promìsi

promettere

promettere

per-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to release or discharge completely; acc. to the signif. of the simple verb.

To pay, pay out:

stipendium militibus,

Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

pecuniam alicui,

Tac. A. 1, 37:

pecuniam ab aliquo,

to pay by a draft on any one, Cic. Fl. 20, 46: aes alienum alienis nominibus suis copiis, to pay the debts of others, Cat. ap. Sall. C. 35, 3; Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 2:

legatā cum fide,

Suet. Calig. 16:

veteranis promissa praemia,

id. Aug. 15.—

Transf., in gen., to pay, give, show, render what is due to another:

quod relicum restat, volo persolvere,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 40:

alicui laborum praemia pro me,

Cic. Planc. 42, 101:

hanc tibi animam pro morte Daretis,

Verg. A. 5, 484; 2, 537:

grates,

to render thanks, id. ib. 1, 600; cf.:

meritam dis immortalibus gratiam,

Cic. Planc. 33, 80: honorem dis, to pay due honor to the gods by sacrifices, Verg. A. 8, 62:

vota,

to fulfil, Tac. A. 3, 64; Cic. Har. Resp. 13, 28; Prop. 2, 25, 23:

velim reliquum, quod est promissi ac muneris tui mihi persolvas,

Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 3; id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

quod huic promisi, id ei persolvere,

id. Planc. 42, 103:

persolvere justa,

to pay due honors to the dead, Sen. Oedip. 998; so Curt. 6, 6, 19: poenas, to suffer punishment:

poenas dis hominibusque meritas debitasque persolvat,

Cic. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

mihi sanguine poenas Persolves,

Verg. A. 9, 423.—Without the dat.:

ea (pars civitatis) princeps poenas persolvit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12, 6; cf.:

supplicia persolvit,

Tac. A. 6, 26 fin. —On the contrary:

poenae alicui ab omnibus persolutae,

imparted, inflicted by all, Cic. Or 63, 214; so,

mortem alicui,

i. e. to kill, put to death, Suet. Calig. 26:

persolvi primae epistulae,

have answered, Cic. Att. 14, 20, 2:

NATVRAE DEBITVM,

to die, Inscr. Orell. 3453; so,

DEBITVM,

Inscr. Orell. 4482. —

To unravel, solve, explain: si hoc mihi zêtêma persolveris, magnā me molestiā liberaris, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10.

pollĭcĕor, ĭtus ( act. form polliceres, Varr. Sat. Menip. 8, 5), 2, v. dep. a. and n. [from an old prep. por or port (= Gr. porti, proti, or pros; cf. pro) and liceor].

To hold forth, offer, promise any thing (freq. and class.;

syn.: promitto, spondeo): neque minus prolixe de tuā voluntate promisi, quam eram solitus de meā polliceri,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1; id. Planc. 42, 101; cf.:

alicui studium,

id. Fam. 5, 8, 4; cf.:

mirandum in modum profitentur, offerunt se, pollicentur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5:

id omne tibi polliceor ac defero,

id. Imp. Pomp. 24, 67:

pro certo polliceor hoc vobis atque confirmo me esse perfecturum, ut, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 37, 100:

non modo ut ponatur, verum etiam ut inviolata maneat pollicetur,

Just. 9, 2, 12.—With subj. alone, Hirt. B. G. 8, 52, 4: alicui divitias, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 359 Vahl.):

hospitium et cenam,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 8:

plus pollicere quam ego a te postulo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 23.—With inf. pres.:

modo Qui sum pollicitus ducere,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 7;

jusjurandum pollicitus est dare,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 36:

pollicentur obsides dare,

Caes. B. C. 4, 21, 5; 6, 9, 7:

benigne,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

liberalissime,

id. Att. 5, 13, 2.—Prov.: montes auri, to promise mountains of gold, i. e. boundless wealth, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18;

for which also: maria montesque,

Sall. C. 23, 3.—

Esp.

Of an orator, in opening his speech, to promise, announce:

quaeso ut, quid pollicitus sim, diligenter memoriae mandetis,

Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

docui, quod primum pollicitus sum, causam omnino, cur postularet, non fuisse, etc.,

id. ib. 19, 60.—

Of purchasers, to bid, offer:

at illic pollicitus est prior,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 102.—

Of auspices, to forebode, promise:

id assuetae sanguine et praedā aves pollicebantur,

Flor. 1, 1, 7.

