raised

obsĭdĭo, ōnis, f. [obsideo].

Lit.

In gen., a siege, investment, blockade of a place (class.): obsidionem potias dicendum esse, quam obsidium, adjuvat nos testimonio suo Ennius in Telamone, Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll.; v. Müll. ad loc.; and cf.: cui tu obsidionem paras, Enn. ib. (Trag. v. 365 Vahl.); and:

obsidionem obducere,

id. ib. (Trag. v. 11 ib.):

partim vi, partim obsidione urbes capere,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20:

aliquem in obsidione habere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 31:

cum spes major Romanis in obsidione quam in oppugnatione esset,

Liv. 5, 2: obsidione eximere, to free or relcase from, id. 38, 15:

obsidione cingere,

to besiege, blockade, Just. 22, 4, 1; Verg. A. 3, 52:

obsidionem tolerare,

to stand, Tac. H. 1, 33:

obsidionem exsequi,

to carry on, id. A. 15, 4:

obsidionem omittere,

to raise, id. ib. 15, 5: obsidionem solvere, to put an end to a siege, by either surrender or relief:

tolerando paucos dies totam soluturos obsidionem,

Liv. 26, 7, 8; cf. Amm. 20, 7, 3:

solutā obsidione,

raised, Liv. 36, 31, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 1:

eam obsidionem sine certamine adveniens Cn. Scipio solvit,

Liv. 24, 41, 11; 25, 22, 15; 38, 5, 6; Just. 4, 4, 5; Tac. A. 4, 24; id. H. 4, 34: liberare obsidionem, to raise the siege:

non ad Romam obsidendam, sed ad Capuae liberandam obsidionem Hannibalem ire,

Liv. 26, 8, 5; cf. obsidium fin.:

longae dira obsidionis egestas,

Juv. 15, 96. —

Transf., captivity (post-class.), Just. 2, 12, 6; 15, 1, 3; 39, 1, 1.—

Trop., pressing, imminent danger:

obsidione rem publicam liberare,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

feneratores ex obsidione eximere,

to free from the danger of losing their money, id. Fam. 5, 6, 3; Plin. Pan. 81, 2; cf. obsidium.

pēgma, ătis, n., = pêgma, a fixture made of boards, for use or ornament, belonging to a house.

In gen.:

atricrum pegmata,

Aus. Epigr. 26:

in emptionem domus et specularia et pegmata cedere solent,

Dig. 33, 7, 12.—

In partic.

A bookcase, Cic. Att. 4, 8, a fin. —

A piece of wooden machinery in the theatre, which rose and fell, opened and shut of itself, and with which players were suddenly raised aloft, Sen. Ep. 88, 19; Plin. 33, 3, 16, § 53:

si automatum vel pegma vel quid tale aliud parum cessisset,

Suet. Claud. 34; Phaedr 5, 7, 7; Juv. 4, 122; Mart. 8, 33, 3; Vop. Carin. 19.

pĭĕtas, ātis, f. [pius], dutiful conduct towards the gods, one's parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc., sense of duty.

Lit.

With respect to the gods, piety:

est enim pietas justitia adversus deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115; 1, 2, 3; cf.: aequitas tripartita dicitur esse;

una ad superos deos, altera ad manes, tertia ad homines pertinere. Prima pietas, secunda sanctitas, tertia justitia aut aequitas nominatur,

id. Top. 23, 90: pietas adversus deos, id. [p. 1375] Fin. 3, 22, 73:

deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas,

id. Off. 2, 3, 11; id. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

senex fretus pietate deum,

Naev. B. Punic. 3, 1; Enn. ap. Non. 160, 2 (Trag. v. 369 Vahl.): nec pietas ulla est, velatum saepe videri Vortier ad lapidem atque omnes accedere ad aras, etc., that is not piety, to incline with veiled head to the marble, etc., Lucr. 5, 1198.—

Conscientiousness, scrupulousness, Ov. F. 6, 607.—So of love and duty towards God (eccl. Lat.;

freq.),

Vulg. 2 Macc. 3, 1; id. 2 Pet. 1, 6.— Plur., Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 11.—

With respect to one's parents, children, relatives, country, benefactors, etc., duty, dutifulness, affection, love, loyalty, patriotism, gratitude, etc.: Pa. Salve, mi pater insperate. Tr. Volup est, quom istuc ex pietate vestrā nobis contigit, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 132:

patrem tuom si percoles per pietatem,

dutifully, id. Trin. 2, 2, 3:

justitia erga deos religio, erga parentes pietas nominatur,

Cic. Part. 22, 78:

quid est pietas, nisi voluntas grata in parentes?

id. Planc. 33, 80:

justitiam cole et pietatem, quae cum sit magna in parentibus et propinquis, tum in patriā maxima est,

id. Rep. 6, 15, 15; cf.:

pietas, quae erga patriam aut parentes, aut alios sanguine conjunctos officium conservare monet,

id. Inv. 2, 22, 65; id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

pietas in matrem,

id. Lael. 3, 11; id. Att. 13, 39:

mi mater, tua pietas plane nobis auxilio fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 122; cf.

v. 99: felix nati pietate,

Verg. A. 3, 480:

solemnia pietatis,

the last offices, Tac. Agr. 7:

egregium narras mirā pietate parentem,

Cat. 66, 29:

pietas erga aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

in aliquem,

id. ib. 1, 9, 1:

hic tui omnes valent summāque pietate te desiderant,

id. ib. 6, 20, 2:

nec publicae pietatis intererat, quid vocarere,

to the affection of the citizens, Plin. Pan. 21, 3:

militiae,

Luc. 4, 499.—Towards a husband (rare):

neque id (officium nostrum) magis facimus quam nos monet pietas,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 6; cf.:

scelus est pietas in conjuge Tereo,

Ov. M. 6, 635.—The formula PIETATIS CAVSA or EX PIETATE (opp. EX TESTAMENTO), in epitaphs, denotes that the heir raised the monument to the deceased, not because compelled by the latter's last will, but out of affection and respect, Inscr. Orell. 4692; Inscr. Fabr. p. 710, n. 314.—

Transf., in gen. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).

Justice:

at tibi... pro talibus ausis Di, si qua est caelo pietas, quae talia curet, Persolvant grates dignas, etc.,

Verg. A. 2, 536; cf. Sil. 6, 410; so Verg. A. 5, 688:

summa deum pietas,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 1; cf. Liv. 4, 42.—

Gentleness, kindness, tenderness, pity, compassion:

permittite Patres Conscripti a pietate vestrā impetrari, ut damnatis liberum mortis arbitrium indulgeatis,

Suet. Dom. 11:

senatus,

Plin. Pan. 79, 4; Dig. 48, 9, 5.—In addressing a person:

mea pietas,

my kind friend, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 57.—

Pĭĕtas, personified, a goddess, Piety, who had two temples at Rome, Liv. 40, 34, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 2, 11, 28; id. Div. 1, 43, 98; Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121; Val. Max. 5, 4, 7; Fest. p. 209 Müll.; Inscr. Orell. 1824 sq.; 3291.

Pĭĕtas, ātis, f., a Roman surname, Inscr. Marin. Atti, p. 329.—

Also, the name of a ship, Inscr. Orell. 3608.—

Pietas Julia, a Roman colony in Istria, the mod. Pola, Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129.

pĭĕtas, ātis, f. [pius], dutiful conduct towards the gods, one's parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc., sense of duty.

Lit.

With respect to the gods, piety:

est enim pietas justitia adversus deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115; 1, 2, 3; cf.: aequitas tripartita dicitur esse;

una ad superos deos, altera ad manes, tertia ad homines pertinere. Prima pietas, secunda sanctitas, tertia justitia aut aequitas nominatur,

id. Top. 23, 90: pietas adversus deos, id. [p. 1375] Fin. 3, 22, 73:

deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas,

id. Off. 2, 3, 11; id. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

senex fretus pietate deum,

Naev. B. Punic. 3, 1; Enn. ap. Non. 160, 2 (Trag. v. 369 Vahl.): nec pietas ulla est, velatum saepe videri Vortier ad lapidem atque omnes accedere ad aras, etc., that is not piety, to incline with veiled head to the marble, etc., Lucr. 5, 1198.—

Conscientiousness, scrupulousness, Ov. F. 6, 607.—So of love and duty towards God (eccl. Lat.;

freq.),

Vulg. 2 Macc. 3, 1; id. 2 Pet. 1, 6.— Plur., Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 11.—

With respect to one's parents, children, relatives, country, benefactors, etc., duty, dutifulness, affection, love, loyalty, patriotism, gratitude, etc.: Pa. Salve, mi pater insperate. Tr. Volup est, quom istuc ex pietate vestrā nobis contigit, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 132:

patrem tuom si percoles per pietatem,

dutifully, id. Trin. 2, 2, 3:

justitia erga deos religio, erga parentes pietas nominatur,

Cic. Part. 22, 78:

quid est pietas, nisi voluntas grata in parentes?

id. Planc. 33, 80:

justitiam cole et pietatem, quae cum sit magna in parentibus et propinquis, tum in patriā maxima est,

id. Rep. 6, 15, 15; cf.:

pietas, quae erga patriam aut parentes, aut alios sanguine conjunctos officium conservare monet,

id. Inv. 2, 22, 65; id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

pietas in matrem,

id. Lael. 3, 11; id. Att. 13, 39:

mi mater, tua pietas plane nobis auxilio fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 122; cf.

v. 99: felix nati pietate,

Verg. A. 3, 480:

solemnia pietatis,

the last offices, Tac. Agr. 7:

egregium narras mirā pietate parentem,

Cat. 66, 29:

pietas erga aliquem,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

in aliquem,

id. ib. 1, 9, 1:

hic tui omnes valent summāque pietate te desiderant,

id. ib. 6, 20, 2:

nec publicae pietatis intererat, quid vocarere,

to the affection of the citizens, Plin. Pan. 21, 3:

militiae,

Luc. 4, 499.—Towards a husband (rare):

neque id (officium nostrum) magis facimus quam nos monet pietas,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 6; cf.:

scelus est pietas in conjuge Tereo,

Ov. M. 6, 635.—The formula PIETATIS CAVSA or EX PIETATE (opp. EX TESTAMENTO), in epitaphs, denotes that the heir raised the monument to the deceased, not because compelled by the latter's last will, but out of affection and respect, Inscr. Orell. 4692; Inscr. Fabr. p. 710, n. 314.—

Transf., in gen. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose).

Justice:

at tibi... pro talibus ausis Di, si qua est caelo pietas, quae talia curet, Persolvant grates dignas, etc.,

Verg. A. 2, 536; cf. Sil. 6, 410; so Verg. A. 5, 688:

summa deum pietas,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 1; cf. Liv. 4, 42.—

Gentleness, kindness, tenderness, pity, compassion:

permittite Patres Conscripti a pietate vestrā impetrari, ut damnatis liberum mortis arbitrium indulgeatis,

Suet. Dom. 11:

senatus,

Plin. Pan. 79, 4; Dig. 48, 9, 5.—In addressing a person:

mea pietas,

my kind friend, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 57.—

Pĭĕtas, personified, a goddess, Piety, who had two temples at Rome, Liv. 40, 34, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 2, 11, 28; id. Div. 1, 43, 98; Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121; Val. Max. 5, 4, 7; Fest. p. 209 Müll.; Inscr. Orell. 1824 sq.; 3291.

Pĭĕtas, ātis, f., a Roman surname, Inscr. Marin. Atti, p. 329.—

Also, the name of a ship, Inscr. Orell. 3608.—

Pietas Julia, a Roman colony in Istria, the mod. Pola, Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129.

pīlum, i, n. [for pis-lum, cf. piso, 1. pila, etc.], a pounder, pestle of a mortar.

