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cesso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [1. cedo]; lit., to stand back very much; hence, to be remiss in any thing, to delay, loiter, or, in gen., to cease from, stop, give over (indicating a blamable remissness; while desinere, intermittere, requiescere do not include that idea: cessat desidiosus, requiescit fessus, Don. ad Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 15. Diff. from cunctari in this, that the latter designates inaction arising from want of resolution, but cessare that which is the result of slothfulness; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, p. 300 sq.;

class. in prose and poetry): paulum si cessassem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5; 4, 6, 16; id. Ad. 4, 2, 49:

si tabellarii non cessarint,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 7, 15:

in suo studio atque opere,

id. Sen. 5, 13:

ne quis in eo, quod me viderit facientem, cesset,

Liv. 35, 35, 16; cf. id. 35, 18, 8:

ab apparatu operum ac munitionum nihil cessatum,

id. 21, 8, 1; 34, 16, 3; 31, 12, 2; Tac. A. 3, 28:

quidquid apud durae cessatum est moenia Trojae,

whatever delay there was, Verg. A. 11, 288:

audaciā,

to be deficient in spirit, Liv. 1, 46, 6; cf.:

nullo umquam officio,

id. 42, 6, 8:

ad arma cessantes Concitet,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 15 et saep.—So in admonitions:

quid cessas?

Ter. And. 5, 6, 15; Tib. 2, 2, 10:

quid cessatis?

Curt. 4, 16, 5:

quor cessas?

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 69; cf.: cessas in vota precesque ( poet. for cessas facere vota), Tros, ait, Aenea? cessas? Verg. A. 6, 51 sq.; Tib. 3, 6, 57.— With dat. incommodi: it dies;

ego mihi cesso,

i. e. to my own injury, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 12 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Ep. 3, 2, 8:

sed ego nunc mihi cesso, qui non umerum hunc onero pallio,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4.—

With inf.:

ego hinc migrare cesso,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 6 sq.:

numquid principio cessavit verbum docte dicere?

id. Pers. 4, 4, 3; so,

alloqui,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 6; 5, 2, 4:

adoriri,

id. Heaut. 4, 5, 9:

pultare ostium,

id. ib. 3, 1, 1; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 30:

introrumpere,

id. Eun. 5, 5, 26:

detrahere de nobis,

Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2:

mori,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 58 et saep.—

In gen.

To be inactive, idle, at leisure, to do nothing:

cur tam multos deos nihil agere et cessare patitur? cur non rebus humanis aliquos otiosos deos praeficit?

Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 22; id. Off. 3, 1, 1: nisi forte ego vobis cessare nunc videor;

cum bella non gero,

id. de Sen. 6, 18:

et si quid cessare potes, requiesce sub umbrā,

Verg. E. 7, 10:

cessabimus una,

Prop. 3 (4), 23, 15; Ov. M. 4, 37:

cur alter fratrum cessare et ludere et ungi praeferat, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 183 (cessare otiari et jucunde vivere, Schol. Crucq.); so id. ib. 1, 7, 57:

per hibernorum tempus,

Liv. 36, 5, 1:

cessatum usque adhuc est: nunc porro expergiscere,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 23:

cessatum ducere curam,

put to rest, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 31:

non timido, non ignavo cessare tum licuit,

Curt. 3, 11, 5.—

Of things, to be at rest, to rest, be still, inactive, unemployed, or unused, etc.:

si cessare putas rerum primordia posse, Cessandoque novos rerum progignere motus,

Lucr. 2, 80 sq.:

quid ita cessarunt pedes?

Phaedr. 1, 9, 5:

et grave suspenso vomere cesset opus,

Tib. 2, 1, 6; Ov. F. 6, 348:

Achilles cessare in Teucros pertulit arma sua,

Prop. 2, 8, 30:

cur Berecyntiae Cessant flamina tibiae,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 19:

cessat voluntas?

id. ib. 1, 27, 13:

cessat ira deae,

Liv. 29, 18, 10:

solas sine ture relictas Praeteritae cessasse ferunt Letoïdos aras,

i. e. remained unsought, unapproached, Ov. M. 8, 278; cf.:

at nunc desertis cessant sacraria lucis,

Prop. 3 (4), 13, 47; and:

cessaturae casae,

Ov. F. 4, 804:

cessans honor,

a vacant office, Suet. Caes. 76.—

Of land, to lie uncultivated, fallow (cf. cessatio):

alternis idem tonsas cessare novales,

Verg. G. 1, 71; Plin. 18, 23, 52, § 191; cf. Suet. Aug. 42.— Pass.:

cessata arva,

Ov. F. 4, 617.— Trop., of a barren woman, Paul. Nol. Carm. 6, 48.—

Sometimes cessare alicui rei, like vacare alicui rei, to have leisure for something, i.e. to attend to, apply one ' s self to:

amori,

Prop. 1, 6, 21.—

Rarely (prob. not ante-Aug.), not to be at hand or present, to be wanting:

cessat voluntas? non aliā bibam Mercede,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 13:

augendum addendumque quod cessat,

Quint. 2, 8, 10.—Hence,

Judic. t. t.

Of persons, not to appear before a tribunal, to make default:

culpāne quis an aliquā necessitate cessasset,

Suet. Claud. 15 (where, [p. 323] just before, absentibus; cf.

absum, 8.): quoties delator adesse jussus cessat,

Dig. 49, 14, 2, § 4; so ib. 47, 10, 17, § 20.—

Of things (a process, verdict), to be invalid, null, void:

cessat injuriarum actio,

Dig. 47, 10, 17, § 1:

revocatio,

ib. 42, 8, 10, § 1:

edictum,

ib. 39, 1, 1:

senatus consultum,

ib. 14, 6, 12 et saep.—

Also rare, in a moral view, to depart from a right way, i.e. to mistake, err:

ut scriptor si peccat... Sic qui multum cessat,

Hor. A. P. 357:

oratoris perfecti illius, ex nullā parte cessantis,

Quint. 1, 10, 4.

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.

frīgĭdus, a, um, adj. [frigeo], cold, cool, chill, chilling (opp. calidus; syn.: gelidus, algidus, glacialis; corresp. in most of its senses to the Gr. psuchros).

Lit.:

calida et frigida, et amara et dulcia,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8 fin.:

fons luce diurnā Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

Lucr. 6, 849:

fons,

id. ib. 6, 873; 879; cf.:

frigidior umor,

id. 6, 840; 844:

nec ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

ut nec frigidior Thracam ambiat Hebrus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 13:

loca frigidissima,

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

rura,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 9:

Praeneste,

id. C. 3, 4, 22:

Tempe,

Verg. G. 2, 469:

aquilo,

id. ib. 2, 404:

aura,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 36; cf.:

manet sub Jove frigido Venator,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 25:

umbra noctis,

Verg. E. 8, 14:

caelum est hieme frigidum et gelidum,

cold and frosty, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 4:

frigidus aëra vesper Temperat,

Verg. G. 3, 336:

frigidus latet anguis in herba,

id. E. 3, 93:

anguis,

id. ib. 8, 71 (cf. psuchron ophin, Theogn. 602;

Theocr. 15, 58): pellis duraque,

Lucr. 6, 1194:

febris,

an ague, Plin. 26, 11, 71, § 289; so,

quartana,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 290:

fomenta,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 26.— Poet.:

ille frigidas Noctes non sine multis Insomnis lacrimis agit,

i. e. without a bedfellow, lonely, Hor. C. 3, 7, 6:

frigidus annus,

winter, Verg. A. 6, 311; Tib. 4, 8, 4 Huschke (al. amnis).—Prov.: aquam frigidam suffundere, to pour cold water over for to slander, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37; v. suffundo.—

As subst.

frīgĭdum, i, n., the cold: obaequalitas ferventis ac frigidi, Apul. Dog. Plat. 1, p. 11, 24.— Plur.:

frigida (opp. calida),

Ov. M. 1, 19.—

frī-gĭda, ae, f. (sc. aqua), cold water (like calida or calda, ae, warm water):

frigida lavare lubenter,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 1:

frigidam bibere,

Cels. 1, 5:

frigidam aegro dare,

Suet. Claud. 40:

frigidā lavari,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11:

noxia ut frigidam febri,

Quint. 5, 11, 31.—

In a contracted form: FRIDVM, i, n.: DA FRIDVM PVSILLVM, i. e. a little ice-water, Inscr. Pompej. in Mus. Borbon. IV. p. 5 (cf.:

solve nives,

Mart. 5, 64).—

In partic., cold, chilled, of a dead person, or one stiffened with fright (for the latter cf.:

est et frigida multa, comes formidinis aura,

Lucr. 3, 290; poet.):

illa (Eurydice) Stygiā nabat jam frigida cymbā,

Verg. G. 4, 506; Ov. M. 7, 136; also,

transf.: Eurydicen vox ipsa et frigida lingua, Ah, miseram Eurydicen! anima fugiente vocabat,

Verg. G. 4, 525:

membra nati,

Ov. M. 14, 743:

mors,

Verg. A. 4, 385; Val. Fl. 5, 26; cf.:

pausa vitaï,

Lucr. 3, 930:

stricto Aesonides stans frigidus ense,

stiffened with fright, Val. Fl. 7, 530:

miles nec frigidus aspicit hostem,

i. e. fearless, Sil. 9, 49; cf.:

formidine turpi Frigida corda tremunt,

id. 2, 339:

frigida mens criminibus,

Juv. 1, 166:

mihi frigidus horror Membra quatit,

Verg. A. 3, 29.

Trop.

