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silentium

  • 1 silentium

    sĭlentĭum, ii, n. [sileo].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., a being still or silent, noiselessness, stillness, silence (freq. and class.; cf.

    taciturnitas): otium et silentium est, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 35: et ipse conticuit et ceteris silentium fuit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 35, 143; cf. id. ib. 1, 35, 160; id. Rep. 2, 38, 64:

    auditus est magno silentio,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

    silentio auditus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19, 3:

    huic facietis Fabulae silentium,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 15:

    fac silentium,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 50; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

    nec longa silentia feci,

    kept silence, Ov. F. 1, 183: silentio facto, silence being obtained, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 10; Liv. 24, 7 fin.; Petr. 14 fin.; Quint. 2, 5, 6 al.; also with the signif. to make or procure silence:

    Fabius cum silentium classico fecisset,

    Liv. 2, 45; Tac. H. 3, 20; Curt. 10, 6, 3; Phaedr. 5, 5, 15:

    facere silentia majestate manūs,

    Pers. 4, 7:

    tribuni plebis, cum inviti silentium tenuissent,

    Liv. 5, 9, 4; so,

    tenere silentium,

    id. 1, 16, 2; 1, 28, 8; 9, 38, 14:

    silentium obtinere,

    id. 1, 16, 2; cf.:

    obstinatum silentium obtinuit,

    id. 9, 38, 14:

    tenuere silentia cuncti,

    Ov. M. 1, 206:

    se silentium fieri jussisse,

    Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59; Luc. 1, 298:

    silentium imperare,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 7; Tac. G. 11:

    silentium significare,

    to give a signal for silence, Cic. Brut. 84, 290:

    cum silentio animadvertite,

    Ter. Eun. prol. 44:

    Athenienses cum silentio auditi sunt,

    Liv. 38, 10, 4:

    cum silentio ad aliquem convenire,

    id. 7, 35, 1; so,

    cum silentio,

    id. 25, 9, 15:

    agere per silentium,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 36; cf. id. Hec. prol. alt. 21; id. Phorm. prol. 30:

    per silentium noctis,

    Liv. 3, 42, 3; Tac. A. 4, 53; id. Agr. 3:

    ego illas omnes res egi silentio,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 29; cf.:

    ut nulla fere pars orationis silentio praeteriretur,

    in silence, without applause, id. Brut. 22, 88;

    more freq.: praeterire silentio,

    to pass over in silence, to say nothing about, id. Sull. 21, 62; id. Part. Or. 23, 82; id. Phil. 13, 6 Orell. N. cr.; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6;

    for which: silentio transire,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3; Quint. 2, 3, 1; 5, 12, 23:

    periculosissimum locum silentio sum praetervectus,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 8:

    transmittere aliquem,

    Tac. A. 1, 13 fin. al.; cf.:

    cum M. Tullius de omnibus (oratoribus) aetatis suae silentium egerit,

    keeps silence, is silent, Quint. 10, 1, 38:

    tenere se intra silentium,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8; 7, 6, 6:

    de Partho silentium est,

    nothing is said, Cic. Att. 5, 16, 4:

    ut laudem eorum a silentio vindicarem,

    i. e. obscurity, id. de Or. 2, 2, 7; Sen. Ep. 21, 5; Plin. Ep. 9, 14, 1:

    gravissimas plagas ferre silentio,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:

    quam maximum silentium haberi jubet,

    Sall. J. 99, 1:

    lacrimae omnibus obortae, et diu maestum silentium tenuit,

    prevailed, Liv. 40, 8, 20.— Poet.: fer opem furtoque silentia deme, remove silence from, i. e. tell of, disclose, Ov. M. 2, 700.—Of the stillness, silence, dead of night:

    silentio noctis Caesar ex castris egressus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

    in silentio noctis,

    id. ib. 7, 26; cf.:

    se vocem noctis silentio audisse clariorem humanā,

    Liv. 5, 32:

    paulo ante mediam noctem silentio ex oppido egressi,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11; cf. id. ib. 7, 18; 7, 60; Liv. 8, 23, 9, 38.— Poet., in plur.:

    silentia noctis,

    Lucr. 4, 461; Stat. Th. 1, 441:

    quid me alta silentia cogis Rumpere,

    Verg. A. 10, 63; Ov. M. 7, 184:

    taciturna silentia,

    Lucr. 4, 585:

    torquent illum furibunda silentia,

    Stat. Th. 10, 890.— The stillness, quietness of the fields:

    nactus silentia ruris,

    Ov. M. 1, 232; cf.:

    vidit desolatas agere alta silentia terras,

    id. ib. 1, 349.—Of wood that makes no noise, does not snap, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70.—
    B.
    In partic., in augural lang., freedom from disturbance; hence, faultlessness, perfectness in the taking of auspices:

    id silentium dicimus in auspiciis, quod omni vitio caret, etc.,

    Cic. Div. 2, 34, 71; cf. Fest. p. 348 Müll.; s. v. sinistrum, p. 351 ib.; and v. Becker, Antiq. vol. 2, pars 3, p. 76 sq.—
    II.
    Transf., a standstill (opp. to motion or activity); cessation, repose, inaction, tranquillity, etc. (rare but class.): mundus caeli vastus constitit silentio, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 2 med.:

    silentium perpetuum judiciorum ac fori,

    Cic. Pis. 14, 32; cf. Tac. Agr. 39:

    vitam silentio transire,

    Sall. C. 1, 1:

    silentium otiumque inter armatos,

    Liv. 2, 45: biduum deinde silentium [p. 1699] fuit neutris transgredientibus amnem, id. 37, 38:

    idem praeturae tenor et silentium,

    Tac. Agr. 6:

    quantum distant a morte silentia vitae?

    Sil. 3, 145.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > silentium

  • 2 silentium

        silentium ī, n    [silens], a being still, keeping silence, noiselessness, stillness, silence: auditus est magno silentio: nec longa silentia feci, kept silence, O.: silentio facto, silence obtained, L.: silentium classico facere, L.: pubes maestum silentium obtinuit, L.: tenuere silentia cuncti, O.: silentium imperare, Ta.: significare silentium, to give a signal for silence: Athenienses cum silentio auditi sunt, L.: per silentium noctis, L.: ut nulla fere pars orationis silentio praeteriretur, i. e. without applause: silentio praeterire, to pass over in silence: de Partho silentium est, nothing is said: laudem eorum a silentio vindicare, i. e. obscurity: quam maximum silentium haberi iubet, S.: diu maestum silentium tenuit, prevailed, L.: fer opem furtoque silentia deme, i. e. disclose, O.—Of night, stillness, silence: silentio noctis egressus, at the dead of night, Cs.: vocem noctis silentio audisse, L.: mediā nocte silentio profectus, Cs.: mediae per muta silentia noctis, O.—Of the country, stillness, quietness: nactus silentia ruris, O.: vastum, solitude, Ta.—In augury, freedom from disturbance, faultlessness, perfectness: id silentium dicimus in auspiciis, quod omni vitio caret, etc.— A standstill, cessation, repose, inaction, tranquillity: perpetuum fori: vitam silentio transire, S.: inter armatos, L.: idem praeturae tenor et silentium, Ta.
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    Latin-English dictionary > silentium

  • 3 silentium

    silence, stillness, quiet, repose, obscurity.

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > silentium

  • 4 teneo

    tĕnĕo, tĕnŭi, tentum, 2 ( perf. subj. tetinerim, Pac. ap. Non. 178, 15:

    tetinerit,

    Att. ib. 178, 12:

    tetinisse,

    Pac. ib. 178, 11; fut. perf. tetinero, acc. to Fest. p. 252 Müll. Another collat. form of the perf. tenivi, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; Diom. pp. 363 and 369 ib.), v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan-; Gr. tanumai, teinô; Sanscr. tanomi, to stretch, spread; this root appears in many derived meanings; cf. Lat.: tendo, tenuis, tener, tenor, tenus].
    I.
    Act., to hold, keep, have in the hand, in the mouth, etc.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Eu. Porrige bracchium, prehende: jam tenes? Cha. Teneo. Eu. Tene, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 42; cf.

    argentum,

    id. Pers. 3, 3, 9:

    cum pyxidem teneret in manu,

    Cic. Cael. 26, 63;

    for which: aliquid manu,

    Quint. 10, 7, 31; Ov. M. 11, 560; id. A. A. 1, 320; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 34:

    aliquid dextrā,

    Ov. F. 1, 99:

    digitis,

    id. ib. 2, 102; id. M. 9, 86; 9, 522:

    lacertis,

    id. ib. 2, 100 al.:

    radicem ore,

    Cic. Div. 2, 68, 141:

    cibum ore,

    Phaedr. 1, 4, 6;

    for which: decoctum diu in ore,

    Plin. 25, 13, 105, § 166:

    aliquem in sinu,

    Ov. H. 3, 114;

    for which: aliquem sinu,

    id. ib. 13, 157:

    flabellulum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

    facem,

    Verg. A. 6, 224:

    telum,

    Liv. 2, 19. — Prov.: manu tenere aliquid, to seize, grasp, or comprehend a thing which is palpable or evident: aliter leges, aliter philosophi tollunt astutias: leges, quātenus manu tenere possunt;

    philosophi, quātenus ratione et intellegentiā,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; cf.:

    cum res non conjecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur,

    id. Clu. 7, 20. —
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    With the accessory idea of possession, to hold, i. e. to be master of, have in one ' s power, possess, etc. (syn.:

    possideo, habeo): multa hereditatibus, multa emptionibus, multa dotibus tenebantur sine injuriā,

    Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

    quae tenuit dives Achaemenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 21:

    Evander qui multis ante tempestatibus tenuerat loca,

    Liv. 1, 5:

    provinciam a praedonibus liberam,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 11, 32:

    colles praesidiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 43:

    Formiarum moenia et Lirim,

    Hor. C. 3, 17, 8:

    tenente Caesare terras,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 15:

    rem publicam,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83; id. Sest. 19, 44:

    summam imperii,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 22:

    equitum centurias,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3:

    alterum cornu,

    to command, Nep. Pelop. 4, 3:

    provincias aliaque omnia,

    Sall. C. 39, 2: scenam, to have sole possession of. [p. 1854] rule over, Suet. Tit. 7. —

    Of the possession of the object of affection: te tenet,

    Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52; Verg. E. 1, 32; Ov. H. 2, 103 Ruhnk.; 15, 88; id. Am. 3, 7, 3; Phaedr. 2, 2, 4.—In colloq. lang., teneo te, I have you once more, of again seeing the beloved person:

    teneone te, Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 27 Ruhnk.; Sen. Ben. 7, 4; Ov. H. 18, 183; cf.:

    et comitem Aenean juxta natumque tenebat Ingrediens,

    Verg. A. 8, 308.—Also like our I have you (fast, bound, etc.):

    teneo te, inquam, nam ista Academiae est propria sententia,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; id. Quint. 20, 63.— Absol.: qui tenent (sc. rem publicam), who are in possession of the State, of public affairs:

    qui tenent, qui potiuntur,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 2, 18, 1. —
    b.
    With the accessory idea of firmness, persistence, to hold fast, occupy; to watch, guard, defend; to maintain, retain a thing:

    legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    montes teneri,

    id. B. G. 3, 2:

    haec noctu firmis praesidiis tenebantur,

    id. ib. 7, 69:

    Capitolia celsa tenebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 653:

    quo teneam Protea nodo?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90:

    te neque intra Claustra tenebo,

    id. C. 3, 11, 44; cf.:

    in manicis et Compedibus saevo te sub custode tenebo,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 77: laqueis (se) sensit teneri... fugam frustra tentabat;

    at illam Lenta tenet radix exsultantemque coërcet,

    Ov. M. 11, 74 sq.; 1, 535:

    Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

    agri qui diu aquam tenent,

    Pall. Apr. 2, 4:

    classem ibi tenebat,

    Liv. 31, 46, 8: secundissimo vento cursum tenere, to hold or keep one ' s course, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; cf.:

    vento intermisso cursum non tenuit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8; 4, 28; so,

    cursum,

    Cic. Planc. 21, 52; id. Rep. 1, 2, 3 fin.; Quint. 4, 3, 13:

    quo iter,

    Verg. A. 1, 370; Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 10:

    (lunam) fingunt cursus viam sub sole tenere,

    Lucr. 5, 714:

    tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar,

    Liv. 29, 32, 6.—
    c.
    With the accessory idea of reaching the object aimed at, to reach, attain a place:

    montes effuso cursu Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere,

    Liv. 1, 37, 4:

    regionem,

    id. 30, 25, 11:

    Tenum,

    id. 36, 21, 1:

    terram,

    id. 37, 16, 4; 37, 11, 5; 37, 13, 4;

    26, 29, 4: Hesperiam,

    Ov. F. 1, 498:

    portus,

    id. H. 18, 198; Tac. Agr. 38 fin.:

    cum quibus (navibus) Cythnum insulam tenuit,

    id. H. 2, 9.—
    d.
    With the accessory idea of movement impeded, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay, etc.:

    naves, quae vento tenebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

    quid hic agatur, scire poteris ex eo, qui litteras attulit, quem diutius tenui, quia, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1:

    si id te non tenet, advola,

    id. Fam. 16, 19:

    septimum jam diem Corcyrae tenebamur,

    id. ib. 16, 7 init.:

    Marcellum ab gerundis rebus valetudo adversa Nolae tenuit,

    Liv. 24, 20, 7:

    non tenebo te pluribus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; cf. absol.:

    ne diutius teneam,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 13, § 34: solutum (corpus) tenere, Cels. praef. med.; cf.

    ventrem,

    id. 4, 19 med.:

    tene linguam,

    Ov. F. 2, 602:

    pecus omne tenendum,

    Verg. G. 2, 371:

    vix a te videor posse tenere manus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10; so,

    manus,

    id. M. 13, 203; cf.:

    manum stomachumque teneto,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 44:

    saeva tene cum Berecyntio Cornu tympana,

    id. C. 1, 18, 13:

    et Phoebi tenuere viam,

    i. e. impeded, closed up, Luc. 5, 136:

    quo me decet usque teneri?

    Verg. A. 5, 384:

    lacrimas,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; so,

    lacrimas in morte miserā non tenebamus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

    dictator exercitum in stativis tenebat,

    Liv. 6, 14, 1. —
    (β).
    Esp.: se tenere, to keep back, remain, stay:

    Sabinus castris sese tenebat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 45, 2:

    nullā clade acceptā castris se pavidus tenebat,

    id. 3, 26, 3:

    Hasdrubal procul ab hoste intervallo tenebat se,

    id. 23, 26, 2:

    se domi a conventu remotum tenere,

    Nep. Dion, 9, 1:

    ego tamen teneo ab accusando vix me hercule: sed tamen teneo,

    restrain myself, refrain, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

    nec se tenuit, quin, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 4, 12; cf.

    mid.: teneri non potui, quin tibi apertius illud idem his litteris declararem,

    id. Att. 15, 14, 2; Just. 6, 7, 10; cf.:

    se intra silentium tenuit,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8:

    multum me intra silentium tenui,

    id. ib. 7, 6, 6.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to hold, contain in the mind, to conceive, comprehend, know (syn.:

    percipio, intellego): nunc ego teneo, nunc scio, Quid sit hoc negotii,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 39: tenes Quorsum haec tendant quae loquor, id. Ps. 1, 2, 81:

    tenes, quid dicam?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 22:

    teneo,

    I understand, id. And. 1, 1, 59:

    teneo quid erret,

    id. 3, 2, 18; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37; cf.: quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 5:

    quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus... Lyciis tenentur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 15, 25:

    quoniam ea, quae tenebatis ipsi, etiam ex me audire voluistis,

    id. Rep. 1, 46, 70:

    alicujus reconditos sensus,

    id. Sest. 10, 22:

    quo pacto cuncta tenerem,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 8:

    et teneo melius ista,

    Mart. 4, 37, 7.—With inf.:

    nullus frugi esse homo potest, nisi qui et bene facere et male tenet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 10; Lucr. 3, 647.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To have possession of, have the mastery of, to control any thing:

    cum rem publicam opes paucorum non virtutes tenere coeperunt,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51.—
    b.
    To hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist (syn. servo):

    sin consuetudinem meam, quam in re publicā semper habui, tenuero,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 11, 27:

    ordinem,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 35:

    portum,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

    statum,

    id. Rep. 1, 28, 44:

    non tenebat ornatum suum civitas,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    si jus suum populi teneant,

    id. ib. 1, 32, 48:

    nec diutius umquam tenetur idem rei publicae modus,

    id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

    est boni viri, haec duo tenere in amicitiā, etc.,

    id. Lael. 18, 65:

    morem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 44; so id. Fl. 7, 15; Verg. A. 3, 408:

    foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

    tenebat non modo auctoritatem, sed etiam imperium in suos,

    id. Sen. 11, 37:

    silentium,

    Liv. 1, 28, 8.—
    c.
    To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist:

    illud arcte tenent accurateque defendunt, voluptatem esse summum bonum,

    hold fast, maintain, Cic. Par. 1, 3, 14; cf.:

    illud, quod multos annos tenuisset,

    id. Ac. 2, 22, 71; and:

    quod idem Peripatetici non tenent,

    id. Fin. 3, 13, 44:

    propositum tenere,

    to maintain, Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 1:

    suas leges,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 13:

    causam apud centumviros,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    quo causae teste tenentur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 43:

    locum quendam cum aliquo,

    Cic. Brut. 21, 81.— With ne:

    plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur,

    Liv. 4, 30, 16:

    ne quid ferretur ad populum, patres tenuere,

    id. 3, 29, 8; 24, 19, 7. — With ut:

    tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur,

    Liv. 2, 42, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    scripseram tenuisse Varenum ut sibi evocare testes liceret,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1.—
    d.
    Of memory:

    alicujus memoriam cum summā benevolentiā tenere,

    to recollect, preserve a recollection of, Cic. Fam. 6, 2, 1.—Esp.:

    memoriā tenere: memoriā tenetis, compluris in Capitolio res de caelo esse percussas,

    you remember, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 1, 9, 12; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; cf.:

    memoriā teneo, C. Sulpicium Gallum, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 14, 21; v. memoria; so without memoria, to bear in mind, remember, recollect:

    satin' haec meministi et tenes?

