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prĭor and prĭus (old form also in neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris, adj. comp. [from obsol. prep. pri; v. primus init. ], former, previous, prior, freq. to be translated first; cf. superior; Cicero nearly always uses prior, opp. to posterior, in time; superior in sense of former, in gen. relation to the present, when no other time is expressed; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 921 sq.

Lit.:

ita priori posterius, posteriori superius non jungitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus Romanus faciebat,

id. Pis. 1, 2:

qui prior has angustias occupaverit,

first, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

prior proelio lacessere,

id. ib. 1, 82:

etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio,

Cic. Brut. 21, 84:

priore loco causam dicere,

first, id. Quint. 9, 32:

priore aestate,

in the former summer, last summer, id. Fam. 1, 9, 24:

priore nocte,

id. Cat. 1, 4, 8:

factum est enim meā culpā, ut priore anno non succederetur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

prioribus comitiis,

id. Planc. 22, 54:

priore anno,

the year before, Liv. 3, 9, 7; 3, 10, 14; 4, 56, 5:

prioris anni consules,

id. 4, 13, 10; 4, 17, 9:

Dionysius prior,

the elder, Nep. Dion, 1, 3:

vinum,

of last year, Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120:

priore libro,

in the previous book, Col. 4, 22, 9:

pedes,

the forefeet, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

the forepart, Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—Pleon.:

cum prior Romanus exercitus praevenisset,

Liv. 9, 23, 2:

prius praecepta res erat,

id. 21, 32, 7; cf. id. 9, 23, 2.— Old neutr. prior: hoc senatusconsultum prior factum est, Val. Antias ap. Prisc. p. 767 P.:

prior bellum, Quadrig. ib.: foedus prior,

id. ib. (cf.: bellum Punicum posterior, Cass. Hem. ib.).—

Former, i. e. deceased (late Lat.):

inter prieres fratres,

Amm. 21, 6, 2.—

Subst.: prĭōres, um, m., forefathers, ancestors, the ancients ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

abiturus illuc, quo priores abierunt,

Phaedr. 4, 18, 16:

nomen dixere priores Ortygiam,

Verg. A. 3, 693:

nec ingeniis investigata priorum,

Ov. M. 15, 146; 332:

priores tradiderunt,

Col. 1, 4, 3:

nostri,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4:

more priorum,

Ov. M. 10, 218; Sen. Ep. 52, 2.—

Trop., better, superior, preferable, more excellent or important (not in Cic. and Cæs.):

bellante prior,

Hor. C. S. 51:

color puniceae flore prior rosae,

id. C. 4, 10, 4; Ov. H. 18, 69:

ut nemo haberetur prior,

Liv. 27, 8:

aetate et sapientiā,

Sall. J. 10, 7:

consilio et manu,

id. ib. 96, 3:

neque prius, neque antiquius quidquam habuit, quam, etc.,

Vell. 2, 52, 4.—Esp. with potior:

potius quanto prius potiusque est Philippum nobis conjungere quam hos,

Vell. 36, 7, 6:

nulla (res) prior potiorque visa est,

id. 8, 29, 2:

nihil prius nec potius visum,

id. 39, 47, 4: unus Plinius est mihi priores, i. e. worth more than they all, Sent. Augur. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

artium multitudine prior omnibus, eloquentiā nulli secundus,

App. Flor. 2, p. 346.—Hence, adv. comp.: prĭus.

Before, sooner, first, previously (class.).

Alone:

quem fuit aequius, ut prius introieram in vitam, sic prius exire de vitā,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

regem prius Europā, post et Asiā, expellere,

Liv. 37, 52, 4:

ut vos prius experti estis, nunc Antiochus experitur,

id. 36, 17, 8; so,

prius... nunc,

Verg. G. 3, 362:

prius... tum,

Cato, R. R. 135; Liv. 34, 55, 5:

prius.... postea,

id. 29, 12, 11.—

With quam, and often joined in one word, priusquam.

