rĕmissĭo

rĕmissĭo, ōnis, f. [id.] (acc. to remitto, I. A. and B.), a sending back or away, releasing

Lit. (rare).

A sending back, returning; of persons:

obsidum captivorumque,

Liv. 27, 17, 1.—Of things, a throwing back, reflecting:

splendoris,

Vitr. 7, 3, 9.—

A letting down, lowering:

ex superciliorum aut remissione aut contractione,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146.—

Trop.

A slackening, relaxing, abating, diminishing, remitting; remission, relaxation, abatement (syn. relaxatio):

animus intentione suā depellit pressum omnem ponderum, remissione autem sic urgetur, ut se nequeat extollere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54:

contentiones vocis et remissiones,

id. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf. id. Brut. 91, 314; so,

vocis,

Quint. 1, 10, 25: sphugmos est intentio motūs et remissio in corde et in arteria, Gell. 18, 10, 10:

remissio lenitatis quādam gravitate et contentione firmatur,

laxity, Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212:

operis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 7; cf.

laboris,

id. ib. 2, 6, 4; Quint. 3, 8, 29:

tales igitur amicitiae sunt remissione usus eluendae,

Cic. Lael. 21, 76:

senescentis morbi remissio,

id. Fam. 7, 26, 1; so,

febris,

Suet. Tib. 73:

doloris,

Scrib. Comp. 99.—

Slackness, laxness, want of spirit:

in acerbissimā injuriā remissio animi ac dissolutio,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9.—

Relaxation, recreation:

ad omnem animi remissionem ludumque descendere,

Cic. de Or 2, 6, 22; so,

animorum,

id. Fam. 9, 24, 3; id. Arch. 7, 16.— Absol.:

quem non quies, non remissio, non aequalium studia, non ludi delectarent,

Cic. Cael. 17, 39:

danda est omnibus aliqua remissio,

Quint. 1, 3, 8.— Absol. in plur., Quint. 1, 3, 8, § 11; Gell. 15, 2, 5; Plin. Ep. 4, 3, 1, id. Pan. 49, 4:

tempora curarum remissionumque,

Tac. Agr. 9; id. Or. 28.—

Mildness, gentleness, lenity:

(Adversarius) tum ad severitatem, tum ad remissionem animi est contorquen dus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72 (cf. remissus, B. 1.): so,

remissione poenae,

by a relaxing, diminishing of punishment, by a milder punishment, id. Cat. 4, 6, 13.—

(Acc. to remitto, I. B. 2. b.) A remitting of a penalty, etc., a remission, Col. 1, 7, 1; Suet. Caes. 20; Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 6; 10, 8, 5:

remissio tributi in triennium,

Tac. A. 4, 13:

nuntiationis,

remission, abrogation, Dig. 39, 1, 8, § 4.— Plur.:

post magnas remissiones,

reduction of rent, Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 2.—

In eccl. Lat., remission, forgiveness of sin, etc.:

delicti,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 28: peccatorum, Ambros. de Isaac et Anim. 1, 1; Vulg. Matt. 26, 28; id. Act. 2, 38.—

A repetition:

nova ludorum remissio,

Petr. 60, 5.

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intentĭo, ōnis, f. [intendo], a stretching out, straining, tension.

Lit.:

corporis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20:

nervorum,

Col. 6, 6:

vocis,

Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 53:

aëris,

Gell. 5, 16, 2:

intentionem aëris ostendent tibi inflata,... quid enim est vox nisi intentio aëris?

Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 3:

et remissio motus,

Gell. 18, 10:

vultus,

Tac. A. 16, 34.—

Increase, augmentation:

doloris,

Sen. Ep. 78, 7:

ve particula tum intentionem significat, tum minutionem,

Gell. 16, 5, 5.—

Trop., a directing of the mind towards any thing.

