prophecy

a solemn statement, oracle, prophecy, words of a god

assumptĭo ( ads-; v. adsumo init.), ōnis, f. [assumo].

In gen., a taking, receiving, assumption (post-Aug. and very rare):

adsumptio culturae,

Pall. 1, 6, 12:

quae adsumptio (eorum erit), nisi vita ex mortuis?

Vulg. Rom. 11, 15:

dies adsumptionis ejus (of the assumption of our Lord),

ib. Luc. 9, 51.—

Esp.,

An eager reception, adoption:

artes propter se adsumendas putamus, quia sit in his aliquid dignum adsumptione,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18.—

Meton. (abstr. for concr.), one that takes up (eccl. Lat.):

Dominus est adsumptio nostra,

Vulg. Psa. 88, 19.—Also (after the Hebrew), that which is taken up, lifted up (with the voice), a prophecy:

(prophetae) viderunt tibi adsumptiones falsas,

Vulg. Thren. 2, 14.—

In logic, t. t., the minor proposition of a syllogism (v. assumo, II. C.), Cic. Inv. 1, 37, 64: adsumptio, quam proslêpsin īdem (dialectici) vocant, id. Div. 2, 53, 108; Quint. 5, 14, 5 sq.; Isid. Orig. 2, 9, 2.—

In jurid. Lat., an addition, circumstance, = circumstantia, Dig. 28, 5, 46 fin.

Ărīon, ŏnis, m. (nom. Ario, Gell. 16, 19; acc. Gr. Ariona, Ov. F. 2, 83 al.), = Ariôn.

A celebrated cithara player of Methymna, in Lesbos, rescued from drowning by a dolphin, Ov. F. 2, 79 sqq.; Gell. 16, 19; cf. Herod. 1, 23.—Hence, Ărīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Arionios, belonging to Arion:

nomen,

Ov. F. 2, 93:

lyra,

id. A. A. 3, 326; Prop. 2, 26, 18. —

A horse endowed with speech and the gift of prophecy, sent by Neptune to Adrastus; hence, vocalis, Prop. 2, 34, 37 fata movens, Stat. Th. 11, 443:

Adrastaeus,

id. S. 1, 1, 52; cf. Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 555, and Hom. Il. 23, 346.

Ărīon, ŏnis, m. (nom. Ario, Gell. 16, 19; acc. Gr. Ariona, Ov. F. 2, 83 al.), = Ariôn.

A celebrated cithara player of Methymna, in Lesbos, rescued from drowning by a dolphin, Ov. F. 2, 79 sqq.; Gell. 16, 19; cf. Herod. 1, 23.—Hence, Ărīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Arionios, belonging to Arion:

nomen,

Ov. F. 2, 93:

lyra,

id. A. A. 3, 326; Prop. 2, 26, 18. —

A horse endowed with speech and the gift of prophecy, sent by Neptune to Adrastus; hence, vocalis, Prop. 2, 34, 37 fata movens, Stat. Th. 11, 443:

Adrastaeus,

id. S. 1, 1, 52; cf. Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 555, and Hom. Il. 23, 346.

assumptĭo ( ads-; v. adsumo init.), ōnis, f. [assumo].

In gen., a taking, receiving, assumption (post-Aug. and very rare):

adsumptio culturae,

Pall. 1, 6, 12:

quae adsumptio (eorum erit), nisi vita ex mortuis?

Vulg. Rom. 11, 15:

dies adsumptionis ejus (of the assumption of our Lord),

ib. Luc. 9, 51.—

Esp.,

An eager reception, adoption:

artes propter se adsumendas putamus, quia sit in his aliquid dignum adsumptione,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18.—

Meton. (abstr. for concr.), one that takes up (eccl. Lat.):

Dominus est adsumptio nostra,

Vulg. Psa. 88, 19.—Also (after the Hebrew), that which is taken up, lifted up (with the voice), a prophecy:

(prophetae) viderunt tibi adsumptiones falsas,

Vulg. Thren. 2, 14.—

In logic, t. t., the minor proposition of a syllogism (v. assumo, II. C.), Cic. Inv. 1, 37, 64: adsumptio, quam proslêpsin īdem (dialectici) vocant, id. Div. 2, 53, 108; Quint. 5, 14, 5 sq.; Isid. Orig. 2, 9, 2.—

In jurid. Lat., an addition, circumstance, = circumstantia, Dig. 28, 5, 46 fin.

augur, ŭris (earlier also auger, Prisc. p. 554 P.), comm. (cf. Prob. p. 1455 P., and Phoc. p. 1695 P.) [avis and Sanscr. gar, to call, to show, make known. Van.], an auqur, diviner, soothsayer; at Rome, a member of a particular college of priests, much reverenced in earlier ages, who made known the future by observing the lightning, the flight or notes of birds, the feeding of the sacred fowls, certain appearances of quadrupeds, and any unusual occurrences (v dirae).

