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  • 1 sequor

    , sequi, secutus
    to follow, trail.

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > sequor

  • 2 sequo

    sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    i, jam sequor te, mater,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:

    neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

    id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:

    qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:

    ne sequerer moechas,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 113:

    vallem,

    Liv. 32, 6, 5:

    pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,

    Ov. M. 8, 332:

    vestigia alicujus,

    id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—
    (β).
    Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):

    abi prae, jam ego sequar,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:

    quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?

    id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

    funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:

    curriculo sequi,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

    Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

    si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:

    servi sequentes,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:

    hos aliae gentes sequebantur,

    id. 4, 12, 9.—
    b.
    Of things:

    magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

    neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:

    zonā bene te secutā,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:

    hostes sequitur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

    hostem,

    Ov. M. 13, 548:

    fugacem,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

    feras,

    Ov. M. 2, 498:

    nudo genitas Pandione ferro,

    id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:

    hostem pilo,

    Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:

    finem sequendi facere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —
    2.
    To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

    sequens annus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    sequente anno,

    Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:

    secuto die,

    id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:

    secuta aetas,

    id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

    sequenti senatu,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:

    secuturo Phoebo,

    Luc. 2, 528:

    sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,

    Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:

    ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,

    Tac. A. 11, 38:

    Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,

    Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—
    (β).
    With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:

    ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

    Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;

    sequitur clamor,

    Verg. A. 9, 504:

    tonitrum secuti nimbi,

    Ov. M. 14, 542:

    lacrimae sunt verba secutae,

    id. ib. 9, 780:

    nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,

    and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—
    3.
    Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:

    ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,

    Liv. 33, 13, 10:

    ut victorem res sequeretur,

    id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:

    heredem monumentum,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:

    heredem possessio,

    Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:

    quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,

    Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;

    and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—
    4.
    To go towards or to a place:

    Formias nunc sequimur,

    Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

    Epirum, Cyzicum,

    id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

    Italiam,

    Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:

    Itala regna,

    Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—
    5.
    Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:

    herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:

    oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

    Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:

    nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,

    id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:

    ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,

    Verg. A. 6, 146:

    cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,

    Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,

    Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:

    trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,

    Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;

    consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:

    quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

    damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,

    to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,

    should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

    dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,

    id. ib. 20, 74:

    post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,

    id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:

    an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,

    Liv. 5, 6, 7. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:

    sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,

    id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

    eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,

    Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,

    sectam,

    Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):

    Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

    amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,

    id. ib. 12, 43:

    auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,

    id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    sententiam Scipionis,

    id. ib. 1, 2:

    vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,

    have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:

    haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,

    Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:

    novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,

    id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

    Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:

    arma victricia,

    Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:

    quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,

    Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:

    si modo verba sequantur,

    Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—
    2.
    To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:

    eam (sc. utilitatem),

    Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

    justitiam,

    id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:

    otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,

    id. Mur. 27, 55:

    amoenitatem et salubritatem,

    id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

    matris commodum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

    lites,

    id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:

    gratiam Caesaris,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

    linguam et nomen,

    Liv. 31, 7:

    mercedes,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:

    quae nocuere (opp. fugere),

    id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:

    nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

    ferro extrema,

    Verg. A. 6, 457:

    fidem,

    Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:

    plurisque sequor disponere causas,

    Lucr. 5, 529.—
    3.
    In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:

    sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

    sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,

    id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:

    haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,

    Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:

    ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:

    sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,

    Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—
    4.
    In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:

    nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:

    si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,

    Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:

    sequitur igitur ut, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:

    sequitur ergo ut, etc.,

    Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—
    5.
    To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:

    tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:

    non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,

    id. Or. 49, 165:

    lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,

    Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:

    verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

    Hor. A. P. 311:

    sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,

    Quint. 2, 14, 1:

    laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,

    id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;

    8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,

    Quint. 5, 10, 42:

    reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,

    Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:

    sequenti tempore,

    Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:

    sequente anno,

    id. 3, 31, 2:

    sequenti nocte,

    Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:

    Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,

    the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;

    as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,

    Quint. 8, 6, 40.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sequo

  • 3 sequor

    sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    i, jam sequor te, mater,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:

    neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,

    id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:

    qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:

    ne sequerer moechas,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 113:

    vallem,

    Liv. 32, 6, 5:

    pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,

    Ov. M. 8, 332:

    vestigia alicujus,

    id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—
    (β).
    Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):

    abi prae, jam ego sequar,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:

    quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?

    id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:

    funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:

    curriculo sequi,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

    Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 24:

    si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:

    servi sequentes,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:

    hos aliae gentes sequebantur,

    id. 4, 12, 9.—
    b.
    Of things:

    magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

    neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:

    zonā bene te secutā,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:

    hostes sequitur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:

    hostem,

    Ov. M. 13, 548:

    fugacem,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

    feras,

    Ov. M. 2, 498:

    nudo genitas Pandione ferro,

    id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:

    hostem pilo,

    Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:

    finem sequendi facere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —
    2.
    To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

    sequens annus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    sequente anno,

    Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:

    secuto die,

    id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:

    secuta aetas,

    id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:

    sequenti senatu,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:

    secuturo Phoebo,

    Luc. 2, 528:

    sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,

    Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:

    ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,

    Tac. A. 11, 38:

    Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,

    Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—
    (β).
    With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:

    ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,

    Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;

    sequitur clamor,

    Verg. A. 9, 504:

    tonitrum secuti nimbi,

    Ov. M. 14, 542:

    lacrimae sunt verba secutae,

    id. ib. 9, 780:

    nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,

    and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—
    3.
    Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:

    ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,

    Liv. 33, 13, 10:

    ut victorem res sequeretur,

    id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:

    heredem monumentum,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:

    heredem possessio,

    Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:

    quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,

    Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;

    and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—
    4.
    To go towards or to a place:

    Formias nunc sequimur,

    Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:

    Epirum, Cyzicum,

    id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:

    Italiam,

    Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:

    Itala regna,

    Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—
    5.
    Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:

    herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:

    oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

    Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:

    nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,

    id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:

    ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,

    Verg. A. 6, 146:

    cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,

    Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,

    Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:

    trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,

    Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;

    consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:

    quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

    damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,

    to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,

    should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

    dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,

    id. ib. 20, 74:

    post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,

    id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:

    an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,

    Liv. 5, 6, 7. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:

    sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,

    id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

    eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,

    Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,

    sectam,

    Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):

    Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

    amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,

    id. ib. 12, 43:

    auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,

    id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    sententiam Scipionis,

    id. ib. 1, 2:

    vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,

    have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:

    haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,

    Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:

    novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,

    id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:

    Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:

    arma victricia,

    Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:

    quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,

    Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:

    si modo verba sequantur,

    Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—
    2.
    To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:

    eam (sc. utilitatem),

    Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

    justitiam,

    id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:

    otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,

    id. Mur. 27, 55:

    amoenitatem et salubritatem,

    id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

    matris commodum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

    lites,

    id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:

    gratiam Caesaris,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 1:

    linguam et nomen,

    Liv. 31, 7:

    mercedes,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:

    quae nocuere (opp. fugere),

    id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:

    nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

    ferro extrema,

    Verg. A. 6, 457:

    fidem,

    Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:

    plurisque sequor disponere causas,

    Lucr. 5, 529.—
    3.
    In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:

    sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

    sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,

    id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:

    haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,

    Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:

    ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:

    sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,

    Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—
    4.
    In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:

    nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,

    Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:

    si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,

    Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:

    sequitur igitur ut, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:

    sequitur ergo ut, etc.,

    Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—
    5.
    To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:

    tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:

    non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,

    id. Or. 49, 165:

    lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,

    Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:

    verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

    Hor. A. P. 311:

    sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,

    Quint. 2, 14, 1:

    laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,

    id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;

    8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,

    Quint. 5, 10, 42:

    reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,

    Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:

    sequenti tempore,

    Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:

    sequente anno,

    id. 3, 31, 2:

    sequenti nocte,

    Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:

    Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,

    the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;

    as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,

    Quint. 8, 6, 40.

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  • 4 sequor

        sequor (P. praes. gen. plur. sequentūm, V.), secūtus (-quūtus), ī, dep.    [SEC-], to follow, come after, follow after, attend, accompany: I prae, sequor, T.: cum omnibus suis carris, Cs.: servi sequentes, H.: hos falcati currūs sequebantur, Cu.: me intro hac, T.: signa, to march, S.: Ne sequerer moechas, H.: vallem, L.: scrutantīs quā evellant telum non sequitur, i. e. cannot be drawn out, L.: trahit manu lignum; Id vix sequitur, O.: zonā bene te secutā, i. e. which you fortunately have worn, H.— To follow, succeed, come after, come next: sequitur hunc annum Caudina pax, L.: ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequuntur: tonitrum secuti nimbi, O.: quae sequuntur, and so forth: sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.— To go to, seek, be bound for, have for a destination: Formias nunc sequimur: loca, Cs.: Italiam, V.: Rura, O.— To follow, chase, pursue: finem sequendi, Cs.: facere: hanc pestem agmen sequebatur: hostīs, Cs.: (te) fugacem, H.: feras, O.— To follow, fall to the share of, belong to: ut urbes captae Aetolos sequerentur, L.: heredes monumentum ne sequeretur, H.: quo minus petebat gloriam, eo magis illa sequebatur, S.—Fig., to follow, succeed, result, ensue: si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.: patrem sequuntur liberi, take the rank of, L.: damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut, etc., to befall, Cs.: modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur, ensue: ex hac re, L.— To follow, take as guide, comply with, accede to, obey, imitate, adopt, conform to: sententiam Scipionis, Cs.: vos vestrum<*> que factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta, have imitated, Cs.: Crassi auctoritatem: quid? iudices non crimina, non testīs sequentur? shall be influenced by: naturam: victricia arma, V.: me auctorem: non lingua valet... nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. obey the will, V.— To follow, pursue, strive after, aim at, seek: iustitiam: amoenitatem: Caesaris gratiam, Cs.: linguam et nomen, L.: Mercedes, H.: ferro extrema, V.—Of an inference, to follow, be proved: ut sequatur vitam beatam virtute confici: hoc sequitur, ut familia Tulli concidi oportuerit?: non enim sequitur, ut, etc.— To follow naturally, come easily, be readily controlled, be obtained without effort: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: nihil est quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio: Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur, H.
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    sequi, secutus sum V DEP
    follow; escort/attend/accompany; aim at/reach after/strive for/make for/seek; support/back/side with; obey, observe; pursue/chase; range/spread over; attain

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  • 5 secta

    1.
    secta, ae, f. [ part. perf. of seco, sc. via, v. seco, I. C. 2., and II. B. fin. ]; prop., a trodden or beaten way, a path; footsteps; hence, trop., a (prescribed) way, mode, manner, method, principles of conduct or procedure (syn.: ratio, via, etc.); most freq. in the phrase sectam (alicujus) sequi (persequi, etc.), to follow in the footsteps (of any one); hence, also, sectam (alicujus) secuti, a party, faction, sect.
    I.
    In gen.:

    nos, qui hanc sectam rationemque vitae, re magis quam verbis, secuti sumus,

    mode of life, Cic. Cael. 17, 40; so,

    vitae,

    Quint. 3, 8, 38; 12, 2, 6; Plin. Pan. 45, 4; cf. id. ib. 85, 7:

    horum nos hominum sectam atque instituta persequimur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181; cf.:

    cujus sectam sequi, cujus imperio parere potissimum vellet,

    id. Rab. Perd. 8, 22:

    sequi ejus auctoritatem, cujus sectam atque imperium secutus est,

    id. Fam. 13, 4, 2:

    omnis natura habet quasi viam quandam et sectam quam sequatur,

    id. N. D. 2, 22, 57:

    negant se pro Vitruvio sectamque ejus secutis precatum venisse,

    Liv. 8, 19; cf. id. 29, 27; 35, 49; 36, 1;

    42, 31: juvenes hortatur, ut illam ire viam pergant et eidem incumbere sectae,

    Juv. 14, 121 sq.:

    divitioris sectam plerumque secuntur Quamlibet et fortes,

    follow, adhere to, Lucr. 5, 1114:

    gallae sectam meam exsecutae, mihi comites, etc.,

    Cat. 63, 15 et saep.—
    II.
    In partic., doctrines, school, sect (not freq. until the post-Aug. per.; syn.: schola, disciplina).
    A.
    In philosophic lang.:

    quo magis tuum, Brute, judicium probo, qui eorum philosophorum sectam secutus es,

    Cic. Brut. 31, 120; cf.:

    inter Stoicos et Epicuri sectam secutos pugna perpetua est,

    Quint. 5, 7, 35.— Plur.:

    ad morem certas in philosophia sectas sequendi,

    Quint. 3, 1, 18:

    neque me cujusdam sectae velut quādam superstitione imbutus addixi,

    id. 3, 1, 22:

    assumptā Stoicorum arrogantiā sectāque,

    Tac. A. 14, 57:

    Demetrio Cynicam sectam professo,

    id. H. 4, 40:

    auctoritatem Stoicae sectae praeferebat,

    id. A. 16, 32; 6, 22:

    inter duos diversarum sectarum velut duces,

    Quint. 5, 13, 59. —
    B.
    In jurisprudence:

    hi duo primum veluti diversas sectas fecerunt,

    schools, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 47.—
    C.
    In medicine, a school:

    alia est Hippocratis secta, alia Asclepiadis,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 9.—
    D.
    In religion, a sect, Cod. Just. 1, 9, 3:

    plurimae sectae et haereses,

    Lact. 4, 30, 2:

    Nazaraenorum,

    Vulg. Act. 24, 5.—
    E.
    Rarely of a class or guild of men:

    sincera et innoxia pastoriae illius sectae integritas,

    Flor. 3, 12, 2.—
    F.
    In Appul., a band of robbers, App. M. 4, pp. 150, 29, and 153, 22.
    2.
    secta, ōrum, n. [1. seco, I. B. 1.], parts of the body operated upon:

    secta recentia,

    Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 126.

