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  • 1 volvō

        volvō volvī, volūtus, ere    [3 VOL-], to cause to revolve, roll, turn about, turn round: saxa glareosa volvens (flumen), L.: Medumque flumen minores volvere vertices, H.: volvendi sunt libri, to be unrolled (in reading): per amnis sinūs errorem volvens, i. e. following up the windings, L.: Seminecīs volvit multos, rolls in the dust, V.—To roll up, roll together, form by rolling: qui terga dederant, volventes orbem, etc., forming a circle, L.: (equus) volvit sub naribus ignem, V.— Pass, to turn round, move in curves, revolve, roll down: Ille (anguis) inter vestīs et levia pectora lapsus Volvitur, V.: illi qui volvuntur stellarum cursūs sempiterni: lacrimae volvuntur inanes, flow, V.: volventia plaustra, V.—Fig., in time, to roll, roll along, bring on, bring around (poet.): (lunam) celerem pronos Volvere mensīs, swift in bringing by her revolutions, H.: sic volvere Parcas, i. e. determine, V.: sic deum rex volvit vices, i. e. determines the changes of events, V.: volventibus annis, with revolving years, V.: volvens annus, O.—In the mind, to ponder, meditate, dwell upon, think over, reflect on, consider: multa cum animo suo, S.: bellum in animo, L.: bellum adversus nos, Ta.: incerta consilia, Cu.: Fauni sub pectore sortem, V.: haec illis volventibus tandem vicit fortuna rei p., S.: iras in pectore, cherishes, L.—In speaking, to roll off, utter fluently: celeriter verba: complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest: quo melius volvatur oratio, be rounded off.—To unroll, undergo, experience in succession: tot volvere casūs virum. V.: Multa virum volens durando saecula vincit (aesculus), V.
    * * *
    volvere, volvi, volutus V TRANS
    roll, causse to roll; travel in circle/circuit; bring around/about; revolve; envelop, wrap up; unroll (scroll); recite, reel off; turn over (in mind); roll along/forward; (PASS) move sinuously (snake); grovel, roll on ground

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  • 2 volvo

    volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 ( inf. pass. volvier, Lucr. 5, 714), v. a. [Sanscr. varas, circumference; Gr. eluô, to wrap; root Wel-], to roll, turn about, turn round, tumble any thing.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    (amnis) volvit sub undis Grandia saxa,

    Lucr. 1, 288; Verg. A. 11, 529; Ov. Ib. 173:

    flumen lapides volvens,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 38:

    beluas cum fluctibus (procellae),

    Plin. 9, 3, 2, § 5:

    vortices (flumen),

    Hor. C. 2, 9, 22:

    fumum caligine (ventus),

    Lucr. 6, 691:

    oculos huc illuc,

    Verg. A. 4, 363:

    oculos per singula,

    id. ib. 8, 618:

    filum,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 114 Müll. volvendi sunt libri, to unroll, i. e. open, Cic. Brut. 87, 298:

    Tyrrhena carmina retro,

    Lucr. 6, 381 (hence, volumen, in the signif. of roll, book, volume, v. h. v. I.):

    semineces volvit multos,

    rolls in the dust, fells to the ground, Verg. A. 12, 329 et saep.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To roll up or together, form by rolling:

    pilas,

    Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 99; cf.:

    qui terga dederant, conversi in hostem volventesque orbem, etc.,

    forming a circle, Liv. 22, 29, 5:

    jam orbem volventes suos increpans,

    id. 4, 28, 3.—
    2.
    To breathe, exhale, etc. ( poet.):

    vitalis aëris auras Volvere in ore,

    Lucr. 6, 1225:

    (equus) Collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem,

    Verg. G. 3, 85.—
    3.
    Mid., to turn or roll itself round about, to turn or roll along:

    nobis caenum teterrima quom sit Spurcities, eadem subus haec jucunda videtur, Insatiabiliter toti ut volvantur ibidem,

    Lucr. 6, 978:

    ille (anguis) inter vestes et levia pectora lapsus Volvitur,

    Verg. A. 7, 349:

    cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putant,

    Cic. Fat. 18, 42:

    illi qui volvuntur stellarum cursus sempiterni,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    excussus curru moribundus volvitur arvis,

    rolls, Verg. A. 10, 590:

    volvi humi,

    id. ib. 11, 640:

    volvitur Euryalus leto,

    id. ib. 9, 433:

    lacrimae volvuntur inanes,

    roll, flow, id. ib. 4, 449.— Part.:

    volventia plaustra,

    Verg. G. 1, 163.—
    II. A.
    In gen.:

    volvere curarum tristes in pectore fluctus,

    Lucr. 6, 34:

    magnos fluctus irarum,

    id. 6, 74:

    ingentes iras in pectore,

    Liv. 35, 18, 6:

    tot volvere casus Insignem pietate virum,

    i. e. to undergo so many misfortunes, Verg. A. 1, 9; cf.:

    satis diu saxum hoc volvo,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 9 (8), 55:

    (lunam) celerem pronos Volvere menses,

    in rolling on, Hor. C. 4, 6, 40; cf.:

    volvendis mensibus,

    Verg. A. 1, 269:

    has omnis (animas) ubi mille rotam volvere per annos,

    i. e. completed the cycle, id. ib. 6, 748; and neutr.:

    volventibus annis,

    with revolving years, after the lapse of years, id. ib. 1, 234; cf.:

    volventia lustra,

    Lucr. 5, 928:

    volvens annus,

    Ov. M. 5, 565:

    sic fata deum rex Sortitur volvitque vices,

    fixes the series of revolving events, Verg. A. 3, 376; cf.:

    sic volvere Parcas,

    id. ib. 1, 22:

