prose

com-pingo ( conp-), pēgi, pactum, 3, v. a. [con-pango].

To join or unite several parts into one whole, to put together, frame, make by joining, compose (in verb. finit. mostly in post-Aug. prose).

Prop.:

roboreis axibus compingitur solum,

Col. 6, 19, 1:

navem iisdem tabulis (opp. dissolvo),

Dig. 45, 1, 83; cf.:

Argo compacta manu Palladiā,

Sen. Med. 365:

PONTEM,

Inscr. Orell. 39:

casam male,

Mart. 12, 72:

caput tenuissimis ossiculis,

Gell. 6, 1, 1; Vitr. 10, 2, 14:

crepidas sibi,

App. Flor. 9 al.:

verbum unum ex multitudine et negotio,

Gell. 11, 16, 4:

Graece nescio quid ais te compegisse, quod ut aeque pauca scripta, placeat tibi,

Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 6.—In part. perf.:

quid tam compositum tamque conpactum et coagmentatum inveniri potest?

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74; cf. id. Univ. 8 med.:

fistula disparibus septem cicutis,

Verg. E. 2, 36:

trabes,

id. A. 12, 674:

membra animantum,

framed together, Lucr. 5, 919; cf. under P. a. —

Trop. (post-class.):

falsa de Christo,

Arn. 1, p. 34:

fabulas ignominiosas de diis,

id. 4, p. 148.—

Compingere aliquem or aliquid aliquo, to confine, lock up, put, conceal (several times in Plaut. and Cic., elsewh. rare).

Prop.:

aliquem in carcerem,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 3; id. Men. 5, 5, 39; cf.:

ipsam (Rheam) in vincula,

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 1:

se in Appuliam,

Cic. Att. 8, 8, 1:

aurum atque argentum ubi omne conpactum fuit?

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 62.—

Trop.:

quae parentis tam in angustum tuos locum conpegeris,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 103:

in judicia et contiunculas, tamquam in aliquod pistrinum, detrudi et compingi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 46:

aufer, utere (pallā), vel tu vel tua uxor, vel etiam in loculos compingite,

keep it, thrust it into your pockets, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 17 Ritschl N. cr. —Hence, compactus, a, um, P. a., of figure or form, compact, thick-set, thick, firm (freq. in post-Aug. prose):

compacto corpore et robusto,

Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 1:

boves,

Col. 6, 1, 2: compactis firmisque membris, * Suet. Vesp. 20:

cruribus,

Col. 6, 1, 3; 6, 37, 6:

compactā et torosā cervice,

Pall. Mart. 11, 2.

com-pingo, pinxi, 3, v. a., to paint over; only trop.:

Aristarchi ineptiae, quibus aliena carmina compinxit,

disguised, covered, Sen. Ep. 88, 39.

cor-rĭpĭo ( conr-), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize or snatch up, to collect, to seize upon, take hold of (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.:

hominem conripi ac suspendi jussit in oleastro,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57; Caes. B. C. 3, 109; cf. Ov. M. 9, 217 al.:

arcumque manu celeresque sagittas,

Verg. A. 1, 188; cf.:

lora manu,

Ov. M. 2, 145:

fasces,

Sall. C. 18, 5:

arma,

Vell. 2, 110 et saep.: corpus, to rise up quickly, start up:

ex somno,

Lucr. 3, 164; Verg. A. 4, 572:

de terrā,

Lucr. 4, 1000:

e stratis,

Verg. A. 3, 176: se, to get or rise up hastily, to betake one's self somewhere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 76; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 5; Verg. A. 6, 472.— Poet.: viam, gradum, spatium, etc., to set out quickly, to pursue hastily, to hasten, hasten through or over:

viam,

Verg. A. 1, 418; Ov. M. 2, 158; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6:

gradum,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 33:

spatia,

Verg. A. 5, 316:

campum,

id. G. 3, 104:

aequora,

Val. Fl. 1, 132 al.:

correptā luce diei,

collected, Lucr. 4, 81.—

In partic.

Of robbery, etc., to carry off, rob, plunder, take possession of, usurp:

pecunias undique quasi in subsidium,

Tac. A. 13, 18; cf.:

bona vivorum ac mortuorum usquequaque,

Suet. Dom. 12:

pecunias,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Tac. A. 13, 31 fin.:

sacram effigiem,

Verg. A. 2, 167:

praefecturas,

Tac. A. 11, 8 al. —

In Tac. freq. of accusations, to bring to trial, accuse, inform against:

Vitellius accusatione corripitur, deferente Junio Lupo senatore,

Tac. A. 12, 42; 2, 28; 3, 49; 6, 40 al.—

Of fire, etc., or of diseases, to attack, seize, sweep, or carry away (freq. after the Aug. per.):

turbine caelesti subito correptus et igni,

Lucr. 6, 395; cf. Verg. A. 1, 45:

flamma Corripuit tabulas,

id. ib. 9, 537; so Ov. M. 2, 210 al.;

and transf. to the person: ipsas ignes corripuere casas,

id. F. 2, 524:

nec singula morbi Corpora corripiunt,

Verg. G. 3, 472; Cels. 6, 18, 9; Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:

morbo bis inter res agendas correptus est,

Suet. Caes. 45:

pedum dolore,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4;

rarely of death: subitā morte,

Flor. 3, 17, 2:

(ales) caeco correpta veneno,

Lucr. 6, 823:

(segetes) modo sol nimius, nimius modo corripit imber,

Ov. M. 5, 483.— Absol.:

si (paralytici) correpti non sunt, diutius quidem vivunt, sed, etc.,

Cels. 3, 47, 4.—

With the access. idea of lessening by compressing, to draw together, draw in, contract, shorten, abridge, diminish (rare; mostly post-Aug.): singulos a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit. Suet. Dom. 4:

impensas,

id. Tib. 34;

of discourse: quae nimium corripientes omnia sequitur obscuritas,

Quint. 4, 2, 44;

of words in the number of syllables (trabs from trabes),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll.;

or in the length of syllables,

Quint. 9, 4, 89; 10, 1, 29;

and so of syllables (opp. producere),

id. 1, 5, 18;

opp. porrigere,

id. 1, 6, 32, and later grammarians.—In time:

numina corripiant moras,

shorten, Ov. M. 9, 282:

ut difficiles puerperiorum tricas Juno mulceat corripiatque Lucina?

