refute

argŭo, ŭi, ūtum (ŭĭtum, hence arguiturus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.), 3, v. a. [cf. argês, white; argos, bright; Sanscr. árgunas, bright; ragatas, white; and rag, to shine (v. argentum and argilla); after the same analogy we have clarus, bright; and claro, to make bright, to make evident; and the Engl. clear, adj., and to clear = to make clear; v. Curt. p. 171].

A.. In gen., to make clear, to show, prove, make known, declare, assert, mênuein:

arguo Eam me vidisse intus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 66:

non ex auditu arguo,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 65:

M. Valerius Laevinus... speculatores, non legatos, venisse arguebat,

Liv. 30, 23:

degeneres animos timor arguit,

Verg. A. 4, 13:

amantem et languor et silentium Arguit,

Hor. Epod. 11, 9; id. C. 1, 13, 7.— Pass., in a mid. signif.:

apparet virtus arguiturque malis,

makes itself known, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 80:

laudibus arguitur vini vinosus Homerus,

betrays himself, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 6.—

Esp.

With aliquem, to attempt to show something, in one's case, against him, to accuse, reprove, censure, charge with: Indicāsse est detulisse;

arguisse accusāsse et convicisse,

Dig. 50, 16, 197 (cf. Fest. p. 22: Argutum iri in discrimen vocari): tu delinquis, ego arguar pro malefactis? Enn. (as transl. of Eurip. Iphig. Aul. 384: Eit egô dikên dô sôn kakôn ho mê sphaleis) ap. Rufin. §

37: servos ipsos neque accuso neque arguo neque purgo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:

Pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27; 2, 2, 32:

hae tabellae te arguunt,

id. Bacch. 4, 6, 10:

an hunc porro tactum sapor arguet oris?

Lucr. 4, 487:

quod adjeci, non ut arguerem, sed ne arguerer,

Vell. 2, 53, 4:

coram aliquem arguere,

Liv. 43, 5:

apud praefectum,

Tac. A. 14, 41:

(Deus) arguit te heri,

Vulg. Gen. 31, 42; ib. Lev. 19, 17; ib. 2 Tim. 4, 2; ib. Apoc. 3, 19 al.—

With the cause of complaint in the gen.; abl. with or without de; with in with abl.; with acc.; with a clause as object; or with ut (cf. Ramsh. p. 326; Zumpt, § 446).

With gen.:

malorum facinorum,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (cf. infra, argutus, B. 2.):

aliquem probri, Stupri, dedecoris,

id. Am. 3, 2, 2:

viros mortuos summi sceleris,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

aliquem tanti facinoris,

id. Cael. 1:

criminis,

Tac. H. 1, 48:

furti me arguent,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 33; ib. Eccl. 11, 8:

repetundarum,

Tac. A. 3, 33:

occupandae rei publicae,

id. ib. 6, 10:

neglegentiae,

Suet. Caes. 53:

noxae,

id. Aug. 67:

veneni in se comparati,

id. Tib. 49:

socordiae,

id. Claud. 3:

mendacii,

id. Oth. 10:

timoris,

Verg. A. 11, 384:

sceleris arguemur,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 7, 9; ib. Act. 19, 40 al.—

With abl.:

te hoc crimine non arguo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18; Nep. Paus. 3 fin. —

With de:

de eo crimine, quo de arguatur,

Cic. Inv 2, 11, 37:

de quibus quoniam verbo arguit, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 29 fin.:

Quis arguet me de peccato?

Vulg. Joan. 8, 46; 16, 8.—

With in with abl. (eccl. Lat.):

non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te,

Vulg. Psa. 49, 8.—

With acc.: quid undas Arguit et liquidam molem camposque natantīs? of what does he impeach the waves? etc., quid being here equivalent to cujus or de quo, Lucr. 6, 405 Munro.—

With an inf.-clause as object:

quae (mulier) me arguit Hanc domo ab se subripuisse,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 62; id. Mil. 2, 4, 36:

occidisse patrem Sex. Roscius arguitur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

auctor illius injuriae fuisse arguebatur?

id. Verr. 2, 1, 33:

qui sibimet vim ferro intulisse arguebatur,

Suet. Claud. 16; id. Ner. 33; id. Galb. 7:

me Arguit incepto rerum accessisse labori,

Ov. M. 13, 297; 15, 504.—

With ut, as in Gr. hôs (post-Aug. and rare), Suet. Ner. 7:

hunc ut dominum et tyrannum, illum ut proditorem arguentes,

as being master and tyrant, Just. 22, 3.—

Transf. to the thing.

To accuse, censure, blame:

ea culpa, quam arguo,

Liv. 1, 28:

peccata coram omnibus argue,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 20:

tribuni plebis dum arguunt in C. Caesare regni voluntatem,

Vell. 2, 68; Suet. Tit. 5 fin.:

taciturnitatem pudoremque quorumdam pro tristitiā et malignitate arguens,

id. Ner. 23; id. Caes. 75:

arguebat et perperam editos census,

he accused of giving a false statement of property, census, id. Calig. 38:

primusque animalia mensis Arguit imponi,

censured, taught that it was wrong, Ov. M. 15, 73:

ut non arguantur opera ejus,

Vulg. Joan. 3, 20.—

Trop., to denounce as false:

quod et ipsum Fenestella arguit,

Suet. Vit. Ter. p. 292 Roth.—With reference to the person, to refute, confute:

aliquem,

Suet. Calig. 8.—Hence, argūtus, a, um, P. a.

Of physical objects, clear.

To the sight, bright, glancing, lively:

manus autem minus arguta, digitis subsequens verba, non exprimens,

not too much in motion, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220 (cf. id. Or. 18, 59: nullae argutiae digitorum, and Quint. 11, 3, [p. 160] 119-123):

manus inter agendum argutae admodum et gestuosae,

Gell. 1, 5, 2:

et oculi nimis arguti, quem ad modum animo affecti sumus, loquuntur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27:

ocelli,

Ov. Am. 3, 3, 9; 3, 2, 83:

argutum caput,

a head graceful in motion, Verg. G. 3, 80 (breve, Servius, but this idea is too prosaic): aures breves et argutae, ears that move quickly (not stiff, rigid), Pall. 4, 13, 2:

argutā in soleā,

in the neat sandal, Cat. 68, 72.—

a.. To the hearing, clear, penetrating, piercing, both of pleasant and disagreeable sounds, clear-sounding, sharp, noisy, rustling, whizzing, rattling, clashing, etc. (mostly poet.): linguae, Naev. ap. Non. p. 9, 24:

aves,

Prop. 1, 18, 30:

hirundo,

chirping, Verg. G. 1, 377:

olores,

tuneful, id. E. 9, 36: ilex, murmuring, rustling (as moved by the wind), id. ib. 7, 1:

nemus,

id. ib. 8, 22 al.—Hence, a poet. epithet of the musician and poet, clear-sounding, melodious:

Neaera,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 21:

poëtae,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 90:

fama est arguti Nemesis formosa Tibullus,

Mart. 8, 73, 7: forum, full of bustle or din, noisy, Ov. A.A. 1, 80:

serra,

grating, Verg. G. 1, 143:

pecten,

rattling, id. ib. 1, 294; id. A. 7, 14 (cf. in Gr. kerkis aoidos, Aristoph. Ranae, v. 1316) al.—Hence, of rattling, prating, verbose discourse:

sine virtute argutum civem mihi habeam pro preaeficā, etc.,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 14:

[Neque mendaciloquom neque adeo argutum magis],

id. Trin. 1, 2, 163 Ritschl.—

Trop., of written communications, rattling, wordy, verbose:

obviam mihi litteras quam argutissimas de omnibus rebus crebro mittas,

Cic. Att. 6, 5: vereor, ne tibi nimium arguta haec sedulitas videatur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1. — Transf. to omens, clear, distinct, conclusive, clearly indicative, etc.:

sunt qui vel argutissima haec exta esse dicant,

Cic. Div. 2, 12 fin.:

non tibi candidus argutum sternuit omen Amor?

Prop. 2, 3, 24.—

To the smell; sharp, pungent:

odor argutior,

Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—

To the taste; sharp, keen, pungent:

sapor,

Pall. 3, 25, 4; 4, 10, 26.—

Of mental qualities.

In a good sense, bright, acute, sagacious, witty:

quis illo (sc. Catone) acerbior in vituperando? in sententiis argutior?

Cic. Brut. 17, 65:

orator,

id. ib. 70, 247:

poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,

id. Pis. 29; so,

dicta argutissima,

id. de Or. 2, 61, 250:

sententiae,

id. Opt. Gen. 2:

acumen,

Hor. A. P. 364:

arguto ficta dolore queri,

dexterously-feigned pain, Prop. 1, 18, 26 al. —

In a bad sense, sly, artful, cunning:

meretrix,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 40: calo. id. Ep. 1, 14, 42:

milites,

Veg. Mil. 3, 6.—As a pun: ecquid argutus est? is he cunning? Ch. Malorum facinorum saepissime (i.e. has been accused of), Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (v. supra, I. B. a.).—Hence, adv.: argūtē (only in the signif. of B.).

Subtly, acutely:

respondere,

Cic. Cael. 8:

conicere,

id. Brut. 14, 53:

dicere,

id. Or. 28, 98.— Comp.:

dicere,

Cic. Brut. 11, 42.— Sup.:

de re argutissime disputare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18.—

Craftily:

obrepere,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 132; Arn. 5, p. 181.

com-mŏvĕo ( conm-), mōvi, mōtum, 2 (contr. forms:

commōrunt,

Lucr. 2, 766; commōrat, Turp. ap. Non. p. 278, 2; Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 51; commōrit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 45;

commossem,

Cic. Planc. 37, 90;

commosset,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 45;

commosse,

id. ib. 2, 5, 37, § 96; id. Fam. 7, 18, 3), v. a., to put something in violent motion, to move; both of removing from a place and backwards and forwards in a place; to shake, stir (freq. in every period and species of composition).

Lit.

To remove from a place, to carry away, displace, to start, set in motion, move:

neque miser me commovere possum prae formidine,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 181; id. Truc. 4, 3, 44:

facilius est currentem incitare quam commovere languentem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

columnas,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 145:

castra ex eo loco,

to move forward, decamp, id. ib. 2, 5, 37, § 96; cf.

aciem,

to set the line in motion, Liv. 2, 65, 5; 9, 27, 10:

se ex eo loco,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42:

se domo,

id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

me Thessalonicā,

id. Att. 3, 13, 1:

te istinc,

id. Fam. 6, 20, 3: agmen loco. to force back, cause to retreat, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 58, 20; so,

hostem,

Liv. 9, 40, 9; 10, 29, 9:

cervum,

Verg. A. 7, 494:

molem,

Val. Fl. 2, 33:

nummum,

i. e. to use in business, Cic. Font. 5, 11 (1, 1); id. Fl. 19, 44:

ais, si una littera commota sit, fore tota ut labet disciplina. Utrum igitur tibi litteram videor an totas paginas commovere?

id. Fin. 4, 19, 53.—Sacra, t. t., to move or carry about the sacred utensils, images, etc., for religious use, Verg. A. 4, 301 Serv.; cf. Cato, R. R. 134, 4:

ancilia,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 3:

tripodes,

Sen. Med. 786.—Hence, humorously: mea si commovi sacra, if I put my instruments (artifices, tricks, etc.) in motion, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 107. —Prov.:

glaebam commosset in agro decumano Siciliae nemo,

would have stirred a clod, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 45.—

To set in motion in a place, to move hither and thither, to shake, agitate, disturb.

Of things:

magni commorunt aequora venti,

Lucr. 2, 766:

alas,

Verg. A. 5, 217; cf.:

penna commota volucris,

Sil. 6, 59; Sen. Agam. 633. —

Of persons, with se:

quis sese commovere potest, cujus ille (sc. Roscius) vitia non videat?

can stir, Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 233:

num infitiari potes te... meā diligentiā circumclusum commovere te contra rem publicam non potuisse,

id. Cat. 1, 3, 7; Nep. Ages. 6, 3; Liv. 2, 54, 6; cf.:

Lanuvii hastam se commovisse,

id. 21, 62, 4.—

Trop.

(Acc. to I. A.) To move, drive back, distodge, refute, confute:

nunc comminus agamus experiamurque, si possimus cornua commovere disputationis tuae,

Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26:

si convellere adoriamur ea, quae commoveri non possunt,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 205.—

(Acc. to I. B.) To throw into disorder, physical or mental; to unbalance, unsettle, shake, disturb (rare but class.):

adflantur alii sidere, alii commoventur statis temporibus alvo, nervis, capite, mente,

Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 108:

perleviter commotus fuerat... (postea) eum vidi plane integrum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 2: Bacchi sacris commota, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 36, 80:

commotus habebitur, i. e. mente captus,

frantic, crazed, Hor. S. 2, 3, 209; cf.:

commota mens,

id. ib. 2, 3, 278; Plin. 36, 21, 40, § 152; and:

commotus mente,

id. 23, 1, 16, § 23.—

To move in mind or feeling, to make an impression upon, to excite, rouse, shake, disquiet, disturb, affect, etc.

