rusticus

nundĭnus, a, um, adj. [novem-dies], of or belonging to nine days; hence, subst.

Nundĭna, ae, f. (sc. dea), the goddess who presided over the purification and naming of infants, which took place in the case of boys on the ninth and in that of girls on the eighth day after birth, Macr. S. 1, 16, 36.—

nundĭnae, ārum (sing. collat. form nundĭna, ae, Sid. Ep. 7, 5), f., the ninth day, i. e. the market-day, the weekly market; denoting the time, the place, and the business (on market-days the country people came into the city for the purpose of buying and selling, and of attending to public and religious affairs): nundinas feriatum diem esse voluerunt antiqui, ut rustici convenirent mercandi vendendique causā: eumque nefastum, ne, si liceret cum populo agi, interpellarentur nundinatores, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; cf.:

Rutilius scribit, Romanos instituisse nundinas, ut octo quidem diebus in agris rustici opus facerent, nono autem die, intermisso rure, ad mercatum Legesque accipiendas Romam venirent,

Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34:

annum ita diviserunt, ut nonis modo diebus urbanas res usurparent, reliquis VII. ut rura colerent,

Varr. R. R. 2 praef. § 1: erat in eo ipso loco nundinarum panêguris, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1:

illi Capuam nundinas rusticorum, horreum Campani agri esse voluerunt,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 89; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 28; 18, 3, 3, § 13:

farris pretium in trinis nundinis ad assem redegit,

id. 18, 3, 4, § 15.—

Trop., trade, traffic, sale:

totius rei publicae nundinae,

Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 11; cf.:

vectigalium flagitiosissimae nundinae,

id. ib. 2, 14, 35.—

nundĭnum, i, n., the markettime, for the most part only in the connection inter nundinum, the time between two nundinae, and trinum nundinum, the time of three nundinae, or at least seventeen days (reckoned from the first market-day to the third, inclusive; it was necessary that this period should expire before a bill could be put to the vote. Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34): si nihil gustat inter nundinum, Lucil. ap. Non. 214, 28:

quoties priscus homo ac rusticus Romanus inter nundinum barbam radebat,

Varr. ib. 214, 30; 32:

postquam comitia decemviris creandis in trinum nundinum indicta sunt,

on the third market-day, Liv. 3, 35:

rogatio sive non trino forte nundino promulgata sive non idoneo die,

Quint. 2, 4, 35:

quod in ceteris legibus trinum nundinum esse oportet,

Cic. Dom. 16, 41:

primo nundino,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—

The duration of the consulship, under the emperors ( = two months), Vop. Tac. 9; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43.

nundĭnus, a, um, adj. [novem-dies], of or belonging to nine days; hence, subst.

Nundĭna, ae, f. (sc. dea), the goddess who presided over the purification and naming of infants, which took place in the case of boys on the ninth and in that of girls on the eighth day after birth, Macr. S. 1, 16, 36.—

nundĭnae, ārum (sing. collat. form nundĭna, ae, Sid. Ep. 7, 5), f., the ninth day, i. e. the market-day, the weekly market; denoting the time, the place, and the business (on market-days the country people came into the city for the purpose of buying and selling, and of attending to public and religious affairs): nundinas feriatum diem esse voluerunt antiqui, ut rustici convenirent mercandi vendendique causā: eumque nefastum, ne, si liceret cum populo agi, interpellarentur nundinatores, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.; cf.:

Rutilius scribit, Romanos instituisse nundinas, ut octo quidem diebus in agris rustici opus facerent, nono autem die, intermisso rure, ad mercatum Legesque accipiendas Romam venirent,

Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34:

annum ita diviserunt, ut nonis modo diebus urbanas res usurparent, reliquis VII. ut rura colerent,

Varr. R. R. 2 praef. § 1: erat in eo ipso loco nundinarum panêguris, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1:

illi Capuam nundinas rusticorum, horreum Campani agri esse voluerunt,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 89; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 28; 18, 3, 3, § 13:

farris pretium in trinis nundinis ad assem redegit,

id. 18, 3, 4, § 15.—

Trop., trade, traffic, sale:

totius rei publicae nundinae,

Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 11; cf.:

vectigalium flagitiosissimae nundinae,

id. ib. 2, 14, 35.—

nundĭnum, i, n., the markettime, for the most part only in the connection inter nundinum, the time between two nundinae, and trinum nundinum, the time of three nundinae, or at least seventeen days (reckoned from the first market-day to the third, inclusive; it was necessary that this period should expire before a bill could be put to the vote. Macr. S. 1, 16, § 34): si nihil gustat inter nundinum, Lucil. ap. Non. 214, 28:

quoties priscus homo ac rusticus Romanus inter nundinum barbam radebat,

Varr. ib. 214, 30; 32:

postquam comitia decemviris creandis in trinum nundinum indicta sunt,

on the third market-day, Liv. 3, 35:

rogatio sive non trino forte nundino promulgata sive non idoneo die,

Quint. 2, 4, 35:

quod in ceteris legibus trinum nundinum esse oportet,

Cic. Dom. 16, 41:

primo nundino,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—

The duration of the consulship, under the emperors ( = two months), Vop. Tac. 9; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 43.

offĕro ( obf-), obtŭli, oblātum, v. a. [ob-fero], to bring before; to present, offer; to show, exhibit (class.; cf. obicio, ostendo).

In gen.:

incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10; cf.:

opportune te obtulisti mihi obviam,

id. Ad. 3, 2, 24; id. Hec. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Att. 3, 10, 2:

strictamque aciem venientibus offert,

presents, opposes, Verg. A. 6, 291:

speciem offerre,

to present a false appearance, Cic. Div. 1, 37, 81.—In pass.: offerri, mid., to show one's self, appear; to meet, encounter:

multis in difficillimis rebus praesens auxilium ejus (numinis) oblatum est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 108:

oblata religio est,

a religious scruple struck him, id. Fam. 10, 12, 3:

metu oblato,

id. ib. 15, 1, 5:

lex quaedam videbatur oblata,

id. Phil. 1, 2, 4.—

In partic.

To offer, expose; to bring forward, adduce:

ne offeramus nos periculis sine causā,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83; so,

se morti,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

se ad mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 32:

obtulimus nos ad prima pericula,

Ov. M. 13, 42:

vitam in discrimen,

Cic. Sest. 28, 61:

moram offerre alicui,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 30:

nam tu nunc vides pro tuo caro capite carum offerre me meum caput vilitati,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 34:

sponte suā leto caput obvius optulit ipse,

Lucr. 3, 1041; cf. Cic. Sull. 30, 84; id. Sest. 1, 1; Liv. 3, 1; 31, 50:

criminibus oblatis,

brought forward, adduced, Cic. Lael. 18, 65.—

To offer, proffer; to bring, cause, occasion, confer, bestow; to inflict, etc. (cf. promitto, recipio, infero):

foedus,

Verg. A. 12, 109:

in omnia ultro suam offerens operam,

Liv. 40, 23:

di tibi semper omnia optata offerant,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 21:

alicui optatissimum beneficium,

Caes. B. G. 6, 42:

hoc tantum boni, quod vobis ab dis immortalibus oblatum et datum est,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

datum atque oblatum,

id. Verr. 1, 1, 1; 2, 4, 49, § 103: ut nunc hac re mihi opem et auxilium offeras, bring me aid and assistance, help me, Lucil. ap. Non. 360, 25:

laetitiam,

to procure, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 18:

alicui injuriam,

id. ib. 5, 1, 14:

vitium virgini,

id. ib. 3, 3, 23:

stuprum alicui,

Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

mortem alicui,

id. Sest. 21, 48: sibi molestiam atque aerumnam offerre, to bring, procure, occasion, Lucil. ap. Non. 360, 23: occasio ad occupandam Asiam oblata, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

seque offert suscepturum,

offers, Tac. A. 11, 33:

rusticus offerebat se intercessurum senatus consulto,

id. ib. 16, 26:

oblatā facultate in castra sese receperunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 72.—

In eccl. Lat.

