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bŏnus (old form dŭonus, Carm. Sall. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 67 Mull.), a, um, adj. [for duonus, cf. bellum, bis, and cf. root dvi-; hence deidô, deos], good; comp. melior, us [cf. Gr. mala, mallon], better; sup. optimus ( optumus, ante-class. and often class.) [root opof ops, opes; cf. copia, apiscor], best.I.Attributively.A.As adjunct of nouns denoting persons.1.Vir bonus.(α).A man morally good (kalos kagathos):(β).quoniam boni me viri pauperant, improbi alunt,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:omnibus virtutibus instructos et ornatos tum sapientes, tum viros bonos dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28:ille vir bonus qui... intolerabili dolore lacerari potius quam aut officium prodat aut fidem,
id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:sive vir bonus est is qui prodest quibus potest, nocet nemini, certe istum virum bonum non facile reperimus,
id. Off. 3, 15, 64:qui se ita gerunt ut eorum probitas, fides, integritas, etc.... hos viros bonos... appellandos putemus,
id. Lael. 5, 19:non intellegunt se de callido homine loqui, non de bono viro,
id. Att. 7, 2, 4:ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 12:nec enim melior vir fuit Africano quisquam, nec clarior,
id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 14, 41; 1, 18, 48; id. Planc. 4, 9; id. Par. 3, 1, 21; id. Marcell. 6, 20; id. Fam. 7, 21; id. Off. 2, 16, 57.—An honest man:(γ).justitia, ex qua viri boni nominantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; 1, 44, 155; 2, 11, 39; 2, 12, 42; 2, 20, 71;3, 12, 50: cum is sponsionem fecisset ni vir bonus esset,
id. ib. 3, 19, 77:quoniam Demosthenes nec vir bonus esset, nec bene meritus de civitate,
id. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116.—A man of good standing in the community:(δ).id viri boni arbitratu deducetur,
Cato, R. R. 143; so id. ib. 149:tuam partem viri bono arbitratu... dari oportet,
Dig. 17, 1, [p. 244] 35;37, 6, 2, § 2: quem voles virum bonum nominato,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55:vir bonus est... quo res sponsore, et quo causae teste tenentur,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40.—Hence, ironically of wealthy men:praetores jus dicunt, aediles ludos parant, viri boni usuras perscribunt,
Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3.—Ironically of bad men:(ε).sed eccum lenonem Lycum, bonum virum,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 52; Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 9; 4, 3, 18; id. Ad. 3, 4, 30:expectabam quinam isti viri boni testes hujus manifesto deprehensi veneni dicerentur,
Cic. Cael. 26, 63:nam socer ejus, vir multum bonus est,
id. Agr. 3, 3, 13;so especially in addresses (mostly comic.): age tu, illuc procede, bone vir!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 1; id. Curc. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 4, 7, 48; id. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 3, 5, 10; 5, 2, 5; id. Ad. 4, 2, 17; id. Eun. 5, 2, 11:quid tu, vir optime? Ecquid habes quod dicas?
Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—Sometimes boni viri = boni, in the sense of optimates (v. I. A. 3.):(ζ).bonis viris quid juris reliquit tribunatus C. Gracchi?
Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—As a conventional courtesy:2.homines optimi non intellegunt, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:bone accusator,
id. Rosc. Am. 21, 58:sic illum amicum vocasti, quomodo omnes candidatos bonos viros dicimus,
gentlemen, Sen. Ep. 3, 1.—For bonus vir, a good husband, v. 3.; and for vir optimus, as a laudatory epithet, v. 5.—Boni homines (rare) = boni, better classes of society, v. II. A. 3:3.in foro infimo boni homines atque dites ambulant,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14.—With nouns denoting persons in regard to their functions, offices, occupations, and qualities, denoting excellence:4.bonus consul,
Liv. 4, 40, 6; 22, 39, 2 (different: consules duos, bonos quidem, sed dumtaxat bonos, amisimus, consuls of good sentiments, almost = bad consuls, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 4):boni tribuni plebis,
Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 25:bonus senator,
id. Prov. Cons. 15, 37:senator bonus,
id. Dom. 4, 8:bonus judex,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 34:bonus augur (ironically),
id. Phil. 2, 32, 80:bonus vates,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 27:bonus imperator,
Sall. C. 60, 4:bonus dux,
Quint. 12, 1, 43 (cf. trop.:naturam, optimam ducem,
the best guide, Cic. Sen. 2, 5):bonus miles,
Sall. C. 60, 4; Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:bonus orator,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:optimus orator,
id. Opt. Gen. 1, 3:poeta bonus,
id. de Or. 1, 3, 11; 2, 46, 194; id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:scriptor bonus,
Quint. 10, 1, 104:bonus advocatus,
id. 5, 13, 10:bonus defensor,
id. 5, 13, 3:bonus altercator,
a good debater, id. 6, 4, 10:bonus praeceptor,
id. 5, 13, 44; 10, 5, 22:bonus gubernator,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:optimus opifex,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:sutor bonus,
id. ib. 1, 3, 125:actor optimus,
Cic. Sest. 57, 122:cantor optimus est modulator,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 130:melior gladiator,
Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 33: agricola (colonus, dominus) bonus, Cato, R. R. prooem.; Cic. Sen. 16, 56:bonus paterfamilias,
a thrifty head of the house, Nep. Att. 13, 1:bonus servus,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 58; id. Am. 2, 1, 46; id. Men. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Mil. 22, 58:dominus bonus,
Cato, R. R. 14:bonus custos,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38.—Ironically, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57:filius bonus,
Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 9:patres,
Quint. 11, 3, 178:parens,
id. 6, prooem. 4: bonus (melior, optimus), viz. a good husband, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51 sq.; Liv. 1, 9, 15:uxor melior,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:amicus,
id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:amicus optimus,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 18:optimus testis,
Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:auctor, in two senses,
good authority, id. Att. 5, 12, 3;and = bonus scriptor (post-class.),
Quint. 10, 1, 74.—Esp.:bonus civis (rarely civis bonus): in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint: talem enim solemus et sentire bonum civem et dicere, Cic.-Off. 1, 34, 124: eaque est summa ratio et sapientia boni civis, commoda civium non divellere, atque omnes aequitate eadem continere,
id. ib. 2, 23, 83:eum esse civem et fidelem et bonum,
Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; 1, 9, 10; 3, 12, 1; 6, 6, 11; id. Off. 1, 44, 155; Liv. 22, 39, 3; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 10 Dietsch:optimus et fortissimus civis,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; id. Sest. 17, 39.—Bonus and optimus as epithets of the gods.(α).In gen.:(β).sed te bonus Mercurius perdat,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 23:fata... bonique divi,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 38:divis orte bonis,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1:O bone deus!
Scrib. Comp. 84 fin.: BONORVM DEORVM, Inscr. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84: totidem, pater optime, dixi, Tu mihi da cives, referring to Jupiter, Ov. M. 7, 627.—Optimus Maximus, a standing epithet of Jupiter:(γ).(Juppiter) a majoribus nostris Optimus Maximus (nominatur), et quidem ante optimus, id est beneficentissimus, quam Maximus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64:Jovem optimum et maximum ob eas res appellant, non quod, etc.,
id. ib. 3, 36, 87:in templo Jovis Optimi Maximi,
id. Sest. 56, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22:nutu Jovis Optimi Maximi,
id. Cat. 3, 9, 21; Liv. 1, 12, 7; id. 6, 16, 2.—Di boni, O di boni, expressing indignation, sorrow, or surprise:(δ).di boni, hunc visitavi antidhac!
Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16:di boni, boni quid porto!
Ter. And. 2, 2, 1:di boni, quid hoc morbi est,
id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 13; id. Ad. 3, 3, 86:alter, O di boni, quam taeter incedebat!
Cic. Sest. 8, 19; id. Brut. 84, 288; id. Phil. 2, 8, 20; 2, 32, 80; id. Att. 1, 16, 5; 14, 21, 2; Val. Max. 3, 5, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 3.—Bona Dea, etc., v. 6.—5.Optimus as a laudatory epithet.(α).Vir optimus:(β).per vos nobis, per optimos viros optimis civibus periculum inferre conantur,
Cic. Sest. 1, 2:virum optimum et constantissimum M. Cispium,
id. ib. 35, 76:fratrem meum, virum optimum, fortissimum,
id. ib.:consolabor hos praesentes, viros optimos,
id. Balb. 19, 44; id. Planc. 21, 51; 23, 55; id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Marcell. 4, 10; id. Att. 5, 1, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 53.—Femina bona, optima:(γ).tua conjunx bona femina,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:hujus sanctissimae feminae atque optimae pater,
id. ib. —Senex, pater, frater, etc.:(δ).optimus: parentes ejus, prudentissimi atque optimi senis,
Cic. Planc. 41, 97:insuevit pater optimus hoc me,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 105; 2, 1, 12:C. Marcelli, fratris optimi,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 6 (8), 2; 2, 4, 2.—With proper names ( poet.):(ε).optimus Vergilius,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 54:Maecenas optimus,
id. ib. 1, 5, 27:optime Quinti,
id. Ep. 1, 16, 1.—Esp. as an epithet of the Roman emperors:6.quid tam civile, tam senatorium quam illud, additum a nobis Optimi cognomen?
Plin. Pan. 2, 7:gratias, inquit, ago, optime Princeps!
Sen. Tranq. 14. 4:ex epistula optimi imperatoris Antonini,
Gai. Inst. 1, 102; cf.:bene te patriae pater optime Caesar,
Ov. F. 2, 637:optime Romulae Custos gentis,
Hor. C. 4, 5, 1.—Bonus and Bona, names of deities.(α).Bona Dea, the goddess of Chastity, whose temple could not be entered by males (cf. Macr. S. 1, 12; Lact. 1, 22):(β).Bonae Deae pulvinaribus,
Cic. Pis. 39, 95; id. Mil. 31, 86; id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; cf.in mal. part.,
Juv. 2, 86 sq.; 6, 314 sq.; 6, 335 sq.—Bonus Eventus, Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.; Amm. 29, 6, 19; Inscr. Orell. 907; 1780 sq.—(γ).Bona Fortuna:(δ).si bona Fortuna veniat, ne intromiseris,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 22:Bonae Fortunae (signum),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7:FORTVNAE BONAE DOMESTICAE,
Inscr. Orell. 1743 sq. —Bona Spes:(ε).Spes Bona, obsecro, subventa mihi,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 12:BONAE SPEI,
Aug. Inscr. Grut. 1075, 1.—BONA MENS, Inscr. Orell. 1818 sqq.:B.Mens Bona, si qua dea es, tua me in sacraria dono,
Prop. 3, 24, 19.With nouns denoting things.1.Things concrete, denoting excellence:2.navis bona dicitur non quae pretiosis coloribus picta est... sed stabilis et firma,
Sen. Ep. 76, 13:gladium bonum dices, non cui auratus est balteus, etc., sed cui et ad secandum subtilis acies est, et, etc.,
id. ib. 76, 14:id vinum erit lene et bono colore,
Cato, R. R. 109; Lucr. 2, 418; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 9:tabulas... collocare in bono lumine,
Cic. Brut. 75, 261: ex quavis olea oleum... bonum fieri potest. Cato, R. R. 3:per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,
id. ib. 73; cf.:bonae aquae, ironically compared to wine,
Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 28:praedium bonum caelum habeat,
good temperature, Cato, R. R. 1:bona tempestate,
in good weather, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:(praedium) solo bono valeat,
by good soil, Cato, R. R. 1:bonae (aedes) cum curantur male,
Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24:villam bonam,
Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:bonus pons,
Cat. 17, 5:scyphi optimi (= optime facti),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:perbona toreumata,
id. ib. 2, 4, 18, §38: bona domicilia,
comfortable residences, id. N. D. 2, 37, 95:agrum Meliorem nemo habet,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:fundum meliorem,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: fundos optimos et fructuosissimos, id. Agr. 3, 4, 14:equus melior,
id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:bona cena,
Cat. 13, 3:boni nummi,
good, not counterfeit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:super omnia vultus accessere boni,
good looks, Ov. M. 8, 678:mulier bona forma,
of a fine form, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13:equus formae melioris,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 52:tam bona cervix, simul ac jussero, demetur,
fine, beautiful, Suet. Calig. 33:fruges bonae,
Cat. 34, 19:ova suci melioris,
of better flavor, Hor. S. 2, 4, 13.— Trop.:animus aequus optimum est aerumnae condimentum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71: bona dextra, a lucky hand (cf.:bonum omen, 2. e.),
Quint. 6, 3, 69:scio te bona esse voce, ne clama nimis,
good, sound, loud voice, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43; so,bona firmaque vox,
Quint. 11, 3, 13.—Things abstract.a.Of physical well-being:b.ut si qui neget sine bona valetudine posse bene vivi,
Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 2; Lucr. 3, 102; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 26; 11, 2, 35 et saep.:non bonus somnus de prandio est,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:bona aetas,
prime of life, Cic. Sen. 14, 48:optima aetate,
id. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—Ironically:bona, inquis, aetate, etc.,
Sen. Ep. 76, 1.—Of the mind and soul:c.meliore esse sensu,
Cic. Sest. 21, 47:optima indoles,
id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:bona conscientia,
Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:bono ingenio me esse ornatam quam auro multo mavolo,
with a good heart, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 91; id. Stich. 1, 21, 59; Sall. C. 10, 5:mens melior,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 78; Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Liv. 39, 16, 5; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 4; id. Ep. 10, 4; Pers. 2, 8; Petr. 61.—Personified, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 19; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 31:duos optimae indolis filios,
Val. Max. 5, 7, 2; Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 6; Quint. 1, 2, 5:bonum consilium,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6; id. Rud. 4, 3, 18; Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:bona voluntas,
a good purpose, Quint. 12, 11, 31:memoria bona,
Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:bona ratio cum perdita... confligit,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:bonae rationes,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 50:pronuntiatio bona,
Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—Of moral relations:d.ego si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71; Cic. Sest. 66, 139; Liv. 6, 11, 7; Hor. S. 1, 2, 61 (cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1;v. e. infra): si ego in causa tam bona cessi tribuni plebis furori,
Cic. Sest. 16, 36; id. Planc. 36, 87; Ov. M. 5, 220:fac, sis, bonae frugi sies,
of good, regular habits, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 35; id. Cas. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 5, 53; id. Truc. 1, 1, 13; id. Capt. 5, 2, 3 sq. (v. frux, II. B. 1. b.): vilicus disciplina bona utatur. Cato, R. R. 5:bona studia,
moral pursuits, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:quidquid vita meliore parasti,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 15: ad spem mortis melioris, an honorable death; so as an epithet of religious exercises:Juppiter, te bonas preces precor,
Cato, R. R. 134; 139.—Of external, artistic, and literary value and usefulness:e.bono usui estis nulli,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:Optumo optume optumam operam das,
id. Am. 1, 1, 122:bonam dedistis mihi operam,
a valuable service to me, id. Poen. 2, 3, 70; 3, 6, 11; id. Pers. 4, 7, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 11 (in a different sense: me bona opera aut mala Tibi inventurum esse auxilium argentarium, by fair or unfair means, id. Ps. 1, 1, 102;v. e. infra): optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis... gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum,
Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:bonum otium,
valuable leisure, Sall. C. 4, 1:bonis versibus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:versus meliores,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 81:meliora poemata,
Hor. A. P. 303:in illa pro Ctesiphonte oratione longe optima,
Cic. Or. 8, 26:optimas fabulas,
id. Off. 1, 31, 114:melius munus,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 7.—Favorable, prosperous, lucky, fortunate:f.de Procilio rumores non boni,
unfavorable rumors, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 5:bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,
about their success in the war, id. ib. 7, 26, 1:si fuisset in discipulo comparando meliore fortuna,
id. Pis. 29, 71; cf.fortuna optima esse,
to be in the best pecuniary circumstances, id. ad Brut. 1, 1, 2:occasio tam bona,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:senex est eo meliore condicione quam adulesoens cum, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 19, 68; id. Fam. 4, 32:bona navigatio,
id. N. D. 3, 34, 83;esp. in phrase bona spes.—Object.: ergo in iis adulescentibus bonam spem esse dicemus et magnam indolem quos, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117.—Subject.:ego sum spe bona,
Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 3; id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; [p. 245] id. Att. 14, 1 a, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:optima spe,
id. Fam. 12, 11, 2.—Pregn., = spes bonarum rerum, Sall. C. 21, 1;v. C. 1. c. infra: meliora responsa,
more favorable, Liv. 7, 21, 6:melior interpretatio,
Tac. H. 3, 65:cum laude et bonis recordationibus,
id. A. 4, 38:amnis Doctus iter melius,
i. e. less injurious, Hor. A. P. 68:omen bonum,
a good, lucky omen, Cic. Pis. 13, 31; cf.Liv. praef. § 13: melius omen,
Ov. F. 1, 221;optimum,
Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2:bona scaeva,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 24:auspicio optumo,
id. ib. 3, 2, 6; cf.:memini bene, sed meliore Tempore dicam = opportuniore tempore,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 68.—Of public affairs, si mihi bona re publica frui non licuerit, Cic. Mil. 34, 93:g.optima res publica,
id. Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:minus bonis temporibus,
id. Dom. 4, 8; so,optimis temporibus,
id. Sest. 3, 6:nostrae res meliore loco videbantur,
id. ad Brut. 1, 3, 1:lex optima,
id. Pis. 16, 37; id. Sest. 64, 137; id. Phil, 1, 8, 19.—Good = large, considerable:h.bono atque amplo lucro,
Plaut. Am. prol. 6:bona librorum copia,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 109; cf.:bona copia cornu,
Ov. M. 9, 88; v. bona pars, C. 8. g.—Noble; with genus, good family, noble extraction, honorable birth: quali me arbitraris genere prognatum? Eu. Bono, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 35; so id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; 2, 1, 3; id. Pers. 4, 4, 94:k.si bono genere natus sit,
Auct. Her. 3, 7, 13.—Referring to good-will, kindness, faithfulness, in certain phrases.(α).Bona venia or cum bona venia, with the kind permission of a person addressed, especially bona venia orare, expetere, etc.:(β).primum abs te hoc bona venia expeto,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:bona tua venia dixerim,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:oravit bona venia Quirites, ne, etc.,
Liv. 7, 41, 3:obsecro vos.. bona venia vestra liceat, etc.,
id. 6, 40, 10:cum bona venia quaeso audiatis, etc.,
id. 29, 17, 6; Arn. c. Gent. 1, p. 5; cf.. sed des veniam bonus oro = venia bona oro,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 5.—Bona pax, without quarrelling:(γ).bona pax sit potius,
let us have no quarrel about that, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 7;so especially cum bona pace, or bona pace: Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit,
without a difficulty with the inhabitants, Liv. 21, 32, 6; 21, 24, 5; 1, 24, 3; 28, 37, 4; 8, 15, 1; cf.: si bonam (pacem) dederitis, = a fair peace, under acceptable conditions, id. 8, 21, 4.—Amicitia bona = bona fide servata, faithful, undisturbed friendship:(δ).igitur amicitia Masinissae bona atque honesta nobis permansit,
Sall. J. 5, 5.—Bona societas, alliance:C.Segestes, memoria bonae societatis, impavidus,
Tac. A. 1, 58.In particular phrases.1.Bonae res.a.= Vitae commoda, comforts of life, abstract or concrete:b.concedatur bonis rebus homines morte privari,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87:optimis rebus usus est,
he had every most desirable thing, Nep. Att. 18, 1.—= Res secundae, opp. res adversae, prosperity:c.bonis rebus tuis, meas irrides malas,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:in bonis rebus,
Hor. C. 2, 3, 2. —Res bona = res familiaris bona, wealth ( poet.): in re bona esse, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4.—Also an object of value:d.homines quibus mala abunde omnia erant, sed neque res neque spes bona ulla,
who had no property, nor the hope of any, Sall. C. 21, 1. —Costly things, articles of luxury:e.capere urbem in Arabia plenam bonarum rerum,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 46; 4, 4, 82:nimium rei bonae,
id. Stich. 2, 3, 55:ignorantia bonarum rerum,
Nep. Ages. 8, 5 ' bonis rebus gaudere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 110:re bona copiosum esse,
Gell. 16, 19, 7.—Moral, morally good:f.illi cum res non bonas tractent,
Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 72:ut de virtutibus et vitiis, omninoque de bonis rebus et malis quaererent,
id. ib. 1, 4, 15:quid habemus in rebus bonis et malis explorati?
id. ib. 2, 42, 129; so id. Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:quae tamen omnia dulciora fuint et moribus bonis et artibus,
id. Sen. 18, 65.—In literary composition, important or interesting matter, subjects, or questions:2.res bonas verbis electis dictas quis non legat?
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8:studiis generorum, praesertim in re bona,
Plaut. Am. 8, 26.—Bonae artes.(α).A good, laudable way of dealing:(β).qui praeclari facinoris aut artis bonae famam quaerit,
Sall. C. 2, 9:huic bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit,
id. ib. 11, 2:quod is bonarum artium cupiens erat,
Tac. A. 6, 46.—Liberal arts and sciences:3.litteris aut ulli bonae arti,
Quint. 12, 1, 7:conservate civem bonarum artium, bonarum partium, bonorum virorum,
Cic. Sest. 32, 77. —Esp.:optimae artes: optimarum artium scientia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 4; id. Ac. 2, 1, 1; id. Cael. 10, 24; id. Marcell. 1, 4.—Bona fides, or fides bona.a.Good faith, i. e. conscious honesty in acts or words: qui nummos fide bona solvit, who pays (the price of labor) in good faith, i. e. as it is honestly earned, Cato, R. R. 14:b.dic, bona fide, tu id aurum non subripuisti?
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46; 4, 10, 47; id. Capt. 4, 2, 111; id. Most. 3, 1, 137; id. Poen. 1, 3, 30; id. Pers. 4, 3, 16; id. Ps. 4, 6, 33:si tibi optima fide omnia concessit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144; Quint. 10, 3, 23.—Hence, bonae fidei vir, a conscientious man, Quint. 10, 7, 1.—Jurid. t. t.(α).Good faith in contracts and legal acts in general, opposed to dolus malus, honesty and fairness in dealing with another:(β).ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere, notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,
Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67.—Hence, alienam rem bona fide emere, to buy, believing the seller to be the rightful owner, Dig. 41, 3, 10; 41, 3, 13, § 1. bonae fidei possessor (also possessio), believing that he is the rightful owner, ib. 5, 3, 25, § 11; 5, 3, 22; 41, 3, 15, § 2;41, 3, 24: conventio contra bonam fidem et mores bonos,
ib. 16, 31, § 7: bonam fidem praestare, to be responsible for one ' s good faith, ib. 17, 1, 10 prooem.—Hence,Bonae fidei actiones or judicia, actions in equity, i. e. certain classes of actions in which the strict civil law was set aside by the praetorian edict in favor of equity:4.actiones quaedam bonae fidei sunt, quaedam stricti juris. Bonae fidei sunt haec: exempto vendito, locato conducto, etc.,
Just. Inst. 4, 6, 28, § 19.—In the republican time the praetor added in such actions to his formula for the judex the words ex fide bona, or, in full:quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bona,
Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:iste dolus malus et legibus erat vindicatus, et sine lege, judiciis in quibus additur ex fide bona,
id. ib. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. ib. 3, 17, 70.—Bona verba.(α).Kind words:(β).Bona verba quaeso,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 33.—Words of good omen (v. omen):(γ).dicamus bona verba,
Tib. 2, 2, 1:dicite suffuso ter bona verba mero,
Ov. F. 2, 638.—Elegant or well-chosen expressions:(δ).quid est tam furiosum quam verborum vel optimorum atque ornatissimorum sonitus inanis,
Cic. Or. 1, 12, 51:verborum bonorum cursu,
id. Brut. 66, 233:omnia verba sunt alicubi optima,
Quint. 10, 1, 9.—Moral sayings:5.non est quod contemnas bona verba et bonis cogitationibus plena praecordia,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 1. —Bona dicta.(α).Polite, courteous language:(β).hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit leniter dictis bonis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 25.—Witticisms ( bon-mots): flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi, quam bona dicta teneat, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 2, 54, 222:6.dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus quibus solebam menstruales epulas ante adipiscier,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22:ibo intro ad libros ut discam de dictis melioribus,
id. Stich. 2, 3, 75.—Bona facta.(α).= bene facta (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.), laudable deeds:(β).nobilitas ambobus et majorum bona facta (sc. erant),
Tac. A. 3, 40.—Bonum factum est, colloq., = bene est, bene factum est (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.):(γ).bonum factum est, ut edicta servetis mea,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 16:haec imperata quae sunt pro imperio histrico, bonum hercle factum (est) pro se quisque ut meminerit,
id. ib. 45.— Hence,Elliptically, introducing commands which cannot be enforced, = if you will do so, it will be well:7.peregrinis in senatum allectis, libellus propositus est: bonum factum, ne quis senatori novo curiam monstrare velit,
Suet. Caes. 80:et Chaldaeos edicere: bonum factum, ne Vitellius... usquam esset,
id. Vit. 14:hac die Carthaginem vici: bonum factum, in Capitolium eamus, et deos supplicemus,
Aur. Vict. 49; cf.:o edictum, cui adscribi non poterit bonum factum,
Tert. Pud. 1.—Bona gratia.(α).A friendly understanding:(β).cur non videmus inter nos haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17; so,per gratiam bonam abire,
to part with good feelings, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 33.—In jest: sine bona gratia abire, of things cast away, Plaut Truc. 2, 7, 15.—Pleon., in the phrase bonam gratiam habere, = gratiam habere, to thank (v. B. 2. k.), Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 32; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 99.—8.Bona pars.(α).The well-disposed part of a body of persons:(β).ut plerumque fit, major pars (i. e. of the senate) meliorem vicit,
Liv. 21, 4, 1:pars melior senatus ad meliora responsa trahere,
id. 7, 21, 6.—The good party, i. e. the optimates (gen. in plur.):(γ).civem bonarum partium,
Cic. Sest. 32, 77:(fuit) meliorum partium aliquando,
id. Cael. 6, 13:qui sibi gratiam melioris partis velit quaesitam,
Liv. 2, 44, 3.—Paronom.: (Roscius) semper partium in re publica tam quam in scaena optimarum, i. e. party and part in a drama, Cic. Sest. 56, 120.—Of things or persons, a considerable part (cf. a good deal):(δ).bonam partem ad te adtulit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 43:bonam partem sermonis in hunc diem esse dilatam,
Cic. Or. 2, 3, 14:bonam magnamque partem exercitus,
Val. Max. 5, 2, ext. 4:bona pars noctium,
Quint. 12, 11, 19:bona pars hominum,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:meae vocis... bona pars,
id. C. 4, 2, 46; so id. A. P. 297; Ov. P. 1, 8, 74:melior pars diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156.—Rarely, and mostly eccl. Lat.: optima pars, the best part or lot:(ε).nostri melior pars animus est,
Sen. Q. N. 1, prooem. § 14; cf.:quae pars optima est in homine,
best, most valuable, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:major pars aetatis, certe melior reipublicae data sit,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 1:Maria optimam partem elegit, quae non auferetur ab ea,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 42.—Adverb.:(ζ).bonam partem = ex magna parte,
Lucr. 6, 1249.—Aliquem in optimam partem cognoscere, to know somebody from his most favorable side, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: aliquid in optimam partem accipere, to take something in good part, interpret it most favorably:9.Caesar mihi ignoscit quod non venerim, seseque in optimam partem id accipere dicit,
id. Att. 10, 3 a, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 3:quaeso ut hoc in bonam partem accipias,
id. Rosc. Am. 16, 45.—Dies bonus or bona.(α).A day of good omen, a fortunate day (= dies laetus, faustus):(β).tum tu igitur die bono, Aphrodisiis, addice, etc.,
Plaut. Poen. 2, 49:nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die,
Ov. F. 1, 72.—A beautiful, serene day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 3.—10.Bonus mos.(α).Boni mores, referring to individuals, good, decent, moral habits:(β).nihil est amabilius quam morum similitudo bonorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56:nam hic nimium morbus mores invasit bonos,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 6:domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur,
Sall. C. 9, 1:propter ejus suavissimos et optimos mores,
Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:cum per tot annos matronae optimis moribus vixerint,
Liv. 34, 6, 9:mores meliores,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 18.—Bonus mos or boni mores, in the abstract, morality, the laws, rules of morality: ei vos morigerari mos bonu'st, it is a rule of morality that you should, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:11.ex optimo more et sanctissima disciplina,
Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:neglegentia boni moris,
Sen. Ep. 97, 1.—Jurid. t. t.:conventio, mandatum contra bonos mores,
in conflict with morality, Quint. 3, 1, 57; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 7; Gai. Inst. 3, 157 et saep. —Adverbial phrases.a.Bono animo esse, or bonum animum habere.(α).To be of good cheer or courage:(β).bono animo es! Liberabit ille te homo,
Plaut. Merc 3, 1, 33; so id. Aul. 4, 10, 61; id. Mil. 4, 8, 32; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4; id. Heaut. 4, 6, 18; id. Ad. 2, 4, 20; 3, 5, 1; 4, 2, 4; 4, 5, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 72:animo bono es,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 103; id. Am. 2, 2, 48; 5, 2, 1:bono animo es, inquit Scrofa, et fiscinam expedi,
Varr. R. R. 1, 26:bono animo sint et tui et mei familiares,
Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1; 6, 10, 29:bono animo esse jubere eam consul,
Liv. 39, 13, 7:habe modo bonum animum,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 58; so id. Am. 1, 3, 47; id. Truc. 2, 6, 44; id. Aul. 2, 2, 15:habe animum bonum,
id. Cas. 2, 6, 35; id. Ep. 2, 2, 1; 4, 2, 31:bonum animum habe,
Liv. 45, 8, 5:clamor ortus ut bonum animum haberet,
id. 8, 32, 1; so Sen. Ep. 87, 38.—Bono animo esse, or facere aliquid, to be of a good or friendly disposition, or to do with good, honest intentions:(γ).audire jubet vos imperator histricus, bonoque ut animo sedeant in subselliis qui, etc.,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 5: sunt enim (consules) [p. 246] optimo animo, summo consilio, of the best disposition, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:bono te animo tum populus Romanus... dicere existimavit ea quae sentiebatis, sed, etc.,
id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Quint. 7, 4, 15.—Bonus animus, good temper, patience:b.bonus animus in mala re dimidium mali est,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 37:vos etiam hoc animo meliore feratis,
Ov. M. 9, 433.—Bono modo.(α).= placide, with composure, moderation:(β).si quis quid deliquerit, pro noxa bono modo vindicet,
Cato, R. R. 5:haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia, mihi autem bono modo, tantum quantum videbitur,
Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137.—In a decent manner:c.neu quisquam prohibeto filium quin amet... quod bono fiat modo,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 62. —Jure optimo or optimo jure, with good, perfect right:II.te ipse jure optumo incuses licet,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23; id. Rud. 2, 6, 53:ut jure optimo me deserere posses,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6; Sen. Ot. Sap. 2 (29), 2.—With pass. or intr. verb, deservedly:ne jure optimo irrideamur,
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 151; id. Marcell. 1, 4;similarly, optimo judicio,
Val. Max. 2, 9, 2.As subst.A.bŏnus, boni, m.; of persons.1.In sing. or plur. orig. = bonus vir, boni viri; v. I. A. 1. a. b, supra, a morally good man.(α).Plur.:(β).bonis quod bene fit haud perit,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 2, 108; id. Trin. 2, 1, 55; id. Pers. 4, 5, 2:melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto,
Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:verum esse ut bonos boni diligant, quamobrem... bonis inter bonos quasi necessariam (esse) benevolentiam,
id. Lael. 14, 50:diverso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra... habere,
Sall. C. 52, 13; 7, 2; 52, 22:oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52:tam bonis quam malis conduntur urbes,
Sen. Ben. 4, 28, 4; so id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 9, 2, 76.—Rarely bŏnae, arum, f., good women:quia omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 41.—Sing.:2.malus bonum malum esse volt ut sit sui similis,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 8:nec enim cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99; cf.:qui meliorem audax vocet in jus,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 29.—Bonus, a man of honor.(α).A brave man:(β).pro qua (patria) quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere si ei sit profuturus?