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

    numeros memini, si verba tenerem,

    Verg. E. 9, 45:

    dicta tenere,

    Hor. A. P. 336; id. S. 2, 4, 8:

    quem (Cyrum) omnia militum tenuisse creditum est nomina,

    Quint. 11, 2, 50; 11, 2, 45.—
    e.
    To reach an object striven after, to gain, acquire, obtain, attain (syn. assequor):

    per cursum rectum regnum tenere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

    Servium Tullium post hunc captivā natum, ingenio virtute regnum tenuisse,

    Liv. 4, 3, 12:

    teneri res aliter non potest,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

    multa tenuisse,

    Liv. 42, 11, 8:

    causam,

    Ov. M. 13, 190.—
    f.
    To hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter, etc. (syn.:

    refreno, retineo): iracundiam teneat, avaritiam coërceat,

    Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

    dolorem,

    id. Att. 12, 38, 2:

    cupiditates,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:

    somnum,

    id. Brut. 80, 278:

    risum,

    id. Vatin. 8, 20; Hor. A. P. 5:

    iram,

    Curt. 4, 2, 5:

    ea, quae occurrant, tenere,

    to hold back, keep to themselves, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.—
    g.
    Of laws, etc., to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control, etc.:

    quamquam leges eum non tenent,

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

    interdicto non teneri,

    id. Caecin. 14, 41:

    voto quodam et promisso teneri,

    id. Att. 12, 18, 1:

    ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent,

    Liv. 8, 12, 14; cf.:

    olim patricii dicebant se plebi scitis non teneri,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 3:

    cum velut in controverso jure esset, tenerenturne patres plebi scitis, legem tulere, ut quod tributim plebis jussisset, populum teneret,

    Liv. 3, 55, 3:

    teneri alienis foederibus,

    id. 24, 29, 11: poenā teneri, to be subject or liable to, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5:

    testibus in re perspicuā teneri,

    to be convicted, id. Caecin. 2, 4; cf.: nemo ita in manifesto peccatu tenebatur, ut, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191:

    caedis teneri,

    Quint. 5, 14, 11:

    teneri repetundarum,

    Tac. A. 11, 7 fin.:

    furti,

    Dig. 6, 1, 4:

    injuriarum,

    ib. 47, 10, 11:

    mandati,

    ib. 17, 1, 10.— Transf.:

    nisi illi ipsi, qui eas (libidines) frangere deberent, cupiditatis ejusdem tenerentur,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31 Mos. and Orell. N. cr. —
    h.
    Of dispositions, desires, etc., to possess, occupy, control:

    quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc.,

    has had possession of you, Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:

    summum me eorum (librorum) studium tenet,

    id. Att. 1, 11, 3:

    magna me spes tenet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

    de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit,

    id. Att. 7, 2, 6:

    si consilio pulso libidines iracundiaeve tenerent omnia,

    id. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciosa libido tenet,

    Sall. J. 3, 4: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled or influenced, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 45; so,

    teneri desiderio,

    id. Sen. 10, 33:

    studio philosophiae,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 4:

    magno amore,

    Verg. A. 1, 675:

    pompā, ludis atque ejusmodi spectaculis teneri,

    to be enchained, fascinated, Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48; cf.:

    ut oculi picturā teneantur, aures cantibus,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

    is qui audit, ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur,

    id. Or. 62, 210.—With ne, Ov. M. 7, 146. —
    k.
    To take in, comprise, comprehend, include:

    haec magnos formula reges, Excepto sapiente, tenet,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 46.—More freq. pass.: teneri aliquā re, to be contained, comprised, grounded, to consist in a thing:

    ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 23:

    id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate,

    id. Off. 1, 45, 160:

    quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur,

    id. Fam. 13, 29, 1:

    dixi jam antea, ipsam rationem arandi spe magis et jucunditate quadam quam fructu atque emolumento teneri,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227.
    II.
    Neutr. (freq. after the Aug. per.; perh. not in Cic.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    To hold a position anywhere, maintain one ' s self:

    quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat,

    Liv. 32, 5, 12:

    duo extra ordinem milia tenuere,

    id. 3, 62, 7:

    tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis,

    Verg. A. 2, 505.—
    2.
    For cursum tenere, to hold or take one ' s way, to sail, steer in any direction:

    Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse,

    Liv. 1, 1, 4:

    Cassandream petentes, primo ad Mendin tenuere,

    Liv. 31, 45, 14:

    ad Mendaeum,

    id. 21, 49, 2:

    Diam,

    Ov. M. 3, 690:

    Creten,

    id. ib. 13, 706:

    Hesperiam,

    id. F. 1, 498:

    Ausoniam,

    id. ib. 4, 290 al.:

    medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene,

    Ov. M. 2, 140.—
    B.
    Trop., with the accessory idea of continuance (cf. I. A. 2. b. and B. 2. b. supra), to hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail, etc. (cf. obtineo):

    imber per noctem totam tenuit,

    Liv. 23, 44, 6; cf.:

    incendium per duas noctes ac diem unum tenuit,

    id. 24, 47, 15:

    per aliquot dies ea consultatio tenuit,

    id. 2, 3, 5; 3, 47, 6:

    tenet fama, lupam, etc.,

    id. 1, 4, 6:

    quod nunc quoque tenet nomen,

    id. 1, 17, 6:

    fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio,

    id. 23, 12, 2; 21, 46, 10:

    tenuit consuetudo, quae cottidie magis invalescit, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 2, 1, 1 Spald.; so,

    consuetudo, ut, etc.,

    id. 8, 5, 2:

    nomen illud tenet,

    id. 9, 4, 47 Spald.; cf. Ov. M. 1, 712.

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  • 5 figo

    fīgo, xi, xum, 3 (archaic part. perf. ficta, Lucr. 3, 4; Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 4), v. a. [Gr. sphing-ô, to bind fast; sphigmos, phimos, muzzle; cf. fīlum, for figlum. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 186; Germ. dick. dicht; Engl. thick. etc., Corss. Krit. Nachtr. p. 233], to fix, fasten, drive or thrust in, attach, affix (class.; cf.: pango, configo, defigo).
    I.
    Lit., constr. aliquid, aliquid in with abl. ( poet. also in with acc., or aliquid with abl. only):

    imbrices medias clavulis,

    Cato, R. R. 21, 3:

    palum in parietem,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4:

    mucrones in cive an in hoste,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:

    tabulam decreti Caesaris aut beneficii,

    to post up, id. ib. 1, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 12, 5 fin.:

    Antonius accepta grandi pecunia fixit legem a dictatore comitiis latam,

    i. e. posted it up as having been carried, id. Att. 14, 12, 1; cf.:

    adsentiri, ne qua tabula ullius decreti Caesaris figeretur,

    id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:

    fixit leges pretio atque refixit,

    Verg. A. 6, 622:

    quique aera legum vetustate delapsa, noscerent figerentque,

    Tac. H. 4, 40:

    nec verba minacia aere fixo legebantur,

    Ov. M. 1, 91:

    quam damnatis crucem servis fixeras,

    hadst fixed in the ground, erected, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 12:

    feraces plantas humo,

    to plant, set, Verg. G. 4, 115:

    clavos verticibus,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 5:

    cuneos,

    Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 109 (dub.):

    veribus trementia (frusta),

    to fix on spits, Verg. A. 1, 212:

    spicula pectore,

    Prop. 2, 13, 2 (3, 4, 2 M.);

    for which: harundo in vertice fixa,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 7:

    cristas vertice,

    Verg. A. 10, 701:

    fumantes taedas sub pectore,

    id. ib. 7, 457:

    notas in collo dente,

    to impress, Tib. 1, 8, 38:

    virus in venas per vulnera,

    injects, Cic. Arat. 432: vestigia, plants his steps, i. e. moves on, Verg. A. 6, 159:

    arma quae fixa in parietibus fuerant,

    fastened up, hung up, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74; cf.:

    scuta sublime fixa,

    id. ib. 2, 31, 67:

    arma ad postem Herculis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5:

    arma thalamo,

    Verg. A. 4, 495:

    arma Troïa hic,

    id. ib. 1, 248:

    clipeum postibus,

    id. ib. 3, 287:

    dona Laurenti Divo,

    id. ib. 12, 768: ID AES AD STATVAM LORICATAM DIVI IVLII, S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 13:

    qui spolia ex hoste fixa domi haberent,

    Liv. 23, 23, 6; 38, 43, 11:

    navalem coronam fastigio Palatinae domus,

    Suet. Claud. 17:

    luteum opus celsā sub trabe (hirundo),

    Ov. F. 1, 158: ipse summis saxis fixus asperis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107, and id. Pis. 19, 43 (Trag. v. 413 ed. Vahl.):

    aliquem cruci,

    nail, Quint. 7, 1, 30; Suet. Dom. 10:

    corpus lacerum in crucem (al. cruce),

    Just. 21, 4 fin.:

    figit in virgine vultus,

    fixes, Verg. A. 12, 70:

    oculos solo,

    id. ib. 1, 482:

    oculos in terram,

    Sen. Ep. 11: in poet. transf.:

    oculos horrenda in virgine fixus,

    Verg. A. 11, 507 (cf.:

    defixus lumina vultu,

    id. ib. 6, 156; Tac. A. 3, 1):

