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  • 1 redigō

        redigō ēgī, āctus, ere    [red-+ago], to drive back, force back, lead back, bring back: Filia duas redigebat rupe capellas, O.: in castra hostium equitatum, L.: Capuam redigi, L.—Fig., to bring back, force back: rem ad pristinam belli rationem, Cs.: disciplinam militarem ad priscos mores, L.: in memoriam, recall: (poëtae) formidine fustis Ad bene dicendum redacti, coerced, H.— To get together, call in, collect, raise, receive, take up: bona vendit, pecuniam redigit: (spolia) sub hastā veniere, quodque inde redactum, etc., L.: pecuniam ex bonis patriis: quicquid captum ex hostibus est, vendidit ac redegit in publicum, paid into the public treasury, L.—Of number or quantity, to reduce, bring down, diminish: familia ad paucos redacta: ex hominum milibus LX vix ad D... sese redactos esse, Cs.: Non ad numerum redigar duorum, O.: Quod si comminuas vilem redigatur ad assem, H.— To bring down, bring, reduce, force, compel, subdue: eius animum, ut, quo se vortat, nesciat, bring down, T.: Aeduos in servitutem, Cs.: insulam in potestatem, Ta.: alquos in dicionem nostram: Arvernos in provinciam, reduce to a province, Cs.: re p. in tranquillum redactā, L.: mentem in veros timores, H.: ad inopiam patrem, reduce to poverty, T.: prope ad internicionem nomine Nerviorum redacto, Cs.: ad vanum et inritum victoriam, render empty and useless, L.: si ante dubium fuisset, legatorum verba ad certum redegisse, had made it certain, L.: Galliam sub populi R. imperium, Cs.: barbaros sub ius dicionemque, L.: en Quo redactus sum! T.—With two acc., to make, render, cause to be: quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat, Cs.
    * * *
    redigere, redegi, redactus V
    drive back; reduce; render

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  • 2 redigo

    rĕd-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago].
    I.
    To drive, lead, or bring back (syn. reduco).
    A.
    Lit.:

    (Sol) Disjectos redegit equos,

    Lucr. 5, 403:

    si materiem nostram collegerit aetas Post obitum, rursumque redegerit, ut sita nunc est,

    bring it back, restore it to its present condition, id. 3, 848:

    filia parva duas redigebat rupe capellas,

    Ov. F. 4, 511:

    tauros in gregem,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; cf.:

    in sua rura boves,

    Ov. F. 3, 64:

    oppidani (hostem) fusum fugatumque in castra redigunt,

    Liv. 21, 9:

    hostium equitatum in castra,

    id. 26, 10:

    turbam ferro in hostes,

    id. 37, 43:

    aliquem Capuam,

    id. 26, 12 fin.:

    aliquem in exsilium,

    Just. 9, 4, 7. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    rem ad pristinam belli rationem redegit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 76 fin.:

    annum neglegentia conturbatum ad pristinam rationem,

    Suet. Aug. 31:

    disciplinam militarem ad priscos mores,

    Liv. 8, 6 fin.: aliquid ad ultimam sui generis formam speciemque, Cic. Or. 3, 10:

    omnia redegit in singulas rationes praeceptionis,

    Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3:

    aliquem in concordiam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

    vos in gratiam,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 73:

    tu, qui ais, redige in memoriam,

    recall it to my mind, id. ib. 2, 3, 36:

    in memoriam,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 18; id. Fam. 1, 9, 9:

    (poëtae) formidine fustis Ad bene dicendum delectandumque redacti,

    brought back, reduced, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 155.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    (With the idea of agere predominant; cf. recido and redeo, II.) To get together, call in, collect, raise, receive, take a sum of money or the like by selling, etc.:

    cum omnem pecuniam ex aerario exhausissetis, ex vectigalibus redegissetis, ab omnibus regibus coëgissetis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98; cf.:

    pecuniam ex bonis patriis,

    id. Phil. 13, 5, 10;

    and simply pecuniam,

    id. Rab. Post. 13, 37; Hor. Epod. 2, 69:

    omne argentum tibi,

    to scrape together, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 23:

    bona vendit, pecuniam redigit... pecunia, quam ex Agonidis bonis redegisset,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 56; cf. Liv. 5, 16:

    quod omnis frumenti copia decumarum nomine penes istum esset redacta, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171:

    fructus,

    Dig. 36, 4, 5, § 22 (after colere agros); 22, 1, 46; cf.:

    pars maxima (praedae) ad quaestorem redacta est,

    Liv. 5, 19:

    fructus ad eum,

    Dig. 10, 2, 51:

    quicquid captum ex hostibus est, vendidit Fabius, consul, ac redegit in publicum,

    paid it into the public treasury, Liv. 2, 42:

    venditum sub hastā in aerarium,

    id. 4, 53:

    (patres) victi irā vetuere reddi (bona regia), vetuere in publicum redigi,

    id. 2, 5, 1; cf.:

    praedam in fiscum,

    Tac. H. 4, 72:

    aliquid in commune,

    Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 6.—
    B.
    To bring or reduce a thing to any condition, circumstance, etc.; to make or render it so and so (cf. reddo); constr. with in (so most freq.), ad, sub, an adv. of place, absol., or with a double acc.
    (α).
    With in:

    viros in servitutem,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 47:

    Aeduos in servitutem,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 14, 3:

    in pristinam sortem servitutis,

    Just. 6, 5, 1:

    vidulum in potestatem alicujus,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 22:

    civitatem in potestatem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24 fin.; 45; Cic. Quint. 55, 152; id. Phil. 5, 17, 46; id. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33; Tac. Agr. 18; Vell. 2, 94, 4; cf.:

    civitatem in dicionem potestatemque populi Romani,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 34 fin.:

    aliquos in dicionem,

    Cic. Balb. 10, 25; Liv. 41, 19:

    gentes in dicionem hujus imperii,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 13:

    Arvernos in provinciam,

    to reduce to a province, Caes. B. G. 1, 45; 7, 77 fin.; cf.:

    partem Britanniae, etc., in formam provinciae,

    Tac. Agr. 14; Suet. Caes. 25; id. Aug. 18; id. Tib. 37 fin.; id. Calig. 1; Liv. Epit. 45; 93:

    in formulam provinciae,

    Vell. 2, 38, 1:

    in formam praefecturae,

    id. 2, 44, 4:

    in id redactus sum loci, Ut, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 86; cf.:

    republicā in tranquillum redactā,

    Liv. 3, 40; and:

    mentem in veros timores,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 15:

    si hoc genus (pecuniarum) in unum redigatur,

    be brought into one mass, Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 13:

    dispositio est, per quam illa, quae invenimus, in ordinem redigimus,

    reduce to order, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 16; cf.:

    arbores in ordinem certaque intervalla,

    Quint. 8, 3, 9; but: ut veteres grammatici auctores alios in ordinem redegerint, alios omnino exemerint numero, brought, admitted into the rank of classics (cf. Gr. enkrinein; opp. numero eximere = ekkrinein):

    libertinos in equestrem ordinem,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 18; Just. 5, 6, 5; Quint. 1, 4, 3;

    for which: redigere aliquem (poëtam) in numerum,

    id. 10, 1, 54;

    also,

    to lower, degrade, Suet. Vesp. 15; v. ordo; cf. Liv. ap. Prisc. 1173 P.; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5:

    quod prosa scriptum redigere in quaedam versiculorum genera,

    Quint. 9, 4, 52:

    in hanc consuetudinem memoriā exercitatione redigendā,

    id. 11, 2, 45:

    servos, in dominium nostrum,

    Dig. 1, 5, 5:

    in nihilum redigam te, et non eris,

    Vulg. Ezech. 26, 21:

    in cinerem,

    id. 2 Pet. 2, 6: provinciam in solitudinem, Lact. de Ira Dei, 5, 4.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    aliquem ad inopiam redigere,

    to reduce to poverty, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 56:

    aliquem ad incitas,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 85; id. Trin. 2, 4, 136:

    genus id ad interitum,

    Lucr. 5, 877; Cic. ap. Lact. 7, 11, 5; cf.:

    prope ad internecionem gente ac nomine Nerviorum redacto,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

    ad nihilum redigere,

    Vulg. Psa. 72, 20:

    victoriam ad vanum et irritum,

    to render empty and useless, Liv. 26, 37 fin.: cf.: [p. 1541] spem ad irritum, id. 28, 31:

    aliquid ante dubium ad certum,

    to render certain, id. 44, 15:

    carnes excrescentes ad aequalitatem,

    Plin. 30, 13, 39, § 113 (shortly afterwards reducunt); cf.:

    cicatrices ad planum,

    id. 20, 9, 36, § 93:

    aliquem ad desperationem,

    Suet. Aug. 81; Just. 6, 5, 7 et saep.:

    redegit se ad pallium et crepidas,

    Suet. Tib. 13.—
    (γ).
    With sub:

    Galliam sub populi Romani imperium,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 4:

    Corcyram sub imperium Atheniensium,

    Nep. Timoth. 2, 1:

    barbaros sub jus dicionemque,

    Liv. 28, 21:

    incolas ejus insulae sub potestatem Atheniensium,

    Nep. Milt. 1, 4; 2 fin.; id. Paus. 2, 4; id. Pelop. 5:

    totam Italiam sub se,

    id. Flor. 1, 9, 8:

    GENTES SVB IMPERIVM,

    Inscr. Grut. 226.—
    (δ).
    With adv. of place:

    eo redigis me, ut, etc.,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 23:

    eo, ut,

    Flor. 1, 2, 4:

    hem! Quo redactus sum!

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 7.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: ut credam, redigunt animum mihi argumenta, Att. ap. Non. 174, 10 (Trag. Rel. v. 516 Rib.): ut ejus animum retundam, redigam, ut, quo se vortat, nesciat, bring it down, so that, etc., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 73; Lucr. 1, 553.—
    (ζ).
    With double acc., to make or render a thing something (very rare;

    more freq. reddere): quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.:

    (Ubios) Suevi multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 3 fin.; Aus. Mos. 224.—
    2.
    In designations of number, etc., pregn., to bring within a number or extent; to lessen, diminish, reduce:

    familiam jam ad paucos redactam paene ab interitu vindicasti,

    Cic. Marcell. 4, 10; cf.:

    redigere omnis fere in quadrum numerumque sententias,

    id. Or. 61, 208:

    hosce ipsos (libros octo) utiliter ad sex libros redegit Diophanes,

    reduced, abridged, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 10:

    ex hominum milibus LX. vix ad D.... sese redactos esse dixerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

    ad semuncias redacta,

    Tac. A. 6, 16:

    judicia ad duo genera judicum redegit,

    Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 10:

    non ad numerum redigar duorum,

    Ov. M. 6, 199:

    quod si comminuas vilem redigatur ad assem,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 43:

    ne res ad nilum redigantur funditus omnes,

    Lucr. 1, 791; 2, 752; cf. Ov. M. 14, 149:

    rem maximam redigere ad minimum,

    Lact. 3, 9, 15.