Lit.:

Interpretes Jovis optumi maxumi, publici augures,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; Fest. s. v. quinque, p. 26 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 537; and others cited in Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 116 sq., and Smith, Dict. Antiq. (diff. from auspex, orig. as a general idea from a particular one, since the auspex observed only the flight of birds; cf. Non. p. 429, 26. Yet as this latter kind of augury was the most common, the two words are frequently interchanged or employed in connection; cf. Enn. ap. Cic. Div 1, 48, 107: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque).—

Transf., any soothsayer, diviner, seer, in gen.: augur Apollo, as god of prophecy (v. Apollo), Hor. C. 1, 2, 32; so,

augur Phoebus,

id. C. S. 61:

Argivus,

i.e. Amphiaraus, id. C. 3, 16, 11; id. Ep. 1, 20, 9; Prop. 3, 14, 3:

veri providus augur Thestorides,

i. e. Calchas, Ov. M. 12, 18; 12, 307; 15, 596; 3, 349;

3, 512 al.: nocturnae imaginis augur,

interpreter of night-visions, id. Am. 3, 5, 31:

pessimus in dubiis augur timor,

fear, the basest prophet, Stat. Th. 3, 6.— Fem.:

aquae nisi fallit augur Annosa cornix,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 12:

simque augur cassa futuri!

Stat. Th. 9, 629; Vulg. Deut. 18, 14; ib. Isa. 2, 6; ib. Jer. 27, 9:

augures caeli,

ib. Isa. 47, 13.

augur, ŭris (earlier also auger, Prisc. p. 554 P.), comm. (cf. Prob. p. 1455 P., and Phoc. p. 1695 P.) [avis and Sanscr. gar, to call, to show, make known. Van.], an auqur, diviner, soothsayer; at Rome, a member of a particular college of priests, much reverenced in earlier ages, who made known the future by observing the lightning, the flight or notes of birds, the feeding of the sacred fowls, certain appearances of quadrupeds, and any unusual occurrences (v dirae).

Lit.:

Interpretes Jovis optumi maxumi, publici augures,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; Fest. s. v. quinque, p. 26 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 537; and others cited in Müll. Etrusk. 2, p. 116 sq., and Smith, Dict. Antiq. (diff. from auspex, orig. as a general idea from a particular one, since the auspex observed only the flight of birds; cf. Non. p. 429, 26. Yet as this latter kind of augury was the most common, the two words are frequently interchanged or employed in connection; cf. Enn. ap. Cic. Div 1, 48, 107: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque).—

Transf., any soothsayer, diviner, seer, in gen.: augur Apollo, as god of prophecy (v. Apollo), Hor. C. 1, 2, 32; so,

augur Phoebus,

id. C. S. 61:

Argivus,

i.e. Amphiaraus, id. C. 3, 16, 11; id. Ep. 1, 20, 9; Prop. 3, 14, 3:

veri providus augur Thestorides,

i. e. Calchas, Ov. M. 12, 18; 12, 307; 15, 596; 3, 349;

3, 512 al.: nocturnae imaginis augur,

interpreter of night-visions, id. Am. 3, 5, 31:

pessimus in dubiis augur timor,

fear, the basest prophet, Stat. Th. 3, 6.— Fem.:

aquae nisi fallit augur Annosa cornix,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 12:

simque augur cassa futuri!

Stat. Th. 9, 629; Vulg. Deut. 18, 14; ib. Isa. 2, 6; ib. Jer. 27, 9:

augures caeli,

ib. Isa. 47, 13.

augŭrālis ( augŭrĭālis, App. Not. Aspir. § 8), e, adj. [augur].

Of or belonging to augurs, relating to soothsaying or prophecy, augurial:

libri,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; id. Fam. 3, 4; cf.

Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 122: jus,

Cic. Brut. 77, 267:

cena,

which the augur gave on his entrance into office, Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 6, Cic. Fam. 7, 26:

insignia, Liv 10, 7: sacerdotium,

Suet. Claud. 4; id. Gram. 12:

verbum,

Gell. 6, 6, 4.—Hence,

Subst.: augŭrāle, is, n.

A part of the headquarters of a Roman camp, where the general took auguries:

structam ante augurale aram,

Tac. A. 15, 30:

egressus augurali,

id. ib. 2, 13.—Hence (pars pro toto), the principal tent:

tabernaculum ducis, augurale,

Quint. 8, 2, 8.—

The augur ' s wand or staff = lituus, Sen. Tranq. 11.

augŭrālis ( augŭrĭālis, App. Not. Aspir. § 8), e, adj. [augur].

Of or belonging to augurs, relating to soothsaying or prophecy, augurial:

libri,

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; id. Fam. 3, 4; cf.

Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 122: jus,

Cic. Brut. 77, 267:

cena,

which the augur gave on his entrance into office, Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 6, Cic. Fam. 7, 26:

insignia, Liv 10, 7: sacerdotium,

Suet. Claud. 4; id. Gram. 12:

verbum,

Gell. 6, 6, 4.—Hence,

Subst.: augŭrāle, is, n.

A part of the headquarters of a Roman camp, where the general took auguries:

structam ante augurale aram,

Tac. A. 15, 30:

egressus augurali,

id. ib. 2, 13.—Hence (pars pro toto), the principal tent:

tabernaculum ducis, augurale,

Quint. 8, 2, 8.—

The augur ' s wand or staff = lituus, Sen. Tranq. 11.

augŭrĭum, ii, n. (plur. augura, heterocl., like aplustra from aplustre, Att. ap. Non. p. 488, 2, or Trag. Rel. p. 217 Rib.) [augur], the observation and interpretation of omens, augury (v. augur and the pass. there cited).

