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1 quō minus
quō minus (quōminus), see quo, and 2 minus -
2 quō
quō adv. and conj. [dat. and abl. of 1 qui]. I. Locat. and abl. uses, of place, only with loci or (poet.) locorum, where, in what place, in what situation: se nescire quo loci esset: sectari, rosa quo locorum moretur, H.—Of time, at which time, on which day, when (sc. tempore or die): extrahere rem in id tempus, quo Baebius venire posset, L. —Fig., of degree of difference, with compp., by what, by as much as, in how great a degree, the: quo maius crimen sit id, hoc maiorem ab eo iniuriam fieri: diligenter attendite quo minus miremini, etc.: quae (tempus et spatium) quo plura sunt eo meliore mente, etc.: quo delictum maius est, eo poena est tardior.—Of cause, for the reason that, because, that, as if: neque eo nunc dies, quo quicquam senserim, T.: non quo libenter male audiam, sed quia, etc.: non eo dico, quo mihi veniat in dubium: est aditus magis eo, ut... habeant, quam quo... desiderent, Cs.: non quo ad rem pertineat.—Of result, by reason of which, wherefore, whereby, so that, and so: quo factum est, ut deterrerentur, etc., N.: multa dicta sunt, quo durior locus est dicendi datus: sed vim morbi in causā esse, quo serius perficeretur, L.—In the phrase, quo minus, so that... not, why... not: per me stetisse, Quo minus haec fierent nuptiae, T.: eisdem de causis, quo minus dimicare vellet, movebatur, Cs.: quo minus admirandum est: quibus stipendia causae essent, quo minus militarent, L.—Of purpose, by means of which, that thereby, in order that: simulant, quo absterreant, T.: Id adiuta me, quo id fiat facilius, T.: nos arma neque contra patriam cepisse, neque quo periculum aliis faceremus, S.: equites... pugnabant, quo se praeferrent, Cs.: quo paratior esse possim: quod quo facilius perspicere possitis: cautum erat, quo ne plus auri haberemus, L.—In the phrase, quo minus, that... not, in order that... not, to prevent: quicquam in his te nuptiis conari, quo fiant minus, to prevent them, T.: aliquid factum esse quo minus iste condemnari posset, to prevent the possibility of his conviction.—Of manner or degree, as, as much as (so. modo): Hermionam Pylades quo Pallada Phoebus amabat, O. II. Dat. uses, of place, to what place? whither? whereto?: quo potissimum infelix adcedam? S.: amandat hominem... quo? quo putatis?: quo evadat vide, T.: locus, quo exercitui aditus non erat, Cs.: vide quo progredior, how far: Quo, quo, scelesti, ruitis, H.— Whither, to what place, to the place to which, and to this point, as far as: in' hinc quo dignu's (sc. ire), go where you belong, T.: quo postea quam ventum est: proficiscar eo, quo me vocat populus: non longius, quam quo telum adici potest, as far as, Cs.: transferrent auspicia quo nefas esset (i. e. ad quos), L.: abire quo terrarum possent, L.—Indef., after si or ne, any whither, to any place, in any direction: si quo publice proficisceris: si quo erat longius prodeundum, Cs.: si quando Romam aliove quo mitterent legatos, L.: vide, sis, ne quo hinc abeas longius, T.—Fig., of end in view, to what end? for what purpose? of what use? wherefore? why?: quo hostem tam sceleratum reserves?: quo me igitur aut ad quae me exempla revocas? to what point: Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti? H.: quo animum intendat facile perspicio: Nescis, quo valeat nummus? what money is good for, H.—Of degree, to what degree, to what extent, how far: quae quo usque tandem patiemini? S.: ne hodie quidem scire, quo amentiae progressi sitis, L.* * *Iwhere, to what place; to what purpose; for which reason, thereforeIIwhither, in what place, where -
3 minus
minus adv. comp. (for pos. and sup. see parum, minime) [neut. of 2 minor], less: Ne quid plus minusve faxit, T.: pauperiem metuere minus, H.: metūs ipsi per se minus valerent, nisi, etc.: imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur, not so good, S.: respondebo minus vehementer, quam, etc.: minus hoc iucundus amicus, less agreeable for this, H.: Bis sex ceciderunt, me minus uno, all but me alone, O.: qui peccas minus atque ego? H.—Ellipt.: madefactum iri minus XXX diebus Graeciam sanguine: cum centum et quinquaginta non minus adessent, L.: minus horis tribus, in less than three, Cs.—With a negative, not less, no less, just as much: existumans non minus me tibi quam liberos carum fore, S.: laudes, quibus haud minus quam praemio gaudent militum animi, L.: Haud minus ac iussi faciunt, V.—As a negation, not at all, by no means, not: quod intellexi minus, T.: non numquam ea quae praedicta sunt, minus eveniunt: si id minus vellet, Cs.: quod si adsecutus sum, gaudeo; sin minus, etc.: Py. at tu apud nos hic mane. Ch. nil minus, by no means, T.: nihil profecto minus: mihi iam minus minusque obtemperat, less and less, T.: minus et minus, O.— With quo (often written quominus), that not, from, after verbs of hindering or preventing: quicquam in his nuptiis conari, quo fiant minus, T.: prohibuisse, quo minus de te certum haberemus: stetisse per Trebonium, quo minus oppido potirentur videbatur, Cs.: Ne revereatur, minus iam quo redeat domum, T.—With nihilo (often written nihilominus), nevertheless, no less: nilo minus ego hoc faciam, T.: poeniendum (est) certe nihilo minus.* * *less; not so well; not quite -
4 nihilo minus
nĭhil, or (ante-class. and post-Aug.) contr. nīl, n. indecl.; and nĭhĭlum, or contr. nīlum, i, n. [ne-hilum, not the least; v. hilum].I.nĭhil, nothing:(β).nihil est agriculturā melius, nihil uberius,
Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151:de re publicā nihil loquebantur,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 4.—Nihil agere, to accomplish nothing:(γ).nil agis,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 134:nihil agis dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:nihil ergo agebat Q. Maximus? nihil L. Paulus? ceteri senes nihil agebant?
id. Sen. 6, 15; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; Hor. S. 1, 9, 15; Luc. 7, 809; Vell. 2, 66, 3.—In like manner, nihil per aliquem (sc. agere):nihil per Senatum, multa et magna per populum et absente populo et invito,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6; Tac. Agr. 19.—Of persons:(δ).victor, quo nihil erat moderatius,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2:ita tibi persuadeas, mihi te carius nihil fuisse,
id. ib. 14, 3, 5:nihil est tam miserabile, quam ex beato miser,
id. Part. 17, 57; Tac. H. 1, 79; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1.—Nihil, nec.. nec (without destroying the negation):(ε).nihil me nec subterfugere voluisse reticendo, nec obscurare dicendo,
Cic. Clu. 1, 1; v. neque.—Nihil non, everything:(ζ).nihil non ad rationem dirigebat,
Cic. Brut. 37, 140:nihil non arroget armis,
Hor. A. P. 122; Nep. Att. 19, 3.—Non nihil and haud nihil, something, somewhat:(η).non nihil, ut in tantis malis, est profectum,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 2:non nihil me consolatur, cum recordor,
id. ib. 4, 14, 2:haud nihil,
Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13:haud nihil ambigam,
I may be somewhat in doubt, Liv. 1, 3.—Nihil quidquam or nihil unum, nothing whatever, nothing at all:(θ).nil ego tibi hodie consili quicquam dabo,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 113:sine studio nihil quidquam egregium nemo umquam assequetur,
Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134:Rhodiis ut nihil unum insigne, ita omnis generis dona dedit,
Liv. 41, 20, 7:si nihil aliud,
if there were nothing else, id. 3, 19, 7; 30, 35, 8.—With gen.:(ι).nihil mali,
Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:nihil novi,
id. Fam. 2, 14, 1:nihil humanarum rerum,
id. Red. Quir. 5, 1:nihil est lucri quod me hodie facere mavelim, quam,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 18.—Adjectives also, of the second declension as well as of the third, are not unfrequently joined to nihil in the same case, as nihil honestum, lautum, forte, illustre:nihil exspectatione vestrā dignum dico,
Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137.—Nihil, or mhil aliud, with nisi, quam, praeter, praeterquam, etc., nothing else than, nothing except, nothing but:(κ).tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40:amare nihil aliud est, nisi eum ipsum diligere, quem ames,
Cic. Lael. 27, 100:si nihil aliud fecerunt, nisi rem detulerunt, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108:ut nihil aliud, quam de hoste cogitet,
id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:nihil tibi deest praeter voluntatem,
nothing except, id. Fam. 4, 7, 3:puto te existimare, me ex his miseriis nihil aliud quaerere, nisi ut homines intellegant, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 16:qui nihil praeterquam de vitā cogitarent, Auct. B. Alex. 8.—Sometimes, in this connection, elliptically: Herdonius, si nihil aliud, hostem se fatendo prope denuntiavit, ut, etc.,
Liv. 3, 19, 6:si nihil aliud, vulneribus certe ferrum hostile hebetarent,
id. 30, 35, 8:illā quidem nocte nihil praeterquam vigilatum est in urbe,
id. 3, 26; Suet. Aug. 83.—Hence, as adv.: nihil aliud quam, only:nihil aliud quam prendere prohibito,
Liv. 2, 29, 4:is intromissus in castra nihil aliud quam hoc narrāsse fertur,
id. 2, 32, 8:nihil aliud quam in populationibus res fuit,
id. 2, 49, 9 al. —Nihil... quin or quominus, nothing whereby: nihil praetermisi... quin Pompeium a Caesaris conjunctione avocarem, I have omitted nothing that might separate, Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 23:(λ).nihil moror, quominus decemviratu abeam,
Liv. 3, 54:nihil facere oportet, quominus excedat, etc.,
Cels. 3, 27, 4.—Nihil est quod, cur, quamobrem, etc., there is no reason why I ( you, etc.) need not:(μ).nihil est jam, quod tu mihi succenseas,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 46:nihil est, quod adventum nostrum extimescas,
Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 4:sed ego nunc nil est, cur me morer,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 102:nihil est, cur advenientibus te offerre gestias,
Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 1:nihil excogitem, quamobrem Oppianico damnari necesse sit?
id. Clu. 26, 70.—Nihil est, ut, there is nothing that:(ν).nihil fuit in Catulis, ut eos exquisito judicio putares uti litterarum,
Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133.—Nihil est, it is of no use, to no purpose, in vain:(ο).at ego ab hac puerum reposcam, ne mox infitias eat. Nihil est. Nam ipsa haec ultro, ut factum est, fecit omnem rem palam,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 76: at nihil est, ignotum ad illum mittere: operam luseris. id. Capt. 2, 2, 94; Hor. S. 2, 3, 6.—In a question:usque adeo nihil est, quod nostra infantia caelum hausit Aventini?
Juv. 3, 84.—Nihil ad me (sc. pertinet):(π).recte an secus, nihil ad nos: aut si ad nos, nihil ad hoc tempus,
Cic. Pis. 28, 68; cf. Ter. And. 1, 2, 16; also, nihil ad, nothing to, nothing in comparison with:nihil ad Persium,
Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25; id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:nihil ad tuum equitatum, Caesar, sed ex eis, quos habuit, electos,
id. Deiot. 8, 24.—Nihil minus, nothing less so, i. e. by no means, not at all:(ρ).cadit ergo in virum bonum mentiri, fallere? nihil minus,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81:an Gallos existimatis hic versari animo demisso atque humili? nihil vero minus,
id. Font. 11, 23.—Nihil dum, nothing as yet:(σ).quamquam nihil dum audieramus, nec ubi esses, nec, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 2; id. Att. 7, 12, 4.—Nihil mihi cum illo est, I have nothing to do with him:(τ).tecum nihil rei nobis Demipho est,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 74; Ov. F 2, 308.—Nihil esse, to be nothing or nobody, to have no power, to be of no use, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47; id. Fam. 7, 27, 2; 7, 33, 1; Ter. And. 2, 1, 14:(υ).aliquem nihil putare,
to esteem meanly, Cic. Sest. 53, 114 (B. and K. nihili):accepimus eum nihil hominis esse,
a worthless fellow, id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77; but de Attio Dionysio nihil puto esse, nothing about him, i. e. no news of him, id. Fam. 12, 30, 5.—Aut nihil aut paulum, little or nothing (Gr. oligon ê ouden):B.aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna,
Cat. 68, 131.—Adverb.1.Not (as a strengthened non), in nothing, in no respect, not at all:2.me nihil poenitet,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 63; id. Mil. 4, 2, 16:conjecturā nihil opus est,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107; Ter. And. 4, 1, 14:beneficio isto legis nihil utitur,
Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 61:de fratre nihil ego te accusavi,
id. Fam. 14, 1, 4:Thebani nihil moti sunt,
Liv. 42, 46; 3, 65; 6, 38; 49; Sall. C. 16, 5:nihil miror,
Quint. 2, 17, 15; 6, 1, 38.—To no purpose, in vain:3.herele hanc quidem Nihil tu amassis: mihi haec desponsa est,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 16.—For no reason: quorsum tandem aut cur ista quaeris? M Nihil sane, nisi ne nimis diligenter anquiras, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4. —II.nĭhĭlum, i (contr. form nīlum, Lucr. 1, 159; Hor. S. 1, 5, 67), n., nothing:(β).erit aliquid, quod aut ex nihilo oriatur, aut in nihilum subito occidat,
Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37:ut de nihilo quippiam fiat,
id. Fat. 9, 18:interire in nihilum,
id. Ac. 1, 7, 27:venire ad nihilum,
id. Fam. 11, 12, 1:ad nihilum recidere,
id. Phil. 7, 8, 27: quam mihi ista pro nihilol id. Att. 14, 9, 1:aliquid pro nihilo putare,
id. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 16, § 40.—Nihili, of no value, worthless:(γ).quem putamus esse non hili, dicimus nihili,
Varr. L. L. 10, § 81 Müll.; cf.: nihili, qui nec hili quidem est. Paul. ex Fest. p. 175 Müll.:unde is nihili? ubi fuisti?
Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 29: nihili est autem suum Qui officium facere immemor est. id. Ps. 4, 7, 2:homo nihili factus,
unmanned, id. Mil. 5, 16.—Hence, nihili pendere or facere, to esteem as nothing, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 4; id. Ps. 4, 7, 1; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 14.—De nihilo, for nothing, without cause or reason, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 17:(δ).mali rem exempli esse, de nihilo hospites corripi,
Liv. 34, 61; 30, 29.—Nihilo, with compp., by nothing, no: nihilo pluris, quam si, etc., no more than if, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 21:1.nihilo minus,
id. Men. 5, 5, 49:Phaedriae esse nilo minus amicum quam Antiphoni,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 7 (but minus nihilo, less than nothing, id. ib. 3, 3, 2):nihilo benevolentior,
Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 4:nihilo major,
id. ib. 6, 3, 4:nihilo tamen setius,
Caes. B. G. 5, 4 and 7:nihil segnius,
Liv. 6, 38.—Esp. as adv.: nĭhĭlō mĭnus, or, in one word, nĭhĭlōmĭnus, none the less, no less, nevertheless, notwith standing.In gen.:2.minus dolendum fuit re non perfectā, sed puniendum certe nihilo minus,
Cic. Mil. 7, 19; id. Phil. 5, 9, 26; Quint. 8, 3, 85.—With si, etsi, quamvis, quamquam, ut, etc.:3.in iis rebus, quae nihilo minus, ut ego absim, confici possunt,
Cic. Fam. 10, 2, 2:nihilo minus eloquentiae studendum est, etsi ea quidam perverse abutuntur,
id. Inv. 1, 4, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17:alia sunt, quae quamvis nolit accidere, nihilominus laudat,
Sen. Ep. 66, 44:si nihil fiet, nihilominus, etc.,
Cato, R. R. 39, 2.—Strengthened by tamen:(ε).nihilominus ego hoc faciam tamen,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17.—Nihilo aliter, no otherwise:B.ego isti nihilo sum aliter ac fui,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 45.—Transf., adverb., for non, not, by no means:III.nihilum metuenda timere,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 53. —nīl, nothing, no (rare and mostly poet.;B.in Cic. not at all): nil intra est oleam, nil extra est in nuce durum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 31; id. C. 4, 4, 73:nil sanguinis,
no drop of blood, Ov. M. 13, 266:nil sui,
nothing proper, id. ib. 3, 435; Vulg. Prov. 10, 2 (in Caes. B. G. 5, 29, the true reading is nihil):hoc ridere meum, tam nil, nulla tibi vendo Iliade,
such a trifle, Pers. 1, 122.—Transf. as adv., not at all, by no means:IV.nil opus est verbis,
Lucr. 5, 263:ut nil umor abundet,
id. 5, 265; 1, 266:nil pictis timidus navita puppibus Fidit,
Hor. C. 1, 14, 14.— -
5 quominus
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6 parvissime
parvus, a, um, adj. (usual, irreg. comp. and sup.: mĭnor, mĭnĭmus.— Comp.:I.volantum parviores,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 26.— Sup.: rictus parvissimus, Varr. ap. Non. 456, 10:parvissima corpora,
Lucr. 1, 615; 621; 3, 199: minerrimus pro minimo dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.:minimissimus,
Arn. 5, n. 8) [kindr. with paucus and Gr. pauros; cf., also, parum, parcus], little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable (cf.: exiguus, minutus, brevis; in class. prose parvus is not used, like brevis, of stature, v. Auct. Her. 4, 33, 45).Posit.:II.in parvis aut mediocribus rebus,
Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 84:quam parva sit terra, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 17, 26; cf. id. ib. 6, 16, 16:commoda parva ac mediocria,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1:in parvum quendam et angustum locum concludi,
id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:beneficium non parvum,
id. Caecin. 10, 26:parvi pisciculi,
id. N. D. 2, 48, 123:haec parva et infirma sunt,
id. Clu. 34, 94:si parva licet componere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:merces,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 86:sucus,
Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178 et saep.:liberi,
Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37;so of children: salutaria appetant parvi,
the little ones, id. Fin. 3, 5, 16:parva soror,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 15; cf.:memini quae plagosum mihi parvo Orbilium dictare,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 70:operosa parvus Carmina fingo,
a little man, id. C. 4, 2, 31; Suet. Aug. 48:a parvis didicimus: si in jus vocat, etc.,
when little, in childhood, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9:puer in domo a parvo eductus,
from infancy, Liv. 1, 39 fin. —Of time, little, short, brief:parvae consuetudinis Causa,
slight, short, Ter. And. 1, 1, 83; cf.:in parvo tempore,
Lucr. 5, 106:nox,
Luc. 4, 476:vita,
id. 6, 806:parvam fidem habere alicui,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117:hic onus horret, Ut parvis animis et parvo corpore majus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 39:homo parvo ingenio,
Plin. Ep. 6, 29:parvum carmen,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 257:hoc opus, hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli,
both small and great, id. ib. 1, 3, 28.—With ref. to value or consequence, little, small, low, mean, etc.:meam erus esse operam deputat parvi pretii,
Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 1:nil parvom aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,
Hor. C. 3, 25, 17:et magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,
id. S. 1, 3, 122:pretio parvo vendere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 134:parvi sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi,
of little value, id. Off. 1, 22, 76:parvi refert abs te jus dici diligenter, nisi, etc.,
it matters little, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 20.—Hence, parvi facere, aestimare, ducere, pendere, etc., to esteem lightly, care little for:parvi ego illos facio,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 41:parvi aestimo, si ego hic peribo,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 24:quia parvi id duceret,
Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: nequam hominis ego parvi pendo gratiam, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 29.—So, in abl.:signa abs te diligenter parvoque curata sunt,
Cic. Att. 1, 3, 2; so,quanti emptus? parvo,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 156:parvo stat magna potentia nobis,
Ov. M. 14, 493:parvo contentus esse possum,
with little, Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1; cf.:vivitur parvo bene,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 13:possim contentus vivere parvo,
Tib. 1, 1, 25:agricolae prisci, fortes parvoque beati,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 139:necessarium est parvo assuescere,
Sen. Ep. 123, 3: parvo, as an abl. of measure, with comp. (rarely;perh. not ante-Aug.): ita ut parvo admodum plures caperentur,
a very little more, Liv. 10, 45, 11:parvo brevius,
Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:haud parvo junior,
Gell. 13, 2, 2.—So in designating time:parvo post,
Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103:parvo post tempore,
Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 1.—Of stature (late Lat. for brevis):Zacchaeus staturā parvus erat,
Aug. Serm. 113, 3; id. in Psa. 143, 1.Comp.: mĭnor, us [cf. Gr. minus, minuthô], less, lesser, smaller, inferior:(β).quod in re majore valet, valeat in minore,
Cic. Top. 4, 23:si ea pecunia non minor esset facta,
id. Leg. 2, 20, 51:Hibernia dimidio minor quam Britannia,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13:minus praedae quam speraverant fuit,
a smaller quantity, less, Liv. 4, 51:sociis dimidio minus quam civibus datum,
id. 41, 13 fin.:calceus... si minor (pede), uret,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 43:neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,
less than five acts, id. A. P. 189:genibus minor,
i. e. down upon his knees, on his bended knees, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; cf.:minor in certamine longo,
worsted, id. ib. 1, 10, 35:numero plures, virtute et honore minores,
inferior, id. ib. 2, 1, 183.— Absol.: minor, inferior in rank:praevalidi ad injurias minorum elati,
Tac. A. 15, 20; Ov. P. 4, 7, 49; cf.:sapiens uno minor est Jove,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 106:minor capitis, i. e. capiti deminutus,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 42: et sunt notitiā multa minora tuā, too trivial, = leviora, Ov. Tr. 2, 214:dies sermone minor fuit,
too short for, id. P. 2, 10, 37:infans Et minor igne rogi,
too young for, Juv. 15, 140.—With abl. of measure, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:ut uno minus teste haberet?
id. ib. 2, 1, 57, §149: bis sex Herculeis ceciderunt, me minus uno, Viribus,
i. e. eleven, Ov. M. 12, 554.—Of age:qui minor est natu,
younger, Cic. Lael. 9, 32:aliquot annis minor natu,
id. Ac. 2, 19, 61:aetate minor,
Ov. M. 7, 499:minor uno mense,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 40:filia minor Ptolemaei regis,
the younger daughter, Caes. B. C. 3, 112:minor viginti annis,
less than twenty years old, under twenty years of age, Dig. 30, 99, 1.— With gen.:minor quam viginti quinque annorum natu, Praetor,
Dig. 4, 4, 1; id. ib. 50, 2, 6:si pupilla minor quam viripotens nupserit,
id. ib. 36, 2, 30.—So, absol.: minor, a person under age (under five-and-twenty), a minor:De minoribus,
Dig. 4, tit. 4:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
ib. 4, 4, 24:si minor praetor vel consul jus dixerit, valebit,
ib. 42, 1, 57.— Poet., children, Sil. 2, 491.—Also, descendants, posterity, = posteri:nunc fama, minores Italiam dixisse ducis de nomine gentem,
Verg. A. 1, 532; so id. ib. 733; Prop. 2, 15, 47; Sil. 16, 44:minorum gentium, v. gens.—In specifications of value: vendo meum non pluris quam ceteri, fortasse etiam minoris,
cheaper, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:minoris pallium addicere placuit,
Petr. 14: omnia minoris aestimare, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 2:(fidem suam) non minoris quam publicam ducebat,
Sall. J. 32, 5.—Poet., with acc. respect.:(γ).frontemque minor truncam amnis Acarnan,
Sil. 3, 42; Val. Fl. 1, 582.—Poet., with inf.:III.tanto certare minor,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 313:heu Fatis Superi certare minores!
Sil. 5, 76.Sup.: mĭnĭmus, a, um (whence a new sup.:A. B.minimissimus digitorum,
Arn. 5, 160; 166; cf., in the Gr., elachistotatos, from elachistos), very small, very little; least, smallest, etc.:cum sit nihil omnino in rerum naturā minimum, quod dividi nequeat,
Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:minimae tenuissimaeque res,
id. de Or. 1, 37, 169:minima pars temporis,
Caes. B. C. 1, 70:quā minima altitudo fluminis erat,
id. B. G. 1, 8:in maximā fortunā minima licentia est,
Sall. C. 51, 13:vitia,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 69:minimus digitulus,
the little finger, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 15; so,minimus digitus,
Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 251.—Of age: minimus natu horum omnium, the youngest, Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 58:ex his omnibus natu minimus,
id. Clu. 38, 107:Hiempsal, qui minimus ex illis erat,
Sall. J. 11, 3:minimus filius,
Just. 42, 5, 6.—In specifications of value:deos minimi facit,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 35: Pe. Quanti emi potest minimo? Ep. Ad quadraginta fortasse eam posse emi minimo minis, id. Ep. 2, 2, 110: Crispinus minimo me provocat, for a trifle (in a wager), Hor. S. 1, 4, 14 (minimo provocare dicuntur hi qui in responsione plus ipsi promittunt quam exigunt ab adversario, Schol.).—Prov.:minima de malis,
of evils choose the least, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105.—With a negation emphatically: non minimo discrimine, i. e. maximo,
Suet. Aug. 25:res non minimi periculi,
id. ib. 67:ut nihil, ne pro minimis quidem, debeant,
Liv. 6, 41. —With gen.:minimum firmitatis minimumque virium,
Cic. Lael. 13, 46:minimum pedibus itineris confectum,
Liv. 44, 5:unde minimum periculi erat,
id. 27, 15.— As adv. absol.:praemia apud me minimum valent,
very little, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 56:minimum distantia miror,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 72:dormiebat minimum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11:medica secatur sexies per annos: cum minimum, quater,
at least, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 146:quam minimum credula postero (diei),
as little as possible, Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:ita fiunt omnes partes minimum octoginta et una,
at least, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 12:quae (comprehensio) ex tribus minimum partibus constat,
Quint. 5, 10, 5:in quo non minimum Aetolorum operā regii fugati atque in castra compulsi sunt,
chiefly, particularly, Liv. 33, 6, 6:eae omnia novella sata corrumpunt, non minimum vites,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 18.—Hence, adv.Comp.: mĭnus, less:2.aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,
too little... too much, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:ne quid plus minusve faxit,
id. Phorm. 3, 3, 21 (v. plus, under multus):cum habeas plus, Pauperiem metuas minus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 93:ne mea oratio, si minus de aliquo dixero, ingrata: si satis de omnibus, infinita esse videatur,
Cic. Sest. 50, 108:metus ipsi per se minus valerent, nisi, etc.,
id. Div. 2, 72, 150:minus multi,
not so many, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 138:minus multum et minus bonum vinum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 2:ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,
less good, not so good, Sall. C. 2, 6:quia Libyes quam Gaetuli minus bellicosi,
Sall. J. 18, 12:minus diu vivunt,
Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141.—Rarely with comp.:minus admirabilior,
Flor. 4, 2, 46 Duker: quare milites Metelli sauciabantur multo minus, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1; cf. Ov. M. 12, 554:civilem admodum inter initia ac paulo minus quam privatum egit,
little less so than, nearly as much so as, Suet. Tib. 26:dimidio minus,
Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3.—With quam:nec illa minus aut plus quam tu sapiat,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 28:minus quam aequom erat feci,
id. Aul. 3, 2, 10:respondebo tibi minus fortasse vehementer, quam abs te sum provocatus,
Cic. Planc. 30, 72.—With atque:qui peccas minus atque ego?
Hor. S. 2, 7, 96.—And elliptically, without a particle of comparison:minus quindecim dies sunt, quod, etc.,
less than fifteen days, not yet fifteen days, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 1:madefactum iri minus XXX. diebus Graeciam sanguine,
Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68:minus quinquennium est, quod prodiere,
Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 104:cecidere duo milia haud minus peditum,
Liv. 42, 6:cum centum et quinquaginta non minus adessent,
id. 42, 28; Varr. R. R. 2, 2 fin.:ut ex suā cujusque parte ne minus dimidium ad Trebonium perveniret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:ut antequam baccae legantur, ne minus triduum serenum fuerit,
Col. 12, 38, 6.—In partic.a.Non (haud) minus quam (atque), not less than, no less than, quite as:b.exanimatus evolat ex senatu, non minus perturbato animo atque vultu, quam si, etc.,
Cic. Sest. 12, 28:existumans non minus me tibi quam liberos carum fore,
Sall. J. 10, 1:non minus nobis jucundi atque illustres sunt ii dies, quibus conservamur quam illi quibus nascimur,
Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Quint. 2, 4, 8; 3, 7, 20:laudibus haud minus quam praemio gaudent militum animi,
Liv. 2, 60:haud minus ac jussi faciunt,
Verg. A. 3, 561.—Non (neque) minus, equally, and as well, also: haec res [p. 1311] non minus me male habet quam te, Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 30: quae hominibus non minus quam liberi cara esse debent, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Ov. H. 19, 86:c.neque minus assiduis fessa choreis,
also, Prop. 1, 3, 3.—Nihil minus, in replies, as a strong negation, by no means, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 45: Py. At tu apud nos hic mane, Dum redeat ipsa. Ch. Nihil minus, id. ib. 3, 3, 29:d.nihil profecto minus,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81; cf.: quid? a Tranione servo? Si. Multo id minus, Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 20.—Minus minusque, minus et (ac) minus, less and less: mihi jam minus minusque obtemperat. Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 33:3.jam minus atque minus successu laetus equorum,
Verg. A. 12, 616; Hor. C. 1, 25, 6:minus et minus,
Ov. P. 2, 8, 73; id. H. 2, 129:minus ac minus,
Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 26.—Transf., in a softened negation, not at all, by no means, not:b.quod intellexi minus,
Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 11:nonnumquam ea quae praedicta sunt, minus eveniunt,
Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24.—Esp.:si minus: monebo, si quem meministi minus,
Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 19:Syracusis, si minus supplicio affici, at custodiri oportebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69:quod si assecutus sum, gaudeo: sin minus, hoc me tamen consolor quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 1, 6 et saep.; so,minus formido ne exedat,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 45. —Quo minus, also written as one word, quominus, that not, from, after verbs of hindering, preventing, as impedio, recuso, deterreo, etc., Ter. And. 1, 2, 26:C. 1. 2.si te infirmitas valetudinis tenuit, quo minus ad ludos venires,
Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1; 7, 1, 6:hiemem credo prohibuisse, quo minus de te certum haberemus, quid ageres,
id. Fam. 12, 5, 1:deterrere aliquem, quo minus, etc.,
id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:stetisse per Trebonium, quo minus oppido potirentur, videbatur,
Caes. B. C. 2, 13 fin.; Quint. 12, 1, 16;v. also quo. —Ante-class. also in the reverse order, minus quo: ne vereatur, minus jam quo redeat domum,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 8.—mĭnĭmē, least of all, in the smallest degree, least, very little:B.cum minime vellem, minimeque opus fuit,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 42:cum minime videbamur, tum maxime philosophabamur,
Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Or. 66, 222:mihi placebat Pomponius maxime, vel dicam minime displicebat,
id. Brut. 57, 207:quod in miserrimis rebus minime miserum putabis, id facies,
id. Fam. 14, 13:quod minime ad eos mercatores saepe commeant,
very rarely, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 3; Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 322.—Strengthened by quam:si non decore, at quam minime dedecore facere possimus,
as little as possible, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114; by omnium and gentium:ad te minime omnium pertinebat,
id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:minime gentium,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 77:heus, inquit, puer, arcesse Pamphilam,... illa exclamat, Minime gentium,
not for any thing in the world, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 11; id. Ad. 3, 2, 44.—In partic.a.For minimum, saltem, at least:b.is morbus erit longissimus minimeque annuus,
Cels. 2, 8 fin. Targ.:pedes decem vel minime novem,
Col. 1, 6, 6:sed id minime bis anno arari debet,
id. 5, 9, 12; id. Arb. 16, 3.—In replies, as an emphatic negative, by no means, not at all, not in the least, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 50: Ba. Sed cessas? Pa. Minime equidem:nam hodie, etc.,
Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 16: M. An tu haec non credis? A. Minime vero, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 10: num igitur peccamus? Minime vos quidem. id. Att. 8, 9, 2:minime, minime hercle vero!
Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; so in discourse: minime multi (= quam paucissimi). Ter. Eun. prol. 2: minume irasci decet. Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 27; Sall. C. 51, 13.—Strengthened by gentium (cf.supra): Nau. Meriton' hoc meo videtur factum? De. Minime gentium, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 44. -
7 parvus
parvus, a, um, adj. (usual, irreg. comp. and sup.: mĭnor, mĭnĭmus.— Comp.:I.volantum parviores,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 26.— Sup.: rictus parvissimus, Varr. ap. Non. 456, 10:parvissima corpora,
Lucr. 1, 615; 621; 3, 199: minerrimus pro minimo dixerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.:minimissimus,
Arn. 5, n. 8) [kindr. with paucus and Gr. pauros; cf., also, parum, parcus], little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable (cf.: exiguus, minutus, brevis; in class. prose parvus is not used, like brevis, of stature, v. Auct. Her. 4, 33, 45).Posit.:II.in parvis aut mediocribus rebus,
Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 84:quam parva sit terra, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 17, 26; cf. id. ib. 6, 16, 16:commoda parva ac mediocria,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1:in parvum quendam et angustum locum concludi,
id. Leg. 1, 5, 17:beneficium non parvum,
id. Caecin. 10, 26:parvi pisciculi,
id. N. D. 2, 48, 123:haec parva et infirma sunt,
id. Clu. 34, 94:si parva licet componere magnis,
Verg. G. 4, 176:merces,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 86:sucus,
Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 178 et saep.:liberi,
Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37;so of children: salutaria appetant parvi,
the little ones, id. Fin. 3, 5, 16:parva soror,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 15; cf.:memini quae plagosum mihi parvo Orbilium dictare,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 70:operosa parvus Carmina fingo,
a little man, id. C. 4, 2, 31; Suet. Aug. 48:a parvis didicimus: si in jus vocat, etc.,
when little, in childhood, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9:puer in domo a parvo eductus,
from infancy, Liv. 1, 39 fin. —Of time, little, short, brief:parvae consuetudinis Causa,
slight, short, Ter. And. 1, 1, 83; cf.:in parvo tempore,
Lucr. 5, 106:nox,
Luc. 4, 476:vita,
id. 6, 806:parvam fidem habere alicui,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117:hic onus horret, Ut parvis animis et parvo corpore majus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 39:homo parvo ingenio,
Plin. Ep. 6, 29:parvum carmen,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 257:hoc opus, hoc studium parvi properemus et ampli,
both small and great, id. ib. 1, 3, 28.—With ref. to value or consequence, little, small, low, mean, etc.:meam erus esse operam deputat parvi pretii,
Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 1:nil parvom aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,
Hor. C. 3, 25, 17:et magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,
id. S. 1, 3, 122:pretio parvo vendere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 134:parvi sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi,
of little value, id. Off. 1, 22, 76:parvi refert abs te jus dici diligenter, nisi, etc.,
it matters little, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 20.—Hence, parvi facere, aestimare, ducere, pendere, etc., to esteem lightly, care little for:parvi ego illos facio,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 41:parvi aestimo, si ego hic peribo,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 24:quia parvi id duceret,
Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: nequam hominis ego parvi pendo gratiam, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 29.—So, in abl.:signa abs te diligenter parvoque curata sunt,
Cic. Att. 1, 3, 2; so,quanti emptus? parvo,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 156:parvo stat magna potentia nobis,
Ov. M. 14, 493:parvo contentus esse possum,
with little, Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1; cf.:vivitur parvo bene,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 13:possim contentus vivere parvo,
Tib. 1, 1, 25:agricolae prisci, fortes parvoque beati,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 139:necessarium est parvo assuescere,
Sen. Ep. 123, 3: parvo, as an abl. of measure, with comp. (rarely;perh. not ante-Aug.): ita ut parvo admodum plures caperentur,
a very little more, Liv. 10, 45, 11:parvo brevius,
Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:haud parvo junior,
Gell. 13, 2, 2.—So in designating time:parvo post,
Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103:parvo post tempore,
Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 1.—Of stature (late Lat. for brevis):Zacchaeus staturā parvus erat,
Aug. Serm. 113, 3; id. in Psa. 143, 1.Comp.: mĭnor, us [cf. Gr. minus, minuthô], less, lesser, smaller, inferior:(β).quod in re majore valet, valeat in minore,
Cic. Top. 4, 23:si ea pecunia non minor esset facta,
id. Leg. 2, 20, 51:Hibernia dimidio minor quam Britannia,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13:minus praedae quam speraverant fuit,
a smaller quantity, less, Liv. 4, 51:sociis dimidio minus quam civibus datum,
id. 41, 13 fin.:calceus... si minor (pede), uret,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 43:neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula,
less than five acts, id. A. P. 189:genibus minor,
i. e. down upon his knees, on his bended knees, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; cf.:minor in certamine longo,
worsted, id. ib. 1, 10, 35:numero plures, virtute et honore minores,
inferior, id. ib. 2, 1, 183.— Absol.: minor, inferior in rank:praevalidi ad injurias minorum elati,
Tac. A. 15, 20; Ov. P. 4, 7, 49; cf.:sapiens uno minor est Jove,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 106:minor capitis, i. e. capiti deminutus,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 42: et sunt notitiā multa minora tuā, too trivial, = leviora, Ov. Tr. 2, 214:dies sermone minor fuit,
too short for, id. P. 2, 10, 37:infans Et minor igne rogi,
too young for, Juv. 15, 140.—With abl. of measure, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:ut uno minus teste haberet?
id. ib. 2, 1, 57, §149: bis sex Herculeis ceciderunt, me minus uno, Viribus,
i. e. eleven, Ov. M. 12, 554.—Of age:qui minor est natu,
younger, Cic. Lael. 9, 32:aliquot annis minor natu,
id. Ac. 2, 19, 61:aetate minor,
Ov. M. 7, 499:minor uno mense,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 40:filia minor Ptolemaei regis,
the younger daughter, Caes. B. C. 3, 112:minor viginti annis,
less than twenty years old, under twenty years of age, Dig. 30, 99, 1.— With gen.:minor quam viginti quinque annorum natu, Praetor,
Dig. 4, 4, 1; id. ib. 50, 2, 6:si pupilla minor quam viripotens nupserit,
id. ib. 36, 2, 30.—So, absol.: minor, a person under age (under five-and-twenty), a minor:De minoribus,
Dig. 4, tit. 4:si minor negotiis majoris intervenerit,
ib. 4, 4, 24:si minor praetor vel consul jus dixerit, valebit,
ib. 42, 1, 57.— Poet., children, Sil. 2, 491.—Also, descendants, posterity, = posteri:nunc fama, minores Italiam dixisse ducis de nomine gentem,
Verg. A. 1, 532; so id. ib. 733; Prop. 2, 15, 47; Sil. 16, 44:minorum gentium, v. gens.—In specifications of value: vendo meum non pluris quam ceteri, fortasse etiam minoris,
cheaper, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:minoris pallium addicere placuit,
Petr. 14: omnia minoris aestimare, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 2:(fidem suam) non minoris quam publicam ducebat,
Sall. J. 32, 5.—Poet., with acc. respect.:(γ).frontemque minor truncam amnis Acarnan,
Sil. 3, 42; Val. Fl. 1, 582.—Poet., with inf.:III.tanto certare minor,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 313:heu Fatis Superi certare minores!
Sil. 5, 76.Sup.: mĭnĭmus, a, um (whence a new sup.:A. B.minimissimus digitorum,
Arn. 5, 160; 166; cf., in the Gr., elachistotatos, from elachistos), very small, very little; least, smallest, etc.:cum sit nihil omnino in rerum naturā minimum, quod dividi nequeat,
Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:minimae tenuissimaeque res,
id. de Or. 1, 37, 169:minima pars temporis,
Caes. B. C. 1, 70:quā minima altitudo fluminis erat,
id. B. G. 1, 8:in maximā fortunā minima licentia est,
Sall. C. 51, 13:vitia,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 69:minimus digitulus,
the little finger, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 15; so,minimus digitus,
Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 251.—Of age: minimus natu horum omnium, the youngest, Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 58:ex his omnibus natu minimus,
id. Clu. 38, 107:Hiempsal, qui minimus ex illis erat,
Sall. J. 11, 3:minimus filius,
Just. 42, 5, 6.—In specifications of value:deos minimi facit,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 35: Pe. Quanti emi potest minimo? Ep. Ad quadraginta fortasse eam posse emi minimo minis, id. Ep. 2, 2, 110: Crispinus minimo me provocat, for a trifle (in a wager), Hor. S. 1, 4, 14 (minimo provocare dicuntur hi qui in responsione plus ipsi promittunt quam exigunt ab adversario, Schol.).—Prov.:minima de malis,
of evils choose the least, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105.—With a negation emphatically: non minimo discrimine, i. e. maximo,
Suet. Aug. 25:res non minimi periculi,
id. ib. 67:ut nihil, ne pro minimis quidem, debeant,
Liv. 6, 41. —With gen.:minimum firmitatis minimumque virium,
Cic. Lael. 13, 46:minimum pedibus itineris confectum,
Liv. 44, 5:unde minimum periculi erat,
id. 27, 15.— As adv. absol.:praemia apud me minimum valent,
very little, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 56:minimum distantia miror,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 72:dormiebat minimum,
Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11:medica secatur sexies per annos: cum minimum, quater,
at least, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 146:quam minimum credula postero (diei),
as little as possible, Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:ita fiunt omnes partes minimum octoginta et una,
at least, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 12:quae (comprehensio) ex tribus minimum partibus constat,
Quint. 5, 10, 5:in quo non minimum Aetolorum operā regii fugati atque in castra compulsi sunt,
chiefly, particularly, Liv. 33, 6, 6:eae omnia novella sata corrumpunt, non minimum vites,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 18.—Hence, adv.Comp.: mĭnus, less:2.aut ne quid faciam plus, quod post me minus fecisse satius sit,
too little... too much, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 4:ne quid plus minusve faxit,
id. Phorm. 3, 3, 21 (v. plus, under multus):cum habeas plus, Pauperiem metuas minus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 93:ne mea oratio, si minus de aliquo dixero, ingrata: si satis de omnibus, infinita esse videatur,
Cic. Sest. 50, 108:metus ipsi per se minus valerent, nisi, etc.,
id. Div. 2, 72, 150:minus multi,
not so many, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 138:minus multum et minus bonum vinum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 2:ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,
less good, not so good, Sall. C. 2, 6:quia Libyes quam Gaetuli minus bellicosi,
Sall. J. 18, 12:minus diu vivunt,
Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141.—Rarely with comp.:minus admirabilior,
Flor. 4, 2, 46 Duker: quare milites Metelli sauciabantur multo minus, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1; cf. Ov. M. 12, 554:civilem admodum inter initia ac paulo minus quam privatum egit,
little less so than, nearly as much so as, Suet. Tib. 26:dimidio minus,
Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 3.—With quam:nec illa minus aut plus quam tu sapiat,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 28:minus quam aequom erat feci,
id. Aul. 3, 2, 10:respondebo tibi minus fortasse vehementer, quam abs te sum provocatus,
Cic. Planc. 30, 72.—With atque:qui peccas minus atque ego?
Hor. S. 2, 7, 96.—And elliptically, without a particle of comparison:minus quindecim dies sunt, quod, etc.,
less than fifteen days, not yet fifteen days, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 1:madefactum iri minus XXX. diebus Graeciam sanguine,
Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68:minus quinquennium est, quod prodiere,
Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 104:cecidere duo milia haud minus peditum,
Liv. 42, 6:cum centum et quinquaginta non minus adessent,
id. 42, 28; Varr. R. R. 2, 2 fin.:ut ex suā cujusque parte ne minus dimidium ad Trebonium perveniret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:ut antequam baccae legantur, ne minus triduum serenum fuerit,
Col. 12, 38, 6.—In partic.a.Non (haud) minus quam (atque), not less than, no less than, quite as:b.exanimatus evolat ex senatu, non minus perturbato animo atque vultu, quam si, etc.,
Cic. Sest. 12, 28:existumans non minus me tibi quam liberos carum fore,
Sall. J. 10, 1:non minus nobis jucundi atque illustres sunt ii dies, quibus conservamur quam illi quibus nascimur,
Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Quint. 2, 4, 8; 3, 7, 20:laudibus haud minus quam praemio gaudent militum animi,
Liv. 2, 60:haud minus ac jussi faciunt,
Verg. A. 3, 561.—Non (neque) minus, equally, and as well, also: haec res [p. 1311] non minus me male habet quam te, Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 30: quae hominibus non minus quam liberi cara esse debent, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Ov. H. 19, 86:c.neque minus assiduis fessa choreis,
also, Prop. 1, 3, 3.—Nihil minus, in replies, as a strong negation, by no means, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 45: Py. At tu apud nos hic mane, Dum redeat ipsa. Ch. Nihil minus, id. ib. 3, 3, 29:d.nihil profecto minus,
Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81; cf.: quid? a Tranione servo? Si. Multo id minus, Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 20.—Minus minusque, minus et (ac) minus, less and less: mihi jam minus minusque obtemperat. Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 33:3.jam minus atque minus successu laetus equorum,
Verg. A. 12, 616; Hor. C. 1, 25, 6:minus et minus,
Ov. P. 2, 8, 73; id. H. 2, 129:minus ac minus,
Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 26.—Transf., in a softened negation, not at all, by no means, not:b.quod intellexi minus,
Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 11:nonnumquam ea quae praedicta sunt, minus eveniunt,
Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24.—Esp.:si minus: monebo, si quem meministi minus,
Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 19:Syracusis, si minus supplicio affici, at custodiri oportebat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69:quod si assecutus sum, gaudeo: sin minus, hoc me tamen consolor quod, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 1, 6 et saep.; so,minus formido ne exedat,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 45. —Quo minus, also written as one word, quominus, that not, from, after verbs of hindering, preventing, as impedio, recuso, deterreo, etc., Ter. And. 1, 2, 26:C. 1. 2.si te infirmitas valetudinis tenuit, quo minus ad ludos venires,
Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1; 7, 1, 6:hiemem credo prohibuisse, quo minus de te certum haberemus, quid ageres,
id. Fam. 12, 5, 1:deterrere aliquem, quo minus, etc.,
id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:stetisse per Trebonium, quo minus oppido potirentur, videbatur,
Caes. B. C. 2, 13 fin.; Quint. 12, 1, 16;v. also quo. —Ante-class. also in the reverse order, minus quo: ne vereatur, minus jam quo redeat domum,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 8.—mĭnĭmē, least of all, in the smallest degree, least, very little:B.cum minime vellem, minimeque opus fuit,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 42:cum minime videbamur, tum maxime philosophabamur,
Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Or. 66, 222:mihi placebat Pomponius maxime, vel dicam minime displicebat,
id. Brut. 57, 207:quod in miserrimis rebus minime miserum putabis, id facies,
id. Fam. 14, 13:quod minime ad eos mercatores saepe commeant,
very rarely, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 3; Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 322.—Strengthened by quam:si non decore, at quam minime dedecore facere possimus,
as little as possible, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114; by omnium and gentium:ad te minime omnium pertinebat,
id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:minime gentium,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 77:heus, inquit, puer, arcesse Pamphilam,... illa exclamat, Minime gentium,
not for any thing in the world, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 11; id. Ad. 3, 2, 44.—In partic.a.For minimum, saltem, at least:b.is morbus erit longissimus minimeque annuus,
Cels. 2, 8 fin. Targ.:pedes decem vel minime novem,
Col. 1, 6, 6:sed id minime bis anno arari debet,
id. 5, 9, 12; id. Arb. 16, 3.—In replies, as an emphatic negative, by no means, not at all, not in the least, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 50: Ba. Sed cessas? Pa. Minime equidem:nam hodie, etc.,
Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 16: M. An tu haec non credis? A. Minime vero, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 10: num igitur peccamus? Minime vos quidem. id. Att. 8, 9, 2:minime, minime hercle vero!
Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; so in discourse: minime multi (= quam paucissimi). Ter. Eun. prol. 2: minume irasci decet. Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 27; Sall. C. 51, 13.—Strengthened by gentium (cf.supra): Nau. Meriton' hoc meo videtur factum? De. Minime gentium, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 44. -
8 stō
stō stetī (steterunt for stetērunt, V., O., Pr.), status, āre [STA-], to stand, stand still, remain standing, be upright, be erect: cum virgo staret et Caecilia sederet: quid stas, lapis? T.: ad undam, V.: procul hinc, T.: propter in occulto: qui proximi steterant, Cs.: propius, H.: in gradibus concordiae: stans pede in uno, H.: signa ad impluvium, ante valvas Iunonis: Stabat acuta silex, V.: columna, H.: aeneus ut stes, in a bronze statue, H.: Gn. Quid agitur? Pa. Statur, T.— To stand firm, remain in place, be immovable, last, remain, continue, abide: cui nec arae patriae domi stant, Enn. ap. C.: nec domus ulla nec urbs stare poterit: stantibus Hierosolymis: classem in portu stare, is moored, L.: stant litore puppes, V.: hasta, Quae radice novā, non ferro stabat adacto, stuck fast, O.: stare nobis videtur, at iis qui in navi sunt moveri haec villa, to be motionless: Stantibus aquis, when the sea is at rest, O.: stantes oculi (of owls), staring, O.: stant lumina flammā, are fixed orbs of fire, V.— To remain, tarry, linger, delay, wait: in illo nidore: aut stantem comprendere, aut fugientem consequi, while he lingered: Sto exspectans, si quid mihi inperent, I wait, T.— To stand in battle, fight, hold one's ground, stand firm: ut ignavus miles fugiat... cum ei, qui steterit, etc.: hostis non stetit solum, sed Romanum pepulit, L.: comminus, Cs.: Inque gradu stetimus, certi non cedere, O.—Of a battle, to stand, continue: i<*>i aliquamdiu atrox pugna stetit, L.: ita anceps dicitur certamen stetisse, to have been indecisive, L.— Of buildings or cities, to stand complete, be built, be finished: intra annum nova urbs stetit, L.: Moenia iam stabant, O.: stet Capitolium Fulgens, H.— To stand out, stand upright, stand on end, bristle up, stiffen, be rigid: steterunt comae, V.: in vertice cristae, O.: stat glacies iners, H.: Vides ut altā stet nive candidum Soracte, i. e. stands out, H.: pulvere caelum Stare vident, i. e. like a mass of dust, V.—Fig., to stand, be erect, be undisturbed: mentes, rectae quae stare solebant: utinam res p. stetisset.—Impers., with per and acc. of person, to depend on, be chargeable to, lie at the door of, be due to, be the fault of: ut per me stetisse credat, Quo minus haec fierent nuptiae, that it was my doing, T.: ubi cognovit per Afranium stare, quo minus proelio dimicaretur, Cs.: nec, quo minus perpetua cum eis amicitia esset, per populum R. stetisse, L.: quoniam per eum non stetisset, quin praestaretur (fides), it was not his fault, L.: ne praestaremus per vos stetit, qui, etc., L.—Ellipt.: Id faciam, per me stetisse ut credat (sc. quo minus haec fierent nuptiae), T.: per quos si non stetisset, non Dolabella parentasset, etc., but for whose opposition.—To stand firm, be unshaken, endure, persist, abide, remain, continue: res p. staret: qui illam (rem p.) cadere posse stante me non putarant: regnum puero stetit, L.: Dum stetimus, O.: Stas animo, H.: Gabinium sine provinciā stare non posse, subsist: cum in senatu pulcherrime staremus, held our ground: si in fide non stetit: si in eo non stat: in sententiā, L.: suis stare iudiciis, to stand by: si qui eorum decreto non stetit, Cs.: stare condicionibus: qui his rebus iudicatis standum putet: famā rerum standum est, L.— To be fixed, be determined: Pa. vide quid agas. Ph. Stat sententia, I am resolved, T.: Hannibal, postquam ipsa sententia stetit, pergere ire, L.: neque adhuc stabat, quo, etc., was it decided: mihi stat alere morbum, N.: Stat casūs renovare omnīs, V.— To rest, depend, be upheld, lie: disciplinā stetit Romana res, L.: spes Danaum Palladis auxiliis stetit, V.: famā bella stare, Cu.: Omnis in Ascanio stat cura parentis, V.—Of plays and actors, to stand, be approved, please, take, succeed: partim vix steti, T.: Securus, cadat an stet fabula, H.— To take part, take sides, stand: contra civium perditorum dementiam a bonorum causā: a mendacio contra verum: cum Hannibale, L.: pro meā patriā, L.: vobiscum adversus barbaros, N.: pro signis, O.: pro meliore causā, Cu.: Iuppiter hac stat, stands at your side, stands by you, V.: unde ius stabat, ei (populo) victoriam dedit, on whose side, L.; cf. in Darei partibus, Cu.—Of price, with abl. of price, to stand in, come to, cost: haud scio an magno detrimento certamen staturum fuerit, L.: Polybius scribit, centum talentis eam rem Achaeis stetisse, cost the Achaeans, L.: sit argumento tibi gratis stare navem: magno stat magna potentia nobis, O.* * *stare, steti, status Vstand, stand still, stand firm; remain, rest -
9 sei
sī (orig. and ante-class. form seī), conj. [from a pronominal stem = Gr. he; Sanscr. sva-, self; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 778; Curt. Gr. Etym. 396], a conditional particle, if.I.Prop.a.With indic.; so in gen., in conditions which are assumed to be true, with the verb in pres. or perf.; less freq. in imperf or pluperf.; and in conditions which may probably become true, with the verb in fut. or fut. perf. (Madv. Gram. § 332; Zumpt, Gram. § 517).(α).Pres.: SI IN IVS VOCAT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25, and ap. Porphyr. Hor. S. 1, 9, 65: SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT... SI NOLET, etc., id. ap. Gell. l. l.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):(β).si vis, dabo tibi testes,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:si voltis,
id. ib. 1, 28, 44:si placet,
id. ib. 2, 44, 71;1, 21, 34: si tuo commodo fleri potest,
id. ib. 1, 9, 14:si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
id. ib. 1, 18, 30:si populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23:si Massilienses per delectos cives summā justitiā reguntur, inest tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43; cf. id. Off. 3, 8, 35:quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si nec privata domus continere voces conjurationis tuae potest? si illustrantur, si erumpunt omnia?
id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit,
id. Rep. 3, 18, 28:Si quaerimus, cur, etc.,
id. Brut. 95, 325. —Strengthened by modo:magnifica quidem res, si modo est ulla,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1:deliget populus, si modo salvus esse vult, optimum quemque,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:quae (virtus) est una, si modo est, maxime munifica,
id. ib. 3, 8, 12; id. Tusc. 2, 4, 33; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:si quisquam est facilis, hic est,
id. Att. 14, 1, 2:si ulla res est, quam tibi me petente faciendam putes, haec ea sit,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, GENTILIS FAMILIAM NANCITOR, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Collat. Leg. Mos. et Rom. 16, 4: quae (libertas), si aequa non est, ne libertas quidem est,
Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47; 1, 32, 49:id si minus intellegitur, ex dissensionibus percipi potest,
id. Lael. 7, 23: BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT, EXSTRAD QVAM SEI QVID IBEI SACRI EST... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT, S. C. de Bacch. fin.:dicito, si quid vis, non nocebo,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 235:si qui sunt, qui philosophorum auctoritate moveantur,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:si quid generis istiusmodi me delectat, pictura delectat,
id. Fam. 7, 23, 3:si aliquid dandum est voluptati,
id. Sen. 13, 44;four times repeated,
id. ib. 11, 38.—So esp. after mirum est or miror, as expressing reality (= quod or cum; cf. Gr. ei):noli mirari, si hoc non impetras,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29:ecquid mirum est, si tam ab amico animo pacem petit? Curt 4, 11, 4: miraris, si superbiam tuam ferre non possumus?
id. 8, 7, 14.—With a negative conclusion, to denote that, although the condition is true, or is conceded, a certain inference does not follow: nec, si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico esse causas, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28:nec. si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,
id. Phil. 13, 6, 19:si veniam meretur qui inprudens nocuit, non meretur praemium qui inprudens profuit,
Quint. 5, 10, 73:nec ideo ignis minus urere potest, si in materiam incidit inviolabilem flammis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1.—Imperf.:(γ).ea si erant, magnas habebas omnibus, dis gratias,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 17; Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43:si quis antea mirabatur, quid esset, quod, etc.,
id. Sest. 1.—Perf.:(δ).SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. talio, p. 363 Müll.: si animum contulisti in istam rationem, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37:si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 10, 18:quos (tyrannos) si boni oppresserunt, recreatur civitas: sin audaces, fit illa factio,
id. ib. 1, 44, 68; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 65:si ita sensit, ut loquitur,
id. ib. 3, 21, 32;1, 27, 43: si modo hoc in Lycurgi potestate potuit esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 24:si modo in philosophiā aliquid profecimus,
id. Off. 3, 8, 37: si quis eorum [p. 1689] (servorum) sub centone crepuit, nullum mihi vitium facit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 sq. Müll.:si quid sceleste fecit,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 27:si quam opinionem jam vestris mentibus comprehendistis, etc.,
Cic. Clu. 2, 6:si quando regi justo vim populus attulit regnove eum spoliavit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 42, 65; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, 59; id. Lael. 7, 24.—After mirum est or miror, to express a reality (cf. a, supra):minime mirum, si ista res adhuc nostrā linguā inlustrata non est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55; id. Deiot. 4, 12:quid mirum, si haec invitus amisi?
Tac. A. 12, 37:miraris, si eo tempore matrona dicere potuit, escende?
Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 1:minime est mirandum, si vita ejus fuit secura,
Nep. Cim. 4, 4.—Very often followed by certe, profecto, etc., to express a conclusion, as certain as the unquestionable assumption:quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum, cum, etc., tum profecto fuit,
Cic. Brut. 2, 7:si quisquam fuit umquam remotus ab inani laude, ego profecto is sum,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 13:etenim si nulla fuit umquam tam imbecillo mulier animo, quae, etc., certe nos, etc.,
id. Fam. 5, 16, 6:si umquam in dicendo fuimus aliquid, tum profecto, etc.,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 4; 7, 19.—Esp. with a negative conclusion (v. a fin. supra, and cf. quia, etsi):non, si tibi ante profuit, semper proderit,
Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 12:non, si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,
id. de Or. 2, 40, 170:neque enim, si tuae res gestae ceterorum laudibus obscuritatem attulerunt, idcirco Pompeii memoriam amisimus,
id. Deiot. 4, 12:nec, si capitis dolorem facit, inutilis hominibus sol est,
Quint. 5, 10, 82.—Pluperf.: si improbum Cresphontem existimaveras, etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:(ε).nec mirum, eos si orationes turbaverant,
Liv. 32, 20, 2 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):si hoc ita fato datum erat, ut,
Liv. 30, 30, 3.—So esp. in indef. clauses of repeated action:plausum si quis eorum aliquando acceperat, ne quid peccasset pertimescebat,
whenever, Cic. Sest. 49, 105:si quando nostri navem religaverant, hostes succurrebant,
Caes. B. C. 2, 6:si quando suis fortunis forte desperare coeperant,
id. B. G. 3, 12.—Fut.: SI VOLET SVO VIVITO... SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.); and:(ζ).alte spectare si voles, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25:si jam eminebit foras,
id. ib. 6, 26, 29:si me audietis,
id. ib. 1, 19, 32:si mutuas non potero certum est sumam fenore,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 95:id persequar, si potero, subtilius,
Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42; cf. in the foll. z:nihil (offendet) si modo opus exstabit,
id. ib. 5, 3, 5:si quid te volam, ubi eris?
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 96: si quod aliud oikeion reperies, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3.—Fut. perf.: si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.):b.si nostram rem publicam vobis et nascentem et crescentem ostendero,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3:tum magis assentiere, si ad majora pervenero,
id. ib. 1, 40, 62:expediri quae restant vix poterunt, si hoc incohatum reliqueris,
id. ib. 1, 35, 55;1, 24, 38: pergratum mihi feceris, si de amicitiā disputaris,
id. Lael. 4, 16:accommodabo ad eam (rem publicam), si potuero, omnem illam orationem, etc.... quod si tenere et consequi potuero, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 46, 70; so,si potuero,
id. ib. 2, 30, 53; id. Brut. 5, 21:si potuerit,
id. Off. 3, 23, 89:si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,
id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:si modo interpretari potuero,
id. Leg. 2, 18, 45:si ne ei caput exoculassitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 26: si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis... Sed si quā per voluptatem nequiter feceritis, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4:de iis te, si qui me forte locus admonuerit, commonebo,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—With subj.; so in gen. of conditions assumed in statement, but implied not to be actual; the verb in pres. (rarely perf.) implies that the condition is still possible; in the imperf. and pluperf., that it is known to be unreal (Madv. Gram. § 347 sqq.; Zumpt, Gram. § 524).(α).Pres.:(β).si habeat aurum,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12:abire hinc nullo pacto possim, si velim,
id. ib. 2, 2, 2; so,si velim,
Cic. Rep. 3, 10, 17:cum ipsi auxilium ferre, si cupiant, non queant,
id. ib. 1, 5, 9:si singulos numeremus,
id. ib. 3, 4, 7: si jus suum populi teneant, id. ib. 1, 32, 48:si Scipionis desiderio me moveri negem,
id. Lael. 3, 10:si ad verba rem deflectere velimus,
id. Caecin. 18, 51:si quis varias gentes despicere possit, videat primum, etc.,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 14.—In expressing a wish ( poet. for utinam), usu. with O:O si angulus ille accedat, qui, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; 2, 6, 10:O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,
Verg. A. 8, 560;also alone: si nunc se nobis ille aureus arbore ramus Ostendat nemore in tanto!
would that, yet if, if however, id. ib. 6, 187:si quā fata aspera rumpas, Tu Marcellus eris,
id. ib. 6, 882; cf. b, infra.—Imperf.:(γ).qui si unus omnia consequi posset, nihil opus esset pluribus, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 52:quae descriptio si esset ignota vobis, explicaretur a me,
id. ib. 2, 22, 39:si ullum probarem simplex rei publicae genus,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:quod non fecissent profecto, si nihil ad eos pertinere arbitrarentur,
id. Lael. 4, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 525: SEI QVES ESENT, QVEI SIBEI DEICERENT, S. C. de Bacch (twice). —Also with O, expressing a wish ( poet.):O si solitae quicquam virtutis adesset,
Verg. A. 11, 415;and without O: si mihi, quae quondam fuerat... si nunc foret illa juventus,
id. ib. 5, 398.—Perf.: SI INIVRIAM FAXIT ALTERI, VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum ap. Gell. 20, 1, 12: si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.):(δ).perii, si me aspexerit!