Lit.:

pilum fabarium,

Cato, R. R. 10; 18: quasi tollenonem aut pilum Graecum reciproces planā viā, a pounder, in using which, one side was raised while the other was depressed, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s v. reciprocare, p. 274 Müll.:

pinsente pilo praeferrato,

Plin. 18, 10, 23, § 97:

pilo contusum,

Vulg. Exod. 27, 20.—

Transf., the heavy javelin of the Roman infantry, which they hurled at the enemy at the commencement of the action, and then took to their swords:

(caput) adfixum gestari jussit in pilo,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

pilum, haud paulo quam hasta, vehementius ictu missuque telum,

Liv. 9, 19; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 15:

milites e loco superiore pilis missis facile hostium phalangem perfregerunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

pilorum hastarumque honore circumdatus,

Plin. Pan. 56, 5:

in imperatorem suum legiones pila torserunt,

Sen. Ira, 3, 2, 4; cf. Tac. A. 15, 7: pilum praepilatum, having a blunt or rounded end, Auct. B. Afr. 72. They were also used in sieges, being hurled at the enemy from the walls;

these were called pila muralia,

Caes. B. G. 5, 40; Tac. A. 4, 51.—Prov.:

pilum inicere alicui,

to make an attack on one, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43.—

Vis certe pila, i. e. to be primipilus of the triarii or veterans who carried two javelins each, Juv. 10, 94; v. Dict. of Antiq. p. 104.

pressĭo, ōnis, f. [premo].

Lit., a pressing, pressing down, pressure (only in Vitruvius):

pressio cacuminis,

Vitr. 10, 8. —

Transf., the prop or fulcrum under a lever while the burden is raised, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 6: pressio, quod Graeci hupomochlion appellant, Vitr. 10, 8.

prō-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre ( inf. pass. parag. proferrier, Lucr. 1, 207;

proferis for profers,

Firm. Mat. 22, 3), v. a.

Lit.

To carry or bring out, to bring forth (class.; cf.: prodo, produco, adduco): Al. Vin' proferri pateram? Am. Proferri volo. Al. Fiat:

tu, Thessala, intus pateram proferto foras,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 137:

arma tormentaque ex oppido,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

(nummos) ex arcā,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 29.—

To extend, stretch, or thrust out:

linguam in tussiendo,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 50:

manum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 72:

digitum,

Cic. Caecin. 25, 71.—

Se proferre, to raise one's self, show one's self, appear (post-Aug.):

draco e pulvino se proferens,

Suet. Ner. 6.—

To offer, proffer:

alicui minas viginti argenti,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 60.—Esp.,

Proferre gradum or pedem, to go on, proceed:

gradum proferam, progredi properabo,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 2: gradum pedum proferre, Enn ap Fest. p. 249:

passus, Lucr 4, 874: longe pedem,

Quint. 11, 3, 160; cf.: pedem, Hor A. P 135. —

As milit. t. t.: signa proferre, to advance the standards, march on, Liv 4, 32, 10; so,

proferre inde castra,

id. 10, 33, 7:

quidquid ab urbe longius proferrent arma,

id. 7, 32, 6.—Also,

Nautical t t.:

pedibus profatis in contrarium navigare,

to sail close to the wind, Plin. 2, 47, 48; cf.:

prolato pede transversos captare notos,

Sen. Med. 321.—

Transf.

To bring forth, produce, cause to grow, of plants (postAug.):

caelum laurum patitur, atque etiam nitidissimam profert,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 4:

semen,

Plin. 17, 13, 20, § 95 (al. perfert). —

Of pronunciation, to utter, pronounce (post-Aug.):

extremas syllabas,

Quint. 11, 3, 33.—

To extend, enlarge (class.):

castra, Caes, B. C. 1, 81: et proferre libet fines,

Juv. 14, 142:

pomoerium,

Gell. 13, 14, 2.—

To put off, defer, adjourn, etc. (class.): rem aliquot dies, Cat. ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:

auctionis diem laxius proferre,

Cic. Att. 13, 14, 1:

aliquid in diem posterum,

Gell. 1, 23, 5; cf. Liv. 3, 20, 6.—

Of a painter, to bring out, to represent distinctly (post-Aug.);

venas protulit,

Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 56.—

Trop.

With se, to raise, elevate one's self (post-Aug.):

qui se ipsi protulerunt,

who have raised themselves from ignorance, Sen. Ep. 52, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 1.—

To bring out, make known, produce in public, publish (class.):

ejus (orationis) proferendae arbitrium tuum,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1:

artem,

to exhibit publicly, Suet. Ner 25 —

To bring forth, produce, invent, discover, make known, reveal (class.):

artem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2:

palam proferre aliquid, Ter Ad. 3, 2, 41: cum illa indicia communis exitii indagavi, patefeci, protuli,

Cic. Mil. 37, 102:

aliquid foras,

id. Cael. 23, 57:

rem in medium,

id. Fam. 15, 2, 6:

secreta animi,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141:

Montanum, quia protulerit ingenium, extorrem agi,

displayed his genius, Tac. A. 16, 29 fin. —

To bring forward, quote, cite, mention (class.);

libros,

Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113:

testes, legatos,

id. Balb. 18, 41:

auctores,

id. de Or 2, 71, 290:

nominatim multos,

id. Rosc. Am 16, 47;

paucos belli duces praestantissimos,

id. de Or 1, 2, 7:

vinolentiam alicujus,

id. Phil. 2, 39, 101:

vim, potentiam, factiones, divitias, clientelas, affinitates adversariorum,

Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8:

aliquid in medium,

Cic. Verr 2, 4, 52, § 115; id. Fin. 2, 23, 76; Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 41:

memoriter Progeniem suam usque ab avo atque atavo, Ter Phorm. 2, 3, 48: exempla omnium nota,

Cic. Div 1, 46, 103.—

To extend, enlarge:

fines officiorum,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65:

memoriam alicujus,

to prolong, Plin. Ep. 5, 12, 2:

ut vita ejus debuerit inmortalitate proferri,

id. ib. 2, 7, 4; 3, 7, 14.—

To impel:

si paulo longius pietas Caecilium protulisset,

Cic. Sull. 23, 64.—With se:

cum se ad clarissimorum civium strages caedesque proferret,

Plin. Pan. 48.—

To lengthen out, prolong (class.):

beatam vitam usque ad rogum proferre,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:

ut depositi proferret fata parentis,

Verg. A. 12, 395.

pulvīnus, i, m., prop. an elevation.

A cushion, bolster, squab, pillow to sit or lie upon:

mane pulvinum,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 38:

Crassum pulvinus poposcisse,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 29; id. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27; id. Fam. 9, 18, 4:

epistula super caput in pulvino posita,

Sall. J. 71, 4:

epistulam pulvino subicere,

Curt. 3, 6, 7; Nep. Pelop. 3, 2.—

Transf., a seat of honor:

honestiorem te aut turpiorem potest facere pulvinus?

Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 4; Cels. 3, 18; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16, 2; Suet. Tib. 73; id. Calig. 12; Mart. 3, 82, 7; Juv. 3, 154.—

An elevation in the fields, a raised border, ridge, bank, bed, Varr. R. R. 1, 35, 1; Col. 11, 3, 20; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159; 19, 4, 20, § 60; 22, 22, 34, § 76; Pall. 3, 24, 13; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 16.—

A bolstering or surbase of brick, to cover the joint between the walls and floor of a barn, Col. 1, 6, 13.—

A sand-bank in the sea, Serv. Verg. A. 10, 302.—

A structure of stone in the water, upon which to erect a pillar, Vitr. 5, 12, 3.—

A projecting part of a catapult, the pillow, bolster, Vitr. 10, 15.

sīdus, ĕris, n. [cf. Sanscr. svid, to sweat, melt; Gr. sidêros (molten) iron; Lat. sudo].

Stars united in a figure, a group of stars, a constellation (and hence mostly plur.;

only so ap. Cic., Cæs., and Quint.): sunt stellae quidem singulares, ut erraticae quinque et ceterae, quae non admixtae aliis solae feruntur: sidera vero, quae in aliquod signum stellarum plurium compositione formantur, ut Aries, Taurus, Andromeda, Perseus, vel Corona et quaecumque variarum genera formarum in caelum recepta creduntur. Sic et apud Graecos aster et astron diversa significant et aster stella una est, astron signum stellis coactum, quod nos sidus vocamus,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 14 med.

Plur.:

illi sempiterni ignes, quae sidera et stellas vocatis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

signis sideribusque caelestibus,

id. N. D. 1, 13, 35:

circuitus solis et lunae reliquorumque siderum,

id. ib. 2, 62, 155; cf.:

solem lunamque praecipua siderum,

Quint. 2, 16, 6; and:

in sole sidera ipsa desinunt cerni,

id. 8, 5, 29:

siderum regina bicornis Luna,

Hor. C. S. 35:

Arcturi sidera,

Verg. G. 1, 204:

solis, i. e. sol,

Ov. M. 14, 172:

sidera, quae vocantur errantia,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89; so,

errantia,

Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 32:

siderum motus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3; id. Lael. 23, 88:

sidera viderit innumerabilia,

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69; id. Fin. 2, 31, 102; id. N. D. 2, 15, 39 et saep.; * Caes. B. G. 6, 14 fin.; Quint. 1, 4, 4; 2, 17, 38; 12, 11, 10 al.; Lucr. 1, 231; 1, 788; 1, 1065:

candida,

id. 5, 1210:

alta,

Verg. A. 3, 619:

surgentia,

id. ib. 6, 850:

radiantia,

Ov. M. 7, 325:

turbata,

Stat. Th. 12, 406 al.:

lucida,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 2; 3, 1, 32; id. Epod. 3, 15; 5, 45; 17, 5.—

Sing., a heavenly body, a star; and collect., a group of stars, a constellation:

clarum Tyndaridae sidus,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 31:

fervidum,

Sirius, id. Epod. 1, 27;

nivosum sidus Pleiadum,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 95:

insana Caprae sidera,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 6:

Baccho placuisse coronam, Ex Ariadnaeo sidere nosse potes,

Ov. F. 5, 346;

so of the constellation Arcturus,

Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311 (for which, in the plur.:

Arcturi sidera,

Verg. G. 1, 204); of Capella, Ov. M. 3, 594; of the Vergiliae, Liv. 21, 35, 6; Curt. 5, 6, 12; of Saturn, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 32 sq.; Juv. 6, 569; of Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 36; Luc. 1, 661; of the Moon:

sidus lunae,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; of the Sun:

calidi sideris aestu,

Tib. 2, 1, 47:

aetherium,

Ov. M. 1, 424; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212:

solstitiale,

Just. 13, 7 fin.; cf.: sidus utrumque, for the rising and setting sun, Petr. poët. 119, 2; and also for the sun and moon, Plin. 2, 13, 10, §§ 56 and 57.— Poet., collect.:

nec sidus fefellit,

i. e. through ignorance, Verg. A. 7, 215.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

The sky, the heavens, = caelum. (Juppiter) terram, mare, sidera movit, Ov. M. 1, 180: (Hercules) flammis ad sidera missus, Juv.11,63; cf.:

abrupto sidere nimbus It,

Verg. A. 12, 451:

sidera observare,

Curt. 7, 4, 28.—

Like caelum, to denote a very great height:

Pyramidum sumptus ad sidera ducti,

Prop. 3, 2 (4, 1), 17:

evertunt actas ad sidera pinus,

Verg. A. 11, 136; cf. Juv. 11, 63:

ad sidera Erigitur,

Verg. A. 9, 239:

aves, quas naturalis levitas ageret ad sidera,

Curt. 4, 5, 3:

domus quae vertice sidera pulsat,

Mart. 8, 36, 11; 9, 62, 10; Verg. G. 2, 427; id. A. 3, 243; id. E. 5, 62 al.—

Trop. (also like caelum), as the summit or height of fame, fortune, success, etc.:

quodsi me lyricis vatibus inseris, Sublimi feriam sidera vertice,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 36:

vertice sidera tangere,

Ov. M. 7, 61; cf.:

tuum nomen... Cantantes sublime ferent ad sidera cygni,

Verg. E. 9, 29:

usque ad sidera notus,

id. ib. 5, 43: contingere sidera plantis, to walk upon the stars (like the gods) (of one exceedingly fortunate), Prop. 1, 8, 43 (1, 8 b, 17); cf.:

celerique fugā sub sidera lapsae,

Verg. A. 3, 243.—

For night:

exactis sideribus,

Prop. 1, 3, 38:

sidera producere ludo,

Stat. Th. 8, 219; cf.:

sideribus dubiis,

at dawn, Juv. 5, 22.—

A star, as a comparison for any thing bright, brilliant, shining, beautiful, etc. (syn.:

stella, astrum): oculi, geminae, sidera nostra, faces,

Prop. 2, 3, 14;

so of the eyes,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 44; 3, 3, 9; id. M. 1, 499:

sidere pulchrior Ille,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 21; cf. id. ib. 1, 12, 47;

of form, beauty,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 26; Val. Fl. 5, 468.—

Concr., ornament, pride, glory:

o sidus Fabiae, Maxime, gentis ades,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 4, 6, 9;

Col. poët, 10, 96: puerum egregiae praeclarum sidere formae,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 26:

Macedoniae columen ac sidus,

Curt. 9, 6, 8.—As a term of endearment, my star, Suet. Calig. 13 fin.; Hor. Epod. 17, 41.—

Season of the year:

quo sidere terram Vertere Conveniat,

Verg. G. 1, 1; cf.:

hiberno moliris sidere classem?

id. A. 4, 309:

sidere aequinoctii quo maxime tumescit Oceanus,

Tac. A. 1, 70; cf.:

brumale sidus,

Ov. P. 2, 4, 25:

sidere flagrante brumali,

Amm. 27, 12, 12.—

Climate, weather, etc.:

ut patrios fontes patriumque sidus ferre consuevisti,

Plin. Pan. 15, 3; so,

sub nostro sidere,

Juv. 12, 103:

tot inhospita saxa Sideraque emensae,

i.e. regions, Verg. A. 5, 628:

grave sidus et imbrem vitare,

tempest, storm, Ov. M. 5, 281:

triste Minervae (raised by Minerva),

Verg. A. 11, 260.—Colloquially, with confectus: intellegitur sidus confectum, i. e. that the weather ( occasioned by a constellation) is ended, Plin. 16, 23, 36, § 87; 18, 25, 57, § 207:

fertur in abruptum casu, non sidere, puppis,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 424.—

With allusion to the influence which the ancients believed the constellations to have upon the health or the destiny of men, star, destiny, etc.:

pestifero sidere icti,

Liv. 8, 9, 12: sidere afflari, to be blasted or palsied by a constellation, to be planet-struck or sunstruck, astroboleisthai, Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 108; Petr. 2, 7; cf.:

sidere percussa lingua,

Mart. 11, 85, 1:

subito fias ut sidere mutus,

id. 7, 92, 9;

v. sideror and sideratio: sidera natalicia,

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91; cf.:

o sidere dextro Edite,

Stat. S. 3, 4, 63:

adveniet fausto cum sidere conjux,

Cat. 64, 330:

vivere duro sidere,

Prop. 1, 6, 36:

grave sidus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 45 Jahn:

per alias civitates ut sidus salutare susciperetur,

as arbiter of their destiny, Amm. 21, 10, 2.

sĭnus, ūs, m.

In gen., a bent surface (raised or depressed), a curve, fold, a hollow, etc. (so mostly poet. and in postAug. prose): draco... conficiens sinus e corpore flexos, folds, coils, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106; so Ov. M. 15, 689; 15, 721:

sinu ex togā facto,

Liv. 21, 18 fin. —Of the bag of a fishing-net:

quando abiit rete pessum, tum adducit sinum (piscator),

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 15; so Juv. 4, 41;

and of a hunter's net,

Mart. 13, 100; Grat. Cyn. 29;

also of a spider's web,

Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—Of the bend or belly of a sail swollen by the wind:

velorum plenos subtrahis ipse sinus,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 30;

and so with or without velum,

Tib. 1, 3, 38; Verg. A. 3, 455; 5, 831; Ov. A. A. 3, 500; Luc. 6, 472; Sil. 7, 242; Quint. 10, 7, 23; 12, 10, 37 al.—Of hair, a curl, ringlet:

ut fieret torto flexilis orbe sinus,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 26; id. A. A. 3, 148.— Of the curve of a reaping-hook:

falcis ea pars, quae flectitur, sinus nominatur,

Col. 4, 25, 1 sq. —Of bones, a sinus:

umeri,

Cels. 8, 1 med.; cf.

ulceris,

id. 7, 2 med.:

suppurationis ferro recisae,

Col. 6, 11, 1; Veg. 4, 9, 3.—

In partic.

The hanging fold of the upper part of the toga, about the breast, the bosom of a garment; also the bosom of a person; sometimes also the lap (= gremium, the predom. class. signif.; esp. freq. in a trop. sense).

Lit.:

est aliquid in amictu: quod ipsum aliquatenus temporum condicione mutatum est. Nam veteribus nulli sinus, perquam breves post illos fuerunt,

Quint. 11, 3, 137; cf.

decentissimus,

id. 11, 3, 140 sq.:

(Caesar moriens) sinistrā manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82 (for which, of the same:

togam manu demisit,

Val. Max. 4, 5, 6); Tib. 1, 6, 18:

praetextae sinus,

Suet. Vesp. 5:

ne admissum quidem quemquam senatorum nisi solum et praetentato sinu,

id. Aug. 35:

ut conchas legerent galeasque et sinus replerent,

id. Calig. 46:

cedo mihi ex ipsius sinu litteras Syracusanorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:

aurum in sinu ejus invenerunt,

Quint. 7, 1, 30:

paternos In sinu ferens deos,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 27:

nuda genu, nodoque sinus collecta fluentis,

Verg. A. 1, 320:

et fluit effuso cui toga laxa sinu,

Tib. 1, 6, 14; cf.:

micat igneus ostro, Undantemque sinum nodis irrugat Iberis,

Stat. Th. 4, 265:

ad haec, quae a fortunā sparguntur, sinum expandit,

eagerly embraces, grasps, Sen. Ep. 74, 6:

aliquid velut magnum bonum intra sinum continere,

id. Vit. Beat. 23, 3; cf.:

sinum subducere alicui rei,

to reject, id. Thyest. 430.—Prov.:

sinu laxo (i. e. soluto) ferre aliquid,

i. e. to be careless about a thing, Hor. S. 2, 3, 172. —

Transf.

The purse, money, which was carried in the bosom of the toga (cf. supra, the passage, Quint. 7, 1, 30, and v. crumena; poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

semper amatorum ponderat illa sinus,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 12:

quo pretium condat, non habet ille sinum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 18:

aere sinus plenos urbe reportare, Col. poët. 10, 310: plurium sinum ac domum inplere,

Sen. Ben. 6, 43, 1:

qui etiam condemnationes in sinum vertisse dicuntur... praedam omnem in sinum contulit,

into his purse, Lampr. Commod. 14 fin.:

avaritiae,

Juv. 1, 88.—Hence, M. Scaurus Marianis sodaliciis rapinarum provincialium sinus, the pocketer, i. e. the receiver, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; cf. Tac. H. 2, 92 fin.; 4, 14.—

Poet., a garment, in gen.:

Tyrio prodeat apta sinu,

Tib. 1, 9, 72; 1, 6, 18:

auratus,

Ov. F. 2, 310:

purpureus,

id. ib. 5, 28:

regalis,

id. H. 13, 36; 5, 71; Stat. S. 2, 1, 133.—

The bosom of a person:

manum in sinum alicui Inserere,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 2:

gelu rigentem colubram sinu fovit,

Phaedr. 4, 17, 3:

opposuit sinum Antonius stricto ferro,

Tac. H. 3, 10:

scortum in sinu consulis recubans,

Liv. 39, 43:

tangitur, et tacto concipit illa sinu, i. e. utero,

Ov. F. 5, 256:

usque metu micuere sinus, dum, etc.,

id. H. 1, 45:

horum in sinum omnia congerebant,

Plin. Pan. 45.—

Trop.

The bosom, as in most other languages, for love, protection, asylum, etc. (usu. in the phrases in sinu esse, habere, etc.;

syn. gremium): hic non amandus? hiccine non gestandus in sinu est?

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 75:

iste vero sit in sinu semper et complexu meo,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 3; cf.:

postremum genus proprium est Catilinae, de ejus delectu, immo vero de complexu ejus ac sinu,

id. Cat. 2, 10, 22:

suo sinu complexuque aliquem recipere,

id. Phil. 13, 4, 9; so (with complexus) id. ib. 2, 25, 61:

(Pompeius), mihi crede, in sinu est,

is very dear to me, id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 1:

Bibulum noli dimittere e sinu tuo,

from your intimacy, id. ad Brut. 1, 7, 2:

praesertim si in amici sinu defieas,

on the bosom, Plin. Ep. 8, 16, 5:

in hujus sinu indulgentiāque educatus,

Tac. Agr. 4; so id. Or. 28; cf.: etsi commotus ingenio, simulationum tamen falsa in sinu avi perdidicerat, i. e. under the care or tuition, id. A. 6, 45 fin.:

confugit in sinum tuum concussa respublica,

i. e. into your arms, Plin. Pan. 6, 3; id. Ep. 8, 12, 1:

optatum negotium sibi in sinum delatum esse dicebat,

committed to his guardianship, care, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 131; cf. Plin. Pan. 45, 2:

respublica in Vespasiani sinum cessisset,

Tac. H. 3, 69; 3, 19; Dig. 22, 3, 27:

sinum praebere tam alte cadenti,

protection, Sen. Ira, 3, 23, 6.—

The interior, the inmost part of a thing:

alii intra moenia atque in sinu urbis sunt hostes,

in the midst, in the heart of the city, Sall. C. 52, 35:

in urbe ac sinu cavendum hostem,

Tac. H. 3, 38; Sil. 4, 34; 6, 652; Claud. Eutr. 2, 575:

ut (hostis) fronte simul et sinu exciperetur,

in the centre, Tac. A. 13, 40:

in intimo sinu pacis,

i. e. in the midst of a profound peace, Plin. Pan. 56, 4.—

In sinu alicujus, in the power or possession of (postAug. and rare):

opes Cremonensium in sinu praefectorum fore,

Tac. H. 3, 19:

omnem fortunam in sinu meo habui,

Dig. 22, 3, 27.—

A hiding-place, place of concealment: ut in sinu gaudeant, gloriose loqui desinunt, qs. in their bosoms (or, as we say, in their sleeve), i. e. in secret, Cic. Tusc. 3, 21, 51;

so of secret joy,

Tib. 4, 13, 8:

in tacito cohibe gaudia clausa sinu,

Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 30; Sen. Ep. 105, 3; cf.

also: plaudere in sinum,

Tert. Pudic. 6: suum potius cubiculum ac sinum offerre contegendis quae, etc., the secrecy or concealment of her bed-chamber, Tac. A. 13, 13:

abditis pecuniis per occultos aut ambitiosos sinus,

i. e. in hidingplaces offered by obscurity or by high rank, id. H. 2, 92.—

Sinus Abrahae, the place of the spirits of the just (eccl. Lat.):

sinum Abrahae, regionem non caelestem, sublimiorem tamen Inferis,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 34. —

A bay, bight, gulf:

ut primum ex alto sinus ab litore ad urbem inflectitur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; cf.:

portus infusi in sinus oppidi,

id. Rep. 3, 31, 43; 1, 3, 5; id. Imp. Pomp. 11, 31; id. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145; id. Att. 16, 6, 1; * Caes. B. C. 2, 32; Sall. J. 78, 2; Liv. 8, 24; Plin. 2, 43, 44, § 114 (Jahn, nivibus); Suet. Aug. 98; id. Tib. 16; Verg. A. 1, 243; 6, 132; Hor. C. 1, 33, 16; id. Epod. 10, 19.—

Transf.

