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  • 1 propior

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

    Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

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  • 2 propior

        propior ius, gen. ōris, adj. comp. (for sup., see proximus)    [cf. prope].—In space, nearer, nigher: portus propior, V.: tumulus, L.: Ut propior patriae sit fuga, O.: propior montem suos conlocat, S.— Plur n. as subst: propiora tenens, i. e. pressing nearer, V.—In time, nearer: Septimus octavo propior iam fugerit annus, Ex quo, etc., nearly eight, H.: Maturo funeri, on the verge of, H.— Later, more recent: epistula.— Plur n. as subst, more recent events: ut ad haec propiora veniam.— Fig., closer, more nearly related: quibus propior Quinctio nemo est: gradu sanguinis, O.— More nearly resembling, more like: sceleri quam religioni: tauro, V.: propius vero est, more probable, L.: lingua Britannicae propior, Ta.: scribere Sermoni propiora, H.: propius est fidem, is more credible, L.: quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat, S.— Nearer, more nearly related, of more concern, of greater import, closer, more intimate: propior societas eorum, qui eiusdem civitatis: sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea: damnum propius medullis, H.: cura, O.— Inclined, attached: Oderat Aenean propior Saturniā Turno, O.

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  • 3 propiora

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

    Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > propiora

  • 4 proximi

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

    Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proximi

  • 5 proximum

    prŏpĭor, ĭus, gen. ōris, adj. comp., and proxĭmus, a, um, adj. sup. (v. below, II.) [from the obsol. propis; whence prope].
    I.
    Comp., nearer, nigher.
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    portus propior,

    Verg. A. 3, 530:

    tumulus,

    Liv. 22, 24:

    ut propior patriae sit fuga nostra,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 130:

    domus,

    Sall. H. 2, 40 Dietsch:

    cum propior caliginis aër Ater init oculos,

    Lucr. 4, 338 (314).—With acc.:

    propior montem suos collocat,

    Sall. J. 49, 1:

    propior hostem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9.—With ab:

    quisquis ab igne propior stetit,

    Sen. Ep. 74, 4.—With inf.:

    propior timeri,

    Stat. Th. 12, 223.— Neutr. plur, subst.: prŏpĭōra, um, places lying near:

    propiora fluminis,

    Tac. H. 5, 16:

    tenere,

    Verg. A. 5, 168.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, nearer, later, more recent:

    veniunt inde ad propiora,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    venio ad propiorem (epistulam),

    id. Att. 15, 3, 2:

    propior puero quam juveni,

    Vell. 2, 53, 1:

    septimus octavo jam propior annus,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 40; id. C. 3, 15, 4:

    mors,

    Tib. 2, 3, 42:

    propiore aut longiore tempore aliquid facere,

    Dig. 23, 4, 17.—
    2.
    Of relationship, nearer, more nearly related; with dat.:

    quibus propior P. Quintio nemo est,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

    ille gradu propior sanguinis,

    Ov. H. 3, 28; 16, 326; 20, 158:

    amicus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5.—
    3.
    Of resemblance, more nearly resembling, more like (class.); with dat.:

    quae sceleri propiora sunt, quam religioni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:

    tauro,

    Verg. G. 3, 57:

    vero est propius,

    more probable, Liv. 4, 37; Ov. F. 4, 801; Tac. A. 13, 34; id. G. 45:

    scribere Sermoni propiora,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 42.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    propius est fidem,

    is more credible, Liv. 4, 17:

    quod tamen vitium propius virtutem erat,

    Sall. C. 11, 1.—
    4.
    Of relation or connection, nearer, more nearly related, affecting or concerning more nearly, of greater import, closer, more intimate:

    hunc priorem aequom'st me habere: tunica propior pallio est, proverbially,

    my shirt is nearer than my coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30:

    propior societas eorum, qui ejusdem civitatis,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

    sua sibi propiora pericula esse, quam mea,

    id. Sest. 18, 40:

    alium portum propiorem huic aetati videbamus,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

    damnum propius medullis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28:

    cura propior luctusque domesticus,

    Ov. M. 13, 578; id. P. 4, 9, 71:

    supplemento vel Latium propius esse,

    Liv. 8, 11:

    irae quam timori propiorem cernens,

    more inclined to anger than to fear, Tac. A. 16, 9: oderat Aenean propior Saturnia Turno, more inclined or attached to, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 7.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĭus, more nearly, nearer, closer (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Absol.:

    propius accedamus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 11; Ov. M. 2, 41:

    res adspicere,

    Verg. A. 1, 526:

    propius spectare aliquid,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67;

    stare,

    id. A. P. 361.—
    2.
    With dat., nearer to: propius grammatico accessi, Cic. ap. Diom. p. 405 P. (not elsewhere in Cic.):

    propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3:

    propius stabulis armenta tenerent,

    Verg. G. 1, 355.—
    3.
    With acc.:

    ne propius se castra moveret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9:

    pars insulae, quae est propius solis occasum,

    id. ib. 4, 28: propius aliquem accedere, id. ib. 5, 36:

    propius urbem,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26:

    mare,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    4.
    With ab:

    propius a terris,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87:

    antiquitas quo propius aberat ab ortu et divinā progenie, hoc melius ea cernebat,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

    ab Urbe,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ut propius ad ea accedam, quae a te dicta sunt,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24; Sen. Ira, 3, 42, 4; Cic. Part. 36, 124:

    propius accedo: nego esse illa testimonia,

    id. Fl. 10, 23:

    a contumeliā quam a laude propius fuerit post Vitellium eligi,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    nec quicquam propius est factum, quam ut illum persequeretur,

    he was within an ace of following him, Cic. Clu. 21, 59; so,

    propius nihil est factum, quam ut occideretur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 15.
    II.
    Sup.: proxĭmus (PROXVMVS and PROXSVMEIS, Tab. Bant.; late comp. proximior, Sen. Ep. 108, 16; Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.; v. below, B. 2. and 3.; cf. in adv. 2. c.), a, um, adj., the nearest, next (class.).
    A.
    Lit., of place:

    proxima oppida,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 12:

    via,

    Lucr. 5, 103; cf.:

    via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    ad proximum mare, dein Romam pergerent,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    in proximos collis discedunt,

    id. ib. 54, 10:

    proximum iter in Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

    paries cum proximus ardet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84:

    agri termini,

    id. C. 2, 18, 23:

    proximus vicinus,

    one's nearest neighbor, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 138; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 49; Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2; Dig. 50, 15, 4.—With dat.:

    Belgae proximi sunt Germanis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1: huic proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53:

    proxima Campano ponti villula,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 45.—With acc. (not in Cic.):

    qui te proximus est,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 1:

    ager proximus finem Megalopolitarum,

    Liv. 35, 27:

    Crassus proximus mare Oceanum hiemarat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2:

    qui proximi forte tribunal steterant,

    Liv. 8, 32, 12.—With ab, nearest to, next to:

    dactylus proximus a postremo,

    next before, Cic. Or. 64, 217:

    ut quisque proximus ab oppresso sit,

    Liv. 37, 25:

    proximus a dominā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 139:

    proxima regio ab eā (urbe),

    Curt. 10, 5, 18. —Hence, as subst.,
    1.
    proxĭmus, i, m., a neighbor, a fellow-man, Val. Max. 6, 9 init.; Quint. Decl. 259.—As subst.,
    2.
    proxĭmum, i, n., the neighborhood, vicinity:

    vicinus e proximo,

    hard by, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 11:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    from the house next door, id. Rud. 2, 3, 73:

    cum in proximo hic sit aegra,

    close by, next door, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6:

    huic locum in proximum conduxi,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

    into our neighbor's, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16.— Plur.:

    traicit in proxima continentis,

    Liv. 31, 46, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, the next preceding or following, the previous, last, the next, the following, ensuing:

    quid proximā, quid superiore nocte egeris,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    his proximis Nonis, cum in hortos Bruti venissemus,

    id. Lael. 2, 7:

    Gabinius quem proximis superioribus diebus acerrime oppugnasset,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: se proximā nocte castra moturum, on the next, i.e. the following night, Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.; 2, 12; 3, 18; Liv. 2, 7, 1:

    proximo anno,

    Sall. J. 35, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208:

    in proxumum annum (se) transtulit,

    Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

    proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    bello tanto majore quam proximo conatu apparatum est,

    Liv. 4, 23, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: IN DIEBVS V. PROXSVMEIS QVIBVS QVISQVE EORVM MAG (istratum) INIERIT, Tab. Bantin. lin. 14; so ib. lin. 12; Cic. Fam. 10, 26, 2; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

    censor qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    id. Sen. 12, 42: die proximi, old abl. form for proximo, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10, and ap. Non. 153, 11; cf.:

    crastinus, pristinus, etc., but proximo a. d. VI. Kal. Octobr.,

    recently, last of all, Cic. Att. 18, 5.—
    2.
    In order of succession, rank, estimation, worth, etc., the next:

    summa necessitudo videtur esse honestatis: huic proxima incolumitatis: tertia ac levissima commoditatis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 173:

    observat L. Domitium maxime, me habet proximum,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 3:

    proximos dentes eiciunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2:

    prima vulnera... Proxima,

    Ov. M. 3, 233:

    proximos illi tamen occupavit Pallas honores,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 19: proximum est, ut, it follows that, remains that, the next point is: proximum est ergo, ut, opus fuerit classe necne quaeramus, we must next inquire, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

    proximum est, ut doceam, deorum providentiā mundum administrari,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 73.—Of value or quality, the next, most nearly approaching, most like or similar:

    id habendum est antiquissimum et deo proximum, quod est optimum,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    ficta voluptatis causā sint proxima veris,

    Hor. A. P. 338:

    proxima Phoebi Versibus ille facit,

    Verg. E. 7, 22.— Comp.:

    ut quorum abstinentiam interrupi, modum servem et quidem abstinentiae proximiorem,

    Sen. Ep. 108, 16.—
    3.
    In relationship, connection, or resemblance, the nearest, next, most nearly or closely related, next of kin, most like:

    AGNATVS PROXIMVS, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: hic illi genere est proximus,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 17:

    proximus cognatione,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144:

    id des proximum,

    id. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

    proxima virtutibus vitia,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    propinquitate,

    Nep. Ages. 1, 3:

    proximae necessitudines,

    Petr. 116.— Comp.: si quis proximior cognatus nasceretur, Ulp. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P.— Subst.: proxĭmi, ōrum, m., one's nearest relatives, next of kin:

    injuriosi sunt in proximos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44; Caes. Fragm. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 6; Phaedr. 5, 1, 16:

    cum haec omnia cumulate tuis proximis plana fecero,

    i.e. to your friends, intimates, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165; id. Pis. 32, 79; Gell. 3, 8, 3.—
    b.
    In gen., one's neighbor, fellow-man:

    sive nostros status, sive proximorum ingenia contemplamur,

    Val. Max. 6, 9, 1; Quint. Decl. 2, 59:

    quis est mihi proximus?