Before that, before:

prius quam lucet, assunt,

before dawn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115:

prius illi erimus quam tu,

id. Ps. 2, 4, 68:

prius quam plane aspexit ilico eum esse dixit,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 87:

nihil prius mihi faciendum putavi, quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1:

cui prius quam de ceteris rebus respondeo, de amicitiā pauca dicam,

before, id. Phil. 2, 1, 3:

quod ego, prius quam loqui coepisti, sensi,

id. Vatin. 2, 4:

neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

quid potius faciam, prius quam me dormitum conferam, non reperio,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

priusquam aggrediar, etc.,

id. Balb. 7, 18:

prius quam ad portam venias,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44.—

Sooner, rather:

Aegyptii quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibin aut aspidem violent,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. Lig. 12, 34; Caes. B. C. 3, 1.—Sometimes in an inverted order:

ad hoc genus hominum duravi, quam prius me ad plures penetravi,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Prop. 2, 14, 11 (3, 10, 10); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 576.—

In gen., formerly, in former times ( poet.), Cat. 51, 13:

sed haec prius fuere: nunc, etc.,

id. 4, 25; Prop. 1, 1, 18.

prĭor and prĭus (old form also in neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris, adj. comp. [from obsol. prep. pri; v. primus init. ], former, previous, prior, freq. to be translated first; cf. superior; Cicero nearly always uses prior, opp. to posterior, in time; superior in sense of former, in gen. relation to the present, when no other time is expressed; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 921 sq.

Lit.:

ita priori posterius, posteriori superius non jungitur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus Romanus faciebat,

id. Pis. 1, 2:

qui prior has angustias occupaverit,

first, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

prior proelio lacessere,

id. ib. 1, 82:

etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio,

Cic. Brut. 21, 84:

priore loco causam dicere,

first, id. Quint. 9, 32:

priore aestate,

in the former summer, last summer, id. Fam. 1, 9, 24:

priore nocte,

id. Cat. 1, 4, 8:

factum est enim meā culpā, ut priore anno non succederetur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

prioribus comitiis,

id. Planc. 22, 54:

priore anno,

the year before, Liv. 3, 9, 7; 3, 10, 14; 4, 56, 5:

prioris anni consules,

id. 4, 13, 10; 4, 17, 9:

Dionysius prior,

the elder, Nep. Dion, 1, 3:

vinum,

of last year, Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120:

priore libro,

in the previous book, Col. 4, 22, 9:

pedes,

the forefeet, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

the forepart, Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—Pleon.:

cum prior Romanus exercitus praevenisset,

Liv. 9, 23, 2:

prius praecepta res erat,

id. 21, 32, 7; cf. id. 9, 23, 2.— Old neutr. prior: hoc senatusconsultum prior factum est, Val. Antias ap. Prisc. p. 767 P.:

prior bellum, Quadrig. ib.: foedus prior,

id. ib. (cf.: bellum Punicum posterior, Cass. Hem. ib.).—

Former, i. e. deceased (late Lat.):

inter prieres fratres,

Amm. 21, 6, 2.—

Subst.: prĭōres, um, m., forefathers, ancestors, the ancients ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

abiturus illuc, quo priores abierunt,

Phaedr. 4, 18, 16:

nomen dixere priores Ortygiam,

Verg. A. 3, 693:

nec ingeniis investigata priorum,

Ov. M. 15, 146; 332:

priores tradiderunt,

Col. 1, 4, 3:

nostri,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4:

more priorum,

Ov. M. 10, 218; Sen. Ep. 52, 2.—

Trop., better, superior, preferable, more excellent or important (not in Cic. and Cæs.):

bellante prior,

Hor. C. S. 51:

color puniceae flore prior rosae,

id. C. 4, 10, 4; Ov. H. 18, 69:

ut nemo haberetur prior,

Liv. 27, 8:

aetate et sapientiā,

Sall. J. 10, 7:

consilio et manu,

id. ib. 96, 3:

neque prius, neque antiquius quidquam habuit, quam, etc.,

Vell. 2, 52, 4.—Esp. with potior:

potius quanto prius potiusque est Philippum nobis conjungere quam hos,

Vell. 36, 7, 6:

nulla (res) prior potiorque visa est,

id. 8, 29, 2:

nihil prius nec potius visum,

id. 39, 47, 4: unus Plinius est mihi priores, i. e. worth more than they all, Sent. Augur. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

artium multitudine prior omnibus, eloquentiā nulli secundus,

App. Flor. 2, p. 346.—Hence, adv. comp.: prĭus.

