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  • 1 respōnsum

        respōnsum ī, n    [P. n. of respondeo], an answer, reply, response: exspectabat suis postulatis responsa, Cs.: haec ex illius ad nostra responsa responsis intellegentur: sine responso legatos dimisit, L.: tantis de rebus responsum dedisti: quo minus responsum equitibus redderetur: eadem ferunt responsa, Cs.: scire quae responsa referat a Pompeio, brings: petere, H.— A professional answer, opinion, advice, response, oracle: cum responsumque ab eo (Crasso) verum abstulisset: haruspicum responsa: In dubiis responsa petunt, V.: responsa vatis aguntur, O.: legatus a Delphis rediit, responsumque ex scripto recitavit, L.: Apollinis, T.
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    answer, response

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  • 2 respondeo

    rē-spondĕo, di, sum, 2, v. a.
    I.
    Lit., to promise a thing in return for something else; to offer or present in return. So, only in a few examples, the phrase par pari (dat.) respondere, to return like for like: par pari respondes dicto, you return tit for tat with your tongue (syn. refero), Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 41; cf.: istuc serva; et verbum verbo par pari ut respondeas, Ter Phorm. 1, 4, 35; and:

    paria paribus respondimus,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 23.— Pass.: provide, si cui quid debetur, ut sit, unde par pari respondeatur, i. e. that there be wherewithal to meet the demand, Atticus ap. Cic. Att. 16, 7, 6; cf. also under II. A. 1, the lusus verbb. with spondeo; and II. B. init. —
    II.
    In a more general signification.
    A.
    To answer, reply, respond (either to a question, or to any statement or remark, and either in a friendly or hostile signif.); constr. aliquid alicui, ad, adversus, contra aliquem ( aliquid).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    Lit.: Th. Aliud te rogo. Tr. Aliud ergo nunc tibi respondeo, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 70; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 73.— Absol.:

    prius respondes, quam rogo,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 119:

    eā legatione Papirius auditā... respondit,

    Liv. 9, 14, 2; 27, 40, 8; 33, 38, 7; Nep. Milt. 1, 4:

    ille appellatus respondit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 36; 5, 41; Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 30; id. Verr. 2, 4, 62, § 138; id. Fam. 3, 6, 2; 5, 2, 8; 7, 24, 2;

    9, 14, 2. — So usu. of an oral answer: tibi non rescribam, sed respondeam,

    Sen. Ep. 67, 2;

    but also of writing: epistulae,

    Cic. Att. 9, 9, 1 et saep.; v. infra:

    ab his sermo oritur, respondet Laelius,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 5; Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 28: olli respondit rex Albaï Longaï, Enn. ap. Fortun. p. 2691 P. (Ann. v. 34 Vahl.):

    cui orationi Caepionis ore respondit Aelius,

    Cic. Brut. 46, 169:

    criminibus,

    id. Planc. 2, 4:

    supremae tuae paginae,

    id. Att. 6, 2, 1:

    cui opinioni,

    Quint. 4, 4, 1:

    tam aequae postulationi,

    id. 7, 1, 47 al.:

    summā constantiā ad ea, quae quaesita erant, respondebat,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 2; cf.:

    arbitrabar me satis respondisse ad id quod quaesierat Laelius,

    id. Rep. 2, 39, 65:

    nec absurde adversus utrosque respondisse visus est,

    Liv. 35, 50; 8, 32:

    adversus haec imperator respondit,

    id. 30, 31; 33, 35 fin. — With acc. of neutr. pron.:

    illud respondere cogam,

    to make answer to that, Cic. Cael. 28, 67; cf. id. Vatin. 7, 18; 17, 41:

    multa contra patronos venuste testis saepe respondet,

    Quint. 5, 7, 31; 5, 7, 24; cf.:

    accipe, quid contra juvenis responderit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 233.— With object-clause:

    respondent, bello se et suos tutari posse,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 59; id. Curc. 2, 3, 54; id. Mil. 2, 2, 23; id. Merc. 5, 2. 102 al. —Introducing a direct answer:

    cum dixisset, Quid agis, Grani? respondit, Immo vero tu, Druse, quid agis!

    Cic. Planc. 14, 33; id. Att. 5, 21, 12; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Tusc. 5, 19, 56.— In impers. perf.:

    postquam mihi responsum est, abeo, etc.,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 57; cf. id. Mil. 4, 2, 93: quid nunc renunciem abs te responsum? Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 18:

    sic existimet: Responsum non dictum esse, quia laesit prior,

    id. Eun. prol. 6.— In plur.:

    multa ejus et in senatu et in foro vel provisa prudenter vel acta constanter vel responsa acute ferebantur,

    Cic. Lael. 2, 6.— In the sup.:

    (haec) quam brevia responsu,

    Cic. Clu. 59 fin. — In a lusus verbb. with spondeo: Er. Sponden' tu istud? He. Spondeo. Er. At ego, tuum tibi advenisse filium, respondeo, and in return I promise you, i. e. assure you, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 119; cf.:

    fideiussores, qui salvam rempublicam fore responderunt, etc.,

    promised, gave assurance, Dig. 50, 1, 17 fin. —
    b.
    Trop., to answer, respond, reply to, re-echo, resound, etc.:

    saxa et solitudines voci respondent,

    Cic. Arch. 8, 19;

    respondent flebile ripae,

    Ov. M. 11, 53; and:

    respondentia tympana,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 175: urbes coloniarum respondebunt Catilinae tumulis silvestribus, will give an answer to, i. e. will prove a match for, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Of lawyers, priests, oracles, etc., to give an opinion, advice, decision, response:

    quaeris, num juris consultus (sit)? quasi quisquam sit, qui sibi hunc falsum de jure respondisse dicat,