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:libertatem quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittat,
Sall. C. 33, 5:fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 29 (opp. ignavi):fama impari boni atque ignavi erant,
Sall. J. 57, 6; 53, 8; id. C. 11, 2. —A gentleman:3. (α).quis enim umquam, qui paululum modo bonorum consuetudinem nosset, litteras ad se ab amico missas... in medium protulit?
Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—In gen. (of political sentiments, = optimates, opp. populares, seditiosi, perditi cives, etc.;(β).so usu. in Cic.): meam causam omnes boni proprie enixeque susceperant,
Cic. Sest. 16, 38:audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur... boni, nescio quomodo, tardiores sunt, etc.,
id. ib. 47, 100:ego Kal. Jan. senatum et bonos omnes legis agrariae... metu liberavi,
id. Pis. 2, 4:etenim omnes boni, quantum in ipsis fuit, Caesarem occiderunt,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 29; id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; 5, 21, 2; id. Sest. 2, 5; 16, 36; 48, 103; id. Planc. 35, 86; id. Mil. 2, 5; id. Off. 2. 12, 43:maledictis increpat omnes bonos,
Sall. C. 21, 4; 19, 2; 33, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; so,optimi,
Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 37; and, ironically, boni identified with the rich:bonorum, id est lautorum et locupletum,
id. Att. 8, 1, 3.—Without reference to political views;4.opp. vulgus (rare): nihil ego istos moror fatuos mores quibus boni dedecorant se,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22:semper in civitate quibus opes nullae sunt bonis invident,
Sall. C. 37, 3:elatus est sine ulla pompa funeris, comitantibus omnibus bonis, maxima vulgi frequentia,
Nep. Att. 22, 2.—So, mĕlĭōres, um, m., one ' s betters:ut quaestui habeant male loqui melioribus,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 13:da locum melioribus,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 37.—Boni, bone, in addresses, as an expression of courtesy, Hor. S. 2, 2, 1; 2, 6, 51; 2, 6, 95; id. Ep. 2, 2, 37; ironice, id. S. 2, 3, 31.—5.Optimus quisque = quivis bonus, omnes boni.(α).Referring to morality:(β).esse aliquid natura pulcrum quod optimus quisque sequeretur,
every good man, Cic. Sen. 13, 43:qui ita se gerebant ut sua consilia optimo cuique probarent, optimates habebantur,
id. Sest. 45, 96; id. Off. 1, 43, 154; id. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Sest. 54, 115; and = even the best:quare deus optimum quemque mala valetudine adficit?
Sen. Prov. 4, 8.—Of the educated classes:(γ). (δ).adhibenda est quaedam reverentia adversus homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 85:Catilina plerisque consularibus, praeterea optumo cuique, litteras mittit,
Sall. C. 34, 2:optimo cuique infesta libertas,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 2 (32 fin.).—In gen., excellent:(ε).optimus quisque facere quam dicere... malebat,
Sall. C. 8, 5.—Distributively:(ζ).ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,
to the best man in each instance, Sall. C. 2, 6.—Referring to another superlative ( = quo quisque melior eo magis, etc.):(η).hic aditus laudis qui semper optimo cuique maxime patuit,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; so id. Lael. 4, 14; id. Inv. 2, 11, 36; Sen. Vit. Beat. 18, 1.—Attributively, with a noun:2. 1.optimam quamque causam,
Cic. Sest. 43, 93:optima quaeque dies,
Verg. G. 3, 66.Bonum, or plur. bona, a good, or goods in a moral and metaphysical sense, a moral good, a blessing: sunt autem hae de finibus defensae sententiae: nihil bonum nisi honestum, ut Stoici; nihil bonum nisi voluptatem, ut Epicurus;2.nihil bonum nisi vacuitatem doloris, ut Hieronymus... tria genera bonorum, maxima animi, secunda corporis, externa tertia, ut Peripatetici, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 84 sq.:quid est igitur bonum? Si quid recte fit et honeste et cum virtute, id bene fieri vere dicitur, et quod rectum et honestum et cum virtute est, id solum opinor bonum,
id. Par. 1, 1, 9:ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud simplex et verum bonum quod non possit ab honestate sejungi,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 7:non-est igitur voluptas bonum,
id. Fin. 1, 11, 39: finis bonorum et malorum (telos agathôn) = summa bona et mala:sunt nonnullae disciplinae quae, propositis bonorum et malorum finibus, officium omne pervertant. Nam qui summum bonum sic instituit ut, etc.,
id. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Par. 1, 3, 14; id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; 2, 36, 114; 2, 42, 129; id. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 1, 12, 42; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 5; id. Ep. 117, 1 et saep.—Bonum, what is valuable, beneficial, estimable, favorable, pleasant, physically or mentally:3.quoi boni Tantum adfero quantum ipsus a diis optat,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 9:multa bona vobis volt facere,
will do you much good, id. Poen. 5, 4, 60; id. Am. prol. 43, 49; id. Pers. 4, 8, 4; 2, 3, 14; id. Cas. 2, 8, 32:tum demum nostra intellegemus bona quom ea amisimus,
id. Capt. 1, 2, 33:multa tibi di dent bona,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; 3, 3, 74; id. Mil. 3, 1, 120; id. Men. 3, 3, 34; id. Pers. 4, 3, 23; id. Truc. 1, 2, 23; id. Merc. 1, 2, 40; id. Most. 1, 1, 47:omnia Bona dicere,
to speak in the highest terms of one, Ter. And. 1, 1, 70:sed ne vivus quidem bono caret, si eo non indiget,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:cum quaecumque bona Peripateticis, eadem Stoicis commoda viderentur,
id. ib. 5, 41, 120:nihil enim boni nosti,
nothing that is good for any thing, id. Phil. 2, 7, 16:mala pro bonis legere dementia est,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 1; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 73:quia bonum sit valere,
a good thing, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (cf. III. A. 5. infra):melius: quo quidem haud scio an... quidquam melius sit homini a dis immortalibus datum,
id. Lael. 6, 20:meliora... Aristotelem de istis rebus scripsisse,
id. Or. 1, 10, 43:optimum: difficillimum est formam exponere optimi,
id. ib. 11, 36.— Here belongs the phrase boni consulere;v. consulo.—So after prepositions: in bonum vertere, v. under verto: in melius ire,
to change for the better, Tac. A. 12, 68.—In the same sense: in melius aliquid referre, or reflectere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 281; 11, 426; 10, 632:ad melius transcurrere,
to pass over to something better, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82.—Bonum or bona, prosperity:4.fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post patitur bonum,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 58:nulli est homini perpetuum bonum,
id. Curc. 1, 3, 33:unā tecum bona, mala tolerabimus,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 23:quibus in bonis fuerint et nunc quibus in malis sint, ostenditur ( = in secundis, in adversis rebus),
Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 107.—Good qualities, gifts:5.omnia adsunt bona, quem penes'st virtus,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 30:magnis illi et divinis bonis hanc licentiam adsequebantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:nisi qui se suā gravitate et castimoniā... tum etiam naturali quodam bono defenderet, etc.,
id. Cael. 5, 11:hunc meā sententiā divinis quibusdam bonis instructum atque ornatum puto,
id. ib. 17, 39:non intellego quod bonum cuiquam sit apud tales viros profuturum,
id. Balb. 28, 63:gaude isto tuo tam excellenti bono,
id. Marcell. 6, 19; so id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—Advantage, benefit:6.si plus adipiscare, re explicatā, boni, quam addubitatā mali,
Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:saepe cogitavi bonine an mali plus adtulerit... eloquentiae studium,
id. Inv. 1, 1, 1; 2, 35, 106; id. Off. 2, 2, 5; id. Sest. 10, 24:maximum bonum in celeritate ponebat,
Sall. C. 43, 4; so, bono publico (abl.), for the public good:hoc ita si fit, publico fiat bono,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 183; Liv. 2, 44, 3; Dig. 41, 3, 1.—With aequum, what is fair and good, the fair ( thing), fairness, equity:7. a.si bonum aequomque oras,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 149; so id. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Rud. 1, 2, 94; id. Men. 4, 2, 11:si tu aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 32; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 29; id. Ad. 1, 1, 39:a quo vivo nec praesens nec absens quidquam aequi bonique impetravit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 94.—Hence, aequo et bono, or ex aequo et bono, in ( with) fairness, in equity, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 30; Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14; 2, 12, 18; 2, 13, 20; Gai. Inst. 3, 137: aequi bonique, as gen. of value, with facere:istuc, Chreme, Aequi bonique facio,
I place a fair and proper value on it, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 40.—In gen.:b.paterna oportet reddi filio bona,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 120:bona sua med habiturum omnia,
id. Truc. 2, 4, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 6; 4, 2, 29; id. Rud. 2, 6, 22; id. Most. 1, 3, 77; id. Trin. 4, 4, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4:bona mea diripiebantur atque ad consulem deferebantur,
Cic. Sest. 24, 54:cum de capite, civis et de bonis proscriptio ferretur,
id. ib. 30, 65:bona, fortunas, possessiones omnium,
id. Caecin. 13, 38:at mulctantur bonis exsules,
id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106; id. Off. 2, 23, 81; id. Par. 1, 1, 7; id. Sest. 19, 42; 43, 94; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; Caes. B. G. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 3, 5; 2, 5, 5; 4, 15, 8; Tac. A. 2, 48; Quint. 6, 1, 19 et saep.—Bonorum possessio, the possession of one ' s property by another.(α).Bonorum possessio in consequence of bonorum cessio, i. e. an assignment of one ' s property for the benefit of creditors, Dig. 42, tit. 3.—(β).Bonorum possessio granted by the prætor against a contumacious or insolvent debtor (in bona mittere, in bona ire jubere, bona possidere jubere, etc.); cf. Dig. 42, tit. 4:(γ).postulat a Burrieno Naevius ut ex edicto bona possidere liceat,
Cic. Quint. 6, 25, and the whole of c. 8:edixit... neu quis militis... bona possideret aut venderet,
Liv. 2, 24, 6:bona proscribere,
to offer the property thus transferred for sale, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—Chiefly referring to the property of a defunct person (hereditas), where the prætor, till the heir had proved his right, granted a bonorum possessio secundum tabulas or contra tabulas, Dig. 37, tit. 4; 37, tit. 11.—c.In bonis esse;III.with reference to the older civil law, which distinguished between civil property (habere rem ex jure Quiritium) and natural property (rem in bonis habere, res in bonis est),
Gai. Inst. 2, 40, 41; Dig. 40, 12, 38, § 2; 37, 6, 2, § 1; 37, 6, 3, § 2; ib. Fragm. 1, 16; Gai. Inst. 1, 22; 1, 35; 1, 222; 1, 167; Dig. 1, 8, 1; 27, 10, 10:neque bonorum possessorum, neque... res pleno jure fiunt, sed in bonis efficiuntur,
ib. Fragm. 3, 80.—Hence, nullam omnino arbitrabamur de eā hereditate controversiam eum habiturum, et est hodie in bonis, i. e. [p. 247] the bonorum possessio has been granted to him, which did not give full ownership, but effected only that the hereditas was in bonis. Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.Predicative use.A.With nouns or pronouns as subjects.1.Bonum esse, to be morally good, honest:2.nunc mihi bonae necessum est esse ingratiis, Quamquam esse nolo,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 82:bonam ego quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 93; so id. Capt. 2, 1, 44; id. Men. 4, 2, 6; id. Rud. prol. 29:itaque viros fortes magnanimos eosdem, bonos et simplices... esse volumus,
Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 21, 84; id. Att. 15, 6, 1:Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat,
Sall. C. 54, 5:ut politiora, non ut meliora fiant ingenia,
Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 5 fin. —To be beneficial, prosperous, advantageous, valuable, favorable, serviceable, correct, with reference to both persons and things as subjects, and in regard to physical and mental relations:3.jam istuc non bonumst,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 29; Cato, R. R. 157:oleum viridius et melius fiet,
id. ib. 3:vinum ut alvum bonam faciat,
to correct the bowels, id. ib. 156:quid est homini salute melius?
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:non optuma haec sunt, verum meliora quam deterruma,
id. Trin. 2, 3, 1:quid est quod huc possit quod melius sit accedere?
Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 41; 1, 18, 57; id. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:in quo (vestitu), sicut in plerisque rebus, mediocritas optima est,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; 2, 17, 59; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Or. 2, 6; 11, 36:meliorem tamen militem... in futura proelia id certamen fecit,
Liv. 2, 51, 3:parvus ut est cygni melior canor, ille gruum quam Clamor,
Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 191:si meliora dies, ut vina, poemata reddit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 34.—So in the optative formula:quod bonum, faustum, felixque sit,
Liv. 1, 28, 7; 1, 17, 10; 39, 15, 1; 3, 54;3, 34.—Also, quod bonum atque fortunatum mihi sit,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 50;and with a noun as subject: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix, fortunataque evenat,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3.—To be kind:4.bonus cum probis'st (erus), malus cum malis,
Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22:hic si vellet bonus ac benignus Esse,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 52.—With reference to the gods:B.ecastor ambae (Fortuna et Salus sunt bonae,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 129:Palladis aut oculos ausa negare bonos (esse),
Prop. 3, 24, 12 (2, 28, 12).—Impers.1.Bonum est (very rare for the class. bene est; v. bene).(α). (β).With subject inf.:2.nam et stulte facere, et stulte fabularier in aetate haud bonum est,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61:bonum est pauxillum amare, insane non bonum est,
id. Curc. 1, 3,20.—Melius est.(α).With subject inf.:(β).melius sanam est mentem sumere,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 51:nihil sentire est melius quam tam prava sentire,
Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125; cf. id. Fin. 1, 19, 62; id. Off. 1, 43, 156; so,melius fuit, fuisset, or fuerat,
it would have been better, id. N. D. 3, 33; id. Sen. 23, 82; id. Off. 3, 25, 94:proinde quiesse erit melius,
Liv. 3, 48, 3; 3, 41, 3; Verg. A. 11, 303.—With subject inf.-clause:(γ).meliu'st te quae sunt mandata tibi praevortier,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 125; id. Men. 5, 9, 32.—With ut-clause:(δ).quid melius quam ut hinc intro abeam et me suspendam clanculum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 145; so id. Ps. 4, 7, 18.—With subjectclause in the subjunctive:3.nunc quid mihi meliu'st quam ilico hic opperiar erum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 22.—Optimum est.(α).With subject inf.:(β).optimum visum est, captivos quam primum deportare,
Liv. 23, 34, 8:si quis dicit optimum esse navigare,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 4 (32 fin.); so, optimum fuit, it would have been better, and optimum erat, it would be better, Quint. 6, prooem. 3; 11, 2, 33; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7.—With inf.-clause:(γ).constituerunt optimum esse, domum suam quemque reverti,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10: optimum visum est, in fluctuantem aciem tradi equos, etc., Liv 6, 24, 10; 22, 27, 6.—With ut and subj:(δ).hoc vero optimum, ut is qui, etc., id ultimum bonorum, id ipsum quid et quale sit nesciat,
Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 6.—With quod:(ε).illa vero optima (sunt) quod cum Haluntium venisset Archagathum vocari jussit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:optimum vero (est) quod dictaturae nomen in perpetuum de re publica sustulisti,
id. Phil. 2, 36, 91.—With second sup., in the phrase optumum factu est (where factu is redundant):IV.sed hoc mihi optumum factu arbitror,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 16:optimum factu esse duxerant frumento... nostros prohibere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 30:optumum factu credens exercitum augere,
Sall. C. 32, 1 (Kritz, factum); 57, 5 (Kritz, factum).Ellipt. use: di meliora, i. e. dent or velint, i. e. let the gods grant better things than what you say, etc.; God forbid! in full:V.di melius duint,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 16:di meliora velint!
Ov. M. 7, 37.—Ellipt.:di meliora! inquit,
Cic. Sen. 14, 47:id ubi mulier audivit, perturbata, dii meliora inquit, etc.,
Liv. 39, 10, 2; 9, 9, 6; Verg. G. 3, 513;similarly, di melius, i. e. fecerunt,
Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3.With object expressed,1.By dat.(α).= good, useful, beneficial for:(β).ambula, id lieni optumum est,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 25:quia vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse intellexi,
Sall. C. 20, 3:bona bello Cornus, jaculis, etc.,
Verg. G. 2, 447.—= benignus or propitius, kind to:(γ).vicinis bonus esto,
Cato, R. R. 4:bene merenti mala es, male merenti bona es,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 3:vos o mihi Manes, Este boni,
Verg. A. 12, 647.—= idoneus, fit for, adapted to:(δ).qui locus vino optimus dicetur esse,
Cato, R. R. 6:tum erit ei rei optumum tempus,
id. ib. 26:terra cui putre solum, Optima frumentis,
Verg. G. 2, 205; 2, 319; 1, 286.—With sum and dat., in the phrase alicui bono est, it is of service to one, profits him:(ε).accusant in quibus occidi patrem Sex. Roscii bono fuit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:bono fuisse Romanis adventum eorum constabat,
Liv. 7, 12, 4.—Hence, with rel. dat.: cui bono (est), for whose advantage it is:quod si quis usurpet illud Cassianum cui bono fuerit, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:cui bono fuisset,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Mil. 12, 32 Ascon. ad loc.; cf.ellipt. form cui bono?
Prisc. p. 1208 P.—With dat. gerund:2.ager oleto conserundo qui in Favonium spectavit, aliis bonus nullus erit,
Cato, R. R. 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 24:(mons) quia pecori bonus alendo erat,
Liv. 29, 31; 9, 10.—By ad and acc.:refert et ad quam rem bona aut non bona sit,
Varr. R. R. 1, 91:occasio quaeritur idoneane fuerit ad rem adoriendam, an alia melior,
Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7:non campos modo militi Romano ad proelium bonos, etc.,
Tac. A. 2, 14. -
22 optimum
bŏnus (old form dŭonus, Carm. Sall. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 67 Mull.), a, um, adj. [for duonus, cf. bellum, bis, and cf. root dvi-; hence deidô, deos], good; comp. melior, us [cf. Gr. mala, mallon], better; sup. optimus ( optumus, ante-class. and often class.) [root opof ops, opes; cf. copia, apiscor], best.I.Attributively.A.As adjunct of nouns denoting persons.1.Vir bonus.(α).A man morally good (kalos kagathos):(β).quoniam boni me viri pauperant, improbi alunt,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:omnibus virtutibus instructos et ornatos tum sapientes, tum viros bonos dicimus,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28:ille vir bonus qui... intolerabili dolore lacerari potius quam aut officium prodat aut fidem,
id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:sive vir bonus est is qui prodest quibus potest, nocet nemini, certe istum virum bonum non facile reperimus,
id. Off. 3, 15, 64:qui se ita gerunt ut eorum probitas, fides, integritas, etc.... hos viros bonos... appellandos putemus,
id. Lael. 5, 19:non intellegunt se de callido homine loqui, non de bono viro,
id. Att. 7, 2, 4:ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 12:nec enim melior vir fuit Africano quisquam, nec clarior,
id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 14, 41; 1, 18, 48; id. Planc. 4, 9; id. Par. 3, 1, 21; id. Marcell. 6, 20; id. Fam. 7, 21; id. Off. 2, 16, 57.—An honest man:(γ).justitia, ex qua viri boni nominantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; 1, 44, 155; 2, 11, 39; 2, 12, 42; 2, 20, 71;3, 12, 50: cum is sponsionem fecisset ni vir bonus esset,
id. ib. 3, 19, 77:quoniam Demosthenes nec vir bonus esset, nec bene meritus de civitate,
id. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116.—A man of good standing in the community:(δ).id viri boni arbitratu deducetur,
Cato, R. R. 143; so id. ib. 149:tuam partem viri bono arbitratu... dari oportet,
Dig. 17, 1, [p. 244] 35;37, 6, 2, § 2: quem voles virum bonum nominato,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55:vir bonus est... quo res sponsore, et quo causae teste tenentur,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40.—Hence, ironically of wealthy men:praetores jus dicunt, aediles ludos parant, viri boni usuras perscribunt,
Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3.—Ironically of bad men:(ε).sed eccum lenonem Lycum, bonum virum,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 52; Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 9; 4, 3, 18; id. Ad. 3, 4, 30:expectabam quinam isti viri boni testes hujus manifesto deprehensi veneni dicerentur,
Cic. Cael. 26, 63:nam socer ejus, vir multum bonus est,
id. Agr. 3, 3, 13;so especially in addresses (mostly comic.): age tu, illuc procede, bone vir!
Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 1; id. Curc. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 4, 7, 48; id. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 3, 5, 10; 5, 2, 5; id. Ad. 4, 2, 17; id. Eun. 5, 2, 11:quid tu, vir optime? Ecquid habes quod dicas?
Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—Sometimes boni viri = boni, in the sense of optimates (v. I. A. 3.):(ζ).bonis viris quid juris reliquit tribunatus C. Gracchi?
Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—As a conventional courtesy:2.homines optimi non intellegunt, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:bone accusator,
id. Rosc. Am. 21, 58:sic illum amicum vocasti, quomodo omnes candidatos bonos viros dicimus,
gentlemen, Sen. Ep. 3, 1.—For bonus vir, a good husband, v. 3.; and for vir optimus, as a laudatory epithet, v. 5.—Boni homines (rare) = boni, better classes of society, v. II. A. 3:3.in foro infimo boni homines atque dites ambulant,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14.—With nouns denoting persons in regard to their functions, offices, occupations, and qualities, denoting excellence:4.bonus consul,
Liv. 4, 40, 6; 22, 39, 2 (different: consules duos, bonos quidem, sed dumtaxat bonos, amisimus, consuls of good sentiments, almost = bad consuls, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 4):boni tribuni plebis,
Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 25:bonus senator,
id. Prov. Cons. 15, 37:senator bonus,
id. Dom. 4, 8:bonus judex,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 34:bonus augur (ironically),
id. Phil. 2, 32, 80:bonus vates,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 27:bonus imperator,
Sall. C. 60, 4:bonus dux,
Quint. 12, 1, 43 (cf. trop.:naturam, optimam ducem,
the best guide, Cic. Sen. 2, 5):bonus miles,
Sall. C. 60, 4; Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:bonus orator,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:optimus orator,
id. Opt. Gen. 1, 3:poeta bonus,
id. de Or. 1, 3, 11; 2, 46, 194; id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:scriptor bonus,
Quint. 10, 1, 104:bonus advocatus,
id. 5, 13, 10:bonus defensor,
id. 5, 13, 3:bonus altercator,
a good debater, id. 6, 4, 10:bonus praeceptor,
id. 5, 13, 44; 10, 5, 22:bonus gubernator,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:optimus opifex,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:sutor bonus,
id. ib. 1, 3, 125:actor optimus,
Cic. Sest. 57, 122:cantor optimus est modulator,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 130:melior gladiator,
Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 33: agricola (colonus, dominus) bonus, Cato, R. R. prooem.; Cic. Sen. 16, 56:bonus paterfamilias,
a thrifty head of the house, Nep. Att. 13, 1:bonus servus,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 58; id. Am. 2, 1, 46; id. Men. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Mil. 22, 58:dominus bonus,
Cato, R. R. 14:bonus custos,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38.—Ironically, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57:filius bonus,
Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 9:patres,
Quint. 11, 3, 178:parens,
id. 6, prooem. 4: bonus (melior, optimus), viz. a good husband, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51 sq.; Liv. 1, 9, 15:uxor melior,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:amicus,
id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:amicus optimus,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 18:optimus testis,
Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:auctor, in two senses,
good authority, id. Att. 5, 12, 3;and = bonus scriptor (post-class.),
Quint. 10, 1, 74.—Esp.:bonus civis (rarely civis bonus): in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint: talem enim solemus et sentire bonum civem et dicere, Cic.-Off. 1, 34, 124: eaque est summa ratio et sapientia boni civis, commoda civium non divellere, atque omnes aequitate eadem continere,
id. ib. 2, 23, 83:eum esse civem et fidelem et bonum,
Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; 1, 9, 10; 3, 12, 1; 6, 6, 11; id. Off. 1, 44, 155; Liv. 22, 39, 3; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 10 Dietsch:optimus et fortissimus civis,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; id. Sest. 17, 39.—Bonus and optimus as epithets of the gods.(α).In gen.:(β).sed te bonus Mercurius perdat,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 23:fata... bonique divi,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 38:divis orte bonis,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1:O bone deus!