► Act. collat. form pollĭcĕo, ēre, to promise (ante-class.): ne dares, ne polliceres, Varr. ap. Non. 471, 13.—

polliceor, in a pass. signif.: ut aliis ob metum statuae polliceantur, Metell. Numid. ap. Prisc. p. 972 P.; Dig. 14, 1, 1:

pollicita fides,

Ov. F. 3, 366; Lact. Pasch. 60:

pollicitus torus,

Ov. H. 21, 140.—Hence, subst.: pollĭcĭ-tum, i, n., something promised, a promise, Ov. A. A. 1, 632:

memores polliciti nostri,

Col. 11, 3, 1.—In plur.:

hanc tu pollicitis corrumpe,

Ov. A. A. 1, 355:

pollicitis captus,

id. Am. 3, 7, 70; 2, 16, 48.

pollĭcĕor, ĭtus ( act. form polliceres, Varr. Sat. Menip. 8, 5), 2, v. dep. a. and n. [from an old prep. por or port (= Gr. porti, proti, or pros; cf. pro) and liceor].

To hold forth, offer, promise any thing (freq. and class.;

syn.: promitto, spondeo): neque minus prolixe de tuā voluntate promisi, quam eram solitus de meā polliceri,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1; id. Planc. 42, 101; cf.:

alicui studium,

id. Fam. 5, 8, 4; cf.:

mirandum in modum profitentur, offerunt se, pollicentur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5:

id omne tibi polliceor ac defero,

id. Imp. Pomp. 24, 67:

pro certo polliceor hoc vobis atque confirmo me esse perfecturum, ut, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 37, 100:

non modo ut ponatur, verum etiam ut inviolata maneat pollicetur,

Just. 9, 2, 12.—With subj. alone, Hirt. B. G. 8, 52, 4: alicui divitias, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 359 Vahl.):

hospitium et cenam,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 8:

plus pollicere quam ego a te postulo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 23.—With inf. pres.:

modo Qui sum pollicitus ducere,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 7;

jusjurandum pollicitus est dare,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 36:

pollicentur obsides dare,

Caes. B. C. 4, 21, 5; 6, 9, 7:

benigne,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

liberalissime,

id. Att. 5, 13, 2.—Prov.: montes auri, to promise mountains of gold, i. e. boundless wealth, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18;

for which also: maria montesque,

Sall. C. 23, 3.—

Esp.

Of an orator, in opening his speech, to promise, announce:

quaeso ut, quid pollicitus sim, diligenter memoriae mandetis,

Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

docui, quod primum pollicitus sum, causam omnino, cur postularet, non fuisse, etc.,

id. ib. 19, 60.—

Of purchasers, to bid, offer:

at illic pollicitus est prior,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 102.—

Of auspices, to forebode, promise:

id assuetae sanguine et praedā aves pollicebantur,

Flor. 1, 1, 7.

► Act. collat. form pollĭcĕo, ēre, to promise (ante-class.): ne dares, ne polliceres, Varr. ap. Non. 471, 13.—

polliceor, in a pass. signif.: ut aliis ob metum statuae polliceantur, Metell. Numid. ap. Prisc. p. 972 P.; Dig. 14, 1, 1:

pollicita fides,

Ov. F. 3, 366; Lact. Pasch. 60:

pollicitus torus,

Ov. H. 21, 140.—Hence, subst.: pollĭcĭ-tum, i, n., something promised, a promise, Ov. A. A. 1, 632:

memores polliciti nostri,

Col. 11, 3, 1.—In plur.:

hanc tu pollicitis corrumpe,

Ov. A. A. 1, 355:

pollicitis captus,

id. Am. 3, 7, 70; 2, 16, 48.

prō-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (sync. forms:

promisti for promisisti,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17; Cat. 110, 3:

promisse for promisisse,

id. 110, 5:

promissem,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 12; archaic inf. pass. promittier, id. ib. 4, 8, 32), v. a.

Lit., to let go forward, to send or put forth, to let hang down, let grow, etc. (rare;

not in Cic.): ramos vel ferro compescunt vel longius promittunt,

suffer to grow longer, Col. 5, 6, 11.—Reflex., to grow:

nec ulla arborum avidius se promittit,

Plin. 16, 26, 44, § 107.—Of the hair, the beard, to let hang down, let grow:

satis constat multos mortales capillum ac barbam promisisse,

Liv. 6, 16, 4; 5, 41; cf.:

pogoniae, quibus inferiore ex parte promittitur juba,

Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89.— Transf.:

(Sonus lusciniae) promittitur revocato spiritu,

is drawn out, prolonged, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82;

Gallia est longe et a nostris litoribus huc usque promissa,

Mel. 1, 3; v. infra, P. a.—

Trop., of speech.