    Cic. Planc. 25, 62; so,

    de jure,

    id. Brut. 30, 113; cf.:

    de jure consulentibus respondere,

    id. Mur. 4, 9;

    in a like signif., also simply jus,

    id. Leg. 1, 4, 12:

    facultas respondendi juris,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 29; id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 3 al.; cf.:

    civica jura,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 24; and:

    quae consuluntur, minimo periculo respondentur, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 13, 28; id. Brut. 89, 306. — Absol., Dig. 2, 14, 7; and so very freq. of the jurists in the Digests;

    v. responsum: pater Roscii ad haruspices retulit: qui responderunt, nihil illo puero clarius fore,

    Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

    cum ex prodigiis haruspices respondissent,

    Sall. C. 47, 2; Liv. 27, 37; 31, 5; 5, 54; Vell. 2, 24, 3:

    responsum est,

    Suet. Aug. 94, 97:

    deliberantibus Pythia respondit, ut moenibus ligneis se munirent,

    gave advice, Nep. Them. 2, 6; cf. Just. 11, 11, § 11:

    possumus seniores amici quiete respondere,

    to give advice, Tac. A. 14, 54 fin. —
    b.
    Of the answering of a person summoned when his name is called; hence, meton., to appear: citatus neque respondit neque excusatus est, Varr. ap. Gell. 11, 1, 4; cf.:

    cives, qui ad nomina non respondissent,

    Liv. 7, 4:

    quia Romae non respondebant,

    id. 39, 18; Val. Max. 6, 3, 4; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Ner. 44; Hor. S. 1, 9, 36 (vadato, dat., i.e. ei qui eum vadatus erat; v. vador); Dig. 3, 3, 35; 41, 1, 14 et saep.—
    (β).
    Esp., to appear before a tribunal, to answer an accusation, meet a charge, etc.:

    perfectus in exsilium Tubulus est nec respondere ausus,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    Verrem alterā actione responsurum non esse,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:

    nemo Epaminondam responsurum putabat,

    Nep. Epam. 8, 1.—
    (γ).
    Transf., in gen., to appear, be present:

    ipsi (sc. paeon et herous) se offerent et respondebunt non vocati,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191:

    verba (with res se ostendent),

    Quint. 10, 3, 9:

    ut ii, qui debent, non respondeant ad tempus,

    Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2; cf.:

    podagra ad tempus (with venit ad horam),

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 16, 1:

    sanguis per menstrua,

    Cels. 4, 4, 5.—
    B.
    To answer to; to meet, agree, accord, or correspond with a thing; constr. usually with dat. or absol.:

    ut omnia omnibus paribus paria respondeant,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 50:

    ut horum auctoritatibus illorum orationi, qui dissentiunt, respondere posse videamur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

    ut verba verbis quasi demensa et paria respondeant,

    id. Or. 12, 38; and:

    respondent extrema primis, media utrisque, omnia omnibus,

    id. Fin. 5, 28, 83: (Aristoteles dicit) illam artem (sc. rhetoricam) quasi ex alterā parte respondere dialecticae, that it corresponds to, i. e. forms the counterpart of, id. Or. 32, 114:

    aedificare alteram porticum quae Palatio responderet,

    id. Har. Resp. 23, 49; cf.

    of a locality: contra elata mari respondet Gnosia tellus,

    i. e. lies opposite, Verg. A. 6, 23:

    Pachyni pulsata Ionio respondent saxa profundo,

    Sil. 14, 73:

    est mihi magnae curae, ut ita erudiatur (Lucullus), ut et patri et Caepioni nostro et tibi tam propinquo respondeat,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 8: satis Graecorum [p. 1582] gloriae responderunt, id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

    tua virtus opinioni hominum,

    id. Fam. 2, 5, 2; id. Lael. 16, 56:

    fortuna meis optatis,

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

    seges votis,

    Verg. G. 1, 47:

    arma Caesaris non responsura lacertis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 48:

    favor meritis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 9:

    ne prior officio quisquam respondeat,

    id. S. 2, 6, 24:

    par fama labori,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 66:

    fructus labori,

    Ov. F. 4, 641:

    non mihi respondent veteres in carmine vires,

    id. H. 15, 197 al.:

    familiam nemo speciosiorem producet, sed hominibus non respondet,

    he does not pay his debts, Sen. Ep. 87, 6:

    amori amore respondere,

    i. e. to return it, repay it, Cic. Fam. 15, 21, 4; cf.:

    Quinti fratris liberalitati subsidiis amicorum,

    id. Att. 4, 3, 6:

    qui ex vico ortus est, eam patriam intellegitur habere, cui reipublicae vicus ille respondet,

    to which it belongs, Dig. 50, 1, 30.—

    In mal. part.: mulieribus,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 17.—With ad:

    respondere ad parentum speciem,

    resemble, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 9:

    deformentur directiones, ut longitudines ad regulam et lineam, altitudines ad perpendiculum, anguli ad normam respondentes exigantur,