With abl.: commorat hominem lacrimis, Turp. ap. Non. p. 278, 2:

aliquem nimiā longinquitate locorum ac desiderio suorum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

aut libidine aliquā aut metu,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102; id. Font. 16, 36 (12, 26):

ludis,

id. Mur. 19, 40:

quis enim, cum sibi fingit aliquid et cogitatione depingit, non simul ac se ipse commovit atque ad se revocavit, sentit, etc.,

aroused, id. Ac. 2, 16, 51:

et amore fraterno et existimatione vulgi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

adfectibus,

Quint. 9, 4, 4:

doctā voce,

id. 2, 16, 9:

cujus atrocitate,

id. 6, 1, 32:

vix sum apud me, ita animus commotu'st metu, Spe, gaudio,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 34; Quint. 1, 2, 30:

commota vehementi metu mens,

Lucr. 3, 153. —

Absol.:

commorat omnes nos,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 51:

cum aliqua species utilitatis objecta est, commoveri necesse est,

one must be affected by it, it must make an impression on one, Cic. Off. 3, 8, 35:

nihil me clamor iste commovet,

id. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:

si quos adversum proelium et fuga Gallorum commoveret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

in commovendis judiciis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 189; cf.:

commotus ab oratore judex,

Quint. 6, 2, 7:

qui me commorit, flebit,

provoke, rouse, Hor. S. 2, 1, 45:

Neptunus graviter commotus,

Verg. A. 1, 126:

domo ejus omnia abstulit quae paulo magis animum cujuspiam aut oculos possent commovere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83; Quint. 12, 10, 50: dormiunt;

pol ego istos commovebo,

awake, arouse, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 8:

porticus haec ipsa et palaestra Graecarum disputationum memoriam quodammodo commovent,

stir up, awaken, revive, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20.—Of things:

aes alienum,

to demand, Tac. A. 6, 17:

commotā principis domo,

id. ib. 4, 52 init.:

si umquam vitae cupiditas in me fuisset, ego... omnium parricidarum tela commossem?

provoked, Cic. Planc. 37, 90. —

With in and abl.:

qui cum ingeniis conflictatur ejus modi, Neque commovetur animus in eā re tamen,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 67:

vidi enim vos in hoc nomine, cum testis diceret, commoveri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 125:

in hac virgine commotus sum,

i. e. in love, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 19.—

With ex and abl.:

nam cum esset ex aere alieno commota civitas,

Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58; Auct. B. Afr. 57, 72.—

With ad and acc.:

nec sane satis commoveor animo ad ea. quae vis canenda,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:

homines ad turpe compendium,

Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52.—

With ut and subj.:

adeone me ignavom putas, ut neque me consuetudo neque amor Commoveat neque commoneat, ut servem fidem?

Ter. And. 1, 5, 45:

tua nos voluntas commovit, ut conscriberemus, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1.—

Of the passions, etc., to rouse, stir up, excite, produce, generate: belli magnos commovit funditus aestus, moved the waves of strife from their foundations, Lucr. 5, 1434; cf.:

commovere tumultum aut bellum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 20:

misericordiam, invidiam, iracundiam,

id. de Or. 2, 47, 195; cf.:

commovere miserationem,

Quint. 6, 1, 46; 10, 1, 64:

magnum et acerbum dolorem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47:

invidiam aliquam in me,

id. Phil. 3, 7, 18:

summum odium in eum,

id. Inv. 1, 54, 103:

bilem,

id. Att. 2, 7, 2:

multorum scribendi studia,

id. N. D. 1, 4, 8:

adfectus,

Quint. 4, prooem. § 6; 5, 8, 3; cf.:

adfectus vehementer commotos (opp. lenes),

id. 6, 2, 9.—

In discourse:

nova quaedam,

to start new doctrines, adduce novelties, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18.— Hence, commōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, excited, aroused:

genus (dicendi) in agendo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 32; cf.:

Fimbria paulo fervidior atque commotior,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

incidere in rem commotam (i. e. amorem),

Sen. Ep. 116, 5:

animus commotior,

Cic. Div. 1, 37, 80:

commotius ad omnia turbanda consilium,

Liv. 6, 14, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.:

Drusus animo commotior,

more violent, passionate, Tac. A. 4, 3; cf.:

commotus ingenio,

id. ib. 6, 45; and:

Agrippina paulo commotior,

id. ib. 1, 33:

commoto similis,

to one provoked, enraged, Suet. Aug. 51; cf. id. Tib. 51.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.

con-fūto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [futo, v. intens. from foveo], to check or repress a boiling liquid, to suppress, restrain, check.

Prop.: cocus magnum ahenum quando fervit, paulā confutat truā, Titin. ap. Non. p. 87, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 128 Rib.); cf. Varr. ib. p. 87, 11.—Hence (far more freq.),

Trop.

In gen., to repress, diminish, impede, destroy, put to silence: nostras secundas res, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:

maximos dolores inventorum suorum memoriā et recordatione,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 31 88:

audaciam,

id. Part. Or. 38, 134.—

In partic.

To put down by words, to put to silence, confute (so class.): sensus judjcum imperiosis comminationibus, Tiro ap. Gell. 7, 3, 13:

ego istos, qui nunc me culpant, confutaverim,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 28:

iratum senem verbis,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 13; cf.

dictis,

id. Heaut. 5, 1, 76.—

To refute, confute, disprove, answer conclusively:

hunc tactum confutabunt nares?

Lucr. 4, 488:

argumenta Stoicorum,

Cic. Div. 1, 5, 8:

opinionis levitatem,

id. N. D. 2, 17, 45:

ut verba magnifica rebus confutaret,

Liv. 37, 10, 2:

suo sibi argumento confutatus est,

Gell. 5, 10, 16.—

In late Lat., to convict, Cod. Th. 11, 8, 1.—With inf.:

nocuisse quibusdam,

Amm. 26, 3, 1:

tot suscepisse labores et pericula,

id. 17, 9, 5.

com-mŏvĕo ( conm-), mōvi, mōtum, 2 (contr. forms:

commōrunt,

Lucr. 2, 766; commōrat, Turp. ap. Non. p. 278, 2; Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 51; commōrit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 45;

commossem,

Cic. Planc. 37, 90;

commosset,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 45;

commosse,

id. ib. 2, 5, 37, § 96; id. Fam. 7, 18, 3), v. a., to put something in violent motion, to move; both of removing from a place and backwards and forwards in a place; to shake, stir (freq. in every period and species of composition).

Lit.

To remove from a place, to carry away, displace, to start, set in motion, move:

neque miser me commovere possum prae formidine,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 181; id. Truc. 4, 3, 44:

facilius est currentem incitare quam commovere languentem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

columnas,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 145:

castra ex eo loco,

to move forward, decamp, id. ib. 2, 5, 37, § 96; cf.

aciem,

to set the line in motion, Liv. 2, 65, 5; 9, 27, 10:

se ex eo loco,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42:

se domo,

id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

me Thessalonicā,

id. Att. 3, 13, 1:

te istinc,

id. Fam. 6, 20, 3: agmen loco. to force back, cause to retreat, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 58, 20; so,

hostem,

Liv. 9, 40, 9; 10, 29, 9:

cervum,

Verg. A. 7, 494:

molem,

Val. Fl. 2, 33:

nummum,

i. e. to use in business, Cic. Font. 5, 11 (1, 1); id. Fl. 19, 44:

ais, si una littera commota sit, fore tota ut labet disciplina. Utrum igitur tibi litteram videor an totas paginas commovere?

id. Fin. 4, 19, 53.—Sacra, t. t., to move or carry about the sacred utensils, images, etc., for religious use, Verg. A. 4, 301 Serv.; cf. Cato, R. R. 134, 4:

ancilia,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 3:

tripodes,

Sen. Med. 786.—Hence, humorously: mea si commovi sacra, if I put my instruments (artifices, tricks, etc.) in motion, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 107. —Prov.:

glaebam commosset in agro decumano Siciliae nemo,

would have stirred a clod, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 45.—

To set in motion in a place, to move hither and thither, to shake, agitate, disturb.

Of things:

magni commorunt aequora venti,

Lucr. 2, 766:

alas,

Verg. A. 5, 217; cf.:

penna commota volucris,

Sil. 6, 59; Sen. Agam. 633. —

Of persons, with se:

quis sese commovere potest, cujus ille (sc. Roscius) vitia non videat?

can stir, Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 233:

num infitiari potes te... meā diligentiā circumclusum commovere te contra rem publicam non potuisse,

id. Cat. 1, 3, 7; Nep. Ages. 6, 3; Liv. 2, 54, 6; cf.:

Lanuvii hastam se commovisse,

id. 21, 62, 4.—

Trop.

(Acc. to I. A.) To move, drive back, distodge, refute, confute:

nunc comminus agamus experiamurque, si possimus cornua commovere disputationis tuae,

Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26:

si convellere adoriamur ea, quae commoveri non possunt,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 205.—

(Acc. to I. B.) To throw into disorder, physical or mental; to unbalance, unsettle, shake, disturb (rare but class.):

adflantur alii sidere, alii commoventur statis temporibus alvo, nervis, capite, mente,

Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 108:

perleviter commotus fuerat... (postea) eum vidi plane integrum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 2: Bacchi sacris commota, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 36, 80:

commotus habebitur, i. e. mente captus,

frantic, crazed, Hor. S. 2, 3, 209; cf.:

commota mens,

id. ib. 2, 3, 278; Plin. 36, 21, 40, § 152; and:

commotus mente,

id. 23, 1, 16, § 23.—

To move in mind or feeling, to make an impression upon, to excite, rouse, shake, disquiet, disturb, affect, etc.

With abl.: commorat hominem lacrimis, Turp. ap. Non. p. 278, 2:

aliquem nimiā longinquitate locorum ac desiderio suorum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

aut libidine aliquā aut metu,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102; id. Font. 16, 36 (12, 26):

ludis,

id. Mur. 19, 40:

quis enim, cum sibi fingit aliquid et cogitatione depingit, non simul ac se ipse commovit atque ad se revocavit, sentit, etc.,

aroused, id. Ac. 2, 16, 51:

et amore fraterno et existimatione vulgi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

adfectibus,

Quint. 9, 4, 4:

doctā voce,

id. 2, 16, 9:

cujus atrocitate,

id. 6, 1, 32:

vix sum apud me, ita animus commotu'st metu, Spe, gaudio,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 34; Quint. 1, 2, 30:

commota vehementi metu mens,

Lucr. 3, 153. —

Absol.:

commorat omnes nos,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 51:

cum aliqua species utilitatis objecta est, commoveri necesse est,

one must be affected by it, it must make an impression on one, Cic. Off. 3, 8, 35:

nihil me clamor iste commovet,

id. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:

si quos adversum proelium et fuga Gallorum commoveret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

in commovendis judiciis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 189; cf.:

commotus ab oratore judex,

Quint. 6, 2, 7:

qui me commorit, flebit,

provoke, rouse, Hor. S. 2, 1, 45:

Neptunus graviter commotus,

Verg. A. 1, 126:

domo ejus omnia abstulit quae paulo magis animum cujuspiam aut oculos possent commovere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83; Quint. 12, 10, 50: dormiunt;

pol ego istos commovebo,

awake, arouse, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 8:

porticus haec ipsa et palaestra Graecarum disputationum memoriam quodammodo commovent,

stir up, awaken, revive, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20.—Of things:

aes alienum,

to demand, Tac. A. 6, 17:

commotā principis domo,

id. ib. 4, 52 init.:

si umquam vitae cupiditas in me fuisset, ego... omnium parricidarum tela commossem?

provoked, Cic. Planc. 37, 90. —

With in and abl.:

qui cum ingeniis conflictatur ejus modi, Neque commovetur animus in eā re tamen,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 67:

vidi enim vos in hoc nomine, cum testis diceret, commoveri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 125:

in hac virgine commotus sum,

i. e. in love, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 19.—

With ex and abl.:

nam cum esset ex aere alieno commota civitas,

Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58; Auct. B. Afr. 57, 72.—

With ad and acc.:

nec sane satis commoveor animo ad ea. quae vis canenda,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:

homines ad turpe compendium,

Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52.—

With ut and subj.:

adeone me ignavom putas, ut neque me consuetudo neque amor Commoveat neque commoneat, ut servem fidem?

Ter. And. 1, 5, 45:

tua nos voluntas commovit, ut conscriberemus, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1.—

Of the passions, etc., to rouse, stir up, excite, produce, generate: belli magnos commovit funditus aestus, moved the waves of strife from their foundations, Lucr. 5, 1434; cf.:

commovere tumultum aut bellum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 20:

misericordiam, invidiam, iracundiam,

id. de Or. 2, 47, 195; cf.:

commovere miserationem,

Quint. 6, 1, 46; 10, 1, 64:

magnum et acerbum dolorem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47:

invidiam aliquam in me,

id. Phil. 3, 7, 18:

summum odium in eum,

id. Inv. 1, 54, 103:

bilem,

id. Att. 2, 7, 2:

multorum scribendi studia,

id. N. D. 1, 4, 8:

adfectus,

Quint. 4, prooem. § 6; 5, 8, 3; cf.:

adfectus vehementer commotos (opp. lenes),

id. 6, 2, 9.—

In discourse:

nova quaedam,

to start new doctrines, adduce novelties, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18.— Hence, commōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, excited, aroused:

genus (dicendi) in agendo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 32; cf.:

Fimbria paulo fervidior atque commotior,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

incidere in rem commotam (i. e. amorem),

Sen. Ep. 116, 5:

animus commotior,

Cic. Div. 1, 37, 80:

commotius ad omnia turbanda consilium,

Liv. 6, 14, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.:

Drusus animo commotior,

more violent, passionate, Tac. A. 4, 3; cf.:

commotus ingenio,

id. ib. 6, 45; and:

Agrippina paulo commotior,

id. ib. 1, 33:

commoto similis,

to one provoked, enraged, Suet. Aug. 51; cf. id. Tib. 51.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.

con-vinco, vīci, victum, 3, v. a., to overcome, conquer; always beyond the circle of milit. lang.

