purloin

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con-trecto ( contracto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [tracto], to touch, handle, come in contact with, feel (class.; most freq. after the Aug. per.).

Lit.

In gen.:

nudum corpus aquaï,

Lucr. 6, 854:

pectora,

Ov. M. 8, 607:

omnes partes corporis inspectare et contrectare,

Sen. Contr. 1, 2; cf.:

membra mortuae,

Suet. Ner. 34:

obscena,

Sen. Const. 13, 2:

filium Demaeneti,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 17: librum manibus, * Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 11:

vulnus,

to meddle with, Ov. P. 2, 2, 60:

pocula vel cibos,

Col. 12, 4, 3:

pecuniam,

Suet. Calig. 42; cf.: pecunias vetitas, Cod. Th. 9, 23, 1, § 2.—

In partic.

To touch in examining, to search:

ne feminae praetextatique pueri et puellae contrectarentur,

Suet. Claud. 35.—

To touch carnally, to have illicit intercourse with, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 32; id. Mil. 4, 2, 61:

multorum uxores,

Suet. Dom. 1; Just. 7, 3, 4.—

Transf.:

contrectata filiarum pudicitia,

violated, dishonored, Tac. A. 14, 35.—

In the Lat. of the jurists, to appropriate: rem alienam, Gai Inst. 3, 195; Dig. 13, 1, 20.—

Esp.:

aliquid,

to take by stealth, to steal, purloin, Dig. 41, 2, 3; 25, 2, 3 al.—

Trop., to contemplate, look at, consider, dwell upon:

nudare corpus et contrectandum vulgi oculis permittere,

Tac. A. 3, 12:

mente varias voluptates,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 33; cf. id. de Or. 3, 6, 24:

studia et disciplinas philosophiae,

to apply one's self to, Gell. 17, 19, 3.

fraudo (arch. frūdo), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic perf. subj.:

fraudassis,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 58; in the dep. form:

fraussus sit,

id. As. 2, 2, 20; cf.: frausus erit, fraudem commiserit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 91 Müll.), v. a. [fraus], to cheat, beguile, defraud one of any thing (class.; syn.: fallo, frustror, circumvenio; inesco, deludo, decipio, etc.).

Aliquem aliqua re:

cum Caecilius a Vario magnā pecuniā fraudaretur,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; cf.:

grano uno fraudare decumanum,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 20:

milites praedā,

Liv. 2, 42, 1:

milites stipendio,

Just. 6, 2:

aurigarios mercede,

Suet. Ner. 5:

multos minutis mutuationibus,

Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

quos equidem non fraudaverim debitā laude,

Quint. 2, 14, 1:

nationes suā gloriā,

Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62:

aliquem triumpho,

Suet. Calig. 48:

legentes judicio maximi auctoris,

Quint. 9, 1, 25:

pueros somno (Aurora),

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 17:

amantem spe,

id. M. 14, 715:

superos ture,

Phaedr. 4, 20, 19:

artus seniles animā,

Ov. M. 7, 250:

(animus) mutila sentit quaedam et quasi decurtata: quibus, tamquam debito fraudetur, offenditur,

Cic. Or. 53, 178:

nec fraudare suo veteri nomine,

id. Fin. 5, 30, 91 (v. Madvig ad h. 1.):

verba aliqua sui parte,

Quint. 11, 3, 52:

nomina origine,

Ov. M. 7, 654:

praeclarum factum memoriā,

Vell. 2, 92:

bellum sanguine,

Luc. 2, 305:

fraudans se ipse victu suo,

Liv. 2, 10 fin.; 5, 47, 10.—

Simply aliquem:

quod ille unciatim vix de demenso suo, suum defraudans genium, compersit miser,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 10:

quis sit, qui socium fraudarit et fefellerit, consideremus,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17: VTI NE PROPTER TE FIDEMVE TVAM CAPTVS FRAVDATVSVE SIEM, an old legal formula in Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

fidentem,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 15:

quempiam,

Cic. Caecin. 3, 7:

creditores,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 11:

aliquem in hereditaria societate,

id. Quint. 24, 76:

lucernas (sc. oleo),

to deprive of, Hor. S. 1, 6, 124:

ipso jure rescindi quod fraudandae legis gratia esset ascriptum,

i. e. to violate, Dig. 35, 1, 64.—

With a homogeneous object:

metuo in commune, ne quam fraudem frausus siet,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 20.—