Arn. 3, 21.—

Trop.

To reproach, reprove, chide, blame (first freq. after the Aug. per.;

not in Cic.): hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so with abl., Suet. Aug. 53:

impransi correptus voce magistri,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 257:

hunc cetera turba suorum corripiunt dictis,

Ov. M. 3, 565 al.:

ut eum non inimice corripere, sed paene patrie monere videatur,

Quint. 11, 1, 68; Liv. 2, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 45; Ov. M. 13, 69 al.:

corripientibus amicis,

Suet. Ner. 35.—As a figure of speech, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104.—

Of the passions, emotions, etc., to seize upon, attack (rare, [p. 474] and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

hunc plausus hiantem... plebisque patrumque Corripuit ( = animum commovit),

Verg. G. 2, 510:

correpta cupidine,

Ov. M. 9, 734; so id. ib. 9, 455:

duplici ardore (sc. amoris et vini),

Prop. 1, 3, 13:

misericordiā,

Suet. Calig. 12:

irā,

Gell. 1, 26, 8: militiā ( poet. for militiae studio), Verg. A. 11, 584:

imagine visae formae,

seized, fascinated, Ov. M. 4, 676.

con-sīdĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [acc. to Corss. Nachtr. p. 43, from sidus, prop. to observe the stars; and so Paul. ex Fest. p. 42, 4, and 75, 8 Müll.; cf. desidero], to look at closely, attentively, carefully, to inspect, examine (class. in prose and poetry, esp. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

contemplari unum quidque otiose et considerare coepit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

candelabrum etiam atque etiam,

id. ib. 2, 4, 28, §

65: argentum (with contemplari),

id. ib. 2, 4, 15, §

33: opus (pictorum),

id. Off. 1, 41, 147:

aliquem,

Sall. C. 58, 18:

pallium diligentius,

Petr. 12, 3; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63:

feminas diligenter ac lente mercantium more,

Suet. Calig. 36:

formam, quā ludum gladiatorium erat aedificaturus,

id. Caes. 31:

lucentia sidera,

Gell. 2, 21, 2:

spatium,

Ov. M. 3, 95 al. —

With acc. and inf. as object, to observe, perceive (very rare):

cum folia decidere considerassent (corresp. with videre and animadvertere),

Col. 11, 2, 67.—

With a rel.-clause:

num tamen exciderit ferrum considerat, hastae,

Ov. M. 12, 105.—

Trop., to consider maturely, to reflect, contemplate, meditate; constr. with the acc., with de, a rel.-clause, ut, or absol.

With acc.:

mecum in animo vitam tuam,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 5; so,

eos casus mecum ipse,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

reliquum est, quod ipsae optime considerabitis, vestri similes feminae sintne Romae,

id. Fam. 14, 14, 1:

res atque pericula nostra,

Sall. C. 52, 2:

simul ipse qui suadet considerandus est,

Tac. H. 2, 76.— With ex:

Rosciorum factum ex ipsius Chrysogoni judicio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 108. —With aliquid ex aliquā re:

aliquid ex se et ex suā naturā,

Cic. Inv. 1, 10, 14; 2, 58, 176.—

With de:

cum de me ipso ac de meis te considerare velim,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3:

his de rebus velim cum Pomponio consideretis,

id. ib. 14, 14, 2:

de quā (intercessione) isti ipsi considerabunt,

id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

de totā re,

id. Att. 12, 24, 1.— Impers.:

quale sit id, de quo consideretur,

inquiry is made, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 18.—

With rel.-clause:

considerate cum vestris animis vosmet ipsi, ecquem putetis, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 29:

sed velim consideres, quid faciendum putes,

id. Att. 7, 13, 3; id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 174; Liv. 45, 12, 5:

consideres quid agas, quo progrediare, quem hominem et quā ratione defendas,

Cic. Verr 2, 5, 68, § 174; Sall. C. 20, 6; 44, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 15; 3, 8, 51 al.: finitimos hostes an amicos velis esse considera, Curt. 7, 8, 30.—So impers.:

in quā (parte) quid juris sit consideratur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 11, 14.—

With ut or ne, to take care, to be considerate (rare):

considerandum erit, ut solum pingue sit,

Col. 2, 2, 17; so,

ut lunā crescente id fiat,

id. 8, 5, 9.— Impers.:

considerandum est, ne aut temere desperet, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73.—

Absol.:

ille se considerare velle (ait),

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1.—Hence,

con-sīdĕranter, adv. (of the P. a. considerans. which is not used), = considerate, in a deliberate, considerate manner (post-Aug. and rare):

agere,

Val. Max. 8, 1, Ambust. 2:

cuneum deponere,

Pall. Febr. 17, 2.— Comp. considerantius, acc. to Fronto, p. 2194 P., but without voucher.— Sup. not in use.—

consīdĕrātus, a, um, P. a., in acc. with 11., maturely reflected upon, considerate, circumspect, cautious, etc. (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.; not in Quint.).

