religiōse

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rĕlĭgĭōsus (in the poets also rellig-), a, um, adj. [religio], reverencing or fearing God ( the gods), pious, devout, religious:

qui omnia quae ad cultum deorum pertinerent, diligenter retractarent et tamquam relegerent, sunt dicti religiosi ex relegendo, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72 (cf. religio init.):

religiosi dicuntur, qui faciendarum praetermittendarumque rerum divinarum secundum morem civitatis delectum habent, nec se superstitionibus implicant,

Fest. p. 289, 15 Müll.:

naturā sancti et religiosi,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

asotos ita non religiosos ut edant de patellā,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 22:

si magis religiosa fuerit,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 37:

nostri majores, religiosissimi mortales,

Sall. C. 12, 3:

mortuis religiosa jura tribuere,

religious rites, Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

mores justi, integri, religiosi,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 184: amicitiae religiosā quādam necessitudine imbutae, quint. 1, 2, 20: hominem occidere religiosissimum erat, was a thing exceedingly pious or pleasing to the gods, Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13; cf.:

aliqui nomine quoque consalutare religiosius putant, etc.,

id. 28, 2, 5, § 23:

Judaei, viri religiosi,

Vulg. Act. 2, 5.—

Eccl. Lat., of or belonging to the clergy, clerical (opp. saecularis), Salv. Avar. 3, 5.—

Transf. (acc. to religio, II.).

Subject., religiously considerate, careful, anxious, scrupulous:

civitas religiosa, in principiis maxime novorum bellorum... ne quid praetermitteretur, quod aliquando factum esset. ludos Jovi donumque vovere consulem jussit,

Liv. 31, 9:

per hos quoque dies abstinent terrenis operibus religiosiores agricolae,

Col. 11, 2, 98; 11, 3, 62:

quem campi fructum quia religiosum erat consumere,

was a matter of religious scruple, Liv. 2, 5; 3, 22; 5, 52; 6, 27; cf.:

religiosum est, quod jurati legibus judicarunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48.—

Overscrupulous, over-anxious, superstitious (rare and only ante-class.): religentem esse oportet, religiosum nefas, Poët. ap. Gell. 4, 9, 1:

ecquis incultior, religiosior, desertior? Cato ap. Fest. s. v. repulsior, p. 236: ut stultae et miserae sumus Religiosae,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37.—

In gen., scrupulous, strict, precise, accurate, conscientious:

religiosus est non modo deorum sanctitatem magni aestimans, sed etiam officiosus adversus homines,

Fest. p. 278 Müll.:

quod et in re misericordem se praebuerit et in testimoniis religiosum,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 26:

testis religiosissimus,

id. Vatin. 1, 1:

natio minime in testimoniis dicendis religiosa,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

judex,

Quint. 4, 1, 9:

quem rerum Romanarum auctorem laudare possum religiosissimum,

Cic. Brut. 11, 44:

ad Atticorum aures teretes et religiosas qui se accommodant,

id. Or. 9, 27:

ephorus vero non est religiosissimae fidei,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 2:

religiosissimis verbis jurare,

Petr. 21. —

Of the objects of religious veneration (temples, statues, utensils, etc.), holy, sacred:

templum sane sanctum et religiosum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; cf. id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 65:

signum sacrum ac religiosum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127;

and so with sacer,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 31:

dies,

Suet. Tib. 61:

ex Aesculapi religiosissimo fano,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 93:

Ceres antiquissima, religiosissima,

id. ib. 2, 4, 49, § 109; cf.:

religiosissimum simulacrum Jovis Imperatoris,

id. ib. 2, 4, 57, §

128: altaria,

id. Planc. 35, 68:

deorum limina,

Verg. A. 2, 365:

loca,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 7:

sacra religiosissima,

Vell. 2, 45, 1; Suet. Aug. 7:

vestes,

id. Tib. 36; id. Oth. 12:

simulacra,

Sedul. 1, 227:

divini juris sunt veluti res sacrae et religiosae... (sunt res) religiosae quae diis manibus relictae sunt,

Gai. Inst. 2, 3 sq. —

Esp.: dies religiosus, a day upon which it was unlucky to undertake any thing important, a day of evil omen, e. g. the dies Alliensis, the dies atri, etc., Cic. Att. 9, 5, 2; Lucil. ap. Non. 379, 19; Liv. 6, 1; 26, 17; 37, 33; Suet. Tib. 61; id. Claud. 14 al.; cf. Gell. 4, 9, 4; and Fest. s. h. v. p. 231.—

Solum religiosum, land consecrated by the burial of the dead, Gai. Inst. 2, 6 sq.—Hence, adv.: rē̆lĭgĭōsē.