Transf., to embezzle a thing from a person, to purloin, steal; to withdraw, to diminish (perh. not in Cic.):

hi stipendium equitum fraudabant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 3: cf.

of the same: fraudata restituere,

id. ib. 3, 60 fin.:

annonam publicam,

Dig. 48, 12, 1:

vectigal,

Papin. ib. 39, 4, 8:

quod ego frudavi,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 11 Ritschl N. cr. (but not in id. Rud. 5, 2, 58, where the correct read. is defraudassis):

bellum adversus Turnum propter fraudatas Laviniae nuptias fuit,

withdrawn, not granted, Just. 43, 1:

sic gignitur laudatus ille pallor, saturitate fraudatā,

diminished, weakened, Plin. 9, 39, 64, § 138.

fraudo (arch. frūdo), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic perf. subj.:

fraudassis,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 58; in the dep. form:

fraussus sit,

id. As. 2, 2, 20; cf.: frausus erit, fraudem commiserit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 91 Müll.), v. a. [fraus], to cheat, beguile, defraud one of any thing (class.; syn.: fallo, frustror, circumvenio; inesco, deludo, decipio, etc.).

Aliquem aliqua re:

cum Caecilius a Vario magnā pecuniā fraudaretur,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; cf.:

grano uno fraudare decumanum,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 20:

milites praedā,

Liv. 2, 42, 1:

milites stipendio,

Just. 6, 2:

aurigarios mercede,

Suet. Ner. 5:

multos minutis mutuationibus,

Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

quos equidem non fraudaverim debitā laude,

Quint. 2, 14, 1:

nationes suā gloriā,

Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62:

aliquem triumpho,

Suet. Calig. 48:

legentes judicio maximi auctoris,

Quint. 9, 1, 25:

pueros somno (Aurora),

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 17:

amantem spe,

id. M. 14, 715:

superos ture,

Phaedr. 4, 20, 19:

artus seniles animā,

Ov. M. 7, 250:

(animus) mutila sentit quaedam et quasi decurtata: quibus, tamquam debito fraudetur, offenditur,

Cic. Or. 53, 178:

nec fraudare suo veteri nomine,

id. Fin. 5, 30, 91 (v. Madvig ad h. 1.):

verba aliqua sui parte,

Quint. 11, 3, 52:

nomina origine,

Ov. M. 7, 654:

praeclarum factum memoriā,

Vell. 2, 92:

bellum sanguine,

Luc. 2, 305:

fraudans se ipse victu suo,

Liv. 2, 10 fin.; 5, 47, 10.—

Simply aliquem:

quod ille unciatim vix de demenso suo, suum defraudans genium, compersit miser,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 10:

quis sit, qui socium fraudarit et fefellerit, consideremus,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17: VTI NE PROPTER TE FIDEMVE TVAM CAPTVS FRAVDATVSVE SIEM, an old legal formula in Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

fidentem,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 15:

quempiam,

Cic. Caecin. 3, 7:

creditores,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 11:

aliquem in hereditaria societate,

id. Quint. 24, 76:

lucernas (sc. oleo),

to deprive of, Hor. S. 1, 6, 124:

ipso jure rescindi quod fraudandae legis gratia esset ascriptum,

i. e. to violate, Dig. 35, 1, 64.—

With a homogeneous object:

metuo in commune, ne quam fraudem frausus siet,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 20.—

Transf., to embezzle a thing from a person, to purloin, steal; to withdraw, to diminish (perh. not in Cic.):

hi stipendium equitum fraudabant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 3: cf.

of the same: fraudata restituere,

id. ib. 3, 60 fin.:

annonam publicam,

Dig. 48, 12, 1:

vectigal,

Papin. ib. 39, 4, 8:

quod ego frudavi,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 11 Ritschl N. cr. (but not in id. Rud. 5, 2, 58, where the correct read. is defraudassis):

bellum adversus Turnum propter fraudatas Laviniae nuptias fuit,

withdrawn, not granted, Just. 43, 1:

sic gignitur laudatus ille pallor, saturitate fraudatā,

diminished, weakened, Plin. 9, 39, 64, § 138.

fūror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( act. inf. furasse, Fulg. Myth. 2, 6; sup. furatum, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 23; id. Trin. 4, 2, 22: furatus, in pass. signif., App. M. 10, p. 220) [fur], to steal, purloin, pilfer (syn.: latrocinor, clepo, rapio).