    M. Pontidius celeriter sane verba volvens,

    rolling off, Cic. Brut. 70, 246:

    sententias facile verbis,

    id. ib. 81, 280 longissima est complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest, id. de Or. 3, 47, 182:

    ne verba traic amus aperte, quo melius aut cadat aut volvatur oratio,

    be rounded, form periods, id. Or. 69, 229.—
    B.
    In partic., to turn over or revolve in the mind; to ponder, meditate, or reflect upon, consider (cf. verso):

    multa cum animo suo volvebat,

    Sall. J. 6, 2; 108, 3:

    multa secum,

    id. C. 32, 1; id. J. 113, 1; Liv. 26, 7, 3:

    immensa omnia animo,

    id. 2, 49, 5; Tac. H. 1, 30; Suet. Vesp. 5:

    bellum in animo,

    Liv. 42, 5, 1:

    in pectore,

    id. 35, 18, 6:

    has inanium rerum inanes ipsas volventes cogitationes,

    id. 6, 28, 7; 34, 60, 2; 32, 20, 2; Curt. 10, 5, 15:

    incerta consilia,

    id. 10, 8, 7; 5, 9, 3:

    bellum adversus nos,

    Tac. A. 3, 38:

    Fauni sub pectore sortem,

    Verg. A. 7, 254: haec illis volventibus tandem vicit fortuna [p. 2014] reipublicae, Sall. C. 41, 3:

    subinde hoc in animo volve,

    Sen. Ep. 13, 13:

    secretas cogitationes intra se,

    Curt. 10, 8, 9:

    adeo ut plerumque intra me ipsum volvam,

    Tac. A. 14, 53:

    regna tecum volvis,

    Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1:

    mente aliquid,

    Lact. Epit. 60, 13.

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  • 3 voluto

    vŏlūto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. and n. [id.], to roll, turn, twist, or tumble about.
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    With acc.:

    amphoras per terram,

    Col. 12, 48, 4:

    pelagus (ventus),

    Luc. 1, 412: pilas e fimo pedibus. i. e. to form by rolling together, Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 98; cf. volvo, I.—With se:

    se in pulvere,

    to roll about, wallow, Plin. 30, 16, 53, § 148.—
    b.
    More freq., mid.:

    ut gallinae possint in pulvere volutari,

    roll themselves, roll, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 7:

    sus caenoso lacu,

    Col. 7, 10, 6:

    super aureorum acervos... toto corpore volutatus est,

    Suet. Calig. 42 fin.:

    volutati supra jacentia poma (irenacei),

    Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 133; cf.

    in allusion to the lit. signif. of the name Verres: quem (Verrem) in luto volutatum totius corporis vestigiis invenimus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53:

    (animi) corporibus elapsi circum terram ipsam volutantur,

    id. Rep. 6, 26, 29:

    cum tibi pueri ad pedes volutarentur,

    Auct. Her. 4, 24, 33; so in part.:

    genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat,

    Verg. A. 3, 607:

    (amnis) per cava saxa volutans,

    Ov. Am. 3, 6, 45:

    in sacco et cinere volutantes,

    Tert. Apol. 40 fin. —
    2.
    In partic., in mal. part., Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140; Sen. Contr. 1, 2; Petr. 79; Just. 12, 16, 2; Tert. ad Uxor. 9.—
    B.
    Trop., to roll, roll about, roll along, etc.; to roll, wallow.
    1.
    In gen.:

    vocem per ampla atria,

    to roll, spread, Verg. A. 1, 725; so,

    vocem,

    id. ib. 5, 149:

    murmura,

    id. ib. 10, 98: confusa verba. Ov. M. 12, 55.—

    Mid.: cum omnes in omni genere et scelerum et flagitiorum volutentur,

    wallow, Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 1:

    in omni dedecore,

    Auct. Her. 4, 13, 19:

    inter mala plurima,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 4.—
    2.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To busy, occupy (of the mind):

    animum saepe tacitis cogitationibus,

    Liv. 9, 17, 2:

    in veteribus scriptis studiose et multum volutatum esse,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 10, 39; cf. id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4.—
    (β).
    To turn over or revolve in the mind; to consider, weigh, ponder:

    rem in pectore,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 1:

    gladios in comisationem praeparatos volutabam in animo,

    Liv. 40, 13, 4:

    haec secum volutantem in animo,

    id. 42, 11, 5:

    hoc eum jam pridem volutare in animo,

    id. 28, 18, 11:

    haec in animo voluta,

    Sen. Ep. 24, 15; cf.:

    in pectore volutare,

    Lact. 7, 16, 4:

    ipse quid intra animum volutaverim... omittam referre,

    Tac. A. 4, 40:

    nihil umquam nisi sempiternum et divinum animo volutare,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

    aliud atque aliud consilium animo,

    Curt. 5, 12, 10; Tac. H. 2, 49; Sen. Cons. Marc. 11, 5:

    aliquid mente,

    Lucr. 3, 240:

    tacitus mecum ipse voluto,

    Verg. E. 9, 37:

    inter seque,

    Ov. M. 1, 389:

    multa secum animo volutans,

    Liv. 40, 8, 5:

    haec secum volutans,

    id. 30, 14, 3; 26, 7, 3:

    secum corde,

    Verg. A. 4, 533:

    suo cum corde,

    id. ib. 6, 185:

    aliquid in secreto cum amicis,

    to consider, discuss, Liv. 34, 36, 4:

    consilia de Romano bello,

    id. 34, 60, 2:

    quibus suā sponte volutantibus res inter se repugnantes obtorpuerant animi,

    id. 32, 20, 2.—
    II.
    Neutr., to roll or tumble one's self (very rare):

    leone obvio suppliciter volutante,

    Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 56; so id. 35, 11, 40, § 140 (cf. I. A. 1. b. fin. supra).

