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1 cōn-stringō

cōn-stringō strinxī, strictus, ere, to bind, fetter, shackle, chain: hunc pro moecho, T.: (alqm) quadrupedem, i. e. hands and feet, T.: trahere constrictos curru, H.: Tu non constringendus (as insane)?: corpora vinculis: illum laqueis: constrictus cammarus ovo, i. e. sauced, Iu.—Fig., to bind, fetter, restrain: beluam legum catenis: coniurationem horum conscientiā: fidem religione: orbem terrarum legibus.—Of discourse, to condense, compress: (sententia) aptis constricta verbis.

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2 pars

pars, partis ( gen. sing. PARTVS, Inscr. Corp. Lat. 197, 12; acc. partim, Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 94; Liv. 26, 46, 8; 31, 36, 9; 23, 11, 11; Sall. J. 89, 1; id. H. 2, 41, 1; v. infra fin.; abl. parti, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 14; Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5; Lucr. 1, 1113; 4, 515; nom. plur. parteis, Varr. L. L. 5, 4, 21; gen. plur. partum, Caes. ap. Charis. p. 114 P.), f. [root por; Gr. eporon, gave; peprôtai, is given, destined; Lat. portio; cf. parare], a part, piece, portion, share, etc.
I.
In gen.:
ne expers partis esset de nostris bonis,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 39:
urbis, imperil,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32, § 84:
duae partes frumenti,
id. ib. 2, 3, 19, §
48: magnas partes habuit publicorum,
id. Rab. Post. 2, 4:
dare partes amicis,
id. ib.:
Belgae pertinent ad inferiorem partem fluminis Rheni,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
copias in quattuor partes distribuerat,
Sall. J. 101, 3:
locare agrum partibus,
Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 3:
pars occidentalis Jordanis,
the west side, Vulg. Jos. 23, 4.—
2.
Magna, bona, multa, major, maxima pars, many, a good many, the majority:
magna pars in iis civitatibus,
Cic. Balb. 8, 21:
major pars populi,
id. Agr. 2, 9, 22:
maxima pars hominum,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 121; cf.:
minor pars populi,
Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 18:
multa pars mei,
Hor. C. 3, 30, 6.—
3.
Pars, some, partitively (= partim):
faciunt pars hominum,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 13; id. Most. 1, 2, 33; id. Capt. 2, 1, 36: pars levem ducere equitum jacturam;
pars, etc.,
Liv. 22, 8; cf. id. 21, 7; 23; 20:
pars triumphos suos ostentantes,
Sall. J. 31, 10:
poscebantque pericula, pars virtute, multi ferocia et cupidine praemiorum,
Tac. H. 5, 11:
tergora deripiunt costis et viscera nudant: Pars in frusta secant,
Verg. A. 1, 212.—Rarely of a single person:
cum pars Niliacae plebis, cum verna Canopi, Crispinus ventilet, etc.,
Juv. 1, 26.—
4.
Parte, in part, partly:
(poma) quae candida parte, Parte rubent,
Ov. M. 3, 483:
melichloros est geminus, parte flavus, parte melleus,
Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 191.—Esp., with magnā, maximā, etc.:
ab semisomnis ac maximā parte inermibus refringi,
Liv. 9, 24, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.:
invalido exercitu et magnā parte pestilentiā absumpto,
id. 24, 34, 14:
quod saxum magnā parte ita proclive est,
id. ib.; 41, 6, 6.—
5.
Pro parte, for one's share or quota, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145.—
6.
Ex parte, in part, partly:
ex parte gaudeo,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9:
de decem viris sacrorum ex parte de plebe creandis,
Liv. 6, 42, 2.—Esp.,
b.
Ex ullā, ex aliquā, ex magnā, ex maximā parte, in any, etc., degree, measure, etc.:
si ullā ex parte sententia hujus interdicti infirmata sit,
Cic. Caecin. 13, 38; id. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:
ex magnā parte tibi assentior,
id. Att. 7, 3, 3:
aut omnino, aut magnā ex parte,
id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1:
saucii ex magnā parte milites,
Liv. 21, 56, 8:
ne minimā quidem ex parte,
not in the slightest degree, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76.—
7.
Multis partibus, by a great deal, much: omnibus partibus, in all respects, altogether:
non multis partibus malit,
Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 36:
quoniam numero multis partibus esset inferior,
Caes. B. C. 3, 84; 3, 80:
in Hortensii sententiam multis partibus plures ituros,
Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 2; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 3:
omnium virorum bonorum vitam omnibus partibus plus habere semper boni quam mali,
in all respects, every way, Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 91.—
8.
In parte, in part, partly (cf. ex parte, supra):
in parte expeditior, in parte difficilior,
Quint. 5, 7, 22; 11, 2, 34:
in parte verum videtur,
id. 2, 8, 6; 4, 5, 13; 10, 7, 25.—
9.
Pro meā, tuā, suā parte, or simply pro parte (for the stronger pro virili parte, v. virilis, II. 2.), for my, your, or his share, to the best of my, your, his, etc., ability:
quibus aliquid opis fortasse ego pro meā, tu pro tuā, pro suā quisque parte ferre potuisset,
Cic. Fam. 15, 15, 3:
pro meā parte adjuvi, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 5, 2, 9:
sciunt ii, qui me norunt, me pro illā tenui infirmāque parte id maxime defendisse, ut, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:
quisquis adest operi, plus quam pro parte laborat,
Ov. F. 4, 301.—Likewise,
10.
In partem, i. q. pro parte, en merei, for one's share, to the best of one's ability:
quodsi pudica mulier in partem juvet Domum (i. e. quae ad eam proprie pertinet),
Hor. Epod. 2, 39 (for which:
age sis tuam partem nunc iam hunc delude,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 89 Fleck., where others read tu in partem).—
11.
Acc. absol.: magnam, maximam partem, in great part, for the most part:
magnam partem ex iambis nostra constat oratio,
Cic. Or. 56, 189; Liv. 5, 14:
maximam partem ad arma trepidantes caedes oppressit,
id. 9, 37, 9:
maximam partem lacte atque pecore vivunt,
Caes. B. G. 4, 1.—So, bonam partem, Lucr. 6, 1249.—
12.
In eam partem.
a.
On that side:
in eam partem accipio,
i. e. in that sense, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 37:
in eam partem peccant, quae cautior est,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56.—
b.
On that account, with that intent, to the end that:
moveor his rebus omnibus, sed in eam partem, ut salvi sint vobiscum omnes,
Cic. Cat. 4, 2, 3:
has litteras scripsi in eam partem, ne me motum putares,
id. Att. 16, 1, 6.—
13.
In aliam partem, in the opposite direction:
antehac est habitus parcus... is nunc in aliam partem palmam possidet,
for the opposite quality Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 32.—
14.
In utramque partem, on both sides, for and against, pro and con: nullam in partem, on neither side: in mitiorem, in optimam partem, in the most mild or most favorable manner, Cic. Att. 15, 23 init.:
magna vis est fortunae in utramque partem, vel secundas ad res, vel adversas,
id. Off. 2, 6, 19:
neutram in partem,
id. ib.:
neque ego ullam in partem disputo,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 3, § 6:
mitiorem in partem interpretari,
id. Mur. 31, 64:
in optimam partem aliquid accipere,
id. Att. 10, 3, 2; id. Fam. 14, 2, 3: in partem aliquem vocare, to call upon one to take his share, to summon to a division of any thing, id. Caecin. 4, 12.—
15.
Nullā parte, by no means, not at all, Ov. H. 7, 110; Quint. 2, 16, 18.—
b.
Omni parte, and omni a and ex parte, in every respect, entirely:
gens omni parte pacata,
Liv. 41, 34; Hor. S. 1, 2, 38:
quod sit omni ex parte... perfectum,
Cic. Lael. 21, 79:
omnique a parte placebam,
Ov. H. 15, 45.—
16.
Per partes, partly, partially:
quod etsi per partes nonnumquam damnosum est, in summā tamen fit compendiosum,
Col. 1, 4, 5:
per partes emendare aliquid,
Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 10; Dig. 12, 1, 13.—
17.
In omnes partes, in every respect, altogether:
Brundusii jacere in omnes partes est molestum,
Cic. Att. 11, 6, 2; id. Fam. 4, 10, 2; 13, 1, 2.
II.
In partic.
A.
A party, faction, side, etc. (usu. in plur.; syn. factio).
(α).
Sing.:
timeo huic nostrae parti, quid hic respondeat,
Ter. And. 2, 5, 8:
cum non liceret mihi nullius partis esse,
Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1:
a parte heredum intraverant duo,
Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 10:
nec ex advocatis partis adversae judex eligendus,
of the opposite party, Quint. 5, 6, 6; 7, 9, 14; 12, 9, 19 et saep.:
ut alius in aliam partem mente atque animo traheretur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 21.—Hence, esp.: ex alterā parte, on the other hand:
omnia ex alterā parte collocata,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 11:
si videatis catenas, non minus profecto vos ea species moveat, quam si ex alterā parte cernatis, etc.,
Liv. 22, 59, 15:
idem ex alterā parte et ancilla fecit,
Petr. 18 fin.:
parvuli amplexi patrem tenebant. Ex alterā parte uxor maritum osculis fatigabat,
Just. 23, 2, 9; cf. Cic. Or. 32, 114.—
(β).
Plur. (class.;
esp. freq. in Tac.),
Cic. Phil. 13, 20, 47:
erat, inquit, illarum partium,
id. Quint. 21, 69:
in duas partes discedunt Numidae,
Sall. J. 13, 1:
ita omnia in duas partes abstracta sunt,
id. ib. 41, 5:
mihi a spe, metu, partibus rei publicae animus liber erat,
id. C. 4, 2:
ducere aliquem in partes,
Tac. A. 15, 51:
trahere,
id. ib. 4, 60:
transire in partes,
id. H. 1, 70. —
B.
In plur., a part, character, on the stage: primas partes qui aget, is erit Phormio, [p. 1307] the first part, the principal character, Ter. Phorm. prol. 27:
cur partes seni Poëta dederit, quae sunt adulescentium,
a youthful part, id. Heaut. prol. 1; 10:
esse primarum, secundarum, aut tertiarum partium,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 51:
servus primarum partium,
id. Fl. 27, 65.—
2.
Transf. beyond the lang. of the theatre, a part, function, office, duty, etc.—In plur. (class.):
sine illum priores partes hosce aliquot dies Apud me habere,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 71:
in scribendo priores partes alicui tribuere,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 4:
puero me hic sermo inducitur, ut nullae esse possent partes meae,
so that I could not take a part in it, id. Att. 13, 19, 4:
constantiae, moderationis, temperantiae, verecundiae partes,
id. Off. 1, 28, 98:
has partes lenitatis et misericordiae, quas me natura ipsa docuit semper egi libenter,
id. Mur. 3, 6:
partes accusatoris obtinere,
id. Quint. 2, 8; id. Rosc. Am. 34, 95:
tuum est hoc munus, tuae partes, etc.,
id. Fam. 11, 5, 3:
promitto atque confirmo, me... imperatoris suscepturum officia atque partes,
id. ib. 3, 10, 8:
Antonii audio esse partes, ut de totā eloquentiā disserat,
id. de Or. 2, 7, 26:
transactis jam meis partibus ad Antonium audiendum venistis,
id. ib. 2, 4, 15; id. Att. 7, 26, 2: ut ad partes paratus veniat, qs. prepared to act his part, Varr. R. R. 2, 5; so,
ad partes parati,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 87; cf. Liv. 3, 10; Gai. Inst. 4, 160; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 14, 3, 2.—In sing. (mostly post-Aug.):
haec igitur tibi reliqua pars est,... ut rem publicam constituas, etc.,
Cic. Marc. 9, 27:
pars consilii pacisque,
Tac. H. 3, 46:
videri alia quoque hujus partis atque officii,
Quint. 11, 3, 174:
pars defensoris tota est posita in refutatione,
id. 5, 13, 1:
neglegentiae, humilitatis,
id. 9, 4, 35 et saep. (v. Bonnell, Lex. Quint. p. 627).—
C.
A lot, portion, fate:
hancine ego partem capio ob pietatem praecipuam?
Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 4.—
D.
A portion, share, of food, Petr. 33:
equiti Romano avidius vescenti partes suas misit,
Suet. Calig. 18.—Also, the remains of a meal, App. M. 2, p. 125 med. —
E.
A task, lesson:
puer frugi est, decem partes dicit,
Petr. 75, 4; 46, 3; 58, 7; Inscr. Grut. 625, 8; Inscr. Orell. 2872.—
F.
A part, place, region, of the earth.—In plur., Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 2:
Orientis partes,
id. Mur. 41, 89:
in extremis ignoti partibus orbis,
Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 3; cf. Ruhnk. on Ov. H. 18, 197.—
G.
In counting or calculating, a part, fraction; one half, one third, etc., as the context indicates:
tres jam copiarum partes,
fourths, Caes. B. G. 1, 12:
agri partes duae,
thirds, Liv. 8, 1:
duabus partibus peditum amissis,
id. 21, 40:
mulctae novem partes,
tenths, Nep. Timol. 4.—
H.
A part of the body, member:
nam lingua mali pars pessima servi,
Juv. 9, 121.—Esp., the private parts, Ov. F. 1, 437; id. A. A. 2, 584; Auct. Priap. 30; 38; Phaedr. 4, 7.—Of a testicle, Col. 7, 11.—Hence, adv.: partim (old acc. sing.), partly, in part, a part, some of, some.
A.
Lit.
(α).
With gen.: cum partim illorum saepe ad eundem morem erat, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 13, 2:
atque haud scio an partim eorum fuerint, qui, etc.,
id. ib. 7, 3, 16: utrum neglegentia partim magistratuum, an, etc., nescio, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 10, 13, 4:
Bruttios Apulosque, partim Samnitium ac Lucanorum defecisse ad Poenos,
Liv. 23, 11.—So, repeated:
corpora partim Multa virum terrae infodiunt avectaque partim Finitimos tollunt in agros,
Verg. A. 11, 204:
partim... partim: cum partim ejus praedae profundae libidines devorassent, partim nova quaedam et inaudita luxuries, partim etiam, etc.,
Cic. Pis. 21, 48:
eorum autem ipsorum partim ejus modi sunt, ut, etc.,
id. Off. 2, 21, 9; 72; id. de Or. 2, 22, 94; 1, 31, 141:
partim copiarum ad tumulum expugnandum mittit, partim ipse ad arcem ducit,
Liv. 26, 46:
eorum autem, quae objecta sunt mihi, partim ea sunt, etc.,
id. 42, 41, 2; Nep. Att. 7, 2.—
(β).
With ex:
ex quibus partim tecum fuerunt, partim, etc.,
Cic. Vatin. 7, 16:
partim ex illis distracti ac dissipati jacent,
id. Leg. 2, 17, 42:
cum partim e nobis ita timidi sint, ut, etc.,... partim, etc.,
id. Phil. 8, 11, 32:
ex dubiis partim nobis ipsis ad electionem sunt libera, partim aliorum sententiae commissa,
Quint. 3, 4, 8.—
(γ).
Absol. (so most freq.): animus partim uxoris misericordiā Devinctus, partim victus hujus injuriis, partly,... partly; in part,... in part, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 92 sq.:
partim quae perspexi his oculis, partim quae accepi auribus,
id. ib. 3, 3, 3:
amici partim deseruerint me, partim etiam prodiderint,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:
diuturni silentii... non timore aliquo, sed partim dolore, partim verecundiā, finem hodiernus dies attulit,
id. Marc. 1, 1; Quint. 7, 1, 3:
partim quod... partim quod, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 6, 3:
partim ductu, partim auspiciis suis,
Suet. Aug. 21:
partim cupiditate... partim ambitione... partim etiam inscientiā,
Quint. 12, 11, 14:
Scipio dux partim factis fortibus partim suāpte fortunā quādam ingentis ad incrementa gloriae celebratus converterat animos,
Liv. 29, 26, 5:
postea renuntiavit foro partim pudore, partim metu,
Suet. Rhet. 6.—Sometimes partim is placed only in the second member of a partitive proposition:
Caesar a nobilissimis civibus, partim etiam a se omnibus rebus ornatis, trucidatus,
Cic. Div. 2, 9, 23; id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 158.—Sometimes it corresponds to alius, quidam, etc.:
bestiarum terrenae sunt aliae, partim aquatiles, aliae quasi ancipites,
Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103:
multa inusitata partim e caelo, alia ex terrā oriebantur, quaedam etiam, etc.,
id. Div. 1, 42, 93:
quibusdam placuisse mirabilia quaedam, partim fugiendas esse nimias amicitias,
Cic. Am. 13, 45:
castra hostium invadunt, semisomnos partim, alios arma sumentes fugant,
Sall. J. 21, 2:
Gaetulos accepimus, partim in tuguriis, alios incultius vagos agitare, etc.,
id. ib. 19, 5; 38, 3; 40, 2; cf. id. ib. 13, 2; Gell. 2, 22, 1.—
B.
Transf.
1.
For the most part, chiefly, principally (ante-class.):
mirum quin tibi ego crederem, ut ipse idem mihi faceres, quod partim faciunt argentarii,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 28:
bubulcis obsequitor, partim quo libentius boves curent,
Cato, R. R. 5, 6; 6, 3. —
2.
Of time, sometimes (late Lat.), Scrib. Comp. Med. 53.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pars
3 uter-que

uter-que utraque, utrumque （gen. utrīusque, sometimes utriusque, H., O.; gen plur. utrūmque, C.). pron—Sing., each, either, each one, one and the other, one as well as the other, both (of two regarded severally): parique fastigio steterit in utrāque fortunā, N.: Docte sermones utriusque linguae, Greek and Latin, H.: sub utroque Phoebo, i. e. the rising and the setting sun, O.: tempus deducendi exercitūs aut utriusque aut certe alterius, L.: sed nterque (sapiens appellatus est) alio quodam modo: uterque cum equitatu veniret, Cs.— In apposition: uterque, mater et pater, domi erant, T.: ego utrumque meum puto esse, et quid sentiam ostendere et quod feceris defendere.—With gen part. (of a pron. or a subst. with a pron demonstr. or relat.; poet. also with a subst. alone): uterque nostrum id sibi suscipiendum putavit: domus utriusque nostrum aedificatur strenue: utriusque harum rerum expers.—Poet.: et haec utinam Viscorum laudet uterque! H.—In the phrase, in utramque partem, in either way, in both directions, on both sides, both ways, for and against: Vemens in utramque partem es nimis, Aut largitate nimiā aut parsimoniā, T.: utramque in partem multa dicuntur, pro and con: suam sententiam in utramque partem esse tutam, on either assumption, Cs.—With plur predic.: uterque eorum ex castris exercitum educunt, Cs.: uterque cum illo gravīs inimicitias exercebant, S.—In reciprocal uses, one... the other, each... the other, either... the other, one another: uterque utrique est cordi, T.: est utraque res sine alterā debilis.—Plur., of two parties or collections, each party, each side, both: quoniam utrique Socratici et Platonici volumus esse: his utrisque (Atrebatis et Viromanduis) persuaserant, Cs.: Aetolorum utraeque manūs Heracleam sese incluserunt, L.: utraque oppida, L.: utraeque nationes Rheno praetexuntur, Ta.— Of two subjects, both together, both at once, both, one as well as the other: binos habebam (scyphos), iubeo promi utrosque: duae fuerunt Ariovisti uxores... utraeque in eā fugā perierunt, Cs.: hi utrique ad urbem imperatores erant (Q. Marcius et Q. Metellus), S.: palmas utrasque tetendit, V.: utrisque consulibus Italia decreta est, L.