To say beforehand, to forebode, foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare):

praesertim cum, si mihi alterum utrum de eventu rerum promittendum esset, id futurum, quod evenit, exploratius possem promittere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5:

ut (di) primis minentur extis, bene promittant secundis,

id. Div. 2, 17, 38.—Of signs or omens, to forebode, portend:

pari in meliora praesagio in Caesaris castris omnia aves victimaeque promiserant,

Flor. 4, 7, 9:

promittunt omina poenas,

Val. Fl. 6, 730: clarum fore (Servium) visa circa caput flamma promiserat, Flor 1, 6, 1; 1, 7, 9.—Also, in gen., to denote beforehand:

stella... vindemiae maturitatem promittens,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 309.—

To promise, hold out, cause to expect, give hope or promise of, assure (class. and freq.; syn.: polliceor, spondeo, recipio), constr. with acc., an object-clause, or de:

domum,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 28:

sestertia septem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 81:

carmen,

id. Epod. 14, 7, dona, Ov Tr. 4, 2, 7:

auxilium alicui,

id. M. 13, 325:

opem,

id. F 5, 247:

salutem,

Luc. 4, 235:

ea quae tibi promitto ac recipio,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5:

si Neptunus quod Theseo promiserat, non fecisset,

id. Off. 1, 10, 32:

dii faxint, ut faciat ea quae promittit!

id. Att. 16, 1, 6.— With inf. (usu. fut. inf.):

promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.:

promitto, in meque recipio fore eum, etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 10, 3:

quem inimicissimum futurum esse promitto et spondeo,

id. Mur. 41, 90:

surrepturum pallam promisit tibi,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 80; id. Aul. 2, 2, 42; cf. id. Men. 5, 4, 6:

promisit Apollo Ambiguam tellure novā Salamina futuram,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 28; id. S. 1, 6, 34.—With inf. pres.:

si operam dare promittitis,

Plaut. Trin. prol. 5; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 79; id. Rud. 2, 6, 56: magorum vanitas ebrietati eas resistere [p. 1465] promittit, Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 124; cf.:

se remedium afferer tantamque vim morbi levaturum esse promisit,

Curt. 3, 6, 2 monstrare, Amm. 22, 7, 5:

promittere oratorem,

to give promise of becoming, Sen. Contr 4, 29, 10; cf.:

per ea scelera se parricidam,

excite fears lest he become, Quint. Decl. 1, 6:

me Promisi ultorem,

Verg. A. 2, 96.—With de:

de alicujus voluntate promittere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

de me tibi sic promitto atque confirmo, me, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 10, 1; Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

promittere damni infecti,

i. e. to promise indemnification for, become answerable for the possible damage, Cic. Top 4, 22.—

With ut and subj.:

promiserat ut daret,

Vulg. 2 Par. 21, 7.—Of things' terra ipsa promittit (aquas), gives promise of, leads one to expect water, Plin. 31, 3, 27, § 45:

debet extremitas (picturae) sic desinere, ut promittat alia post se,

to lead one to suppose, to suggest, id. 35, 10, 36, § 68; Sen. Hippol. 569.—

In partic.

To promise to come, to engage one's self to meet any one, to dine, sup, etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 19 sq.; 4, 2, 16:

ad fratrem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 27:

ad cenam mihi,

Phaedr. 4, 23, 15; Petr. 10; so,

tibi me promittere noli,

to expect me, Ov. M. 11, 662.—

To promise something to a deity, i. e. to vow:

donum Jovi dicatum atque promissum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 184:

nigras pecudes Diti,

Tib. 3, 5, 33; Juv 13, 233; Petr 88; Flor. 1, 11, 4.—

To offer as a price (post-Aug.):

pro domo sestertium millies promittens,

Plin. 17. 1, 1, § 3. —Hence, prōmissus, a, um, P a.