To offer to God, to consecrate, dedicate, Prud. Cath. 5, 150; Vulg. Exod. 38, 24; 39, 32.—

To offer up, sacrifice, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 2:

Domino,

Vulg. Gen. 4, 3:

pro filio,

id. ib. 22, 13:

ex scelere,

id. Prov. 21, 27:

semet ipsum Deo,

id. Heb. 9, 14 et saep.

offĕro ( obf-), obtŭli, oblātum, v. a. [ob-fero], to bring before; to present, offer; to show, exhibit (class.; cf. obicio, ostendo).

In gen.:

incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10; cf.:

opportune te obtulisti mihi obviam,

id. Ad. 3, 2, 24; id. Hec. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Att. 3, 10, 2:

strictamque aciem venientibus offert,

presents, opposes, Verg. A. 6, 291:

speciem offerre,

to present a false appearance, Cic. Div. 1, 37, 81.—In pass.: offerri, mid., to show one's self, appear; to meet, encounter:

multis in difficillimis rebus praesens auxilium ejus (numinis) oblatum est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 108:

oblata religio est,

a religious scruple struck him, id. Fam. 10, 12, 3:

metu oblato,

id. ib. 15, 1, 5:

lex quaedam videbatur oblata,

id. Phil. 1, 2, 4.—

In partic.

To offer, expose; to bring forward, adduce:

ne offeramus nos periculis sine causā,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83; so,

se morti,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

se ad mortem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 32:

obtulimus nos ad prima pericula,

Ov. M. 13, 42:

vitam in discrimen,

Cic. Sest. 28, 61:

moram offerre alicui,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 30:

nam tu nunc vides pro tuo caro capite carum offerre me meum caput vilitati,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 34:

sponte suā leto caput obvius optulit ipse,

Lucr. 3, 1041; cf. Cic. Sull. 30, 84; id. Sest. 1, 1; Liv. 3, 1; 31, 50:

criminibus oblatis,

brought forward, adduced, Cic. Lael. 18, 65.—

To offer, proffer; to bring, cause, occasion, confer, bestow; to inflict, etc. (cf. promitto, recipio, infero):

foedus,

Verg. A. 12, 109:

in omnia ultro suam offerens operam,

Liv. 40, 23:

di tibi semper omnia optata offerant,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 21:

alicui optatissimum beneficium,

Caes. B. G. 6, 42:

hoc tantum boni, quod vobis ab dis immortalibus oblatum et datum est,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

datum atque oblatum,

id. Verr. 1, 1, 1; 2, 4, 49, § 103: ut nunc hac re mihi opem et auxilium offeras, bring me aid and assistance, help me, Lucil. ap. Non. 360, 25:

laetitiam,

to procure, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 18:

alicui injuriam,

id. ib. 5, 1, 14:

vitium virgini,

id. ib. 3, 3, 23:

stuprum alicui,

Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

mortem alicui,

id. Sest. 21, 48: sibi molestiam atque aerumnam offerre, to bring, procure, occasion, Lucil. ap. Non. 360, 23: occasio ad occupandam Asiam oblata, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4:

seque offert suscepturum,

offers, Tac. A. 11, 33:

rusticus offerebat se intercessurum senatus consulto,

id. ib. 16, 26:

oblatā facultate in castra sese receperunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 72.—

In eccl. Lat.

To offer to God, to consecrate, dedicate, Prud. Cath. 5, 150; Vulg. Exod. 38, 24; 39, 32.—

To offer up, sacrifice, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 2, 2:

Domino,

Vulg. Gen. 4, 3:

pro filio,

id. ib. 22, 13:

ex scelere,

id. Prov. 21, 27:

semet ipsum Deo,

id. Heb. 9, 14 et saep.

ŏpĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. [opera], of or belonging to labor (class.):

homo,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 8:

pecus,

working-cattle, Col. 6, 2, 15:

vinum,

for working-men, Plin. 14, 10, 12, § 86.—

Subst.

ŏpĕrārĭus, ii, m., a laborer, workman, operative:

habere oportet operarios quinque,

Cato, R. R. 10, 1: operarius rusticus, the peasant as a day-laborer, Edict. Diocl. 7, 1; cf.:

operarius agrarius,

Vulg. Ecclus. 37, 13:

quos singulos sicut operarios barbarosque contemnas,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104:

quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā,

fluent talkers, bad orators, id. de Or. 1, 18, 83:

operarium nobis quendam oratorem facis,

underworkman, id. ib. 1, 62, 263:

si quid actum erit, quod isti operarii minus commode persequi possent,

i. e. scribes, secretaries, id. Fam. 8, 1, 2.—

ŏpĕrārĭa, ae, f., a work-woman, in a comic lusus verbb., Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 41.

ŏpĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. [opera], of or belonging to labor (class.):

homo,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 8:

pecus,

working-cattle, Col. 6, 2, 15:

vinum,

for working-men, Plin. 14, 10, 12, § 86.—

Subst.

ŏpĕrārĭus, ii, m., a laborer, workman, operative:

habere oportet operarios quinque,

Cato, R. R. 10, 1: operarius rusticus, the peasant as a day-laborer, Edict. Diocl. 7, 1; cf.:

operarius agrarius,

Vulg. Ecclus. 37, 13:

quos singulos sicut operarios barbarosque contemnas,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104:

quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā,

fluent talkers, bad orators, id. de Or. 1, 18, 83:

operarium nobis quendam oratorem facis,

underworkman, id. ib. 1, 62, 263:

si quid actum erit, quod isti operarii minus commode persequi possent,

i. e. scribes, secretaries, id. Fam. 8, 1, 2.—

ŏpĕrārĭa, ae, f., a work-woman, in a comic lusus verbb., Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 41.

quantus-vīs, tăvis, tumvis, adj., as much as you will, as great as you please, however great, ever so great (class.):

et manus una regit quantovis impete euntem (navem),

Lucr. 4, 903; 4, 1171:

quantasvis magnas copias sustineri posse,

Caes. B. G. 5, 28:

portum satis amplum quantaevis classi,

for any fleet, be it ever so large, Liv. 26, 42:

cum faciem videas, videtur esse quantivis pretii,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 15:

ingenium hominis,

Gell. 4, 1, 2.— Neutr. subst.: quantum-vīs, however great an amount, as much as you will, how much soever, ever so much:

meretrici des quantumvis, nusquam apparet,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 17:

quantumvis tolle,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 16.—With gen.:

quantumvis fiduciae et spiritūs capias,

how much soever, Nazar. Pan. Const. 19. — Adverb., very, very indeed:

quantumvis facundus et promptus,

Suet. Calig. 53.—

For quamvis, although, albeit:

ille catus, quantumvis rusticus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 39 (ap. Cic. Lael. 20, 73, and Sen. Ep. 85, 12, the true read. is quamvis). [p. 1507]

rustĭcĭtas, ātis, f. [rusticus] (not anteAug.).