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4 funis

fūnis, is, m. ( fem., Lucr. 2, 1154; ap. Gell. 13, 20, 21, and Non. 205, 22; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 6) [perh. for fudnis, root in Sanscr. bandh-, bind; cf. Gr. peisma, rope; kindr. with schoinos], a rope, sheet, line, cord (syn.:
restis, rudens): funes dicti, quod antea in usum luminis circumdati cera, unde et funalia,
Isid. Orig. 19, 4; Cato, R. R. 135, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 22; Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 5; 3, 14, 6; 4, 29, 3 al.; Plin. 16, 1, 1, § 4; Verg. A. 2, 262; Ov. M. 8, 777 et saep.:
patiatur necesse est illam per funes ingredientium tarditatem,
i. e. of the rope-dancers, Quint. 2, 14, 16.—
2.
Prov.
a.
Funem ducere or sequi, to lead or follow the rope, i. e. to command or serve (the fig. being most probably that of an animal led by a rope):
imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique, Tortum digna sequi potius quam ducere funem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 48.—
b.
Funem reducere, to pull back the rope, i. e. to change one's mind, Pers. 5, 118.—
c.
Funem in diversa distendere, to dispute pro and con, Tert. Pudic. 2; adv. Marc. 4.—
d.
Ut, quod aiunt Graeci, ex incomprehensibili parvitate arenae funise effici non possit (Gr. exammou schoinion plekein), to make a rope of sand, i. e. to perform the impossible, Col. 10 praef. § 4 fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > funis
5 valens

vălĕo, ui, itum, 2, v. n. [kindr. with Sanscr. bala, vis, robur, balishtas, fortissimus; cf. debilis], to be strong.
I.
Lit., of physical strength, vigor, or health.
A.
In gen., to be strong, stout, or vigorous, to have strength (cf.: polleo, vigeo).
1.
Absol.: verum illi valent, qui vi luctantur cum leonibus, Pomp. ap. Non. 112, 4 (Com. Rel. v. 176 Rib.):
puer ille (Hercules recens natus) ut magnus est et multum valet!
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 51: plus potest, qui plus valet: Vir erat;
plus valebat,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 38 sq.:
sanus homo, qui bene valet,
Cels. 1, 1 init.:
si magis valet,
id. 3, 18:
si satis valet (= si satis validae vires sunt, just before),
id. 4, 7 init.:
prout nervi valent,
id. 8, 16.—Of plants:
vitem novellam resecari tum erit tempus ubi valebit,
Cato, R. R. 33, 3 sq. —
2.
To be strong in or for something, to have the power or strength, be in condition to do something, etc.
a.
Of personal subjects, etc.
(α).
With ad and acc.:
alios videmus velocitate ad cursum, alios viribus ad luctandum valere,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107.—
(β).
With inf.:
manibus pedibusque morbo distortissimis, ut neque calceum perpeti nec libellos evolvere valeret,
Suet. Galb. 21:
mustela cum mures veloces non valeret assequi,
Phaedr. 4, 1, 10:
valet ima summis Mutare deus,
Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; cf. II. B. 2. h. infra; cf.:
illud mirari mitte, quod non valet e lapide hoc alias impellere res,
Lucr. 6, 1057:
versate diu quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri (sc. ferre),
Hor. A. P. 40:
nec valuere manus infixum educere telum,
Ov. M. 13, 393; 12, 101; Col. 6, 25 fin. —
b.
Of remedies or medicines, to be efficacious, be good for any thing; with ad and acc.:
fimum potum ad dysentericos valet,
Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 105.—With contra:
cimices valent contra serpentium morsus,
Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—With eodem:
id quoque collyrium eodem valet,
Cels. 6, 6, 21.—With pro:
ruta per se pro antidoto valet,
Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 132.—With abl.:
dictamnus valet potu et illitu et suffitu,
Plin. 26, 15, 90, § 153.— With inf.:
sandaracha valet purgare, sistere, excalfacere, perrodere,
Plin. 34, 18, 55, § 177.—
c.
Of sounds: cum C ac similiter G non valuerunt, in T ac D molliuntur, i. e. were not pronounced strongly, Quint. 1, 11, 5.—
B.
Esp., in respect of the natural condition of the body, to be well in health, to be in a sound or healthy condition, to be healthy, hale, hearty.
a.
In gen.
(α).
Absol.:
equidem valeo recte et salvus sum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 36:
perpetuon' valuisti?
id. Ep. 1, 1, 15; 1, 1, 18:
valen'? Valuistin? valeo et valui rectius,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 12 sq.: facile omnes, quom valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:
dicit vilicus servos non valuisse,
Cato, R. R. 2, 3 sq.; 5, 6:
boves ut recte valeant,
id. ib. 103:
optime valere et gravissime aegrotare,
Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 43; 4, 25, 69:
cura est, ut valeat,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 4:
ego valeo recte et rem gero,
id. Pers. 2, 3, 34:
te recte valere operamque dare, ut cottidie melius,
Cic. Fam. 11, 24, 1: deterius quam soleo, Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 1:
commode,
Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11: Ni. Benene usque valuit? Chr. Pancratice atque athletice, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 14:
minus valere... melius valere,
Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:
nam matri oculi si valerent, mecum venisset simul,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 8.—
(β).
With abl.:
si corpore valuisset,
Cic. Brut. 20, 77:
nec melius valeo quam corpore, mente,
Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 33; cf. Sall. J. 11, 5:
pedibus,
Nep. Phoc. 4, 1:
stomacho,
Juv. 6, 100.—
(γ).
With ab and abl.:
ab oculis,
Gell. 13, 30, 10:
a morbo,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26; and facetiously: Me. Ain tu te valere? Eu. Pol ego haud a pecunia perbene, as to money, not very well, id. Aul. 2, 2, 9.—
b.
Esp., at the commencement of letters (very freq.), si vales, bene est, and abbreviated S. V. B. E.;
and, more fully, with the addition ego or equidem valeo (abbrev. E. V. or E. Q. V.),
Cic. Fam. 13, 6; 14, 11; 14, 16; 14, 17; 14, 21; 14, 22; 14, 23; 14, 24; 15, 1; 15, 2; Metell. ib. 5, 1; Vatin. ib. 5, 9; Luccei. ib. 5, 14 al.; cf.:
mos antiquis fuit usque ad meam servatus aetatem, primis epistulae verbis adicere: Si vales bene est,
Sen. Ep. 15, 1; so too: S. V. G. V. (si vales, gaudeo, valeo) et Tullia nostra recte V. Terentia minus belle habuit: sed certum scio jam convaluisse eam, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1.—
c.
Rarely impers. pass.:
quid agitur, Sagaristio? ut valetur?
Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 8.—
d.
Vale or valeas, in leave-taking, farewell, adieu (cf.: salve, ave).
(α).
In gen.: Di. Valeas. Ph. Vale, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 79: Ar. Vale. Ph. Quo properas? Ar. Bene vale, id. As. 3, 3, 16; id. Mil. 4, 8, 51:
bene vale, Alcumena,
id. Am. 1, 3, 1:
vale atque salve,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 86; id. Curc. 4, 2, 36: vale atque salve. Th. Male vale, male sit tibi, id. ib. 4, 4, 32; v. salvus: Ly. Ad portum propero. De. Bene ambulato. Ly. Bene valeto. De. Bene sit tibi, id. Merc. 2, 2, 55:
bene valete et vivite,
id. Mil. 4, 8, 30:
ite intro cito: valete,
id. As. 3, 3, 155:
abeo: valete, judices justissimi,
id. Capt. prol. 67:
vos valete et plaudite,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 64:
in hoc biduom vale,
id. ib. 1, 2, 110:
vive valeque,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 110.—Before a vowel, scanned vale:
et longum, Formose vale, vale, inquit Iolla,
Verg. E. 3, 79; Ov. M. 3, 501.—
(β).
At the conclusion of letters:
Vale,
Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 3; 6, 21, 3; 4, 8, 2; Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 3:
cura ut valeas,
Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; rarely bene vale, Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8; Cur. ib. 7, 29, 2; cf.:
tu me diligis et valebis,
Cic. ib. 9, 22, 5; 15, 18, 2: fac valeas meque mutuo diligas, Planc. ib. 10, 7, 2; Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8.—
(γ).
Also in bidding farewell to the dead:
salve aeternum mihi, maxime Palla, Aeternumque vale,
Verg. A. 11, 97; Stat. S. 3, 3, 208; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. l. l.;
v. salvus: in perpetuom, frater, ave atque vale,
Cat. 101, 10:
terque, Vale, dixit,
Ov. F. 3, 563:
supremumque vale... dixit,
id. M. 10, 62.—
(δ).
As an expression of dismission, refusal, or scorn, be off, begone:
valeas, tibi habeas res tuas, reddas meas,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 46:
immo habeat, valeat, vivat cum illa,
Ter. And. 5, 3, 18:
valeas, habeas illam quae placet,
id. Ad. 4, 4, 14:
si talis est deus, ut nulla hominum caritate teneatur, valeat,
good-by to him, let me have nothing to do with him, Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 124:
valeat res ludicra, si me Palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180: valeant, Qui inter nos discidium volunt, away with those, etc., Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:
quare ista valeant: me res familiaris movet,
Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5: castra peto, valeatque Venus, valeantque puellae, farewell to Venus, etc., Tib. 2, 6, 9:
valete curae,
Petr. 79; cf. Cat. 8, 12; 11, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 71 sqq.—
(ε).
With valere jubere or dicere (sometimes as one word, vălĕdīco, ere, 3, v. n.), to bid one good-by, farewell, adieu:
illum salutavi: post etiam jussi valere,
Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2:
vix illud potui dicere triste vale,
Ov. H. 13, 14:
saepe vale dicto rursus sum multa locutus,
id. Tr. 1, 3, 57:
tibi valedicere non licet gratis,
Sen. Ep. 17, 11; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 3, 1: obstinatissime [p. 1954] retinuit, ut liberti servique bis die frequentes adessent ac mane salvere, vesperi valere sibi singuli dicerent, Suet. Galb. 4 fin.; id. Aug. 53; id. Tib. 72.—So (late Lat.):
vale facere (or valefacere),
August. Ep. 65; App. M. 4, p. 150, 24.
II.
Transf., to have power, force, or influence; to be powerful, effective, valid; to avail, prevail, be strong, effective, etc.
A.
In gen.:
fiet enim quodcunque volent, qui valebunt: valebunt autem semper arma,
will always have the power, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1:
fuit enim populi potestas: de civitate ne tam diu quidem valuit quam diu illa Sullani temporis arma valuerunt,
id. Dom. 30, 79:
dicitur C. Flaminius ad populum valuisse dicendo,
id. Brut. 14, 57:
tribunus plebis tulit... ut lex Aelia et Fufia ne valeret,
id. Red. in Sen. 5, 11:
in more majorum, qui tum ut lex valebat,
id. Leg. 2, 10, 23:
valuit auctoritas,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:
verba si valent,
id. Caecin. 21, 61:
(ejus) valet opinio tarditatis,
is established, id. de Or. 1, 27, 125:
si conjuratio valuisset,
id. ib. 17, 7:
cujus ratio non valuit,
Nep. Milt. 3, 7:
jus tamen gentium valuit,
Liv. 2, 4, 7:
praetor... ratus repentinum valiturum terrorem, succedit, etc.,
id. 44, 31, 6:
et vestrae valuere preces,
Ov. M. 13, 89; id. P. 3, 3, 92; id. Ib. 241.—
B.
Esp.
1.
With respect to the source, character, or mode of exercise of the strength ascribed to the subject.
a.
With abl.:
non metuo mihi... Dum quidem hoc valebit pectus perfidia meum,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 50:
reliqui duo sic exaequantur, ut Domitius valeat amicis, Memmius commendetur militibus,
Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6 (17, 2):
multa sanxit quae omnia magistratuum auctoritate et Halaesinorum summa voluntate valuerunt,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122:
ita istam libertatem largior populo, ut auctoritate et valeant et utantur boni,
id. Leg. 3, 17, 38:
quae (voluntas militum) cum per se valet multitudine,
id. Mur. 18, 38:
parum valent (Graeci) verbo,
i. e. have no precise word, id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:
qui aut gratia aut misericordia valerent,
Caes. B. C. 2, 44:
dicendo,
Nep. Ages. 1, 2:
qui pedum cursu valet,
Verg. A. 5, 67; Quint. 9, 2, 78:
Battiades... Quamvis ingenio non valet, arte valet,
Ov. Am. 1, 15, 14:
plerique plus ingenio quam arte valuerunt,
Quint. 1, 8, 8:
rogando,
Ov. M. 2, 183:
subtilitate vincimur, valeamus pondere,
Quint. 12, 11, 8.—
b.
With in and abl.:
Sp. Thorius satis valuit in populari genere dicendi,
Cic. Brut. 36, 136:
quid facilius est quam probari in uno servulo nomen familiae non valere,
id. Caecin. 19, 55:
in his maxime valet similitudo,
Quint. 6, 3, 57:
mire in causis valet praesumptio,
id. 9, 2, 16:
(digitus) in exprobrando et indicando valet,
id. 11, 3, 94.—
2.
With some definite end expressed, upon or towards which influence or power is exercised or directed, to be strong enough for, adequate to, or capable of any thing, to be able to do, to have force or efficacy, to be effectual, to avail, to be applicable.
a.
With in and acc.:
hoc evenit, ut in volgus insipientium opinio valeat honestatis,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 63:
quaecumque est hominis definitio, una in omnes valet,
id. Leg. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. Div. 2, 56, 116:
cum illud verbum unde in utramque rem valeat,
id. Caecin. 31, 89:
num etiam in deos inmortales inauspicatam legem valuisse? Liv 7, 6, 11: utrumque hoc genus semel injectum in L. annos valet et frugum et pabuli ubertate,
Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 44:
etiamsi in utramque partem valent arma facundiae,
Quint. 2, 16, 10:
hoc etiam in praeteritum valet,
id. 9, 2, 20; cf.:
cum... idque in omnis partis valeret,
Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2.—
b.
With eo: oratio me cohortabatur, ut, etc.... quod eo, credo, valebat, ut caerimonias religionesque defenderem, the force or point of which was, etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 2, 5:
id responsum quo valeat, cum intellegeret nemo,
Nep. Them. 2, 6; cf. II. B. 3. i, infra.—
c.
With ad and acc. of thing:
tu non solum ad neglegendas leges... verum etiam ad evertendas valuisti,
Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18: astrorum affectio valeat, si vis, ad quasdam res;
ad omnis certe non valebit,
id. Fat. 4, 8:
illud perficiam ut invidia mihi valeat ad gloriam,
id. Cat. 3, 12, 29:
vitae adjuncta esse dicebant, quae ad virtutis usum valerent,
id. Ac. 1, 5, 21:
ista quaestura ad eam rem valet, ut, etc.,
id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 62: neque, quod Samnites... amici vobis facti sunt, ad id valere arbitror, ne nos in amicitiam accipiamur, Liv. 7, 30, 4:
eadem fictio valet et ad qualitates,
Quint. 5, 10, 99; cf. II. B. 3. infra.—
d.
With apud or ad and acc. of person influenced, etc.
(α).
With apud:
ibit ad illud ilico, Quo maxume apud te se valere sentiat,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 79:
non quin eam (commendationem) valituram apud te arbitrarer,
Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 3:
apud te veritas valebit,
id. Quint. 1, 5:
sed haec eadem nunc censes apud eos ipsos valere, a quibus... conscripta sunt?
id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:
magnis meritis apud regem... valebat,
Nep. Con. 3, 1:
jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
apud magnam partem senatus et magnitudine rerum gestarum valebat et gratia,
Liv. 31, 48, 1:
apud nos valeant ea, quae apud judices valere volumus,
Quint. 6, 2, 28.—
(β).
With ad:
dicitur enim C. Flaminius... ad populum valuisse dicendo,
Cic. Brut. 14, 57:
clementiae fama... ad ferociores jam populos valuit,
Liv. 21, 6, 4:
metus ad omnis valuit, ne deditionem recusarent,
id. 38, 28, 6.—
e.
With contra and acc.:
hoc nonne videtur contra te valere?
Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86:
quae valeant contra falsam criminationem,
id. de Or. 2, 79, 321:
ne quid esset... quod contra caput suum aut existimationem valere posset,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 173: ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:
cum pro falsis contra veritatem (rhetorice) valet,
Quint. 2, 16, 2; cf. f. infra.—
f.
With pro and abl.:
multa in adversos effudit verba penates Pro deplorato non valitura viro,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 46:
epitheton valet pro nomine,
Quint. 8, 6, 29; cf. I. A. 2, b. supra.—
g.
With dat. gerund. (post-class. and rare):
nam et augendae rei et minuendae valet (particula),
Gell. 5, 12, 10.—
h.
With inf. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;
not in Cic. or Caes.): nam si certam finem esse viderent Aerumnarum homines, aliqua ratione valerent Religionibus... obsistere,
Lucr. 1, 108:
hanc ob rem vitam retinere valemus,
id. 3, 257:
nec continere suos ab direptione castrorum valuit,
Liv. 38, 23, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:
quam (urbem) neque finitimi valuerunt perdere Marsi,
Hor. Epod. 16, 3:
cetera... adeo sunt multa, loquacem Delassare valent Fabium,
id. S. 1, 1, 13; id. C. 4, 7, 27:
nec valuit locos coeptos avertere cursus,
Tib. 4, 1, 55:
qui relicti erant... ne conspectum quidem hostis sustinere valuerunt,
Curt. 3, 4, 5:
neque ex eo infamiam discutere valuit,
Suet. Caes. 79.—With things as subj.:
ergo fungar vice cotis, acutum Reddere quae ferrum valet,
Hor. A. P. 305; cf. I. A. 2. b, supra.—Esp.,
3.
With adverbial qualifications expressing the degree of power or influence exerted, etc.; very freq. with accs- multum, plus, plurimum, parum, minus, minimum, nihil, tantum, quantum, quid, id, idem, quiddam, quidquam, quidquid, etc.
(α).
Edepol, Cupido, cum tu tam pusillu's, nimis multum vales, Naev. ap. Non. 421, 25 (Com. Rel. v. 55 Rib.):
plus potest qui plus valet,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38:
neque ita inperita (sum), ut quid amor valeat nesciam,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 42.—So absol.: nam opulenti cum locuntur pariter atque ignobiles, Eadem dicta eademque oratio aequa non aeque valet, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. Rel. v. 230 Vahl.):
ignari quid gravitas... quid denique virtus valeret,
Cic. Sest. 28, 60:
illa obnuntiatio nihil valuit, aut, si valuit, id valuit, ut, etc.,
id. Div. 1, 16, 30: omnia veniebant Antonio in mentem;
eaque suo quaeque loco, ubi plurimum proficere et valere possent... collocabantur,
id. Brut. 37, 139:
cur minus Venena Medaeae valent?
Hor. Epod. 5. 62.—
(β).
With abl.:
quod tibi lubet fac, quoniam pugnis plus vales,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 240; cf.
v. 234: quicquid possunt, pedestribus valent copiis,
Caes. B. G. 2, 17:
qui plus opibus, armis, potentia valent, perfecisse mihi videntur... ut etiam auctoritate jam plus valerent,
Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:
quasi vero ego... in isto genere omnino quidquam aut curatione aut potestate valuissem,
id. Dom. 6, 14:
Ti. Coruncanium longe plurimum ingenio valuisse,
id. Brut. 14, 55:
quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valerent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 63:
Caesar multum equitatu valebat,
id. B. C. 1, 61:
cum tantum equitatu valeamus,
id. ib. 3, 86:
equitatu plurimum valere,
id. B. G. 3, 20; Nep. Alcib. 8, 2.—
(γ).
With in and abl.:
nihil putas valere in judiciis conjecturam, nihil suspitionem, nihil ante actae vitae existimationem, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146:
hic multum in Fabia (tribu) valet, ille Velina,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 52. —
(δ).
With ad and acc.:
multum valuisse ad patris honorem pietas filii videbitur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 12:
ex quo intellegitur, plus terrarum situs, quam lunae tractus, ad nascendum valere,
id. Div. 2, 46, 97:
valet igitur multum ad vincendum probari mores eorum, qui agent causas,
id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:
ad subeundem periculum et ad vitandum multum fortuna valuit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 30:
genus ad probandam speciem minimum valet,
Quint. 5, 10, 56.—
(ε).
With apud and acc. of pers., to have influence, be influential, have weight with, influence:
apud quem (Caesarem) quicquid valebo vel auctoritate, vel gratia, valebo tibi,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 13:
utrum apud eos pudor atque officium, an timor plus valeret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:
tantum apud homines barbaros valuit, esse repertos aliquos principes belli inferendi,
id. ib. 5, 54:
potestis constituere, hanc auctoritatem quantum apud exteras nationes valituram esse existimetis,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 46:
non modo praemiis, quae apud me minimum valent, sed ne periculis quidem conpulsus ullis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 11:
facinus esse indignum, plus impudicissimae mulieris apud te de Cleomenis salute quam de sua vita lacrimas matris valere,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:
apud quem ut multum gratia valeret, effecit,
Nep. Con. 2, 1.—
(ζ).
With contra: cur desperemus veritatem contra fallacem facundiam valituram? prevail, Lact. Opif. Dei, 20, 5; cf. Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8, II. B. 2, e. supra.—
(η).
With pro:
pro periculo magis quam contra salutem valere,
Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; cf.:
quod minus multitudine militum legionariorum pro hostium numero valebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 51.—
(θ).
With inter:
plurimum inter eos Bellovacos et virtute, et auctoritate, et hominum numero valere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4.—
(ι).
With adv. of pur pose:
hoc eo valebat, ut ingratiis ad de pugnandum omnes cogerentur,
Nep. Them. 4, 4:
non tamen hoc eo valet, ut fugien dae sint magnae scholae,
Quint. 1, 2, 16:
nescis quo valeat nummus, quem praebeat usum?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 73; cf. II. B. 2. b. supra. —
C.
Idiomatic uses.
1.
Of money value, to be of the value of, be worth: denarii, quod denos aeris valebant;
quinarii, quod quinos,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Mull.:
dum pro argenteis decem aureus unus valeret,
Liv. 38, 11, 8:
ita ut scrupulum valeret sestertiis vicenis,
Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47:
si haec praedia valeant nunc decem,
Dig. 24, 1, 7, § 4:
quasi minimo valeret hereditas,
ib. 19, 1, 13:
quanti omnibus valet (servus),
ib. 9, 2, 33; 5, 3, 25, § 1.—
2.
Of the signification of words, sentences, etc.; like the Gr. dunasthai, to mean, signify, import:
quaerimus verbum Latinum par Graeco et quod idem valeat,
Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 13: non usquam id quidem dicit omnino;
sed quae dicit, idem valent,
id. Tusc. 5, 10, 24:
quamquam vocabula prope idem valere videantur,
id. Top. 8, 34:
hoc verbum quid valeat, non vident,
id. Off. 3, 9, 39: cui nomen Becco fuerat;
id valet gallinacei rostrum,
Suet. Vit. 18:
pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant,
Quint. 1, 4, 29 et saep.:
et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,
id. 10, 1, 13:
duo quae idem significant ac tantumdem valent,
id. 1, 5, 4.—Hence, vălens, entis, P. a., strong, stout, vigorous, powerful (class.).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: nil moro discipulos mihi esse plenos sanguinis;
valens adflictet me,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 44:
virgatores,
id. As. 3, 2, 19:
robusti et valentes et audaces satellites,
Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 84:
cum homo imbecillus a valentissima bestia laniatur,
id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:
valentissimi lictores,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:
homines,
id. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 35:
hic membris et mole valens,
Verg. A. 5, 431:
membris valens,
Ov. M. 9, 108:
corpore esse vegeto et valenti,
Gell. 3, 1, 11:
nervi musculique,
Cels. 8, 20:
trunci,
Verg. G. 2, 426: scire oportet, omnia legumina generis valentissimi esse: valentissimum voco, in quo plurimum alimenti est... Ex leguminibus valentior faba quam pisum, etc., strongest, i. e. most nutritire, Cels. 2, 18:
tunicae,
stout, thick, Ov. A. A. 3, 109: providendum ne infirmiores (apes) a valentioribus [p. 1955] opprimantur, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 35.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Well in health, healthy, hale, hearty:
valeo et venio ad minus valentem,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 24:
medicus plane confirmat, propediem te valentem fore,
Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:
puer, hora undecima cum valens in publico visus esset, ante noctem mortuus est,
id. Clu. 9, 27; cf.
valens (opp. imbecillus),
id. Fam. 16, 5, 2:
(sensus) si sani sunt et valentes,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 19:
si valens corpus est neque magno opere vexatum,
Cels. 7, 26, 5:
sive aegra, sive valens,
Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 20.— Subst.:
qui enim aegris subveniretur, quae esset oblectatio valentium, nisi, etc.,
Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15;
so opp. aeger,
id. de Or. 2, 44, 186.—
b.
Of medicines, strong, powerful, active:
valens est adversus cancerem intestinorum minii gleba,
Cels. 4, 15 fin.:
medicamenta,
id. 1, 3 med.:
silvestri (papaveri capita) ad omnes effectus valentiora,
Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202; cf. id. 22, 22, 43, § 87.—
B.
Trop., strong, powerful, mighty:
mallem tantas ei (Caesari) vires non dedisset (res publica) quam nunc tam valenti resisteret,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4:
fuit quondam ita firma haec civitas et valens,
id. Har. Resp. 28, 60:
cum valentiore pugnare,
id. Fam. 5, 21, 2:
valens dialecticus,
id. Fat. 6, 12:
ut fieri nihil possit valentius,
id. Brut. 16, 64:
Philippus jam tum valens multa moliebatur,
Nep. Timoth. 3, 1:
opibus jam valentes,
id. Eum. 10, 3:
argumenta valentiora,
Quint. 5, 13, 12:
quid pars adversa habeat valentissimum,
id. 5, 13, 52:
nec fraus valentior quam consilium meum,
Cic. Univ. 11:
ad letum causae satis valentes,
Ov. M. 5, 174; so,
causae,
id. Tr. 1, 8, 29:
causa valentior,
id. P. 1, 10, 35:
deus morbo omni valentior,
Stat. S. 1, 4, 111:
oppida valentissima,
Nep. Ham. 2, 4.—Hence, adv.: vălenter, strongly, stoutly, powerfully, violently (perh. not ante-Aug.).
1.
Lit.:
resistere,
Col. 1, 5, 9; 3, 2, 15:
nimis valenter ibi retenta materia,
Cels. 5, 26, 21:
praeceps spirare valentius Eurus (coepit),
Ov. M. 11, 481.—
2.
Trop., of speech, forcibly, energetically:
non diu dicebat sed valenter,
Sen. Contr. 3, 22 med.:
si verba numeres, breviter et abscise: si sensum aestimes, copiose et valenter,
Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > valens
6 valeo