Of things:

verbum consideratissimum, arbitror,

Cic. Font. 9, 19 (v. arbitror, II.):

considerata atque provisa via vivendi,

id. Par. 5, 1, 34; cf.:

considerata (et diligens) excogitatio faciendi aliquid aut non faciendi,

id. Inv. 2, 5, 18:

nihil,

id. Har. Resp. 2, 3:

factum,

id. Sull. 26, 72:

ratio,

id. Inv. 2, 54, 164:

tarditas,

id. Brut. 42, 154: facilitas parum considerata, Cod. Th. 8, 5, 19.— Comp.:

consilium,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 2.—

Transf., as in Engl., to the person:

homo,

Cic. Caecin. 1, 1; id. Quint. 3, 11:

consideratus ac sapiens,

Plin. Pan. 44, 5:

tardum pro considerato vocent,

Liv. 22, 39, 20.— Comp.: consideratior factus Caesar (with tardior), Auct. B. Afr. 73; cf.:

unā in re paulo minus consideratus,

Cic. Quint. 3, 11.— Adv.: consīdĕrātē, considerately:

fieri,

Cic. Quint. 16, 51; id. Off. 1, 38, 136:

agere,

id. ib. 1, 27, 94 al.— Comp., Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 9; Liv. 4, 45, 8; Suet. Caes. 77.— Sup., Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2.

conspectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from conspicio.

conspectus, ūs, m. [conspicio], a seeing, looking at, a look, sight, view, the range or reach of sight, the power of sceing (freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: casurusne in conspectum videatur animus, an tanta sit ejus tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

quo longissime conspectum oculi ferebant,

Liv. 1, 18, 8:

obscuritas lucis Romanis non adimebat in omnis partes conspectum,

id. 37, 41, 3:

conspectu urbis frui,

Cic. Sull. 9, 26:

suorum,

id. Mur. 41, 89: sese dare in conspectum, Enn. Ann. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41:

dare se in conspectum alicui,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86; cf.:

alicui in conspectum prodire,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 3:

prodire ad aliquem in conspectum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 84; id. Most. 5, 2, 33:

paene in conspectu exercitūs nostri,

before the eyes, Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

illam e conspectu amisi meo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 2:

venire in conspectum alicujus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; Nep. Con. 3, 3 al.:

fugere e conspectu alicujus,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 107; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

ex hominum conspectu morte decedere,

Nep. Timol. 1, 6:

fugare aliquem e conspectu,

Lucr. 3, 49:

conspectum fugere,

Ov. M. 2, 594.—

Pregn., public attention, notice:

subito consilium cepi ut ante quam luceret exirem, ne qui conspectus fieret aut sermo,

Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —

Meton.

Presence, proximity (very freq.; in many connections coinciding with the foregoing, as the phrase venire in conspectum can be translated to come before the eyes or to come near; so also e conspectu fugere, etc.).

Of persons:

etsi scio, eis fore meum conspectum invisum hodie,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 22:

(tibi) cujus prope in conspectu Aegyptus est,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5; so, in conspectu, in the presence or vicinity, before the eyes, before the face of, in sight, id. Agr. 1, 3, 7; Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.; Liv. 1, 31, 2; Verg. A. 1, 184.—

Of inanimate things:

quercus, quae est in oppidi conspectu,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:

procul a conspectu imperii,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87: spectet patriam;

in conspectu legum libertatisque moriatur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170.—

Appearance (cf. adspectus;

very rare): videamus animi partis, quarum est conspectus inlustrior,

Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48 Madv. ad loc.:

Hieronymus... primo statim aspectu omnia quam disparia essent ostendit,

i. e. at the first view the public had of him, Liv. 24, 5, 2; 6, 8, 6.—

Trop., the mental view, glance, survey, consideration (rare, but in good prose):

quae ponunt in conspectu animi, quae cernere et videre non possumus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161:

et cognitio naturae,

id. Leg. 1, 23, 61:

uno in conspectu omnia videre,

id. Brut. 4, 15; id. Leg. 3, 5, 12; Quint. 10, 1, 6; 7, 1, 4; Liv. 10, 25, 12:

ut ea ne in conspectu quidem relinquantur,

never come into consideration, are scarcely observed, Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 93.—

In Gellius concr., like the Gr. sunopsis, a short view, sketch, synopsis, Gell. 17, 21, 2; 19, 10, 3.

con-sto, stĭti, stātum (constātūrus, Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 3; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 30; Luc. 2, 17; Mart. 10, 41, 5; Lact. Opif. Dei, 7, 11), 1, v. n.

To stand together, stand with some person or thing.

Lit. (very rare):

constant, conserunt sermones inter se drapetae,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 11.—

Trop., to stand with, to agree with, be in accord or agreement, to correspond, fit.

With cum and abl. (cf. consisto, II. B. 3.):

considerabit, constetne oratio aut cum re aut ipsa secum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 45:

sententiā non constare cum superioribus et inferioribus sententiis, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14.—

Absol.:

veri similis narratio erit, si spatia temporum, personarum dignitates, consiliorum rationes, locorum opportunitates constabunt,

Auct. Her. 1, 9, 16.—

With dat.:

si humanitati tuae constare voles,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1.—And esp. with sibi, to agree, accord with itself, to remain like one's self, be consistent:

in Oppianico sibi constare et superioribus consentire judiciis debuerunt,

Cic. Clu. 22, 60; so,

with consentire,

id. Univ. 3 init.; id. Fin. 2, 11, 35:

ut constare in vitae perpetuitate possimus nobismetipsis nec in ullo officio claudicare,

id. Off. 1, 33, 119; so,

sibi (opp. titubare),

Quint. 5, 7, 11:

sibi et rei judicatae,

Cic. Clu. 38, 106:

sibi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 16; id. A. P. 127; cf.:

constat idem omnibus sermo,

Liv. 9, 2, 3.—

In the phrase ratio constat, mercantile t. t., the account agrees or is correct, is or proves right:

auri ratio constat: aurum in aerario est,

Cic. Fl. 28, 69:

quibus ratio impensarum constaret,

was correct, accurately kept, Suet. Ner. 30.—

In postAug. prose, esp. in the younger Pliny, transf. from the sphere of business:

mirum est, quam singulis diebus in urbe ratio aut constet aut constare videatur,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 5, 16; 3, 18, 10; 2, 4, 4; 7, 6, 4; id. Pan. 38, 4; Just. praef. § 5: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio [p. 439] constet, quam si uni reddatur, Tac. A. 1, 6 fin. —

With the access. idea of firmness, to stand firm, to remain immovable, unchanging, steadfast, to abide, last, endure, persevere, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and styles).