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  • 4 volūtō

        volūtō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [volvo], to roll, turn, twist, tumble about: Dum sese aper volutat, wallows, Ph.: in luto volutatus: in levi glacie tabidāque nive, L.: genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat, i. e. prostrate, V.: (amnis) per cava saxa volutans, O.—Fig., to roll, roll about, roll along: vocem per ampla Atria, V.: confusa verba, O.— Pass, to wallow, luxuriate: cum omnes in omni genere scelerum volutentur, wallow.—To busy, occupy, employ: tacitis cogitationibus animum, L.: in quibus te video volutatum.—To turn over, revolve, consider, weight, ponder, discuss: gladios in comisationem praeparatos volutabam in animo, L.: nihil animo: aliud consilium animo, Cu.: Verba sortes inter se, O.: multo secum animo, L.: secum corde, V.: consilia de Romano bello, L.: alqd intra animum, Ta.: tacitus mecum ipse voluto, Si valeam meminisse, V.: secum, quonam modo, etc., Ta.
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    volutare, volutavi, volutatus V
    roll, wallow, turn over in one's mind, think or talk over

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  • 5 provolvo

    prō-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to roll or tumble forwards, to roll along, roll over and over, roll away (class., but not in Cic.):

    aliquem in viam mediam,

    Ter. And. 4, 4, 37:

    corpora,

    Lucr. 6, 1264:

    ubi glaeba e terrā provolvitur ingens,

    id. 6, 553:

    cupas ardentes in opera,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 42:

    congestas lapidum moles,

    Tac. A. 4, 51:

    Galba projectus e sellā ac provolutus est,

    id. H. 1, 41; Verg. A. 12, 533; 10, 556.—
    B.
    In partic., with se or mid., to cast one's self down, fall down, prostrate one's self at another's feet (syn. prosterno):

    se alicui ad pedes,

    Liv. 6, 3:

    flentes ad genua consulis provolvuntur,

    id. 34, 11:

    provolutae ad pedes,

    Curt. 3, 12, 11:

    genibus ejus provolutus,

    Tac. A. 12, 18; 11, 30; Just. 11, 9, 14.—
    II.
    Trop., to snatch away, carry away, hurry on (post-Aug.):

    multi fortunis provolvebantur,

    i. e. are ruined, Tac. A. 6, 17.—
    B.
    Mid., to humble one's self:

    usque ad libita Pallantis provoluta,

    submitting to the desires of, Tac. A. 14, 2:

    provolutus effususque in iram,

    Gell. 1, 26, 7.

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  • 6 prō-volvō

        prō-volvō volvī, volūtus, ere,    to roll forward, roll along, roll over, overturn: hunc in mediam viam, T.: hunc iuga subter Provolvēre rotae, V.: fortunis provolvi, i. e. to be expelled from, Ta.— With se, to cast oneself down, fall down, prostrate oneself: alcui se ad pedes, L.: flentes ad genua consulis provolvuntur, L.: provolutae ad pedes, Cu.: (mulier) ad libita Pallantis provoluta, submitting to, Ta.

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  • 7 sub-volvō

        sub-volvō —, —, ere,    to roll up, roll along: manibus saxa, V.

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  • 8 involvo

    involvere, involvi, involutus V
    wrap (in), cover, envelop; roll along

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  • 9 evolvo

    ē-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 ( per diaeresin ēvŏlŭam, Cat. 66, 74:

    ēvŏlŭisse,

    Ov. H. 12, 4), v. a., to roll out, roll forth; to unroll, unfold (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    (vis venti) Arbusta evolvens radicibus haurit ab imis,

    Lucr. 6, 141; cf.

    silvas,

    Ov. M. 12, 519:

    cadavera turribus,

    Luc. 6, 171:

    montes corpore,

    Ov. M. 5, 355:

    saxa nudis lacertis,

    Luc. 3, 481:

    intestina,

    Cels. 7, 16 et saep.:

    vestes,

    to open, unfold, Ov. M. 6, 581:

    volumen epistolarum,

    to open, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4:

    panicum furfure,

    i. e. to cleanse, purge, Col. 2, 9 fin.:

    quae postquam evolvit,

    unfolds, evolves, Ov. M. 1, 24 et saep.:

    amnis prorutam in mare evolvendo terram praealtas voragines facit,

    Liv. 44, 8; cf.

    aquas (Araxes),

    Curt. 5, 4, 7.—
    b.
    Evolvere se, or mid. evolvi, to roll out, roll forth, glide away:

    evolvere posset in mare se Xanthus,

    discharge itself, Verg. A. 5, 807; cf.:

    Danubius in Pontum vastis sex fluminibus evolvitur,

    empties, Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 79:

    species (anguis) evoluta repente,

    Liv. 26, 19, 7:

    per humum evolvuntur,

    roll themselves along, Tac. G. 39.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To unroll and read a book:

    evolve diligenter ejus eum librum qui est de animo,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

    volumina,

    Quint. 2, 15, 24:

    fastos,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 112; Ov. F. 1, 657:

    versus,

    id. Tr. 2, 307:

    jocos,

    id. ib. 2, 238; cf.

    transf.: poëtas,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72; cf.

    auctores,

    Suet. Aug. 89:

    auctores penitus,

    Quint. 12, 2, 8:

    antiquitatem,

    Tac. Or. 29 fin. —
    2.
    To draw out a thread, i. e. to spin, said of the Fates:

    quae seriem fatorum pollice ducunt Longaque ferratis evolvunt saecula pensis,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 53; and pregn., to spin out, i. e. to spin to an end, said of the Fates:

    tunc, quae dispensant mortalia fata, sorores Debuerant fusos evoluisse meos,

    Ov. H. 12, 4.—
    3.
    To obtain, raise:

    in hoc triduo Aut terra aut mari alicunde aliqua evolvam argentum tibi,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 83.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.: si qui voluerit animi sui complicatam notionem evolvere, to unroll, i. e. to clear up (the figure being taken from a book), Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.:

    exitum criminis,

    id. Cael. 23:

    promissa evolvit somni,

    i. e. turns over, revolves, Sil. 3, 216; cf.:

    secum femineos dolos,

    Sen. Agam. 116:

    evolutus integumentis dissimulationis (with nudatus),

    unwrapped, stripped, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 350:

    evolutus bonis,

    robbed, Sen. Ep. 74; cf.:

    sede patria rebusque summis,

    Tac. A. 13, 15:

    ex praeda clandestina,

    driven away, Liv. 6, 15:

    nullo possum remedio me evolvere ex his turbis,

    Ter. Ph. 5, 4, 5:

    se omni turba,

    id. Eun. 4, 4, 56.—
    B.
    In partic., to unfold, disclose, narrate:

    naturam rerum omnium,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 36: oras belli, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 178 ed. Vahl.):

    totam deliberationem accuratius,

    Cic. Att. 9, 10, 7:

    rem propositam,

    Quint. 1, 1, 20:

    condita pectoris,

    Cat. 66, 74:

    seriem fati,

    Ov. M. 15, 152:

    haec,

    Verg. G. 4, 509 et saep.; cf. with a rel.-clause, Lucr. 1, 954.—
    C.
    To roll away, of time, i. e. to pass, elapse:

    evolutis multis diebus,

    Vulg. Gen. 38, 12:

    cum evolutus esset annus,

    id. 2 Par. 24, 23:

    evoluto tempore,

    id. Esth. 2, 15.

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  • 10 legō

        legō lēgī, lēctus, ere    [1 LEG-], to bring together, gather, collect: herbas collibus, O.: mala, nuces, V.: spolia caesorum, L.: quos (asparagos), Iu.: homini mortuo ossa: ficus apta legi, to be plucked, O.: Parcae fila legunt, i. e. spin out, V.: Ore legam (extremum halitum), receive the last breath, i. e. give a parting kiss, V.: Umida vela, to furl, V.: tenerā vela manu, O.— To take, carry off, steal: sacra divum, H.— To go over, traverse, pass, wander through: saltūs, O.: pontum Pone legit, sails through, V.: Aequora Afra, O.: presso vestigia gressu, track, O.: tortos orbīs, wander through, V.— To sail by, skirt, coast along: Inarimen Prochytenque, O.: navibus oram Italiae, L.; cf. primi litoris oram, i. e. of my theme, V.— To choose, pick out, single out, select, elect, appoint: iudices: condiciones: civīs in patres, L.: viros ad bella, O.: geminas de classe biremīs, V.: legit virum vir, man singles out man (in battle), V.: omnīs longo ordine Adversos legere, pass in review, V.—Esp., of the censors: in senatu legendo, making up the roll of the senate.—Fig., to read, peruse, scan: legi ipse animoque notavi, O.: libros: acta maiorum, S.: liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter: Ore legar populi, O.: sepulcra, epitaphs: ut scriptum legimus, find written: relatum legere, quis docuerit, etc., N.: nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata, Iu.— To read out, read aloud, recite: convocatis auditoribus volumen: Obturem impune legentibus aurīs, H.: alqm occidit legendo, with recitation, H.: acta, the news of the day, Iu.
    * * *
    I
    legare, legavi, legatus V
    bequeath, will; entrust, send as an envoy, choose as a deputy
    II
    legere, legi, lectus V
    read; gather, collect (cremated bones); furl (sail), weigh (anchor); pick out

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  • 11 provolvo

    provolvere, provolvi, provolutus V
    roll forward or along, bowl over

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  • 12 ratio

    rătĭo, onis (abl. rationi, Lucr. 6, 66), f. [reor, ratus], a reckoning, account, calculation, computation.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Sing.: Les. Nequaquam argenti ratio conparet tamen. Sta. Ratio quidem hercle adparet: argentum oichetai, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 15 sq.:

    rationem putare... bene ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos convenit,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 141; 146; cf.: ad calculos vocare amicitiam, ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

    itur, putatur ratio cum argentario... Ubi disputata est ratio cum argentario,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 53 sq.:

    dextera digitis rationem computat,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 49:

    magna ratio C. Verruci,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 188:

    direptio ejus pecuniae, cujus ratio in aede Opis confecta est,

    id. Phil. 5, 6, 16; cf.:

    quibus in tabulis nominatim, ratio confecta erat, qui numerus domo exisset, etc.,... Quarum omnium rerum summa erat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 29: auri ratio constat: aurum in aerario est, the account agrees, i. e. is correct, Cic. Fl. 28, 69 (v. consto):

    decumo post mense, ut rationem te dictare intellego,

    to make the reckoning, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 38 (al. ductare):

    rationem ducere,

    to make a computation, to compute, calculate, reckon, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; so, rationem habere, to take an account, make a computation:

    omnium proeliorum,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 53; cf.:

    hujus omnis pecuniae conjunctim ratio habetur,

    id. B. G. 6, 19; and:

    piratarum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:

    rationem inire,

    to cast up, reckon, calculate, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:

    quattuor minae periere, ut ratio redditur,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 23; cf.:

    tibi ego rationem reddam?

    id. Aul. 1, 1, 6; id. Trin. 2, 4, 114:

    rationem referre,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 98:

    rationem repetere de pecuniis repetundis,

    id. Clu. 37, 104: Py. Quanta istaec hominum summa est? Ar. Septem millia. Py. Tantum esse oportet:

    recte rationem tenes,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47 et saep.:

    drachumae, quas de ratione debuisti,

    according to the account, id. Trin. 2, 4, 24:

    grandem (pecuniam) quemadmodum in rationem inducerent, non videbant,

    how they should bring it into their accounts, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 106.—
    (β).
    Plur.: rationes putare argentariam, frumentariam, pabuli causa quae parata sunt;

    rationem vinariam, oleariam, quid venierit, etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 5:

    rationes ad aerarium continuo detuli... quas rationes si cognoris, intelleges, etc.,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 61:

    ut rationes cum publicanis putarent,

    id. Att. 4, 11, 1:

    rationes a colono accepit,

    id. Caecin. 32, 94:

    quid opus est? inquam. Rationes conferatis. Assidunt, subducunt, ad nummum convenit,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 12:

    rationes referre... rationes deferre,

    id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:

    Romani pueri longis rationibus assem Discunt in partes centum diducere,

    Hor. A. P. 325 et saep.:

    A RATIONIBVS,

    an accountant, Inscr. Orell. 1494; 2973; 2986; 4173 et saep. (cf. ab).—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A list, roll, register (rare):

    cedo rationem carceris, quae diligentissime conficitur, quo quisque die datus in custodiam, quo mortuus, quo necatus sit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:

    rationes imperii, ab Augusto proponi solitas, sed a Tiberio intermissas, publicavit (sc. Caligula),

    Suet. Calig. 16 ( = breviarium) totius imperii, id. Aug. 101 fin.:

    rationarium imperii,

    id. ib. 28.—
    2.
    A sum, number (rare), Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 11:

    nunc lenonum et scortorum plus est fere Quam olim muscarum est. Ea nimia est ratio,

    id. Truc. 1, 1, 49:

    pro ratione pecuniae liberalius est Brutus tractatus quam Pompeius,

    Cic. Att. 6, 3, 5; cf. II. B. 1. c. infra.—
    3.
    A business matter, transaction, business; also, a matter, affair, in gen. (a favorite word of Cicero):

    res rationesque eri Ballionis curo,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 31:

    res rationesque vestrorum omnium,

    id. Am. prol. 4:

    re ac ratione cum aliquo conjunctus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 172:

    de tota illa ratione atque re Gallicana inter se multa communicare,

    id. Quint. 4, 15:

    cum (Druides) in reliquis fere rebus, publicis privatisque rationibus, Graecis utantur litteris,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 14 (metaphrast. pragmasi):

    ratio nummaria,

    Cic. Att. 10, 11, 2:

    aeraria ratio,

    id. Quint. 4, 15:

    ratio domestica... bellica,

    id. Off. 1, 22, 76:

    quod ad popularem rationem attinet,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 4:

    rationes familiares componere,

    Tac. A. 6, 16 fin.:

    fori judiciique rationem Messala suscepit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149; cf.:

    in explicandis rationibus rerum civilium,

    id. Rep. 1, 8, 13:

    rationes civitatis,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 11:

    quantos aestus habet ratio comitiorum... nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum,

    id. Mur. 17, 35:

    propter rationem Gallici belli,

    id. Prov. Cons. 8, 19; so id. ib. 8, 14, 35:

    ad omnem rationem humanitatis,

    id. Mur. 31, 66: in hac ratione quid res, quid causa, quid tempus ferat, tu facillime perspicies, id. Fam. 1, 7, 6 fin.:

    ad eam rationem existimabam satis aptam naturam meam,

    id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—
    b.
    Pregn.: meae (tuae, etc.) rationes, my ( thy, etc.) interest, my ( thy, etc.) advantage (cf. in Engl. to find one's account in any thing):

    me ad ejus rationes adjungo, quem tu in meis rationibus tibi esse adjungendum putasti,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 2; cf.:

    exemplum meis alienissimum rationibus,

    id. Corn. Fragm. 1, 7 B. and K.:

    consideres, quid tuae rationes postulent,

    Sall. C. 44, 5: servitia repudiabat... alienum suis rationibus existimans videri causam civium cum servis fugitivis communicasse, inconsistent with his policy or interests, id. ib. 56, 5:

    si meas rationes unquam vestrae saluti anteposuissem,

    Cic. Red. ad Quir. 1, 1.
    II.
    Trop., a reckoning, account, computation:

    postquam hanc rationem cordi ventrique edidi,

    presented this reckoning, Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 12:

    itidem hic ut Acheronti ratio accepti scribitur,

    i.e. things are taken only, nothing is given back, id. Truc. 4, 2, 36:

    nomen (comoediae) jam habetis, nunc rationes ceteras Accipite,

    an account of the rest, id. Poen. prol. 55; cf.:

    census quom sum, juratori recte rationem dedi,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 30; so,

    rationem dare, for the more usual rationem reddere,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 86 Mull.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92 Zumpt:

    (argentarii) ratione utuntur,

    make a reckoning, settle up, Plaut. Cas. prol. 27:

    cum eam mecum rationem puto,

    go into that calculation, think over the matter, id. ib. 3, 2, 25; cf.:

    frustra egomet mecum has rationes puto,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 54:

    (Medea et Atreus) inita subductaque ratione nefaria scelera meditantes,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 71:

    quod posteaquam iste cognovit hanc rationem habere coepit,

    to make the following calculation, reflection, id. Verr. 2, 5, 39, § 101; cf.: totius rei consilium his rationibus explicavit, ut si, etc.,... si, etc.,... sin, etc., drew the plan of the whole undertaking according to the following calculation, that if, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 78;

    and herewith cf.: rationem consilii mei accipite,

    id. ib. 3, 86:

    ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me convenias, etc.,

    that you may calculate, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 6:

    semper ita vivamus, ut rationem reddendam nobis arbitremur,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 28; cf.:

    nihil est, quod minus ferendum sit, quam rationem ab altero vitae reposcere eum, qui non possit suae reddere,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 28;

    and with this cf.: si gravius quid acciderit, abs te rationem reposcent,

    will call you to account, Caes. B. G. 5, 30: clarorum virorum atque magnorum non minus otii, quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, an account must be capable of being given, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66:

    tam otii quam negotii rationem reddere majores censuisse,

    Col. 11 fin.: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio constet, quam si uni reddatur, that the account is not correct unless, etc., Tac. A. 1, 6 fin.:

    mirum est quam singulis diebus in urbe ratio aut constet aut constare videatur,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 1; 1, 5, 16 et saep.; cf. Just. praef. 5.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Relation, reference, respect to a thing:

    (agricolae) habent rationem cum terra, quae nunquam recusat imperium,

    have an account, have to do, have dealings with the earth, Cic. Sen. 15, 51; cf.:

    ubi ratio cum Orco habetur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 3;

    for which: ubi sit cum Orco ratio ponenda,

    Col. 1, 3, 2:

    cum omnibus Musis rationem habere cogito,

    Cic. Att. 2, 5, 2:

    cum hac (muliere) aliquid adulescentem hominem habuisse rationis,

    id. Cael. 20, 50; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190. omnes, quibuscum ratio huic aut est aut fuit, assunt, defendunt, id. Quint. 23, 75; cf.

