

id. 5, 18, 4:

nil natura portionibus parit,

by parts, piecemeal, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 177:

portio brevissima vitae,

Juv. 9, 127:

pars A carnaniae, quam in portionem belli acceperat,

as his share for his services in the war, Just. 28, 1, 1:

vocare aliquem in portionem muneris,

id. 5, 2, 9:

magna mortalium portio,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 102.—

Transf., a relation to any thing, proportion, i. q. proportio.—

In gen., adverb.

prō portiōne (class.; not in Cæs.), in proportion, proportionally, relatively:

pro portione ea omnia facito,

Cato, R. R. 106 fin.:

pro portione ad majorem fundum vel minorem addere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 3:

Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 55; id. Fl. 14, 32; Liv. 34, 50:

oportet ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia pro portione rerum praeponere,

in relation, in proportion, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320; so,

pro ratā portione,

Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 40:

pro suā scilicet portione,

Quint. 10, 7, 28; Censor. de Die Nat. 3.—

portĭōne (post-Aug.):

cerebrum omnia habent animalia, quae sanguinem: sed homo portione maximum,

proportionally, Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 2, 1, § 2; cf.:

hac portione mediocribus agris semina praebenda,

Col. 2, 9, 1:

quādam portione,

Quint. 6, 1, 26:

eādem portione,

id. 11, 3, 139.—

ad portiō-nem (rare and only post Aug.), Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133; 24, 8, 30, § 46:

ad suam quisque portionem,

id. 36, 16, 25, § 9:

supra portionem,

Col. 7, 1, 2.—

Subst.:

eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio,

the same proportion, Curt. 7, 11, 12:

portionem servare,

Col. 11, 2, 87; cf.:

proportione servatā,

id. 8, 11, 6.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

lŏco, āvi, ātum, 1 (old forms, locassim for locaverim, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 51; so,

locassint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11), v. a. [locus], to place, put, lay, set, dispose, arrange.

Lit.

In gen.:

equites pro cornibus,

Quint. 2, 13, 3:

crates adversas locari jubet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46:

milites super vallum in munimentis,

Sall. J. 100:

cum sol ita locatus fuisset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

fundamenta (urbis),

Verg. A. 4, 266; cf. id. ib. 1, 428:

gramineoque viros locat ipse sedili,

id. ib. 8, 176:

vicos,

Tac. G. 16:

stipendium et commeatum,

Sall. J. 90.—

In partic.

Locare puellam in matrimonium or in matrimonio, nuptiis, nuptum, or simply locare, to give a girl in marriage, to marry her to any one: cur me huic locabas nuptiis? Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 157 Vahl.):

virginem habeo grandem, neque eam queo locare quoiquam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 15:

in matrimonium,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 52:

aliquam in luculentam familiam,

id. Cist. 3, 2, 18:

nuptum virginem adulescenti,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 25.—

To let, lease, to hire or farm out (opp. conduco):

vectigalia,

Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7:

portorium,

id. Inv. 1, 30, 47:

agrum frumento,

Liv. 27, 3:

praedia non nummo sed partibus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 3:

tabernas civitatibus ad stationem,

Suet. Ner. 37.—

To give out on contract, to contract for having a thing done:

tu idem optimum est Loces efferendum: nam jam credo mortuus est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 30:

impero, ut tu me quoivis castrandum loces,

id. ib. 2, 2, 73:

ut quod sit sibi operis locatum ecficeret,

id. As. 2, 4, 37:

ego operam meam tribus nummis hodie locavi ad artis naugatorias,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 2:

statuam faciendam,

Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

funera,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 120:

majore pecuniā columnas dealbandas, quam, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1, 59, §

154: statuas demoliendas,

id. ib. 2, 2, 67, § 161: auseribus cibaria publice locantur (sc. praebenda), [p. 1074] id. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

Junoni templum (sc. exstruendum),

Liv. 5, 23:

vestimenta exercitui (sc. facienda),

id. 27, 10:

ingentesque locat Caesonia Rhenos,

Pers. 6, 47.—

Locare se or locare operam suam, to hire one's self out, hire out one's services:

quid si aliquo ad ludos me pro manduco locem,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 51:

operam suam ad aliquam rem,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 1; Gell. 3, 3, 14:

vocem,

i. e. to become a ranter, Juv. 8, 185:

locare noctes, of courtesans,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 30.—

To lend:

ornamenta quae locavi metuo ut possim recipere,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 3.—

To quarter, establish in quarters:

cohortes novis hibernaculis,

Tac. A. 14, 38.—

Of money, to invest, place:

nec quicquam argenti locavi jam diu usquam aeque bene?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 144.—

To put or lend out money on interest:

locare argenti nemini nummum queo,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 4. —Hence, locare se, to bring in interest, to yield:

disciplina (histrionis) quae erat (Panurgo) ab hoc (Roscio) tradita, locabat se non minus HS CCCICCC,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 28.—

Trop.

