somnĭo

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somnĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ( dep. collat. form:

hic aedes non somniatur,

Petr. 74, 14) [somnium], to dream; to dream of or see in a dream (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

mirum atque inscitum somniavi somnium,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 5; so,

somnium,

id. Mil. 2, 4, 28; 2, 4, 47:

aliquid (in somnis),

id. Rud. 3, 4, 68; id. Curc. 2, 1, 32; 2, 2, 4; Ter. And. 5, 6, 7; Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121 al.; cf.

aurum,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 18:

ovum,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134:

speciem fortunae querentis,

Suet. Galb. 18 al.; cf.:

me somnies, me exspectes, de me cogites,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 114.— With obj.-clause: videbar somniare med ego esse mortuum, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 51 (Epich. v. 1, p. 167 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 39; Cic. Div. 1, 20, 39; 2, 65, 134 init.; Suet. Aug. 91; 94; id. Claud. 37 al.—With de:

hanc credo causam de illo somniandi fuisse,

Cic. Div. 2, 67, 140:

puer, de quo somniasset,

Suet. Aug. 94.— Absol.:

totas noctes somniamus,

Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121; id. Ac. 2, 16, 51; Plin. 10, 75, 98, § 211; Suet. Ner. 46 al.— Impers. pass.:

Aristoteles et Fabianus plurimum somniari circa ver et auctumnum tradunt,

Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54. —

Transf., as in Engl. to dream, i. e. to think idly or vainly, to talk foolishly:

eho, quae tu somnias! Hic homo non sanus est,

what are you dreaming about? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 109:

quos Summanos somnias?

id. Curc. 4, 3, 14: de Lanuvino Phameae erravi;

Trojanum somniabam,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6:

ineptias,

Col. 1, 8, 2:

ah stulte! tu de Psaltriā me somnias Agere,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 6; Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 5.— Absol.:

vigilans somniat,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 65; id. Capt. 4, 2, 68:

portenta non disserentium philosophorum sed somniantium,

Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18.

to dream /(+ acc.) to dream of, imagine foolishly.

to dream /+ acc.to imagine foolishly

somnĭum, ii, n. [id.].

Lit., a dream, Cic. Div. 1, 20, 39; 2, 58, 119; Plin. 10, 75, 98, § 211; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 3; Lact. Opif. Dei, 18: rex Priamus somnio perculsus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 59 Vahl.):

dum huic conicio somnium,

interpret, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 3; cf. id. Rud. 3, 1, 19:

interpretes somniorum,

Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132:

jucundissima somnia,

id. Fin. 5, 20, 55:

per somnia loquentes,

talking in their sleep, Lucr. 5, 1158; cf.:

quae somnio visa fuerant,

Liv. 8, 6, 11 Weissenb.—

Personified: Somnia, dreams, as divinities, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Ov. M. 11, 588; 11, 614 sq—

Transf.

For any thing idle, silly, or without foundation (cf. somnio, II.), a dream, an idle whim or fancy, stuff, nonsense:

tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es: Ille somnium,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 41:

de argento, somnium,

id. ib. 2, 1, 50; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 34.— Plur.:

fabulae!... logi!... somnia!

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 9:

et vigilans stertis nec somnia cernere cessas,

visions, Lucr. 3, 1048; cf. id. 1, 105:

spes inanes et velut somnia quaedam vigilantium,

Quint. 6, 2, 30: exposui fere non philosophorum judicia, sed delirantium somnia, Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 42:

Chrysippus Stoicorum somniorum vaferrimus interpres,

id. ib. 1, 15, 39:

leviter curare videtur, Quo promissa cadant et somnia Pythagorea,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 52.—

Poet.:

Somnus, tibi somnia tristia portans,

i. e. fatal sleep, Verg. A. 5, 840.

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con-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a.

