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dĕcĭmātĭo, ōnis, f. [decimo], the taking of a tenth.

A tithing:

omnis,

Vulg. Tobiae, 1, 7.—

A selecting by lot of every tenth man for punishment, decimation, Capitol. Macr. 12.—

A tenth:

adhuc in ea decimatio,

Vulg. Isa. 6, 13.

dēlectus, a, um, Part., from 1. deligo.

dēlectus or dīlectus (so often in best MSS., and adopted by Halm in Quint. and Cic., Weissenb. in Liv., Dietsch in Sall., and by Brambach, etc.; but Bait. and Kay. in Cic., Dinter and Nipperdey in Caes., delectus), ūs, m. [1. deligo], a choosing or picking out, a selecting; a selection, choice, distinction (freq. and class.).

In gen.:

utrimque tibi nunc dilectum para,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 157:

mihi quidem etiam lautius videtur, quod eligitur, et ad quod delectus adhibetur,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 90: earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus, ut, etc. (shortly before: cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio), id. ib. 1, 10, 33:

in hoc verborum genere propriorum delectus est quidam habendus,

id. de Or. 3, 37, 150; so, verborum, Caes. ap. Cic. Brut. 72, 253; Quint. 12, 9, 6; cf.:

rerum verborumque agendus,

id. 10, 3, 5:

verbis delectum adhibere,

Tac. Or. 22: cujus (euphônias) in eo dilectus est, ut, etc., Quint. 1, 5, 4:

judicum,

Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

omnium rerum delectum atque discrimen pecunia sustulisset,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 50;

so with discrimen,

id. Fin. 4, 25, 69:

magnus hominum et dignitatum,

id. Rep. 1, 34:

dignitatis,

id. Clu. 46; id. Off. 1, 14, 45:

acceptorum beneficiorum sunt delectus habendi,

id. ib. 1, 15, 49:

non delectu aliquo aut sapientia ducitur ad judicandum,

id. Planc. 4:

sine ullo delectu, sine populi Rom. notione, sine judicio senatus,

id. Agr. 2, 21 fin.; cf. Ov. M. 10, 325;

and on the contrary, cum delectu,

making a selection, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180; Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 18.—

Milit. t. t., a levy, a recruiting:

per legatos delectum habere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 1; so, delectum habere, a standing phrase for recruiting, id. ib. 7, 1; id. B. C. 1, 2; 1, 6; Cic. Phil. 5, 12; Sall. C. 36, 3; Liv. 2, 28; Tac. A. 13, 35 al.; cf.

the postAug. agere,

Quint. 12, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 29, 30, § 107; Tac. H. 2, 16; Suet. Calig. 43 al.:

conficere,

Liv. 25, 5:

quas (legiones) ex novo delectu confecerat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

exercitus superbissimo delectu collectus,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 2 fin.:

provincialis,

made in the province, provincial, id. Fam. 15, 1 fin.:

in bella,

Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66.—

Meton. (abstr. pro concreto), the men levied, a levy:

e Britannico delectu octo milia sibi adjunxit,

Tac. H. 2, 57.

dī-lĭgo, lexi, lectum, 3, v. a. [2. lego]. Prop., to distinguish one by selecting him from others; hence, in gen., to value or esteem highly, to love (v. amo init., and cf. faveo, studeo, foveo, cupio; very freq. and class.).

Prop.:

nihil est enim virtute amabilius, nihil quod magis alliciat ad diligendum: quippe cum propter virtutem et probitatem etiam eos, quos numquam vidimus, quodam modo diligamus,

Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf. id. ib. 9, 29 sq.; 14, 50; id. Rep. 1, 10 fin.; 1, 12 et saep. (cf. also the passages with diligo which are cited under amo, 1. and 1. colo, II. 2. b.); Caes. B. G. 6, 19 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 61, 3; Suet. Caes. 67; Verg. A. 9, 430; Hor. C. 2, 20, 7 et saep.:

satin habes, si feminarum nulla'st, quam aeque diligam?

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 11; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Verg. A. 1, 344; Hor. C. 2, 5, 17; Suet. Caes. 50; 52; id. Aug. 62 al.:

te in germani fratris dilexi loco,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 57; cf. Verg. A. 4, 31; Suet. Calig. 24 al.: quem di diligunt, whom the gods favor, denoting a fortunate person, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 18; Ter. And. 5, 6, 9; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 14. —Prov.:

diligitur nemo, nisi cui fortuna secunda est,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 23.