Without ardor or encrgy, cold, frigid, indifferent, inactive, remiss, indolent, feeble:

nimis lentus in dicendo et paene frigidus,

Cic. Brut. 48, 178:

accusatoribus frigidissimis utitur,

lukewarm, indolent, id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3:

non frigida virgo,

i. e. glowing with love, Ov. Am. 2, 1, 5; cf.:

frigidus aevo Laomedontiades,

Juv. 6, 325: (equus) Frigidus in Venerem senior, Verg. [p. 782] G. 3, 97:

(Empedocles) ardentem Frigidus Aetnam Insiluit,

in cold blood, Hor. A. P. 465:

in re frigidissima cales, in ferventissima friges,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21:

frigidae litterae,

cold, frigid, Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1:

solacia,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 45; cf.

cura,

Lucr. 4, 1060 (with which cf.:

curarum frigus,

Ov. P. 3, 9, 25):

frigida bello Dextera,

feeble, Verg. A. 11, 338:

ensis,

inactive, idle, Luc. 5, 245; 7, 502:

(apes) Contemnuntque favos et frigida tecta relinquunt,

i. e. not animated by labor, Verg. G. 4, 104 (cf. opp. fervet opus, id. ib. 169).—

Without force or point, flat, insipid, dull, trivial, frigid, vain (syn.: jejunus, inanis;

opp. salsus, facetus, esp. in post-Aug. prose): cave in ista tam frigida, tam jejuna calumnia delitescas,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 61; cf.:

haec aut frigida sunt, aut tum salsa, cum aliud est exspectatum,

id. de Or. 2, 64, 260:

(sententias) dicere leves, frigidas ineptas,

Quint. 8, 5, 30:

verba frigidiora vitare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256; cf. id. Or. 26, 89:

frigidi et arcessiti joci,

Suet. Claud. 21; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 69:

illud frigidum et inane,

id. 10, 2, 17:

illud apud Euripidem frigidum sane, quod, etc.,

id. 5, 10, 31:

frigida et puerilis affectatio,

id. 4, 1, 77:

frigida et inanis affectatio,

id. 7, 3, 74:

genus acuminis in reprehendendis verbis, nonnumquam frigidum, interdum etiam facetum,

Cic. Brut. 67, 236:

in salibus aliquando frigidus,

Quint. 12, 10, 12:

dies frigidis rebus absumere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 3:

negotia,

id. ib. 9, 2, 1; cf.:

omnia ista frigida et inania videntur,

id. ib. 4, 17, 4; Sen. de Ira, 2, 11.— With a subject-clause:

leve ac frigidum sit his addere, quo propinquos amicosque pacto tractaverit,

Suet. Calig. 26.—

With active meaning, causing cold or fright, frightening:

frigidus a rostris manat per compita rumor,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 50.—Hence, adv.: frīgĭde (only acc. to II. and very rare; not in Cic.).

Inactively, slowly, feebly: quae cupiunt, tamen ita frigide agunt, ut nolle existimentur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3.—

Flatly, trivially, insipidly, frigidly:

verbis inepte et frigide uti,

Gell. 13, 24, 7;

so with inaniter,

id. 7, 3, 43;

with exigue, opp. graviter,

id. 19, 3, 1; cf.

also: quae sunt dicta frigidius,

Quint. 6, 3, 4:

transire in diversa subsellia, parum verecundum est... Et si aliquando concitate itur, numquam non frigide reditur,

i. e. in a silly, ridiculous manner, id. 11, 3, 133:

tum ille infantem suam frigidissime reportavit,

id. 6, 1, 39.

frīgĭdus, a, um, adj. [frigeo], cold, cool, chill, chilling (opp. calidus; syn.: gelidus, algidus, glacialis; corresp. in most of its senses to the Gr. psuchros).

Lit.:

calida et frigida, et amara et dulcia,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8 fin.:

fons luce diurnā Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

Lucr. 6, 849:

fons,

id. ib. 6, 873; 879; cf.:

frigidior umor,

id. 6, 840; 844:

nec ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

ut nec frigidior Thracam ambiat Hebrus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 13:

loca frigidissima,

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

rura,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 9:

Praeneste,

id. C. 3, 4, 22:

Tempe,

Verg. G. 2, 469:

aquilo,

id. ib. 2, 404:

aura,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 36; cf.:

manet sub Jove frigido Venator,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 25:

umbra noctis,

Verg. E. 8, 14:

caelum est hieme frigidum et gelidum,

cold and frosty, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 4:

frigidus aëra vesper Temperat,

Verg. G. 3, 336:

frigidus latet anguis in herba,

id. E. 3, 93:

anguis,

id. ib. 8, 71 (cf. psuchron ophin, Theogn. 602;

Theocr. 15, 58): pellis duraque,

Lucr. 6, 1194:

febris,

an ague, Plin. 26, 11, 71, § 289; so,

quartana,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 290:

fomenta,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 26.— Poet.:

ille frigidas Noctes non sine multis Insomnis lacrimis agit,

i. e. without a bedfellow, lonely, Hor. C. 3, 7, 6:

frigidus annus,

winter, Verg. A. 6, 311; Tib. 4, 8, 4 Huschke (al. amnis).—Prov.: aquam frigidam suffundere, to pour cold water over for to slander, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37; v. suffundo.—

As subst.

frīgĭdum, i, n., the cold: obaequalitas ferventis ac frigidi, Apul. Dog. Plat. 1, p. 11, 24.— Plur.:

frigida (opp. calida),

Ov. M. 1, 19.—

frī-gĭda, ae, f. (sc. aqua), cold water (like calida or calda, ae, warm water):

frigida lavare lubenter,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 1:

frigidam bibere,

Cels. 1, 5:

frigidam aegro dare,

Suet. Claud. 40:

frigidā lavari,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11:

noxia ut frigidam febri,

Quint. 5, 11, 31.—

In a contracted form: FRIDVM, i, n.: DA FRIDVM PVSILLVM, i. e. a little ice-water, Inscr. Pompej. in Mus. Borbon. IV. p. 5 (cf.:

solve nives,

Mart. 5, 64).—

In partic., cold, chilled, of a dead person, or one stiffened with fright (for the latter cf.:

est et frigida multa, comes formidinis aura,

Lucr. 3, 290; poet.):

illa (Eurydice) Stygiā nabat jam frigida cymbā,

Verg. G. 4, 506; Ov. M. 7, 136; also,

transf.: Eurydicen vox ipsa et frigida lingua, Ah, miseram Eurydicen! anima fugiente vocabat,

Verg. G. 4, 525:

membra nati,

Ov. M. 14, 743:

mors,

Verg. A. 4, 385; Val. Fl. 5, 26; cf.:

pausa vitaï,

Lucr. 3, 930:

stricto Aesonides stans frigidus ense,

stiffened with fright, Val. Fl. 7, 530:

miles nec frigidus aspicit hostem,

i. e. fearless, Sil. 9, 49; cf.:

formidine turpi Frigida corda tremunt,

id. 2, 339:

frigida mens criminibus,

Juv. 1, 166:

mihi frigidus horror Membra quatit,

Verg. A. 3, 29.

Trop.

Without ardor or encrgy, cold, frigid, indifferent, inactive, remiss, indolent, feeble:

nimis lentus in dicendo et paene frigidus,

Cic. Brut. 48, 178:

accusatoribus frigidissimis utitur,

lukewarm, indolent, id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3:

non frigida virgo,

i. e. glowing with love, Ov. Am. 2, 1, 5; cf.:

frigidus aevo Laomedontiades,

Juv. 6, 325: (equus) Frigidus in Venerem senior, Verg. [p. 782] G. 3, 97:

(Empedocles) ardentem Frigidus Aetnam Insiluit,

in cold blood, Hor. A. P. 465:

in re frigidissima cales, in ferventissima friges,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21:

frigidae litterae,

cold, frigid, Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1:

solacia,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 45; cf.

cura,

Lucr. 4, 1060 (with which cf.:

curarum frigus,

Ov. P. 3, 9, 25):

frigida bello Dextera,

feeble, Verg. A. 11, 338:

ensis,

inactive, idle, Luc. 5, 245; 7, 502:

(apes) Contemnuntque favos et frigida tecta relinquunt,

i. e. not animated by labor, Verg. G. 4, 104 (cf. opp. fervet opus, id. ib. 169).—

Without force or point, flat, insipid, dull, trivial, frigid, vain (syn.: jejunus, inanis;

opp. salsus, facetus, esp. in post-Aug. prose): cave in ista tam frigida, tam jejuna calumnia delitescas,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 61; cf.:

haec aut frigida sunt, aut tum salsa, cum aliud est exspectatum,

id. de Or. 2, 64, 260:

(sententias) dicere leves, frigidas ineptas,

Quint. 8, 5, 30:

verba frigidiora vitare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256; cf. id. Or. 26, 89:

frigidi et arcessiti joci,

Suet. Claud. 21; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 69:

illud frigidum et inane,

id. 10, 2, 17:

illud apud Euripidem frigidum sane, quod, etc.,

id. 5, 10, 31:

frigida et puerilis affectatio,

id. 4, 1, 77:

frigida et inanis affectatio,

id. 7, 3, 74:

genus acuminis in reprehendendis verbis, nonnumquam frigidum, interdum etiam facetum,

Cic. Brut. 67, 236:

in salibus aliquando frigidus,

Quint. 12, 10, 12:

dies frigidis rebus absumere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 3:

negotia,

id. ib. 9, 2, 1; cf.:

omnia ista frigida et inania videntur,

id. ib. 4, 17, 4; Sen. de Ira, 2, 11.— With a subject-clause:

leve ac frigidum sit his addere, quo propinquos amicosque pacto tractaverit,

Suet. Calig. 26.—

With active meaning, causing cold or fright, frightening:

frigidus a rostris manat per compita rumor,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 50.—Hence, adv.: frīgĭde (only acc. to II. and very rare; not in Cic.).