Before, sooner, first, previously (class.).

Alone:

quem fuit aequius, ut prius introieram in vitam, sic prius exire de vitā,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

regem prius Europā, post et Asiā, expellere,

Liv. 37, 52, 4:

ut vos prius experti estis, nunc Antiochus experitur,

id. 36, 17, 8; so,

prius... nunc,

Verg. G. 3, 362:

prius... tum,

Cato, R. R. 135; Liv. 34, 55, 5:

prius.... postea,

id. 29, 12, 11.—

With quam, and often joined in one word, priusquam.

Before that, before:

prius quam lucet, assunt,

before dawn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115:

prius illi erimus quam tu,

id. Ps. 2, 4, 68:

prius quam plane aspexit ilico eum esse dixit,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 87:

nihil prius mihi faciendum putavi, quam ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1:

cui prius quam de ceteris rebus respondeo, de amicitiā pauca dicam,

before, id. Phil. 2, 1, 3:

quod ego, prius quam loqui coepisti, sensi,

id. Vatin. 2, 4:

neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

quid potius faciam, prius quam me dormitum conferam, non reperio,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

priusquam aggrediar, etc.,

id. Balb. 7, 18:

prius quam ad portam venias,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44.—

Sooner, rather:

Aegyptii quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibin aut aspidem violent,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. Lig. 12, 34; Caes. B. C. 3, 1.—Sometimes in an inverted order:

ad hoc genus hominum duravi, quam prius me ad plures penetravi,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Prop. 2, 14, 11 (3, 10, 10); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 576.—

In gen., formerly, in former times ( poet.), Cat. 51, 13:

sed haec prius fuere: nunc, etc.,

id. 4, 25; Prop. 1, 1, 18.

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a-strŭo ( ads-, Merk., Halm, Dinter), struxi, structum, 3, v. a., to build near or in addition to a thing, to add (mostly in prose and post-Aug.; never in Cic.).

Lit.:

cum veteri adstruitur recens aedificium,

Col. 1, 5 fin.:

utrique (villae) quae desunt,

Plin. Ep. 9, 7 fin.: sicut ante secunda fortuna tot victorias adstruxerat;

ita nunc adversa destruens quae cumulaverat,

Just. 23, 3:

medicamentum adstruere,

Scrib. Comp. 227.—

In gen.

To add to:

adstrue formae,

Ov. A. A. 2, 119: victus ab [p. 185] eo Pharnaces vix quicquam gloriae ejus adstruxit, Vell. 2, 55:

aliquid magnificentiae,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119; so,

dignitati,

Plin. Ep. 3, 2, 5:

famae,

id. ib. 4, 17, 7:

felicitati,

id. Pan. 74, 2:

alicui laudem,

id. ib. 46, 8:

alicui nobilitatem ac decus,

Tac. H. 1, 78:

consulari ac triumphalibus ornamentis praedito quid aliud adstruere fortuna poterat?

id. Agr. 44:

adstruit auditis... pavor,

Sil. 4, 8:

ut quae Neroni falsus adstruit scriptor,

ascribes, imputes, Mart. 3, 20:

ut Livium quoque priorum aetati adstruas, i.e. annumeres,

Vell. 1, 17.—

To furnish with something (syn. instruo):

contignationem laterculo adstruxerunt,

covered, fastened, Caes. B. C. 2, 9.— Trop.:

aliquem falsis criminibus,

i.e. to charge, Curt. 10, 1.

affirmare, which Agroet. p. 2268 P., and Beda, p. 2334 P. give, is found in no Lat. author; for in Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83, instead of adstruxerunt, it is better to read adseverant; v. Sillig ad h. l.; so also Jan.

annālis, e, adj. [annus].