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:victus sum, si dixeris,
id. ib. 1, 1, 272:Romani si casu intervenerint,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8.—Pluperf.:c.si aliter accidisset,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:tum magis id diceres, si nuper in hortis Scipionis affuisses,
id. Lael. 7, 25:mansisset eadem voluntas in eorum posteris, si regum similitudo permansisset,
id. Rep. 1, 41, 64:si id fecisses,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3; 2, 15, 38; 2, 36, 90:si quis in caelum ascendisset, etc.,
id. Lael. 23, 88:si aliquid de summā gravitate Pompeius remisisset,
id. Phil. 13, 1, 2.—Ellipt.(α).With pron. indef:(β).istae artes, si modo aliquid, valent, ut acuant ingenia,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:aut nemo, aut, si quisquam, ille sapiens fuit,
id. Lael. 2, 9; id. Or. 29, 103.—In a negation, usu. si minus, si contra (= sin minus, sin aliter):(γ).plures haec tulit una civitas, si minus sapientes, at certe summā laude dignos,
Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7:educ tecum omnes tuos: si minus, quam plurimos,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 10; id. de Or. 2, 16, 68, in this sense less freq. si non:utrum cetera nomina digesta habes an non? Si non... si etiam,
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:si haec civitas est, civem esse me: si non, exsulem esse, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 2, 24; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 66; 1, 6, 68; Liv. 28, 29, 4:hic venit in judicium, si nihil aliud, saltem ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152; so, si nihil aliud, Liv 22, 29; 30, 35; 45, 37 fin., Curt. 4, 6, 28:si aliud nihil,
id. 2, 43.—With forte:2.intelleges esse nihil a me nisi orationis acerbitatem et, si forte, raro litterarum missarum indiligentiam reprehensam,
perhaps, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7; cf.:vereor, ne nihil sim tui, nisi supplosionem pedis imitatus et pauca quaedam verba et aliquem, si forte, motum,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—With quod, and if, but if, if however, if:B.quod si in philosophiā tantum interest... quid tandem in causis existimandum est?
Cic. Or. 16, 51:quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum... tum profecto fuit,
id. Brut. 2, 7:quod si exemeris ex rerum naturā benevolentiae conjunctionem, nec domus ulla nec urbs stare poterit,
id. Lael. 7, 23; id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:quod si non hic tantus fructus ostenderetur et si ex his studiis delectatio sola peteretur: tamen, etc.,
id. Arch. 7, 16; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 54.—In partic.1.In subject or object-clauses, si with subj. sometimes takes the place of an inf.:2.apud Graecos opprobrio fuit adulescentibus, si amatores non haberent,
Cic. Rep. 4, 3, 3: summa gloria constat ex tribus his;si diligit multitudo, si fidem habet, etc.,
id. Off. 2, 9, 31:unam esse spem salutis docent, si eruptione factā extremum auxilium experirentur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5:illud ignoscere aequum erit, si... ne tuam quidem gloriam praeponam, etc.,
Liv. 28, 41, 1; Nep. Ages. 4, 3: infinitum est, si singulos velim persequi. Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 5; id. Tranq. 16, 2 (cf. si after mirum est, I. a. fin. supra).—In subst. clauses, to denote a doubtful assumption or future event (cf. quod):3.dixerunt, in eo verti puellae salutem, si postero die vindex injuriae ad tempus praesto esset,
Liv. 3, 46:adjecerunt, Scipionem in eo positam habuisse spem pacis, si Hannibal et Mago ex Italiā non revocarentur,
id. 30, 23; 35, 18.—Si with a relative takes the place of a relative clause, to express a class the existence or extent of which is doubtful: mortem proposuit, non eis solum qui illam rem gesserunt, sed eis etiam si qui non moleste tulerunt, i. e. if such there were, whether few or many, Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:4.dixit errare, si qui in bello omnis secundos rerum proventus expectent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 29:errat, si quis existimat facilem rem esse donare,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44; Liv. 42, 31.—In syllogistic reasonings:5.si oportet velle sapere, dare operam philosophiae convenit. Oportet autem velle sapere, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis oriente Caniculā natus est, in mari non morietur, illud quoque verum est: si Fabius oriente Canicula natus est, Fabius in mari non morietur,
id. Fat. 6, 12.—= etiamsi, with foll. tamen, even if, although, albeit (class.):II.quae si exsequi nequirem, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.:quae si causa non esset, tamen, etc.,
id. Mur. 4, 8; and:quae si dubia essent, tamen, etc.,
Sall. J. 85, 48.—Transf., in dependent clauses expressing an interrogation or doubt, it is nearly = num, but forms a looser connection, if, whether, if perchance (class., but very rare in Cic.):B.ibo et visam huc ad eum, si forte est domi,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 7; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 118; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 3, 20:jam sciam, si quid titubatum est, ubi reliquias videro,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 33; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 44:fatis incerta feror, si Juppiter unam Esse velit urbem,
Verg. A. 4, 110; Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 52:primum ab iis quaesivit, si aquam hominibus in totidem dies, quot frumentum imposuissent,
Liv. 29, 25; 39, 50:id modo quaeritur, si (lex) majori parti et in summam prodest,
id. 34, 3; cf. id. 40, 49 fin.:jam dudum exspecto, si tuom officium scias,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 12:hanc (paludem) si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9; id. B. C. 2, 34; cf.:Pompeius eadem spectans, si itinere impeditos deprehendere posset,
id. ib. 3, 75:non recusavit quo minus vel extremo spiritu, si quam opem rei publicae ferre posset, experiretur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 85, 398:statui expectandum esse si quid certius adferretur,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 2:Philopoemen quaesivit si Lycortas incolumis evasisset,
Liv. 39, 50:expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur,
Val. Fl. 5, 562:Helvetii nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu, si perrumpere possent, conati,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.; cf.:temptata res est, si primo impetu capi Ardea posset,
Liv. 1, 57.—With ellipsis of a verb or clause on which the condition depends (cf. I. c. supra): ei rei suam operam dat, si possiet illam invenire ( to see) whether he can, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:B.L. Minucium cum omni equitatu praemittit, si quid celeritate itineris proficere possit,
to see, to try, Caes. B. G. 6, 29 fin.:circumfunduntur hostes, si quem aditum reperire possent,
id. ib. 6, 37:fame et inopiā adductos clam ex castris exisse, si quid frumenti in agris reperire possent,
id. ib. 7, 20, 10; cf. id. ib. 7, 55 fin.; 7, 89 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8 fin.; 3, 56:pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,
Liv. 1, 7:saxa volvebant, si quā Possent tectam aciem perrumpere,
Verg. A. 9, 512:ad Gonnum castra movet, si potiri oppido posset,
Liv. 42, 67, 6: haud aspernatus Tullius, tamen, si vana adferantur, in aciem educit ( that he might be ready) if, etc., id. 1, 23, 6:milites in praesidio erant, si quo operā eorum opus esset,
id. 27, 28, 5:alii offerunt se, si quo usus operae sit,
id. 26, 9, 9: ille postea, si comitia sua non fierent, urbi minari, i. e. ( that he would attack it) if, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:Carthaginiensibus in Hasdrubale ita, si is movisset Syphacem, spes omnis erat,
Liv. 29, 35, 9; 5, 8, 9:consul aedem Fortunae vovit, si eo die hostis fudisset,
id. 29, 36, 8: erat Athenis reo damnato, si fraus capitalis non esset, quasi [p. 1690] poenae aestimatio, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232: quattuor legiones Cornelio, si qui ex Etruriā novi motus nuntiarentur, relictae, to meet the case, that, to be ready, if, etc., Liv. 6, 22:is in armis tenuit militem, si opus foret auxilio,
id. 5, 8:ut patricios indignatio, si cum his gerendus esset honos, deterreret,
id. 4, 6, 10; 1, 40, 2; 24, 36.—Si... si, for sive... sive, whether... or:si deus si dea es,
Cato, R. R. 139; cf.:hostiam si deo, si deae immolabant,
Gell. 2, 28, 3. -
10 si
sī (orig. and ante-class. form seī), conj. [from a pronominal stem = Gr. he; Sanscr. sva-, self; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 778; Curt. Gr. Etym. 396], a conditional particle, if.I.Prop.a.With indic.; so in gen., in conditions which are assumed to be true, with the verb in pres. or perf.; less freq. in imperf or pluperf.; and in conditions which may probably become true, with the verb in fut. or fut. perf. (Madv. Gram. § 332; Zumpt, Gram. § 517).(α).Pres.: SI IN IVS VOCAT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25, and ap. Porphyr. Hor. S. 1, 9, 65: SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT... SI NOLET, etc., id. ap. Gell. l. l.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):(β).si vis, dabo tibi testes,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:si voltis,
id. ib. 1, 28, 44:si placet,
id. ib. 2, 44, 71;1, 21, 34: si tuo commodo fleri potest,
id. ib. 1, 9, 14:si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
id. ib. 1, 18, 30:si populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23:si Massilienses per delectos cives summā justitiā reguntur, inest tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43; cf. id. Off. 3, 8, 35:quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si nec privata domus continere voces conjurationis tuae potest? si illustrantur, si erumpunt omnia?
id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit,
id. Rep. 3, 18, 28:Si quaerimus, cur, etc.,
id. Brut. 95, 325. —Strengthened by modo:magnifica quidem res, si modo est ulla,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1:deliget populus, si modo salvus esse vult, optimum quemque,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:quae (virtus) est una, si modo est, maxime munifica,
id. ib. 3, 8, 12; id. Tusc. 2, 4, 33; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:si quisquam est facilis, hic est,
id. Att. 14, 1, 2:si ulla res est, quam tibi me petente faciendam putes, haec ea sit,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, GENTILIS FAMILIAM NANCITOR, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Collat. Leg. Mos. et Rom. 16, 4: quae (libertas), si aequa non est, ne libertas quidem est,
Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47; 1, 32, 49:id si minus intellegitur, ex dissensionibus percipi potest,
id. Lael. 7, 23: BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT, EXSTRAD QVAM SEI QVID IBEI SACRI EST... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT, S. C. de Bacch. fin.:dicito, si quid vis, non nocebo,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 235:si qui sunt, qui philosophorum auctoritate moveantur,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:si quid generis istiusmodi me delectat, pictura delectat,
id. Fam. 7, 23, 3:si aliquid dandum est voluptati,
id. Sen. 13, 44;four times repeated,
id. ib. 11, 38.—So esp. after mirum est or miror, as expressing reality (= quod or cum; cf. Gr. ei):noli mirari, si hoc non impetras,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29:ecquid mirum est, si tam ab amico animo pacem petit? Curt 4, 11, 4: miraris, si superbiam tuam ferre non possumus?
id. 8, 7, 14.—With a negative conclusion, to denote that, although the condition is true, or is conceded, a certain inference does not follow: nec, si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico esse causas, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28:nec. si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,
id. Phil. 13, 6, 19:si veniam meretur qui inprudens nocuit, non meretur praemium qui inprudens profuit,
Quint. 5, 10, 73:nec ideo ignis minus urere potest, si in materiam incidit inviolabilem flammis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1.—Imperf.:(γ).ea si erant, magnas habebas omnibus, dis gratias,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 17; Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43:si quis antea mirabatur, quid esset, quod, etc.,
id. Sest. 1.—Perf.:(δ).SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. talio, p. 363 Müll.: si animum contulisti in istam rationem, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37:si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 10, 18:quos (tyrannos) si boni oppresserunt, recreatur civitas: sin audaces, fit illa factio,
id. ib. 1, 44, 68; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 65:si ita sensit, ut loquitur,
id. ib. 3, 21, 32;1, 27, 43: si modo hoc in Lycurgi potestate potuit esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 24:si modo in philosophiā aliquid profecimus,
id. Off. 3, 8, 37: si quis eorum [p. 1689] (servorum) sub centone crepuit, nullum mihi vitium facit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 sq. Müll.:si quid sceleste fecit,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 27:si quam opinionem jam vestris mentibus comprehendistis, etc.,
Cic. Clu. 2, 6:si quando regi justo vim populus attulit regnove eum spoliavit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 42, 65; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, 59; id. Lael. 7, 24.—After mirum est or miror, to express a reality (cf. a, supra):minime mirum, si ista res adhuc nostrā linguā inlustrata non est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55; id. Deiot. 4, 12:quid mirum, si haec invitus amisi?
Tac. A. 12, 37:miraris, si eo tempore matrona dicere potuit, escende?
Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 1:minime est mirandum, si vita ejus fuit secura,
Nep. Cim. 4, 4.—Very often followed by certe, profecto, etc., to express a conclusion, as certain as the unquestionable assumption:quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum, cum, etc., tum profecto fuit,
Cic. Brut. 2, 7:si quisquam fuit umquam remotus ab inani laude, ego profecto is sum,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 13:etenim si nulla fuit umquam tam imbecillo mulier animo, quae, etc., certe nos, etc.,
id. Fam. 5, 16, 6:si umquam in dicendo fuimus aliquid, tum profecto, etc.,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 4; 7, 19.—Esp. with a negative conclusion (v. a fin. supra, and cf. quia, etsi):non, si tibi ante profuit, semper proderit,
Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 12:non, si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,
id. de Or. 2, 40, 170:neque enim, si tuae res gestae ceterorum laudibus obscuritatem attulerunt, idcirco Pompeii memoriam amisimus,
id. Deiot. 4, 12:nec, si capitis dolorem facit, inutilis hominibus sol est,
Quint. 5, 10, 82.—Pluperf.: si improbum Cresphontem existimaveras, etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:(ε).nec mirum, eos si orationes turbaverant,
Liv. 32, 20, 2 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):si hoc ita fato datum erat, ut,
Liv. 30, 30, 3.—So esp. in indef. clauses of repeated action:plausum si quis eorum aliquando acceperat, ne quid peccasset pertimescebat,
whenever, Cic. Sest. 49, 105:si quando nostri navem religaverant, hostes succurrebant,
Caes. B. C. 2, 6:si quando suis fortunis forte desperare coeperant,
id. B. G. 3, 12.—Fut.: SI VOLET SVO VIVITO... SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.); and:(ζ).alte spectare si voles, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25:si jam eminebit foras,
id. ib. 6, 26, 29:si me audietis,
id. ib. 1, 19, 32:si mutuas non potero certum est sumam fenore,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 95:id persequar, si potero, subtilius,
Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42; cf. in the foll. z:nihil (offendet) si modo opus exstabit,
id. ib. 5, 3, 5:si quid te volam, ubi eris?
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 96: si quod aliud oikeion reperies, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3.—Fut. perf.: si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.):b.si nostram rem publicam vobis et nascentem et crescentem ostendero,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3:tum magis assentiere, si ad majora pervenero,
id. ib. 1, 40, 62:expediri quae restant vix poterunt, si hoc incohatum reliqueris,
id. ib. 1, 35, 55;1, 24, 38: pergratum mihi feceris, si de amicitiā disputaris,
id. Lael. 4, 16:accommodabo ad eam (rem publicam), si potuero, omnem illam orationem, etc.... quod si tenere et consequi potuero, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 46, 70; so,si potuero,
id. ib. 2, 30, 53; id. Brut. 5, 21:si potuerit,
id. Off. 3, 23, 89:si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,
id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:si modo interpretari potuero,
id. Leg. 2, 18, 45:si ne ei caput exoculassitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 26: si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis... Sed si quā per voluptatem nequiter feceritis, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4:de iis te, si qui me forte locus admonuerit, commonebo,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—With subj.; so in gen. of conditions assumed in statement, but implied not to be actual; the verb in pres. (rarely perf.) implies that the condition is still possible; in the imperf. and pluperf., that it is known to be unreal (Madv. Gram. § 347 sqq.; Zumpt, Gram. § 524).(α).Pres.:(β).si habeat aurum,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12:abire hinc nullo pacto possim, si velim,
id. ib. 2, 2, 2; so,si velim,
Cic. Rep. 3, 10, 17:cum ipsi auxilium ferre, si cupiant, non queant,
id. ib. 1, 5, 9:si singulos numeremus,
id. ib. 3, 4, 7: si jus suum populi teneant, id. ib. 1, 32, 48:si Scipionis desiderio me moveri negem,
id. Lael. 3, 10:si ad verba rem deflectere velimus,
id. Caecin. 18, 51:si quis varias gentes despicere possit, videat primum, etc.,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 14.—In expressing a wish ( poet. for utinam), usu. with O:O si angulus ille accedat, qui, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; 2, 6, 10:O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,
Verg. A. 8, 560;also alone: si nunc se nobis ille aureus arbore ramus Ostendat nemore in tanto!
would that, yet if, if however, id. ib. 6, 187:si quā fata aspera rumpas, Tu Marcellus eris,
id. ib. 6, 882; cf. b, infra.—Imperf.:(γ).qui si unus omnia consequi posset, nihil opus esset pluribus, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 52:quae descriptio si esset ignota vobis, explicaretur a me,
id. ib. 2, 22, 39:si ullum probarem simplex rei publicae genus,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:quod non fecissent profecto, si nihil ad eos pertinere arbitrarentur,
id. Lael. 4, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 525: SEI QVES ESENT, QVEI SIBEI DEICERENT, S. C. de Bacch (twice). —Also with O, expressing a wish ( poet.):O si solitae quicquam virtutis adesset,
Verg. A. 11, 415;and without O: si mihi, quae quondam fuerat... si nunc foret illa juventus,
id. ib. 5, 398.—Perf.: SI INIVRIAM FAXIT ALTERI, VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum ap. Gell. 20, 1, 12: si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.):(δ).perii, si me aspexerit!
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:victus sum, si dixeris,
id. ib. 1, 1, 272:Romani si casu intervenerint,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8.—Pluperf.:c.si aliter accidisset,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:tum magis id diceres, si nuper in hortis Scipionis affuisses,
id. Lael. 7, 25:mansisset eadem voluntas in eorum posteris, si regum similitudo permansisset,
id. Rep. 1, 41, 64:si id fecisses,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3; 2, 15, 38; 2, 36, 90:si quis in caelum ascendisset, etc.,
id. Lael. 23, 88:si aliquid de summā gravitate Pompeius remisisset,
id. Phil. 13, 1, 2.—Ellipt.(α).With pron. indef:(β).istae artes, si modo aliquid, valent, ut acuant ingenia,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:aut nemo, aut, si quisquam, ille sapiens fuit,
id. Lael. 2, 9; id. Or. 29, 103.—In a negation, usu. si minus, si contra (= sin minus, sin aliter):(γ).plures haec tulit una civitas, si minus sapientes, at certe summā laude dignos,
Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7:educ tecum omnes tuos: si minus, quam plurimos,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 10; id. de Or. 2, 16, 68, in this sense less freq. si non:utrum cetera nomina digesta habes an non? Si non... si etiam,
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:si haec civitas est, civem esse me: si non, exsulem esse, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 2, 24; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 66; 1, 6, 68; Liv. 28, 29, 4:hic venit in judicium, si nihil aliud, saltem ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152; so, si nihil aliud, Liv 22, 29; 30, 35; 45, 37 fin., Curt. 4, 6, 28:si aliud nihil,
id. 2, 43.—With forte:2.intelleges esse nihil a me nisi orationis acerbitatem et, si forte, raro litterarum missarum indiligentiam reprehensam,
perhaps, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7; cf.:vereor, ne nihil sim tui, nisi supplosionem pedis imitatus et pauca quaedam verba et aliquem, si forte, motum,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—With quod, and if, but if, if however, if:B.quod si in philosophiā tantum interest... quid tandem in causis existimandum est?
Cic. Or. 16, 51:quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum... tum profecto fuit,
id. Brut. 2, 7:quod si exemeris ex rerum naturā benevolentiae conjunctionem, nec domus ulla nec urbs stare poterit,
id. Lael. 7, 23; id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:quod si non hic tantus fructus ostenderetur et si ex his studiis delectatio sola peteretur: tamen, etc.,
id. Arch. 7, 16; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 54.—In partic.1.In subject or object-clauses, si with subj. sometimes takes the place of an inf.:2.apud Graecos opprobrio fuit adulescentibus, si amatores non haberent,
Cic. Rep. 4, 3, 3: summa gloria constat ex tribus his;si diligit multitudo, si fidem habet, etc.,
id. Off. 2, 9, 31:unam esse spem salutis docent, si eruptione factā extremum auxilium experirentur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5:illud ignoscere aequum erit, si... ne tuam quidem gloriam praeponam, etc.,
Liv. 28, 41, 1; Nep. Ages. 4, 3: infinitum est, si singulos velim persequi. Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 5; id. Tranq. 16, 2 (cf. si after mirum est, I. a. fin. supra).—In subst. clauses, to denote a doubtful assumption or future event (cf. quod):3.dixerunt, in eo verti puellae salutem, si postero die vindex injuriae ad tempus praesto esset,
Liv. 3, 46:adjecerunt, Scipionem in eo positam habuisse spem pacis, si Hannibal et Mago ex Italiā non revocarentur,
id. 30, 23; 35, 18.—Si with a relative takes the place of a relative clause, to express a class the existence or extent of which is doubtful: mortem proposuit, non eis solum qui illam rem gesserunt, sed eis etiam si qui non moleste tulerunt, i. e. if such there were, whether few or many, Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:4.dixit errare, si qui in bello omnis secundos rerum proventus expectent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 29:errat, si quis existimat facilem rem esse donare,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44; Liv. 42, 31.—In syllogistic reasonings:5.si oportet velle sapere, dare operam philosophiae convenit. Oportet autem velle sapere, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis oriente Caniculā natus est, in mari non morietur, illud quoque verum est: si Fabius oriente Canicula natus est, Fabius in mari non morietur,
id. Fat. 6, 12.—= etiamsi, with foll. tamen, even if, although, albeit (class.):II.quae si exsequi nequirem, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.:quae si causa non esset, tamen, etc.,
id. Mur. 4, 8; and:quae si dubia essent, tamen, etc.,
Sall. J. 85, 48.—Transf., in dependent clauses expressing an interrogation or doubt, it is nearly = num, but forms a looser connection, if, whether, if perchance (class., but very rare in Cic.):B.ibo et visam huc ad eum, si forte est domi,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 7; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 118; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 3, 20:jam sciam, si quid titubatum est, ubi reliquias videro,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 33; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 44:fatis incerta feror, si Juppiter unam Esse velit urbem,
Verg. A. 4, 110; Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 52:primum ab iis quaesivit, si aquam hominibus in totidem dies, quot frumentum imposuissent,
Liv. 29, 25; 39, 50:id modo quaeritur, si (lex) majori parti et in summam prodest,
id. 34, 3; cf. id. 40, 49 fin.:jam dudum exspecto, si tuom officium scias,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 12:hanc (paludem) si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9; id. B. C. 2, 34; cf.:Pompeius eadem spectans, si itinere impeditos deprehendere posset,
id. ib. 3, 75:non recusavit quo minus vel extremo spiritu, si quam opem rei publicae ferre posset, experiretur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 85, 398:statui expectandum esse si quid certius adferretur,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 2:Philopoemen quaesivit si Lycortas incolumis evasisset,
Liv. 39, 50:expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur,
Val. Fl. 5, 562:Helvetii nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu, si perrumpere possent, conati,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.; cf.:temptata res est, si primo impetu capi Ardea posset,
Liv. 1, 57.—With ellipsis of a verb or clause on which the condition depends (cf. I. c. supra): ei rei suam operam dat, si possiet illam invenire ( to see) whether he can, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:B.L. Minucium cum omni equitatu praemittit, si quid celeritate itineris proficere possit,
to see, to try, Caes. B. G. 6, 29 fin.:circumfunduntur hostes, si quem aditum reperire possent,
id. ib. 6, 37:fame et inopiā adductos clam ex castris exisse, si quid frumenti in agris reperire possent,
id. ib. 7, 20, 10; cf. id. ib. 7, 55 fin.; 7, 89 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8 fin.; 3, 56:pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,
Liv. 1, 7:saxa volvebant, si quā Possent tectam aciem perrumpere,
Verg. A. 9, 512:ad Gonnum castra movet, si potiri oppido posset,
Liv. 42, 67, 6: haud aspernatus Tullius, tamen, si vana adferantur, in aciem educit ( that he might be ready) if, etc., id. 1, 23, 6:milites in praesidio erant, si quo operā eorum opus esset,
id. 27, 28, 5:alii offerunt se, si quo usus operae sit,
id. 26, 9, 9: ille postea, si comitia sua non fierent, urbi minari, i. e. ( that he would attack it) if, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:Carthaginiensibus in Hasdrubale ita, si is movisset Syphacem, spes omnis erat,
Liv. 29, 35, 9; 5, 8, 9:consul aedem Fortunae vovit, si eo die hostis fudisset,
id. 29, 36, 8: erat Athenis reo damnato, si fraus capitalis non esset, quasi [p. 1690] poenae aestimatio, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232: quattuor legiones Cornelio, si qui ex Etruriā novi motus nuntiarentur, relictae, to meet the case, that, to be ready, if, etc., Liv. 6, 22:is in armis tenuit militem, si opus foret auxilio,
id. 5, 8:ut patricios indignatio, si cum his gerendus esset honos, deterreret,
id. 4, 6, 10; 1, 40, 2; 24, 36.—Si... si, for sive... sive, whether... or:si deus si dea es,
Cato, R. R. 139; cf.:hostiam si deo, si deae immolabant,
Gell. 2, 28, 3. -
11 volo
1.vŏlo (2 d pers. sing. vis, orig. veis, Prisc. 9, 1, 6, p. 847 P.; 1 st pers. plur. volumus, but volimus, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 89 Speng.; 3 d pers. sing. volt, and 2 d pers. plur. voltis always in ante-class. writers;I.also volt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; 2, 5, 49, § 128; id. Sest. 42, 90; id. Phil. 8, 9, 26; id. Par. 5, 1, 34; id. Rep. 3, 33, 45:voltis,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 53, § 122; 2, 3, 94, § 219; 2, 5, 5, § 11; 2, 3, 89, § 208; id. Clu. 30, 83; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 33; id. Sest. 30, 64; id. Par. 1, 2, 11 et saep. — Pres. subj. velim, but sometimes volim, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 44 Ritschl; cf. Prisc. 9, 1, 8, p. 848 P.;so volint,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 65 Ritschl), velle, volui ( part. fut. voliturus, Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 712; contr. forms, vin for visne, freq. in Plaut. and Ter., also Hor. S. 1, 9, 69; Pers. 6, 63:sis for si vis,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 70; id. Merc. 4, 4, 37; id. Pers. 3, 3, 8; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 38; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18, 42; id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Mil. 22, 60; Liv. 34, 32, 20:sultis for si voltis, only ante-class.,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 8; id. As. prol. 1; id. Capt. 2, 3, 96; 3, 5, 9; 4, 4, 11), v. irreg. a. [Sanscr. var-; Gr. bol-, boulomai; cf. the strengthened root Wel- in eeldomai, elpomai; Germ. wollen; Engl. will], expressing any exercise of volition, and corresponding, in most cases, to the Germ. wollen; in Engl. mostly rendered, to wish, want, intend, purpose, propose, be willing, consent, mean, will, and, impersonally, it is my will, purpose, intention, plan, policy (syn.: cupio, opto; but volo properly implies a purpose).In gen.A.With object-infinitive.1.With pres. inf.a.To wish.(α).Exire ex urbe priusquam luciscat volo, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 35:(β).potare ego hodie tecum volo,
id. Aul. 3, 6, 33:ego quoque volo esse liber: nequiquam volo,
id. Trin. 2, 4, 39; so id. ib. 2, 4, 164:ait rem seriam agere velle mecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 8:natus enim debet quicunque est velle manere In vita,
Lucr. 5, 177:video te alte spectare et velle in caelum migrare,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 82:quid poetae? Nonne post mortem nobilitari volunt?
id. ib. 1, 15, 34:si innocentes existimari volumus,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28:quoniam opinionis meae voluistis esse participes,
id. de Or. 1, 37, 172:quod eas quoque nationes adire et regiones cognoscere volebat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7:si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,
id. ib. 3, 8 fin.:dominari illi volunt, vos liberi esse,
Sall. J. 31, 23:si haec relinquere voltis,
id. C. 58, 15:priusquam liberi estis, dominari jam in adversarios vultis,
Liv. 3, 53, 7:si quis vestrum suos invisere volt, commeatum do,
id. 21, 21, 5:non enim vincere tantum noluit, sed vinci voluit,
id. 2, 59, 2:suspitionem Caesar quibusdam reliquit, neque voluisse se diutius vivere, neque curasse,
Suet. Caes. 85:Eutrapelus cuicunque nocere volebat, Vestimenta dabat pretiosa,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 31.—Idiomatically: quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle ut ab iis marmorea illa Venus auferatur? what do you think the Rhegini would take for, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135.—(γ).Transf., of things: fabula quae posci vult et spectata reponi, a comedy which wishes (i. e. is meant) to be in demand, etc., Hor. A. P. 190:b.neque enim aut hiare semper vocalibus aut destitui temporibus volunt sermo atque epistula,
Quint. 9, 4, 20; cf. id. 8, prooem. 23.—Of the wishes of those that have a right to command, the gods, masters, parents, commanders, etc., I want, wish, will, am resolved, it is my will:c.in acdibus quid tibi meis erat negoti...? Volo scire,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 14; 3, 2, 17; 3, 2, 18; 3, 6, 27; id. Curc. 4, 3, 11; id. Ep. 3, 4, 74; id. Mil. 2, 3, 74; 3, 1, 17; id. Stich. 1, 2, 56; Ter. And. 1, 2, 9; 4, 2, 17:maxima voce clamat populus, neque se uni, nec paucis velle parere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55:consuesse deos immortalis, quos pro scelere eorum ulcisci velint, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:hic experiri vim virtutemque volo,
Liv. 23, 45, 9.—= in animo habere, to intend, purpose, mean, design:d.ac volui inicere tragulam in nostrum senem,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 14:eadem quae illis voluisti facere tu, faciunt tibi,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 11; so id. Most. 2, 2, 5:puerumque clam voluit exstinguere,
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 23:necare candem voluit,
Cic. Cael. 13, 31: quid enim ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum [p. 2005] tacentem te irretiat an loquentem? id. Ac. 2, 29, 94:hostis hostem occidere volui,
Liv. 2, 12, 9; 7, 34, 11: volui interdiu eum... occidere; volui, cum ad cenam invitavi, veneno scilicet tollere;volui... ferro interficere (ironically),
id. 40, 13, 2:tuum crimen erit, hospitem occidere voluisse,
the intention to kill your guest-friend, Val. Max. 5, 1, 3 fin.; 6, 1, 8:non enim vult mori, sed invidiam filio facere,
Quint. 9, 2, 85.—Pregn., opp. optare: non vult mori qui optat,
Sen. Ep. 117, 24:sed eo die is, cui dare volueram (epistulam), non est profectus,
Cic. Att. 9, 7, 1:cum de senectute vellem aliquid scribere,
id. Sen. 1, 2:ego te volui castigare, tu mihi accussatrix ades,
Plaut. As. 3, 1, 10:bonus volo jam ex hoc die esse,
id. Pers. 4, 3, 10:ego jam a principio amici filiam, Ita ut aequom fuerat, volui uxorem ducere,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 46:at etiam eo negotio M. Catonis splendorem maculare voluerunt,
it was their purpose, Cic. Sest. 28, 60:eum (tumulum) non tam capere sine certamine volebat, quam causam certaminis cum Minucio contrahere,
his plan was, Liv. 22, 28, 4.—Of things:cum lex venditionibus occurrere voluit,
when it was the purpose of the law, Dig. 46, 1, 46: sed quid ea drachuma facere vis? Ca. Restim volo Mihi emere... qui me faciam pensilem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 87: Ch. Revorsionem ad terram faciunt vesperi. Ni. Aurum hercle auferre voluere, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 63:si iis qui haec omnia flamma ac ferro delere voluerunt... bellum indixi, etc.,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 10, 24:(plebem) per caedem senatus vacuam rem publicam tradere Hannibali velle,
Liv. 23, 2, 7:rem Nolanam in jus dicionemque dare voluerat Poeno,
id. 23, 15, 9: qui (majores nostri) tanta cura Siculos tueri ac retinere voluerunt ut, etc., whose policy it was to protect, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 14:ut qui a principio mitis omnibus Italicis praeter Romanos videri vellet, etc.,
Liv. 23, 15, 4: idem istuc, si in vilitate largiri voluisses, derisum tuum beneficium esset, if you had offered to grant the same thing during low prices, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 215.—= studere, conari, to try, endeavor, attempt:e.quas (i. e. magnas res) qui impedire vult, is et infirmus est mobilisque natura, et, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 20, 75:nam si quando id (exordium) primum invenire volui, nullum mihi occurrit, nisi aut exile, aut, etc.,
id. Or. 2, 77, 315:de Antonio dico, numquam illum... nonnullorum de ipso suspitionem infitiando tollere voluisse,
that he never attempted to remove, id. Sest. 3, 8; id. Div. 1, 18, 35:audes Fatidicum fallere velle deum?
do you dare attempt? Ov. F. 2, 262.—To mean, of actions and expressions:f.hic respondere voluit, non lacessere,
the latter meant to answer, not to provoke, Ter. Phorm. prol. 19:non te judices urbi sed carceri reservarunt, neque to retinere in civitate, sed exilio privare voluerunt,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9.—So, volo dicere, I mean (lit. I intend to say):quid aliud volui dicere?