    Vitr. 7, 3; cf.:

    structuram ad perpendiculum respondere oportet,

    Plin. 36, 22, 51, § 172:

    quia non tota ad animum responderat (villa),

    Suet. Caes. 48:

    ad spem eventus respondit,

    Liv. 28, 6.—With dat.:

    Papirio quoque brevi ad spem eventus respondit,

    Liv. 9, 15.— With ex:

    quicquid non ex voluntate respondet, iram provocat,

    Sen. Ep. 47, 19:

    speculum quocumque obvertimus oris, Res sibi respondent simili formā atque colore,

    i. e. correspond, are reflected, Lucr. 4, 167.— Absol.:

    sidera respondent in aquā,

    Lucr. 4, 213:

    quia raro verba belle respondeant,

    Quint. 6, 3, 48: medicus aliquid oportet inveniat, quod non ubique fortasse, sed saepius tamen etiam respondeat, may answer, be suitable, Cels. praef.—
    C.
    To return, make a return, yield:

    frumenta quando cum quarto responderint (sc. colono),

    have returned, yielded, Col. 3, 3, 4; cf. with abl. and dat.:

    humus cum est repetita cultu, magno fenore colono respondet,

    id. 2, 1, 3:

    vitis, nisi praepingui solo, non respondet,

    id. 3, 2, 11; cf.:

    metalla plenius responsura fodienti,

    Sen. Ep. 23, 5.—Hence, rēspon-sum, i, n., an answer, reply, response (equally freq. in sing. and plur.).
    1.
    In gen.:

    suis postulatis responsa exspectare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5 fin.:

    haec paucis diebus ex illius ad nostra responsa responsis intellegentur, quorsum evasura sint,

    Cic. Att. 7, 17, 4:

    responsum senatūs,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    sine responso legatos dimisit,

    id. 9, 38:

    nullo ab nostris dato responso,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58:

    responsum dedisti tantis de rebus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 40; 2, 4, 39, § 85; so,

    dare responsum,

    Liv. 5, 32, 8; Val. Max. 9, 5, ext. 3; Curt. 3, 12, 9; Liv. 3, 50, 12:

    reddere alicui,

    Cic. Planc. 14, 34; cf.:

    triste redditum,

    Liv. 9, 16:

    ferre (ab aliquo),

    to receive, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; Caes. B. G. 6, 4 fin.:

    referre (ab aliquo),

    to deliver, Cic. Att. 7, 17, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 23; Liv. 37, 6:

    elicere,

    Quint. 5, 7, 20:

    petere,

    Hor. C. S. 55:

    responsum accipere,

    Liv. 5, 36, 4; Just. 12, 2, 8:

    responsum non fuit in eis,

    Vulg. Jer. 5, 13.—
    2.
    In partic. (acc. to II. A. 2.), an answer, reply of a lawyer, priest, oracle, etc.; an opinion, response, oracle:

    cum responsumque ab eo (Crasso) verum magis, quam ad suam rem accommodatum abstulisset, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

    res judicatae, decreta, responsa,

    id. ib. 2, 27, 116; id. Mur. 13, 29.—

    The responsa prudentium, or authoritative opinions of leading lawyers, were an important source of the Roman law,

    Just. Inst. 1, 2, 8 Sandars ad loc.:

    haruspicum responsa,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 9; cf. Quint. 5, 10, 30; Ov. M. 3, 340; 527:

    legatus a Delphis Romam rediit, responsumque ex scripto recitavit,

    Liv. 23, 11; cf. id. 1, 56; Quint. 3, 7, 11; 5, 7, 35; Tac. H. 1, 10; 4, 65 al.; Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 65; Ter. And. 4, 2, 15; Verg. A. 7, 86 et saep.—

    In eccl. Lat.: responsum Dei, ab angelo, etc.,

    Vulg. Mich. 3, 7; id. Luc. 2, 26; id. Act. 10, 22.

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  • 3 carmen

        carmen inis, n    [1 CAS-], a song, poem, verse, oracular response, prophecy, form of incantation, tune, air, lay, strain, note, sound (vocal or instrumental): canentes carmina, L.: Carmine vocali clarus, O.: lyrae, Pr.: per me concordant carmina nervis, O.: ferale, V.: cygnorum, O.: citharā carmina divides, H.: barbaricum, O. — Esp., a composition in verse, poem, poetry, verse, song: cantūs et carmina, melodies and words: Maeonii carminis alite, H.: tragicum, H.: carmina Livi, H.: Lydis remixto carmine tibiis, H.: famosum, abusive, H.: canere, to compose: pueris canto, H.: condere, H.: contexere: fingere, H.: docere, H.: ad umbilicum adducere, H. — Lyric poetry: Carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis, H.: Carmina compono, hic elegos, H. — A poetic inscription: carminibus templorum aditūs exornare: tumulo superaddite carmen, V.—A passage from a poem, poetical extract: audiens tam grande carmen: Euripideum illud.—An oracular response, prophecy, prediction: Cumaeum, V.: in libris Sibyllinis, L.—A charm, incantation: Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi, V.: veneficae Scientioris, H.: Auxiliare, O.—A form of speech, ceremonial phrase, formula (in religious or legal observances): quae (verba) longo effata carmine, L.: diro quodam carmine iurare, L.: cruciatūs carmina: lex horrendi carminis erat, of a dreadful form, L.: Appii Caeci carmen, a proverbial saying: magistri, a school-task for the memory: sacrum, L.
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    I
    card for wool/flax
    II
    song/music; poem/play; charm; prayer, incantation, ritual/magic formula; oracle

