recruiting

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dēlectus, a, um, Part., from 1. deligo.

dēlectus or dīlectus (so often in best MSS., and adopted by Halm in Quint. and Cic., Weissenb. in Liv., Dietsch in Sall., and by Brambach, etc.; but Bait. and Kay. in Cic., Dinter and Nipperdey in Caes., delectus), ūs, m. [1. deligo], a choosing or picking out, a selecting; a selection, choice, distinction (freq. and class.).

In gen.:

utrimque tibi nunc dilectum para,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 157:

mihi quidem etiam lautius videtur, quod eligitur, et ad quod delectus adhibetur,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90: earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut, etc. (shortly before: cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio), id. ib. 1, 10, 33:

in hoc verborum genere propriorum delectus est quidam habendus,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150; so, verborum, Caes. ap. Cic. Brut. 72, 253; Quint. 12, 9, 6; cf.:

rerum verborumque agendus,

id. 10, 3, 5:

verbis delectum adhibere,

Tac. Or. 22: cujus (euphônias) in eo dilectus est, ut, etc., Quint. 1, 5, 4:

judicum,

Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

omnium rerum delectum atque discrimen pecunia sustulisset,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 50;

so with discrimen,

id. Fin. 4, 25, 69:

magnus hominum et dignitatum,

id. Rep. 1, 34:

dignitatis,

id. Clu. 46; id. Off. 1, 14, 45:

acceptorum beneficiorum sunt delectus habendi,

id. ib. 1, 15, 49:

non delectu aliquo aut sapientia ducitur ad judicandum,

id. Planc. 4:

sine ullo delectu, sine populi Rom. notione, sine judicio senatus,

id. Agr. 2, 21 fin.; cf. Ov. M. 10, 325;

and on the contrary, cum delectu,

making a selection, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180; Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 18.—

Milit. t. t., a levy, a recruiting:

per legatos delectum habere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 1; so, delectum habere, a standing phrase for recruiting, id. ib. 7, 1; id. B. C. 1, 2; 1, 6; Cic. Phil. 5, 12; Sall. C. 36, 3; Liv. 2, 28; Tac. A. 13, 35 al.; cf.

the postAug. agere,

Quint. 12, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Tac. H. 2, 16; Suet. Calig. 43 al.:

conficere,

Liv. 25, 5:

quas (legiones) ex novo delectu confecerat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

exercitus superbissimo delectu collectus,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 2 fin.:

provincialis,

made in the province, provincial, id. Fam. 15, 1 fin.:

in bella,

Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), the men levied, a levy:

e Britannico delectu octo milia sibi adjunxit,

Tac. H. 2, 57.

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căpĭtŭlārii, ōrum, m. [capitulare], tax-gatherers and revenue-officers, Cod. 12, 29, 2; Cassiod. Var. 10, 28.—

Recruiting-officers, Cod. Th. 6, 35, 3.

conquīsītor (access. form in Plaut. conquistor; or, acc. to Lachm., con-quaestor), ōris, m. [id.].

Milit. t. t., a recruiting officer, Cic. Mil. 25, 67; id. Att. 7, 21, 1; Liv. 21, 11, 13; 30, 7, 10; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 80.—

In a theatre, a claqueur, Plaut. Am. prol. 65 and 82.

triumvĭri (also written tresvĭri, and IIIvĭri), ōrum or ūm, m. [tres-vir], three men holding an office together or associated in public business, a board of three, three joint commissioners appointed for various purposes, a triumvirate. So,

Triumviri coloniae deducendae or agro dando, for leading out a colony and distributing the land among its members, Liv. 3, 1, 6; 4, 11, 5; 6, 21, 4; 8, 16, 14 al.—In sing.:

nobilitas... Gaium Gracchum... triumvirum coloniis deducundis ferro necaverat,

Sall. J. 42, 1:

triumvir agrarius,

Liv. 27, 21, 10; Cic. Brut. 20, 79.—

Triumviri capitales, superintendents of public prisons, who performed many of the duties of modern police magistrates, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 3; Cic. Or. 46, 156:

carceris lautumiarum,

Liv. 32, 26, 27; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30; Liv. 25, 1, 10; 39, 14, 10.—In sing., Val. Max. 5, 4, 7.—