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  • 6 auctōritās

        auctōritās ātis, f    [auctor], origination, production: eius (facti).—Power, authority, supremacy: in re p.: populi R.: legum dandarum: legatos cum auctoritate mittere, plenipotentiaries.—A deliberate judgment, conviction, opinion, decision, resolve, will: in orationibus auctoritates consignatas habere: omissis auctoritatibus, opinions aside: antiquorum: senatūs: senatūs vetus de Bacchanalibus, decree: respondit ex auctoritate senatūs consul, L.: legati ex auctoritate haec renuntiant (sc. senatūs), Cs.: ad ea patranda senatūs auctoritate adnitebatur, by decrees, S.: populi R.: censoria: collegii (pontificum), L.—Warrant, assurance, trustworthiness: in testimonio: somniorum: cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas.—Responsibility, accountability: quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatūs mei.—A voucher, security: cum publicis auctoritatibus convenire, credentials: auctoritates praescriptae, attesting signatures: auctoritates principum conligere, responsible names.— In law, a prescriptive title (to property), right by possession: usus et auctoritas fundi: adversus hostem aeterna: iure auctoritatis.—An example, model, precedent: omnium superiorum: alicuius auctoritatem sequi: totius Italiae auctoritatem sequi, Cs. — Counsel, advice, persuasion: omnium qui consulebantur: ut vostra auctoritas Meae auctoritati adiutrix sit, T.: quorum auctoritas apud plebem plurimum valeat, Cs.: quorum auctoritas pollebat, S.: auctoritate suā alqm commovere.—Of persons, influence, weight, dignity, reputation, authority: tanta in Mario fuit, ut, etc.: auctoritatem habere apud alqm: alcui auctoritatem addere, L.: facere, to create: in re militari, prestige, Cs.: a tantā auctoritate approbata, by a person so influential.—Of things, importance, significance, force, weight, power, worth, consequence: nullius (legis) apud te: in hominum fidelitate: huius auctoritatem loci attingere, dignity.
    * * *
    title (legal), ownership; right to authorize/sanction, power; decree, order; authority, influence; responsibility; prestige, reputation; opinion, judgment

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  • 7 secta

        secta ae, f    [SEC-], a beaten way, pathway, mode, manner, method, principle: omnis natura habet sectam quam sequatur: eidem incumbere sectae, Iu.: hanc sectam rationemque vitae sequi, mode of life.—A body of political principles, party, side: cuius sectam atque imperium secutus es: pro Vitruvio sectamque eius secutis precari, his party, L.—In philosophy, a doctrine, school, sect: eorum philosophorum sectam sequi.

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  • 8 bellum

    bellum (ante-class. and poet. duel-lum), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.
    I.
    Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:

    bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,

    Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):

    legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:

    quae domi duellique male fecisti,

    id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:

    quique agent rem duelli,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

    aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):

    puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,

    Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,

    quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,

    id. 22, 10, 2:

    victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,

    id. 23, 11, 2:

    si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,

    id. 36, 2, 2;

    and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,

    id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:

    hic... Pacem duello miscuit,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:

    cadum Marsi memorem duelli,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 18:

    vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,

    id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]
    II.
    Form bellum.
    A.
    War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).
    1.
    Specifying the enemy.
    a.
    By adjj. denoting the nation:

    omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

    aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:

    Britannicum bellum,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    Gallicum,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

    Germanicum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

    Sabinum,

    Liv. 1, 26, 4:

    Parthicum,

    Vell. 2, 46, 2;

    similarly: bellum piraticum,

    the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:

    Sertorianum bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    Mithridaticum,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

    Jugurthinum,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;

    similarly: bellum regium,

    the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:

    bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

    Asiaticum,

    id. ib. 22, 64:

    Africum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

    Actiacum,

    Vell. 2, 86, 3:

    Hispaniense,

    id. 2, 55, 2.—
    b.
    With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

    Venetorum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16:

    Helvetiorum,

    id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;

    1, 30: Ambiorigis,

    id. ib. 6, 29, 4:

    Pyrrhi, Philippi,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:

    Samnitium,

    Liv. 7, 29, 2.—
    c.
    With cum and abl. of the name.
    (α).
    Attributively:

    cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

    belli causa cum Samnitibus,

    Liv. 7, 29, 3:

    hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,

    id. 33, 35, 12:

    novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,

    id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—
    (β).
    With cum dependent on the verb:

    quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:

    novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,

    Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—
    d.
    With adversus and acc. of the name.
    (α).
    Attributively:

    bellum adversus Philippum,

    Liv. 31, 1, 8:

    bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,

    id. 8, 29, 6.—
    (β).
    With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:

    ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,

    id. 45, 11, 8:

    bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
    e.
    With contra and acc.:

    cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    causam belli contra patriam inferendi,

    id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—
    f.
    With in and acc. (very rare):

    Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,

    Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—
    g.
    With inter and acc.:

    hic finis belli inter Romanos ac Persea fuit,

    Liv. 45, 9, 2.—
    h.
    With apud and acc.:

    secutum est bellum gestum apud Mutinam,

    Nep. Att. 9, 1.—
    k.
    With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—
    2.
    With verbs.
    a.
    Referring to the beginning of the war.
    (α).
    Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:

    summa erat observatio in bello movendo,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:

    bellum commotum a Scapula,

    id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:

    nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,

    Sall. C. 30, 2:

    is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,

    Liv. 1, 53, 2:

    insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,

    id. 4, 58, 6:

    dii pium movere bellum,

    id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,

    concitare,

    Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—
    (β).
    Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:

    cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,

    Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:

    bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,

    Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,

    parare alicui,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:

    bellum terra et mari comparat,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

    tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:

    bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,

    Liv. 4, 55, 7:

    numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—
    (γ).
    Bellum differre, to postpone a war:

    nec jam poterat bellum differri,

    Liv. 2, 30, 7:

    mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,

    id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—
    (δ).
    Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):

    omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,

    id. ib. 20, 5:

    de integro bellum sumit,

    id. ib. 62, 9:

    iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,

    Liv. 38, 19, 3:

    sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,

    Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—
    (ε).
    Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:

    bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:

    suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 11, 35:

    judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,

    join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):

    cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,

    undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:

    senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,

    id. 6, 9, 5:

    bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,

    Vell. 2, 3, 3.—
    (ζ).
    Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):

    consensit et senatus bellum,

    Liv. 8, 6, 8:

    bellum erat consensum,

    id. 1, 32, 12.—
    (η).
    Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:

    sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,

    id. ib.:

    cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?