With personal objects, to convict of crime or error, refute (very freq. and class.).

With simple acc.:

quem ego jam hic convincam palam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 147:

hujus si causa non manifestissimis rebus teneretur, tamen eum mores ipsius ac vita convincerent,

Cic. Sull. 25, 71:

verum enim invenire volumus, non tamquam adversarium aliquem convincere,

id. Fin. 1, 5, 13:

Aristonis jam fracta et convicta secta,

id. Leg. 1, 13, 38:

si negem, quo me teste convincas?

id. Phil. 2, 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104; Liv. 26, 12, 17; Quint. 1, 6, 10 et saep.—

With the designation of the crime, error, etc., commonly in the gen., more rarely in the simple abl., or with de, in, or inf.:

teque in isto ipso convinco non inhumanitatis solum, sed etiam amentiae,

Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 9:

haec duo levitatis et infirmitatis plerosque convincunt,

id. Lael. 17, 64:

aliquem summae neglegentiae (with coarguere),

id. Sull. 15, 44:

quae (supplicia) in convictos maleficii servos constituta sunt,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139:

repetundarum,

Suet. Caes. 43: latrocinii, caedis. id. Tib. 1 al.:

manifestis criminibus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26:

multis avaritiae criminibus,

id. Fl. 39, 98:

convicti et condemnati falsis de pugnis,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 5:

scelere convictus,

Suet. Ner. 31; Lact. de Ira, 17, 6; cf.:

istius vita tot vitiis flagitiisque convicta,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 10:

in pari peccato,

id. Inv. 2, 10, 32:

in hoc scelere,

id. Sull. 30, 83; so,

in homicidio,

Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 12:

in majore fraude,

Suet. Claud. 15:

in adfectatione imperii,

id. Tit. 9.—With inf.:

aliquid fecisse convinci,

Liv. 45, 10, 14:

convictus pecuniam cepisse,

Tac. A. 4, 31; 13, 44; Suet. Calig. 40; Curt. 9, 8, 9; cf. Sall. C. 52, 36.—

With things as objects, to prove something incontestably (esp. as criminal, false, punishable), to show clearly, demonstrate (freq. and class.).

With acc.:

inauditum facinus ipsius qui commisit voce convinci,

Cic. Quint. 25, 79; so,

peccata argumentis,

id. Part. Or. 33, 116; cf.:

falsum veris convincere rebus,

Lucr. 4, 764:

alios sensus,

id. 4, 495:

haec poëtarum et pictorum portenta,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 11:

orationem (with redargui),

id. Univ. 3 init.:

errores Epicuri,

id. N. D. 2, 1, 3:

falsa,

id. ib. 1, 32, 91:

avaritiam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 12:

furorem,

Ov. M. 13, 58:

quod obicitur,

Quint. 5, 10, 35:

quod (crimen) apud patres convictum,

Tac. A. 14, 40 al.:

convicta (praedia),

proved not to belong to you, Cic. Fl. 32, 79.—

With acc. and inf.:

nihil te didicisse... nihil scire convincerent,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Par. 5, 3, 41; id. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Quint. 2, 15, 14 al.

dif-findo, fĭdi, fissum (also diffīsum), 3, v. a., to cleave asunder, to divide (rare but class.).

Lit.:

vitem mediam per medullam,

Cato R. R. 41, 2: malos, Enn. ap. Non. 114, 7 (Ann. v. 389 ed. Vahl., where the read. is, as in Non., defindunt):

ramum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.:

terram,

Lucr. 6, 584:

saxum,

Cic. Div. 1, 13 fin.:

semen compressu suo (terra),

id. de Sen. 15, 51:

natem,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 47:

tempora plumbo,

Verg. A. 9, 589; Suet. Gram. 11 et saep.— Poet.:

urbium portas muneribus,

i. e. to open, Hor. C. 3, 16, 13.—

Transf., with an abstr. object:

conjunctionem duplicem in longitudinem,

Cic. Univ. 7.—

Trop.

In gen.: equidem nihil hinc diffindere possum, I cannot cut off aught of this, i. e. I can refute or deny no part of it, Hor. S. 2, 1, 79:

cuneus rigentem servi tenacitatem violenter diffinderet,

to break by a bribe, App. M. 9, p. 225.—Esp. freq.,

Diem, jurid. t. t., lit., to break off a matter, i. e. to put off to the following day, to defer (cf. differre), Dig. 2, 11, 2, § 3: triste [p. 576] omen diem diffidit, Liv. 9, 38, 15; Gell. 14, 2, 11.—

Transf.:

diem somno,

to divide by taking a nap, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 5.

dis-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to loosen asunder, to unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

opus ipsa suum eadem quae coagmentavit natura dissolvit,

id. de Sen. 20, 72:

dissolvunt nodos omnes et vincla relaxant,

Lucr. 6, 356:

contextum,

id. 1, 243:

stamina,

Tib. 1, 7, 2:

ornatus comae,

id. 1, 10, 62:

capillum,

Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78:

sparta navium,

id. 24, 9, 40, § 65:

pontem,

Nep. Them. 5, 1 et saep.:

nubila ventis,

Lucr. 6, 514; cf.

nubes (ventus, with diducit),

id. 6, 216:

glaciem (sol),

to melt, id. 6, 964:

aes (fulmen),

id. 6, 352:

corpora (vis),

id. 1, 224:

se (venti vortex),

id. 6, 446:

tenebras luce,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 79 Müll.:

dissolutum navigium vel potius dissipatum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11, 3; so,

navem,

Phaedr. 4, 22, 10; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 18:

stomachum,

i. e. to loosen, relax, Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 256:

ilia sua visu,

Petr. 24, 5:

resinam omnem oleo,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123: collegia, Suet. Aug. 32:

cohortem Germanorum,

id. Galb. 12 et saep.:

animam,

i. e. to die, Lucr. 3, 601; cf. id. 456; Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—

In partic.

In mercant. lang., to pay, discharge what one owes:

dinumerando solvere: aes alienum praediis venditis,

Cic. Sull. 20, 56; id. Off. 2, 2, 4; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44:

nomen,

Cic. Planc. 28:

omne quod debuit,

id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

quae debeo,

Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 50: pecuniam pro iis rebus, * Caes. B. C. 1, 87, 1:

pecuniam publicam ulli civitati,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 75:

poenam,

to pay a fine, id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100; cf.:

dissolvere et compensare damna,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 13:

vota,

id. Att. 15, 11 fin.; Cat. 66, 38.—

Mid., transf. to the person: quarum (possessionum) amore adducti dissolvi nullo modo possunt, free or release themselves from debt, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18.—

In medic. lang., like digerere, discutere, to discuss, dissipate morbid matter, Plin. 20, 12, 48, § 122; 24, 6, 14, § 23; 24, 9, 38, § 60 al.

Trop., to dissolve, abolish, abrogate, annul, destroy.

In gen.:

utilitas si amicitias conglutinaret, eadem commutata dissolveret,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

amicitiam,

id. Rosc. Am. 39:

societatem,

id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

consortionem,

id. Off. 3, 6:

matrimonia,

Cod. Just. 5, 17, 8 et saep.:

perjurium,

Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113; cf.

religiones,

Liv. 40, 29:

acta Caesaris,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7 fin.; cf.:

leges Caesaris,

ib. 1, 8 init.:

judicia publica,

id. Agr. 2, 13 fin.:

hoc interdictum,

id. Caecin. 14, 40 et saep.:

argentariam,

id. ib. 4, 11:

regiam potestatem,

Nep. Lys. 3 fin.; cf.

rem publicam,

Liv. 5, 6 fin.:

severitatem,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65:

frigus,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 5 et saep.:

mortem cuncta mortalium mala dissolvere,

Sall. C. 51, 20; cf.

with pers. object: plerosque senectus dissolvit,

id. J. 17, 6.—

In partic.

In rhet. and philos. lang., to refute, reply to, answer an assertion:

criminatio tota dissoluta est (with diluere),

Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82:

seu proposita confirmamus, seu contra dicta dissolvimus,

Quint. 4 prooem. § 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 38; id. Tusc. 3, 30; Quint. 5, 13, 2; Tac. A. 13, 21 al.—

(Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) To release, disengage one:

obsecro, dissolve jam me,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54; id. Poen. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102.—Hence, dissŏ-lūtus, a, um, P. a., unloosed, loose, disconnected.

Of discourse: alterum nimis est vinctum, ut de industria factum appareat;

alterum nimis dissolutum, ut pervagatum ac vulgare videatur,

Cic. Or. 57, 195; Quint. 2, 11, 7; 8, 6, 62 al.—Hence, subst.: dissolūtum, i, n., a gram. fig., i. q. asundeton, asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41; Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (also ap. Quint. 9, 1, 34).—

Of character, lax, remiss, negligent, inattentive, careless; licentious, dissolute (cf.:

mollis, luxuriosus, effeminatus): negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed omnino dissoluti,

Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99:

cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf.:

in praetermittendo (opp. crudelis in animadvertendo),

id. Verr. 2, 5, 3 fin.:

opp. vehemens,

id. ib. 2, 5, 40:

(Verres) omnium hominum dissolutissimus crudelissimusque,

id. ib. 2, 3, 56; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 57; id. Tusc. 4, 25 fin.; Nep. Alcib. 1 fin. al.:

quis tam dissolutus in re familiari fuisset, quis tam negligens, etc.?

Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf. id. ib. 12, 40 et saep.:

animus,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 32; cf.

mens luxu,

Tac. A. 15, 49 fin.:

consuetudo Graecorum,

Cic. Fl. 9;

and, mores,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 12:

comitas,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

libelli multo dissolutiores ipsis actionibus,

Sen. Contr. 5 praef.:

nihil asperum... nec tamen quicquam populare ac dissolutum,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 8; id. Off. 1, 35, 129.— Adv.: dissŏlūte.

Acc. to A., loosely, disconnectedly:

dicere demptis conjunctionibus,

Cic. Or. 39, 135.—

Acc. to B., laxly, negligently, carelessly:

dissolute et turpiter scribere de restitutione alicujus,

Cic. Att. 14, 13 fin.:

vendere decumas,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 39 fin.:

jus suum relinquere,

id. Caecin. 36:

factum aliquid,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; cf. id. Phil. 6, 1.

dis-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to loosen asunder, to unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

opus ipsa suum eadem quae coagmentavit natura dissolvit,

id. de Sen. 20, 72:

dissolvunt nodos omnes et vincla relaxant,

Lucr. 6, 356:

contextum,

id. 1, 243:

stamina,

Tib. 1, 7, 2:

ornatus comae,

id. 1, 10, 62:

capillum,

Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78:

sparta navium,

id. 24, 9, 40, § 65:

pontem,

Nep. Them. 5, 1 et saep.:

nubila ventis,

Lucr. 6, 514; cf.

nubes (ventus, with diducit),

id. 6, 216:

glaciem (sol),

to melt, id. 6, 964:

aes (fulmen),

id. 6, 352:

corpora (vis),

id. 1, 224:

se (venti vortex),

id. 6, 446:

tenebras luce,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 79 Müll.:

dissolutum navigium vel potius dissipatum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11, 3; so,

navem,

Phaedr. 4, 22, 10; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 18:

stomachum,

i. e. to loosen, relax, Plin. 20, 23, 96, § 256:

ilia sua visu,

Petr. 24, 5:

resinam omnem oleo,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123: collegia, Suet. Aug. 32:

cohortem Germanorum,

id. Galb. 12 et saep.:

animam,

i. e. to die, Lucr. 3, 601; cf. id. 456; Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.—

In partic.

In mercant. lang., to pay, discharge what one owes:

dinumerando solvere: aes alienum praediis venditis,

Cic. Sull. 20, 56; id. Off. 2, 2, 4; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44:

nomen,

Cic. Planc. 28:

omne quod debuit,

id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

quae debeo,

Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 50: pecuniam pro iis rebus, * Caes. B. C. 1, 87, 1:

pecuniam publicam ulli civitati,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 75:

poenam,

to pay a fine, id. Tusc. 1, 42, 100; cf.:

dissolvere et compensare damna,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 13:

vota,

id. Att. 15, 11 fin.; Cat. 66, 38.—

Mid., transf. to the person: quarum (possessionum) amore adducti dissolvi nullo modo possunt, free or release themselves from debt, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18.—

In medic. lang., like digerere, discutere, to discuss, dissipate morbid matter, Plin. 20, 12, 48, § 122; 24, 6, 14, § 23; 24, 9, 38, § 60 al.