    Aug. in Psa. 118; Serm. 8, 2; 90, 7 init. —
    4.
    That is nearest at hand, i. e. apt, fit, suitable, convenient, easy (anteand post-class.):

    argumentum,

    App. Mag. p. 278:

    cum obvium proximumque esset dicere, etc.,

    Gell. 3, 14, 12: eamus ad me;

    ibi proximum est, ubi mutes,

    there is the fittest, most convenient place, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 64.— Adv.: proxĭmē (proxume; comp. proximius, v. below, 2. c.), nearest, very near, next.
    1.
    Lit., of place, with dat. (not in Cic., rare in Livy):

    quam proxime potest hostium castris castra communit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.; Liv. 25, 14, 4.—With acc.:

    exercitum habere quam proxime hostem,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3:

    proxime Pompeium sedebam,

    id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

    proxime Hispaniam Mauri sunt,

    Sall. J. 19, 4.—With ab:

    a Surā proxime est Philiscum oppidum Parthorum,

    Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 89:

    omnes tamen quam proxime alter ab altero debent habitare,

    Col. 1, 6, 8.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of time, shortly before or after, last, next:

    civitates quae proxime bellum fecerant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    Tito fratre suo censore, qui proximus ante me fuerat,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 42; id. Part. 39, 137; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 3:

    cum proxime judices contrahentur,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 3.—With acc.:

    proxime abstinentiam sumendus est cibus exiguus,

    Cels. 3, 2:

    proxime solis occasum,

    Pall. 9, 8, 5.—
    b.
    Of order, rank, estimation, condition, etc., next to, next after, next:

    proxime et secundum deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 1:

    me huic tuae virtuti proxime accedere,

    id. Fam. 11, 21, 4:

    proxime a nobilissimis viris,

    Vell. 2, 124, 4; id. 2, 127, 1:

    proxime valent cetera lauri genera,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 158: utilissimum esse omphacium;

    proxime viride,

    id. 23, 4, 39, § 79.—With acc.: esse etiam debent proxime hos cari, qui, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 2:

    proxime morem Romanum,

    closely following the Roman method, Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    erat res minime certamini navali similis, proxime speciem muros oppugnantium navium,

    closely resembling, id. 30, 10.—In this sense also with atque:

    proxime atque ille aut aeque,

    nearly the same as he, Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 2.—
    c.
    Very closely, nicely, accurately:

    ut proxime utriusque differentiam signem,

    Quint. 6, 2, 20 Spald.; cf.:

    analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

    id. 1, 6, 3. — Comp.:

    nonne apertius, proximius, verius?

    Min. Fel. Oct. 19.

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  • 6 attendō (adt-)

        attendō (adt-) tendī, tentus, ere    [ad + tendo], to stretch toward, direct.—With animum, give attention, attend to, consider, give heed: cum animum attenderis, on careful observation: animos ad ea: quid velim, T.: sermo agresti an urbano propior esset, L.—With ellips. of animum: postquam attendi Magis, T.: audi atque attende: versum, listen to: stuporem hominis, mark: hostium res, S.: de necessitate: versūs pars attenditur: illud a se esse concessum: adtendere, quae res, etc., S.: attendite num aberret: quid petam aequo animo attendite, T.

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  • 7 cōgnātiō

        cōgnātiō ōnis, f    [1 cognatus], blood-relationship, kindred, connection by birth: frater noster cognatione patruelis: te maxime cognatione attingebat: cognationem intervenisse, S.: propinquā cognatione Hannibali iunctus, L.: nulla tibi cum isto: deorum (i. e. cum dis). — Concr., kindred, relations, persons allied by descent: homo magnae cognationis, Cs.: dedecus cognationis.—Fig., relationship, association, connection, agreement, kindred, resemblance, affinity: quibus (poëtis) est maxima cum oratoribus: studiorum et artium: an potest propior ulla esse quam patriae?
    * * *
    blood relation/relationship; kinsmen/relatives, family; consanguinity; affinity

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  • 8 cunctātiō (cont-)

        cunctātiō (cont-) ōnis, f    [cunctor], a delaying, lingering, tarrying, delay, hesitation, doubt: cunctatione otium amittere: superiorum dierum Sabini, Cs.: maior invadendi, L.: insita ingenio meo, L.: propior constantiae, Ta.: abiectā cunctatione: sine cunctatione: de morte hominis, Iu. —Plur., Ta.

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  • 9 fūnus

        fūnus eris, n    [FAV-], a funeral procession, funeral rites, burial, funeral: funus interim Procedit, T.: adiutare funus, attend, T.: exsequias illius funeris prosequi: maeror funeris: acerbissimum: celebrare, L.: paterno funeri omnia iusta solvere: militare, L.: tuum, H.: funerum nulla ambitio, Ta.: virorum fortium funera: nec te, tua funera mater Produxi, thee (or rather) thy funeral, V.— A dead body, corpse: meum, Pr.: lacerum, V.: senum ac iuvenum funera, H.— The shades of the dead, manes, Pr.— Death, violent death, murder: Maturo propior funeri, H.: crudele, V.: qui patrios foedasti funere voltūs, V.: quae funera Turnus Ediderit, V.: praetexere funera sacris, i. e. suicide, V.—Fig., destruction, ruin, fall: rei p.: Capitolio Funus parabat, H.: tot funera passi, V. —Of persons, a pest, destroyer: duo rei p. funera.
    * * *
    burial, funeral; funeral rites; ruin; corpse; death

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  • 10 iūxtā

        iūxtā praep. with acc.    [1 iuxta], very near, close to, near to, hard by: iuxta eum castra posuit, Cs.: iuxta focum agunt, Ta.: hanc (aram) iuxta, N.: vicina Ceraunia iuxta, V.—Next to, immediately after, beside, on a par with: iuxta divinas religiones, humana fides colitur, L.—Near, approaching to, like, almost the same as: velocitas iuxta formidinem, cunctatio propior constantiae est, Ta.— Along with, together with: inimicitiae iuxta libertatem, among a free people, Ta.—In consequence of, in accordance with: huic consuetudo iuxta vicinitatem cum Aebutio fuit, L.     Kalendae (Cal-; often written K), ārum, f    [1 CAL-], the day of proclamation, Calends, first day of the month: Kalendis Decembribus, on December 1: pridie Kalendas Maias, the last day of April: tristes Kalendae, i. e. pay-day, H.: celeres, O.—The Kalends were sacred to Juno, and the first day of the year, Kalendae Martiae, was the festival of married women, the Matronalia: Martiis caelebs quid agam Kalendis, H.: femineae, Iu.: Sextae, the Calends of June, O.: Nec totidem veteres, quot nunc habuere Kalendas, i. e. months, O.

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  • 11 sinus

        sinus ūs, m    a bent surface, curve, fold, hollow, coil: draco... conficiens sinūs e corpore flexos, C. poët.: (serpens) flectit sinūs, O.: spatium rhombi Implevit sinūs, i. e. stretched the folds (of the net), Iu.: sinūs inplere secundos, i. e. the swelling sails, V.: Ut fieret torto nexilis orbe sinus, i. e. a ringlet, O.—The fold of the toga about the breast, bosom, lap: cedo mihi ex ipsius sinu litteras: In sinu ferens deos, H.: sinūs conlecta fluentīs, V. —Prov.: talos Ferre sinu laxo, i. e. to be careless about, H.—A purse, money: non habet ille sinum, O.: avaritiae, Iu.—A garment: auratus, O.: regalis, O.—Of a person, the bosom: colubram Sinu fovit, Ph.: in sinu consulis recubans, L.: Usque metu micuere sinūs, dum, etc., O.—A bay, bight, gulf: ex alto sinus ab litore ad urbem inflectitur: sinūs maritimi: Illyricos penetrare sinūs, V.— The land around a gulf, shore of a bay: in Maliaco sinu is locus erat, L.: omnis propior sinus tenebatur, Ta.—A fold in land, basin, hollow, valley: terra in ingentem sinum consedit, L.: montium, Cu.—Fig., the bosom, love, affection, intimacy, protection: hicine non gestandus in sinu est? T.: iste vero sit in sinu semper meo: (Pompeius) in sinu est, i. e. dear to me: Bibulum noli dimittere e sinu tuo, from your intimacy: negotium sibi in sinum delatum esse, committed to his care. —The interior, inmost part, heart: in sinu urbis sunt hostes, S.—A hiding-place, place of concealment: in sinu gaudere, i. e. in their sleeves.
    * * *
    I
    bowl for serving wine, etc
    II
    curved or bent surface; bending, curve, fold; bosom, lap; bay