Piously, religiously:

religiosius deos colere,

Liv. 10, 7; cf.:

templum religiosissime colere,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

natalem religiosius celebrare,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 8.—

Considerately, scrupulously, punctually, exactly, conscientiously:

testimonium dicere,

Cic. Cael. 22, 55; cf. Plin. Pan. 65, 2:

commendare,

Cic. Fam. 13, 17 fin.:

nihil religiose administrabat,

Col. 3, 10, 7; cf. id. 8, 5, 11:

quicquid rogabatur, religiose promittebat,

considerately, cautiously, Nep. Att. 15:

religiosius rem rusticam colere,

Col. 11, 2, 95:

poëticen religiosissime veneror,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 2.

rĕlĭgĭōsus (in the poets also rellig-), a, um, adj. [religio], reverencing or fearing God ( the gods), pious, devout, religious:

qui omnia quae ad cultum deorum pertinerent, diligenter retractarent et tamquam relegerent, sunt dicti religiosi ex relegendo, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72 (cf. religio init.):

religiosi dicuntur, qui faciendarum praetermittendarumque rerum divinarum secundum morem civitatis delectum habent, nec se superstitionibus implicant,

Fest. p. 289, 15 Müll.:

naturā sancti et religiosi,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

asotos ita non religiosos ut edant de patellā,

id. Fin. 2, 7, 22:

si magis religiosa fuerit,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 37:

nostri majores, religiosissimi mortales,

Sall. C. 12, 3:

mortuis religiosa jura tribuere,

religious rites, Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

mores justi, integri, religiosi,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 184: amicitiae religiosā quādam necessitudine imbutae, quint. 1, 2, 20: hominem occidere religiosissimum erat, was a thing exceedingly pious or pleasing to the gods, Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13; cf.:

aliqui nomine quoque consalutare religiosius putant, etc.,

id. 28, 2, 5, § 23:

Judaei, viri religiosi,

Vulg. Act. 2, 5.—

Eccl. Lat., of or belonging to the clergy, clerical (opp. saecularis), Salv. Avar. 3, 5.—

Transf. (acc. to religio, II.).

Subject., religiously considerate, careful, anxious, scrupulous:

civitas religiosa, in principiis maxime novorum bellorum... ne quid praetermitteretur, quod aliquando factum esset. ludos Jovi donumque vovere consulem jussit,

Liv. 31, 9:

per hos quoque dies abstinent terrenis operibus religiosiores agricolae,

Col. 11, 2, 98; 11, 3, 62:

quem campi fructum quia religiosum erat consumere,

was a matter of religious scruple, Liv. 2, 5; 3, 22; 5, 52; 6, 27; cf.:

religiosum est, quod jurati legibus judicarunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48.—

Overscrupulous, over-anxious, superstitious (rare and only ante-class.): religentem esse oportet, religiosum nefas, Poët. ap. Gell. 4, 9, 1:

ecquis incultior, religiosior, desertior? Cato ap. Fest. s. v. repulsior, p. 236: ut stultae et miserae sumus Religiosae,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37.—

In gen., scrupulous, strict, precise, accurate, conscientious:

religiosus est non modo deorum sanctitatem magni aestimans, sed etiam officiosus adversus homines,

Fest. p. 278 Müll.:

quod et in re misericordem se praebuerit et in testimoniis religiosum,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 26:

testis religiosissimus,

id. Vatin. 1, 1:

natio minime in testimoniis dicendis religiosa,

id. Fl. 10, 23:

judex,

Quint. 4, 1, 9:

quem rerum Romanarum auctorem laudare possum religiosissimum,

Cic. Brut. 11, 44:

ad Atticorum aures teretes et religiosas qui se accommodant,

id. Or. 9, 27:

ephorus vero non est religiosissimae fidei,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 2:

religiosissimis verbis jurare,

Petr. 21. —

Of the objects of religious veneration (temples, statues, utensils, etc.), holy, sacred:

templum sane sanctum et religiosum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; cf. id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 65:

signum sacrum ac religiosum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127;

and so with sacer,

id. Leg. 3, 13, 31:

dies,

Suet. Tib. 61:

ex Aesculapi religiosissimo fano,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 93:

Ceres antiquissima, religiosissima,

id. ib. 2, 4, 49, § 109; cf.:

religiosissimum simulacrum Jovis Imperatoris,

id. ib. 2, 4, 57, §

128: altaria,

id. Planc. 35, 68:

deorum limina,

Verg. A. 2, 365:

loca,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 7:

sacra religiosissima,

Vell. 2, 45, 1; Suet. Aug. 7:

vestes,

id. Tib. 36; id. Oth. 12:

simulacra,

Sedul. 1, 227:

divini juris sunt veluti res sacrae et religiosae... (sunt res) religiosae quae diis manibus relictae sunt,

Gai. Inst. 2, 3 sq. —

Esp.: dies religiosus, a day upon which it was unlucky to undertake any thing important, a day of evil omen, e. g. the dies Alliensis, the dies atri, etc., Cic. Att. 9, 5, 2; Lucil. ap. Non. 379, 19; Liv. 6, 1; 26, 17; 37, 33; Suet. Tib. 61; id. Claud. 14 al.; cf. Gell. 4, 9, 4; and Fest. s. h. v. p. 231.—

Solum religiosum, land consecrated by the burial of the dead, Gai. Inst. 2, 6 sq.—Hence, adv.: rē̆lĭgĭōsē.

Piously, religiously:

religiosius deos colere,

Liv. 10, 7; cf.:

templum religiosissime colere,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

natalem religiosius celebrare,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 8.—

Considerately, scrupulously, punctually, exactly, conscientiously:

testimonium dicere,

Cic. Cael. 22, 55; cf. Plin. Pan. 65, 2:

commendare,

Cic. Fam. 13, 17 fin.:

nihil religiose administrabat,

Col. 3, 10, 7; cf. id. 8, 5, 11:

quicquid rogabatur, religiose promittebat,

considerately, cautiously, Nep. Att. 15:

religiosius rem rusticam colere,

Col. 11, 2, 95:

poëticen religiosissime veneror,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 2.

custōdĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. pass. custodibitur, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71), v. a. [id.], to watch, protect, keep, defend, guard (freq. and class.).

In gen.

With material objects: Q. Caepio Brutus pro consule provinciam Macedoniam, tueatur, defendat, custodiat incolumemque conservet, Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 26:

tuum corpus domumque,

id. Mil. 25, 67:

quod me receperit, juverit, custodierit,

id. Planc. 10, 26; cf.:

in meā salute custodiendā,

id. ib. 1, 1:

me non solum amicorum fidelitas, sed etiam universae civitatis oculi custodiunt,

id. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

ut haec insula ab eā (Cerere)... incoli custodirique videatur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107:

urbes,

Quint. 7, 10, 13:

maritimam oram viginti navibus longis,

Liv. 36, 2, 11 (cf. tueri, id. 36, 2, 7):

officinam diligentiā,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 59:

castra nocte, ne quis elabi posset,

Liv. 9, 42, 6:

amictum,

Quint. 5, 14, 31:

poma in melle,

to lay up, preserve, Col. 12, 45, 3:

paries, qui laevum marinae Veneris latus Custodit,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

tua,

id. S. 2, 3, 151:

hic stilus... me veluti custodiet ensis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 40.—Esp.: se, to be on the watch:

quanto se opere custodiant bestiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:

fac ut diligentissime te ipsum custodias,

id. Att. 14, 17, A, 8.—

With ab:

Gortynii templum magnā curā custodiunt non tam a ceteris quam ab Hannibale,

Nep. Hann. 9, 4:

poma ab insomni dracone,

Ov. M. 9, 190:

cutem a vitiis,

Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.—

With immaterial objects (freq. in postAug. prose), to keep, preserve, regard, take heed, observe, maintain:

id quod tradatur posse percipere animo et memoriā custodire,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

dicta litteris,

id. ib. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

ex his (arboribus) quas memoria hominum custodit,

Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 234:

illa quae scriptis reposuimus, velut custodire desinimus,

Quint. 11, 2, 9;

opp. mutare,

id. 12, 8, 6:

modum ubique,

id. 4, 2, 35:

regulam loquendi,

id. 1, 7, 1:

praecepta,

Col. 1, 8, 15:

eam rationem,

id. 4, 29, 11:

ordinem,

id. 12, 4, 1:

quae custodienda in olearam curā... praecipiemus,

Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 125:

morem,

id. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

religiose quod juraveris,

id. Pan. 65, 2 et saep.—

With ab:

teneriores annos ab injuriā sanctitas docentis custodiat,

Quint. 2, 2, 3.—

With ut or ne:

in aliis quoque propinquitatibus custodiendum est, ut inviti judicemur dixisse,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

quo in genere id est praecipue custodiendum, ne, etc.,

id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 5, 7; Col. 4, 24, 11:

ut custoditum sit ne umquam veniret, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 7.—

With the access. idea of hindering free motion, in a good or bad sense.