vălĕo, ui, itum, 2, v. n. [kindr. with Sanscr. bala, vis, robur, balishtas, fortissimus; cf. debilis], to be strong.
I.
Lit., of physical strength, vigor, or health.
A.
In gen., to be strong, stout, or vigorous, to have strength (cf.: polleo, vigeo).
1.
Absol.: verum illi valent, qui vi luctantur cum leonibus, Pomp. ap. Non. 112, 4 (Com. Rel. v. 176 Rib.):
puer ille (Hercules recens natus) ut magnus est et multum valet!
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 51: plus potest, qui plus valet: Vir erat;
plus valebat,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 38 sq.:
sanus homo, qui bene valet,
Cels. 1, 1 init.:
si magis valet,
id. 3, 18:
si satis valet (= si satis validae vires sunt, just before),
id. 4, 7 init.:
prout nervi valent,
id. 8, 16.—Of plants:
vitem novellam resecari tum erit tempus ubi valebit,
Cato, R. R. 33, 3 sq. —
2.
To be strong in or for something, to have the power or strength, be in condition to do something, etc.
a.
Of personal subjects, etc.
(α).
With ad and acc.:
alios videmus velocitate ad cursum, alios viribus ad luctandum valere,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 107.—
(β).
With inf.:
manibus pedibusque morbo distortissimis, ut neque calceum perpeti nec libellos evolvere valeret,
Suet. Galb. 21:
mustela cum mures veloces non valeret assequi,
Phaedr. 4, 1, 10:
valet ima summis Mutare deus,
Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; cf. II. B. 2. h. infra; cf.:
illud mirari mitte, quod non valet e lapide hoc alias impellere res,
Lucr. 6, 1057:
versate diu quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri (sc. ferre),
Hor. A. P. 40:
nec valuere manus infixum educere telum,
Ov. M. 13, 393; 12, 101; Col. 6, 25 fin. —
b.
Of remedies or medicines, to be efficacious, be good for any thing; with ad and acc.:
fimum potum ad dysentericos valet,
Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 105.—With contra:
cimices valent contra serpentium morsus,
Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—With eodem:
id quoque collyrium eodem valet,
Cels. 6, 6, 21.—With pro:
ruta per se pro antidoto valet,
Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 132.—With abl.:
dictamnus valet potu et illitu et suffitu,
Plin. 26, 15, 90, § 153.— With inf.:
sandaracha valet purgare, sistere, excalfacere, perrodere,
Plin. 34, 18, 55, § 177.—
c.
Of sounds: cum C ac similiter G non valuerunt, in T ac D molliuntur, i. e. were not pronounced strongly, Quint. 1, 11, 5.—
B.
Esp., in respect of the natural condition of the body, to be well in health, to be in a sound or healthy condition, to be healthy, hale, hearty.
a.
In gen.
(α).
Absol.:
equidem valeo recte et salvus sum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 36:
perpetuon' valuisti?
id. Ep. 1, 1, 15; 1, 1, 18:
valen'? Valuistin? valeo et valui rectius,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 12 sq.: facile omnes, quom valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus, Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:
dicit vilicus servos non valuisse,
Cato, R. R. 2, 3 sq.; 5, 6:
boves ut recte valeant,
id. ib. 103:
optime valere et gravissime aegrotare,
Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 43; 4, 25, 69:
cura est, ut valeat,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 4:
ego valeo recte et rem gero,
id. Pers. 2, 3, 34:
te recte valere operamque dare, ut cottidie melius,
Cic. Fam. 11, 24, 1: deterius quam soleo, Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 1:
commode,
Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11: Ni. Benene usque valuit? Chr. Pancratice atque athletice, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 14:
minus valere... melius valere,
Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:
nam matri oculi si valerent, mecum venisset simul,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 8.—
(β).
With abl.:
si corpore valuisset,
Cic. Brut. 20, 77:
nec melius valeo quam corpore, mente,
Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 33; cf. Sall. J. 11, 5:
pedibus,
Nep. Phoc. 4, 1:
stomacho,
Juv. 6, 100.—
(γ).
With ab and abl.:
ab oculis,
Gell. 13, 30, 10:
a morbo,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26; and facetiously: Me. Ain tu te valere? Eu. Pol ego haud a pecunia perbene, as to money, not very well, id. Aul. 2, 2, 9.—
b.
Esp., at the commencement of letters (very freq.), si vales, bene est, and abbreviated S. V. B. E.;
and, more fully, with the addition ego or equidem valeo (abbrev. E. V. or E. Q. V.),
Cic. Fam. 13, 6; 14, 11; 14, 16; 14, 17; 14, 21; 14, 22; 14, 23; 14, 24; 15, 1; 15, 2; Metell. ib. 5, 1; Vatin. ib. 5, 9; Luccei. ib. 5, 14 al.; cf.:
mos antiquis fuit usque ad meam servatus aetatem, primis epistulae verbis adicere: Si vales bene est,
Sen. Ep. 15, 1; so too: S. V. G. V. (si vales, gaudeo, valeo) et Tullia nostra recte V. Terentia minus belle habuit: sed certum scio jam convaluisse eam, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1.—
c.
Rarely impers. pass.:
quid agitur, Sagaristio? ut valetur?
Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 8.—
d.
Vale or valeas, in leave-taking, farewell, adieu (cf.: salve, ave).
(α).
In gen.: Di. Valeas. Ph. Vale, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 79: Ar. Vale. Ph. Quo properas? Ar. Bene vale, id. As. 3, 3, 16; id. Mil. 4, 8, 51:
bene vale, Alcumena,
id. Am. 1, 3, 1:
vale atque salve,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 86; id. Curc. 4, 2, 36: vale atque salve. Th. Male vale, male sit tibi, id. ib. 4, 4, 32; v. salvus: Ly. Ad portum propero. De. Bene ambulato. Ly. Bene valeto. De. Bene sit tibi, id. Merc. 2, 2, 55:
bene valete et vivite,
id. Mil. 4, 8, 30:
ite intro cito: valete,
id. As. 3, 3, 155:
abeo: valete, judices justissimi,
id. Capt. prol. 67:
vos valete et plaudite,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 64:
in hoc biduom vale,
id. ib. 1, 2, 110:
vive valeque,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 110.—Before a vowel, scanned vale:
et longum, Formose vale, vale, inquit Iolla,
Verg. E. 3, 79; Ov. M. 3, 501.—
(β).
At the conclusion of letters:
Vale,
Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 3; 6, 21, 3; 4, 8, 2; Luccei. ib. 5, 14, 3:
cura ut valeas,
Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 2; 7, 20, 3; rarely bene vale, Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8; Cur. ib. 7, 29, 2; cf.:
tu me diligis et valebis,
Cic. ib. 9, 22, 5; 15, 18, 2: fac valeas meque mutuo diligas, Planc. ib. 10, 7, 2; Mat. ib. 11, 28, 8.—
(γ).
Also in bidding farewell to the dead:
salve aeternum mihi, maxime Palla, Aeternumque vale,
Verg. A. 11, 97; Stat. S. 3, 3, 208; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. l. l.;
v. salvus: in perpetuom, frater, ave atque vale,
Cat. 101, 10:
terque, Vale, dixit,
Ov. F. 3, 563:
supremumque vale... dixit,
id. M. 10, 62.—
(δ).
As an expression of dismission, refusal, or scorn, be off, begone:
valeas, tibi habeas res tuas, reddas meas,
Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 46:
immo habeat, valeat, vivat cum illa,
Ter. And. 5, 3, 18:
valeas, habeas illam quae placet,
id. Ad. 4, 4, 14:
si talis est deus, ut nulla hominum caritate teneatur, valeat,
good-by to him, let me have nothing to do with him, Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 124:
valeat res ludicra, si me Palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180: valeant, Qui inter nos discidium volunt, away with those, etc., Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:
quare ista valeant: me res familiaris movet,
Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5: castra peto, valeatque Venus, valeantque puellae, farewell to Venus, etc., Tib. 2, 6, 9:
valete curae,
Petr. 79; cf. Cat. 8, 12; 11, 17; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 71 sqq.—
(ε).
With valere jubere or dicere (sometimes as one word, vălĕdīco, ere, 3, v. n.), to bid one good-by, farewell, adieu:
illum salutavi: post etiam jussi valere,
Cic. Att. 5, 2, 2:
vix illud potui dicere triste vale,
Ov. H. 13, 14:
saepe vale dicto rursus sum multa locutus,
id. Tr. 1, 3, 57:
tibi valedicere non licet gratis,
Sen. Ep. 17, 11; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 3, 1: obstinatissime [p. 1954] retinuit, ut liberti servique bis die frequentes adessent ac mane salvere, vesperi valere sibi singuli dicerent, Suet. Galb. 4 fin.; id. Aug. 53; id. Tib. 72.—So (late Lat.):
vale facere (or valefacere),
August. Ep. 65; App. M. 4, p. 150, 24.
II.
Transf., to have power, force, or influence; to be powerful, effective, valid; to avail, prevail, be strong, effective, etc.
A.
In gen.:
fiet enim quodcunque volent, qui valebunt: valebunt autem semper arma,
will always have the power, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1:
fuit enim populi potestas: de civitate ne tam diu quidem valuit quam diu illa Sullani temporis arma valuerunt,
id. Dom. 30, 79:
dicitur C. Flaminius ad populum valuisse dicendo,
id. Brut. 14, 57:
tribunus plebis tulit... ut lex Aelia et Fufia ne valeret,
id. Red. in Sen. 5, 11:
in more majorum, qui tum ut lex valebat,
id. Leg. 2, 10, 23:
valuit auctoritas,
id. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:
verba si valent,
id. Caecin. 21, 61:
(ejus) valet opinio tarditatis,
is established, id. de Or. 1, 27, 125:
si conjuratio valuisset,
id. ib. 17, 7:
cujus ratio non valuit,
Nep. Milt. 3, 7:
jus tamen gentium valuit,
Liv. 2, 4, 7:
praetor... ratus repentinum valiturum terrorem, succedit, etc.,
id. 44, 31, 6:
et vestrae valuere preces,
Ov. M. 13, 89; id. P. 3, 3, 92; id. Ib. 241.—
B.
Esp.
1.
With respect to the source, character, or mode of exercise of the strength ascribed to the subject.
a.
With abl.:
non metuo mihi... Dum quidem hoc valebit pectus perfidia meum,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 50:
reliqui duo sic exaequantur, ut Domitius valeat amicis, Memmius commendetur militibus,
Cic. Att. 4, 16, 6 (17, 2):
multa sanxit quae omnia magistratuum auctoritate et Halaesinorum summa voluntate valuerunt,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122:
ita istam libertatem largior populo, ut auctoritate et valeant et utantur boni,
id. Leg. 3, 17, 38:
quae (voluntas militum) cum per se valet multitudine,
id. Mur. 18, 38:
parum valent (Graeci) verbo,
i. e. have no precise word, id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11:
qui aut gratia aut misericordia valerent,
Caes. B. C. 2, 44:
dicendo,
Nep. Ages. 1, 2:
qui pedum cursu valet,
Verg. A. 5, 67; Quint. 9, 2, 78:
Battiades... Quamvis ingenio non valet, arte valet,
Ov. Am. 1, 15, 14:
plerique plus ingenio quam arte valuerunt,
Quint. 1, 8, 8:
rogando,
Ov. M. 2, 183:
subtilitate vincimur, valeamus pondere,
Quint. 12, 11, 8.—
b.
With in and abl.:
Sp. Thorius satis valuit in populari genere dicendi,
Cic. Brut. 36, 136:
quid facilius est quam probari in uno servulo nomen familiae non valere,
id. Caecin. 19, 55:
in his maxime valet similitudo,
Quint. 6, 3, 57:
mire in causis valet praesumptio,
id. 9, 2, 16:
(digitus) in exprobrando et indicando valet,
id. 11, 3, 94.—
2.
With some definite end expressed, upon or towards which influence or power is exercised or directed, to be strong enough for, adequate to, or capable of any thing, to be able to do, to have force or efficacy, to be effectual, to avail, to be applicable.
a.
With in and acc.:
hoc evenit, ut in volgus insipientium opinio valeat honestatis,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 63:
quaecumque est hominis definitio, una in omnes valet,
id. Leg. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. Div. 2, 56, 116:
cum illud verbum unde in utramque rem valeat,
id. Caecin. 31, 89:
num etiam in deos inmortales inauspicatam legem valuisse? Liv 7, 6, 11: utrumque hoc genus semel injectum in L. annos valet et frugum et pabuli ubertate,
Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 44:
etiamsi in utramque partem valent arma facundiae,
Quint. 2, 16, 10:
hoc etiam in praeteritum valet,
id. 9, 2, 20; cf.:
cum... idque in omnis partis valeret,
Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2.—
b.
With eo: oratio me cohortabatur, ut, etc.... quod eo, credo, valebat, ut caerimonias religionesque defenderem, the force or point of which was, etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 2, 5:
id responsum quo valeat, cum intellegeret nemo,
Nep. Them. 2, 6; cf. II. B. 3. i, infra.—
c.
With ad and acc. of thing:
tu non solum ad neglegendas leges... verum etiam ad evertendas valuisti,
Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18: astrorum affectio valeat, si vis, ad quasdam res;
ad omnis certe non valebit,
id. Fat. 4, 8:
illud perficiam ut invidia mihi valeat ad gloriam,
id. Cat. 3, 12, 29:
vitae adjuncta esse dicebant, quae ad virtutis usum valerent,
id. Ac. 1, 5, 21:
ista quaestura ad eam rem valet, ut, etc.,
id. Div. in Caecil. 19, 62: neque, quod Samnites... amici vobis facti sunt, ad id valere arbitror, ne nos in amicitiam accipiamur, Liv. 7, 30, 4:
eadem fictio valet et ad qualitates,
Quint. 5, 10, 99; cf. II. B. 3. infra.—
d.
With apud or ad and acc. of person influenced, etc.
(α).
With apud:
ibit ad illud ilico, Quo maxume apud te se valere sentiat,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 79:
non quin eam (commendationem) valituram apud te arbitrarer,
Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 3:
apud te veritas valebit,
id. Quint. 1, 5:
sed haec eadem nunc censes apud eos ipsos valere, a quibus... conscripta sunt?
id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:
magnis meritis apud regem... valebat,
Nep. Con. 3, 1:
jus bonumque apud eos non legibus magis quam natura valebat,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
apud magnam partem senatus et magnitudine rerum gestarum valebat et gratia,
Liv. 31, 48, 1:
apud nos valeant ea, quae apud judices valere volumus,
Quint. 6, 2, 28.—
(β).
With ad:
dicitur enim C. Flaminius... ad populum valuisse dicendo,
Cic. Brut. 14, 57:
clementiae fama... ad ferociores jam populos valuit,
Liv. 21, 6, 4:
metus ad omnis valuit, ne deditionem recusarent,
id. 38, 28, 6.—
e.
With contra and acc.:
hoc nonne videtur contra te valere?
Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86:
quae valeant contra falsam criminationem,
id. de Or. 2, 79, 321:
ne quid esset... quod contra caput suum aut existimationem valere posset,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 173: ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:
cum pro falsis contra veritatem (rhetorice) valet,
Quint. 2, 16, 2; cf. f. infra.—
f.
With pro and abl.:
multa in adversos effudit verba penates Pro deplorato non valitura viro,
Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 46:
epitheton valet pro nomine,
Quint. 8, 6, 29; cf. I. A. 2, b. supra.—
g.
With dat. gerund. (post-class. and rare):
nam et augendae rei et minuendae valet (particula),
Gell. 5, 12, 10.—
h.
With inf. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;
not in Cic. or Caes.): nam si certam finem esse viderent Aerumnarum homines, aliqua ratione valerent Religionibus... obsistere,
Lucr. 1, 108:
hanc ob rem vitam retinere valemus,
id. 3, 257:
nec continere suos ab direptione castrorum valuit,
Liv. 38, 23, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:
quam (urbem) neque finitimi valuerunt perdere Marsi,
Hor. Epod. 16, 3:
cetera... adeo sunt multa, loquacem Delassare valent Fabium,
id. S. 1, 1, 13; id. C. 4, 7, 27:
nec valuit locos coeptos avertere cursus,
Tib. 4, 1, 55:
qui relicti erant... ne conspectum quidem hostis sustinere valuerunt,
Curt. 3, 4, 5:
neque ex eo infamiam discutere valuit,
Suet. Caes. 79.—With things as subj.:
ergo fungar vice cotis, acutum Reddere quae ferrum valet,
Hor. A. P. 305; cf. I. A. 2. b, supra.—Esp.,
3.
With adverbial qualifications expressing the degree of power or influence exerted, etc.; very freq. with accs- multum, plus, plurimum, parum, minus, minimum, nihil, tantum, quantum, quid, id, idem, quiddam, quidquam, quidquid, etc.
(α).
Edepol, Cupido, cum tu tam pusillu's, nimis multum vales, Naev. ap. Non. 421, 25 (Com. Rel. v. 55 Rib.):
plus potest qui plus valet,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38:
neque ita inperita (sum), ut quid amor valeat nesciam,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 42.—So absol.: nam opulenti cum locuntur pariter atque ignobiles, Eadem dicta eademque oratio aequa non aeque valet, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. Rel. v. 230 Vahl.):
ignari quid gravitas... quid denique virtus valeret,
Cic. Sest. 28, 60:
illa obnuntiatio nihil valuit, aut, si valuit, id valuit, ut, etc.,
id. Div. 1, 16, 30: omnia veniebant Antonio in mentem;
eaque suo quaeque loco, ubi plurimum proficere et valere possent... collocabantur,
id. Brut. 37, 139:
cur minus Venena Medaeae valent?
Hor. Epod. 5. 62.—
(β).
With abl.:
quod tibi lubet fac, quoniam pugnis plus vales,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 240; cf.
v. 234: quicquid possunt, pedestribus valent copiis,
Caes. B. G. 2, 17:
qui plus opibus, armis, potentia valent, perfecisse mihi videntur... ut etiam auctoritate jam plus valerent,
Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:
quasi vero ego... in isto genere omnino quidquam aut curatione aut potestate valuissem,
id. Dom. 6, 14:
Ti. Coruncanium longe plurimum ingenio valuisse,
id. Brut. 14, 55:
quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valerent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 63:
Caesar multum equitatu valebat,
id. B. C. 1, 61:
cum tantum equitatu valeamus,
id. ib. 3, 86:
equitatu plurimum valere,
id. B. G. 3, 20; Nep. Alcib. 8, 2.—
(γ).
With in and abl.:
nihil putas valere in judiciis conjecturam, nihil suspitionem, nihil ante actae vitae existimationem, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146:
hic multum in Fabia (tribu) valet, ille Velina,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 52. —
(δ).
With ad and acc.:
multum valuisse ad patris honorem pietas filii videbitur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 12:
ex quo intellegitur, plus terrarum situs, quam lunae tractus, ad nascendum valere,
id. Div. 2, 46, 97:
valet igitur multum ad vincendum probari mores eorum, qui agent causas,
id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:
ad subeundem periculum et ad vitandum multum fortuna valuit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 30:
genus ad probandam speciem minimum valet,
Quint. 5, 10, 56.—
(ε).
With apud and acc. of pers., to have influence, be influential, have weight with, influence:
apud quem (Caesarem) quicquid valebo vel auctoritate, vel gratia, valebo tibi,
Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 13:
utrum apud eos pudor atque officium, an timor plus valeret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:
tantum apud homines barbaros valuit, esse repertos aliquos principes belli inferendi,
id. ib. 5, 54:
potestis constituere, hanc auctoritatem quantum apud exteras nationes valituram esse existimetis,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 46:
non modo praemiis, quae apud me minimum valent, sed ne periculis quidem conpulsus ullis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 11:
facinus esse indignum, plus impudicissimae mulieris apud te de Cleomenis salute quam de sua vita lacrimas matris valere,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:
apud quem ut multum gratia valeret, effecit,
Nep. Con. 2, 1.—
(ζ).
With contra: cur desperemus veritatem contra fallacem facundiam valituram? prevail, Lact. Opif. Dei, 20, 5; cf. Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8, II. B. 2, e. supra.—
(η).
With pro:
pro periculo magis quam contra salutem valere,
Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; cf.:
quod minus multitudine militum legionariorum pro hostium numero valebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 51.—
(θ).
With inter:
plurimum inter eos Bellovacos et virtute, et auctoritate, et hominum numero valere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4.—
(ι).
With adv. of pur pose:
hoc eo valebat, ut ingratiis ad de pugnandum omnes cogerentur,
Nep. Them. 4, 4:
non tamen hoc eo valet, ut fugien dae sint magnae scholae,
Quint. 1, 2, 16:
nescis quo valeat nummus, quem praebeat usum?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 73; cf. II. B. 2. b. supra. —
C.
Idiomatic uses.
1.
Of money value, to be of the value of, be worth: denarii, quod denos aeris valebant;
quinarii, quod quinos,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Mull.:
dum pro argenteis decem aureus unus valeret,
Liv. 38, 11, 8:
ita ut scrupulum valeret sestertiis vicenis,
Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47:
si haec praedia valeant nunc decem,
Dig. 24, 1, 7, § 4:
quasi minimo valeret hereditas,
ib. 19, 1, 13:
quanti omnibus valet (servus),
ib. 9, 2, 33; 5, 3, 25, § 1.—
2.
Of the signification of words, sentences, etc.; like the Gr. dunasthai, to mean, signify, import:
quaerimus verbum Latinum par Graeco et quod idem valeat,
Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 13: non usquam id quidem dicit omnino;
sed quae dicit, idem valent,
id. Tusc. 5, 10, 24:
quamquam vocabula prope idem valere videantur,
id. Top. 8, 34:
hoc verbum quid valeat, non vident,
id. Off. 3, 9, 39: cui nomen Becco fuerat;
id valet gallinacei rostrum,
Suet. Vit. 18:
pransus quoque atque potus diversum valent quam indicant,
Quint. 1, 4, 29 et saep.:
et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,
id. 10, 1, 13:
duo quae idem significant ac tantumdem valent,
id. 1, 5, 4.—Hence, vălens, entis, P. a., strong, stout, vigorous, powerful (class.).
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: nil moro discipulos mihi esse plenos sanguinis;
valens adflictet me,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 44:
virgatores,
id. As. 3, 2, 19:
robusti et valentes et audaces satellites,
Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 84:
cum homo imbecillus a valentissima bestia laniatur,
id. Fam. 7, 1, 3:
valentissimi lictores,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:
homines,
id. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 35:
hic membris et mole valens,
Verg. A. 5, 431:
membris valens,
Ov. M. 9, 108:
corpore esse vegeto et valenti,
Gell. 3, 1, 11:
nervi musculique,
Cels. 8, 20:
trunci,
Verg. G. 2, 426: scire oportet, omnia legumina generis valentissimi esse: valentissimum voco, in quo plurimum alimenti est... Ex leguminibus valentior faba quam pisum, etc., strongest, i. e. most nutritire, Cels. 2, 18:
tunicae,
stout, thick, Ov. A. A. 3, 109: providendum ne infirmiores (apes) a valentioribus [p. 1955] opprimantur, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 35.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Well in health, healthy, hale, hearty:
valeo et venio ad minus valentem,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 24:
medicus plane confirmat, propediem te valentem fore,
Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2:
puer, hora undecima cum valens in publico visus esset, ante noctem mortuus est,
id. Clu. 9, 27; cf.
valens (opp. imbecillus),
id. Fam. 16, 5, 2:
(sensus) si sani sunt et valentes,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 19:
si valens corpus est neque magno opere vexatum,
Cels. 7, 26, 5:
sive aegra, sive valens,
Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 20.— Subst.:
qui enim aegris subveniretur, quae esset oblectatio valentium, nisi, etc.,
Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15;
so opp. aeger,
id. de Or. 2, 44, 186.—
b.
Of medicines, strong, powerful, active:
valens est adversus cancerem intestinorum minii gleba,
Cels. 4, 15 fin.:
medicamenta,
id. 1, 3 med.:
silvestri (papaveri capita) ad omnes effectus valentiora,
Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202; cf. id. 22, 22, 43, § 87.—
B.
Trop., strong, powerful, mighty:
mallem tantas ei (Caesari) vires non dedisset (res publica) quam nunc tam valenti resisteret,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4:
fuit quondam ita firma haec civitas et valens,
id. Har. Resp. 28, 60:
cum valentiore pugnare,
id. Fam. 5, 21, 2:
valens dialecticus,
id. Fat. 6, 12:
ut fieri nihil possit valentius,
id. Brut. 16, 64:
Philippus jam tum valens multa moliebatur,
Nep. Timoth. 3, 1:
opibus jam valentes,
id. Eum. 10, 3:
argumenta valentiora,
Quint. 5, 13, 12:
quid pars adversa habeat valentissimum,
id. 5, 13, 52:
nec fraus valentior quam consilium meum,
Cic. Univ. 11:
ad letum causae satis valentes,
Ov. M. 5, 174; so,
causae,
id. Tr. 1, 8, 29:
causa valentior,
id. P. 1, 10, 35:
deus morbo omni valentior,
Stat. S. 1, 4, 111:
oppida valentissima,
Nep. Ham. 2, 4.—Hence, adv.: vălenter, strongly, stoutly, powerfully, violently (perh. not ante-Aug.).
1.
Lit.:
resistere,
Col. 1, 5, 9; 3, 2, 15:
nimis valenter ibi retenta materia,
Cels. 5, 26, 21:
praeceps spirare valentius Eurus (coepit),
Ov. M. 11, 481.—
2.
Trop., of speech, forcibly, energetically:
non diu dicebat sed valenter,
Sen. Contr. 3, 22 med.:
si verba numeres, breviter et abscise: si sensum aestimes, copiose et valenter,
Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > valeo
7 contendo