In gen.:

prius quam totis viribus fulta constaret hostium acies,

Liv. 3, 60, 9; cf.:

nec pugna deinde illis constare,

id. 1, 30, 10:

ut non color, non vultus ei constaret,

id. 39, 34, 7; cf.:

valetudo ei neque corporis neque animi constitit,

Suet. Calig. 50; and:

dum sanitas constabit,

Phaedr. 4, 24, 30:

non mentibus solum consipere, sed ne auribus quidem atque oculis satis constare poterant,

Liv. 5, 42, 3; cf.:

in ebrietate lingua non constat,

Sen. Ep. 83, 27:

mente vix constare,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39; cf. Liv. 8, 19, 6; 44, 20, 7:

quā in sententia si constare voluissent,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 36 fin.:

numerus legionum constat,

id. ib. 7, 35:

ceteris exercitibus constare fidem,

Tac. H. 2, 96:

utrimque fides constitit,

kept their word, Liv. 37, 32, 13; 2, 13, 9.— Poet.: cum sint huc forsitan illa, Haec translata illuc;

summā tamen omnia constant,

i. e. the principal sum remains always the same, Ov. M. 15, 258:

postquam cuncta videt caelo constare sereno,

every thing continues in unbroken serenity, Verg. A. 3, 518:

constitit in nullā qui fuit ante color,

Ov. A. A. 1, 120.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to stop, halt: multitudinem procul hostium constare videtur, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 273, 4.—

Of facts, reports, etc., to be established, settled, certain, manifest, evident, well known:

quae cum constent, perspicuum debet esse, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

eorum quae constant exempla ponemus, horum quae dubia sunt, exempla adferemus, id. mv 1, 38, 68: quod nihil nobis constat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 5:

cum et factum constet et nomen, qualia sint vocatur in dubium,

Cic. Part. Or. 12, 42; cf.:

cum factum constat, sed a quo sit factum in controversiam venit,

Quint. 7, 2, 8; and impers., with acc. and inf.:

mihi multa agitanti constabat, paucorum civium egregiam virtutem cuncta patravisse,

Sall. C. 53, 4; cf.:

quod omnibus constabat, hiemari in Gallia oportere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin., and Cic. Clu. 13, 38.—

Constat (constabat, constabit, etc., it is settled, established, undisputed, certain, well known, etc.), Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Quint. 29, 89; Caes. B. G. 3, 6; 3, 9 al.; Ov. M. 7, 533; Quint. 4, 2, 90 et saep.—So freq.: constat inter omnes, with acc. and inf., all agree, all are convinced:

sed tum nimis inter omnis constabat neminem esse resalutatum,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

quae propositio in se quiddam continet perspicuum et quod constare inter omnis necesse est, hanc velle approbare et firmare nihil attinet,

in which all must agree, id. Inv. 1, 36, 62 dub. (B. and K. stare); Caes. B. G. 7, 44; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 8 et saep.; cf.

also: constare inter homines sapientissimos (for which, just after: omnium consensu sic esse judicatum),

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3:

inter suos,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47:

inter augures, Liv 10, 6, 7 et saep.: cum de Magio constet,

Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3; cf.:

de facto constat,

Quint. 7, 2, 7; so with de, id. 7, 2, 11; 4, 2, 5:

etsi non satis mihi constiterat, cum aliquāne animi mei molestiā an potius, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 1:

nec satis certum constare apud animum poterat, utrum, etc.,

Liv. 30, 28, 1:

quid cuique sit opus constare decet,

Quint. 3, 9, 8; so id. 3, 8, 25:

quid porro quaerendum est? Factumne sit? At constat. A quo? At patet,

Cic. Mil. 6, 15; so absol., id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 54.—

Of a resolve.

Impers.: mihi (ei) constat, = certum est, it is my ( his) fixed determination, I am determined, I am fully resolved (rare): mihi quidem constat, nec meam contumeliam, nec meorum ferre, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 42:

neque satis Bruto neque tribunis militum constabat, quid agerent,

were undecided, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

ut nihil ei constet quod agat,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 35.—

With the resolve as subject:

animo constat sententia,

Verg. A. 5, 748:

cum constitit consilium,

when my mind was fully made up, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1.—

In gen., as opp. to that which has no existence, to exist, be, abide (esp. in Lucr.):

(corpora) quoniam fragili naturā praedita constant,

Lucr. 1, 582; 1, 246; 1, 510 et saep.:

antiquissimi fere sunt, quorum quidem scripta constent,

Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 93; id. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: qui sine manibus et pedibus constare deum posse decreverunt, id. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

si ipsa mens constare potest vacans corpore,

id. ib. 1, 10, 25.—

With ex, in, de, or the abl. (in Cic. only with ex; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 8, 19), to consist in or of, to be composed of, to rest upon something, etc.