Lit., hanging down, long; of the hair: coma, Varr. ap. Non. 362, 32; Liv. 38, 17, 3; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 34:

Britanni capillo sunt promisso,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14; so,

capillus,

Nep. Dat. 3, 1:

barba,

Verg. E. 8, 34; Liv. 2, 23, 4:

barba omnibus promissa erat,

id. 5, 41, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 7; Just. 4, 4, 1.—Of the dewlap:

boves palearibus amplis et paene ad genua promissis,

Col. 6, 1, 3.—Of the belly:

sues ventre promisso,

Col. 7, 9, 1.—

Subst.: prōmissum, i, n., a promise (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf.

promissio, pollicitatio),

Cic. Verr 2, 5, 53, § 139:

voto quodam et promisso teneri,

id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

constantia promissi,

id. ib. 4, 17, 1:

promissum absolvere,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 1:

facere,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31; 3, 25, 95:

exigere,

id. ib. 3, 25, 94:

ludere aliquem promisso inani,

Ov. F. 3, 685.—In plur.:

pacta et promissa servare,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92:

illis promissis standum non est, quae, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 10, 32:

promissis manere,

Verg. A. 2, 160:

promissa firmare,

Ov. M. 10, 430:

multa fidem promissa levant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10:

dic aliquid dignum promissis,

id. S. 2, 3, 6:

quo promissa (Ennii) cadant,

i. e. the expectations which he raises, id. Ep. 2, 1, 52:

promissa dare,

to make promises, Cat. 63, 239; to fulfil, Ov. M. 2, 51.

rĕ-nuntĭo ( rĕnuncĭo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To bring or carry back word, to report, give notice, declare, announce.

In gen. (rare and mostly ante-class.;

syn. refero): quid nunc renuntiem abs te responsum, Chreme?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 18:

hoc alii mihi renuntiant,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 6; cf. id. ib. 1, 5, 36:

quia nihil a quoquam renuntiabatur,

no answer was brought, Suet. Ner. 47:

teque ad patrem esse mortuum renuntiem,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 49.—With obj.clause:

istaec quae tibi renuntiantur, filium te velle circumducere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 15:

quasi non tibi renuntiata sint haec, sic fore,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 28:

Alexandro regi renuntiatam adeo divitem (insulam),

Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 198:

is me nunc renuntiare repudium jussit tibi,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 54; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 72:

deliberet renuntietque hodie mihi, Velintne annon,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 58:

hunc metuebam, ne meae Uxori renuntiaret de pallā,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 67.— Impers., Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 18: posteaquam mihi renuntiatum est de obitu Tulliae filiae tuae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:

tibi renuntiari sic me habere in animo,

Cic. Clu. 5, 17.— Absol.:

abi et renuntia,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 10; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 5:

rus abiisse aiebant, nunc domum renuntio,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 5, 2:

huc,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 15:

ita mihi renuntiatum est, quibus credo satis,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 19; so,

renuntiatum est,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 21.—

In partic., publicists' and jurid. t. t., to state officially, to report, declare, proclaim, announce, etc. (freq. and class.;

syn. indico): legati ex auctoritate haec Caesari renuntiant, Intelligere se, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

Volusenus perspectis regionibus... ad Caesarem revertitur quaeque ibi perspexisset, renuntiat,

id. B. G. 4, 21 fin.; cf. id. ib. 7, 5:

Roscius postulata Caesaris renuntiat,

id. B. C. 1, 10:

Caesari renuntiaverunt, pulverem majorem in eā parte videri,

id. B. G. 4, 32:

Caesar cognoscit Considium timore perterritum, quod non vidisset, pro viso sibi renuntiasse,

id. ib. 1, 22:

si ille vir legationem renuntiare potuisset,

had been able to give an account of his mission, Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 1; so,

legationem,

Liv. 9, 4; 23, 6; 35, 32; 36, 35; 39, 33; Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 20 al.; cf.:

haec dicta legatis renuntiataque in consilium,

Liv. 29, 3:

nunc imperant pullario: ille renuntiat,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 74; cf. Liv. 34, 44:

haec cum renuntiata essent,

id. 36, 1, 4:

renuntiat collegae facturum se quod is censeret,

id. 37, 1, 8:

tribuni revocaturos se easdem tribus renuntiarunt,

id. 45, 36 fin.:

hostium numerum,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

acta et imperia tua domum ad senatum suum renuntiaverunt,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 31, § 73.— Esp. of the official announcement of an election (either by the praeco or the presiding magistrate), to declare or announce elected, to make the return: coepti sunt a praecone renuntiari, quem quaeque [p. 1566] tribus fecerint aedilem, Varr. R. R. 3, 17; cf.:

cum esset praetor renuntiatus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 38:

cum propter dilationem comitiorum ter praetor primus centuriis cunctis renuntiatus sum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

eo modo sacerdos Climarchias renuntiatus est,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129:

qui (magistratus) priusquam renuntiarentur,

Liv. 5, 18 et saep.:

aliquem consulem,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 2, 64, 260:

ut hostis renuntiaretur,

declared a public enemy, Spart. Jul. 5, 3:

dictator comitia consularia habuit aemulumque decoris sui absentem M. Valerium Corvum consulem renuntiavit,