Lit. (class.):

solet haec, quae rapuit et furatus est dicere se emisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 60:

furatur aliquid aut eripit,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40; id. N. D. 2, 63, 157:

pecuniam ex templo,

Quint. 3, 6, 41; Suet. Caes. 54.— Absol.:

ad furandum venire,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 61; so of pillaging, military raids:

ille robore exercitus inpar, furandi melior,

Tac. A. 3, 74 init.;

of literary theft: ut iste in furando manibus suis uteretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

si ego tuum (librum) ante legissem, furatum me abs te esse diceres,

id. Att. 2, 1, 1; cf. Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29.—

Transf., in gen., to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw:

pone caput, fessosque oculos furare labori,

Verg. A. 5, 845:

membra,

Sil. 10, 74:

sese,

id. 14, 561:

vultus veste,

i. e. to hide, Sen. Agam. 914:

non enim furatus esse civitatem, non genus suum ementitus dicitur,

Cic. Balb. 2, 5:

speciem furabor Iacchi,

will represent, personate, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 31:

audiendi facultatem,

to obtain by stealth, Amm. 14, 11, 15.

fŭror, ōris, m. [furo], a raging, raving (in sickness or violent passion), rage, madness, fury.

Prop.: hanc insaniam (manian), quae juncta stultitiae patet latius, a furore disjungimus... Quem nos furorem, melancholian illi (Graeci) vocant... Qui ita sit affectus, eum dominum esse rerum suarum vetant duodecim tabulae. Itaque non est scriptum:

Si INSANVS, sed: SI FVRIOSVS ESCIT. Stultitiam enim censuerunt insaniam, constantiā, id est sanitate vacantem... furorem autem esse rati sunt mentis ad omnia caecitatem: quod cum majus esse videatur quam insania, tamen ejusmodi est, ut furor in sapientem cadere possit, non possit insania,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:

ira furor brevis est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62; cf.:

fere ira et concitatio furori sunt similia,

Quint. 7, 4, 31:

hic si mentis esset suae, nisi poenas patriae furore atque insania penderet,

Cic. Pis. 21, 50; cf.:

furore atque amentiā impulsus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 42:

Catilinae,

Sall. C. 24, 2:

versatur mihi ante oculos aspectus Cethegi et furor in vestra caede bacchantis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

caeci furore,

Liv. 28, 22, 14; cf. Cat. 64, 197:

rabidus,

id. 63, 38:

caecus,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

nec se comitem illius furoris, sed ducem praebuit,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28 fin.: si decima legio ad eundem furorem redierit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2;

so of political excitement,

Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 2, 29, 11; 25, 4, 5; 28, 25, 12; Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; of the fierce passion of love, Prop. 1, 13, 20; Verg. A. 4, 101; Ov. H. 9, 145.—In plur.:

mille puellarum, puerorum mille furores,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 325; of the inspired frenzy of prophets and poets (as translation of the Gr. mania):

ea (praesagitio) si exarsit acrius, furor appellatur, cum a corpore animus abstractus divino instinctu concitatur,

Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66:

negat sine furore Democritus quemquam poëtam magnum esse posse,

id. ib. 1, 37, 88:

ille furor (Cassandrae) patriae fuit utilis,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 65.—In plur.:

fatidicos concepit mente furores,

Ov. M. 2, 640:

ad hunc impendiorum furorem,

Suet. Ner. 31.—Prov.:

furor fit laesa saepius patientia,

Pub. Syr. 178 Rib.— Poet. also in a good sense:

vidi animos, mortesque virŭm, decorisque furorem,

vehement desire, Sil. 2, 324.—In plur.:

nec tamen incautos laudum exhorresce furores,

Sil. 3, 146.— Poet., of things:

caeli furor aequinoctialis,

the raging storms, Cat. 46, 2.—

Furor est, it is madness or folly; with inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quis furor est, census corpore ferre suo?