The land lying on a gulf, a point of land that helps to form it (perh. not ante-Aug.):

segetibus in sinu Aenianum vastatis,

Liv. 28, 5 Drak.:

jam in sinum Maliacum venerat (with an army),

id. 37, 6; Tac. A. 14, 9; id. H. 3, 66; id. Agr. 23; Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 23; Just. [p. 1710] 2, 4, 26; 24, 4, 3.—

A curve or fold in land, a basin, hollow, valley:

Arpini terra campestri agro in ingentem sinum consedit,

Liv. 30, 2, 12:

subito dehiscit terra, et immenso sinu laxata patuit,

Sen. Oedip. 582; id. Herc. Fur. 679; Plin. 2, 44, 44, § 115:

jugum montis velut sinu quodam flexuque curvatum,

Curt. 3, 4, 6:

montium,

id. 3, 9, 12.

sīnus, i, m., v. sinum.

stătŭo, ui, utum, 3, v. a. [statum, sup. of sto], to cause to stand (cf.: colloco, pono).

Corporeally.

To cause to stand, set up, set, station, fix in an upright position.

To set up, set in the ground, erect:

ibi arbores pedicino in lapide statuito,

Cato, R. R. 18:

inter parietes arbores ubi statues,

id. ib.:

stipites statuito,

id. ib.:

palis statutis crebris,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14 init.:

pedamenta jacentia statuenda,

are to be raised, Col. 4, 26:

pedamentum inter duas vitis,

Plin. 17, 22, 21, § 194:

hic statui volo primum aquilam,

the standard of the troops, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:

signifer, statue signum,

plant the ensign, Liv. 5, 55, 1; Val. Max. 1, 5, 1.—

To plant (rare):

eodem modo vineam statuito, alligato, flexatoque uti fuerit,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 198:

agro qui statuit meo Te, triste lignum (i. e. arborem),

Hor. C. 2, 13, 10.—

In gen., to place, set or fix, set up, set forth things or persons.

Without specifying the place:

ollam statuito cum aqua,

let a jar stand with water, Cato, R. R. 156 (157):

crateras magnos statuunt, i. e. on the table,

Verg. A. 1, 724; so,

crateras laeti statuunt,

id. ib. 7, 147: haec carina satis probe fundata et bene statuta est, well placed, i. e. so that the hull stands perpendicularly (cf.:

bene lineatam carinam collocavit, v. 42),

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 44:

nec quidquam explicare, nec statuere potuerant, nec quod statutum esset, manebat, omnia perscindente vento,

Liv. 21, 58, 7:

eo die tabernacula statui passus non est,

to pitch, Caes. B. C. 1, 81; so, aciem statuere, to draw up an army:

aciem quam arte statuerat, latius porrigit,

Sall. J. 52, 6.—

With designation of the place by in and abl.; by adv. of place; by ante, apud, ad, circa, super, and acc.; by pro and abl.; by abl. alone (very rare), or by in and acc. (very rare): signa domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. 7, 19, 95 (p. 782 P.):

statuite hic lectulos,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 7:

etiamsi in caelo Capitolium statueretur,

Cic. Or. 3, 46, 180:

statuitur Sollius in illo gladiatorum convivio... atuitur, ut dico, eques Romanus in Apronii convivio,

is taken to the banquet, id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 sq.:

tabernacula in foro statuere,

Liv. 39, 46, 3:

in principiis statuit tabernaculum,

Nep. Eum. 7, 1:

in nostris castris tibi tabernaculum statue,

Curt. 5, 11, 6; 8, 13, 20:

statui in medium undique conspicuum tabernaculum jussit,

id. 9, 6, 1:

(sagittae) longae, nisi prius in terra statuerent arcum, haud satis apte imponuntur,

id. 8, 14, 19:

sedes curules sacerdotum Augustalium locis, superque eas querceae coronae statuerentur,

Tac. A. 2, 83:

donum deae apud Antium statuitur,

id. ib. 3, 71:

pro rigidis calamos columnis,

Ov. F. 3, 529:

jamque ratem Scythicis auster statuisset in oris,

Val. Fl. 3, 653:

statuere vas in loco frigido,

Pall. Oct. 22.—Of living beings:

capite in terram statuerem, Ut cerebro dispergat viam,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:

qui capite ipse sua in statuit vestigia sese (= qui sese ipse capite in sua vestigia statuit),

i. e. stands on his head, Lucr. 4, 472:

patrem ejus a mortuis excitasses, statuisses ante oculos,

Cic. Or. 1, 57, 245:

captivos vinctos in medio statuit,

Liv. 21, 42, 1:

ubi primum equus Curtium in vado statuit,

id. 1, 13, 5:

quattuor cohortes in fronte statuit,

id. 28, 33, 12:

ante se statuit funditores,

id. 42, 58, 10:

puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset,

id. 7, 2, 9:

procul in conspectu eum (Philopoemenem) statuerunt,

id. 39, 49, 11:

media porta robora legionum, duabus circa portis milites levemque armaturam statuit,

id. 23, 16, 8:

bovem ad fanum Dianae et ante aram statuit,

id. 1, 45, 6:

cum Calchanta circa aram statuisset,

Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 6:

marium si qui eo loci statuisset,

id. 3, 1, 2 fin.:

adulescentes ante Caesarem statuunt,

Tac. A. 4, 8:

in fronte statuerat ferratos, in cornibus cohortes,

id. ib. 3, 45:

puer quis Ad cyathum statuetur?

Hor. C. 1, 29, 8:

tu cum pro vitula statuis dulcem Aulide natam Ante aras,

id. S. 2, 3, 199:

et statuam ante aras aurata fronte juvencum,

Verg. A. 9, 627:

clara regione profundi Aetheros innumeri statuerunt agmina cygni,

Stat. Th. 3, 525.—

Pregn., to construct and place, to set up after constructing, to erect, make.

Of statues, temples, columns, altars, trophies, etc.; constr. with acc. alone, or acc. of the structure and dat. of the person for whom or in whose honor it is erected:

siquidem mihi aram et statuam statuis,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 122:

huic statuam statui decet ex auro,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 1:

ne ego aurea pro statua vineam tibi statuam,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 52:

eique statuam equestrem in rostris statui placere,

Cic. Phil. 5, 15, 41; so id. ib. 9, 5, 10; 9, 7, 16; id. Verr. 2, 2, 62, § 151; 2, 2, 20, § 48; so,

simulacrum alicui statuere,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 8:

effigiem,

Verg. A. 2, 184:

Mancinus eo habitu sibi statuit quo, etc. (effigiem),

Plin. 34, 5, 10, § 18:

simulacrum in curia,

Tac. A. 14, 12:

quanam in civitate tempium statueretur,

id. ib. 4, 55:

se primos templum urbis Romae statuisse,

id. ib. 4, 56; so id. ib. 4, 15:

nec tibi de Pario statuam, Germanice, templum,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 31:

templa tibi statuam, tribuam tibi turis honorem,

id. M. 14, 128:

super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui nisi columellam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

victimas atque aras diis Manibus statuentes,

Tac. A. 3, 2:

statuitque aras e cespite,

Ov. M. 7, 240:

statuantur arae,

Sen. Med. 579:

aeneum statuerunt tropaeum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69:

monumentum,

id. ib. § 70; so,

in alio orbe tropaea statuere,

Curt. 7, 7, 14;

so,

Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 18: ut illum di perdant qui primus statuit hic solarium, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 5:

princeps Romanis solarium horologium statuisse L. Papirius Cursor proditur,

Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 213:

a miliario in capite Romani fori statuto,

id. 3, 5, 9, § 66:

carceres eo anno in Circo primum statuti,

Liv. 8, 20, 1:

quo molem hanc immanis equi statuere?

Verg. A. 2, 150:

multo altiorem statui crucem jussit,

Suet. Galb. 9:

obeliscam,

Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71:

at nunc disturba quas statuisti machinas,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 137:

incensis operibus quae statuerat,

Nep. Milt. 7, 4:

si vallum statuitur procul urbis illecebris,

Tac. A. 4, 2:

castra in quinto lapide a Carthagine statuit,

Just. 22, 6, 9.—

Poet. and in post-class. prose (rare):

aliquem statuere = alicui statuam statuere: inter et Aegidas media statuaris in urbe,

Ov. H. 2, 67:

statuarque tumulo hilaris et coronatus,

my statue will be erected, Tac. Dial. 13; so with two acc.: custodem medio statuit quam vilicus horto, whose statue he placed as protectress, etc., Mart. 3, 68, 9; cf.

in double sense: nudam te statuet, i. e. nudam faciet (= nudabit fortunis), and statuam tibi nu dam faciet,

Mart. 4, 28, 8.—

Of cities, etc., to establish, found, build (in class. prose usu. condo):

Agamemnon tres ibi urbes statuit,

Vell. 1, 1, 2:

urbem quam statuo vestra est,

Verg. A. 1, 573:

urbom praeclaram,

id. ib. 4, 655:

Persarum statuit Babylona Semiramis urbem,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 21:

ibi civitatem statuerunt,

Just. 23, 1; so,

licentia et impunitas asyla statuendi (= aperiendi),

Tac. A. 3, 60.—Hence, transf.: carmen statuere = carmen condere, to compose, devise a song:

nunc volucrum... inexpertum carmen, quod tacita statuere bruma,

Stat. S. 4, 5, 12.—

To cause to stand still, to stop (rare; cf.

sisto, III. B.): navem extemplo statuimus,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57:

et statuit fessos, fessus et ipse, boves,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 4:

famuli hoc modo statuerunt aquas,

Arn. 1, p. 30: sanguinem, Oct. Hor. 4.—

To cause to stand firm, strengthen, support (rare; = stabilire), only transf.: qui rem publicam certo animo adjuverit, statuerit, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 56, 120 (Trag. Rel. v. 357 Rib.).

Trop.

To establish, constitute (= constituo).