Lit.

Country life and occupations, i. e. tillage, husbandry, Pall. Insit. 11.—

Concr., country people, Pall. 1, 31; Cod. Just. 1, 55, 3.—

Transf., the manners of the country or of country people, rustic behavior, rusticity (opp. urbanitas);

in a good and (more freq.) in a bad sense: patria est ei Brixia, ex illā nostrā Italiā, quae multum adhuc verecundiae, frugalitatis atque etiam rusticitatis antiquae retinet ac servat,

Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 4; cf. Plin. 35, 4, 9, § 26; Calp. Ecl. 4, 4.—In a bad sense:

cultus adest, nec nostros mansit in annos Rusticitas priscis illa superstes avis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 128:

rusticitas, non pudor ille fuit,

id. ib. 1, 672:

vultus sine rusticitate pudentes,

id. H. 20, 59:

(urbanitas) cui contraria sit rusticitas,

Quint. 6, 3, 17; cf.:

et imperitia, et rusticitas, et rigor,

id. 6, 1, 37:

in quo (ore) nulla neque rusticitas neque peregrinitas resonet,

id. 11, 3, 30:

verborum atque ipsius etiam soni,

id. 11, 3, 10:

aliquem rusticitatis arguere,

Suet. Caes. 53:

ignorare propter rusticitatem jus suum,

Dig. 49, 14, 2 fin.

rustĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [rusticus].

Lit., to live in the country, to rusticate.

In gen. (class.):

socerum suum Laelium semper fere cum Scipione solitum rusticari,

Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22: sin rusticatur, id [p. 1608] Att. 12, 1, 1:

dies ad rusticandum dati,

id. Leg. 1, 3, 9.—Of abstract subjects:

(haec studia) pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur,

Cic. Arch. 7, 16.—

In partic., econom. t. t., to practise husbandry, to till the ground, be a farmer, Col. 11, 1, 5 sq.; 12, 3, 8.—

Transf., to talk in a rustic manner, talk like a peasant:

Varrones, Terentius,

Sid. Ep. 4, 3.

consŭlo, lŭi, ltum, 3, v. n. and a. [from con and root sal-; cf. consul and consilium].

To consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, reflect upon, consult.

Neutr.

In gen.

Absol.: quid nunc? etiam consulis? do you still deliberate, i. e. hesitate? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 171; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 75 Speng.: ne quid in consulendo adversi eveniat, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:

consulto opus est,

there is need of deliberation, Sall. C. 1, 6:

dum tempus consulendi est,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 19:

satis facere consulentibus,

Cic. Or. 42, 143:

ut omnium rerum vobis ad consulendum potestas esset,

Liv. 8, 13, 18:

ut tot uno tempore motibus animi turbati trepidarent magis quam consulerent,

id. 21, 16, 2:

praesidium consulenti curiae,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 14 et saep.—

With in and acc.:

consulere in longitudinem,

to take thought for the future, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 10:

in commune,

for the common good, id. And. 3, 3, 16; Liv. 32, 21, 1; Tac. A. 12, 5; id. Agr. 12; Curt. 5, 9, 14;

and in the same sense: in medium,

Verg. A. 11, 335; Liv. 24, 22, 15; Tac. H. 2, 5; Luc. 5, 46:

in unum,

Tac. H. 1, 68; 4, 70:

in publicum (opp. suscipere proprias simultates),

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21; Tac. A. 1, 24.—

With de and abl.:

bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

Sall. C. 51, 5; so,

de communibus negotiis,

id. J. 105, 1:

de salute suorum,

Cic. Sull. 22, 63:

omnibus de rebus,

Tac. A. 4, 40.—

With ut or ne:

consulere vivi ac prospicere debemus, ut illorum (liberorum) solitudo munita sit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153:

tu ne qua manus se attollere nobis A tergo possit, custodi et consule longe,

Verg. A. 9, 322.— Impers.:

ut urbi... satis esset praesidii, consultum atque provisum est,

Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26:

ne deficerent, consulendum esse,

Cels. 3, 4, 31.—

Esp., consulere alicui or alicui rei, to take care for some person or thing, to be mindful of, take care of, look to, have regard for, to counsel or consult for:

tuae rei bene consulere cupio,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 9:

quid me fiat, parvi pendis, dum illi consulas,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 37:

qui parti civium consulunt, partem neglegunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85: consulere eorum commodis et utilitati salutique [p. 442] servire, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; so,

famae, pudicitiae tuae,

id. Phil. 2, 2, 3:

dignitati meae,

id. Fam. 11, 29, 1:

suae vitae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 12:

receptui sibi,

id. B. C. 3, 69:

reipublicae juxta ac sibi,

Sall. C. 37, 8; id. J. 58, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 1:

timori magis quam religioni,

Caes. B. C. 1, 67; cf.:

magis irae quam famae,

Sall. C. 51, 7:

qui mi consultum optime velit esse,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 1: mi ires consultum male? to counsel evil or badly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 36; so,

male patriae,

Nep. Epam. 10, 1; id. Phoc. 2, 2.—With si:

melius consulet (sibi), si, etc.,

Cels. 1, 3, 55.—

Consulere aliquem (or aliquid), to consult with one, to ask his opinion or advice, to ask counsel of, to consult, question (for the sake of advice).

In gen.:

cum te consuluissem, quid mihi faciendum esse censeres,

Cic. Fam. 11, 29, 1:

te, qui philosophum audis,

id. ib. 9, 26, 1:

Apellem tragoedum, uter, etc.,

Suet. Calig. 33 al. —Of inanim. objects:

speculum suum,

Ov. A. A. 3, 136; cf.:

spectatas undas, quid se deceat,

id. M. 4, 312:

nares, an olerent aera Corinthōn,

Mart. 9, 60, 11:

diem de gemmis, etc.,

Ov. A. A. 1, 251 sq.:

animum nostrum,

Quint. 4, 2, 52:

aures meas,

id. 9, 4, 93:

suas vires,

id. 10, 2, 18 al. —With two accs.:

ibo et consulam hanc rem amicos, quid faciundum censeant,

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 26:

nec te id consulo,

Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2:

consulere prudentiorem coepi aetates tabularum,

Petr. 88.—Freq.,

Esp. as t. t.