To pour, mingle, or mix together (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.:

unā multa jura (cocos),

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 120; cf.:

jus confusum sectis herbis,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 67:

(venenum) in poculo, cum ita confusum esset ut secerni nullo modo posset,

Cic. Clu. 62, 173; Dig. 6, 1, 3, § 2:

cum ignis oculorum cum eo igne, qui est ob os offusus, se confudit et contulit,

Cic. Univ. 14:

cumque tuis lacrimis lacrimas confundere nostras,

Ov. H. 2, 95:

confundere crebroque permiscere mel, acetum, oleum,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50:

omnia arenti ramo (Medea),

Ov. M. 7, 278:

(Alpheus) Siculis confunditur undis,

mingles, Verg. A. 3, 696:

mixtum flumini subibat mare,

Curt. 9, 9, 7:

(cornua cervi contrita) pulvereae confusa farinae,

Ov. Med. Fac. 61:

aes auro,

Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 5.—

Meton.

In gen., to mingle, unite, join, combine (rare):

(decorum) totum illud quidem est cum virtute confusum, sed mente cogitatione distinguitur,

Cic. Off. 1, 27, 95; so,

vera cum falsis,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

est id quidem in totam orationem confundendum,

id. de Or. 2, 79, 322:

vis quaedam sentiens quae est toto confusa mundo,

id. Div. 1, 52, 118:

sermones in unum,

Liv. 7, 12, 14; cf. id. 40, 46, 13:

duo populi in unum confusi,

id. 1, 23, 2: diversum confusa genus panthera camelo ( = camelopardalis, the giraffe), Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 195:

rusticus urbano confusus,

id. A. P. 213; cf.:

quinque continuos dactylos,

Quint. 9, 4, 49:

subjecta sibi vocalis in unum sonum coalescere et confundi nequiret,

id. 1, 7, 26.—Of bringing together in speech:

cuperem equidem utrumque (una dijudicare), sed est difficile confundere,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 23; cf. id. Brut. 26, 100.— Poet.:

proelia cum aliquo,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 23 al. —More freq.,

Esp., with the idea of confounding, disarranging, to confound, confuse, jumble together, bring into disorder:

an tu haec ita confundis et perturbas, ut quicumque velit, quod velit, quo modo velit possit dedicare?

Cic. Dom. 49, 127:

omnis corporis atque animi sensus,

Lucr. 2, 946; cf. id. 2, 439:

aëra per multum confundi verba necesse'st Et conturbari vocem,

id. 4, 558: confusa venit vox inque pedita, id. 4, 562 sq.:

censeo omnis in oratione esse quasi permixtos et confusos pedes,

Cic. Or. 57, 195:

particulae primum confusae postea in ordinem adductae a mente divinā,

id. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

signa et ordines peditum atque equitum,

Liv. 9, 27, 10:

jura gentium,

id. 4, 1, 2:

priora,

Quint. 10, 5, 23:

ordinem disciplinae,

Tac. H. 1, 60; cf.:

ordinem militiae,

id. ib. 2, 93:

lusum,

Suet. Claud. 33:

annum (together with conturbare),

id. Aug. 31 et saep.: foedus, to violate (suncheein, Hom. Il. 4, 269), Verg. A. 5, 496; 12, 290:

summa imis,

Curt. 8, 8, 8:

imperium, promissa, preces confundit in unum,

mingles together, Ov. M. 4, 472:

jura et nomina,

id. ib. 10, 346:

fasque nefasque,

id. ib. 6, 585:

in chaos,

id. ib. 2, 299:

mare caelo,

Juv. 6, 283 (cf.:

caelum terris miscere,

id. 2, 25):

ora fractis in ossibus,

i. e. to disfigure the features, make them undistinguishable, Ov. M. 5, 58; Sen. Troad. 1117; cf.:

omnia corporis lineamenta,

Petr. 105, 10; Just. 3, 5, 11;

and vultus,

Luc. 2, 191; 3, 758; Stat. Th. 2, 232:

oris notas,

Curt. 8, 3, 13:

si irruptione fluminis fines agri confudit inundatio,

Dig. 19, 2, 31:

ossa Non agnoscendo confusa reliquit in ore,

Ov. M. 12, 251:

vultum Lunae,

to cloud, obscure, id. ib. 14, 367.—Of disordered health:

neque apparet, quod corpus confuderit,

Cels. 3, 5, 3.—

Trop., of intellectual confusion, to disturb, disconcert, confound, perplex (freq. after the Aug. per.;

perh. not in Cic.): audientium animos, etc.,

Liv. 45, 42, 1; 34, 50, 1:

cum confusa memoria esset,

id. 5, 50, 6:

nos (fulmina),

Quint. 8, 3, 5; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 2:

me gravi dolore (nuntius),

id. ib. 5, 5, 1; Quint. 1, 12, 1:

intellectum,

Plin. 21, 18, 70, § 117:

inmitem animum imagine tristi,

Tac. H. 1, 44:

Alexander pudore confusus,

Curt. 7, 7, 23:

illum ingens confundit honos inopinaque turbat gloria,

Stat. Th. 8, 283; Juv. 7, 68:

diligentiam monitoris confundit multitudo,

Col. 1, 9, 7.—

To diffuse, suffuse, spread over (rare).

Prop.:

cibus in eam venam, quae cava appellatur, confunditur,

diffuses itself, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137:

vinum in ea (vasa),

Col. 12, 28 fin.:

cruorem in fossam,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 28.—

Poet., to throw in great numbers:

tela per foramina muri,

Sil. 14, 333.—

Trop.:

aliquid in totam orationem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 322:

vim quandam sentientem atque divinam, quae toto confusa mundo sit,

id. Div. 2, 15, 35: rosa ingenuo confusa rubore, suffused with, etc., Col. poët. 10, 260.—Hence, confūsus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2.), brought into disorder, confused, perplexed, disorderly (class. in prose and poetry):

ruina mundi,

Lucr. 6, 607; cf.

natura,

id. 6, 600:

vox,

id. 4, 562; 4, 613; cf.:

oratio confusa, perturbata,

Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50:

stilus,

Quint. 1, 1, 28:

verba,

Ov. M. 2, 666; 12, 55; 15, 606:

suffragium,

Liv. 26, 18, 9 Drak. ad loc. (cf.:

confusio suffragiorum,

Cic. Mur. 23, 47):

confusissimus mos,

Suet. Aug. 44:

clamor,

Liv. 30, 6, 2.—With abl.:

ipse confusus animo,

Liv. 6, 6, 7; cf. id. 35, 35, 18:

maerore,

id. 35, 15, 9:

eodem metu,

Quint. 1, 10, 48:

somnio,

Suet. Caes. 7:

irā, pudore,

Curt. 7, 7, 23; cf. Ov. H. 21, 111; id. Tr. 3, 1, 81:

fletu,

Petr. 134, 6:

turbā querelarum,

Just. 32, 2, 3 al.:

ex recenti morsu animi,

Liv. 6, 34, 8.— Absol.:

Masinissa ex praetorio in tabernaculum suum confusus concessit,

Liv. 30, 15, 2:

nunc onusti cibo et vino perturbata et confusa cernimus,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60; Petr. 74, 10; 91, 1 al.:

confusus atque incertus animi,

Liv. 1, 7, 6:

rediit confuso voltu,

id. 41, 15, 1; Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 11:

ore confuso,

Curt. 6, 7, 18; cf.:

confusior facies,

Tac. A. 4, 63:

pavor confusior,

Plin. 7, prooem. 1, § 5.— Hence, confūsē, adv., confusedly, without order, disorderly (several times in Cic.; elsewh. rare;

not in Quint.): confuse et permiste dispergere aliquid,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49:

loqui,

id. Fin. 2, 9, 27; cf.:

confuse varieque sententias dicere,

Gell. 14, 2, 17:

agere,

Cic. N. D. 3, 8, 19:

utraque res conjuncte et confuse comparata est, Auct. her. 4, 47, 60: universis mancipiis constitutum pretium,

in the lump, Dig. 21, 1, 36.—

* Comp.:

confusius acta res est,

Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 1.— Sup. not in use.

mŏnĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2 ( inf. pres. pass. monerier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 36; perf. subj. moneris pro monueris, Pac. ap. Non. 507, 24 sq.; cf. Trag. Rel. p. 66 Rib.; likewise: di monerint meliora, Pac. ap. Non. l. l. p. 74 Rib.), v. a. [causative from the root men; whence memini, q. v., mens, mentio; lit. to cause to think].

