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praefectūra, ae ( dat. plur. PRAEFECTVREIS, Inscr. Corp. Lat. 206, 83), f. [id.], the office of a president or overseer, a presidency, superintendence, prefecture.

In gen.:

villae,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17 fin.; cf. Plaut. Cas. 1, 11 (infra, B. 2. b.): morum, the superintendence of the public morals (a part of the duty of the censor), Suet. Caes. 76:

hanc de se praefecturam servo dare,

Plin. 28, 5, 14, § 56:

equitum Gallorum,

the command of the cavalry, Hirt. B. G. 8, 12:

alarum,

Suet. Aug. 38:

urbis,

Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 62; Suet. Aug. 37; id. Tib. 42; id. Vesp. 1; Dig. 1, 12, 1 (al. Urbi):

praetorio,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 9, 11:

praefectura domūs Siculā non mitior aulā,

Juv. 6, 486.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., the office of commander or governor in the provinces, the government of a country or town (which was conferred by the proconsuls and proprætors), a prefectship, prefecture:

praefecturas sumere,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4; cf.:

praefecturam petivit: negavi me cuiquam negotianti dare,

id. ib. 5, 21, 10:

multorum consulum praetorumque praefecturas delatas sic accepit, ut, etc.,

Nep. Att. 6, 4.—

The administration of a province: aliquem ad praefecturam Aegypti provehere, Suet. Aug. 66:

Aegypti,

id. Ner. 47.—Hence,

Transf.

An Italian city governed by Roman authorities (praefecti) and according to their edicts, a prefecture:

praefecturae eae appellabantur in Italiā, in quibus et jus dicebatur et nundinae agebantur, et erat quaedam earum res publica, neque tamen magistratus suos habebant, in quas legibus praefecti mittebantur quotannis qui jus dicerent, etc.,

Fest. p. 233 Müll.; Cic. Sest. 14, 32; id. Pis. 22, 51; id. Phil. 2, 24, 58:

Capua in formam praefecturae redacta,

Vell. 2, 44, 4; cf. Liv. 26, 16; Inscr. Orell. 3699.—

The territory of a prefecture, a district, province, government (anteclass. and post-Aug.):

quin ruri es in praefecturā tuā?... abi rus, abi directus tuam in provinciam,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 11 and 15:

nunc ibo in meam praefecturam, ut jus dicam lardo,

id. Capt. 4, 3, 7:

Aegyptus dividitur in praefecturas oppidorum, quas nomos vocant,

Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49:

proximae praefecturae,

Tac. A. 11, 8: praefecturae magis quam imperia, Front. Princ. Hist. med. —

In the agrimensores, the land allotted to a colony, Sicul. Flacc. Condit. Agr. p. 21 Goes.; Front. Limit. p. 43 ib.; Aggen. ap. Front. p. 56 ib.

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candĭdātus, a, um, adj. [candidus, like albatus, atratus, from albus, ater].

In adj. uses,

Lit., clothed in white (only in Plaut. and in post-Aug. prose;

Cic., Hor., and Plin. use albatus): aequius vos erat Candidatas venire hostiatasque,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 12:

mastigia,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 10; *Suet. Aug. 98; Prud. steph. 1, 67.—

Trop.:

farinulentā cinere sordide candidati homunculi,

App. M. 9, p. 222, 33; cf. candido.—

Subst.

candĭdātus. i, m., a candidate for office, because clothed in a glittering white toga; cf. Dict. of Antiq. (class. and freq.).