In the lang. of religion, to consult a deity, an oracle, omens, etc.:

Apollinem de re,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40:

deum consuluit auguriis, quae suscipienda essent,

Liv. 1, 20, 7:

deos hominum fibris,

Tac. A. 14, 30 fin.:

Phoebi oracula,

Ov. M. 3, 9; Suet. Vesp. 5:

Tiresiam conjectorem,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76:

haruspicem,

Cic. Div. 2, 4, 11; Suet. Tib. 63; Cato, R. R. 5, 4:

vates nunc extis, nunc per aves,

Liv. 2, 42, 10:

Cumaeam anum,

Ov. F. 4, 158:

avem primum visam augur,

id. ib. 1, 180:

spirantia exta,

Verg. A. 4, 64; so,

trepidantia exta,

Ov. M. 15, 576:

sacras sortes,

id. ib. 11, 412:

Etrusci haruspices male consulentes,

Gell. 4, 5, 5.— Pass. impers.:

si publice consuletur... sin privatim,

Tac. G. 10. —With dependent question:

senatus pontificum collegium consuli jussit, num omne id aurum in ludos consumi necessum esset,

Liv. 39, 5, 9:

consulti per ludibrium pontifices, an concepto necdum edito partu rite nuberet,

Tac. A. 1, 10.—

In judic. lang., to ask advice of a lawyer, to consult, etc.:

quam inanes domus eorum omnium, qui de jure civili consuli solent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 120:

consuli quidem te a Caesare scribis: sed ego tibi ab illo consuli mallem,

id. Fam. 7, 11, 2:

si jus consuleres, peritissimus,

Liv. 39, 40, 6:

munus hoc eorum qui consuluntur,

i. e. who are skilled in the law, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14; so id. Quint. 16, 53.—

With dependent question: consulens eum, an seni jam testato suaderet ordinare suprema judicia,

Quint. 6, 3, 92.—The formula usual in asking advice was, licet consulere? Cic. Mur. 13, 28; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 192.—

In publicists' lang., to take counsel with the competent authorities, to consult:

Quirites, utrum, etc.,

Liv. 31, 7, 2; so,

senatum,

Sall. J. 28, 2:

senatum de foedere,

id. ib. 39, 2;

62, 10: populum de ejus morte,

Cic. Mil. 7, 16:

plebem in omnia (tribuni),

Liv. 6, 39, 2 al. —

Aliquid.

To take counsel or deliberate upon something, to consider:

est consulere quiddam quod tecum volo,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 53; id. Pers. 5, 2, 63:

rem delatam consulere ordine non licuit,

Liv. 2, 28, 2; so,

consulere et explorare rem,

Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4:

consulis rem nulli obscuram,

Verg. A. 11, 344 al.:

bis repulsi Galli quid agant consulunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 83.—

To advise something, to give advice:

tun' consulis quicquam?

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 47; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 22.— Absol.:

ab re consulit blandiloquentulus,

advises to his hurt, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 17.

Sometimes meton. (causa pro effectu).

To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine.

Neutr.; constr. absol. or with de aliquo or in aliquem:

de nullis quam de vobis infestius aut inimicius consuluerunt,

Liv. 28, 29, 8; so,

de perfugis gravius quam de fugitivis,

id. 30, 43, 13:

in humiliores libidinose crudeliterque consulebatur,

id. 3, 36, 7; so,

crudeliter in deditos victosque,

id. 8, 13, 15; cf. Tac. Agr. 16. —

Act.:

quid in concilio consuluistis?

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 6:

animum ego inducam tamen, ut illud, quod tuam in rem bene conducat, consulam,

id. Cist. 3, 4: ne quid gravius de salute tuā consulas, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 1:

pessime istuc in te atque in illum consulis,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 28:

quae reges irā inpulsi male consuluerint,

Sall. C. 51, 4:

nisi quod de uxore potuit honestius consuli,

id. J. 95, 3.— Pass. impers.:

aliter mihi de illis ac de me ipso consulendum est,

Cic. Att. 7, 13, 3.—

With the access. idea of judging, in the connection boni, optimi aliquid consulere, to excuse, take in good part, interpret favorably; be contented, pleased, or satisfied with:

sit consul a consulendo vel a judicando: nam et hoc consulere veteres vocaverunt, unde adhuc remanet illud Rogat boni consulas, id est bonum judices,

Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 41, 8 Müll.: nemo hoc rex ausus est facere, eane fieri bonis, bono genere gnatis boni consulitis? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17:

boni consulendum,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 40 Müll.:

tu haec quaeso consule missa boni,

Ov. P. 3, 8, 24; cf. id. Tr. 4, 1, 106; so,

nostrum laborem,

Quint. 6, prooem. § 16; Plin. Ep. 7, 12, 3:

hoc munus,

Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 8; id. Prov. 2, 4; id. Ep. 9, 20; 17, 9; 88, 17:

quaerebat argentum avaritia: boni consuluit interim invenisse minium,

Plin. 33, prooem. 2, § 4;

8, 16, 17, § 44: boni et optimi consulere,

App. M. 8, p. 205, 28.— Hence,

consultus, a, um, P. a.

Well considered or weighed, deliberated upon, maturely pondered:

bene consultum consilium surripitur saepissume, si minus, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 5 sq.:

ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: neque eam usquam invenio, neque quo eam, neque quā quaeram consultum'st, I know neither, etc., Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 6:

operā consultā,

with mature reflection, Gell. 7 (6), 17, 3;

in the same sense, consulto consilio,

Paul. Sent. 1, 9, 6:

consultius est huic poenalem quoque stipulationem subjungere,

it is better. more advantageous, Dig. 2, 15, 15.—

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) Knowing, skilful, experienced, practised, esp. in law; skilled or learned in the law:

non ille magis juris consultus quam justitiae fuit,

Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 10:

juris atque eloquentiae,

Liv. 10, 22, 7:

consultissimus vir omnis divini atque humani juris,

id. 1, 18, 1; cf. Gell. 1, 13, 10:

insanientis sapientiae,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 3:

universae disciplinae,

Col. 11, 1, 12.—Hence, subst.: consultus, i, m., a lawyer:

tu consultus modo rusticus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 17; id. Ep 2, 2, 87; 2, 2, 159; Ov. A. A. 1, 83.— Esp. with juris, often written as one word, jūrisconsultus, i, m., v. h. v.— Absol.:

ut natura non disciplinā consultus esse videatur,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

consultorum alterum disertissimum, disertorum alterum consultissimum fuisse,

id. Brut. 40, 148:

consultiores sibimet videntur Deo,

Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2.—

Subst.: consultum, i, n.