In gen., to hold something back, to preserve, keep:

multorum te oculi et aures non sentientem... speculabuntur atque custodient,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 6:

aliquem, ne quid auferat,

to watch, observe, id. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51:

ejus (sc. epistulae) custodiendae et proferendae arbitrium tuum,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1:

librum,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

codicillos,

Suet. Tib. 51:

prodit se quamlibet custodiatur simulatio,

Quint. 12, 1, 29.—

Esp., to hold in custody, hold captive:

noctu nervo vinctus custodibitur,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

ducem praedonum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

obsides,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4:

Domitium,

id. B. C. 1, 20:

bovem,

Verg. A. 8, 218 et saep.—Hence, * cu-stōdītē, adv. (acc. to I.), cautiously, carefully:

ut parce custoditeque ludebat!

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3.

custōdĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. pass. custodibitur, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71), v. a. [id.], to watch, protect, keep, defend, guard (freq. and class.).

In gen.

With material objects: Q. Caepio Brutus pro consule provinciam Macedoniam, tueatur, defendat, custodiat incolumemque conservet, Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 26:

tuum corpus domumque,

id. Mil. 25, 67:

quod me receperit, juverit, custodierit,

id. Planc. 10, 26; cf.:

in meā salute custodiendā,

id. ib. 1, 1:

me non solum amicorum fidelitas, sed etiam universae civitatis oculi custodiunt,

id. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

ut haec insula ab eā (Cerere)... incoli custodirique videatur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107:

urbes,

Quint. 7, 10, 13:

maritimam oram viginti navibus longis,

Liv. 36, 2, 11 (cf. tueri, id. 36, 2, 7):

officinam diligentiā,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 59:

castra nocte, ne quis elabi posset,

Liv. 9, 42, 6:

amictum,

Quint. 5, 14, 31:

poma in melle,

to lay up, preserve, Col. 12, 45, 3:

paries, qui laevum marinae Veneris latus Custodit,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

tua,

id. S. 2, 3, 151:

hic stilus... me veluti custodiet ensis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 40.—Esp.: se, to be on the watch:

quanto se opere custodiant bestiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:

fac ut diligentissime te ipsum custodias,

id. Att. 14, 17, A, 8.—

With ab:

Gortynii templum magnā curā custodiunt non tam a ceteris quam ab Hannibale,

Nep. Hann. 9, 4:

poma ab insomni dracone,

Ov. M. 9, 190:

cutem a vitiis,

Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.—

With immaterial objects (freq. in postAug. prose), to keep, preserve, regard, take heed, observe, maintain:

id quod tradatur posse percipere animo et memoriā custodire,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

dicta litteris,

id. ib. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

ex his (arboribus) quas memoria hominum custodit,

Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 234:

illa quae scriptis reposuimus, velut custodire desinimus,

Quint. 11, 2, 9;

opp. mutare,

id. 12, 8, 6:

modum ubique,

id. 4, 2, 35:

regulam loquendi,

id. 1, 7, 1:

praecepta,

Col. 1, 8, 15:

eam rationem,

id. 4, 29, 11:

ordinem,

id. 12, 4, 1:

quae custodienda in olearam curā... praecipiemus,

Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 125:

morem,

id. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

religiose quod juraveris,

id. Pan. 65, 2 et saep.—

With ab:

teneriores annos ab injuriā sanctitas docentis custodiat,

Quint. 2, 2, 3.—

With ut or ne:

in aliis quoque propinquitatibus custodiendum est, ut inviti judicemur dixisse,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

quo in genere id est praecipue custodiendum, ne, etc.,

id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 5, 7; Col. 4, 24, 11:

ut custoditum sit ne umquam veniret, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 7.—

With the access. idea of hindering free motion, in a good or bad sense.