Esp.: exemplum or documentum (v. edo fin., and cf. Sen. Phoen. 320), to set forth an example or precedent for warning or imitation:

statuite exemplum impudenti, date pudori praemium,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 6:

exemplum statuite in me ut adulescentuli Vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:

ut illi intellegere possint, in quo homine statueris exemplum hujus modi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 45, § 111:

in quos aliquid exempli populus Romanus statui putat oportere,

id. ib. 2, 3, 90, §

210: statuam in te exemplum, ne quis posthac infelicibus miseriis patriae illudat,

Just. 8, 7, 14:

documentum autem statui oportere, si quis resipiscat et antiquam societatem respiciat,

Liv. 24, 45, 5: statueretur immo [p. 1753] documentum, quo uxorem imperator acciperet, a precedent, Tac. A. 12, 6.—

Jus statuere, to establish a principle or relation of law:

ut (majores nostri) omnia omnium rerum jura statuerint,

Cic. Caecin. 12, 34: qui magistratum potestatemve habebit, si quid in aliquem novi juris statuerit, ipse quoque, adversario postulante, eodem jure uti debebit, if he has established any new principle of law, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 2, 2, 1, § 1:

si quid injungere inferiori velis, id prius in te ac tuos si ipse juris statueris, facilius omnes oboedientes habeas,

if you first admit it against yourself, Liv. 26, 36, 3:

si dicemus in omnibus aequabile jus statui convenire,

equal principles of law should be applied to all, Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4. —

In gen., to establish by authority (of relations, institutions, rights, duties, etc.):

(Numa) omnis partis religionis statuit sanctissime,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

hoc judicium sic exspectatur ut non unae rei statui, sed omnibus constitui putetur,

id. Tull. 15, 36:

ad formandos animos statuendasque vitae leges, Quint. prooem. 14: sic hujus (virtutis) ut caelestium statuta magnitudo est,

Sen. Ep. 79, 10:

vectigal etiam novum ex salaria annona statuerunt,

Liv. 29, 37, 2:

novos statuere fines,

id. 42, 24, 8:

neque eos quos statuit terminos observat,

id. 21, 44, 5:

quibus rebus cum pax statuta esset,

Just. 5, 10, 8; so id. 25, 1, 1:

sedesque ibi statuentibus,

id. 18, 5, 11.—

With double acc., to constitute, appoint, create:

Hirtius arbitrum me statuebat non modo hujus rei, sed totius consulatus sui,

Cic. Att. 14, 1, a, 2:

telluris erum natura nec illum, nec quemquam constituit,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 130:

de principatu (vinorum) se quisque judicem statuet,

Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 59:

praefectus his statuitur Andragoras,

Just. 21, 4, 5.—

To determine, fix, etc. (of temporal or local relations); constr. usually with acc. and dat. or acc. and gen.

Modum statuere alicui or alicujus rei, to determine the manner, mode, or measure of, assign limits, restrictions or restraints to a thing or person, to impose restraints upon.

With dat.:

diuturnitati imperii modum statuendum putavistis,

that a limit should be assigned to the duration of his power, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26:

statui mihi tum modum et orationi meae,

imposed restraints upon myself and my words, id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:

non statuendo felicitati modum, nec cohibendo fortunam,

by not assigning any limits to his success, Liv. 30, 30, 23 (Pompeium) affirmabant, libertati publicae statuturum modum, Vell. 2, 40:

cupidinibus statuat natura modum,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 111:

quem modum sibi ipsa statuit (crudelitas)?

Val. Max. 9, 2 pr.:

modum ipsae res statuunt (i. e. sibi),

Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 216:

modum nuptiarum sumptibus statuerunt,

Just. 21, 4, 5:

timori quem meo statuam modum?

Sen. Thyest. 483;

and with finem: jam statui aerumnis modum et finem cladi,

id. Herc. Fur. 206. —

With gen.:

honestius te inimicitiarum modum statuere potuisse quam me humanitatis,

Cic. Sull. 17, 48:

ipse modum statuam carminis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 44:

errorisque sui sic statuisse modum,

Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 36:

modum statuunt fellis pondere denarii,

they limit the quantity of the gall to the weight of a denarius, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 254.—

Condicionem or legem alicui, to impose a condition or law upon one, to dictate, assign a condition to:

hanc tu condicionem statuis Gaditanis,

Cic. Balb. 10, 25:

providete ne duriorem vobis condicionem statuatis ordinique vestro quam ferre possit,

id. Rab. Post. 6, 15:

alter eam sibi legem statuerat ut, etc.,

id. Phil. 10, 6, 12: pretio statuta lege ne modum excederet, etc., the law being assigned to the price that not, etc., i. e. the price being limited by the law, etc., Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118:

pacis legem universae Graeciae statuit,

Just. 9, 5, 2.—So with ellipsis of dat., to agree upon, stipulate:

statutis condicionibus,

Just. 6, 1, 3:

omnibus consentientibus Carthago conditur, statuto annuo vectigali pro solo urbis,

id. 18, 5, 14. —

Finem, to assign or put an end to, make an end of:

haud opinor commode Finem statuisse orationi militem,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 21:

et finem statuit cuppedinis atque timoris,

Lucr. 6, 25:

cum Fulvius Flaccus finem poenae eorum statuere cogeretur,

Val. Max. 3, 2, ext. 1: majores vestri omnium magnarum rerum et principia exorsi ab diis sunt, et finem statuerunt, finished, Liv. 45, 39, 10; so,

terminum: nam templis numquam statuetur terminus aevi,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 180:

cum consilii tui bene fortiterque suscepti eum tibi finem statueris, quem ipsa fortuna terminum nostrarum contentionum esse voluisset,

since you have assigned that end, Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 2.—

Pretium alicui rei, to assign a price to something; fix, determine the price of something:

quae probast mers, pretium ei statuit,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:

numquam avare pretium statui arti meae,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 48:

statuit frumento pretium,

Tac. A. 2, 87; so with dat. understood:

ut eos (obsides) pretio quantum ipsi statuissent patres redimi paterentur,

Liv. 45, 42, 7:

pretium statuit (i. e. vecturae et sali),

id. 45, 29, 13; so with in and acc.: ut in singulas amphoras (vini) centeni nummi statuantur, that the price may be set down at 100 sesterces for an amphora, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 56.—

Statuere diem, horam, tempus, locum alicui rei, or alicui, or with dat. gerund., to assign or appoint a day, time, place, etc. (for the more usual diem dicere):

statutus est comitiis dies,

Liv. 24, 27, 1:

diem patrando facinori statuerat,

id. 35, 35, 15:

multitudini diem statuit ante quam sine fraude liceret ab armis discedere,

Sall. C. 36, 2:

dies insidiis statuitur,

id. J. 70, 3:

ad tempus locumque colloquio statuendum,

Liv. 28, 35, 4:

subverti leges quae sua spatia (= tempora) quaerendis aut potiundis honoribus statuerint,

Tac. A. 2, 36.—With ellipsis of dat.:

observans quem statuere diem,

Mart. 4, 54, 6:

noctem unam poscit: statuitur nox,

Tac. A. 13, 44.—Esp. in the part. statutus, fixed, appointed (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with status; v. sisto fin.):

institum ut quotannis... libri diebus statutis (statis) recitarentur,

Suet. Claud. 42:

ut die statuta omnes equos ante regiam producerent,

Just. 1, 10, 1:

quaedam (genera) statutum tempus anni habent,

Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 135:

fruges quoque maturitatem statuto tempore expectant,

Curt. 6, 3, 7:

sacrificium non esse redditum statuto tempore,

id. 8, 2, 6:

statuto tempore quo urbem Mithridati traderet,

Just. 16, 4, 9:

cum ad statutam horam omnes convenissent,

id. 1, 10, 8:

intra tempus statutum,

fixed by the law, Dig. 4, 4, 19 and 20.—

To recount, count up, state (very rare): statue sex et quinquaginta annos, quibus mox divus Augustus rempublicam rexit: adice Tiberii tres et viginti... centum et viginti anni colliguntur, count, fix the number at, Tac. Or. 17:

Cinyphiae segetis citius numerabis aristas... quam tibi nostrorum statuatur summa laborum,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 29.—

To decide, determine, with reference to a result, to settle, fix, bring about, choose, make a decision.

Of disputes, differences, questions, etc., between others.

With interrog.-clause:

ut statuatis hoc judicio utrum posthac amicitias clarorum virorum calamitati hominibus an ornamento esse malitis,

Cic. Balb. 28, 65:

eam potestatem habetis ut statuatis utrum nos... semper miseri lugeamus, an, etc.,

id. Mil. 2, 4:

in hoc homine statuatis, possitne senatoribus judicantibus homo nocentissim us pecuniosissimusque damnari,

id. Verr. 1, 16, 47:

vos statuite, recuperatores, utra (sententia) utilior esse videatur,

id. Caecin. 27, 77:

decidis tu statuisque quid iis ad denarium solveretur,

id. Quint. 4, 17:

magni esse judicis statuere quid quemque cuique praestare oporteret,

id. Off. 3, 17, 70:

mihi vero Pompeius statuisse videtur quid vos in judicando spectare oporteret,

id. Mil. 6, 15:

semel (senatus) statuerent quid donatum Masinissae vellent,

Liv. 42, 23:

nec quid faciendum modo sit statuunt, sed, etc.,

decide, dictate, id. 44, 22:

nondum statuerat conservaret eum necne,

Nep. Eum. 11, 2:

statutumque (est) quantum curules, quantum plebei pignoris caperent,

Tac. A. 13, 28: semel nobis esse statuendum quod consilium in illo sequamur, August. ap. Suet. Claud. 4. —

With de:

ut consules de Caesaris actis cognoscerent, statuerent, judicarent,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:

et collegas suos de religione statuisse, in senatu de lege statuturos,

id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

ut de absente eo C. Licinius statueret ac judicaret,

Liv. 42, 22:

si de summa rerum liberum senatui permittat rex statuendi jus,

id. 42, 62: qui ab exercitu ab imperatore eove cui de ea re statuendi potestas fuerit, dimissus erit, Edict. Praet. in Dig. 3, 2, 1.—Often with reference to punishment:

cum de P. Lentulo ceterisque statuetis, pro certo habetote, vos simul de exercitu Catilinae decernere,

Sall. C. 52, 17:

satis visum de Vestilia statuere,

to pass sentence against, Tac. A. 2, 85:

jus statuendi de procuratoribus,

id. ib. 12, 54:

facta patribus potestate statuendi de Caeciliano,

id. ib. 6, 7; so id. ib. 13, 28; cf. id. ib. 15, 14; 2, 85; Suet. Tib. 61 fin. —In partic.: de se statuere, to decide on, or dispose of one's self, i. e. of one's life, = to commit suicide:

eorum qui de se statuebant humabantur corpora,

Tac. A. 6, 29.—

With de and abl. and interrog.-clause:

si quibusdam populis permittendum esse videatur ut statuant ipsi de suis rebus quo jure uti velint,

Cic. Balb. 8, 22.—

With contra:

consequeris tamen ut eos ipsos quos contra statuas aequos placatosque dimittas,

Cic. Or. 10, 34. —

With indef. obj., usu. a neutr. pron.:

utrum igitur hoc Graeci statuent... an nostri praetores?

Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

dixisti quippiam: fixum (i. e. id) et statutum est,

id. Mur. 30, 62:

eoque utrique quod statuit contenti sunt,

Caes. B. C. 1, 87:

senatus, ne quid absente rege statueret,

Liv. 39, 24, 13:

maturato opus est, quidquid statuere placet (senatui),

id. 8, 13, 17:

id ubi in P. Licinio ita statutum est,

id. 41, 15, 10:

interrogatus quid ipse victorem statuere debere censeret,

Curt. 8, 14, 43:

quid in futurum statuerim, aperiam,

Tac. A. 4, 37:

utque rata essent quae procuratores sui in judicando statuerent,

Suet. Claud. 12;

qul statuit aliquid parte inaudita altera, aequum licet statuerit, haud aequus fuit,

Sen. Med. 2, 199:

non ergo quod libet statuere arbiter potest,

Dig. 4, 8, 32, § 15; cf.:

earum rerum quas Caesar statuisset, decrevisset, egisset,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 11.—

With de or super and abl.:

vos de crudelissimis parricidis quid statuatis cunctamini?