(Acc. to I. B. 1. b.) A consultation, inquiry of a deity:

Sostratus (sacerdos) ubi laeta et congruentia exta magnisque consultis annuere deam videt, etc.,

Tac. H. 2, 4.—

(Acc. to II.) A decree, decision, resolution, plan; so first, Senatus consultum, or in one word, Senatusconsul-tum, a decree of the Senate (most freq. in all periods; the senatus consulta were not, like the plebiscita, the supreme law of the republic; but under the emperors, all new laws took this form, v. esp. Sandars, Introd., Just. Inst. § 15;

1, 2, 5),

Sall. C. 42, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 149:

senatus consultum est quod senatus jubet atque constituit, nam cum auctus esset populus Romanus... aequum visum est senatum vice populi consuli,

Just. Inst. 1, 2, 5;

for which, consulta Patrum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 41. —Of a decree of the Sicilian council:

ne senatus consultum Siculi homines facere possent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 146.—Also in other connections:

facta et consulta fortium et sapientium,

Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62; cf.:

facta consultaque Alexandri,

Sall. H. 3, 7 Dietsch:

consulta et decreta,

id. J. 11, 5:

consulta sese omnia cum illo integra habere,

all objects of consultation, plans, id. ib. 108, 2; cf.:

ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,

plans, Liv. 25, 16, 4; and:

approbare collegam consulta,

id. 10, 39, 10:

dum consulta petis,

responses, oracles, divinations, Verg. A. 6, 151:

tua magna,

decisions, id. ib. 11, 410; so,

mollia,

Tac. A. 1, 40:

mala,

id. ib. 6, 6:

ex consulto factum,

purposely, voluntarily, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 49.—Hence, adv., considerately, deliberately, designedly, on purpose.

Form consultō (class. in prose and poetry):

utrum perturbatione aliquā animi an consulto et cogitata fiat injuria,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27; Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 43; Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 85; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 37; Sall. J. 60, 5; 64, 5; Quint. 8, 4, 19; Tac. A. 4, 16; Suet. Caes. 56; * Hor. S. 1, 10, 14 al. —

Form consultē (mostly ante- and post-class.):

qui consulte, docte atque astute cavet,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14:

caute atque consulte gesta,

Liv. 22, 38, 11; Spart. Had. 2.— Comp., Liv. 22, 24, 3; Tac. H. 2, 24. — Sup., Capitol. Pert. 7.

sŏlĕo, ĭtus, 2 ( pres. solinunt, for solent, acc. to Fest. s. v. nequinunt, p. 162 Müll.; perf. solui, Cato and Enn. acc. to Varr. L.L. 9, § 107: soluerint, Cael. ap. Non. 509, 2: soluerat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 872 P.; or H. 2, 55 Dietsch; no fut., v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 591; 609), v. n. [cf. suesco].

In gen., to use, be wont, be accustomed (cf. assuesco).

With inf. (so most freq.); act.:

qui mentiri solet, pejerare consuevit,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

ruri crebro esse soleo,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18:

nihil ego in occulto agere soleo,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86:

hi (servi) solent esse eris utibiles,

id. Most. 4, 1, 2; id. Capt. 3, 1, 23: nam vi depugnare sues stolidi soliti sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 317 Müll. (Ann. v. 109 Vahl.): quaerunt in scirpo, soliti quod dicere, nodum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.):

qui (paterā) Pterela potitare rex solitus est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 105; 1, 1, 263:

quā (consuetudine) solitus sum uti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135:

soliti prandere,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 245:

(cum Thucydides), id quod optimo cuique Athenis accidere solitum est, in exsilium pulsus esset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56 et saep.;

often solitus eram = solebam,

Sall. C. 50, 1; id. J. 4, 7; Liv. 38, 1, 7 al.—

With inf. pass.:

majore operā ibi serviles nuptiae, quam liberales etiam, curari solent,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 74:

verum illud verbum est, vulgo quod dici solet,

Ter. And. 2, 5, 15; cf. id. Heaut. 3, 2, 9:

unde videri Danaum solitae naves,

Verg. A. 2, 462:

ad haec illa dici solent,

Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26:

permirum mihi videri solet,

id. ib. 5, 5, 7:

si (domus) alio domino solita est frequentari,

id. Off. 1, 39, 139:

quod spernerentur ab iis a quibus essent coli soliti,

id. Sen. 3, 7:

ut solet fieri,

Curt. 3, 8, 20; 4, 3, 7:

ut fieri solet,

Lact. 1, 15, 2 et saep.—

Without inf.:

cave tu idem faxis, alii quod servi solent,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 8:

me dico ire, quo saturi solent,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 83:

artior, quam solebat, somnus complexus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10: Pl. Nugas garris. Cu. Soleo, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6:

ita ego soleo,

id. Men. 1, 2, 31:

sic soleo,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 25; cf. id. Eun. 2, 2, 48:

eodem pacto ut comici servi solent, Coniciam in collum pallium,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 11:

credo jam, ut solet, Jurgabit,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 54:

agedum, ut soles,

id. Phorm. 5, 3, 1; cf.:

ut solitus es,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 25:

cum audissem Antiochum, ut solebam,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1:

quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet,

Sall. C. 29, 2:

quod prava ambitio solet,

id. J. 96, 3:

ut solebat,

Amm. 16, 11, 15:

cum quaedam in collibus, ut solet, controversia pastorum esset orta,

Cic. Clu. 59, 161; Sall. J. 15, 5; 25, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 24.—So often with Plautus in the part. pres.: Di. Mala femina es. As. Solens sum:

ea est disciplina,

that's my way, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 29; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 43:

lubens fecero et solens,

id. Cas. 5, 1, 14:

ego abscessi solens Paulum ab illis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 53.—

In partic., to have intercourse with, in mal. part. (rare): viris cum suis praedicant nos solere;

Suas pellices esse aiunt,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 38; Cat. 113, 1.—Hence, sŏlĭtus, a, um, P. a., in a passive sense (which one is used to, or which usually happens), wonted, accustomed, usual, habitual, ordinary (freq. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. consuetus); absol.:

solito membra levare toro,

Tib. 1, 1, 44:

ad solitum rusticus ibit opus,

Ov. F. 4, 168:

cunctantibus solita insolitaque alimenta deerant,

Tac. H. 4, 60:

chori,

Prop. 1, 20, 46:

locus,

Ov. M. 4, 83:

torus,

Tib. 1, 1, 44:

ars,

id. 1, 9, 66:

artes,

Ov. M. 11, 242:

virtus,

Verg. A. 11, 415:

mos,

Ov. H. 21, 127; id. P. 3, 1, 165:

honores,

Tac. A. 3, 5:

inertia Germanorum,

id. G. 45:

exercitationes,

Suet. Tib. 13 et saep.—With dat.:

armamenta Liburnicis solita,

Tac. H. 5, 23; cf. in the foll. —Hence, subst.: sŏlĭtum, i, n., the customary, what is usual: hostibus gratiam habendam, [p. 1719] quod solitum quicquam liberae civitatis fieret (opp. res desueta), a usual thing in a free state, Liv. 3, 38, 9:

proinde tona eloquio, solitum tibi!