Scrib. Comp. 84 fin.: BONORVM DEORVM, Inscr. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84: totidem, pater optime, dixi, Tu mihi da cives, referring to Jupiter, Ov. M. 7, 627.—Optimus Maximus, a standing epithet of Jupiter:(γ).(Juppiter) a majoribus nostris Optimus Maximus (nominatur), et quidem ante optimus, id est beneficentissimus, quam Maximus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64:Jovem optimum et maximum ob eas res appellant, non quod, etc.,
id. ib. 3, 36, 87:in templo Jovis Optimi Maximi,
id. Sest. 56, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22:nutu Jovis Optimi Maximi,
id. Cat. 3, 9, 21; Liv. 1, 12, 7; id. 6, 16, 2.—Di boni, O di boni, expressing indignation, sorrow, or surprise:(δ).di boni, hunc visitavi antidhac!
Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16:di boni, boni quid porto!
Ter. And. 2, 2, 1:di boni, quid hoc morbi est,
id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 13; id. Ad. 3, 3, 86:alter, O di boni, quam taeter incedebat!
Cic. Sest. 8, 19; id. Brut. 84, 288; id. Phil. 2, 8, 20; 2, 32, 80; id. Att. 1, 16, 5; 14, 21, 2; Val. Max. 3, 5, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 3.—Bona Dea, etc., v. 6.—5.Optimus as a laudatory epithet.(α).Vir optimus:(β).per vos nobis, per optimos viros optimis civibus periculum inferre conantur,
Cic. Sest. 1, 2:virum optimum et constantissimum M. Cispium,
id. ib. 35, 76:fratrem meum, virum optimum, fortissimum,
id. ib.:consolabor hos praesentes, viros optimos,
id. Balb. 19, 44; id. Planc. 21, 51; 23, 55; id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Marcell. 4, 10; id. Att. 5, 1, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 53.—Femina bona, optima:(γ).tua conjunx bona femina,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:hujus sanctissimae feminae atque optimae pater,
id. ib. —Senex, pater, frater, etc.:(δ).optimus: parentes ejus, prudentissimi atque optimi senis,
Cic. Planc. 41, 97:insuevit pater optimus hoc me,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 105; 2, 1, 12:C. Marcelli, fratris optimi,
Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 6 (8), 2; 2, 4, 2.—With proper names ( poet.):(ε).optimus Vergilius,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 54:Maecenas optimus,
id. ib. 1, 5, 27:optime Quinti,
id. Ep. 1, 16, 1.—Esp. as an epithet of the Roman emperors:6.quid tam civile, tam senatorium quam illud, additum a nobis Optimi cognomen?
Plin. Pan. 2, 7:gratias, inquit, ago, optime Princeps!
Sen. Tranq. 14. 4:ex epistula optimi imperatoris Antonini,
Gai. Inst. 1, 102; cf.:bene te patriae pater optime Caesar,
Ov. F. 2, 637:optime Romulae Custos gentis,
Hor. C. 4, 5, 1.—Bonus and Bona, names of deities.(α).Bona Dea, the goddess of Chastity, whose temple could not be entered by males (cf. Macr. S. 1, 12; Lact. 1, 22):(β).Bonae Deae pulvinaribus,
Cic. Pis. 39, 95; id. Mil. 31, 86; id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; cf.in mal. part.,
Juv. 2, 86 sq.; 6, 314 sq.; 6, 335 sq.—Bonus Eventus, Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.; Amm. 29, 6, 19; Inscr. Orell. 907; 1780 sq.—(γ).Bona Fortuna:(δ).si bona Fortuna veniat, ne intromiseris,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 22:Bonae Fortunae (signum),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7:FORTVNAE BONAE DOMESTICAE,
Inscr. Orell. 1743 sq. —Bona Spes:(ε).Spes Bona, obsecro, subventa mihi,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 12:BONAE SPEI,
Aug. Inscr. Grut. 1075, 1.—BONA MENS, Inscr. Orell. 1818 sqq.:B.Mens Bona, si qua dea es, tua me in sacraria dono,
Prop. 3, 24, 19.With nouns denoting things.1.Things concrete, denoting excellence:2.navis bona dicitur non quae pretiosis coloribus picta est... sed stabilis et firma,
Sen. Ep. 76, 13:gladium bonum dices, non cui auratus est balteus, etc., sed cui et ad secandum subtilis acies est, et, etc.,
id. ib. 76, 14:id vinum erit lene et bono colore,
Cato, R. R. 109; Lucr. 2, 418; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 9:tabulas... collocare in bono lumine,
Cic. Brut. 75, 261: ex quavis olea oleum... bonum fieri potest. Cato, R. R. 3:per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,
id. ib. 73; cf.:bonae aquae, ironically compared to wine,
Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 28:praedium bonum caelum habeat,
good temperature, Cato, R. R. 1:bona tempestate,
in good weather, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:(praedium) solo bono valeat,
by good soil, Cato, R. R. 1:bonae (aedes) cum curantur male,
Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24:villam bonam,
Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:bonus pons,
Cat. 17, 5:scyphi optimi (= optime facti),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:perbona toreumata,
id. ib. 2, 4, 18, §38: bona domicilia,
comfortable residences, id. N. D. 2, 37, 95:agrum Meliorem nemo habet,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:fundum meliorem,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: fundos optimos et fructuosissimos, id. Agr. 3, 4, 14:equus melior,
id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:bona cena,
Cat. 13, 3:boni nummi,
good, not counterfeit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:super omnia vultus accessere boni,
good looks, Ov. M. 8, 678:mulier bona forma,
of a fine form, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13:equus formae melioris,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 52:tam bona cervix, simul ac jussero, demetur,
fine, beautiful, Suet. Calig. 33:fruges bonae,
Cat. 34, 19:ova suci melioris,
of better flavor, Hor. S. 2, 4, 13.— Trop.:animus aequus optimum est aerumnae condimentum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71: bona dextra, a lucky hand (cf.:bonum omen, 2. e.),
Quint. 6, 3, 69:scio te bona esse voce, ne clama nimis,
good, sound, loud voice, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43; so,bona firmaque vox,
Quint. 11, 3, 13.—Things abstract.a.Of physical well-being:b.ut si qui neget sine bona valetudine posse bene vivi,
Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 2; Lucr. 3, 102; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 26; 11, 2, 35 et saep.:non bonus somnus de prandio est,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:bona aetas,
prime of life, Cic. Sen. 14, 48:optima aetate,
id. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—Ironically:bona, inquis, aetate, etc.,
Sen. Ep. 76, 1.—Of the mind and soul:c.meliore esse sensu,
Cic. Sest. 21, 47:optima indoles,
id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:bona conscientia,
Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:bono ingenio me esse ornatam quam auro multo mavolo,
with a good heart, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 91; id. Stich. 1, 21, 59; Sall. C. 10, 5:mens melior,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 78; Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Liv. 39, 16, 5; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 4; id. Ep. 10, 4; Pers. 2, 8; Petr. 61.—Personified, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 19; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 31:duos optimae indolis filios,
Val. Max. 5, 7, 2; Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 6; Quint. 1, 2, 5:bonum consilium,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6; id. Rud. 4, 3, 18; Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:bona voluntas,
a good purpose, Quint. 12, 11, 31:memoria bona,
Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:bona ratio cum perdita... confligit,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:bonae rationes,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 50:pronuntiatio bona,
Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—Of moral relations:d.ego si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71; Cic. Sest. 66, 139; Liv. 6, 11, 7; Hor. S. 1, 2, 61 (cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1;v. e. infra): si ego in causa tam bona cessi tribuni plebis furori,
Cic. Sest. 16, 36; id. Planc. 36, 87; Ov. M. 5, 220:fac, sis, bonae frugi sies,
of good, regular habits, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 35; id. Cas. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 5, 53; id. Truc. 1, 1, 13; id. Capt. 5, 2, 3 sq. (v. frux, II. B. 1. b.): vilicus disciplina bona utatur. Cato, R. R. 5:bona studia,
moral pursuits, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:quidquid vita meliore parasti,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 15: ad spem mortis melioris, an honorable death; so as an epithet of religious exercises:Juppiter, te bonas preces precor,
Cato, R. R. 134; 139.—Of external, artistic, and literary value and usefulness:e.bono usui estis nulli,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:Optumo optume optumam operam das,
id. Am. 1, 1, 122:bonam dedistis mihi operam,
a valuable service to me, id. Poen. 2, 3, 70; 3, 6, 11; id. Pers. 4, 7, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 11 (in a different sense: me bona opera aut mala Tibi inventurum esse auxilium argentarium, by fair or unfair means, id. Ps. 1, 1, 102;v. e. infra): optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis... gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum,
Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:bonum otium,
valuable leisure, Sall. C. 4, 1:bonis versibus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:versus meliores,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 81:meliora poemata,
Hor. A. P. 303:in illa pro Ctesiphonte oratione longe optima,
Cic. Or. 8, 26:optimas fabulas,
id. Off. 1, 31, 114:melius munus,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 7.—Favorable, prosperous, lucky, fortunate:f.de Procilio rumores non boni,
unfavorable rumors, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 5:bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,
about their success in the war, id. ib. 7, 26, 1:si fuisset in discipulo comparando meliore fortuna,
id. Pis. 29, 71; cf.fortuna optima esse,
to be in the best pecuniary circumstances, id. ad Brut. 1, 1, 2:occasio tam bona,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:senex est eo meliore condicione quam adulesoens cum, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 19, 68; id. Fam. 4, 32:bona navigatio,
id. N. D. 3, 34, 83;esp. in phrase bona spes.—Object.: ergo in iis adulescentibus bonam spem esse dicemus et magnam indolem quos, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117.—Subject.:ego sum spe bona,
Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 3; id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; [p. 245] id. Att. 14, 1 a, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:optima spe,
id. Fam. 12, 11, 2.—Pregn., = spes bonarum rerum, Sall. C. 21, 1;v. C. 1. c. infra: meliora responsa,
more favorable, Liv. 7, 21, 6:melior interpretatio,
Tac. H. 3, 65:cum laude et bonis recordationibus,
id. A. 4, 38:amnis Doctus iter melius,
i. e. less injurious, Hor. A. P. 68:omen bonum,
a good, lucky omen, Cic. Pis. 13, 31; cf.Liv. praef. § 13: melius omen,
Ov. F. 1, 221;optimum,
Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2:bona scaeva,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 24:auspicio optumo,
id. ib. 3, 2, 6; cf.:memini bene, sed meliore Tempore dicam = opportuniore tempore,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 68.—Of public affairs, si mihi bona re publica frui non licuerit, Cic. Mil. 34, 93:g.optima res publica,
id. Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:minus bonis temporibus,
id. Dom. 4, 8; so,optimis temporibus,
id. Sest. 3, 6:nostrae res meliore loco videbantur,
id. ad Brut. 1, 3, 1:lex optima,
id. Pis. 16, 37; id. Sest. 64, 137; id. Phil, 1, 8, 19.—Good = large, considerable:h.bono atque amplo lucro,
Plaut. Am. prol. 6:bona librorum copia,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 109; cf.:bona copia cornu,
Ov. M. 9, 88; v. bona pars, C. 8. g.—Noble; with genus, good family, noble extraction, honorable birth: quali me arbitraris genere prognatum? Eu. Bono, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 35; so id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; 2, 1, 3; id. Pers. 4, 4, 94:k.si bono genere natus sit,
Auct. Her. 3, 7, 13.—Referring to good-will, kindness, faithfulness, in certain phrases.(α).Bona venia or cum bona venia, with the kind permission of a person addressed, especially bona venia orare, expetere, etc.:(β).primum abs te hoc bona venia expeto,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:bona tua venia dixerim,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:oravit bona venia Quirites, ne, etc.,
Liv. 7, 41, 3:obsecro vos.. bona venia vestra liceat, etc.,
id. 6, 40, 10:cum bona venia quaeso audiatis, etc.,
id. 29, 17, 6; Arn. c. Gent. 1, p. 5; cf.. sed des veniam bonus oro = venia bona oro,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 5.—Bona pax, without quarrelling:(γ).bona pax sit potius,
let us have no quarrel about that, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 7;so especially cum bona pace, or bona pace: Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit,
without a difficulty with the inhabitants, Liv. 21, 32, 6; 21, 24, 5; 1, 24, 3; 28, 37, 4; 8, 15, 1; cf.: si bonam (pacem) dederitis, = a fair peace, under acceptable conditions, id. 8, 21, 4.—Amicitia bona = bona fide servata, faithful, undisturbed friendship:(δ).igitur amicitia Masinissae bona atque honesta nobis permansit,
Sall. J. 5, 5.—Bona societas, alliance:C.Segestes, memoria bonae societatis, impavidus,
Tac. A. 1, 58.In particular phrases.1.Bonae res.a.= Vitae commoda, comforts of life, abstract or concrete:b.concedatur bonis rebus homines morte privari,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87:optimis rebus usus est,
he had every most desirable thing, Nep. Att. 18, 1.—= Res secundae, opp. res adversae, prosperity:c.bonis rebus tuis, meas irrides malas,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:in bonis rebus,
Hor. C. 2, 3, 2. —Res bona = res familiaris bona, wealth ( poet.): in re bona esse, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4.—Also an object of value:d.homines quibus mala abunde omnia erant, sed neque res neque spes bona ulla,
who had no property, nor the hope of any, Sall. C. 21, 1. —Costly things, articles of luxury:e.capere urbem in Arabia plenam bonarum rerum,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 46; 4, 4, 82:nimium rei bonae,
id. Stich. 2, 3, 55:ignorantia bonarum rerum,
Nep. Ages. 8, 5 ' bonis rebus gaudere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 110:re bona copiosum esse,
Gell. 16, 19, 7.—Moral, morally good:f.illi cum res non bonas tractent,
Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 72:ut de virtutibus et vitiis, omninoque de bonis rebus et malis quaererent,
id. ib. 1, 4, 15:quid habemus in rebus bonis et malis explorati?
id. ib. 2, 42, 129; so id. Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:quae tamen omnia dulciora fuint et moribus bonis et artibus,
id. Sen. 18, 65.—In literary composition, important or interesting matter, subjects, or questions:2.res bonas verbis electis dictas quis non legat?
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8:studiis generorum, praesertim in re bona,
Plaut. Am. 8, 26.—Bonae artes.(α).A good, laudable way of dealing:(β).qui praeclari facinoris aut artis bonae famam quaerit,
Sall. C. 2, 9:huic bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit,
id. ib. 11, 2:quod is bonarum artium cupiens erat,
Tac. A. 6, 46.—Liberal arts and sciences:3.litteris aut ulli bonae arti,
Quint. 12, 1, 7:conservate civem bonarum artium, bonarum partium, bonorum virorum,
Cic. Sest. 32, 77. —Esp.:optimae artes: optimarum artium scientia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 4; id. Ac. 2, 1, 1; id. Cael. 10, 24; id. Marcell. 1, 4.—Bona fides, or fides bona.a.Good faith, i. e. conscious honesty in acts or words: qui nummos fide bona solvit, who pays (the price of labor) in good faith, i. e. as it is honestly earned, Cato, R. R. 14:b.dic, bona fide, tu id aurum non subripuisti?
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46; 4, 10, 47; id. Capt. 4, 2, 111; id. Most. 3, 1, 137; id. Poen. 1, 3, 30; id. Pers. 4, 3, 16; id. Ps. 4, 6, 33:si tibi optima fide omnia concessit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144; Quint. 10, 3, 23.—Hence, bonae fidei vir, a conscientious man, Quint. 10, 7, 1.—Jurid. t. t.(α).Good faith in contracts and legal acts in general, opposed to dolus malus, honesty and fairness in dealing with another:(β).ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere, notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,
Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67.—Hence, alienam rem bona fide emere, to buy, believing the seller to be the rightful owner, Dig. 41, 3, 10; 41, 3, 13, § 1. bonae fidei possessor (also possessio), believing that he is the rightful owner, ib. 5, 3, 25, § 11; 5, 3, 22; 41, 3, 15, § 2;41, 3, 24: conventio contra bonam fidem et mores bonos,
ib. 16, 31, § 7: bonam fidem praestare, to be responsible for one ' s good faith, ib. 17, 1, 10 prooem.—Hence,Bonae fidei actiones or judicia, actions in equity, i. e. certain classes of actions in which the strict civil law was set aside by the praetorian edict in favor of equity:4.actiones quaedam bonae fidei sunt, quaedam stricti juris. Bonae fidei sunt haec: exempto vendito, locato conducto, etc.,
Just. Inst. 4, 6, 28, § 19.—In the republican time the praetor added in such actions to his formula for the judex the words ex fide bona, or, in full:quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bona,
Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:iste dolus malus et legibus erat vindicatus, et sine lege, judiciis in quibus additur ex fide bona,
id. ib. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. ib. 3, 17, 70.—Bona verba.(α).Kind words:(β).Bona verba quaeso,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 33.—Words of good omen (v. omen):(γ).dicamus bona verba,
Tib. 2, 2, 1:dicite suffuso ter bona verba mero,
Ov. F. 2, 638.—Elegant or well-chosen expressions:(δ).quid est tam furiosum quam verborum vel optimorum atque ornatissimorum sonitus inanis,
Cic. Or. 1, 12, 51:verborum bonorum cursu,
id. Brut. 66, 233:omnia verba sunt alicubi optima,
Quint. 10, 1, 9.—Moral sayings:5.non est quod contemnas bona verba et bonis cogitationibus plena praecordia,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 1. —Bona dicta.(α).Polite, courteous language:(β).hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit leniter dictis bonis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 25.—Witticisms ( bon-mots): flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi, quam bona dicta teneat, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 2, 54, 222:6.dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus quibus solebam menstruales epulas ante adipiscier,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22:ibo intro ad libros ut discam de dictis melioribus,
id. Stich. 2, 3, 75.—Bona facta.(α).= bene facta (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.), laudable deeds:(β).nobilitas ambobus et majorum bona facta (sc. erant),
Tac. A. 3, 40.—Bonum factum est, colloq., = bene est, bene factum est (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.):(γ).bonum factum est, ut edicta servetis mea,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 16:haec imperata quae sunt pro imperio histrico, bonum hercle factum (est) pro se quisque ut meminerit,
id. ib. 45.— Hence,Elliptically, introducing commands which cannot be enforced, = if you will do so, it will be well:7.peregrinis in senatum allectis, libellus propositus est: bonum factum, ne quis senatori novo curiam monstrare velit,
Suet. Caes. 80:et Chaldaeos edicere: bonum factum, ne Vitellius... usquam esset,
id. Vit. 14:hac die Carthaginem vici: bonum factum, in Capitolium eamus, et deos supplicemus,
Aur. Vict. 49; cf.:o edictum, cui adscribi non poterit bonum factum,
Tert. Pud. 1.—Bona gratia.(α).A friendly understanding:(β).cur non videmus inter nos haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala?
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17; so,per gratiam bonam abire,
to part with good feelings, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 33.—In jest: sine bona gratia abire, of things cast away, Plaut Truc. 2, 7, 15.—Pleon., in the phrase bonam gratiam habere, = gratiam habere, to thank (v. B. 2. k.), Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 32; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 99.—8.Bona pars.(α).The well-disposed part of a body of persons:(β).ut plerumque fit, major pars (i. e. of the senate) meliorem vicit,
Liv. 21, 4, 1:pars melior senatus ad meliora responsa trahere,
id. 7, 21, 6.—The good party, i. e. the optimates (gen. in plur.):(γ).civem bonarum partium,
Cic. Sest. 32, 77:(fuit) meliorum partium aliquando,
id. Cael. 6, 13:qui sibi gratiam melioris partis velit quaesitam,
Liv. 2, 44, 3.—Paronom.: (Roscius) semper partium in re publica tam quam in scaena optimarum, i. e. party and part in a drama, Cic. Sest. 56, 120.—Of things or persons, a considerable part (cf. a good deal):(δ).bonam partem ad te adtulit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 43:bonam partem sermonis in hunc diem esse dilatam,
Cic. Or. 2, 3, 14:bonam magnamque partem exercitus,
Val. Max. 5, 2, ext. 4:bona pars noctium,
Quint. 12, 11, 19:bona pars hominum,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:meae vocis... bona pars,
id. C. 4, 2, 46; so id. A. P. 297; Ov. P. 1, 8, 74:melior pars diei,
Verg. A. 9, 156.—Rarely, and mostly eccl. Lat.: optima pars, the best part or lot:(ε).nostri melior pars animus est,
Sen. Q. N. 1, prooem. § 14; cf.:quae pars optima est in homine,
best, most valuable, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:major pars aetatis, certe melior reipublicae data sit,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 1:Maria optimam partem elegit, quae non auferetur ab ea,
Vulg. Luc. 10, 42.—Adverb.:(ζ).bonam partem = ex magna parte,
Lucr. 6, 1249.—Aliquem in optimam partem cognoscere, to know somebody from his most favorable side, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: aliquid in optimam partem accipere, to take something in good part, interpret it most favorably:9.Caesar mihi ignoscit quod non venerim, seseque in optimam partem id accipere dicit,
id. Att. 10, 3 a, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 3:quaeso ut hoc in bonam partem accipias,
id. Rosc. Am. 16, 45.—Dies bonus or bona.(α).A day of good omen, a fortunate day (= dies laetus, faustus):(β).tum tu igitur die bono, Aphrodisiis, addice, etc.,
Plaut. Poen. 2, 49:nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die,
Ov. F. 1, 72.—A beautiful, serene day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 3.—10.Bonus mos.(α).Boni mores, referring to individuals, good, decent, moral habits:(β).nihil est amabilius quam morum similitudo bonorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56:nam hic nimium morbus mores invasit bonos,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 6:domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur,
Sall. C. 9, 1:propter ejus suavissimos et optimos mores,
Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:cum per tot annos matronae optimis moribus vixerint,
Liv. 34, 6, 9:mores meliores,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 18.—Bonus mos or boni mores, in the abstract, morality, the laws, rules of morality: ei vos morigerari mos bonu'st, it is a rule of morality that you should, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:11.ex optimo more et sanctissima disciplina,
Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:neglegentia boni moris,
Sen. Ep. 97, 1.—Jurid. t. t.:conventio, mandatum contra bonos mores,
in conflict with morality, Quint. 3, 1, 57; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 7; Gai. Inst. 3, 157 et saep. —Adverbial phrases.a.Bono animo esse, or bonum animum habere.(α).To be of good cheer or courage:(β).bono animo es! Liberabit ille te homo,
Plaut. Merc 3, 1, 33; so id. Aul. 4, 10, 61; id. Mil. 4, 8, 32; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4; id. Heaut. 4, 6, 18; id. Ad. 2, 4, 20; 3, 5, 1; 4, 2, 4; 4, 5, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 72:animo bono es,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 103; id. Am. 2, 2, 48; 5, 2, 1:bono animo es, inquit Scrofa, et fiscinam expedi,
Varr. R. R. 1, 26:bono animo sint et tui et mei familiares,
Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1; 6, 10, 29:bono animo esse jubere eam consul,
Liv. 39, 13, 7:habe modo bonum animum,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 58; so id. Am. 1, 3, 47; id. Truc. 2, 6, 44; id. Aul. 2, 2, 15:habe animum bonum,
id. Cas. 2, 6, 35; id. Ep. 2, 2, 1; 4, 2, 31:bonum animum habe,
Liv. 45, 8, 5:clamor ortus ut bonum animum haberet,
id. 8, 32, 1; so Sen. Ep. 87, 38.—Bono animo esse, or facere aliquid, to be of a good or friendly disposition, or to do with good, honest intentions:(γ).audire jubet vos imperator histricus, bonoque ut animo sedeant in subselliis qui, etc.,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 5: sunt enim (consules) [p. 246] optimo animo, summo consilio, of the best disposition, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:bono te animo tum populus Romanus... dicere existimavit ea quae sentiebatis, sed, etc.,
id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Quint. 7, 4, 15.—Bonus animus, good temper, patience:b.bonus animus in mala re dimidium mali est,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 37:vos etiam hoc animo meliore feratis,
Ov. M. 9, 433.—Bono modo.(α).= placide, with composure, moderation:(β).si quis quid deliquerit, pro noxa bono modo vindicet,
Cato, R. R. 5:haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia, mihi autem bono modo, tantum quantum videbitur,
Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137.—In a decent manner:c.neu quisquam prohibeto filium quin amet... quod bono fiat modo,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 62. —Jure optimo or optimo jure, with good, perfect right:II.te ipse jure optumo incuses licet,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23; id. Rud. 2, 6, 53:ut jure optimo me deserere posses,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6; Sen. Ot. Sap. 2 (29), 2.—With pass. or intr. verb, deservedly:ne jure optimo irrideamur,
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 151; id. Marcell. 1, 4;similarly, optimo judicio,
Val. Max. 2, 9, 2.As subst.A.bŏnus, boni, m.; of persons.1.In sing. or plur. orig. = bonus vir, boni viri; v. I. A. 1. a. b, supra, a morally good man.(α).Plur.:(β).bonis quod bene fit haud perit,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 2, 108; id. Trin. 2, 1, 55; id. Pers. 4, 5, 2:melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto,
Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:verum esse ut bonos boni diligant, quamobrem... bonis inter bonos quasi necessariam (esse) benevolentiam,
id. Lael. 14, 50:diverso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra... habere,
Sall. C. 52, 13; 7, 2; 52, 22:oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52:tam bonis quam malis conduntur urbes,
Sen. Ben. 4, 28, 4; so id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 9, 2, 76.—Rarely bŏnae, arum, f., good women:quia omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 41.—Sing.:2.malus bonum malum esse volt ut sit sui similis,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 8:nec enim cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99; cf.:qui meliorem audax vocet in jus,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 29.—Bonus, a man of honor.(α).A brave man:(β).pro qua (patria) quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere si ei sit profuturus?
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:libertatem quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittat,
Sall. C. 33, 5:fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,
Hor. C. 4, 4, 29 (opp. ignavi):fama impari boni atque ignavi erant,
Sall. J. 57, 6; 53, 8; id. C. 11, 2. —A gentleman:3. (α).quis enim umquam, qui paululum modo bonorum consuetudinem nosset, litteras ad se ab amico missas... in medium protulit?
Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—In gen. (of political sentiments, = optimates, opp. populares, seditiosi, perditi cives, etc.;(β).so usu. in Cic.): meam causam omnes boni proprie enixeque susceperant,
Cic. Sest. 16, 38:audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur... boni, nescio quomodo, tardiores sunt, etc.,
id. ib. 47, 100:ego Kal. Jan. senatum et bonos omnes legis agrariae... metu liberavi,
id. Pis. 2, 4:etenim omnes boni, quantum in ipsis fuit, Caesarem occiderunt,
id. Phil. 2, 13, 29; id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; 5, 21, 2; id. Sest. 2, 5; 16, 36; 48, 103; id. Planc. 35, 86; id. Mil. 2, 5; id. Off. 2. 12, 43:maledictis increpat omnes bonos,
Sall. C. 21, 4; 19, 2; 33, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; so,optimi,
Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 37; and, ironically, boni identified with the rich:bonorum, id est lautorum et locupletum,
id. Att. 8, 1, 3.—Without reference to political views;4.opp. vulgus (rare): nihil ego istos moror fatuos mores quibus boni dedecorant se,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22:semper in civitate quibus opes nullae sunt bonis invident,
Sall. C. 37, 3:elatus est sine ulla pompa funeris, comitantibus omnibus bonis, maxima vulgi frequentia,
Nep. Att. 22, 2.—So, mĕlĭōres, um, m., one ' s betters:ut quaestui habeant male loqui melioribus,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 13:da locum melioribus,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 37.—Boni, bone, in addresses, as an expression of courtesy, Hor. S. 2, 2, 1; 2, 6, 51; 2, 6, 95; id. Ep. 2, 2, 37; ironice, id. S. 2, 3, 31.—5.Optimus quisque = quivis bonus, omnes boni.(α).Referring to morality:(β).esse aliquid natura pulcrum quod optimus quisque sequeretur,
every good man, Cic. Sen. 13, 43:qui ita se gerebant ut sua consilia optimo cuique probarent, optimates habebantur,
id. Sest. 45, 96; id. Off. 1, 43, 154; id. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Sest. 54, 115; and = even the best:quare deus optimum quemque mala valetudine adficit?
Sen. Prov. 4, 8.—Of the educated classes:(γ). (δ).adhibenda est quaedam reverentia adversus homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 85:Catilina plerisque consularibus, praeterea optumo cuique, litteras mittit,
Sall. C. 34, 2:optimo cuique infesta libertas,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 2 (32 fin.).—In gen., excellent:(ε).optimus quisque facere quam dicere... malebat,
Sall. C. 8, 5.—Distributively:(ζ).ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,
to the best man in each instance, Sall. C. 2, 6.—Referring to another superlative ( = quo quisque melior eo magis, etc.):(η).hic aditus laudis qui semper optimo cuique maxime patuit,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; so id. Lael. 4, 14; id. Inv. 2, 11, 36; Sen. Vit. Beat. 18, 1.—Attributively, with a noun:2. 1.optimam quamque causam,
Cic. Sest. 43, 93:optima quaeque dies,
Verg. G. 3, 66.Bonum, or plur. bona, a good, or goods in a moral and metaphysical sense, a moral good, a blessing: sunt autem hae de finibus defensae sententiae: nihil bonum nisi honestum, ut Stoici; nihil bonum nisi voluptatem, ut Epicurus;2.nihil bonum nisi vacuitatem doloris, ut Hieronymus... tria genera bonorum, maxima animi, secunda corporis, externa tertia, ut Peripatetici, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 84 sq.:quid est igitur bonum? Si quid recte fit et honeste et cum virtute, id bene fieri vere dicitur, et quod rectum et honestum et cum virtute est, id solum opinor bonum,
id. Par. 1, 1, 9:ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud simplex et verum bonum quod non possit ab honestate sejungi,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 7:non-est igitur voluptas bonum,
id. Fin. 1, 11, 39: finis bonorum et malorum (telos agathôn) = summa bona et mala:sunt nonnullae disciplinae quae, propositis bonorum et malorum finibus, officium omne pervertant. Nam qui summum bonum sic instituit ut, etc.,
id. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Par. 1, 3, 14; id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; 2, 36, 114; 2, 42, 129; id. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 1, 12, 42; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 5; id. Ep. 117, 1 et saep.—Bonum, what is valuable, beneficial, estimable, favorable, pleasant, physically or mentally:3.quoi boni Tantum adfero quantum ipsus a diis optat,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 9:multa bona vobis volt facere,
will do you much good, id. Poen. 5, 4, 60; id. Am. prol. 43, 49; id. Pers. 4, 8, 4; 2, 3, 14; id. Cas. 2, 8, 32:tum demum nostra intellegemus bona quom ea amisimus,
id. Capt. 1, 2, 33:multa tibi di dent bona,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; 3, 3, 74; id. Mil. 3, 1, 120; id. Men. 3, 3, 34; id. Pers. 4, 3, 23; id. Truc. 1, 2, 23; id. Merc. 1, 2, 40; id. Most. 1, 1, 47:omnia Bona dicere,
to speak in the highest terms of one, Ter. And. 1, 1, 70:sed ne vivus quidem bono caret, si eo non indiget,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:cum quaecumque bona Peripateticis, eadem Stoicis commoda viderentur,
id. ib. 5, 41, 120:nihil enim boni nosti,
nothing that is good for any thing, id. Phil. 2, 7, 16:mala pro bonis legere dementia est,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 1; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 73:quia bonum sit valere,
a good thing, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (cf. III. A. 5. infra):melius: quo quidem haud scio an... quidquam melius sit homini a dis immortalibus datum,
id. Lael. 6, 20:meliora... Aristotelem de istis rebus scripsisse,
id. Or. 1, 10, 43:optimum: difficillimum est formam exponere optimi,
id. ib. 11, 36.— Here belongs the phrase boni consulere;v. consulo.—So after prepositions: in bonum vertere, v. under verto: in melius ire,
to change for the better, Tac. A. 12, 68.—In the same sense: in melius aliquid referre, or reflectere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 281; 11, 426; 10, 632:ad melius transcurrere,
to pass over to something better, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82.—Bonum or bona, prosperity:4.fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post patitur bonum,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 58:nulli est homini perpetuum bonum,
id. Curc. 1, 3, 33:unā tecum bona, mala tolerabimus,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 23:quibus in bonis fuerint et nunc quibus in malis sint, ostenditur ( = in secundis, in adversis rebus),
Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 107.—Good qualities, gifts:5.omnia adsunt bona, quem penes'st virtus,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 30:magnis illi et divinis bonis hanc licentiam adsequebantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:nisi qui se suā gravitate et castimoniā... tum etiam naturali quodam bono defenderet, etc.,
id. Cael. 5, 11:hunc meā sententiā divinis quibusdam bonis instructum atque ornatum puto,
id. ib. 17, 39:non intellego quod bonum cuiquam sit apud tales viros profuturum,
id. Balb. 28, 63:gaude isto tuo tam excellenti bono,
id. Marcell. 6, 19; so id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—Advantage, benefit:6.si plus adipiscare, re explicatā, boni, quam addubitatā mali,
Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:saepe cogitavi bonine an mali plus adtulerit... eloquentiae studium,
id. Inv. 1, 1, 1; 2, 35, 106; id. Off. 2, 2, 5; id. Sest. 10, 24:maximum bonum in celeritate ponebat,
Sall. C. 43, 4; so, bono publico (abl.), for the public good:hoc ita si fit, publico fiat bono,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 183; Liv. 2, 44, 3; Dig. 41, 3, 1.—With aequum, what is fair and good, the fair ( thing), fairness, equity:7. a.si bonum aequomque oras,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 149; so id. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Rud. 1, 2, 94; id. Men. 4, 2, 11:si tu aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 32; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 29; id. Ad. 1, 1, 39:a quo vivo nec praesens nec absens quidquam aequi bonique impetravit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 94.—Hence, aequo et bono, or ex aequo et bono, in ( with) fairness, in equity, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 30; Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14; 2, 12, 18; 2, 13, 20; Gai. Inst. 3, 137: aequi bonique, as gen. of value, with facere:istuc, Chreme, Aequi bonique facio,
I place a fair and proper value on it, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 40.—In gen.:b.paterna oportet reddi filio bona,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 120:bona sua med habiturum omnia,
id. Truc. 2, 4, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 6; 4, 2, 29; id. Rud. 2, 6, 22; id. Most. 1, 3, 77; id. Trin. 4, 4, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4:bona mea diripiebantur atque ad consulem deferebantur,
Cic. Sest. 24, 54:cum de capite, civis et de bonis proscriptio ferretur,
id. ib. 30, 65:bona, fortunas, possessiones omnium,
id. Caecin. 13, 38:at mulctantur bonis exsules,
id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106; id. Off. 2, 23, 81; id. Par. 1, 1, 7; id. Sest. 19, 42; 43, 94; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; Caes. B. G. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 3, 5; 2, 5, 5; 4, 15, 8; Tac. A. 2, 48; Quint. 6, 1, 19 et saep.—Bonorum possessio, the possession of one ' s property by another.(α).Bonorum possessio in consequence of bonorum cessio, i. e. an assignment of one ' s property for the benefit of creditors, Dig. 42, tit. 3.—(β).Bonorum possessio granted by the prætor against a contumacious or insolvent debtor (in bona mittere, in bona ire jubere, bona possidere jubere, etc.); cf. Dig. 42, tit. 4:(γ).postulat a Burrieno Naevius ut ex edicto bona possidere liceat,
Cic. Quint. 6, 25, and the whole of c. 8:edixit... neu quis militis... bona possideret aut venderet,
Liv. 2, 24, 6:bona proscribere,
to offer the property thus transferred for sale, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—Chiefly referring to the property of a defunct person (hereditas), where the prætor, till the heir had proved his right, granted a bonorum possessio secundum tabulas or contra tabulas, Dig. 37, tit. 4; 37, tit. 11.—c.In bonis esse;III.with reference to the older civil law, which distinguished between civil property (habere rem ex jure Quiritium) and natural property (rem in bonis habere, res in bonis est),
Gai. Inst. 2, 40, 41; Dig. 40, 12, 38, § 2; 37, 6, 2, § 1; 37, 6, 3, § 2; ib. Fragm. 1, 16; Gai. Inst. 1, 22; 1, 35; 1, 222; 1, 167; Dig. 1, 8, 1; 27, 10, 10:neque bonorum possessorum, neque... res pleno jure fiunt, sed in bonis efficiuntur,
ib. Fragm. 3, 80.—Hence, nullam omnino arbitrabamur de eā hereditate controversiam eum habiturum, et est hodie in bonis, i. e. [p. 247] the bonorum possessio has been granted to him, which did not give full ownership, but effected only that the hereditas was in bonis. Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.Predicative use.A.With nouns or pronouns as subjects.1.Bonum esse, to be morally good, honest:2.nunc mihi bonae necessum est esse ingratiis, Quamquam esse nolo,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 82:bonam ego quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo,
id. Poen. 1, 2, 93; so id. Capt. 2, 1, 44; id. Men. 4, 2, 6; id. Rud. prol. 29:itaque viros fortes magnanimos eosdem, bonos et simplices... esse volumus,
Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 21, 84; id. Att. 15, 6, 1:Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat,
Sall. C. 54, 5:ut politiora, non ut meliora fiant ingenia,
Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 5 fin. —To be beneficial, prosperous, advantageous, valuable, favorable, serviceable, correct, with reference to both persons and things as subjects, and in regard to physical and mental relations:3.jam istuc non bonumst,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 29; Cato, R. R. 157:oleum viridius et melius fiet,
id. ib. 3:vinum ut alvum bonam faciat,
to correct the bowels, id. ib. 156:quid est homini salute melius?
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:non optuma haec sunt, verum meliora quam deterruma,
id. Trin. 2, 3, 1:quid est quod huc possit quod melius sit accedere?
Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 41; 1, 18, 57; id. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:in quo (vestitu), sicut in plerisque rebus, mediocritas optima est,
id. Off. 1, 36, 130; 2, 17, 59; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Or. 2, 6; 11, 36:meliorem tamen militem... in futura proelia id certamen fecit,
Liv. 2, 51, 3:parvus ut est cygni melior canor, ille gruum quam Clamor,
Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 191:si meliora dies, ut vina, poemata reddit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 34.—So in the optative formula:quod bonum, faustum, felixque sit,
Liv. 1, 28, 7; 1, 17, 10; 39, 15, 1; 3, 54;3, 34.—Also, quod bonum atque fortunatum mihi sit,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 50;and with a noun as subject: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix, fortunataque evenat,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3.—To be kind:4.bonus cum probis'st (erus), malus cum malis,
Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22:hic si vellet bonus ac benignus Esse,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 52.—With reference to the gods:B.ecastor ambae (Fortuna et Salus sunt bonae,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 129:Palladis aut oculos ausa negare bonos (esse),
Prop. 3, 24, 12 (2, 28, 12).—Impers.1.Bonum est (very rare for the class. bene est; v. bene).(α). (β).With subject inf.:2.nam et stulte facere, et stulte fabularier in aetate haud bonum est,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61:bonum est pauxillum amare, insane non bonum est,
id. Curc. 1, 3,20.—Melius est.(α).With subject inf.:(β).melius sanam est mentem sumere,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 51:nihil sentire est melius quam tam prava sentire,
Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125; cf. id. Fin. 1, 19, 62; id. Off. 1, 43, 156; so,melius fuit, fuisset, or fuerat,
it would have been better, id. N. D. 3, 33; id. Sen. 23, 82; id. Off. 3, 25, 94:proinde quiesse erit melius,
Liv. 3, 48, 3; 3, 41, 3; Verg. A. 11, 303.—With subject inf.-clause:(γ).meliu'st te quae sunt mandata tibi praevortier,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 125; id. Men. 5, 9, 32.—With ut-clause:(δ).quid melius quam ut hinc intro abeam et me suspendam clanculum,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 145; so id. Ps. 4, 7, 18.—With subjectclause in the subjunctive:3.nunc quid mihi meliu'st quam ilico hic opperiar erum,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 22.—Optimum est.(α).With subject inf.:(β).optimum visum est, captivos quam primum deportare,
Liv. 23, 34, 8:si quis dicit optimum esse navigare,
Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 4 (32 fin.); so, optimum fuit, it would have been better, and optimum erat, it would be better, Quint. 6, prooem. 3; 11, 2, 33; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7.—With inf.-clause:(γ).constituerunt optimum esse, domum suam quemque reverti,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10: optimum visum est, in fluctuantem aciem tradi equos, etc., Liv 6, 24, 10; 22, 27, 6.—With ut and subj:(δ).hoc vero optimum, ut is qui, etc., id ultimum bonorum, id ipsum quid et quale sit nesciat,
Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 6.—With quod:(ε).illa vero optima (sunt) quod cum Haluntium venisset Archagathum vocari jussit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:optimum vero (est) quod dictaturae nomen in perpetuum de re publica sustulisti,
id. Phil. 2, 36, 91.—With second sup., in the phrase optumum factu est (where factu is redundant):IV.sed hoc mihi optumum factu arbitror,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 16:optimum factu esse duxerant frumento... nostros prohibere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 30:optumum factu credens exercitum augere,
Sall. C. 32, 1 (Kritz, factum); 57, 5 (Kritz, factum).Ellipt. use: di meliora, i. e. dent or velint, i. e. let the gods grant better things than what you say, etc.; God forbid! in full:V.di melius duint,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 16:di meliora velint!
Ov. M. 7, 37.—Ellipt.:di meliora! inquit,
Cic. Sen. 14, 47:id ubi mulier audivit, perturbata, dii meliora inquit, etc.,
Liv. 39, 10, 2; 9, 9, 6; Verg. G. 3, 513;similarly, di melius, i. e. fecerunt,
Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3.With object expressed,1.By dat.(α).= good, useful, beneficial for:(β).ambula, id lieni optumum est,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 25:quia vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse intellexi,
Sall. C. 20, 3:bona bello Cornus, jaculis, etc.,
Verg. G. 2, 447.—= benignus or propitius, kind to:(γ).vicinis bonus esto,
Cato, R. R. 4:bene merenti mala es, male merenti bona es,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 3:vos o mihi Manes, Este boni,
Verg. A. 12, 647.—= idoneus, fit for, adapted to:(δ).qui locus vino optimus dicetur esse,
Cato, R. R. 6:tum erit ei rei optumum tempus,
id. ib. 26:terra cui putre solum, Optima frumentis,
Verg. G. 2, 205; 2, 319; 1, 286.—With sum and dat., in the phrase alicui bono est, it is of service to one, profits him:(ε).accusant in quibus occidi patrem Sex. Roscii bono fuit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:bono fuisse Romanis adventum eorum constabat,
Liv. 7, 12, 4.—Hence, with rel. dat.: cui bono (est), for whose advantage it is:quod si quis usurpet illud Cassianum cui bono fuerit, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:cui bono fuisset,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Mil. 12, 32 Ascon. ad loc.; cf.ellipt. form cui bono?
Prisc. p. 1208 P.—With dat. gerund:2.ager oleto conserundo qui in Favonium spectavit, aliis bonus nullus erit,
Cato, R. R. 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 24:(mons) quia pecori bonus alendo erat,
Liv. 29, 31; 9, 10.—By ad and acc.:refert et ad quam rem bona aut non bona sit,
Varr. R. R. 1, 91:occasio quaeritur idoneane fuerit ad rem adoriendam, an alia melior,
Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7:non campos modo militi Romano ad proelium bonos, etc.,
Tac. A. 2, 14. -
23 sin
sīn, conj. [apocop. from si-ne], an adversative conditional particle, if however, if on the contrary, but if (good prose).I. A.After si.1.In gen.:2.si domi sum, foris est animus: sin foris sum, animus domi est,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 7: hunc mihi timorem eripe: si est verus, ne opprimar;sin falsus, ut, etc.,
Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18 fin.:si optimates... sin populus, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 42, 65:quos si boni oppresserunt... sin audaces,
id. ib. 1, 44, 68;1, 37, 58: si nostri oblitus es... sin aestivorum timor te debilitat,
id. Fam. 7, 14, 1:qui si improbasset... sin' probasset, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 1, 32:si sine vi velint rapta tradere, redderent... Sin aliter sient animati, etc.,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 54:sin aliter es,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 9; Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 5;and simply sin aliter, with a verb understood,
but if not, in the contrary case, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 66; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69; id. Fam. 11, 14, 3; Quint. 8, 6, 74 al.:sin secus,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 25:accusator illum... defendet, si poterit: sin minus poterit, negabit,
Cic. Inv. 2, 29, 88;so simply sin minus,
id. Att. 9, 15, 1; id. Q. Fr. 2, 8, 2. —In the epistolary style also, ellipt., sin (for sin aliter or sin minus):3.si pares aeque inter se, quiescendum: sin, latius manabit,
Cic. Att. 16, 13, b, 2.—Strengthened,(α).By autem:(β).si malus est... sin autem frugi'st, etc.,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 6; cf.:id si ita est, etc.... sin autem illa veriora,
Cic. Lael. 4, 14; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 44; 5, 2, 14; Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; id. Att. 3, 8, 6 and 7; Just. 16, 4, 14; 31, 5, 7 al.; cf.:si sunt viri boni, me adjuvant... sin autem minus idonei, me non laedunt,
Cic. Caecin. 1, 3; so id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 34; and in epistolary style, ellipti.: si vir esse volet, praeclara sunodia: sin autem erimus nos, qui solemus id. Att. 10, 7, 2.—So freq. in Vulg.:si est tibi intellectus, responde proximo: sin autem, sit manus tua super os tutum,
Vulg. Ecclus. 5, 14; 29, 8; id. Luc. 10, 6; id. Apoc. 2, 5.—Less freq. by vero: si sit ovis matura [p. 1706]... sin vero feta, Col. 7, 3, 11.—* B.After nisi:* C.nisi molestum est, nomen dare vobis volo Comoediaï: sin odio est—dicam tamen,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 51.—After quando:* D.quando abiit rete pessum, adducit lineam: sin jecit recte, etc.,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 16 (Speng. si injecit).—After dum:II.dum illi agunt suam rem agunt, ceteri cleptae: sin vident quempiam se adservare, obludunt,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 10.—Without a preceding si, nisi, etc. (where the foregoing particle is usu. clearly implied by the context).A.In gen.:B.qui ero servire servos postulat, etc.... Sin dormitat, ita dormitet, ut, etc.,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 5; cf. Cic. Rep. 3, 3, 6: Pae. Ne me attrecta. So. Sin te amo? Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 45; cf. id. Ps. 1, 3, 22; id. Mil. 4, 8, 27:primum danda opera est, ne quā amicorum discidia fiant: sin tale aliquid evenerit, ut, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 21, 78; cf. id. Off. 2, 21, 74:adhuc nostri nulli fuerunt: sin quando exstiterint, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 24, 95:orat ac postulat, rem publicam suscipiant. Sin timore defugiant, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Nep. Ages. 1, 3:haec ut fiant, deos quaeso, ut vobis decet. Sin aliter animus voster est, etc.,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 46.—In epistolary style, ellipt.:C.ego, ut constitui, adero: atque utinam tu quoque eodem die! Sin quid—multa enim—utique postridie,
Cic. Att. 13, 22, 4.—Strengthened,1.By autem:2.summi puerorum amores saepe unā cum praetextā togā ponerentur: sin autem ad adulescentiam perduxissent, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 10, 34; 21, 77; id. Rep. 1, 6, 11; 2, 39, 66; id. Off. 1, 34, 123; id. Tusc. 3, 9, 19; id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; Caes. B. G. 5, 35 al.—Rarely by vero:quidam saepe in parvā pecuniā cognoscuntur quam sint leves, quidam, etc., sin vero erunt aliqui, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 17, 63. -
24 sisto
sisto, stĭti (Charis. p. 220, and Diom. p. 369, give steti for both sisto and sto, confining stiti to the compounds of both. But steti, as perfect of sisto, is late jurid. Lat., and perh. dub.;I.for steterant,
Verg. A. 3, 110;steterint,
id. ib. 3, 403; Liv. 8, 32, 12, belong to stare; cf. also Gell. 2, 14, 1 sqq.; and v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 461 sq.), stătum [root stă, strengthened by reduplication; cf. histêmi], used in two general senses, I. To cause to stand, place, = colloco, pono; II. To stand, be placed, = sto.Sistere, in gen., = collocare (in class. prose only in the partic. uses, v. A. 4. C. and D., infra).A.Causative, with acc.1.To place = facere ut stet; constr. with in and abl., with abl. alone, and with ad, super, etc., and acc.:2.O qui me gelidis in vallibus Haemi Sistat,
Verg. G. 2, 489:tertia lux classem Cretaeis sistet in oris,
id. A. 3, 117 (classis stat;v. sto): inque tuo celerem litore siste gradum,
Ov. H. 13, 102 (cf. infra, III. 2. A.):jaculum clamanti (al. clamantis) sistit in ore,
plants the dart in his face, Verg. A. 10, 323:disponit quas in fronte manus, medio quas robore sistat,
Stat. Th. 7, 393:(equum ligneum) sacratā sistimus arā,
Verg. A. 2, 245:aeternis potius me pruinis siste,
Stat. Th. 4, 395: ut stata (est) lux pelago, as soon as light was set ( shone) on the sea, id. ib. 5, 476:victima Sistitur ante aras,
Ov. M. 15, 132:quam (suem) Aeneas ubi... sistit ad aram,
Verg. A. 8, 85:post haec Sistitur crater,
Ov. M. 8, 669: vestigia in altero (monte) sisti (non posse), that no footprints can be placed ( made) on the other mountain, Plin. 2, 96, 98, § 211:cohortes expeditas super caput hostium sistit,
Tac. H. 3, 77; cf. id. A. 12, 13; Stat. Th. 4, 445; Sil. 4, 612. —To place, as the result of guidance or conveyance; hence, to convey, to send, lead, take, conduct to, = facere ut veniat; constr. with in and abl., with abl. alone, and with advv. of place: officio meo ripā sistetur in illā Haec, will be carried by me to, etc., Ov. M. 9, 109:3.terrā sistēre petitā,
id. ib. 3, 635:(vos) facili jam tramite sistam,
Verg. A. 6, 676:ut eum in Syriā aut Aegypto sisterent orabat,
to convey him to, Tac. H. 2, 9.—So with hic (= in with abl.) or huc (= in with acc.):hic siste patrem,
Sen. Phoen. 121:Annam huc siste sororem,
Verg. A. 4, 634.—To place an army in order of battle, draw up, = instruere:4.aciem in litore sistit,
Verg. A. 10, 309; cf.:sistere tertiam decimam legionem in ipso aggere jubet,
Tac. H. 3, 21.—Se sistere = to betake one's self, to present one's self, to come (so twice in Cicero's letters):5.des operam, id quod mihi affirmasti, ut te ante Kal. Jan., ubicumque erimus, sistas,
Cic. Att. 3, 25:te vegetum nobis in Graeciā sistas,
id. ib. 10, 16, 6 (cf. infra, E.):hic dea se primum rapido pulcherrima nisu Sistit,
Verg. A. 11, 853.—With two acc. (cf.: praesto, reddo) = to cause to be in a certain condition, to place, etc.; often with dat. of interest (ante- and post-class., and poet.; cf.b.supra, 4.): ego vos salvos sistam,
I will place you in safety, see you to a safe place, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 5:omnia salva sistentur tibi,
all will be returned to you in good order, id. ib. 5, 3, 3; so,suam rem sibi salvam sistam,
id. Poen. 5, 2, 123; cf.:rectius tacitas tibi res sistam, quam quod dictum est mutae mulieri,
will keep your secrets, id. ib. 4, 2, 54:neque (dotem) incolumem sistere illi, et detraxe autument,
that you deliver it entire to her, id. Trin. 3, 3, 15:cum te reducem aetas prospera sistet,
Cat. 64, 238: tu modo servitio vacuum me siste (= praesta) superbo, set me free from, Prop. 4, 16 (3, 17), 42:tutum patrio te limine sistam,
will see you safe home, Verg. A. 2, 620:praedā onustos triumphantesque mecum domos reduces sistatis,
Liv. 29, 27, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:Pelasgis siste levem campum,
Stat. Th. 8, 328:modo se isdem in terris victorem sisterent,
Tac. A. 2, 14:operā tuā sistas hunc nobis sanum atque validum,
give him back to us, safe and sound, Gell. 18, 10, 7: ita mihi salvam ac sospitem rempublicam sistere in suā sede liceat, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 28.—Neutr, with double nom., = exsistere, to be, to become: judex extremae sistet vitaeque necisque, he will become a judge, etc., Manil. 4, 548 (dub.):B.tempora quod sistant propriis parentia signis,
id. 3, 529 (dub.; al. sic stant; cf. infra, II.).—As neuter verb, to stand, rest, be placed, lie ( poet.);C.constr. like sto: ne quis mihi obstiterit obviam, nam qui obstiterit, ore sistet,
will lie on his face, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 13 Brix ad loc.: (nemo sit) tantā gloriā... quin cadat, quin capite sistat, will be placed or stand on his head, id. Curc. 2, 3, 8:ibi crebro, credo, capite sistebant cadi,
id. Mil. 3, 2, 36 Lorenz (Brix, hoc illi crebro capite):ipsum si quicquam posse in se sistere credis,
to rest upon itself, Lucr. 1, 1057:neque posse in terrā sistere terram,
nor can the earth rest upon itself, id. 2, 603:at conlectus aquae... qui lapides inter sistit per strata viarum,
id. 4, 415:incerti quo fata ferant, ubi sistere detur,
to rest, to stay, Verg. A. 3, 7; cf.:quaesitisque diu terris, ubi sistere detur,
Ov. M. 1, 307. —As jurid. term.1.In both a causative and neuter sense = to produce in court, or to appear in court after being bound over by the judge or by promise to the adversary (vadimonium); constr. either absol. or with the dat. of the adversary to whom the promise is made (alicui sisti), to appear upon somebody's demand; also, in judicio sisti. The present active is either used reflexively (se sistere = to appear), or with a transitive object (sistere aliquem = to produce in court one in whose behalf the promise has been made). The present passive, sisti, sistendus, sistitur, = to appear or to be produced. The perfect act., stiti, stitisse, rarely the perfect passive, status sum, = to have appeared, I appeared. So in all periods of the language:2.cum autem in jus vocatus fuerit adversarius, ni eo die finitum fuerit negotium, vadimonium ei faciendum est, id est ut promittat se certo die sisti,
Gai. 4, 184:fit ut Alfenus promittat, Naevio sisti Quinctium,
that Quinctius would be forthcoming upon Naevius's complaint, Cic. Quint. 21, 67; cf. id. ib. 8, 30 (v. infra, B.):testificatur, P. Quinctium non stitisse, et se stitisse,
id. ib. 6, 25:quin puellam sistendam promittat (= fore ut puella sistatur in judicio),
Liv. 3, 45, 3:interrogavit quisquam, in quem diem locumque vadimonium promitti juberet, et Scipio manum ad ipsam oppidi, quod obsidebatur, arcem protendens: Perendie sese sistant illo in loco,
Gell. 7, 1, 10:si quis quendam in judicio sisti promiserit, in eādem causā eum debet sistere,
Dig. 2, 11, 11:si servum in eādem causā sistere promiserit, et liber factus sistatur,... non recte sistitur,
ib. 2, 9, 5:sed si statu liberum sisti promissum sit, in eādem causā sisti videtur, quamvis liber sistatur,
ib. 2, 9, 6:cum quis in judicio sisti promiserit, neque adjecerit poenam si status non esset,
ib. 2, 6, 4:si quis in judicio secundum suam promissionem non stitit,
ib. 2, 11, 2, § 1; cf. ib. 2, 5, 1; 2, 8, 2; 2, 11, 2, § 3.—Vadimonium sistere, to present one's self in court, thus keeping the solemn engagement (vadimonium) made to that effect; lit., to make the vadimonium stand, i. e. effective, opp. deserere vadimonium = not to appear, to forfeit the vadimonium. The phrase does not occur in the jurists of the Pandects, the institution of the vadimonium being abolished by Marcus Aurelius. It is found in the following three places only: quid si vadimonium capite obvoluto stitisses? Cat. ap. Gell. 2, 14, 1: ut Quinctium sisti Alfenus promitteret. Venit Romam Quinctius;D.vadimonium sistit,
Cic. Quint. 8, 30:ut nullum illa stiterit vadimonium sine Attico,
Nep. Att. 9; Gai. 4, 185; cf. diem sistere under status, P. a. infra.—Transf., out of judicial usage, in gen., = to appear or present one's self, quasi ex vadimonio; constr. absol. or with dat. of the person entitled to demand the appearance:E.ubi tu es qui me vadatus's Veneriis vadimoniis? Sisto ego tibi me, et mihi contra itidem ted ut sistas suadeo (of a lover's appointment),
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 5; so,tibi amatorem illum alacrem vadimonio sistam,
produce, App. M. 9, p. 227, 14:nam promisimus carnufici aut talentum magnum, aut hunc hodie sistere,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 73:vas factus est alter ejus sistendi, ut si ille non revertisset, moriendum esset sibi,
Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45. —Fana sistere, acc. to Festus anciently used, either = to place ( secure and fix places for) temples in founding a city, or to place the couches in the lectisternia:F.sistere fana, cum in urbe condendā dicitur, significat loca in oppido futurorum fanorum constituere: quamquam Antistius Labeo, in commentario XV. juris pontificii ait fana sistere esse lectisternia certis locis et diebus habere,
Fest. p. 267 Lind. To this usage Plaut. perh. alludes:apud illas aedis sistendae mihi sunt sycophantiae,
the place about that house I must make the scene of my tricks, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 25.—Sistere monumenta, etc., or sistere alone, to erect statues, etc. (= statuere; post-class. and rare;II.mostly in Tac.): ut apud Palatium effigies eorum sisteret,
Tac. A. 15, 72:cum Augustus sibi templum sisti non prohibuisset,
id. ib. 4 37:at Romae tropaea de Parthis arcusque sistebantur,
id. ib. 15, 18:monuere ut... templum iisdem vestigiis sisteretur,
id. H. 4, 53:sistere monumenta,
Aus. Ep. 24, 55: Ast ego te... Carthaginis arce Marmoreis sistam templis (cf. histanai tina), Sil. 8, 231; v. statuo.Sistere = to cause what is tottering or loose to stand firm, to support or fasten; and neutr., to stand firm.A.Causative (rare;B.perh. not in class. prose) = stabilire: sucus... mobilis (dentes) sistit,
Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 15; and trop.: hic (Marcellus) rem Romanam magno turbante tumultu Sistet (cf.: respublica stat;v. sto),
Verg. A. 6, 858; cf.:non ita civitatem aegram esse, ut consuetis remediis sisti posset,
Liv. 3, 20, 8 (where sisti may be impers.; v. infra, III. C.).—Neutr., to stand firm, to last, = stare:2.nec mortale genus, nec divum corpora sancta Exiguom possent horai sistere tempus,
Lucr. 1, 1016: qui rem publicam sistere negat posse, nisi ad equestrem ordinem judicia referantur, Cotta ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223.—Neutr., to stand firm, to resist:III.nec quicquam Teucros Sustentare valet telis, aut sistere contra,
Verg. A. 11, 873; so with dat. = resistere:donec Galba, inruenti turbae neque aetate neque corpore sistens, sella levaretur,
Tac. H. 1, 35; cf. sisti = resistere, III. B. 1. f. infra.Sistere = to stand still, and to cause to stand still.A.Neutr. = stare (rare; in Varr., Tac., and the poets).a.To stand still:b.solstitium dictum est quod sol eo die sistere videatur,
Varr. L. L. 5, p. 53 (Bip.):sistunt amnes,
Verg. G. 1, 479:incurrit, errat, sistit,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 248.—To remain, stop:c.Siste! Quo praeceps ruis?