Transf.

Of inanimate objects:

fidem est complexus, observantiamque dilexit,

Cic. Balb. 28; cf.:

Caesaris consilia in re publica,

id. Prov. Cons. 10 fin.:

benevolentiam, diligentiam, prudentiam mirifice,

id. Att. 12, 34 fin.:

aviae memoriam,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

auream mediocritatem,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 6:

Cypron,

id. ib. 1, 30, 2 et saep. —

Very rarely, of inanimate subjects, to love, choose, affect:

montes amant cedrus, larix, etc.... montes et valles diligit abies,

Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 73 sq. —

With inf. for amare, to do willingly or habitually, to be fond of doing:

pira nasci tali solo maxime diligunt,

Pall. Febr. 25, 1.—Hence,

dī-lĭgens, entis, P. a., prop. esteeming, loving; hence, in respect to an inanimate object, careful, assiduous, attentive, diligent, accurate with regard to it, opp. negligens (very freq. and class.).

In gen.

With praepp.:

qui in re adventitia atque hereditaria tam diligens, tam attentus esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48; so, in rebus omnibus, id. Lael. 17, 62:

in exquirendis temporibus,

id. Rep. 2, 14 fin.:

in ostentis animadvertendis,

id. Div. 1, 42 fin.:

in compositione,

id. Quint. 10, 1, 79:

in philosophia,

id. ib. 129:

in eloquendo,

id. ib. 63:

in symmetria,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58 al.:

ad custodiendum aliquem diligentissimus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19; so,

ad reportandum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6:

ad cetera,

Quint. 1, 1, 7:

diligentes circa hoc,

Plin. 31, 5, 30, § 56:

circa aerarium,

Eutr. 8, 7.—

With gen.:

omnis officii diligentissimus,

Cic. Cael. 30, 73:

veritatis,

Nep. Epam. 3:

imperii,

id. Con. 1, 2:

disciplinae,

Vell. 1, 6; cf.:

litterarum veterum,

Gell. 4, 11, 4:

compositionis,

Quint. 9, 4, 77:

aliarum rerum quae vitam instruunt,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 3:

temperamenti,

Plin. Pan. 79, 5:

naturae,

attentively investigating it, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; so,

medicinae,

id. 32, 3, 13, § 26 et saep.—

With dat.:

Corinthios video publicis equis assignandis et alendis, orborum et viduarum tributis fuisse quondam diligentes,

Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 32.—

Absol.:

experientissimus ac diligentissimus orator,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21: pro cauto ac diligente, Caes. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.;

for which: ut a diligenti curiosus distat,

Quint. 8, 3, 55; cf. id. 1, 4, 24; 2, 15, 10 et saep.—

Transf., of inanimate subjects:

assidua ac diligens scriptura,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf.:

diligentior notitia,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 84:

stilus,

Tac. Or. 39:

remedia,

Sen. Ep. 95; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 45; Vell. 1, 4.—

In partic., with reference to domestic affairs, frugal, thrifty, economical (cf. its opp. negligens = prodigus, and Ruhnk. Rutil. Lup. p. 95, a, ed. Frotsch.):

homo frugi ac diligens, qui sua servare vellet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1; cf.

opp. negligens,

ib. 4, 13, 8;

and c. c. parcus and opp. luxuriosus,

Auct. Her. 4, 34:

cum te pro illiberali diligentem (appelles),

Quint. 9, 3, 65:

ex re familiari, cujus diligentissimus erat,

Suet. Gramm. 23.—Hence, dīlĭgenter, adv. (acc. to II. A.), carefully, attentively, diligently:

accurate agatur, docte et diligenter,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 30; id. Men. 5, 6, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 1; 2, 3, 47 al.; Cic. Phil. 1, 15 fin.; id. Fam. 6, 5; id. Att. 16, 16 A. fin.; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 al.— Comp., Cic. Rep. 1, 22; id. Brut. 22, 86; Caes. B. G. 3, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8, 4; Vulg. Act. 22, 30 al.— Sup., Cic. Lael. 2, 7; id. Rep. 2, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 28 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 81 al.—

dīlectus, a, um, P. a., loved, beloved, dear (rare).—With dat.:

pueri dilecti Superis,

Ov. M. 10, 153; so id. ib. 5, 395; 8, 758.—In sup., Stat. Th. 8, 99; Vulg. Heb. 6, 9.— Absol.:

luce mihi carior dilectior fili,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1 init.; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 74 al.— Subst.: dīlectus, i, m., = ho erômenos, a favorite, Suet. Aug. 98.

lectĭo, ōnis, f. [lego].

