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  • 1 laqueus

    lăquĕus, i, m. [cf. Gr. helkô, draw, holkos; Lat. lacio; perh. Germ. locken], a noose, snare (class.; cf. tendicula).
    I.
    Lit., Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 41:

    saxa laqueis vinciebat,

    Sall. J. 94:

    laqueis falces avertebant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 22:

    collum in laqueum inserere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: inicere laqueum, to throw over any one, Liv. 1, 26:

    inicere cervicibus laqueum,

    Suet. Vit. 17:

    laqueo gulam alicui frangere,

    to throttle, strangle, Sall. C. 55, 4:

    ad laqueum compellere aliquem,

    to the halter, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 12:

    alicui mandare laqueum,

    to bid go and be hanged, Juv. 10, 53:

    neque carcer neque laqueus,

    a halter, gallows, Tac. A. 3, 50; 5, 9:

    faucesque jam exanimis laqueo vexatae,

    id. ib. 6, 40.—Of a snare, trap or lasso used by hunters:

    laqueis captare feras,

    Verg. G. 1, 139:

    metuit foveam lupus accipiterque Suspectos laqueos,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51:

    laqueos et muscipula effugere,

    Phaedr. 4, 2, 8; cf.:

    impliciti laqueis nudus uterque jacent,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 580:

    dare in laqueum vestigia,

    to step into a snare, Juv. 13, 244.—
    II.
    Trop., a snare, gin, trap.
    A.
    In gen.:

    judicii laqueos declinans,

    Cic. Mil. 15, 40; cf.:

    interrogationum laqueis aliquem irretire,

    id. de Or. 1, 10, 43:

    laquei Stoicorum,

    subtleties, id. Tusc. 5, 27, 76:

    Chrysippi laquei,

    id. Fat. 4, 7:

    legum et condicionum,

    id. Clu. 55, 150: verbi laqueo capere, id. Caecin. 29, 83.—Without a gen.:

    in hos inexplicabiles laqueos inciderunt,

    Quint. 5, 10, 101:

    (testes) inducuntur in laqueos,

    id. 5, 7, 11:

    sciens in hoc se laqueos induxit,

    Lact. 6, 12, 13.—
    B.
    Fetters, chains, hinderances:

    tibi fortuna laqueum impegit, quem nec solvere posses nec erumpere,

    Sen. Tranq. 10, 1:

    nunquamne hos artissimos laqueos abrumpam,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 3.

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  • 2 laqueus

        laqueus ī, m    [1 LAC-], a noose, snare: saxa laqueis vinciebat, S.: laqueis falces avertebant, Cs.: collum in laqueum inserere: inicere laqueum, throw upon, L.: laqueo gulam fregere, strangled, S.: Fortunae Mandare laqueum, bid go and be hanged, Iu.: laquei, quos callidus abdidit auceps, O.: laqueis captare feras, snares, V.: metuit accipiter Suspectos laqueos, H.: dabit in laqueum vestigia, step into a snare, Iu.—Fig., a snare, gin, trap: Non mortis laqueis expedies caput, H.: iudici laqueos declinans: laquei Stoicorum, subtleties: verbi laqueo capere.
    * * *
    noose; snare, trap

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  • 3 inretio

    irrētĭo ( inr-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. [1. in-rete], to catch in a net, to ensnare, entangle (syn.: illaqueo, implico; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quid ad illum, qui te captare vult, utrum tacentem irretiat te, an loquentem?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

    solum pluribus radicibus impeditum, et quasi irretitum,

    Col. 3, 11, 2. —
    II.
    Transf., to embarrass, hinder (late Lat.):

    festinandi studio aliis irretientibus alios,

    Amm. 19, 8, 3.—
    III.
    Trop., to catch, entangle, ensnare: si laqueis, manicis, pedicis mens irretita est, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 25:

    se erratis,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62:

    aliquem corruptelarum illecebris,

    id. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

    homines judiciis iniquissimis,

    id. Vatin. 5, 12:

    cantiunculis irretitus,

    id. Fin. 5, 18, 49:

    Stoici disputationum suarum atque interrogationum laqueis te irretitum tenerent,

    id. de Or. 1, 10:

    loquacitas interrogationibus irretita,

    id. Vatin. 1, 2:

    aliquem sermonibus,

    Vulg. Isa. 8, 15:

    calumniis,

    Amm. 15, 5, 32.

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  • 4 irretio

    irrētĭo ( inr-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. [1. in-rete], to catch in a net, to ensnare, entangle (syn.: illaqueo, implico; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quid ad illum, qui te captare vult, utrum tacentem irretiat te, an loquentem?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

    solum pluribus radicibus impeditum, et quasi irretitum,

    Col. 3, 11, 2. —
    II.
    Transf., to embarrass, hinder (late Lat.):

    festinandi studio aliis irretientibus alios,

    Amm. 19, 8, 3.—
    III.
    Trop., to catch, entangle, ensnare: si laqueis, manicis, pedicis mens irretita est, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 25:

    se erratis,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62:

    aliquem corruptelarum illecebris,

    id. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

    homines judiciis iniquissimis,

    id. Vatin. 5, 12:

    cantiunculis irretitus,

    id. Fin. 5, 18, 49:

    Stoici disputationum suarum atque interrogationum laqueis te irretitum tenerent,

    id. de Or. 1, 10:

    loquacitas interrogationibus irretita,

    id. Vatin. 1, 2:

    aliquem sermonibus,

    Vulg. Isa. 8, 15:

    calumniis,

    Amm. 15, 5, 32.