Inactively, slowly, feebly: quae cupiunt, tamen ita frigide agunt, ut nolle existimentur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3.—

Flatly, trivially, insipidly, frigidly:

verbis inepte et frigide uti,

Gell. 13, 24, 7;

so with inaniter,

id. 7, 3, 43;

with exigue, opp. graviter,

id. 19, 3, 1; cf.

also: quae sunt dicta frigidius,

Quint. 6, 3, 4:

transire in diversa subsellia, parum verecundum est... Et si aliquando concitate itur, numquam non frigide reditur,

i. e. in a silly, ridiculous manner, id. 11, 3, 133:

tum ille infantem suam frigidissime reportavit,

id. 6, 1, 39.

lĭcet, cŭit and cĭtum est, 2 (old form, licessit for licuerit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13; imp. liceto, Lex ap. Inscr. Grut. 202, 508 al.), v. n. and impers. [root lic-; Gr. lip-; v. 1. liceo], it is lawful, it is allowed or permitted; one may or can, one is at liberty to do so and so; constr. with neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron., with inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat., or dat. and inf., with ut or (more freq.) with the simple subj., or entirely absol.

With neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron. as a subject, with or without a dat.:

licere id dicimus, quod legibus, quod more majorum institutisque conceditur. Neque enim quod quisque potest, id ei licet,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non lubere,

id. Att. 14, 19, 4:

quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis,

id. Rab. Post. 5, 11; cf.:

si hominibus tantum licere judicas, quantum possunt: vide, ne, etc.,

id. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit,

Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12: neque idem ubique aut licet aut decorum est, Quint. 5, 10, 40:

quod in foro non expedit, illic nec liceat,

id. 9, 2, 67:

sin et poterit Naevius id quod lubet et ei lubebit, quod non licet, quid agendum est?

Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

nihil, quod per leges liceret,

id. Mil. 16, 43:

cui tantum de te licuit?

Verg. A. 6, 502; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 150:

cui tantum fata licere In generum voluere tuum,

Luc. 9, 1025; cf.:

tantumque licere horruit,

Sil. 14, 670.—Rarely in plur.:

cum in servum omnia liceant, est, etc.,

Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—

With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.: neque terram inicere, neque cruenta Convestire corpora mihi licuit, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.):

licet nemini contra patriam ducere exercitum,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

ut tibi id facere liceat,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

M. Catoni licuit Tusculi se in otio delectare,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

sceleris crimine liceat Cn. Pompeio mortuo, liceat multis aliis carere,

id. Lig. 6, 18; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

quaerere, qui licuerit aedificare navem senatori,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45:

meamet facta mihi dicere licet,

Sall. J. 85, 24.—Without a dat.:

introire in aedes numquam licitum est,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 70:

impune optare istuc licet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 14:

modo liceat vivere,

id. Heaut. 5, 2, 28:

licetne scire ex te?

id. Hec. 5, 4, 33:

hic subitam rerum commutationem videre licuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 1; 3, 96, 4:

si facere omnino non licebit,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

licet ora ipsa cernere iratorum,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Div. 1, 41, 91:

licet hoc videre,

id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Div. 1, 7, 13; id. Inv. 1, 15, 21; 2, 23, 71; 2, 9, 29:

veretur ne non liceat tenere hereditatem,

id. Att. 13, 48, 1:

licetne extra ordinem in provocantem hostem pugnare?

Liv. 23, 47, 1:

poscere ut perculsis instare liceat,

id. 2, 65, 2. —With inf. pass. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 660 sq.):

intellegi jam licet, nullum fore imperium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

idque e pontificio jure intellegi licet,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; cf.:

his cognosci licuit, quantum, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28; Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

evocari ex insula Cyprios non licet,

id. Att. 5, 21, 6:

in senatu dici nihil liceat,

id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

coöptari sacerdotem licebat,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 9:

in eum ordinem coöptari licet,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

id primum in poëtis cerni licet,

id. de Or. 3, 7, 27; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—The noun of the subject-clause is regularly in the acc.:

licet me id scire quid sit?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 14:

non licet hominem esse, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

si licet me latere,

id. ib. 4, 2, 5:

hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui!

id. ib. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, id. Hec. prol. alt. 3: non licet me isto tanto bono uti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

cum non liceret Romae quemquam esse, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

100: ex eis locis, in quibus te habere nihil licet,

id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §

45: quare licet etiam mortalem esse animum judicantem aeterna moliri,

id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

cur his per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberos non licet?

id. Fl. 29, 71 B. and K. (al. liberis; v. infra).—So with esse:

liceat esse miseros,

Cic. Lig. 6, 18; cf.:

medios esse jam non licebit,

id. Att. 10, 8, 4; id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; 1, 38, 91 Klotz N. cr.; also with fieri:

ut eum liceat ante tempus consulem fieri,

Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque dicere, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

haec praescripta servantem licet magnifice vivere,

id. Off. 1, 26, 92:

licet tamen opera prodesse multis, beneficia petentem, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 19, 67.—So with acc. with a subject-inf., esse or fieri, even when licet is accompanied by the dat.:

si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum,

Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

potest incidere quaestio, An huic esse procuratorem liceat?

Quint. 7, 1, 19:

procuratorem tibi esse non licuit,

id. 4, 4, 6 Zumpt N. cr.:

mihi non licet esse piam,

Ov. H. 14, 64: is erat annus, quo per leges ei consulem fieri liceret Caes. B. C. 3, 1 Oud. N. cr. —But more freq., in this case, there is an attraction of the predicate-noun to the dative dependent on licet.—Hence,

Licet alicui with inf., esp. with esse:

per hanc tibi cenam incenato esse hodie licet,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 31:

per hanc curam quieto tibi licet esse,

id. Ep. 3, 2, 2:

licuit esse otioso Themistocli,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; cf.:

ut tibi abesse liceat, et esse otioso,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: quare [p. 1063] judici mihi non esse liceat, id. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

ut iis ingratis esse non liceat,

id. Off. 2, 18, 63:

quo in genere mihi neglegenti esse non licet,

id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

cur iis per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberis non licet?

id. Fl. 29, 71 (B. and K. liberos; v. supra):

quibus otiosis ne in communi quidem otio liceat esse,

id. Cael. 1, 1:

quibus licet jam esse fortunatissimis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 8:

illis timidis et ignavis licet esse,

Liv. 21, 44, 3.—With other verbs than esse:

ut sibi per te liceat innocenti vitam in egestate degere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

cum postulasset... ut sibi triumphanti urbem invehi liceret,

Liv. 38, 44 fin. —

Very rarely, in this construction, the dative with licet is wanting, and is to be supplied from the connection: atqui licet esse beatis (sc. iis),

Hor. S. 1, 1, 19:

licet eminus esse Fortibus,

Ov. M. 8, 405:

Hannibal precatur deos ut incolumi cedere atque abire liceat,

Liv. 26, 41, 16:

sibi vitam filiae suā cariorem fuisse, si liberae ac pudicae vivere licitum fuisset,

id. 3, 50, 6. Cf. on this and the preced. construction, Krüger, Untersuchungen, vol. iii. p. 359 sq.; Ruddim. 2, p. 15; Zumpt, Gram. § 601; Madv. Gram. § 393, c. and obs. 1.—

With ut, and more freq. with the simple subj.:

neque jam mihi licet neque est integrum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

facto nunc laedat licet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

mea quidem causa salvos sis licet,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 51:

ludas licet,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

fremant omnes licet,

Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 195:

sed omnia licet concurrant,

id. Att. 14, 4, 2:

ex qua licet pauca degustes,

id. ib. 1, 16, 8:

vel ipsi hoc dicas licet,

id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

quamvis licet insectemur istos, metuo ne soli philosophi sint,

id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; cf. id. Leg. 3, 10, 24; id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

sequatur Hermagoram licebit,

id. Inv. 1, 51, 97; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

sis pecore et multa dives tellure licebit,

Hor. Epod. 15, 19:

detrahat auctori multum fortuna licebit,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 3; Verg. A. 6, 400. Cf. also under II. a.—

As a v. impers. absol., with or without dat.:

immo, aliis si licet, tibi non licet,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 15, 49:

cum licitum est ei,

id. And. 2, 6, 12:

nec crederem mihi impunius Licere,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 50:

quod profecto faciam, si mihi per ejusdem amicitiam licebit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3: Ph. Sed quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi. He. Licet, that may be or may be done, I have no objection, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 29:

si per vos licet,

id. As. prol. 12:

id quod postea, si per vos, judices, licitum erit, aperietur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 127:

dum per aetatem licet,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 28:

fruare, dum licet,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 104; cf.:

dum licet, loquimini mecum,

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 16:

sic ut quimus, aiunt, quando, ut volumus, non licet,

id. And. 4, 5, 10:

ut id, quoad posset, quod fas esset, quoad liceret, populi ad partes daret,

Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19.

Transf. When licet introduces a subordinate proposition, which makes a concession, without abandoning the main proposition, it is used as a conjunction corresponding to quamvis, quamquam, etsi. In late Latin it is, like these, connected with the indicative, and in the class. per. it is not unfreq. opposed to tamen and certe in the main proposition; even if, although, notwithstanding.