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  • 3 redux

        redux ducis （abl. reduce; poet. also reducī, O.), adj.    [re-+DVC-], that brings back, guiding back: Iuppiter, O.: unde, nisi te reduce, nulli ad penatīs suos iter est, Cu.— Led back, brought back, come back, returned: tu reducem me in patriam facis, you restore me, T.: quid me reducem esse voluistis? i. e. from exile: reduces in patriam ad parentes facere, L.: navi reduce, L.: Gratatur reduces, V.
    * * *
    (gen.), reducis ADJ
    coming back, returning

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  • 4 redux

    rĕdux (rēdux, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4; id. Capt. 5, 1, 2), dŭcis (abl. reduce, Liv. 21, 50:

    reduci,

    Ov. H. 6, 1), adj. [reduco].
    I.
    Act., that leads or brings back (mostly as an epithet of Jupiter and of Fortuna, in the poets and in inscrr.):

    et sua det reduci vir meus arma Jovi,

    Ov. H. 13, 50; Sabin. Ep. 1, 78; Inscr. Orell. 1256:

    hic ubi Fortunae reducis fulgentia late Templa nitent,

    Mart. 8, 65, 1; Inscr. Orell. 332; 922; 1760 sq.; 1776; 3096;

    4083: reduces choreae,

    i. e. that accompany home, Mart. 10, 70, 9.—

    Of a human being only in the foll. passage: eo pervenimus, unde, nisi te reduce, nulli ad penates suos iter est,

    Curt. 9, 6, 9.—
    II.
    Pass., that is led or brought back (from slavery, imprisonment, from a distance, etc.), come back, returned (freq. and class.):

    facere aliquem reducem,

    to bring back, Plaut. Capt. prol. 43; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 77; 3, 5, 28; 5, 1, 2; 11; id. Trin. 4, 1, 4; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 18:

    ab Orco in lucem,

    id. Hec. 5, 4, 12: quid me reducem esse voluistis? (i. e. from exile), Cic. Mil. 37, 103:

    victores triumphantes domos reduces sistatis,

    Liv. 29, 27; cf.:

    reduces in patriam ad parentes ad conjuges ac liberos facere,

    id. 22, 60, 13:

    navi reduce,

    id. 21, 50:

    caesar exercitusque,

    Tac. A. 1, 70 fin.:

    reduces socios,

    Verg. A. 1, 390; 11, 797:

    gratari aliquem reducem,

    id. ib. 5, 40 et saep.:

    (elephanti) non ante reduces ad agmen,

    Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 13:

    carina,

    Ov. H. 6, 1:

    reduces habenas,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 242;

    of the phœnix after being burned: reducisque parans exordia formae,

    id. Idyll. 1, 41.

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  • 5 redux

    rĕdux, dŭcis, adj. m. f. (abl. -ŭce, -ŭci) [st2]1 [-] qui ramène, qui préside au retour, qui fait revenir. [st2]2 [-] qui est de retour, revenu.    - reducem facere, Plaut.: faire revenir.    - nisi te reduce, Curt. 9, 6, 9: sauf si tu nous ramènes.    - quid me reducem esse voluistis? Cic. Mil. 37, 103: pourquoi avez-vous voulu mon retour?
    * * *
    rĕdux, dŭcis, adj. m. f. (abl. -ŭce, -ŭci) [st2]1 [-] qui ramène, qui préside au retour, qui fait revenir. [st2]2 [-] qui est de retour, revenu.    - reducem facere, Plaut.: faire revenir.    - nisi te reduce, Curt. 9, 6, 9: sauf si tu nous ramènes.    - quid me reducem esse voluistis? Cic. Mil. 37, 103: pourquoi avez-vous voulu mon retour?
    * * *
        Redux, reducis, pen. corr. om. ge. Cic. Qui est ramené ou retourné des dangers sain et sauve, ou d'exil et captivité en son pays.
    \
        Reduces. Plin. Qui retournent.
    \
        Reduces choreae. Martial. Grande compaignie raconduisant et ramenant quelque grand personnage.