Trop., to dissolve, abolish, abrogate, annul, destroy.

In gen.:

utilitas si amicitias conglutinaret, eadem commutata dissolveret,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf. id. de Or. 1, 42, 188:

amicitiam,

id. Rosc. Am. 39:

societatem,

id. Rosc. Com. 13, 38:

consortionem,

id. Off. 3, 6:

matrimonia,

Cod. Just. 5, 17, 8 et saep.:

perjurium,

Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113; cf.

religiones,

Liv. 40, 29:

acta Caesaris,

Cic. Phil. 1, 7 fin.; cf.:

leges Caesaris,

ib. 1, 8 init.:

judicia publica,

id. Agr. 2, 13 fin.:

hoc interdictum,

id. Caecin. 14, 40 et saep.:

argentariam,

id. ib. 4, 11:

regiam potestatem,

Nep. Lys. 3 fin.; cf.

rem publicam,

Liv. 5, 6 fin.:

severitatem,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65:

frigus,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 5 et saep.:

mortem cuncta mortalium mala dissolvere,

Sall. C. 51, 20; cf.

with pers. object: plerosque senectus dissolvit,

id. J. 17, 6.—

In partic.

In rhet. and philos. lang., to refute, reply to, answer an assertion:

criminatio tota dissoluta est (with diluere),

Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82:

seu proposita confirmamus, seu contra dicta dissolvimus,

Quint. 4 prooem. § 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 38; id. Tusc. 3, 30; Quint. 5, 13, 2; Tac. A. 13, 21 al.—

(Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) To release, disengage one:

obsecro, dissolve jam me,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 54; id. Poen. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102.—Hence, dissŏ-lūtus, a, um, P. a., unloosed, loose, disconnected.

Of discourse: alterum nimis est vinctum, ut de industria factum appareat;

alterum nimis dissolutum, ut pervagatum ac vulgare videatur,

Cic. Or. 57, 195; Quint. 2, 11, 7; 8, 6, 62 al.—Hence, subst.: dissolūtum, i, n., a gram. fig., i. q. asundeton, asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41; Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (also ap. Quint. 9, 1, 34).—

Of character, lax, remiss, negligent, inattentive, careless; licentious, dissolute (cf.:

mollis, luxuriosus, effeminatus): negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed omnino dissoluti,

Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99:

cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri,

id. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf.:

in praetermittendo (opp. crudelis in animadvertendo),

id. Verr. 2, 5, 3 fin.:

opp. vehemens,

id. ib. 2, 5, 40:

(Verres) omnium hominum dissolutissimus crudelissimusque,

id. ib. 2, 3, 56; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 57; id. Tusc. 4, 25 fin.; Nep. Alcib. 1 fin. al.:

quis tam dissolutus in re familiari fuisset, quis tam negligens, etc.?

Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf. id. ib. 12, 40 et saep.:

animus,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 32; cf.

mens luxu,

Tac. A. 15, 49 fin.:

consuetudo Graecorum,

Cic. Fl. 9;

and, mores,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 12:

comitas,

Quint. 2, 2, 5:

libelli multo dissolutiores ipsis actionibus,

Sen. Contr. 5 praef.:

nihil asperum... nec tamen quicquam populare ac dissolutum,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 8; id. Off. 1, 35, 129.— Adv.: dissŏlūte.

Acc. to A., loosely, disconnectedly:

dicere demptis conjunctionibus,

Cic. Or. 39, 135.—

Acc. to B., laxly, negligently, carelessly:

dissolute et turpiter scribere de restitutione alicujus,

Cic. Att. 14, 13 fin.:

vendere decumas,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 39 fin.:

jus suum relinquere,

id. Caecin. 36:

factum aliquid,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 8; cf. id. Phil. 6, 1.

făcĭo, feci, factum, 3, v. a. and n.; in pass.: fio, factus, fieri ( imper. usually fac, but the arch form face is freq., esp. in Plaut. and Ter., as Plaut. As. prol. 4; 1, 1, 77; id. Aul. 2, 1, 30; id. Cist. 2, 1, 28; id. Ep. 1, 1, 37; 2, 2, 117; id. Most. 3, 2, 167 et saep.; Ter. And. 4, 1, 57; 4, 2, 29; 5, 1, 2; 14; id. Eun. 1, 2, 10 al.; Cato, R. R. 23, 1; 26; 32 al.; Cat. 63, 78; 79; 82; Ov. Med. fac. 60; Val. Fl. 7, 179 al.; futur. facie for faciam, Cato ap. Quint. 1, 7, 23; cf. dico, init., and the letter e:

faxo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 199; 2, 1, 42; 3, 3, 17; 3, 4, 14; 5, 1, 55 et saep.; Ter. And. 5, 2, 13; id. Eun. 2, 2, 54; 4, 3, 21 al.; Verg. A. 9, 154; 12, 316; Ov. M. 3, 271; 12, 594: faxim, Enn. ap. Non. 507, 23; Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 13; id. Aul. 3, 2, 6; 3, 5, 20 al.; Ter. And. 4, 4, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 13:

faxis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 38; Sil. 15, 362: faxit, Lex Numae in Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ALIVTA, p. 6 Mull.; Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 12; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 90; 3, 5, 54; id. Cas. 3, 5, 6 al.; Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:

faximus,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 40: faxitis, an old form in Liv. 23, 11, 2; 25, 12, 10; 29, 27, 3:

faxint,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 85; id. Aul. 2, 1, 27; 2, 2, 79 al.; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 109; id. Hec. 1, 2, 27; 3, 2, 19; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 81; id. Fam. 14, 3, 3.—In pass. imper.:

fi,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 87; Hor. S. 2, 5, 38; Pers. 1, 1, 39:

fite,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 89 al. — Indic.: facitur, Nigid. ap. Non. 507, 15: fitur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 789:

fiebantur,

id. ib.: fitum est, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 475, 16.— Subj.: faciatur, Titin. ib.— Inf.: fiere, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 75 P.; Ann. v. 15, ed. Vahl.; Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 10.—On the long i of fit, v. Ritschl, prol. p. 184, and cf. Plaut. Capt. prol. 25: ut fit in bello) [prob. root bha-; Sanscr. bhasas, light; Gr. pha-, in phainô, phêmi; cf. fax, facetiae, facilis, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 423.—But Curt. refers facio to root the- (strengthened THEK), Griech. Etym. p. 64], to make in all senses, to do, perform, accomplish, prepare, produce, bring to pass, cause, effect, create, commit, perpetrate, form, fashion, etc. (cf. in gen.:

ago, factito, reddo, operor, tracto): verbum facere omnem omnino faciendi causam complectitur, donandi, solvendi, judicandi, ambulandi, numerandi,

Dig. 50, 16, 218.

In gen.

With acc.: ut faber, cum quid aedificaturus est, non ipse facit materiam, sed ea utitur, quae sit parata, etc.... Quod si non est a deo materia facta, ne terra quidem et aqua et aer et ignis a deo factus est, Cic. N. D. Fragm. ap. Lact. 2, 8 (Cic. ed. Bait. 7, p. 121):

sphaera ab Archimede facta,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

fecitque idem et sepsit de manubiis comitium et curiam,

id. ib. 2, 17:

aedem,

id. ib. 2, 20:

pontem in Arari faciundum curat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 1:

castra,

id. ib. 1, 48, 2; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4:

faber vasculum fecit,

Quint. 7, 10, 9:

classem,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21, 4:

cenas et facere et obire,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6:

ignem lignis viridibus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45:

poema,

to compose, id. Pis. 29, 70:

carmina,

Juv. 7, 28:

versus,

id. 7, 38:

sermonem,

Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1; cf.

litteram,

id. Ac. 2, 2, 6: ludos, to celebrate, exhibit = edere, id. Rep. 2, 20; id. Att. 15, 10;

also i. q. ludificari,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 47:

sementes,

i. e. to sow, Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 1:

messem,

Col. 2, 10, 28:

pecuniam,

to make, acquire, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:

manum (with parare copias),

to collect, prepare, id. Caecin. 12, 33; so,

cohortes,

Caes. B. C. 3, 87, 4:

exercitum,

Vell. 2, 109, 2; and:

auxilia mercede,

Tac. A. 6, 33:

iter,

Cic. Att. 3, 1; id. Planc. 26, 65; id. Div. 1, 33, 73 et saep.; cf.

also the phrases: aditum sibi ad aures,

Quint. 4, 1, 46:

admirationem alicujus rei alicui,

to excite, Liv. 25, 11, 18; Sen. Ep. 115:

aes alienum,

Cic. Att. 13, 46, 4; Liv. 2, 23, 5; Sen. Ep. 119, 1:

alienationem disjunctionemque,

Cic. Lael. 21, 76:

animum alicui,

Liv. 25, 11, 10:

arbitrium de aliquo,

to decide, Hor. C. 4, 7, 21;

opp. arbitrium alicui in aliqua re,

i. e. to leave the decision to one, Liv. 43, 15, 5:

audaciam hosti,

id. 29, 34, 10:

audientiam orationi,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 13, 42:

auspicium alicui,

Liv. 1, 34, 9; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 86:

auctoritatem,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 43:

bellum,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 2:

multa bona alicui,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 46:

castra,

to pitch, Tac. H. 5, 1:

caulem,

to form, Col. Arb. 54:

clamores,

to make, raise, Cic. Brut. 95, 326:

cognomen alicui,

to give, Liv. 1, 3, 9:

commercium sermonis,

id. 5, 15, 5:

concitationes,

Caes. B. C. 3, 106 fin.:

conjurationes,

to form, id. B. G. 4, 30 fin.:

consuetudinem alicui cum altero,

Cic. Fam. 13, 23, 1:

consilia alicui,

Liv. 35, 42, 8:

contentionem cum aliquo,

Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

controversiam,

to occasion, id. Or. 34, 121:

convicium magnum alicui,

id. Fam. 10, 16, 1:

copiam pugnandi militibus,

Liv. 7, 13, 10:

corpus,

to grow fat, corpulent, Cels. 7, 3 fin.; Phaedr. 3, 7, 5:

curam,

Tac. A. 3, 52:

damnum,

to suffer, Cic. Brut. 33, 125:

detrimentum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20:

desiderium alicujus, rei alicui,

Liv. 3, 34, 7; 7, 24, 10:

dicta,

Ov. F. 2, 375; 3, 515:

difficultatem,

Quint. 10, 3, 10 and 16:

discordiam,

to cause, Tac. H. 3, 48:

discrimen,

Quint. 7, 2, 14; 11, 1, 43:

disjunctionem (with alienationem),

Cic. Lael. 21, 76:

dolorem alicui,

id. Att. 11, 8, 2:

dulcedinem,

Sen. Ep. 111:

eloquentiam alicui (ira),

Quint. 6, 2, 26:

epigramma,

to write, Cic. Arch. 10, 25:

errorem,

Sen. Ep. 67:

eruptiones ex oppido,

Caes. B. C. 2, 2, 5:

exemplum,

Quint. 5, 2, 2: exempla = edere or statuere, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 66. exercitum, to raise, muster, Tac. A. 6, 33:

exspectationem,

Quint. 9, 2, 23:

facinus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 1; Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 95; Tac. A. 12, 31:

facultatem recte judicandi alicui,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 179:

fallaciam,

Ter. And. 1, 8, 7:

famam ingenii,

Quint. 11, 2, 46:

fastidium,

Liv. 3, 1, 7:

favorem alicui,

id. 42, 14, 10; Quint. 4, 1, 33:

fidem alicui,

Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4; id. Att. 7, 8, 1; Quint. 6, 2, 18:

finem,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; id. Rep. 2, 44:

formidinem,

to excite, Tac. H. 3, 10:

fortunam magnam (with parare),

Liv. 24, 22, 9:

fraudem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9; Cic. Att. 4, 12:

fugam fecerunt, stronger than fugerunt,

Liv. 8, 9, 12 Weissenb.; Sall. J. 53, 3;

but: cum fugam in regia fecisset (sc. ceterorum),

Liv. 1, 56, 4; so,

fugam facere = fugare,

id. 21, 5, 16; 21, 52, 10:

fugam hostium facere,

id. 22, 24, 8; 26, 4, 8 al.:

gestum vultu,

Quint. 11, 3, 71:

gradum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249; id. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 3; Quint. 3, 6, 8:

gratiam alicujus rei,

Liv. 3, 56, 4; 8, 34, 3:

gratulationem alicui,

Cic. Fam. 11, 18, 3; Sen. Ep. 6:

gratum alicui,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 56; Cic. Rep. 1, 21; cf.:

gratissimum alicui,

id. Fam. 7, 21 fin.:

histrioniam,

Plaut. Am. prol. 152:

homicidium,

to commit, Quint. 5, 9, 9:

hospitium cum aliquo,

Cic. Balb. 18, 42:

imperata,

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

impetum in hostem,

Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34; Liv. 25, 11, 2:

incursionem,

Liv. 3, 38, 3:

indicium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 150:

inducias,

id. Phil. 8, 7, 20:

initium,

to begin, id. Agr. 2, 29, 79; cf.:

initia ab aliquo,

id. Rep. 1, 19:

injuriam,

id. ib. 3, 14 (opp. accipere); Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 4; Quint. 3, 6, 49; 10, 1, 115:

insidias alicui,

Cic. Mil. 9, 23:

iram,

Quint. 6, 1, 14:

jacturam,

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89; id. Fin. 2, 24, 79; Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 7:

judicium,

Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2:

judicatum,

to execute, id. Fl. 20, 48:

jus alicui,

Liv. 32, 13, 6:

jussa,

Ov. F. 1, 379:

laetitiam,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:

largitiones,

id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48:

locum poetarum mendacio,

Curt. 3, 1, 4:

locum alicui rei,

Cels. 2, 14 fin.; 7, 4, 3; Curt. 4, 11, 8; Sen. Ep. 91, 13 et saep.:

longius,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 22 al.:

valde magnum,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7:

medicinam alicui,

to administer, id. Fam. 14, 7:

memoriam,

Quint. 11, 2, 4:

mentionem,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 2:

metum,

to excite, Tac. A. 6, 36:

turbida lux metum insidiarum faciebat,

suggested, Liv. 10, 33, 5:

metum alicui,

id. 9, 41, 11:

missum aliquem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

modum irae,

Liv. 4, 50, 4:

moram,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1; Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 72:

morem alicujus rei sibi,

Liv. 35, 35, 13:

motus,

id. 28, 46, 8: multam alicui, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 1, 6:

munditias,

id. R. R. 2, 4:

mutationem,

Cic. Sest. 12, 27; id. Off. 1, 33, 120:

multa alicui,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 16:

naufragium,

to suffer, id. Fam. 16, 9, 1:

negotium alicui,

to give to do, make trouble for, Quint. 5, 12, 13; Just. 21, 4, 4:

nomen alicui,

Liv. 8, 15, 8; cf.