Ov. A. A. 3, 172:

furor est, mensuram ejus (mundi) animo quosdam agitasse atque prodere ausos... furor est, profecto furor, egredi ex eo, etc.,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

magno furor (leonis) est in sanguine mergi,

raging desire, Stat. Th. 8, 596:

simplexne furor (est) sestertia centum perdere et, etc.,

is it not worse than folly, Juv. 1, 92.—

Transf., the cause of wrath ( poet.):

non ita saeva ira mea ut tibi sim merito semper furor,

Prop. 1, 18, 15.—

Fŭror, personified, Verg. A. 1, 294; cf. v. 348; as a deity, the companion of Mars, Sil. 4, 327; Stat. Th. 3, 424; 7, 52; cf. Petr. S. 124.

fūror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( act. inf. furasse, Fulg. Myth. 2, 6; sup. furatum, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 23; id. Trin. 4, 2, 22: furatus, in pass. signif., App. M. 10, p. 220) [fur], to steal, purloin, pilfer (syn.: latrocinor, clepo, rapio).

Lit. (class.):

solet haec, quae rapuit et furatus est dicere se emisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 60:

furatur aliquid aut eripit,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40; id. N. D. 2, 63, 157:

pecuniam ex templo,

Quint. 3, 6, 41; Suet. Caes. 54.— Absol.:

ad furandum venire,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 61; so of pillaging, military raids:

ille robore exercitus inpar, furandi melior,

Tac. A. 3, 74 init.;

of literary theft: ut iste in furando manibus suis uteretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

si ego tuum (librum) ante legissem, furatum me abs te esse diceres,

id. Att. 2, 1, 1; cf. Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29.—

Transf., in gen., to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw:

pone caput, fessosque oculos furare labori,

Verg. A. 5, 845:

membra,

Sil. 10, 74:

sese,

id. 14, 561:

vultus veste,

i. e. to hide, Sen. Agam. 914:

non enim furatus esse civitatem, non genus suum ementitus dicitur,

Cic. Balb. 2, 5:

speciem furabor Iacchi,

will represent, personate, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 31:

audiendi facultatem,

to obtain by stealth, Amm. 14, 11, 15.

fŭror, ōris, m. [furo], a raging, raving (in sickness or violent passion), rage, madness, fury.

Prop.: hanc insaniam (manian), quae juncta stultitiae patet latius, a furore disjungimus... Quem nos furorem, melancholian illi (Graeci) vocant... Qui ita sit affectus, eum dominum esse rerum suarum vetant duodecim tabulae. Itaque non est scriptum:

Si INSANVS, sed: SI FVRIOSVS ESCIT. Stultitiam enim censuerunt insaniam, constantiā, id est sanitate vacantem... furorem autem esse rati sunt mentis ad omnia caecitatem: quod cum majus esse videatur quam insania, tamen ejusmodi est, ut furor in sapientem cadere possit, non possit insania,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:

ira furor brevis est,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62; cf.:

fere ira et concitatio furori sunt similia,

Quint. 7, 4, 31:

hic si mentis esset suae, nisi poenas patriae furore atque insania penderet,

Cic. Pis. 21, 50; cf.:

furore atque amentiā impulsus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 42:

Catilinae,

Sall. C. 24, 2:

versatur mihi ante oculos aspectus Cethegi et furor in vestra caede bacchantis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

caeci furore,

Liv. 28, 22, 14; cf. Cat. 64, 197:

rabidus,

id. 63, 38:

caecus,

Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

nec se comitem illius furoris, sed ducem praebuit,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28 fin.: si decima legio ad eundem furorem redierit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2;

so of political excitement,

Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 2, 29, 11; 25, 4, 5; 28, 25, 12; Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; of the fierce passion of love, Prop. 1, 13, 20; Verg. A. 4, 101; Ov. H. 9, 145.—In plur.:

mille puellarum, puerorum mille furores,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 325; of the inspired frenzy of prophets and poets (as translation of the Gr. mania):

ea (praesagitio) si exarsit acrius, furor appellatur, cum a corpore animus abstractus divino instinctu concitatur,

Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66:

negat sine furore Democritus quemquam poëtam magnum esse posse,

id. ib. 1, 37, 88:

ille furor (Cassandrae) patriae fuit utilis,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 65.—In plur.:

fatidicos concepit mente furores,

Ov. M. 2, 640:

ad hunc impendiorum furorem,

Suet. Ner. 31.—Prov.:

furor fit laesa saepius patientia,

Pub. Syr. 178 Rib.— Poet. also in a good sense:

vidi animos, mortesque virŭm, decorisque furorem,

vehement desire, Sil. 2, 324.—In plur.:

nec tamen incautos laudum exhorresce furores,

Sil. 3, 146.— Poet., of things:

caeli furor aequinoctialis,

the raging storms, Cat. 46, 2.—

Furor est, it is madness or folly; with inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quis furor est, census corpore ferre suo?

Ov. A. A. 3, 172:

furor est, mensuram ejus (mundi) animo quosdam agitasse atque prodere ausos... furor est, profecto furor, egredi ex eo, etc.,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

magno furor (leonis) est in sanguine mergi,

raging desire, Stat. Th. 8, 596:

simplexne furor (est) sestertia centum perdere et, etc.,

is it not worse than folly, Juv. 1, 92.—

Transf., the cause of wrath ( poet.):

non ita saeva ira mea ut tibi sim merito semper furor,

Prop. 1, 18, 15.—

Fŭror, personified, Verg. A. 1, 294; cf. v. 348; as a deity, the companion of Mars, Sil. 4, 327; Stat. Th. 3, 424; 7, 52; cf. Petr. S. 124.

inter-verto ( - vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn aside, turn or draw in another direction, divert.

Lit.:

in extremis partibus triglyphi semicanaliculi intervertantur,

Vitr. 4, 3, 5:

ductum aquae,

Dig. 43, 20, 8.—

Trop., to alter, change for the worse, pervert:

recta ingenia,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 22, 1:

rationes,

to falsify accounts, Front. Strat. 3, 16, 3.—

To purloin, pilfer, embezzle:

argentum,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 92:

ille induxit, ut peteret: et receptum intervertit, ad seque transtulit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 79:

interverso regali hoc dono,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:

vectigalia,

Suet. Vit. 7.—

Esp., to cheat out of, defraud of a thing: aliquem aliqua re, to cheat, defraud (anteand post-class.):

ut me muliere intervorteret,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 110: possessione dominum, Gell. 11, 18, 13.— With acc. alone:

quem intervortam?

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 10; Dig. 41, 2, 20. —

To spend, squander, waste, Tac. H. 2, 95:

interversis patroni rebus,

id. A. 16, 10.

lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.

A publicist's t. t.

To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

juste pieque legatus venio,

Liv. 1, 32:

tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

Sall. J. 21, 4:

quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

Gell. 7, 14, 8.—

Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —

Beyond the official sphere:

quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—

To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

istum legatum iri non arbitror,

id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

Dolabella me sibi legavit,

chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

Sall. J. 28.—

A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

id. Top. 3, 14:

cui argentum omne legatum est,

Quint. 5, 10, 62:

in argento legato,

id. 7, 2, 11.—

Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,

lēgātus, i, m.

(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

legatos mittere,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—

(Acc. to lego, I. B.).

An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

id. Clu. 36, 99:

Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

neque se ei legatum defuturum,

id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

quaestorius,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

magnitudo et splendor legati,

Liv. 38, 58, 9:

in magna legatum quaere popina,

Juv. 8, 172.—

Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—

Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

legatus praetorius,

Tac. Agr. 7.—

lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

Dig. 30, 116:

Hortensii legata cognovi,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

reliqua legata varie dedit,

Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

legatum peto ex testamento,

Quint. 4, 2, 6:

jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

Suet. Dom. 8:

cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

Juv. 9, 62:

legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.

lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.

Lit.