con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.
I.
Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):
arcum,
Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31:
tenacia vincla,
Verg. G. 4, 412:
ilia risu,
Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):
oculi contendunt se,
Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings:
ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit,
Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—
B.
Meton.
1.
(Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw:
infensam hastam,
Verg. A. 10, 521:
tela,
id. ib. 12, 815:
sagittas nervo,
Sil. 1, 323:
telum aërias in auras,
Verg. A. 5, 520. —
2.
Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend:
haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem,
Calp. Ecl. 7, 30:
Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit,
Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—
II.
Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.
A.
In gen.
1.
Act.
(α).
With acc.:
magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,
Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:
contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc.,
id. Fat. 10, 21:
summas vires de palmā,
Lucr. 4, 990:
animum in curas,
Ov. P. 1, 5, 11:
quo se dira libido,
Lucr. 4, 1043:
tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:
id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—
(β).
With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to:
hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 21:
summā vi transcendere in hostium naves,
id. ib. 3, 15:
fugā salutem petere,
id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125:
neque ego nunc hoc contendo... mutare animum, sed, etc.,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—
2.
Neutr.:
quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere... tantum fac ut efficias,
Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut:
quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat,
Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so,
remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet,
Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.:
contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc.,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42.— Absol.:
vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem,
Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.:
non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare),
to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—
B.
In partic.,
1.
To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.
a.
Act.
(α).
With acc. (very rare):
rectā plateā cursum suum,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:
nocte unā tantum itineris,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—
(β).
With inf. (freq.):
Bibracte ire,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,
ire cum his legionibus,
id. ib. 1, 10:
in Britanniam proficisci,
id. ib. 4, 20:
in provinciam reverti,
id. ib. 3, 6 fin.:
Dyrrhachium petere,
Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.:
proxima litora petere cursu,
Verg. A. 1, 158; and:
iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere,
Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—
b.
Neutr. (so most freq.):
in Italiam magnis itineribus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.:
huc magnis itineribus,
id. ib. 1, 38 fin.:
huc magno cursu,
id. ib. 3, 19:
inde in Italiam,
id. ib. 1, 33:
in fines Sigambrorum,
id. ib. 4, 18:
in castra,
id. ib. 4, 37:
ex eo loco ad flumen,
id. ib. 2, 9:
ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum,
id. ib. 1, 27 fin.:
ad oppidum Noviodunum,
id. ib. 2, 12:
ad castra,
id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.:
ad hostes,
id. ib. 5, 9:
ad Amanum,
Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19:
Lacedaemonem,
Nep. Cim. 3, 3:
domum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.:
ad ultimum animo,
Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.:
magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere,
id. Off. 2, 13, 44:
ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis,
id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:
ad salutem,
Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin. —
2.
( Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.
(α).
Cum aliquo:
neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt,
Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36:
cum Sequanis bello,
id. ib. 7, 67 fin.:
cum eo armis,
Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:
cum magnis legionibus parvā manu,
Sall. C. 53, 3:
cum barbaro,
Nep. Con. 4, 3:
cum victore,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 42:
mecum ingenio et arte,
Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.:
cum eo de principatu,
Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.:
divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis,
Sall. J. 4, 7:
humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.:
tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere?
Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—
(β).
Contra aliquem:
contra populum Romanum armis,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:
tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt,
Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:
contra vim gravitatemque morbi,
id. Phil. 9, 7, 15:
nihil contra naturam universam,
id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—
* (γ).
Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—
(δ).
With dat. ( poet.):
hirundo cycnis,
Lucr. 3, 6:
Homero,
Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:
Pindaricis plectris,
Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—
(ε).
Inter se:
hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3:
viribus inter se,
Lucr. 3, 784.— Impers.:
interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur,
the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—
(ζ).
Absol.:
proelio,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.;
3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo,
id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5:
translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit,
Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.— Impers.:
summo jure contenditur,
Cic. Caecin. 23, 65:
de his lite contenditur,
Quint. 3, 4, 8:
de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur,
id. 10, 5, 13.—
* b.
In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit;
illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.—
3.
( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.
(α).
With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1:
id cum defensione nostrā,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93:
rationem meam cum tuā ratione,
id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—
* (β).
With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—
(γ).
With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30:
vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—
(δ).
With [p. 447] acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29:
ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:
leges,
id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:
suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes,
Tac. A. 12, 1:
vetera et praesentia,
id. ib. 13, 3.—
4.
( Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain:
cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem,
Cic. Quint. 24, 77:
verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem,
id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so,
ab aliquo,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.:
a magistris de proferendo die,
id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:
ne quid contra aequitatem,
id. Off. 2, 20, 71:
omni opere, ut, etc.,
Suet. Dom. 2:
magno opere, ne, etc.,
id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3:
pertinaciter,
id. Caes. 1.—
5.
( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.
(α).
With acc. and inf.:
sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum,
Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15:
apud eos contendit falsa esse delata,
Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1:
illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos... scientes fuisse,
Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—
(β).
Absol. (very rare):
si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,
Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight:
qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:
acies oculorum,
Lucr. 1, 325; cf.:
contentis oculis prosequi aliquem,
Suet. Tib. 7:
contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa),
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:
contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves),
Verg. G. 3, 536:
Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia,
with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—
B.
Trop., eager, intent:
contenta mens fuit in eā ratione,
Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515:
et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus,
id. Sest. 6, 13.— Sup.:
contentissimā voce clamitans,
App. M. 4, p. 147.— Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently:
pro se dicere... mittere contentius,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.:
acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare,
Gell. 18, 1, 2:
contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:
ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius,
id. de Or. 3, 55, 212:
aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare,
Gell. 3, 3, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contendo
8 convenio