In gen., to hold something back, to preserve, keep:

multorum te oculi et aures non sentientem... speculabuntur atque custodient,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 6:

aliquem, ne quid auferat,

to watch, observe, id. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51:

ejus (sc. epistulae) custodiendae et proferendae arbitrium tuum,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1:

librum,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

codicillos,

Suet. Tib. 51:

prodit se quamlibet custodiatur simulatio,

Quint. 12, 1, 29.—

Esp., to hold in custody, hold captive:

noctu nervo vinctus custodibitur,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

ducem praedonum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

obsides,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4:

Domitium,

id. B. C. 1, 20:

bovem,

Verg. A. 8, 218 et saep.—Hence, * cu-stōdītē, adv. (acc. to I.), cautiously, carefully:

ut parce custoditeque ludebat!

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3.

ŏpĕror (collat. form ŏpĕro, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 10, 33; Commod. 30, 14), ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [opus], to work, labor, toil, take pains; to be busied (not in Cic. or Cæs.).— Constr. absol. or with dat.

Lit.

In gen.

Absol.:

seniores (apes) intus operantur,

Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 21:

servi, qui operari in agro consueverunt,

Dig. 28, 5, 35. —

With dat., to bestow pains upon a thing; to devote one's self to, be engaged in or occupied with a thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

reipublicae,

Liv. 4, 60, 2:

conubiis arvisque novis operari,

Verg. A. 3, 136:

ornandis capillis,

Ov. Am. 2, 7, 23:

in cute curandā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 29:

textis Minervae, Tib 2, 1, 65: materiis caedendis,

Tac. H. 5, 20:

studiis litterarum,

id. A. 3, 43:

scholae,

Quint. 10, 3, 13; Suet. Claud. 19:

auditioni in scholis,

Plin. 26, 2, 6, § 11; Val. Max. 8, 7, 4 ext.:

rebus domesticis,

Col. 12, 4, 3:

reipublicae,

Dig. 48, 5, 15.—

In partic., in relig. lang., to serve the gods, perform sacred rites, to honor or celebrate by sacrifices (for which:

operam dare rebus divinis,

Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 26):

operari est deos religiose et cum summā veneratione sacrificiis litare,

Non. 523, 9; Pompon. ap. Non. 523, 13:

illum Dianae sanctum diem,

Afran. ib. 14:

sacra refer Cereri laetis operatus (= sacrificans) in herbis,

Verg. G. 1, 339; cf.:

Cynthia jam noctes est operata decem,

Prop. 2, 33, 2 (3, 31, 2); and:

mulier justis operata sacris, Hor C. 3, 14, 6: sacris,

Liv. 1, 31, 8:

superstitionibus,

id. 10, 39, 2:

viditque se operatum, et sanguine sacro respersa praetexta,

Tac. A. 2, 14. Vesta, fave:

tibi nunc operata resolvimus ora,

the mouth devoted to thee, Ov. F. 6, 249:

janua matutinis operatur festa lucernis,

Juv. 12, 92.—

Transf.

To work, have effect, be effectual, to be active, to operate (post-class.):

nihil denique praetermitteret, quod ad crudelitatem videretur operari,

to be effectual, Capitol. Maxim. 13:

ad sui dispendium,

to avail, Cod. Just. 5, 12, 7:

venenum operatur,

operates, Lampr. Commod. 17.—

Act. (eccl. Lat.)

To work, carry into effect, administer:

justi tiam,

Lact. 6, 12, 38; 6, 13, 4; 6, 24, 4:

scelus,

Vulg. Lev. 20, 12:

miracula,

Ambros. in Luc. 4, § 47.—

To work, produce by working, cause:

in vobis sollicitudinem,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 7, 11:

mortem,

id. ib. 7, 10:

gloriae pondus,

id. ib. 4, 17:

opera,

id. Joan. 9, 4.— Hence,

ŏpĕrans, antis, P. a., active, efficient, effectual (post-Aug.):

operantes apes spectare,

Plin. 21, 14, 47, § 80.— Comp.:

bonitas operantior,

Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 4.— Neutr. adv.:

aridas vaporationes operantius mederi quam cataplasmata,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 89.— Sup.:

clysteres adhibere operantissimos,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 39.—

ŏpĕrātus, a, um, P. a.

Pass., performed, effected (eccl. Lat.):

tot charismata perperam operata,

Tert. Praescr. 29.—

Act., efficacious, effective:

fallaciae vis operatior,

Tert. Anim. 57.