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21 commentor
1.commentor, ātus sum, 1, v. freq. dep. [comminiscor].I.Prop., to consider thoroughly, meditate, think over, study, deliberate, weigh, prepare one ' s self mentally, etc. (class.).A.Ingen.1.Absol.:2.ut cito commentatus est,
i. e. has made up a story, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 27:cum in hortos D. Bruti auguris commentandi causā convenissemus,
deliberation, Cic. Lael. 2, 7:magi, qui congregantur in fano commentandi causā,
id. Div. 1, 41, 90.—With acc.:3.te ipsum, qui multos annos nihil aliud commentaris, docebo quid sit humaniter vivere,
Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5:commentari aliquid et discere,
id. Fin. 5, 15, 42: futuras mecum commentabar miserias, id. poët. Tusc. 3, 14, 29.—With interrog. clause:4.ut commentemur inter nos, quā ratione nobis traducendum sit hoc tempus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 6, 3.—With de:B.multos mensis de populi Romani libertate,
Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 36.—In partic.1.Of the orator's preparation for a speech (freq. and class.).a.Absol.:b.ad quem paratus venerat, cum in villā Metelli compluris dies commentatus esset,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 1: itaque videas barbato rostro eum commentari, Varr. ap. Non. p. 455, 19:crebro digitorum labrorumque motu commentari,
Quint. 11, 3, 160.—With acc.:2.ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto redderet eisdem verbis quibus cogitasset,
Cic. Brut. 88, 301:quae mihi iste visus est ex aliā oratione declamare, quam in alium reum commentaretur,
id. Rosc. Am. 29, 82.—Of writings, to prepare, produce as the result of study, write (rare):II.quorum alter commentatus est mimos,
Cic. Phil. 6, 13:eo ipso anno cum commentaremur haec,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 209: Cato de militari disciplinā commentans, id. praef. § 30.— With acc., to discuss, write upon:neque commentari quae audierat fas erat,
Gell. 1, 9, 4; cf.:carmina legendo commentando, que etiam ceteris nota facere,
Suet. Gram. 2.—Transf.A.Of the oratorical student's practice in speaking (always with reference to the mental exertion and preparation; cf. Jan. ad Cic. Brut. 22, 87):B.commentabar declamitans, sic enim nunc loquuntur, saepe cum M. Pisone,
Cic. Brut. 90, 310:exisse eo colore et eis oculis, ut egisse causam, non commentatum putares,
id. ib. 22, 87 fin.:magister hic Samnitium summā jam senectute est et cottidie commentatur,
id. de Or. 3, 23, 86 Sorof ad loc.—Hence, as a modest expression for a speaker's effort, to experiment in speaking, attempt to speak:C.satisne vobis videor pro meo jure in vestris auribus commentatus?
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75 Orell. and Madv. ad loc.—To imitate, adopt the language of another:D.Achilem Aristarchi mihi commentari lubet,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 1.—To meditate, purpose:2.si cogitaras id, quod illa tropaea plena dedecoris et risūs te commentatum esse declarant,
Cic. Pis. 40, 97.commentor, ōris, m. [comminiscor], one who devises or invents something, an inventor:uvae, i. e. Bacchus,
Ov. F. 3, 785: fraudis, Auct. Ep. Iliad. 579: machinarius, a machinist, Scl. 5, § 13 Momms. (al. commentator). -
22 dictio
dictĭo, ōnis, f. [2. dico], a saying, speaking, uttering, delivery.I.In gen.A.(Good prose, for the most part only in jurid. and rhetor. lang.) Sententiae, Cic. Inv. 2, 4: testimonii, i. e. the right of giving testimony, *Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 63:B.causae,
a defending, pleading, Cic. Quint. 10, 35; id. Sest. 17 fin.; * Caes. B. G. 1, 4, 2; Liv. 7, 5 al.:multae ovium et boum,
Cic. Rep. 2, 9 fin. —Kinds of delivery, style, diction:C.seposuisse a ceteris dictionibus eam partem dicendi, quae, etc.,
id. de Or. 1, 6, 22; so,oratoriae,
id. ib. 2, 67, 270:subitae,
id. ib. 1, 33, 152: et vero fuit in hoc (Crasso) popularis dictio excellens;Antonii genus dicendi multo aptius, etc.,
id. Brut. 44, 165:extemporales,
Quint. 2, 4, 27:discipulorum,
declamation, id. 2, 2, 6 al.:saeptuosa dictione, opp. aperte dicere,
Pac. Com. Frag. v. 5 Rib.— Hence,The use of a word or phrase, a mode of expression, Quint. 9, 1, 17; 9, 1, 4; Gell. 7, 9, 13; 11, 3, 5.—D.A word, = verbum, vocabulum (late Lat.), Prisc. II. p. 51, 10 al.—II.Esp.A.(Cf. dictum, B. 4.) An oracular response, prediction (rare; not in Cic.): flexa, non falsa autumare dictio Delphis solet, Pac. ap. Non. 237, 4 (Rib. Trag. v. 308); Att. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 26, 42; Liv. 8, 24, 2.—B.The art of speaking, oratory:dictioni operam dare,
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23 dissero
1.dis-sĕro, sēvi (serui, poet. ap. Macr. S. 2, 14, 12), sĭtum, 3, v. a., to scatter seed, to sow here and there, to sow (rare):II.Caeciliana (lactuca) mense Januario recte disseritur,
Col. 11, 3, 26:semina in areolas,
id. 11, 2, 30; cf.:res in arcas (olitor),
Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.:dissita pars animae per totum corpus,
Lucr. 3, 143; cf. id. ib. 377; 4, 888.—To fix in the earth at intervals, to plant here and there:2.taleae mediocribus intermissis spatiis disserebantur,
Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.dis-sĕro, rŭi, rtum ( part. perf. disserta, first in Hier. in Isa. 4, 11; class. form dĭsertus, as a P. a., is very freq.; v. under P. a.), 3, v. a.— Lit., to set forth in order, arrange distinctly; hence, to examine, argue, discuss; or (more freq.) to speak, discourse, treat of a thing (good prose and very freq., esp. in Cic. and Quint.—cf.: disputo, discepto).(α).With acc. (so in Cic., and usually only with pronouns, but in Tac. also freq. with nominal subjects):(β).idonea mihi Laelii persona visa est, quae de amicitia ea ipsa dissereret, quae disputata ab eo meminisset Scaevola,
Cic. Lael. 1, 4; cf. id. de Sen. 21, 78:nihil de ea re,
Tac. A. 1, 6:seditiosa de aliqua re,
id. ib. 3, 40:permulta de eloquentia cum Antonio,
Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13; cf.:haec cum ipsis philosophis,
id. ib. 1, 13, 57:quae inter me et Scipionem de amicitia disserebantur,
id. Lael. 10, 33:qui haec nuper disserere coeperunt, cum corporibus simul animos interire,
id. ib. 4, 13:haec subtilius,
id. ib. 5, 18:aliquid pluribus verbis in senatu,
id. Fam. 12, 7; cf. Sall. J. 30 fin.:ea, quae disputavi,
Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 95; cf. id. Fat. 5; id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23:ea lege, qua credo omnibus in rebus disserendis utendum esse,
id. Rep. 1, 24:pauci bona libertatis incassum disserere,
Tac. A. 1, 4; cf. id. ib. 6, 34; id. H. 3, 81:cujus negotii initium, ordinem, finem curatius disseram,
id. A. 2, 27; cf. id. H. 2, 2 fin.:paucis instituta majorum domi militiaeque, quomodo rem publicam habuerint, etc., disserere,
Sall. C. 5 fin. Kritz.; for the latter constr. with a rel. clause, cf. Quint. praef. § 22, and 1, 10, 22; and with acc. and inf.:malunt disserere, nihil esse in auspiciis, quam quid sit ediscere,
Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105; id. Fin. 4, 1, 2 al.—With de:(γ).Scipio triduum disseruit de re publica,
Cic. Lael. 4, 14; so id. Rep. 1, 23 fin. et saep.; cf.also: consuetudo de omnibus rebus in contrarias partes disserendi,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 9:de Scripturis,