Liv. 7, 26; Plin. Pan. 92, 3; Val. Max. 3, 8, ext. 3: renuntiare repudium, v. h. v.—

Transf., in gen., to announce, report, declare:

assentior vero renuntioque vobis, nihil esse, quod adhuc de re publicā dictum putemus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 71.—

Renuntiare sibi, to report to one ' s self, impress on one ' s own mind, i. e. reflect, think: qui renuntient sibi, quanta sit humani ingenii vis, quam potens efficiendi, quae velit, represent to themselves, i. e. think, meditate, Quint. 12, 11, 10; cf.:

potest et illa res a luctu te prohibere nimio, si tibi ipse renuntiaveris, nihil horum, quae facis, posse subduco,

Sen. ad Polyb. 6 (25), 1.—

( Re negative or qs. rejecting.) To retract, revoke, recall, refuse; to give up, break off, protest against, disclaim, renounce (good prose): Pa. Ad cenam hercle alio promisi foras. Ge. Jube domi cenam coqui Atque ad illum renuntiari, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 19; cf.:

renuntiari extemplo amicis, quos in consilium rogaverat, imperavit,

Sen. Clem. 1, 9:

ego illi ad prandium promisissem, and prandium renuntiassem,

id. Suas. 2, 12: incensus hospitium ei renuntiat;

domo ejus emigrat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89:

societatem et amicitiam alicui,

Liv. 36, 3; so,

societatem alicui,

id. 38, 31:

amicitiam alicui,

id. 42, 25, 1; Tac. A. 2, 70; Suet. Calig. 3:

renuntiat Habonius illam decisionem tutoribus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 141; cf. id. ib. 1, 6, 16.— Absol.:

quid imprudentius publicanis renuntiantibus?

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 8:

nemo ingemuit, etc.... pedem nemo in illo judicio supplosit, credo, ne Stoicis renuntiaretur,

id. de Or. 1, 53:

civilibus officiis,

Quint. 10, 7, 1; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 8:

vitae,

Suet. Galb. 11:

foro,

id. Rhet. 6:

Campaniae,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 10:

inertiae,

Plin. Pan. 59, 2:

nuptiis,

Tert. ad Uxor. 1, 1:

societati,

Dig. 17, 19, 65, § 3.

rĕ-nuntĭo ( rĕnuncĭo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To bring or carry back word, to report, give notice, declare, announce.

In gen. (rare and mostly ante-class.;

syn. refero): quid nunc renuntiem abs te responsum, Chreme?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 18:

hoc alii mihi renuntiant,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 6; cf. id. ib. 1, 5, 36:

quia nihil a quoquam renuntiabatur,

no answer was brought, Suet. Ner. 47:

teque ad patrem esse mortuum renuntiem,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 49.—With obj.clause:

istaec quae tibi renuntiantur, filium te velle circumducere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 15:

quasi non tibi renuntiata sint haec, sic fore,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 28:

Alexandro regi renuntiatam adeo divitem (insulam),

Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 198:

is me nunc renuntiare repudium jussit tibi,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 54; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 72:

deliberet renuntietque hodie mihi, Velintne annon,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 58:

hunc metuebam, ne meae Uxori renuntiaret de pallā,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 67.— Impers., Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 18: posteaquam mihi renuntiatum est de obitu Tulliae filiae tuae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:

tibi renuntiari sic me habere in animo,

Cic. Clu. 5, 17.— Absol.:

abi et renuntia,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 10; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 5:

rus abiisse aiebant, nunc domum renuntio,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 5, 2:

huc,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 15:

ita mihi renuntiatum est, quibus credo satis,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 19; so,

renuntiatum est,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 21.—

In partic., publicists' and jurid. t. t., to state officially, to report, declare, proclaim, announce, etc. (freq. and class.;

syn. indico): legati ex auctoritate haec Caesari renuntiant, Intelligere se, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