    id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

    Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,

    Liv. 5, 26, 3:

    Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,

    id. 6, 22, 6:

    Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,

    id. 7, 23, 2:

    quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

    cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,

    id. ib. 16, 49:

    hunc toti bello praefecerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

    alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

    bellum administrandum permittere,

    id. ib. 21, 61.—
    (θ).
    Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:

    ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,

    Liv. 1, 32, 13:

    Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,

    id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:

    bellum indici posse existimabat,

    Liv. 1, 22, 4:

    ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,

    id. 1, 22, 6:

    ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,

    id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—
    (κ).
    Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:

    Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,

    Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

    ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:

    bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    bellum patriae faciet,

    id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:

    civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;

    3, 29: constituit bellum facere,

    Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:

    occupant bellum facere,

    they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:

    ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,

    id. 1, 32, 13:

    populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,

    id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:

    urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—
    (λ).
    Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:

    subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

    aliud multo propius bellum ortum,

    Liv. 1, 14, 4:

    Veiens bellum exortum,

    id. 2, 53, 1.—

    bellum

    (ante-class. and poet.

    duel-lum

    ), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.
    I.
    Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:

    bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,

    Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):

    legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:

    quae domi duellique male fecisti,

    id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:

    quique agent rem duelli,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

    aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):

    puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,

    Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,

    quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,

    id. 22, 10, 2:

    victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,

    id. 23, 11, 2:

    si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,

    id. 36, 2, 2;

    and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,

    id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:

    hic... Pacem duello miscuit,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:

    cadum Marsi memorem duelli,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 18:

    vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,

    id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]
    II.
    Form bellum.
    A.
    War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).
    1.
    Specifying the enemy.
    a.
    By adjj. denoting the nation:

    omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

    aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:

    Britannicum bellum,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    Gallicum,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

    Germanicum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

    Sabinum,

    Liv. 1, 26, 4:

    Parthicum,

    Vell. 2, 46, 2;

    similarly: bellum piraticum,

    the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:

    Sertorianum bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    Mithridaticum,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

    Jugurthinum,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;

    similarly: bellum regium,

    the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:

    bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

    Asiaticum,

    id. ib. 22, 64:

    Africum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

    Actiacum,

    Vell. 2, 86, 3:

    Hispaniense,

    id. 2, 55, 2.—
    b.
    With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

    Venetorum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16:

    Helvetiorum,

    id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;

    1, 30: Ambiorigis,

    id. ib. 6, 29, 4:

    Pyrrhi, Philippi,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:

    Samnitium,

    Liv. 7, 29, 2.—
    c.
    With cum and abl. of the name.
    (α).
    Attributively:

    cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

    belli causa cum Samnitibus,

    Liv. 7, 29, 3:

    hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,

    id. 33, 35, 12:

    novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,

    id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—
    (β).
    With cum dependent on the verb:

    quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:

    novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,

    Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—
    d.
    With adversus and acc. of the name.
    (α).
    Attributively:

    bellum adversus Philippum,

    Liv. 31, 1, 8:

    bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,

    id. 8, 29, 6.—
    (β).
    With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:

    ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,

    id. 45, 11, 8:

    bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
    e.
    With contra and acc.:

    cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    causam belli contra patriam inferendi,

    id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—
    f.
    With in and acc. (very rare):

    Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,

    Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—
    g.
    With inter and acc.:

    hic finis belli inter Romanos ac Persea fuit,

    Liv. 45, 9, 2.—
    h.
    With apud and acc.:

    secutum est bellum gestum apud Mutinam,

    Nep. Att. 9, 1.—
    k.
    With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—
    2.
    With verbs.
    a.
    Referring to the beginning of the war.
    (α).
    Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:

    summa erat observatio in bello movendo,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:

    bellum commotum a Scapula,

    id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:

    nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,

    Sall. C. 30, 2:

    is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,

    Liv. 1, 53, 2:

    insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,

    id. 4, 58, 6:

    dii pium movere bellum,

    id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,

    concitare,

    Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—
    (β).
    Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:

    cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,

    Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:

    bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,

    Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,

    parare alicui,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:

    bellum terra et mari comparat,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

    tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:

    bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,

    Liv. 4, 55, 7:

    numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—
    (γ).
    Bellum differre, to postpone a war:

    nec jam poterat bellum differri,

    Liv. 2, 30, 7:

    mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,

    id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—
    (δ).
    Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):

    omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,

    id. ib. 20, 5:

    de integro bellum sumit,

    id. ib. 62, 9:

    iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,

    Liv. 38, 19, 3:

    sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,

    Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—
    (ε).
    Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:

    bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:

    suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 11, 35:

    judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,

    join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):

    cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,

    undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:

    senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,

    id. 6, 9, 5:

    bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,

    Vell. 2, 3, 3.—
    (ζ).
    Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):

    consensit et senatus bellum,

    Liv. 8, 6, 8:

    bellum erat consensum,

    id. 1, 32, 12.—
    (η).
    Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:

    sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,

    id. ib.:

    cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?

    id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

    Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,

    Liv. 5, 26, 3:

    Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,

    id. 6, 22, 6:

    Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,

    id. 7, 23, 2:

    quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

    cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,

    id. ib. 16, 49:

    hunc toti bello praefecerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

    alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

    bellum administrandum permittere,

    id. ib. 21, 61.—
    (θ).
    Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:

    ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,

    Liv. 1, 32, 13:

    Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,

    id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:

    bellum indici posse existimabat,

    Liv. 1, 22, 4:

    ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,

    id. 1, 22, 6:

    ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,

    id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—
    (κ).
    Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:

    Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,

    Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

    ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:

    bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    bellum patriae faciet,

    id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:

    civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;

    3, 29: constituit bellum facere,

    Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:

    occupant bellum facere,

    they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:

    ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,

    id. 1, 32, 13:

    populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,

    id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:

    urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—
    (λ).
    Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:

    subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

    aliud multo propius bellum ortum,

    Liv. 1, 14, 4:

    Veiens bellum exortum,

    id. 2, 53, 1.—
    b.
    Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:

    bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

    cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,

    id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

    cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,

    id. Div. 1, 46, 103:

    erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 10:

    bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,

    id. ib. 4, 6:

    Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,

    Sall. C. 16, 5:

    bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,

    Liv. 21, 1, 1:

    alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,

    id. 2, 62, 3:

    de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,

    id. 23, 25, 5:

    Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,

    Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):

    bellum bellare,

    Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);

    in the same sense: bellum agere,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:

    bello persequi aliquem,

    Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—
    (β).
    Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:

    necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    bellum trahi non posse,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    belli trahendi causa,

    Liv. 5, 11, 8:

    morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,

    id. 9, 27, 5:

    suadere institui ut bellum duceret,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:

    bellum enim ducetur,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;

    similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?