With ex (very freq. in prose and poetry):

fulminis ignem e parvis constare figuris,

Lucr. 2, 385:

homo ex animo constat et corpore,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98;

id. Fin. l. l.: simplex (jus) e dulci constat olivo,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 64:

ea virtus, quae constat ex hominibus tuendis,

Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157 et saep.—

With in and abl. (very rare):

victoriam in earum cohortium virtute constare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 89 fin.; Nep. Att. 14 fin. —

With de:

partus duplici de semine,

Lucr. 4, 1229.—

With abl. (freq. in Lucr. and Quint.):

aeterno quia constant semine quaeque,

Lucr. 1, 221; 1, 484; 1, 518 et saep.:

agri campis, vineis, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 5:

constat tota oratio longioribus membris, brevioribus periodis,

Quint. 9, 4, 134; 5, 10, 63 et saep.:

causa constat aut unius rei controversiā aut plurium,

id. 3, 10, 1. omnis disciplina memoriā, id. 11, 2, 1. omne jus aut scripto aut moribus, id. 12, 3, 6 et saep.—

Mercantile t. t., like our phrase, to stand at, i. e. to cost; constr. with abl.. gen., etc., of price (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 444).

Lit.

With abl.:

ut unae quadrigae Romae constiterint quadringentis milibus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; Suet. Vit. 19:

filius auro,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 57:

navis gratis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48 (al. stare):

HS. sex milibus tibi constant,

id. ib. 2, 4, 12, §

28: tanto nobis deliciae,

Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 84:

magno tibi,

Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 4:

parvo,

Pall. Febr. 9, 12; cf.

gratis,

Sen. Ep. 104, 34; Aug. Serm. 385, 6.—

With gen.:

(ambulatiuncula) prope dimidio minoris constabit isto loco,

Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2; Suet. Ner. 27 fin.:

quanti funus,

id. Vesp. 19; Juv. 7, 45.—

With adv.: quod mihi constat carius, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 25; so,

vilissime,

Col. 9, 1. 6.—

With sup.:

cujus area super HS. millies constitit,

Suet. Caes. 26.—

Trop.:

edocet, quanto detrimento et quot virorum fortium morte necesse sit constare victoriam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

odia constantia magno,

Ov. H. 7, 47:

imperia pretio quolibet constant bene,

Sen. Phoen. 664.—Hence, constans, antis, P. a. (acc. to II. 1.), standing firm, firm, unchangeable, constant, immovable, uniform, fixed, stable, invariable (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

mellis constantior est natura (sc. quam aquae),

Lucr. 3, 192:

constans uva contra tenorem unum algoris aestusve,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 27:

cujus in indomito constantior inguine nervus, Quam nova arbor, etc.,

Hor. Epod. 12, 19:

cursus certi et constantes,

Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 24; cf.:

constans reversio stellarum (with conveniens),

id. ib. 2, 21, 54:

constantissimus motus lunae,

id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

nihil (mundo) motu constantius,

id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; 2, 21, 54:

constanti vultu graduque,

Liv. 5, 46, 3: aetas, the mature age (of an adult), Cic. Sen. 10, 33; cf.:

constans aetas, quae media dicitur,

id. ib. 20, 76:

aetate nondum constanti,

Suet. Galb. 4:

pax,

firm, secure, Liv. 6, 25, 6:

fides,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 4:

an ire comminus et certare pro Italiā constantius foret,

safer, Tac. H. 3, 1. —

Agreeing or accordant with itself, consistent, harmonious:

quemadmodum in oratione constanti, sic in vitā omnia sint apta inter se et convenientia,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:

nihil intellego dici potuisse constantius,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.:

incredibilia an inter se constantia,

Quint. 5, 4, 2:

rumores,

Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1:

constans parum memoria hujus anni,

Liv. 10, 37, 13:

constans fama erat,

Suet. Caes. 6; so,

opinio,

id. Tib. 39; id. Vesp. 4 al.—

Trop., intellectually or morally certain, sure, steadfast, constant, faithful, steady, unchanging:

firmi et stabiles et constantes amici,

Cic. Lael. 17, 62; cf. Nep. Lys. 2, 2:

quem hominem? Levem? imo gravissimum. Mobilem? imo constantissimum,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. opp. varium, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48 Spald.:

pater amens at is quidem fuit omnium constantissimus,

a very constant, steadfast man, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 41; cf.:

prudens et constans (testis),

Quint. 5, 7, 26; and under adv.:

(Helvidius Priscus) recti pervicax, constans adversus metus,

Tac. H. 4, 5 fin.:

constans Fortuna tantum in levitate suā,

Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 18; cf.: neque fidei constans, neque strenuus in perfidiā, Tac. H. 3, 57:

constantior In vitiis, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18.— Adv.: constanter.

(Acc. to A.) Firmly, immovably, steadily, constantly:

manere in suo statu,

Cic. Univ. 13: constanter ac perpetuo placet consilium, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 9:

vitiis gaudere constanter,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6.— Comp.:

ut maneamus in perspicuis firmius et constantius,

Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 45.— Sup.:

impetus caeli constantissime conficiens vicissitudinis anniversarias,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97.—

Harmoniously, evenly, uniformly, consistently:

constanter et aequaliter ingrediens oratio,

Cic. Or. 58, 198:

sibi constanter convenienterque dicere,

id. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 24; in comp., id. ib. 5, 9, 25; in sup., id. ib. 5, 8, 23; id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; so,

hi constanter omnes nuntiaverunt,

with one voice, unanimously, Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

aequabilius atque constantius sese res humanae haberent,

Sall. C. 2, 3:

aequabilius atque constantius regere provincias,

Tac. A. 15, 21 fin. —

(Acc. to B.) Steadily, calmly, tranquilly, sedately:

constanter ac non trepide pugnare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 25; cf.

agere, Auct. B. Afr. 84: proelium inire,

Suet. Vesp. 4; id. Tib. 19:

constanter et sedate ferre dolorem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:

constanter et libere se gerere,

id. Att. 4, 16, 9:

constanter prudenterque fit,

id. Tusc. 4, 6, 12:

constanter delata beneficia (with judicio, considerate, and opp. repentino quodam impetu),

id. Off. 1, 15, 49.— Comp.:

cetera exsequi,

Suet. Aug. 10:

acrius quam constantius proelium inire,

Curt. 4, 6, 14.— Sup.:

amicitias retinere,

Suet. Aug. 66; id. Tib. 45 al.

contrārĭus, a, um, adj. [contra], lying or being over against, opposite.