    . quae ratio tibi cum eo intercesserat?

    id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41:

    pacis vero quae potest esse cum eo ratio, in quo est incredibilis crudelitas, fides nulla?

    id. Phil. 4, 6, 14:

    quod si habenda cum M. Antonii latrocinio pacis ratio fuit, etc.,

    id. ib. 12, 7, 17:

    fontes ad nostrorum annalium rationem veteres, ad ipsorum sane recentes,

    in respect to our annals, id. Brut. 13, 49.—
    b.
    Pregn., a respect, regard, concern, consideration, care for a thing (usu. in the connection habere and ducere alicujus rei rationem): ad hanc rationem quoniam maximam vim natura habet, fortuna proximam: utriusque omnino habenda ratio est in deligendo genere vitae, Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:

    quorum (civium Romanorum) nobis pro vestra sapientia, Quirites, habenda est ratio diligenter,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:

    (deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem,

    id. Leg. 2, 7, 15:

    cujus absentis rationem haberi proximis comitiis populus jussisset,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 9; so,

    absentis,

    id. ib. 1, 32; 3, 82 fin.:

    sauciorum et aegrorum habita ratione,

    id. ib. 3, 75:

    moneret, frumenti rationem esse habendam,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 34;

    so (al. frumentandi), rationem habere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 75 Oud.; cf. id. ib. 7, 71:

    alicujus vel dignitatis vel commodi rationem non habere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17: ut summae rei publicae rationem habeamus, Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, c, 3:

    alicujus salutis rationem habere,

    i. e. to regard, care for, be concerned about, Caes. B. G. 7, 71; so id. B. C. 1, 20:

    turpissimae fugae rationem habere,

    id. ib. 2, 31:

    ut in ceteris habenda ratio non sui solum sed etiam aliorum, sic, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

    proinde habeat rationem posteritatis et periculi sui,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 13:

    habere nunc se rationem officii pro beneficiis Caesaris,

    id. B. G. 5, 27:

    non ullius rationem sui commodi ducit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

    cum hujusce periculi tum ceterorum quoque officiorum et amicitiarum ratio,

    id. Clu. 42, 117:

    omnis hac in re habenda ratio et diligentia est, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 24, 89; cf.:

    didici ex tuis litteris, te omnibus in rebus habuisse rationem, ut mihi consuleres,

    id. Fam. 3, 5, 1:

    habeo rationem, quid a populo Romano acceperim,

    bring into consideration, consider, id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:

    ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me salva lege Cornelia convenias, ego veni, etc.,

    id. Fam. 3, 6, 6:

    neque illud rationis habuisti, eam provinciam ad summam stultitiam nequitiamque venisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 38; cf.:

    hoc rationis habebant, facere eos nullo modo posse, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 29, e70.—
    c.
    Relation to a thing, i. e.
    (α).
    Subject., course, conduct, procedure, mode, manner, method, fashion, plan, etc. (cf. consilium):

    nunc sic rationem incipissam, hanc instituam astutiam, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 82; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 175 sqq.:

    ubi cenas hodic, si hanc rationem instituis?

    Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 26; id. Truc. 1, 1, 3:

    tua ratio est, ut secundum binos ludos mihi respondere incipias: mea, ut ante primos ludos comperendinem. Ita fiet, ut tua ista ratio existimetur astuta, meum hoc consilium necessarium,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 11, 34; cf.:

    ratio viaque defensionis,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 4:

    itaque in praesentia Pompeii insequendi rationem omittit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 30:

    mea autem ratio in dicendo haec esse solet, ut, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 292:

    haec in philosophia ratio contra omnia disserendi,

    id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:

    dicendi,

    id. Or. 32, 114; id. de Or. 3, 15, 56; cf.:

    aliquot ante annis inita ratio est, ut, etc.,

    id. Rep. 2, 36, 61:

    ut, quo primum occurreretur, vix ratio iniri possit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 24:

    quia reponendarum (tegularum) nemo artifex inire rationem potuerit,

    Liv. 42, 3 fin. —In plur.:

    hoc aditu laudis non mea me voluntas sed meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae prohibuerunt,

    plan of life, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:

    de rationibus rerum publicarum aut constituendarum aut tuendarum,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 11.—
    (β).
    Object., relation, condition, nature, kind, sort, fashion, way, etc. (cf. modus):

    sed ratio ordoque agminis aliter se habebat ac Belgae ad Nervios detulerant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19; cf.:

    ut rei militaris ratio atque ordo postulabat,

    id. ib. 2, 22; so,

    rei militaris,

    id. ib. 4, 23:

    ratio atque usus belli,

    the art and practice of war, id. ib. 4, 1; id. B. C. 1, 76 fin.; 2, 18; 3, 17 et saep. al.; cf.:

    novae rationes bellandi,

    id. ib. 3, 50:

    ratio equestris proelii,

    id. B. G. 5, 16:

    quorum operum haec erat ratio, etc.,

    id. B. C. 1, 25; cf.: rationem pontis hanc instituit;

    tigna bina, etc.,

    id. B. G. 4, 17:

    serpit per omnium vitas amicitia, nec ullam aetatis degendae rationem patitur esse expertem sui,

    Cic. Lael. 23, 87; cf.:

    ita ratio comparata est vitae naturaeque nostrae, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 27, 101; id. Ac. 2, 43, 132:

    civitas (Platonis) non quae possit esse, sed in qua ratio rerum civilium perspici posset,

    id. Rep. 2, 30, 52 init.; cf.:

    reliqui disseruerunt de generibus et de rationibus civitatum,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 22;