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  • 6 minuō

        minuō uī, ūtus, ere    [3 MAN-], to make small, lessen, diminish, divide into small pieces: Mullum in singula pulmenta, H.: ligna, chop into small pieces, O.: minuendo corpus alebat, by feeding on it, O.— To diminish, ebb: minuente aestu, at ebbtide, Cs.—Fig., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict. Ut aliqua pars laboris minuatur mihi, T.: meum consilium, change, T.: neque cupido Iugurthae minuebatur, S.: (rem familiarem), H.: gloriam Pompei: auctoritatem, Cs.: minuunt ea corporis artūs, grow less, diminish in size, O.: proelio uno et volnere suo minutus, discouraged, L.: controversias, settle, Cs.: minuenda est haec opinio, to be refuted: magistratum, restrict, L.: censuram, limit, L.: maiestatem populi R. per vim, offend against: religionem, N.: ne quid de dignitate generum minuatur.
    * * *
    minuere, minui, minutus V
    lessen, reduce, diminish, impair, abate

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  • 7 subigō

        subigō ēgī, āctus, ere    [sub+ago], to drive up, bring up: adverso flumine lembum Remigiis, i. e. drive up stream, V.: navīs subigi ad castellum iussit, L.— To turn up from beneath, break up, dig up, plough, cultivate, work, knead, rub down, sharpen, whet, tame, break: terram ferro: glaebas: arva. V.: digitis opus, O.: in cote securīs, V.: (belua) facilis ad subigendum, easy to be tamed.—Fig., to put down, overcome, conquer, subjugate, subject, subdue, reduce: partem orbis terrarum: urbīs atque nationes, S.: insidiis subactus, V.— To bring, incite, impel, force, compel, constrain, reduce: subigi nos ad necessitatem dedendi res, L.: hostīs ad deditionem, L.: Tarquiniensem metu subegerat frumentum exercitui praebere, L.: subegit (filium) socios ignotae linquere terrae (i. e. in terrā), V.: ambitio multos mortalīs falsos fieri subegit, S.: (eos), ut relinquant patriam, L.—Of the mind, to cultivate, train, discipline: subacto mihi ingenio opus est: subacti atque durati bellis, L.
    * * *
    subigere, subegi, subactus V
    conquer, subjugate; compel

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  • 8 tenuō

        tenuō āvī, ātus, āre    [tenuis], to make thin, make slender, wear away, dilute, rarefy, attenuate: adsiduo vomer tenuatur ab usu, O.: Ipsā autem macie tenuant armenta volentes, make lean, V.: tenuatum corpus, H.: se in undas, dissolve, O.: vocis via est tenuata, contracted, O.: Luna tenuata, i. e. waning, O.—Fig., to make small, lessen, diminish, reduce, weaken, enfeeble: Utque meae famam tenuent oblivia culpae, O.: virīs amoris, O.: Magna modis tenuare parvis, to degrade, H.
    * * *
    tenuare, tenuavi, tenuatus V
    make thin; reduce, lessen; wear down

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  • 9 comburo

    I
    comburere, combusi, combustus V TRANS
    burn up/away; (w/love); consume/destroy w/fire; reduce to ash, cremate; scald
    II
    comburere, combussi, combustus V TRANS
    burn up/away; (w/love); consume/destroy w/fire; reduce to ash, cremate; scald

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  • 10 conburo

    I
    conburere, conbusi, conbustus V TRANS
    burn up/away; (w/love); consume/destroy w/fire; reduce to ash, cremate; scald
    II
    conburere, conbussi, conbustus V TRANS
    burn up/away; (w/love); consume/destroy w/fire; reduce to ash, cremate; scald

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  • 11 extenuo

    ex-tĕnŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make thin, fine, or small, to thin, reduce, diminish (class.; syn.: attenuo, minuo; opp. augeo, amplifico).
    I.
    Lit.:

    lignum falce,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6:

    aër extenuatus sublime fertur,

    rarefied, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

    dentibus extenuatur et molitur cibus,

    id. ib. 2, 54, 134:

    in pulverem extenuari,

    Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 148:

    in aquas,

    Ov. M. 5, 429:

    mediam aciem,

    Liv. 5, 38, 2; 31, 21, 14:

    in Piceno lapidibus pluisse et Caere sortes extenuatas,

    diminished, id. 21, 62, 5 Drak. (for which, shortly after: attenuatae sortes; cf. also id. 22, 1, 11).—
    B.
    In partic., in medic. lang., to diminish, reduce, weaken, alleviate a disease:

    pituitam,

    Cels. 6, 6, 8:

    destillationes,

    Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155:

    albugines,

    id. 29, 6, 38, § 127:

    raucitatem,

    id. 20, 6, 23, § 50:

    scabiem,

    id. 32, 10, 51, § 140 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop., to diminish, lessen, weaken:

    neque verbis auget suum munus, sed etiam extenuat,

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

    locupletissimi cujusque census extenuarant, tenuissimi auxerant,

    had made too small, id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

    spes nostra extenuatur et evanescit,

    id. Att. 3, 13, 1:

    quae cogitatio molestias extenuat et diluit,

    id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34:

    crimen,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 108:

    famam belli,

    Liv. 5, 37, 3:

    extenua forti mala corde ferendo,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 57:

    curas mora longa,

    id. P. 1, 3, 26:

    vires,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 et saep.—Hence, extĕnŭātus, a, um, P. a., thinned, weakened, weak.
    A.
    Lit.: (copiolae meae) sunt extenuatissimae, very much thinned, reduced, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    ratio,

    Auct. Her. 2, 24, 37.