Vulg. Act. 17, 2 et saep.— Pass. impers.:ut inter quos disseritur, conveniat, quid sit id, de quo disseratur,
Cic. Fin. 2, 1 fin. —Less freq. for de, super aliqua re, Gell. 19, 1, 19.—Absol.:A.ut memini Catonem anno ante quam est mortuus mecum et cum Scipione disserere,
Cic. Lael. 3, 11; so,cum aliquo,
id. Rep. 1, 21:ita disseruit: duas esse vias, etc.,
id. Tusc. 1, 30:in disserendo rudes,
id. Rep. 1, 8; cf. id. ib. 3, 16; Quint. 12, 1, 35; 12, 2, 25 al.:causa disserendi,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 3 fin.:ratio disserendi,
id. Fat. 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 7; id. Ac. 1, 8, 30; and:ars bene disserendi,
id. de Or. 2, 38:adhibita disserendi elegantia,
id. ib. 2, 2 fin.; cf.:disserendi subtilitas,
id. de Or. 1, 15, 68 et saep. —Hence, dĭsertus, a, um (for dissertus. Cf.:difficultas laborque discendi disertam negligentiam reddidit. Malunt enim disserere, nihil esse in auspiciis, quam quid sit ediscere,
Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105; and: disertus a disserendo dictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 15), P. a., skilful in speaking on a subject; clear, methodical in speaking; well-spoken, fluent (less than eloquens, eloquent:disertos cognosse me nonnullos, eloquentem adhuc neminem, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 21; and id. Or. 5, 18; cf. also: facundus, loquax, dicax).Prop.:B.disertorum oratione delenitus... utilitates non a sapientibus et fortibus viris sed a disertis et ornate dicentibus esse constitutae,
Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 36; cf. id. Phil. 2, 39 fin.; id. Rep. 1, 3; Quint. 2, 3, 7 et saep.; Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 19; id. A. P. 370; Ov. M. 13, 228; id. Tr. 3, 11, 21; Mart. 9, 12, 16 et saep.—Cf. also, ora, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 20; and poet., Arpi, because within its limits Cicero was born, Mart. 4, 55:leporum disertus puer,
Cat. 12, 9:callidus et disertus homo,
i. e. sagacious, shrewd, Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 10.— Comp., Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 129 (with eloquentior).— Sup., Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 111; id. de Or. 1, 54, 231; id. Brut. 91, 315; Cat. 49, 1.—Transf., of discourse:(α).illam orationem disertam sibi et oratoriam videri, fortem et virilem non videri,
Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231; cf.historia,
id. Brut. 26:epilogus,
id. Att. 4, 15, 4:verba,
Ov. Pont. 3, 5, 8 al.; Quint. 1, 8, 4; cf. id. 2, 11, 5; 8 prooem. § 24; 8, 2, 21.— Comp.:sententia,
Sen. Ep. 21.— Sup.:litterae,
Cic. Att. 7, 2 fin.—Adv., clearly, expressly, distinctly; eloquently.dĭserte, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 31; Afran. ap. Non. 509, 23; Liv. 21, 19 Fabri ad loc.; id. 42, 25, 4 al.; Cic. de Or. 1, 10 fin.; id. Tusc. 5, 9, 24; id. Att. 4, 1, 6; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 10; Quint. 12, 1, 30; [p. 595] Tac. Or. 9, 26.—(β).dĭsertim, Liv. Andr., Att. Trag. v. 350 Rib. (ap. Non. 509, 25 sq.); Titin. Com. v. 150 Rib. (ap. Non. ib.); Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 87.—b.Comp., Mart. 3, 38.—c.Sup., Liv. 39, 28; Quint. 6, 2, 26. -
24 figurativa
fĭgūrātīvus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the figurative mode of speaking, figurative (late Lat.), Cassiod. Varr. 8, 31. — Hence,II.Subst.: figurativa, ae, f., figurative mode of speaking, Myth. Vatic. Fab. 127 ap. Mai. Auct. Class. 1, 3, p. 46. -
25 figurativus
fĭgūrātīvus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the figurative mode of speaking, figurative (late Lat.), Cassiod. Varr. 8, 31. — Hence,II.Subst.: figurativa, ae, f., figurative mode of speaking, Myth. Vatic. Fab. 127 ap. Mai. Auct. Class. 1, 3, p. 46. -
26 interfatio
interfātĭo, ōnis, f. [interfor], a speaking between, an interrupting in speaking (syn. interpellatio):contra verba atque interfationem,
Cic. Sest. 37, 79:expositiones brevi interfatione distinguere,
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interpellātĭo, ōnis, f. [interpello], a speaking between, an interruption in speaking; an interruption, hinderance.I.In gen.:II.quid tibi interpellatio aut in consilium huc accessiost?
What business have you to interrupt? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 83:cursum orationis interpellatione impedire,
Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 39; id. Part. Or. 8:sine ulla interpellatione,
id. Fam. 6, 18 fin.; Suet. Aug. 72:si quid nobis agentibus novi accidit, interpellatio, interventio alicujus, etc.,
Quint. 4, 3, 16; 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 2. —In law, a suit, appeal to the court, Dig. 5, 1, 23; 50, 16, 188. -
28 locum
lŏcus (old form stlocus, like stlis for lis, Quint. 1, 4, 16), i, m. ( lŏcum, i, n., Inscr. ap. Grut. 129, 14; plur. loci, single places; loca, places connected with each other, a region; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 666 sq., and v. infra), a place, spot.I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.adsedistis in festivo loco,
i. e. the theatre, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 83:locum sibi velle liberum praeberier, ubi nequam faciat clam,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 3, 44; cf.3, 2, 25: omnes copias in unum locum convenire,
Cic. Att. 8, 16, 2:Galli qui ea loca incolerent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:locorum situm naturam regionis nosse,
Liv. 22, 38:Romae per omnes locos,
Sall. J. 32:facere alicui locum in turba,
Ov. A. A. 2, 210:ex loco superiore agere, of an orator speaking from the rostra, or of a judge pronouncing judgment: de loco superiore dicere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:ex aequo loco, of one speaking in the Senate or conversing with another: et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habiti,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:ex inferiore loco,
to speak before a judge, id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: primus locus aedium, a dwelling on the ground-floor, Nep. praef. 6.— A post, position: loco movere, to drive from a place or post, Ter. Phorm. prol. 32; so,loco deicere,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30:loco cedere,
to give way, abandon one's post, retire, Sall. C. 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 15.—In partic.1.A place, seat, in the theatre, the circus, or the forum:2.Servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus,
room, seats, Plaut. Cas. prol. 23.—Esp. the place assigned by the Senate to foreign ambassadors: locum ad spectandum dare,
Cic. Mur. 35, 73; 34, 72; so Liv. 30, 17. — Plur. loca, Liv. 34, 44, 5; Vell. 2, 32, 3; Suet. Claud. 21; id. Ner. 11; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21.—But plur. loci, Tac. A. 15, 32.—So of the lodging, quarters, place of abode assigned to foreign ambassadors for their residence:3.locus inde lautiaque legatis praeberi jussa,
Liv. 28, 39, 19; 30, 17, 14; 42, 26, 5; Symm. Ep. 4, 56; Sid. Ep. 8, 12:loca lautia,
App. M. 3, p. 140, 30.—A piece or part of an estate:4.stricte loquendo locus non est fundus sed pars aliqua fundi,
Dig. 50, 16, 60:locus certus ex fundo possideri potest,