Continuing a year, annual:

tempus, cursus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 27, 1; so Dig. 14, 2, 1; 38, 17, 6.—

A.. Relating to the year or the age: Lex Villia Annalis, the law passed B. C. 180 by L. Villius, which determined the age necessary for election to an office of state (for the quæstorship, 31; for the office of ædile, 37; for the praetorship, 40;

and for the consulship, 43 years): legibus annalibus grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum constituebant,

Cic. Phil. 5, 17; cf.:

eo anno (573 A. U. C.) rogatio primum lata est ab L. Villio tribuno plebis, quot annos nati quemque magistratum peterent caperentque. Inde cognomen familiae inditum, ut annales appellarentur,

Liv. 40, 44; cf. also Cic. de Or. 2, 65.—

annālis, is (abl. reg. annali, Cic. Brut. 15, 58; Nep. Hann. 13, 1; but annalei, Varr. ap. Charis. 1, 17, p. 97:

annale,

Ascon. ad Cic. Pis. 22, 52; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 224), subst. m. (sc. liber), most freq. in plur.: an-nāles, ium (sc. libri), an historical work, in which the occurrences of the year are chronologically recorded, chronicles, annals (diff. from historia, a philosophical narration. following the internal relation of events, Ver. Fl. ap. Gell. 5, 18; cf. Cic. Or. 20).

Spec., from the most ancient per. down to the time of the Gracchi, when a literature had been formed, each pontifex maximus wrote down the occurrences of his year on tablets, which were hung up in his dwelling for the information of the public. Such tablets, accordingly, received the name of Annales Maximi (not to be confounded with the Libri Pontificales sive Pontificii, which contained instructions and liturgies for the holy rites). See the class. passages, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 51; id. Rep. 1, 16; Fest. s. v. maximi, and cf. Creuz. ad Cic. N. D. 1, 30; id. Leg. 1, 2; Niebuhr, Rom. Hist. 1, 277 sq. From these sources the Rom. histt. drew, and hence called their works, in gen., Annales. The most renowned among the annalists of the ancient period are Q. Fabius Pictor, M. Porcius Cato, and L. Calpurnius Piso (cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 51); in the time of the emperors, Tacitus named one of his hist. works Annales, since in it the history of Rome, from the death of Aug. until the time of Nero, was given acc. to the annual succession of events; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 255 sq.; 301 sq.; 313 sq.; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 333, 1.—Annalis in sing., Cic. Att. 12, 23; id. Brut. 15; Nep. Hann. 13, 1; Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101.—Adj., with liber, Ver. Fl. in the above-cited passage, and Quint. 6, 3, 68.—

In gen., records, archives, history:

carminibus antiquis, quod unum apud illos memoriae et annalium genus est,

Tac. G. 2:

annalibus traditum (est) coram rege,

Vulg. Esth. 2, 23:

annales priorum temporum,

ib. ib. 6, 1.—

annālia, ium, n., a festival observed at the beginning of the year, Inscr. Grut. 116, 2.

annālis, e, adj. [annus].

Continuing a year, annual:

tempus, cursus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 27, 1; so Dig. 14, 2, 1; 38, 17, 6.—

A.. Relating to the year or the age: Lex Villia Annalis, the law passed B. C. 180 by L. Villius, which determined the age necessary for election to an office of state (for the quæstorship, 31; for the office of ædile, 37; for the praetorship, 40;

and for the consulship, 43 years): legibus annalibus grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum constituebant,

Cic. Phil. 5, 17; cf.:

eo anno (573 A. U. C.) rogatio primum lata est ab L. Villio tribuno plebis, quot annos nati quemque magistratum peterent caperentque. Inde cognomen familiae inditum, ut annales appellarentur,

Liv. 40, 44; cf. also Cic. de Or. 2, 65.—

annālis, is (abl. reg. annali, Cic. Brut. 15, 58; Nep. Hann. 13, 1; but annalei, Varr. ap. Charis. 1, 17, p. 97:

annale,

Ascon. ad Cic. Pis. 22, 52; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 224), subst. m. (sc. liber), most freq. in plur.: an-nāles, ium (sc. libri), an historical work, in which the occurrences of the year are chronologically recorded, chronicles, annals (diff. from historia, a philosophical narration. following the internal relation of events, Ver. Fl. ap. Gell. 5, 18; cf. Cic. Or. 20).