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  • 12 ordo

    ordo, ĭnis, m. [from root or-; Sanscr. ar-, to go, strive upward; cf. orior, through an adj. stem ordo-; v. Corss. Krit. Beitr. p. 108], a regular row, line, or series, methodical arrangement, order (class.; syn.: series, tenor).
    I.
    In gen.:

    ordinem sic definiunt compositionem rerum aptis et accommodatis locis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142:

    vis ordinis et collocationis,

    id. ib. 1, 40, 142:

    arbores in ordinem satae,

    i. e. planted in a quincunx, Varr. R. R. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Caecil. 8, 22; id. Sen. 17, 59.—
    B.
    Esp., right order, regular succession:

    fatum appello ordinem seriemque causarum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 55, 125:

    nihil esse pulchrius in omni ratione vitae dispositione atque ordine,

    Col. 12, 2:

    adhibere modum quendam et ordinem rebus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 5, 17:

    mox referam me ad ordinem,

    will soon bring myself to order, return to order, id. Ac. 2, 20, 67:

    res in ordinem redigere,

    to reduce to order, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 16; so,

    in ordinem adducere,

    Cic. Univ. 3:

    ordinem conservare,

    id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6:

    eundem tenere,

    to preserve, id. Phil. 5, 13, 35:

    sequi,

    id. Brut. 69, 244:

    immutare,

    to change, id. Or. 63, 214:

    perturbare,

    to disturb, id. Brut. 62, 223: cogere or redigere in ordinem, to reduce to order, to humble, degrade:

    decemviri querentes, se in ordinem cogi,

    Liv. 3, 51; 3, 35; Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 1; Quint. 1, 4, 3; so,

    in ordinem redactus,

    Suet. Vesp. 15; cf.

    trop.: gula reprimenda et quasi in ordinem redigenda est,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5.—
    C.
    Adverb. expressions.
    1.
    Ordine, in ordinem, per ordinem, in ordine, ex ordine, in order, in turn:

    Hegioni rem enarrato omnem ordine,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 53; Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 17; Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28:

    interrogare,

    Cic. Part. 1, 2:

    tabulae in ordinem confectae,

    id. Rosc. Com. 2, 6:

    ordine cuncta exposuit,

    Liv. 3, 50, 4; 30, 15, 1:

    sortiti nocte singuli per ordinem,

    Quint. 4, 2, 72:

    hos Corydon, illos referebat in ordine Thyrsis,

    Verg. E. 7, 20; id. A. 8, 629:

    ut quisque aetate et honore antecedebat, ita sententiam dixit ex ordine,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 64, § 143:

    ordine se vocante,

    when his turn came, Macr. S. 2, 2, § 12:

    in ordine vicis,

    Vulg. Luc. 1, 8.—
    2.
    Ordine, regularly, properly, appropriately:

    omnia ut quidque Egisti ordine scio,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 15:

    rem demonstravi ordine,

    id. Mil. 3, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 3, 17 Brix ad loc.:

    an id recte, ordine, e re publicā factum esse defendes?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194:

    si hoc recte atque ordine factum videtur,

    id. Quint. 7, 28.—
    3.
    Ex ordine, in succession, without intermission:

    vendit Italiae possessiones ex ordine omnes,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 4:

    septem illum totos perhibent ex ordine menses Flevisse,

    Verg. G. 4, 507; cf. id. A. 5, 773.—
    4.
    Extra ordinem.
    a.
    Out of course, in an unusual or extraordinary manner:

    extra ordinem decernere provinciam alicui,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:

    crimina probantur,

    in an illegal manner, Dig. 48, 1, 8.—
    b.
    Extraordinarily, i. e. uncommonly, eminently, especially:

    ad eam spem, quam extra ordinem de te ipso habemus, accedunt tua praecipua,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 3.—
    II.
    Transf. concr.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Tres ordines lapidum, three courses of stones, Vulg. 3 Reg. 6, 36.—In building, a row, course, or layer of stones, etc.:

    obstructis in speciem portis singulis ordinibus caespitum,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 51:

    alius insuper ordo adicitur,

    id. ib. 7, 23: tot premit ordinibus caput, tiers or layers of ornaments, Juv. 6, 502. —
    2.
    A row of benches or seats:

    terno consurgunt ordine remi,

    in three rows of oar-banks, Verg. A. 5, 120:

    sex ordinum navem invenit Xenagoras,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208.—In the theatre, a row of seats: post senatores ex vetere instituto quatuordecim graduum ordines equestri ordini assignati fuere, Suet. [p. 1278] Aug. 44:

    sedisti in quatuordecim ordinibus,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44.—
    3.
    A train of servants or attendants:

    comitum longissimus ordo,

    Juv. 3, 284.—
    B.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    A line or rank of soldiers in battle array:

    auxilia regis nullo ordine iter fecerant,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

    ne quisquam ordine egrederetur,

    Sall. J. 45, 2:

    nullo ordine commutato,

    id. ib. 101, 2:

    sine signis, sine ordinibus,

    id. ib. 97, 5; so,

    signa atque ordines observare,

    to keep the ranks, remain in line, id. ib. 51, 1:

    conturbare,

    id. ib. 50, 4:

    restituere,

    id. ib. 51, 3; Liv. 2, 50; 8, 8.—
    2.
    A band, troop, company of soldiers:

    viri fortissimi atque honestissimi, qui ordines duxerunt,

    who have led companies, have been officers, Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

    L. Pupius primipili centurio, qui hunc eundem ordinem in exercitu Pompeii antea duxerat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 13. —Hence,
    3.
    A captaincy, a command: ordinem alicui adimere, Tab. Heracl. ap. Mazoch. p. 423, n. 47; cf.

    on the contrary: alicui assignare,

    Liv. 42, 34:

    DARE,

    Inscr. Orell. 3456:

    centuriones ad superiores ordines transducere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 40; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 4.—
    (β).
    Ordines, chieftains, captains:

    tribunis militum primisque ordinibus convocatis,

    the captains of the first companies, Caes. B. G. 6, 7 fin.; Liv. 30, 4, 1.—
    C.
    In a polit. respect, an order, i. e. a rank, class, degree of citizens:

    et meus med ordo inrideat,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 55.—In the time of Cicero there were three principal classes, ordo senatorius, equester, and plebeius:

    Fidiculanius cujus erat ordinis? senatoril,

    Cic. Clu. 37, 104; id. Fl. 18, 43:

    proximus est huic dignitati equester ordo,

    Cic. Dom. 28, 74; Suet. Aug. 41:

    inferiores loco, auctoritate, ordine,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 127: ordo amplissimus, i. e. the Senate:

    quem absentem in amplissimum ordinem cooptarunt,

    id. Cael. 2, 5;

    also termed SPLENDIDISSIMVS ORDO,

    Inscr. Orell. 1180; 1181; and simply ordo, the order, for the Senate:

    ordo Mutinensis,

    Tac. H. 2, 52; Inscr. Grut. 425, 1:

    trecentos ex dediticiis electos utriusque ordinis,

    i. e. of the two upper classes, Suet. Aug. 15.—
    2.
    In gen., a class, rank, station, condition:

    mearum me rerum aequom'st novisse ordinem,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 50:

    publicanorum,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2:

    aratorum, pecuariorum, mercatorum,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:

    homo ornatissimus loco, ordine, nomine,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 48, §

    127: libertini,

    Suet. Gram. 18.—So in the inscrr.: SACERDOTVM, HARVSPICVM, etc., Grut. 320, 12; 304, 7; 302, 2 et saep.; so,

    grammatici alios auctores in ordinem redigerunt, alios omnino exemerant numero,

    recognized among, placed in the rank of, Quint. 1, 4, 3.—
    (β).
    Esp. (eccl. Lat.), an order in the church, an ecclesiastical rank or office:

    ordines sacerdotum et Levitarum,

    Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 30:

    secundum ordinem Melchisedek,

    id. Psa. 109, 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ordo

  • 13 redux

    re-dux, ducis (reduco), I) aktiv = zurückführend, -bringend, -geleitend, nisi te reduce (außer wenn du zurückführst) nulli ad penates suos iter est, Curt.: chorea, Mart. – oft Beiwort Jupiters u. der Fortuna, Iuppiter, Ov. u. Inscr.: Fortuna, Mart. u. Inscr. – II) passiv = zurückgebracht, zurückkommend, -gekommen, reduces socii, Verg.: domos (in die Heimat) reduces, Liv.: (elephanti) non ante reduces ad agmen, Plin.: r. navis, Liv. – facere alqm reducem, wieder zurückbringen, Ter.: so auch me reducem esse voluistis, habt mich zurückgebracht (aus der Verbannung), Cic.: te reducem patri reddiderunt, wieder geschenkt, wieder zurückgebracht haben, Plaut. – / Bei Dichtern auch rēdux gemessen, s. Plaut. capt. 923; rud. 909. – Abl. Sing. bei Dichtern auch reduci, Ov. her. 6, 1. Boëth. de cons. phil. 3, 9. v. 21.

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  • 14 redux

    re-dux, ducis (reduco), I) aktiv = zurückführend, - bringend, -geleitend, nisi te reduce (außer wenn du zurückführst) nulli ad penates suos iter est, Curt.: chorea, Mart. – oft Beiwort Jupiters u. der Fortuna, Iuppiter, Ov. u. Inscr.: Fortuna, Mart. u. Inscr. – II) passiv = zurückgebracht, zurückkommend, -gekommen, reduces socii, Verg.: domos (in die Heimat) reduces, Liv.: (elephanti) non ante reduces ad agmen, Plin.: r. navis, Liv. – facere alqm reducem, wieder zurückbringen, Ter.: so auch me reducem esse voluistis, habt mich zurückgebracht (aus der Verbannung), Cic.: te reducem patri reddiderunt, wieder geschenkt, wieder zurückgebracht haben, Plaut. – ⇒ Bei Dichtern auch rēdux gemessen, s. Plaut. capt. 923; rud. 909. – Abl. Sing. bei Dichtern auch reduci, Ov. her. 6, 1. Boëth. de cons. phil. 3, 9. v. 21.

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  • 15 ab-dūcō

        ab-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere    imper. sometimes abdūce, T.), to lead away, take away, carry off, remove, lead aside: filiam abduxit suam, has taken away (from her husband), T.: cohortes secum, Cs.: squalent abductis arva colonis, drafted (for the war), V.: ipsos in lautumias; (poet.): tollite me, Teucri, quascumque abducite terras (i. e. in terras), V.: pluteos ad alia opera, conduct, Cs.: capita retro ab ictu, draw back, V. — Esp., to take home (to dine): tum me convivam solum abducebat sibi, T.—To take (prisoner), arrest: hunc abduce, vinci, T.: e foro abduci, non perduci, arrested for debt, not enticed (by a love-adventure). — To take apart, lead aside (for a private interview): Iugurtham in praetorium, S.—To carry away forcibly, ravish, rob: filia, vi abducta ab tibicine: soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas, steal betrothed damsels from their bosoms, V.; in jurid. lang.: auferre et abducere, to take and drive away (auferre of inanimate things, abducere of living beings), C. — Fig., to lead away, separate, distinguish: animum a corpore: divinationem a coniecturis.—To seduce, alienate: legiones a Bruto: equitatum a consule: servum ab avo.—From a study, pursuit, or duty, to withdraw, draw off, hinder: a quo studio abduci negotiis: aliquem a quaestu: ab isto officio incommodo.—To bring down, reduce, degrade: ad hanc hominum libidinem me.