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 51:volo autem dicere, illud homini longe optimum esse quod ipsum sit optandum per se,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46.—Often with the acc. illud or id, as a correction: Tr. Specta quam arcte dormiunt. Th. Dormiunt? Tr. Illut quidem ut conivent volui dicere, I mean how they nod, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 145: Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, id. Mil. 1, 1, 27:adduxi volui dicere,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 21; id. Am. 1, 1, 233; 1, 1, 235; id. Cas. 2, 6, 14; id. Mil. 3, 2, 7; id. Ps. 3, 2, 54; id. Rud. 2, 4, 9.—To be going to: haec argumenta ego aedificiis dixi; nunc etiam volo docere ut homines aedium esse similes arbitremini, now I am going to show how, etc., Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 37: quando bene gessi rem, volo hic in fano supplicare, I am going to worship here, etc., id. Curc. 4, 2, 41:g.nunc quod relicuom restat volo persolvere,
id. Cist. 1, 3, 40:sustine hoc, Penicule, exuvias facere quas vovi volo,
id. Men. 1, 3, 13:sinite me prospectare ne uspiam insidiae sint, consilium quod habere volumus,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 3; id. As. 2, 2, 113; id. Cas. 4, 2, 3; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 61:si Prometheus, cum mortalibus ignem dividere vellet, ipse a vicinis carbunculos conrogaret, ridiculus videretur,
Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9:ait se velle de illis HS. LXXX. cognoscere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:hinc se recipere cum vellent, rursus illi ex loco superiore nostros premebant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45. —To be about to, on the point of: quom mittere signum Volt, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 88 Vahl.):h.quotiens ire volo foras, retines me, rogitas quo ego eam,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 5:quae sese in ignem inicere voluit, prohibui,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 113:si scires aspidem latere uspiam, et velle aliquem imprudentem super eam adsidere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 59; id. Div. 1, 52, 118:quod cum facere vellent, intervenit M. Manilius,
id. Rep. 1, 12, 18:qui cum opem ferre vellet, nuntiatum sibi esse aliam classem ad Aegates insulas stare,
Liv. 22, 56, 7:at Libys obstantes dum vult obvertere remos, In spatium resilire manus breve vidit,
Ov. M. 3, 676; 1, 635:P. Claudius cum proelium navale committere vellet,
Val. Max. 1, 4, 3.—Will, and in oblique discourse and questions would, the auxiliaries of the future and potential: animum advortite: Comediai nomen dari vobis volo, I will give you, etc., Plaut. Cas. prol. 30:k.sed, nisi molestum est, nomen dare vobis volo comediai,
id. Poen. prol. 50:vos ite intro. Interea ego ex hac statua verberea volo erogitare... quid sit factum,
id. Capt. 5, 1, 30:i tu atque arcessi illam: ego intus quod facto est opus volo adcurare,
id. Cas. 3, 3, 35; id. Cist. 1, 1, 113; id. Most. 1, 1, 63; id. Poen. 2, 44; id. Pers. 1, 3, 85; id. Rud. 1, 2, 33: cum vero (gemitus) nihil imminuat doloris, cur frustra turpes esse volumus? why will ( would) we be disgraceful to no purpose? Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:illa enim (ars) te, verum si loqui volumus, ornaverat,
id. ib. 1, 47, 112:ergo, si vere aestimare volumus, etc.,
Val. Max. 7, 5, 6:si vere aestimare Macedonas, qui tunc erant, volumus,
Curt. 4, 16, 33:ejus me compotem facere potestis, si meminisse vultis, etc.,
Liv. 7, 40, 5:visne igitur, dum dies ista venit... interea tu ipse congredi mecum ut, etc....?
id. 8, 7, 7:volo tibi Chrysippi quoque distinctionem indicare,
Sen. Ep. 9, 14: vis tu homines urbemque feris praeponere silvis? will you prefer, etc., Hor. S. 2, 6, 92; cf. velim and vellem, would, II. A. 2.—Sometimes volui = mihi placuit, I resolved, concluded (generally, in this meaning, followed by an infinitive clause, v. I. B. 4.):1.uti tamen tuo consilio volui,
still I concluded to follow your advice, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 1.—To be willing, ready, to consent, like to do something: si sine bello velint rapta... tradere... se exercitum domum reducturum, if they were willing, would consent to, would deliver, etc., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52:m.is dare volt, is se aliquid posci,
likes to give, id. As. 1, 3, 29:hoc dixit, si hoc de cella concederetur, velle Siculos senatui polliceri frumentum in cellam gratis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 87, § 200:ei laxiorem daturos, si venire ad causam dicendam vellet,
Liv. 39, 17, 2; 5, 36, 4: nemo invenitur qui pecuniam suam dividere velit. Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 1:plerique concessam sibi sub condicione vitam si militare adversus eum vellent, recusarunt,
Suet. Caes. 68:dedere etiam se volebant, si toleranda viris imperarentur,
Flor. 1, 33 (2, 18), 12.—So with negatives, to be not willing, not to suffer, not to like, not to allow, refuse:heri nemo voluit Sostratam intro admittere,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 49:cum alter verum audire non vult,
Cic. Lael. 26, 98: a proximis quisque minime anteiri vult, likes least to be surpassed, etc., Liv. 6, 34, 7:nihil ex his praeter... accipere voluit,
refused to accept, Val. Max. 4, 3, 4.—To do something voluntarily or intentionally: volo facere = mea voluntate or sponte facio: si voluit accusare, pietati tribuo;n.si jussus est, necessitati,
if he accused of his own free will, I ascribe it to his filial love, Cic. Cael. 1, 2:utrum statuas voluerint tibi statuere, an coacti sint,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157:de risu quinque sunt quae quaerantur... sitne oratoris risum velle permovere,
on purpose, id. Or. 2, 58, 235:laedere numquam velimus,
Quint. 6, 3, 28.—So, non velle with inf., to do something unwillingly, with reluctance:vivere noluit qui mori non vult,
who dies with reluctance, Sen. Ep. 30, 10.—To be of opinion, think, mean, pretend (rare with inf.; usu. with acc. and inf.; v. B. 8.):o.haec tibi scripsi ut isto ipso in genere in quo aliquid posse vis, te nihil esse cognosceres,
in which you imagine you have some influence, Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:in hoc homo luteus etiam callidus ac veterator esse vult, quod ita scribit, etc.,
pretends, means to be, id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35: sed idem Aelius Stoicus esse voluit, orator autem nec studuit um quam, nec fuit, id. Brut. 56, 206:Pythago. ras, qui etiam ipse augur esse vellet,
id. Div. 1, 3, 5.—To like, have no objection to, approve of (cf. E. 1. sq.):2.magis eum delectat qui se ait philosophari velle sed paucis: nam omnino haud placere,
that he liked, had no objection to philosophizing, Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; v. also II. A.—With pres. inf. understood.a.Supplied from a preceding or subsequent clause.(α).To wish, it is his will, etc. (cf. 1. a. and b. supra):(β).nunc bene vivo et fortunate atque ut volo, i. e. vivere,
as I wish, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 111: quod diu vivendo multa quae non volt (i. e. videre) videt, Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 8, 25:proinde licet quotvis vivendo condere saecla,
Lucr. 3, 1090:nec tantum proficiebam quantum volebam,
Cic. Att. 1, 17, 1:tot autem rationes attulit, ut velle (i. e. persuadere) ceteris, sibi certe persuasisse videatur,
id. Tusc. 1, 21, 49:sed liceret, si velint, in Ubiorum finibus considere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 81:quo praesidio senatus libere quae vellet decernere auderet,
id. B. C. 1, 2.—Of things:neque chorda sonum reddit quem vult manus et mens,
Hor. A. P. 348.—To choose, be pleased (freq.):(γ).tum mihi faciat quod volt magnus Juppiter,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 50:id repetundi copia est, quando velis,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 7:habuit aurum quamdiu voluit,
Cic. Cael. 13, 31:rapiebat et asportabat quantum a quoque volebat Apronius,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 29:provincias quas vellet, quibus vellet, venderet?
id. Sest. 39, 84:quotiens ille tibi potestatem facturus sit ut eligas utrum velis,
id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:daret utrum vellet subclamatum est,
Liv. 21, 18, 14:senatus consultum factum est ut plebes praeficeret quaestioni quem vellet,
id. 4, 51, 2:saxi materiaeque caedendae unde quisque vellet jus factum,
id. 5, 55, 3; cf. id. 2, 13, 9; 5, 46, 10; 6, 25, 5; 22, 10, 23; 23, 6, 2; 23, 15, 15; 23, 45, 10; 23, 47, 2;26, 21, 11: vicem suam conquestus, quod sibi soli non liceret amicis, quatenus vellet, irasci,
Suet. Aug. 66:at tu quantum vis tolle,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 16.—To intend, it is my purpose, etc. (v. 1. c. supra):(δ).sine me pervenire quo volo,
let me come to my point, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 44:scripsi igitur Aristotelio more, quemadmodum quidem volui, tres libros... de Oratore,
as I intended, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 23:ut meliore condicione quam qua ipse vult imitetur homines eos qui, etc.,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 25:ego istos posse vincere scio, velle ne scirem ipsi fecerunt,
Liv. 2, 45, 12. —To be willing, to consent, I will (v. 1. h. and l. supra): tu eum orato... St. Sane volo, yes, I will, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 57:(ε).jube me vinciri. Volo, dum istic itidem vinciatur,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 75:patri dic velle (i. e. uxorem ducere),
that you consent, are willing, Ter. And. 2, 3, 20 (cf.: si vis, II. A. 2, and sis, supra init.).—To do something voluntarily (v. 1. m. supra):b.tu selige tantum, Me quoque velle velis, anne coactus amem,
Ov. Am. 3, 11, 50.—With ellipsis of inf.(α).Volo, with a designation of place, = ire volo:(β).nos in Formiano morabamur, quo citius audiremus: deinde Arpinum volebamus,
I intended to go to Arpinum, Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:volo mensi Quinctili in Graeciam,
id. ib. 14, 7, 2:hactenus Vitellius voluerat (i. e. procedere),
Tac. A. 12, 42 fin. —With other omissions, supplied from context: volo Dolabellae valde desideranti, non reperio quid (i. e. to dedicate some writing to him), Cic. Att. 13, 13, 2.—(γ).In mal. part., Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 7; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 16; 2. 19, 2; Prop. 1, 13, 36.—3.With perfect infinitive active (rare).a.In negative imperative sentences dependent on ne velis, ne velit (in oblique discourse also ne vellet), where ne velis has the force of noli. The perfect infinitive emphatically represents the action as completed (ante-class. and poet.).(α).In ancient ordinances of the Senate and of the higher officers (not in laws proper): NEIQVIS EORVM BACANAL HABVISE VELET... BACAS VIR NEQVIS ADIESE VELET CEIVIS ROMANVS... NEVE PECVNIAM QVISQVAM EORVM COMOINEM HABVISE VELET... NEVE... QVIQVAM FECISE VELET. NEVE INTER SED CONIOVRASE, NEVE COMVOVISE NEVE CONSPONDISE, etc., S. C. de Bacch. 4-13 ap. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172.—So, in quoting such ordinances: per totam Italiam edicta mitti ne quis qui Bacchis initiatus esset, coisse aut convenisse causa sacrorum velit. [p. 2006] neu quid talis rei divinae fecisse, Liv. 39, 14, 8:(β).edixerunt ne quis quid fugae causa vendidisse neve emisse vellet,
id. 39, 17, 3. —In imitation of official edicts: (vilicus) ne quid emisse velit insciente domino, neu quid domino celasse velit, the overseer must not buy any thing, etc., Cato, R. R. 5, 4:b.interdico, ne extulisse extra aedis puerum usquam velis,
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 48:oscula praecipue nulla dedisse velis (= noli dare),
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 38:ne quis humasse velit Ajacem, Atride, vetas? Cur?
Hor. S. 2, 3, 187.—In affirmative sentences, implying command (in any mood or tense; mostly poet.): neminem nota strenui aut ignavi militis notasse volui, I have decided to mark no one, etc., Liv. 24, 16, 11: quia pepercisse vobis volunt, committere vos cur pereatis non patiuntur, because they have decided to spare you, etc., id. 32, 21, 33:c.sunt delicta tamen quibus ignovisse velimus (= volumus),
which should be pardoned, Hor. A. P. 347.—To represent the will as referring to a completed action.(α).In optative sentences with vellem or velim, v. II. B. 5. b. a, and II. C. 1. b.—(β).In other sentences ( poet. and post-class.): ex omnibus praediis ex quibus non hac mente recedimus ut omisisse possessionem velimus, with the will to abandon (omittere would denote the purpose to give up at some future time), Dig. 43, 16, 1, § 25; so,B.an erit qui velle recuset Os populi meruisse?
Pers. 1, 41:qui me volet incurvasse querela,
id. 1, 91.With acc. and inf.1.To wish (v. A. 1. a.).a.With a different subject: hoc volo scire te: Perditus sum miser, I wish you to know, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 46:b.deos volo consilia vostra vobis recte vortere,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 31:emere oportet quem tibi oboedire velis,
id. Pers. 2, 4, 2:scin' quid nunc te facere volo?
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 85:si perpetuam vis esse adfinitatem hanc,
id. Hec. 2, 2, 10:consul ille egit eas res quarum me participem esse voluit,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:vim volumus exstingui: jus valeat necesse est,
id. Sest. 42, 92:nec mihi hunc errorem extorqueri volo,
id. Sen. 23, 85:hoc te scire volui,
id. Att. 7, 18, 4:harum causarum fuit justissima quod Germanos suis quoque rebus timere voluit,
Caes. B. G. 4, 16:ut equites qui salvam esse rempublicam vellent ex equis desilirent,
Liv. 4, 38, 2:si me vivere vis recteque videre valentem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 3:si vis me flere, dolendum est Primum ipsi tibi,
id. A. P. 102.—With pass. inf. impers.:regnari tamen omnes volebant,
that there should be a king, Liv. 1, 17, 3:mihi volo ignosci,
I wish to be pardoned, Cic. Or. 1, 28, 130:volt sibi quisque credi,
Liv. 22, 22, 14. —With the same subject.(α).With inf. act.:(β).quae mihi est spes qua me vivere velim,
what hope have I, that I should wish to live? Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 33:volo me placere Philolachi,
id. Most. 1, 3, 11; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 47; id. Rud. 2, 6, 1:judicem esse me, non doctorem volo,
Cic. Or. 33, 117:vult, credo, se esse carum suis,
id. Sen. 20, 73; so id. Off. 1, 31, 113; id. de Or. 1, 24, 112; 2, 23, 95. —With inf. pass.:2.quod certiorem te vis fieri quo quisque in me animo sit,
Cic. Att. 11, 13, 1; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 18:qui se ex his minus timidos existimari volebant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39; cf. id. B. C. 2, 29:religionis se causa... Bacchis initiari velle,
Liv. 39, 10, 2:Agrippae se nepotem neque credi neque dici volebat,
Suet. Calig. 22 fin. —Of the will of superiors, gods, etc. (cf. A. 1. b. supra), I want, it is my will:3.me absente neminem volo intromitti,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 21:viros nostros quibus tu voluisti esse nos matres familias,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 41; id. Most. 1, 4, 2; id. Rud. 4, 5, 9; id. Trin. 1, 2, 1:pater illum alterum (filium) secum omni tempore volebat esse,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:(deus) quinque reliquis motibus orbem esse voluit expertem,
id. Univ. 10; cf. id. Sest. 69, 147; id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 57; 1, 5, 14:causa mittendi fuit quod iter per Alpes... patefieri volebat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 1; cf. id. ib. 5, 9; id. B. C. 1, 4:quippe (senatus) foedum hominem a republica procul esse volebat,
Sall. C. 19, 2:nec (di) patefieri (crimina) ut impunita essent, sed ut vindicarentur voluerunt,
Liv. 39, 16, 11; cf. id. 1, 56, 3; 2, 28, 5; 25, 32, 6:senatus... Romano sanguini pudicitiam tutam esse voluit,
Val. Max. 6, 1, 9; cf. id. 6, 9, 2.—So in the historians: quid fieri vellet (velit), after a verbum imperandi or declarandi, he gave his orders, explained his will:quid fieri velit praecipit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 56:ibi quid fieri vellet imperabat,
id. ib. 7, 16:quid fieri vellet ostendit,
id. ib. 7, 27:quae fieri vellet edocuit,
id. B. C. 3, 108; cf. id. B. G. 7, 45; id. B. C. 3, 78; 3, 89:quid fieri vellet edixit,
Curt. 8, 10, 30; 4, 13, 24; Val. Max. 7, 4, 2.— Frequently majores voluerunt, it was the will of our ancestors, referring to ancient customs and institutions:sacra Cereris summa majores nostri religione confici caerimoniaque voluerunt,
Cic. Balb. 24, 55: majores vestri ne vos quidem temere coire voluerunt, cf. id. ib. 17, 39; 23, 54; id. Agr. 2, 11, 26; id. Fl. 7, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 39; id. Div. 1, 45, 103; id. Font. 24, 30 (10, 20); id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70.—Of testamentary dispositions: cum Titius, heres meus, mortuus erit, volo hereditatem meam ad P. Mevium pertinere, Gai Inst. 2, 277. Except in the institution of the first heir: at illa (institutio) non est comprobata: Titum heredem esse volo, Gai Inst. 2, 117. —Of the intention of a writer, etc., to want, to mean, intend:4.Asinariam volt esse (nomen fabulae) si per vos licet,
Plaut. As. prol. 12:Plautus hanc mihi gnatam esse voluit Inopiam,
has wanted Poverty to be my daughter, made her my daughter, id. Trin. prol. 9:primumdum huic esse nomen Diphilus Cyrenas voluit,
id. Rud. prol. 33:quae ipsi qui scripserunt voluerunt vulgo intellegi,
meant to be understood by all, Cic. Or. 2, 14, 60:si non hoc intellegi volumus,
id. Fat. 18, 41:quale intellegi vult Cicero cum dicit orationem suam coepisse canescere,
Quint. 11, 1, 31; so id. 9, 4, 82; 9, 3, 9:quamquam illi (Prometheo) quoque ferreum anulum dedit antiquitas vinculumque id, non gestamen, intellegi voluit,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 8.—To resolve:5.Siculi... me defensorem calamitatum suarum... esse voluerunt,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11:si a me causam hanc vos (judices) agi volueritis,
if you resolve, id. ib. 8, 25:senatus te voluit mihi nummos, me tibi frumentum dare,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:qua (statua) abjecta, basim tamen in foro manere voluerunt,
id. ib. 2, 2, 66, §160: liberam debere esse Galliam quam (senatus) suis legibus uti voluisset,
Caes. B. G. 1, 45:tu Macedonas tibi voluisti genua ponere, venerarique te ut deum,
Curt. 8 (7), 13.— Hence,To order, command: erus meus tibi me salutem multam voluit dicere, has ordered me, etc., Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 25:6.montem quem a Labieno occupari voluerit,
which he had ordered to be occupied, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:ibi futuros esse Helvetios ubi eos Caesar... esse voluisset,
id. ib. 1, 13 (for velitis jubeatis with inf.-clause, v. II. B. 5. d.).—To consent, allow (cf. A. 1. I.):7.obtinuere ut (tribuni) tribuniciae potestatis vires salubres vellent reipublicae esse,
they prevailed upon them to permit the tribunitian power to be wholesome to the republic, Liv. 2, 44, 5:Hiero tutores... puero reliquit quos precatus est moriens ut juvenum suis potissimum vestigiis insistere vellent,
id. 24, 4, 5:petere ut eum... publicae etiam curae ac velut tutelae vellent esse (i. e. senatus),
id. 42, 19, 5:orare tribunos ut uno animo cum consulibus bellum ab urbe ac moenibus propulsari vellent,
id. 3, 69, 5:quam superesse causam Romanis cur non... incolumis Syracusas esse velint?
id. 25, 28, 8:si alter ex heredibus voluerit rem a legatario possideri, alter non, ei qui noluit interdictum competet,
Dig. 43, 3, 1, § 15.—So negatively = not to let, not to suffer:cum P. Attio agebant ne sua pertinacia omnium fortunas perturbari vellet,
Caes. B. C. 2, 36.—To be of opinion that something should be, to require, demand:8.voluisti enim in suo genere unumquemque... esse Roscium,
Cic. Or. 1, 61, 258: eos exercitus quos contra se multos jam annos aluerint velle dimitti, he demanded the disbanding of, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 85:(Cicero) vult esse auctoritatem in verbis,
Quint. 8, 3, 43:vult esse Celsus aliquam et superiorem compositionem,
id. 9, 4, 137:si tantum irasci vis sapientem quantum scelerum indignitas exigit,
Sen. Ira, 2, 9, 4. —To be of opinion that something is or was, = censere, dicere, but implying that the opinion is erroneous or doubtful, usu. in the third pers., sometimes in the second.(α).To imagine, consider:(β).est genus hominum qui esse se primos omnium rerum volunt, Nec sunt,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 17:semper auget adsentator id quod is cujus ad voluntatem dicitur vult esse magnum,
Cic. Lael. 26, 98:si quis patricius, si quis—quod illi volunt invidiosius esse—Claudius diceret,
Liv. 6, 40, 13.—To be of opinion, to hold:(γ).vultis, opinor, nihil esse... in natura praeter ignem,
Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 36:volunt illi omnes... eadem condicione nasci,
id. Div. 2, 44, 93:vultis evenire omnia fato,
id. ib. 2, 9, 24:alteri censent, etc., alteri volunt a rebus fatum omne relegari,
id. Fat. 19, 45:vultis a dis immortalibus hominibus dispertiri somnia,
id. N. D. 3, 39, 93; id. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; id. Fin. 3, 11, 36; id. Rep. 2, 26, 48:volunt quidam... iram in pectore moveri effervescente circa cor sanguine,
Sen. Ira, 2, 19, 3.—To say, assert:(δ).si tam familiaris erat Clodiae quam tu esse vis,
as you say he is, Cic. Cael. 21, 53:sit sane tanta quanta tu illam esse vis,
id. Or. 1, 55, 23:ad pastum et ad procreandi voluptatem hoc divinum animal procreatum esse voluerunt: quo nihil mihi videtur esse absurdius,
id. Fin. 2, 13, 40; 2, 17, 55; 2, 42, 131; 2, 46, 142; id. Fat. 18, 41.—With perf. inf.:Rhodi ego non fui: me vult fuisse,
Cic. Planc. 34, 84.—To pretend, with perf. inf., both subjects denoting the same person:(ε).unde homines dum se falso terrore coacti Effugisse volunt, etc.,
Lucr. 3, 69 (cf. A. 1. n. supra).—To mean, with perf. inf.:(ζ).utrum scientem vultis contra foedera fecisse, an inscientem?
Cic. Balb. 5, 13.— With pres. inf.:quam primum istud, quod esse vis?
what do you mean by as soon as possible? Sen. Ep. 117, 24.—Rarely in the first pers., implying that the opinion is open to discussion:9.ut et mihi, quae ego vellem non esse oratoris, concederes,
what according to my opinion is not the orator's province, Cic. Or. 1, 17, 74.—In partic.a.With things as subjects.(α).Things personified:(β).ne res publica quidem haec pro se suscipi volet,
would have such things done for it, Cic. Off. 1, 45, 159:cui tacere grave sit, quod homini facillimum voluerit esse natura,
which nature willed should be easiest for man, Curt. 4, 6, 6: fortuna Q. Metellum... nasci in urbe terrarum principe voluit, fate ordained that, etc., Val. Max. 7, 1, 1: nihil rerum ipsa natura voluit magnum effici cito, it is the law of nature that, etc., Quint. 10, 3, 4:quid non ingenio voluit natura licere?