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  • 12 ut or utī

        ut or utī adv.    [for * quoti or * cuti; 2 CA-].    I. Of place, where (poet.): Nisus Labitur, caesis ut forte iuvencis Fusus madefecerat herbas, V.: Utque aër, tellus illic, O.—    II. Of time, when, as soon as, just as: ut hinc te intro ire iussi, opportune hic fit mi obviam, T.: ut peroravit, surrexit Clodius: ut vero aquam ingressi sunt... tum, etc., L.: Ariovistum, ut semel Gallorum copias vicerit, crudeliter imperare, Cs.: atque ego, ut primum fletu represso loqui posse coepi, Quaeso inquam, etc., as soon as ever: Siculi, ut primum videre volgari morbos, in suas quisque urbes dilapsi sunt, L.: deinde ut nulla vi perculsos sustinere poterat, Quid ultra moror, inquit, etc., L.: ut hinc forte ea ad obstetricem erat missa, T.: ut ad mare nostrae cohortes excubuerant, accessere subito Pompeiani, Cs.: litteras scripsi... statim ut tuas legerem (i. e. litteras nunc scribo, ut tuas legi): neque, ut quaeque res delata ad nos, tum denique scrutari locos (debemus): traditum esse ut quando aqua Albana abundasset, tum... victoriam de Veientibus dari, L.— Since, from the time at which: ut Brundisio profectus es, nullae mihi abs te sunt redditae litterae.—Of repeated action, whenever: ut quisque istius animum offenderat, in lautumias statim coniciebatur: ut cuique erat locus attributus, ad munitiones accedunt, Cs.: ut quisque arma ceperat... inordinati in proelium ruunt, L.: ut enim quisque dixerat, ita postulabatur, etc.—    III. Of manner.    A. Interrog., how, in what way, in what manner: Ut vales? T.: ut sese in Samnio res habent? L.: Ut valet? ut meminit nostri? H. —Usu. in dependent questions, with subj: Narratque ut virgo ab se integra etiam tum siet, T.: credo te audisse ut me circumsteterint: docebat ut omni tempore totius Galliae principatum Aedui tenuissent, Cs.: veniat in mentem, ut trepidos quondam maiores vestros... defenderimus, L.: Vides ut altā stet nive candidum Soracte, H.— With indic. (old or poet.): Illud vide, os ut sibi distorsit carnufex, T.: Aspice, venturo laetantur ut omnia saeclo! (i. e. omnia laetantia), V.—After verbs of fearing, how, in what way, lest... not, that... not: rem frumentariam, ut satis commode supportari posset, timere dicebant, Cs.: verebar ut redderentur: timeo ut sustineas: o puer, ut sis Vitalis, metuo, et maiorum ne quis amicus Frigore te feriat, H.: quia nihil minus, quam ut egredi obsessi moenibus auderent, timeri poterat, L.: ut ferulā caedas meritum... non vereor, H.—In exclamations: ut falsus animi est! T.: Gnaeus autem noster... ut totus iacet: Ut vidi, ut perii! ut me malus abstulit error! V.: ut tu Semper eris derisor! H.—    B. Relative, as: ut potero, feram, T.: Ciceronem et ut rogas amo, et ut meretur et debeo: Labienus, ut erat ei praeceptum... abstinebat, Cs.: ut plerumque fit, L.—Introducing an example, as, for example, for instance: est quiddam, quod suā vi nos inlectos ducit, ut amicitia: ceteri morbi, ut gloriae cupiditas, etc.: qui aliis nocent, in eādem sunt iniustitiā, ut si in suam rem aliena convertant: ut si quis ei quem urgeat fames venenum ponat, L.: causas, ut honorificentissimis verbis consequi potero, complectar: si virtus digna est gloriatione, ut est (i. e. sicut est): nemo, ut opinor, in culpā est, in my judgment: qui, ut credo, duxit, etc., I believe.—With correlative ita, sic, sometimes idem, item, as, just as, in the same manner as: omnīs posthabui mihi res, ita uti par fuit, T.: ut viro forti dignum fuit, ita calumniam eius obtrivit: si ut animis sic oculis videre possemus: disputationem exponimus, eisdem fere verbis, ut disputatumque est: fecisti item ut praedones solent: haec ut brevissime dici potuerunt, ita a me dicta sunt (i. e. ita breviter dicta sunt ut dici potuerunt): te semper sic colam ut quem diligentissime: eruditus autem sic ut nemo Thebanus magis, N.—In comparative clauses with indefinite subjects, ut quisque with a sup. or an expression implying a superlative, usu. followed by ita with a sup, the more... the more: ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime alios improbos suspicatur, the better man one is, the harder it is for him to, etc.: ut quisque (morbus) est difficillimus, ita medicus nobilissimus quaeritur; cf. facillime ad res iniustas impellitur ut quisque altissimo animo est: ut quisque gradu proximus erat, ita ignominiae obiectus, L.: de captivis, ut quisque liber aut servus esset, suae fortunae a quoque sumptum supplicium est, according to each one's station, whether free or bound, L.—Introducing a general statement for comparison or confirmation, as, considering that, in accordance with the fact that, in view of what: haud scio hercle, ut homost, an mutet animum, T.: atque ille, ut semper fuit apertissimus, non se purgavit, sed, etc.: transire pontem non potuit, ut extrema resoluta crant, etc., L.: Epicharmi, acuti nec insulsi hominis, ut Siculi, as was natural for a Sicilian.—Introducing a limiting circumstance, as, considering, for: hic Geta ut captus est servorum, non malus, i. e. as far as this can be said of slaves, T.: civitas florens, ut est captus Germanorum, Cs.: Caelius Antipater, scriptor, ut temporibus illis, luculentus, for those times: (orationis genus) ut in oratore exile, for an orator: gens, ut in eā regione, divitiis praepollens, L.— With perinde or pro eo, as, in proportion as, according as, to the extent that, in the measure that: in exspectatione civitas erat, perinde ut evenisset res, ita communicatos honores habitura, L.: pro eo ut temporis difficultas aratorumque penuria tulit.—With a relat., as it is natural for persons, like one, since, seeing that: proficiscuntur, ut quibus esset persuasum, non ab hoste consilium datum, etc., like men convinced that, etc., Cs.: inde consul, ut qui iam ad hostīs perventum cerneret, procedebat, L.—Introducing a motive or assumption, as if, on the supposition that, in the belief that: narratio est rerum gestarum aut ut gestarum expositio: (Galli) laeti, ut exploratā victoriā, ad castra pergunt, L.—With ita or sic, introducing an oath or attestation, as, as it is true that: ita me di ament ut ego Laetor, etc., T.: ita vivam ut maximos sumptūs facio.—With correlative ita or sic, introducing contrasted clauses, as... so, as on the one hand... so on the other, although... yet, while... still, both... and: ut errare potuisti, sic decipi te non potuisse, quis non videt?: consul, ut fortasse vere, sic parum utiliter in praesens certamen, respondit, etc., L.: uti longe a luxuriā, ita famae propior, Ta.—Repeated as indefinite relative, in whatever manner, howsoever (only with indic.): Sed ut ut haec sunt, tamen hoc faciam, T.: sed ut ut est, indulge valetudini tuae.—Indefinite, in concessive or conditional clauses, however, in whatever manner, in whatever degree, although, granting that: quod ut ita sit—nihil enim pugno —quid habet ista res aut laetabile aut gloriosum?: nihil est prudentiā dulcius, quam, ut cetera auferat, adfert certe senectus: ut enim neminem alium rogasset, scire potuit, etc.: qui, ut non omnis peritissimus sim belli, cum Romanis certe bellare didici, L.: ac iam ut omnia contra opinionem acciderent, tamen se plurimum navibus posse, Cs.: Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas, O.

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  • 13 adsuesco

    as-sŭesco ( ads-, B. and K., Rib., Halm, Weissenb.; ads- and ass-, Merk.), ēvi, ētum, 3 (adsuëtus, four syll., Phaedr. 3, prol. 14), v. a., to use or accustom one to something, to habituate; or, more freq., v. n., to accustom one's self to, to be wont, to be accustomed to.
    I.
    In gen.; constr. usu. with abl. or inf.; after the Aug. per. also with ad, in with acc., or dat.
    (α).
    With abl. (a constr. unjustly censured by Wunder, Rhein. Mus. 1829, II. p. 288 sq. The idea of the ad, which would require the acc. or dat. case, is not, as at a later period, prominent in the word, but that of suesco; accordingly, pr., to adopt some custom, to addict or apply one's self to a custom or habit, to become accustomed to something; so that the abl. of specification, as in amore affici, pedibus laborare, etc., only designates more specifically the object which is the subject of that custom; cf. Gron. and Drak. ad Liv. 31, 35, 3; Kritz. ad Sall. C. 2, 9; Rudd. II. p. 137 sq.; Ramsh. p. 427;

    v. also assuefacio): homines labore adsiduo et cotidiano adsueti,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58; so,

    vicinitas non infuscata malevolentiā, non adsueta mendaciis,

    id. Planc. 9, 22:

    gens adsueta multo Venatu nemorum,

    Verg. A. 7, 746:

    Odrysius praedae assuetus amore,

    Ov. M. 13, 554:

    genus pugnae, quo adsuērant,

    Liv. 31, 35 Gron.:

    adsuetae sanguine et praedā aves,

    Flor. 1, 1, 7; 4, 12, 17:

    adsuetus imperio et inmoderatā licentiā militari,

    Just. 31, 1, 8:

    gentes alterius imperio ac nomine adsuetas,

    Curt. 6, 3, 8; Front. Princ. Hist. Fragm. 2, p. 341.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    fremitum voce vincere,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

    votis jam nunc adsuesce vocari,

    Verg. G. 1, 42:

    adsueti muros defendere,

    id. A. 9, 511:

    Candida de nigris et de candentibus atra Qui facere adsuērat,

    Ov. M. 11, 315; 10, 533; id. Tr. 2, 504; id. M. 8, 335:

    adsuetus graecari,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 11:

    auditor adsuevit jam exigere laetitiam,

    Tac. Or. 20; 34; id. H. 4, 34; Vell. 2, 33:

    (polypus) adsuetus exire e mari in lacus,

    Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92:

    reliquas (legiones) in hiberna dimittere assuerat,

    Suet. Aug. 49.—
    (γ).
    With ad or in with acc.:

    uri adsuescere ad homines ne parvuli quidem possunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 707 P.:

    manus adsuetae ad sceptra,

    Sen. Troad. 152:

    jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura adsuetus,

    Liv. 24, 5; Flor. 4, 12, 43.—
    (δ).
    With dat.:

    mensae adsuetus erili,

    Verg. A. 7, 490:

    Adsuescent Latio Partha tropaea Jovi,

    Prop. 4, 3, 6:

    caritas ipsius soli, cui longo tempore adsuescitur,

    to which one is accustomed, Liv. 2, 1:

    ex more, cui adsuerunt,

    Quint. 4, 2, 29:

    ut quieti et otio per voluptates adsuescerent,

    Tac. Agr. 21:

    adsuetus expeditionibus miles,

    id. ib. 16:

    adsueti juventae Neronis,

    id. H. 1, 7:

    quo celerius (libri senatorum) rei publicae assuescerent,

    Suet. Aug. 38:

    Jurationi non adsuescat os tuum,

    Vulg. Eccli. 23, 9.—Acc. to a rare constr.,
    (ε).
    With acc. rei in the Gr. manner, eithismai ti:

    ne pueri, ne tanta animis adsuescite bella (for bellis),

    accustom not your minds to such great wars, Verg. A. 6, 833:

    Galli juxta invia ac devia adsueti,

    Liv. 21, 33:

    frigora atque inediam caelo solove adsuerunt,

    Tac. G. 4 Baumst.—
    (ζ).
    With gen.:

    Romanis Gallici tumultūs adsuetis,

    Liv. 38, 17.—
    II.
    Esp.:

    alicui, in mal. part.,

    Curt. 6, 5.— Hence, assŭētus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., accustomed, customary, usual:

    Tempus et adsuetā ponere in arte juvat,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 36:

    otium des corpori, adsueta vicis,

    Phaedr. 3, prol. 14:

    adsuetos potare fontes,

    Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169:

    adsuetam sibi causam suscipit,

    Vell. 2, 120.—Hence with a comp. and abl.:

    longius adsueto lumina nostra vident,

    Ov. H. 6, 72:

    adsueto propior,

    Stat. Th. 12, 306.

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  • 14 adsuetus

    as-sŭesco ( ads-, B. and K., Rib., Halm, Weissenb.; ads- and ass-, Merk.), ēvi, ētum, 3 (adsuëtus, four syll., Phaedr. 3, prol. 14), v. a., to use or accustom one to something, to habituate; or, more freq., v. n., to accustom one's self to, to be wont, to be accustomed to.
    I.
    In gen.; constr. usu. with abl. or inf.; after the Aug. per. also with ad, in with acc., or dat.
    (α).
    With abl. (a constr. unjustly censured by Wunder, Rhein. Mus. 1829, II. p. 288 sq. The idea of the ad, which would require the acc. or dat. case, is not, as at a later period, prominent in the word, but that of suesco; accordingly, pr., to adopt some custom, to addict or apply one's self to a custom or habit, to become accustomed to something; so that the abl. of specification, as in amore affici, pedibus laborare, etc., only designates more specifically the object which is the subject of that custom; cf. Gron. and Drak. ad Liv. 31, 35, 3; Kritz. ad Sall. C. 2, 9; Rudd. II. p. 137 sq.; Ramsh. p. 427;

    v. also assuefacio): homines labore adsiduo et cotidiano adsueti,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58; so,

    vicinitas non infuscata malevolentiā, non adsueta mendaciis,

    id. Planc. 9, 22:

    gens adsueta multo Venatu nemorum,

    Verg. A. 7, 746:

    Odrysius praedae assuetus amore,

    Ov. M. 13, 554:

    genus pugnae, quo adsuērant,

    Liv. 31, 35 Gron.:

    adsuetae sanguine et praedā aves,

    Flor. 1, 1, 7; 4, 12, 17:

    adsuetus imperio et inmoderatā licentiā militari,

    Just. 31, 1, 8:

    gentes alterius imperio ac nomine adsuetas,

    Curt. 6, 3, 8; Front. Princ. Hist. Fragm. 2, p. 341.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    fremitum voce vincere,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

    votis jam nunc adsuesce vocari,

    Verg. G. 1, 42:

    adsueti muros defendere,

    id. A. 9, 511:

    Candida de nigris et de candentibus atra Qui facere adsuērat,

    Ov. M. 11, 315; 10, 533; id. Tr. 2, 504; id. M. 8, 335:

    adsuetus graecari,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 11:

    auditor adsuevit jam exigere laetitiam,

    Tac. Or. 20; 34; id. H. 4, 34; Vell. 2, 33:

    (polypus) adsuetus exire e mari in lacus,

    Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92:

    reliquas (legiones) in hiberna dimittere assuerat,

    Suet. Aug. 49.—
    (γ).
    With ad or in with acc.:

    uri adsuescere ad homines ne parvuli quidem possunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 707 P.:

    manus adsuetae ad sceptra,

    Sen. Troad. 152:

    jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura adsuetus,

    Liv. 24, 5; Flor. 4, 12, 43.—
    (δ).
    With dat.:

    mensae adsuetus erili,

    Verg. A. 7, 490:

    Adsuescent Latio Partha tropaea Jovi,

    Prop. 4, 3, 6:

    caritas ipsius soli, cui longo tempore adsuescitur,

    to which one is accustomed, Liv. 2, 1:

    ex more, cui adsuerunt,

    Quint. 4, 2, 29:

    ut quieti et otio per voluptates adsuescerent,

    Tac. Agr. 21:

    adsuetus expeditionibus miles,

    id. ib. 16:

    adsueti juventae Neronis,

    id. H. 1, 7:

    quo celerius (libri senatorum) rei publicae assuescerent,

    Suet. Aug. 38:

    Jurationi non adsuescat os tuum,

    Vulg. Eccli. 23, 9.—Acc. to a rare constr.,
    (ε).
    With acc. rei in the Gr. manner, eithismai ti:

    ne pueri, ne tanta animis adsuescite bella (for bellis),

    accustom not your minds to such great wars, Verg. A. 6, 833:

    Galli juxta invia ac devia adsueti,

    Liv. 21, 33:

    frigora atque inediam caelo solove adsuerunt,

    Tac. G. 4 Baumst.—
    (ζ).
    With gen.:

    Romanis Gallici tumultūs adsuetis,

    Liv. 38, 17.—
    II.
    Esp.:

    alicui, in mal. part.,

    Curt. 6, 5.— Hence, assŭētus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., accustomed, customary, usual:

    Tempus et adsuetā ponere in arte juvat,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 36:

    otium des corpori, adsueta vicis,

    Phaedr. 3, prol. 14:

    adsuetos potare fontes,

    Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169:

    adsuetam sibi causam suscipit,

    Vell. 2, 120.—Hence with a comp. and abl.:

    longius adsueto lumina nostra vident,

    Ov. H. 6, 72:

    adsueto propior,

    Stat. Th. 12, 306.

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  • 15 adtendo

    attendo ( adt-, Dietsch), tendi, tentum, 3, v. a., orig., to stretch something (e. g. the bow) toward something; so only in Appul.: arcum, Met. 2, p. 122, 5.—Hence,
    I.
    In gen., to direct or turn toward, = advertere, admovere: aurem, Att. ap. Non. p. 238, 10; Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib. (cf. infra, P. a.):

    attendere signa ad aliquid,

    i. e. to affix, Quint. 11, 2, 29 (Halm, aptare); so, manus caelo, to stretch or extend toward, App. Met. 11, p. 263, 5:

    caput eodem attentum,

    Hyg. Astr. 3, 20.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Animum or animos attendere, or absol. attendere, also animo attendere, to direct the attention, apply the mind to something, to attend to, consider, mind, give heed to (cf.: advertere animum, and animadvertere; freq. and class.)
    1.
    With animum or animos: animum ad quaerendum quid siet, Pac. ap. Non. p. 238, 15:

    dictis animum, Lucil. ib.: animum coepi attendere,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

    quo tempore aures judex erigeret animumque attenderet?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10:

    si, cum animum attenderis, turpitudinem videas, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 8, 35:

    animum ad cavendum, Nep Alcib 5, 2: jubet peritos linguae attendere animum, pastorum sermo agresti an urbano propior esset,

    Liv. 10, 4: praeterea et nostris animos attendere dictis atque adhibere velis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 238, 11:

    attendite animos ad ea, quae consequuntur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 15.—With a rel.-clause as object:

    nunc quid velim, animum attendite,

    Ter. Phorm. prol. 24.—
    2.
    Absol.:

    postquam attendi Magis et vi coepi cogere, ut etc.,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 25:

    rem gestam vobis dum breviter expono, quaeso, diligenter attendite,

    Cic. Mil. 9:

    audi, audi atque attende,

    id. Planc. 41, 98; so id. de Or. 3, 13, 50; Phaedr. 2, 5, 6; Juv. 6, 66; 11, 16 al.—With acc. of the thing or person to which the attention is directed:

    Glaucia solebat populum monere, ut, cum lex aliqua recitaretur, primum versum attenderet,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 14:

    sed stuporem hominis attendite,

    mark the stupidity, id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; so id. de Or. 1, 35, 161; Sall. J. 88, 2; Plin. Ep 6, 8, 8; Luc. 8, 623 al.: me de invidiosis rebus dicentem attendite. Cic. Sull 11, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 10:

    Quā re attendo te studiose,

    id. Fin. 3, 12, 40:

    non attenderunt mandata,

    Vulg. 2 Esdr. 9, 34; ib. Job, 21, 5; ib. Isa. 28, 23.— Pass.:

    versūs aeque prima et media et extrema pars attenditur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 192. —With inf. or acc. and inf. as object: quid futurum est, si pol ego hanc discere artem attenderim? Pompon. ap. Non. p. 238, 17:

    non attendere superius illud eā re a se esse concessum,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 111.—With a rel.clause or a subjunct. with a particle:

    cum attendo, quā prudentiā sit Hortensius,

    Cic. Quinct. 20, 63:

    Hermagoras nec, quid dicat, attendere nec... videatur,

    id. Inv. 1, 6, 8:

    forte lubuit adtendere, quae res maxume tanta negotia sustinuisset,

    Sall. C. 53, 2:

    Oro, parumper Attendas, quantum de legibus queratur etc.,

    Juv. 10, 251:

    attende, cur, etc.,

    Phaedr. 2, prol. 14:

    attendite ut sciatis prudentiam,

    Vulg. Prov. 4, 1:

    Attendite, ne justitiam vestram faciatis etc.,

    ib. Matt. 6, 1; ib. Eccli. 1, 38; 13, 10; 28, 30.— With de:

    cum de necessitate attendemus,

    Cic. Part. Or. 24, 84.—With dat. (post-Aug.):

    sermonibus malignis,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 26:

    cui magis quam Caesari attendant?

    id. Pan. 65, 2; Sil. 8, 591:

    attendit mandatis,

    Vulg. Eccli. 32, 28; ib. Prov. 7, 24:

    attendite vobis,

    take heed to yourselves, ib. Luc. 17, 3; ib. Act. 5, 35; ib. 1 Tim. 4, 16.—So in Suet. several times in the signif. to devote attention to, to study, = studere:

    eloquentiae plurimum attendit,

    Suet. Calig. 53:

    juri,

    id. Galb. 5:

    extispicio,

    id. Ner. 56.—With abl. with ab (after the Gr. prosechein apo tinos;

    eccl. Lat.): attende tibi a pestifero,

    beware of, Vulg. Eccli. 11, 35:

    attendite ab omni iniquo,

    ib. ib. 17, 11; ib. Matt. 7, 15; ib. Luc. 12, 1; 20, 46.—
    3.
    With animo (ante- and post-class. and rare):

    cum animo attendi ad quaerendum, Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.: nunc quid petam, aequo animo attendite,

    Ter. Hec. prol. 20:

    quid istud sit, animo attendatis,

    App. Flor. 9: ut magis magisque attendant animo, Vulg. Eccli. prol.; so,

    in verbis meis attende in corde tuo,

    ib. ib. 16, 25.—
    * B.
    To strive eagerly for something, long for: puer, ne attenderis Petere a me id quod nefas sit concedi tibi, Att. ap. Non. p. 238, 19 (Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.).—Hence, attentus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Directed to something, attentive, intent on:

    Ut animus in spe attentus fuit,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 3:

    Quo magis attentas aurīs animumque reposco,

    Lucr. 6, 920:

    Verba per attentam non ibunt Caesaris aurem,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 19:

    si attentos animos ad decoris conservationem tenebimus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 131:

    cum respiceremus attenti ad gentem,

    Vulg. Thren. 4, 17:

    eaque dum animis attentis admirantes excipiunt,

    Cic. Or. 58, 197:

    acerrima atque attentissima cogitatio,

    a very acute and close manner of thinking, id. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

    et attentum monent Graeci a principio faciamus judicem et docilem,

    id. ib. 2, 79, 323; 2, 19, 80; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Auct. ad Her. 1, 4:

    Ut patris attenti, lenonis ut insidiosi,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172:

    judex circa jus attentior,

    Quint. 4, 5, 21.—
    B.
    Intent on, striving after something, careful, frugal, industrious:

    unum hoc vitium fert senectus hominibus: Attentiores sumus ad rem omnes quam sat est,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 48:

    nimium ad rem in senectā attente sumus,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 31:

    tum enim cum rem habebas, quaesticulus te faciebat attentiorem,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7:

    paterfamilias et prudens et attentus,

    id. Quinct. 3:

    Durus, ait, Voltei, nimis attentusque videris Esse mihi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 91:

    asper et attentus quaesitis,

    id. S. 2, 6, 82:

    vita,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 44 Matth.:

    qui in re adventiciā et hereditariā tam diligens, tam attentus esset,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 48:

    antiqui attenti continentiae,

    Val. Max. 2, 5, 5.— Comp.: hortor vos attentiori studio lectionem facere, * Vulg. Eccli. prol.—Hence, adv.: atten-tē, attentively, carefully, etc.:

    attente officia servorum fungi,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 14;

    audire,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 5; id. Clu. 3 fin.; id. de Or. 2, 35, 148; id. Brut. 54, 200:

    legere,

    id. Fam. 7, 19:

    parum attente dicere,

    Gell. 4, 15:

    custodire attente,

    Vulg. Jos. 22, 5.— Comp.:

    attentius audire,

    Cic. Clu. 23:

    acrius et attentius cogitare,

    id. Fin. 5, 2, 4:

    attentius agere aliquid,

    Sall. C. 52, 18:

    spectare,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 197:

    invicem diligere,

    Vulg. 1 Pet 1, 22.— Sup.:

    attentissime audire,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 259.

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  • 16 amecus

    1.
    ămīcus (old form ămēcus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.), a, um, adj. [amo], friendly, kind, amicable, favorable, inclined to, liking; constr. with dat., Zumpt, Gram. §

    410: animo esse amico erga aliquem,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 29; Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3:

    tribuni sunt nobis amici,

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

    homo amicus nobis jam inde a puero,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 86:

    Pompeium tibi valde amicum esse cognovi,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 5; id. Att. 9, 5:

    amicus non magis tyranno quam tyrannidi,

    Nep. Dion, 3, 2; id. Att. 9:

    male numen amicum,

    Verg. A. 2, 735; Ov. F. 3, 834:

    (Fortuna) amica varietati constantiam respuit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 16:

    amica luto sus,

    fond of, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 26.— Comp.:

    mihi nemo est amicior Attico,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16:

    amicior Cilicum aerariis quam nostro,

    id. ib. 7, 1, 6; id. Fam. 3, 2, 1.— Sup.:

    Deiotarum, fidelissimum regem atque amicissimum rei publicae nostrae,

    Cic. Att. 15, 2, 2:

    cum summi viri, tum amicissimi,

    id. Am. 2, 8:

    amicissimi viri,

    Suet. Caes. 1:

    successor conjunctissimus et amicissimus,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 3:

    hoc libro ad amicum amicissimus de amicitiā scripsi,

    id. Am. 1, 5; 23, 88 (but the comp. and sup. may sometimes be rendered as belonging to 2. amicus, a greater friend, the greatest friend, as in Cic. Att. 16, 16, and Am. 1, 5; so in Gr. basileus etc.).—
    B.
    Of things, kindly, pleasing (mostly poet.;

    so Cic. rarely): nihil homini amico est opportuno amicius,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 44:

    secundum te nihil est mihi amicius solitudine,

    Cic. Att. 12, 15:

    portus intramus amicos,

    Verg. A. 5, 57: fessos opibus solatur amicis, id. [p. 106] ib. 5, 416:

    vento amico ferri,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 17:

    per amica silentia lunae,

    Verg. A. 2, 255:

    amici imbres,

    id. G. 4, 115:

    sidus amicum,

    Hor. Epod. 10, 9:

    sol amicum tempus agens,

    bringing the welcome hour, id. C. 3, 6, 43:

    tempus fraudibus amicum,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 39:

    brevitas postulatur, qui mihimet ipsi amicissima est,

    Cic. Quinct. 34.—
    * C.
    Amicum est mihi (after the Gr. philon esti moi; in pure Lat., mihi cordi est, etc.); with inf., it pleases me, it accords with my feelings:

    nec dis amicum est nec mihi te prius Obire,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 2.—Hence, adv., in a friendly manner, kindly, amicably.
    a.
    Old form ămīcĭter, Pac. ap. Non. 510, 26; Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 3.—
    b.
    Class. form ămīcē:

    facis amice,

    Cic. Am. 2, 9:

    haec accipienda amice,

    id. ib. 24, 88; id. Fin. 1, 10; id. Off. 1, 26. —
    * Comp., Front. ad M. Caes. 1, 6.— Sup., Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9; Caes. B. C. 2, 17.
    2.
    ămīcus, i, m. [from amo, as philos from phileô, and from ] ( gen. plur. amicūm, Ter. Heaut. prol. 24).
    A.
    A friend; constr. with gen. or poss. adj.; v. Zumpt, Gram. §

    410: est is (amicus) tamquam alter idem,

    Cic. Am. 21, 80 (cf. id. ib. 25, 92; id. Off. 1, 17):

    amicum qui intuetur, tamquam exemplar intuetur sui,

    id. Am. 7, 23:

    Non tam utilitas parta per amicum, quam amici amor ipse delectat,

    id. ib. 14, 51: Amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. ib. 17, 64:

    boni improbis, improbi bonis amici esse non possunt,

    Cic. ib. 20, 74:

    ex omnibus saeculis vix tria aut quattuor nominantur paria amicorum,

    id. ib. 4, 15:

    tu ex amicis certis mi es certissimus,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 54 and 57:

    vetus verbum hoc est, Communia esse amicorum inter se omnia,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 18:

    Respicis antiquum lassis in rebus amicum,

    Ov. P. 2, 3, 93:

    Alba tuus antiquissimus non solum amicus, verum etiam amator,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 63 fin.:

    hospitis et amici mei M. Pacuvii fabula,

    id. Am. 7, 24:

    suis incommodis graviter angi non amicum sed se ipsum amantis est,

    of one loving not his friend, but himself, id. ib. 3, 10:

    ab amicis honesta petere, amicorum causā honesta facere,

    id. ib. 13, 44:

    paternus amicus ac pernecessarius,

    id. Fl. 6, 14:

    amicus novus,

    id. Am. 19, 67:

    vetus,

    id. ib.; Verg. A. 3, 82; Hor. S. 2, 6, 81; Ov. P. 1, 6, 53:

    amici ac familiares veteres,

    Suet. Tib. 55:

    aequaevus,

    Verg. A. 5, 452:

    ardens,

    id. ib. 9, 198:

    dulcis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 69; Ov. P. 1, 8, 31:

    carus,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 51; Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 7:

    jucundus,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 93:

    amici jucundissimi et omnium horarum,

    Suet. Tib. 42:

    amicus propior,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

    fidelis,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 1; Vulg. Eccli. 6, 14:

    fidus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 24:

    verus,

    Cic. Am. 21, 82; Vulg. Eccli. 25, 12:

    mendax,

    Hor. A. P. 425:

    secernere blandum amicum a vero,

    Cic. Am. 25, 95:

    memor,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 33:

    summus,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 1:

    primus,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 10, 65:

    amici tristes,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 24:

    maesti,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 5:

    dives,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 24:

    inops,

    id. S. 1, 2, 5:

    inferioris ordinis amici,

    Cic. Am. 19, 69:

    communes amici,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2:

    amice, salve!