Triumviri Epulones, v. epulo.—

Triumviri monetales, directors of the mint, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30.—

Triumviri mensarii, three commissioners to regulate money, Liv. 23, 21, 6; 24, 18, 12; 26, 36, 8.—

Triumviri nocturni, fire-wardens, Liv. 9, 46, 3; Val. Max. 8, 1, 6; Dig. 1, 15, 1.—

Triumviri reipublicae constituendae;

these were Antony, Octavianus, and Lepidus, appointed to regulate public affairs,

Liv. Epit. 120; Suet. Aug. 96; id. Tib. 4; Flor. 4, 6.— In sing., Vell. 2, 88, 1; Suet. Aug. 9; 54; Gell. 3, 9, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 2.—

Boards for recruiting troops:

senatus triumviros binos creari jussit,

Liv. 25, 5, 6.—

Triumviri sacris conquirendis donisque persignandis, to collect and register votive offerings, etc., Liv. 25, 7, 5.—

Triumviri reficiendis aedibus Fortunae et matris Matutae et Spei, for the restoration of temples, Liv. 25, 7, 6.—

The three chief magistrates of a municipality:

Q. Manlius, qui tum erat IIIvir,

Cic. Clu. 13, 38.

pĕtītor, ōris, m. [peto].

In gen., a seeker, striver after any thing ( poet.):

famae,

Luc. 1, 131.—

In partic.

Polit. t. t., an applicant or candidate for an office (very rare for candidatus; not in Cic.), Scip. Afric. ap. Macr. S. 2, 10:

e petitoribus non alios adjuvare aut ad honorem pati pervenire,

Suet. Caes. 23:

hic generosior Descendat in campum petitor,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 10.—

Judicial t. t., a claimant, plaintiff, in private or civil suits (whereas he who prefers the complaint in a criminal case is termed accusator;

class.): quis erat petitor? Fannius: quis reus? Flavius,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 42:

petitoris personam capere, accusatoris deponere,

id. Quint. 13, 45; Gai. Inst. 4, 94 et saep.—

A suitor, wooer (post-class.), App M. 4, p. 309 Oud.; Sen. Fragm. § 39 Haas; Cod. Th. 3, 7, 1; Ambros. in Luc. 8, 70 fin. —

In late Lat.:

MILITIAE,

a recruiting officer, Inscr. Grut. 531, 10; ib. Murat. 788, 7; 794, 7.

supplēmentum ( subpl-), i, n. [suppleo], that with which any thing is made full or whole; a filling up, supply, supplement.

In gen. (so rare;

perh. only post-Aug.): ex geminis singula capita in supplementum gregis reservantur,

Col. 7, 6, 7:

nec ullis juventutis supplementis frequentatae,

id. 9, 13, 13:

adjectum supplementum Campaniae coloniae,

Vell. 2, 81, 2:

quosdam bello captos in supplementum urbium dividit,

Just. 8, 6, 1:

digitum torpentem cornei circuli supplemento scripturae admovere,

with the help, aid, Suet. Aug. 80:

supplementum operi postulabant,

App. M. p. 231, 12:

sordentia supplementa et dapes gratuitas conquirere,

broken victuals, id. ib. 4, p. 149, 5:

artis magicae,

apparatus, id. ib. 2, p. 124, 16.—

In partic., in milit. lang., a making up, filling up a body of troops, recruiting; concr., supplies, reinforcements (the class. signif. of the word):

supplementum legionibus scribere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1; cf. Liv. 42, 10, 12:

legiones veteres supplemento explere,

id. 1, 30:

per causam supplementi ab exercitu discedit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 9:

supplementi nomine,

id. B. C. 3, 4:

in supplementum classis juventus armaque data,

Liv. 28, 37, 4:

servos ad suplpementum remigum dedit,

id. 26, 47, 3:

in supplementum scribere,

id. 37, 2, 2; 42, 1, 2:

distribuere,

Curt. 4, 5, 18:

legere,

id. 5, 1, 13:

milites, qui in supplementum venerant,

Just. 3, 4, 5.

supplēmentum ( subpl-), i, n. [suppleo], that with which any thing is made full or whole; a filling up, supply, supplement.