what license did nature refuse to genius? Mart. 8, 68, 9:me sine, quem semper voluit fortuna jacere,
Prop. 1, 6, 25:hanc me militiam fata subire volunt,
id. 1, 6, 30.—Of laws, to provide:b.duodecim tabulae nocturnum furem... interfici impune voluerunt,
Cic. Mil. 3, 9:lex duodecim tabularum tignum aedibus junctum... solvi prohibuit, pretiumque ejus dari voluit,
Dig. 46, 3, 98, § 8 fin. (cf. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21, b. a, infra).—With perf. pass. inf., to represent a state or result wished for.(α).The inf. being in full, with esse expressed: si umquam quemquam di immortales voluere esse auxilio adjutum, tum me et Calidorum servatum volunt, if it ever was the will of the gods that any one should be assisted, etc., Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 1: Corinthum patres vestri, totius Graeciae lumen, exstinctum esse voluerunt, it was their will that Corinth should be ( and remain) destroyed, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:(β).nostri... leges et jura tecta esse voluerunt,
id. Or. 1, 59, 253:propter eam partem epistulae tuae per quam te et mores tuos purgatos et probatos esse voluisti,
id. Att. 1, 17, 7; id. Fin. 4, 27, 76; id. de Or. 1, 51, 221:daturum se operam ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,
Liv. 21, 45, 6: for velle redundant in this construction, v. II. A. 2. 3. infra.—With pass. inf. impers.:sociis maxime lex consultum esse vult,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21.—With ellips. of esse (cf. Quint. 9, 3, 9): perdis me tuis dictis. Cu. Imo, servo et servatum volo, and mean that you should remain saved, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 56:c.aunt qui volum te conventam,
who want to see you, id. Cist. 4, 2, 39:eidem homini, si quid recte cura tum velis, mandes,
if you want to have anything done well, id. As. 1, 1, 106:sed etiam est paucis vos quod monitos voluerim,
id. Capt. prol. 53: id nunc res indicium haeo [p. 2007] facit, quo pacto factum volueris, this shows now why you wished this to be done, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 31 (cf. Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 33; id. Aul. 3, 5, 30, II. B. 1, b, and II. B. 3. b. infra): domestica cura te levatum volo, I wish to see you relieved, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3:nulla sedes quo concurrant qui rem publicam defensam velint,
id. Att. 8, 3, 4:rex celatum voluerat (i. e. donum),
id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:Hannibal non Capuam neglectam, neque desertos volebat socios,
Liv. 25, 20, 5; 2, 15, 2; 2, 44, 3; 3, 21, 4; 22, 7, 4;26, 31, 6: contemptum hominis quem destructum volebat,
Quint. 8, 3, 21:si te non emptam vellet, emendus erat,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 34 (so with velle redundant, v. II. A. 1. d., and II. A. 3. infra).—Both subjects denoting the same person:velle Pompeium se Caesari purgatum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Esp., with pass. inf. impers.: alicui consultum velle, to take care for or advocate somebody's interests:liberis consultum volumus propter ipsos,
Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:obliviscere illum aliquando adversario tuo voluisse consultum,
id. Att. 16, 16 C, 10:quibus tribuni plebis nunc consultum repente volunt,
Liv. 5, 5, 3; so id. 25, 25, 17:quamquam senatus subventum voluit heredibus,
Dig. 36, 1, 1, § 4; so with dep. part., used passively:volo amori ejus obsecutum,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63.—With predic. adj., without copula.(α).The subjects being different (mostly aliquem salvum velle):(β).si me vivum vis, pater, Ignosce,
if you wish me to live, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 7:ille, si me alienus adfinem volet, Tacebit,
id. Phorm. 4, 1, 16:ut tu illam salvam magis velis quam ego,
id. Hec. 2, 2, 17; 3, 5, 14:quoniam ex tota provincia soli sunt qui te salvum velint,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 67, § 150:irent secum extemplo qui rempublicam salvam vellent,
Liv. 22, 53, 7.—Both subjects denoting the same person (virtually = object infinitive):d.in occulto jacebis quom te maxime clarum voles (= clarus esse voles),
when you will most wish to be famous, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 38:volo me patris mei similem,
I wish to be like my father, id. As. 1, 1, 54: ut iste qui se vult dicacem et mehercule est, Appius, who means to be witty, etc., Cic. Or. 2, 60, 246:qui vero se populares volunt,
who mean to be popular, id. Off. 2, 22, 78:ut integrum se salvumque velit,
id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:ut (omne animal) se et salvum in suo genere incolumeque vellet,
id. ib. 4, 8, 19. —With an inf.-clause understood.(α).Velle, to wish: utinam hinc abierit in malam crucem! Ad. Ita nos velle aequom est (ita = eum abire, etc.), Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 5:(β).stulta es, soror, magis quam volo (i.e. te esse),
id. Pers. 4, 4, 78; id. Trin. 1, 2, 8; 2, 4, 175; id. Stich. 1, 1, 13; id. Ps. 1, 5, 55:senatum non quod sentiret, sed quod ego vellem decernere,
Cic. Mil. 5, 12:neque enim facile est ut irascatur cui tu velis judex (= cui tu eum irasci velis),
id. Or. 2, 45, 190; cf. id. Sest. 38, 82.—Referring to the will of superiors, etc.:(γ).deos credo voluisse, nam ni vellent, non fieret,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46: jamne abeo? St. Volo (sc. te abire), so I will, id. Cas. 2, 8, 57; cf. id. Mil. 4, 6, 12; id. Merc. 2, 3, 33.—To mean, intend (v. B. 3.):(δ).acutum etiam illud est cum ex alterius oratione aliud atque ille vult (sc. te excipere),
Cic. Or. 2, 67, 273.—To require, demand (v B. 7.):(ε).veremur quidem vos, Romani, et, si ita vultis, etiam timemus,
Liv. 39, 37, 17;and of things as subjects: cadentque vocabula, si volet usus (i. e. ea cadere),
Hor. A. P. 71.—To be of opinion, will have (v. B. 8.):(ζ).ergo ego, inimicus, si ita vultis, homini, amicus esse rei publicae debeo,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:nam illi regi tolerabili, aut, si voltis, etiam amabili, Cyro,
id. Rep. 1, 28, 44; id. Fin. 2, 27, 89; 3, 4, 12; id. Cael. 21, 53; Liv. 21, 10, 7; Quint. 2, 17, 41.—With ellips. of predic. inf. (v. A. 2. b.): cras de reliquiis nos volo (i. e. cenare), it is my intention that we dine, etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 40:C.volo Varronem (i. e. hos libros habere),
Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3.With ut, ne, or ut ne.1.With ut.a.To wish:b.volo ut quod jubebo facias,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 65:quia enim id maxime volo ut illi istac confugiant,
id. Most. 5, 1, 49:ut mihi aedes aliquas conducat volo,
id. Merc. 3, 2, 17: hoc prius volo meam rem agere. Th. Quid id est? Ph. Ut mihi hanc despondeas, id. Curc. 5, 2, 71: quid vis, nisi ut maneat Phanium? Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 8:velim ut tibi amicus sit,
Cic. Att. 10, 16, 1:quare id quoque velim... ut sit qui utamur,
id. ib. 11, 11, 2:maxime vellem, judices, ut P. Sulla... modestiae fructum aliquem percipere potuisset,
id. Sull. 1, 1:equidem vellem uti pedes haberent (res tuae),
id. Fam. 7, 33, 2:his ut sit digna puella volo,
Mart. 11, 27, 14.—Both subjects denoting the same person: volueram, inquit, ut quam plurimum tecum essem, Brut. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1.—It is the will of, to want, ordain (v. B. 2.):c.at ego deos credo voluisse ut apud te me in nervo enicem,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 17: numquid me vis? Le. Ut valeas, id. Cist. 1, 1, 120: numquid vis? Ps. Dormitum ut abeas, id. Ps. 2, 2, 70:volo ut mihi respondeas,
Cic. Vatin. 6, 14; 7, 17; 7, 18; 9, 21;12, 29: nuntia Romanis, caelestes ita velle ut mea Roma caput orbis terrarum sit,
Liv. 1, 16, 7.—To intend, it is the purpose, aim, etc., the two subjects being the same:d.id quaerunt, volunt haec ut infecta faciant,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 9.—With other verbs:2.quod peto et volo parentes meos ut commonstres mihi,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 4:quasi vero aut populus Romanus hoc voluerit, aut senatus tibi hoc mandaverit ut... privares,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48;with opto,
id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 48;with laboro,
Liv. 42, 14, 3;with aequum censere,
id. 39, 19, 7.—With ne:3.at ne videas velim,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 23:quid nunc vis? ut opperiare hos sex dies saltem modo, ne illam vendas, neu me perdas, etc.,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 102:credibile est hoc voluisse legumlatorem, ne auxilia liberorum innocentibus deessent,
intended, Quint. 7, 1, 56.—With ut ne: quid nunc tibi vis? Mi. Ut quae te cupit, eam ne spernas, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 60.D.With subjunct. of dependent verb (mostly ante-class.; class. and freq. with velim and vellem; but in Cic. mostly epistolary and colloquial).1.To wish:2.ergo animum advortas volo,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 23; 2, 3, 28; 2, 3, 70:volo amet me patrem,
id. As. 1, 1, 63 dub.:hoc volo agatis,
id. Cist. 1, 1, 83:ducas volo hodie uxorem,
Ter. And. 2, 3, 14:quid vis faciam?
Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 49; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 24; Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 64; 2, 3, 65; 2, 6, 65; 3, 3, 3; id. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 4, 7, 19; id. Cas. 2, 3, 56; id. Capt. 1, 2, 12; id. Poen. 3, 2, 16; id. Pers. 2, 4, 23; id. Rud. 5, 2, 45; 5, 3, 58; id. Stich. 5, 2, 21; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 14:volo etiam exquiras quam diligentissime poteris quid Lentulus agat?
Cic. Att. 8, 12, 6:Othonem vincas volo,
id. ib. 13, 29, 2:eas litteras volo habeas,
id. ib. 13, 32, 3:visne igitur videamus quidnam sit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 10, 15: visne igitur descendatur ad Lirim? id. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4:volo, inquis, sciat,
Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 2.—To be of opinion that something should be, demand, require (v. B. 7.): volo enim se efferat in adulescentia fecunditas, I like to see, etc., Cic. Or. 2, 21, 88:3.volo hoc oratori contingat ut, etc.,
id. Brut. 84, 290.—With subj.-clause understood:E.abi atque obsona, propera! sed lepide volo (i. e. obsones),
Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 55.With object nouns, etc.1.With acc. of a thing.a.With a noun, to want, wish for, like to have:b.voltisne olivas, aut pulmentum, aut capparim?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 90:animo male est: aquam velim,
id. Am. 5, 1, 6:quia videt me suam amicitiam velle,
id. Aul. 2, 3, 68; so,gratiam tuam,
id. Curc. 2, 3, 52; 2, 3, 56:aquam,
id. ib. 2, 3, 34:discidium,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 14: nullam ego rem umquam in vita mea Volui quin tu in ea re mihi advorsatrix fueris, I never had any wish in my life, etc., id. Heaut. 5, 3, 5: (dixit) velle Hispaniam, he wanted Spain, i. e. as a province, Cic. Att. 12, 7, 1:mihi frumento non opus est: nummos volo,
I want the money, id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:non poterat scilicet negare se velle pacem,
id. Att. 15, 1 a, 3; cf. id. ib. 13, 32, 2 (v. II. C. 4. infra):si amplius obsidum (= plures obsides) vellet, dare pollicentur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 9 fin.:pacem etiam qui vincere possunt, volunt,
Liv. 7, 40, 18:ferunt (eum)... honestum finem voluisse,
Tac. A. 6, 26:cum Scipio veram vellet et sine exceptione victoriam,
Flor. 1, 33 (2, 18), 12:mensae munera si voles secundae, Marcentes tibi porrigentur uvae,
Mart. 5, 78, 11.—Neutr. adjj., denoting things, substantively used: utrum vis opta, dum licet. La. Neutrum volo, Plaut. Ps. 3, 6, 16:c.quorum isti neutrum volunt,
acknowledge neither, Cic. Fat. 12, 28:voluimus quaedam, contendimus... Obtenta non sunt,
we aspired to certain things, id. Balb. 27, 61:restat ut omnes unum velint,
hold one opinion, id. Marcell. 10, 32:si plura velim,
if I wished for more, Hor. C. 3, 16, 38:per quod probemus aliud legislatorem voluisse,
that the law-giver intended something different, Quint. 7, 6, 8:ut putent, aliud quosdam dicere, aliud velle,
that they say one thing and mean another, id. 9, 2, 85:utrum is qui scripsit... voluerit,
which of the two was meant by the author, id. 7, 9, 15:ut nemo contra id quod vult dicit, ita potest melius aliquid velle quam dicit,
mean better than he speaks, id. 9, 2, 89:quis enim pudor omnia velle?
to desire every thing, Mart. 12, 94, 11.—With neutr. demonstr. expressed or understood, to want, intend, aim at, like, will:d.immo faenus: id primum volo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 64:proximum quod sit bono... id volo,
id. Capt. 2, 2, 22:nisi ea quae tu vis volo,
unless my purpose is the same as yours, id. Ep. 2, 2, 82:siquidem id sapere'st, velle te id quod non potest contingere,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 83:hoc (i. e. otium cum dignitate) qui volunt omnes optimates putantur,
who aim at this, Cic. Sest. 45, 98:privatum oportet in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:quid est sapientia? Semper idem velle atque idem nolle,
Sen. Ep. 20, 5:pudebit eadem velle quae volueras puer,
id. ib. 27, 2:nec volo quod cruciat, nec volo quod satiat,
Mart. 1, 57, 4.—With demonstr. in place of inf.-clause:hoc Ithacus velit, et magno mercentur Atridae (sc. poenas in me sumi),
Verg. A. 2, 104:hoc velit Eurystheus, velit hoc germana Tonantis (sc. verum esse, Herculem, etc.),
Ov. H. 9, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 88.—With neutr. of interrog. pron.: quid nunc vis? Am. Sceleste, at etiam quid velim, id tu me rogas? what do you want now? Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 5:e.eloquere quid velis,
id. Cas. 2, 4, 2: heus tu! Si. Quid vis? id. Ps. 4, 7, 21; so Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 11; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 152:sed plane quid velit nescio,
what his intentions are, Cic. Att. 15, 1 a, 5; id. de Or. 2, 20, 84:mittunt etiam ad dominos qui quaerant quid velint,
to ask for their orders, id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41:quid? Si haec... ipsius amici judicarunt? Quid amplius vultis?
what more do you require, will you have? id. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152:quid amplius vis?
Hor. Epod. 17, 30:spectatur quid voluerit scriptor,
we find out the author's intention, Quint. 7, 10, 1.—Sometimes quid vult = quid sibi vult (v. 4. b.), to mean, signify:capram illam suspicor jam invenisse... quid voluerit,
what it signified, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 30:sed tamen intellego quid velit,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:quid autem volunt ea di immortales significantes quae sine interpretibus non possimus intellegere? etc.,
id. Div. 2, 25, 54.—Of things as subjects:hunc ensem mittit tibi... Et jubet ex merito scire quid iste velit,
Ov. H. 11, 96.—With rel. pron.:f.quod volui, ut volui, impetravi... a Philocomasio,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 1:ut quod frons velit oculi sciant,
that the eyes know what the forehead wants, id. Aul. 4, 1, 13:illi quae volo concedere,
to yield to him my wishes, id. Cas. 2, 3, 49:si illud quod volumus dicitur,
what we like, id. Truc. 1, 2, 95:multa eveniunt homini quae volt, quae nevolt,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 84; id. Ep. 2, 2, 4:quamquam (litterae tuae) semper aliquid adferunt quod velim,
Cic. Att. 11, 11, 1:quae vellem quaeque sentirem dicendi,
id. Marcell. 1, 1:uti ea quae vellent impetrarent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31:satis animi ad id quod tam diu vellent,
to carry out what they had desired so long, Liv. 4, 54, 5:sed quod volebant non... expediebant,
their purpose, id. 24, 23, 9. —Idiomatically: quod volo = quod demonstrare volo, what I intend to prove:illud quod volumus expressum est, ut vaticinari furor vera soleat,
Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67:bis sumpsit quod voluit,
he has twice begged the question, id. ib. 2, 52, 107.—With indef. relations:cornucopia ubi inest quidquid volo,
whatever I wish for, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5:Caesar de Bruto solitus est dicere: magni refert hic quid velit, sed quidquid volt, valde volt,
whatever he wills he wills strongly, Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2.—With indef. pronn.(α).Si quid vis, if you want any thing: illo praesente mecum agito si quid voles, [p. 2008] Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 72: Py. Adeat si quid volt. Pa. Si quid vis, adi, mulier, id. Mil. 4, 2, 47:(β).eumque Alexander cum rogaret, si quid vellet, ut diceret,
id. Or. 2, 66, 266; Caes. B. G. 1, 7 fin. —Nisi quid vis, unless you wish to give some order, to make some remark, etc.:(γ).ego eo ad forum nisi quid vis,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 94:nunc de ratione videamus, nisi quid vis ad haec,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 18, 42.—Numquid vis or ecquid vis? have you any orders to give? a formula used by inferiors before leaving their superiors; cf. Don. ad Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 39:2.visunt, quid agam, ecquid velim,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 113:numquid vis aliud?
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 111; 1, 2, 106; id. Ad. 2, 2, 39; 3, 3, 78; id. Hec. 2, 2, 30:numquid vellem rogavit,
Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6:frequentia rogantium num quid vellet,
Liv. 6, 34, 7:rogavit num quid in Sardiniam vellet. Te puto saepe habere qui num quid Romam velis quaerant,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1.—With acc. of the person: aliquem velle.(α).To want somebody, i. e. in order to see him, to speak with him (ante-class. and colloq.):(β).Demenaetum volebam,
I wanted, wished to see, Demenoetus, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 12:bona femina et malus masculus volunt te,
id. Cist. 4, 2, 40:solus te solum volo,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 70:quia non est intus quem ego volo,
id. Mil. 4, 6, 40:hae oves volunt vos,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 24:quis me volt? Perii, pater est,
Ter. And. 5, 3, 1:centuriones trium cohortium me velle postridie,
Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4.—With paucis verbis or paucis, for a few words ( moments):volo te verbis pauculis,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 28:sed paucis verbis te volo, Palaestrio,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 22:Sosia, Adesdum, paucis te volo,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 2.—To love, like somebody, to be fond of somebody (anteclass. and poet.):(γ).hanc volo (= amo),
Plaut. As. 5, 1, 18:sine me amare unum Argyrippum... quem volo,
id. ib. 3, 2, 38:quom quae te volt, eamdem tu vis,
id. Mil. 4, 2, 80:aut quae (vitia) corpori' sunt ejus siquam petis ac vis,
Lucr. 4, 1152:quam volui nota fit arte mea,
Ov. Am. 1, 10, 60: nolo virum, facili redimit qui sanguine famam: hunc volo, laudari qui sine morte potest, I like the one who, etc., Mart. 1, 8, 6.—To wish to have:3.roga, velitne an non uxorem,
whether he wishes to have his wife or not, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 43:ut sapiens velit gerere rem publicam, atque... uxorem adjungere, et velle ex ea liberos (anacoluth.),
Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 68.—With two accusatives: (narrato) illam te amare et velle uxorem,
that you wish to have her as your wife, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 25; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 65.—With two accusatives, of the person and the thing: aliquem aliquid velle, to want something of somebody (cf.: aliquem aliquid rogare; mostly ante-class.;4.not in Cic.): numquid me vis?
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120:face certiorem me quid meus vir me velit,
id. Cas. 2, 6, 1:num quidpiam me vis aliud?
id. Truc. 2, 4, 81:nunc verba in pauca conferam quid te velim,
id. As. 1, 1, 74:narrabit ultro quid sese velis,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 60:quid me voluisti?
id. Mil. 4, 2, 35:numquid aliud me vis?
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 101:quin tu uno verbo dic quid est quod me velis,
id. And. 1, 1, 18; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 85; id. Cist. 2, 3, 49; id. As. 2, 3, 12; id. Merc. 5, 2, 27; id. Pers. 4, 6, 11; Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 31; id. Phorm. 2, 4, 18; id. Eun. 2, 3, 47; id. Hec. 3, 4, 15:si quid ille se velit, illum ad se venire oportere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 34:cum mirabundus quidnam (Taurea) sese vellet, resedisset Flaccus, Me quoque, inquit, etc.,
Liv. 26, 15, 11; also, I want to speak with somebody (v. 2. a. a):paucis, Euclio, est quod te volo,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 22:est quod te volo secreto,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 33.—With acc. of thing and dat. of the person: aliquid alicui velle, to wish something to somebody (= cupio aliquid alicui; v. cupio;a.rare): quamquam vobis volo quae voltis, mulieres,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 1:si ex me illa liberos vellet sibi,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 33:praesidium velle se senectuti suae,
id. ib. 1, 2, 44:nihil est mali quod illa non initio filio voluerit, optaverit,
Cic. Clu. 66, 188:rem Romanam huc provectam ut externis quoque gentibus quietem velit,
Tac. A. 12, 11:cui ego omnia meritissimo volo et debeo,
to whom I give and owe my best wishes, Quint. 9, 2, 35.—Esp., in the phrase quid vis (vult) with reflex. dat. of interest, lit. what do you want for yourself?Quid tibi vis = quid vis, the dat. being redundant (rare):b.quid aliud tibi vis?
what else do you want? Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 90.—With quisque:haud ita vitam agerent ut nunc plerumque videmus Quid sibi quisque velit nescire,
be ignorant as to their own aims and purposes, Lucr. 3, 1058.—What do you mean? what do you drive at? what is your scope, object, drift (rare in post-Aug. writers; Don. ad Ter. Eun. prol. 45, declares it an archaism).(α).In 1 st pers. (rare):(β).nunc quid processerim huc, et quid mihi voluerim dicam,
and what I meant thereby, what was the purpose of my coming, Plaut. As. prol. 6:quid mihi volui? quid mihi nunc prodest bona voluntas?
Sen. Ben. 4, 21, 6.—In 2 d pers.:(γ).quid nunc tibi vis, mulier, memora,
what is the drift of your talk? Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 60: sed quid nunc tibi vis? what do you want to come at (i.e. by your preamble)? id. Poen. 1, 1, 24: quid tu tibi vis? Ego non tangam meam? what do you mean? i. e. what is your purpose? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 28:quid tibi vis? quid cum illa rei tibi est?
id. ib. 4, 7, 34:quid est quod sic gestis? quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? Quid est quod laetus sis? quid tibi vis?
what do you mean by all this? id. ib. 3, 5, 11:quid est, inepta? quid vis tibi? quid rides?
id. ib. 5, 6, 6:quid vis tibi? Quid quaeris?
id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9: Ph. Fabulae! Ch. Quid vis tibi? id. Phorm. 5, 8, 53:roganti ut se in Asiam praefectum duceret, Quid tibi vis, inquit, insane,
Cic. Or. 2, 67, 269; so in 2 d pers. plur.:pro deum fidem, quid vobis vultis?
Liv. 3, 67, 7.—In 3 d pers.:(δ).quid igitur sibi volt pater? cur simulat?
Ter. And. 2, 3, 1:quid hic volt veterator sibi?
id. ib. 2, 6, 26:proinde desinant aliquando me isdem inflare verbis: quid sibi iste vult?... Cur ornat eum a quo desertus est?
Cic. Dom. 11, 29:quid sibi vellet (Caesar)? cur in suas possessiones veniret?
Caes. B. G. 1, 44 med.:conicere in eum oculos, mirantes quid sibi vellet (i. e. by courting the plebeians),
Liv. 3, 35, 5:qui quaererent quid sibi vellent qui armati Aventinum obsedissent,
id. 3, 50, 15:quid sibi voluit providentia quae Aridaeum regno imposuit?
Sen. Ben. 4, 31, 1: volt, non volt dare Galla mihi, nec dicere possum quod volt et non volt, quid sibi Galla velit, Mart: 3, 90, 2.—Transf. of things as subjects, what means, what signifies? quid volt sibi, Syre, haec oratio? Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 2:5.ut pernoscatis quid sibi Eunuchus velit,
id. Eun. prol. 45:quid ergo illae sibi statuae equestres inauratae volunt?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 150:quid haec sibi horum civium Romanorum dona voluerunt?
id. ib. 2, 3, 80, §186: avaritia senilis quid sibi velit, non intellego,
what is the meaning of the phrase, id. Sen. 18, 66:quid ergo illa sibi vult pars altera orationis qua Romanos a me cultos ait?
Liv. 40, 12, 14:tacitae quid vult sibi noctis imago?
Ov. M. 9, 473.—Bene or male alicui velle, to wish one well or ill, to like or dislike one (ante-class. and poet.): Ph. Bene volt tibi. St. Nequam est illud verbum bene volt, nisi qui bene facit, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 37 sq.:6.jam diu ego huic bene et hic mihi volumus,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 4:ut tibi, dum vivam, bene velim plus quam mihi,
id. Cas. 2, 8, 30:egone illi ut non bene vellem?
id. Truc. 2, 4, 90; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 95; id. Merc. 2, 1, 21; id. Ps. 4, 3, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 9:nisi quod tibi bene ex animo volo,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 6:quo tibi male volt maleque faciet,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 44:atque isti etiam parum male volo,
id. Truc. 5, 7; cf. id. As. 5, 1, 13:utinam sic sient qui mihi male volunt,
Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 13:non sibi male vult,
he does not dislike himself, Petr. 38; so, melius or optime alicui velle, to like one better or best:nec est quisquam mihi aeque melius quoi vellem,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 42; id. Merc. 5, 2, 57:illi ego ex omnibus optime volo,
id. Most. 1, 4, 24.—And bene velle = velle: bene volueris in precatione augurali Messalla augur ait, significare volueris, Fest. s. v. bene sponsis, p. 351.—With abl.: alicujus causa velle, to like one for his own sake, i. e. personally, a Ciceronian phrase, probably inst. of omnia alicujus causa velle; lit. to wish every thing (i.e. good) in somebody's behalf.(α).With omnia expressed: etsi mihi videor intellexisse cum tecum de re M. Annaeii locutus sum, te ipsius causa vehementer omnia velle, tamen, etc.... ut non dubitem quin magnus cumulus accedat commenda tionis meae, Cic. Fam. 13, 55, 1:(β).repente coepit dicere, se omnia Verris causa velle,
that he had the most friendly disposition towards Verres, id. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 64:accedit eo quod Varro magnopere ejus causa vult omnia,
id. Fam. 13, 22, 1.—Without omnia:7.per eos qui nostra causa volunt, valentque apud illum,
Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1:sed et Phameae causa volebam,
id. ib. 13, 49, 1:etsi te ipsius Attici causa velle intellexeram,
id. ib. 16, 16, A, 6:valde enim ejus causa volo,
id. Fam. 16, 17, 2 fin.:illud non perficis quo minus tua causa velim,
id. ib. 3, 7, 6;12, 7, 1: si me velle tua causa putas,
id. ib. 7, 17, 2:regis causa si qui sunt qui velint,
id. ib. 1, 1, 1:credo tua causa velle Lentulum,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5; id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21; cf. id. Imp. Pomp. (v. C. 1. b. supra), where the phrase has its literal meaning; cf. also: alicujus causa (omnia) cupere; v. cupio.—With acc. and subjunct. per ecthesin (ante-class.): nunc ego illum meum virum veniat velim (by mixture of constructions: meum virum velim; and:F.meus vir veniat velim),
Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 29:nunc ego Simonidem mi obviam veniat velim,
id. Ps. 4, 5, 10:nimis hercle ego illum corvum ad me veniat velim,
id. Aul. 4, 6, 4:saltem aliquem velim qui mihi ex his locis viam monstret,
id. Rud. 1, 3, 35:patrem atque matrem viverent vellem tibi,
id. Poen. 5, 2, 106; cf. id. Merc. 2, 1, 30 (v. E. 1. d. supra).Velle used absolutely, variously rendered to will, have a will, wish, consent, assent:II.quod vos, malum... me sic ludificamini? Nolo volo, volo nolo rursum,
I nill I will, I will I nill again, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 57: novi ingenium mulierum: Nolunt ubi velis, ubi nolis cupiunt ultro, they will not where you will, etc., id. Eun. 4, 7, 43:quis est cui velle non liceat?
who is not free to wish? Cic. Att. 7, 11. 2:in magnis et voluisse sat est,
Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 6:tarde velle nolentis est,
slow ness in consenting betrays the desire to refuse, Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 4:quae (animalia) nullam injuriam nobis faciunt, quia velle non possunt, id. Ira, 2, 26, 4: ejus est nolle qui potest velle,
the power to assent implies the power to dissent, Dig. 50, 17, 3.—So velle substantively:sed ego hoc ipsum velle miserius duco quam in crucem tolli,
that very wishing, Cic. Att. 7, 11, 2: inest enim velle in carendo, the word carere implies the notion of a wish, id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:velle ac posse in aequo positum erat,
his will and power were balanced, Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 5:velle tuum nolo, Didyme, nolle volo,
Mart. 5, 83, 2:velle suum cuique est,
each has his own likings, Pers. 5, 53.In partic.A.Redundant, when the will to do is identified with the act itself.1.In imperative sentences.a.In independent sentences introduced by noli velle, where noli has lost the idea of volition:b.nolite, judices, hunc velle maturius exstingui vulnere vestro quam suo fato,
do not resolve, Cic. Cael. 32, 79:nolite igitur id velle quod fieri non potest,
id. Phil. 7, 8, 25: qui timor bonis omnibus injectus sit... nolite a me commoneri velle, do not wish, expect, to be reminded by me, etc., id. Mur. 25, 50: nolite hunc illi acerbum nuntium velle perferri, let it not be your decision that, etc., id. Balb. 28, 64: cujus auspicia pro vobis experti nolite adversus vos velle experiri, do not desire, etc., Liv. 7, 40, 16:noli adversum eos me velle ducere, etc.,
Nep. Att. 4, 2.—Ne velis or ne velit fecisse = ne feceris, or ne facito (v. I. A. 3. a. supra).—So ne velis with pres. inf.:c.neve, revertendi liber, abesse velis (= neve abfueris),
Ov. H. 1, 80.—In affirmative imperative sentences (velim esse = esto;d.rare): tu tantum fida sorori Esse velis (= fida esto or sis),
Ov. M. 2, 745; and in 3 d pers.:di procul a cunctis... Hujus notitiam gentis habere velint (= habeant),
id. P. 1, 7, 8:credere modo qui discet velit (= credat qui discet),
Quint. 8, prooem. 12. —In clauses dependent on verbs of commanding and wishing:2.aut quia significant divam praedicere ut armis Ac virtute velint patriam defendere terram (= ut defendant),
Lucr. 2, 641: precor quaesoque ne ante oculos patris facere et pati omnia infanda velis (= facias et patiaris). Liv. 23, 9, 2:monentes ne experiri vellet imperium cujus vis, etc.,
id. 2, 59, 4; 39, 13, 2:et mea... opto Vulnera qui fecit facta levare velit,
Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 18: nos contra (oravimus) [p. 2009]... ne vertere secum Cuncta pater fatoque urguenti incumbere vellet, Verg. A. 2, 653. —With pass. perf. inf. (v. I. B. 9. b. b):legati Sullam orant ut filii innocentis fortunas conservatas velit (virtually = fortunas conservet),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 25:a te peto ut utilitatem sociorum per te quam maxime defensam et auctam velis (= defendas et augeas),
id. Fam. 13, 9, 3.—So after utinam or ut:utinam illi qui prius eum viderint me apud eum velint adjutum tantum quantum ego vellem si quid possem (= utinam illi me adjuvent quantum ego adjuvarem, etc.),
id. Att. 11, 7, 7:cautius ut saevo velles te credere Marti (= utinam te credidisses),
Verg. A. 11, 153:edictum praemittit ad quam diem magistratus... sibi esse praesto Cordubae vellet (= sibi praesto essent),
Caes. B. C. 1, 19 (cf. also I. B. 9. b. b, and I. B. 2. fin. supra).—In conditional clauses, si facere velim = si faciam, often rendered by the potential or future auxiliaries would or will:3.non tu scis, Bacchae bacchanti si velis advorsarier, ex insana insaniorem facies? (= si advorseris),
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 80:si meum Imperium exsequi voluisset, interemptam oportuit (= si executus esset),
Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 22:si id confiteri velim, tamen istum condemnetis necesse est (= si id confitear),
if I would acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45:si quis velit ita dicere... nihil dicat (= si quis dicat),
id. Fat. 14, 32:dies deficiat si velim numerare, etc.,
id. N. D. 3, 32, 81;so,
id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102; id. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52:qua in sententia si constare voluissent, suam auctoritatem... recuperassent,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 14; id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31; id. Lael. 20, 75:conicere potestis, si recordari volueritis quanta, etc.,
if you will remember, id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; so id. Or. 1, 44, 197; id. Brut. 1, 2, 5:quod si audire voletis externa, maximas res publicas ab adulescentibus labefactatas reperietis,
id. Sen. 6, 20; so id. Or. 1, 60, 256; 2, 23, 95:ejus me compotem voti vos facere potestis, si meminisse vultis, non vos in Samnio, etc.,
Liv. 7, 40, 5; 23, 13, 6; 23, 15, 4: cum olera Diogeni lavanti Aristippus dixisset: si Dionysium adulare velles, ista non esses;Imo, inquit, si tu ista esse velles, non adulares Dionysium,
Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 4:ut si his (legibus) perpetuo uti voluissent, sempiternum habituri fuerint imperium,
id. 5, 3, ext. 3:quid enim si mirari velit, non in silvestribus dumis poma pendere,
Sen. Ira, 2, 10, 6; cf. Curt. 5, 1, 1; 3, 5, 6; Ov. H. 17 (18), 43.—With perf. inf. pass.:nisi ea (opera) certi auctores monumentis suis testata esse voluissent,
Val. Max. 3, 2, 24.—In declarative sentences.a.Volo in 1 st pers. with perf. pass. inf. or part. (volo oratum esse or oratum = oro; v. I. B. 9. b. a and b):b.vos omnes opere magno esse oratos volo benigne ut operam detis, etc.,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 21:justam rem et facilem esse oratam a vobis volo,
id. Am. prol. 33:illud tamen te esse admonitum volo, etc.,
Cic. Cael. 3, 8:sed etiam est paucis vos quod monitos voluerim,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 53:illud te, Tulli, monitum velim etc.,
Liv. 1, 23, 8:quamobrem omnes eos oratos volo Ne, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 26; so, factum volo = faciam: serva tibi sodalem, et mihi filium. Mne. Factum volo, I will, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 91: pariter nunc opera me adjuves ac, etc. Nau. Factum volo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 4; so Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 10.—In 3 d pers.:esse salutatum vult te mea littera primum,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 1.—With pres. inf.:c.propterea te vocari ad cenam volo (= voco te),
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 72:sed nunc rogare hoc ego vicissim te volo: quid fuit, etc. (= nunc te rogo),
id. Trin. 1, 2, 136.—With perf. act. inf.:d.pace tua dixisse velim (= pace tua dixerim),
Ov. P. 3, 1, 9.—In other connections, when the will or purpose is made more prominent than the action:B.eorum alter, qui Antiochus vocatur, iter per Siciliam facere voluit (= fecit),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 61:si suscipere eam (religionem) nolletis, tamen in eo qui violasset sancire vos velle oporteret (= sancire vos oporteret),
id. ib. 2, 4, 51, §114: ut insequentibus diebus nemo eorum forum aut publicum adspicere vellet (= adspiceret),
Liv. 9, 7, 11:talentis mille percussorem in me emere voluisti (= emisti),
Curt. 3, 5, 6: quin etiam senatus gratias ei agentem quod redire voluisset ante portas eduxit (= quod redisset), Val. Max. 3, 4, 4:utri prius gratulemur, qui hoc dicere voluit, an cui audire contigit? (= qui hoc dixit),
id. 4, 7, ext. 2:sic tua non paucae carpere facta volent (= carpent),
Ov. P. 3, 1, 64.Velim, as potential subjunctive (mostly in 1 st pers. sing., as subjunctive of modest statement), = volo, I wish, I should like.1.With verb in the second person.a.With pres. subj., so most frequently in Cic.(α).As a modest imperative of the dependent verb: velim facias = fac, I wish you would do it, please do it:(β).ego quae in rem tuam sint, ea velim facias,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 9:eas (litteras) in eundem fasciculum velim addas,
Cic. Att. 12, 53:eum salvere jubeas velim,
id. ib. 7, 7, 7:velim me facias certiorem, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 9:tu velim saepe ad nos scribas,
id. ib. 1, 12, 4:velim mihi ignoscas,
id. Fam. 13, 75, 1:tu velim animum a me parumper avertas,
id. Lael. 1, 5; cf. id. Att. 1, 11, 3; 7, 3, 11; 8, 12, 5; id. Fam. 15, 3, 2 et saep.:haec pro causa mea dicta accipiatis velim,
Liv. 42, 34, 13: velim, inquit, hoc mihi probes, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 51:Musa velim memores, etc.,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 53.—Expressing a wish without a command (v. vellem):b.vera dicas velim,
I wish you told the truth, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 18:quam velim Bruto persuadeas ut Asturae sit,
Cic. Att. 14, 15, 4:ipse velim poenas experiare meas,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 74;so in asseverations: ita velim me promerentem ames, dum vivas, mi pater, ut... id mihi vehementer dolet,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 47.—With infinitive clause.(α).With the force of a modest imperative:(β).sed qui istuc credam ita esse, mihi dici velim (i. e. a te),
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 15:extremum illud est quod mihi abs te responderi velim,
Cic. Vat. 17, 41 (may be a dependent subjunctive):itaque vos ego, milites, non eo solum animo.... pugnare velim, etc.,
Liv. 21, 41, 10.—As a mere wish:c.velim te arbitrari, frater, etc.,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 1:primum te arbitrari id quod res est velim,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 9.—With perf. act.:hanc te quoque ad ceteras tuas eximias virtutes, Masinissa, adjecisse velim,
Liv. 30, 14, 6.—With perf. pass., Liv. 1, 23, 8 (v. II. A. 3. a. supra).—With ut (rare):d.de tuis velim ut eo sis animo, quo debes esse,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 4. —With ne (rare), Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 23 (v. I. C. 2. supra).—2.With dependent verb in the third person, expressing a wish.a.With pres. subj.:b.ita se defatigent velim Ut, etc.,
Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 3:de Cicerone quae mihi scribis, jucunda mihi sunt: velim sint prospera,
Cic. Att. 14, 11, 2:velim seu Himilco, seu Mago respondeat,
Liv. 23, 12, 15:sint haec vera velim,
Verg. Cir. 306:nulla me velim syllaba effugiat,
Quint. 11, 2, 45.—With final clause:tu velim mihi ad urbem praesto sis, ut tuis consiliis utar,
Cic. Att. 9, 16, 3; cf. id. ib. 11, 11, 2 (v. I. C. 2. supra).—With ellips. of pres. subj.:velim mehercule Asturae Brutus (i. e. sit),
Cic. Att. 14, 11, 1.—With perf. subj. (a wish referring to the past):c.nimis velim improbissumo homini malas edentaverint,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 48.—With inf.-clause:3.ne ego nunc mihi modium mille esse argenti velim!