In gen.

Prop., of places (syn. adversus):

collis adversus huic et contrarius,

Caes. B. G. 2, 18; cf.:

contraria tigna iis (tignis),

id. ib. 4, 17, 5; and:

gemma soli,

Plin. 37, 9, 47, § 131:

contrario amne,

against the stream, id. 21, 12, 43, § 73:

tellus,

Ov. M. 1, 65; cf. id. ib. 13, 429:

ripa,

Dig. 41, 1, 65:

auris,

Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 77:

contraria vulnera ( = adversa vulnera),

in front, on the breast, Tac. H. 3, 84:

in contrarias partes fluere,

Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78; cf.:

tignis in contrariam partem revinctis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.

. si pelles utriusque (hyaenae et pantherae) contrariae suspendantur,

Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93:

contrario ictu uterque transfixus,

by a blow from the opposite direction, Liv. 2, 6, 9.— With inter se, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49.—With atque, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,

Transf., of other objects.

In gen., opposite, contrary, opposed (syn. diversus); constr. with the gen., dat., inter se, atque, or absol.

With gen.:

hujus virtutis contraria est vitiositas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34; id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; id. Fin. 4, 24, 67 Madv. N. cr.; Quint. 5, 10, 49 al.—

With dat.:

voluptas honestati,

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

fortuna rationi et constantiae,

id. Div. 2, 7, 18; cf. id. Top. 11, 46 sq.:

vitium illi virtuti,

Quint. 11, 3, 44:

rusticitas urbanitati,

id. 6, 3, 17:

pes bacchio,

id. 9, 4, 102:

color albo,

Ov. M. 2, 541:

aestus vento,

id. ib. 8, 471 et saep. —

With inter se:

orationes inter se contrariae Aeschinis Demosthenisque,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14; so id. de Or. 2, 55, 223; Quint. prooem. § 2; 1, 10, 6; 10, 1, 22.—

With atque:

versantur retro contrario motu atque caelum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

Absol.:

aut bono casu aut contrario,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis conflatum,

id. Cael. 5, 12:

ardor,

Lucr. 3, 252:

exemplum,

Quint. 5, 11, 7:

jus,

id. 5, 11, 32:

leges,

conflicting, id. 3, 6, 43; Dig. 1, 3, 28: actiones, cross-suits, Gai Inst. 4, 174 al.:

latitudo quā contrariae quinqueremes commearent,

going in opposite directions, Suet. Ner. 31:

disputandum est de omni re in contrarias partis,

on both sides, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 158:

ex contrariā parte dicere,

id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:

in contrariam partem adferre aliquid,

id. de Or. 2, 53, 215 al. —

Esp., subst.: contrārĭum, ii, n., the opposite, contrary, reverse.

In gen.:

contrarium decernebat ac paulo ante decreverat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:

si ea rex vult, quae Thebanis sint utilia... sin autem contraria, etc.,

Nep. Epam. 4, 2:

dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 24; cf.: diversaeque vocant animum in contraria curae, in opposite directions, Verg A. 12, 487:

ut auctoris sortem in contraria mutet,

Ov. M. 3, 329:

in contraria versus,

transformed, id. ib. 12, 179.—With gen.:

contraria earum (artium)... vitia quae sunt virtutum contraria,

Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67:

fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia,

id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 49.—With dat.:

quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque exspectatis aut speret aut timeat,

Vell. 2, 75, 2: qui contraria Deo faciat, Lact. de Ira, 3, 3.—With quam:

qui contraria faciat quam Deus,

Lact. 3, 29, 13; Aug. Civ. Dei, 8, 24; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 267.—

As rhet. fig., the antithesis, contrast, opposite, Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 42; Auct. Her. 4, 19, 27; Jul. Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 11.—

Adverb. phrases:

ex contrario,

on the conirary, on the other hand, Caes. B. G. 7, 30; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 47; id. Inv. 2, 8, 25; Quint. 6, 1, 16:

e contrario,

Nep. Iphicr. 1, 4; id. Ham. 1, 2; id. Att. 9, 3; id. Eum. 1, 5 (al. contrario without e); Quint. 1, 5, 43;

rarely ex contrariis,

Quint. 8, 5, 9; 8, 5, 18; 10, 1, 19;

11, 3, 39 al.—In the same sense, but more rarely, in contrarium,

Plin. 18, 24, 54, § 197:

per contrarium,

Dig. 2, 4, 8, § 1; 2, 15, 8; 28, 1, 20 al.—

In partic.