Lit.:

pro certo arbitrabor sortes oracla adytus augura? Att., Trag. Rel. p. 217 Rib.: agere,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 42 Müll.; Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32; id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

capere,

Suet. Aug. 95:

quaerere,

Vulg. Num. 24, 1:

observare,

ib. Deut. 18, 10; ib. 4 Reg. 21, 6:

non est augurium in Jacob,

ib. Num. 23, 23:

dare,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 36:

nuntiare,

Liv. 1, 7:

decantare,

Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105: accipere, to understand or receive as an omen, Liv. 1, 34; 10, 40; Val. Fl. 1, 161:

augurium factum,

Suet. Vit. 18:

augurio experiri aliquid,

Flor. 1, 5, 3: augurium salutis, an augury instituted in time of peace, for the inquiry whether one could supplicate the Deity for the prosperity of the state (de salute), Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105; Suet. Aug. 31; Tac. A. 12, 23; cf. Dio Cass. 37, 24, and Fabric. ad h. l.—

Transf.

Any kind of divination, prophecy, soothsaying, interpretation:

auguria rerum futurarum,

Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89: conjugis augurio ( by the interpretation of [p. 205] quamquam Titania mota est, Ov. M. 1, 395: Divinatio arroris et auguria mendacia vanitas est, Vulg Eccli. 34, 5.—And transf. to the internal sense. presentiment, foreboding of future occurrences inhaeret in mentibus quasi saeclorum quoddam augurium futurorum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; id. Fam 6, 6:

Fallitur augurio spes bona saepe suo,

Ov. H. 16, 234:

Auguror, nec me fallit augurium, historias tuas immortales futuras,

Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 1 al. —

Object, a sign, omen, token, prognostic:

thymum augurium mellis est,

Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56:

augurium valetudinis ex eā traditur, si etc.,

id. 28, 6, 19, § 68.—

The art of the augur, augury:

cui laetus Apollo Augurium citharamque dabat,

Verg. A. 12, 394 (v. Apollo and augur):

Rex idero et regi Turno gratissimus augur,

id. ib. 9, 327; Flor. 1, 5, 2.

Carmentis, is ( Carmenta, ae, Liv. 1, 7, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; Hyg. Fab. 277), f. [carmen, q. v.], a Roman goddess of prophecy, acc. to mythologists, the mother of Evander, who went with him from Arcadia to Latium (hence Arcadia dea, Ov. F. 1, 462:

Parrhasia dea,

id. ib. 1, 618:

Tegeaea parens,

id. ib. 1, 627:

Tegeaea sacerdos,

id. ib. 6, 531, and Maenalis nympha, id. ib. 1, 634), and uttered oracles on the Capitoline Hill, Ov. F. 1, 462 sq.; Liv. l. l.; 5, 47, 2; Hyg. Fab. 277; Verg. A. 8, 336 sq., and Serv. ad h. l. —Also represented as two goddesses, Carmentes, and under the especial names Postverta and Prorsa (the backwards and forwards looking goddess), Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 16; Serv. ad Verg. l. l.—Hence,

Car-mentālis, e, of or pertaining to Carmentis:

flamen,

Cic. Brut. 14, 56:

porta,

a gate at Rome, near the temple of Carmentis, in the eighth district, through which the Fabii marched to the contest so destructive to themselves, Liv. 2, 49, 8; 24, 47, 15; 25, 7, 6; Verg. A. 8, 338;

hence, as ominous, also called Porta Scelerata,

Fest. p. 334, a; 335 and 284, a Müll.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 201, and Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 2, p. 222.—

Subst.

Carmentālĭa, ĭum, n., the festival of Carmentis, celebrated on the 11th and 15th of January, Varr. L. L. 6, § 12; Kalend. ap. Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 382; cf. Macr. S. 1, 16.—

Carmentārĭi, the priests of Carmentis, Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 336.

corvus, i, m. [root kar-, kal-, to sound; cf.: kaleô, korax, etc.], a raven, Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 121 sq.;

acc. to the fable, orig. white, changed to a black bird in punishment for treachery,

Ov. M. 2, 541 sq.;

on account of its gift of prophecy (oscen,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 11), consecrated to Apollo, Ov. M. 5, 329 (hence, Phoebeïus ales, id. ib. 2, 545:

Delphicus ales,

Petr. 122; cf. also Stat. Th. 3, 506);

its flight to the right indicated good fortune,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12; Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85.—

Prov.:

in cruce corvos pascere,

to be hanged, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 48.—

Meton., of bodies whose form or coloring is similar to that of the raven's bill.

In form.

A military implement, a grapnel, Curt. 4, 2, 12; 4, 3, 24 Mützell.—

A battering-ram, Vitr. 10, 19.—

A surgical instrument, in the form of a hook, Cels. 7, 19, § 33.—

The constellation Corvus, Vitr. 9, 7; Hyg. Astr. 3, 39.—

From its color, a sea-fish, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146; Cels. 2, 18; Aus. Ep. 4, 63.—

In mal. part. = fellator, Juv. 2, 63; cf. Mart. 14, 74.

dĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 (dixe for dixisse, Val. Ant. ap. Arn. 5, 1; DICASSIT dixerit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 75, 15; rather = dicaverit), v. a. [orig. the same word with 2. dīco; cf. the meaning of abdĭco and abdīco, of indĭco and indīco, dedĭco, no. II. A. al., Corss. Ausspr. 1, 380].