con-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4 ( fut. convenibo, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 18), v. n. and a.
I.
To come together, meet together, assemble (class. and freq.).
A.
In gen.:
milites, qui ex provinciā convenerant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8:
omnes... eo convenerant,
id. ib. 3, 16:
totius fere Galliae legati ad Caesarem gratulatum convenerunt,
id. ib. 1, 30:
quanto multitudo hominum ad hoc judicium,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 11:
amici privatique hospites ad eum defendendum convenerunt,
Nep. Timoth. 4, 2:
ad clamorem hominum,
Caes. B. G. 4, 37:
ad delectationem,
Quint. 3, 4, 6:
Pericles, cum haberet collegam Sophoclem, iique de communi officio convenissent,
id. Off. 1, 40, 144:
nunc ita convenimus, ut possemus dicere, etc.,
id. Phil. 3, 2, 5:
quoniam convenimus ambo,
Verg. E. 5, 1; id. A. 1, 361 al.—With the place to or at which, usu. designated by in and acc.:
mei capitis servandi causā Romam Italia tota convenit,
Cic. Pis. 15, 34; id. Div. 2, 23, 50:
unum in locum omnes,
Caes. B. G. 4, 19:
in coetus scholarum,
Quint. 2, 9, 2:
in consilium frequentes,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 71:
reguli in unum convenere,
Sall. J. 11, 2:
tribuni plebis non desistebant clam inter se convenire,
Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 12:
et ex proximis hibernis et a Caesare conventura subsidia,
Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.: convenientis manus dissipare, Auct. B. G. 8, 6.—Rarely with in and abl., or with advv. of place (mostly post-Aug.):
uno in loco omnes adversariorum copiae convenissent,
Cic. Div. 2, 24, 52 B. and K.; cf.: quanta illic multitudo convenisse dicebatur, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160 B. and K. (al. illuc):
in coloniā Agrippiensi in domum privatam conveniunt,
Tac. H. 4, 55.—
2.
Transf., of inanim. and abstr. subjects:
munera multa huc ab amatoribus,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 44:
huc convenit utrumque bivium,
Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; cf.:
oppi dum in quo omnis negotiatio ejus (Arabiae) convenit,
id. 6, 28, 32, § 157:
cum multae causae convenisse unum in locum atque inter se congruere videntur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62; so id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Publicist. t. t. of civil communities which belong in jurisdiction to some chief city:
ex his civitatibus, quae in id forum convenirent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 38:
Carthaginem conveniunt populi LXV.,
Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 25; cf.:
ibi Aethiopicae convenere naves,
id. 5, 28, 29, § 105.—
2.
Jurid. t. t.:
in manum, of a woman who in marriage (by usus, confarreatio, or coëmptio, q. v.) comes into the hands (manus) of her husband,
Cic. Fl. 34, 84; id. Top. 3, 14; Quint. 5, 10, 62; Gai Inst. 3, 84:
viro in manum,
Cic. Top. 4, 23:
in manum flaminis,
Tac. A. 4, 16 et saep.—
In the same sense: in matrimonium alicujus,
Dig. 45, 1, 121, § 1:
in matrimonium cum viro,
to marry, Gell. 18, 6, 8; or, in nuptias, Cod. Th. 3, 7, 11.—
3.
Act., to go to one to speak to him, make a request of him, etc., to address, accost, meet, visit:
haut multos homines nunc videre et convenire quam te mavellem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 16; id. Pers. 5, 2, 74 al.; Ter. And. 1, 3, 22:
(Helvetii) cum eum (sc. Caesarem) in itinere convenissent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 27:
adversarios ejus,
Nep. Dion, 8, 3:
illum Atilium,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:
neminem conveni—convenio autem cottidie plurimos—quin omnes, etc.,
id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:
Bruti pueri Laodiceae me convenerunt,
id. ib. 3, 7, 1.— Pass.:
Balbus tantis pedum doloribus afficitur, ut se conveniri nolit,
Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 2:
nec eum (Lentulum) a minore Balbo conventum,
id. Att. 9, 6, 1:
quod conveniundi patris me tempus capere jubebat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 7; Nep. Dion, 9, 3 al. — Absol.:
aditum petentibus conveniendi non dabat,
Nep. Paus. 3, 3.—
b.
Jurid. t. t., to meet one judicially, to sue, bring an action against, summon before a tribunal:
ut heredes ex stipulatu conveniri possint,
Dig. 10, 2, 20; 50, 1, 17:
de peculio,
Paul. Sent. 2, 31:
pro parte dimidiā,
Dig. 17, 1, 59 et saep.—Also with abstr. objects:
dolum aut culpam eorum,
Dig. 26, 7, 38:
nomen,
ib. 42, 1, 15.
II.
Pregn.
A.
To come together, to unite, join, combine, couple (cf. coëo, II.).
1.
Lit., so mostly of the coition of animals, Lucr. 2, 922; Plin. 11, 24, 29, § 85; App. M. 6, p. 177, 38 al.—Of the union of atoms:
Tandem conveniant ea (primordia) quae convecta repente Magnarum rerum fiunt exordia,
Lucr. 5, 429.—
2.
Trop.
a.
With personal subject, to agree with in wishes, decisions, etc., to accord, harmonize (rare;
late Lat.),
Hyg. Astr. 2, 4; Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 29; Paul. Sent. 1, 1, § 5 (but in Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, the v. 130 is spurious; v. Ritschl, prol. ad Trin. p. 131).—Far more freq.,
b.
Res convenit or impers. convenit, it is agreed upon, or there is unanimity in respect to something, the matter is decided.
(α).
Res convenit, constr. alicui cum aliquo, inter aliquos, or absol.:
cum his mihi nec locus nec sermo convenit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 10:
haec fratri mecum non conveniunt neque placent,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 34:
de dote mecum conveniri nil potest,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 168:
hoc mihi cum tuo fratre convenit,
Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87; Liv. 2, 39, 8; Quint. 3, 6, 91:
pax, quae cum T. Quinctio convenisset,
Liv. 34, 43, 2; cf.:
pax convenit,
Sall. J. 38 fin.; Liv. 1, 3, 5; 30, 43, 8:
in eas condiciones cum pax conveniret,
id. 29, 12, 14 al.; and:
cum imperatoribus Romanis pacem conventam fuisse,
Sall. J. 112, 2:
ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 146:
eo signo quod convenerat revocantur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28:
quod tempus inter eos committendi proelii convenerat,
id. B. G. 2, 19:
neminem voluerunt majores nostri esse judicem, nisi qui inter adversarios convenisset,
Cic. Clu. 43, 120; so,
judex inter eos,
Val. Max. 2, 8, 2:
posse rem convenire... si posset inter eos aliquid convenire,
Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:
dum rem conventuram putamus,
id. Att. 9, 6, 2:
si in eo manerent, quod convenisset,
Caes. B. G. 1, 36: [p. 463] in colloquium convenit;
condiciones non convenerunt,
Nep. Hann. 6, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 40, 14; 38, 11, 1 al.:
postquam ardentia vidit castra magister equitum (id convenerat signum),
id. 9, 23, 15:
signum,
Suet. Oth. 6:
omnia conventura,
Sall. J. 83, 2.— Pass.:
pacem conventam frustra fuisse,
Sall. J. 112, 2:
quibus conventis,
Liv. 30, 43, 7.—
(β).
Convenit, constr. alicui cum aliquo, inter aliquos, with ut, the acc. and inf., with de and abl., or absol.:
mihi cum Deiotaro convenit, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 14:
idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:
quicum optime convenisset,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 147:
nunc ita convenit inter me atque hunc, ut, etc.,
Plaut. Capt. 2. 3, 19:
non modo inter Patres, sed ne inter consules quidem ipsos satis conveniebat,
Liv. 2, 23, 14:
conveniat mihi tecum necesse est, ipsum fecisse, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; Sen. Ben. 7, 4, 5; id. Brev. Vit. 7, 3:
inter omnis vero convenit, Sibyllam ad Tarquinium Superbum tris libros attulisse,
Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88; cf. Suet. Vesp. 25: convenit, jam inde per consules reliqua belli perfecta, it is generally asserted, homologeitai, Liv. 9, 16, 1; cf. Suet. Claud. 44 et saep.:
cum de facto convenit, et quaeritur, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 8, 11; id. Fin. 4, 26, 72:
de duobus minus convenit,
Liv. 2, 33, 2; Quint. 1, 4, 17; Col. 2, 9 init.; Sen. Clem. 2, 7, 4; Gell. 2, 22, 2:
quamquam de hoc parum convenit,
Quint. 5, 10, 2:
quaedam sunt, de quibus inter omnes convenit,
id. 2, 12, 2; 4, 5, 28; Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 9; Liv. 42, 25, 11; Sen. Q. N. 2, 12, 2; Plin. Pan. 29, 5:
ubi de pace non convenit, signa cecinere,
Flor. 2, 6, 59 al.:
convenit, victi utri sint eo proelio, Urbem, agrum, etc.... seque uti dederent,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 70:
convenerat, ne interloquereris,
Sen. Clem. 1, 9, 9; cf.:
quibus consulibus interierit non convenit,
Nep. Hann. 13, 1:
pacto convenit, etc.,
Liv. 24, 6, 7; Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 80:
omnis exercitus, uti convenerat. Numidiā deductus, etc.,
Sall. J. 39, 4:
Patres igitur jurati (ita enim convenerat),
Liv. 30, 40, 12:
pro argento si aurum dare mallent, darent convenit,
id. 38, 11, 8.—
B.
To fit with, in, or to something, to suit, be adapted to.
1.
Lit. (rare):
quae (cupa) inter orbes conveniat... quae (fistula) in columellam conveniat,
Cato, R. R. 21, 1:
conveniebatne in vaginam tuam machaera militis?
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 85:
si cothurni laus illa esset, ad pedem apte convenire,
Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.—More freq.,
2.
Transf.: res convenit, or impers. convenit, the thing (or it) is fit, becoming, seemly, suitable, appropriate, proper, serviceable for something, it becomes, = consentit, congruit.
a.
Res convenit, constr. with in or ad aliquid, cum aliquā re, the dat., acc., acc. and inf., or absol.
(α).
In or ad aliquid:
ceterae vites in quemvis agrum conveniunt,
Cato, R. R. 6 fin.; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 19, 1:
quid minus in hunc ordinem convenit? etc.,
Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8:
convenire quae vitia in quemvis videntur potius, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65:
hoc in te unum,
id. N. D. 2, 29, 74 Orell. N. cr. nullam contumeliam jacere potueris, quae non ad maximam partem civium conveniret, id. Sull. 7, 23.—
(β).
Cum aliquā re:
haec tua deliberatio non mihi convenire visa est cum oratione Largi,
Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 2; so id. Fin. 3, 22, 73 al.—
(γ).
With dat.:
num videntur convenire haec nuptiis?
Ter. And. 2, 2, 29; so Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; id. Fin. 3, 22, 74; Sall. J. 85, 40; Quint. 6, 3, 25; Suet. Galb. 14 et saep.—
(δ).
With acc.:
itidem ut tempus anni, aetatem aliam aliud factum convenit,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 24 dub. (Lachm. ap. Lucr. p. 64, conj. condecet).—
(ε).
With acc. and inf.:
hoc non convenit, me... agrum habere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 55; so Prop. 2, 1, 41.—
(ζ).
With in and abl.:
nihil autem minus in perfecto duce quam festinationem... convenire arbitrabatur,
Suet. Aug. 25.—
(η).
Absol.: hanc mi expetivi, contigit;
conveniunt mores, etc.,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:
nomen non convenit,
id. ib. 5, 4, 39; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 3 (cf. impers.: rationes conferatis; adsidunt;
subducunt: ad nummum convenit,
Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12):
non bene conveniunt, nec in unā sede morantur Majestas et amor,
Ov. M. 2, 846:
medius ille orationis modus maxime convenit,
Quint. 6, 2, 19 et saep.—
b.
Convenit, impers., constr. with a clause as subject (so esp. freq. in Lucr. and the elder Pliny).
(α).
Haud convenit, unā ire cum amicā imperatorem in viā, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 41:
convenit illud in his rebus obsignatum habere, Lucr 2, 582: per se sibi vivere,
id. 3, 685:
dicere causas leti,
id. 6, 708 et saep.:
quo maxime contendi conveniat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 2:
convenit Evandri victos discedere ad urbem,
Verg. A. 12, 184; so Hor. A. P. 226; Vell. 1, 3, 2; Quint. 7, 3, 9; Plin. 18, 13, 33, § 126; cf. id. 33, 1, 5, § 15 Sillig.—
(β).
With ut:
quī enim convenit, ut? etc.,
Cic. Phil. 7, 2, 4 (al. evenit):
si tibi curae Quantae conveniat Munatius,
Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 31; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 63. —To express assent:
convenit,
well, it is agreed, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 54.—Hence,
1.
convĕnĭens, entis, P. a.
A.
(Acc. to II. A. 2.) Agreeing, consistent, accordant, harmonious (syn.:
consentiens, concors, congruens): bene convenientes propinqui,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 58; cf.:
convenientes optime propinqui cognatique,
id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96; Suet. Tib. 7:
recta et convenientia et constantia natura desiderat,
Cic. Off. 3, 8, 35:
conveniens et conjuncta constantia inter augures,
id. Div. 2, 39, 82:
motus,
Lucr. 1, 1029; cf.:
inter se motus,
id. 2, 941.—More frequently,
B.
(Acc. to II. B. 2.) Fitting to something, appropriate to, meet, fit, suitable, = congruens; constr. with cum, the dat., ad aliquid, inter se, in and acc. or abl., or absol.
(α).
With cum (rare): motus oris conveniens cum ipsius verbi demonstratione, Nigid. ap. Gell. 10, 4, 4:
dies conveniens cum populi vultu,
Ov. P. 2, 1, 28.—
(β).
With dat. (very freq.):
nihil in hac praeclarā epistulā scriptum ab Epicuro congruens et conveniens decretis ejus reperietis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99; Quint. 3, 11, 20; 6, 3, 102 al.; Suet. Tib. 50; Hor. A. P. 316; Ov. P. 3, 9, 36 et saep.:
aut sibi convenientia finge,
Hor. A. P. 119; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 11:
bono civi convenientissimum credidi amplecti, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 1:
disciplina convenientissima,
Vell. 1, 6, 3.—
(γ).
Ad aliquid (rare):
nihil est tam conveniens ad res vel secundas vel adversas,
Cic. Lael. 5, 17:
sonus ad formam tauri,
Ov. Ib. 436.—
(δ).
In aliquid (very rare):
forma in illam conveniens amplitudinem,
Vell. 2, 29, 2.—
(ε).
In aliquā re:
gratulatio conveniens in eā victoriā,
Liv. 45, 19, 3.—
(ζ).
Inter se (rare):
in vitā omnia sint apta inter se et convenientia,
Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:
inter se motus,
Lucr. 2, 941.—
(η).
Absol. (rare):
quod sit aptum atque conveniens,
Quint. 5, 10, 123:
toga,
fitting, fitting close, Ov. A. A. 1, 514:
nihil convenientius ducens, quam, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 10.—
b.
Conveniens est = convenit, consentaneum est, it is fit, proper, becoming, suitable (post-Aug. and rare; cf.
congruens): convenientius est dici,
Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 35.— Sup., Plin. Pan. 87, 1; id. Ep. 10, 3 (20), 2.— Adv.: convĕnĭen-ter, fitly, suitably, conformably, consistently (syn.. congruenter, constanter; class.;
most freq. in Cic.): convenienter cum naturā vivere (with congruere),
Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 82:
convenienter naturae vivere (with congruenter),
id. Fin. 3, 7, 26; cf. id. Off. 3, 3, 13 al.; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 12:
convenienter sibi dicere (with constanter),
Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Ov. A. A. 3, 546:
convenienter ad praesentem fortunae statum loqui,
Liv. 23, 5, 4.— Sup., Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 44.—
2.
con-ventum, i, n. (acc. to II. A. 2.), an agreement, compact, covenant, convention, accord (in good prose):
facere promissa, stare conventis, reddere deposita,
Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95; 1, 10, 32; id. Part. Or. 37, 130; Liv. 29, 24, 3; Sil. 1, 10 al.—As a jurid. expression, very freq. in the connection pactum conventum (for which the MSS. sometimes, perh. through interpolation, give pactum et conventum), Cic. Part. Or. 37, 130; id. de Or. 2, 24, 100; id. Caecin. 18, 51; id. Att. 6, 3, 1; Juv. 6, 25; v. pactum.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > convenio
9 contemno

con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
I.
In gen.
A.
With things as objects:
quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,
Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:
corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,
id. Off. 1, 30, 106:
illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,
id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:
Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,
id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:
non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,
id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:
quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,
in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:
Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,
id. Or. 13, 41:
magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),
esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.
opp. metuere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:
neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,
Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):
imperium meum,
Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:
tuum consilium,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:
mea dona,
Lucr. 1, 48:
murmura ponti,
id. 3, 1045:
praeclare res humanas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:
parva ista,
Liv. 6, 41, 8:
laborem bene dicendi,
Quint. 1, prooem. 14:
metum jurisjurandi,
id. 5, 6, 3:
populi voces,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:
honores,
id. ib. 2, 7, 85:
cantus Apollineos prae se,
Ov. M. 11, 155:
Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),
Juv. 10, 123:
paucitatem in hoste,
Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:
nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,
neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
(β).
With inf.:
non contemnas lippus inungi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,
coronari Olympia,
id. ib. 1, 1, 50:
mori,
Sen. Phoen. 197. —
(γ).
Absol.:
ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,
Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
(δ).
In part. fut. pass.:
quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:
documenta in contemnendis animalibus,
despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:
(orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,
Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
b.
Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:
adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,
Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:
contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,
Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:
contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,
Juv. 5, 102.—
B.
With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:
contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,
id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:
omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:
contemnere miser,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:
sibi satisplacere),
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:
nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,
are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
(β).
Absol.:
quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,
Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
b.
In part. fut. pass.:
ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,
Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:
copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,
Caes. B. C. 3, 110:
manus,
i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
II.
Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:
contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,
Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):
comtemptus et abjectus homo,
Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:
contempta ac sordida vita,
id. Planc. 5, 12:
a vili contemptoque,
Quint. 6, 1, 16:
res,
Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:
Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,
Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:
quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?
Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:
contemptissimorum consulum levitas,
Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contemno
10 contempno

con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
I.
In gen.
A.
With things as objects:
quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,
Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:
corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,
id. Off. 1, 30, 106:
illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,
id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:
Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,
id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:
non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,
id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:
quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,
in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:
Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,
id. Or. 13, 41:
magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),
esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.
opp. metuere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:
neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,
Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):
imperium meum,
Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:
tuum consilium,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:
mea dona,
Lucr. 1, 48:
murmura ponti,
id. 3, 1045:
praeclare res humanas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:
parva ista,
Liv. 6, 41, 8:
laborem bene dicendi,
Quint. 1, prooem. 14:
metum jurisjurandi,
id. 5, 6, 3:
populi voces,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:
honores,
id. ib. 2, 7, 85:
cantus Apollineos prae se,
Ov. M. 11, 155:
Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),
Juv. 10, 123:
paucitatem in hoste,
Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:
nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,
neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
(β).
With inf.:
non contemnas lippus inungi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,
coronari Olympia,
id. ib. 1, 1, 50:
mori,
Sen. Phoen. 197. —
(γ).
Absol.:
ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,
Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
(δ).
In part. fut. pass.:
quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:
documenta in contemnendis animalibus,
despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:
(orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,
Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
b.
Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:
adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,
Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:
contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,
Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:
contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,
Juv. 5, 102.—
B.
With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:
contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,
id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:
omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:
contemnere miser,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:
sibi satisplacere),
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:
nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,
are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
(β).
Absol.:
quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,
Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
b.
In part. fut. pass.:
ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,
Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:
copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,
Caes. B. C. 3, 110:
manus,
i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
II.
Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:
contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,
Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):
comtemptus et abjectus homo,
Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:
contempta ac sordida vita,
id. Planc. 5, 12:
a vili contemptoque,
Quint. 6, 1, 16:
res,
Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:
Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,
Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:
quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?
Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:
contemptissimorum consulum levitas,
Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contempno
11 contemte

con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
I.
In gen.
A.
With things as objects:
quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,
Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:
corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,
id. Off. 1, 30, 106:
illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,
id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:
Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,
id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:
non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,
id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:
quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,
in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:
Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,
id. Or. 13, 41:
magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),
esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.
opp. metuere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:
neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,
Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):
imperium meum,
Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:
tuum consilium,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:
mea dona,
Lucr. 1, 48:
murmura ponti,
id. 3, 1045:
praeclare res humanas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:
parva ista,
Liv. 6, 41, 8:
laborem bene dicendi,
Quint. 1, prooem. 14:
metum jurisjurandi,
id. 5, 6, 3:
populi voces,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:
honores,
id. ib. 2, 7, 85:
cantus Apollineos prae se,
Ov. M. 11, 155:
Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),
Juv. 10, 123:
paucitatem in hoste,
Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:
nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,
neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
(β).
With inf.:
non contemnas lippus inungi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,
coronari Olympia,
id. ib. 1, 1, 50:
mori,
Sen. Phoen. 197. —
(γ).
Absol.:
ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,
Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
(δ).
In part. fut. pass.:
quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:
documenta in contemnendis animalibus,
despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:
(orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,
Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
b.
Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:
adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,
Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:
contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,
Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:
contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,
Juv. 5, 102.—
B.
With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:
contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,
id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:
omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:
contemnere miser,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:
sibi satisplacere),
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:
nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,
are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
(β).
Absol.:
quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,
Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
b.
In part. fut. pass.:
ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,
Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:
copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,
Caes. B. C. 3, 110:
manus,
i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
II.
Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:
contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,
Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):
comtemptus et abjectus homo,
Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:
contempta ac sordida vita,
id. Planc. 5, 12:
a vili contemptoque,
Quint. 6, 1, 16:
res,
Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:
Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,
Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:
quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?
Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:
contemptissimorum consulum levitas,
Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contemte
12 contemtus