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  • 4 sors

        sors (old nom. sortis, T.), tis, abl. sorte or sortī, f    [1 SER-], a lot: tot in hydriam sortes conicerentur: neque eorum sortes deiciuntur, Cs.: cum deiecta in id sors esset, lots were cast for it, L.: cum de consularibus mea prima sors exisset: et cuiusque sors exciderat, L.: sortes suā sponte adtenuatas, L.— A casting of lots, drawing, decision by lot, lot: quaestor quem sors dedit: cui Sicilia provincia sorti evenisset, L.: Q. Caecilio sorti evenit, ut gereret, etc., L.: de se ter sortibus consultum dicebat, Cs.: iubet extra sortem Theomnastum renuntiari.— An oracular response, prophecy: ut sors ipsa ad sortīs referenda sit: Lyciae sortes, the oracles of the Lycian Apollo, V.: Faticinae, O.: edita oraculo, Cu.: responsa sortium, L.—In business, a capital, principal: de sorte nunc venio in dubium miser? T.: sorte caret: mergentibus semper sortem usuris, L.—Fig., a lot, share, duty assigned by lot: urbana peregrina (in the division of official duties), L.: comitia suae sortis esse, i. e. had been allotted to him, L.: numquam ex urbe afuit nisi sorte, i. e. on official duty.—A lot, fate, destiny, chance, fortune, condition, share, part: futura, V.: Ferrea vitae, O.: iniqua, V.: iniquissima, L.: illā (sorte) Contentus, H.: inrequieta, O.: Sunt quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti, to whose lot, V.: Saturni sors ego prima fui, i. e. the first child, O.: suae sortis oblitus, Cu.: puer in nullam sortem bonorum natus, to no share of the property, L.: praedae mala sors, O.— A sort, kind, sex, class: Non tuae sortis iuvenem, rank, H.: altera, sex, O.: nova pugnae, V.
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    lot, fate; oracular response

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  • 5 antiphona

    antiphon, response; (verse/sentence sung by one choir in response to another)

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  • 6 antiphonum

    antiphon, response (pl.); (verse/sentence by one choir in response to another)

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  • 7 carmen

    1.
    carmen, ĭnis, n. (old form cas-men, Varr. L. L. p. 86 Bip.) [Sanscr. çasto [p. 293] declaim, praise; cf.: camilla, censeo], a tune, song; poem, verse; an oracular response, a prophecy; a form of incantation (cf.: cano, cantus, and canto).
    I.
    In gen., a tune, song, air, lay, strain, note, sound, both vocal and instrumental (mostly poet.; in prose, instead of it, cantus; cf.

    also versus, numeri, modi): carmen tuba ista peregit ( = sonus),

    Enn. Ann. 508 Vahl.:

    carmine vocali clarus citharāque Philammon,

    Ov. M. 11, 317; cf.

    vocum,

    id. ib. 12, 157:

    per me (sc. Apollinem) concordant carmina nervis,

    id. ib. 1, 518; cf. id. ib. 11, 5;

    5, 340: solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo Saepe queri,

    Verg. A. 4, 462; so id. G. 4, 514; Ov. M. 10, 453:

    cygnorum,

    id. ib. 5, 387; cf. id. ib. 14, 430; Mart. 13, 77:

    citharae liquidum carmen,

    Lucr. 4, 981; cf. id. 2, 506; Hor. C. 1, 15, 15:

    lyrae carmen,

    Prop. 2, 1, 9 Hertzb.:

    canere miserabile carmen,

    Ov. M. 5, 118:

    harundineum,

    id. Tr. 4, 1, 12:

    socialia carmina,

    id. H. 12, 139:

    barbaricum,

    id. M. 11, 163.—With allusion to playing on the cithara:

    hoc carmen hic tribunus plebis non vobis sed sibi intus canit,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 68; cf. Aspendius.—Also the sound of waves, Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 319; cf. Auct. Aetn. 295.—
    II.
    Esp., a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song, whether in a broader sense, of every kind of poetic production, epic, dramatic, lyric (opp. to prose and to cantus, the melody), or, in a more restricted sense, for lyric poetry.
    A.
    Cum hanc felicitatem non prosa modo multi sint consecuti sed etiam carmine, Quint. 10, 7, 19; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 8, 6, 27; 10, 1, 95:

    perspicuum est, et cantus (melodies) tum fuisse rescriptos vocum sonis et carmina (words),

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 34; 3, 51, 197:

    carminibus cum res gestas coepere poetae Tradere,

    Lucr. 5, 1444:

    Maeonii carminis alite,

    Hor. C. 1, 6, 2:

    epicum carmen,

    Quint. 10, 1, 62:

    heroici sublimitas,

    id. 1, 8, 5; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 3, 16:

    Iliacum,

    Hor. A. P. 129:

    historia quodammodo carmen solutum,

    Quint. 10, 1, 31:

    Pierium,

    Lucr. 1, 946; 4, 21:

    tragicum,

    Hor. A. P. 220:

    carmina Livi,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 69; cf. Tac. A. 11, 13:

    Saliorum carmina,

    Varr. L. L. 3, 26; 9, 61; Quint. 1, 6, 40; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86 Schmid.; cf. Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:

    lyricorum carmina,

    Quint. 9, 4, 53; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32:

    Aeolium,

    Hor. C. 3, 30, 13:

    Lydis remixto carmine tibiis,

    id. ib. 4, 15, 30; cf. id. Epod. 9, 5:

    carmen funebre proprie Naenia,

    Quint. 8, 2, 8:

    carmina quae in Phaeacum epulis canuntur,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 71; cf. id. ib. 19, 75:

    lascivum,

    Quint. 9, 4, 108:

    obscena,

    satirical, abusive poems, libels, Prop. 1, 16, 10;

    the same: famosum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 31 Schmid.:

    malum,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 153; id. S. 2, 1. 82 Heind.:

    obliquum,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 27:

    probrosum,

    Tac. A. 4, 31; cf.:

    si quis carmen condidisset quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; and Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 259 sq.; Fischer ad Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.—Phrases:

    canere,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:

    cantare cui,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 4:

    cantitare,

    Cic. Brut. 19, 75: CONDERE, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; Lucr. 5, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. A. P. 436:

    contexere,

    Cic. Cael. 8, 18:

    disponere,

    Lucr. 3, 420:

    pangere,

    id. 1, 934; 4, 9:

    fingere,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 32; id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331:

    dicere,

    id. C. 4, 12, 10; id. C. S. 8:

    dictare,

    id. S. 1, 10, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

    docere,

    id. C. 2, 19, 1:

    ad umbilicum adducere,

    id. Epod. 14, 7:

    deducere ad sua tempora,

    Ov. M. 1, 4:

    fundere,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    componere ad lyram,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. 11, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    In a restricted sense for lyric or epic poetry:

    carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59 Schmid.; cf.:

    carmina compono, hic elegos,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 91: amabile carmen, i. e. a love poem or song, id. ib. 1, 3, 24.—And opp. to the drama for an epic or lyric poem:

    fabula, quae versatur in tragoediis atque carminibus,

    Quint. 2, 4, 2.—
    2.
    A part of a great epic poem, a book, canto:

    in primo carmine,

    Lucr. 6, 937. —
    3.
    A poetic inscription:

    et tumulum facite et tumulo superaddite carmen: Daphnis ego, etc.,

    Verg. E. 5, 42; id. A. 3, 287; Ov. M. 14, 442; id. F. 3, 547 al.—
    4.
    A response of an oracle, a prophecy, prediction:

    ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis aetas,

    Verg. E. 4, 4; so Ov. M. 6, 582; Liv. 1, 45, 5; 23, 11, 4; 25, 12, 4; 29, 10, 6; 38, 45, 3; Tac. A. 3, 63; 4, 43; 6, 12 al.—
    5.
    A magic formula, an incantation: MALVM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; cf.

    Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, a. ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 260: polleantne aliquid verba et incantamenta carminum,

    Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 10: carmina vel caelo possunt deducere lunam;

    Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi,

    Verg. E. 8, 69 sq.; so id. A. 4, 487; Hor. Epod. 5, 72; 17, 4; id. S. 1, 8, 19; Prop. 2 (3), 28, 35; Ov. M. 7, 137; 14, 58; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Tac. A. 2, 69; 4, 22 al.—
    6.
    On account of the very ancient practice of composing forms of religion and law in Saturnian verse, also a formula in religion or law, a form:

    diro quodam carmine jurare,

    Liv. 10, 38, 10; 10, 41, 3; 31, 17, 9; 1, 24, 6 and 9; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12:

    cruciatus carmina,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. id. Mur. 12, 26:

    lex horrendi carminis erat: duumviri perduellionem judicent, etc.,

    of a dreadful form, Liv. 1, 26, 6:

    rogationis carmen,

    id. 3, 64, 10.—
    7.
    Moral sentences composed in verses:

    Appii Caeci carmen,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4; cf.:

    liber Catonis qui inscriptus est Carmen de moribus,

    Gell. 11, 2, 2:

    ut totum illud, VTI. LINGVA. NVNCVPASSIT., non in XII. tabulis, sed in magistri carmine scriptum videretur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245:

    necessarium,

    id. Leg. 2, 23, 59.
    2.
    carmen, ĭnis, n. [1. caro], a card, for wool or flax, Venant. Ep. Praem. Carm. 6, 5.

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  • 8 casmen

    1.
    carmen, ĭnis, n. (old form cas-men, Varr. L. L. p. 86 Bip.) [Sanscr. çasto [p. 293] declaim, praise; cf.: camilla, censeo], a tune, song; poem, verse; an oracular response, a prophecy; a form of incantation (cf.: cano, cantus, and canto).
    I.
    In gen., a tune, song, air, lay, strain, note, sound, both vocal and instrumental (mostly poet.; in prose, instead of it, cantus; cf.

    also versus, numeri, modi): carmen tuba ista peregit ( = sonus),

    Enn. Ann. 508 Vahl.:

    carmine vocali clarus citharāque Philammon,

    Ov. M. 11, 317; cf.

    vocum,

    id. ib. 12, 157:

    per me (sc. Apollinem) concordant carmina nervis,

    id. ib. 1, 518; cf. id. ib. 11, 5;