Volusenus perspectis regionibus... ad Caesarem revertitur quaeque ibi perspexisset, renuntiat,

id. B. G. 4, 21 fin.; cf. id. ib. 7, 5:

Roscius postulata Caesaris renuntiat,

id. B. C. 1, 10:

Caesari renuntiaverunt, pulverem majorem in eā parte videri,

id. B. G. 4, 32:

Caesar cognoscit Considium timore perterritum, quod non vidisset, pro viso sibi renuntiasse,

id. ib. 1, 22:

si ille vir legationem renuntiare potuisset,

had been able to give an account of his mission, Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 1; so,

legationem,

Liv. 9, 4; 23, 6; 35, 32; 36, 35; 39, 33; Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 20 al.; cf.:

haec dicta legatis renuntiataque in consilium,

Liv. 29, 3:

nunc imperant pullario: ille renuntiat,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 74; cf. Liv. 34, 44:

haec cum renuntiata essent,

id. 36, 1, 4:

renuntiat collegae facturum se quod is censeret,

id. 37, 1, 8:

tribuni revocaturos se easdem tribus renuntiarunt,

id. 45, 36 fin.:

hostium numerum,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

acta et imperia tua domum ad senatum suum renuntiaverunt,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 31, § 73.— Esp. of the official announcement of an election (either by the praeco or the presiding magistrate), to declare or announce elected, to make the return: coepti sunt a praecone renuntiari, quem quaeque [p. 1566] tribus fecerint aedilem, Varr. R. R. 3, 17; cf.:

cum esset praetor renuntiatus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 38:

cum propter dilationem comitiorum ter praetor primus centuriis cunctis renuntiatus sum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

eo modo sacerdos Climarchias renuntiatus est,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129:

qui (magistratus) priusquam renuntiarentur,

Liv. 5, 18 et saep.:

aliquem consulem,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 2, 64, 260:

ut hostis renuntiaretur,

declared a public enemy, Spart. Jul. 5, 3:

dictator comitia consularia habuit aemulumque decoris sui absentem M. Valerium Corvum consulem renuntiavit,

Liv. 7, 26; Plin. Pan. 92, 3; Val. Max. 3, 8, ext. 3: renuntiare repudium, v. h. v.—

Transf., in gen., to announce, report, declare:

assentior vero renuntioque vobis, nihil esse, quod adhuc de re publicā dictum putemus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 71.—

Renuntiare sibi, to report to one ' s self, impress on one ' s own mind, i. e. reflect, think: qui renuntient sibi, quanta sit humani ingenii vis, quam potens efficiendi, quae velit, represent to themselves, i. e. think, meditate, Quint. 12, 11, 10; cf.:

potest et illa res a luctu te prohibere nimio, si tibi ipse renuntiaveris, nihil horum, quae facis, posse subduco,

Sen. ad Polyb. 6 (25), 1.—

( Re negative or qs. rejecting.) To retract, revoke, recall, refuse; to give up, break off, protest against, disclaim, renounce (good prose): Pa. Ad cenam hercle alio promisi foras. Ge. Jube domi cenam coqui Atque ad illum renuntiari, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 19; cf.:

renuntiari extemplo amicis, quos in consilium rogaverat, imperavit,

Sen. Clem. 1, 9:

ego illi ad prandium promisissem, and prandium renuntiassem,

id. Suas. 2, 12: incensus hospitium ei renuntiat;

domo ejus emigrat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89:

societatem et amicitiam alicui,

Liv. 36, 3; so,

societatem alicui,

id. 38, 31:

amicitiam alicui,

id. 42, 25, 1; Tac. A. 2, 70; Suet. Calig. 3:

renuntiat Habonius illam decisionem tutoribus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 141; cf. id. ib. 1, 6, 16.— Absol.:

quid imprudentius publicanis renuntiantibus?

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 8:

nemo ingemuit, etc.... pedem nemo in illo judicio supplosit, credo, ne Stoicis renuntiaretur,

id. de Or. 1, 53:

civilibus officiis,

Quint. 10, 7, 1; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 8:

vitae,

Suet. Galb. 11:

foro,

id. Rhet. 6:

Campaniae,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 10:

inertiae,

Plin. Pan. 59, 2:

nuptiis,

Tert. ad Uxor. 1, 1:

societati,

Dig. 17, 19, 65, § 3.

spondĕo, spŏpondi, sponsum, 2 ( perf. spepondi, Cic., Caes., and Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 12 sq.; Inscr. Orell. 4358;

without redup. sponderat,

Tert. Carm. adv. Mart. 3, 135; subj. sponsis = spoponderis, an ancient formula of prayer in Fest. p. 351 Müll.), v. a. [akin with spendô, to pour out, = libare; cf. spondai, league].