nomina,

to incur debts, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59:

odium vitae,

Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 199:

officium suum,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 12:

omnia amici causa,

Cic. Lael. 10, 35; id. Fam. 5, 11, 2:

opinionem alicui,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

orationem,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 63; id. Brut. 8, 30; id. Or. 51, 172:

otia alicui,

to grant, Verg. E. 1, 6:

pacem,

to conclude, Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109:

pecuniam ex aliqua re,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17:

periculum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23; id. Heaut. 2, 1, 9; Tac. A. 13, 33; 16, 19; Sall. C. 33, 1: perniciem alicui, to cause, = parare, Tac. H. 2, 70:

planum,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 54:

potestatem,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 11; id. Rep. 2, 28:

praedam,

Caes. B. G. 4, 34, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60, § 156; Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 8:

praedas ab aliquo,

Nep. Chabr. 2, 2:

proelium,

to join, Caes. B. G. 1, 13; Cic. Deiot. 5, 13; Liv. 25, 1, 5; Tac. H. 4, 79; id. A. 12, 40:

promissum,

Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95:

pudorem,

Liv. 3, 31, 3:

ratum,

id. 28, 39, 16:

rem,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 12:

reum,

to accuse, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38: risum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 40; 48:

scelus,

to commit, Tac. H. 1, 40:

securitatem alicui,

Liv. 36, 41, 1:

sermonem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66:

significationem ignibus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 3:

silentium,

Liv. 24, 7, 12:

somnum,

to induce, Juv. 3, 282:

spem,

Cic. Att. 3, 16; Liv. 30, 3, 7:

spiritus,

id. 30, 11, 3:

stercus,

Col. 2, 15:

stipendia,

Sall. J. 63, 3; Liv. 3, 27, 1; 5, 7, 5:

stomachum alicui,

Cic. Att. 5, 11, 2; id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

suavium alicui,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 53:

suspicionem,

Cic. Fl. 33, 83:

taedium alicujus rei,

Liv. 4, 57, 11:

terrorem iis,

to inflict, id. 10, 25, 8:

timorem,

to excite, id. 6, 28, 8:

mihi timorem,

Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:

totum,

Dig. 28, 5, 35:

transitum alicui,

Liv. 26, 25, 3:

turbam,

Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 2:

urinam,

Col. 6, 19:

usum,

Quint. 10, 3, 28:

vadimonium,

Cic. Quint. 18, 57:

verbum, verba,

to speak, talk, id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147:

verbum,

to invent, id. Fin. 3, 15, 51:

versus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5:

vestigium,

id. Rab. Post. 17, 47: viam [p. 717] sibi, Liv. 3, 5, 6:

vim alicui or in aliquem,

id. 38, 24, 4; 3, 5, 5:

vires,

to get, acquire, Quint. 10, 3, 3:

vitium,

Cic. Top. 3, 15 al. —

With ut, ne, quin, or the simple subj.:

faciam, ut ejus diei locique meique semper meminerit,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 20:

facere ut remigret domum,

id. Pers. 4, 6, 3; id. Capt. 3, 4, 78; 4, 2, 77:

ea, quantum potui, feci, ut essent nota nostris,

Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

facito, ut sciam,

id. Att. 2, 4, 4:

non potuisti ullo modo facere, ut mihi illam epistolam non mitteres,

id. ib. 11, 21, 1:

si facis ut patriae sit idoneus,

Juv. 14, 71:

ut nihil ad te dem litterarum facere non possum,

Cic. Ac. 8, 14, 1; for which, with quin:

facere non possum, quin ad te mittam,

I cannot forbear sending, id. ib. 12, 27, 2:

fecisti, ut ne cui maeror tuus calamitatem afferret,

id. Clu. 60, 168:

fac, ne quid aliud cures,

id. Fam. 16, 11, 1:

domi assitis, facite,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 53:

fac fidele sis fidelis,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79:

fac cupidus mei videndi sis,

Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 5:

fac cogites,

id. ib. 11, 3, 4.—In pass.:

fieri potest, ut recte quis sentiat, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 6: potest fieri, ut iratus dixerit, etc., Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

nec fieri possit, ut non statim alienatio facienda sit,

id. Lael. 21, 76; so with ut non, id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190 (Zumpt, Gram. § 539).—

With inf. = efficere, curare, to cause (rare):

nulla res magis talis oratores videri facit,

Cic. Brut. 38, 142; Pall. 6, 12:

aspectus arborum macrescere facit volucres inclusas,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 3; Sall. Fragm. ap. Sen. Ep. 114:

qui nati coram me cernere letum Fecisti,

Verg. A. 2, 539; Ov. H. 17, 174:

mel ter infervere facito,

Col. 12, 38, 5 (perh. also in Ov. H. 6, 100, instead of favet, v. Loers. ad h. l.; cf. infra, B. 4.).—

Absol.:

ego plus, quam feci, facere non possum,

Cic. Fam. 11, 14, 3:

faciam, ut potero, Laeli,

id. de Sen. 3, 7; cf. id. Rep. 1, 24:

noli putare, pigritia me facere, quod non mea manu scribam,

id. Att. 16, 15, 1; so,

facere = hoc or id facere,

Lucr. 4, 1112 (cf. Munro ad loc.); 1153: vereor ne a te rursus dissentiam. M. Non facies, Quinte, Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 33;

so after scribam,

id. Att. 16, 16, 15:

nominaverunt,

id. Rep. 2, 28, 50;

after disserere: tu mihi videris utrumque facturus,

id. ib. 2, 11, 22;

after fingere: ut facit apud Platonem Socrates,

id. ib.:

necesse erit uti epilogis, ut in Verrem Cicero fecit,

Quint. 6, 1, 54:

qui dicere ac facere doceat,

id. 2, 3, 11:

faciant equites,

Juv. 7, 14; Liv. 42, 37, 6:

petis ut libellos meos recognoscendos curem. Faciam,

Plin. Ep. 4, 26, 1; 5, 1, 4 et saep. (cf. the use of facio, as neutr., to resume or recall the meaning of another verb, v. II. E. infra; between that use and this no line can be drawn).

In partic.

With a double object, to make a thing into something, to render it something:

senatum bene firmum firmiorem vestra auctoritate fecistis,

Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

te disertum,

id. ib. 2, 39 fin.:

iratum adversario judicem,

id. de Or. 1, 51, 220:

heredem filiam,

to appoint, constitute, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111:

aliquem regem,

Just. 9, 6:

aliquem ludos,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 75:

aliquem absentem rei capitalis reum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 93:

animum dubium,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 27:

injurias irritas,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 63:

vectigalia sibi deteriora,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 4:

hi consules facti sunt,

Cic. de Sen. 5, 14:

disciplina doctior facta civitas,

id. Rep. 2, 19:

di ex hominibus facti,

id. ib. 2, 10; cf.:

tua virtute nobis Romanos ex amicis amicissimos fecisti,

Sall. J. 10, 2.—In pass.:

quo tibi sumere depositum clavum fierique tribuno?

to become a tribune, Hor. S. 1, 6, 25.—

to value, esteem, regard a person or thing in any manner (like the Engl. make, in the phrase to make much of).—Esp. with gen. pretii:

in quo perspicere posses, quanti te, quanti Pompeium, quem unum ex omnibus facio, ut debeo, plurimi, quanti Brutum facerem,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 2:

te quotidie pluris feci,

id. ib. 3, 4, 2:

voluptatem virtus minimi facit,

id. Fin. 2, 13, 42:

dolorem nihili facere,

to care nothing for, to despise, id. ib. 27, 88:

nihili facio scire,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 42:

negat se magni facere, utrum, etc.,

Quint. 11, 1, 38:

parum id facio,

Sall. J. 85, 31: si illi aliter nos faciant quam aequum sit. Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 43.—

With gen., to make a thing the property of a person, subject it to him: omnia, quae mulieris fuerunt, viri fiunt, Cic. Top. 4, 23.—Esp.: facere aliquid dicionis alicujus, to reduce to subjection under a person or power:

omnem oram Romanae dicionis fecit,

Liv. 21, 60, 3:

dicionis alienae facti,

id. 1, 25, 13; 5, 27, 14; cf.: ut munus imperii beneficii sui faceret, to make it ( seem) his own bounty, Just. 13, 4, 9:

ne delecto imperatore alio sui muneris rempublicam faceret,

Tac. A. 15, 52.—

To represent a thing in any manner, to feign, assert, say. —Constr. with acc. and adj. or part., or with acc. and inf.

Acc. and part.:

in eo libro, ubi se exeuntem e senatu et cum Pansa colloquentem facit,

id. Brut. 60, 218:

Xenophon facit... Socratem disputantem,

id. N. D. 1, 12, 31; cf.:

ejus (Socratis) oratio, qua facit eum Plato usum apud judices,

id. Tusc. 1, 40 fin. al.—

Acc. and inf.:

qui nuper fecit servo currenti in via decesse populum,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 31:

fecerat et fetam procubuisse lupam,

Verg. A. 8, 630; cf. Ov. M. 6, 109, v. Bach ad h. l.:

poetae impendere apud inferos saxum Tantalo faciunt,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35:

quem (Herculem) Homerus apud inferos conveniri facit ab Ulixe,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 41:

Plato construi a deo mundum facit,

id. ib. 1, 8, 19:

Plato Isocratem laudari fecit a Socrate,

id. Opt. Gen. 6, 17; id. Brut. 38, 142:

M. Cicero dicere facit C. Laelium,

Gell. 17, 5, 1:

caput esse faciunt ea, quae perspicua dicunt,

Cic. Fia. 4, 4, 8, v. Madv. ad h. l.—

In double construction:

Polyphemum Homerus cum ariete colloquentem facit ejusque laudare fortunas,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 39 fin. —

To make believe, to pretend:

facio me alias res agere,

Cic. Fam. 15, 18:

cum verbis se locupletem faceret,

id. Fl. 20:

me unum ex iis feci, qui, etc.,

id. Planc. 27, 65.—

Hypothetically in the imper. fac, suppose, assume:

fac, quaeso, qui ego sum, esse te,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1; cf.:

fac potuisse,

id. Phil. 2, 3, 5:

fac animos non remanere post mortem,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82; 1, 29, 70:

fac velit,

Stat. Ach. 2, 241:

fac velle,

Verg. A. 4, 540.—

In mercant. lang., to practise, exercise, follow any trade or profession:

cum mercaturas facerent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72:

naviculariam,

id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §

46: argentariam,

id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 155; id. Caecin. 4, 10:

topiariam,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5:

haruspicinam,

id. Fam. 6, 18, 1:

praeconium,

id. ib.; so,

piraticam,

id. Post. Red. in Sen. 5, 11:

medicinam,

Phaedr. 1, 14, 2.—

In relig. lang., like the Gr. rhezein, to perform or celebrate a religious rite; to offer sacrifice, make an offering, to sacrifice:

res illum divinas apud eos deos in suo sacrario quotidie facere vidisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8, § 18:

sacra pro civibus,

id. Balb. 24, 55:

sacrificium publicum,

id. Brut. 14, 56.— Absol.:

a sacris patriis Junonis Sospitae, cui omnes consules facere necesse est, consulem avellere,

Cic. Mur. 41, 90.—With abl.:

cum faciam vitula pro frugibus,

Verg. E. 3, 77:

catulo,

Col. 2, 22, 4.— Pass. impers.:

cum pro populo fieret,

Cic. Att. 1, 13, 3:

quibus diis decemviri ex libris ut fieret, ediderunt,

Liv. 37, 3, 5.—

In gram., to make, form in inflecting:

cur aper apri et pater patris faciat?