Sen. Thyest. 77; id. Oedip. 1050:vis tu quidem istum intra locum sistere?
will you remain in that position? Tac. A. 4, 40.—Trop., to stop, not to go any farther:d.depunge, ubi sistam,
Pers. 6, 79:nec in Hectore tracto sistere,
to stop at the dragging of Hector, Stat. Achill. 1, 7.—To cease (dub.):B.hactenus sistat nefas' pius est,
if his crime ceases here, he will be pious, Sen. Thyest. 744 (perh. act., to stop, end).—Causative (not ante-Aug.; freq. in Tac., Plin., and the poets).1. a.With gradum:b.plano sistit uterque gradum,
arrest their steps, Prop. 5 (4), 10, 36; Verg. A. 6, 465:siste properantem gradum,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 772:repente sistunt gradum,
Curt. 4, 6, 14. —With pedem, Ov. R. Am. 80.—With fugam, to stop, stay, check, stem, arrest the flight:c.fugam foedam siste,
Liv. 1, 12, 5:si periculo suo fugam sistere posset,
id. 30, 12, 1; so Curt. 8, 14, 37; 4, 16, 2; 8, 3, 2; Tac. A. 12, 39.—Of vehicles, horses, etc.:d. e.esseda siste,
Prop. 2, 1, 76:equos,
Verg. A. 12, 355:quadrijugos,
Stat. Achill. 2, 429; so id. Th. 5, 364.—With bellum, to halt (cf. infra, D.):f.Aquilejae sisti bellum expectarique Mucianum jubebat,
Tac. H. 3, [p. 1712] 8.—Of living objects, in gen.(α).To arrest their course, make them halt:(β).aegre coercitam legionem Bedriaci sistit,
Tac. H. 2, 23:festinantia sistens Fata,
staying the hurrying Fates, Stat. S. 3, 4, 24.—So, se sistere with ab, to desist from:non prius se ab effuso cursu sistunt,
Liv. 6, 29, 3; hence, to arrest by wounding, i. e. to wound or kill:aliquem cuspide,
Sil. 1, 382; 1, 163; so,cervum vulnere sistere,
id. 2, 78.—To stop a hostile attack of persons, to resist them, ward them off:g.ut non sisterent modo Sabinas legiones, sed in fugam averterent,
Liv. 1, 37, 3:ibi integrae vires sistunt invehentem se jam Samnitem,
id. 10, 14, 18:nec sisti vis hostium poterat,
Curt. 5, 3, 11:nec sisti poterant scandentes,
Tac. H. 3, 71; 5, 21. —Trop., to stop the advance of prices:2.pretia augeri in dies, nec mediocribus remediis sisti posse,
Tac. A. 3, 52.—To arrest the motion of fluids.a.Of water:b.sistere aquam fluviis,
Verg. A. 4, 489:amnis, siste parumper aquas,
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 2:quae concita flumina sistunt,
id. M. 7, 154:sistito infestum mare,
calm, Sen. Agam. 523; cf. Ov. M. 7, 200; id. H. 6, 87; Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 118.—Of blood and secretions:3. 4.(ea) quibus sistitur sanguis parari jubet,
Tac. A. 15, 54:sanguinem,
Plin. 20, 7, 25, § 59; 28, 18, 73, § 239; 27, 4, 5, § 18:haemorrhoidum abundantiam,
id. 27, 4, 5, § 19:fluctiones,
id. 20, 8, 27, § 71, 34, 10, 23, § 105; 35, 17, 57, § 195:nomas,
id. 30, 13, 39, § 116; 24, 16, 94, § 151:mensis,
id. 23, 6, 60, § 112:vomitiones,
id. 20, 20, 81, § 213:alvum bubus,
id. 18, 16, 42, § 143:alvum,
stop the bowels, id. 23, 6, 60, § 113; 22, 25, 59, § 126; 20, 5, 18, § 37:ventrem,
id. 20, 23, 96, § 256; Mart. 13, 116.—To end, put an end to (= finem facere alicui rei); pass., to cease:5.querelas,
Ov. M. 7, 711:fletus,
id. ib. 14, 835:lacrimas,
id. F. 1, 367; 480; 6, 154:minas,
id. Tr. 1, 2, 60:opus,
id. H. 16 (17), 266; id. M. 3, 153:labores,
id. ib. 5, 490:furorem,
Stat. Th. 5, 663:furialem impetum,
Sen. Med. 157; id. Agam. 203:pace tamen sisti bellum placet,
Ov. M. 14, 803:antequam summa dies spectacula sistat,
id. F. 4, 387:sitim sistere,
to allay, id. P. 3, 1, 18:nec primo in limine sistit conatus scelerum,
suppresses, Stat. S. 5, 2, 86:ruinas,
to stop destruction, Plin. Pan. 50, 4:ventum,
to ward off, turn the wind, id. Ep. 2, 17, 17;(motus terrae) non ante quadraginta dies sistuntur, = desinunt,
Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 198.—Sistere with intra = to confine, keep within:C.transgresso jam Alpes Caecina, quem sisti intra Gallias posse speraverant,
Tac. H. 2, 11:dum populatio lucem intra sisteretur,
provided the raids were confined to day-time, id. A. 4, 48. —Impers. and trop., to arrest or avoid an impending misfortune, or to stand, i. e. to endure; generally in the form sisti non potest (more rarely: sisti potest) = it cannot be endured, a disaster cannot be avoided or met (once in Plaut.; freq. in Liv.; sometimes in Tac.; cf., in gen., Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 720; Drak. ad Liv. 3, 16, 4; Weissenb. ad Liv. 2, 29, 8; Gronov. ad Liv. 4, 12, 6; Beneke ad Just. 11, 1, 6).1.Without a subject, res or a noun of general import being understood:2.quid ego nunc agam, nisi ut clipeum ad dorsum accommodem, etc.? Non sisti potest,
it is intolerable, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 94:totam plebem aere alieno demersam esse, nec sisti posse nisi omnibus consulatur,
Liv. 2, 29, 8:si domestica seditio adiciatur, sisti non posse,
the situation will be desperate, id. 45, 19, 3:si quem similem priore anno dedissent, non potuisse sisti,
id. 3, 9, 8:vixque concordiā sisti videbatur,
that the crisis could scarcely be met, even by harmonious action, id. 3, 16, 4:qualicunque urbis statu, manente disciplinā militari sisti potuisse,
these evils were endurable, id. 2, 44, 10: exercitum gravi morbo affectari, nec sisti potuisse ni, etc., it would have ended in disaster, if not, etc., id. 29, 10, 1:qui omnes populi si pariter deficiant, sisti nullo modo posse,
Just. 11, 1, 6 Gronov. ad loc.; cf. Liv. 3, 20, 8 supra, II. A. 1.— Rarely with a subject-clause understood: nec jam sisti poterat, and it was no longer tolerable, i. e. that Nero should disgrace himself, etc., Tac. A. 14, 14.—Rarely with quin, to prevent etc. (pregn., implying also the stopping of something; cf.A.supra, III. B. 1.): neque sisti potuit quin et palatium et domus et cuncta circum haurirentur (igni),
Tac. A. 15, 39.—Hence, stătus, a, um, P. a., as attribute of nouns, occurs in several conventional phrases, as relics of archaic usage.Status (condictusve) dies cum hoste, in the XII. Tables, = a day of trial fixed by the judge or agreed upon with the adversary;B.esp., a peregrinus (= hostis),
Cic. Off. 1, 12, 37. It presupposes a phrase, diem sistere, prob.=vadimonium sistere (v. supra, I. C. 2.). Such an appointment was an excuse from the most important public duties, even for soldiers from joining the army, Cinc. ap. Gell. 16, 4, 4.—Hence, transf.: si status condictus cum hoste intercedit dies, tamen est eundum quo imperant,
i. e. under all circumstances we must go, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 5.—In certain phrases, appointed, fixed, regular (cf. statutus, with which it is often confounded in MSS.):C.status dies: tres in anno statos dies habere quibus, etc.,
Liv. 39, 13, 8:stato loco statisque diebus,
id. 42, 32, 2; so id. 5, 52, 2; 27, 23 fin.:stato lustri die,
Sen. Troad. 781:status sacrificii dies,
Flor. 1, 3, 16:statum tempus, statā vice, etc.: lunae defectio statis temporibus fit,
Liv. 44, 37 init.; so id. 28, 6, 10:stato tempore,
Tac. A. 12, 13; id. H. 4, 81; Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 173:stata tempora (partus),
Stat. Achill. 2, 673:adeo in illā plagā mundus statas vices temporum mutat,
Curt. 8, 19, 13; so id. 9, 9, 9; 5, 1, 23; so, feriae, etc.: feriae statae appellabantur quod certo statutoque die observarentur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 69 Lind.:stata quinquennia,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 113:stata sacra or sacrificia: stata sacrificia sunt quae certis diebus fieri debent,
Fest. p. 264 Lind.:proficiscuntur Aeniam ad statum sacrificium,
Liv. 40, 4, 9; 23, 35, 3; 5, 46, 2; 39, 13, 8; Cic. Mil. 17, 45:solemne et statum sacrificium (al. statutum),
id. Tusc. 1, 47, 113; so Liv. 23, 35, 3:stata sacra,
Ov. F. 2, 528; Stat. Th. 1, 666:stata foedera,
id. ib. 11, 380:status flatus,
Sen. Ben. 4, 28:stati cursus siderum,
Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 291 (different: statae stellae = fixed stars, Censor. D. N. 8, belonging to II. 2. supra): statae febres, intermittent fevers, returning regularly, Plin. 28, 27, 28, § 107.—Moderate, average, normal:inter enim pulcherrimam feminam et deformissimam media forma quaedam est, quae et a nimio pulcritudinis periculo et a summo deformitatis odio vacat, qualis a Q. Ennio perquam eleganti vocabulo stata dicitur...Ennius autem eas fere feminas ait incolumi pudicitia esse quae statā formā forent,
Gell. 5, 11, 12 -14 (v. Enn. Trag. p. 133 Vahl.). -
25 caput
caput itis, n [CAP-], the head: Capillus circum caput Reiectus, T.: caput obnubito, L.: capitis nives, H.: capite operto: aperire: velare, L.: abscindere cervicibus: capite demisso: attollere, O.: extollere, to become bold: breve (equi), H.: coronatum (bovis), Tb.: per caput pedesque ire, heels over head, Ct.: dux cum exercitu supra caput est, i. e. is ready to fall upon us, S.: capita conferre, to lay heads together, i. e. to confer in secret, L.: caput aut collum petere, strike at the vital parts: haec alias inter caput extulit urbes, towers, i. e. excels, V.: aliena negotia Per caput saliunt, run through the head, i. e. the mind, H.: capitis labor, mental exertion, H. — Meton., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity: iocur sine capite (of a sacrifice), L.: in extis, O.: tignorum, Cs.: cornu duxit, donec curvata coirent capita, the ends, V. — The origin, source, spring, head (of a river), L.: caput unde erumpit Enipeus, V.: celsis caput urbibus exit, my source springs among great cities, V.—The mouth, embouchure (rare): multis capitibus in Oceanum influit, Cs.—Of plants: diducere terram ad capita, the roots, V.: papavera demisere caput, the heads, V.: capitum iugatio, branches (of the vine). — Of mountains, the summit: capita aspera montis, V. — Of persons, a head, person: ridiculum caput! T.: carum, V.: duo haec capita taeterrima: ignota, L.: di capiti ipsius reservent, for himself, V.: capiti cane talia Dardanio rebusque tuis, i. e. for Aeneas and yourself, V.: Perfidum, H.: de sacrando cum bonis capite alcuius, L.: ut caput Iovi sacraretur, L.—With numerals: capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII, souls, Cs.: nullum caput Proserpina fugit, H.: in capita, to each person, L.; cf. sus Triginta capitum fetūs enixa, V.—Fig., life, physical life: Capitis periculum adire, to risk life, T.: caput obiectare periclis, V.: capitis poena, capital punishment, Cs.: certamen capitis et famae: ut capite dimices tuo, L.: caput offerre pro patriā: patrium tibi crede caput (i. e. patris vitam), O.: accusatus capitis absolvitur, of a capital crime, N.: Sthenium capite damnare.—Civil life, personality, civil rights, liberty and citizenship: capitis causae, involving citizenship: iudicium capitis: capitis deminutio, loss of civil rights, Cs.—Poet.: capitis minor, H.—Of persons, a leader, chief, guide: concitandorum Graecorum: capita nominis Latini, heads, chiefs, L.: ut se Suevorum caput credant, chief tribe, Ta.: capita coniurationis securi percussi, L.: illic est huic rei caput, author, contriver, T.: ab illo fonte et capite Socrate: corpori valido caput deerat, leader, L.: ipsum Expugnare caput, the great man himself, H. —A head, chief, capital: Thebae totius Graeciae, first city, N.: Roma, orbis terrarum, L.: castellum eius regionis, principal place, L.: Romam caput Latio esse, L.: ius nigrum, cenae caput, principal dish: fundus, vestrae pecuniae, chief source of income: caput esse artis, decere, the note, characteristic: ad consilium de re p. dandum caput est nosse rem p., first qualification: caput litterarum cum alquo, reason for corresponding: Epicuri, chief dogma: caput belli et summa, V.—In writings, a division, paragraph, chapter: legis: caput Annianum de hereditatibus, passage in the will of A.— Of money, the principal sum, capital, stock: quibus ille de capite dempsisset, reduced their debts: de capite deducite alqd, L.: Quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecet, extort sixty per centum, H.* * *head; person; life; leader; top; source/mouth (river); capital (punishment); heading; chapter, principal division -
26 lābor
lābor lapsus, ī (lābier, H.), dep. [2 LAB-], to glide, slide, move, slip, float, pass, flow: Per sinūs, in folds, O.: Ille inter vestīs et levia pectora lapsus Volvitur, V.: Ut rate felici pacata per aequora labar, O.: sidera, quae vagā ratione labuntur: Labere, nympha, polo, from heaven, V.: e manibus custodientium lapsus, escaped, Cu.— To sink, fall: Labitur exsanguis, V.: super terram, O.: in rivo: levi sanguine, slip, V.: pede lapsus, stumbling, H.: umor in genas Furtim labitur, H.: Perque genas lacrimae labuntur, O.: multa in silvis Lapsa cadunt folia, V.: labentes oculos condere, falling, O.—Fig., to move gently, be led insensibly, glide, pass, elapse: sed labor longius, ad propositum revertar, am led: ad opinionem: in vitium, H.: oratio placide labitur: labi somnum sensit in artūs, O.: nostro illius labatur pectore voltus, be lost, V.: Eheu fugaces Labuntur anni, H.: lustris labentibus, V.: forte lapsa vox, Ta. — To sink, incline, decline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. C.: equitem Romanum labentem excepit: eo citius lapsa res est, L.: fides lapsa, O.: lapsis quaesitum oracula rebus, for our ruined condition, V.: hac spe lapsus, deceived in, Cs.— To fall into error, be mistaken, err, mistake, commit a fault: rex Iugurthae scelere lapsus, S.: in aliquā re: propter inprudentiam, Cs.: in officio.* * *Ilabi, lapsus sum V DEPslip, slip and fall; slide, glide, drop; perish, go wrongIIeffort, labor, toil, exertion, work; suffering, distress, hardship -
27 prōiciō
prōiciō iēcī, iectus, ere [pro+iacio], to throw forth, cast before, throw out, throw down, throw: Tu (canis) Proiectum odoraris cibum, thrown to you, H.: aquilam intra vallum, Cs.: infantem provectum in mare proiecerunt, carried out to sea and threw overboard, L.: geminos cestūs in medium, V.— To throw away, cast out, cast off, let go, abandon: omnibus proiectis fugae consilium capere, Cs.: tela manu, V.: tribunos insepultos, L.: qui servos proicere aurum iussit, H.— To throw forward, hold out, extend: hastam, N.: scutum, hold in front, L.: proiecto pede laevo, V.: quo tectum proiceretur, was extended.—With pron reflex., to throw oneself, fall prostrate: vos ad pedes leonis: sese Caesari ad pedes, Cs.: ad genua se Marcelli, L.: se super exanimum amicum, V.: semet in flumen, Cu.— To cast out, expel, exile, banish: tantam pestem: inmeritum ab urbe, O.—Fig., to throw away, give up, yield, resign, sacrifice, reject: pro his libertatem: patriam virtutem, Cs.: ampullas et sesquipedalia verba, H.: pudorem, O.: animas, killed themselves, V.— To neglect, desert, abandon: pati fortunam paratos proiecit ille, Cs. — To throw, hurry, precipitate: in miserias proiectus sum, S.: in aperta pericula civīs, V.: vitam suam in periculum: se in hoc iudicium, thrust themselves: monent, ne me proiciam, act precipitately: in muliebrīs se fletūs, abandon themselves to, L.; cf. quae libido non se proripiet ac proiciet occultatione propositā, i. e. run riot.—To put off, delay: ultra quinquennium proici, Ta.* * *proicere, projeci, projectus V TRANSthrow down, throw out; abandon; throw away -
28 -que
- que (sometimes -quē, V., O.), conj enclit. [2 CA-]. I. Singly, affixed to a word and joining it with a preceding word in one conception, and: fames sitisque: peto quaesoque: cibus victusque, L.: divinarum humanarumque scientia: carus acceptusque, S.: ius fasque, L.: diu noctuque, S.: longe multumque: saepe diuque, H.: iam iamque moriundum esse, every moment: ipse meique, H.: vivunt vigentque, L.: ultro citroque: pace belloque, L.: tempus locusque, L.—Affixed to the last word of a series, and, and in fine: fauste, feliciter, prospereque: ab honore, famā fortunisque: pacem, tranquillitatem, otium concordiamque adferat.—Affixed to another word than that which it adds, and (poet.): si plostra ducenta Concurrantque tria funera, H.: ut cantūs referatque ludos, H.—Adding a co-ordinate clause, regularly affixed to the first word; but, when this is a monosyl. praep., usu. in prose to the following noun, and, and so, and accordingly, and in fact: Tarquini iudicium falsam videri, eumque in vinculis retinendum, S.: ad tempus non venit, metusque rem inpediebat, S.: cum in praediis esset, cumque se dedisset: oppidum deletum est, omniaque deportata: cum volnera acceperit, cumque exercitum eduxerit: fretusque his animis Aeneas, L.: de provinciāque: per vimque.—But the praep. often takes que: cumque eis Aborigines (vagabantur), S.: deque praedā honorem habitote, L.: transque proximos montīs pedites condit, L.: pro nobis proque iis, L.—Connecting alternatives, or: uxores habent deni duodenique inter se communes, Cs.: pelago dona Praecipitare, subiectisque urere flammis, V.—Adversatively, but: studio ad rem p. latus sum, ibique multa mihi advorsa fuere, S.: nec iudicibus supplex fuit, adhibuitque liberam contumaciam.— II. Correlat., with - que, repeated, both... and, as well... as (in prose only where the first -que is affixed to a pron.): qui seque remque p. perditum irent, S.: omnes, quique Romae quique in exercitu erant, L.: risūsque iocosque, H.: mittuntque feruntque, O.: O terque quaterque beati, V.—Often connecting clauses, or words within a clause which is itself appended by -que: singulasque res definimus circumscripteque complectimur: statuam statui, circumque eam locum ludis gladiatoribusque liberos posteresque eius habere.—More than twice (poet.): Quod mihique eraeque filiaeque erilist, T.: Aspice mundum, Terrasque tractūsque maris caelumque, V. —Followed by et or atque, both... and, as well... as, not only... but also: seque et oppidum tradat, S.: signaque et ordines, L.: seque et arma et equos, Ta.: posuitque domos atque horrea fecit, V.: satisque ac super, O.: minusque ac minus, L. —After et (rare; but -que often connects words in a clause introduced by et), both... and: et Epaminondas Themistoclesque: id et singulis universisque semper honori fuisse, L. -
29 queror
queror questus, ī, dep. [QVES-], to express grief, complain, lament, bewail: suum fatum, Cs.: fortunam, O.: nova monstra, H.: legis iniquitatem: de re p. graviter: queruntur se non habere: se in vincla esse coniectum.—Of birds and animals, to complain, lament, coo, warble, sing: Queruntur in silvis aves, H.: ferali carmine bubo Saepe queri, V.— To express indignation, complain, make complaint: queruntur Siculi: ita questus est Laelius: iniuriam: multa de meā sententiā: tecum, complain to you: cum patribus conscriptis, L.: apud vos: apud me per litteras: patri, to your father, Iu.: iniuriam tibi factam: pecuniam civitatibus imperatam: quod non retinet alienum: super hoc, quod non mittam carmina, H.: haec pro re p., in behalf of the state.* * *queri, questus sum V DEPcomplain; protest, grumble, gripe; make formal complaint in court of law -
30 supergredior
supergredior gressus, ī [super+gradior], to surmount, pass over: ruinas, Cu.—Fig., to surpass: feminas pulchritudine, Ta.* * *supergredi, supergressus sum V DEPpass over or beyond; exceed, surpass -
31 auctor
auctor (incorrectly written autor or author), ōris, comm. [id.], he that brings about the existence of any object, or promotes the increase or prosperity of it, whether he first originates it, or by his efforts gives greater permanence or continuance to it; to be differently translated according to the object, creator, maker, author, inventor, producer, father, founder, teacher, composer, cause, voucher, supporter, leader, head, etc. (syn.: conditor, origo, consiliarius, lator, suasor, princeps, dux).I.Lit.A.Of persons, a progenitor, father, ancestor:B.L. Brutus, praeclarus auctor nobilitatis tuae,
the founder, progenitor of your nobility, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:generis,
Verg. A. 4, 365; so Ov. M. 4, 640, and Suet. Vit. 2:tu sanguinis ultimus auctor,
Verg. A. 7, 49; so Ov. M. 12, 558, and 13, 142:tantae propaginis,
id. F. 3, 157:originis,
Suet. Ner. 1:gentis,
id. Claud. 25:auctores parentes animarum,
Vulg. Sap. 12, 6:auctore ab illo ducit originem,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 5:Sive neglectum genus et nepotes Respicis auctor,
id. ib. 1, 2, 36:mihi Tantalus auctor,
Ov. M. 6, 172:auctores saxa fretumque tui,
id. H. 10, 132:Juppiter e terrā genitam mentitur, ut auctor Desinat inquiri,
id. M. 1, 615.—Of animals, Col. 6, 27, 1.—Of buildings, etc., founder, builder:C.Trojae Cynthius auctor,
Verg. G. 3, 36:murorum Romulus auctor,
Prop. 5, 6, 43 ( augur, Müll.):auctor posuisset in oris Moenia,
Ov. M. 15, 9:porticus auctoris Livia nomen habet,
id. A. A. 1, 72:amphitheatri,
Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 118:omnia sub titulo tantum suo ac sine ullā pristini auctoris memoriā,
Suet. Dom. 5.—Of works of art, a maker, artist:II.statua auctoris incerti,
Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93: apparuit summam artis securitatem auctori placaisse, id. praef. § 27.—Transf.A.In gen., the originator, executor, performer, doer, cause, occasion of other things (freq. interchanged with actor):B.tametsi haud quaquam par gloriá sequitur scriptorem et auctorem rerum, tamen etc.,
Sall. C. 3, 2 Kritz (cf. without rerum: Suam quisque culpam auctores ad negotia transferunt, id. J. 1, 4):praeclari facinoris,
Vell. 2, 120, 6:facti,
Ov. M. 9, 206; Vell. 1, 8:cum perquirerent auctorem facti,
Vulg. Jud. 6, 29:optimi statūs auctor,
Suet. Aug. 28:honoris,
Ov. M. 10, 214:vitae,
Vulg. Act. 3, 15:salutis,
ib. Heb. 2, 10:fidei,
ib. ib. 12, 2:funeris,
Ov. M. 10, 199:necis,
id. ib. 8, 449;9, 214: mortis,
id. ib. 8, 493:vulneris,
id. ib. 5, 133;8, 418: plagae,
id. ib. 3, 329:seditionis sectae,
Vulg. Act. 24, 5.—Also, in gen., one from whom any thing proceeds or comes:auctor in incerto est: jaculum de parte sinistrā Venit,
i. e. the sender, Ov. M. 12, 419; so,teli,
id. ib. 8, 349:muneris,
the giver, id. ib. 2, 88;5, 657, 7, 157 al.: meritorum,
id. ib. 8, 108 al.—An author of scientific or literary productions.1.An investigator:2.non sordidus auctor Naturae verique,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 14.—And as imparting learning, a teacher:quamquam in antiquissimā philosophiā Cratippo auctore versaris,
Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:dicendi gravissimus auctor et magister Plato,
id. Or. 3, 10:divini humanique juris auctor celeberrimus,
Vell. 2, 26, 2:Servius Sulpicius, juris civilis auctor,
Gell. 2, 10; Dig. 19, 1, 39; 40, 7, 36.—The author of a writing, a writer:C.ii quos nunc lectito auctores,
Cic. Att. 12, 18:ingeniosus poëta et auctor valde bonus,
id. Mur. 14:scripta auctori perniciosa suo,
Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 68:Belli Alexandrini Africique et Hispaniensis incertus auctor est,
Suet. Caes. 56; id. Aug. 31:sine auctore notissimi versus,
i. e. anonymous verses, id. ib. 70; so id. Calig. 8; id. Dom. 8 al.— Meton. of cause for effect, for a literary production, writing, work:in evolvendis utriusque linguae auctoribus, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 89. —In partic., the author of historical works, an historian (with and without rerum):ego cautius posthac historiam attingam, te audiente, quem rerum Romanarum auctorem laudare possum religiosissimum,
Cic. Brut. 11, 44; so,Matrem Antoniam non apud auctores rerum, non diurnā actorum scripturā reperio ullo insigni officio functam,
Tac. A. 3, 3; 3, 30 (diff. from auctor rerum in II. A.):Polybius bonus auctor in primis,
Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113; so Nep. Them. 10, 4; Liv. 4, 20; Tac. A. 5, 9; 14, 64 al.—With historiae (eccl. Lat.):historiae congruit auctori,
Vulg. 2 Macc. 2, 31.—Hence, in gen., one that gives an account of something, a narrator, reporter, informant (orally or in writing):sibi insidias fieri: se id certis auctoribus comperisse,
Cic. Att. 14, 8:celeberrimos auctores habeo tantam victoribus irreverentiam fuisse, ut, etc.,
Tac. H. 3, 51:criminis ficti auctor, i. e. nuntius,
Ov. M. 7, 824:Non haec tibi nuntiat auctor Ambiguus,
id. ib. 11, 666; 12, 58; 12, 61; 12, 532.—Hence, auctorem esse, with acc. and inf., to relate, recount:Auctores sunt ter novenis punctis interfici hominem,
Plin. 11, 21, 24, § 73:Fabius Rustiçus auctor est scriptos esse ad Caecinam Tuscum codicillos,
Tac. A. 13, 20:Auctor est Julius Marathus ante paucos quam nasceretur menses prodigium Romae factum (esse) publice, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.—One by whose influence, advice, command, etc., any thing is done, the cause, occasion, contriver, instigator, counsellor, adviser, promoter; constr. sometimes with ut, acc. and inf., or gen. gerund.: quid mihi es auctor ( what do you counsel me?) huic ut mittam? Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 2; 4, 7, 70; id. Poen. 1, 3, 1:2.idne estis auctores mihi?