    5, 340: solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo Saepe queri,

    Verg. A. 4, 462; so id. G. 4, 514; Ov. M. 10, 453:

    cygnorum,

    id. ib. 5, 387; cf. id. ib. 14, 430; Mart. 13, 77:

    citharae liquidum carmen,

    Lucr. 4, 981; cf. id. 2, 506; Hor. C. 1, 15, 15:

    lyrae carmen,

    Prop. 2, 1, 9 Hertzb.:

    canere miserabile carmen,

    Ov. M. 5, 118:

    harundineum,

    id. Tr. 4, 1, 12:

    socialia carmina,

    id. H. 12, 139:

    barbaricum,

    id. M. 11, 163.—With allusion to playing on the cithara:

    hoc carmen hic tribunus plebis non vobis sed sibi intus canit,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 68; cf. Aspendius.—Also the sound of waves, Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 319; cf. Auct. Aetn. 295.—
    II.
    Esp., a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song, whether in a broader sense, of every kind of poetic production, epic, dramatic, lyric (opp. to prose and to cantus, the melody), or, in a more restricted sense, for lyric poetry.
    A.
    Cum hanc felicitatem non prosa modo multi sint consecuti sed etiam carmine, Quint. 10, 7, 19; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 8, 6, 27; 10, 1, 95:

    perspicuum est, et cantus (melodies) tum fuisse rescriptos vocum sonis et carmina (words),

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 34; 3, 51, 197:

    carminibus cum res gestas coepere poetae Tradere,

    Lucr. 5, 1444:

    Maeonii carminis alite,

    Hor. C. 1, 6, 2:

    epicum carmen,

    Quint. 10, 1, 62:

    heroici sublimitas,

    id. 1, 8, 5; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 3, 16:

    Iliacum,

    Hor. A. P. 129:

    historia quodammodo carmen solutum,

    Quint. 10, 1, 31:

    Pierium,

    Lucr. 1, 946; 4, 21:

    tragicum,

    Hor. A. P. 220:

    carmina Livi,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 69; cf. Tac. A. 11, 13:

    Saliorum carmina,

    Varr. L. L. 3, 26; 9, 61; Quint. 1, 6, 40; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86 Schmid.; cf. Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:

    lyricorum carmina,

    Quint. 9, 4, 53; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32:

    Aeolium,

    Hor. C. 3, 30, 13:

    Lydis remixto carmine tibiis,

    id. ib. 4, 15, 30; cf. id. Epod. 9, 5:

    carmen funebre proprie Naenia,

    Quint. 8, 2, 8:

    carmina quae in Phaeacum epulis canuntur,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 71; cf. id. ib. 19, 75:

    lascivum,

    Quint. 9, 4, 108:

    obscena,

    satirical, abusive poems, libels, Prop. 1, 16, 10;

    the same: famosum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 31 Schmid.:

    malum,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 153; id. S. 2, 1. 82 Heind.:

    obliquum,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 27:

    probrosum,

    Tac. A. 4, 31; cf.:

    si quis carmen condidisset quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; and Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 259 sq.; Fischer ad Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.—Phrases:

    canere,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.:

    cantare cui,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 4:

    cantitare,

    Cic. Brut. 19, 75: CONDERE, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; Lucr. 5, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. A. P. 436:

    contexere,

    Cic. Cael. 8, 18:

    disponere,

    Lucr. 3, 420:

    pangere,

    id. 1, 934; 4, 9:

    fingere,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 32; id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331:

    dicere,

    id. C. 4, 12, 10; id. C. S. 8:

    dictare,

    id. S. 1, 10, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

    docere,

    id. C. 2, 19, 1:

    ad umbilicum adducere,

    id. Epod. 14, 7:

    deducere ad sua tempora,

    Ov. M. 1, 4:

    fundere,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    componere ad lyram,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. 11, 2, 11.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    In a restricted sense for lyric or epic poetry:

    carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59 Schmid.; cf.:

    carmina compono, hic elegos,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 91: amabile carmen, i. e. a love poem or song, id. ib. 1, 3, 24.—And opp. to the drama for an epic or lyric poem:

    fabula, quae versatur in tragoediis atque carminibus,

    Quint. 2, 4, 2.—
    2.
    A part of a great epic poem, a book, canto:

    in primo carmine,

    Lucr. 6, 937. —
    3.
    A poetic inscription:

    et tumulum facite et tumulo superaddite carmen: Daphnis ego, etc.,

    Verg. E. 5, 42; id. A. 3, 287; Ov. M. 14, 442; id. F. 3, 547 al.—
    4.
    A response of an oracle, a prophecy, prediction:

    ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis aetas,

    Verg. E. 4, 4; so Ov. M. 6, 582; Liv. 1, 45, 5; 23, 11, 4; 25, 12, 4; 29, 10, 6; 38, 45, 3; Tac. A. 3, 63; 4, 43; 6, 12 al.—
    5.
    A magic formula, an incantation: MALVM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; cf.

    Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, a. ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 260: polleantne aliquid verba et incantamenta carminum,

    Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 10: carmina vel caelo possunt deducere lunam;

    Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi,

    Verg. E. 8, 69 sq.; so id. A. 4, 487; Hor. Epod. 5, 72; 17, 4; id. S. 1, 8, 19; Prop. 2 (3), 28, 35; Ov. M. 7, 137; 14, 58; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Tac. A. 2, 69; 4, 22 al.—
    6.
    On account of the very ancient practice of composing forms of religion and law in Saturnian verse, also a formula in religion or law, a form:

    diro quodam carmine jurare,

    Liv. 10, 38, 10; 10, 41, 3; 31, 17, 9; 1, 24, 6 and 9; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12:

    cruciatus carmina,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. id. Mur. 12, 26:

    lex horrendi carminis erat: duumviri perduellionem judicent, etc.,

    of a dreadful form, Liv. 1, 26, 6:

    rogationis carmen,

    id. 3, 64, 10.—
    7.
    Moral sentences composed in verses:

    Appii Caeci carmen,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4; cf.:

    liber Catonis qui inscriptus est Carmen de moribus,

    Gell. 11, 2, 2:

    ut totum illud, VTI. LINGVA. NVNCVPASSIT., non in XII. tabulis, sed in magistri carmine scriptum videretur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245:

    necessarium,

    id. Leg. 2, 23, 59.
    2.
    carmen, ĭnis, n. [1. caro], a card, for wool or flax, Venant. Ep. Praem. Carm. 6, 5.

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  • 9 astrepō (ad-st-)

        astrepō (ad-st-) —, —, ere,    to make a noise at, resound in response: adstrepebat volgus, Ta.— To assent loudly, applaud: clamore, Ta.: haec dicenti, Ta.: eadem, approve loudly, Ta.

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  • 10 canō

        canō cecinī, —, ere (P. perf. supplied by canto)    [1 CAN-].    I. Intrans, to utter melodious notes, make music, sing, sound, play.—Of men: celebrare dapes canendo, O.: tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit: harundine, O.: imitari Pana canendo, V.: Movit Amphion lapides canendo, H.: ad tibicinem de virtutibus, etc.: ululanti voce more Asiatic<*> canere, to chant, use sing-song.—Prov.: non canimus surdis, preach to the deaf, V.—Of birds, etc.: galli victi silere solent, canere victores, to crow: gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (a bad omen), T.—Of the owl, to hoot, V.—Meton., of instruments or a piece of music, to sound, resound, be played: canentes tibiae: cum in conviviis symphonia caneret: maestae tubae, Pr.—Of signals, to sound, be sounded, resound: semel bisne signum canat in castris, L.: repente a tergo signa canere, S.: Signa canunt, V.: classicum apud eos cecinit, L.: receptui canere, to sound a retreat, Cs.: Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit, L.: nisi receptui cecinisset, sounded a counter-march, L.—Fig.: revocante et receptui canente senatu.—    II. Trans. with cognate acc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite, compose: id carmen: in eum carmina incondita, L.: versūs: verba ad certos modos, O.: praecepta, H.: indoctum, H.: Haec super arvorum cultu, V. — Of frogs: veterem querellam, croaked, V. — Prov.: Cantilenam eandem canis, ever the old tune, T.—With definite obj, to sing, celebrate in song, sing of, praise: virorum laudes: suas laudes, L.: reges et proelia, V.: Quas strages Turnus Ediderit, V.: Herculem, Ta.: Liberum et Musas, H.: plectro graviore Gigantas, O.: arma virumque, V.: (fama) facta atque infecta canit, trumpets, V.—Prov.: vana surdis auribus, L.—Of oracles or diviners, to give response (in verse), prophesy, foretell, predict, utter: horrendas ambages, V.: fera fata, H.: Artificis scelus, V.: haec quae nunc fiunt: Sibylla quae senis fata canit pedibus, Tb.: te mater aucturum caelestium numerum cecinit, L.: quae nunc usu veniunt, N.: Hoc signum cecinit missuram creatrix (sc. se), V.: quaeque diu latuere, O.: cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat, etc., L. — Of signals, to blow, sound, give: tubicines signa canere, give the signal for battle, S.: classicum apud eum cani iubet, Cs.: bellicum, call to arms: Gallos adesse, signalled, V.—Poet.: (bucina) cecinit iussos receptūs, O.
    * * *
    I
    canere, cani, canitus V
    sing, celebrate, chant; crow; recite; play (music)/sound (horn); foretell
    II
    canere, cecini, cantus V
    sing, celebrate, chant; crow; recite; play (music)/sound (horn); foretell

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  • 11 cōnsultum

        cōnsultum ī, n    [consultus], deliberation, consideration: consulto opus est, S. — A decree, decision, resolution, plan: consulta sapientium: consulta cum illo integra habere, plans, S.: occulta, L.: dum consulta petis, responses, V.: tua magna, decrees, V.: senatūs, a decree of the senate: honorifica in eos (Aeduos), Cs.: consulta patrum, H.: ne senatūs consultum Siculi homines facere possent, of the council.
    * * *
    decision/resolution/plan; decree (of senate/other authority); oracular response

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  • 12 cōnsultus

        cōnsultus adj. with sup.    [P. of consulo], well considered, weighed, deliberated upon, maturely pondered: ipsi omnia: consulta ad nos deferunt.— Knowing, skilful, experienced, practised, learned (esp. in law): non magis iuris quam iustitiae fuit: consultissimus vir iuris, L.: insanientis sapientiae, H.: naturā, non disciplinā.—As subst m., a lawyer, counsellor: ex isto genere consultorum: eris tu, consultus modo, rusticus, H.—Esp., with iuris or iure: iuris consultorum auctoritas: qui tibi uni est iure consultus.
    * * *
    I
    consulta -um, consultior -or -us, consultissimus -a -um ADJ
    skilled/practiced/learned/experienced; planned/prudent, well-considered/advised
    II
    lawyer, jurist; (also jurisconsultus, one or two words); expert
    III
    decision/resolution/plan; decree (of senate/other authority); oracular response