In gen. (so rare;

perh. only post-Aug.): ex geminis singula capita in supplementum gregis reservantur,

Col. 7, 6, 7:

nec ullis juventutis supplementis frequentatae,

id. 9, 13, 13:

adjectum supplementum Campaniae coloniae,

Vell. 2, 81, 2:

quosdam bello captos in supplementum urbium dividit,

Just. 8, 6, 1:

digitum torpentem cornei circuli supplemento scripturae admovere,

with the help, aid, Suet. Aug. 80:

supplementum operi postulabant,

App. M. p. 231, 12:

sordentia supplementa et dapes gratuitas conquirere,

broken victuals, id. ib. 4, p. 149, 5:

artis magicae,

apparatus, id. ib. 2, p. 124, 16.—

In partic., in milit. lang., a making up, filling up a body of troops, recruiting; concr., supplies, reinforcements (the class. signif. of the word):

supplementum legionibus scribere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1; cf. Liv. 42, 10, 12:

legiones veteres supplemento explere,

id. 1, 30:

per causam supplementi ab exercitu discedit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 9:

supplementi nomine,

id. B. C. 3, 4:

in supplementum classis juventus armaque data,

Liv. 28, 37, 4:

servos ad suplpementum remigum dedit,

id. 26, 47, 3:

in supplementum scribere,

id. 37, 2, 2; 42, 1, 2:

distribuere,

Curt. 4, 5, 18:

legere,

id. 5, 1, 13:

milites, qui in supplementum venerant,

Just. 3, 4, 5.

triumvĭri (also written tresvĭri, and IIIvĭri), ōrum or ūm, m. [tres-vir], three men holding an office together or associated in public business, a board of three, three joint commissioners appointed for various purposes, a triumvirate. So,

Triumviri coloniae deducendae or agro dando, for leading out a colony and distributing the land among its members, Liv. 3, 1, 6; 4, 11, 5; 6, 21, 4; 8, 16, 14 al.—In sing.:

nobilitas... Gaium Gracchum... triumvirum coloniis deducundis ferro necaverat,

Sall. J. 42, 1:

triumvir agrarius,

Liv. 27, 21, 10; Cic. Brut. 20, 79.—

Triumviri capitales, superintendents of public prisons, who performed many of the duties of modern police magistrates, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 3; Cic. Or. 46, 156:

carceris lautumiarum,

Liv. 32, 26, 27; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30; Liv. 25, 1, 10; 39, 14, 10.—In sing., Val. Max. 5, 4, 7.—

Triumviri Epulones, v. epulo.—

Triumviri monetales, directors of the mint, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30.—

Triumviri mensarii, three commissioners to regulate money, Liv. 23, 21, 6; 24, 18, 12; 26, 36, 8.—

Triumviri nocturni, fire-wardens, Liv. 9, 46, 3; Val. Max. 8, 1, 6; Dig. 1, 15, 1.—

Triumviri reipublicae constituendae;

these were Antony, Octavianus, and Lepidus, appointed to regulate public affairs,

Liv. Epit. 120; Suet. Aug. 96; id. Tib. 4; Flor. 4, 6.— In sing., Vell. 2, 88, 1; Suet. Aug. 9; 54; Gell. 3, 9, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 2.—

Boards for recruiting troops:

senatus triumviros binos creari jussit,

Liv. 25, 5, 6.—

Triumviri sacris conquirendis donisque persignandis, to collect and register votive offerings, etc., Liv. 25, 7, 5.—

Triumviri reficiendis aedibus Fortunae et matris Matutae et Spei, for the restoration of temples, Liv. 25, 7, 6.—

The three chief magistrates of a municipality:

Q. Manlius, qui tum erat IIIvir,

Cic. Clu. 13, 38.