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  • 5 ad-levō (all-)

        ad-levō (all-) āvī, ātus, āre,    to lift up, raise, set up: oculos, Cu.: (laqueis) adlevati (milites), S.: cubito artūs, O. — Fig., to lighten, alleviate, comfort, console: aerumnam dictis: adlevatum corpus tuum, recovered from sickness: adlevor.— To diminish in force, lessen: adversariorum confirmationem.

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  • 6 captō

        captō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [capio], to strive to seize, lay hold of, catch at, snatch, chase, hunt, capture: fugientia Flumina, H.: simulacra fugacia, O.: laqueis feras, V.: naribus auras, V.: auribus aëra, listen eagerly for, V.: captata Hesperie, watched for, O.—Fig., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, catch at, grasp: solitudines: quid cum illo consili captet, T.: plausūs: risūs, provoke: populi suffragia, H.: incerta pro certis, S.: nubīs et inania, H.: tempus, opportunity, L.: occasionem, to watch for, L.: prendique et prendere captans, O.: laedere aliquem, Ph.—To watch for craftily, lie in wait for, entice, allure: quā viā te captent, T.: emolumento alqm: hostem insidiis, L.—To court, plot for: testamenta senum, H.: Coranum, Iu. — To take up, begin: ubi captat<*> sermone, etc., O.
    * * *
    captare, captavi, captatus V TRANS
    try/long/aim for, desire; entice; hunt legacy; try to catch/grasp/seize/reach

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  • 7 cōn-stringō

        cōn-stringō strinxī, strictus, ere,    to bind, fetter, shackle, chain: hunc pro moecho, T.: (alqm) quadrupedem, i. e. hands and feet, T.: trahere constrictos curru, H.: Tu non constringendus (as insane)?: corpora vinculis: illum laqueis: constrictus cammarus ovo, i. e. sauced, Iu.—Fig., to bind, fetter, restrain: beluam legum catenis: coniurationem horum conscientiā: fidem religione: orbem terrarum legibus.—Of discourse, to condense, compress: (sententia) aptis constricta verbis.

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  • 8 expediō

        expediō īvī, ītus, īre    [ex + pes], to extricate, disengage, let loose, set free, liberate: nodum: ex nullo (laqueo) se: mortis laqueis caput, H.: flammam inter et hostīs Expedior, make my way, V.: errantem nemori, O.: sibi locum, make room, Cs.: iter per rupes, L.— To fetch out, bring forward, procure, make ready, prepare: vela, O.: virgas expediri iubet: cererem canistris, V.: navīs, Cs.: legiones, Cs.: exercitum, L.: se ad pugnam, L.: ius auxili sui, exercise, L.— To despatch, hurl: trans finem iaculo expedito, H.—Fig., to bring out, extricate, release, free: me turbā, T.: impeditum animum, T.: haererem, nisi tu me expedisses: Quas (manūs) per acuta belli, help through, H.: me multa impediverunt quae ne nunc quidem expedita sunt.— To put in order, arrange, set right, adjust, settle: rem, ut poteris: rem frumentariam, Cs.: nomina mea, pay: exitum orationis: quod instat, V. — To explain, unfold, make clear, clear up, disclose, relate: pauca tibi dictis, V.: rei initium, S.: ea de caede, Ta.: Promptius expediam quot, etc., i. e. could sooner recount, Iu.— To be serviceable, be profitable, be advantageous, be useful, be expedient, profit: nihil expedire quod sit iniustum: non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini: Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae: expedit bonas esse vobis, T.: omnibus expedit salvam esse rem p.: tu si ita expedit, velim, etc.
    * * *
    expedire, expedivi, expeditus V
    disengage, loose, set free; be expedient; procure, obtain, make ready

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  • 9 exuō

        exuō uī, ūtus, ere    [4 AV-], to draw out, take off, pull off, put off: pharetram umero, O.: iugum, shake off, L.: caestūs, V.— To unclothe, divest, free, put forth: pellibus membra, H.: ossa lacertosque, bares, V.: ex his te laqueis: se iugo, L.: unum exuta pedem vinclis, V.: cornua exuitur, O. — To strip, despoil, deprive: copiae armis exutae, Cs.: se agro paterno, L.—Fig., to lay aside, cast off, divest oneself of, put away: humanitatem: silvestrem animum, V.: mores antiquos, L.: tristitiam, Ta.: ius fasque, Ta.: hac (pinu) hominem, i. e. turn into a pine, O.: ex animo exui non potest, esse deos: Lepidum, get rid of, Ta.
    * * *
    exuere, exui, exutus V
    pull off; undress, take off; strip, deprive of; lay aside, cast off

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  • 10 fera

        fera ae, f    [ferus], a wild beast, wild animal: leo atque aliae ferae, S.: multa genera ferarun, Cs.: formidulosae, H.: fera saevit, the sea-monster, O.: laqueis captare feras, wild birds, V.
    * * *
    wild beast/animal

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  • 11 inrētiō (irr-)

        inrētiō (irr-) īvī, ītus, īre    [1 in+rete], to catch in a net, ensnare, entangle: beluam inretitam tenere.—Fig., to entrap, catch, entangle, ensnare, involve: tacentem te: alquem corruptelarum inlecebris: disputationum laqueis inretitus.