Sall. C. 52, 31:

nihil super ea re nisi ex voluntate filii statuere,

Suet. Tib. 13:

ne quid super tanta re absente principe statueretur,

Tac. H. 4, 9.—

Absol., mostly pass. impers.:

ita expediri posse consilium ut pro merito cujusque statueretur,

Liv. 8, 14, 1:

tunc ut quaeque causa erit statuetis,

id. 3, 53, 10:

non ex rumore statuendum,

decisions should not be founded on rumors, Tac. A. 3, 69.—

With cognoscere, to examine ( officially) and decide:

petit ut vel ipse de eo causa cognita statuat, vel civitatem statuere jubeat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19:

consuli ut cognosceret statueretque senatus permiserat,

Liv. 39, 3, 2:

missuros qui de eorum controversiis cognoscerent statuerentque,

id. 40, 20, 1; 45, 13, 11:

quod causa cognita erit statuendum,

Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 8.—

With reference to the mind of the subject, to decide, to make up one's mind, conclude, determine, be convinced, usu. with interrog.clause:

numquam intellegis, statuendum tibi esse, utrum illi homicidae sint an vindices libertatis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30:

illud mirum videri solet, tot homines... statuere non potuisse, utrum judicem an arbitrum, rem an litem dici oporteret,

id. Mur. 12, 27:

neque tamen possum statuere, utrum magis mirer, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

ipsi statuerent, quo tempore possent suo jure arma capere,

id. Tull. 5, 12:

ut statuerem quid esset faciendum,

id. Att. 7, 26, 3:

statuere enim qui sit sapiens, vel maxime videtur esse sapientis,

id. Ac. 2, 3, 9:

si habes jam statutum quid tibi agendum putes,

id. Fam. 4, 2, 4:

tu quantum tribuendum nobis putes statuas ipse, et, ut spero, statues ex nostra dignitate,

id. ib. 5, 8, 4:

vix statui posse utrum quae pro se, an quae contra fratrem petiturus esset ab senatu magis impetrabilia forent,

Liv. 45, 19, 6:

quam satis statuerat, utram foveret partem,

id. 42, 29, 11:

posse ipsam Liviam statuere, nubendum post Drusum, an, etc.,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

statue quem poenae extrahas,

Sen. Troad. 661.—So with apud animum, to make up one's mind:

vix statuere apud animum meum possum atrum pejor ipsa res an pejore exemplo agatur,

Liv. 34, 2, 4:

proinde ipsi primum statuerent apud animos quid vellent,

id. 6, 39, 11.—Rarely with neutr, pron. as object:

quidquid nos de communi sententia statuerimus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:

sic statue, quidquid statuis, ut causam famamque tuam in arto stare scias,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1306.—

To decree, order, prescribe.

With ut or ne: statuunt ut decem milia hominum in oppidum submittantur, [p. 1754] Caes. B. G. 7, 21:

eos (Siculos) statuisse ut hoc quod dico postularet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 103:

statuunt illi atque decernunt ut eae litterae... removerentur,

id. ib. 2, 2, 71, §

173: statuit iste ut arator... vadimonium promitteret,

id. ib. 2, 3, 15, §

38: orare patres ut statuerent ne absentium nomina reciperentur,

id. ib. 2, 2, 42, §

103: statuitur ne post M. Brutum proconsulem sit Creta provincia,

id. Phil. 2, 38, 97:

(Tiberius) auxit patrum honorem statuendo ut qui ad senatum provocavissent, etc.,

Tac. A. 14, 28:

statuiturque (a senatu) ut... in servitute haberentur,

id. ib. 12, 53.—So of a decree, determination, or agreement by several persons or parties to be carried out by each of them:

statutum esse (inter plebem et Poenos) ut... impedimenta diriperent,

Liv. 23, 16, 6:

Athenienses cum statuerent, ut urbe relicta naves conscenderent,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:

statuunt ut fallere custodes tentent,

Ov. M. 4, 84.—

With acc. (post-Aug.):

remedium statuere,

to prescribe a remedy against public abuses, Tac. A. 3, 28; 6, 4:

Caesar ducentesimam (vectigalis) in posterum statuit,

decreed that one half of one per cent. be the tax, id. ib. 2, 42.—So with sic (= hoc):

sic, di, statuistis,

Ov. M. 4, 661.—

With dat. and acc. (not ante-Aug.):

eis (Vestalibus) stipendium de publico statuit,

decreed, allowed a salary, Liv. 1, 20, 3:

Aurelio quoque annuam pecuniam statuit princeps,

decreed, granted, Tac. A. 13, 34:

biduum criminibus obiciendis statuitur,

are allowed, id. ib. 3, 13:

itaque et alimenta pueris statuta... et patribus praemia statuta,

Just. 12, 4, 8:

ceu Aeolus insanis statuat certamina ventis,

Stat. Th. 6, 300:

non hoc statui sub tempore rebus occasum Aeoniis,

id. ib. 7, 219:

statuere alicui munera,

Val. Fl. 2, 566.—

With dat. and interrog.-clause:

cur his quoque statuisti quantum ex hoc genere frumenti darent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:

ordo iis quo quisque die supplicarent, statutus,

Liv. 7, 28, 8.—

In partic., of punishment, etc., to decree, measure out, inflict.

With poenam, etc., with or without in and acc. pers. (mostly post-Aug.):

considerando... in utra (lege) major poena statuatur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

poenam statui par fuisse,

Tac. A. 14, 49:

qui non judicium, sed poenam statui videbant,

id. ib. 11, 6:

eadem poena in Catum Firmium statuitur,

id. ib. 6, 31:

senatu universo in socios facinoris ultimam statuente poenam,

Suet. Caes. 14;

so with mercedem (= poenam): debuisse gravissimam temeritatis mercedem statui,

Liv. 39, 55, 3; cf.

also: Thrasea, non quidquid nocens reus pati mereretur, id egregio sub principe statuendum disseruit,

Tac. A. 14, 48.— Absol.:

non debere eripi patribus vim statuendi (sc. poenas),

Tac. A. 3, 70.—

With indef. obj., generally with in and acc.: aliquid gravius in aliquem, to proceed severely against:

obsecrare coepit, ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

fac aliquid gravius in Hejum statuisse Mamertinos,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 19:

res monet cavere ab illis magis quam quid in illos statuamus consultare,

Sall. C. 52, 3:

qui cum triste aliquid statuit, fit tristis et ipse,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 119:

si quid ob eam rem de se crudelius statuerent,

Just. 2, 15, 10.—

With a word expressing the kind of punishment (post-Aug.):

in Pompeiam Sabinam exilium statuitur,

Tac. A. 6, 24 (18).—

De capite, to pass sentence of death:

legem illam praeclaram quae de capite civis Romani nisi comitiis centuriatis statui vetaret,

Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61.—

Referring to one's own acts, to resolve, determine, purpose, to propose, with inf. (first in Cic.;

freq. and class.): statuit ab initio et in eo perseveravit, jus publicano non dicere,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

P. Clodius cum statuisset omni scelere in praetura vexare rem publicam,

id. Mil. 9, 24:

statuerat excusare,

to decline the office, id. Lig. 7, 21:

cum statuissem scribere ad te aliquid,

id. Off. 1, 2, 4:

quod iste certe statuerat et deliberaverat non adesse,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:

se statuisse animum advertere in omnes nauarchos,

id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §

105: nam statueram in perpetuum tacere,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

statueram... nihil de illo dicere,

id. Fragm. Clod. 1, 1:

statueram recta Appia Romam (i. e. venire),

id. Att. 16, 10, 1:

Pompeius statuerat bello decertare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 86: si cedere hinc statuisset, Liv. 44, 39, 7:

triumphare mense Januario statuerat,

id. 39, 15:

immemor sim propositi quo statui non ultra attingere externa nisi qua Romanis cohaererent rebus,

id. 39, 48:

rex quamquam dissimulare statuerat,

id. 42, 21:

opperiri ibi hostium adventum statuit,

id. 42, 54, 9:

ut statuisse non pugnare consules cognitum est,

id. 2, 45, 9:

exaugurare fana statuit,

id. 1, 55, 2:

Delphos mittere statuit,

id. 1, 56, 5:

eos deducere in agros statuerunt,

id. 40, 38, 2:

tradere se, ait, moenia statuisse,

id. 8, 25, 10:

Samnitium exercitus certamine ultimo fortunam experiri statuit,

id. 7, 37, 4:

statuit sic adfectos hosti non obicere,

id. 44, 36, 2:

sub idem tempus statuit senatus Carthaginem excidere,

Vell. 1, 12, 2:

statui pauca disserere,

Tac. H. 4, 73:

amoliri juvenem specie honoris statuit,

id. A. 2, 42:

statuerat urbem novam condere,

Curt. 4, 8, 1:

statuerat parcere urbi conditae a Cyro,

id. 7, 6, 20:

rex statuerat inde abire,

id. 7, 11, 4:

Alexander statuerat ex Syria petere Africam,

id. 10, 1, 17; 10, 5, 24; 5, 27 (9), 13; so,

statutum habere cum animo ac deliberatum,

to have firmly and deliberately resolved, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.—With sic:

caedis initium fecisset a me, sic enim statuerat,

id. Phil. 3, 7, 29.—

To judge, declare as a judgment, be of opinion, hold (especially of legal opinions), think, consider (always implying the establishment of a principle, or a decided conviction; cf.: existimo, puto, etc.).

With acc. and inf.

In gen.:

senatus consulta falsa delata ab eo judicavimus... leges statuimus per vim et contra auspicia latas,

Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 12:

statuit senatus hoc ne illi quidem esse licitum cui concesserat omnia,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 81:

quin is tamen (judex) statuat fieri non posse ut de isto non severissime judicetur,

id. ib. 2, 3, 62, §

144: hujusce rei vos (recuperatores) statuetis nullam esse actionem qui obstiterit armatis hominibus?

id. Caecin. 13, 39, ut quisquam juris numeretur peritus, qui id statuit esse jus quod non oporteat judicari, who holds that to be the law, id. ib. 24, 68:

is (Pompeius) se in publico statuit esse non posse,

id. Pis. 13, 29:

tu unquam tantam plagam tacitus accipere potuisses, nisi hoc ita statuisses, quidquid dixisses te deterius esse facturum?

id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 133:

si causa cum causa contenderet, nos nostram perfacile cuivis probaturos statuebamus,

we were sure, id. Quint. 30, 92:

non statuit sibi quidquam licere quod non patrem suum facere vidisset,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 211:

hi sibi nullam societatem communis utilitatis causa statuunt esse cum civibus,

assume, id. Off. 3, 6, 28:

cum igitur statuisset opus esse ad eam rem constituendam pecunia,

had become convinced, id. ib. 2, 23, 82:

quo cive neminem ego statuo in hac re publica esse fortiorem,

id. Planc. 21, 51:

quam quidem laudem sapientiae statuo esse maximam,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

hoc anno statuit temporis esse satis,

Ov. F. 1, 34:

nolim statuas me mente maligna id facere,

Cat. 67, 37.— So with sic:

velim sic statuas tuas mihi litteras longissimas quasque gratissimas fore,

Cic. Fam. 7, 33 fin.:

ego sic statuo a me in hac causa pietatis potius quam defensionis partes esse susceptas,

I hold, lay down as the principle of my defence, id. Sest. 2, 3:

quod sic statuit omnino consularem legem nullam putare,

id. ib. 64, 135:

sic statuo et judico, neminem tot et tanta habuisse ornamenta dicendi,

id. Or. 2, 28, 122. —Hence, statui, I have judged, i. e. I know, and statueram, I had judged, i. e. I knew:

ut ego qui in te satis consilii statuerim esse, mallem Peducaeum tibi consilium dare quam me, ironically,

Cic. Att. 1, 5, 4:

qui saepe audissent, nihil esse pulchrius quam Syracusarum moenia, statuerant se, si ea Verre praetore non vidissent, numquam esse visuros,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95.—With neutr. pron.:

si dicam non recte aliquid statuere eos qui consulantur,

that they hold an erroneous opinion, Cic. Caecin. 24, 68; cf.:

quis hoc statuit umquam, aut cui concedi potest, ut eum jure potuerit occidere a quo, etc.,

id. Tull. 24, 56; Quint. 5, 13, 21.—

Particularly of a conclusion drawn from circumstances, to judge, infer, conclude; declare (as an inference):

cum tuto senatum haberi non posse judicavistis, tum statuiistis, etiam intra muros Antonii scelus versari,

Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13: quod si aliter statuetis, videte ne hoc vos statuatis, qui vivus decesserit, ei vim non esse factam, id. Caecin. 16, 46:

quid? si tu ipse statuisti, bona P. Quinctii ex edicto possessa non esse?

id. Quint. 24, 76:

ergo ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67:

Juppiter esse pium statuit quodcumque juvaret,

Ov. H. 4, 133.—With neutr. pron.:

hoc (i. e. litteris Gabinii credendum non esse) statuit senatus cum frequens supplicationem Gabinio denegavit,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14:

quod si tum statuit opus esse, quid cum ille decessisset, Flacco existimatis statuendum et faciendum fuisse?

id. Fl. 12, 29; cf. id. Caecin. 16, 46, supra; so,

hoc si ita statuetis,

id. ib. 16, 47.—

Esp. with gerund.-clause.