ib. 41, 2, 26.—A place, spot, locality; a country region: hau longe abesse oportet homines hinc;5.ita hic lepidust locus,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 35:nunc hoc ubi abstrudam cogito solum locum,
id. Aul. 4, 6, 7:non hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10; Verg. A. 1, 530; Caes. B. G. 5, 12.— Poet. of the inhabitants of a place, a neighborhood:numina vicinorum odit uterque locus,
Juv. 15, 37.—Of a place where a city once stood, a site:locus Pherae,
Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13:locus Buprasium, Hyrmine,
id. ib.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 280.— Plur. rarely loci:quos locos adiisti,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86:locos tenere,
Liv. 5, 35, 1:occupare,
Sall. J. 18, 4; 76, 1; Lucr. 4, 509; Verg. A. 1, 306; 2, 28; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 22; Tac. A. 1, 61; 13, 36; Suet. Tib. 43.—Usually loca:loca haec circiter,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8:venisse in illa loca,
Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 5; id. Fin. 5, 1, 2 sq.; Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 2; Lucr. 1, 373; 2, 146; Cat. 9, 7; 63, 3; Sall. J. 18, 11; 54, 3; Verg. G. 2, 140; id. A. 1, 51; 2, 495; Hor. C. 1, 22, 7; Tib. 4, 1, 97; Ov. M. 10, 29; Liv. 1, 1, 5; 1, 5, 2; 1, 6, 4 et saep.—In war [p. 1075] or battle, a post, station (plur. loca):6.tum loca sorte legunt,
Verg. A. 5, 132:loca jussa tenere,
id. ib. 10, 238:loca servare,
Amm. 25, 6, 14.—Loci and loca, of parts of the body:7.loci nervosi,
Cels. 5, 26, 26.—Esp.:muliebres,
Varr. L. L. 5, 2, 15; and without adj., in females, the womb:si ea lotio locos fovebit,
Cato, R. R. 157, 11:cum in locis semen insederit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 51; Cels. 2, 8. —Of animals, Col. 6, 27, 10.—Of birds, Col. 8, 11, 8; Lucr. 14, 1246; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17:genitalia,
Col. 7, 7, 4; cf. id. 8, 7, 2; 8, 11, 8;in males,
Lucr. 4, 1034; 4, 1045.—Communis locus,(α).The place of the dead:(β).qui nunc abierunt hinc in communem locum,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 19.—A public place:8.Sthenius... qui oppidum non maximum maximis ex pecunia sua locis communibus monumentisque decoravit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 112.—A burial-place, grave; very freq. in epitaphs; v. Inscr. Orell. 8; 4499; 4500 sq.II.Trop.A. 1.In gen.:2.cum fundamentum esset philosophiae positum in finibus bonorum, perpurgatus est is locus a nobis quinque libris,
Cic. Div. 2, 1, 2:Theophrastus cum tractat locos ab Aristotele ante tractatos,
id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:hic locus, de natura usuque verborum,
id. Or. 48, 162:philosophiae noti et tractati loci,
id. ib. 33, 118:ex quattuor locis in quos honesti naturam vimque divisimus,
id. Off. 1, 6, 18; id. Inv. 2, 3, 11; 2, 5, 16; 2, 8, 26 et saep.; Quint. 2, 4, 27; 2, 11, 6; 5, 8, 4; Juv. 6, 245; Tac. Or. 31.—Esp.: loci, the grounds of proof, the points on which proofs are founded or from which they are deduced:3.cum pervestigare argumentum aliquod volumus, locos nosse debemus,
Cic. Top. 2, 7; id. de Or. 1, 13, 56; 3, 55, 210:traditi sunt ex quibus argumenta ducantur duplices loci,
id. Or. 35; so sing.:itaque licet definire, locum esse argumenti sedem,
id. Top. 2.—Esp.: loci communes, general arguments, which do not grow out of the particular facts of a case, but are applicable to any class of cases:B.pars (argumentorum) est pervagatior et aut in omnis ejusdem generis aut in plerasque causas adcommodata: haec ergo argumenta, quae transferri in multas causas possunt, locos communis nominamus,
Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 47 sq.; cf. the passage at length; id. ib. 2, 16, 50 sq.; 2, 18, 56; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; Quint. 2, 1, 9; 3, 1, 12; 5, 1, 3; 5, 13, 57 al.— Sing.:vix ullus est tam communis locus, qui possit cohaerere cum causa, nisi aliquo proprio quaestionis vinculo copulatus,
Quint. 2, 4, 30:locus, for communis locus,
id. 4, 2, 117; 5, 7, 32.—A passage in a book or author; plur. loci (Zumpt, Gram. §C.99): locos quosdam transferam,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 1, 1, 36; 1, 4, 4; 5, 13, 42; 6, 3, 36; Tac. Or. 22:locos Lucreti plurimos sectare,
Gell. 1, 21, 7;but rarely loca: loca jam recitata,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 223; Amm. 29, 2, 8.—Room, opportunity, cause, occasion, place, time, etc., for any thing:D.et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 6:avaritia paululum aliquid loci rationi et consilio dedisset,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53:de tuo in me animo iniquis secus existimandi videris nonnihil dedisse loci,
to have given occasion, cause, reason, id. Fam. 3, 6, 6:dare suspicioni locum,
id. Cael. 4, 9:dare locum dubitationis,
id. Balb. 6, 16; Val. Fl. 4, 451: locum habere, to find a place:qui dolorem summum malum dicit, apud eum, quem locum habet fortitudo?
Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:in hoc altero dicacitatis quid habet ars loci?
id. de Or. 2, 54, 219; so,locus est alicui rei: legi Aquiliae locus est adversus te,
Dig. 9, 2, 27; cf.:huic edicto locus est,
ib. 37, 10, 6; cf.:meritis vacat hic tibi locus,
Verg. A. 11, 179:cum defendendi negandive non est locus,
Quint. 5, 13, 8:quaerendi,
id. 3, 8, 21.—Also in the sense of there is place for any thing, it finds acceptance:in poëtis non Homero soli locus est aut Archilocho, etc.,
Cic. Or. 1, 4:si in mea familiaritate locus esset nemini nisi, etc.,
id. Planc. 33, 82:maledicto nihil loci est,
id. Mur. 5, 12: locum non relinquere, to leave no room for, not to admit, to exclude:vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,
id. Quint. 15, 49; so,nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum,
id. Fam. 1, 1, 2: nancisci locum, to find occasion:nactus locum resecandae libidinis,
id. Att. 1, 18, 2:valde gaudeo, si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus,
id. ib. 9, 7, 6.—In aliquo loco esse, to be in any place, position, situation, condition, state, relation:E.si ego in istoc siem loco, dem potius aurum, quam, etc.,
position, place, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 116:tanta ibi copia venustatum aderat, in suo quaeque loco sita munde,
id. Poen. 5, 4, 8:in uxoris loco habere,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 52:in liberūm loco esse,
Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 200; id. Planc. 11, 28; id. Brut. 1, 1; but more freq. without in:is si eo loco esset, negavit se facturum,
id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:eodem loco esse,
Sen. Ben. 3, 8, 2; 7, 14, 6.—Esp. with a gen.:parentis loco esse,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61:hostium loco esse,
Liv. 2, 4, 7:fratris loco esse,
Cic. Fam. 5, 3, 1; 7, 3, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 7:nec vero hic locus est, ut, etc.,
not the proper occasion, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 1; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33.— Hence, loco or in loco, at the right place or time, seasonably, suitably:posuisti loco versus Attianos,
Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4:epistolae non in loco redditae,
id. ib. 11, 16, 1:dulce est desipere in loco,
Hor. C. 4, 12, 28; so,locis: non insurgit locis? non figuris gaudet?