Spec., from the most ancient per. down to the time of the Gracchi, when a literature had been formed, each pontifex maximus wrote down the occurrences of his year on tablets, which were hung up in his dwelling for the information of the public. Such tablets, accordingly, received the name of Annales Maximi (not to be confounded with the Libri Pontificales sive Pontificii, which contained instructions and liturgies for the holy rites). See the class. passages, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 51; id. Rep. 1, 16; Fest. s. v. maximi, and cf. Creuz. ad Cic. N. D. 1, 30; id. Leg. 1, 2; Niebuhr, Rom. Hist. 1, 277 sq. From these sources the Rom. histt. drew, and hence called their works, in gen., Annales. The most renowned among the annalists of the ancient period are Q. Fabius Pictor, M. Porcius Cato, and L. Calpurnius Piso (cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 51); in the time of the emperors, Tacitus named one of his hist. works Annales, since in it the history of Rome, from the death of Aug. until the time of Nero, was given acc. to the annual succession of events; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 255 sq.; 301 sq.; 313 sq.; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 333, 1.—Annalis in sing., Cic. Att. 12, 23; id. Brut. 15; Nep. Hann. 13, 1; Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101.—Adj., with liber, Ver. Fl. in the above-cited passage, and Quint. 6, 3, 68.—

In gen., records, archives, history:

carminibus antiquis, quod unum apud illos memoriae et annalium genus est,

Tac. G. 2:

annalibus traditum (est) coram rege,

Vulg. Esth. 2, 23:

annales priorum temporum,

ib. ib. 6, 1.—

annālia, ium, n., a festival observed at the beginning of the year, Inscr. Grut. 116, 2.

annālis, e, adj. [annus].

Continuing a year, annual:

tempus, cursus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 27, 1; so Dig. 14, 2, 1; 38, 17, 6.—

A.. Relating to the year or the age: Lex Villia Annalis, the law passed B. C. 180 by L. Villius, which determined the age necessary for election to an office of state (for the quæstorship, 31; for the office of ædile, 37; for the praetorship, 40;

and for the consulship, 43 years): legibus annalibus grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum constituebant,

Cic. Phil. 5, 17; cf.:

eo anno (573 A. U. C.) rogatio primum lata est ab L. Villio tribuno plebis, quot annos nati quemque magistratum peterent caperentque. Inde cognomen familiae inditum, ut annales appellarentur,

Liv. 40, 44; cf. also Cic. de Or. 2, 65.—

annālis, is (abl. reg. annali, Cic. Brut. 15, 58; Nep. Hann. 13, 1; but annalei, Varr. ap. Charis. 1, 17, p. 97:

annale,

Ascon. ad Cic. Pis. 22, 52; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 224), subst. m. (sc. liber), most freq. in plur.: an-nāles, ium (sc. libri), an historical work, in which the occurrences of the year are chronologically recorded, chronicles, annals (diff. from historia, a philosophical narration. following the internal relation of events, Ver. Fl. ap. Gell. 5, 18; cf. Cic. Or. 20).

Spec., from the most ancient per. down to the time of the Gracchi, when a literature had been formed, each pontifex maximus wrote down the occurrences of his year on tablets, which were hung up in his dwelling for the information of the public. Such tablets, accordingly, received the name of Annales Maximi (not to be confounded with the Libri Pontificales sive Pontificii, which contained instructions and liturgies for the holy rites). See the class. passages, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 51; id. Rep. 1, 16; Fest. s. v. maximi, and cf. Creuz. ad Cic. N. D. 1, 30; id. Leg. 1, 2; Niebuhr, Rom. Hist. 1, 277 sq. From these sources the Rom. histt. drew, and hence called their works, in gen., Annales. The most renowned among the annalists of the ancient period are Q. Fabius Pictor, M. Porcius Cato, and L. Calpurnius Piso (cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 51); in the time of the emperors, Tacitus named one of his hist. works Annales, since in it the history of Rome, from the death of Aug. until the time of Nero, was given acc. to the annual succession of events; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 255 sq.; 301 sq.; 313 sq.; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 333, 1.—Annalis in sing., Cic. Att. 12, 23; id. Brut. 15; Nep. Hann. 13, 1; Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101.—Adj., with liber, Ver. Fl. in the above-cited passage, and Quint. 6, 3, 68.—

In gen., records, archives, history:

carminibus antiquis, quod unum apud illos memoriae et annalium genus est,

Tac. G. 2:

annalibus traditum (est) coram rege,

Vulg. Esth. 2, 23:

annales priorum temporum,

ib. ib. 6, 1.—

annālia, ium, n., a festival observed at the beginning of the year, Inscr. Grut. 116, 2.

a-strŭo ( ads-, Merk., Halm, Dinter), struxi, structum, 3, v. a., to build near or in addition to a thing, to add (mostly in prose and post-Aug.; never in Cic.).