A gathering, collecting.

In gen. (post-Aug. and rare):

lectio lapidum,

Col. 2, 2, 12:

florum,

Arn. 5, 173.—

In partic., a picking out, selecting:

judicum,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16. —

A reading, perusal; a reading out, reading aloud.

Lit.

In gen.:

delectabatur lectione librorum,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

lectio sine ulla delectatione,

id. Tusc. 2, 3, 7:

versuum,

Quint. 1, 8, 2:

non cruda, sed multa iteratione mollita et velut confecta,

id. 10, 1, 19:

continua,

id. 11, 2, 34; cf. id. 1, cap. 8 and 10, cap. 1 passim.—

In partic.: lectio senatūs, a reading off or calling over the names of the senators;

this was done by the censor, who at the same time struck the unworthy ones from the list: infamis atque invidiosa senatus lectio,

Liv. 9, 29; 27, 11; Suet. Aug. 35.—

Transf. (abstr. pro contr.), that which is read, reading, text (post-class.):

lectio tamen docet, eo tempore solitos, etc.,

Macr. S. 7, 7, 5:

haec sunt quae lectio pontificalis habet,

id. ib. 7, 13, 11 fin.:

juris lectiones,

passages of the laws, Cod. Just. 6, 61, 5:

ubi lectio aliqua falsitate notata est,

Isid. 1, 20, 3; so,

pervulgati juris,

Amm. 30, 4, 18:

datā lectione quae non sit intellectu difficilis,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 163: quia Moyses prius hoc statuit, sicut lectio manifestat, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 7, 1 prooem.

lĕgĭo, ōnis, f. [2. lego] (prop., a selecting, choosing; hence), transf., a body of soldiers:

legio, quod leguntur milites in delectu,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 87 Müll.

Lit., a Roman legion. It consisted of 10 cohorts of foot-soldiers and 300 cavalry, making together between 4200 and 6000 men. As a general rule, the legion was composed of Roman citizens; it was only on the most pressing occasions that slaves were taken into it. The standard was a silver eagle. The legions were usually designated by numerals, according to the order in which they were levied;

though sometimes they were named after the emperor who raised them, or after their leader, after a deity, after some exploit performed by them, etc.: cum legionibus secunda ac tertia,

Liv. 10, 18:

undevicesima,

id. 27, 14:

vicesima,

id. 27, 38:

Claudiana,

Tac. H. 2, 84:

Galbiana,

id. ib. 2, 86:

Martia,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2:

adjutrix,

Tac. H. 2, 43:

rapax,

id. ib.:

in legione sunt centuriae sexaginta, manipuli triginta, cohortes decem,

Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. Index rerum, s. v. legio.—

Transf.

Plur., of the troops of other nations, legions, soldiers:

Bruttiae Lucanaeque legiones,

Liv. 8, 24:

Latinae,

id. 6, 32; cf.

of the troops of the Samnites,

id. 10, 17;

of the Gauls,

id. 22, 14;

of the Carthaginians,

id. 26, 6:

Teleboae ex oppido Legiones educunt suas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 62:

in quorum (i. e. Thebanorum) sulcis legiones dentibus anguis nascuntur,

Juv. 14, 241.—

In gen., an army, a large body of troops: legio rediit, Enn. ap. Non. 385, 17 (Ann. v. 535 Vahl.):

quia cotidie ipse ad me ab legione epistolas mittebat,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 56; 83; 2, 2, 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 48:

si tu ad legionem bellator cluis, at ego in culina clueo,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 53:

cetera dum legio campis instructa tenetur,

Verg. A. 9, 368:

de colle videri poterat legio,

id. ib. 8, 605;

10, 120: horruit Argoae legio ratis,

Val. Fl. 7, 573.—

Of a large body of men:

idem istuc aliis adscriptivis fieri ad legionem solet,

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 2; cf.:

legio mihi nomen est, quod multi sumus,

Vulg. Marc. 5, 9; id. Luc. 8, 30; 36:

duodecim legiones angelorum,

id. Matt. 26, 53.—

Trop.:

sibi nunc uterque contra legiones parat,

his troops, forces, expedients, Plaut. Cas. prol. 50.