    Liv. 5, 5, 1.—
    (γ).
    Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:

    bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

    quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,

    Liv. 8, 37, 5.—
    c.
    Referring to the end of a war.
    (α).
    Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:

    in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

    (bellum) cum deponi victores velint,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,

    Liv. 31, 1, 8:

    nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,

    id. 31, 31, 19:

    dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,

    Sall. J. 112, 1:

    bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,

    id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:

    velut posito bello,

    Liv. 1, 53, 5:

    manere bellum quod positum simuletur,

    id. 1, 53, 7:

    posito ubique bello,

    Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:

    omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,

    Liv. 2, 14, 5.—
    (β).
    Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:

    timerent ne bellum componeretur,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:

    si bellum compositum foret,

    Sall. J. 97, 2:

    belli componendi licentiam,

    id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;

    similarly: bellum sedare,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
    (γ).
    Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:

    is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:

    bellumque maximum conficies,

    id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:

    confecto Mithridatico bello,

    id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:

    quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;

    4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

    Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:

    neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,

    Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;

    36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:

    se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),

    id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:

    neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,

    Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—
    d.
    Less usual connections:

    bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

    alere ac fovere bellum,

    Liv. 42, 11, 5:

    bellum navare alicui,

    Tac. H. 5, 25:

    spargere,

    id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:

    serere,

    Liv. 21, 10, 4:

    circumferre,

    Tac. A. 13, 37:

    exercere,

    id. ib. 6, 31:

    quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:

    bellum ascendit in rupes,

    id. 4, 12, 4:

    bellum serpit in proximos,

    id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:

    bella narrare,

    Cic. Or. 9, 30:

    canere bella,

    Quint. 10, 1, 91:

    bella legere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—
    3.
    As object denoting place or time.
    a.
    Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.
    (α).
    Of the commander:

    consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:

    ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:

    ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,

    Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:

    in bellum,

    Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—
    (β).
    Of persons partaking in a war:

    si proficiscerer ad bellum,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —
    b.
    Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—
    c.
    In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:

    in bella sequi,

    id. ib. 8, 547.—
    d.
    Of time.
    (α).
    In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):

    valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,

    domi duellique,

    id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):

    quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,

    Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:

    paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,

    Sall. J. 41, 7:

    animus belli ingens, domi modicus,

    id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:

    bello domique,

    id. 1, 34, 12:

    domi belloque,

    id. 9, 26, 21; and:

    neque bello, neque domi,

    id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:

    simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.

    Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—
    (β).
    In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:

    ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:

    in ipso bello eadem sensi,

    id. Marcell. 5, 14:

    in Volsco bello virtus enituit,

    Liv. 2, 24, 8:

    in eo bello,

    id. 23, 46, 6:

    in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,

    id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:

    ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:

    qui in bello occiderunt,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,

    Sall. C. 9, 4:

    non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,

    Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:

    in bello parta,

    Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

    bello Italico,

    id. Pis. 36, 87:

    Veienti bello,

    id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

    domestico bello,

    id. Planc. 29, 70:

    qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,

    Liv. 23, 12, 11:

    victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,

    id. 2, 27, 1:

    nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,

    id. 9, 18, 9:

    bello civili,

    Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:

    praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

    suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:

    qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,

    Cic. Sest. 26, 57:

    res pace belloque gestas,

    Liv. 2, 1, 1:

    egregieque rebus bello gestis,

    id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:

    ludi bello voti,

    id. 4, 35. 3:

    princeps pace belloque,

    id. 7, 1, 9:

    Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,

    id. 45, 42, 7:

    bello parta,

    Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—
    (δ).
    Inter bellum (rare):

    cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,

    Liv. 2, 14, 2:

    inter haec bella consules... facti,

    id. 2, 63, 1.—
    4.
    Bellum in attributive connection.
    a.
    Justum bellum.
    (α).
    A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):

    justum piumque bellum,

    Liv. 1, 23, 4:

    non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,

    id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—
    (β).
    A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):

    in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,

    Liv. 1, 15, 1.—
    b.
    For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—
    c.
    Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:

    quicunque belli eventus fuisset,

    Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:

    haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,

    Sall. C. 37, 9:

    eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,

    Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:

    exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

    cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

    id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:

    Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,

    Liv. 5, 16, 8.—
    d.
    Fortuna belli, the chances of war:

    adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,

    Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—
    e.
    Belli artes, military skill:

    cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,

    Liv. 1, 35, 1:

    haud ignotas belli artes,

    id. 21, 1, 2:

    temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,

    id. 1, 21, 6.—
    f.
    Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:

    in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:

    sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,

    Liv. 5, 27, 6:

    jure belli res vindicatur,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—
    g.
    Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:

    trium simul bellorum victor,

    a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:

    victor tot bellis,

    id. 2, 27, 1). —
    h.
    Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of things concr. and abstr.:

    qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,

    Cic. Dom. 23, 60:

    bellum contra aras et focos,

    id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,

    id. Or. 2, 37, 155:

    ventri Indico bellum,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—
    2.
    Of animals:

    milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,

    Ov. M. 6, 92.—
    3.
    With individuals:

    quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

    nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

    cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,

    id. Sull. 9, 28:

    hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,

    Liv. 2, 12, 11:

    falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,

    id. 3, 25, 3:

    tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,

    id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:

    equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,

    Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—
    4.
    In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—
    5.
    Personified as god of war ( = Janus):

    tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,

    Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:

    sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,

    Verg. A. 7, 607:

    mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,

    id. ib. 6, 279.—
    6.
    Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):

    permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),

    Ov. M. 12, 24:

    sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,

    Sil. 7, 472:

    quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?

    Stat. Th. 9, 490.—
    7.
    Battle, = proelium:

    rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,

    Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:

    quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,

    Sall. C. 9, 4:

    praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,

    Liv. 8, 10, 7:

    commisso statim bello,

    Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:

    Actia bella,

    Verg. A. 8, 675:

    ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,

    id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —
    8.
    Bellum = liber de bello:

    quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!

    Cic. Sen. 14, 50.
    b.
    Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:

    bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

    cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,

    id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

    cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,

    id. Div. 1, 46, 103:

    erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 10:

    bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,

    id. ib. 4, 6:

    Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,

    Sall. C. 16, 5:

    bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,

    Liv. 21, 1, 1:

    alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,

    id. 2, 62, 3:

    de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,

    id. 23, 25, 5:

    Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,

    Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):

    bellum bellare,

    Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);

    in the same sense: bellum agere,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:

    bello persequi aliquem,

    Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—
    (β).
    Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:

    necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    bellum trahi non posse,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    belli trahendi causa,

    Liv. 5, 11, 8:

    morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,

    id. 9, 27, 5:

    suadere institui ut bellum duceret,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:

    bellum enim ducetur,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;

    similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?