Quint. 1, 6, 13; so id. 14; 15; 27; cf.:

sic genitivus Achilli et Ulixi fecit,

id. 1, 5, 63; 1, 6, 26:

eadem (littera) fecit ex duello bellum,

id. 1, 4, 15.—

In late Lat., (se) facere aliquo, to betake one's self to any place:

intra limen sese facit,

App. 5, p. 159, 25;

without se: homo meus coepit ad stelas facere,

Petr. 62:

ad illum ex Libya Hammon facit,

Tert. Pall. 3.—

Peculiar phrases.

Quid faciam (facias, fiet, etc.), with abl., dat., or (rare) with de, what is to be done with a person or thing? quid hoc homine facias? Cic. Sest. 13, 29; id. Verr. 2, 2, 16, § 40:

nescit quid faciat auro,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 100:

quid tu huic homini facias?

Cic. Caecin. 11, 30; cf.:

quid enim tibi faciam,

id. Att. 7, 3, 2: quid faceret huic conclusioni, i. e. how should he refute, etc., id. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

quid facias illi?

Hor. S. 1, 1, 63:

miserunt Delphos consultum quidnam facerent de rebus suis,

Nep. Them. 2: quid fecisti scipione? what have you done with the stick? or, what has become of it? Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 6; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 9.—In pass.:

quid Tulliola mea fiet?

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 3:

quid illo fiet? quid me?

id. Att. 6, 1, 14:

quid fiet artibus?

id. Ac. 2, 33, 107:

quid mihi fiet?

Ov. A. A. 1, 536:

quid de illa fiet fidicina igitur?

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 48: de fratre quid fiet? Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 39.— Absol.:

quid faciat Philomela? fugam custodia claudit?

Ov. M. 6, 572:

quid facerem? neque servitio me exire licebat, etc.,

Verg. E. 1, 41 al. —

Fit, factum est aliquo or aliqua re, it happens to, becomes of a person or thing:

volo Erogitare, meo minore quid sit factum filio,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 32:

nec quid deinde iis (elephantis) factum sit, auctores explicant,

Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 17:

quid eo est argento factum?

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 106.—Hence,

Esp., si quid factum sit aliquo, if any thing should happen to one (i. q. si quid acciderit humanitus), euphemistically for if one should die:

si quid eo factum esset, in quo spem essetis habituri?

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 20, 59; cf.:

eum fecisse aiunt, sibi quod faciendum fuit,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 23. —

Ut fit, as it usually happens, as is commonly the case:

praesertim cum, ut fit, fortuito saepe aliquid concluse apteque dicerent,

Cic. Or. 53, 177:

queri, ut fit, incipiunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

dum se uxor, ut fit, comparat,

id. Mil. 10, 28:

fecit statim, ut fit, fastidium copia,

Liv. 3, 1, 7.—

Fiat, an expression of assent, so be it! very good! fiat, geratur mos tibi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 146; id. As. 1, 1, 27; id. Am. 2, 2, 138; id. Most. 4, 3, 44 al.—

Dictum ac factum, no sooner said than done, without delay, at once; v. dictum under dico, A. d.—

In certain phrases the ellipsis of facere is common, e. g. finem facere:

Quae cum dixisset, Cotta finem,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94; id. Fin. 4, 1 init. —With nihil aliud quam, quid alium quam, nihil praeterquam, which often = an emphatic Engl. only (but not in Cic.):

Tissaphernes nihil aliud quam bellum comparavit,

Nep. Ages. 2:

per biduum nihil aliud quam steterunt parati,

Liv. 34, 46; Suet. Caes. 20; id. Aug. 83; Liv. 2, 63; 4, 3; 3, 26.—So with nihil amplius quam, nihil prius quam, nihil minus quam, Liv. 26, 20; 35, 11; Suet. Dom. 3.

With adverbs, to do, deal, or act in any manner:

recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7;

v. recte under rego: bene fecit Silius, qui transegerit,

Cic. Att. 12, 24, 1:

seu recte seu perperam,

to do right or wrong, id. Quint. 8, 31:

Dalmatis di male faciant,

id. Fam. 5, 11 fin.:

facis amice,

in a friendly manner, id. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:

per malitiam,

maliciously, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 21:

humaniter,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

imperite,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 4:

tutius,

Quint. 5, 10, 68:

voluit facere contra huic aegre,

Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10: bene facere, to profit, benefit (opp. male facere, to hurt, injure), Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 25; 5, 7, 19; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 22; id. Capt. 5, 2, 23; v. also under benefacio and benefactum.—

Facere cum or ab aliquo, to take part with one, to side with one; and opp. contra (or adversus) aliquem, to take part against one:

si respondisset, idem sentire et secum facere Sullam,

Cic. Sull. 13, 36; cf.:

cum illo consulem facere,

id. Att. 6, 8, 2; and:

secum consules facere,

id. Planc. 35, 86:

auctoritatem sapientissimorum hominum facere nobiscum,

id. Caecin. 36, 104; cf.:

rem et sententiam interdicti mecum facere fatebatur,

id. ib. 28, 79:

cum veritas cum hoc faciat,

is on his side, id. Quint. 30, 91:

commune est, quod nihilo magis ab adversariis quam a nobis facit,

id. Inv. 1, 48, 90:

omnes damnatos, omnes ignominia affectos illac (a or cum Caesare) facere,

id. Att. 7, 3, 5:

quae res in civitate duae plurimum possunt, eae contra nos ambae faciunt in hoc tempore,

id. Quint. 1, 1:

neque minus eos cum quibus steterint quam adversus quos fecerint,

Nep. Eum. 8, 2:

cum aliquo non male facere,

to be on good terms with, Ov. Am. 3, 762.—

In late Lat. facere cum aliqua = vivere cum aliqua, to live in matrimony, to be married, Inscr. Orell. 4646. —

Ad aliquid, alicui, or absol., to be good or of use for any thing; to be useful, of service:

chamaeleon facit ad difficultatem urinae,

Plin. 22, 18, 21, § 46; Scrib. Comp. 122:

ad talem formam non facit iste locus,

Ov. H. 16, 190; cf. id. ib. 6, 128; id. Am. 1, 2, 16 al.:

radix coronopi coeliacis praeclare facit,

Plin. 22, 19, 22, § 48; so with dat., Plin. Val. 2, 1; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 20:

facit autem commode ea compositio, quam, etc.,

Col. 7, 5, 7; 8, 17, 13:

nec caelum, nec aquae faciunt, nec terra, nec aurae,

do not benefit me, Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 23:

mire facit in peroratione confessio,

Quint. 11, 3, 173; 171; cf. with a subject-clause: plurimum facit, totas diligenter [p. 718] nosse causas, id. 6, 4, 8: ad aliquid or alicui signifies also to suit, fit:

non faciet capiti dura corona meo,

Prop. 3, 1, 19; cf. Ov. H. 16, 189.—

Like the Gr. poiein or dran, and the Engl. to do, instead of another verb (also for esse and pati):

factum cupio (sc. id esse),

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 24:

factum volo,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 91; id. Most. 3, 2, 104:

an Scythes Anacharsis potuit pro nihilo pecuniam ducere, nostrates philosophi facere non potuerunt?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90:

nihil his in locis nisi saxa et montes cogitabam: idque ut facerem, orationibus inducebar tuis,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

Demosthenem, si illa pronuntiare voluisset, ornate splendideque facere potuisse,

id. Off. 1, 1 fin.; and:

cur Cassandra furens futura prospiciat, Priamus sapiens hoc idem facere nequeat?

id. Div. 1, 39, 85; so id. Ac. 2, 33, 107; id. Att. 1, 16, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2; Nep. Chabr. 3, 4; 4, 3 al.:

vadem te ad mortem tyranno dabis pro amico, ut Pythagoreus ille Siculo fecit tyranno (here also with the case of the preceding verb),

Cic. Fin. 2, 24 fin. (v. Madv. ad h. l. p. 278):

jubeas (eum) miserum esse, libenter quatenus id facit (i. e. miser est),

what he is doing, Hor. S. 1, 1, 64:

in hominibus solum existunt: nam bestiae simile quiddam faciunt (i. q. patiuntur or habent),

Cic. Tusc. 4, 14; so,

ne facias quod Ummidius quidam (= ne idem experiaris, ne idem tibi eveniat),

Hor. S. 1, 1, 94. —

Facere omitted, especially in short sentences expressing a judgment upon conduct, etc.:

at stulte, qui non modo non censuerit, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 27, 101.—Hence,

factus, a, um, P. a.

As adjective ante-class. and very rare:

factius nihilo facit, sc. id, i. e. nihilo magis effectum reddit,

is no nearer bringing it about, Plaut. Trin. 2, 3, 6; cf. Lorenz ad loc.—Far more freq.,

In the neutr. as subst.: factum, i ( gen. plur. factum, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 Trag. 81), that which is done, a deed, act, exploit, achievement (syn.: res gestae, facinus).

In gen.:

depingere,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 5, 38:

facere factum,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 5; id. Mil. 3, 1, 139:

dicta et facta,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 19; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 12:

opus facto est,

id. Phorm. 4, 5, 4:

ecquod hujus factum aut commissum non dicam audacius, sed, etc.,

Cic. Sull. 26, 72: meum factum probari abs te triumpho gaudio, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A. 1;

14, 9, 2: quod umquam eorum in re publica forte factum exstitit?

id. ib. 8, 14, 2:

praeclarum atque divinum,

id. Phil. 2, 44, 114:

egregium,

id. Fam. 10, 16, 2; id. Cael. 10, 23:

factum per se improbabile,

Quint. 7, 4, 7; 6, 1, 22:

illustre,

Nep. Arist. 2, 2; cf.:

illustria et gloriosa,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

forte,

id. Att. 8, 14, 2:

dira,

Ov. M. 6, 533:

nefanda,

id. H. 14, 16 al.; but also with the adv.:

recte ac turpiter factum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 80, 5; cf.:

multa huius (Timothei) sunt praeclare facta sed haec maxime illustria,

Nep. Timoth. 1, 2;

v. Zumpt, Gram. § 722, 2: dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

quo facto aut dicto adest opus,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 15 et saep.:

famam extendere factis,

Verg. A. 10, 468: non hominum video. non ego facta boum, doings, i. e. works, Ov. H. 10, 60.—

In partic., bonum factum, like the Gr. agathê tuchê, a good deed, i. e. well done, fortunate (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

bonum factum'st, edicta ut servetis mea,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 16; cf. id. ib. 44; cf.:

hoc factum est optimum, ut, etc.,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 52:

majorum bona facta,

Tac. A. 3, 40; cf. id. ib. 3, 65. —At the commencement of edicts, Suet. Caesar, 80; id. Vit. 14; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 49, 17; Tert. Pudic. 1.—(But in the class. per. factum in this sense is a participle, and is construed with an adv.:

bene facta,

Sall. C. 8, 5; id. J. 85, 5; Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 64:

recte, male facta,

id. Off. 2, 18, 62:

male facto exigua laus proponitur,

id. Leg. Agr. 2, 2, 5; id. Brut. 43, 322; Quint. 3, 7, 13; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 460).—

facteon, a word jestingly formed by Cicero, after the analogy of the Greek, for faciendum: quare, ut opinor, philosophêteon, id quod tu facis, et istos consulatus non flocci facteon, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 13 Orell. N. cr. (for facteon, Ernesti has eateon).

infirmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [infirmus].

Act., to deprive of strength, to weaken, enfeeble.

Lit.:

legiones,

Tac. A. 15, 10: munimenta madore, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 138, 6:

hominem,

Cels. 2, 12.—

Trop.

To invalidate, disprove, refute:

res tam leves infirmare ac diluere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42;

with tollere,

id. N. D. 2, 59, 147;

with frangere,

id. de Or. 131:

fidem testis,

id. Rosc. Com. 15, 45:

fidem alicui,

id. Att. 15, 26. —

To annul, make void:

legem,

Liv. 34, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 49:

contractum,

Dig. 49, 14, 46:

graviter ferens aliquid a se factum infirmari,

Vell. 2, 2, 1:

acta illa atque omnes res superioris anni,

Cic. Sest. 18, 40.—

Neutr. only in part. pres. as subst.: infirmantes, um, m., the weak, sick, Sulp. Sev. Vit. S. Mart. 18, 5; id. Ep. 2, 12.

in-firmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to establish in, fix, or confirm in (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 4, 36.

infirmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [infirmus].

Act., to deprive of strength, to weaken, enfeeble.

Lit.:

legiones,

Tac. A. 15, 10: munimenta madore, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 138, 6:

hominem,

Cels. 2, 12.—

Trop.