To proclaim, make known. So perh. only in the foll. passage: pugnam, Lucil. ap. Non. 287, 30.—Far more freq.,

Relig. t. t., to dedicate, consecrate, devote any thing to a deity or to a deified person (for syn. cf.: dedico, consecro, inauguro).

Prop.: et me dicabo atque animam devotabo hostibus, Att. ap. Non. 98, 12:

donum tibi (sc. Jovi) dicatum atque promissum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72; cf.:

ara condita atque dicata,

Liv. 1, 7 (for which aram condidit dedicavitque, id. 28, 46 fin.); so,

aram,

id. 1, 7; 1, 20:

capitolium, templum Jovis O. M.,

id. 22, 38 fin.:

templa,

Ov. F. 1, 610:

delubrum ex manubiis,

Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 97:

lychnuchum Apollini,

id. 34, 3, 8, § 14:

statuas Olympiae,

id. 34, 4, 9, § 16:

vehiculum,

Tac. G. 40:

carmen Veneri,

Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 178; cf. Suet. Ner. 10 fin. et saep.:

cygni Apollini dicati,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73.—

With a personal object, to consecrate, to deify (cf. dedico, no. II. A. b.):

Janus geminus a Numa dicatus,

Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 34:

inter numina dicatus Augustus,

Tac. A. 1, 59.—

Transf., beyond the relig. sphere.

To give up, set apart, appropriate a thing to any one: recita;

aurium operam tibi dico,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 72; so,

operam,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 147; Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 12:

hunc totum diem tibi,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7:

tuum studium meae laudi,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 4:

genus (orationis) epidicticum gymnasiis et palaestrae,

id. Or. 13, 42:

librum Maecenati,

Plin. 19, 10, 57, § 177; cf.:

librum laudibus ptisanae,

id. 18, 7, 15, § 75 al.:

(Deïopeam) conubio jungam stabili propriamque dicabo,

Verg. A. 1, 73; cf. the same verse, ib. 4, 126:

se Crasso,

Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 11; cf.: se Remis in clientelam, * Caes. B. G. 6, 12, 7:

se alii civitati,

to become a free denizen of it, Cic. Balb. 11, 28;

for which: se in aliam civitatem,

id. ib. 12 fin. —

(I. q. dedico, no. II. A.) To consecrate a thing by using it for the first time:

nova signa novamque aquilam,

Tac. H. 5, 16.— Hence, dĭcātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. II.), devoted, consecrated, dedicated:

loca Christo dedicatissima, August. Civ. Dei, 3, 31: CONSTANTINO AETERNO AVGVSTO ARRIVS DIOTIMVS... N. M. Q. (i. e. numini majestatique) EIVS DICATISSIMVS,

Inscr. Orell. 1083.

dīco, xi, ctum, 3 ( praes. DEICO, Inscr. Orell. 4848; imp. usu. dic; cf. duc, fac, fer, from duco, etc., DEICVNTO, and perf. DEIXSERINT, P. C. de Therm. ib. 3673; imp. dice, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 298, 29 Müll.; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 109; id. Bac. 4, 4, 65; id. Merc. 1, 2, 47 al.; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 21; fut. dicem = dicam, Cato ap. Quint. 1, 7, 23; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 6 Müll.—Another form of the future is dicebo, Novius ap. Non. 507 (Com. v. 8 Rib.). — Perf. sync.:

dixti,

Plaut. As. 4, 2, 14; id. Trin. 2, 4, 155; id. Mil. 2, 4, 12 et saep.; Ter. And. 3, 1, 1; 3, 2, 38; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 100 et saep.; Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; id. Caecin. 29, 82; acc. to Quint. 9, 3, 22.— Perf. subj.:

dixis,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 46; Caecil. ap. Gell. 7, 17 fin.:

dixem = dixissem,

Plaut. Pseud. 1, 5, 84; inf. dixe = dix isse, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 105, 23; Varr. ib. 451, 16; Arn. init.; Aus. Sept. Sap. de Cleob. 8; inf. praes. pass. dicier, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 32; Vatin. in Cic. Fam. 5, 9 al.), v. a. [root DIC = DEIK in deiknumi; lit., to show; cf. dikê, and Lat. dicis, ju-dex, dicio], to say, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state; to mean, intend (for syn. cf.: for, loquor, verba facio, dicto, dictito, oro, inquam, aio, fabulor, concionor, pronuntio, praedico, recito, declamo, affirmo, assevero, contendo; also, nomino, voco, alloquor, designo, nuncupo; also, decerno, jubeo, statuo, etc.; cf. also, nego.—The person addressed is usually put in dat., v. the foll.: dicere ad aliquem, in eccl. Lat., stands for the Gr. eipein pros tina, Vulg. Luc. 2, 34 al.; cf. infra I. B. 2. g).

Lit.