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 9: di me perdant! Me. Quodcunque optes, velim tibi contingere, id. Cist. 2, 1, 30:velim eum tibi placere quam maxime,
Cic. Brut. 71, 249: idque primum ita esse velim;deinde etiam, si non sit, mihi persuaderi tamen velim,
id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:quod faxitis, deos velim fortunare,
Liv. 6, 41, 12.—With perf. pass. inf. (v. I. B. 9. b. b, supra):edepol te hodie lapide percussum velim,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 33:moribus praefectum mulierum hunc factum velim,
id. Aul. 3, 5, 30.—With inf.-clause understood:nimium plus quam velim nostrorum ingenia sunt mobilia,
Liv. 2, 37, 4.—With verb in the first person.a.With inf. pres. (so most freq.):b.atque hoc velim probare omnibus, etc.,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 20, 47:velim scire ecquid de te recordere,
id. Tusc. 1, 6, 13:quare te, ut polliceris, videre plane velim,
id. Att. 11, 9, 3:nec vero velim... a calce ad carceres revocari,
id. Sen. 23, 83:sed multitudo ea quid animorum... habeat scire velim,
Liv. 23, 12, 7:interrogare tamen velim, an Isocrates Attice dixerit,
Quint. 12, 10, 22.—With perf. inf. act., Ov. P. 3, 1, 9 (v. II. A. 3. c.).—With acc. and inf.:c.quod velis, modo id velim me scire,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 8.—So with perf. pass. inf.:ego praeterquam quod nihil haustum ex vano velim, Fabium... potissimum auctorem habui,
Liv. 22, 7, 4.—With subj. pres.:4.eo velim tam facili uti possim et tam bono in me quam Curione,
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 10 B. and K. ex conj. Mull. (Lachm., Hoffm. posse; al. possem).—Velim in the principal sentence of conditional clauses, I would, I should be willing:5.aetatem velim servire, Libanum ut (= si) conveniam modo,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 8:velim, si fieri possit,
id. Truc. 2, 4, 12:si quid tibi compendi facere possim, factum edepol velim (redundant),
id. ib. 2, 4, 26:si possim, velim,
id. Stich. 4, 2, 9:nec velim (imitari orationes Thucydidis) si possim,
Cic. Brut. 83, 287:si liceat, nulli cognitus esse velim,
Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 42.—The other persons of velim in potential use (rare).a.Velis.(α).Imperatively = cupito:(β).quoniam non potest fieri quod vis, Id velis quod possit,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 6:atque aliquos tamen esse velis tibi, alumna, penates,
Verg. Cir. 331.—Declaratively with indef. subj.: quom inopia'st, cupias; quando ejus copia'st, tum non velis, then you (i.e. people, they) do not want it, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 45.—(γ).Redundant, as a form of the imperative of the dependent verb, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 38 (v. I. A. 3. a. b); id. H. 1, 80 (v. II. A. 1. b.); id. M. 2, 746 (v. II. A. 1. c.).—b.Velit.(α).Modestly for vult:(β).te super aetherias licentius auras Haud pater ille velit, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 558: nemo enim minui velit id in quo maximus fuit, would like that to be diminished in which, etc., Quint. 12, 11, 6; cf. Verg. A. 2, 104, and Ov. H. 9, 7 (v. I. E. 1. c. supra).— So, poet., instead of vellet with perf. inf.:ut fiat, quid non illa dedisse velit?
Ov. Am. 2, 17, 30.—= imperative of third person:c.arma velit, poscatque simul rapiatque juventus,
Verg. A. 7, 340.—Redundantly, giving to the dependent verb the force of an imperative, Quint. 8, prooem. 12 (v. II. A. 1. c. supra; v. also I. A. 3. a. supra).—Velimus.(α).In the optative sense of velim:(β). d.sed scire velimus quod tibi nomen siet,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 18.—Velitis = velim velitis (i. e. jubeatis, jubete):e.novos consules ita cum Samnite gerere bellum velitis ut omnia ante nos bella gesta sunt,
Liv. 9, 8, 10.—So especially in velitis jubeatis, a formula in submitting a law to the votes of the people in the comitia centuriata or tributa, let it be resolved and ordered by you:rogatus in haec verba populus: velitis jubeatisne haec sic fieri, si respublica populi Romani Quiritium, etc.,
Liv. 22, 10, 2:velitis jubeatis, Quirites... uti de ea re Ser. Sulpicius praetor urbanus ad senatum referat, etc.,
id. 38, 54, 3.—And parodied by Cic.:velitis jubeatis ut quod Cicero versum fecerit,
Cic. Pis. 29, 72.—So in oblique discourse, vellent juberent:rogationem promulgavit, vellent juberent Philippo... bellum indici,
Liv. 31, 6, 1:vellent juberentne se regnare,
id. 1, 46, 1; cf.in the resolution of the people: plebis sic jussit: quod senatus... censeat, id volumus jubemusque,
id. 26, 33, 14.—Velint, optative and redundant, Cic. Att. 11, 7, 7 (v. II. A. 1. d.); Ov. P. 1, 7, 8 (v. II. A. 1. c.).C.Vellem, as potential subjunctive, I wish, should like, should have liked, representing the wish as contrary to fact, while velim refers to a wish which may be realized:1.de Menedemo vellem verum fuisset, de regina velim verum sit,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 4. It is not used with imperative force; cf.:quod scribis, putare te... vellem scriberes, cur ita putares... tu tamen velim scribas,
Cic. Att. 11, 24, 5.—Often quam vellem, how I wish, i. e. I wish very much; and in the same sense: nimium vellem, v. infra.With verb in first person.a.With inf. pres., I wish, would like, referring to present or future actions:b.videre equidem vos vellem, cum huic aurum darem,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 68:vellem equidem idem posse gloriari quod Cyrus,
Cic. Sen. 10, 32:vellem equidem vobis placere, Quirites, sed, etc.,
Liv. 3, 68, 9:quam fieri vellem meus libellus!
Mart. 8, 72, 9.—With cuperem and optarem:nunc ego Triptolemi cuperem conscendere currus... Nunc ego Medeae vellem frenare dracones... Nunc ego jactandas optarem sumere pennas, etc.,
Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 1 sqq.— [p. 2010] Rarely, I should have liked:tum equidem istuc os tuum inpudens videre nimium vellem!
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49.—And in conditional sense:maerorem minui: dolorem nec potui, nec, si possem, vellem (i. e. minuere),
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:certe ego, si sineres, titulum tibi reddere vellem,
Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 13:sic nec amari quidem vellem (i. e. if I were in his place),
Sen. Ira, 1, 20, 4.—With perf. inf., I wish I had:c.abiit, vah! Rogasse vellem,
I wish I had asked him, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 25:maxime vellem semper tecum fuisse,
Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, 5:quam vellem petisse ab eo quod audio Philippum impetrasse,
id. ib. 10, 4, 10:non equidem vellem, quoniam nocitura fuerunt, Pieridum sacris imposuisse manum,
Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 27:ante equidem summa de re statuisse, Latini, Et vellem, et fuerat melius,
Verg. A. 11, 303. —With inf.-clause, the predicate being a perf. part. (v. I. B. 9. b. b, supra):d.virum me natam vellem,
would I had been born a man! Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 9.—With subj. imperf. (rare):2.quam vellem, Panaetium nostrum nobiscum haberemus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15.—The subject of the dependent verb in the second person.a.With subj. imperf. (the regular construction):b.hodie igitur me videbit, ac vellem tum tu adesses,
I wish you could be present, Cic. Att. 13, 7, 2:quam vellem de his etiam oratoribus tibi dicere luberet,
I wish you would please, id. Brut. 71, 248.—With subj. pluperf., I wish you had:c.vellem Idibus Martiis me ad cenam invitasses,
Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1:quam vellem te ad Stoicos inclinavisses,
id. Fin. 3, 3, 10:vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,
id. Att. 10, 6, 2:quam vellem Bruto studium tuum navare potuisses,
id. ib. 15, 4, 5.—With ne and pluperf. subj.:d.tu vellem ne veritus esses ne parum libenter legerem tuas litteras,
Cic. Fam. 7, 33, 2.—With ellipsis of verb: vera cantas, vana vellem (i. e. cantares). Plaut. Most. 3, 4, 41.—3.With verb in third person.a.With imperf. subj. (the regular construction):b.patrem atque matrem viverent vellem tibi (per ecthesin, v. I. E. b.),
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 106:vellem adesset Antonius, modo sine advocatis,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 16:vellem nobis hoc idem vere dicere liceret,
id. Off. 3, 1, 1:vellem adesse posset Panaetius,
id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:vellem hoc esset laborare,
id. Or. 2, 71, 287.—With pluperf. subj.:c.vellem aliqui ex vobis robustioribus hunc male dicendi locum suscepissent,
Cic. Cael. 3, 7:vellem dictum esset ab eodem etiam de Dione,
id. ib. 10, 23; so id. ib. 31, 74; id. Brut. 44, 163:quam vellem Dareus aliquid ex hac indole hausisset!
Curt. 3, 32 (12), 26.—With inf.-clause.(α).With inf. pres., I wish he were:(β).quam non abesse ab hujus judicio L. Vulsionem vellem!
Cic. Clu. 70, 198:nunc mihi... Vellem, Maeonide, pectus inesse tuum,
Ov. F. 2, 120.—With perf. inf. or part., I wish he had, had been:d.quam vellem Menedemum invitatum!
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 11:epistulas, quas quidem vellem mihi numquam redditas,
Cic. Att. 11, 22, 1.—With ellipsis of predicate: illud quoque vellem antea (i. e. factum, or factum esse),
Cic. Att. 11, 23, 3.—With ut, Cic. Sull. 1, 1; id. Fam. 7, 33, 2 (v. I. C. 1. a. supra).—4.With acc. of a neuter pronoun or of a noun:5.aliquando sentiam us nihil nobis nisi, id quod minime vellem, spiritum reliquum esse,
Cic. Att. 9, 19, 2: tris eos libros maxime nunc vellem: apti essent ad id quod cogito, I would like to have (cf. I. E. 1. a.), id. ib. 13, 22, 2.—In the other persons of vellem (mostly poet.).a.Velles.(α).In optative sentences redundant, Verg. A. 11, 153 (v. II. A. 1. d.).—(β).Of an indefinite subject:b.velles eum (Senecam) suo ingenio dixisse, alieno judicio,
Quint. 10, 1, 130.—Vellet.(α).In the potential sense of vellem: vellet abesse quidem;(β).sed adest. Velletque videre, Non etiam sentire canum fera facta suorum,
Ov. M. 3, 247.—Conditionally:c.quis vellet tanti nuntius esse mali (i. e. if in this situation)?
Ov. H. 12, 146.—Vellent.(α).In the potential sense of vellem:(β).quam vellent aethere in alto Nunc of pauperiem et duros perferre labores!
Verg. A. 6, 436.—Conditionally: nec superi vellent hoc licuisse sibi, would wish, i. e. if in this situation, Mart. 4, 44, 8.D.Volam and voluero.1.In gen.: respiciendus erit sermo stipulationis, utrumne talis sit: quem voluero, an quem volam. Nam si talis fuerit quem voluero, cum semel elegerit, mutare voluntatem non poterit;2.si vero... quem volam, donec judicium dictet, mutandi potestatem habebit,
Dig. 45, 1, 112.—Volam in principal sentences.(α).= Engl. future, I shall wish, etc.:(β).et commeminisse hoc ego volam te,
I shall require you to recollect this, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 7: cum omnia habueris, tunc habere et sapientiam voles? will you also wish to have wisdom when? etc., Sen. Ep. 17, 8.—Denoting present probability: et scilicet jam me hoc voles patrem exorare, ut, etc., you doubtless wish me, etc., Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 27.—3.In clauses dependent on predicates implying a future, generally rendered by an English present:E.quid si sors aliter quam voles evenerit?
otherwise than as you wish, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 35:tum te, si voles, cum patriae quod debes solveris, satis diu vixisse dicito,
then if you choose, if you will, Cic. Marcell. 9, 27:decedes cum voles,
id. Att. 6, 3, 2:qui magis effugies eos qui volent fingere?
those who are bent upon inventing, who will invent, falsehoods, id. ib. 8, 2, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 4; id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 24:quod voles gratum esse, rarum effice,
Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 1; cf. id. Brev. Vit. 7, 9: si di volent, the gods permitting, August. ap. Suet. Calig. 8:invenies, vere si reperire voles,
Ov. P. 3, 1, 34; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 78; Tib. 1, 4, 45.—So, voluero:quem (locum) si qui vitare voluerit, sex milium circuitu in oppidum pervenit,
who wishes to avoid this spot, Caes. B. C. 2, 24.Si vis, parenthetically.1.If you please (cf. sis, supra init.):2.paulum opperirier, Si vis,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 52:audi, si vis, nunc jam,
id. Ad. 2, 1, 30:dic, si vis, de quo disputari velis,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13.—If you wish, choose, insist upon it:F.hanc quoque jucunditatem, si vis, transfer in animum,
Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14:addam, si vis, animi, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 27, 89:concedam hoc ipsum, si vis, etc.,
id. Div. 2, 15, 34.Quam, with any person of the pres. indic. or subj., or imperf. subj. or future, = quamvis, in a concessive sense, virtually, however, however much.1.3 d pers. sing.:2.quod illa, quam velit sit potens, numquam impetravisset (= quamvis sit potens),
however powerful she may be, Cic. Cael. 26, 63:C. Gracchus dixit, sibi in somnis Ti. fratrem visum esse dicere, quam vellet cunctaretur, tamen eodem sibi leto... esse pereundum,
id. Div. 1, 26, 56:quam volet jocetur,
id. N. D. 2, 17, 46.—1 st pers. plur.:3.quam volumus licet ipsi nos amemus, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Har. Resp. 9, 19.—2 d pers. plur.: exspectate facinus quam vultis improbum, vincam tamen, etc., expect a crime, however wicked ( ever so wicked), etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11;4.but: hac actione quam voletis multi dicent,
as many as you choose, id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 102.—3 d pers. plur.:G.quam volent illi cedant, tamen a re publica revocabuntur,
Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 113:quam volent in conviviis faceti, dicaces, etc., sint, alia fori vis est, alia triclinii,
id. Cael. 28, 67;but: et ceteri quam volent magnas pecunias capere possint,
as much money as they choose, id. Verr. 2, 2, 58, § 142.Volo = malo, to prefer, with a comparative clause (rare):H.quodsi in ceteris quoque studiis a multis eligere homines commodissimum quodque, quam sese uni alicui certo vellent addicere, = si se eligere mallent quam se uni addicere,
Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:malae rei quam nullius duces esse volunt,
Liv. 3, 68, 11:famaene credi velis quanta urbs a te capta sit, quam posteris quoque eam spectando esse?
id. 25, 29, 6.With magis and maxime.1.Magis velle: ut tu illam salvam magis velles quam ego, you wish more than I, etc., Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 17.—2.With maxime, to wish above all, more than any thing or any one else, to be most agreeable to one, to like best, to prefer (among more than two alternatives):K.quia id maxime volo ut illi istoc confugiant,
wish above all, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 49; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 38:maxime vellem, judices, ut P. Sulla, etc.,
Cic. Sull. 1, 1:caritate nos capiunt reges, consilio optimates, libertate populi, ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis,
which you prefer, like best, id. Rep. 1, 35, 55; so, quemadmodum ego maxime vellem, id. Att. 13, 1, 1:tris eos libros maxime nunc vellem,
above all others, id. ib. 13, 32, 2:alia excusanti juveni, alia recipienti futura, ita ut maxime vellet senatus responderi placuit,
as it was most agreeable to him, Liv. 39, 47:si di tibi permisissent quo modo maxime velles experiri animum meum,
in the manner most convenient to yourself, Curt. 3, 6, 12.In disjunctive co - ordination.1.With sive... sive:2.tu nunc, sive ego volo, seu nolo, sola me ut vivam facis,
whether I choose or not, Plaut. Cist. 3, 14:itaque Campanos sive velint, sive nolint, quieturos,
Liv. 8, 2, 13.—Without connectives.a.Vis tu... vis:b.congredi cum hoste liceat... vis tu mari, vis terra, vis acie, vis urbibus expugnandis experiri virtutem?
Liv. 25, 6, 22.—Velim nolim.(α).Interrogatively, = utrum velim nec ne:(β).velit nolit scire, difficile est,
it is difficult to know whether he intends it or not, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 4.—= seu velim seu nolim:A.ut mihi, velim nolim, sit certa quaedam tuenda sententia,
whether I will or not, Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 17:velim nolim, in cognomine Scipionum haeream necesse est,
Val. Max. 3, 7, 3:mors interim adest, cui velis nolis vacandum est,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 8, 5:hunc ita fundatum necesse est, velit nolit, sequatur hilaritas continua,
id. Vit. Beat. 4, 4:velint nolint, respondendum est... beate vivere bonum non esse,
id. Ep. 117, 4:praeterea futuri principes, velint nolint, sciant, etc.,
Plin. Pan. 20 fin. Part. and P. a.: vŏlens, entis.As a part. proper, retaining the meaning and construction of velle, with the force of a relative or adverbial clause.1.Agreeing with some member of the sentence ( poet. and in post-class. prose;2.rare): neque illum... multa volentem Dicere praeterea vidit (= qui multa voluit dicere),
Verg. G. 4, 501; id. A. 2, 790:nec me vis ulla volentem Avertet (i. e. si adhaerere foederi volo),
id. ib. 12, 203: decemviri, minuere volentes hujuscemodi violentiam... putaverunt, etc., intending ( who intended) to diminish such a violence, etc., Gell. 20, 1, 34:Milo, experiri etiamtunc volens, an ullae sibi reliquae vires adessent... rescindere quercum conatus est,
id. 15, 16, 3:scio quosdam testatores, efficere volentes ne servi sui umquam ad libertatem venirent, etc., hactenus scribere solitos,
Dig. 40, 4, 61:si te volentem ad prohibendum venire, deterruerit aliquis, etc.,
ib. 43, 24, 1, § 10.—Abl. absol. (not ante-Aug.):B. 1.ne cujus militis scripti nomen nisi ipso volente deleretur,
except with his consent, Liv. 7, 41, 4; so,Teum ex medio cursu classem repente avertit, aut volentibus iis usurus commeatu parato hostibus, aut ipsos pro hostibus habiturus,
with their consent, id. 37, 27, 3:ponuntque ferocia Poeni Corda, volente deo,
since the god willed it, Verg. A. 1, 303: Thrasippo supplicium a se voluntaria morte exigere volente, while he was about to inflict punishment on himself, etc., Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 2: scire volentibus immortalibus dis an Romana virtus imperium orbis mereretur, it being the will of the gods to know, etc., Flor. 1, 13, 3 (1, 7, 3): qui sciente aut volente eo ad quem res pertinet, possessionem nanciscitur, with the knowledge and consent of the person who, etc., Dig. 41, 2, 6. —Attributively.a.In the phrase cum dis volentibus, lit. with the willing or favoring gods, i. e. with the will, permission, or favor of the gods: dono ducite doque volentibu' cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):b.sequere hac, mea gnata, me cum dis volentibus,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 4:cum dis volentibus quodque bene eveniat mando tibi Mani uti illaec suovetaurilia, etc.,
Cato, R. R. 141 (142).— And without cum, abl. absol.:virtute ac dis volentibus magni estis et opulenti,
Sall. J. 14, 19.—Volenti animo.(α).= cupide, eagerly:(β).Romae plebes litteris quae de Metello ac Mario missae erant, volenti animo de ambobus acceperant,
Sall. J. 73, 3. —On purpose, intentionally:2.consilio hanc omnes animisque volentibus urbem Adferimur,
Verg. A. 7, 216.—Predicatively.a.Agreeing with the subject-nom. or subject - acc.(α).Voluntarily, willingly, [p. 2011] gladly (class.):(β).(hi) divini generis appellentur... vobisque jure et lege volentes pareant,
Cic. Univ. 11 fin.:quas victi ab hostibus poenas metuerant, eas ipsi volentes pendere,
Sall. J. 76, 6:quia volentes in amicitiam non veniebant,
Liv. 21, 39, 4:si volentes ac non coacti mansissent in amicitia,
id. 24, 37, 7:quocunque loco seu volens seu invitus constitisti,
id. 7, 40, 13:itaque se numquam volentem parte qua posset rerum consilio gerendarum cessurum,
id. 22, 27, 9:(virtus), quidquid evenerit, feret, non patiens tantum, sed etiam volens,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:non est referre gratiam quod volens acceperis nolenti reddere,
id. Ben. 4, 40, 4:volens vos Turnus adoro,
Verg. A. 10, 677; 3, 457; 6, 146;12, 833: date vina volentes,
id. ib. 8, 275: ipsa autem macie tenuant armenta volentes ( on purpose), id. G. 3, 129.—And referring to subjects denoting things: quos rami fructus, quos ipsa volentia rura Sponte tulere sua, carpsit ( spontaneously and willingly), Verg. G. 2, 500.—Favorably; with propitius, favorably and kindly, referring to the gods:b.precantes Jovem ut volens propitius praebeat sacra arma pro patria,
Liv. 24, 21, 10:precantibus ut volens propitiaque urbem Romanam iniret,
id. 29, 14, 13:in ea arce (Victoriam) sacratam, volentem propitiamque, firmam ac stabilem fore populo Romano,
id. 22, 37, 12; 1, 16, 3; 7, 26, 3; 24, 38, 8; Inscr. Orell. 2489 sq.—Parodied by Plautus:agite, bibite, festivae fores! fite mihi volentes propitiae,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 89.— Abl. absol.:omnia diis propitiis volentibusque ea faciemus,
with the favor and help of the gods, Liv. 39, 16, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:si (Jovem) invocem ut dexter ac volens assit,
Quint. 4, prooem. 5.—Agreeing with other terms of the sentence (rare): volenti consuli causa in Pamphyliam devertendi oblata est, a welcome cause was offered to the consul, etc., Liv. 38, 15, 3:c.quod nobis volentibus facile continget,
if we wish, Quint. 6, 2, 30:is Ariobarzanem volentibus Armeniis praefecit,
to their satisfaction, Tac. A. 2, 4:gemis... hominem, Urse, tuum, cui dulce volenti servitium... erat,
to whom his servitude was sweet, since he liked it, Stat. S. 2, 6, 15:me mea virtus, etc., fatis egere volentem,
Verg. A. 8, 133:saepe ille volentem castigabat erum,
administered kindly received rebukes, Stat. S. 2, 6, 50.—In the phrase aliquid mihi volenti est or putatur, etc., something is welcome, acceptable to me, pleases me (= volens habeo or accipio aliquid; cf. the Gr. Humin tauta boulomenois estin, and, mihi aliquid cupienti est; v. cupio;3.rare but class.): uti militibus exaequatus cum imperatore labos volentibus esset,
that the equalization of labor was acceptable to the soldier, Sall. J. 100, 4:quia neque plebei militia volenti putabatur,
id. ib. 84, 3 Dietsch:grande periculum maritumis civitatibus esse, et quibusdam volentibus novas res fore,
that to some a change of the government would be welcome, Liv. 21, 50, 10:quibus bellum volentibus erat, probare exemplum,
Tac. Agr. 18.— Impers. with subject - inf.: ceterisque remanere et in verba Vespasiani adigi volentibus fuit, to the rest it was acceptable to remain, etc., Tac. H. 3, 43.—With subject-inf. understood:si volentibus vobis erit, in medium profero quae... legisse memini,
Macr. S. 7, 13, 11:si volentibus vobis erit, diem fabulis et epulis exigamus,
id. ib. 1, 7; 2, 3 fin.; 6, 6 init. —As subst. (mostly post-Aug.).a.vŏlens, entis, m., = is qui vult, in the different meanings, and often with the construction of the verb.(α).One who wishes:(β).nunc cis Hiberum castra Romana esse, arcem tutam perfugiumque novas volentibus res,
Liv. 22, 22, 11:consulere se volentibus vacuas aures accommodavit,
Val. Max. 5, 8, 3:quid opus libertate si volentibus luxu perire non licet,
id. 2, 9, 5:discere meliora volentibus promptum est,
i. e. it depends on our own will to learn better things, Quint. 11, 11, 12:nec sum in hoc sollicitus, dum res ipsa volentibus discere appareat,
to the students, id. 8, 4, 15:mori volentibus vis adhibita vivendi,
Suet. Tib. 61.—One who intends, is about:(γ).juris ignorantia non prodest acquirere volentibus,
i. e. in the acquisition of property, Dig. 22, 6, 7:si quis volentem incipere uti frui prohibuit,
one who is about to enter upon a usufruct, ib. 43, 16, 3, § 14. —One who is willing:(δ).non refert quid sit quod datur, nisi a volente volenti datur,
unless it is both willingly given and received, Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 8:ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt,
those willing to follow, id. Ep. 107, 11.—One who consents:(ε).tutiusque rati volentibus quam coactis imperitare,
to rule men with their consent, Sall. J. 102, 6:quippe rempublicam si a volentibus nequeat ab invitis jus expetituram,
peaceably if they could, forcibly if they must, Liv. 3, 40, 4:si quis aliam rem pro alia volenti solverit,
if one pays with the consent of the receiver, Dig. 46, 3, 46:nulla injuria est quae in volentem fiat,
ib. 47, 10, 1, § 5.—One who does a thing voluntarily:(ζ).pecuniam etiam a volentibus acceperant,
the contributions of money were voluntary, Vell. 2, 62, 3:parce, puer, stimulis... (solis equi) Sponte sua properant. Labor est inhibere volentis (i. e. properare),
Ov. M. 2, 128.—Volens = bene volens: munificus nemo habebatur nisi pariter volens, unless he was just as kindly disposed, sc. as he was liberal, Sall. J. 103, 6.—Often referring to a previously mentioned noun:b.hunc cape consiliis socium et conjunge volentem,
and unite with him, since he wishes it, Verg. A. 5, 712; so may be taken Ov. M. 2, 128 (v. e).—In the neutr. plur. (volentia) rare, always with dat., things pleasing, acceptable:2.Pompeius multis suspitionibus volentia plebi facturus habebatur,
that he would do what pleased the common people, Sall. H. 4, 31 Dietsch:haec atque talia plebi volentia fuere,
Tac. A. 15, 36 Draeg. ad loc. al.:iique Muciano volentia rescripsere,
id. H. 3, 52.—Hence, adv.: vŏlenter, willingly, App. M. 6, p. 178, 4.vŏlo, āvi, ātum ( part. gen. plur. volantūm, Verg. A. 6, 728; Lucr. 2, 1083), 1, v. n. [Sanscr. val-, to turn one's self, etc.; cf.: vŏlucer, vēlox, and vol- in velivolus], to fly.I.Lit.: ex alto... laeva volavit avis, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 95 Vahl.):2. II.aves,
Lucr. 6, 742:accipitres,
id. 4, 1010:corvi,
id. 2, 822:altam supra volat ardea nubem,
Verg. G. 1, 364:volat ille per aëra magnum Remigio alarum,
id. A. 1, 300:columbae venere volantes,
id. ib. 6, 191; Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 30; Juv. 8, 251:apes,
Ov. A. A. 1, 96; cf. Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:volasse eum (Antonium), non iter fecisse diceres,
Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11.—Prov.:sine pennis volare haud facile est,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 49.—Transf., to fly, i. e. to move swiftly like one flying, to fleet, speed, hasten along:3.i sane... vola curriculo,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 17; cf.:per summa levis volat aequora curru,
Verg. A. 5, 819:medios volat ecce per hostes Vectus equo spumante Saces,
id. ib. 12, 650:illa (Argo) volat,
Ov. H. 6, 66:currus,
Verg. G. 3, 181:axis,
id. ib. 3, 107:nubes,
Lucr. 5, 254:fulmina,
id. 2, 213:tempestates,
id. 6, 612:telum,
id. 1, 971; cf. Sall. J. 60, 2; Verg. A. 9, 698; Liv. 26, 44, 7 al.:litterae Capuam ad Pompeium volare dicebantur,
Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3:volat aetas,
id. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:hora,
Sen. Hippol. 1141:fama,
Verg. A. 3, 121:et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 71.— Poet., with inf.:ast Erebi virgo ditem volat aethere Memphim Praecipere et Phariā venientem pellere terrā,
Val. Fl. 4, 407.vŏlo, ōnis, m. [1. volo], a volunteer, first applied to the slaves who, after the battle at Cannæ, were enrolled upon their own expressed desire to serve (cf. Liv. 22, 57, 11; Val. Max. 7, 6, 1):volones dicti sunt milites, qui post Cannensem cladem usque ad octo milia, cum essent servi, voluntarie se ad militiam obtulere,
Paul. Diac. p. 370:volones, quia sponte hoc voluerunt, appellati,
Macr. S. 1, 11, 30:vetus miles tironi, liber voloni sese exaequari sineret,
Liv. 23, 35, 6; 23, 32, 1; Capitol. Anton. Phil. 21, 6; Macr. S. 1, 11, 30. -
12 ipse
ipse ( ipsus, Cato, R. R. 70; 71; Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 43; id. Trin. 2, 2, 40; 3, 1, 10 et saep.; Ter. And. 3, 2, 15; id. Eun. 3, 4, 8, id. Hec. 3, 5, 5; Jusjur. Milit. ap. Gell. 16, 4, 4 al.), a, um (ipsud, Gloss. Philox.); gen. ipsīus ( poet. also ipsĭus, Cat. 64, 43; Verg. A. 1, 114; 2, 772 al.; and dissyl. Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 15; id. Phorm. 4, 5, 13: ipsi, Afran. ap. Prisc. 694); dat. ipsi (ipso, App. M. 10, p. 243, 24); pron. demonstr. [is - pse for pte; cf. sua-pte and -pote in ut-pote; root in potis; Sanscr. patis, lord, master; hence, = he, the master, himself, etc.; cf. Pott. Etym. Forsch. 2, 866 sq.; Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 116. Hence, in the original form, the pronoun is was declined, while the suffix was unchanged; thus eopte = eo ipso, Paul. ex Fest. p. 110:I.eapse = ea ipsa,
id. p. 77; nom. sing. eapse, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 4; id. Cist. 1, 2, 17; id. Rud. 2, 3, 80; 2, 5, 21 al.; acc. eumpse, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 32:eampse,
Plaut. Aul. 5, 7; id. Cist. 1, 3, 22; id. Men. 5, 2, 22 al.; abl. eopse, Plaut. Curc, 4, 3, 6:eāpse,
id. Trin. 4, 2, 132; id. Curc. 4, 3, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 197 sq.], = autos, self, in person, he (emphatic), himself, herself, itself, used both substantively and adjectively, to denote that person (thing) of which something is eminently or exclusively predicated.In gen.A.With substt. or pronn.1.Expressing eminence or distinction:2.ipse ille Gorgias... in illo ipso Platonis libro,
Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 129:ille ipse Marcellus,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:natura ipsa,
id. Brut. 29, 112:dicet pro me ipsa virtus,
id. Fin. 2, 20, 65:ipsa res publica,
id. Fam. 3, 11, 3:neque enim ipse Caesar est alienus a nobis,
id. ib. 6, 10, 2:ipse Moeris,
Verg. E. 8, 96:rex ipse Aeneas,
id. A. 1, 575:ipse aries,
id. E. 3, 95:ductores ipsi,
id. A. 1, 189:si in ipsa arce habitarem,
Liv. 2, 7, 10;esp. freq. with names of gods, etc.: naturas quas Juppiter ipse Addidit,
Verg. G. 4, 149; id. A. 3, 222; Hor. C. 1, 16, 12:Pater ipse,
Verg. G. 1, 121; Tib. 1, 4, 23:Venus ipsa,
Hor. C. 2, 8, 13; Ov. H. 19, 159:ipse pater Pluton,
Verg. A. 7, 327 et saep.—Prov.:audentes deus ipse juvat,
Ov. M. 10, 586.—For emphasis or in contrast, very, just, precisely, self, in person:B.adest optime ipse frater,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 66:in orationibus hisce ipsis,
Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 73:ea ipsa hora,
id. Fam. 7, 23, 4:nec carmina nobis Ipsa placent: ipsae rursus concedite silvae,
Verg. E. 10, 63:tute ipse his rebus finem praescripsti,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 124:lepide ipsi hi sunt capti,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 91:ego enim ipse cum eodem isto non invitus erraverim,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:ipse ille divinationis auctor,
id. Div. 2, 28, 61:cariorem esse patriam quam nosmet ipsos,
id. Fin. 3, 19, 64:eaque ipsa causa belli fuit,
the very, the true cause, Liv. 1, 57, 1; esp. with is, in all persons and numbers:estne hic Philto? Is hercle'st ipsus,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 31:cui tutor is fuerat ipse,
Liv. 5, 33, 3:jam id ipsum absurdum, maximum malum neglegi,
even, Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93 (Madv.); id. de Or. 2, 30, 132:tempus ad id ipsum congruere,
Liv. 1, 5, 5:duum vir ad id ipsum creatus,
id. 2, 42, 5:Tullius et eos ipsos et per eos multitudinem aliam deduxit,
id. 2, 38, 1:eorum ipsorum facta (opp. loca in quibus, etc.),
Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 2:nec vero clarorum virorum post mortem honores permanerent, si nihil eorum ipsorum animi efficerent,
id. de Sen. 22, 80:ad eum ipsum honorem deferre,
Liv. 3, 51, 3; so sometimes with an inf. or subst.-clause:ipsum dicere ineptum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112:quid juvat quod ante initum tribunatum veni, si ipsum, quod veni, nihil juvat?