according to your custom, Verg. A. 11, 383:

ultra solitum,

Tac. A. 4, 64, 1.—In plur.:

parentum neces aliaque solita regibus ausi,

Tac. H. 5, 8 fin.; cf.: praeter solita vitiosis magistratibus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 23:

si quando aliquid ex solito variaret,

Vell. 2, 41, 3:

nescio quā praeter solitum dulcedine laeti,

Verg. G. 1, 412; so,

praeter solitum,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 20:

supra solitum,

Sen. Ben. 6, 36, 1; and esp. freq. with a comparative in the abl. comp. solito:

solito formosior Aesone natus,

more than usually handsome, Ov. M. 7, 84; so,

solito uberior,

id. ib. 9, 105:

blandior,

id. A. A. 2, 411:

exactior,

Suet. Tib. 18:

frequentiores,

id. ib. 37:

velocius,

Ov. M. 14, 388:

citius,

id. F. 5, 547:

plus,

id. H. 15, 47; Liv. 24, 9:

magis,

id. 25, 7.

sŏlĕo, ĭtus, 2 ( pres. solinunt, for solent, acc. to Fest. s. v. nequinunt, p. 162 Müll.; perf. solui, Cato and Enn. acc. to Varr. L.L. 9, § 107: soluerint, Cael. ap. Non. 509, 2: soluerat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 872 P.; or H. 2, 55 Dietsch; no fut., v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 591; 609), v. n. [cf. suesco].

In gen., to use, be wont, be accustomed (cf. assuesco).

With inf. (so most freq.); act.:

qui mentiri solet, pejerare consuevit,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

ruri crebro esse soleo,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18:

nihil ego in occulto agere soleo,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86:

hi (servi) solent esse eris utibiles,

id. Most. 4, 1, 2; id. Capt. 3, 1, 23: nam vi depugnare sues stolidi soliti sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 317 Müll. (Ann. v. 109 Vahl.): quaerunt in scirpo, soliti quod dicere, nodum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.):

qui (paterā) Pterela potitare rex solitus est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 105; 1, 1, 263:

quā (consuetudine) solitus sum uti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135:

soliti prandere,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 245:

(cum Thucydides), id quod optimo cuique Athenis accidere solitum est, in exsilium pulsus esset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56 et saep.;

often solitus eram = solebam,

Sall. C. 50, 1; id. J. 4, 7; Liv. 38, 1, 7 al.—

With inf. pass.:

majore operā ibi serviles nuptiae, quam liberales etiam, curari solent,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 74:

verum illud verbum est, vulgo quod dici solet,

Ter. And. 2, 5, 15; cf. id. Heaut. 3, 2, 9:

unde videri Danaum solitae naves,

Verg. A. 2, 462:

ad haec illa dici solent,

Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26:

permirum mihi videri solet,

id. ib. 5, 5, 7:

si (domus) alio domino solita est frequentari,

id. Off. 1, 39, 139:

quod spernerentur ab iis a quibus essent coli soliti,

id. Sen. 3, 7:

ut solet fieri,

Curt. 3, 8, 20; 4, 3, 7:

ut fieri solet,

Lact. 1, 15, 2 et saep.—

Without inf.:

cave tu idem faxis, alii quod servi solent,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 8:

me dico ire, quo saturi solent,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 83:

artior, quam solebat, somnus complexus est,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10: Pl. Nugas garris. Cu. Soleo, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6:

ita ego soleo,

id. Men. 1, 2, 31:

sic soleo,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 25; cf. id. Eun. 2, 2, 48:

eodem pacto ut comici servi solent, Coniciam in collum pallium,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 11:

credo jam, ut solet, Jurgabit,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 54:

agedum, ut soles,

id. Phorm. 5, 3, 1; cf.:

ut solitus es,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 25:

cum audissem Antiochum, ut solebam,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1:

quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet,

Sall. C. 29, 2:

quod prava ambitio solet,

id. J. 96, 3:

ut solebat,

Amm. 16, 11, 15:

cum quaedam in collibus, ut solet, controversia pastorum esset orta,

Cic. Clu. 59, 161; Sall. J. 15, 5; 25, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 24.—So often with Plautus in the part. pres.: Di. Mala femina es. As. Solens sum:

ea est disciplina,

that's my way, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 29; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 43:

lubens fecero et solens,

id. Cas. 5, 1, 14:

ego abscessi solens Paulum ab illis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 53.—

In partic., to have intercourse with, in mal. part. (rare): viris cum suis praedicant nos solere;

Suas pellices esse aiunt,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 38; Cat. 113, 1.—Hence, sŏlĭtus, a, um, P. a., in a passive sense (which one is used to, or which usually happens), wonted, accustomed, usual, habitual, ordinary (freq. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. consuetus); absol.:

solito membra levare toro,

Tib. 1, 1, 44:

ad solitum rusticus ibit opus,

Ov. F. 4, 168:

cunctantibus solita insolitaque alimenta deerant,

Tac. H. 4, 60:

chori,

Prop. 1, 20, 46:

locus,

Ov. M. 4, 83:

torus,

Tib. 1, 1, 44:

ars,

id. 1, 9, 66:

artes,

Ov. M. 11, 242:

virtus,

Verg. A. 11, 415:

mos,

Ov. H. 21, 127; id. P. 3, 1, 165:

honores,

Tac. A. 3, 5:

inertia Germanorum,

id. G. 45:

exercitationes,

Suet. Tib. 13 et saep.—With dat.:

armamenta Liburnicis solita,

Tac. H. 5, 23; cf. in the foll. —Hence, subst.: sŏlĭtum, i, n., the customary, what is usual: hostibus gratiam habendam, [p. 1719] quod solitum quicquam liberae civitatis fieret (opp. res desueta), a usual thing in a free state, Liv. 3, 38, 9:

proinde tona eloquio, solitum tibi!

according to your custom, Verg. A. 11, 383:

ultra solitum,

Tac. A. 4, 64, 1.—In plur.:

parentum neces aliaque solita regibus ausi,

Tac. H. 5, 8 fin.; cf.: praeter solita vitiosis magistratibus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 23:

si quando aliquid ex solito variaret,

Vell. 2, 41, 3:

nescio quā praeter solitum dulcedine laeti,

Verg. G. 1, 412; so,

praeter solitum,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 20:

supra solitum,

Sen. Ben. 6, 36, 1; and esp. freq. with a comparative in the abl. comp. solito:

solito formosior Aesone natus,

more than usually handsome, Ov. M. 7, 84; so,

solito uberior,

id. ib. 9, 105:

blandior,

id. A. A. 2, 411:

exactior,

Suet. Tib. 18:

frequentiores,

id. ib. 37:

velocius,

Ov. M. 14, 388:

citius,

id. F. 5, 547:

plus,

id. H. 15, 47; Liv. 24, 9:

magis,

id. 25, 7.

sur-rustĭcus ( subr-), a, um, adj., somewhat clownish or rustic:

sonare subagreste quiddam planeque surrusticum,

Cic. Brut. 74, 259; id. Or. 48, 161:

pudor quidam paene surrusticus,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 1.—

* Adv.: surrustĭcē, somewhat clownishly, Gell. praef. § 10.

sur-rustĭcus ( subr-), a, um, adj., somewhat clownish or rustic:

sonare subagreste quiddam planeque surrusticum,

Cic. Brut. 74, 259; id. Or. 48, 161:

pudor quidam paene surrusticus,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 1.—

* Adv.: surrustĭcē, somewhat clownishly, Gell. praef. § 10.

urbānus, a, um, adj. [urbs], of or belonging to the city or town, city-, town- (opp. rusticus; cf.: urbicus, oppidanus).