con-temno (also contempno; cf. Ritschl Prol. ad Plaut. p. 103), tempsi (-temsi), temptum (-temtum), 3, v. a., to consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value, to value little, esteem lightly, contemn, despise, disdain, defy, not to fear, etc. (very freq. in connection with irridere, despicere, non curare, pro nihilo ducere, etc.; opp.: expetere, efferre, timere, metuere, etc.; v. the foll. and cf. aspernor; fre[qacute]. and class. in prose and poetry).
I.
In gen.
A.
With things as objects:
quodque ea, quae plerique vehementer expetunt, contemnant et pro nihilo ducant,
Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Fin. 3, 9, 29:
corporis voluptatem contemni et reici oportere,
id. Off. 1, 30, 106:
illum exercitum prae Gallicanis legionibus... magno opere contemno,
id. Cat. 2, 3, 5:
Romam prae suā Capuā irridebunt atque contemnent,
id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:
non usque eo L. Catilina rem publicam despexit atque contempsit, ut, etc.,
id. Mur. 37, 78; cf. id. Verr. 1, 3, 9:
quam (virtutem)... reliquā ex collatione facile est conterere atque contemnere,
in consequence of, id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85:
Isocrates videtur testimonio Platonis aliorum judicia debere contemnere,
id. Or. 13, 41:
magna sunt ea, quae dico: noli haec contemnere (= levia habere),
esteem lightly, id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39: nullam rem in me esse quam ille contemnat (= non timeat), nullam in se quam pertimescat, id. ib. 7, 23; cf.
opp. metuere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:
neque enim refutanda tantum, quae e contrario dicuntur, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,
Quint. 6, 4, 10 Spald.; cf. id. 4, 1, 38 al. (cf. under II.):
imperium meum,
Plaut. As. 2, 4, 10:
tuum consilium,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 15:
mea dona,
Lucr. 1, 48:
murmura ponti,
id. 3, 1045:
praeclare res humanas,
Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1:
parva ista,
Liv. 6, 41, 8:
laborem bene dicendi,
Quint. 1, prooem. 14:
metum jurisjurandi,
id. 5, 6, 3:
populi voces,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 65:
honores,
id. ib. 2, 7, 85:
cantus Apollineos prae se,
Ov. M. 11, 155:
Antoni gladios potuit contemnere (Cicero),
Juv. 10, 123:
paucitatem in hoste,
Curt. 3, 3, 28.— Poet.:
nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras,
neglect, leave unvisited, Prop. 1, 4, 23. —
(β).
With inf.:
non contemnas lippus inungi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; so,
coronari Olympia,
id. ib. 1, 1, 50:
mori,
Sen. Phoen. 197. —
(γ).
Absol.:
ut irascatur judex... faveat, contemnat,
Cic. Or. 38, 131; cf. Quint. 9, 1, 23.—
(δ).
In part. fut. pass.:
quae (amplitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:
documenta in contemnendis animalibus,
despicable, contemptible, Plin. 8, 29, 43, § 104. —Esp. freq. with a negative:
(orationes) non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles,
Cic. Brut. 79, 273; cf. under II.—
b.
Poet., of things as subjects, to defy, be safe from, not to fear, to make light of:
adamantina saxa ictus contemnere sueta,
Lucr. 2, 448; cf. id. 5, 380; 5, 1216; Tib. 1, 3, 37:
contemnere ventos, of the island of Delos, because protected from the winds by the surrounding islands,
Verg. A. 3, 77; cf. id. G. 2, 360:
contemnunt mediam temeraria lina Charybdim,
Juv. 5, 102.—
B.
With personal objects: a te contemni ac despici ac pro nihilo haberi senatum volunt, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 436, 27:
contemni se putant (senes), despici, illudi,
id. Sen. 18, 65; id. Off. 2, 10, 36:
omnes istos deridete atque contemnite,
id. de Or. 3, 14, 54; Sall. H. 1, 41, 24 Dietsch; Liv. 22, 39, 20; Quint. 6, 2, 3:
contemnere miser,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 14 et saep. —Se contemnere, to put a small value upon one's self, to have an humble or low opinion of one's self. (opp.:
sibi satisplacere),
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 41; id. Mil. 4, 6, 21; and inversely: se non contemnere, to have a high regard for or estimate of one's self, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; id. Phil. 13, 7, 15; Liv. 4, 35, 9:
nec (Batavi) tributis contemnuntur,
are humiliated, Tac. G. 29.—
(β).
Absol.:
quae res illis contemnentibus perniciei fuit,
Nep. Thras. 2, 2.—
b.
In part. fut. pass.:
ne T. quidem Postumius contemnendus in dicendo,
Cic. Brut. 77, 269; 13, 51; id. Or. 69, 231:
copiae neque numero neque genere hominum contemnendae,
Caes. B. C. 3, 110:
manus,
i. e. considerable, Suet. Tib. 25.—
II.
Esp., to slight, speak contemptuously of, disparage:
contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,
Cic. Mur. 7, 15; id. de Or. 1, 17, 75; 3, 16, 59: populi contemnere voces, Sic. Hor. S. 1, 1, 65.—Hence, contemptus ( - temtus), a, um, P. a., despised, despicable, contemptible, vile, abject (class.):
comtemptus et abjectus homo,
Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93:
contempta ac sordida vita,
id. Planc. 5, 12:
a vili contemptoque,
Quint. 6, 1, 16:
res,
Hor. C. 3, 16, 25 et saep.—With dat.:
Trebellius per avaritiam ac sordes contemptus exercitui invisusque,
Tac. H. 1, 60.— Comp.:
quae vox potest esso contemptior, quam Milonis Crotoniatae?
Cic. Sen. 9, 27; id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; id. Div. 2, 57, 117; Suet. Tib. 13; id. Ter. 2.— Sup.:
contemptissimorum consulum levitas,
Cic. Sest. 16, 36; so Quint. 12, 2, 2; Suet. Dom. 15.— Adv.: contemptē ( - temtē), contemptibly, despicably; only in comp. contemptius, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 1; Suet. Dom. 11 (but not Tac. H. 3, 47; v. contemptim).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contemtus
13 concepta

con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Prop.
A.
In gen.:
nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,
id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:
concipit Iris aquas,
draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:
madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,
Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:
Alsietinam aquam,
Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:
pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:
ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,
Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:
amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,
i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:
cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:
ventum veste,
Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:
plurimum ventorum,
Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:
magnam vim venti,
Curt. 4, 3, 2:
auram,
id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:
aëra,
id. ib. 1, 337:
ignem,
Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:
ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,
Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:
lapidibus igne concepto,
struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:
flammam,
Caes. B. C. 2, 14:
flammas,
Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.
of the flame of love: flammam pectore,
Cat. 64, 92:
ignem,
Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:
validos ignes,
id. ib. 7, 9:
medicamentum venis,
Curt. 3, 6, 11:
noxium virus,
Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:
morbum,
Col. 7, 5, 14:
in eā parte nivem concipi,
is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:
is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,
Col. 7, 5, 14:
si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,
id. 7, 5, 2.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.
(α).
Absol.:
more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,
Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:
cum concepit mula,
Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:
ex illo concipit ales,
Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:
(arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,
Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—
(β).
With acc.:
ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,
Cic. Clu. 12, 33:
Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,
Ov. M. 4, 611:
aliquem ex aliquo,
Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:
ex adulterio,
id. Tib. 62:
de aliquo,
Ov. M. 3, 214:
alicujus semine,
id. ib. 10, 328:
ova (pisces),
Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:
concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,
Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):
omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,
Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:
frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,
Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:
ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,
Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:
coacta conceptum a se abigere,
Suet. Dom. 22.—
* b.
In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:
Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,
Ov. M. 11, 222.—
2.
Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):
haec tanta oculis bona concipio,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,
B.
To perceive in mind.
1.
In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:
agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,
Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,
aliquid animo,
id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:
imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,
Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:
quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?
Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:
quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,
Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:
de aliquo summa concipere,
Quint. 6, prooem. §
2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,
id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—
2.
In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:
quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,
Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:
quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,
Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:
fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,
id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:
concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:
quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:
forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,
Ov. M. 2, 77:
concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,
Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —
C.
To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;
hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,
Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:
inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,
mente vaticinos furores,
Ov. M. 2, 640:
animo ingentes iras,
id. ib. 1, 166:
spem,
id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:
spemque metumque,
id. F. 1, 485:
aliquid spe,
Liv. 33, 33, 8:
amorem,
Ov. M. 10, 249:
pectore tantum robur,
Verg. A. 11, 368:
auribus tantam cupiditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:
re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,
id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:
malum aut scelus,
id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:
scelus in sese,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:
flagitium cum aliquo,
id. Sull. 5, 16.—
D.
To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):
quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:
vadimonium,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:
jusjurandum,
Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:
jurisjurandi verba,
id. ib. 4, 31;
and verba,
Liv. 7, 5, 5:
edictum,
Dig. 13, 6, 1:
libellos,
ib. 48, 19, 9:
stipulationem,
ib. 41, 1, 38:
obligationem in futurum,
ib. 5, 1, 35:
actionem in bonum et aequum,
ib. 4, 5, 8:
foedus,
Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:
concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),
to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:
ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:
dum vota sacerdos Concipit,
Ov. M. 7, 594:
sic verba concipito,
repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:
Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),
Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):
auspicia,
id. 22, 1, 7:
locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:
ut justum conciperetur bellum,
id. ib. 5, §
86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,
Tac. H. 4, 41:
vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:
verbis conceptissimis jurare,
Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > concepta
14 concipio

con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one's self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Prop.
A.
In gen.:
nuces si fregeris, vix sesquimodio concipere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
truleum latius, quo concipiat aquam,
id. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; cf. Lucr. 6, 503; and:
concipit Iris aquas,
draws up, Ov. M. 1, 271:
madefacta terra caducas Concepit lacrimas, id. ib 6, 397: imbres limumque,
Col. Arb. 10, 3.—Of water, to take up, draw off, in a pipe, etc.:
Alsietinam aquam,
Front. Aquaed. 11; 5 sqq.— Pass., to be collected or held, to gather:
pars (animae) concipitur cordis parte quādam,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138:
ut quisque (umor) ibi conceptus fuerit, quam celerrime dilabatur,
Col. 1, 6, 5.—Hence, con-cepta, ōrum, n. subst., measures of fluids, capacity of a reservoir, etc.:
amplius quam in conceptis commentariorum,
i. e. the measures described in the registers, Front. Aquaed. 67; 73.—Of the approach of death:
cum jam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:
ventum veste,
Quint. 11, 3, 119; cf.:
plurimum ventorum,
Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; and:
magnam vim venti,
Curt. 4, 3, 2:
auram,
id. 4, 3, 16; cf. Ov. M. 12, 569:
aëra,
id. ib. 1, 337:
ignem,
Lucr. 6, 308; so Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190; Liv. 21, 8, 12; 37, 11, 13; Ov. M. 15, 348.—Of lime slaked:
ubi terrenā silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum aspergine aquarum,
Ov. M. 7, 108 al.; cf.:
lapidibus igne concepto,
struck, Vulg. 2 Macc. 10, 3:
flammam,
Caes. B. C. 2, 14:
flammas,
Ov. M. 1, 255; cf.
of the flame of love: flammam pectore,
Cat. 64, 92:
ignem,
Ov. M. 9, 520; 10, 582:
validos ignes,
id. ib. 7, 9:
medicamentum venis,
Curt. 3, 6, 11:
noxium virus,
Plin. 21, 13, 44, § 74:
morbum,
Col. 7, 5, 14:
in eā parte nivem concipi,
is formed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 1. —Of disease:
is morbus aestate plerumque concipitur,
Col. 7, 5, 14:
si ex calore et aestu concepta pestis invasit,
id. 7, 5, 2.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To take or receive ( animal or vegetable) fecundation, to conceive, become pregnant.
(α).
Absol.:
more ferarum putantur Concipere uxores,
Lucr. 4, 1266; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17:
cum concepit mula,
Cic. Div. 2, 22, 50:
ex illo concipit ales,
Ov. M. 10, 328 et saep.:
(arbores) concipiunt variis diebus et pro suā quaeque naturā,
Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94.—
(β).
With acc.:
ut id, quod conceperat, servaret,
Cic. Clu. 12, 33:
Persea, quem pluvio Danaë conceperat auro,
Ov. M. 4, 611:
aliquem ex aliquo,
Cic. Clu. 11, 31; Suet. Aug. 17; id. Claud. 27:
ex adulterio,
id. Tib. 62:
de aliquo,
Ov. M. 3, 214:
alicujus semine,
id. ib. 10, 328:
ova (pisces),
Plin. 9, 51, 75, § 165.— Poet.:
concepta crimina portat, i. e. fetum per crimen conceptum,
Ov. M. 10, 470 (cf. id. ib. 3, 268):
omnia, quae terra concipiat semina,
Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:
frumenta quaedam in tertio genu spicam incipiunt concipere,
Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 56.— Subst.: conceptum, i, n., the fetus:
ne praegnanti medicamentum, quo conceptum excutitur, detur,
Scrib. Ep. ad Callist. p. 3:
coacta conceptum a se abigere,
Suet. Dom. 22.—
* b.
In Ovid, meton., of a woman, to unite herself in marriage, to marry, wed:
Dea undae, Concipe. Mater eris juvenis, etc.,
Ov. M. 11, 222.—
2.
Concipere furtum, in jurid. Lat., to find out or discover stolen property, Just. Inst. 4, 1, § 4; cf.: penes quem res concepta et inventa [p. 401] est, Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 5; Gell. 11, 18, 9 sq.; Gai Inst. 3, 186.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To take or seize something by the sense of sight, to see, perceive (cf. comprehendo, II. A.):
haec tanta oculis bona concipio,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 65.—Far more freq.,
B.
To perceive in mind.
1.
In gen., to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think:
agedum, inaugura fierine possit, quod nunc ego mente concipio,
Liv. 1, 36, 3; so,
aliquid animo,
id. 9, 18, 8; cf.:
imaginem quandam concipere animo perfecti oratoris,
Quint. 1, 10, 4; cf. id. 2, 20, 4; 9, 1, 19 al.:
quid mirum si in auspiciis imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista concipiant?
Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81:
quantalibet magnitudo hominis concipiatur animo,
Liv. 9, 18, 8 Drak. ad loc.:
de aliquo summa concipere,
Quint. 6, prooem. §
2: onus operis opinione prima concipere,
id. 12, prooem. § 1: protinus concepit Italiam et arma virumque, conceived the plan of the Æneid, Mart. 8, 56, 19.—
2.
In partic., to understand, comprehend, perceive:
quoniam principia rerum omnium animo ac mente conceperit,
Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:
quae neque concipi animo nisi ab iis qui videre, neque, etc.,
Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 124:
fragor, qui concipi humanā mente non potest,
id. 33, 4, 21, § 73:
concipere animo potes, quam simus fatigati,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 24.—With acc. and inf.:
quod ita juratum est, ut mens conciperet fleri oportere, id servandum est,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:
forsitan et lucos illic concipias animo esse,
Ov. M. 2, 77:
concepit, eos homines posse jure mulceri,
Vell. 2, 117, 3; Cels. 7 praef. fin. —
C.
To receive in one's self, adopt, harbor any disposition of mind, emotion, passion, evil design, etc., to give place to, foster, to take in, receive; to commit (the figure derived from the absorbing of liquids;
hence): quod non solum vitia concipiunt ipsi, sed ea infundunt in civitatem,
Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:
inimicitiae et aedilitate et praeturā conceptae,
Caes. B. C. 3, 16; so,
mente vaticinos furores,
Ov. M. 2, 640:
animo ingentes iras,
id. ib. 1, 166:
spem,
id. ib. 6, 554; cf.:
spemque metumque,
id. F. 1, 485:
aliquid spe,
Liv. 33, 33, 8:
amorem,
Ov. M. 10, 249:
pectore tantum robur,
Verg. A. 11, 368:
auribus tantam cupiditatem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101 al.:
re publicā violandā fraudis inexpiabiles concipere,
id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:
malum aut scelus,
id. Cat. 2, 4, 7:
scelus in sese,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:
flagitium cum aliquo,
id. Sull. 5, 16.—
D.
To draw up, comprise, express something in words, to compose (cf. comprehendo, II. C.):
quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, sicut verbis concipiatur more nostro,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 108:
vadimonium,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 13 (15), 3:
jusjurandum,
Liv. 1, 32, 8; Tac. H. 4, 41; cf.:
jurisjurandi verba,
id. ib. 4, 31;
and verba,
Liv. 7, 5, 5:
edictum,
Dig. 13, 6, 1:
libellos,
ib. 48, 19, 9:
stipulationem,
ib. 41, 1, 38:
obligationem in futurum,
ib. 5, 1, 35:
actionem in bonum et aequum,
ib. 4, 5, 8:
foedus,
Verg. A. 12, 13 (id est conceptis verbis:
concepta autem verba dicuntur jurandi formula, quam nobis transgredi non licet, Serv.): audet tamen Antias Valerius concipere summas (of the slain, etc.),
to report definitely, Liv. 3, 5, 12.—T. t., of the lang. of religion, to make something (as a festival, auspices, war, etc.) known, to promulgate, declare in a set form of words, to designate formally:
ubi viae competunt tum in competis sacrificatur: quotannis is dies (sc. Compitalia) concipitur,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:
dum vota sacerdos Concipit,
Ov. M. 7, 594:
sic verba concipito,
repeat the following prayer, Cato, R. R. 139, 1; 141, 4:
Latinas sacrumque in Albano monte non rite concepisse (magistratus),
Liv. 5, 17, 2 (cf. conceptivus):
auspicia,
id. 22, 1, 7:
locus quibusdam conceptis verbis finitus, etc.,
Varr. L. L. 7, § 8 Müll.:
ut justum conciperetur bellum,
id. ib. 5, §
86 ib.—So of a formal repetition of set words after another person: senatus incohantibus primoribus jus jurandum concepit,
Tac. H. 4, 41:
vetus miles dixit sacramentum... et cum cetera juris jurandi verba conciperent, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 31: verba jurationis concipit, with acc. and inf., he takes the oath, that, etc., Macr. S. 1, 6, 30.—Hence, conceptus, a, um, P. a., formal, in set form:
verbis conceptissimis jurare,
Petr. 113, 13.—Hence, absol.: mente concepta, things apprehended by the mind, perceptions: consuetudo jam tenuit, ut mente concepta sensus vocaremus, Quint. 8, 5, 2; cf. id. 5, 10, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > concipio
15 considero

con-sīdĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [acc. to Corss. Nachtr. p. 43, from sidus, prop. to observe the stars; and so Paul. ex Fest. p. 42, 4, and 75, 8 Müll.; cf. desidero], to look at closely, attentively, carefully, to inspect, examine (class. in prose and poetry, esp. in the trop. signif.).
I.
Lit.:
contemplari unum quidque otiose et considerare coepit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:
candelabrum etiam atque etiam,
id. ib. 2, 4, 28, §
65: argentum (with contemplari),
id. ib. 2, 4, 15, §
33: opus (pictorum),
id. Off. 1, 41, 147:
aliquem,
Sall. C. 58, 18:
pallium diligentius,
Petr. 12, 3; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63:
feminas diligenter ac lente mercantium more,
Suet. Calig. 36:
formam, quā ludum gladiatorium erat aedificaturus,
id. Caes. 31:
lucentia sidera,
Gell. 2, 21, 2:
spatium,
Ov. M. 3, 95 al. —
(β).
With acc. and inf. as object, to observe, perceive (very rare):
cum folia decidere considerassent (corresp. with videre and animadvertere),
Col. 11, 2, 67.—
(γ).
With a rel.-clause:
num tamen exciderit ferrum considerat, hastae,
Ov. M. 12, 105.—
II.
Trop., to consider maturely, to reflect, contemplate, meditate; constr. with the acc., with de, a rel.-clause, ut, or absol.
(α).
With acc.:
mecum in animo vitam tuam,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 5; so,
eos casus mecum ipse,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:
reliquum est, quod ipsae optime considerabitis, vestri similes feminae sintne Romae,
id. Fam. 14, 14, 1:
res atque pericula nostra,
Sall. C. 52, 2:
simul ipse qui suadet considerandus est,
Tac. H. 2, 76.— With ex:
Rosciorum factum ex ipsius Chrysogoni judicio,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 108. —With aliquid ex aliquā re:
aliquid ex se et ex suā naturā,
Cic. Inv. 1, 10, 14; 2, 58, 176.—
(β).
With de:
cum de me ipso ac de meis te considerare velim,
Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3:
his de rebus velim cum Pomponio consideretis,
id. ib. 14, 14, 2:
de quā (intercessione) isti ipsi considerabunt,
id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:
de totā re,
id. Att. 12, 24, 1.— Impers.:
quale sit id, de quo consideretur,
inquiry is made, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 18.—
(γ).
With rel.-clause:
considerate cum vestris animis vosmet ipsi, ecquem putetis, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 29:
sed velim consideres, quid faciendum putes,
id. Att. 7, 13, 3; id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 174; Liv. 45, 12, 5:
consideres quid agas, quo progrediare, quem hominem et quā ratione defendas,
Cic. Verr 2, 5, 68, § 174; Sall. C. 20, 6; 44, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 15; 3, 8, 51 al.: finitimos hostes an amicos velis esse considera, Curt. 7, 8, 30.—So impers.:
in quā (parte) quid juris sit consideratur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 11, 14.—
(δ).
With ut or ne, to take care, to be considerate (rare):
considerandum erit, ut solum pingue sit,
Col. 2, 2, 17; so,
ut lunā crescente id fiat,
id. 8, 5, 9.— Impers.:
considerandum est, ne aut temere desperet, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73.—
(ε).
Absol.:
ille se considerare velle (ait),
Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1.—Hence,
A.
con-sīdĕranter, adv. (of the P. a. considerans. which is not used), = considerate, in a deliberate, considerate manner (post-Aug. and rare):
agere,
Val. Max. 8, 1, Ambust. 2:
cuneum deponere,
Pall. Febr. 17, 2.— Comp. considerantius, acc. to Fronto, p. 2194 P., but without voucher.— Sup. not in use.—
B.
consīdĕrātus, a, um, P. a., in acc. with 11., maturely reflected upon, considerate, circumspect, cautious, etc. (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.; not in Quint.).
1.
Of things:
verbum consideratissimum, arbitror,
Cic. Font. 9, 19 (v. arbitror, II.):
considerata atque provisa via vivendi,
id. Par. 5, 1, 34; cf.:
considerata (et diligens) excogitatio faciendi aliquid aut non faciendi,
id. Inv. 2, 5, 18:
nihil,
id. Har. Resp. 2, 3:
factum,
id. Sull. 26, 72:
ratio,
id. Inv. 2, 54, 164:
tarditas,
id. Brut. 42, 154: facilitas parum considerata, Cod. Th. 8, 5, 19.— Comp.:
consilium,
Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 2.—
2.
Transf., as in Engl., to the person:
homo,
Cic. Caecin. 1, 1; id. Quint. 3, 11:
consideratus ac sapiens,
Plin. Pan. 44, 5:
tardum pro considerato vocent,
Liv. 22, 39, 20.— Comp.: consideratior factus Caesar (with tardior), Auct. B. Afr. 73; cf.:
unā in re paulo minus consideratus,
Cic. Quint. 3, 11.— Adv.: consīdĕrātē, considerately:
fieri,
Cic. Quint. 16, 51; id. Off. 1, 38, 136:
agere,
id. ib. 1, 27, 94 al.— Comp., Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 9; Liv. 4, 45, 8; Suet. Caes. 77.— Sup., Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > considero
16 constringo