the mere fact, the fact alone, id. Att. 11, 9, 1:ipsum, quod habuisti,
Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 12, 2:et ipsum, quod sum victus, ama,
Luc. 8, 78.— Esp. in legal phrase: ipso jure, by the letter of the law, in legal strictness or precision, Gai Inst. 2, 198; 3, 181; 4, 106 sqq. et saep.—Alone, emphatically taking the place of an omitted person. or demonstr. pron.: Ar. Ubi is nunc est? He. Ubi ego minume atque ipsus se volt maxume, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 108; 4, 1, 10: Su. Is ipsusne's? Ch. Aio: Su. Ipsus es? id. Trin. 4, 2, 146:C.atque ipsis, ad quorum commodum pertinebat, durior inventus est Coelius,
Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 4:quaeram ex ipsā,
Cic. Cael. 14:tempus, quo ipse eos sustulisset, ad id ipsum congruere,
Liv. 1, 5, 5:agrum dare immunem ipsi, qui accepisset, liberisque,
id. 21, 45, 5; 9, 34, 18; 10, [p. 999] 6, 10:laeta et ipsis qui rem gessere expugnatio fuit,
id. 28, 4, 1:a nobis exposita, ut ab ipsis, qui eam disciplinam probant,
Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 13.—So freq. in Cic. before a rel.:ut de ipso, qui judicarit, judicium fieri videretur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 44, 82:ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, ad nos deferunt,
id. de Or. 1, 58, 250; 2, 14, 60; id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 13; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:nullis definitionibus utuntur, ipsique dicunt ea se modo probare, quibus natura tacita assentiatur,
Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 40 Madv. —To make prominent one of two or more subjects of any predicate, he ( she, il), for his part, he too, also, as well.1.Ipse alone:2.litterae Metello Capuam adlatae sunt a Clodia, quae ipsa transiit,
i. e. also, in person, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:Italiam ornare quam domum suam maluit: quamquam Italia ornata domus ipsa mihi videtur ornatior,
id. Off. 2, 22, 76:tris ipse excitavit recitatores,
he too, id. Clu. 51, 141:neque tanti timoris sum ut ipse deficiam,
Caes. B. C. 2, 31, 8:Jugurtha, tametsi regem ficta locutum intellegebat, et ipse longe aliter animo agitabat,
Sall. J. 11, 1:hoc Rhipeus, hoc ipse Dymas omnisque juventus Laeta facit,
Verg. A. 2, 394.—With conjunctions.(α).With etiam (class.):(β).ipse etiam Fufidius in numero fuit,
Cic. Brut. 29, 112: scribebat orationes quas alii dicerent: quamquam is etiam ipse scripsit eas, quibus pro se est usus, sed non sine Aelio;his enim scriptis etiam ipse interfui,
id. ib. 56, 206 sq. —With quoque:(γ).quippe quia plebs senatus consultum solvit, ipsi quoque solutum vultis,
Liv. 3, 21, 4:consul, quia collegae decretum triumphum audivit, ipse quoque triumphi flagitator Romam rediit,
id. 8, 12, 9:cum subito Sulpicius et Albinovanus objecissent catervas, ipse quoque (Sulla) jaculatus, etc.,
Flor. 3, 21, 7.—With et (et ipse = kai autos, ipse etiam; rare in Cic.; cf.(δ).Zumpt, Gram. § 698): tamen et ipsi tuae familiae genere et nomine continebuntur,
Cic. Caecin. 20, 58:deseret eos quos una scis esse, cum habeat praesertim et ipse cohortis triginta?
id. Att. 8, 7, 1; id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:Cornelius dictatorem Aemilium dixit, et ipse ab eo magister equitum est dictus,
Liv. 4, 31, 5:credo ego vos, socii, et ipsos cernere,
id. 21, 21, 3:Cornelio minus copiarum datum, quia L. Manlius praetor et ipse cum praesidio in Galliam mittebatur,
id. 21, 17, 7:qui et ipse crus fregerat,
Suet. Aug. 43:Antoninus Commodus nihil paternum habuit, nisi quod contra Germanos feliciter et ipse pugnavit,
Eutr. 8, 7:virtutes et ipsae taedium pariunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 43. —With nec ( = ne ipse quidem):II.primis repulsis Maharbal cum majore robore virorum missus nec ipse eruptionem cohortium sustinuit,
Liv. 23, 18, 4:nihil moveri viderunt, nec ipsi quicquam mutarunt,
id. 37, 20, 8:neque ipsi,
id. 30, 42, 7: crimina non quidem nec ipsa mediocria;sed quid ista sunt prae iis, etc.,
id. 34, 32, 9.Esp.A.By way of eminence, ipse is used to indicate the chief person, host, master, teacher, etc.:B.ipsa, the mistress, etc.: ipsus tristis,
Ter. And. 2, 2, 23:ipsum praesto video,
id. ib. 2, 5, 3:ego eo quo me ipsa misit,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 2, 10:suam norat ipsam tam bene, quam puella matrem,
Cat. 3, 7 (Müll., ipsa); cf.:Pythagorei respondere solebant, ipse dixit,
i. e. Pythagoras, Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 10; cf.:nec hoc oratori contingere inter adversarios quod Pythagorae inter discipulos potest ipse dixit,
Quint. 11, 1, 27:cum veniat lectica Mathonis plena ipso,
the great man, Juv. 1, 33:anseris ante ipsum jecur,
before the host, id. 5, 114.—Of or by one ' s self, of one ' s own accord = suā sponte, ultro:C.videar non ipse promisisse (opp. to fortuito),
Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 111:de manibus delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,
id. Off. 1, 22, 77:valvae clausae se ipsae aperuerunt,
id. Div. 1, 37, 74:ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae Ubera,
Verg. E. 4, 21:ipsi potum venient juvenci,
id. ib. 7, 11; cf.:aliae ipsae Sponte sua veniunt,
id. G. 2, 10:fruges sponte sua (tellus) primum ipsa creavit,
Lucr. 2, 11, 58; and autai for automatoi, Theocr. Idyll. 11, 12.—Himself exclusively.1.By or in one ' s self, alone:2. 3.haec ipse suo tristi cum corde volutat,
Verg. A. 6, 185:his actis, aliud genitor secum ipse volutat,
id. ib. 12, 843: tempus secum ipsa Exigit, id. ib. 4, 475:quam facile exercitu soclos conservaturus sit, qui ipso nomine ac rumore defenderit,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 45:multa secum ipse volvens,
Sall. C. 32, 1:aestimando ipse secum,
Liv. 25, 23, 11.—Of one ' s self, of one ' s own nature, etc.:D.erat ipse immani acerbāque naturā Oppianicus,
Cic. Clu. 15, 44:duo imperatores, ipsi pares, ceterum opibus disparibus,
Sall. J. 52, 1:natura serpentium, ipsa perniciosa, siti accenditur,
id. ib. 89, 5.—With advv. of time.1.Nunc ipsum, just now, at this very time:2.nunc ipsum exurit,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 16:nunc ipsum non dubitabo rem tantam adicere,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 2; 8, 9, 2:nunc tamen ipsum sine te esse non possum,
id. ib. 12, 16. —Tum ipsum, just then, at that very time:E.id, quod aliquando posset accidere, ne tum ipsum accideret, timere,
Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 124:ratio largitionum vitiosa est, temporibus necessaria, et tum ipsum ad facultates accommodanda est,
id. Off. 2, 17, 60:et tum ipsum, cum immolare velis, extorum fieri mutatio potest,
id. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf. id. Fin. 2, 20, 65 Madv.—With numerals, just, exactly, precisely (opp. fere):F.triginta dies erant ipsi, cum, etc.,
Cic. Att. 3, 21 init.:ipsas undecim esse legiones,
id. Fam. 6, 18, 2:nam cum dixisset minus 1000 (sc. milia), populus cum risu acclamavit, ipsa esse,
id. Caecin. 10, 28; cf. id. Brut. 15, 61; 43, 162:ipso vigesimo anno,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 9, § 25. —In reflexive uses,1.Ipse strengthens the subject when opposed in thought to other agents; the object, when opposed to other objects; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 696; Kennedy, Gram. § 67, 3; Madv. Gram. § 487, 6. — Hence,a.With subject.(α).In gen.:(β).non egeo medicina (i. e. ut alii me consolentur), me ipse consolor,
Cic. Lael. 3, 10:Junius necem sibi ipse conscivit,
id. N. D. 2, 3, 7:neque potest exercitum is continere imperator, qui se ipse non continet,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 38:Artaxerxes se ipse reprehendit,
Nep. Dat. 5:ipsa se virtus satis ostendit,
Sall. J. 85; cf.:deponendo tutelam ipse in se unum omnium vires convertit,
Liv. 24, 4, 9:deforme etiam est de se ipsum praedicare,
Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137.—With special emphasis, ipse is joined to the subject to indicate its relation to itself as both subject and object, though the antithesis would suggest another case (Cic.):b.cum iste sic erat humilis atque demissus, ut non modo populo Romano, sed etiam sibi ipse condemnatus videretur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17:si quis ipse sibi inimicus est,
id. Fin. 5, 10, 28:qui ipsi sibi bellum indixissent,
id. ib. 5, 10, 29:quoniam se ipsi omnes natura diligant,
id. ib. 3, 18, 59:nam si ex scriptis cognosci ipsi suis potuissent,
id. de Or. 2, 2, 8.—With object:2.neque vero ipsam amicitiam tueri (possumus), nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67:omne animal se ipsum diligit,
id. ib. 5, 9, 24:fac ut diligentissime te ipsum custodias,
id. Fam. 9, 14, 8:Pompeianus miles fratrem suum, dein se ipsum interfecit,
Tac. H. 3, 51:Lentulum, quem mihi ipsi antepono,
Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 5.—Ipse defines the subject of a reflexive pronoun:3.natura movet infantem, sed tantum ut se ipse diligat (where ipse shows that se refers to infantem),
Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 33: proinde consulant sibi ipsi;jubeant abire se,
Just. 16, 4, 15:neque prius vim adhibendam putaverunt, quam se ipse indicasset,
Nep. Paus. 4:in portis murisque sibimet ipsos tecta coëgerat aedificare,
Liv. 27, 3, 2 (cf. 1. a. supra).—Ipse stands for the reflexive pronoun,a.Where the person or thing referred to is to be emphatically distinguished from others (class.):b.cum omnes se expetendos putent, nec id ob aliam rem, sed propter ipsos, necesse est ejus etiam partes propter se expeti, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 46:quis umquam consul senatum ipsius decretis parere prohibuit?
id. Sest. 14, 32:quos, quidquid ipsis expediat, facturos arbitrabimur,
id. Fin. 2, 35, 117:qui negant se recusare, quo minus, ipsis mortuis, terrarum deflagratio consequatur,
id. ib. 3, 19, 64:nec quid ipsius natura sit intellegit,
id. ib. 5, 9, 24.—In a subordinate clause, to point out either the subject of the principal clause, or the chief agent or speaker;c.esp. where se or sibi is already applied to the subject of the subordinate clause: ne ob eam rem aut suae magnopere virtuti tribueret aut ipsos despiceret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 5:legatos ad consulem mittit, qui tantum modo ipsi liberisque vitam peterent,
Sall. J. 16, 2; cf.:ipsis mortuis,
Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64:supra nihil, quantum in ipso est, praetermittere quo minus, etc.,
id. Leg. 1, 21, 56:ipsius,
id. ib. 2, 22, 55:nihil umquam audivi... nihil de re publica gravius, nihil de ipso modestius, i. e. de ipso dicente,
id. Balb. 1, 2: id quod ipsum adjuvat (i. e. dicentem;opp. id quod adversario prodest),
id. Inv. 1, 21, 30.—In gen., for an emphatic se or sibi (mostly post-Aug.; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 40):4.nam ipsis certum esse, etc.,
Liv. 35, 46, 13:pravitas consulum discordiaque inter ipsos,
id. 4, 26, 6:inexperta remedia haud injuria ipsis esse suspecta,
Curt. 3, 5, 15:Graecis nuntiare jubet, ipsum quidem gratias agere, etc.,
id. 3, 8, 7:dixit, ab illo deo ipsos genus ducere,
id. 4, 2, 3:a quibus nec acceperunt injuriam nec accepisse ipsos existimant, Sen. de Ira, 2, 5, 1: intemperantiam in morbo suam experti parere ipsis vetant,
id. ib. 3, 13, 5:sciunt ipsos omnia habere communia,
id. Ep. 6, 3; 22, 10 et saep.; cf.:verum est etiam iis, qui aliquando futuri sint, esse propter ipsos consulendum,
Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64.—Ipse stands in free constr. with abl. absol. as with finite verb (cf. also quisque;► Ipse is very rarely strengthened by the suffix -met:only freq. in Liv. and post-Aug. writers): cum dies venit, causa ipse pro se dicta, quindecim milibus aeris damnatur,
Liv. 4, 44, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.:Romani imperatores, junctis et ipsi exercitibus... ad sedem hostium pervenere,
id. 29, 2, 2:C. Popilius, dimissis et ipse Atticis navibus... pergit,
id. 45, 10, 2; cf.:Catilina et Autronius parabant consules interficere, ipsi fascibus conreptis Pisonem cum exercitu mittere,
Sall. C. 18, 5:amisso et ipse Pacoro,
Tac. G. 37; cf. also the emphatic use of ipse (like quisque) with abl. of gerund (freq. in Liv.):adsentando indignandoque et ipse,
Liv. 40, 23, 1:cogendo ipse,
id. 39, 49, 3:agendo ipse,
id. 41, 24, 2:aestimando ipse secum,
id. 25, 23, 11 et saep.ipsemet abiit,
Plaut.Am. prol. 102:ipsimet nobis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:ipsemet profugiam,
Sen. Ep. 117, 21; also Front. Aq. 74 ex conj.— Sup.: Com. Ergo ipsusne es? Charm. Ipsissumus, his own very self, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 146; cf. Gr. autotatos, Aristoph. Plut. 83; so,ipsimus and ipsima, for dominus and domina (cf II. A. supra),
Petr. 75, 11; and:ipsimi nostri,
id. 63, 3 Büch. ex conj. -
13 ipsus
ipse ( ipsus, Cato, R. R. 70; 71; Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 43; id. Trin. 2, 2, 40; 3, 1, 10 et saep.; Ter. And. 3, 2, 15; id. Eun. 3, 4, 8, id. Hec. 3, 5, 5; Jusjur. Milit. ap. Gell. 16, 4, 4 al.), a, um (ipsud, Gloss. Philox.); gen. ipsīus ( poet. also ipsĭus, Cat. 64, 43; Verg. A. 1, 114; 2, 772 al.; and dissyl. Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 15; id. Phorm. 4, 5, 13: ipsi, Afran. ap. Prisc. 694); dat. ipsi (ipso, App. M. 10, p. 243, 24); pron. demonstr. [is - pse for pte; cf. sua-pte and -pote in ut-pote; root in potis; Sanscr. patis, lord, master; hence, = he, the master, himself, etc.; cf. Pott. Etym. Forsch. 2, 866 sq.; Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 116. Hence, in the original form, the pronoun is was declined, while the suffix was unchanged; thus eopte = eo ipso, Paul. ex Fest. p. 110:I.eapse = ea ipsa,
id. p. 77; nom. sing. eapse, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 4; id. Cist. 1, 2, 17; id. Rud. 2, 3, 80; 2, 5, 21 al.; acc. eumpse, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 32:eampse,
Plaut. Aul. 5, 7; id. Cist. 1, 3, 22; id. Men. 5, 2, 22 al.; abl. eopse, Plaut. Curc, 4, 3, 6:eāpse,
id. Trin. 4, 2, 132; id. Curc. 4, 3, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 197 sq.], = autos, self, in person, he (emphatic), himself, herself, itself, used both substantively and adjectively, to denote that person (thing) of which something is eminently or exclusively predicated.In gen.A.With substt. or pronn.1.Expressing eminence or distinction:2.ipse ille Gorgias... in illo ipso Platonis libro,
Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 129:ille ipse Marcellus,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:natura ipsa,
id. Brut. 29, 112:dicet pro me ipsa virtus,
id. Fin. 2, 20, 65:ipsa res publica,
id. Fam. 3, 11, 3:neque enim ipse Caesar est alienus a nobis,
id. ib. 6, 10, 2:ipse Moeris,
Verg. E. 8, 96:rex ipse Aeneas,
id. A. 1, 575:ipse aries,
id. E. 3, 95:ductores ipsi,
id. A. 1, 189:si in ipsa arce habitarem,
Liv. 2, 7, 10;esp. freq. with names of gods, etc.: naturas quas Juppiter ipse Addidit,
Verg. G. 4, 149; id. A. 3, 222; Hor. C. 1, 16, 12:Pater ipse,
Verg. G. 1, 121; Tib. 1, 4, 23:Venus ipsa,
Hor. C. 2, 8, 13; Ov. H. 19, 159:ipse pater Pluton,
Verg. A. 7, 327 et saep.—Prov.:audentes deus ipse juvat,
Ov. M. 10, 586.—For emphasis or in contrast, very, just, precisely, self, in person:B.adest optime ipse frater,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 66:in orationibus hisce ipsis,
Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 73:ea ipsa hora,
id. Fam. 7, 23, 4:nec carmina nobis Ipsa placent: ipsae rursus concedite silvae,
Verg. E. 10, 63:tute ipse his rebus finem praescripsti,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 124:lepide ipsi hi sunt capti,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 91:ego enim ipse cum eodem isto non invitus erraverim,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:ipse ille divinationis auctor,
id. Div. 2, 28, 61:cariorem esse patriam quam nosmet ipsos,
id. Fin. 3, 19, 64:eaque ipsa causa belli fuit,
the very, the true cause, Liv. 1, 57, 1; esp. with is, in all persons and numbers:estne hic Philto? Is hercle'st ipsus,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 31:cui tutor is fuerat ipse,
Liv. 5, 33, 3:jam id ipsum absurdum, maximum malum neglegi,
even, Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93 (Madv.); id. de Or. 2, 30, 132:tempus ad id ipsum congruere,
Liv. 1, 5, 5:duum vir ad id ipsum creatus,
id. 2, 42, 5:Tullius et eos ipsos et per eos multitudinem aliam deduxit,
id. 2, 38, 1:eorum ipsorum facta (opp. loca in quibus, etc.),
Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 2:nec vero clarorum virorum post mortem honores permanerent, si nihil eorum ipsorum animi efficerent,
id. de Sen. 22, 80:ad eum ipsum honorem deferre,
Liv. 3, 51, 3; so sometimes with an inf. or subst.-clause:ipsum dicere ineptum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112:quid juvat quod ante initum tribunatum veni, si ipsum, quod veni, nihil juvat?
the mere fact, the fact alone, id. Att. 11, 9, 1:ipsum, quod habuisti,
Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 12, 2:et ipsum, quod sum victus, ama,
Luc. 8, 78.— Esp. in legal phrase: ipso jure, by the letter of the law, in legal strictness or precision, Gai Inst. 2, 198; 3, 181; 4, 106 sqq. et saep.—Alone, emphatically taking the place of an omitted person. or demonstr. pron.: Ar. Ubi is nunc est? He. Ubi ego minume atque ipsus se volt maxume, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 108; 4, 1, 10: Su. Is ipsusne's? Ch. Aio: Su. Ipsus es? id. Trin. 4, 2, 146:C.atque ipsis, ad quorum commodum pertinebat, durior inventus est Coelius,
Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 4:quaeram ex ipsā,
Cic. Cael. 14:tempus, quo ipse eos sustulisset, ad id ipsum congruere,
Liv. 1, 5, 5:agrum dare immunem ipsi, qui accepisset, liberisque,
id. 21, 45, 5; 9, 34, 18; 10, [p. 999] 6, 10:laeta et ipsis qui rem gessere expugnatio fuit,
id. 28, 4, 1:a nobis exposita, ut ab ipsis, qui eam disciplinam probant,
Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 13.—So freq. in Cic. before a rel.:ut de ipso, qui judicarit, judicium fieri videretur,
Cic. Inv. 1, 44, 82:ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, ad nos deferunt,
id. de Or. 1, 58, 250; 2, 14, 60; id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 13; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 93:nullis definitionibus utuntur, ipsique dicunt ea se modo probare, quibus natura tacita assentiatur,
Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 40 Madv. —To make prominent one of two or more subjects of any predicate, he ( she, il), for his part, he too, also, as well.1.Ipse alone:2.litterae Metello Capuam adlatae sunt a Clodia, quae ipsa transiit,
i. e. also, in person, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:Italiam ornare quam domum suam maluit: quamquam Italia ornata domus ipsa mihi videtur ornatior,
id. Off. 2, 22, 76:tris ipse excitavit recitatores,
he too, id. Clu. 51, 141:neque tanti timoris sum ut ipse deficiam,
Caes. B. C. 2, 31, 8:Jugurtha, tametsi regem ficta locutum intellegebat, et ipse longe aliter animo agitabat,
Sall. J. 11, 1:hoc Rhipeus, hoc ipse Dymas omnisque juventus Laeta facit,
Verg. A. 2, 394.—With conjunctions.(α).With etiam (class.):(β).ipse etiam Fufidius in numero fuit,
Cic. Brut. 29, 112: scribebat orationes quas alii dicerent: quamquam is etiam ipse scripsit eas, quibus pro se est usus, sed non sine Aelio;his enim scriptis etiam ipse interfui,
id. ib. 56, 206 sq. —With quoque:(γ).quippe quia plebs senatus consultum solvit, ipsi quoque solutum vultis,
Liv. 3, 21, 4:consul, quia collegae decretum triumphum audivit, ipse quoque triumphi flagitator Romam rediit,
id. 8, 12, 9:cum subito Sulpicius et Albinovanus objecissent catervas, ipse quoque (Sulla) jaculatus, etc.,
Flor. 3, 21, 7.—With et (et ipse = kai autos, ipse etiam; rare in Cic.; cf.(δ).Zumpt, Gram. § 698): tamen et ipsi tuae familiae genere et nomine continebuntur,
Cic. Caecin. 20, 58:deseret eos quos una scis esse, cum habeat praesertim et ipse cohortis triginta?