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  • 12 plangō

        plangō ānxī, anctus, ere    [PLAG-], to strike, beat: victima planget humum, O.: Nunc nemora plangunt (austri), V.: Laqueis... Crus ubi commisit volucris, Plangitur, beats with its wings, O.— To beat in lamentation: femina: laniataque pectora plangens (i. e. ita, ut lanientur), O.: Planguntur matres, beat themselves in agony, O.— To lament aloud, wail: planxere sorores Naides, O.: plangentia agmina, V.: plangentis populi derisor, Iu. — To bewail, lament for: virtutes quas neque plangi fas est, Ta.: maiore tumultu Planguntur nummi quam funera, Iu.
    * * *
    plangere, planxi, planctus V
    strike, beat; bewail; lament for, mourn

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  • 13 adlevo

    1.
    al-lĕvo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. lĕvo].
    I.
    Lit., to lift up, to raise on high, to raise, set up (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare, perh. only twice in Sall. and Hirt.; later often, esp. in Quint. and the histt.): quibus (laqueis) adlevati milites facilius ascenderent, * Sall. J. 94, 2: pauci elevati scutis, borne up on their shields (others: adlevatis scutis, with uplifted shields, viz. for protection against the darts of the enemy), Auct. B. Alex. 20:

    gelidos complexibus adlevat artus,

    Ov. M. 6, 249:

    cubito adlevat artus,

    id. ib. 7, 343:

    naves turribus atque tabulatis adlevatae,

    Flor. 4, 11, 5:

    supercilia adlevare,

    Quint. 11, 3, 79 (cf. the Gr. tas ophrus anaspan); so,

    bracchium,

    id. 11, 3, 41:

    pollicem,

    id. 11, 3, 142:

    manum,

    id. 11, 3, 94; Vulg. Eccli. 36, 3:

    oculos,

    Curt. 8, 14:

    faciem alicujus manu,

    Suet. Calig. 36: adlevavit eum, lifted him up (of the lame man), Vulg. Act. 3, 7 al.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To lighten, alleviate, mitigate physical or mental troubles; or, referring to the individual who suffers, to lift up, sustain, comfort, console (class.): aliorum aerumnam dictis adlevans, old poet in Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 71 (cf. Sophocl. Fragm. ap. Brunck. p. 588: Kalôs kakôs prassonti sumparainesas): ubi se adlevat, ibi me adlevat, * Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 3:

    Allevat Dominus omnes, qui corruunt,

    Vulg. Psa. 144, 14:

    dejecistis eos, dum adlevarentur,

    ib. ib. 72, 18:

    onus, aliquā ex parte,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10:

    sollicitudines,

    id. Brut. 3, 12:

    adlevor cum loquor tecum absens,

    id. Att. 12, 39: adlevare corpus, id. ib. 7, 1; Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 31: adlevor animum ( poet.), Tac. A. 6, 43.—
    B.
    To diminish the force or weight of a thing, to lessen, lighten:

    adversariorum confirmatio diluitur aut infirmatur aut adlevatur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 42, 78:

    adlevatae notae,

    removed, Tac. H. 1, 52.—
    C.
    To raise up, i. e. to make distinguished; pass., to be or become distinguished:

    C. Caesar eloquentiā et spiritu et jam consulatu adlevabatur,

    Flor. 4, 2, 10.
    2.
    al-lēvo ( adl-), less correctly al-laevo, āre, v. a., to make smooth, to smooth off or over (only in Col.):

    nodos et cicatrices adlevare,

    Col. 3, 15, 3:

    vitem ferro,

    id. 4, 24, 4:

    ea plaga uno vestigio adlevatur,

    id. 4, 24, 6.

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  • 14 allevo

    1.
    al-lĕvo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. lĕvo].
    I.
    Lit., to lift up, to raise on high, to raise, set up (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare, perh. only twice in Sall. and Hirt.; later often, esp. in Quint. and the histt.): quibus (laqueis) adlevati milites facilius ascenderent, * Sall. J. 94, 2: pauci elevati scutis, borne up on their shields (others: adlevatis scutis, with uplifted shields, viz. for protection against the darts of the enemy), Auct. B. Alex. 20:

    gelidos complexibus adlevat artus,

    Ov. M. 6, 249:

    cubito adlevat artus,

    id. ib. 7, 343:

    naves turribus atque tabulatis adlevatae,

    Flor. 4, 11, 5:

    supercilia adlevare,

    Quint. 11, 3, 79 (cf. the Gr. tas ophrus anaspan); so,

    bracchium,

    id. 11, 3, 41:

    pollicem,

    id. 11, 3, 142:

    manum,

    id. 11, 3, 94; Vulg. Eccli. 36, 3:

    oculos,

    Curt. 8, 14:

    faciem alicujus manu,

    Suet. Calig. 36: adlevavit eum, lifted him up (of the lame man), Vulg. Act. 3, 7 al.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To lighten, alleviate, mitigate physical or mental troubles; or, referring to the individual who suffers, to lift up, sustain, comfort, console (class.): aliorum aerumnam dictis adlevans, old poet in Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 71 (cf. Sophocl. Fragm. ap. Brunck. p. 588: Kalôs kakôs prassonti sumparainesas): ubi se adlevat, ibi me adlevat, * Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 3:

    Allevat Dominus omnes, qui corruunt,

    Vulg. Psa. 144, 14:

    dejecistis eos, dum adlevarentur,

    ib. ib. 72, 18:

    onus, aliquā ex parte,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10:

    sollicitudines,

    id. Brut. 3, 12:

    adlevor cum loquor tecum absens,

    id. Att. 12, 39: adlevare corpus, id. ib. 7, 1; Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 31: adlevor animum ( poet.), Tac. A. 6, 43.—
    B.
    To diminish the force or weight of a thing, to lessen, lighten:

    adversariorum confirmatio diluitur aut infirmatur aut adlevatur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 42, 78:

    adlevatae notae,

    removed, Tac. H. 1, 52.—
    C.
    To raise up, i. e. to make distinguished; pass., to be or become distinguished:

    C. Caesar eloquentiā et spiritu et jam consulatu adlevabatur,

    Flor. 4, 2, 10.
    2.
    al-lēvo ( adl-), less correctly al-laevo, āre, v. a., to make smooth, to smooth off or over (only in Col.):

    nodos et cicatrices adlevare,

    Col. 3, 15, 3:

    vitem ferro,

    id. 4, 24, 4:

    ea plaga uno vestigio adlevatur,

    id. 4, 24, 6.

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  • 15 artum

    1.
    artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,
    I.
    Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:

    exierunt regionibus artis,

    Lucr. 6, 120:

    claustra,

    id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:

    nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,

    Cic. Or. 65, 220:

    artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

    nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,

    id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

    compages,

    Verg. A. 1, 293:

    nexus,

    Ov. M. 6, 242:

    arto stipata theatro,

    pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:

    toga,

    a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):

    nimis arta convivia,

    i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:

    ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,

    Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:

    multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,

    Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:

    nec desilies imitator in artum,

    nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—
    II.
    Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:

    sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

    subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:

    Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,

    Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:

    vincula amoris artissima,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:

    arti commeatus,

    Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:

    in arto commeatus,

    id. ib. 3, 13:

    artissimae tenebrae,

    very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:

    quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,

    Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:

    spes artior aquae manantis,

    Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:

    quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,

    i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):

    rebus in artis,

    Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:

    artas res nuntiaret,

    Tac. H. 3, 69:

    tam artis afflictisque rebus,

    Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:

    fortuna artior expensis,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:

    ne in arto res esset,

    Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.
    I.
    Lit.:

    arte (manus) conliga,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:

    boves arte ad stipites religare,

    Col. 6, 2, 5:

    arte continere aliquid,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

    aciem arte statuere,

    Sall. J. 52, 6:

    arte accubare,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:

    calorem artius continere,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

    artius astringi,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

    signa artius conlocare,

    Sall. C. 59, 2:

    artius ire,

    Curt. 4, 13, 34:

    artius pressiusque conflictari,

    Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:

    milites quam artissime ire jubet,

    Sall. J. 68, 4:

    artissime plantas serere,

    Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    arte contenteque aliquem habere,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:

    arte et graviter dormire,

    soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

    arte appellare aliquem,

    briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:

    artius adstringere rationem,

    Cic. Fat. 14, 32:

    abstinentiam artissime constringere,

    Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—
    III.
    Transf.:

    arte diligere aliquem,

    strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.
    2.
    artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).
    I.
    A.. Lit., a joint:

    molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

    suffraginum artus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

    elapsi in pravum artus,

    Tac. H. 4, 81:

    dolor artuum,

    gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:

    copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,

    in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.

    Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,

    Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—
    B.
    Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;

    nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,
    II.
    The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:

    artubus omnibus contremiscam,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

    copia concita per artus Omnīs,

    Lucr. 2, 267:

    moribundi artus,

    id. 3, 129 al.:

    rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,

    Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:

    salsusque per artus Sudor iit,

    Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:

    veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,

    and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:

    artus in frusta concident,

    Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;

    ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,

    its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

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  • 16 artus

    1.
    artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,
    I.
    Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:

    exierunt regionibus artis,

    Lucr. 6, 120:

    claustra,

    id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:

    nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,

    Cic. Or. 65, 220:

    artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

    nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,

    id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

    compages,

    Verg. A. 1, 293:

    nexus,

    Ov. M. 6, 242:

    arto stipata theatro,

    pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:

    toga,

    a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):

    nimis arta convivia,

    i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:

    ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,

    Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:

    multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,

    Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:

    nec desilies imitator in artum,

    nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—
    II.
    Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:

    sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

    subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:

    Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,

    Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:

    vincula amoris artissima,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:

    arti commeatus,

    Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:

    in arto commeatus,

    id. ib. 3, 13:

    artissimae tenebrae,

    very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:

    quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,

    Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:

    spes artior aquae manantis,

    Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:

    quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,

    i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):

    rebus in artis,

    Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:

    artas res nuntiaret,

    Tac. H. 3, 69:

    tam artis afflictisque rebus,

    Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:

    fortuna artior expensis,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:

    ne in arto res esset,

    Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.
    I.
    Lit.:

    arte (manus) conliga,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:

    boves arte ad stipites religare,

    Col. 6, 2, 5:

    arte continere aliquid,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

    aciem arte statuere,

    Sall. J. 52, 6:

    arte accubare,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:

    calorem artius continere,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:

    artius astringi,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 5:

    signa artius conlocare,

    Sall. C. 59, 2:

    artius ire,

    Curt. 4, 13, 34:

    artius pressiusque conflictari,

    Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:

    milites quam artissime ire jubet,

    Sall. J. 68, 4:

    artissime plantas serere,

    Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    arte contenteque aliquem habere,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:

    arte et graviter dormire,

    soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

    arte appellare aliquem,

    briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:

    artius adstringere rationem,

    Cic. Fat. 14, 32:

    abstinentiam artissime constringere,

    Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—
    III.
    Transf.:

    arte diligere aliquem,

    strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.
    2.
    artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).
    I.
    A.. Lit., a joint:

    molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

    suffraginum artus,

    Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

    elapsi in pravum artus,

    Tac. H. 4, 81:

    dolor artuum,

    gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:

    copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,

    in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.

    Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,

    Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—
    B.
    Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;

    nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,
    II.
    The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:

    artubus omnibus contremiscam,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

    copia concita per artus Omnīs,

    Lucr. 2, 267:

    moribundi artus,

    id. 3, 129 al.:

    rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,

    Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:

    salsusque per artus Sudor iit,

    Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:

    veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,

    and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:

    artus in frusta concident,

    Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;

    ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,

    its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

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  • 17 constringo

    con-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a., to draw together, bind together, to bind, tie up (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    vineam alligato recte, dum ne nimium constringas,

    Cato, R. R. 33, 1:

    sarcinam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 96:

    galeam,

    Val. Fl. 3, 80.— Poet.:

    Haec Amor ipso suo constringet pignera signo,

    stamp, seal, Prop. 3, 20, 17 (4, 20, 7).—
    B.
    In partic., freq.,
    1.
    To bind together with fetters, to fetter, bind (a criminal, insane person, etc.).
    (α).
    With abl.:

    corpora vinculis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226; Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    illum laqueis,

    Cic. Sest. 41, 88.—
    (β).
    Without abl.:

    manus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 1; id. Mil. 3, 1, 11:

    aliquem pro moecho,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; cf.:

    aliquem quadrupedem,

    i. e. hands and feet, id. And. 5, 2, 24; Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27; Suet. Calig. 35; * Hor. S. 1, 6, 23 al.:

    tu mentis es compos? Tu non constringendus?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97; cf. id. Pis. 20, 48.—
    (γ).
    With ad:

    te hodie constringam ad carnarium,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66.—
    2.
    T. t. of medic. lang., to draw together, contract:

    constringens vis suci,

    Plin. 23, 6, 54, § 100:

    in febribus constrictis,

    id. 23, 7, 63, § 120 al. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to hold or bind together, to bind, fetter, restrain, hold in check, etc. (a [p. 440] favorite trope of Cic.;

    elsewh. less freq.): illa pars animi vinciatur et constringatur amicorum custodiis,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

    conjurationem omnium horum conscientiā,

    id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    fidem religione potius quam veritate,

    id. Balb. 5, 12:

    psephismata jure jurando,

    id. Fl. 6, 15:

    leges immutabili necessitate,

    Quint. 2, 13, 1:

    orbem terrarum novis legibus,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 10, 26:

    (mulieres), quae Oppiis quondam aliisque legibus constrictae, nunc, etc.,

    Tac. A. 3, 33 fin.:

    scelus fraudemque odio civium supplicioque,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202; Liv. 34, 3, 1:

    superstitione constricti,

    Quint. 12, 2, 26:

    nec ullā religione, ut scelus tegat, se posse constringi,

    Curt. 6, 7, 8.—
    B.
    In partic., of discourse or reasoning, to bring into a narrow compass, to compress:

    (sententia) cum aptis constricta verbis est, cadit etiam plerumque numerose,

    Cic. Brut. 8, 34:

    constricta narratio (opp. latius fusa),

    Quint. 2, 13, 5:

    quae (ars logica) rem dissolutam divulsamque conglutinaret et ratione quādam constringeret,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 188.— Hence, constrictus, a, um, P. a., compressed, contracted, abridged, short, brief, concise, compact:

    frons,

    knit, Petr. 132, 15; cf.

    supercilia (opp. dissidentia),

    Quint. 1, 11, 10:

    arbor,

    pruned, confined, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 90; cf.:

    folium tenuius et constrictius et angustius,

    id. 21, 10, 32, § 58:

    nives perpetuo rigore,

    condensed, Curt. 7, 3, 11:

    pulticula constrictior,

    thicker, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 18, 108.— Sup. not in use.—
    * Adv.: con-strictē, closèly:

    constrictius jungi alicui,

    Aug. Doctr. Christ. 1, 28.