Exertion, effort:

animus intentione sua depellit pressum omnem ponderum, opp. remissio,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54:

animi,

id. ib. 2, 27, 65:

cogitationum,

id. ib. 4, 2; id. Inv. 2, 14, 46:

tantum curae intentionisque,

Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 5:

ut libertatem revoces,

id. Pan. 78 med.:

ad intentiones capiendas habiliores,

Gell. 15, 2, 5.—

Attention, application to any thing:

lusūs,

to play, Liv. 4, 17:

intentionem alicui accommodare,

Sen. Ep. 113, 3:

avocare ab intentione operis destinati,

Quint. 10, 3, 23:

rerum,

id. 6, 3, 1:

rei familiaris,

Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 2.—

A design, purpose, intention:

haec intentio tua ut libertatem revoces,

Plin. Pan. 78:

defuncti,

Dig. 34, 1, 10; Ambros. de Jos. Patriarch. 11, 52; Aug. c. Mendac. 18.—

A charge, accusation:

intentio adversariorum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 43, 125:

judiciale genus officiis constat duobus, intentionis ac depulsionis,

Quint. 3, 9, 11; 7, 1, 9.— Hence,

Esp., law t. t., that part of the formula or instruction given by the prætor to the court, setting forth the judgment or relief prayed for by a plaintiff in his complaint (cf. Sanders, Inst. of Just. introd. p. 65 sqq.):

intentio est ea pars formulae qua actor desiderium suum concludit,

Gai. Inst. 4, 41; 44 sq.;

53 sq.: cum petitor intentionem suam perdiderit,

Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6: quod intentionis vestrae proprias afferre debeatis probationes, Vet. Consult. 6, 14 Huschke.—

The first or major premise in a syllogism:

ita erit prima intentio, secunda assumptio, tertia conexio,

Quint. 5, 14, 6.

contractĭo, ōnis, f. [contraho], a drawing together, contraction (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.).

Lit.:

contractio et porrectio digitorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

bracchii (opp. projectio),

id. Or. 18, 59:

superciliorum (opp. remissio),

id. Off. 1, 41, 146:

frontis,

id. Sest. 8, 19:

umerorum (opp. allevatio),

Quint. 11, 3, 83:

nervorum,

a contraction, cramp, Scrib. Comp. 255;

without nervorum,

Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 191: bonorum, i. e. consolidation, Gai Inst. 2, 155.—Hence,

Transf., an abridging, shortening, abridgment, shortness:

paginae,

Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4: syllabae, shortening in pronunciation (opp. productio), id. de Or. 3, 50, 196:

orationis (opp. longitudo),

id. Part. Or. 6, 19.—

Trop.: animi in dolore, dejection, undue depression, despondency (opp. effusio animi in laetitiā), Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; cf. id. ib. 4, 6, 14: animos demittunt et contrahunt; v. contraho, II. B.

dissŏlūtĭo, ōnis, f. [dissolvo], a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution (good prose).

Lit.:

navigii,

Tac. A. 14, 5:

naturae (mors),

Cic. Leg. 1, 11; id. Fin. 5, 11, 31; cf. id. ib. 2, 31:

stomachi,

i. e. looseness, Plin. 20, 22, 91, § 248.—

Trop.

In gen., an abolishing, a destruction:

legum omnium,

Cic. Phil. 1, 9:

imperii,

Tac. A. 13, 50.— Absol., ruin, Vulg. Isa. 8, 22.

In partic.

A reply, refutation:

criminum,

Cic. Clu. 1, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 3, 4.—

(Acc. to dissolutus, A.) As rhet. t. t., want of connection, interruption:

constructio verborum tum conjunctionibus copuletur, tum dissolutionibus relaxetur,

Cic. Part. 6, 21; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 50; Auct. Her. 4, 30.—

(Acc. to dissolutus, B.) Of character, looseness, i. e. weakness, effeminacy, frivolity; dissoluteness:

si humanitas appellanda est in acerbissima injuria (sc. vindicanda) remissio animi ac dissolutio,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9; so,

judiciorum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 59 fin.; Treb. Pol. XXX. Tyr. 23:

dissolutio et languor,

Sen. Ep. 3 fin.; cf.

animorum,

id. Cons. Sap. 4.

quĭes, ētis (abl. quie, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 703 P.), f. [Sanscr. çi = jacēre; Gr. keimai, to lie; cf. Lat. cīvis], rest, quiet.

Lit., rest, repose, cessation from labor, from cares, etc.:

locus quietis et tranquillitatis plenissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2:

senectutis,

id. Deiot. 13, 38:

quem non quies, non remissio delectarent,

id. Cael. 17, 39:

mors laborum ac miseriarum quies est,

a state of rest, id. Cat. 4, 4, 7:

ex diutino labore quieti se dare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

quietem capere,

to take repose, id. B. G. 6, 27:

tribus horis exercitui ad quietem datis,

id. ib. 7, 41:

quietem pati,

Sall. J. 101, 11:

nulla metuentibus quies,

Just. 2, 13, 11.— In plur.:

uti somno et quietibus ceteris,

recreations, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103. —

In partic.