Of weight: aes contrarium, weighed against, = antirropon, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 12 Müll.; cf. Scalig. ad Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30.—

Of hostile opposition, inimical, hostile, hurtful, pernicious, etc. (more rare than adversarius, and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

contrariis dis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 70 Müll.:

Averna avibus cunctis,

dangerous, destructive, Lucr. 6, 741; cf.:

usus lactis capitis doloribus,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 130:

hyssopum stomacho,

id. 25, 11, 87, § 136:

quam (sc. perspicuitatem) quidam etiam contrariam interim putaverunt,

injurious, disadvantageous, Quint. 4, 2, 64 Spald.; cf.:

philosophia imperaturo,

Suet. Ner. 52:

exta,

unfavorable, id. Oth. 8:

saepe quos ipse alueris, Tibi inveniri maxime contrarios,

hostile, Phaedr. 4, 11, 17:

litora litoribus contraria, fluctibus undas Imprecor,

Verg. A. 4, 628; cf. id. ib. 7, 293.— Subst.: contrārĭus, ii, m., an opponent, antagonist; plur., Vitr. 3, praef. 2.— Adv.: con-trārĭē, in an opposite direction, in a different manner:

sidera procedentia,

Cic. Univ 9 med.:

scriptum,

id. Part. Or. 31, 108:

relata verba,

id. de Or. 2, 65, 263:

dicere,

Tac. Or. 34.

contrārĭus, a, um, adj. [contra], lying or being over against, opposite.

In gen.

Prop., of places (syn. adversus):

collis adversus huic et contrarius,

Caes. B. G. 2, 18; cf.:

contraria tigna iis (tignis),

id. ib. 4, 17, 5; and:

gemma soli,

Plin. 37, 9, 47, § 131:

contrario amne,

against the stream, id. 21, 12, 43, § 73:

tellus,

Ov. M. 1, 65; cf. id. ib. 13, 429:

ripa,

Dig. 41, 1, 65:

auris,

Plin. 24, 10, 47, § 77:

contraria vulnera ( = adversa vulnera),

in front, on the breast, Tac. H. 3, 84:

in contrarias partes fluere,

Cic. Div. 1, 35, 78; cf.:

tignis in contrariam partem revinctis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.

. si pelles utriusque (hyaenae et pantherae) contrariae suspendantur,

Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93:

contrario ictu uterque transfixus,

by a blow from the opposite direction, Liv. 2, 6, 9.— With inter se, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49.—With atque, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,

Transf., of other objects.

In gen., opposite, contrary, opposed (syn. diversus); constr. with the gen., dat., inter se, atque, or absol.

With gen.:

hujus virtutis contraria est vitiositas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34; id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; id. Fin. 4, 24, 67 Madv. N. cr.; Quint. 5, 10, 49 al.—

With dat.:

voluptas honestati,

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

fortuna rationi et constantiae,

id. Div. 2, 7, 18; cf. id. Top. 11, 46 sq.:

vitium illi virtuti,

Quint. 11, 3, 44:

rusticitas urbanitati,

id. 6, 3, 17:

pes bacchio,

id. 9, 4, 102:

color albo,

Ov. M. 2, 541:

aestus vento,

id. ib. 8, 471 et saep. —

With inter se:

orationes inter se contrariae Aeschinis Demosthenisque,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14; so id. de Or. 2, 55, 223; Quint. prooem. § 2; 1, 10, 6; 10, 1, 22.—

With atque:

versantur retro contrario motu atque caelum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—

Absol.:

aut bono casu aut contrario,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis conflatum,

id. Cael. 5, 12:

ardor,

Lucr. 3, 252:

exemplum,

Quint. 5, 11, 7:

jus,

id. 5, 11, 32:

leges,

conflicting, id. 3, 6, 43; Dig. 1, 3, 28: actiones, cross-suits, Gai Inst. 4, 174 al.:

latitudo quā contrariae quinqueremes commearent,

going in opposite directions, Suet. Ner. 31:

disputandum est de omni re in contrarias partis,

on both sides, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 158:

ex contrariā parte dicere,

id. Inv. 1, 18, 26:

in contrariam partem adferre aliquid,

id. de Or. 2, 53, 215 al. —

Esp., subst.: contrārĭum, ii, n., the opposite, contrary, reverse.

In gen.:

contrarium decernebat ac paulo ante decreverat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:

si ea rex vult, quae Thebanis sint utilia... sin autem contraria, etc.,

Nep. Epam. 4, 2:

dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 24; cf.: diversaeque vocant animum in contraria curae, in opposite directions, Verg A. 12, 487:

ut auctoris sortem in contraria mutet,

Ov. M. 3, 329:

in contraria versus,

transformed, id. ib. 12, 179.—With gen.:

contraria earum (artium)... vitia quae sunt virtutum contraria,

Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67:

fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia,

id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 49.—With dat.:

quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque exspectatis aut speret aut timeat,

Vell. 2, 75, 2: qui contraria Deo faciat, Lact. de Ira, 3, 3.—With quam:

qui contraria faciat quam Deus,

Lact. 3, 29, 13; Aug. Civ. Dei, 8, 24; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 267.—

As rhet. fig., the antithesis, contrast, opposite, Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 42; Auct. Her. 4, 19, 27; Jul. Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 11.—

Adverb. phrases:

ex contrario,

on the conirary, on the other hand, Caes. B. G. 7, 30; Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 47; id. Inv. 2, 8, 25; Quint. 6, 1, 16:

e contrario,

Nep. Iphicr. 1, 4; id. Ham. 1, 2; id. Att. 9, 3; id. Eum. 1, 5 (al. contrario without e); Quint. 1, 5, 43;

rarely ex contrariis,

Quint. 8, 5, 9; 8, 5, 18; 10, 1, 19;

11, 3, 39 al.—In the same sense, but more rarely, in contrarium,

Plin. 18, 24, 54, § 197:

per contrarium,

Dig. 2, 4, 8, § 1; 2, 15, 8; 28, 1, 20 al.—

In partic.