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 16:mihique ut absim, vehementer auctor est,
Cic. Att. 15, 5:Gellium ipsis (philosophis) magno opere auctorem fuisse, ut controversiarum facerent modum,
id. Leg. 1, 20, 53:ut propinqui de communi sententiā coërcerent, auctor fuit,
Suet. Tib. 35; id. Claud. 25; id. Calig. 15:a me consilium petis, qui sim tibi auctor in Siciliāne subsidas, an proficiscare,
Cic. Fam. 6, 8: ego quidem tibi non sim auctor, si Pompeius Italiam reliquit, te quoque profugere, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10:ne auctor armorum duxque deesset, Auct. B. G. 8, 47: auctor facinori non deerat,
Liv. 2, 54:auctores Bibulo fuere tantundem pollicendi,
Suet. Caes. 19:auctores restituendae tribuniciae potestatis,
id. ib. 5; so id. Dom. 8:auctor singulis universisque conspirandi simul et ut... communem causam juvarent,
id. Galb. 10 al. —So freq. in the abl. absol.: me, te, eo auctore, at my, your, his instance, by my [p. 199] advice, command, etc.:non me quidem Faciet auctore, hodie ut illum decipiat,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 23:an paenitebat flagiti, te auctore quod fecisset Adulescens?
Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 12:quare omnes istos me auctore deridete atque contemnite,
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 54:quia calida fomenta non proderant, frigidis curari coactus auctore Antonio Musā,
Suet. Aug. 81; 96; id. Galb. 19; id. Vit. 2 al.: agis Carminibus grates et dis auctoribus horum, the promoters or authors of spells, Ov. M. 7, 148.—Esp., in political lang., t. t.a.Auctor legis.(α).One who proposes a law, a mover, proposer (very rare):(β).quarum legum auctor fuerat, earum suasorem se haud dubium ferebat,
Liv. 6, 36:Quid desperatius, qui ne ementiendo quidem potueris auctorem adumbrare meliorem,
Cic. Dom. 30, 80.—One who advises the proposal of a law, and exerts all his influence to have it passed, a supporter (stronger than suasor; cf. Suet. Tib. 27:(γ).alium dicente, auctore eo Senatum se adīsse, verba mutare et pro auctore suasorem dicere coegit): isti rationi neque lator quisquam est inventus neque auctor umquam bonus,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:cum ostenderem, si lex utilis plebi Romanae mihi videretur, auctorem me atque adjutorem futurum (esse),
id. Agr. 2, 5; id. Att. 1, 19:quo auctore societatem cum Perseo junxerunt,
Liv. 45, 31; Suet. Oth. 8; id. Vesp. 11 al.—Sometimes in connection with suasor:atque hujus deditionis ipse Postumius suasor et auctor fuit,
Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109:Nisi quis retinet, idem suasor auctorque consilii ero,
Tac. H. 3, 2 al. —Of a senate which accepts or adopts a proposition for a law, a confirmer, ratifier:b.nunc cum loquar apud senatores populi Romani, legum et judiciorum et juris auctores,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67.— Poet., in gen., a law-giver:animum ad civilia vertet Jura suum, legesque feret justissimus auctor,
Ov. M. 15, 833;and of one who establishes conditions of peace: leges captis justissimus auctor imposuit,
id. ib. 8, 101. —Hence, auctores fieri, to approve, accept, confirm a law:cum de plebe consulem non accipiebat, patres ante auctores fieri coëgerit,
Cic. Brut. 14, 55:Decreverunt ut, cum populus regem jussisset, id sic ratum esset, si patres auctores fierent,
Liv. 1, 17; 1, 22; 2, 54; 2, 56; 6, 42; 8, 12 al.—Auctor consilii publici, he who has the chief voice in the senate, a leader:D.hunc rei publicae rectorem et consilii publici auctorem esse habendum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 211; 3, 17, 63. —Also absol.:regem Ariobarzanem, cujus salutem a senatu te auctore, commendatam habebam,
by your influence, and the decree of the senate occasioned by it, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6; cf. Gron. ad Liv. 24, 43.—One who is an exemplar, a model, pattern, type of any thing:E.Caecilius, malus auctor Latinitatis,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10:nec litterarum Graecarum, nec philosophiae jam ullum auctorem requiro,
id. Ac. 2, 2, 5; cf.Wopk. Lect. Tull. p. 34: unum cedo auctorem tui facti, unius profer exemplum,
i. e. who has done a similar thing, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26:Cato omnium virtutum auctor,
id. Fin. 4, 16, 44 al. —One that becomes security for something, a voucher, bail, surety, witness:F.id ita esse ut credas, rem tibi auctorem dabo,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 70:auctorem rumorem habere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19: fama nuntiabat te esse in Syriā;auctor erat nemo,
id. Fam. 12, 4:non si mihi Juppiter auctor Spondeat,
Verg. A. 5, 17:gravis quamvis magnae rei auctor,
Liv. 1, 16:auctorem levem, nec satis fidum super tantā re Patres rati,
id. 5, 15 fin.:urbs auspicato deis auctoribus in aeternum condita,
under the guaranty of the gods, id. 28, 28.—Also with acc. and inf.:auctores sumus tutam ibi majestatem Romani nominis fore,
Liv. 2, 48.—In judic. lang., t. t.1.A seller, vender (inasmuch as he warrants the right of possession of the thing to be sold, and transfers it to the purchaser; sometimes the jurists make a distinction between auctor primus and auctor secundus; the former is the seller himself, the latter the bail or security whom the former brings, Dig. 21, 2, 4; cf.2.Salmas. Mod. Usur. pp. 728 and 733): quod a malo auctore emīssent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22:auctor fundi,
id. Caecin. 10; Dig. 19, 1, 52: Inpero (auctor ego sum), ut tu me quoivis castrandum loces, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 73 Wagn.; id. Ep. 3, 2, 21; id. Curc. 4, 2, 12.— Trop.:auctor beneficii populi Romani,
Cic. Mur. 2.—A guardian, trustee (of women and minors):3.dos quam mulier nullo auctore dixisset,
Cic. Caecin. 25:majores nostri nullam ne privatam quidem rem agere feminas sine auctore voluerunt,
Liv. 34, 2:pupillus obligari tutori eo auctore non potest,
Dig. 26, 8, 5.—In espousals, auctores are the witnesses of the marriage contract (parents, brothers, guardians, relatives, etc.):G.nubit genero socrus, nullis auspicibus, nullis auctoribus,
Cic. Clu. 5.—An agent, factor, spokesman, intercessor, champion:► In class.praeclarus iste auctor suae civitatis,
Cic. Fl. 22:(Plancius) princeps inter suos... maximarum societatum auctor, plurimarum magister,
id. Planc. 13, 22:meae salutis,
id. Sest. 50, 107:doloris sui, querelarum, etc.,
id. Fl. 22 fin.Lat. auctor is also used as fem.:eas aves, quibus auctoribus etc.,
Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:Et hostes aderant et (Theoxena) auctor mortis instabat,
Liv. 40, 4, 15:auctor ego (Juno) audendi,
Verg. A. 12, 159; Ov. M. 8, 108; id. F. 5, 192; 6, 709; id. H. 14, 110; 15, 3; Sen. Med. 968; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 29 Müll. The distinction which the grammarians, Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 159, Prob. p. 1452 sq. P., and others make between auctor fem. and auctrix, that auctrix would refer more to the lit. signif. of the verb, augeo, while auctor fem. has more direct relation to the prevailing signif. of its noun, auctoritas, is unfounded. -
32 augeo
augĕo, auxi, auctum, 2, v. a. and n. ( perf subj. auxitis = auxeritis, Liv. 29, 27: auceta: saepe aucta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 25 Müll.; v. Müll. ad h. l.) [Gr. auxô auxanô; Lith. augu, and augmu = growth; Sanscr. vaksh; Goth. vahsjan, and auka = growth; Germ. wachsen; Engl. wax; also allied to vegeo vegetus, vigeo vigor, vigil [p. 204] v. Curt. pp. 67, 186 sq., and Bopp, Gloss. p. 304 b].I.Act., to increase, to nourish (orig., to produce, bring forth that not already in existence; in which signification only the derivative auctor is now found).A.1.. To increase, enlarge, augment, strengthen, advance that which is already in existence (class. in prose and poetry; syn.: adaugeo, amplio, amplifico): Quicquid est hoc, omnia animat, format, alit, auget, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131:2.cibus auget corpus alitque,
Lucr. 1, 859:redductum (animale genus) daedala tellus alit atque auget generatim pabula praebens,
id. 1, 229; 5, 220; 5, 322;6, 946: virīs,
id. 6, 342:in augendā re,
Cic. Rab. Post. 2; 14; so,in augendā obruitur re,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 68:rem strenuus auge,
increase your gains, id. ib. 1, 7, 71:opes,
Nep. Thras. 2, 4:possessiones,
id. Att. 12, 2:divitias,
Vulg. Prov 22, 16:dotem et munera,
ib. Gen. 34, 12:rem publicam agris,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 18; so Tac. H 1, 79:aerarium,
id. A. 3, 25:vallum et turres,
id. H. 4, 35:classem,
Suet. Ner. 3:tributa,
id. Vesp. 16:pretium,
Vulg. Ezech. 16, 31:numerum,
Suet. Aug. 37, and Vulg. Deut. 20, 19 al.:morbum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 54:suspitionem,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 46; Suet. Tit. 5:industriam,
Ter. Ad. prol. 25:molestiam,
Cic. Fl. 12:dolorem alicui,
id. Att. 11, 22 vitium ventris, id. Cael. 19:peccatum,
Vulg. Exod. 9, 34:furorem,
ib. Num. 32, 14:benevolentiam,
Cic. Lael. 9, 30: animum alicujus, to increase one ' s courage, id. Att. 10, 14; so,animos,
Stat. Th. 10, 23:vocem,
to strengthen, raise, Suet. Claud. 33; id. Ner. 20' hostias, to increase, multiply, id. Aug. 96:ego te augebo et multiplicabo,
Vulg. Gen. 48, 4 al. — Poet.:nuper et istae Auxerunt volucrum victae certamine turbam,
i. e. have been changed into birds, Ov. M. 5, 301.—Trop., to magnify, to exalt, to extol, embellish, to praise (syn.:B.laudo, laude afficere, verbis extollere, orno): homo tenuis non verbis auget suum munus, sed etiam extenuat,
Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:aliquid augere atque ornare,
id. de Or. 1, 21, 94; so,rem laudando,
id. Brut. 12, 47:munus principis,
Plin. Pan. 38 al. —Aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re, to furaish abundantly with something, to heap upon, give to, to enrich, endow, bless, load with: lunae pars ignibus aucta, the part that is entirely filled with fire, Lucr 5, 722: 3. 630: Tantā laetitiā auctus sum, ut nil constet, poët, ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14 oaque vos omnia bene juvetis, bonis auctibus auxitis, old form of prayer in Liv. 29, 27:C.alter te scientia augere potest, altera exemplis,
the one can enrich you with learning, the other furnish you with examples, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1:aliquid divitiis,
id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:commodis,
id. Phil. 11, 14 fin.:senectus augeri solet consilio, auctoritate, sententiā,
id. Sen. 6, 17:gratulatione,
id. Phil. 14, 6:honore,
id. ib. 9, 6:honoribus,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 11; so Tac. A. 6, 8:honoribus praemiisque,
Suet. Caes. 52; id. Vit. 5: augeri damno, to be enriched with a loss (said comically), Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 15:liberalitate,
Tac. A. 3, 8:largitione,
id. ib. 13, 18:nomine imperatorio,
id. ib. 1, 3:cognomento Augustae,
id. ib. 12, 26 et saep.—Also without abl.:Di me equidem omnes adjuvant, augent, amant,
Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 27, and id. Ep. 2, 2, 8:aliquem augere atque ornare,
to advance, Cic. Fam. 7, 17:aut augendi alterius aut minuendi sui causā aliquid dicere,
id. Part. Or. 6, 22 solum te commendat augetque temporis spatium, honors, Plin. Pan. 24; so id. ib. 26; Suet. Claud. 12.—In the lang. of religion, t. t. (like mactare, adolere, etc.), to honor, reverence, worship by offerings:II.Aliquid cedo, Qui vicini hanc nostram augeam aram [Apoliinis],
Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 10:si quā ipse meis venatibus auxi, etc.,
Verg. A. 9, 407.—Neutr., to grow, increase, become greater (rare; syn.: augesco, cresco, incresco; on this use of vbs. com. act., v. Ellis ad Cat. 22, 11): eo res eorum auxit, Cato ap. Gell. 18, 12, 7:usque adeo parcunt fetus augentque labore,
Lucr. 2, 1163:ignoscendo populi Romani magnitudinem auxisse,
Sall. H. 1 (Fragm. Orat. Philipp. contra Lepid. §6): O decus eximium magnis virtutibus augens,
Cat. 64, 323:balnea Romae ad infinitum auxere numerum,
Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 122; 2, 16, 13, § 71:veram potentiam augere,
Tac. A. 4, 41 (Halm, augeri).—Hence, auctus, a, um, P. a., enlarged, increased, great, abundant; in posit. only as subst.:auctum vocabatur spatium, quod super definitum modum victoriae adjungitur,
Paul. Ex Fest. p. 14 Müll. — Comp.:tanto mi aegritudo auctior est in animo,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 2:auctior est animi vis,
Lucr. 3, 450:auctior et amplior majestas,
Liv. 4, 2; 3, 68; 25, 16:auctius atque Di melius fecere,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 3.—* Sup.: auctissima basis, Treb. Gall. 18.— Adv. probably not in use, for in App. Met. 4, p. 290 Oud., altius is the correct reading. -
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cētĕrus ( caet-), a, um (the nom. sing. masc. not in use; the sing., in gen., rare; in Cic. perh. only three times), adj. [pronom. stem ki, and compar. ending; cf. heteros], the other, that which exists besides, can be added to what is already named of a like kind with it; the other part (while reliquus is that which yet remains of an object, the rest;1.e. g. stipendium pendere et cetera indigna pati,
and endured other indignities of the kind, Liv. 21, 20, 6. On the other hand:jam vero reliqua—not cetera —quarta pars mundi ea et ipsa totā naturā fervida est, et ceteris naturis omnibus salutarem impertit et vitalem calorem,
Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 27; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 33; Doed. Syn. 1, p. 83. Still these ideas, esp. after the Aug. per., are often confounded, and the Engl., the remainder, the rest, and the adverb. phrase for the rest, etc., can be used interchangeably for both words).Sing.a.Masc.:b.si vestem et ceterum ornatum muliebrem pretii majoris habeat,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51 (also in Quint. 5, 11, 28); Nep. Dat. 3, 1:laeta et imperatori ceteroque exercitui,
Liv. 28, 4, 1:vestitu calciatuque et cetero habitu,
Suet. Calig. 52: illos milites subduxit, exercitum ceterum servavit, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19:cohortes veteranas in fronte, post eas ceterum exercitum in subsidiis locat,
Sall. C. 59, 5:a cetero exercitu,
Curt. 5, 9, 11; Tac. Agr. 17; Suet. Galb. 20 fin.:de cetero numero candidatorum,
id. Caes. 41.—Fem.:c.cetera jurisdictio,
Cic. Att. 6, 2, 5:vita,
Sall. C. 52, 31:aetas,
Verg. G. 3, 62:nox,
Ov. M. 12, 579:silva,
id. ib. 8, 750:turba,
id. ib. 3, 236; 12, 286; Hor. S. 2, 8, 26:classis,
Liv. 35, 26, 9:deprecatio,
id. 42, 48, 3; 21, 7, 7:inter ceteram planitiem mons,
Sall. J. 92, 5:Graeciam,
Nep. Paus. 2, 4:aciem,
Liv. 6, 8, 6:multitudinem,
id. 35, 30, 8:(super) turbam,
Suet. Calig. 26:manum procerum,
Tac. Or. 37:pro ceterā ejus audaciā atque amentiā,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6:pluviā (aquā) utebantur,
Sall. J. 89, 6:ceterā (ex) copiā militum,
Liv. 35, 30, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 1:ceterā (pro) reverentiā,
id. ib. 3, 8, 1:ceterā (cum) turbā,
Suet. Claud. 12 al. —Neutr.:2.cum a pecu cetero absunt,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 20:non abhorret a cetero scelere,
Liv. 1, 48, 5; Suet. Aug. 24:cetero (e) genere hominum,
id. ib. 57:quanto violentior cetero mari Oceanus,
Tac. A. 2, 24 al. — Subst.: cētĕ-rum, i, n., the rest:elocuta sum convivas, ceterum cura tu,
Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 6:ceterum omne incensum est,
Liv. 22, 20, 6; so,de cetero,
as for the rest, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 26; Curt. 4, 1, 14 al.;and in ceterum,
for the rest, for the future, Sen. Ep. 78, 15.—Plur., the rest, the others (freq. in all periods and species of composition):b.de reliquis nihil melius ipso est: ceteri et cetera ejus modi, ut, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 5:multae sunt insidiae bonis nosti cetera,
id. Planc. 24, 59; id. Fat. 13, 29:cetera de genere hoc, adeo sunt multa, etc.,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 13; Lucr. 5, 38:ut omittam cetera,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18:ibi Amineum... Lucanum serito, ceterae vites in quemvis agrum conveniunt,
Cato, R. R. 6, 4:quam fortunatus ceteris sim rebus, absque una hac foret,
Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 25: nam ceteri fere, qui artem orandi litteris tradiderunt, ita sunt exorsi, quasi, etc., Quint. prooem. § 4; id. 10, 1, 80:ceterae partes loquentem adjuvant, hae ipsae loquuntur,
id. 11, 3, 85:sane ceterarum rerum pater familias et prudens et attentus, unā in re paulo minus consideratus,
Cic. Quint. 3, 11:hanc inter ceteras vocem,
Quint. 9, 4, 55: de justitiā, fortitudine, temperantiā ceterisque similibus, id. prooem. § 12; 3, 5, 5;2, 4, 38: ego ceteris laetus, hoc uno torqueor,
Curt. 6, 5, 3.—Et cetera ceteraque or cetera, and so forth, kai ta hexês, when one refers to a well-known object with only a few words, or mentions only a few from a great number of objects, Cic. de Or. 2, 32, 141:II.ut illud Scipionis, Agas asellum et cetera,
id. ib. 2, 64, 258; id. Top. 6, 30; 11, 48; id. Tusc. 2, 17, 39; id. Att. 2, 19, 3:et similiter cetera,
Quint. 4, 1, 14:vina ceteraque,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91; Curt. 3, 4, 10:solem, lunam, mare, cetera,
Lucr. 2, 1085:fundum, aedes, parietem, supellectilem, penus, cetera,
Cic. Top. 5. 27.—Hence, the advv.,A.cē-tĕrum (orig. acc. respectiv.), lit. that which relates to the other, the rest (besides what has been mentioned).1.For the rest, in other respects, otherwise (in good prose):2.nihil, nisi ut ametis impero: Ceterum quantum lubet me poscitote aurum, ego dabo,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 52: tu aurum rogato: ceterum ( for the rest, in respect to the rest) verbum sat est, id. ib. 4, 8, 37: precator, qui mihi sic oret: nunc amitte quaeso hunc;ceterum Posthac si quicquam, nil precor,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 91:ego me in Cumano et Pompeiano, praeterquam quod sine te, ceterum satis commode oblectabam,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12 (14), 1:foedera alia aliis legibus, ceterum eodem modo omnia fiunt,
Liv. 1, 24, 3; cf. Sall. J. 2, 4; 75, 3; Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Curt. 4, 1, 18.—Rarely after the verb: argentum accepi;nil curavi ceterum,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 3, 12: numquid me vis ceterum? id. Ep. 4, 2, 76.—= alioquin, introducing a conclusion contrary to fact (mostly post-class.), otherwise, else, in the opposite event, = Gr. allôs: non enim cogitaras;3.ceterum Idem hoc melius invenisses,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 62:ita et anima... solam vim ejus exprimere non valuit,... ceterum non esset anima, sed spiritus,
Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 9; App. M. 7, p. 200, 33; Dig. 4, 4, 7, § 2 al.—In passing to another thought, besides, for the rest; very freq. (esp. in the histt.; usu. placed at the beginning of a new clause;4.only in the comic poets in the middle): Filium tuom te meliust repetere, Ceterum uxorem abduce ex aedibus,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 73; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 31; Sall. J. 4, 1; 20, 8; 29, 2; Quint. 6, 1, 8; 8, 6, 51; 9, 2, 14 al.; Suet. Caes. 4; 16; id. Tib. 42; id. Claud. 1; Curt. 3, 1, 4; 3, 3, 7; 3, 6, 13; Col. 8, 8, 5:dehinc ceterum valete,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 125; cf. id. ib. 91. —With a restricting force, commonly contrasted with quidem or a neg. phrase; often to be translated by but, yet, notwithstanding, still, on the other hand (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.):B.cum haud cuiquam in dubio esset, bellum ab Tarquiniis imminere, id quidem spe omnium serius fuit: ceterum, id quod non timebant, per dolum ac proditionem prope libertas amissa est,
Liv. 2, 3, 1; Plin. Pan. 5, 4; Flor. 3, 1, 11; Suet. Aug. 8; 66; id. Tib. 61 fin.; id. Gram. 4 al.:eos multum laboris suscipere, ceterum ex omnibus maxume tutos esse,
Sall. J. 14, 12:avidus potentiae, honoris, divitiarum, ceterum vitia sua callide occultans,
id. ib. 15, 3; 52, 1; 83, 1; id. C. 51, 26:eo rem se vetustate oblitteratam, ceterum suae memoriae infixam adferre,
Liv. 3, 71, 6:id quamquam, nihil portendentibus diis, ceterum neglegentia humana acciderat, tamen, etc.,
id. 28, 11, 7; 9, 21, 1; 21, 6, 1 Weissenb. ad loc.:ut quisquis factus est princeps, extemplo fama ejus, incertum bona an mala, ceterum aeterna est,
Plin. Pan. 55, 9:pauca repetundarum crimina, ceterum magicas superstitiones objectabat,
Tac. A. 12, 59; cf. Liv. 3, 40, 11.—cē-tĕra (properly acc. plur.), = talla, ta loipa, as for the rest, otherwise; with adjj., and (in poets) with verbs (not found in Cic. or Quint.).(α).With adj.:(β).Bocchus praeter nomen cetera ignarus populi Romani,
Sall. J. 19, 7:hastile cetera teres praeterquam ad extremum,
Liv. 21, 8, 10:excepto quod non simul esses, cetera laetus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 50 (cf. the passage cited under ceterum, II. A. 1. fin., Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12 (14), 1):cetera Graius,
Verg. A. 3, 594 (so prob. also Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 3, where others read ad cetera):virum cetera egregium secuta,
Liv. 1, 35, 6:vir cetera sanctissimus,
Vell. 2, 46, 2 Ruhnk.; Plin. 8, 15, 16, § 40; 12, 6, 13, § 25; 22, 25, 64, § 133; Tac. G. 29.—With verbs: cetera, quos peperisti, ne cures, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 656:C.quiescas cetera,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 53:cetera parce, puer, bello,
Verg. A. 9, 656; cf. Sil. 17, 286:cetera non latet hostis,
id. 2, 332; Mart. 13, 84.—cētĕrō, peculiar to the Nat. Hist. of Pliny, for the rest, in other respects, otherwise:cetero viri quam feminae majus,
Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 133; so id. 3, 11, 16, § 105; 6, 26, 30, § 122; 8, 3, 4, § 7;10, 1, 1, § 1 al.: est et alia iritis cetero similis, at praedura,
id. 37, 9, 52, § 138.—Of time: palumbes incubat femina post meridiana in matutinum, cetero mas,
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con-demno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [damno].I.To sentence, condemn, convict (in good prose; rare in the poets).A.In judicial proceedings (opp. absolvo); constr. aliquem, with gen., abl., de aliquā re, later with ad or in aliquid, or with ut.(α).Aliquem:(β).hunc per judicem condemnabis, cujus de eā re nullum est arbitrium?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 9, 25; 9, 26:Scamandrum, Fabricium,
id. Clu. 22, 59 sq.:qui cum judex esset, pecuniam acciperet ab accusatore ut reum condemnaret,
id. Verr. 1, 13, 39:omnis de consilii sententiā,
id. ib. 2, 5, 44, §114: aliquem judicio turpissimo,
id. Rosc. Am. 39, 113:ceteros causā incognitā,
id. N. D. 2, 29, 73:L. Murenam,
Quint. 5, 10, 99:super quadraginta reos ex diversis criminibus una sententia,
Suet. Calig. 38:aliauem multā inrogatā,
id. Tib. 3 et [p. 407] saep.:hunc hominem Veneri absolvat, sibi condemnat,
for his own benefit, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 22; cf.: illum libertum illi patrono HS. X. milia condemnare, i. e. to pay him, Gai Inst. 4, 46.— Pass. with kindr. acc.:quasi ei, qui magnā fide societatem gererent, arbitrium pro socio condemnari solerent,
in an arbitration on the partnership, Cic. Quint. 3, 13: quidquid hereditario nomine condemnatus esset, Gai Inst. 2, 252.—And in jurid. formulae, also in act. with acc. of that to or in which one is condemned or mulcted: judex, si condemnat, certam pecuniam condemnare debet, Gai Inst. 4, 52; 4, 48:usuras usurarum,
Dig. 42, 1, 27.—With acc. and gen.:(γ).aliquem ambitūs,
Cic. Clu. 36, 98; Suet. Caes. 9:aliquem capitis,
capitally, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 233; Suet. Dom. 11:injuriarum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 22:pecuniae publicae,
id. Fl. 18, 43:rerum capitalium,
Sall. C. 36, 2:sponsionis,
Cic. Caecin. 31, 91: voti, obliged to fulfil his vow (because his wish was granted), Titin. ap. Non. p. 277, 6 (Com. Rel. v. 153 Rib.); Turp. ib. (Com. Rel. v. 128 ib.); cf.:damnare voti,