Quint. 12, 10, 23:quo res summa loco?
in what condition? Verg. A. 2, 322:quo sit fortuna loco,
id. ib. 9, 723:quo sit Romana loco res,
Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 25:quo tua sit fortuna loco,
Stat. Th. 7, 558:missis nuntiis, quo loco res essent,
Liv. 2, 47, 5:primo loco,
in the first place, first in order, Juv. 5, 12.—Freq. as a partit. gen.:quo loci for quo loco,
Cic. Att. 8, 10; id. Div. 2, 66:eo loci for eo loco,
id. Sest. 31, 68; Tac. A. 15, 74:eodem loci,
Suet. Calig. 53:ubi loci,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 26:ibidem loci,
id. Cist. 3, 1, 53:interea loci for interea,
meanwhile, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 46:postea loci,
after that, afterwards, Sall. J. 102:ubicumque locorum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 34:adhuc locorum,
hitherto, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 25:ad id locorum,
to that time, till then, hitherto, Sall. J. 63, 6; 73, 2; Liv. 22, 38, 12:post id locorum,
after that, thereupon, Plaut. Cas. 1, 32:inde loci,
since then, Lucr. 5, 437.—Place, position, degree, rank, order, office, of persons or things:F.summus locus civitatis,
Cic. Clu. 55, 150:tua dignitas suum locum obtinebit,
id. Fam. 3, 9, 2:quem locum apud ipsum Caesarem obtinuisti?
id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:res erat et causa nostra eo jam loci, ut, etc.,
id. Sest. 31, 68:Socrates voluptatem nullo loco numerat,
id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:codem loco habere, quo, etc.,
id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; Caes. B. G. 1, 26, 6; 7, 77, 3; id. B. C. 1, 84, 2:indignantes eodem se loco esse, quo, etc.,
Liv. 42, 37, 8:sed esto, neque melius quod invenimus esse, neque par, est certe proximus locus,
Quint. 10, 5, 6:erat ordine proximus locus,
id. 7, 3, 36:humili loco,
id. 4, 2, 2.— Plur. loca:ut patricii recuperarent duo consularia loca,
Liv. 10, 15, 8:quinque augurum loca,
id. 10, 8, 3; 42, 34, 15:omnia loca obtinuere, ne cui plebeio aditus esset,
id. 4, 57, 11; Tac. A. 2, 55:Vesta loca prima tenet,
Ov. F. 6, 304.—Esp. of birth:infimo loco natus,
Cic. Fl. 11, 24:esse summo loco natus,
id. Planc. 25, 60:Tanaquil summo loco nata,
Liv. 1, 34.—Loco, adverbially, in the place of, instead of, for:criminis loco putant esse, quod vivam,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 6:haec filium suum sibi praemii loco deposcit,
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lŏcus (old form stlocus, like stlis for lis, Quint. 1, 4, 16), i, m. ( lŏcum, i, n., Inscr. ap. Grut. 129, 14; plur. loci, single places; loca, places connected with each other, a region; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 666 sq., and v. infra), a place, spot.I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.adsedistis in festivo loco,
i. e. the theatre, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 83:locum sibi velle liberum praeberier, ubi nequam faciat clam,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 3, 44; cf.3, 2, 25: omnes copias in unum locum convenire,
Cic. Att. 8, 16, 2:Galli qui ea loca incolerent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4:locorum situm naturam regionis nosse,
Liv. 22, 38:Romae per omnes locos,
Sall. J. 32:facere alicui locum in turba,
Ov. A. A. 2, 210:ex loco superiore agere, of an orator speaking from the rostra, or of a judge pronouncing judgment: de loco superiore dicere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102:ex aequo loco, of one speaking in the Senate or conversing with another: et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habiti,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 2:ex inferiore loco,
to speak before a judge, id. de Or. 3, 6, 23: primus locus aedium, a dwelling on the ground-floor, Nep. praef. 6.— A post, position: loco movere, to drive from a place or post, Ter. Phorm. prol. 32; so,loco deicere,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30:loco cedere,
to give way, abandon one's post, retire, Sall. C. 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 15.—In partic.1.A place, seat, in the theatre, the circus, or the forum:2.Servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus,
room, seats, Plaut. Cas. prol. 23.—Esp. the place assigned by the Senate to foreign ambassadors: locum ad spectandum dare,
Cic. Mur. 35, 73; 34, 72; so Liv. 30, 17. — Plur. loca, Liv. 34, 44, 5; Vell. 2, 32, 3; Suet. Claud. 21; id. Ner. 11; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21.—But plur. loci, Tac. A. 15, 32.—So of the lodging, quarters, place of abode assigned to foreign ambassadors for their residence:3.locus inde lautiaque legatis praeberi jussa,
Liv. 28, 39, 19; 30, 17, 14; 42, 26, 5; Symm. Ep. 4, 56; Sid. Ep. 8, 12:loca lautia,
App. M. 3, p. 140, 30.—A piece or part of an estate:4.stricte loquendo locus non est fundus sed pars aliqua fundi,
Dig. 50, 16, 60:locus certus ex fundo possideri potest,
ib. 41, 2, 26.—A place, spot, locality; a country region: hau longe abesse oportet homines hinc;5.ita hic lepidust locus,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 35:nunc hoc ubi abstrudam cogito solum locum,
id. Aul. 4, 6, 7:non hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10; Verg. A. 1, 530; Caes. B. G. 5, 12.— Poet. of the inhabitants of a place, a neighborhood:numina vicinorum odit uterque locus,
Juv. 15, 37.—Of a place where a city once stood, a site:locus Pherae,
Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 13:locus Buprasium, Hyrmine,
id. ib.; cf. Ov. F. 2, 280.— Plur. rarely loci:quos locos adiisti,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86:locos tenere,
Liv. 5, 35, 1:occupare,
Sall. J. 18, 4; 76, 1; Lucr. 4, 509; Verg. A. 1, 306; 2, 28; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 22; Tac. A. 1, 61; 13, 36; Suet. Tib. 43.—Usually loca:loca haec circiter,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8:venisse in illa loca,
Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 5; id. Fin. 5, 1, 2 sq.; Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 2; Lucr. 1, 373; 2, 146; Cat. 9, 7; 63, 3; Sall. J. 18, 11; 54, 3; Verg. G. 2, 140; id. A. 1, 51; 2, 495; Hor. C. 1, 22, 7; Tib. 4, 1, 97; Ov. M. 10, 29; Liv. 1, 1, 5; 1, 5, 2; 1, 6, 4 et saep.—In war [p. 1075] or battle, a post, station (plur. loca):6.tum loca sorte legunt,
Verg. A. 5, 132:loca jussa tenere,
id. ib. 10, 238:loca servare,
Amm. 25, 6, 14.—Loci and loca, of parts of the body:7.loci nervosi,
Cels. 5, 26, 26.—Esp.:muliebres,
Varr. L. L. 5, 2, 15; and without adj., in females, the womb:si ea lotio locos fovebit,
Cato, R. R. 157, 11:cum in locis semen insederit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 51; Cels. 2, 8. —Of animals, Col. 6, 27, 10.—Of birds, Col. 8, 11, 8; Lucr. 14, 1246; Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209; Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17:genitalia,
Col. 7, 7, 4; cf. id. 8, 7, 2; 8, 11, 8;in males,
Lucr. 4, 1034; 4, 1045.—Communis locus,(α).The place of the dead:(β).qui nunc abierunt hinc in communem locum,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 19.—A public place:8.Sthenius... qui oppidum non maximum maximis ex pecunia sua locis communibus monumentisque decoravit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 112.—A burial-place, grave; very freq. in epitaphs; v. Inscr. Orell. 8; 4499; 4500 sq.II.Trop.A. 1.In gen.:2.cum fundamentum esset philosophiae positum in finibus bonorum, perpurgatus est is locus a nobis quinque libris,
Cic. Div. 2, 1, 2:Theophrastus cum tractat locos ab Aristotele ante tractatos,
id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:hic locus, de natura usuque verborum,
id. Or. 48, 162:philosophiae noti et tractati loci,
id. ib. 33, 118:ex quattuor locis in quos honesti naturam vimque divisimus,
id. Off. 1, 6, 18; id. Inv. 2, 3, 11; 2, 5, 16; 2, 8, 26 et saep.; Quint. 2, 4, 27; 2, 11, 6; 5, 8, 4; Juv. 6, 245; Tac. Or. 31.—Esp.: loci, the grounds of proof, the points on which proofs are founded or from which they are deduced:3.cum pervestigare argumentum aliquod volumus, locos nosse debemus,
Cic. Top. 2, 7; id. de Or. 1, 13, 56; 3, 55, 210:traditi sunt ex quibus argumenta ducantur duplices loci,
id. Or. 35; so sing.:itaque licet definire, locum esse argumenti sedem,
id. Top. 2.—Esp.: loci communes, general arguments, which do not grow out of the particular facts of a case, but are applicable to any class of cases:B.pars (argumentorum) est pervagatior et aut in omnis ejusdem generis aut in plerasque causas adcommodata: haec ergo argumenta, quae transferri in multas causas possunt, locos communis nominamus,
Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 47 sq.; cf. the passage at length; id. ib. 2, 16, 50 sq.; 2, 18, 56; Auct. Her. 3, 8, 15; Quint. 2, 1, 9; 3, 1, 12; 5, 1, 3; 5, 13, 57 al.— Sing.:vix ullus est tam communis locus, qui possit cohaerere cum causa, nisi aliquo proprio quaestionis vinculo copulatus,
Quint. 2, 4, 30:locus, for communis locus,
id. 4, 2, 117; 5, 7, 32.—A passage in a book or author; plur. loci (Zumpt, Gram. §C.99): locos quosdam transferam,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 1, 1, 36; 1, 4, 4; 5, 13, 42; 6, 3, 36; Tac. Or. 22:locos Lucreti plurimos sectare,
Gell. 1, 21, 7;but rarely loca: loca jam recitata,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 223; Amm. 29, 2, 8.—Room, opportunity, cause, occasion, place, time, etc., for any thing:D.et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 6:avaritia paululum aliquid loci rationi et consilio dedisset,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53:de tuo in me animo iniquis secus existimandi videris nonnihil dedisse loci,
to have given occasion, cause, reason, id. Fam. 3, 6, 6:dare suspicioni locum,
id. Cael. 4, 9:dare locum dubitationis,
id. Balb. 6, 16; Val. Fl. 4, 451: locum habere, to find a place:qui dolorem summum malum dicit, apud eum, quem locum habet fortitudo?
Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:in hoc altero dicacitatis quid habet ars loci?
id. de Or. 2, 54, 219; so,locus est alicui rei: legi Aquiliae locus est adversus te,
Dig. 9, 2, 27; cf.:huic edicto locus est,
ib. 37, 10, 6; cf.:meritis vacat hic tibi locus,
Verg. A. 11, 179:cum defendendi negandive non est locus,
Quint. 5, 13, 8:quaerendi,
id. 3, 8, 21.—Also in the sense of there is place for any thing, it finds acceptance:in poëtis non Homero soli locus est aut Archilocho, etc.,
Cic. Or. 1, 4:si in mea familiaritate locus esset nemini nisi, etc.,
id. Planc. 33, 82:maledicto nihil loci est,
id. Mur. 5, 12: locum non relinquere, to leave no room for, not to admit, to exclude:vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,
id. Quint. 15, 49; so,nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum,
id. Fam. 1, 1, 2: nancisci locum, to find occasion:nactus locum resecandae libidinis,
id. Att. 1, 18, 2:valde gaudeo, si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus,
id. ib. 9, 7, 6.—In aliquo loco esse, to be in any place, position, situation, condition, state, relation:E.si ego in istoc siem loco, dem potius aurum, quam, etc.,
position, place, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 116:tanta ibi copia venustatum aderat, in suo quaeque loco sita munde,
id. Poen. 5, 4, 8:in uxoris loco habere,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 52:in liberūm loco esse,
Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 200; id. Planc. 11, 28; id. Brut. 1, 1; but more freq. without in:is si eo loco esset, negavit se facturum,
id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:eodem loco esse,
Sen. Ben. 3, 8, 2; 7, 14, 6.—Esp. with a gen.:parentis loco esse,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 61:hostium loco esse,
Liv. 2, 4, 7:fratris loco esse,
Cic. Fam. 5, 3, 1; 7, 3, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 7:nec vero hic locus est, ut, etc.,
not the proper occasion, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 1; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33.— Hence, loco or in loco, at the right place or time, seasonably, suitably:posuisti loco versus Attianos,
Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4:epistolae non in loco redditae,
id. ib. 11, 16, 1:dulce est desipere in loco,
Hor. C. 4, 12, 28; so,locis: non insurgit locis? non figuris gaudet?
Quint. 12, 10, 23:quo res summa loco?
in what condition? Verg. A. 2, 322:quo sit fortuna loco,
id. ib. 9, 723:quo sit Romana loco res,
Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 25:quo tua sit fortuna loco,
Stat. Th. 7, 558:missis nuntiis, quo loco res essent,
Liv. 2, 47, 5:primo loco,
in the first place, first in order, Juv. 5, 12.—Freq. as a partit. gen.:quo loci for quo loco,
Cic. Att. 8, 10; id. Div. 2, 66:eo loci for eo loco,
id. Sest. 31, 68; Tac. A. 15, 74:eodem loci,
Suet. Calig. 53:ubi loci,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 26:ibidem loci,
id. Cist. 3, 1, 53:interea loci for interea,
meanwhile, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 46:postea loci,
after that, afterwards, Sall. J. 102:ubicumque locorum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 34:adhuc locorum,
hitherto, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 25:ad id locorum,
to that time, till then, hitherto, Sall. J. 63, 6; 73, 2; Liv. 22, 38, 12:post id locorum,
after that, thereupon, Plaut. Cas. 1, 32:inde loci,
since then, Lucr. 5, 437.—Place, position, degree, rank, order, office, of persons or things:F.summus locus civitatis,
Cic. Clu. 55, 150:tua dignitas suum locum obtinebit,
id. Fam. 3, 9, 2:quem locum apud ipsum Caesarem obtinuisti?
id. Phil. 2, 29, 71:res erat et causa nostra eo jam loci, ut, etc.,
id. Sest. 31, 68:Socrates voluptatem nullo loco numerat,
id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:codem loco habere, quo, etc.,
id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; Caes. B. G. 1, 26, 6; 7, 77, 3; id. B. C. 1, 84, 2:indignantes eodem se loco esse, quo, etc.,
Liv. 42, 37, 8:sed esto, neque melius quod invenimus esse, neque par, est certe proximus locus,
Quint. 10, 5, 6:erat ordine proximus locus,
id. 7, 3, 36:humili loco,
id. 4, 2, 2.— Plur. loca:ut patricii recuperarent duo consularia loca,
Liv. 10, 15, 8:quinque augurum loca,
id. 10, 8, 3; 42, 34, 15:omnia loca obtinuere, ne cui plebeio aditus esset,
id. 4, 57, 11; Tac. A. 2, 55:Vesta loca prima tenet,
Ov. F. 6, 304.—Esp. of birth:infimo loco natus,
Cic. Fl. 11, 24:esse summo loco natus,
id. Planc. 25, 60:Tanaquil summo loco nata,
Liv. 1, 34.—Loco, adverbially, in the place of, instead of, for:criminis loco putant esse, quod vivam,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 6:haec filium suum sibi praemii loco deposcit,
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I.In gen., the connection of words to express thought:1.non est autem in verbo modus hic, sed in oratione, id est, in continuatione verborum,
Cic. 3, 42, 167.Speech, the power or faculty of speech, the habit or use of language:2.quae (ferae) sunt rationis et orationis expertes,
Cic. Off. 1, 16, 50:natura vi rationis hominem conciliat homini et ad orationis et ad vitae societatem,
id. ib. 1, 4, 12.—Speech, language, utterance; opp. to fact, action, etc.:3.lenitudo orationis, mollitudo corporis,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:idque videns Epicurus re tollit, oratione relinquit deos,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 123:qui sunt leves locutores... eorum orationem bene existimatum est in ore nasci, non in pectore,
Gell. 1, 15, 1:nam quid te igitur rettulit beneficum esse oratione, si ad rem auxilium emortuum est,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 19:ut in vitā, sic in oratione, nihil est difficilius quam quid deceat videre,
Cic. Or. 21, 70: qualis homo ipse esset, talem ejus esse orationem;orationi autem facta similia, factis vitam,
id. Tusc. 5, 16, 47:partes igitur orationis secundum dialecticos duae, nomen et verbum,
parts of speech, Prisc. 2, 4, 15.—Hence, a mode of speaking; a kind, manner, style of speech; language:4.quin tu istanc orationem hinc veterem atque antiquam amoves. Nam proletario sermone nunc utere,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 155: nam opulenti cum loquuntur pariter atque ignobiles, eadem dicta eademque oratio aequa non aeque valet, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3: quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, id. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:aliam nunc mihi orationem despoliato praedicas,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 52: Creta est profecto horum hominum oratio, quam orationem [p. 1275] hanc aures dulce devorant, id. Poen. 5, 2, 9:(Andria et Perinthia) non ita sunt dissimili argumento, sed tamen Dissimili oratione,