A quiet life, a keeping still, neutrality between political parties:

Attici quies tantopere Caesari fuit grata, ut,

Nep. Att. 7, 3; Suet. Tib. 15; Tac. A. 14, 47.—

Quiet, peace:

quae diuturna quies pepererat,

Sall. C. 31, 1:

quieti Subdita montanae bracchia Dalmatiae,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 77:

ingrata genti quies,

Tac. G. 14:

atrox clamor et repente quies,

id. A. 1, 25:

longa,

id. Agr. 11. — Transf., of inanim. things:

si non tanta quies iret frigusque caloremque Inter,

i. e. the repose of spring, Verg. G. 2, 344:

ventorum,

Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231:

pelagi,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 26:

lenis materiae,

evenness, smoothness, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70.—

The rest of sleep, repose, sleep, Plaut. Cure. 2, 2, 22:

capere quietem,

to fall asleep, go to sleep, Ov. F. 1, 205:

alta,

deep sleep, Verg. A. 6, 522:

ire ad quietem,

to go to rest, go to sleep, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60:

quieti se tradere,

id. ib. 1, 29, 61:

secundum quietem,

in sleep, id. ib. 2, 66, 135:

per quietem,

Suet. Caes. 81:

neque vigiliis neque quietibus,

Sall. C. 15, 4.—

The sleep of death, death:

olli dura quies oculos et ferreus urget Somnus,

Verg. A. 10, 745:

quod si forte tibi properarint fata quietem,

Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 25. —

Transf.

A dream:

vanae nec monstra quietis, Nec somno comperta loquor,

Stat. Th. 10, 205:

praesaga,

id. ib. 10, 324; Vell. 2, 70, 1:

ducem terruit dira quies, nam Varum cernere visus est, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 65.—

A resting-place, lair of a wild beast ( poet.):

intectae fronde quietes,

Lucr. 1, 405.—

Personified:

Quies,

the goddess of rest, Liv. 4, 41, 8; Stat. Th. 10, 89.

quĭes, ētis, adj., for quietus, a, um (cf. inquies), quiet, peaceful (ante-class.): mens, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 704 P.: milites quietes, Licin. Macer. ib.

rĕfectĭo ( rĕfict-), ōnis, f. [reficio], a restoring, repairing (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

Capitolii,

Suet. Caes. 15:

ferramenta, quae refectionem desiderant,

Col. 12, 3, 9:

viae publicae,

Dig. 43, 11, 1; cf. ib. 43, 21, 1, § 7. — In plur., Vitr. 6, 3.—

Trop., refreshment, refection, recreation, recovery (cf.:

relaxatio, remissio): etiam febre liberatus vix refectioni valebit,

will scarcely be strong enough to recover, Cels. 3, 15; 4, 6 fin.:

tempora ad quietem refectionemque nobis data,

Quint. 10, 3, 26; cf. Plin. Pan. 81:

oculorum (with recreatur acies),

Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 63:

lassitudinum perfrictionumque (oleum),

id. 23, 4, 40, § 80.— In plur.:

quae refectiones tuas arbores praetexerint,

Plin. Pan. 15, 4. —

Transf., i. q. deversorium or cenaculum, transl. of the Gr. kataluma, Vulg. Marc. 14, 14.

rĕ-tendo, di, tum, or sum, 3, v. a., to release from tension, to unbend, slacken, relax (very rare; syn.: relaxo, resolvo).

Lit.:

lentos arcus,

to unbend, Ov. M. 2, 419; Stat. S. 4, 4, 30; in the part. perf.:

arcus retentus,

Ov. M. 3, 166:

arcus retensus,

Phaedr. 3, 14, 5.—

Trop.: ea quoque, quae sensu et animā carent, velut alternā quiete retenduntur, i. e. unbend, relax (shortly before, remissio), Quint. 1, 3, 8.

vĕnĭa, ae, f. [akin to veneror, q. v.], complaisance, indulgence, kindness, obliging disposition or conduct, mercy, grace, favor (class.; cf. indulgentia), most usual in the phrase veniam dare, to grant a favor, be favorable, to comply, consent.