In gen.:

Amphitruonis socium nae me esse volui dicere,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 228:

advenisse familiarem dicito,

id. ib. 1, 1, 197:

haec uti sunt facta ero dicam,

id. ib. 1, 1, 304; cf. ib. 2, 1, 23:

signi dic quid est?

id. ib. 1, 1, 265:

si dixero mendacium,

id. ib. 1, 1, 43; cf.

opp. vera dico,

id. ib. 1, 1, 238 al.:

quo facto aut dicto adest opus,

id. ib. 1, 1, 15; cf.:

dictu opus est,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 68:

nihil est dictu facilius,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 70:

turpe dictu,

id. Ad. 2, 4, 11:

indignis si male dicitur, bene dictum id esse dico,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 27:

ille, quem dixi,

whom I have mentioned, named, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45 et saep.: vel dicam = vel potius, or rather:

stuporem hominis vel dicam pecudis attendite,

Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.:

mihi placebat Pomponius maxime vel dicam minime displicebat,

id. Brut. 57, 207; so id. ib. 70, 246; id. Fam. 4, 7, 3 al.—

Dicitur, dicebatur, dictum est, impers. with acc. and inf., it is said, related, maintained, etc.; or, they say, affirm, etc.: de hoc (sc. Diodoro) Verri dicitur, habere eum, etc., it is reported to Verres that, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18:

non sine causa dicitur, ad ea referri omnes nostras cogitationes,

id. Fin. 3, 18, 60; so,

dicitur,

Nep. Paus. 5, 3; Quint. 5, 7, 33; 7, 2, 44; Ov. F. 4, 508:

Titum multo apud patrem sermone orasse dicebatur, ne, etc.,

Tac. H. 4, 52; so,

dicebatur,

id. A. 1, 10:

in hac habitasse platea dictum'st Chrysidem,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 1:

dictum est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 5; Liv. 38, 56; Quint. 6, 1, 27:

ut pulsis hostibus dici posset, eos, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 3. Cf. also: hoc, illud dicitur, with acc. and inf., Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 72; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150; Quint. 4, 2, 91; 11, 3, 177 al. —Esp. in histt. in reference to what has been previously related:

ut supra dictum est,

Sall. J. 96, 1:

sicut ante dictum est,

Nep. Dion. 9, 5; cf. Curt. 3, 7, 7; 5, 1, 11; 8, 6, 2 et saep.—

(See Zumpt, Gram. § 607.) Dicor, diceris, dicitur, with nom. and inf., it is said that I, thou, he, etc.; or, they say that I, thou, etc.:

ut nos dicamur duo omnium dignissimi esse,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 47: cf. Quint. 4, 4, 6:

dicar Princeps Aeolium carmen ad Italos Deduxisse modos,

Hor. Od. 3, 30, 10 al.:

illi socius esse diceris,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 72: aedes Demaenetus ubi [p. 571] dicitur habitare, id. As. 2, 3, 2:

qui (Pisistratus) primus Homeri libros confusos antea sic disposuisse dicitur, ut nunc habemus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 137 et saep.:

quot annos nata dicitur?

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 89:

is nunc dicitur venturus peregre,

id. Truc. 1, 1, 66 et saep. In a double construction, with nom. and inf., and acc. and inf. (acc. to no. b. and c.): petisse dicitur major Titius... idque ab eis facile (sc. eum) impetrasse, Auct. B. Afr. 28 fin.; so Suet. Oth. 7.—

Dictum ac factum or dictum factum (Gr. hama epos hama ergon), in colloq. lang., no sooner said than done, without delay, Ter. And. 2, 3, 7:

dictum ac factum reddidi,

it was "said and done" with me, id. Heaut. 4, 5, 12; 5, 1, 31; cf.:

dicto citius,

Verg. A. 1, 142; Hor. S. 2, 2, 80; and:

dicto prope citius,

Liv. 23, 47, 6.—

In partic.

Pregn.

To assert, affirm a thing as certain (opp. nego):

quem esse negas, eundem esse dicis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 12; cf.:

dicebant, ego negabam,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; and:

quibus creditum non sit negantibus, iisdem credatur dicentibus?

id. Rab. Post. 12, 35.—

For dico with a negative, nego is used, q. v.; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 799;

but: dicere nihil esse pulchrius, etc.,

Liv. 30, 12, 6; 21, 9, 3 Fabri; so,

freq. in Liv. when the negation precedes,

id. 30, 22, 5; 23, 10, 13 al.; cf. Krebs, Antibar. p. 355.—

dico is often inserted parenthetically, to give emphasis to an apposition:

utinam C. Caesari, patri, dico adulescenti contigisset, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; id. Planc. 12, 30; Quint. 9, 2, 83; cf. Cic. Or. 58, 197; id. Tusc. 4, 16, 36; Sen. Ep. 14, 6; id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 1, 6, 24:

ille mihi praesidium dederat, cum dico mihi, senatui dico populoque Romano,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 20; Sen. Ep. 83, 12; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 2; 3, 2, 2.—

In rhetor. and jurid. lang., to pronounce, deliver, rehearse, speak any thing.