To invalidate, disprove, refute:

res tam leves infirmare ac diluere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42;

with tollere,

id. N. D. 2, 59, 147;

with frangere,

id. de Or. 131:

fidem testis,

id. Rosc. Com. 15, 45:

fidem alicui,

id. Att. 15, 26. —

To annul, make void:

legem,

Liv. 34, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 49:

contractum,

Dig. 49, 14, 46:

graviter ferens aliquid a se factum infirmari,

Vell. 2, 2, 1:

acta illa atque omnes res superioris anni,

Cic. Sest. 18, 40.—

Neutr. only in part. pres. as subst.: infirmantes, um, m., the weak, sick, Sulp. Sev. Vit. S. Mart. 18, 5; id. Ep. 2, 12.

in-firmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to establish in, fix, or confirm in (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 4, 36.

purgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [contr. for purigo, from purum ago], to make clean or pure, to clean, cleanse, purify (class.).

Lit.:

oleam a foliis et stercore purgato,

Cato, R. R. 65, 1: cum falcibus purgarunt locum, cleared the place, freed it from bushes, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Liv. 24, 19:

arva longis ligonibus,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 59:

domum muribus,

Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

fossas,

Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236:

proprios leniter ungues cultello,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 51: cana labra, i. e. to clear or free from beard, Mart. 9, 28, 5:

pisces,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 22:

segetes,

Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.— Absol.:

levi sarculo purgare,

Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.—Mid.:

purgor in amni,

wash, Sil. 8, 125.—

In partic., in medic. lang., to cleanse by stool, vomiting, etc., to purge:

quid scammoneae radix ad purgandum possit,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; Cato, R. R. 157, 3:

si is, qui saepe purgatus est, subito habet alvum suppressam,

Cels. 2, 12:

qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam,

Hor. A. P. 302:

se helleboro,

Val. Max. 8, 7, 5 fin.:

se per inferna aut vomitione,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—

Transf.

To make even by clearing away, to level, Inscr. Murat. 582 fin.; cf.:

purgare viam proprie dicitur ad libramentum proprium redigere, sublato eo quod supra eam esset,

Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 1.—

To clear away, remove:

rudera,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

vermes clavo aëneo,

Pall. 4, 10, 4:

lapides,

id. 3, 6:

sordes,

Claud. in Eutr. 1, 383; cf.:

scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum,

melts away, Verg. A. 1, 587.—

In partic., in medicine, to remove or expel by purging, rinsing, etc., to heal, cure:

purgatum te illius morbi,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 27:

pituitas,

Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 188:

fastidium lauri folio,

id. 8, 27, 41, § 101:

suppurationes,

id. 23, 1, 16, § 24:

tarditatem aurium,

id. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

succus purgat cicatrices et nubeculas (oculorum),

id. 27, 12, 85, § 109.—

Trop., to cleanse, purify (syn. lustro).

In gen.:

pectora,

Lucr. 6, 24:

urbem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10:

amplissimos ordines contaminatos veteri neglegentiā purgavit,

Suet. Vesp. 9:

rationes,

to clear up, settle, pay, id. Calig. 29.—

To clear away, remove:

metum doloris,

Quint. 12, 2, 3.—

In partic.

To clear from accusation, to excuse, exculpate, justify (syn. excuso):

ut me purgarem tibi,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 28:

QVIBVS DE REBVS VOS PVRGAVISTIS... QVOMQVE DE EIEIS REBVS SENATVEI PVRGATI ESTIS, S. C. de Tiburt. lin. 3 and 12 (ap. Grut. 499, 12): quod te mihi de Sempronio purgas, accipio excusationem,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3:

cui se purgat,

id. Or. 29, 230:

ego me tibi purgo,

id. Fam. 15, 17, 1; so,

Caesarem de interitu Marcelli,

id. Att. 13, 10, 3:

si quis tibi se purgare volet, quod, etc.,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 35:

si parum vobis essem purgatus,

Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

velle Pompeium se Caesari purgatum, ne, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 8; cf. id. B. G. 1, 28:

ea pars epistulae tuae, per quam te ac mores tuos mihi purgatos ac probatos esse voluisti,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 12:

accedebant blanditiae virorum factum purgantium cupiditate atque amore,

Liv. 1, 9 fin.:

factum,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 24:

facinus,

Curt. 7, 5, 39; 5, 12, 8:

crimina,

to disprove, Cic. Clu. 1, 3; Liv. 38, 48, 14; cf.

probra,

Tac. A. 4, 42:

adulescentem crimine civilis belli,

to acquit, id. ib. 3, 17:

innocentiam suam,

to vindicate, Liv. 9, 26:

suspicionem,

to remove, id. 28, 43:

ea, quae ipsis obicerentur,

to refute, id. 8, 23:

purget miles, quod vicerit hostem,

Sil. 7, 510:

aliquem alicujus rei,

Liv. 37, 28:

se adversus alicujus criminationes purgare,

Suet. Caes. 55:

illi lacrimantes nunc purgare se,

Curt. 5, 10, 11.—With acc. and inf.:

laborare regem, ut purganti se nihil hostile dixisse aut fecisse, fides habeatur,

Liv. 42, 14:

qui purgarent nec accitos ab eo Bastarnas nec auctore eo quidquam facere,

id. 41, 19.—

To cleanse or purge from a crime or sin with religious rites, to make expiation or atonement for, to expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate, = expiare, lustrare ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

di patrii, purgamus agros, purgamus agrestes,

Tib. 2, 1, 17:

populos,

Ov. F. 4, 640:

myrtea verbena Romanos Sabinosque,

Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:

pontifices purgantes moenia,

Luc. 1, 593:

domus purgantur lustranturque,

Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105. —With the crime or act as an object: nefas, Ov. M. 13, 952:

crimen gladio,

Luc. 8, 518; Vulg. Ecclus. 47, 13.—Hence, purgā-tus, a, um, P. a.

Cleansed, purified, pure ( poet.):

auris,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7:

somnia pituitā purgatissima,

Pers. 2, 57:

purgatioris auri vena,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 7 (cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 179).—

Excused, exculpated: ita fiducia quam argumentis purgatiores dimittuntur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 310, 22, and ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 28.—

Pure, freed from sin (eccl. Lat.):

vota purgatiora, Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 2: purgatissima ecclesia,

id. Doctr. Christ. 2, 16:

pietas,

id. Ver. Rel. 1. —Hence, adv.: purgātē, purely:

enucleate dicitur purgate, exquisite,

Non. 60, 5.

rĕ-cūso, āvi, ātum, 1 ( gen. plur. of the part. pres. recusantūm, Verg. A. 7, 16), v. a. [causa].

In gen., to make an objection against, in statement or reply; to decline, reject, refuse, be reluctant or unwilling to do a thing, etc. (freq. and class.; cf.: abnuo, renuo, denego); constr. with acc., an inf., an object-clause, with de, ne, quin, quominus, or absol.

With acc.: uxorem, * Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 16; Hor. S. 1, 4, 50:

me judicem,

Tac. Or. 5 al.; cf.:

populum Romanum disceptatorem,

Cic. Fl. 38, 97:

populi Romani amicitiam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

nec quae pepigere recusent,

Verg. A. 12, 12:

nullum periculum communis salutis causā,

Caes. B. G. 7, 2; so,

nullum periculum,

id. ib. 7, 19; id. B. C. 3, 26:

laborem,

id. ib. 1, 68 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 26; 12, 11, 10:

nihil nisi hiberna,

Caes. B. G. 5, 41:

legumina,

id. B. C. 3, 47 fin.:

servitutem,

Sall. J. 31, 20:

vincla (leones),

Verg. A. 7, 16:

jussa,

id. ib. 5, 749 et saep.:

nihil tibi a me postulanti recusabo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 29, 128; so,

psalteria virginibus probis,

Quint. 1, 10, 31:

nihil de poenā,

Cic. Planc. 1, 3; cf.:

de stipendio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

qui quod ab altero postularent, in se recusarent,

id. B. C. 1, 32, 5:

Ptolemaeus recusabat regem Aridaeum,

rejected, Just. 13, 2, 11. —

Of things: terra numquam recusat imperium,

Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

genua impediunt cursumque recusant,

Verg. A. 12, 747:

rapax ignis non umquam alimenta recusat,

Ov. M. 8, 837:

(falsae gemmae) recusant limae probationem,

Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 200 et saep. —

With inf. (in class. prose, only in negative sentences or questions implying a negative):

mori recusare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 22; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6; 10, 17, 2; Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 25; Liv. 22, 60, 17:

hoc facere,

id. 5, 53, 9:

ad minora se demittere, Quint. prooem. § 5: prodere voce suā quemquam aut opponere morti,

Verg. A. 2, 126:

praeceptis parere,

id. ib. 2, 607:

quicquam tentare,

id. ib. 11, 437:

tibi comes ire,

id. ib. 2. 704:

facere ipse,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 208; Plin. [p. 1538] Pan. 5; Curt. 6, 11, 36; Just. 14, 1, 6.—

Of things: pedes vitiosum ferre recusant Corpus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 108; so id. Ep. 2, 1, 259; id. A. P. 39.—

With object-clause:

non rem (medicam) antiqui damnabant, sed artem. Maxime vero quaestum esse manipretio vitae recusabant,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 16:

Velinum lacum obstrui recusantes,

refusing to permit, Tac. A. 1, 79; cf. infra, II.—

With de:

de judiciis transferendis recusare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6.—

With ne:

Servilius et recusare et deprecari, ne iniquis judicibus... judicium capitis in se constitueretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141:

sententiam ne diceret, recusavit,

id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

reliqui... ne unus omnes antecederet, recusarent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82 fin. —

With quin:

si absim, haud recusem, quin mihi male sit,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 8:

non possumus, quin alii a nobis dissentiant, recusare,

Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 7:

non recuso quin, etc.,

id. Fam. 6, 18, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8; Caes. B. C. 3, 45 fin.:

neque recusare... quin armis contendant,

id. B. G. 4, 7; Liv. 8, 7, 19.—

With quominus:

nec recusabo, quominus omnes mea legant,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 31:

... quominus perpetuo sub illorum dicione essent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

neque recusavit quo minus poenam subiret,

Nep. Epam. 8, 2.—

Absol.:

non recuso, non abnuo, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 36, 100:

recusandi aut deprecandi causā legatos mittere,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6; Verg. E. 3, 29 et saep. —

In partic.

To refute, disprove:

nativitatis mendacium,

Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 11.—

In jurid. lang., to protest against a complaint; to object, take exception, plead in defence:

causa omnis, in quā pars altera agentis est, altera recusantis,

Quint. 3, 10, 1:

numquid recusas contra me?

Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18:

tu me ad verbum vocas: non ante venio, quam recusaro... Quoniam satis recusavi, veniam jam quo vocas,

Cic. Caecin. 28, 8 sq.:

cum reus recusare vellet, sub usuris creditam esse pecuniam, etc.,

Dig. 17, 1, 48; cf. recusatio, II. B.

rĕfūto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [root fu-; Gr. chu-, cheWô, cheuma; cf.:

fundo, futtilis,

Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 204 sq. ], to check, drive back, repress.

Lit.:

semper illas nationes nostri imperatores refutandas potius bello quam lacessandas putaverunt,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—

Trop., to repel, repress, resist, restrain, oppose (freq. and class.; syn.: reicio, reprimo).

In gen.:

virtutem aspernari ac refutare,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 44:

refutetur ac reiciatur ille clamor,

id. Tusc. 2, 33, 55:

alicujus cupiditatem,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 25: vitam, to contemn, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 4, 218 (H. 1, 73 Dietsch); cf.:

temporis munera,

Quint. 10, 6, 6:

alicujus libidinem,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4:

nummum,

Sol. 22 med.:

ad mortem si te (Fors dicta refutet!) Prodiderim,

may fate avert, Verg. A. 12, 41.—

In partic., to repel, rebut any thing by speech, etc.; to confute, refute, disprove (syn.:

refello, redarguo): res refutat id,

Lucr. 2, 245; 2, 867:

nemo te ita refutandum ut gravem adversarium arbitrabatur,

Cic. Vatin. 1, 1:

testes,

id. Font. 1, 1:

nostra confirmare argumentis ac rationibus, deinde contraria refutare,

id. de Or. 2, 19, 80; so (opp. confirmare) Quint. 5, prooem. §

2: neque refutanda tantum, sed contemnenda, elevanda, ridenda sunt,

id. 6, 4, 10:

perjuria testimoniis,

Cic. Font. 16, 35:

oratio re multo magis quam verbis refutata,

id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52:

infamiam pudicitiae posterae vitae castitate,

Suet. Aug. 71:

quos tum, ut pueri, refutare domesticis testibus solebamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 2:

a te refutentur,

id. Fam. 9, 11, 2:

tribunos oratione feroci,

Liv. 2, 52 fin. — Poet., with object-clause:

si quis corpus sentire refutat,

denies, Lucr. 3, 350.

rĕ-mūnĕror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a., to repay, reward, recompense, remunerate (class.; syn. retribuo).

Aliquem, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 2; Cic. Att. 8, 1, 7; id. Fam. 3, 9, 3:

aliquem munere,

id. ib. 9, 8, 1; id. Brut. 4, 15:

aliquem magno praemio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44 fin.:

aliquem officio,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 38 Orell. N. cr.:

te his suppliciis remunerabor,

punish, Cat. 14, 20. —

Aliquid:

quibus autem officiis T. Annii beneficii remunerabor?