Liv. 10, 37, 16.—With acc. and abl.:(δ). (ε).aliquem eodem crimine,
Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 1:actionibus famosis,
Dig. 3, 2, 6, § 1 sq.:capitali poenā,
Suet. Dom. 14:certā pecuniā,
to a certain sum, Dig. 10, 1, 3; cf.:minori pecuniā,
ib. 27, 3, 20.—Acc. and ad aliquid:(ζ).aliquem ad metalla, et munitiones viarum aut bestias,
Suet. Calig. 27; cf.:ad bestias,
id. Claud. 14 fin.:ad mortem,
Tac. A. 16, 21; Lact. 6, 23, 20:ad pecuniam,
Dig. 26, 9, 5.—Acc. and in aliquid:(η).in antliam,
Suet. Tib. 51:in solidum,
Dig. 27, 3, 21:in certam quantitatem,
ib. 46, 1, 45.—Acc. and ut:B.condemnatus, ut pecuniam solvat,
Dig. 42, 1, 4.—Transf., in gen., to condemn, to accuse of, charge with; to blame, disapprove: vestra amatis;II.ceteros causā incognitā condemnatis,
Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 73:factum judicio amicorum,
id. Pis. 17, 39; id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25:sceleris generum suum,
id. Fam. 14, 14, 2:aliquem inertiae,
id. de Or. 1, 38, 172:aliquem summae iniquitatis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1:Gabinii litteras quādam notā atque ignominiā condemnastis,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 10, 25.—To urge the condemnation of a person, to effect it, to prosecute (rare):ego hoc uno crimine illum condemnem necesse est,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30; id. Verr. 2, 5, 69, § 177; id. Rosc. Com. 9, 25 al.:tanto apud judicem hunc argenti condemnabo facilius,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 50:Fannium Caepionem... reum majestatis apud judices fecit et condemnavit,
Suet. Tib. 8; id. Vit. 2; Dig. 23, 3, 33; cf. damno. -
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1.con-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum or sătum, 3, v. a. ( perf. conseruerit, Col. 3, 4, 2; Aur. Vict. Epit. 37, 3; Dig. 6, 1, 38; v. 1. sero).I.To sow or plant with something (class.).A.Lit.:2.agros,
Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Verg. E. 1, 73; Cato, R. R. 6, 1; Dig. 7, 1, 9, § 6; cf.:ager diligenter consitus,
Cic. Sen. 17, 59:ager arbustis consitus,
Sall. J. 53, 1; and:consitus an incultus (locus),
Quint. 5, 10, 37:Ismara Baccho (i. e. vino),
Verg. G. 2, 38:vineam malleolo,
Col. 5, 5, 6:arva frumento,
Curt. 7, 4, 26.— Absol.:in alieno fundo,
Dig. 6, 1, 38:in alienum fundum,
ib. 41, 1, 9.—Transf.:B.arva mūliebria (Venus),
Lucr. 4, 1107; cf. Sol. 9 fin. —Hence, conserentes dii, who preside over generation, Arn. 5, 169.—Transf., of columns, to plant, set:C.aera (rostra) columnis consita,
Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49.—Trop.:II.(sol) lumine conserit arva,
strews, fills, Lucr. 2, 211: consitus sum Senectute, * Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 4: caeca mentem caligine Theseus consitus, * Cat. 64, 208.—To sow, plant:B.olivetum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 24:hoc genus oleae,
Cato, R. R. 6, 1:arborem,
Liv. 10, 24, 5; Curt. 6, 5, 14; 7, 2, 22:zizyphum,
Pall. Apr. 4:palmas,
id. Oct. 12:(vitem) Narbonicam,
Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 43; Cato ap. Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 46.—Transf. (cf. I. B. supra): extra vallum stili caeci, mirabilem in modum consiti, set, Auct. B. Afr. 31.2.con-sĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3 ( perf. consevisti, Fronto, Ep. ad Ver. 8), v. a., to connect, entwine, tie, join, fit, bind into a whole (syn.: conecto, conjungo, contexo, etc.; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the signif. II. B., and in the histt.).I.In gen.A.Lit.(α).With acc. with or without abl.:(β).lorica conserta hamis auroque,
Verg. A. 3, 467; cf.:tegumen spinis,
id. ib. 3, 594 (illigatum spinis, Serv.); cf. Tac. G. 17: monile margaritis gemmisque, * Suet. Galb. 18:vincula, quīs conserta erant vehicula,
Curt. 9, 1, 17; cf.:conserta navigia,
entangled, id. 4, 3, 18:scutis super capita consertis,
overlapping, id. 5, 3, 23:rudis arbor conseritur (for navigating),
Luc. 3, 512; cf. id. 4, 136.—With acc. and dat.:B.alium (truncum) alii quasi nexu conserunt,
Curt. 6, 5, 15.—Trop.:II.quid juvat nocti conseruisse diem?
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 10:exodia conserta fabellis Atellanis,
Liv. 7, 2, 11;v. exodium: virtutes consertae et inter se cohaerentes,
Sen. Ep. 90, 3: ita ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est, * Quint. 5, 10, 71:sermonem,
to interchange words, converse, Curt. 8, 12, 5; Fronto l. l.—In partic.A.To join, connect, unite together:B.teneros sinus,
Tib. 1, 8, 36:femur femori,
id. 1, 8, 26; cf.:latus lateri,
Ov. H. 2, 58.—Esp., to unite in hostility, for contest, to bring together; so most freq. manum or manus, to engage in close combat, to join hand to hand, to join battle:2.signa contulit, manum conseruit, magnas copias hostium fudit,
Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3; Sall. J. 50, 4; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Ages. 3, 6; Liv. 21, 41, 4 al.:manum cum hoste,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Cic. Att. 7, 20, 1; Nep. Hann. 4, 2:manus inter se,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch; Liv. 7, 40, 14; Ov. H. 12, 100:manus cum imparibus,
Liv. 6, 12, 8:cum hoste manus,
id. 21, 39, 3:consertis deinde manibus,
id. 1, 25, 5:dextras,
Stat. S. 1, 6, 60:pugnam,
Liv. 21, 50, 1; cf. id. 21, 8, 7; Tac. A. 2, 10:pugnam inter se,
Liv. 32, 10, 8:pugnam seni,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 43:proelia,
Verg. A. 2, 398; Liv. 5, 36, 5; Curt. 8, 13, 12:certamen,
Liv. 35, 4, 2:bella,
Val. Fl. 3, 31:bella bellis,
Luc. 2, 442:acies,
Sil. 1, 339; cf.:conserta acies,
hand-to-hand fighting, Tac. A. 6, 35.— Mid.:navis conseritur,
enters the fight, Liv. 21, 50, 3:duo acerrimā pugnā conserti exercitus,
Val. Max. 3, 2, 1.—Rarely absol.:levis armatura ab lateribus cum levi armaturā,
Liv. 44, 4, 6.—Trop.:3.haud ignotas belli artes inter se conserebant,
Liv. 21, 1, 2.—Transf., of judicial controversy: manum in jure or ex jure conserere, to make a joint seizure (this was done by the litigant parties laying hands at the same time upon the thing in dispute, each one claiming it as his own): si qui in jure manum conserunt, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 7: non ex jure manum consertum sed mage ferro rem repetunt, Enn. ib. § 4 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.); cf. also Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll., and Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2: ibi ego te ex jure manum consertum voco, etc., I summon you in an action for possession, etc., a judic. formula in Cic. Mur. 12, 26; id. de Or. 1, 10, 41.—Hence, * con-sertē, adv., from consertus, a, um (acc. to I. A.), not used as P. a., as if bound or fastened together, in connection:omnia necesse est conligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,
Cic. Fat. 14, 32. -
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1.con-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum or sătum, 3, v. a. ( perf. conseruerit, Col. 3, 4, 2; Aur. Vict. Epit. 37, 3; Dig. 6, 1, 38; v. 1. sero).I.To sow or plant with something (class.).A.Lit.:2.agros,
Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Verg. E. 1, 73; Cato, R. R. 6, 1; Dig. 7, 1, 9, § 6; cf.:ager diligenter consitus,
Cic. Sen. 17, 59:ager arbustis consitus,
Sall. J. 53, 1; and:consitus an incultus (locus),
Quint. 5, 10, 37:Ismara Baccho (i. e. vino),
Verg. G. 2, 38:vineam malleolo,
Col. 5, 5, 6:arva frumento,
Curt. 7, 4, 26.— Absol.:in alieno fundo,
Dig. 6, 1, 38:in alienum fundum,
ib. 41, 1, 9.—Transf.:B.arva mūliebria (Venus),
Lucr. 4, 1107; cf. Sol. 9 fin. —Hence, conserentes dii, who preside over generation, Arn. 5, 169.—Transf., of columns, to plant, set:C.aera (rostra) columnis consita,
Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49.—Trop.:II.(sol) lumine conserit arva,
strews, fills, Lucr. 2, 211: consitus sum Senectute, * Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 4: caeca mentem caligine Theseus consitus, * Cat. 64, 208.—To sow, plant:B.olivetum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 24:hoc genus oleae,
Cato, R. R. 6, 1:arborem,
Liv. 10, 24, 5; Curt. 6, 5, 14; 7, 2, 22:zizyphum,
Pall. Apr. 4:palmas,
id. Oct. 12:(vitem) Narbonicam,
Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 43; Cato ap. Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 46.—Transf. (cf. I. B. supra): extra vallum stili caeci, mirabilem in modum consiti, set, Auct. B. Afr. 31.2.con-sĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3 ( perf. consevisti, Fronto, Ep. ad Ver. 8), v. a., to connect, entwine, tie, join, fit, bind into a whole (syn.: conecto, conjungo, contexo, etc.; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the signif. II. B., and in the histt.).I.In gen.A.Lit.(α).With acc. with or without abl.:(β).lorica conserta hamis auroque,
Verg. A. 3, 467; cf.:tegumen spinis,
id. ib. 3, 594 (illigatum spinis, Serv.); cf. Tac. G. 17: monile margaritis gemmisque, * Suet. Galb. 18:vincula, quīs conserta erant vehicula,
Curt. 9, 1, 17; cf.:conserta navigia,
entangled, id. 4, 3, 18:scutis super capita consertis,
overlapping, id. 5, 3, 23:rudis arbor conseritur (for navigating),
Luc. 3, 512; cf. id. 4, 136.—With acc. and dat.:B.alium (truncum) alii quasi nexu conserunt,
Curt. 6, 5, 15.—Trop.:II.quid juvat nocti conseruisse diem?
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 10:exodia conserta fabellis Atellanis,
Liv. 7, 2, 11;v. exodium: virtutes consertae et inter se cohaerentes,
Sen. Ep. 90, 3: ita ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est, * Quint. 5, 10, 71:sermonem,
to interchange words, converse, Curt. 8, 12, 5; Fronto l. l.—In partic.A.To join, connect, unite together:B.teneros sinus,
Tib. 1, 8, 36:femur femori,
id. 1, 8, 26; cf.:latus lateri,
Ov. H. 2, 58.—Esp., to unite in hostility, for contest, to bring together; so most freq. manum or manus, to engage in close combat, to join hand to hand, to join battle:2.signa contulit, manum conseruit, magnas copias hostium fudit,
Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3; Sall. J. 50, 4; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Ages. 3, 6; Liv. 21, 41, 4 al.:manum cum hoste,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Cic. Att. 7, 20, 1; Nep. Hann. 4, 2:manus inter se,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch; Liv. 7, 40, 14; Ov. H. 12, 100:manus cum imparibus,
Liv. 6, 12, 8:cum hoste manus,
id. 21, 39, 3:consertis deinde manibus,
id. 1, 25, 5:dextras,
Stat. S. 1, 6, 60:pugnam,
Liv. 21, 50, 1; cf. id. 21, 8, 7; Tac. A. 2, 10:pugnam inter se,
Liv. 32, 10, 8:pugnam seni,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 43:proelia,
Verg. A. 2, 398; Liv. 5, 36, 5; Curt. 8, 13, 12:certamen,
Liv. 35, 4, 2:bella,
Val. Fl. 3, 31:bella bellis,
Luc. 2, 442:acies,
Sil. 1, 339; cf.:conserta acies,
hand-to-hand fighting, Tac. A. 6, 35.— Mid.:navis conseritur,
enters the fight, Liv. 21, 50, 3:duo acerrimā pugnā conserti exercitus,
Val. Max. 3, 2, 1.—Rarely absol.:levis armatura ab lateribus cum levi armaturā,
Liv. 44, 4, 6.—Trop.:3.haud ignotas belli artes inter se conserebant,
Liv. 21, 1, 2.—Transf., of judicial controversy: manum in jure or ex jure conserere, to make a joint seizure (this was done by the litigant parties laying hands at the same time upon the thing in dispute, each one claiming it as his own): si qui in jure manum conserunt, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 7: non ex jure manum consertum sed mage ferro rem repetunt, Enn. ib. § 4 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.); cf. also Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll., and Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2: ibi ego te ex jure manum consertum voco, etc., I summon you in an action for possession, etc., a judic. formula in Cic. Mur. 12, 26; id. de Or. 1, 10, 41.—Hence, * con-sertē, adv., from consertus, a, um (acc. to I. A.), not used as P. a., as if bound or fastened together, in connection:omnia necesse est conligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,
Cic. Fat. 14, 32. -
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con-sto, stĭti, stātum (constātūrus, Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 3; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 30; Luc. 2, 17; Mart. 10, 41, 5; Lact. Opif. Dei, 7, 11), 1, v. n.I.To stand together, stand with some person or thing.A.Lit. (very rare):B.constant, conserunt sermones inter se drapetae,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 11.—Trop., to stand with, to agree with, be in accord or agreement, to correspond, fit.1.With cum and abl. (cf. consisto, II. B. 3.):2.considerabit, constetne oratio aut cum re aut ipsa secum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 45:sententiā non constare cum superioribus et inferioribus sententiis, etc.,
Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14.—Absol.:3.veri similis narratio erit, si spatia temporum, personarum dignitates, consiliorum rationes, locorum opportunitates constabunt,
Auct. Her. 1, 9, 16.—With dat.:4.si humanitati tuae constare voles,
Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1.—And esp. with sibi, to agree, accord with itself, to remain like one's self, be consistent:in Oppianico sibi constare et superioribus consentire judiciis debuerunt,
Cic. Clu. 22, 60; so,with consentire,
id. Univ. 3 init.; id. Fin. 2, 11, 35:ut constare in vitae perpetuitate possimus nobismetipsis nec in ullo officio claudicare,
id. Off. 1, 33, 119; so,sibi (opp. titubare),
Quint. 5, 7, 11:sibi et rei judicatae,
Cic. Clu. 38, 106:sibi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 16; id. A. P. 127; cf.:constat idem omnibus sermo,
Liv. 9, 2, 3.—In the phrase ratio constat, mercantile t. t., the account agrees or is correct, is or proves right:(β).auri ratio constat: aurum in aerario est,
Cic. Fl. 28, 69:quibus ratio impensarum constaret,
was correct, accurately kept, Suet. Ner. 30.—In postAug. prose, esp. in the younger Pliny, transf. from the sphere of business:II.mirum est, quam singulis diebus in urbe ratio aut constet aut constare videatur,
Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 5, 16; 3, 18, 10; 2, 4, 4; 7, 6, 4; id. Pan. 38, 4; Just. praef. § 5: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio [p. 439] constet, quam si uni reddatur, Tac. A. 1, 6 fin. —With the access. idea of firmness, to stand firm, to remain immovable, unchanging, steadfast, to abide, last, endure, persevere, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and styles).A.In gen.:B.prius quam totis viribus fulta constaret hostium acies,
Liv. 3, 60, 9; cf.:nec pugna deinde illis constare,
id. 1, 30, 10:ut non color, non vultus ei constaret,
id. 39, 34, 7; cf.:valetudo ei neque corporis neque animi constitit,
Suet. Calig. 50; and:dum sanitas constabit,
Phaedr. 4, 24, 30:non mentibus solum consipere, sed ne auribus quidem atque oculis satis constare poterant,
Liv. 5, 42, 3; cf.:in ebrietate lingua non constat,
Sen. Ep. 83, 27:mente vix constare,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39; cf. Liv. 8, 19, 6; 44, 20, 7:quā in sententia si constare voluissent,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 36 fin.:numerus legionum constat,
id. ib. 7, 35:ceteris exercitibus constare fidem,
Tac. H. 2, 96:utrimque fides constitit,
kept their word, Liv. 37, 32, 13; 2, 13, 9.— Poet.: cum sint huc forsitan illa, Haec translata illuc;summā tamen omnia constant,
i. e. the principal sum remains always the same, Ov. M. 15, 258:postquam cuncta videt caelo constare sereno,
every thing continues in unbroken serenity, Verg. A. 3, 518:constitit in nullā qui fuit ante color,
Ov. A. A. 1, 120.—In partic.1.Milit. t. t., to stop, halt: multitudinem procul hostium constare videtur, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 273, 4.—2.Of facts, reports, etc., to be established, settled, certain, manifest, evident, well known:b.quae cum constent, perspicuum debet esse, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:eorum quae constant exempla ponemus, horum quae dubia sunt, exempla adferemus, id. mv 1, 38, 68: quod nihil nobis constat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 5:cum et factum constet et nomen, qualia sint vocatur in dubium,
Cic. Part. Or. 12, 42; cf.:cum factum constat, sed a quo sit factum in controversiam venit,
Quint. 7, 2, 8; and impers., with acc. and inf.:mihi multa agitanti constabat, paucorum civium egregiam virtutem cuncta patravisse,
Sall. C. 53, 4; cf.:quod omnibus constabat, hiemari in Gallia oportere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin., and Cic. Clu. 13, 38.—Constat (constabat, constabit, etc., it is settled, established, undisputed, certain, well known, etc.), Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Quint. 29, 89; Caes. B. G. 3, 6; 3, 9 al.; Ov. M. 7, 533; Quint. 4, 2, 90 et saep.—So freq.: constat inter omnes, with acc. and inf., all agree, all are convinced:3.sed tum nimis inter omnis constabat neminem esse resalutatum,
Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106:quae propositio in se quiddam continet perspicuum et quod constare inter omnis necesse est, hanc velle approbare et firmare nihil attinet,
in which all must agree, id. Inv. 1, 36, 62 dub. (B. and K. stare); Caes. B. G. 7, 44; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 8 et saep.; cf.also: constare inter homines sapientissimos (for which, just after: omnium consensu sic esse judicatum),
Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3:inter suos,
Caes. B. G. 7, 47:inter augures, Liv 10, 6, 7 et saep.: cum de Magio constet,
Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3; cf.:de facto constat,
Quint. 7, 2, 7; so with de, id. 7, 2, 11; 4, 2, 5:etsi non satis mihi constiterat, cum aliquāne animi mei molestiā an potius, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 1:nec satis certum constare apud animum poterat, utrum, etc.,
Liv. 30, 28, 1:quid cuique sit opus constare decet,
Quint. 3, 9, 8; so id. 3, 8, 25:quid porro quaerendum est? Factumne sit? At constat. A quo? At patet,
Cic. Mil. 6, 15; so absol., id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 54.—Of a resolve.(α).Impers.: mihi (ei) constat, = certum est, it is my ( his) fixed determination, I am determined, I am fully resolved (rare): mihi quidem constat, nec meam contumeliam, nec meorum ferre, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 42:(β).neque satis Bruto neque tribunis militum constabat, quid agerent,
were undecided, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:ut nihil ei constet quod agat,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 35.—With the resolve as subject:4.animo constat sententia,
Verg. A. 5, 748:cum constitit consilium,
when my mind was fully made up, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1.—In gen., as opp. to that which has no existence, to exist, be, abide (esp. in Lucr.):5.(corpora) quoniam fragili naturā praedita constant,
Lucr. 1, 582; 1, 246; 1, 510 et saep.:antiquissimi fere sunt, quorum quidem scripta constent,
Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 93; id. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: qui sine manibus et pedibus constare deum posse decreverunt, id. N. D. 1, 33, 92:si ipsa mens constare potest vacans corpore,
id. ib. 1, 10, 25.—With ex, in, de, or the abl. (in Cic. only with ex; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 4, 8, 19), to consist in or of, to be composed of, to rest upon something, etc.(α).With ex (very freq. in prose and poetry):(β).fulminis ignem e parvis constare figuris,
Lucr. 2, 385:homo ex animo constat et corpore,
Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98;id. Fin. l. l.: simplex (jus) e dulci constat olivo,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 64:ea virtus, quae constat ex hominibus tuendis,
Cic. Off. 1, 44, 157 et saep.—With in and abl. (very rare):* (γ).victoriam in earum cohortium virtute constare,
Caes. B. C. 3, 89 fin.; Nep. Att. 14 fin. —With de:(δ).partus duplici de semine,
Lucr. 4, 1229.—With abl. (freq. in Lucr. and Quint.):6.aeterno quia constant semine quaeque,
Lucr. 1, 221; 1, 484; 1, 518 et saep.:agri campis, vineis, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 5:constat tota oratio longioribus membris, brevioribus periodis,
Quint. 9, 4, 134; 5, 10, 63 et saep.:causa constat aut unius rei controversiā aut plurium,
id. 3, 10, 1. omnis disciplina memoriā, id. 11, 2, 1. omne jus aut scripto aut moribus, id. 12, 3, 6 et saep.—Mercantile t. t., like our phrase, to stand at, i. e. to cost; constr. with abl.. gen., etc., of price (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 444).a.Lit.(α).With abl.:(β).ut unae quadrigae Romae constiterint quadringentis milibus,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; Suet. Vit. 19:filius auro,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 57:navis gratis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 48 (al. stare):HS. sex milibus tibi constant,
id. ib. 2, 4, 12, §28: tanto nobis deliciae,
Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 84:magno tibi,
Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 4:parvo,
Pall. Febr. 9, 12; cf.gratis,
Sen. Ep. 104, 34; Aug. Serm. 385, 6.—With gen.:(γ).(ambulatiuncula) prope dimidio minoris constabit isto loco,
Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2; Suet. Ner. 27 fin.:quanti funus,
id. Vesp. 19; Juv. 7, 45.—With adv.: quod mihi constat carius, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 25; so,(δ).vilissime,
Col. 9, 1. 6.—With sup.:b.cujus area super HS. millies constitit,
Suet. Caes. 26.—Trop.:A.edocet, quanto detrimento et quot virorum fortium morte necesse sit constare victoriam,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19:odia constantia magno,
Ov. H. 7, 47:imperia pretio quolibet constant bene,
Sen. Phoen. 664.—Hence, constans, antis, P. a. (acc. to II. 1.), standing firm, firm, unchangeable, constant, immovable, uniform, fixed, stable, invariable (freq. and class.).Lit.:b.mellis constantior est natura (sc. quam aquae),
Lucr. 3, 192:constans uva contra tenorem unum algoris aestusve,
Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 27:cujus in indomito constantior inguine nervus, Quam nova arbor, etc.,
Hor. Epod. 12, 19:cursus certi et constantes,
Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 24; cf.:constans reversio stellarum (with conveniens),
id. ib. 2, 21, 54:constantissimus motus lunae,
id. Div. 2, 6, 17:nihil (mundo) motu constantius,
id. N. D. 3, 9, 23; 2, 21, 54:constanti vultu graduque,
Liv. 5, 46, 3: aetas, the mature age (of an adult), Cic. Sen. 10, 33; cf.:constans aetas, quae media dicitur,
id. ib. 20, 76:aetate nondum constanti,
Suet. Galb. 4:pax,
firm, secure, Liv. 6, 25, 6:fides,
Hor. C. 3, 7, 4:an ire comminus et certare pro Italiā constantius foret,
safer, Tac. H. 3, 1. —Agreeing or accordant with itself, consistent, harmonious:B.quemadmodum in oratione constanti, sic in vitā omnia sint apta inter se et convenientia,
Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:nihil intellego dici potuisse constantius,
id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25; cf.:incredibilia an inter se constantia,
Quint. 5, 4, 2:rumores,
Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 1:constans parum memoria hujus anni,
Liv. 10, 37, 13:constans fama erat,
Suet. Caes. 6; so,opinio,
id. Tib. 39; id. Vesp. 4 al.—Trop., intellectually or morally certain, sure, steadfast, constant, faithful, steady, unchanging:1.firmi et stabiles et constantes amici,
Cic. Lael. 17, 62; cf. Nep. Lys. 2, 2:quem hominem? Levem? imo gravissimum. Mobilem? imo constantissimum,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. opp. varium, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 48 Spald.:pater amens at is quidem fuit omnium constantissimus,
a very constant, steadfast man, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 41; cf.:prudens et constans (testis),
Quint. 5, 7, 26; and under adv.:(Helvidius Priscus) recti pervicax, constans adversus metus,
Tac. H. 4, 5 fin.:constans Fortuna tantum in levitate suā,
Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 18; cf.: neque fidei constans, neque strenuus in perfidiā, Tac. H. 3, 57:constantior In vitiis, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 18.— Adv.: constanter.(Acc. to A.) Firmly, immovably, steadily, constantly:b.manere in suo statu,
Cic. Univ. 13: constanter ac perpetuo placet consilium, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 9:vitiis gaudere constanter,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 6.— Comp.:ut maneamus in perspicuis firmius et constantius,
Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 45.— Sup.:impetus caeli constantissime conficiens vicissitudinis anniversarias,
Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97.—Harmoniously, evenly, uniformly, consistently:2.constanter et aequaliter ingrediens oratio,
Cic. Or. 58, 198:sibi constanter convenienterque dicere,
id. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 24; in comp., id. ib. 5, 9, 25; in sup., id. ib. 5, 8, 23; id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; so,hi constanter omnes nuntiaverunt,
with one voice, unanimously, Caes. B. G. 2, 2:aequabilius atque constantius sese res humanae haberent,
Sall. C. 2, 3:aequabilius atque constantius regere provincias,
Tac. A. 15, 21 fin. —(Acc. to B.) Steadily, calmly, tranquilly, sedately:constanter ac non trepide pugnare,
Caes. B. G. 3, 25; cf.agere, Auct. B. Afr. 84: proelium inire,
Suet. Vesp. 4; id. Tib. 19:constanter et sedate ferre dolorem,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:constanter et libere se gerere,
id. Att. 4, 16, 9:constanter prudenterque fit,
id. Tusc. 4, 6, 12:constanter delata beneficia (with judicio, considerate, and opp. repentino quodam impetu),
id. Off. 1, 15, 49.— Comp.:cetera exsequi,
Suet. Aug. 10:acrius quam constantius proelium inire,
Curt. 4, 6, 14.— Sup.:amicitias retinere,
Suet. Aug. 66; id. Tib. 45 al. -
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I.Act., to turn or whirl round, to wheel about, to cause to turn, to turn back, reverse; and with the designation of the terminus in quem, to turn or direct somewhere, to direct to or towards, to move or turn to, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition).A.Lit.1.In gen.a.With a simple acc.:b.caelos omnes,
Lucr. 2, 1097; cf.:in infimo orbe luna convertitur,
Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:minore sonitu quam putaram, orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,
id. Att. 2, 9, 1:manum,
Quint. 11, 3, 100:reddita inclusarum ex speluncā boum vox Herculem convertit,
Liv. 1, 7, 7:ter se convertit,
Ov. M. 7, 189:crines calamistro,
i. e. to curl, Petr. 102, 15 et saep.—With the designation of the terminus in quem.(α).By in:(β).equos frenis in hostes,
Lucr. 5, 1317:naves in eam partem,
Caes. B. G. 3, 15:ferrum in me,
Verg. A. 9, 427:omnium ora atque oculos in aliquem,
Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 1 (cf. under B. 1.):iter in provinciam,
Caes. B. G. 7, 56:se in Phrygiam,
Nep. Ages. 3, 2 et saep.—Medial:in fugam nemo convortitur,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 83 Fleck.—By ad:* (γ).ad hunc se confestim a Pulfione omnis multitudo convertit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 10:eam materiam ad hostem,
id. ib. 3, 29:colla ad freta,
Ov. M. 15, 516:tum bis ad occasum, bis se convertit ad ortum,
id. ib. 14, 386:nos ad judicem,
Quint. 11, 3, 157 et saep.—By contra:(δ).tigna contra vim atque impetum fluminis,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5.—By sub:(ε).cursum sub terras,
Lucr. 5, 654.—By the dat.:(ζ).majus lumen in diem nobis luna,
Lucr. 5, 706.—Medial:Zephyro convertitur ales Itque super Libyen,
Luc. 9, 689.—By local adv.:(η).aspectum facile quo vellent,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142.—By the acc. alone:2.se domum,
Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22.—In partic.a.Milit. t. t.: convertere signa, aciem, etc., to wheel about, change the direction of a march:b.conversa signa in hostes inferre,
Caes. B. G. 2, 26:Romani conversa signa bipartito intulerunt,
id. ib. 1, 25:reliquos sese convertere cogunt,
to retreat, id. B. C. 1, 46:cum conversis signis retro in urbem rediretur,
Liv. 8, 11, 4; cf.:convertunt inde signa,
id. 3, 54, 10 Drak. ad loc. (where Weissenb. ex conj., convellunt):aciem,
id. 42, 57, 12; so,aciem in fugam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52. —Rhet. t. t., of words, to transpose, interchange:B.non modo mutare quaedam verba, sed extendere, corripere, convertere, dividere cogitur (poësis),
Quint. 10, 1, 29.—Trop.1.In gen.:2.ut ab eo quod agitur avertat animos, ut saepe in hilaritatem risumve convertat,
Cic. Or. 40, 138; so,risum in judicem,
id. de Or. 2, 60, 245:omnem orationem transduxi et converti in increpandam Caepionis fugam,
id. ib. 2, 48, 199:rationem in fraudem malitiamque,
to employ, id. N. D. 3, 31, 78; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114 and 115:beneficium in injuriam,
Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 1 et saep.:animos imperitorum ad deorum cultum a vitae pravitate,
Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77; cf. Liv. 24, 4, 4 and 9: qui eas copias, quas diu simulatione rei publicae comparabant, subito ad patriae periculum converterunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, a, 5 fin.:facultatem dicendi ad hominum perniciem,
Quint. 2, 20, 2 et saep.:ingenium et studium ad causas agendas,
Tac. Or. 14 et saep.:se aliquando ad timorem, numquam ad sanitatem,
Cic. Sull. 5, 17; id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:se ad philosophos,
id. Fin. 5, 3, 7; cf. id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 5 et saep.:quocumque te animo et cogitatione converteris,
Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 6:aculeum testimonii sui,
id. Fl. 34, 86:argumentum,
Gell. 5, 10, 3.—Of turning to the political support of any one:tota civitas se ad eos convertisse videretur,
Nep. Att. 8, 1; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12; Sen. Clem. 1, 4, 3; cf.:fama hujus rei convertit ad Masinissam Numidas,
Liv. 29, 30, 7.— Pass. in mid. sense:cuncta ad victoris opes conversa,
Tac. H. 3, 44.—In eccl. Lat., to convert to Christianity, etc.:aliquem ad fidem Christi,
Hier. in Philem. 5, 10 sq. —Esp. freq. of turning or arresting the attention:illud intellego, omnium ora in me convorsa esse,
Sall. J. 85, 5:converterat Cn. Pompeii persona totum in se terrarum orbem,
Vell. 2, 31, 1:proximas (provincias) in se,
Suet. Vesp. 4 al.: nihil opus est, ad continendas custodias plures commilitones converti, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 20 (31), 1:omnium oculos ad se,
Nep. Alcib. 3, 5.—And with inanimate things as subjects:cum aliqua iis ampla et honesta res objecta totos ad se convertit et rapit,
Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—Since the Aug. per. also freq. with a simple acc.:sive elephas albus volgi converteret ora,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 196; Suet. Calig. 35; cf. Liv. 26, 29, 2:animos,
id. 29, 26, 5:homines quaqua iret,
Suet. Tit. 5.—Pregn., to change the nature of a thing; i. e. to change, alter, transform, turn.(α).With a simple acc.:(β).omnes Res ita convortant formas mutentque colores,
Lucr. 2, 1005; cf. id. 1, 678:omnia,
id. 4, 441:tellus induit ignotas hominum conversa figuras,
Ov. M. 1, 88:humanam vicem (venena),
Hor. Epod. 5, 88:rem,
Cic. Att. 8, 13, 2:rem publicam,
to bring into disorder, id. Fl. 38, 94:hunc ordinem,
Quint. 7, 2, 15:animum avaritiā,
Sall. J. 29, 1:vitae viam,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26:studia,
id. A. P. 166 et saep.:conversi animum vultumque,
Tac. H. 1, 85: castra castris, to change camp with camp (i. e. to establish new camps by constantly removing), Caes. B. C. 1, 81.—In gram.: casus conversi, = casus obliqui,
the cases which undergo a change of form, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64.—With ad:(γ).nisi si id putas, non posse jam ad salutem convorti hoc malum,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 48:poena omnis oculorum ad caecitatem mentis est conversa,
Cic. Dom. 40, 105:mater magna, cujus ludi violati, polluti, paene ad caedem et ad funus civitatis conversi sunt,
id. Har. Resp. 11, 24:quod ad perniciem suam fuerat cogitatum, id ad salutem convertit,
Nep. Dat. 6, 8.—With in:b.si antequam tumor discutiatur in suppurationem convertitur,
Col. 6, 17, 6:jam ego me convortam in hirudinem,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4:deum sese in hominem,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 40:Hecubam in canem,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:terras in freti formam,
Ov. M. 11, 209:deum (sc. Jovem) in pretium (i. e. aurum),
Hor. C. 3, 16, 8:vim morbi in quartanam,
Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1 et saep.:crimen in laudem,
id. Fl. 29, 70:amicitiae se in graves inimicitias,
id. Lael. 21, 78; Quint. 12, 1, 2 et saep.—Of written works, to translate:II.converti ex Atticis duorum eloquentissimorum nobilissimas orationes... nec converti ut interpres, sed ut orator, etc.,
Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14:orationes e Graeco,
id. ib. 6, 18:aliqua de Graecis,
id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:librum in Latinum,
id. Off. 2, 24, 87; id. Tusc. 3, 14, 29; cf. id. Fin. 1, 2, 5; id. N. D. 2, 41, 104.—Neutr., to relurn (rare).A.Lit.:B.inde (imago) retro rursum redit et convertit eodem,
Lucr. 4, 334 (Lachm. conj. convertitur):clam cum paucis ad pedites convortit,
Sall. J. 101, 6:in regnum suum,
id. ib. 20, 4:convortit Varro,
Sil. 9, 645:ad me,
Gell. 1, 26, 3.—Trop.1.To return, turn:2.in amicitiam atque in gratiam,
Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 18:ad sapientiora,
Tac. A. 3, 55.—To change, turn:hoc vitium huic uni in bonum convertebat,
Cic. Brut. 38, 141; id. de Or. 3, 29, 114; id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 9, 17:regium imperium in superbiam dominationemque,
Sall. C. 6, 7 Kritz:ne ista vobis mansuetudo et misericordia... in miseriam convortet,
id. ib. 52, 27:ad aliquem, of political support,
Cic. Planc. 20, 50; Tac. A. 12, 18. -
39 convorto
I.Act., to turn or whirl round, to wheel about, to cause to turn, to turn back, reverse; and with the designation of the terminus in quem, to turn or direct somewhere, to direct to or towards, to move or turn to, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition).A.Lit.1.In gen.a.With a simple acc.:b.caelos omnes,
Lucr. 2, 1097; cf.:in infimo orbe luna convertitur,
Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17; id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; cf.:minore sonitu quam putaram, orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,
id. Att. 2, 9, 1:manum,
Quint. 11, 3, 100:reddita inclusarum ex speluncā boum vox Herculem convertit,
Liv. 1, 7, 7:ter se convertit,
Ov. M. 7, 189:crines calamistro,
i. e. to curl, Petr. 102, 15 et saep.—With the designation of the terminus in quem.(α).By in:(β).equos frenis in hostes,
Lucr. 5, 1317:naves in eam partem,
Caes. B. G. 3, 15:ferrum in me,
Verg. A. 9, 427:omnium ora atque oculos in aliquem,
Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 1 (cf. under B. 1.):iter in provinciam,
Caes. B. G. 7, 56:se in Phrygiam,
Nep. Ages. 3, 2 et saep.—Medial:in fugam nemo convortitur,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 83 Fleck.—By ad:* (γ).ad hunc se confestim a Pulfione omnis multitudo convertit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 10:eam materiam ad hostem,
id. ib. 3, 29:colla ad freta,
Ov. M. 15, 516:tum bis ad occasum, bis se convertit ad ortum,
id. ib. 14, 386:nos ad judicem,
Quint. 11, 3, 157 et saep.—By contra:(δ).tigna contra vim atque impetum fluminis,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5.—By sub:(ε).cursum sub terras,
Lucr. 5, 654.—By the dat.:(ζ).majus lumen in diem nobis luna,
Lucr. 5, 706.—Medial:Zephyro convertitur ales Itque super Libyen,
Luc. 9, 689.—By local adv.:(η).aspectum facile quo vellent,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142.—By the acc. alone:2.se domum,
Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22.—In partic.a.Milit. t. t.: convertere signa, aciem, etc., to wheel about, change the direction of a march:b.conversa signa in hostes inferre,
Caes. B. G. 2, 26:Romani conversa signa bipartito intulerunt,
id. ib. 1, 25:reliquos sese convertere cogunt,
to retreat, id. B. C. 1, 46:cum conversis signis retro in urbem rediretur,
Liv. 8, 11, 4; cf.:convertunt inde signa,
id. 3, 54, 10 Drak. ad loc. (where Weissenb. ex conj., convellunt):aciem,
id. 42, 57, 12; so,aciem in fugam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52. —Rhet. t. t., of words, to transpose, interchange:B.non modo mutare quaedam verba, sed extendere, corripere, convertere, dividere cogitur (poësis),
Quint. 10, 1, 29.—Trop.1.In gen.:2.ut ab eo quod agitur avertat animos, ut saepe in hilaritatem risumve convertat,
Cic. Or. 40, 138; so,risum in judicem,
id. de Or. 2, 60, 245:omnem orationem transduxi et converti in increpandam Caepionis fugam,
id. ib. 2, 48, 199:rationem in fraudem malitiamque,
to employ, id. N. D. 3, 31, 78; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114 and 115:beneficium in injuriam,
Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 1 et saep.:animos imperitorum ad deorum cultum a vitae pravitate,
Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77; cf. Liv. 24, 4, 4 and 9: qui eas copias, quas diu simulatione rei publicae comparabant, subito ad patriae periculum converterunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, a, 5 fin.:facultatem dicendi ad hominum perniciem,
Quint. 2, 20, 2 et saep.:ingenium et studium ad causas agendas,
Tac. Or. 14 et saep.:se aliquando ad timorem, numquam ad sanitatem,
Cic. Sull. 5, 17; id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:se ad philosophos,
id. Fin. 5, 3, 7; cf. id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 5 et saep.:quocumque te animo et cogitatione converteris,
Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 6:aculeum testimonii sui,
id. Fl. 34, 86:argumentum,
Gell. 5, 10, 3.—Of turning to the political support of any one:tota civitas se ad eos convertisse videretur,
Nep. Att. 8, 1; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12; Sen. Clem. 1, 4, 3; cf.:fama hujus rei convertit ad Masinissam Numidas,
Liv. 29, 30, 7.— Pass. in mid. sense:cuncta ad victoris opes conversa,
Tac. H. 3, 44.—In eccl. Lat., to convert to Christianity, etc.:aliquem ad fidem Christi,
Hier. in Philem. 5, 10 sq. —Esp. freq. of turning or arresting the attention:illud intellego, omnium ora in me convorsa esse,
Sall. J. 85, 5:converterat Cn. Pompeii persona totum in se terrarum orbem,
Vell. 2, 31, 1:proximas (provincias) in se,
Suet. Vesp. 4 al.: nihil opus est, ad continendas custodias plures commilitones converti, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 20 (31), 1:omnium oculos ad se,
Nep. Alcib. 3, 5.—And with inanimate things as subjects:cum aliqua iis ampla et honesta res objecta totos ad se convertit et rapit,
Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—Since the Aug. per. also freq. with a simple acc.:sive elephas albus volgi converteret ora,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 196; Suet. Calig. 35; cf. Liv. 26, 29, 2:animos,
id. 29, 26, 5:homines quaqua iret,
Suet. Tit. 5.—Pregn., to change the nature of a thing; i. e. to change, alter, transform, turn.(α).With a simple acc.:(β).omnes Res ita convortant formas mutentque colores,
Lucr. 2, 1005; cf. id. 1, 678:omnia,
id. 4, 441:tellus induit ignotas hominum conversa figuras,
Ov. M. 1, 88:humanam vicem (venena),
Hor. Epod. 5, 88:rem,
Cic. Att. 8, 13, 2:rem publicam,
to bring into disorder, id. Fl. 38, 94:hunc ordinem,
Quint. 7, 2, 15:animum avaritiā,
Sall. J. 29, 1:vitae viam,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26:studia,
id. A. P. 166 et saep.:conversi animum vultumque,
Tac. H. 1, 85: castra castris, to change camp with camp (i. e. to establish new camps by constantly removing), Caes. B. C. 1, 81.—In gram.: casus conversi, = casus obliqui,
the cases which undergo a change of form, Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64.—With ad:(γ).nisi si id putas, non posse jam ad salutem convorti hoc malum,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 48:poena omnis oculorum ad caecitatem mentis est conversa,
Cic. Dom. 40, 105:mater magna, cujus ludi violati, polluti, paene ad caedem et ad funus civitatis conversi sunt,
id. Har. Resp. 11, 24:quod ad perniciem suam fuerat cogitatum, id ad salutem convertit,
Nep. Dat. 6, 8.—With in:b.si antequam tumor discutiatur in suppurationem convertitur,
Col. 6, 17, 6:jam ego me convortam in hirudinem,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4:deum sese in hominem,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 40:Hecubam in canem,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:terras in freti formam,
Ov. M. 11, 209:deum (sc. Jovem) in pretium (i. e. aurum),
Hor. C. 3, 16, 8:vim morbi in quartanam,
Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 1 et saep.:crimen in laudem,
id. Fl. 29, 70:amicitiae se in graves inimicitias,
id. Lael. 21, 78; Quint. 12, 1, 2 et saep.—Of written works, to translate:II.converti ex Atticis duorum eloquentissimorum nobilissimas orationes... nec converti ut interpres, sed ut orator, etc.,
Cic. Opt. Gen. 5, 14:orationes e Graeco,
id. ib. 6, 18:aliqua de Graecis,
id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:librum in Latinum,
id. Off. 2, 24, 87; id. Tusc. 3, 14, 29; cf. id. Fin. 1, 2, 5; id. N. D. 2, 41, 104.—Neutr., to relurn (rare).A.Lit.:B.inde (imago) retro rursum redit et convertit eodem,
Lucr. 4, 334 (Lachm. conj. convertitur):clam cum paucis ad pedites convortit,
Sall. J. 101, 6:in regnum suum,
id. ib. 20, 4:convortit Varro,
Sil. 9, 645:ad me,
Gell. 1, 26, 3.—Trop.1.To return, turn:2.in amicitiam atque in gratiam,
Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 18:ad sapientiora,
Tac. A. 3, 55.—To change, turn:hoc vitium huic uni in bonum convertebat,
Cic. Brut. 38, 141; id. de Or. 3, 29, 114; id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 9, 17:regium imperium in superbiam dominationemque,
Sall. C. 6, 7 Kritz:ne ista vobis mansuetudo et misericordia... in miseriam convortet,
id. ib. 52, 27:ad aliquem, of political support,
Cic. Planc. 20, 50; Tac. A. 12, 18. -
40 decurro
dē-curro, cŭcurri or curri (cf.:I.decucurrit,
Caes. B. G. 2, 21; Tac. A. 2, 7; Suet. Ner. 11:decucurrerunt,
Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7; Petr. 64, 3:decucurrerat,
Liv. 1, 12:decucurrisse,
id. 25, 17; also,decurrerunt,
id. 26, 51; 38, 8:decurrēre,
Verg. A. 4, 153; 11, 189:decurrisset,
Liv. 33, 26), cursum, 3, v. n. and (with homogeneous objects, viam, spatium, trop. aetatem, etc.) a., to run down from a higher point; to flow, move, sail, swim down; to run over, run through, traverse (class. and very freq.). —Lit.A.In gen.(α).Neutr.:(β).de tribunali decurrit,
Liv. 4, 50: Laocoon ardens [p. 524] summa decurrit ab arcs, Verg. A. 2, 41; cf.:ab agro Lanuvino,
Hor. Od. 3, 27, 3; for which merely with the abl.:altā decurrens arce,
Verg. A. 11, 490; cf.:jugis,
id. ib. 4, 153:Caesar ad cohortandos milites decucurrit,
Caes. B. G. 2, 21; Suet. Ner. 11:ad naves decurrunt,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28, 3; cf.:ad mare,
Liv. 41, 2:ego puto te bellissime cum quaestore Mescinio decursurum (viz., on board ship),
Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 3; cf.:tuto mari,
to sail, Ov. M. 9, 591:celeri cymbā,
id. F. 6, 77:pedibus siccis super summa aequora,
id. M. 14, 50:piscis ad hamum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 74:monte decurrens velut amnis,
id. Od. 4, 2, 5; Liv. 38, 13; Ov. M. 3, 569:uti naves decurrerent,
should sail, Tac. A. 15, 43:in insulam quamdam decurrentes,
sailing to, Vulg. Act. 27, 16:amnis Iomanes in Gangen per Palibothros decurrit,
Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 69:in mare,
Liv. 21, 26.— Pass. impers.:nunc video calcem, ad quam cum sit decursum, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 15:quo decursum prope jam siet,
Lucr. 2, 962.—Act.:2.septingenta milia passuum vis esse decursa biduo?
run through, Cic. Quint. 21, 81:decurso spatio ad carceres,
id. Sen. 23, 83; cf., with the accessory idea of completion: nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio ad carceres a calce revocari,
id. de Sen. 23, 83; and:decursa novissima meta,
Ov. M. 10, 597: vada salsa puppi, Catull. 64, 6.—Transf., of the stars ( poet.), to accomplish their course: stellaeque per vacuum solitae noctis decurrere tempus, Lucan. 1, 531; cf.B.lampas,
id. 10, 501. —Esp., milit. t. t., to go through military exercises or manœuvres, to advance rapidly, to charge, skirmish, etc.:2.pedites decurrendo signa sequi et servare ordines docuit,
while performing evolutions, Liv. 24, 48; cf. id. 23, 35; 26, 51; 40, 6 al.:ex montibus in vallem,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2, 4; cf.:ex omnibus partibus,
id. ib. 3, 4:ex superiore loco,
Liv. 6, 33:ex Capitolio in hostem,
id. 9, 4:ab arce,
id. 1, 12:inde (sc. a Janiculo),
id. 2, 10 et saep.:incredibili celeritate ad flumen,
Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7.— Pass. impers.:quinto (die) iterum in armis de cursum est,
Liv. 26, 51.—Transf., to walk or run in armor, in celebrating some festival (usually in funeral games):II.(in funere Gracchi tradunt) armatum exercitum decucurrisse cum tripudiis Hispanorum,
Liv. 25, 17:ter circum rogos, cincti fulgentibus armis, decurrēre,
Verg. A. 11, 189; Tac. A. 2, 7; Suet. Claud. 1 (v. decursio). —Trop.A.In gen.(α).Neutr.:(β).quin proclivius hic iras decurrat ad acreis,
Lucr. 3, 312; 4, 706; 5, 1262: quibus generibus per totas quaestiones decurrimus, go over or through, Quint. 9, 2, 48; cf. id. 10, 3, 17; Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 72:omnium eo sententiae decurrerunt, ut, pax, etc.,
come to, Liv. 38, 8:ides se non illuc decurrere, quod,
Tac. A. 4, 40:ad Philotam,
Curt. 7, 1, 28:ad consulendum te,
Plin. Ep. 10, 96.— Pass. impers.:decurritur ad leniorem sententiam,
they come to, Liv. 6, 19; Quint. 6, 1, 2:sermo extra calcem decurrens,
Amm. 21, 1, 14:postremo eo decursum est, ut, etc.,
Liv. 26, 18; so id. 22, 31; 31, 20; Tac. A. 3, 59.—Act., to run or pass through:B.decurso aetatis spatio,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14;and so of one's course of life,
id. Merc. 3, 2, 4; Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6; Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; cf.:lumen vitae,
Lucr. 3, 1042: noctis iter, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, p. 6 Müll. (v. 347 Ribb.):vitam,
Prop. 2, 15, 41; Phaedr. 4, 1, 2;aetatem (with agere),
Cic. Quint. 31 fin.: tuque ades inceptumque unā decurre laborem (the fig. is that of sailing in a vessel; cf.soon after: pelagoque volans da vela patenti),
Verg. G. 2, 39 Heyne:ista, quae abs te breviter de arte decursa sunt,
treated, discussed, Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 148; cf.:equos pugnasque virum decurrere versu,
to sing, Stat. Silv. 5, 3, 149: prius... quam mea tot laudes decurrere carmina possint, Auct. Paneg. in Pis. 198.—In partic.1.Pregn.: ad aliquid, to betake one's self to, have recourse to:2.ad haec extrema et inimicissima jura tam cupide decurrebas, ut, etc.,
Cic. Quint. 15; so,ad istam hortationem,
id. Caecin. 33, 65:ad medicamenta,
Cels. 6, 18, 3:ad oraculum,
Just. 16, 3:ad miseras preces,
Hor. Od. 3, 29, 59:Haemonias ad artes,
Ov. A. A. 2, 99; cf.:assuetas ad artes (Circe),
id. Rem. Am. 287. Rarely to persons:ad Alexandri exercitum,
Just. 14, 2.— Pass. impers.:decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum S. C.... DENT OPERAM CONSVLES, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3.—Of the heavenly bodies, to set, move downwards:3.qua sol decurrit meridies nuncupatur,
Mel. 1, 1, 1; Manil. 1, 505.—With acc., to traverse, Tibull. 4, 1, 160.—In the rhetor. lang. of Quint., said of speech, to run on, Quint. 9, 4, 55 sq.; 11, 1, 6; 12, 9, 2 al.—4.Proverb., to run through, i. e. to leave off:quadrigae meae decucurrerunt (sc. ex quo podagricus factus sum),
i. e. my former cheerfulness is at an end, is gone, Petr. 64, 3.—So, haec (vitia) aetate sunt decursa, laid aside, Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 13.
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