    Liv. 5, 5, 1.—
    (γ).
    Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:

    bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

    quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,

    Liv. 8, 37, 5.—
    c.
    Referring to the end of a war.
    (α).
    Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:

    in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

    (bellum) cum deponi victores velint,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,

    Liv. 31, 1, 8:

    nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,

    id. 31, 31, 19:

    dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,

    Sall. J. 112, 1:

    bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,

    id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:

    velut posito bello,

    Liv. 1, 53, 5:

    manere bellum quod positum simuletur,

    id. 1, 53, 7:

    posito ubique bello,

    Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:

    omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,

    Liv. 2, 14, 5.—
    (β).
    Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:

    timerent ne bellum componeretur,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:

    si bellum compositum foret,

    Sall. J. 97, 2:

    belli componendi licentiam,

    id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;

    similarly: bellum sedare,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
    (γ).
    Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:

    is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:

    bellumque maximum conficies,

    id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:

    confecto Mithridatico bello,

    id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:

    quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;

    4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

    Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:

    neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,

    Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;

    36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:

    se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),

    id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:

    neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,

    Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—
    d.
    Less usual connections:

    bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

    alere ac fovere bellum,

    Liv. 42, 11, 5:

    bellum navare alicui,

    Tac. H. 5, 25:

    spargere,

    id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:

    serere,

    Liv. 21, 10, 4:

    circumferre,

    Tac. A. 13, 37:

    exercere,

    id. ib. 6, 31:

    quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:

    bellum ascendit in rupes,

    id. 4, 12, 4:

    bellum serpit in proximos,

    id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:

    bella narrare,

    Cic. Or. 9, 30:

    canere bella,

    Quint. 10, 1, 91:

    bella legere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—
    3.
    As object denoting place or time.
    a.
    Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.
    (α).
    Of the commander:

    consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:

    ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:

    ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,

    Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:

    in bellum,

    Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—
    (β).
    Of persons partaking in a war:

    si proficiscerer ad bellum,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —
    b.
    Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—
    c.
    In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:

    in bella sequi,

    id. ib. 8, 547.—
    d.
    Of time.
    (α).
    In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):

    valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,

    domi duellique,

    id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):

    quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,

    Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:

    paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,

    Sall. J. 41, 7:

    animus belli ingens, domi modicus,

    id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:

    bello domique,

    id. 1, 34, 12:

    domi belloque,

    id. 9, 26, 21; and:

    neque bello, neque domi,

    id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:

    simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.

    Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—
    (β).
    In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:

    ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:

    in ipso bello eadem sensi,

    id. Marcell. 5, 14:

    in Volsco bello virtus enituit,

    Liv. 2, 24, 8:

    in eo bello,

    id. 23, 46, 6:

    in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,

    id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:

    ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:

    qui in bello occiderunt,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,

    Sall. C. 9, 4:

    non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,

    Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:

    in bello parta,

    Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

    bello Italico,

    id. Pis. 36, 87:

    Veienti bello,

    id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

    domestico bello,

    id. Planc. 29, 70:

    qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,

    Liv. 23, 12, 11:

    victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,

    id. 2, 27, 1:

    nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,

    id. 9, 18, 9:

    bello civili,

    Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:

    praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

    suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:

    qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,

    Cic. Sest. 26, 57:

    res pace belloque gestas,

    Liv. 2, 1, 1:

    egregieque rebus bello gestis,

    id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:

    ludi bello voti,

    id. 4, 35. 3:

    princeps pace belloque,

    id. 7, 1, 9:

    Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,

    id. 45, 42, 7:

    bello parta,

    Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—
    (δ).
    Inter bellum (rare):

    cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,

    Liv. 2, 14, 2:

    inter haec bella consules... facti,

    id. 2, 63, 1.—
    4.
    Bellum in attributive connection.
    a.
    Justum bellum.
    (α).
    A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):

    justum piumque bellum,

    Liv. 1, 23, 4:

    non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,

    id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—
    (β).
    A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):

    in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,

    Liv. 1, 15, 1.—
    b.
    For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—
    c.
    Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:

    quicunque belli eventus fuisset,

    Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:

    haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,

    Sall. C. 37, 9:

    eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,

    Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:

    exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

    cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

    id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:

    Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,

    Liv. 5, 16, 8.—
    d.
    Fortuna belli, the chances of war:

    adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,

    Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—
    e.
    Belli artes, military skill:

    cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,

    Liv. 1, 35, 1:

    haud ignotas belli artes,

    id. 21, 1, 2:

    temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,

    id. 1, 21, 6.—
    f.
    Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:

    in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:

    sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,

    Liv. 5, 27, 6:

    jure belli res vindicatur,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—
    g.
    Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:

    trium simul bellorum victor,

    a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:

    victor tot bellis,

    id. 2, 27, 1). —
    h.
    Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of things concr. and abstr.:

    qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,

    Cic. Dom. 23, 60:

    bellum contra aras et focos,

    id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,

    id. Or. 2, 37, 155:

    ventri Indico bellum,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—
    2.
    Of animals:

    milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,

    Ov. M. 6, 92.—
    3.
    With individuals:

    quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

    nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

    cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,

    id. Sull. 9, 28:

    hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,

    Liv. 2, 12, 11:

    falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,

    id. 3, 25, 3:

    tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,

    id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:

    equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,

    Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—
    4.
    In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—
    5.
    Personified as god of war ( = Janus):

    tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,

    Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:

    sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,

    Verg. A. 7, 607:

    mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,

    id. ib. 6, 279.—
    6.
    Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):

    permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),

    Ov. M. 12, 24:

    sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,

    Sil. 7, 472:

    quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?

    Stat. Th. 9, 490.—
    7.
    Battle, = proelium:

    rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,

    Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:

    quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,

    Sall. C. 9, 4:

    praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,

    Liv. 8, 10, 7:

    commisso statim bello,

    Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:

    Actia bella,

    Verg. A. 8, 675:

    ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,

    id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —
    8.
    Bellum = liber de bello:

    quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!

    Cic. Sen. 14, 50.