    Caesar in silentium fixus,

    Tac. A. 6, 50 (56):

    obstipo capite et figentes lumine terram,

    Pers. 3, 80:

    foribus miser oscula figit,

    kisses, Lucr. 4, 1179:

    oscula dulcia,

    Verg. A. 1, 687:

    sedem Cumis,

    to fix his abode, Juv. 3, 2:

    domos,

    Tac. A. 13, 54.—
    B.
    Transf., to fix by piercing through, to transfix, pierce (cf. configo, II.):

    hunc intorto figit telo,

    Verg. A. 10, 382:

    hunc jaculo acuto,

    Ov. M. 10, 131: hostes telis, Auct. B. Alex. 30 fin.:

    fixisse puellas gestit (Cupido),

    Tib. 2, 1, 71:

    cervos,

    Verg. E. 2, 29:

    dammas,

    id. G. 1, 308; id. A. 5, 515; Sil. 1, 305:

    cutem (clavi),

    Sen. Prov. 3:

    olli per galeam fixo stetit hasta cerebro,

    Verg. A. 12, 537:

    aprum,

    Juv. 1, 23:

    figar a sagitta,

    Ov. H. 16, 278:

    vulnus,

    to inflict, Mart. 1, 61, 4.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To fix, fasten, direct.
    1.
    With in and abl.: ego omnia mea studia, omnem operam, curam, industriam, cogitationem, [p. 749] mentem denique omnem in Milonis consulatu fixi et locavi, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 3.—
    2.
    With in and acc. (rare):

    fixus in silentium,

    Tac. A. 6, 50.—
    3.
    In other constructions:

    beneficium, quemadmodum dicitur, trabali clavo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:

    nostras intra te fige querelas,

    Juv. 9, 94:

    penitus hoc se malum fixit,

    Sen. Tranq. 15:

    nequitiae fige modum tuae,

    Hor. C. 3, 15, 2. —
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B.) Of speech, to sting; taunt, rally a person:

    aliquem maledictis,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 93:

    adversarios,

    id. Or. 26, 89.—Hence, fixus, a, um, P. a., fixed, fast, immovable.
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    illud maneat et fixum sit,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 25:

    inque tuis nunc Fixa pedum pono pressis vestigia signis,

    i. e. firmly fixed in, Lucr. 3, 4; cf.

    in the foll.: astra,

    the fixed stars, Manil. 2, 35; so,

    flammae,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 15.— Far more freq.,
    B.
    Trop.:

    vestigia (integritatis) non pressa leviter, sed fixa ad memoriam illius provinciae sempiternam,

    Cic. Sest. 5, 13:

    non ita fixum, ut convelli non liceret,

    id. Clu. 45, 126: fixum et statutum, id. Mur., 30, 62; cf.:

    consilium fixum,

    id. Att. 6, 14, 2:

    animo fixum immotumque sedere, ne, etc.,

    Verg. A, 4, 15: fixum est, with a subj.-clause, it is fixed, determined, Sil. 2, 364; 3, 114:

    decretum stabile, fixum, ratum,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27; cf.:

    ratum, fixum, firmum,

    permanent, id. ib. 2, 46, 141:

    illud fixum in animis vestris tenetote,

    fixed, impressed, id. Balb. 28, 64: quae perpetuo animo meo fixa manebunt, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 3.— Adv.: fixe, fixedly (late Lat.):

    ubi tenacius habitabit et fixius,

    Aug. Ep. 6 fin.

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  • 6 animadvertō or -vortō or (older) animum advertō

        animadvertō or -vortō or (older) animum advertō (constr. as one word), tī, sus, ere    [animum + adverto], to direct the mind, give attention to, attend to, consider, regard, observe: tuam rem, T.: eadem in pace: sed animadvertendum est diligentius quae sit, etc.: animum advertere debere, qualis, etc., N.: ad mores hominum regendos, L.: illud animadvertisse, ut ascriberem, etc. consul animadvertere proximum lictorem iussit, to call attention to the consul's presence, L.—To mark, notice, observe, perceive, see, discern: horum silentium: puerum dormientem: quod quale sit: Postquam id vos velle animum advorteram, T.: innocentes illos natos, etc., N.: haec... utcumque animadversa aut existimata erunt, whatever attention or consideration be given, L.: his animadversis, V.: illud ab Aristotele animadversum, the fact observed by. — To attend to, censure, blame, chastise, punish: ea ab illo animadvortenda iniuria est, deserves to be punished, T.: O facinus animadvortendum, worthy of punishment, T.: vox... in quā nihil animadverti possit, there is nothing censurable: neque animadvertere... nisi sacerdotibus permissum, Ta.: verberibus in civīs, S.: si in hunc animadvertissem: cum animadversum esset in iudices.

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  • 7 arguō

        arguō uī, ūtus, ere    [ARG-], to make known, show, prove, manifest, disclose, declare, betray: genus arguitur voltu, O.: Degeneres animos timor arguit, V.: amantem silentium Arguit, H.— Pass reflex., to betray oneself: Laudibus arguitur vini vinosus Homerus, H. — To accuse, complain of, inform against, charge, blame, denounce: servos: ambigue dictum, censure, H.: quid arguis? What is your accusation?: ea culpa quam arguo, L.: facinoris: sceleris: culpae regem, L.: occupandae rei p. argui, Ta.: me timoris, V.: te hoc crimine: quo (crimine) argui posset, N.: id quod me arguis: de quibus verbo: civīs Romanos necatos esse: pulsum (me esse), V.: me patrium temerasse cubile Arguit, O.: animalia mensis Arguit imponi, censured the practice, O.: occidisse patrem arguitur.
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    arguere, argui, argutus V TRANS
    prove, argue, allege; disclose; accuse, complain of, charge, blame, convict

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  • 8 (coepiō）

       (coepiō） coepī, coeptus, ere    [com- + 1 AP-], to begin, commence: non Prius olfecissem, quam ille quicquam coeperet? T.: mecum cogitare, T.: cum ver esse coeperat: Fluctus coepit albescere, V.: oppugnare, Cs.: alia fieri coepere, S.: cum Lacedaemoniis pugnari coepit, N.: urbanus haberi, H.: res agi coepta est: ante petitam esse pecuniam, quam esset coepta deberi: obsidione coepti premi hostes, L.: bello premi sunt coepti, N.: mitescere discordiae intestinae coeptae, L.: si quicquam hic turbae coeperis, T.: illud, quod coepimus, videamus: illa quae coepta sunt ab isto: coeptum bellum foret, S.: se non ante coepturum, quam, etc., L.: perge quo coepisti (sc. ire): dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet, H.: ita coepit tyrannus (sc. dicere), L.: Ilioneus placido sic pectore coepit, V.: coepit cum talia vates (sc. fari), V. — P. coeptus, begun, commenced, undertaken: consilium fraude coeptum, L.: iussis Carmina coepta tuis, V.: quaedam (animalia) modo coepta, in process of creation, O.: mors, sought, O. — Of things, to begin, be begun, take a beginning, commence, originate, arise: post, ubi silentium coepit... verba facit, etc., S.: cum deditio coepit, S.: pugna coepit, L.

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  • 9 cōn-sequor

        cōn-sequor secūtus (sequūtus), ī, dep.,    to follow, follow up, press upon, go after, attend, accompany, pursue. litteras suas prope, L.: se coniecit intro, ego consequor, T.: hos vestigiis.—To follow, pursue (as a foe): copias, Cs.: (alitem) pennis, O.: face iactatā Consequitur ignibus ignes, makes a circle of fire (to the eye), O.—In time, to follow, come after: Cethegum aetate: has res consecuta est mutatio, N.: eius modi sunt tempestates consecutae, uti, etc., Cs.: reliquis consecutis diebus: silentium est consecutum. — To overtake, reach, come up with, attain to, arrive at: hunc fugientem: columbam, V.: rates, O.: ad vesperam consequentur: reliqui legati sunt consecuti, came up, N.: (telum) Consequitur quocumque petit, hits, O.—Fig., to follow, copy, imitate, adopt, obey: Chrysippum Diogenes consequens: Necessest consilia consequi consimilia, T.: mediam consili viam, L. — To follow, ensue, result, be the consequence, arise from: ex quo caedes esset vestrum consecuta: dictum invidia consecuta est, N.: quia libertatem pax consequebatur: illud naturā consequi, ut, etc. — To reach, overtake, obtain, acquire, get, attain: opes quam maximas: honores: eam rem, Cs.: fructum amplissimum ex vestro iudicio: omnia per senatum: suis meritis inpunitatem: gloriam victoriis, N.: in hac pernicie rei p. gratiam: multum in eo se consequi dicebat, quod, etc., that it was a great advantage to him, N.: perverse dicere perverse dicendo, acquire bad habits of speaking.—To reach, come to, overtake, strike: matrem mors consecutast, T.: tanta prosperitas Caesarem est consecuta, ut, N.—To become like, attain, come up to, equal: aliquem maiorem. — To attain to, understand, perceive, learn, know: plura, N.: omnīs illorum conatūs: facta memoriā: tantam causam diligentiā: quid copiarum haberes.—Of speech, to attain, be equal to, do justice to: laudes eius verbis: omnia verbis.