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  • 16 angustō

        angustō —, —, āre    [angustus], to make narrow, straiten: iter corporum acervis, Ct.
    * * *
    angustare, angustavi, angustatus V TRANS
    narrow, reduce width/size/amount, constrict, limit; choke, crowd together/hamper

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  • 17 attenuō (adt-)

        attenuō (adt-) āvī, ātus, āre    [ad + tenuo], to make thin, attenuate, lessen, diminish: iuvenum corpora, O.: sortes attenuatae, the tablets had diminished (a sign of adversity), L.—Fig., to reduce, impair, lessen, diminish, weaken: insignem, to abase, H.: (legio) proeliis attenuata, Cs.: caede vires, L.: bellum expectatione, make less formidable: voragine ventris opes, waste, O.: curas, O.

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  • 18 capiō

        capiō cēpī (capsis, old for cēperis, C.), captus, ere    [CAP-], to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp: flabellum, T.: sacra manu, V.: pocula, H.: baculum, O.: pignera, L.: manibus tympanum, Ct.: lora, Pr.: arma capere alii, seized their arms, S.: ensem, O.: tela, O.: omnia arma contra illam pestem, i. e. contend in every way: Manlium arma cepisse, had begun hostilities, S.: capere arma parabat, was on the point of attacking, O.—Of food, to take, partake of: Cibum cum eā, T.: lauti cibum capiunt, Ta. — To take captive, seize, make prisoner: belli duces captos tenetis: unus e filiis captus est, Cs.: capta tria milia peditum, L.: alquos Byzantii, N.: captos ostendere civibus hostes, H.: Num capti (Phryges) potuere capi? could they not, when taken, be taken (once for all)? V.: casus est enim in capiendo (sc. praedones).—To catch, hunt down, take: pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cervum, Ph.: illa pro lepusculis capiebantur, patellae, etc.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate: ut te redimas captum (i. e. amore), T.: quibus (rebus) illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest: te pecuniā captum: quem suā cepit humanitate, N.: hunc capit argenti splendor, H.: dulcedine vocis, O.: (bos) herbā captus viridi, V.: oculis captis.— To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch: Aut quā viā te captent eādem ipsos capi? T.: eodem captus errore, involved in: suis miserum me cepit ocellis, Pr.: carmine formosae capiuntur, Tb.: me dolis, S.: capi alcuius dolo, N.: alqm amicitiae mendacis imagine, O.—To defeat, convict, cast, overcome (in a suit or dispute): ne tui consultores capiantur: in capiendo adversario versutus (orator).—To harm, lame, mutilate, maim, disable, impair, weaken: oculis et auribus captus, blind and deaf: membris omnibus captus: altero oculo capitur, loses an eye, L.: capti auribus metu, L.: lumine, O.: numquam erit tam captus equester ordo: captā re p. — P. pass., of the mind, deprived of sense, silly, insane, crazed, lunatic, mad: mente esse captum: virgines captae furore, L.: capti et stupentes animi, L. — To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept: iudicem populum R., L.: Me arbitrum, T.: inimicos homines, make enemies, T.: sacerdotem sortito: Flaccus flamen captus a Licinio erat, L. — Of places, to occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into: loca capere, to take up a position, Cs.: castris locum capere: locum extra urbem editum capere, N.: locum editiorem, S.: capto monte, Cs.: Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa, L.: montes fugā, for refuge, L.: tumulum, V.: terras captas despectare videntur (cycni), to be settling down on places selected, V. — To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize: pauca (oppida), S.: Troiā captā, L.: quod (agri) de Campanis ceperant: castra hostium, N.: oppida manu, V.; cf. oppressā captāque re p.: patriam suam, L.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake oneself to: insulam, Cs.: oti illum portum.—Of property or money, to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get: agros de hostibus: ager ex hostibus captus, L.: praedas, N.: ex hostibus pecuniam, L.: cape cedo, give and take, T.: de re p. nihil praeter gloriam, N.: ex calamitate populi R. nomen capere, Cs.: regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit, succeeded to, O.— With pecuniam, to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe, take blackmail: contra leges pecuniam cepisse?: pecuniae per vim atque iniuriam captae: aperte pecunias ob rem iudicandam: alqm pecuniae captae arcessere, S.—To take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept: morte testamentove alcuius alqd capere: a civibus Romanis hereditates: si capiendi Ius nullum uxori, Iu.—To collect, receive, obtain: ex eis praediis talenta argenti, T.: stipendium iure belli, Cs.: ex quo (castro) talenta, N.— Fig., to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap: Fructum, T.: fructūs auctoritatis: fructum vestri in me amoris: alquid ex eā re commodi? T.: utilitates ex amicitiā.—To take, assume, acquire, put on: gestūs voltūsque novos, T.: figuras, O.—To take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess: petitoris personam: patris vim: patrium animum.— To undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take up: provinciam duram, T.: consulatum: honores, N.: rerum moderamen, O.: rem p., S.: magistratum, L.—With dat. of person, to obtain for, secure for: patres praeturam Camillo ceperunt, L.—To begin, enter upon, undertake: bellum: labores, T.: augurium ex arce, L.: aliud initium belli, i. e. war on a new plan, Cs.: conatūs ad erumpendum, L.: nec vestra capit discordia finem, V.: ad impetum capiundum spatium, to take a start, L.: somnum, fall asleep.—Poet.: Unde nova ingressūs experientia cepit? i. e. was devised, V.—To seize, embrace, take (an opportunity): si quam causam ceperit, T.: tempus ad te adeundi.—To form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach: sensum verae gloriae: ex lucri magnitudine coniecturam furti: consilium unā tecum, T.: consilium hominis fortunas evertere: consilium equitatum demittere, Cs.: consilium ut exirem: legionis opprimendae consilium, Cs.—To take, derive, draw, obtain: de te exemplum, T.: exemplum ex aliquā re. — To take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience: miseriam omnem, T.: angorem pro amico: ex huius incommodis molestiam: infamiam sine voluptate: invidiam apud patres ex largitione, L.: timorem, V.: voluptatem animi.— With a feeling as subj, to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui, etc.: ut caperet odium illam mei, T.: nos oblivio ceperat: Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae, L.: animum cura cepit, L.: meae si te ceperunt taeda laudis, V.: dementia cepit amantem, V.—Of injury or loss, to suffer, take, be subjected to: calamitatem: incommodi nihil.—Esp., in the formula by which the senate, in great emergencies, gave absolute power to magistrates: videant ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat: senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc., S.—To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for: capit alveus amnes O.: terra feras cepit, O.: quid turbae est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio, T.: unā domo iam capi non possunt: Nec iam se capit unda, V.: Non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus, H.: tot domūs locupletissimas istius domus una capiet? will swallow up.—To contain, hold, suffice for, be strong enough for, bear: eam amentiam: nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas, O.: iram Non capit ipsa suam, O.: Nec te Troia capit, is too small for your glory, V.—To take, receive, hold, comprehend, grasp, embrace: gratia, quantam maximam animi nostri capere possunt: ille unus veram speciem senatūs cepit, L.
    * * *
    I
    capere, additional forms V TRANS
    take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
    II
    capere, cepi, captus V TRANS
    take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
    III
    taking/seizing