With subj. (class.):

quoniam quidem semel suscepi, licet hercules undique omnes mihi minae et terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

improbitas, licet adversario molesta sit, judici invisa est,

Quint. 6, 4, 15: in comoedia maxime claudamus: licet Varro Musas Plautino dicat sermone locuturas fuisse, si Latine loqui vellent;

licet, etc.,

id. 10, 1, 99:

vita brevis est, licet supra mille annos exeat,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:

licet ingens janitor... exsanguis terreat umbras,

Verg. A. 6, 400. —With part. for subj.:

isque, licet caeli regione remotos, mente deos adiit,

Ov. M. 15, 62.—With a corresp. tamen:

licet laudem Fortunam, tamen, ut ne Salutem culpem,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 28:

licet saepius tibi hujus generis litteras mittam... sed tamen, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

licet tibi significarim, ut ad me venires, tamen, etc.,

id. Att. 3, 12, 3; Quint. 2, 2, 8; 8, 3, 69:

licet ergo non sint confirmati testamento, a me tamen, ut confirmati, observabuntur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 3; Quint. 7 praef. § 2: constet illi licet fides et benevolentia, tranquillitas tamen, etc., Sen. Tranq. Anim. 7, 6.—With ellips. of subj.:

immatura licet, tamen huc non noxia veni (sc. venias),

Prop. 5, 11, 17.—With a corresp. certe:

licet enim haec quivis arbitratu suo reprehendat... certe levior reprehensio est,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 102.—

With indic. (post-class.):

licet inter gesta et facta videtur quaedam esse subtilis differentia, attamen, etc.,

Dig. 50, 16, 58; 2, 15, 8, § 25:

licet directae libertates deficiunt, attamen, etc.,

ib. 29, 7, 2: obduxi licet arma, sum Priapus, Poëta ap. Anth. Lat. 5, 218; Macr. S. 1, 11; App. M. 2, p. 117, 25.—

As an adv. with adj. or part., although (post-class.):

licet contumacissimum, tamen efficacissimum, etc.,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 8, 1:

miles, licet membris vigentibus firmus, se solum circumspicit,

Amm. 14, 10, 12; 17, 12, 11; Claud. Mam. Paneg. Max. 1.—Hence,

lĭcens, entis, P. a., free, unrestrained, uncurbed, bold, forward, presumptuous, licentious.

Of persons (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

quam audaces et quam licentes sumus qui, etc.,

Gell. 15, 9, 4:

unde licens Fabius sacra Lupercus habet,

Prop. 4, 1, 26:

turba licens, Naides improbae,

Sen. Hippol. 777.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things (once in Cic.; elsewh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

licentior dithyrambus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

hic tibi multa licet sermone licentia tecto Dicere,

Ov. A. A. 1, 569:

joci,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 93:

licentior epistula, Plin. N. H. prooem. § 1: imperium,

Val. Max. 6, 4, 2:

vita,

id. 9, 1, 3. —Hence, adv.: lĭcenter, freely, according to one's own pleasure or fancy; and, in a bad sense, without restraint, boldly, impudently, licentiously (class.):

at quam licenter!

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

id. Or. 23, 77:

Graeci licenter multa,

Quint. 1, 8, 6:

aliquid facere,

Liv. 26, 10.— Comp.:

(servos) licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

Romanos, remoto metu, laxius licentiusque futuros,

more remiss in their discipline, Sall. J. 87 fin.:

gerere res communes,

id. ib. 108:

ausi aliquid,

Quint. 2, 4, 14:

si quid licentius dixerint,

id. 1, 2, 7:

translata,

id. 8, 3, 37; 12, 10, 50:

Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane licentius, quam ut fori severitas ferat,

id. 8, 6, 24; Tac. A. 6, 13.—

lĭcĭtus, a, um, P. a., permitted, allowed, allowable, lawful ( poet. and post-Aug. for permissus, honestus):

sermo,

Verg. A. 8, 468:

torus,

Petr. 34, 8:

acies,

Stat. Th. 11, 123:

negotiatio,

Dig. 37, 14, 2:

contractus,

ib. 50, 14, 3.—In plur. as subst.: lĭcĭta, ōrum, n., things that are lawful:

ipse per licita atque illicita foedatus,

Tac. A. 15, 37.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭcĭtē and lĭcĭtō, rightfully, lawfully (post-class. for juste, honeste, legitime).—Form licite, Dig. 30, 114, § 5.—

Form licito,

Sol. 11, 8; Cod. Th. 11, 8, 3.

lĭcet, cŭit and cĭtum est, 2 (old form, licessit for licuerit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13; imp. liceto, Lex ap. Inscr. Grut. 202, 508 al.), v. n. and impers. [root lic-; Gr. lip-; v. 1. liceo], it is lawful, it is allowed or permitted; one may or can, one is at liberty to do so and so; constr. with neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron., with inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat., or dat. and inf., with ut or (more freq.) with the simple subj., or entirely absol.

With neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron. as a subject, with or without a dat.:

licere id dicimus, quod legibus, quod more majorum institutisque conceditur. Neque enim quod quisque potest, id ei licet,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non lubere,

id. Att. 14, 19, 4:

quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis,

id. Rab. Post. 5, 11; cf.:

si hominibus tantum licere judicas, quantum possunt: vide, ne, etc.,

id. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit,

Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12: neque idem ubique aut licet aut decorum est, Quint. 5, 10, 40:

quod in foro non expedit, illic nec liceat,

id. 9, 2, 67:

sin et poterit Naevius id quod lubet et ei lubebit, quod non licet, quid agendum est?

Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

nihil, quod per leges liceret,

id. Mil. 16, 43:

cui tantum de te licuit?

Verg. A. 6, 502; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 150:

cui tantum fata licere In generum voluere tuum,

Luc. 9, 1025; cf.:

tantumque licere horruit,

Sil. 14, 670.—Rarely in plur.:

cum in servum omnia liceant, est, etc.,

Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—

With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.: neque terram inicere, neque cruenta Convestire corpora mihi licuit, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.):

licet nemini contra patriam ducere exercitum,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

ut tibi id facere liceat,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

M. Catoni licuit Tusculi se in otio delectare,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

sceleris crimine liceat Cn. Pompeio mortuo, liceat multis aliis carere,

id. Lig. 6, 18; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

quaerere, qui licuerit aedificare navem senatori,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45:

meamet facta mihi dicere licet,

Sall. J. 85, 24.—Without a dat.:

introire in aedes numquam licitum est,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 70:

impune optare istuc licet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 14:

modo liceat vivere,

id. Heaut. 5, 2, 28:

licetne scire ex te?

id. Hec. 5, 4, 33:

hic subitam rerum commutationem videre licuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 1; 3, 96, 4:

si facere omnino non licebit,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

licet ora ipsa cernere iratorum,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Div. 1, 41, 91:

licet hoc videre,

id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Div. 1, 7, 13; id. Inv. 1, 15, 21; 2, 23, 71; 2, 9, 29:

veretur ne non liceat tenere hereditatem,

id. Att. 13, 48, 1:

licetne extra ordinem in provocantem hostem pugnare?

Liv. 23, 47, 1:

poscere ut perculsis instare liceat,

id. 2, 65, 2. —With inf. pass. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 660 sq.):

intellegi jam licet, nullum fore imperium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

idque e pontificio jure intellegi licet,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; cf.:

his cognosci licuit, quantum, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28; Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

evocari ex insula Cyprios non licet,

id. Att. 5, 21, 6:

in senatu dici nihil liceat,

id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

coöptari sacerdotem licebat,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 9:

in eum ordinem coöptari licet,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

id primum in poëtis cerni licet,

id. de Or. 3, 7, 27; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—The noun of the subject-clause is regularly in the acc.:

licet me id scire quid sit?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 14:

non licet hominem esse, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

si licet me latere,

id. ib. 4, 2, 5:

hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui!

id. ib. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, id. Hec. prol. alt. 3: non licet me isto tanto bono uti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

cum non liceret Romae quemquam esse, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

100: ex eis locis, in quibus te habere nihil licet,

id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §

45: quare licet etiam mortalem esse animum judicantem aeterna moliri,

id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

cur his per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberos non licet?

id. Fl. 29, 71 B. and K. (al. liberis; v. infra).—So with esse:

liceat esse miseros,

Cic. Lig. 6, 18; cf.:

medios esse jam non licebit,

id. Att. 10, 8, 4; id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; 1, 38, 91 Klotz N. cr.; also with fieri:

ut eum liceat ante tempus consulem fieri,

Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque dicere, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

haec praescripta servantem licet magnifice vivere,

id. Off. 1, 26, 92:

licet tamen opera prodesse multis, beneficia petentem, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 19, 67.—So with acc. with a subject-inf., esse or fieri, even when licet is accompanied by the dat.:

si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum,

Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

potest incidere quaestio, An huic esse procuratorem liceat?