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  • 9 funis

    fūnis, is, m. ( fem., Lucr. 2, 1154; ap. Gell. 13, 20, 21, and Non. 205, 22; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 6) [perh. for fudnis, root in Sanscr. bandh-, bind; cf. Gr. peisma, rope; kindr. with schoinos], a rope, sheet, line, cord (syn.:

    restis, rudens): funes dicti, quod antea in usum luminis circumdati cera, unde et funalia,

    Isid. Orig. 19, 4; Cato, R. R. 135, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 22; Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 5; 3, 14, 6; 4, 29, 3 al.; Plin. 16, 1, 1, § 4; Verg. A. 2, 262; Ov. M. 8, 777 et saep.:

    patiatur necesse est illam per funes ingredientium tarditatem,

    i. e. of the rope-dancers, Quint. 2, 14, 16.—
    2.
    Prov.
    a.
    Funem ducere or sequi, to lead or follow the rope, i. e. to command or serve (the fig. being most probably that of an animal led by a rope):

    imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique, Tortum digna sequi potius quam ducere funem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 48.—
    b.
    Funem reducere, to pull back the rope, i. e. to change one's mind, Pers. 5, 118.—
    c.
    Funem in diversa distendere, to dispute pro and con, Tert. Pudic. 2; adv. Marc. 4.—
    d.
    Ut, quod aiunt Graeci, ex incomprehensibili parvitate arenae funise effici non possit (Gr. exammou schoinion plekein), to make a rope of sand, i. e. to perform the impossible, Col. 10 praef. § 4 fin.

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  • 10 calumniātor

        calumniātor ōris, m    [calumnior], a trickster, malicious prosecutor, false informer, perverter of law: scriptum sequi calumniatoris esse: calumniatores apponere: egens: Calumniator ab ove cum peteret canis, Ph.
    * * *
    false accuser; pettifogger, chicaner; perverter of law; carping critic

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  • 11 celer

        celer eris, ere, adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 CEL-], swift, fleet, quick, speedy: sagitta, H.: Diana, O.: turbo, V.: venti, H.: navis, Ct.: canis, Tb.: pedes, Pr.: remedia, swift, N.: sequi Aiax, H.: excipere aprum, H.: Iussa deae celeres peragunt, O.: iaculo celer, V.: oderunt Sedatum celeres, lively people, H.: fata celerrima, V.: mens, quā nihil est celerius: oratio, hurried: consilium, T.: motus, Cs.: lapsus, O. — Rash, hasty, precipitate: consilia, L.: Mors, Tb.: desperatio rerum, L.
    * * *
    I
    knights (pl.) (old name/precursor of equestrian order); Roman kings' bodyguard
    II
    celeris -e, celerior -or -us, celerrimus -a -um ADJ
    swift, quick, agile, rapid, speedy, fast; rash, hasty, hurried; lively; early

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  • 12 con-veniō

        con-veniō vēnī, ventus, īre,    to come together, meet, assemble, gather, come in a body: ex provinciā, Cs.: ad Caesarem gratulatum, Cs.: ad eum defendendum, N.: Romam Italia tota convenit: unum in locum, Cs.: in consilium frequentes: in unum, S.: civitates, quae in id forum convenirent, i. e. had their seat of justice in: clam inter se: uno in loco.—To address, accost, meet, visit, obtain an interview with: Pamphilum, T.: Verrem: eum in itinere, Cs.: per Gabinium ceteros, S.: ut se conveniri nolit: conveniundi patris tempus, T.: aditum petentibus conveniendi non dabat, N.— Fig., to come, fall: in manum, under tutelage (see manus), C.—To come to a decision, be concluded, be agreed on, be settled: si in eo manerent, quod convenisset, Cs.: condiciones non convenerunt, N.: id convenerat signum, L.: id modo non conveniebat, quod, etc., on that point only there was no agreement, L.: pax convēnit, S.: in eas condiciones cum pax conveniret, L.: quod (signum) convenerat, Cs.: Haec fratri mecum non conveniunt, T.: quod tempus inter eos committendi proeli convenerat, Cs.: qui (iudex) inter adversarios convenisset: pacem conventam frustra fuisse, S. — Impers, it is agreed, is settled: convenit, reliqua belli perfecta, is generally asserted, L.: quibus consulibus interierit non convenit, N.: pacto convēnit, ut, etc., L.: omnis exercitus, uti convenerat, deductus, etc., S.: tibi cum bonis civibus: conveniat mihi tecum necesse est, ipsum fecisse, etc., you and I must needs agree, that, etc.: quem ad modum (aedes) traderetur: inter consules satis, L.: saevis inter se convenit ursis, there is harmony, Iu.—To fit, be adapted to: ad pedem apte: Dicitur toga convenisse Menandro, sat well on, H. —To be fit, be suitable, become, consist, apply, belong, be appropriate: conveniunt mores, T.: Non bene conveniunt Maiestas et amor, agree, O.: in hunc ordinem: ad maximam partem: ad nummum convenit, agrees to a farthing: natura hominis cum universā: quid posterius priori non convenit?: viris laborem convenire, S.: Non hoc conveniet lyrae, H.: Haud convenit, ire, etc., T.: quid vos sequi conveniat: confestim te interfectum esse convenit: quo sidere terram Vertere Conveniat, V.: sit tibi curae Quantae conveniat Munatius, as dear as he ought to be, H.

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  • 13 cupīdō

        cupīdō inis, f (poet. also m)    [CVP-], a desire, wish, longing, eagerness, passion: cepit me proloqui: urbis condendae, L.: somni, S.: gloriae, S.: cupidinibus statuere modum, H.: si vobis cupido Certa sequi, resolve, V.—Excessive desire, passion, greed: sordidus, H.: Responsare cupidinibus Fortis, H.: honoris, S.: praedae caeca, O.: (oppidi) potiundi, S.: (rerum) inmodica, L.: ferri, passion for bloodshed, V.: an sua cuique deus fit dira cupido, his inspiration, V.—Love, desire, lust: turpis, V.: visae virginis, O.: femineus, for a woman, O.: muliebris, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    desire/love/wish/longing (passionate); lust; greed, appetite; desire for gain
    II
    Cupid, son of Venus; personification of carnal desire

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  • 14 damnō

        damnō āvī, ātus, āre    [damnum], to adjudge guilty, condemn, convict: reum: damnarent an absolverent: delicta mariti, i. e. believe him guilty, O.: causa damnata, decided unfavorably: contra edictum fecisse damnari: ambitūs damnatus, Cs.: furti: eo crimine damnari: Clodio interfecto, eo nomine erat damnatus, Cs.: existimatione damnatus, by public opinion: de maiestate damnatus: damnatus, quod praebuisset, etc., L.: ducent damnatum domum, will condemn and drag home (as a fraudulent debtor), T.: damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, if convicted, Cs. — To sentence, doom: capitis, Cs.: octupli damnari, mulcted: absentem capitalis poenae, L.: falso damnati crimine mortis, V.: longi laboris, H.: tertiā parte agri, L.: morti, L.: a Popilio decem milibus aeris, i. e. prosecuted by P., and fined, L.: gladiatorum dare centum Damnati paria, i. e. bound by the will, H.— To condemn, blame, disapprove, reject: nimios amores, O.: facto damnandus in uno, O.: sua lumina, the evidence of, O.: consilium, Cu.— To consecrate, devote, condemn as a sacrifice: caput Orco, V.: Quem damnet labor (sc. leto), V.—With voti (poet. also votis), to grant one's prayer (and thus exact fulfilment of a vow): dixit nunc demum se voti esse damnatum, N.: ut damnarentur ipsi votorum, L.: damnabis tu quoque votis (agricolas), V.
    * * *
    damnare, damnavi, damnatus V TRANS
    pass/pronounce judgement, find guilty; deliver/condemn/sentence; harm/damn/doom; discredit; seek/secure condemnation of; find fault; bind/oblige under a will