con-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a., to draw together, bind together, to bind, tie up (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
vineam alligato recte, dum ne nimium constringas,
Cato, R. R. 33, 1:
sarcinam,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 96:
galeam,
Val. Fl. 3, 80.— Poet.:
Haec Amor ipso suo constringet pignera signo,
stamp, seal, Prop. 3, 20, 17 (4, 20, 7).—
B.
In partic., freq.,
1.
To bind together with fetters, to fetter, bind (a criminal, insane person, etc.).
(α).
With abl.:
corpora vinculis,
Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226; Quint. 7, 3, 14:
illum laqueis,
Cic. Sest. 41, 88.—
(β).
Without abl.:
manus,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 1; id. Mil. 3, 1, 11:
aliquem pro moecho,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; cf.:
aliquem quadrupedem,
i. e. hands and feet, id. And. 5, 2, 24; Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27; Suet. Calig. 35; * Hor. S. 1, 6, 23 al.:
tu mentis es compos? Tu non constringendus?
Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97; cf. id. Pis. 20, 48.—
(γ).
With ad:
te hodie constringam ad carnarium,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66.—
2.
T. t. of medic. lang., to draw together, contract:
constringens vis suci,
Plin. 23, 6, 54, § 100:
in febribus constrictis,
id. 23, 7, 63, § 120 al. —
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to hold or bind together, to bind, fetter, restrain, hold in check, etc. (a [p. 440] favorite trope of Cic.;
elsewh. less freq.): illa pars animi vinciatur et constringatur amicorum custodiis,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:
conjurationem omnium horum conscientiā,
id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:
fidem religione potius quam veritate,
id. Balb. 5, 12:
psephismata jure jurando,
id. Fl. 6, 15:
leges immutabili necessitate,
Quint. 2, 13, 1:
orbem terrarum novis legibus,
Cic. Agr. 2, 10, 26:
(mulieres), quae Oppiis quondam aliisque legibus constrictae, nunc, etc.,
Tac. A. 3, 33 fin.:
scelus fraudemque odio civium supplicioque,
Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202; Liv. 34, 3, 1:
superstitione constricti,
Quint. 12, 2, 26:
nec ullā religione, ut scelus tegat, se posse constringi,
Curt. 6, 7, 8.—
B.
In partic., of discourse or reasoning, to bring into a narrow compass, to compress:
(sententia) cum aptis constricta verbis est, cadit etiam plerumque numerose,
Cic. Brut. 8, 34:
constricta narratio (opp. latius fusa),
Quint. 2, 13, 5:
quae (ars logica) rem dissolutam divulsamque conglutinaret et ratione quādam constringeret,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 188.— Hence, constrictus, a, um, P. a., compressed, contracted, abridged, short, brief, concise, compact:
frons,
knit, Petr. 132, 15; cf.
supercilia (opp. dissidentia),
Quint. 1, 11, 10:
arbor,
pruned, confined, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 90; cf.:
folium tenuius et constrictius et angustius,
id. 21, 10, 32, § 58:
nives perpetuo rigore,
condensed, Curt. 7, 3, 11:
pulticula constrictior,
thicker, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 18, 108.— Sup. not in use.—

* Adv.: con-strictē, closèly:
constrictius jungi alicui,
Aug. Doctr. Christ. 1, 28.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > constringo
17 consto

con-sto, stĭti, stātum (constātūrus, Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 3; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 30; Luc. 2, 17; Mart. 10, 41, 5; Lact. Opif. Dei, 7, 11), 1, v. n.
I.
To stand together, stand with some person or thing.
A.
Lit. (very rare):
constant, conserunt sermones inter se drapetae,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 11.—
B.
Trop., to stand with, to agree with, be in accord or agreement, to correspond, fit.
1.
With cum and abl. (cf. consisto, II. B. 3.):
considerabit, constetne oratio aut cum re aut ipsa secum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 45:
sententiā non constare cum superioribus et inferioribus sententiis, etc.,
Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14.—
2.
Absol.:
veri similis narratio erit, si spatia temporum, personarum dignitates, consiliorum rationes, locorum opportunitates constabunt,
Auct. Her. 1, 9, 16.—
3.
With dat.:
si humanitati tuae constare voles,
Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1.—And esp. with sibi, to agree, accord with itself, to remain like one's self, be consistent:
in Oppianico sibi constare et superioribus consentire judiciis debuerunt,
Cic. Clu. 22, 60; so,
with consentire,
id. Univ. 3 init.; id. Fin. 2, 11, 35:
ut constare in vitae perpetuitate possimus nobismetipsis nec in ullo officio claudicare,
id. Off. 1, 33, 119; so,
sibi (opp. titubare),
Quint. 5, 7, 11:
sibi et rei judicatae,
Cic. Clu. 38, 106:
sibi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 16; id. A. P. 127; cf.:
constat idem omnibus sermo,
Liv. 9, 2, 3.—
4.
In the phrase ratio constat, mercantile t. t., the account agrees or is correct, is or proves right:
auri ratio constat: aurum in aerario est,
Cic. Fl. 28, 69:
quibus ratio impensarum constaret,
was correct, accurately kept, Suet. Ner. 30.—
(β).
In postAug. prose, esp. in the younger Pliny, transf. from the sphere of business:
mirum est, quam singulis diebus in urbe ratio aut constet aut constare videatur,
Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 5, 16; 3, 18, 10; 2, 4, 4; 7, 6, 4; id. Pan. 38, 4; Just. praef. § 5: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio [p. 439] constet, quam si uni reddatur, Tac. A. 1, 6 fin. —
II.
With the access. idea of firmness, to stand firm, to remain immovable, unchanging, steadfast, to abide, last, endure, persevere, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and styles).
A.
In gen.:
prius quam totis viribus fulta constaret hostium acies,
Liv. 3, 60, 9; cf.:
nec pugna deinde illis constare,
id. 1, 30, 10:
ut non color, non vultus ei constaret,
id. 39, 34, 7; cf.:
valetudo ei neque corporis neque animi constitit,
Suet. Calig. 50; and:
dum sanitas constabit,
Phaedr. 4, 24, 30:
non mentibus solum consipere, sed ne auribus quidem atque oculis satis constare poterant,
Liv. 5, 42, 3; cf.:
in ebrietate lingua non constat,
Sen. Ep. 83, 27:
mente vix constare,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39; cf. Liv. 8, 19, 6; 44, 20, 7:
quā in sententia si constare voluissent,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 36 fin.:
numerus legionum constat,
id. ib. 7, 35:
ceteris exercitibus constare fidem,
Tac. H. 2, 96:
utrimque fides constitit,
kept their word, Liv. 37, 32, 13; 2, 13, 9.— Poet.: cum sint huc forsitan illa, Haec translata illuc;
summā tamen omnia constant,
i. e. the principal sum remains always the same, Ov. M. 15, 258:
postquam cuncta videt caelo constare sereno,
every thing continues in unbroken serenity, Verg. A. 3, 518:
constitit in nullā qui fuit ante color,
Ov. A. A. 1, 120.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Milit. t. t., to stop, halt: multitudinem procul hostium constare videtur, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 273, 4.—
2.
Of facts, reports, etc., to be established, settled, certain, manifest, evident, well known:
quae cum constent, perspicuum debet esse, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:
eorum quae constant exempla ponemus, horum quae dubia sunt, exempla adferemus, id. mv 1, 38, 68: quod nihil nobis constat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 5:
cum et factum constet et nomen, qualia sint vocatur in dubium,
Cic. Part. Or. 12, 42; cf.:
cum factum constat, sed a quo sit factum in controversiam venit,
Quint. 7, 2, 8; and impers., with acc. and inf.:
mihi multa agitanti constabat, paucorum civium egregiam virtutem cuncta patravisse,
Sall. C. 53, 4; cf.:
quod omnibus constabat, hiemari in Gallia oportere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin., and Cic. Clu. 13, 38.—
b.
Constat (constabat, constabit, etc., it is settled, established, undisputed, certain, well known, etc.), Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Quint. 29, 89; Caes. B. G. 3, 6; 3, 9 al.; Ov. M. 7, 533; Quint. 4, 2, 90 et saep.—So freq.: constat inter omnes, with acc. and inf., all agree, all are convinced:
sed tum nimis inter omnis constabat neminem esse resalutatum,
Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106:
quae propositio in se quiddam continet perspicuum et quod constare inter omnis necesse est, hanc velle approbare et firmare nihil attinet,
in which all must agree, id. Inv. 1, 36, 62 dub. (B. and K. stare); Caes. B. G. 7, 44; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 8 et saep.; cf.
also: constare inter homines sapientissimos (for which, just after: omnium consensu sic esse judicatum),
Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3:
inter suos,
Caes. B. G. 7, 47:
inter augures, Liv 10, 6, 7 et saep.: cum de Magio constet,
Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3; cf.:
de facto constat,
Quint. 7, 2, 7; so with de, id. 7, 2, 11; 4, 2, 5:
etsi non satis mihi constiterat, cum aliquāne animi mei molestiā an potius, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 1:
nec satis certum constare apud animum poterat, utrum, etc.,
Liv. 30, 28, 1:
quid cuique sit opus constare decet,
Quint. 3, 9, 8; so id. 3, 8, 25:
quid porro quaerendum est? Factumne sit? At constat. A quo? At patet,
Cic. Mil. 6, 15; so absol., id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 54.—
3.
Of a resolve.
(α).
Impers.: mihi (ei) constat, = certum est, it is my ( his) fixed determination, I am determined, I am fully resolved (rare): mihi quidem constat, nec meam contumeliam, nec meorum ferre, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 42:
neque satis Bruto neque tribunis militum constabat, quid agerent,
were undecided, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:
ut nihil ei constet quod agat,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 35.—
(β).
With the resolve as subject:
animo constat sententia,
Verg. A. 5, 748:
cum constitit consilium,
when my mind was fully made up, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1.—
4.
In gen., as opp. to that which has no existence, to exist, be, abide (esp. in Lucr.):
(corpora) quoniam fragili naturā praedita constant,
Lucr. 1, 582; 1, 246; 1, 510 et saep.:
antiquissimi fere sunt, quorum quidem scripta constent,
Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 93; id. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: qui sine manibus et pedibus constare deum posse decreverunt, id. N. D. 1, 33, 92:
si ipsa mens constare potest vacans corpore,
id. ib. 1, 10, 25.—
5.
With ex, in, de, or the abl. (in Cic. only with ex; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 8, 19), to consist in or of, to be composed of, to rest upon something, etc.
(α).
With ex (very freq. in prose and poetry):
fulminis ignem e parvis constare figuris,
Lucr. 2, 385:
homo ex animo constat et corpore,
Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98;
id. Fin. l. l.: simplex (jus) e dulci constat olivo,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 64:
ea virtus, quae constat ex hominibus tuendis,
Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157 et saep.—
(β).
With in and abl. (very rare):
victoriam in earum cohortium virtute constare,
Caes. B. C. 3, 89 fin.; Nep. Att. 14 fin. —
* (γ).
With de:
partus duplici de semine,
Lucr. 4, 1229.—
(δ).
With abl. (freq. in Lucr. and Quint.):
aeterno quia constant semine quaeque,
Lucr. 1, 221; 1, 484; 1, 518 et saep.:
agri campis, vineis, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 5:
constat tota oratio longioribus membris, brevioribus periodis,
Quint. 9, 4, 134; 5, 10, 63 et saep.:
causa constat aut unius rei controversiā aut plurium,
id. 3, 10, 1. omnis disciplina memoriā, id. 11, 2, 1. omne jus aut scripto aut moribus, id. 12, 3, 6 et saep.—
6.
Mercantile t. t., like our phrase, to stand at, i. e. to cost; constr. with abl.. gen., etc., of price (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 444).
a.
Lit.
(α).
With abl.:
ut unae quadrigae Romae constiterint quadringentis milibus,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; Suet. Vit. 19:
filius auro,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 57:
navis gratis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48 (al. stare):
HS. sex milibus tibi constant,
id. ib. 2, 4, 12, §
28: tanto nobis deliciae,
Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 84:
magno tibi,
Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 4:
parvo,
Pall. Febr. 9, 12; cf.
gratis,
Sen. Ep. 104, 34; Aug. Serm. 385, 6.—
(β).
With gen.:
(ambulatiuncula) prope dimidio minoris constabit isto loco,
Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2; Suet. Ner. 27 fin.:
quanti funus,
id. Vesp. 19; Juv. 7, 45.—
(γ).
With adv.: quod mihi constat carius, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 25; so,
vilissime,
Col. 9, 1. 6.—
(δ).
With sup.:
cujus area super HS. millies constitit,
Suet. Caes. 26.—
b.
Trop.:
edocet, quanto detrimento et quot virorum fortium morte necesse sit constare victoriam,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19:
odia constantia magno,
Ov. H. 7, 47:
imperia pretio quolibet constant bene,
Sen. Phoen. 664.—Hence, constans, antis, P. a. (acc. to II. 1.), standing firm, firm, unchangeable, constant, immovable, uniform, fixed, stable, invariable (freq. and class.).
A.
Lit.:
mellis constantior est natura (sc. quam aquae),
Lucr. 3, 192:
constans uva contra tenorem unum algoris aestusve,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 27:
cujus in indomito constantior inguine nervus, Quam nova arbor, etc.,
Hor. Epod. 12, 19:
cursus certi et constantes,
Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 24; cf.:
constans reversio stellarum (with conveniens),
id. ib. 2, 21, 54:
constantissimus motus lunae,
id. Div. 2, 6, 17:
nihil (mundo) motu constantius,
id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; 2, 21, 54:
constanti vultu graduque,
Liv. 5, 46, 3: aetas, the mature age (of an adult), Cic. Sen. 10, 33; cf.:
constans aetas, quae media dicitur,
id. ib. 20, 76:
aetate nondum constanti,
Suet. Galb. 4:
pax,
firm, secure, Liv. 6, 25, 6:
fides,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 4:
an ire comminus et certare pro Italiā constantius foret,
safer, Tac. H. 3, 1. —
b.
Agreeing or accordant with itself, consistent, harmonious:
quemadmodum in oratione constanti, sic in vitā omnia sint apta inter se et convenientia,
Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:
nihil intellego dici potuisse constantius,
id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.:
incredibilia an inter se constantia,
Quint. 5, 4, 2:
rumores,
Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1:
constans parum memoria hujus anni,
Liv. 10, 37, 13:
constans fama erat,
Suet. Caes. 6; so,
opinio,
id. Tib. 39; id. Vesp. 4 al.—
B.
Trop., intellectually or morally certain, sure, steadfast, constant, faithful, steady, unchanging:
firmi et stabiles et constantes amici,
Cic. Lael. 17, 62; cf. Nep. Lys. 2, 2:
quem hominem? Levem? imo gravissimum. Mobilem? imo constantissimum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. opp. varium, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48 Spald.:
pater amens at is quidem fuit omnium constantissimus,
a very constant, steadfast man, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 41; cf.:
prudens et constans (testis),
Quint. 5, 7, 26; and under adv.:
(Helvidius Priscus) recti pervicax, constans adversus metus,
Tac. H. 4, 5 fin.:
constans Fortuna tantum in levitate suā,
Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 18; cf.: neque fidei constans, neque strenuus in perfidiā, Tac. H. 3, 57:
constantior In vitiis, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 18.— Adv.: constanter.
1.
(Acc. to A.) Firmly, immovably, steadily, constantly:
manere in suo statu,
Cic. Univ. 13: constanter ac perpetuo placet consilium, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 9:
vitiis gaudere constanter,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 6.— Comp.:
ut maneamus in perspicuis firmius et constantius,
Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 45.— Sup.:
impetus caeli constantissime conficiens vicissitudinis anniversarias,
Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97.—
b.
Harmoniously, evenly, uniformly, consistently:
constanter et aequaliter ingrediens oratio,
Cic. Or. 58, 198:
sibi constanter convenienterque dicere,
id. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 24; in comp., id. ib. 5, 9, 25; in sup., id. ib. 5, 8, 23; id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; so,
hi constanter omnes nuntiaverunt,
with one voice, unanimously, Caes. B. G. 2, 2:
aequabilius atque constantius sese res humanae haberent,
Sall. C. 2, 3:
aequabilius atque constantius regere provincias,
Tac. A. 15, 21 fin. —
2.
(Acc. to B.) Steadily, calmly, tranquilly, sedately:
constanter ac non trepide pugnare,
Caes. B. G. 3, 25; cf.
agere, Auct. B. Afr. 84: proelium inire,
Suet. Vesp. 4; id. Tib. 19:
constanter et sedate ferre dolorem,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:
constanter et libere se gerere,
id. Att. 4, 16, 9:
constanter prudenterque fit,
id. Tusc. 4, 6, 12:
constanter delata beneficia (with judicio, considerate, and opp. repentino quodam impetu),
id. Off. 1, 15, 49.— Comp.:
cetera exsequi,
Suet. Aug. 10:
acrius quam constantius proelium inire,
Curt. 4, 6, 14.— Sup.:
amicitias retinere,
Suet. Aug. 66; id. Tib. 45 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > consto
18 condemno

con-demno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [damno].
I.
To sentence, condemn, convict (in good prose; rare in the poets).
A.
In judicial proceedings (opp. absolvo); constr. aliquem, with gen., abl., de aliquā re, later with ad or in aliquid, or with ut.
(α).
Aliquem:
hunc per judicem condemnabis, cujus de eā re nullum est arbitrium?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 9, 25; 9, 26:
Scamandrum, Fabricium,
id. Clu. 22, 59 sq.:
qui cum judex esset, pecuniam acciperet ab accusatore ut reum condemnaret,
id. Verr. 1, 13, 39:
omnis de consilii sententiā,
id. ib. 2, 5, 44, §
114: aliquem judicio turpissimo,
id. Rosc. Am. 39, 113:
ceteros causā incognitā,
id. N. D. 2, 29, 73:
L. Murenam,
Quint. 5, 10, 99:
super quadraginta reos ex diversis criminibus una sententia,
Suet. Calig. 38:
aliauem multā inrogatā,
id. Tib. 3 et [p. 407] saep.:
hunc hominem Veneri absolvat, sibi condemnat,
for his own benefit, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 22; cf.: illum libertum illi patrono HS. X. milia condemnare, i. e. to pay him, Gai Inst. 4, 46.— Pass. with kindr. acc.:
quasi ei, qui magnā fide societatem gererent, arbitrium pro socio condemnari solerent,
in an arbitration on the partnership, Cic. Quint. 3, 13: quidquid hereditario nomine condemnatus esset, Gai Inst. 2, 252.—And in jurid. formulae, also in act. with acc. of that to or in which one is condemned or mulcted: judex, si condemnat, certam pecuniam condemnare debet, Gai Inst. 4, 52; 4, 48:
usuras usurarum,
Dig. 42, 1, 27.—
(β).
With acc. and gen.:
aliquem ambitūs,
Cic. Clu. 36, 98; Suet. Caes. 9:
aliquem capitis,
capitally, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 233; Suet. Dom. 11:
injuriarum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 22:
pecuniae publicae,
id. Fl. 18, 43:
rerum capitalium,
Sall. C. 36, 2:
sponsionis,
Cic. Caecin. 31, 91: voti, obliged to fulfil his vow (because his wish was granted), Titin. ap. Non. p. 277, 6 (Com. Rel. v. 153 Rib.); Turp. ib. (Com. Rel. v. 128 ib.); cf.:
damnare voti,
Liv. 10, 37, 16.—
(γ).
With acc. and abl.:
aliquem eodem crimine,
Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 1:
actionibus famosis,
Dig. 3, 2, 6, § 1 sq.:
capitali poenā,
Suet. Dom. 14:
certā pecuniā,
to a certain sum, Dig. 10, 1, 3; cf.:
minori pecuniā,
ib. 27, 3, 20.—
(δ).
Acc. and de aliquā re:
aliquem de aleā,
Cic. Phil. 2, 23, 56:
de ambitu,
Suet. Caes. 41.—
(ε).
Acc. and ad aliquid:
aliquem ad metalla, et munitiones viarum aut bestias,
Suet. Calig. 27; cf.:
ad bestias,
id. Claud. 14 fin.:
ad mortem,
Tac. A. 16, 21; Lact. 6, 23, 20:
ad pecuniam,
Dig. 26, 9, 5.—
(ζ).
Acc. and in aliquid:
in antliam,
Suet. Tib. 51:
in solidum,
Dig. 27, 3, 21:
in certam quantitatem,
ib. 46, 1, 45.—
(η).
Acc. and ut:
condemnatus, ut pecuniam solvat,
Dig. 42, 1, 4.—
B.
Transf., in gen., to condemn, to accuse of, charge with; to blame, disapprove: vestra amatis;
ceteros causā incognitā condemnatis,
Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 73:
factum judicio amicorum,
id. Pis. 17, 39; id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25:
sceleris generum suum,
id. Fam. 14, 14, 2:
aliquem inertiae,
id. de Or. 1, 38, 172:
aliquem summae iniquitatis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1:
Gabinii litteras quādam notā atque ignominiā condemnastis,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 10, 25.—
II.
To urge the condemnation of a person, to effect it, to prosecute (rare):
ego hoc uno crimine illum condemnem necesse est,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30; id. Verr. 2, 5, 69, § 177; id. Rosc. Com. 9, 25 al.:
tanto apud judicem hunc argenti condemnabo facilius,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 50:
Fannium Caepionem... reum majestatis apud judices fecit et condemnavit,
Suet. Tib. 8; id. Vit. 2; Dig. 23, 3, 33; cf. damno.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > condemno
19 conscribo