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  • 10 decōrus

        decōrus adj.    [decor], becoming, fitting, seemly, proper, suitable, decorous: color deo: virginitati, L.: ad ornatum: decorus est senis sermo: silentium, H.: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, H.: decorum erat ipsis capessere pugnam, L.— Ornamented, adorned, fine, beautiful, handsome: aedes, H.: galeae ensesque, V.: arma, S.: palaestra, noble, skilful, H.: ductores ostro, V.: Medi pharetrā, H.: dea formā, O.
    * * *
    decora -um, decorior -or -us, decorissimus -a -um ADJ
    beautiful/good looking/handsome/comely; adorned; graceful/elegant (non-visual); honorable, noble; glorious, decorated; decorous, proper, decent, fitting

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  • 11 dōnec

        dōnec conj.    [shortened from donicum], as long as, while: Donec canities abest, H.: (elephanti) nihil trepidabant, donec ponte agerentur, L.: donec quisquam supersit, L.— Until, till at length: haud desinam Donec perfecero hoc, T.: neque finis fiebat, donec populus senatum coëgit, etc.: donec redit, silentium fuit, L.: canit, Cogere donec ovīs Iussit Vesper, V.: Danuvius plurīs populos adit donec erumpat, Ta.: cornu duxit, donec coirent capita, V.: moveri vetuisse puerum, donec experrectus esset, i. e. before, L.—With usque, all the time until: usque adeo donec, T.: usque eo timui donec ad reiciendos iudices vēnimus: eo usque vivere donec, etc., L.: usque Sessuri, donec cantor ‘Vos plaudite’ dicat, H.
    * * *
    while, as long as, until

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  • 12 ēgregius

        ēgregius adj.    [ex + grex], select, extraordinary, distinguished, surpassing, excellent, eminent: ingenium ad miserias, T.: diligentia: facta, S.: vir: senatus, L.: par consulum, L.: corpus, i. e. in beauty, H.: silentium, marvellous reserve, H.: virtus, Cs.: in artibus, S.: formā, V.: bello, Ta.: coniunx, V.: animi, V. — As subst n.: ut alia egregia tua omittam, S.: publicum, glory, Ta.
    * * *
    egregia, egregium ADJ
    singular; distinguished; exceptional; extraordinary; eminent; excellent

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  • 13 fidēlis

        fidēlis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 fides], trusty, trustworthy, faithful, sincere, true: medicus, H.: catulis cerva fidelibus, H.: sociis multo fidelioribus utimur: fidelissima coniunx: mulieri vir, T.: quem sibi fidelem arbitrabatur, Cs.: animus in dominum: in amicos, S.—As subst m., a trusty person, confidant: si quem tuorum fidelium voles.— Trustworthy, sure, safe, true, strong, firm, durable: ager: navis: lorica, V.: consilium: operā Commi fideli, Cs.: silentium, H.
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    fidele, fidelior -or -us, fidelissimus -a -um ADJ
    faithful/loyal/devoted; true/trustworthy/dependable/reliable; constant/lasting

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  • 14 habeō

        habeō uī (old perf subj. habessit for habuerit, C.), itus, ēre    [HAB-], to have, hold, support, carry, wear: arma: anulum: arma hic paries habebit, H.: coronam in capite: soccos et pallium: catenas: Faenum in cornu, H.: aquilam in exercitu, S.— To have, hold, contain: quod (fanum) habebat auri: non me Tartara habent, V.: quem quae sint habitura deorum Concilia, etc., V.: Quae regio Anchisen habet? V.: quod habet lex in se: suam (nutricem) cinis ater habebat, V.— To have, hold, occupy, inhabit: urbem, S.: arcem: quā Poeni haberent (sc. castra), L.: Hostis habet muros, V. —Of relation or association, to have: in matrimonio Caesenniam: eos in loco patrui: uxores: patrem: (legionem) secum, Cs.: apīs in iubā: mecum scribas: quibus vendant, habere, Cs.: conlegam in praeturā Sophoclem: civitates stipendiarias, Cs.: cognitum Scaevolam: inimicos civīs: duos amicissimos: eum nuptiis adligatum: quem pro quaestore habuit.— To have, be furnished with: voltum bonum, S.: pedes quinque: Angustos aditūs, V.: manicas, V.— To have, hold, keep, retain, detain: haec cum illis sunt habenda (opp. mittenda), T.: si quod accepit habet: Bibulum in obsidione, Cs.: in liberis custodiis haberi, S.: in vinculis habendi, S.: mare in potestate, Cs.: in custodiam habitus, lodged, L.: ordines, preserve, S.: alios in eā fortunā, ut, etc., L.: exercitus sine inperio habitus, S.: Marium post principia, station, S.: Loricam Donat habere viro, gives to keep, V.: inclusum senatum.—Of ownership or enjoyment, to have, own, possess, be master of: agros: Epicratis bona omnia: in Italiā fundum: quod non desit, H.: (divitias) honeste, enjoy, S.: (leges) in monumentis habemus, i. e. are extant: sibi hereditatem: illam suas res sibi habere iussit (the formula of divorcing a wife): in vestrā amicitiā divitias, S.: nos Amaryllis habet, has my love, V.: habeo, non habeor a Laide: habet in nummis, in praediis, is rich: ad habendum nihil satis esse: amor habendi, V.: Unde habeas, quaerit nemo, sed oportet habere, Iu.— To have, get, receive, obtain: a me vitam, fortunas: imperium a populo R.: habeat hoc praemi tua indignitas: granum ex provinciā: plus dapis, H.: Partem opere in tanto, a place, V.: graviter ferit atque ita fatur, Hoc habet, it reaches him, V.: certe captus est, habet! (i. e. volneratus est) T.— To find oneself, be, feel, be situated, be off, come off: se non graviter: bene habemus nos: praeclare se res habebat: quo pacto se habeat provincia: bene habent tibi principia, T.: bene habet, it is well: atqui Sic habet, H.: credin te inpune habiturum? escape punishment, T.: virtus aeterna habetur, abides, S.— To make, render: uti eos manifestos habeant, S.: pascua publica infesta, L.—With P. perf. pass., periphrast. for perf act.: vectigalia redempta, has brought in and holds, Cs.: domitas libidines: quae conlecta habent Stoici: de Caesare satis dictum: pericula consueta, S.: neque ea res falsum me habuit, S.: edita facinora, L.— To treat, use, handle: duriter se, T.: equitatu agmen adversariorum male, Cs.: exercitum luxuriose, S.: eos non pro vanis hostibus, sed liberaliter, S.: saucii maiore curā habiti, L.— To hold, direct, turn, keep: iter hac, T.: iter ad legiones, Cs.— To hold, pronounce, deliver, utter, make: orationem de ratione censoriā: contionem ad urbem: post habitam contionem: gratulationibus habendis celebramur: quae (querelae) apud me de illo habebantur: verba.— To hold, convene, conduct, cause to take place: comitia haberi siturus: senatum, Cs.: censum: Consilium summis de rebus, V.— To hold, govern, administer, manage, wield: rem p., S.: qui cultus habendo Sit pecori, V.: animus habet cuncta, neque ipse habetur, S.: aptat habendo Ensem, V.—Of rank or position, to hold, take, occupy: priores partīs Apud me, T.: Statum de tribus secundarium.—Fig., to have, have in mind, entertain, cherish, experience, exhibit, be actuated by: si quid consili Habet, T.: alienum animum a causā: tantum animi ad audaciam: plus animi quam consili: amorem in rem p.: in consilio fidem: gratiam, gratias habere; see gratia.— To have, have in mind, mean, wish, be able: haec habebam fere, quae te scire vellem, this was in substance what, etc.: haec habui de amicitiā quae dicerem: quod huic responderet, non habebat: haec fere dicere habui de, etc.: illud adfirmare pro certo habeo, L.—Prov.: quā digitum proferat non habet.—With P. fut. pass., to have, be bound: utrumne de furto dicendum habeas, Ta.: si nunc primum statuendum haberemus, Ta. — To have, have in mind, know, be acquainted with, be informed of: regis matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem: habes consilia nostra, such are: In memoriā habeo, I remember, T.: age, si quid habes, V.—With in animo, to have in mind, purpose, intend, be inclined: rogavi, ut diceret quid haberet in animo: istum exheredare in animo habebat: hoc (flumen) transire, Cs.: bello eum adiuvare, L. — To have in mind, hold, think, believe, esteem, regard, look upon: neque vos neque deos in animo, S.: haec habitast soror, T.: alquos magno in honore, Cs.: Iunium (mensem) in metu, be afraid of: omnīs uno ordine Achivos, all alike, V.: hi numero inpiorum habentur, Cs.: quem nefas habent nominare: deos aeternos: habitus non futtilis auctor, V.: cum esset habendus rex: non nauci augurem: cuius auctoritas magni haberetur, Cs.: id pro non dicto habendum, L.: sic habeto, non esse, etc.: non necesse habeo dicere: eam rem habuit religioni, a matter of conscience: ludibrio haberi, T.: duritiam voluptati, regard as pleasure, S.— To have, have received, have acquired, have made, have incurred: a me beneficia, Cs.: tantos progressūs in Stoicis.—With satis, to have enough, be content, be satisfied: sat habeo, T.: a me satis habent, tamen plus habebunt: non satis habitum est, quaeri, etc.— To have, be characterized by, exercise, practise: salem, T.: habet hoc virtus, ut, etc., this is characteristic of merit: locus nihil habet religionis: celerem motum, Cs.: neque modum neque modestiam, S.: silentium haberi iussit, observed, S.: habebat hoc Caesar, quem cognorat, etc., this was Caesar's way: ornamenta dicendi.— To have, involve, bring, render, occasion, produce, excite: primus adventus equitatūs habuit interitum: habet amoenitas ipsa inlecebras: latrocinia nullam habent infamiam, Cs.— To hold, keep, occupy, engage, busy, exercise, inspire: hoc male habet virum, vexes, T.: animalia somnus habebat, V.: sollicitum te habebat cogitatio periculi: Qui (metus) maior absentīs habet, H.— To take, accept, bear, endure: eas (iniurias) gravius aequo, S.: aegre filium id ausum, L.— To keep, reserve, conceal: Non clam me haberet quod, etc., T.: secreto hoc audi, tecum habeto.— To keep, spend, pass: adulescentiam, S.: aetatem procul a re p., S.—With rem, to have to do, be intimate: quocum uno rem habebam, T.
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    habere, habui, habitus V
    have, hold, consider, think, reason; manage, keep; spend/pass (time)

