resolutely

• Resolutely in action, gently in manner. (To do unhesitatingly what must be done but accomplishing it as inoffensively as possible)

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promptly, resolutely, readily.

dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416], to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).

Lit.:

antemnas ad malos,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:

rates ancoris,

id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:

falces (laqueis),

id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

arcas,

Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—

Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).

In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).

With double acc.:

aliquem consulem,

Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:

Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,

Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

animis auctorem caedis,

id. 33, 28:

aliquem regem,

Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—

With inf. or a clause:

infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:

potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—

With dat.:

sibi aliquid,

i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

operi destinati possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:

aliquem foro,

Quint. 2, 8, 8:

me arae,

Verg. A 2, 129:

diem necis alicui,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

domos publicis usibus,

Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:

Anticyram omnem illis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

cados tibi,

id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—

With ad:

tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

Liv. 33, 37:

aliquem ad mortem,

id. 2, 54:

consilia ad bellum,

id. 42, 48:

materiam ad scribendum,

Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

ad omne obsequium destinati,

Curt. 5, 28, 5.—

With in:

saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

legati in provinciam destinati,

Dig. 5, 1, 2:

noctem proximam in fugam,

Amm. 29, 6.—

In partic.

In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

locum oris,

Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.— Transf.:

sagittas,

to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—

In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).

Adj.:

certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

ad horam mortis destinatam,

id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

persona (coupled with certus),

Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—

Subst.

dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—

dēs-tĭnātum, i, n.

A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —

An intended, determined object, design, intention:

neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:

destinata retinens,

id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:

antequam destinata componam,

the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:

ad destinatum persequor,

the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,

ex destinato,

adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;

and in a like sense merely destinato,

Suet. Caes. 60.— dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:

certare,

Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

dē-stĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [obs. stanare; a particip. stem from root STA, v. sto; and cf.: dono, digno, etc., Corss. 2, 416], to make fast, make firm, bind (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—for syn. cf.: decerno, scisco, statuo, jubeo, constituo, sancio, definio).

Lit.:

antemnas ad malos,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 6:

rates ancoris,

id. B. C. 1, 25, 7:

falces (laqueis),

id. B. G. 7, 22, 2:

arcas,

Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—

Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).

In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).

With double acc.:

aliquem consulem,

Liv. 10, 22; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3:

Papirium parem destinant animis Magno Alexandro ducem, si, etc.,

Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

animis auctorem caedis,

id. 33, 28:

aliquem regem,

Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—

With inf. or a clause:

infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 33 fin.; cf. Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 53 al.:

potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—

With dat.:

sibi aliquid,

i. e. to intend purchasing, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 113; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

operi destinati possent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 2:

aliquem foro,

Quint. 2, 8, 8:

me arae,

Verg. A 2, 129:

diem necis alicui,

Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

domos publicis usibus,

Vell. 2, 81 fin.: quod signum cuique loco, Quint. 11, 2, 29:

Anticyram omnem illis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

cados tibi,

id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—

With ad:

tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

Liv. 33, 37:

aliquem ad mortem,

id. 2, 54:

consilia ad bellum,

id. 42, 48:

materiam ad scribendum,

Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

ad omne obsequium destinati,

Curt. 5, 28, 5.—

With in:

saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

legati in provinciam destinati,

Dig. 5, 1, 2:

noctem proximam in fugam,

Amm. 29, 6.—

In partic.

In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

locum oris,

Liv. 38, 29, 7; so id. 21, 54, 6.— Transf.:

sagittas,

to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—

In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 45; id. Most. 3, 1, 113; id. Pers. 4, 3, 72; Lucil. ap. Non. 289, 31; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.— Hence, dēstĭnātus, a, um, destined, fixed (syn.: fixus, certus).

Adj.:

certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

ad horam mortis destinatam,

id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

persona (coupled with certus),

Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—

Subst.

dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—

dēs-tĭnātum, i, n.

A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —

An intended, determined object, design, intention:

neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

Tac. A. 4, 40 fin.; cf.:

destinata retinens,

id. ib. 6, 32; so id. H. 4, 18:

antequam destinata componam,

the intended narration, id. ib. 1, 4:

ad destinatum persequor,

the goal of life, Vulg. Philip. 3, 14: destinata dare, the intentions, dispositions of a will, Phaedr. 4, 5, 27; so,

ex destinato,

adv., designedly, intentionally, Sen. Clem. 1, 6; id. Ben. 6, 10 fin.; Suet. Cal. 43;

and in a like sense merely destinato,

Suet. Caes. 60.— dēstĭ-nātē, adv. (perh. only in Ammianus), resolutely, obstinately:

certare,

Amm. 18, 2.— Comp., id. 20, 4; 7; 23, 1; 27, 3.

in-concussus, a, um, adj., unshaken, undisturbed, firm, constant, unchanged (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

caelestia sidera,

Luc. 2, 268; so,

vestigia,

id. 2, 248.—

Trop.:

inconcussus ipse et immotus,

Plin. Pan. 82, 2; cf.:

inconcussus injuriā, Sen. de Ira, 3, 25: certaminibus,

Tac. A. 2, 43 fin.:

florebant hilares inconcussique Penates,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 142:

otium,

Sen. Ep. 67 fin.:

pax,

Tac. H. 2, 6:

gaudium,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 3.— Adv.: inconcussē, firmly, resolutely, Cod. Th. 11, 61, 6; Aug. Retract. 1, 11.

ob-nītor, xus (rarely nīsus), 3 ( inf. obnitier for obniti, Lucr. 4, 437), v. dep., to bear, press, push, struggle, or strive against any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.); constr. with the dat., acc., or absol.