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  • 15 effūsē

        effūsē adv. with comp.    [effusus], far spread, in disorder, at random: ire, S.: fugientes, L.: sequi, L.: effusius praedari, L. — Fig., profusely, lavishly, extravagantly: donare: vivere: animus exsultat: hospitiis effusius indulgere, Ta.
    * * *
    effusius, effusissime ADV
    over a wide area, extensively; freely, in a disorderly manner; lavishly

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  • 16 fūnis

        fūnis is, m    [1 FID-], a rope, sheet, line, cord: ancorarius, Cs.: pro funibus catenae, Cs.: per extentum funem ire, the tight-rope, H.: religatus ab aggere, O.: ab litore funem rumpite, V.: iubet solvi funem, V.—Prov.: Ne currente retro funis eat rotā, lest the wheel run back and the cord come off, H.: sequi potius quam ducere funem, i. e. to follow than to lead, H.
    * * *
    rope; line, cord, sheet, cable; measuring-line/rope, lot (Plater)

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  • 17 gladius

        gladius ī, m     a sword: vaginā vacuus, drawn: gladiis res geritur, S.: gladios strinxerunt, drew, Cs.: gladiis destrictis, Cs.: gladium e vaginā eduxit: Nudare gladios, O.: cum gladiis sequi consulem: Proxuma quaeque metit gladio, V.: gladiorum impunitas, i. e. of murder: magna est gladiorum licentia.—Provv.: Suo sibi gladio hunc iugulo, hoist with his own petar, T.: plumbeo gladio iugulatus, i. e. easily refuted.
    * * *
    I II

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  • 18 gradus

        gradus ūs, m    [GRAD-], a step, pace, gait, walk: gradum facere: Suspenso gradu ire, T.: quieto et placido gradu sequi, Ph.: citato gradu, L.: concito gradu, Ph.: pleno gradu, at a quick step, S.: presso gradu, at a moderate pace, L.: gradum celerare, hasten, V.: conripere, H.: addere, L.: sistere, V.: sustinere, O.: revocare, V.: referre, O.: ferre per agmen gradūs, charge, O.— A station, position, ground: stabili gradu impetum excipere, L.: In gradu stetimus, O.: hostes gradu demoti, L.— Plur, steps, rounds, stairs: in gradibus Concordiae stare: templi: cui (templo) gradibus surgebant limina, V.: si gradibus trepidatur ab imis, Iu.—Fig., a step, stage, degree, grade: ex aedilitate gradum ad censuram fecit, L.: hunc gradum mei reditūs esse, quod, etc., towards my return: primos gradūs vicina fecit (of love), O.: gradu post me sedet uno, H.— An approach, advance, progress, march: Quem mortis timuit gradum? form, H.: imperi: spondeus habet non expertem dignitatis gradum, march.—A step, degree, grade, stage, rank, interval: civis hoc gradu: senatorius: gradu amplissimo dignissimus: omnes sonorum, notes: totidem gradūs distamus ab illo, O.: per omnīs honorum gradūs: altior dignitatis: ascendens gradibus magistratuum: sonorum gradūs, intervals: peccatorum gradūs: cognominis, distinction, O.: Per gradūs (i. e. gradatim), O.: Hi plerumque gradūs, stages (of ruin), Iu.— Self-possession: de gradu deici, be disconcerted.—A position, relation: gradu depulsus, overthrown, N.: gradum filii apud te habere, L.
    * * *
    step; position

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  • 19 hortor

        hortor ātus, ārī, dep.     freq, to urge, press, incite, instigate, encourage, cheer, exhort: hortandi causā disserere, S.: hortante Vercingetorige, Cs.: milites, S.: equos, O.: alius alium hortari, S.: eundem Verbis, quae, etc., H.: ad laudem milites: paribus Messapum in proelia dictis, V.: in amicitiam iungendam, L.: de Aufidiano nomine nihil te: Libonem de conciliandā pace, Cs.: Pompeium ut fugiat: vos hortari tantum possum ut, etc.: (Nervios) ne occasionem dimittant, Cs.: alquos... ad eum diem revertantur, Cs.: sin tu (quod te iam dudum hortor) exieris: pacem amicitiamque, N.: cum legati hortarentur accipere (munera), N.: sequi, O.—Prov.: hortari currentem, to spur a willing horse.—Fig., to impel, induce, urge: dolor animi virum hortabatur: hortante libidine: (rei p. dignitas) me haec relinquere hortatur.
    * * *
    hortari, hortatus sum V DEP
    encourage; cheer; incite; urge; exhort

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  • 20 impigrē

        impigrē adv.    [impiger], actively, quickly, readily: hostium res attendere, S.: consulem sequi, L.
    * * *
    actively, energetically,smartly

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  • breve judiciale debet sequi suum originale, et accessorium suum principale — /briyviy juwdishiyeyliy debat sekway s(y)uwam ahrijaneyliy, ed aeksasoriyam s(y)uwam prinsapeyliy/ A judicial writ ought to follow its original, and an accessory its principal …   Black's law dictionary

  • in re dubia, benigniorem interpretationem sequi, non minus justius est quam tutius — /in riy d(y)iiwbiya, banigniyoram antarprateyshiyownam sekway, non maynas jast(i)yas est kwaem tyuwsh(iy)as/ In a doubtful matter, to follow the more liberal interpretation is not less the juster than the safer course …   Black's law dictionary

  • judicis est in pronuntiando sequi regulam, exceptione non probata — /juwdasas est in pranans(h)iyaendow sekway regyalam, aksepshiyowniy non prabeyta/ The judge in his decision ought to follow the rule, when the exception is not proved …   Black's law dictionary

  • breve judiciale debet sequi suum originale, et accessorium suum principale — /briyviy juwdishiyeyliy debat sekway s(y)uwam ahrijaneyliy, ed aeksasoriyam s(y)uwam prinsapeyliy/ A judicial writ ought to follow its original, and an accessory its principal …   Black's law dictionary

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