Lit.:

cum veteri adstruitur recens aedificium,

Col. 1, 5 fin.:

utrique (villae) quae desunt,

Plin. Ep. 9, 7 fin.: sicut ante secunda fortuna tot victorias adstruxerat;

ita nunc adversa destruens quae cumulaverat,

Just. 23, 3:

medicamentum adstruere,

Scrib. Comp. 227.—

In gen.

To add to:

adstrue formae,

Ov. A. A. 2, 119: victus ab [p. 185] eo Pharnaces vix quicquam gloriae ejus adstruxit, Vell. 2, 55:

aliquid magnificentiae,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119; so,

dignitati,

Plin. Ep. 3, 2, 5:

famae,

id. ib. 4, 17, 7:

felicitati,

id. Pan. 74, 2:

alicui laudem,

id. ib. 46, 8:

alicui nobilitatem ac decus,

Tac. H. 1, 78:

consulari ac triumphalibus ornamentis praedito quid aliud adstruere fortuna poterat?

id. Agr. 44:

adstruit auditis... pavor,

Sil. 4, 8:

ut quae Neroni falsus adstruit scriptor,

ascribes, imputes, Mart. 3, 20:

ut Livium quoque priorum aetati adstruas, i.e. annumeres,

Vell. 1, 17.—

To furnish with something (syn. instruo):

contignationem laterculo adstruxerunt,

covered, fastened, Caes. B. C. 2, 9.— Trop.:

aliquem falsis criminibus,

i.e. to charge, Curt. 10, 1.

affirmare, which Agroet. p. 2268 P., and Beda, p. 2334 P. give, is found in no Lat. author; for in Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83, instead of adstruxerunt, it is better to read adseverant; v. Sillig ad h. l.; so also Jan.

dē-verto or dēvorto, ti, sum (in MSS. often confounded with diverto), 3, v. a. and n.

To turn away, turn aside any thing:

comites suo hortatu,

Luc. 6, 317:

acies,

id. 2, 470:

ventura fata suo cursu,

id. 6, 591; cf. Aur. Vict. Caes. 38.— Far more freq.,

Pass. with mid. force, to turn one's self aside; and with esp. reference to the term. ad quem, to turn or betake one's self to any place; to turn in, put up at (in the latter sense esp. freq. in Plaut., whereas Cicero commonly uses the act. form; v. under no. II.).

Prop.:

si qui Cobiamacho (vico) deverterentur,

Cic. Font. 5, 9:

juvat ire jugis, qua nulla priorum Castaliam molli devertitur orbita clivo,

Verg. G. 3, 293: deverti ad amicos suos, Cato ap. Fest. p. 234, 26 Müll.:

devortitur apud suum paternum hospitem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 56:

apud aliquem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 85; so Liv. 42, 1, 10; cf.

ib. § 7: ad me in hospitium maximum,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 60; cf.

in amici hospitium,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 146; id. Ps. 4, 2, 6:

huc in tabernam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 63:

intro domum,

id. Stich. 4, 1, 29; cf. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 82:

in hortos in quibus devertebatur, pergunt,

Tac. H. 3, 11.—

Trop., to resort to, have recourse to (very rare):

ad magicas artes,

Ov. A. A. 2, 425:

meas ad artes,

id. M. 9, 62.—

Neutr. (i. q. no. I. B.), to turn or go aside from any place or any direction; to turn or go towards; to turn in, put up, lodge anywhere.

Prop.:

viā devertit,

Liv. 44, 43: viā, Plin. [p. 566] Pan. 52 fin.:

devertere ad cauponem, ad hospitem,

Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 9; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57:

ad aliquem,

id. Fin. 5, 2; id. Att. 10, 16 fin.:

ad villam Philemonis,

id. Fam. 7, 18, 3; cf.:

ad se in Albanum,

id. Mil. 19, 51:

ad villam suam,

id. ib.:

in villam suam,

id. Off. 2, 18 fin.:

domum regis hospitis,

id. Deiot. 6, 17:

Massiliam,

id. Phil. 13, 6; cf.