In gen.:

oleam,

Cato, R. R. 144:

nuces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

herbas collibus,

Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

roscida mala,

id. ib. 8, 38:

flores in calathos,

Ov. F. 5, 218:

spolia caesorum,

Liv. 5, 39:

quos (montanos asparagos),

Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

ossa,

Ov. H. 10, 150:

homini mortuo ossa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

Suet. Aug. 100. —

Esp.

To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

ossa vivis,

id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

ossa in capite lecta,

id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

ossa e vulneribus,

Quint. 6, 1, 30.—

To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

oleam qui legerit,

Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

ficus non erat apta legi,

Ov. F. 2, 254.—

Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

Ov. F. 3, 462:

stamen,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—

Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

Verg. G. 1, 373:

vela legunt socii,

id. A. 3, 532:

ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

ancoras classis legit,

is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—

To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

sacra divum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—

Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

Ov. M. 5, 579:

pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

vada dura lego,

id. ib. 3, 706:

freta,

id. ib. 3, 127:

aequora Afra,

Ov. F. 4, 289:

Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

et vestigia retro Observata legit,

Verg. A. 9, 392:

tortos orbes,

to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—

To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

navibus oram Italiae,

Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

oram Campaniae,

Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

terram,

id. Aug. 16. —

Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

judices,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

scribam,

to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

condiciones nubendi,

id. Cael. 15:

cives in patres,

Liv. 23, 22:

viros ad bella,

Ov. M. 7, 669:

geminasque legit de classe biremes,

Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—

With inf.:

fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

Stat. Th. 1, 530.

Trop.

To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—

To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.

In gen.:

tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—

In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

Cic. Top. 1:

defensionem causae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

aliquid studiose intenteque,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

orationem,

Quint. 1, 1, 6:

aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

antiquos et novos,

Quint. 2, 5, 23:

antiquos studiosius,

id. 3, 6, 62:

poëtas,

id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

Quint. 10, 1, 96:

si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

id. 10, 1, 116:

dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

sepulcra legens,

when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

legentium plerisque,

Liv. 1 praef. §

4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

legendi usus,

Lact. 3, 25, 9:

memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—

In partic.

To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

obturem impune legentibus aures,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—

To find in an author or a writing:

ut scriptum legimus,

Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

ego vero haec scripta legi,

id. Planc. 39, 94:

praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—

A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

argentum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

uxor lectissima,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

id. Or. 68, 227:

juvenum lectissime,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

lectius,

Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.

A publicist's t. t.

To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:

ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,

Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

juste pieque legatus venio,

Liv. 1, 32:

tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,

Sall. J. 21, 4:

quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,

Gell. 7, 14, 8.—

Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):

quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,

what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —

Beyond the official sphere:

quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?

committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—

To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):

eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:

ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 2, 6:

istum legatum iri non arbitror,

id. ib. 10, 1, 4:

ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

Dolabella me sibi legavit,

chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:

Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,

Sall. J. 28.—

A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):

Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,

Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:

usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,

id. Top. 3, 14:

cui argentum omne legatum est,

Quint. 5, 10, 62:

in argento legato,

id. 7, 2, 11.—

Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:

uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,

Cic. Clu. 12, 33:

si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,

id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,

lēgātus, i, m.

(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:

legatos mittere,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,

id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:

missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,

Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—

(Acc. to lego, I. B.).

An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:

quos legatos tute tibi legasti?

Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,

id. Clu. 36, 99:

Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:

Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,

id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:

neque se ei legatum defuturum,

id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:

hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,

Cic. Pis. 35, 86:

(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,

id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:

quaestorius,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:

L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,

id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:

magnitudo et splendor legati,

Liv. 38, 58, 9:

in magna legatum quaere popina,

Juv. 8, 172.—

Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—

Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:

Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;

legatus praetorius,

Tac. Agr. 7.—

lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:

legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,

Dig. 30, 116:

Hortensii legata cognovi,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:

reliqua legata varie dedit,

Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:

legatum peto ex testamento,

Quint. 4, 2, 6:

jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,

Suet. Dom. 8:

cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,

Juv. 9, 62:

legatorum genera sunt quattuor,

Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.

lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.