To hold, judge, think, consider, acknowledge, that something must be done, or should have been done:

tu cum tuos amicos in provinciam quasi in praedam invitabas... non statuebas tibi de illorum factis rationem esse reddendam?

did you not consider, did it not strike you? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29: statuit, si hoc crimen extenuari vellet, nauarchos omnes vita esse privandos, he thought it necessary to deprive, etc., id. ib. 2, 5, 40, §

103: ut statuas mihi non modo non cedendum, sed etiam tuo auxilio utendum fuisse,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

statuebam sic, boni nihil ab illis nugis expectandum,

id. Sest. 10, 24:

Antigonus statuit aliquid sibi consilii novi esse capiendum,

Nep. Eum. 8, 4. —So with opus fuisse:

ut hoc statuatis oratione longa nihil opus fuisse,

acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56: causam sibi dicendam esse statuerat jam ante quam hoc usu venit, knew (cf. a. supra), id. ib. 2, 5, 39, § 101. —

To think that one must do something, to resolve, propose, usu. with dat. pers.:

manendum mihi statuebam quasi in vigilia quadam consulari ac senatoria,

Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1: quae vobis fit injuria si statuimus, vestro nobis judicio standum esse, if we conclude, purpose, to abide, etc., id. Fl. 27, 65:

ut ea quae statuisses tibi in senatu dicenda, reticeres,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 1:

statuit tamen nihil sibi in tantis injuriis gravius faciendum,

id. Clu. 6, 16:

Caesar statuit exspectandam classem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

non expectandum sibi statuit dum, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 11:

quod eo tempore statuerat non esse faciendum,

id. B. C. 3, 44:

statuit sibi nihil agitandum,

Sall. J. 39, 5:

Metellus statuit alio more bellum gerendum,

id. ib. 54, 5:

Laco statuit accuratius sibi agendum cum Pharnabazo,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 2:

sororis filios tollendos statuit,

Just. 38, 1.—

With ut:

si, ut Manilius statuebat, sic est judicatum (= ut judicandum esse statuebat),

Cic. Caecin. 24, 69:

ut veteres statuerunt poetae (ut = quod ita esse),

id. Arat. 267 (33): quae majora auribus accepta sunt quam oculis noscuntur, ut statuit, as he thought, i. e. that those things were greater, etc., Liv. 45, 27:

cum esset, ut ego mihi statuo, talis qualem te esse video,

Cic. Mur. 14, 32.—

With two acc. (= duco, existimo):

omnes qui libere de re publica sensimus, statuit ille quidem non inimicos, sed hostes,

regarded not as adversaries, but as foes, Cic. Phil. 11, 1, 3:

Anaximenes aera deum statuit,

id. N. D. 10, 26:

voluptatem summum bonum statuens,

id. Off. 1, 2, 5:

video Lentulum cujus ego parentem deum ac patronum statuo fortunae ac nominis mei,

id. Sest. 69, 144:

si rectum statuerimus concedere amicis quidquid velint,

id. Lael. 11, 38:

Hieronymus summum bonum statuit non dolere,

id. Fin. 2, 6, 19:

noster vero Plato Titanum e genere statuit eos qui... adversentur magistratibus,

id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

decretum postulat, quo justae inter patruos fratrumque filias nuptiae statuerentur,

Tac. A. 12, 7:

optimum in praesentia statuit reponere odium,

id. Agr. 39.— P. a.: stătūtus, a, um, i. e. baculo, propped, leaning on a stick (dub. v. I. C. supra):

vidistis senem... statutum, ventriosum?

Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, subst.: stătūtum, i, n., a law, decision, determination, statute (late Lat.):

Dei,

Lact. 2, 16, 14:

Parcarum leges ac statuta,

id. 1, 11, 14:

statuta Dei et placita,

id. 7, 25, 8.

sub-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( perf. sync. subduxti, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25; inf. subduxe, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6), v. a., to draw from under or from below.

Without the idea of removal.

In gen., to draw or pull up; to lift up, raise (rare):

brassicam ad nasum admoveto: ita subducito susum animam, quam plurimum poteris,

Cato, R. R. 157, 15:

aliquid sursum,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 4:

cataractam funibus,

Liv. 27, 28, 10: subductis (tunicis) usque ad inguen, pulled up (opp. demissis), Hor. S. 1, 2, 26: supercilia, Turp. ap. Non. 399, 30; Varr. ib. 399, 33; Sen. Ep. 48, 5; id. Ben. 1, 1, 6 al.; cf.:

subducto voltu,

Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9.—

In partic., naut. t. t., to draw or haul up on land (a ship out of the water;

class. and freq.): navim in pulvinarium,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 27:

longas naves in aridum,

Caes. B. G. 4, 29:

navis subducta in terrā,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 50:

naves regiae in campo Martio subductae sunt,

Liv. 45, 42:

ab classe, quae Corcyrae subducta erat,

id. 31, 22:

classis, quae subducta esset ad Gytheum,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 49; so,

naves,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11; id. B. C. 2, 23; 3, 23 fin.; Liv. 27, 17, 6; 37, 10; 42, 27:

classem,

id. 45, 2 al.; Vulg. Luc. 5, 11.—

With the idea of removal implied, to draw away from among; to take away, lead away, carry off; to withdraw, remove, etc. (class.; syn. subtraho).

In gen.:

ubi bullabit vinum, ignem subducito,

Cato, R. R. 105, 1:

lapides ex turri,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11:

rerum fundamenta,

Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 42:

conjux fidum capiti subduxerat ensem,

Verg. A. 6, 524:

subduc cibum unum diem athletae,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40:

et sucus pecori et lac subducitur agnis,

Verg. E. 3, 6:

pugnae Turnum,

id. A. 10, 615;

so,

id. ib. 10, 50:

aliquem manibus Graium,

id. ib. 10, 81:

aliquem praesenti periculo,

Vell. 2, 72, 5:

se pedibus (terra),

Lucr. 1, 1106:

se ab ipso Vulnere (fera),

Ov. M. 7, 781 et saep. —

Esp.

To purge, evacuate:

quoniam is cibus subduceret sensim alvum,

Gell. 4, 11, 4; so,

alvum,

Cels. 3, 4.—

Vela celeriter, to take in, furl, Auct. B. Alex. 45, 3:

rem de judicio,

Dig. 10, 2, 14.—

Milit. t. t., to draw off forces from one position to another (class.):

cohortes aliquot subductas ex dextro cornu post aciem circumducit,

Liv. 27, 48:

Numidas ex mediā acie,

id. 22, 48:

triarios ex postremā acie,

id. 44, 37:

subductis ordinibus,

id. 36, 18; cf. id. 40, 30:

ab his centuriones omnes lectos et evocatos... in primam aciem subducit,

Sall. C. 59, 3:

copias in proximum collem subducit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 22:

milites pleno gradu in collem,

Sall. J. 98, 4:

agmen in aequiorem locum,

Liv. 7, 34.—

With the idea of stealth or secrecy.

To take away secretly or by stealth, to steal, hide: Atreus quam (pecudem auream) sibi Thyestem subduxe queritur, Poët. ap. Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6:

alicui anulum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 81:

subducta viatica plorat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54:

post ignem aethereā domo Subductum,

id. C. 1, 3, 30:

nec mihi rivalis subducit certos amores,

Prop. 1, 8, 45:

saccularii partem subducunt, partem subtrahunt,

Dig. 47, 11, 7:

obsides furto,

Liv. 9, 11:

cubiculum subductum omnibus ventis,

secured against, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10.—

Esp., with se, me, etc., to take one's self away by stealth, withdraw, steal away:

tempus est subducere hinc me,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 62:

clam te subduxti mihi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 25:

de circulo se subduxit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1:

modo se subducere ab ipso Vulnere visa fera est,

Ov. M. 7, 781:

se clam,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 4;

Auct. B. Afr. 93, 1: at nos quaerimus illa (verba), tamquam lateant semper seseque subducant,

Quint. 8, prooem. § 21.— Poet.:

neve terra se pedibus subducat,

Lucr. 1, 1106:

quā se subducere colles Incipiunt,

i. e. to slope down gradually, Verg. E. 9, 7; cf.

mid.: fons subducitur,

i. e. loses itself, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 39.—

Trop.

Rationem, to draw up, cast up, reckon, compute, calculate, or balance an account (by subtracting one set of items from another; class.;

esp. freq. in Cic.): subduxi ratiunculam, Quantum aeris mihi sit, quantumque alieni siet,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 1; cf.:

intus subducam ratiunculam, quantillum argenti mi siet,

id. Capt. 1, 2, 89:

subducamus summam,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11; cf.:

assidunt, subducunt: ad numum convenit,

id. ib. 5, 21, 12.—

In gen.: rationem, to deliberate, calculate:

rationibus subductis summam feci cogitationum mearum,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

Medea et Atreus... initā subductāque ratione nefaria scelera meditantes,

id. N. D. 3, 29, 71; cf.: ineundis subducendisque rationibus, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 399, 16;

for which also, calculis subductis,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 60:

bene subductā ratione,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 1:

hoc quid intersit, si tuos digitos novi, certe habes subductum,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 31. —Hence, subductus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. A.) Raised, elevated, upturned: quod vituperones suos subducti supercilii carptores appellavit (Laevius), Gell. 19, 7, 16.—

(Acc. to II. A. 1.) Withdrawn, removed, remote, = remotus (post-Aug. and very rare):

terra subductior,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 591.

sublīmis, e (collat. form sublīmus, a, um: ex sublimo vertice, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 7, 19; Enn. ap. Non. 169; Att. and Sall. ib. 489, 8 sq.; Lucr. 1, 340), adj. [etym. dub.; perh. sub-limen, up to the lintel; cf. sublimen] (sublimem est in altitudinem elatum, Fest. p. 306 Müll.), uplifted, high, lofty, exalted, elevated (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: editus, arduus, celsus, altus).

Lit.