id. Att. 8, 7, 1; id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:Cornelius dictatorem Aemilium dixit, et ipse ab eo magister equitum est dictus,
Liv. 4, 31, 5:credo ego vos, socii, et ipsos cernere,
id. 21, 21, 3:Cornelio minus copiarum datum, quia L. Manlius praetor et ipse cum praesidio in Galliam mittebatur,
id. 21, 17, 7:qui et ipse crus fregerat,
Suet. Aug. 43:Antoninus Commodus nihil paternum habuit, nisi quod contra Germanos feliciter et ipse pugnavit,
Eutr. 8, 7:virtutes et ipsae taedium pariunt,
Quint. 9, 4, 43. —With nec ( = ne ipse quidem):II.primis repulsis Maharbal cum majore robore virorum missus nec ipse eruptionem cohortium sustinuit,
Liv. 23, 18, 4:nihil moveri viderunt, nec ipsi quicquam mutarunt,
id. 37, 20, 8:neque ipsi,
id. 30, 42, 7: crimina non quidem nec ipsa mediocria;sed quid ista sunt prae iis, etc.,
id. 34, 32, 9.Esp.A.By way of eminence, ipse is used to indicate the chief person, host, master, teacher, etc.:B.ipsa, the mistress, etc.: ipsus tristis,
Ter. And. 2, 2, 23:ipsum praesto video,
id. ib. 2, 5, 3:ego eo quo me ipsa misit,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 2, 10:suam norat ipsam tam bene, quam puella matrem,
Cat. 3, 7 (Müll., ipsa); cf.:Pythagorei respondere solebant, ipse dixit,
i. e. Pythagoras, Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 10; cf.:nec hoc oratori contingere inter adversarios quod Pythagorae inter discipulos potest ipse dixit,
Quint. 11, 1, 27:cum veniat lectica Mathonis plena ipso,
the great man, Juv. 1, 33:anseris ante ipsum jecur,
before the host, id. 5, 114.—Of or by one ' s self, of one ' s own accord = suā sponte, ultro:C.videar non ipse promisisse (opp. to fortuito),
Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 111:de manibus delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,
id. Off. 1, 22, 77:valvae clausae se ipsae aperuerunt,
id. Div. 1, 37, 74:ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae Ubera,
Verg. E. 4, 21:ipsi potum venient juvenci,
id. ib. 7, 11; cf.:aliae ipsae Sponte sua veniunt,
id. G. 2, 10:fruges sponte sua (tellus) primum ipsa creavit,
Lucr. 2, 11, 58; and autai for automatoi, Theocr. Idyll. 11, 12.—Himself exclusively.1.By or in one ' s self, alone:2. 3.haec ipse suo tristi cum corde volutat,
Verg. A. 6, 185:his actis, aliud genitor secum ipse volutat,
id. ib. 12, 843: tempus secum ipsa Exigit, id. ib. 4, 475:quam facile exercitu soclos conservaturus sit, qui ipso nomine ac rumore defenderit,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 45:multa secum ipse volvens,
Sall. C. 32, 1:aestimando ipse secum,
Liv. 25, 23, 11.—Of one ' s self, of one ' s own nature, etc.:D.erat ipse immani acerbāque naturā Oppianicus,
Cic. Clu. 15, 44:duo imperatores, ipsi pares, ceterum opibus disparibus,
Sall. J. 52, 1:natura serpentium, ipsa perniciosa, siti accenditur,
id. ib. 89, 5.—With advv. of time.1.Nunc ipsum, just now, at this very time:2.nunc ipsum exurit,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 16:nunc ipsum non dubitabo rem tantam adicere,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 2; 8, 9, 2:nunc tamen ipsum sine te esse non possum,
id. ib. 12, 16. —Tum ipsum, just then, at that very time:E.id, quod aliquando posset accidere, ne tum ipsum accideret, timere,
Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 124:ratio largitionum vitiosa est, temporibus necessaria, et tum ipsum ad facultates accommodanda est,
id. Off. 2, 17, 60:et tum ipsum, cum immolare velis, extorum fieri mutatio potest,
id. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf. id. Fin. 2, 20, 65 Madv.—With numerals, just, exactly, precisely (opp. fere):F.triginta dies erant ipsi, cum, etc.,
Cic. Att. 3, 21 init.:ipsas undecim esse legiones,
id. Fam. 6, 18, 2:nam cum dixisset minus 1000 (sc. milia), populus cum risu acclamavit, ipsa esse,
id. Caecin. 10, 28; cf. id. Brut. 15, 61; 43, 162:ipso vigesimo anno,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 9, § 25. —In reflexive uses,1.Ipse strengthens the subject when opposed in thought to other agents; the object, when opposed to other objects; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 696; Kennedy, Gram. § 67, 3; Madv. Gram. § 487, 6. — Hence,a.With subject.(α).In gen.:(β).non egeo medicina (i. e. ut alii me consolentur), me ipse consolor,
Cic. Lael. 3, 10:Junius necem sibi ipse conscivit,
id. N. D. 2, 3, 7:neque potest exercitum is continere imperator, qui se ipse non continet,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 38:Artaxerxes se ipse reprehendit,
Nep. Dat. 5:ipsa se virtus satis ostendit,
Sall. J. 85; cf.:deponendo tutelam ipse in se unum omnium vires convertit,
Liv. 24, 4, 9:deforme etiam est de se ipsum praedicare,
Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137.—With special emphasis, ipse is joined to the subject to indicate its relation to itself as both subject and object, though the antithesis would suggest another case (Cic.):b.cum iste sic erat humilis atque demissus, ut non modo populo Romano, sed etiam sibi ipse condemnatus videretur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17:si quis ipse sibi inimicus est,
id. Fin. 5, 10, 28:qui ipsi sibi bellum indixissent,
id. ib. 5, 10, 29:quoniam se ipsi omnes natura diligant,
id. ib. 3, 18, 59:nam si ex scriptis cognosci ipsi suis potuissent,
id. de Or. 2, 2, 8.—With object:2.neque vero ipsam amicitiam tueri (possumus), nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67:omne animal se ipsum diligit,
id. ib. 5, 9, 24:fac ut diligentissime te ipsum custodias,
id. Fam. 9, 14, 8:Pompeianus miles fratrem suum, dein se ipsum interfecit,
Tac. H. 3, 51:Lentulum, quem mihi ipsi antepono,
Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 5.—Ipse defines the subject of a reflexive pronoun:3.natura movet infantem, sed tantum ut se ipse diligat (where ipse shows that se refers to infantem),
Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 33: proinde consulant sibi ipsi;jubeant abire se,
Just. 16, 4, 15:neque prius vim adhibendam putaverunt, quam se ipse indicasset,
Nep. Paus. 4:in portis murisque sibimet ipsos tecta coëgerat aedificare,
Liv. 27, 3, 2 (cf. 1. a. supra).—Ipse stands for the reflexive pronoun,a.Where the person or thing referred to is to be emphatically distinguished from others (class.):b.cum omnes se expetendos putent, nec id ob aliam rem, sed propter ipsos, necesse est ejus etiam partes propter se expeti, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 46:quis umquam consul senatum ipsius decretis parere prohibuit?
id. Sest. 14, 32:quos, quidquid ipsis expediat, facturos arbitrabimur,
id. Fin. 2, 35, 117:qui negant se recusare, quo minus, ipsis mortuis, terrarum deflagratio consequatur,
id. ib. 3, 19, 64:nec quid ipsius natura sit intellegit,
id. ib. 5, 9, 24.—In a subordinate clause, to point out either the subject of the principal clause, or the chief agent or speaker;c.esp. where se or sibi is already applied to the subject of the subordinate clause: ne ob eam rem aut suae magnopere virtuti tribueret aut ipsos despiceret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 5:legatos ad consulem mittit, qui tantum modo ipsi liberisque vitam peterent,
Sall. J. 16, 2; cf.:ipsis mortuis,
Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64:supra nihil, quantum in ipso est, praetermittere quo minus, etc.,
id. Leg. 1, 21, 56:ipsius,
id. ib. 2, 22, 55:nihil umquam audivi... nihil de re publica gravius, nihil de ipso modestius, i. e. de ipso dicente,
id. Balb. 1, 2: id quod ipsum adjuvat (i. e. dicentem;opp. id quod adversario prodest),
id. Inv. 1, 21, 30.—In gen., for an emphatic se or sibi (mostly post-Aug.; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 40):4.nam ipsis certum esse, etc.,
Liv. 35, 46, 13:pravitas consulum discordiaque inter ipsos,
id. 4, 26, 6:inexperta remedia haud injuria ipsis esse suspecta,
Curt. 3, 5, 15:Graecis nuntiare jubet, ipsum quidem gratias agere, etc.,
id. 3, 8, 7:dixit, ab illo deo ipsos genus ducere,
id. 4, 2, 3:a quibus nec acceperunt injuriam nec accepisse ipsos existimant, Sen. de Ira, 2, 5, 1: intemperantiam in morbo suam experti parere ipsis vetant,
id. ib. 3, 13, 5:sciunt ipsos omnia habere communia,
id. Ep. 6, 3; 22, 10 et saep.; cf.:verum est etiam iis, qui aliquando futuri sint, esse propter ipsos consulendum,
Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64.—Ipse stands in free constr. with abl. absol. as with finite verb (cf. also quisque;► Ipse is very rarely strengthened by the suffix -met:only freq. in Liv. and post-Aug. writers): cum dies venit, causa ipse pro se dicta, quindecim milibus aeris damnatur,
Liv. 4, 44, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.:Romani imperatores, junctis et ipsi exercitibus... ad sedem hostium pervenere,
id. 29, 2, 2:C. Popilius, dimissis et ipse Atticis navibus... pergit,
id. 45, 10, 2; cf.:Catilina et Autronius parabant consules interficere, ipsi fascibus conreptis Pisonem cum exercitu mittere,
Sall. C. 18, 5:amisso et ipse Pacoro,
Tac. G. 37; cf. also the emphatic use of ipse (like quisque) with abl. of gerund (freq. in Liv.):adsentando indignandoque et ipse,
Liv. 40, 23, 1:cogendo ipse,
id. 39, 49, 3:agendo ipse,
id. 41, 24, 2:aestimando ipse secum,
id. 25, 23, 11 et saep.ipsemet abiit,
Plaut.Am. prol. 102:ipsimet nobis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:ipsemet profugiam,
Sen. Ep. 117, 21; also Front. Aq. 74 ex conj.— Sup.: Com. Ergo ipsusne es? Charm. Ipsissumus, his own very self, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 146; cf. Gr. autotatos, Aristoph. Plut. 83; so,ipsimus and ipsima, for dominus and domina (cf II. A. supra),
Petr. 75, 11; and:ipsimi nostri,
id. 63, 3 Büch. ex conj. -
14 moror
moror ātus, ārī, dep. [mora], to delay, tarry, stay, wait, remain, linger, loiter: Eamus... Ubi vis; non moror, i. e. I have no objection, T.: Brundisi: amplius morando, S.: apud oppidum, Cs.: in quā (commemoratione) diutius non morabor: faciem capere morando, i. e. by slow degrees, O.: quid moror? H.: quid multis moror? why make a long story? T.: ne multis morer, to be brief: haud multa moratus, i. e. without long delay, V.: paulum lacrimis et mente morata, in tearful thought, V.: rosa quo locorum Sera moretur, may linger, H.: nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra, L.: nihil ego moror quo minus decemviratu abeam, i. e. I will immediately, L.: cui bellum moremur inferre: in conubio natae, brood, V.— To delay, retard, impede, detain, cause to wait, hinder: impetum hostium, Cs.: eum: ab itinere hostem, L.: absiste morari, detain (me) not, V.: convivas, keep waiting, T.— To fix the attention of, delight, delay, amuse, entertain: Fabula populum moratur, H.: oculos aurīsque Caesaris, arrest, H.— P. pass.: novitate morandus spectator, H.— To hinder, prevent, impede: non moror quo minus in civitatem redeant, L.: moratus sit nemo, quo minus abeant, L.—In the phrase, nihil morari, with acc. of person, not to detain, let go, dismiss, release: C. Sempronium nihil moror, i. e. withdraw my accusation against, L.: negavit, se Gracchum morari, said he had nothing against, L.—In the phrase, nihil morari, with acc. of thing, or an obj clause, to let go, not value, disregard, care nothing for, have nothing to say against: profecto non plus biduom aut— Ph. Aut? nil moror, I don't care for that, T.: nam vina nihil moror illius orae, H.: nihil moror, eos salvos esse: invisum quem tibi esse Nil moror, I care not, V.: ut multum (sc. scripserit), nil moror, attach no value to quantity, H.* * *morari, moratus sum V DEPdelay; stay, stay behind; devote attention to -
15 consuesco
consŭesco, suēvi, suētum, 3 (in the tempp. perff. the sync. forms prevail: consuesti, consuestis, consuerunt; consueram, etc.; consuero, etc.; consuerim, etc.; consuessem, etc.;I.consuesse. Thus also consuēmus = consuevimus,
Prop. 1, 7, 5), v. a. and n.Act., to accustom, inure, habituate a person or thing (ante-class. and postAug.):II.tum bracchia consuescunt firmantque lacertos,
Lucr. 6, 397:juvencum plostro aut aratro,
Col. 6, 2, 9:vitem largo umori,
id. Arb. 1, 5:semina falcem pati,
Plin. 17, 10, 14, § 70; in perf. part. pass. (mostly poet.): qui consuetus in armis Aevom agere, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48 (Trag. Rel. v. 261 Rib.):gallus auroram vocare,
Lucr. 4, 713; so with inf., id. 5, 209; 6, 788:consueta domi catulorum blanda propago,
id. 4, 997 Lachm. N. cr.:copias habebat in Galliā bellare consuetas locis campestribus, Auct. B. Afr. 73, 2: quibus consueti erant uterque agrestibus ferramentis,
Liv. 1, 40, 5:socors genus mancipiorum otiis, campo consuetum,
Col. 1, 8, 2:proinde ut consuetus antehac,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 18:populus si perperam est consuetus, etc.,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.:grex comparatus ex consuetis unā (capellis),
those accustomed to one another, id. R. R. 2, 3, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods,Neutr.A.To accustom one's self; and (esp. freq.) in temp. perf. (to have accustomed one's self, i. e.), to be accustomed, to be wont; constr. in gen. with the inf., rarely absol., with ad, the dat., or abl.(α).With inf.:(β).disjungamus nos a corporibus, id est, consuescamus mori,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,
id. de Or. 1, 61, 261: cum minus idoneis (verbis) uti consuescerem, id ib. 1, 34, 154; 1, 22, 99:alils parere suā vo luntate,
id. Inv. 1, 2, 3:qui mentiri solet pe jerare consuevit,
id. Rose. Com. 16, 46:paulatim Rhenum transire, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 33:in Britanniam navigare,
id. ib. 3, 8:obsides accipere, non dare,
id. ib. 1, 14:quo magno cum periculo mercatores ire consuerant,
id. ib. 3, 1:quem ipse procuratorem relinquere antea consuesset,
Cic. Quint. 28, 87:consuesso deos immortales... his secundiores interdum res concedere, quos, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 14 et saep.:quam rem pro magnis hominum officiis consuesse tribui docebat,
id. ib. 1, 43:qui reges consueris tollere,
Hor. S. 1, 7, 34:mulier quae cum eo vivere consuerat,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 6; Cels. 6, 6, 8; Suet. Tit. 34; id. Ner. 12.—Sometimes with ellips. of inf. (cf. b infra):quin eo (equo) quo consuevit libentius utatur (sc. uti),
Cic. Lael. 19, 68:eo die quo consuerat intervallo hostes sequitur (sc. sequi),
Caes. B. G. 1, 22.— Impers. (rare):sicuti in sollemnibus sacris fieri consuevit,
is wont, Sall. C. 22, 2. —Absol.:(γ).bene salutando consuescunt,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69 (cf. adsuescunt, id. ib. 1, 3, 65):pabulum quod dabis, amurcā conspergito, primo paululum, dum consuescant, postea magis,
Cato, R. R. 103:adeo in teneris consuescere multum est,
Verg. G. 2, 272.— Usu. with adv. of manner or time:si liberius, ut consuesti, agendum putabis,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4: ut consuevi, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 3:ut consuemus,
Prop. 1, 7, 5:sicut consuerat,
Suet. Caes. 73:quo minus pro capite et fortunis alterius, quemadmodum consuerunt, causam velint dicere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Off. 2, 15, 55.—In Gr. attraction: cum scribas et aliquid agas eorum, quorum consuesti, gaudeo, Lucceius ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1.—With ad:(δ).ad aciem justam,
Quint. 2, 10, 8.—With abl.:(ε).quae (aves) consuevere libero victu,
Col. 8, 15 fin.; so id. 8, 13, 1; 10, 153.—With dat.:B.ne gravissimo dolori timore consuescerem,
Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 8.—To have carnal in tercourse with, to cohabit with, in an honorable, or more freq. in a dishonorable sense (freq. and class.); with aliquā or aliquo, with or without cum, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 89:quid illi... qui illā consuevit prior?
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 32:quācum tot consuesset annos,
id. Hec. 4. 1, 40:mulieres quibuscum iste consuerat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 70; Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 10; cf.in a double sense,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 113; id. Capt. 4, 2, 88.—Hence, consŭētus (in the poets trisyl.), a, um, P. a.; of inanim. things which one is accustomed to, commonly employs, uses, possesses, etc., used, accustomed; usual, ordinary, wonted, customary (mostly poet.;not in Cic.): amor,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 108:antra,
Verg. G, 4, 429:cubilia,
Ov. M. 11, 259:lectus,
id. Tr. 3, 3, 39:in auras,
id. M. 2, 266:pectora,
id. ib. 13, 491: canistris, * Juv. 5, 74:finis,
Ov. H. 20, 242 al.:labores, pericula,
Sall. J. 85, 7:libido,
id. ib. 15, 3:numerus,
Vulg. Exod. 5, 18; id. Num. 16, 29.— Sup.:consuetissima cuique Verba,
Ov. M. 11, 638.— -
16 secus
1.sĕcus, n. indecl., v. sexus.2. I.Adj. [root seq- or secof sequor, q. v.], only comp. sĕquĭor, us, ōris, inferior, lower, worse (only post-class.; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 2, 37, 3):II.in sequiorem sexum,
App. M. 7, p. 192, 7:sexus sequioris fetus,
id. ib. 10, p. 249, 33;8, p. 206, 7: vitae sequioris,
Dig. 2, 15, 8, § 11:fortuna sequior,
Amm. 18, 6, 6.—Adv. (prop., following, later in rank or order, i. e. less than something mentioned before; hence, in gen.), otherwise, differently, not so; and esp. freq. with a negative (per litoten), not otherwise, i. e. even so, just so (opp. always to what is right, correct, or proper, not to what is wrong; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1056 sq.; for comp. forms, v. I. B. infra).A.Posit. (freq. and class.;(β).syn. aliter): si illuc, quod volumus, eveniet, gaudebimus: Sin secus, patiemur animis aequis,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 25:si bonus est, obnoxius sum: sin secus est, faciam, uti jubes,
id. Trin. 4, 3, 57:oratorum genera esse dicuntur tamquam poëtarum. Id secus est,
Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 1; id. Rep. 1, 19, 32; cf. id. Att. 4, 17, 1:(ille est) quem dudum dixi. Hoc si secus reperies, etc.,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 92:videsne, quod paulo ante secus tibi videbatur,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26: magnum mehercule hominem, nemo dicet secus;sed, etc.,
id. Brut. 85, 293:quod si ita esset... ad amicitiam esset aptissimus: quod longe secus est,
id. Lael. 9, 29:omnia longe secus,
id. Part. 5, 15:videtote, quanto secus ego fecerim, Cato ap. Charis, p. 192 P.: nobis aliter videtur: recte secusne, postea,
whether rightly or not, right or wrong, Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 44:recte an secus,
id. Pis. 28, 68; cf.:honestis an secus amicis uteretur,
Tac. A. 13, 6 fin.:pro bene aut secus consulto,
for good or ill, Liv. 7, 6; cf.:prout bene ac (al. aut) secus cessit,
Plin. Pan. 44, 8:prout opportune proprieque aut secus collocata sunt (verba),
Quint. 10, 2, 13:(artes) utiles aut secus,
id. 2, 20, 1 et saep.—With quam or atque: secus aetatem agerem, quam illi egissent, Cato ap. Charis, p. 195 P.; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 91:b.ne quid fiat secus quam volumus quamque oportet,
Cic. Att. 6, 2, 2:eadem sunt membra in utriusque disputatione, sed paulo secus a me atque ab illo partita,
id. de Or. 3, 30, 119.—Non (nec) secus or haud secus (the latter not in Cic.), not otherwise, i. e. even so, just so:(β).educavit (eam) magna industria, Quasi si esset ex se nata, non multo secus,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 46; cf.:fit obviam Clodio hora fere undecima aut non multo secus,
Cic. Mil. 10, 29:quod non multo secus fieret,
id. Fam. 4, 9, 2:bibitur, estur, quasi in popinā, haud secus,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 13:ita jam quasi canes, haud secus, circumstabant navem,
id. Trin. 4, 1, 16:veluti qui anguem pressit, etc....Haud secus Androgeos visu tremefactus abibat,
Verg. A. 2, 382:aequam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem, non secus in bonis,
Hor. C. 2, 3, 2:qualis in arvis movet arma leo,...Haud secus gliscit violentia Turno,
Verg. A. 12, 9:nec secus apud principem ad mortem aguntur,
Tac. A. 6, 10 et saep.— With gen.:alaeque et auxilia cohortium neque multo secus in iis virium,
Tac. A. 4, 5 fin. —In negative questions:dedistine ei gladium, qui se occideret?...Quid secus est aut quid interest, dare te argentum, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 93.—With ac or quam (the latter not in Cic.: non secus ac = non aliter ac; but: non secus quam = non minus quam, Zumpt ad Cic. Mur. 4, 10; cf.2.infra): numquam secus Habui illam, ac si ex me esset nata,
Ter. Hec. 2, 3, 5:itaque illud quod dixi, non dixi secus ac sentiebam,
Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 24; so,non secus ac,
id. Mur. 4, 10; id. Planc. 1, 3; id. Fam. 3, 5, 4; Hor. A. P. 149; Ov. M. 15, 180 al.:haud secus ac,
Sall. J. 79, 6; Verg. A. 3, 236 al.:accepit ad sese, haud secus quam si ex se simus natae,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 79; so,haud secus quam,
Liv. 5, 36; 5, 41; 8, 8; 8, 9 et saep.; Ov. M. 12, 102 al.; Curt. 3, 2, 1; 8, 1, 21; 8, 11, 17:non secus quam,
Ov. M. 2, 727; 12, 480:nec secus quam,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 26; id. Capt. 2, 2, 23; 2, 3, 68: ne [p. 1657] secus quam, Tac. A. 4, 8.—In the poets freq. non (haud) secus ac, for introducing a comparison:non secus ac patriis acer Roma-nus in armis, etc.,
Verg. G. 3, 346:non secus ac,
id. A. 8, 243; 10, 272; 12, 856; Ov. M. 8, 162:non secus atque,
Verg. A. 8, 391:haud secus atque,
id. ib. 11, 456; Ov. M. 9, 40; cf. also without ac:non secus in jugis stupet Evias,
Hor. C. 3, 25, 8.—Pregn., otherwise than as it should be, or, than is wished, i. e. not well, ill, badly (rare but class.):B.magna consolatio est, cum recordare, etiam si secus acciderit, te, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 2:ea ipsa...secus ab eo in me ipsum facta esse,
id. Att. 9, 9, 1:cum in alterā re causa nihil esset quin secus judicaret ipse de se,
id. Quint. 9, 32:cadere,
Tac. A. 2, 80; 6, 22: prius omnia pati decrevit;quam bellum sumere, quia temptatum antea secus cesserat,
Sall. J. 20, 5:quod ubi secus procedit,
id. ib. 25, 10:Quintus frater purgat se multum per litteras et affirmat nihil a se cuiquam de te secus esse dictum,
Cic. Att. 1, 19, 11:loqui de aliquo (just before, irreligiose),
Tac. A. 2, 50:scribere de aliquo,
Liv. 8, 33, 15:existimare de aliquo,
Cic. Clu. 44, 124; id. Fam. 3, 6, 6.—Comp. in four forms, which are often confused in MSS. and edd.; sĕquĭus, but with negatives or quo, eo, nihilo, etc., usu. sētĭus, less correctly sē-cĭus; also (ante-class.) sectĭus, Plaut. ap. Gell. 18, 94; id. Trin. 1, 2, 93 Ritschl (v. on the authorities for these forms, Neue, Formenl. 2, 691 sq.): nisi inpediret ingeni inbecillitas Metusque me, quo setius me colligam, so that I cannot (syn.:b.quo minus), Afran. ap. Charis, p. 195 (Com. Rel. v. 291 Rib.): impedimento est, quo setius lex feratur,
Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21:quoniam in eo consistit, melius an sequius terrae mandaverit pater familias pecuniam,
Col. 3, 4, 3:invitus, quod sequius sit, de meis civibus loquor,
Liv. 2, 37, 3.—Non (haud) setius:(β).instat non setius ac rotat ensem,
none the less, just as much, Verg. A. 9, 441; so,non setius,
id. G. 3, 367:nec setius,
id. ib. 2, 277:haud setius,
id. A. 7, 781:si servus meus esses, nihilo setius Mihi obsequiosus semper fuisti,
no less, just as, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 57:nihilo setius,
nevertheless, Ter. And. 3, 2, 27; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 49; so,nihilo setius,
id. ib. 4, 17; id. B. C. 3, 26; Suet. Vesp. 6; Nep. Con. 2, 4; cf.:nihilo tamen setius,
Caes. B. G. 5, 4; 5, 7:tamen nihilo setius,
Nep. Att. 22, 3:nec hōc setius,
Lucr. 6, 315:nec eo setius,
Suet. Caes. 8; id. Ner. 24; 42; id. Vit. 10; id. Dom. 12; id. Gram. 20; Nep. Milt. 2, 3:nec tamen eo setius,
Suet. Dom. 2.—With quam:2.haec nihilo mihi esse videntur sectius quam somnia,
Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 57.—In negative questions:quid fecimus? quid diximus tibi sequius quam velles?
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 22.—Pregn. (v. supra, I. A. 2.), ill, badly:III.sed memet moror, cum hoc ago setius,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 24: sin, id quod non spero, ratio talis sequius ceciderit, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P. (Com. Rel. p. 291 Rib.):vereor ne homines de me sequius loquantur,
Sen. Ben. 6, 42, 2.—Prep. with acc. (anteclass. and late Lat.), by, beside, along, on:B. 3.id quod vulgus usurpat Secus illum sedi, hoc est secundum illum, et novum et sordidum est,
Charis. p. 61 P.:dextra sinistra foramina utrimque secus laminas,
Cato, R. R. 21, 2: ut quae secus mare essent locis regnaret, Enn. ap. Lact. 1, 11, 34:SECVS VIAM,
Inscr. Orell. 3688 (but in Quint. 8, 2, 20; Plin. 24, 15, 85, § 135, the best MSS. have secundum):SECVS CONIVGEM,
Inscr. Grut. 806, 5:secus viam,
Vulg. Tob. 11, 5:secus mare,
id. Matt. 13, 1 et saep.—Affixed to a pron., = side: altrinsecus, on the other side: utrinsecus, on both sides: circumsecus, on all sides, round about. -
17 impediō (inp-)
impediō (inp-) īvī, ītus, īre [PED-], to entangle, ensnare, shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast: Impediunt vincula nulla pedes, O.: illis Crura, O. —To clasp, bind, encircle, embrace. narrare parantem Impedit amplexu, O.: caput myrto, H.: equos frenis, bridle, O.: clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbīs Impediunt, encircle, V.—To block up, make inaccessible: saxa iter impediebant, Cs.: munitionibus saltum, L.—Fig., to entangle, embarrass: impeditum in eā (re) expedivi animum meum, T.: stultitiā suā impeditus: me et se hisce nuptiis, T.: mentem dolore: sententia neu se Impediat verbis, H.—To be in the way, hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede: omnia removentur, quae impediunt: nisi rei p. tempora impedient: de Fausto impedit tribunus, interposes a veto, Cs.: me cotidie aliud ex alio impedit: aetate et morbo impeditus: metus rem inpediebat, S.: sinistra impedita, Cs.: somno et metu inpedita fuga, S.: a re p. bene gerendā impediri: se a suo munere: a populo R. in suo iure impediri, Cs.: eloquentia Hortensi ne me dicendo impediat: alquos ad cupiendam fugam, Cs.: impeditus a tribunis ne portaret, etc., S.: ne rem agerent, bello inpediti sunt, L.: ut nullā re impedirer, quin, etc.: nec aetas impedit, quo minus, etc.: impedior religione, quo minus exponam, etc.: me ea improbare: me haec exquirere. -
18 nīl
nīl n indecl. [ne+hilum], nothing: nihil est agri culturā melius: nihil ad celeritatem sibi reliqui fecerunt, i. e. exerted themselves to the utmost, Cs.: sui nihil deperdere, of what they had, Cs.: nil sanguinis, no drop of blood, O.: nil sui, nothing proper, O.: tecum nil rei nobis est, we have nothing to do with you, T.: nihil exspectatione vestrā dignum dico: victor, quo nihil erat moderatius: sin mecum in hac prolusione nihil fueris, of no account: nihil hominis esse, a worthless fellow.—Prov.: Nil nimis, i. e. don't be extravagant, T.— Acc adverb., not at all, in no respect, not a whit: nihil se eā re commoveri, Cs.: coniecturā nihil opus est: nihil ad plebis causam inclinati, L.: Nil nostri miserere? V.: nihil sane, nisi, etc., for no reason, but, etc.: nil ad me attinet, T.: nihil ad Persium, in comparison with.—In phrases: nihil agis dolor! you effect nothing: misere cupis abire; sed nil agis, no, you don't! H.: nihil non ad rationem dirigebat, everything: nihil non adroget armis, H.: non nihil est profectum, somewhat: haud nihil, T.: nihil quidquam egregium adsequi, nothing at all: nihil unum insigne, L.: Tu, quantus quantu's, nil nisi sapientia es, are nothing but wisdom, T.: amare nihil aliud est, nisi diligere, etc.: nihil aliud nisi de hoste cogitare, only: nihil tibi deest praeter voluntatem, nothing except: nihil praeterquam, only, exclusively, L.: nihil aliud quam prendere prohibito, L.: nihil aliud quam in populationibus res fuit, L.: nihil praetermisi... quin Pompeium a Caesaris coniunctione avocarem, I have omitted nothing that might separate: nihil moror, quo minus decemviratu abeam, L.: nihil est, quod adventum nostrum extimescas, you have no cause to fear: nihil est, cur adventibus te offerre gestias: nihil excogitem, quam ob rem necesse sit? etc.: nihil fuit in Catulis, ut putares, etc.: Dic aliquid dignum promissis; incipe—nil est, to no purpose, H.: nihil est, quod pocula laudes, in vain, V.: cadit in virum bonum mentiri? nihil profecto minus, by no means.* * *nothing; no; trifle/thing not worth mentioning; nonentity; nonsense; no concern -
19 ob-stō
ob-stō stitī, —, āre, to stand before, be opposite: soli luna obstitit, Enn. ap. C.: dum retro quercus eunti Obstitit, stopped his way, O.—To be in the way, withstand, thwart, hinder, oppose, obstruct: obstando magis quam pugnando castra tutabantur, L.: exercitūs hostium duo obstant, block the way, S.: Fata obstant, make it impossible, V.: Paulum negoti mi obstat, T.: res quae obstent Roscio: Obstitit incepto pudor, O.: meritis Romuli, i. e. suppress the fame of, H.: vita eorum huic sceleri obstat, acquits them of this crime, S.: di quibus obstitit Ilium, was an offence to, V.: labentibus (aedibus) obstat vilicus, i. e. keeps from falling, Iu.: ad conatūs verecundia irae obstabat, L.: quid obstat, quo minus sit beatus?: ne quid obstet, quo minus de integro ineatur bellum, L.: quid obstat, cur non (verae nuptiae) fiant? T.: cum religio obstaret, ne non posset dici dictator, L.: nec, si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur. -
20 prohibeō
prohibeō uī (old subj perf. prohibessit, C.), itus, ēre [pro+habeo], to hold before, hold back, keep away, check, restrain, hinder, prevent, avert, keep off, debar: praedones procul ab insulā: vim hostium ab oppidis, Cs.: se suosque ab iniuriā, refrain, Cs.: prohibendo a delictis exercitum confirmavit, S.: itinere exercitum, impede, Cs.: di prohibeant, ut existimetur, etc.: quod potuisti prohibere, ne fieret: prohibitus esse, quo minus abduceret, etc.: quo minus in unum coirent, L.: nec, quin erumperet, prohiberi poterat, L.: quem leges pugnare prohibebant: peregrinos urbibus uti: se ad prohibenda circumdari opera parabant, L.: Cimbros intra finīs suos ingredi, Cs.: migrari Veios, L.: contingere mensas, V.: prohibiti gerere bellum: ut inde aurum exportari prohiberes: prohibete ius de pecuniis dici, L.: munitiones Caesaris, Cs.: prohibenda maxime est ira in puniendo: quod di prohibeant, but may the gods forbid it, T.: Di, prohibete minas, V.: id eos ut prohiberet, L.— To forbid, prohibit: lex recta imperans prohibensque contraria: diique et homines prohibuere redemptos vivere Romanos, L.— To keep away, keep, preserve, defend, protect: a periculo rem p.: virginem ab amatorum impetu: tenuiores iniuriā: ad prohibendam populationibus Campaniam, L.* * *prohibere, prohibui, prohibitus Vhinder, restrain; forbid, prevent
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