In gen., to place, put, set, lay, fix:

metuo hercle ne illa mulier mi insidias locet,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 17:

num tu pudicae quoipiam insidias locas?

id. Curc. 1, 1, 25:

vitam in tam clara luce locavit,

Lucr. 5, 12:

inter recte factum atque peccatum media locabat quaedam,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37:

aliquem in amplissimo gradu dignitatis,

id. Mur. 14, 30:

civitas in Catonis et Bruti fide locata,

id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

omnia mea studia in Milonis magistratu fixi et locavi,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 3:

eo loco locati sumus, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitiā praestabilius esse putetis,

id. ib. 27, 104:

res certis in personis ac temporibus locata,

id. de Or. 1, 31, 138:

prudentia est locata in delectu bonorum et malorum,

consists in, id. Off. 3, 17, 71:

beneficium apud gratos,

to confer upon, Liv. 7, 20.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2. c.) To put out, as at interest; to place so as to secure a return: optumo optume optumam operam das;

datam pulcre locas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 122:

beneficia apud gratos,

Liv. 7, 20, 5: benefacta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v. 429 Vahl.).—

Locare nomen, to become surety, Phaedr. 1, 16, 1.—Hence, P. a.: lŏcātus, a, um, only as subst.: lŏcātum, i, n., that which is placed on lease, hired out, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74.

lŏco, āvi, ātum, 1 (old forms, locassim for locaverim, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 51; so,

locassint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11), v. a. [locus], to place, put, lay, set, dispose, arrange.

Lit.

In gen.:

equites pro cornibus,

Quint. 2, 13, 3:

crates adversas locari jubet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46:

milites super vallum in munimentis,

Sall. J. 100:

cum sol ita locatus fuisset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

fundamenta (urbis),

Verg. A. 4, 266; cf. id. ib. 1, 428:

gramineoque viros locat ipse sedili,

id. ib. 8, 176:

vicos,

Tac. G. 16:

stipendium et commeatum,

Sall. J. 90.—

In partic.

Locare puellam in matrimonium or in matrimonio, nuptiis, nuptum, or simply locare, to give a girl in marriage, to marry her to any one: cur me huic locabas nuptiis? Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 157 Vahl.):

virginem habeo grandem, neque eam queo locare quoiquam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 15:

in matrimonium,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 52:

aliquam in luculentam familiam,

id. Cist. 3, 2, 18:

nuptum virginem adulescenti,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 25.—

To let, lease, to hire or farm out (opp. conduco):

vectigalia,

Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7:

portorium,

id. Inv. 1, 30, 47:

agrum frumento,

Liv. 27, 3:

praedia non nummo sed partibus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 3:

tabernas civitatibus ad stationem,

Suet. Ner. 37.—

To give out on contract, to contract for having a thing done:

tu idem optimum est Loces efferendum: nam jam credo mortuus est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 30:

impero, ut tu me quoivis castrandum loces,

id. ib. 2, 2, 73:

ut quod sit sibi operis locatum ecficeret,

id. As. 2, 4, 37:

ego operam meam tribus nummis hodie locavi ad artis naugatorias,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 2:

statuam faciendam,

Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

funera,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 120:

majore pecuniā columnas dealbandas, quam, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1, 59, §

154: statuas demoliendas,

id. ib. 2, 2, 67, § 161: auseribus cibaria publice locantur (sc. praebenda), [p. 1074] id. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

Junoni templum (sc. exstruendum),

Liv. 5, 23:

vestimenta exercitui (sc. facienda),

id. 27, 10:

ingentesque locat Caesonia Rhenos,

Pers. 6, 47.—

Locare se or locare operam suam, to hire one's self out, hire out one's services:

quid si aliquo ad ludos me pro manduco locem,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 51:

operam suam ad aliquam rem,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 1; Gell. 3, 3, 14:

vocem,

i. e. to become a ranter, Juv. 8, 185:

locare noctes, of courtesans,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 30.—

To lend:

ornamenta quae locavi metuo ut possim recipere,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 3.—

To quarter, establish in quarters:

cohortes novis hibernaculis,

Tac. A. 14, 38.—

Of money, to invest, place:

nec quicquam argenti locavi jam diu usquam aeque bene?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 144.—

To put or lend out money on interest:

locare argenti nemini nummum queo,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 4. —Hence, locare se, to bring in interest, to yield:

disciplina (histrionis) quae erat (Panurgo) ab hoc (Roscio) tradita, locabat se non minus HS CCCICCC,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 28.—

Trop.