Interamnam,

Tac. H. 2, 64:

Rhodum,

Suet. Tib. 12 et saep.—With apud (late Lat.; cf. deversor): in pago apud familiares devertimus, Ap. M. 4 init.; cf. id. ib. 10, p. 238, 14.— Absol.:

itineris causa ut deverterem,

Cic. Att. 3, 7.—

Trop. (very rare):

sed redeamus illuc, unde devertimus,

have digressed, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4; so Liv. 35, 40:

in haec devertisse non fuerit alienum,

Plin. 2, 7, 5 fin. (Sillig, divertisse).

dē-verto or dēvorto, ti, sum (in MSS. often confounded with diverto), 3, v. a. and n.

To turn away, turn aside any thing:

comites suo hortatu,

Luc. 6, 317:

acies,

id. 2, 470:

ventura fata suo cursu,

id. 6, 591; cf. Aur. Vict. Caes. 38.— Far more freq.,

Pass. with mid. force, to turn one's self aside; and with esp. reference to the term. ad quem, to turn or betake one's self to any place; to turn in, put up at (in the latter sense esp. freq. in Plaut., whereas Cicero commonly uses the act. form; v. under no. II.).

Prop.:

si qui Cobiamacho (vico) deverterentur,

Cic. Font. 5, 9:

juvat ire jugis, qua nulla priorum Castaliam molli devertitur orbita clivo,

Verg. G. 3, 293: deverti ad amicos suos, Cato ap. Fest. p. 234, 26 Müll.:

devortitur apud suum paternum hospitem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 56:

apud aliquem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 85; so Liv. 42, 1, 10; cf.

ib. § 7: ad me in hospitium maximum,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 60; cf.

in amici hospitium,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 146; id. Ps. 4, 2, 6:

huc in tabernam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 63:

intro domum,

id. Stich. 4, 1, 29; cf. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 82:

in hortos in quibus devertebatur, pergunt,

Tac. H. 3, 11.—

Trop., to resort to, have recourse to (very rare):

ad magicas artes,

Ov. A. A. 2, 425:

meas ad artes,

id. M. 9, 62.—

Neutr. (i. q. no. I. B.), to turn or go aside from any place or any direction; to turn or go towards; to turn in, put up, lodge anywhere.

Prop.:

viā devertit,

Liv. 44, 43: viā, Plin. [p. 566] Pan. 52 fin.:

devertere ad cauponem, ad hospitem,

Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 9; Cic. Div. 1, 27, 57:

ad aliquem,

id. Fin. 5, 2; id. Att. 10, 16 fin.:

ad villam Philemonis,

id. Fam. 7, 18, 3; cf.:

ad se in Albanum,

id. Mil. 19, 51:

ad villam suam,

id. ib.:

in villam suam,

id. Off. 2, 18 fin.:

domum regis hospitis,

id. Deiot. 6, 17:

Massiliam,

id. Phil. 13, 6; cf.

Interamnam,

Tac. H. 2, 64:

Rhodum,

Suet. Tib. 12 et saep.—With apud (late Lat.; cf. deversor): in pago apud familiares devertimus, Ap. M. 4 init.; cf. id. ib. 10, p. 238, 14.— Absol.:

itineris causa ut deverterem,

Cic. Att. 3, 7.—

Trop. (very rare):

sed redeamus illuc, unde devertimus,

have digressed, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 4; so Liv. 35, 40:

in haec devertisse non fuerit alienum,

Plin. 2, 7, 5 fin. (Sillig, divertisse).

immānĭtas, ātis, f. [immanis].