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  • 18 destinata

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

    antemnas ad malos,

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

    rates ancoris,

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

    falces (laqueis),

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

    arcas,

    Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—
    II.
    Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).
    A.
    In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).
    (α).
    With double acc.:

    aliquem consulem,

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

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

    Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

    animis auctorem caedis,

    id. 33, 28:

    aliquem regem,

    Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—
    (β).
    With inf. or a clause:

    infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

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

    potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

    Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    sibi aliquid,

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

    operi destinati possent,

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

    aliquem foro,

    Quint. 2, 8, 8:

    me arae,

    Verg. A 2, 129:

    diem necis alicui,

    Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

    domos publicis usibus,

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

    Anticyram omnem illis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

    cados tibi,

    id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—
    (δ).
    With ad:

    tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

    Liv. 33, 37:

    aliquem ad mortem,

    id. 2, 54:

    consilia ad bellum,

    id. 42, 48:

    materiam ad scribendum,

    Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

    ad omne obsequium destinati,

    Curt. 5, 28, 5.—
    (ε).
    With in:

    saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

    Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

    legati in provinciam destinati,

    Dig. 5, 1, 2:

    noctem proximam in fugam,

    Amm. 29, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

    locum oris,

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

    sagittas,

    to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—
    2.
    In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

    minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

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

    certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

    ad horam mortis destinatam,

    id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

    si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

    Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

    persona (coupled with certus),

    Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—
    B.
    Subst.
    1.
    dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—
    2. a.
    A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —
    b.
    An intended, determined object, design, intention:

    neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

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

    destinata retinens,

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

    antequam destinata componam,

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

    ad destinatum persequor,

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

    ex destinato,

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

    and in a like sense merely destinato,

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

    certare,

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

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  • 19 destino

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

    antemnas ad malos,

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

    rates ancoris,

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

    falces (laqueis),

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

    arcas,

    Vitr. 5, 12, 3; dub., v. destina.—
    II.
    Trop., to establish, determine, resolve, consider; to design, intend, devote, destine; to appoint, choose, elect (syn.: definire, describere, designare, etc.).
    A.
    In gen. (in Livy freq. connected with animis, v. the foll.).
    (α).
    With double acc.:

    aliquem consulem,

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

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

    Liv. 9, 16 fin.; cf.:

    animis auctorem caedis,

    id. 33, 28:

    aliquem regem,

    Just. 42, 4, 14 et saep.—
    (β).
    With inf. or a clause:

    infectis iis, quae agere destinaverat,

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

    potiorem populi Romani quam regis Persei amicitiam habere,

    Liv. 43, 7; 7, 33; Quint. 5, 1, 3; Phaedr. 4, 27, 1; Ov. M. 8, 157 al.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    sibi aliquid,

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

    operi destinati possent,

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

    aliquem foro,

    Quint. 2, 8, 8:

    me arae,

    Verg. A 2, 129:

    diem necis alicui,

    Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45:

    domos publicis usibus,

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

    Anticyram omnem illis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 83:

    cados tibi,

    id. Od. 2, 7, 20 et saep.—
    (δ).
    With ad:

    tempore locoque ad certamen destinatis,

    Liv. 33, 37:

    aliquem ad mortem,

    id. 2, 54:

    consilia ad bellum,

    id. 42, 48:

    materiam ad scribendum,

    Quint. 5, 10, 9 al.:

    ad omne obsequium destinati,

    Curt. 5, 28, 5.—
    (ε).
    With in:

    saxo aurove in aliud destinato,

    Tac. H. 4, 53 fin.:

    legati in provinciam destinati,

    Dig. 5, 1, 2:

    noctem proximam in fugam,

    Amm. 29, 6.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In the lang. of archers, slingers, etc., to fix upon as a mark, to aim at ( = designare scopum):

    locum oris,

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

    sagittas,

    to shoot at the mark, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—
    2.
    In the lang. of trade: sibi aliquid, to fix upon for one's self, to intend to buy:

    minis triginta sibi puellam destinat,

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

    certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

    ad horam mortis destinatam,

    id. ib. 5, 22, 63:

    si hoc bene fixum omnibus destinatumque in animo est,

    Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

    persona (coupled with certus),

    Quint. 3, 6, 57; cf. Cic. Rep. 4, 3.—Destinatum est alicui, with inf. = certum est, it is one's decision, will; he has determined, Liv. 6, 6, 7; Suet. Tib. 13; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 5 al.—
    B.
    Subst.
    1.
    dēstĭnāta, ae, f., = sponsa, a betrothed female, bride, Suet. Caes. 27; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 6.—
    2. a.
    A mark or aim, Liv. 38, 26 fin.; Curt. 7, 5 fin. —
    b.
    An intended, determined object, design, intention:

    neque tuis neque Liviae destinatis adversabor,

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

    destinata retinens,

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

    antequam destinata componam,

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

    ad destinatum persequor,

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

    ex destinato,

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

    and in a like sense merely destinato,

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

    certare,

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

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  • 20 expedio

    ex-pĕdĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic fut. expedibo, Enn., Pac., Att., and Pompon. ap. Non. 505, 15 sq.; 477, 2; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 36), v. a. [pes], orig., to free the feet, i. e. from a snare; hence, in gen., to extricate, disengage, let loose, set free, liberate any thing entangled, involved (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; syn.: extrico, enodo, enucleo, explico, expono, interpretor, etc.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    videte, in quot se laqueos induerit, quorum ex nullo se umquam expediet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102; cf. id. ib. 43, §

    106: mortis laqueis caput,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 8; cf.