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 12; so Cat. 55, 7; Verg. A. 6, 507; Hor. C. 2, 14, 6; and Vulg. Matt. 20, 13:

    magnanimi veritatis amici,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19:

    amicos parare,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 39:

    amicos parare optimam vitae, ut ita dicam, supellectilem,

    Cic. Am. 15, 55:

    minus amicorum habens,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 22:

    me unum atque unicum amicum habuit,

    Cat. 73, 6;

    amicos habere,

    Cic. Am. 11, 36; so Vulg. Prov. 22, 11:

    nos sibi amicos junget,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 32; Hor. S. 1, 3, 54:

    amicum servare,

    id. ib.:

    amicum servare per durum tempus,

    Ov. P. 2, 6, 29:

    aliquo uti amico,

    to have one as a friend, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 62; Hor. S. 1, 4, 96:

    sibi amicum facere,

    Vulg. Luc. 16, 9:

    amicum diligere,

    Verg. A. 9, 430; Vulg. Deut. 13, 6:

    amico inservire,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 8:

    amico parcere,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 35:

    et monendi amici saepe sunt et objurgandi,

    Cic. Am. 24, 88:

    amico ignoscere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 110:

    angorem pro amico capere,

    Cic. Am. 13, 48:

    amici jacentem animum excitare,

    id. ib. 16, 59:

    amicum consolari,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 41:

    amico orbatus,

    Cic. Am. 3, 10:

    amicum offendere,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 73:

    non paucis munitus amicis,

    Ov. P. 2, 3, 25.—Also for patronus, patron, protector; so Horace of Mæcenas, Epod. 1, 2:

    amicus potens,

    powerful friend, id. C. 2, 18, 12; so,

    magnus,

    Juv. 3, 57; 6, 313: Suet. Aug. 56:

    valentissimi,

    id. ib. 35.—And for socius, companion:

    trepido fugam exprobravit amico,

    Ov. M. 13, 69.—
    B.
    In polit. relations, a friend of the State (who was not always socius, an ally, but the socius was always amicus; cf.

    amicitia): Deiotarus ex animo amicus, unus fidelis populo Romano,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 13:

    socio atque amico regi,

    Liv. 37, 54; 7, 30 et saep.; Suet. Caes. 11.—
    C.
    In and after the Aug. per., a counsellor, courtier, minister of a prince, Nep. Milt. 3, 2 Dähn.:

    fuerunt multi reges ex amicis Alexandri Magni,

    id. Reg. 3, 1; so Suet. Caes. 70, 72; 70, 79; id. Aug. 16; 17; 35; 56; 66; id. Calig. 19; id. Ner. 5; id. Galb. 7 al.; cf. Ernest. ad Suet. Excurs. XV.—Hence, ămī-ca, ae, f.
    A.
    In bon. part., a female friend (very rare; cf. hetaira in Hom., Aristoph., Plato):

    amicae, cognatae,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 16:

    at haec amicae erunt, ubi, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 24:

    Me (laedit) soror et cum quae dormit amica simul,

    Prop. 2, 6, 12:

    ibit ad adfectam, quae non languebit, amicam Visere,

    Ov. Am. 2, 2, 21; cf. Juv. 3, 12; 6, 353; 6, 455; 6, 481; so Inscr. Grut. 865, 17; 891, 4. —
    B.
    In mal. part., = meretrix, a concubine, mistress, courtesan (esp. freq. in the comic poets; so in Gr. hetaira com. in Att. usage): eum suus pater ab amicā abduxit, Naev. ap. Gell. 6, 8:

    mulierem pejorem quam haec amica est Phaedromi non vidi,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 3; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 25; 3, 4, 22; id. Cist. 2, 3, 28; id. Ep. 5, 2, 36; 5, 2, 39 al.:

    sive ista uxor sive amica est,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 52; 1, 2, 15; 3, 3, 6; 4, 6, 15 et saep.; Cic. Att. 10, 10; Dig. 50, 16, 144.

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  • 17 amicus

    1.
    ămīcus (old form ămēcus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.), a, um, adj. [amo], friendly, kind, amicable, favorable, inclined to, liking; constr. with dat., Zumpt, Gram. §

    410: animo esse amico erga aliquem,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 29; Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3:

    tribuni sunt nobis amici,

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

    homo amicus nobis jam inde a puero,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 86:

    Pompeium tibi valde amicum esse cognovi,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 5; id. Att. 9, 5:

    amicus non magis tyranno quam tyrannidi,

    Nep. Dion, 3, 2; id. Att. 9:

    male numen amicum,

    Verg. A. 2, 735; Ov. F. 3, 834:

    (Fortuna) amica varietati constantiam respuit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 16:

    amica luto sus,

    fond of, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 26.— Comp.:

    mihi nemo est amicior Attico,

    Cic. Att. 16, 16:

    amicior Cilicum aerariis quam nostro,

    id. ib. 7, 1, 6; id. Fam. 3, 2, 1.— Sup.:

    Deiotarum, fidelissimum regem atque amicissimum rei publicae nostrae,

    Cic. Att. 15, 2, 2:

    cum summi viri, tum amicissimi,

    id. Am. 2, 8:

    amicissimi viri,

    Suet. Caes. 1:

    successor conjunctissimus et amicissimus,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 3:

    hoc libro ad amicum amicissimus de amicitiā scripsi,

    id. Am. 1, 5; 23, 88 (but the comp. and sup. may sometimes be rendered as belonging to 2. amicus, a greater friend, the greatest friend, as in Cic. Att. 16, 16, and Am. 1, 5; so in Gr. basileus etc.).—
    B.
    Of things, kindly, pleasing (mostly poet.;

    so Cic. rarely): nihil homini amico est opportuno amicius,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 44:

    secundum te nihil est mihi amicius solitudine,

    Cic. Att. 12, 15:

    portus intramus amicos,

    Verg. A. 5, 57: fessos opibus solatur amicis, id. [p. 106] ib. 5, 416:

    vento amico ferri,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 17:

    per amica silentia lunae,

    Verg. A. 2, 255:

    amici imbres,

    id. G. 4, 115:

    sidus amicum,

    Hor. Epod. 10, 9:

    sol amicum tempus agens,

    bringing the welcome hour, id. C. 3, 6, 43:

    tempus fraudibus amicum,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 39:

    brevitas postulatur, qui mihimet ipsi amicissima est,

    Cic. Quinct. 34.—
    * C.
    Amicum est mihi (after the Gr. philon esti moi; in pure Lat., mihi cordi est, etc.); with inf., it pleases me, it accords with my feelings:

    nec dis amicum est nec mihi te prius Obire,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 2.—Hence, adv., in a friendly manner, kindly, amicably.
    a.
    Old form ămīcĭter, Pac. ap. Non. 510, 26; Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 3.—
    b.
    Class. form ămīcē:

    facis amice,

    Cic. Am. 2, 9:

    haec accipienda amice,

    id. ib. 24, 88; id. Fin. 1, 10; id. Off. 1, 26. —
    * Comp., Front. ad M. Caes. 1, 6.— Sup., Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9; Caes. B. C. 2, 17.
    2.
    ămīcus, i, m. [from amo, as philos from phileô, and from ] ( gen. plur. amicūm, Ter. Heaut. prol. 24).
    A.
    A friend; constr. with gen. or poss. adj.; v. Zumpt, Gram. §

    410: est is (amicus) tamquam alter idem,

    Cic. Am. 21, 80 (cf. id. ib. 25, 92; id. Off. 1, 17):

    amicum qui intuetur, tamquam exemplar intuetur sui,

    id. Am. 7, 23:

    Non tam utilitas parta per amicum, quam amici amor ipse delectat,

    id. ib. 14, 51: Amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. ib. 17, 64:

    boni improbis, improbi bonis amici esse non possunt,

    Cic. ib. 20, 74:

    ex omnibus saeculis vix tria aut quattuor nominantur paria amicorum,

    id. ib. 4, 15:

    tu ex amicis certis mi es certissimus,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 54 and 57:

    vetus verbum hoc est, Communia esse amicorum inter se omnia,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 18:

    Respicis antiquum lassis in rebus amicum,

    Ov. P. 2, 3, 93:

    Alba tuus antiquissimus non solum amicus, verum etiam amator,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 63 fin.:

    hospitis et amici mei M. Pacuvii fabula,

    id. Am. 7, 24:

    suis incommodis graviter angi non amicum sed se ipsum amantis est,

    of one loving not his friend, but himself, id. ib. 3, 10:

    ab amicis honesta petere, amicorum causā honesta facere,

    id. ib. 13, 44:

    paternus amicus ac pernecessarius,

    id. Fl. 6, 14:

    amicus novus,

    id. Am. 19, 67:

    vetus,

    id. ib.; Verg. A. 3, 82; Hor. S. 2, 6, 81; Ov. P. 1, 6, 53:

    amici ac familiares veteres,

    Suet. Tib. 55:

    aequaevus,

    Verg. A. 5, 452:

    ardens,

    id. ib. 9, 198:

    dulcis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 69; Ov. P. 1, 8, 31:

    carus,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 51; Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 7:

    jucundus,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 93:

    amici jucundissimi et omnium horarum,

    Suet. Tib. 42:

    amicus propior,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

    fidelis,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 1; Vulg. Eccli. 6, 14:

    fidus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 24:

    verus,

    Cic. Am. 21, 82; Vulg. Eccli. 25, 12:

    mendax,

    Hor. A. P. 425:

    secernere blandum amicum a vero,

    Cic. Am. 25, 95:

    memor,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 33:

    summus,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 1:

    primus,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 10, 65:

    amici tristes,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 24:

    maesti,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 5:

    dives,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 24:

    inops,

    id. S. 1, 2, 5:

    inferioris ordinis amici,

    Cic. Am. 19, 69:

    communes amici,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2:

    amice, salve!