Lit.

In gen.:

oleam,

Cato, R. R. 144:

nuces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

herbas collibus,

Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:

roscida mala,

id. ib. 8, 38:

flores in calathos,

Ov. F. 5, 218:

spolia caesorum,

Liv. 5, 39:

quos (montanos asparagos),

Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:

ossa,

Ov. H. 10, 150:

homini mortuo ossa,

Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:

reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,

Suet. Aug. 100. —

Esp.

To take out, pick out, extract, remove:

quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,

Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:

ossa vivis,

id. ad Marc. 22, 3:

ossa in capite lecta,

id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:

ossa e vulneribus,

Quint. 6, 1, 30.—

To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):

oleam qui legerit,

Cato, R. R. 144, 1:

ficus non erat apta legi,

Ov. F. 2, 254.—

Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:

extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,

i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:

quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,

Ov. F. 3, 462:

stamen,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—

Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:

omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,

Verg. G. 1, 373:

vela legunt socii,

id. A. 3, 532:

ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,

Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:

prora funem legit Argus ab alta,

draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:

ancoras classis legit,

is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—

To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:

majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,

Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:

sacra divum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:

soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,

Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—

Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):

nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,

Ov. M. 5, 579:

pars cetera pontum Pone legit,

sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:

vada dura lego,

id. ib. 3, 706:

freta,

id. ib. 3, 127:

aequora Afra,

Ov. F. 4, 289:

Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,

id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:

subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

id. M. 3, 17; cf.:

et vestigia retro Observata legit,

Verg. A. 9, 392:

tortos orbes,

to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—

To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):

Inarimen Prochytenque legit,

Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:

navibus oram Italiae,

Liv. 21, 51 fin.:

oram Campaniae,

Suet. Tib. 11; cf.

terram,

id. Aug. 16. —

Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):

alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,

pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:

judices,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,

id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:

scribam,

to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:

condiciones nubendi,

id. Cael. 15:

cives in patres,

Liv. 23, 22:

viros ad bella,

Ov. M. 7, 669:

geminasque legit de classe biremes,

Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:

senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,

Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—

With inf.:

fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,

Stat. Th. 1, 530.

Trop.

To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:

nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—

To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.

In gen.:

tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,

Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—

In partic., to read or peruse a writing:

ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,

Cic. Top. 1:

defensionem causae,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:

legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:

aliquid studiose intenteque,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:

significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:

liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

orationem,

Quint. 1, 1, 6:

aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:

antiquos et novos,

Quint. 2, 5, 23:

antiquos studiosius,

id. 3, 6, 62:

poëtas,

id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:

Horatius fere solus legi dignus,

Quint. 10, 1, 96:

si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,

id. 10, 1, 116:

dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:

sepulcra legens,

when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:

legentium plerisque,

Liv. 1 praef. §

4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,

to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:

nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,

Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:

legendi usus,

Lact. 3, 25, 9:

memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,

Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—

In partic.

To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):

convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:

audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34:

obturem impune legentibus aures,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:

quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,

with recitation, id. A. P. 475:

quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,

to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—

To find in an author or a writing:

ut scriptum legimus,

Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:

legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,

id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:

ego vero haec scripta legi,

id. Planc. 39, 94:

praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,

Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:

in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,

Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—

A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;

v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,

Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,

argentum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:

ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

uxor lectissima,

id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,

id. Or. 68, 227:

juvenum lectissime,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:

viginti lectis equitum comitatus,

Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):

ab lego lecte ac lectissime,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:

lectius,

Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

sur-rĭpĭo ( subr-), rĭpŭi (rŭpŭi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 46; id. Men. 5, 5, 38;

v. Ritschl, Proleg. p. xcv.), reptum, 3 (sync. forms: surpite,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 283:

surpere,

Lucr. 2, 314:

surpuit,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 8; id. ib. 3, 5, 102;

5, 4, 14: surpuerit,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 16:

surpuerat,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 20; perf. subj. surrepsit for surripuerit, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 62), v. a. and n. [rapio], to snatch or take away secretly, to withdraw privily, to steal, pilfer, purloin (class.).