    also: vix illigatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaera,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 24:

    flammam inter et hostes Expedior,

    make my way through, Verg. A. 2, 633:

    errantem nemori,

    Ov. F. 4, 669 et saep.—With inanim. and abstr. objects:

    aditus expediunt,

    open a passage, Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.:

    sibi locum,

    id. B. C. 2, 9, 6:

    iter fugae per invias rupes,

    Liv. 38, 2, 14:

    agrum saxosum lectione lapidum,

    Col. 2, 2, 12: capillus pectine quotidie expediendus est, disentangled, Fronto de Eloqu. init. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In gen., to fetch out, bring forward, procure, make ready, prepare any thing folded up, put away, etc.: funes expediunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 297, 1:

    vela,

    Ov. H. 17, 200:

    hominem nudari et virgas expediri jubet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161:

    cererem canistris,

    Verg. A. 1, 702:

    convivia mediis tectis (famulae),

    Val. Fl. 2, 341; cf.:

    cibaria pastoribus,

    to provide, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6:

    merces suas (institor),

    Ov. A. A. 1, 422: pecuniam, to procure, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 298, 22; Suet. Caes. 4:

    arma,

    to hold in readiness, Caes. B. G. 7, 18 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 79; Verg. A. 4, 592:

    tela equosque,

    Liv. 38, 25, 14:

    ferrum,

    id. 24, 26, 10:

    naves,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

    vineas in occulto,

    id. B. G 7, 27, 2:

    copias,

    Tac. A. 13, 7:

    se celeriter (Galli equites),

    Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 4:

    se,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52; Liv. 38, 21, 2; cf.

    mid.: exercitum expediri ad bellum jubet,

    Tac. H. 2, 99. —
    2.
    to send away, despatch ( poet.):

    me ex suis locis pulcre ornatum expedivit,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 3: saepe disco, Saepe trans finem jaculo nobilis expedito, despatched, i. e. hurled, Hor. C. 1, 8, 12.—
    3.
    Absol., for expedire se, to arm one's self for battle (only in Tac.), Tac. H. 1, 10:

    multos secum expedire jubet,

    id. ib. 1, 88; 2, 99.
    II.
    Trop., to bring out, extricate, release, free from any evil, obstacle, etc.:

    impeditum animum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

    sapientis est, cum stultitiā suā impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit, se expedire,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

    haererem, nisi tu me expedisses,

    id. Pis. 30, 74:

    ex servitute filium,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 94; cf.:

    se ex turba,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 5:

    se ab omni occupatione,

    Cic. Att. 3, 20, 2:

    aliquem omni molestiā,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 2; so,

    se aerumnis,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 8:

    se crimine,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 28:

    se cura,

    id. Phorm. 5, 4, 4:

    civitatem malis obsidionalibus,

    Amm. 16, 4, 3: amor Lycisci me tenet, Unde expedire non queant amicorum consilia, Hor. Epod. 11, 25: curae sagaces Expediunt (Claudiae manus) per acuta belli, bring or help through, id. C. 4, 4, 76; cf.:

    per quot discrimina rerum Expedior?

    escape, Val. Fl. 1, 217:

    me multa impediverunt quae ne nunc quidem expedita sunt,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 19:

    si vita nostra in aliquas insidias incidisset, omnis honesta ratio esset expediendae salutis,

    of obtaining safety, id. Mil. 4, 10.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To put in order, arrange, set right:

    cum Antonio loquare velim, et rem, ut poteris, expedias,

    Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2:

    expedire et conficere res,

    id. Brut. 42, 154:

    rem frumentariam,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 1; id. B. C. 1, 54 fin.:

    negotia (with explicare),

    Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 1:

    nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve,

    settle, pay, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:

    nomen,

    id. ib. 13, 29, 3:

    Faberianum,

    id. ib. 12, 29, 2; cf. in a pun respecting a scholar unable to pay his debts: omnes solvere posse quaestiones, Unum difficile expedire nomen, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11:

    quemadmodum expediam exitum hujus institutae orationis, non reperio,

    settle, arrange, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2; cf.:

    expediri quae restant vix poterunt. si hoc relinqueris,

    id. Rep. 1, 35, 55:

    consilia sua,

    Tac. H. 3, 73:

    docte hanc fallaciam,

    put into operation, Plaut. Capt. prol. 40.—
    2.
    Of speech, to disclose, unfold, explain, relate, narrate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    not in Cic., Cæs., or Quint.): qui tu misera's? mi expedi,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 50 (639 Ritschl): id ego aequum ac jus fecisse expedibo atque eloquar, will show, Enn. ap. Non. 505, 19;

    Pac., Att.,

    Pompon. ib. 15 sq.:

    agedum, hoc mihi expedi,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27:

    altius omnem Expediam prima repetens ab origine famam,

    Verg. G. 4, 286:

    pauca tibi e multis... expediam dictis,

    id. A. 3, 379:

    priusquam hujuscemodi rei initium expedio,

    Sall. J. 5, 2:

    nunc originem, mores, et quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit, expediam,

    Tac. A. 4, 1:

    me non tantum praevisa, sed subita expedire docuisti,

    id. ib. 14, 55:

    ea de caede quam verissime expediam,

    id. H. 4, 48:

    promptius expediam quot, etc.,

    i. e. it will take me a shorter time to recount, Juv. 10, 220.—
    3.
    Reflex. of events, to develop, run their course, proceed:

    amoris arteis eloquar quem ad modum se expediant,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 10; cf.:

    ut res vostrorum omnium bene expedire voltis,

    to make favorable progress, id. Am. prol. 5 (Lorenz ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 36; but Ussing reads me expedire, benefit me).—
    4.
    Absol., res expedit, or impers., expedit (alicui—lit., it helps out, furthers, promotes; hence), it is serviceable, profitable, advantageous, useful, expedient (class.):

    nequiter paene expedivit prima parasitatio,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 23:

    non igitur faciat, dixerit quis, quod utile sit, quod expediat? Immo intelligat, nihil nec expedire nec utile esse, quod sit injustum,