Quint. 7, 1, 19:

procuratorem tibi esse non licuit,

id. 4, 4, 6 Zumpt N. cr.:

mihi non licet esse piam,

Ov. H. 14, 64: is erat annus, quo per leges ei consulem fieri liceret Caes. B. C. 3, 1 Oud. N. cr. —But more freq., in this case, there is an attraction of the predicate-noun to the dative dependent on licet.—Hence,

Licet alicui with inf., esp. with esse:

per hanc tibi cenam incenato esse hodie licet,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 31:

per hanc curam quieto tibi licet esse,

id. Ep. 3, 2, 2:

licuit esse otioso Themistocli,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; cf.:

ut tibi abesse liceat, et esse otioso,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: quare [p. 1063] judici mihi non esse liceat, id. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

ut iis ingratis esse non liceat,

id. Off. 2, 18, 63:

quo in genere mihi neglegenti esse non licet,

id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

cur iis per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberis non licet?

id. Fl. 29, 71 (B. and K. liberos; v. supra):

quibus otiosis ne in communi quidem otio liceat esse,

id. Cael. 1, 1:

quibus licet jam esse fortunatissimis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 8:

illis timidis et ignavis licet esse,

Liv. 21, 44, 3.—With other verbs than esse:

ut sibi per te liceat innocenti vitam in egestate degere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

cum postulasset... ut sibi triumphanti urbem invehi liceret,

Liv. 38, 44 fin. —

Very rarely, in this construction, the dative with licet is wanting, and is to be supplied from the connection: atqui licet esse beatis (sc. iis),

Hor. S. 1, 1, 19:

licet eminus esse Fortibus,

Ov. M. 8, 405:

Hannibal precatur deos ut incolumi cedere atque abire liceat,

Liv. 26, 41, 16:

sibi vitam filiae suā cariorem fuisse, si liberae ac pudicae vivere licitum fuisset,

id. 3, 50, 6. Cf. on this and the preced. construction, Krüger, Untersuchungen, vol. iii. p. 359 sq.; Ruddim. 2, p. 15; Zumpt, Gram. § 601; Madv. Gram. § 393, c. and obs. 1.—

With ut, and more freq. with the simple subj.:

neque jam mihi licet neque est integrum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

facto nunc laedat licet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

mea quidem causa salvos sis licet,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 51:

ludas licet,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

fremant omnes licet,

Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 195:

sed omnia licet concurrant,

id. Att. 14, 4, 2:

ex qua licet pauca degustes,

id. ib. 1, 16, 8:

vel ipsi hoc dicas licet,

id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

quamvis licet insectemur istos, metuo ne soli philosophi sint,

id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; cf. id. Leg. 3, 10, 24; id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

sequatur Hermagoram licebit,

id. Inv. 1, 51, 97; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

sis pecore et multa dives tellure licebit,

Hor. Epod. 15, 19:

detrahat auctori multum fortuna licebit,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 3; Verg. A. 6, 400. Cf. also under II. a.—

As a v. impers. absol., with or without dat.:

immo, aliis si licet, tibi non licet,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 15, 49:

cum licitum est ei,

id. And. 2, 6, 12:

nec crederem mihi impunius Licere,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 50:

quod profecto faciam, si mihi per ejusdem amicitiam licebit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3: Ph. Sed quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi. He. Licet, that may be or may be done, I have no objection, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 29:

si per vos licet,

id. As. prol. 12:

id quod postea, si per vos, judices, licitum erit, aperietur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 127:

dum per aetatem licet,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 28:

fruare, dum licet,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 104; cf.:

dum licet, loquimini mecum,

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 16:

sic ut quimus, aiunt, quando, ut volumus, non licet,

id. And. 4, 5, 10:

ut id, quoad posset, quod fas esset, quoad liceret, populi ad partes daret,

Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19.

Transf. When licet introduces a subordinate proposition, which makes a concession, without abandoning the main proposition, it is used as a conjunction corresponding to quamvis, quamquam, etsi. In late Latin it is, like these, connected with the indicative, and in the class. per. it is not unfreq. opposed to tamen and certe in the main proposition; even if, although, notwithstanding.

With subj. (class.):

quoniam quidem semel suscepi, licet hercules undique omnes mihi minae et terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

improbitas, licet adversario molesta sit, judici invisa est,

Quint. 6, 4, 15: in comoedia maxime claudamus: licet Varro Musas Plautino dicat sermone locuturas fuisse, si Latine loqui vellent;

licet, etc.,

id. 10, 1, 99:

vita brevis est, licet supra mille annos exeat,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:

licet ingens janitor... exsanguis terreat umbras,

Verg. A. 6, 400. —With part. for subj.:

isque, licet caeli regione remotos, mente deos adiit,

Ov. M. 15, 62.—With a corresp. tamen:

licet laudem Fortunam, tamen, ut ne Salutem culpem,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 28:

licet saepius tibi hujus generis litteras mittam... sed tamen, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

licet tibi significarim, ut ad me venires, tamen, etc.,

id. Att. 3, 12, 3; Quint. 2, 2, 8; 8, 3, 69:

licet ergo non sint confirmati testamento, a me tamen, ut confirmati, observabuntur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 3; Quint. 7 praef. § 2: constet illi licet fides et benevolentia, tranquillitas tamen, etc., Sen. Tranq. Anim. 7, 6.—With ellips. of subj.:

immatura licet, tamen huc non noxia veni (sc. venias),

Prop. 5, 11, 17.—With a corresp. certe:

licet enim haec quivis arbitratu suo reprehendat... certe levior reprehensio est,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 102.—

With indic. (post-class.):

licet inter gesta et facta videtur quaedam esse subtilis differentia, attamen, etc.,

Dig. 50, 16, 58; 2, 15, 8, § 25:

licet directae libertates deficiunt, attamen, etc.,

ib. 29, 7, 2: obduxi licet arma, sum Priapus, Poëta ap. Anth. Lat. 5, 218; Macr. S. 1, 11; App. M. 2, p. 117, 25.—

As an adv. with adj. or part., although (post-class.):

licet contumacissimum, tamen efficacissimum, etc.,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 8, 1:

miles, licet membris vigentibus firmus, se solum circumspicit,

Amm. 14, 10, 12; 17, 12, 11; Claud. Mam. Paneg. Max. 1.—Hence,

lĭcens, entis, P. a., free, unrestrained, uncurbed, bold, forward, presumptuous, licentious.

Of persons (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

quam audaces et quam licentes sumus qui, etc.,

Gell. 15, 9, 4:

unde licens Fabius sacra Lupercus habet,

Prop. 4, 1, 26:

turba licens, Naides improbae,

Sen. Hippol. 777.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things (once in Cic.; elsewh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

licentior dithyrambus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

hic tibi multa licet sermone licentia tecto Dicere,

Ov. A. A. 1, 569:

joci,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 93:

licentior epistula, Plin. N. H. prooem. § 1: imperium,

Val. Max. 6, 4, 2:

vita,

id. 9, 1, 3. —Hence, adv.: lĭcenter, freely, according to one's own pleasure or fancy; and, in a bad sense, without restraint, boldly, impudently, licentiously (class.):

at quam licenter!

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

id. Or. 23, 77:

Graeci licenter multa,

Quint. 1, 8, 6:

aliquid facere,

Liv. 26, 10.— Comp.:

(servos) licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

Romanos, remoto metu, laxius licentiusque futuros,

more remiss in their discipline, Sall. J. 87 fin.:

gerere res communes,

id. ib. 108:

ausi aliquid,

Quint. 2, 4, 14:

si quid licentius dixerint,

id. 1, 2, 7:

translata,

id. 8, 3, 37; 12, 10, 50:

Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane licentius, quam ut fori severitas ferat,

id. 8, 6, 24; Tac. A. 6, 13.—

lĭcĭtus, a, um, P. a., permitted, allowed, allowable, lawful ( poet. and post-Aug. for permissus, honestus):

sermo,

Verg. A. 8, 468:

torus,

Petr. 34, 8:

acies,

Stat. Th. 11, 123:

negotiatio,

Dig. 37, 14, 2:

contractus,

ib. 50, 14, 3.—In plur. as subst.: lĭcĭta, ōrum, n., things that are lawful:

ipse per licita atque illicita foedatus,

Tac. A. 15, 37.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭcĭtē and lĭcĭtō, rightfully, lawfully (post-class. for juste, honeste, legitime).—Form licite, Dig. 30, 114, § 5.—

Form licito,

Sol. 11, 8; Cod. Th. 11, 8, 3.

lĭcet, cŭit and cĭtum est, 2 (old form, licessit for licuerit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13; imp. liceto, Lex ap. Inscr. Grut. 202, 508 al.), v. n. and impers. [root lic-; Gr. lip-; v. 1. liceo], it is lawful, it is allowed or permitted; one may or can, one is at liberty to do so and so; constr. with neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron., with inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat., or dat. and inf., with ut or (more freq.) with the simple subj., or entirely absol.

With neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron. as a subject, with or without a dat.:

licere id dicimus, quod legibus, quod more majorum institutisque conceditur. Neque enim quod quisque potest, id ei licet,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non lubere,

id. Att. 14, 19, 4:

quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis,

id. Rab. Post. 5, 11; cf.:

si hominibus tantum licere judicas, quantum possunt: vide, ne, etc.,

id. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit,

Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12: neque idem ubique aut licet aut decorum est, Quint. 5, 10, 40:

quod in foro non expedit, illic nec liceat,

id. 9, 2, 67:

sin et poterit Naevius id quod lubet et ei lubebit, quod non licet, quid agendum est?

Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

nihil, quod per leges liceret,

id. Mil. 16, 43:

cui tantum de te licuit?

Verg. A. 6, 502; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 150:

cui tantum fata licere In generum voluere tuum,

Luc. 9, 1025; cf.:

tantumque licere horruit,

Sil. 14, 670.—Rarely in plur.:

cum in servum omnia liceant, est, etc.,

Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—

With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.: neque terram inicere, neque cruenta Convestire corpora mihi licuit, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.):

licet nemini contra patriam ducere exercitum,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

ut tibi id facere liceat,

id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

M. Catoni licuit Tusculi se in otio delectare,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

sceleris crimine liceat Cn. Pompeio mortuo, liceat multis aliis carere,

id. Lig. 6, 18; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

quaerere, qui licuerit aedificare navem senatori,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45:

meamet facta mihi dicere licet,

Sall. J. 85, 24.—Without a dat.:

introire in aedes numquam licitum est,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 70:

impune optare istuc licet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 14:

modo liceat vivere,

id. Heaut. 5, 2, 28:

licetne scire ex te?

id. Hec. 5, 4, 33:

hic subitam rerum commutationem videre licuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 1; 3, 96, 4:

si facere omnino non licebit,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

licet ora ipsa cernere iratorum,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Div. 1, 41, 91:

licet hoc videre,

id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Div. 1, 7, 13; id. Inv. 1, 15, 21; 2, 23, 71; 2, 9, 29:

veretur ne non liceat tenere hereditatem,

id. Att. 13, 48, 1:

licetne extra ordinem in provocantem hostem pugnare?