Lit.:

taurus Arboris obnixus trunco,

Verg. A. 12, 105:

contra,

id. ib. 5, 21:

toto corpore obnitendum,

Quint. 5, 13, 11:

remi Obnixi crepuere,

Verg. A. 5, 205: densis ales (Lachm. aquila hinc) pinnis obnixa volabat Vento, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31, p. 354 Lion. (Ann. v. 148 Vahl.):

obnixi (al. obnisi) urgebant,

Liv. 34, 46.—In pass. signif.: obnixo genu scuto, set or pressed against, Nep. Chabr. 1, 2.—

Of things: navigia fractas obnitier undas,

Lucr. 4, 437.—

Trop.

To strive against, to resist, oppose (class. only in Part.):

stant obnisi,

Liv. 7, 33, 12:

cum saepe obnitens repugnasset,

Vell. 2, 89, 5; 2, 123, 2:

stant obnixa omnia contra,

Verg. A. 10, 359:

venti obnixi lacerant nubila,

Stat. Th. 5, 366:

adversis,

Tac. A. 15, 11.—

To strive, endeavor; with inf.:

triumphum Pauli impedire obnitebantur,

Vell. 1, 9, 6.—Hence, obnixus ( obnīsus), a, um, P. a., steadfast, firm, resolute:

(velim) obnixos vos stabili gradu impetum hostium excipere,

Liv. 6, 12:

firmitas,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 105:

obnixus curam sub corde premebat,

Verg. A. 4, 332.—In neutr., adverb., resolutely, obstinately:

obnixum. Pauline, taces,

Aus. Ep. 25, 28.—Hence, adv.: obnixē ( obnīsē), lit., striving against; hence, in gen., with all one's strength, with might and main, strenuously, obstinately:

obnixe omnia Facere,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 134:

oboedire,

Liv. 4, 26, 12 (dub.;

Weissenb. enixe): petere,

Sen. Ep. 95, 1 (Haase, enixe; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 781). — Comp.:

argumentari,

Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 1, 3.

obstĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [a lengthened form of obsto], to set about a thing with firmness or resolution, to set one's mind firmly on, to persist in, be resolved on a thing (as a verb. fin. very rare; only the Part. as a P. a. is freq.).

With acc.:

id inhiat, ea affinitatem hanc obstinavit gratia,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 89.— Pass.: obstinari exorsus, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 425 Rib.).—

With inf.:

obstinaverant animis aut vincere, aut mori,

Liv. 23, 29, 7.—

Absol.:

ipso Vespasiano inter initia imperii ad obtinendas iniquitates haud perinde obstinante,

Tac. H. 2, 84.— Hence, obstĭnātus, a, um, P. a., firmly set, fixed, resolved, in a good or bad sense; determined, resolute, steadfast, inflexible, stubborn, obstinate (class.; syn.: pervicax, pertinax): vos qui astatis obstinati, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 11 Rib.): obstinato animo aliquid facere, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. l. l. (Trag. Rel. p. 123 Rib.);

so,

Vulg. Ruth, 1, 18:

ad decertandum obstinati animi,

Liv. 6, 3, 9:

ad silendum,

Curt. 8, 1, 30: ad mortem, Liv. 5, 41, 1:

adversus lacrimas,

id. 2, 40, 3; 3, 47, 4:

ad resistendum,

Suet. Caes. 15 fin.:

contra veritatem,

Quint. 12, 1, 10:

pudicitia,

Liv. 1, 58:

fides,

Tac. H. 5, 5:

aures,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 7.—With inf.:

jam obstinatis mori spes affulsit,

Liv. 42, 65; 7, 21, 1; 9, 25, 6:

obstinatum est tibi, non suscipere imperium, nisi, etc.,

you are firmly resolved, Plin. Pan. 5, 6.—Rarely with in:

obstinatae in perniciem Romae urbes,

Amm. 17, 11, 3:

in extrema,

Tac. H. 3, 56:

militum animos obstinatos pro Vitellio subruere,

id. H. 2, 101.— Comp.:

voluntas obstinatior,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1:

adversus lacrimas muliebres,

firmer, more steadfast, Liv. 2, 40.— Sup.:

virtus obstinatissima,

the most resolute, Sen. Ep. 71, 10:

rex obstinatissimus,

Amm. 17, 14.—Hence, adv.: obstĭ-nātē, firmly, inflexibly, in a good and bad sense; resolutely, pertinaciously, stubbornly, obstinately (class.):

ita me obstinate aggressus, ut, etc.,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 10:

operam dat,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 8:

negari,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

magis ac magis induruisse,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 10.— Comp.:

obstinatius omnia agere,

Suet. Caes. 29.— Sup.:

obstinatissime recusare,

Suet. Tib. 67.

prae-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [frango], to break off before or at the end, to break to pieces, shiver (class.):

ne caulis praefringatur,

Cato, R. R. 33 (cited by Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 20):

hastas,

Liv. 8, 10; so,

primam aciem telo,

to break off the point of the missile, Just. 6, 8, 2:

cornu galeae,

Liv. 27, 33:

praefracto rostro (triremis),

Caes. B. C. 2, 6: praefracta strigilis, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 10:

praefracta ligna,

Lucr. 1, 892.—Hence, praefractus, a, um, P. a.

In rhet., broken, abrupt:

Thucydides praefractior,

Cic. Or. 13, 40.—

In character, stern, harsh, inflexible: Aristo Chius, praefractus, ferreus, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 155, 14:

praefractior atque abscissior justitia,

Val. Max. 6, 5 fin.:

praefractius perseverantiae exemplum,

sterner, firmer, id. 3, 8, ext. 3.— Adv.: praefractē, sternly, inflexibly, resolutely:

aerarium defendere,

Cic. Off. 3, 22, 88 (Non. 155, 11, reads praefractum).— Comp., Val. Max. 9, 7 fin.