Cic. Red. in Sen. 12, 30:

quasi remunerans meritum,

Liv. 2, 12:

sophisma,

to refute, Gell. 18, 13, 7.—Of an inanim. subject: quod (solum) impensam coloni laboremque magno fetu remuneratur, Col. 2, 2, 5.—

Absol.:

nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo vel in remunerando cumulare atque illustrare posset,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 2:

ut mihi ad remunerandum nihil suppetat praeter voluntatem,

id. ib. 15, 13, 2; so,

remunerandi voluntas,

id. Inv. 2, 53, 161.

Act. collat. form rĕmūnĕro, āre, to repay, reward, etc. (post-class.):

ille puellae artificium pari motu remunerabat,

Petr. 140, 8:

si laborem dominus remunerare voluerit,

Dig. 17, 1, 7; Quint. Decl. 2, 6; Tert. Apol. 25.—

Pass.:

philosophi statuis et salariis remunerantur,

Tert. Apol. 46:

remuneratus est a me mutuo,

Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 1; App. M. 7, p. 194, 13:

neque enim obligandus sed remunerandus est in amoris officio qui prior coepit,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 7.

rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

me pallio,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

hominem,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

quosdam manu,

Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

Curt. 4, 14, 2:

membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—

Trop.

In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

Lucr. 6, 569:

omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

id memori mente,

id. 3, 858:

sese (sensus),

id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—

In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

id. ib. 24, 58:

non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

Quint. 9, 4, 38:

aliquem communi vituperatione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

consilium,

id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

id. B. G. 7, 52:

delicta,

Sall. C. 3, 2:

studia aliena,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

versus inertes,

id. A. P. 445:

carmen,

id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

Cic. Or. 8, 26:

tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

id. Planc. 36, 89:

omnes istius modi artes in iis,

id. ib. 25, 62:

quae in eo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

dentes albos in iis,

Quint. 8, 6, 40:

nihil in magno Homero,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

Quint. 12, 3, 11:

sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

id. Planc. 31, 75.—

Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—

In rhet., to refute:

expone nunc de reprehendendo,

Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

me pallio,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

hominem,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

quosdam manu,

Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

Curt. 4, 14, 2:

membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—

Trop.

In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

Lucr. 6, 569:

omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

id memori mente,

id. 3, 858:

sese (sensus),

id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—

In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

id. ib. 24, 58:

non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

Quint. 9, 4, 38:

aliquem communi vituperatione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

consilium,

id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

id. B. G. 7, 52:

delicta,

Sall. C. 3, 2:

studia aliena,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

versus inertes,

id. A. P. 445:

carmen,

id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

Cic. Or. 8, 26:

tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

id. Planc. 36, 89:

omnes istius modi artes in iis,

id. ib. 25, 62:

quae in eo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

dentes albos in iis,

Quint. 8, 6, 40:

nihil in magno Homero,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

Quint. 12, 3, 11:

sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

id. Planc. 31, 75.—

Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—

In rhet., to refute:

expone nunc de reprehendendo,

Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

rĕ-prĕhendo ( rĕpraehendo, rĕprendo, or rĕpraendo; cf. prehendo. Examples of the contracted form among the poets are, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 31; Ov. H. 11, 53; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39; id. S. 1, 10, 55 al.), di, sum, 3, v. a., to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch.

Lit. (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): ille reprehendit hunc priorem pallio,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 23:

me pallio,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

hominem,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 19:

quosdam manu,

Liv. 34, 14; Phaedr. 5, 8, 4:

servi fugiunt, sed si reprehensi sunt,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 6:

veluti profugos et reprensos in catenis reducere,

Suet. Calig. 45; cf.:

reprehensi ex fugā Persae,

Curt. 4, 14, 2:

membra rapi partim, partim reprensa relinqui,

caught fast, sticking behind, Ov. M. 15, 526.—

Trop.

In gen, to hold fast, take or lay hold of, restrain; to recover (rare, but found in Cic.):

revocat virtus, vel potius reprehendit manu,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

res ab exitio reprehendere euntes,

Lucr. 6, 569:

omnes extremum cupiunt vitae reprehendere vinclum,

to hold fast, retain, id. 3, 599; cf.:

id memori mente,

id. 3, 858:

sese (sensus),

id. 4, 497; Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 9:

sed reprendi me tamen, Nequid de fratre garrulae illi dicerem,

have restrained myself, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 16: pernoscite, locum Reprehendere, to recover or restore what had been left out or omitted, id. ib. prol. 14:

quod erat praetermissum, id reprehendisti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.—

In partic., to check, restrain an erring person or (more freq.) the error itself; hence, by meton., to blame, censure, find fault with, reprove, rebuke, reprehend (freq. and class.; cf.:

vituperor, criminor, increpo): cum in eodem genere, in quo ipsi offendissent, alios reprehendissent,

Cic. Clu. 36, 98:

quem qui reprehendit, in eo reprehendit, quod gratum praeter modum dicat esse,

id. Planc. 33, 82; cf. id. ib. 26, 63;

34, 84: si quos (aculeos) habuisti in me reprehendendo,

id. ib. 24, 58:

non modo non sum reprehendendus, sed etiam, etc.,

id. ib. 38, 91; Quint. 12, 10, 43; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 37:

meum discessum reprehendere et subaccusare,

Cic. Planc. 35, 86:

quod reprehendit Lauranius, Messala defendit,

Quint. 9, 4, 38:

aliquem communi vituperatione,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 46:

nihil haberem quod reprehenderem, si, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 23:

ea res omnium judicio reprehendebatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 14 fin.:

consilium,

id. B. G. 5, 33; id. B. C. 3, 51:

temeritatem cupiditatemque militum, licentiam, arrogantiam,

id. B. G. 7, 52:

delicta,

Sall. C. 3, 2:

studia aliena,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 39:

versus inertes,

id. A. P. 445:

carmen,

id. ib. 292: cum de se loquitur, non ut majore reprensis, id. S. 1, 10, 55:

si inspersos egregio reprendas corpore naevos,

id. ib. 1, 6, 67:

in hoc ipso (Demosthene) reprehendit Aeschines quaedam et exagitat,

Cic. Or. 8, 26:

tu id in me reprehendis, quod Q. Metello laudi datum est,

id. Planc. 36, 89:

omnes istius modi artes in iis,

id. ib. 25, 62:

quae in eo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.:

dentes albos in iis,

Quint. 8, 6, 40:

nihil in magno Homero,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 52 et saep.:

verum ea ne quis credat eo reprehendenda, quod multos cognovimus qui, etc.,

Quint. 12, 3, 11:

sunt inevitabiles soni, quibus nonnumquam nationes reprendimus,

id. 1, 5, 33.— Absol.:

visum te aiunt in regiā: nec reprehendo, quippe cum ipse istam reprehensionem non fugerim,

Cic. Att. 10, 3, a, 1:

quo plures det sibi tamquam ansas ad reprehendendum,

id. Lael. 16, 59:

irridentis magis est quam reprehendentis,

id. Planc. 31, 75.—

Esp., of public and formal condemnation, to convict, pass judgment on:

quam multa vero injuste fleri possunt, quae nemo possit reprehendere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 57:

si senatores judicent, hoc unum genus pecuniae per injuriam cogendae nullo modo posse reprehendi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

neque id ullo modo senatoriis judiciis, reprehendi posse,

id. ib. 2, 3, 96, § 224.—

In rhet., to refute:

expone nunc de reprehendendo,

Cic. Part. Or. 12, 44:

omnis argumentatio reprehenditur, si aut ex eis, quae sumpta sunt, non conceditur aliquid, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 42, 79; cf. reprehensio, II. B. 2.

rĕ-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to untie, unfasten, unbind; to loose, loosen, release, open (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: relaxo, resero, recludo, libero).

Lit.

In gen.:

equos,

to unyoke, Ov. F. 4, 180; cf.:

juncta juga leonibus,

Cat. 63, 76:

quem suā sponte vinxerit, non resolvat, etc.,

Col. 1, 8, 16; 11, 1, 22:

cinctas vestes,

Ov. M. 1, 382; cf.

nodum,

Cels. 7, 4, 4:

fila,

to loose, separate, Ov. M. 2, 654:

vulnera,

to unbind, Quint. 6, 1, 30; 49:

oras,

to cast loose from the shore, Liv. 22, 19, 10 Drak. N. cr.:

virginem catenis,

i. e. to release, Ov. M. 4, 737; cf.:

crura vinclis,

id. A. A. 3, 272:

(puella) resoluta capillos,

id. Am. 2, 14, 39:

claustra,

to open, Lucr. 1, 415:

litteras,

Liv. 26, 15:

venas,

Tac. A. 6, 48:

jugulum mucrone,

Ov. M. 1, 227:

ferro,

id. ib. 6, 643:

manum in diversum,

Quint. 11, 3, 97:

fauces haec in verba,

Ov. M. 2, 282; cf.:

exspectato Ora sono,

id. ib. 13, 126:

fatis ora,

Verg. G. 4, 452;

and simply ora,

id. A. 3, 457:

ignis aurum resolvit,

melts, dissolves, Lucr. 6, 967:

nivem,

to melt, thaw, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 13; cf.:

resolutus repente Rhenus,

Suet. Dom. 6:

margaritas in tabem,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:

glaebam in pulverem,

Col. 11, 2, 60:

nummos,

to melt down, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30 fin. — Poet.:

nebulas ventis ac sole,

to disperse, dissipate, scatter, Ov. M. 14, 400; cf.

tenebras (sidere),

Verg. A. 8, 591:

resoluta caligo,

Sil. 5, 58: Zephyro se glaeba, becomes loose or soft, Verg. G. 1, 44; Curt. 4, 6, 11:

terra resoluta,

Col. 4, 1, 4; 11, 3, 5:

muros ariete,

to break down, Sil. 5, 553:

cinctos muros,

id. 12, 495:

saxa,

id. 1, 369. —

In partic.

To relax, unnerve, enervate, enfeeble the body (cf. remitto):

felicitas hos inflat, illos mollit et totos resolvit,

Sen. Ep. 36, 1:

(Cerberus) immania terga resolvit Fusus humi,

stretched out, Verg. A. 6, 422:

nexos artus,

id. ib. 4, 695:

utrumque (concubitus),

Ov. A. A. 2, 683:

corpus (somno),

id. M. 7, 328:

placitā resoluta quiete,

id. ib. 9, 468:

membra ad molles choros,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 42; Curt. 4, 16, 13:

fatigatione resolutus,

id. 6, 8, 21; 9, 5, 10.—

Mostly ante-class., to pay a debt:

minas,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39:

argentum,

id. ib. 3, 2, 16; id. Men. 5, 5, 30:

pro vecturā,

id. As. 2, 4, 27; cf. Cato, R. R. 144, 3; 145, 1; 148, 2:

damnum boni viri arbitratu resolvere,

id. ib. 149, 2. —

Trop.

In gen. (acc. to I. A.), to separate, unbind, set free, release; to disclose, show, reveal, lay open; to annul, cancel, make void, abolish, destroy (syn. rescindo):

ipsas periodos majoribus intervallis et velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus,

Quint. 9, 4, 127:

quoniam, quā fieri quicquid posset ratione, resolvi,

have disclosed, shown, Lucr. 5, 773:

teque piacula nulla resolvent,

release, Hor. C. 1, 28, 34:

amore resolutus,

Tib. 1, 10, 83:

(Hannibal) Quod sponte abscedat tandemque resolvat Ausoniam,

liberate, Sil. 17, 206:

resoluta legibus urbs,

id. 11, 36:

ira resoluta frenis legum,

Luc. 2, 145:

litem quod lite resolvit,

does away with, ends, Hor. S. 2, 3, 103:

invitat genialis hiems curasque resolvit,

banishes, dispels, Verg. G. 1, 302:

tristitiam animi,

Plin. 24, 6, 15, § 24:

dolos tecti ambagesque,

i. e. find the way through, Verg. A. 6, 29:

jura (pudoris),

id. ib. 4, 27:

dolos fraudesque,

Sil. 7, 153:

gaudia ferro,

id. 13, 508:

amphiboliam,

to destroy, remove, Quint. 7, 9, 4:

ambiguitatem,

id. 12, 2, 13:

dicta ex parte diversā,

i. e. refute, id. 5, 13, 12:

vectigal et onera commerciorum,

to abolish, Tac. H. 4, 65:

stipulationem,

Dig. 21, 2, 57 fin.:

conventionem,

ib. 41, 5, 2:

emptionem,

ib. 18, 2, 2 et saep. —

In partic. (acc. to I. B.).

To relax, soften:

disciplinam militarem,

Tac. H. 1, 51:

judices,

Quint. 4, 2, 19; id. 8, prooem § 12. —

To pay:

unā plagā (cf. I. B. 2. supra),

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73 (but in Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38, the correct reading is persoluturum). — Hence, rĕsŏlūtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 1.), relaxed, enervated, effeminate:

corpora juvenum (with fluxa), Col. praef. § 17: minister Idaeo resolutior cinaedo,

Mart. 10, 98.—

Free, unhampered: os, Val.Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.—

Unbridled:

gaudia,

Sil. 11, 305.— Adv.: rĕsŏlūtē, without restraint:

quo resolutius decachinnetis,

more unrestrainedly, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 19.