Lit.

Adj.:

nostri majores non sine causā praeponebant rusticos Romanos urbanis,

Varr. R. R. 2, praef. §

1: rustica et urbana vita,

id. ib. 3, 1, 1:

vita (opp. rustica),

Quint. 2, 4, 24; cf. Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 17:

urbani assidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165:

scurra,

id. Most. 1, 1, 14:

leges,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 85:

tribus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38:

praetor,

Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

plebes,

Sall. C. 37, 4:

servitia,

id. ib. 24, 4:

exercitus,

Liv. 27, 3, 9:

administratio rei publicae (opp. provincialis),

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43:

res,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 13; Caes. B. G. 7, 6:

motus,

id. ib. 7, 1:

luxus,

Tac. A. 2, 44: praedia, land and houses, all land covered by buildings (v. praedium), Dig. 50, 16, 198; 8, 1, 1; cf. ib. 8, tit. 2:

fundus,

Cato, R. R. 8, 2:

rus,

Just. 31, 2:

cohortes,

Dig. 25, 1, 8, § 9.—

Subst.: urbā-nus, i, m., an inhabitant of a city, a city man, citizen:

urbani fiunt rustici,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 15 sq.:

omnes urbani, rustici,

Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 77:

sermo omnis non modo urbanorum, sed etiam rusticorum,

id. Or. 24, 81:

otiosi,

Liv. 5, 20, 6:

obrepere urbanis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 2.—

Esp., devoted to the city, fond of city life:

diligere secessum, quem tu nimis urbanus es, nisi concupiscis,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 29.—

Transf., in the city fashion, in the city style, citizenlike, both in a good and a bad sense.

In a good sense.

Polished, refined, cultivated, courteous, affable, urbane (syn.:

comis, humanus): hominem non solum sapientem, verum etiam, ut nunc loquimur urbanum,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 3; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 34 sq.; so Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17.—

Transf., of plants, improved, cultivated, ornamental: sunt arborum quaedam urbaniores, quas his placet nominibus distinguere. Hae mites, quae fructu atque aliqua dote umbrarumve officio humaniusjuvant, non improbe dicantur urbanae. Plin. 16, 19, 32, § 78:

acanthi topiariae et urbanae herbae,

id. 22, 22, 34, § 76.—

Of speech.

In gen., refined, polished, elegant. nice, choice:

in vocibus nostrorum oratorum recinit quiddam et resonat urbanius,

Cic. Brut. 46, 171:

genus dicendi,

Quint. 2, 8, 4:

os facile, explanatum, jucundum, urbanum, id est, in quo nulla neque rusticitas neque peregrinitas resonet,

id. 11, 3, 30:

distinctior et urbanior et altior Cicero,

Tac. Or. 18.—

In [p. 1935] partic., of wit, witty, humorous, facetious: urbanus homo erit, cujus multa bene dicta responsaque erunt: et qui in sermonibus, circulis, conviviis, item in contionibus, omni denique loco ridicule commodeque dicet, Domit. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 105:

dictum per se urbanum,

id. 6, 3, 54:

circumfertur Marcii Philippi velut urbanissimum factum atque dictum,

Col. 8, 16, 3:

qui est in isto genere urbanissimus,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36:

Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

id. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

homines lauti et urbani,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 17:

hic tibi comis et urbanus liberque videtur,

witty, clever, Hor. S. 1, 4, 90:

urbanus coepit haberi,

id. Ep. 1, 15, 27:

in senatu dicax et urbanus et bellus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 25, 3:

urbanos qui illa censuerunt dicam an miseros? Dicerem urbanos, si senatum deceret urbanitas,

id. ib. 8, 6, 3.—

In a bad sense, bold, forward, impudent:

frontis ad urbanae descendi praemia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

audacia,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8.— Adv.: urbānē (acc. to II. A.).

Courteously, civilly, affably, politely, urbanely:

severe et graviter et prisce agere, an remisse ac leniter et urbane,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33:

urbanius agere,

id. ib. 15, 36: urbanissime et prudentissime adjuvit, Treb. Gallien. 14.—More freq.,

Of speech, wittily, acutely, elegantly, happily:

aliquem facete et urbane ridere,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39:

bene et urbane dicere,

Quint. 6, 3, 42; 5, 7, 26; 6, 1, 46 al.:

interrogare,

id. 11, 3, 126:

emendare,

id. 8, 3, 54:

urbanius elabi,

id. 2, 11, 2:

urbanissime respondere,

Gell. 15, 5, 3.

urgeo (less correctly urgueo), ursi ( perf. rare; past part. not found), 2, v. a. [Gr. Werg-, heirgnumi, to shut in; Sanscr. varg-, vargami, prevent; Germ. Merk; Engl. work], to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge.

Lit. (mostly poet.;

syn.: pello, trudo): unda impellitur undā Urgeturque eadem veniens urgetque priorem,

Ov. M. 15, 182:

urgeris turbā circum te stante,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 135:

angustoque vagos pisces urgere catino,

id. ib. 2, 4, 77:

trepidique pedem pede fervidus urget,

Verg. A. 12, 748; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

aut petis aut urges ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum,

i. e. roll up, Ov. M. 4, 460:

versaque in obnixos urguentur cornua vasto Cum gemitu,

Verg. G. 3, 222:

tres (naves) Eurus ab alto In brevia et Syrtes urget,

id. A. 1, 111:

miserum tenues in jecur urget acus,

Ov. H. 6, 92:

equites in oppidum, Auct. B. Afr. 6, 3: (Mars) aetherias currus urgebat ad arces,

Stat. Th. 3, 222.—

Transf.

To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).

To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):

Caesar cum septimam legionem, quae juxta constiterat, urgeri ab hoste vidisset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26; 2, 25; Sall. J. 56, 6; cf.:

hinc Pallas instat et urget Hinc contra Lausus,

Verg. A. 10, 433:

urgent impavidi te Salaminius Teucer, te Sthenelus,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 23:

hac urget lupus, hac canis angit,

id. S. 2, 2, 64. —

To weigh or bear down, to burden, oppress:

at onus urget,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 35; cf.:

onus aut jam urgentis aut certe adventantis senectutis,

Cic. Sen. 1, 2:

quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Juppiter urget,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 20:

quem scabies aut morbus urget,

id. A. P. 453; cf.:

ergo Quintilium perpetuus sopor Urget,

id. C. 1, 24, 5:

omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

id. ib. 4, 9, 27:

populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur,

Sall. J. 41, 7:

praesens atque urgens malum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.—

To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit (syn. insto):

quod te urget, scelus, Qui huic sis molestus?