In gen., high, lofty:

hic vertex nobis semper sublimis,

Verg. G. 1, 242; cf. Hor. C. 1, 1, 36:

montis cacumen,

Ov. M. 1, 666:

tectum,

id. ib. 14, 752:

columna,

id. ib. 2, 1:

atrium,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 46:

arcus (Iridis),

Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 151:

portae,

Verg. A. 12, 133:

nemus,

Luc. 3, 86 et saep.: os, directed upwards (opp. to pronus), Ov. M. 1, 85; cf. id. ib. 15, 673; Hor. A. P. 457:

flagellum,

uplifted, id. C. 3, 26, 11:

armenta,

Col. 3, 8:

currus,

Liv. 28, 9.— Comp.:

quanto sublimior Atlas Omnibus in Libyā sit montibus,

Juv. 11, 24.— Sup.:

triumphans in illo sublimissimo curru,

Tert. Apol. 33.—

Esp., borne aloft, uplifted, elevated, raised:

rapite sublimem foras,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 1:

sublimem aliquem rapere (arripere, auferre, ferre),

id. As. 5, 2, 18; id. Men. 5, 7, 3; 5, 7, 6; 5, 7, 13; 5, 8, 3; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20; id. Ad. 3, 2, 18; Verg. A. 5, 255; 11, 722 (in all these passages others read sublimen, q. v.); Ov. M 4, 363 al.:

campi armis sublimibus ardent,

borne aloft, lofty, Verg. A. 11, 602: sublimes in [p. 1779] equis redeunt, id. ib. 7, 285:

apparet liquido sublimis in aëre Nisus,

id. G. 1, 404; cf.:

ipsa (Venus) Paphum sublimis abit,

on high through the air, id. A. 1, 415:

sublimis abit,

Liv. 1, 16; 1, 34:

vehitur,

Ov. M. 5, 648 al. —

On high, lofty, in a high position:

tenuem texens sublimis aranea telum,

Cat. 68, 49:

juvenem sublimem stramine ponunt,

Verg. A. 11, 67:

sedens solio sublimis avito,

Ov. M. 6, 650:

Tyrio jaceat sublimis in ostro,

id. H. 12, 179.—

Subst.: sublīme, is, n., height; sometimes to be rendered the air:

piro per lusum in sublime jactato,

Suet. Claud. 27; so, in sublime, Auct. B. Afr. 84, 1; Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112; 31, 6, 31, § 57:

per sublime volantes grues,

id. 18, 35, 87, § 362:

in sublimi posita facies Dianae,

id. 36, 5, 4, § 13:

ex sublimi devoluti,

id. 27, 12, 105, § 129.— Plur.:

antiquique memor metuit sublimia casus,

Ov. M. 8, 259:

per maria ac terras sublimaque caeli,

Lucr. 1, 340.—

Trop., lofty, exalted, eminent, distinguished.

In gen.:

antiqui reges ac sublimes viri,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 9; cf. Luc. 10, 378:

mens,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 103:

pectora,

id. F. 1, 301:

nomen,

id. Tr. 4, 10, 121:

sublimis, cupidusque et amata relinquere pernix,

aspiring, Hor. A. P. 165; cf.:

nil parvum sapias et adhuc sublimia cures,

id. Ep. 1, 12, 15.— Comp.:

quā claritate nihil in rebus humanis sublimius duco,

Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 10; Juv. 8, 232.— Sup.:

sancimus supponi duos sublimissimos judices,

Cod. Just. 7, 62, 39.—

In partic., of language, lofty, elevated, sublime (freq. in Quint.):

sublimia carmina,

Juv. 7, 28:

verbum,

Quint. 8, 3, 18:

clara et sublimia verba,

id. ib.:

oratio,

id. 8, 3, 74:

genus dicendi,

id. 11, 1, 3:

actio (opp. causae summissae),

id. 11, 3, 153:

si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,

id. 8, 3, 60 et saep.— Transf., of orators, poets, etc.:

natura sublimis et acer,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 165:

sublimis et gravis et grandiloquus (Aeschylus),

Quint. 10, 1, 66:

Trachalus plerumque sublimis,

id. 10, 1, 119.— Comp.:

sublimior gravitas Sophoclis,

Quint. 10, 1, 68:

sublimius aliquid,

id. 8, 3, 14:

jam sublimius illud pro Archiā, Saxa atque solitudines voci respondent,

id. 8, 3, 75.—Hence, advv.

Lit., aloft, loftily, on high.

Form sub-līmĭter (rare):

stare,

upright, Cato, R. R. 70, 2; so id. ib. 71:

volitare,

Col. 8, 11, 1:

munitur locus,

id. 8, 15, 1.—

Form sub-līme (class.):

Theodori nihil interest, humine an sublime putescat,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; cf.:

scuta, quae fuerant sublime fixa, sunt humi inventa,

id. Div. 2, 31, 67:

volare,

Lucr. 2, 206; 6, 97:

ferri,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40; id. N. D. 2, 39, 101; 2, 56, 141 Orell. N. cr.:

elati,

Liv. 21, 30:

expulsa,

Verg. G. 1, 320 et saep.—

Comp.:

sublimius altum Attollit caput,

Ov. Hal. 69.—

Trop., of speech, in a lofty manner, loftily (very rare):

alia sublimius, alia gravius esse dicenda,

Quint. 9, 4, 130.

suggestum, i, n. [id.], a raised place, height, mound:

ex suggesto faleris prodeunt anates in stagnum,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16.—

Esp., a platform, stage, tribune for a speaker:

cum in communibus suggestis consistere non auderet,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

illud suggestum, in quo causam dixerat, ascendens,

id. Div. 1, 54, 124.

Sulpĭcĭus, i, m.; Sulpĭcĭa, ae, f., the name of a Roman gens; e. g.

Ser. Sulpicius Galba, consul 610 A.U.C., and an able orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 39; id. Brut. 22, 86.—

C. Sulpicius Gallus, a connoisseur in Greek literature, and a good orator, Cic. Brut. 20, 78; id. Off. 1, 6, 19; id. Lael. 27, 101.—

Ser. Sulpicius Rufus, a very celebrated jurist, a contemporary and correspondent of Cicero; v. Cic. Fam. 4, 1 sqq.; Gell. 2, 10, 1; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 42 sq.—

C. Sulpicius Apollinaris, a grammarian, teacher of the emperor Pertinax, Gell. 2, 16, 8; 4, 17, 11.—

A tribune of the people. author of the lex Sulpicia, Nep. Att. 2, 1; Vell. 2, 18. —

Sulpicia, a Roman poetess in the time of Domitian, Mart. 10, 35, 1; Sid. Carm. 9, 262.—Hence,

Sulpĭcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sulpicius:

horrea,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 18: lex, proposed by the people ' s tribune P.Sulpicius, Flor. 3, 21.—

Sul-pĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sulpicius: classis, commanded by the prætor P. Sulpicius, Caes. B. C. 3, 101: seditio, raised by P. Sulpicius, Quint. 6, 3, 75.

Sulpĭcĭus, i, m.; Sulpĭcĭa, ae, f., the name of a Roman gens; e. g.

Ser. Sulpicius Galba, consul 610 A.U.C., and an able orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 39; id. Brut. 22, 86.—

C. Sulpicius Gallus, a connoisseur in Greek literature, and a good orator, Cic. Brut. 20, 78; id. Off. 1, 6, 19; id. Lael. 27, 101.—

Ser. Sulpicius Rufus, a very celebrated jurist, a contemporary and correspondent of Cicero; v. Cic. Fam. 4, 1 sqq.; Gell. 2, 10, 1; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 42 sq.—

C. Sulpicius Apollinaris, a grammarian, teacher of the emperor Pertinax, Gell. 2, 16, 8; 4, 17, 11.—

A tribune of the people. author of the lex Sulpicia, Nep. Att. 2, 1; Vell. 2, 18. —

Sulpicia, a Roman poetess in the time of Domitian, Mart. 10, 35, 1; Sid. Carm. 9, 262.—Hence,

Sulpĭcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sulpicius:

horrea,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 18: lex, proposed by the people ' s tribune P.Sulpicius, Flor. 3, 21.—

Sul-pĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sulpicius: classis, commanded by the prætor P. Sulpicius, Caes. B. C. 3, 101: seditio, raised by P. Sulpicius, Quint. 6, 3, 75.

Sulpĭcĭus, i, m.; Sulpĭcĭa, ae, f., the name of a Roman gens; e. g.

Ser. Sulpicius Galba, consul 610 A.U.C., and an able orator, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 39; id. Brut. 22, 86.—

C. Sulpicius Gallus, a connoisseur in Greek literature, and a good orator, Cic. Brut. 20, 78; id. Off. 1, 6, 19; id. Lael. 27, 101.—

Ser. Sulpicius Rufus, a very celebrated jurist, a contemporary and correspondent of Cicero; v. Cic. Fam. 4, 1 sqq.; Gell. 2, 10, 1; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 42 sq.—

C. Sulpicius Apollinaris, a grammarian, teacher of the emperor Pertinax, Gell. 2, 16, 8; 4, 17, 11.—

A tribune of the people. author of the lex Sulpicia, Nep. Att. 2, 1; Vell. 2, 18. —

Sulpicia, a Roman poetess in the time of Domitian, Mart. 10, 35, 1; Sid. Carm. 9, 262.—Hence,

Sulpĭcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sulpicius:

horrea,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 18: lex, proposed by the people ' s tribune P.Sulpicius, Flor. 3, 21.—

Sul-pĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Sulpicius: classis, commanded by the prætor P. Sulpicius, Caes. B. C. 3, 101: seditio, raised by P. Sulpicius, Quint. 6, 3, 75.

suscĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sub-cito], to lift up, raise, elevate (syn.: erigo, elevo).

In gen. (only poet.):

terga (i. e. humum),

to throw up, cast up, Verg. G. 1, 97:

undas (Nilus),

Luc. 10, 225:

aura lintea Suscitat,

swells, fills, Ov. H. 5, 54:

aures,

to erect, prick up, Val. Fl. 2, 125:

vulturium a cano capite,

to scare away, Cat. 68, 124:

pulverem pede,

Val. Max. 9, 3, ext. 3.—

In partic.

To build, erect (ante- and postclass.):

delubra deum,

Lucr. 5, 1166:

basilicas et forum in tantam altitudinem, ut, etc.,

Eum. Pan. ad Const. 22 med. —

Of persons sleeping, at rest, or quiet; of things at rest, etc., to stir up, rouse up, arouse, awaken; to set in motion, encourage, incite (the predom. signif. of the word;

syn. expergefacio): aliquem e somno,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

aliquem e molli quiete,

Cat. 80, 4:

quae me somno suscitet,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 96:

hic deposuit caput et dormit: suscita,

id. Most. 2, 1, 35:

se ad suom officium,

id. Rud. 4, 2, 17:

in arma viros,

Verg. A. 9, 463; 2, 618:

te ab tuis subselliis contra te testem suscitabo,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 13, 37:

tacentem musam,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 19:

oscinem corvum prece suscitabo Solis ab ortu,

will invoke, id. ib. 3, 27, 11:

ut te (aegrotum) Suscitet,

would restore, revive, id. S. 1, 1, 83:

mortuos,

to awaken, resuscitate, Aug. Serm. Verb. Dom. 44, 2; 44, 1; 44, 3 sq.:

Cupido Suscitat affixam maestis Aeetida curis,

Val. Fl. 8, 233:

Vesbius attonitas acer cum suscitat urbes,

startles, id. 3, 209:

si te suscitat Oceanus,

Mart. 6, 9, 2:

quā te suscitat,

id. 3, 95, 10; 5, 36, 5:

suscitatus,

raised from the dead, Aug. Serm. Verb. Dom. 44.—

Of things concr. or abstr.:

cinerem et sopitos suscitat ignes,

stirs up, rekindles, Verg. A. 5, 743:

ignes hesternos,

Ov. M. 8, 642; cf.:

exstinctos ignes (i. e. amoris),

id. A. A. 3, 597:

crepitum,

to raise, excite, Prop. 2, 4, 14:

clamores,

Phaedr. 5, 5, 28: fictas sententias, to bring forth, produce, invent, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88 (Trag. v. 447 Vahl.): bellum civile, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

vim suscitat ira,

Verg. A. 5, 454:

saevam caedem,

id. ib. 12, 498:

sensus tuos,

Sen. Agam. 789:

ne sopitam memoriam malorum oratio mea suscitet,

Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 8:

ensis ad tympana,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 281.