Of weight: aes contrarium, weighed against, = antirropon, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 12 Müll.; cf. Scalig. ad Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30.—

Of hostile opposition, inimical, hostile, hurtful, pernicious, etc. (more rare than adversarius, and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

contrariis dis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 70 Müll.:

Averna avibus cunctis,

dangerous, destructive, Lucr. 6, 741; cf.:

usus lactis capitis doloribus,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 130:

hyssopum stomacho,

id. 25, 11, 87, § 136:

quam (sc. perspicuitatem) quidam etiam contrariam interim putaverunt,

injurious, disadvantageous, Quint. 4, 2, 64 Spald.; cf.:

philosophia imperaturo,

Suet. Ner. 52:

exta,

unfavorable, id. Oth. 8:

saepe quos ipse alueris, Tibi inveniri maxime contrarios,

hostile, Phaedr. 4, 11, 17:

litora litoribus contraria, fluctibus undas Imprecor,

Verg. A. 4, 628; cf. id. ib. 7, 293.— Subst.: contrārĭus, ii, m., an opponent, antagonist; plur., Vitr. 3, praef. 2.— Adv.: con-trārĭē, in an opposite direction, in a different manner:

sidera procedentia,

Cic. Univ 9 med.:

scriptum,

id. Part. Or. 31, 108:

relata verba,

id. de Or. 2, 65, 263:

dicere,

Tac. Or. 34.

cor-rĭpĭo ( conr-), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize or snatch up, to collect, to seize upon, take hold of (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.:

hominem conripi ac suspendi jussit in oleastro,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57; Caes. B. C. 3, 109; cf. Ov. M. 9, 217 al.:

arcumque manu celeresque sagittas,

Verg. A. 1, 188; cf.:

lora manu,

Ov. M. 2, 145:

fasces,

Sall. C. 18, 5:

arma,

Vell. 2, 110 et saep.: corpus, to rise up quickly, start up:

ex somno,

Lucr. 3, 164; Verg. A. 4, 572:

de terrā,

Lucr. 4, 1000:

e stratis,

Verg. A. 3, 176: se, to get or rise up hastily, to betake one's self somewhere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 76; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 5; Verg. A. 6, 472.— Poet.: viam, gradum, spatium, etc., to set out quickly, to pursue hastily, to hasten, hasten through or over:

viam,

Verg. A. 1, 418; Ov. M. 2, 158; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6:

gradum,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 33:

spatia,

Verg. A. 5, 316:

campum,

id. G. 3, 104:

aequora,

Val. Fl. 1, 132 al.:

correptā luce diei,

collected, Lucr. 4, 81.—

In partic.

Of robbery, etc., to carry off, rob, plunder, take possession of, usurp:

pecunias undique quasi in subsidium,

Tac. A. 13, 18; cf.:

bona vivorum ac mortuorum usquequaque,

Suet. Dom. 12:

pecunias,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Tac. A. 13, 31 fin.:

sacram effigiem,

Verg. A. 2, 167:

praefecturas,

Tac. A. 11, 8 al. —

In Tac. freq. of accusations, to bring to trial, accuse, inform against:

Vitellius accusatione corripitur, deferente Junio Lupo senatore,

Tac. A. 12, 42; 2, 28; 3, 49; 6, 40 al.—

Of fire, etc., or of diseases, to attack, seize, sweep, or carry away (freq. after the Aug. per.):

turbine caelesti subito correptus et igni,

Lucr. 6, 395; cf. Verg. A. 1, 45:

flamma Corripuit tabulas,

id. ib. 9, 537; so Ov. M. 2, 210 al.;

and transf. to the person: ipsas ignes corripuere casas,

id. F. 2, 524:

nec singula morbi Corpora corripiunt,

Verg. G. 3, 472; Cels. 6, 18, 9; Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:

morbo bis inter res agendas correptus est,

Suet. Caes. 45:

pedum dolore,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4;

rarely of death: subitā morte,

Flor. 3, 17, 2:

(ales) caeco correpta veneno,

Lucr. 6, 823:

(segetes) modo sol nimius, nimius modo corripit imber,

Ov. M. 5, 483.— Absol.:

si (paralytici) correpti non sunt, diutius quidem vivunt, sed, etc.,

Cels. 3, 47, 4.—

With the access. idea of lessening by compressing, to draw together, draw in, contract, shorten, abridge, diminish (rare; mostly post-Aug.): singulos a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit. Suet. Dom. 4:

impensas,

id. Tib. 34;

of discourse: quae nimium corripientes omnia sequitur obscuritas,

Quint. 4, 2, 44;

of words in the number of syllables (trabs from trabes),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll.;

or in the length of syllables,

Quint. 9, 4, 89; 10, 1, 29;

and so of syllables (opp. producere),

id. 1, 5, 18;

opp. porrigere,

id. 1, 6, 32, and later grammarians.—In time:

numina corripiant moras,

shorten, Ov. M. 9, 282:

ut difficiles puerperiorum tricas Juno mulceat corripiatque Lucina?

Arn. 3, 21.—

Trop.

To reproach, reprove, chide, blame (first freq. after the Aug. per.;

not in Cic.): hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so with abl., Suet. Aug. 53:

impransi correptus voce magistri,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 257:

hunc cetera turba suorum corripiunt dictis,

Ov. M. 3, 565 al.:

ut eum non inimice corripere, sed paene patrie monere videatur,

Quint. 11, 1, 68; Liv. 2, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 45; Ov. M. 13, 69 al.:

corripientibus amicis,

Suet. Ner. 35.—As a figure of speech, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104.—

Of the passions, emotions, etc., to seize upon, attack (rare, [p. 474] and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

hunc plausus hiantem... plebisque patrumque Corripuit ( = animum commovit),

Verg. G. 2, 510:

correpta cupidine,

Ov. M. 9, 734; so id. ib. 9, 455:

duplici ardore (sc. amoris et vini),

Prop. 1, 3, 13:

misericordiā,

Suet. Calig. 12:

irā,

Gell. 1, 26, 8: militiā ( poet. for militiae studio), Verg. A. 11, 584:

imagine visae formae,

seized, fascinated, Ov. M. 4, 676.