Lit.:

praetorius,

a candidate for the prœtorship, Cic. Mur. 27, 57:

tribunicii,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15), 4; Liv. 4, 6, 10:

consulatus,

Plin. Pan. 95 fin.; Suet. Caes. 24; id. Aug. 4:

aedilitatis ac mox praeturae,

id. Vesp. 2:

quaesturae,

id. Tib. 42:

summae equestris gradus, i. e. praefecturae,

id. Galb. 14:

sacerdotiorum,

Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.—

From their obsequious demeanor towards the electors, called officiosissima natio candidatorum,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

improbitati irasci candidatorum,

id. Mil. 16, 42:

aedilitas alicui candidato data,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37:

candidatus Caesaris,

a candidate especially recommended by Cœsar, Vell. 2, 124, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Aug. 56; Tac. A. 1, 15.—Hence prov.:

petis tamquam Caesaris candidatus,

i. e. certain of the result, Quint. 6, 3, 62.—In the time of the emperors:

candidati Principis,

quœstors appointed by the emperor himself to read his speeches and rescripts, Dig. 1, 13; Sid. Ep. 2, 80; cf. Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Aug. 65; id. Tit. 6.—

Trop., he who strives after or aims at a thing, a candidate or a claimant of something (post-Aug.):

candidatus non consulatus tantum, sed immortalitatis et gloriae,

Plin. Pan. 63, 1:

majus est opus atque praestantius, ad quod ipse (sc. orator) tendit, et cujus est velut candidatus,

Quint. 12, 2, 27:

Atticae eloquentiae, id. prooem. § 13: crucis,

i. e. soon to suffer crucifixion, App. M. 1, p. 108:

aeternitatis,

Tert. Res Carn. 58:

philosophiae,

Symm. Ep. 1, 41.—

candĭdāta, ae, f., one who seeks or solicits an office, a candidate (rare and postAug.):

sacerdotii,

Quint. Decl. 252 fin.

candĭdātus, ūs, m. [id.], a candidacy, Cod. Th. 6, 4, 21, § 1.

candĭdātus, a, um, adj. [candidus, like albatus, atratus, from albus, ater].

In adj. uses,

Lit., clothed in white (only in Plaut. and in post-Aug. prose;

Cic., Hor., and Plin. use albatus): aequius vos erat Candidatas venire hostiatasque,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 12:

mastigia,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 10; *Suet. Aug. 98; Prud. steph. 1, 67.—

Trop.:

farinulentā cinere sordide candidati homunculi,

App. M. 9, p. 222, 33; cf. candido.—

Subst.

candĭdātus. i, m., a candidate for office, because clothed in a glittering white toga; cf. Dict. of Antiq. (class. and freq.).

Lit.:

praetorius,

a candidate for the prœtorship, Cic. Mur. 27, 57:

tribunicii,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15), 4; Liv. 4, 6, 10:

consulatus,

Plin. Pan. 95 fin.; Suet. Caes. 24; id. Aug. 4:

aedilitatis ac mox praeturae,

id. Vesp. 2:

quaesturae,

id. Tib. 42:

summae equestris gradus, i. e. praefecturae,

id. Galb. 14:

sacerdotiorum,

Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.—

From their obsequious demeanor towards the electors, called officiosissima natio candidatorum,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

improbitati irasci candidatorum,

id. Mil. 16, 42:

aedilitas alicui candidato data,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37:

candidatus Caesaris,

a candidate especially recommended by Cœsar, Vell. 2, 124, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Aug. 56; Tac. A. 1, 15.—Hence prov.:

petis tamquam Caesaris candidatus,

i. e. certain of the result, Quint. 6, 3, 62.—In the time of the emperors:

candidati Principis,

quœstors appointed by the emperor himself to read his speeches and rescripts, Dig. 1, 13; Sid. Ep. 2, 80; cf. Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Aug. 65; id. Tit. 6.—

Trop., he who strives after or aims at a thing, a candidate or a claimant of something (post-Aug.):

candidatus non consulatus tantum, sed immortalitatis et gloriae,

Plin. Pan. 63, 1:

majus est opus atque praestantius, ad quod ipse (sc. orator) tendit, et cujus est velut candidatus,

Quint. 12, 2, 27:

Atticae eloquentiae, id. prooem. § 13: crucis,

i. e. soon to suffer crucifixion, App. M. 1, p. 108:

aeternitatis,

Tert. Res Carn. 58:

philosophiae,

Symm. Ep. 1, 41.—

candĭdāta, ae, f., one who seeks or solicits an office, a candidate (rare and postAug.):

sacerdotii,

Quint. Decl. 252 fin.