Jurid. and publicists' t. t.

In bargains, covenants, treaties, etc., to promise solemnly, to bind, engage, or pledge one's self (class.; syn.: recipio, stipulor, promitto; cf.: vadimonium obire, vadari); according to the civil law in its original form, it was essential to a binding contract verbally made (verbis) that a proposition and its acceptance should be expressed by the question spondes? and the answer spondeo; and only at a later period was the use of promitto, etc., valid (v. Sandars, Introd. ad Just. Inst. p. LV): verbis obligatio fit ex interrogatione et responsione, velut, Dari spondes? Spondeo. Dabis? Dabo. Promittis? Promitto;

sed haec quidem verborum obligatio: dari spondes? spondeo, propria civium Romanorum est, cetera vero juris gentium sunt,

Gai. Inst. 3, 91 sq.; Dig. 45, 1, 126; 45, 1, 133; cf.

the whole title,

ib. 45, 1: De verborum obligationibus: He. Aeternum tibi dapinabo victum, si vera autumas... Er. Sponden' tu istut? He. Spondeo, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 118: qui stulte spondet, Cato ap. Rufin. 18, p. 210:

quis stipulatus est? Ubi? Quo die? Quis spopondisse me dicit? Nemo,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 13:

ut aliquando spondere se diceret,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

si quis quod spopondit, quā in re verbo se obligavit uno, si id non facit, etc.,

id. Caecin. 3, 7:

faeneris, quod stipulanti spoponderam tibi, reliquam pensiunculam percipe,

Col. 10 praef.:

ego meā fide spondeo futurum ut omnia invenias, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10.—

To promise for another, to become security for a person, to enter bail, etc.:

quod multis benigne fecerit, pro multis spoponderit,

has become security, Cic. Planc. 19, 47:

sed tamen scire velim quando dicar spopondisse et pro patre anne pro filio,

id. Att. 12, 14, 2:

quod pro Cornificio me abhinc annis XXV. spopondisse dicit Flavius,

id. ib. 12, 17:

et se quisque paratum ad spondendum Icilio ostendere,

Liv. 3, 46, 7:

sponsum diceres advocasse, Cic. Fragm. Clod. et Cur. 3, 4, p. 29 B. and K.: hic sponsum vocat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 67:

sponsum descendam, quia promisi,

Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 2. —

Transf., of promises or pledges made in behalf of a government, etc.:

non foedere pax Caudina, sed per sponsionem facta est... Spoponderunt consules, legati, quaestores, tribuni militum,

Liv. 9, 5, 4:

quod spondendo pacem servassent exercitum,

id. 9, 8, 15:

quid tandem si spopondissemus urbem hanc relicturum populum Romanum?

id. 9, 9, 6:

ea demum sponsio esset, quam populi jussu spopondissemus,

id. 9, 9, 13:

hosti nihil spopondistis, civem neminem spondere pro vobis jussistis,

id. 9, 9, 16.—

Esp., to promise or engage in marriage, betroth: qui uxorem ducturus erat ab eo unde ducenda erat, stipulabatur eam in matrimonium ductam iri; [p. 1746] qui daturus erat itidem spondebat. Tum quae promissa erat sponsa appellabatur, qui spoponderat ducturum, sponsus, Sulp. Dot. ap. Gell. 4, 4, 2: Ly. Istac lege filiam tuam sponden' mihi uxorem dari? Ch. Spondeo. Ca. Et ego spondeo idem hoc, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 38 sq.; 2, 4, 172: Me. Etiam mihi despondes filiam? Eu. Illis legibus, Cum illā dote quam tibi dixi. Me. Sponden' ergo? Eu. Spondeo, id. Aul. 2, 2, 78: Ph. Spondesne, miles, mi hanc uxorem? Th. Spondeo. Ph. Et ego huic victum spondeo, id. Curc. 5, 2, 73 sq.: sponden tu ergo tuam gnatam uxorem mihi? Ch. Spondeo et mille auri Philippum dotis, id. Trin. 5, 2, 34.—Hence, of women, alicui sponsam esse, to be betrothed, engaged to a man:

si volt Demipho Dare quantum ab hac accipio, quae sponsa est mihi,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 52:

scis, sponsam mihi (esse)?