Ter. And. prol. 11.—Esp. (in gram.): oratio obliqua, indirect speech, the use of dependent clauses in citing the language of others:quam (orationem) obliquam Pompeius Trogus exposuit (opp. to conciones directae),
Just. 38, 3, 11.—Hence,Mode of speech, language, use of language, style:5.mollis est enim oratio philosophorum,
Cic. Or. 19, 64:(fabulae) tenui oratione et scripturā levi,
Ter. Phorm. prol. 5:ut Stoicorum est astrictior oratio aliquantoque contractior, quam aures populi requirunt, sic illorum (Peripateticorum) liberior et latior, quam patitur consuetudo judiciorum et fori,
Cic. Brut. 31, 120:orationem Latinam efficies profecto legendis nostris pleniorem,
id. Off. 1, 1, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 1.—Esp., the language of any people or nation:II.Timaeus in historiis quas oratione Graecā composuit,
Gell. 11, 1, 1:semper cum Graecis Latina (exempla) conjunxi... ut par sis in utriusque orationis facultate,
Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1.—In partic., formal language, artificial discourse, set speech (opp. to sermo, ordinary speech, conversational language):B.mollis est oratio philosophorum et umbratilis, nec verbis instructa popularibus nec vincta numeris, sed soluta liberius: itaque sermo potiusquam oratio dicitur. Quamquam enim omnis locutio oratio est, tamen unius oratoris locutio hoc proprio dignata nomine est,
Cic. Or. 19, 64; cf.:et quoniam magna vis orationis est eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis, contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum, contionum, senatus, sermo in circulis, disputationibus, congressionibus familiarium versetur, sequatur etiam convivia,
id. Off. 1, 37, 132.—Hence,A set speech, harangue, discourse, oration:III.(oratio) ut gravis, ut suavis, ut erudita sit, ut liberalis, ut polita, ut sensus, ut doloris habeat quantum opus sit, non est singulorum articulorum: in toto spectantur haec corpore, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 96; cf.the context: illam orationem disertam sibi et oratoriam videri, fortem et virilem non videri,
id. ib. 1, 54, 231:hanc habere orationem mecum principio institit,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 21:pleraeque scribuntur orationes habitae jam, non ut habeantur,
Cic. Brut. 24, 91:non est haec oratio habenda apud imperitam multitudinem,
id. Mur. 29, 61:ignarus faciundae ac poliendae orationis,
id. de Or. 1, 14, 63:in orationibus hisce ipsis judiciorum, contionum, senatus,
id. ib. 1, 16, 73:quanta illa, di immortales, fuit gravitas, quanta in oratione majestas! sed adfuistis, et est in manibus oratio,
id. Lael. 25, 96:qui orationem adversus rem publicam habuissent, eorum bona in publicum adducebat,
Caes. B. C. 2, 18, 5:ab adulescentiā confecit orationes,
Nep. Cat. 3, 3:Catonis aliae acerbae orationes extant, etc.,
Liv. 39, 42, 6:oratio plebi acceptior,
id. 3, 69:accurata et polita,
Cic. Brut. 95, 326:longa,
Liv. 34, 5:acris et vehemens,
Quint. 5, 13, 25:admirabilis,
Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 94:angusta et concisa, opp. collata et diffusa,
id. Or. 56, 187:aspera, tristis, horrida, neque perfecta neque conclusa, opp. laevis et structa et terminata,
id. ib. 5, 20:circumcisa et brevis,
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 4:rotunda et undique circumcisa,
Quint. 8, 5, 27:cohaerens,
Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 173:concinna,
id. ib. 3, 25, 98:stabilis, opp. volubilis,
id. Or. 56, 187.—Transf.A.The power of oratory, eloquence:B.tantam vim habet illa, quae recte a bono poëtā dicta est, flexamina atque omnium regina rerum oratio, ut non modo inclinantem excipere aut stantem inclinare, sed etiam adversantem ac repugnantem ut imperator fortis ac bonus capere possit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187:satis in eo fuisse orationis atque ingenii,
id. Brut. 45, 165:non enim verendum est ne te in tam bonā causā deficiat oratio,
Lact. 2, 3.—Prose (opp. to poetry):C.et in poëmatis et in oratione,
Cic. Or. 21, 70.—(In gram.) A sentence, a clause expressing a complete sense:D.oratio est ordinatio dictionum congrua sententiam perfectam demonstrans,
Prisc. 2, 4, 15:oratio dicitur liber rhetoricus, necnon unaquaeque dictio hoc saepe nomine nuncupatur cum plenam ostendit sententiam,
id. ib.: defectio litterae, et syllabae, et dictionis, et orationis, id. 17, 1, 5.—(Under the empire.) An imperial message, rescript:E.orationes ad senatum missae,
Suet. Ner. 15:oratio principis per quaestorem ejus audita est,
Tac. A. 16, 27:orationesque in senatu recitaret etiam quaestoris vice,
Suet. Tit. 6; cf. id. Aug. 65.—A prayer, an address to the Deity (eccl. Lat.):respice ad orationem servi tui,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 8, 28:per orationes Dominum rogantes,
id. 2 Macc. 10, 16:pernoctans in oratione Dei,
id. Luc. 6, 12.—Also absol., prayer, the habit or practice of prayer:perseverantes in oratione,
Vulg. Act. 1, 14:orationi instate,
id. Col. 4, 2; cf. Gell. 13, 22, 1. -
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parco, pĕperci, less freq. parsi (the former constantly in Cic. and Cæs., the latter ante-class. and post-Aug.: parcui, Naev. ap. Non. 153, 21, or Com. 69 Rib.; part. fut. parsurus, Liv. 26, 13, 16; Suet. Tib. 62:I.parciturus,
Hier. Ep. 14, 2), parsum, and less correctly parcĭtum, 3, v. n. and a. [for sparco; Gr. sparnos, rare; cf. Engl. spare; but v. also paucus, parvus], to act sparingly, be sparing with respect to a thing, to spare; constr. usually with dat. or absol.; ante-class. also with acc.Lit.A.Of things (rare but class.).(α).With dat.:(β).nihil pretio parsit, filio dum parceret,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 32:operae meae,
id. Mil. 4, 9, 3:te rogo sumptu ne parcas,
Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2:non parcam operae,
id. ib. 13, 27, 1:nec impensae, nec labori, nec periculo parsurum,
Liv. 35, 44:petit, ne cui rei parcat ad ea perficienda,
Nep. Paus. 2, 5.—Absol.:(γ).frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere, sed paulo etiam longius tolerare posse parcendo,
Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4.— Poet.:parcens = parcus: parcentes ego dexteras Odi (= parcius administrantes vinum, flores, etc.),
Hor. C. 3, 19, 21.—With acc. (ante-class. and poet.):B.oleas,
Cato, R. R. 58:pecuniam,
Plaut. Curc. 3, 11:argenti atque auri memoras quae multa talenta, Gnatis parce tuis,