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 12; so Cat. 55, 7; Verg. A. 6, 507; Hor. C. 2, 14, 6; and Vulg. Matt. 20, 13:

    magnanimi veritatis amici,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19:

    amicos parare,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 39:

    amicos parare optimam vitae, ut ita dicam, supellectilem,

    Cic. Am. 15, 55:

    minus amicorum habens,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 22:

    me unum atque unicum amicum habuit,

    Cat. 73, 6;

    amicos habere,

    Cic. Am. 11, 36; so Vulg. Prov. 22, 11:

    nos sibi amicos junget,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 32; Hor. S. 1, 3, 54:

    amicum servare,

    id. ib.:

    amicum servare per durum tempus,

    Ov. P. 2, 6, 29:

    aliquo uti amico,

    to have one as a friend, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 62; Hor. S. 1, 4, 96:

    sibi amicum facere,

    Vulg. Luc. 16, 9:

    amicum diligere,

    Verg. A. 9, 430; Vulg. Deut. 13, 6:

    amico inservire,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 8:

    amico parcere,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 35:

    et monendi amici saepe sunt et objurgandi,

    Cic. Am. 24, 88:

    amico ignoscere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 110:

    angorem pro amico capere,

    Cic. Am. 13, 48:

    amici jacentem animum excitare,

    id. ib. 16, 59:

    amicum consolari,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 41:

    amico orbatus,

    Cic. Am. 3, 10:

    amicum offendere,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 73:

    non paucis munitus amicis,

    Ov. P. 2, 3, 25.—Also for patronus, patron, protector; so Horace of Mæcenas, Epod. 1, 2:

    amicus potens,

    powerful friend, id. C. 2, 18, 12; so,

    magnus,

    Juv. 3, 57; 6, 313: Suet. Aug. 56:

    valentissimi,

    id. ib. 35.—And for socius, companion:

    trepido fugam exprobravit amico,

    Ov. M. 13, 69.—
    B.
    In polit. relations, a friend of the State (who was not always socius, an ally, but the socius was always amicus; cf.

    amicitia): Deiotarus ex animo amicus, unus fidelis populo Romano,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 13:

    socio atque amico regi,

    Liv. 37, 54; 7, 30 et saep.; Suet. Caes. 11.—
    C.
    In and after the Aug. per., a counsellor, courtier, minister of a prince, Nep. Milt. 3, 2 Dähn.:

    fuerunt multi reges ex amicis Alexandri Magni,

    id. Reg. 3, 1; so Suet. Caes. 70, 72; 70, 79; id. Aug. 16; 17; 35; 56; 66; id. Calig. 19; id. Ner. 5; id. Galb. 7 al.; cf. Ernest. ad Suet. Excurs. XV.—Hence, ămī-ca, ae, f.
    A.
    In bon. part., a female friend (very rare; cf. hetaira in Hom., Aristoph., Plato):

    amicae, cognatae,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 16:

    at haec amicae erunt, ubi, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 24:

    Me (laedit) soror et cum quae dormit amica simul,

    Prop. 2, 6, 12:

    ibit ad adfectam, quae non languebit, amicam Visere,

    Ov. Am. 2, 2, 21; cf. Juv. 3, 12; 6, 353; 6, 455; 6, 481; so Inscr. Grut. 865, 17; 891, 4. —
    B.
    In mal. part., = meretrix, a concubine, mistress, courtesan (esp. freq. in the comic poets; so in Gr. hetaira com. in Att. usage): eum suus pater ab amicā abduxit, Naev. ap. Gell. 6, 8:

    mulierem pejorem quam haec amica est Phaedromi non vidi,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 3; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 25; 3, 4, 22; id. Cist. 2, 3, 28; id. Ep. 5, 2, 36; 5, 2, 39 al.:

    sive ista uxor sive amica est,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 52; 1, 2, 15; 3, 3, 6; 4, 6, 15 et saep.; Cic. Att. 10, 10; Dig. 50, 16, 144.

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  • 18 assuesco

    as-sŭesco ( ads-, B. and K., Rib., Halm, Weissenb.; ads- and ass-, Merk.), ēvi, ētum, 3 (adsuëtus, four syll., Phaedr. 3, prol. 14), v. a., to use or accustom one to something, to habituate; or, more freq., v. n., to accustom one's self to, to be wont, to be accustomed to.
    I.
    In gen.; constr. usu. with abl. or inf.; after the Aug. per. also with ad, in with acc., or dat.
    (α).
    With abl. (a constr. unjustly censured by Wunder, Rhein. Mus. 1829, II. p. 288 sq. The idea of the ad, which would require the acc. or dat. case, is not, as at a later period, prominent in the word, but that of suesco; accordingly, pr., to adopt some custom, to addict or apply one's self to a custom or habit, to become accustomed to something; so that the abl. of specification, as in amore affici, pedibus laborare, etc., only designates more specifically the object which is the subject of that custom; cf. Gron. and Drak. ad Liv. 31, 35, 3; Kritz. ad Sall. C. 2, 9; Rudd. II. p. 137 sq.; Ramsh. p. 427;

    v. also assuefacio): homines labore adsiduo et cotidiano adsueti,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58; so,

    vicinitas non infuscata malevolentiā, non adsueta mendaciis,

    id. Planc. 9, 22:

    gens adsueta multo Venatu nemorum,

    Verg. A. 7, 746:

    Odrysius praedae assuetus amore,

    Ov. M. 13, 554:

    genus pugnae, quo adsuērant,

    Liv. 31, 35 Gron.:

    adsuetae sanguine et praedā aves,

    Flor. 1, 1, 7; 4, 12, 17:

    adsuetus imperio et inmoderatā licentiā militari,

    Just. 31, 1, 8:

    gentes alterius imperio ac nomine adsuetas,

    Curt. 6, 3, 8; Front. Princ. Hist. Fragm. 2, p. 341.—
    (β).
    With inf.:

    fremitum voce vincere,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

    votis jam nunc adsuesce vocari,

    Verg. G. 1, 42:

    adsueti muros defendere,

    id. A. 9, 511:

    Candida de nigris et de candentibus atra Qui facere adsuērat,

    Ov. M. 11, 315; 10, 533; id. Tr. 2, 504; id. M. 8, 335:

    adsuetus graecari,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 11:

    auditor adsuevit jam exigere laetitiam,

    Tac. Or. 20; 34; id. H. 4, 34; Vell. 2, 33:

    (polypus) adsuetus exire e mari in lacus,

    Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92:

    reliquas (legiones) in hiberna dimittere assuerat,

    Suet. Aug. 49.—
    (γ).
    With ad or in with acc.:

    uri adsuescere ad homines ne parvuli quidem possunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 707 P.:

    manus adsuetae ad sceptra,

    Sen. Troad. 152:

    jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura adsuetus,

    Liv. 24, 5; Flor. 4, 12, 43.—
    (δ).
    With dat.:

    mensae adsuetus erili,

    Verg. A. 7, 490:

    Adsuescent Latio Partha tropaea Jovi,

    Prop. 4, 3, 6:

    caritas ipsius soli, cui longo tempore adsuescitur,

    to which one is accustomed, Liv. 2, 1:

    ex more, cui adsuerunt,

    Quint. 4, 2, 29:

    ut quieti et otio per voluptates adsuescerent,

    Tac. Agr. 21:

    adsuetus expeditionibus miles,

    id. ib. 16:

    adsueti juventae Neronis,

    id. H. 1, 7:

    quo celerius (libri senatorum) rei publicae assuescerent,

    Suet. Aug. 38:

    Jurationi non adsuescat os tuum,

    Vulg. Eccli. 23, 9.—Acc. to a rare constr.,
    (ε).
    With acc. rei in the Gr. manner, eithismai ti:

    ne pueri, ne tanta animis adsuescite bella (for bellis),

    accustom not your minds to such great wars, Verg. A. 6, 833:

    Galli juxta invia ac devia adsueti,

    Liv. 21, 33:

    frigora atque inediam caelo solove adsuerunt,

    Tac. G. 4 Baumst.—
    (ζ).
    With gen.:

    Romanis Gallici tumultūs adsuetis,

    Liv. 38, 17.—
    II.
    Esp.:

    alicui, in mal. part.,

    Curt. 6, 5.— Hence, assŭētus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., accustomed, customary, usual:

    Tempus et adsuetā ponere in arte juvat,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 36:

    otium des corpori, adsueta vicis,

    Phaedr. 3, prol. 14:

    adsuetos potare fontes,

    Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169:

    adsuetam sibi causam suscipit,

    Vell. 2, 120.—Hence with a comp. and abl.:

    longius adsueto lumina nostra vident,

    Ov. H. 6, 72:

    adsueto propior,

    Stat. Th. 12, 306.