Lit.:

qui vasa ex privato sacro surripuerit,

Cic. Inv. 2, 18, 55:

ex ejus custodiā filium,

id. Dom. 25, 66: libros servus. id. Fam. 13, 77, 3:

puerum (servos),

Plaut. Capt. prol. 8; cf.

surreptus (puer),

id. Poen. 4, 2, 80; 5, 2, 98:

filius ex patriā,

id. ib. 5, 4, 77:

sacram coronam Jovis,

id. Men. 5, 5, 38:

de mille fabae modiis unum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 55:

mappam praetori surpuit,

Mart. 12, 29, 10.—Of literary theft:

qui a Naevio vel sumpsisti multa, si fateris, vel, si negas, surripuisti,

Cic. Brut. 19, 76:

Ennium hoc ait Homero surripuisse, Ennio Vergilium,

Sen. Ep. 108, 34:

non surripiendi causā, sed palam imitandi,

id. Suas. 3, 7:

surrupuisti te mihi dudum de foro,

i. e. you have stolen away from me, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 26; cf. id. Mil. 2, 3, 62:

quae (puella) se surpuerat mihi,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 20:

unum me surpite morti,

id. S. 2, 3, 283.— Absol.:

quare, Si quidvis satis est, perjuras, surripis, aufers Undique?

Hor. S. 2, 3, 127. —

Trop.:

virtus, quae nec eripi nec surripi potest,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51:

aut occulte surripi aut impune eripi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

surripiendum aliquid putavi spatii,

id. Att. 5, 16, 1:

motus quoque surpere debent,

Lucr. 2, 314:

crimina oculis patris,

Ov. H. 11, 66:

diem,

id. P. 4, 2, 40:

tempus quod adhuc subripiebatur, collige et serva,

Sen. Ep. 1, 1.

sur-rĭpĭo ( subr-), rĭpŭi (rŭpŭi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 46; id. Men. 5, 5, 38;

v. Ritschl, Proleg. p. xcv.), reptum, 3 (sync. forms: surpite,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 283:

surpere,

Lucr. 2, 314:

surpuit,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 8; id. ib. 3, 5, 102;

5, 4, 14: surpuerit,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 16:

surpuerat,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 20; perf. subj. surrepsit for surripuerit, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 62), v. a. and n. [rapio], to snatch or take away secretly, to withdraw privily, to steal, pilfer, purloin (class.).

Lit.:

qui vasa ex privato sacro surripuerit,

Cic. Inv. 2, 18, 55:

ex ejus custodiā filium,

id. Dom. 25, 66: libros servus. id. Fam. 13, 77, 3:

puerum (servos),

Plaut. Capt. prol. 8; cf.

surreptus (puer),

id. Poen. 4, 2, 80; 5, 2, 98:

filius ex patriā,

id. ib. 5, 4, 77:

sacram coronam Jovis,

id. Men. 5, 5, 38:

de mille fabae modiis unum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 55:

mappam praetori surpuit,

Mart. 12, 29, 10.—Of literary theft:

qui a Naevio vel sumpsisti multa, si fateris, vel, si negas, surripuisti,

Cic. Brut. 19, 76:

Ennium hoc ait Homero surripuisse, Ennio Vergilium,

Sen. Ep. 108, 34:

non surripiendi causā, sed palam imitandi,

id. Suas. 3, 7:

surrupuisti te mihi dudum de foro,

i. e. you have stolen away from me, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 26; cf. id. Mil. 2, 3, 62:

quae (puella) se surpuerat mihi,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 20:

unum me surpite morti,

id. S. 2, 3, 283.— Absol.:

quare, Si quidvis satis est, perjuras, surripis, aufers Undique?

Hor. S. 2, 3, 127. —

Trop.:

virtus, quae nec eripi nec surripi potest,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51:

aut occulte surripi aut impune eripi,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

surripiendum aliquid putavi spatii,

id. Att. 5, 16, 1:

motus quoque surpere debent,

Lucr. 2, 314:

crimina oculis patris,

Ov. H. 11, 66:

diem,

id. P. 4, 2, 40:

tempus quod adhuc subripiebatur, collige et serva,

Sen. Ep. 1, 1.