With acc.:

oratio dicta de scripto,

Cic. Planc. 30 fin.; cf.:

sententiam de scripto,

id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

controversias,

Quint. 3, 8, 51; 9, 2, 77:

prooemium ac narrationem et argumenta,

id. 2, 20, 10:

exordia,

id. 11, 3, 161:

theses et communes locos,

id. 2, 1, 9:

materias,

id. 2, 4, 41:

versus,

Cic. Or. 56, 189; Quint. 6, 3, 86:

causam, of the defendant or his attorney,

to make a defensive speech, to plead in defence, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5; id. Quint. 8; id. Sest. 8; Quint. 5, 11, 39; 7, 4, 3; 8, 2, 24 al.; cf.

causas (said of the attorney),

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5; 2, 8, 32 al.:

jus,

to pronounce judgment, id. Fl. 3; id. Fam. 13, 14; hence the praetor's formula: DO, DICO, ADDICO; v. do, etc.—

With ad and acc. pers., to plead before a person or tribunal:

ad unum judicem,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 10:

ad quos? ad me, si idoneus videor qui judicem, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72; Liv. 3, 41.—

With ad and acc. of thing, to speak in reference to, in reply to:

non audeo ad ista dicere,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 78; id. Rep. 1, 18, 30.—

Absol.:

nec idem loqui, quod dicere,

Cic. Or. 32:

est oratoris proprium, apte, distincte, ornate dicere,

id. Off. 1, 1, 2; so,

de aliqua re pro aliquo, contra aliquem, etc., innumerable times in Cic. and Quint.: dixi, the t. t. at the end of a speech,

I have done, Cic. Verr. 1 fin. Ascon. and Zumpt, a. h. 1.;

thus, dixerunt, the t. t. by which the praeco pronounced the speeches of the parties to be finished,

Quint. 1, 5, 43; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 6, 4, 7.— Transf. beyond the judicial sphere:

causam nullam or causam haud dico,

I have no objection, Plaut. Mil. 5, 34; id. Capt. 3, 4, 92; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 42.—

To describe, relate, sing, celebrate in writing (mostly poet.):

tibi dicere laudes,

Tib. 1, 3, 31; so,

laudes Phoebi et Dianae,

Hor. C. S. 76:

Dianam, Cynthium, Latonam,

id. C. 1, 21, 1:

Alciden puerosque Ledae,

id. ib. 1, 12, 25:

caelestes, pugilemve equumve,

id. ib. 4, 2, 19:

Pelidae stomachum,

id. ib. 1, 6, 5:

bella,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 26; Liv. 7, 29:

carmen,

Hor. C. 1, 32, 3; id. C. S. 8; Tib. 2, 1, 54:

modos,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 7:

silvestrium naturas,

Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 138 et saep.:

temporibus Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia,

Tac. A. 1, 1; id. H. 1, 1:

vir neque silendus neque dicendus sine cura,

Vell. 2, 13.—

Of prophecies, to predict, foretell:

bellicosis fata Quiritibus Hac lege dico, ne, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 58:

sortes per carmina,

id. A. P. 403:

quicquid,

id. S. 2, 5, 59:

hoc (Delphi),

Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 43 et saep.—

To pronounce, articulate a letter, syllable, word: Demosthenem scribit Phalereus, cum Rho dicere nequiret, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96; id. de Or. 1, 61, 260; Quint. 1, 4, 8; 1, 7, 21 al.—

To call, to name: habitum quendam vitalem corporis esse, harmoniam Graii quam dicunt, Lucr. 3, 106; cf.: Latine dicimus elocutionem, quam Graeci phrasin vocant, Quint. 8, 1, 1:

Chaoniamque omnem Trojano a Chaone dixit,

Verg. A. 3, 335:

hic ames dici pater atque princeps,

Hor. Od. 1, 2, 50:

uxor quondam tua dicta,

Verg. A. 2, 678 et saep. —Prov.:

dici beatus ante obitum nemo debet,

Ov. M. 3, 135.—

To name, appoint one to an office:

ut consules roget praetor vel dictatorem dicat,

Cic. Att. 9, 15, 2: so,

dictatorem,

Liv. 5, 9; 7, 26; 8, 29:

consulem,

id. 10, 15; 24, 9; 26, 22 (thrice):

magistrum equitum,

id. 6, 39:

aedilem,

id. 9, 46:

arbitrum bibendi,

Hor. Od. 2, 7, 26 et saep.—

To appoint, set apart. fix upon, settle:

nam mea bona meis cognatis dicam, inter eos partiam,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 113; cf. Pompon. ap. Non. 280, 19:

dotis paululum vicino suo,

Afran. ib. 26:

pecuniam omnem suam doti,

Cic. Fl. 35: quoniam inter nos nuptiae sunt dictae, Afran. ap. Non. 280, 24; cf.:

diem nuptiis,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 75:

diem operi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57:

diem juris,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 16:

diem exercitui ad conveniendum Pharas,

Liv. 36, 8; cf. id. 42, 28, and v. dies:

locum consiliis,

id. 25, 16:

leges pacis,

id. 33, 12; cf.:

leges victis,

id. 34, 57:

legem tibi,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 18; Ov. M. 6, 137; cf.:

legem sibi,

to give sentence upon one's self, id. ib. 13, 72:

pretium muneri,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 12 et saep.—With inf.: prius data est, quam tibi dari dicta, Pac. ap. Non. 280, 28. — Pass. impers.:

eodem Numida inermis, ut dictum erat, accedit,

Sall. J. 113, 6.—

To utter, express, esp. in phrases:

non dici potest, dici vix potest, etc.: non dici potest quam flagrem desiderio urbis,

Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1; 5, 17, 5:

dici vix potest quanta sit vis, etc.,

id. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; id. Or. 17, 55; id. Red. ad Quir. 1, 4; cf. Quint. 2, 2, 8; 11, 3, 85.—

(Mostly in colloq. lang.) Alicui, like our vulg. to tell one so and so, for to admonish, warn, threaten him:

dicebam, pater, tibi, ne matri consuleres male,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 88; cf. Nep. Datam. 5; Ov. Am. 1, 14, 1.—Esp. freq.:

tibi (ego) dico,

I tell you, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 30; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 76; id. Men. 2, 3, 27; id. Mil. 2, 2, 62 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 2, 33 Ruhnk.; id. ib. 4, 4, 23; id. Eun. 2, 3, 46; 87; Phaedr. 4, 19, 18; cf.:

tibi dicimus,

Ov. H. 20, 153; id. M. 9, 122; so, dixi, I have said it, i. e. you may depend upon it, it shall be done, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 90; 92.—

Dicere sacramentum or sacramento, to take an oath, to swear; v. sacramentum.

Transf., i. q. intellego, Gr. phêmi, to mean so and so; it may sometimes be rendered in English by namely, to wit:

nec quemquam vidi, qui magis ea, quae timenda esse negaret, timeret, mortem dico et deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 86; id. de Or. 3, 44, 174: M. Sequar ut institui divinum illum virum, quem saepius fortasse laudo quam necesse est. At. Platonem videlicet dicis, id. Leg. 3, 1:

uxoris dico, non tuam,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 30 et saep.—Hence, dictum, i, n., something said, i. e. a saying, a word.

In gen.: haut doctis dictis certantes sed male dictis, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 274 Vahl.; acc. to Hertz.: nec maledictis); so,

istaec dicta dicere,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 40:

docta,

id. ib. 2, 2, 99; id. Men. 2, 1, 24; Lucr. 5, 113; cf.

condocta,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 3:

meum,

id. As. 2, 4, 1:

ridiculum,

id. Capt. 3, 1, 22:

minimum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9:

ferocibus dictis rem nobilitare,

Liv. 23, 47, 4 al.:

ob admissum foede dictumve superbe,

Lucr. 5, 1224; cf.

facete,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 73; id. Poen. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 57; Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104 al.:

lepide,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 103:

absurde,

id. Capt. 1, 1, 3:

vere,

Nep. Alc. 8, 4:

ambigue,

Hor. A. P. 449 et saep.—Pleon.:

feci ego istaec dicta quae vos dicitis (sc. me fecisse),

Plaut. Casin. 5, 4, 17.—

In partic.

A saying, maxim, proverb:

aurea dicta,

Lucr. 3, 12; cf.

veridica,

id. 6, 24: Catonis est dictum. Pedibus compensari pecuniam, Cic. Fl. 29 fin. Hence, the title of a work by Caesar: Dicta collectanea (his Apophthegmata, mentioned in Cic. Fam. 9, 16), Suet. Caes. 56.—Esp. freq.,

For facete dictum, a witty saying, bon-mot, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54 fin. (cf. Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 1 fin.); Cic. Phil. 2, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 2; 16; 36; Liv. 7, 33, 3; Hor. A. P. 273 et saep.; cf. also, dicterium.—

Poetry, verse (abstr. and concr.): dicti studiosus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 18, 71:

rerum naturam expandere dictis,

Lucr. 1, 126; 5, 56:

Ennius hirsuta cingat sua dicta corona,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 61.—

A prediction, prophecy, Lucr. 1, 103; Verg. A. 2, 115; Val. Fl. 2, 326 al.; cf. dictio.—

An order, command:

dicto paruit consul,

Liv. 9, 41; cf. Verg. A. 3, 189; Ov. M. 8, 815:

haec dicta dedit,

Liv. 3, 61; cf. id. 7, 33; 8, 34; 22, 25 al.: dicto audientem esse and dicto audire alicui, v. audio.—

A promise, assurance:

illi dixerant sese dedituros... Cares, tamen, non dicto capti, etc.,

Nep. Milt. 2, 5; Fur. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 34.

ex-stinguo ( ext-), nxi, nctum, 3 (archaic perf. subj. exstinxit, for exstinxerit, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 43.—Contracted forms exstinxsti, Verg. A. 4, 682; Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193;

and exstinxem,

Verg. A. 4, 606), v. a., to put out what is burning, to quench, extinguish (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. and in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

recens exstinctum lumen,

Lucr. 6, 791:

exstincta lumina,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

faces,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228:

lucernam,

id. 31, 3, 28, § 49; cf.:

senes mori sic videntur ut sua sponte nulla adhibita vi consumptus ignis exstinguitur,

goes out, Cic. de Sen. 19, 71:

ignem,

Ov. F. 2, 712:

incendium,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

sol exstinguitur,

id. Rep. 6, 22: exstincto calore ipsi exstinguimur, id. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

calx exstincta,

i. e. slaked, Vitr. 2, 5.—

Transf., to deprive of life or strength, to kill, destroy:

animam alicui,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 16:

nolite, hunc jam natura ipsa occidentem velle maturius exstingui vulnere vestro,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; cf. id. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

juvenem fortuna morbo exstinxit,

Liv. 8, 3, 7:

vir egregius exstinctus,

cut off, Cic. Brut. 1, 1; id. Rep. 6, 14; Verg. E. 5, 20; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 14; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 25; Tac. A. 3, 7 et saep.:

rapitur miser exstinguendus Messalinae oculis,

Juv. 10, 332:

vel modico tepore sucus exstinguitur,

i. e. is dried up, Curt. 6, 4, 11:

mammas,

Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67:

odorem alii,

to destroy, id. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

venena,

to render powerless, id. 20, 17, 69, § 179: aquam Albanam dissipatam rivis, to consume, get rid of, an old prophecy in Liv. 5, 16, 9.—