Lit., to remind, put in mind of, bring to one's recollection; to admonish, advise, warn, instruct, teach (syn.: hortor, suadeo, doceo): bene mones; tute ipse cunctas, Enn. ap. Non. 469, 25 (Com. v. 3 Vahl.):

ea (auctoritas) adhibeatur ad monendum non modo aperte, sed etiam acriter,

Cic. Lael. 13, 44:

melius nos Zenonis praecepta monent,

Juv. 15, 107.—

Aliquem de re:

oro, ut Terentiam moneatis de testamento,

Cic. Att. 11, 16, 5; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6.—

Aliquem aliquid:

Fabius ea me ex tuis mandatis monuit,

Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1:

id ipsum, quod me mones,

id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

sed eos hoc moneo, desinant furere,

id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

vos quo pauca monerem advocavi,

Sall. C. 58, 3; id. H. 2, 96, 8.— Hence also in pass., moneri aliquid:

ut moneatur semper servos homo officium suam,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 1:

nec ea, quae ab eā (naturā) monemur, audimus,

Cic. Lael. 24, 88; cf. infra. x.—

Aliquem alicujus rei (post-Aug., and only in Tac.; cf.:

admoneo, commonefacio): Caecina milites temporis ac necessitatis monet,

Tac. A. 1, 67 Nipperd. ad loc.:

Plancinam Augusta monuit Agrippinam insectandi,

id. ib. 2, 43.—

With ut, ne, or the simple subj.:

monere te atque hortari, ut in rem publicam incumberes,

Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 2:

monet ut suspiciones vitet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20: moneo, praedico, ante denuntio, abstineant, manus Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36:

moneo obtestorque ut, etc.,

Sall. J. 10, 3; 49, 2; id. H. 4, 61, 23:

vos, ne amittatis, etc.,

id. J. 31, 25:

Macedonas monebat, ne multitudine hostium... moverentur,

Just. 11, 13:

quamquam edicto monuisset ne quis quietem ejus interrumperet,

Tac. A. 4, 67 init. —

With an object- or rel.-clause:

(Caesar) monuit ejus diei victoriam in earum cohortium virtute constare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 89, 4:

moneret rationem frumenti esse habendam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34:

Cerealis propinquos monebat fortunam belli mutare, etc.,

Tac. H. 5, 24:

Arminius colligi suos et propinquare silvis monitos vertit,

id. A. 1, 63:

ultro struebantur qui monerent perfugere ad Germaniae exercitus,

id. ib. 4, 67 fin.:

Radamistum obpugnationem celerare,

id. ib. 12, 46; 13, 37; 16, 11; id. H. 4, 33:

si te unum illud monuerimus, artem sine assiduitate dicendi non multum juvare,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1:

moneo, quid facto opus sit,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 65:

res monet cavere, consultare,

Sall. C. 52, 3:

alio properare tempus monet,

id. J. 19, 2.— Pass.:

cum Nicanorem insidiari Piraeo a Dercillo moneretur,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 4.—

Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

res ipsa monebat tempus esse,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 1:

(sol) caecos instare tumultus Saepe monet,

Verg. G. 1, 464:

immortalia ne speres, monet annus,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 7:

natura monet festinare,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 227:

ut monet ira,

Sall. H. 2, 41, 8:

ratio ipsa monet amicitias comparare,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 66.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Without the accessory notion of reminding or admonishing, in gen., to teach, instruct, tell, inform, point out; also, to announce, predict, foretell:

tu vatem, tu diva, mone,

instruct thy bard, Verg. A. 7, 42:

velut divinitus mente monitā,

Liv. 26, 19:

hoc moneas precor,

Ov. F. 4, 247:

amici somnio monitus,

Suet. Aug. 91:

reddebant parvuli, quae monebantur,

what they were taught, Plin. Pan. 26:

vates Helenus cum multa horrenda moneret,

announced, foretold, Verg. A. 3, 712; cf.:

ante sinistra cavā monuisset ab ilice cornix, etc.,

id. E. 9, 15:

quid augurales alites vel cantus monerent,

Amm. 28, 1:

recte monemur, causas non utique ab ultimo esse repetendas,

Quint. 5, 10, 83.—

To punish, chastise (only in Tacitus):

puerili verbere moneri,

Tac. A. 5, 9.