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  • 19 com-minuō (conm-)

        com-minuō (conm-) uī, ūtus, ere,    to divide into small parts, break, crumble, crush, split: scalas, S.: anulum. — To lessen, diminish: argenti pondus, H.: opes civitatis. — Fig., to weaken, impair, violate: officium.—To humble, reduce, crush, humiliate, prostrate: alqm: lacrimis comminuēre meis, overcome, O.: vires ingenii.

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  • 20 cōnficiō

        cōnficiō fēcī, fectus, ere    [com- + facio], to make ready, make, prepare, bring about, complete, accomplish, execute, consummate, fulfil: soccos suā manu: vestem: tabulae litteris Graecis confectae, written, Cs.: libri Graeco sermone confecti, composed, N.: librum Graece, N.: tabulas, to keep accounts: nuptias, T.: bello confecto, ended, S.: duella, H.: facinus: caedem, N.: mandata brevi, S.: spes conficiendi negotii, Cs.: quibus rebus confectis, S.—To settle, close, finish: cum Apellā de columnis: de negotio.—To pass over, accomplish, traverse, go over, make: magno itinere confecto, Cs.: iter anno, N.: ubi confecti cursūs, V.: inmensum spatiis aequor, V.: tecta facturi, ut mille passuum conficiatur, covered.—To diminish, lessen, weaken, sweep away, destroy, kill, subdue, wear out, consume: Atheniensīs, N.: provincias: exercitūs, L.: me (sica) paene confecit, killed: dentes escas conficiunt, grind: cibum, L.: cibos, to digest: fame confici: patrimonium: suam rem. —P. perf., impaired, weakened, overcome, reduced, exhausted: equus senio, Enn. ap. C.: aetate, S.: aevo, V.: malis res p.: volneribus, Cs.: curā, T.: confectus et saucius: (captivos) ignominiis, worn out, L.—To prepare, provide, procure, bring together: tribum necessariis suis, the votes of: armata milia centum, Cs.: pauxillulum nummorum, T.: pecuniam ex illā re: conficiendae pecuniae rationes.—Fig., to produce, cause, make, bring about, effect: aliquid gnato mali, T.: motūs animorum: animum mitem, render: causae conficiunt, are efficient.—Of time, to complete, finish, end, spend, pass: sexaginta annos: noctis partem ibi: hieme confectā, Cs.: vitae cursum.—To show, deduce: ex alquā re alqd: ex quo conficitur, ut, etc.: id quod conficiatur ex ratiocinatione; see also confio.
    * * *
    conficere, confeci, confectus V TRANS
    make, construct; prepare, complete, accomplish; cause; perform; do thoroughly; compose; amass, collect; raise (troops); traverse; eat up, consume; expend; finish off; kill, dispatch; defeat finally, subdue/reduce/pacify; chop/cut up

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