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  • 15 regō

        regō rēxī, rēctus, ere    [REG-], to keep straight, lead aright, guide, conduct, direct, control: mundum: onera navium velis, Cs.: arte ratem, O.: clavum, V.: te Ventorum regat pater, H.: quadrupedes, O.: frena, O.: impotentes regendi (equos), L.: currūs, O.: tela per auras, V.: exercitatus finibus in regendis, i. e. in determining boundarylines (of estates).—Fig., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct, govern, control: domum: rem consilio, T.: bella, Cs.: animi motūs: mores, O.: dictis animos, V.: ut me ipse regam, H.: neque regerentur magis quam regerent casūs, S.: iam regi leges, non regere, L.— To sway, control, rule, govern, be master of: rem p.: civitates quae ab optimis reguntur: imperio populos, V.: Diana, quae silentium regis, H.: ut unius potestate regatur salus civium: neque suos mores neque suorum libidines: ambitioso imperio regebat, used his authority to court popular favor, Ta.— To restore, set right, correct: peccas, ‘te regere possum’: errantem, Cs.
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    regere, rexi, rectus V
    rule, guide; manage, direct

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  • 16 sacer

        sacer cra, crum, adj. with sup.    [1 SAC-], dedicated, consecrated, devoted, sacred: aedes: aedificia: locus: iura sacerrima lecti, O.: luctus late, V.: aurum, L.: tus, O.: ales (as regarded in augury), V.: tempus, H.: commissum, a crime against religion: vitis (sacred to Bacchus), H.: robur, O.: aqua, H.: fontes, V.: sacer interpresque deorum Orpheus, H.: sacro Dianae celebris die, H.: terra sacra deorum est: Sacra Iovi quercus, O.: Cereri Polyphoetes, V.: mensis Manibus, O.—As nom prop.: legiones in Sacrum montem secessisse, to the Sacred mount (on the right bank of the Anio, three miles from Rome), L.: Sacra via, Holy street (between the Forum and the Capitol): Ibam forte viā Sacrā, H.— Regarded with reverence, holy, awful, venerable: silentium, H.; cf. ut sacrosancti habeantur, quibus ipsi dii neque sacri neque sancti sunt, L.— Devoted, forfeited, accursed, given over: sacer esto, H.: eum, qui cuiquam nocuerit, sacrum sanciri, L.: ut eius caput Iovi sacrum esset, L.— Accursed, execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous: Auri fames, V.: Remi Sacer nepotibus cruor, H.
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    sacra, sacrum ADJ
    sacred, holy, consecrated; accursed, horrible, detestable

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  • 17 sī

       sī (old, sei), conj.    [SOVO]-, as a conditional particle.—With indic., in conditions assumed as true, or (with fut.) which will probably be fulfilled, if, when, inasmuch as, since: si vis, dabo tibi testīs: si voluntas mea, si industria, si aures patent omnibus: magnifica quaedam res, si modo est ulia: si quisquam est facilis, hic est: si aliquid dandum est voluptati: istae artes, si modo aliquid, valent ut acuent ingenia: educ tecum omnīs tuos; si minus, quam plurimos: auferat omnia oblivio, si potest; si non, utrumque silentium tegat, L.: ignosce, Caesar, si rex cessit, etc.: non, si Opimium defendisti, idcirco, etc.: aut nemo, aut si quisquam, ille sapiens fuit: si Athenienses, sublato Areopago, nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant, etc.: si vis erat, si fraus, si metus: si neglegentiam dices, mirabimur: di persequar, si potero, subtilius: pergratum mihi feceris, si de amicitiā disputaris.—Esp. with pluperf., in indef. clauses of repeated action: plausum si quis eorum aliquando acceperat, ne quid peccasset pertimescebat, whenever: si quando forte suis fortunis desperare coeperant, Cs.—With subj praes. or perf., in conditions assumed as possible, if, even if, though: satis facere rei p. videmur, si istius furorem vitemus: si ad verba rem deflectere velimus: rem facias, rem, Si possis, recte; si non, quocumque modo rem, H.: innocens, si accusatus sit, absolvi potest.— With subj imperf. or pluperf., implying that the condition is contrary to fact, if: servi mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, domum meum relinquendam putarem: quod ne fecissent profecto, si nihil ad eos pertinere arbitrarentur: Si mihi, quae quondam fuerat... si nunc foret illa iuventus, V.— Followed by tamen, even if, although, albeit: quas si exsequi nequirem, tamen, etc.: quae si dubia essent, tamen, etc., S.: si aliter accidisset: si quis in caelum ascendisset, etc.—In the parenthetic phrase, si forte, perhaps, perchance: vereor, ne nihil sim tui, nisi supplosionem pedis imitatus et aliquem, si forte, motum.—With subj. (rarely indic.), in place of an inf, if, when, that: apud Graecos opprobrio fuit adulescentibus, si amatores non haberent (i. e. amatores non habere): illud ignoscere aequum erit, si... ne tuam quidem gloriam praeponam, etc., L.—In dependent questions, if, whether, if perchance: ut illum quaeram, Idque adeo visam, si domist, T.: fatis incerta feror, si Iuppiter unam Esse velit urbem, V.: primum ab iis quaesivit, si aquam hominibus... imposuissent, L.: statui expectandum esse si quid certius adferretur.—In expressing a wish (poet. for utinam), usu. with O, if only, would that, O that: o si angulus ille accedat, qui, etc., H.: Si nunc se nobis ille aureus arbore ramus Ostendat nemore in tanto! would that, V.—With a relat., to express a class vaguely or doubtfully, if there be any such, whoever they may be: mortem proponit... eis etiam si qui non moleste tulerunt: dimissis, si qui parum idonei essent, L.—In clauses of purpose, if, in order to, to try whether, to see if, that if possible: Minucium cum omni equitatu praemittit, si quid celeritate itineris proficere possit, to see whether, Cs.: neque ullum munus despiciens, si in Caesaris complexum venire posset, Cs.: pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent, L.—In clauses of contingency, against the case that: haud aspernatus Tullius, tamen, si vana adferantur, in aciem educit, in order to be ready, if, etc., L.: ille postea, si comitia sua non fierent, urbi minari, i. e. threatened an attack if, etc.: erat reo damnato, si fraus capitalis non esset, quasi poenae aestimatio: quattuor legiones Cornelio, si qui ex Etruriā novi motūs nuntiarentur, relictae, to be ready, in case, etc., L.
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    if, if only; whether