spare, reserve for your children, Verg. A. 10, 532 Serv.—Prov.:qui parcit virgae odit filium,
Vulg. Prov. 13, 24.—Of persons, to spare, have mercy upon, forbear to injure or punish (eccl. and late Lat.), usually with dat.:II.non pepercisti filio tuo,
Vulg. Gen. 22, 16; id. 2 Pet. 2, 4 et saep.—Trop.A. (α).With dat.:(β).tibi parce,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 112:justitia autem praecipit, parcere omnibus, consulere generi hominum,
Cic. Rep. 3, 12: aedificiis omnibus publicis et privatis, id. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 120:amicitiis et dignitatibus,
id. Or. 26, 89; id. Phil. 2, 24, 59:non aetate confectis, non mulieribus, non infantibus pepercerunt,
Caes. B. G. 7, 28:subjectis, sed debellare superbos,
Verg. A. 6, 853:ne reliquis quidem nepotibus parsurus creditur,
Suet. Tib. 62:alicujus auribus,
i. e. to refrain from speaking on disagreeable topics, Cic. Quint. 12, 40; so,auribus et consuetudini,
id. de Or. 3, 43, 170:valetudini,
id. Fam. 11, 27, 1:famae,
Prop. 1, 16, 11:oculis,
i. e. to turn away one's eyes from an unpleasant sight, id. 4, 9, 35:luminibus,
Tib. 1, 2, 33; Suet. Dom. 11:parcit Cognatis maculis similis fera,
Juv. 15, 159.—With in and acc. (ante-and post-class.):(γ). B.neque parcit in hostes,
Lucr. 6, 399:parce in feminam,
App. M. 1, p. 105, 39.—To abstain or refrain from doing a thing; to forbear, leave off, desist, stop, cease, let alone, omit (cf.: desino, mitto): meo labori non parsi, Cato ap. Fest. p. 242 Müll.; cf. Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 3; id. Pers. 2, 5, 11; so,(β).neque parcetur labori,
Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2:auxilio,
to make no use of proffered assistance, id. Planc. 35, 86:lamentis,
Liv. 6, 3:bello,
abstain from, Verg. A. 9, 656:hibernis parcebant flatibus Euri,
id. G. 2, 339:parce metu,
cease from, id. A. 1, 257.—With inf., to refrain, forbear (not in class. prose):* (γ).visere opera tua,
Cato, R. R. 1, 1:hancine ego vitam parsi perdere,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 2:proinde parce, sis, fidem ac jura societatis jactare,
Liv. 34, 32:parcite, oves, nimium procedere,
Verg. E. 3, 94:pias scelerare manus,
id. A. 3, 42:defundere vinum,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:ne parce dare,
id. C. 1, 28, 23:parce postea paupertatem cuiquam objectare,
App. Mag. 23, p. 289, 3; Aug. Ep. 43, 24:ori,
to refrain from speaking, Vulg. Job, 7, 11.—With acc.:* (δ).parcito linguam in sacrificiis dicebatur, i. e. coërceto, contineto, taceto,
Fest. p. 222 Müll.—With ab, to desist from:precantes, ut a caedibus et ab incendiis parceretur,
Liv. 25, 25, 6; so with abl. alone:caede,
Aus. Epigr. 130, 4. -
32 percurro
per-curro, percŭcurri or percurri, percursum, 3, v. a. and n.I.Act., to run through, hasten through; to pass through, traverse, run over, pass over or along class.; syn. peragro).A.Lit.:B.percurrere agrum Picenum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 15:labro calamos,
Lucr. 4, 588:rapido percurrens turbine campos,
id. 1, 273:pollice chordas,
Ov. Am. 2, 4, 27:conventus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 46:Tenchteros et Cattos,
Flor. 4, 12:aristas,
to speed over, Ov. M. 10, 655:percurrens luna fenestras,
Prop. 1, 3, 31:pectine telas,
Verg. A. 7, 14; id. G. 1, 294:ignea rima micans percurrit lumine nimbos,
id. A. 8, 392: tempora nodo, i. e. to wind or bind round, Val. Fl. 6, 63.— Pass., Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 83:hortus fontano umore percurritur,
Pall. 1, 6.—Trop., to run through:2.amplissimos honores percucurrit,
i. e. filled the highest offices one after another, Suet. Ner. 3:quaesturam, praeturam,
id. Tib. 9; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 7.—In pass.:percursis honorum gradibus,
Amm. 15, 13, 2.—To run over in speaking, to mention cursorily:3.partes, quas modo percucurri,
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:quae breviter a te percursa sunt,
id. ib. 1, 47, 205:multas res oratione,
id. Div. 2, 46, 96:omnia poenarum nomina,
Verg. A. 6, 627:celebres in eā arte quam maximā brevitate,
Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 53:modice beneficia,
to mention in a cursory manner, Tac. A. 4, 40:paucis, quae cujusque ductu gens,
Vell. 2, 38, 1; Juv. 10, 225.—To run over in the mind or with the eye, to scan briefly, to look over:4.multa animo et cogitatione, multa etiam legendo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 218:atque id percurram brevi,
id. Div. in Caecil. 32, 94:oculo,
to run over, Hor. S. 2, 5, 55:paginas in annalious magistratuum,
to run through, to look over, Liv. 9, 18, 12:pugnas,
Val. Fl. 6, 600.— Impers. pass., Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328.—Of feelings, sensations, to run through, penetrate, agitate:II.omnium pectora occulto metu percurrente,
Curt. 4, 12, 14. —Neutr., to run, run along to or over any thing (class.):B.curriculo percurre (ad villam),
run thither quickly, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11:ad forum,
id. And. 2, 2, 18: ad aliquem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 4:per temonem (currūs),
to run along the pole, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:per mare et terras,
Lucr. 6, 668.—Trop. (very rare), to pass; with per, to run over in speaking, touch upon in succession:nam per omnis civitates quae decumas habent, percurrit oratio mea,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 100. -
33 planiloquus
plānĭlŏquus, a, um, adj. [plane-loquor], speaking clearly or intelligibly, speaking plainly (ante-class.):di immortales, ut planiloqua est!
Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 11. -
34 pravitas
I.Lit.:II.pravitas membrorum,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 29:corporis pravitates,
id. Leg. 1, 19, 51:oris,
a distorting of the mouth in speaking, id. de Or. 2, 22, 91; id. Fin. 5, 17, 47:statuminum,
Col. 4, 20:curvaturae,
Pall. 4, 11.—Trop., irregularity, impropriety, bad condition, perverseness:B.quae ista est pravitas Quaeve amentia?
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 20: ne malā consuetudine ad aliquam deformitatem pravitatemque veniamus, impropriety in speaking, in gestures, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 136:ominis,
a bad omen, Gell. 1, 22, 21:tortuosae orationis,
id. 5, 20, 1.—In partic., of character, viciousness, untowardness, perverseness, depravity:animi,
perverseness, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10, 40:mentis,
Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:in istā pravitate perstabitis?