    1, 8, 13: quam creberrimis litteris faciam ut tibi nota sit omnis ratio dierum atque itinerum meorum,

    id. Fam. 3, 5, 4: quoniam eadem est ratio juris in utroque, id. Rep. 3, 12, 21; cf.:

    haec eadem ratio est in summa totius Galliae,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 11 fin.:

    ab nostris eadem ratione, qua pridie, resistitur,

    id. ib. 5, 40; id. B. C. 3, 100; cf. id. ib. 3, 101:

    docet, longe alia ratione esse bellum gerendum atque antea sit gestum,

    id. B. G. 7, 14:

    hoc si Romae fieri posset, certe aliqua ratione expugnasset iste,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, ee130:

    quid refert, qua me ratione cogatis?

    id. Lael. 8, 26:

    quod fuit illis conandum atque omni ratione efficiendum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 65 fin.; 1, 67 fin.:

    simili ratione Pompeius in suis castris consedit,

    id. ib. 3, 76:

    auxilium ferri nulla ratione poterat,

    id. ib. 1, 70:

    nec quibus rationibus superare possent, sed quem ad modum uti victoria deberent, cogitabant,

    id. ib. 3, 83 fin.; 3, 58; 3, 18 fin. et saep.—
    (γ).
    With gen. of a subst. in circumlocution for the subst. itself (v. Zumpt, Gram. §

    678): vereor ne oratio mea aliena ab judiciorum ratione esse videatur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, ee109:

    multa autem propter rationem brevitatis praetermittenda,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 40, ee

    103: quantas perturbationes et quantos aestus habet ratio comitiorum?

    id. Mur. 17, 35:

    nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum,

    id. ib. 17, 36:

    praedicere tempestatum rationem et praedonum,

    id. ib. 2, 4:

    tota ratio talium largitionum genere vitiosa est,

    id. Off. 2, 17, 60.—
    2.
    Pregn., that faculty of the mind which forms the basis of computation and calculation, and hence of mental action in general, i. e. judgment, understanding, reason: duplex est vis animorum atque natura: una pars in appetitu posita est, quae est hormê Graece, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit;

    altera in ratione, quae docet et explanat, quid faciendum, quid fugiendum sit. Ita fit, ut ratio praesit, appetitus obtemperet,

    Cic. Off. 1, 28, 101:

    homo, quod rationis est particeps, per quam consequentia cernit, causas rerum videt earumque progressus et quasi antecessiones non ignorat, similitudines comparat rebusque praesentibus adjungit atque annectit futuras, facile totius vitae cursum videt ad eamque degendam praeparat res necessarias. Eademque natura vi rationis hominem concilia homini et ad orationis et ad vitae societatem, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 11 sq.:

    haud scio, an melius fuerit, humano generi motum istum celerem cogitationis, acumen, sollertiam, quam rationem vocamus, non dari omnino quam tam munifice et tam large dari, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2, 27, 69:

    lex est ratio summa, insita in natura, quae jubet ea, quae facienda sunt, prohibetque contraria. Eadem ratio, cum est in hominis mente confirmata et confecta, lex est,

    id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

    ut, quos ratio non posset, eos ad officium religio duceret,

    id. N. D. 1, 42, 118:

    mens et ratio et consilium in senibus est,

    id. Sen. 19, 67; cf. Liv. 28, 28:

    si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit, si ratio, consilium, prudentia, Pompeius antistat,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; cf. id. Quint. 16, 53; and:

    si ratio et prudentia curas aufert,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 25:

    quibus in rebus temeritas et casus, non ratio nec consilium valet,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85; cf.:

    illa de urbis situ revoces ad rationem quae a Romulo casu aut necessitate facta sunt,

    id. Rep. 2, 11, 22; and:

    moneo ut agentem te ratio ducat, non fortuna,

    Liv. 22, 39 fin.: mulier abundat audacia;

    consilio et ratione deficitur,

    Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

    Ariovistum magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse. Cui rationi contra homines barbaros locus fuisset, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40: arma amens capio;

    nec sat rationis in armis,

    Verg. A. 2, 314:

    rationis egens,

    id. ib. 8, 299 et saep.:

    iracundia dissidens a ratione,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    majora quam hominum ratio consequi possit,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 15:

    quantum ratione provideri poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.:

    quantumque in ratione esset, exploratum habuit,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 6 init.:

    nec majore ratione bellum administrari posse,

    Caes. B. C. 7, 21:

    minari divisoribus ratio non erat,

    it was not reasonable, was contrary to reason, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24; so, nulla ratio est, with an objectclause, id. Caecin. 5, 15; so,

    too, minime rationis est,

    Col. 3, 5, 3; cf. with dat.:

    Vitellianus exercitus, cui acquiescere Cremonae ratio fuit,

    which, as reason dictated, ought to have rested at Cremona, Tac. H. 3, 22:

    quod domi te inclusisti, ratione fecisti,

    reasonably, sensibly, judiciously, Cic. Att. 12, [p. 1527] 14, 3.—
    b.
    The reasonable cause of a thing, a ground, motive, reason:

    ratio est causa, quae demonstrat, verum esse id, quod intendimus, brevi subjectione. Rationis confirmatio est ea, quae pluribus argumentis corroborat breviter expositam rationem,