In gen., to place, put, set, lay, fix:

metuo hercle ne illa mulier mi insidias locet,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 17:

num tu pudicae quoipiam insidias locas?

id. Curc. 1, 1, 25:

vitam in tam clara luce locavit,

Lucr. 5, 12:

inter recte factum atque peccatum media locabat quaedam,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37:

aliquem in amplissimo gradu dignitatis,

id. Mur. 14, 30:

civitas in Catonis et Bruti fide locata,

id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

omnia mea studia in Milonis magistratu fixi et locavi,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 3:

eo loco locati sumus, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitiā praestabilius esse putetis,

id. ib. 27, 104:

res certis in personis ac temporibus locata,

id. de Or. 1, 31, 138:

prudentia est locata in delectu bonorum et malorum,

consists in, id. Off. 3, 17, 71:

beneficium apud gratos,

to confer upon, Liv. 7, 20.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2. c.) To put out, as at interest; to place so as to secure a return: optumo optume optumam operam das;

datam pulcre locas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 122:

beneficia apud gratos,

Liv. 7, 20, 5: benefacta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v. 429 Vahl.).—

Locare nomen, to become surety, Phaedr. 1, 16, 1.—Hence, P. a.: lŏcātus, a, um, only as subst.: lŏcātum, i, n., that which is placed on lease, hired out, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74.

lŏco, āvi, ātum, 1 (old forms, locassim for locaverim, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 51; so,

locassint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11), v. a. [locus], to place, put, lay, set, dispose, arrange.

Lit.

In gen.:

equites pro cornibus,

Quint. 2, 13, 3:

crates adversas locari jubet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46:

milites super vallum in munimentis,

Sall. J. 100:

cum sol ita locatus fuisset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

fundamenta (urbis),

Verg. A. 4, 266; cf. id. ib. 1, 428:

gramineoque viros locat ipse sedili,

id. ib. 8, 176:

vicos,

Tac. G. 16:

stipendium et commeatum,

Sall. J. 90.—

In partic.

Locare puellam in matrimonium or in matrimonio, nuptiis, nuptum, or simply locare, to give a girl in marriage, to marry her to any one: cur me huic locabas nuptiis? Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 157 Vahl.):

virginem habeo grandem, neque eam queo locare quoiquam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 15:

in matrimonium,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 52:

aliquam in luculentam familiam,

id. Cist. 3, 2, 18:

nuptum virginem adulescenti,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 25.—

To let, lease, to hire or farm out (opp. conduco):

vectigalia,

Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7:

portorium,

id. Inv. 1, 30, 47:

agrum frumento,

Liv. 27, 3:

praedia non nummo sed partibus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 3:

tabernas civitatibus ad stationem,

Suet. Ner. 37.—

To give out on contract, to contract for having a thing done:

tu idem optimum est Loces efferendum: nam jam credo mortuus est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 30:

impero, ut tu me quoivis castrandum loces,

id. ib. 2, 2, 73:

ut quod sit sibi operis locatum ecficeret,

id. As. 2, 4, 37:

ego operam meam tribus nummis hodie locavi ad artis naugatorias,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 2:

statuam faciendam,

Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

funera,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 120:

majore pecuniā columnas dealbandas, quam, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1, 59, §

154: statuas demoliendas,

id. ib. 2, 2, 67, § 161: auseribus cibaria publice locantur (sc. praebenda), [p. 1074] id. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

Junoni templum (sc. exstruendum),

Liv. 5, 23:

vestimenta exercitui (sc. facienda),

id. 27, 10:

ingentesque locat Caesonia Rhenos,

Pers. 6, 47.—

Locare se or locare operam suam, to hire one's self out, hire out one's services:

quid si aliquo ad ludos me pro manduco locem,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 51:

operam suam ad aliquam rem,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 1; Gell. 3, 3, 14:

vocem,

i. e. to become a ranter, Juv. 8, 185:

locare noctes, of courtesans,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 30.—

To lend:

ornamenta quae locavi metuo ut possim recipere,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 3.—

To quarter, establish in quarters:

cohortes novis hibernaculis,

Tac. A. 14, 38.—

Of money, to invest, place:

nec quicquam argenti locavi jam diu usquam aeque bene?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 144.—

To put or lend out money on interest:

locare argenti nemini nummum queo,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 4. —Hence, locare se, to bring in interest, to yield:

disciplina (histrionis) quae erat (Panurgo) ab hoc (Roscio) tradita, locabat se non minus HS CCCICCC,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 28.—

Trop.

In gen., to place, put, set, lay, fix:

metuo hercle ne illa mulier mi insidias locet,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 17:

num tu pudicae quoipiam insidias locas?

id. Curc. 1, 1, 25:

vitam in tam clara luce locavit,

Lucr. 5, 12:

inter recte factum atque peccatum media locabat quaedam,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37:

aliquem in amplissimo gradu dignitatis,

id. Mur. 14, 30:

civitas in Catonis et Bruti fide locata,

id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

omnia mea studia in Milonis magistratu fixi et locavi,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 3:

eo loco locati sumus, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitiā praestabilius esse putetis,

id. ib. 27, 104:

res certis in personis ac temporibus locata,

id. de Or. 1, 31, 138:

prudentia est locata in delectu bonorum et malorum,

consists in, id. Off. 3, 17, 71:

beneficium apud gratos,

to confer upon, Liv. 7, 20.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2. c.) To put out, as at interest; to place so as to secure a return: optumo optume optumam operam das;

datam pulcre locas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 122:

beneficia apud gratos,

Liv. 7, 20, 5: benefacta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v. 429 Vahl.).—

Locare nomen, to become surety, Phaedr. 1, 16, 1.—Hence, P. a.: lŏcātus, a, um, only as subst.: lŏcātum, i, n., that which is placed on lease, hired out, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74.