Liv. 23, 47, 1:

poscere ut perculsis instare liceat,

id. 2, 65, 2. —With inf. pass. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 660 sq.):

intellegi jam licet, nullum fore imperium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

idque e pontificio jure intellegi licet,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; cf.:

his cognosci licuit, quantum, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28; Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

evocari ex insula Cyprios non licet,

id. Att. 5, 21, 6:

in senatu dici nihil liceat,

id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

coöptari sacerdotem licebat,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 9:

in eum ordinem coöptari licet,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

id primum in poëtis cerni licet,

id. de Or. 3, 7, 27; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—The noun of the subject-clause is regularly in the acc.:

licet me id scire quid sit?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 14:

non licet hominem esse, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

si licet me latere,

id. ib. 4, 2, 5:

hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui!

id. ib. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, id. Hec. prol. alt. 3: non licet me isto tanto bono uti,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

cum non liceret Romae quemquam esse, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

100: ex eis locis, in quibus te habere nihil licet,

id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §

45: quare licet etiam mortalem esse animum judicantem aeterna moliri,

id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

cur his per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberos non licet?

id. Fl. 29, 71 B. and K. (al. liberis; v. infra).—So with esse:

liceat esse miseros,

Cic. Lig. 6, 18; cf.:

medios esse jam non licebit,

id. Att. 10, 8, 4; id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; 1, 38, 91 Klotz N. cr.; also with fieri:

ut eum liceat ante tempus consulem fieri,

Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque dicere, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

haec praescripta servantem licet magnifice vivere,

id. Off. 1, 26, 92:

licet tamen opera prodesse multis, beneficia petentem, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 19, 67.—So with acc. with a subject-inf., esse or fieri, even when licet is accompanied by the dat.:

si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum,

Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

potest incidere quaestio, An huic esse procuratorem liceat?

Quint. 7, 1, 19:

procuratorem tibi esse non licuit,

id. 4, 4, 6 Zumpt N. cr.:

mihi non licet esse piam,

Ov. H. 14, 64: is erat annus, quo per leges ei consulem fieri liceret Caes. B. C. 3, 1 Oud. N. cr. —But more freq., in this case, there is an attraction of the predicate-noun to the dative dependent on licet.—Hence,

Licet alicui with inf., esp. with esse:

per hanc tibi cenam incenato esse hodie licet,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 31:

per hanc curam quieto tibi licet esse,

id. Ep. 3, 2, 2:

licuit esse otioso Themistocli,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; cf.:

ut tibi abesse liceat, et esse otioso,

id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: quare [p. 1063] judici mihi non esse liceat, id. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

ut iis ingratis esse non liceat,

id. Off. 2, 18, 63:

quo in genere mihi neglegenti esse non licet,

id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

cur iis per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberis non licet?

id. Fl. 29, 71 (B. and K. liberos; v. supra):

quibus otiosis ne in communi quidem otio liceat esse,

id. Cael. 1, 1:

quibus licet jam esse fortunatissimis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 8:

illis timidis et ignavis licet esse,

Liv. 21, 44, 3.—With other verbs than esse:

ut sibi per te liceat innocenti vitam in egestate degere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

cum postulasset... ut sibi triumphanti urbem invehi liceret,

Liv. 38, 44 fin. —

Very rarely, in this construction, the dative with licet is wanting, and is to be supplied from the connection: atqui licet esse beatis (sc. iis),

Hor. S. 1, 1, 19:

licet eminus esse Fortibus,

Ov. M. 8, 405:

Hannibal precatur deos ut incolumi cedere atque abire liceat,

Liv. 26, 41, 16:

sibi vitam filiae suā cariorem fuisse, si liberae ac pudicae vivere licitum fuisset,

id. 3, 50, 6. Cf. on this and the preced. construction, Krüger, Untersuchungen, vol. iii. p. 359 sq.; Ruddim. 2, p. 15; Zumpt, Gram. § 601; Madv. Gram. § 393, c. and obs. 1.—

With ut, and more freq. with the simple subj.:

neque jam mihi licet neque est integrum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

facto nunc laedat licet,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

mea quidem causa salvos sis licet,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 51:

ludas licet,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

fremant omnes licet,

Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 195:

sed omnia licet concurrant,

id. Att. 14, 4, 2:

ex qua licet pauca degustes,

id. ib. 1, 16, 8:

vel ipsi hoc dicas licet,

id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

quamvis licet insectemur istos, metuo ne soli philosophi sint,

id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; cf. id. Leg. 3, 10, 24; id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

sequatur Hermagoram licebit,

id. Inv. 1, 51, 97; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

sis pecore et multa dives tellure licebit,

Hor. Epod. 15, 19:

detrahat auctori multum fortuna licebit,

Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 3; Verg. A. 6, 400. Cf. also under II. a.—

As a v. impers. absol., with or without dat.:

immo, aliis si licet, tibi non licet,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 15, 49:

cum licitum est ei,

id. And. 2, 6, 12:

nec crederem mihi impunius Licere,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 50:

quod profecto faciam, si mihi per ejusdem amicitiam licebit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3: Ph. Sed quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi. He. Licet, that may be or may be done, I have no objection, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 29:

si per vos licet,

id. As. prol. 12:

id quod postea, si per vos, judices, licitum erit, aperietur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 127:

dum per aetatem licet,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 28:

fruare, dum licet,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 104; cf.:

dum licet, loquimini mecum,

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 16:

sic ut quimus, aiunt, quando, ut volumus, non licet,

id. And. 4, 5, 10:

ut id, quoad posset, quod fas esset, quoad liceret, populi ad partes daret,

Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19.

Transf. When licet introduces a subordinate proposition, which makes a concession, without abandoning the main proposition, it is used as a conjunction corresponding to quamvis, quamquam, etsi. In late Latin it is, like these, connected with the indicative, and in the class. per. it is not unfreq. opposed to tamen and certe in the main proposition; even if, although, notwithstanding.

With subj. (class.):

quoniam quidem semel suscepi, licet hercules undique omnes mihi minae et terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

improbitas, licet adversario molesta sit, judici invisa est,

Quint. 6, 4, 15: in comoedia maxime claudamus: licet Varro Musas Plautino dicat sermone locuturas fuisse, si Latine loqui vellent;

licet, etc.,

id. 10, 1, 99:

vita brevis est, licet supra mille annos exeat,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:

licet ingens janitor... exsanguis terreat umbras,

Verg. A. 6, 400. —With part. for subj.:

isque, licet caeli regione remotos, mente deos adiit,

Ov. M. 15, 62.—With a corresp. tamen:

licet laudem Fortunam, tamen, ut ne Salutem culpem,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 28:

licet saepius tibi hujus generis litteras mittam... sed tamen, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

licet tibi significarim, ut ad me venires, tamen, etc.,

id. Att. 3, 12, 3; Quint. 2, 2, 8; 8, 3, 69:

licet ergo non sint confirmati testamento, a me tamen, ut confirmati, observabuntur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 3; Quint. 7 praef. § 2: constet illi licet fides et benevolentia, tranquillitas tamen, etc., Sen. Tranq. Anim. 7, 6.—With ellips. of subj.:

immatura licet, tamen huc non noxia veni (sc. venias),

Prop. 5, 11, 17.—With a corresp. certe:

licet enim haec quivis arbitratu suo reprehendat... certe levior reprehensio est,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 102.—

With indic. (post-class.):

licet inter gesta et facta videtur quaedam esse subtilis differentia, attamen, etc.,

Dig. 50, 16, 58; 2, 15, 8, § 25:

licet directae libertates deficiunt, attamen, etc.,

ib. 29, 7, 2: obduxi licet arma, sum Priapus, Poëta ap. Anth. Lat. 5, 218; Macr. S. 1, 11; App. M. 2, p. 117, 25.—

As an adv. with adj. or part., although (post-class.):

licet contumacissimum, tamen efficacissimum, etc.,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 8, 1:

miles, licet membris vigentibus firmus, se solum circumspicit,

Amm. 14, 10, 12; 17, 12, 11; Claud. Mam. Paneg. Max. 1.—Hence,

lĭcens, entis, P. a., free, unrestrained, uncurbed, bold, forward, presumptuous, licentious.

Of persons (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

quam audaces et quam licentes sumus qui, etc.,

Gell. 15, 9, 4:

unde licens Fabius sacra Lupercus habet,

Prop. 4, 1, 26:

turba licens, Naides improbae,

Sen. Hippol. 777.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things (once in Cic.; elsewh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

licentior dithyrambus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

hic tibi multa licet sermone licentia tecto Dicere,

Ov. A. A. 1, 569:

joci,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 93:

licentior epistula, Plin. N. H. prooem. § 1: imperium,

Val. Max. 6, 4, 2:

vita,

id. 9, 1, 3. —Hence, adv.: lĭcenter, freely, according to one's own pleasure or fancy; and, in a bad sense, without restraint, boldly, impudently, licentiously (class.):

at quam licenter!

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

id. Or. 23, 77:

Graeci licenter multa,

Quint. 1, 8, 6:

aliquid facere,

Liv. 26, 10.— Comp.:

(servos) licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

Romanos, remoto metu, laxius licentiusque futuros,

more remiss in their discipline, Sall. J. 87 fin.:

gerere res communes,

id. ib. 108:

ausi aliquid,

Quint. 2, 4, 14:

si quid licentius dixerint,

id. 1, 2, 7:

translata,

id. 8, 3, 37; 12, 10, 50:

Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane licentius, quam ut fori severitas ferat,

id. 8, 6, 24; Tac. A. 6, 13.—

lĭcĭtus, a, um, P. a., permitted, allowed, allowable, lawful ( poet. and post-Aug. for permissus, honestus):

sermo,

Verg. A. 8, 468:

torus,

Petr. 34, 8:

acies,

Stat. Th. 11, 123:

negotiatio,

Dig. 37, 14, 2:

contractus,

ib. 50, 14, 3.—In plur. as subst.: lĭcĭta, ōrum, n., things that are lawful:

ipse per licita atque illicita foedatus,

Tac. A. 15, 37.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭcĭtē and lĭcĭtō, rightfully, lawfully (post-class. for juste, honeste, legitime).—Form licite, Dig. 30, 114, § 5.—

Form licito,

Sol. 11, 8; Cod. Th. 11, 8, 3.