candĭdātus, ūs, m. [id.], a candidacy, Cod. Th. 6, 4, 21, § 1.

lĭbet or lŭbet, libuit (lub-) and libitum (lub-) est (in Cic. perh. only in the latter form), 2, v. n. and impers. (libeo, es, etc., as a personal verb acc. to Caper ap. Prisc. p. 922 P.) [Sanscr. root lubh, cupere, desiderare; Gr. root liph- in liptô, lips; cf. Goth. liub-s; Germ. lieb, dear; Lat. līber], it pleases, is pleasing, is agreeable: mihi, I am disposed, I like, I please, I will.— Constr. with nom. of a demonstr. or rel. pronoun, with inf. or a subject-clause as subject, or impers. without a subject, and with or without a dat.

Id (quod) libet (mihi):

quod tibi lubet, idem mihi lubet,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 138:

facite, quod vobis lubet,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 34:

cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non libere,

Cic. Att. 14, 19, 4; cf.:

sin et poterit Naevius id quod libet et ei libebit quod non licet, quid agendum est?

id. Quint. 30, 94:

quodcumque homini accidit libere, posse retur,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 17:

ubi peregre, tibi quod libitum fuit, feceris,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 77.—Once in plur.:

cetera item, quae cuique libuissent, dilargitus est,

Suet. Caes. 20.—Without a dat.:

rogita quod lubet,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 31:

faciat quod lubet,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 55:

nihil vident, nisi quod lubet,

id. ib. 4, 1, 30:

si quid lubet,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 88:

quae (senectus) efficeret, ut id non liberet quod non oporteret,

Cic. de Sen. 12, 42:

illa priorum scribendi, quodcumque animo flagrante liberet, simplicitas,

Juv. 1, 152.—

With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.:

concedere aliquantisper hinc mihi intro lubet,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 158:

mihi lubet nunc venire Pseudolum,

id. ib. 4, 5, 3; Ter. And. 5, 5, 2: Qui lubitumst illi condormiscere? Lu. Oculis, opinor, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 13:

non libet mihi deplorare vitam,

Cic. de Sen. 23, 84:

quarum (orationum) alteram non libebat mihi scribere,

id. Att. 2, 7, 1:

de quo genere libitum est mihi paulo plura dicere,

id. de Or. 2, 85, 348; id. Leg. 2, 27, 69; Ter. And. 1, 5, 28.—Without a dat.: cum illuc ventum est, ire illinc lubet, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 258 Vahl.); Ter. And. 4, 5, 21:

de C. Gracchi tribunatu quid exspectem non libet augurari,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

qui in foro, quicum colloqui libeat, non habeant,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

incoharo haec studia, vel non vacabit, vel non libebit,

Quint. 1, 12, 12; 10, 1, 13; Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 4:

ultra Sauromatas fugere hinc libet,

Juv. 2, 1: libet expectare quis impendat, etc., I should like to see who, etc., id. 12, 95.—

Absol., with or without a dat.:

ego ibo pro te, si tibi non libet,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 10:

ubiquomque libitum erit animo meo,

id. As. 1, 1, 97:

adi, si libet,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45; Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

age, age, ut libet,

id. ib. 2, 1, 10:

ut libet, as an expression of assent,

id. Heaut. 4, 4, 16; 4, 5, 32; 5, 1, 61; id. Ad. 2, 2, 38: Ch. Quid in urbe reptas villice? Ol. Lubet, Plaut. Cas. 1, 11; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 79: Pe. Qua fiducia ausus... dicere? Ep. Libuit, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 33; cf. id. Ps. 1, 3, 114.—Hence,

lĭbens ( lŭbens; LIBES, Inscr. R. N. 2598 Mommsen), entis, P. a., that does a thing willingly or with readiness, willing, with good will, with pleasure (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

studen hercle audire, nam ted ausculto lubens,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 108: Ph. Complectere. An Facio lubens, id. As. 3, 3, 25:

ego illud vero illud feci, ac lubens,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 43; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 15; id. And. 2, 1, 37: cum totius Italiae concursus facti illius gloriam [p. 1060] libens agnovisset, Cic. Mil. 14, 38.—Freq. (esp. in Cic.; Cæs. and Quint. do not use libens as an adj. at all) in the abl. absol.: me, te, etc., and animo libente or libenti, with pleasure, gladly, very willingly:

edepol me lubente facies,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 218:

me libente eripies mihi hunc errorem,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6; id. de Or. 2, 73, 295:

libente me vero,

id. Rep. 1, 9 fin. Mos. N. cr.:

quae (res nostrae) tam libenti senatu laudarentur,

id. Att. 1, 14, 3:

cum Musis nos delectabimus animo aequo, immo vero etiam gaudenti ac libenti,

id. ib. 2, 4, 2.— Sup.:

cunctae praefecturae libentissimis animis eum recipiunt,

Caes. B. C. 1, 15, 1:

illam porticum redemptores statim sunt demoliti libentissimis omnibus,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5:

libentissimis Graecis,

id. Fam. 13, 65, 1:

lubentissimo corde atque animo,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 22:

fecit animo libentissimo populus Romanus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25.—

In partic.:

libens or libens merito (abbreviated L. M.), a formula used in paying a vow: Jovi lubens meritoque vitulor,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 1:

EX VOTO L. M.,

Inscr. Orell. 1412: V. S. L. M., i. e. votum solvit libens merito, or V. L. S., i. e. votum libens solvit, very freq. in inscriptions. —

Transf., glad, happy, joyful, cheerful, merry (ante-class.):

uti ego illos lubentiores faciam, quam Lubentia'st,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 2:

ego omnes hilaros, lubentes, laetificantes faciam ut fiant,

id. Pers. 5, 1, 8:

hilarum ac lubentem fac te in gnati nuptiis,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 38.—Hence, adv.: lĭbenter or lŭbenter, willingly, cheerfully, gladly, with pleasure, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 239 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 15, 12 (Trag. v. 379 ib.):

cenare lubenter,

Cato, R. R. 156:

ecastor frigida non lavi magis lubenter,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 1:

ut homines te libenter studioseque audiant,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; id. Rep. 1, 18, 30:

libenter verbo utor Catonis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3; id. Lael. 24, 89; id. Rep. 2, 38, 64:

ego tuas litteras legi libenter,

id. Fam. 3, 5, 1; id. Att. 2, 1, 1:

libenter homines id, quod volunt, credunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18.— Comp.:

ille adjurans, nusquam se umquam libentius (cenavisse),

with a better appetite, Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Lael. 19, 68:

nihil libentius audiunt,

Quint. 7, 1, 63; 8, 2, 11:

nil umquam hac carne libentius edit,

Juv. 15, 88.— Sup.: cui ego quibuscumque rebus potero libentissime commodabo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 275, 18: cum lubentissime edis, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2:

libentissime dare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63; id. Leg. 2, 1, 1; Sen. Ep. 30, 9.— Hence also,

lĭbĭtus, a, um, P. a.; only plur. as subst.: lĭbĭta, ōrum, n., lit., the things that please, one's pleasure, will, liking, humor (Tacitean):

sua libita exercebant,

Tac. A. 6, 1:

ad libita Caesarum,

id. ib. 12, 6:

ad libita Pallantis,

id. ib. 14, 2.

rĕd-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago].

To drive, lead, or bring back (syn. reduco).

Lit.:

(Sol) Disjectos redegit equos,

Lucr. 5, 403:

si materiem nostram collegerit aetas Post obitum, rursumque redegerit, ut sita nunc est,

bring it back, restore it to its present condition, id. 3, 848:

filia parva duas redigebat rupe capellas,

Ov. F. 4, 511:

tauros in gregem,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; cf.:

in sua rura boves,

Ov. F. 3, 64:

oppidani (hostem) fusum fugatumque in castra redigunt,

Liv. 21, 9:

hostium equitatum in castra,

id. 26, 10:

turbam ferro in hostes,

id. 37, 43:

aliquem Capuam,

id. 26, 12 fin.:

aliquem in exsilium,

Just. 9, 4, 7. —

Trop.:

rem ad pristinam belli rationem redegit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 76 fin.:

annum neglegentia conturbatum ad pristinam rationem,

Suet. Aug. 31:

disciplinam militarem ad priscos mores,

Liv. 8, 6 fin.: aliquid ad ultimam sui generis formam speciemque, Cic. Or. 3, 10:

omnia redegit in singulas rationes praeceptionis,

Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3:

aliquem in concordiam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

vos in gratiam,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 73:

tu, qui ais, redige in memoriam,

recall it to my mind, id. ib. 2, 3, 36:

in memoriam,

Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 18; id. Fam. 1, 9, 9:

(poëtae) formidine fustis Ad bene dicendum delectandumque redacti,

brought back, reduced, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 155.—Far more freq.,

(With the idea of agere predominant; cf. recido and redeo, II.) To get together, call in, collect, raise, receive, take a sum of money or the like by selling, etc.:

cum omnem pecuniam ex aerario exhausissetis, ex vectigalibus redegissetis, ab omnibus regibus coëgissetis,

Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98; cf.:

pecuniam ex bonis patriis,

id. Phil. 13, 5, 10;

and simply pecuniam,

id. Rab. Post. 13, 37; Hor. Epod. 2, 69:

omne argentum tibi,

to scrape together, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 23:

bona vendit, pecuniam redigit... pecunia, quam ex Agonidis bonis redegisset,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 56; cf. Liv. 5, 16:

quod omnis frumenti copia decumarum nomine penes istum esset redacta, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171:

fructus,

Dig. 36, 4, 5, § 22 (after colere agros); 22, 1, 46; cf.:

pars maxima (praedae) ad quaestorem redacta est,

Liv. 5, 19:

fructus ad eum,

Dig. 10, 2, 51:

quicquid captum ex hostibus est, vendidit Fabius, consul, ac redegit in publicum,

paid it into the public treasury, Liv. 2, 42:

venditum sub hastā in aerarium,

id. 4, 53:

(patres) victi irā vetuere reddi (bona regia), vetuere in publicum redigi,

id. 2, 5, 1; cf.:

praedam in fiscum,

Tac. H. 4, 72:

aliquid in commune,

Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 6.—

To bring or reduce a thing to any condition, circumstance, etc.; to make or render it so and so (cf. reddo); constr. with in (so most freq.), ad, sub, an adv. of place, absol., or with a double acc.

With in:

viros in servitutem,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 47:

Aeduos in servitutem,

Caes. B. G. 2, 14, 3:

in pristinam sortem servitutis,

Just. 6, 5, 1:

vidulum in potestatem alicujus,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 22:

civitatem in potestatem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24 fin.; 45; Cic. Quint. 55, 152; id. Phil. 5, 17, 46; id. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33; Tac. Agr. 18; Vell. 2, 94, 4; cf.:

civitatem in dicionem potestatemque populi Romani,

Caes. B. G. 2, 34 fin.:

aliquos in dicionem,

Cic. Balb. 10, 25; Liv. 41, 19:

gentes in dicionem hujus imperii,

Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 13:

Arvernos in provinciam,

to reduce to a province, Caes. B. G. 1, 45; 7, 77 fin.; cf.:

partem Britanniae, etc., in formam provinciae,

Tac. Agr. 14; Suet. Caes. 25; id. Aug. 18; id. Tib. 37 fin.; id. Calig. 1; Liv. Epit. 45; 93:

in formulam provinciae,

Vell. 2, 38, 1:

in formam praefecturae,

id. 2, 44, 4:

in id redactus sum loci, Ut, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 86; cf.:

republicā in tranquillum redactā,

Liv. 3, 40; and:

mentem in veros timores,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 15:

si hoc genus (pecuniarum) in unum redigatur,

be brought into one mass, Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 13:

dispositio est, per quam illa, quae invenimus, in ordinem redigimus,

reduce to order, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 16; cf.:

arbores in ordinem certaque intervalla,

Quint. 8, 3, 9; but: ut veteres grammatici auctores alios in ordinem redegerint, alios omnino exemerint numero, brought, admitted into the rank of classics (cf. Gr. enkrinein; opp. numero eximere = ekkrinein):