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.:

    quid intersit sua, quid expediat,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    ex utilitatis varietatibus, cum aliis aliud expediat, nasci discordias,

    id. Rep. 1, 32; cf.:

    ut non idem expediret, incidere saepe,

    id. Lael. 10, 33:

    quidquam Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae et dominationis,

    id. Att. 7, 22, 1:

    non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 5 al. —With an inf. clause as subject:

    expedit bonas esse vobis,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 8; cf.:

    omnibus bonis expedit salvam esse rem publicam,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 16:

    cui (reo) damnari expediret,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 3 fin.:

    cum eam (pecuniam) in praediis collocari maxime expediret,

    id. Caecin. 6, 16:

    ubi vinci necesse est, expedit cedere,

    Quint. 6, 4, 16; Hor. C. 2, 8, 9 et saep.—With subj. clause as subject after ut or ne (post-class.):

    expedire omnibus dicunt, ut singulae civitates suas leges habeant,

    Just. 34, 1, 7 Benecke ad loc.:

    expedit rei publicae, ne sua re quis male utatur,

    Just. Inst. 1, 8, 2:

    neque expedire ut ambitione aliena trahatur,

    Tac. A. 3, 69.— Absol.:

    tu si ita expedit, velim quamprimum conscendas,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

    sic magis expedit,

    Quint. 4, 2, 67:

    ut expediat causae,

    id. 7, 3, 18.—Hence, ex-pĕdītus, a, um, P. a., unimpeded, unincumbered, disengaged, free, easy, ready, at hand.
    A.
    Of persons:

    cum ceteris quae habebat vadimonia differt, ut expeditus in Galliam proficisci posset,

    Cic. Quint. 6, 23: incrmos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, i. e. without baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

    eo circiter hominum numero XVI. milia expedita cum omni equitatu Ariovistus misit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 49, 3:

    legiones expeditae,

    id. B. C. 1, 42, 1;

    so of soldiers without baggage,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 2; 6, 25, 1; 1, 27 fin. et saep.—As subst.: expĕdī-tus, i, m., a soldier lightly burdened, a swiftly marching soldier:

    latitudo (silvae) novem dierum iter expedito patet,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 1:

    obviam fit ei Clodius expeditus in equo,

    Cic. Mil. 10, 28; cf.

    Sagana,

    tucked up, Hor. Epod. 5, 25:

    expedito nobis homine et parato opus est,

    ready, at hand, prompt, Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 26; cf.:

    expeditus ad caedem,

    id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

    ad pronuntiandum,

    id. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.:

    facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

    id. Brut. 48 fin. —
    B.
    Of inanim. or abstr. things, convenient, at hand:

    iis expedito loco actuaria navigia relinquit,

    commodious, Caes. B. C. 1, 27; cf.:

    via expeditior ad honores,

    Cic. Fl. 41, 104:

    reditum in caelum patere optimo et justissimo cuique expeditissimum,

    id. Lael. 4, 13:

    pecunia expeditissima quae erat, tibi decreta est,

    the readiest, the nearest at hand, id. Fam. 11, 24, 2; cf.

    rationes,

    id. ib. 10, 25, 2:

    cena (with parca),

    Plin. Ep. 3, 12, 1:

    expeditissimum unguentorum,

    Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8:

    probabili expedito, soluto, libero, nullā re implicato,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105:

    expedita erat et perfacile currens oratio,

    id. Brut. 63, 227; cf.:

    expedita ac profluens dicendi celeritas,

    id. ib. 61, 220:

    inops ad ornandum, sed ad inveniendum expedita Hermagorae disciplina,

    id. ib. 76, 263:

    prope jam expeditam Caesaris victoriam interpellaverunt,

    achieved, Caes. B. C. 3, 70 fin. —
    b.
    In the neutr. absol.: in expedito esse, habere, etc., to be or have in readiness or at hand:

    quaedam sunt quidem in animo, sed parum prompta: quae incipiunt in expedito esse, quum dicta sunt,

    Sen. Ep. 94 med.; cf.:

    promptum hoc et in expedito positum,

    Quint. 10, 7, 24:

    in expedito haberent integras copias ad opem ferendam,

    ready for action, Liv. 36, 16, 10.—Hence, adv.: ex-pĕdīte, without impediment, without difficulty, readily, promptly, quickly:

    in iis rebus celeriter expediteque percipiendis, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 12 fin.:

    expedite explicans quod proposuerat,

    id. Brut. 67, 237:

    fabulatu's,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63:

    loqui,

    Suet. Aug. 89.— Comp.:

    non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

    Cic. Inv 2, 23, 69:

    navigare,

    id. Att. 6, 8, 4:

    fit putatio,

    Col. Arb. 11, 1.— Sup.:

    ex quo te, quocumque opus erit, facillime et expeditissime conferas,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 2.

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