id. Eun. 5, 9 (8), 6; Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 101 sq.; 2, 4, 172; 2, 4, 174; id. Poen. 5, 3, 43.—

= sponsionem facere (v. sponsio, II.), to lay a judicial wager, to enter into an agreement to pay contingent on the truth or falsity of an assertion: si hoc ita est, qui spondet mille nummūm? P. Afric. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 11, 9.— So, absol.:

cum illi jacenti latera tunderentur, ut aliquando spondere se diceret,

should declare that he made the required wager, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (cf. sponsum, P. a. fin. infra); Dig. 11, 5, 3.—

In gen., to promise sacredly, to warrant, vow (class.).

With fut. inf.:

promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51:

ut (eum) inimicissimum huic conjurationi futurum esse, promittam et spondeam,

id. Mur. 41, 90:

et ipse spondeo et omnes hoc tibi tui pro me recipient, te fructum esse capturum, etc.,

id. Fam. 13, 50, 2:

quis est qui spondeat eundum, si differtur bellum, animum postea fore,

Liv. 5, 5, 9:

quae si perpetua concordia sit, quis non spondere ausit, maximum hoc imperium brevi futurum esse?

id. 5, 3, 10:

spondebant animis id (bellum) P. Cornelium finiturum,

with full conviction, id. 28, 38, 9; cf. id. 3, 59, 3:

sponde affore reges,

Val. Fl. 3, 504.—

With inf. pres., to warrant, give assurance of an existing fact:

spondebo enim tibi, vel potius spondeo in meque recipio, eos esse M'. Curii mores,

Cic. Fam. 13, 17, 2.—

With acc. of thing (and often dat. pers.):

quibus cum consulem suum reliquissent, honores et praemia spopondistis,

Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 28: mihi sex menses sati' sunt vitae, septimum Orco spondeo, Poët. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 22: ea spondent, confirmant, quae, quidem mihi exploratiora essent, si remansissem, Cic Att. 11, 6, 3:

quod ego non modo de me tibi spondere possum, sed de te etiam mihi,

id. Fam. 15, 21, 1:

ac de infante (Tiberio) Scribonius mathematicus praeclara spopondit,

Suet. Tib. 14:

tantum sibi vel de viribus suis, vel de fortunā spondentes,

Just. 3, 4, 1; Amm. 24, 1, 8:

illius et dites monitis spondentibus Indi,

Val. Fl. 6, 117:

non si mihi Juppiter auctor Spondeat, hoc sperem Italiam contingere caelo,

Verg. A. 5, 18:

spondere fidem,

Ov. M. 10, 395:

officium Amori,

id. ib. 10, 418.—

Transf., of inanim. or abstract subjects (mostly poet. and post-Aug.):

nec quicquam placidum spondentia Martis Sidera presserunt,

Ov. Ib. 217:

quod prope diem futurum spondet et virtus et fortuna vestra,

Liv. 7, 30, 8:

eorum hominum erat, qui, quantum spes spopondisset, cuperent, ni, etc.,

id. 45, 19, 7:

magna de illo (Philippo) spes fuit propter ipsius ingenium, quod magnum spondebat virum,

Just. 7, 6, 1.— Hence, sponsus, a, um, P. a., promised, engaged, betrothed, affianced; substt,

sponsus, i, m., a betrothed man, a bridegroom: virgo Sponso superba, Titin. ap. Non. 305, 5:

accede ad sponsum audacter,

id. ib. 227, 15; Cic. Inv. 2, 26, 78:

sponsus regius,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 10.— Poet., of Penelope's suitors, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 28.—

spon-sa, ae, f., a betrothed woman, a bride:

scio equidem, sponsam tibi esse et filium ex sponsā tuā,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 12; Ter. And. 2, 1, 24:

flebilis sponsa,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 21 et saep.—Prov.: suam cuique sponsam, mihi meam, i. e. every one to his taste, Atil. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 20, 3.—

sponsum, i, n., a covenant, agreement, engagement: sponsum negare, to break or disown one's pledge, Hor. S. 1, 3, 95:

sponsus contra sponsum rogatus,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 107 Müll.—

Esp., a judicial wager (cf. sponsio, II.):

ex sponso egit,

Cic. Quint. 9, 32.