ŏmitto, īsi, issum, 3, v. a. [ob-mitto], to let go, let loose, let fall.

Lit. (rare; perh. not in Cic.; cf.:

amitto, dimitto): aliquam,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 2; id. Stich. 2, 2, 11:

mulierem,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 18:

habenas,

to let go, Tac. H. 1, 86:

arma,

to let fall, Liv. 21, 11:

animam,

to give up the ghost, to die, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 85.—

Trop. (class.).

In gen., to lay aside, let go, give up, dismiss, neglect, disregard:

omittere tristitiam,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 3:

iracundiam,

id. ib. 4, 7, 36:

noxiam,

to leave unpunished, id. Eun. 5, 2, 14:

apparatum,

Liv. 37, 10:

nec nostrae nobis utilitates omittendae sunt,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42:

omitte timorem,

lay aside, id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

voluptates,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 36:

omnibus omissis his rebus,

laying aside all those things, Caes. B. G. 7, 34:

primam navigationem ne omiseris,

do not neglect, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3:

teneo quam optabam occasionem neque omittam,

id. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

hostes,

Just. 1, 8, 6:

ducum officia,

id. 11, 9, 8.—

In partic.

To pass over, say nothing of, omit, in speaking (cf., relinquo, praetereo):

ut omittam cetera quae sunt innumerabilia,

Cic. Brut. 76, 266; cf.:

ut alia omittam,

id. Quint. 22, 70:

omitto illa vetera, quod, etc.,

id. Att. 8, 3, 3:

innumerabiles viros,

id. Rep 1, 1, 1:

de reditu,

id. Pis. 22, 51:

de me,

id. Rab. Post. 12, 34; Lact. 4, 24, 6.—

Of an action, to leave off, give over, cease doing any thing (syn. desino).—With inf.:

iratus esse,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 26. rogare, id. ib. 4, 4, 90: lugere. Cic. Brut. 76, 266:

curare aliquid,

id. Cael. 22, 54:

mirari,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 11.—Hence, ŏmissus, a, um, P. a., negligent, heedless, remiss (ante-class.): animo esse omisso, Ter, Heaut. 5, 2, 9.— Comp.:

ab re Omissior,

in respect of property, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 44.

rē̆-frīgesco, frixi, 3, v. inch. n., to grow cold or cool (class.; most freq. in the trop. sense, and in Cic.).

Lit.:

ubi id vinum refrixerit, in dolium refundito,

Cato, R. R. 105:

cor vulnere laesum refrixit,

Ov. M. 12, 422:

ager,

Col. 2, 15, 2:

plaga per auras,

Lucr. 4, 703:

sanguis vel calescit vel refrigescit,

Cels. 4, 3. —

Trop., to grow cold or remiss; to abate, grow stale, lose interest; to fail, flag in strength or zeal:

illud crimen de nummis caluit re recenti, nunc in causā refrixit,

Cic. Planc. 23, 55:

calor ille cogitationis, qui scribendi morā refrixit, recepit ex integro vires,

Quint. 10, 3, 6:

belli apparatus refrigescent,

Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 30:

res,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 25 Ruhnk.; cf.:

res interpellata bello,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 4:

hasta Caesaris,

to go on coldly, to flag, id. Fam. 9, 10, 3 Manut.;

15, 17, 2: oratio,

Quint. 4, 3, 2; cf.:

imagines mora stili,

id. 10, 7, 14:

sortes plane,

i. e. have gone quite out of use, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 87:

quod de Pompeio Caninius agit, sane quam refrixit,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

cum Romae a judiciis forum refrixerit,

has a cessation from judicial business, id. Att. 1, 1, 2: Domitius cum Messalā certus esse videbatur;

Scaurus refrixerat,

had given up, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 3; cf.

Memmius,

id. Att. 4, 18, 3:

charitas multorum,

Vulg. Matt. 24, 12.

rĕ-mitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to let go back, send back, despatch back, drive back, cause to return (class. and very freq.; cf. reddo).

Lit.

In gen.: Al. Redde mihi illam (filiam)... Non remissura es mihi illam?... non remittes? Me. Non remittam! Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 29 sq.:

a legione omnes remissi sunt domum Thebis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 22:

aliquem domum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43 fin.; 4, 21; 7, 4 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 27 fin.:

mulieres Romam,

Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2:

paucos in regnum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 44:

Fabium cum legione in sua hiberna,

id. B. G. 5, 53:

partem legionum in sua castra,

id. B. C. 3, 97:

ad parentes aliquem nuntium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 15:

aliquem ad aliquem,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 1; Cic. Fam. 16, 5, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 24; 26:

obsides alicui,

id. B. G. 3, 8 fin.; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 14:

is argentum huc remisit,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 69:

librum tibi remisi,

Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2: pila intercepta, to cast or hurl back, Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so,

tractum de corpore telum,

Ov. M. 5, 95:

epistulam ad aliquem,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 43:

litteras Caesari,

Caes. B. G. 5, 47; cf.:

scripta ad eum mandata per eos,

id. B. C. 1, 10:

naves ad aliquem,

id. B. G. 5, 23; so,

naves,

id. B. C. 1, 27:

obsides,

id. B. G. 3, 8; 3, 29:

nonne vides etiam, quantā vi tigna trabesque Respuat umor aquae?.. Tam cupide sursum revomit magis atque remittit,

drives back, Lucr. 2, 199; so,

aquas longe (cautes),

Sen. Hippol. 583:

calces (equi),

i. e. kick out behind, Nep. Eum. 5, 5.—

To send forth from itself, give out, yield:

ut melius muriā, quam testa marina remittit,

gives forth, yields, Hor. S. 2, 8, 53:

muriam,

Col. 12, 9 init.:

minimum seri,

id. 12, 13:

umorem (humus),

id. 12, 15 init.:

aeruginem (vasa aenea),

id. 12, 20, 2:

nec umenti sensit tellure remitti (nebulas),

Ov. M. 1, 604:

umorem ex se ipsa remittit,

Verg. G. 2, 218:

quod baca remisit olivae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 69:

sanguinem e pulmone,

Ov. P. 1, 3, 19.—

In partic.

To let go back, to loosen, slacken, relax any thing strained, bound, rigid, etc. (syn. relaxo;

opp. intendo, adduco): in agro ambulanti ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum recidisse,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123; cf.:

habenas vel adducere vel remittere,

id. Lael. 13, 45:

frena,

Ov. M. 2, 191 (opp. retinere);

6, 228: lora,

id. ib. 2, 200; id. Am. 3, 2, 14; cf.:

vela pennarum,

Lucr. 6, 743:

ira contractis, hilaritas remissis (superciliis) ostenditur,

Quint. 11, 3, 79:

quattuor remissis (digitis) magis quam tensis,

id. 11, 3, 99:

digitis,

Ov. H. 19, 197:

remissis,

id. M. 4, 229: junctasque manus remisit;

vinclis remissis, etc.,

i. e. to loose, id. ib. 9, 314 sq.:

digitum contrahens ac remittens,

Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 94: bracchia, i. e. to let sink or fall down, Verg. G. 1, 202: remissas manus, sinking or failing, Vulg. Heb. 12, 12:

frigore mella Cogit hiems eademque calor liquefacta remittit,

dissolves again, melts, Verg. G. 4, 36; cf.:

cum se purpureo vere remittit humus,

opens again, thaws, Tib. 3, 5, 4:

vere remissus ager,

Ov. F. 4, 126. —

To leave behind, produce:

veluti tractata notam labemque remittunt Atramenta,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 235.—

Jurid. t. t.: remittere nuntium or repudium, to send a bill of divorce, to dissolve a marriage or betrothal; v. nuntius and repudium.—

Trop.

In gen., to send back, give back, return, restore, dismiss, remove, etc.:

(specula) simulacra remittunt,

Lucr. 4, 337 Lachm.:

vocem late nemora alta remittunt,

Verg. A. 12, 929; cf.:

totidemque remisit Verba locus,

Ov. M. 3, 500:

chorda sonum... remittit acutum (with reddere),

Hor. A. P. 349:

vos me imperatoris nomine appellavistis: cujus si vos paenitet, vestrum vobis beneficium remitto, mihi meum restituite nomen,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

quin etiam ipsis (imperium) remittere,

id. B. G. 7, 20: integram causam ad senatum remittit, refers, Tac. A. 3, 10:

a quibus appellatum erit, si forte ad eosdem remittemur,

Quint. 11, 1, 76; 12, 10, 21:

veniam,

to return, repay, Verg. A. 4, 436:

quae nisi respuis ex animo longeque remittis,

Lucr. 6, 68; cf.:

opinionem animo,

to dismiss, reject, cast off, Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto,

resign it, id. Sull. 30, 84:

utramque provinciam remitto, exercitum depono,

id. Phil. 8, 8, 25:

Galliam togatam,

id. ib. 8, 9, 27.—

In partic.