id. Ac. 2, 8, 26:consilii,
Tac. H. 3, 41:interitus pravitatis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27; Tac. A. 14, 38:morum,
id. H. 4, 44:cordis,
Vulg. Deut. 29, 19 et saep. -
35 stilus
stĭlus (not stylus), i, m. [for stiglus; Gr. stizô, to stick, puncture; stigma, mark, point; Sanscr. tig, to be sharp; tigmas, sharp; cf. Engl. stick, sting; Lat. stimulus; not connected with stulos].I.In gen., a stake, pale: extra vallum stili caeci, concealed stakes, Auct. B. Afr. 31, 5; cf. Sil. 10, 415 (for which stimuli, Caes. B. G. 7, 73 fin.):II.ligneus,
Amm. 23, 4, 5; 15, 10, 5.—In agriculture, a pointed instrument for freeing plants from worms or from shoots which grow too rankly, etc., Col. 11, 3, 53; Pall. Mart. 10, 20.—Of the stem or stalk of many plants (e. g. of the asparagus), Col. 11, 3, 46; 11, 3, 58; 5, 10, 13; 5, 10, 21.—In partic.A.A style used by the Romans for writing on waxen tablets (pointed, and usually made of iron):B.effer cito stilum, ceram et tabellas et linum,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 64; cf. id. ib. 4, 4, 76; 4, 9, 73; Quint. 1, 1, 27:cum otiosus stilum prehenderat, flaccebat oratio,
Cic. Brut. 24, 93:orationes paene Attico stilo scriptae,
with an Attic pen, id. ib. 45, 167; so,(comoediae quaedam) resipiant stilum Plautinum,
Gell. 3, 3, 13.—And with reference to the ecenomical use, in a double sense, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 96.—Writing on wax was erased with the broad upper end of the style; hence the phrase stilum vertere, for to erase what one has written, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41, § 101:saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint, Scripturus,
Hor. S. 1, 10, 73.—But cf.:et mihi vertenti stilum in Gallias,
i. e. turning to write of, Amm. 29, 3, 1.—Comically:stilis me totum usque ulmeis conscribito,
i. e. with elm switches, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131 (cf. conscribo).—Transf.1.= scriptio and scriptura, a setting down in writing, composing, composition; the practice of composing; manner of writing, mode of composition:2.stilus optimus et praestantissimus dicendi effector ac magister,
Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; 1, 60, 257; cf. id. ib. 3, 49, 190; Quint. 1, 9, 2; cf.:multus stilus et assidua lectio,
id. 10, 7, 4:stilus exercitatus,
i. e. a practised pen, Cic. Or. 44, 150:tardior stilus cogitationem moratur,
Quint. 1, 1, 28:neglegens,
id. 2, 4, 13:multus,
id. 10, 1, 1:tardus,
id. 10, 3, 5:rudis et confusus,
id. 1, 1, 28:fidelis,
id. 10, 7, 7:stilo incumbere,
Plin. Ep. 7, 29, 9:aliquid stilo prosequi,
id. ib. 1, 8, 8;2, 3, 3: signare stilo,
Vell. 1, 16, 1:non ita dissimili sunt argumento, sed tamen Dissimili oratione sunt factae ac stilo,
in speech and writing, Ter. And. prol. 12 (for which:oratione et scripturā,
id. Phorm. prol. 5); cf.:unus sonus est totius orationis et idem stilus,
the same tone and the same style of composition run through the whole speech, Cic. Brut. 26, 100:artifex stilus,
an artistic style, id. ib. 25, 96:familiares opes velut supremo distribuens stilo,
i. e. by his last will, Amm. 25, 3, 21.—A manner of speaking, mode of expression, style in speaking (post-Aug. and very rare; not as early as Quint.;* 3.in class. Lat. sermo, oratio, dictio, dicendi modus, ars, genus or forma): stilus pressus demissusque,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5:pugnax et quasi bellatorins,
id. ib. 7, 9, 7:laetior,
id. ib. 3, 18, 10; cf.:diligentis stili anxietas,
Tac. Or. 39:(Octavius) tragoediam magno impetu exorsus, non succedente stilo, abolevit,
Suet. Aug. 85:affectatione obscurabat stilum,
id. Tib. 70:stili dicendi duo sunt: unus est maturus et gravis, alter ardens erectus et infensus, etc.,
Macr. S. 5, 1; 6, 3.— -
36 vanidicus
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37 vocales
I.Lit.A.Adj.:B.aves cantu aliquo aut humano sermone vocales,
Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 141:ranae (opp. mutae),
id. 8, 58, 83, § 227:scarabaei nocturno stridore,
id. 11, 28, 34, § 98:piscis,
id. 9, 19, 34, § 70:ora (vatis),
Ov. M. 5, 332; 11, 8:nympha (of Echo),
id. ib. 3, 357:Orpheus,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 7:chordae,
Tib. 2, 5, 3:carmen,
Ov. M. 11, 317:boves,
endowed with speech, Tib. 2, 5, 78: genus instrumenti, i. e. slaves (opp. semivocale and mutum), Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 1:ne quem vocalem praeteriisse videamur,
speaking, talking, Cic. Brut. 69, 242; cf. Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 4:antra,
in which oracles were given, Stat. Th. 1, 492:terra, Dodonis,
Ov. M. 13, 716:genus signorum,
Veg. Mil. 3, 5.— Comp.:vocaliora sunt vacua quam plena,
Sen. Q. N. 2, 29; cf.:sunt aliis alia (verba) jucundiora, vocaliora... verba e syllabis magis vocalia (corresp. to melius sonantes syllabae),
more vocal, clearer, Quint. 8, 3, 16.— Sup.:eligere vocalissimum aliquem, qui legeret,
i. e. with the most powerful voice, Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 2.—Substt.1.vōcālis, is, f. (littera), a vowel, Cic. Or. 23, 77; Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18; Quint. 1, 4, 6; 1, 5, 20; 1, 7, 14; 1, 7, 26.—2.vōcāles, ĭum, m. (homines), vocalists, singers (late Lat.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 34; Sid. Ep. 1, 2 fin. —II.Transf.: causative, making vocal, causing or inspiring speech or song (rare and [p. 2003] poet.):Castaliae vocales undae,
Stat. S. 5, 5, 2:de Pieriis vocalis fontibus unda,
id. ib. 1, 2, 6.— Adv.: vōcālĭter, with a loud cry, loudly (post-class.), App. M. 1, p. 112; Tert. adv. Prax. 3. -
38 vocalis
I.Lit.A.Adj.:B.aves cantu aliquo aut humano sermone vocales,
Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 141:ranae (opp. mutae),
id. 8, 58, 83, § 227:scarabaei nocturno stridore,
id. 11, 28, 34, § 98:piscis,
id. 9, 19, 34, § 70:ora (vatis),
Ov. M. 5, 332; 11, 8:nympha (of Echo),
id. ib. 3, 357:Orpheus,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 7:chordae,
Tib. 2, 5, 3:carmen,
Ov. M. 11, 317:boves,
endowed with speech, Tib. 2, 5, 78: genus instrumenti, i. e. slaves (opp. semivocale and mutum), Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 1:ne quem vocalem praeteriisse videamur,
speaking, talking, Cic. Brut. 69, 242; cf. Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 4:antra,
in which oracles were given, Stat. Th. 1, 492:terra, Dodonis,
Ov. M. 13, 716:genus signorum,
Veg. Mil. 3, 5.— Comp.:vocaliora sunt vacua quam plena,
Sen. Q. N. 2, 29; cf.:sunt aliis alia (verba) jucundiora, vocaliora... verba e syllabis magis vocalia (corresp. to melius sonantes syllabae),
more vocal, clearer, Quint. 8, 3, 16.— Sup.:eligere vocalissimum aliquem, qui legeret,
i. e. with the most powerful voice, Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 2.—Substt.1.vōcālis, is, f. (littera), a vowel, Cic. Or. 23, 77; Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18; Quint. 1, 4, 6; 1, 5, 20; 1, 7, 14; 1, 7, 26.—2.vōcāles, ĭum, m. (homines), vocalists, singers (late Lat.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 34; Sid. Ep. 1, 2 fin. —II.Transf.: causative, making vocal, causing or inspiring speech or song (rare and [p. 2003] poet.):Castaliae vocales undae,
Stat. S. 5, 5, 2:de Pieriis vocalis fontibus unda,
id. ib. 1, 2, 6.— Adv.: vōcālĭter, with a loud cry, loudly (post-class.), App. M. 1, p. 112; Tert. adv. Prax. 3. -
39 (adfātus or aff-)
(adfātus or aff-) ūs, m [ad-for], an accosting, speaking to; only abl., V. -
40 appellō (adp-)
appellō (adp-) āvī （perf. subj. appellāssis for appellāveris, T.), ātus, āre, to address, speak to, apply to, accost: patrem, T.: virum, O.: milites alius alium laeti appellant, S.: a Viridomaro appellatus, Cs.: ne appellato quidem eo, without speaking to him, Ta.: nomine sponsum, L.: hominem verbo graviore: crebris nos litteris, write to often: legatos superbius: centuriones nominatim, Cs. — To call upon, apply to, entreat, request, beg, advise: vos: qui deus appellandus est?: quem appellet, habebat neminem: quos appellem? S.: de proditione alqm, approach, tamper with, L.: appellatus est a Flavio, ut... vellet, N.—In law, to call upon, appeal to: a praetore tribunos: regem, L.: praetor appellatur: de aestimatione appellare, Cs.—To make a demand upon, dun, press: me ut sponsorem: appellatus es de pecuniā: mercedem, claim, Iu.—To sue, complain of, accuse, summon: ne alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem. — To call by name, term, name, entitle: me istoc nomine, T.: multi appellandi, called by name: alquos hoc loco, mention: te patrem, T.: unum te sapientem: quem nautae adpellant Lichan, O.: victorem Achaten, V.: id ab re interregnum appellatum, L.: rex ab suis appellatur, Cs.: appellata est ex viro virtus.—To utter, pronounce: nomen: litteras.
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