con-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.; lit., to write together, i. e.,
I.
To write together in a roll or list, to enroll; very freq. as a milit. t. t., of the levying of troops, Caes. B. G. 1, 10; 1, 24; 2, 2; 2, 8 et saep.; Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 7:
cohortes veteranas tumulti causā,
Sall. C. 59, 5:
inter septimanos conscribi,
Tac. H. 3, 25:
inter nostros,
Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 40:
conscripti in Ciliciam legiones,
Suet. Caes. 8; 24; id. Galb. 10:
exercitum adversum aliquem,
Val. Max. 5, 4, 5.—And of the enrolment of colonists:
decrevit senatus, ut C. Lentulus consul sex milia familiarum conscriberet, quae in eas colonias dividerentur,
Liv. 37, 46, 10.—So of enrolling in a particular class of citizens, to inscribe, choose:
eodem tempore et centuriae tres equitum conscriptae sunt,
Liv. 1, 13, 8.—So the frequently occurring title of senators: Patres Conscripti (prop. Patres, conscripti, i. e. Patres et conscripti), chosen, elect, assembled fathers (lit. fathers and elect):
traditum inde (sc. post reges exactos) fertur, ut in Senatum vocarentur, qui Patres quique Conscripti essent: Conscriptos videlicet in novum senatum appellabant lectos,
Liv. 2, 1, 11; cf. Fest. p. 254, 22 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 7, 5, and p. 41, 13 ib.; Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27; id. Planc. 35, 87; Nep. Hann. 12, 2; Liv. 3, 52, 6; 6, 26, 4; Dict. of Antiq.;
and in imitation of this: di conscripti,
App. M. 6, p. 182, 35.—In a play upon words (censured by Quint.): ne Patres conscripti videantur circumscripti, Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 72.—Also in sing., of one senator:
pater conscriptus,
Cic. Phil. 13, 13, 28; and absol., poet. in sing.: conscriptus, i, m., a senator: quod sit conscripti, quod judicis officium, * Hor. A. P. 314.—So also of the enrolling of the people for the purpose of bribery, Cic. Planc. 18, 45; 19, 47; id. Sest. 15, 34:
rex me opere oravit maximo ut sibi latrones cogerem et conscriberem,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 76.—
II.
To put together in writing, to draw up, compose, write (class.).
(α).
With acc.:
librum de consulatu, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 35, 132; cf. Nep. Lys. 4, 2:
volumen,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 101:
Topica Aristotelea,
id. Fam. 7, 19 init.; Ov. P. 2, 9, 73:
lepidas tabellas,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 26:
epistulam,
Cic. Att. 13, 50, 1:
syngraphum inter me et amicam,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 1:
imaginem,
to delineate, sketch, Stat. S. 3, 1, 117:
legem (consules),
to draw up, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7; cf.
edicta,
Suet. Tit. 6:
condiciones,
Liv. 26, 24, 8; cf. id. 29, 12, 15:
foedus,
id. 41, 24, 15:
testamentum,
Suet. Claud. 44:
fortunas alterius litteris,
Cic. Clu. 66, 186.—
* (β).
With rel.-clause:
cum pluribus conscripsisset, qui esset optimus rei publicae status,
Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 11 Madv. N. cr. —
(γ).
With de:
(illi), de quibus audivi et legi et ipse conscripsi,
Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Att. 12, 19, 2; Quint. 2, 11, 24:
de ratione dicendi,
Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1.—
(δ).
With acc. and inf.: ut in ordinem se coactum conscriberet, write down, notice that he should be, etc., Suet. Claud. 38: omni personae quam dotem suscepisse cum marito conscribitur, Cod. Just. 5, 15, 3.—
2.
Esp., of physicians, to prescribe:
pro salutaribus mortifera,
Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13.—
B.
Meton., to write something all over, to fill with writing (rare; mostly poet.):
mensam vino,
Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17; cf.: epistolium lacrimis, * Cat. 68, 2.— Humorously, to mark by beating, to cudgel:
conscribere aliquem totum stilis ulmeis,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 132; cf. conscribillo.—
2.
With in and abl., to write upon, mark upon:
signum sanguinis id est crucis in suā fronte,
Lact. 4, 26, 39.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conscribo
20 constituo

con-stĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [statuo], to cause to stand, put or lay down, to set, put, place, fix, station, deposit a person or thing somewhere (esp. firmly or immovably), etc. (the act. corresponding to consistere; class.).
I.
In gen.
A.
Prop.:
hominem ante pedes Q. Manilii constituunt,
Cic. Clu. 13, 38:
vobis (dīs) candentem taurum ante aras,
Verg. A. 5, 237:
impedimenta,
Liv. 44, 36, 6:
reliquias praedonum contractas in urbibus,
Vell. 2, 32 fin.:
unum aliquem lectorem,
Quint. 2, 5, 6:
velut in aliquā sublimi speculā constitutus,
Lact. 2, 2, 18.—
B.
Trop.:
cum hujus vobis adulescentiam proposueritis, constituitote vobis ante oculos etiam hujus miseri senectutem,
Cic. Cael. 32, 79.—
II.
Esp.,
A.
Milit. t. t.
1.
To station or post troops somewhere, to draw up, set in order:
legionem Caesar passibus CC. ab eo tumulo constituit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43:
legiones pro castris in acie,
id. ib. 2, 8 fin.;
4, 35: aciem ordinesque intra silvas,
id. ib. 2, 19:
octo cohortes in fronte,
Sall. C. 59, 2:
quod reliquum peditum erat, obliquo constituerunt colle,
Liv. 28, 33, 8 al.:
naves ad latus apertum hostium,
Caes. B. G. 4, 25; cf.:
naves aperto ac plano litore,
id. ib. 4, 23 fin.:
naves nisi in alto,
id. ib. 4, 24:
subsidiarias (naves) in secundo ordine, Auct. B. Alex. 14, 3: classem apud Salamina exadversum Athenas,
Nep. Them. 3, 4; cf. id. Alcib. 8, 1:
praesidia in Rutenis provincialibus,
Caes. B. G. 7, 7.—Rarely of a single person: se constituere, to station or post one's self: dum se Gallus iterum eodem pacto constituere studet, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 17.—
2.
In contrast with a march, to cause to halt:
paulisper agmen constituit,
Sall. J. 49, 5; so,
agmen,
Liv. 35, 28, 8; 38, 25, 12:
signa paulisper novitate rei,
id. 33, 10, 3; so,
signa,
id. 34, 20, 4.—And trop.:
si constituitur aliquando (narratio) ac non istā brevitate percurritur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328.—
B.
With the access. idea of preparation, to set up, erect, establish, found, build, construct, prepare, make, create, constitute (class. and very freq.).
1.
Lit.:
genus humanum, quorum omnia causā constituisse deos,
Lucr. 2, 175:
aggerem apparare, vineas agere, turres duas constituere coepit,
Caes. B. G. 7, 17:
turres,
id. ib. 2, 12:
turrim,
id. ib. 2, 30:
castella ad extremas fossas,
id. ib. 2, 8:
vineas ac testudines,
Nep. Milt. 7, 2:
locis certis horrea,
Caes. B. C. 3, 42:
inane sepulcrum,
Ov. M. 6, 568:
feralis cupressos,
Verg. A. 6, 216:
ingentem quercum in tumulo,
id. ib. 11, 6:
pyras curvo in litore,
id. ib. 11, 185:
quattuor aras ad alta delubra dearum,
id. G. 4, 542; Suet. Aug. 59 fin.:
aedem in foro geminis fratribus,
id. Caes. 10:
castra Romae,
id. Tib. 37 et saep.:
oppidum,
to found, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Nep. Cim. 2, 2; so,
nova moenia,
Verg. A. 12, 194; cf.:
moenia in Aside terrā,
Ov. M. 9, 449:
domicilium sibi Magnesiae,
Nep. Them. 10, 2:
triplex Piraeei portus constitutus est,
id. ib. 6, 1:
hiberna omnium legionum in Belgis,
Caes. B. G. 3, 38:
di primum homines humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituerunt,
Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140.—
2.
Trop., to bring about, effect, establish, appoint, etc., freq. of judicial determinations, etc.: videte, [p. 438] per deos immortalis, quod jus nobis, quam condicionem vobismet ipsis, quam denique civitati legem constituere velitis, to establish, Cic. Caecin. 14, 40:
jus melius Sullanis praediis quam paternis,
id. Agr. 3, 3, 10:
judicium,
id. Part. Or. 28, 99:
judicium de pecuniis repetundis,
id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11:
judicium capitis in se,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:
controversiam,
id. de Or. 1, 31, 143:
quaestionem,
Quint. 3, 11, 17; 4, 2, 10:
ratiocinationem,
id. 5, 14, 12:
in hac accusatione comparandā constituendāque laborare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; and of persons, to designate, appoint, select, put forward, etc.:
accusatorem,
id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 10; Quint. 3, 10, 3 (cf.:
comparare accusatorem,
Cic. Clu. 67, 191):
testis,
Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 55:
tutores pupillis,
Dig. 2, 1, 1 et saep.:
nuper apud C. Orchivium collegam meum locus ab judicibus Fausto Sullae de pecuniis residuis non est constitutus,
no trial of him was permitted, Cic. Clu. 34, 94:
reum statim fecit, utique ei locus primus constitueretur impetravit,
id. ib. 20, 56:
fidem,
id. Part. Or. 9, 31; cf. id. Sen. 18, 62:
concordiam,
id. Att. 8, 11, D, 1:
si utilitas amicitiam constituet, tollet eadem,
id. Fin. 2, 24, 78:
amicitiam tecum,
Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 7, 27 (cf. id. ib. §
25: amicitiae permultae comparantur): libertatem,
Cic. Fl. 11, 25:
victoriam,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:
pacem (opp. bellum gerere),
id. ib. 8, 22:
quantum mali sibi ac liberis suis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 65.—
C.
With the access. idea of ordering, contriving, to establish, fix, appoint, settle, order, manage; to confirm, regulate, arrange, dispose.
1.
Lit.:
Ti. et C. Gracchos plebem in agris publicis constituisse,
to have established, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 2, 31, 83:
ibi futuros Helvetios, ubi eos Caesar constituisset,
should assign them a permanent abode, Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
reges in civitate,
Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. Off. 2, 12, 41:
Commium regem ibi,
Caes. B. G. 4, 21:
decemviralem potestatem in omnibus urbibus,
Nep. Lys. 2, 1; cf. Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 17:
curatores legibus agrariis,
id. ib.; cf.:
publice patronum huic causae,
id. Mur. 2, 4:
regnum alicui,
Nep. Chabr. 2, 1 al.:
composita et constituta res publica,
Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42; cf.:
bene morata et bene constituta civitas,
id. Brut. 2, 7; so id. Agr. 2, 5, 10 fin.:
civitates,
to organize, id. de Or. 1, 9, 35:
quis tibi concesserit... reliquas utilitates in constituendis civitatibus... a disertis ornateque dicentibus esse constitutas,
id. ib. 1, 9, 36:
Chersoneso tali modo constituto,
Nep. Milt. 2, 4:
res summā aequitate,
id. ib. 2, 2; cf.:
rem nummariam,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80:
rem familiarem,
id. Phil. 11, 2, 4.—
2.
Trop.:
ineuntis aetatis inscitia senum constituenda et regenda prudentiā est,
Cic. Off. 1, 34, 122; cf.:
majores vestri majestatis constituendae gratiā bis Aventinum occupavere,
Sall. J. 31, 17; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6:
jam perfectis constitutisque viribus,
Quint. 10, 1, 57.— Pass. impers.: non tam sinistre constitutum est, ut non, etc., i. e. we are not so badly off as not, etc., Plin. Pan. 45, 5.—Of persons:
Athenaeum in maximā apud regem auctoritate gratiāque,
Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6:
aliquem sibi quaestoris in loco,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77:
in potestate aliquem,
Lact. Epit. 55, 6:
constituuntur in honoribus, cum magistratus creantur,
Aug. Cont. adv. Leg. 1, 45 al. —
D.
With the access. idea of limiting, fixing, allotting, to fix, appoint something ( for or to something), to settle, agree upon, define, determine.
1.
Lit.:
propter dissensionem placuerat dividi thesauros finesque imperii singulis constitui,
Sall. J. 12, 1:
summum pretium,
Cic. Att. 12, 31, 2; cf.:
pretium frumento,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171:
certam pecuniam proconsulibus,
Suet. Aug. 36; id. Ner. 10:
propria loca senatoribus,
id. Claud. 21:
diem nuptiis,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 180; cf.:
nuptias in hunc diem,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 34:
diem concilio,
Caes. B. G. 1, 30:
diem colloquio,
id. ib. 1, 47:
posterum diem pugnae,
id. ib. 3, 23 fin.:
negotio proximum diem,
Sall. J. 93, 8:
certum tempus ei rei,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:
grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum,
Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 47:
tempus in posterum diem locumque,
Liv. 38, 25, 2:
postquam ad constitutam non venerat diem,
id. 27, 16, 16:
locus, tempus constitutum est,
Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 3:
modum credendi,
Cic. Rab. Post. 3, 5: de numero pastorum alii angustius, alii laxius constituunt:
ego in octogenas hirtas oves singulos pastores constitui, Atticus in centenas,
Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 10.—
b.
T. t. of the lang. of business, to accord, agree with one in a thing, to appoint, fix, to concert, agree upon, assent to (cf. Gron. Obss. p. 14 sq.); constr. aliquid cum aliquo, alicui, inter se, or with acc. only, or absol.
(α).
Cum aliquo:
ubiea dies, quam constituerat cum legatis venit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8:
pactam et constitutam esse cum Manlio diem,
Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24:
constitui cum quodam hospite, Me esse illum conventuram,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 120:
constitui cum hominibus, quo die mihi Messanae praesto essent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65: cum aliquo, ut, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Calig. 8; cf. under P. a., B. 2.—
(β).
Alicui:
L. Cincio HS. XXCD. constitui me curaturum Idibus Febr.,
Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; id. Off. 1, 10, 32:
ubi nocturnae Numa constituebat amicae,
Juv. 3, 12; cf.:
sane, inquit, vellem non constituissem, in Tusculanum me hodie venturum esse, Laelio,
id. de Or. 1, 62, 265.—
(γ).
With acc. only or absol.:
vadimonia constituta,
Cic. Sen. 7, 21:
de pecuniā constitutā,
Dig. 13, tit. 5; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 4:
(Vaccenses) compositis inter se rebus in diem tertiam constituunt,
Sall. J. 66, 2:
sic constituunt, sic condicunt,
Tac. G. 11; Juv. 6, 487.— Pass. impers.:
Avillius, ut erat constitutum, simulat se aegrotare,
Cic. Clu. 13, 37.—
2.
Trop.:
constituendi sunt qui sint in amicitiā fines deligendi,
Cic. Lael. 16, 56:
si forte quaereretur quae esset ars imperatoris, constituendum putarem principio, quis esset imperator: qui cum esset constitutus administrator quidam belli gerendi, tum adjungerem, etc. (for which, soon after, definire),
id. de Or. 1, 48, 210; cf. C. 1. supra, and Quint. 12, 1, 1:
nondum satis constitui molestiaene plus an voluptatis attulerit mihi Trebatius noster,
Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 1:
ut constitueret, honestum esse aliquid quod, etc.,
id. Off. 2, 3, 9:
bona possessa non esse constitui,
id. Quint. 29, 89:
de hoc Antigonus cum solus constituere non auderet, ad consilium retulit,
Nep. Eum. 12, 1.—
E.
With the access. idea of resolving, to determine to do something, to take a resolution, to resolve, decide, determine.
(α).
With inf.:
si quis mare Neptunum Cereremque vocare Constituit fruges,
Lucr. 2, 656:
cohortes duas in Nantuatibus collocare,
Caes. B. G. 3, 1:
bellum cum Germanis gerere,
id. ib. 4, 6:
Romanorum adventum exspectare atque ibi decertare,
id. ib. 4, 19:
desciscere a rege,
Nep. Dat. 5, 5.—
(β).
With acc. and inf.:
audio constitutum esse Pompeio et ejus consilio in Siciliam me mittere,
Cic. Att. 7, 7, 4. —
(γ).
With interrog.-clause:
quantum pecuniae quaeque civitas daret, Aristides delectus est, qui constitueret,
Nep. Arist. 3, 1. —
(δ).
With ut:
rus uti irem, jam heri constitueram,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 136:
constitueram, ut pridie Idus Aquini manerem,
Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:
constituimus inter nos ut ambulationem conficeremus,
id. Fin. 5, 1, 1:
Lentulus cum ceteris constituerant, uti, etc.,
Sall. C. 43, 1.—Hence, constĭtūtus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Adj. (acc. to B.), constituted, arranged, disposed:
bene constitutum corpus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 17:
viri sapientes et bene naturā constituti,
id. Sest. 65, 137:
quotus quisque philosophorum invenitur, qui sit ita moratus, ita animo ac vitā constitutus, ut ratio postulat,
id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:
qui integri sunt et sani et bene constituti de rebus domesticis,
id. Sest. 45, 97.—
2.
(Acc. to C.) Fixed, established:
cursus siderum,
Quint. 1, 10, 46:
discrimina (opp. fortuita),
id. 5, 10, 42:
jam confirmatae constitutaeque vocis,
id. 11, 3, 29.—
B.
Subst.: constĭtūtum, i, n.
1.
(Acc. to B.) An institution, ordinance, law (mostly postclass.), Cod. Th. 1, 11, 5; 12, 41, 1.—
b.
Trop.:
cum videas ordinem rerum et naturam per constituta procedere,
according to established laws, Sen. Q. N. 3, 16, 2.—
2.
(Acc. to D. 1. b.) An agreement, appointment, accommodation; a compact (in good prose):
ante rem quaeruntur, quae talia sunt, apparatus, conloquia, locus, constitutum, convivium,
Cic. Top. 12, 52; so absol., id. Att. 11, 16, 2; id. Cael. 8, 20:
rescripsit constitutum se cum eo habere,
id. Att. 12, 23, 3:
constitutum factum esse cum servis, ut venirent, etc.,
id. Cael. 25, 61; and humorously: si quod constitutum cum podagra habes, fac ut in alium diem differas, id. Fam. 7, 4; so,
ad constitutum venire,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 1; Cic. Caecin. 12, 33:
se proripu it,
Suet. Oth. 6;
and without a verb,
Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1; Flor. 2, 6, 16 (but in Vell. 2, 110, 1, the better read. is consili).

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