In gen.: Jane, Juppiter, Mars pater, etc.... vos precor, veneror, veniam peto feroque uti populo Romano Quiritium vim victoriamque prosperetis, an old formula of prayer in Liv. 8, 9, 7:

ab Jove Opt. Max. ceterisque dis pacem ac veniam peto precorque ab iis, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 5:

quaeso a vobis, ut in hac causā mihi detis hanc veniam, ut, etc.,

id. Arch. 2, 3; cf.:

precor hanc veniam supplici des, ut, etc.,

Liv. 30, 12, 14:

dabis hanc veniam, mi frater, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23:

Caesar tibi petenti veniam non dedit,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 11:

datur haec venia antiquitati, ut miscendo humana divinis, primordia urbium augustiora faciat, Liv. prooem. § 7: mi gnate, da veniam hanc mihi: reduc illam,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 29:

extremam hanc oro veniam, miserere sororis,

Verg. A. 4, 435:

datur petentibus venia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 15:

veniam petenti dedit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48; Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12:

veniam quoque a deis spei alicujus audacioris petimus, in sinum spuendo,

Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35:

veniam mihi quam gravate pater dedit de Chrysalo!

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 3:

cum data esset venia ejus diei,

when indulgence had been granted for that day, Liv. 26, 17, 12:

nobile illud nepenthes oblivionem tristitiae veniamque afferens,

a complaisant, mild disposition, Plin. 25, 2, 5, § 12.—

Permission to do any thing, esp. In phrases: veniam petere (poscere) and veniam dare;

veniā petitā puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset,

Liv. 7, 2, 9:

petere veniam legatis mittendis,

id. 33, 11, 3:

veniam dicendi ante alios exposcere,

Tac. A. 12, 5:

datā veniā seducit filiam ac nutricem,

Liv. 3, 48, 5; cf.

the context: qui censerent, dandam ceteris veniam talium conjugiorum,

Suet. Claud. 26.—

Bonā veniā or cum bonā veniā.

With audire, kindly, with favor, without prejudice:

bonā veniā me audies,

Cic. N. D. 1, 21, 59; cf.:

vos oro atque obsecro, judices, ut attente bonāque cum veniā verba mea audiatis,

id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9:

cum bonā veniā se auditurum,

Liv. 29, 1, 7:

cum bonā veniā, quaeso, audiatis id quod invitus dico,

id. 29, 17, 6.—

With verbs of saying (mostly parenthet.), by your good leave, with your permission, without offence, etc.:

nisi vero (bonā veniā hujus optimi viri dixerim) tu, etc.,

Cic. de Or 1, 57, 242:

bonā hoc tuā veniā dixerim,

id. Div 1, 15, 25:

atqui, frater, bonā tuā veniā dixerim ista sententia maxime fallit imperitos,

id. Leg. 3, 15, 34:

bonā veniā vestrā liceat, etc., Liv 6, 40, 10: primum abs te hoc bonā veniā peto... mihi ut respondeas,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:

oravit etiam bonā veniā Quirites, ne quis, etc.,

Liv. 7, 41, 3.—Rarely veniā alone:

neminem ex his, quos eduxeram mecum (veniā sit dicto) ibi amisi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 46.—

In partic., forbearance in view of any wrong that has been done, forgiveness, pardon, remission:

venia est poenae meritae remissio,

Sen. Clem. 2, 7:

errati veniam impetrare,

Cic. Lig. 1, 1:

pacem veniamque impetrare a victoribus,

Liv. 37, 45, 7:

veniam et impunitatem dare,

Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32; cf.:

cui non apud senatum... maximorum scelerum venia ulla ad ignoscendum duci possit,

id. Pis. 41, 98; id. Part. Or. 37, 131:

cui errato nulla venia, recte facto exigua laus proponitur,

id. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

cede deae, veniamque tuis, temeraria, dictis Supplice voce roga,

Ov. M. 6, 32; Hor. S. 1, 3, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 78: aliquem veniā donare [p. 1969] in praeteritum, Suet. Dom. 9:

veniā dignus,

Quint. 1, 5, 11; cf.:

legere cum veniā,

id. 10, 1, 72.