libertinos in equestrem ordinem,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 18; Just. 5, 6, 5; Quint. 1, 4, 3;

for which: redigere aliquem (poëtam) in numerum,

id. 10, 1, 54;

also,

to lower, degrade, Suet. Vesp. 15; v. ordo; cf. Liv. ap. Prisc. 1173 P.; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5:

quod prosa scriptum redigere in quaedam versiculorum genera,

Quint. 9, 4, 52:

in hanc consuetudinem memoriā exercitatione redigendā,

id. 11, 2, 45:

servos, in dominium nostrum,

Dig. 1, 5, 5:

in nihilum redigam te, et non eris,

Vulg. Ezech. 26, 21:

in cinerem,

id. 2 Pet. 2, 6: provinciam in solitudinem, Lact. de Ira Dei, 5, 4.—

With ad:

aliquem ad inopiam redigere,

to reduce to poverty, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 56:

aliquem ad incitas,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 85; id. Trin. 2, 4, 136:

genus id ad interitum,

Lucr. 5, 877; Cic. ap. Lact. 7, 11, 5; cf.:

prope ad internecionem gente ac nomine Nerviorum redacto,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

ad nihilum redigere,

Vulg. Psa. 72, 20:

victoriam ad vanum et irritum,

to render empty and useless, Liv. 26, 37 fin.: cf.: [p. 1541] spem ad irritum, id. 28, 31:

aliquid ante dubium ad certum,

to render certain, id. 44, 15:

carnes excrescentes ad aequalitatem,

Plin. 30, 13, 39, § 113 (shortly afterwards reducunt); cf.:

cicatrices ad planum,

id. 20, 9, 36, § 93:

aliquem ad desperationem,

Suet. Aug. 81; Just. 6, 5, 7 et saep.:

redegit se ad pallium et crepidas,

Suet. Tib. 13.—

With sub:

Galliam sub populi Romani imperium,

Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 4:

Corcyram sub imperium Atheniensium,

Nep. Timoth. 2, 1:

barbaros sub jus dicionemque,

Liv. 28, 21:

incolas ejus insulae sub potestatem Atheniensium,

Nep. Milt. 1, 4; 2 fin.; id. Paus. 2, 4; id. Pelop. 5:

totam Italiam sub se,

id. Flor. 1, 9, 8:

GENTES SVB IMPERIVM,

Inscr. Grut. 226.—

With adv. of place:

eo redigis me, ut, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 23:

eo, ut,

Flor. 1, 2, 4:

hem! Quo redactus sum!

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 7.—

Absol.: ut credam, redigunt animum mihi argumenta, Att. ap. Non. 174, 10 (Trag. Rel. v. 516 Rib.): ut ejus animum retundam, redigam, ut, quo se vortat, nesciat, bring it down, so that, etc., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 73; Lucr. 1, 553.—

With double acc., to make or render a thing something (very rare;

more freq. reddere): quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.:

(Ubios) Suevi multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

id. ib. 4, 3 fin.; Aus. Mos. 224.—

In designations of number, etc., pregn., to bring within a number or extent; to lessen, diminish, reduce:

familiam jam ad paucos redactam paene ab interitu vindicasti,

Cic. Marcell. 4, 10; cf.:

redigere omnis fere in quadrum numerumque sententias,

id. Or. 61, 208:

hosce ipsos (libros octo) utiliter ad sex libros redegit Diophanes,

reduced, abridged, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 10:

ex hominum milibus LX. vix ad D.... sese redactos esse dixerunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

ad semuncias redacta,

Tac. A. 6, 16:

judicia ad duo genera judicum redegit,

Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 10:

non ad numerum redigar duorum,

Ov. M. 6, 199:

quod si comminuas vilem redigatur ad assem,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 43:

ne res ad nilum redigantur funditus omnes,

Lucr. 1, 791; 2, 752; cf. Ov. M. 14, 149:

rem maximam redigere ad minimum,

Lact. 3, 9, 15.