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 47:

etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

quamobrem, ut facis, urge, insta, perfice,

id. Att. 13, 32, 1: Lepidus ursit me et suis et Antonii litteris, ut, etc., Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4:

nihil urget,

is pressing, Cic. Att. 13, 27, 2:

cur patrem non urserit ad exsolutionem,

Dig. 23, 3, 33.—

To press, strain, exert in excess, etc.:

vox autem ultra vires urgenda non est,

Quint. 11, 3, 51; cf.

orationem,

id. 11, 3, 102.—

To press upon (by too great nearness), to crowd, hem in, confine:

ne urbem hanc urbe aliā premere atque urgere possitis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

vallis, quam densis frondibus atrum Urget utrimque latus,

Verg. A. 11, 524; 7, 566:

quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urget,

id. G. 4, 290.—

Trop.

To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):

urgerent praeterea philosophorum greges... instaret Academia,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

illum neque ursi, neque levavi,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

sed urges me meis versibus,

id. Div. 2, 20, 45:

urguebat Arcesilas Zenonem, cum ipse falsa omnia diceret, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—With acc. and inf.:

sed urguetis identidem hominum esse istam culpam non deorum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

illud urgeam, non intellegere eum, quid, etc.,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Absol.:

ut interrogando urgeat,

Cic. Or. 40, 137:

urgent tamen et nihil remittunt,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 77; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Lig. 3, 9 (also ap. Quint. 9, 2, 57).—

To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on any thing:

eundem locum diutius,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

quin tu urges istam occasionem et facultatem,

id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:

jus, aequitatem,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67: idem illud de provinciis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3:

propositum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6:

et durum terrae rusticus urget opus,

Tib. 1, 9, 8; Ov. M. 4, 390; cf.:

non tacta ligonibus arva,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

vestem,

Verg. A. 9, 489:

iter,

Ov. F. 6, 520:

vestigia ad manes,

Sil. 12, 419:

Romae cum sum et urgeo forum,

am often in the Forum, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4; cf. altum, to force or plunge into, Hor. C. 2, 10, 2.— Urgeri, with gen., to be hard pressed, prosecuted for any thing:

male administratae provinciae aliorumque criminum,

Tac. A. 6, 29.— Poet., with inf.:

marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Summovere litora,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 20.—Hence, urgens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.B.1.), pressing, cogent, urgent (postclass. and very rare):

urgentior causa,

Tert. Res. Carn. 2 med.:

urgentissima ratio,

Cod. Just. 3, 11, 1.— Adv.: urgenter, pressingly (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 30, 1.

urgeo (less correctly urgueo), ursi ( perf. rare; past part. not found), 2, v. a. [Gr. Werg-, heirgnumi, to shut in; Sanscr. varg-, vargami, prevent; Germ. Merk; Engl. work], to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge.

Lit. (mostly poet.;

syn.: pello, trudo): unda impellitur undā Urgeturque eadem veniens urgetque priorem,

Ov. M. 15, 182:

urgeris turbā circum te stante,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 135:

angustoque vagos pisces urgere catino,

id. ib. 2, 4, 77:

trepidique pedem pede fervidus urget,

Verg. A. 12, 748; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

aut petis aut urges ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum,

i. e. roll up, Ov. M. 4, 460:

versaque in obnixos urguentur cornua vasto Cum gemitu,

Verg. G. 3, 222:

tres (naves) Eurus ab alto In brevia et Syrtes urget,

id. A. 1, 111:

miserum tenues in jecur urget acus,

Ov. H. 6, 92:

equites in oppidum, Auct. B. Afr. 6, 3: (Mars) aetherias currus urgebat ad arces,

Stat. Th. 3, 222.—

Transf.

To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).

To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):

Caesar cum septimam legionem, quae juxta constiterat, urgeri ab hoste vidisset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26; 2, 25; Sall. J. 56, 6; cf.:

hinc Pallas instat et urget Hinc contra Lausus,

Verg. A. 10, 433:

urgent impavidi te Salaminius Teucer, te Sthenelus,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 23:

hac urget lupus, hac canis angit,

id. S. 2, 2, 64. —

To weigh or bear down, to burden, oppress:

at onus urget,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 35; cf.:

onus aut jam urgentis aut certe adventantis senectutis,

Cic. Sen. 1, 2:

quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Juppiter urget,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 20:

quem scabies aut morbus urget,

id. A. P. 453; cf.:

ergo Quintilium perpetuus sopor Urget,

id. C. 1, 24, 5:

omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

id. ib. 4, 9, 27:

populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur,

Sall. J. 41, 7:

praesens atque urgens malum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.—

To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit (syn. insto):

quod te urget, scelus, Qui huic sis molestus?

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 47:

etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

quamobrem, ut facis, urge, insta, perfice,

id. Att. 13, 32, 1: Lepidus ursit me et suis et Antonii litteris, ut, etc., Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4:

nihil urget,

is pressing, Cic. Att. 13, 27, 2:

cur patrem non urserit ad exsolutionem,

Dig. 23, 3, 33.—

To press, strain, exert in excess, etc.:

vox autem ultra vires urgenda non est,

Quint. 11, 3, 51; cf.

orationem,

id. 11, 3, 102.—

To press upon (by too great nearness), to crowd, hem in, confine:

ne urbem hanc urbe aliā premere atque urgere possitis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

vallis, quam densis frondibus atrum Urget utrimque latus,

Verg. A. 11, 524; 7, 566:

quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urget,

id. G. 4, 290.—

Trop.

To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):

urgerent praeterea philosophorum greges... instaret Academia,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

illum neque ursi, neque levavi,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

sed urges me meis versibus,

id. Div. 2, 20, 45:

urguebat Arcesilas Zenonem, cum ipse falsa omnia diceret, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—With acc. and inf.:

sed urguetis identidem hominum esse istam culpam non deorum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

illud urgeam, non intellegere eum, quid, etc.,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Absol.:

ut interrogando urgeat,

Cic. Or. 40, 137:

urgent tamen et nihil remittunt,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 77; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Lig. 3, 9 (also ap. Quint. 9, 2, 57).—

To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on any thing:

eundem locum diutius,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

quin tu urges istam occasionem et facultatem,

id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:

jus, aequitatem,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67: idem illud de provinciis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3:

propositum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6:

et durum terrae rusticus urget opus,

Tib. 1, 9, 8; Ov. M. 4, 390; cf.:

non tacta ligonibus arva,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

vestem,

Verg. A. 9, 489:

iter,

Ov. F. 6, 520:

vestigia ad manes,

Sil. 12, 419:

Romae cum sum et urgeo forum,

am often in the Forum, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4; cf. altum, to force or plunge into, Hor. C. 2, 10, 2.— Urgeri, with gen., to be hard pressed, prosecuted for any thing:

male administratae provinciae aliorumque criminum,

Tac. A. 6, 29.— Poet., with inf.:

marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Summovere litora,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 20.—Hence, urgens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.B.1.), pressing, cogent, urgent (postclass. and very rare):

urgentior causa,

Tert. Res. Carn. 2 med.:

urgentissima ratio,

Cod. Just. 3, 11, 1.— Adv.: urgenter, pressingly (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 30, 1.