(Acc. to I A. 2. a.) To slacken, relax, relieve, release, abate, remit (freq. and class.):

omnes sonorum tum intendens tum remittens persequetur gradus,

Cic. Or. 18, 59; cf.:

(sonorum vis) tum remittit animos, tum contrahit,

id. Leg. 2, 15, 38: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed quibus relaxem ac remittam, relieve, recreate, refresh, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 383, 23:

ut requiescerem curamque animi remitterem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 61, § 137:

animum per dies festos licentius,

Liv. 27, 31; and in a like sense with se, Nep. Alcib. 1 fin.;

and mid.: mirum est, ut opusculis animus intendatur remittaturque,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 13:

animos a contentione pugnae,

Liv. 5, 41:

animos a certamine,

id. 9, 12:

animos a religione,

id. 5, 25; cf.:

nihil apud milites remittitur a summo certamine,

id. 6, 24, 10:

superioris temporis contentionem,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14 fin.; cf. Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

diligentiam in perdiscendo ac memoriam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14; cf.:

curam et diligentiam remittunt,

id. B. C. 2, 13:

summum illud suum studium remisit,

Cic. Brut. 93, 320:

ea studia remissa temporibus revocavi,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1:

belli opera,

Liv. 30, 3:

bellum,

id. 30, 23:

pugnam,

Sall. J. 60, 3 al.:

urguent tamen et nihil remittunt,

Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 77: equites petere ut sibi laxaret aliquid laboris;

quibus ille, ne nihil remissum dicatis, remitto, etc.,

Liv. 9, 16:

cottidie aliquid iracundiae remittebat,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 19; cf. id. Att. 10, 4, 2:

aliquid de suo,

id. Rab. Post. 11, 31:

horam de meis legitimis horis,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

aliquid de severitate cogendi,

id. Phil. 1, 5, 12; 13, 17, 36:

nihil de saevitiā,

Tac. A. 6, 25 al.; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

ex eo, quod ipse potest in dicendo, aliquantum remittet,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

aliquid ex pristinā virtute,

Caes. B. C. 3, 28:

aliquid ex curā verborum,

Quint. 10, 7, 22; 7, 1, 22.—With ellipsis of aliquid, etc.:

illum viris fortissimis remittere de summā non potuisse, te mulieri deterrimae recte remississe, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 35, § 82; Liv. 4, 43, 11:

de voluntate nihil,

Cic. Brut. 5, 17:

nihil e solito luxu,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

nihil ex arrogantiā,

id. Agr. 27 al. — Impers.:

tum aequo animo remittendum de celeritate existumabat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49.—

With inf., to cease, leave off, omit to do any thing (rare;

not in Cic. or Cæs.): si cogites, remittas jam me onerare injuriis,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 8:

neque remittit quid ubique hostis ageret explorare,

Sall. J. 52, 5; cf.:

quid bellicosus Cantaber cogitet, remittas Quaerere,

Hor. C. 2, 11, 3.—

With se, or mid., to relax, abate:

ubi dolor et inflammatio se remiserunt,

Cels. 4, 24 fin.; cf.:

cum se furor ille remisit,

Ov. H. 4, 51:

quae (febres) certum habent circuitum et ex toto remittuntur,

Cels. 3, 12; cf. under II.—

Mid., to recreate one ' s self:

eundem, cum scripsi, eundem etiam cum remittor, lego,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 7; cf.:

fas est et carmine remitti,

id. ib. 7, 9, 9; cf.

supra: animus remittatur,

id. ib. 7, 9, 13.—

To give free course to (opp. continere):

animi appetitus, qui tum remitterentur, tum continerentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 34.—

With respect to a person, to free one from any thing; to give up, grant, forgive, yield, resign, concede, surrender, sacrifice a thing to any one (= concedere, condonare); with acc. of the offence:

Tranioni remitte quaeso hanc noxiam causā meā,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47:

injuriam,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 2 Dietsch:

quare tum cito senex ille remisit injuriam?

Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 1:

ut ex animo tibi volens omne delictum remittam,

App. M. 3, p. 137, 29; so freq. in late Lat., to remit, forgive a sin or offence:

peccata,

Vulg. Matt. 9, 2:

blasphemia,

id. ib. 12, 31:

cogitationem,

id. Act. 8, 22. — Freq. with acc. of the penalty:

multam,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

poenam alicui,

Liv. 40, 10, 9: ipso remittente Verginio ultimam poenam, id. 3, 59, 10; 8, 35, 1:

omnia tibi ista concedam et remittam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22; cf. id. Ac. 2, 33, 106; and:

alicui remittere atque concedere, ut, etc.,

id. Planc. 30, 73: meam animadversionem et suppli cium... remitto tibi et condono, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 2:

quod natura remittit, Invida jura negant,

Ov. M. 10, 330:

si per populum Romanum stipendium remittatur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

pecunias, quas erant in publicum Varroni cives Romani polliciti, remittit,

id. B. C. 2, 21; cf. Liv. 42, 53: aedes (venditas) alicui, to give up, resign a purchase, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 111:

tempus vobis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 30:

ut patria tantum nobis in nostrum privatum usum, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,

id. Rep. 1, 4, 8:

navem imperare debuisti ex foedere: remisisti in triennium: militem nullum umquam poposcisti per tot annos,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 21:

tibi remittunt omnes istam voluptatem et eā se carere patiuntur,

resign that pleasure to you, id. de Or. 1, 58, 246:

ut memoriam simultatium patriae remitteret,

sacrifice to his country, Liv. 9, 38; cf.:

privata odia publicis utilitatibus remittere,

Tac. A. 1, 10:

ut sibi poenam magistri equitum remitteret (dictator),

that he would remit for their sake, Liv. 8, 35:

dictator consulibus in senatu magnifice conlaudatis et suarum quoque rerum illis remisso honore, dictaturā se abdicavit,

having been resigned in their favor, id. 7, 11:

jus ipsi remittent,

will abandon their claim, id. 6, 18, 7.— Absol.:

remittentibus tribunis plebis comitia per interregem sunt habita,

withdrawing their opposition, Liv. 6, 36, 3:

de tributo remiserunt,

id. 5, 12, 13; cf. Tac. A. 1, 8:

si hoc ipsi remitti vellent, remitterent ipsi de maritumis custodiis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17.—

Poet., with inf., to allow, permit:

sed mora damnosa est nec res dubitare remittit,

Ov. M. 11, 376; cf.:

(Fides) occulte saevire vetat, prodesse remittit,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 37. —

Neutr., to decrease, abate (very rare, but class.):

si forte ventus remisisset,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

imbres,

Liv. 40, 33, 4:

pestilentia,

id. 2, 34, 6:

cum remiserant dolores pedum,

Cic. Brut. 34, 130; cf.:

si remittent quippiam Philumenae dolores,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 14:

tumor remittens,

Cels. 7, 18:

vapor calidus primo non remittit propter levitatem,

does not sink, Vitr. 8, 2.— Hence, rĕmissus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. A. 2. a.), slack, loose, relaxed, languid (opp. contentus, contendere):

membra,

Lucr. 5, 852.

Lit.:

ut onera contentis corporibus facilius feruntur, remissis opprimunt,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

vox, ut nervi, quo remissior, hoc gravior et plenior,

Quint. 11, 3, 42:

ridens Venus et remisso Filius arcu,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 67:

ammoniacum,

i. e. liquid, Pall. 1, 41, 2; cf.

adeps,

Veg. 1, 11, 4. —

Trop., relaxed, not rigid, strict, or hard, both in a good and bad sense.

Mild, gentle, soft, indulgent, cheerful, good-humored, gay, etc. (syn.:

lenis, mitis, dulcis): remissior ventus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

remissiora frigora,

id. B. G. 5, 12 fin.:

cantūs remissiores,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254; cf.:

tum intentis tum remissis modis,

Quint. 11, 3, 17:

si me non improbissime Dolabella tractasset, dubitassem fortasse, utrum remissior essem, an summo jure contenderem,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1:

in eo sermone non remissi sumus,

id. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

remissus et subridens,

Tac. Or. 11 init.:

nisi magistratus valde lenes et remissi sint,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66:

in ulciscendo remissior,

id. Red. ad Quir. 7, 23:

animus (with lenis),

id. de Or. 2, 46, 193; cf.:

remississimo ad otium et ad omnem comitatem animo,

i. e. most prone, Suet. Aug. 98:

remissus et mitis,

Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 5:

cum tristibus severe, cum remissis jucunde vivere,

Cic. Cael. 6, 13; cf. Suet. Galb. 14; id. Claud. 21:

decorus est sermo senis quietus et remissus,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28:

remissius genus dicendi,

id. Sest. 54, 115:

amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

id. Lael. 18, 66; cf.

affectus,

Quint. 10, 1, 73:

egressiones dulces et remissae,

id. 11, 3, 164: joci, gay, merry (opp. curae graves), Ov. M. 3, 319; cf.:

remissiores hilarioresque sermones,

Suet. Tib. 21:

opus,

Ov. Tr. 2, 547. —

Slack, negligent, remiss (syn. languidus):

esse remisso ac languido animo,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21; cf.:

nostris languentibus atque animo remissis,

id. ib. 2, 14: dolus Numidarum [p. 1563] nihil languidi neque remissi patiebatur, i. e. no negligence, Sall. J. 53, 6; 88, 2:

in labore,

Nep. Iphic. 3, 1:

oderunt agilem gnavumque remissi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90:

remissior in petendo,

Cic. Mur. 26, 52:

vita remissior,

Suet. Tib. 52.—

Lower, cheaper:

remissior aliquanto ejus fuit aestimatio quam annona,

below the market price, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 214. — Hence, adv.: rĕ-missē (acc. to B. 1.), gently, mildly (with leniter, urbane;

opp. severe, graviter, vehementer, etc.),

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102; id. Cael. 14, 33; Col. 1, 8, 10; Quint. 10, 2, 23; 12, 10, 71; Suet. Claud. 30.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255; id. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 76; Quint. 9, 2, 91.— Sup. is not found.