    quod si -- but if; si quis/quid -- if anyone/anything

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  • 18 subiciō

        subiciō (the first syl. usu. long by position; often pronounced, and sometimes written, subiiciō), iēcī, iectus, ere    [sub+iacio], to throw under, place under, cast below: inter carros rotasque mataras subiciebant, discharged below (the wagonbodies), Cs.: sarmenta circumdare ignemque circum subicere coeperunt: artūs subiecto torruit igni, O.: tectis ignīs: cum tota se luna sub orbem solis subiecisset: bracchia pallae, O.: collo Bracchia, O.—Of troops, to bring, cause to be encamped, post: castris legiones, Cs.: se iniquis locis, Cs.— To set up, mount, throw up: corpora in equos, V.: regem in equum, L.: Quantum vere novo se subicit alnus, shoots up, V.— To substitute, forge, counterfeit: testamenta: librum, N.— To suborn: subicitur Metellus, qui hanc rem distrahat, Cs.— Fig., to submit, subject, present: ei libellum: ea, quae subiciebantur oculis, L.: res subiectae sensibus.— To ascribe, attribute: nec videre, sub hanc vocem honestatis quae sit subicienda sententia, i. e. what meaning is to be attributed to it: intellegere quae res huic voci subiciatur.— To substitute: silentium erat, inopiā potioris subiciundi, L.: pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet. — To place under, make subject, subject se imperio alterius: se populi R. imperio subiectos dolere, Cs.: virtus subiecta sub varios casūs: bona civium voci praeconis: hiemi navigationem, expose, Cs.: fictis auditionibus fortunas innocentium: aliquid calumniae, L.—In thought, to subordinate, bring under, comprise in: formarum certus est numerus, quae cuique generi subiciantur: per quam res disperse dictae unum sub aspectum subiciuntur.— In order or time, to place after, let follow, affix, annex, append, subjoin: cur sic opinetur, rationem subicit, subjoins: a quibusdam senatoribus subiectum est, L.: vix pauca furenti Subicio, i. e. answer, V.— To bring forward, propose, adduce, bring to mind, prompt, suggest: Si meministi id, quod olim dictum est, subice, T.: quid dicerem: quae dolor querentibus subicit, L.: Spes est Peliā subiecta creatis, O.
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    subicere, subjeci, subjectus V TRANS
    throw under, place under; make subject; expose

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  • 19 teneō

        teneō tenuī, —, ēre    [2 TA-], to hold, keep, have, grasp, hold fast: flabellulum, T.: facem, V. telum, L.: cruentum gladium: manu Fragmina, O.: Dextra tenet ferrum, O.: ore cibum, Ph.: Hanc teneo sinu, O.; cf. cum res non coniecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur, i. e. was palpable. —Fig., to hold in mind, take in, understand, conceive, comprehend, know: rem tenes, you understand the situation, T.: teneo, I understand, T.: quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur: quo pacto cuncta tenerem, H.—Implying possession or control, to hold, possess, be master of, control, occupy: multa hereditatibus tenebantur sine iniuriā: quae tenuit dives Achaemenes, H.: loca, L.: colles praesidiis, Cs.: terras, H.: alterum cornu, command, N.: provincias aliaque omnia, S.: rem p. opes paucorum tenere coeperunt, to control public affairs: ut res p. vi tribuniciā teneretur, should be mastered, cf. qui tenent (sc. rem p.), qui potiuntur, i. e. who are in supreme power: me Galatea tenebat, i. e. held my affections, V.: teneone te? i. e. are you restored to me? T.—Implying persistence, to hold fast, keep, occupy, watch, guard, defend, maintain, retain: legio locum non tenuit, Cs.: Capitolia celsa, V.: in manicis te sub custode, H.: Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt.—Of a way or course, to hold, keep, maintain, follow up: secundissimo vento cursum, to hold one's course: vento intermisso cursum, Cs.: Quove tenetis iter? V.: tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar, L.: Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse (sc. cursum), sailed, L.: medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene, O.; cf. hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus, blows the wrong way, N.—Fig., to hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist on: consuetudinem meam: non tenebat ornatum suum civitas: ius suum: haec duo in amicitiā, etc.: imperium in suos: silentium, L. — To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist: illud arcte tenent, voluptatem esse summum bonum: propositum, maintain, Cs.: suas leges: quo causae teste tenentur, H.: plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, L.: tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, L.— Of the memory, to hold, keep: tui memoriam cum summā benevolentiā, preserve a recollection of: memoriā tenetis, res esse, etc., you remember numeros memini, si verba tenerem, recollect, V.: dicta tenere, H.—Of disposition or desire, to possess, occupy, control: quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc., has had possession of you: magna me spes tenet: nisi forte quem perniciosa libido tenet, S.: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled: pompā, ludis, to be fascinated: ab <*>ratore iam obsessus est ac tenetur.— To hold position, maintain oneself, stay, be posted: quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat, L.: tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis, V.— To hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail: imber per noctem totam tenuit, L.: tenet fama, lupam, etc, L.: fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio, L.—Implying attainment, to reach, arrive at, attain, occupy: montes Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere, L.: portum, L.: Hesperiam, O.—Fig., to reach, gain, acquire, obtain, attain: per cursum rectum regnum tenere: virtute regnum, L.: teneri res aliter non potest: causam, O.—Implying restraint, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay: naves, quae vento tenebantur, Cs.: classem ibi tenebat, L.: si id te non tenet, advola: Marcellum ab gerundis rebus: ne diutius teneam: tene linguam, O.: pecus omne tenendum, V.: manum, H.: quo me decet usque teneri? V.: lacrimas in morte miserā: exercitum in stativis, L.—With pron reflex., to keep back, remain, stay: castris sese, Cs.: castris se pavidus tenebat, L.: a conventu se remotum domi, N.: me ab accusando, refrain.— Fig., to hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter: iracundiam: risum: iram, Cu.: ea, quae occurrunt, keep to themselves: Sed te, ne faceres, tenuit reverentia famae, O.—Implying constraint, to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control: quamquam leges eum non tenent: interdicto non teneri: ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent, L.: teneri alienis foederibus, L.: poenā teneri, to be liable: testibus in re perspicuā teneri, to be convicted.— Implying comprehension, to take in, comprise, comprehend, include: haec magnos formula reges tenet. H.: ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur: id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate.
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    tenere, tenui, tentus V
    hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; represent; support

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  • 20 altus

    1.
    altus, a, um, participle from alo., lit., grown or become great, great (altus ab alendo dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. the Germ. gross with the Engl. grow), a polar word meaning both high and deep.
    A.
    Seen from below upwards, high.
    I.
    Lit.: IN ALTOD MARID PVCNANDOD, etc., Columna Duilii; so, maria alta, Liv. Andron. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, 10; id. ib. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.: aequor, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll.: parietes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44:

    sub ramis arboris altae,

    Lucr. 2, 30:

    acervus,

    id. 3, 198 al.:

    columellam tribus cubitis ne altiorem,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

    altior illis Ipsa dea est colloque tenus supereminet omnes,

    taller, Ov. M. 3, 181:

    altis de montibus,

    Verg. E. 1, 83:

    umbras Altorum nemorum,

    Ov. M. 1, 591 al. —With the acc. of measure:

    clausi lateribus pedem altis,

    a foot high, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 39 Gerl.; cf. Lind. C. Gr. I. p. 215.—With gen.:

    triglyphi alti unius et dimidiati moduli, lati in fronte unius moduli,

    Vitr. 4, 3:

    majorem turrim altam cubitorum CXX.,

    id. 10, 5:

    alta novem pedum,

    Col. 8, 14, 1:

    singula latera pedum lata tricenum, alta quinquagenum,

    Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 4.—
    II.
    Trop., high, lofty, elevated, great, magnanimous, high-minded, noble, august, etc.:

    altissimus dignitatis gradus,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 14; so id. Clu. 55; id. Dom. 37.—Of mind or thought:

    te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

    homo sapiens et altā mente praeditus,

    highminded, id. Mil. 8:

    qui altiore animo sunt,

    id. Fin. 5, 20, 57 al. —So of gods, or persons elevated in birth, rank, etc.;

    also of things personified: rex aetheris altus Juppiter,

    Verg. A. 12, 140:

    Apollo,

    id. ib. 10, 875:

    Caesar,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 37:

    Aeneas, i. e. deā natus,

    id. S. 2, 5, 62:

    Roma,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 33:

    Carthago,

    Prop. 2, 1, 23 al. —Of the voice, high, shrill, loud, clear:

    Conclamate iterum altiore voce,

    Cat. 42, 18:

    haec fatus altā voce,

    Sen. Troad. 196:

    altissimus sonus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 23 (cf.:

    vox magna,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 24; Juv. 4, 32).— Subst.: altum, i, n., a height:

    sic est hic ordo (senatorius) quasi propositus atque editus in altum,

    on high, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 98:

    aedificia in altum edita,

    Tac. H. 3, 71:

    quidquid in altum Fortuna tulit, ruitura levat,

    Sen. Agam. 100.—Esp.
    (α).
    (Sc. caelum.) The height of heaven, high heaven, the heavens:

    ex alto volavit avis,

    Enn. Ann. 1, 108:

    haec ait, et Maiā genitum demisit ab alto,

    Verg. A. 1, 297.—Still more freq.,
    (β).
    (Sc. mare.) The high sea, the deep, the sea: rapit ex alto navīs velivolas, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 224:

    ubi sumus provecti in altum, capiunt praedones navem illam, ubi vectus fui,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 39; so id. Men. 1, 2, 2; id. Rud. prol. 66; 2, 3, 64:

    terris jactatus et alto,

    Verg. A. 1, 3:

    in altum Vela dabant,

    id. ib. 1, 34:

    collectae ex alto nubes,

    id. G. 1, 324:

    urget ab alto Notus,

    id. ib. 1, 443 al.:

    alto mersā classe,

    Sil. 6, 665:

    ab illā parte urbis navibus aditus ex alto est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32:

    in alto jactari,

    id. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

    naves nisi in alto constitui non poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    naves in altum provectae,

    id. ib. 4, 28: scapha in altum navigat, Sall. Fragm.—So in the plur.:

    alta petens,

    Verg. A. 7, 362.— Trop.:

    quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6:

    imbecillitas... in altum provehitur imprudens,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42:

    te quasi quidam aestus ingenii tui in altum abstraxit,

    id. de Or. 3, 36, 145.—
    B.
    Seen from above downwards, deep, profound.
    I.
    Lit. (hence sometimes opp. summus): Acherusia templa alta Orci, salvete, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 81; Cic. Tusc. 1, 21, 48:

    quom ex alto puteo sursum ad summum escenderis,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14:

    altissimae radices,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 5:

    altae stirpes,

    id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

    altissima flumina,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 77:

    altior aqua,

    id. ib. 1, 25:

    alta theatri Fundamenta,

    Verg. A. 1, 427:

    gurgite in alto,

    in the deep whirlpool, id. E. 6, 76:

    altum vulnus,

    id. A. 10, 857; Petr. 136; Sen. Troad. 48:

    altum totā metitur cuspide pectus,

    Sil. 4, 292; so id. 6, 580 al.:

    unde altior esset Casus,

    Juv. 10, 106.—With the abl. of measure:

    faciemus (scrobes) tribus pedibus altas,

    Pall. Jan. 10, 3.—
    II.
    Trop. (more freq. in and after the Aug. per.), deep, profound:

    somno quibus est opus alto,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 8; so Liv. 7, 35:

    sopor,

    Verg. A. 8, 27:

    quies,

    id. ib. 6, 522:

    silentium,

    id. ib. 10, 63; Quint. 10, 3, 22:

    altissima tranquillitas,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 1:

    altissima eruditio,

    id. ib. 4, 30:

    altiores artes,

    Quint. 8, 3, 2.— Subst.: altum, i, n., the depth, i. e. what is deep or far removed:

    ex alto dissimulare,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 16:

    non ex alto venire nequitiam, sed summo, quod aiunt, animo inhaerere,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 16 med. al.—Hence, ex alto repetere, or petere, in discourse, to bring from far; as P. a., farfetched:

    quae de nostris officiis scripserim, quoniam ex alto repetita sunt,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 5:

    quid causas petis ex alto?

    Verg. A. 8, 395 (cf.:

    alte repetere in the same sense,

    Cic. Sest. 13; id. Rep. 4, 4, and v. al. infra).—
    C.
    Poet., in reference to a distant (past) time: cur vetera tam ex alto appetissis discidia, Agamemno? Att. ap. Non. 237, 22 (altum: vetus, antiquum, Non.); cf. Verg. G. 4, 285.—With the access. idea of venerable (cf. antiquus), ancient, old:

    genus alto a sanguine Teucri,

    Verg. A. 6, 500:

    Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti,

    id. ib. 9, 697;

    genus Clauso referebat ab alto,

    Ov. F. 4, 305:

    altā gente satus,

    Val. Fl. 3, 202:

    altis inclitum titulis genus,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 338.— Adv.: altē, and very rarely altum, high, deep (v. supra, altus, P. a. init.).
    A.
    High, on high, high up, from on high, from above (v. altus, P. a., A.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    alte ex tuto prospectum aucupo,

    Att. Trag. Rel. p. 188 Rib.:

    colomen alte geminis aptum cornibus,

    id. ib. p. 221:

    alte jubatos angues,

    Naev. ib. p. 9:

    jubar erigere alte,

    Lucr. 4, 404:

    roseā sol alte lampade lucens,

    id. 5, 610:

    in vineā ficos subradito alte, ne eas vitis scandat,

    Cato, R. R. 50:

    cruentum alte extollens pugionem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28: non animadvertis cetarios escendere in malum alte, ut perspiciant pisces? Varr. ap. Non. 49, 15:

    (aër) tollit se ac rectis ita faucibus eicit alte,

    Lucr. 6, 689:

    dextram Entellus alte extulit,

    Verg. A. 5, 443:

    alte suras vincire cothurno,

    high up, id. ib. 1, 337:

    puer alte cinctus,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 10, and Sen. Ep. 92:

    unda alte subjectat arenam,

    Verg. G. 3, 240:

    Nihil tam alte natura constituit, quo virtus non possit eniti,

    Curt. 7, 11, 10: alte maesti in terram cecidimus, from on high, Varr. ap. Non. 79, 16:

    eo calcem cribro succretam indito alte digitos duo,

    to the height of two fingers, Cato, R. R. 18, 7; so Col. R. R. 5, 6, 6.— Comp.:

    quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terrā altius possunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    tollam altius tectum,

    id. Har. Resp. 15, 33:

    altius praecincti,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 5:

    pullus in arvis altius ingreditur,

    Verg. G. 3, 75:

    caput altius effert,

    id. ib. 3, 553:

    altius atque cadant imbres,

    id. E. 6, 38 ubi v. Forb.:

    altius aliquid tenere,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 5.— Sup.: [p. 96] cum altissime volāsset (aquila), Suet. Aug. 94.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    alte natus,

    Albin. 1, 379 (cf.: altus Aeneas, supra, P. a., A. II.):

    alte enim cadere non potest,

    Cic. Or. 28, 98:

    video te alte spectare,

    id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82; id. Rep. 6, 23, 25.— Comp.:

    altius se efferre,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25; 3, 3, 4:

    altius irae surgunt ductori,

    Verg. A. 10, 813:

    altius aliquid agitare,

    Cels. 1 prooem.:

    attollitur vox altius,

    Quint. 11, 3, 65:

    verbis altius atque altius insurgentibus,

    id. 8, 4, 27.— Sup.:

    Ille dies virtutem Catonis altissime illuminavit,

    Vell. 2, 35:

    ingenium altissime adsurgit,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 4.—
    B.
    Deep, deeply (v. altus, P. a. B.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ablaqueato ficus non alte,

    Cato, R. R. 36:

    ferrum haud alte in corpus descendere,

    Liv. 1, 41:

    alte vulnus adactum,

    Verg. A. 10, 850; Ov. M. 6, 266; Curt. 4, 6, 18; Cels. 5, 26, 30:

    timidum caput abdidit alte,

    Verg. G. 3, 422:

    alte consternunt terram frondes,

    deeply strew, id. A. 4, 443:

    ut petivit Suspirium alte!

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 58 (cf.:

    ingentem gemitum dat pectore ab imo,

    Verg. A. 1, 485):

    inter cupam pertundito alte digitos primorīs tres,

    Cato, R. R. 21, 2:

    minimum alte pedem,

    Col. de Arb. 30.— Comp.:

    ne radices altius agant,

    Col. 5, 6, 8:

    terra altius effossa,

    Quint. 10, 3, 2:

    cum sulcus altius esset impressus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 23, 50:

    frigidus imber Altius ad vivum persedit, Verg G. 3, 441: tracti altius gemitus,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 4, 2.— Sup.:

    (latronibus gladium) altissime demergo,

    App. M. 2, 32.—
    II.
    Trop., deeply, profoundly, far, from afar:

    privatus ut altum Dormiret,

    Juv. 1, 16:

    alte terminus haerens,

    Lucr. 1, 77:

    longo et alte petito prooemio respondere,

    Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

    ratio alte petita,

    Quint. 11, 1, 62:

    alte et a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18; id. Rep. 4, 4, 4; id. Sest. 13, 31.— Comp.:

    qui altius perspiciebant,

    had a deeper insight, Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19:

    quae principia sint, repetendum altius videtur,

    must be sought out more deeply, id. Off. 1, 16:

    altius repetitae causae,

    Quint. 11, 1, 62:

    de quo si paulo altius ordiri ac repetere memoriam religionis videbor,

    Cic. Verr. 4, 105:

    Hisce tibi in rebus latest alteque videndum,

    Lucr. 6, 647:

    altius supprimere iram,

    Curt. 6, 7, 35:

    altius aliquem percellere,

    Tac. A. 4, 54:

    altius metuere,

    id. ib. 4, 41:

    altius animis maerere,

    id. ib. 2, 82:

    cum verbum aliquod altius transfertur,

    Cic. Or. 25, 82:

    Altius omnem Expediam primā repetens ab origine famam,

    Verg. G. 4, 285;

    so,

    Tac. H. 4, 12:

    altius aliquid persequi,

    Plin. 2, 23, 31, § 35:

    hinc altius cura serpit,

    id. 4, 11, 13, § 87.— Sup.:

    qui vir et quantus esset, altissime inspexi,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 5.
    2.
    altus, ūs, m. [alo], a nourishing, support:

    terrae altu,

    Macr. S. 1, 20 fin.

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