Trop., to abolish, destroy, annihilate, annul (syn.: tollo, deleo, opprimo, diruo, everto, demolior, destruo;

opp. inflammo): tyrannis institutis leges omnes exstinguuntur atque tolluntur,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 5:

ea, quae antea scripserat,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 172:

improbitas exstinguenda atque delenda est,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26:

potentiam exstinguere atque opprimere,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 36;

but also distinguished from opprimere: ut exstinctae potius amicitiae quam oppressae esse videantur,

extinct, id. Lael. 21, 78:

ad sensus animorum atque motus vel inflammandos vel etiam exstinguendos,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 60:

sermo omnis ille oblivione posteritatis extinguitur,

id. Rep. 6, 23 fin.; cf.:

exstinctis rumoribus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 60 fin.:

ad ejus salutem exstinguendam,

Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

nomen populi Romani,

id. Cat. 4, 4, 7:

superiorem gloriam rei militaris,

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

memoriam publicam,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

gratiam,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 4:

familiaritates,

id. Lael. 10, 35:

invidiam,

id. Balb. 6, 16:

infamiam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 168: causam nascentem dissensionis, Matius in Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

consuetudinem,

Cic. Cael. 25, 61:

reliquias belli,

id. Fam. 10, 25, 1:

bellum civile,

Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 96:

jus pignoris,

Dig. 20, 1, 9; cf.

fideicommissum,

ib. 32, 1, 11:

actionem,

ib. 47, 2, 42 al.

ex-stinguo ( ext-), nxi, nctum, 3 (archaic perf. subj. exstinxit, for exstinxerit, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 43.—Contracted forms exstinxsti, Verg. A. 4, 682; Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193;

and exstinxem,

Verg. A. 4, 606), v. a., to put out what is burning, to quench, extinguish (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. and in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

recens exstinctum lumen,

Lucr. 6, 791:

exstincta lumina,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2:

faces,

Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228:

lucernam,

id. 31, 3, 28, § 49; cf.:

senes mori sic videntur ut sua sponte nulla adhibita vi consumptus ignis exstinguitur,

goes out, Cic. de Sen. 19, 71:

ignem,

Ov. F. 2, 712:

incendium,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

sol exstinguitur,

id. Rep. 6, 22: exstincto calore ipsi exstinguimur, id. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

calx exstincta,

i. e. slaked, Vitr. 2, 5.—

Transf., to deprive of life or strength, to kill, destroy:

animam alicui,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 16:

nolite, hunc jam natura ipsa occidentem velle maturius exstingui vulnere vestro,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; cf. id. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

juvenem fortuna morbo exstinxit,

Liv. 8, 3, 7:

vir egregius exstinctus,

cut off, Cic. Brut. 1, 1; id. Rep. 6, 14; Verg. E. 5, 20; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 14; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 25; Tac. A. 3, 7 et saep.:

rapitur miser exstinguendus Messalinae oculis,

Juv. 10, 332:

vel modico tepore sucus exstinguitur,

i. e. is dried up, Curt. 6, 4, 11:

mammas,

Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67:

odorem alii,

to destroy, id. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

venena,

to render powerless, id. 20, 17, 69, § 179: aquam Albanam dissipatam rivis, to consume, get rid of, an old prophecy in Liv. 5, 16, 9.—

Trop., to abolish, destroy, annihilate, annul (syn.: tollo, deleo, opprimo, diruo, everto, demolior, destruo;

opp. inflammo): tyrannis institutis leges omnes exstinguuntur atque tolluntur,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 5:

ea, quae antea scripserat,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 172:

improbitas exstinguenda atque delenda est,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26:

potentiam exstinguere atque opprimere,

id. Rosc. Am. 13, 36;

but also distinguished from opprimere: ut exstinctae potius amicitiae quam oppressae esse videantur,

extinct, id. Lael. 21, 78:

ad sensus animorum atque motus vel inflammandos vel etiam exstinguendos,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 60:

sermo omnis ille oblivione posteritatis extinguitur,

id. Rep. 6, 23 fin.; cf.:

exstinctis rumoribus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 60 fin.:

ad ejus salutem exstinguendam,

Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

nomen populi Romani,

id. Cat. 4, 4, 7:

superiorem gloriam rei militaris,

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

memoriam publicam,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

gratiam,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 4:

familiaritates,

id. Lael. 10, 35:

invidiam,

id. Balb. 6, 16:

infamiam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 168: causam nascentem dissensionis, Matius in Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

consuetudinem,

Cic. Cael. 25, 61:

reliquias belli,

id. Fam. 10, 25, 1:

bellum civile,

Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 96:

jus pignoris,

Dig. 20, 1, 9; cf.

fideicommissum,

ib. 32, 1, 11:

actionem,

ib. 47, 2, 42 al.