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  • 13 dictiō

        dictiō ōnis, f    [DIC-], a saying, speaking, uttering, delivery: testimoni, i. e. the right of giving testimony, T.: causae, a pleading.—Esp., in the phrase, iuris dictio, the administration of justice: ut iuris dictionem cum ferro conferatis: praeturae iuris dictio, jurisdiction.—Style, diction: oratoriae: popularis: dictioni operam dare, oratory.—A conversation, colloquy, Ta.— An oracular response, prediction, L.
    * * *
    saying; prediction; jurisdiction; pleading/defense; delivery/speech; language

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  • 14 red-dō

        red-dō didī, ditus, ere.    I. To give back, return, restore: scripsit ad te, ut redderes: alqd tibi, T.: Accipe quod numquam reddas mihi, H.: si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto, I give it back and renounce it: vobis amissa, L.: obsides, Cs.: follibus auras Accipiunt redduntque, take in and expel, V.: mulieri hereditatem: Redditus Cyri solio Phraates, H.: oculis nostris, V.: non reddere (beneficium) viro bono non licet: se convivio, return, L.: se catenis, H.: Teucrūm se reddat in arma, exposes, V.: Sic modo conbibitur, modo... Redditur ingens Erasinus, is swallowed up... reappears, O.: (Daedalus) Redditus his terris, on his return, V.—To utter in response, make in answer: veras audire et reddere voces, return, V.: Aeneas contra cui talia reddit, answered, V.: responsum, L.—To render, translate, interpret: quae legeram Graece, Latine reddere: verbum pro verbo: verbum verbo, H.—To render, represent, imitate, express, resemble: faciem locorum, O.: et qui te nomine reddet Silvius Aeneas, i. e. shall bear your name, V.—To make to be, cause to appear, render, make: quam (civitatem) ille inlustrem reddidit: itinera infesta, Cs.: Quem insignem reddidit arte, V.: obscuraque moto Reddita forma lacu est, made indistinct, O.: omnīs Catillinas Acidinos postea reddidit, made patriots in comparison: dictum ac factum reddidi, i. e. no sooner said than done, T.: hic reddes omnia ei consilia incerta ut sient, T.: fasciculum sibi aquā madidum r<*>itum esse.—To pay back, revenge, requite, p<*>sh, take satisfaction for: per eum stare quo minus accepta ad Cannas redderetur hosti clades, L.: reddidit hosti cladem, L.    II. To give up, hand over, deliver, impart, assign, yield, render, give, grant, bestow, surrender, relinquish, resign: mihi epistulam: litteris a Caesare consulibus redditis, Cs.: ut primi Salio reddantur honores, V.: reddita gratia (i. e. relata), S.: reddunt ova columbae, Iu.: obligatam Iovi dapem, H.: mors pro patriā reddita: morbo naturae debitum, i. e. to die by disease, N.: hanc animam vacuas in auras, O.: caute vota reddunto, pay: fumantia exta, V.: gravīs poenas, i. e. suffer, S.: reddi viro promissa iubebant, to be awarded, V.: rationem, render an account: animam a pulmonibus reddere, exhale: sonum, give forth, H.: vox reddita, uttered, V: catulum partu, O.: Fructum, quem reddunt praedia, produce, T.: Una superstitio, superis quae reddita divis, which belongs to the gods, V.: tunicam servo, Iu.: neque his petentibus ius redditur, is granted, Cs.: quod reliquum vitae virium, id ferro potissimum reddere volebant, sacrifice: Thermitanis urbem, agros, i. e. leave unforfeited: (civitati) iura legesque, home-rule, Cs.: tribus populis suae leges redditae, independence was recognized, L.: conubia, to grant, L.: Peccatis veniam, H.: Nomina facto vera, call by the right name, O.: magistratūs adi, Iudicium ut reddant tibi, grant you a trial, T.: iudicia in privatos reddebat, assumed jurisdiction in civil actions, Cs.: ius, to give judgment, Ta.—To repeat, report, narrate, recite, rehearse: ea sine scripto verbis eisdem: sive paribus paria (verba) redduntur, sive opponuntur contraria: dictata, rehearse, H.: carmen, recite, H.: causam, O.

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  • 15 succlāmō or sub-clāmō

        succlāmō or sub-clāmō āvī, ātus, āre,    to cry out in response, shout in answer, reply clamorously: si esset libera haec civitas, non tibi succlamassent, L.: haec Virginio vociferanti succlamabat multitudo, L.: ad hoc cum succlamatum est, L.

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  • 16 adsuspiro

    adsuspirare, adsuspiravi, adsuspiratus V INTRANS
    sigh in response (to) (w/DAT)

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  • 17 antiphonalis

    antiphonalis, antiphonale ADJ
    antiphonal; (of verse sung in response by choir)

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  • 18 antiphonarius

    antiphonaria, antiphonarium ADJ
    antiphonal; (of verse sung in response by choir)

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  • 19 antiphonatim

    antiphonally; (of verse sung in response by choir)

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  • 20 antiphone

    antiphonally; (of verse sung in response by choir)

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