Monstrous size, hugeness, vastness, excess (very rare, but class.):

serpens inusitatae immanitatis,

Gell. 6, 3, 1:

vitiorum,

Cic. Cael. 6, 14:

frigoris,

Just. 2, 1.—

Monstrousness, enormity, heinousness, savageness, fierceness, cruelty, barbarism (so most freq.):

ista in figura hominis feritas et immanitas beluae,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 32:

feritas quaedam atque agrestis immanitas,

id. Div. 1, 29, 60; cf.:

multas esse gentes sic immanitate efferatas ut, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 23, 62:

omni diritate atque immanitate taeterrimus,

id. Vatin. 3, 9:

inter feras satius est aetatem degere, quam in tanta immanitate versari,

in such barbarism, id. Rosc. Am. 52, 150:

asperitas et immanitas naturae,

id. Lael. 23, 87:

morum immanitate vastissimas vincit beluas,

id. Rep. 2, 26:

in animo, stupor in corpore,

id. Tusc. 3, 6, 12; cf.:

temperantiam immanitas in voluptatibus aspernandis imitatur,

id. Part. 23, 81:

M. Antonii tanta est non insolentia (nam id quidem vulgare vitium est), sed immanitas, non modo ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 10, 1, 1:

tanti facinoris immanitas,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

parricidii,

Quint. 9, 2, 53:

priorum temporum,

Plin. Pan. 47, 1:

ista verborum,

Cic. Fin. 4, 9 fin. (v. Madv. ad h. l.).

immūto ( inm-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. pres. pass. inmutarier, Ter. And. 1, 5, 40; id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 29), v. a. [in-muto], to change, alter, transform.

In gen. (class.):

ubi immutatus sum? ubi ego formam perdidi?

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 300: perscrutari... nos nostri an alieni simus;

ne clam quispiam nos imprudentis mmutaverit,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 22:

adeone homines inmutarier ex amore,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 19:

vultum earum,

id. Hec. 3, 3, 9:

imperio, potestate, prosperis rebus immutari,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.:

me aliquando immutarunt tibi,

id. Fam. 5, 8, 2: illi regi amabili Cyro subest ad immutandi animi licentiam crudelissimus ille Phalaris (v. ad), id. Rep. 1, 28:

ut ejus orbis (i. e. signiferi) unaquaeque pars alia alio modo moveat immutetque caelum,

id. Div. 2, 42, 89:

concentus immutatus aut discrepans,

id. Rep. 2, 42: temeritas filii comprobavit;

verborum ordinem immuta: fac sic: comprobavit filii temeritas, etc.,

id. Or. 63, 214:

nomen immuto,

Quint. 8, 6, 28:

cum successor aliquid immutat de institutis priorum,

Cic. Fl. 14, 33.—

In partic., in rhet.

To put, by metonymy, one word for another:

immutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliqua consequenti, etc.... Ennius Horridam Africam terribili tremere tumultu cum dicit, pro Afris immutat Africam,

Cic. Or. 27, 92 sq.; id. de Or. 3, 43, 169.—

E s p.: immutata oratio, allegory, = allêgoria, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261.

immūto ( inm-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. pres. pass. inmutarier, Ter. And. 1, 5, 40; id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 29), v. a. [in-muto], to change, alter, transform.

In gen. (class.):

ubi immutatus sum? ubi ego formam perdidi?

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 300: perscrutari... nos nostri an alieni simus;

ne clam quispiam nos imprudentis mmutaverit,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 22:

adeone homines inmutarier ex amore,

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 19:

vultum earum,

id. Hec. 3, 3, 9:

imperio, potestate, prosperis rebus immutari,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.:

me aliquando immutarunt tibi,

id. Fam. 5, 8, 2: illi regi amabili Cyro subest ad immutandi animi licentiam crudelissimus ille Phalaris (v. ad), id. Rep. 1, 28:

ut ejus orbis (i. e. signiferi) unaquaeque pars alia alio modo moveat immutetque caelum,

id. Div. 2, 42, 89:

concentus immutatus aut discrepans,

id. Rep. 2, 42: temeritas filii comprobavit;

verborum ordinem immuta: fac sic: comprobavit filii temeritas, etc.,

id. Or. 63, 214:

nomen immuto,

Quint. 8, 6, 28:

cum successor aliquid immutat de institutis priorum,

Cic. Fl. 14, 33.—

In partic., in rhet.

To put, by metonymy, one word for another:

immutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliqua consequenti, etc.... Ennius Horridam Africam terribili tremere tumultu cum dicit, pro Afris immutat Africam,

Cic. Or. 27, 92 sq.; id. de Or. 3, 43, 169.—

E s p.: immutata oratio, allegory, = allêgoria, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261.

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.