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  • 19 attendo

    attendo ( adt-, Dietsch), tendi, tentum, 3, v. a., orig., to stretch something (e. g. the bow) toward something; so only in Appul.: arcum, Met. 2, p. 122, 5.—Hence,
    I.
    In gen., to direct or turn toward, = advertere, admovere: aurem, Att. ap. Non. p. 238, 10; Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib. (cf. infra, P. a.):

    attendere signa ad aliquid,

    i. e. to affix, Quint. 11, 2, 29 (Halm, aptare); so, manus caelo, to stretch or extend toward, App. Met. 11, p. 263, 5:

    caput eodem attentum,

    Hyg. Astr. 3, 20.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Animum or animos attendere, or absol. attendere, also animo attendere, to direct the attention, apply the mind to something, to attend to, consider, mind, give heed to (cf.: advertere animum, and animadvertere; freq. and class.)
    1.
    With animum or animos: animum ad quaerendum quid siet, Pac. ap. Non. p. 238, 15:

    dictis animum, Lucil. ib.: animum coepi attendere,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

    quo tempore aures judex erigeret animumque attenderet?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10:

    si, cum animum attenderis, turpitudinem videas, etc.,

    id. Off. 3, 8, 35:

    animum ad cavendum, Nep Alcib 5, 2: jubet peritos linguae attendere animum, pastorum sermo agresti an urbano propior esset,

    Liv. 10, 4: praeterea et nostris animos attendere dictis atque adhibere velis, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 238, 11:

    attendite animos ad ea, quae consequuntur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 15.—With a rel.-clause as object:

    nunc quid velim, animum attendite,

    Ter. Phorm. prol. 24.—
    2.
    Absol.:

    postquam attendi Magis et vi coepi cogere, ut etc.,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 25:

    rem gestam vobis dum breviter expono, quaeso, diligenter attendite,

    Cic. Mil. 9:

    audi, audi atque attende,

    id. Planc. 41, 98; so id. de Or. 3, 13, 50; Phaedr. 2, 5, 6; Juv. 6, 66; 11, 16 al.—With acc. of the thing or person to which the attention is directed:

    Glaucia solebat populum monere, ut, cum lex aliqua recitaretur, primum versum attenderet,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 14:

    sed stuporem hominis attendite,

    mark the stupidity, id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; so id. de Or. 1, 35, 161; Sall. J. 88, 2; Plin. Ep 6, 8, 8; Luc. 8, 623 al.: me de invidiosis rebus dicentem attendite. Cic. Sull 11, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 10:

    Quā re attendo te studiose,

    id. Fin. 3, 12, 40:

    non attenderunt mandata,

    Vulg. 2 Esdr. 9, 34; ib. Job, 21, 5; ib. Isa. 28, 23.— Pass.:

    versūs aeque prima et media et extrema pars attenditur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 192. —With inf. or acc. and inf. as object: quid futurum est, si pol ego hanc discere artem attenderim? Pompon. ap. Non. p. 238, 17:

    non attendere superius illud eā re a se esse concessum,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 111.—With a rel.clause or a subjunct. with a particle:

    cum attendo, quā prudentiā sit Hortensius,

    Cic. Quinct. 20, 63:

    Hermagoras nec, quid dicat, attendere nec... videatur,

    id. Inv. 1, 6, 8:

    forte lubuit adtendere, quae res maxume tanta negotia sustinuisset,

    Sall. C. 53, 2:

    Oro, parumper Attendas, quantum de legibus queratur etc.,

    Juv. 10, 251:

    attende, cur, etc.,

    Phaedr. 2, prol. 14:

    attendite ut sciatis prudentiam,

    Vulg. Prov. 4, 1:

    Attendite, ne justitiam vestram faciatis etc.,

    ib. Matt. 6, 1; ib. Eccli. 1, 38; 13, 10; 28, 30.— With de:

    cum de necessitate attendemus,

    Cic. Part. Or. 24, 84.—With dat. (post-Aug.):

    sermonibus malignis,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 26:

    cui magis quam Caesari attendant?

    id. Pan. 65, 2; Sil. 8, 591:

    attendit mandatis,

    Vulg. Eccli. 32, 28; ib. Prov. 7, 24:

    attendite vobis,

    take heed to yourselves, ib. Luc. 17, 3; ib. Act. 5, 35; ib. 1 Tim. 4, 16.—So in Suet. several times in the signif. to devote attention to, to study, = studere:

    eloquentiae plurimum attendit,

    Suet. Calig. 53:

    juri,

    id. Galb. 5:

    extispicio,

    id. Ner. 56.—With abl. with ab (after the Gr. prosechein apo tinos;

    eccl. Lat.): attende tibi a pestifero,

    beware of, Vulg. Eccli. 11, 35:

    attendite ab omni iniquo,

    ib. ib. 17, 11; ib. Matt. 7, 15; ib. Luc. 12, 1; 20, 46.—
    3.
    With animo (ante- and post-class. and rare):

    cum animo attendi ad quaerendum, Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.: nunc quid petam, aequo animo attendite,

    Ter. Hec. prol. 20:

    quid istud sit, animo attendatis,

    App. Flor. 9: ut magis magisque attendant animo, Vulg. Eccli. prol.; so,

    in verbis meis attende in corde tuo,

    ib. ib. 16, 25.—
    * B.
    To strive eagerly for something, long for: puer, ne attenderis Petere a me id quod nefas sit concedi tibi, Att. ap. Non. p. 238, 19 (Trag. Rel. p. 173 Rib.).—Hence, attentus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Directed to something, attentive, intent on:

    Ut animus in spe attentus fuit,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 3:

    Quo magis attentas aurīs animumque reposco,

    Lucr. 6, 920:

    Verba per attentam non ibunt Caesaris aurem,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 19:

    si attentos animos ad decoris conservationem tenebimus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 131:

    cum respiceremus attenti ad gentem,

    Vulg. Thren. 4, 17:

    eaque dum animis attentis admirantes excipiunt,

    Cic. Or. 58, 197:

    acerrima atque attentissima cogitatio,

    a very acute and close manner of thinking, id. de Or. 3, 5, 17:

    et attentum monent Graeci a principio faciamus judicem et docilem,

    id. ib. 2, 79, 323; 2, 19, 80; id. Inv. 1, 16, 23; Auct. ad Her. 1, 4:

    Ut patris attenti, lenonis ut insidiosi,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172:

    judex circa jus attentior,

    Quint. 4, 5, 21.—
    B.
    Intent on, striving after something, careful, frugal, industrious:

    unum hoc vitium fert senectus hominibus: Attentiores sumus ad rem omnes quam sat est,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 48:

    nimium ad rem in senectā attente sumus,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 31:

    tum enim cum rem habebas, quaesticulus te faciebat attentiorem,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 7:

    paterfamilias et prudens et attentus,

    id. Quinct. 3:

    Durus, ait, Voltei, nimis attentusque videris Esse mihi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 91:

    asper et attentus quaesitis,

    id. S. 2, 6, 82:

    vita,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 44 Matth.:

    qui in re adventiciā et hereditariā tam diligens, tam attentus esset,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 48:

    antiqui attenti continentiae,

    Val. Max. 2, 5, 5.— Comp.: hortor vos attentiori studio lectionem facere, * Vulg. Eccli. prol.—Hence, adv.: atten-tē, attentively, carefully, etc.:

    attente officia servorum fungi,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 14;

    audire,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 5; id. Clu. 3 fin.; id. de Or. 2, 35, 148; id. Brut. 54, 200:

    legere,

    id. Fam. 7, 19:

    parum attente dicere,

    Gell. 4, 15:

    custodire attente,

    Vulg. Jos. 22, 5.— Comp.:

    attentius audire,

    Cic. Clu. 23:

    acrius et attentius cogitare,

    id. Fin. 5, 2, 4:

    attentius agere aliquid,

    Sall. C. 52, 18:

    spectare,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 197:

    invicem diligere,

    Vulg. 1 Pet 1, 22.— Sup.:

    attentissime audire,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 259.

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  • 20 caritas

    cārĭtas, ātis, f. [carus].
    I.
    Prop., dearness, costliness, high price, etc. (opp. vilitas):

    annonae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47; 2, 3, 92, § 215; id. Off. 3, 12, 50; Liv. 44, 7, 10; Suet. Ner. 45:

    rei frumentariae (opp. vilitas annonae),

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

    nummorum,

    id. Att. 9, 9, 4:

    olei,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 273:

    vini,

    Suet. Aug. 42.—Also absol. caritas (sc. annonae), high prices, Cato, R. R. 3:

    ut tum vendas cum caritas est,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 69:

    cum alter annus in vilitate, alter in summā caritate fuerit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 93, § 216; id. Off. 2, 17, 58.—
    II.
    Trop., regard, esteem, affection, love (cf. amor, I.; in good prose;

    syn.: benevolentia, favor, studium): cum deorum tum parentum patriaeque cultus eorumque hominum, qui aut sapientiā aut opibus excellunt, ad caritatem referri solet: conjuges autem et liberi, et fratres et alii, quos usus familiaritasque conjunxit, quamquam etiam caritate ipsā, tamen amore maxime continentur,

    Cic. Part. Or. 25, 88; hence, opp. amor, as esteem to personal affection:

    si id videare, quod sit utile ipsis, defendere... haec res amorem magis conciliat, illa virtutis defensio caritatem,

    id. de Or. 2, 51, 206; cf. Treb. ap. id. Fam. 12, 16, 2; Liv. 24, 4, 8:

    ut qui pacem belli amore turbaverant, bellum pacis caritate deponerent,

    Tac. H. 2, 37: amor pathos, caritas êthos, Quint. 6, 2, 12:

    caritas, quae est inter natos et parentes,

    Cic. Lael. 8, 27;

    Quint. prooem. § 6: liberalitate qui utuntur benevolentiam sibi conciliant et caritatem,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; id. Lael. 27, 102; Quint. 11, 1, 72:

    ingenita erga patriam caritas,

    Liv. 1, 34, 5:

    retinere caritatem in aliquem,

    Cic. Lael. 19, 70:

    sanguine et caritate propior,

    Tac. A. 6, 46:

    caritatem paraverat loco auctoritatis,

    id. Agr. 16 fin. — The subjoined gen. is usu. objective:

    patriae et suorum,

    Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100; id. Sest. 24, 53; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1:

    rei publicae,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 20; Liv. 2, 2, 5:

    domini,

    id. 1, 51, 8:

    Syracusanorum,

    id. 25, 28, 7:

    Hieronis,

    id. 24, 5, 1:

    liberum,

    id. 8, 7, 18:

    filiae,

    Tac. A. 12, 4:

    ipsius soli,

    Liv. 2, 1, 5:

    sedium suarum,

    id. 5, 42, 2; Quint. 6, 2, 14.—But sometimes also subjective, love entertained by one:

    hominum, deorum,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 122; id. de Or. 2, 58, 237:

    civium,

    id. Phil. 1, 12, 29; Liv. 24, 4, 8 (with amor);

    or, more rarely, of the cause or ground of the love: caritas illius necessitudinis,

    Cic. Sest. 3, 6:

    benevolentiae,

    id. Lael. 9, 32.—In plur. of the different species of affection:

    omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57; id. Fin. 3, 22, 73:

    liberum,

    App. M. 5, p. 171.—
    B.
    In late Lat., meton., caritates = cari, the loved persons, Amm. 18, 8, 14; 24, 1, 9.

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