    Auct. Her. 2, 18, 28:

    quid tandem habuit argumenti aut rationis res, quamobrem, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115; cf.:

    nostra confirmare argumentis ac rationibus: deinde contraria refutare,

    id. de Or. 2, 19, 80:

    noverit orator argumentorum et rationum locos,

    id. Or. 14, 44 (v. also argumentum):

    si mei consilii causam rationemque cognoverit,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1; cf.:

    ad eam sententiam cum reliquis causis haec quoque ratio eos deduxit, quod, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 10 fin.:

    quam habet rationem, non quaero aequitatis, sed ipsius improbitatis atque impudentiae?... facti, si non bonam, at aliquam rationem afferre,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, e196; cf.:

    deinde nihil rationis affert, quamobrem, etc.,

    id. Caecin. 33, 96:

    non deest hoc loco copia rationum, quibus docere velitis, humanas esse formas deorum: primum quod, etc.... deinde quod, etc.... tertiam rationem affertis, quod, etc.,

    id. N. D. 1, 27, 76:

    et quidem, cur sic opinetur, rationem subicit,

    id. Div. 2, 50, 104:

    idcirco minus existimo te nihil nisi summa ratione fecisse,

    id. Att. 8, 11, D, §

    5: nunc non modo agendi rationem nullam habeo, sed ne cogitandi quidem,

    id. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

    rationes in ea disputatione a te collectae vetabant me rei publicae penitus diffidere,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 3; cf. id. Ac. 2, 36, 116:

    rationibus conquisitis de voluptate et dolore disputandum putant,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 31; cf.:

    quod cum disputando rationibusque docuisset,

    id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

    his rationibus tam certis tamque illustribus opponuntur ab his, qui contra disputant primum labores, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 4 et saep.:

    num parva causa aut prava ratio est?

    reason, excuse, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 27.—
    (β).
    In rhet., a showing cause, argument, reasoning in support of a proposition:

    ratio est, quae continet causam, quae si sublata sit, nihil in causa controversiae relinquatur, hoc modo: Orestes si accusetur matricidii, nisi hoc dicat, Jure feci, illa enim patrem meum occiderat, non habet defensionem,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18:

    ad propositum subjecta ratio, et item in distributis supposita ratio,

    id. de Or. 3, 54, 207; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 4; 5, 14, 1; 16; 7, 8, 3.—
    c.
    Reasonableness, reason, propriety, law, rule, order, conformity, etc.:

    in omnibus, quae ratione docentur et via, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,

    in a reasonable, regular manner, Cic. Or. 33, 116; cf.:

    ut ratione et via procedat oratio,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 29:

    modo et ratione aliquid facere (along with recte atque ordine facere),

    id. Quint. 7, 28; cf.:

    quae res Nec modum habet neque consilium, ratione modoque Tractari non vult,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 266:

    nihil est, quod ratione et numero moveri possit sine consilio,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 43:

    intervallis imparibus, sed tamen pro rata parte ratione distinctis,

    divided proportionally by rule, id. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf.:

    ex summis et infimis et mediis interjectis ordinibus ut sonis moderata ratione civitas concinit,

    in symmetrical proportion, id. ib. 2, 42, 69:

    in quo defuit fortasse ratio, sed tamen vincit ipsa rerum publicarum natura saepe rationem,

    order, system, id. ib. 2, 33, 57;

    5, 5, 7: declinatio si cum ratione fiet,

    reasonably, id. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:

    ratio et distributio,

    a reasonable division, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1, 1.—
    d.
    A theory, doctrine, or system based upon reason; science, and (less freq.), subject., knowledge:

    erat enim tunc haec nova et ignota ratio, solem lunae oppositum solere deficere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; cf.:

    nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 13;

    2, 39, 66: si animum contulisti in istam rationem et quasi artem,

    id. ib. 1, 23, 37; cf.:

    omnes tacito quodam sensu sine ulla arte aut ratione, quae sint in artibus ac rationibus recta ac prava dijudicant,

    id. de Or. 3, 50, 195; id. Brut. 74, 258:

    continet enim totam hanc quaestionem ea ratio, quae est de natura deorum,

    id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

    Epicuri ratio, quae plerisque notissima est,

    doctrine, system, philosophy, id. Fin. 1, 5, 13; cf.:

    Stoicorum ratio disciplinaque,

    id. Off. 3, 4, 20:

    Cynicorum ratio,

    id. ib. 1, 41, 148; so id. Fin. 3, 20, 68: ratio vivendi... ratio civilis et disciplina populorum, the art of living... statesmanship, id. Rep. 3, 3, 4; cf.:

    etiamsi cui videbitur illa in optimis studiis et artibus quieta vitae ratio beatior, haec civilis laudabilior est certe et illustrior,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 4:

    improba navigii ratio tum caeca jacebat,

    Lucr. 5, 1004: saltationis ac musicae rationis studiosi, Col. prooem. e3 al.—Subject., knowledge:

    si qua (est in me) exercitatio dicendi aut si hujus rei ratio aliqua, ab optimarum artium studiis ac disciplina profecta,

    Cic. Arch. 1, 1.—
    e.
    A view or opinion resting upon reasonable grounds:

    mea sic est ratio,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 43; cf.:

    inventus est nemo, cujus non haec et sententia esset et oratio, non esse metuendum, etc.... Haec cum omnes sentirent et cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu ac dolore loqueretur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 68 sq.; and with this cf. id. Att. 1, 11, 1:

    cujus ratio etsi non valuit,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 6 (just before: hujus cum sententiam plurimi essent secuti).—
    f.
    In philos. lang., a production of proof, argumentation, reasoning: (Epicurus) tollit definitiones; nihil de dividendo ac partiendo docet;

    non, quo modo efficiatur concludaturque ratio, tradit,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22; cf. id. Div. 2, 10, 25; id. de Or. 2, 38, 158:

    ratio ipsa coget, et ex aeternitate quaedam esse vera et ea non esse nexa causis aeternis, etc.,

    id. Fat. 16, 38; cf.:

    ergo, ubi tyrannus est, ibi non vitiosam ut heri dicebam, sed, ut nunc ratio cogit, dicendum est, plane nullam esse rem publicam,

    id. Rep. 3, 31, 43.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ratio

  • 13 subvolvo

    sub-volvo, ĕre, v. a., to roll up or along:

    manibus saxa,

    Verg. A. 1, 424.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > subvolvo

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